GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, A PRIL 22, 1885. NO. 83. 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 Chemical Co HAWKINS & PERRY STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. Potatoes Wanted Parties having potatoes in car load lots can find a quick sale for them by writing us. Ji Canal St., GEO. N. DAVIS & Gd GRAND RAPIDS. Wan’s Oil, & Ne Magic SS YY oO 0 ee Yo The King of All & For Sale by F. Brundage & Co., Muskegon; Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Grand Rapids; H. Walsh & Son, Holland. Manufactured by N. G. VANDERLINDE, Muskegon. KEMINK, JONES & OO, Manufacturers of ‘sosvosiqy A10yvUmUByUy Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF = EMiIN EDS “Red Bark Bitters’ AND—— The Oriole Manufacturing Co. %8 West Bridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Collections and {nsurance, Special Attention given to Collections in City or Country. Also FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT Insurance, Suge and Lonther............-..-..-..5+. Boston ODOC. co ose 5. 2 os 3 os ee eee Dayton, Ohio LPS SEIT Es ee orci pena repre Or Pittsburgh, Pa. prneenin: 5 Cincinnati, Ohio Total Assets represented, $3,516,808, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. TOWER & CHAPLIN, General Collectors, 16 Houseman Block - Grand Rapids Hardwood [unter eer To a Purchaser who will take our entire eut, we offer an exceptional bargain. Nichols & Higgins, MORLEY, MICH. W.N. FULL ER& CO DESIGNERS AND Engravers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- cluding Buildings, Ete., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS - We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want will do REIS well to write or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. 71 CANAL STREET. .ROYS & CO No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. (MAAN 1) Se pI ee —_ AND NEW GOODS. New Prices down to the whale- bone. Goods always sale- able, and alwaysreliable. Buy close and often. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED PETER DORAN, Attorney-at-Law, Pierce Block, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Practices in State and United States Courts. Special attention given to MERCANTILE COLLECTIONS. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. EDMUND 6, DIKEMAN, Tae GREAT WATCH MAKER, AND JIHW HOR, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. ALBERT GOYE & SONS, MANUFACTUREBS OF AWNINGS, TENTS, HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc. State Agents for the WATERTOWN HAMMOCK SUPPORT. SEND FOR PRICES. %3 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 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. JAMES C. AVERY. JAMES C, AVERY & Co Grand Haven, Mich. Manufacturers of the following brands of Ci- gars; Great Scott, Demolai No. 5, Eldorado, Doncella, Avery's Choice, Ete. Ete. ——JOBBERS IN—— Manufactured Tobacco. GEO. E. HUBBARD. from the house before. FIXING PROFITS. A Most Important Feature of Business Life. As no one transacts business for the mere pleasure attending barter and sale, or devotes time and capital for the sole purpose of changing the form of his possessions with- out adding to their quality or value, we are safe in considering that all mercantile pursuits have for their aim the obtaining of a higher price for an article than was paid forit. This being granted, we may goa step further and assume that everyone is al- so desirous of receiving the largest possible income from the capital invested in his bus- iness, and hence wishes the greatest profits he can obtain. This state of affairs is cer- tainly as natural as it is universal, but al- though possessed by all business men the way in which the end is to be be compassed is different with each, and frequently two experienced merchants will differ absolutely upon ways of conducting the same line of business. One great point of discussion is regarding the amount of profit that can be obtained from a stock of goods, and in what way the rate of advance should be figured in marking a selling price upon goods, new or old, as the case may be. Nothing can be more important than this very point. Asa rule a dealer does not know at what price his neighbor and rival is selling certain lines of goods, and fears to add a large rate of profit lest he be consider- ed exorbitant in his charges and lose trade. This fact often leads to a price being fixed which does not pay a living profit, and dis- aster is the result. Or, it may happen, hav- ing a monopoly of the goods he offers, he adds such a percentage to the cost that his customers are driven in self defense to pur- chase in another city, or else it affords an opening for a second establishment that is satisfied with a lower rate of advance. Be- tween these two dilemmas the inexperienc- ed dealer frequently comes to grief, and ev- en old merchants make serious mistakes in pricing the goods they offer for sale. L; There are two ways of fixing the selling price upon new goods just received in stock. The first is to make a selling price from the cost without regard to the goods; the other is to mark the goods according to yonr judg- ment of their selling value without regard to their cost. We say these two ways apply to new goods only, because old goods have other rules governing them, no less positive, but differing widely from these. In their case we bave past experience as aguide. If an article seenis to attract attention and the price is constantly asked but no one pur- chases, it is a fair inference that you are asking more than it is worth, and the price should be lowered. Or, perhaps, certain pieces have been in stock fora long time, and it is difficult to dispose of a remnant re- maining on hand;a decided reduction is then advisable, and rarely fails to have the desired result. On the other hand, certain goods may be searce in market, and the de- mand large; or a dealer judges from certain indications that he can obtain for a vase more money than the price marked upon it. In either case, an advance in price is the natural sequence that is justified by the sit- uation. We have said that the first way of pricing goods is to consider the cost without thought of selling value. Very many dealers will sit down to a desk and prepare a string of tags and gum labels for new goods with sell- ing price attached, without having seen the goods, or perhaps not knowing the class to which they belong, or having purchased They argue that in order to meet their expenses and pay a prof- it their goods must be marked to sell at such arate of advance, and therefore taking the cost price they add to it the fixed rate of profit and the sum is their selling price. The disadvantages of this mode of proced- ure are obvious to most, although it is as- tonishing how many shrewd business men follow this plan. A dealer said to me once: “) can tell each night just exactly what prof- it I haye made during the day.” This state- ment is absurd, as a dealer never can tell ex- actly how much he has made even after stock has been taken and the books closed at the end of the year. It is only an aprox- imate result that has been reached then that is more or less acurate, and to say at the close of the day, ‘‘I have made so many dol- jlars to-day, because I have sold so many goods at such a rate of profit”’ is to deceive himself. He cannot tell what his expenses are for that day, what bad debts have been contracted, or what accidents may have lead to breakage in his stock. If a dealer marks all his goods at a fixed rate of advance his desirable goods will speedily be all sold and only the undersir- able ones remain to form dead or old stock, even though they may not have been one week upon the shelves. You reply, do not buy undesirable goods. ‘Theoretically this is correct, but practically it unavoidable, and the desirable goods must sell and pay for the undesirable. The smaller percentage of the latter that is purchased for your stock, the smaller will be the rate of profit at which you can afford to sell, and the greater your income from your business. Fancy goods especially cannot be priced unseen. Many novel shapes or decorations should pay a profit that would rightly be considered exor- bitant for staple articles, and it is proper | that they should, as the risks are correspond- | ingly greater. There is also the danger of breakage that is no small factor in the cost, of ornamented articles. Another great danger attending this plan shows more prominently when goods are purchased at a price that is higher or lower than the fixed rate. If you have paid more for the goods than the regular price, even though they may be worth what you have paid, a fixed rate of advance will cause the price to seem high. If, on the other hand, you have by means of auction sales or in some other way, purchased them far below the proper cost, you rob yourself by charging only the regular advance, especially when, as is usu- ally the case, the goods cannot be replaced, when sold by others at the same _ low price. You are then obliged to advance the price to its old place, and have probably not sold one piece more than'you would at the regular rate. The second way mentioned is to inspect carefully the goods and mark them arbitrari- ly at what you consider their selling value. Were your judgment infallible aud unerring this plan could not be improved, but unfor- tunately we are all liable to mistakes, and no man living could thus fix a price for goods, no matter how well informed he may be upon the subject. It must be borne in mind that in all probability your neighbors have these very goods, and your prices should bear some slight relative proportion to theirs, or a feeling of distrust will be en- gendered with your customers that will work mischief for you. The proper course to pursue and only true way isa combination of these two. First, find what would be the selling price of an article under examination if a certain fixed advance were added; then having obtained the figures see if the piece isin your judg- ment worth the price, or if more or less. If specially desirable, increase the price as much as you think safe. If undesirable, do not hesitate to reduce the price, and in some cases a large reduction at once is far better than holding the goods at a high rate fora year only to dispose of them at auction or at a ruinous price. Above all things do not ask too high a rate of profit. The days of big profits are gone. “Quick sales and small profits” is now the rule, although sometimes the first part of the precept is omitted. There is so much competition now-a-days in business that the scram+le for supremacy leaves little uppor- tunity for monopolies and big prices, and those who aecept this situation and meet it in the spirit of the times are the wise, suc- cessful men, and those who neglect the signs and warnings are soon laid upon the shelf. Much harm may be done also by selling at too low a price. None can tell in advance what will be his expenses and breakage dur- the year, and if the margin left be too small failure is the result. Nor do customers have confidence in a house that makes too great a talk about low profits, feeling sure that the average must be met by selling inferior goods or marking some articles very low as “leaders” and making it up on other things. Usually this is So. Fair profits, good quality, and honest dealing by all, is the true rule for business success. i ag Loaning Money on a Chattel Mortgage. The successful business man is beset by many dangers. In saying this, I do not re- fer so much to injuries that may come to him from the hands of his enemies as I do to the snares and pitfalls that his so-called friends may, at times unwittingly, place in his path to greatly obstruct, if not perma- nently check, his advance to wealth, posi- tion and influence. The very moment that the world becomes cognizant of the fact that you are “making money,” as it terms it, a thousand and one flatterers, with soft eye and honeyed tongue, will gather about you. At the outset you would imagine they were literally yearning to loan you money. At the slightest provocation they snatch their well-filled (with notices of protest) pocket- books from their pockets and exclaim: “Why, dear fellow, do you wantany money? Just name the sum.” You'll notice, howev- er, that they never get any farther than this. It’s a game they play. They will continue to drink your liquors and smoke your cigars, the while besmearing you with the lubricant of compliment and flattery preparatory to swallowing you. For just as sure as the coming of the tax collector, such a friend will, in the end, strike you for aloan. On general principles, I say to you: Never lend —neyer borrow. That should be law in business matters; but we let equity temper the severity of law, and so there will be cases where you'll not be able to say ‘‘No.” Some real friend, tried and true, may need temporary assistance. Business is business. In money matter, sentiment goes to the wall. Theretor, first, take his note for the amount loaned, and second, let him execute a mort- gage on his chattels for twice at least the amount of the note, and make it payable on demand. This is for his protection as well as your own, for if he goes down and credi- tors crowd him into a hole, you will hold the whip-hand, and may show him all the mercy that you choose. Now, as to the nature and substance of a ! chattel mortgage. First of all, no matter if) the borrower offers you a bonus the size ofa. barn door, don’t be tempted to taint the transaction with usury. Take the legal in-, terest and no more, excepting the few dol- lars that may be charged by the lawyer | or notary to draw and file the mortgage. Possibly you may not understand the phi- losophy of a chattel mortgage. It is this: | Possession of personal property raises the | presumption that you are thesole and entire | owner of it. Now, in that case,, with cer-| tain exemptions in case you area household- er, the law makes your personal property primarily liable for the payment of your debts. The dry goods merchant and grocer | trust you because they see you in possession | of several thousand dollars’ worth of per-| sonal property. You have a well furnished | home to which they know you are attached | and which they feel sure you will not de-| sert. Your piano alone would pay for all! of the groceries which you may have bought | for six months. Now, then, if the law al-| lowed you to run up on account at the butch- | ers’, and to say to the sheriff: “Oh, you) can’t touch this property, I’ve pledged it to John Doe as collateral to my note, which he holds,” it would be permitting you to perpe- trate a fraud on your neighbor for which he would have no redress. Hence, you see, that a chattel mortgage is simply forcing a man to tell the world that he has borrowed money on his furniture or other personal property, and that although he still continues to keep it, yet in reality he does not own it. As you will readily per- ceive, this is only fair to the boot and shoe dealer and grocer, and all the rest of the world. The chattel mortgage is peculiar. It only runs for one year. It must be renewed —that is, re-filed at the end of every twelve months, and generally it must be re-filed on some one of the last thirty days of the year, not a minute before. A chattel mortgage must be signed, sealed and witnessed. A copy or the original must be filed in the oftice of the clerk of the town, city or coun- ty, as the statute may specify. A full in- ventory of all of the property must be at- tached to it, and signed by the giver of the mortgage. In conclusion, let me state that the validi- ty of a chattel mortgage always depends upon the validity of the debt to secure which it is given, and that although the mortgage may stipulate that the borrower shall be al- lowed to remain in peaceful possession of the property, yet the moment he commits a breach of any of the mortgage covenants, the lender or mortgagee may instantly step in and seize the property. But in order to “foreclose” or shut off all outside claims, the holder of the mortgage must give public no- tice, generally seven days, and sell at auction sale to the highest bidder. Until the sale is completed, the borrower always has the right to step in, pay up and take his proper- ty. Be very careful that you comply strict- ly with the provisions of the law upon the subject, or you may find that your fancied security has melted into something a good deal thinner than thin air. ———__ > 2. > How to Head Off the Lying Buyer. J. P. Harp in the American Merchant. In my opinion merchants ought to meet each other at least once a month to expose the dead-beats who make a habit of going from store to store and beating the retail merchants out of goods. By holding such meetings there is another class of customers that you can find out, and a class which does much more harm to legitimate profits of storekeepers than most of them have an idea of. I mean the lying class, who, whenever you sell them an article, no matter with how small a profit, tell you that Mr. So-and-so sells that article for so much, when you pos- itively know that the article cost more than he says the other party offered it to him for. Many storekeepers will say to themselves, “Well, if he can afford to do it I can, too,” and thus they are induced to sell an article that costs three dollars a dozen for twenty- five cents just because the lying customer says that somebody else does it. At the same time he wonders how the other mer- chant can afford to sell goods in that way and pay rent, clerk hire, living expenses, ete. The parties who do this can be very easily found out by making a note of the name of any customer who comes in that way, and putting down the name of the ar- ticle that he says he bought and the price of anything that he says can be bought cheaper than you can sell it yourself, and also the name of the merchant, and in your monthly meeting you can discuss this matter quietly and you ean find out the parties who make a habit of doing this. In this way you can stop the practice, for you will know the pur- pose when such a customer starts the little game with you, and thereby make a living profit on your goods. This is a serious matter, and every mer- chant will find it.so for himself if he just thinks of it seriously for awhile. In no other way that I can think of can the mer- chants of a place break up serious inroads on business as by meeting once a month and finding out the chronic dead-beats and lying customers. Only yesterday 1 found out and caught one of these liars: He came in and wanted to buy a file that cost me $3.50 per dozen. Lasked him 40 centsforit. ‘‘Why,” he said, “T just bought one a few days ago from for 30 cents.” I told him I could not, by any means, afford to sell mine for that price, and he left. I then sat down and wrotea note to the proprietor of that store and told him that —— had come to my store and had | said that he bought a certain file of a certain clerk in his store for 30 cents. The mer- chant called up his clerk and asked him if he had sold that file for 30 cents. The clerk denied it, and said that he had sold it for 40 cents, and said, ‘‘Bring him to my place and see if he denies it.’ Thus was this custo- mer exposed. This morning who should come in my store but the man who could buy a file for 30 cents a few blocks off, and he bought the same kind of file from me for 40 cents. You see that, by exposing the trick to all the merchants, it will stop the practice when buyers see that their game will not work. Now, I have discussed this question to the best of my ability. 1 would like to see let- ters from other merchants in regard to any- thing they may think of benefit to the mer- chants of the country. ————- —<-@- ~<— Mail Orders. From the Chicago Grocer’s Bulletin. Much of the disagreeable, jarring friction experienced by many retail merchants in their business is due to carelessness about “details.” Some men are gifted with a “Iknack” of doing everything as it should be done in a careful, methodical manner. Their books are always kept posted, every account is accurate, every bill is paid when due, ev- ery clerk is required to conform to proper regulations—is courteous, tidy and efficient —every part of the store is the perfection of neatness, every parcel is promptly delivered when promised, and every order for goods clearly written in plain, unmistakable lan- guage. This class of men is not rare, but it is regretted that they are not more numer- ous. It takes but little more work to run a store on this principle than after the sloven- ly fashion which characterizes the conduct of many we have seen. The former plan mikes friends, draws patronage, brings pros- perity, and the merchant is enabled to enjoy himself; the latter makes enemies, repels patronage, invites loss, and burdens the mer- chant with all sorts of annoyances. Those men who are perpetually “‘wrong side up” in business matters are, it is sad to say, the very men who will insist the most vehemently that it is they who are right and thie balance of the world wrong: they could not make a mistake—you are always at fault; they are not negligent or careless— you are the culpable party. These men nat- urally are constantly finding fault with ev- erybody and everything. In ordering goods they seem to takea special delight in scrawl- ing their words in hieroglyphics that no mor- tal could decipher; the different items in- stead of having a line for each, are huddled into as few lines as possible, and adorned with a liberal assortment of blots. The fig- ures are, if anything, worse than the letters. The description of the articles wanted is ap- propriately vague, or else entirely omitted. Often the writer forgets all about date or address, or even giving his name. The job- ber or manufacturer receiving an order thus composed is expected to divine just what the retailer wants; should he fail in the attempt, the chances are the next mail would bring an indignant note, declaring that the goods sent were not as ordered or wanted, that re- clamations should be allowed on this and a special discount on that; or it is quite likely the whole matter would be sammarily dis- posed of by a notification to the effect that the goods were held subject to his order. The importance of writing all orders ina clear, distinct hand, giving to each itema line by itself, and also of being explicit as to the brand or description of goods wanted, cannot be over-estimated if the retailer would avoid trouble. The necessity of examin ing all goods promptly on arrival if he would guard against loss or doing injustice to the shipper, is also evident. If they donot suit, let them communicate with the seller before returning them. The latter might readily adjust the difference through an explana- tion. Flying into a passion is nota good remedy fur presumed injustice. There can be no doubt respecting the re- sponsibily of manufacturers and jobbers for ssme of the differences arising between themselves and their patrons, and that they should be held to account for all just delin- quencies; but they have more direct interest than the retailer in avoiding any collision of this sort, and it may be assumed therefore are less frequently at fault. Whatever the circumstances, however, a courteous manner on the part of both will invariably prove most business-like aud profitable, and the more worthy of true business men. oe Bad Memory. “Captain,” said a grocer keeper, address ing a well-known gentleman, ‘“‘do you re- member that sack of flour you ordered some time ago?” “Oh, yes, I remember it.” “T suppose so, but 1 don’t remember that you ever paid for it.” “My dear sir, 1 am not responsible for your bad memory. I have remembered my part of it. Memory is a peculiar faculty and is susceptible of great cultivation. Some of the Grecians could repeat volumes of poetry. Well, good morning.” 