¥ —_— mata ssomcsseaasioe— ay VOL. 2. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, J ANUARY 21. 1885. The Michigan Tradesman. NO. 70. Collections and {nsarance, Special Attention given to Collections in City r Country. Also FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT Insurance, Shoe and Leather...........----++s-++05+ Boston Oeeper. ...:....--..-...------- es Dayton, Ohio mion..... .......------.------- Pittsburgh, Pa. Germania... .......s..----<-- 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 Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF RmEMIN Es “Red Bark Bitters’ AND— The Oriole Manufacturing Co. 78 West Bridge Street, MICHIGAN. GRAND RAPIDS, - JAMES C. AVERY. GEO. E. HUBBARD. James G, AVERY & Co 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. RETAILERS, 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. See prices in Price-List. Hartford Chenical 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. T. CAMOREAUX, Agent 71 Canal street. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & C0, Grand 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. 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, Game and all kinds of Farm Produce. This company is duly established by law, and farmers, shippers or dealers can depend upon prompt and honest returns for all consign- ments. For particulars address, J. W. WHITE, Sec’y, 31 Beach Street, Boston, Mass. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USH 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 COLLECTIONS. §.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: Joun D. MAN- auMm, A. M. SPRAGUE, JOHN H. EACKER, L. R. Cesna, and J. T. HERRINGTON. 24 Pearl Street - (rand Rapids, Mich. W. N, FULLER & CO DESIGNERS AND Engravers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- cluding Buildings, Etce., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS - ALBERT COYE & SON}, JOBBERS OF- Horse Covers, Oiled Clothing, Awnings and Tents. 73 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. EDMUND 8. DIKEMAN, “THE — GREAT WATCH MAKER, Tan JEWELER, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. LIVE GROGERYMEN ——-SELL——— DETROIT SOAP COS ——FAMOUS-——— EEN ANNE SOAP, 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. * & A MORAL VIEW. Religious Aspect of Business Thrift and Anxiety. . A business man writes as follows to the Christian Union over the signature of ‘‘In- quiring Friend :’’ The first “mercantile business” I can re- member being engaged in was when I was a five-year-old boy, when one Fourth of July I sold to the other boys in our neighborhood, from a little table in an alley-way next to my father’s house, ‘‘molasses and water,” for one cent a glass. How I enjoyed it, for I made the largest per cent. of profit on it that I ever have made, as my parents fur- nished the materials for me free, from our pump and kitchen closet. How rich I felt when I had pocketed those ten or twelve big copper cents that were about in those days! And I often earned one, two, or three cents, and sometimes a ‘“‘fourpence ha’penny,” as we called those little silver pieces that rep- resented six and a quarter cents in those old days. Your readers whose hair is growing a little white will remember those “‘four- pences” and those big copper cents of those old times. The first financial distress I ex- perienced was when, after dark one evening, when I was about ten years old, I dropped a little silver ‘‘fourpence,” which I had earned, on the sidewalk of the principal street of the town, and hunted and prowled around afterita long time in agony, but could not find it in the dark, and had to get home and go to bed without it, but made up my mind that I would get up just before daylight in the morning, before other folks could get a chance at it, and find it when the snnlight came along. I was so intensely de- termined to wake up early, that when I did awake I was delighted to find that I could get on the street before sunrise, which I did, full of anxiety; but how ‘‘tickled”’ I felt when the first rays of morning brought to my sight my little silver “fourpence”! I have no doubt that I relished my breakfast well that morning. How often during my business career 1 have retired at night troubled by losses amounting to thousands of dollars, which could not be gained again by getting up early, though sometimes they would wake me earlier than the little silver fourpence did! I continued to earn one cent, or two cents, but rarely a fourpence, before school or after school, by doing various little jobs, or errands, until I was almost fourteen years old, when 1 got a situation in a retail dry- goods store in our town. My salary for the first year or two was $1 a week. I opened the shop at five o’clock in the morning, swept out, dusted the store, cleaned and trimmed the lamps, and filled them with whale oil. There was no gas company then in our town, which is now a city, with gas and electricity. I commenced waiting upon the customers, and carried bundles all over town; we had a good evening trade and did not shut up shop until nine o’clock in the evening. By the fourth year my wages had increased to $3 per week. I boarded with a relative for $2 per week, and with the re- maining money I paid all my eXpenses dur- ing the succeeding years until I was twenty- one years of age. I continued to do so, practicing the most careful and rigid econ- omies; and though my wages had _ increased a little from year to year, my expenses for board and other necessities had also in- creased, so that I figured and figured and figured, watched and calculated closely as ever, hoping to meet them, and perhaps, al- so, to get a little capital ahead to help me to start busines for myself when I should get to be twenty-one years old. Was this covetousness? When I did arrive at that age, 1 hired a little store, with rent $300 per year, and my father, though his means were very limited, loaned me $5900, and I got trusted for sever- al hundred dollars worth of dry goods and small wares in addition, and opened shop with great trepidation, fearing I might not succeed against the many competitors who were all about my locality. I squeezed my expenses to the lowest possible point, and worked incessantly until nine o’clock in the evening. Iremember how glad I was to sell two skeins of thread for a cent, ora piece of tape at the same price, etc., ete. Oh! the anxieties and agonies I went through for fear I should “fail,” which in those days was considered a disgrace! I shall never forget the dismay and consternation 1 felt on taking account of stock at the close of the first year’s business, to find that I ‘had not made a dollar; but I fought hard to keep up courage, and went into the second year’s work determined to get ahead, if possible; but at the close of the year, on taking ac- count of stock again, I found I was in the same-condition that I found myself to be at the close of the first year. I remem- ber telling my father with sobs and tears, how I had come out the second year, and that he told me not to be discouraged, for he had seen many a year when he did not make money, but had, notwithstanding, now got ahead comfortably, and always paid his debts in full. I discovered that a young man who had been in my employ had been spending a very large amount more than his salary, and that he had taken it from my money drawers; hut as he had now gone, L felt hopeful that on the third year, if I was courageous and careful, I should add some- thing to my means. Was this covetousness? L | “hitched in,” and watched things like a de- tective, and at the close of the third year, took an account of stock, and was delighted to find that I had got more than double the , amount of my borrowed capital; and, by hard work and.the strictest economies for fifteen years, I continued from year to year to increase my capital. Was this covetous- ness? [ had become, during this time, a married man, and the father of several chil- dren, so that my expenses and my need of sapital to carry on a larger business had in- creased so largely that I did not feel much richer when I had accumulated $10,000 than I felt when I had got my first thousand. I afterward became a partner in a wholesale business, and continued to prosper financial- ly. I had been giving all along something to church work, to various charities and re}- atives in need; but the habit of looking af- ter things closely I could not dismiss, espec- ially as I made mistakes and losses occasion- ally in my investments, and have been so worried sometimes that I have been much afflicted with anxieties. Could I have suc- ceeded always in paying 100 cents on the dollar, if I had been indifferent and free from solicitude and from strong determina- tion to get into a strong financial position? My family expenses and opportunities to as- sist in various charities continued to in- crease, and though, after retiring from busi- ness, I endeavored to invest my capital in the most conservative securities, so that I should have a reliable income, yet I have met with losses ‘here, there, and elge- where,” causing me much solicitude and many anxieties. I have also felt anxiety lest these troubles should be considered a result of covetousness; and yet it seems to me to be the result of habits formed in my early experience in business, without which, it seems to me, I never could have succeeded in paying my honest debts, and also accumu- lating necessary capital to give my fainily and myself many of the enjoyable things of modern times, and to assist many of the ex- isting charities and other Christian work. My object in writing the above is to have your opinion whether Jam to consider the solicitudes and anxieties which sometimes beset me in reference to my financial atfairs to be the result of what is considered covet- ousness, or are they the natural result and out- growth of what seemed positively essential and necessary for my business success in my early life. | To the above inquiries, the Union replies in the following admirable manner: We commend to the special attention of our readers a letter from a subscriber in an- other column. We suggest to fathers and mothers to read it aloud at the tea-table and invite the opinion of the children on the question. In answering it here we must en- ter a little into the metaphysics of the sub- ject. Thrift and covetousness are children of the same mother, acquisitiveness; but they are as unlike as Jacob and Esau. Like the working bee and the wasp they belong to thesame family; but one is a gatherer of honey, and the other only stings. ‘To covet is the desire to get from a neighbor what be- longs to him without giving a just equiva- lent therefor. To desire your neighbor’s property is not covetousness, and it is not wrong. Without such desire there could be no trade, no commerce, no organized indus- try. We all desire something that we have not, and we labor to get it; and it is gener- ally, in modern life, something our neighbor possesses. We shop because we wish our neighbor’s goods; and our neighbor resorts to every expedient to stimulate this desire. He advertises, eulogizes, displays, per- suades. Hs spends large sums of money in endeavoring to make us want what he _ pos- seesses. ‘This desire to acquire and possess is the mainspring of all modern industry. It drives all the clockwork. The world keeps time, the world’s hands make progress on the dial, because of it. To desire another man’s property without paying hima just and reasonable price for it—this is covetousness. And this is the root of all dishonesties. Its gratification is always essentially dishonest, whether it be done by violence, as by the burglar; or by alertness as by the sneak thief; or by cajol- ery, as by the confidence man; or by playing on the weakness of the victim, as by the gambler; or by taking advantage of his needs, as by the despotism of the dishonest capitalist. .From playing marbles for keep to stock gambling on the Street, every scheme to get money out of a neighbqr’s pocket without putting an equivalent amount of money in, is a poisonous fruit of this poisonous tree; the mother is covetousness, the child is thievery. Now, there is not the slightest trace of this spirit in the graphic portrait which our correspondent gives of himself. He de- seribes thrift, not covetousness; and thrift is the virtue as covetousness is the vice, of acquisitiveness. Hemay have been over- desirous to acquire. He may have toiled too much and worried needlessly. Of this he must judge. This isa common fault in American life; and it may have been his. But it is not covetousness. Overwork and overworry are faults; coyetousness is a crime. A great deal is said about the evils of ov- er work and overworry; but there is some- | thing to be said on the other side. Young men are preached to on the evils of acquisi- tiyeness; they should also be exorted to cul- tivate it. The world has suffered tenfold more from the spirit that throws away the sixpence and passes on, than from the spirit which gets up before light and searches on the sidewalk for it. Where one young man grows hard and eallous and gray before his time, from overwork, ten young men go to destruction because they lack the combined caution, energy and conscience which make thrift. The man who makes a fortune by honest industry blesses hundreds of others in the making of it; and this whether he will or no. For even industrious selfishness is a benediction upon others, in spite of it- self. But he who dissipates a fortune isa curse to himself and to everyone with whom he comes in contact. In this, as in every- thing else, the testimony of the Bible is con- sonant with that of life; it counts riches a blessing from the Lord, and _ thrift a virtue which He honors. The three patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac,and Jacob, were men of thrift and men of competence, if not of wealth; the blessings of possession are promised both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament to virtue; and while the buik of the Bible is devoted to the cultivation of other virtues, it never treats the economic virtues as though they were vices, or the comforts which they usually insure as though they were temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil. There is no better text-book for a young man to study as a guidance to successful achievement in busi- ness than the Book of Proverbs. There are other and higher virtues than thrift, for which thrift must sometimes stand aside. There are other and grander successes than wealth, for which wealth must sometimes be sacrificed. But to acquire property is an honorable ambition, if honorably pursued; and the spirit of industry, economy, and carefulness—in a word, the spirit of thrift— is one that should be cultivated by pulpit and by parent. It isa very necessary, though an unpraised, grace. —_—_——____ —-- ee ee How Postal Currency Was Invented. Postal currency, which was the ‘‘change”’ during the war and until the resumption of specie payments, was the invention of Gen. Spinner, who had represented the Syracuse district of New York in Congress, and had been appointed Treasurer of the United States by President Lincoln. Small change had vanished, and in buying a dinner in the market, change had to be taken in beets, cabbages, potatoes, and whatnot. In his dilemma, he bethought himself of the pos- tage stamp. He sent down to the Post office department and purchased a quantity of stamps. He then ordered up a package of the paper upon which Government securi- ties were printed. He cut the paper into various sizes. On the pieces he pasted stamps to represent different amounts. He thus initiated asubstitute for fractional sil- ver. This was not, however, a Government transaction in any sense; it could not be. Gen. Spinner distributed his improvised cur- rency among the clerks of the department. They took it readily, and the trade folks more readily. The idea spread; the postage stamps, either detached or pasted upon a piece of paper, became the medium of small exchange. It was dubbed “‘postal currency.” From this, Gen. Spinner got his idea of fractional currency, and went before Con- gress with it. That body readily adapted it, and but a short time after Gen. Spinner had begun pasting operations, a law was upon the statute book providing for the issue of the fractional currency which had become so popular. The fac-simile of postage stamps was put upon each piece of currency, and, for a long time, it was known as “‘postal-cur- reney.”?> An enormous amount never was presented for redemption, and the Govern- ment was consequently the gainer. Five Points to be Remembered. Keep down expenses, but don’t be penur- ious. Enter your charges when the goods are sold. Don’t wait. Don’t take fresh risks to retrive your loss- es. Cut them off short. Have a proper division of work, and neither interfere nor permit interference with your employes. It is better for your credit to postpone payment squarely then to pretend to pay by giving a worthless promise. — o_o He Was Not Dead Sure. “I see there are a number of counterfeit Bank of England notes circulating in this country.” “Yes, and what’s worse, I think I have one of them.” “So? What are you going to do with it?” “T don’t know. That’s what troubles me.” “You might put it in the church contribu- tion box.”’ “No, not yet. terfeit.”’ I’m not dead sure its coun- Uo eee China adopted the postal card January 1. In France wood sells at a third of a cent a pound, or as much as corn in Kansas. Puscher, the Nuremberg chemist, says a paste composed of starch, glycerine and gyp- sum will maintain its placticity longer than any other cement, PARTNERSHIP. How to Go In and How to Get Out, Almost the first thing a young business man thinks of when he starts out in life is to “go into partnership,’,and like young men the world over, he little knows the dan- ger of the step he takes. A good partner- ship is a very good thing, but a bad one is the very worst of evils that beset the young man’s path. However, I assume that you have found an honest, industrious man, who knows some particular business or calling well; while you have a little capital that has fallen to your share in the settlement of the family estate. First of all talk things over well before you put pen to paper. Then draw up your “articles.” Don’t try to talk like a lawyer; make it plain—who the part- ners are, what the business is to be, when it will begin 4nd when end; what each partner is to contribute or perform; how profits are to be divided. Never mind puttmg ina whole lot of stuff about death, insanity, im- prisonment, ete., terminating the partner- ship. The law does all that for you. sear in mind that you have now formed what is called a “general partnership,” that you both have equal rights and that ne mat- ter what private agreements you have be- tween you, you are both liable to ereditors to the full amount of your partnership prop- erty and also your private fortunes. By mutual agreement you may teriminate that partnership at any moment and designate the partner who will close up the business of the firm. It iscustomary to insert a no- tice of dissolution in the newspapers ané state who will sign in liquidation. One of you may assume all of the liabilities and by agreementsbe entitled to all of the assets, but by so doing he doesn’t free himself from personal liability to creditors. One partner may pay a claim and have recourse against his partner forthe latter’s share. Suppose that. you quarrel and can’t agree as to the conduct of the business! Well, then, nothing is left you but to ask the interference of a court of equity. The judge will appoint a receiver, who will, upon giving his bond, be vested with all of the assets of the firm. Your pow- er to act will cease absolutely and he will stand in your shoes and proceed to settle up the affairs of the firm as the court may de- cree; but you may always be heard by coun- sel. You would do well in your articles to specify which partner may make promisory notes for the firm; but bear in mind that, in spite of this clause, should your partner give a promissory note in the regular course of business, it binds your firm even if it ruins it. I mention this fact to show you the dan- ger of partnerships. Alsoin your articles restrict yourselves from gomg on bonds or becoming sureto for any one. Itisa bad practice. If your partner dies you must account to his legal representatives for his interest in the firm. I believe that the courts have held that a man and his wife cannot be eo-part- ners, although this seems to me an illiberak decision. If “dormant,” “silent,” or “sleep- ing” partners become known, they are lia- ble to creditors as general ones. There is only one way to restrict your liability ina partnership, and that is to become what is known as “‘special’ partner, of which I shal} speak. In most States the statute forbids partnerships to style themselves as corpora- tions, or to put fictitious names on your sign board. Ina worda partnership should be serupulously exact in its dealings with the public; make no secret of the composition of the firm; advertise all changes; put out plain signs, and not use “Co.” unless there is somebody to be represented by it. —_—-—<>--9- «< Meaning of the Word “Snide.” From the Philadelphia Ledger. One who has studied up the word ‘‘snide,” which has come into general use, like many slang words, says it means more than the nearest English words in its meaning. There is the word ‘‘snod,” from the pro- vineial English, which means sly, cun- ning, and is derived from the word “snood,” used in fishing tackle and in the way artful young misses tie up their hair so as to tie the young man’s heart with- in. The word ‘‘schneider,” from Pennsyl- vania Dutch, means the cut as applied to a tailor, who is called “schneider,” and proba- -bly cuts the cloth too short. ‘Snide’ is now applied to almost everything manufactured which is under quality. A ‘snide’ buggy is one losely constructed and painted up. to look well, but out of which the spokes will fly, driving around the sharp turns. A “snide” piano is one which has a well-varn- ished case and brass fixings, but with a harp like that in Tara’s halls, and which will soon be mute. ———» a A clever detective proved that a note was fraudulent, in New York, the other day, by showing that the blank on which it was made bore the address 64 Nassau street, whereas the printers who made the blank had not moved into that place at the time the note was dated. This recalls the case of an ancient deed of the time of George I. It was shown to be fraudulent by the fact that in legal phraseology it set forth the fact that it was executed ‘in the reign of George I.” Of course the monarch was never known as “George I.” until George II. ascended the throne. ‘The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ~ ercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1885. POST A. