GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  ,3  1883.

NO. 2.

YOL.  1.
A  HOME  EXPOSITION.

APBOJEOT THAT IS YET IH EMBBYO.

How  it is  Proposed  to  Carry  Out  the  Plan— j 
The  Expense  of  the  Undertaking—Some  of j 
the  Results to Follow—Interviews with S e v -: 

erai  Prominent Citizens.

The remarkable  success that has attended 
the agricultural fairs held in  Grand  Rapids 
during the past dozen  years  has  suggested 
the  idea  that  something  more  permanent 
and  satisfactory than a four-day show could 
be inaugurated  and  made  a  success.  With 
a view to collecting all the available reasons 
for such an innovation, as well as  to  ascer­
tain the objections to  the  measure,  an  am­
bassador of T h e  T r a d e s m a n   was  detailed 
to visit the parties who are the  prime  mov­
ers in the affair, and interview  others  inter­
ested in the city’s welfare. 
It  having  been 
learned that Mr. L C. Levi had taken initial 
steps toward the calling of a meeting for the 
purpose of considering the subject, that gen­
tleman was  first  seen.  He  stated  that  he 
could see no valid reason  why  a  permanent 
exposition, lasting three or  four weeks  each 
autumn, should not be a financial  success  in 
itself, to say nothing of the benefits accruing 
from the trade that  would  inevitably  result 
from the presence of people  from  all  parts 
of this and surrounding states.  The crowds 
that visit  an  ordinaiy  fair  are  necessarily 
unsatisfactory, in a  business  sense, as  they 
seldom augment trade to any perceptible ex­
tent  They are so bent on viewing what is 
to be seen, and are in  such  a  hurry  to  get 
home as soon  as  they  have  exhausted  one 
day’s pleasure, that  they  have  neither  the 
time nor inclination to look about for  shop­
ping  purposes.  One  the  other  hand,  the 
people who are  attracted  by  an  exposition 
usually spend several days in the place,  and 
after thoroughly looking over the  prime ob­
ject of their  stay, improve  the  opportunity 
afforded to make such purchases  as  can  be 
made  to  better  advantage  than  at  home. 
While a general exposition would attract the 
same class of people who come to  the  fairs, 
it would also bring to the  city  thousands  of 
people residing in distant parts of  the state, 
and even in other states, who  are  aware  of 
the  superior  reputation  Grand  Rapids  has 
acquired as a furniture manufacturing center 
and who would feel amply  repaid  for  their 
visit by being able to see an exhaustive  dis­
play of our best products in  this  branch  of 
industry.  While fine furniture  would  form 
an  important  part  of  the  exposition,  it 
would of course be accompanied by hundreds 
of other displays  equally  as | ingenious,  al­
though not  so  noted  at  home  and  abroad. 
Competition  would  undoubtedly  be  made 
open  to  the  world, and  foreign  exhibitors 
would gladly avail themselves of  the oppor­
tunity afforded to show the products of their 
skill. 
For  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
whether the sentiment infavor of such an un­
dertaking is sufficient to encourage further en­
deavor,  Mr. Levi recently addressed the fol­
lowing circular to leading  manufacturers at 
this market:
1  take  the  liberty  to  call 
your attention to a  project  which if carried 
out cannot fail to be conducive to much ben­
efit to the  manufacturing  interests  of  this 
city.  You are  possibly aware  of  the great 
success attendant upon the industrial exhibi­
tions in Chicago, Milwaukee, Louisville, In­
dianapolis and  other cities.  With our many 
and varied manufacturing  interests, there is 
no  reason  why  we  cannot  have an  exhibit 
here worthy  of  the  metropolis  of  Western 
Michigan.
My idea is to form  an  exposition associa­
tion, organize a stock company, issue shares, 
to be taken by  all  the  manufacturers,  mer­
chants,  bankers  and  real  estate  owners; 
erect a suitable  exposition  building  on  the 
line of some str^ t  railway, and hold an an­
nual exposition  to extend  from two to  four 
weeks, the building to  be  open  during this 
time in the evening as well as day time.  The 
expenses will be comparatively light, as it is 
not necessary to offer premiums, the  exhibit 
being solely for the purpose of  showing the 
country  at large  the industrial  resources of 
our city.  The exposition building could also 
be  used  to  advantage  outside  of  the ex­
hibit season very often,  there  being no hall 
in the  city  capable  of  holding  very  large 
public assemblies.
Taking a great  interest  in  the  growth of 
our city and  our  manufacturing interests, it 
occurred to me that  by  sending out this cir­
cular the  matter  could  be  agitated,  and  if 
favorably considered  by  a number of manu­
facturers, a call for  a  meeting  could  be  is­
sued and  steps taken  to  organize. 
I  hope 
you will give this  your  kind  attention, and 
convey to me your views on the subject.

