aren oes — - = ones ~ VOL. 2 ichigan Tradesman. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, a ANUARY 14, 1885. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & C0., jrand Rapids, Mich., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRON PIPE, Brass Goods, Iron and Brass Fittings, Mantels, Grates, Gas Fixtures, Plumbers, Steam Fitters, —And Manufacturers of— Galvanized Iron Cornice. Collections aud Insurance, Special Attention given to Collections in City or Country. Also FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT ._ insurance. Shoe and Leather............-.---2-+++5: Boston OaGper.......-.--------------- =n. - Dayton, Ohio Winton. .... .......-22.-. .-..--- Pittsburgh, Pa. Germanin..........--...---:--- Cincinnati, Ohio Total Assets represented, $3,516,808. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. TOWER & CHAPLIN, General Collectors, 16 Houseman Block - Grand Rapids KEMINK, JONES & G0, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Wxtracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF EREMIN ES “Red Bark Bitters’ AnD The Oriole Manufacturing Go 78 West Bridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. JAMES C. AVERY. GEO. E. HUBBARD. James C, AVERY & Go Grand Haven, Mich. Manufacturers of the following brands of Ci- gars: Great Scott, Demolai No. 5, Eldorado, Doncella, Avery's Choice, Etc., Ete. ——-JOBBERS IN——— Manufactured ‘Tobacco. RETATLERS, If you are selling goods to make a profit, sell LAVINE WASHING POWDER. This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a larger profit than any in the Market, and is put up in handsome and attractive packages with picture cards with each case. We guar- antee it to be the best Washing Powder made and solicit a trial order. Price-List. Hartlord Chemical Co. HAWKINS & PERRY STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. GLOVER SEED BEANS! Dealers having a surplus of either Clover Seed or Beans can always find a cash mar- ket by addressing W. 7. LAMOREAUY, Agent 91 Canal street. See prices in | LIVE GROCERYMEN ‘DETROIT SO AP COVSs va doubtful, though some philologists | | ——FAMOUS EEN ANNE SUA, The Best Selling Brand on the Mar- ket. A Strictly Pure, First-Class A 1 Family Soap. Big and Lasting Trade and Good Margin to Dealers. Cody, Ball & Co., Sole Agents for Grand Rapids. TO DEALERS AND SHIPPERS. THE American Co-Operative Dairy Co., INCORPORATED MAY 24, 1884, WITH A CAPITAL STOCK OF $100,000, Offer extra inducements for consigners of Butter, Eggs, Beans, Cheese, Poultry y, Game and all kinds of Farm Produce. This company is duly established by law, and farmers, shippers or dealers can depend upon prompt and onest returns for all consign- ments. For pute address, J. W. WHITE, Sec’y, 31 Beach Str eet, Boston, Mass. STEAM LAUNDRY | 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. PETER DORAN, Attorney-at-Law, Pierce Block, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Practices in State and United States Courts. Special attention given to MERCANTILE COLEECTIONS. S.A. WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Limberman’s Supplies —AND— NOTIONS! PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER- | WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS- | PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT- | TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK- ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN STRINGS, ETC. I am represented on the road by the fol- lowing well-known travelers: JoHN D. MAN- Gum, A. M. Spracur, Joun H. EACKER, L. R. Cusna, and J. T. HERRINGTON. 24 Pearl Street (irand Rapids, Mich. W.N. FULLER & C0 DESIGNERS AND Engravers on Wood, | Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- cluding Buildings, Etc., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, GRAND RAPIDS = MICH. ALBERT GOYE & SONS, ——— JOBBERS OF- ‘Horse Covers, Oiled Clothing, Awnings and Tents, 73 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. EDMUND 6, DIKEMAN, —THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JEWELER, 44 CANAL STREET, MICHIGAN, GRAND RAPIDS, - | | | ;ed on which he had been BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION. | Histor ical Sketch of the Laws Enacted in| this Country and England. The origin of the word bankrupt is some-| have sought to establish it ina custom of | | the traders of Venice, when that city was in | : her palmy Gays. It is said that those of| them who belonged to the organized guild of | merchants had each a seat or bench on the Rialto or at whatever other publie place seved the purpose of an exchange, and that when oné failed to meet his obligations he was expelled, and the bench (bancus), seat- accustomed to transact his business, was broken (ruptus) in token of his disgrace. But, whatever the etymology of the word may be, the mention | of Venice in this connection, cannot fail to call to mind the story that Shakspeare has made use of in the construction of one of his greatest works, and, with it, the savage pen- alties that creditors were formerly permit- ted to inflict upon unfortunate debtors. The Christian prayer, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors,’’ had a terrible sig- nificance at the period when it was first ut- tered, when the cruel provisions of the law of the Twelve Tables gave the miserable be- ing who had failed to meet his promises to pay, completely into the power of whomso- ever sutfered loss, to be enslaved, beaten, starved, put to torture, or even, where the unfortunate, through age or disease, was in- capable of profitable labor, to be slain, with an accompanying degree of atrocity that might suggest itself to a cruel imagination in an age of cruelty. The earliest attempt to modify the severi- ty of these ancient laws, which in themselves were but the reflex ofthe customs of the then civilized world, appears to have been in the Julian code, under which the princi- ple of the cessio bonorum, or surrender of the entire estate of the debtor for distribu- tion among his creditors, being taken as a satisfaction of all claims, appears first to have been formally recognized. But'this le- gal recognition of the principal which lies at the root of all modern systems of bank- ruptey, had but a very limited operation, so far as bringing about any serious ameliora- tion of the condition of the unfortunate, and for more than 1,500 years the miserable men who traded themselves into insolvency, or otherwise became hopelessly indebted, had to endure torments, compared with which the severest punishments known to modern criminal law are but exhibitions of heavenly mercy. In discussing the subject of bankruptcy, Blackstone says a bankrupt was defined un- der the old law as ‘“‘a trader who secretes himself and does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.” In the preamble to the first bankruptey act passed in England in 1542, under Henry VIII, of much- married memory, the same principle is ex- pressed, probably furnishing the foundation for the remark of the’great commentator. This preamble shows that the act in ques- tion, while it provided some remedial meas- ures in the way of distributing whatever portion of the bankrupt’s estate could be laid hold of, was more especially intended to deter the fraudulently inclined by terror of punishment. The preamble states that it had become the custom among certain sorts of people, to buy goods on credit, “not mind- ing to pay for them,” and then either flee to the country or remain within their houses and defy their creditors. It is here worthy of note that this was the first time that the cessio bonorum principle was recognized in English law, and that, at the same time, there was enacted a legal distinction between atrader and an ordinary debtor, a distinction which was maintained in every bankruptcy act up to 1861. A similiar distinction was recognized in the United States in the first and short-lived bankrupt acts. The subsequent history of bankruptcy in England presents a confused mass of legisla- tion down to 1825, when all the multitudin- ous acts were suspended by the bankruptcy consolidation act, in which was embodied all that the learning and wisdom of Sir Sam- uel Romily could support. In this act the principle of the ‘“‘composition contract,” bor- rowed from the Scotch law, was for the first time made an element of English commer- cial jurisprudence. It is curious here to ob- serve that up to that date the entire object of English bankrupt laws appears to have been the protection of the interests of c1edi- itors, those of the honest, but unfortunate debtor being considered—if considered at all—as hardly worthy of legal care. But in the adoption of the composition clause an en- tire revolution took place in this respect, and the prudent and upright trader who, thence- forward, should be driven by unforseen ca- lamity into bankruptcy, became, theoretical- ly at least, as much an object of solicitude as the whole mass of his creditors. It is true that prior to this time bankrupts could, and did oceasionally, obtain legal discharge from their liabilities and consequent leave to begin the world anew with aclean sheet. But such events were rather the incidents than one of the objects of the law, and, moreover, the legal machinery was so curb- some and expensive that their number were but very small. In the vast majority of cases the unfortunate against whom a docket was once stricken languished away a hope- 6 | assets devolving on : : : : ce : : | less existence in ereditless and impotent in- debtor voluntarily seeking the protection of | tary as well as compulsory bankrupte solvency, if, indeed, / enough to escape the lifelong misery of a) ' debtors’ prison. Under the act of 1831, Lord Brougham’s, ; the system of official assignees was created. | | These officers of the court simply performed | the work of distribution, the collecting of the | an assignee, one of the creditors usually chosen by the whole body of the creditors. In 1849 the amendments had grown so numerous that a new consoli- dation act was passed, and another again in 1861. It wasat this latter date that in- solvent non-traders were admitted to such cold comfort as can be afforded by a certifi- eate of discharge in bankruptcy. Stories of the Fleet, the Marshalsea and the King’s i Bench are too well known to need more than a brief reference. Various acts had been passed from 1825 upwards with the purpose of affording relief to insolvent debt- ors of the non-trading class, which included, by special schedale attached to one of the bankruptcy acts, farmers, graziers, laborers and other workmen, but the prisons contin- ued to increase in populousness and squa- lor. ; The act of 1861, in addition to admitting non-traders to the benefits of —bank- ruptey, also contained a clause, the princi- ple of which has been adopted in all subse- quent legislation, both in England and in this country. By ita majority in number of the ereditors, representing three-fourths in value of the proven claims against the es- tate, were empowered to bind all the credi- tors and compel the acceptance of a com- position in discharge of the debts without the cessio bonorum. The act under which this was permitted, however, was’ drawn so loosely and left so many openings for fraud that it beeame speedily obnoxious to the se- verest criticism, and in 1868 it was amend- ed, the powers of the dissenting minority of the creditors being considerably extended. This also proved unsatisfactory, and in the following year a completely new system was devised and put into operation. Official as- signees were abolished, and in their place were substituted trustees, chosen from among the creditors, on whom devolved the duty of both collecting and distributing the assets, subject, if the creditors desired, to a committee of inspection, also chosen by them from among their number. Under the old law a erying evil had been the ease with which dishonest debtors could avoid their obligé.ions ‘by means of marriage settle- men, and it had become a common thing for such, when on the eve of marriage to run up extravagant bills for furniture, jewelry, dress, and even general merchandise, and then by means of ante-nuptial settlements (it was more difficult, but not impossible to make post-nuptial settlements stick) simply defy their creditors to collect their bills. To meet this evil the act of 1869 rendered all such settlements absolutely null as against trustees in bankruptcy within two years from their date, an null also in» ten years unless the debtor can show affirmatively that at the time of making the settlement he was completely solvent. Another mater- ial provision of this act is that no debtor can obtain a discharge whose estate does not pay a 50 per cent. dividend, the debtor having three years in which to supply the means if the estate itself should fall short. By the debtors act of the same year, that under which imprisonment for debt was abolished, bankruptey proceedings were further altered by taking from the bankruptcy court all eriminal jurisdiction, fraudulent debtors be- ing turned over to the tender mercies of the general law. In substance the English bankruptey law remains now as above outlined, the most im- portant addition being that which provides that a majority in number, representing three-fourth in value of the creditors, may take charge of an insolvent’s estate and liquidate it for the benefit of all, without public proceedings in bankruptcy; and _ this system which includes the right of composi- tion, has grown into great favor with both debtors and creditors. 1t is convenient, in- expensive, and yields speedy results for the latter, while the debtor is not subjected to the humiliation of an exposure of his affairs before the eyes of the whole world. The course of bankruptcy legislation in the United States has chiefly been remark- able for the meagerness of its records in comparison with those of any other commer- cial country. There have been only three brief periods in our history when general hankruptey laws have been in existence: the first from 1800 to 1803, the second from 1841 to 1843, and the third from 1867 to 1878. Under our Constitution, Congress alone has the power to deal with bankruptcy in its broad sense, and while various of the states, notably Massachusetts in 1838, have from time to time adopted bankruptcy laws, they are limited, necessarily, in their application to the citizens of the respective states, and whenever a national law has been in exist- ence they have become ipso facto suspend- ed for the time being. The bankruptey act of 1800, following all English precedents up to that time, was ex- clusively designed for the protection of the creditor and largely for the punishment of the insolvent debtor. Proceedings could on- | The only sound feature of the law has been reproduced in the subsequent acts | ly be instituted by creditors, the idea of the entertained by the originators of the law. | which | was the provision which passed an indisput- | able title to the estate of the bankrupt, | whether real or personal, to the assignee. | This feature was the subject of much com- | ment and unstinted commendation by En-| glish writers as being the means of shorten- ing litigation and rendering the final dispos- | of the estate much more speedy and certain. | Adjudication under the law was made upon the application of a creditor or creditors to certain specified amounts, $10,000 being the minimum for a single creditor and the district court appointed a commission of three or more persons who became thereby empower- ed to act with authority that extended to the imprisonment of the bankrupt, almost at their discretion. This power also extend- ed in some cases to the wife of the bankrupt, who could be sent to jail for the refusal to testify as to her knowledge of the business affiairs of her husband. Another point in which this act followed English precedent was in confining its operations exclusively to traders. The assignee was appointed by the commissioners, and it appears that the latter, except in special cases, became entire- ly substituted for the court, exercising their almost arbitary functions with little refer- ence to anything but their own construction of the law and of the requirements of each particular case that came before them. The machinery was exceedingly cumbersome and must have been very expensive, and it was doubtless these considerations that lead to the speedy repeal of the act, which had, however, been only intended as a temporary one, being limited by its final clause to a du- ration of five years. A little more than two years was found too much, however, and it was abolished. The second bankruptey act had a yet briefer existence, ajthough, in many re- spects, it was a much better one than its predecessor. It was called into existence, however, to meet a special condition of the times, and when it had served its purpose was dispensed with. The terrible financial distress of 1837 and 18388, resulting from a vicious fiscal system, had spread ruin throughout the country, and the wail of the unfortunate debtors was heard everywhere. Massachusetts had, in 1838, adopted a bank- ruptey law which has since become the mod- el legislation, but as the states -under the Constitutional inhibition cannot enforce any act that impairs the obligation of contracts, that law could give no relief as to debts al- ready incurred. Its effect could only be prospective. Inthe meantime the cry of distress continued growing in intensity, and in December, 1841, Congress passed a gener- al bankruptey act which, for the first time, conferred on the debtor, as well as the cred- itor, the right to apply to the court for re- lief. The eagerness with which its aid was sought may be judged from the fact that in Massachusetts alone, during the less than fourteen months that the law was in force, no less than 3,250 bankruptcy petitions were filed. This act still maintained the ancient distinction between traders and non-traders and what