249 . cS The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercanti ile and Manufacturing Interests of the State. KE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a. year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1885. Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Ra oe 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. Arbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W. Putnam, Joseph Houseman. Transportation Committee—Samuel Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman. Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. Manufacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright, E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Post A., MG. T. A. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. Sears, OFFICERS. President—Wm. Logie. First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills. Second Vice-President—Stephen A. Sears. Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins. Executive Committee—President and Secre- tary, ex officio; Chas. S. Robinson, Jas. N. Bradford and W. G. noe Election Committee—Geo. Seymour, Wal- lace Franklin, W. H. Woe. Wm. B. Ed- munds and D. Ss. Haugh. Room ommnltice— Stephen A. Sears, Wm. Boughton, W. H. Jennings. Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in each month. Next Meeting—Saturday evening, at ‘“‘The Tradesman”’ office. CEA Organized at Grand Rapids, April 11, 1885. April 25, (rand Rapids Post President—Geo. F. Owen. Vice-President—Geo. W. McKay. Secretary—Leo A. Caro. Treasurer—James Fox. Next Meeting—Saturday evening, May 2, at “The Tradesman” office. Howard City wheels into. line with a Business Men’s Association, for protection against dead-beats and the improvement of wagon roads leading to the place. THE TRADESMAN’S realm of rascals re- ceives another addition this week in the per- sin of Peter Ross, of Wayland, who is wil- ling to stultify himself and wife for the small sum of $364.94. The name “Grand Rapids” | has usually been a synonym for enterprise and aggres- siveness; but Traverse City and Howard City are both a long ways ahead of her in one important particular—the organization of the retail trade. Grand Rapids was never caught napping, and must not take a back seat in this respect. The quotations published in Tur TRADES- MAN are intended for cash buyers, and for those who buy in full packages. Dealers who pay when it “comes handy,” and who buy in broken packages should not expect to receive the same concessions at the hands of the jobbing trade as the more desirable class of customers. To traduce tl the traveling 1 man nan has been the favorite diversion of both press and pulpit for years past. It has only been within a comparatively short period that he has been able to obtain a respectful hearing, and can- dor compels even his enemies to admit that he can dissipate many of the allegations made against him. It remains for a woman’s pen, however, to place him in the proper light before the traveling public, and the sympathetic grace with which she accom- plishes her object is sufficient to give her a warm place in the heart of every traveling man in the land. Hardware dealers throughout this terri- tory should be on the look out for itinerant hardware peddlers who sail under the name of the ‘Great Eastern Hardware Co.” The men comprising the concern travel by wagon from town to town, carrying a line of “snide” goods, which they hawk about the streets or dispose of at auction sale. As soon as they appear in a town, the reputable dealers of the place should see that the fellows are compelled to pay the usual license, and that the general public is made aware of the un- reliable quality of the goods carried by the strangers. THe TRADESMAN will have oc- easion to refer to this subject again in the immediate future. A nother Stock Company. Tongue, Knight & Co., the South Division street artificial stone and sewer pipe manu- facturers, have merged their business into a stock company, under the corporate name of the Grand Rapids Sewer Pipe and Build- idg Stone Co. The capital stock of the new corporation is $50,000, $4,425 of which is subscribed and fully paid in. The incorpor- ators are Freeman Lathrop, M. W. Bates, A. H. Tongue, Samuel Knight, Thos. E. Wykes, E. A. Burrill, E. A. Barnard and C. W. Stevens, of Lansing. The officers are as follows: President—C. W. Stevens. Secretary and Manager—A. H. Tongue. Treasurer—Thos. E. Wykes. The works of the establishment are being removed from South Division street toa more eligible location on Fifth avenue, to which a spur railway track can be construct- ed. It is the intention of the new company to push the manufacture of its products the coming season, doing a large outside trade. AMONG THE TRADE, IN THE CITY. Kemink, Jones & Co. have added a line of cigars to their perfumery and extract busi- ness. Brown & Sehler succeed E. T. Brown & Co. in the agricultural implement business. Beecher & Kymer, of this city, have pur- chased the drug stock of Dr. Geo. A. Bailey, at Elk Rapids. G. F. Meyer, of this city, has purchased the Chicago bakery of Henry Elends, at Muskegon, and will continue the business. The Hoptonic Co. has leased one of the stores in the Gilbert block, on Ottawa street, and will immediately begin the manufacture and sale of bitters at that location. S. A. Holmes & Co. have engaged in the grocery business at South Haven. Gray, Burt & Kingman furnished the stock, the order being placed with Frank Emery, of this city. AROUND THE STATE. B. M. Stewart, general dealer at Mecosta, is dead. Chapman & Perrine, grocers at Albion, have dissolved. H. S. Miller, of Coleman, will start adrug store at Bellaire. Daggett Bros. succeed A. B. Pray in gen- eral trade at Eureka. A. Z. Moore has engaged in the grocery business at Big Rapids. H. W. Robson succeeds Robson & Blair in general trade at Edmore. John Henning, baker and confectioner at St. Joseph, is selling out. Hunt & Beecher, grocers at Mason, have dissolved, each continuing. I. J. Quick succeeds I. J. Quick & Co. in general trade at Allendale. Willis & Geib succeed H.N. Willis in general trade at Prarieville. Albro & Heidley have engaged in the meat business at Frankfort. Paul Rontke will remoye his restaurant from Muskegon to Manistee. Beanot & Shaw, meat dealers at Wayland, are reported as haying failed. J. A. Bush and B. G. Swift will engage in the grocery business at Clinton. S. Kohler succeeds Spellman & Pitienger in the meat business at Shelby. Henry Arbour has moved his drug stock from Chippewa Lake to Muir. Mrs. M. Fenner succeeds O. W. Smith in the millinery business at Flint. Howard & Co. succeed Seaman & Defoe in the drug business at Alpena. Mears, Austin & Dickinson, Falls firm, is a thing of the past. Alphonso Reid succeeds C. A. Baldwin in the grocery business at Owosso. John Russ contemplates removing his drug stock from Remus to Muskegon. Hewett & Tefft succeed E. E. Hewett in the grocery business at Rockford. J. H. Milor has closed out his boot and and shoe stock at Harbor Springs. Eugene N. Lesderence, boot and shoe dealer at Hamilton, is closing out. Miles Heyser succeeds Heyser & Bolton in the grocery business at Jackson. Jas. Allen has engaged in the tinware and glassware business at Cedar Springs. A. F. Wright, hardware dealer at St. Louis, has been closed by the sheriff. D. C. Nash suecceeds Henry E. Bradley in the grocery business at Buchanan. W. D. Chatterdon succeeds Kirk & Starke in the boot and shoe business at Lowell. D. P. Clay is removing the Harrison stock of general goods from Sparta to Newaygo. Edson Howard succeeds Howard & Tay lor in the furniture business at Gobleville. Badger & Morton succeed John L. Benja- min in the boot and shoe business at Romeo. Jas. McAdams succeeds McAdams & Brown in the dry goods business at Cadil- lac. Theron Stafford, formerly engaged in trade at Ravenna, has gone to Washington Terri- tory. Geo. Rankert has engaged in the grain, provision and commission business at Vicks- burg. F. A. Montgomery succeeds John Oyer in the dry goods and grocery business at Spring- port. Thompson, Stuart & Co. succeed Thomp son & Stuart in the milling business at Cros- well. F. R. Goodrich has bought the boot and shoe stock of Roland & Co., at Traverse City. J. F. Halladay will engage in the whole- sale grocery business at Battle Creek about May 1. Frank Cady has purchased an interest in the drug establishment of F. W. Fincher & Co., at Hart. J. C. Townsend is building a thirty foot addition to the rear of his store building at White Cloud. It is reported that E. J. Harrington, the Holland general dealer, will remove his stock to Dakota. ‘D. A. Boelkins is enlarging his store building at Muskegon, nearly doubling its former capacity. Mrs. C. L. Kittridge succeeds Isaac F. Plumsteel in the leather and findings busi- ness at Bay City. Hattie Thompson and Emma Dalton have engaged in the ladies’ furnishing goods bus- iness at Montague. Hamblin, Lawrence & Tabb succeed Ham- blin, Miller & Co., wholesale tobacco and oil dealers at Owosso. T. W. Olson is erecting a building at Mus- kegon, which he will fill with clothing and gents’ furnishing goods. H. D. Post contemplates the erection of a new brick store building at Holland, which will be occupied by P. Steketee & Co. the Boyne J. E. Mailhot’s store building and general stock at West Troy was burned one day last week. Loss, $8,000; insurance, $5,000. Henry Duncan, proprietor of Schoolcraft’s largest dry goods store, is closing out his stock at eost and will migrate to. California. Jacob Debri, the Byron Center dealer, died Saturday. He had been ill some time. The business will be continued by the wife and son of the deceased. E. U. Stiles, a prominent business man of Vermontville, has the unprecedented record of never having uttered an oath in his life except for official purposes. Phil. Bird has bought the ready made clothing stock belonging to the estate of John Roost, at Holland and will continue the business at the old location. E. Vanderveen has begun the erection of a brick store building on the corner of River and Eighth streets, at Holland, which will be occupied by Daniel Bertsch with his gen- eral stock. Jacobson & Netzorg have withdrawn from the clothing firm of H. Wilensky & Co., at Mancelona. P. Medalie succeeds to part- nership, the firm name remaining the same as before. : Swinton & Reynolds, of East Saginaw, have purchased the stock and business of the Michigan Paper Co., at that place, and consolidated it with their own book and stationary stock. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. White Cloud wants a grist mill. A new tannery is to be built at Harbor Springs. R. Weertman has lately added a cracker machine to his bakery at Zeeland.} J. J. Reik has traded his livery business at Evart for a steam grist mill at Blissfield. Mr. Hamilton has been elected president and W. S. Kimball secretary of the Clinton Woolen Mills. The Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. shipped a carload of harrows and seeders to New York Saturday. Cleaver & Son have bought the foundry belonging to the estate of R. Sheldon & Co. at Houghton. Grimes & Fleming, millers at Williams- ton, have givenra realty mortgage for $18,000, and been attached. The Belding Manufacturing Co. employes %5 men and has made over 3,000 refrigera- tors since last October. Caro citizens will make an effort to raise a bonus for the individual who will embark in the roller process flour business there. The Delhi Mills recently closed by an as- signment have been leased to an Ann Arbor firm and will soon be ginding away as usu- al. Schubburgs & Schvarts have started up their stave factory at Good Harbor. They have about 600 cords of elm bolts to work up. The new tub and pail factory at* Caro is now enclosed. It is 28x46 in size and two stories high. The dry kiln will be 18x50 feet in size. The Mason Lumber Co., at Alpena, has sold all the lumber on its dock, and has se- cured 18,000,000 feet of logs for the coming season’s cut. W. McConnell & Sons have sold their en- tire business enterprises at Pierson, including the Empire flouring mill and three fine resi- dences, and have moved to Chattanooga, Tenn. Contracts have been made by the Diamond Match Co., with mills at Ontonagon, for the transportation of 35,000,000 feet of lumber this season. It is said by vessel men that these contracts will take out of the grain and ore trade quite a large amount of ton- nage. STRAY FACTS. D. L. McLeod has engaged in the bottling business at Muskegon. H. M. Cappernall, of Muskegon, bought a lumber yard at Duluth. A. T. Graham succeeds Smith & Graham in the wagon business at Big Rapids. Frank S. Postal has leased his hotel at Evart to Frederick Postal and A. O. Jenne, who will take possesion May 1. The Tustin Hotel has just changed hands, for the sixth time in a year. N. F. Starks is the latest aspirant for fame and fortune. A Remus correspondent thus refers to one of the most gigantic business transactions of the age: ‘‘N. Denny has traded his drug stock for a horse and buggy.” H. C. Thurber, the well-known lumber- man of Marquette, can now have “Hon.” written before his name, for he has been elected mayor of that city. Fremont Indicator: Fremont has plenty of stores, and now needs something that will add recruits to the tinpail brigade. That is the only way to insure the permanent pros- perity of any town. A Greenville jeweler has hit upon the fol- lowing benevolent scheme: To every person bringing five pounds of flour to his store a ticket entitling the owner to one chance in the drawing of a gold watch was given, the flour to be distributed among the poor of that city. has > -9-<>—__—_—_ A Financial Manager. Mrs. Peterby, of Dallas, is a woman with a head for business. “Just see here. Ihave bought a beauti- ful rocking chair at auction worth $3, and I only paid $2 for it; so you see 1 have $1 clear profit. Don’t tell me after this that women have no business sense.” “Do you need the rocking chair?” asked Mr. Peterby. *“No.” “Then what did you buy it for?” “To save money, of course. How could I haye saved that dollar if I hadn’t bought it, stupid?” RASCALLY ROSS. Arrant Knave Added to “The | Tradesman’s” Gallery. About January 1, 1883, Peter Ross, of | Wayland, owed a Grand Rapids jobber $234.- 20. On the destruction of his stock by fire, he assigned his insurance policy for $800 to | a relative, to avoid the payment of the debt, and suffered judgment to be entered against him. Nothing daunted, however, Peter re- sumed business in his wife’s name, ‘‘M. M.,” under which cognomen he has carried on the fancy goods business with cess at Wayland, Saugatuck, Fennville, Grand Rapids and Allegan. His limited stock, and still more limited capital, im- pelled him to arrange to handle aline of goods on consignment and about four months ago he closed out business at Allegan, ship- ping his goods to a brother-in-law at Way- land. Since that time it has been impossi- ble to secure any satisfaction from him, and one of his Grand Rapids creditors has oc- cordingly secured judgment against M. M. Ross for the amount of his claim. Whether he will pay up one of the two judgments, change his name or carry on business in the name of his mother-in-law, remains to be seen. Heis thoroughly disreputable and any one having business relations with him is extremely likely to receive the little end of the bargain. Another ——o--<— The Gripsack Brigade. Gid Kellogg, of F. Raniville & Co., has re- turned from a fortnight’s business trip to Bay City, Oscada and Tawas. Frank Emery, with Gray, Burt & King- man, left Monday for St. Ignace and other Upper Peninsula points, tobe absent a week or ten days. E. E. Smith has engaged to travel for the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co., and has been assigned to duty in the Northwest, with headquarters at Minneapolis. C. R. Dye, of Ionia, has engaged to travel for John J. Bagley & Co., of Detroit. His territory includes all towns on the line of the D., G. H. & M. and D. L. & N. Rail- ways. A traveling man was assaulted on the street of a neighboring city one night last week, and in referring to the matter a local newspaper headed the article “Hammered Brass.” G. B. Chapman, otherwise and more fa- miliarly known as “Napoleon Bonaparte,” spent a couple of days at this market last week in the interest of Henry C. Myers, the New York cigar manufacturer. Alba L. Brasted, traveling representative | for C. G. A. Voigt & Co. and the Voigt Milling Co., went out on the road ,again Monday, after an enforced ‘“‘lay off’? of over three months, on account of the inability of either mill to fill orders, because of the high water. Geo. Halloway, traveling agent for Eaton & Christenson, met with an accident while driving from Vickeryville to Carson City one day last week. which resulted in an in- jury to his spine, from the effect of which he is laid on the shelf this week. Parker McAuley, shipping clerk for the house, is covering the ground as well as possible un- der the circumstances. Charlevoix Chatter. From our Regular Correspondent. Dr. Geo. W. Crouter has formed a copart- nership with a gentleman and pharmacist named Harris, and engaged in the drug bus- iness at Ironton under the firm name of Crouter & Harris. The new concern will carry a $1,200 stock, and buy and sell for eash only. The machinery in the Charlevoix Manu- facturing Co.’s sash, door and blind factory was started on April 13, after a three months’ holiday. The demand for building materials was such that they could not lon- ger remain idle. The East Jordan end of the telephone wire got the county seat. And now Boyne City, ten miles farther on, wants the tel- ephone and has raised the required amount of stock to extend the line to that place. This will make thirty-five miles of M. B. T. line in our county. The Boyne City people believe that, as the county seat is on wheels, it will be taken to their town before the fight is ended. There seems to be a magnet at the end of the telephone line, which draws heavily on the county seat. ——————_2<__- Purely Personal. A. DeKruif, the Zeeland druggist, was in town one day last week and purchased a Jer- sey cow. Chas. Lawson, the Morley boot and shoe dealer, was in town last week replenishing his stock. Walter A. Smith, of Jennings & Smith, called on the customers of his house at Big Rapids and Muskegon last week. J. C. Utman, for the past few years iden- tified with J. E. Rice and Rice & Lillie, at Coopersville, has engaged with the Ives Lumber Co., and will manage the company’s store at Hungerford. Ludwig Winternitz, local manager for the Riverdale Yeast Co., and Miss Clara Kadish, of Chicago, were married at that place Sat- urday night. They will take up their resi- dence at 87 East Bridge street. — Oo The Linderman Failure. Assignee Nufer has completed an inven tory of the assets and indebtedness of A. T. Linderman, of Whitehall, from which it ap- pears that the appraised value of the assets is $8,606. The total liabilities are $23,249.- 21, divided among seventy-three creditors, in amounts varying from $6,400 to $1.10. —— i -o The Southern Merchant and Manufac turer says that THe TRADESMAN is a ‘Te liable, interesting and useful journal.” indifferent suc- | | HESTEHR & FOX MANUFACTURERS AGENTS FOR = QRKS DGANARD iS wa” INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Gea:7y Engines and Boilers in Stock iy for immediate delivery. mm | nd for @ | Catalogue Hi | i Lie Prices. | ae a aA ENGINE WORKS SAW AND CRIST MILG MACHINERY, Planers, Write fer Prices. Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-W orking Machinery, Saws, Belding and GOils. 130 OAKES STREET, G tAND RAPIDS, STiCH,. VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: B. Wynhoff, Holland. R. Weertman, Zeeland. Mrs. G. Miller, Ryerson. J. Meijering, Noordeloos. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. R. G. Smith, Wayland. Jos. H. Spires, Leroy. @. Huyser, New Groningen. Lb. Volmari, Filmore Center. N. DeVries, Jamestown. John Scholten, Overisel. H. R. Hitchcock, Northport. . M. Harroun, McLain. . Wsener, Fastmany ile. . DeKruif, Zeeland. . Norris, A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. C. F. Sears, C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford. F.C. Williams, Ada. D. . Spaulding, Hobart. O. F. Conklin, O. F.& W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. By ron MeNeal, Byron Center H. D. Plumb, Pluinb & Sons, Mill Creek. 8. E. Curdy, Hadley Bros. Mfg. Co., West- minster. J.C. Scott, Lowell. Geo. F. Richardson, Jamestown. Wm. Hugh, Jr., Hugh & Jones, Morley. R. D. Wheaton, Vermontville. S. T. Colson, Alaska. Emmett Coon, Coon, Russell & Co., Baldwin. Lee Deuel, Bradley. C.G. G. Jones, Olive Center. John DeJongh, with C. DeJongh, Holland. E. J. Savage, Coopersville. J. Riley, Dorr. Lon Pelton, Morley. W.H. Hicks, Moriey. Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin. Lester Rice, with Winchester & Lovelace, Wyman. Chas. Lawson, Morley. so T. Stitt, Stitt Bros., Norwich. E. 8. Hipkins. Blanchard. re C. Peckham, Freeport. C. E. Brewster, with Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. T. W. Preston, Millbrook. ¥. McMillan, Rockford. C. W. Ives, Rockford. G. B. Chambers, Wayland. Walling Bros., Lamont. Dr. H. 8. Bar on, Forest Grove, W.H. Struik, Forest Grove. J.C. West & Co., Lowell. J. Q. Look, Low ell. C.E. & 8S. J. Koon, Lisbon. H. D. Harvey, Bangor. A. J. White, Bass River. a M.C hurch, Sparta. Bergin, Lowell. C O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove. Geo. Carrington, Trent. | Norman Harris, Big Springs. Dr. R. Gibbs, Six Corners. S. Cooper, Parmalee. Fred Neahr, C hippewa Lumber Co., Chippewa Lake. Thos. Smedley, Smedley Bros., Bauer. C. R. Bunker, Bailey. B. M. Denison, East Paris. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. L. L. Maxfield, Fruitport. J. W. Mead, Berlin. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. BD. A. McLeod, MeLeod & Trautman Bros,, Moline. Darling & Roberts, Sparta. Mr. Judson, Hoag & Judson, Cannonsbure. Jeo: Wiseman, Nunica. Zunder Bros., Bangor. T. S. Jordan, Elmira. F,. C. Beard, Morley. H. B. Irish, Binh John Otis, Mancelona. J. G. Lamoreaux, Fennville. Dr. A. Hanlon, Middlevillle. R. G. French, T. D. French & Sons, Middle- ville. Mr, Walbrink, I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonv ille. L. H. Rice, Croton. A. Sickles, Walton. Spring & Lindley, Bailey. H.S. Newson, Charlevoix. John J. Ely, Rockford. Mrs. Calvin’ Durkee, Lakeview. J. V. Crandall & Son, Sand Lake. M. V. Sinz, Trent. M. Minderhout, Hanley. Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. Kd. Roys, Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. &. Stark, Cascade. H. W . Potter, Jennisonville. Ed. 8. Fitch, Wayland. Nelson Culver, Bailey. M. M. Robson, Berlin. Joe Raymond, Berlin. C. Deming, Dutton. Ed. N. Parker. Coopersville. Snow & Cook, Moline. E. P. Barnard, buyer New Era Lumber Co., New Era. S. Biteley, Pierson. Mr. Kauter, Kauter & Son, Holland. A. E. Landon, Nunica. F. Narragan, Byron Center. A.W. Blain, Dutton. Frank Sampson, Sampson & Drury, Cadillac. C. Durkee, Lakeview. J. W. Closterhonse, Grandville. FURNITURE BUYERS. C. P. Bailey, Connorsville, Ind. a a! a? “AGAIN RUNNING. Z After Sixteen Weeks of Enforced Idleness, The high water of the past four months has interrupted business in several impor- tant branches, but in no case has the stop- page entailed greater loss than with the Crescent Milling Co., which has been com- pelled to lie idle during the greater portion of the time. The occasion has been im- proved, however, by the addition of new rolls and dust collectors, as well as a con- siderable quantity of other machinery, all of which serves to increase the capacity of the mill and render it certain that the mill will hereafter be able to supply the constantly increasing demand for its well-known roller flour. The proprietors have withheld no ex- penditure looking to that end, and from present indications the object has been at- tained. The Crescent mills started up last Satur- day and are now running on full time and turning out the manufactured product fast enough to fill all orders promptly. The fol- lowing favorite brands, made by this mill, commend themselves to every dealer and consumer: ‘Crescent,’ ‘White Rose,” “Morning Glory” and “Royal Patent.” These brands have long been favorites with the public, and are sure to increase in popu- larity. That pegged shoes and boots are still quite extensively used might be inferred from the fact that a peg manufacturing company at Bartlett, N. H., is turning out the little wooden articles at the rate of eighteen hun- dred bushels a day,‘and has orders on hand that will require several months to fill. | JUODYD ce CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Summer Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. N)! READ! READ! HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO. have Sole Control of our Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paint! The ONLY Paint sold ona GUARANTEE. Read it. When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is put on any building, andif within three years it should erack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint the building at our expense, with the best White Lead, or such other paint as the owner may select. Should any case of dissatisfaction occur, a notice from the dealer will command our prompt attention. T. H. NEVIN & CO. Send for sample ecards and prices. Address Hazeliine, Perko lls & OO GRAN D RAPIDS, MICH TEE: ONLY Luminous Bait IN THE WORLD. Patented Feb. 18, 1888. Re-issue Aug. 28, 1883. MUI my FISHING o tl CTU my a Medi. HARD AND SOFT RUBBER MINNOWS. No. 7, 0c each; No. 8, 80c each; No. 9, 90e each. FLYING HELGRAMITES. No. 0, 80e each; No. 1, 8e each; No. 2, 90e each; No. 3, $1 each. Samples ot above Baits sent post paid on re- ceipt of price, or any three for $2. MALL. GLASS MINNOWS, TRIPLE HOOK FEATHERED, 60e each. SOFT RUBBER FROGS, TRIPLE HOOK FEATHERED, 60c each. SOFT RUBBER GRASSHOPPERS, SINGLE HOOK, 60e each. SOFT RUBBER DOBSON, SINGLE HOOK, 60e each. DEXTER TROLLING SPOON AND MINNOW Combined, Triple Hook Feathered, 60¢c each. AKRON TROLLING SPOON, Triple Hook Feathered, No.1, 50e each; No. 2, 55¢ each; No. 3, 60e each; No. 4, 65e each, Send for descriptiv ecireulars and testimonials. Liberal discount to the Trade. Ruterprise Mig, Co., Akron, Ohio. DUNHAMS THE BEST IN THE WORLD! PRICE 50 CENTS. WESTERN MEDICINE CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DRYDEN & PALMER'S ROCK CANDY. Unquestionably the best in the market. As clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. Jonn Caulfield, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. 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 additional word. Advance payment. OR SALE—A complete stock of tinshop tools and patterns, Will sell cheap, on ac- eount of not being a tinner myself. _— G. Gringhaus, Lamont, Mich. \V ANTED—By a gentleman well qualified for position as book- keeper or traveling salesman, situation with some lumber or mer- cantile firm in Western Michigan. Best of ref- erences from present employers. Address, “Book-keeper,”’ care THE TRADESMAN. 85 Wa }D—Partner with $1,000 to $3,000 cap- ital to join me inthe auction and com- mission trade in Grand Rapids, (no store of the kind here). I propose to handle crockery, glassware, tin-ware, new and second-hand fur- niture, etc. I have capital, experience, and know the busimess w ill prove very successful. Address ‘S\uction,” care “THER TRADESMAN.” 83 OR SALE-- Hotel in one of the finest towns of southern Michigan. Any one wishing to engage in a well-established business can do so with a small amount of capital, as*‘the own- er is going west. For full particulars address ‘Hotel,’ care 386 West Leonard street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 89* VOR SALE—Our entire mill cut of hardwood lumber, including maple, beech, ete. Will sell cheap to any one who will take it all. aa ols & Higgins, Morley Mich. 82tf. Roe SALE—Two pool tables and a Stevens’ patent ice-box. As good as new. Address, C. Blom, Holland, Mich. 8itt OR SALE—Clean stock of groceries and erockery in good country town, surround- ed by good farming country. For particulars, address E., care THE TRADESMAN. 83* NOR SALE—Our stock of drugs, boots § and shoes, dry goods, groce ries and hardware Also brick store building, 28x75, ware house, dwelling, stable, good well and cistern and one acre of land. Will sell the buildings for $2,500 and the stock at cost. A. Young & Sons, Orange, Mich. 90* OR SALE—Cheap for cash, a smali stock of drugs and medicines in suburbs of cS ccca Rapids, Mich. Apply to H. B, Euraeiis y 76tf * 4 * a on Ma oe Rea yy Drugs s CINEDICINES rom medew ewe Hichigan State Pharmaceutical Association. ¢ OFFICERS. President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix. First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonale, amazoo. Kal- Second Vice-President—B. D. Northrup, Lan- | sing. : Third Vice-President—Frank Wurzburg, Grd Rapids. Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Treasurer—W m. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. J. Brown, A. B. Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W.H. Keller, F. W. Fincher. 3 Next place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday. October 13, 1885. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott.. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. : Board of Censors—John Peck, Chas. P. Bige- low, Jas. 8. Cowin. Board of Trustees—The Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. L. White. : Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum, M. B. Kimm, A. C. Bauer. S Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts, O. H. Richmond, Jas. 8. Cowin. a Committee on Trade Matters—H. B. F airchild, John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. 4 Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening 1n each month. co Agnual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, Next Meeting—Thursday at “The Tradesman”’ oflice. President, Wm. H. Wm. E. White, evening, May 7, ee Trade in Peruvian Bark. The report of the South American Com- mission contains some interesting informa- tion about the quinine bark trade. kh. H. Hoadley, a merchant doing business with Ecuador, was the witness under examina- tion when Governor Reynolds said sugges- tively: “You are the first one that has mentioned the Eeuador trade.” “The Ecuador trade,” replied Mr. Hoad- ley, ‘‘has received a very black eye, you might state, in the last four years, in conse- quence of the decline in the price of quinine bark. That was a very large factor of their | shipments from there, employing a large number of men. In trade this is known as Peruvian bark, but we call it quinine bark. Some of tke richest qualities came from Ecuador, but now the price has declined to a very low point, and it is almost impossible for them to ship anything further. The main cause of the decline has been the won- derful development of the cultivated bark in the Sierra Leone and the East Indies. “Some twenty years ago or less the Eng- | lish Government realized that they were dependent upon two States in South Ameri- ca, Columbia and Ecuador, or you might say Bolivia, for their supplies of quinine; and the English Government use an immense quantity of it, in the East especially, in their armies and navies, and in all those Southern countries it is almost a matter of food; and | they said: ‘We must not be dependent on three South America States that at any time may get into a war with each other and cut off the supply.’ sion to investigate the subject and obtain plants, and they went to South America and secured the plants, took them to India, and began the cultivation, so that in the East Indies it was on government land and with government labor, and what they did not want they sold. They used what they re- quired for making quinine for their purpo- | ses, and beyond that they sold the surplus to the European markets. That commenced in a very small way, but has steadily grown, not only in quantity but in quality. “While the best quinine bark that is ship- ped from South America, the very best, has seldom over 224 to 3 per cent. of quinine—for for instance, 100 pounds of bark there would be three pounds of the sulphate of « yuinine— under cultivation in India they get it up to 4, 5, or 10 per cent., and the production is so constantly increasing there in quantity and quality that the European markets are flood- ed with it, and the price has steadily de- clined, so that it is almost impossible to ship barks from South America that will pay the expense of shipping. In Sierra Leone and India, the bark is grown at so little cost that they can deliver it in London and make a profit if they only get a shilling a pound for i” Q. Have they not improved machinery for the use of it? A. Yes, sir; for the man- ufacture of quinine. But the enormous quantity of bark now raised has brought down the price. Q. And the fact that what comes from India, as you say, is so much purer? A. So much richer. Q. Yields more? A. Yes, sir; yields more; while in Ecuador and most parts of South America the barks are gathered so far from the coast, and their only means of transportation is on mule back and men’s backs to the little rivers, that the actual cost of bringing a bale of bark, or gathering it and getting it to New York, in many sections, is much more than it is worth. Q. Has Mexico made any efforts to raise Peruvian bark? A. No, sir; the climate is not suitable for it. It requires a peculiar climate. There may be parts of Mexico where it could be grown. They have started it in Jamaica, and it has increased. I only speak of that as one reason why the trade between Ecuador and the United States has fallen off very materially in the last three years. They can not pay for their purcha- ses now in bark, as they did formerly. —____ >.< The Drug Market. Business has been good in the drug line during the past week, and collections have been “elegant,” as a local jobber expresses it. There has been no important movement in prices, and no change of importance is immediately anticipated. So they sent out a commis- | A Michigan avenue drug clerk, who is considerable of a wag and inclined to practi- eal jokes, met his match the other evening, , and his friends have been guying him ever | since. =. A young colored girl of an intensely dark complexion came into the store, and after having a prescription filled, asked the, clerk if he had any face powder. “Yes’m. What color do you wish?” asked Jim, with a wink to the lounger behind the stove. “Flesh color, of course. What kind d’ye s’pose I wants?” she replied, somewhat saucily. “Allright, mum. Just take a seat for a few minutes. We just got some to-day. I havn’t unpacked them yet, but it will only take a few minutes. ‘Take a seat please.” Jim saw an opening for some fun, and could not resist the temptation. He retired to the back room, and the sound of some one rattling a stove pipe was plainly heard by the man behind the stove. In about five minutes Jim came back with a neat little box tied up in a paper, which he handed to the girl. “How much is it?” she inquired. “Ten cents,” replied Jim, without a smile. The girl paid the money and went away. “Now there will be a racket, and my re- lief can’t get around here any too soon,”’ re- marked Jim to the lounger. “What have you been doing?” “She’s got a box full of soot. Only lives around the corner here, and she’ll be back in just about 10 minutes,” and Jim roared till his sides ached at the trick he had played. “She wanted flesh color and she’s got it, though,” and the thought of her opening the box just tickled Jim clean to his feet. Jim retired to the dispensary, warning the lounger if the girl came back to tell her he had gone to supper. In a few minutes a lady came running in- | to the store and excitedly asked for Jim. | “Anything 1 can do for you mum?” “You bet there is!” replied the lady. | “What do you mean by sending that black | stuff to me for face powder, eh?” | “Oh—I beg your pardon, mun. I was | only having a little fun with the colored girl—” | “Youthink you are smart, don’t you?” | Give me back my money.” | Jim returned the money, again apologizing | for what he had done, when the door opened | and the colored girl bounced in. | “Give it to him, missus! Scratch his eyes ‘out! she exclaimed as she walked up and | delivered some very aged hen fruit straight | into Jim’s face. Both females then beat a hurried retreat |and left the drug clerk to cleanse and per- | | , fume himself as best he could. | —__—._- = Supplies of Petroleum. | Professor Raymond estimates that the known supply of petroleum in Pennsylvania and New York will be exhausted in four years. This prediction the oil producers do | not accept; they seem to expect the perpet- ual revival of old wells, revivals having | sometimes happened aiter temporary ex- /haustion. The oil region in these two States comprises 4,259 square miles, so there 1s a good deal of internal space for recuperation. | But it may be assumed that these subterra- inean reservoirs of oil are capable of being _ exhausted ; they are not infinite; the only | question is whether there is any satisfactory data by which to gauge their contents. Prot | Raymond’s prediction may not prove correct, | but the theory of inexhaustible supplies is obviously a fallacy. Production, from 82,000 ' bls. in 1859, has now reached 30,000,000 bls. a year, and the Stored supply on hand is now | equal to a year’s consumption. | Professor Raymond thinks that, when the present subterranean magazines are emptied, | we shall revert to the treatment of oil-bear- | ing shale to obtain supplies of oil; and it is | very probable that this will occur, provided | no new supplies are found. Pennsylvania, | New York and Western Canada are not the | only sources of natural oil supply in Ameri- ca. A story comes from the Argentine Re- public, in South America, of the discovery | of a lake of oil, said to be 88 acres in area and of unknown depth. Is itnot more prob- | able that, in this lake, the oil rests on water? | Anyhow, this new discovery embraces an inexhaustible supply. Other oil springs and | lakes are said to have been discovered in the | same country. In our northern country, petroleum depos- its are known to exist. In any case, there will be the resort to oil-bearing shale; but when we come to this, we must be prepared to accept a much less return for labor and capital, and the consumer must submit toa higher price. —_—__—>--+4<___- A new Japan oil of peppermint has been placed on the European markets by a house in Yokohama. ‘The principal feature of the production is the fact of its being rectified twice by steam. The oil is quite white, and makes a clear solution in spirits of wine. The aroma is very fine, while no degree of pungency seems to be lost. An account is given in the Journ. de Pharm. @ Als.-Lorr. of a curious accident in a Strasburg pharmacy. The apprentice was transferring some lycopodium from one bottle to another, when some of the dust suddenly took fire at a gas jet near by with a slight explosion. This startled the youth, who dropped the bottle on the floor; a thick cloud of lycopodium dust arose,, and itself took fire with a violent explosion, which shattered the windows and broke a good many bottles. The apprentice escaped wit a few slight burns. Coal-Tar Chewing-Gum. “There’s a car-load of solid comfort for the young ladies,” said a gentleman in Law- renceville to a Dispatch reporter, pointing to a car standing on the Allegheny Valley Railroad. ‘Now, there’s twenty-five barrels of chewing-gum there,” he continued. “You may not know it, but it is a fact that nearly all of the chewing-gum consumed in the United States and Vassar college comes from Pitsburg.” “Of what is this maidenly solace com- posed?” asked the newspaper man, “Why, it’s made of tar, and the worst of tar. The Standard Oil Co. is a big thing on wheels when you get to talking about oil, but it is just as big relatively speaking when you get into the province of chewing-gum. You see they control nearly all of the refin- eries, and itis from them that the gum is evolyed, so to speak. ‘The refiners take the residuum from the crude oil after the refined article has been made and work it in an agi- tator, producing a certain grade of paraffine, a wax-like substance. This is sent to two firms located in Boston and New York, who put it through another refining process, and then scent the stuff, cut it up into small pieces, and then retail dealers take hold of it and make thousands of giddy girls happy with ‘somethin’ to chaw.’ The wax, as loaded on the cars, is worth seventeen cents a pound, but when put through the second refining process its cost is thirty cents a pound. [suppose a pound of refined par- affine will suffice for the making of 500 pieces of chewing-gum; so the profit in the business is apparent when you. recollect that it retails for one and two cents a stick.” “How much of the wax is shipped from Pittsburg weekly?” asked the reporter. “Well, about fifty barrels per week. Some of it is used for finishing up insulated tele- graph and telephone wires, some for making fancy candles; but the best grades are used for making chewing-gum. In fact, it can be safely computed that twenty-five barrels of this wax are weekly shipped from Pittsburg, to be worked up into chewing-gum. It is not a very attractive looking substance when it has gone through the first refining process, but after it has been re-agitated it comes out a beautiful pearl-white in color, and is abso lutely tasteless. The making of parafiiine is one of the green spots in the desert of refin- ing just now, considering the condition of the oil trade. It is only within the past few years that the secondary refining process has been accomplished in this country. The wax was sent to Scotland and then shipped back to this country. The two firms mentioned in New York and Boston are now making a good thing out of the business. __ ~~ —-@<3-— Lavender and White. From the Adrian Record. A North Main street druggist sold a small bill of liquid paints yesterday afternoon and the required quantity, which was of two col- ors, was drawn off into two open cans. A friend offered to take the druggist into his buggy and drive him to the customer’s house. They get in and the well-attired druggist held a package in either hand to avoid the effect of the jolts in the frozen road. Di- rectly in front of the customer’s residence was a mud-hole too deep to freeze. The horse feeling himself sinking, made a con- vulsive spring forward and about the same moment the man of paints was jerked rude- ly backward depressing his brains and ele- vating his heels. The liquid paints follow- ing suit—the druggist’s suit—proceeding to spill themselves upon his pantaloons. Sud- denly the vehicle struck the carriage block and stopped stone dead. The paint man, al- though he hadn’t intended to do so, sprang forward across the dashboard. The paint kegs jumped after him and their contents frescoed his trowsers in that quarter also. A more unique and original spectacle of laven- der and white than the druggist presented can hardly be imagined. Of course he was quite mad and.said something about it’s be- ing some kind of a “note” on him, mention- ing at the same time in adjective form, a place not now in the bible. His tailor has just taken his order. De There are 360 glass works in Austria, em- ploying 60,000 workmen. The Medical Journal states that afew handfuls of common salt thrown daily into closets, and an occasional handful into wash basins, goes far toward counteracting the noxious effects of the omnipresent sewer gas. It is said that an English firm has been experimenting with Rangoon earth oil as fuel, with satisfactory results, for steam railway motors. An engine designed to burn this kind of fuel, has, in consequence, been sent to Burmah for working street railways there. It is estimated that the new fuel will reduce the working expenses 20 per cent. “Why is the oil market called she?” asked Smith. ‘Oh, that’s easy,” replied Smithers. “T suppose it’s the same old answer, isn’t it —takes a man to manage it?” “No, that’s not it,”’ replied Smithers, who had learned in the school of experience. “It’s because when you’ve studied it down so that you know just what it’s going to do it goes and does something else.” Mr. D. C. Robbins, in his Annual Review of the Drug Trade of New York, states that in 1884 we imported 1,263,732 ounces of quinine and 2,588,307 pounds of cinchona bark. Weare importing more quinine and manufacturing less every year. In 1884 we imported twice as much quinine and half as much bark as in 1882. In 1883 more opium was imported for smoking (298,153 pounds) than for all other purposes put together. The large duty placed upon this form of opi- um reduced the import for 1884 very consid- erably. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, wn eee eee eee Advanced—Oil pennyroyal. Declined—Oil cubebs, serpentaria, cubebs, powdered cubebs, African-ginger. ACIDS. Acetic, NO. 8.......