Gentlemen: 

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

COUNTING  THE  COST.

Regarding  the  expense  involved  in  the j 
construction  of  suitable  buildings  and  the J 
maintainance  of  the  institution  after  their j 
erection,  nothing  but  rough  estimates  can j 
be given. 
It is thought that  a  desirable  lo-! 
cation can be  secured  on  a  long-time  lease 
for a  nominal  consideration,  and .buildings | 
for present  use  erected  at  an  expense  of 
$20,000.  This  estimate  of  course  includes 
only a wooden  structure,  without  much  of

the  ornamentation  which  could  be  subse­
quently added.  The  expense  of  managing 
and operating the exposition  would  not  ex­
ceed  $10,000  per  annum,  and  this  figure 
would probably cover all the repairs needed 
for some time to come.  Estimating  the  av- j 
erage daily attendance at 3,000 people,  with 
an admission  fee of  25  cents  each,  would 
give a return, in  twenty-four  days,  of  $18,- 
000, wrhich  would  be  sufficient1 to  meet  the 
expenses,  and  leave  a  handsome  balance, 
even  after  paying  a  respectable  dividend. 
It is thought that $40,000 capital will  be all 
the funds needed to inaugurate the venture, 
and it is claimed that this sum would be sub­
scribed by representative business men with­
in twenty-four hours, whenever they are  as­
sured that the undertaking would be  placed i 
in proper hands.

SERIOUS DRAWBACK.

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

DOUBTFUL AS TO THE  RESULT.

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

A  FAIR OPINION.

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

ONE OBJECTION  ANSWERED.

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

The  Flour Product  of Minneapolis.

The Minneapolis Northwestern Miller es­
timates that the present daily production  of 
flour from the mills  of  that  city  is  26,600 
barrels,  against 21,250 barrels daily one year 
ago, an excess of 5,410  barrels.  The  Pion­
eer Press indulges in some speculation as to 
what these figures mean, and  furnishes  the 
following result: “The number of bushels of 
wheat required  to  make  26,600  barrels  of 
flour per day would be 133,300, the transpor­
tation of which would  take  266  cars,  or  a 
solid train of  a mile  and  three-quarters  in 
length.  Besides the flour, the daily product 
of millstuff would be 1,400 tons, to haul both 
of which would require 328 cars  aud  16  lo­
comotives, or more than two miles  of  solid 
train.  At an average price of $4 per  barrel 
for flour and $8 per ton for millstuff, the  to­
tal daily production of the mills amounts  to 
$117,728, or nearly $37,000,000 in the course 
of a year.”

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

LUMBER  CAMPS.

WHAT ONE MAN  KNOWS ABOUT LOG­

GING.

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

“ ‘Arise Jupiter, and snuff the moon I’ 

It 
seems to me I see him before  me  now with 
a half malicious grin  on  his  countenance at 
the idea of disturbing the  forty, or fifty men 
who constitute the camp  on  the Manistee.” 
The speaker was a  lumberman, a self-made 
man who lias swung the  axe, who made the 
Morton his  headquarters  yesterday, and the 
expression which he quoted was in reference 
to a character who  officiates  as  cook of one 
of his lumber  camps. 
“ Yes,  sir,” he con­
tinued,  “promptly  at  6  o’clock he  would 
have a boiling fire  and shout  his significant 
phrase,  ‘Arise Jupiter, and snuff the moon’, 
although  he  occasionally  would vary it by 
using the expression,  not  an uncommon one 
in lumber  camps,  ‘Roll  out,  turn  out,  any 
way to get out’. 
In  our  lumber  camps the 
custom is for the cook to be the early worm- 
catcher and at  6  o’clock  when  the  blaze 
sends  forth  its  cheering  warmth  and  the 
coffee-pot sings a pleasant melody, lie wakes 
the gang.”