has since been known as bread- and-butter bankruptcies were still unknown. The punitive idea, except in eases of abso- lute fraud, was, in this act, conspicuous by its absence. The United States had pre- ceeded England by more than a quarter of a century in refusing to treat misfortune asa crime. It contained stringent provisions against fraudulent or unjust preferences to ereditors or others; the title of the assignee to all parts of his bankrupt’s estate and the validity of the deeds made by him were again made positive and indisputable, and there was a special clause commanding that whenever practicable the administration of es tates must beclosed within two years from the date of the assignment. One very merciful provision was that where the cessio bonor- wm had been made completely and in good faith the bankrupt was entitled to his dis- charge in ninety days, unless a majority in number of his creditors, representing three- fourths in value of the claims against the es- tate, should dissent in writing at the time of the hearing of the application. In case of a second bankruptcy the discharge could not be obtained unless the estate paid 75 cents on the dollar, exclusive of all cost and ex- penses. ‘The act was repealed early in 1843, the rush of debtors to the courts having no little effect in creating a revulsion of feeling which rendered it exceedingly unpopular. The third act, or rather the third system of bankruptcy, commenced in 1867, the first act under the system having gone into effect on May 3, of that year. This, together with all its amendments, was repealed in 1878 the repeal taking effect August 51. The amend- ments—nearly all going to comparatively minor details which had been found in the practical working of the law to present fea- tures of incongruity, inadequacy or wrong— were five in number, dated respectively July 14, 1870; June 30, 1870; June 8, 1872; ; June 22, 1874; and July 26, 1876. The penviaions of this act with its amendments, are too re cent in public memory to require any detail- ed review. The act was in its main features based on the Massachusetts law of 1838, ' place in certain districts, however, above referred to. It provided for volun- v: -for he were fortunate the court not having, apparently, been at all) the discharge of the bankrupt within a reas- | onable period after the bona fide surrender of his estate; for the validity of assignee’s title; for the amendment of fraudulent pref- erences and for assignments made within certain periods antecedent to bankruptey; contained powers of settlement by composi- tion, and, in short, most of the features which experience has shown to be necessary to any general scheme of bankruptcy. The defeets mostly complained of were in the system of fees which assignees and registers were popularly supposed to exact in liberal slices without regard to the interests of ereditors. The truth as to this matter is that the schedule of fees allowed under the law was so complete and exact that under proper and energetic supervision of the courts, whose officers the registers and as- signees were, any illegal exaction have been impossible. would That sueh did take is unde- niable, and cases becaine known and were made the subject of judicial inquiry, notably one in Chicago—where it was made to ap- pear that register’s fee bills yielded from $70,000 to $100,000 a year, while they had to be passed upon by a District Judge with a salary of only $3,000. These scandals, com- bined with the disgust that had been engen- dered by the facility whieh dishonest debt- ors, by attorney of course, had acquired in slipping through the inviting meshes of the law, led to a strong revulsion of popular feel- ing, and the acts, prior to the repeal, were regarded with the utmost disfavor. popular sentiment would probably have led only to further amendments had it not been for another potent factor in the shaping of events. The years of distress which follow- ed the panic of 1873 had, by 1877-78, had such a prejudicial effect on all classes of business that litigation had fallen off mater- ially and the vast majority of }awyers were unable to make a living, or more than a very seanty one. As bankruptey practice has a tendency always and in all countries, owing to the very nature of the trusts and respon- sibilities connected with it, to become cen- tered in a few hands, those on the outside, so to speak, became jealous of their appar- ently more prosperous brethren. ‘They con- ceived the idea that if the bankruptcy laws were repealed the business in the state courts, in the way of assignments, attach- ments and the like, would instantly revive. The lawyers in Congress, who make proba- bly a majority of both bodies, were largely impressed with this view, and that, in con- junction with the pressure of the general public sentiment above referred to, led to the repeal. The experience of the last half dozen.years has shown that ordinary gen- eral litigation in the state courts still con- tinues at a low ebb, while it has eonvinced the majority of the business world that a general bankruptcy law is a necessity to a commercial country. Whether the bill how before Congress will meet the objections made to previous measures of this charaeter, remains to be seen. —__—<&-¢ = Bogus Assets. Dullness in trade has exposed the fragility of numerous firms which had been deemed too solid for possible breakage. It is in the legal processes of bankruptey, however, that the oddest revelations are made. The de- vices by means of which the debtors with- hold the assets from the creditors are often as villainous as highway robbery. In the case of a leading New York clothing firm, a judge has in court pronounced — hitherto respected men to be scoundrels in having by deliberate perjury hidden about $100,000 from the assignee. In several recent in- stances there have been diseovered among the assets of bankrupt concerns big bundles of werthless mining and other spee- ulative stocks, and the suspicion has arisen that these papers do not always represent ac- tual losses, but are put in the place of mon- ey elsewhere secreted. Evidence of this trick, however, is not easily obtained, and the bankrupt ean always point to men deem- ed conservative who have permitted theni- selves to be drawn into wild ventures. A newspaper advertisement read: ‘A lot of stock cheap for speculative or schedule pur- poses.” - o> —— How Celluloid is Made. A roll of paper is slowly unwound and at | the same time saturated with a mixture of fiye parts of sulphuric acid and two of nitric, which falls on the paper in nice spray. This changes the cellulose of the paper into a fine pyroxyline (gun cotton). The excess of acid having been expelled by pressure, the paper is washed with plenty of water, until all traces of acid have been removed; it is then reduced to pulp, and passed on to the bleaching trough. Most of the water having been got rid of by means of a strainer, the pulp is mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent. of its weight of camphor, and the mixture thoroughly triturated under millstones. The necessary coloring matter having been add- ed in the form of powder, a second mixture and grinding follows. The finely-divived pulp is then spread out in thin layers on slabs, and from twelve to twenty-five of | these layers are placed in a hydraulic press, separated from one another by sheets of blotting paper, and are subjected to a pres- sure of 140 atmospheres, until all traces of moisture have been got rid of. The plates thus obtained are broken up and soaked for twenty-four hours in alcohol ‘The matter is then passed betwen rollers heated 140 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, whence it issues in the form of elastic sheets. oO The Drug Market. Trade is rather quiet. fair. There is a further advance in bromides ef 2c. per pound. Quinine is easier, but not quotably lower. Opium is steady. Insect powder is still advancing in Europe and very high prices are looked for the coming sea- SOn. Collections are, the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: | Holland & Ives, Rockford. | ©. E. Blakeley, Coopersville. | Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake. | | M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. David K. Boyer, Brutus, H. Baker & Sons, Drenthe. John J. Ely, Rockford. Bela Borgman, Muskegon. T. S. Jordan, Elmira. E. C. Foote, West Carlyle. ¥. C, Selby, Volney. D.S. Rankin, New Era. Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. Robert Carlyle, Rockford. 8. T. MeLelian, Denison. J.W. Brookwalter, Burnip’s Corners. Notier & Boven, Graafschaps. H. A. Crawford, Cadillac. | A.C, Adams, Ashton. : H.M. Freeman, Lisbon. | B.M. Denison, East Paris. | Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. { ' { | R. H. Wooden, Sparta. J. W. Braginton, Hopkins. B. MeNeal, Byron Center, J. M. Reid, Grattan. Wm. Biack, Cedar Springs. Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. Geo. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs. Seoville & McAuley, Edgerton. H. W. Potter, Jennisonville. Andre Bros., Jennisonville. J.M. Dameron, Bangor. G. B. Chambers, Wayland, A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. D. Haskell, Gerkey. Geo. Reed, Milton Junction. A. G. Chase & Son, Ada, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. Paine & Field, Englishville. Barker & Lehnen, Blanchard. C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford. Slabberkoorn & Bro., Zeeland. Sisson & Lilley, Lilley Siding. Newaygo Mfg. Co., Newaygo. Carrel & Fisher, Dorr. Martinson & White, Carey. Mrs. E. 8. Quick, Howard City. Mrs. Mary E. Snell, Wayland. A. Sessions, Wayland. M. M. Ross, Allegan. A. D. Wood, Twin Lake. J. Omler, Wright. C. E. & S. J. Koon. W.S. Bartrom & Co., Bridgton. W. H. Benedict, Casnovia. J. E. Zank, Greenvile. Geo. Watrous, Watrous & Lilly, Coopersville. Dud. Watson, Watson & DeVoist, Coopers- ville. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. M. B. Nash, Sparta. Geo. Stveens, Alpine. J. M. Crinnian, Lilley Junction. Heyboer Bros., Drenthe. John Cole, Fremont. Ed. S. Fitch, Wayland. Joshua Colby, Colby & Co., Rockford, J.C. Seott, Lowell. , Cc. W. Armstrong, Middleville. P. H. MeGhan, Denver. Cc. L. Bostwick, C. O. Bostwick & Son. Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove. Frank Narrengang, Byron Center. M J. Howard, Englishville. J.H. Moores, Moorestown. Walter Shoemaker, Cannonsbureg. S. M. Wright, Big Springs. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. Norman Harris, Big Springs. B. M. Denison, East Paris. L. S. Ballard, L. S. & S. H. Ballard, Sparta. J. W. Mead, Berlin. Mr. Walbrink, I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. A. M. Church, Sparta. Wm. MeMullen, Wood Lake. Jos. H. Spires, Leroy. 99 <> - BROMIDE OF POTASSIUM. jit Prevents Sea Sickness, But Should be Taken With Care. From the Boston Gazette. | have been well read by ocean travelers upon the use of bromide of potash as a preventa- tive of sea-sickness. The drug largely used by travelers, who commence dosing themselves several days before em- barking on their ocean voyage; but it should be used with greater caution than has been the custom, travelers generally having the impression that it gives rise to no deleterious effects. Most people can take very large doses of bromide without injury, but occas- ionally, and there have been several cases re- ported of late, a person with a peculiar idiosynerasy, takes the customary doses of the drug, and upon getting shipboard de- velops the most disagreeable symstoms, such as stupor, dizziness, feeble circulation, and sometimes hallucination and delirium. Nau- sea, vomiting and other symptoms of sea- isickness are generally avoided by itaking three large doses of bromide, ‘still the symptoms arising from its) juse are severe, and aecompanied | with danger, and, unless’ the person i has an exceptionally robust constitution, the | drug should be taken with caution, and only in the smaller and medium-sized doses. > o-<—__——_ What Killed the Doctor. “] see Dr. Blister is dead.” “What did he die of?” : “He died of bilious fever.”’ “T am surprised to hear that because he boasted that he could cure any case of bilious fever. 1 know that he cured me of bilious fever.” “Tow much did he charge you?” “He charged me a fearful bill. it was upward of $300. “Well, that explains why he did not cure himself. He was a close man, and at those figures he couldn’t afford to cure himself.” 9 The use of arsenic is alarmingly on the increase. The researches of Dr. Draper, and Profs. Wood and Austen show that it is ex- tensively employed in wall papers, textile, fabrics, writing and printing paper, candles, toys, confectionery, playing cards, theater ‘tickets, rubber balloons: and balls, sweat- bands of hats, paper collars, and bed hang- | ings, and in amounts sufficient to cause sick- ness and even death. Prof. Austen recom- mends a law prohibiting its use in all mater- ials consumed or employed inthe house- hold. I believe President Cleveland is very lucky in tak- ing office just as a period of extraordinary commercial depression has reached low wa- ter.mark. The change of the tide is at hand and the flood of returning prosperity will add to the credit of his administration. It will tend to make him popular. Dr. R. A. Schouter has removed his drug stock from the corner of Wealthy avenue and East street to the corner of South Divis- ion street and Wenham avenue. People who dislike to have their windows rubbing the glass inside and outside with glycerine. * . One or two books have been written and) is being. frosted in cold weather, can prevent it by WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, PP PPP PPP DAD LPL LPL DLL OP LD ANP AN AA A Advanced—Bromide potash, oil tanzy, oil peppermint, serpentara root. ‘ eclined—Oil cassia, oil lemon, gum Opium, oil cubebs. ACIDS. AGetiC NO: 650.05 as 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 SATDOUG. oc oc ee hss ens 33 @ 35 CONGR er a @ 55 Muriatie 18 deg... .......5..--..-.. 3 @ 5 Nitric s6dem.......-..--..-.---- . Uu@ kk OXelG 2 oe M4@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg...........+..++-:. 3 @ 4 Tartariec powdered..............-- 48 Benzoie, English............. 8B oz 18 Benzole, German..........--+-+++- 2 @ 15 PRC ae Ss nee ee 12 @ 1 AMMONIA. Carbonate.......21......-.--:- @b 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22¢)......-.-.--+6+- Z i4 Aqua 16 deg or 3f......--.+-.--5++- 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f.........----+++-- 6 @ iT BALSAMS. Copaiba ...... 0... cece eee eset eee es @ 45 BS ee ee eo : 40 GC 2 ee ae tn 2 Ro POM ee ee ee a 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢).......- ll Cinchona, yellow.........-..++-+:- 18 Elm, select.............22---eseeee 13 Elm, ground, pure......-....-+++-- 4 Elm, powdered, pure..........--+- 15 Sassafras, Of roOt..........---.6++: 1 Wild Cherry, select............---- de Bayberry powdered...........+--- 2 Hemlock powdered...........--+--- 18 Wahoo... .... 2... 20s cess se 30 Soap ground... ..........0eee eee 2 BERRIES, Cubeb, prime (Powd 60c)........-- @ 55 JUNIPCL ..--.- -- 2.63. 3-42 ee = 18 @ ul Prickly Ash...........0-.2---2+0:+ 50 @_ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 24 ib boxes, 25¢)... a Licorice, powdered, pure..... isa 387% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 tb doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes)......---- 12 Lgowood, 8 MO. (25. .c se 13 Logwood, 48 GO. fio. 15 Logwood,ass’d do ..... eee 14 Fluid Extracts—25 ®% cent. off list. FLOWERS. PAVINIGR:. 2s 10 @ 1 1 Chamomile, Roman.............-- 25 Chamomile, German..........-.-- 20 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes............-+++++ 60@ 15 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢)........-+-- ii Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c).....-- : 50 AMMORINC =o focs5 se co 3 ees 28@ 30 Arabic. extra Reet 60 Arabic, powdered select.......--- bu Arabic, Ist picked.............-.-- 50 Arabie,2d picked.........-..--+++- 40 Arabie, 3d picked..... Eee ee asi 38 Arabic, sifted sorts........-..-.--- 30 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... a 25 Bengoin..-. 6.26.3... 6 ees --- 55@60 Camphor .....-....22.:esee resent: 18s@ ae Catechu. Is (% 14e, 448 16¢) ...... : a le Euphorbium powdered..........-- 35@ 40 Galbanum strained.............--- 80 Gamboge.........-.-2eeeee eter ees G0@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Kino [Powdered, 30c].......-...--- 20 MASTIC. 060. ee = ea : { Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.75)......---- 4 10 Shellac, Campbell’s.............--- 30 Shellac, English............-..-.-- 26 Shellac, native...............---:-- a Shellae bleached...........-....--- 30 ‘eacweanin 2.2.3.3... - se}. 5k 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Woarnouog =. es. 25 WOO A eee 25 Peppermint............---+-++++- Sess azo RIO... ik ee ee oe os 40 Spearmint ........5... 6. ee ee eee eee teen ee 24 Sweet Majoram..........2...0. 2 cece e ee eees 30 MONTY ee eee 2% MWINC oe. ee ees 0 WormwOOG .-.....:-...-.. esas ss: 29 IRON. | Citrate and Quimine............... 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal..........-- al Cltpate ee 80 Phospoate ..........--.-,--+------- 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)..........- 13 @ 4 Sage, Italian, bulk (148 & %s, 12¢)..- 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 1s @ 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered...............--- 22 Senna timnivelli:....-..... <.....-- 16 Wye Ors ees 10 Relledouna . 265 oe ee, 35 POX@IOVE 2... es. 30 PACNUANE (8s 35 BOSE, MO0Ce. 6.6 oe. eee 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 1% @ Whisky, other brands............- 110 @l 50 Gin, Ol TOM... 20366. 135 @1 7% Gint Holland... 665.62... -.k.. 200 @3 50 BMANGY 262s. tes 1% @s6 50 Catawba Wanes -........--..-.. -- 125 @2 00 Porte Wines: 60. ef. 1 35 2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2.0Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 CAlOINCO. 