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Logie. : First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills. ond Vice-President—Stephen A. Sears. retary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins. Executive Committee—President and Secre- tary, ex officio; Chas. S. Robinson, Jas. N. Bradford and W. G. Hawkins. Election Committee—Geo. H. Seymour, Wal- lace Franklin, W. H. Downs, Wm. B. Ed- munds and D. 8. Haugh. Room Committee—Stephen A. Sears, Wm. Boughton, W. H. Jennings. Rxcursion Committee—D. S. Haugh, S. A. ars, C. S. Robinson, Wm. B. Edmunds and iJ. N. Bradford. : : Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening In each month. : Next Meeting—Saturday evening, January 31, at ‘The Tradesman”’ office. ting of Excursion Committee—Saturday ening, January 24, at “The Tradesman” office. The total sales of the jobbers and manu- facturers of Minneapolis during 1884 were $137,380,462, against $115,258,575 in 1883. ‘The flouring mills turned out 5,980,202 bar- rels against 4,580,850 barrels the year be- fore. ——— EE Local millers are now paying 83 cents per bushel for Lancaster wheat and 80 cents for Clawson and Fuise—a total advance of eight cents during the last three weeks. It begins to look as though the prophesy concerning “90 cent wheat by March 1” would be ful- filled. ‘The Shoe and Leather Reporter’s Annual for 1885 shows a total of 752 retail boot and shoe dealers in this State, eight jobbers, nineteen manufacturers, eighty-eight tan- ners, thirteen dealers in leather and find- ings, fifty-four hide dealers and,two manu- facturers of bark extract. LL ‘Tu TRADESMAN is indebted to the Alle- gan Gazette for the following generous ap- preciation of its merits: THe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, a Grand Rapids commercial newspaper, is but little more than a year old, but must be numbered among the city’s most successful and deserv- ing institutions. It completely fills its field and seems to us a necessity to every trades- man in the Valley City and all towns related to it in business. Besides commercial news, markets, and trade advertising, it gives much matter of great special yalue to merchants, and its bold advocacy of the morals of busi- ness is specially commendable. It shows a lively appreciation of that most important newspaper requisite—neat typography. Cel Pertinent Points for Live Dealers. Push trade. Trust with care. Don’t run in debt. Pay cash when you buy: Let only your best customers run in debt. Look sharp to whom you trust. “. Make your customers the best prices pos- sible. Don’t rely on ‘‘tic.” Buy the best goods in the lines your cus- tomers call for. Keep your accounts and collections well in hand. Talk more business than politics. Weigh, count, measure or gauge every- thing you buy. Be considerate with your clerks, and they will think better.of you and work better for you. Have THE TRADESMAN in your store from Jan. 1 to Dee. 31 of each year. > _ By arecent decision of the Appellate Court in Chicago, the right is established of a pri- wate individual or firm to recover damages from atelegraph company for errors in trans- mitting messages, notwithstanding the condi- tions printed at the head of the telegraph companies’ blanks. The case in point was one in which Fairbanks, Morse & Co. were awarded $135 damages against the Western Union Telegraph Co. ; —————“( > 2 -—__—_ The annual report of the Department of Agriculture, now in press, makes the record of the corn production for 1884, 1,795,600,- 000 bushels; wheat nearly 513,000,000, and oats 583,000,000. These aggregates are the largest ever recorded. The rate of yield is 25.8 bushels of corn, 13 of wheat and 27.4 of oats. These are figures for permanent re- cord. ——_—_—-2<.__- Ants will forsake any food for lard, and they can be exterminated by greasing a plate with that substance and placing it in their vicinity. When the plate is well covered turn hot coals upon it, and a few repetitions of the process will clean them out. >; ee The iron furnace at Elk Rapids has made 19,000 tons of iron so far this year, and has 4,000 tons of pig iron and 10,000 tons of ore on hand. The capacity of the furnace is sixty tons per day. :- Conklin & Foster, furniture dealers at Adrian, have assigned to Wm. G. Mason. They claim that their assets are in excess of their liabilities, which are only $4,500. Frank Dickinson, jeweler at Bay City, has assigned to Frank S. Pratt. The liabilities are $7,049, and the assets are expected to reach that figure. ‘A. A. Sprague, for many years past en- gaged in the hat and cap business at Hud- son, has assigned to A. O. Abbott. - AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. Wm. Abbott & Co. have engaged in the grocery business at West Campbell. Clark, Jewell & Co. furnished the stock. F. J. Lamb & Co, will ship a carload of cheese to New York City this week. It com- prises about 600 boxes, of the Zeeland (Am- ber), Drenthe and Zutphen (Clover Hill) makes. Geo. N. Davis & Co. are putting in five grain bins in the third floor of Lamoreaux’ block at 71 Canal street, each bin having a capacity of 600 bushels, or a total grain storage of 3,000 bushels. Shields, Bulkley & Lemon have put in two new grocery stocks the past week—one for Christian Voelker, at Reed City, and another for P. Welch, wha was recently burned out at Shaytown. Mr. Welch bought his dry goods of Spring & Company. J. S. Cowin, the well-known druggist, and O. C. Warren, for several years past chemist in the establishment of Jennings & Smith, have formed a copartnership under the firm name of Cowin & Warren, and will engage in the manufacture of extracts, perfumes, baking powders, ete., at either Omaha or Des Moines. Several of the furniture factories have started up again, and leading representatives of the trade claim that the prospects have brightened up very materially during the past fortnight. The buyers who have so far put in an appearance have purchased largely, and many who are expected later on have written that they will buy heavier than usual. Wn. H. Dendle, of the commission firm of Thornwood & Dendle, at Fort Wayne, has formed a copartnership with J. P. Vis- ner, at Hopkins Station, under the firm name of Dendle & Visner. The new firm has purchased J. W. Braginton’s stock of general goods at that place, and rented his store building, consolidating Visner’s stock with the one purchased. Mr. Braginton will hereafter devote his entire time to the business of Braginton & Sigel, in this city. The American Artisan publishes the fol- lowing pleasant reference to the drummer battalion of this city: Tne MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, publishes a list of names which we supposed to be a copy of the registry lists of voters at the last election. On closer inspection, it proyes to be a list of traveling salesmen resident at Grand Rapids. Thelist contains over 350 names. Grand Rapids must be largely a city of “‘women folks” when its drummers are on the road. Spring & Company have decided to build an addition to their store building the com- ing summer season, on a peculiarly shaped lot in the rear of the present structure. new building will be the same width of the present store—50 feet—for a considerable distance, when it will be built in triangular fashion, giving a frontage of twelve feet on Louis street. It will be two stories and basement, and will admit of a considerable enlargement of both the wholesale and re- tail departments, although just how they will be arranged has not been determined upon. TuE TRADESMAN acknowledges a call on Friday from John Borst, cheese maker at the Fairview factory at Vriesland and Rich- ard Redhead, ch¢ese maker at the Spring- dale factory at Hopkins Station. Both gen- tlemen report a satisfactory season, and are of opinion that the prospects are excellent for another summer. The Springdale fac- tory received the milk from 353 cows, as many as 7,600 pounds of milk coming in daily during the month of June. Exactly 2,400 cheeses were made, all of which have been disposed of advantageously. The Fair- factory has also disposed of its entire pro- duct. “IT was down to Pontiae not long ago,” said Geo. K. Nelson, of Nelson Bros. & Co., and was surprised to find that many of the dealers at that place were buying considera- ble quantities of goods in Chicago, instead of at Detroit. The same is true in regard to Grand Rapids at some points over on this side of the State. About the best argument I ean advance in favor of the Michigan jobbing centers is that every dealer in the State is interested in the growth of Michigan, and ought to do everything in his power to assist in building up the State. Every order sent to Chicago helps to build up Illinois, and the same is true in regard to Michigan with every order sent to this market or Detroit. Other things being equal, 1 hold that every dealer in the Wolverine State ought to buy his. goods within her limits.” AROUND THE STATE. Geo. Hancock, grocer at Wolverine, is sell- ing out. Frank Allen succeeds A. 8S. Ackley in the bakery business at Union City. S. R. Sanford has retired from the firm of F. B. Peck & Co., at Muskegon. E. Garrison will remove his grocery stock from Hudson to Montpelier, Ohio. L. G. S. Mason, boot and shoe dealer at Fremont, has sold out to Zunder Bros. Rk. L. Hale & Co. succeed J. Greenup & Co. in the grocery business at Big Rapids. John J. Ely has purchased the merchant tailoring stock of W. F. Lunn, at Rockford. G. W. Richardson succeeds Richardson & Strong in the jewelry business at Vicks- burg. Nashville News: L. J. Wilson has sold a * The|. half interest in his grocery, to Jacob Mar- shal, junior. J. G. Lamoreaux, of Fennville, recently made a sale of 2,700 bushels of potatoes to Chicago parties. J. T. Thompson, late of Lapeer, has en- gaged in the provision and grocery business at West Branch. Noble & Deming, general dealers at Man- istee, have assigned to James Henderson. Liabilities, $8,768; about $4,000. The Big Rapids Herald says that the bus- ness men of that place report a marked im- provement in commercial matters. H. C. Schnoor, the bankrupt Fair Haven merchant, will resume business, satisfactory arrangements having been made with his creditors. Marshall Statesman: ‘The firm of F. Ed- gerton & Co. is dissolved and the business will hereafter be conducted by S. H. and G. H. Edgerton. David Swartout has retired from the firm of I. E. Latimer & Co., at Muskegon. The firm is now composed of I. E. Latimer and Frank W. Hawley. C. C. Moulton intends to enter into the commission business, at Muskegon, in the store lately occupied by Carey & Lander, in the Wierengo block. The Fremont Indicator says that ‘“Zun- der Bros., of Grand Rapids, have bought the boot and shoe stock at the Commercial store, and begun business.” James Shirk has purchased the hardware stock and business of Geo. M. Shirk, at Petoskey. Geo. will engage in the manu- facture of handles at some point in Indiana. Jack & Jake, the Three Rivers grocers, have moved into their new store building,and M. M. Mallory is authrrity for the statement that they have now one of the finest stores and best arranged stocks in Southern Michi- gan. Nashville News: Business changes— Kanaga and Gross have moved into the Nashville House; J. Braun has moved into Brook’s building, Mrs. Marble into the building vacated by Braun, and Moore into the old Brady building. Geo. C. Palmer and Chas. J. Kennedy, who composed the grocery firm of Palmer & Kennedy, at Muskegon, have dissolvéd, Ken- nedy retiring. Mr. Palmer has formed a co- partnership with Henry E. Kingsbury, and the two will continue the business under the firm name of Palmer & Kingsbury. Lemon & Sable, general dealers at Clare, were closed on the 15th on a chattel mert- gage for $2,500, held by Jacobson & Netzorg, of Greenville. Lemon claims that the mort- gage was given without his knowledge and consent, and as his partner is a nephew of Jacobson, the affair has a crooked appear- ance. Lemon claims that the stock will inven- tory $5,151, and that the liabilities are only $4,020, and has secured a temporary injunc- tion restraining the holders of the mortgage from foreclosing the same. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. The Flint shoe factory has added a new department for fine work. The Montague basket factory will resume operations early next month. A stave factory with a capital of $10,000 has been started at Fair Haven. The Gibson stave mill at Fremont will probably resume operations next month. John H. McCormick has sold his half in- terest in the Otisville grist and flouring mill to Mr. Alexander, of Birch Run. Alpena has been in distress because of the report that a gang of incendiaries has been organized to burn some of the saw mills in that city. The latest estimate of this season’s log crop on Muskegon waters, that has appeared in print, places it at 355,000,000 feet, a figure considerably below previous estimates. A local authority states that some of the finest pine lumber ever manufactured on Lake Superior, is piled in the Diamond Match Company’s yard at Ontonagon, await- ing shipment in the spring. There is a strong movement on foot in Leelenaw county, for building a narrow gauge railroad from Maple City to Glen Ar- bor on Lake Michigan. The road, if built, would take to the lake, for shipment, a vast amount of hardwood lumber and timber, bark, woud, etc. Mosher & Fisher, of West Bay City, will put in but 6,000,000 feet of logs this winter, as compared to 35,000,000 feet last winter. Of the amount to be put in half will come over the Flint & Pere Marquette, and half will go into the Cedar. The firm is carrying over 17,000,000 feet of logs and 20,000,000 feet of lumber. At the annual meeting of the Muskegon Novelty Iron Works, the following directors were elected; R. C. Hitchcock, C. E. Wood- ard, G. T. Jones, Ed. Behrens, W. F. Behrens, A. Harvey, A. Cleghorn. The officers are: President, R. C. Hitchcock; Vice-President, Ed. Behrens; Secretary and Treasurer, C. E. Woodard. Owosso boasts of eighteen distinct branches of manufacture, as follows; Three furniture, one tannery, one casket or burial case, one spoke, one ax handle, one imple- ment bending, two planing, sash, doors and blinds, one cigar, two iron and machine, two flouring, one broom, one planing and furni- ture, two brick and tile yards. STRAY FACTS. A Petoskey firm shipped 20,000 pounds of frozen fish to Chicago one day last week. The Business Men’s Association of Evart is endeavoring to secure the location ofa tannery at that place. One firm in Midland has purchased and shipped over 2,000 bushels of clover seed this winter, paying between $3.50 and $4 per bushel for the same. Foster Abbott, a Cheboygan man, has in- vented a stove to burn sawdust. It burns 24 hours with one filling, gives as much heat as a base burner filled with chestnut coal, and there is no smoke or dirt. Robinson’s feed mills, at Royal Oak, did not do good work. An expert found the machinery was so placed that the grinding was being done backwards. It was changed, and now it works all right. Grand Haven business men are casting about for something in the line of manufac- turing to take the place of the departing saw mills. In this connection, it is eminently proper to remind the people of the place in question that there is one industry which cannot help thriving there—a glass factory. No lack of sand there! : ee a There’s Millions in It. The annual meeting of the Peninsular Novelty Co. was held in this city on Mon- day, resulting in the election of the follow- ing gentlemen to the Board of Directors: Messrs. Geo. C. Briggs and J. B. Parker, of this city, and Edward O. Ely and Geo. E. Parker, of Boston. At a meeting of the Directors, the following officers were elected : President—Geo. C. Briggs. Vice-President—Geo. E. Parker. Treasurer—Edward O. Ely. Secretary—J. B. Parker. The company was organized in this city last June, the following Grand Rapids gen- tlemen—in addition to those named above— being interested in the corporation: Dr. C. F. Hazeltine, C. S. Bulkley, H. B. Fairchild, Jas. G. MacBride and John A. Covade. Capt. C. S. Perkins, of Henderson, Ky., is also represented on the stock book. The purpose of the company is the manufacture and sale of the Ely automatic button fast- ener, which is claimed to be the cheapest metalic fastener known to the trade, and is confidently expected to earn dividends be- side which the Bell telephone will shrink into insignificance. American and Canadian patents have already been secured, and ap- plications for patents are now pending in several foreign countries. The capital stock of the corporation is $150,000. The office and factory is located at 17 Chardon street, Boston, where everything is in readiness to begin business on a large scale. The fac- tory has a capacity of 50 machines per week, and it is expected that fully 2,500 will be disposed of during the present year. As there are 30,000 dealers in this country, and hundreds of thousands in other countries, who will want the machine, the company’s field of operations is practically unlimited. ——— -8 <2 Will Probably Take Twenty-five Cents At the meeting of the unsecured creditors of E. J. Harrington, which was held at Hol- land last week, and was attended by persons representing about $4,000 of the $6,136.42 unsecured indebtedness, the following facts were brought to light: Harrington’s inven- tory, which was completed on Dec. 8, re- vealed a stock amounting to $15,340.75 at cost price. Competent judges claim that not to ezceed 60 per cent. could be realized from the sale of the same, so that there is very little margin above-the amount of the mortgages, $9,160. Six pieces of real estate are mortgaged for $14,300, which is about all they are worth. Certain friends of Har- rington offer to assist him out of his present difficulty by lending him $1,600, on the strength of which he offers a compromise of 25 per cent. Most of those present at the meeting agreed to the terms proposed, and it is generally understood that the offer will be accepted all around. Mr. Harrington will then resume business. : ——___ <3 -@-<———______— In answer to the enquiry of a northern dealer, THE TRADESMAN finds that the tan- ners and dealers in hemlock bark are paying $5 per cord, delivered here, 60 days. The prospect for the coming season is regarded as excellent. ——_—_ > 2+. The total maket value of Cape Cod’s cran- berry crop this year is $350,000. FOR MAHOGANY ! ADDRESS HENRY OTIS, IMPORTER, NEW ORLEANS. APPLES! We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local demand, and also handle Evaporated and Sun-Dried Apples largely. If you have any of these goods to ship, let us hear from you, and we will keep you posted on market prices and prospects. toes. Liberal Cash-Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in carlots. HARL BROS., Commission Merchants, 1s69 Ss. Water St., Chicago, fll. REFERENCE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. We also handle Beans and Pota- Gaulticli’s Column, 'Jo0149 TeueD 68 PUe 18 G8 WMSHoomypD AIVsmtISCOnHM ‘CA 'IMSILS Inv o NHOTL LO0k out for Lmportant Announcement Nat Week! Drugs & Medicines Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. OFFICERS. President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix. First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald, Kal- amazoo. Second Vice-President—B. D. Northrup, Lan- sing Third I Vice-President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d Rapids. Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. J. Brown, A. B. Stevens, Gev. Gundrum, W. H. Keller, F. W. Fincher. Next place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday, October 138, 1885. (rand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Chas. P. Bigelow. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. Board of Censors—John Peck, Chas. P. Bige- low, Jas. S. Cowin. Board of Trustees—The President, Wm. H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wm. L. White. Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum, M. B Kimm, A. C. Bauer. Committee on enh eon tener Watts, O. H. Richmond, Jas. 8. Cowin. Committee on Trade Matters—H. B. Fairchild, John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, Next Meeting—Thursday evening, February 5, at ‘The Tradesman”’ office. COMPOUNDS AND PILLS. What Detroit is Doing for Suffering Hu- manity. From the Detroit Free Press. The manufacture of pharmaceutical pre- parations is carried on to quite alarge ex- tent in Detroit. Outside of two or three concerns in Philadelphia and New York, engaged in the same trade, the Detroit houses probably rank first, and the trade here will probably rank third or fourth in importance among the chemical manufactur- ing centers of the United States. In speaking of the business recently a manufacturer said: ‘The Detroit houses are engaged mainly in the manufacture of legitimate drugs. There is little done here in the line of specialties, patent or unpatent- ed. In some Western cities specialties adapted to the localities surrounding, are manufactured largely. In one, I might men- tion, glycerine has become an important pro- duct, Because of the extent to which soap is manufactured. There are other localities bet- ter adapted to the manufacture of acids. De- troit, however, has developed an immense business in the manufacture of solid and fluid extracts and probably ranks as first in these lines in the West.” “Can you denominate any lines that have become particularly prominent?” “None, except those that come in especial- ly as legitimate goods. In those lines we manufacture here almost everything that the trade requires, and we send our Detroit goods to almost every country in the world where the English language is spoken. They go to India, Egypt, China, Australia, En- gland, and to the Continent of Europe and Central and South America. Our house, here, for instance, has a considerable trade here, for instance, has a _ considerable trade in both Belgium and Germany, and another has considerable trade at St. Petersburg, Russia, while there are gencies established in the capital of many eountries.”’ “Does Detroit possess any special facili- ties for the manufacture of chemicals?” “IT don’t know of any. But the point is, , that we manufacture standard preparations —in fact, all the real requirements of the drug trade. Our products have the approv- al of the medical profession, and we do not need to advertise them greatly. In fact, ex cept in professional periodicals, we scarcely need to advertise at all.” “But what is the principal bent of that line of trade in Detroit?” “Almost every kind of pill, I might say, that is indicated in the United States Phar- macopeeia. They are put up sugar-coated, in gelatine and with all the other coatings. Understand me, they are all ‘regular’ and of the standard indicated in the Pharmacopoeia and called for by physicians. Then we put up all the elixirs of wines and syrups, the powdered extracts, capsules and plasters. You may have noticed some of our work as you came in.” A whiff came through some of the win- dows certainly indicated something of the character of business. “Then we manufacture in Detroit quite a good deal in the line of medicated lozen- ges.” “But all strictly offincinal?’’ “Not wholly. There are a few non offic- inal goods manufactured here,” “And the aggregate total would amount to about how much per anum?” “Not far short of a million, sir.” ie ei Sympathetic Ink for Postal Cards. Sympathetic ink for writing on postal cards is made of diluted sulphuric acid, one part by measure of acid to seven of water. When this ink is used the card will at first show roughened traces of the writing, but af- ter being allowed to dry for a short time these disappear, and it is as invisible as if done with water. Of course, only a gold pen or a quill must be used. If itis desired to avoid the suspicion of using sympathetic ink, it may be written upon, across the first writing, with tincture of iodine, which will entirely fade out when the heat is applied to develop the invisible ink. —— Dr. Geo. W. Crouter, President of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, is in Lansing, looking after the interest of the pharmacy bill. - VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: Mr. Purdy, Purdy & Hastings, Sparta. John Otis, John Otis & Co., Mancelona. Will Curtiss, Reed City. N. Bouma, Fisher. M. Minderhout, Hanley. .L. Alger, Petoskey. W.S. Nelson, Cedar Lake. Mr. Wolff, Wolff & Fulton, Otsego. 