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

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

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

“Bless you, not at all.  Lining  the walls 
of the interior of  the sleeping camp are two 
tiers of  bunks.  Every  man  lias his bunk. 
In the center is a big stove providing warmth, 
and we doze as sweetly and dream  as nicely 
as at the Morton.”

“ How  do you  proceed  about  putting  in 

the winter’s cut?”

“First we  have  to  grade  the  main road, 
leading from the  camp  to  the  bank  of  the 
river where the rafting is  done.  This road 
has to be graded  very  carefully  so as to en­
able heavy loads to  go  over  it.  Collateral 
roads, more hastily  prepared,  lead  in every 
direction.  One  force  cut  down  the trees 
and the other drive  the  teams.  Cut, did I 
say.  Well, that was  a  mistake.  We don’t 
cut  down  trees  any  more.  We  saw 
them down.  Any danger from falling trees? 
None at all.  The danger is in being caught 
by a falling limb, and  that  is why we  have 
to be so  cafeful.  One  tree falling, strikes 
another  and  bends  it  down  until  released 
and bounds back with  terrible  force, throw­
ing limbs  high  in  air. 
I  have seen a limb 
weighing 100 pounds  carried  up 200 feet in­
to the air.  Sometimes  the trees, after they 
are  sawed  diagonally,  slide  off  the  stump 
and then  there  is  need  of much  watchful­
ness.  Last  winter,  on  the Manistee, such 
an occurrence happened.  The man who was 
sawing jumped back and tripped backwards. 
The tree caught  him  between  the legs, see­
sawed over the  stump  and  threw  him  into 
the air  about  twenty  feet.  He  turned,  a 
complete somersault  and  landed on his feet 
without as much as  a scratch.”

“What is the  best  condition  for  putting 

in a big cut?”

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

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

“ It  must  be  pretty  cold  work  in  the 

.

woods ?”

“Of course  it  is  not especially  tropical, 
but the  exercise  infuses  warmth  into  the 
veins of the  men.  And  then  they  clothe 
themselves very warmly.  They wear woolen 
socks a quarter of  an  inch  thick, and  some 
of them wear  as  many  as  five  pair at one 
time.  Their  Mackinaw suits are very warm, 
too. 
Some of  the  men  become  so inured 
that they do not wear mittens at all.”

“Do you live on salt pork and potatoes all 

the winter long ?”

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

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

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

“How do they behave toward each other?”
“They are  so  isolated  that  they  learn to 
like each other and do not growl much.  Of 
course every camp  has  its  bully who has  to 
vanquish half a dozen  men  before  he is en­
titled to  that  appellation;  but when he lias 
once  acquired  that  proud  distinction  the 
fighting  stops.  They  are  a rough set  and 
will rip out a  string  of  oaths  that  would 
make a pirate blush  for envy;  but  as a rule 
they are good-hearted men. 
If one of  their 
number becomes  sick,  in  a short time they 
have a purse of $100 or $200 raised to secure 
medical attention  for  him.  But  they  are 
also a thoughtless,  devil-may-care  set.  At 
the end of the season they  are paid  off, and 
in two or three  weeks  will  squander  in ca­
rousal what they earned  by  the  hard  labor 
of a winter.  Then they  take to rafting dur­
ing the summer, and  in winter go back into 
the camps.”

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

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

SNIDE  JEWELRY,

How  the  Trade Has  Grown  to  Colossal  Di­

mensions.