2. eee Se. 65 . OILS, Almond: Sweet... .......2.5..6.5.- 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified.............:....; 45 PRINABO 2 ce, ee aaa we 2 CO Bay ee O22. ....-..... 8 ..-...:..-- 50 Berramont...... 6.6. eG 2 00 CRSTON ee eee ys @ 19% CLOLOn 2 00 ONICOMD? 6. tee: 75 (CRGRIO 26 es wee 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75e)..... 35 (Citronella. «. 63. oe ee ee 7d (NOVER oe ee. 115 Cubebs, P. & W.......... Beg 5 00 RAWOVOD 22. ee es ees 1 60 ANVOIWOROS os oe ace ees ce 2 00 Geranium @# 02Z...............000+ id Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75¢).. 35 Juniper wood.................- vues 50 Juniper bervies...............0-+05 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 OL Lavender garden dO f.66e 1 00 Lavender spike QO ee. 90 Lemon, new crop........ Cote aee 1 40 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 1 50 Lemongrass............. Ber ee oee 30 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25 Origanum, NO.1........-..2...0.- 50 Pennyroyal .........2.5.....-...2 1 49 Peppermint, white................ 3 35 BROSO Ot O06 sc gee cece pis pee e ste 8 50 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 ananl WO0G, Wd... ae ce 7 00 SHSHHITAR. cose. ch esc aoe 60 MANS 8.6 ioe sees. 0 00) DD OD Tits (ye OAV DUC). . 5s. ois s vee asc e es 10 @ 12 Wintergreen .............-..0066. 2 20 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $5.50)..... 4 00 SSVI 5 sia side sess 1 00 WOVIMHOOG ica ee cesses 2 50 Cod Liver, filtered..... . +. gal 1 50 Cod Liver, best......... See 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Olive, Malaga........... : @1 20 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian... ..... 2 %5 Malad 6. he 65 @ 67 Rose, Ihmsen’s. ............. B Oz 9 75 POTASSIUM. BiCTOMALC | oo, os. ss et ee = ® tb 14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... B4 Chlorate, eryst (Powd 28¢c)......... 19 Jodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 2 90 Prussiate yellow.................-- 28 ; ROOTS. ANON OL 655s oss cl ne ss ees 20 ANGORA: CUE oie ei o ks Sas 25 Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and \s.... Be Blood (Powd 18¢)..............20 00% 12 Calamus, | ie Sica oe se wew ce ss 18 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 35 flecampane, powdered............ 20 Gentian (Powd 15¢c)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd l6c)........ 13 @ 4 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 17 Golden Seal (Powd 30¢)............ 25 Hellebore, white, powdered....... 18 Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 110 Jalap, powdered..................- 35 Licorice, select (Powd 12%4)...... 12 Licorice, extra select.............. 15 PIs LUO 6 ois ches fess so caves eras 35 Rhei, from select to choice.......100 @l 50 Rhei, powdered E. I................ 110 @1 2 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 200 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 Berpentearia.. oo... 80 BODERA 2 ee 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 49 Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 Squills, white (Powd 35e).......... 13 Valerian, English (Powd 30e)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢)........., 15 Bird, mixed in i packages....... 5 @O 6 Canary, Smyrna. ...2 02.00... 2: 4@ 4% Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19¢).. ll @ 12 Cardamon, Aleppee.......... pone 2 00 Cardamon, Malabar................ 2 2 CGlGRY | 20 Coriander, pest English........... 10 | Mennel 9 b Plas, Clog ee 3%@ | Flax, pure grd (bbl 34)............ 4@ 4%) Foenugreek, powdered............ i @. 8 | wermp, Russian... 5 @ 6 Mustard, white Black 10e)..,..... . 8 OUINOG 75 ape, Moplish 08) 6 @ 7% Worm, Eeyant) 2.2.01... 14 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.....2 25 @2 50 Nassau do do. 42... 2 00 ' Velvet Extra do do Seas 1 10 Extra Yellow do G0. 361 85 Grass do dQ 2... 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, dO ooo. s e. 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Alcohol, grain (bb] $2.18) # gal.... 2 28 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 25 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 2 Arsenic, Fowler’s Solution........ 12 AnnAttO. TI rolls... 2 o..c5. se. os 45 Alam Pb 2%4@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... 3 °@ 4 AMMAULO, PLIMCE: o.oo 45 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 444@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered........ 6 @ fi Wluwe SOMMIG: 2s eee. 50 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 275 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Beams, Moma 2 00 Beans, Vania.) oo... 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 1 50 Blue Bill (Powe 10e).......5...:... 50 Blue Vitriol io. eo 6 @ 7 Borax, refined (Powd 18¢)......... 1 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 00 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18 Carmine; NO: 405 00.00. .55........- 4 00 Cassia BUG. 66. le .. 2 Calomel, American................ Meo Chalk, prepared drop.............. a | Chalk, precipitate English........ 1 | Chalk, red fingers... 20.36... 8 Chalk, white timp....:.......:.... 2 Chioretorm, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Coloeynth apples::.-.2............ 60 Chioral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 50 Chioral do do cryst... 1 70 Chioral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts... 175 Chloroform (2. ....0....-.. coe 5 @ 90 Cinchonidia, P.& W......5........ 40 @ 45 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 40 @ 45 Cloves (Powd 28@), 2 0....22...22.. is @ 2 @Cochineal 35 40 Cocoa Butter. 3... kee. 45 Copperas (by DDI le). )..2..2.25.... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 70 Corks, X and X X—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... 38 @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. 1p | Creasote. 50 | Cudbear, prime............5....... O47 | Cutile Fish Bone........050...0. 2. 2 | WONEMING (00, ee 2 Dover's Powders... ....2..5..2.. 5. 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Breot powdered................... 45 Hther SQuinos. 6... 1 10 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts........ 0. Ps 2@ 3 Mmeot tree 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 Blake: WiDIte... 66... 14 Grains Paradise... ...:..7......:. 2a Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French .................. 4 @ 7 Glassware, flint, 7) off, by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Glue: cabinet. .)...2..0 02.60.62... 2@eV Gluewwhite 2.05500. 16 @ 28 Glycerine, pure... 0 2.., 16 @ 20 Hops 4S and 4s... 6... 25@ 40 LOGOLOEMIN OZ. 40 | HOGG fe ee 8 @100 | Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 30 @ 35 Iodine, resublimed................ 4 00 Isinglass, American................ 1 50 JAPOMICH oc ee London Purple............5......; 8 10 @ 15 Lead, acetate..... 15 Lime, chloride, (%s 2s 10¢e & 44s lle) 8 Mupuline 2, 1 00 MEVCOnoginmi 22260006 ee, 5 DIOGO oO ee 50 Madder, best Dutch.............. RKe@ 13 Manna, SoH ee, 5 MMOT GUY ooo te cS. 60 Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... Boz 3 00@3 2% Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40 Moss, leelamd.:.. 0. ne... 8 Ib 10 Moss, Irish: 00 ae. 12 Mustard, Enelish. ...2..0..2.5.. 20. 30 | Mustard, grocer’s, 10 i cans...... 18 | INGteaIS ee 23 | INUGMESSINO Lee, 50 Nu VOMICA oie ek 10 Ointment. Mercurial, %d.......... 45 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 POPSID see ees ee te ‘ 2 50 Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 QUBSSIO 6. 6 @ 7 Quinia, Sulph,P. & W........ boz1 05 @1 10 Quinine, German...........5....<; 100 @l1 05 Red Precipitate............... RB Ib 86 Seidlitz Mixture, ..6..3.02. 8: : 2s Strvennia, Cryst.) 1 40 Silver Nitrate, cryst.............¢. 77 @ 280 Satiron, American. .........:...... 35 Sab Glauber. 3. 2 ...8 sa @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium eryst....... ee 9 Mal ROCHCIG. | 8.0 (6s oe 33 Sal Soda... 2.52 @ 2% Salietn 3.6 ee. Se 2 15 Santonin 66 6 50 Snufis, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 8e].............. 4 Spermacebiy. 6. 2. 25 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 Beap, Gree dQ: ... 2-6... ee. 17 Soap, Mottleddo.................... 9 Soap, GQ) GO es: 1 Soap, Mazzini. 2 14 Spirits Nitre oH. ek. 26 @ 28 Spirits Nitre, 450. 062... 30 @ 8 Sugar Milk powdered.............. > 30 Suiphur, Mourn 2... 34@ 4 Sulphur, TOW... 3¢ 3% Nartar HMebiC. o..5. 2.20.65. 05s. 60 Tar, N, C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 2% Tar, do quarts in tin....... 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 tb 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 55 Zing, Sulphate. .2...0a..5- 62... 7 @ 8 OILS. Capitol GyHnder. ... 5 ie. ve a 75 Model CYVHNGer.. oo) ee a 60 Spiclds Cylinder. on... eek Ao. ac. oe Fildorvado HNGiNe, 0... 63s. ec cee ccs e ees ce es 45 Peerless: Machinery............0. cc ce cece seees 33 Challenge Machinery.................. 02.2 cee 25 Backus Fine Engine..................26202222-90 Black Diamond Machinery..................4- 30 Castor Machine Oll................ 0c cee ee ees 6C Wawa tin@: 20 GOR 6 ce. oo cs ve cc cnea gece ces 22 Paramne, 25 GCG. 6.) eo ee eee ..21 Sperm, winter bleached..................... 1 40 Bbl Gal Whale, WINTEE. 022. esi. eee... s 70 75 AMO: OSU oes tee eee ee ees 64 7d Hard. NO. 12. one eee 55 65 Linseed, pure raw....:....-.....0ee 50 538 Tdnseed, Dolled 22)... 20... 6 cis ee eee 53 56 Neat’s Foot, win‘er strained...... ie a0 90 Spirits Turpentine................... 36 40 VARNISHES. No. I Duvp Coach: 22. 6.205... 5026s. 1 10@1 20 Pextr ed LUC oes osc we i eee esc cee ot 1 60@1 70 Coach Body.............cce cence seecceeee 10Q3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp Damar.................... 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 0@ T5 PAINTS. Bbl Lb Red Venetian...............-.. 134 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 134 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 244 24%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American... 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 60@65 Green, Peninsular............. J6@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5% Lead, white, strictly pure..... 534 Whiting, white Span: Sho... : @0 Whiting, Gilders’.............. White, Paris American........ 110 Whiting Paris English cliff.. 1 40 HAZELTINE, PERKINS - & CO, Wholesale Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF rigs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, (ils, Varnishes, and Drneeist’s Glassware. MANUFACTURERS OF RLEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, | FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS, GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Wor, Patron & Co., AND JOHN L. Wuit- ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE PAINT AND VARNISH BRUSHES. —Also for the— GRAND Rapips Brusu Co., MANEF’RS OF Harr, SHok AND HorsrE Brusitks. Druggists’ Sundries Our stock in this department of our busi- | ness is conceded to be one of the’ largest, best-assorted and diversified to be found in the Northwest. We are heavy importers of many articles ourselves and can offer Fine Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng- glish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive prices. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing OUTFITS for NEW STORES to the fact of our wnsurpassed facilities for meeting the wants of this class of buyers without delay and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special efforts in this direction have re- | ceived from hundreds of our customers the | most satisfying recommendations. Wine aud Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for thedrug trade only, and trust we merit the high praise accorded us for so satisfactorily supplying the wants of our customers with Pure Goods in this department. We con- trol and ave the only authorized agents for the sale of the celebrated Withers Dade & Co’s: Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP- PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not only offer these goods to be excelled by No OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are ex- posed for sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satisfaction and where this | brand of goods has once been introduced the future trade has been assured. We are also owners of the Drugaisty’ Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favorites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gins, Brandies & Fine Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and for quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list such as Patent Medicines, etc,, we invite your cor- respondence. . Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. HAZELTINE, PERKIND & GO GRAND RAPptnps, Jan. 12, 1885. | To the Editor of ‘*The Tradesman.” DEAR Sir—In an article in Sunday’s | Democrat Mr. Keasey, traveling agent for Beil, Conrad & Co., of Chicago, seems to’ be | laboring under a severe attack of “blues,’— | “has ’em bad,” in fact and is entitled to the | sympathies of Grand Rapids men generally. Now, while business is somewhat dull, J think it might be much worse. am personally concerned—and the same is | true of nearly all the grocerymen who go out of this market—my trade is on the gain, and |is better than it wasa year ago. Chicago houses labor under disadvantayes inthis see- ition. Our home dealers are getting their | eyes opened, and now, instead of running to | Chicago for everything, they find they ean |do better here. And the consequence is, Chicago men are ‘slipping their grip’? and ' must look up new territory. Mr. Keasey is | probably no more unfortunate than the ma- | jority of them. Under the cireumstances, | we think our home houses will be fully as likely to pull through as our Chicago neigh- | bors. | In the meantime unless Mr. Keasey’s mala- | dy improves, I would recommend him to eall | on Brother Fairchild and invest in a botile , of soothing syrup. Respectfully, | TRAVELER. | Takes a Brighter View of the Situation. | | | As far as I : > - 2 S- The Gripsack Brigade, | W.S. Barnett, of the Peninsular Stove Co., i left Monday for a trip through Wisconsin _and Minnesota. | Dick Savage is traveling for Hartman, i Clark & Triggs, fish jobbers at Chicago, cov- | ering Michigan and adjoining states, | Charley Robinson is said to be very partial | to clams, and one of his favorite diversions is to stand on his head in a basket full of i the bivalves. A. E. Brownell, general traveling repre- sentative for the American Cigar Co., at Coldwater, paid his respects to the Grand tapids trade last week. Frank Collins, formerly with John Caul- i field, has engaged with Z. KE. Allen, taking: Wisconsin and several other western states. He left for Chicago Monday night. Peter Lankaster, for the past two years traveling agent for Judd & Co., has engaged 'with Hawkins & Perry to take the city trade and cover the Holland colony. C. C. Tuxbury, who has represented E. T. Brown & Co. at Sparta the past season, has engaged to travel with Lawrence & Chapin, | proprietors of the Kalamazoo Iron Works. S. J. Gottlieb, formerly with Senour & Gedge, of Covington, has accepted the agency in this State for the goods of the Ken- | tucky Railroad Tobacco Co., of Covington, | and will make Grand Rapids his headquar- ters. Wallace Franklin} has7signed with Fair- | banks, Morse & Co., for another year, ‘coy- | ering the entire State the same‘as ‘heretofore. | He recently sold W. W. Cummer a 35 borse power Westinghouse engine, to run a blow- ing fan in his planing mill at Cadillae and | electric lighting at his own residenee. Traveling salesmen who started out a few weeks ago and found things so quiet that it was almost useless to make efforts at selling goods, have sinee then met with bet- ter success, and now return with reports, not of active sales and large orders, but of mod- erately good business and very much better | prospects. While there is no good: reason for anticipating any immediate beom in trade, there is yet every reason for feeling a reasonable degree of encouragement at the | prospect. { 7 -—> © — The New Orleans Exeursion. | The excursion committee of the Grand | Rapids traveling men met aceording to ap- pointment Saturday evening and decided to | get up an excursion to New Orleans some- (time next month, providing satisfactory ar- rangements ean be made with the railway companies. Stephen Sears was authorized to approach the local railway officials, with a | View to determining what rates and routes 'can be obtained, and report ata meeting of the committee on Saturday evening of the present week. Full announcement of the committee’s action in the matter will be made \in Tre TRADESMAN next week. poe a \ An Opportunity for Repose. : ; A well-known traveler recently retired.at | a certain hotel in a northern town, leaving | word that he was to be called for an early | train. oe | Inthe morning he was aroused froma | sweet sleep by the porter knocking vehem- ently at the door, Whereupon he asked: | “Who's there?” | ‘Are you the gentleman who. was to be ‘called for the 5:15 train?” “Yes. .