ss “Michigan Tradesman. EVOL. 3. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1885. NO, t14. VoraT, 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. Inspection solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices gurranteed. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Successor to P. Spitz,) SOLE AGENT OF Frermentum, The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., ARCADE, GRAND RAPIDS, M ICHIGAN. Grocers and Bakers who wish to try -. “PERMENTUM” can get samples and full directions by addressing or applying to the above. THF PERKINS WIND MILE. 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 buildings; 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 & Go.s PETERSBURG, VA, PLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, Eo. 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. Tohn Caulfield, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. BEANS. 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. LAMOREAUZ, AGP. 71 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. TO THE TRADZ. We desire to call the attention of the Trade to our unusually complete stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, School Supplies And a General Line of Miscellaneous Books, Stationery, Paper, Etc. We have greatly increased our facilities for doing a General Jobbing Business, and shall hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly. We issue separate lists of Slates, School and Township Books, Blanks, Ete., which will be mailed on application. uotations on any article in our stock cheer- fully furnished. e have the Agency of the REMINGTON TYPE WRITER For Western Michigan. , Baton &Lyon ht . 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Ravids, Mich. | 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, 43 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Collections a Specialty ! CO is valuable. The r 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. 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. 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. Also dealer in Sauerkraut. Areade, Grand Rapids, Mich. JUDD ce CO, JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. SHERWOOD HALL, MARTIN L. SWEET. ESTABLISHED 1865. Brown, Hall & U0. JOBBERS OF Wool Robes, Fur Robes, Horse Blankets, Write for Special Prices. Nos. 29 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids. 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 Sous, New York. Laundry Soap OSBERNE, HOSICK & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. PEIRCE & WHITE, JOBBERS OF CHOICE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, Plug, Fine Cut and Smok- ing Tobaccos, Specially Adapted to the Trade. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, 79 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. both for field and garden. Parties in want should NED ics GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. THE SINS OF THE FATHERS. [Coneluded from last week.] “What is the matter? What caused this?” Jacob hurriedly asked of Landis, who was stooping down by Bruner’s side. ‘“T asked him for the twenty thousand dollars he kept from me,” repeated the other sternly. Jacob clenched his _ fist, but remembering that it was Mary’s father who had spoken, and at present he must attend to his own father’s needs, his fingers relaxed. There would be time for explanations later, and before many moments the opportunity came, for the nervous troubles ceased, the awful stare in Heinrich’s eyes gave place to looks of bewilderment, and at last, as a dim sense of what had happened returned to him, and as he met the anxious gaze of those near him, his lips moved feebly. “T did it for you, Jacob—for you and Johanna,” they heard him say. At these words Andrew Landis looked meaningly at Jacob, and there rose in the young man’s heart a bitter hatred for this wretched father who had sold his good name. That the deed had been done in his own behalf in great measure did not move him to pity and tolerance. His stern sense of right revolted atithe thought of his father’s disgraceful sin, and not even when he heard the father broktnly repeating, ‘it was fur die kinder; I did it fur die kinder,” were there any softer feelings stirred within him. Suddenly noticing Sigismund, who stood by with frightened face, he sent him to the house for the mother, and after Heinrich was sufficiently recovered to be moved to the house, Jacob went away by himself to think over the dreadful thing. There could be no doubt now of his father’s guilt, and along with the stinging sense of disgrace eame the certainty that Mary was lost to him forever. He would not ask her now to enter a family upon which such shame had been brought. He did not care to know in what way his father had gotten this money; it was enough to know he had confessed his guilt. After arranging that every cent should be returned to Andrew Landis as soon as possible, he would leave home for- eyer, he now resolved, and then there came over him a longing to see Mary Landis once more, even though it were for the last time. He could not deny himself this; and so thinking he turned and went back to the house. In a few days it was known throughout the neighborhood of what Heinrich Bruner had been guilty, and a meeting of the elders of the congregation to which Bruner belong- ed had been held to pass judgment in re- gard to it. At this meeting it was formally announced that Heinrich Bruner, having been guilty of retaining in his possession money not his own, was expelled from the Mennonite communion, while the members of his family were forbidden to eat any lon- ger at the same table with him, his wife even being required to live in a part of the house separate from her lhusband. It was furthermore ordered that he shonld make restitution to Andrew Landis, and these commands were to take immediate effect. There was no thought of rebelling against the commands of the meeting, and accord- ingly Susanna and the others from that time oceupied rooms apart from the disgraced Heinrich, performing for him only such ser- vices as were absolutely needful, and these in almost entire silence. Susanna Bruner was nearly borne down with grief at the shame of her husband, but the three boys were more affected by the fact that their father was now looked down upon than by his wrong-doing. As soon as the news of all this reached Franz Dieffenbach, he went over to the Bruner farm alone, refusing to allow Johanna to accompany him. Declin- ing to have anything to do with his father- in-law, he placed the eight thousand dollars, his wife’s marriage portion in Jacob’s hands, and announced that he would never allow Johanna to speak toher father again. When in the course of a fortnight, Jacob was able to return to Andrew Landis with interest all the money belonging to him, the young man packed up his clothes and other property, and after bidding farewell to his mother and brothers, drove to Litiz to see Mary once more before going to Philadelphia, where he had, through a friend, secured employ- ment. It was asorrowful parting between the two. Andrew’s intended rejection of Jacob had been forestalled by the young man’s own announcement that he would no longer seek to enter the Landis family on account of the bitter disgrace that had fallen upon his, and Andrew had no wish to adda word when the shame was already so keen- ly felt. Mary silently acquiesced in her father’s and lover’s decision, but the parting was a bitter one and each dreaded to say the last word. It was harder for Mary than for Jacob, since she could only submit without any support from stern feelings of duty. It was what Jacob thought his duty that en- abled him to end the interview and go out of the gate without once looking back, al- though he knew that Mary was looking tearfully after him from the open door, and his heart was almost breaking. Something | be fatal to his told him that one backward glance would purpose, and he dared not trust himself. Unknown to him, Andrew Landis was watching him from an upper window, half resolved to call him back and tell him that this deed of his father’s must not separate him from Mary. “Tf he looks back I will surely call him,” thought Andrew. But Jacob did not turn. When Heinrich knew that Jacob had left his home to return no more, and had not cared to say farewell to him, the knowledge seemed to move him more deeply than all that had gone befere. “Jacob, mein Jacob,” he would repeat to himself many times, ‘‘oh, mein Jacob!” His hair rapidly grew gray that winter, and he would sit in his lonely room for hours gazing straight before him. When spring came once more he roused himself and went to his labor in a dull, dogged man- ner, and, though his sons were necessarily thrown much with him in the cultivation of the farm, he noticed them but little and whole days went by in which he spoke no word to them. There was nothing now to live for and to wok for, since his name had become a reproach to his children, and when the heats of summer came on his strength appeared to fail him, and he left the fields wholly to the care of his sons. A broad, shaded porch extended before the kitchen door, and here he sat through the long summer afternoons, unheeding the sweet breath of the honeysuckle that filled the air. The old gray cat came and stretch- ed herself on his knee and slept there for hours, but he did not notice her. The hens, emboldened by his motionless attitude, did not hesitate to perch on the trellis at his elbow, and more than once his broad hat, which lay upturned upon the bench beside him, served as a nest for one sedate fowl, who was still ‘‘desirous of new things,” although she was well passed mid- dle-life as the age of hens is reckoned. One afternoon as the old man sat on the poreh, lost in dull, sluggish thought, the sound of coming footsteps sent the fowls near him flying from their perch, the cat, meanwhile, watching the new-comer through half-shut eyelids, but ready to leave her comfortable station should hostile advance be made by the stranger. Roused by the fluttering of the fowls, Heinrich looked up and recognized Martin Kinzler, the Mennon- ite preacher of the vicinity. He was a se- vere old man, with garments cut after the stristest fashion of his sect, but his face soitened a little as he saw the bent, pitiable form of Bruner. They had been boys to- gether, and he could remember when Hein- rich was his chosen friend. He had not thought of this for a long, long time, but now, as he sat down beside the disgraced man, fifty years seemed to roll away, and they were boys onee more and roaming the fieids by Pequea Creek together. He was gled of the message he had brought, which was that the brethren in view of Bruner’s more than six months’ punishment, had de- cided to restore him to membership in the meeting. When he had delivered the mes- sage, Heinrich said nothing, but took the preacher's hand, and as the latter gave him the kiss of peace afew tears fell silently, and Martin knew that Heinrich was repent- ant. That night Bruner sat at his table with his wife and boys again. Opposite was Jacob’s vacant place, at which the father looked longingly, but made noremark. On the next Sunday as he went to the meeting with his family, and the brethren crowded about him, some of them kissing him after their custom, and he heard once more kind words from neighbors and old friends. He said but few words, however, and listened to them with a vague, half-comprehending smile, which moved their pity then, and which they long remembered. After dinner he sat as usualin the kitchen porch, but this time Susanna was with him, aal their hands were clasped together. Near by was Heinrich, painfully spelling out some passages from a German Bible. It was anold volume, with silver clasps, and had come from the Palatinate with Susan- na’s great-grandfather. “The sins of the fathers shall be visited on the children,” read the boy and paused to look at a butterfly poised on a blossom cose by. The words had caught the father’s atten- tion, and the latter repeated them slowly to himself. He had not heard what went before, for the day’s excitement had wearied him, and he was conscious of little beside mere existence. The few words, however, called back the fleeting sense, and he nod- ded feebly as he spoke. Then there was quiet for a little time, for the boy was still regarding the butterfly, and Susanna’s head was bowed, and she was overcome with a sudden fear. At last Heinrich spoke again. “Susanna.” ‘Yes, Heinrich,” she said softly. ‘It was all fur die dinder, die kinder,” he repeated. And then he fell into a stupor, which passed, a few days later, into the solemnity of death. ’ The three American cities having the great- est extent of asphalt payement are Wash- ington, sixty miles; Buffalo, twenty miles; and Omaha, eight m at A SOCIAL ECONOMIST. Some of the Advantages of Running in Debt. From the Detroit News. “Some people can be mean on general principles, and will accumulate wealth for the mere sake of wealth. But more gener- ous natures will only consent to rigid econ- omy under the powerful spur of necessity, or some overmasting or worthy object. I never believed in the Ben. Franklin or ‘Poor Richard’ sayings. They might help the un- educated grub, or the ignorant prig, but they wouldn’t help the kind of man I am.” The speaker was a well-known solid, sub- stantial lawyer of Detroit with literary tastes and genial manner, but with that configura- tion of jaw and squareness of head which give one an impression that he is ‘ta man to tie to.” “Now I commenced life with a tincture of ‘Poor Richard’? in my make up. I hada perfect horror of debt, and my young wife shared that horror with me. I had my pro- fession, and I worked hard, bestowing upon the most trifling cases an amount of labor and eare which I sometimes shudder and laugh at at the same time. My wife andl boarded at leading hotels, and sometimes at respectable boarding houses. We lived this way for four or five years, when one day I took a mental inventory of our actions and possessions. We both loved the drama, the opera and the concert—we were social folks and we liked to entertain our friends and be entertained. We did not run in debt. Our bills: were settled up at the end of every month, and we owed no man or modiste a dollar. I had dropped the habit of carrying bimy money in my pocket and occasionally re- plenishing my wife’s portemonnaie, and we had placed itin a secure drawer, which need- ed deliberation and a key. “But what had been the result? I was not a dollar ahead. I owned, perhaps, three suits of clothes, some books and a picture or two. My wife owned four or five dresses, a watch and some jewelry. We had no chil- dren to add to our expenses, but here we were, poor as rats, without a cent. “T tried putting my money in the bank. This was an improvement. Sometimes we made up our mind to go to the opera house, but it was generally at supper time when the bank was closed. I would not borrow, and so we would be broken up for the time being, but in the morning our mutual gloom had disappeared, and we ate our breakfast in peace, congratulating onrselves that we had saved the money. In the daytime, how- ever, when such desires presented them- selves, the bank was open, and so, from time to time, the little money L had depos- ited would frequently disappear. It was a feast or a famine. We would econonize un- til we got a few hundred dollars ahead, and then we would have a good time, visit the theater repeatedly, buy good clothes, enter- tain our friends, enjoy ourselves thorough- —and then flatten out again. “Then [ had another brown study, and resolved to summon the cabinet (my wife) to hear the result of my deliberation. After a long preamble I promulgated the fact that I was going to run into debt. My wife held up her hands in horror. I proposed, 2olens volens, that we should furnish our room at the boarding house. I also proposed to let ‘Poor Richard’ go to Hades, or some other seaport. When the cabinet had adjourned I went and ordered a full bed-room set— bed, bureau, stand and echairs—with a stove and carpet. “Weare Arabs no longer,’ I said to my spouse. ‘See this stove; observe this Bos- ton rocker at $2. We couldn’t have our bed sold from under us before. Now we can be evicted and our furniture thrown out into the street. This is glorious! Yes, mad- dening. Providence has been kind to us; but we have remained in statu quo. We will try the sensation of being in debt.’ “My wife didn’t like being in debt even for the $75 I had promised to pay for the furniture, but she shaped her course to get out of it. During six months we had our three meals a day as usual, but lived as an- chorites otherwise. We had amuse- ments or social entertainments that month, but I think we had more pleasure when I paid the last monthly installment than in witnessing a performance by Salvini or Patti. I felt so good that I cannot express it. On moonlight nights, after my wife had gone to sleep, I would gloat over the furniture, par- ticularly the stove, where a corner was thrown into bold relief by the light of the moon and heave a sigh of eestasy. I began to fell like a well-heeled capitalist. My sense of ownership filled me with delir- ious exaltation. I began to plan other means of engulfing myself in the abyss of debt. “T called another meeting of the cabinet. ‘My dear,’ said I, ‘we will commence house- keeping. We must go in debt again.’ ‘My own, she said, ‘don’t do it. We will never get out of debt.’ I knew that she was only actuated by that sentiment, and not because she was indolent, sol insisted. I rented a cheap cottage in a good locality, and bought $400 worth of furniture on credit. ‘‘For a year we were desperately penur- ious. In fact, wewere misers. I had my ho * overcoat turned, and my wife made a new cloak out of.an old gown. toes looking 1 stood on tip- for apenny. My wife squeezed every nickel until{the Goddess of Liberty emitted a frantic scream of as- tonishment and pain. The cabinet held secret deliberations like the conspirators in ‘La Grande Duchesse.’ At the end of that year [ paid the last installment, and holding each other’s hands that evening, we jointly and severally heaved a grand sigh of relief. Again 1 gloated over our new furniture. There was a wider field to gloat over, and I felt like kissing each table, chair, bureau and mirror. 1 “My cabinet declared, however, that much as it valued the fruits of self-denial, it did not care through such another twelve months of anxiety and tribulation. I had meanwhile acquired a passion for go- ing into debt, but I yielded for the nonee. We had a good time. I was doing well and my practice was enlarging. But at the end of another year I had not a cent in money. Another cabinet meeting. Lannounced that we had to goin debt in self-defense. I bought a $300 piano; my wife plays you know. It took a year to pay it, but my wife enjoyed the music, and I raised the money easier. i *‘Next [ made a strike. Through a favor- able decision in a case I had on hand I got about $2,000. I had worked night and day for itand it was won. My growing passion de- veloped into full bloom. I bought a $1,800 lot, paying $200 down, and giving a mort- gage for the $1,600. But that was only a flea bite, as it were. I took the $1,800 in money and §borrowed $3,000 more and com- menced building a house, and gave another mortgage. and. lot $5,000. Then 1 and my cabinet were in trouble and we both got We lost all desire for frivolity. I was always thinking of the semi-aunual interest. I doubted whether I could ever reduce to nothing that immense pile of debt which stood over me like a black and threatening mountain by night and by day. *‘At the end of five years I had paid prin- cipal and interest, the $1,600 mortgage, but had only paid the interest on the $3,000 mortgage. During the next two years I had a profitable case, and at one clip I was able to hand over $1,500 in one payment. everwhere our to go The house eost about thin. sometimes Two years afterward I had what might be called a wind-fall. I had more however, by bloody sweat, but the pay- ment looked distant and far from sure. I had almost despaired of ever getting any re- turn for my work. But it came. I took the $2,000 check home in my pocket. It dinner than earned it, children hall to receive a But I was too full of my subject. I sternly waved them aside. was time, and our four trooped to meet me in the kiss from their father. Touching my wife on the shoulder, I wish to I said: ** “Come up stairs. to you.’ speak ‘*The little ones gazed with open eyes and mouths. ** ‘Stay where you are. Your mother will be down soon.’ “My wife and I went our bed room. up stairs and into I locked the door. The ex- pression on my wife’s face was a sight to I extended my hand, and said: ** ‘Get down on your knees.’ ** ‘What on earth is the matter?’ see. “Get down on your knees and you.’ “We both knelt, and I took the cheek out of my pocket and said ‘read that.’ “She read it and asked what it meant. ** ‘To you know whose check that is?’ 1 asked. ¢ 0.’ *¢ *Tt’s mine.’ “My much money?’ ‘**T haven't got time to tell you that now. Do you know what Lam going todo with it? It will make the last payment on that mortgage that has kept us awake so many nights. Let us both thank God from the bottom of our hearts that the darned thing is gone.’ “We returned thanks and dinner. heavens! Where did you get so then went to “T have that canceled mortgage in my files. It represents the supreme effort of my life. I look at it frequently, and regard it as a mother does her child, whom she has borne in travail, and in behalf she has passed many sleepless nights, but feels that all her pains have been fully repaid. My home has become so endeared to me that sometimes, when in the back yard, L feel like lying down and embracing the soil. “Oh, yes; [ believe ina young man get- ting into debt for something desirable and tangible and then falling to with ‘sand’ and determination to win it.” = -o - The working value of pulleys covered with leather, iron pulleys polished, and ma- hogany pulleys polished, rank for working value, as 36, 24 and 25 per cent., respective- ly, wood and iron uncovered being almost identical. Of the 3,500 to 4,000 men thrown out of employment by the suspension of John Roach over four months ago, not over 200 succeeded in getting employment elsewhere before the partial resumption three weeks ago. whose - a a Sigel aC nem ane os The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate, BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1885. 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 Committec—President, Vice-Pres- ident and Treasurer, ¢v-ujicio; O. A. Ball, one year; L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two years. Arbitration Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W. Putnam, Joseph Houseman. Transportation Committee—Samuel Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. 8. Musselman. Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. Manufacturing Committee—Wm. . 8. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. : Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. (@ 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. Sears, Cartwright, Judge Morris, of the United States Court, recently made an interesting decision on mercantile libel, which confirms similar findings in several state courts. The case on trial was that of H. Gates Smith, of Charlestown, W. Va., vs. R. G. Dunn & Co., for circulating reports relative to the standing of the former, which were alleged to be untrue and libelous. Judge Morris ruled that the plaintiff must furnish a bill of particulars as to when, where and about whom the libelous publication was made, and that in order to make privileged com- munications libelous the party obtaining the report from the mercantile agencies must be disclosed. ‘The subscriber toan agency who divulges the information may thus be made jointly liable with the agency. A AE “He began life as a clerk and ended it as a millionaire.” Thus is summarized the career of Horace B. Claflin, in whose death New York loses her foremost merchant prince. He was emphatically a self-made man, and won his wealth and position by patient and persistent industry—not by speculation. Dominated by an invincible conscience, he brought to bear on hiselerks and business associates an influence for good which can never be estimated, and leaves behind him a record which every merchant should strive to emulate. ssi ricerca ieee About a month ago THe TRADESMAN stated that the circumstances attending the sale of the M. S. Marshall grocery stock had a suspicious appearance, whereupon Mr. Marshall called at Tite TRADESMAN office and declared that every creditor would re- ceive his pay in full within a fortnight. Diligent inquiry among the unfortunates, however, has failed to reveal the receipt of any portion of the amounts due, and it is to be feared that Mr. Marshall is content to stand before the business public in the light of a rogue. ER The trite saying to the effect that ‘truth is stranger than fiction” finds an admirable exemplification in the brief sketch of Ly- man Gage, which is printed elsewhere in this week’s paper. The ability to say ‘‘no” at the proper time, to which Mr. Gage at- tributes his remarkable success, is a habit which may well be cultivated by business men of all classes, and especially by the young. 6 ———_—— VISITING BUYERS. the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: A, & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Dr. V. Sinz, Trent. Geo. Tompsett, Edgerton. T. R. Van Wirt. T. KR. Van Wirt & Co., Alba. M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe. Mr. Roberts, Darling & Roberts, Sparta. Myers & Burton, Alleyton. C. L. Gray, C. L. Gray & Co., Evart. c. Porter, Chauncey. Mr, Smith, Smith & Bristol, Ada. Geo. Robson, Muir. John Graham, Wayland. Capt. Wm. Rosie, Bass River. J.C. Townsend, White Cloud. A. Stetiin, South Blendon. W. I. Woodruff, Carey Siding. John Giles, Lowell. F. A. Jenison, Manton. D. D. Harris, Shelbyville. Cc. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Cc. W. Ives, Rockford. J.N. Waite, Hudsonville. E. T. VanOstrand, Allegan. Dr. G. B. Nichols, Martin. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. J. Q. Look, Lowell. Hunt & Hunter, Lowell. C, E. Blakeley, Coopersville. Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake. Dr. H.S. Baron, Forest Grove. Walling Bros., Lamont. Chas. Young, Otsego. ¥. L. Blake, Irving. Neal MeMillan, Reckford. Henry Baar, Grand Havem. Jas. Toland, Ross. Wm. VerMeulep, Beaver Dam. H. M. Harroun, MeLain. John Kamps, Zutphen. T. J. Sheridan & Co., Woodville. Ryerson & Williams, Holton. Miss Mary McLouth, Hart. T. J. Clark, Lacota. W. H. Benedict, Vermontville. c. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. Henry Misher, Freeport. S. Anderson, Big Rapids. Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. John Bishop. Montague. John Smith, Ada. Geo. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake. ¥. Boonstra, Drenthe. Cole & Chaple, Ada. G. F. Gretzinger, East Saugatuck. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. R. G. Smith, Wayland. cC. 8S. Comstock, Pierson. Thos. Smedley, Lamont. H. M. Freeman, Lisbon. C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs. Cc. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. A. J. White, Bass River. Jorgenson & Hemingsen, Grant. Oliver Seaman, Big Rapids. Christian Pfeifle, Ashland Station. Baron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove. Jos. Omler, Wright. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. Geo. F. Cook, Grove P. O. J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville. Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam. oer eee Berlin. J. H. Anderson, Edgerton. A. M. Church, Alpine. John Gunstra, Lamont. Thos. Cooley, Lisbon. Jacob Grutter, Grandville. A. G. Chase & Son, Ada. d Moore, Haire P. O. = Kline, ee. man, ar Springs. G. P. Stark Cascade. G. B. Chambers, Wayland. Ww. W. P erice, Moline. as well as any of ’em—bound to die a rieh | man. The following retail dealers have visited | O. F. Conklin, 0. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna, | - | by the Michigan Division. cl —nepme The Gripsack Brigade. Willis F. Cornell, representing Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, t¥pe founders of Chicago, is in town for a day or two. Don’t forget the meeting to arrange for the annual social party, to be held at THE TRADESMAN Office Saturday evening. J. C. Watson, with C. S. Yale & Bro., is taking in the towns on the D., L. & N. and the Grand River Valley division this week. Wallace Franklin returned Saturday from a fortnight’s trip along the Huron shore, | and left Monday for a brief visit to the Sag- inaw Valley. I. W. Van Zandt, general Western rep- resentative for Howard W. Spurr & Co., the Boston wholesale grocers, has been in town for several days, calling on the trade. The Merchant Traveler put in an appear- ance at Chieago last Saturday, and an- nounces that the ‘‘new dispensation” pro- poses to let bye gones be bye gones and go in for the 'T. P. A. and its members’ little $2. Chicago Merchant Traveler: The travel- ing men of Grand Rapids will hold their an- nual social meeting during Christmas week, in order that all the boys can be there. They will have a Roman holiday and no mistake. Wm. A. Clough, formerly sundry sales- | man for Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., is now working the trade of Cincinnati and vicinity on drug sundries and specialties. In a re- cent letter to Time: TRADESMAN, he asks to be kindly remembered to the Michigan trade. Jas. Rooney has returned from a two weeks’ trip through the East, during which time he secured the State ageney for the Gutta Pereha and Rubbber Manufacturing Co., makers of rubber hose and belting, New York City. Mr. will make Grand Rapids his headquarters, as hereto- fore. Geo. S. Magee, formerly on the road for the National Tobaeco Works, and latter with Daniel Scotten & Co., has purchased a grocery store at his old home, Rushville, Ind., and will settle down to the sale of matches and molasses. The local paper announces that Mrs. Magee will assist him in the management of the business. It has been thought desirable to hold the annual social party of the Grand Rapids traveling men this season sometime during the week intervening between Christmas and New Year’s, in order that the greatest number may be able to avail themselves of the opportunity of atttending. A meeting of all interestedin the matter is hereby call- ed, to be heid at THe TRADESMAN office Saturday evening, November 28, at which time a full attendance is requested. Wm R. White. who handles a consider- able portion of the jobbing trade of the Thompson & Taylor Spiee Co., of Chicago, paid his regular monthly visit to this market last Mr. White began to Grand Rapids fourteen years ago when L. H. Randall & Co. were the only grocery jobbers here, and has visited the Valley City every thirty days since that time, with the excep- tion of three years. He was with Huyck Rooney 9 ip week. eoming & Knox three years, and has been with his | present house for eight years. Mr. White is one of the solidest boys on the read and his visits are always a source of pleasure, as well as profit, to our jobbers. Maurice Levy was born in a small village 'in Poland October 17, 1847, and graduated from the high sehool at Warsaw in 1861. He then entered the employ of his father, | who was a broom manufacturer, learning the trade and keeping the books. Just pre- ‘vious to becoming of age, he emigrated to ! this country to avoid military service, reach- ing Grand Rapids in 1868. For a year and a half he peddled through Northern Michi- ‘gan, when he engaged in the faney goods i business at Elkhart. Six months later, he | sold out and purchased an interest in a sim- \ ilar establishment at Big Rapids owned by | his brother, Abraham. The firm of Levy Bros. continued with varying success until | 1877, when Maurice sold out to his brother | and went to New York, where he engaged 'in the purchase of furs with his brother-in- law. He also bought fancy goods at auction, | and inaugurated auction sales at several of | the principal cities. He returned to Grand | Rapids in 1878, and entered the employ of | Jacob Barth, with whom he remained two | years as store and traveling salesman. Re- ‘ceiving a more lucrative offer from Jacob Brown, he entered the service of that house January 1, 1881, and has already signed with the house for 1886, which will make | six years continuous service with that estab- lishment. Mr. Levy an indefatigable | worker, and richly deserves the suecess he | has achieved by patient industry. | - > o> - ‘“‘Laboring Under a Mistake.” | GRAND Rarips, Noy. 25. | Editor MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: Dear Srr—Under the above caption and under date of Detroit, I find the following complaint in the Merchant Traveler of Noy. Ue | Many T. P. A. men are under the im- | pression that week-end tickets can be se- ' cured in this State by any member on pre- | sentation of his certificate of membership, / as it is so advertised by the Michigan Divis- is ' ‘ion. ‘This privilege is granted only to the ‘members of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association om presentation of membership éard. Anether member as well / as myself was misled,by the circular issued T. Ph Ac ite Allow me to say that the above is an er- | ror. Members of the T. P. A. can receive | week-end tickets on presentation of a T. P. | A. certificate at all depots of the Chicago & | Grand Trunk, Detroit, Grand Haven & Mil- | waukee, Michigan & Ohio and Grand Rapids & Indiana Railways. Leo A. Cano, _ Secretary Michigan Division. x a Valley City since that time. : tying? Second pay upto acon Drugs & Medicines STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. President—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. : Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 2, 1886. . Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. OFFICERS. President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. First Vice-President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. : Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkell, Owosso. Treasurer—Wim. Dupont, Detroit. : Executive Committee—Jacob Jesson, Geo. Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W. R. Perry and John E. Peck. : Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 12, 1886. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1584. OFFICERS, President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. : Board of Censors— President, Vice-President and Secretary. : : Board of Trustees—The President, Wm, H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wim. L. White. < Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum, M. B. Kimm, A. C. Bauer. \ Committee on Legislation—Isaac Waits, O. H. Richmond, Jas. 8. Cowin. ee Committee on Trade Matters—H. B. F airchild, John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. ae Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. Se Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, : 2. Next Meeting—Thursday evening, December 3, at **The Tradesiman’’ office. Yuskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. OFFICERS. President—I. F. Hopkins. Vice-President—John Meyers. Secretary and Treasurer—O. A. Lloyd. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Friday of each month. : e o Next Meeting—Friday evening, November 27%. dicating the Work of the Formulary Committee. Prof. A. B. Prescott has issued the fol- lowing circular to the Formulary Committee elected at the last meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association : Ann ARBOR, Noy. 14, 1885. To the Committee on Unofiicial Formulary, M. 8. P. A.: Dear Sirs—The undersigned has inform- ed the A. P. A. Committee on National Formulary for Unofficial Preparations, Charles Rice, Chairman; P. W. Bedford, Secretary ; of the appointinent and purposes of this Committee of our State Society, and has received in reply a very hearty and grateful acknowledgement of the offer of co-operation. The Circular just issued by the A. P. A. Committee—and any and ‘all circulars, from time to time—will be sent to each member of this Cominittee. So far, in our Committee, it has been un- dertaken : (1) To obtain from the Detroit Pharma- ceutical Association and the Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Association, small and care- fully selected lists of such formulas in local use as may be recommended to add to the ‘New York and Brooklyn Formulary,” taken as a starting point. Also, from the same local societies, any proposed altera- tions of formulas in ‘‘N. Y. and B. Formu- lary.” (2) To obtain, if practicable, from local medical associations in Detroit, requests and recommendations of the medical pro- fession, to the same end as above. (While the demand for formulas comes from the physicians, both pharmacists and{physicians may act in obtaining a proper index of such demand. ) Are there other local societies, pharma- ceutical or medical, whom we should con- sult. The details of information respecting formulas requested by the A. P. A. Com- mittee will be given in their cireular. The undersigned will be glad to receive eommunications or motions from members of the committee. Yery respectfully, A. B. Prescorr. To Messrs. A. B. Lyons, Detroit; Ottmar Eberbach, Am Arbor; Frank J. Wurz- burg, Grand Rapids; Frank Inglis, De- troit. —— _> o> ——en The Unfairness of the Thing. From the Albany Argus. The druggists are unfortunate. If they make a mistake itis heralded all over the country by the telegraph, and no condemna- tion is severe enough to visit upon them. When the doctors blunder, however, as they not infrequently do, no whisper from it is permitted to escape from the sick room, be the consequences what they may. ——- >> -—- Summoning the Doctor. *“Doctor,” said an anxious citizen, ‘‘some- thing has happened to my wife. Her mouth seems set and she can’t say a word.” ‘*‘Why, she must have the lockjaw!” said the doctor. “Do you think so? Well, if you are up my way some time next week I wish you would stop in and see what you can do for her.” 2 Frank Inglis, the Detroit prescription druggist, was in the city three or four days last week introducing his compound elixir of fir to the notice of such physicians as are not already prescribing it. Mr. Inglis lived on a farm near Reed’s Lake seventeen years ago, and notes a considerable change in the Indirect Advantages of Invention. From the American Machinist. Every year there are numerous mechani- cal devices brought out’ that are to “‘fillflong- felt wants,” and ‘‘revolutionize” matters in their particular line; apparently jthe wants are just as manytfas ever,'and revolution 'pro- gresses slowly. An inventor almost al- ways makes more wants” than he’:fills; the value of his invention is generally more in this fact than in the real worth of what he invents—in this fact and in’the;fact that it stimulates others to exertions. A few years ago thefautomatic cut-off steam engine was to take the place of all“others; ‘there are a good many throttling engines built in these days, and apparently always will be. That this is true does [not argue‘ any Zfault with automatic fengines. Since the advent of automatic cut-off engines, great improve- ments have been made in throttling engines that have enabled them, for some purposes, to hold their own. But these improvements are largely due to the invention of automat- ic engines. The automatic engine cuts off short, and it was discovered that a plain slide could be made to cut off at half stroke, or shorter. The automatic engine governs closely, and this fact had a good deal to do with the invention of better throttling gov- ernors. So it will be found in a hundred other things. If Smith or Jones makes an im- provement in steam engines or printing presses, the world is chiefly advantaged in the improvements everyone else who builds steam engines or printing presses is moved to make to avoid falling behind in his busi- ness. The fact that some are progressive prevents the possibility of conservatism, in a bad sense, in the others ; comparatively a few progressive men in any line of manu- facture will keep all the rest alive to the necessity of progress. And this operates advantageously in two ways: Besides in- ducing progress in others, it prevents the possibility of anything like monopoly that will keep prices at an exorbitant figure. An instance of this is seen in electric lighting. Although anew field to almost everyone a few years ago, there have already been so many inventions relating to it, made by dif- ferent individuals, that competition is sharp enough to keep prices to consumers low; and there is apparently. but little danger of a combination that shall change this. A combination to this end would be sure, in its stimulating effect, to result in further invention that would defeat it. This in- vention in relation to electric lighting, in which hundreds have been and are en- gaged, was largely induced by the efforts and invention of one or two men, the in- direct advantages of which outweigh many times over the direct. Another instance of the influence of in- vention beyond what is originally intended, is seen in the steel industry. As soon as a beginning was made with Bessemer steel castings, and the ‘*want” indicated, atten- tion was turned to the subject, and at the present time steel castings of all qualities, and at comparatively cheap prices, are com- mon enough to suit everyone, with the pros- pect that further efforts will better the product and reduce the cost. But the effect of the use of steel castings has already gone farther than this; it has had a good deal to do with improving methods of forging by which the product has been improved and the cost reduced; it has also had the effect to wake iron moulders up to the exercise of more judgment and study, that is, to make better iron castings than ever before, and to make them at less cost. Instances like those mentioned might be multiplied indefinitely. Competition of this kind can be, except in some cases, depended upon to reduce and keep down prices and to further improve the quality of the pro- duct; an invention must be of startling noy- elty to insure the inventor being allowed to quietly gather abnormal profits for any great length of time. Something new, or the adaptation of old means, is reasonably sure to interfere with any plans in that direction. Many times inventors have a false sense of security in their ability to control prices, but an unpleasant awakening is reasonably certain to follow. Their re- wards are likely to be fair, but not dispro- portionately great. . —<—w © <> Sure to Catch Him. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. “Is that crowd going out to the races, or is ita fire?” ‘‘Neither, stranger; that man walking so fast in front is a country merchant; the 700 other fellows you see are traveling men. They'll get him, stranger.” a a Mercury and Nitric Acid. From the Pentwater News. F. W. Fincher’s drug clerk mixed some mercury and nitric acid yesterday, and cork- ed the bottle, after which he took the cork out and the mixture flew all over his face, burning the eyes and face badly, but not oc- casioning permanent injury. > oo <_— A Philadelphia paper says a pound of feathers is as heavy as a pound of lead. That depends. If a pound of feathers were to fall from a third-story window and alight on a man’s head, and five minutes later a pound of lead were to fall the same distance from above and strike him on the same spot, he would be willing to swear that the lead weighed a ton more than the feathers. First Peddler—What are you carrying? Second Peddler—Patent medicines. First Peddler—Well, all right; you go ahead and work up the business, and I'll follow. Second Peddler—Why! What are you car- Reads Like a Romance. Mr. Ethridge, who visited the jobbing trade at this market last week for Sprague, Warner & Co., gave a short sketch of the rapid advancement of his brother-in-law at one of the jobbing establishments which reads like a romance. The naine of the gentleman is Lyman Gage, and he is now Vice-President of the First National Bank of Chicago, and the recipient of an annual salary of $30,000. He began his business career as office boy for a lumber firm, but during the depression of 1854, his services were dispensed with. For several weeks he endeavored to obtain another situation, but was unsuccessful. He then returned to the yard of his former employers, and avail- ed himself of an opportunity to earn an hon- est dollar by shoving lumber. One of the proprietors happened to recognize the boy, and questioned him as to his reasons for re- sorting to heavy manual labor. Heasserted his inability to secure a situation, and de- clared that anything was better than starva- tion. The gentleman sent the boy to the office, and the next day obtained him a situ- ation as ‘‘general utility” at a large banking establishment, with a salary of $5 per week. In three years he jumped over the heads of everyone in the bank, and was promoted to the position of cashier with a salary of $2,500 per year. He continued in that capac- ity for several years, when he accepted an offer from the First National Bank toe take the position of assistant cashier at a salary of $5,000. Since he identified himself with that institution he has received several pro- motions and a gradual advance in salary, until he is now in receipt of $30,000 a year salary, besides an annual income of about $20,000. Mr. Gage attributes his remark- able suecess toa seemingly simple fact— ‘the ability to say ‘no’ at the proper time.” —— > -O ~<—- The State Law Governing Peddlers. I. J. Quick, the Allendale general dealer, in a recent letter to THE TRADESMAN, asks whether there is a law in this ‘State provid- ing for the licensing of peddlers. Sec- tions 1257 to 1266 of Howell’s Annotated Statutes provide that any peddler or hawker traveling by foot shall pay to the Treasurer of the State an annual li- cense fee of $15; that a person. traveling with horse shall pay $40; and that a person traveling with two horses shall pay $75. Section 1259 also provides that anyone trav- eling ‘‘in any manner for the purpose of taking orders for goods, wares or merchan- dise, by exhibiting samples, catalogues or otherwise”’—under which head comes the modern commercial traveler—shall pay an annual license fee of $50. No one ever heard of the latter provision being enforced, and it is comparatively safe to assert that the entirefmatter relating to hawkers and peddlers is practically a dead letter, as the final paragraph provides that nothing con- tained in the preceeding paragraphs shall be construed to prevent any manufacturer or mechanie residing in the State from selling his own produets, or any wholesale mer- chant living in the State from selling by sample. Trius TRADESMAN is not aware that the Michigan Supreme Court has ever passed on the statute, but similar tribunals in other states have declared similar pro- visions unconstitutional, on the ground that distinctions between states are illegal. -_———__~< +4 The Drug Market. The opium market is somewhat excited, and the gum has advanced 20 cents a pound, with still higher prices in prospect. Gum arabic has sustained an advance of 25 per cent., in consequence of the scarcity caused by the late war in the Soudan. Castor oil is up 1g cent a pound, and glycerine has taken an upward turn of 1 cent a pound. Other articles in the drug line are about steady. The key of the old Bridewell prison in New York, which was torn down about fif- ty years ago, has recently been discovered. It weighs a pound and a quarter. Nowa- days the principal key of such a prison would be carried in the vest pocket. Cutlers’ Pocket Inhaler And carbonate of Io- dine: Inhalent. A eure for Catarrh, Pr Bronchitis, Asthma Ke -—“ and all diseases of the throat and lungs aS / -~ —even consumption = —if taken in season. It will break up a Cold at once. Itis the king of Cough Medicines. It has cured Catarrh when all other remedies had failed. Of the many who have tried it, there is not one who has not been benefitted, This is the only In- haler approved by physicians of every school, and endorsed by the standard medical journals of the world. All others in the market are either worthless substitutes or fraudulent im- itations. Over 400,000 in use. Sold by drug- gists for $1. By mail, $1.25. W. H. SMITH & CO., Proprietors, 410 and 412 MICHIGAN ST., BUFFALO, N. Y. SOMETHING NEW Cushman’s MENTHOL INHALER aon \\ r Pai AW gat oa A J y¥ a nis a Designed Expressly for lnhaling Menthol. A superior Remedy for the immediate relief of cs Headache, Cararrh, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bronchitus, Sore Throat, Earache, ne and all diseases of the throat and ungs. Affords quick relief and effects permanent cure by continued use. Every druggist should order some in the next orderto HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO., Whole Druggists, Grand Ra . Mich. a Ask their traveler to show you one the next time he calls. | ‘ WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. _ Advanced—Gum arabic, gum opium, gum opm pure, castor oil, glycerine. Declined—Nothing. ACIDS. WAORTIG NO, Boo ia cock aces e sans 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 RPO os eis a oh be ce dine ae 34 @ 36 OP ge is ch pe dea oahae 60 @ 65 Muriatio 18 dOG. ... <6... 