--. esse eee ees 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 HOR PUOUG: (oe eck oes ews ees oe ce 33. @ 35 CRERIG ece. os wies 55 @ 60 Muriatic 18 deg.........--e- eee eee 8 @ <5 Nitric 36 deg........-2--2 ese eres : 1@ hk ORANG oo ee oe eee ae » Sulphuric 66 deg.......-----+++++-> é 4 Tartaric owdered.........----+:- 52 @ 5b Benzoic, English.......-.---- BB OZ 18 Benzore, German.......----+se eee 122 @ 15 TPanniC ...... .--eceeeeeee resettle 12 @ AMMONIA. ; Carbonate........---2esse eee gph 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22€).....----++200++ 14 Aqua 16 deg or 3f... .. +--+ +eseeee 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f.....---+---+-++: 6 @ 7 BALSAMS. Copaiba .......--eseeeeeecer se teetes 5V@55 RY soc eee wae se tees =e 2 POL. oo. coed eee ee eee ee 2 00 Mali so. bee tee te 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c).....--- IL Cinchona, yellow.....-----++++++: 18 Elm, select........---eeeeeree crete 13 Elm, ground, pure.....--.+-++2e+9* i4 Elm, powdered, pure.....---+-+-+- = Sassafras, Of roOt.....-----++2-e0+° Wild Cherry, select.......---++++-: 12 Bayberry powdered........---+-:- 20 Hemlock powdered........---+-+++ 18 Wahoo .......- cece ee ee ere er tenes? 30 Soap ground. . ..-.+--eeeee seer ees 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 80c)......---- @ i) Juniper .....- -- eee ees - 6 @ i Prickly ASh.........-eeeeeeer eres 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 23 ib boxes, 25C)...- aT Licorice, powdered, pure........- 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 ib pOXES).....-2--- 12 Lgowood, 48 QO. 2222... 13 Logwood, 4s do Dee cow 15 Logwood,ass’@ dO .---.-. oo 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. ArniGa......------<-2s-0 os 10 @ il Chamomile, Roman.....---++++++- 2 Chamomile, German.....-++-+++++ 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes.......--++++++++ 60@ %5 ‘Aloes, Cape (Powd 24C)......-++++- li ‘Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 606)... .--- 50 AMMONIAC .... eee eee terete 28@ 30 ‘Arabic, powdered select.....----- 65 Arabic, Ist picked........---+++-+++ 60 Arabic,2d picked......----+++++++: 50 Arabic, 8d picked.......-+-+-+++++° 45 Arabic, sifted sorts....-..--. geeeee 38 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35¢)... eae BenzOin.......--ceccedecccceres ses: 3 55@60 Camphor ........-seese eens 2@ 22 Catechu. Is (%4 14c, 48 16c) ....-- - S 13 Euphorbium powdered......------ 385@ 40 Galbanum strained........-----++:: 8 Gamboge.......-ssesseeseser ett 90@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......--- 35 Kino [Powdered, 30c].....----++++- 20 MASTIC. .. 0.052 ees eee et Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... : 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.40)... 2.2200 3 90 Shellac, Campbell’s.....---+-++++++ 30 Shellac, English......--+--++-++++° 26 oe ee a Shellac bleached........-----++++++ 5 Tragacanth ..........ee eee eres eee 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Moavhound .....-:.-.---------------- 2 Wael oe eee ce eee we ete 25 Peppermint.......------eeeeeer ee rersr tt 25 PO ees ce ewe e ean © 40 SPOHPMUD 60... ee tome ees a 24 Sweet Majoram........-.-.eeee ever ee erent es 35 OVO 0 ee ace a ce eee aos t NWVOEMIWOOG 6.666 coe eee ee ee ee 3 IRON. i Citrate and Quinine........--.-+-- 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal.......----- i @itrate 0)... 2-53. .s.-- + ws - 86 Phosphate ..-....---serreeeer sees 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢).....-..+++ 138 @ l4 Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & Ys, 12c)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural..........---+ @ 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled... Bit Senna, powdered.......-.-+++-+-+- 22 Senna tinnivelli..........- ----+++ 16 Wives Ursi........---.----------+--:- 10 Belledonna.....-...---------° teats s 35 FOXglove......-.eeee cece eter erste 30 HMenuane.-.......-..:-<.------«---- 35 Rose, red......... esse cece er er eee 2 3d LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye......--.-- 1%5 @2 00 Whisky, other brands..........--- 1 10 @1 50 Gin, Old Tom..........-- +e se eeeeees 135 @1 75 Gin, Holiand..........-.-+2++se09> 200 @3 50 Brandy ...... 2... cee eee ee eee ee eres 175 @6 50 Catawba Wines.........---.0+52 + 125 @2 00 Port WiDES. ...<------ cece ees eee ee 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0Z.......- 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 Calecined............ce cece cece et eees 65 OILS. Almond, SWeCt.......- 22s eee ee ee ee 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified......-..-.+---+++-- 45 TAMMIBG 661k ake cece se eee eres 1 85 Bay ® OZ.......2.- eee e eee erences 50 BerBamMont.... 2... cece eee eee eeeee 1 80 GABLOL 6 20 ees ey 18 @ 19% Groton. 6.6. - ss te ee ete 2 Cajeput ..........- eee ee ee ee eee eres 75 G@aGsia 2... 1... cc ss se 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure NOG): ce 35 Citronella ..........0-ceec ee ee ee ees 7d Cloves 2 2 koe. cee se 1 20 Cod Liver, fiitered..... .....® gal 1 50 Cod Liver, best.......-. alse 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Cubebs, P. & W.......--- seeceees 7 00 Brigeron ........ ee cece eee ee ee eee 1 60 WiroweCd... 2... 2. -< oc ee nesses oe 2 00 Geranium # OZ.........---+-eeeee 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 35 Juniper WOOd..........6e reece eees 50 Juniper Derries.........+2- seer ee ee 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garden G0) 222.03. 3. 1 00 Lavender spike GO is... 2s 90 Lemon, new Crop........-++-- : 1 40 Lemon, Sanderson’s.........--+-++ 1 50 LOEMONGYASS.. 22... eee eee ee ee eres 30 Olive, Malaga........... : @1 10 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian _: ie 275 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25 Origanum, NO. 1.........-+--.+++- 50 Pennyroyal ........ 0. cece ee ee ee eee 1 %5 Peppermint, white..........------ 4 5 ROSE PB OZ... . ee eee ee eee eee eee ees 8 50 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 Cold oe hoe canes ae conn 65 67 I eee oe wn onl a 1 00 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 Sandal Wood, W.I.............---- 7 00 MGRGSTVAS coe ccc cess ca esc ese 5d Spearmint .. .....----- eee @7 00 IPANBY 2. cs ........ 40 @ 45 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 40 @ 45 Cloves (Powd 25C)..........-......- 18 @ 2 @oehineal -...........-...-.... se: 40 Cocoa Butter............... Looe 45 Copperas (by bbl Ic)..............- 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 7 Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ib box.. 15 @reasote. 2... 5. 50 @udbear, prime.........--:....--.- 24 @Cuttlie Bish Bome...........:....:.- 24 MeGXtHING — 025 82.6... cee ss 2 Dover’s Powders...............-- 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............- 50 Ergot powdered..........-.....--- 45 ther Sqwibb's............:5.-. .-. 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Hipsonl Salts... .5... ...-..--. 5. -..- 2@ 3 Myreot, fresh... 26.0.0... ot. te - e 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 Hiake white......................-- 14 Grains Paradise..................- 23 Gelatine, Cooper’s...............-- 90 Gelatine, French .........-........ 45 @ 0 Glassware, flint, 79 off,by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Giue, Ca imet.........- 2. ss... 122 @ liv Glue: white... .. -.:. 2. ........-.- 16 @ 2 Glycerine, pure.................-.- 16 @ 2 Hops %8 and 146...............-.-- 25@ 40 TodOfLorm @ OZ4...........-.......-- 40 WRGICO -. a 8 @1 0 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ 40 Todine, resublimed........ 200.2... 4 00 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 SaPOMICH 6. tc ces 7 Hondon Purple................5..- 10 @ Wb Wieud, ACGEALE. .........5-2025. 5.2... 15 Lime, chloride, (%8 2s 10e & 4s lic) 8 TampUline 2.6... ee 00 Iveopodium .....-...2.......-.... 40 Waee i ecu aes 50 Madder, best Dutch.............. RYZ@ 138 Manna S: Bo eee, 75 Mercury........ ge Gah ewe caaae 60 Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... #0z 3 00@3 2% Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40 Moss, leeland.................. 8 Ib 10 MOSS IRISH oe cal. 2 Mustard, English.................. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 i cans...... 18 INMIGSRUIS ee cc ce. 23 Nutmegs, NO. 1...........560....... 60 INtX VOMICR.....3.......-......... 10 Ointment. Mercurial, 4%d...,...... 45 Paris Green. :..6.2.5.-.-.-- we eee li @ 2 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 MODSING ee we ce 2 50 Pitch, True Burgundy. q Quassid, 32 ee 6 @ 7 Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ boz 90 @ % Quinine, German................-- 8 @ $0 Red Precipitate............... 8 tb 85 Seidlitz Mixture. .....:........-..- 28 Strvchmig ervey ...........-..-...- 1 60 Silver Nitrate, cryst...........-... 77 @ 80 Saffron, American................. 35 Gal Glauber... 64. .25... 2... @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 Mal ROGHOHC.. 2. ........-..........- 33 Sap Soda). 225550... e oe 2@ 2% Wan@in. 2.0 2 6-5. se es 215 SQDtOUIN 020 5. ee: 6 50 Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 3e].............. 4 Spermaceti...........2-- eee es ee ees 35 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 Soap, Green do : 17 Soap, Mottled do 9 Soap, do do 11 Soap, Mazzini...............--.-+.- 14 Spirits Nitre,3 F................... 26 @ 28 Spirits Nitre, 4 F....:..........-... 30 @ 8 Sugar Milk powdered.............. 33 Sulphur, flour............2--eeeeees 384@ 4 Sulphur, roll............ ss sees sees 3@ 3% Tartar Emetic.............--+2--++- 0 Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans ® doz 2 70 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 Ib 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 55 Wine, Suiphate.. -...........52--2- 7@ 8 OILS. Capitol Cylinder..........-- ee cece eee ee eee ee ee 75 Model Cylinder...............-----.....-..-.-- 60 Shiclds Gylinder................+.-.-...------- 50 BMldoradoO HNGINE...........- econ cece cece cw eens 45 Peerless Machinery..............e2ececeercese 35 Challenge Machinery.........----eseesee seen es 25 Backus Pine Pngine.................-....-.-.-- 30 Black Diamond Machinery.........---++e.e-- 30 Castor Machine Oil... ...........-.00..c0-eee-e- 6C Paraffine,'2d AOk.... 2.2.2... cee cece en eee eee es 22 Paratine: 28 dOe... 55.566. eres ee we se ek Sperm, winter bieached...... Beles ee aces 1 40 Bbl Gal Whale, WiNter. . 00.65 ee concn ce eee 70 75 Lard, extra...... 60 70 Lard, No: 1-..-..... 50 60 Linseed, pure raw..........+-6.. «OO 53 Tinseed, NOME ....0...3. 6... ee 53 56 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Spirits Turpentine.................6+ 36 40 VARNISHES. No. F 'Purp Ooseh. 2...:. 2.2.5.2... 1 10@1 20 Bixiva PULP. 0.0.02. .022 .. 2s seen es = ee 1 60@1 70 Coach Body......... 0.2.2 sc cc cece ce eees 2 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture...............+4- 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp Damar..........-..seeeees 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp..........-.-. 0@ 75 PAINTS, : Bbl Lb Red Venetian............00eeee 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ...........-. 244 24%G 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 24%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American... 18@16 Vermilion, English............ 60@65 Green, Peninsular....... ie 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5% Lead, white, strictly pure..... - § ¥ Whiting, white Spanish detours @i0 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 White, Paris American........ 110 Whiting Paris English cliff.. 1 40 Pioneer Prepared Paints..... 1 20@1 40 1 00@1 20 Swiss Villa Prepared Paints.. HAZELTINE, PERKINS W7holesale Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Dries, Medicines, Cheticals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, and Droggist’s Glassware. MANUFACTURERS OF BLEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIMIRS. GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Wo tr, Patron & Co., AND JOHN L. WuHit- ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE PAINT AND VARNISH BRUSHES. —Also for the— HAtr, 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. Wing and Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for thedrug trade only, and trust we merit the high praise accorded us for so satisfactorily supplying the wants of our customers with Pure Goods in this department. We con- trol and 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 Nrngeists’ Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favorites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gis, Brandes & Fine Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and for quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list such as Patent Medicines, ete,, we invite your cor- respondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. HAZELTINE, PERKINS & GO GRAND Rapips Brush Co., MANF’RS OF 29) x. i The Michigan Tradesman A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. {Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1885. BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. CORPORATE ASSETS—UNPAID BALANCES. In the ease of Eppright vs. Brown, the Supreme Court of Missouri held that unpaid balances upon stock subscriptions were cor- porate assets and were assignable. CONSIGNMENT—ACCOUNT STATED. Where goods consigned to a commission merchant are sold and a statement of the sales, with an order on a third person to bal- ance the account, is sent to the consignor, he is bound by the account rendered as by an account stated, unless within a reasonable time he notifies the consignee that he objects. So held by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. STATUTE OF FRAUDS—ORIGINAL PROMISE. Where the employer of a person who wished to procure goods on credit froma dealer, but who had been refused, told the dealer to let his employe have the goods and that he would see the bill paid, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that such promise on the part of the employer was an original un- dertaking and not an agreement to answer for the debt or default of another within the meaning of the statute of frauds. INSURANCE POLICY—FALSE SWEARING. Where a policy of insurance provides that any false swearing or attempt at fraud, “‘or if there shall appear any fraud in the claim by false swearing or otherwise,’ shall avoid such policy, the company, in order to avail itself of the defense, must show that the as- sured knowingly and intentionally swore falsely er said or did that which it claimed to be fraudulent. So held by the Supreme Court of Georgia. LICENSE—DISCRIMINATION. A statute of Kentucky provides that ‘‘all itinerant persons vending goods, wares and merchandise shall be deemed peddlers, and prescribes a penalty for selling by such per- sons without first having obtained a license therefor. In the case of Rush vs. Holloway, the Court of Appeals of the State held that an act purporting to amend the prior act and providing ‘‘that itinerant persons who are citizens of this State, and who vend exclu- siyely goods, wares and merchandise which are the growth, product or manufacture of this State, shall not be deemed peddlers nor required to take out license under the pro- visions of said chapter,” was unconstitution- WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. \ WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |Pepperell, 11-4......27% Pepperell, 7-4...... 16%|Pequot, 7-4......... 18 Pepperell, 8-4. .20 |Pequot, 8-4......... 21 Pepperell, 9-4 Pequot, 9-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX,0z..11 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, X, 02... Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, 0Z....... 10 (Prodigy, 0z......... i Park Mills, No. 50..10 |Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 |Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70..12. (Work, 1.02.02. 05.5. 10 Park Mills, No. 80..13 |York, AA, extra oz.14 OSNABURG. Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... 7 Jewell briwn....... 9%|Augusta plaid...... 7 Kentucky brown.. 10% Toledo plaid........ 7 Lewiston brown... ae Lane brown........ o% Louisiana plaid.... Manchester plaid.. 7 New Tenn. plaid...11 Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 844/Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Art cambrics, 36.. ae ete ot 1% Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8% Hill, ar pugs ose eee 63% Androscoggin, 5-4. 2% Hope, 4-4........... 6% Ballou, 4-4.......... 6% \King philip cam- Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 brie, ce 1% ante oi oe Po oo cee 8% Jeeps a “4. ee ve oott, E.5-5........ 7 onsdale, 4-4....... Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%|Lonsdale cambric. 10% Boott, R. ee 54%4|Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7 (Langdon, 45........ 14 Chapman, X, .. 6 |Masonville, 4-4..... 8 Conway, 4-4......% |Maxwell.44........ 9% Cabot, 4-4......... . 6%!|New York Mill, 4-4. betes Cabot, 7-8 ..... 6 |New Jersey, ia. Canoe, 3-4...... 4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. my Domestic, 36....... 744|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.. 844/Victoria, AA... 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 744|Woodbury, 4-4.. 5% Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% eambric, 4-4...... 11 Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4. 6% Wamsutta, 4-4...... ..16% Gold Medal, 7-8..... Williamsv ille, 36...10% Gilded Age......... 8% SILESIAS. Crown. ........-.--- 7 |Masonville TS...... 8 Nie. 10. oe 124% /|Masonville S....... 10% Coin.... 330 Mensdsie..-........ 9% Anchor.. .15 |Lonsdale:A......... 16 Centennial. s Mictory O......0.5: Blackburn . _o IVietoryd........... Davol...... .14 {Victory D.......... London 124%|Victory K.......... 24% Paconia . 2 iPhoonixA.......... 19% Red Cross ....40. (Pheonix Bo... ..:. 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX....... 5 PRINTS. Albion, solid........ : Y%\Gloucester .......... 6 Albion, grey. Allen’s check Ailen’s fancy Allen’s pink.. Allen’s pur ple. American, fane 5 Db ..6% - 6% 5% 6 Gloucestermourn’ s. Hamilton fancy.. Hartel fancy........ Merrimac D Manchester . Oriental fancy Arnold fancy.. .6 |Oriental robes % Berlinsolid.... 5%|Pacific robes.. Cocheco fancy .6 |Richmond... 3S Cocheco robes.. .674 Steel River ..5% Conestoga fancy ,.0. ISIMPSON'S ... cs 6 Eddystone ..... ..-.- 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle fancy........- 5 |Washington blues. 7% Garner pink......... 6% FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... 7% Boott M, 4-4... ..- 6% Boston ¥, a. 1% Continental C, 43.. 6% Indian Orchard, 40. 8 Indian Orchard, 36. 7% Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Lyman B, 40-in : Continental D, 40in 834|/Mass. BB, 4-4... é Conestoga W, 14. 64 Nashua BE, 40-in.... 8% Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%|/Nashua R, 4-4...... 74 Conestoga G, 30- in. 6 |Nashua O, aes 6% Dwight X, 3- ‘os 544|Newmarket N...... 6% Dwight Y, 1-8). 5. 5% Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7 Dwight Z, 4-4....... 6% Pepperell R, 4-4.... 74 Deicht Star, 4+4.. Ewight Star, 40-in.. Enterprise EE, 36... Great Falls E, 44, Farmers’ A, i. Indian Orchard +4 7% [oe Pepperell O, 7-8.... Pepperell N, 3-4.... 644 Pocasset C, 4-4..... 63% Saranac 1..5...... 74 paranae H.......... 9 DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ......... 7144|Renfrew, dress styl 7% Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Mantg Co, SiWieB.......------ 10%; Bookfold......... 2% AION gee ie Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire .......... 6%| dress styles...... 12% Glasgow checks.... 7 |Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f” y 416) SbVICS.:....2...6.. 1A Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 73 royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gloucester, new White Mant’g Co, standard ......... 7%| Earlston.......... 8 Plunket ......:....- i Gordon. .:......5..- T% Lancaster .......... Greylock, dress Langdale........... ox SUVICS, 605012662. 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 4 4-4. .21 PeppereH. 10-4..... 27% Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 97 and 99 Canal Street, - me FA ILUAS, Wholesale & Commission—-Batter & Rees a Specialty. Careful Attention. Grand Rapids, Michigan. See Our Wholesale A.B. KNOWL 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, SON, 3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sole PUX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE Wholesale Grocers, Owners of ARAB PLUG The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the Market. Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. Send for ATEN m3 “ Fl by Sid any (BOOT Is anew brand of Tobacco, with a a trial will take no other. Boots, or one pair of Fancy Chew BOOT PLOG Tohaceo AND GET A PAIR OF BOOTS. LUG new sweet flavor that ‘an not be excelled. Chewers who hav e given it The Constmer Gets the Boots We pack a TIN ORDER in one of the lumps in each Butt which is good for either one pair of heavy No. 1 ie Calf Boots, one pair of Calf i. Shoes. GRAND RAPIDS MF’G CO. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS | FARMING TOOLS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS ! Dairv Implements a Specialty, Factory--Corner Front and Earl streets, Office and Sales- rooms--10, 12 and 14 Lyron street, Grand Rapids. The Old Reliable ‘ IN IT MRO D Prati TORACCoO Is for Sale by all Grand Rapids Jobbers, SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. 5. W. Venable & Co., Petersburg, Va. Oysters FJ. Deltenthal and #' ish 117 MONROE ST. JOB PRINTING Such as Letter, Note and Bill Heads, Statements, Cards, En- Neatly and Promptly Executed at The Tradesman oftice. SPRING & velopes, Blank Orders, Circulars, Dodgers, Ete., : Se i ; _ | Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... 32% _ al and void as discriminating against the cit-| Pepperell 44’. ....20 |Pequot, Teh ssessses o1 How TO GaET TE Boowrs. = : DOL = 9 : izens and manufactories of other states. Se Agee Sey oe Send the Boot Order with size wanted, Name, Town, County and State > _ EAVY BROWN COTTONS. i + . 4 Atlantic . eae Wa lawrence KK. 44.. 73% plainly written to the undersigned, and they will forward the boots by the next “Dignified” Business Men. Atlantic = — ot a eowenre ao 45 Express. DON’T FORGET TO MENTION THE KIND WANTED. 2 > 2 Atlantic D, 4-4..... 3 awrence LL, 4-4... 5 ee on Atlantic P,4-4...... 5ig|Newmarket N...... 64 Iam constantly in and about the trade,| Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 54/Mystic River, 4-4... 5% Adriatic, 36......... i” Pequot A, 4-4....... 7 and occasionally—probably once a day—I} Augusta, 4-4........ 