> “Why do you wear your beard mutton- chops?” was asked a commercial traveler by afriend. ‘Because,’ was the philosophical reply, “in the first place, it hides my cheek, and, in the second place, it gives my chin full play. The length of new railway track con- structed in 1884, according to the Railway Age, was a little less than 4,000 miles, being 3,600 less than in 1883, and 7,600 under the figure of the great year 1882. . The Detroit Paper Co. will start a branch at Port Huron. PENCIL PORTRAITS—NO. 36. Albert C. Antrim, One of the Veterans in the Harness. A. C. Antrim was born in New York City the last day of the year 1833. He attended school in the metropolis, graduating at the Fally school at Croton, N. Y., in 1852, when he came to Grand Rapids as the representa- tive of an extensive Eastern machinery house, making this city his headquarters and selling mill machinery and supplies throughout the State. Two years later he made an engagement with the then firm of Montague, Ferry & Co., proprietors of the Ferrysburg Iron Works, to represent that es- tablishment in the South, with headquarters at Jackson, Miss. In 1857, his health failed, and he spent a couple of years in the Lake Superior iron region, at the end of which time he had completely recovered. In the fall of 1859, he engaged with the then firm of Mer- ryfield & Dumphy, one of the pioneer cigar manufacturing firms of the city, covering the Michigan trade. From 1860 to 1862, he sold the goods of the Essex Rubber Co., of Bos- ton, on his own account, when he engaged in the patent medicine business, which he carried on three years,#covering about a doz- en states. Ill health compelled him to lay idle for about a year and a half, when he en- gaged with C. B. Allyn, who was then en- gaged in the business of manufacturing mer- chant’s invoicers, visiting the trade in the Eastern, Western and Southern States. In 1872, he accepted a position with the Grand Rapids File Works, covering Michigan, In- diana and Wisconsin for five years, when he engaged in Eaton, Lyon & Allen, represent- ing that house in Northern Michigan. Sev- ering his connection with that firm a year later, he went on the road with a line of files on his own account, covering the same states as when in the employ of the Grand Rapids File Works. January 1, 1881, he engaged to travel for the Alabastine Co., taking as his territory the Gulf and Atlantic States, the West and Northwest. January 1, 1885, he became identified with the Church Finish Co., and during the present year he will visit the entire jobbing trade of the country. When asked to state the reasons to which he attributed his success as a salesman, Mr. Antrim summarized them as follows: ‘Not being in a hurry; fairly good judge of hu- man nature; remembering that honey at- tracts more flies than vinegar; that it costs nothing to be a gentleman, and that the average salesman rarely finds a dealer who will not return the courtesy, provided he is approached at the proper time and in the proper way.” And to the above cardinal principles of success may be added sterling honesty, untiring energy and unswerving persistance, all of which virtues Mr. Antrim possesses to an unusual degree. These at- tributes, coupled with a manly bearing and a dignified conversational manner, serve to mark the man as an exceptional character. ————————>_ ‘ Struck the Wrong Man. A certain boot and shoe traveler approach- ed a stranger, as the train was about to start from the Union depot a day or two ago, and said: “Are you going on this train?” “Tam; “Have you any baggage?” NG.” “Well, my friend, you can do me a favor, and it won’t cost you anything. You see, T’ve two rousing big trunks, and they always make me pay extra for one of them. You can get one checked on your ticket and we'll euchre them. See?” “Yes, I see, but I haven’t any ticket.” “But I thought you said you were going on this train.” “So lam. I’m the conductor.” “Ohl? He paid extra, as usual. ——-—- -o black powder. 1t is known under the mod- oe he No. an an fe | PATENT est name of brown powder, owing to its pe- his se me: a pea Ae =r a 1s 3 | Adj Ustable F Pat ; : ar i/ls, ~10..32 |vork, 1 02Z.........- | | ; euliar color, which resembles that of choco-| park Mills, No. 80..13 York, AA, extra 02.14 | cocoa-nut, and owes its discovery toa OSNABURG. | ae cket me ants Fieie exseni sie : : , Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... 7 | | can Bracket pei] ey mere accident. According to reports on the | jewell briwn....... 9%4| Augusta plaid...... " a Ge ; i . nV . . | Kentucky brown..10%/Toledo plaid........ 7 Hing a oo. pon the . anne has ae ava 84 4 Manchester plaid x : oe ee a decided advantage over the black 1n pro-| Lane brown........ %\New Tenn. plai ee : oe a oa Louisiana plaid... 7% |Utility plaid........ 6% , WHOLESALE DEALERS IN | hE 1NG. It entirely su- * ducing a greater velocity, with an equal RLEACHED COTTONS. ‘Mee secede Or essure of gas, and being applicable to guns | Avondale, 36..,...._ 8%4|Greene, G, A-diw so. 5% | ee F a einai . : car . ° _| Art cambrics, 86. ..14% Hill, 44..........-:. 1% nS style wherever in- of every caliber. The remarkable fact about | 4» aroscoggin, +-4.. 8% wits. 634 Ul eee it is that it explodes only in a tightly closed aoe et B-4.. 12 Hope, Sak site 6%, f f . a s ME coe e ee 72 = | ie ae ‘ space, while in the open air or In the pow- | Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 brie, 44... ....... ny, . . : - = Satisfaction Guarantecd 2 Ss 81 —~ f f a der-box it ignites slowly, and without explo- | Boot? A raga BY ee fee i 1 | Of WW? Wie vn ‘ Ste. cas sig Pog | Back AGG AA ¢ > hic. ML tz, call | sf infringe- sion, although it is said te consist of saltpe poate, AGG, 4-4... a. ng Lonsdale cambri ic. 10% H a l | G V a } } ( Stap e | ns te vy 0 # { Ans Rav : _| Boott, R. 3-4....:.. ; 3 i tre, sulphur and charcoal, like the black | pixekstone, AA 4-4. 7 (Langdon, 45." ...... M4 | ne J Sei oN Le secuted. @ powder, the difference consisting in the rela- fone * 4-4. 2) Soccer aig ee a ae Typ} Wack , tive proportions of these ingredients. It is | Cabot, . . 6%\New York Mill, 4-4. 10% ie. — — oe local \ ve > Tr ETC Tem VE 2 roe re, ee ae) f > supposed that the degree of carbonization of ae ees : ee arg fa m™ Cael oie = a a Hine Sap Harawars the wood from which the charcoal is made oe, io - 14 ee the wee _ kt i} ye ee te wh 9 ues or, 4~ 34 |Pocahontas, soe Gg pie he ie it, iii plays a prominent part in the new discovery, Bacal oe 3 sinters 1 6% ; ed Oe blade Fie aA Vs eg lim anes oF > powder seems to indicate; Fruit of Loom, 44.. 8 |Victoria, AA... ... 9 Ht 7 & me bars & | as the ~ of the po 1 Fruit of Loom, "-8.. 74 Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% This Baking Powder makes the WHITEST, | rm : 1 zi : also that the explosions in mixing and pre-| Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, 4-4... 1% LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits, | orrance, Wie erriam ay, Co 1 Of | ,cambric, 4-4...... 11 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Cakes, Bread, etc. TRY IT and be convinced. | cae bi z "3 paring it may henceforth be preventec ) Ls ii Wamentie 12 16% : : Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 6%;|Wamsutta, 4-4......10% Prepared only by the | Manufacturers TROY. N. Y° v special strategic importance is the fact that | Gold Medal, 7-5..... . Williamsville, 36...10% | : Mi - a | anufacturers, 2 ro Sys the smoke of the brown powder is much Silden ASO--+--->- see : 5 | Arctic dV HANUActurin gs Co., | ‘ ss rr , / FRAN y S, MIC thinner, and hence will disappear more er sees eae Masonville bsg ie a. ‘RAND RABIDS, MICH. a oe quickly than that produced by the black pow- in ee 10 Lonsdale oe 24 a a oe der. Trials are now making in all the larg- Pe rae 6 er services on the continent, and if they con- aes oe < ae a oe ° . VOL... 6... ccc eee RE TN ACMOLY 20 e ese ssc ee firm the improvements claimed, there can be | Pondon...........-- 1244] Vietory K.02. 2.0. 24 ! > inventi i ae | Paconia........---- a2 \Phoemix A.........- 19% ‘ | : oe fm =: vo doubt that the new invention will puodiion | een tole “10% A RP Hy ‘ 1S No. 4 Peavi Street, Grand Rapids. an entire revolution in the military world. Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix X X..... 9 4 = — PRINTS. He Had Seon Better Days. ie! solid....... a leimcestee ee . Of) 1 0) a S On, grey.......- oucestermourn’ From the Detroit Free Press. Allen’s * micnks 5%4|Hamilton fancy.. _ 6 | | Hu | zee = “Hello, Tommy !” iia s saney ee 5% oe oe . : a. Allen's pink.......-- 64%\Merrimac D......... D “Hello, George! Allen’spurple....... 644|Manchester ......... 6 : “T am surprised to see you engaged in this Pale oe agi a 514 Oriental ee a a zi ae z ...---0 (Oriental TODES......- 2g ® kind of work.” aoe SOliG........- oy eee a as 7 1" | : -,5, | Cocheco fancy...... ichmond........... 5 nN “To tell the truth, lL am myself, but it’s | Gochecorobes......- 6%|Steel River........-. 5M% i 4 y | N my own fault. Please don’t speak to me og s pesos taney 3 hy Sh) about it. God knows the misery I am in.” heals fancy....-..--5 ; rgton blues. 7% : | ° . ‘ - a L | a i : This conversation took place on Gratiot ee Pin Seis tows COTTONS. price . ice W iL = Se ; S ‘ ; WA ne FR : : ‘ rices »>whale- | avenue, between a middle-aged man Ww ho Aopen & 4-4.. ie Indian at . i? ee ae cae a, eae was carrying in coal and an old friend. | poston F, Beers B ;|Laconia B, -4...... 16% 3 : | pa she ae | ’ ; 4! , will pay you to get our Prices. able, and alwaysreliable. See Tommy” ad sot been seen by the latter Sonia hs AE Na ee OIIn CLOTHS oe Bead ofan for over a year. Then, he was a well-to-do | Conestoga W, 4-4. . 644 Nashua 5, 40-in. 1 ai | . EE 5% af | DapTEeNTERS : < 7 OMA CUTTTR RRS pe pp 7 1 | merchant in an up-tewn street, and was pros- ee D, is. 6 iNeshaa a a ba | PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS O! ORDERS PROUP TH BILLED | perous. He enjoyed a large trade, and was | Dwight X, 3-4...... 4\Newmarket N...... 64 as a : ‘ : . 5 C9-Boo oe. 534|Pepperell B, 39-in.. 7 E aA assisted in his store by his wife, a painstak- Dwight ¥. See: su feprerey Roi... 1% | Barlow's Patent ing woman. In the midst of his success, he ent oe . eee nt ae ee EEervs., Po. 6 1d : in in . : . uWif oe : oe 5 4 if 4 succumbed to dissolute habits, and gradual- Enter prise EE, 36.. 5% Pocasset C, 4-4..... 6% ali} Gig Cal ie i ( \ as | Great Falls B, 44... 7 |Saranae R 4 Mahi) AN, ly went down the road of self-inflicted mis- | po emers’ A, 4-4..... . Saranac B sea | His wife did all a woman could do to | Indian Orchard, +4 7%| ery. ee DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. 4 Oe ee : | | turn him from the path he had selected, but | amoskeag ......... 714) Renfrew, dress styl 9% oe Send for Samples and Circular. | withoutavail. He was compelled to sell out, ah Persian so Poumon, Mant oe . 6 and 8 Monroe Street, | ——____ . BUYACS.....-..-----10 72) SOURTOM oo este nce 4 a a i and went from bad to worse, which resulted | Bates ..........-.+:- 1% Johnson Mantg Co, G | i r im” : . : - ee Se sein Se ce arkshire .......-. 6%, dress styles...... 21 | ; Fi in his being estranged from his family. Klis Gineaow claoke "| Slaterville dress - | E \ friends would no longer counsel him, as he Glasgow checks, f’y 7%) styles............. WA } t : =a a leat ear to their atesties and he ee pe ee ee a ; 7 ; urn ceat ear ar ent S, royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8 oe | , soon found himself penniless. He could|Gloucester, new ,, |White Manis Co, Grand Rapids, va Michigan. GRaypkarips - ‘MICH. . AYG ...4%-.20- iA @PristOD... <..66- | iy not obtain employment, and, in order to save | Plunket .........--- i4|Gordon ae ia i% himself from starvation, he resorted to doing eee. war Caine 2 ae such odd jobs as he could pick up on the WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. : PORTABLE AND STATIONARY o oc : : ae Androscoggin, 7-4. .21 ‘Pepperell. 10-4..... 2744 ‘3 ‘ streets. The friend who met him said to a! Anaroscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, l-4..... 3214 : + reporter: “I was grieved to find ‘Tommy’ re- een oo -Boyg|beduot, ee a » | Amoskeag ‘ 4- 4..19 iFalls, XXX........! 1514 Oh, that’s nothing; they’re not buying,” | Ames eee a, 3S kaise 0. 1a TWO BOOKS ONLY said the merchant. oe. Bee: - falls, BBC, 36...... 1% For All Purposes. VAT — = 27) 99? moskeag, es falls, awning...... ed “What are they doing, then. Amoskeag, D......10%/Hamilton, BT, i302 (> NAMELY : “THE ACCOUNT BOOK,’§ “Shopping, merely.” Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% | & combining both DAY BOOK anp LEDGER & = : Amoskeag, F’. . 9% Hamilton, H.. 9% min one, by which customers itemized state- f ___—-9<___—_ Pasi Ao i4 17 (emilton fancy...10 fyments are furnished in one- -third the time hy = @ Z, ep a = rs G2 ey le ry band Z Q2 A GLASS C A Different Difference. Premium B... .... 16 [Methuen AA....... 13% | Wrequired by the usual process, as hundreds & Mr. Bobaround had just told the baker eer oo ee . itethnen ASA ee 16 |B who are using i will chee erfully testify. g : ce Page... oe mega A, 7-8....... “ : : © that it was not overproduction but undereon- Gold Medai Ade 15 ag Omega A, 4s Ae 13 ——FOR SALE BY | 2 ante f a sc : ga davy COA 7- 1214;Omeea AC ‘A 78 ad | @ “THE COMPENDIUM,” requiring but 10% sumption that ailed this country. oni Boece ee eee eee 14 | Oineks ACA. ce ze Ty a minutes a day to rec ord each day’s 5 “ , oh for this bread?” Ree ‘ ees ae oy A ‘ i | transactions, and supply a complete self- 4 anda much for Gus bread i ae Pecerenetee ere : iota SE. ’ ie Se = ; a i Re proving PROFIT and LOSS Balance sheet “Ten cents a loaf.” Avis. Ao Omesa MS... ‘ | ff whenever desired. ooo “My stars, man, that’s too much!” Cordis AAA, 32.....14 |Omega M, i aoeoe 25 : | Full details, illustr: ated by example, sent —Manvfaecturers ot — ee Il right, It's | CoPais ACA, 82....-15 Shetucket SS&SSW 11% a BI | free to MERCHANTS sending name and No, the price of bread is all right. ° | Cordis No. i, Ben: eo Shetue eo ae SW.12 . aos aa oo ee As iT ATTAD we TV] iT | ” 76 > Vy 2 *s rf » wrong. Cordis No. + es 4 |Shetueket, 3 ude oe 26 my LAKE gees AAG i ft possi 22e ey 4) a 3 if Le pad ; lane valine oF sueney sates a C lordis No. 3......-. 13 « Stockb ie = ares 7 JOBBERS OF | fa send BUSINESS CARD. ae A it i iN 7 ty L ; » ie ci : Cordis No.4......-. 11% Stockbridge frney. 8 | coe ETE sg a : = > A Remarkable Act GLazED CAMBRIC W oodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery, Ker- % BAKING POWDERS “J tell you all men are liars!” Garner... ......-:-.. A ks aire ae comes en. ‘“ ak ” Hooksett... ....-..- 5 \Washington........ 434 7 *1 : 5 Oh, not so bad as that.” fel Geos & (awards: 5 osene and Machine Oils, Naptha and Gasoline. BLUINGS, ETc., “Yes, sir; every one of them. ” | Forest Grove....... iS, 8.4 Sons........ 5 | | ¢ : aa ants 9% GRAIN BAGS. 51 and 53 Lyon Stree 2 i i | 40 and 42 South Division, St. ““ How about George Washington: Naat 4 AUG inomaldes 15 and yon Street Grand Rapids, Mich. | re aii ak f ace { | inne outh Division, § “Why, he told the truth just once, and it | Stark A........... 224% Wheatland ......... 21 O36 LEai, riné ull 9 ‘GRAND RAPIDS MICH { rhuslka ~ vs wm ae ee : ‘as so remarkable an act that they made it DENIMS. ci teiee ; -, _ Was so remarkable an act that they i a «| STRAICHT COODS--.NO SCHEME. = | Navy Clippings = 2 part of history. Fverett blue. ...... M4" Warren AXA."...-12% —_—_—-_ >» a oe i 4, |Warren ee ieee. oe 08 iy nuts “ Y is icc sieve rarren CO. oo... 638 b z ae . : Che reports from New Orleans are all to| os BB. LL: 11%\York fancy.. nest about the same effect—that there is a great : PAPER Oe ES BES ‘ a a ; Ja Menyae $2... 5 2. 6 & SON8.. 3... 6 deal there to see, but not nearly ed much ae Masenville......... 6 o— see ie Grease 6 there was at the Centennial; that the exhibi- WIG tion is not yet in order; that adequate ar-| Red Cross.........- re ‘Pheer Po 8 BREUER onc ce sw sere’ 72 | Be ee oe oa sole Dele: | rangements have not yet been made for the | Garner ...........-. A é transportation of visitors, and that the ho- ek BO es 1 PI ° TOOKS 6.23 ec e cs ot 2 anc 10enix tels and boarding houses and restaurants Clark’ sO.N.F..... 55 lls ball sewing. 30 a . ar. Coats. .22155 xreeh & Daniels...25 propose to make all that they can out of the Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40 crowd of visitors. It is added by most cor- es : poets ener fobs, 25 : : +, Charleston ball sew all & Manning 25 © + * % eee : respondents that there is no need of being ing thread........ Holyoke....... ee ina hurry to see the show,—that a few - CORGHE £5556 : > ; “ PUROUY 6 55s goo os 74%|Kearsage........... 8% weeks later, say February or March, will do | 4naroscoggin sat.. 84|Naumkeag satteen. 84 quite as well, or better. Canoe River........ 6 |Pepperell bleached 814 x ee mee sore ee ro ver nao Sat....... o% oa . . * allow! mp..... OC TU 52 gece cces's A New Hampshire swindler advertises a| {na.Oreh. Imp... 7 |Lawrencesat....... 8% fine steel Laconia ............ 7%4\Conegosat.......... 7 engraving of the father of his country, sent by mail on receipt of ten cents. In reply the expectant possessor of a por- trait of Washington receives a one cent stamp. This is a pleasant joke to all except the victim. He gets what he bargained for, but is nevertheless badly swindled. The sharpers rarely put as muchas this into their statements. ————__—__ >> Indiana having no special laws protecting hotel keepers, the most promient of the lat- ter in that State have organzeid for opera- tions, offensive and defensive, against “‘heats.”’ COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 05 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 90 Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40 Akron Cement per bbl............... ‘ 1 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 CORD IO 5 os ob oss he 1 05@1 10 Plastering hair, per bu................ 25@ 30 BEBCEO, DOP DOL. 5. ooo oo oes ces oo ve cece 1 75 Land plaster, per ton.................- 3 5 Land plaster, car lots..............-... 3 00 Fire brick, per M................--++6- $25 @ $35 Fire clay, per Dbl..............