55 cesses cee 8 @ 5 iis MBG oe ol lin gcess . 2 ea 2B ORs ie ics bab enes Rh @ i4 Sulphuric 66 deg................... 3 @ 4 Tartaric powdered................ 52 @ 55 Benzoie, English............. B Oz 18 Benzoic, German...............06. 122 @ 15 Ss oie ik cae cine sas eee e 12 @ ib AMMONIA. COP DONGEG . « 5ias is os calcd ss 05.055 Sb 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22C)............006- 14 Aaa 16 dew or Bf... .. 650... seuss 38 @ 5 Ace 16 doe or 46. os. 65 cco ose 4@ 6 BALSAMS. OGIO oo sacs soap din on ee ae chee anes 40@45 Tics ov ae dna) enna mkenes 40 os ee cee cide wo eack meee cen 2 00 i a ad ee leca cakes cs 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢)........ ll Cinchona, yellow.............+-.- 18 WO), BOLOOE ie cane scenes cn tenes 13 Elm, ground, pure............+---. 14 Elm, powdered, pure.............. 15 MOBUAT PAR, OF FOGG. . oo 5s is es cna cces 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered.............-- 20 Hemlock powdered..............-- 18 Pe ee sk cs oe ween 30 BORD SYOUNG 6 oo cikia cs ce ce -seas 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 95¢).......... @ 9 THOIDGE chs cei cb dee lek an esse . &§ @ 7 PPIORIY AGU ioc in co vik con nani ad sae 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 i boxes, 25c)... 27 Licorice, powdered, pure......... 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes).......... 12 Lgowood, 48 OO ea 13 Logwood, 48 6 15 Logwood, ass’d do ....... — 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. KLOWERS. go ck ee oh ns ee ene 10 @ ll Chamomile, HOMAN..............> 25 Chamomile, German.............. 25 GUMs. Aloes, BArbadoes.. ......5066 0.0505 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 20¢)...........- 12 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 IOI eo circa snc awnsussss 28 30 Arabic, powdered select.......... 76 Arabic, Ist picked............-...: 75 Aranio2d piGkeG..........s- 30 PG gece nse etek 85 PN, PRs oe eek eee 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @z2 50 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 1 75 2 00 bmg = other brands............. 110 @1 50 A Oe occ ca tn nn wees ccenees 135 @1 75 Oat, PROUATIO ooo cies cee ceased 200 @3 50 Oe i eis cased 175 @6 50 Catawne Wines..............c0- ce 125 @2 PE VEG kote ce ccey enka 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 NO oa oe ain noe cao n denne oss 65 OILS. ATONE, BIGOT. ooo ioe cc cde sends ee 45 @ 50 Amber, TOCUMNE........scncecasees 45 i un caae bene waneaseeuaceh 2 00 RO i eie eco ah ch canass 50 PNG oo in ok ken vc ca a ene 2 2 ee eck esas be ee ce 17%@ 19 Ws oat ous coat naeas 2 ME oes os ka aa sce ake 75 as ca ae cae pase oe 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75e)..... 35 WEMORGN coco nw sc oe os np ccansanacas 75 WO la ccna cae caeeetan 12 Con Liver, B.F. oo. out... -B gal 1 20 Cod Liver, best......... + hee 1 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Oe FO Wik av sas cca cede 9 Ly 1 RE RG ReS SEB Gp Otay Semester a 160 ROG cd nw choiee es caueavewe 2 Geranium PB OZ... cc ceeie cece cscs 7d Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 35 WUDIDOR WOH bons vie oe oe eh sa cees 50 UPDIDOr NOPTIOR.. 8. sn. oa. wn oe os 2 00 Lavender flowers, French... 2 01 Lavender garden OO sais. .ee, 1 00 Lavender spike OO ok. 90 TOPAOR, NOW GOB. ....6..cc ccs coens 1 75 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 2 00 pela) gg Ae Meee ae pe ese sere nyen Agen 380 Olive, Malaga........... @ 90 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian . . ..... 2 75 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25 Orignrnm, NO. 2.02 os ca ae cc een sce 50 POD IIOU OL aici kc hanes seen oe ve sneeae 1 30 Peppermint, white................ 4 00 WRONG WF OE ois vot coe ck neh aes cevedad 8 00 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 ae. Te OA iss sete eens ce eee 2 75 ec aes eke 1 00 Sandal Wood, German-:.......... 4 50 manne WO0d, Wi de. oo occ ca le cl 7 00 GUO TEN cas pete edu ches bh bs beans 60 PREIS cs ks check eacseecnceues @7 00 MN ioe an chine coms cone ax sche cane 450 @5 00 AE Ce BOL BOO) sos 5. cn ccs ve cece os 10 @ 12 WE ITRPETOOT 6 6 oc bc cs oo os ce ctcep se 2 3d Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00f..... 3 50 WE GVUIGOOG 600i k Fie ke ss acke an ccans 2 00 POTASSIUM. PROPOIINO ion ok os cad So ckvas 8 Ib 14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 40 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 27¢)......... 25 Todide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 3 00 Prussiate yellow................... 28 ROOTS. OE is hoochie coe et aise teases TU, CURD ics vic ys ev ae bck ce Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and \s.... Blood (Powd 18c) Calamus, — id cea as wae Calamus, German white, peeled.. Elecampane, powdered............ Gentian (Powd 15c)................ Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........ Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ Golden Seal (Powa 25c)............ Hellebore, white, powdered....... Ipecac, Rio, powdered..... Cceanads alap, powdered................... Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... sanettes, extra select.......: NG ici 45k ceas Rhei, from select to choice.......1 00 2 Rhei red E. 110 i ee eeeeessoce cubes t fingers........... ll @ -_ —_ % RSSSEVSSSESRLSSHEREBRRE Pioneer aints..... Reiss Villa Propared Painte.. BOPDONMIATIA. .. 6.6 ook oo oo cise canes 50 WRI igs oa on cas ca pales 60 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 49 Sarsaparilla, Mexican.......... oie 20 Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 6b Valerian, English (Powd 30¢)...... 2 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢)... 2 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 15 Bird, mixed in packages....... 56 @ 6 Canary, Smyrna.............. sce 6&6 @ 44 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20e). 15 @ 15 Cardamon, Aleppee............... 1 5b Cardamon, Malabar.............. ba i 75 Oe i as 15 Coriander, pest English........... 10 ee ici as cuaw 15 MN OU ac gcc ccdeuscaacs 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 334)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 7 @ & PROUD, FURIAT oo ck os oko c ha va oe 44@ 5% Mustard, white Black l0c)........ 10 oe SS RErShAVenAWea hs taenh yen 6 @ 75 MGs MIAN so on ce kc ona kane we sece ) 7 NORTH, DOUG ool ook oc cic acess 14 al SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage. .... 225 @2 50 Nassau ee 2 00 Velvet Extra do do ic... 110 Extra Yellow do Oe aise 85 Grass do Ge 41... 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow reef, ee ee 1 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.17) @ gal.... 2 27 Alcohoi, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 35 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 _——— SWS ile, 45 Me a crc k ac ae b 2 3 Alum, ground (Powd 9¢)...... - 7s ry AAUOOEWO, DTTIIO iio oo on ve vce vce 45 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 4%@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... €@ 7 IMG BOMIDIG. oo. oo oss ce cc noses 50 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 75 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Weenie, TER ci oo ccc! 2 60 means, Vania... ...... 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2 30 Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... 50 TRO VIRINO iio ivkk ce cescec sacl, &é @ 7 Borax, refined (Powd 12¢)..... ... 10@12 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 50 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18 Carne NO. 40... ........ 4 00 RO Te cas ee, 12 Calomel, American................ 75 Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ 12 Chalk, red fingers................. 3 Chalk, white Ee 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Coloeynth apples.......... else caa. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 50 Chioral doe do eryst... 1 79 Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts.. 1 75 CRIOTOIOR . 2... 0. .....5........ 77 @ 80 Cinchonidia, P. & W............... 18 @ & Cinchonidia, other brands......... 18 @ 2% Cloves (Powd 236).................. 188 @ 2 ORME ci. 40 Cocoa MUtler..............5....... 45 Copperas (by bbl le)............... 2 Jorrosive Sublimate............... 70 Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 i box.. 1b CUONREG eee 50 CnGgeGer, DYINO.................... 2 Outtle Fish Bone................... 20 Pewee i oe 2 Dover’s Powders.................. 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 mreoy DOWGered................... 45 eC 1 10 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts (bbl. 13g)... 2.0.0.2... 2@ 3 Loe eC ee a 5 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 wee Wee | 14 Grains Paradiad................... 15 Golatine, Coopers................. 90 Gelatine, French .................. 4, @ 1% Glassware, flint, 79 off,by box 60off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Pie, GO WGL....................,. 2 @ 17 a - 16 @ 2% CVGGTING, HUIG.................... 146 @ 2 mone 464an0 Ms................... 25@ 40 POROTONE OD OF. oo. oo 6c cons sce, 40 EO ee 8 @l1 90 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ 40 Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes @1 00 Iodine, resublimed................ 4 00 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 - —— oye yee ee ck cigs a. « ON PUIG, cc. 5 Lead, apelate eed enced sca eee ac as “@ ip Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10e & \%s lle) 8 eo ee sine 1 00 OOOO 45 pene soteta state asks ta snceaseeacan, 50 mader, hest Duteh.............. 2 t a ane 3 ees Deed asa ceed dha s ca ana: 50 orphia, sulph., P.& W...... 2 3 05 Musk, Ontos, H., P. & icc.” “_— 40 Mens, OGIANG. . 6... oss es. a #8 b 10 eee SPU i... 5... re Mustard, Englieh.................. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 hb cans...... 18 tee 23 WrnmiGan, mo. E........ 45.6: 5... 60 ee Ee 10 Ointment. Mercurial, ¥d.......... 45 We ONOON ok on cc coals li @ Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 i A Ee 2 50 Pitch, True Burgundy...:......... 7 ON ie ac hidac cscs cece cedcs €@ iT een Sulph, P. & W........ boz 92 @ METEIMG, GOTIMAN... . 2... 6c ccccee os 92@ 97 Ked Precipitate............... B 85 Seidlitz Mixture................... 28 SEPVORNIA, OFYBE....... 5... 5. cece case 1 60 Silver Nitrate, cryst............... 74 @ 7 Satfron, American. ............... 35 OE G 3 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium eryst.......... 9 POE ROGCMON, ao cca ce cc cecesusecs 33 Bt ee ec co. «2 64 a ee 215 EE 6 50 Snutfs, Maccoboy or Seotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 3c].............. 4 RUNING ence cceveccessess 40 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 PO COPOOT Gok ka ccacacce 17 Soap, Mottleddo ................ 9 Soap, Oe OO. iu. ll OS ee 14 Cg OR Se Cg | 2% @ 2 ROPERS PO SUNO, 4 os ona ch cw aes 30 @ RB Sugar Milk powdered.............. 35 REINER OIE oo ce oa dna s cc cases, BY@ 4 PRON, PON gions oso n cu ks awacess 38@ 3% TERA SE EIO oon asc ce ce occevacces 60 Tar, N. C. Pine, 4 gal. cans # doz 27 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 bb 25 Wax, White, 5S. & F. brand........ 55 PU, FR oc co ean cs 7 @ & OILS. Capitol Ma So ig NU Md bh ek eileen ul ueeee ns se eneueue 75 I COV ci ccc ceaksunceececceces 60 RRS OPE ooo cnc aoc ican acencs covees 50 OR PO os ok ieee oc co nescc cus 3d WOGTiOGE TEAGRINOTY. ooo... a ccc ceca ccccumess 30 Challenge Machinery... 2.2.0.0... ..ccccec ee 00D WIBORUS FING HGING.. o.oo. cs ccs cccecccccc ce 30 Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30 OMe URIS CI oo os cs concen cacecccesecass 6C I, We in cs coke cl cccesccue 15% UMN, GS ao oo os on os vo vk ks occccces cccee 21 Sperm, winter bleached..................... 1 40 Bbl Gal We MIO, ION ok co we nce occa cnaees ceca 70 7 PI, ORI ok cis cec ce dncesccacasaacs 55 60 TN Ts Bio nh os sss is ddawccedse 45 55 Linseed, pure rAW.........cceccecees 43 46 TAMAGOG, ORIOG o osc a cn cascecccsseces 46 49 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Spirits Turpentine...............06.- 40 45 VARNISHES. TRO. A Pars COORD. 5. cnc ca ccnccisccses 1 10@1 20 Me EE a oh cc deknssccdculedestiens 1 60@1 70 CO NG es vison cnn ca cancdnevcs «+22 T5@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp Damar.................... 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ 75 PAINTS Bbl Lb Red Venetian.................. 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 2% 2%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American., oie Vermilion, English............ 58@60 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... “ 6%@ 7% Lead, white, stric x pure isis 64@ 7 Whiting, white Spanish....... @70 ee Ce Re @90 White, 8 American........ 10 Whiting Paris cliff.. ‘sosvyoind Suryeul o10joq y04s sno oulMexe nos oeavy 0} pes oq prnoys pur ‘sfeprlfoF{ ot} 103 peyoozoes ATre1oedse ‘SQOOH AON Vil PUe SHIVAGNNS SLSIONYNOUCG jo oul powea puv o8re] Mo 07 u0TyUEI9e [TRO OM ‘SsSatiaveat ANV ea» “EFLOLIL ry O 5 u 0) > , u u d G Q . 0) : 2 ‘(OO % SNIMWYad ANIL1AZVH The Michigan Tradesman. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E, A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, {Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.] WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1885. THE WORLD’S PROGRESS. Mechanical and Scientific Notes of General Interest. Compiled Especially for THE TRADESMAN, The results of the first use of the reser- voirs on the head waters of the Mississippi this season have demonstratedjthe success of this system of preserving the uniformity of the flow of rivers for navigation and other purposes, and the building of additional reservoirs is progressing as rapidly as pos- sible. In magnitude and novelty, as wellas in the benefits conferred, this undertaking bids fair to rival that of Capt. Eads at the mouth of the great river. Should the dam on the Ohio near Pitts- burg prove a success in rendering that por- tion of the river steadily navigable it is pro- posed to build several others on the same stream. ‘The extent of the improvements to other rivers suggested by the success of these experiments is a speculation of con- siderable interest. Capt. Eads’ undertak- ing was unique and only applicable to the conditions obtaining at that particular point, but there is no reason why the ‘“‘reservoir system” may not be applied to any river where the navigation, water power, lumber and other interests are of sufficient impor- tance and the head waters are in regions of little value, or where lakes and swamps may be utilized. In some cases it may be desirable to supplement this by the dam system as on the Ohio. Sir Henry Bessemer pronounces the new Swedish invention of ‘‘Metis” iron of more importance than his steel inventions. In addition to this, cast metal having the mal- leability of the best bar iron, with equal facility of welding, is much more liquid when melted than ordinary cast iron, thus making finer and more solid castings. As of interest bearing upon the problem of producing electrical energy from burning coal without the intervention of steam, an English inventor exhibits an apparatus in which it is claimed the same amount of fuel will produce three times the force that it would through the medium of steam engine and dynamo. One of the busiest of the London street railways is to be worked by compressed air machinery. This is made practicable by the use of steam under pressure for warming the air, thus increasing its expansive force and preventing the formation of ice. It is said that iron castings may be bent by suspending between supports, heating the place to be bent with a lamp and press- ing upon it with a weighted lever. Thus a straight casting may be made that can be finished ina planer and then bent to any curve required without injury to the finish. By this means, also, castings