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

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

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

“Yes,  that’s  what  everybody  believes,” 
he retorted drily,  “but the fact is  there ain’t j 
$10 worth  of  gold  in  a scoopful  of  them, 
and let me tell you, young man, the amount 
of snide jewelry worn at  the present time is! 
simply  startling.  The  art  of  making  the 
glow of  virgin gold  on  pure  unadulterated 
brass has been brought to such  a high point 
of perfection that thousands of dollars’ worth 
of the stuff is passed off on  an unsuspecting 
public every year. 
It isn’t  alone  the  fledg­
lings  of  both  sexes  with  a  weakness  for 
flashy display who  are  imposed  upon,  but 
mature people buy it, and sport  it  with' the 
delusive notion  that  they  have got  some­
thing of real intrinsic value.  Take a pair of 
these buttons, and what  are  they  made of ? 
Most likely the  body  of  ‘them  is brass, or 
if they come as  high  as  $2.50  it  is oroide; 
that is, a composition made up'from the clip­
pings gathered up at the large manuf acturies 
of metals—brass,  copper,  zinc,  silver,  and 
maybe a  little  gold,  enough  to  make  the 
stuff from one to three  karat fine, which are 
thrown into the melting kettle together.  The 
coating on the  outside  is  sometimes  a thin 
layer of rolled plate,  but  more  generally it 
is made from lacquer, a liquid which gives it 
the peculiar yellow glow known to the trade 
as ‘fire-gilt.’ 
If  there is any setting in the 
article it  is  either  painted  glass  or  bone, 
which in itself  has  a  mere  nominal value. 
They are turned out'in the large manufactor­
ies in the east by  machinery  like  horn but­
tons, and you see if a person considers a mo­
ment it is a very easy matter to approximate 
the whole cost.”

“Well, how much  do  retail dealers make 

on them ?”

“From 100 to 150 per  cent.  The furnish­
ing goods men and  the  bazars  have  the  ex­
clusive run of the trade, because no reputable 
jeweler will handle the  goods, and they can 
charge wliat they please.  Even  if  the stuff 
were kept in stock by a first-class jeweler no 
one would buy it,  as  customers would  nat­
urally regard it as  utterly  worthless  when 
sold at less than  what  they regard as jewel­
ers’ living prices.”

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

“ Y"es,  down  to  the  99-cent  and  prize- 
package trash.  Only  on  some a little more 
care is taken in  smoothing  down  the sharp 
corners and  putting  on  the  sheen  than  on 
others,  and it  will  hold  its appearance any 
length of time from 24  hours to two years.”
“Jewelry  isn’t  the  only  shoddy  article 
turned out by the fine metal workers, is it?”
“No sir!”  was  the  sharp  retort,  with  a 
strong emphasis on the first word.  “ Nor is 
it the leading branch of  the  trade.  Silver­
ware takes the palm on  that score, probably 
because a thin plate can  be put  on the body 
of any article and  with  the  aid  of  some of 
the preparations  sold,  made  to  hold its  ap­
pearance.  Take the  so-called  triple-plated 
cutlery, for  instance,  that  is sometimes dis­
posed of at  alleged  bankrupt  sales.  The 
metal in them  is  ‘guaranteed’  to  be  either 
white metal or steel, when  the  truth is that 
it is nothing but iron  or  pewter.  The name 
of some house of  acknowledged  standing is 
marked  on  them,  and  the  ordinary  pur­
chaser is not aware  of  the  deception.  He 
doesn’t  know  that  such  staple  goods  as 
Rogers Brothers  are  never  sold at  auction 
unless they happen  to  be  damaged.  The 
manufacturers won’t allow it, any more than 
such firms as tlie American Watch Company 
will permit the sale of their goods at a forced 
sale, and to prevent it will take them off the 
dealer’s hands at cost, or instruct an agent to 
bid them in.  -It’s  strange  how  many gudg­
eons bite at this fraud, but they usually find 
out their mistake  in  a  few  months, as the 
‘silver’ begins to show itself in that time.”

“Is any substitute  for  silver  plate  ever 

used?”

“Yes, there is a preparation sold in bottles 
that will rejuvenate  the  auction plate  and 
make it last for a  considerable  time. 
It is 
harmless to the metal, and can  he used with 
good effect on  genuine  silver  goods.  But

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

A  GOOD  SALESWOMAN.

Beauty  Not an  Unmixed  Advantage.—Tests  of 

Temper and Tact.