0. . Conklin, O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. D. W . Shattuck, Wayland. J. M. ‘Dameron, Bangor. John Giles, Lowell. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. A. F. Dodridge, Vestaburg. G. Stevens, Alpine. W. F. Rice, Alpine. B. McNeal, Byron Center. R. H. Woodin, Sparta. O. D. Chapman, Stanwood, Ed. Mosher, Luther. J. H. Beamer & Co., Hastings. : Mr. Norris, Norris & Son, Casnovia. Ed. Gaylord, Gaylord & Hill, Shelby. T. W. Preston, Lowell. W. W. Pierce, Moline. Eli Runnels, Corunna. John Giles, Lowell. Nelson Pike, ae L. K. Gibbs, Gibbs ros., Mayfield. J. E. Mailhot, West Troy. a Snyder, Bassett & Snyder, Cedar Springs. R. Carlyle, Rockford. E. E. Hewett, Rockford. John Scholten, Overisel, J. West Ivan. A. J. White, Bass River. Baron & TenHour, Forest Grove. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. Geo. F. Cook, Grove P. O. H. Struik, Forest Grove. A. M. Church, Sparta. : c. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. S. Cooper, Parmalee Paine & Field, Englishville. J. W. Mead, Berlin. Geo. Carrington, Trent. Jos. H: Spires, Leroy. = i Denison, East Paris. H. Hicks, Morley. pil Barnes, Austerlitz. Mr. Cornell, Cornell & Griswold, Griswold. C. H. Loomis, Sparta. Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. John Giles & Co., Lowell, L. D. Chappel, Wayland. F. O. Lord, Howard City. Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. J. W. Braginton, Hopkins. H. W. Potter, Jennisonville. G. N. Reynolds. Belmont. Andre Bros., Jennisonville. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake. John B. Quick, Howard City. Sisson & Lilley, Lilley P. O. C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon. C. Keller, Logan. Holland & Ives, Rockford. M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. Purdy & Hastings, Sparta. C. H. Adams, Otsego. S. A. Betts, Rockford. Geo. A. Sage, Roekford. J. H. Anderson, Edgerton. H. W. Potter, Jennisonville. Newaygo Manufacturing Co., Newago. Putnam & Barnhart Lumber Co. , Long Lake. John J. Ely, Rockford. W.S. Bartron & Co., Bridgeton. Martinson & White, Copley. G. P. Stark, Cascade. Jas. Riley, Dorr. FURNITURE BUYERS. C. D. Brockway, buyer for John Wanamaker, Philadelphia. Jchn Hand,Geo. C. Flint & Co., New York. Mr. Doty, C. N. Hildreth & Co., Chicago. Mr. Clingman, of J. A. Colby & Co., Chicago. Mr. Eldridge, St. Paul. Mr. Kuhen, City of Mexico. Mr. Conway and Mr. Cleveland, Conway, Cle- ments & Cleveland, Milwaukee. Michael Moriarty. Cleveland. Geo. D. Stoddard, Knapp & Stoddart, Chicago. J. W. Wheelock, New York. a Rejuvenated Toothbrushes. An industrious hotel chambermaid who has charge of a large number of rooms can collect from two to six toothbrushes a day, for no article of common use, not even an umbrella, is forgotten with such ease as a toothbrush. Of course, the larger the hotel the larger the collection of toothbrushes, and many economical chambermaids add from fifty cents to $1 per week to their sal- ary by the sale of ‘‘seconds.” When the dealer in ‘“‘seconds” secures a large bundle of brushes he goes to his little ‘repairing”’ room and begins sctentific aud interesting operations. Each brush is plunged into a strong solution of chlorate of lime, which in an hour or two makes it as white as snow. Every blotch and dark line on the bone handle has disappeared, the bristles become as bright and glistening as when they were new, and the brush is in fact completely re- juvenated. Then the brush is carefully washed in clean, cold water, and thoroughly dried. Within a week afterward it has probably been resold and is again in use, perhaps in New York City, perhaps in Grand Rapids. 4 pee ae Cisne of quicksilver will be deeply interested in the report of a natural cinna- bar factory in Nevada. Eugene Ricksecker, chief of the Corps of the United States To- pographical Engineers, now engaged at Steamboat Springs, in that State, is reported to have said: ‘Attention was attracted to- ward the hot springs at Steamboat by the discovery that cinnebar was being slowly deposited by chemical action. The Govern- ment accordingly sent out four of us to take a Topographical survey of the locality. The survey will embrace a tract three miles wide by four in length. The length runs east and west, and the wonderful springs are in the center of the area. We find that cinnabar is being deposited, and this is the only known place in the world where the inter- esting process is still going on. It is a mat- ter of great scientific interest, but I cannot say much about it at present, as We have but recently arrived, and it will take some time to complete the work.” ee When nervous wakefulness ensues at night time, when there is a desire to sleep, but, on account of a peculiar state of mind and body, rest will not come, inhalation of pure air is a safe and efficient soporific. It is observed in these conditions that a person only breathes half-way, and that the oxygen in the lungs is kept exhausted. A physician recommends a few full respirations as the best remedy for this kind of wakefulness, which is produced frequently by the condi- tion of the atmosphere as well as state of the mind. 0 A Waterproof Varnish for Paper. One part dammar resin and six parts ace- tone are digested in a closed flask for two weeks, and the clear solution poured off. Te this four parts of collodion are added, and the whole is allowed to clear by stand- ing. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, Advanced—Oil peppermint. Declined—Tonka bean. ACIDS. Acetic: NO. 8a 2.) eee oe 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. "Go. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 Camels 33 @ 3d Curie eae @ 55 Muriatic 18 deg............-.....-. 38 @ 5 Nitric 36 deg a eas . 1 @ BR OXANG. es .... 144%@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg.................5. 8@ 4 Tartaric powdered..............-- 48 Benzoic, English............. #8 .0z 18 Benzore, German............-.-++- 12 @ 15 Tannic.. 22s. ss oe ek see ees 122 @ 1b AMMONIA. Carbonate... ............eceeees Rh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22¢)...........-.-+- : 4 Aqua 16 deg or 3f...........--.6565 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f........--.+-0+05+ 6 @ 7% BALSAMS. copes ke esa cee ce @ a MUIR eee ee eet ee 0 PROT oe ea es aie ve ha aes 2 on TRAN ies ae ee oe 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ ll Cinchona, yellow...........-.-++: 18 Elm, select...........0+22+--eseeee 13 Elm, ground, pure...........--+--- i4 Elm, powdered, pure...........--- 15 Sassafras, Of root..........-..--++- 10 Wild Cherry, select.............-.- 2 Bayberry powdered.............-- 20 Hemlock powdered...........-.--- 18 WANROO 2655.2. 3 35-625. e ccs ee ee es 30 Soap ground... .........--.eeeeess 12 BERRIES, Cubeb, prime (Powd 60c)........-- @ 55 PUBIDON 6s cess es + k= . 6 @ -T Peay AGH ee es: 50 @_60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 Roxes, 25¢).. 27 Licorice, powdered, pure......... 87% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ‘ doxes). 9 Logwood, 1s (25 Ib boxes)........-- 12 Lgowood, %8 W066 k.k. 13 Logwood, 448 GQ 22s... 15 Logwood,ass’d do _.......... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. APOICA oc eee oe is eee 10 @ il Chamomile, Roman............-++ 25 Chamomile, German............-. 25 GUMS. Aloes, BarbadoeS..........++--++++ 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢)........---- 17 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... : 50 gninonine. ee 28@ 30 Arabic. extra select.............-- 60 Arabic, powdered select.......... 60 ‘Arabic, Ist picked..............--- 50 Arabic,2d picked.........-..------ 40 Arabic, 3d picked.............-..-- 38 Arabic, sifted sorts..............-- 30 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c).. 8) WONZOIN =. os. 2. cs we ot cone ee oe 55@60 @amphor....:.-:.,..2.5.---2.--.-: 18@ 22 Guechn. 1s (% 14c, 4s 16c)...... : 13 Euphorbium powdered...........- 35@ 40 Gaibanum strained..............-- 80 Gamboge.........----.5-.05-2-+-2-- $0@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c¢)........- 35 Kino { Powdered, BOC fc. s 5s cece cs 20 MASHC ee he es Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c).. 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.75).......... 4 10 Shellac, Campbell’s..............-- 30 Shellac, NOUS. ...;..---s-- se. 26 ten ee = hellae bleached..............+20+- TRragacanth 200... 0.2.02... 6.- 3 ce 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. HMoarhound 2 .........-.s.:.-<5-3s--------- 25 MODOC cs ences ee etic eis 25 Peppermint.............e cece eee cere eee eees 25 BG. oe eee 40 Spearmint ..............2. 22. see cc cece eee eeee 4 Sweet Majoram................eseeeeeeee cess 30 PONG, ooo esos cs ses eee seen te sec ecer 25 Mawime ks. s- 8 30 WormwO0d.. 3.52.00. 550220 1. se eae, 5. 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine.. ies 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures. eae 20 Sulphate, pure crystal...........- 7 inmate 2 kee 80° PROspnate. -. --..-- 2. .--<--:: --- 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)........... 13 @ 14 Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & 48, 12¢).. 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. @ 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered.................- 22 Senna tinnivelli........... .....-.. 16 AU AUAt aa es os ce 10 MCUCHONNA. 3.50.52... 2... 2. ws. 35 MOXKPIOVO. 2 sooo cee sce ee 30 MLONUANE hs. os 35 MOOSE. TOG... 1. 60. tess eee: 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @l 50 Gin, Old Vom... 62: 5.22508 ees 135 @1 75 Gin, Holland::....:....22... 222.2% 200 @3 50 Brandy Pe es cas aa cee sense 1% @6 50 Catawba Wines................. «; 125 @2 00 RPOrt WINGS. 62. sick. ee 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’ 8, § PEL AA 22 Carbonate, Jenning’ 8 AOL ss see 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.. 2 25 CAIGIDEG = ii icc es tees 65 OILS. Almond, SWeet............4.0..525- 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified................... 45 PAIGE a os ue roe nes 2 60 WAY Gt OZ oe ee ee 50 HCV PRAIMNONG 6 oe ios cee net os vee 2 00 MORSTOR eos a ees cs sores i8 @ 19% ROMO LO ce tee ee 2 00 CWAsCDNG eae. sa ee oc oe as 1b CARR 8 ec chs oe 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 35 CiPOnela 0566 ee 5 MHOVOS 6205s Saeco ee es e's 115 Cubeps. Pk We... ces ese. 5 00 MPI OTOR 65 65 cot ve cc ee genes 1 60 MUPOWERU 8s 8 ss se soe access 2 00 Geranium # OZ.............-.e00. 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 35 sniper WOOd...................6:- 50 Juniper berries...............2..08 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... ; 2 01 Lavender garden dO 9 4..55...: 1 00 Lavender spike dO: - 55.4%, 90 Lemon, new crop...............--- 1 40 Lemon, Sanderson’s............-.. 1 50 TEOMORSTASS 0. 6.5.2. s oe aes se 30 Origanum, red flowers, French.. 1 2% Origanum, NO. 1......-..:.......- 50 POTS TOW AL oak oc cr cine clohas sooo 149 Peppermint, white.....¢.......... 3 60 OSE GR O76 eos oes ce eee = Jano css 8 50 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 andal Wood, W.I......... 7 00 BOSSATVAS. 3.06... ce es 60 UAV ios cee ences esse cae .--5 00 @5 50 Tar by Bal DOG). ee ce 100 @ B Wintergreen .... 2... .e cece ecco eee 2 20 Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $5.50)..... 4 00 RT eee casi cs 1 00 WOVMSCCG 263326. s0 seo. oe a ss 2 50 Cod Liver, filtered,.... . ...8 gal 1 50 Cod Liver, best......... ae 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Olive, Malaga, pao es @1 20 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian . Le Se 2 NAG see eee pease 65 @ 67 Rose, Ihmsen’s............... goz '. AB POTASSIUM. BiCromate. .... 6 cscs ec beds sss B Db 14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 34 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28c)......... 19 Jodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 2 90 Prussiate yellow................... 28 ROOTS. PIRANCE oss ecelicetacececeee ics 20 AITO, CUO oo se ee ihe css s aces 25 Arrow, St. Vincent’s............ 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and \%s.. 33 Blood (Powd 18¢)..............006 ; 12 Calamus, F paceee act : 18 Calamus, German white, peeled... 35 Elecampane, powdered............ 20 Gentian (Powd 15¢c)........ 10 Ginger, African (Powd 16c) 138 @ 14 Ginger, Jamaica bleached. 1% Golden Seal (Powd 30¢)...... 3 25 pear white, powdered....... 18 ipecan, Rio, powdered............. 110 alap, powdered.................+ 35 Licorice, select (Powd 12%)...... 2. Licorice, extra select............ is -15 PA oF a ie ine tei de es 35 Rhei, from select to choice.......100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered E.I.............. .110 @124 Rhei, choice cut cubes.. ore 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers.. a essessue 2 2 Serpontaria.;. 25 6co as 80 BONCKR ie a, 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 4) Sarsaparilla, Mexican............, 18 Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 13 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢).. 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢)........., % Bird, mixed in h packages....... é S Canary, SMYPhA CS @ 44 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd H6e).. a @ WB Cardamon, Aleppee............. . 2 v0 Cardamon, Malabar....... Poraa ues 2 25 COlOLy oS. ea a ae 20 Coriander, pest English........... 10 Henne) oc 15 Hlax, Olean. 0... 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 334)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 7@ 8 Hemp, Russian. 62.5052... 56 @ 6 Mustard, white Black 10c)........ 8 Ouinece 95 Mupe; Washish. | 6 @ 7 Worm, Levant... 0.5.0.6 oo. e. 14 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 Nassau Oo dQ 733. 2 ob Velvet Extra do GO. -) ..... 110 Extra Yellow do do. ....: 85 Grass do GO. .:... 65 Hard head, fer slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, d0¢ 23... 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.18) # gal.. 2 28 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 25 Anodyne Hoffman’ Boe et 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 Annatto 1 tb rolls........... 45 PAU fo cee eee ee. # tb hes ig Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... @ Annatto, prime... ...........00000 45 ‘Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 44@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7 Blue Soluple::. 0. 6... 5 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Beans, Tonka... ie... eee. o 1 5¢ Beans. Vania 2. i i... 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 1 50 Blue Pill (Powd 00).............. 50 Binie: Vitviol 66.66. ee 6 @ 7 Borax, refined (Powd 18¢e)......... 12 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 00 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18 Carmine, No. 40.20... 6... eee. ee 4 00 Capsia Buds... 5... .. ool. ee 12 Calomel. American................ 75 Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate eeteh. eee ce 12 Chalk, red fingers... ee. 8 Chalk, white lump................. 2 Chloroform, Sabb Die cece ues 1 60 Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 50 Chloral do do cryst... 1 %@ Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts.. 1 75 Chloroform ........... 8 @ 90 Cinchonidia, P. & W......3........ 40 @ 45 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 40 @ 45 Cloves (Powd 23¢e)............2....- 18 @ 20 @Cochineal - oe. a es ke. 40 Cocoa Butter....:........0..5..... 45 Copperas (by bbl Ie)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 70 Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... 38 @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. 15 Crensote oe ee e.. 50 Cudbear, prime...................- 2 Cuttle Fish Bone................... 24 Dextnine 2 ae. 2 Dover's Powders....2............. 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot powdered............-...... 45 Hther Squibb 's.........2....... ... 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 INPSOMISSItG. se 2@ 3 BPPOb, Iresle ee el. 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 Blake white. 6.000.606 ee. 14 Graing: Paradise......-............ 25 Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French .................. 45 70 Glassware, flint, 7) off, by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Gime; cabinet...) 0... 02.22, <2)... 2 @ ili Gilueswhite: 3206 os 16 @ 28 Givcerine. PUNe. .2.2-....21..2. 0. 16 @ 20 Hops 448 and 148........0......05.. 25@ 40 lodoform OF ee eo 40 UMGIRG es 8 @l1 00 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 30 @ 35 Iodine, resublimed................ 4 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 JOPODICR oo oe sc, 8 Eondon Purple: .........55........ 10 @ bb Wend, acetate... cs. 15 Lime, chloride, (%s 28 10c & 4s 11c) 8 IApa@lne 55,050. fees e cc oe. 1 00 odin Recon Ae Ona ears eae 50 MBCG 2. ee 50 Madder, best Duteh. .... 2.5.25... 12%@ 13 Manna, S. Hoo. ec, 75 Mercury Uo lo eas Sl coat ee ees 60 Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... 8 oz 3 00@3 25 Musk, Canton, H., PB. & Co.'s: .. 55. 40 Moss, Noel. #2 tb 10 MOSS; ITISD .. cece ec ee. 12 Mustard, Hnelish.......:.0......4. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ib cans...... 18 INATUM IIS) ee 23 INUtMeRS NO co... sos... eee. 60 INU V OMICA. oe es. es 10 Ointment. Mercurial, 4%d.......... 45 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 POpSiM ees oa 2 50 Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 Quassia oe ees @ 7% Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ Th,0z1 05 @1 10 Quinine, German.................. 100 @l1 05 Red Precipitete............... @ b 8G Seidlitz Mixture................... 28 BOryechnia, Gryse.... 2. ses cece cee es 1 40 Silver Nitrate, cryst...........:..- "7 @ 80 Satfron, American. ............... 35 Dab GIAUNOD oo ee @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... » 9 Sal Rochelle: 22.00... 3. 2. 33 Sal Soda. .i..252. 26s ee. So U2 (2he SANG ot ass cs oes co 215 SANtOnin ee es 6 50 Snuftfs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [Dy Ker se}. onc... cee. SPEEMACCH .. oo cic... ks 25 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s. 4%¥@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 Soap, Green do <.... .:........ 17 Soap, momen OO. 9 Soap, GO se. li Soap, Mazzini Puce ee ce cae ee oe, 14 Spirits Nitre; 3h... 0.2... sk ek. 26 @ 28 Spirits Nitre,4F................... 30 @ 8 Sugar Milk powdered.............. 30 Sulphur, flour............. Meee oes 34@ 4 Sulphur, OU os 3@ 3% Tartar BMeue.. seo S 60 Tar, N. C. Pine, 4% gal. cans # doz 2 70 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 bb 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 55 Zine, Sulphate Bae eee eee e cca 7 @ 8 OILS. Oapito) Cylinder. 0... cs ic cl 75 Model Cylinder i000 663.) es. ee ee. 60 Shields Cylinder. 5.52... ee ee ee eee es 5 IGOrAdO HDGING. tee tae eee tees se 45 Peerless Machinery.............ccccccccecceee 3d Challenge Machinery................. 25 Backus Fine Engine......... ees ..30 Black Diamond Machinery................ . 30 Castor Machine O11. io... 6. co.cc cs es eee sce ce 6C MParamine, 20 GO ole. eo. cs de esceac ccccavs 22 PAPA OINO 20 OCR ose i hoc are cece suds ca5 21 Sperm, winter blesched Boel ae cue eou twas ole te 1 40 Bbl Gal WHALE, WIDTED. <2 es eee ck ce ee oe 70 75 WANG: OXUCS 6. is ois osc eee ees 64 15 hard, NO. bc... cn ass ces 55 65 Linseed, pure raw................0-. 50 53 TANBECU; DOUG 24 22. cee. 53 56 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Spirits Turpentine................... 36 40 VARNISHES. NO. TP Turp Coren... ek cee sii ele. 1 10@1 20 Etre TOLER. 2.6. ei wccccceccs cccewees ; 60@1 70 Coach Hear, eps ks ues ea sisi a rae deesas 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. i 00@1 : Extra Turp Damar................00:- 1 55@1 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ "3 PAINTS. Bbl Lb Red Venetian.................. 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 8 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 2344 24%@ 8 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 24@ 3 Vermilion, prime American.. 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 60@65 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5% Lead, white, strictly pure..... 5% Whiting, white Span sh.. @%0 Whiting, Gilders’. ‘eaves @90 | White, faris American........ 110 Whiting Paris English cliff.. 1 40 HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO, Wholesale ruggists 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF ries, Medicines, Chetuicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, ad Drugeist’s Glassware, MANUFA ELEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, PLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS. GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR CTURERS OF Wotr, Patron & Co., AND JOHN L. WHIT- ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE PAINT AND VARNISH BRUSHES. —Also for the— GRAND RaApips BrusH Co., MANF’RS OF Hat, SHOE AND HORSE BRUSHES. 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 and Liguor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the drug 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 are 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 Driggists Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favorites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gis, Brandles & Fing 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, PERKINS & GO Why He Yawned, “My dear, what makes you always yawn?’ The wife exclaimed, her temper gone; “Ts home so dull and dreary?” ‘Not so, my love,’’ he said—“*not so: But manand wife are one, you know, And when I’m alone I’m w —y ss po Ee ae Bare ly Personal. M. C. Russell left last week for a three weeks’ absence to the New Orleans Exposi- tion, taking in the principal cities on both the down and return trips. Albert F. Hazeltine has purchased the drug stock of Dr. J. D. Bowman, at the cor- ner of West Fulton and Jefferson streets, and will continue the business at the old stand. Bryant H. Howig, the well-known Michi- gan printer, now located at Marshalltown, lowa, favors THE TRADESMAN with a-sam ple of his handiwork, in the shape of a New Years’ card of artistic design and execution. Baker & Hayes, lithographie publishers of Philadelphia, favor Tim TRADESMAN with copies of their new publication, “Twenty Years on the Road,” in which are depicted the interesting experiences of Mr. Hayes during such a period. Messrs. Baker & Hayes are both retired travelers and wish us to state that the latchstring of their office at 135 North Fourth street is always out to salesmen visiting the Quaker City. << _____ Broken-Hearted. A man bought by weight a turkey from an old negro. When he took the fow! homé he discovered some five or six pounds of lead in the cavity reserved for oysters. Indig- nant at such an outrage, he sought the negro and exclaimed: “Look here, you old thief, what did you mean—” “Doan say nuffin boss. ed.” “What’s the matter with you?” “Wife got drowned in de riber.” “I’m sorry for that.’ “O, it’s awful, sah! Ah! Lawd, goin’ ter come 0’ my po’ chillun?” The gentleman went out and the said: “Didn’t make so much offen dem blame shot. Co’s me 10 cents er poun’. Dese white folks is harder an’ harder ter git erlong wid ebery day.” enero —- -)- -2- <> ~ €on necro Intelligence. There is a commercial college at a neigh- boring city, where the students have a bank and every effort is made to give the pupils a practical business education. The profes- or, for instance, instructed the boys to write a letter toa delinquent country ecus- tomer. There was a sound of scribbling on slates, then the voice of Mose Schaumburg, Junior, who is one of the pupils, was heard. “T shay, Mishter Professor, shall I write, dot letter in, dot ven he don’t bay up I closes. him out mit der sheriff?” l’se broken-heart- whut’s negro A Doctor’s Diary. A pocket diary picked up in the streets of a neighboring city would seem to indieate, from the following choice extract, that = owner was a medical man: “ Kase 232. Old Misses Boggs. Aint got no bisnis, but has plenty of money. Sick- ness alla humbug. Gav her sum of my cel- ebrated ‘ Dipsefloriken,’ which she sed she drank like cold tee—which Must put something in it so make her feel sik and bad. roks.” <> © <> —~- Business has evidently reached bed roek again. Large buyers sge better times ahead and take advantage of the low prices to ae cumulate stock. with some glass works in Philadelphia for 10,000,000 pounds of glass bottles, or 7,200,- 000 bottles, over 500 car loads—the biggest contract ever made. stretch over 1,000 miles in line. — Oa i A Waterloo, N. Y., lady opened a fruit jar of peaches which had been eanned and hermetically sealed for twenty-four years. They were put up in the fall when Abraham Lincoln was first elected president, and were in a good state of preservation. A Those of the friends of Tut TRADESMAN who are so inclined are invited to send in... the addresses of dealers who would be likely to want to subscribe to the paper. ally. it was too.: The old woman has got the: A large patent medicine: house of Rochester has just made a contract. The bottles would: To all. such, sample copies will be mailed occasion-.. 147 The Michigan Tradesmal. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E, A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. {Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.] WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1885. Trade Names of Leather and Grades of Shoes. There are, says the Shoe and Leather Re- porter, thousands of retail shoe dealers and a large number of jobbers whose practical knowledge of leather, its wearing qualities and its adaptability to boots and shoes, is very limited, and it may profit them to learn something about it. Of sole leather there are two divisions, hemlock and oak, and general subdivisions; these are of hemlock, acid and non-acid, while of oak, some is tan- ned of oak bark exclusively, and some with oak and hemlock combined. The latter is called union. Then there is buffalo, an in- ferior East India hide, tanned in hemlock. All of these are adapted to heavy boots, bro- gans, plow shoes, wax, kip and split, pebble grain and the heavier grades of calf bocts. Union leather is used almost entirely in the manufacture of women’s shoes of thejfiner qualities, slippers, sandals, Newports, and all low cut shoes and fine button boots. Manufacturers of calf and flesh split shoes for men’s wear use union leather extensive- ty. Of upper leather there are still greater varieties. Wax, kip, and split leather are used extensively in the manufacture of heavy boots, brogans, and plow shoes. Men’s, boys’, and youth’s balmorals, button and strap shoes, are made of a light kip, which, being taken off a young animal, is designated as veal calf. A flesh split is a most desirable and salable article for fine shoes, and commands nearly as high a price as calfskins. Buff leather, so called because in finishing the grain is buffed off, is made largely from Western and New England hides, and is one of the leading lines of up- per leather. A large number of shoe manu- facturers are engaged in the buff shoe busi- ness, and the product finds a market in all sec- tions of the country. Buff leather is adapt- ed to men’s button balmoral and congress shoes, and the finer and lighter weights are anade into women’s shoes, almost wholly in ‘polish cut. Buff leather shoes are very pop- ular in all large cities, New York city being a great market for them, and the South be- ing large consumers. Buff leather is the strongest competitor with calfskins, and it requires an expert to tell the difference when the shoes are made up. Grain leather is made in pebble and glove finish for all light work, and in a heavy pebble for men’s wear. Glove grain is comparatively a new arti- cle, and the adaptability of it in the manu- facture of fine shoes, and toppings for men’s ealf shoes, has made it extremely popular. at differs from pebble grain in that the sur- face is finished with all the care that is used in the finish of calfskins, and it is extremely difficult for a novice to tell the difference. The consumption of glove grain is increas- ing every season. Pebble grain is made both light and heavy for women’s work. It re- quires a 21g ounce weight, for a fine polish- sewed shoe, while peg and nail work require a four-ounce grade. Very little grain leath- er is used, except for these styles of foot gear. For working women and girls the pebble or, grain polish shoe which can be bought in the vicinity of $1 per pair is a most desirable and serviceable shoe, and the de- mand is generally brisk enough to keep what limited number of manufacturers there are of them busy. The heavy boot or shoe grain used in shooting boots, balmorals, Na- poleon long boots, and such, is made largely in Chicago, and has an extensive sale in the East. For winter service there is no shoe that can excel the grain balmoral. 1t is neat in appearance, and durable. It is practical- ly water-proof. Calfskins are made forall sorts of boots and shoes. They run all weights from twenty pounds to the dozen up to a heavy veal kip weighing one hundred and thirty, perhaps more. Calf goods are made in every conceivable quality and style from the lightest shoe—even slippers—to the heaviest boots, and in many shapes—but- ton, congress, balmoral, strap shoes, low cut, ete. A great many calf boots have split backs. Glove calf isa soft finish, resem- bling a sheepskin on the unfinished side, and is used for toppings of shoes, fly button pieces, and such. Sheep leather is largely used for shoe lin- ings, and for vamps and quarters in very cheap shoes for women’s wear. They are made in creams, pinks, russets, and white; alum, sumac, and bank tanned, and the con- sumption is immense. Kid and goat leather enters into the manufacture of ladies’ work exclusively. Goat is made both in pebble and smooth finish, is used in the heavier grades of shoes, having its competitor in the peb- bles, grain, or imitation goat, “so called.” Kid leather is extensively used for all kinds of fine button and polish shoes, slippers, sandals, and all low cut women’s shoes. During the past few years there have been many discoveries and improvements in the method of tanning these skins, and they are pow made in’Siamang, Caracal, Koodoo, Dongola, daisy kid, ete., all of which are practically the same. They are all designed for ladies’ shoes. The demand for novelty is met by russet and colored alligator, and imitations of it, russet and red pebbles, mat kids, leopard, grain, moroccoes, and such, but all these have a comparatively limited sale, and the bulk of the goods sold are of the kinds enumerated above. Dry Goods. The New Suit. BY F. F. MURRAY. He stood before the looking-glass, With frowning face and red, Scanning himself from head to foot, And this is what he said: “No, they don’t begin to fit me— T can see it plain enough; They are not the right dimensions And I’m fooled about the stuff. “There’s a stain upon the trowsers And they’re short an inch or two And the vest is bound to pucker, No matter what I do. “And the coat that fit so neatly, In that store’s deceiving shades, Behold you how it bunches Beneath my shoulder blades! “‘Oh, let me find the fellow That stroked me on the chest, And said that I was neatly built, And big around the breast, And said I had a bargain, As he buttoned up his vest! “Oh let me at the mortal Of the mellow voice and small, Who patted me and flattered me, And even had the ‘gall’ To say: ‘Dot zoot shust v its yon Like de baper on de vall!’ ——_<—_o_____—_ A patent has been granted in the United States for a method of using paper pulp as a filling material in finishing cotton goods. The pulp of finely-pulverized linen, wood or straw is mixed in the bath with the other | materials, and penetrates and fills all the in- terstices of the textile. Goods so treated must be calendered to obtain a smooth and solid surface, and can be printed with out further preparation. A similar process has been adopted in Germany. China clay and other mineral substances are mostly used to finish light-weight cotton and linen goods, but several finishers in Germany have suc- cessfully employed for this purpose bleached or wood pulp mixed with the finishing starch. Textiles so finished do not dust nor lose their finish, but are said to present a good appear- ance even after repeated washings. _—___<>_9<—>—___—_ Persian carpets are rarely large, because they are chiefly woven, says a recent consu- lar report from Teheran, by the women and children of the peasantry and in the villages. Thus, a countryman will have arug made in his own house, and when it is done he takes it to the nearest town and sells it for what it will fetch. Of late years, however, much larger carpets have been made for the for- eign market. —_————»>> a ____—_ Mechanical Toys. The recent holiday season is said to have afforded a particularly active business in me- chanical toys. A local dealer says: ‘“Therun on them was something wonderful. The ba- by doll that walks and squeaks, says mam- ma and papa at each mechanical theatrical stride, sold like hot cakes. It has simply been improved upon very much, but is not recently invented. The mechanical smok- ing man is a late patent. It is a comical fig- ure of a man, eleven inches high, seated ona black walnut box. There is a small keg at his elbow, with the historical long pipe in his mouth, and mug of beer in his hand. Place a cigarette in his pipe, and, when wound up and the cigarette lighted, the figure will draw and puff the smoke in a perfectly nat- ural manner. The motions ofthe head and arm and the action while smoking are per- fect. These sold rapidly to small boys am- bitious to learn how to smoke. But one of our latest hits is the stump or- ator. It is a negro with a carpet-bag in one hand, and an umbrella in the other. He makes motions, pounds the desk in front of him with the umbrella, and assumes posi- tions of appeal, entreaty, fierceness and hu- mor, as the orators of the day do when speak- ing. The dog cart with the dude in it, driv- ing a prancing horse, is put inthe show win dow for the first time this season. By wind- ing it up, away it goes. Another mechanical invention is the bear that walks about, snapping his jaws. 1t took a good deal of time and money to perfect it. ———— It is right that the owners of property which is put to bad uses should be made to bear some of the responsibility. If they are persons of standing in the community, hold their heads high, and are steady attendants at church, their fault, to call it by no severer term, is all the greater. To say that they do not know for what purposes their build- ings are employed goes for nothing. It is their duty to know. As persons of influence and wealth, their fellow-citizens have the right to expect of them that they will not, even by neglect, encourage that which isp dangerous to society at large. The true cit- izen makes himself sufficiently acquainted with what is done with that which fate has placed in his keeping to see that it results in good, not evil. He devotes his money to beautifying his city and to adding, so far as in him lies, to the comfort of the people. Such a man could not spend a dollar without knowing by what means it went into his pocket. —— 9 It is said that the honest farmers near Denver buy oleomargarine at 20 cents a pound and after mixing with it a small por- tion of genuine butter, bring it back to the city and sell it for 40 cents a pound. The people to whom they sell this compound do not appreciate the ‘‘smartuess’” of the far- mers. The amount of counterfeit paper money now in circulation is said to be less than at any time in the last twenty years. ——— Oe J. F. Lawrence, of Detroit, has opened Porter & Taylor’s store at Lansing, which had been closed by assignment. —_—_—_—__ >>> Some apple trees in Kansas are said to have borne three crops of apples during the past year. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 Pepperell, 7-4...... 16% Pepperell, 8-4...... 20 Pepperell, 9-4...... 22% Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Pepperell, to... 27% Pequot, 7-4......... 18 Pequot, .8-4......... 21 Pequot, 9-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX, 0z..11 Caledonia, X, 0z...10 Economy, 0OZ....... 10 Park Millis, No. 50..10 Park Mills, No. 60..11 Park Mills, No. 70..12 Park Mills, No. 80..138 Park Mills, No. 90..14 Park Mills, No. 100.15 Prodigy, 0Z......... i Otis. Apron......... 10% Otis sre Bes 10% York, 1 02.......-2. 10 York, AA. vextra 02.14 OSNABURG. Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... & Jewell briwn....... 9%\|Augusta plaid...... 7 Kentucky brown. 1 Toledo plaid........ at Lewiston brown... 94%4|Manchester plaid.. 7 Lane brown........ -9 %iNew Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana plaid.... Utility plaid........ 6% ee cane COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 814 |Greene, G, 4-4...... ac Art cambrics, 36.. ae ll, 4-4 ws Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8% Hill, anes ees i Euerereone 5-4..124%|Hope, 4-4........... 6% Ballou, 4-4........-. 6% King’ phillip sane Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 pric, 4-4.......:... 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8% |Linwood, re 7% Boott, E.5-5........ 7 Lonsdale, Anh os. EA Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%| Lonsdale hee 10% Boott, R. 4.0. 5\%4|Langdon, GB, 4- 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7 |Langdon, 45........ 44 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6 Masonville, 4-4..... 8 Conway, 4-4......7 Maxwell. 4-4........ 9% Cabot, 4-4........- . 6%|New York Mill, 4-4. a Cabor, 1-8.:........- 6 |New Jersey, 4- 1 : Canoe, 3-4........-- 4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. i Domestic, 36....... 74|Pride of the West. .11 Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 9 |Pocahontas, 4-4.... 74 Davol, 4-4........-- 9 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4... 814| Victoria, AA ues 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 74! Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of the fo, Whitinsville, 4-4. mi cambric, 4-4...... 11 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 634/Wamsutta, 4-4...... ..16% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6 Gilded Age......... 8% SILE Crown ’........-.--. 17 NO: 10223. t-te. af Colm 3.3...) .. Anchor... :......---- iB Centennial......... Blackburn ......... 8 MIAVOl: 62 oo. 8 ss 14 London............- = i Paconia.........-.- Red Cross........-- ib Social Imperial....16 PRL Albion, solid........ on Albion, grey......-- Allen’s checks...... ay Ailen’s fancy....... 5% Allen’s pink........-. 64% Allen’s purple....... 6% American, fancy... ov Arnold fancy........ Berlinsolid......... 5M Cocheco fancy...... Cocheco robes....... oy Conestoga tancy....6 ee Faces 6 Eagle fancy........- 5 Garner pink. ....--- 6% FINE BROW Appleton A, 4-4... Boott M, 4-4.......- 6% Boston F, 4-4... "lg Continental C, 4-3.. 6% Continental D, 40in 8% Conestoga W, 4-4... 6% Conestoga D, 7-8... 5% Conestoga G, 30-in. 6 Dwight X, a4 Di Dwight Y,7-8....... 5% Dwight Z, 4-4..-..6- 6% Dwight Star, 4-4.... 7 Ewight Star, 40- -in.. 9 Enterprise EE, 36.. 514 Great Falls E, 4-4... 7 Farmers’ A, 4- As. 6 Indian Orchard, 1-4 7% Williamsville, 36...10% SIAS. Masonville a Boe Masonville 8S....... 10% Lonsdale ........... 9% Lonsdale A......... 16 Nictory O........-. Wictory d.:......-.. Victory D.......... Victory K...:....-. 2% Phoenix A.......... 194% Phoenix B......... ae Phoenix X X..... NTS. « Gloucester .......... 6 Gloucestermourn’g.6 Hamilton fancy....6 Hartel fancy........ 6 Merrimac D......... 6 Manchester ......... 6 Oriental fancy...... 6 Oriental robes...... 6% Pacific robes........ 6 Richmond........... 6 Steel River.......... 5M Simpson’s........... 6 Washington fancy.. Washington blues. 7% N COTTONS. . T%|Indian Orchard, 40. 8 ,\Indian Orchard, 36. 7% Laconia B, 7-4...... 164% Lyman B, 40-in..... 10% Mass. BB, AA i. OF 5% Nashua RK, 40-in.. * i Nashua R, 4-4...... 7% Nashua O, 7-8....... 6% Newmar ket N.... 64 Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7 Pepperell R, 4-4.... 74 Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64 Poeasset C, co 634 Saranac R.......... TM Saranac E.......... 9 DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag .......-- 7%4| Renfrew, dress styl 944 Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Manfg Co, Bigiee.. oe 10%) Bookfold......... 12% Bates .....-..--:--..- | Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire .......-- 6%;\ dress styles...... 12% Glasgow checks.... 7 rville, dress Glasgow checks, f” yi %%| styles..........4 a 7 ie Glasgow checks, ‘white Mfg Co, stap 7 royal styles...... 8 \White Mtg Co, fane 3" Gloucester, new White Manft’g Co, standard ......... 7%; Earliston... ...... 8 Plunket ...-:....... 74 iGordon::... ........% T% Lancaster ......---- 8 |Greylock, dress Langdale .........-. Weal SUVIOB 22.5 ccs 5: 12% WIDE ee COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4.. Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% Androscoggin, 8-4. 33 Ipepper rell, 11-4..... 324% Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, st 21 Pepperell, 8-4...... a ‘Pequot, 8-4.. ed Pepperell, 9-4...... |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY Ee COTTONS Atlantie A, 4-4..... 734 |\Lawrence Xx, 4-4,. Atlantic H, 4-4..... 7 Atlantic D, 4-4..... 6144) Atlantic P, Lt BM Atlantic LL, an. . 514 Adriatic, 36......... i Augusta, 4-4........ 634 Boott M, 4-4........ 6% Boott FF, 4-4....... 734) Graniteville, 4-4.... 5% Indian Head, 4-4... 7 Indiana Head 45-in.12%| ‘ “Lawrence Vo 30. \Lawrence LL, 4- i . 5% Newmarket N...... 644 \Mystic River, 4-4... 544 |Pequot A, 4 fe i% Piedmont, BOG. Ge 64% iStark AA, 4-4....... U4 \Tremont CO, 4-4.... 5% (iten, 44.0.0... 9 ;Wachusett, 4-4..... i% ‘Wachusett, 30-in... 634 _— Amoskeag, ACA.. Falls, XXX XR. ...... 18% Amoskeag “ 4-4, a Walls; SoXcXe: ss s. ibs Amoskeag, A...... 18 (Falls, BB.......-.-. 11% Amoskeag, B...... 12 |Falls, BBC, 36......19% Amoskeag, C...... 11 |Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeag, D...... 10%\|Hamilton, BT, 32..12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 {Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, F’....... vo? Hamilton, H.... .. 9% Premium A, 4-4.. Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B........ 16 Methuen AA....... 13% Petra... 2. ese 16 {Methuen ASA...... 18 Extra l-3......¢....- 14% Omega A, 7-8....... 11 Gold Medal 4-4...... 15 |Omega A, 4-4....... 13 CCGA 758... 5. 5... 122% /|Omega ACA, 7-8....14 OU Ase es. ee 14 |Omega ACA, 4-4.. 8 BOTS). see: 14 |Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 BI eee 16 Omega SH, 4-4...... 27 AM ASE 19 |jOmega M. Wh 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |Omega M, 4-4....... 25 Cordis ACA, 32.....15 Cordis No. L Bes as 15 Shetucket SS&SSW 11% Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis we. 14 Shetucket, SFS. ..12 Cordis No.3........ 13 |Stockbridge A..... 7 Cordis No. AC 11%|Stockbridge frncy. 8 GLAtED CAMBRICS. Garner: 2.040.255 Hmpire?.:.....-. 4: Hookset.........-.- Fs Washington........ 434 Red Cross.......--- 5 Edwards pee naa 5 Forest Grove....... IS. S. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A......18 G0'Old Tronsides......15 BCAMK A cles 22144|Wheatland ......... 21 DENIMS. Boston 2 6... 65, (Otis OC : occ... 22. 10% Everett blue ae 14 |Warren AXA...... wis Everett brown..... 14 lWarren Be i, 11% Otis AXA ..12%'| Warren CC......... 10% Otie BB...) -e.. 114%\York fancy........ 15 PAPER CAMBRICS. « Manville............ 6 |S.S.&Sons......... 6 Masegnville......... 6) |GaImer 2.66.2... oes 6 WIGANS. Red Cross.......... VA Thistle Mills........ Berit 263s. DEA ORG. oe. 5 ss 8 Garner... ee. "34 | SPOOL COTTON. Brooxws. 30s es 50 |Hagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F.....55 Mills ball sewing.30 J.&P. Coats....... 55 |Greeh & Daniels...25. Willimantic 6 cord.55 Willimantic 3 cord.40 Charleston ball sew Merricks ...........- 40 StAMOrd 20... 6s: 25 Hall & Manning....25 Holyoke...... i:.25 25 CORSET JEANS. ing thread........ 30 AYMONY. 6. 606 s5305- i% Androscoggin sat.. 8% Canoe River........ 6 Clarendon. ........ 614 Hallowell Imp..... 6% Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 PACODID 0.5 cscs Ty) 24 Kearsage........-.. 8% Naumkeag satteen. 8% Pepperell bleached 8% Pepperell sat....... 9% Rockport.......---- q Lawrence sat.. By Conegosat.........- TIME TABLES, MIGHIGAN CENTRAL The Niagara Falls Route. DEPART. +Detroit EXpress..-.. 22-2... . ees. 6:00 a m tDay HXpress. 2.0... 7.22... 8 es, 12:45 om *New York Fast Line.................. 6:00 p m TAtlantic EXpress. 2.00.05. .0 cee. 9:20 p m ARRIVE. SPACING WXpYeSs 603 20. se ete 6:00 am +Local Passenger..........,-.-.----.-- 11:20 am OI ee ee ee 3:20 p m +Grand Rapids PIXPVOSS. os... ko 10:25 p m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express. The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 11:59 a.m., and New York at9p. m. the next evening. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada. Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus | avoiding transfers. The Detr oit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Perlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10: 30 a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J.T. ScHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. Chicago & West West Michigan. eaves. Arrives, MOU oot soe fies es 215 am 4:07pm +Day EXpress.............. 12:25 p = 11:00 p m *Night Express............ 9:35 p 6:00 am MARCQ oo ses 6:10 E = 10:05 p m. *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:25 p. m., and through coach on 9:15 a.m. and 9:35 p.m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. W000 A Oe ee 4:00am 5:15pm EXpress..... .... Bom e es clas 3:50pm 4:15pm INMPRESS 2.2.6. ye, 8:10am 10:30am eat trains arrive and depart from Union De- P The Northern terminus of this Divisionis at Baldwin, where close connection is made with oe: M. trains to and from Ludington and | Manistee. al HL CAR PENTER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. URPROSS. 2.6. 052...25004. 7:00 pm 7:35 am Mage Se a 9:35am 4:00pm All trains daily except Sunday. The otrain leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, w hich has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. The train leaving at 7:35 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with special New Y ork Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches ean be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. MeKENNEY, Gen’) Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat eo OSS... .