GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE # The Michigan Trades: 1885. Ia) NO. 89. RETAILERS, If you are selling goods to make a profit, sell LAVINE WASHING POWDER. This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a larger profit than any in the Market, and is put up in handsome and attractive packages with picture cards with each case. We guar- antee it to be the best Washing Powder made and solicit a trial order. See prices in price-list. Harford Chemical Co, HAWKINS & PERRY & STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. ALBERT GOYE & SONS, MANUFACTUREBS OF AWNINGS, TENTS, HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Ete. State Agents for the Watertown Hammock Support. SEND FOR PRICES. Grand Rapids, Mich. 73 Canal Street, - Mayhew s Heelers. A Word Why Stocking Heel Protectors Should Be worn, A pair will save their eost five times over. Also re slipping of the Boot or Shoe at the heel. : LL Trade supplied by 76 MONROE a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. At $1.40 per doz., net. ORDER A SAMPLE BUTT OF McALPIN’S Chocolate Grea Pao G. A RICH NUTTY CHEW. Raton & Christenson, GRAND RAPIDS. KEMINK, JONES & U0, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Kite. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF ES EI MIN ES’S “Red Bark Bitters” AND— The Oriole Mannfacturing Co, 78 West Lridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. Dunham's Combination TAG AND ENVELOPE ! Best and Cheapest Method Known to Shippers. Saves the Expense of Postage. Send for samples and prices to E. A. Stowe & Bro., Manufacturers’ Agents, GRAND RAPIDS, : W. N, FULLER & 60 DESIGNERS AND Eineravers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- eluding Buildings, Etc., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, GRAND RAPIDS - MICH. FETER DORAN, Attorney-at-Law, Pierce Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. Practices in State and United States Courts Special attention given to MERCANTILE COLLECTIONS. THE AMERICAN MARKETMAN, Published Every Tuesday by J. W. LYNCH, Editor and Proprietor. Devoted to the General MICH. Packing, Canning, Market, Provision, Pro- duce and Grocery Trades. ‘$2 PER ANNUM, 195 and 197 Washingion Street, Chicago, Ill. VOIGT MILLING GO, Proprietors of CRESCENT QURING MILLS, Manufacturers of the Following Pop- ular Brands of Flour: ‘“‘ CRESCENT,” “WHITE ROSE,” ts MORNING GLORY,” “ROYAL PATENT,” and “ALL WHEAT,” Flour. NEES GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0, 71 CANAL STREET. CREAM TESTER! With six glasses for oe six cows’ milk at same time. Price $1; large size glasses $2 either free by mail. Agents wanted. Circulars with full particulars for stamp. WYMAN L. EDSON, Union Center, Broome Co., N. Y. EDMUNG 6, DIKEMAN, —THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, aor JEW lk, We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. -arties in want will do well to write or see the 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. McALPIN’S iilocolale Cred Pius Topacce Is the most Delicious Chew on the Market.” SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS. b. AUYS & Ob. No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. A Zyl p yy WN Lee | / AND—— “ | LAY ) NEW GOODS. New Prices down to the whale- bone. Goods always sale- able, and alwaysreliable. Buy close and often. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED tee | blood. The Shoemaker. J. F. Kimball in the Shoe and Leather Review. A shoemaker fat on a work-bench sat, With a shoe about half done. His figure was short, and his hair was gray, And his bright eyes twinkled in such a way That you would have thought him at quiet play, Or having a bit of fun. All labor, said he, appears to be A part of my honored trade; They may dig, or preach, or hew, or teach: Whatever they do, you will see in each Something that’s always within my reach, Or my dail y custom made. The parson may smile, as down each aisle His eloquence sonorously rolls; He ean only believe when his sermon is 0’er, And silence broods over the pews once more, That he only performs what [ve done before, For I ama curer of soles. The doctor delights, as he knowingly writes A prescription for pain or smart, To think that for aches he can give an ease, And also to think of the coming fees. Iam sure my profession with his agrees— I practice the healing art. An LL. D., or ahigher degree Ot scholastic lore commanding, May aspire to fame in some science high, And puzzle wise heads with logic dry; And yet he cannot do more than I . To improve the understanding The magistrate, in his chair of state, May scorn the poor knight of leather, And yet it cannot be denied That he does nothing, in all his pride, Whenever he joins a bridegroom and bride, But bind two souls together. The merchant, at ease, sends over the seas, And commerce lends aid to his call: But tempests may rally to rend his sails, And his argosies sink under wintry-gales; Like me, his fortune he sadly bewails Whenever he loses his all. Though hard IT may stitch and never get rich, Yet some of more means [ can beat; For though of their weatlh they make a great show, And seatter their income as fast us they go, There’s one thing that I can do oftener, I know, And that is, make both ends meet. When ages have sped, and among the dead All other professions have passed, T all alone in my glory shall be, No other employment will any one see; It must be so, for, you will agree, ; My business is one of the last. —_—-. Old Shoes. How much a man is like old shoes! For instanee: Both a soul may lose; Both have beentanned; both are made tight By cobblers; both get left and right; Both need a mate to be complete, And both are made to go on feet. They both need heeling, oft are soled, And both in time turn all to mold. With shoes the last is first; with men The first shall be the last; and when The shoes wear out they’re mended new; When men wear out they’re men—dead, too. They both are trod upon, and both Will tread on others, nothing loth. Both have their ties, and both incline When polished, in the world to shine; And both peg out—and would you choose To be a man, or be his shoes? a oe GOSSIP ABOUT SHOES. Some of the Trials Endured by Retailers in Fitting. From the Chicago News. “There is one little peculiarity in the re- tail shoe business of which every one en- gaged in it is aware, but for which no one has offered an explanation. It eannot be accounted for either by locality. or on the ground of nationality. This peculiarity is that in some sections of the city certain sizes of shoes cannot be sold at all. In some lo- sations shoe dealers find it impossible to sell shoes of a certain width, a ‘d’ last, for example, while in other quarters the ‘@’ last will be the average.” The speaker was a shoe dealer. ‘‘In some sections,” he con- tinued, ‘‘the shoes worn by women will run to 4s, 419s, and 5s. In others the demand will be for 2s, 2)¢s, and 3s. The Ameri- can women have the finest-shaped and smallest feet of any nationality. The con- formation of the American female foot is usually round, with an arched instep. There are very few flat-footed American women. The German, Scandinavian, Irish and En- glish women seldom have other than broad flat feet, French women often have fine feet, especially those from the lecalities which were invaded by the Saracens and where there exists a mingling the Saracen The French women from the moun- tain districts are apt to have the character- istic mountain foot—strong, broad, and. flat from much use. “There is a larger proportion of small sized shoes sold to the north side ladies in this city than in either of the other sections. I don’t pretend to account for it. There are a number of north side ladies who wear 13s, of 1s, and 2s. The south side woman § aver- ages a 3 or r 3h, but the west side woman often gets up to 5. There is one west side woman who wears an 11! man’s last—fact. The first time I ever beheld her feet was last Christmas. She was an ordinary sized woman, so when she came in and asked rather laconieally if I thought I had a pair of shoes to fit her, I told her cheerfully that I had, of course. ** ‘Well,’ she said, ‘ve got a pretty big foot,’ but I replied that we kept shoes all along up to 9s, and I guessed we’d have no trouble. Great Cesar! When I looked at the foot she put out I was dumfounded. She examined the number 9s, but I didn’t attempt to-put them on her, and after she’d looked them over and at her foot, she re- marked as unconcerned as if she was hold- ing out to view the prettiest little Spanish- arched 13-boot foot in Chicago, that she thought I’d ‘better measure’ her and make a pair. That was the largest pair of feet I ever saw belonging to a woman, and the men who have that size are scarce.” “Do many women try to wear shoes too small for them?” ‘“‘About eight-tenths of them do. They get a notion that their feet look much better eramped and out of shape sizes too small for them than in one that fits their feet and gives all the bones and imus- cles free play. If people would leave the selection of the style and size of their shoes to the shoemaker they would have feet much handsomer in appearance, and experience far more comfort. No two persons have feet alike, and the shoes that fit the feet of one individualare not at all adapted to those of another. The broad-toed common sense boot fits the average foot more frequently than any other. But there is occasionally a lady with a very round foot and an extreme- ly arched instep who ean take no comfort in any other boot than that known as the ‘Span- isharcl’ with medium high heels set well to- ward the middle. The reason is that this kind ofa foot needs a support under the instep that is not afforded by the low heel set far back. This is a type of foot that ap- pears once in awhile by inheritance, show- ing somewhere a line of ancestry that did little or no walking. People with this style of foot are more liable to fall than others. The ‘blue grass’ region produces some feet of this type, and the people so favored pride themselves mightily on them. ‘The shoe affected mostly at present by fashionable people is very broad-toed and low-heeled. The most commonly worn leather for spring and fall wear are heavy kid pebble and straight goat. French kid is essentially a summer leather in this: cli- mate. Glove kid is very stylish now since the fashion of high polish went out. No shoe polish should ever be laid on leather. It kills it. Neat’s-foot oil, enough of which ean be purchased of any druggist to last a person a year, is the only thing that should be applied to it. “The style of shoemaking is constantly undergoing improvement. Within the last two or three years we have had the flexible shoe brought out, which is far superior to the old style of stiff sole. You do not be- gin to hear the complaints about ‘breaking in’ new shoes that you once did, because the shoes are manufactured so well and _ fitted so perfectly that they do not torture the feet in becoming accustomed to them, but adjust themselves at onee. A great many shoes are made in Chicago. Probably at least a thousand girls and women afte employed in the different sewing branches. Their work lasts about nine months of the year, and their wages range from $6 to $18 per week. It takes a girl about ten or twelve months to learn the trade. Some who are expert learn much sooner. Others never ean learn at all to be good fitters.” ‘Would not women be more available than men in the retail department where ladies’ and children’ssshoes are sold?” “T think not. Saleswomen have seldom the patience or tact that salesmen have. Some ladies really make a day’s work of buying a pair The woman isa marvel among her sex who gets suited and out of the store in half an hour, and I fre- quently have one who tries on shoes for two or three-hours, and then goes elsewhere to see if she can’t suit herself better. A lady clerk does not like to unbutton and remove dirty boots, heavy with dust or mud, and few will do it. Then, in the retail shoe business little help is kept. Those employ- ed are expected to do other things than sell shoes—wash windows and do other chores about the place. The plain English is, too, that women have not the patience to deal with women in a business that brings out their most pronounced feminine weaknesses, and there is nothing that women of every age, from 16 to 75, and every color, from an albino to a jet-black negress, are so vain of as their feet. Women detest a dis- play of vanity, or an anxiety about appear- ance even, in each other. So the lady shoe clerk is seldom a suecess. She ‘mniffs’ the customers, she can’t do errands, and can’t clean the windows, and is of small account in the retail store anyway. As shoe fitters women are much more suecessful tha men,” ‘*Are people very particular children’s shoes?” “More than particular—fastidious. In- fants’ and children’s shoes are made very nice, now, Infants’ shoes range in price from 35 cents to $2. Childrens from $1 to $3.50. Ladies’ shoes cost all the way from $1.50 to as much as the maker’s name will command, although anything over $10 paid for any shoe is an extortion. Just as good a shoe ean be made at that price, with a fair profit, as anyone needs to wear. Men’s shoes cost from $1.75 to way up among the twen- ties, but neither enough material nor work can be put into any shoe for a man to make its cost, including the profit—and a hand- some one, too—more than $12.” “Does the average woman evince prudishness about trying on shoes?” of shoes. else about their much ‘“‘Onee in a while we get a customer who is very much afraid of committing some im- propriety, but the majority seem to forget the shoe-maker altogether. It will doubt- less surprise you to know it, but it’s gos- pel truth, that well-dressed women will come in to buy shoes and bring a just pur- chased pair of hose to put on before they try the shoes, calmy rolling up the soiled ones they have taken off and putting them in their shopping bag or pockets. A young ina shoe two! couple who had been married out in the country in the morning, the other day, came | here in the afternoon to buy a pair of boots | for the bride. The bride-groom was very young, and evidently had never buttoned i } i | wouldy’t allow | not | his mother’s shoes, but he me to touch the girl-wife’s feet. No, sir: much. The way he tackled the job of but- | toning pair after pair of shoes was a joy to the beholder.” ‘How do you dispose of old shoes?” ‘They are mostly bought up by Jewish | cobblers, who fix them up and seli them in the old-elothes stores found in the poorer loealities in the city. Old rubbers are sold for 2 cents a pound, melted up, mixed up with eoal tar, re-made, and constitute the very cheap goods of this kind sold at the bargain stores.” | a The “Gentle Craft.”’ Shoemaking has attained to this distine- tive appellation from the faet of many persons having risen from it to eminence, more than from any other mechanical pur- suit, itis said. It is known that shoemak- ing existed as a distinet trade oy er 1,600 years before the Christian era, as far back as the time of the Israelites flight from E appt, as pictures illustrative of the craft are found on the walls of the ruins of the ancient city of Thebes. The footwear of that date was a simple sole fastened to the foot by thongs of raw hide, the sole being made sometimes of strips of papyrus braided into a sort of matting. For several ce¢ sandal continued to be used almost univer- sally, although in some countries the slip- SO snturies this style of shoe or per began to be worn about 300 B. CC. In the reign of the Roman Emperor, Domitia- nus 83 A. D., we learn of the stalls of shoe- makers being so numerous as to encumber the streets of Rome. About this time we first read of the leg boot ealled “‘Caliga,” which was worn in battle as a sort of defensive armor for the legs of the Roman soldiery against their ad- versaries’ weapons. From this origin come the various styles of leg boots which have appeared and disappeared during the last 1,800 years. To-day the leg boot seems to be alinost obsolete, except for a few special uses, and the change from boots to gaiters is a sensible one, not only in point of comfort, but in economy and increased comeliness. In ancient times the shoe was commonly used as a symbol in transferring property. “A man plucked off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor, and this was testimony in Israel.” Ruth iv: 7. Casting a shoe upon a piece of property indicated taking possession of the same. “And [I will east my shoe over Edom.” Psalmix:8. The practice somewhat in vogue even at this late day of throwing old shoe after a newly married couple is doubt a relic of those times when the was symbolical of contract. We frequently hear it said of a person, ‘He eannot fill his predecessor’s shoes,” and in this, of course, the shoe is used to denote the caliber of the man. The trade of shoemaking is the only handi- eraft that can boast of saintly tutelage. Early in the third century one Crispin and his brother Crispianus, descendents of a noble Roman family, fell under the displeas- ure of the Emperior Diocletian and were obliged to flee from Rome for their lives. Having become converts to Christianity they traveled into France spreading the faith they went, and located for a while at a town now called Soissons, where they took up shoemaking to earn their bread. They con- tinued their pilgrimage from place to place, supporting themselves as they went along by making shoes, which they sold to the poor at so low a price that they were credited with having the leather given them by an angel. (Other legends have it that they stole the leather, hence comes the term “Orispinading” applied to acts of charity performed by persons at expense of others.) Crispin and his brother travelled through France to Britian where they continued to do missionery work and to make shoes, but both suffered a cruel martrydom in 289 A. D., in in common with other Christians on account of their religion. Since that time Saint Cris- pin has been the acknowledged patron saint of the shoemakers, and his memory has for 1800 years been honored by processions and other festivities on St. Crispin’s day, 25th of October. The ‘Knights of St. Crispin” is an ciation of shoemakers organized in 1866 in Wisconsin for the purpose of protecting their interests against employers, and to as- sist unemployed and sick members and their families. This society was at one time prominent in inaugurating strikes, and at present has a considerable membership throughout the United States. The trade of making shoes was one of the first to be introduced into the American col- onies, and the town of Lynn, Mass., enjoys the honor of producing the first shoes. A letter dated London, 1629, refers to the send ing on board the Mayflower some hides con- signed to two shoemakers who settled at Lynn. From that day to the present time Lynn has been at the head of the list of shoe producing towns. In 1855, before the introduction of machinery, Lynn produced an ho shoe as asso- | $4,000,000 of shoes yearly and employed 4,575 males and 11,021 females in the busi- In 1870 Lynn produeed $17,000,000, | the great increase being partially due to the introduction machinery from 1861 to 187 Between. these the shoe trade was revolutionized, the important inventions pertaining to the various por- tions of the manufacture being made during that period. The wages paid to operatives in shoe factories are generally higher for the same grade of labor than is paid in other mechanical callings, both in this country and Europe, and notwithstanding the econ- stant strea ness. of dates most of m of new labor-saving machines, the demand for human labor seems to keep pace with the inventive achievements. As an indication of what the shoe busi- ness is to Massachusetts, may be mentioned. the fact, that in 1884 that State alone pro- dtteed 3100,000,000 worth of shoes—alnost as much as the whole of the rest of the United States! a = — The Leather Shoe-String Mon. From the New York Times. As the crowd of passengers on the early morning trains come surging down Park row from the City Hail elevated station, the familiar ery of the street vendors seattered along at short intervals attraets very little attention. An old man with a voice which dies away ina sweet cadence, sings out: “Fine leather shoestrings, 5 cents a pair.” He has stood there for years and offered for sale nothing but long leather shoestrings. He pays a license to peddle on the and has a right to select his locality. “How is the shoestring asked a reporter of the old man. “Not so good it was ten ago. Too much buttom and elastic-fashioned shoe are made now-a-days. Poor people are getting high-toned and wear button shoes. ‘Times are said to be hard, sir, but I manage to live well and support my fam- ty! “Then you must sell a of shoestrings a day and its?” “Well, no; streets business now?” as years great many pairs make large prof- I don’t sell so many, but my profits are large. I buy the strings by the wholesale and make over 200 per cent. on them. Idon’t have to pay any clerk hire, gas bills, or rent; everything is clean, clear profit. Some rainy days I don’t sell any, but on fair days I make up generally. Sat- urday afternoon is my best day. 9 Overshoes for Somebody. A through train on the Rock Island stop- ped a few moments at Englewood station the other day, says the Chicago Herald. A passenger got off to walk around a little. As the train began to move again the pas- senger jumped aboard, but just then he dis- covered that he had but overshoe. Thinking that he had dropped the other some place on the platform, and, as the train was going too fast for him to jump off and re- cover it, he pulled off the remaining shoe and threw it out on the platform, exclaim- ing: ‘‘There, that pair of overshoes for somebody.” Entering the ear he proceeded to his seat. ‘There, to his great astonishment, was his other overshoe. A look of intense disgust came his face, but he did not hesitate. Quickly pick- ing up the lone article hurried jo the platform, threw the shoe as far back as he eould toward the othe and shouted: “By jiminy, there is a pair of overshoes for one makes a good upon he * one somebody.” - ati - - -6 <> --——- The American Storekeeper tenders the fol- lowing good advice to country merchants: Remember to buy the very best cigars you can, and be content with a small profit. Itisa great deal better in the long run, to serve twenty customers with cigars than to sup- ply ten at the same profit. Your front door cannot be opened too many times in a day. The people who have learned to think your store is the best place for cigars, will turn to it for other goods when eu The manufacture of artificial flowers pro. vides employment for nearly 2,000 girls in New York City. A profit of $9,000 has been made this sea- son by a California farmer from a 12-acre asparagus bed. AMONG THE TRADE. The Michigan Tradesman, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State. IN THE CITY. - J. A. Panting succeeds Sharp & Panting in the lumber business. J. Rosenberg & Co. succeed Rosenberg & Seymour in the lumber business. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. 2 aaa Se “WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1885. Barry & Lewis, grocers at Ravenna, have added a line of drugs. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. furnished the stock. H. M. Bjornstad has engaged | and grocery business at Whitehall. tine, Perkins & Co. furnished the drug stock. a _ &. G. Bruce, grocer at Bellaire, has added ‘aline of dry goods. Spring & Company in the drug Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. | Treasurer—W m. Sears. - Executive Committee—President, Vice-Pres- | ident and Treasurer, ex-officio ; O. A. Ball, one | year; L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two years. The first lot of wool put in an appearance Arbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W., Putnam, Joseph Houseman. ‘at this market last week, and was bought Transportation Committee—Samuel Sears, for 22c. Buyers enter the season with by Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman. | : : Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur no means flattering prospects, and will pay Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. : Manufacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright, | E. 8. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. _ | wawashed. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening | ‘of October. S | Regular Meetings—Second W ednesday even- | ing of each month. Michigan Dairymen’s Association. order. As the season of base ball and summer Rapids grocery jobbers fondly recall the visit paid to the Saginaws last season, and yearn for a reptition of the same. Let Sagi- naw sound the toesin and Grand Rapids will respond with avidity. Organized at Grand Rapids, February 25, 1885. President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. Vice-Presidents—W. H. Howe, Capac; F. C. Stone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison Station; F. A. Rockafellow, Carson City; Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bel- knap, Grand Rapids; L. F. Cox, Portage; John Borst, Vriesland; R. C. Nash, Hilliards; his furniture business into a corporation un- der the name of the Wm. A. Berkey Furni- ‘ . S. st, rks- * a j a Adams, Ashland; Jos. Post, Clarks-/ ture Co, The incorporators will probably gg tier td and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe, Grand} be Mr. Berkey, Wm. H. Jones, now tray- apidas. . 2 . ~ . Next. Meeting—Third Tuesday in February, elipg salesman for the Pheenix Furniture 1886. : Cor, Lewis T. Peck and several foremen now Membership Fee—$1 per year. : 2 : 5 : : Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. interested in the establishment in a financi- al way. Methias Miller has invented, and he and | Geo. N. Davis have secured a patent on, an improved wedge bolt for use in any place where it requires the space to be filled by serewing up the bolt. Samples of the in- vention are being made here for distribu- tion among the railroads and other estab- lishments using bolts of this character. The owners of the patent will sell the right to Post A., MO. 9. A. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Logie. : First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Milis. Second Vice-President—Stephen A. Sears. Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins. Executive Committee—President and Secre- tary, ex officio; Chas. S. Robinson, Jas. Bradford and W. G. Hawkins. Election Committee—Geo. H. Seymour, Wal- lace Franklin, W. H. Downs, Wm. 3B. Ed- Hazel- | furnished the stock, C. J. Peck placing the t, | from 20¢ to 23¢ for washed and 18¢ to 15¢e for quietness in trade approaches, the Graud | On January 1, Win. A. Berkey will merge | munds and D. 8. Haugh. Room Committee—Stephen A. Boughton, W. H. Jennings. Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in each month. Next Meeting—Saturday evening, at “The Tradesman’’ office. Sears, Wm. June 27, use the same on a royalty. The Northwestern Lumberman contains | the following reference to an organization mainly composed of Grand Rapids eapital- ists: ‘“The White & Friant Lumber Co. has been organized in this city, with a capital stock of $250,000. The incorporators are Thomas Friant, Francis Letellier, Hugh M. Boice and Samuel H. Sweet. These gentle- men haye bought a quantity of pine on the Sune oat | Sturgeon River, Menominee district, and | the company is formed presumably for the SS | purpose of manufacturing it into lumber.” Lloyd Brezee’s new paper, the Herald ’ | Inquiry at the office of the company here re- which made its appearance last Saturday, is | veals the fact that 'T. Stewart White will al- bright in contents and inviting in appear- 'so be a member of the syndicate; that a ance. The Herald is worthy of the patron- | yall piece of pine has been secured, and age of the business and reading public of that prospectors are at work looking np other Western Michigan, and will undoubtedly available tracts ; and that as soon as the or- | (rand Rapids Post T. P. A. Organized at Grand Rapids, April 11, 1885. President—Geo. F.Owen. __ Vice-President—Geo. W. McKay. Secretary—Leo A. Caro. Treasurer—James Fox. : Next Meeting—Saturday evening, “The Tradesman” ofiice. meet with the support it deserves. ————— \ peeerro ee Ear | As stated last week, the opposition to the | Dodge telephone bill was strong enough to secure the defeat of the measure in the | House. The opposition came entirely from the agents of the monopoly, and money or other potent influences were freely brought to bear on those who wavered between jus- tice to the people on one side and an uncon- | scionable monopoly on the other. | ii } | The Van Leuven failure hasan ugly look. That a dealer of Van Leuven’s standing | could be able to buy $25,000 worth of goods, | while his wife had a $10,000 mortgage on his stock, is a strong condemnation of the} present loose credit system ; and that a man | in his condition would impose upon his cred- itors to such an extent furnishes sufficient | comment upon his honesty of purpose. SS | The character of some of President Cleyeland’s recent consular appointments | gives good ground for fear that the consular | service is to suffer serious injury. At no) time in our history have we had abroad so | competent and efficient a body of officers to represent our commercial interests, and ex- | cept in the smaller places, where the com- | pensation is pitifully small, and where it is | the practice to appoint foreigners, resident | merchants, ete., as our representatives, we | have had very good work done for the coun- | try. Such men haye raised the service alto- | gether above previous experience, and the | consular reports sent out from the Depart- | ment of State have had a value which has been generally acknowledged. It is plain to be seen that if our commercial in- oped, it must be by intelligent and systema? tic effort, and that one of the first steps of this programme must be to secure thorough- | Their com- | pensation, in the cases where it is inade- | quate, should be increased, the fee system should be entirely abolished, and there | ly competent consular officers. should be a jealous care to retain the men of ascertained ability. it occurs at so untimely a juncture. In the present depressed state of business, every | increase of our sales abroad is so much to- | ward relief and recovery, and that, in the light of all the country’s recent knowledge, and of the well-defined reforms which it is everywhere agreed should be employed, the Administration should deliberately disre- gard the country’s general interests in order | to serve the purposes of an antiquated and | narrow partisanship, is a spectacle over | which our commercial competitors may re- | joice, but which is good cause for grief at . home. VJ Lr a The lapse from this | programme is the more lamentable because | | ganization has been fully perfected and a large quantity of timber purchased, steps will | betaken to putin a mill with large capacity. | AROUND THE STATE. | Fred Cook has opened aboot and shoe | shop at Leland. | Mrs. A. O’Sullivan succeeds O'Sullivan & | Ryan in general trade at Tyre. | K. W. Noyes, general dealer at Paw Paw, has assigned to Robert Beebe. | G. C. Carpenter has sold his grocery stock at Hartford to Milton C. Conklin. W. C. Arnold. succeeds W. C. Arnold & | Co. in the drug business at Ludington. B. V. Soule succeeds H. A. Jenks in the | restaurant and grocery business at Ovid. Wentworth & Bishop succeed N. 8. Tay- lor in the grocery business at South Haven. John George succeeds W. H. Kimball & | Co. in the boot and shoe business at Hud- | son. Mrs. S. A. Townsend succeeds Mrs. Jane | Eckert in the millinery business at Lake- | view. Thomas H. Mosher, of Springville, the | oldest merchant of Lenawee county, has as- | signed. < Cawly & George, of Belding, have sold | | | | i | | ' 5 4 their hardware stock to M. J. Tanner, of | Otter Lake. J. C. Benbow has purchased Walter Schoemaker’s general stock at Cannonsburg, | and will consolidate it with his own. J. McKelvey, general dealer at Maple Grove, has just moved into his new store | : : | extensive repairs. { MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Bellaire wants a tannery and grist mill. The Owosso factories are all crowded with orders | A cedar shingle mill is contemplated at | | Petoskey. J. L. Reed’s sawmill at Fennville is again | in operation. E. R. Wilcox has started up his paper mill | at Rochester. | J, M. Marcoe & Co.’s shingle mill at Rod- ‘ney is undergoing repairs. | Jas. Sleezer has removed to Falmouth, | where he will engage in the saw mill busi- | ness. | It is reported that a mill is |this season at Seul Choix, | county. | . King & Shipard’s lumber mill at Deep | River, near Standish, which has been idle some time has started up again. | Blanchard, Hannaford & Shattuck’s new | shingle mill at Rodney is well under way, ' and will shortly begin operations. Sibley & Bearinger, of East Saginaw, have sold 13,850,000 feet of logs to. Dolson & , Chapin, of Bay City, for $154,000. Ed. Lillie has purchased the interest of his partner in the saw mill business, lo- ' eated three miles west of Coopersville. Arbuckle & Alms have purchased the Jos- 'eph Totten saw mill at Lake City, and pro- pose to add a new 35 horse-power engine. | DD. D. McDonald is shipping to Cheboygan, from along the Michigan Central railroad, to the southward, 50 car loads of square timber. Detroit lumbermen are buying their stocks at Saginaw, having it dressed in the mills there, and thence shipping directly to the East. A Butfalo tow of a steamer and two bar- ges were lately loaded at White Lake, with 1,000,000 feet of lumber for the Eastern market. The new town that is growing up about the plant of the Harman Lumber Co., on the Sturgeon, above Escanaba, has been named Foster City. Butters & Peters shipped into Ludington, | over the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad, last season, nearly 2,000 car loads of lumber | and shingles. The Belding Manufacturing Co. employs 75 hands and has tumed out 4,000 refriger- ators since last October, 3,000 of which have been sold and shipped. D. L. Garling, late of the Mecosta County Flouring Mills, at Big Rapids, will build and equip a custom mill at Mectosta, if prop- erly encouraged by the business men of the to be erected Schooleraft place. Frank Burt is erecting a factory building two miles southwest of Kalamazoo for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of fanning mills. He has purchased a West- inghouse engine. The large Burtis saw mill, at Marquette, is now running full time. In addition to his heavy lumbering operations elsewhere, Tim Nester will have cut at the Burtis about 2,000,000 feet of logs taken out the past winter at Huron river. Wheeler & Johnson have put a condenser into the steambarge Shrigley, at Manistee, for the purpose of saving fuel. A local authority has it that the salt manufacture ‘has so raised the price of slabs that they are too costly for steamboat use now. J. B. Weller has shipped from Kingsley and Summit City, to Traverse City, by rail, 130 ear loads of square timber, from whence it will go down the lakes in rafts. Drake & Watts have about 100 car loads. Weller has a quantity at Glen Lake, same vicinity, which will be taken from there in vessels. A company has been organized at Cold- water to be known as the Coldwater Road Cart Co., for the purpose of manufacturing the O’Brien & Schmedline cart, the new cor- poration having purchased the patent. The company is composed of L. E. tose, A. S. Upson, E. W. Tibbits ana B. Lilly. Constantine boasts of the following indus- tries: One straw board paper mill, three flouring mills, furniture factory, saw mill, foundry and machine shop, sash and blind factory, soap factory, creamery, anew tissue- mill, and the town has; 1,200-horse power of the most extensive water power in the State to spare. Cadillac News: Cummer & Sons’ mill has started up, after undergoing some very A new fifty-foot band saw has been put in, which makes a great saving in amount of lumber cut, and cuts a _ better grade of lumber than the old circular | Saw. It is estimated that, by the use of the building, which has been in process of erec- band saw, one board in every eight is saved, tion for some time past. An Altona correspondent writes: at Shepard City. His removal from Altona will be regretted by many patrons of this | vicinity. chased the dry goods and clothing stock of E. P. Griswold, at Grand Ledge, for $6,560. auctioned on chattel mortgage. W. A. Palmer, the Carson City dealer, has opened a new tobacco and liquor estab- lishment at St. Johns. The furnishings are being made from special designs by the Phoenix Furniture Co., of this city. A Lamont correspondent writes: G. Gringhuis and family will move to California soon. Marshall Moore will sell out the present stock of goods and will then go in _ business for himself in the same store. Geo. C. Wetherbee & Co., the Detroit grocery jobbers, were recently fined $250 and costs for shipping two cans of powder with- out being marked ‘‘powder.” Judge Brown, _ before whom the case was tried, pronounced | the offense a very serious one and gave the | defendants a deserved reprimand. i — ae Dr. J. | | E. Gruber contemplates trying his fortune , terests in foreign countries are to be devel- | { Edson, Moore & Co., of Detroit have pur- , It invoiced nearly double that sum, but was | ' which makes a tremendous difference in a year’s cut. STRAY FACTS. Over $1,000 has been spent on the Cross | Village dock this spring. A. Petoskey grocer’s delivery horse chews tobacco, and when that fails will eat tea, ‘coffee, spices or lemons. | Hastings Banner: Will Bowne is to | Start a cigar factory, occupying the third | story of the bank building. | Allegan Gazette: William Sutphin will be in partnership with his brother, B. B., in ‘the building of the new store, and also in| ‘the seed and wool business at this point. The Gripsack Brigade. Wallace Franklin is tarrying at Traverse City this week. W. McQuigg, jobbing salesman for Felix, Marston & Blair, put in a day at this market last week. H. S. Beers, representing Sanger & Wells, coffee importers of New York, was in town last Friday. Mr. Cudahy, traveling salesman for John Plankerton & Co., of Milwaukee, was in town last week. FE. G. Beach, representing Wm. T. Cole- man & Co., of Chicago, jobbers of Califor- nia products, was in town Friday. Thos. A. Stephens, representing Spence Bros & Co., of Cincinnati, spent Sunday at this market, and. left Tuesday for the Sag- inaws. John R. Myers, traveling representative for the Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co., of New York, Jersey City and Pittsburg, was in town Saturday. Jas. Fox is visiting the Northern lake- shore towns this week. He is accompained by S. J. Gottlieb, of the Kentucky Railroad Tobaceo Co., of Covington. The retail tobacco firm of Caro Bros., at Kansas City, of which Leo. A. Carois a member, has sold out. The business has been a very profitable one. Clarence J. Peck and Frank Greulich made asurvey of the water route from Lake City to Mitchell last week. They will confine themselves to the wagon road hereafter. Frank DeLaney has engaged to re-intro- duce ‘‘Horseshoe” and ‘‘Big Chunk” plug tobaecos to the retail trade. He will work the city trade for about a month, and then work outside. ’ It is reported that Geo. S. Megee has left the employ of the National Tobacco Works, of Louisville, Ky., to accept a position with Daniel Seotten & Co., of Detroit, and that he will travel through Ohio. Eaton Rapids has four resident traveling | men, as follows: R. D. Wood, Eaton Rap- | ids Baking Co.; Wm. Smith, Smith, Walters & Co.; Mr. Steighitz, Steiglitz & Minnie, cigar manufacturers; Harry West, W. J. Gould & Co., Detroit, J. L. Joseph, S. J. Foree & Co.’s new Michigan representative, has gone to Cin- cinnati to spend a few days with his family. He will remove his family to this city the coming month, and make this market his permanent headquarters. The regular meeting of Post A., M. C. T. A., was held at the usual place of meeting Saturday evening. Several matters of inter- est to the fraternity were diseussed pro and con, but action was deferred until the next regular meeting, Saturday evening, June 27. W. G. Hawkins is now ths possessor of a raging steed which requires his undivided attention while at home and is the subject of frequent reference on the road. The re- port that he has entered the nag in the 2:20 class at the coming races is probably with- out foundation. Will J. Morley, of the Powers & Walker Casket Co., says that his name has never yet appeared in Tue TRADESMAN. And it would not appear now but for the faet that he spent Sunday in Ludington, buying ice cream and eandy for the belle of the town. The date of the ceremony will be announced hereafter. W. Guy, the only son of W-. H. Downs, died near Union City a few days ago and was buried at that place on Sunday. Death was caused by congestion of the brain, com- plicated with a spinal disease. The child was about six months old, and unusually bright for one of his age. Mr. and Mrs. Downs have the sympathy of the entire traveling fraternity in their affliction. Graham Roys, the well-known whip trav- eler, writes from Mosherville, Hillsdale county: ‘The merchants here have good stocks and good trade. I think the Grand Rapids jobbing houses could get a large per- centage of the trade here, if they would try. As it is, Iam the only one that represents the Valley City here. Freights are low for Grand Rapids shippers on the L. S. & M. S., and also on the M. & O.” All Grand Rapids traveling men, irre- spective of organization or previous condi- tion of servitude, are respectfully invited to meet at Tore TRADESMAN office Saturday evening, June 13, to make the necessary preliminary arrangements for a_ traveling men’s picnic, to be held in July or August. Every traveling man is cordially invited to co-operate in the undertaking, to the end that the second annual pienic may be even more successful than the first. Charlotte has fifteen resident traveling men, as follows: J. H. Gibbons, Vale & Crane, Detroit; Mr. French, Marple & French, cracker bakers; A. L. Nichols, Steam Evaporator Co.; John and Chas. Lambert, C. W. Inslee & Co., Detroit; R. D. Wheaton, manufacturer iron bridges; M. Friedmam, merchant tailor; Geo. Rue, Cleveland Stove Co.; Geo. Ward, Ward & Dolson, buggy manufacturers; E. M. Wright) manufacturer agricultural implements; Ed. Pierce and D. C. Owen, agricultural imple- ments; J. B. May, Champion reaper; S. T. Green, Eureka mower; 8. C. Crebbs, grocery jobbing house of Detroit. Watervliet Record: Travelers are well Plainwell Independent: Frank Jones, of | eared for in Watervliet at the present time. | Saranac, has taken an interest in the cigar Each hotel has a representative at each train manufacturing business of E. E. Disbrow. | as it arrives at the depot, and every scrap of i | eight persons. the champion egg shippers of the State. | Their shipments for the month ending May | 18 was 33,258 dozen; for the week ending | May 16 8,349 dozen. The heaviest day’s | business was May 15, when they took in 2,- | 500 dozen. eed ed Loyster & Son, of Hudson, are probably | Ouwvners of Red Fo The establishment gives employment to luggage is tenderly cared for. It is a little | amusing to see two competing hotel men nod and smile around a member of the ‘‘oripsack brigade” and at the same time manage to stab each other with frowns that savor of cusswords. This rivalry is a most happy condition of affairs, and may result in providing additional. hotel accommoda- tions and conveniences. in this village, a G. R. MAYHEW, CRAND RAPIDS, MICH, WRITE FOR PRICE ‘SHINVdINOO did -qnd UVAAGOOD SHIVM LISTS AND DISCOUNTS. GNV LHSOOSNOOM YO LNAOV ALSO MEYER & NEW JERSEY COM- PANY’S. ALLENS ABRIDGED SYSTEM —— Or— BOOK-KEEPING ! H. J. Carr, book-keeper for H. Leonard & Sons, writes: ‘Fortwo years and upwards [ have been applying methods quite similar to those shown in your recent publication, ‘An Abridged System of Book-keeping,’ and have found a decided saving of labor and much other satistaction therein. Hence my belief in its utility, and that what you have set forth wili, when rightiy understood, merit attention and use.” Full and complete drafts of rulings, ete., with illustrative entries and instructions in pamph- let form mailed upon receipt of $2. : wy. Ei. Allien. Withs. A. Welling, 24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids Ifin Need cf Anything in our Line, it will pay you to get our Prices. PATENTERS AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS Barlow's Patent Mavifold Shipping Books Send for Samples and Circular. BARLOW BROTHERS, Grand Rapids, Michigan. OF | TRADE H. RICHMOND & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MARK, great necessity when considered in connec- | tion with our summer resort. Geo. Owen has about eoneluded to retire from the road and devote his time to the, : : oe breeding of fancy dogs—become a sort of » Richmond's Family Medicines professional canine fancier. With a view | ' : to accomplishing this end, he is desirious of RICHMOND’S LIVER ELIXIR. purchasing about twenty-five dogs, for which 'The best selling liver and blood medicine in he will pay the highest cash price. Those | the market, 50 cents. having spare canines would do well to ex- 'Richmond’s Cubeb Cream, press them to his address in this city. He! Richmond’s Ague Cure, recently received a valuable accession to his Richmond’s Cough Cure, kennel from New York, which has a pedi- Richmond’s Easy Pills, eree second to no other dog in the country. | Dr. Richards’ Health Restorer. It is a cross between a mastiff, St. Bernard, | : Retailers, please order of your _jobbersain pull-dog, bull-terrier, greyhound and ter- Greud Nan a Chee. ees eal all sour | ae & ' FORESEES 1 ara | orders ills and ag rar eC se iat, So cet SO ae SS | Sede er gouth Division St. Grand Rapids. TRADESMAN has been favored with an in-| stantaneous photograph of the valuable ani- | mal, and herewith presents an accurate rep- | STE AM L AUNDRY resentation of the same: 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, PROPRIETOR. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO | CHEMICALS. | Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- | tended to. MISCELLANEOUS. —— — — eee MANUFACTURERS OF “An Honorable Exception.” From the Allegan Gazette. | Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted When the Gazette said no Grand Rapids | in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, paper had protested against the appoint-| ro pe ad aay Rien ial for each ment of Ike Messmore to a federal office, it | ——— | FON : eet id injustice to Tue MIcHIGAN TRADEs- | NYONE wanting a clean hardware stock, did injustice to Tt ICHIGAN A located on one of the best business streets MAN. That journal is an honorable excep- of Grand Rapids, would do wellto call at 17 * : . 2 . ; is ivisi street. S x wi , ace tion. Inits issue of April 1 it showed how Beal fun tonne ee cae Messmore had in the Kent Circuit Court | ing, owners have other business. 90 shown himself a perjurer and how that} J.OR RENT—New store and basement, 22x80 I hat he had obtained goods under | feet, on Pine street, Muskegon. Excel- court held that he hac btained goods unde i lent location for dry goods store, as there is no false pretenses, and entered a strong pro- eS of that kind onthe street. Tenant : i As : ean have second story, if he desires. Address, test against the old scoundrel’s appointment. | 6 Lambert, Muskegon, Mich. go* The daily press of the Valley City greatly needs at least one man of the virility of the Bee Ree | editor of THE TRADESMAN. | BOLE Muskegon Matters. Nap Normandin has opened a Catholie book store at 23 South First street. M. Michener has established an agency | for the sale of illuminating and lubricating oils on the corner of First street and Clay ANTED—Twenty-five dogs, for which the highest cash price will be paid. Geo. F. Owen, Walker avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. | JOR SALE— Hotel in one of the finest towns i of southern Michigan. Any one wishing | to engage in a well-established business can do | so with a smalk amount of capital, as the own- | eris going west. For full particulars address ‘Hotel,’ care 36 West Leonard street, Grand Rapids, Mich. gor shoes, dry goods, groceries and hardware. nvenNe: Also brick store building, 23x75, warehouse, Erickson & Johnson = sueceed Julius | dwelling, stable, good well and cistern and one acre of land. Will sell the buildings for 2,500 and the stock at cost. A. Young & Sons, | Orange, Mich. 90* QIPUATION WANTED—By young man in a WS grocery or general store, four years’ ex- erience. Best of references. Cadarette in the blacksmith and wagon bus- iness at Lakeside. oP -- < | Codfish is a great delicacy in Guatemala Address Box 91* and sells at 40 cents per pound. 3, Fremont, Mich. = and Bie Drive Flues. @ 4 Drugs & Medicines Michigan Siate Pharmaceutical Association, OFFICERS. President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix. First maaan M. MeDonald, Kal- amazor : — ios: President—B. D. Northrup, Lan- Third Vice- President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d Rapids. Nbsiox Asal acob Jesson, Muskegon. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. J. Brown, A. B. Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Kelier, F. W. Fincher. Next place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday, October 13, 1885. (rand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzbure. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. Board of Consors aay Peck, Chas. P. low, Jas. S. Cowin. Board of Tr ustees—The President, Wm. H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wim. L. White. Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum, M. B. Kimm, A. C. Bauer. Committee pn Legislation—Isaac Watts, O. H. Richmond, Jas. §. Cowin. : Committee on Trade Matters—H. B. Fairchild, John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, Next Meeting—Thursday evening, at *‘The Tradesman’”’ office. Bige- June 4, OLIVE OIL. Where the Best is Produced and How It is Made. Considerable misconception of facts seems prevalent in regard to the best olive oil for table use; as to where it is produced; how it is made and what are or should be its char- acteristics. A great many persons profess dislike for olive oil as an article of food and complain that it has a rank, nauseous taste which they cannot tolerate. Probably this is quite true with regard to the oil they have had put before them. While as a condiment for various kinds of food nothing is more palatable and appetiz- ing than the best olive oil, it must be freely admitted that bad, defective olive oil is sim- ply detestable; as, also, that the greater part of the salad oil sold in the United States is of very inferior quality, although put up in an attractive form and professing to be the very finest. The choicest olive oil, it should be generally known, besides possessing a fine golden color, absolute freedom from any unpleasant smell, and being strictly pure, should also be smooth, delicate and appe- tizing to the taste, and as free from the least rancidness or taint as good fresh cream. It is not sufficient that it should be pure (viz, not mixed with other vegetable oils) because there is much olive oil which, though strict- ly pure, is rank, nauseous and totally unfit for food. Italy is beyond dispute the olive oil producing country of the world. Italy produces ten times more than France, the latter country not making enough for its own consumption and consequently being a large importer. In Tuscany, which is just- ly called the ‘‘Garden of Italy,” the very finest olive oil for eating purposes is made; it cannot be equalled, much less surpassed, by anything produced in the rest of Italy or in France. The best smith of olive oil made in Tus- eany is generally known and described in commerce as Lucca oil. It is made from sound, ripe, freshly-gathered olives, grown in certain favored hilly districts where the conditions of climate and soil are specially suited to the olive tree. In Tuscany the olive harvest generally begins in November and is at its height during January and Feb- ruary. The fruit is first crushed in a mill; the pulp next placed in clean, sweet fiber bags and these subjected to a pressure when the oil flows forth and is collected in suit- able tanks. Itis only the first pressure which yields the best olive oil. The newly made oil is allowed to rest, subsequently clarified by passing it through pure, new, carded cotton-wool, frequently renewed, and then placed for storage in cool, covered tanks. The whole process is distinguished by its simplicity; the key to making the fin- est olive oil when the fruit is sound, freshly gathered, and crushed at once, is cleanli- ness. The mills, presses, vessels and utensils, as also the water used in washing them and in collecting the oil must be clean, sweet and pure, because fine olive oil is so deli- cate that it would be tainted and ruined by coming in contact with anything foul or im- pure; and the finest olive oil is then a pro- duct which owes nothing to chemical opera- tions or refining. Therefore, persons who talk of “‘highly refined” olive oil are in ig- norance of the subject. It isalso a mistake to suppose that the circumstance of olive oil being thin and almost colorless proves anything in its favor. Olive oil of very light color is either made from over-ripe fruit and consequently is more or less rancid, or it has been artificially bleached with chemi- cals and is then unwholesome. The finest olive oil, as before stated, should be of a distinctly golden hue, and neither too thin nor too dense. One word as to adultera- tions. To mix the really finest Lucca olive oil with spurious oils, such as of cottonseed, would be as rational as to mix the choicest butter with offensive tallow. It would ruin the quality of a choice and high-priced arti- cle and could not eseape detection. It is the lowest grade of olive oil which unscrupulous persons choose for mixing with seed oil. The result is a vile, cheap compound which tells its own tale and should deceive no- body. $9 ——____—_ So Say We All. From the Freeport Herald. The Grand Rapids TRADESMAN is a model paper. ter) and healthful. THROUGH BOTH HOUSES. The Pharmacy Bill Passes the House. The Hueston pharmacy Dill, which had al- ready passed the Senate, came up in the House last Thursday and was passed by the decisive vote of 57 to 22. Representative Ford, of Grand Rapids, and Representative Shorts, of Ludington, spoke in favor of the bill, and Representatives McNabb and Rich- ardson opposed it. The former improved the occasion to make one of his characteris- tic speeches, but was literally ‘‘too full for utterance.” He said the people were over- burdened with boards. Every occupation would soon be governed by a board. He looked next to see a millinery board estab- lished to say what kind of bonnets women should wear. [Laughter.] Then there would be a board for butehers and butchers’ meats—a board to go around with micro- scopes and things to see worms and bugs in the meat. [Laughter.] Science has found out that even the wandering breezes that kiss with their sweet breath the hilltops, are poisoned. [Applause.] Soon, if this sort of thing kept on, a board would be organ- ized to purify the aromatic air of his own much-loved Newaygo (laughter), an atmos- phere that conduced to every citizen’s physic- ial and moral well-being and made that county a land of the blessed (renewed laugh- If the tendency to es- tablish boards was not overcome in a short time one-half the people of the State would be members of boards to keep the other half from killing themselves. [Continued laugh- ter and applause. | Representative Richardson offered amendment enumerating a series of articles to be sold by others than registered pharma- cists, which was rejected. He then offered an amendment that ‘all druggists who give physicians a commission on prescriptions shall be liable to the penalties of this act,” which was also rejected. Representative Gibbs, of Mayfield, offered an amendment allowing persons not licens- ed as pharmacists to sell ‘‘drugs medicines, chemicals, essential oils and — tinctures which are put up in bottles, boxes, or pack- ages bearing labels securely affixed, which labels shall bear the name of the pharmacist or druggist putting up the same; the dose that may be administered to persons 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 year's, 10 years, 15 years and 21 years of age, and if a poison the name or names of the most common antidote.” This amendment was adopted, and the bill was passed and sent over to the Senate for concurrence on the amendment. —__> ee > _—_ THE DRUGGISTS PROTEST. an They Don’t Like the Bill Restricting the Sale of Liquor. From the Detroit News, 28th. The retail druggists held a private meet- ing last night at the Detroit medical college hall on Farmer street, for the purpose of or- ganizing opposition to the bill now before the Legislature forbidding the sale of liquor by druggists except under certain rules. Under the present law, liquor can be sold for medicinal, scientifie or mechanical pur- poses. Under the new Jaw no sale of li- quor can be made except on a physician’s prescription, and the latter must first file an affidavit that it will be prescribed for medi- cinal purposes only. Much opposition was expressed against the bill, it being the gen- eral opinion that it was an outrage on the drug trade. A committee was appointed to organize the opposition. Some of the large Southern liquor houses are represented in the city, and are instrumental in opposing the measure. A number of leading drug- gists do not take part in the movement, as they believe the law will be a dead letter. - Vernon said this morning: ‘‘If our wise legislators prefer to have liquor sold in sa- loons rather than in drug. stores, Jet them pass the law. It will either be avoided or will compel the druggists to take out li- censes. If we’ve got to run a saloon, why, we'll do it, that’s all.” Frank Inglis thought it would compel many druggists to sell more liquor than they were now doing in order to pay the license they would be compelled to take out. E. E. Riopel said the law would be avoid- ed. Ifaman wanted liquor the druggist could fill out a prescription for it and the law would be complied with and evaded at the same time. ——>_ +4 The Drug Market. Business and collections are both satis- factory. Quinine is at a stand-still, in con- sequence of the refusal of the American manufacturers to make another reduction in the price. Other articles in the drug line are also very steady, no changes of note having occurred since the last issue. READ! READ! READ’ HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO. have Sole Control of our Celebrated Pioneer Prepared = Palat! The ONLY Paint sold ona GUARANTEE. ° Read it. When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is put on any building, andif within three years it should crack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint the building at our expense, with the best White Lead, or such other paint as the owner may select. Should any case of dissatisfaction occur, a notice from the dealer will command our prompt attention. T. H. NEVIN & CO. Send for sample cards and prices. Address Haseltine, Perkins & Go GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, No changes of note. ACIDS. Acetic, He. Bo ease ee eee s 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. Sp. grav. 1.040).. 30 @ 35 fee 38 @ 40 CltriG 60 @ 65 Muriatic 18 deg.................--- 3 @ 5 Nitric 86 deg... 5.2... 00csereseseee AE @ 12 ONANC lO ee oi oe - Sulphuric 66 deg.............6..4.. Tartaric owdered..............+- 52 @ 55 Benzoic, English............. B OZ 18 Benzotc, German..........--.++66- 12 @ 15 Mannie. 62 os eos eee soe ee ee oe 122 @ 15 AMMONIA. CarbOnate.. 6.35. o cc eeenes: gh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22C)............006- 14 Aqua 16 deg or 3f... ........--+++- 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f.........-.-+.006+ 6 @ 7 BALSAME. Conaibs ..-- 2... 2:<. oreo a eee 50@55 MR een es bees ee see . 40 PETU...... 2c ee cess eee ee eee ten ey 20 Tol 2.23 Go tues... 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c).:...... 1 Cinchona, yellow............-.++- 18 Bim, select....:....-...------------ 13 Elm, ground, pure.............-+++ 14 Elm, powdered, pure.............- 15 Sassafr as; Of TOOL...........-..---- 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered............-.- 20 Hemlock powdered............---- 18 WAROO «55.5.2 w 8. oie wc ce esas 30 Soap ground. . .............2--+5 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime.(Powd 80c).........- @ %5 PUNIPCK 2... «6.2 sec - 6 @ 7 Prickly ASN. .:...-.625-....5..<-0: 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 2 tb exes, 25C)... a7 Licorice, powdered, PULTE. ...-2..- 387% Logwood, bulk (12 and 23 | D doxes). 9 Logwood, 1s (25 Ib boxes)........--. 12 Lgowood, %s GO. -.25232..: 13 Logwood, 448 GQ. 26s: 15 Logwood,ass’d do _.......... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. . AMAR os oo cn ee sce es canes 10 @ i Chamomile, Roman..............- 25 Chamomile, German.............. 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes.............+-++5 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24C).........+++ 17 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60¢)....... 50 AMMONIAC .. 2... os. e ee sc ne dee ees 238@ 30 Arabic, powdered select.......... 65 Arabic, Ist picked.............---: 60 Arabic,2d picked..............---- 50 Ar abic, 8d picked.............----- 45 Arabic, sifted sorts.............--- 30 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 385c).. 25 cao Do Noes, lasieee snes c 55@60 Campnor .::...:...2..-.55-----=---- 20@ 22 Catechu. 1s (% 14c, 148 16¢e) . : 13 horbium powdered...........- 35@ 40 Bath banum strained................ 80 Garon Be pease cee ees sce - 90@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Kino [Powdered, 30c]............-- 20 MABSTIC. .5 5. co oes cess sewn oe « Myrrh. Turkish one 47¢)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.40).......... 3 90 Shellac, Campbell’s...............- 30 Shellac, English..................- 26 Shellac, native..............++eeees 24 Shellac bleached...............-.-- : 30 @Tracacanth .. 3... 06... 5- 5... tases 30 @i 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. FOATHOUNG 2. 5. css hac oe vie nice one <= 25 MOV OMR io oe cee see ce eens 25 Peppermint.............. ccc cees cece ce eces 25 RAN os ees Sees 40 Spearmint ............ 1. see ee eee e cree ence ees 4 Sweet Majoram........-......-.--...--.---«- 35 ANAT ee ee a eens 3 se 18 @ 19% GSO Cs CR RR Sn: ee ie 2 00 CG) OTE BEA AS ae Ra ae 75 MCOARAA cs sso cies o's 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 35 MiGrOneNs 22066. cee ecee os oc es e's 75 (IOVOS ee seca es 1 20 Cod Liver, filtered..... . . gal 1 50 Cod Liver, best......... A 3 50 Cod Liver, H., eo & Co. 5,16 6 00 Cupeps; Poa W...;.. 2. eee ee 7 00 WI DCTON 53. ies cscs. se 1 60 PPOW OOO eee sae cca cise ch sie 2 00 GOraniiim 4 OZ........0252+. acess 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 35 JUMIDEr WOOd>. 22.2666: 20.6. 3 50 Juniper berries...................- 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garden G0 4356. 3 1 00 Lavender spike GO 6.0 90 Lemon, new Crop...............+.- 1 40 Lemon, Sanderson’s...........: Se 1 50 TIOMONOTARS. <6 sc 5 ag sec ose ets he ne 30 Olive, Malaga een @1 10 Olive, ‘ ‘Sublime Italian . 275 Origanum, red os French. . 1 25 Origanum, No: 1......-:.:......:- 50 PennVTOVAl <5 G8 ese ee 1 75 Pepper. white. Dooce pen pisces 4 50 BOSC 8 OZ. 55 oso s ose see ence 8 50 eee ociary French (Flowers $1 50) 65 MALAG ot ee es ee @ 67 Ravan oe a eee oi Bie 1 00 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 Sandal Wood, W.1I....:............ 7 00 SAABHITAS. «6252s ec esi ceases sce es 55 2 Neolgeamaaa Spee ee ee @7 00 NS ee cy sce ss oe es ee 450 @5 00 Tar (by MAU DOG) foc os cs ace cs wees ce 10 @ 12 WVANLCTOTOCH.. «55 coc cc te pec ccs ose 210 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... 3 50 WV OVINEGE 03 eo ik oes es cass 2 00 POTASSIUM. BiCrOMAte. . 3. ins oe ce cee oe 8 Ib 14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 40 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... 19 Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 3 00 Prussiate yellow... .4..........0000. 28 ROOTS. AIKOANCH 60.6.0. 055554055- Peete eae a AITHOR, CUt ss ee ee oc. 25 Arrow, St. Vincent’s............ 1% ‘Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and \s.. 33 Blood (Powd 18¢).............. Seles 12 Calamus, Reeled.. Ps okess feces eee els 20 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 35 Elecampane, powdered............ 20 Gentian (Powd 15c)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd 14c)........ li @ 12 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ ij Golden Seal (Powd 30c).. oe 25 apeeleng white, powdered.. ies evs Q Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 110 alap, powdered................665 30 Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. 18 Licorice, extra select.............. 15 PUT SU soi oe os ee cc ws ages sees 35 Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered E. I................ 110 @1 2% Rhei, choice cut cubes.. cise 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers.. GPO er 2 25 Serpentaria.......... Dsukrae i seas 65 DONOR oe eis soe cess 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 49 Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 20 Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... wb Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c).. 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).......... 15 Bird, mixed in h packages........ 5 6 Canary, Smyrna. 4@ 4% Caraway, bent Dutch (Powd age 1 @ 18 Cardamon, Aleppee............. i 1 56 Cardamon, Malabar.............. es i 75 @OlORY eo co es: 20 Coriander, pest English........... 10 MOEnnel ooo ees 15 Wax, clean... 2.0. cis. 