that have sprung on account of faulty pattern making may be straightened. Application has been made for patents on a process of producing tin plates in contin- uous sheets of any length. A great African diamond weighing 457 karets in the rough and estimated at over $1,000,000 is being cut in Amsterdam. This was found in one of the South African mines and stolen by one of the officers em- ployed to prevent such thefts and sold to a smuggler who brought it to London where it was purchased by a syndicate for $222,- 000. The new Government building to be fin- ished ina year or so in Washington ata cost of over $10,000,000 will be the largest building in Washington and the largest granite building in the world. As illustrating the conservatism still prev- alent in the metropolis of the world it is said that there are enough old fogies in Lon- don who still insist upon using the tinder box instead of matches to make it necessary for several shops to keep them regularly qn sale. A recent issue of a popular scientific weekly devotes over a page to the discussion of ascheme for improving the climate of the Atlantic States by building a dam across the Straits of Belle Isle, thus cutting off the arctic current which interpeses a cold wall between the coast and the gulf stream. The idea of thus being able to plant the sands of Cape Cod to oranges and surrounding the factories of Lowell with cotton fields is an attractive one, but as the writer ingeniously admits that it would leave the English Islands in the enjoyment of a climate sim- ilar to that of Labrador and as the damming would necessarily be in British territory, there may be some obstacles to its speedy realization. ————__ >. Shearing Sheep by Steam. A steam sheep-shearing machine is suc- cessfully used in Melbourne, Australia. It consists of a cutting wheel geared to the shaft of a small turbine, about three inches in diameter, and which is operated by a cur- sent of steam conveyed from the boiler by an india-rubber tube. In front of the cutter is a comb which serves as a guard against cut- ting the skin of the sheep. The apparatus is made of brass, something in the shape of a small trowel. It is used in the same fash- ion as the shears, but cuts much more rap- idly and cleaner, without the least danger of injuring the fleece or the sheep. WWM. SEARS & 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 Ettc. A. L. TUCKER, Commission Merchant, 167 South Water St., CHICAGO. WE HAVE STANDING ORDERS FOR LARGE AND SMALL LOTS OF AP- PLES AND POTATOES, AND CAN PLACE SAME AT ALL TIMES TO. THE ADVANTAGE OF CONSIGNORS. WE ALSO MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BEANS, DRIED FRUITS AND CRANBERRIES, AND ARE IN A POSITION TO COM- MAND THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE ON SUCH ARTICLES. BUTTE! l aSemEO PUTNAM & BROOKS Wholesale Mannfactarers of PURE CANDY! AND DEALERS IN ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, INuts, EGtc. HESTEHER & FOX MANUFACTURERS AGENTS FOR SAW ane GRIST MILI MACHINERY, ATLA ENGINE WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Us. Se A. MANU FAC TUR RERS OF OF STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. J Ce:7y Engines and Boilers in Stock ji for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moudlers and all kinds of Wood-Working tectanary: Saws, Belting and Oils. e Send for sample pulley Send for Catalogue H pric oo > aires And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pniley. Large stock kept on hand. and become convinced of their superiority. Write for Prices. 130 OAKES STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, POX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE: Wholesale Grocers, AGENTS FOr KNIGHT OF LABOR PLUG, The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the Market. Send for Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. “Y7ARREN’S CRIP.” This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents) we put on the market guaranteeing We furnish 500 We want them to equal, if not excel, any cigar ever before offered for the price. “Gutter Snipes” advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them. one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale. MANUFACTURED BY Geo. T. Warren é& Co SPRING & Grand Rapids, “- COMPANY WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy RY GOODS CARPHTS, | MATTINGS, OIL, CLOTHS ETc. ETO. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, Michigan. BU sy SNOW SHOVELS Curtiss, Dunton & Go. Paper and Woodenware, Twines ald Cordage, Grand Rapids - Mich. COMING fo GRAND RAPIDS IN AR LOADS D, W. Archer’s Trophy Corn, WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 |Pepperell, Wes: ise 25 paeeecen ss 8-4. ‘21 |Pepperell, Ll-4...... aA Pepperell, 7-4....-. 164% | Pequot, 7-4......... Pepperell, i kaa 20 |Pequot, %4......... 1 Pepperell, 9-4...... 9344|Pequot, Y-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX,o0z..11 {Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, X, 0z...10 /Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, 0Z......- 10. |Prodigy, 02......... a! | Park Mills, No. 50..10 (Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 (Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70..12 \York, B OB. ccccinas 10 Park Mills, No. 80. 13 ly ork, AA, extra 04.14 OSNABURG. Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... 7 Jewell briwn....... 9%|Augusta plaid...... 7 Kentucky brown..10%/Toledo plaid........ 7 Lewiston brown... 9%|Manchester plaid.. ‘7 Lane brown........ 944|New Tenn. plaid.. Louisiana plaid.... 7 |Utility plaid........ hs BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 84)Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Art cambrics, 36...1144) Hill, 4- Ae, 1% Androscoggin, 4-4.. 84%) PERT OM, oi cus da ccs 6% Androscoggin, 5-4. "1244! Hope, WA cc aieaas 6 Walon, 44... .. 0060 6%|King Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 Wane, 06. ia ac, 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8%|Linwood, 44....... 7 Boott, BOG. ....-<. 7 |Lonsdale, 44...,... 7% Boott, AGC, 4-4.. . 9%|Lonsdale cambric.10% Boott, R. S64 ...... 5%|Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7 |Langdon, 45...... 14 Chapman, X,4-4.... 6 |Masonville, 44..... 8 Conway, 4-4... ... 7 |Maxwell.44........ 9% Cant, GA... 666k: . 6% New York Mill, 44. 10% Cee, Tt. . occ cess 6 |New Jersey, an, 4 Canoe, 04.....-<--. 4 |Pocasset, P. M. C.. 7 Domestic, 36....... 744 Pride of the West..11 Dwight Anchor,4-4. 9 |Poe ahontas, 4-4.... 7% ee ee 9 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 84| Victoria, AA....... 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8. le Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of the Loom, |Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% cambriec, 4-4...... ll |Whitinsv ille, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 6% Wamsutta, 4- 4. alae ..16% Gold Medal. TB. cues 6 |Williamsv ille, 36...104% Gilded Age......... 834| SILESIAS. Grown...........-:-44. [Masonville Te. ..... 8 Wo. 10... .< cc cece dee een OG... - <6: 10% acs oe unt aces 10 |Lonsdale ........... 9% ns cn cs sens 15 |Lonsdale A......... 16 Centennial ......... \Nictory O.........- Biackburm ......... S PWiletore Jo. 6... case POUR ics cacc dues 14 |Victory D.......... London.. cue cc «BPO LVIQUOED Wicca cca cass 2% PAGO 5... .- 05000: 12 |Phoenix A. «+eekG Red Croes.......... 10 |Pheenix B......... - 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX..... ..i PRINTS. Albion, solid........é 54% iGloucester .......... 5M Albion, grey.......: 6 |Gloucestermourn’ g. 5% Allen’s checks...... 574 \Hamilton faney....5% Ailen’s fancy.......54¢|Hartel fancy........ 5M Allen’s pink.. 4 5M Merrimac D........ 54 Allen’s purpie.. ee 8 Manchester ..... 10 American, fancy....é 544'\Oriental fancy......é 5% Arnold fancy........ 6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid........- § |Pacific robes........ 6 Cocheeco faney......5 |Richmond........... 6 Cocheco robes....... 644|Steel River...... ... 0% Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s . ae oan tsa coat 6 |Was ington ‘fancy. 6 Eagle fancy.........5 |Washington blues. 7 Garner pink.........544! FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 44.... 644|Indian Orchard, 40. 8 16 Boott M, 4-4........ 6% {Indian Orchard, 36. T% Boston F, 44....... %44| Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, +3.. 64) Lyman B, 7 aaet 10% Continental D, 40in 8% | Mass. BB, + ceeeus 5% Conestoga W, 44... 64%|Nashua E, ra 8% Conestoga D, 7-8... 54/Nashua R, WG. ss ce 7% Conestoga G, 30-in. 6 |Nashua O,7-8....... 6% Dwight X, 3-4...... 544|Newmarket N...... 6% Dwight Y,7-8.. . 5%| Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7 Dwight Z, 4-4 beusead 6% |Pepperell R, 4-4.... 74 Dwight Star, 4-4.. |Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64% Enterprise gh 36.. 5 | Pocasset C, 44... 6% Great Falls E, 4-4... .7 |Saranac R.......... 7% Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 6 (Saranac .......... 9 Indian Orchard t-4 7%! DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag . ‘ 744| Renfrew, dress styl 9 Amoskeag, ‘Persian 8%' Johnson Manfg Co, GEVICS, «occ 50 5se5+ Bookfold ......... 12% WR ks os van cdesacs 7%4| Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire . 64%| dress styles......12% Glasgow checks.... 7 \Slaterville, dress Glasgow chee ks, f’ 'y A) GO VIOG oon nn scceca 7 Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 7 royal styles. 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8 Gloucester, new ‘White Mant’g Co, OD cc incs T34) TROPISEOR, 6 i scccces BY PURE co 5 5 60 5 ce cs ye 7 LiOaster ........<. 8 'Greylock, dress Beane 5... . 5650s te Se 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, ll-4..... 32% Pepperell, 7-4.. me TOGTIO®, Te... os o5cce 21 Pepperell, 8-4..... 24%4|Pequot, 84......... 24 Pepperell, 9-4......25 jPequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 4-4..... 714:Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 7 Atlantic H, 4-4..... % |Lawrence Y,30.... 7 Atlantic D, 4-4..... 6h Ma Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5% Atlantic P, +4... ¢ Newmarket N...... 6% Atlantic LL, ‘ eA... - *\My stie River, 4- A 54 Aavriatic, 36. ........ 7% Pequot A, 44....... i% Augusta, 4-4........ 6! 2 Pie dmont, We sescce 64 Boott M, 4-4........ 63 ‘4 Stark AA, WA dca 7% Beott FF, 4-4....... 7 “4 Tremont COC, 4-4.... 5% Granitev ille, 4-4.... 5%|Utiea, 44.. aoe Indian Head, 4-4... 7 |Wachusett, 4-4..... 7% Indiana Head 45-in.12%|Wac husett, 30-in... 6% TICKLINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...12%)Falls, XXXX....... 18% Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..19 |Falis, XXX.........15% Amoskeag, A......12 /|Falis, BB........... 11% Amoskeag, a... 11% Falis, BBC, 36...... 19% 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........16 |Methuen AA.......12 Extrats......- ....16 |Methuen ASA.. veel BRS UO OD, «cece. snes 144% Omega A, 7-8....... il Gold Medal 4-4. 2m Omega A, 4-4.. 13 CCA 7-3 ....- 12% Omega ACA, 7-8....14 CA, ois icikecesi 14 Omega ACA, 4-4....16 RC 7-8 14 ‘Omega SE, 7-8. aa Be fot... 02 -+0-0-5+-20 [OnOge SE, | 4-4. icc AF 4-4.. og WO Omeam BE. TO... 46st Cordis AA A, a6... 14 |\Omega M, 4- ot 20 Cordis ACA, 32.....15 |Shetucke tSS&Ssw 11% Cordis No. 1, 32.....15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordie NO. 2.......- 14 |Shetucket, SFS ...12 Cordis No. 3 bee 13. |Stoe kbridge Misses te Cordis No. 4........ 1144 |Stoe aheidige frney. 8 GLAZED c ee GUO oo ness is canes 5 ‘Empire .. eccead canuuee Hoomect.......<-...:. 5 |Washington........ 4% Hed Grose. ........; & [Mawards.....cs0<00. 0 Forest Grove....... IS. S. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A......18 00,Old Lronsides......15 Stark A..........- 22441 Wneatiand .........a8 DENIMS. WIOOON oo cokes kane 6x \Otia CO. ..... .c05ce 10% Everett blue. i 3 Warren AXA...... 24 Everett brown.. las 134%/Warren BB........1% Otia AXA..........1234| Warren CO........ mms Crete PEs... «<<< «+400: 1144|York fi ancy. acceaedee PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville............ 6 |S. 8. &BOMS.......<5 6 Masgnviille......... @ (GGUmee ..cccciccanes 6 WIGANS. Hea Croes.......... 1% Thistle Mills........ EN io ves ees vase WMG ROGGE. os cen bs deeees 8 Gener .. oc... ecash Boston Extends the Right Hand of Fellow- ship. From the Boston Commercial Reporter. It is encouraging to notice that retail gro- cers all over the country are becoming more and more impressed with the importance of We receive at intervals, from various points, information of the or- ganization of retail grocers’ associations, and chronicle to-day the formation of such an institution at Grand Rapids, Mich. Tue MicniGAN TRADESMAN has been instrumental in the accomplishment of this object, and the recent organization of the ‘‘Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rap- ids,” is additional evidence of the important aid rendered by the trade journals to the yarious departments of business which they represent. We congratulate the grocers of Grand Rapids upon the successful inauguration of their association, and are confident that it will promote the best interests of the trade. ——$_—< Reducing the Exemption. Wm. H. Sigel makes a good suggestion as to one result which the grocers’ associa- tions will be able to accomplish when they are fully organized all over the State, and that is that sufficient pressure be brought to bear on the Legislature to reduce the exemeption allowed a married man from $25 to $10. The present exemption is altogether too large, and in hundreds of cases operates against the dealer, as it enables the delin- quent sufficient leeway to defeat the ends of justice. Tue TRADESMAN considers Mr. Sigel’s suggestion a good one, and hails the day when the grocer movement will be suffi- ciently strong in Michigan to induce the Legislature to grant several reforms which the best interests of the trade demand. rect Kansas City Grocer: TuE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN has the sunshine of “high noon” and its weekly visits calls us from la- bor to refreshments. NO CARTAGE. Four Merchants Who Kick Vigorously Against the Project. Evora, Mich., Nov. 21, 1885. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Smr—Please add our names to the list of protestants against the cartage charg- ed by the Grand Rapids jobbers. We do not consider it a legitimate charge and will pay it under protest, if we have to. Detroit jobbers do not, as a rule, charge cartage, and wecan prove it to any one enough inter- ested in this matter to want proof. Yours truly, Tos. S. JORDAN, J. R. Combs. ‘WILL BE LOTS OF KICKING.” MENDON, Mich., Nov. 21, 1885. Editor Michigan Tradesman: Dear Smr—I wish to add my name to the list of those who are opposed to paying cart- age. Six years ago I dealt with Freeman & Hawkins and they charged me cartage. I quit dealing with them and bought goods in Fort Wayne on that account, and if the cus- tom is revived I shall be forced to do so again. Ihave to deliver goods free at a greater distance than any wholesale dealer in Grand Rapids does and until I can charge my customers cartage I cannot afford to pay it, and by the Holy Poker I won't. There may be lots of dealers that will say nothing in protest in your paper, but you will find when they come to pay their bills, that if cartage is insisted on, there will be lots of kicking and loss of trade to Grand Rapids. F. H. LESTER. A DEALER WITH MANY TRIALS. WELDON CREEK, Mich., Nov. 21. Editor Michigan Tradesman: Dear Srr—I take the liberty to pour out some of my troubles for I am overloaded, and they seem to grow more numerous every day. The latest one—the one which breaks my poor heart—comes upon us in the shape of eartage. Boxes full of knot holes cost us something pirty. So do holey bags at 25 cents. I can furnish enough to buy a small farm at that price. Damp sugar and soaked barrels cost us something. Tea chests marked 67 pounds net have their hor- rors. The oil barrels marked 52!