-.e+eee- 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$6 00@6 25 Anthracite, stove an nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 Cannell, car lots. pce esueapavase @6 75 Ohio Lump, car Ws as ‘eo Blossburg or Cumberland, car iots.. 4 0 PLU CG. John Caulfield, Sole Agent. | <4 Groceries. | | About Eges. “Yes, there is a great difference in eggs,” | saidan egg merchant as he landed a crate of new-laid on the floor of the store. “Of | course you know that fresh eggs are better | than stale eggs, and that is no more true | than that one egg is better than another. White eggs are good for angel cake. Did you know that not Jong ago everybody want- ed angel eake, whatever itis? It takes an egg with a lot of the white init, and besides that, it takes a lot of the eggs. There is less | demand for eggs now because they are high. | Eggs are an article that folks cut off as soon asanything. Take the Brahma eg. It is the biggest egg on the market. Next to it come the big Houdan eggs and the Langs- han. Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Ham- burgs, Seabrights, Dominiques and Barn- yard fowl and many other kinds lay white | eggs. The Brahma egg don’t spread over | a pan when dropped for a fry or fora toast, the way that the white eggs do. One man | who comes into this city, ’ve seen some-— where, gets three cents a dozen more for his | Brahma eggs. They don’t begin to come up to the white egg in flavor.” <> -2- <> A Wide-Awake Salesman. From the Philadelphia Times. A little, shriveled-up man, who wears the | sleeves of his red, flannel undershirt for cuffs turned up over the sleevs of his coat, | walked into Green’s restaurant last night, | checked his overcoat and plug hat, and put) on a silk skull cap. Then he began to pace the tiled floor, biting the end of a half smok- | ed cigar. At midnight he sat up at the eat-— ing bar and ordered supper. By twenty | minutes after one he had eaten four times. | He eats, he says, to pass the time away. Every night he can be found either at the. eating bar or pacing up and down the floor. He stays until six o’clock and then vanishes. For a year he has not missed more than five nights. Last night he said: “I’m in the fur business on Arch street, 1 ‘ Jay.around to catch customers. Sometimes, I watch the Continental, sometimes the Girard House. I know a customer when I | see him. Don’tyou want to buy a seal coat? When do I sleep? Very seldom. Some- | times two hours; that’s enough for any-| body.” > - ><> ——— Out of "Randums. The children were playing at keeping shop. | Tom was the shopkeeper, May, the cus-| tomer, and Ethel her daughter. Taking her | cue from her own: mother, May sends her make-believe daughter to shopkeeper Tom | to buy sugar, flour, coffee, ete., adding, ‘Be | sure and get a memorandum.” Ethel, after | asking for the groceries, says, “And I want a’randum, too.” Tom purses his chin, and is very sorry, “but we are all out of ’ran- | dums.” So Ethel has to go home without, one; but May sends her back to tell Tom. that a memorandum isn’t groceries; it’s on-| ly abill. Ethel runsback toTom. ‘‘Tom,” she says, “’randum means a Dill.” Tom): (with importance): “If you wanted a bill, | why didn’t you say so? What d’ye want to| *’randum | come around here asking fora for?” | —_——_-_—~-9- <> The Salt Business Very Active. The report of the State Salt Inspector for the month of December shows the number of : barrels of salt inspected, as follows: County. sbis. | Ws oe ce eee cone 112,876 | SS 98,023 | MRREIINRES es oe ees 16,026 | eG a 9,459 | PN a 7,857 | Raden. ee 7,400 | a 6,809 | POMBO 5 oh se ce ee eee 258,450 | There has been a very brisk demand for. salt during the last three months. In De- ember the Salt Association shipped 3,200 car loads from the Saginaw Valley by rail. —_——_-- —~>-¢ a> ater, Complaint is made by residents of Califor- | nia of the poor quality and high prices of fruit in the home market. After the ship-! pers, canners and great hotels have succes- sively skimmed the market, a small per | cent. of fruit of passable quality comes to/ town imperfectly ripened, dirty and dishon- | estly packed, and double a fair valuation in | price. Fruit growers seem to undervalue | their opportunities, and then complain of | anxiety as to what will be done with Cali- | fornia fruit. An illustration of the way in which atown | may be completely blotted out by a change in the tide of traffic, says an exchange, is | shown in the fate which has overtaken Lis- | bon, Ga., which a few years ago was at the head of navigation on the Sayannah River. | It had thirty stores, and did a flourishing | business. Now there is not a single house | left to mark the spot where the old town stood. — © —- Winter family flour will produce 270) loaves, of about the average weight of 18 | ounces, from each barrel, the weight of a barrel of flour being 196 pounds. Of spring | family flour it is estimated that*from 285 to | 290 loaves can be made. The majority of | good bakers use a mixture of one-half of each. —————_ 2 { The wine crop of California is increasing faster than the consumption, and though | wine, unlike other products does not deter- jiorate, but improves with age, says the Alta California, the disproportion cannot contin- | ue a great many years without exciting ser- ; ious fear. | ——————>_ << ——_— It is fun to stand on a street corner, a fine | afternoon, and watch the men all rushing | around trying to make money, and the wo- | men all floating around trying to spend it. | -ask him to do what you cannot. | ciety would be destroyed. often be fairly dealt with. acter nor appearance do we see ourselves as | | other's see us. | Cincinnati for $19.50 per ton. | to reduce the consumption of corn and rye about 19,000,000 bushes! of grain in the year _ty-one eggs and the other forty. ' cery store. | recommended, and could dono harm if it ' did no good. ‘Try it, and report results. The Grocer’s Wooing. “My dear Miss Sally Ratus,’”’ sighed The grocer, on his knee, é “J ecanned-corn-ceive no butter bride Than you would beef for me.” “You are a silly man,”’ replied The maid, **as one mace see—”’ “Tt vermicilli man,’’ he cried, “J mustard-admire thee.” <9 Naked Truth. Little drops of printer’s ink A little type “displayed,” Make our merchant princes With all their big parade. Little bits of stinginess— Disearding printer’s ink, “Busts” the man of business, And sees his credit sink. —__ -— -2 Texts for the Times. The brain that never rests never proves of what it is capable. To withhold a part of the truth is often’ worse than a lie. To remind a person of a favor you haye done him when asking his aid is not to have done a favor at all, but a service for which pay was always expected. To lock away a letter you know the writer would wish destroyed is to prepare to be a scoundrel. If you ask a man to keep your secret, you Were men judged as women are, all so- He who meekly bears injustice, will not Each of us has adouble. Neither in char- A knowledge of the worst is seldom so hard to bear as the suspense which preceeds it. <--> Resolved WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced—Sugars. : Declined—Muzzy’s starch, Proctor & Gam le’s soaps. AXLE GREASE. EPaZCrS 26... 2-2 ao es 80}Paragon ............. 70 Diamond...... .....- 60) Paragon, 20 t pails..60 MOG0C.. 3. 6200s bd BAKING POWDER. Aretie % eans.... 45/Arctic 1b cans... .2 40 Arctic 4 ibeans.... 74|Arctic 5 1b cans....127 00 Aretic 4 beans. . 1 40) . BLUING. Dry, NO: 2... 2... -2 sae 2 doz. Dry, NOB. ; 6.2 06a te ee ee doz. Liquid, 4 02Z,........5-.- eee ee ee eee doz. Liquid, 8 OZ. ..........-2 essere ee eee doz. APGChiC 4.02... 5: 5-55 6 5 Stee eee 8 gross INTOHIC S OF. 6 cs oc cee kee ee tle ee eee ee oe AvOtICIGOZ: 63). oo ee nes ot Arctie No. l pepper box.........----.-se +: Arctic No. 2 ° - Arctic No.3 12 6 2 00 Be eee eee. 3 00 eo, eae 4 50 BROOMS. 2 5OINo. 2 Hurl......-.-. 1 2Carpet......-- 25|Fancy Whisk....... 1 No.1 Parlor Gem..2 %5|Common Whisk.... No. T Hurl). o.c..: 2 0 CANNED FISH. Clams, 1 standards........---+- 0 ++--+++> 1 40 Clams, 2 tb standards...........- +2. ee ee es 2 6d Clam Chowder, 3 1b.........--6-5++ ++ ae 20 Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards..........-.-- 110 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards..........--- 2 00 Cove Oysters, 1 ib slack filled...........-. 75 Cove Oysters, 2 Ib slack filled...........--. 1 25 Lobsters, 1 Th picnic. ......-...-ee eee eee 1% Lobsters, 1 Ib star..........--02 eee eee eee 2 25 Lobsters, 2 Ib Star...... 2.0.2.2 se cere e cee é Mackerel, 1 1b fresh standards..........-. Mackerel, 5 t fresh standards......-...-- Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 tb.........-- Mackerel,3 bin Mustard........-----+++++ 3 2 Mackerel, 3 Ib broiled..........---+-+ esses ‘ Salmon, 1 ib Columbia river.......--++-- al Salmon, 2 fo Columbia river.......-------- Salmon, 1 Ib Sacramento.........-.+++++++ Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Hagle.........-.--- j Sardines, domestic 48........-----+eeee eee Sardines, domestic 448..........+-+++---- Sardines, Mustard %8.......-----++-++++-- Sardines, imported 148.....--...+-+ss++e-- Sardines, imported 48..........-+-5+--0++- Sardines, imported 4s, poneiess....-..... Sardines, Russian kegs......-...--++-+++- 55 Trout. 31) DLOOK.,..-.....-..------.--.-. 2 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 b standards ......-.-.---++++++-+ Apples, gallons, standards, TiO? 5.2.2.5. Blackberries, standards..........-.--.-++- Blackberries, Eriec.........--.6-. sss eee Cherries, Erie, red.... 2-0... . eee ee ee eee Cherries, Erie,white Wax..........----++- Cherries, French Brandy, quarts......... oe oe No. No. i Carpet. ....... 95 5 00 {3 9 2 | Cherries, White.........-.-.-----------+:: By the Retail Grocers of Michigan, that We will not sell goods at cost. We will deal only in pure goods. We will expose every fraudulent concern. We will keep a sharp lookout for confi- dence men. We will weigh and measure ail goods pur- chased by us. We will demand correct tares. We will deal honorably with all our cus- tomers. Large guanties of low-grade flour from Minneapolis are being sold to distillers in This helps weights and by the whisky men. They used up only ending with last June. Taking Them as They Come. “How many oranges for a quarter?” asked Judd Mason of a Monroe street fruit dealer. “Four for a quarter,’’ was the reply. “Can I pick them out?” “No, you must take them as they come, | when you buy only a quarter’s worth.” “How many must you buy before you will let me pick them out?” | “Well, if you buy the whole lot, then you may pick them out.” <> -9- <> At an egg-eating match at Petersborough, Canada, a short time since, one man ate for- The eggs were raw and taken from a basket in a gro- The basket was emptied and the winner said he could eat a dozen more. —o -@- <> Seventy-five years ago the first tomatoes grown in this country were cultivated as a strange and showy horticultural curiosity in a garden in Salem, Mass. Forty-five years ago, or a little more, they began to be used s a vegetable in the season. a 8 — Have any of our grocer readers tried sprinkling potatoes with air-slacked lime, to prevent their rotting? This is frequently —___—.-9-——— A Neapolitan tradesman, about to open a great dry goods establishment, persuaded his Archbishop to bestow a formal benedic- tion on the enterprise. This novel adver- tisement attracted many customers. so “What kind of dogs are these, Mr. Briggs?” inquired a customer, pointing to a group of crockery canines. ‘Terrier cotta,’ replied the genial china man, his face beaming like the full moon. tt ae “T understand you’ve gone into farming,” said a dentist to his victim. ‘‘How large a farm have you?” ‘Well, I’ve had four ach- ers for the past week,” was the ‘painful re- sponse. The orange industry of Florida is develop- ing so rapidly that new methods are impera- tively called for to market the fruit. 2 <_ The Grocery Market. Business has been better the past week than during the corresponding week last year, which is considered a good indication of the approaching business revival. Sugars and teas are firmer, and the former have ad- vanced from 1g to ge. Procter & Gamble follow Kirk ina general decline in their soaps, and Muzzy starch is down }4¢c. Oth- erwise the market is steady, althongh several staple articles are somewhat firmer. Confectionery is somewhat firmer, in con- sequence of the upward tendency in sugars. Oranges are firmer and Jemons and nuts are steady. Potatoes Wanted. I will pay the highest market price for choice Rose, Burbanks and White Star pota- toes delivered on board cars at any point south of Cadillac. Correspondence solicit- i Pinenpples, HMC... 6.5.25... 2 | Corn, Erie... Jennings’ 2 j ae 4 ed. O. W. BLAIN. | DAMSOMS ........ -- weer cece etree estes | Ege Plums, standards Eeg Plums, Erie.... Gooseberries, Kraft’s Best............---- Green Gages, standards 2 ID........-..---. Green Gages, Hri€............ eee eee eee Peaches, Brandy..........--.-----+--++--- Peaches, Extra Yellow .........-.--.---+-- 24 Peaches, standards............:. esse seen Peaches: SGCONGS....°....-....-22---.----- Pie Peaches, Kensett’s............-.---0-- Pears. Bartlett, Prie..............-.---.-.- 50 19 70 20 Plumbs, Golden Drop...............--+-: 2 85 QUinCeS ...-.. 0.2. 2s. see 145 Raspberries, Black, Erie.........-..-.--+- 1 45 Raspberries, Red, Erie................-.-- 1 40 Strawberries, Erie............ Bs 1 35 Whortleberries, McMurphy’s:............ 1 40 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Apricots, Lusk’s...2 60/Pears............... 3 CO Ege Plums......... 2 50/\Quinces............ 2 90 Grapes 9203. .: 2 60\Peaches ........... 3 00 Green Gages......- 2 50} CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...........---.--+-- 325 Beans, Lima, Erie...............-+----.5-: 1 65 Beans, String, Hrie.. ........-..-.....-..- Beans, Lima, standard............-...+..- Beans, Stringless, Erie..................-. ¢ 3eans, Lewis’ Boston Baked............ oo e Be oc ee 115 Corn, Red Seal .-.....5.5-.-2........-:..- 110 Oomn, Acme 222-552... 3. se 110 Morn, ROVCTE. . 6:36. os ee ose =< eee 124 Mushrooms, French, 100 in case......... 22 Peas, Early extra, small sifted Erie...... 2 2 Peas, French, 100 in case .................28 Peas, Marrofat, standard.................. 1 5 | Peas, BeAVer |... -5..5. 074.5. Peas, early small, sifted...............-... | Pumpkin, 3b GOld@n.. 5.62.22. ce ce, Pinar. aurie. 2.) 26. os. va ss ae 1 Squash, Brie ........:.-.. 25.42 1 Sqecotush, Mlle. ...:...--5..:...--.-6-2 2. -- 12 Suecotasn, Standard... .....-...... 0.3... 75 MomaAtoes. MOG peal. -...5..5......... 5.3. 1 00 CHOCOLATE. ORTON. :. 2.2 ee 36|German Sweet.......2 Raker's 2... 00.5... 40) Vienna Sweet Runes 9.202... 8d) COFFEE. Green Rio...... 12@14_|Roasted Mex. ..17@20 Green Java..... 1@27 \Ground Rio.... 3@17 Green Mocha...25@27 |Arbuckle’s..... @i434 Roasted Rio....10@17 |XXXX... @14% Roasted Java ..24@82 |Dilworth’s ..... @1434 Roasted Mar...17@19 |Levering’s..... @14% Roasted Mocha. @32 |Magnolia....... @1434 CORDAGE. Dow 72 foot Jute .....1 15 (60 foot Cotton....2 00 60 foot Jute..... 100 |50 foot Cotton....1 75 FISH. Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 85 (COG Whole 8 ea 44@5 COG BONCICHS, 6.2. 23.656. .s este 5@14 Cod, piekied, 4 bbis...-. 2... 2.26.22... 3 25 WARGO sca es oh os 13 Herring % bbls... ...... 62... see. 2 25 Herring, Scaled..................2,.5.-.--- 20@21 Mervine, Holland... ...........-....5...- @k0 Mackerel, No. 1, % bbis...................- 5 00 Mackerel, No. 1, 12 bb kits................. 1 GO Shad 4 DDE 02505 e ee 2 50 Trout, No. 1, % 50 Trout, No. 1, 12 tb kits...............-..-.. 90 White, No-1,%4 bbls ....................... 6 00 White, Family, % bbls..................... 2 50 White, No.1, 10 kits...............,....- 84 White, No.1, 12 Ib kits.............. Seas 1 00 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. OF 3 doz.1 00 OF ee es 1 50 BiOZ os ae 25 BOOZ a ee es soe se WO. 2 TAper. 0.00 .0525 55.8 NO. 2 es ee % pint round.............. 1 Bera ch ee te oe 9 00 INOS Boose ee ese 3 00 WOlI0 es 4 25 FRUITS Apples, Michigan..............-.-..-.- Apples, Dried, York State, evap., bbls Apples, Dried, York State, evap., box Cherries, dried, pitted................. CON ee ee ee ee eso ee Currants, crop 1884.................055 PERCHES, GLICO. ....6.5.-2 6555-0065. eo se Prunes, Turkey, new................-. : Prunes, French, 50 tb boxes........... Raisins, Valencias...........-...5-...- Raisins, Ondaras........... Poe aa oa Raisins, Sultanas....2.....5....... 5.5. y Raisins, Loose Muscatels............. Raisins, London Layers............... Raisins, Imperial Cabinets............ Raisins, Denesias:-....:...........-.-- Raisins, Dehesias, 44 boxes........ se KEROSENE OIL. Water White......138 |Legal Test....... MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 9, square.,..........--5- $ Grand Haven, No. 8, square..............-- Granda Haven, No. 200, parlor.............- Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.............. ‘ Grand Haven, No. 7, round...............-. Oshkosh, No. 2.........-..- Apres pao p ey aeces Oshkosh, NO, 8.2.0.2. 0600-2060 ee eee ees eee MOIS 2 5 oi oe ee ee oe ea ee ote Richardson’s No. 2 square..............-+-- 2 Richardson’s No. 6 do Richardson’s No. 8 Richardson’s No. 9 do MOLASSES. Risek StLAD... 66.65.35 eae ess ec ese 22 AG Porto Rico 32 New Orleans, 2O0d.............2.. cee ee ee 38@42 New Orleans, choice..... ............4+ .. 48@50 New Orleans, fancy...................++-: 52@55 ly bbls. 4c extra. OATMEAL. 323% packages....3 25|/Steel Cut, % bbis...2 75 Steel cut........... 5 00/Rolled Oats......-.. 3 50 PICKLES. Choicein barrels med........ Be Choice in % do ae Dingee’s quarts glass fancy..........--.+-++ Dingee’s pints do 2 40 American qt. in Glass.............2..00ee+ ..2 00 American pt.in Glass.........-. DE ipecs Cie Cc. & B. English quarts........ ea alee ee C. & B. English pints............---..ee00 ae Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins, quarts... ’ pints.... Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50 * = -* pts..2 75 PIPES. ORB sc issiecccrrsaas O. 216, 3 @rOSS......-. sewn ste es eees sree seer et Vanilla. 1 40 2 50 4 é @1 50 At eG. ae. 2D 50 .3 40 4 25 Imported Clay 3 Imported Clay, American T. { | Cap Sheaf........... hla | Pptandare COArsC: 0... 0... 