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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3

3 1883,

The Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

“A HOME EXPOSITION.
A PROJECT THAT I8 YET IN EMBRYO.

How itis Proposed to Carry Out the Plan—
The Expense of the Undertaking—Some of |
the Results to Follow—Interviews with Sev- |

eral Prominent Citizens.

The remarkable success that has attended |
the agricultural fairs held in Grand Rapids
during the past dozen years has suggested
the idea that something more permanent
and satisfactory than a four-day show could
be inaugurated and made a success. With
a view to collecting all the available reasons
for such an innovation, as well as to ascer-
tain the objections to the measure, an am-
bassador of THE TRADESMAN was detailed
to visit the parties who are the prime moyv-
ers in the affair, and interview others inter-
ested in the city’s welfare. It having been
learned that Mr. I. C. Levi had taken initial
steps toward the calling of a meeting for the
purpose of considering the subject, that gen-
tleman was first seen. He stated that he
could see nq valid reason why a permanent
exposition, lasting three or four weeks each
autumn, should not be a financial success in
itself, to say nothing of the benefits accruing
from the trade that would inevitably result
from the presence of people from all parts
of this and surrounding states. The crowds
that visit an ordinary fair are necessarily
unsatisfactory, in a business sense, as they
seldom augment trade to any perceptible ex-
tent. They are so bent on viewing what is
to be seen, and are in such a hurry to get
home as soon as they have exhausted one
day’s pleasure, that they have neither the
time nor inclination to look about for shop-
ping purposes. One the other hand, the
people who are attracted by an exposition
usually spend several days in the place, and
after thoroughly looking over the prime ob-
ject of their stay, improve the opportunity
afforded to make such purchases as can be
made to better advantage than at home.
While a general exposition would attract the
same class of people who come to the fairs,
it would also bring to the city thousands of
people residing in distant parts of the state,
and even in other states, who are aware of
the superior reputation Grand Rapids has
acquired as a furniture manufacturing center
and who would feel amply repaid for their
visit by being able to see an exhaustive dis-
play of our best products in this branch of
industry. While fine furniture would form
an important part of the exposition, it
would of course be accompanied by hundreds
of other displays equally as fingenious, al-
though not so noted at home and abroad.
Competition would undoubtedly be made
open to the world, and foreign exhibitors
would gladly avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity afforded to show the products of their
skill. For the purpose of ascertaining
whether the sentiment infavor of such an un-
dertaking is sufficient to encourage further en-
deavor, Mr. Levi recently addressed the fol-
lowing cireular to leading manufacturers at
this market:

Gentlemen: I take the liberty to call
your attention to a project which if carried
out cannot fail to be conducive to much ben-
efit to the manufacturing interests of this
city. Youare possibly aware of the great
success attendant upon the industrial exhibi-
tions in Chicago, Milwaukee, Louisville, In-
dianapolis and other cities. With our many
and varied manufacturing interests, there is
no reason why we cannot have an exhibit
here worthy of the metropolis of Western
Michigan. :

My idea is to form an exposition associa- |
tion, organize a stock company, issue shares,
to be taken by all the manufacturers, mer-
ehants, bankers and real estate owners;

ect a suitable exposition building on the
inc of some street railway, and hold an an-
nual exposition to extend from two to four
weeks, the building to be open during this
time in the evening as wellas day time. The
expenses will be comparativ ely light, as it is
not necessary to offer premiums, the exhibit
being solely for the purpose of showing the
country at large the industrial resources of
our city. Theexposition building could also
be used to advantage outside of the ex-
hibit season very often, there being no hall
in the city capable of holding very lar ge
public assemblies.

Taking a great interest in the growth of
our city and our manufacturing interests, it
occurred to me that by sending out this cir-
cular the matter could be agitated, and if
favorably considered by a number of manu- |
facturers, a call for a meeting could be is-|
sued and steps taken to organize. I hope)
you will give this your kind attention, and |
convey to me your views on the subject.

Numerous replies were received to the ap- |
peal, most.of which were extremely favor- |
able. Enough of the latter came to hand to
convince the projector that with the proper |
amount of pushing the enterprise could be,
made an assured fact; and another circular, |
similar in purpose to the above, will shortly |
be addressed, suggesting a time and place}
for holding a meeting to discuss the question |
in all its bearings.

 

of which would require 328 cars and 16 lo-

COUNTING THE COST.

Regarding the expense involved in the
construction of suitable buildings and the
maintainance of the institution after their ,
erection, nothing but rough estimates can
be given. It is thought that a desirable lo-|

cation can be secured on a long-time lease |
for a nominal consideration, and . buildings |

for present use erected at an expense of |
$20,000. This estimate of course ineludes

only a wooden structure, withput “much of |

: z
‘the ornamentation which could be subse-

| give a return, in twenty-four days, of $18,-

| train.
' for flour and $8 per ton for millstuff, the to-

quently added. The expense of managing
and operating the.exposition would not ex-
ceed $10,000 per annum, and this figure
would probably cover all the repairs needed |
for some time to come. Estimating the av-
erage daily attendance at 3,000 people, with
an admission fee of 25 cents each, would

000, which would be sufficient’ to meet the
expenses, and leave a handsome balance,
even after paying a respectable dividend.
It is thought that $40,000 capital will be all

 

the funds needed to inaugurate the venture,
and it is claimed that this sum would be sub-
scribed by representative business men with- |
in twenty-four hours, whenever they are as- |
sured that the undertaking would be placed | |
in proper hands.

SERIOUS DRAWBACK.

Mr. Julius Berkey, the head of the great
Berkey & Gay corporation, thought the pro-
ject entirely feasible, but suggested that the
feeling of strong competition existing be-
tween the three large furniture manufactur-
ing houses here would have a tendency to
prevent a representative display of the lat-
est styles. ‘‘The only way we have to know
what our neighbors are doing,” said Kir.
Berkey, ‘‘is to go out of town, and the same
is true regarding our neighbors and our own
goods. This sharp rivalry to distance com-
petitors is the only drawback I can see to a
thorough display of Grand Rapids furniture,
but so long as it exists none of the larger
houses here would consent to placing their
best and latest goods on exhibition. Under
these circumstances, 1 am inclined to the
opinion that the project could not be carried
out.”

DOUBTFUL AS TO THE RESULT.

Major MacBride, of the firm of Messrs.
Nelson, Matter & Co., is inclined to the opm-
ion. that the project could not be brought to
a successful issue. He gave as’ one reason
for so thinking that Grand Rapids is not
large enough, and has not sufficient impor-
tance as a commercial center to warrant the
outlay. The cities which maintain such in-
stitutions are all larger than this, and posses
greater attractions in the way of social and
business advantages. While a successful ex-
position would be of incalculable benefit to
the business interests of the city, and his
firm would gladly subscribe to their quota of
stock and do-all that lay in their power to
render the undertaking successful, he had
grave doubts as to the result.

A FAIR OPINION.

Mr. George W. Thayer, president of the
Western Michigan Agricultural and Indus-
trial Society, under whose auspices the local
fairs have been conducted for the past three
years, stated that he did not think that an
exposition could be made to pay here, and
that the financial loss, if any, would not be
recompensed by the increased trade. ‘‘Where
would you put your cattle, horses, poultry,
ete., in an exposition?”’ said Mr. Thayer,
duly convinced that this inquiry would
stageer the most ardent advocate of an im-
provement on the present fair.

 

 

ONE OBJECTION ANSWERED.

“Wes.
know that some of the furniture manufac-
turers say that they do not care for retail
trade, but I can show them that without re-
tail trade they will soon be in a sorry plight.
For instanee, a man comes from abroad to
view the exposition. He may not purchase
anything. here, but he goes home and en-
quires for the same goods that took his eye
here. He tells his neighbor what he saw,
and what he preferred, giving his reasons
therefor, and that neighbor will ask for the
sane goods when in want of any thing in
that line. All this creates a demand w hich
must be supplied. Somedonot see it in that
light, but I maintain that the manufacturers
here will be compelled to do a good deal of
advertising of this kind in the futnre, or suf-
fer the loss of much trade, and be eclipsed
by other markets which have recognized the
utility of miscellaneous advertising.”

The Flour Product of Minneapolis.

The Minneapolis Northwestern Miller es-
timates that the present daily production of
flour from the mills of that city is 26,600
| barrels, against 21,250 barrels daily one year
ago, an excess of 5,410 barrels. The Pion-
ecr Press indulges in some speculation as to
what these figures mean, and furnishes the
following result: ‘“The number of bushels of
wheat required to make 26,600 barrels of
| flour per day would be 133,300, the transpor-
i tation of which would take 266 cars, or a
solid train of a mile and three-quarters in
length. Besides the flour, the daily product
of millstuff would be 1,400 tons, to haul both

said a prominent merchant, *“{)

 

comotives, or more than two miles of solid
At an average price of $4 per barrel

tal daily production of the mills amounts to
$117,728, or nearly $37,000,000 in the course
of a year.”

Messrs. C. P. Hunt & Co., of Memphis,
estimate the present crop of cotton at 5,558,-
250 bales, or some twenty per cent. less than
that of last year.

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LUMBER CAMPS.

WHAT ONE MAN KNOWS ABOUT LOG-
GING.

Preparations for a Long Winter’s Work—How
the Men Guard Against the Cold—Remark-
able Game—Rare Dishes Served in Camp.

 

“ ‘Arise Jupiter, and snuff the moon! It
seems to me I see him before me now with
a half malicious grin on his countenance at
the idea of disturbing the forty, or fifty men
| who constitute the camp on the Manistee.”
The speaker was a lumberman, a self-made
; man who has swung the axe, who made the
Morton his headquarters yesterday, and the

_ expression which he quoted was in reference

to a character who officiates as cook of one
of his lunber camps.  ‘‘ Yes, sir,” he con-

tinued, “promptly at 6 o’clock he would
have a boiling fire and shout his significant

phrase, ‘Arise Jupiter, and snuff the moon’,
although he occasionally would vary it by
using the expression, not an uncommon one
in lumber camps, ‘Roll out, turn out, any
way to get out’. In our lumber camps the
custom is for the cook to be the early worm-
eatcher and at 6 o’clock when the blaze
sends forth its cheering warmth and the
coffee-pot sings a pleasant melody, he wakes
the gang.”

“How is a logging camp constructed ? It
must be a novel sort of life the men lead
there isolated during the winter?”

“How is a camp constructed?” ‘ Well,
in the first place we locate the spot, with
reference to convenience to work and pro-
tection from the gentle zephyrs that gener-
ally wander through the woods in winter.
A camp consists of from forty to fifty men,
They will put in on an average 4,000,000
during the season. We construct camps
with reference to that number of men. The
first thing we do is to build a sleeping camp
of logs, about 32 feet by 43, and an adjoin-
ing cooking camp about the same size. The
camp is built after the manner of a log hut,
and when it has reached a sufficient hight
we ‘chink’ it, that is, mix sand and water,
roll up our shirt sleeves, imagine that sum-
mer weather prevails, and slap in the mud
with our hands. Then we roof the concern.
We cut down a tree and split what we call
‘shakes,’ which I cannot describe better
than by comparing it to the primitive system
of making shingles, that is we split the tree
with the grain and lay it two deep, filling
out the chinks with mud. The barns, or as
we call them ‘hovels’ of the horses and oxen,
are constructed similarly. Twenty-four
oxen and forty teams is the full complement
of a camp with a crew of fifty men.

“Your sleeping arrangements can not be
of the most approved style. Do you sleep
Indian fashion with the earth for a pillow
and a blanket for a shield?”

“Bless you, not atall. Lining the walls

f the interior of the sleeping camp are two
tiers of bunks. Every man has his bunk.
In the center is a big stove providing warmth,
and we doze as sweetly and dream as nicely
as at the Morton.”

“How do you proceed about putting in

| the winter’s cut?”

“First we have to grade the main road,
leading from the camp to the bank of the
rafting is done. This road |
has to be graded very carefully so as to en-
able heavy loads to go over it. Collateral
roads, more hastily prepared, lead in every |
direction. One force cut down the trees |
and the other drive the teams. Cut, did I |
say. Weli, that was a mistake. We don’t
eut down trees any more. We saw
them down. Any danger from falling trees?
None at all. The danger is in being caught

 

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'a rule, however,
ipline of the camp.

loading a bob is done in a surprisingly short
time. With their grab hooks and skidders
two men will load a sleigh in ten or fifteen
minutes, and the logs are mighty heavy
sometimes.”

“It must be pretty
woods ?”

“Of course it is not especially tropical,
but the exercise infuses warmth into the
veins of the men. And then they clothe
themselves very warmly. They wear woolen

cold work in the

‘socks a quarter of an inch thick, and some

of them wear as many as five pair at one
time. Their Mackinaw suits are very warm,
too. Someof the men become so inured
that they do not wear mittens at all.”

“Do you live on salt pork and potatoes all
the winter long ?”

“We may not have a printed bill of fare,
with all kinds of unpronounceable foreign
names on it, but our ‘grub’ beats anything
you can obtain in your city hotels. Fresh
beef, potatoes, pork and beans, mince pie,
all nicely cooked, with the sauce which only
hard labor can produce, and we can appre-
ciate what an appetite whetted to razor
sharpness means. And when [include pork
and beans, I talk about a delicate dish which
the city people cannot appreciate, hecause
they do not know what it really is. Talk
about Boston baked beans. If the lumber
camp pork and beans were once made known
‘Bosting’ wouldn’t stand the ghost of a
show. The way our beans are cooked is
novel. We dig what we call abig bean hole
atone end cf the fireplace. At night the
place is red-hot and full of coals that glow at
white heat. We fill a large iron pot with
beans, place a chunk of pork in the middle,
cover it up and place it in the midst of the
hot coals and cover it up with them. The
next morning you have a dish that for deli-
cate flavor can’t be equalled.”

“It must be a sorry way of spending a
winter at best, isolated and without means
of amusement.”

“That is where the mistaken idea comes
in. Of course the men work hard while the
working hours last, but they enjoy life
keenly nevertheless. At 6 in the morning
they go to work and at 6 in the evening
work ceases. At 9 o’clock all go to bed, and in
the intermediate time they enjoy themselves
by playing cards, telling stories and playing
games. One of the favorite games is ‘ put
your head in the hat.’ They draw lots, and
the unfortunate victim hides his face by
drawing a hat over it. Somebody gives
him a whack with the palm of his hand and
he is required to guess who the man was.
If he guesses right he is relieved by the
man who gave the blow, but a wrong guess
results in another blow. As some of the
men have a hand like a sledge-hammer, the
unfortunate sometimes gets black and blue
before he guesses correctly, The fun is en-
joyed intensely by the whackers, although
the one who gets whacked may not appreci-
ate the jokeso hugely. I have seen them
keep up this game for two solid hours. They
are given no wages until the end of the seas-
on, and so they gamble for tobacco. One
man will sometimes win eighteen or twenty
pounds of tobacco during the winter. They
obtain the tobacco from the ‘waghnagn’ or
supply store kept by the foreman. They
are never given whisky, and are sometimes
found smuggling in a demijohn or two. As
they adhere to the disci-
They like practical

‘jokes, and many a time a greenhorn is sent

| ing under the weight uf a heavy sledge bar |

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| to a neighboring camp with instructions to
| borrow a bean hole, and comes back groan-

| that a mule couldn’t carry.
each other’s

Putting logs in
beds, and such practices

| very common.”

by a falling limb, and that is why we have |

to be so careful.

and bounds back v
ing limbs high in air.

