VOL. 3. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1885. _ NO. Ul. y BEAN I want to buy BEANS. Parties hav- ing any can find a quick sale and better prices by writing us than you can pos- sibly get by shipping to other markets. Send in small sample by mail and say how many you have. W. T LAMOREAUL, AGT. 71 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS, LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Successor to P. Spitz,) MICH. SOLE AGENT OF Fermentum, The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., ARCADE, GRAND KAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Grocers and Bakers who wish to try “FERMENTUM” can get samples and full directions by addressing or applying to the above. _G, HUYS & UU, No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. (Vr) mo) Soe iD Send for Price-List. Orders by mail re- ceive prompt atten- tion. THF PERKINS WIND MILL ISad SHG Ang It has beenin constant use for 15 years, with a record equalled by none. WAR- RANTED not to blow down unless the tower goes with it; or against any wind that does not disable substantial farm usiihines: to be perfect; to outlast and do better work than any other mill made. Agents wanted, Address Perkins Wind Mill & Ax Co., Mishawaka, Ind. Mention Tradesman. EATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of ' W. Venable & Co.'s PETERSBURG, VA., PLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, ec. BLUE RETER, ' SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. DRYDEN & PALMER'S ROCK CANDY. Unquestionably the best in the market. As clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. John Caulfield, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids ALBERT COYE & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF AWNINGS, TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Ete. %3 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich, VvoraT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO., Importers and Jobbers of STAPLE AND FANCY Dry Goods OVERALLS, PANTS, Etc., our own make. A complete Line of TOYS, FANCY CROCKERY, and FANCY WOODEN-WARE, our own importation, for holiday trade. solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices gurranteed. A WORD TO RETAIL GROCERS Ask your wholesale grocer for Talmage Table Rice. It is equal to the best Carolina and very much lower in price. ALWAYS PACKED IN 100 POUND POCKETS. Dan Talmage’s Sons, New York. Sweei (6 Laundry Soap MANUFACTURED BY OSBERNE, HOSICK & CO, CHICAGO, ILL. PEIRCE & WHITE, JOBBERS OF CHOICE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, Plug, Fine Cut and Smok- ing Tobaccos, 1] Specially Adapted to the Trade. We earry a full line ef Seeds of every variety, 79 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. both for field and garden. -arties in want should SEED t write to or see the (RAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. 71 CANAL STREET. THE RICKARD LADDER! Two Ladders in one—step and extension. Easily adjusted to any hight. Self-support- ing. No braces needed. Send for illustrated price-list. RICKARD BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich. ARTHUR R. ROOD, ATTORNEY, 48 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Collections a Specialty Ir is valuable. The At # Grand Rapids MMIFLE’ Business College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send for Journal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, JOBBER OF Milwankee Star Brand Vinegars. Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, full strength and warranted absolutely pure. Send for samples and prices. Arcade, Grand Rapids, Mich. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. JODDYD cctv CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. SHERWOOD HALL.” MARTIN L. SWEET. ESTABLISHED 1865. Brown, Hall & C0. JOBBERS OF Wool Robes, Fur Robes, Horse Blafikets, Write for Special Prices. Nos. 20 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids. SAWDUST BRICK. A Patent Bound (in the Inventor’s Mind) | to Revolutionize the Lumber Trade. From the Michigan Manufacturer. He walked into the mill office with a far away look in his eyes aud sat down by the manager’s private desk. When the latter finished the letter he was writing and look- ed up the visitor was busy removing bottles from a valise that had all the ragged ear- marks of having been through an Ohio elec- tion. He put a bottle containing red fluid be- side a smaller one with yellow coloring mat- ter, eyed the combination critically fora moment, and added another bottle with blue contents. The contrast of colors seemed to satisfy him and he placed the bottles on the desk, borrowed a match to light the very damp stub of a very bad cigar and leaned back in his chair with a pleased look on a face that seemed to have eluded soap and water for any number of years. “Ever figure on the enormous waste to the lumber trade by the unscientific manner in which sawdust is handled?” He asked the question with a letter-head in one hand anda pencil in the other, and the manager looked as though he would give a month’s salary to escape the columns of figures growing under his visitor’s nimble fingers. “You see,” the visitor went on without waiting for a reply. ‘‘You see there’s mil- lions of cubic feet of sawdust wasted every year. Now, sawdust is lumber, and a waste of lumber simply means a waste of produc- tion. See? Ihave studied night and day for years on a plan to check this mighty loss to the commerce of the world, and at last I have met with success.” He helped himself to a cigar lying on the desk, lighted it from the stub in his mouth and leaned forward with the air of a man who expected the manager to stop the mill and bring the hands in to congratulate him. “Yes, sir,” he added, ‘I have met with success at last, and it can be expressed in one word. You couldn't it now, I suppose?” The stranger waved his cigar at the array of bottles on the table and waited. The manager gave it up. “Then Dl tell you,” said the stranger, ‘*it’s cement.” The victim at the desk wished he hadn’t left his revolver at home, and wondered if any of the clerks would happen in before his crank of a visitor had taken his life. “Yes, sir, nothing but cement,” and the stranger uncorked the red bottle and held it up to the light. ‘‘I have some of it here. It’s thin, as you see, but it’s powerful. No- tice how carefully I avoid getting it on my hand? That’s to avoid accidents. Over in Wisconsin the other day a man got his hand into a vat of the stuff and he hasn’t been able to use it since. Filled up the pores and tnrned it into a substance resembling stone. He’s going to travel with a dime museum next winter as the celebrated Eastern fire- handler.” The stranger recorked the bottle and set it back beside the biue one. “Now, you run your sawdust from the mill into a vat with moulds at the bottom, press it into the moulds, saturate it with my patent fluid, and what do you have? Brick! Brick for building purposes!” The manager walked to the window and looked out, resolved to run the risk of breaking his neck jumping if his visitor’s insanity took a dangerous fori. “Yes, sir, red brick if you use red cement, blue brick if you use blue, and yellow if you use the yellow fluid. See? Down East they are buying all three and putting up fancy cottages. Will they re- tain their form and not crumble away? Well, I should say so. Out West where eyclones grow to full size in about three seconds, every man has his name stamped in each brick so they can be identified and reclaimed every time his house blows down. They never break. The cement possesses so strong an affinity for woody fibers that it would almost gather up the pieces of a brick if any machine could be found strong enough to break one. That’s the secret of the in- vention—that’s aor kept me awake nights for so many years. The manager was about to risk from the window when aman with bar in his hand came into the office down to await orders. ‘*That’s the secret of the whole business,” repeated the stranger. ‘‘Last summer a man down in Indiana built a house out of my brick. After he got it done he found he would have to mortgage his place to get money to clear the timber off a wood lot next to.it. While he was down town rais- ing the money a cyclone came up and blew the house down. But he didn’t lose any- thing by it. The brick flew for that wood lot like a flock of birds and broke off every tree close to the ground. The wind was in that direction, of course, but the peculiar guess a jump a crow- and sat properties of the cement guided the brick | square up to the trees. Break? No, sir. He f every brick in less than a week and rebuilt his house.” The man with the crowbar started toward the door, but the manager called him back | “recipe for making it. and stepped over by the chair where he sat. | “T’m not selling the fluid cement, mind,” | continued the stranger. ‘‘I’m that and so much royalty on every thousand brick. Isold a county right in New York last year and the man that bought it is run- ning for Congress now. He had a little hard luek at first on account of putting too strong cement into a carload of wooden legs he manufactured out of pine sawdust. The cement was so strong that the legs pulled up the sidewalks wherever the men went, and the manufacturer had to call them all in. One one-legged soldier who bought a leg of him was arrested because he left his leg out in the yard one night and the next morning all his neighbors’ wood was piled up around it. I tell you this to show you how ecare- fully the cement must be used. If you want a county right I wouldn’t mind stopping long enough to show you how—” The manager had been creeping slowly toward the door for some moments and he now dodged out, leaving the stranger with the wonderful cement trying to talk the man with a crowbar into building a red brick sawdust house with blue trimmings. ALFRED B. Tozer ——--_~>_ -¢ <> A Tradesman’s Philosophy. “If you’re real anxious t’? hey yer neigh- bors talk about you an think of you, jest buy a dog an’ tie him in th’ back yard.” ‘‘When a feller says it’s ‘as broad as ’tis sit he means that it’s all square I ee on.” ***Th’ more you stir up yer seza dry-goods man t’? me, sez ger it takes ’em to settle.’ ” ‘Tl’ smaller an’ meaner a man is, th’ big- ger he allers talks.” “When lm in danger from accidents 0’ any kind IL allers prefers absence 0’ body t’ presence 0’ mind.” ‘“‘Not more’h one man in ten thousand dies by pizen, yet th’ mere mention of pizen strikes us with horror. Hundreds 0’ people die from intemperance—yet it hain’t feared very much, it strikes . customers,’ he, ‘th’ lon- me.” “Lt Dlieve in honorin’ th’ dead just th’ saine’s you'd honor ’em if they was alive.” ““Allers keep good-natured when you eat Laughing is t best aid t? digestin’, an’ a man that’s mad when he eats can’t tell whether he’s chawin’ bD’iled caullyflower or stewed umbrellers.” ‘‘Never give way in trifles, ’cause there’s no tellin’ how soon you might be called on t? give way in matters o’ importance.” a -—S-

+ No Use for It. From the Muskegon News. A Muskegon lumberman sat in the front oflice of the Occidental the other evening with his feet elevated to the top of the table surrounded by a knot of gentlemen to whom he was describing the beauties, ex- cellencies and advantages of a certain kind of saw, which he had in hismill. The gen- tlemen were evidently pleased—all except one fellow, who had a half-civilized cow-boy look about him and sat a little way apart. When the sawmill man had completed his description he leaned back in his, chair to await the comments of the party. “Say, mister,” said the lonesome looking man ‘‘you couldn’t give away such a saw as that where I live.” The sawmill man looked at the stranger amazement, and growled out: ‘I Well, where in thunder do ean scheme in couldn’t, eh? you live?” “My shanty’s on the prairie near Ft. Dodge, Kansas.” After a moment or two of silence the stranger strolled into the reading room, and a few minutes later the sawmill man and his friends were describing circles with their arms at the bar. >> Patent Applied For. ***Round again?” he asked, as the dun put his head in the door. “Yes, and Pll stay ’round until I get square.” You pay so much for | | | | | | Blunders of the Wire. | From the London Standard. selling the | It seems, indeed, as if the transmission of messages was superintended by some tel- egraphie Puck, whose special delight is to commit malicious perversities in the sense of messages, for no other purpose, appar- ently, but to gratify his predilections for practical joking. To some his pleasantries may cause amusement, but they are more frequently productive of embarrassment. How friendly greetings passing between families have been altered, what dreadful suspense and alarm has been caused among households and perturbation among busi- ness men, through the hidden telegraphic imp, none but those who have,been victim- ized can fully appreciate or understand. A gentleman once telegraphed asking that a horse might be sent to’the railway station to meet him, and was surprised to finda hearse instead. A prominent statesman was accused of delaying work through an ‘‘unfortunate idleness,” when the honorable gentleman’s ‘‘illness” was the sause of the delay. From being ‘‘bad” a man was made ‘‘dead,” and one that was “no worse” became ‘‘no through telegraphie agency. are times made to read precisely opposite to what is meant by the sender, and trouble and disappointment are frequently by these perverted communications. ‘Send check this afternoon” has become ‘‘send chaise this afternoon;” ‘‘your bacon” has been transmitted into ‘tyour hanker;” ‘‘lin- seed oil” has been converted into ‘‘linseed meal:” ‘fifteen wagons” into ‘‘fifteen tons;” “clothes” have been made ‘‘soles;” ‘‘sold” made ‘“unsold;” and the announcement “salmon received” has been changed into ‘balloon received.” When meetings are ar- ranged through the medium of the tele- graph, it occasionally happens that the time and place of meeting are altered. Sunday has a decided tendency to become Monday. Tuesday is liable to be made Thursday, and the first train has been altered into the last train, while places of meeting have been changed or converted into something that was painfully perplexing to the recipients. “Constantinople among the grocers” was a rather unintelligible announcement, and the changing of the request ‘‘send no more” in- to ‘send on more” was calculated to pro- duce annoyanee. Here is a curious piece of composition which a telegraph clerk turned out: ‘‘Speaker urged a compliment con- cerning the desirability of their cause and the hounds of the execution.” ‘This being interpreted meaneth, ‘“The speaker urged a complaint concerning the desertion of their cause at the hands of the executive.” St. Vitus’ seems to have puzzled an operator, for he rendered it *‘vile dance,” a defini- tion which the unfortunate sufferer might not have disputed. The phrase ‘‘antiqui- ties of the church” once got an operator in- to trouble, for he had the audacity to write “iniquities of the chureh,” which must have shocked the ‘unco’ guild. A paper had to apologize for having—through a telegraphic error—in the report of an unsavory lawsuit referred to a ‘‘religious” instead of a ‘‘lit- igious” family. There can be no question but the clerk who wrote ‘‘subterranean tav- erns,” when ‘‘eaverns,” was intended, must have been suffering from the effects of a re- cent visit to some underground liquor shop. legislative ” ” more, Messages some- -aused >.