6. eee : | Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... | Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... RICE. Good Carolina......6%|Patna .....-......... 6 Prime Carolina..... { | Rangoon .......3. 0: 5M Good Louisiana..... 534|Broken.............. 3% SRV E Coe a uae ee 652 SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... 5%|Dwight’s ............ 54 Chureh’s. 2.2... <..- 544 |\Sea Foam. ....:....B4 Taylor’s G. M....... 54 |S. B. & L.’s Best....514 SALT. OG POCKOL 2 ee a OS POGKOt t,o ele ees eases 1003 IB POCKECUS 26-5 eg ese Saoimaw Pine .2 2 esc. ees ee 2 Diamond Come. ee ee > 50 beet tend ek DO DST Ge | American, diiry, 4% bu. bags.......... PRGCKOUSHOIS 00 es gs ss SAUCES. Parisian, pits... 0.30 6.06ls | Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, 4% pts. Picadilly, % pints .. 0... 0c. +. ..--.- = se Pepper Sauce, red small.............. Pepper Sauce, wreen ...............-+ Pesper Sauce, red large ring.......... Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... Gatsup, Tomato, pints...-..........-..- Catsup, Tomato. quarts .............. Horseradish, 46 pints......2..-..-6...: Porseragisn, pimtS.. 6... 200... se. Capers, French surfines............-.. Capers, French surfines, large........ Olives, Queen, 16 0z bottle............ Olives, Queen, 27 0z bottle...... ..... Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s.... Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co.’s...... Olive Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... Gelery Salt, Durkee’s................. Halford Sauce, pints.................. Halford Sauce, % pints.............. ee Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, large....... Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, small...... Preserved Ginger, Canton, pints..... SOAP. Old Country, 80 bars, 80 fbs., wrapped Old Country, 80 bars,80 bs., unwrapped Old Country, 801 ib bars.....:.:......: Queen ANNE...) 3s... -...- WAIN OOe oe a eet ees oe MONO Ve Kirk’s American Family ............ Qo. fndia 3.2... se. GOs) Savon. so GQ; Sdtinet es 2...... 0.5.85 5c... Go. Revenue. 2.00.0... ao) White Russian. 2.0000 0305s. @2 00 @5 00 @3 00 @1 00 @ % @ 90 @I1 35 @1 70 @ 9 @1 20 @1 00 @1 380 @2 25 @3 50 @3 85 @6 50 @i 00 @A 00 @2 00 @ 90 @3 50 @2 10 @A 85 @2 90 @I1 25 @4 20 @4 10 @ 5% @5 00 @8 30 @3 50 3 60 80 15 | Proctor & Gumble’s Ivory ........... Or + RADIO CORN cee coca 40 Ib Japan Olive ...... Town: Talk......... Golden Bar........ Arab do. AMMDOr oo. . iseie. 3: do. Mottled German.. Procter & Gamble’s Velvet............ Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck....... Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... BACB Or.... ..e Bg eG eis teen, bose. 60 ibs Galvanic =o... 2.-)..------- 2: Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 tb br MONOD es et eee 3 Ib bar Wards White lily... .:...5...25..5..-.° PlAMdKenChiOh (2.0560. be. ab bIGR oo 2 oo ee, aoa Dist Ba ee ee cee Blwing ee Masnetic 3... New French Process:.........-......- SOOM 02. 23 sist ck AME VASN DOSE ..:..5.0..0..505 0008 WateCrIGNG eee eee as MGTIO eee ca PIttsOUrH 8.6 ee Lautz Bros. & Co. Aeme, 101 bars... 0. AGIM@l 295 ID DAMA... 6. 225. So. Mowel, 25 DAES 2... ....5.-..42 5254... Napkin, 29 Dams. 202)... ac... 2... Best American, 60 1 Ib blocks.......... Palma 60-1 f blocks, plain...... ...... Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped........ Master, 100-34 Ib cakes ....... ... ae Stearine, 100 3% Ib cakes............... Marseilles, white, 100 % tb cakes...... Cotton Oil, white, 100 % Ib cakes...... Lautz’s 60-1 ib blocks, wrapped........ German Mottled, wrapped............ Savon, Republica, 60 Ib box............ Blue Danube, 60-1 tb blocks........... London Family, 60-1 ft blocks........ London Family, 3-b bars 80 Ib......... London Family, 4-ib bars 80 tb......... Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped............. Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped..........-. Climax, 100 cakes, wrapped........... Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in box Ad Floating, 60 cakes........:.:...... SPICES. Ground. Whole. Pepper. .°........ 16@25|Pepper........... Allspice.......... 12@18'\ Allspice .......... Cinnamon........ 16@30 Cassia ............ CIOVES: .. 6... 83s 15@25 Nutmegs ........ Ginger ........... 16@20\Cloves ........... Mustard.......... 15@30| Cayenne .....:... 8 do. do. do. do. @ @6 5 @4 20 5 25 4 10 5 60 10 @3 7 @5 00 @A 85 @6 25 @6 25 @7 @ 6% @ 5% @ 5% @5 @A 00 @A 00 @3 85 @3 75 @3 25 @2 30 @4 20 @18 @10 65@75 @8l HOSS AD 25 oo ek ‘33 ID CHHLOONS...: ... 2... .. GEateG. ee ase, PN ee ae : CORNEA De eee Niagara Laundry, 40 ib box, bulk..... “° Laundry, bbls, 186 fbs........ Gloss, 401 tb packages........ Gloss, 363 8 packages....... Gloss, 6 ib box, 72 Ib erate.... Corn, 40 1b packages........ Muzzy Gloss 1 tb package.............. Muzzy Gloss 3 Ib package.............. Muzzy Gloss 6 tb boxes.............-.. Muzzy Gloss bulk. .....-.......-.:...-. Mazzy COMMU ID... 56st osc. Special prices on 1,000 orders. Kingsford Silver Gloss..............-- Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 Ib box....... Kingstord COR... 12. .6..60..-2e 6... Oswero GIOSS.. 90:22) 30002. Mirror GIOSS. 3.220... 3. ee: Mirror GlOSS, COIrM......-..-..--....4.. Piel Sear (66 ce es American Starch Co.’s Vth GlOSS ee ee ee. es 1007, GIOSS. 206s ee eos Bib GlOsS 0 ee Ge es eS 6 t Gloss, wood boxes................. Gilbert's G a be * or “6 “ es i @5 @ £34 @b6% @6 @i @7 @6% @6%4 @ oe be @6% 3% @6 @i @by% Mamie: COV... O65. ec sce ee 20 Tb @7 ; Ibapner: DULK Sa ee ee te @4 STOVE POLISH. Rising Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s gross...... 5 50 Universal .......-:-. 5 63| Above #@ dozen..... 50 ie a 5 50 SUGARS. Cus ost ee ae. MUDOS ee a POWdOred 22.62.02 es. o Granulated, Standard................. Granulated, Fine Grain............... Confectionery A... 2.3 si eee BUANGAUO AG ee New Orlentd Aus)... 2-0... dD axten ©. WICC. 25. :).... 6266 ee. Pipa soo ee ee ee. Mine Oo eee eee ee, Yellow GC... 63 220... @ @ @ @ 63 @ @ @ @ 5 @ @ 3} @5 Corn, Barrels... Corn, % bbls...... Bel ss ca cles eens ceo Corn, t0 gallon kegs Corn, 5 gallon kegs............ ec @l Corn, 4% gallon kegs................--. @1 = ULE SUB AL: oo 0s) ose s oe ce eden bbl 22@ Pure Sugar Drips..............-- % bbl 30@ Pure Sugar Drips........... 5S5galkegs @l 96 Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... % bbl @ 8 Pure Loaf Sugar. .......... 5gal kegs @1 85 TEAS. Japan ordinary. 2.2... 22.50:. 2.2072 -. ete 20@25 Japan fair to @O0d...... 6.6.62 eee eee ee BOGST Japa ENS... 701. y. eee eee a kee 40@50 JAPAN GUSL.... 20.8... ce eee ee 15@20 Woung WykON.. 2... ess ee: 30@50 Gun Powder........-...-. RE een ...-.80@50 n 338@55@60 5@30 @ OOlGNS oer se ees OCOURO 6 65 ee cee vn 25@: TOBACCO—FLNE CUT—IN PAILS. State Seal............ 60|Matchless ............ 65 Brother Jonathan. ..32) Hiawatha ............ 67 Diamond Crown..... 58iGlobe. 2... sis. sce. 65 Rose Bud 50} May Flower.......... 7 (Ge Re eter TOPO! ease ce Our Bird. ....2...5065 PANIES eo cede. PEACHOS ices cd ec Royal Game.......... ¢ Morrison’s Fruit..... Mile Bar....:..-.-.2- 65 Victor ... ; Peek-a-Boo ......... Red Bird. .........0.4: Fountain........ isavet Opera Queen......... Old Congress......... Sweet Rose........... 5|Good Luck........... Green Back.......... Goodand Sweet...... 5 WIT sey es ce se 33/Blaze Away...... .«..3! O So Sweet........... Hair Lifter........... é Prairie Flower....... ibiGovernor ....,....+-5 ( Glimber: |... 3.25......% 62; Fox’s Choice........ Indian Queen.,....... 30'Medallion..........:. 8. Doak’s 50 center..... 388iHuckelberry ........ 30 2c. less in four pail lots or half barrels. PLUG. Knights of Labor....... is ee Arab, 2x12 and 4x12..... Neco enact Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12..... Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x1 Red Star, flat, 6x12,.... ...0.... 050s Red Star, black, 24 0z......... gees i. Old Five Cent Times.............--.... TrAOWAY.... + 3.055: Ore eas eee Big Sevens, dime cuts................. Black Dinmond. 006.664 ccc is cee es Trotter, rum favor... <2. ....2+.----: WOOE ee ee a eee HOD Ps Wavorite.... 2. co e252. Old Wentueky oo. so ices ees cee ek es ie HOUr Axle. oo. eee Pei WOME. Ate 6 cael... see Spearhead, 2x12 and 8xJ2.............. Purkey, 1607.0 2x12 oe eee eos Bigekhind, 16'0274 8x12. 060. <2... 2, Seal of Grand Rapids...:.............. GIORY we oe WOVEPIBE ooo te oe ae ke MiVEr COM oe ee Muster, (Dare 2 oa. oe. Black Prince [Dark] ....-..22......5.;. i biack Hacer bDark|.. 02.2.0... 602525. tH Eegeett d& Myers’ Stal... 226.25... CMa VERO: ROSE (er oc ce G@ Boots. 2.2.7. 65. 30! King Bee, longeut... | t ' EL GORMAN oo. oo. cs 14 | Mule War. o...2......% VOLAGMe =... 34 2c. \ SD ea ee ‘ PELOURE SOG. oe ec | Standard °:.......2 22| Old Tom..............21:Seal of North Caro- Tom & Jerry....... HBUEDCEE. NOE 22055060460 6s eee ele | MeAlpin’s Gold Shield. ..............., Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 Ib ecads. ..... Cock of the Walk 68... ..........._... INODDV PWISG.20.4.0050.0,5.02 oo INTROS. 25805 ee. el a. PGOMN ci ee a CVERGOMe 8 eo ee ee, BGG Xe cs PiaGi Bases ee SPUN ec eee ewe oe Grave ee. WMAGIIRAW 2 et ce. @A6 46 C46 @A4 @35 @AO (@A8 (48 @A5 @A4 36 @36 @46 @35 @46 @37T @48 @A6 Hair Lifter...... ce ee es Do and DD bisGke 3 oo. oe McAlpin’s Green Shield............... Ge High, DIGGK 2. ee ee Savors: Solace...) .: 365.0. .0os..e.. IDinG@k Beat. 68.0.6 ls. Grayling oo a a 2c. less in four butt lots. SMOKING Tramway, 3 oz.......40|Long Tom............ 3C Ruby, cut Cavendish 35|National ............. ‘ BOCs 57.22 TS me cee 26 Peck's SUMU........0. 18iConqueror ...........28 Miners and Puddlers.28'\Grayling ............. ” haus Dew .c..... 26/Seal Sieg DRAM ee ee: 22)\ROD ROY........<.....26 Seal of Grand Rapids 25)Uncle Sam......... King Coe asa 30;/bumberman ......... 25 ree Ue eee | Railroad -Boy......... 36 Wee as 30;Mountain Rose.......18 Ten Penny Durham.?24 Good Teck nos eee and Lib... ee Comfort... ._.. 25 sonn Galpin. 33 ..:.2. 5) BiOQUd Ras soles 50 Lime Kiln Club...... 47\Two Nickle...........24 Blackwell’s Durham.90'Star Durham....... Vanity Pair. ... 2.02. 90! DIME 2... Peerless b.20 ipurham NO: 2.2.0... 55 iGolden Flake Cabinet 40 25 Seal of North Caro- BEN, 2 OF. Lo. , 48 24| lina; 40500 o.oo. 46 Joker.................24|Seal of North Caro- raven... ab|. Hod, 8on.02.. 0.2... 4 Maiden........2......25|Seal of North Caro- Topsy, paper......... 27| lina, 160z boxes. ...- Topsy, cloth.......... 30) Big Deal Navy Clippings......26;Apple Jack........... 24 om Honey Dew..........25:Milwaukee Prize....24 Camp Hine coc... 2... GOP RN@ORIOI ooo. 28 Oronoka 2.2.00... .. 19, Windsor cut plug... .25 Durham, \% Ib........ GOIZOLO: oo. ok. 16 do YD. . 57: Holland Mixed....... 16 do Do oo'Golden Age.......... 15 do LAL ea eae 5l|Mail Pouch.......... 25 Pickwick Club....... 40'\ Knights of Lakor....30 Nigger Head......... 26|Free Cob Pipe........ Holland ga troney Bee... 2. |. ry or wt weer cece tw aces ted SHORTS. 20 Eitawabhe 2205.0... .. PUGIONG. 2.625 05.0. i 5 25 | Old Congress......... 23! : VINEGAR, Pure Cider..... . 8@12 White Wine...... WASHING POWDERS. S@12 @10% @ 7% 7@10 @4 50 @4 50 @A 25 @4 50 @4 25 @A 15 @4 00 1 1 1776 B Gillett ee Sospine phe. 2.0 4s. Pearline gw POX. 6... 6... es cece ek Lavine, single boxes, 48 1 ib papers... Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 48 1 ib pap’rs Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 0z pap Lavine, single boxes, 80 4% Ib papers.. Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 4% ib paprs : YEAST. Twin Bros....... 16> (Wilsons.......... NERD IG. eo 1S (National <....--.. MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported... .....2:.:....- do AIM OMERH oo le, Barley ee h i 85 60 @3 FIG I 50 7 35 15@25 @13% @l4 T5@8b 1 25 @30 @A0 JO@35 @4 30 @1 8 @ 3 ( 3 50 do INO So: Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... Cream Tartar 5 and 10.Ib cans......... @andles, Star. 2.2.26 @andles. Motel. ........... 2.2.13... 2... Extract Cofiee, V. C....:........ ee do Hele ...-. Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... Guim, Rubber 200 lumps. Gum, Spruce...) 3.60656... see Rrominy, q#@ DML... .....0.......-.......- Peas Green Bush. ......5........---.:- Peas, Split prepared..........-...-...- RPowd@r Wee 62. e. a... Powder 4 Ker. .9....2.......2...2... PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Eicavy: Mess, new = 2... 200). 020 0.25... 18 00 Bic Clear, Short CUG...............5:..... 13 50 Extra Hamily Clear.....:....:..............18 1 Pxtre Olean Pig. 0... sw. es ce 14 00 Cléar, A. Webster packer.................. 14 00 Standard Clear, the Dbest...........--..-... 15 7d Hsera Clear, RCAMY............5.... 22.5. oes: 14 25 ostam Olea. 6.22 15 28 Clear Quill, Short cut...............-.:....- 15 00 DRY SAL'T MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy, 500 tb. Cases....... do. Half Cases......... Long Clear medium, 500 Ib Cases....... do Half Cases... ... Long Clears light, 500 th Cases........-. do. Half Cases.......... Short Clears, heavy MRR eR AE do. WROGIUME. 2.622... ose 8. do. Wi@hGe eee, Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 tb cases.. Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 tb cases.. Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ib cases.. Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ib cases.. Bellies, extra quality, 500 Ib cases. - Bellies, extra quality, 300 Ib cases...... Bellies, extra quality, 200 Ib cases...... Kayako te tadosretotet KNK OH ae 2 Tierces SQ) and 50 MUDS. 2. e. oc ee 50 i Round Tins, 100 cases............-. LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 ib Round Tins, 80 Ib racks............ 31D Pails: 20 in @ Case... 2... 62... ck 5D Pails. 6 in a.case. ...-.:....6....0... 10 b Pails, Gin a case ................... SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAEN, Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. oO. light... .... Shoulder, cured in sweet pickle....... Extra Clear Bacon...:....-..........- oe ried Beet, Hxtra.:....-........5...- 3. BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 Ibs........ 10 75 Extra Mess Chicago packing............... 10 50 . SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. Rovle Sausage... 2... 5.5 wet ce te i Ham Sausage........-. 222.2... eee ee ee ee eee 10 Tongue Sausage.......-...--..e eee ee ee eee 9 MAVEN SAUSHEE......, 6.2... 20 2.225 ee eee 614 Frankfort Sausage...............2s005- ee 9 Blood Sausaee.... 22226 ees 614 Bologna, ting... -....., ee os es ewe es 6% Bologna, straight...........-....----+--+ ees. 64 Bologna, thick..........-....-+.2---- eee 6% TCA CROCSO 66. oe ee as oe wc vane 6% PIGS’ FEET. ny Wate DALEOIS) oro a ee eee a In quarter barrels.........-6- + +e sees eee es 1 RES Se ok ee ae oe gt we TRIPE. Tn Walt Darrels.. .. 2: bee ne eek ee se $3 In quarter barrels............+eeeee eee eee: 15 Way ts ee eet cee 80 Prices named are lowest at time of going to press, and are good only for that date, subject to market fluctuations. Lat Ce Bs 834 RBs 10 1014 10% ‘ 10 10% » 90 00 FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: Fresh Beef, sides...........0-:00ee00e 5 @T Fresh Beef, hind quarters............6% @ 8 Dressed Hogs.....-. eee ores eure cegens 5Y@ 5% Mutton, Carcasses......-..--. ees sees @ 5% Veal...... eeee cee Pore ec Obs eeee so eed -. 94@10 Pork Sausage........ 626s eee ee eee ..- 8 @id Bologna... 0... eee ee cn ee ee cee ete esas 9 @10 Chiokeng 26s ee 0 @ll Turkeys. .....-20.e ee eess eee tas ees lt @18 @u Geese ......... oe hes ee a oak . hy oes branes, WHMIS... ec ca Ty G1 93 | wo | CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. | Straight, 25 Ibs boxes... .............-. | Twist, do i Cut Loaf do 9 @ 9% 944@10 @i2 MIXED. Royal chip pats. (2207... .. 5... ee 10@10%4 | owe, ee Wee 62. 8-8 3k. nice sss 9@ 9% Extra, 25 Ib pails..... ..... Se ee. H@i1% Etre. 200 DW ObIB. 6.0.22... 10% | French Cream, 25 fb pails.................... 13 POwubloat, 261) Cases... oe eco soe oc cece sek | Bronen, 25 1) pails... 625... ee. ee. P Brower. 200 1 PDIS.. oo a. oe eee. i FANCY—IN 5 1 BOXES. | ROMOM PODS. ll. ; Sour Drops ' Peppermint Drops | Chocomcve Props. 060.2) 62 H M Chocolate Drop : Genny EROpS 7 jiiconice Prope... es AY ticorice Deops.. | Lozenges, plain..... See Pe eu c ees BOZenees, Printed... .... 2... 2....: 22.2. AE Mneneig te : Mattoes 2 t Grosmy Bar 4 Molacses Bae. | Oarameis. 0 220 2... 2 a ; Hand Made Creams 2 PRiait, Gregnn ty sock. it P Decorntea Cre@amig?. <6. 2.2 ce... 5 ESEWIS OC oc ce ce eee eases PERURIE AMONGS ee cl ecco lee. | Wintergreen Herries...-....... ...- FANCY—IN BULK. 1 15 | Lozenges, plain in pails....?.......... ByY@l4 | Hozenges, plain in Dbis...................-. 2 Lozenges, printed in pails................... 4% | Lozenges, printed in bbls................06- 13 | Chocolate Drops, in pails...................- 14 | Gum Drops ip pails...........:.......6. 74@5 ; Gum Drops. in pbIS.... 5... 2... e505. 64@7 | Moss Drops, in pails............2..... a 4 : . 9 Poowe Drops: I pais... 2... 82... 2.2. 12 | pertain, i Palle. ...... .... oc. can. 14 | Imperials in bbls...... Loe | FRUITS. | Oranges, Florida, @ box..:.-....2.... | Lemons, choice “% 3 00@ D Pies, Inyers new, i B................. jeais Oranges, Messina and Palermo....... 3 0U@3 50 Oranges, Valenein® 0-2... 8. 7 00@7 50 ies baskets 40 8D... . @8_ Dates, frails dO. @ 4 Dates, 4 do CO @ 6 Dates okie @4 Dates, Wei Cae @5 I | ' 1 Jates, Fard 10 ib box ® ib............. ) Dates, Fard 50 Ib box # b.............. Dates, Persian 50 ib box # th.......... PEANUTS. Prime Red. raw @ Ib. ..........:..., | Choice do | Fancy do do | Choice White, Vado .................. PPanoy Hee. Va dO... 2. 2.0.2. | NUTS. | Almonds, Terragona, # ............. | Almonds, [oaca, | Brazils, | Pecons. | | | i | } ) i } \ a6 (2.2... | Gold Block.........-. 