‘‘How do they behave toward each other?”

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weighing 100 pounds carried up 200 feet in- once acquired that proud distinction the

to the air. Sometimes the trees, after they
are sawed diagonally, slide off the stump
and then there is need of much watchful-
ness. Last winter, on the Manistee, such
an occurrence happened. The man who was
sawing jumped back and tripped backwards.
The tree caught him between the legs, see-
sawed over the stump and threw him into
the air about twenty feet. He turned a

complete somersault and landed on his feet |

without as much ds a scratch.”

“What is the best condition for putting
in a big cut?’’

“Too much snow is bad, for then it is hard
to get at the fallen logs. But what is worst
of allis when the ground does not freeze
hard before a snowfall, for then skidding is
an exceedingly difficult {matter. We had
great trouble in this respect last winter.
But to proceed about our manner of opera-
tion: When we have our cutting crew at
work the teamsters get out the bobs. They
are much larger than ordinary sleighs, are
peculiarly constructed, and are provided
with concave shoes or runners. We load
them very heavily, the logs being piled tier
after tier to the hight of twenty feet some-
times, and one load will weigh as much as
ten or fifteen tons. Only four horses are re-
quired to draw the load, that is on the
smooth main road. For hauling in the
woods proper we use oxen. The work of

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fighting stops.
will rip out a string of oaths that would
make a pirate blush for envy; but as arule
they are good-hearted men. If one of. their
number becomes sick, in a short time they
have a purse of $100 or $200 raised to secure
medical attention for him. But they are
also a thoughtless, devil-may-care set. At
the end of the season they are paid off, and
in two or three weeks will ‘squander in ea-
rousal what they earned by the hard labor
of a winter. ‘Then they take to rafting dur-
ing the summer, and in winter go back into
the camps.”

Recently a new material ak making paper
has been tried in Sweden. Old mosses,
found in various parts of the country, were
gathered and taken to Joenkoeping, bleached
and made into paper. Some of the paper
thus produced has made its way into En-
gland, and it is probable that a considerable
industry will result from its discovery.

The epidemic of business failures which

has been rather noticeable in the United

States this year, has at last crossed the At-
lantic. All over Great Britain the record is
showing an ugly increase over correspond-
ing weeks in 1882 and 1881. Whether over-
trading or too thin a margin of profit is the
trouble does not appear.

They are a rough set and |

| others, and it will hold its appearance any
“They are so isolated that they learn to | length of time from 24 hours to two years.”
One tree falling, strikes like each other and do not growl much. Of
another and bends it down until released | course every camp has its bully who has to| turned out by the fine metal workers, is it?”
vith terrible force, throw- | / vanquish half a dozen men before he is en- |
I have seen a limb titled to that appellation; but when he has |

 

SNIDE JEWELRY,

How the Trade Has Grown to Colossal Di-
mensions.

‘Here is something handsome,” said a
young man behind a counter in a Woodward
avenue furnishing goods store last evening,
as he placed a tray of assorted “rolled plate”
jewelry on top of a showease for the inspec-
tion of 2 customer. ‘There is a pair of cuff
buttons,” (picking up a ecard from the lot)
“worth $1.50 that will wear at least five
years, and no one can tell that they are not
solid gold. There’s ‘nothing flashy about
’em, and I'll guarantee they can’t be dupli-
cated for general appearance in any jewelry
store in Detroit for less than $7. We shall
sell an immense amount of ’em, and they
are the cheapest jewelry for the money in
the market.”

“Now just hear that young chap talk!”
exclaimed an old practical jeweler who was
standing near by and overheard the remarks
toafriend. ‘“Dve no doubt he actually be-
lieves what he says and thinks he has got a
really standard article; but then he wouldn’t
tell me so more than once.”

‘‘What’s the reason?” queried his listener.
‘They may be made to sell, but they are
stamped ‘fine rolled plate,’ and the gold in
them has certainly a fixed value.”

“Yes, that’s what everybody believes,”
he retorted drily, “but the fact is there ain’t
$10 worth of gold in ascoopful of them,
and let me tell you, young man, the amount

simply startling. The art of making the
glow of virgin gold on pure unadulterated
brass has been brought to such a high point
of perfection that thousands of dollars’ worth
of the stuff is passed off on an unsuspecting
public every year. It isn’t alone the fledg-
lings of both sexes with a weakness for
flashy display who are imposed upon, but
mature people buy it, and sport it with’ the
delusive notion that they have got some-
thing of real intrinsic value. Take a pair of
these buttons, and what are they made of?
Most likely the body of ‘them is brass, or
if they come as high as $2.50 it is oroide;
that is, a composition made up from the clip-
pings gathered up at the large manufacturies
of metals—brass, copper, zine, silver, and
maybe a little gold, enough to make the
stuff from one to three karat fine, which are
thrown into the melting kettle together. The
coating on the outside is sometimes a thin
layer of rolled plate, but more generally it
is made from lacquer, a liquid which gives it
the peculiar yellow glow known to the trade
as ‘fire-gilt.’ If there is any setting in the
article it is either painted glass or bone,
which in itself has a mere nominal value.
They are turned out.in the large manufactor-
iesin the east by machinery like horn but-
tons, and you see if a person considers a mo-
ment itis a very easy matter to approximate
the whole cost.”

“Well, how much do retail dealers make
on them ?”

“From 100 to 150 per cent. The furnish-
ing goods men and the bazars have the ex-
clusive run of the trade, because no reputable
jeweler will handle the goods, and they ean
charge what they please. Even if the stuff
were kept in stock by a first-class jeweler no
one would buy it, as customers would nat-

 

urally regard it as utterly worthless when
sold at less than what they regard as jewel-
ers’ living prices.”’

“Kverything—necklaces, lockets, earrings,
etc.—of this line, is made about the same, I
suppose ?””

“Yes, down to the 99-cent and prize-
package trash. Only on some a little more |
care is taken in smoothing down the sharp
comers and putting on the sheen than on

“Jewelry isn’t the only shoddy article

“No sir!’ was the sharp retort, with a
strong emphasis on the first word. ‘ Nor is
it the leading branch of the trade. Silver-
ware takes the palin on that score, probably
because a thin plate can be put on the body
of any article and with the aid of some of
the preparations sold, made to hold its ap-
pearance. Take the so-called triple-plated
cutlery, for instance, that is sometimes dis-
posed of at alleged bankrupt sales. The
metal in them is ‘guaranteed’ to be either
white metal or steel, when the truth is that
it is nothing but iron or pewter. The name
of some house of acknowledged standing is
marked on them, and the ordinary pur-
chaser is not aware of the deception. He
doesn’t know that such staple goods as
Rogers Brothers are never sold at auction
unless they happen to be damaged. The
manufacturers won’t allow it, any more than
such firms as the American Watch Company
will permit the sale of their goods ata forced
sale, and to prevent it will take them off the
dealer’s hands at cost, or instruct an agent to
bid them in. -It’s strange how many gudg-
eons bite at this fraud, but they usually find
out their mistake in a few months, as the
‘silver’ begins to show itself in that time.”

“Is any substitute for silver plate ever
‘used ?”

“Yes, there is a preparation sold in bottles
that will rejuvenate the auction plate and
make it last for a considerable time. It is
harmless to the metal, and can be used with

| other high qualities.
| trying-on departments personal charms are
| of great value, of course, and command high

 

good effect on genuine silver goods. But

there is another preparation that costs about
fifty cents a gallon which we find useful for
what‘is known as ‘plating with a rag’ ou ac-
count of arag being the only thing necessary
to apply the plating. ‘There are several ‘dif-
ferent kinds of it, one of them imitation
nickel plate, which is warranted to ruin any
article with which it comes in contact. Gift
tea store men buy it in large quantities and
whatever article is gilded with it oncefhas to
be recoated every day, even if not used; but
then the cost of it will never break any one,
as a gallon will plate half a dozen car-loads
of goods.— Detroit News.

A GOOD SALESWOMAN.

Beauty Net an Unmixed Advantage.—tTests of
Temper and Tact.

“Do you have many applications for work
from saleswomen?” asked a reporter~of the
manager of a large uptown store.

“We can get all we want at short notice,”
he replied. ‘‘Most of the ladies like to hail
from a large concern like ours. But it is
not easy to find many who are up to our
standard.”

“What is the standard?’

“The question is not easy to answer. We
expect a lady to be quiet, yet confident: alert
and wide-awake, yet polite and agreeable:
easy and frank, yet possessing a touch of
firmness, and not so outspoken as to injure
trade. In fact, a good saleslady is rather a
complex article under a simple exterior, Pa-
tience and coolness are among the best points
they can possess. I sometimes feel obliged,
in a doubtful case, to test the applicant up-
on this point of equanimity by trying the ef-
fect of some little aggravating remark.
she remains cool and pleasant, her chan
are good; if she colors or bites her lips I
forced to regard her as inexperienced,
put her in some simple department—hosi¢
for example. One of the instincts that
inexperienced girl has to contend with is
tendency to stiffen up if the customer
comes a little disagreeable. But I could pi
out a good saleslady much more easily tha
I can describe her.”

“Is beauty a desirable point?”

“On the whole I think its importance is
overrated. I should prefer, from a business
point of view, what is called an attractive
girl, who is graceful and has a fair figure.
Many of our best salesladies are not remark-
able for physical charms, though all are
agreeable in manner. Some houses make a
point of beauty. It is thought to be useful
at counters frequented by gentlemen; but
we have often been obliged to displace saies-
ladies for keeping gentlemen in conversation.
The art is to say just enough to effect the
sales and dispose of the customer when busi-
ness commences to degenerate into chatter.
Beauties are hard to take care of. We often
have to call them, that is, send them on a
message to a distant part of the establish-
ment as a hint. I think it quite possible that
large sales at higher profits are sometimes
made in the departments of men’s furnish-
ing goods by having good-looking girls be-
hind the show-eases. Nevertheless, I do
not think that, as a whole, we eonsider the
value of a pretty girl in the wages market to
be greater than that of a plainer girl, who is
attractive in other respects. We do net pay
more for beauty unless it is combined with
In the cloak and other

wages; but even here it is more a inatter of
figure and graceful movement than of face.

Jt is perhaps advantageous to have hané-

| some, refined-looking girls in the lace and

embroidery departments. In the silk and
trimming departments we require good taste,
a facility for nice draping, and a quick eye
for colors, united with a genius for mateh-
ing fabries. We pay well in these depart-
ments, and in selecting ladies for them good
looks have only a secondary place. Some of
the ladies, as you will notice, are quite plain,
but all are nice-looking.

“Women perfectly suitable for the trim-
med hat department are certainly born, not
made. I assure you that none of the fine
arts are more difficult than that of selling
ladies’ hats. The hats, with their velvets,
silks, laces, flowers, feathers and passemen-
teries, are very complex articles. To be able
to choose the particular one from stoek that
is most suitable and becoming to a eustom-
er’s features, complexion, age and style, re-
quires natural gifts of a high order. Ladies
are always studying dress more or less, but
the number who can trim a hat tastefully,
and who know what is most becoming to
them, is small. They feel this, and, although
they are often very opinionated in other mat-
ters of dress, they are quite apt to depend
much upon any saleslady in this department
whom they believe to be really competent.
Hence the need of the best talent here, and,
as the best talent is always in demand, the
prices for it are hlgh,’,

“Why do they object to being called sales-.
women?”

“T don’t know.” —New York Sun.

Krupp’s works, at Essen, now employ 429
steam boilers and 456 steam engines, with
the aggregate of 18,500 horse-power, ‘There
are 89 steam-hammers, carrying weights
ranging from 200 pounds to 50 tons.

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Even in dull times the cooper does a stay-
ing business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  
 
  
    
 
 
  
    

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN,

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

 

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor and Prorr etor.

 

 

Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 1883.

The new match factory at Utica turns out
over 7,000,000 matches daily.

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty cotton mills in Atlanta, Ga., pay
an average dividend of fifteen per cent.

 

Retail trade is reported as very much bet-
ter than for some time past. This is due no
doubt to a great extent to the fairs in opera-
tion in nearly every county in the state.

 

advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub-
lisher by mentioning that they saw their
advertisement in the columns of THE MicH-
IGAN TRADESMAN.

SE

The mackerel catch has not been a total
failure, but the next thing to it. Prices are
much higher than a year ago, but it is not
thought that there will be any further ad-
vance, as the high cost is lessening the con-
sumption.

 

It is settled at last. Grand Rapids is the
* best city in the best state in the best coun-
try in the world.”’ There can be no mistake
about this, for no less a distinguished gen-
tleman than 8. L. Fuller has given utterance
to the aphorism.

 

 

About 312,000 persons visited the South-
ern Exposition in Louisville in the course of
the first half of the period during which the
gates are to be open. The Courier-Journal
believes that these figures may be doubled in
the remaining forty days, making the total
attendence between 900,000 and 1,000,000.

 

The quotations given in Tue TRADESMAN
an be depended upon as thoroughly accurate
d reliable. The paper goes to press
omptly at ten o’clock each Wednesday
orning and the price current is revised up
> an hour before that time, giving us the
rantage of the latest advices by mail and
relegraph.

 

The office of Tuk MicHIGAN TRADESMAN
is in the “Eagle” building, third floor. Vis-
iting buyers are cordially invited to make
the office their headquarters while in the
city, and commercial tourists in every line
will always find the latch string out. It goes
without saying that the gentlemen of the
city trade will always be welcome.

 

Some people affect to believe that they
derive no benefit from advertising, for the
reason that they cannot trace any particular
transaction to any particular advertisement.
Neither can we attribute the growth of veg-
etation to any particular drop of rain or ray
of sunshine, but it is very evident that with-
out rain or sunshine it would fail to flourish,

 

Advertising is an art, requiring in practice
the exercise of sound judgment and discrim-
imation in order to insure success. It is un-
deniable that a great amount of advertising
is injudiciously done, while, on the other
hand, no’ investment returns a larger per-
centage of profit than the money spent in
advertising when good sense, judgment, and
business experience guide as to the time,
place, manner, and extent of the advertise-
ment.

 

Vennor, the weather prognosticator, says |
that the fore part of the present month will
probably be very fine, with warm weather.
Frosts are likely to occur about the 5thijand
6th, and this condition will be followed by a
rather cold, wet and unsettled period. The
latter half of the month will develop a num-
ber of severe storm periods. The entry of
December will be very cold; its exit just the
opposite, with scarcity of snow in the ma-
jority of sections. Christmas will probably
be “green” and wet, and the New Year of
1883 balmy and open.