6'4/Piedmont, 36....... 6% : 5 , i Soni.| Boott M,44....-... 6% |Stark AA, 4-4....... Ty meet what some people might call a digni-| ,oP++ =r ae ie iecost Ol tt : fied man. Let me say a word or two about Graniteville, 4- oe b% ea ioe ae fs 5 i : cepaas os Indian Hea achusett, 4-4..... 7 this unfortunate being. Dignity works all | jhaiana Head 45-in. "1b4|Wachusett, 30-in... 6% Tobacco Manufacturers, right in a wooden Indian ora drum major, pega: ak — cil Sea 186 but the man who desires to draw a salary entice “44 a Falls, XXX.........15% Canal and Monroe Streets, CHICAGO, Liutu. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ( Amoskeag, A...... 15 (Palis, BB... ::... 11% through life, and to be sure of a visible means of support, will do well to make some other provision than the haughty look Amoskeag, B...... 12 Amoskeag, C...... il Amoskeag, D Falls, BBC, 36...... 19% Falls, awning...... 19 Hamilton, BT, 32..1 FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST CLASS JOBBERS. Amoskeag, - oes ao oe — 463 and the air of patronage. Dignity does not | Amoskeag, F....... ‘ amilton, H....... % _— ose Premium A, £4....17 |Hamilton’ fancy...10 7, draw. It answersin place of intellectual] premium B........ 16 Methuen AA. to 13% : 7 y j “Ac Thi j xtra t-t....-....... ethuen ASA...... tone for twenty minutes, but after aw hile it eon) ia a Une, Ae + fails to get there. Dignity works all right; Gold Medal4-4...... 15 jOmega A, 4-4....... 13 ap e a l ) a ] ) C Y with a man who is worth a million dollars A yeaa rene Oe Oran AGA, wag a a and has some doubts about his suspenders, | RC7-8...........---- 14 Omega SE, 78.22. 24 5 5 BUGS ee 16 \Omega SEH, 4-4...... 27 but the man who is to get alarge sum of] AF44.00ooo ooo... 19 |Omega M. 3 Se 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |\Omega M, 4-4....... money before he dies, and get married and accomplish some good, must place himself Cordis ACA, 32 Cordis No. 1, 32..... 15 25 Shetucket ssassw 11% Shetucket,S & SW.12 before his fellowmen in the attitude of one | Cordis Xo- Bevel oe who has ideas that are not too lonely and| Cordis No.4........ 11%\Stockbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. isolated. Garner. ....--.-..:. 6 jHmpire............. ———__—.>_-4#- << __—_ FGOKSEL........--.- 5 |Washington........ 434 Origin of Crazy Quilts. a Oe : From the Carpet Trade and Review. GRAIN BAGS. American A...... 18 8 00;)Old Ironsides...... 15 Covered with Tin. A GLASS C ‘JOYIVAL OY} UO ONIHL LSALVAN oul DRY GOODS, HT “Crazy” patchwork originated in the fol-| Stark A........... 224%4|Wheatland ......... 21 Me a lowing manner: A certain titled lady while Bos 2 eet BOS ae ee 10% C Ni} i i i isl i verett blue....... l arren AXA...... 12% earning peeeroneny in on Here Bey, Everett brown..... 1334 . Warren BB........ 11% mn lost her mind, and it became necessary to) Otis AXA.......... 1244|Warren CC.........10% 7 confine her in a private madhouse. But she Otis BB........ ane ot 13% still retained her passion for needlework, } Manville............ : e S.&S0ns......... 6 : and spent most of her time in uniting pieces YEE oes. ea. . FOR SALE BY ; of material furnished her from the madhouse| Red Cross.......... 7'4|Thistle Mills........ OVUM 5 We ROBO: © 055 ook ne sos 8 scrap-bag. Although unable to perform the} Garner ............. Ti4| difficult stitches of embroidery work, it was ce weet ee. se ° « cnet LP eee agie C a noticed that in joining the odds and ends of Clark's 0. Neo 55 : Mills ball sewing. 90 il 5 i i invari 10.82. Coats..:....65 reeb & Daniels...25 material given her she invariably used con-| Wihimantic 6 cord.53 [Merricks........... 40 entucal on eo trasting or assimilating colors of thread or es, . ee [Stafford Ce op : ee 44 : _| Charleston ball sew all & Manning....25 . 5 silk, and that nearly every stitch was differ-| Cinethread......./30 (Holyoke... 23 | Woodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery, Ker- MI A . N GS ent from the others. Specimens of her work . on ce ie . a 5 - = TIMOR 2 cnn sa oope DUES so i sca esos» ' ' . found their way outside the asylum, and) Androscoggin sat’. #%|Naumkeagaiteen. 8% osene and Machine Oils, Naptha and Gasoline. since then millions of women, apparently oe haga teeeta ee a pool ae 8i4 } 2 f eee . 4, | Ularendon. ........ 4;reppereiu sav....... ‘a, me . . sane, have found delight in imitating the pelewen a? ks ed nooner Boos sess a 51 and 58 Lyon Street Grand Rapids, Mich. 5 . > Consideration for His Creditors, From the Merchant Traveler. “Who was that rang the bell, Jane?” ask- COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowlson quot es as follows: PROPRIETORS OF THE JENNINGS & SMITH, OrTI, ChLOTHS ed the lady of the honse. Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 00 “The grocer, mum.” Souedie cee. oerue 30 ° ° ETc... ETO a ak toncarme? tetera te PO MI fact S- “" ' ‘With a bill, I presume.” eee 1#| LAYCULC anuracuurin O., “Yesum.” | or ae ~ ee 1 ra 0 we 2 its i @ n 9 POD VU. cee eee rere nsnne Z t = “You told him to come next week?” mo "OS 20 I.yon St., Grand Rapids. “Yesum.” iam Susier, per ton ete 3 50 “What did he say?” Fine Dick, por Mecescc 000022000211 85 @ 885 ASS Aone COE ee TOs 6 and 8 Monroe Street, “He said, mum, he had been here a dozen | **7C C1AYs PEF DDN... - «news ereeceeeee ° : ° COAL. times already and he wouldn’t come again, | Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$6 00@6 25 J enning S Flavoring Extracts, Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 ged tell i970 pce Cannell, car lots. See ss @s6 00 —— AND———- $6 ow cons erate. i n hin ota io Lump, OR FOU iio cscs ose : Bioss Cu . 7 | a grocery-man.” Ploseburg or Cumberland, carlots.. + eH Arotic Baking Powder.|Grand Rapids, - Michigan. h * » 9 * = * The Commercial Traveler. Mrs. M. L. Rayne in the Detroit Free Press. He was a traveling man. That fact was conveyed to the other passengers on the train by his good clothes and comfortable air of well-to-do-ativeness as well as by his gener- al bearing of being accustomed to luxuries. He had the best fare at the best hotels, and his employer’s money paid for it as an in- vestment that would return sure dividends. For the rest, he was absent from his family nearly all the time, traveling night and day in close, hot, ill-ventilated cars, worked like a machine at every town on his route, and earned a better salary than any professional man of his acquaintance. He was the first to make up a purse for a widow or stranded fellow-traveler, and when he read the ma- licious newspaper stories of the gay and festive drummer he wondered why in the course of his travels he never met any of the craft. The men he knew were, like himself, of honorable record, often inconveniencing themselves to help one another on the way through. There was a stir at a station, and two pretty girls came aboard. They laughed and giggled; threw kisses at their friends at the depot; gave silly messages and good-byes, and, as the train started, they took a seat behind the commercial traveler. There were other seats vacant, but they preferred this, and rustled into it witha series of little shrieks and giggles. “Did you see Tom Barlow watching us, Nellie? Te-he-he.” “Hell be there to meet us when we go pack, see if he isn’t, Kitty! Ha! ha!” “Say, he’s a drummer,” giggled Nellie, hunching her friend toward the front seat. “Too awfully swell, ain’t he? Oh, my!’ “Ahem! ahem! How I do wish I knew what time it is!” The traveler did not make any answer. His silk hat, as fine and pretentious as the hat of a man who does his duty and owes no man anything has a right to be, was pulled down over his eyes; his lips were com- pressed, and he replied by no look or motion to the rude speech of the merry girls. “Must be awfully stuck up,” whispered Nellie, but not so low but that the man on the seat before her could hear distinctly. “Doesn’t notice common people,” an- swered Kitty, with a toss of her head. These were young ladies, dear reader. Not hobby-de-hoy school-girls or coarse, ill- bred hoydens. They moved in the best so- ciety and their respective fathers and moth- ery would have been greatly astonished to learn that their daughters flirted. But, then, fathers and mothers are usually the last to know what is going on among their own young people. : “W-would you be so kind, sir, as to tell us what time it is?” asked Nellie in a little, meek, far-away voice, whille her companion tittered and looked out of the window. Both of the young ladies wore watches, as was patent to an observer, but the gentleman addressed could do nothing less than an- swer so direct a question. This he did ina brief manner, and with a voice that noticea- bly trembled. “Poor thing, he was quite overcome,” whispered Kitty, audibly. “Pm going to want this window put up pretty soon.” “Allow me,” said the traveling man res- pectfully, and the disconecerted young lady |< blushed and simpered, and sat in the draught without protest. The next move was made by the gentle- man. Hetook from his pocket a photo- graph and inspectea it long and sadly. Tears welled into his eyes, his face flushed, and he returned it to his pocket. The two young ladies did not see the pho- tograph, at least not to recognize whether it was aman or woman, but they te-he’d and simpered and even speculated in a low voice, as to who it might be—wife or sweetheart. “Don’t tell me he’s married,” cried Kitty in aloud whisper. ‘“‘Hehasn’t the courage to pop the question.” “That was his grandmother’s picture,” chimed in Nellie. “Good boy! he carries it with him so that the old lady will hear of it and leave him something in her will.” Then they giggled in chorus, and the train drew up at a station where some very anx- jous looking faces were pressing forward as if in search of some one. The commercial traveler caught up his satchel and slung it over his shoulder; then he took the photograph he had been looking at, out of his pocket, and turned to the two young ladies who began to feel a little un- comfortable at his manner. “That is the picture of my little daugh- ter,” he said, holding up the counterfeit of a lovely smiling child of six years; “she is very ill, and Iam summoned home, perhaps to see her die. Butlet me tell you that I would rather a thousand times know, at this moment, that the breath of life had forever passed her sweet lips, than to think she could ever grow up into a silly, dishonest woman, tempting and toying with souls to feed her own wicked vanity. Almost the next moment they saw him on the platform, and a fair woman hung on his arm, and his face lighted with pleasure at her words. But they two sank back out of sight, enraged, mortified, yet conscious that they had found in one traveling man an hong est-minded friend who had dared to give them a word of needful warning. —_—__—_—>.——_—_— It bas been found that nitric and other dangerous acids travel better when packed in crushed pumicestone than in any other way, says a London paper. This is the ex- perience acquired by numerous shipments to Australia. Chelsea dairymen have organized the Chel- sea Creamery Co., with a capital stock of $5,000, all but $500 of which is paid in. Not His Property. : From Texas Siftings. “Will you be kind enough to take that gripsack off that seat,” said a countryman, who got on a train at Luling. “No, sir, I don’t propose to do anything of the sert.” replied the drummer, who was sitting on the other side of the seat. “Do you say that you are going to let that grid-sack stay right there?” “Yes, sir; 1 do.” “In case you don’t remove that grip-sack, I shall be under the painful necessity of ealling the conductor.” “You ean call in the conductor, the engin- eer, and the brakeman if you want to. -Per- haps you has better stop at the next station and send a special to old Jay Gould himself about it.” “The conductor will put you off the train.” “} don’t care if he does. I am not going to take that grip-sack from the place where it is.” The indignant passenger went through the train, and soon returned with the con- ductor. “So you refuse to remove that grip-sack, do you?” asked the conductor. “T do.” Great sensation. “Why do you persist in refusing to re- move that grip-sack?” “Because it’s not mine.” “Why didn’t you say so at once?” “Because nobody asked me?” ———__——>_0 Lucrative Pedestrianism. From the Charleston News and Courier. Paul Howes isa Georgia drummer. He was recently traveling in South Carolina and with a fellow traveler purchased a 1,000 mile ticket. 'The conductor refused to allow but one of them to ride on the ticket, saying that while it could be issued to two or more patr- ties, only one person could ride on it at one | time. Mr. Howes was put off the train about | four miles from Wadesboro’, and gave notice at once that he would sue the road for dam- ages. He employed an attorney, but it was | not long before the authorities offered to | compromise. The offer was accepted and | Mr. Howes came off $1,000 better off. His | walk, four miles to Wadesboro, netted him | just $250 per mile. | ooo Fresh Eggs. The head cook of a certain hotel went toa little store to buy some provisions, and see-| | | | ing a basket of eggs, asked: | Fa ———— ae PRICE OF CHART & BOXOFLETTERS, COMPLETE $2.50. ‘““Are these eggs fresh?” “Yes, I get them fresh from the country | every day.” “Suppose I buy all these eggs, what will you charge me for the lot?” “All of ’em?” “Every one of them.” “Why not?’ “You see I’ve got regular customers who | get fresh eggs laid the day before. If I sell you all these eggs, next week I'll not have any fresh eggs laid the day before for my customers.” N 19U1880) ‘Q) aE AE| al SALT. ONONDAGA F. F. SALT Sole Manufacturers. AMERICAN DAIRY SALT CO. (Limited.) Chemically purified and WARRANT- ED pure as any in the market. Used by a great majority of the Dairymen of the country. Un- excelled for Butter, Cheese, the Table and all Culinary purposes. Got medal at Centennial “for purity and high degree of excelience.”’ Dairy goods salted with it took first premiums at New Orleans World’s Fair, N. Y. Interna- tional Fair, Milwaukee Exposition, and always wins when there is fair competition. It is American, and CHEAPER and BETTER than any foreign salt. Try it. Address J. W. Barker, Sec’y, Syracuse, N. Y. CREAM TESTER! With six glasses for testing six cows’ milk at same time. Price $1; large size glasses $2, either free by mail. Agents wanted. Circulars with full particulars for stamp. WYMAN L. EDSON, Union Center, Broome Co., N. Y. 7 WILSON’S Cabinet Creamery and Barrel Churn AND ALL DAIRY SUPPLIES. To first pur- chaser in new locality,we will give special terms. The woman’s friend. It saves three-fourths of the labor in butter-mak- ing; easily op- erated; you aise sweet Se cream from ee sweet milk: you have sweet milk to feed which trebles its value. Send for circular. Agents wanted. Address, FLINT CABIN ET CREAMERY CO., FLINT, MICH. wiitss SHIPPING BASKETS BOXES AND Sa. aS io =S*S*C<*NMAANNUFAGTTURED AT eaiearame DHE MICHIGAN BASKET. FACTORY GF Pe SE a Lt & Coll Mal ene L Seren {Parity ST/S0SEPH, MICH. 1) SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED. PRICE (HST | : 4 “HAMILTON'S PATENT DISPLAY CHARTS Is the best device ever invented for Quoting Prices. Advertising Arrival of New Goods, Calling Attention to Old Ones, etc., etc. You can do more. Advertising J0 Hi | | | Chart--Patented February 19, 1884. For the small sum of $2.50 by using THIS SIGN Than for $100 used in any other way. MI TIME TABLES. | _ MIGHIGAN CENTRAL es ara Falis Route. The Niag ‘ DEPART. | *Detroit HXpPress.......-.....---.-- sc. 6:00 a m | hey Pxpress. 2... 2.2.6. 20 it. 5... 2:45 9m | tAtlantic Express.....-........-..-+-+- 9:20 pm ARRIVE. *Pacific Express...... Bee de eas 6:00 am +Mail..... Be ns eee 3:20 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 p m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie Express. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada | Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus say, because it is something entirely new, and ANY LIVE BUSINESS MAN CAN, ATTRACT MORE CUSTOMERS BY THE USE OF THIS CHART Than in‘any other manner. | | lower slat. Description: e The accompanying cut represents the chart in use. | 5 | Size of Chart, 2 fect wide by 3 feet high, made of hard | wood, elegantly finished. The feet are so constructed as | to be removable at will, and when removed the frame can | be hung up on the wall or in the window. The letters | Express.......-.+--2--2e00 7:00 p m are 2 inches in height, kept in a strong, neat box contain- | ing labeled appartments foreach letter. tains over 300 letters, figures and characters. Tosetupa | Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- Each box con- THE CHART Can be set up more rapidly than it can be printed. | Steamboat Express....... Sent to any address on receipt of price. Make all Post Office Orders, etc., to Albion, Mich. Agent wanted in United States and Canada. Se we Hed Gortright, Gell Agt, Duck Lake, Mich, Puta & Brooks, Oranges, Bananas, Figs, Dates, Wholesale Manufacturers of PURE CAND AND DEALERS IN NUTS, mT C. Lemons, THE COOLEY GAN,’ Improved by the Lockwood Patent. Used in the creamery for butter only, they iy paid the patronsin July, 1884, 60e and the skim- med milk per 100 bs. Lowest price of the year. In the creamery for gathered cream they paid the patrons from l5e to 27c per cream gauge for the year 1884. In the factory for but- ter and cheese they paid the patrons $1.75 per 100 bs. average, for the season. They show better results in dollars and cents thamanything yet invented. Write foractual work- nN ming figures furnished seat by successful creamery men of known reputation, who have used them as above. JOHN BOYD, Sole Manufacturer, 199 LAKE S8T., CHICAGO. QUE A (“smash up the clothes boiler,” “throw away the wash-board,” “wash without labor’) Soap; A (grand piano, gold wate A (towel, napkin, dish-rag, o ‘A (here to-day and gone to-morrow) Soap; is not A (sell a quarter of a box, and have tried “QUEEN ANN to handle it. DETROIT SOAP EN ANNE SOA IS NOT is not Big and lasting tradg. CoO.’S bp, house and lot with every bar, ‘save the wrappers”) Soap; is not | dry goods store thrown in) Soap; is not | the balance left on your hands) Soap; BUT IS The very best article in laundry and general family Soap ever put on the market. Good margins to dealers. SOAP,” buy a sample box and you will always continue Grocers, if you have never CODY, BALL & CO, Wholesale Agents for “Queen Anne’’and all | of Detroit Soap Co.’s Standard Brands. Grand Rapids. | avoiding transfers. | The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has | Drawing Room and Psrlor Car for Detroit, | reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 | a. m., and Boston 3:65 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4p. m. daily except Every person on the street will read what you have to Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- | ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J.T. ScHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. Chicago & West Michigan. eaves. Arrives, | CMa 8. 57. 9:15am 4:05pm | *Day Express........... ...12:25pm 11:15pm | *Night Express............ 9:35pm 6:00am | *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 on9:15 a.m. and 9:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. | Leaves. Arrives. EN PEGSS. 42... 4 oes eo 4:15pm 4:04 pm | BESOReSS ....<....... 2... 5. <.- 8:05am 11:11am | All trains arrive and depart from Union De- pot. The Northernterminus of this Divisionis at ' Baldwin, where close connection is made with | FR. & P.M. trains to and from Ludington and | Manistee. | J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. . B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. 7:35 @ mm Wa es ee 9:35 a m 4:00 p m All trains daily except Sunday. The otrain leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and line, place the upper edge of the letters in the groove in| Boston without change. the under edge of a slat in the frame and allow the letter | to settle down in the groove in the upper edge of the | special New York Express on Main {uine. The train leaving at 7:35 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches can be secured at Union Ticket office, | 67 Monre street and depot. | J. W. McKENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. 6:20am +ihroush Matlo........-..- 10:10am 10:20am +Evening Express......... 3:20pm 3:35pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 a m GOING WEST. +Morning' Express......... 12:40pm 12:55 pm Ehrough Matl............ 5:10pm 5:15pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:40 p m SMibxed 2. -:. 2... 52. 7:10am *Night Express............. 5:10am 5:30am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:20 a. m. Express make close connegtions at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. eo Cars on Mail Trains, both East and est. 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 Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. PoTtrER, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 8:45 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 7:00am 10:25a m Leaves. 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. 4:08pm 6:15pm Mackinac & Ft. WayreEx..10:25am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm 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. Trainleaving at 16:25 a.m. has eae Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse ity. South—Train leaving at 4:35p.m.bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. Cc. L. LocKWwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. | GOING | 8 30/Dep. ....St. Ignace....Ar.|c9 00) 6 30 NC GOING ae STATIONS. i | Ac. | Ex. Ac. | Ex. | \P M. | fo | 4 50) Ar. Ishpeming Dep.| 1 30) PM.| 4 40)........ Negaunee......... 140,AM, | 6 50| 3 30|........ Marquette ........ | 2 20) 7 30 3 08) 1 27) oo Reedsboro...... al 4 19)11 05 112 00! 4 ee | § 45; 1 10 11012 15 anes Al 5 30(12 40 | 11 251 02) Bo acy Newbury ........ 6 38} 2 40 | 7 30|A M.| PM | | a aa Mackinaw City Dep.} 9 30 | iPM «| 7 gen: Grand Rapids __—_ Finding a Bed of Natural Soap. From the Cleveland Leader. The latest discovery isa vast deposit of natural soap near Corning, in Ohio. As the story runs, a party of hunters in the “Big Woods” built a fire against a rocky hillside, for the purpose of preparing a meal. The heat split off a large fragment of solid stone, and to their great surprise a slippery sub- stance of a dirty yellowish color began to run from little perforations on the face of the rock. This substance had a consistency similar to that of molasses in cold weather. After gathering a quantity of the stuff, the discoverers managed to stop the outflow. Samples are said to have been sent to lead- ing chemists throughout the country, who, with one accord, pronounced it nearly a pure article of soap. Scientists suggest that this deposit is owing toa combination of lakes of potash and rivers of essential oils within the subterranean caverns underlying the great coal treasures of Southern Ohio. The story sounds like one of Baron Munchausen’s tales, yet itis said thata company witha capital of $200,000 is being formed to work this natural soap mine. > -2—__ Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. The Ovid creamery will begin operations April 27. Wm. Dorgan, of Strathroy, Ontario, has been engaged as cheese maker by E. J. Say- age, of Coopersville. Mr. Savage expects to begin operations about May 10. At the tenth annual meeting of the pat- rons of the Sparta Cheese Factory Associa- tion, the following officers were elected: President, John Gillan; Secretary, L. E. Ellis; Treasurer and Salesman, A. E. John- son. Anagreement was entered into between the proprietor and patrons of the factory to make and market the cheese for $1.70 per ewt. The factory is to begin operations May 3. —_—_—_—<_2<.