30:\Good Enough........24 | Filberts, Sicily Walnuts, Grenobles ; Cocoa Nuts, ® 100 j } HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. | Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: | HIDES. Green ....8b 6 @7 jCalf skins, green Part cured... 74@ 8 or cured.... Fullcured.... 8 @ 84!Deacon skins, ® piece. ... .20 @16 84 | Dry hides and Ripa 5.2.2. 8 @12 | SHEEP PELTS. Shearlings or Sum- [Pall pelts......... 30@56 mer skins # pcel0@20, Winter pelts..... 60@75 WOOL. Fine washed #@ tb 20@22'Unwashed........ Coarse washed...16@18'!Tallow ........... SKINS. 50@10 00!Muskrat..... 2@ 2 00@ 8 00,Otter ........ 4 00@ 5 00 25@ 1 10|Raccoon..... 5@ 85 85iSkunk ...... b@ 9% 1 00| Beaver, @ fb.2 00@ 8 00 50;Deer, ®ib... 10@ 30 2 we 5B} Ga... 2. Fisher Box, red... .. Fox, gray... Martin ...... Mink ........ 1b@ 25@ 5@ OYSTERS AND FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. New Work Counts. .......:...........:......... 33 Be bE Selests. |. ae M@lGC@ON oo ee ele ee eo ca, : | Standard £ BGORNGr fo ea ee see PIWROGRRURDED: (00 2 30 eo ee lee é PPE) os. — : New York Coumts:...........02212..2......- 2 Selects, Her Sablon... .. 20.6... ccs 1 65 PIGHUBOMEMGS eo. 1 CO@1 10 FRESH FISH. Cogiish ..9..) 8. 9 PIRGGQOGK .. 6. ee. 7 SIGNS i2 P MEReWmaAW TrOUb...-..- 2... oe ee se 8 NER@ORG@ROL: 00s 12 PWRRGHGM soe T@s | COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—Somewhat weaker, although choice ‘lots readily command $2. | Beeswax—Small demand at 3dc. Buckwheat—+t.75 ® bbl. Beans—No local demand. Unpicked com- mand 75@90e, and choice picked find good ship- ping demand at $1.40. Butter—The receipts greatly exceed the de- | mand, every dealer being loaded up with large quantities of dairy, which finds slow sale at 15 @lie for choice rolls and b@lbe tor good solid packed. An inferior article is to be had in end- less variety at from 8@12e. Butterine—Solid packed creamery mands 20e, while dairy is quoted at for solid packed, and @lic for rolls. Beets—No shipping demand. Clover Seed—No local shipping com- 15@1l6e cemand. 2 Dealers quote choice stock at $4.50. Cabbages—#5@36 # 100. Very little moving. Celery—The winter stock now in market is very undesirable in quality, selling at 1@lse per dozen. Cheese—Michigan full cream stock readily commands 1:4@13%e, while skim find oecas- | ional sale at from 94@10c. Cider—l2e ® gal. for common sweet. Cranberries—Firm at $15 for bell and cherry, and $14 forbell and bugle. Eggs—Demand fair and market rather firm- er, on account of the closing out of the vast stoeks held in cold storage at Chicago. Fresh readily command 21@22c, and limed are fre- quently preferred at 1&e. Hops—Brewers are paying 1c for best Mich- igan, with few offerings. Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at le. Hay—S9@$10 for new, and $12@$18 for bail- ed. Mince Meat—‘e # tb tor home made. Onions—$1.75 # bbl, for yellow or red. Pop Corn—3e # tb for choice. Potatoes—No firmer, although considerable shipments are being made to Southern cities, purchases being made at 25c. Poultry—Fowls, $@10ce. Chickens, 1@llc. Turkeys, lie. Ducks, lc. Squash—Slow sale at 4c ® bb. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys are about out of market, occasional kiln-dried lots finding saie at $6 ® bbl. Turnips—25e R bu. Timothy—No shipping demand, and dealers buy only for prospective wants, holding at $1.65 for choice. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—2e higher this week. Lancaster, 79; Fulse and Clawson, ‘6c. Corn—Jobbing generally at 46c in 100 bu. lots and 40@48c in carlots. Oats—W hite, 38¢e in small lots and 30e in ear- lots. Rye—d2z@iie ® bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.10@$1.20 ® ewt. Flour—Unchanged. Fancy Patent,$5.50 @ bbl. in sacks and $5.75 in wood. Straight, $4.50 P bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $1.50 ® cwt. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 ®@ ton. Bran, $13 ton. Ships, $14 ® ton. Middlings, $17 ton. Corn and Oats, $23 ® ton. SS Oe eset re @ “Wa AMBASSADORS OF COMMERCE. Final Publication of the List of Traveling Salesmen. Tur TRADESMAN hereby presents—for the last time this year—its alphabetical list of the traveling salesmen residing at this market. Several important changes have been made since the last publication, and there is every reason for thinking that the list as it stand will be substantially correct for several months to come: A Allen, Stanley, Allen Bros. Antrim, Albert C, Chureh Finish Co. ¥ Adams, W J, Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. ‘ Adder rley, Stanley. Alden, Geo W, Foster, Stevens & Co. Ames, Jas E, Michigan Plating Works. Anderson, Wm D. Andrew,-Ed P. Atkins, Lawrence W, troit. Avery, Jas T, Jennings & Smith. Averill, W W, Harrison Wagon Works. Ayers, R RB, Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. Allen, G H, Grand Rapids Chair Co. B. Bradford, John L. Kniseley, Witter & Co York. Beneka, Wm A, Sherwood & Co, Boston, Beneker, B, John Benjamin. Braaford, James N, Arthur Meigs & Go. Banker, W 8, Anglo- American Packing Co., Chicago. Bradford, Lewis Cass, Eaton & Christenson. Baker, Her bert, Shields, Bulkley & Lemon. Bayley, Christopher H, Clark, Jewell & Co. Baker, Allison D, Foster, Stevens & Co. Banghart, Lorenzo C. Barclay , Warren Y, EG Studley & Co. Barker, Dexter, Spiral Spring Buggy Co. Barber, Addison A, Grand Rapids “Chair Co. Barnett, Wm 8S, Peninsular Stove Co, Detroit. Brown, Alford J, 1 O Green. Barnes, Joseph A. Brown, Frank. Barr ell, Charles L, McIntyre & Goodsell Piano Mfg Co. Brown, Wm A, New England Furniture Co. Bass. Charles H, Bissell “Carpet Sweeper Co. Barr, Jas, C W. Allen, Chicago. Beacraft, Wm A. Beecher, ‘Henr y Ward, Eaton, Lyon & Allen. Blackman, Charles F. Blakestree, Frank M. Buddington, K D, Kent Furniture,Mfg Co. Blickle, John J, Wm Hake. Blocksma, Ralph, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. Buckley, John D, Kortlander & Grady. Bolt, Aipheus E, W W Kimbail & Co. Bolles, Silus K, J W Coughtry & Son, Cigar- ville, N Y. 1 Boughton, Wm, R&J Cummings & Co, To- edo Brasted, Alby L, CG A Voigt Burrows, John, M C Russell. Bell, John W, Phoenix Furniture Co. + Barber, N H, Phoenix Furniture Co. Black, Chas, Oriel Cabinet Co. Barber,-A A, Grand Rapids Chair Co. Buss, Geo, Buss Machine Works. Cc, Carhartt, H B, Young, Smith, Philadelphia. Christ, Fred, Hugo Schneider & Co. Chickering, Frank, self, Carroll, P H, Seltz, Schwab & Co, Chicago. Cooper, W E, Spring & Company. ii Adolphus B, Bickford & Francis, Buf- alo. Cady, W O, O’Brien & Murry, Binghamton. Gesna, Ledro R, S A Welling. Caro, L A, Enterprise Cigar Co. Cav anaugh, Geo, Morris “H Treusch. Cary, L M, Mosier, Bahman & Co, Cincinnati. Corson, R W, Berkey & Gay F urniture Co. Carpente rc Napoieon, Hart & Amberg. ’ Chapman, Chas C. Chase, Frank E, A C McGraw & Co, Detroit. Chase, Herbert T, Chase & Sanborn, Boston. Church, Isaac R, W C Denison. Clark, Wm M, Grand Rapids Brush Co. Cloyes, Jas G, Clark. Jewell & Co. Coftin, Chas P, King & Co. Cogswell, George P. Collins, Frank, Z E Allen. Collins, Wm B, H Leonard & Sons. Compton, Shelby, Cleveland Varnish Co. Conlen, Frank, Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. Coppens, Peter J. Coppes, Rufus J, Curtiss, Dunton & Co. Cornell, Chas H. Corley, Wm J, E T Brown & Co. Coryell, Clarence A, Powers & Walker. Coveil, Elliott F, Hart & Amberg. Crane, Erastus W, Worden Furniture Co. Cresey, Wim H, Empire Laundry Machinery Heavenricn Bros, De- , New & Co. Field & Co, 0. Cummings, Walter E. Crookston, J A, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. D. Drew, Al, US Billiard Table Co. : Dunn, O W, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Dangremond, Harry M, Morris H Treusch. Doak, Algernons, Hawkins & Perry. Davidson, A Judd, Folding Chair and Table Disbrow, Chas W, Kent Furniture Co. Downs, W H, Spring & Company. Dana, Edwin P. DeJonge, Geo W K. Dennis, Wilber R. Desner, Harry. - Devereaux, John. Drew, Chas C, Putnam & Brooks. Drew, Walter J, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Duncombe, Chas R. Dustan, Henry, Wim. Harrison. Dykema, Leonard, P Dykema & Son. Dykhouse, Henry G. i. Easterbrook, Geo. Eacher, John H,S8. A. Welling. Evans, Dr Josiah B, Cody, Ball & Co. Edmunds, Wm B, Putnam & Brooks. Emery, Benjamin F, Gray, Burt & Kingman, Chicago. Emery, Fred H, Morton, Lewis & Co. Emery, Wm 8, New England Furniture Co. Ensigi, Frank E, M H Treusch. x. Foster,WR. . Fitz Ge srald, ——, —— Collier, Chicago. Fisher, Alfred Ww. Ferguson, Thomas P, JH Thompson & Co, De- troit. Fietcher, DC, W € Den Franklin, Wallace W, Co, Chicago. Fitch, Milford L, Nelson, Matter & Co. Foster, Alfred, Newaygo Manufacturing Co. Fox, Jas, Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. Frick, Edward, Shields, Bulkiey & Lemon. G. Gottlieb, S J, Kentucky Railroad Tobacco Co, Covington, Ky. Goodrich, Henry P, Chippewa Lumber Co. Goodrich, EI,A R&WE Roe, Troy. Green, Frank E, Jennings & Smith. Ganoe, Henry C, Perkins & Co, Gill, John F. Goetchius, Edwin E, Firmerich Mfg Co, Pe- oria, Hi. Goodrich, Henry P. Goodspeed, Frank W. Gould, Chas E. Greulich, Frank J, Kusterer Brewing Co. H. Heystek, Henry J, Harvey & Heystek. Hauck, Geo, Kusterer Brewing Co. Hufford, Aaron, G A Wrisley, Chicago. Harley, Cc C, Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co. Hirth, Frederick , Hirth & Krause. Hatfield, Dr DS, Kortlander & Grady. Hi.:kman, G W, Enterprise Cigar Co. Hondorf, Manus, Brown, Hall & Co. Hubbard, Will, Cutler & Crossett, Chicago. Hagy, J H, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. Hopkins, T E, Phoenix Furniture Co. Herrington, J T,S A Welling. Hudson, H A, Clark, Jewell & Co. Hawkins, W G, Arthur Meigs & Co. Haugh, D5, Cody, Ball & Co. Horn, Ww 5, Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. Holloway, Geo, Eaton & Christenson. Hadley, Henry. Hoops, Will H, WJ Quan & Co. Hill, Thos, Merchants’ oe Hollister, Ben, Peirce & White Hampson, TPS, Church Finish Co. Hess, Wm T, Perkins & Hess. Hyman, R B, Van Siyke & Co, Albany Haskell, L H, Ordway, Blodgett & ‘Hidden, New York. Hurter, Jackson, Morse Shepard & Co, Bos- ton. Hurter, Geo W, Frost Bros & Co, Boston. Hunting, Wm E, Worden Furniture Co, Hewes, Geo W, Grand Rapids Stave Co. Holden, Henry, Luther & Sumner Furniture : I. Ireland, Jas E oes ~ Lease Ives, Edward L, W ison. Fairbanks, Morse & | shall. Jones, W J, Kem‘nk, Joube & Co. Jennings, Ww H, Jennings & Smith. Jones, Manley, "John Caulfield. Jones, Wm H, Phoenix Furniture Co. . Jones, C W, Widdicomb Furniture Co. Judd, Chas B, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Jacobs, . H, Vv alley City Milling Co. Judd, hE Uy Judd & Co. K. Kathan, W H, Powers & Walker. Kendrick, Henry C, Curtiss, Dunton & Co. Kenyon, -—— Robinson, Buttenshaw & Co, Detroit. Kellogg, Gid, F Raniville & Co. Kelly, Geo H, Morris H Treusch. Kendall, John C, A 8S Gage & Co, Chicago. Kipp, Harry T, DM Osborne & Co. Kenning, John E, Mohl & Kenning. Keate, E J, Star Union. Knapp, Geo, Nelson, Matter & Co. Keasey, Wm R, Beli, Conrad & Co, Chicago. Reckel. "Edward G, Rindge, Bertsch & Co. Kuppenheimer, Augustus, Albert Kuppen- heimer. Kymer, J Leo, Eaton, Lyon & Allen. L. Leggett, C W, Franklin MeVeagh & Co, Chi- cago. Leonard, Fred, H Leonard & Sons. Lewis, Pearly, Morton, Lewis & Co. Lee, Edwin A, Detroit ‘Safe Co., Detroit. Lincoln, Ed A, F J Lamb & Co. Lyon, Fred D, Lent & Braham, New York. Logie, Wm, Rindge, Bertsch & Co. Loveridge, LL, Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. Liesvelt, John, J S Cowin. Larabee, McIvah, Morse, Wilson & Co, Bos- ton. Lewis, Geo B, New England Furniture Co. Leonard, , Sligh Furniture Co. Lueas, G H, Sligh Furniture Co. Langley, ‘Thomas C, Widdicomb Furniture Co. Lankaster, Peter, Hawkins & Perry. Latta, Napoleon B. Levi, Maurice, Jacob Brown, Detroit. Livingston, Adelbert L. Livingstone, Chas, E G Studley & Co. Looinis, Lewis L, Rice & Moore. Love, Albert M, SH Shepler & Co., Chicago. Love, Chas b. = MesSicimmin, As, W J Gould, Detroit. Mattison, HS. Met Carthy, D i, sells for self. McClave, EW ilkes, W W Kimball & Co. Mather, Geo B, Corunna Coal Co, Corunna. Malloy, MM, Arthur Meigs & Co. Moseley, Edward A, Moseley Bros. Morgan, CH, Jenning rs & Smith. McDowell, Harry, McCarthy, Dennis P. Morrison, Jas A, Shields, Bulkley & Lemon. hoe Martin N, Berkey & Gay Furniture Monbuh: John D, S A Welling. McConnell, N Stew ar c: Nelson. Bros & Co. McDonald, “John D. MeDonald, John X, T H Redmond. Mcintyre, ‘John H. Mckay, Geo, Putnam & Brooks. McKelvey, John H, Noble & Co. Maybury, Frank I, GR&1Ry. Mangold, Edward c, CGA Voigt & Co. Mangold, Richard c, CGA Voigt & Co, Mansfield, C W, Bradner, Smith & Co. Marsh, Chas ¢, WwW C Denison. Miller, Frank, ‘Detroit Sate Co, Detroit. Mills, Lloy d M, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. N. Nelson, Geo K, Nelson Bros & Co. Nelson, Jas, Nelson bros & Co. Nolan, Jolin E. oO, Owens, John, Alabastine Co. Ohnsted, Joseph P, Bisseil Carpet Sweeper Co Orr, Robert 5, Arthur Meigs & Co. : Owen, Geo F, Brewster & Stanton, Detroit. | , | Powers, Fred E, Spa Bottling Works. i Palen, John H, Rindge, Bertsch & Co. i Peck, CJ, Spring & Company. Parmenter, Ben F, Shields, Bulkley & Lem- on. P *rice, ar menter, Co Pratt, J M, W C Denison. Pantlind, Geo EK, Wetzell Bros & Pantlind. Peck, Chas WwW, Grand Rapids Brush Co. Phillips, Daniel C, Wm Harrison. Pierce, Harry H, Noble & Co. Pierce, Silas K, E. 8. Pierce. Putnam, Geo 8, D M Osborne & Co. Putnam, Thos C, Putnam & Brooks. Post, John C, Michigan Plaster Agency. Pearsoil, O K, Grand Rapids Brush Co. Parkhurst, K, Stockwell & Darragh Furniture Co. W J, Eaton & Christenson. Chas B, Gleason Wood Ornament @. Quinn, Jas, LJ Quinn. * Quigiecy, Burt C, Rosenberg & Bro, New York R, Remington, ES Pierce. Remington, A KH, Gardiner & Baxter. Raynor, George, Eaton, Lyon & Allen. Raymond, MH N, Star Insurance Co. Rindge, Will A, Rindge, Bertsch & Co. Rooney, Jas, F. Hoys, Graham, G ttoys & Co, Rovinson, Chas $, Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. Richards, Theo F, Widdicomb Furniture Co. Rowe, Wm N, Valley City Milling Co. kKeed, Jos F O, H Leonard & Sons. Reynolds, Richard W, Muskegon Valley Fur- nituring Co. Richmond, Wm U, E T Brown & Co. Robertson, Hiram $, A Meigs & Co. Russell, Albert L, Chas Schmidt & Bros. Ss. Standart, Chas, Peninsular Furniture Co. Seymour, Glen, Marshaii Furnace Co, Mar- stocking. ,» Reese & Co. Shattuck, E, ES Pierce. Sears, Stephen, Wm Sears & Co. Seymour, Alouzo, Win Sears & Co. Seymour, Geo H, Hugo Schneider & Co. Savage, Hurrison HK, Hartman, Clark & Triges, Chicugo. Stuart, Arthur H, Worden Furniture Co. Sheldon, Suel, Jackson Wagon Co. Schroder, Herman, Wm. Hake. _Scott, Richard 7, Cappon & Bertsch Leather Sharp, Augustus C, Cody, Ball & Co. . Shelley, Jas R, McU ford & Bradfield Furniture eee wood, Alfred H, Grand Rapids Veneer and Panel Co. Shriver, Fred D, Shriver, Weatherly & Co. Smith, Win H, Kent Furniture Mtg Co. Snyder, Eben F, W C Denison. Sprague, A Milton, SA Welling. Sprague, KE M, EJ Copley. Starr, Isaac N, Standard Medicine Co. Stearns, Duniel HK, Broadhead Worsted Millis, Jamestown, N Y. Steinberger, Joseph. Stevens, Alvant T, Singer Sewing Machine Stewart, Kobert, Perkins & Hess. Stoddard, Geo, Neilson, Matter & Co. Smith R H, Perkins & Hess. kr. American Sewing Ma- Trout, Emerson W, chine Co. Threlkeld, T B, Weisinger & Bate, Louisville. Thayer, Ed, W R Peoples & Son, Cincinnati. Treusch, M H, Morris H Treusch. Treadway, E A, Blue Line, Taylor, Lorison J, Kent Furniture Mfg Co. Tooker, John V. __ Tuberger, Geo, U Feeter. Tanner, J B, Perkins & Hess. U. Underwood, D C, Arthur Meigs & Co. Utter, Albert L. yy. Van der Werp, Rine, Star Clothing House. Ver Venne, John H, Eaton & Christenson. Yan Stee, Jacob E, Grand Rapids Broom Co. WwW. _ Whittier, Chas, Plumb & Lewis Manufactur- ing Co. Watson, Chas E, 8S A Maxwell & Co, Chicago. Winecnell, V E, Alabastine Co. Walling, Samuel A, Cavanaugh & Co, Chicago. Williams, W J, Eaton & Christenson. Warner, Richard, Clark, Jewell & Co. White, Algernon E, Cody, Ball & Co. Wilcox, CS, Hawkins & Perry. Ward, Nathan D, O E Brown Manufacturing Co White, Frank H, Curtiss, Dunton & Co. Watson, Jesse C, CS Yale & Bro. Whit., orth, Geo G, Foster, Stevens & Co. Wise, Henr. L,58 5S Adams. Wolcott, John M, Worden Furniture Co, Watkins, J&B, Luther & Sumner Furniture Ww heeler, J L, Farmer Roller Mill Co. y. Yale, Chas, CS Yale & Bro. Z. Zunder, Aaron, Jacob Barth. Darodware. American Chains as Good as Foreign. A writer in the American Agricultur- | ist complains that his trace chains break, al- | though he purchases at the best agricultural warehouses, and buys the best chains he can find. of others, which he says is similiar, to the use ef “cheap American make chains.” 