 

A correspondent has written to the New
York Evening Post about the lumber busi-
ness of this state, saying:

The present size and swift growth of the
lumber industry of Michigan, as shown by
statistics, are most startling. ‘Twenty years
ago afew hundred million feet of lumber
were cut in the state; now the annual pro-

_ duct is one-quarter that of our whole coun-
try, and reaches more than four billion feet.
Cut in boards 12 inches wide and one inch
thick, the yearly product would suffice for a
double boarded fence, with the posts, 16
times around the earth. It would build the
houses for a city of amillion inhabitants,
and would each year load some 2,500 miles
of cars.

——— EE

 

We give considerable space in another
part of this week’s paper to a discussion
pro and con the merits of holding a perma-
nent exposition at this place, similar in pur-
pose to the annual fairs held in Chicago,
Milwaukee and other cities. The reasons
existing for such an undertaking, as well as
the objections thereto, are thoroughly out-
lined in a series of interviews with prom-
inent men, all of whom speak from a prac-
tical standpoint. No town of this size has
ever undertaken such a public movement,
and whether the project is ever carried out,
or remains only in embryo, it speaks vol-
umes for the enterprise of the business men
of this city that such a subject has been
broached and received with any degree of

 

 

favor.

THE THREE-CENT PIECE.

The three-cent piece came into existence |
with three-cent postage, and now that we
see the end of the postage rate it is prop-
er to suggest that the coin should follow its
leader into permanent retirement.

The piece never had any proper place in
our monetary system. It bears no decimal
relation to any other coin whatever. It was
created in 1851 under an impression on the
part of Congress that without it nobody
could buy a postage stamp, and at that time
there was some show of reason for such an
impression. The copper cents then in use
were cumbrous things, and there existed a
popular contempt for money in small sums
which prevented their general circulation.
Under these circumstances the three-cent
postal rate really made a three-cent coin con-
venient, if not necessary, and to a certain
class of the community a small advantage
resulted from its introduction. That is to
say, the contempt for small sums already al-
luded to induced the dealers in lollipops and
soda-water to disregard the difference be-
tween the three-cent piece and the half-dime,
and so the small boy made a gain in the way
of confectionery and colic by reason of the
introduction of the new coin. With the
coming into use of nickel and bronze cents,
however, the need for the three-cent piece
passed away, and from that day to this the
coin has been a source of trouble and per-
plexity. The mint has repeatedly changed
it in size, design, and composition, but with
all changes it has remained a nuisance. AS
a small scale of silver .750 fine it was anom- |
alous in composition, as well as in denomin-
ation, all other silver coins being .900 fine.
When its standard was raised to .900 in
1853, the coin became so small and thin as
to be nearly useless. When the present base
metal coin was substituted it was made so
like a silver dime in size and appearance
as to be a temptation to the holder and a
snare to the receiver.

The changes made in size and composition
were accompanied by changes in the legal-
tender value of the coins, all indexes of the
perplexity caused by the existence of a piece
which bore no proper relation to our deci-
mal system. It was at one time a legal ten-
der to the amount of thirty cents. Again its
legal-tender efficiency was extended to sixty
cents. Finally, in 1873, the three-ceht piece
was made a legal tender for any sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five cents. This was pre-
cisely as it should be. It was entirely fit
that a coin so anomalous in other respects
should have for’its legal-tender limit a sum
which is not a multiple of its value.

But whatever excuse there may have been
for the original introduction of the three-
cent piece, there can be none whatever for
its continued coinage and circulation now
when the three-cent rate of postage has
ceased. The piece is inconvenient in use,
out of place in our system, and unnecessary,
altogether. Nobody ever wants it except now
and then for purposes of vengeance upon an
obnoxious street car conductor, and even
then it works awkwardly. The angry pas-
senger must explore all his pockets for the
coins to be used in combination with it, and
wien he has done so the wily conductor, in-
stead of pocketing the troublesome coin,
smiles as he bestows it on the next passen-
ger who wants change. The three-cent
piece does, indeed, serve the purposes of
dignified persons who are ashamed to be
seen putting copper coins upon the plate at
church and do not care to invest so large a
sum as ten cents in that way. In the dim,
religious light of a church it sufficiently re-
sembles a dime to deceive the very elect
who pass the plate. But beyond these un-
worthy purposes it is impossible to guess |
what use there is for three-cent pieces or
what occasion there is for their further coin-
age. Congress may do the public a service
by making haste to abolish the coin alto-
gether.

 

 

 

Some Counsel to Merchants’ Clerks.

There is no class of young men in this
country who are more exposed to evil and
temptations te wrong doing than our mer-
chants’ clerks, and to them we would en-
deavor to drop a few words of sound and
well-meaning advice. Evil company is of-
ten elegant, delightful and fascinating; and
inexperience cannot escape the coils of the
gilded serpent. What is greatly to be de-
plored is, that associates of this sort do not
wait to be sought out, but make the. first ad-
vances, and always most insidiously. Unless
a novice is on his guard against these seduc-
ers, he will certainly fall. Most deadly is
the poison when evil companions are under
the same roof, or in the same store. Better
be chained to yellow fever or small-pox,
than be joined to a vicious companion.. The
first company to which a young clerk really
attaches himself often fixes his career. This,
however, he often falls into at random, or
more frequently has not the decision of
character to cast off when detected, Among
many things which render bad company
poisonous, one of the saddest is the extreme
difficulty, frequently, of getting rid of them.
To shake them off is a Herculean task; the
ill attachment sticks like the coat of Nessus.
Indeed, solitary amendment is often easier
than disentangling one’s self from corrupt-
ing alliances. But success in life, honor and
uprightness of character all demand that at
whatever cost they must be forsaken.

Among what some have named The
Lesser Morals, is the care of Health. Neg-
lects here come back with vengeance in af-
ter life. Let us leave out the horrible vices
which poison the blood of youth, and send
rottenness into the bones. Smaller errors
may destroy health. The varieties of mer-
chantile life cannot all come under the same

 

rule. There is a difference between desk
work and store work, between day work |
and night work, between long and short
hours. But engrave it on your memory, that
temperance, cleanliness and exercise will
make you healthy and alert. “The best
three doctors are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and
Dr. Merryman.” Continual meddling with
the animal macnine is not the way to pro-
mote health. Asking whether this will hurt
or that will hurt, generally,ends in a state
im which everything shall hurt. Ifa young
fellow is regular in his habits and moderate
in his food, and if he abstains from tobacco
and alcohol, and is cleanly in his person, he
will be quite sure to have cheerfulness and
strength. Many of the neuralgias, dyspep-
sias, palsies, kidney troubles and melan-
cholies of later life, arise from the tobacco,
liquors and suppers of young manhood, and
their consequences. Health is promoted by
early rising, cleanliness and temperance.
“Cleanliness,” itis well said, “‘is next to god-
liness.”” Scrape the surface with a dull
knife, and you will learn why it is not
enough to wash for the public, cleansing
only what is visible. These are not trifles,
as the biography of all long-lived men will
demonstrate.—United States Economist.

 

Shrewdness versus Sharpness.

Shrewdness is an excellent quality in a
business man. It carries him through diffi-
culties thet would swamp others and ena-
bles him to avoid dangers into which less
shrewd men would be certain to stumble.
But when shrewdness degenerates into mere
sharpness—which may be defined as shrewd-
ness devoid of conscientiousness—it becomes
as dangerous as a two-edged sword in the
hands of a child. It cuts both its possessor
and all with whom he has dealings. Shrewd-
ness is honest, taking advantage of circum-
stances in an honest manner, and only for
legitimate purposes. Sharpness frequently
descends to trickery to accomplish its object,
and is so closely allied to downright dishon-
esty oftentimes that the difference between
them is not apparent to the ordinary observ-
er. The shrewd merchant is respected and
successful, while the mere sharper—equally
shrewd but less honest—is avoided, despised,
and at constant war with the world. He 1s
rarely successful, and success never brings
him respect. Most frequently he may be
found at the bottom of the ladder of fortune,
sore from the tumbles he has received, for

 

 

he sometimes climbs part way up by hang-
ing to the skirts of more energetic climbers,
only to fall when shaken off and left to his
awn exertions. He hopes to reach the top
at the expense of others; and wastes more
brain and muscle in the. endeavor to ascend
by trickery than would suffice to carry him
triumphantly to the highest round by honest
endeavor. To such men shrewdness, instead
of being a blessing, is a curse.—Sewing-Ma-
chine Journal.

New Article of Pottery.

From the owners of the graphite industry,
near Humboldt, Zinns & Schweisthal, of Mil-
waukee, we learn that they have arranged
for the shipment of 500 tons of the product
of their mine to Milwaukee, where it will
be used in the manufacture of a new article
of pottery—something of their own inven-
tion. By mixing the graphite with clay, and
glazing the inside, they claim to be able to
manufacture an article greatly superior to
iron for cooking purposes.—Ispheming Iron
Agitator.

Why Some Men Fail to Succeed.

They neglect details.

They fail to push business.

They talk politics too much.

They imitate their neighbors.

They have no eye to business.

They are not polite or accomodating.

They have too much outside business.

They know not the power of method.

They become rusty and lose ambition.

They let their help waste and destroy.

They fail to invent or have new ideas.

They are not liberal to home enterprises.

They are penny wise and pound foolish.
They wait for fortune to drop into their
aps.

They think most things take too much
trouble.

They attend to everything but their own
business. :

Mucilage for Pasteboard.

Merchants are often at a loss for a very
strong mucilage having sufficient power ot
tenacity to fasten sheets of pasteboard to-
gether. The following cement is recom-
mended by a scientific authority. It has the
additional advantage of being waterproof.
Melt together equal parts of pitch and gutta-
percha. To nine parts of this add three
parts of boiled oil, and one-fifth part of lith-
arge. Continue the heat with stirring until
a thorough union of the ingredients is effect-
ed. Apply the mixture hot or somewhat
cooled, and thinned with a small quantity of
benzole or turpentine oil,

Advertising is a good thing, but when a
prominent grocer recently carried to a funer-
al an umbrella on which was painted con-
spicuously the business of his house, and
held it over the clergyman’s head while he
read the prayers, the bystanders thought
he was running the thing in the ground.

“Yes,” said the druggist, “I’m very Sorry
I gave Mr. Snags the wrong dose by mistake
and he died. He’s the second good customer
I’ve robbed myself of in that way this year.—
Boston Post.

An advertisement calls for live grocers to

introduce a new comodity to the public. |

That is right. If dead grocers undertake it
they will frighten the people.

“There’s one thing,” said an old merchant,
“that I never knew to get tired of standing,
no matter how long it stood—and that is an
outstanding debt.”

Edward Ridley, the New York dry goods
merchant who died recently, left an estate

 

worth over $2,000,000.

 

How ‘‘The Tradesman’’ Was Received.

‘Tae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is the latest.
newspaper venture in this city. Mr. E. A.|
Stowe, who has done excellent work on the |
different papers of this city for several years, |
is the editor and proprietor. Tue TRADES-|
MAN is a bright, clean-looking sheet, and is |
devoted to the interest of the wholesale and |
jobbing trade.—Leader. |

Tre MIcHIGAN TRADESMAN is the name |
of anew Grand Rapids weekly trade journal, |
the first number of which has just been is- |
sued by Mr. Ernest A. Stowe, editor and |
proprietor. Itisa neat six-column folio, |
devoted to the wholesale interests of Grand |

Rapids. Mr. Stowe has for some years been |
engaged on the city dailies, and resigns the |
news editorship of the Eagle in order to de- |
vote his entire attention to his venture.— |
Democrat.

A new weekly paper, entitled THE Micrr-|
IGAN TRADESMAN, has made its appear-
ance—“E. A. Stowe, Editor and Proprietor.”
It is about one-half the size of the Daily |
Eagle. and the initial number shows ev- |
idence of much labor in its preparation and |
presents a creditable typographic face. In-|
troducing itself, it assumes a task that will |
require no little talent and industry to ac-
complish properly. It aims to be a repre-
sentative of the mercantile interests of this |
city, and if it does not achieve success, it |
will not be for lack of hard labor and earnest |
endeavor.—Hagle.

 

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The Dangers of Celluloid.

The explosion of a celluloid comb, by
which a baby was severely burned in Abing-
ton, Mass., is only an example of the dan-
gerous nature of this substance, which, after
the usual fashion, we are learning by exper-
ience. It is composed of such material as
to readily ignite and explode by contact with
fire, and a series of accidents has commenced
from ignorance of this fact, rather than from
carelessness, that may equal those of the toy
pistol in number, if not in fatality, before the
fashion of ornament is worn out. Its cheap-
ness gives it special vogue for ornament for
children, and they are the ones most likely
to bring it into danger from careless contact
with fire. There should be a warning of the
dangerous properties of the substance with
out requiring that the knowledge should be
obtained by the accidents of the blowing off
of bracelets, beads, and such like personal
ornaments at the touch of a match or gas-
jet. Celluloid should be marked as danger-
ous until some method is found to relieve it
of its imprisoned and explosive gasses.—
Providence Press.

Infringements of a Trade Mark.

The Win. Rogers Manufacturing Co., of
Hartford, Conn., have secured injunctions
prohibiting the following fraudulent in-
fringements of their trade marks: ‘Rogers
& Son, Greenfield, Mass.;” ‘ Rogers S. P.
Co.”; “Rogers & Brittin Silver Co.”’; and
“6 Rogers A 1.” They have a suit now
pending against Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.,
who are infringing their trade mark with |
goods marked “Win. Rogers,” with an eagle |
just before and a star just after the name. |

TRAIN TIME TABLES. —

Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division. |
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DEPART.
Detroit Express.........-...--.----.--- 6:20am)
Day Express..........-..--------2---:- 12:45 p m |
New York Fast Line...............-.-- 6:50 p m |
Nicht EXpress........--.....-........- 10:40 p m |
Mixed. 2) 7:30 am |
ARRIVE.
Pacific Hxpress..-..........-.--.--..-. 7:30 am
Hocal Passenger..-.......2.-.-..---.-. 11:50 am
Wail see 4:50 p m
MWixeG 0s ee el pm
Grand Rapids Express..............-- 10:50 pm |

The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving |
at Detroit at 11:40 p. m., and New York at 9 p. |
m. the next evening. |

Direct and prompt connection made with |
Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada|
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus |
avoiding transfers. |

The Detroit Express leaving at 6:20 a. m. has |
Drawing Room and Posrlor Car for Detroit, |
reachiny that city at noon, New York 10:30 |
a. m., and Boston 2:40 p. m. next day.