-. 6:20am +Through Mail............. 10:15am 10:20am tEvening Express......... 3820pm 3:55pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 a m GOING WEST. *Morning Express......... 12:40 pm 12:55 pm TPhrough Mail: ..:........ 6:19pm 5:15pm +*Steamboat Express....... 10:40 p m +MIXCG 2. 58. as ee 7:10am *Nighnt Express............. 5:10am 5:30am +Daily, Sundays exeepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:20 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. Parlor Cars on Mail Trains, both East and West. Train leaving at 5:15 p. m. will make con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday. The mail has a Parlor Car to Detroit. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Pee Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. PoTreR, City Pass. Agent. GEO. B. REEVE, Traftic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 8:45 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:20am 10:25 a m Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex 3:55pm 5:00pm G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:10am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:00am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4: 08 pm 4:35pm Mackinac & Ft. Way: e Ex. 10:2 2am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40 pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:00 o’clock p. m. has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac City. Train leaving at 16:25 a.m. has recipe Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse Jit South—Train leaving at 4:35p.m. bas Wood- ruff Bleapis Car for Cincinnati. . L. LocKwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 05 Ohio White Lime, Car lOUs. 0.2.66. 90 Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40 Akron Cement per bbl..............-. 1 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 O@avilows. 66 os, es ee 1 05@1 10 Plastering hair, per bu................ 25@ 30 Stucco: per bel. -........-..:.... 2... 1 75 Land plaster, per ton.................. : z Land plaster, car lots.................. Hine broek: pen Mocs)... a... 25 @ 8 Hire clay, per Dbl::......-............. COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. 7" 00@6 25 Anthr acite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 MAnwOl, CAl 10TH... 2... 6.6 s aces @6 75 Ohio Timp, CaF lots... . 5... ..... 2.3: a3 25@3_ 50 Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 BOGS 00 DISSOLUTION NOTICE. GRAND Raprps, Mricu., Jan. 1, 1885. Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, which has been carrying on the commission business at Muskegon, Mich., under the name of Oreutt & Co., has expired by limitation. The business will be continued hereafter by Frank L. Oreutt, of Muskegon, Mich., who will be pleased to hear from all our old customers of- ten. OrcuTrT & Co. > SPRING & OMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fancy and Staple RY GOODS, ARPETS, MATTINGS Ore: CLOTHS ETc. HTC. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, = we Michigan. Sp Perfumers. IJONNIN GS HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES ! TRIPLE B=XTRACTS, ecial Odors, Fleur de lis, Marie Antoinette, Jockey Club, White Rose, Fleur D’Orange. Also a full Assortment Stamdard Odors, put up in I, 2, and 4 oz., 1-2 pint and pint Glass Stoppered Bottles. Jennings and Smith Grand Rapids, Mich. for inspection. ed Goods—both Boston and Bay State. RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES. We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and keep a full line of their Celebrat- Our fall samples of Leather Goods are now ready Cur Goods are Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. CHEW ‘THE New Dark “American Eagle” Fin S&S CU T. THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Send an Order to your Wholesale Grocer for it. Manufactured by b America Eagle Tobacco CO. Detroit, Mich. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want will do well to write or see the (RAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. 71 CANAL STREET. mB FA LUAS, Wholesale & Commission—butter & Eggs a Specialty. Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. - Grand Rapids, Michigan 125 and127 Canal Street, STEERS WW EOLESADLE OYSTER DEPOT! Livy? Monroe St. F. J. Dettenthaler. » ¢ t ‘Mii Tema, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Swate. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—W m. Sears. Executive Committee—President, Vice-Pres- ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one year; L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two years. 5 Arbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W. Putnam, Joseph Houseman. Transportation Committee—Wilder D. Stevens, Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. 8. Musselman. Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. : Manufacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright, E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. i Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. gS EES STRESS ST The Drummer’s Dream. As I lazily sat by the hotel grate, | Patiently waiting for “‘number eight” (Which was, as usual, three hours late), I fellasleep And had a peep So bright! Of Heaven. I thought in my dream Of that dreary Saturday night. I dreamed that in my desperation ‘At the state of trade in Goober’s Station, I suicided, in sheer vexation, At hearing Jones, In nasal tones Say: “J like you and I like your goods, But I’m full up to-day.” T thought I stood at the Golden Gate, When St. Peter said: ‘It’s getting late For supper—at any rate I ean’t forego A bite or so, Pray, 2 Phip, old boy, just take my keys, ‘And tend the gate while I’m away.” Now, business was good that particular night, And I “passed” lots of people whose papers were right, (Even anold “Soap Drummer,” in spotless white), When I saw onthe stair His placid glare, Lo ! ‘Twas Jones, the old fraud, chief buyer Of the firm of Jones, Goober & Co. He pushed to the front with a confident eer, Said, ‘I’m known and respected and have no fear Of rejection—so I'll just step in here. But said I, “Oh, no! You go below. Away! For I like you and I like your goods, But I’m full up to-day.” ” >a PENCIL PORTRAITS—NO. 36, €. H. Bayley, One of the Best Workers on the Road. Christopher H. Bayley was born at Hack- ney Road, London, England, March 22, 1844, and at the age of eleven was apprenticed to a groceryman, with whom he remained four years. He then came to Canada, settling at Bowmanville, where he engaged with Alex. Mcintyre, continuing in the latter’s employ until his failure four years later. He then went to Port Hope, where he entered the employ of Samuel Hatton. On the latter’s retirement from business in 1862, he bought the stock and continued the business for two years, when he was burned out. < Beaumont & Collier, grocers at Hart, have dissolved, Mr. Collier succeeding. ; SONS. The Secret of Success in Paper, From the Paper World. The remarkable development of the paper industry in the United States since 1860, and more particularly since the war, is coming to be a subject of frequent remark among busi- ness men. Paper is now as much of a king as cotton or iron, and its interests have as- sumed vast proportions, and have become world wide. A leading cause of this success has become increasing cheapness, to which many causes have contributed. - How To Say Bitter Things. This is the way in which Mr. Robert Bur- dette, the genial humorist, crushes his jour- nalistic enemies: Let me tell you how I write mean letters Some time, | |i and bitter editorials, my boy. when a man has pitched into me and cut me up rough, and I want to pulverize him, and | wear his gory scalp onmy girdle, and hang his hide on my fence, 1 write the letter or edito- rial that is to do the business. peace from his soul for six weeks. Oh, Ido hold him over a slow fire and roast him! Gall and aquafortis drip from my_ blistering pen. Then, I don’t mail the letter, and I don’t print the editorial. There’s always time to crucify aman. The vilest criminal is entitled to a little reprieve. I put the manuscript away ina drawer, Next day I look at it. The ink iscold; I read it over and say, ‘I don’t know aboutthis. There’s a good deal of bludgeon and bowie-knife journalism in that. DH hold it over a day longer.” Theanext day I read it again. I laugh and say, ‘“Pshaw!” and I can feel my | cheeks getting a little hot. The fact is, I am ashamed I ever wrote it, and hope that nobody has seen it, and I have half forgot ten the article that filled my soul with rage. I haven’t been hurt, I haven’t hurt anybody, and the world goes right along, making twen- ty-four hours a day, as usual, and 1 am all the happier. Try it, my boy. - 8 << = A Bad Start, From the Richmond State. The moon is making a very bad beginning for 1885. It gets full twice this month. - —~_. > The wholesale trade of St. Paul for the year 1884, in all articles of raw and manu- factured goods, foots up $60,400,000, and af- forded direct employment to about 4,960 per- As compared with previous years, the result may be generally stated as about 25 per cent. increase in the gross sales. Sixty-four new jobbing houses have been es- tablished, and the amount of additional eap- ital invested is $700,000, or closely approx- imating that amount. 2 ______ Readers of this paper who avail themselves of the information obtained from its columns, by advertisement or otherwise, are requested to notify their correspondents of the source of thoir information. PLEASANT TO TAKE, ACTS MILDLY. CURES Qu!CKLy DUNHAW'S SURE CURE FOR PEVER & AGUE, ee eae ee 38 nines BO ‘MEDICINE: Sh Oe ees ‘i Etsy ie NEVER ENOWN TC FAIL. Money re- turned if it does not cure. Price, 50c. Ask druggist forit. Sent pre- paid for 60 cts. Address, WESTERN MEDICINE Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich. WESTERN MEDICINE €0.’S TONIC LIVER PILLS. Purely Vegetable; contain no calomel, minera! poison or quinine. Act directly on the Liver, “tone : w/up’ the system, aid digestion and ra purity the Wood, POSITIVELY CURE PVN S| HEADACHE AND CONSTIATION, In- valuable for Biliousness, Indiges- tion, Hypochondria, etc. Sent free on receipt of price, 25 cts. package free. WESTERN MEDICINE Company., Grand Rapids, Mich. CO’s 2%) cae | Rose Leaf, Fine Cut, : _ Navy Clippings and Snuifs I write some- | thing that will drive sleep from his eyes and Sample | IMPROVE BAKING POWDER This Baking Powder makes the WHITEST, LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits, Cakes, Bread, ete. TRY IT and be convinced. Prepared only by the Arctic Manufacturing Co. GRAND RABIDS, MICH. Are You Going to Shelve a Store, Pau iry or Closet ? If so, send for prices and ). i- ther information. Escleston & Patten’s PATENT Adinstable Ratchet Pr AND Bracket Shelving irozs nr Creates a NEw Era ay) in STORE FURNISH- Wee ING. It entirely su- i persedes the old Wwe ss style wherever in- iW 5 troduced. i} ul perce, Satisfaction Guaranteed oy j — so nae a 7a vf ) He | 3 fe infringe= fA by UD } 0 SZ oe . g IE, po of He ments proe v7 I per of! 3 Z secuied. WL pl Ifnottobe WA T had from He ===> your local wa etinch Basvee ne ealer, Ly | , Gale, send your a) Niue orders di- Mf ca A rect to Torrance, Merriam & Co., Manufacturers, - TROY. N. Y. A iy D Wa macht anstE builds oti ee Sg anh SS PORTABLE AND STATIONARY BN GIN ES From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. Ww. Cc Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. G.ROYS & CO No. 4 Pear! Street, Grand Rapids. i TIPS Sapte mA IMA NEW GOODS. New Prices down to the whale- bone. Goods always sale- able, and always reliable. Buy close and often. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED " Hicncnants, Banxens Axo MANUFACTURERS SHOULD READ BRADSTREET'S A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF TRADE, FINANCE, AND PUBLIC ECONOMY. Sixteen Pages every Saturday. Oftentimes Twenty Pages. Sometimes Twenty-four Pages. FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. The foremost purpose of BRADSTREET’S is to be of prac- tical service to business men. Its special trade and indus- trialreports; its weekly epitome of bankruptcies through- out the United States and Canada, and the summaries of assets and habilities, are alone worth the subscription price; its synopses of recentdegal decisions are exceedingly valuable, As commercial transactions, in the wider sense, are coming to be more and more conducted on a statistical basis, the information contained in BRADSTREET’S is of the first importance both to producers ard middlemen, THE TRADE AND AGRICULTURAL SITUATION THROUGHOUT , THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 15 REPO®'TED EY TELEGRAPH TO BRADSTREET’S UP TO THE HOUR CF PUBLICATION, SINGLE COPIES, TEN CENTS. THE BRADSTREET CoO., 279, 281, 283° BRoaDway, NEW YORK CITY. School Books -~ IND — School Stationery —AT- W7 Ihoiesatle, BATON, LYON @ ALLEN, 22 and 24 Canali Street, The only general jobbing house in Michigan in our line. Send for cata- logues and terms. inderrman’s TTT BREAD AN QVE-TALLED BREAD A ——WEAT RAART —— MEAT BOARS = The Best Thing of the Kind Ever Invented. SURE TO SELL. A. T. Linderman, Manufacturer, Whitehall, Michigan. Send for sample dozen. 20x26, $4 per dozen. Sells for 50 cents apiece. Sold to the trade by Shields, Bulkley & Lemon, Grand Rap- ids; W. J. Gould & Co., Geo. C. Weath- erby & Co.,.Wm. Donnan & Co., De- troit; Gray, Burt & Kingman, Cor- bin, May & Co., Gould Bros., Chicago. If in Need of Anything in our Line, it) will pay you te get our Prices. | { PATENTEES MANUFACTURERS OF Barlow's Patent Manifold Shipping Books. Send for Samples and Circular. BARLOW BROTHERS MICH. AND SOLE 4 oelewe GRAND RAPIDS = S, YALE & BRO, —Manufacturers ot— FLAVORING EXTRACTS | BAKING POWDERS, BLUoUINGSS, ETTC., 40 and 42 South Division, St. MICH GRAND RAPIDS, = at OYSTERS. Weare sole Michigan agents for the celebrated “EF” brand, packed by J. S. FARREN & CO., Bal- timore, and are prepared to fill orders for CAN or BULE 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- aland prompt attention. We solicit your order. Putnam & Brooks. The Finest 10 Cent Cigar in the Market To-Day is i maton & Christenson ’s CLEAR HAVANA. LONG FILLER. If you have not seen it, Send us an order for Sample. Eaton & Christenson, 77 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. AN in. th 7 e overedad Wl A GLASS C O pes} ES @ Oo Zz P ct - 6S oD [= Ss oO a i, q ——FOR SALE BY—— Curtiss, Dunton & 6o., ——JOBBERS OF—— Woodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery, Ker- osene and Machine Oils, Naptha and Gasoline. 51 and 53 Lyon Strect a Grand Rapids, Mich. STRAICHT GOODS--NO 2 CIEME. Caulfield, Assent. E ? ee * oe The Decline of the Oyster. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT RICE. TIDY Groceries. is cee , Sana | Good Carolina. ....8 PUVA ec seveee ee om ie ecu OG pamen kde oe oe a The United States Commissioner of Fish pte abt raat ee Dhoiee Corclina. 1 Rangoon en Bi Trotter, rue ime ee on . - STICK. ; w > = 7 rs 5 ; 2 i . Bae ee en ae ee gee oe te ee ee ee ee Oe e PUI MAVUL. . ec cece cece cece ees e i $ . < and Fisheries has, in his recent report, call- POET Good Louisiana. ‘cameos poe 3% ao oe ee I @ i oe ay DOROG ook. ek a @ 9 ‘ : ; Frazer’s.............-00/Paragon.............. ht’s P.’s Favorite..................... j ee de *@l: Some Figures from the State Inspector’s | &4 the attention of Congress to the decline ete es ee Porcon.s 35 Db pails 1 > DeLand’s pure...... ees Re 5% | Old Weutuchy ee =. Cut Loaf do weg @l2 Forthcoming Report. of the oyster. Beds which formerly pro- | Modoc................ 55. Chureh’s |......-+-+- 54\Sea Foam........... a Big Four, 2x12...... 2.0... ... eee ee eee @46 | Royal, 25 : 2s : B eR : : BAKING POWDER. Taylor’s G. M....... oe B. & L.’s Best.. Big Four, 3x12... @46 |R 7 1; 200 Reo e W@I0% The increase in the consumption of illu-| duced forty-one bushels to the acre now pro-| arctic means... 45|Arctic 11 cans....2 49| C2P Sheaf...........5% Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12.. 00620022202. ae | tates oh pale. 3.08 minating oil in this State is almost marvel- duce but twenty-five bushels. Around New — : oe ee i Arctic 5 cans....12 00) g9 pocket. F F io 2 40 ae “i ve (ogee ee pes weve: oe cues On etree an 10% : : Z a : ? yo wai sia es 6 &isicia' a el nin 0:4 «3 Mee es On . Ooh hate © 8 ee, ous. From 1877 to the close of the year 1884 York sludge acid, too, is doing deadly work 2 ecane. cee ry cooks Ree Cece suena eee 2 a Seal of Grand Rapids.................. @46 Cut leat. 2 ie es Pats. 2.52, <5. AS the inspection of oil in Michigan has been | among the bivalves; and what with reckless | DEY. NO-3.------------e sense eee ame G48 | Broken: 0m bole. 202000007200000 000 as follows, figured in barrels: depletion of the beds and corruption of the | Liquid, 4 0z,...................56-- doz. 35 ae ue goose ec cce strep esatse J _ ae ee: bid ae ' eanoy an ‘53 DBOXES. Cd : RUC SIO eo isp c's wc bicics 6 vcleic e - oo 36 s was ee 5s Sat sean ce eae oe food supply, there is a gloomy outlook. At Tiguia. Gaz. See ees doz. £00 Ashton, Hngiish, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 He (dare) a os aa mee ee ee a = a aire Ae lee tee are te gi'a3; | Present, we consume five and a half millions | Arctic § 04........-..01+0srrertrersretee go Aine an ce ioe be ae oe eee [Dark] ...-..se+seser0e @36 | Peppermint Drops 222.0°222.222000227.0000. 13 ee Ee eG : r Ne ees ce os ol : 5 : - o 7 ee, 3 £ ge oe ae 7 a peer ree eh nnn oom nn ie oe ne ew ele iia of oysters annually. There is no doubt | Arctic No. 1 pepper box.................... s 00 po oe % bu. bags... = oly 7 ee Cie HM Chocolate De ams. 2 a Pee merce se eeesesrseseseseseoresecssesteesee Ds i i. Vi iy PES wicin nip 951s avin ciel s'e io we ea he «4 Ps ee + Pett t tence ee eee eee ee ee ee 138,670 | about the number, for Professor Baird and |ArctigNo.2 0 (0 (0 svsrerestiy 2 SAveRS, | | Meme danse oo ae ee - eet : Z ee eee Daviss : fi McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. ( icorice Drops....... ‘ an se kc oe es tee eee pe Lieutenant Winslow have counted them; and BROOMS. = sae % ne peu e eee. Uae: @2 00 | Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ib cads. ..... @51 |;AB hi csies Seana. ee ea = Renee eee eet enre-- ++ = heen sina = rane cone 13,0 tina eoimectiins of Biis want oa Common Whisk.. io Pepper Sauce, ead . RE a . : : : : : : : @ "5 arian : : Pt ae tasers oe papeeas Ge SeG Ce Ce a awiadigau Seco co ot Sk ua : "15 th : -TAurl: os ene as TMT D Oona NS seco) a nse ed oie wie 6) «3 Wf SEO on cc ot cece cece ec cece cc cccc cece ccccee 5 uty Inspector there having inspected 44,966 moral health and progress of the country can- Clams, Um sin & |ANNED FISH. i Poice 5 ae aps Bee ee Osage eee see eee ec eu OO oh rie ng ien ccs 4 barrels. Inspector Smith has received dur- not be too strongly insisted upon. HOW] Cicme 20 sianderds...................2 65 pore rene large Ping... oe it Black mao oi coe ier Bei 1s ing the year as inspector fees $23,189.52, an Closely the oyster is intertwined with all our | Glam Chowder, Boj. oF | Cateup, Tomate Oe ee ce Ge enna nee disbursed in salaries and expenses of depu- deepest and holiest feelings; how indispens- | Gove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............. 195 oe a Boe ce toca eas - a Se eee oer cn | aR Fo Be 18 : 3 : it is t - earrvine on of our | Cove Oysters, 1 ib slack filled............. 5 q i RUNS cece cas. OFSOSNOC oe. Mi UStimeRock © 0 9) ers os ties $17,259.45. There will thus remain a| le it is to the proper carrying on of our | Upre One m cleok fe 103 Capers, French surfines.......... Oo Martitte G38 Rae Mea eo a : ays ie : ah fnativate | COVE Oysters, 2 tb slack filled........-...-. 1 05 ee. 2 25 | Hair Lifter... .........01eeeeeeee sees Oe MR se 22 surplus, when all other expenses are met, of polities, our Commence, our church festivals Lobsters, 1 tb picnic. ei ees 1 %5 coer ‘o . = i602 bot saree: oe = a 50 a pad Dace pa @36 | Wintergreen Berries......27120° 110) 0171: is iter = 000. whicl sk «ill and our love-making, perhaps will never be | POPSUCTS: 5 D SUA .----2-s--ecre terre reece 220 | Olives, Queen’ 27 0z bottle............ @86 50 | Ace Higt ‘ ele eee he EeNGY AN BURR. I ar from $9, , which amou will go : : ae Lobsters, 2 Ib star...........2---+-seseeeees 310 Olive Oil Glare Auten © CoG @7 00 |S - Pele DIRCK oc @35 Lozenges, plain in pails 134@lt & into the State treasury. The retiring State appreciated until we have lost this intimate ively > oe eed besa eee i » Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co.’s...... @4 00 Re lors’ Solace. eady, Bxi8 ee er fencers pie Ele... : A. Bat . 5 ; 9 Ib fresh standards.........--- a ya - aa g > 2 aX1e..... u ng 9 Inspector will probably recommend some and most dear friend; until the face of the Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 I........... 3 25 Cae ae Ok tases Co.’s.... @ - ae aoe cee Ready, 3x12... @46 Lozenges. Pee a Bois ee ‘ * f z : = S Z L 7 x a © . stard « 25 a 5 ’ BOE Boece cece craceeecs a, ar. a © so Ae 9 PEALE AER PRIS eee eee er ere eee csces a modifications of the law, but believes it to be | !@24 is darkened, and the gayety of the na oe Co ao. | Melford Gauce, pints... ....-..0. 5 @3 50 | Red Star, fee Ge be ee eos. ----- ++. ace Sacdiicién wiife and property, and will tion is eclipsed by the removal of the famil- Salmon, Ib Columbia river... 21. "1 Bo Lanse % pints... aco @e 10 2c. less in four butt lots. Gum oe in pails ee vias : . iar and ubiquitous sigu-boards which to-day | $#2mon, 2 h Columbia river........ -.260 | Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, small... 22 , pet Moss Drops, in pails... 2 a oppose any attempt to abolish the law. 1 8 Y | Salmon. 1 Sacramento...............-++ 185 lnc d Gitar Caciok. all. ..... @2 90 | Tramway, 3 02....... a0 Bong Pom. ........... ae | Moss Prope, Mi DbIs, oo. 5 oo ccc ccs ¢ —____._0—.___ carry cheer to the gloomiest heart, by their a domestic 148.-..--.+-- 22-2200 a ee oe ai oe @1 2% ee cut Cavendish oa National ............. 26 | Sour Drops, i noe - as Sardi MAO eee reir SF er ee o) BOur Props, it pails... o.oo. Another Advantage of Selling Eggs by | announcement of “Oysters in Every Style.” | Sardines, Mustard 48.00.00. 13 | Old Country, 80 bars, 80 bs., wrapped — @4 20 | Peck’s Sun..21222227 1c Giieor Dien ne a ee For what would America be without the | Sardines, imported \s..-...............-. 14 | QldCountry,80 bars,80bs.,unwrapped — @4_ 10 | Miners and Puddlers.28 Grayling ..2.00020212°3 Fe wae diem presen ons 1” Smith Barnes, general manager of the Han- vias i aoraneee an wiaaacimacd emg OTE ESS a 2) | Old Country, 801] bars.-...-...-.-.-. @ 5% | Morning Dew........ 26/Seal Skin... 0... 30 | Oranges, Florida, @ box... ia ML ine Se ee oyster? A shudder would pass from Maine Rasalice s, imported 14s, boneless.......... 82 pee Rie SS 86 aoe euee eae 22|Rob Hoy..............26 | Ors inges onus cle eee eS. o ess a é ; : Z : 5 é J Pas cite etal seo eee ae os nicks a os 45 See cece De OF % a . ae AG@MNUM FaICIHO,...... e De ¢ Gr : | ee : ve sorisai sthe Hetat') + Florida, from the Atlantic to the sun- | S#rdings, Russian cesta y Sue ee case ee Meier a, @3 40|King feraed Manis 30 eal ah (ara eae Oranges, Valencia..........0.0. 2000, 2 00@7 50. ; ya i E 2 0D WD DLOOK.. 