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 314)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 7 @ 8 Hemp, Russian... .................. 44@ 4% Mustard, white Black 10c)........ COUWIDCO oe ae ees co ees ts) Rape; Mngish 00.0... c cles. 6 @ 7 Worm, Levant... 2.656206. ]4 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.....2 25 @2 50 Nassau do GO 22... 2 00 Velvet Extra do do 110 Extra Yellow do QQ) =... 8 Grass do dc ae 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, dO). 2... 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.26) @ gal.. 2 36 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref, 1 25 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... at Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 Annatto 1 ih rolls.................. 45 AQUI Oe ete 8 tb “a 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... 4 Amnatte, prime: ... 2.2.22... ..2. 6. 45 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 44@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered..... 62 @ 7 Blue Soluble............... 50 Bay Rum, imported, best.... 25 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & C 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds..... 40 Beans, Tonka............ 1 35 Beans, Vanilla............. ...4 00 @9 7 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2 30 Blye Pill (Powd 0c)........0.005. 50 Ble Vitviol ....... 2... es. 6 @ 7 Borax, refined (Powd 18c)..... ... 2 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 25 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d.. 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18 Carmine, No.4050 662.5 oo. .. 4 00 @assia BUGS io. co. cos cee sees 12 Calomel. American................ io Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ 12 Chalk, red fingers................. 8 Chalk, white lump................. 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 15 Chloral do do eryst... 1% Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do erusts.. 1 75 @blOroform: (20.2... koe... 8 @ 90 Cinchonidia, P. & W...... Seo, 23 @ 28 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 23 @ 28 Cloves (Powd 28¢)..........c..000 18 @ 20 Cochinedl ie. ee. 40 Cocoa Butter...:.......5.... os: 45 Copperas (by bbl 1c)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 7 Corks, X and X X—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 hb box.. 15 Creasote ce es 50 @udbear, prime 22... ese. 24 Cuttle Fish Bone................... 24 WORGPING lo ee ek 2 Dover's Powders. ................. 110 Dragon’s Blood Moss. 50 Ergot powdered.................-. 45 Hther Squibb’s....:...........5 ... 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts.2.0-..° 2... 03.5063... 2@ 3 Mrpot. (reste: 2. cs ss. ee. 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 Migke white... :6. 6). osc... s eon es 4 Grains Paradise...............00.. 2d Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French .................. 45 70 Glassware, flint, 79 off. ce box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Glue, CadNeCt.. Fo eee. 2 @ 1i GING: White 2.6050). bs. fol c. . 16 @ 28 Givcerine: PMTC.. 3 662s. .s 6, 16 @ 20 Hops 48 and 4s... 65.5.2... 25@ 40 TOdOLONM FOZ) 5.256 ees sek. 40 MRGIP Oe ea 8 @1 0 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ 40 Iodine. resublimed................ 4 00 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 DADOUICR Sores. cs ee ee. 7 Hondon. Purple. ...:.........4...2. 10 @ 1b MGAG, ACOUALO ee io se 15 Lime, chloride, (4s 28 10¢c & 448 lle) 8 Mapuline ce. tee ec. 1 00 HyYCOpodium .. .<.. 6... ee ee 45 MACG cee cece lee. 50 Madder, best Dutch.............. 2Y%@ 13 Manna S. Wooo. klk 75 Meret: ae ee 60 Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... oz 3 00@3 25 Musk, Canton, H., P. & Gea a 40 Moss, deeland:....0....:....... 8 bb 10 IMOSB ENISH:: 56002. oa 12 Mustard, English.................. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 i cans...... 138 INQIGBOLIS eo ec 23 NaTtmMers NO: To eget. 60 Nix VOmICa. 6 la. 10 Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... 45 Paris Green oe ss. 17 @ 2% rere Black Berry. :.....025.0.% 18 Nees font es Cori cl uel ut ai as 2 50 ate vie ue Burgundy............. 7 Quassia Sete sor euaeive sched sea cee 6 @ 7 Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ boz iT @ 8 Quinine, German.................- iT @ 8 Red Precipitate............... # Ib 85 Seiglitz Mixture................... 28 Strychnia,cryst....-...55 00.05.00. 1 60 Silver Nitrate, cryst............... 7 @ 80 Saffron, American................. 35 Sal Glauber... .............2.... 2... @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 Sal Rochelle:.. 2.0... 2066.0 oe. 33 Sal Soda. .3 5.2.6 oo ae. ics) 20 Qs 2K MOMCIN: ee Oe ole 215 Saptonin: 22 oe 6 50 Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 88 Soda Ash [by keg 3c].............. 4 Spermaceth: io... oe. ks. ee eee 35 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s. 44@° 5 Soap, White Mastiie. os... 4 Soap,Green do ..... .......... 17 Soap, Mottled do _.................. 9 Soap; =. dO 700. o.oo. ele: ll Soap, Mazzini.... 0.0.0 ce... esses 14 Spirits Nitre,d F.....:....-......5. 26 @ 28 Spirits Nitre,4F............ . 0 @ &B Sugar Milk powdered.. 35 Sulphur, flour............... . 84@ 4 BUIpOUr, POM oe oe 3@ 3% Tartar MMCUC.... 5.56... ee so es 60 Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 2 70 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsintin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 bb 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 55 Zine, Sulphate pode ee Vee Soe cles 7@ 8 OILS. cee OVINGOR occ ee ede cs 7 MOE CYUNGOr ore. ool aos Sees css 60 Shield CyuMGer. isi. cook es ee ose ce ssc 50 WicoradG MNPING. oo. oes eck ks eee cee 3d Peerless Machinery... 0.0.0.0... 0 ccccccscces 30 Challenge Machinery................00...00. 220 Backus Fine Engine...................cc ce eeee 30 Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30 Castor Machine Ol... 0.20.6 ...5 20. c cee eee 6C Paramnne, 20 GOP o.oo. ese ec ok a es i Paraffine, 28 GO@.... 1... ee ce cee cess ace Sperm, winter ficiphed osu ee ah 2 ri Bbl Gal W HAIG, WINTEL.; 2 oo eee e cect s vinnee 70 7 MOYO ORT ces eo ines owas es 60 7 Bard: No. le: . 2.3.22. 50 60 Linseed, pure raw.............. sc. OE 54 Linseed, boiled... .. 2... cece eee es 54 57 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ “a 90 Spirits Turpentine................... 36 40 VARNISHES. No: t Turp Cog@en:. 5... 3.2. o cece. ke es 1 10@1 20 Pewtra Tur po ie ca eed 1 boty te 70 Coach Boy. Pooh Gis oc tetdee sa cane peace 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 Hxtra Turp Damar... .:: 0.66. cos. ees 1 55@1 60 Japan Dry®r, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ %5 PAINTS. Bbl Lb Red Venetian..................- 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles.. 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial . beeen De 24@ 3 Putty, strictly pure.. Bice ee neces 2% 2%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American... 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 60@65 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly age Deeie ioe 5% Lead, white, strictly pure..... 5 % Whiting, white ee bees ie @i0 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 White, Paris American. os 110 Whiting Paris English cliff.. ~ 140 Picneer Prepared Paints..... 1 20@1 40 Swiss Villa Prepared Paints.. 1 00@1 20 HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO, Whrolesaie ruggists 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 8g, gr, 93 and 95 Louis Street. e IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF rugs, Medicines, Chemicals Punts, Oils, Varnishes, dd Druggists Glassware, =. MANUFACTURERS OF ELEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELINIRS, GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Wolf, Patton & Co., and John L. Whiting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Varnish Brushes. —Also for the— Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of - Hair, Shoe and Horse Brushes. Druggists’ Sundries Our stock in this department of our busi- ness is conceded to be one of the largest, best-assorted and diversified to be found in the Northwest. We are heavy importers of many articles ourselves and can offer Fine Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng- lish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive |’ prices. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing outfits for new stores to the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACILI- TIES for meeting the wants of this class of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the mostapproved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special efforts in this direction have received from hundreds of our customers the most satisfying recom- mendations. Wine aud Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit the high praise accorded us for so satis- factorily supplying the wants of our custom- tomers with PURE GOODS in this depart- ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of the celebrated WITHERS DADE & COS Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP- PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not only offer these goods to be excelled by NO OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are exposed for sale. We GUARANTEE per- fect and complete satisfaction and where this brand of goods has been once introduced the future trade has been assured. We are also owners of the Drigeists Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favorites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gils, Brandies & Fine Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and for quotations on such articles as do not appear on, the list, such as PATENT MEDICINES, ete., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. HAZELTINE, PERKING & CO THE LOUNGER. The coming fall season promises better prospects than last, and unless all signs fail there will be a greater demand for all kinds of goods than we have seen for two seasons. Business men generally are gaining confi- dence and look for better things, and manu- facturers announce a glimpse of light in the horizon. * * *& Notwithstanding the backward state of trade, as claimed by many, things are not as bad evidently as they are pictured by pes- simists (and what atot of them there are). I find many jobbing houses very busy indeed, and some manufacturers working over-time, although all complain that prices obtained are closer than they should be. * * * Said a faney goods dealer to me the other day: ‘‘Leather garters are very fashionable with ladies now. Haven’t you observed— but, oh, of course not, excuse me. The leather does not bind like rubber—and then, too, these little straps are so much neater. They buckle closely just above the ealf and stay always the same. The regulation size is eighteen inches; they never go beyond that, and generally they have to be buckled up very much smaller. They don’t make ridges like the elastic will upon delicate skin, and they are perfectly comfortable. Sometimes they are worn above the knee.” I never knew until now what the regulation size of garters was. Lhate to give any fellow away, and I wot do it now any more than to say that he is a drummer for a certain jobbing house, not a thousand miles from Detroit. A week ago he returned from a trip through the in- terior of the State, and, although he had an excellent trip, he wore a baby-has-swallow- ed-a-pin sort of look. A friend of mine met him on the street and noticing his woe- begone appearance, said: ‘Old fellow, . what’s the trouble?” ‘I’m all broke up. That d landlord, in put his foot in it last Monday. You see I took my wife out with me on my last trip, and when we drove up to his hotel the old dub came out to the door. I introduced my wife to him, and, will you believe it, the wappy jawed idiot threw up both hands and yelled: ‘Juming jingo! another woman?’ ” *.* I notice a tendency on the part of no in- considerable number of boot and shoe man- ufacturers to ‘‘jam” the prices of their pro- ducts down to the lowest notch. The result is that an indifferent lot of goods are put up- on the market, devoid of substantial manu- facture and material. The proper way, it seems to me, would be to improve the char- acter of the goods and charge a correspond- ing price. It might not result in so large a number of sales for the immediate present, but it would afford such manufacturers some- thing on which to build up a reputation. They can never do it on trashy goods. % 3 *% *% Two manufacturers were comparing notes concerning their individual ways of conduet- ing their business, taking stock, ete. ‘‘As to that,” remarked one, ‘‘I know a house that occupies quite a prominent position in the trade, that has not taken stock in fifteen years.” ‘*You don’t mean it,” remarked the other in astonishment. ‘‘But how do they ever know what condition they’re in?” “Oh, they have no trouble about that—they are always hard up!” oe Purely Personal. F. E. Stevens, book-keeper for Jennings & mie spent Sunday. with his parents at Muir. Christian Bertsch has returned from his trip among the Eastern shoe manufacturing centers. ; Frank Jewell has returned to his desk at Clark, Jewell & Co.’s, after spending a month with the boys on the road, renewing his acquaintance with the patrons of the house. S. F. Downs, brother of W. H. Downs, has come to Grand Rapids to reside per- mantly, providing he can secure employ- ment in some of the mereantile establish- ments here. tobt. Hunting, with the Merchants’jDes- patch, has been laid up since May 1 with malarial fever. He has just got around again, but will not resume his old position for a week or ten days yet. J. R. Ledyard, President of the Kentucky Railroad Tobaeco Co., of Covington, Ky., will spend next week among the jobbing trade of Michigan, accompained by the rep- resentative of the house, 8S. J. Gottlieb. Dr. Geo. W. Crouter, President of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, was in town Saturday on his way to his home at Charlevoix. He had been at Lans- sing about a week, furthering the interests of the pharmacy bill, and was considerably elated over the passage of the measure by the House. > -2- <> To trust is to bust, To bust is hell, No tryst, no bust, No bust, no hell. Se ‘‘Has a Field of Its Own.” From the Battle Creek Call. THe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, published at Grand Rapids by E. A. Stowe, has don- ned a new dress and presents a slick appearance. THE TRADESMAN has a jour- nalistic field of its own, being devoted to the mercantile and manufacturing interests of the State. It is a good paper, and Stowe knows just how to continue to make it such. _— 2a ~Thirty shaves for 12 cents is the barber’s price in India. 2214 of The Michigan Tradesinal. _ worm em | ‘The Old Reliable 2 rARTAS ——| gran EL a cba tk i. Wholesale & Commission-—-Butter & Rows a Specialty. Androscoggin, 8-4. .21 A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH Pepperell, 7-4....-- 16%|Pequot, 7-4......-.. 18 ~ fr as WEDNESDAY. Pepperell, 8-4.....- 20 |Pequot, 8-4.......-- Ze Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. —_— Pepperell, 9-4.....- 221%4|Pequot, 9-4.....---- : Fy eee HOLLY E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. | CHECKS. Caledonia, XX,o0z..11 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 97 and 99 Canal Street, ; j Caledonia, X, 0z...10 Park Mills, No. 100.15 Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. ae a ae - PI 7 JT ie Tr OB A. O Telephone No. 95, Park Mills, No. 50..10 |Otis Apron......... 10% C C Sus ani ae at oe Alle icomeng Boles 3 1 c R : et saps 4 >anids ar ills, No. 70.. ork, 1 02.......:.. eee ee a oe — | Park Mills, No. 80.18 |York. AA, extra oz.14 is for Sale by a 1 rand apids Jobbers, s OSNABURG. - Grand Rapids, Michigan a | Alsbama PION ---d, a te : SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1885. Je ee xy brown..10% (Toledo plaid........ 7 — or won same | SS VAT, VENABLE & CO. BUSINESS LAW. Louisiana plaid.... 7 |Utility plaid........ 6% oe ae _oenee rie ec a = Petersburg, Va. z ee 4 | Avondale, 36....... 84) ne, G, 4-4...... 5 : Brief Digests of Recent Decisions 1m Courts | art cambrics, ab, Lig Hi ee os wi : ‘Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8%/E Gil 920.65. os es - 534 of Lent Resort A a enecurRin 64.026 MODS, AA... --+-- 634 5 Baliou, 4-4.......--- 6%\King Phillip cam- TAXATION—BANK STOCKS. Ballou, 5-4.....-.--+ He bric, aenig eae 11% gy The Supreme Court of Indiana held in the Dea: - 7: Phe sa ae ae ie case of Wasson vs. First National Bank, that Boott, eS ee o% ae pepe PROPRIETORS OF THE : oott, R. 3-4....--- 5 5 ; oe in the assessment and taxation of shares} Blackstone, AA 4-4. 7 ‘ Langdon, 45........ 4 a . of national bank stock, the owners thereof ergy et coe : ee . Arctic Manufacturin Sg Co. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN having no other credits or moneyed eapital | Cabot, 4 A bx New zoe oa gee ? Ai uct their bona fide debts Cabot, 78 as ee ew Jersey, 44.... 5 y from which to deduct th ( * S)| Canoe, 3-4.....----- 4 |Bocasset, P.M.C.. 7% 20 Inyvyon Ste, Grand Rapids. are entitled to deduct them from the assessed | eT as, eee Ee ee _—. ll ¢ } Ww nc ,4-2. C 9 Ene wee 47 value of such shares of stock. | Deval. 9 |Slaterville, 1-8...... 6% | ASK YOUR JOBBER FOR —_—__—— | ot o oe ae ee si Pies “= ener 6 SR _REGURITY Se eae ruit of Loom, 7-8.. 744|Woodbury, 4-...... * 5 ° CONVEY ANCE—SECURITY—MORTGAGE? | Fruit of the Loom," |Whitinsville, 4-4... Ty od enning’s Flavoring Axtracts When a conveyance of real estate absolute | ee ai bocce a waitin e ae ’ ap e an an. CY BS a ’ oe aie. Va ) i ae ‘ in form is made merely as security: for 2) Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6 |Williamsville, 36...10% —_—— AND——_ loan, it is to be deemed a mortgage and the | Gilded BEC: = ++ > ++ += 8% . Bs : ,, ere | SILESIAS. subsequent surrender of the note evidencing | Crown So a eee = is OK Arctic Ba Kk1r a £ E Cc » VW C 1 er. . 7 AO... ete cine 214|Masonville S....... A : the indebtness, and the advancement of an} dig 2 10 ‘Lonsdale Ci 9i% Lonsdale A......... 16 6 iti § yr a a ay rj a} ANCTOL .. ecceecrere® 15 . e additional sum by the lender, equal with the ae ode es) a Too See Our Wholesale Quotations else- previous loan to the agreed value of the land! Blackburn ......--- : wipiory 2. Ci : mortgaged, is not sufficient as between the Speke econ nat nite: toe ice ——. a ° ‘ ‘ ° EE YOTXGON... cee ee ee eee a ¥ sas 24 parties to divest the title of the mortgagor | Paconia . eee ete 7 ' oS Be eae 19% | W here in this 1SsSue and W rite for or bar his right of redemption. Red C108 nD Ee RIBS | | eae ot PRINTS. e ° ® BANKRUPTCY—CLAIMS PROVABLE. Albion, solid..:..... 5%4iGloucester .......... 6 | Special Prices in ( Yar ots 5 e titi > Taher et ¢ Nectonene | Albion, grey..------ 6 \Gloucestermourn’g.6 In the petition of Taber et al., Assignees, | Ajjen’s checks.....- 5%|Hamilton fancy....6 | in the matterof the Boston & Fairhaven Iron | Ailen’s fancy...-.-- 5%4|Hartel fancy........ 6 | Works, Bankrupts, it appeare Allen’s pink......--- 6%|Merrimac D......... 6 | : ' sce mt apse tat om Matava Wgane epared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle March 2, 1878, the Boston & Fairhaven Iron | ened pened eres Secu pam ay . ; s a6 s z FANCY ...---:- a ON... | Works filed a petition in bankruptcy and | Berlinsolid.......-- oa corey See se rey : ao a : aw og | Cocheco fancy...--- } ichmond........... were adjudged bankrupts. On March 22, Cocheco robes.....-- 6%4 Steel River.......--.5% A B IK N O \ A j O N | 1880, one Child recovered judgment in the Conestoga fancy....6 [Simpsons ...:....... 6 e e ne Be a ee Eddystone ..... «--- 6 |Washington fancy.. 3 United States Circuit Court at Boston! Bagie fancy.......-- 5 |Washington blues. 7% ; ka adr ie “the Garner pink........- 6% ° 1 j against the bankrupt corporation for thesum pink, (NE BROWN COTTORS. 8 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. of $5,640,26 and costs of suit upon a claim) Appleton A,4-4.... 7%|Indian Orchard, 40. 8 e > : ne / = 33% j 2. t for profits or infringement of a patent. In iad er eeae an B. ae ie July, 1884, the proof of claim was duly pre- Continental C, 4-3.. 644) Lyman B, 40-in..... 10% a ee oe : oe Continental D, 40in 834 Mass. BB, 4-4....... 5% sented before the register, who refused to| Conestoga W, 44... 6% Nashua H, 40-in.... 8% : allow it upon the ground that it appeared to ae ie , — oo eeenae Cue es A, y : : : nestog , o0-1n. Gis se ¥ é be a claim for damages for the infringement | Dwight X,3-4....-. ae, oe j y¢ 4 ee . = _ | Dwight Y, 7-8......- 53 | Peppere , o9-in.. 7 of a patent right, not converted into a judg- Dwight Z, 4-4.....-- 63|Pepperel) R, 4-4.... 74 ment or otherwise liquidated, prior to the pris Star, Teng é Zoe x eee by : : : ‘oht Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepperell N, 3-4.... 67 date of bankruptcy. Subsequently the Dis- Enterprise EE, 36.. 5 Pocasset C, 4-4..... 634 trict Court held that the claim was provable Tide a ye eat 6 sane = Ce in 5 ss i armer Ack: - € See ¢ against the estate under section 5,067 of the | Indian Orchard {4 7%! Revised Statutes. The United States Cir-| smoskeag oo 1% Renfrew, dress styl 1% Sole Owners of Corr CLOTHS : ; : smoskeag ...... es Te : ‘ cuit Court, in reversing the judgment of the Anos Persian sel” Boones anes er eee a : : tyles.......-.--:- | Bookfold......... st sie held that a bill in equity for Bates es 744 Johnson Mente Cry A R, A B P 5 | (+ | a naked account f rofits < amages erkshire .......-- 2). ress styles...... a : soaiciat an ine es seers “ae si ns oor ee eS 7, |Slaterville ares 7 , age a ‘inger of a patent could not| Glasgow checks, fy 774) | Styles... 7... --. 1% : ETrc ee be sustained on the ground that the infring- ST oo 8 White ro oe ae The Bestend Most Atmackve eee a ee Market. Send for o = - ee : royal Siyils---- -- : So, ae Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. er of a patent was a trustee for the profits, | Gloucester, new |, Kees am g Co, 3 : . eae andard ......