J. TT, ScHuLTz, Gen’! Agent.

 

Dctroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

  
 
 
 

Arrives. Leaves. |
+Steambcoat Express....... 6:36am 6:45am)
+Through Mail... ....10:40am 10:50am)
+Evening Express. .. 4:05pm 4:05pm
*Limited Express.... . 7:05pm 7:15pm,
+Mixed, with coach.. ae 11:00 a m |
+Muskegon Express....... 10:05 p m

GOING WEST.
+Morning Express......... 1:05pm 1:25pm)
+Through Mail..............5:15 pm 5:25pm)
+Steamboat Express....... 10:25pm 10:30 p n
PMUIROG 660200 ween ces 7:45am
+Muskegon Express........ 6:00 am
*Milwaukee Express....... 3:52am 4:05am

+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Passengers taking the 6:45 a. m. Express
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at
10:00 a. m. the following morning.

Limited Express has Wagner Sleeping Car
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has
a Parlor Car to Detroit. Milwaukee Express
has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping’!
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids. |

D. PorrsR, City Pass. Agent.

THOMAS TANDY, Gen’! Pass. Agent, Detroit.

 

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

Arrives. Leaves.
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.10:00pm 11:00pm
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:50am 10:20am
Ft. Wayne & Cadillac Ex.. 4:50pm 5:15pm
G'd Rapids & Petoskey Ac. 7:45am

GOING SOUTH.

Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 6:10am 7:00am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:25pm 5:00pm
Cadillac & Ft. Wayre Ex..10:55am 1:00pm

Petoskey & G’d Rapids Ac 8:20 pm
All trains daily except Sunday.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train leaving at 11 p.m. has Wood-
tuff Sleeping Cars for Traverse City, Petoskey
and Mackinac City. Train leaving at 10:20 a. m.
has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for
Mackinac City.

South—Train leaving at 5 p.m. bas Woodruff
Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. :

, A. B. Leet, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO DIVISION.)

Arrives. Leaves.
FOXpress .7%- .........---.-:- 7:25pm 8:00am
WGN ce ee ee eee 10:00am 4:25pm

The train leaving at 4:25 p.m. connects at
White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on main
line, which has Palace Sleeping Coaches from
Chicago to New York and Boston without
change.

The train leaving at 8:00a.m. connects at
White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner)
with special New York express on main line.

R. E. ABBorT, Gen’! Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves. Arrives,
MAT Sas a tte ee 10:00am 4:35pm
+Day Express.........-...- 1:15pm 10:45pm
*Night Express............ 9:00pm 6:35am

*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.

Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.
Through coach to Chicago on 1:15 p. m., and
9p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

‘THAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS and SPICES

SPRING & COMPANY |

 

 

Leaves. Arrives.
WANG occ cies icte se ree 6:20am 4:00pm
EXpress..... ..ss2--:ee pees 8:10pm 10:10am

A. M. NICHOLS, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

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CODY, BALL & CO.,

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Wholesale Grocers! *

11,13 & 15 Pearl Street, and 13, 15, 17 & 19 Campau Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.

 

_._—WE ARE SPECIAL AGENTS FOR THE SALE 0F—

Weisinger & Bates’ “Hold Fast” Plug!

McAlpin’s GOLD SHIELD Plug,
Harris’ SENTINEL Plug,
Harris’ HONEY BEE Plug,

And We Particularly Invtte the Attention of Buyers to these Brands, as THEY POSSESS REAL
MERIT, and will Please Both Dealer and Customer.

 

——-To Those who Appreciate a Really Fine Cheese, We Say, Buy Only the —

“RIVERSIDE,”

Which We Guarantee Equal to Any Made, Both in RICHNESS OF FLAVOR AND
KEEPING QUALITIES. Never Buy a Cheap Cheese for
Winter Stock.

 

_——WE KEEP THE FINEST AND LARGEST LINE OF——

In the City. and Solicit Your Orders When in Need of Anything in Our Line.

 

--_—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN——

FANCY AN YD

TAPLE DRY GOOD

CARPETS,

OIL CLOTHS, |

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MATTINGS, |

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6 and 8 Monroe Street, ‘

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CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

FURNISHED BY LEADING DEALERS. |

DRY GOODS.
Spring & Company quote as follows :
WIDE BROWN COTTONS.

 

 

Androscoggin, of .23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21 ; Pepperell, 11-455 os. 21%
meee Li rn tipetier et a
Pepperell, 9-4...... 221%4\Pequot, 9-4.........24
, CHECES.

Caledonia, XX,oz..11 {Park Mills, No. 90..14
recog XxX, es —, Mills, No. eS
Hconomy, OZ.......1 ‘Prodigy, 0Z.........
Park Mills, No. 50..10 (Otis Apron........- 10%
aig a 7 ae one espe Soees a?

ar ills, No. 70..12 Pork. 1 ae... .2 2. 2: (
Park Mills, No. 80..13 |York, AA, extra oz.14

OSNABURG,
Alabama brown.... 7 {|Alabama plaid..... 8
Jewell briwn....... 9%/Augusta plaid...... 8
Kentucky brown..10% /Toledo plaid........ 1%
Lewiston brown... 91¢|Manchester plaid.. 7
Lane brown........ 914'New Tenn. plaid...11
Louisiana plaid.... 8 (Utility plaid........ 614
BLEACHED COTTONS.

Avondale, 36....... 84 Greene, G, 4-4...... 6
‘Art cambrics, 36. ..11%4/Hill, 4-4...........-. 9
Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8%|Hill, 7-8..........--- 8
Androscoggin, 5-4..124%|Hope, 4-4.......-... 7%
Ballou, 4-4.......... 7%\King Phillip cam-
Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 bric, 4-4..........- 11%
Boott, 0. ee 8% Linwood, Ae ee >.
Boott, E. 5-5........ 7 |Lonsdale, 4-+4....... 9%
nase ge 4-4..... 9% Et tg ort.

oott, R. 3-4........ 53{|Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9%
Blackstone, AA 4-4. 734/Langdon, 45........ 4
Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6%|Masonville, 4-4... 9%
Conway, 4-4.......- 73,|Maxwell. 4-4........ 10%
Cabot, 4-4........--. 71,|New York Mill, 4-4.11%
Cabot, 7-8.........-. 614|New Jersey, 4-4.... 8
Canoe, 3-4...... _... 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7%
Domestic, 36....... 14 \Pride of the West. .12%
Dwight Anchor, 4-4.10 |Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8%
oe. ae ee re peice’ _ oe o%
Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. ¢ ictoria, AA.......
Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 8!4|Woodbury, 4-4...... 534
Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, 4-4... 7%

eambric, 4-4.....-. 12 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6%
Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7 |Wamsutta,44...... 11%
ne Medal, 7-8..... 64 Williamsville, 36...10%
Gilded Age......-.. 8%

CORSET JEANS.

Armory ..........-. T4|)Kearsage........... 8%
Androscoggin sat.. 844;Naumkeag satteen. 84

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Canoe River........ 144/Pepperell bleached 8%
ee si fe 6% Emp Bat... -.. 9%
Hallowell Imp..... 34 HOVE... --. 5. 134.
Ind. Orch. Imp..... 63% |Lawrence sat......-. 844
Laconia .......-...- 74|Conegosat.......... 7
PRINTS.

Albion, solid........ 5% !|Gloucester .......... 6
Albion, grey......-- 6 |Gloucestermourn’g.6
_Allen’s checks...... 6 |Hamilton fancy....6
Ailen’s fancy....... 6 |Hartelfancy........ 6%
Allen’s nink —.-...- 6% Merrimac D......... 6%
Allen 8 purple ee. 64% Manchester ea 6%
American, fancy....6 Oriental fancy...... 6
ot mousy Se, 6% ae ee Sooeae 6

erlinsolid.......... 544|Pacific robes........ 7
qonece faney Be 6% oon ee ee 8%
Cocheco robes......- 7 eel River..........
Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s,.....-....- 6%
.Eddystone ........-- 614|Washington fancy..6
 oysed fancy.........5 |Washington blues. .6%
Garner pink........- 7

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

Appleton A, 4-4.... 8 |Indian Orchard, 40. 814

Boott M, 4-4........ 7

 

 

 

  

 

 

Indian Orchard, 36. 8

Boston F, 4-4....... $%|Laconia B, 7-4......16%
Continental C, 4-3.. 734|Lyman B, 40-in..... 10%
Continental D, 40in 8%| Mass. BB, 4-4....... 614
.Conestoga W, 4-4... 7 |Nashua &, 40-in.... 9
Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%4|Nashua R, 4-4...... 74
Conestoga G, 30-in. 644|Nashua O, 7-8....... 714
Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 |NewmarketN...... 734
Dwight Y,7-8....... 61%4|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7%
Dwight Z, 4-4....... 7 |\Pepperell R, 4-4.... 7
Dwight Star, 4-4.... 734/Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6%
Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64
Enterprise EE, 36.. 614|Pocasset C, 4-4..... 7
Great Falis E, 4-4... 7%/Saranac R.......... 7%
Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 634 |Saranac Mo 9
Indian Orchard, t-4 7%!
DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

Amoskeag ........- $4 Renfrew, dress styll0%%
Amoskeag, Persian (Johnson Manfg Co,

SiSAG8. 3... ----- 10%! Bookfold......... 12%

Rates... .:-..------ 8 |Johnson Manfg Co,

Berkshire .......... 7%4|_ dress styles...... 12%
Glasgow checks.... 7% Slaterville, dress
-Glasgow checks, t’y 7¥2|_ styles...........-.18%

Glasgow checks, \White Mfg Co, stap 8

royal styles...... 9 |White Mfg Co, fane 8
-Gloucester, new White Mant’g Co,
standard ......... 8 Earlston.......... 9%

Plunket ...........- S 4Gonion.:........... 8

Lancaster .......--- 8 iGreylock, dress
Langdale ........--- 794| styles .........--- 12%

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27%
Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 1i-4..... 324%

Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 21

Pepperell, 8-4......2244;Pequot, 8-4..... ee

Pepperell, 9-4.....- 25 |Pequot, 9-4.........27%

HEAVY BROWN COTTONS.
Atlantic A, 4-4..... 714 Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 84

Atlantic H, 4-4..... %4\Lawrence Y,30.... 7
_Atlantic D, 4-4..... 614\Lawrence LL, 4-4... 614

Atlantic P, 4-4...... 6 |N ewmarket N...... D4
Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 5%'Mystic River, 4-4... 6%

Adriatic, 36......... 744\Pequot A, 4-4....... 8

Augusta, 4-4........ 634|Piedmont, 36....... qT

Boott M, 4-4..-..... 744 \Stark AA, 44....... 8

Boott FF, 44....... 734 \Tremont CC, 4-4.... 6

Graniteville, 4-4.... 7 |Utica, 4-4........... Q

Indian Head, 4-4... 8 |Wachusett, 4-4..... 9%

Indiana Head 45-in.12%|Wachusett, 30-in... 6%

TICKINGS.

Amoskeag, ACA...15 \Falls, XXXX....... 181%

Amoskeag ‘4-4..19 (Falls, XXX......... 15%

Amoskeag, A.....- 14 [Falls, BB........... 11%

Amoskeag, B......13 (Falls, BBC, 36...... 19%
_Amoskeag, C.....- 12 |Falls, awning...... 19

Amoskeag, D...... 11 |Harnilton, BY, 32..12

Amoskeag, E...... 10% Hamilton, D....... 10
_Amoskeag, F....... 10 |Hamilton, H....... 10

Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10

Premium B........ 16 Methuen AA: 414

Extra44...........- 16 |Methuen ASA...... 18
,Extra7-8...... .---- 144% Omega A, 7-8....... 11

Gold Medal4-4......15 (Omega A, 4-4....... 13

OPA 3s. .....-.---- 12%4;Omega ACA, 7-8....14

ee eee 14 |Omega ACA, 44....16
a cess ee oe 144 jOmega SH, 7-8...... 24

eM US. 2.5.3. :-- ee 16 \Omega SE, 4-4...... 27

AWA |... 2 -oe-- 19 |Omega M.7-8 ...... 22

Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 Omega M, 4-4....... 25

Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 Shetucket SS&SSW 11%

Cordis No. 1, 32..... 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12
Cordis No. 2......-. 14 |Shetucket, SES....12
«Cordis No.3.....--. 13 |Stockbridge A..... q
«Cordis No.4.....--- 11% Stockbridge. frney. 8

GROGERiES.
AXLE GREASE.
-Modoc..... # doz 60 |Paragon... 8 doz 65

Diamond......... 60 |Frazer’s ......---- 85

BLUING.

Dry, NO. 2......-22-22eecee cece reeeee doz. 25
Dry, Nowd.. 0.2... .2 ee eee eee erences doz. Ad
Liquid, 4 02Z,........----+----+-+-++> doz. i)

Liquid, 8 02. ...-...----- pees esas ae. 65

BROOMS.

Wo. 1 Carpet.......--.---- 2-22 cnet cence 2 50
_No. 2 Carpet... ...-2---2- 2-222 ee cere cere 2 25

Wo. 1 MTN oo wos oes os eins ne ee se sees 200;

Mo 2) .8 oon one nn ee 33S

Fancy Whisk...........-----++--+seee0++ 1 2

Common Whisk.....--.------+--+-+-+++-+ 85

CANNED GOODS.
Pie Peaches...... 125 Corn, Trophy... 115
_ 3Standard 2 00@2 25 (Corn, Yarmouth 1 3
Apples, 3.®...... 12 jPeas...... .. T@1 40
do. 6....... 215 (String Beans... 90
do. gallons... 350 |Lima Beans...... 90
Strawberries 1@110 |Baked Beans.... 1%

Blackberries .... 125 |Pumpkin........ 1 25

Raspberries .... 1 50 Succotash ... 1 65@90
- Cherries.......-- 1-25 |Oysters, Lb.... 110

Pineapples. ..... 1% jOysters, 2m....1 80
.Damsons.......- 125 jSalmon.... 1 60@1 7%
Egg Plums...... 150 |Lobsters, Stars.. 1 75

Gages ......----- 150 (Sardines, Am..... 8%

T6ert......-.-.--- 35 |Sardines, Inport. 13

Cal. Apricots 295 |Corned Beef 2 90@3 00
Tomatoes ....... 20 jiCond. Milk, Eagle

Corn, Excelsior 1 10 CABO. 6: ease 8
COFFEE.
Green Rio.... 9%4@14 |Roasted Mar. @I1%
. Green Java. . .18 Roasted Mex.18 @20
Green Mocha.27 @29 |Ground Rio..10 @Ii5
Roasted Rio..10 @I18 Ground Mex.14 @16
Ro ‘sted Javaz3 @32
CORDAGE.
92 foot Jute ..... 120 (60 foot Cotton... .2.09
60 foot Jute...... 1 00 (50 feet Cotton....1 7
CAPS.
8% ‘Waterpreot.......75

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FRUITS.

Loose Muse Raisins..................- 1 92@

New Valencias Rgisins.............,-. 9@10

Turkey Prunes ...........-..22.0+-002+ 14

Currames 26 66 ee 7

Citron a ee 18@20

Dried Apples: ....-- -2 22.6. sis 9

FISH.