2. cece ccc ccc ewe cer cccse ee oA nae 7 se oe eRe cee oe Se aS neo e 4UTRVOCTINGM ........, eo : ere vocate the - owing ona kissed shores of the Pacific, at this thought. CANNED FRUITS. nee s eerie Family .. oe 3 60 fae. 28) Railroad Boy......... 36 | Figs ib ce aya ge te one 50 cation relative to the article on “Weight vs. : ; . . : Apples, 3% standards... ................. 90 ne ere ee eet ees 8 60 | Rag ....-..-.-.-.--.-- 30) Mountain Rose 18 | Figs, baskets 40 @ 24@15 ae caatiched in Tat TAwES- Deprived of her favorite dainty, New York | Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.... 1.111) 2 50 do. Savon . ee 3.15 |'Ten Penny Durham.24'Home Comfort... .._25 Dates, frails " ee @8 ie * ; , td ae ‘ 5 e would be a “City of Dreadful Night.” Sixth Blackberries, as po ‘ 05 fo we ee 2 = sone ie TD... _ ne esos oa. 50 Dates, 4 do G7 nes ; @ é ey and several other leading trade jour- avenue and East Fourteenth street would poses, Erie, oa ee S nak as 30 oe. SS ; 4 8 Lime Kin Club, : : : : 47 Sar fucken: : = ; : : . 35 Dates, oi Sedsisctens es cecececel ell. a 4 : : E Sener Nast : a ee 2g 27g eee 6 5 ackwell’s u rhs 9 3 9 -* 9 72 SM... ee. Soar eee wane es o { “Referri _ ' : echo no more with the shouts of the reveller. oe ey quarts 4 - do. Japan Olive ...... 2 80 Vanity Fair.. eS Ye Golden Finke Gabinet40 fate: ras ioe @s erring to your comment on WY COM-! ye Hurden of sustaini Te : oad eae do Town Talk........- 360 |Dime... 25/8 ean © hoe OB... s... @7 a ae 1e burden of sustaining that region of noc- | Damsons........ .. ....+.+-+++ +++ ..1 00 a eee aaa lee 25)/Seal of North Caro- Dates, Persian 50 ib box # ib y eu . munication in American Grocer on “pur- as ; Egg Plums, standards .............. ...1 40 se Golden Bar........ e305 | Peerless ._..... 5... 25) lina, 2 0z 48 ’ wee @ 6% : : is "| turnal festivity would fall upon the clam, | Gooseberries, Kratt’s Best................1 00 do, AVAD co. eo. 335 |Standard.............22/Sealof North Garo- | Prime Re 1, oo chase of eggs by weight,” I would, say in|. ee i 2 ss (nen Games standards 2% 140 do. Amber... 1..0.). 360 |OldTom........ 91; lina, 4 e Red, raw ® D........ 00.2... ' et an cewhane ofc by count of and he would sink under it, and perish amid och Caras. aie 0 Meson go eno7 ouadoc 150 do. Mottled German.. 42 {'Vom& Jemy. Saloni oe ee one 46 Choice do COy eee 5@ 514 0 : : reen Gages, Hie. | o. 5 .54..00..- ee ese 5 ‘ one & : OE ceo & r ‘aro- eee ere the fa i th é 8 : 4 a ve bia the scorn of those whose digestive organs he | Peaches, Braidy...........+-+1.-01see es 3 10 aie oe cee: oe @3 15 ees 25| lina, 807z...........-4l Choice White, VC Ae Enema “ae Be 1 m may ery n 2 z : = of & Gamble’s Good Luck....... DZ 2 voy ee 35 2 : ecoen BN EERE eee eee cnt w wene NG 04 . Hk ats 4 ae kes J ‘ g oe had insulted by the offer of so inadequate Pence ee oe iis ae a Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 00 | Maiden ee ae 40 Fancy HP, Va do 002000000 G64 ond noe oi og st § - fo: : ‘i and inelastic asubstitution. Nor have we to Benes Seeds Co 150 et Smt ee eee nteciet ago et 60 bs eee Teeoe Peer sts e eens a Big ea! es. ....27 | Almonds, Terragon: 1 20@21 n dozen r; $ a 1 : : i ache SNSebtid. 2) os sek pearance cite Sas en gee PS | psy, Cloth.......... é ‘ : : Meee gaa aoe aa ae a 8 : 0 10 a ) to : fe . evolve these alarming conclusions from our Pinene Slee. ee — _ 3 ae ae & Stover’s New Process 3ib br @18% | Navy Clippings......26 ili Hee, longi. fo” Toaca, Pk foe ; - = st : : : A : ip UENO, cic ses es ccieacc eevee. scccees MOD . : ee ba eS oe BERG GIG 2 ce yy 8 a 26 1€ te a A : ¢ - imagination. The sad experience of a sis- ise a ap reagan pec eh cae 1 2 Ww ae 4 P Wwiite Lily 3 tb bar o, : See meee Hehe a Milwaukee Pri ize. ee Pecons. do... bigs 2 & 7 . r 5 ’ PTL PITOP.. ee cere cece ce ccee Ne Beet cron ea oe ce as Oy RAW os cana cw oe “ WOOG MMOUST.... 2... 2 aj rts jaale = a ae a ee a a a aes ae - . ter nation confirms but too strongly our dark- | Quinces eee) Sete Ina Ie eae 14 ae ee Soe oF. 20 pee Fier Boe 30|Rattler ....-..... 28 Nain icc a ss ele r ir V 1 : oe | eaaehormien inck Pirie 1 4 | ee ee ert ese eee se 4 PERC oe é ae * y, Tema sae tes oe » a P 1 mixed . : mae 885 | est apprehensions. A few years ago and the Peres Eee ho ee oe - ee ie, 4 ‘10 are. ee 19 me ee a Ce . . nl i a” ae P ok drumbeat of England was as ubiquitous as | Strawherries, Erie... es | erent eee a ae ee a Holland Mixed. ......16 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS i? 5 ERY ay he sens aie the tin horn.of New Year’s Day; her flag was | ¥ Bortepercs Nettie aged 2 ae 2 an Mail Pouch......Jgg| Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: — « eu ea upon every sea; her commerce was in every | Apricots, Lusk’s...2 60\Pears..-.........-.. BG) ae wacom 300 | Pickwick Club... 40 Bros Cob Piper oer | GzeeR.- age 7 [Cait skins, taking advantage are materially reduced, as : de Egg Plums......... 2 50|Quinces ............ 2 90 Sa ea eae ae 5 00 ickwick Club....... 40|F ree Cob Pipe...... 27 | Part cured 8 18, green _ : market; her pickles, pale ale and globe-trol- | Grapes............. 2 50/Peaches ..........- RO ees entrees 825 | Nigger Head......... 26 Honey Bee...... 271 a Seo «| a well as the temptation to do so. ec koi: ‘ Green Gages....... 2 50 Mee. 4 | Movend ....... 22|Durham, S., B. & 1,24 | Hullcured.... 8 @ 8!4|Deacon skins, “1 thoroughly concur with you in the ver lers were thick as leaves in Vallombrosa,; CANNED VEGETABLES. Peipireh 2 £00 German. 16 ' #4 | Dry hides and # piece.....20 @50 ¢ acct nad a ae ae Zi : naercnd her diplomacy was successful; her colonies Asparagus, Oyster Bay 325 | acme,101% we Bros. & Co Oe cr seo ee ee uate PELTS. y Di WER eee se oe ae a Se Se Sis 2 Or 9 3 Beebe ie age gee ec ie He War...........-. MO LACINOS seca. eee ~ a po : : y : g were contented ; her policy, at home and Heane. oped oi 1 a Acme, 25 Si bars. ........ as @ 6 Hiawatha See El Globe Soe ens : Shear lings or Sum- |F: ‘all pelts Walaa eisccy & 380@: 5C law establishing a uniform weight for the : Sea Sl epee a ea ee ax | Bowel; 25 bars. 02, @5 2% ene og mer skins # pee10@20| W inter elts.. abroad, was admired and respected. Means, Lima, BUANGING....------+2+.-1++-- 80 | Napkin, 25 bars oe ? a pnrehase and sale of all farm products. Beans, Stringless, Erie.. .........--..00- 20 Rost AG ie ee @5 ot : Siena: Fine washed @ b 2 WOOL. : : ee : But there came a day when her oyster beds | Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 60 Ca locks.......... @ 5% | Pure Cider..... . 8@12 White Wine...... 8@12 0@22|Unwashed........ 2-3 This would simplify all transactions very : : Porn. Bee 145. | Palma 60-1 h blocks, plain....... 20... @ 5% WASHING POWDERS Coarse washed. ..16@18/Tallow .......... 5% oe no longer yielded as before. Wirst, there), nea Seal... 1 10 Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped........ @3 70 | Boraxine ...... : ae @3 % SKINS. : ‘ much and reduce to a minimum the tempta- was on oyster famine: then the oyster ceased Cor n, Acme ee 110 aacter, oe ib eahes Bo aisic ocala cl es @A 85 |} 1776 ® Db .. ; : 2 i i i u } : Me oe oo @l0's Pon ee 4 wee cea 20 % fo dive feand. : , . ee - eae CA es ee Gis Gileitsem mie | Hisher ...... 0@ 8 00 Otter ........ 4 00@ 5 00 fe a ahah sho day with crest oleae to be accessible to the masses. And so, the mo oe ae "100 Marseilice, white, ie 2 D Gales es @6 25 | Soapine fee a ain oe 8 25@ 1 10) Raccoon..... 5@ 8 # « ; rit ve 4 AISNAMS etree a ane fa Eee 2 n j Ww , 100 % tb cakes...... —~ 25 we ee ee emer eesns Ss 3 yx ir I ¢t = wb y 8 pleasure | decadence of England dated from that dread- Mushrooms, French, 100 in case......... 2200 | Eautz’s 6-1 block es Ct pe aia © @4 50] Martin .... 25@ 1 OOl Beaver, B. no 8 00 : S ocks, wrapped........ @ 7 Lavine, single boxes, 48 é -. 25@ 1 00! Beaver, # .2 00@ 3 60 when these abuses are corrected and the re- < : : Peas, French, 100 in case ................. 23 00 Ge 5 Mottled a - ; € DOXeS, 1b papers. . @4 50 Mink : 2 ©) ful day. Since the disappearance of the oys- | Peas; Marrofat, standard.......... 200.0... Dre | Ore Meee Reo eee @ 6% | Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 pap'rs @425)0 5@ _S0\Deer, BD... 10@ 30 forms made by our law makers at Washing- : : ee 90 Savon, Republica, 60 box............ @ 5% | Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. @4 50 E a : : ter, nothing has gone right. We have all! p...’ : RARE ees en | Blue Danube, 60-1 blocks.......... @ 5% | Lav 25 OYSTERS , ton, in doing which they would be entitled Poos, early small. sifted........-...-..-.-» 180 | London Family, 60-1 block % | Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 oz pap @425} ilar rine : 2 : marked the rapid decline of that great Power. | Pumpkin, 3b Golden..................... 100 | rondon Family, 31 bars 80 Ib... : @ 4% | Lavine, single boxes, 804 ib papers... @415| F. J- Dettenthaler quotes as follows: to the gratitude of the entire producing! ,, ; a Baeee fie a. ee | nO ee bake ee @3 80 | Lavine,5 or more boxes, 80% Ib paprs — @4 00 OYSTERS. , It is no wonder that the British press should | Succotash, Brie UNE! 12 London Family, 4-b bars 80 tb......... @38 80 YEAST. Noy York Counts... ........-... 33 world, and would be much more entitled to E : Bocaiech Miandere F Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped............. @3 75 | Twin Bros 165 |Wilsons ey Pe ones cece neeseeees 3 ? , ? , Toe have hailed the new year dejectedly. But Succotash, standard...............+..+205+ 90 Nickel. 100 cakes. wr. a Se ee 6 SOHS 051-2... i Ue De ENCES woe eee e ee eee ee eee nee ee neon al 30 es i Pore 8. Rea Seal , , Wrapped... oe @3 1b | Magic... ......... 175 |National GL CG 2 it than in frittering away their time on mat : : Tomatoes, Red Seal.........-.+.sseee eee 100 | Gli 100 cakes, w 3 25 “ee ive ee oe ths tamostance.” while some ascribe the unhappy state of af- CHOCOLATE. Sener - on ee Rees cea & 25 Peace a EOUS. oe Benne eae theses .19 : 5 : a mea “ 2 : kes, wrapped.............. @2 25 ath Brick imported .................. 95 RO ee coe. oe fairs to Gladstone and some to Free Trade, | pagers 0000.00.00! di vicone tet ome a eee nea nei cni Gz ga ge Dmerioe ag | Ravorite, oI — : oe + ennies: 3k i a Poe 351. f g, CS. e cess eee eee eee @4 2 aleve ee ‘ Ree es eee ee ce se. 1 The Grocery Market. — and some to other causes, it is clear to the | Ru aes nae Moe ee a: BS ae oe The grocery business has visibly improv-| unbiased observer that the oyster is at the} Green Rio...... 11@14_ |Roastea Mex. ..11G20 Hideo ound. nace Whole. enc do No 2 ee 150 x as 7 cones Dee eee 2 00 1 dating the past woek, and the indications boom elk die Houle Ane @ith dis Green Java.....17@27 |Ground Rio.... 9@17 | AGpeee Dole aitece Ses Jon ensed Milk, Eagle brand......... 8 00 Sti CGtS, per Salon... 2... co ccc bce 1 65. . Green Mocha. ..23@25 Arbueke’ 4g @i4% pice .......... 2@15|Allspice .......... 8@10 | Cream Tartar 5 and 10 % cans......... 15@25 «| Standards............ 0. 1 00@1 10: are that we shall hav ine .| exam : : . z 5 : Xxx... 4 | Cinnamon........ 18@30|Cassia ............ @t0 | Candles, Star.......-............. e 13 FRESH FISH. Good é b : : “fied — a nay : pmplb end warning Defore us, It behooves ee ocak en Dilworth’s oo Oe oes Pees aes 15@25, Nutmegs ........ 60@65 | Candles, Mee Oil” ON ee 9 — s os patties © movein various) Congress to take promptand adequate meas- Roasted Mar. Was Levering’s ..... @l4a Gane eae 2 ie 20 Cloves ns @18 Heese Cottee, % . Be ge @s80 Mee Be ese 7 ines, notably canned goods, syrups, coffees | ures for the rehabilitation of our noble bi- | RoastediMocha.25@30 |Magnolia....... @'4% | Cayenne ...1..... 79535) a WCUX .20.. cess eeeee 1a) | pears ly CERES i ee 1 : ; Re ee PACS cece Gum, Rubber 100 lumps....... Gua. | Mackinaw Trout... ........ ee, 8 and fish. Fish are sure to go higher and the valve, and to guard zealously against the | 72 foot Jute 145 60 fo a STARCH. G Rubber 200 lumps. ........... D4 Mackerel we ed L, s ‘ 2 ea oot Cotton....2 00 um, Rubber 200 lumps. pe @40 LAC BOL eee eee ce cece cee ee cece ne es ee eenns a : : ae : : mf : in : Gilbert’s Gloss 1 ....................0.. 6% 30@3, | Whitefish ..... q present isa good time to buy. Teas are| threatened extinction, which must involve, | fot Jute..... ae 8 ore 1% ca: tb cartoons. = ao ee oe wa 00 oo Ses ih higher and the low grades are very scarce, in its consummation, the disappearance of | Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth 80 v ce CUM eens o | Wess Green Buch... @1 25 : ee ee ' 0) ee 5 | Peas, Split prepared... 022200000 oco ooo. . COUNTRY PRODUCE. so much so that we withdraw the 20 cent)! all that makes life worth living. Gea ee ao : ; ay ee a, 502 is Corn, Ib. os. 5. t Powder. a : : : : i : : : : : : : : : ‘ : He G3 "30 A pples—No firmer : i A ies carsmotntions as none is tod zy ey oe > Ca oe a é —s Niagara Laundry, 40 t box, bulk..._, @i% | Powder % Kee @1 93 | «7 pples—No firmer, although choice lots are J oe . Annual Meeting of the State Salt Associa- Halibut PAU Gis Cana ier coy a7 Laundry, bbls, 186 ibs........ Clee “| in fairdemand and readily command $2. had. Sugars have again advanced and the ned Pe et cae ee Herring % big... ee 2 50 eS eed 36 392 "package Se ng PROVISIO ONS Beeswax—Small demand at 30c. ini 5 : : Homie Setled Ho W@z ‘ 5 : Sep eeac ets: 2 a c —$4.75 3 general opinion seems to be that they are; The annual meeting of stockholders of the aes Bolland... ....- 2). Os : c Gloss, 6 tb box, 72 crate. @i The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.| ; CAN neat $4. @ bbl. not going back to former prices soon. Col-| Sait Association of Michigan was held at | Meckerel, No. 1, % Ce 50 | Muzzy oo Race oo 44 ao ie a ? : : , este Mackerol No.1 2b kia. 90 LLY G } okage.............. @6% PORK IN BARRELS. mand 75@90e, and choice picked find good ship- sates = not chile as much as could be) Rast Saginaw on the 15th. The report of | Mackerel, No. 1,shore, % bbls........... 409 roe Coe caer Gog ee: ere Heavy Mess niew. ... 6.00) ogo 13 00 | ping demand at $1.40. . . wished, but as the business outlook further | the Secretary shows that the shipments in Shad, a oo Cle ee 50 eS oo ee. CU GS Ee eae eo Cut... ie iB 20 po wo Symon, although the prospecta improves, they will undoubtedly resume the} 1gs4 were 2,580,201 barrels and the Trout, No. t 6 his 4 25 Sponial. an even inno @6% | Extra Family Clear.. Mitt sr """""43 as | are better than they have been for some time. old level. Trout, NO. 1, 12 Tb kits... .. 60.5. .c sls: Kinestord Silver Glc MGEES: Extra @lean Big ee co 14 00| Dairy finds slow sale at 1l@l%c for choice sales 2,748,164 barrels, the sales be-| White, No.1, % bbl Penn GOD s seemiec eta: @8 | Clear, A. Webste ke ‘ ean : dsen Northwestern oatmeal millers |; ; ’ ae ie, - oe : fe beeen, 6 3 Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 box....... @8% na : Webster packer.................. 14 00 | rolls and 15@l6e for good solid packed. An infer % : | ing 343,000 barrels in excess of those in 1883. ite, Family, % bbis..................... mG Kinostotd Corn... ...-....2..-..-.5--: (ONCE ea ts Ns Sal a eer 15 | ior article is » had i ss Varic i ciciiliod their intention of joining an |: : White, No.l hids....-... cl! 95 | Gageae Gloss +e: @ Wxtra Clear, hedivy..................00<.2 14 25 article is to be had in endless variety at ae J g ms The average net price of the product to man- | White, No.1, 12 Ib kits..................... 1 00 Meee Gibson an Boston Clear... ....-.t. sess eee sees seen ee ee 15 25 | from 8@I2e. sagan g pool, for the purpose of main-| yfacturers was a trifle over seventy-five ae Mirror, Gloss, Ce Geer Quill, short cut... aa 15 00} Butterine—Solid packed creamery com- taining _ 3 1 40 Neen Biotec Go eos @1 | Long g Clears, heavy, DGD. Cases....... 714 a ie while dairy is quoted at 1@l6e £ S 4s Dees ; a i : Oo; |«. Hal€@ases.......°- 7, | for solid packed, 5@lic for r : is an active market and good demand, it is/ follows: W. R. Burt, W. J. Bartow, W. C. e Bag ee 250 4 00| Le? GIOSS..-..- sees eerste tetris @6%4 | Long Clear medium 500 es Gal Hees oo. claimed that excessive competition among the oe co ee ee ee Gon "Half Cases .. 12... hep eee eee : McClure, Jos. A. Whittier, E. Rust, G. F. . levers atsesesceescrsonses cO eee @6 Half Cases ....... ‘21 Clover Seed—No local shippi mills has cut prices to so low a figure as t oe : Oe PAP ste eect 125 100! 6 Gloss, wood boxes Long Clears light, ee ee a4 a ee ee leave but littl a gure as tO; Williams, L. W. Bliss, A. Miller, T. Cran- . No. 4 oie es 1 Glace ll. see a a A le do. Half Cases.......... 714 | Dealers quote choice stock at $4.50. a oe ee ee ee ee ad gt | Short Clears, heary severe EAE] Cabbages—$5@86 @ 100. Very little moving. cdg have remained about steady. | Malone, Greene Pack, G. W. Jenks, J. S - No. 8 Be alge [mn ini S Stove POLISH meester: @t S do. (ight ea. 1% hea ae winter stock now in market is ountr ; ‘ : Lee a O10. 425 600 : Se xtra Long Clear Backs, 600 tb cases.. 84 | very undesirable in quality, selli 5@18 : tel oe dealers have met with Thompson. The directors re-elected the old FRUITS ‘ Biss Ae a. is Abo a 5 50 | Extra short Clear Backs, 600 ip cases. Big on dusen ee fair business during the week, there being a | off; : : Apples, Michigan...... @5 ee 6 85 Above @ dozen..... 50 | Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 tb cases ga | : SE ts, Geren in build . ene 0 Hicers as follows: President, W. R. Burt; Apples, Dried, evap., oo OTs EXD oe 5 50 Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ) cases. g | Cheese—Somewhat firmer. Michigan full + Goa a eller toel! er and cheese, Vice-President, Albert Miller; Secretary, D. | Apples, Dr ied, 6VAp.,DOX............-. @8% | Cut Loaf scans. @% Beers extra quality, 500 ib cases...... g jcream stock readily commands 1!4%@13%c, : : 2 ses : Ne ana alae mee eee era Sete 4 ter S a) 8 41 t/0) are: bjsi'e FW) 56 o IpPpiu weeks. rom the New Orleans Picayune. Prencs Taney new @pt Sonfectionery A........ 5... cee ce eee @ 6% | 50 m Round Tins, 100 cases........... gis t anberries Firm at $13 for bell and cherry, | Standard A 61 78 Confectionery is firmer on account of tl When sugar is dirt cheap it does not pay | Prunes, French, 50 b boxes........... 9@11 | F eee ree: @ 6% LARD IN TIN PAILS. and $14 for bell and bugle. s , , 1e ae , mora. ©. White. oe @ 5% \9 ; ‘ ; esc oF e 7 : a grocer to put sand in it. Raisins, Valencias..................... @10% | Extra G D Boe 20 Ib Round Tins, 80 racks............ 83g {¢gs—Demand fair and market rather firm- advance in sugar, and an advance is expect- | se vy ee ett e cece este secs ee ecee : : ee e Bie [3 ue Pails, 20 in a Cake... 8% | er, on account of the closing out of the vast Ree ie : en ee aisins; Sultanas...-......5.......665- 1 : ROIS ieee nae gE a cere =~ oe 1D mils: Gall GQ CASE. o.oo ccs es. S34 |. o : eae gua so sei are easy, in consequence of the’ A. cheese cutter has been patented by | Raisins, Loose Museatels............. ea pon ee ie @ 5% | 10 Pails. 6 in acase..................- 835 — held in cold storage at Chicago. Fresh unfavorable weather. Peanuts have ad-| Messrs. Mo aisins, London Layers............... @3 20! Gorn, Barrels : 5 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. readily command 21@22c, and limed are fre- : nr : ae PA ae $ VOI, Barrels, 0.0 2.... 6501 26 : * ; a vanced 1c, and other nuts are eas an aie aaa Taine be ee eres eeeet @3 80 Com 4 bbis. 3. ee a Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 10% | quently preferred at 16@18ce. es oC, asy, some | | Reynolds, of Grand Blane. The invention Pole Dokedne. ic eas Sao ee Les . S Corn, 10 gallon kegs........ ae @ 30 Hams cured in sweet pickle medium... 10% Hops—Brewers are paying 15e for best Mich- inds being lower. a | covers a rotable block with a standard, ape- "KEROSENE OIL. an ee ee Gt 40 | Shoulder, Su oa ta cweet ee 11 | igan, with few offerings. Another Celery Field. ‘culiar spring, and a knife actuated in a i omesuciee ice ag . pare § fooe Bet ee bbl 21@ 8 Dried ce tenn De ek. i ee | Sapien ganna cbhapoars , : 2 . ° ure Sugar PUVA ee, eae L ‘ ¢ r1e ee Oe es Cc ciwclaeis cack ae il earn’ » 3 mg the Ionia National. novel way, making an improved device for icone es ee : AGQUANG) 2c. cece. 215 Bure Sugar oe ees 5 at kegs a8 36 BEEF IN BARRELS. ees $9@310 for new, and $12@$13. for bail- he Ionia cele rowers _ _| cutting sector-shaped pieces fr »| Gran aven, No. 8, square................ 1 65} Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... % bbl @ 85} Extra Mess Beef, warranted 2 é 75 eal ; ed & ” : has me demon } e Z ee Vek from a head of Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor:..: 6.6.5.5. 250] Pure Loaf Sugar. ........ .5gal kegs @1 85 | Extra Mess Chicago pio ecg 50 *‘hrinee meat ie © for homemade: strated that the soil of the Grand River bot-| Cheese conveniently and rapidly. Grand Haven, No. 800, parlor.............. Br) : TEAS. SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. _ Onions—$1. 85 8 bbl, for yellow or red. @ toms will produce the finest celery in the | 2 ee Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 2 25) Japan ordinary... ..............se sees ee eee 22@25 | pork Sausage % Pop Corn—se ® b tor choice. y in a wanert tsittort S MSHEOEN, NO. 2 o..20 5 2 os eso oc ie aes es 110)| Japan tar 60 £000. .6 6. ce ee. 30@35 ee ie y . world, it is remarkable that the thousands | paper upon butterine, read before the | Oshkosh; No. 8.........0-.ssssseeeceee seco 1m penee MGA | Fen PUEBEG.« . 0 vo nen ee te otee ns een eneee es 10 Potaics No fixmer, although considerable of acres of this land bet | Society of Arts, it is stated that in 1883 over | Swedish .-.,...-.- 0... se eee eee ee tenet eens 55| Japan dust... ........ 0. eeeee nesses eee een Meta ee ee ere ee tot Pomthern ities, an ween Muir and Low- | Richardson’s No. 2 square...........6....-. 20} Moune PIVSON. 2056, ey 80@50 Oe ne ernest eset es nace ms 2) purchases being made at 25 | 40,006 tons of that product were imported | Richardson’sNo.6 4d 2 r : Frankfort Sausage... 20.2.0. eee. ee oe ell have not been put to growing thi hate: | Dp ichardson’s No. Oi eae as Wa) Gon Powder ad... io is voi sass ole 50 : 7 “a . oe its England from Holland, the factories at | Richardson’sNo.8 do .................. ee Moteeiad a ee oy FOr ree SEN: Chonens, MOre ble succulent. The prairie between Muir | is ae dea a Sa Richardson's a Oe Cm 25@30 Boreas’ ee 64 | Turkeys, Me. ‘ ad “As we on mn fe NAG oo oc es Wass cand ce hs ceeews Vi ~ - . and Lyons is capable of producing tons of .— . Se MOLASSES. "2 ) state Beal... Matchless... A rere ieee eee nee on) ee or eee ee celery, and by reason of its being less liable | UZPTOVed butterine consists of oleomargar-| Black Strap..........+0.-s-1cesseeseeeeeee @i| Brother Jonathan. 32 Hiawatha 12...2.2, 2167 | Head Cheese... eee eee es eres Cet Cece nee Ue OF maakt e to overfi | ine, milk, vegetable oil, and real butter. as Me 28@30| Diamond Crown.....58Globe .............-.. - PIGS’ FEET. Turnips—25e ® bu. overflow, is much better adapted to grow- ae New Orleans, g00d.................0 eee ee 38@42 | Rose Bud............. 50)May Flower.......... 70 | In half barrels... .......... 20... se eee ee eens 350] Timothy—No shipping demand, and dealers * ing it than that south of this cit Growers Ovst New Orleans, choice..... ............6. a -48@50 URE SEUSS ey RAS DELOLO. bese kc cae ss case 45 | 1n quarter barrels.................+.+esee ee 1901, ie foe. oros ee =. : = y- ysters are reported to be good for dys-| New Orleans, fancy...................005. 52@55| Our Bird..... BO AUB cecal, Me Nek ese ee ee ec eet ene suy only for prospective wants, holding at would never be at a loss for a market, peptics. They never produce indigestion % bbls. 4c extra. Peaches ... .. .88)/Royal Game.......... : TRIPE. $1.65 for choice. F < 2 oe a f : : ’ OATMEAL. Red Bird. 4.2... 