¢ gallons are suspicious. Musty fruit, fish and bean cans I have buried by the dozen, full of smelling goods. Crack-and-go-out matches, weak pepper, ginger, baking powder and stout soap have their care for me. Yellow- lined, blue spotted pork and dead dry cod- fish trouble me at times. ‘The shadows of the long lost herring, seven-year-old cheese and wormy currants take a hand in my downfall. Broken bluing bottles, clay pipes and lamp chimneys take off some of my profit on patent medicines. Old crackers, young “please remit and oblige stir me up. Musty oat meal hurts my appetite. The large pails of brown paper one-half inch thick full of eandy roil me some. The apple barrel, one end full of large ones, the other small ones, and the middle rotten onas. tickels me some. There are rusty wash boards, loose-headed brooms, frozen ink, double-billed writing press, jammed tin- ware, mullen leaf tobacco, and those sweet, smelling cigars which damage my temper. The ohso soft lemons and extra soft or- anges, empty cocoa nuts and petted and spoiled peanuts are no friends of mine. All these are piled upon us of the retail trade and millions of smaller ones are shipped to us by the wholesale brother, but we will not stand the cartage dodge, so long as there is a blind horse and cheap man kept in their employ to draw our goods. Yours truly, Wo. NIELAN. The Grocery Market. Business and collections are fairly good. Sugars are higher and firmer, and further advances are anticipated. The oil famine still continues, rendering it almost impossi- ble to obtain either grade in sufficient quan- tities to supply the immediate demand. —————_—_—_-—-o-—__——_ It is stated that some of the Pittsburg con- tractors and builders have been obliged to suspend operations temporarily, on account of the searcity of nails caused by the nail- ers’ strike. The Eastern manufacturers are reaping a rich harvest. Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon. OFFICERS. President—H. B. Fargo. First Vice-President—W m. B. Keift. Second Vice-President—A. Towl. Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer. Financial Secretary—John DeHaas. Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen- zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. Finance Committee—Wm. B. Kelly, A. Tow! and EK. Johnson. Committee on Rooms and Library—O. Lam- bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie. _ Arbitration Committee—B. Borgman. Garrit Wagner and John DeHaas. Complaint -Committee—Wm. B. Keift, D. A. Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot, R. S. Miner and L. Vincent. Law Committee—H. B. Fargo, Wm. B. Keift and A. Towl. : Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An- drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer. Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday evenings of euch month. : ‘ Next meeting—W ednesday evening, Dee. 2. Michigan Dairymen’s Association. Organized at Grand Rapids, February 25, 1885. President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. Vice-Presidents--W. Howe, Capac; F. C. Stone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison Station; F. A. Rockafellow, Carson City; Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bel- knap, Grand Rapids; L. F. Cox, Portage; John Borst, Vriesiand; R. C. Nash, Hilliards; ng Adams, Ashland: Jos. Post, Clarks- ville. Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. aoe Meeting—Third Tuesday in February, 886. Membership Fee—#1 per year. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Uo. quote as follows: PORK IN BAKRELS. Mess, Chicago packing, neW.....- 6... +++++ 11! Mess, Chicago packing............--..++55- 10 5 Clear, short pork, Chicago packing.......12 Back, clear short cut, Chicago packing...12 5 Extra family clear, short cut.............. 11 5 Clear, A. Webster packer, new...........- 12 A. Webster packer, short cut..... ..-..... 12 { Extra pig, short Cut............-. esse eee ees : Extra clear, heavy...........--....--- Clear back, short cut..............- an DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Tone Clears, h@RVY..........-..--. 525+ - NONE nk cs vcs hens ba aaa ch etaes Short Cloars, DOATY....-.....<....-----. do. INT Sg oss aco ewns sss do. ceca ene es = SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Fama, HORVY....... 2.26... 2s 5s sears eos see ae ke WNNTTD eos ee ee ee ... 104 Oe NE oe eee ent eee ee sein ceases 10% Boneless Hams... .:........ 005.005 ee eeeeee ee 10 Roneless Shoulders...............+.0...ee08 6 Terenirant TGOOR. |. os ee cc hese ce ecko ns 73% Dried Beef, extra quality...............+-.- 84 Dried Beef, Ham pieces.............--...-+: 10% Shoulders cured in sweet pickle 6 Tierces 30 and 50 Ib Tubs ............- eee eee an 50 ib Round ‘Tins, 100 cases............-- LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 Ib Round Tins, 80 TACKS.......-.;.- B® Pails, 20 in @ CABO..................: 5 Pails.6in @case. .................5. 10 i Pails, 6in @ case ................... BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Me&s Beef, warranted 200 Ibs........ 9 38 PROMGIGKS, CKETA 6 o.oo sb ce ence tcmececneses+ 13 50 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. PPP GAR ks ne cee nen nea sede aue 45 Ham Sausage............ cece ee cece ee ee ee eees Tongue Sausage.............. eee eee eens: MrANETOrL SAUGATO.... <6. ..6..cekenses oss PR RONIG cs hk ck ds oa nc de we osces MOlGRNA, SUTAIGNE.....- 6... 52.5 ane oe cee pe BolOGMA, THICK... 22... 2.22. cece ee sne areas . Head CHeOGKO... ..... os ses cose seus... an weg PIGS’ FEET. Tie HOE GAP POIR i Boia so ee see ne ee en ne In quarter barrels................++..0.02-> 3°75 FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the prices as follows: Fresh Beef, sides............5... 00-8. 5 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 6 @6% Dressed HOS... . 2.5. .cc cs ence cece aaa» 2 0% Mutton, GAPCARSCS..................... 44%@ 5 Ms ae iene as 3 @ Pirie Samsawe. 6s. oh aes k ee ce REO get as knee ae stew ene WA ee ee ea snes fs Spring Chickens......... ore caeeeus > 7 Ducks MIE Co oe oe ae ee a nee a= trade selling @ 6% HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES. Green ....# B @ 7 |Calf skins, green Part cured... 8%4@ 8%|_ or cured.... 10 Fullecured.... @ 94|Deacon skins, Dry hides and eu # piece..... 20 @50 Ole Kans ....4..: 8 SHEEP PELTS. RO RPINOS oo. as eck b eee naan es anes 20 @40 DUNG a oa kn eee hen wees em in 20 @d0 Old wool, estimated washed @ b...... @25 TOALOW... 6i5-5-5> ( WOOL. Fine washed # th 24@27|\Unwashed Coarse washed... 18@22 FURS. ee ee iced 1 00@12 00 Fisher . 2 00@6 00 TRA i eck ewe cn en tenes 25@1 00 Grey Fox...........-. Bi iceea se - 21 00 Martin ..:.... Diss ee ee se ws tices ees Muskrat, winter tan.................-- ' kits PR ac ekg unde ee bee 4 PE ROOT Go cies be ob hk ss he bee ke os | Skank... 2... cece eee eee eee e cece eres PROB IOR E Teiccc occas ee one eae | TOR oa eek ce ees ews ee ELASTIC IT REQUIRES STARCH NO COOKING CLARK, JEWELL é& SOLE AGENTS, WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. LAL PP OS LPL IIS These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. Prazer’s. occ. es. ns 90| Paragon ........... 1 80 Diamond X........ 80\ Paragan 25 tb pails.1 20 Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50|Fraziers, 25 fb pails.1 25 BAKING POWDER. Thompson's Butterfly, bulk..............-- . 6 or 10 } cans...... MM, 4 doz. in case... Ya, ; . Thompson & Co.'s Princess, 148.....-- oe ae “se Z “se ry ee oe oe es ss be oe ee Silver Spoon, 3 Knife, single butt..............-...6- ' two gs ck ne ens as five ae oe BLUING. DEG Os Be ooo a ins bes nec ann cen eee ees doz. 25 BPO, INO. Bins sor ncbe cnn cs cree se cee doz. 45 Tdauid, 4 02Z,...... 020. .n er ee ce eeesee doz. 35 Liquid, 8 02. ........2.seeeeeceesen es doz. 65 PIO E OB. 5 ooo on vs ak ste ean toes oe # gross 4 00 OE DO OB oo a is koe adn a ees nen ae anes 8 00 GEIS UGE. 5 oo oo ca cco ache eden se csecuseesee 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper DOX..........+..- ee eee 2 00 Arctie No. 2 . kn Sere 3 00 Arctic No.3 f oh BROOMS. No. 1 Carpet.......- 2 50|No. > Hurl.....:5.:. 175 No. 2Carpet........- 2 25\Fancy Whisk....... 100 No. 1 Parlor Gem..2 TeCommen Whisn..-. 75 Wo. Turi... 2.25. 2 00} CANNED FISH. Clams, | I standards...........-.-.5-5+0+5 115 Clams, 2 tb standards............---.+++++- 1 75 Glam Chowder, 3 D...........---2+ se -ees 2 00 Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.............. 115 Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............. 1 90 Lobsters, 1 picnic. .........-.... eee eee 1 5 Lobsters, 1 star...........-.- seer ee eee 2 00 Lobsters, 2 ib star 2 90 Mackerel, i tb fresh standards..........-. 1 10 Mackerel, 5 t) fresh standards..........-. 3 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ih...........5 25 Mackerel,3 in Mustard..................5 25 Mackerel, 3 broiled..........-.----++-++5 3 25 Salmon, | ib Columbia river........-.--- .1 55 Salmon, 2 Columbia river........--..+.. 2 30 Salmon. 1% Sacramento..............-++: 1 80 Sardines, domestic 45 ¢ Sardines, domestic 14S.........--.-.0+5+- 15@16 Sardines, Mustard %5...........---.eee++: \ Sardines, imported 148...........--.---++- 14 Went 8 BROOK. ...-...5<+.02--4-- CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 t standards «22.6... 620. eee eee 90) Apples, gallons, standards.......--...+-+- 2 40 Blackberries. standards...........--..-+-: 95 Cherries, red standard..........----.-++++ sO ER ee 1 00 Egg Plums, standards .......---+---+-++: 1 40 Green Gages, standards 2 ........--.--+. 40 Peaches, Extra Yellow .........---+--+-2+> 2 40 Peaches, standards.......--..---.+-- 1 75@1 95 Machas, BOCONOR. 6.6... ees eee eee 50 Pineapples, Erie...........--...22+ ee eeees 1 75 Pineapples, stamdards............++++++++- 1 50 QUINGES .. 2... 2c ee ee ee eee eee teen eee eee i 45 Raspberries, extra.........-++----- .k 10 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Lusk’s. Mariposa. Awreote oie ie nee oe 2 00 Boo Plums..:....---.- (oa ce 85 Grapes .....--------- treen Gages........ oes eT ee ea ee 2 6 Muinees .......--.--. .------++--4 POR OROR .. . 6 os soles espe tom Om CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay....-.....--+++-- ..8 20 Beans, Lima, standard.............--...-- 95 Beans, Stringless, Erie.. ......-..-----+-- 80 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked...........--. 1 65 Coors, THOMDY.. 00 e nen nse ce en ences ees 1 05 Re BRO ORE, ok cs pase Gene ae ene 90 ee ee ee 1 00 Peas, Prench.......- 2... 00+ ++ ees eee een 1 75 Peas, Marrofat, standard............-.++-: 1 69 oe eS) ee 70 Pumpkin, 3 f Golden..........--..--..-+5 8d Succotash, stamdard..............-+++-2-5: 90 PAIMATOOR, TPODOY «6 ci os.. scene agen eee 1 05@1 10 Tomatoes, Hillsdale 1 05 MomatO@R, AGTIAN.. ........ccneeeecesneee 1 05 Tomatoes, Three Hivers..........-.-.+.-+-1 0d CHEESE. Michigan full cream...........-...++- 1! @12 Hialf skim... .....--«»-+:>: 9 @W% itn Baek eld inss s dete O @ 6 CROCOLATE. Beton 6. oi 54 ons 36\German Sweet.......25 eg aa iy 38| Vienna Sweet ....... 23 Bei IOR .. 4.4. 55s» Green Rio...... 9@13 Green Java..... Vi@27 Green Mocha. . .28@2! 9 A » iRoasted Mar...17@18 Roasted Mocha. 28@3v ‘Roasted Mex... @l6 Roasted Rio.... 5 iGround Rio.... 9@16 Rousted Java ..23@50 | Package Goods @13% CORDAGE. 72 foot Jute ..... 12% '72 toot Cotton....2 25 60 foot Jute..... 100 ‘60 foot Cotton....2 00 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (50 foot Cotton.... CRACKERS. ade eae eu et anager a h xXxXX ‘ Di. 5 per cent. off in 10 barrel lots. FISH. Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.........-..-- S590 Cod, whole .........- 2s ccece esse cree cence ess @5 Cod, Boneless....... cece cece cece eee eens 54@6% eos ea va we ka eee: feces 11@12 Herring % DbIs....0.........-- eee eee nee 2 75 Herring, Holland, domestic... ........--- 85@95 Herring, Scaled.............ssceeeeeeee cers 18@22 Mackerel, Penny bbIs...........6-.0eeeees 4 T5@5 Mackerel, shore, No. 2, % bbls..........-- 5 00 wg “ * white ....--. #0 77 ee 10 oe | Nia 6 MG OTR coe... cee sas ane 86 “ OOD ee 10 £6 DOD cock ch ccc ce ee te ene hence ta nes Trout, % bbls § case ca cepa nese ne anne “e 1 a White, No. 1, 4 bbls .......... 6. ee eee ee eee & & White, No.1, 12 tb kits............-.2---05: White, No. 1, 10 ib kits.............2-.-0--- White, Family, % bbls...............+---+- 22 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Jennings’ 2 OZ.........----.-0e> # doz.1 00 a Oe ee eas 1 50 cca caheee fanaunse ee a INNO. BS TAO. . no css ce cea nes ne. 4 \% pint round.............. 1 oe 6 00 @16 @36 FRUITS Cherries, dried, pitted..............--- CHEVOT., TOW, ooo eine ot 0s be os ence ess CurrantS, NEW........ cc cece eee ee en ees 6@QH%y PORCHES. GTIOR 6.0.0.5. 2265 denn ence cans 1L2@ Prunes, Turkey, NCW.........-..-+6+- 6144@ 6% Prunes, Turkey, old..........-.-.----- 44@ 5% Raisins, new Valencia...............-- 10 @10% Raisins, Ondaras..............sseeeee- 12. @12% Raisins, Sultanas...............-.-..-: @ 9 Raisins, Loose Muscatels, new.......- @2 75 . “ ' old @2 50 Raisins, London Layers............-.- @3 25 Raisins, California London Layers... @2 70 KEROSENE OIL. Water White......12% | Legal Test....... 114% MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square............+-+ 1 00 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor............-- td Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor...........-.. 2 25 Grand Haven, No. 7, round..............-- 1 50 OBRMORN, NO. Boe concn c cone ee ce beens ccs denn ces 1 00 Oshikosh, No. 8...........-0-secesesccesecnces 1 50 sey cacae sc cdas waakaehenaes 75 Richardson’s No.8 square.........--...6-- 1 00 Richardson’s No. 9 MN ce eco aed coe ba 1 50 Richardson’s No. 7%, round...........-.+-+5 i 00 Richardson’s No. 7 OO ea dewenuens 1 50 MOLASSES. Black Strap. ........cccnsecesesecceceeccees 15@19 WO A ais kn ba bes 6 4s ede aceedenss 28@30 New Orleans, good..............20e- cece ee 88@42 New Orleans, choice..... .........+++ «ee 48@50 New Orleans, fancy...... ..2....-.eeeee 52@55 \% bbls. 8c extra. OATMEAL. Steel cut.......+..- 5 25 |Quaker, 48 De...... Steel Cut, % bbis...3 00/Quaker, 60 tbs...... Rolled Oats........ 3 25|\Quaker bbls........ PICKLES. Medium ...... 0.2... c cece eee scene eee as oe Re TOPO 6c kc ne asc ne nn aes SIO Ly fos os sae ce ces Picusieavd wah nak PIPES. Imported Clay 3 WR ic tases aun Imported Clay, No. 216, 3 gross..... .. Imported Clay, No. 216, 24% gross...... American T. , RICE. Choice Carolina.....6%|Java ........... @6 Prime Carolina.....5%|Patna ...............6 Good Ceci. t imeken”'!"-Sieaee Good Louisiara.....5 Brae vo eases eae Seys Ses SSH ee eee ewer eee ee eeeeeaeeee SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure......5%|Dwight’s ............ 54 Chureh’s ....... ....5'4|Sea Foam........... 54 Taylor’s G. M....... 544 \Cap Sheaf........... 54 14¢ less in 5 box lots. SALT. 60: Pocket, F F Dairy...........0...5<- OG ccd sine ed) we bcencc esac 100.8 D pOCkets... ...... 6.0. cceecceceanes Saginaw or Manistee.................- BOOM Gis 6 6s oe nase stat ace BLGMGATG COREE. «oo oo 5 cw cece cecsacee 6 , Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... PROG, FUG, bi os ake eicde nae deeees SAUCES. POP IGtAT, Mi NG ao nic ns cco we csce see @2 00 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ Pepper Sauce, green ......... ccc ee ees @ 9 Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... @1 35 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @l1 70 Catsup, Tomato, pints...............-. @1 00 Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 30 Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Halford Sauce, % pints, ............<6. @2 2 SPICES. Ground. Whole. POpnOr . oc isi sacs 16@25|Pepper........... @19 Alispice ........-- 12@15' Alispice .......... 8@10 Cinnamon........18@30'Cassia ............ l0@11 OClOUEG 0.5.0.5 es 15@25|Nutmegs ........ 60@65 ee ee ee 16@20'Cloves ........... 16@18 Mustard..........15@30) Cayenne ......... 25@35) STARCH. Elastic, 64 packages, per box............. SUGARS. a ai cave ences ended ence Oo nods chs doen cca snndaes Granulated, Standard..............«-- CIO, ORE oa oa oe nsec es dare WORT OCTIOTIOEY Fo. oo wo oc oc ci cene cansacs @ 6% NI sea ees baa cesccacces @5 56 iO, t Write were C.................. 614@ 64 No. 2, Extra C 6 @ 6% No. 3 ¢ 5 @ 7% @ 7% @7 06 > G i ec eck a scans DR Oe SYRUPS. Corn, Barreis... 30@32 Cer, MN. ... on gcc aas ss De ie, 33@35 Orr, We TIO MOOG, og wn os oc es eens @ 3 er a @I1 75 Corn, 456 gallon Kens. ........--.......