+-- 7 arlston.......... and decided that the claim of Child was not oa ee 74|Gordon if cements TH a claim provable against the estate of Lancaster ......-.-- 8 |Greylock, dress = yp ile: st the estate of the Langdale ........--- oe SiVICS «..-.......- WY bankrupts. WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, ee ee Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% The Feet of the Nation. oie gr eae pe ea e CYELL, ink. eeeee @ p AME ces a0 2 From the Philadelphia Times. PeanerelL 8-4 see 22% | Pequot, 8-4 Caos eee 24 C) AX. ©C) ‘There is ¢ Saad diforence i drayna| Pepperell, 9-4...--- 25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 274% i : Ss : a ie amaniges in the Se PP ‘aEavy BROWN COTTONS, so e Cc; c of people’s feet in different sections 0 the| Atlantic A, 44..... 74 |Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 7% ET ay. ihe fon ote oe ieee t oe : . |Grand Rapids, “- Michigan. ountry,” said a member of one of the larg-) Atlantic Dy 44.1... 64 /Lawrence LL. 44... 5¥4 Offered in this Market are as follows: est shoe manufacturing firms in Philadel- pores Sheree oa oe 4 ne nti , 4-4.... 514413 ver, 4-4... £ phia. ‘‘In the eastern states the feet are| Adriatic, 36......... 74 Pequot A, 4-4....... M4 PP OBA CO an = narrower and somewhat longer than in the ae He a ae sae = es 4 L CJ Ci I CG a . a Cc west, while in the south they are not only Boott FF, 4-4....... 7% Tremont CC, 4-4... 5% B oO ~ | Graniteville, 4- Uti : = = = x ee 2 = 2 narrow but they possess very much higher Se aa Oe ee a he RED FOX 48 f an o = insteps. So much is this the case that we Indiana Head 45-in.12%4, Wachusett, 30-in... 6% BIG DRIVE - - - - - - - 50 " S 5 pound are obliged to keep three sets of lasts for} 4moskeag, AC se KRRRK 18% P ATROL s 2 46 a 5 Ss the three section. That comes to be a large | Amoskeag ae ee eae — pet eee eee 15% : 8 @ kk a= item, I can assure you, when it is remem- a a Falls. Bee as oe J ACK RABBIT = = zs = = = sts} ns) se jell = bered the number of sizes that are in each | Amoskeag. C...... Hi Halls, awning... -- 19 7 O63 eS vi sizes that are in each | Amoskeng toy Haniion, Bx, 38..12, | SILVER COIN ee go Sa set. For example, in one size alone we have | Amoskeag, a. oo: 10, Hamilton, z ee 9% PANIC 46 = = s init: Ge ra are | Amoskeag, F....... 9% Hamilton, H.... .. 9% = = 2 2 ue = os s a : ow a] the initial none ~ sevens; then there r Premium i, ar * Hamilton’ faney..-10 ” / 46 cS S narrow sevens, broad sevens, seven and a remium B........16 |Methuen AA....... 3% | : welll Be ee — oe Extra4-4....... 77""16 Methuen ASA...... 13° BLACK PRINCH, DARK ee . 5 a 30 a, quarter ( and broad), se © 4 4 2, juarter (narrow and broad), seven and a) Extra7-8...... "*""14% Omega A, 7-8....... 1 ip =. 2 half (narrow and broad), seven and three-| Gold =e doh. -.-s eC Ngee IG STUMP . - = < - = - 38 J SB 5 | ar quarters (narrow and broad)—that is twelve | CL 4-4 Pe ee 14. Omega ACA, 44.12.16 APPLE . ACK . | a ve . AG ao & 3 pairs of lasts to one size, and to each of gage 16 onions a mt 2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand = = S = = = MIDs a cee esccet sn |X A ODay, Smt. ee ewe a - 2 ° a these sizes we must have three different Beet ie “ ipmene = - Paears 22 a oq es styles for the sections of the country to stat aoe as Qmoga M, Ssissw il > = a = which we are going to send our goods—thé Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 |Shetucket, 8 & SW.12 0S } is, thirty Se se : ; oe . : Gerais Nog ees 3B ao " a 3 or: eT s, 'ty-six pairs of lasts to one sized pair of | Cordis No. 3........ 3 \Stockbridge A..... 7 7 boots. Sounds rather extravagant, doesn’t Cordis No. 4.....--- eg ela frney 8 | TH MEIGS FINE CUT, DARK, Plug flavor i = | cm | Ss Fe ek Pe as GLAZED CAMBRICS. it? Of course, this is only the case with Garner .......-++-+- 5 Empire oe STUNNER, DARK = i. = i * Pow firms who deal with all these sections. Sas eranterees 2 lk oe tees 5 & “Some firms only send their goods to one | Forest Goace Bo Bone... RED BIRD, BRIGHT e ‘i 2 a : ou — ol ra Sa gy 2 GRAIN BAGS. ' part of tho “country. Now you would be! american A......18 00|0ld Ironsides...... > | OPERA QUEEN, BRIGHT - ~ - - a GQ es surprised to be told that in ditferent sections | Stark A.......-.-- .224%4|Wheatland ......... 21 FRUIT s oo o of the country different shapes of toes of) Roston..........-.- a ots CG... . 10% x : a : e a e 5 5 5 . boots are required. Out in the west noth-| Everett ee i a alae one O SO SWEET - - - = - - by 5 ing will suit but the square-toed shoe, | Otis AXA. .........12%|Warren foe 2c less in 6 pail lots. res 5 3 whereas in the eastern states the square toe | OM ae ens delice tia see 13% 2 7 oS would be instock a century and then never Manville. eee 6 (8.8. & Boas... 6 SMORIN CG a os ema a go” B a ay 5 sell. Different parts of the country require Se ea os a a a Oo = io : : Lope : mB different kinds of leather, also. In the north | Bed Cross...------- i4|\Thistle Mills........ ) PRICE, BRONZE, $3.50 ; a ‘c ? Berlin. 2.2... NILIRORE 665.2 fobs - ee 8 ’ 2 ° ' ~~ and west a tougher, harder leather can be} Garner .........-.-- 1% ARTHUR S CHOICH, LONG CUT, BRIGHT 22 ‘ and west a tongher Inner ether can be] GAME eon | wang [RED FOX, LONG CUT, FOIL - - - SipmREINS & HESS soft ‘upper’ is necessary, but, owing to the Clark’s O. N. F..... 55 | Mills ball sewing.30 ’ Be cn aan Cae Goats bs Green # Daniels...25 | GIPSHY QUEEN, GRANULATED - - .26 sandy, hot soil, quite thin soles are neces- Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40 ? DEALERS IN sary. For this kind of wear it is not wnus- ee arene pee road ‘Hall © Manning... 25 OLD COMFORT, IN CLOTH - = - 27 ° ual to use imported leather—that is, for the| ingthread........ 30 |Holyoke........ 22185 Ho. d S S ol &Z 11 oF eres eas ee a > |SRAL OF GRAND RAPIDS, IN CLOTH 24| FL1QES, Furs, Wo Tallow, 5 a= + J / ost om - : ; A Armory .....-.----+ Ty i\Kearsage........--- 83 mestic productions almost exclusively.” a earceonenin sat.. $i2|Naumkeag satteon. 8% DIME SMOKER, IN CLOTH cg a ie es 24 + S os ea aE a pee S NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ——__ +. Canoe River........ 6 |Pepperell bleached 8% 2c less in 100 pound lots . S - e : - ’ BLL ING Cheap by Freight Lae eee eee Oar oppor Sat..5-. 2. 9% P oo Reais allowe Mp... % Rockport....... igek : From the Chicago Herald. | Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 Lawrence sat....... 8% These brands are sold only by Sands’ Patent Triple Motion “Tt would be rough on me,” soliloquized | 140001 ------------ 74\Conegosat.....-.... 7 the fat and would-be funny passenger who . WHITE MOUNTAIN IGE CREAM FREEZER | spread himself over two seats and looked | COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. i | i l e1ig’s O a er, happy—“‘it would be rough on me if I had} \ A.B. Knowlson quotes as follows: P PPY Sos : ti : iE p hee | Ohio White Lime, per By 1 v0 The only Freezer ever made having three distinct Va) to pay my passage by w eight.” Obie Witte Lime, car ee gest se: : - morons, thereby producing soem, sri eher Cream A 3 i} 0 9 ean > man standi , | Louisville ment, per bbl.........--- ¢ han any other Freezer on ne market. Acknowl- s f ; Oh, = remarked the man standing UP | Axron Cement per bbl........-...+++- 1 30 edged by every one to be the best in the world. Over \ in the aisle. ‘‘Hog freights are very cheap, | Buffalo Cement, per bbl....... ee 1 30 300,000 in use To-day. Outside lrons Galvanized, but indeed.” . ; Car lots oe Se es aaa 1 05@1 10 : 5 . allinside the can coated with Pure Block Tin. Tubs cael | Plastering hair, per bU..........-----+ 25Q@ 30 water-proof; easily adjusted and operated. We also a oe Stucco, per bbl......--..-. eee eee eee 1 75 carry large stock of Packing Tubs, Packing Cans, Ice “Old Blumms is dead,” exclaimed a man / pe veeter, ne 0 eae a ee 9 : a Who warrant the same to be unequalled. We guar- yay hay ete, Send for Price List and Trade Discounts. as he rushed into the corner grocery. ‘“In-| Fire brick, per M........ Lissnens ses $20 @ 885 a : ; sosk” cell Gin’ yeopesclor. °L ternal tig te RO gs so, antee every pound to be perfect and all right in gone to the good place.” ‘You trust he| Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$6 00@6 25 every particular. We cordially invite you, when in : : fan? 4 | Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 og i has? Why do you say trust?” “Well, 1) Oncnell, car tote sisters! 502i %| the city, to visit our place of business, 55 and 57 ; " had to trust him all his life, and I guess I oO Lump, Car 1056... «+--+ s--i-tec* 0@3 : > : z Biossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 50@5 00 Grand Rapids, Mich. Agents for Western Michigan. can stand it now.” | Portland Cement... Lie 3 50@4 00 Canal st. IT MAY SAVE YOU MONEY. : “ [ The Michican Tradesman. CUTTING VEAL. The Best Way to Prepare the Article for Market. From the American Marketman. As tothe various methods employed in cutting a side of veal there is, so far as we know in America, but little difference. Some slight variation is made in Philadel- phia and some of the southern cities, how- ever, notably in taking off the fillet and leg. Quartering a side of veal is governed by very much the same rules as in quartering a side of mutton. Between the eighth and ninth ribs, however, is customary. This is | varied according to the needs of the case, the seller having an order for a hind quarter of veal being quite apt to leave seven or ev- en eight in, provided the buyer doesn’t kick. | before killing is now seldom practiced. When more than six ribs are left in the hind quarter, the thin end of the breast is cut so | as to take on part of the thick flank. In aceompanying outline sketch, the line below 5 is first cut, taking off fillet, rump, ete. The direction or slant is varied more toward figure 3, or 2, as Yequired. This) method of cutting the leg is where a run is | made for frying, as then the rump, 5, is worked off with the cutlets. The dotted | the careass is that of larding, | words, covering the legs and Joins with the line is the more popular way to cut, as then | the flank is worked in with the choice cuts. Again, to avoid making pieces the leg or hock is taken off on line between 3 and 4. The cutlets can be taken from one end of the hind quarter and chops from the other. | It also gives, especially in the summer time, a solid piece of meat to saw, and it can be, uta great deal nicer. And just here, we don’t know of a more difficult thing in the) eutting up of meats than an even cutlet from a soft leg of veal. It is a good deal like warm bread with a dull knife. Having a fair trade for roasting cuts, the a rump, 5, in the dotted line, leaving also more of the I loin on this cut. The rump makes the best roasts in a calf. The loin, 1, is generally cut as shown, and he is a fortunate man who can _ sell it without having to take out that big lump of fat on the inside. ean be made larger by a variation | Yet we have known ' most preplexing cut to make and _ sell, no two hardly ever doing alike. If ordered for a large roast, and it is to be boned for filling, the line as shown is generally followed, but it can be varied to suit all tastes. Nearly all calves coming to Chicago and New York arrive with the skins on, where- as Philadelphia, and many other markets, are supplied by country butchers with ready dressed. Where much handling is to be done it is certainly a better plan to leave the hide on as loug as possible, as it keeps the meat clean and fresh. Calves are generally at their best when from four to six weeks old; when younger the meat is flaccid, watery, and tasteless. After six or seven weeks, if the calf has been fed or run to grass, the meat is darker and less juicy. The old custom of bleeding It was cruel and useless, aS what was gained in color was lost in the quality. For fear some one would be tempted to try it, we will say nothing about how it is done. Another custom which adds materially to or, in other eaul. This is all well enough in cold weath- er, but in summer it has a tendency to make the parts sticky and sour. If possible do ' not allow the kidneys stuffed with —— fat, especially in summer. *SAR[NIAIQ 10] pugg “04 GaUead ‘09 ATENETAT SALT. ONONDAGA F. F. SALT sole Manufacturers. AMERICAN DAIRY SALT CO. (Limited.) Chemically purified and WARRANT- | ED pure as any in the market. Used by a great | majority of the Dairymen of the country. Un- | excelled for Butter, Cheese, the Table and all ' Culinary purposes. Got medal at Centennial “for purity and high degree of excellence.”’ i Dairy goods salted with it took first premiums | at New Orleans World’s Fair, N. Y. Interna- | tional Fair, Milwaukee Exposition, and always , wins when there is fair competition. | D. W, Archer's Trophy Gorn, DW, Archer's Morning Glory Corn, D, W, Archer’s Early Golden Drop Corn | i | butchers who would sell it in no other way, | as the customer was induced to believe that | the fat and flank was the life of the roast. Nowadays, however, it takes a good deal of | talk to convince some people what is for. low as the lowest. their good. No. 7, best end of rack for chops or roast, | needs no description; 10, neck end, best solid | as one piece with 7, making the rack. No. 9, the breast, is a good selling cut on some mnarkets, as it is a handy piece for stuffing. This cut extends along under the shoulder, taking in a portion of the neck bone and sticking piece. Many years ago the sweet breads were skewerd along with the —— fat to the inside of cut, along and | over the breast or brisket bone, but it isa eustom of the good old days we hear about, when butchers could get more for a sheep’s pelt than the first cost of the animal. 6, the shank, is seldom cut except when | there is acorner in the peppery pot market, and the legs (4) are bought up for future | delivery. | The shouider, 8, in many markets is the | | } It is American, and CHEAPER and BETTER than any foreign salt. Try it. Address J. W. Barker, Sec’y, Syracuse, N. Y. Wholesale Manufacturers ot PURE CAND AND DEALERS IN Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Figs, Dates, NUTS, a, TC. Pata & BPOOKS, THE COOLEY CAN, Improved by the Lockwood Patent. Used in the creamery for butter only, they erm " paid the patrons in | July, 1884, 60c and the skimmed milk per 100 ibs. Lowest price of the year. In the creamery for gathered cream they paid the patrons from lide to 27¢e per cream gauge for the year 1884. In the factory for butt€r and cheese they paid the patrons $1.75 per 100 ibs. average, for the season. They show better results in dol- lars and cents than anything yet invented. Write for actual, working figures fur- | nished by suecessful | creamery men of | ee known reputation, who | have used them as above. | JON BWOoyYDD, Sole Manufacturer, 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. | { | | | | | | } i } { NO. 2. AND 3 CANS. YOUNG, TENDER AND SWEET, NATURAL FLAVOR RETAINED. GUARANTEED PURITY. $1,000 IN GOLD. | NOT SWEETENED WITH SUGAR. NO CHEMICALS USED. NOT NO WATER IN CANS. The Trade supplied by Wholesale Grocers Only. Respectfully, THE ARCHER PACKING CO., Chillicothe, Ills, BLEACHED WHITE. DGH, BERTSCH & CO.,, MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND AGENTS FOR THE Our spring samples are now ready for inspection at prices as | We make a Gent’s Shoe to retail for $8 in! ‘Congress, Button and Bals that can’t be beat. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. SHOES. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Apples, Cranberries, Gider, Ett, Choice Butter a Specialty ! >. Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. | MC, Russell, 48 Ottawa St, 'd Rapids, West Michigan | bil Com (SUCCESSORS TO STANDARD OIL CO.,) 63 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. J. H. Borinell, Sec’y. Jno. ©. Bonnell, Pres. Naphtha and Gasoline, Greases, Ete WE QUOTE Capitol Cylinder - 75) Parafine, 250 ~ 15) Model “ - = 60 Summer, West V2- 8 Shield “ - ,.50/250to 300 =“ - 93 Eldorado Engine - - dO|150C.T. - - 113 Backus Fine “ - .5U\ Zero. - - ~- 12 Peerless Machinery _- .80 630 Deo. Naptha - 8 Challenge “ - ,25 740 Gasoline - 9 Black Diamond - - .30 870Gasoline - 163 USE D’OLIVEIRA’ risian Sac ‘lozyodde 4s0q puv 4SarqI]BeY O47 ‘JUBISBAF JSOUL OUT, ad ‘AJIUIOLA pus spidey puvry 10j syuosy ofog ‘SUIYSIXO MOU aB[ndod puB 3/qQBqyRBI[B UB SB [BALI INOYIA PUB ‘p[IOA OY} UL Von st 4 "1700 |bulaed i |1885 | - Rose Leaf, Fine Cut, _ Navy Clippings _ and Snuffs pRe pest o THe 8, YALE & BRO, FLAVORING EXTRACTS ! BAKING POWDERS, 40 and 42 South Division, St. GRAND RAPIDS, DRYDEN & PALMER'S “ROCK CANDY. | Unquestionably the best in the market. As | clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. | Try a box. John Caulficid, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. [ ‘Grind your own Bone, Meal, Oyster Shells, WIGRAHANM Flour and Corn e, y inthe SS ELAN D Mitr: RT J (iF. Wilson’s Patent) 100 per nS cent. more made in keeping poul- try. ‘Also POWER MILLS and FARM FEED MILLS. Circulars and Testimonials sent on application. WILSON BROS., Easton, Pa. | | | | | | | BLUOINGS, ETC., MICHIGAN. TIME TABLES. _MicHican CENTRAL The Niagara Falls Route. DEPART. | “Detroit Hxpress. .............. 4. 6:00 am i they Express... ............ 05.0.2.) 14 om } PA PIANUIG EX DECSS... 0.020 2 9:20 p m i Way Breieht. 0)... 2 6:50 am : ARRIVE. SPueie MXpress.-.. 22. 2, 6:00 am UM an +tGrand Rapids Express............... 10:50 p m Waybrerht. 2.002... 1. 3 am tDaily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific | Express. 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 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Parlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- | ing at Grand Rapids at 10:50 p. m. J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. Chicago & West Michigan. : Leaves. Arrives, | +Mail. Resse te 9:15am 4:25pm jo bey Pocpress...)...... 2.3 2:35pm 10:45 p m | *Nisiit Bxpress.........._- 8:33pm 4:45am *Daily. +tDaily except Sunday. | Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. | Through parlor car in charge of careful at- | tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:25 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a.m. and | 9:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. EERPEESS. <2 ooo 4:15pm 4:08pm PPEPECSS oe. 8:05am 11:15am All trains arrive and depart from Union De- pot. The Northernterminus of this Divisionis at Baldwin, where close connection is made with f. & P.M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. HW. CARPENTER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. PE BESIRESS 220s, 7:15pm 7:30 a mm p NEOM 9:50 a m 4:00 pm All trains daily except Sunday. The train leaving at 4 p.m.connects at , White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. | The train leaving at 7:30 a.m. connects at | White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with | special New York Express on Main Line. | Through tickets and berths in sleeping | coaches can be secured at Union Ticket office, | 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. McKENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. | tSteamboat Express....... 6:17am 6:25am i through Mail:............ 10:10am 10:20am | tEvening Express......... 3:20pm 3:35pm *Limited Express.......... 627 pm 6:30pm | tMixed, with coach........ 10:30am | GOING WEST. | *Morning Express......... 1:0 pm 1:10pm | Tihrougn Mail... ......- 5:10pm 5:15pm | tSteamboat Express....... 10:40pm 10:45pm fPMiwed ee 8. T:lvuam | *Night Express...... - 5:10am 5:20am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. | Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at | 10:00 a. m. the following morning. | _ Parlor Cars on Mail Trains, both East and | West. | Train leaving at 10:45 p. m. will make con- | nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday. The mail has a Parlor Car to Detroit. The | Night Express has a through Wagner Car and _ local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. | D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. | Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 8:45 pm | Cincinnati & MackinacEx. 7:00am 10:25am | Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 3:55pm 5:00pm | G’d Rapids & Cadillae Ac. 7:10am | GOING SOUTH. |G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 3:50 pm Mackinac & Ft. Wayr eEx..10:25a m Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ae. 7:40pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:00 o’clock p. m. has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac City. Trainleaving at 10:25a.m. has | combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse City. South—Train leaving at 4:35p.m. bas Wood- | ruif Sleeping Car tor Cincinnati. c. L. LocK woop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. GOING GOING | TEST QTAMTANTS HAST = STATIONS. — Ac. | Ex. Ac. Ex. | I t \ IPM. | | | 4 5O0/Ar. Ishpeming Dep.! 1 30) IPM) 440........ Negaunee........ |; 140,AM. | 6 50) 3 30 . «. Marquette ........ | 2 201 7 30 PESOS) 12%) 220... eedsboro........ | 4 19)11 05 12 00 A Oe D 5 45) 110 11012 15'D eet: Al 5 30/12 40 FE 25)0E O21... .... Newbury. 2. ....- | 6 38; 2 40 7 30AM. IPM. | 8 30\Dep. ....St. Ignace.... Ar.) 9 00) 6 30 1 00) Ar. Mackinaw City Dep.) 9 30) | 900 Dep. Grand Rapids Ar. 7 LA M.| | ‘s bez | Bl... 2... Detroit... 22... ..- 18 Connections made at Marquette and Negau- nee with the M. H. & O. R.R. for the iron, gold silver and copper districts; at Reedsboro with | a daily stage line for Manistique; at Seney with tri-weekly stage for Grand Marais; at St. Ignace with the M.C. and G@. R. & I. Railways for all points east and south; also daily stage line to Sault St. Marie. F. MInuican,G. F. & P. A. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN BS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. Ac! Dilder sy wat ans Ww. CH Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. So\ Groceries. A MERRY MERCHANT. The Scheme a Grocer Worked to Clear His Store of Loafers. The grocer put away his order book. and sat down on an empty soap box at the end of the counter. “You've dropped in to spend the evening, I suppose,” he observed, glaring at the loungers by the stove with the air of a man who had got nipped on a bad lot and would give a chromo to anyone who would take it off his hands. ‘‘That’s sociable,” he con- tinued, ‘just fill up your pipes and spread yourselves around the stove easy-like. A new customer might come in and take the place for a patent smoke house warranted to smoke hams outside and in at one sitting, but we are prepared to ignore any little mis- take like that. Go right on enjoying your- selves. If you don’t see what you want, ask for it. Lodgings furnished on “the shortest notice. Any inattention on the part of the clerks should be reported at the office at once,” and the grocer kicked a one-legged stool half way across the store and let a vil- lager with an enormous pipe and one squint eye down on a sack of flour. “Tf it wasn’t for the free and untram- meled atmosphere which prevades the cor- ner grocery,” said the merchant as the vil- lager got up and limped away with a never- trade-here-any-more expression on his face. ‘J should have gone out of business years and years ago. The business has its draw backs, but what other line calls a sociable crowd like this together of an evening? It’s just too convival for anything.” The merchant landed a wooden soup ladle square on the head of an urchin in the front end of the store who was trying to sneak fish hooks out of the show case and went on with his talk without seeming to have noticed the act. ‘Now there’s something home-like in this very smoke,” he said, fanning it away from his face with his hands and accidently brushing the pipe from the mouth of the most voluminous smoker and landing it Ina shattered mass of discolored clay on the floor, ‘‘and I rather like it. Perhaps itisa little rough on the butter and baking pow- der, but it seems to be the native atmos- phere of these herrings. All you have to do is to come here and smoke and you'll get your nicotine back when you buy cheese and putter. It’s one of the great principles of nature that nothing is ever lost,” and the grocer dumped a shovel of ashes on a tobac- co puddle on the floor that looked like a map of the Soudan, and pitched a clay pipe into the stove. A man who was sitting on a basket of ap- ples behind the stove got up with an injured look as he saw his pipe growing white and crumbling away among the coals and observ- ed that it was time togohome. The grocer hustled the basket into the store room and got back to the stove before the villager had started for the door. “You needn’t hurry away on my ac- count,” he said, looking about as concilia- tory as a mule getting ready to kick the ridge pole off a four-story barn. ‘‘Perhaps you had better chase those apples into the store room and set on them an hour or two longer. You might hatch out something. I shouldn’t be surprised to see an apple tree with a swing on the lower limb and a boy stealing fruit in the top growing out of that basket in the morning.” The villager but- toned up his coat and went out, muttering as he closed the door that the grocer would never see the color of his money again. “Tt ain’t the color of his money that dis- turbs my peace of mind,” said the grocer meditatively; “‘It’s the color of his nose. Why, that man’s nose,” he added, assuming a confidential tone, ‘Shas absorbed every- thing he can get his hands on ever since 1 have been in the place. I’ve got a_ bill against him as long as a traveling man’s funny stories, and I’ll gamble that every ar- ticle I ever sold him, including the clothes and food taken from his wife and children, could be discerned in that nose if a micro- scope powerful enough could be got hold of. Yes, yes, if it hadn’t been for that nose I would never have found itnecessary to send him off like that.” The merchant weighed out a pound of crackers to a customer who had brought back a couple of lamp chimneys, purchased in the afternoon, to get their worth in some- thing else, and threw the lid on the cracker parrel so vigorously as_ to bruise the fingers of a tired-looking villager who had been toying with the contents of the barrel all the evening. “Just drop into the easy chair there,” suggested the grocer, as the villager waltzed up and down the room nursing his bleeding fingers, ‘‘anid I’ll send out for your family physician. We'll send to the Rapids and get an ambulance and a brass band and send you home in style. If you’ll be kind enough to empty the crackers out of your pockets 1’ do ’em up in a paper bag and throw ina few dried fish. Meals at all hours, bills payable in advance and all children and ser- yants must dine at the second table.” As the viilager pranced up and down the room howling and swearing with pain the crackers continued to fall out of his pockets and roll over the floor, and the merchant continued to repeat the rules of an imagin- ary hotel and follow him about until the loungers conceived the idea that he was go- ing insane and began to climb over the boxes, parrels and chairs which stood between the stove where they were sitting and the door. ‘Now, then,” observed the merchant, after the excitement had died out, “if you feel equal to the emergency we'll just open the door and propel you out into the misty night before another spell comes on. If you think of anything else you would like, just mention it before you go and Ill help you load up. We're here to accommodate the public. All we have to do is to steal our goods and stand off all local bills and there we are—eyerything we take in is dead clear profit. Couldn’t carry away a cheese in your boot, could you, or a grind-stone in your hat? ’Cause if you could you'd be quite welcome to’em. Quick sales and all goods delivered expeditiously is our motto,” and the merchant who had been gathering the crackers which had fallen to the floor, bounced the villager out of the open door and threw the crackers in his face. ‘You'd better hurry on home,” he added, with his head half out of the door, ‘‘’cause they may be waiting for you to flash up there with the commissary supplies. ’m going back to set a rat trap in that cracker barrel, and when you come in here again the storm signal will be up, and don’t you believe any diplomatic declaration to the contrary.” When the merchant got back to the stove the loungers were putting up their pipes and getting ready to go. ‘“‘You’re surely not going, gentlemen?” he asked, setting the chairs back and putting more ashes on the lakes and rivulets of to- bacoo juice which gave the floor of the store the general appearance of a new continent not down on any map. ‘‘Perhaps you'd like to have me produce a bucket of beer and a seven up deck? Ever play seven up, any of you? You can stay all night just as well as not, and go home in the morning feeling meaner than a cat ina keg of soap and lie to your wives about sitting up with a sick friend. Try this extra plug and the new pail of fine-cut. We grocers like to have all the plugs in the box bitten into. It shows the stock is good, and acts as a sort of trademark. None genuine unless stamp- ed like the sample,” and the merchant pitch- ed half a dozen plugs which had_ been slyly bitten into during the evening into the stove and began to turn out the lights. ‘‘T’ve got cheese, figs, raisins, stick candy, loaf sugar and plug tobacco constantly on draught, gentlemen,” he said, with his hand on the last lamp, ‘‘when you want anything in my line, drop in. “ You needn’t mind buy- ing. Just sample and set around and chew and spit until the store looks like a double- jointed boeck beer shebang. like.” And the merchant helped the last lounger out of the door and locked up for the night. —————_ > + a The Bogus Butter Bill. Senator S. W. Smith’s bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine or other butter substitutes passed the Senate last Friday after a fourhours’ debate. The bill has been very thoroughly discussed, two debates equaling that of Friday having oecurred over the bill in committee of the whole. Two important amendments, by striking out, were made. The section pro- viding for the appointment of a dairy com- missioner was left out, as was also, on motion of Senator Sherwood, the section providing that the State should pay manufacturers compelled to quit business, the value of theirmachinery and material. The following is the vote by which the bill was carried: Yeas—Messrs. Austin, Belknap, Brown, Carpenter, Carveth, Curtiss, Davenport, Ed- t's social wards, Henry, Hertzler, Monroe, Moon, Pennell, Phelps, Sherwood, Shoemaker, Smith, G. A., Smith, S. W.—18. Nays—Messrs. Francis, Greiner, Pulver, Woodrufi—4. Absent or not voting—Messrs. Cline, Davis, Hawley, Heisterman, Hubbell, Hueston, Kempf and Manwarring—8s. The bill has friends in the House who will push it vigorously. ————_—___— 4. Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. F. E. Pickett, the Hilliards cheese maker, was in town Monday. . E. E. Chester, Superintendent of the Dairy Department of the American Fat Stock and Dairy Show, sends the Secretary of the Michigan Dairymen’s Association the following communication: There will be a special premium offered at the eighth annual American Fat Stock and Dairy Show, to be held in Chicago Nov. 10th to 19th, 1885, for the best 50 pounds of butter, and for the best 50 pounds of cheese made in Michigan. Similar premiums are offered for exhibits of dairy products from other Western States. The dairymen of some states have manifested much interest in the exhibition, and have provided hand- some premiums for the best exhibits of but- ter and cheese from their respective states. You are requested to encourage the mem- bers of your Association, and the dairymen of your State by providing a liberal pre- mium for the best butter and cheese exhib- its at the coming Show, which now promises to be a success. ———————>_ $< —___ The Grocery Market. Business is fair and collections tolerably easy. Sugars are up from last week, stan- dard granulated having touched 7c in New York last Thursday, although a slight de- cline came the day following. The price is still very firm and the market is unsettled. Saginaw salt is down to 90c. The other changes in the market are of minor impor- tanee. The factories give notice of an an- ticipated advance in starch, in consequence of the advance in corn. Candy is lively. Nuts and fruits are steady. The Standard Oil Co. announce another reduction in kerosene—!ge on Water White and 4¢ on Legal Test, making present quo- tations 10¢c and 81ge, respectively, Curtiss, Dunton & Co. hold their goods at 101¢¢ and 834c—and Electroleum at 13c—and claim to be doing a good business at these prices. SECRETS OF THE TEA TRADE. No Reliance to Be Placed in a Name. ‘‘Americans and Europeans make a great mistake in buying tea,” said an educated Chinese merchant. ‘“They invariably rely up- on the name, instead of judging of the qual- ity of the tea by its appearance. The Chi- nese never do that, for they are aware that no other people under the sun are so adroit in the adulteration of goods as their own nation. No dependence can be placed on a mere name in the tea trade. Chinese peo- ple judge of tea just as Americans do of butter, by its looks and smell. To deter- mine this is a matter of education in the same way that judging of butter is. Tea of good quality, unadulterated, is almost in- odorous and diffuses little aroma when plac- ed in boiling water. The Chinese invariably use black tea at home and almost exclusive- ly here also. This is both from preference for its trade and because it is considered healthier. The best tea brought to this country is the black, the finer grades of green tea being all consumed in China. Green tea, too, is subject to more forms of adulter- ation, over 200 methods being employ- ed to that end. Besides, it is cured in cop- per pans and is always more or less impreg- nated with copper dust. These pans are none too clean, either, as the growers care nothing what kind of stuff they palm off on people so unfortunate as to have been born outside of the flowery kingdom. They term all other races ‘barbarians’. Green tea is dried in the sun, black, by artificial heat. ‘More tea is consumed per head in Amer- ica than in China. Itis frequently spoiled here by boiling. Teashould never be boil- ed. The water should be boiling when turn- ed over it, and it should then be allowed to infuse. It should always be made in earth- en pots. One and a half teaspoonfuls of good strong tea is a sufficient quantity for two cups of water. Is the tea is poor and weak use more. Let it stand five or six minutes before using. “The best tea obtained in this country is that imported by Chinese dealers. They get it from some one they know in the old country at less price than it will be sold to foreigners. They can secure a better grade than other buyers, too, because they know what they are buying and it is useless for their countrymen to try to impose upon them. “The Chinese laugh at other people for putting cream and sugar in their tea. They always drink it clear. They consider that it destroys the boquet entirely to mix it with anything else. The American tea traders never put in sugar or miik, and epicures in Europe seldom drink their tea other than plain. “In the interior of both China and Japan there are tea houses every little distance. Sugar, except in the raw state, is seldom seen except along the coast. If you should ask for sugar for your tea at one of these lit- tle refreshment houses the attendants would not know what you meant. If you made them understand, a girl would, probably, run to the nearest shop and returm witha little unrefined sugar in the palm of her hand. “The tea leaves are picked by men, women and children, who get from 10 to 15 cents per day for their labor. The owner of the plantation, also furnishes their board while working. The most expensive tea at home, which is never allowed to go out of the coun- try, is picked with the greatest care to keep the leaves intact and unbruised. This tea sells in China for $20 and more per pound. There is tea, too, that sells for less than 5 cents a pound there. “American people have three things to learn before theo will have good tea. How to buy it, how to make it, and how to drink ib?” Reduction in Freight Rates. The transportation lines announce the fol- lowing reduction in rates on west-bound freights from the markets named: leglegle glad = Bakes gga! 2 ah Oo] 5 O| & es BES ee ete New York 40 | 80 | 25 | 18 | 15 Philadelphia 34 | 24 | 28 | 16 | 13 Baltimore 32 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 12 Boston 40 | 80 | 25 | 181 15 ——__—~< 4 No one would suspect that J. A. Henry, the junior partner in the firm of Wm. L. Ellis & Co., was a poet;.but the Baltimore Trade comes to hand with a poetical con- tribution from his pen entitled ‘‘Jim’s Lit- tle Pra’r.” Moreover, he is the author of a comic opera which run _ several hundred nights in New York a short time ago. HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. Green....@b 6 @ 6%|Calf skins, green Part cured..: 7 @7%| or cured.... @10 Fullecured.... 8 @ 84|Deacon skins, Dry hides and @ piece..... 20 @i50 KIDS 2... 5: 8 SHEEP PELTS. Shearlings or Sum- |Fallpelts......... 30@50 mer skins # pcel0@20|Winter pelts.. .60@1 25 WOOL. Fine washed # t 20@22|Unwashed........ 2-3 Coarse washed...16@18|Tallow ........... 54 SKINS. Bear......:.. @12 W0|Muskrat..... 2@ 10 Fisher ...... 2 00@ 4 00/\Otter........ 1 00@ 4 00 Fox, red..... 25@ 1 00|Raccoon..... 5@ 7 Fox, gray... 15@ 1 00|Skunk ...... 1b@ Martin ...... 25@ 1 00| Beaver, # th.1 00@ 2 25 Mink ........, 5@ 40\Deer, ®ib... 10@ 30 OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. HT, t) BOlCCIS. ue oe eas eae 35 TAA ae se et 30 FRESH FISH. Mackitiaw Trout. o.5. 0 cise ccc ec seas eeeeeee 6% WHHOURD a ie, Bh THGGie ASN i oo oo sien ee ee 8 Raa PORE oo soos oo oo ks ne so wince 5 TOG BAS 25a ihc eyecare te nse 5 MOOG oa os pe 5s Ee ch en ta eees 4 Dick Bil Pikes... ews co vee oe ae 5 Wall-eyed Pile... 2... ice cece e neces ences’ 6 Smoked White Fish................ Smoked Trout............6.-5 ++ : Smoked SturZeon..........62 cececeseceeeeee 10 WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced—Sugars; California raisins. Declined—Saginaw salt; steel cut oatmeal; Turkey prunes, kerosene. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. Frazer’s........... 2 80|\Paragon ........... 1 80 Diamond........... 1 75|Paragan 25 ib pails.1 20 MOod0C.....:...---<.. 1 65 BAKING POWDER. Arctic % ibeans.... 45)Arctic 1 cans....2 40 Arctic 4 Ibecans.... ‘5|Arctic 5h cans....12 00 Arctic % cans. ..1 40 BLUING. Wry. NOv2. 28.666 oo. cece eo e « doz. 25 Wry, NO.d. 22 6..05-5-.- 2 oes et ne doz. 45 Miguid; 4°07,.. 5-6 eco cease eee doz. 35 PiGUIG, 8 OZ) ces ee es doz. 65 PATOUIC A. OZ: ooo ee cone on eee % gross 4 00 PAVOCHG 8 O20 ooo oes ols Coons wee e eens 8 00 PRVOCHIGNO OZ. 60. oo. oy Sos co se ee ode sence 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper DOX........ 2.6.6... eee 2 00 Arctic No. 2 ae Bee eh rs ais wicle s acta 3 00 Aretic NO.3 = “°c sentence eee = 4 50 BROOMS. No. 1 Carpet........ 2 50|No. 2 Hurl.......... 175 No. 2Carpet........ 2 25|Faney Whisk....... 100 No. 1 Parlor Gem..2 75|CommonWhisk.... 75 No. 1 Hurl. ....:..... 2 00 \ CANNED FISH. Clams, 1 t standards............. Bees s it ce 1 40 Clams, 2 Ib standards..............---2-++: 2 65 Clam Chowder, 3D..............-- ++ cei Cove Oysters, 1 standards.............- 110 Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............-. 1 90 Cove Oysters, 1 slack filled............. 75 Cove Oysters, 2 ib slack filled.............- 105 Lobsters, 1 fh picnic. .......------. eee ee 1 %5 Lobsters, 1 Th Star..........-- ee ee eee eee ees 2 2 Lobsters, 2 Ib star........ 2... eee eee eee ees 3 10 Mackerel, 1 fresh standards............ 1 00 Mackerel, 5 i fresh standards...........-. 6 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b..........- 3 25 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.......-.......-+- 8 25 Mackerel, 3 i broiled.........--------++++-- 3 25 Salmon, 1 i Columbia yiver...........-- .1 55 Salmon, 2 t Columbia river........-.-.--- 2 60 Salmon, 1 t Sacramento.............-.++- 1 35 Sardines, domestic 48........... cc. <6 Sardines, domestic 14S..........--+.++0+- 11 Sardines, Mustard %S...........-----+eee: WwW Sardines, imported 448............-.--+++- 13 rout: oi) PYOGOK...2...5...- 62-55... --- 2% CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 t standards .............-+5+-+++ 90 Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.......... 2 50 Blackberries. standards............----0-: 1 05 Cherries, red standard...........--.-.---: 90 WamsOns 2.06. es 6 eo eee os 1 00 Egg Plums, standards ............--6+-+- 1 40 Green Gages, standards 2 Ib........-.---+5 1 40 Peaches, Extra Yellow ..........-.--+----- 2 40 Peaches, standards.......... ..-k TA@I1 95 Peaches, SCCONGS.........- 0. ee ee ee ee eee es 1 50 Pineapples, Erie...........-6- 2-252 ce eeeee 2 20 Pineapples, standards.........-..-....+-+: 170 QUINCES ...... 2.2 eee eee eee ete e eee ee 1 45 Raspberries, Black, Hamburg............ 1 80 CANNED FRUTTS—CALIFORNIA. Apricots, Lusk’s...2 40|Pears............... 3 CO Egg Plums......... 2 50/Quinces............ 2 90 Grapes | ......-.. 2 60|Peaches ........... 3 00 Green Gages.......2 50) CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay......-..--.-..-++:- 3 25 Beans, Lima, standard.................-.. 75 Beans, Stringless, Erie.............------- 95 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 60 Corp, Trophy.........-.-----2+-0-- eee eres 1 05 Peas, Freneh.................----.--.----.- 175 Peas, Marrofat, standard................-. 1G Peas, BEAVeL: 6-2... 5 63.6. ee ts 90 Peas, early small, sifted...............-... 1 8u Pumpkin, 3 Golden...............--..--. 839 Succotash, standard..............-.--2eee 90 Tomatoes, Trophy.............2-eeeeeeeees 1 00 CHOCOLATE. Boston ........-----.. 36|\German Sweet...... 2d Bakers 2.2: 05..55-5:. 38! Vienna Sweet ....... 23 Runkles’...........-. 35] COFFEE. Green Rio...... 9@13 |Roasted Mar...17@18 Green Java..... 17@27 |Roasted Mocha.28@30 Green Mocha. ..23@25 |Roasted Mex.’ .17@20 Roasted Rio....10@15 |Ground Rio.... 9@16 Roasted Java ..23@30 |Package Goods @13% CORDAGE. %2 foot Jute ..... 125 |72 foot Cotton....2 25 60 foot Jute..... 100 /60 foot Cotton....2 00 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (50 foot Cotton....1 75 FISH. Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 75 Cod, whole ...:...3..3....... 2...-. 3... * 444@5 MOG {BONCICSS 5s shee. 6@7 Cod: pickled, % DbIS...........0.......-..- 3 50 PQUGUG ee eee eae 12 Herring % bbIS...-.....--..............-.- 25 Herring, Scaled., .........2..-- ede ee ee eee 18@20 Herring, Holland..................-.....-- 65 Mackerel, No. 1, % bbls.............00.200- 5 50 Mackerel, No. 1, 12 bb kits................. 100 Mackerel, No. 1,shore, % bbls........... 6 25 Mackerel, No. 1, shore, Kits............... 1 90 Shad i6 bbl 062) ee. see ee 2 50 Trout, No. 1, % bbis...2...... .......--0- 4 00 Trout, No. 1, 12 I kits....................- 90 White, No. 1,44 DbISs:...-.....:........-.---- 6 00 White, Family, % bbis....................- 2 50 White, No. 1, 10 Dikits................;.... 85 White, Nord, 12 B kits.......2:-..........- 95 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Vanilla. Jennings 2 0%.......-.:.....:;. 8 doz.1 00 40 ee BOD oS. sees eee. 150 250 ce G.0%5 3. es. eee 250 400 § 80Z..... We a ae 350 5 00 se NO: 2. Tapers ssc. 255-6... 125 1450 es NO; 4 8. 17 3 00 ts % pint round.............. 450 7 50 ce 1 eae, 200 15 00 ae NOs Se 300 4 25 ss INOL10 ct .. eka use os 425 600 FRUITS Apples, Michigan...................64- 444@5 Apples, Dried, evap., bbls............. j @7% Apples, Dried, evap., box............-. @8% Cherries, dried, pitted................. @16 @itron- 2 1 @25 @urpranes ec ec. @A%x Peaches, vied 2320202 .. b elt eee 12@13 Pineapples, standards................ @1 70 Prunes, Turkey, new.................. 5 @54 Prunes, French, 50 i boxes........... 10@13 Raisins, Valencias...................-. @9% Raisins, Layer Valencias...........