2: 52|Mule Har............. 65 | In half barrels..................00.e eee eee $3 00 GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. i O and are preferred by invalids when all other | Steel cut........... 4 "5|Quaker, 48 tbs......1 10; Opera Queen......... 40|Peek-a-Boo ......... 32 | In quarter barrels 1 50 ‘i ; thi ; nions cannot be kept well in a damp eel food di ith th Steel Cut, % bbis.. 2 50|Quaker, 60 tbs. .11112 25) Sweet Rose........-.. 45\Fountain...... 2.00... ih rei, ee cee Eamoahier, : as peered 64 knrning nine is to hinve isagrees with them. Raw oysters are | Rolled Oats........ 3 50 Green Back.......... 38|Old Congress. ....... 64 Be ces a ath Fulse and Clawson, 80c. ve | used by singers for hoarseness. PICKLES. Wrait.....:.- og 33|Good LuCk...........62 | » tices named are lowest at time of going to} Cory _Jopbing generally at 46c in 100 bu. lot c them thoroughly dry when they are put in es ee aes MOR ae ce 5 50; O So Sweet........... 31\Good and Sweet...... 45 i soon Lid Net sb poor akc a and 40@48ce in cacous : Ane gs SO os oice in 3 Oe bee pies cccaes ,..-8 40| Prairie Flower....... 65 Blaze Away.......... 35 |” . : : rales the cellar, and keep them so. Also, keep| Florida oranges are selling at ene cent | Dingee’s quarts glass fancy......... 1.0.21, 4 25| Climber .............. 62 Hair Lifter. es 30 cai Oats—W hite, 33c in small lots and 30¢ in car- : : | : cool. Onions that are not wanted until late | apiece in Atlanta, the market being glutted Dingee’s pints QO ee ee 2 40| Indian Queen........ 60, Governor ............ 60 FRESH MEATS. _ | lots. winter or early spring may be stored i 3 American qt. in Glass..................0.00 2 00} Doak’s 50 center..... 38) Fox’s Choice........ 631 John Mohrhard quotes the trade as foll Rye—52@54e ® bu. : pring may stored ina/ with them. At least 30,000 oranges have American pt. in Glass. Pees be 1 80 Huckelberry oe 30\Medallion ............ BE con Sek. oa 4 re | Barley--Brewers pay $1.0@8120 8 evt Joft and covered with ‘ . 2 nglish quarts............ Peete cs ¢. less in four pail lots or half barrels. res eef, SIGES...... 2.2... eee eee eee 5%@ 72 ae f A CW. nid WwW t a foot or more of | spoiled there during the past week, owing to | CG. & B. English pints.....................0+- 3 50 PLUG. Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 6% @ 8 Flour—Unchanged. Fancy Patent,$5.50 ® bbl. ay or straw. In this position, if the weath- | the warm weather and rain. Chow, Chow, tend and Gerkins, chia 2 bs Secs GON Ss oon et cas vane aese oe oe Hogs... Beco eden case 5%@ 5% | insacks and $5.75 in wood. Straight, $4.50 ® er is tolerably even, they will remain frozen —— Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. etylesgi4 5 ee ee eeu renee - 9%4@10 bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood. all winter, and may be used as desired. we ~ —— rage sos man, says oe 2 5 Knights, of —. Cen @46 ro CA os eck : 5 Meal—Bolted, $1.50 #% cwt. : n i ra pnd4x ologna....... ee Sa, a i oe ; They should not be thawed out until want-| mustard ake ‘ut cat untae et nd Imported Clay 3 gross..............+4: 2 a 00 Black TO ees a sca fev cae at te 10 Gls ee ee ee oa ohdten ’ Sted on Imported Clay, 0. 216, 8 BrOss........ @ 2 Kin Bo Oougitiies Bog @46 11 | ®ton. Ships, $14 ton. Middlings, $17 ton.. . Amorican T. De. oo) ose. cose cece cece esos ve Cent Times................... @38 Corn and Oats, $23 8 ton. a Order Me Sh Olle Joving wife.” FOR NEW ORLEANS. The Traveling Men’s Excursion to the Southern Exposition. The Excursion Committee of the Grand Rapids traveling men have arranged with the C. & W. M. and Illinois Central Rail- ways to giye an excursion to New: Orleans the middle of February, providing forty or more persons will agree to go in a body. The fare for the round trip is placed at $25, tickets being good for thirty days from date of issue. If twenty or more go together, the C. & W. M. Railway will furnish a special chair car — here to Chicago. Leaving here at 12:25 on the @fternoon of Saturday, February 14, ‘close connection will be made with a through excursion train, composed of Pullman palace sleeping and dining cars, leaving Chicago at 8 p. m. Saturday evening and arriving at New Orleans Monday mcrn- ing. If forty go, a through Puljlman sleep- er can be chartered for $130, making the ex- tra expense only about $3 apiece. Thus for about $28 those going can secure a round trip ticket, a special car from Grand Rapids to Chicago, and a special Pullman sleeper and chair ear frem Chicago to New Orleans. The latter train is a special, making unusual- ly good time. Over forty traveling men and dealers have already signified their intention of taking the trip, and those who wish to accompany the party can do so by handing their name and $10 forfeit to any member of the Excursion Committee or the name and money can be sent to THE TRADESMAN office. Both must be done on or before Feb- uary 7, to insure desirable accommodations. >< Mr. Keasey’s Reply to “Traveler.” Reep Ciry, Mich., January 18, 1885. To the Editor of “‘The Tradesman:”’ DEAR Str—In your paper of the 14th inst. I notice an article signed ‘Traveler,’ which leads me to suppose that the distin- guished writer—whoever he may be—is la- boring under a great mistake. Referring to the condition of trade, I have this to say: While the volume of trade throughout the country, has been less dur ing the past season than in former years, the trade in Northern Michigan has been ex- eeedingly dull; and this fact is patent to ev- ery one, and acknowledged by all well bal- anced traveling men. I feel peculiarly giate- ful to “Traveler” for his solicitude in my behalf, but must remind him that my trade has only suffered the general depres- sion. Sixty per cent. of my trade is done with first-class merchants within three hours ride of Grand Rapids, and Bell, Conrad & Co. will scarcely at this time give up a terri- tory which has been canvassed by them for the past fifteen years. In the mean time tell your friends that the writer is still in the field. Yours truly, W. R. <>< —___—_ The Gripsack Brigade. Wm. Logie is down the Grand River Val- ley this week. M. M. Mallory is along the Michigan Cen- tral air line this week.’ C. E. Cones, general traveling representa- tive for S. W. Venable & Co., of Petersburg, Va., Sundayed in Grand Rapids. W. A. Morse, with Barlow Brothers, been taking a trip through the Saginaw ley, and is now in the Manistee country. Frank A Dix, traveling representative for N. K. Fairbanks & Co., of Chicago, has been spending several days at this market, push- ing the soap business. John D. Mangum, who has spent the past two months with friends at his old home at Jackson, is again on the road with S. A. Welling’s sample trunks. W. J. Williams, Southern Michigan and Indiana traveling representative for Eaton & Christenson, paid his usual seventh week visit to the house last Saturday. Silas K. Bolles, formerly with B. 8. Tib- bits, has engaged with Glaser & Frame, ci- gar manufacturers of Reading, Pa., and will cover the jobbing trade of Michigan. It is stated that Ham. B. Carhartt has en- gaged to travel for Hawley, Folsom & Mar- tin, jobbers of furnishing g@ods in Boston, covering the states of Michigan and Indiana. It was Bert Cook—not Coon—who was recently married to Miss Daggett at Petos- key. E. B. wishes it distinctly understood that he is not that kind of a coon. Themis- nomer emanated from the fertile brain of Geo. Owen, whe will or settle it with Mr. Cook. Referring to the list of traveling men puk- lished by THe TRADESMAN, the Detroit News facetiously remarks: ‘‘About 350 traveling salesmen call Grand Rapids home; probably because they keep away from it just as much of the time as business will warrant.” C. B. Lamb, for the past year Michigan representative for C. M. Henderson & Co., of Chicago, has engaged with the Daggett, Bassett & Hills Co., covering the same terri- tory as formerly. He is sueceeded by J. A. Canavan, who has until recently been engag- ed in the shoe business at St. Joseph. Jas. F. Nelson, of Nelson Bros. & Co., has returned from a trip through the Saginaw yalley, where he had an unusually good trade. Geo. K. Nelson is down the line of the C. & W. M. this week, and will visit the principal points on the northern end of that railway the coming week. N. Stewart Mc- Connell, with the same house, is working in the vicinity of Manistee. A certain well-known local traveling man, whom we can call Smith because that is not his name, is sometimes given to naughty ways, but has a wife who keeps him straight, in a measure, by a shrewd device. When he goes away on business, she sends him a postal every day, and always signed ‘your Smith, in confiding it to KEASEY. has val- Jones, declares it an “‘awful bore.” “You see,” said he, “I don’t dare stay out late with the knowledge that the hotel clerks have read those infernal cards. Maybe they haven’t, but 1 always feel as if they had, and if I take an extra glass of beer, it seems as if the clerk had an eye on meand was grieving over my depravity. When aman goes to a hotel, he doesn’t want the clerk to know he has ‘a loving wife’ in another city. It isn’t a fair shake.” ‘Give her a wrong address,” says Jones. ‘‘Daresn’t, there’s always some- thing on thuse cards, some nonsense or other, I have to answer, and she expects me to bring the whole lot home with me. She puts them in a book like an album, and says, sweetly, ‘It’ll be so nice, my dear, in after years, to look over them and see where you were at such and such a time, and how you always thought of home, no matter how tired with business.’ Oh, she’s cute.” a With the beginning of the year, Boston be- gan-five cent fares on all of her street rail- ways. baroware. FILES. Useful Rules Governing their Selection and Use, Jas. F. Hobert, in the American Machinist. How many machnists know a good file when they see it? I don’t believe one in fifty can take a pile of files and pick out the best one. The average man will pick up two or three, turn them over, squint along the corners, pick out the straightest one and call it as “good as any.”? They don’t seem to have any idea that the file may be soft, or fire- cracked, or burned. If they were chosing a cold-chisel they would look out for all these things, but a ‘file is a file,”’ so long as it has teeth and tang. Talk about certain tools being abused in the machine shop, or in any other shop. What is more abused than a file? No mat- ter what job is on hand, they are expected to take right hold of it and never let go. Hard iron, soft iron, steel or lead, brass, cop- per or wood—it makes no difference. The file must go at it hammer and tongs. If the jobis covered with an eighth of an inch of grease and dirt, it is all the same. The workman uses one corner of the file to scrape off part of it. When he gets the file well filled with oil he tries to wipe it off on a piece of dirty waste, or the leg of his over- alls. He succeeds in filling up the remain- der of his file, rather than in cleaning it. If the job is covered with a generous coat of rust, what matter? The file must scrape it off, and then, before it would be half worn out by proper usage, it is pitched into a corner, or dumped into a load of lathe chips, and our chap, if he is ina country shop, watches his chance to ‘‘eabbage” a new file. Shops having tool rooms where a man is re- quired to return the old file in order to draw a new one, ought to fare better, but they don’t, not much. If Dan or Jim can’t find ways and means enough to softsoap or fool the tool- room chap, then they aren’t like ordinary machinists, and had better complete their ed- ucation But to choose a good file, just hold it be- tween your eyes and the light, point toward you; you can see the cutting edge of every tooth. See if they are all clean, smooth and sharp. If they are notched, cracked, unev- en and irregular, then they belong to a poor file. Take a directory and find out who makes files. If you find a file with a man’s name upon it, who is feally making files, then that file is one of his first quality. Seconds and thirds have fancy names stamped on them. It don’t pay to buy them. Fourth class files are left with out stamping altogether, or rather, are not re-stamped with any fancy name. All files are stamped before temper- ing, but if damaged in any way, the name is ground off, and re-stamped or left blank, according to grade. Look a file all over for fire cracks; hold up to your eyes as before, put the point to- ward the light, and see if it is all one color. If it shows a checkered appearance, it is un- even in temper, hard and soft in spots. Toss the file into the air and strike it with the handle of your pocket-knife, or some other hard substanee. If there are any flaws in that file, the ring of the steel will give them away. Buy large files; they stand re-cutting bet- ter than thin ones. There is not much choice, however, for with the last two years file makers have established a uniform size and weight for the same classes of files. Machine-cut files are not liked very well by some; it is claimed that they will not do as much work as the hand-cut, but 1 have used machine-cut files, and didn’t know it until afterwards. Somebody is going to make a machine that will cut files better than hand labor can do it. Does it stand to reason that files cannot live in the age of machinery, when almost everything else lives and dies by machinery and is buried in a machine-made coffin, or burned in a cre- mating machine? A poor file is not worth a “continental ;’’ it amounts to about as much as Fink’s lubri- cator. I remember one chap who came along with a nice looking lot of files. He sold a lot to nearly every shopin town. He sold them “cheap’—he said—but when the boys came to use those files, the cat tumbled out of the bag, and that ‘‘agent’”’ was wanted by the boss. The files were nothing but poor iron. They were treated with prussiate of potash, and came out case-hardened a little, and looking nice and clean. I always think of that dodge when I see a man selling a “job lot” of files. Don’t buy low priced files, thinking them cheap; that is, unless your men make scrapers of them as describ- ed. Ifthatis what you want them for, the case-hardened ones are just as good as any. I once made a rule which I have never broken. When I gota new file I always fitted it with a handle before using. Just try this once, and you will always stick to it. The machinist has, of all men, no ex- cuse for not having handles on his files. Nearly every shop in the United States has a speed lathe connected with it, and handles may be had for the making. If I were boss- ing a shop the files would be fitted with han- dles: before they left the tool-room. If a man can’t get at a speed lathe, let him knock out the live center of his engine lathe, whittle down the end of a pine stick and drive it in- to the spindle, bring the tail spindle up to it and turn out a handle with a hand-tool. I remember one old chap in a little coun- try shop, who used to go out to a grist mill which was connected with the same water- power and get corn-cobs for file handles. He would cut off about three inches of the butt end, drive the tang into the pith, and hada handle at once. I want wooden handles on my files, and ferules on the handles. In almost every shop a piece of brass tubing is to be got hold of, and you can cut off ferules to order. Sometimes 1 have been driven to make my own ferules. A piece of sheet or hoop iron was cut the right size, rolled up and brazed together. Any “cub” who had been around the shop six weeks used to know how such ‘a job was done, but now lots of our jours never saw it done. Put a little powdered borax inthe ferule, with a small piece of soft yellow brass or brass filings. Hang it on the end of a poker and heat in the forge until the brass melts; heat gradually, or you may burn the iron as well as melt the brass. Just as quick as the brass melts it will be known by the blue flame. Remove from the the fire, cool, and file off the superfluous brass. You can finish in the lathe with an old file after it is fitted to the handle. Don’t try to get along with three or four handles. Make a handle for each file, and keep them onthem. If Tom or Mike wants to borrow a handle “‘just a minute” send him to the lathe where you made yours and tell him to help himself. Use a file as well as you do your steel square or straight-edge. You would think aman was foolish or crazy if he threw these tools ker-bang into a drawer when he was done with them; but the files go in just like that. Corners are dull, teeth knocked off, often the file itself is broken. Drop a flat file two feet upona bench; if &t strikes square it breaks every time. I have seen one break into four or five pieces. Ifa file gets full of grease, put it in a kettle with potash and water, boil an hour, then wash and brush in clean water, dry, and rubona little oil. ‘“‘Almost makes a new file of it,” said Dan, as he picked it up and looked it over. Dipping files in sulphuric acid and water seems to sharpen up dull teeth a lit- tle. The acid eats off the steel and leaves the tooth sharper. Lay a file away six months, and if it is decently cleaned the oxygen of the atmosphere eats up the steel in the same manner as the oxygen of the sulphuric acid and water. These ways, however, don’t amount to much. Better let the file-man take your old files and re-cut them. It costs about one- third the price of new files. Some files will stand re-cutting two or three times; these were made, from good stock. Ihave seen them as thin as an “Arkansas hog,” but cut as well as when new. If the file has been over-heated, it never will pay to re-cnt it; drop it into the old iron and charge to profit and loss. Once in a while a file will get broken, ev- en with the best of care; but, with the knocking about they are subject to, itisa mystery how any of them come out whole. Tell the boys to bring a file to you the very minute they break it. Don’t swear over it; it doesn’t help the file any, and that chap won’t bring one the next time he breaks it. Have alittle bottle of muriate-of acid (zinc dissolved in muriatic acid), and wet the break with it immediately; then heat a sol- dering-iron and tin the ends of the file. Heat the file pretty warm—not enough to start the temper, but rather too hot to hold in the hand. When well tinned, and hot, press the two pieces firmly together, squeeze out nearly all the solder and let the file cool. Trim off the joint, and, if well done, the file will break in another place the next time. It will not pay to soldera file unless it is nearly new. Let it lay a day or two, or, in damp weather an hour or two, and you ney- er can mend it so it will stay. Take it the minute it snaps, and you can do what they used to stick a ’prentice on, viz., mend a file. If you are acquainted with a file-maker you can sometimes get “‘damaged”’’ files at a discount. When the damage is caused by tip ends breaking off, ete., it may pay to buy them; but, like a steam-engine, it pays to buy the best that is to be had, and, asin the ease of a steam engine, it takes a smart man to tell which one that is. ——— The Hardware Market. The most noticeable changes in the hard- ware market are the advent of new lists and changes in existing lists. On locks and knobs—a new list having been adopted by all the makers—the list has been advanced aed the discount made greater; where it was 50 and 10, it is now 60, and where it was 60, it is now 70. The screw list has also been changed; there are several new lists. The American Screw Co. has a list with a discount of 80. Russell & ‘Erwin have a higher list, with a discount of 85 per cent.: WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. — Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. he Old style... sees dis "60 N.C: C02 oo dis 60 Douglass’ bee ep es ee ee yee woke dis Jennings’, genuine................ 0.00 dis Jennings’, imitation........... ........ Tisd0S10 : BALANCES, Spring ieee dis 2 BARROWS. BMatroad 23 oe oa $ 15 00 GOROGCH ee net 33 00 BELLS. PUG! 0 eee ee ee s 60&10 COW o.oo ces, Dew dece es ces cc ces 69 ee ee dis 15 GOD dis 20 WOor, Sarvent.... 8.5 ee: dis 55 BOLTS. SLOVO. Go See ds$ 40 oe new: Mst. oo. ce ae dis 75 PLOW eee ee dis ¢ micign SNOG.. 6... dis eae Cast Barrel Bolts. .................6.. dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts gee cece ee dis 55 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Cast Square Spring................... dis 55 Cast Chen a dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square icae 6 oie ober ae oe 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob ISD eg 50&10&10 EVES DOO ee dis 50&10 BRACES. Baber eee dis $ 40 BACKUS) 6k ie ee dis 50 SPOMOIG. (lee dis 50 pam, Ba dis net wen ol BUCKETS. Oil; DIQID eee ee 4 Well, SWIVGlL) oe a 4 20 BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60&i0 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 Wrounht Eoos® Pin) 2.2. .: dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wreught Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver tipped -o.e ee dis 60& 5 Wrought Table. 2005.00.06 dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 Wrought Brass................. ....dis 65&10 Blind: Clarkes: oo. fo... i dis 70&10 Bind, Parker's-2.0..0...0..... 622 dis %0&10 Blind, Shepard’s. .......5...2....2... dis vi) Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00 CAPS. Ely’s 1- i0 Ries eae wee sass ese er m $ 65 Hae SG. cee . . 60 Bees ce eee 35 Musket Sethe ohne ee 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 @eontrar hire... ooo. dis YA CHISELS. SOCKOLMIFMEr <2 dis 70 Socket Framing. 70 pocket Corner... 0... 6.6.6. dis 70 SOCKEU SUCKS. 06005. dis 70 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 COldee oe eee a net COMBS. Curny, Lawrence's. 003... 2:0... dis 33% HLOUCHIASS: oo dis 25 COCKS. Br ae Mackimovs.o). 2.82.5. se 40&10 IBIDD'S ooo 49&10 eee eee OC es 40&10 ONG oa ee 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. 8 bb 34 l4xo2, 14x56, 14 X60, 000 37 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock... 5... .... 2... dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 in.................. doz net $1 00 Corrucated. 6 dis 20&10 PAGRUMSCADIO oo le dis 44&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2 2, $24 00; 3, $80 00. dis 25 FILES. American File Association List...... dis 60&10 NDIQSEOIUS: - 20 ol ee. dis 50&10 New American. .............:..:.....; dis 50810 oer Seco s ee dis 50&10 PA CMDIS. 0 Se, eee se oo coe dis 30 Heller’ : HOPVse RASps. 2... dis og GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 Bis) Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. wiole SCOl8 es dis 15 Kops ee dis 25 Werkes & Plumb's.. 0.02.22 .20.......: é = 40 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. ¢c list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. a ec 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 Kidder, wood tra.k.......-........... dis 40 HINGES. Gates Clark's, 12) 302002220. 50. dis i 60 Stateyes. oe per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and: lONGer. oe ces 3% Serew Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Eye 7% Sees Sears net 8i4 Screw Hook and Eye 3 74, oe ieee es net Lo, Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net Siap ang ee se dis ent HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware. .......05..5..5..2.5.. 