WVNOIG COG... oo... ios eas see eee 64%4@6%

Boneless Cod...........2-.0-26 0s ee0--? 6@83;

Herring % bbls.............-...+----+> 3 25

Herring Scaled...........:----0- +2 eee 39

Herring Holland............--.++-+++- 110

White Fish % bbls ........-------+---- 6 00

do. Rate 2 a: 85@90

Trout half bbis...........-...-2-2++-- 4 85
do; Mats 0. ee es - - 85

Mackerel half bbls No. 1............-- 6 00

Go. Kats Nos! .... 3-3... -- :-. 1 00
MATCHES.

Richardson’s No. 2 square...............--- 2%

Richardson’s No. 3 WO ee 1 56

Richardson’s No. 5 NO 28 177

Richardson’s No. 6 QO 2.2 27

Richardson’s No. 8 AQ. ay

Richardson’s No. 2 N60. 3 ee 2 55

Richardson’s No. 4 round ..............-.-.- 2 Ti

Richardson’s No.7 do ............---200s 2 5d

Kichardson’s No. 7% dO ...... ee eee epee eee 17

Electric Parlor No. 17.............--.222+-5-- 8 80

Electric Parlor No. 18.................-0.008- 5 7

MOLASSES.

Black Strap...... 19@20|New Orleans g’d. @45
Porto Rico....... @35\New Orleans f’y .62@65
Om.

Kerosen@ WoW .c 6c sec ce. ee een 164

do. Tiewal test... kon 13%
Castor, 2 oz. square [Round $1] ...... 75
Sweet, 2 oz. square M0 ole. id

OATMEAL.

Quaker 2 bb cases, 48 Ibs ® case........ 2 35
do 5 tb eases, 60 hs 8 case.......... 2 5d

Imperial bbls.................-0-.++++ 6 25

Quaker bbls... ..........--------.----- % 25

PICKLES.

Dingee’s barrels med......... 0 ---.-++--+--5 1

Dingee’s 14 Oe ee 3 50

Dingee’s }2 do RTAN ee 45

Dingee’s quarts glassfancy...-:......-.-..-- 4 25

Dingee’s pints G0 6. 2 50

SUGARS.

Granwiated ...........-. 5... as 9-18

CutiGoat..... 22. ee 934

PoOwGered .. 3. .;.. 235... oes ss -- 9%

Cont Ao. 6666 8-81

Standant A... 0... io... 8-69

Mowe 6. 2 eG 8 @8%

TUTE Cs TY%@T%

Welw. 6 ee .... 64%@7T%

SOAP.

Kirk’s American Family ........ 8 Ib 6%
go. tadian 2s ke... 64
Go. SavVOn .......-..-.....-...--.-.. 3
go Samet... - eee - 614
go: Revenue ....................-- 5%
do. White Russian................ 5 40

Bell’s German Family..............-. 5%
ao: Mone es... 4

Goodrich’s English Family .......... 514

do. PUINORSS 62 cc. - 66... eo 3 44
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory ..........- 6 75

do. Japan Olive ...... 5
do. Town Talk @ box 3 70

Sides cee 3 00

Bppitde ss te 5 50

Wien Rae 6. .: . ese 5 ss. et 4 25

White castile bars................-065- 13

Mottled castile......2..-2:-2.-..:..---- 2

SPICES.

Ground Pepper, in boxes and cans... 16@22

Ground Alispice...................--+> 12@20

Cimmamon..... 22... .-.. 02: ...--.---- 16@30

Olpwes 5. es ae; 20@25

Ginger. {5 ee 15@20

Mamstarmd: 66 se. 15@35

Mayenne... .-.3.:...---- 8. =: 25

Pepper 144 tb # dozen............-.----- 70

Alispice %49)...-.........------..------ 65

Cmnamon 34 1D ........-..:-........... 7

(loves s4 oe. 75

Pepper, whole................------- 17 @18

AaBpICe ..).....:- 5... @12

“CSTD se @12

COPS a 20 @22

Naimegs, No; 1... ...-.-........---- 10 @%

STARCH.

Muzzy Gloss 1 bb package.............. @i

Muzzy Gloss 3 tb package. ,...........- @6%

Muzzy Gloss 6 boxes..............-- @i%4

Muzzy Gloss bulk................-.---- @6

Mazzy Corn 1m... ...--.....------,---- 7 @14

Kingsford Silver Gloss.........-...--- @8%

Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ib box....... @9%

Kingsford Corn................-------- 83 @9

Oswego Gloss.........-- Co ees @63%

SALT.

BY Poeeten ee es 2 55

G8 Pecket 255. ass... --- 3. --- 2 40

Saginaw Wine ..........:..+.:.-..--.--- 110

SEEDS.

WACUID, ..-- 2. eee ee 5

Canary. ..2.....--.--:....---- + 5

TRAIG i te vin ain e tae- “5

Mioged INA. es ee ae 6

STONEWARE.

Jues @ walion.-.........-...-.----.----- @8

(NGCER a. ee. - i

Milk (rocks —.) 706.2. 1c. -2-:-.--- 7

STOVE POLISH.

Rising Sun gross..5 88/Dixon’s gross...... 5 50

Universal.......... 5 88| Above @ dozea..... 50

TR oe. 5 50!

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure @ 5%|Cap Sheaf..... @ 54

Churh’s....... @ 5144|Dwight’s...... @ 54

Taylor's G.M. @ 5%|

TEAS.

Japan ordinary ..28@35|Young Hyson... .25@50

Japanfair........ 25@30|Gun Powder..... 35@50

Japan fair to g’d.30@37)Oolong .........--. 338@55

Japan fine........ 40@50|\Congo .........--- @30

Japan dust....... 14@20

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

Diamond Crown .............-++++++++ 5d

Hiawatha ..........--.. eee cece eee eres 67

GAGS... =... 3... === 70

May Flower ............--2-2---eeeceees 70

MORE TORE eo oe ee ss se 65

Silver Crowi -...............-.....--.- 35

lows Ul a oe es 30

UDEY so -  e  e e 30

Ripper in 1% bbls.............--2+-+-+ @28

SOTO). ca ee ee (@AD5

PLUG.

Sentinel 17 fb and 28 b cads............ @A8

(Olin bese ess (50

Honey Bee 28 cads.......... eee @A8

Tiga Hest 6 ee cs ees esse ee @As

Oo ee oc ee ee @A48

Der On lt. soe ee 3s : @3t

McAIpin’s Gold Shield............... ie @A8

Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ib cads....... @bl1

Chocolate Cream 4 and 8 bb cads....... @50

My Choice 3 oz pocket pieces......... @34

My Choice 16 oz pieces............----+ @33

Cock of the Walk 68..............-.--- O37

SMOKING.

DIME . . 0... 25s ee ee ee ee 23Q@2A4

ORG wc ess ones ne 24

POPriGSs 0255 ois n so oso se ssa ee 23

Bi AON ies ee eb ese se ; 20

Old Tom: «... - 2.5.22... oe lee, 19

Wan M, BOTI oc oo oe se eee ss 23

Buber os sss nee eee see 24

Traveler........ Pn ne cass Se eee ce 35

MOREY 35556653565. os ee ne 26

Navy Clippings .............--++-e+2e0- 24

WAQUOY T9OW os oo oo sie cose coe Sees e ese 24

osld SOOM. - 5s os eee 32

Mamp Fire .... 22.0.2 2.5 -000505.- 5 -2--- 22

SITIONS ee oe cae 19

Nigger Head...............0+.-+0--+--- 26

Tina i D5 .... 8 .. sess es 55

qo 420 52

do Be oo ae os seek oe 5

do ee ee Bobs ecoe ss 46

SHORTS.
Diary CURT oe a pe aoe eese on 23
SSW es we ce ces = 23

VINEGAR.
Cider... 36s ieee 12 {White Wine........ 12
Natural Grape.... 16 |

YEAST.
Twin Bros....... 1.75 |Wilsons.......... 1%
Gillett’s.......... 175 |National......... 1 85
MISCELLANEOUS.

WEIGOLD 5s ois he seb e te ce 30, 40, 50@60

do  -waterproof.................. 1 60

Bath Brick imported .................. 95

_ do American.........-...226. 70

ARAN ooo eis oa bee oes 3

Murnors, NO: 1 o.oo i tei coe 110

do DG es a a 1%

Bags, American A..........-..---+--+- 20 00

Baking Powder, bulk ...............-. 10@22

Beans, hand picked.............-+.-+.- 2 65

TR os oki oc ge see 18@20

Cream Tartar 5 and 10: cans......... @2

Candles, Star [Hotel 162g¢]............ @b%

Chocolate, Baker’s .......... ace sa hes @A40

do German-sweet............. @27

Cheese full cream choice............. @13

Catsup quarts ® dozen................ 1 3@

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Extract Coffee, V.C. ....-...--.-----5- 90
° HOUR Be ic ec cee ss 1 30@
Flour, Star Mills, in bbls .............. 6 00@
do in Sacks............-. 5 T5@
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps [200.40c]...... @25
Gum, Spruce............- eee eee eee 35@40
Chimneys No. 1............------+2 005+ @35
do Wee Ae ee @A5
WnGieo. oe ees ee 1 0@
Ink #8 dozen DOX.........-...-6-0 +--+ 1 00@
Jelly in Pails...........0..-.. eee eee @ 8
do Glass Tumblers # doz..........-. @S85
Ticorice 3. 4 ce. ee 20@80
Licorice Root.... ........2..0see eee es @12
Lye $2 doz. CaseS........-...--2 eee 1 55@
Macaroni, Imported..........--.---+-- @13
do DOMESTIC. .-. 5... +. -- - 3 @ 6
French Mustard, 8 0z #% dozen........ @85
do Large Gothic........ 1 3@
Oil Tanks, Star 55 gallons..........- 12 00@
Oil Tanks, Patent 55 gallons.......... 14 00@
Pipes, Imported Clay 3 gross.......... 2 25@
do American TT. D...........--+-- 90@1 00
Pepper Sauce.........-....-. eee eee 90@1 00
Peas, Green Bush...........-.--++--+5: 1 40@
do Split prepared..........-...-++5- 3Y4@ 3%
Powder, Keg.........-.-.---- See 6 25@
0 MA AROR, ooo. os see es 3 50@
ARICA es ce. ee @ 7
Syrups, corn in bbls............----++- @35
do Sugar..........-...s---e2eeee es 35@45
MOMSKOS 6 oe oe ge 20@30
do New Orleans...........--- 45@65
Saleratug .... 253. ....-. se ss --- 5Y4@ 5%
SAGO oe ee @
Stove Polish gross ......-......++-+-++ 3 50@6 00
Shot, drOp........ 0... cece eee eee eee ee 1 90@
GG, PUCK... 6.56222... 3. ee 2 15@
BAGO ee ects et ee @15
Curry Combs # d02Z........-----++++++- 1 2@ —
Molasses Gates each..........-----055+ @45
Measuring Faucet each ...........---- 2 15@
Tobacco Cutters each ........---+++--- 1 3@_
ChimneyCleaners # d0z.......----.+-- @a50
Flour Sifters $.d0z.........--.++-++++- 3 00@
Fruit Augurs each.........-...-- se 125@
Mayane =) ote eo  w 18@25
TapiOCa ........ 26:2 eee eee ee eee @ 6
Washing Crystal, Gillett’s box........ 1 50@
Wicking No. 1 $8 gross......-----++-+-+ @40
do NOH ee ee @65
. do Argand.............6.e esses 1 50@
Washing Powder, 1776 # tb ............ @10%
do Gillett’s ® tb....... @ 7%
do Soapine pkg........ T@10
Boraxine # DOX........----2-22 esse ees 3 15@
DRUGS, DYES AND CHEMICALS.
Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows:
ACIDS.
Acetic, No.8.....-.....2.2--:- gh 9 @ 10
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 3d
CarbOle@: 2.0... .5. 6025-2... ---- 40
Cittic 3 6c: - 57
Muriatic 18 deg................---- 8 @ 5
Nitric 36 deg...........-..02 ee esos ll @ 2
(ONONC. =e... st MU4%4@ 15
Sulphuric 66 deg..............--+-- 3 @ 4
Tartaric powdered..............-- 538
Benzoic, English............- #8 OZ 20
Benzore, German..............---- 2 @
Tannmic. 0... 6.2.55... 5.-------- b @ li
AMMONIA.
Carbonate:.........-..-....--- ib 19 @ 20
Muriate (Powd. 22C).........---+-+ 15
Aqua 16 deg or 3f........--.... 505 6 @ 7
Aqua 18 deg or 4f...........--.-55- 1 @ 3
BALSAME.
Copaiba .......... 6c eee eee ee eee @ 5d
Mie eee 8 40
Pen a. 3 00
OWL ee es 80
BARKS.
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢).......- 12
Cinchona, yellow..............--- 18
Wim, select: .-.............----.---- 15
Elm, ground, pure.............-+-- 13
Elm, powdered, pure...........--- 15
Sassafras, Of root.............----- 10
Wild Cherry, select.............--- 12
BERRIES.
Cubeb, prime (Powd $1)........-.- 1 00
JMMIDCL. 2... 2.633... s:.-. e.  - 6 @ |
Prickly Ash)... .......25::...-:<- 1 25. @1 35
EXTRACTS.
Licorice (10 and 24 tb boxes, 25c)... 27
Licorice, powdered, pure.......-. 3744
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9
Logwood, Is (25 th boxes)........-- 12
Logwood, %s Q00 = fore. 13
Logwood, 148 GO. aE)
Logwood, ass’d do .......... 14
Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list.
FLOWERS.
PAGIGH ae 11 @ 12
Chamomile, Roman.............-- 30
Chamomile, German.............. 24
GUMS.
Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢).........--- 18
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50
Arabic, extra select.............-- 45
Arabic. powdered select.......... 50
Arabic, Ist picked..............--- 40
Arabic, 2d picked...............-.- 32
Arabic, 3d pickad.................- 27
Arabic, sifted sorts..............-- 18
Assafoetida, prime (Powd 37¢)..... 30
Campnor. 2.2.0... .- 26
Catechu. Is (% 8 14e, 4s 16e)....... 13
Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢)......... 35
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40
Opium, pure (Powd $5.40)........-. 4 00
Shellac, Campbell’s.............--- 40
Shellac, English.................-- 33
Shellac, native................----- 28
Srapacantn -..-..-....:....-.-...- 30 @1 10
IRON.
Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40
Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20
Sulphate, pure crystal...... Se 7
LEAVES.
Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)..........- 146 @ Vi
Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & 48, lic)... 6
Senna, Alex, natural.............. 18 @ 20
Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30
Senna, powdered.................- 22
Mya rsh es fe ke 10
LIQUORS.
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25
Druggists’ Favorite Kye.......... 175 @2
Whisky, other brands............- 110 @1 50
IT OIG POM ee ew ee oe eee 135 @1 75
Gains Molend: .... 3. ss 200 @3 50
BSVANIOS 2s a ee 175 @6 50
Catawba Wines. ..........5-0...63% 125 @2 00
Port WAnOS. seo eee 135 @2 50
MAGNESIA.
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........ 23
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 202Z......... 37
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25
OLLS.
Almond, sweet................20++- 45 @ 5
Amber, rectified...............56+- 48
PATUNBO. 8 oe ee ee tet 210
Bergamont.......-.....002.-- eens 2 30
MOSODME 2 oii cece oc cg wets tae ee 90
ORBRIG oo. ce ee ee 95
Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 40
CUrrODCUG o.oo sian shorn ese esse 90
WIOVOR 56 i es a eee ae 12
Cupebs, P.& Wo. o. oes eos css 7 50
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 40
Juniper WOOd..............-ee eee 50
Juniper berries...............-+++. 2 25
Lavender flowers- French......... 2 40
Lavender garden GO 3 othe c. 1 00
Lavender spike G0: 33307. 90
Lemon, new Crop..........-++.++- 2 00
Lemon, Sanderson’s..............- 220
Origanum, red tiowers, French... 1 25
Origanum, No. 1..........--..+.+-+ 50
Pennyroyal ...........2...ee ee eees 1 6
Peppermint, white..............-- 25
Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)... 65
Sandal Wood, German...........- 5 00
Sandal Wood, Turkish Dark...... 8 00
SBASGBITAS. ... 0... occ ke ce ce ee ee ee eee 70
TAMIR ooo sis ns ce ve cn te ee eee 4 00
Tar (by gal 60C)...........eeee ee eee 100 @ RB
Wintergreen ..............-...-++5- 2 35
Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $7.50)..... 5 00
Cod Liver, filtered........... # gal 1 75
Cod Liver, best............---+.-++: 4 00
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16.0z bot. 6 00
Olive, Malaga.............+-- # gall 10 @1 20
Olive, “Sublime Italian”.......... 2 50
SSlAG oo eos suc ioec ek eee se cass 65 @ 67
tose, Ihmsen’s...........-+.- # OZ 10 50
POTASSIUM.
Bicromate..........62.-ee cece 8 Db 18
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 34
Chlorate, ecryst (Powd 28¢)......... 138
lodine, eryst. and gran. bulk..... 1 40
: ROOTS.
ANON, COU) ioc. ies ieee peter ee 27
Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and 4s.... 35
Blood (Powd 18C)..............0005+ 2
Calamus, peeled..................- 18
Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38
Elecampane, powdered............ 23
Gentian (Powd I17¢(...........2.65- 13
Ginger, African (Powd l6c)........ 13 @ 14
Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 20
Golden Seal (Powd 35¢)............ 30
Hellebore, white, powdered....... 18
Ipecac, Rio, powdered............- 110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Jalap, powdered.................0- 304 | CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. SILVER PLATED WARE.
Licorice, select (Powd 1214)....... 12 | ae : :
Tacorlee:; extra select............-- is | H- Leonard & Sons quote as follows:
| Pink, trie: oe ee eee 3 |
| Rhei, from select to choice....... 1 00, @1 5 %
| Rhei} powdered B. T......0..000000: 1107 @1 20 | =>
| Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00 Lf
| Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 4A
| Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 35 Ay
| Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 I,
| Squills, white (Powd 35¢c)........-. 10 P<
| Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 22 Ps
| Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢).... 20 aa
SEEDS. =
| Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).......... 13 a
ae Sygtee in i packages. ...... 5 @ 6 ONE CRATE WHITE GRANITE WARE. =
BY, SMVENA. 6c ce 5 | kcnowles Pavion & ‘Rupwles—© | eee ,