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

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

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

“Is beauty a desirable point?”
“On  the  whole  I  think  its  importance  is 
overrated. 
I should prefer, from a business 
point of view,  what  is  called  an  attractive 
girl, who is  graceful  and  has  a  fair figure. 
Many of our best salesladies are not remark­
able  for  physical  charms,  though  all  are 
agreeable in manner.  Some houses  make  a 
point of beauty. 
It is thought to  be  useful 
at  counters  frequented  by  gentlemen;  but 
we have often been obliged to displace sales­
ladies for keeping gentlemen in conversation. 
The art is  to  say  just  enough  to  effect  the 
sales and dispose of the customer when busi­
ness commences to  degenerate  into  chatter. 
Beauties are hard to take care of.  We often 
have to  call  them,  that  is,  send  them  on  a 
message to  a  distant  part  of  the  establish­
ment as a hint.  I think it quite possible that 
large sales  at  higher  profits  are  sometimes 
made in the  departments  of  men’s  furnish­
ing  goods  by  having  good-looking girls  be­
hind  the  show-cases.  Nevertheless,  I  do 
not think that, as a  whole,  we  consider  the 
value of a pretty girl in the wages market to 
be greater than that of a plainer girl, who is 
attractive in other respects.  We do not pay 
more for beauty unless  it  is  combined  with 
other high qualities.  In the cloak and other 
trying-on  departments  personal  charms  are 
of great value, of course, and command high 
wages; but even here it is more  a  matter  of 
figure and graceful movement  than  of  face. 
It  is  perhaps  advantageous  to  have  hand­
some,  refined-looking girls  in  the  lace  and 
embroidery  departments. 
In  the  silk  and 
trimming departments we require good taste, 
a facility for nice draping,  and  a  quick  eye 
for colors, united  with  a  genius  for  match- 
ing fabrics.  We  pay  well in  these depart­
ments, and in selecting ladies for them good 
looks have only a secondary place.  Some of 
the ladies, as you will notice, are quite plain, 
but all are nice-looking.

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

“Why do they object to being called sales­

women?”

“I don’t know.”—New  York Sun.
Krupp’s works, at Essen, now employ 429 
steam boilers and  456  steam  engines, with 
the aggregate of 18,500 horse-power.  There 
are  89  steam-hammers,  carrying  weights 
ranging from 200 pounds to 50 tons.

Even in dull times the cooper does a  stav­

ing business.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

.V JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE.  Editor and  Prof reior.

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

WEDNESDAY, OOT. 3,1883.

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

Twenty cotton mills in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  pay 

an average dividend of fifteen per  cent.

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

Subscribers  and  others,  when  writing  to 
advertisers, will confer a  favor  on  the  pub­
lisher  by  mentioning  that  they  saw  their 
advertisement in the columns of The Mich­
igan T radesman.

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

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

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

The quotations given in The Tradesman 
n be depended upon as thoroughly accurate 
id  reliable.  The  paper  goes  to  press 
omptly  at  ten  o’clock  each  Wednesday 
:oming and the price current is  revised  up 
an hour before that  time,  giving  us  the 
antage of the latest advices by mail  and 

blegraph.

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

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

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

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

A correspondent  has  written  to the New 
York Evening Post about  the  lumber busi­
ness of this state, saying:
The present size and  swift  growth of the 
lumber industry of  Michigan,  as  shown  by 
statistics, are most startling.  Twenty  years 
ago a few  hundred  million  feet  of  lumber 
were cut in the  state;  now  the  annual pro­
duct is one-quarter that  of  our  whole coun­
try, and reaches more than four billion feet. 
Cut in boards 12  inches  wide  and  one  inch 
thick, the yearly product would suffice for a 
double  boarded  fence,  with  the  posts, 16 
times around the earth. 
It would build the 
houses  for  a  city of  a million  inhabitants, 
and would each year  load  some  2,500 miles 
of cars.

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

THE THREE-CENT  PIECE.

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

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

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

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

Some Counsel  to  Merchants’  Clerks.

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

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

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

Shrewdness versus Sharpness. 