> How They Make it Out. “Who is that old dutfer?” asked the new groceryman of the milkman, as a well dress- ed man went by. ‘Why, he’s one of our most trusted citi- zens,” was the eloquent reply. “Tow do you make that out? He has been owing mea bill ever since I came here.” “*That’s just how we make it out,” laugh- ed the milkman gleefully, and the grocery- man seratched his head till he caught on. SCG. Enea OE Not long ago a train on a prominent rail- road, in Minnesota, earried a jolly party of five St. Paul commercial travelers. They were bound to different points and whiled away the time with stories more witty than nice. In one of the passenger coaches was a wan-faced woman, neatly but poorly dressed, in whose arm was a sleeping baby. Just as the train left a small station the baby began to breathe unnaturally, and in a few moments had passed away. ‘The grief of the mother can be better imagined than described. She was among strangers and far from her home and friends. Inquiries revealed the fact that she was entirely des- titute of money, and the officers of the road were compelled by duty to require some dis- position of the body to be made. The story spread through the train and then the laugh in the drummer’s car was stilled, the idle jest ceased its rounds. They went to the side of the afflicted mother, and .in voices as gentle as a woman’s tendered manly sympathy. Tender hands took the dead child from the arms which held it in their agonized grasp, while, without a word, five put suflicient funds into the hands of one of their number. A. little coffin was telegraph- ed for at the next station, the express charges away out on the frontier were cheer- fully paid, and the mother given $50 in cash, An Unwise Expedient. From the Michigan Manufacturer. The practice which many manufacturers pursue, of cutting down prices in dull times, with a view to inerease sales, has little to recommend it, and for a variety of reasons is injurious to general business. The man- ufacturer who resorts to this plan seldom realizes his expectations as regards the in- crease of his sales, and often finds himself The ten- deney of his action is toward demoralization His must gener- a serious loser by the operation. and lack of confidence in the markets. competitors, to meet the reduction, also reduce their pricees—which they ally do without delay—so that any advyan- tage which might result to him who leads in the cutting business (if his competitors maintained their regulated, not mand. peo- ple purchase an article because they need it, not because it is rates) is lost. Sales are so much by prices as by de- In times of great depression, cheap. Redueing prices has little effect in stimulating a sluggish de- mana. money tempt people by low prices. Even cheap articles are dear when little avail to In such times the great bulk of trade is in necessaries, not in luxuries; and no manufacturer need sell necessaries at ruinously low prices, for peo- ple must and will have them at any price. Another effect of the habit of cutting is to weaken general business. There is close sympathy between the fluctuations of prices and the demands of current trade. Ona rising market, sales improve; and improy- ing sales strengthen and confirm a rising market. Improving prices create confidence in a still further rise, and jobbers and spee- ulators come forward with their dueats to reap the benefit of the advance. Hence it is that advancing prices invariably go hand in hand with increasing business activity. But the reverse obtain. When prices begin to descend there are al- ways plenty of persons who think values will go lower, and who therefore withhold their investments until more favorable oppor- tunities present The down- ward tendency weakens confi- dence; and the contidenece in turn reacts upon prices, through the preva- lent mistake which many dealers and manu- facturers make of offering their wares at prices little above the actual cost of produc- Thus the ul- to reduce rather is searce, hence it is of conditions also themselves. of prices weakening of tion—sometimes even at less. timate effect of cutting is than increase sales. It is more easy to go dewn hil! than to go up. The basis of low prices once establish- under business ed, to restore the old except the stimulus of an extraordinary revival, is slow and difficult. The er who gets in the habit of buying goods at prices purchas- cheated when a price is demanded which will afford a living profit. The publie form their ideas of values by comparisons, and stubbornly cost, grumbles and believes himself resist all efforts to advance prices when a low standard has been Under such conditions, the cheap imitator of ster- ling goods is enabled to get in perfect work, furnishing an inferior article at a cost which satisfies the most exacting require- ments as to cheapness, but which in instances proves a very expensive ment in the long run. If every honorable manufacturer, in what- ever line of industry he may be engaged, would fix upon his products a price which would afford a fair margin of profit, and rigidly adhere to his established rates, there would be less bankruptcy, less cut-throat competition, and less industrial and com- mercial demoralization in the land. een lip Apnea A Great Engineering Work. From the Michigan Manufacturer. One of the most notable of the recent achievements of engineering skill is the movable or adjustable dam lately completed in the Ohio river, at Davis Island. This great Work is expected to benefit, material- the Upper Ohio, by raising the water the river above it to such aheight that the most heavily-laden river vessels can navigate the stream with- out difficulty at all seasons of the y If these expectations are fully the importance of the work ean seareely be overestimated, as the river heretofore been practically unnavigable for a consider able portion of each year on account of low water. The dam was nine years ago, and its total cost has been nine hun- dred thousand dollars. The annual cost of maintenance is estimated at six thousand dollars. The dam is built in four seetions, and comprises a navigable pass 559 feet wide, and three weirs, which are respective- ly 226 feet, 226 feet, and 218 feet in width each. The weirs are provided with wickets which can be opened in cases of freshet, to allow the surplus water to escape, thus maintaining a nearly uniform depth of water in the river for many miles above the dam at all times. This dam is not altogether an experiment similiar ones being in sueeess- ful operation in Europe. That which was taken as the model of the Davis Island dam is at Port a Anglais, on the Seine a few miles above Paris. established. his most invest- ly, the commerce of in ar. realized, has begun © < Freed Bros., of Frontier, have accepted a bonus of $2,500 from Hillsdale business men, and will erect a 100-barrell flouring mill in the latter city. : \ the Mikoan Tradesman, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE stock from South Division street to Plain- donna AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. VanGiesen & Co. have removed their drug Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State, | field avenue. | Terms $1 a year im advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1885. I 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 KR. D. Swartout, two years. Putnam, Joseph Houseman. ‘Transportation Committee—Samuel Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Mussejinan. Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. ; Manufacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright, E. 8. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. : Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Sears, | «2 ~Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. | The “Grand Rapids Collection Agency, Hi. A. Brooks, manager,” is a new candi- date for trade patronage. The character of the “manager” is such as will lead mer- chant#to give the concern a wide berth. iii The paper on “Antidotes to be directed | on poison labels,” which is given entire on the drug page of this issue, is one of the most ‘valuable contributions to practical pharmacy ever made by a Michigan writer. Itaffords Tim TRADESMAN no small pleas- ure to beable to give this paper to the pub- lic ahead of any of its contemporaries. +> A St. Louis drug company recently re- ceived a package of aloes tied up in a monkey skin. A writer ina Western paper thinks this method of packing rather rough on the monkeys, as it takes thirty or more of the - Jittle fellows to furnish wrappings fora sin- _ | seiman & Loveridge furnished the stock. | pine in the vicinity of Lumberton, about ' 25,000,000 feet, and are undecided as to | their future field of operation. time this year than in any previous season in the history of our house,” said_a repre- Arbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W. | sentative grocery jobber the other day. | Chaufty & Whipple, general dealers at Kingsley, has engaged in the grocery busi- ness at that place. John Caulfield furnished | been greatly overdone in that city. traded the building adjoining his drug store, , The Enterprise Furniture Co. , doing a re- | manufacture of cigar boxes at Jackson. E, A. STOWE, Editor. ‘tail business on South Division street, is _ closing out and will go out of business. R. J. Side, furniture dealer at Kent City, 1as added a line of groceries. Fox, Mus- Barnhart & J udson have eut out all their ‘““We have sold more cheese up to this Geo. W. Chaufty, formerly of the firm of the stock. C. E. Arnold, of the firm of J. H. Arnold & Son, manufacturers of mill picks and edge tools at Lyons, was in town on the 28th and 29th, arranging for the engraving in- cident to an illustrated catalogue. Carpenter & Grant, druggists at Man- celona, were closed up on the 24th ult. ona chattel mortgage held by L. M. Handy and filed only two days previously. Several Grand Rapids creditors are interested in the matter. ails and tubs have declined 50 cents per dozen, in consequence of lively cutting among the manufacturers, pending a renew- al or discontinuance of the pool arrange- ment. The question of combination or open competition will probably be settled to-day. The Farmer Roller Mill Co. is arranging to put sixty incandescent electric lights in its works, and is building a dynamo for that purpose and an engine to drive the same. The officers of the corporation report good sales on the Farmer roll, especially in the East and Southwest. Quay, Killen & Co.’s new stave and head- ing mill, at Bailey, has a daily capacity of 30,000 flour barrel staves, 25,000 sets flour barrel heading, 10,000 pork barrel and tierce staves and 2,000 circled pork and tierce heading. The works arenow all completed, with the exception of the dry kiln. Perkins & Co. have just shipped a double blocker to E. Baird & Co., of Hague, Fla. The machine will cut thirty inch shingles, and has a forty-eight inch saw—the largest ever used in a shingle machine turned out of this market. The firm has also shipped a similar machine to the Moultrie Steam Sawiill Co., at St. Augustine, Fla., which will be used for cutting orange box stnff. The Gunn Hardware Co. has most of its stock in and the work of arranging the same is being rapidly carried forward. It is ex- pected that active operations will be begun in about thirty days, at which time Manager Sheeran says that four men will be put on the road and that the territory covered will reach from Duluth on the North to South Bend on the South. AROUND THE STATE. G. W. Snover, general dealer at Juniata, has failed. Marshall & Robbins succeed Jas. Post in trade at Clarksville. Samuel S. Trevett, grocer at Muskegon, has sold out to his clerk. H. H. Robinson, general dealer at Elmira, has removed to South Arm. W. Hi. Keeler succeeds Daniel Weston in the drug business at Buchanan. Dr. W. H. Taylor succeeds E. N. Dundass in the drug business at Ludington. Thos. Curry sueceeds Atkinson & Curry in the saloon business at Escanaba. Cal. Wagner, late of Grand Rapids, has engaged in trade at Elk Rapids. J. J. Wright has bought the Archie Mc- Dougal grocery stock, at Chippewa Lake. Chas. H. Eaton sueceds Ball & Eaton in the hardware business at Harber Springs. Fred. J. Keil, general dealer at Rogers City, has been closed on chattel mortgage. Ss. & J. Cahn, hide, pelt and tallow deal- ers at Kalamazoo, have dissolved, each con- tinuing. E. D. Abbott, of Sherman, has removed J. IL. Hutchinson has purchased the cloth- ing and dry goods stock of S. Shaffner, at Fennville. Myr. Shaffner will go to Kansas City. Hi. F. Hamilton has added a line of gro- ceries to his notion business at Sand Lake. J. H. Thompson & Co. furnished the stock, Thos. Ferguson placing the order. Baughman & Rarden, druggists at Wood- land, have dissolved, G. D. Barden contin- uing. Dr. Baughman has disposed of his practice to Dr. Benson, late of Sunfield, and contemplates going to Germany to com- plete his medical studies. Witkowsky & Jacobs, clothiers at Man- Liabilities, $7,000; assets small. Apropos of the failure, the Man- istee Times says the clothing business has Allegan Tribune: H. P. Dunning has in which the Model boot and shoe store is situated, for the drug store of Mills & Lacey, in Grand Rapids, and will for the present run both stores, employing competent as- hundred weight of the : 3 tory at Elmira. ‘the Grand Haven Broom Co., and is meet- Bay City, have assigned. The Gripsack Brigade. John Schoonfeld is now on the road for MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Lacey & Hubbard will put in a handle fac- S. G. Rice & Sons, box manufacturers at | ing with good success. : C. B. Lambert, general traveling repre- Noll & Blessing sueceed Chas. Nollinthe | sentative for Davis & Rankin, of Chicago, is in town for a week or ten days. and engine are now on the ground. . fiends at Casnovia on day last week. Jas. Campbell, the Westwood merchant —Powney, the clever Lake Shore salesman and lumberman, has bought the A. T. Kel- for Reid, Murdock & Fischer, has made a logg sawmill near that place, and will here-' change and now carries samples for J. G. after operate the same. Flint, of Milwaukee. Manton Tribune: A. Green & Son’s The many friends of Will Hoops will be planing mill is nearly enclosed and the ma-' gjad to learn that sinee sojourning in Col- chinery is being placed in position and will | orddo his asthma has entirely disappeared, be ready for work before winter. | and that as soon as he has reason to think Manton Tribune: Williams Bros. have the relief is permanent, he will return to purchased the Wolford planing mill. They | Michigan and resume his position with W. will continue to manufacture last blocks and | 7, Quan & Co. add new and improved machinery in the, ©, Crawford started out Menday on his near future. ‘ initial trip for Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. He takes a portion of the territory formerly ‘ covered by Crookston and Mills, which will STRAY FACTS. Loomis & Embry have opened a meat | market at Rodney. _ enable the latter to take in some new South- Mrs. S. C. Fell has started a millinery | ern trade, and allow Crookston plenty of shop at Petoskey. ; ' time to cover the Upper Peninsula. D. W. Brady has purchased the furniture | The Morley correspondent of the Big stock of Elmer Morgan, at Morley. Rapids Current writes as follows of a trio E. Jackson has sold his meat market at) well known in this city: Charlie Robinson Centerville to Samuel McDonald. -and F. L. Furbish, of Grand Rapids, put in Wood & Ayers, proprietors of the Old City ' last Tuesday in the vicinity of Morley part- bakery at Big Rapids, have dissolved, Ayers ridge hunting. We have every reason to be- succeeding. | lieve that the boys will tell a straight story A Ravenna correspondent writes: Wheel- | —not like Dick Warner's trout stories. By er & Thatcher have gone into partnership | the way, Charlie, that boy got here with in the meat business. / two more just after the train left. We took A. M. Todd, the Nottawa peppermint oil | them all right. *‘No thanks.” dealer, has sold $13,000 worth of essential | It has been thought desirable to hold the oil to European dealers. ‘annual social party of the Grand Rapids W. W. Cummer, of the Cummer Lumber , traveling men this season sometime during Co., Cadillac, says that the band saw saves ithe week intervening between Christmas the company $13,000 annually. , and New Year's, in order that the greatest B. F. Colby has been admitted to partner- | number may be able to avail themselves of ship in the firm of Wright, Lumsden & | the opportunity of atttending. A meeting Colby, lumber operators at Alina. of all interested in the matter is hereby call- H. Belknap has sold a half interest in his | ed, to be heid at Tue TRADESMAN office meat business at Sturgis to L. K. Warfield. i Saturday evening, November 28, at which The new firm will be Belknap & Warfield. ‘time a full attendance is requested. John H. Baughart has sold his meat mar- Some traveler—whom THe TRADESMAN ket, at North Lansing, to W. F. Clark. Mr. surmises is Albert C. Antrim—who is now Baughart still retains his meat market at} making a tour of the South, favors this of- Lansing. fice with a copy of a Savannah paper con- The blower in Hannah, Lay & Co.’s plan- | taining an account of the repealing of the ing mill at Traverse City recently went to | “drummer tax” by the Common Council of pieces, scattering pieces of iron around at a | that city. ‘This practically does away with lively rate. Fortunately, no one was injured. the license fee, so far as Savannah is con- M. E. Wright has retired from the Lan- | cerned, and it is thought that the example sing Paper Co., at Lansing. The business thus set will have a salutory effect over sim- ilar measures pending in other Southern will be continued by A. Silverhorn and A. vat Silverhorn Jr., under tne same firm name. | cities. , A commercial drummer relates the follow- A Dorr correspondent writes: Our meat | market has changed bands from John Moore | ing experience: While traveling in Maine to Geo. Levitt & Co. Mr. Moore intends to he, in company with another drummer, had start for Mancelona next week to open a- oceasion to take the stage from Castine to a meat market there. ' small town away back in the mountains. The Eaton & Merritt tract of pine on Knife They were the only occupants of the trap, river, Duluth district, was lately sold to which was a shackly old affair, and just as Osterhout & Hughart, of this city, for $36,- | they arrived at the summit midway between , the two places the vehicle yawned, cracked, 000. The tract is estimated to contain 36,- | 090,000 feet of stumpage, the price being | and went down in a regular ‘‘one-hoss thus just $1 a thousand. | shay” fashion, a hopeless wreck. There The Cleveland Woodenware Co., of Mid- was nothing to do for the travelers but to land City, has begun the construction of a) wait until the driver could go back to Cas- road which is to be about twenty miles in tine and fetch another wagon, andas dinner length, and will run southwest into the | Was the first thing they thought of they township of Mount Haley, in the same} made their way to the only house in sight county. It will open up a fine section of | —a slab shanty a short distance away. Find- country to trade and travel, besides giving | ing the lady of the house in the front yard, the company a means of bringing in raw they told her their misfortune and asked if material for consumption in its factory. {she could for a consideration furnish them —__—~- -2- << __—_ | dinner. “There haint no meat nor taters Purely Personal. ‘in the house, gentlemen, and we drinked D. Vinton, of the firm of D. Vinton &_ the last coffee this mornin’, so I don’t see as Son, general dealers at Williamsburg, was | T can accomodate you. in town Monday. | there’s a little flour left, andif you can man- Thos. S. Freeman, who has been laid up | age to git along on trout and strawberry for five weeks with a sprained ankle, was | shorteake and cream I’ll fix ’em up forjyou.” able to be out on the street Monday. | It is needless to say the travelers accepted. S. M. Vail, representing the Arbuckle | Bros. Coffee Co., of New York, was in town Monday, interviewing the jobbing | trade. : Ui. F. Idema, local manager of Brad- street’s agency, has gone North, and will take in Big Rapids, Reed City and Cadillac before returning. Christian Bertsch, of the firm of Rindge, Bertsch & Co., left Monday fora three or four weeks’ stay at the Eastern boot and shoe manufacturing centers, for the purpose of picking out goods for next spring’s trade. Fred. H. Ball, formerly with the National City Bank, but for the past two years book- | keeper for Barnhart & Judson, has entered the employ of Cody, Ball & Co., and will | © begin at the bottom and work his way up- ward. Fred. is a deserving young man, and is destined to make his mark in the jobbing | The increase of the socialistic tendency world. ‘in eentral Europe is attracting nearly as Jas. Fox, of the firm of Fox, Musselman | puch attention in Austria as in Germany. & Loveridge, leaves next Monday for Sioux | One outcome in the former country has been City, Iowa, where he will engage in the gro- | unexpectedly discovered in the marked de- cery brokerage business. Mr. Fox is com-' ¢jjne in the prices of Austrian railway pelled to make a change of residence by rea-| shares. This is explained on the ground son of a sudden and severe attack of | that the government, having purchased sev- asthma, with no probability of relief so long | eral railways, has forced private companies as he is exposed to the rigors of the Michi- ‘to reduce their tariffs, and also as due di- gan climate. For the present, he will re- | rectly to the levying of protective duties, tain his interest in the jobbing firm with | thus reducing the quantity of freight carried which he has been identified for several | by the roads. years, but if the change effects an improve- | ment in his health, he will dispose of his in- | terests here and remove his family to Sioux City. Mr. Fox is well qualified for the bokerage business, having been engaged in : the ite business cate years, about E. J. Savage, ee of the Coopersville ‘cheese factory, was in town Saturday. He half the time as a jobber. . : . . é / ceased operations for the season on Friday, ee L. H. Bailey, Jr., Professor of Horticul- having enjoyed an exceptionally good sum- ture at the Agricultural College, writes THE | mer’s business, considering the fact that it TRADESMAN, in response to an enquiry was the first year the factory wasrun. Mr. from the editor, that nothing in the direc-| Savage and his maker, Wm. H. Dorgan, A. tion of cranberry culture has ever been done | Lawton, a patron, and D. Cleland, the gen- A Line Worth Seeing. Chas. E. Watson, S. A. Maxwell & Co.’s i well-known salesman, will open his full line of samples at Sweet’s Hotel next Mon- day, the 9th, and continue the exhibition for ' two weeks. His line comprises everything |/new and nobby in stationery and holiday goods, wallpapers, window shades, ete. _< seers Austrian Railway Share Speculation. > > <> Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. The Ovid creamery has sold $50,000 worth of butter within the past eight months. Philadelphia Correspondence Texas Siftings. phia among wholesale druggists than R. H. Stewart, the confidential clerk of George G. | gist’s Association, which met a few days | But come to think, | ROMANCE OF THE PESTLE. | with cireulars describing in glowing terms ‘their virtues. After awhile, employer and Three Philadelphians in a Group which | ; eee |employee were married, on condition, as th . ; is Whele Werks Carnet Baal | said, that she should give up her own hum- There is nobody better known in Philadel- | ble family, and know no. relatives but his. | The druggist had already. become a million- aire. He purchased at the corner of Chest- i nut and Nineteenth stréets, a large lot, and A. W. Dodge will establish shortly 2 Gus. Sharp, Valda Johnston and Geo. |Green, the millionaire manufacturer of | _— . clothes-pin factory at Morley. ‘he boiler yfolloway appeared in the role of free lunch | Woodbury. The National Wholesale Drug-- began building on it what has been already ; acknowledged as Philadelphia’s most mag- since in the Quaker City, saw a good deal of | nificant house, and was for years considered r m uf iw? * - i . . . Mr. Stewart, but was probably ignorant to ra Cop are private residence in the a man of an extraordinarily ridiculous story niter States. But care, and as the story published—and yet publicly uncontradicted ‘oe wr wie OE relstions, crept tm 9 —in a moming paper to the effect that Mr the back door of the white marble palace. Stewart was ‘‘missing.” ‘‘Mysterious dis- The wife’s mother was cruelly charged with appearances” are so frequently chronicled in coming stealthly for food, ete., into the ser- the daily press that they have ceased to ex- | vant’s hall. Dissentiay. came, and then cite the old-time horror which surrounded death took ad the master. There had them. Indeed, a man may hardly stay out | been sons by a former wife, both of whom lare , sort . deny moa < tot an hour or two longer than usual at lunch in! are now living; Le Bar Jayne, a rising ieiae diene without some {fodien “did | young lawyer, and Horace Jayne, a devoted woman” or over-anxious friend or business student of pathology, and a professor in the we TInivaretty " ver besavwet win Tet associate running to the police aboutit. Mr. | University of Pennsylvania. Both are high- ros 4 % ay i" » S 2 » j ¢ ie + » Stewart hadn’t disappeared at all, but this ly esteemed citizens of Philadelphia. But the incident, in his quiet but interesting career, — Seon palace 6 Merete ee suggests to me that his employer and two the widow, who was so long ambitious to 5 ? i a » ‘bahe virdalo P Mile » ; others—all manufacturing druggists in their . pvr ey - le of I hiladelphia time, and all, I am compelled to say, nota- | Socie y: No fashionable entertainments ble cranks—constitute, by virtue of millions ever light up the gorgous interior of what s s ; Dy . ‘ , ry and palatial residences, and romantic lives, | looks more like . tomb ae . rhe the most extraordinary group of its kind, I strange provision ot the dead man’s will bttowe: in the wall that no intoxicating liquor should ever be ? . | . . 6 Silver—Nitrate of (lunar cautic) Special Strychnine, and its salts Group 7 Stramoniuwm, and its preparations oe Sulphurets of the Alkalies 3 Tin—Muriate Solution of aie | Veratrum Viride, and its preparations *‘ 7 Veratrum Album (white hellebore) ~ 4 Veratrine ve Zine—Chloride of 2 ‘+ Sulphate of (white vitriol) da TREATMENT. For poisons belonging to Group 1: Give white of eggs or flour mixed with water; then cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abundant draughts of warm water, give strong soap suds, chalk or soda with milk, demulcent drinks of flax- seed or slippery elm. For poisons belonging to Group 2: Give white of eggs or flour mixed with water; then cause vomiting by giving ateaspoonful of ground mustard and abundant draughts of warm water; give strong tea or coffee, soda with milk, demuleent drinks of flax- seed or slippery elm. For poisons belonging to Group 3: Give vinegar, oil and milk. For poisons belonging to Group 4: Apply cold affusions to the head; give stimulants; apply mustard poultice to the stomach; wash with spirits of champhor or vinegar; arouse the patient; give plenty of fresh air: artificial respiration. For poisons belonging toGroup 5: Cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abundant draughts of warm water; apply cold affusions; wash with spir- its of camphor; arouse the patient; give plenty of frsh air; artificial respiration. For poisons belonging to Group 6: Cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abundant draughts of warm water; give strong cold tea or coffee; apply cold affusions; keep the patient in constant motion; give demulcent drinks of flaxseed or slippery elm. For poisons belonging toGroup 7: Cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abundant draughts of warm water; give strong cold tea or coffee and powdered charcoal; give stimulants and de- muleent drinks; apply warmth to the ex- tremities: the recumbent position should be maintained. For poisons belonging to Group 8: Give epsom salts freely, dissolved in water; then cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abundant draughts of warm water; give milk or demulcent drinks. For arsenic and its preparations: Cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abundandant draughts of warm water; then give hydrated oxide of iron, dialyzed iron or magnesia, followed by oil, milk drinks. in abundance or mucilaginous For oxalic acid and its soluble salts: Give chalk, lime, whitawash from the wall or powdered wall-plaster with water. Lime- water is an antidote. Give one ounce castor oil. For nitrate of silver: Give solution of common salt; then cause vomiting by giving a teaspoonful of ground mustard and abun- dant draughts of warm water; give white of eggs or flour mixed with water. For convenience of reference the poisons mentioned above are here again presented in groups corresponding to the grouping of the antidotes, Group 1—Carbolie acid, muriatic acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, cobalt, creasote, nitro muriatic acid, tincture of io oil, oil of pennyroyal, oil of savin, oil of tansy, oil of rue, phosphorus, muriate solu- tion of tin. Group 2—Chromiec acid and its soluble salts, antimony tartrated (tartar emetic) muriate of antimony (butter of antimony) cantharides, tincture of cantharides, acetate of copper (verdigris), sulphate of copper (blue vitriol), delphinia, elaterium, the most active preparations of méreury, espec- ially ammoniated mercury (white precip- itate), bi-chloride of mercury (corrosive sub- limate) red oxide of mercury (red _precipi- tate), red sulphuret of mercury (vermilion), red iodide of mereury, green iodide of mer- eury, chloride of. zine, sulphate of zinc (white vitriol). Group 3—Caustic ammonia, caustic po- tassa, caustic soda. Group 4—Prussie acide, chloral hydrate, chloroform, cyanide of potassium, cyanide of the other alkalies, cyanide of mercury, oil of bitter almonds (also water of). Group 5—Cotton root and its prepara- tions, ether, compound spirits of ether (Hoffman’s anodyne), sulphurets of the al- kalies. Group 6—Coecculus indicus, colchicum seed and root and their preparations. cale- bar bean and its preparations, cannabis in- dica and its preparations, gelsenium and its preparations, hemlock, morphine and_ its salts, opium and its preparations (excepting paregoric), pituri and its preparations, san- tonine. Group 7—Aconite and its preparations, aconitine, atropia and its salts, belladonna and its preparations, digitalis and its pre- parations, ergot and its preparatiens, hen- bane, lobelia and its preparations, nux vom- ica and its preparations. nicotine, strych- nine and its salts, stamonium and its pre- parations, veratrum viride and its prepara- tions, veratrum album (white helebore), veratrine. Group 8—Baryta and its soluble salts. carbonate of baryta, acetate of lead (sugar of lead), carbonate of lead (white lead— flake white), oxide of lead (litarge), solu- tiion of subacetate of lead (Goulard’s ex- tract). Arsenic and its preparations have a spec- ial antidote lobel, also oxalic acid and its soluble solts, also nitrate of silver. One of the advantages secured by this system of labels is to diminish unnecessary expense. The cost of buying printed labels for each poison is so great that not one phar- macist in five hundred does so. Instead they buy for a few of the most common and use blank poison labels for the rest, writing the name of the article at the time of sale. The number of printed poison labels kept in five good drug stores in which I made inquiry was from two to forty-two. Blank labels were used for other poisons. Furthermore, four out of five druggists just referred to never wrote an antidote and that one very rarely; a fact which proves another advan- tage of the method of the labeling here pre- sented, and that is, it secures the directing of proper antidotes upon all poisons sold, and seems the only practical way of doing this. Many poisons are so seldomused that druggists will not buy special labels for them: while time and despatch are so nec- essary they will not stop to write more than the name. The number of different forms of labels required is eleven. That for nitrate of sil- ver should have the name of the poison printed upon it, since this form of label is designed only for one substance; while in all other cases the name of the poison is supplied by the druggist. FORM AND TRUE SIZE OF LABEL. ~ (Group—] POISON. TREATMENT. — DRUGGIST’S ADDRESS. The Drug Market. Business and collections are both satis- factory. The market has been remarkably steady, the only change of note being an ad- vance of 25 cents per pound on peppermint oil. This advance is likely to be followed by a still further upward movement in con- sequence of the active demand for the arti- cle in the cholera infected regions of Eu- rope. wes Soha } ~~. It Never Lags. From the National Druggist. That live trade paper of Grand Rapids, Tue MiIcHIGAN TRADESMAN, had a full report of the Michigan State Pharmaceuti- eal Association proceedings the week of the meeting. ——— -9- There is a boom in the peppermint oil market in Wayne county, N. Y. The prices paid for the oil vary from $2.85 to $2.95 per pound. The advance is due to heavy orders from. Europe, where immense quantities have been consumed this year in the treat- ment of cholera. It is believed that prices next season will be the highest ever known, and thousands of pounds of the oil are being held back with this expectation. Local pharmacists should not forget the meeting of the Grand Rapids Pharmaceuti-- cal Society, to be held on Thursday evening. The poison question will be discussed in all its bearings, and an interesting programme has been arranged. Drug clerks are espec- ially invited to attend and participate in the diseussion. The editor of Texas Siftings offers a farm as a prize for the answer tothis conundrum: “If a guest ean pay his bills every week, what use has he got for a fire escape, and if there is a fire escape why should he pay his bills at the end of the week?” - WHOLESALE PRIOE CURRENT. Advanced—Oil percent Declined—Nothing. ACIDS. Acetic, NO. Bio. . ose ccc eeees es 9 @ 1 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 COTTON gh a aw ee ee 34 @ 36 ee a es aes enka 60 @ 65 Muriatic 18 deg............+--+e+5+ 3 @ 5 Nitric 36 deg...........ee.eeseeee . Ie Ce dae canna barsteyes Rn @ i Sulphuric 66 deg...........-.+-+++- 3 @ 4 Tartaric powdered............---- 52 @ 55 Benzoic, English...........-- 8 Oz 18 Benzoic, German..........---:2+++ 122 @ bb TN oc ey a eas ne nsennes oe 122 @ AMMONIA. Carbonate... ......-.5--++eeee8 gh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22¢).......---05+++ 14 Aqua l6 deg or 3f... .-..---- sree ee 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f.........-++--++5+ 6 @ 7 BALSAMS. Copaiba .... 0.0... eee ee ee ee ee ences 40@45 ea a ea eee cae e 40 os ae eee 2 AT oa ca cv ccda aelce bats come ces 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ ll Cinchona, yellow........-++-++++5 18 Elm, select... .........0--s00+s- oad 13 Elm, ground, pure.......---- 4 14 Elm, powdered, pure........-.+-+- 15 Sassafras, Of root...........+--+++: 10 Wild Cherry, select ..........----+- BR Bayberry powdered...........---- 20 Hemlock powdered.........-.--+-+ 18 MOOG oo cook ca vad chs web ao cnt eds 040s 30 Soap ground, . ......--.eeeeeeeeee 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 95c).......--- @ 9 DUDIDOE .. os - ons evar ance nssnenes . 6 @ a Prickly Ash...... ee era Ny ... 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 i boxes, 25¢c)... 27 Licorice, powdered, pure.....-...- 1% Logwood, cam (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 ih boxes)......---- 12 Lgowood, %S Oe is ses 13 Logwood, 48 Ga ikke 15 Logwood, ass’d dO ...-...... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. PPI, os sean 48 one Hinele 10 @H Chamomile, Roman...........++-- 25 Chamomile, German...........+.- 25 GUMs. Aloes, Barbadoes.........----++++: 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 20¢)........++++ 12 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)......- 50 ATOTRONTIAGC .. .. <2. oo none ne ke se ete es 28@ 30 Arabic, powdered select.....-..-- 65 Arabie, Ist picked reas ances 60 Arabic,2d picked..........++++-++ 50 Arabic, 3d picked..........+-+++++- 45 Arabic, sifted sorts......... saceeeee 35 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35¢c)... 25 osc iis we nese anne es 55@60 Camphor ...........2.:cceceseeesees 25 ‘i Catechu. ls (% l4c, 48 16c) ...... ; Hl 13 Euphorbium powdered...........- 35@ 40 Galbanum strained............---- 80 CROMOO. oo wns cs cs ec ene nee ents 80@ - 90 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢c).......-- 35 Kino [ Powdered, 30c]..........+--- 2 a i iri esa dnanteus ee Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... : 40 Opium, pure (Powd $4.90)........-- 3 50 Shellac, Caimpbell’s............-+-- 30 Shellac, Enctish.........2202-ceeee 26 GRONOG. NATIVE... i... ecacesssse-> 24 Shellac bleached...........-.--+6+- 30 TRAQACANLD ......--+- 1s encase coerce 380 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. PIOBUNOUNG | ooo oo os aoe n oc eta s cents oe cess tiene 25 sc oa oe cea sand dese deedoes 25 Peppermint............ 6. cece ee ee cee ee ee eens 25 a cen cake ce nten st ie 40 Spearmint .......... ccc cee ee ee cece ete ceeee 24 Sweet Majoram...............ee cece eee es 35 TNT os ee a colt nh a wtalne ve wen eee ad sate 25 I oa ag ce ck teins owes ae center eee er ees 30 et ee ee 25 | IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure erystal..........-. 7 OE oe a sc nba haan ccs bee Phosphate ..............----..+--> 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)........... 13 @ 4 Save, Italian, bulk (4s & 4s, le)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 18 @ 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered................-. 22 PONTE TIDIVOU EL. i... se ee 5 cas ecas 16 ON ca oan co cant ces 10 OE OE ES ae eet tn pe rere ern 35 OD go. cas vs wees nk wens 30 an ee aac aee denen 3d Oe FO i a ccc ein a eesas 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @z2 50 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @l 50 (te OE VOM cc cig wee ae teeeeet 135 @1 7% Mein, PIOUONG. . oo... e sce cee ee ee 2 @3 a a ec cee cee 175 @6 50 Cotawoe Witl0S.......6...0-.+9+ a+ 125 @2 00 Rt Os cai aca ans 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0Z........