'f he | inference suggested is that the made chains are not so good as others, @. ¢., foreign made chains. The best logging and trace chains are made by hand, each link being formed and | welded on the horn of the anvil. They have been made so here for generations, and the method is the same in foreign countries, and as good iron can be obtanied here as there, no sufficient reason exists why Amer- ican chains are or cannot be as good as oth- ers. A hand-welded chain of tough iron is no better for having come across the ocean. It is possible there is an inferior article of home 1nake which this correspondent pur- chased; there is little actual value in cheap jewelry. Small, unwelded chains are made by machinery, and some heavy log chains and farm trace chains are called “‘machine made,” the links being bent by machines, | and the welds being made by belt drops. But these machine made chains are of less market value than the hand made chains, being rated at half a cent a pound less than those made by hand. Some of the largest dealers in logging and farm chains in the country state that they have few complaints of breakages of Amieri- can made chains; they have far more from those of foreign make. The principal fault found with the home made _ chain is in the attempt to weld by machine drop instead of | ‘by hand, the machine weld showing surface from the die, but not being reliable. The best chains are those which are hand | welded. market gurried over with coal tar; but fre- | quently have been ‘tumbled’ and polished | | so as to show their make. Sometimes too much work is exacted from a chain; when iron is bent and welded it is not responsible for more tensile strength than one-fourth of that of the rod when test- ed in a straight line. The fact is, American made chains are fully equal to those import- ed; andin many other productions of the hardy metals the American i lead the foreign producers. ee To Re-tin Copper V easels. The Scientific American gives the fol- lowing directions for re-tinning copper vessels: “Make the copper chemically clean by washing with a saturated lution of zine in muriatie acid, the acid to be weakened with water to half strength after the dissolving of the zine. Heat the copper vessel and pour in a small quantity of metal —of tin one, lead one—and shake or tip the vessel until the tinning runs over the parts. Or ‘wipe’ the melted tin over the bare places with a cotton canvas pad.” Here is another method: To tin old cop- per utensils, thoroughly clean them with sand and oxalic acid, agd tin with a large copper soldering iron, using muriate of zine and a salammoniae (soldering fluid) for flow- ing the tin. It can also be done by heating the vessel and flushing melted tin over the surface, first sprinkling the SC- powdered resin. $< =< —_—— Protecting Steel and Iron from Rust, Professor Calvert has recently made the interesting discovery by practical tests, that the carbonates of potash and soda possess the same property of protecting -iron and steel from rust as do those alkalies ina caustie state. Thus it is found, that, if an iron blade be immersed in a solution of either of the above carbonates, it exercises so protective an action, that that portion of the iron which is exposed to the intltfence of the damp atmospherie air does not oxidize, even after so extended a period as two years. Similar results, it appears, have also been obtained with sea-water, on adding to the same the carbonates of potash or soda in suitable proportion. Tempering Hammers, Tempering a hammer isa job which a great many men cannot do as it should be done. A foreman of a shop gives the following method of tempering: After the hammer has been dressed in good shape and every- thing is ready to temper, get an old coffee pot or some vessel with a small spout attach- ed; heat your hammer to an ordinary heat, and, holding it over the slack tub, pour wa- ter from the coffee-pot spout into the center of the face until cold. This hardens the center to a greater depth than it can be har- dened by plunging the whole face of the hammer into the tub in the ordinary way. The temper can afterwards be drawn on the edges. ne — Idunium. “Jdunium” is the name proposed by Prof- fessor Websky for the metal just discovered by him as one of the components of native vandate of lead. The mineral is rather a scarce one of yellow color, and contains sey- eral other metals, of which zine, iron, and arsenic are among the most prominent. Idun- ium resembles vanadine in several respects, both physically and chemically, while the only oxide hitherto examined forms stable salts with alkaline bases, and thus would appear to possess distinctly acid properties. It will probably be known by and by as ‘“idunic acic.” Its general characteristics and reactions correspond to those of vanadic acid. : en — m To remove bluiug from steel immerse in a pickle composed of equal parts of muriatic acid and oil of vitriol. Rinse in pure water and dry in tissue paper. He attributes his experience and that | American | a good | These chains seldom go to the | manufacturers | an surface with | WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. mon | | sah i Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: } AUGERS AND BITS. | | | { | j { | | Ives’, old Style. ... 0... eee ee eae dis 50 iN. H. Ci CO es dis 55 VDOURIRGS. oo dis 50 | Pierces’ ote ees ree Gea cee ce! Gee eie dis 50 GE dis 50 COOKS (eel: Oo ecaneee dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine.......... Re ewes eas dis 25 iJennings’, imitation... ..0.6.6. . 1... dis40&10 \ : BALANCES. pO Oe et a dis 25 BARROWS. [uaa $ 15 00 IMEGOCD oe ee net 33 00 \ BELLS. PERC ce ee Seed es oe § 60&10 COW a ee 6B VOR es ee 15 VOOUR ee ee dis 20 | Door, Sargent........... es dis 55 BOLTS. HOVOG. 2 oe da Carriage Hey Wet 0 2 oe bi PLOW ah eae dis 30&1( Sleigh Shoe. 2). dis 50&15 Cast Barrel Bolts: 23 dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55 Cast Barrel, brass knobs.. . dis 50 Cast Square Spring ee dis 55 Cast Chaim 3 dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55£10 Wrought Square Oe Gales ca dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Plush. -...........6.-. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob MSN ee 50&10&10 ives; Door: 22 dis 50&10 eo BRACES QNDCT ieee is $ IRCKUS) ooo ae 50 DPOMORG -.. dis 50 ee dis net ae BUCKETS. Ol WISIN es ee $ 4 Well Swivel (00 : i ep BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60 | Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60.1 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60 | Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50é&10 | Wrounht Toase Pin dis 60 | | Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 | { Wrought Loos se Pin, jJapanned ....... dis 0&5, | Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver | tipped ce ee ee a ie dis 60& 5 | Wrought Table: ) 2000 gi le oe dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind....., bo ee dis 60 i Wroue@nt Brass. dis 65&10 PBlmd Clans oe dis T0&i0 pip ad Parken eee. es dis 70&10 B lind, Shepard’ Bee ose dis 70 | Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 | Spring for Screen Doors 8x3....pergross 18 00 | CAPS. PIS LQG a per : PHOCKIS ON. oo =. 6 iG. ee 35 | MUSK@G . 60 CATRIDGES tim Fire, U. M.C. i Winchester new list 50 | Rim Fire, Taited Statese se dis 50 CeontranBive..) i dis 14 | CHISELS. USOCKCtHINMOr 000 dis 65&10 | Socket Praming.......5. 00.53. 0 dis 65&10 Babbot Gomer a aes ee dis 65&10 Socket BHGKB oe dis 65&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 sarton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 COM a net COMBS. Curvy, Dawrence's. 3.2.00. dis 3314 PHOtCHIISS fo eee dis 25 COCKS. Brass. Raclame soo ae 40&10 BIDDIS oe ee 49810 BCCr ee 40810 WONG oo ec 60 COPPER Planished, 14 0z cut to size............., Bb 37 Phe abode XOO: 39 | DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock... 2..5............. dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’'s Taper Sopnk..::020...5...2.. dis 3U ELBOWS. @om: 4 piece; 6 im... 1... doz net $1 10 Commented 3.600. dis 20&10 ; AQUUBLAIOIG dis 2¢&10 EXPANSIVE BIts. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 FILES. American File Association List...... dis 60&10 DISSCONIS a dis 50&10 New AMe@rcan: 2... 62.52.05... 0.50.05. dis 50810 NIGROISOMIS 0.70): dis 80&10 BRCtOw ee dis 30 | Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 331g | GALVANIZED LRON, | Ne os . 16 to 20, ezand 24, 25and26, 27 28 | Lis 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, Juniata 45, Chareoal 50. i TAUGES : Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 \ HAMMERS. | May dole SCOMS dis 15 RS ee dis 25 1 Ye Hae ® Plumb Go. es dis 80 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... 30 ¢ list 40 Biaecksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 midder, wood tra... 6.8. dis 40 HINGES. TALC, CLAPICS, 12, Oo oe dis 60 State A ee geen eae ael ee per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% i4 and longer. costo. : 314 Serew Hook and Eye, % .......... “net 10% Serew Hook and Bye 5.............. net 84 Serew Hook and Eye &%.............. net os Serew Hook and Hye, %............. net ErAD OM De dis cost HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Pin Ware. oes ee 60X10 Japanned Din Ware. 20&10 Granite fron Ware-.:................... 25 HOES. Grab Da se $11 00, dis 40 GRO 250k 11 50, dis 40 Genbis 2 12 00, dis 40 \ KNOBS.. | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings......$2 00, dis 6(: Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60 Door, porcelain, plated trim- WMA O'S 22 ee list, 7 25, dis 60 Door, porcelain, trimmings list, 8 28, dis 60 Drawer and Shutter, oo ‘oc. dis 60 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s .d 40 HOMmacite = 055 vis 50 LOC KS POOR. Russell & Irwin ve Co.’s reduced list dis 60 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co. ig. Nee Shove eos dis 6 IPENEORG See as dis 60 Norwauies. 0) 80s dis 60 LEVELS. Stantey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Pé unk ers COR ers dis 49 Coffee, P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Matieables dis 40 Cotfee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's... ..:: dis 40 Coffee, Enterprise... . 2. .c. 6.6... dis 25 MATTOCKS. AOZO WYO. os esis esi. $16 00 dis 40&10 Punt HVC.) 2... ee ect te $15 00 dis 40&10 HUNG S 2. eG ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. Common, Bra and Fencing. 1G: tO, COG. oe ea @ keg $2 25 Sd and 9 QQ a0V. 0.06. 266s esc le 25 Bind 10 GOV ee 50 40 end 60 DOV. 3.00 ee oh 75 8d advance.......... Be oe cas 1 50 BONES AAVARCE 16. oe ye ee ce 3 00 Clingh Nats, S0Woce occ 1 75 Finishing 1 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches (8 24 2 a 1% Ady. # keg $125 1 50 1 55 2 00 Steel Nails—Same price as above. MOLLASSES GATES. Stabbin’s Pattern... 2.2056 es dis 7 Stebbin’s Genuine...... oc. ees eee dis 7 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Brass or Copper....... ee ees dis 40 ROANOL. 65.65 once ee ee per rene $12 net Olimateaa’s .... ee ee Sea. 50 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..............0. e005 dis 15 Scioty BORGU. os cee ee ko. eh dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, ‘fancy.. De ay dis 15 Bench, ee Ue ere lea aees dis «20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. HRY -AGMO cielo sie cake et coels dis 40&10 Common, polished... ..c0205 joe. e ese dis 060 MTP a ae sacs bos ce ceca cs vee 98 tb 8 RIVETS. Tron and ‘Tinned... ....5. 0... see. sos .dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% BR’? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 Broken packs 4c ® bb extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne...../..... IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne..... eeeas Bian gene ROPES. Sisal, % In. and larger...................... 9 PRTG ee ee 15% SQUARES. Steeland tron... ee dis 50 Wy ane Bovels. 22. ol. ose ce ee, dis 50 NEGRO) cee ee dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. NOS: 10-to. 14 0 0s gr 2. $4 20 $3 00 INOS, TOTO 305 Se 4 20 3 00 INOB: TS $0, 206. oe 4 20 8 09 INOS: 22 (0. 24. 4 20 3 00 Nos 2 EO sa 4 40 3 20 INO Tees ee ea. 4 60 3 40 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 Ibs, ® th.................. 6 In smaller quansities, fe De... 6% TINNER’S SOLDER NO: 1) Refined: (2.000... 13 00 Market Half-and-half............. 0... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. IC, f0x14 Charcoal... 6.62.2... 2... 6 50 IX, LORIE Charcoal: oy... 6s. cle ee. 8 o IC, igxiZ, Charcoal... ........2./..0:. 6 50 EX: I2xl2, Charcoal ... 020.20. 52-.. 8 50 IC, Fax20, Chareoal:..6.0. 20.002. 1. oe 6 50 IX, 14x20) Charcoal... 5). 05.0.0. 526505... 8 50 19.0.4 14x20, Cnareoal so as. 10 50 IXXX, TAx20, Charcogl. 2... ...2. 02. 12 50 IXX NX 14x39, Charcoal.) 4.2.5.2... . 14 50 IX, S0x28, @hereoul e602 023 18 60 DC; 100 Plate Oharcoal.......... 2.2... 6 50 DX, Joe Plate Charcoal. ................ 8 50 DxXX, 100 Plate Ghareoal::......... 0... 10 50 DXXX, 160 PlateCharcoal:.....:..-...... 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 io rates. TRAPS. meee! Game eo Onovida Communtity, New house’s oe dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60 HIOEGHIISS: 6D Sb & WoMig Cos 2), 60 Mouse, choker) 0) 0) ate a doz Mouse, delusion. .6..)..... 02. $1 26: 2 doz WIRE. Bright Mar Ket 2005. See ose ae dis 60 Annealed Market. 60. dis 60 Coppered Market... 3... dis 5d PE xprea Banh ee dis 55 | Vinned Mar ket Dee ae bee ee kis 40 ironed: Broom. 8 8 ib 09 | inmed Mattress.) 6200.0. oe 2 Tb 5% Coppered Spring Steel..................dis 37% Tinned Spring Steel. ..... .6 2 dis 31% Picim WenGe. ce RB bb bi, Barbed Bence... 3.00 CODDGR ee new list net Brass new list net WIRE GOODS. RONG ee Weceee sees dis 70 ecrew Byes..0 0000 .tdis 70 RLOOIS so dis 70 Gate Hooksand Eyes.................... dis 7 WYrENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... Coes Genume. 2. dis 50810 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 65 Coe’s Patent, malleable oo dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS. Pumps, Cistern oo. ol. dis 60&20 DCRCWS cs Ge vil) Casters: Bed and Plate... ............-. dis 50 Dampers, American, |... 6.2, 38315 LUMBER, LATH AND S The Newaygo Manufacturing b. cars as follows: Uppers, Linch.. INGLES. _ Co, quote f. 0. -per M $44 00 Uw sppers, 144, 1% mudeineh 46 00 NELeCts PimGh More Unprofessional Practices, Carroll & Turner, which is only another way of expressing the relationship supposed to exist between Turner & Carroll, are up to their old tricks again—writing around for claims. A large Eastern house recently ad- vised their legal representative in this city, as follows: “Carroll & Turner write us that they have investigated the Harrington mat- ter, at Holland, and wish our claim, to put | with two heavy Chicago creditors, whom they claim to represent, with a view to ‘bring pressure to bear and getting a good compromise. But we have tried them and ‘have no faith in them.”? Hence, the house | paid no attention to the begging appeal. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Cranber- ries, Cider, Buckwheat Flour, Etc. Careful Attention Paid to Fuling Orders. M.G, Russell, 48 Ottawa St,, 6’d Rapids, CLARK, JHWELL & CO. WW EXOMmES ATE: Groceries and Provisions, 63, 85 and $7 PEARL STREET and (14, 116, 118 and (20 OPDAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - - - £MICHIGAN. WM. SHARS é& CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents ror AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. BLANCHARD BROS. & CO PROP RIETORS—— MODEL MILLS. ——- MANUFACTURERS OF——— Gilt Bdge Patent and White Loat Brands of Flour. Good Goods and Low Prices. E'ull Roller Process. CoRNER WINTER AND WEST BRIDGE Sts., - We invite Correspondence. GRAND Rapips, Micu. The Finest 10 Cent Cigar in the Market To-Day is Maton & Christenson’s MICHIGAN CHIEF CLEAR HAVANA. LONG FILDUER. If you have not seen it, Send us an order for Sample. Baton & Christenson, 77 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. We are sole Michigan agents for the celebrated “Fe” brand, packed by J. S. FARREN & CO., Bal- timore, and are prepared to fill orders for CAN or BULK oysters at the low- est market prices either from here or from Balti- more direct. NO BETTER GOODS PUT UP. H.M. BLIVEN has charge of this department and will give your orders person- al and prompt attention. We solicit your order. Putnam & Brooks. MUSKECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 5. 5. MORRIS & BRO, PACKERS --AND— Jobbers of Prowvisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Streets. ORCUTT & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Butter, Eos, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce Consignments Solicited. MUSKEGON , MICH. Choice Butter a Specialty IMPORTERS ——AND JOBBERS OF—— STAPLE = AND PANGY GROCERIES After our long and persistent efforts to meet the wants of All Grocers by carrying a complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, it now affords us much pleasure to know that our endeavors have been Successful and Appreciated, and that to-day we are re- garded by the trade as not only the Headquarters in our line for the trade tributary te this market, but also the Fancy Grocery House. The ONLY House in Michigan that carries a complete line of Fancy Groceries. Below we mention a few Fancy Groceries which we are selling at very close prices. Citron, Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Sultana Raisins, De- hesia Bunch Layers Boxes, Dehesia Bunch Layer 1-4 Boxes, Imperial Cabinets, London Layers, Muscatels, Valencias, Ondaras and Layer Valencias in 14 and 28 lb. boxes. ALL NEW FRUIT. New Layer Figs, New Turkish Prunes, New French Prunes in 50 lb. boxes, New French Prunellas 50 |b. boxes, New Currants, New Black Pitted Cherries 50 Ib. boxes, New Dried Raspberries, New Dried Blackberries, New China Preserved Ginger, New French Peas, New French Mushrooms, New Italian Macaroni and Vermicelli 25 1b. cases in 1 lb. pkgs., New Scotch Marmalade, New English Orange Marmalade in 1 1b. Stone Jars, New English Goose- berry, Strawberry, Raspberry, and Black Currant Jams in 1 lb. stone jars. Full line of A. Lusk & Co.’s California Can- ned Fruits, Apricots, Quinces, Grapes, Golden Drops, Green Gages, Ege Plums, Peaches and Pears, French Brandy Peaches in Glass, quarts, French Cherries in Brandy, quarts. Full line of Crosse & Blackwells’ English Pickles. Full line of Dingee’s Pickles in glass. Lea & Perrins’ Worcester Sauce, Halford’s Sauce, Spanish Olives 16 and 27 oz. bottles, French Capers, French and Italian Salad Oil for table use in 1-2 pints, pints and quarts, Durkee’s Salad Dressing in pints and quarts, Colman’s English Mustard, Lpps’ English Cocoa, Cox’s English Gelatine, Durkee’s Celery Salt. Mackerel in 3 lb. cans Soused in Tomato Sauce and in Mustard Sauce, Brook Trout Soused and Spiced in 3 lb. cans, Smoked Hali- but, Yarmouth Bloaters, Scotch Fin-in-haddies, Rochester Ready Cooked Food Co,.’s Cooked Oatmeal, Hominy and Wheat 2 lb. papers and Beans and Peas for Soups in 1 lb. papers, Hecker’s Self-Raising Buckwheat 3 and 6 lb. papers. Please read the above carefully and if in want of anothing in our line send in your orders and same shall receive the closest and most prompt attention. SHIELDS, BULKLEY & LEMON, Grand Rapids.