Shrewdness  is  an  excellent  quality  in  a 
business man. 
It carries him  through  diffi­
culties that would  swamp  others  and  ena­
bles  him  to  avoid dangers into  which  less 
shrewd  men  would  be  certain  to  stumble. 
But when shrewdness degenerates into mere 
sharpness—which may be defined as shrewd­
ness devoid of conscientiousness—it becomes 
as dangerous as a  two-edged  sword  in  the 
hands of a child. 
It cuts both  its  possessor 
and all with whom he has dealings.  Shrewd­
ness is honest, taking  advantage  of  circum­
stances in  an  honest  manner,  and  only  for 
legitimate  purposes.  Sharpness  frequently 
descends to trickery to accomplish its object, 
and is so closely allied to downright  dishon­
esty oftentimes that the  difference  between 
them is not apparent to the ordinary observ­
er.  The shrewd merchant  is  respected  and 
successful, while the mere  sharper—equally 
shrewd but less honest—is avoided, despised, 
and at constant war with the  world.  He  is 
rarely successful, and  success  never  brings 
him respect.  Most  frequently  he  may  be 
found at the bottom of the ladder of fortune, 
sore from  the  tumbles  he  has  received,  for 
he sometimes climbs  part  way  up  by  hang­
ing to the skirts of more energetic  climbers, 
only to fall when shaken off and  left  to  his 
own exertions.  He hopes  to  reach  the  top 
at the  expense  of  others;  and  wastes  more 
brain and muscle in  the  endeavor to ascend 
by trickery than would suffice  to  carry  him 
triumphantly to the highest round by honest 
endeavor.  To such men shrewdness, instead 
of being a blessing, is a curse.—Sewing-Ma­
chine  Journal.

New Article  of  Pottery.

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

How  “ The  Tradesman”  Was  Received.
The Michigan T radesman is the  latest i 
newspaper  venture  in  this  city.  Mr. E. A. | 
Stowe, who has done excellent work  on  the 
different papers of this city for several years, 
is the editor and proprietor.  T he Trades- [ 
man is a bright, clean-looking  sheet,  and  is 
devoted to the interest of the wholesale  and 
jobbing trade.—Leader.

The Michigan  Tradesman  is the name 
of a new Grand Rapids weekly trade journal, 
the first  number of which  has  just  been  is-1 
sued by Mr.  Ernest  A.  Stowe,  editor  and) 
proprietor. 
It is a  neat  six-column  folio, 
devoted to the wholesale interests of  Grand i 
Rapids.  Mr. Stowe has for some years been 
engaged on the city  dailies,  and resigns  the 
news editorship of the Eagle in order to de­
vote his  entire  attention  to  his  venture.— 
Democrat.
A new weekly paper, entitled T he  Mich­
igan  Tradesman,  has  made  its  appear­
ance—“E. A. Stowe, Editor and Proprietor.” 
It is about one-half  the  size  of  the  Daily 
Eagle,  and  the  initial  number  shows  ev­
idence of much labor in its  preparation  and 
presents a creditable  typographic  face. 
In­
troducing itself, it assumes a  task  that  will 
require no  little  talent  and  industry  to  ac­
complish  properly. 
It  aims  to  be  a  repre­
sentative of the mercantile  interests  of  this i 
city, and if it  does  not  achieve  success,  it 
will not be for lack of hard labor and earnest | 
endeavor.—Eagle.

The  Dangers of Celluloid.

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

Infringements of  a  Trade  Mark.

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

TRAIN TIME TABLES.

 

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
Detroit Express......................................  6:20 am
Day  Express........................................... 12:45 p m
New York Fast Line..............................  6:50 p m
Night  Express........................................ 10:40 pm
Mixed.............................................  
7:30 am
Pacific  Express.............................................   7:30 am
Local  Passenger.....................................11:50 am
M ail.........................................................   4:50 pm
M ixed........................................................ 5*10 p m
Grand  Rapids  Express......................... 10:50 p m
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:40 p. m., and New York at 9  p. 
m. the next evening. 
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:20 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that  city  at  noon,  New  York  10:30 
a. m., and Boston 2:40 p. m. next day.

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

. 

.

Why Some  Men  Fail  to  Succeed.

They neglect details.
They fail to push business.
They talk politics too much.
They imitate their neighbors.
They have no eye to business.
They are not polite or accomodating.
They have too much outside business.
They know not the power of  method.
They become rusty and lose ambition.
They let their help waste and destroy.
They fail to invent or have new ideas.
They are not liberal to home  enterprises.
They are penny wise  and  pound  foolish.
They wait for  fortune to  drop into  their 
They think  most  things  take  too  much 
They attend to everything but  their  own 

laps.
trouble.
business.