___ The Grocery Market. Trade has been good and collections fair during the past week. The market has been very steady, with the exception of pickles, which are alittle lower, and tomatoes, which are firmer. Jas. 8. Kirk & Co. sent a rep- resentative to this market last week and compelled every jobber to sign an iron-clad contract, agreeing not to sell the soaps of that house less than the card rate. A viola- tion of this agreement renders it obligatory on the manufacturer to refuse to sell the re- fractory parties. > Smoked White Fish. We are now prepared to furnish dealers with Fresh Smoked White Fish. We are smoking about one tona week. We also handle Boneless Cod and Smoked Halibut in 40 pound boxes. Any order for anything special in our line of fish and oysters will re- ceive prompt attention. CoLE & EMERY, Baltimore Fish and Oyster Market, 37 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ~ 2 < - A bottle, to which a large bunch of bi- valves had grown, was fished up recently by a Baltimore oyster man. Inside the bottle was a fish too large to get out of its mouth. It is supposed that the fish went into the bottle, and either liked its quarters so well that it tarried too long, or before it could find its way out had grown so large as to nearly fill the bottle. The bottled fish will be sent to the Smithsonian Institute. —_—_<-0 Mirrors of 100 square feet of surface are manufactured in France with but little more difficulty than is experienced in making those of ordinary sizes. ————__—> 94> Dealers wishing seeds of any kind are re- ferred to the advertisement of the Grand Rapids Seed Store, in another column of this issue. The Usual Way. “Call again,” he said to the grocer; “Call again another day.” The grocer pocketed his bill And sadly turned away. “He’s busted,”’ said the grocer; “Plat broke, alack-a-day ! He is an honest customer— Too bad he cannot pay.” The grocer took his wife that night To see a four-bit play; But in a fifty-dollar box Sat the man who couldn’t pay.” oo The day of the oyster is passing away, His season is up on the first of May: But let this thought give us comfort and cheer; ‘Beans are in season throughout the year. —Boston Courier. A Russo-English war just now, Would prove a handsome treat, By making business boom all ’round, And raise the price of wheat. —Merchant Traveler. Never put off till to-morrow That which you can do to-day; For the man who is solvent at present To-morrow may be in a bad way. ———-o- <> THE OLD RELIABLE. The Star Flouring Mills Again in Opera- tion. The Star flouring mills, which have been shut down most of tho time during the past sixteen weeks, on account of the prevalence of high water, started ap again last week | and are now in active operation, running at their full capacity. During the shut-down, the mill has been thoroughly overhauled in all its various departments, and every im- provement made which would tend to in- crease the manufacturing capacity or im- prove the quality of the product turned out. The well-known brands of this mill—‘‘ Our Patent,” ‘Star,’ ‘Golden Sheaf” and “ Ladies’ Delight’? are known to nearly every deajgr in Michigan, and invariably give the best satisfaction. Indeed, the su- perior reputation of these brands has been clearly demonstrated during the recent shut- down, as many dealers have refused to han- dle any other goods, claiming that none could be obtained which would give such universal satisfaction as the products of the Star mills. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—Baldwins, russets and other stand- ard varieties readily command $3.25@$3.50. Beans—Unpicked command 75@90c, and choice picked find good shipping demand at $1.25@$1.35. Butter—Dairy finds slow sale at 16@lic for choice rolls, while an inferior article is to be had in endless variety at from 8@12c. Butterine—Solid packed creamery com- mands 22e, while dairy is quoted at 14@l5c for solid packed, and 15@l17. Clover Seed—Good local shipping demand. Dealers quote choice recleaned at $6. Cabbages—$5@$8 # 100. Very little moving. Cheese—Michigan full cream readily com- mands 12@13%e, while skim find occasional sale at from 9%@10ce. Cider—12%e @ gal. for common sweet and 15¢ for sand refined. Cranberries—Bell and bugle firm at $14 ® bbl. and $3.75@$4.25 # crate, according to size. Dried Apples—Evaporated, 7@8&c; common quarters, 4@4%e. Eggs—Very plentiful and coming in very freely, dealers holding present stocks at 12c. Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at 18@14c. Hay—Builed, $18@$14. Onions—$3.25@3.50 @ bbl. for yellow or red. Pop Corn—Very scarce, the supply not being equal to the demand. Choice commands 4 cents. Potatoes—Competition among buyers, and not increased demand or higher prices in the South, has forced the price up to 35@40c, at which price considerable quantities are being purchased and shipped. None of the heavier buyers, however, are making contracts for any length of time ahead, as the future of the mar- ket is very uncertain. Poultry—Very scarce. Fowls, 9@10c. Chick- ens, 12@13e. Turkeys, 4c. : Turnips—25e ® bu. Timothy—Good shipping demand, dealers holding at $1.80 for choice. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—4e higher. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 94; Fulse, 91; Clawson, 92c. Corn—Jobbing generally at 55¢ in 100 bu. lots and 52¢ in carlots. Oats—W hite, 45¢ in small lots and 41¢ in car- lots. Rye—d8e # bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 @ cwt. Flour—Unchanged. Fancy Patent, $6 # bbl. in sacks and $6.25 in wood. Straight, $5 8 bbl. in sacks and $5.25 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 # bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 ® ton. Bran, $16 #@ ton. Ships, $17 ® ton. Middlings, $18 # ton. Corn and Oats, $22 # ton. Grand Rapids Grain & Seed Co SEED MERCHANTS. WAREHOUSES: "TOR? 71 Canal St., and Cor. oe Ionia and Williams 71 CANAL ST. Streets. GRAND RAPIDS, April 21, 1885. DEAR Srrs—Below we hand you jobbing prices for to-day: Clover, Choice recleaned.......... 60 Ib bu 6 00 Oh a ee es - 5 %5 oe Oo eee ea 7 5 50 * Mammoth Prime........... og 6 25 ee WHITE. : ose e ees. 200 Bb * 12 00 | ARISES ooo es ; 200 Bb *§ 12 00 ** Alfalfa or Lucerne 2ic# tb ‘ 15 06 Timothy, Choice....:.......... 45 th bu 1 75@1 80 12 OPTUS 8 170 Mungariau (Grass... 5... ss soe 48 Ib bu 1 00 Millet, Comm. 8 ee 1 00 . SSOVINAN 6205.5 55. 6.5. ee 1 % ROG TOR oo eee se ee ee 14 tb bu 80 BSI ISPRRB os oe ek e 2 00 Orenarg GYASs....:... 6s... a: of 2 50 BNCKWOCRU o.oo. 48Tb bu 1 00 Pens, White Field............5..2.. 601 bu 1 245 HG; WIE. es 56 th bu 85 eo IAI eo a 1 00 WV ROCRL, SITIRS. 60s i es 1 25 BAvICY, CORE... oe ss. 48 tb bu 90 Corn, Yellow Yankee.............. d5$tb bu 1 2 of AGG ASIA. 2 ok sb i ce se i 1 25 POP A906 obese ee os. ies oe Onions, Bits VeuUOW o.: oo: oo 5 00 Hs English Multipliers.............. 4 50 Prices on Rape, Canary, Hemp and all other seeds on application. The above prices are free on board cars in lots of 5 or more bags at a time, Cartage on smaller quantities. We also carry the largest line of Garden Seeds in Bulk of any house in the State west of Detroit, and would be pleased at any time to quote you prices. All Field Seeds are spot Cash on receipt of goods. SPECIAL NOTICE—To avoid disappoint- ment, please note that above prices are for to-day only; subject market fluctuations. Orders will be filled low as market on arrival. Will make firm offers by wire when requested. W, T. LAMOREAUX, Agt. . se tA7 | ad ©. , WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. Praver’s..........-.... 80|Paragon ........ pr Diamon Paragon, 25 fb pails 1 20 MGOGOE.. ......2.. .3 25> 5D BAKING POWDER. Arctic % beans.... 45/Arctic 1b cans....2 40 Arctic 4 beans.... 75) Arctic 5 cans....12 00 Arctic 4% tecans. . 1 40} BLUING. Dry. NO: 2)... -.. 5220. e sa doz. 25 Wry NO: 8. 266 oe cs se cies ss code oo doz. 45 Liquid, 4 02,...........22+0----- eee doz. 35 Liquid, 8 OZ. .........0 eee eee eee es doz. 65 Aretie 4 O4< .... .2.. 6. os ee eee ® gross 4 00 FAPOCTIC 8 OF 5 as Sa on ole oh oe 3 wh ve ee wee 8 00 ANCICIBG OZ: oo seek ces sce ce teenie 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box.............-+--+-- 2 00 Arctic No. 2 r BO Gas dc cacao 3 00 Arctie No. 3 st Seer ee eae 4 50 BROOMS. No. 1Carpet......., 2 50INo.'2 Hurl.......... 175 No. 2Carpet....... *2 25|Fancy Whisk....... 100 No.1 Parlor Gem..2 75|CommonWhisk.... 75 Nod Hurl). :....2.: 2 00 CANNED FISH. Clams, 1 h standards.............--+++-+-- 1 40 Clams, 2 standards............-+---+-+6- 2 65 Clam Chowder, 31............---- Slo ae 2 Cove Oysters, 1 i standards.............. 110 Cove Oysters, 2 tb standards............. 1 90 Cove Oysters, 1 slack filled............. 75 Cove Oysters, 2 i slack filled.............. 1 05 Lobsters, 1 th picnic. ........-.--- eee eee 1 75 Lobsters, 1 tb star...........6 2. ee eee eee ees 2 25 Lobsters, 2 D Star... ....-. 22. eee eet eee 3 10 Mackerel, 1 ib fresh standards............ 100 Mackerel, 5 t fresh standards............ 6 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 tb........... 3 25 Mackerel,3 tin Mustard.................- 3 25 Mackerel, 3 ib broiled............---.+++++- 3 25 Salmon, 1 i Columbia river............- ..1 55 Salmon, 2 i Columbia river......... ieee. 2 60 Salmon, 1 Sacramento................-- 1 35 Sardines, domestic 148.......-------2+++++- Sardines, domestic 48.........---++-+--+- 13% Sardines, Mustard 14S...........-+-.-++0++ Lv Sardines, imported 48...........-+++2+++- 14% Sardines, imported 48..........-.2++-.0- 20 Sardines, imported 4s, boneless.......... 32 Trot, sib DEOOK...........-...-.-----..- 215 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 } standards ......... Dees 90 Apples, gallons, standards, RIC. ss 5s 2 50 Blackberries, standards...........-----+6+ 1 05 Blackberries, Erie...........0---.-02-eeee- 1 45 Blackberries, Hamburg..........-...---+- 155 Cherries, Erie, red.............--eee ee ee eee 1 00 Cherries, Erie,white wax...........-.-+++- 1% Cherries, red standard............-..++--- 1 00 WAMSOUS 25 8. 6. se ee 1 00 Egg Plums, standards ...............+++- 1 40 Green Gages, standards 2 B........-..---. 1 40 Green Gages, Erie............---- sees reese 1 50 Peaches, Extra Yellow ..........-.----. 22-8 40 Peaches, standards..........---.--+: 1 7@1 95 Peaches, SCCONdS.......-..-- eee ee eee ees 1 50 Pineapples, Erie........-.-.---.222 cress 2 20 Pineapples, standards..........-.-++.++-5- 170 Quinces ..... eee oe eee i 45 Raspberries, Black, Mme! es coe. 1 45 Raspberries, Black, Hamburg............ it 80 Raspberries, Red, Erie..............+--+-: 1 35 Strawberries, Erie...........-2. cece cece ees 1 30 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Apricots, Lusk’s.. .2 40)/Pears...........---- 3 CO Egg Plums......... 2 50;Quinces............ 2 90 Grapes...........-- 2 50 Peaches Soe oe 3 00 Green Gages....... 2 50) CANNED VEGETABLES. ae Asparagus, Oyster Bay........-.-.--s00++- 8 25 Beans, Lima, Erie............-..---eeee ee 1 20 Beans, String, Erie .. ..........-.. eee e ees 1 05 Beans, Lima, standard............-....++- 85 Beans, Stringless, Erie... ......-....--+-+- 95 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked............-. 1 60 Gorn, Erie.....-.....-...-.--.---..---+---- 1 15 Corn, Red Seal..............+--- eee cece eee 95 (orm Acme. ............----... 1 ---5)- +s. 1 10 Corn, Revere........-....-...-------------- 110 Corn, Camden.........:.....--------»-+---: 1 00 Mushrooms, French, 100 in case......... 22 00 Peas, French, 100 in case ............----- 23 00 Peas, Marrofat, standard...............--- 1 70 Peas, Beaver..........- ....------:----- «5 90 Peas, early small, sifted...............--+- 1/80 3 Pumpkin, 3 tb Golden.......-..--.+.--.+++- £2 95 Squash, Hrie ............-......---.-.+2-0+- 1 10 Succotash, Hrie....2..5.-.4......-.:--.-.-. 1 20 Succotach. standard. .......:..........-.-- 90 Tomatoes, Red Seal.....................+- 1 00 CHOCOLATE. BOSON = 36... - 3s. 36|German Sweet.......25 Baers 6.022... se- 38) Vienna Sweet ....... 2 WMKICS!) 2.2. 5.2.2 Le 35) COFFEE. : Green Rio...... 9@13 |Roasted Mex. ..17@20 GreenJava..... 17@27 i|Ground Rio.... 9@16 Green Mocha. ..23@25 |Arbuckle’s..... @i44 Roasted Rio....l0@15_ | XM ....... O44 Roasted Java ..28@30 |Dilworth’s ..... @14%4 Roasted Mar...17@18 /|Levering’s..... @14%4 Roasted Mocha.28@30 |Magnolia....... @i44% CORDAGE. : 72 foot Jute ..... 125 |72 foot Cotton....2 25 60 foot Jute..... 1 00 (60 foot Cotton....2 00 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (50 foot Cotton....1 7 FISH. Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 75 Cou WHOie........-. 22. sss... 472@o OGOd BONGICES.- 2... seeks ee 6@" Cod, pickled, % bbls................-- e000 3 50 Ria 2 cs 12 Herring % bbIs.............0-- eee eee ee es 2 50 Herring, Scaled... 25... ee 18@2 ermane, Holland: ........-......-.-....-: 75 ackerel, No. 1, % bbls...............---.- 5 50 Mackerel, No. 1, 12 Ib kits................. 1 00 Mackerel, No. 1,shore, % bbls........... 6 25 Mackerel, No. 1, shore, kits............... 1 90 Bland: 44 00) 2.002 te 2 50 Trout, NO: 1, %4 bbIS......-... ......:-.-- 4 40 Trout, NO. t, 12 I kits... 62... .s....- s- 90 White, No. 1,% bbls ...................-.-. 7 00 White, Family, % bbls...................6- 2 50 White, No. 1, 10 Ib kits....................- 90 White; No.1; 12 ib kiis....:.-.........-.-.. 1 06 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Vanilla. Jeumines’ 207. -..5... 66:26. # doz.100 1 40 ee BOM ee ise eat oce > 150 250 ee O02 2. 250 400 tf ROU Se 350 5 00 = NO: 2 Taper. 2. .2..1... 125 1450 $$ NO: 4 88 175 3 00 ‘* % pint YOUNG... ........ .. 450 750 De 1 A ee eee $00 15 00 - INOS 8.6 352.455. Re 3800 4 25 ae NO. 100 ee 425 6 FRUITS Apples, Michigan:..................... 444@b Apples, Dried, evap., bbls............. @7, Apples, Dried, evap., box.............. @8% Cherries, dried, pitted................. @16 OUnOa oe ee @25 (OUTTA DUS. os is So ees es es eae ie @4% Peaches, GTICd .¢.. 6.5... os. oe ee Ra@18 Pineapples, standards................ @1 70 Prunes, Turkey, new.............-..05 5@5% Prunes, French, 50 boxes........... 10@13 Raisins, Valencias..................... @9% Maising: OUOGATAS.. 2.0.5 .....5...0-656: @12%4 Raisins, Sultanas........... Ses 8 @l10 Raisins, Loose Muscatels,............ @2 55 Raisins, London Layers............... @3 20 Raisins, Dehesias....................-: @A4 25 Raisins, California Layers............ @2 40 Raisins, California Muscatels......... QR 2% KEROSENE Of. Water White...... 12% | Legal Test....... 10% MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 9, square................ 1 75 Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 50 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 2 2d Grand Haven, No. 800, parlor.............. 3 50 Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 2 25 WOGNIKORD NOs oe es a ee 110 Osnicosn: No, 8... 56 36 ce. 1 60 SaveGiGh 26 ee 75 Richardson’s No. 2 square.................- 2 70 Richardson’s No. 6 OO oe eee 2 70 Richardson’s No. 8 GO: 1a Richardson’s No. 9 GO eo ae Richardson's NO; 19, dO) 2. .22555...2.6. 1%} MOLASSES, BIRCK SiN. soe sss ee es 14@16@18 POVtO FICO ooo es sa ee en ie oe oak 28@30 New Orleans, £000... ... 06. 25... cs 38@42 Now Orleans, Choice...... 0.2.2... os seseee 48@50 New Orleans, fancy.... ve OR@SD l% bbls. 8e extra. OATMEAL. Steel cut. ..;...... 6 00/Quaker, 48 Tbs...... 2 35 Steel Cut, % bblis...3 25|Quaker, 60 Ibs...... 2 50 Rolled Oats........ 8 60|Quaker bbls........ 6 50 PICKLES. Choicein barrels med........... ....e. cece f DO Choice in 4% QO ee ee 27) PIPES. Imported Clay 3 gross................. 2 95@38 00 Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross........ @2 2 Imported Clay, No. 216, 24% gross...... @\ 85 American TaD. eos ves eas @ 9% RICE. Good Garolina...... 6 JAR 64@6% Prime Carolina..... O44) PAM oon dace ieee 6 Choice Carolina..... 7 |Rangoon....... 54@6% Good Louisiana..... 5%|Broken.............- 3% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... 54%|Dwight’s............ 54 CRUTCIR ws): 54\Sea Foam..........- 5% Taylor’s G. M....... 5144\Cap Sheaf........... 5% Lavine, single boxes, 481 i papers... @4 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481i pap’rs @é4 25 Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. @4 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 0z pap @é4 25 SALT. 60 Pocket, F F Dairy.................. 2 30 Pe POCKOD. oo ie sc kweli 2 20 J0G3 H pockets. 25.0.0 6. oko eec ee eee ee 2 50 MURIRAW PING 0 Ui oases yoke a os oes 98 PIRINONE Oe re elec ea eee ok 1 60 Standard Coarse...:.............000. : 1 55 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 75 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 75 American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... 25 MOCK, OVUSUCIS.( 800 eo, a0 SAUCES. Parisian, 4 pints: 0.25... @2 90 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ % Pepper Sauce, preen................0.. @ 90 Pesper Sauce, red large ring:......... @1 35 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 70 Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @1 00 Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 35 Horseradish, % pints.................. @1 00 Horseradish, pints. ..:......-.0..6..22. @1 30 Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, large....... @4 85 Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, small...... @2 90 SOAP. Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen Anne....... @A4 85 ee oe &) Cameo: @3 30 se ef Monday .......... 2. @3 45 - a ' Mascots 2.250 oe: @3 45 oe “ _ * Superior,601b bars @3 60 Kirk’s American Family ............ 3 60 GO: IMG oe ee 3 30 GO: (Savon seo 315 do, Satimet ..° 3 30 GO: ROVCRUC ee 315 do. White Russian......0........ 4 85 Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory ........... 6 75 do Japan Olive...... 2 80 do. Town Talk......... 3 60 do. Golden Bar........ 4 10 do. ATED coco 3 35 do. AMDCP. .2. 055.2... 3 60 : do. Mottled German.. 3 60 Procter & Gamble’s Velvet............ @3 15 Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck....... @3 20 Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 00 BAG Cer cee 60s @ 6% Galvanic eo. @4 05 Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 bb br @18% MID PLOD ees dbbar @ 16 ward's White Tily...........5..252.. 1. @6 75 Mandkerchiet: yes 6606. se. @A4 20 ADDIS ee 5 25 © MICH REO sos 4 00 PSU ee 5 00 IMAENOLIC. 62.0500. 4 10 New French Process.................. 4 50 SPOOM i 5 00 Amti-Washboard 2.20. 6055.0 60506. 5 00 Waterland .. oe. 3 25 MAGIC. 0.66. : ea Sen kee Soe 4 00 IPIGESDUTON or ee ee: 4 00 SPICES. Ground. Whole. Pepper ss. 16@25|/Pepper ea @19 AMIspiCce . 5. 3... 12@15| Alspice.......... 8@10 Cinnamon........ 18@30/Cassia ............ @10 Cloves! 22.2.0)... 15@25|Nutmegs ........ 60@65 Ginger ........2.- 16@20\Cloves ........... @18 Mustard.......... 15@30) Cayenne ......... 25@35| i : STARCH. Kingsford’s, 1 tb pkgs., pure............ @6% : 3 ib pkes:, pure... 2... @6%4 ‘ 1 tb pkgs., Silver Gloss.... @S8 a 6 tb pkgs., gs eo OSS bs 1 i pkgs., Corn Starch.... @8 : (Bulk) Ontario............ @5 Muzzy Gloss 1 tb boxes.................. @6 ce fo dD DOXOS.. 660 @d% a = O1D DOXeS.(.. 0...) . Soe e. @6% “ CO pul @4% Conny 20m. eee @6% a PAO Dee @6\4 Gilbert's Gloss; 1 1b.) @b% ca me GID ne eee @6 Eimen Gloss,3 b..... 1... @5% “ Crystal <¢ (bulk) @4 “ Comm, Pe @6 SUGARS. Cue Og ee @ 6% Cubes @ 6% Powdereds 0s 654@ 634 Granulated, Standard................. @6 31 Granulated, Palisade.................: @6 18 Confectionery Aly. @5 94 Standard Ay ae @ 5% Extra @ White; @ 553 ee @ 5% GO @ 5% oor. @5 SYRUPS. Cor, Barrels... 26 Com, +2 bpIg- i. 28 Corn, (U gallon keoes. @ 32 Com, > callon kegs... 5) @1 66 Corn, 4% gallonkegs................... @1 45 | Pure Sugar bbl 28@ 35 | Pure Sugar Drips.........0.... % bbl 380@ 38 Pure Sugar Drips........:.. 5galkegs @l1 9%6 Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... %bbl @ 85 Pure Loaf Sugar. ........ .5g¢al kegs @1 85 TEAS. Japan Ordinary 6063. 22@25 Japa LAIT LO POOR. ks). 30@35 DOPE MNO. ee 40@50 SADA GUSH ete 15@20 Young yson). 0. a a 30@50 GuUlPOWCErM. ce 35@50 ee 38@55@60" CONGO oo aoe ea 25@30 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. State Seal............ 60| Atlas Bee e etc esecces 35 Prairie Flower....... 65 Royal Game.......... 38 Climber... 20.1)... 62\Mule Far............. 65 Indian Queen........ 60|/Fountain............. 74 Bull Dog... 2... ..:. 60;/Old Congress......... 64 Crown Leaf..... .... 66'Good Luck........... 52 Matchless ............ 65|Blaze Away....... 35 Hiawatha ............ 67 Hair Lifter........... 30 GIODG 6.6. sce. coe, “0, Governor eS a 60 May Flower.......... 70;Fox’s Choice........ 63 HCLO a. 45|Medallion ............ 3d Old Abe. ..49|\Sweet Owen.......... 66 PLUG. Piper Heidseick. -. 22... 6235.00... @62 PUNO ee, @A0 Chocolate Cream... 3. .....2....0.00.0.0. @46 WOOdCOCK 6.0050 6306000. @46 Iemipintsof DaDOn. os.) ook sce @46 Arap, 2xigand Ay 062253. eee. @46 Biaek Bear: (0000... eos oe @37 WD ee, @46 Old Bive Cent Times... .:.........2...; @38 mrune Nugeett; 121.26. 6... scl. @62 POUTOU see oct. eee oes ee ede. @A6 OlICRMC @38 Pramway...........- eee: See oS @AS8 GIOTV ee oleae. @46 VERN SIN s @48 Silver COM 222 @50 Buster (Dark. 30.00.66 0 lees @36 Black Prince [Dark] :....:...26...0 6.5 @36 Black Hacer [Dark]..:........5....... @36 Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @A6 COU ee ek. @46 . HMOIQJHABD (oe @A6 McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @A6 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 fb cads....... @51 Cock of the Walk 68................... Q@3T INODDY PWiSt. 2.2.00. ee ae. @46 INTNPOR i a , , @46 PRBORIN coe Goose ogee ua ke Ab CYCRCONE 7 ooo. es ee es. Le @44 INC OX ee @35 Binbk Basse ee ec @40 Spring... .0.. 5... Me ee ee @46 Gyayuinne oe ee. @46 DUA CKINAW: 6. oe cer ae. ale, @A45 NEOPSO SHOOS: oe be ia odo ee cca eet es 44 ain Watters sk, @36 and: Dy WidGlke 2 oe, ea oa @36 McAlpin’s Green Shield............... @A6 mece Hiph, black. o...- 6. 