- @1 60 Pare BGGGE wo. eis ccc escuessss OO Be @ Pure Sugar Drips................4% bbl 30@ 38 Pure Sugar Drips...........5 gal kegs G1 96 Pure Loaf Sugar Drips.. ...... % bbl @ 8 Pure Loaf Sugar. ........ .d@al kegs @I1 85 UR, We I cc ina sk nas hags cena: @S85 ” Tees. WO oe cea @90 TEAS. Japan ordinary...... Da iuuae seed ou eee Oy TATE UO MOOG... ooo noc ccs cece since 2530 ee ee ae BHKOAS TATE IE occ oki co cece de dnse ns sane ps Ee a eae: 8UK@50 OU PO, scan e ccdec ceases se neceaues BHAL5V a chee concen see BIA5S@HL a re ic ce ae sees 2530 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—-IN PAILS. Fisher’s Brunette. ...35| Underwood’s Capper 35 Dark AmericanEagiest7i\Sweet HRose.......... 45 The Meigs............64/ Meigs & Co.’s Stunner38 wee lees A oa ee das cc cas 5) Btate Moal............ 60;/Royal Game.......... 38 Prairie Flower ...... GUE FRE cock cca ase 65 Indian Queen.......-. 60|Fountain..... soc ess le Po 60'Old Congress......... 64 Crown heal..... .... 66|Good Luck........... 52 Matchiogs ............60) BInze AWAY.....-.... 35 Hinwatha ...........66 Bate Litter...........a0 Giine ...... sO GOVEPRION .....-...,;- 60 May Flower..........70)Fox’s Choice........ 63 Fiero .... «ME OGIO Co oy os nace ss 35 Old Abe. .o a... 40/8 weet Owen.......... 66 PLUG. Me cies ees eee ; alae eek ania nse: Bed For... ......+ a a es Pe a ist na ns cade wnsceeass Seal of Grand Hapids.................. a a ae ee bs cee es ih ieee case cceanues | EE BU a oa ow ne des vcs tos ees ee ee a A Nimrod.. E.C @A0 @AS @50 @46 @46 @48 @A6 @Ab6 @AG6 @A4 @A0 @38 M35 @46 @A6 @A6 @32 @A6 @37 @AB @38 @62 GAG @38 @Ab6 (BAb AG @35 @35 @35 @A6 AG @46 @Abe @51 @3i @A6B GA6 @44 @35 @A0 QA6 46 @45 @A4 @36 @36 MAb @35 @46 Bred PAGIG.... <5... sce cease es cneeees Big Five Center.......... OO goo ee sce ce cece ueness Oe en ge PER asian ten eene Ee ee Arab, 2x12 and 4x12... aes ee cae nneye Old Five Cent Times... ........<..--... Prune Nuggett, 12 ...... Parrot Oo ety Tramway.... Silver Coin..........- We OT nies aw ce cece sss Rage PrineG LAEE)........-.......5. Rieck Racer (DArK).......-.....5<-+.s Leavett & Myers’ Star.................- ee ae Wigle VA ake, McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 tb cads. ..... Oeb OF EDO WA OB. ii ccs cae esse ces POR OW FIG co oon k aca s ans aaneenans ses ee ON i hd vn ce ines sank aes acai ec shia nse e nus ee a es PI oo nso nk ew pede sect aren send esas as Cook vec chen neaeceacsansens as chaste ca sac cucansas- ee EE ee ee UD ON, cove ce esassrecd studs a as BS ie ee McAlpin’s Green Shield............... Pe FE Os oi oi con cn dn cssicaeas POO CHONG ao onc ne vs ce de cdaness 2c. fess in four butt lots. SMOKING OE ., ocranccesees 40,Sweet Lotus.......... 32 Arthur’s Choice..... PECOMOUOFOR «<6. 6.004 23 OO WO ei oss ch ees PESO a PG vce se aces 28\Seal Skin.............80 AOE PIAS... «50 ess re Gale Higen........-.. 30 Unele Sam........... 28 Seal of Grand Rapids |Lumberman CPOE. onc cs vce 25) Railroad Roy......... 38 Tramway, 3 0Z......-. 40 Mountain Rose : Ruby, cut Cavendish 35 Home Comfort.......2 OO in ak oak cccee BR RN os ins os ce ee Bi Peek’s Sun........... 18 Seal of North Caro- Miners and Puddlers.28} “ina, 2 0Z........... 48 Morning Dew........ 25 Seal of North Caro- Oe ca cn el i BO oe cas nese Pecriogs ...<..-.1--.- 24 Seal of North Caro- Beaneard ....-.-.....- Se le, SOR... .;..4--.«- CA wc cad ee 21,Seal of North Caro- Tom & Jerry......... 24\ lina, 160z boxes.... POW OR ge ccc dncwesses 20 Wile Deal... 2.05. 2k 58 OPO VOIGE oo). cc ne snes 35| Apple Jack........... 2: oss kn cs ccna 25 King Bee, longeut...% Pickwick Club.......40,\Milwaukee Prize.... Nigger Head......... SO TRGRCION 2. sce ces cscs PIO i ck ccan cece as 22'Windsor cut plug.... OMIOO oo acs conse ee pO ae Solid Comfort... ....30) Holland Mixed....... j Red Clover. ......... s2iGolden Age..........% Long Tom............ 30|Mail Pouch.......... ; POLIO ocuc ches scces 26'Knights of Lator....: A cede cones 26\ Free Cob Pipe........ SHORTS. Mayflower ........... 23 Binwatha ..........«. ODO ioe c ce ehcennens 22|Old Congress......... Mule Ar... cs ceases. 22} SNUFF. Lorillard’s Ameriean Gentlemen..... @ - WES ooo oc 5s os on wi sess @ Gail & Ax’ “ @ a TEROE once cc nccdanadccess @ Railroad Mills Seotch................. @ 45 Lotazbeck @1 30 VINEGAR. Star brand, pure cider................-++: Star brand; white Wine. ...........---c+s MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported ................-- do ION, go cs cenceansstase Burners, Now 1 5... ces cs. aden se eee sess do MG ae We cnasne see sseas Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... Cream Tartar 5 and 10 cans......... CTO, BORE a ono cow cde c idee eens csee Candles, FOG! . . os i aieiss os ose nceee cess Extract Coffee, V. C.... 6.606.060 ee nae do BOMx ...;- aie dew Gum, Rubber 100 lumps...,........--- Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. Gum, Spruce.........-.ee cece eee e ences i Hominy, # bbl.............--. Nevlisews Jelly, in 80 pails..............-.-+ ee: 4 Pearl Barley.......... in, oeeak aia tans 2 Peas, Green Bush.............---+-65 Peas, Split Prepared......... Powder, Keg: .....-2..cccescnceceeetece Powder, 4% Keg.........ececeeeceeeeees Sage ......... Sauerkraut, bbls.......... cece eeeeees “ % bb eee ewww ee eee eneree 7 8@12 8@12 sateen gees CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows : STICK. Standard, 25 boxes..............4..- Twist, do Cut Loaf do 84@9 9@ 9% Ue ciwees ee (ees 04@ll MIXED MY, SY WIN ios ch n cv cnc cev ues @ 9? Ms OP WF URI, in osc be snc cceceneas snes @B'4 MEME, Oe We RI. ne ov os oe cece en cssunds 1L0@10% Extra, 200 Ib bbis 9 @ DM French Cream, 25 pails..............-. @12% CUE TOGE, Fi > CRGOG, «on oc 55 ce cine aces sces 12%@ POG Se WY THEI, oo so a ce co os cu cc cns esac ED OO, MO CTI. 0 os os cb cd ne occccecaces. COR FANCY—IN 5 i) BOXES. MMNOE TIVOOE. coca 5 scene dees 12@13 BN Fc a cc ok vc kc cc cans ce ccnccnae ns cee Peppermint Drops...... .......c.ee++ MGI Ge TINO, ooo osc c sce nececacuascua le Be ME CHGcOlnte Drops, ... 0... ccc cecesecdess Re BI occ a6 ka cs as conc cenecacescceauic Licorice Drops A B Licorice Drops.. py Es ee daudeescdiee a 15 TO CIs 6c bo cs vn dh ccdeursccecaacs 16 DT aoe eo ns bi onde Mine cdas bs teas cee ee as iia sw aa ou ve cn acac ue cee cea a aoc cc ce cc hack we ndecas 13@14 Noa acy cen ccccdscecace, i MI oan 6 coc chi cee des sedees 18@20 Hand Made Creams...............-. oe 20 I ao as adcndeecevcesacnsuaas ¥' ee CORGIOG, ooo oon ca dnc ccc ces occecee 20 PO goss oa ok ona 44 44 Hae ncuses li@ 15 POTD I ok nd acs acccacsess ji Wintergreen Berries........... Whi ; 1d FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... Lozenges, plainin bbls................ Lozenges, printed in pails............. @12% Lozenges, printed in bbis............. 1%@2 Chocolate Drops, in pails.............. 24@13 ART BR TEE inv ok oc co on ccc wen nas 7 @% Gora TOG, TO) TTA, «5 55 oe ccc cceccscucss Oe Oe Moss Drops, in pails.:..............- 10 @10% ties Be Oe Te iio ooo occ ses ka ndacetas ss 9 MUI EOOU, SUR NEE, oc ok bac cas dn cendenacdaam MOOR OO PU cs cn cc wa ca cnccdes Pe ermie 1h DOS... 5.5... 545 ess FRUITS. MMBNGR BBDINWOL.. «666 cecscs ce cncss Oranges, Jamaica, bbis................ @4 00 MIE, WOEIOIR. . oo ooo ce ccacccscecen = @A 50 Oranges, Rodi Messina................ @5 h0 OR ANION nooo oc nc ccacis. 2S I, Oooo os on ds cc on ces Lemons, fancy ioe We, Oe, OW, Oia oc oc cats cccsass M4@lT MR BONED OD gn cic oc vc kn cc cuuccaccs a Dates, 44 do do Dates, skin. Dates, % skin... ; Dates, Fard 10 box @ D............. Dates, Fard 50 ® box @ D.............. Dates, Persian 50 box #@ B.......... ee Oe, WH GOR. 5 5 sn coca ccc sane PEANUTS. Prime Hed, raw @ D............. Choice do Oe cokiesnsc ee Fancy do MO aba na acne cestes Cee We nO, FIO 66 on co ig cece f BON WE. WE GD ooo ec ccc ccccacen NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona..........<..<....48 @ie . Bcc occ cackae seine, re es Chestnuts, per bu.......... gavccccscece ee ee I ooo cb ce ceaccccs cues HGPGGlona, ....<..- I ooo ob cnc cess cet ME oc ie dena teecc shad, ci ak acini aks CE gn oo noc cic ce cease etme TONOG Fe oo 6 5c cc nccs cence - We, oes cece es ¢ Cocoanuts, # 100.......... @12% @i1 @4 59 Walnuts, “ os OYSTERS AND FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. Pw We Ci coc cs ccceckccaces ae PR OS Se ee EES ee ee 27 Og as cna dd bonenacescueeesedaacal 19 Standards ..... Guess cacusceniel coat Favorites ....... acca uad desuee cua csasicues ae Mediums (icc ae So dda cucduceaes | das ud eaceceuaac Belnees Dy DGIN.......2.;. Gabessbesdescscusae era, TS in a cn cc as c- co eves 1 00@ Shrewsbury shells, # 100. Princess Bay Clams, # 100..... deaebeneeetl mow Core Comite, © IG. ....6.cccsccecccess FRESH FISH. Meee tia THOUS... ... «0 os 0005 cat oi cca rac ccencenecdcecians Cod 2 ME ac oven cas aw hs ce cceeun cs scsecens § a i had dens dca tec cdccceeaas De eRe a as ho os ov as dota sccdcnecisr cis ELL a oO Se 7 Smoked White Fish.......... PUOOe POOUNG, ooo cc cc es dcesss a Ptr UMRPROOND oo cn ccce ass ceuecccucies COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples—Local shippers are offering $1.25 # bbl. for fruit alone, although some outside buyers are paying $1.50. Dealers hold fall fruit at about $1.50 8 bbl. and winter at $1.90@2. Beans—Loecal buyers pay "c@$1.25 ® bu. for unpicked and hold city picked at $1.60@1.80 @ bu., and country picked at $1.40@$1.60. Butter—Michigan creamery is firm at22@25e. Sweet dairy is very scarce and is in active de- mand at 16@18, while old packed readily com- mands 9@12. Low grades are in plentiful sup- ply at 6@8ce. Butterine—Creamery packed commands 20c. Dairy rolls are held at I5@16e and solid packed at H@lie. Cabbages—In fairdemand at $6 @ 100. Cheese—The best factories now hold their product at 1¢4@I11l which compells jobbers to quote September and October make at 114G Ie. Cider—l0e #@ gal. and $1 for bbl. Celery—20@2z2¢ % doz. bunches for Kalama- zoo or Grand Haven. Clover Seed—No buying or selling demand. Cranberries—The market is well supplied with both cultivated and wild Michigan and New Jersey berries, which command $2.25@ 2.50 %@ bu. for choice. Cape Cod are held at $7.50 ® bbl. Eggs—Fresh are worth 20c, and pickled are moving freely at 18@20c. Grapes—Malaga, $6@$7 #® bbl. Honey—Choice new incomb is firm at 144@ l5e. Hay—Bailed, $15 in small lots and $15 in car lots. Hops—Brewers pay &G@lle ®# b. Onions—Home-grown, 75¢ # bu. or $2.25 ® bbl. Pop Corn—Choice commands $1 ® bu. Potatoes—Burbanks command 40c and Rose oceasionally find sale at 30 cents, as they are rotting badly. Poultry—Fairly well supplied. Fowls sell for 64@ie; chickens, 7@8c; ducks, 13c; and turkeys, lie. Squash—Hubbard, quoted nominally at le ® tb, although very little is moving. Sweet Potatoes—Jérseys command $3.25 and Baltimores $2.50. Turnips—3ie # bu. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—No change. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 90; Fulse, Sic; Clawson, 8ic. Corn—Jobbing generally at 54@55e in 100 bu. lots and 48@50c in carlots. Oats—White, 38c in small lots and 28@30e in ear lots. Rye—48@50e ® bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.26 @ ewt. Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5.75 @ bbl. in sacks and $6 in wood. Straight, $4.75 ®@ bbl. in sacks and $5 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 @ bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 ® ton. Bran, $13 ®@ ton. Ships, $14 # ton. Middlings, $17 @ ton. Corn and Oats, $20 % ton. ‘ ‘ keep boilers free from scale and its use is in OUT AROUND. © News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own Correspondents. Big Rapids. Frank Robbins is about selling out his grocery and meat market to R, A. Moon. Mr. Moon is negotiating with Geo. W. Crawford for the purchase of the building now oecuied by Mr. Robbins. It is ru.nored that the store in the Pacific House biock vacated by Geo. W. Crawford last spring is soon to be occupied by a for- mer Big Rapids groceryman as a wholesale and retail store. Geo. D. Miles, of this city, has patented a ear coupling. Big Rapids received four cars of winter apples last week. Dr. A. P. Keam, who lately sold his in- terest in the drug business, thinks of locat- ing in Wisconsin. Gilbert, L. W. Grate, of Colfax, is removing his hardwood sawmill to this place. Some of the machinery is already on the ground and the mill is expected to be in running order by December 15. Hart. Bailey & Cahill succeed D. Johnson & Co. in the hardware business here. Benj. S. Garver has removed to Shelby, and entered the employ of Paton & Andrus. G. F. Cady and Christopher Adams have formed a copartnership under the firm name of Cady & Adams, and purchased the drug stock and business of Fincher & Co. Mr. Cady has had charge of the store since it was started and his partner is a brother-in-law, who now resides at Pt. Peninsula, N. Y., but will take up his residence at Hart next spring. Kalkaska. A. A. Goodson, of Boyne City, formerly from Allegan, has opened a drug and gro- cery store in the Paul building. C. S. White, of the book store, thinks his Garden of Eden is in North Carolina and will hie himself to that State as fast as steam can earry him, if he can only sell out. Never in the history of Kalkaska have so many lumbermen been seen as this year. The Smith Lumber Co. has started its new mill with a capacity of 60,000 per day. An extensive lath mill is operated in con- nection. The company expects to put in from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 feet this winter. McCarthy Bros. have purchased a large tract of pine near Pickeral lake, in Cold- spring township, and will get out square timber for the Quebee market. They are from Allegan. It is rumored John Torrent, of Muskegon, has purchased 125,000,000 pine on the Man- istee, on which he will commence operations this winter. James A. Lunney, from Evart, is lumber- ing quite extensively in this county this win- ter, having two or three large camps in op- eration. David Ward and H. C., his son, are each at it again this winter, running from two to six camps apiece all the time. Messrs. Drake & Clark have bought about 8,000 bushel of potatoes this season.. The farmers have now coneluded to hold the re- mainder of their product for a dollar in the spring. Muskegon. John R. Bareus has sold hisdrug stock on Pine steet to A. D. McDonald, who will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Bareus will return to the firm of Barcus 3ros., While W. W. Barcus will retire from the firm about January 1, to engage in other business. Youngblood & Vira succeed Simmons & Youngblood in the slab business. The new firm will do a large trade with Chicago and other markets. Wm. H. Hanchett and J. B. Williams, who have earried on the hardware business at North Muskegon under the firm name of Williams & Hanchet, have dissolved, Mr. Williams continuing. The corporation which has heretofore been doing business under the naine = and style of the Torrent & Arms Lumber Co., with its business ofiice at North Muskegon, has adopted the name of the ‘Cohasset Lumber Co.,” under which cognomen it will hereafter conduct the business. The officers are: President, Lewis L. Arms; Vice-Pres- ident, E. C. Misner; Secretary and Treasur- er, Ray W. Jones. The word ‘'Cohasset” is an Indian term and signifies ‘*place of pine.” Neway20. ©. L. Bennett, clerk in S. D. Thompson’s grocery store, has been confined to the house with neuralgia. Some time ago Isaae Shick, a prosperous farmer of this township, sold his farm for $3,000, and decided to move to this village where he has recently purchased twenty lots of the Kalamazoo Publishing Co. He proposes building a brick block and engag- ing in the meat business. Between twenty and thirty car loads of quarry stone was unloaded here Sunday, to be used in constructing the stone piers «for new bridge. Owing to the immense size of the stone a steamer derrick has to be used placing them in position. Walter R. Taylor, for some years assist- ant register of deeds, has engaged as teacher of the Ashland Center school. Walter was married last Thursday to Miss Ella Hubbard, our telephone girl. South Boardman. Theo. A. Jamieson succeeded the firm of Askam & Jamieson in the drug business on the 9th, and will remove to a new building now being erected by T. P. Short. M. B. Farrin’s sawmill: started up on the 23d inst., employing 35 men. I. L. Quimby started