Mucilage  for  Pasteboard.

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

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

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

An advertisement calls for live  grocers  to 
introduce  a  new  comodity  to  the  public. 
That is right. 
If dead grocers  undertake  it 
they will frighten the people.

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

Edward Ridley, the New York  dry  goods 
merchant who died recently,  left  an  estate 
worth over $2,000,000.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

Arrives.

tSteamhoat Express...
tThrough  Mail...........
tEvening  Express.......
♦Limited Express........
+Mixed, with  coach —
■(■Muskegon  Express...
GOINC
tMorning  Express......
•(•Through  Mail...........
•(■Steamboat Express..
tMixed..........................
•(•Muskegon Express...
♦Milwaukee Express..........  a:o;

Leaves.
...  6:36 a m 6:45 a m
__ 10:40 a m 10:50 am
4:05 p m
__ 4:05 p in
__   7:05 p m 7:15 p m |
11:00 am
__ 10:05 p m
WEST.
__   1:05 p m 1:25 p m
5:25 p m
__ 5:15 p m
__ 10:25 p m 10:30 p m
7:45 a m
6:00 a m
__   3:52 a m 4:05 a m
Express
make close connections at Owosso for Lansin^ 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Limited  Express  has  Wagner Sleeping Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a Parlor Car to  Detroit.  Milwaukee  Express 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily 
Passengers  taking  the  6:45  a.  ir 

D. Potter, City Pass. Agent. 
Thomas  Tandy, Gen’l Pass. Agent,  Detroit.

GOING NORTH.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.
Arrives.
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 10:00 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ei{.  9:50 am  
Ft. Wayne & Cadillac  E x..  4:50 p m 
G’d Rapids & Petoskey Ac.
Mackinac* Cincinnati Ex.  6:10 am  
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:25 p m 
Cadillac & Ft. Wayre Ex. .10:55 a m 
Petoskey & G’d Rapids  Ac 8:20 p m 

GOING SOUTH.

All trains daily except Sunday.

Leaves. 
11:00 p m 
10:20 a m 
5:15 p m 
7:45 a m
7:00 am  
5:00 pm  
1:00 p m

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train  leaving at  lip . m. has Wood- 
tuff Sleeping Cars for Traverse City, Petoskey 
and Mackinac City.  Train leaving at 10:20 a. m. 
has  combined  Sleeping  and  Chair  Car  for 
Mackinac City. 
.  „
_ 
South—Train leaving at 5 p. m. has Woodruff 
Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

A. B. Leet, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

_  

, 

Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern.

(KALAMAZOO DIVISION.)

Arrives.  Leaves.
Express...............................   7:25pm  8:00am
M ail......................................10:00 a m  4:25 p m
The  train leaving  at 4:25 p. m. connects  at 
White Pigeon with Atlantio Express  on  main 
line, which has Palace Sleeping  Coaches from 
Chicago  to  New  York  and  Boston  without 
change.
The train  leaving  at  8:00 a.m .  connects  at 
White  Pigeon  (giving  one  hour  for  dinner) 
with special New York express on main line.
R. E. Abbott, Gen’i Agent.

Chioago & West Michigan.
Leaves.  Arrives,
+Mail 
..............................10:00 am   4:35 pm
tDay Express.......................  1:15 p m  10:45 p m
♦Night  Express........................9:00 
♦Daily.  fDaily exoept Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night  trams. 
Through coach to Chicago on 1:16  p.  m.,  and 
9 p. m.  trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Mixed 
Express..............................

Leaves.  Arrives.
...................................6:20 am   4:00 pm
A. M. Nichols, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

-WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

F *  jßL KT O  3T  -A. 3ST I>

STAPLE

GOODS

COD?, BALL  «a  CO■ f
Wholesale  Grocers!'

9,11,1:]  &  15  Pearl  Street,  and  lo,  15,  17  &  19  Campali  Street,

GrRAKTD  H.APU5S,  -  M ICH IGAN

-WE  ARE  SPECIAL  AGENTS  FOR  THE  SALE  0F-

Weisinger  & Bates’ “Hold  Fast”  Plug!  ^
lÆeAUpin’s GOLD  SHIELD  Plug,

Harris’ SENTINEL  Plug, 

Harris’ HONE?  BEE Plug,

And  We  Particularly  Invtte the Attention  of Buyers to these  Brands,  as THEY  POSSESS  REAL 

MERIT,  and will  Please  Both  Dealer and  Customer.