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 02Z..... ie 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 CO a nw as cece whats 65 OLLS. Almond, sweet..... aes 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified................... 45 NO ei ia wes wan to wenn 2 TROY TR OR 6 un es conan aces te ceenss 50 POrGAMONt, ... 2. 62 so cn cs e- oe cones 2 2 RO os oe ys ae oe eens oe oe lj @ 18% CR ok occa cai vc cua ce dense 2 00 Cajeput ......--.. eee ee eee es 75 hh we oe nk aes oe 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75¢c)..... 35 CTRPOGS conn kc econ ecee ct cess 7 UO cc ic ia ce boc dassaneeceeeae 1 20 Coa Liver, N.F....:. ..-.. 8 gal 1 20 Ood Ever, DeGE. :.....-. » .-- 1 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Cues, Pi Wo. eee cece ce seende 9 0O PUVA OOOG 6c in ook ee kaa ca an pean 1 60 cha cela ci ean nee 2 00 Geranium @ OZ..........6.....-+- 75 Hemlock, commercial! (Pure 75c).. 35 Juniper WOO... .......cssceeseres 50 Juniper berries..........-...-..+. 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garden do 1 00 Lavender spike oo |... 90 Lemon, N€W Crop............-e06- 1 75 ; Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 2 00 tb BORA OE oo as ca ws do ac concn eo 380 | Olive, Malaga........... . @ 90 Olive, “Sublime Italian . caus 2 75 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 2 Origanum, NO.1.... 024.552.0654: 50 POUR UTOUR) fies cine de case ncas ce 1 30 Peppermint, white...............- BTS TOM OMe ooo ck chan wn cone a roca 8 00 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 Rh icy ac bess becca ue eae @ 67 cc ae scence sada 1 00 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 Sandal Wood, W.1................. 7 ow OREO ee oc ho tke a see ca we 60 SORPINIAE 5 io coco ks aes eee asst @i7 00 es ea eek ke ep ed eas gs 450 @d 00 "Par (hy MAL SOG), oie ia ns ees nne ean os 0 @ B WINGOTATOOD .. > > Origin of the Inch and the Ounce. From the London Standard. As the Jews had a mystical reverence for seven, and the ancient Welsh and Celts for three, and the Greeks a perfect philosophy constructed out of the harmonies of all sorts of numbers, so the Romans fel! back upon a seale of, or, more properly a seale witha base of six. Accordingly as they divided the pound into twelve unciz, so they also divided the foot, which was the standard of linear measure, into twelve sections, and called these sections unciz, too. But how did they get the inch originally? Rather how did they get at the pound? for that, and not the inch is the unit. There seems to be no precise information. They would divide any unit into twelfths, and a prevailing no- tion was at one time that the linear uncie was really the original, and was then trans- ferred as a name to a weight. This, though plausible, is hardly the case. Sometimes, especially in old-fashioned books, written at atime when philology was not what it is now, it was the fashion to derive the unciz from the same word in the Greek, because after the revival of letters in Europe the ad- miration of the Greek became so great that whenever similar words were found in it and some other language, it was always said that other language borrowed them from the Greek. That is very far from being always so; and in the present instance the very re- verse appears to haveoccurred. ‘The ounce is literally the twelfth, and thus we see the sense of speaking of an ounce of Jand and an inch of milk, just as an inch of a man’s will, or an inch of interest for money on loan. It was always the twelfth of a unit —twelfth of an hour; twelfth of a jugerum, that half-acre which the two oxen plowed in a day; twelfth of a sextarius, or equiv- alent to our pint; twelfth of the entire her- editas; twelfth of the principal lent on hire when it was money as usury—t. ¢., over eight per cent. It was accordingly as much a mistake to say that the primary meaning of the word is a linear, which is to say that it comes straight from the Greek into the Latin, and thence on to us. The riddle is plain enough when we get to the true origin of the word—a twelfth. Once, indeed, it used to be said that the true origin was that the word meant a thumb-bre¢ vdth because its equivalent, pollex, in linear measure was often used in its place. But this is not the ease. Some of the old Latins themselves thought it meant literally the unit; but even this will not hold beside the proper signifi- cation of the twelfth. The pound weight was really never divided by inches or ounces. It was divided by twelfths, by halves, by thirds, by fourths, and by sixths. And here, again, we see what convenient base a sys- tem of twelfths is for division compared with a system of tenths, which could only be divided evenly in two ways—by two and five. For seven ounces they used the liter- al seven-twelfths; for eight ounces they said two parts—i. c., two-thirds; for nine, want- ing a fourth, which with us reads like a roundabout way of expressing three-quar- ters; for ten, wanting a sixth; for eleven, wanting a twelfth. —_—__ > a> She Paid Extra. From the Detroit Free Press. A widow, whose age might have been forty, went into business on Grand River avenue a few weeks ago, and the first more was to get a sign painted. The services of a sign painter were secured, and when he finished his work he put on his “imprint” by placing his initials, ‘“‘W. A. H.,” down in the left hand corner of the sign. When the widow came to criticise the work she queried: ‘““What does ‘W. A. H.’ stand for?” “Why, ‘Wanted A Husband,’” ” tepid the painter. “Oh, yes—I see,” she mused. “It was very thoughtful in you, and here is a dollar extra!” nie A manufacturer, in Breslau, has recently built at his factory a chimney over fifty feet in height entirely of paper. The blocks used in its construction, instead of being brick or stone, were made of layers of com- FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE Wholesale Grocers, AGENTS FOF, KNIGHT OF LABOR PLUG, The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the Market. Send for Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. WM. SHARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. OYSTERS When in want of a good brand of OYSTERS, don’t fail to get the famous PATAPSCO, which is guaranteed both as to quality and price. Sold only by W. F. GIBSON & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE, JELLY, MINCE MEAT and PAPER OYSTER PAILS. Jelly, Mince Meat Etc. BUTTER! i SSmnEO PUTNAM & BROOKS Wholesale Mannfacturers of PURE CANDY! AND DEALERS IN ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, ENTIRELY NHW 3 DOZEN LARGE ONE-HALF POUND CANS OF Silver Spoon Baking Powder, WITH AND 114 DOZEN 1144 DOZEN 7 INCH COMPORTS. 11, PINT PITCHERS. For Only $7.50, Giving to every purchaser a Glass Pitcher or Comport with each can, at 30 cents. WE GUARANTEE The SILVER SPOON Powder to give entire satisfaction. Arctic Manufacturing Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MIOFt. See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. Weare prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle. THE LEADING BRANDS OF TOBACCO. Offered in this Market are as follows: PLUG TOBACCO. eee ea BIG DRIVE ee PATROL ee a JACK RABBIT ge ae ea er le tare. - ti; Pe as BLACK PRINCE, DARK - - - - BIG STUMP - - oe See ee 2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand. FINE CUT. THE MEIGS FINE CUT, ere ee. eatin STUNNER, DARK - RED BIRD, BRIGHT ie es oe ae OPERA QUEEN, — oe es FRUIT - O SO SWERBT ee ie oe 2c less in 6 pail lots. SMOKING. ARTHUR'S CHOICE, LONG CUT, — RED FOX, LONG CUT, FOIL ee GIPSEY QUEEN, GRANULATED -_ - OLD COMFORT, IN CLOTH - - SEAL OF GRAND RAPIDS, IN CLOTH DIME SMOKER, IN CLOTH - - - - 2c less in 100 pound lots. These brands are sold only by Arthur Meigs & Co. Wholesale Grocers, Who warrant the same to be unequalled. We guar- antee every pound to be perfect and all right in every particular. We cordially invite you, when in the city, to visit our place of business, 55 and 57 Canal st. IT MAY SAVE YOU MONEY. SPRING & COMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy RY ae ARPHTS, | OTL CLOTHS ETO. HTC. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, MATTINGS, WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 ee: 21 |Pepperell, 11-4...... 27% Pepperell, 7-4...... 16% Panne. Rc cecskas 18 Pepperell, 8-4...... 20 |Pequot, 84......... 21 Pepperell, 9-4......224% Pequot, ¥-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX, 0z..11 Caledonia, X, 02...10 Park Mills, No. 90..14 Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, 02....... 10 |Prodigy, 04....<.:.; i Park Mills, No. 50..10 Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 (Otis Furniture..... nn Park Mille, No. 7..12 |York, 1 O8.......:;:; Park Mills, No. 80..18 York, AA, extra oz. 4 OSNABURG. Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... 7 Jewell TIwn:...... 944 Augusta plaid...... 7 Kentucky brown. .i0% Toledo plaid.. .. Lewiston brown... 9'¢ Manchester ylaid.. 7 Lane brown........ 92 New Tenn, "alae. ll Louisiana plaid.... 7 (Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 84\Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Art cambrics, 36. ..11%/ Hill, 4-4............. i% Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8% BRR OO cans cans es ee Androscoggin, 5-4..124% Hope, 4-4........... 63% Ballou, 4-4. .......- 6% King Phillip cam- Mato 64. ... 25.55 © | RIO BG. 00s: ca cin 1% Boott, O. 4-4........ 844|Linwood, 4-4....... T% Boott, E. 5-5....... % jLonsdale, 44....... 7% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9% Lonsdale cambric.104% Roott, BH. o4....... 54 Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7 |Langdon, 45........14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6 |Masonville, 4-4..... a Conway, 4-4... ... 7 |Maxwell. +4. Cabot, 4-4........- . 63|New York Mili, 4-4. 10 CODOE, TS. occa cee .. 6 |New Jersey, ea: Canoe, o4.......... 4 |Pocasset, P. M. G.: 7 Domestic, 36.. 744 Pride of the West. .11 Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 9 |Pocahontas, 44.... 7% Davol, 4-4.........- A iSlaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 844| Victoria, AA....... 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. te |\Woodbury, 4-4...... ~ Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, 4-4... cambrie, 4-4...... 11 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... aie Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 6%|Wamsutta, 4-4......10% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6 |W illiamsville, 36.. 10% Gilded Age......... 8% | SILESIAS. Crownl...........-..8¢ (Masonville TS...... 8 Wie, 10. | 5 oc ci cece es de epeasonville &....... 10% MN iv sckeceascses 10 TEMTGOAIG 65 oc oc sce’ 9% MOE os ccc cass as 15 |Lonsdale A.........16 Centennial......... Lseeoey O). oo 3.0655 Blackburn ......... S LV MOGONY Bui ccccccccs pS Ae 14 |Victory D.. eke BAR gus as ca nes 12%) Victory K........-. 2% ROOT « . vaosccaces 12 (Phoenix A.......... 19% hed Cross.........- MD LOOTED This cscs sss 104 Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX . ‘ PRINTS. Albion, solid........4 514|Gloucester .......... 6 Albion, grey........ 6 |Gloucestermourn’ &. - Allen’s checks......é 5} 4) Hamilton fancy. Ailen’s fancy... 5%4|Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink......... 61 ',|Merrimac D......... 6 Alfen’s purple...... 644 Manchester iio A American, fancy..../ 544 Oriental fe une ‘'y. ceca 6 Arnoldfaney........6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... 54%/|Pacific robes........ 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Richmond..... aac. 6 Cocheco robes......- 6%4/|Steel River.......... 5% Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone ..... ...- 6 |Washington fancy. Eagie fancy........- 5 |Washington blues. 1% Garner pink......... 6%) FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... 744|Indian Orchard, 40. 8 Boott M, 4-4........ 6% Indian Orchard, 36. 7% Boston F, 4-4....... U4, Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 4-3.. 64’ Lyman B, 40-in..... 10% Continental D, 40in 8% Mass. BB, 4-4....... 5% Conestoga 7s 4-4... 644 Nashua KE, 40-in.... 8% Conestoga D, 7-8... 54% Nashua R, es Ree Pe T% Conestoga G, 30-in Lin. 6 : |Nashua O, 7-8....... 63 Dwight Te i « 544 Newmarket N. sane Ge Dwight Y,7-8.. - 5% Pepperell E, 39-in.. Dwight Z, 4-4....... 634, Pepperell R, 4-4.. 7 Dwight Star, 4-4.... 7 (Pepperell O, 7-8.. * 6i 6 Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepperell NS4.... yy interprise EE, 36.. 5 |Pocasset C, 4-4..... 6% Great Falls E, 4-4... 7 |Saranac R.......... i% Farmers’ A, 4-4..... @ jGarauso B........<: 9 Indian Orchard 1-4 7%| DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ......... 744| Renfrew, dress styl 7% Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Mantg Co, DEW IOR. «6 cc csseces 0% BOOKLOIG ....65045 12% Peg cv incacccades 7% Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire ......... 6%] dress styles......125 Glasgow checks. ... % |Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f’y 7%} _styles............. i% Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 73¢ royal styles..... 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8 Gloucester, new White Mant’g Co, etandard .......;- 7% DTI ca ns acus 8 PS os ccc acs TIGORGOR 5.65 cc ccscens 7% Lancaster .......... 8 Greylock, dress Lan@qale ........-.. WM) G6NIOR ...-. <6: 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% Androseoggin, 8-4..28 |Pepperell, Ll-4..... 32% Pepperell, be er WPOOHOE, F602. 000 cee 21 Pepperell, - 22% Pequot, 84......... 24 Pepperell, o, fusca 25 |Pequot, 94......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantie A, 4-4..... %4|Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 7% Atlantie H, 4-4..... 7 Lawrence Y, 30.... 7 Atlantie D, 4-4..... 6% Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5% Atlantic P, 4-4.. 5M Newmarket N...... 6% Atlantic ji “a 544 Mystic River, 4-4... 5% Adriatic, 36......... 7% Pequot A, 4-4....... i% Augusta, 4-4........ €4%' Piedmont, 36....... 6% Boott M, 4-4........ 634 Stark AA, 44....... 74 Boott FF, 4-4....... 7%'Tremont CC, 4-4.... 5 Graniteville, 4-4.... 534;/\Utiea, 4-4........... 9 Indian Head, 4-4... 7 |Wachusett, 4-4..... 7% Indiana Head 45-in.1244| Wachusett, 30-in... 6% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...14 Falls, XXXX....... 18% Amoskeag ‘“ 4-4..19 |Falls, XXX.........15% Amoskeag, A..... 13 iFalls, WORE i oka 11% Amoskeag, B...... 12 |Falls, BBC, 36...... love Amoskeag, C...... ll |Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeag, D...... 10%| Hamilton, BT, 32..12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, F....... 9% ‘Hamilton, H....... 9% Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B.. acneccle LMGRDUOE AB ic c5: 13% Bane Ve aedducaane 16 Methuen ASA......18 TEMG Ge cs ne «cess 14% Omega A, 7-8....... tl Gold Medai WG. occas 15 * Omega Big WE coscce 13 OER FG ioe co caceees 12% Omega AO A, 7-8....14 CT 4-4 ..14 \Omega ACA, 4-4....16 TH i och ce caacacses j\Omega SE, 7. 24 WR obs de cucunes 16 |Ome wa SE, 4-4...... 27 MO cine be cecenss 9 |\Omega M. 7-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |\Omega M, 44....... 25 ShetucketSS&SSw 11% iShetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 Cordis No. . ae 15 Cordia No. 2. .«..... 14 Shetucket, SFS AR Cordia No. &........ 13 ‘Stockbridge A..... 7 Cordis No. 4........ 11% Stockbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. CUTIE oo oo on cc aene B (Brive... ..cciscc-cs PRON, 6 ac ci kc cess 5 |Washington........ 4% Hed Croea.......... BK [GWENGE. oc. 5s0cccee Forest Grove... iS. S. & Sone........ 5 ‘GRAIN BAGS. American A......18 00 Old a ae Sige A... eG Wheatione .......<.08 “ ae WRT... os ce vse 4 Otis CC.. vaccne ee Everett blue....... Bi Warren A WAY. 124% ‘tverett brown.....1384|/Warren BB........ 11% Ole AAA. «<5 tesa es 124 Warren CO.......:. 10% Otis BB.. %\York fancy........138% “param CAMBRICS. Manville.. isc S. 5. & SOUR... ccc. 6 Masgnville .. ice @ (Garner elaccendbeuas 6 WIGA Red Cross.......... 744 ‘Thistle Mills... yh SE cg ve cc occaes ¢| Rose a cu muds ceweeaua 8 GA os ck cccsncas i | SPOOL COTTON. P| 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F..... 55 | Mills ball sewing.30 ° & P. Coats....... 55 |Greeh & Daniels... .25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 (Stafford . a Charleston ball sew |Hall & Manning.. «20 ing thread.. «00 PHOISORG... .ccss0s00s 25 * CORSET JEANS. BPTMORY 6c dcccacces 7%|Kearsage........-.- 854 Androscoggin sat.. $44 Naumkeagsatteen. 8% Canoe River........ 6 |Pepperell ene 8% Clarendon. ........ 6% peas erell sat... . 9% Hallowell Imp..... 6% | HOGMDORS «<< 6 csceccs 7 Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 \Lawrence sat....... 8% TABOR 65 vc exes doce 7% \Conegosat.......... 5 COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1: Akron Cement per bbl................ 1 Buialo Cement, per. WHE. és0keiseudanes 1; Carlots “ 1 G@1 Plastering hair, per bu................ 25@ SUMO, WEF WH. so cocci snes escntccncates 1 Land plaster, per ME RES, MDT 3 Land plaster, car lots.............--+.. 