0s. ecco. @35 PalOrs *SOlMCO......c.. eee ese. @46 2e. less in four butt lots. . SMOKING Tramway, 3 0Z....... 40;\Uncle Sam........... 28 Ruby, cut Cavendish 35 Lumberman .........25 OSS) ices ce a 15 Railroad Boy......... 38 Peck’s Sun......:.... 18)/Mountain Rose....... 18 Miners and Puddlers.28, Home Comfort.......25 Morning Dew........ SOIOlG WA. coe... 55 Chan 2 oe. 22 Seal of North Caro- Peerless 2. 2.50.....5 Pl “ina, 2 07. ........: 48 Standard ..5...5. 54... 22|Seal of North Caro- Old Tom 2.2.0... 21| Ving, £07... .. 26. 46 Nom & JOrry.......:-; 24\Seal of North Caro- POROD 6 032.3550 cece, gol lima, 807,0.:.. 252... 41 esveler oo 326i ..2.5 35|Seal of North Caro- Malden. oo 226 l. ea. 25) lina, 16 oz boxes....40 Pickwick Club....... AD Big Deal... 223... . 27 Nigger Head.......... 26|Apple Jack........... 24 Holland . 3.50. 420.5 22| King Bee, longeut.. .22 German .2..... 65.2 16|Milwaukee Prize... .24 Solid Comfort........ SolRattler..2.20..... 3 28 Red Clover. .........82/ Windsor cut plug....25 Long TOM. ..,.......5 WOIZCLO. foo. oc. son cose: 16 National ............. 26| Holland Mixed.......16 THONG o.oo. eee: 26|Golden Age.......... 75 Conqueror ..........- 23|Mail Pouch.......... 25 GraViNe oo. oes acess 32|/Knights of Lakor....30 Seal Skin.............380| Free Cob Pipe........ 2% Rob Roy....... eas 26| SHORTS. GlOBGs es 21| Hiawatha tee cea: 22 Mule Har........:.:.. 23,Old Congress......... 23 VINEGAR. Pure Cider..... . 8@12 White Wine...... 8@12 WASHING POWDERS. TOCH SING 65ers a cs eo we aes @3 5 EE ED as ose Goud we de eee ou reslecs @10% Gillett’ 6 Wo. ek isa cco ace sees @ 1% Poeariine @ DOK: on 6. si ear e ee. @4 50 Lavine, single boxes, 80 % tb papers... @4 15 Lavine, 5 ormore boxes, 80% h paprs @4 00 Soapine, NO. 1... ee @3 60 Soapine, No. 2.......... Dee arcu ea @3 Boapimie; NOS... oo ccc ie. @A 20 YEAST. Twin Bros....... 165 |Wilsons .......... 1 65 MEARIG so: 175 |National ......... 1 65 MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported .................. 95 do (ATNOCVICAR 2.5. 2260: 60 Barle@v oe @3 Burners. NO. 1 00 do INO. 2 ee 1 50 Condensed Milk, Eagle brand....... a 8 00 Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ib cans......... 15@25 Candles: Star... @13% Candles, Hotel...... Gece e cok ae @14 Hxtract Coffee, VC... 3... 0.0... @80 do B@He 6s 6a. ae. 1 25 Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @30 Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. aaa @40 Oat NOG co eo oe 30@35 EFOMUEnY, 2 DD @A 00 Rens. Green Bush... 1... @1 35 Peas, Split prepared................. ee @ 34 bowder, Kes G3 5» Powder % Keg. @1 93 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Straight, 25 Ib boxes................... 9@9% Twist, GO 944@10 Cut Loaf GO) @l2 a ee ; MIXED. OVA. 20 1D Pallssi 94%@10 Royal, 200 Obis...... 2.) 4 Mexbras 25.1 pails... 6. ss 1@iY% Extra, 200 ib bbis........ Se 1@10% Mreneh Cream, 251) patls.................... 13 shoe lent, > = GaSCS ee 13 woken, 20 1D pails: 2... 6.5. ll@1us Broken, 200 I DDIS/... 6 Uo © 1080 FANCY—IN 5 tb BOXES. MemonuuDrops. 0 14 SOUP Drops 0200 8: 1d Peppermint Props...... ...-.......62.. 2... 15 @nocolate Drops... 8... 16 HM Chocolate Drops....................... 20 Gum Drops) (23 10 Mieorice DIOps.. .) 66. 20 AB Eicoriee DEOps.. 1 2 Lozenges, plain..... pee ee Occ ca oa aun. Jd hozenges, printed. .-)....... 16 mperigigns ee 15 IMOULOCS ce 15 Cream Bar i 14 Molasses Bare 13 @aramels. 2 Hand Made reams: ............25......... 2.20 Bini Oreams 40 i7 Decorated Creams 2.06. 22 Derm e ROC. oe 15 Burnt AlMOnGs.) 0. 22 Wintergreen Berries........... 2... ee 15 FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... 2Y4@13 Lozenges, plain in bbls................ 11%@12 Lozenges, printed in pails............. Is4@l4 Lozenges, printed in bbls............. 12%@138 Chocolate Drops, in pails.............. 13 @14 Gum Drops in pails... ... 6... 744@8 Gum Drops, mM DDIS. 2... 8. 6% Moss Drops, in pails................... 104@11% Moss Drops, in bbIS.................0..0. 00. 9 Sour Drops, im pails...) .. 2.1... ok, 2 Imperials; in pails. .........:.....0...: 18@ 14 Imyperiais mm DbIS..:...........5.....-. @12 FRUITS. Bananas, Aspinwall................... 2 50@4 00 Oranges, Messina and Palermo....... 3 00@3 50 Oranges, California.............. ...3 00@3 50 lemons, GCholee, ...... 06... 6... 3 50@4 00 Memons fancy... 6. 4 25@4 50 Figs, layers new, # ................. @1l2% Figs, baskets 40 tb @ tb................. @ 8 Dates, frails QO. DM 4 Dates, 4 do dQ 2s ee. @ 6 IDSCeS, SN 8c. @4 Dates, skin. @ 5 Dates, Fard 10 tb box ® h............. 8146 9 Dates, Fard 50 ib box # .............- “@7 Dates, Persian 50 tb box # tb........... @ 6% PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw #@ tb.................. 4% Choice do GO @ 5 Fancy do 40. 54G 5% Choice White, Vacdo .................. 5@ 5% Haney HP, Va dO ...0)... 06... 6 @ 6% NUTS. Almonds, Terragona, # fb............. 17@18 Brazils, GO 2.5. 22... t@ 8% Pecons. Qos. 9@12 Filberts, Sicily GOS 0. 12w4@14 Walnuts, Grenobles do ............. 12%@15 Walnuts, French OF ec ee eas M4@lk% HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as folLows: HIDES. Green....@b6 @ 6%|Calf skins, green Part cured... 7 @7%| orcured.... @10 Fulleured.... 8 @ 84|Deacon skins, Dry hides and % piece..... 20 @d50 Eps): ....... 8 @12 SHEEP PELTS. Shearling or Sum- jHallpelts......... 30@50 mer skins #% pcel0@20|Winter pelts...60@i 00 WOOL. Fine washed # tb 20@22|Unwashed........ 2-3 Coarse washed...16@18!Tallow ........... 54 SKINS. Bear. 2.25: @12 J0|Muskrat..... 2@ 10 Fisher ...... 2 00@ 4 00\Otter........ 1 00@ 4 00 Fox, red..... 25@ 1 00|Raccoon..... 5@ 7 Fox, gray... 15@ 1 00/Skunk ...... b@ %% Martin ...... 25@ 1 00) Beaver, ® t.1 00@ 2 25 Mink ovo. .0.. 5@ 40, Deer, Pb... 10@ 30 OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. New York Counts. -......2.....-..-.....-...... 35 Bed. De SOlOCES ooo.) ooo soe ee 32 DOlCCGS eee coo 28 Wo es ee ce 22 Stan@arG foes. 20 FRESH FISH. Cogtishs 9 ROI OCK ce cece eal cee. < SIMC@HS = 10 Mackinaw Prouts..020.......2.0 122.5... cc. 8 MACK eRGl ooo oe oe ea 12 WRICCHSH: 00062 oe ooo 9 FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the prices as follows: trade selling INresh Beer Sides... os... 02.) 66... ss 6 @8 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ i @38% Dressed: HOSS... oo. ee 54@ 6 Mutton, G&rGHSSES...:..-......22.-.-<.- 54@ 6 Weal oe oe. 8 @8% IPOrk Sausase es ceo 8 @9 BOlOSMA. 6.5.6. io ee. 9 @10 OIMIGRENG 2250 cde os a: 4 @15 MIP KOVGS. oo. cee ecclesia es @15 PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. A. Webster, packer, short cut............. 18 90 Clean back, short Gut...... | 2... es. 15 50 Extra Pamily Clout. oc. coc. cas ee ce ee 14 09: Clear, A. Webster packer..................1 14 50 Standard Clear, the best................... 15 75 bxtra lear heavy... ..)....... 666.545... 15 00 Boston Clear... 2.00 20. 15 25 DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Short Clears, heavy.....-:......-+...... 7% do. MGGLUIM : 225 ce 7% do. Heh. eo ss ee. 7% Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 Ib cases... 8 Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 Ib cases.. 844 Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ib cases.. 814 Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 tb cases... 834 Bellies, extra quality, 500 Ib cases...... ik Bellies, extra quality, 300 Ib cases...... 8 Bellies, extra quality, 200 ib cases...... 7 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Boneless Hams................... Dive cee ele 10 Boneless Shoulders... . 2... 22... 2 2-3 ee tee, T4 Breakrast Bacon. .....--.. 2:2... es ees ck 9 Dried Beef, extra quality................... il Dried Beef, Ham pieces................0...- 12% Shoulders cured in sweet pickle............ q LARD. IPIGROGR 625 ee ies eee cee ses 7% Sil ame 501) PWS 2.0.52. 2.56 c. os ae ee 8 50 ib Round Tins, 100 cases..............- 8 LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 ib Round Tins, 80 fb racks............ 814 $id Pails, 20 in a case..............06.-- 834 5 Ib Pails, 6in a case. ..........-..-.-.-.« 855 10 Pails, Gin a case...........-..00205 8% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 ibs........ 11 25 Boneless, @Xtra...... 0c. ce ccee cess ce ceesees 15 00 SAUSAGE*-FRESH AND SMOKED. Pole SQUSBEG.. 6.606) eens escent eae i Ham Sausage............ccccceeecssescccceee 12 Tongue Sausage...... cece seco cece neon 10 Frankfort Sausage.......... 0... cece cece eee 10 Blood SHUSHMO -. 62... oc be ec rece vias 64 Bologna, TING... ...- 6. cece crocs eee esse eees 614 Bologna, straight..........0.ceceseeceecscees 64 Bolownd, thiOK.. 25. icc ccc ce esc c eee ewes 614 HOGG OCHGGRG. 5... oc ore oan sek cose rice ee 64 PIGS’ FEET. In half barrels..............sce0ees fas 3 25 | In quarter barrels..........6:..ssceeeeeeeee 1 76 TRADE O. H. RICHMOND & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF Hichmond’s Family Medicines, RICHMOND’S LIVER ELIXIR. The best selling liver and blood medicine in MARK. the market, 50 cents. Richmond’s Cubeb Cream, Richmond’s Ague Cure, Richmond’s Cough Cure, Richmond’s Easy Pills, Dr. Richards’ Health Restorer. Retailers, please order of your jobbers in Grand Rapids, Chicago or Detroit. If your job- ber does not handle our goods, we will fill your orders. Pills and Health Restorer can be sent by mail. 141 South Division St., Grand Rapids. POLIVEIRA Parisian Sauce oS jodde ouy L “Tk UB SB [BALI JNOYIIA puB ‘plAOM OY} UL 9ONRE Yseq puB 4SOTYI] BAJ JSOUL OY d Que.ls > > Alucetdrng more yencredly sree > balthiog ae any ther sauce Hinge Ysaccmbination of the different & ENGH COOKING in ony “agone BOUSLET. GH Fate Proprictona and Manusacure™ Jian, N¢LG'OLIVEIRA CO-* 3 Panis. -ak-- vew you’ a ee ‘APLULOLA PUB SPIdvYy puBAD AO SPUOSGY VLOG "AWWad 8 SNDIMVH on Oo BUYSIx9 MOU ABlndod puB o/qBiEyr 81 KING 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. BAK I If in Need of Anything in our Line, it will pay you to get our Prices. PATENTEES © Barlow’s Patent Manifold Shippme Books. Send for Samples and Cirewlar. BARLOW BROTHERS, GRAND RAPIDS -_ MICH. AND SOLE ,.MANUFACTURERS OF % ‘ ” 5 ies ve . i ———— At the Smelting Furnace. The furnace lifts its walls of black, ‘A stubborn bulk from end to end; Ana through the grimy chimney stack Continual flame and smoke ascend; The night comes down with wind and hail, A shelving cloud, an icy rain; The timbers creak in every gale, The tempest howls at every pane! Delicious core of rosy heat, ‘Alluring shelter, huge and warm, To beggars drenched in snow and sleet, The drifting outcasts of the storm! At the wide door rude shapes appear Tn one thick swirl of humming snow; With mirth and jest and savage cheer The hours of darkness come and go! No cover this for chosen friends, No happy roof of man and maid; A chimney hot for larger ends, A hearth for ruder purpose laid! / All night their sweltering fires are fed, Their mighty bellows roar again, Who keep the dusky forges red, With brawny, labor-saving men. ‘The black-browed idlers straggling in, The hardy miners, tough and tall, ‘The knotty foreman searred of skin, The generous roof recieves them all; The voices rise, the men retreat, Tumultuous clamor strikes the town, When, white with overpowering heat, The molten mass comes pouring down! ee ee... Rustless Iron. From the British Trade Journal. One of the must important discoveries that have been developed during the present cen- tury is that of coating iron for the purpose of preventing corrosion, and rendering the most useful of all metals practically inde- structible. When we consider what an im- portant factor is iron in almost every branch of industry, and how much we depend upon this metal for innumerable requirements, the means for its preservation can not fail to be regarded with great interest. Rust is the great destroyer; therefore in rendering iron rustless a great and commercially im- portant problem has been solved. About six years ago Professor Barff made known his process for protecting iron surfaces from rust by coating them with magnetic oxides, and subsequently George Bower, of St. Neots, the well known gas and water engi- neer, revived a process discovered by him some years previously. Mr. Bower patented bis invention, and afterward made several discoveries, which he also protected, each one being an improvement on its predeces- sor; thus most valuable results have been attained, tending to preserve iron and ren- der it rustless. Both Professor Barff and Mr. Bower claimed the same results, yet the processes are, We understand, ‘practically and judicially distinct; although both have the same object in view. By means of Pro- fessor Barff’s rustless process, tubes and fit- tings are effectually protected, and the meth- od has been most successful in practical ope- ration. Professor Barti’s originial method has been found especially adaptable for wrought iron. The Bower process for coat- ing iron—more particularly east iron and steel—with magnetic oxide, consists of two operations—Ist, the admission of atmos-_ pheric air to the furnace which oxidizes the metal; 2d, the admixture of the products of combustion of fuel, and at times if required, of gas from oil, to oxidize, or rather convert, the sesqui-oxide of iron into the magnetic oxide. This oxide, when it is met with in its natural state, is the loadstone of com- merce. The first part of the process produ- ees rust or its equivalent, the second the transformation of this rust into a coating of impervious magnetic oxide. This is the general description of the chemical changes which the surface of iron undergoes, but the exact composition of magnetic iron has not been quite decided. The working of the ox- idizing and deoxidizing process is exceeding- ly simple. The goods, consisting of weights, half-hundredOweights, stove castings, orna- mental and fine-art castings, are placed in an oven capable of holding about one ton, though, of course, there is no limit to the size of the castings which can be operated upon, except that of the furnace. Air, ata high temperature, is then admitted to the castings, and after a time carbonic oxide evolved either from the combustion of the fuel or from a gas-producer somewhat on the Siemens principle, in combination with the furnace. The admission of either atmos- pheric air or carbonic acid is, of course, un- der perfect control, and the best results are obtained by admitting the air and gas alter- nately at regular intervals during the pro- cess, which usually occupies from eight to ten hours, and the result can be always re- lied upon to a certainty; for, notwithstand- ing the enormous amount of care, skill and scientific experimenting which was involved in perfecting the process and making it a re- liable mechanical operation, it can be car- ried on now by a comparatively unskilled workman, as the only extra work which the furnace attendant has to do is to regulate the supply of gas and air at intervals, and this is done by merely turning a handle. Hence the Bower-Barif process has almost attained the perfection of scientific mechan- ism, as the results are certain and the action simple. One of the most valuable features of Mr. Bower’s system is that the rust on iron surfaces can be converted into magnetic oxide. Any iron or steel, therefore, that has becone damaged or unsalable by expo- sure, such as, for instance, tubes, pipes, gas standards, brackets, pillars, rails and orna- mental work—can be restored permanently to their original beauty, no matter how thick the incrustation of rust may have been, since the sesqui-oxide of iron is converted into the magnetic, and hence the goods are eventually improyed instead of being deter- jorated by the rust. The value of this part of the process will be appreciated by those who have to keep iron stocks of any kind. The cost of the Bower-Barff system does not involve any considerable expenditure, while the invention must be regarded as one of the mens of iron coated by the Bower-Barff pro- cess several prizes have been awarded, in- cluding a gold medal for the exhibit at Mel- bourne last year. i Points on Petroleum. The statistical position of petroleum to- day is stronger than it has been in years. Petroleum is singular among the country’s products in showing a consumption that is in excess of the production, with a prospect of a serious competition from foreign sources still some years out of sight. Since last August there has been a reduction in stocks on hand amounting to about 3,000,000 bar- rels. Each month has shown a loss of vary- ing magnitude, and if the same rate of de- crease is to be kept up the present supply on hand, large as it seems (amounting to 36,- 000,000 barrels), becomes a comparatively insignificant factor in the situation. Our ex- ports to Europe show nothing of the discour- aging features of the grain export move- ment, and while the foreign trade is confin- ing its purchases to immediate necessities, the decrease of stocks abroad last year, equivalent to 1,000,000 barrels of crude, in- dicates that there was a consumption con- siderably in excess of the amount of oil im- ported from the United States. There could be a good advance from the present price of crude before the profits of the refiners at the present price of the refined product would be intrenched upon and there could be much higher figures asked before the American product would stand real danger from the rivalry of the Russian article. Moreover, al- though the drill is at work in the unexplor- ed regions of Pennsylyania and southwest- ern New York, there is not to-day a reason- able prospect of any strike which will do more than add temporarily to a new produc- tion needed to make up for the gradual de- cline in the oil fields. It is the realization of these facts which led to the “bull” com- bination which has advanced the price of certificates since the first of the year from 63 to 85 cents, and which is hold ing the market on fluctuations around 80 cents, where amonth orso ago the vari- tions were about 70 cents. The main argu- ments for a decline advanced by the “bears” are that the outside public is too poor to do much speculating in anything; that the rates for carrying certificates eat up the profits of holders of oil and discourage any buying, even ona limited scale, except for short turns, and that the Standard refining inter- ests, from the nature of things, must be op- posed to the maintenance of high values for the crude article. ee Shot Making. At the present moment, when the whole world is bellicose, the subject of shot-mak- ing becomes of interest. The manufacture of shot was some years ago very unsteady in this country. Previous to the enactment of game laws, hunting lasted all the year round. Now it is confined to certain seasons. Game laws exist now in the Southern States, where the great bulk of shot made is sold. For- merly orders for shot would come in at any period, and there was nothing steady about the business. Until late in the spring shot will be made, and then the factory will re- main closed until August. Part of winter and spring is the shot-making period exclu- sively. Texas alone buys more shot than a half dozen other states together. The ne- groes of the South all have shotguns and spend a great deal of their spare time hunt- ing. That accounts for the great demand in that part of the country. Some changes have lately been effected in the processes of manufacture. Instead of sifting the shot through a series of draw- ers, it is now done by means of a series of perforated cylinders, the holes conforming to the size of the shot desired. ‘These cylin ders sift automatically and are great im- provements on the old method. In these days of breechloading guns the shot must be made mathematically to such a diameter and so many per ounce. Thus, drop shot No. 12, which are .05 of an inch in diameter must produce 2,326 pellets to the ounce; No. 6. 11 of an inch in diameter, 218 to the ounce, No. 1,.16 of an inch in diameter, only 71. The largest size, FF, .23 of an inch in diam- eter, contains 24 shot per ounce. Buckshot in like proportion. ——_—_—_—_<> 0a . Brick Clay and Fire Clay. The main difference between fire clay and ordinary clay is that the former contains no lime or iron. These substances are not ob- jectionable for ordinary building brick, but they render the material unfit to resist strong heat, as they cause the brick to vitrify first, and finally to fuse, when high temperatures are attained. .In physical appearance, the fire clay, or slate clay, is gray or grayish yel- low, massive, dull or glimmering from ad- mixture of particles of mica. Its fracture is slatey, approaching sometimes to earthy. It is soft, sectile and easily broken. It adheres to the tongue, and breaks down in water. It oceurs along with pit coal. For making fire brick, it is ground and reduced to a paste with water. Common clay or loam is soft to the touch, and forms with water a some- what tenacious paste, but is in general less compact, more friable, than the plastic clays, Although soft to the touch, the common clay wants unctuosity, properly so called. It is usually of a bluish or blackish color. Those of its strata which effervesce with acids partake of the nature of marl. It is employed in the manufacture of bricks, tiles, and coarse pottery ware. —— oa Furniture Facts. Wm. Johnson, late of Boyne Falls, has engaged in the furniture business at Sher- man. which are more readily diffusible in water. Why Some Dealers Fail to Succeed. They are lazy. They neglect details. They overlook the small things. They have no eye to business. They let their help waste and destroy. They let their fires burn at will. They are slovenly in their stores. They let'their stores get filthy and di thing. They fail-to advertise. They have too much outside business. They talk politics too much. They fail-to invest or have new ideas. They imitate their neighbors. They are not polite or accommodating. They think most things take too m trouble. They fail to push business. They know not the power of method. business. They become rusty and lose ambition. _$—— > A new hearth is being put in the iron put in first-class order to go into blast on opening of navigation. —_—_____<»> 0. Good Words Unsolicited. enclosed bill is old.” Henry Roe, meat dealer, Nashville: not do without your paper, after reading few copies you sent me.” E. Davies, grocer, Montague: because THH TRADESMAN is our only visi drummer from Grand Rapids.” SS LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote b. cars as follows: Geo. Hoppough, general dealer, Smyrna: hope THE TRADESMAN will live as long as the They hope for fortune to drop in their ‘laps. PLY. They try how cheap they can do every- They are penny wise and pound foolish. ueh They know not the best is the cheapest. They are illiberal to home enterprises. They attend to everything but their own fur- nace at Mancelona and the works are being the ceri “T could the “Wewant THE TRADESMAN, first, because itisreliable; second, ting £. 