60&16 Japanned Tin Ware.................5... 20810 Granite tron Ware:......2..605.205.05.. 25 HOES. Grupo h eo ee ee $11 00, dis 40 GPU) 2. 11 50, dis 40 Grubs. ee, 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... $2 70, dis 7(- Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.. 3 50, dis 70 Door, porcelain, plated trim- MINES oo ee list,10 15, dis ' 70 Door, porcelain, trimmings list,11 5, dis 70 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain Deeecs dis 70 Picture, H. L. Juca & Oo's.. |... d 40 Hemacite .2...52. 65 6 ec dis 50 LOCKS—bOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.... dis 0 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’8................ dis 70 BEIMlOra Ss 2.66. io 70 INOTWATK Bee. ee ea eo dis 70 LEVELS. Stanitey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Covs. 0.0... 0.03, se dis 49 Coffee, P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables a 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 40 Coffee, Enterprise DN Ree oneds cee ee cess dis 26 : MATTOCKS. NAZe BVO. 0. coe soe oes $16 00 dis 40&10 Bunt Bye: 63. oo $15 00 dis 40&10 FIWNGS ee cee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. Common, Bra and Fencing. 10dito GOd. es ee #@ keg $2 ct Sdand 9 dG adv... oo. Gand 1d BAV. 2.6. 6c eae oS Pi Ad end bh Advi. oo ee 75 BO AOVANCE. 6 esa eae ee 1 50 BO OME HOVARCE. oe eee 3 00 OUBen MENS, AAV. soca, 1% Finishing t 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches 3 aA 2 1% Ady. @ keg $125 1 50 1 75 2 00 Steel Nails—Same price as above. MOLLASSES GATES. Steboin's Pavvern’ 2 ccs ses ees cee dis 7 Stebbin’s Genuine.... . ..............00 dis 70 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 650 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Brass or COPPOY oie cs dis 40 RMOADON soos ee cass fee per gross, $12 net OMMIRTCAG' Bee eae es 50 ANES. Ohio Too! Co.’s, fence Bee a eer ee gee dis 15 Sclota BENGE oes. i ek ie. dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Bench, firstquality............... ....... dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. : BEV ACMO ee ee. ae ee dis 40&10 Common, polished...............2..5 6. dis 60 Dripping ore. ck. ses ae, esc as oe 48 Ib 8 RIVETS. Tromand Tinned. @ oi. ci. ccs ce sk, dis AO Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40 PATENT FLANISAED [RO “*A’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. “oA to 27 10% *B”’ Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 Broken packs 4c # tb extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75 Ix, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ 7% IC. "20x28, choice Charcoal Terne...........12 00 1X, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne....... ++ -d6 90 ROPES. Sisal, % In. and larger.................... .- 8% Meautiia. 0 "14% SQUARES. Steeland Ero: ie cc. dis 50 Wry and BCvels. 222025 ee dis 50 Mitre. dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. INOS, T1010 140502 Poco $4 20 $3 00 NORM ID tO 4. . 0os e 4 20 3 00 INOS; 18 60 21. oe 4 20 3 00 INORG 22 EO P48 ck. 4 20 3 00 INOS 20 10 20. 6. 2. ee 4 40 3 20 INO Cie a on 4 60 3 40 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 ths, ® b.................. 6 over 30 inches In smaller quansities, @ fb.............. 6% TINNER’S SOLDER. INO: I, Refined: 00.605 os se 3 00 Market Half-and-half............. 0... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. IC, JOe1s Charcoal) is. 2. ae. 6 50 Ix, f0xi4 Charcoal... 3.7... .0. 62. 22: 8 50 IC, lexi, Charcoal... 0.62.06... ee 6 50 IX, t2xd2, Charcoal .......5.0...0 42. 8 50 IC, 4x20, Charcoal: 2.6.5 ese. 6 50 Ix, T4x20; Charcoal...) .....2.2........ 8 50 IxXX 14x2 20, OUSVCORL is. sc. oo. es 10 50 IXXX, Waxed, CHareoOk i. 2) 6 o.. cs .cse lcs 12 50 IXXXX, 14x30, @harcoal..-.. 62.3.2)... 14 50 IX, 20x28, Oiarcosl 4 a. 18 60 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 6 50 DX, .100Plate Charcoal................-. 8 50 DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. TRAPS. Steel Game: so..0). 6 oe. Onovida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. 60 EROtGHGASS) eo eo, 60 SiR. & WwW. Mir €ov’s........ 2... i... 60 Mouse: GhOker. - 2000.5... e le 20c #2 doz Mouse, delusion. ¢..°:..'9.. 0... 2.0... $1 26 % doz WIRE. Bricht Market. .:....0.0....2. aac ae. dis 60 Annealed Market... 0.1... ooo a dis 60 Coppered: Market ..... 26.62. 2. dis 55 Eexorea Bailing. 3 ...0. 2. Goce. dis 55 Bisined: Mapketi i. 0c. occ a gc55: kis 40 MIMned BLOOM. 66. 6... see cee ok 8 ib 09 ‘immed Mattress. 0060.6. 8 tb 8% Coppered Spine Steel i. dis 3714 Tinned Spring Steel...................... dis 87% isin HGHCe. 2 22s. os a 2 Ib 31% Barbed BenCG. 60... bo. @OPPCE eo ea, new list net PASS ye a ec new list net WIRE GOODS. WG eo ee ee dis 70 SGrOw BVGB oo 25 oc. .tdis 70 ERO OIG aes oo dis Gate Hooksand Eyes.................... dis 70 WYENCHES. Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.......... Coes Genuine: 6565 05,.65 0. dis 50&10 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 65 Coe’s Patent, malleable.............. dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS. Pumps, Cistern ..... 2... ... 6.5... dis 60&20 Senews: new lst) 9.20000... ee 80 Casters, Bed and Plate................. dis 50 Dampers, American....................- 3344 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. o. b. cars as follows: Uppers, 1 ineh ee ee ee ces per M s 00 Uppers, 14,1% and 2inch................ 6 08 Selects: ime 2 00 oe ee ee, 3d 00 Selects, 1, 4 and 2 imeh..:..... .. 2... 38 00 Fine Common, bineh.............° .....- 80 00 Shop: Pimeb ee el 29 00 Fine, Common, 1%, 1% and 2inch. ... 32 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12in., 12, 14 and 16 rect . 15 00 No. | Stoeks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 16 a0 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in. PUTCO. lo 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00 No. [Stoecks, 10 im... 18 feet. .:.-........-... 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........... .... 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8in., 18 feet................. 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, Sin., 20 feet... .... 2... 17 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 2 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 iG er ke eee 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet... .......... 062. 14 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 ee Stocks, HOt, feet... ... 66.2... 8. 13 00 2 Stocks, 10 in., CUMCCE 6 2.0L. oes No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 11 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8-in., 18 feet................. 12 00 No. 2 Stecks, Sim: 20 feeb... |... :. 18 00 Coar: se Common or shipping oe all widths and lengths......... ....... 00@ 9 00 Aang EB Strips, £orGin............... .- 33 00 © Strips; 4 orGimeb: 0: 27.90 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14and 18 feet.......... 12 00 INO. 2 Heneing, 16 feet... ..... 122... 6... 2 00 No. 1 Heneme, 4 inch.....:.:............- 15 00 No. 2 Hencing. 4 inch... ...... 3... .. 2... 12 00 Norway C and better, 4or6inch......... 20 00 Bevel Siding, 6ineh. Ajand Bo... ......:. 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Ceo eae ee, 14 50 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common.... 9 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12. 12 to 16ft........ 10 00 $1 additional for each 2 fect above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Plooring, Gin. ©... .<. 2.22.2... 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00 Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common. 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, Gin. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C...............-. 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1 com’n 16 0C Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... 3 50 one RTS RM eo. es 3 40 BNONEXG TG eg ke 3 C0 No. 2 or6in. C. B i8in. Shingles......... 2 00 No: 2oOroin. ©. Be 46 in. -. 22. 220s. ht et ac as ae sce 2 00 MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, each and every insertion. One cent for each sae word. Advance pay ment. | W TANTED—A young man wishes sa situation as cler k ina hardware or general store. Three years’ exnerience in hardware. Best of referénces. Willing to work 1m tin- shop part the time. Addresss W. L., Lock box 775, Lud- inton, Mich. 70* vo by a young man ina grocery or general store. Bestof refer- ences. Address care box 276, Fremont, Mich. We position as porter or assistant ina wholesale or retail establishment. Willing to work and salary no object. Address E. D., care “The Tradesman.’’ Kee SALE—Rare chance for parties wishing to engage in trade. Best and most cen- tral location in a thriving town of over 1,200 in- habitants. One of the best points for trade in Michigan. Business well established. Best of reasons for selling. Address Lock Box 143, Grand Rapids, Michigan. \ ANTED—A middle-aged gentleman _of business experience wishes a situation with some manufacturing or mercantilefi rm as traveling salesman. Good references. Ad- dress H. C. W. care ‘‘The Tradesman.”’ T2* Vy ANTED—Position as traveling salesman by a competent person who has had sev- eral years’ experience on the road, and is ca- pable of representing any line. Address, J.M. R., at this office. YOR SALE—Complete millinery stock, taken on chattel mortgage, must be closed out regardless of cost. Fine assortment of millin- ery goods, with suitable fixtures, complete as- sortment of hair goods mostly unmanufactur- edstock. Also fine assortment of feathers and flowers. Will sell stock entire or close it out in job lotsto suit purchasers, A careful in- spection of stock is well worth a visit to the city, as we can Offer you great inducements. Stock at 5} Monroe St. Apply to Spring & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. JOR SALE—Well-established drug store, having a good patronage, situated on leading business thoroughfare. Stock will in- ventory about $1,800. Rent only $300 per year. Address, for full particulars, * ‘Pharma- cist,’’ care “The Tradesman.’ Pee purchasers will be furnish- ed a list of dealers who are desirous of selling by applying at this office. State line and amount of capital. Enclose stamp. VP YOU WANT to get into business, to sell your business, to secure additional capital, to get a situation, to secure a clerk or book- keeper, or if you have anything for sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the Miscel- laneous Column of “The Tradesman.” Cash or postage stamps to the amount should ac- company each order. Foster, Stevens & Co. HEADQUARTERS FOR aes & Boxes Ro Heh Skates, Skate B The How Era All Clamp Skate —AND— The New Era Rink Skate. The original cost of a roller skate is of minor importance to you, provided you buy the one that can be run at the least possible cost in time and money. We claim the New Era to be the most economical roller skate in the world, and this in connection with their immense pop- ularity with those who have used them, com- mend them to the attention of every rink own- er in the country. Our Clamp Skateis the only screw clamp made which operates all the clamps with one key at the same time. The “VINEYARD” Skates are very popular. The above cut represents the New Half Clamped and Heel Strapped Roller Skate, with Steel Top, Engraved Electro Gold or Nickel Plated Heel Band and Nickel Plated Plate. This Skate is much sought for by those having tender feet ankle. and requiring a support for the * JULY 13-1880 APR; 26-—i831 The Vineyard Roller All Clamp were patent ed July 13, 1880, and April 27, 1881, They are adapted for both Lapies and Gentlemen. Dur- ing the short time this skate has been in use, it has won rapid popularity. We also carry in stock The VINEYARD “‘C,” which is similar in style to the ‘“‘New Era Rink.” THE PERFECT ROLLER SKATE Rowlett’s Star Roller Skate. We claim for this Skate: Lightness, Perfect Adjustability, Perfection of Mechanism, Easy of Running and Durability, all tending to make what we claim for the “Star, ”’ the Perfect Skate. The admirable running qualities of this Skate, together with the elastic tension, capable of delicate adjustment, make ita fav- orite with ladies and children, avoiding all tiresome straining of the muscles, thus render- ing skating truly ‘the “poetry of motion.’ A nice line of SKATE BAGS AND BOXES carried in stock. Men’s Skate Bags for ail clamp Skates. Pa a Ladies’ Skate Boxes for sole clamp Skates. We solicit inquiries, and should be glad to quote prices to dealers and rink managers. FOSTER, STEVENS & C0., WHOLESALE HARDWARE, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH 1S The Wichigan Tradesma. (2 Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. CANT HOOK CORNERS. SOLIMAN SNOOKS, Slaughtering Prices—Protective Organi- zation—Bureglaries for Advertising Purposes. Canr Hook Corners, Mich., Jan. 19, 785. Mister editor of TRAIDSMAN: DEAR Sir—Sence I got to be a litterary feller, 1 find I am getten’ to be quite notor- ious. Lots more drummers come to see me “then afore and I have a sort of idear that the widders are slitely on the increas too. But the latter may be a mistake on my part. You remember what some old patryark said to Sampson, don’t you? He says: “Beware of Vidders, Sammy; Beware of Vidders.” Well Sampson did not heed this sage advice and so he got took in and done for. ‘That has been the way with men ever sense them old Bible times; you may warn ’em, and warn ’em, and still a pair of bright eyes, thrown up at a feller in just the right shape, from among a lot of banged and friz- zled hair, on the head of a nice widder, will just do the bizness for a poor son of Adam and brake hiin all up every day in a week. At least, this is in acordence with my obser- vations up to date. Mister Stowe, do you kno’ any chap in Grand Rappids by the name of Manfeald, or some such name? If you do, send him up hear on a pleasure trip. There is a lot of us fellers up in about Cant Hook Corners that wants to interview him with a shot gun and a bucket of tar. Potter says he will contribet a piller for the good of the coss. I am not certin that the above named man is responsible, in fact I understand he haint, from traveling menjfrom your citty,; but, there is certainly a sort of predudice agin him up this way. It is all on acount of a little mutual insurance snap we got in- to unbeknown to ourselves. But I will tell you further perticerlers in my next. We have formed a new society up in this county during the past week. It is named THE NORTHERN DEALERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSO- CIATION. We have only met once, at Grumbleton, and organized by electing offisers. We have not transacted any bizness yet, but the de- sine is to protect ourselves agin this ever- lastin cuttin’ of prices by which some deal- ers makes dum fools of theirselves. Now, there is Bilson on tother corner. He put 3 Ib. peaches down to 20 cents. It made me mad andlcut’em to19. He fellto18. I got madder and went down to 17 and gaye a cromo with each can. AsI paid $2.00 a dozen for ’em and frate,I did not make much, but I done a big bizness. Then Bil- son put down soothing syrup and porus plas- ters to 20. 1 follered suit and came at him with mandrake pills and rat killer. He saw me and went one better, with 13 brands of corn extermiuaters. 1 took a look at my hand and raised him clean out of his boots by slappin caliker to 4 cents, sugar and tea 1 cent below cost and can’d corn and suck- ertash at 10 cents. By this time all the dealers at Grumbliton, Slabtown, Pine Holler, Rockyford and oth- er near towns took a hand in the game, be- cos us fellars was a takin their traid away and the consequence is that traid has been demoralized all about hear and we had to do somthing to stop the trouble. 28 dealers has joined already. Stovenslacker, of Slab- town, would not jine. He sais he can run his own business. He has got two stores now. He only had one awhile ago, but he got a good chance to sell it and so he let it go. The gent paid him extra for the “good will,” but Stoven- slaeker knew a trick to fix that. What does he do but take the money and stick in two smaller stores stocked with same kind of goods, one on each side of the said aforesaid party of the second part. The effect of this brilient peice of strat- agy was to make traid pretty poor all along the line, but more espeshally in the two lit- ‘bottle. | 'tlenew stores. Mr. S. kept a small boy 1 trottin’ from one to tother in order to make one stock do for both stores, but even then 'traid was so slack thet I gess he must a went under if he hadden’t happened to been burggled just then. One of the late Governor’s ‘ticket of leave men’ went into one of the store onenight after bizness ours and gobbled 4 boxes of Oleomar- gerett cigars, 3 boxes axel grease, 5 Boxes pills, 1 Box corn plasters and a nursing Of course, all the surroundin’ news- papers hada full account of it and it was such agood advertisement and so many folks come to ‘‘just see the hole the burggler burggled threw,” that traid pickt up so he was doin a livin’ business. Ever sense this, Mister Stovenslacker has been burggled once a month reglar, threw the same old hole, and the newspapers in this seeshun all keep the head lines set up and tied with a string, ready to set in under the head of thrilling local news ANOTHER DARRING ROBBERY. Stovensiacker’s Store Burggled—Full Par- ticulars, This makes a neat item for the papers and no harm done. Some envious peeple that never like to see other folks get ahead any, are mean enuff to hint that Mr. S. has hired a burggler by the year to burggle him. But I don’t take no stock in such yarns. By the way, I have ben at work for the past weak, trying to get up some apropriate poetry to complyment the widder. If I suc- seed it will appear in the Grumbleton Grab- bag mostly likely, or els in the waist bas- kit. Yours confidenshally, SoLIMAN SNOOKS, G. D., P. M. and J. P. > -2- << __—— Second Assessment. 20CcKFORD Mich., Jan. 17, 1885. To the Editor of THE TRADESMAN; DEAR StR—Would you please answer in your valuable paper as short as possible and not print my full name, if I must pay the full amount of the assessment of Union Mu- tual Fire Insurance Co. I was a member to Sept. 1, 1884, and paid the assessment last January. It looks to me as if this assess- ment, of $30, sent me on January 3, is for the full year. I know that I have to pay to September, but Ido not think that I ought to be obliged to pay for the full year. You would oblige me very much by answering what to do. Yours very truly, A. 7. Tue TRADESMAN has thoroughly investi- gated the above inquiry and finds that there is no other alternative for its Rockford sub- scriber but to pay the amount assessed. It appears that the losses of 1833 aggregated about $20,000, which amount was according- ly assessed. Only about $14,000 of this amount was collected, and a re-assessment has been ordered to make up the deficiency. ——.e Advantages of Good Temper. It is always good policy to keep one’s tem- per. As often as temper is lost, a degree of influence is lost with it; and, while the for- mer may be recovered, the latter is lost for- ever. The politician who allows himself to get angry in that capacity—whatever may be the provocation—does his cause an injury which his soundest argument will hardly re- pair. Just so with men of all professions, and with men of no profession. If they would be able to exert a sway in their sphere, they must learn to keep cool. Who ever lis- tened to a discussion in which one party went raving mad, while his companion main- tained his composure, without having his sympathies enlisted with the latter, even though, in the beginning, his prejudice might have been in favor of theformer? It is com- monly conceded, and with a good share of reason, that he who exhibits the more cool- ./ness will have the better share of an argu- ment. —_ > -@- <<. —- James Van Vleet, assignee for R. E. Far- num, who recently failed at Flint, writes Tur TRADESMAN that Farnum’s total lia- bilities are $22,074.46, of which $4,800 is se- cured. His total assets are $15,020 of which $10,220 is his stock of jewelry, sewing ma- chines, sporting goods and_ stationery, and $4,800 is in sewing machine notes, worth from 25 to 50 cents on the dollar. ——__—> 2. Dr. J. B. Evans—Since you insist upon an unbiased opinion of your new play, we are compelled to characterize it as Mark Twain does his new book, to which he refers as fol- lows: “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be ban- ished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” £ > > W. T. Lamoreaux and Geo. N. Davis & Co. are now pleasantly settled in Lamoreaux’new building at 71 Canal street. W. T. Lamor- eaux will continue his seed business, and Geo. N. Davis & Co., in addition to their grain trade, will carry on a general commis- sion and brokerage business. ———__> a A ‘Traverse City correspondent writes THE TRADESMAN that the question of a lo- cal organization of the merchants of that place is being agitated there, and that con- siderable interest is manifested in the mat- ter. —__—__—-2 Amos. Turner has bought the stock of E. S. Porter, Cook & Son, at Lansing, and will add groceries to his other business. —__ <_< 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- ed. O. W. BLAEN. MUSEECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. S, §, MORRIS & BRO., PACK EES Jobbers of Provisions, 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 Bitte, Eoos Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce MUSKEGON , MICH. Consignments Solicited. Choice Butter a Specialty ! Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Cranber- ries, Cider, Buckwheat Flour, Etc. Careful Attention Paid to Fillmg Orders. M.C, Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids, CLARK, JEWELL & CO, WEOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83 85 and 87 PEARL STREET and 114, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, MICHIGAN. a GRAND RAPIDS, - : WM. SEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, @ Agents for 37, 839 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. BLANCHARD BROS. & CO ———PROPRIETORS MODEL MILLS. ——MANUFACTURERS OF—— Gilt Bdge Patent and White Loaf Brands of Flour. Good Goods and Low Prices. We invite Correspondence. E'ull Rolier Process. GRAND Rapips, MIcH. CORNER WINTER AND WEST BRIDGE STs., - KNIGHTS OF LABOR PLU Cc. The Best Chew on the Markel SEND FOR SAMPLE BOTT. Clark, Jewell & Co. PEHEREINS & HESS, ——DEALERS IN—— Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUISSTREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. SHIELDS, ic oo TE (2 MPORTER AND — Wholesale OCERS We manufacture a full line, use the best material obtainable, and aye ontee our goods to be first- class. CG Virginia and Tennessee Peanuts, Almonds, Brazils, Filberts, Pea- Nuts cans, Walnuts and Cocoanuts, and compete with any market. Oranges Oysters 2:5" : 3ROOKS, PUTNAM & ARAB PLUG! The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the Market. Send for Sample Batt. See Quotations in Price-Current. Fox, Musselman & Loveriige Solic We handle FLORIDA Or- anges direct from the groves. The crop is large and fine and low prices are looked for. We are agents for the CEL- EBRATED J. S. FARREN & CO.’S Oysters and are prepared to fill orders for large or small Owners. See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle. A.B KNOWLSON, 8 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich, We carry an immense stock of