2 Fire brick, peor M..............cseceeee $25 @ Fire clay, per bDbl.................0000e COAL Anthracite, egg and te, car lots... $5 7 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 Cannell, car lOts.............cceeeeees » Lump, car 0 SSASSSSSRS ow weet eee enenee 3 or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 SSxens se Seems ens eee se neeee 3 = ~ ter. The Michigan Tradesma. Modern Methods. From the Michigan Manufacturer. Manufacturing methods of al! kinds may almost be said to have been revolutionized within the past half century. The changes which have taken place have resulted from various causes and influences incidental to the progress made in scientific knowledge and the mechanic arts. Chief among the direct causes, perhaps, is the introduction of labor saving machinery, which the inven- tive spirit of the age has forced into all branches of manufacture. Marvelous pieces of mechanism, so perfect in their movements as almost to seem endowed with human in- telligence, now do the work formerly done by the slow and laborious manipulation of the hand-workman. In the majority of cases, the machine-made work is more ex- act than hand-work, and in every way bet- It is nothing unusual for a compara- tively unskilled workman, with one of these machines, to turn out in a given length of time an amount of work which would have kept fifty or a hundred workmen busy for the same lengyh of time by the old method. All this has resulted in lowering the aver- age skill of the trained artisan, and in vast- ly increasing his productive capacity. It has also resulted in the growth of the mod- ern factory system, and in the subdivision of labor, which is an essential part of that system. The growth of great manufactur- ing enterprises tends inevitably to the spec- jalization of the functions of individual workmen. Out of specialization, under the supervision of a directing mind, come har- mony and perfection of workmanship. ‘The operatives in our great modern manufac- tories possess little skill as general mechan- icians. They know how to perform cer- tain kinds of work, but are almost novices in all other branches, even in the line of manufacture in which they are employed. The particular work allotted to each is per- formed with wonderful ‘precision. Special- ization has narrowed the faculties and con- centrated the energies, at the expense of a more general development. The tendency toward specialization is at work in all scholastic pursuits—and, in fact, in all branches of knowledge. As page after page is added to the sum of human knowledge the volume becomes too ponderous for com- prehension in its entirety by the individual intellect. Each must search its pages, and appropriate for himself that which is best suited to his tastes or environment. He who would excel in any one thing, must seize and digest all facts bearing upon his particular specialty, leaving unexplored the limitless fields that lie beyond. He who would know well a few things, must be con- tent to remain ignorant of many. There is no possibility of avoiding this necessity. It is the inevitable outgrowth of the struggle for existence, and of the broadening of the fields of knowledge. The artisan of to-day who best succeeds in his calling, is he who most fully recog- nizes the conditions of the hour, and shapes his purposes accordingly. The days of the jack-at-all-trades are past, as are also the conditions which fostered his development. A different era is upon us; an era of keener competition, of more precise workmanship, and of more minute subdivision of labor. —— > A Strange Presentiment. Robt. J. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Merriboy stepped into Cheesecake’s grocery the other morning in a great flow of spirits. He thought he saw Cheesecake stooping down behind the counter, and he took up a codfish, reached over and hit the stooping figure a most resounding blow across the back, shouting, “Rise up, Sir Cheesecake,” and with a shriek of fright a nice, good, motherly old lady, who was back there tying her shoe, rose up. The horrified Merriboy dropped the codfish on the floor, when a hungry sneak of a dog started off with it, and, rushing across the store after it, the joker knocked over a_ barrel of eggs, and the dog got away with his fish. “By Jove,” groaned the unhappy man, “a felt, when I turned in here, that Pd do something foolish before I got out.” And staggering to the window he sat down on a square yard of fly-paper, and burried his face in his hands. —_——_—_<>-o<—__——- Steel is gradually displacing iron ina large variety of mdusirial applications. Wherever extra tensile strength is required, steel is not only greatly superior to iron, but is often much cheaper, because less material is required for a given strength. Great im- provements have been made during the past few years in the manufacture of steel, until itis now possible to produce it in large quantities, and of fine quality, at a compar- atively moderate cost. The result of these improved processes promises to be a revolu- tion in several branches of industry. While the superiority of steel for many uses has always been unquestioned, its greater cost has hitherto prevented its adoption in eases where iron would answer the purpose. In the near future bridges will be built al- most wholly of steel instead of iron. Steam boilers, girders and columns in fire-proof structures, shafting and other parts of both heavy and light machinery, the hulls of steamships, bolts and stays of every de- scription, water pipes and steam pipes, heavy artillery—in short, an endless variety of articles, will soon be manufactured from steel almost exclusively, instead of only in exceptional cases as heretofore. The pro- cesses of steel manufacture-will undoubted- ly be still further simplified and cheapened in time, and its uses extended even beyond IN CAR LOADS D, W. Archer's Trophy Corn, D. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn, | | | EVERY CAN BEARING SIGNATURE OF The Archer Packing Co. CHILLICOTHE, Itt. FJ. LAMB & CO, WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR THE D. D. Mallory & Co. Diamond Brand Fresh Oyster In Cans or Bulk. Write for Quotations. | 8 and 10 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. The Well-Known ARE THE BEST IN MARKET. PUTNAM & BROOKS WHOLESALE AGENTS. Are now in the market with their Famous BIG GUN OYSTERS, CANNED IN BALTIMORE BY U7. R. BARNES & CO. “LMC,” Best 10c Cigar in Michigan “Common Sense,” Best Se Cigar in Michigan CLARK, J HW ELL é& CO. iF. OYSTERS! = aton & Christenson - RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO., COMING to GRAND RAPIDS MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Boots AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. We have a splendid line of goods for Fall trade and guar- antee our prices on Rubbers of Women’s "The demand for our own m: ake | Misses’ and C Bilas shoes is increasing. Send i your orders vad they will be promptly attended to. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. STEELE & CoO., Wholesale Agents at Ionia for D.W. Archer’s Early Golden Drop Com DETROIT SOAP CO. Celebrated Brands of Soaps. QUEEN ANNE, The most popular 3-4 pound cake in the market. MICHIGAN, The finest of 1 pound bars. An elegant and cor= rect map of the State with every po =x. Price-List of all their standard Soaps furnished on application. Lots of 5 boxes and upwards delivered free to all railroad points. Orders respectfully solicited. STEELE ck cO., IONITA, MICHEL. CURTISS, DUNTON & CO. VV ELOLESALE PAPER, OILS, CORDAGE, WOODENWAR These Oil Sane in Stock all Sizes, Plain and with Wood Jacket. The Diamond Oil Can, The Best Glass Can with Tin Jacket in the Market. CURTIS ae > eS, '51 AND 53 LYON STREET, - 1BUMNWTPLTON ck COE. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. = FADAMS & COU’S DARK AROMATIC Ti Cot Chewing Tobacco is the very best dark goods on the Market. peace Rapids. On & Christenson, Agts. Mich. SOMZETHING NEW Cushman’s MENTHOL INHALER Designed Expressly for Inhaling Menthol. A superior Remedy for the immediate relief | of Neuralgia, Headache, Cararrh, Hay Fever, Asthina, Bronehitus, Sore Throat, Earache, | Toothache, and all diseases of the throat and ; lungs. | Aifords quick relief and effects permanent cure by continued use. Every druggis* should order some inthe next orderto HAZELTINE, | PERKINS & CO., Wholesale Druggists, | Grand Rapids, Mic h. | Ask their traveler to show you one the next time he calls. ~ ‘TIME TABLES. Michigan Os Central. DEPART. | *Detroit po et ee 6:00 a m | {Day MN go aed xg deve ses ae. 123: WARING ENTIVOOM, 5.6. occa cs nese euceee OOM |W WO Gy ac ck dncscedancsccduad dae 6:2 50 & m ARRIVE. LOPE BO DTOe, «o.oo c inca c cccncscccs 6:00 am BOVINE dave das vcctkncetensedccuss chenedes 3:50 p m | +Grand papice eG i nsec ssa 10:50 p m F oocee’ O20 8 Mm | Way Freight... ; +Daily except Sunday. ‘*Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantie and Pacifie 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 Psr lor Car for Detroit, i reaching that city at 11:45a.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 aes at 10:50 p.m. . SCHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. | Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. eM ue nasi ks wtaceces CtEGIn 644500 PEO MSPOGN, 0, «40650500 1:00pm 9%:lpm *Night Express Renu auueekus 1:40pm 5:45am Muskegon Express......... 4:15pm I1:lsam *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 1:00 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. TERDTOGR, 5c 5 cc cenesccccesss 4:15pm 4:04 pm WI i oo oa cnt acciceunea 8:05am 11:15am - trains arrive and depart from Union De- The Northern terminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with | F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and | Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shoro & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DLVISLION.) 3 | Arrive. Leave. | PRMITOGG. «55 5 ccc occ cone aces 7:15 pm 7:30 am DR ona kc cnc nse sce xn cas 9:50 & mM 4:00 p m | 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 C hicago 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 | Spec ial 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’l Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. | GOING EAST. j Arrives. +Steamboat Express. . 6:17am +Through jo) ee 10:10 a m } Leaves. 6:25 am 10:20 am +Evening Express......... 3820pm 3:35pm *Limited Express.......... 8:30pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with Bee... sis 10:30 a m .GOLNG WEST. +Morning Express Oa 1:05pm 1:10pm *Througn Mail............ 5:19pm 5:15pm +Steamboat Expregs....... 10:40pm 10:45pm cua cddcadecaucass T:l0am *Night Express............. 5:l0am 6:20am *+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. Train leaving at 10:45 p. m. will make con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. GEO. B. REEVE D. POTTER, City Pass. Agent. E, Traftie Manage r, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiane. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY NGINES From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, | | Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- Contracts made for | 'ing, Pulleys and Boxes. | Complete Outfits. aod Denison, VV . <<, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, | |GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. | EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND-— 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, * MICHIGAN. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Le . Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm — Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30am 11:30am Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex 4:10 pm 5:00pm G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:00am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. §:00pm 5:30pm Mackinac& Ft. WayreEx..10:30am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 11:30 pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:00 o’cloeck p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Traverse City and Mackinac. Trainleaving at 11:30 a.m. has | combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw | City. South—Train leaving at 5 ou I 1 lea ; 730 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. c. L. LocKWOoD, Gen’! Pass. Agent. | ‘sini : | Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. | Trains connect with G. R. & I. trains for St. Ignace, Marquette and Lake Superior Points, | leaving Grand Rapids at 5:00 p. m., arriving at | Marquette at 1:35 p. m.and6:1l0p.m. Returning leave Marquette at 7:50 a. m. and 2:00 p. m., arriving at Grand Rapids at 10:30 a. m. Con- nection made at Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad for the Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper D Districts. ALLEN. Gen’! Pass. & Tkt. Agt., Marque tte, Mich. | | | | | | | | 'F. J. DETTENTHALER, Jobber of Oysters, SER QUOTATIONS IN PRIGE:GURRENT. . _as their white neighbors. > Groceries. Another meeting of the retail grocers of Grand Rapids will be held at Tre TRADES- MAN office this evening, at which time a full attendance is desirable. The Scandinavian Grocer. Whoever has traveled throughout the Northwest will remember the unmistakable Scandinavian names that appear over many grocery stores. Within the last twenty years the number of Scandinavians who have turned toward the grocery business, in order to make a living, has been increasing, and these industrious foreigners have gen- erally made a success of their undertaking. The Scandinavian does not engage in busi- ness with the impatience of the American, expecting to retire with a fortune ina year or two, but he is satisfied if his accounts show a small balance in his favor for a time. By not putting his expectations too high, he does not become easily discouraged, and, in consequence, is willing to wait until his business grows. He is a close buyer and closer figurer, and in making bargains is al- most the equal of the New Ensland Yankee. In fact the Scandinavians have been called the Yankees of Europe by those who are ac- quainted with their adaptedness for busi- ness. He seems to take naturally to the grocery business, and in the Northwest he is beginning to monopolize that branch of trade almost as rapidly as the Germans have Gone in the East. Asa business man he is equal to the German, being more active, more shrewd and more enterprising. As a worker he has no superior, and from morn- ing until night he makes his time count to the best advantage. He is not as quick as some other nationalities to master the de- tails of the business, but when once he thoroughly understands the cardinal points, he never forgets them. If it becomes nec- essary for him to branch out, he weighs the matter well, and gives ample time for thought upon the subject. He is not easily disheartened by misfortune, but is willing to hang on, however difficult ‘‘the kicking against the pricks’ may be. In many Northwestern cities and towns, the Scan- dinayian grocer has risen to affluence, and is respected by the community. ————————. > Yellow Tobacco Culture. The worn out soil of North Carolina has been made to yield a profit to the owner not anticipated by agriculturists of that region before the war. The cultivation of yellow tobaceo, which is spoken of as a happy ac- cident, has proved to be a bonanza valuable to the owner of the land as yellow gold. Since 1853 the industry has grown until it has become enticing even to the indolent negroes, who sees millions in it as clearly It grows on poor soil and requires very little dressing to en- able it to obtain a good size. The plants turn a golden yellow before they are cut, and when cured are’ a “rich lemon color” of very fine grain. It is said that during the war, when the manufacture of tobacco in- creased in the North, this yellow leaf was sent here to be used as plug wrappers. It was thought to be superior for this purpose to any other kind, as it would stand very heavy pressure without turning black. It is also claimed that the yellow tobacco of North Carolina is of better quality than that of other states, which turns dark under pressure. of agriculture has caused the price of land suitable for its cultivation to rise exhorbi- tantly, and has caused new towns to spring up, forming centers for shipment, and new railroads for transportation to be built, and the tobaceo regions of North Carolina are at present among the liveliest sections of the State. Incomes of $8,000 a year are men- tioned as derived from the cultivation of yellow tobacco, and some crops have been sold at an average of $10,000 annually. Dis- appointments are recorded, but on the whole the planter seems to have been amply remu- nerated for all the labor and capital expend- ed. —— 2 Sawdust Vinegar. A sign ina Third avenue, New York, grocery window reads: ‘*Pure Russet Cider, 4c. a Quart.” ‘That cider was never moved by a breath of country air,” said a man in a blue check jacket, who was passing the window yes- terday, ‘‘and it was never any nearer an ap- - ple than it is now as it stands in the barrel at the rear of the grocery.” “Made of sulphuric acid and _ glucose, then,” suggested a companion. ‘No, that’s too expensive.” ‘What is it made of?” “Sawdust. I work in the shop where it’s made. Pure apple cider is worth twenty cents a gallon. Sawdust cider costs about one-fourth of that. We take the sawdust from a couple of wood yards—hemlock, hickory, maple, every kind just as it comes. We dump it intoa big retort and heat it with a coal fire. Just forty-seven per cent. of what boils over is crude vinegar. It has to be purified a bit and boiled down a little, but it is pretty good vinegar. When the wood reaches a certain point in the heating process it becomes charcoal, and is cooled off and sold to filter makers. We can beat the grangers on the vinegar business and not half try.” SO The cotton seed is as useful in the veget- able world as the hog in the animal. Since the blood of the hog has been made into but- tons, his squeal is the only part left not utilized. Since the bulbs of the cotton seed ~ are worked into cakes and sold for kindling, only the memory of the seed remains to re- The development of this branch‘ : “ ; f : 9 . a ° Ruined by Watermelons. Grocers’ Association of the Ciny of Huskegon. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. ‘This season has taught me a sad exper- cee Thaee price: ave x ak Seana. wer nas ience in the watermelon business,” he re- heisahece oe os tee promptly and buy in full packages.” ne. : resident—H. B. Fargo. — as the boat left Memphis. First Vice-President Wm. B. Keift. Frazer’s ae ye Parasol 1m Hitenane tien shinouia?” aak rh or a a RE es nme can ak y ipping?” asked the Recording Secretary —Wm. Peer. cueneed = Ra: wine 25 tb pailst 20 tourist from Ohio. Financial Secretary—John DeHaas. ' gp then ln gdoay pails.1 25 6 : ve nae _ | Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. I. McKen- Q is Not a ship. I live over thar on the Ar- zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A. Tow! ana’| Arctic 4% eans.... 45/Arctic 1B cans... .2 40 kansaw bottoms. I heard so much about wi sone a or an on eines ee eae be : nance Committee—Wm. B. Kelly, A. ot cans. . \Silver Spoon, 3doz.7 ! the watermelon bizness—the profit that ; and K. Johnson. © oe " — BLUING. . could be made—that I planted ah i ommittee on Rooms and Library—O. Lam- | Dry, No. 2.........