0: most valuable ever discovered. For speci- Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...... ree dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 CONG ee ea he we gee ee net or COMBS. ry, Lawrence’s............-.------ i de ROCCHIISS 6 oes a oe er ais id COCKS. Brass, Racking’S.........-.---.+++++++++> 40&10 PODS 6 si Ae ee ee cee 49&10 B : 40&10 60 Planished, 14 0z cates tb shed, . WO SIZG os ees oe é A4xDU, 1456, 14X60... ols. cee i 2 a DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock. o>... 1... 3.2... dis 3d Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30 j ELBOWS. om: 4 piece; 6 in. .-. 2 2..-.. <2. s. doz net $1 00 Corrugated ............... 5 eee ee eee eee dis 20&10 ACIStADIG 2 ek dis %&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 i : FILES. American File Association List...:..dis 60 | BISStON Se sce ee cae dis 60 New ANMOVIGRM: Soo eee, dis 60 NGCHOISON S 2.006) ee dis 60 PICHON Si se dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 3344 u GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25 and 26, List 12 13 14 15 Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50@10. JAUGES. 27 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 e HAMMERS. Maydole & Co.’S............-. 2225-255: dis 20 RGpIS) eee dis 25 Yerkes & Plump’s......2.:........5.. dis 40 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, ANt-ENICTION... 2.50. 2....- dis 60 Kidder, wood tra.k..-.:.....:.......- dis 40 HINGES. Gate. Clark's, 1, 2;3....25;022.2..-...: dis 60 SURG. 666 a per doz, net, 2 50 Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and lON@Or ...5. 3.0250... ia eS 38% Serew Hock and Eye, % ............ net 10% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 8% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 7% Serew Hook and Eye, %............. net T% Strap and T2605 ee. dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware.....,..... ee ee ee 60&10 Japanned Gin Ware.....-..2... ee... 20&10 Guitnite Tron Ware. ..................... 2d HOES. Grub 1 Soa ee $11 00, dis 40 Grub Bev ec ceed eee eet tent eens 11 50, dis 40 Grubs «6.5.02 12 00, dis 40 : KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings... .$2 70, dis 6625 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.. 3 50, dis 663; Door, porcelain, plated trim- i Mings... ..- ee list,10 15, dis 6625 Door, porcelain, trimmings list,11 55, dis 70 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 70 Picture, H. L. Judd & Cogs. 2... d 40 IBOMACILG (566. ke Seen oes dis 50 §.A. WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LUMDErMAN'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. Particular attention given to orders by mail. Goods shipped promptly to any point. I am represented on the road by the fol- lowing well-known travelers: JoHN D. MAN- cum, A. M. SPRAGUE, JoHN H. EACKER, L. R. Cesna, and A. B. HANDRICKS. 24 Pearl Street - Grand Rapids, Mich. ORDER A SAMPLE BUTT OF McALPIN’S Cliocolate (red Pino Cc. A RICH NUTTY CHEW. Halton & GHISeDSOD, Uppers, Linch........---.++++++200+ per M $44 00 LOCKS—DOOR. Uppers, 14, 1% and 2inch.......---+-+--+ 46 09 | Russell & Irwin Mig. Co,’s new list...dis 66% Sao a be ‘ 3 oe Soe eee es > . 1 Ga aaa @& COlS8: 2.225: ps ae elects, 14, 14 and 2 inch........ +--+: 3° re US oe eee cece eee e eee en ees is 6624 Fine Common, Pineh see ee. 30 9 NOLrWalks.... ..... ee ere dis 6625 GRAND RAPIDS. Shop, Linch......--.-.- --2-s:2:5) +20 2 ; LEVELS. Fine, Common, 14,1% and 2inch. ...... 39 Qo | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 No. oe be a st oo 16 feet ... 1 3 00 ines Parke ce MILLS. ; _1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet..........-+---- 5 a Lee, Fars RS se comes fae i eT i ies Tr § | Cotfec, P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s “Maileables dis 40 5 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 teet..... 15 00 | Cotfee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 40 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 feet.........---+--- 16 09 | Coffee, Enterprise.....................-5- dis 25 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet...... oe ees 17 00 6 : MATTOCKS. No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 | Adze Eye............-0---+eeeees $16 00 dis 40&10 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet.......----+---++ 16 00 ae Ce ee $15 00 dis 40&10 No. 1S8tocks, 8 in., 20feet.........--. +--+ 17 00 | Hunt’s.........--. eee eee eee $18 50 dis 20’& 10 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 NAILS. : No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.......-+--++++- 2) ato 66 conn Bra and Fencing. : No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet. ae 14 00 Sq ona A a bac wee ence ott e eens ee B keg $2 35 | No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... oo. 9d AAV... 6. eee ence tee ee eee eee 25 | No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........----++++ 3 00 | 6d and 7d adv....... . ee ee 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........-.-.---- 14 00 | 4d and Pdoad@ "5 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 3 0 en 1 50| No. 2 Stocks, 8 in. Wteet:-----------0777 3 gg | Clinch nails, ady is aa, ss oo cones or shipping culls, ee re Ce ox t ae bd 6a - widths and lengths.......-. .----+- 8 00@ § 51ze—1ne oa #7” 2 % a Ae A onl Girips tor bit ....-.....-- > 33 00 | Adv. @ kee _ $125 150 175 2 00 Is the most Delicious Chew on the C Strips, 4 oe fiche 27 99 | Steel Nails—Same price as above. No. 1 Fencing, all lengths.........------- 15 00}, ae MOLLASSES GATES. Market. - 2 pene es and 18 feet.......... - . cere oe. Oe es ae Jo. 2 Fencing, Tey ee es a 2 ( pte § o L Bee es ee ce cic ees as dis 7% IL yay PERS No. 1 Fencing. 4 ah oe ee 15 00 | Eaterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 7 ee No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch........--..--++++++> Og oa a, MAULS. i Norway c and better, 4 or S inch a. 20 09 Sperry & Co.’s, re ee dis 50 ir Y ( i Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and B........---. 18 00] ,,. : : 4ERS. in Bevel Siding, 6 neh ©... .6 bse. so 4 50 Zine or tin, @hase’s Patent. .............. dis 55 6 Ou quig 0 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common... 9 00 oe Bt eee cone dis 50) | Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.........+.+++ Brite COREE er ais 40) lhelye 4 Store, Pall- se Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft........ De per gross, $12 net } / anal sl additional for each ai above 16 ft. aa Jimstead’s. ...... =; oe eared clue a talele 50 ry or Closet 9 a 80, ee fais Jressed Flooring, 6in., A. B.....-..----- 36 0 : ee Nes. j rices and Jur- Dressed Flooring, Bin, C. cates 2 00 oe S, faney... 6... aie 15 ' ' ther information. ressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common.. 7 5 Dae is 25 — Presse MOT ine Nareegimon. 1 | SMU cough Bagleston & Patton's 3eaded Ceiling, 6 in. additiinal. ee ee ee wotttitotasssss is 2 v Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PATENT es ee oe Cc... ea cae “ he i bene PANS. . a : oa ressed FE ooring. or 5 in. 0. com’n 6 ON | ETY, 4% Cites esos Samet cece ts cel ais ov A n Dressed Flooring, A orb in. No.2 com’n 14 00 ns DOMSHed se dis60&10 ss f At) ustable Ratchel Bar Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. Pippins .:.-..,.--- Se 8b 6@7 tae ; AND — : S 4 ee NE a : 3 TETS. — SS : oS ee ee . eee oe 20 | teonand Tinned... dis 40| james 7 inch Bracket Shelving Irons Rae 2 g9 | Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 50&10) iy : - “ No.2 or6in. C. B18in. Shingles........ 2 00 PATENT FLANISAED TRON, oF Creates a New ERA No. 2or5 in. C. B. 16 imo a eee i 1 60 SoA Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% | if tt in STORE FURNISH Se ee 1 2@ 2 00 | “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 toz7 9 ge ao ae Broken packs 4c # ib extra. vf ING. Inentirely su- _ ROOFING PLATES. id ercles tlic ld IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75| Wer persedes the olc WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ 75 Wr style wherever in- 10, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12.00} Ii jd , |, Ces, chic Charooal Forme. .-.--.-- 16 90| Ny troduced. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: | ROPES. ee, AUGERS AND BITS. Sisal, iin ama larger................-..... 8 Ul Satisfaction Guaranteed Ives’, old Style... ..<-.---.-----2 se dis 60 MADINA... 22.05... 3 te ee tee 4% (kK Noo ©: CO ose. eas eee dis 60 SQUARES. ae Q All Roe dis 60 | Steel and Irons... 603032306. dis 50&10 | }iwe ya infringe- ooo ee dis 60 | Try and Bevels.................0s0e0 0+ dis 50810 | |WRy {2 He ments pro- ee a dis 60 | Mitre ........2. 0. sees eee ee pee eee dis 20 a N 1 secuted. MOOR oh ese ee ws ee ws cee ees dis40&10 SHEET IRON. ‘’ Wn pb — Jennings’, genuine.............e2-ee2+ dis 2%|.. Com. Smooth. Com. | i} y ff Ifnot tobe Jennings’, imitation........... .-.e.+ dis408&10 ee o 2 [ Bee eee eo eae . a $3 * ay had 7 BALANCES. 8. 4 Deas ca ac ecw see a wees 2 ¢ I Ss your loca Bere ee dis 25 | Nos. oe 3 00 io 2tinch Hardware BARROWS. OS. 24 tO # 3 00 ‘Ph ealer, Balivoad ........ ..--: ee 8B a » to fee 3 20 7 SED sie yous Gnrden 0.2 ew es net 33 00 AT cece ence sees ete e treats ets J 3 40 | ling ae orders dl- BELLS. ’ ae pheets No 18 and lighter, over 30 inches | | p rect to Mand. 0 eee dis $ 60810 | Wide not less than 2-1 extra. alo ae is 5 SHEET ZINC. ATTON, Sale anufactirer MACON, Mo MOO eae ee ee ae % In casks of 600 Ibs, ® DD... eee eee 6 LW. E tM MN i : : Brae dis 20 In smaller quansities, ® th.............. 6% Door, Sargent....... ee dis 551 No.1 oo NER’S SOLDER. hale ; Sees He SLOVO... a dis ag | Market Half-and-half............. -... 15 00 0 | llkwidlsL | Carriage Mew list dis 75 | Strictly oe pe 16 g ee ee is 30&1C : LATES. : Bloigh SOG. 6. . 2s seen es i "5 Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. Sw coe Pee a - £0 IC, 10x14, Charcoal...........--.+.+5+- 6 50 Rose Leaf, F ine Cuf, Wrought Barrel Bolts............---- dis 55 i ieee seaae Sse eyes ae 8 50 Na Cli in S Cast Barrel, brass knobs......-...-.. dis 50 re 2) xo. : en oe ee ae oe vy PP g vnc % pee Boring... ...:.-...--.--. ms - Ic. 14x20 ot PUG ees ey era ; ay and Snuffs ae Cuan... 5... 5s eset ee is 40 2 od Se ieee Mecc cscs: ae eee Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 XX, * yore Coaneon a) ae | 20 Se dis 5510 | TX, Toons Chareool. 2000000020 2 bu Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Oe ii toa ween ee seen ee ee cess a ¥ Rs 5 » 20x28, Charcoal........---eeeereres HL Oo Sapa ae eee oet0810 | DG, 100 Plate Charcoal... 0... 6 50 BRACES. oie DX, 100Plate Charcoal.............----- 8 50 Barber ee dis$ 40 DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal...............+-- 10 50 ae 59 | DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal..........-..-.. 12 50 Moser dis 50 nedioEed Charcoal: Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 7% A oe a net) ieace : BUCKETS. woe Gas CT a sede e eee e nets este teen e cee eces $ 400} Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 . Ell, BWIVEL....-. 22sec ee ee tree cree eee . 450] Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 6 : BUTTS, CAST. HlOtGHiss’ .. . 15.62 oe a ne mec c ewes ee 60 Cast Loose Pin, figured.............-. dis 60&10|S, P. & W. Mfg. C0.’S.......- +. sees eee scene 60 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60&i0 | Mouse, cChoker.........---+--++++++++5: 20c 8 doz Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed. .dis 60&10 | Mouse, delusion........-..----+++++- $1 26 8 doz wreughy pen er fast joint..dis 50&10 WIRE rounht Loose Pin.........+-+-++++: dis 60 | Bright Market : dis 60&1¢ . Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 meee ag ] Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........dis 60& 5 a Mee Spee ee fate Is our Agent Mn Grand Rapids Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver _ Bea cc ee f tipped ee ae ee dis 60&5| Pinned Market..........-.-.ss:2eseseeees dis 40 or our Famous Wrought Table.........--.seeeeee sees dis 60 | Tinned Broom....... ...+.-esseeeeeeeees 1 09 hata peer Blind... 2.2... - dis a Tinned Mattress 92 Tb 8% ! eine ch ee ie dis 65&10 | Coppered Spring Steel........---. dis 40@40&10 ind, Clark’S,.....--.-++s+eeeerereeeee dis 70&10 | Tinned Spring Steel............--++++46+ dis 37% Blind, Parker's. ....----++-+++ serseees dis 70&10} pjain Fence........... @ Db 3% Blind, Shepard’s. ........ es dis bel Ged Meneses ' Spring for Screen Doors Buy rer gross 15 OF Copper. -.-.....-se seer eons) new list net Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....per gross 18 00 | frass.......-...--e00-+ eae new list net CAPS. WIRE GOODS. THE BEST Ely’s TAO as os aoe ee eset per m $ 65] Bright............-.225 cesses esr ee ees dis 70&10 Of ee 60 pore MIVOR oasis esc assets ese a5 dis 70&10 KH A SY W A SHER Ne os oe ete 85 | HOOK’S ......-.-- cece cree cere eter ee etes dis ‘T0&10 WINIGKOt. ooo. o sabe 0s seh eee 60 | Gate Hooksand Hyes..........+-++-: dis 70&10 CATRIDGES. ee : WYENCHES. MANUFACTURED. Rim Fire, U. M. 0. & Winchester new list 50 sore be asia _ es ee: dis 50&10 oe SAO <6 .2 aes sees ra 50 | Gée’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 65 entra Fire. .....----2e sree eeee eee ete is | Goe’s Patent, malleable...........--. dis "0 : CHISELS. MISCELLANEOUS. Socket Firmer.........--++seeeeeeeeees dis 70 | Pumps, Cistern..........-+-+eeeeerees dis 60&20 Bouket oe ee ea ce ae nm Screws, new oe i ee eka eka : 80 i a ocke WAGE oo fo ccs sake newest ses is 70 | Casters, Bed an EO. acc k ches eek is 50 Bemieh MUCK. | o..siiacd sted naene sees? dis 70| Dampers, American.........-. eee 33% MILWAUKEE. FUSE, CAPS, AUGURS HERCULES i ‘SOLVUVddVY DNILSV'Td oe “he Great Stump and Rock ANNIHILATOR! Strongest and Safest Explosive Known to the Arts, Farmers, practice economy and clear your land of stumps and bouiders. n Of Hereules Powder Company, No. 40 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohio. =~ L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS. (UNS, ASIUNITION & FISHING TACKLE, Main Office, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, GRAND RAPIDS, = = 6 §, YALE & BRO, —Manufacturers ot— FLAVORING EXTRACTS | BAKING POWDERS, BLOINGS, E'TC., 40 and 42 South Division, Sf. MICH SOLID STEEL SCRAPER! FORK’S PATENT. Foster, Stevens & Co., Agts. The Hubert Patent Adjustable Horse Poke & Co. ——_——AGENTS 10 and 12 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. Send for Circulars and Prices. eS at 3% "the Michigan Tradestat 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 their information. SOLIMAN SNOOKS. How He Became to Be a Detective—His First Case. CANT Hook Corners, April 18, 1885. Mister Editer of Traidsman: DEAR Str—If you had been in my office a few days since, hiden under the desk, or in the waste basket, you would have probably learned HOW I BECAME A DETECTIVE. by hearing the following conversation: “Good evening.” “Good evening, sir. Can I see the proprie- tor?” f “Yes, sir, I am the chap.” “All right. Let me close this door, please. There, have a cigar, Mr. Snooks. “Oh! cigars, ha; what house.” “Say—sh—h—h, Keep still, don’t give it away, Mr. Snooks. I am a detective!!” “The devil you are! what the dickens have I been doing now I wonder.” “Nothing, nothing whatever, my dear sir. I have called on you secretly and privately to unfold a little matter of business.” “Allright. Let her unfold.” “Can I rely on your discretion?” “Well, I would exemplfy that you could.” “Well, my name is Johnson—Theodore P. Johnson, of Boston. There is my card.” “Yes, I see, um, um, ‘Agent General for the Boston International Government Asso- ciation of Detectives.’ ”’ “That’s correct, sir, to a dot.’ “Pretty long name that, seems to me, Mr. Johnson.” “Yes, you are right, Mr. Snoooks; but in general bizness we shorten it up. For in- stance, while on duty, I use this card. T. P. JOHNSON, B. I. G. ASS. of Detectives. Neat. you observe, and mysterious.” “Thats so; it is mysterious and striking, for a fact.” “Our profession is chuck full of deep mys- teriousness, Mr. Snooks, chuck full. Main thing in the bizness—why, I can drop into the hotel over there and call fora drink in such a blood curdling whisper, and at the saine time with sucha sly deep, suspicious look about the room, that every loafer there will feel as if he had stole a sheep, or som- thin of the kind; while the bartender will hand me back 25 cents in change for the quarter I give him.” “Great Geezewax! that must be sport. But you was remarking that you had a little bizness matter with me. What is it?” ‘That is just what I was coming to. Now, Mr. Snooks,"how would you like to join the Association and’get to be a detective your- self?” “What! me a detective? why, I never thot of such a thing. You dont have an idea that I could ever detect anything do you?” “Most certainly Ido. You are just the kind of a man for it. With your bland, child-like smile and open countenance— why, man alive, you cood pry into every thing in this part of the country and make more money than a horse can draw.” “Yes; but where does the money come in —who pays for all this detecting?” “Ah! I see, Mr. Snooks, I see, you dont, so to speak, just exactly tumble to the little snap. ltislikethis: Suppose for instance, that a man steals a horse at Kalamazoo, and puts out forthe North woods. Well, a re- ward of one hundred dollars is offered by the owner of the animal, we will say. As soon as the agent of this Association at Grand Rapids hears of it by a report from the Kalamazoo agent or member, he will send out postals to all the Michigan mem- bers of the force, discribing the horse and man.” “Oh yes, lsee now—I find the man at Cant Hook Corners and follow him up and ‘shadow’ him and all that bizness until I gobble the man and hoss and the little re- ward. Is that the scheme?” “To adot Mr. Snooks, toa dot. where the cash comes in.” “But, suppose the man that stole the hoss, offers me $125 not to gobble him, what then?” “See here, Snooks, you needent tell me that you are new to the bizness. Why, the oldest detective on the force does not under- stand the-true inwardness of the bizness any better than you do. Why, you are going to That is be a perfect orniment to the Association.” “Now, again, suppose a lady way to come to me and tell me to shadow her husband, as she rather suspected he was getting into bad company—how then, Mr. Johnson?” “Why, tell her you charge five dollars a shadow. Take the job and follow your man. If you find him in some place that he ought not to be in, take him to one side and show him your badge.’ “Then what will I do?”’ “Tt will depend on the circumstances of the ease, as to whether you report to the lady that her husband went to a_ prayer meeting, the lodge, a school meeting, or where he did really go. Do you see?” “I tum. —_> Can’t Afford to do Without It. From the Mecosta Sentinel. The Grand Rapids TRADESMAN is being duly appreciated by business men, which is just as it should be. In fact, we can hardly see how a merchant can afford to do without it. re The French claim to have discovered that a mixture of oil, naphtha, quicklime and wa- ter will destroy the winter eggs of the phyl- loxera without injuring the grape-vines. The remedy is not only efficient but cheap, and winter is the best time to attack the scourge. \MUSKECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 5. §. MORRIS & BRO., PACKERS —AND— Jobbers of Provisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Storesin Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Streets. WM. SHARS && CO. Cracker Manufacturers, — Agents for AMBOY CHRHESE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE Our spring samples are now ready for inspection at prices as low as the lowest. We make a Gent’s Shoe to retail for $3 in Congress, Button and Bals that can’t be beat. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Choice Butter a Specialty ! Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Apples, Cranberries, Cider, Este. Careful Attention Paid to Fiiling Orders. M.C, Russell, 48 Ottawa Si., 6’d Rapids, PEREINS & HESS, ——DEALERS IN—— Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUISSTREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. A. W. MOSHER & Co., Wholesale and Commission Dealers in amer's Produce, Butter, OOS CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. Musizegon, Mich. Pine Street. WALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. HOUSE & STORE SHADES MADE TO ORDER. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. The only Freezer ever made having three distinct motions, thereby producing finer, smoother Cream than any other Freezer on the market. Acknow!- edged by every one to be the best in the world. Over 300,000 in use To-day. Outside Irons Galvanized, but allinside the can coated with Pure Block Tin. Tubs water-proof; easily adjusted and operated. We also earry large stock of Packing Tubs, Packing Cans, Ice Crushers, ete. Send for Price List and Trade Discounts. Address Foster, Stevens & CO, Agents for Western Michigan. TRIPLE MOTION NWITE MOUNT © cream FRE Na f Grand Rapids, Mich. ORCUTT & COMPALTY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Batter, Foes, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Prodace Consignments Solicited. ‘ MUSKEGON, MICH APPT ES 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. We also handle Beans and Pota toes. Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in carlots. HARL BROS., Commission Merchants iGo Ss. Water St., Chicago, Iii. REFERENCE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. BLANCHARD BROS. & CO —PROPRIETORS MODEL MILLS. ——MANUFACTURERS OF—— Gilt Edge Patent and White Loat Brands of Flour. Good Goods and Low Prices. We invite Correspondence. EB=1l1 FRolier Process. CORNER WINTER AND WEST BRIDGE StTs., - GRAND Rapips, Micw. CLARK, JHWHLL & CO, ' WHOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83, 85 and 87 PEARL STREET and (14, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, = - = MICHIGAN. = FA DA MS & CO.’S DARK AROMATIC Fine Cot Chewing Tobacco is the very best dark goods on the Market. " ee H. LEONARD & SONS, Importers and Jobbers of Crockery, Glassware & Lamps 16 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. AGENTS FOR Knowles, Taylor & Knowles’ American W. G. Ware. AND Wedgewood & Co.'s English Ware, Special Prices given on STONEWARE in Car Lots. The “GOOD ENOUGH ” 5 and 10 gal. OIL CANS. The “ EMPRESS” 1-2, 1 and 2 gal. OIL CANS. Galvanized Iron Grocer’s OIL TANKS, $7.00 each. Engraved Globe Crimp Top Lamp Chimneys. “TA BASTIE” Toughened Glass Chimneys will not Break. We Sell our Labeled “ FLINT” Glass Chimneys at the same Price others ask for Second Quality, when five boxes of any styles are taken. We deliver Lamp Chimneys, Stoneware and Kerosene Oil at any depot in this city free of Cartage. Send for our Illustrated Price List of Crockery, Glassware and Hanging Lamps, showing Package Lists and open stock Prices of our full line.