-+ . @ 9% Raisins, Ondaras...............eceeees @1l% Raisins, Sultanas.............5.......% T344@ 8% Raisins, Loose Muscatels............. @2 50 Raisins, London Layers............... @3 20 Raisins, Dehesias.....................- @4 25 Raisins, California Layers............ @2 50 Raisins, California Muscatels......... @2 30 KEROSENE OIL. Water White...... 10 | Legal Test....... . 844 MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 9, square................ 1 75 Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 50 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 2 2 Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.............. 3 50 Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 2 25 OSHKOSH ONO. 2... oo. a ia 110 Oshiorn: NO. 8.02 0.2. 6-3... is... eos es 1 60 Swodleh 2.0525 se eee de oe eas epee s cos 75 Richardson’s No. 2 square...............06- 2 70 Richardson’s No. 6 OOo ee eee 2% Richardson’s No. 8 CO fay. ee: 17 Richardson’s No. 9 GO 2 eee 2 5d Richardson’s No.19, dO ...........0000ee 1 %5 MOLASSES. Blgek Strap... ces ee. ee 14@16@18 POrtO (RIGO! oie oie. een ap etic soe oe ews 28@é New Orleans, 2OOG............ cece cece ee ee 38@42 New Orleans, choice...:. ...........- cece 48@50 New Orleans, fancy..............cecseceee 52@55 ¥ bbls. 3c extra. OATMEAL. Steel cut........... 6 00\Quaker, 48 fbs...... 2 35 Steel Cut, % bbls...3 15|Quaker, 60 tbs...... 2 50 Rolled Oats........ 3 60|\Quaker bbls........ 6 50 PICKLES. Choicein barrels med..........0 cs. eeee cee 4 50 Choice in % G6 ee 2 75 PIPES. Imported Clay 3 gross................- 2 25@3 00 Importeé Clay, No. 216,38 gross..... .. @2 25 Imported Clay, No. 216, 24% gross...... @1 85 AMOriGSh Ue De coos ae coe een oes @ 90 RICE. Good Carolina...... 6. (Java ...1....... 64@6% Prime Carolina..... 634| Patna 220.020... 6 Choice Carolina..... 7 |Rangoon....... 572@6% Good Louisiana..... 5%| Broken............+. 334 . SALERATUS. AeLand’s pure...... 54%4|Dwight’s............ 54 Chiureh’s 22.0... ee 54\Sea Foam...........5% Taylor’s G. M....... 54/Cap Sheaf..........- dia SALT. 60 Pocket, F F Dairy................4+ 2 25 DE POGK EG oo os oie coc ear eee ees ie 2 20 1003 Ih pockets...........2.0 sce s ee ce ne 2 45 Sapinaw Pine 2... 0.1... essa cee es 90 Digmond Coo... i cee cis Seer 1 60 Standard Coarse............--..2+2. : 1 55 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 80 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 80 American, dairy, 4% bu. bags.......... 25 ROCK, DUBDGIE so. ce cee esc sees 28 SAUCES. Parisian, % pints..................-05- @2 00 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 7 Pepper Sauce, green..............+56++ @ 9 Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... @1 35 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 70 Peck’s Sun........... 18| “ina, 2 0Z........... Miners and Puddlers.28'Seal of North Caro- Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @1 00 Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 35 Horseradish, % pints.................. @1 00 Horseradish, pints..................... @1 30 Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 SOAP. Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen Anne....... @A4 85 so ae S* OAMCO..: 5... ec. . s @3 30 & se se Monday :....2.. <.-. @3 45 fe ss © “Mascot ....2.. .. 52: @3 45 se a ‘© Superior, 601i bars @3 60 Galvanic 2263) 60.0 @A 05 SPICES. Ground. Whole. Pepper........... 16@25|Pepper......... @19 Allspice.......... 12@15|Allspice........ 8@10 Cinnamon........ 18@30|Cassia .......... @l Cloves ........... 15@25|Nutmegs ...... 60@65 Ginger 22 ..0.. 6... 16@20|Cloves ......... @18 Mustard.......... 15@30) Cayenne ......... 25035 STARCH. Kingsford’s, 1 hb pkgs., pure............ @6% ne 3 ib pkgs., Pure.........-.. @b% rs 1b pkgs., Silver Gloss.... @8 me 6ibpkgs., ‘ ces | GOS * 1% pkgs., Corn Starch.... @8 (Bulk) Ontario............ @5 SUGARS. Cut PORe ea @ 7% Gubes ........ ASS eae ee @ 7% POWGGred se: @ i% Granulated, Standard................. @ 74 G@onfectionery A... 0.06.2... 00 0 25. ee @ 6% Standard Ane ee cee @ 6% Extra C, White. @ 6% ExtraC...... @ 5% WING ©) oe ee ek @ 5% Wellow oo 9 oe @ 5% WEBCO ei ea @ d% SYRUPS. Gorn, Barrels... 00.22... ii... 28 Gorn $s DIG. i 30 Corn, 10 gallon kegs.................... - @ & Corn, 5 gallon kegs..................--. @1 66 Corn, 44% gallon kegs.................-. @1 45 Pune SUPA oe ee es ne bbl 23@ 35 Pure Sugar Drips................ % bbl 380@ 38 Pure Sugar Drips........... 5 gal kegs @1 96 Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... ¥bbl @ & Pure Loaf Sugar. ........ .dgal kegs @1 85 TEAS. Japan ordimary.... 0.0. .0.0-2.2...... 6... be 22@25 Japan fair to ZOOd........ 1.2... eee eee @35 SAVANE oe ces ce oc oe oe 40@50 SAPO GUSb). 2.000... 5 oss ooo cae s 15@20 WOUNDS HVSOM. 22.6.6 os coe 80@50 GumPOWdere. .i.. 5. ccs 385@50 OOlONS (ooo eee ace 338@55@60 CONGO ee ee ae 25@30 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. Dark AmericanEagle67|\Sweet Rose.......... 45 The Meigs............ 64|Meigs & Co.’s Stunner38 Red Bird......;...... HOIATIOS 222.0... 35 State Seal............ 60)Royal Game..........38 Prairie Flower....... 65|Mule Ear.............65 CHmber:*....3......: 32)Fountain............. 74 Indian Queen........ 60/Old Congress......... 64 Bull Doe. 20... 05 6e.5: 60|Good Luck........... 52 Crown Leaf..... .... 66|Blaze Away... ..80 Matchless ............ 65| Hair Lifter. . . 30 Hiawatha .......:..-. 67|Governor ..... <. «60 Globe. ....:........... 70|Fox’s Choice........ 63 May Flower.......... 70) Medallion ............ 35 Hero) 2 ....45|Sweet Owen.......... 66 Old Abe. ...49 PLUG. ed BOX 20.6.0. ee. @48 is Drive... 2. ene ee eee ss @50 Seal of Grand Rapids.................. @46 PERG ce oe @46 Patrol 8 se ce ee : @48 Wasek Rabie. .22). 22055. 5..... 052. @46 SmOwWiake (265050. e. sk ces @46 Piper Heidseick..................-.:.. @62 Puneh 2.6.20... Pees ese o ce = @40 i-@hocolate Cream... .....-.......-....... @A46 WOOGCGOGCK 4 66. oo. 2c. @46 Knignts of Labor........... @46 Arab, 2612 and 4x02 0000.60 .... 66... @46 black Bear... .2..5°....2..-.2.0..-...... @37 WOy ee ee ee @A6 Old Five Cent Times................... @38 Prune Nuggett, 12 Ib................... @62 IPavmOu 606.0030. 6 2. soos ee @A6 OlG Rims cs ee, @38 MIPANTEWE ce wee dew ee es 3 @A8 GlOty Se es 8... @46 Silver Co. 20. 2.26.06 coke ee @50 Buster [Dark]. .......-.-....-.....-.. @36 Black Prince [Dark].................-. @36 Black Racer [Dark].................+. @36 Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @46 @limi@e 0) @46 Hold Fast ..-....... ee oo oe @46 McAlIpin’s Gold Shield................. @46 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 Ib ecads. ..... @51 Cock of the Walk 68:.-..:............. @37 INObby Pwikt..-..-<.................-.. @46 INGO ee @46 INCOM 2 ae ee eee G46 @rescent -. 4562 ee. ee @44 Rinek Xo ee ee, @35 Black Bass. ....-...-....5.- De ca esl @A0 Sone sei @46 Grayling ..-:....::.-......-..........--- @46 IVERGIGEMAWE. foo oe cece ace ee can se @45 Howse SnOG. 2.00.23... 0.51. eee. @A4 gi WGECGE.. 05.06 s ek ss @36 and »:: black. 2.4)... ..-...-.. 2. @36 McAlpin’s Green Shield........... ae @46 Ace High, black................. : @35 Sailors’°Solace.. ...2...-..2-2.. 2.2... G@46 2c. less in four butt lots. SMOKING Old Par... 2.2.2... 40|\Conqueror ........... eA Arthur’s Choice..... 22\Grayine.............- 32 Red Hox... ... 22.4... 26)/Seal Skin............. 30 PIG 6252.02 5. ye 28)Rob ROy.............. 26 Gold Dust.......-..-. 26) Uncle BI: 28 Gold Block........... 30) Lumberman ......... 25 Seal of Grand Rapids |Railroad Boy......... 38 (cloth)............25| Mountain Rose....... 18 Tramway, 3 0Z....... 40|Home Comfort....... 25 Ruby, cut Cavendish 35\Old Rip............... 55 Boss 15|Seal of North Caro- Morning Dew........ 25) lima, 40Z............ 46 Chain 2... 6.... 3. 22'Seal of North Caro- Peerless ............- 2p). Hina. S07... 5.6... 41 Standard ....:.:..-... 22'Seal of North Caro- Old Tom. .:.. 22.) ..-.- 21| lina, 16 oz boxes....40 Tom & Jerry......... 24\Bie Deal. .....-...-.... 27 AG) (oiek A ae ee Car 25|Apple Jack........... 24 (raveler .....::...... 35|King Bee, longeut.. .22 Maiden... ...-.-...... 25|Milwaukee Prize....24 Pickwick Club....... 40\ Rattler ......-.-..+-+ 2 Nigger Head......... 26) Windsor cut plug....25 Holland ......-......- 22/\Zero Die Docc cuca es 16 German .....-... 2.5. 16)Holland Mixed....... 16 Solid Comfort........380;\Golden Age.......... 75 Red Clover. |........382|/Mail Pouch.......... 25 Hone Pom: .. 05... os 30|Knights of Lakor....30 National ...-......... 26|Free Cob Pipe........ 27 MiMG ee 26! SHORTS. ~ Globe: 2.22.6... 65-28. 21\Hiawatha............ 22 Mule Ear............- 23/Old Congress......... 23 CIGARS. Michigan Chief............:.-....... @60 00 Roma. oe ee @60 00 PA IGIICAN: 26 00. see cose ak wee eee @57 00 Ea industria. . 2: 2.2. sce nk @50 00 epee 5.20.5... coe ease @50 00 Promenade — 2.6... 2: slo. os eee. @35 00 Old Jude: 2.1.2... se ce. @35 00 PAA oo. oe oe ce ee ee cee @25 00 COMORECE: ©5202. 5... oe eee @20 00 : SNUFF. Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... @ 75 o Maccoboy....-....-..--.--- @ 55 Gail & Ax’ ee ae ee. @ 44 - EPPO. co... hove ayes see @ 35 Railroad Mills Seotch................- @ 45 MORZDGCK ibs. oe oc ko cc ee we nee @1 30 VINEGAR. Pure Cider..... . 8@12 White Wine...... 8@12 WASHING POWDERS. Lavine, single boxes, 481 papers... 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 48 1 Ib pap’rs @4 25 Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. @4 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 0z pap @é4 25 Lavine, single boxes, 80 % Ib papers.. @4 15 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80% ib paprs @4 00 MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported .............-.--- 95 do AMmOriean ;.....-...--.--2-- 60 RATIO V ob ee cae ake cee nates 55's @3 Burners, No. 1 2.2... 0 oe ee eee tee 1 00 do NGOS 2 ee 1 50 Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... 8 00 Cream Tartar 5 and 10 Ib cans......... 15@25 Candles, Star... cee cece ve cc ee sent @13% Candles, Hotel..............2..eeeeeeee @l4 Extract Coffee, V. C..........--.--- 0s: @80 do BOHY 2 coe week 1 25 Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............--. @30 Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. eee ae @40 Gum, Spruce......... see cece eee ee eee 30@35 Hominy, @ bbl............-- ee ee eee eee @A 00 Jelly, in 80 pails...........--.---0-+e @ 4% Peas, Green Bush...........--00+02 +++ 1 Peas, Split prepared.............+-++++ @ 3% FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling rices as follows: ‘resh Beef, Sid@S......2.-.++eeee seers 6 @8 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 8 Dressed Hogs...........-ceccecesceece 54@ 6 Mutton, Carcasses...........-ee eee ees 7 @i% VOeAL a. ce... Ue (onli cscces sions 7 @8 Pork Sausage..........---seeseeeeeeeee 8 @Y BOGS. ik oc occ ce cw we ten cee ss ices @10 CORIGRONG 5 ooo occ ek boc cee cee cgec ehh MO POPOV oo oe. cs ce eke cc cere cet ias @15 KINCSFORD’S STARCH IS UNEXCELLED. CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Straight, 25 Ib boxes.................. 94%@10 Twist, Cee 10 @10% Cut Loaf do Bie ec sck es eae @12 oes eae ; MIXED. Oval, 2b) Pals... skeet ee Ue wes ee 10 @10% Hoyal. 90% bbis............c....--.-s One of the most significant features of re- cent inventions and adaptions in various lines of manufacture is the increasing use of wire. Wire as a manufactured article has been in use fora long time, but certain improve- ments have been made in its production in recent years, and its qualities have been greatly improved. The cheapness of the ar- ticle at present makes it a much more avyail- able material than ever before. In gutter hangers and spout fasteners, as well as ina wide range of kitchen utensils, wire is at present occupying a very conspicuous posi- tion. Its use seems to be steadily increas- ing, and its numerous applications, many of which are being patented, illustrate in a marked manner the limitations of invention at the present time. To express it other- wise, the new applications of wire are char- acteristic examples of the ordinary inven- tions at present patented. Very few start- ling and original discoveries or inventions are possible in the present state of the arts, but new ways of doing old things, new ap- plications of old materials and new combi- nations of old elements are being constantly devised. It is said that a file maker will wear out the holly wood handle of a hammer when he has struck 11,250,000 blows, or in one year of work. This beats water wearing out a stone. VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: John Smith, Ada. John Stephenfield, Middleville. Cc. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville. Paine & Field, Englishville. C. Stocking, Grattan. T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood. Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. J. Barnes, Austerlitz. B. M. Denison, East Paris. E. P. Barnard, New Era Lumber Co., New Era, Thos. Smedley, Smedley Bros., Bauer. Aaron Wedger, Reed City. L. L. Maxfield, Fruitport. S. L. Alberts, 8S. L. Alberts & Co., Ravenna. O. L. Winchester, Carlyle. S.E. Bush, Pierson. R. H. Topping, Casnovia. H. B. Irish, Lisbon. Byron McNeal, Byron Center. Frank Kysor, Fife Lake. G. W. Bevins, Tustin. Henry Mishler, Freeport. McLeod & Trautman Bros., Moline. O. D.Chapman, Stanwood. ©. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland. A. P. Hulbert, Lisbon. ‘C. S. Comstock, Pierson. B. Tinkler, Hastings. Wm. DePree & Bro., Zeeland. A. E. London, Nunica. A.J. Provis, Cedar Springs. Mr. Kauters, Kauters & Son, Holland. F. Narragan, Byron Center. Mr. Wagar, Wagar & Callahan, Cedar Springs. W. Graham, Middleville. M. Engieman, Manistee. . Geo. B. Martindale, Cross Village. E. H. Martindale, Harbor Springs. G. B. Chambers, Wayland. A. Norris, A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. J. Ball, Fremont. W. W. Peirce, Moline. C. E. & 8. J. Koon, Lisbon. Purdy & Hastings, Sparta. C. W. Ives, Rockford. Neal McMillan, Rockford. Sisson & Lilley, Sisson’s Mill. M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. J. B. Watson, Coopersville. Walling Bros., Lamont, ae & Lewis, Ravenna. W. H. Hicks, Morley. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. J. E. Thurkow, Morley. Mr. Emmons, Eddy & Emmons, Grattan. Mr. Wells, Wagner & Wells, Eastmanville. C. Cole, Cole & Chaple, Ada. €.H. Deming, Dutton. E. Hagadorn, Fife Lake. H. VanWoerkom, Grand Haven. F,. DenUyle, Holland. Mrs. Jacob Debri, Byron Center. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. H. M. Harroun, MecUain. Newaygo Manufacturing Co., Newaygo. L. K. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. J.C. Scott, Lowell. R. Lillie, Rice & Lillie, Coopersville. W. A. Palmer, Carson City. A. D. Wood, Holton. Chas. 8S. Judson, Hoag & Judson, Cannons- burg. O. F. Conklin, 0. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. Wm. Hugh, Hugh & Jones, Morley. Will Curtiss, Reed City. KE. R. Benedict, Cedar Springs. Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Geo. Tompsett, Tompsett Bros., Edgerton. Geo, F Rickardson, Jamestown. C. B. Hirshfield, Allegan. ; arene A cy Leather wheels are made in France for railroad and other cars. The inventor of the process is M. De La Roche. Untanned buffalo hides are cut into strips, and these are built up into solid dises, which are strongly held together by two iron rings af- ter they have been subjected to hydraulic pressure. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: ated AUGERS AND BITS. aves; Old. style. . 20.-3 soe, dis 60 WO es ee dis 60 POuUCIASS 3. os St Secs be dis 60 PAQUORS ee dis 60 ROS ss es ees dis __ 60 MSOOIOS oes oe ee dis40&10 Jenuings’, ZEnuine.............2.. 200s dis 2% Jennings’, imitation........... ........ dis40&10 BALANCES. : 2 Sprain: ee cee dis 25 BARROWS. PRUIPONG oe segs 1+++-8 18 00 APdOn on. ek ce net 83 00 BELLS. : MIB ce oe eck ere cose es oleae dis $ 60&10 MOOW. se es ee ee dis 60 MORIN ee eke soe ese di 15 GONG. 8 ee dis 20 Door, Sarwent: ... so. ok oe dis 55 BOLTS. ELOVAl ee oe a ce dis$ 40 Carriage new list... 6.0... es dis 75 PAO oo dis 30&1( PIGIEN SNOC 6 dis 7a Cast Barrel Bolts...................25 dis 50 Wrought Barre! Bolts................ dis 55 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Cast Square Spring................... dis 55 aah (nein dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square ..... popes cee cucu ees dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob PU ee 50&10&10 aVOS: DOOM... -5 ce dis 50&10 BRACES. BATVOr oc dis$ 40 BACKS dis 50 Soouond. 32. 0 dis 50 PA BR ee ie dis net BUCKETS. No pinine: $ 400 Well swivel...¢......225 3. . 450 BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60&i0 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 Wrougu: Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 Wrounht Loose Pin.................. dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver PUDDOO oo ce dis 60& 5 WroushtTaple. 2.32. oc. se: dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 Wrought Brass... 02.5.6... s ose. dis 65&10 Bune Mierks. dis 70&10 slind, Parker's... dis %0&10 Blind, Shepard’s.....:.....:.... 2.25.4 dis 70 Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00 CAPS. Bly SIO per m $ 65 ggCKR A. 60 Ee Oe ee eee 35 MAIBKCG oc 60 CATRIDGES. R.m Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new lis 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 Centra Wine coe, ee dis 44 CHISELS. Socket Hirmer: 303 dis fi Socket Framing... dis. 15 Socket Corner... ............, 2.2.2... dis 75 Pocket SUCKS). dis 75 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 COG) ee. net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s........... Duos ae dis 3314 OveREIGS 2s dis 25 COCKS. Brass, RACKING’ S: .. 50 Bins 0 50 MRCRT ee 40810 MONNG a 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 0z cut to size.............. 8b 30 14x57, 14x56, 14x60. 20 36 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock.... 0... dis 3D Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30 ELBOWS. Com: 4 piece, 6 in)... 62s... o.oo: doz net $1 00 Comupaten (00 i dis 20&10 AGjustabie ooo dis 4%&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 8, $30 00. dis 25 FILES. American File Association List...... dis 60 Disston’s 20 2. i8 60 New American... 200... os dis 60 Nicholson’s...... Meee ee eee dis 60 MeNCrS . .dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 3334 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22and 24, 25and26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50@10. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. MayadoieN Co 8 oo dis 20 ROS dis 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s......: Sessa se dis 40 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40410 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 Kidder, wood track................... dis 40 HINGES. Gate, Clark's, 1,2, 8:...-.. 0.2. dis 60 DUM ee er doz, net, 2 50 Pp Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and AQNMED ee 3% Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 8% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 7% Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net 7% Sirapand Ws. dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Sinmped Tin Ware... 60&10 Japanned Tin Ware..................... 20&10 Granite Iron Ware.....-................ 25 HOES. Grip 1 oo $11 00, dis 40 EQ ee 11 50, dis 40 Grins... sg 12 00, dis 40 . KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings. ...$2 70, dis 6624 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... 3 50, dis 6625 Door, porcelain, plated trim- PUG oo isc list,10 15, dis 6624 Door, porcelain, trimmings list,11 55, dis 70 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 70 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d 40 PACMACIIC 0 dis 50 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list...dis 6634 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s.............. dis 6634 TSIAMEOUS 6 oe dis 66% MOIWAUKS: 0 dis 66% LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................. dis 40&10 Coffee, P.S.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 40&10 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s......dis 40&10 Coffee, Enterprise... .... ss dis 25 MATTOCKS, ADZO AVE ooo. $16 00 dis 40&10 agus My O oe $15 00 dis 40&10 SRG Se $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. Common, Bra and Fencing. 100 40 O00. ee 8 keg $2 35 Sa ands) 0 Ady. ied ee 25 6d and 7d adv....... . see ieee cbse sue. 50 S0 ANG hd AGV. oo a ee. 75 Sa DOWANCR, 2 oe 1 50 3a fine Advance... oc... 3 00 Ciimen mais, AGv.. 5 i %5 Finishing i 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches { 3 24 2 14 Adv.@ keg $125 150 1%5 200 Steel Nails—Same price as alove. MOLLASSES GATES. | Stebbin’s Pattern ........25.2.........0..% dis 70. Stebbin’s Genuine...... ........5...00055 dis 7 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Brass oy Copper... .. 02. hess lees. dis 40 MOGUCT 6 es, per gross, $12 net Omnstead’s. 2. 50 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................... dis 15 PAH BONCN oe os 5 ee dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Bench, firstquality............... eae bee dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. Tee, AO dis 50 Common, polished...................... dis60&10 PIII ee @ Ib 6@7 RIVETS. Tron and Tinned, 2... 6.605... 3s sca. dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 50&10 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% “B” Wood’s pat, planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 Broken packs %c # b extra. ROOFING PLATES. | IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ ot IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00 TX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 ROPES. Sisal, % In. and larger....................5. 7% MARIN oe aes see wa cs 4% SQUARES. : Steeland Tron... ..5)...0........06.2. dis 60 ary and Beyels.... 0... ...6..,..5-..-+- dis 50&10 MAGNO ek ae ee ee dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Nos. 10 to 14.) 