- 0... cee eee eee es doz. 26 oa planted a hull side-| “vert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie. aes don, 5 hill last spring. It was a bad move. prperation. eee Borgman, Garrit | Liquid, 4 02,..............0.0eee eee doz. 35 “Didw ” agner and John DeHaas. TABI, BOR, ii weeks ed snccnce atone doz. 65 2 idn’t the seed one up? Complaint Committee—Wm. B. Keift, D. A. Aretio 4 OMe orien ce eset ee @ gross 4 00 ‘‘Come right up as if somebody had a rope ——. J.O. Jeannot, R. 8S. Miner and L. | Arctic 8 0Z..........-. eee escent eee eee 8 00 : Hs incent. BOC TB OB. ooo oe inn cc woe tw eens eet ene es 12 00 and tackle on ’em. Law Committee—H. B. Fargo, Wm. B. Keift | Arctic No. 1 pepper box..............++++5- 2 00 ‘‘And the melons grew?” and A. Towl. DVO EO esl vencne ns es 3 00 os N Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An- | Arctic No.3 +s is 4 00 Growed like a mud hole in wet weather. | drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer. BROOMS. That was the trouble—they growed too meee eae era third Wednesday po. ence ceca 50 ~ 0. 2 =. aoe . j o. 2Carpet........ 2 25|Fane OM acs oa 1 large.” Next meeting—Wednesday evening, Nov. 4. No.1 Parlor Gem..2 75 Common Whisk. ae “Couldn’t be handled?” . : piace == | No.1 Hurl....... . oe olan “Not without the help of two niggers and Michigan Dairymen’s Association, Clams, 1 standards... 0.0.0.0 soo 115 a yoke of steers, and that was too expen- —— fae Ceawene, _ Se ee 00 : : . , : a 2 r rder, 3. ....------.-22 + -++-2 00 sive. When you git an 800 pound water. | 0'anteed at Grand ee en Orton ee ia melon on a side hill you’ve got to leave it President —Milan Wiggins. Bloomingdale. Lobsters, TRA, coke uee sk ay : eeetuae® ’ Pr ce-Presidents—W. H. Howe, Capac; F. C. | Lobsters, 1 Ib star.......--.-.-. 2+. + esses 1 95 thar. The steamboats won’t handle ’em if] " gtone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison | Lobsters, 2 star.......... +... +. ++.0+ +0005 2 90 you get ’em down to the landin’.” Station; F. A. Rockafellow, Carson City; Mackerel, 1% fresh standards............ 1 00 “y . A _| Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bel- | Mackerel, 5 b fresh standards............ 3 50 ou don’t tell me that you had melons| knap, Grand Rapids; L. F. Cox, Portage; Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... 5 25 weighing 800 pounds!” John Borst, Vriesland; R. ©. Nash, Hilliards; | Mackerel,3 in Mustard............-..--- 5 25 : : D. M. Adams, Ashland: Jos. Post, Clarks- | Mackerel, 3 i broiled.............---.-+++- 3 25 “Oh, those was the little ones. The big | _ ville. Salmon, 1 ® Columbia river..........--... 1 55 snot chime uigheca ian. ‘Thadwin mina] eer set Tenesnnre A: Coben, Gra) BROS 8 eerambentos 2s ccd OD but all my neighbors are mighty peart on meee Meeting—Third Tuesday in February, paraenen. nee 48 ie are 8 : k ardines, domestic %S............-...+5- 15 guessing.” Membership Fee—$1 per year. Sardines, Mustard %8.................-05- 10 6s 4 20 af Dhow oe Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Sardines. imported 48. ..........-....++- 14 And what became of them? rout. 9% brook 450 ‘‘That’s what occasions my grief, stran- Sune saraun oo : a CANNED FRUITS. oe. ; ; ‘ : ° pples, 3 } standaras ...........----.+-++- 90 ger. Them melons threatened to roll down; ‘The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. | Apples, gallons, standards...............- 2 40 an dome damage. I drew logs to prop quote as follows: Blackberries. standards.................+- 95 : / oe : : ri PORK IN BARRELS. Cherries, red standard..................... 8&0 em up, and I started for town to get some | yogs, Chicago packing, new 10 25 | DAMSONS ..... 0. we wees eee ee eee e eee tenes 1 00 , : : , Chicag OG, WOW...... 0-00-0000. 2 dynamité to blow some of the biggest to | Mess, Chicago packing.......-.;.......-+-5 oe ee © ne, en ca crt . “eee as : ., | Clear, short pork, Chicago packing....... 11 50 | Green Gages. standards 2 B........ pee kews 1 40 pieces. While I was gone the calamity | Back, clear short cut, Chicago packing. ..12 00 oe ae er eevee gs akan ee tens 2 40 : . ay : shar oda : ue a i 7d 95 took place. Yousee before you a ruined | xtra family clear, short cut.............. ee ee see a oe 1see before you a ruined) Gian, A. Webster packer, new...........- 13 00 | Peaches, seconds...........---.+-0++ +++ 1 50 man. A. Webster packer, short cut............. 11 00 | Pineapples, Erie...........----+-0+ soesees U% <2 extra pig. short oe scene ne 11 25 erie On advance, and is now quoted 11}¢e to 12c¢ for SMOKED MEATS—-CANVASSED OR PLAIN. eet ie oo tes ceases ven = : = full cream September and October stock. | Hams, heavy...........-...-.0:600ee825 see 10 CANNED VEGETABLES. The quantity on hand is smaller than at any - — cc ee = ecg mB. Bag ed i eed 3 = previous season at this time of the year, in Boneless Si eee eae | oanee, SOmRNNN: MIMD. .........50....-0- 80 consequence of which still higher prices are | Breakfast Bacon. 1.20.02. Cee ae looked for. Oil remains the same. Water Dried Beef, extra quality eke aks cue snea ae 8 A ea ee os 90 a: z x : ‘ oe oF Dried Beef,‘Ham pieces................----- 10 i TEMOOINIOR oo. oo is we ce dn ch te esc ed ee 1 00 white 1s selling freely at 114¢c—not 10}¢¢, | Shoulders cured in sweet pickle............ 6 | Peas, French...........-.-..eese eee cree ees 1 75 as erroneously stated last week, although ea LARD. a rent a Standard... .........55.-5s 1 = ae i i Oe fcc sheesh eae aes Sane ch ee sae we 8 % . > ka awake hee e da ee ones i such a slip is not likely to disconcert any - ana 5O Th Tubs «0... 2.6.2 ee eee eee 634 Pumpkin, 3 Golden............-.+--.-+- 85 well-informed grocer. Round Tins, 100 cases.............. 6% —— —" Leese W ee oak ne cto. ; 2 “ : LARD IN TIN PAILS. omatoes, ro i cinee hada ue decade caen ce 4 Oranges are not plenty, and Floridas are 20 i Round Tins, 80 racks + Tomatoes, Hil — cs oe chk c pene haa ee 1 00 ° ° € * : ee ee ee en ee CHOCOLATE. not yet in very good flavor. Lemons are in 7 eens IN B CASE. ....--- 2... eeee eee tm | Boston......)--.-6.5-+ 36|German Sweet....... 25 better supply and prices are a little easier Fills © DEA GMO «ena ne ns a2 2004 sess te Dakar ........-..-5- 38 Vienna Sweet ....... 23 etter supply and prices are a little easier. | 10 tb Pails, 6 in a case ..............66 6-5 74 | Runkles’ 35 “ apt stnuts are SURhIN BARRELS, = ee Almonds are advancing. Chestnuts are Livtra Meas Sect, warcanted 00Bs....... ie an oe i wae lower, and are more or less wormy. BONCICRS, ORIN oo woos be ose ee ce cea cee ete 13 00} GreenJava..... M@2" eetoneaona. 28@30 AGE—FRESH AND SMOKED A ae AEA he oan | ale SCC se Pork 8 SAUS . .,, | Green Mocha. ..23@25 |Roasted Mex... @I6 fe ee 6% | Roasted Rio....10@15 Ground Rio.... 9@i6 VISITING BUYERS. nustan taeekae tee ee eee nett e tener ete e ees a Roasted Java ..283@30 [Package Goods @13'% ' : : oie “4 ~ . MELLOW. ec ee ee ee eee eee JORI AGE. The following retail dealers have visited Frankfort Sausage.........-...-seeeeee eee 844 | 72 foot Jute ..... 135 3 foot Cotton....2 25 the market during the past week and placed Ralcie aereigh Perea Tesi etn char woernes 5% 60 foot Jute..... 100 |60 foot Cotton....2 00 orders with the various houses: eee A. Purchase, South Blendon, Head Cheese.......... 5. ss sees sees cere ees e es 5% | ploatera, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 85@S D. Vinton, D. Vinton & Son, Williamsburg. PIGS’ FEET. Cod whole @5 Mrs. J. Debri, Byron Center. Vin Ale HATPEIG. «gos les ka cong ao oes be Re eR | orc c ones bcoucrenet- 54%@6% Frank Mallory, Cedar Springs. In quarter barrels..............¢,.+08-¢.% .: a4 Halibut .. i ee John Smith, Ada. - Horring % DpIs...... <6... 520-6 560500 +2228 2% ed oa — A Rising Market ae as aseering. a. Gomeste... .....2 sie, 85@% «de 2y, wer, . erring, Sealed.......... Bo oe sc kaasas 18S@22 sey ater Mandeville. A wild specimen of the native Virginian ey we or. SES abate — Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake. entered Staunton the other day and asked he Oe i li OO Walter A. Williams, Alba. oe “ “ o fe. 70 G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. credit for some tobacco and sugar at a gro- i isc ens 3 50 ? -ij > & WwW en x) "e se ° © & “ec rv . Sto +) Oa aie ooo Ravenna. | cery, promising to pay in six weeks. c ees = W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. “On what do you base your expectations | Shad, 4 bbl ..........-..-- i cease -eensen & sen, Grant. : i ry S $5 at ceuascek Cie ae =o of being able to pay at that time?” asked ea 6 Lage h tC Ne none Te . = - so Seer g & Son, soveregaaaaaia the grocer. eo ae : a. 60 J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. ; . ite, No. 1, % eee ca ee 3/H, Anderson, Edgerton. “On coon skins,” was the prompt reply. | White: No.1, 2 @ kia. 0000000000000 1 00 = ry a one “But you may not catch any coons.” oe noe ate ih ave tpleoanneecnenacs , 83 -v- i, : i ef a ea Pe, a a a 6 wo Geo. Carrington. ron, “Oh, as to that, ’ve got seventeen of ’m FLAVORING EXTRACTS. a . Py gt oe pg aa e already plugged up in a hollow tree, and am | yennings’ 2 oz { ‘@ doz. Phas H. P. Dunning, Allegan. only waiting for the fur to get prime!” ee as 150 2 50 M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. : ; 7 : “ Bat 250 4 00 R. B. McCullock, Berlin. Ile got the goods. Me vopakecieeetnsneee 350 5 00 L. E. Paige, Sparta Center. +6 “s WG. SD PRMOF ow. cc. c sence 12% 150 Askam & Jamison, South Boardman. ba Wo 6 0 oe... 175 300 S. T. Colson, Alaska. Loss upon Loss. “ -Ypint round..............4 507 50 a Cee ie ackake. Grocer (to farmer)—I hear that you have oe Ti seanmnan sates i. ae C. Miller & Son, Saugatuck. met with a sad loss, Mr. Hayseed? ~ “Se... Ae oe iS hoon aay er Mr. Hayseed—Yes, six of my finest hogs Cherries, dried eiised rey cats ee @I16 Henry DeKline, Jamestown. died last week with cholera. Citron, new.. Tee usse vc eiaces cs @36 F. C. Stone, F. C. Stone & Son, Cedar Springs. i oo Caypeenie.: BOW. losses sec l cease. 5% @6 Mr. Wells, Wagner & Wells, Eastmanville. Grocer—I understand your wife is dead, | peaches, dried ..............00seeeee ee R@ x oe "S. aoe Cadillac. | also? Sobaeang Foo ly ery diatal'g woke Laas ne 6 ’. F. Sear 0., Rocktord. e : . runes, Turkey, Old...........-.-e ees 444@ 5% : Mr. munnoo, mankger Optarhout & Fox Lum-| Mr. Hayseed—Yes, she died week afore Raisins, new Valencia. .......... eee 10 *@10% ar Co., Dee ' : . * isi j QV, Fohn*Koopman, Falmouth. last. Misfortunes, they say, never come a pe noma a ou H-2, Heston. McLain. single. I could have got forty dollars apiece merit po mpncntels vec slave, = % }. E. Coburn, Pierson. : aisins, London Layers..............-. 3 40 c: Blom, Holland. a for them hogs. Raisins, California London Layers... @2 70 ie : e. 2 KEROSENE OIL. on — e. or The News Abroad. Water White...... 114 | Legal Test....... . 9% . J. Side, nt City. MATCHES. Mr. Scoville, Scoville & McAuley, Edgerton. | From the Detroit Journal. G be ‘ ‘ : rand Haven, No. 8, square.............-+- 1 00 Daw ceecen, Sa See Grand Rapids grocers have taken steps to | Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............- 1 7% . . . . * . . * ra & . 9 OF Hi. Baker, H. Baker & Sons, Drenthe. organize a protective association, and dead- are aoe poe ee 1 50 apa ie rt con ane : a ee f = . Kolvoord, Kolvoord & Teravest, Hamil-| heats will be compelled to purchase their Oshkosh, ee a 1.00 ‘Andrew Carlson, Gilbert. goods on the cash-in-advance principle. Save ee Descends nes ween svn tances Richardson’s No.8 square..........-.+.--+- 1 00 ie ' er vi ore Richardson’s No. 9 MO sadn p co cu eeeees 1 50 Richardson’s No. 7%, round................- 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 eae ees 1 50 MOLASSES. Blpek Sia. ... oe. ccc ew en eee cee ees an eccs 18@19 MSPED) TRIO. occ conc ce cs ce cote ase lens Cecwacs 28@30 B | New Orleans, go0d............-+6+ ++ see + 38@A2 New Orleans, choice..... 1.0.2.2... ee eee . 48@50 New Orleans, famcy...... .......esceseees 52@55 \% bbls. 3e extra. OATMEAL. Steel cut...........5 2|Quaker, 48 Ibs...... 2 35 Steel Cut, % bbls...3 00 Quaker, 60 Ibs...... 2 50 Rolled Oats........ 3 25|\Quaker bbls........ 6 00 PICKLES. Choicein barrels med.........-0.0+255 @6 25 Choice in 4% CQO ise cees cence @3 50 PIPES i Imported Clay 3 gr08S...........6.60 65 2 25@3 00 Importee Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 25 Imported Clay, No. 216, 24% gross...... @1 85 American T. D..........:6eee sree renee @ 9 RICE. Choice Carolina..... 6% | Java ...g-----> @6 Prime Carolina..... GE PAINE 65 i oes csecns ee 6 Good Carolina...... § |Rangoon....... 54@5% Good Louisiana..... 5 |Broken... ..... 34@3% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... 544 |Dwight’s ............ 54 Church’s ........+5- 54|Sea Foam........... 5% 5 “ Taylor’s G. M....... 5i4\Cap Sheaf........... 514 14¢ less in 5 box lots. SALT. 60 Poéket, F F Dairy............++- a 2 30 QE POCKEL.. 0... ccecsccene cocneeceeeces 2 25 1003 Ih pockets.......... cece cece eee eeee 2% 50 Saginaw or Manistee...........-.-.-+- 95 Diamond C.........- eee eee eee eee eee 1 60 : Standard Coarse..........--s+++e+e++ . 1 55 SOT ih: A GENTS ‘Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 ) Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 80 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 80 American, dairy, ¥% bu. bags...... Dis 25 Rock, bushels..........-:-eeeecee ee eeee 28 SAUCES. Parisian, % pints..........- Se ewan uke 00 Pepper Sauce, red small..........--5. 15 Pepper Sauce, BTeeD.....-.+-eeeererees 90 pepper Renee: eas" Bb) Catsup, Tomato, pints............... ; 1 00 CAN ; Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. ot 30 en ee Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50| Putnam & Brooks quote as follows : Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 STICK. nretiie, Standard, 25 boxes.................. 84@9o Ground. Whole. foe: ME sai vesaceceuennens 9G 4% Pepper -.......--. Mita 9. an wr: spice .......... 12@15|Allspice .......... 10 | Royal, 25 oer Cinnamon........ 18@:30 Caseia Cone ott Royal, 25 th pails........s.eeeeeeee ere eee 9@ 9% iw“ =... 15@25 Nu ma 60@85 ROW, Dh OY OUI. od. os chen ois cece wane @3% Gi a MOSS ..+.-+-- oe | extra, 20 Pals... Voce... es 10@10 WE ccc 16@20 Cloves Me Gece wea 3 ‘3 Valea Extra, 200 i bbis....... athe cokes os tas cree 9 @ 9% Cayenne ......... 25@35 | French Cream, 25 Bipails..:........ e.. 124%@18 as Cut loaf, 25 B Cases... ....6/cc. 0. cc ccaces w%@ es _ > SEARSE. Broken, 25 B paile............ 0... ccc eee. 10@10% Elastic, 64 packages, per box............. 5 35 | Broken, 200 ® Wieck ae 9 94 SUGARS. FANCY—IN 5% BOXES. : CONOR ee i anak eeeal es 714 | Lemon Drops........... ; 2@1: ah ce Ber ee ieee ese Granulated, Standard................. @6 94 | Peppermint Drops...... ....... M4@l5 Granviated, Off... . oo. o.oo cccc cook ucns @ 6% Chocolate Drops................--+. s+... 15 Confectionery A.... 2.2.0... ..cc cece ues 6 56@ 65, | H M Chocolate Drops... 0.02 ooo, 20 Standard A Se ea Sc eS @ 6% | Gum Oo sites unk oc ae No. 1, White Extra C................4. Sic Ie GAR | MN II, oo oo ege cannes esanssasne ene 2 No.2’ Extrac ane a AB (seed Re en 20 We os 6 os eae eae ke ccs 4@ 6% ? oe Su eegacaandadenear) 2 Mae OMe A | I oars 555s ccc cecncesestaonee is gees ee ee 54@ 5% oneneen. Mo oins iceck asced Gaels 16 Waa shld cide cos wanes Bi@ 5% | Imperial ..........0+..eerseeceecceeeeeeees » : i ico ceiak da oo va cacecncdacccea 5 i | ae ‘iii eee Wes osc, sscocee a I accessions em se seeeeneaen 1s Jorn 10 gallon kegs i « BAts cast etsherceessugee. deodesees 18@20 Corn Das . = Peat Made Crogins. «65. 5-5250-- cenccecees 20 Corn, 4% gallonkegs................... @1 60 MPMI CI oo voc cop cciccnccuececcccceues ij Wie GOGRE o.oo oc oe see cada cccus bbl 23@ 35 Decorated Creams....... «2.6... .++0++0s 00 20 Pure Sugar Drips...............- % bbl : 38 POUT BO oo oo sin oa hs bo th ccde cede ecee H@15 Pure Sugar Drips........... Bgal kegs @1 96 Burnt MTG 3 6 jana bees duncabinas snaecs 22 Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... % bbl @ 85 Wintergreen Orrico, ... .6c6s<6 csc +e cod Pure Loaf Sugar. ........ jealkegs @1 85 , FANCY —IN BULK. eee WEE, oo osc kcneces @85 Lozenges, plain in pails............... @12% “ ae ae, a. @H pon pase - a Nese co ued wtas @u tases ' zenges, printed in pails............ @12% TEAS. Lozenges, printed in bbl “"114@12- Japan ordinary....... ee 15@20 | C : cee nets er Japan fair to good.................... STD BG 80 te tee Ga No Ou Japan fine... ieee 35@45 | Gum Drops, in bbls... 2.0.2 LLL ow 6M Rr ts inct tenses across eres eee 15@20 | Moss Drops, in pails...................10 @10% a a 30@50 - een rn ane ged ee Moss i Te oa oa ccs oan ss case sies 9 ee ee eee ee suai eo 26600 | Insperials in bbls... 0 ie ae _ TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. “"yRUITS. : ars Fisher's Brunette....35|Sweet Rose..........34| Bananas Aspinwall................. Dark AmericanEagie67 Meigs & Co.’: Stunnerss | Oranges, Jamaica, bbls... 00.2.2... @7 50 The Meigs............ Oe ee 35 | Oranges, Florida, bbis............... @5 50 Red Bird...) ........ 50|Royal Game.......... 38 | Oranges, Rodi Messina.............. 5 50@6 00 State Seal...........160/Mule Bar......_).1.65 | Oranges, Naples.....000000.000c ie. : Prairie Flower ...... 65|Fountain.... Wa PRAWN CHOIES.....o..62.-6 0. 4 50@ 5 ( i PROUNCAIN, ........555- 74 DUG a ca aneeue ies cneceuises 4 50@ 5 06 Indian Queen........ 60 Old Congress......... 64 | Lemons, fancy.......... 0654. 5 50@6 00 Bull Dog.............60\Good Luek...2..2.2.: 52 | Figs, layers, new, @B.................15 @IT Crown Leaf..... .... 66|Blaze Away..... ....35 | Dates, frails do ............ 0. ....004. ® 4 Matchless ............65|Hair Lifter...-......: Oe EO OO one ooo cece cesaees Hiawatha .. SeGorenor............ pe Ee es NG iinet wr sseceics <0 Fox’s Choice........ Bae Pree, 56 OR ec UN ee keen cs May Flower.......... 70' Medallion ............ 35 | Dates, Fard 10 box @ B............. 14@l2 Or cea 45|Sweet Owen.......... 66 | Dates, Fard 50 b box ® D.............. 04@il Old Abe. .. 49} Dates, Persian 50 tb box ® .......... PLUG. PIMe ADIOS, DB GOK. «6 ovis nciewccaes : la, Gal ba PEANUTS. Me 7 Prime Red, raw ® D................. 4 @4% Red Box...) SEE - Qj. | GRtolee do do ween cee. iG 5 RS ee ea, 5p | Ramey do dO oes eee ce ee ee ee es @ 5% Seal of Grand Rapids.................. oie Choice White, Va.do ..............600. 5@ 5% Oe ee ay @ig | Fancy HP.. Va do .. si. is eee eeee. 5i4a@ 6 WOM oi co kiccccacc akc cnedecdecs . @48 NUTS. eee ica. a @46 ATER, TAPTAROUM, . o.oo ons ceccce ds 18 @lY Snowflake eee eee iacl., @46 * WOON e case ln ee ee ea GEM PN oo ora c soc ens ons < wa seee vast sas @ 9 Nimrod oa ee @44 Chestnuts, per bu....... abuses de ou 3 00@3 50 eas | Glo | Mitberts, Sietly.......-......+...,.-..54 12 @l2% EE LE AAD STE @38 BY PI, kin cyoc cc snvicnunci IL @12— Big Five Center ey @35 Walnuts, Grenoble...................-44 QEaig ee a I ca 46 : MN aca fins ct tae fen aes : Koulonisoft Labor..................--+- oie v BYQBOD, «6. f05h otk ee cs aeee MII ocak sg ox da a daeenew ean une a @46 : California......... wee seeeees @lz ee wee, @32 POGCGHE. TORR, Fhe Fi canis cise chen beees Ik @18 Mea, Bele ONG 4018... occ can cues @46 _ We ices sn asec ce 9 @ 10 os ae @si COCOMINEA, DW IO, . oes 6c a cs iirc ccse ces @4 50 Old Five Cent Times................... Q: :8, PELTS AN , S Prune Nupeett, 12%................ @b2 Rieu ee ee ie ciuecscccesssecee Perkins & Hese quote as fol.ows: ieee esses es @38 HLUDES. NPP os cone as oe TG yree : a 7 iCalf ski rree ee Se |\taraul we ml ecu en Oe Oe. ck oe be cake ee, @46 Fulleured.... @ 914 |Deacon skins, UU PAPAIN noo cok inns nec e een cn cee @35 Dry hides and 7 2 piece "39 @50 Black Prince {Dark]..................- @3ai kips ... 8 @l2 | ee : ee ee... et silane Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @46 en ene ee, @AG ci cs ic icnceccstc incu a ieee 8 s. @Ab BRINN, oc acces basen dececetsciec® « 20 @d0 McAlpin’s Gold Shield. ................ @46 | Old wool, estimated washed ® b...... @25 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 D-cads. ..... @51 To es as cu iecuk desk nen: 414, 445 Novy: oo GE ac cence: Loaveie oe WOOL. or re mien anes rant l see tte ets (40 | Fine washed @ tb 24@27|Unwashed....... 2-3 Bete hhc taten ion tean tess + =e Coarse washed. .. 18@22 oes risa uss ade deena. D35 as NN WR Tob oo alpine eh ches an FRESH MEATS. Spring Fis ceeca cere yees se st aon a eans a @A6 John Mohrhaurd quotes the trade selling rs a kes ce ca nens seas @46 prices as tollows: Mackinaw cu ea eck so eencs eas @A5 Bred Boot, SIGOG.........cs..ccccccecss OOOO Horse SHOOC..........--.- 61. eee ee ee eens. @A4 Fresh Beef, hind quarters..+......... 6 @6% a ot. cal @36 TO, FROG ioe i oi 565 sedaatiss .5 @5% ee gS ee @36 Mutton, Carcasses............ceeeeeeee 44@ 5 McAlpin’s Green Shield............... G6 OE libs os Ge ae ce ence cannes so 50 Ace High, black.......... . Wee ee NORNG.. 0 os coco 5 ccocccesecae 1 Ee Sailors’ Solace.....................---. @AG TU oo sc os Os hang ececccstce 1 ee 2e. less in four butt lots. Pee ee ae SMOKING Brie CHICMONM. « « «3 < os co 6 e-c ans ness 10 @lil 0 de 40, Sweet Lotus..........32 | DUCKS .....--.. see cece eee eeeeneeeneeers @i3 Arthur’s Choice.....22;Conqueror ........... a3 | Turkeys .. 2.0... . 0c ceee senses eeeee ees on a WO seca Boi Grave ..........4000e — Piet |... 3.3.2... See! GRin.......6.-.-.00 ‘OUNTRY P ICE Gold Dust...........: Ee a 26 COENER Saeee Gold Block...........30, Uncle Sam.......... 23 | Apples—Local shippers are offering $1.25 ? Seal of Grand Rapids Lumberman .........25) bbl. for fruit alone, although some outside FOMNTE hs cs aus 25| Railroad Boy.........38 buvers are paying <7 5). De ail , at Tramway, 3 0Z....... 40 Mountain Rose....... 18 may CRS ars paying $1.50. Dealers hold fall fruit Buby; cut Cavendish 35 Home Comfort... .....25 | at about $1.25 % bbl. and winter at $2. a, OIE RI oo ce eo cs 3eans—Loe ers ; 5N/e > ¥ ‘or Peek’ s Bum. ........:. 18 Seal of North Caro- i : a 1 ea ie a ‘> epg ee Miners and Puddlers.28| ‘ina, 2 0z.........-. ae nang pioued. Morsing Dew .......25 Seal of North Caro- Butter—Michigan creamery is firm at 22@2ée. ON. oot. sc. oo) We, 408... ..: 46 | Sweet dairy is very scarce and is in active de- Peerless ¢... 0420... 24'Seal of Nor - im cchhs 4hn wa ia hatin rae? ote eae — 41 | Mand at 1618, while old packed readily com- ee a 21 Seal of North Caro- mands 5@12. Low grades are in plentiful sup- tom & JOxry......... hate ¥ oz boxes....40 | ply at 6@8e. . Ceca NGO |\Big Deal.............. 27} Butterine—Creamery packed e 32 ke lApple Jack........... 24 | utterine—Creamery packed commands 20c. ES AE “35iK ines Bee, longeut...22 | Dairy rolls are held at 16e and solid packed at oe Crap. ...... 40 Milwaukee Prize....24 | le. roer > 6 > IQ | . eink ans Se rene ce Wiig. ne | teow nockrietne tement et NIE oc cs ck sin veo RNS ic iccaisvues 2. 16 | B 100. wee - theca Mined....... 16 Cheese—The best factories now hold their tae nage Fae snscs ‘Saat Pousk oa | product at 1¢4%@12 which compells jobbers to pesonal 2 Se 26 Knights of Lakor....30 | quote September and October make at 114@ BONG as eck aves ee ...26| Free Cob Pipe........ 2r | ie. SHORTS. {| Cider—l0c # gal. and $1 for bbl. , ra, » 2 oo | aon sets) Sit Comancan Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 #@ ton. Bran, $13 5 ton. Ships, $14 #@ ton. Middlings, $17 % ton. 5 rn and Oats, $20 # ton. Perel... .. 2... .eeeceeesscecee Wivanene 4 Duck Bill Pike..........-. cakes ieee es : H. C. Pettingill, general dealer, Oviatt: “I tee e eee eee ene enen arenes have come to look upon THE TRADESMAN as eee eres ree Sess ts 3h 2s the true friend and counselor of the trade of : the State.” , Wh i ge eae aos Reee hea euaS J i * OUT AROUND. News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own Correspondents. Cadillac, . Leroy Gallinger has returned from Dakota and accepted a position in A. EK. Smith’s drug store as prescription clerk. John Koopman, whose mills at Falmouth, about twenty-four miles east of Cadillac, were destroyed over a year ago by a flood- _ ing of the river and whose flouring mill as rebuilt, was again destroyed by fire a few weeks ago, is already rebuilding on a larger scale than ever, and has from fifteen to twenty carpenters at work. The new structure will be five stories high, and it is reported that aftersa couple of years Mr. Koopman will put in a set of rolls ‘and man- ufacture flour according to the most approv- ed methods. ‘The mill will be a great bless- ing to that locality. Sampson & Drury, manufacturers of cant hooks and peavy handles, are now at work on a large order from Chicago parties. J. Cummer & Sons’, Cuunmer & Cummers’ and Cummer Lumber Co.’s mills are in op- eration and all will run throughout the win- ter, giving employment, to a large number of men. Hersey. J. Creagan’s sawmill, at Reed City, which was burned Jast summer, is rebuilt and ready to run again. Mr. Mills, of the machine shop, is putting in a shingle machine and intends cutting shingles from bolts the coming winter. Still another lumber and shingle mill is being built one and one-fourth miles east of Reed City by Wim. Taxworth, of East Lake. Bungo Smith has sold his grocery stock to Fred Procter, who will keep groceries and fresh meats. Fred Diggins is shipping the remainder of his last winter’s cut of basswood lunber to Detroit. Holland City. During the last two years, our city has had a rapid boom and growth. ‘The school cen- sus just taken shows the number of school children to be 1,114.» At the low average of four to every child, the city has a popula- tion of 4,456. The coming years will show the greatest building boom that the town ever had, and many think there will be a population of 6,000 here by January, 1887. Witha porous soil, good drainage, pure water, and warmer winters by 12 to 15 degrees than interior towns, and cool] and delightful summers, with the deepest and finest inland bay in the State, a fruit and grain country and the center of the Chicago & West Mich- igan Railway system, Holland offers more advantages than many larger towns in the State. The city is very desirous of getting a large furniture factory and boot and shoe factory to locate here and will give a bonus of both land and money, and wants corres- pondence to this end. Railway men are moving here as fast as they can get houses, from all along the line of the road, both north and south for the very reason that they can live here somuch cheaper. Butter, eggs, vegetables and clothing are sold at least twenty-five per cent. cheaper here than else- where. This item of living is very import- ant, and is fully understood here and is highly appreciated, by our large manutactur- ers. ‘Taxes are low and fuel is very cheap. Lake City. The pig-pen-building boom story cireulat- ing among the State papers does not refer to Lake City, as is stated, but to Jennings, a town five miles away. The correction is made that there may be honor to whom honor is due; besides, Lake City builds houses for an entirely different class. Martin VarnArsdale has closed his meat market and retired from business life. J. K. Seafuse now has a monopoly in this line of business. . Morrison & Clapper have bought H. K. Alme’s one-third interest in the Lake City sawmill. Swan, White & Smith, who recently sold to the Thayer Lumber Co., had a large tract of pine in this county which, with the camps aud equipments and logging railroad with rolling stock, was ineluded in the transfer. Henry W. Perry, of Big Rapids, is th. local manager for Thayer Lumber Co., and will take charge of the entire business. Oliver Remus and Jas. McFadden have rented the shop lately occupied by R. Shultz and are prepared to do general blacksmith- ing. Lyon J. UW. Arnold & Son, manufacturers of mill picks and edge tools, are now running their factory fifteen hours. The firm does business in sixteen states, making ship- ments as far East as Vermont, and as far West as Colorado. Hale Bros.’ grist mill and Oscar Amsden’s woolen mill are now running day and night, and yet both are behind with their orders. Lyons is in urgent need of another dry goods store. The aggegate pay-roll of the various manufacturing industries here is at least $900 per week, and a second dry goods establishment would do a good business. Muskegon. C. E. Woodard, Edw. Behrens and Rich- ard Turnbull have formed a copartnership under the firm name of the Turnbull Boiler Works Co. and have purchased of the as- signee of the Novelty Iron Works the plant, tools and machinery used by the latter in the manufacture of boilers. The hardware merchants have agreed to close their stores at 7 o’clock hereafter. The Chicago & West Michigan Railway having concluded to accept the prorated per- centage offered by the through transporta- tion lines on the pool arrangement, Muske- gon now has the advantage of Chicago and Grand Rapids rates the same as formerly. Newaygo. G. F. Cole, representing the Pembroke Knitting Co., of Muskegon, and a former resident of this place, has been visiting the trade here during the past week. Ryerson, Hills & Co. have recommenced their usual winter operations at Long and Marl lakes. At the former place, a horse barn has been erected that is forty-four feet wide by 130 feet long, said to be the largest in the county. A force of 180 men will be employed, and sixteen or eighteen millions feet of logs will be cut this winter. The logs are drawn from the lakes to the Muskegon river by means of an engine and ears during the summer months. Trade must be increasing, as ten traveling — segiotered at the Courtright house last whe “Red Milj??.is running night and day, giving work to many men who would otherwise be idle. ° The mill is lighted by electricity. Kinney Bros. are operating a saw and shingle mill at Croton, and their product is all i soippet from here. Elmer Earl, who for a number of years general store at Bridg- dent, is dead. The apple crop in this county is the greatest known for years. Prime winter apples bring 40 cents per bushel. Kritzer’s roller mill is turning out fine flour. The capacity of the mill is fifty-five barrels, The Newaygo Brick Co. has just finished operations after a successful season. Two and a half million brick have been shipped to Grand Rapids for use in the new city” hall, and enough more remain, unburn- ed, in the kiln to fill the contract. Otter Lake. W. C. Cummings’ new hotel is nearing completion, he expects to have it ready for business Dec. 1. He is now laying water pipes from his sash and blind factory to the hotel, in order to supply the house with hot and cold water and to use in case of fire. Tanner, Sherman & Stark*are running their mill night and day. The Otter Lake Enterprise is now print- ed in this village, in place of Flint, as here- tofore. : Wolverine. C. E. Fails has sold his drug stock here to P. E. Hackett, who has added a line of hardware. F. H. Hart and Geo. Hancock, who have been engaged in general trade here under firm name of Hart & Hancock, have dis- solved. The latter’s interest has been pur- chased by C. E. Fails, and the business will be continued under the style of Hart & Fails. Woodville. Business at this place continues good. The West Michigan Lumber Co. employs about 200 men in its mills and adjacent CAMPS, and most of whom, without compul- sion, trade at the company store. The sur- rounding country, which is fast improving, supplies the market with fruits, vegetables and meats, and in turn receives its mer- chandise here instead of at Big Rapids, as in former years. A steam skidder will soon be in operation at Camp 11, which will, ata single setting, bring together and load upon cars, the timber off forty acres. The mill will not be shut down until winter sets in. J. M. Dean, postmaster and cashier at the store, has brought his family here from Muskegon. Nelson Peterson, formerly in business here, is in the place delivering the ‘‘Life and Deeds of Grant,” for which he has can- vassed. Luther. J. S. Brown is to open a saloon in the old Central house this week. ——_—____—- -—__- Traverse City Topics. From the Grand Traverse Herald. Archie Miller and Chauncey Bryant will open up the Rolland store building, on State street, with groceries. Rt. J. Forrest, of Monroe Center, has sold his business, at that place, to M. C. Oviatt, and will go to Kansas to engage in trade. Hannah, Lay & Co.’s sawmill at this place has shut down for the season, leaving part of the stock of logs over for next year’s cut. A. C. Cutter has sold his recently com- pleted elevator near the depot to Hannah, Lay & Co., and will probably engage in the lumber business in Missouri. For a safe and profitable business invest- ment at Traverse City, a starch factory would probably offer more inducements than almost any other enterprise. Potatoes are raised all through Grand Traverse in great quantities, and this crop could be increased indefinitely. In years when a good market could be found elsewhere, shipments could be made as long as the foreign markets held good, and if a surplus was accumulated this eould be used at the factory. In years when there was no market or only a poor market elsewhere, the entire stock could be used in manufacturing. A fair market would be in- sured to the farmers every year, and there is money inthe business to the manufacturer and to the farmer. > - > <2 Hardware Notes. American bits and augers are in common use by all civilized nations. The cast-iron plowshare was patented by Ransome of Ipswich, England, in 1785. It it said that 80,000 dozen Monckey- wrenches a year are exported from the United States to Europe. A bench clamp is shown in a painting at Hereulaneum, where it is used to secure a timber to a bench while it is being sawed by a frame saw. Tubal Cain, the descendant in the sixth generation from Cain, was an artificer in brass, and of course had a hammer, which gives the lie to Pliny’s statement that this useful tool was invented by Cynra, of Cy- prus. Henry VIII’s time was not altogether given up to courting and beheading wives. He was much interested in fire-arms, and two weapons yet preserved, made in his reign, are substantially the same as_ the modern Snider rifle. The Japanese planes are small, with sin- gle irons, and have no handles. They are shorter and lighter and the wood is shallower than ours, being generally not more than an inch deep. To plane a piece of wood they lay it on the ground, squat on their hams, hold it fast with their toes, and work the plane by drawing it with both hands toward them. Their smoothing plane is a mere toy 214 inches long, 1 inch broad, and !4 inch thick. In making a twist drill a bar of steel is rolled to a special shape, cut into lengths, and again rolled in cam rolls, which form a straight groove, after which the shank is formed. The blank is then twisted by means of a machine, when one end is re- ceived in a hollow nut at the end of a per- forated spindle, which has a rotary and lon- gitudinal movement, the other end being held by vise clamps. After twisting the drill is centered and rough-ground, harden- ed by heating in a lead bath, and finished by grinding to a standard guage. ‘‘Elevator accidents kill more people than boiler explosions do,” says the American Machinist, which wants a law compelling the periodical inspection of passenger ele- vators, with a clause prohibiting youths un- der 18 years of age from operating them made general and applied to panei aot } ton, and who recently shot himself by acci- | | ty of designs that may be produced. The Future of the Retail Pharmacist." We all know that the future of everpbody and everything is, to a great extent what we ourselves make it. The future of phar- macy and pharmacists is no exception to the rule. It is very nwceh easier, though not alw ays. so satisfactory, to look forward to the na- ture and try to make forecasts of the things that are tobe. Of course, the future of pharmacy can only by conjectured by taking into