Caraway, best Dutch (Powd ide). 1 @, Sa | Sy

ardamon, GPPEO.. 262.0523. .5 8: 2 20 . ; Ss

Cardamon, Malabar ae eee 25 6 doz Plates.............5 inch ee ais
| esa ae best English........... 2 e Bee e : = an ne

tak: clea 0 BUG A eek eee ees Ce 3 reap tote |

Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)............ 4@ 4%) 3 . sees .8 e 1 50 4 50 !

Foenugreek, powdered............ 8 @ 9 |,2 (, Bakers............ Le in. &

Hemp, Russian.................6+: wma fe | Meee eee tees a * 1 50 69 |

meee, white (Black 10¢)........ Ss ni sat 30 |

WINCG) {2-2 -s 1 00 ek eee oe eo As We are headquarters for Silver Plated Ware

| ape, Lnglish bo ee eee tees T4@ 8 “4 CPs . 36 3 50 1 = | New catalogue just issued,free on application.
Onrm, UVa... 2. ..5...565.--.. ee el 30 1 50 | We represent the Meriden Britannia Company,
SPONGES. ee “94 1 85 poe Saale torn ete Barchte Plate

Ae se Sake 2 5 te ace me ae ea y- | Company, an iddletown Plate Company.

oe mneeny ee ae ae e = ce ee eS: oe : o oo "3 We guarantee our prices to be as low as the

Velvet Extra do a 110 |% ‘“ Cov’d Chambers. No. 9 10 % 5181 manufacturers’. Our profit is in the rebate al-

Extra Yellow do Ane ae 85 | “paca « « « 7 00 | lowed for large purchases.

fe a ae ; do 435, 65 | 4 i care Plates. 0.06. .20 125.2. 7 00 1 e ——

ard head, for slate use....... oo 7% |% =‘ Restaurant Creams......... 125 HOLIDAY G Ss.

Yellow Reef, GO. 1 40 3 “ Cup Plates...............--. ' BO 1 50 | : ? o soNe : :
8. M4 “f Casseroles......... “inch 8 50 213 | ; We es special oe oer a
s Ss. Vi a. 8 9 50 2 37 | day goods, imported by us direct, and before
\ . : 0.9, At ¥. § Dishes... 3.....2.. 3 6 12 2 49 |the advance in duties. We guarantee our
Alcona, grain fe cat 4 a wow ee g “ 2 50 84 | paces to be as low as any in the country. We
| 2s acne? a : ee ag 8 ee ee 10 * 3 60 1 20 | have a variety of assorted cases as well as open.
| Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 79 aye ec ue pel m2 | stock
| Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. OR ee i ses eae ll 15 1 58 | Stock.
| Alum tee ib 24%@ 3% = 2 Ewors and Basins, No 9.....16 50 2 %5 |

Bie e sie eisilenave wisi s os e1eiele\e 6 ¢:/e' 6, <7 OY 7 f ‘ Tone ~ na . FQ 9 \

Alum, ground (Powd 9¢)........-. O°4 ', |. rot Saucers.....4inch 55 2 90 | ONE ASSORTED CASE HOLIDAY GOODS.

Annette pHMe.........-.-..--.+.- 32 |% % Barrell Mugs... .36 | +o

Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 4%4@ 5 | ,% ,, Scollops......... 2% * : . 00 | 1 doz China Motto Teas assorted ee WD

Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7 be Fao ees ee 9 $9 | do do do =... 1 50

Beans, ose ee as 2 60 fT atte tee eees e 190) % do do dO... 200 100

Beans, Vanilla............--..--++ 700 @9 %5 & he BO aaah oo ss 2 50 | 7 do do coffees do ..... 350 1 65

Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2 ee erepyee eee 8 3 50 1%5|4, do do do do ..... 050 138

Blue Pill (Powd %0c)............-.- 45 | % (, Jugs, No.36.............-.-. eee |i do do moust coffe......325 12

Pine Wit scene ee me © 17? 2. (| oe a9 29% do do © a ..... 450 2 25

Borax, refined (Powd lge).......-. 1b r4. ee 5 10 1 28 | 1-6 do do do GO 2: 6 50 1 08

Cantharides, Russian powdered. . 40, 88 800 134 1-6do do a @6 23 700 117

Capsicum Pods, African.......... 20 | % <; Shell Pickles................ 300 150 | 1-6do do i. de ... 850 142

Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... oe Sugars. No. 30............+-- 5 25 1 31 | 1-6do do tree baskets..... 225 37

Capsicum Pods, American do ... 2 «| 4 Spoon Holders.......... -- + 3 00 (5 |1-6do Red Bohemian vases.......... % 183

Casmine, Noe). sess. 400 | 72 8ross Un’hd Coffees, 12 sets in g10 ~5 5 13/16do Silvered Bohemian vases..... 100 17

Cone MGR, ok lege me. 4 hem - of ete 2 Ob | hed do a ag 12 21

Calomel, American.............--- 72 1 H’d 10 00 | 1-6 do po dO 160 27

Chalk, prepared drop...........+-- 5 | aoe ee do Blue decorated do _...... 1% 2

Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 160 | a non ot edt 79 | 1-6do Alab. do do. 575. 46

Chloral ~ do do eryst... 1 70 60 days uet,............ $86 87. |14do Decorated Toy Tea sets......... 225 38

Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Any assortment packed to order. il do de 450 27

Chioral do do _crusts.. 1 %5 = | 1-6do White de 1% 2

PRU OROE ......ceeoeeeeeee 100 @105 | ONE ASSORTED PACKAGE ROCKINGHAM AND YEL- | 4 do Good child cup and saucer. ..... 9 45

ona ee 8 @ 99 LOW WARE. ‘ 4 oy a Bs x pee gee te - x

loves (POWG 28C)...........0see00% 20 @ 2 ; 4 do Alphabetica! childs plates..... 7 35

OR cee ee oe ede dG Maus... ---. 10 3B

Copperas (by bbl Je).............-. a | oe Rock. Chambers, No. 4....¢4 50 $1 n 1] do China decorated mugs.......... 40

Corrosive Sublimate............... 6 | 4, e fe Bees 3.09 243 | 1 do do ° da %D

Corks, X and XX—35 off list...... 2 : “ 9....250 125) 1% do do do ass’d.....120 60

Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... sr @ a | ., Mize Bowls, * 6.....300 — 100| % do do do de ..% 1% 88

Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ib box.. 15 ou , a ae 2 sees a) 75 | 44 do Toy knives and fOrks. .-....-.-.. 125 63

Ceeee  ... M.S, * W.....150 50 | 1 do Ghina open work baskets....... 65

@Cudbear, prime...............---- 24 a e Mugs, ** 30... 65 | 1 do Assorted animal whistles...... 60

Cuttle Fish Bone............-...0-- ie oe “ 18....400 100) 1do do  Ghina vases............ 35

Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... S ee ie M24... B85 81| 1do do Pitchers..............- 40
| Bosom Salts........-.-....... 0... 24@ : | « Bako. 04 30.... 275 69 14% do do Baskets............-...2 00 100
| Ergot, fresh...... FRE ance ee 50 | 3akers, S inch.........--.+ 1 05 26 44 do Toy casters..........-. 6-25-06 2 50

Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 69 u “ ‘ Se bee - | - pag ee ees ee ae, a ‘ 45

Gelatine, Cooper’s...........---++- oO |e .. ‘ eerie oo oe dO dO... eee cece eee es ‘ 19

Gelatine. Frogeh As on 6 @ 0 | a y ee 185 46 1 do Cloth dolls (China heads]...... oo

Classe: flint, 60 and 10 dis..... 2 8 Se > a - | 3 ee bh “ ete: : 25 o

tlassware, green, 60, 10 &7% dis... eae Pie oe esses i anciagas a i%do ¢ C0 v6)

Glue, cabemee.” ae neue a Hoe 2@li ta “ Peas, CMON ans: Le 30/14 do do AG tees 250 68

Glo, MMe ec ee Wee 8. « 2 ce Eh ed a dO. an fain 400 63

Glycerine, pure............-..-++++ 2 @ 2 | « “ ee 3 on 5 | 1 do Kate Greenaway China fig’s... 2 00

Indigo ee ; Oe ee 85 @l 00 i “< Nanides Bt 2 25 56 | 1-6do China decorated wash sets...<.200 38

Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 32 @ 34 | 73 « mee Tee 7 26 1-6do do Doll heads.............---- 20 38

Iodine, resublimed...... bee ccune 240 | 73 « “ : Pe sata era [2 = ,16do do GO sean ne ee ee en seen 100 =

Isinglass, American.............-. 150 | ts He ce ocean ao oe | eS

rane ¥, TO) ee ee oo. 18 46 29 BY

JAPOMICA 620.00... 9 a 6 “ ae ae s $32 65

HiGA, ACOLATO:....5..5.....6.-- 2... - 15 - at “ i Ge rs 2 a 2 Package 40¢c

‘ 1 a sda 4a 9 > ra 2 7 i REO oie ca 3 cia 6 «ie a iU |
ee chloride, (148 28 9¢ & 148 10¢). a 1 ‘s Plates, Simch ............ 8d
2 sie ea eis eo Eola) g's aici eee 6 wel ei wiate s/s 61.4) ¢ ‘ 66 ee € oe ~ | pee . Seg

Madder, best Dutch.............-- B4@ 1 | gw « ; Ce a eh | ZN & WOOnES 202

eel ec ee is % “ “Our New” Pitcher, No.6 450 1 | we Send for our full price-lists.

4 V vn cance cece cessetes sees scewes y oe “ +e oe 66 OD Orn 2

Morph: Spe & We... #8 Oz 3 ye u “ ce a “ a a mh . ee

fusk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 4 ee as ‘ x oo on nl
Moss, Iceland.) 200.2204. 2 tb 10 - @ =bitzeons, No. eo aa pet
MOSS NTR ee aes 12 1 a a6 Co mae ant

8, vs ] Mg So 400 100.

Peet meee 1m cane... eS yg eee 500 135

Nutgalls....... Lis oe a. Nehow Bows, No se |

Nae es INO dd vA “ “ “ = oe ne 80 : 30

Mix Momiea 2. 10 ee ee yo 35 |

Ointment, Mercurial, 1¢d.......... 40 ee Nappies, : mon Be ae ea a a \

Pepper, Black Berry...........--- 18 ie . tt Se ee 110 3a |

DOS 66 eo eee. 3 00 ar ee “ pa ; oe |

Pitch, True Burgundy............. Rae Ae i Pe ea aa a 3 |

Quassia...... a es 6@ © 1S « Chante Not 4 00 1 00

Quinia, Sulph, P. & W........ th oz to 2. ee ee 300 225 |

ale MAXGUEG, 0000 0cce0. cl. s: BW iy « “s Ca 2 OF iP

trychnia, cryst...............-.--- 150 | ¢ Pet eG |

Silver Nitrate, cryst.... 0.0.0.0... "9 @ & San

Red Precipitate.............-- 48 tb 32 Da ale rg ROR S :

Satr (be American. ...:........... 37 Package, $1.00. a days $25 20. i

Sal Glauber. <.:..:.:........:...-.- @ 2 f

: : o GLASSWARE.

Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 \

Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9

Ral Rochelle... ......4..05:5.-+ 22... 334

Salusoda 66 2. oe eee 2 @ 2

Solletn or e 2 50%

Santonin ..........-- 22sec eee ee ee es 7 25

Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38

Soda Ash [by keg 8¢].............. 4

Spermaceti...............----..-+-> 23

Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%4@ 5

Soap, White Castile..............-- 14

Soap, Green do ..............-. VW

Soap, Mottled do .............--. 9

Soap, GVON Se OO ee en ee i

Soap, Mazzini.................----- 14 = , , ——

Spirits Nitre,d F................... 26 @ 28 SSS SSS SS

Nee Seg) RTS 7 or ny 29

eee eet | ASSORTED PACKAGE MAJOLICA—NO. 33

ee ae sect e seen eee e ee eeenees ao | 1 Tea Set, 44 Pieces, Shell........ 6 50

ae Phe ag ine eae So see pee 1dozen Sauce Plates, “ .....--+ 1 20

ee io an Se ea aa zi | 2 Fruit Sets,7 Pieces ‘“ ......-. 2 4 00

Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 | £@avercd Bi ae 2 300

Bae do. ged tn ‘ | Aeorerad Butters BAS

a eenye: oe. mec eteees B tb 25 | 3 Hand Coffees cee 40 120

Hoe 3 ae 8. & F. prand........ rao. | | 3 Hand Moust. Coffees ‘“ ......-- 50-150

fine, Sulpoate.........----..+--6++ i @ 8 | | 3 Molasses Cans, Sunflower........ 5 1 6S

| 6 Bread ees Exaunnonry ee 18 1 08

| 6 Bread Plates. Oak..........++-++:- 37 2 B

CANDY AND FRUITS. | 3 Pitchers, No. 12, Rose.........-.:. ps 174

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows : Z ig a = eo o] 63
STICK. NO. 100 PATTERN, 3 : : e FE ope ee a . By

Straight, 25 th DOXeS.......... 2. eee ee eee eee 11% | Sets, # dozen... .... 6... eee eee eee eee es $3 00 3 « “ 24" oe ees 42 126

Twist, §- Ose seen eee e ee ereeeeers 12 | Pitchers, % gallon.............. 6.000. ee eee 3251 3 ts “ge oF "

Cut Loaf dO ees eee ee cece cece seer eees 12% | Celeries ........-- ee a 210| “ << @ Cord. 2. 6 «186

MIXED. Howie: 4 inch, Ond COVOES........5-5..5-:. : 00] 3 +“ Ome 6G 2 1 26
‘ 6“ 6“ Q oF é ‘ oe 9 ie

oval, 28 pals 8... kee 1, | BOM ee er oo 3 Gm * 210 «68

fees an ee be Bowls, 9 p ; a fb este teeter eres 3 60 2 Begonia Leaves.......-...-:-+++++- 15 1 80

French Cream, 250 pails..............+..66 6 | COmmperteg® AUR re cts eater 30 | 2 dozen Individual Butters........- 50 100

renc am, PAs... 65-6... let 50) qual Ne ;

Gut Oak 5 CAME 2 ices nts HS OOD cee eset terete reo 50 | 2 Bread and Milk Sets, Shell........ 7 +188

FANCY—IN 5 tb BOXES Wines..... ae i DU ce talistiec sGeeune cin cies é 2 Cuspadores, Sunflower.......-- oh 1 08
’ sagt Salvers, 10 Inch.......+------+++++-55 oe sos: 400] 1 Tea Pot, Sugar and Cream, Shell. 1%

Lozenges, plain.........-...eeee eee eset eens 17 | Nappies, 4 inch................--- @ gross 22/4, «+ te < Caultf 1 00

Lozenges, printed...............00- esse eee e Package at cost’ wan

Lemon Drops..........::eeeeee cee eer teens — 9

Sour Drops...........-0. cece cere cee e ee erens 15 | Less 10 Per Cent........-. 4 20

Feppermint IDPODS: .. 6.2 ese see ese ess cece : | Package, $1. $37 88

ocolate DropS.............e cece sere cece : a rder.

H MChocolate Drops.............s00seeeee+ , «2 Packages assorted or repacked to 0

pues on Be a eee eae : .

Corice Drops... .........e eee eee eee e ee ee ees 4
2 B siporice DrOPS. co eee ee ¥ FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
AVIDGUIGIS occ ces ce ewes tcc ee vi

String ROO oo cas we ees cece ce seca ene: li DOUBLE CONCENTRATED EXTRACTS.

a ahs Ol sete pee ates ce Ge eae a Packed in 1 Dozen Paper or 2 Dozen Wood Box.

Cee ag Ric ckckde cece ee 20 Lemon.

Hand Made Creams..........----+e0- es eeeeee 23 » ounce B. N. Panel # dozen...........-+--- 100

Plain Creams...........:.cec eres cere eee eens 20 : do do @Q 15 ee 1%

Decorated Creams....... 26... eee eeeeeeeeeee 23 6 ap ao e Ua as ones 7 -

8 ) O Ono so eee ee ae
RUITS.
Oranges, # box coccine: ae ara Panel pi yee ec eee tees 1 =
Z 9 BH DOX.. cee cece cece c ere ce ecee oO. 4 oO Oe eae =

Oranges, # Dbl..........--- ee eee eee eee \% pint round a 4 50

Oranges, # CASC.... 2.6... eee ee eee ee : : a ee 9 00

Lemons, fair to g00d..............6565 5 50@6 00 Loe 8 ool ee 3 2h

Lemons, choice to fancy............-. No.10 do Ho 4 50

Bananas # bunch..............-..5-05- 1 00@4 00 Vanill

Malaga Grapes, # keg............++++: ania.

Malaga Grapes, # bbl...........-.--.-- 6 25@6 50 2 ounce B. N. Panel # dozen.............--+ 1 50

Figs, layers @ W.............. eee ees 20@ 22 '4 do do G0. 2.2 25

Figs, famcy dO ............. ee eeeeeee 20@ 22 y '6 do do QO ee ee 4 00

Figs. baskets 30 Ih ® D..............--- LF a7 Ree) NY i8 do do GQ. isokek ee 5 00

Dates. frails G0 2a. 6@ 7 oui <i | No. 2 Taper Panel QQ oe 1 75

Dates, 4 do GOs ec: @ 8 : < No. 4 do QO. 2 as 3°00

Dates, skin.......... Bee a Pea sc ees 6@ 7 PACKAGE EXTRA DECORATED VASE LAMPS. % pint round €60. 6 eee 7 50

Dates, Fard 10 h box ® D............. Hu4@ 15 No. 30 . do : yo MOUEa eons _ 00

ean ean | No. 8 Pane de 25
ar . 1-12 doz. Lamps, No. 6279, each..... ‘ens $530 | No. 10 do Go ae 6 00
Mocs seg ag eo a - do. 5253" 1650 137 TRUE FLAVORINGS.
Brazils, Se ae @l2% S : pos are bred Full Measure—Wrapped.
a L ° €

ce = ee ee renee " a oa do. a 5283 16 50 1 37 Lemon.

Walnuts an 124%@15 do. ‘© 5286 8 50 %1|1g Pint 2 ounce ® dozen..........-...-+.+++: 1 50

Cocoa Nuts Oe. 8 5 00 do. “6244 8 50 70 |14 Pint4 do Oe occ w ioe as Ca 2 50

Hickory Nuts, large @ bu...... Seas do. ‘© 5243 8 50 %1|%Pint8 do GQ or as ees ee 5 00

Hickory Nuts,small do-*............ 200 do. Sedo 675 66 | % Pint Bio Wo 2. cote oe 7 50

PEANUTS. a “© 599] 6 ny 56 Vanilla.
0. ie ‘ , 9 5

Prime Red, raw # W.........2..0.-+e5e- —_—— | % Pint 2 ounce ® dozen.........-......-+++5 2 25

Choice do Oe ae %4@ $13 62 | 74 rs - rece seen eee eese enone 4 00

Fancy __do G0 aisle 10@ Less discount 10 per cent. 136 | % Pint OO seve cece eeeesereerees 8 00

ancy HP,. Va dO .....-.. cee eee eee 4 —__—. | 4% Pint 12 dg GO ere ioe eee ace 12 00

‘hoice White, G0 eee ll Package 25 cents. $1226 | (ee Further quotations next week..

 

 

 

 

 

  

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A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.

E. A. STOWE, Editor and Proprietor.

 

OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 34 FLOOR.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 1883.
AMONG THE TRADE.

 

 

 

 

 

IN THE CITY.

Mr. M. B. Chureh is in New York, attend-
ing the annual meeting of the Alabastine
Company.

W. H. Kirkwood has given up teaming
and has gone into the house of Cody, Ball
& Company to work.

Mr. Sherwood Hall, of Brown, Hall & Co.,
left on the 2nd for a ten days’ hunting sport
in the vicinity of Lamont.

Mr. J. N. Hickok, of the firm of Hickok
& Johnson, wholesale druggists, New York
City, was in town this week.

Mr. A. Hufford, state agent for G. A.
Wristley & Co.’s soaps, left to-day for a
month’s tour of the Northern Peninsula.

Mr. C. C. Banker, with Edward J. Moore,
wholesale drugs, New York, has been in
town several days interviewing the trade.

Mr. R. VanderWerp, of the Star Clothing
House, left on the 2nd for a fortnight’s trip
among the trade along the line of the Chi-
cago & West Michigan Railway, south.

Mr. Davis, late of Boston, and Mr. Knox,
formerly with Shriver, Weatherly & Co.,
have opened a grocery store on South Broad-
way street. Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the
stock.

Mr Keller, formerly with H. M. Goebel,
and Mr. Long have formed a co-partnership
and engaged in the retail drug business at
Big Rapids under the firm name of Long &
Keller. :

D. C. Underwood, northern traveler for
Arthur Meigs & Company, has been granted
a four-weeks’ furlough and will spend the
time in Nebraska with a view to recruiting
his health.

On January 1 the firm of J. A. s. Verdier
& Co. will be dissolved by mutual consent,
Mr. Verdier retiring to accept the position
of Secretary and Treasurer of the Luther &
Sumner Manufacturing Co., in which cor-
poration he is financially interestetl. Mr.
Brummeller, the “Co.” of the firm, will con-
tinue the business at the former stand on
Spring street.

Mr. Lester Rice, formerly with Shriver,
Weatherly & Co., is now manager of a gen-
eral store operated by the Chippewa Lumber
Co. at Chippewa Lake, six miles from Rod-
ney. The place is the site of extensive
milling property owned by the Chippewa
Company, and already comprises between
forty and fifty houses. There is enough
pine land tributary to the lake to keep the
mills running for a dozen or fifteen years.

 

AROUND THE STATE.

A new cooper shop at Scio.

Hastings’ broom factory will be enlarged.

J. H. Avery, of Hilliards, has gone out of
trade. |

The knitting mill at Centreville is running |
at its full capacity.

The Capac Broom Factory has been re- |
moved to Port Huron.

R.S. Van Scoy is about to establish a
bank at Maple Rapids.

L. G. Bates’ store at Elsie, Clinton county,
was robbed of $300 recently.

J. Halstead succeeds the firm of J. Hal- |
stead & Co., at Shelby. |

The finest kind of potatoes are selling in
Sturgis for 80 cents per bushel. |

M. B. Pierce has engaged in the produce |
commission business at Big Rapids.

Darling & Smith’s store at Fremont, was |
robbed of $400 worth of goods Septemder 24.

The Adrian Canning Works put up 400
bushels of tomatoes daily during the season.

The Muskegon Novelty Iron Works has
increased its capital from $25,000 to $50,000. |

Four hundred barrels ‘of salt are made
each day at Manistee, and more wells are
going down.

Mr. Eli Sinith, the champion hop-grower
of Jackson county, is gathering an immense
crop this year.

John Weissert of the firm of John Weis-
sert & Son, dealers in hardware at Hastings,
died on the 27th.

A. E. Cartier & Company have purchased |
the general store of the Troy Lumber Com- |
pany at West Troy.

John & Hitchcock, of Northport, have sold
their stock to N. Morgan, who has consol-|
idated it with his own.

Dexter, Noble & Company, of Elk Rapids, |
are putting up an enormous feeding shed |
and shelter for their customers’ teams.

A. G. Field, of Chicago, who leased a store |
at St. Johns, intending to put in a stock of |
dry goods, has relinquished the project. |

A. Jacobs, of St. Clair, contemplates the |

 

 

 

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establishment of a factory for the manufac- |

ture of ladies’ underwear and gents fine
shirts.

The Grant, St. Clair county, cheese fac- |

tory sent about eleven tons of cheese to Port
Huron the other day, and carried home $2-
200 for it.

S. E. Creasinger, of the firm of Creasinger
& Hewitt, Maple Rapids, left this week for
Florida, where he will remain during the
week, seeking relief from a lung trouble.

Robert Telfer has opened a new boot and
shoe store at Big Rapids. It will be in
charge of his brother, John Telfer, late of
Detroit.

The canning factories in the southern por-
tion of the state hardly paid expenses this
fall, the dry weather and then the frost

 

NEW TIPPED FRENCH-PATTERN SPOON.

 

 

having ruined so much of the fruit and coe
etables.

The Globe Tobacco Company, of Detroit, |
will soon commence the erection of an im-
mense warehouse at Madison, Ind., having
purchased a block fronting the river for that
purpose.

The North Muskegon kindling factory,
recently burned, is to be rebuilt on the city
side of the lake with $10,000 capital. The
corporation will be known as the Eureka
Manufacturing Co.

The Jackson Citizen says that those who
are posted estimate that the losses in that
city from bucket shop speculations, over
gains, have been $170,000. And the paper
adds: “What grand improvements this sum
would give the city.”

Kalamazoo uses over 50 car loads of gas
pipes per annum more than any other town
in Michigan outside of Detroit. It is used
chiefly for windmill work, and Kalamazoo
leads all other places in the country for the
manufacture of windmills.

The Elk Rapids Iron Company are manu-
facturing each day 50 tons of pig iron, 150
gallons of wood alcohol, 11,000 pounds ace-
tate of lime, 10 barrels of tar, and 40,000 feet
of hardwood lumber. The cash value of the
output of this company is $1,800.

The new factory building of the E. T.
Barnum Wire and Iron Works, corner of
Howard street and Wabash avenue, Detroit,
is 180x400 feet in size and thoroughly equip-
ped. Inthe weaving department 50 looms
are busy, some for finer grades of wire
cloth, costing as much as $10,000 each.
About 1,000 men are now employed in the
various departments.

 

VISITING BUYERS.

The foliowing retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:

A, F. Conklin, of Conklin Bros., Ravenna.

W. B. Thompson, Saranac.

J. C. Bembow, Cannonsburg.

U. S. Monroe, Berlin.

Miss K. L. Kinney, Ensley.

C. O. Bostwick, Cannonsburg.

J. H. Moores, Fife Lake.

QO. Green, Martin.

Ross Bros., Vermontville.

E. Medes, Coral.

F. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.

F. F. Taylor, Pierson.

Charles Filkens, Belmont.