2 oo, $4 20 $2 80 INOS: 4D 10°19 3.50 4 20 2 80 Nos. 18 to 21...... oe 4 20 2 80 INORI27 10 248 aes ee. 4 20 2 80 INOS 2010 V6 oc: 4 40 3 00 NO ol ee ee 5 3 00 60 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 ths, ® D.................. 6 In smaller quansities, # t.............. 6% TINNER’S SOLDER. No. d, Refined: ..0.. 0. 200.3. ees 13 00 Market Half-and-half............. 2... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. IC, 10x14, Charcoal... 2... 6... ee. 6 50 Ix, AOxI4 Charcoal : 6006.55... 55. 8 50 IC, Mxd?, Charcoal. ...:.3....2....65.. 6 50 Ix, igxaiz, Charcoal ... 2.2... ...-2..:2. 8 50 IC, Axe) CHarecoal. oo 5.. 2k ee. 6 50 Ix, 14x20, Charcoal...........:........ .8 50 XX, = 4x0) Charcoal... .. 66... . 10 50 IXXX, 14x20, Charcool.................... 12 50 IX » 14x20, Charcoal... .. 0.20. .22.2.2. 14 50 IX, 20xe8, Charcoal. 6... 0... ccc csee 18 00 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 6 50 DX, 100Plate Charcoal.................. 8 50 DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 %5 rates. TRAPS. Steel, Game... ee Onosida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60 HIOLCDKISE? fo 8 ss ce 60 Sa ow Wo Mio. Cols... 6.3... *. 60 Mouse; choker: .........0..005222255.2. 20c #8 doz Mouse, delusion..:°.................- $1 26 ® doz WIRE. 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The Hubert Patent Adjustable Horse Poke Foster, Stevens & Co. ———— AGENT; ———_— 10 and 12 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. Send for Circulars and Prices. Natal Cant Latter Fl Over 12,000 files sold the first year} Over 800 Nationals now in use by parties who have discarded the most popular of other makes. The Nat- ional is the best, because it is more complete, more durable than any other Cabinet Let- ~ ter File ever made. gs It is the cheapest, because it has greater capacity than any other. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Manufactured under O. C. Mackenzie’s patents by National Cabinet Letter File Company, 186 and 188 Fifth Ave., Chicago. 5. A. WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LUmberman’s Supplies FISHING TACKLE ——AND--— NOTIONS! PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER- WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS- PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT- TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK- ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN STRINGS, ETC. Particular attention given to orders by mail. Goods shipped promptly to any point. I am represented on the road bv the fol- lowing well-known travelers: John D. Mangum, A. M. Sprague, John H. Eacker, L. R. Cesna and A. B. Handricks. Zt Pearl Sireet - — Grand Rapids, Mich. 1 | \ | i | | \ } 1 | | & { | ; | i! I | | BA { | MPROVED BAKING POWDER ; This Baking Powder makes the WHITEST, i LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits. | Cakes, Bread, ete. TRY IT and be convinced. Prepared only by the | Arctic Manufacturing Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | Spell Corn We have a choice lot of Early Dent,Hight-Rowed Yel- low, Red Blazed and White Flint Seed Corn that we offer to the trade at $1 per bu. ol Potatoes The “WHITE STAR” takes the lead. We have a fine stock that we offer to the trade at $2 for a 3 bu. bbl, GRAND RAPIDS SEED C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FUSEH, CAPS, AUGURS SOLVEVddVY ONITSVTE HERCULES | The Great Stump and Rock A NNIHILATOR | Strongest and Safest Explosive Known to the Arts, Farmers, practice economy and clear your land of stumps and boulders. Main Office, Hercules Powder Company, No. 40 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohio. L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS. (UNS, AMMUNITION & FISHING TACKLE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WIDOW. SPRIGGS. Some of the Prevailing Styles at the Cor- ners. Cant Hook CorNERS, May 30, 1885. Editor of THE TRADESMAN: DEAR Srr—Timothy 24th chap., 19th verse, says: ‘‘Give aman rope enough and he will hang himself.” This refers to Bil- son, the venomous, the weuld-be sarcastic Bilson. Soliman told me last night, before we closed the store, that he didn’t want me to say any more about Bilson, so I’ll devote myself to the duties of milliner, and fash- ion editress of THe TrApEsSMAN. Last evening IT attended the mite social at the Widow Hobson’s, and, with the exception that the coffee was burnt and cold, the bread ‘and cake stale, and the preserves ‘‘work- : ing,” everything passed off lively. Rey. Saveall and wife were present. She wore a blue gigham gown cut ala Watteau, and trimmed with ecrow Trish point lace in frent and a big coffee stain on the side. Sister Hobson wore a Merrimac ealico skirt with a Mother Hubbard waist of blue cheese cloth to match, and it looked real recherche. That pert old maid, Jane Vitzen, wore her old brown silk, trimmed with 4e. lace which she bought of Bilson at his ‘14 off sale,” and looked horrible. Widow Hooperson wore a black merino, prinsesse cut, trim- med with bias fluting. She also wore her diamonds, which she bought of Ikey Gold- stein, when he passed through the Corners with his pack. The Misses Hancock wore Mother Hubbard’s of black satine and looked killing. I wore my new black silk, which I bought.at Snooks’, and it was gored down the front and trimmed on the side. The styles here are of the latest and came direct to us from Paris, (Uxy.). Itis only ina rich section of land like this that ladies can afford to wear new ealico gowns twice a year. There were present at the social the fol- lowing strangers: Mr. Joe. Reed, Dick War- ner and Geo. Seymour, Fertilizer Hawkins & Co., and Will Logie, N. K. They donat- ed their mite, and if they eat as much at home as they did at the social, I don’t won- der they feel bad. My new stoek of and Iam doing a rushing business. hats is now complete Yes- terday I sold two frames, one for 30c. and for 18e. Trade is improving. The kind mostly worn here is the one that comes to a peak on top and with a buneh of flow- ers on, Which makes a little woman look just opposite to a six-foot dude with a derby hat. Mr. Stowe, did you ever notice that When aman buys a new hat and meets a friend, the friend tries on the hat, asks ‘How much?” and says, ‘It’s a daisy,” and passes on; whereas when a lady meets an- other who has on a new head dress, she turns up her nose and says to herself:| ““Wumph, wonder where she got that hor- rid thing!” Next week we are going to have a spirit- ual seance at my house, and I will try to tell youin my next what happens. They talk some of forming a lodge of the Daugh- ters of Industry here, and if they do, Ill join, so the next time Crook comes along, Ill be able to converse with him by signs and tokens. Coa CIA boy just brought the news that Bilson threatens to poison Snooks’ dog and my cat. If he does, I'll get Soliman to whale the life out of the sneak. I don’t believe it will be necessary for me to ask him to do such a thing, though, for the way he talks I believe he will punish Bilson the next time they meet. I hope Soliman won’t get hurt. Yours fashionably, critically and philosophically. MENITABLE Spriaes, F. M. (Which means Fashionable Milliner.) Echoes of a Winter in the South. ‘What impressed me most during my trip through the South,” said Gaius S. Per- kins, the other day, ‘‘was the disposition of the people generally to raise nothing but cotton and corn. For instance, being a wool man, I could see that they do not raise one- tenth the sheep the circumstances would al- low. Thesameis true as regards pork. They are tremendous consumers of pork, and yet they allow the West to furnish them with that staple. They do not even know enough to feed their cows decently, much less to make good butter, and it is seldom that they will raise garden vegetables or anything that would tend to render them- selves self-supporting. ‘‘Another think that strikes the Northern man is the lack of diversity of business en- terprises. The moneyed men seem to be loth to engage in manufacturing, and are content to follow mercantile pursuits. A peculiar feature of the retail trade is that a large percentage of the dealers are Hebrews. The jobbing trade is an exception to this rule. Nearly all the mills are operated by men who formerly resided in the North, and I notice that the Michigan men still cling to their old habits of grumbling and still insist they are not making anything. This pecul- iar frailty of the Wolverine character is strikingly illustrated in the person of Mr. Robinson, formerly of Manistee, but now an extensive sawmill operator at Pensacola, who assured me with seeming earnestness that he was not making acent. His actions and surroundings belied his words, how- ever. He is shipping large quantities of sawed stuff to Panama and the new capitol of Peru. “Nashville is a thrifty city, with many imposing buildings and fine residences. It has grown very fast during the past six years. “Birmingham is a modern wonder. Ina mercantile way, business is tremendously one overdone, but so far as manufacturing is concerned, her possibilities seem to be un- limited. With ore, coal and lime in such close proximity, I do not wonder that the manufacturers can make pig iron for $11.50 perton. And even at that price, I understand they include the eost of the plants and such items as cigars and whisky for the men! A large Pennsylvania opera- tor has lately gone to Birmingham and is erecting two blast farnaces with a combined capacity of 400 tons of pig iron per day. Birmingham certainly has a great future in store.” ~~ BIG RAPIDS BITS. Interesting Business Items from a Lively Town. THe TRADESMAN has established a regu- lar correspondent in Big Rapids, who may be relied upon to furnish all local happen- ings of a business nature hereafter. Hood, Gale & Co. are removing their saw mill at Remus, which has beenidle about a year, to Metropolitan, Marquette county, where the firm has secured a contract to eut several million feet of pine. Lyman Lovejoy is now head salesman in the dress goods department of the extensive establishment of O. Hale & Co., at Petaluma, Cal. The firm also operate general stores at San Jose, Stockton and San Francisco. C. A. Gale, manager of the Big Rapids Yagon Co., has invented and applied for a patent on a new appliance for locking and opening the end boards on wagons, which is undoubtedly destined to come into general use. The Big Rapids Woodenware Co. is run- ning a full force of men and turning out about 1,400 pails and 350 tubs per day. The factory is so arranged as to avoid the useless handling of either the raw or manufactured | product, and every feature of the business is carefully systematized,. Six leading lumber firms haye disappeared from Big Rapids during the past year, as follows: Cass, Morison, Gale & Co.: Paul Blackmar & Co.; Gardner, Spry & Co., re- moved to Chicago; Platt Underwood: Hood, ! Gale & Co.; and John W. Hughes & Co., who have transferred their headquarters to Toledo. F.W. Joslin will leave shortly for the South for the purpose of looking up a permanent location for a clothing business. He is com- pelled to make this change on account of his health, and will probably take up his residence in Tennessee or North Carolina. T. C. Gardner will accompany him ona sim- liay mission. Geo. M. Gotshall, superintendent of the 3ig Rapids Iron Works, reports a fair vol- ume of business, and several important con- tracts in anticipation. The Works have lately turned out a double cireular mill for Hood, Gale & Co.’s Metropolitan mill, and pulleys and shafting for Wyman & Beck- with’s new planing mill at Whitecloud. Holbrook, Wilmarth & Co., who begun operations in February, 1884, have sawed all their pine in the vicinity of Big Rapids— about eight million feet—and the firm will probably go out of existence within the next six months. They have about two and three-quarter millions of lumber still on hand, besides about three million shingles. A good hotel invariably speaks well for a town, but when the landlord assumes the role of extortioner, the advantage is not so marked. There are a hundred $2 a day ho- tels in Michigan, and at least a dozen $1.50 houses, which set a better table and furnish better rooms and beds than the Northern; and unless the latter establishment lowers its transient rate, it will find itself sup- planted by some new aspirant for the pat= ronage of the traveling public. As it is, the majority of the traveling men spend the day time in Big Rapids, and take the eyen- ing trains for Grand Rapids, Reed City or Cadillac, in which places the hotel men are not so anxious to get rich suddenly. “Talking about money-making,” said a leading business man, “‘brings to mind the handsome fortune accumulated by La Fora S, Baker during the past dozen years. The protege of Geo F. Stearns, he inherited all the native shrewdness peculiar to that gen- tleman, and to those qualities added a spirit of apparent recklessness which has brought him to the front as one of the richest men men in Northern Michigan. As a lumber dealer, he exhibits a capacity for work never before equalled in my experience, and as a banker his judgment is almost infallible. His varied interests receive his individual attention and every branch of business in which he is interested moves with the regu- larity of clock-work.” ———————j»+»>-2 <> _____ The Van Leuven Failure. A few years ago Mrs. J. J. Van Leuven bought a millinery stock of John Kendall for $5,000. About a year later, she sold it to her husband, taking a $10,000 mortgage for the same. In this condition, he has ear- ried on business for several years, haying found jobbers who were sufficiently anxious to sell goods to keep him fairly well stock- ed. He made an assignment a few days ago, when it was ascertained that he had bought $25,506.94 worth of goods during the months of March, April and May. Besides the above general creditors, his wife is a preferred creditor to the amount of $10,244.- 44 making his liabilities $35,751.38. This sum is distributed among 89 creditors, in amounts varying from $1.21 to $1,373.61. The only Michigan. creditor—outside of Mrs. Van Leuven—is the Coronet Corset Co., of Jackson, which is ‘‘in” to the extent of $116.55. ———_ 2 EK. I. Hewes, the Newaygo general dealer, recently captured a summer pike in Muske gon River weighing 2144 pounds. A ~ snhi Brief Epistle from Mr. Bilson. The Michigan Tradecwal. Cant Hoox Corners, May 29, 1885. | Editor of THE TRADESMAN: DEAR Str—I see the next issue of Tire | TRADESMAN is to be a “boot and shoe edi- 'tion,” I would like to boot Snooks all over | town. | Isee Snooks writhes around like a wound- ed serpent under my constigation. Every- one says that my exposure of his real char- | acter was just, and that it is time he was | placed in his true light before the commun- | ity. | Snooks’ claim that I ever compromised with my creditors is false, and I challenge him to prove the statement. On the other hand, I learn that he failed for over $6,000 a cent. I am so angered over his false allusions to me and my business that I have concluded to pulverize him at the first opportunity. | So you need not be surprised if you hear of a hand-to-hand conflict before many more days elapse. And I mean to do the job up so thoroughly that Snooks won’t be able to write to you for at least a month. Regarding the lady’s correspondence I have nothing to say. I am above so low a piece of business as begging a lady to exalt my virtues and abuse my rivals. When I get as low as that I shall retire from trade and get the Legislature to change my name to Snooks. SOLIMAN SNOOKS. Further Denials—Additional Criminations —Encounter Anticipated. Cant Hook Corners, May 29, 1885. Mister Editer of Traidesman. DEAR Str—I don’t suppose there is very much use of my bothering to write to you much more, becoss I see most every one at the Corners is writing now for your paper. T see you have published Sister Spriggs’ let- ter. I told her she had better not rush into print, but she insisted on it. I think you will like her, for she is anoble little woman, if Lam any judge. It is mean in old Bilson to lie about her and me, just because the old tyke is mad and jealous. The fact is, he has been sneaking after her ever since Bro. Spriggs departed this life and she nev- er did like him at all. Bilson don’t take very well among the women folks any way. The fair sect can see at a glance that he isa stingy old cuss and would starve a woman to death. He is a pretty bird to talk about “buying in” Snooks’ stock. Why, he coodent bid in a settin hen if she was closin out on bank- rupt sale. Besides all that, I will engage to pay Phil. Bilson 125 cents on a dolar for any note or mortgage he can produce with my name on it. He is honest enough in one thing I notiss. That is in lettin out what his scheme is. He wants to run the whole town and have the people at his mercy. Heavens! how he would skin ’em. He is bad enuff now with me to watch him. He sells a ground coffee that I know has not got a pound of coffee to a barrel of the stuff. I am trying to find out what he done with that load of sand he drew up to his shead last fall. Itis all gone, Yours exaltedly, PHILANDER BILSON. —___<& 9 .___— Try the Crescent Mills ‘tAll Wheat” flour, made by an entirely new process. Voigt Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Tete: ONY Luminous Bait IN THE WORLD. Patented Feb. 18, 1883. Re-issue Aug. 28, 1883. HARD AND SOFT RUBBER MINNOWS. No. 7, 70¢ each; No. 8, 80¢e each; No. 9, 90¢ each. FLYING HELGRAMITES. No. 0, 80c each; No. 1, 85e each; No. 2, 90c each; No. 3, $1 each. Samples of above Baits sent post paid on re- ceipt of price, or any three for $2. MALL. GLASS MINNOWS, TRIPLE HOOb FEATHERED, 60c each. SOFT RUBBER FROGS, TRIPLE HOOK FEATHERED, 60c each. SOFT RUBBER GRASSHOPPERS, SINGLE HOOK, 60¢ each. SOFT RUBBER DOBSON, SINGLE HOOK, 60e each. DEXTER TROLLING SPOON AND MINNOW Combined, Triple Hook Feathered, 60c each. AKRON TROLLING SPOON, Triple Hook Feathered, No.1, 50c each; No. 2, 55¢ each; No. 3, 60c each; No. 4, 65¢ each. Send for descriptive circulars and testimonials. “Liberal discount to the Trade. Enterprise Wife. Co., Akron, Ohio. Ed. Smikes says, and Bilson has done no plasterin. I say boldly that a man 8S Ore ae , typ) ne asic D : 2 that has been caught trimming the tails of SHIPPING BASKETS AND BOXES dried haddoe, so to pass them off for cod fish, has no cal] to stay in Michigan any longer, and he had better go back to Oberlin, Ohio, ——s ANUFAGCTURED AT = S ee MA j “all and marry that poor girl that he run away OTHE MICHIGAN BASKET_ FACTORY GFii¢ . : va Wi. WE Be -SOlNic from. She was the only female I guess an io 7 Shae that ever placed her affections on the old rooster and now she is working her fingers to the bone making shirts at 15 cents apeace to support herself and child. T had to laff when I read Bilson’s account of a meetin of ‘‘some of the best citizens” at his store. The “meetin” (?) consisted of Bilson. Old Potts, Jim Spooner (Lrefused to trust Jim for some whisky tother day), Job Strong, one of the biggest liars in the State, and Jack Serubbs, who only got par- doned out of State’s prison last Jan. by Gov. Begole. Nice lot of *‘best citizens,” I think! He is a liar when he says I tried to get out | a warrant against him for slander, but what I did do was to go and consult a lawyer about bringing a suit against him for asas- ination—of my character. The lawyer told me that I had better wait a little until Bil- son let out some more, then go for him. In the mean time, he had better not meet me in the street too close, for I may forget my profession and put a nose on him. Lam a good mind to go over and lick him T-JOSEPH, MICH, |||, JUDD cl CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Summer Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. Arg You woiig 10 Shelve a Store, Pall try oi Closet ? C If so, send for prices and fur- ther information. Tt 3 9. ttn Jo Eggleston & Patton's >A TENT AND Bracket Shelving trois Creates a NEw ERA in STORE FURNISH- 1nG. It entirely su- persedes the old style wherever in- ee troduced. any way. A cigar man from Detroit, Graw, was just in to see me, and he says named Me- Satisfaction Guaranteed All the Detroit men wont send a cent’s worth of infringe. x Ee ments pros goods to Bilson, except C. O. D. ated. Ses Ye WS Ifnottobe had from your local Hardware Dealer, send your orders di- rect to Torrance, Merriam & Co., Manufacturers TROY, N. Y. GA VOIGT & Ub. Proprietors of the TAR MILLS, Manufacturers of the following pop- As near as I can find out up to date, this Bilson used to live in Pennsylvania before he moved to Ohio. He lived ata place call- ed McKeesport and run a low lived saloon. He was driven from there by a band of min- ers who threatened to hang him on suspic- ion of murdering one of their comrads. There is an old gentleman now living in McKeesport, by the name of J. Maize, r. 0. Bx. 611, who knew Bilson 15 years ago and can give his record. If you dont believe me, just write and ask him, enclosing stamp and I dare say he will inform you. It is not very allfired pleasant, Mr. Edi- tor, to devote all iny letter to that old scoun- drel, instead of telling you the news about the Corners, but his aligations which any aligator ought to be ashamed of, has forced me into it. ene e et) Yours Hotly, SoLIMAN SNOOKS, jé D., J. B. and P. MM. [Since the above was in type, THE TRADESMAN has received a telegram from Mr. Wilkins, of Grombleton, stating that Mr. Snooks and Mr. Bilson met Saturday in front of the blacksmith shop and had a ter- rific encounter, lasting about an hour. Snooks has since telegraphed for a barrel of arnica and seven pounds of court plaster. Ep. | ular brands of Flour. “STAR,” “QOLDEN SHEAF,” “LADIES’ DELIGHT,” back in Indiana and never paid his creditors - And “OUR PATENT.” MUSEKECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 5. 5. MORRIS & BRO, PACKHEES AND Jobbers of Frowvisions, CANNED MBATS AND BUTTERS. CHOICE SMOKED MEATS A SPECIALTY. Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Streets. 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