his lumber camp four miles north of here two weeks ago, and will ship logs here to be worked up. Dr. O. P. Askam took to himself a life partner on the 6th, Miss Effie Hogan, daugh- ter of H. E. Hogan. ><. = “I believe we have tried every kind of boiler compound now,on the market,” said H. L. Brintnall, Superintendent of the East Saginaw and Bay City Electric Light Co., the other day, ‘‘and experience has taught us that all but two or three of them are pos- itively injurious to the ‘boiler. They are composed largely of blue vitriol or similar acids, which eat around the rivets and soon destroy the best boiler made. I have found that a simple solution of extract of tanbark, which can be obtained at any tannery, will no way detrimental. Tothose whoare having trouble from scale, I can cordially recom- mend the extract referr Cranberries and Steam Engines. The magnitude of the cranberry interests of the country can be appreciated from the fact that one of the largest growers in Wis- consin has just expended $30,000 in provid- ing for artificial irrigation. The problem is to flood 600 acres one foot deep in five hours at night on the approach of. f rost, and draw oft the water in the same time in the morn- ing for picking. This is successfully ac- complished by two engines of a capacity of 175 H. P. each, which are coupled direct to two centrifugal pumps with 30 inch dis- charges. A ditch 50 feet wide and 6 feet deep was dredged for about 1,000 yards t@ the river to afford a supply of water. The lift is about 8 feet, and the pumps stand be- tween two parallel sluices, so arranged with gates that the water can be pumped on or off without stopping the engines. It is es- timated that the entire cost of the plant will be saved in a single frost. oo <> Another Railroad Boom. Some writers in the industrial and class papers are predicting that 1886 will witness a great revival in railway building. It is stated that between 375,000 and 400,000 tons of rails have been ordered by the railways for 1886, and leading representatives of the steel rail trade are of the opinion that the demand for 1886 will ultimately foot up to 1,000,000 gross tons. This amount is equiv- alent to fully 10,000 miles of track, and while much of it, of course, will be used for renewals, the greater part will be employed upon new lines and extensions of old ones. ——. The Buzzing With a Buzz Saw. From the Boston Journal of Commerce. There is nothing gained by shaking hands with a buzz saw, or in makiug the acquaint- ance with an invisible edge that surrounds the outer portion of a circular saw where the teeth are found, for there is a tooth to present in every point of the compass, and an introduction generally proves that the saw is most too enthusiastic in the line of friend- ship for the average individual. ——_—__—<>-o-<———— 3 E. F. Brewer, who ownsacranberry marsh in Robinson township, Ottowa county, com- prising about 5,000 acres, was in town one day last week. The marsh is located from one-half a mile to a mile north of Pigeon River, to which it isa tributary. It was or- iginally covered with a fine quality of ber- ries, but all but about twenty acres has been burned over. The twenty acres still bear profusely., Mr. Brewer will cultivate the marsh thoroughly. MISCELLANEOUS. Aavertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, each and every insertion. One cent for each additional word. Advance payment. V J 2 NTED-—Situation in wholesale or retai ; grocery establishment by a man of twenty-five years’ experience. City references furnished. Address to Wim. Sears & Co. 114 ae SALE—Clean drug stock in the fastest growing town on the line of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway. Address for full particulars, “Quinine,” care THE TRADESMAN. AOR SALE—Or exenange for stock of mer- chandise, groceries, dry goods, or hoxjes, wagons, sleighs, cash or something else, a two- story frame double store. Can be rebuilt for hotel. Situated ina fast-growing village. A ood chance for some ono. Address ‘*4.”’ care THE TRADESMAN. 118* \ TANTED—To exehange, a good 80 acres of ] wild land and some choice village prop- erty for a stock of groceries. Address “Gro- cer,” care TRADESMAN, 115 ue SALE—A neat clean stock of books and * stationery at Kalkaska, Mich. Only stock intown. Will invoice about $800. Or will ex- change for small tarm in Southern Michigan. C. 8S. White, Kaikaska, Mich. 115 ro? SALE—At a bargain, or will exchange for other goods, six chests tea, grocer’s scales, cheese safe, etc. lars, address, ‘Tea,’ care TRADESMAN, For further particu- 115* ee SALE—136 acres of timber land, mostly maple and beech, within 1% miles of Kal- kaska. Will exchange for stock of boots and shoes, dry goods and groceries. The land lies nearly level, and is traversed on the back end by a brook trout stream. Steam mill within 4% mile, and good roads in every direction, Ad- dress, ‘‘Kalkaska,” care THE TRADESMAN,” ltt AOR SALE—The font of brevier type for- merly used on THE TRADESMAN. The font comprises 222 pounds, with italic, and can be had for 30 cents a pound. Apply at the office. No TiSoc & The copartnership existing between Al- bert, Chas. A. and Jas. A. Coye is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Jas. A. Coye retiring. The business will be continued at the old stand by the undersigned, who will receive and pay all debts. Albert Coye, Chas. A. Coye. Nov. 16, 1835. — WITH — BOUBLE THic! BALL, Ordinary Rubber Boots always wear out first on the ball. The CANDEE Bootsare double thick on the ball, and give a cm, DOUBLE WEAK. Most economicatrub- ber Boot in the market. Lasts longer than any other boot, and the PRICE NO HICHER. Call and ex- amine the goods. = FOR SALE BY E. G. Studley & Co., Manufacturers of LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, and all kinds of ROBBER GOODS, ment and mill supplies. Jobbersof. Boots, Shoes and Arctics, keeping, do not require pass books to sat- isfy suspicious customers, and create a feeling of confidence between the merchant and his patron. They are in $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50 books. PRICES: 1,000 Books of Coupons.................45. $25.00 HOO OOKBR OF COUDONS....: 2.2.2... <.2. 24. 14.00 100 Books of Coupons.........2.-.....-.. 3.00 BU BOOKS OF COUDODS.........s0.0..5.4-.- 2.00 Send for trial order to BK. A. 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Johnston, and others; | The Depart- | Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 Ridder, wood track. .........-........ dis 40 HINGES. Gate, Clark's, 1, 2, G6 <5 3. cece nec ces dis 60 esi cates cess cass per doz, net, 2 50 Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% i4 Oe ile can dd cae cea 3% Serew Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Bye %.............. net 8% | Serew Hook and Eye X%.............. net Tho Serew Hook and Eye, %............. net i’ SOUT OE Eo che es nad ene ena dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. | Stamped Tin Ware.............2.-.5+---« 60X10 Japanned Tin Ware..............-..--:- 20K10 Granite Trou Ward... os. scsi occa we snes 2b HOES. We enc ites $11 00, dis 46 Certs ec claves sauce DE Om ee as es ica cess 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....$2 70, dis 6624 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... 8 50, dis 66% Door, porcelain, plated trim- MAPO coi as dance cd se cues as list,10 15, dis 6635 Door, porcelain, trimmings list,J155, dis 70 | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain......dis 70 | Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. .........d 40) TR ea oe ag. ae ade dis 50 LOCKS—DOOR | Russell & Irwin Mie. Co.’s new list...dis 6625 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s.............. dis 66% | FRPAMTOFG B55 o-oo neon eis ws ese newness dis 66% UCI ec ekeakacce Gadecasdans dis 6634 LEVELS. | Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 | MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’S.............0500+ dis 40&10 | Coffee, P.S.& W. Mtg. Co.’s Malleables dis 40&10 Cottec, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis 40&10 | Coffee, Bnterprise..... .. 26... ccc ceen ences dis ‘25 MATTOCKS. DG FE oobi cas cae ssn en tse $16 00 dis 40&10 FPR VO) oo a5 coe nk ones ees on $15 00 dis 40&10 Hunt's... ..-.--0eeee eee ne ees $18 50 dis 20 & 10 | NAILS. \ Common, Bra and Fencing. 1 TO Oy Os eck. ee nkescsbh cess #@ keg $3 00 Ot ere OG BAY. 8k. oo. cons bi seek ones scdevees 2 1 GEE BE TEL GARY. oo cdg 5s cede ee ne crescenn ones 50 PMG AE OE ia, ch eck ek wee certo are 75 | Sd AAVANCE. ... 1... eee eee eee eee ees 1 50 | $d fim AAVANCE...... 6... cece eee eee ee ees 3 00 CRG OTIS: HARV oc oo 0 on ns case teen sewers 1 75 | Finishing | 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches § 3 % 6 62 1% Adv. ® keg $125 150 175 200 | Steel Nails—Same price as above. | MOLLASSES GATES. | Stabbin'd PAUGIN co. os 05 6 Socket en: ayers ahs ane ccaeas bm iS | Coe’s Genuine...........-..es cess seen dis 50&10 1 doz. China Decorated Vases, large size...... “Es 80 1 120 | csce-anesy Aig i ele allel el eld la yo «9 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 65 Se cic 25, 05 40 | ~~ yn ela adaedtadatadeslenaes = 79 | Coe’s Patent, malleable.............. dis 70 ee ecdegeescuassaccas, 4 : ; | pocket = ick Ma sancses lst t ete tenets ais w _— eeOTTS { acs. Tin aceetie kak Ve ceabancess dbs caes 73 10 1 pe Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 | pumps in. oe is ' % doz. Tin Trumpets.................- eta Boo ce Cee 60 1 90 aa Socket Firmers............. =, * heveee, new list Co ” 0 Ae NG eas ON ce eee ( 25 * (VR ARGH EH ALLO TARE NREL ETC ate sets se 1€ Caster , anaes = = hl om 8 1 doz. 12-inch Tin Se an | 5 Os = COMBS. omnes, Ameren leasheaweeueia eG f Got MN albIGORCOROS. 6 cee eee te, 05 05 AG | Curry, Lawrence’s..... 6+. -++++s+- A OO Ta siiiiecinieainaiiaaaniiieeatl ; Ye MOZ. KaleidOscopes........0--..eeeees see eee eee etere een ee cee eees 43 10 60 | Hotchkiss ......-. +... 600s eee e eee eres dis = 25 aes : 1 doz. Musical TOp8.... 2.0.20... .. eee eeee eee ete eee eee eer ee es 90 10 t 20 | COCKS. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. 14 doz. Musical and Changeable Top8...................06...000- 88 25 1 50 | Brass, Hacking’s.......... 50 1 z , ; De ate, Mr” HUN MINN ooo oe oe be ngs on no cn cans ccncoe ne. 1 00 25 150 | Bees ..:..>.. De iit 50 |», Lbe Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. o. Rede Cnte OR e, 38 10 60 ea. 40810 | ©: C#FS a8 follows: DG, OO POR UB, nn ein ik nee nee nnn ne secteee 35 05 60 Pe ea 60 | Uppers, Linch.................. 00. per M $44 00 ig dos, Dollis’ High Chairt,....... 2... 2.2. .6.0.0c0ecseenceene seen A 22 ¢ 75 ee | Uppers, 14, 1% and 2 inceh................ 46 00 %q doz. China Tea Sets........2-25 ceeee cece cette cesses tees eens no 10 30 ' seeding cP RNCO FIIOI ooo oc cee ec ce cs nsctunoue 35 00 A, iid. CONRAN 5 os 5 a5 os noes ene ease ee 30 15 46 | Planished, 14 G4 Cut 10 HISG......--..-%-- 2h 30) Selects, 14, 1% and2 inch........ ...... 38 00 aa on (hInn Vien SPH el en, 5G 23 ne POS FENG, T4 BO ck. tsa casce sass Get Wie Commie, | OR... icc ccecee cs 30. 00 1 doz. Good Child Cups and SaucerS................ ccc eee eee e es 85 10 120 DRILLS Bosc ccissc anicaseses . o40s0 4d oe, Good Chie Plates, Gimee. oo se ee ea 85 1 «6130 | Morse’s Bit Stock..................-- dis 35 | Fine, Common, 14, 14 and 2 inch 32 00 1: dos ABC Mettles Ane Wiistied:... 6... oe cee es ee cee es 18 05 60 | Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 | No. 1 Stocks, 12in., 12, 4and16 feet.... 15 99 i gor. Tov Drums, Brass COVered...... 0.0 .)....-- +n teas se. AO Ww 75 Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30 | No. 1 Stoeks, 12 in., 18 feet... .. .. 0. sccs< 16 00 Re OR, WEN aid oad antes ek nen sens canes 56 25 "5 | : , ,. BLBOWS. No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 7 00 i doz. Wood Handled Rattles........ +... .--.-. 65-22. .cee eee eees 70 10 «6120 Com. 4 piece, 6 im.......- 6. -eee eee doz net $.85 | No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 teet..... 5 00 Net price $38.00 One A ene Corrugated 2.2.6.6... eee cece eee e eee dis 20&10 | No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet. ... ........000« 16 00 No charge tor package. $38 00 $58 00 | Adjustable ......-...+-+-. mheseeumene ss dis 34&10| No. I Stocks, l0in., 20feet........... .... M@ mad iat ais ake eee en - a a ; een 8in., ae 16 feet...... BG | Clar’s, small, $18 vO; large, o<6 00. dis au | NO. 4 Stocks, § in., 18 feet... .. .. c.csceceess 16 00 | Tran’ Ms [Nhe @ BD { y ge . ho . : - | a : | Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, 350 00. dis 20 | NO. | Stocks, $ in., 20 feet. .........<6.. 17 00 uP ~N i > FILES. No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and i6 feet..... 2 : é at : : , » dhs FOO@E. 4... 2 00 ik | a Y j American File Association List...... dis GG | No. 2 Stooka, 12 in., 18 Taet. ... .. 6... cc enes 13 00 iF a F aoe Bice ce eee eect e ee ere eect eee e ee po 60 | Na. 3 Btoeks, 12 in., 2) feet... .. .. 2... cc cece 14 60 | ad P INGO AIMOVIONE 6 cs cesccce as ceenes dis 60 | No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 144 and 16 feet 12 00 or 1885-86 | Nicholson’s.......... Ma dis 60 | No.2 Stocks, 10 in.” 18 feet ee 3 OH Who wish to do away with annoyance of | Be A ee a ee dis 30 No. a Gtccks 10 a zs ee ey id oo book-keeping and obtain a practical at | The remarkable interest in the War Papers | Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 3834 | No.2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 11 00 etieute for customere’ i a ints | and in the many timely articles and strong : GALVANIZED IRON, | No. 2 Stocks, § in., 18 feet..............0:- 12 00 should en, me Ace | Serial grb published recently in Tue CEN: 16 a a = 24, 25and26, 2% 28] No.2Stecks, 8 in., 20 feet.............. 13 00 x TURY has given that magazine a regular cireu- ; /!8t 2 ‘ 14 15 18|Coarse Common or shipping culls, al | lation of 7 pel Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50@10. widths and lengt he. ae ye te : se ie 9 00 as : GAUGES. A and B Strips, 4or6in.......... BB Credit Coupons. 4 or Copies Monthly. | Stuniey Rule and Level Co.’s.........dis 50 | C Strips, 4 ore inch. meng a 2 0 |, Among the features for the coming volume | HAMMERS. No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 They make no mistakes, give customers | Which begins with the November number, are: Mavdole & GO. 6. ooo oes ac cc cs nace dis 20 | — 2 enim % Manag is feet... ....,. 12 00 ke no stakes, 2 TS | ee : eee elie ay dis Gn | NO, & PORCINE. IO TOCE,. ... occ cc neccnsand 12 00 no chance to dispute accounts, and mer- THE WAR PAPERS | Vertes & Pima. oi... cece. cen ent: dis 49 | No. 1 Fencing, 4 ineh...,........-.eeeeees 15 (0 chants no chance to commit errors; they | By General Grant and Others. | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. a ¢ list 40 ae # Fencing, 4 inch............seeeesees 12 80 . . } Blacks i *s Soli ‘as stee ¢ S ad y 4 rway C¢ > 4 r 6i ; 2 cause no delays in the hurry and excite- These will be continued (most of them illus- nS nee hae .. LO nee heres Mate ¢ tach Oe ee _ Le a 3 0 ment of business, save the expenss of book- | trated) until the chief events of the Civil War | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 | Bevel Siding, 6 GON Osc cicse seca dcedesss | ae | Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear............:. 20 00 Piece Stuf, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft........ 10 00 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Flooring, € in. C. .....6.ccacenes™ 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No. 1,common.. 17 00 Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 common.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in., A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C..........0ss+0:+ 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4or5in., No.1 com’n 16 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. XXX 18 in, Standard Shingles......... 3 10 } see a Bl, TRUNEIN co xc « des oc gaanecavanes 3 00 Pete MOM oss cc cn nen osc gdenteveces 2.15 No. zor 6 in. C. Bi8in. Shingles. ........ 1 75 Ho 70r 6 in. C. BW. U6 IM. . oc kn ck accecanes 1 40 WN oe iid ees ee: 1 75@ 2 00 HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: HBaesawood, log-rilh. ... .. 6. c