A. E. Cartier, of A. E. Cartier & Co., West
Troy.

Wm. MeMullen, Wood Lake.

Henry DeKline, Jamestown.

B. M. Dennison, East Paris.

 

John Tesinga, Forest Grove.

W. S. Root, Sand Creek.

Norman Harris, Big Springs.

P. Zalsman, Paris. \

Barker & Lehnen, Pierson. |

E. W. Pickett, Wayland.

A. M. Chureh, Englishville.

Waite Bros., Hudsonville.

I. J. Quick, of Quick & Co., Allendale.

L. W. Stiles, Cedar Springs.

IL. 8. Boice, Hastings. e

John Ely, Rockford.

J. J. Spence, Fife Lake.

Byron McNeal, Byron Center.

Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.

Jacob Barts, North Dorr.

Geo. W. Bevins, ‘Tustin.

K. L. Kinney, Maple Hili.

C. Pfeifle, Lake P. O.

Smedley Bros., Bower.

Cc. B. Jones, White Cloud.

Spring & Lindley, Bailey.

A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.

Wood Bros., Shaytown.

John A. Beamer, Dorr.

Paine & Field, Englishville.

J. Moerdyk, Zeeland.

Lester Rice, of Chippewa Lumber Co.,
Chippewa Lake. :

Dr. H. B. Hatch, Hart.

Dr. G. B. Nichols, Martin.

J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.

E. S. Hipkins, Blanchard.

A. H. A. Eckerman, Muskegon.

W. B. Wilson, Muskegon.

J. S. Barker, Sand Lake.

S. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs.

G. W. VanBuren, Mendon.

Jobn H. Englehart, Holton. +

Hawley & Oleson, Holton.

P. H. Benenga & Co., Fremont Center.

Keith & Jones, Fremont Center.

Hart & Bowman, Fremont Center.

N.S. Loop, Kent City.

W. H. Knight, Kent City.

E. Conklin, Ravenna.

John Krusinga, Holland.

Cc. Blum, Holland.

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B. Volmar, Filmore Center.
Ed. Murray, South Haven. |
R. E. Wiegent, Watervliet. |
S. D. Walden, Watervliet. |
R. R. Hewson, Coloma.

Jerome Fosdick, Elmira.

Wm. Kneiber, Benton Harbor.

John Fish, Benton Harbor. :
Burrows & Edinborough, Benton Harbor.
Mrs. H. Hulbert, Benton Harbor.
Wilkinson Bros., St. Joseph.

Forbes & Duncan, St. Joseph.

| Wm. Frick, St. Joseph.

i Jerome Dickinson, Belmont.

i LL. P. Swift, Crapo.

 

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TRADE EMBARASSMENTS.

| Bradstreet’s commercial journal reports

| the following financial embarassments in
| Michigan during the past week:

, closed by creditors.

Alpena.—William Bloom & Brother, gro-

_ cers, have assigned to S. L. Carpenter.
| Anderson.—E. J. Boynton, general store,
| has been attached.

| GCuster.—The Custer Stave and Heading

| Company has been attached.
| Detroit.—W. J. Green & Company, flour,
| have failed.

 

pany has failed.

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Addison.—E. M. Wilson, grocer, has been

Detroit.—The Hammond Medicine Com-

TRADE TALK.

 

Staple Goods Moving off Brisk in Most
Lines.

 

DRY GOODS.

Reports from the interior of the state are
encouraging, and the market is quite firm,
no changes having occurred in our line of
quotations. Cotton goods have moved fairly,
browns being more or less quiet; bleached
goods met witha fair distribution; cotton
flannels are steady. Prices have met with
an irregular demand. Ginghams met witu
a steady movement. Dress goods are stead-
ily held and meet with fair business.§ A fair
trade in woolen goods has been in progress,
with prices about steady, an advance in some
makes of flannels being noted. Foreign
goods meet with an improving demand, al-
though irregular.

 

GROCERIES.

A much more complete list of quotations
is given this week than last, and further
additions will be made from time to time.
The market generally shows slight variation,
there being no excitement in trade, such re-

visions as occur being generally in the line
|

of lower values.

 

DRUGS, PAINTS AND OILS.

| MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA’S.

Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Force for
Thirty Years.

 

 

| LIST OF OFFICERS:

President—JAMES T. PHinurps, 44 Jefferson
Avenue, Detroit.

Vice-Presidents—H. H. Hopson, Detroit; JOHN
H. McIntyre, Grand Rapids; THos. J. HAy-
woop, Ypsilanti; WM. E. SAUNDERS, East
Saginaw; T. J. PAXTON, Monroe.

Secretary and Treasurer—GEORGE W. HILL, 80
Woodbridge Street, West, Detroit.

Board of Trustees, For One Year—R. W. HAw-
LEY, Chairman, J. F. COOPER E. H. McCurRDY,
Detroit; For Two Years—SAmM. B. SINCLAIR,
Gro. L. SAMPSON, WM. SAXBY, Detroit.

MEETINGS:
Regular Meetings for 1888—October 6, Novem-

ber 3, December 1.
Annual Meeting—December 28, 1883.

WHO GOT BEAT?

 

How a Newly Married Salesman Tried to be
Economical and the Trouble Which Fol-
lowed.

Hisname is not G. Washington Smith,
| but that will do to call him by.

He is a traveling salesman, good-looking,
genial and popular, and he sells ete., ete.
Furthermore he is no chicken. He has
been on the road for ever somany years, and
may fairly claim to be thoroughly sophisti-
cated.

Nevertheless he came to grief recently, in

 

‘a way to make the angels weep.

After trying the world thoroughly ina

| state of single blessedness, and finding it a

There is nothing particularly new in this | hollow sham, he came to the wise conclusion

market, few price changes occurring. Oils

to get married. He did so. That was com-

are rather firm, with moderate demand; + hi
: Mente: Comant, mendable, and no trouble arose in his peace-

pancake: dull oe Binady at QuOtaHOnS: ful horizon because of that fact, but the in-
dyes are firm but quiet, and drugs are about | direct results were calamitous

the same.

 

HARDWARE.

| Like most men, G. Washington holds it
| . :

| no sin to get ahead of a railroad when he
ean, and on the momentous occasion of his

There is not a very g legr ye- | : i :
e is not a very great degree of move | wedding trip, a fatal opportunity for econo-

ment in the market, and some disapoint-
ment is expressed in consequence.
are in active request with light stocks.

A New Tipped French-Pattern Spoon.

Nail | my arose.
nas | He has a friend who is a gay and festive

/hewspaper man, and when G. Wash. mod-
| estly told him of the impending event and
‘the direction he intended to travel in, the

uf a ‘ fal Avi 2 ma al
The accompanying engraving shows 4) newspaper man generously offered to get

new design in electro-silver-plated spoons
just introduced by the Win. Rogers Manu-
facturing Company, of Wartford, Conn.
These spoons are of French tipped pattern,
are made of the same weight as solid silver
spoons, and are very light, graceful and dur-
able. They are made in tea, dessert and ta-

ble sizes, with dessert and medium-sized |

forks, butter-knives and sugar-shells to
match. The workmanship and finish are
superior and artistic, yet free from exces-
sive elaboration.

Old Building Material.

An extensive trade in second-hand build-

ing material, says the Builder, has been car- |

ried on uninterruptedly for fifty years, and
is largely supported by builders and joiners.

The stone and brick of an old building is |

used in the construction of anew one, the
lime-whitened bricks making the inside of
the outer walls and partitions, and the stone
But is is not
generally known that the inside woodwork
is used again frequently without radical al-
teration. Many builders prefer this old
timber because it is thoroughly seasoned.
The richer woods which are admired for
their color acquire mellower tones by age
and become more valuable as the years pass.
Furniture of mahogany and rosewood that
has outlived several generations is much
handsomer than that made from new wood.
But it has added value as mere material. An
article made from the old material will re-
tain its integrity in all its joints; its shrink-
ing days are over. For the same reason the
timbering, wainscoting, and flooring of old
buildings have an added value, although the
selling price is less’ than that of new ma-
terial.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.
quote as follows:

PORK.
New Heavy Mess Pork........... #@ bbl $11 62%
New Family Clear Pork ................ 14 00

New Extra Clear Pork, A. Webster’s .. 14 75
New Extra Clear Pork.. 15 25

 

 

New Boston Clear Pork.. 16. 50
New Standard Clear Pork .............- 17 00
On orders less than five bbl. lots 25 cts.
extra.
DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 tb. Cases....... .
do. Half Cases......... "%
Long Clear medium, 500 Ib Cases....... %
oO Half Cases....... 74
Long Clears light, 500 tb Cases.......... 7
do. Half Cases.......... 4
Short Clears, NOOVNe cs es. 1%
do. MNCAUIM foe obs eck sees s 1%
do. MiQREs eh 1%
LARD.
WHOTOOB = 5 5 os 1 acca cee as 853
30jand 50 t Tubs ..........2.-.2.2.--++-- 836
50 ti Round Tins, 100 t Racks.......... %
LARD IN TIN PAILS.
3 tb Pails, 20 in a case.................-- 954
5 ® Pails, 12 in acase............-...06- 9%
10 b Pails, 6in a case ................46. 934
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
do. medium.. 14144
do. light...... 14%
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle....... 7%
Extra Clear Bacon................65.-6: 10%
Dried Beet... ...-5. 2.2655 605: ne 11
Extra Dried Beef ...............2022065- 13
BEEF,
Extra Mess Beef Chicago packed # bbl. 11 50
CANNED BEEF.
Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 ib cans, % doz.
1) CORO se os a ee ec ag eens 19 00
do. 2 t cans, 1 doz. in case.... 2 85
Armour & Co., 14 cans, % doz in case 19 00
do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case.. 2 85
do. 2 ® Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. incase 4 50
Kansas City, 14 ib cans, % doz in case... 18 50
Prices named are lowest at time of going to
press, subject always to Market changes.

 

ihima pass. G. Washington was delighted,
| and to make the pass available, did not hes-
' itate to masquerade for the time under the
| name of Billy Jones, the quondam journal-
ist, in whose name the precious pasteboard
| was issued.
| One more economy. G. Washington Smith
| also hada railroad man for a friend, and
| bethinking himself of this fact, he stepped
| over to the ticket office, and soon issued
| forth, triumphantly bearing a ticket, stating
that Mrs. G. Washihgton Smith was en-
titled to travel over the lines of the Blank
Blank R. R. from Bluffland to St. Louisville
'on payment of half fare.
| Well, in due course the happy Washing-
ton and the lady of his choice were married,
‘and that evening Mr. and Mrs. Smith took
‘their places in the Pullman, indulging in
‘dreams of the bliss opening before them.
| “Porter!” presently called out the newly-
‘wedded husband, in his liveliest tones,
i “make up our berth at once!”
“Yes, sah,” replied the porter.
make up one berth or two ?”
“Why, one, of course,” replied G. Wash.,
while the bride blushed pensively.
“Allright, sah. Lemme have your pas-
sage tickets,” and taking the tickets he re-
tired for a moment to his closet. Glancing
at them, he suddenly paused, bent a closer
scrutiny upon them, looked suspiciously at
the happy and unsuspecting couple, then
called the conductor. That functionary in
his turn looked the tickets over, looked at
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and as he supposed took
in the situation.

“Shall I

“>Twon’t do, Tom,” he remarked to the
porter. “It’s dead against the rules. Call
him out here.”

A moment later the dusky attendant
touched Mr. Smith on the shoulder and whis-
pered that the conductor wished to see him
in the gentlemen’s room. The wondering

that functionary
marked:

“T think you and the lady better have
berths in different sections.”

‘““W-h-a-t do you mean ?” gasped the thun-
der-struck married man.

“Oh, it’s all right, but it won’t do here,”
sternly remarked the man in authority. Such
conduct is strictly prohibited by the rules of
the company, and can’t go on in this car!”

“But the lady ismy wife!” protested
Smith, gasping for breath at the preposter-
ous tur of affairs.

“Qh, that’s toothin! Look here!’ and
the conductor thrust under Geo. Washing-
ton’s nose a pass :incthe name of Mr. Billy
Jones, and a 8half-fare permit made out for
Mrs. G. Washington Smith.

“You'll take a berth in section 12, while
the lady remains in section 2,” continued the
conductor.

“1’ll be d——if I do,” replied the enraged
Smith, whose vision of a bridal night was
becoming a most exasperating travesty.

“Won’t,eh? Then you'll get off at the
next station!’

Geo. Washington occupied No. 12. * Mrs.
Geo. Washington occupied No. 2, not more
than half believing the rather lame story G.
W. S. told to account for the change.

G. Washington will never travel again on

mildly but firmly re

 

 

Smith followed, and reaching the conductor |

 

 

ester Post.

HAZELTINE, PERKINS &C0.,

Wholesale Druggists,~

AND DEALERS IN LUBRICATING AND CARBON OILS.

Manufacturers’

 

DRUCCISTS’ SUNDRIES & BRUSHES,
Nos. 42 and 44 Ottawa Street.. 89, 91. 93 and 95 Louis Si..

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.

Agents for STEWART BRUSH CO. and GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO.

INPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF—-

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Agents for GUN AND BLASTING POWDER, anc Gealers in

SHOT, CAPS, WADS, CARTRIDGES, RISHING TACKLE, G08, REVOLVERS and GUN GOODS.

DEALERS SUPPLIED.

 

 

E. L. WRIGHT,

14 and 16 NORTH DIVISION STREET.

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“BEEBE EITV EB”

——_WHOLESA LE-——

Notions, Tinware, Crockery & Glassware

5 and 10 CENT COUNTER GOODS.

t=" See Quotations on Tinware, Glassware, Etc. 493

 

 

 

another man’s pass.— American Furniture
Gazette.

A new process for manufacturing glass in-
sulators is being successfully employed by a
Detroit firm. The crude material of which
the glass is made is first put into a revolving
drum, from which, after receiving while
therein four applications of heat, it is run
into an auxiliary furnace, ready for the
glass-blowers to work. This is accomplished
witha saving in fuel, time and labor. The
machinery in these works is novel and is
said to work to perfection.

Canada has a “cheese king,’? who controls
sixty-four cheese factories. He should bea
mitey potentate.

 

A merchant may make a reduction in
the price of his material without making
any material reduction in his price.—Roch-

 

 

A noted base ball player has been sent to
the penitentiary in New York for attempting
Some of his old comrades
have very little sympathy with him.

murder his wife.

If he

had attempted to murder, the umpire the de-
feated nine would have presented him with
a handsome testimonial. If it wasn’t for
the unfair decisions of the umpire, both
sides would always win.—Norristown Her-
ald. ;

 

Geo. M7. EHill,

{Fifteen Years with D. M. Ferry & Co.]

SEED MERCHANT

 

Vegetable and Field Seeds of All Kinds Kept:
in Stock.

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80 Wooobridgd Street, West,
DETROIT, - - - MICHIGAN.:

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