consideration its history in the past. The same causes and effects that have been | to its advantage and disadvantage in tie past will probably work to the same ends, and on a large seale in the future. The manufacture o7 :nedicines and the in- | telligent dispensing of ihe same properly, as | 1 understand it, constituie the art of phar- | macy. We all know that a very large per: ! centage of the remedies which we dispense | are manufactured by large chemical manu-' facturing establishments, whereas they were | formerly made by the pharmacist himself. | Of course, the advanced age we live in has | seemed to demand this departure. But isn’t ic aquestion to ever chont pharmacist | whether or not the ¢ ‘hese large | specialty manufacture. siments is not, taking the question in .'s absolute sense, more of a cst) «ent than an aid to the true art pharmaceutiwarz. * * * I think the direct tendency of the phar- macy of to-day is toward making the future pharmacist simply a vendor of medicines. Almost every conceivable combination of remedies which have been found useful in the treatment of any complaint, has been copyrighted, and is now being manufactur- ed on a large scale by some great firm, who, with an elaborate display of generosity, send afew sample packages of their great specialty under a great name to our physi- cians, who, of course, try them, probably because they don’t cost them anything, and oftener as an ex, . ‘iment, and perhaps they may do good—"” often do. The simple remedy under high sounding (name is, very likely, a very good remedy for the dis- ease for which it is recommended, but does it do the profession of pharmacy any good to take the making and compounding of this remedy out of the hands of the druggist and put it into the hands or a manufactur- ing establishment? No, I think not. And | it would seein that if the present rate of | improvement (?) and progressiveness (?) | continues in the art of pharmacy, it will be only a few years until about the only quali- fication that will be necessary to be a drug- gist, will be the ability to read, write and figure, and it is my candid opinion that he | will have to do a good deal more of the lat- ter than we have ever been used to, if he makes both ends meet, if he practices legiti- mate pharmacy. Tam not posing as an reformer myself, but it occurs to me that if we would all try and take more pride in our profession asa profession, instead of following it solely for the money there may in it, that the art of pharmacy would be vastly elevated, and we would suffer nothing in pocket thereby. There is no claSs of business or profes- sional men, who, as a rule, are better,edu- eated or more skilled in their profession than the druggists of this country, and our success in our business is dependent toa great extent on our experience, our atten- tion to details and practical knowledge of our art. But if the so-called manufactur- ing chemists and pharmacists continue in the future to produce such marvelous im- provements, isn’t there a very imminent probability ahead that their products, in time, will be prized by the medicine-taking public more for their elegance and smooth ness of manufacture than for their real ex- cellence? And doesn’t it seem very proba- ble that in a few years the proprietary med- icine makers will come to the front and proclaim themselves perfect, and the hon- est, studious, consciencious pharmaeist will be relegated to a back shelf, there to grow rusty and morose on account of a disposi- tion by the advertisement-reading, excitable people of this country to patronize highly- lauded remedies in preference to trusting to the skill and knowledge of the exper- ienced pharmacist? Of course, as I said before, the future of pharmacy, like other futures, can only be conjectured, and some of us may entertain old fogyish ideas in regard to these mat- ters. But time alone, and the progress or non- progress of pharmacy will solve the ques- tion and meanwhile we will have to be con- tent, doing our duty as best weean, and now and then raking in a stray shekel and laying it by for a rainy day. We have one positive assurance as re- gards our future. That there are a good many mansions in the skies already for oc- cupancy, and I feel assured that the best mansions, and the most pleasant locations in the promised land, will be reserved for all pharmacists when it shall become nec- essary for them to dispense with the mortar, pestle and spatula, and try and become pro- ficient in the use of celestial implements. - Sieben oni amiss * Paper read by C. M. Florine, of Beloit, Kansas, at the sonent meeting ot the North: west Kansas Dr uggists’ Association. Pe AONGE BIR lin, ng eae A novelty in silver is the discovery of a process of electro-plating with silver upon wood, and ifs adaption to handles of all kinds, including umbrellas, canes, carving knives, etc. The silver is thrown upon the wood by a process which has proved ex- tremely difficult in practice. The deposit of silver, of course, follows all the peculiari- ties of the wood, and the ordinary handle is simply garnished in most ineradicable sil- ver. The special advantage is in the varie- =: Vineyard Dkates. FOSTER, STEVENS & O0., Headquarters FOR Western Michigan! PATD. j wy io-1aes 26-168) Wineyarcad A FINE SSORTMENT. WRITE FOR PRICES. Skate Repairs Carried in Stock. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., GRAND ae HICH. r " MISCELLANE: ous I$ Advertisements of 25 words or Jess inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, each and every insertion. he One cent for each additional word. Advance er puysiciay WANTED—A ps vapiae phrien. who can come recommended, can hear of a good location, good pay, little opposition, in splendid farming and fruit growing section, which can be obtained by renting property of retiring physician. Ad- dress, W. Kyno, M. D., 251 Gold Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 115* WANTED—Dr ug or grocery stock in grow- ing Northern town, in exchange for house and lot, team and cash. Or will exchange house and lot for similar property elsewhere. Address J. L. Handy, Woodstock, Mich. 110tf ree! SALE—Bakery business, with small stock and utensilsin trade. The only oven intown. Good chance for a man with small family. Satisfactory reasons for selling. Ad- dress J. Hoare, Pentwater, Mich. ll Fors SALE-—A small select stock of drugs in alive townin Northern Michigan. Only drug store. Reason, other business that needs my attention. Willinvoice from $600 to = Address H, care THE TRADESMAN. A livlihood for agents of either sex selling the ASBESTUS INSOLES WARM THE FEET IN WINTER, COOLIN St abil hes SEND FOR CIRCULARS CCC°,BOX I282.CiN’TI.O. ——— 1 | WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. ROOFING PLATES. | | IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... | Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: | iB , 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne ..._._. ; : 00 AUGERS AND BITS. | 3 5, 20x28, *choice Charcoal Terne. © @rccccacs 11 00 | Ives! s', old atyle Gio ee dis 60 | IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal ‘Terne,-. 22.) 14 00 BR Oe GN eas ing hiss side beds dis 60 ROPES. Renae ee eee aa dis 60 Sisal, % In. and larger oi ae cca cae ccaccesns dis 60) Manill a Cass ria — Le lcecicec. dOekh BO 8 paol's PO ee aia eee say aie saa wus. 3 bhai cencincuas «dic aesancceees 8 | Geen Ho ae Jennings’, genuine..................... dis 25! Bereat hot Ric Annie ens ads Sa mtwnas + dis 60s&10 | Jennings’, imitation........... ........ Ceti esas oe orn Ks pea SORERG 5. occ. clk... nese ee eel «Diet 2 | ie ene dis 2%) — Q feck, tee te BARROWS. | Nos. 10 to 14...... 420 $3.00 EMMMNOMG (obec Sha aalG ues chs ceed soak auypan $ 13 00} Nos. 15 to 17. 4 20 3 00 bee aces cc cuaas es oe geen bus net 33 00 | Nos. 18 to 21.. 4% 3 00 BELLS. ico a2 0 ie re ree 4 20 310 BRE as caw a neni ecin a a's bdo le nee aay dis $ 60&10 | Nos. Berar sense tee seen natal 4 = °= ey a ae is oc i so z — dis 13 | w/4ll sheets No. is and lighter, ‘over 30 inches — dis 0 | wide not less than 2-10 extra. pal tem. SHEE ZINC. sd eotan: + dis 56 | | In casks of 600 De, @ ®...............0. 6 ais - ans s w | | In smaller quansities, @ h.. 6% | Carmine I a No.1 ioe ——— L i dis s0sic | NOt) Refimed..- sseceeeens essen + f SerGeth NOG ag ces dee cy ace ts .-dis 5 | Stri tly Half-and-half.......00........ a | Cast Barrel Bolts..................... dis rn eh ere cee even ea. 16 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55 | TIN PLATES. Cass Barrel, brass knobs....... ..... dis 50 | a0 Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. | Cast Square Spring................... dis 5B 1 1c, Wizl4, CRANOORL. .....2... 6.0.21... 6 00 Gant One 0.0... dis 60 | ix, BOXI4 .CHAYCOAL . 6. 60 ce cen ces <5 ae ' Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 | 7 I2xl2, Charcoal... ..........6-.. 0.05 6 50 | Wrought Square ..... ................ dis “aan 0G, 2x12, Charcoal .................. 8 50 | Wrought Sunk MMM ee dis IC 14x20, Charcoal.............. hanes 6 00 | Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob IX, BOM, COOTOOR!. . oo... kccccc cl, 7 50 is a hd 5O&10&10 | 1X 14x20, Charcoal. 2022202020000) 9 00 ee eee i a dis 50&10 IXXX, 14x20, Charcool..................4. 11 00 BRACES XXXX, 14x20, CMIOONN 5 oocc ii cscs. 13 00 Saini Se Z ad IX, 20x28, COE ooo vcs c cet cal 16 00 , Bar OP eee eect ee eee e eens eee e eens dis $ 40/ DC, 100 Plate © NOON oo cccecs ic cc, 6 50 Backus Bee aaue edhe se Vue dascecc eg dis 50/DX, 100PlateCharcoal.............. &... 8 50 es eee ie lhe ease e lees vay, dis 50 | DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal... .. |.) 177 22" 10 50 | Am. Balt... ek eee eee ee dis net DXXX, 100 Piate Charcoal. ............... 12 50 ee a BUCKETS. ‘ | Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 150 to 6 75 BO ee cee cele csc cds 5 400} ’ WO OWE i coc dasc ces : 5 Steel. ¢ TRAPS. eee: ae WE SR oo oo nc eds ccce desc ieee ci. i : BUTTS, CAST, Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s dis 35 | Cast Loose Pin, figured.......:....... dis 60&10 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’ 8. 6010 | Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed......dis 60&10| Hotchkiss’ ...................... ‘ 6O0&10 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 6010 Daw: Mie, O0.4........0.. 2 60&10 |, Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 | Mouse, choker......................... 20e @ doz . Wrounht Leose ae, dis 60 | Mouse, delusion.. a ‘31 50 BR doz commer Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 | WIRE | Wrought Loose Pin, japanned uheeeuae dis 60& 5 ‘ io. 6 . Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver yee np se - ne ae cis GOKU Bc rede ee Gai dis 60& 5 | @ . ae » a Bence bane os asic - dis ‘0 occ sciences caccucse dis 60 fase Bai — a ee ee dis 55410 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 ae) _ ee oe ee i cenit’ Ueaaa ae ROE RE og oe sess icc dis 40 2 PI aki e ch sl edew ant yenes dis 65£10 | tinned Broom SGEEANE se ss a Ge ee ee a eens Bd RIEL dis jot | & cat ie as se iis semana 31 : Ss am © an ~, >| s SR caeieen aha if 1s 0 lind, Shepard Riis Peeh pcecean as dis 10 | Tinned SpringSteel.................s.... dis 37% CAPS. pg a a ee ess aa 8 b 3% Pe ee Pee Wei SOE | Pere WOTICO. co ck cc cacec dence esas PA ceric ie aw cca cies 60 | C epee. A oS new list net Ry 35 | Brass.. oes -hew list net Pe rahe cus se cones cee ais) 60 : WIRE GOODS. iieninainn. Bright... eu aadeak eckheceke ee, - — R.m Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 60| Hook's. iS RB | Rim Fire, United States..............4. pom o Gate Hooksand Eyes................dis 70&10 | arenes eleatavictiaas WrENCHES. | Pee mao dis a san ry Adjustable, nickeled.......... | cua aly lial eel lala ate ah ONT CAG GAMING, ooo oo coo n- os ca sa cnc ess dis 50&10 os Z en a hana eee eseneseseaneres = 42 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 65, pa soph ong eet e ee tee eee e eee eens dis a8 Coe’s Patent, malleable.............. dis 70 db REA MONe b6a4 Chas bee e oe oe 73 ' Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 | p 4: MISCELLANEOUS. : ” ' Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 SERS, Cistern.... 2.6... .eeeeeeeeeees dis v0 re bcacd ocak eueiscs ence net corews, NOW LiSt. oe eeeeseeeeeeeeeew sates 80 jet nse gn eo MG PIA... oon esses ce ies dis50&10 Curry, Da@renee’s. 4... 6.5... wos css dis 40 ere e sen aeseresadreenyas av PRORO kc i sc cnc cone cece cans dis 25 — eink COCKS. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, eS Tg A ie 5 ’ 7 ; Bibb’. ee - ' a The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. o. ee ee eee . b. cars as follows: a ae cas ecko eas 40X10 ee a el a, Oy | VODONE, 5 GR, o.oo... ices ceess per M $44 00 aia Uppers, 14, 1% and 2 ineh..............4. 46 00 COE ret. : Wr ie cc et a cc cece 35 00 P en I4 one CULT Gi2e..... 5... 255.5 8h 30! Selects, 14, 1% and2 ineh........ 0.2... 38 00 x82, 14x56, 14 x60 Baemense + then sesh eee: 36 vine Commnion, } B1MO8 ii5. ce 30 00 sLs MN RO ick decee iene. ik a ¥ | Morse's Bit Stock.... tense eee eee eens dis 3 Fine, Gomer. 1%, 1% and Zinch. ...... 2 00 oe ee — Oe dis 20 | No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet.... 15 09 | Morse’s Taper pag ee Ve iedeeea. dis 30 No. i Stocks, B 1 We fe, 16 a0 : oS SL s. 2 LING. © ROGMe, Ue M., BOTGGC..... . 5c sce as 17 00 ss ors GTR ei sess tines ee 2S No. : ane 1 in., 18.34 and 16 teet..... 15 00 PFU ATOT «0 eee eee eee eee 18 Ua vO ocks Biig NE ROOR, coc nc ceteciacs) 16 00 Adjustable... rsa aad ee ines h t+) dis 43g &10 _— ; see - 10 in. 20 feet.. ---- MQ Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. — dis 20 No.l ven sin. oo Mise. ate is 00 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 005 &, $00 00. dis 25 | No. 1 Stocks, 8 i, ME TOOE.. cs coc sc cess ee JES. No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12 d16 fee 2 American File Association List...... dis 60 ee 2 Se = ng : Sie ne See a b b PMRWO i ecco eed aces ders ys dis 60 No.2 Stocks, in. aoa Ja a ae ese teacnwenniahananed dis 60 | No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 oe ees es na vase eee han dees cr = No. freee 10 in., ee 13 00 Ce esa ene hs Beets eceeonens +++ + CUE aa | NO. a Stocks, 10 in., 2) feet........... 647 14 00 Heller’s Hon “GALVANIZED ii0s ae dis 33 a 2 avexs, 8in., 7 _ and 16 feet...... 1! 00 3 N, 7 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet... ............05. 12 00 Hee. 16 is 20, mand 24, 2 ana. ma 2 Ro. 5 ee. 8in., 20 i bibs ei cewek, 13 00 4 ~ 5} Coarse Common or shipping culls, al _ ~ Discount, ee Charcoal 50a. , Widths and lentes eeereee ein 8 00@. 9 00 Po : HES. : _|Aan Strips, 4 or 6in . hms .. 33:00 | Stanley Rule and ates ERR e Ss dis 50 coe 4or6 i Bh vss, sasvednersansen 27 90 No enctng, all lengths... ....... 14and 18 feet.......... 12 00 PA eres ccs ae cela ee oea dns cs dis 26 | No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet... ...... ck. ccccess 2 00 | Vernes & Fim’ 6... . .<..5..0 2.05 ee0s dis 40} No.1 Dee 6 ee gs -- 100 Mason's Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 | No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch..................04. 12 gO | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10 corn + and oe or Ginoh....:..,. 20 00 | HANGERS. evel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 18 00 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50} BevelSiding, 6 inch, C.................... 145 | Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 | Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No.1 Common.... 9 00 | Kidder, wood track................... dis 40 ee : Inch, Clear... ... 8dand9d adv...... SV ids beule dhbuse eas ules Mee TR i a ae wa ve as biases cces 50 WE EE a occ chon xe alec Ghia vas casacs 75 Te ree oe es kk cece 1 50 a a en ee 3 00 POI RG, BOW ois cae dish din ess 1 %5 Finishing t 10d &d 6d 4d Size—inches f{ 3 mm 3 1% Adv. # keg $125 150 175 2 Steel Nails—Same price as above. MOLLASSES GATES. PGORIITT © PAGCOR colo ccc ecencdccess ese dis ‘70 Btonnin © GENUINE. ..... . 5.25 acces sc sece dis 70 Enterprise, petantemartng Deis ia cole ce dis 25 AULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, “handled icc easka an dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent. ............. dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 RUM OR CHIDO ooo oi occ sec nccecacenae dis 40 POBOOE ic a ede t chs ce ke xe per gross, $12 net COON Oe ic. 50 PLANES. Cone Poel (6. 8, FONG. 6. occ cok occ nasse dis 15 b BEARD FeO es nh soos ca wen bans cans cane dis 25 | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, faney.... ......... dis 15 BervOR, TrShOURty coco i cock cc ceces dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. WET, BOO i ogi ac have ideeise ccs Retina alaeed ec e eae ba dea daneuas ob t1is60810 os iis bibs hae ved c be av oies Bh 6@7 RIVETS. Tron and Tinned...................... dis 40 Copper meee ong Burs.. .- dis 50&10 T FLANISAED IR “A” Wood's 8 otand planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 - Broken packs 4c ® b HARDWOOD LUMPEER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: Pamewood, 1OG-FUN. ... oes ces cncecccs @13 00 Pete oc occ cekecs cick 16 0U@20 00 Beemer, OG. 0 GINE Beoc ns vc chccceac ces 25 00 Rete ae, LUE... 5. 5 oc ca caccedasl @13 00 COVES, FOUP g ooo oo kk cdc econ cent 25 00@35 00 Creorry, NOG. F Ond 2... .. 6. ccccssaee @55 00 UN ONE i oi cas ceced seuss 10 00@12 00 Te WP oo oo oni becca cdseance 12 00@14 00 Pempe, OOTG, TOGSPUM. 2.5.0 ccc ce ncces 1U WO@12 00 EO, INGU. PEIIRS. 60 5 occa cece ches @16 00 Maple, clear, flooring................ @25 00 Maple, white, selected............... @2%5 00 WROMRC I, MOMTUINN, 6 oo oc vc ccc cctncasces @15 00 Red Oak, Nos. 1] and 2.......... beans @20 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... @2x5 00 We te GIT. coc cc cdcaccccicans. @ib 00 Wears, Picts & GEG... os coco cecanee id 00 WU CUR a eek hsv ccce csc cceh ese @25 00 Water Bim, MOG-TON. . oo... sic cccasce @l1 00 We nice AOD. IOG-PON.. . . . <6 cus ca nees 14 00@16 00 WeTeWOOG, IOONPIN. ... 5 .o.s50