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

£ 6

99

Which  We  Guarantee  Equal  to  Any  Made,  Both  in  RICHNESS  OF  FLAVOR  AND 

KEEPING  QUALITIES.  Never  Buy  a  Cheap  Cheese for 

Winter Stock.

___ WE  KEEP  THE  FINEST  AND  LARGEST  LINE  OF------

TEJELS, COFFEES, SYRTJFS and SFICES

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

SPRING  <& COM PAN?

OIL  CLOTHS,

M ATTINGS,

E S T O - ,  D ESTO .

O  and.  8  M o n ro e   S tre e t,

p m 6:35 a m

Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.
H. Leonard & Sons quote as follows:

1«
15
35

SILVER PLATED WARE.

ONE  CRATE  WHITE GRANITE  WARE.

“ 

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“ 
“ 
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Bakers.

Bowls......

HOLIDAY GOODS.

90 
1  10 
1  30 
1 50 
1 30 
1 50
1 75
2 40
3 50

Diamond C.
. .5 inch 
..6  “

ONE ASSORTED CASE  HOLIDAY GOODS. 

Ewers and Basins, No 9...
Fruit Saucers.......4 inch
Barrell  Mugs__ 36  “
Scollops............. 2)4  “

We are headquarters for Silver Plated Ware. 
New catalogue just issued.free on application. 
We represent the Meriden Britannia Company, 
Derby  Silver  Company,  Wilcox  Silver  Plate 
Company, and Middletown Plate Company.
We guarantee our prices to be as  low  as the 
manufacturers’.  Our profit is in the rebate al­
lowed for large purchases.

..3  “ 
...5  “ 
...6  “
.'.'.8  “
. .No. 36 
..  “  30 
24
7 00
“  Cov’d Butters__ 5 inch
)4
37/
“  Indiv’l  “  __ 2)4  “
10 25
% “  Cov’d Chambers.No. 9
1
“  Uncov’d 
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“  Cake  Plates....................... ..  7 00
)4
“  Restaurant Creams.......... ..  1 25
“  Cup  Plates........................ ..  ■  50
3
8 50
“  Casseroles.............7 inch
Vi
9 50
“ 
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a
1 20
“  Dishes....................3  “
2 50
....................9  “
“ 
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3 60
“ 
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4 75
..................11  “
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.16 50 
58 
1 40 
1 00 
1 50

Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles—Cable  Shape—
5 40
6 doz Plates__
3 30 
3 
26 00
20 
4 50 
3
3 90
88 
1 20 
87 
1 25 
1 50 
1  85 
1 75 
75
5 13 
7 00 
1  75
63
1 50
^  We call special attention to our line of holi- 
2 13
37  day goods,  imported  by  us direct,  and  before 
2  40  the  advance  in  duties.  We  guarantee  our 
prices to be as low as any in the  country.  We 
84 
have a variety of assorted cases as well as open 
1 20 
stock.
1 58
2 90 
70 
1 doz China Motto Teas  assorted......
2  00 
do 
75
1 do 
do
1 90
.......2 00
Ye  do 
.......3 50
2 50 
Vt  do 
.....0  50
do 
1  75 
)4  do 
.......3 25
1 05 
Vt  do 
.......4 50
do 
1 25 
Vt  do 
.......6 50
1 28 
do 
1-6 do 
.......7 00
do 
1 34 
1-6 do 
.......8 50
do 
1 50
1-6 do 
ti-ee baskets.......2 25
1 31 11-6 do 
1-6 do
5 13 11-6 do  Silvered Bohemian  vases.......1 00
¡5 50  1-6 do 
do 
.......125
10 00  ! 1-6 do 
do 
.......1 60
1-6 do Blue decorated  do 
.......175
1-6 do Alab. 
do 
.......5 75
1-6 do Decorated Toy Tea sets............. 2 25
1 
So 
............. 4 50
do 
do 
1-6 do White 
............. 1 75
Vt  do  Good child cup and saucer........   90
plates.........................  90
do 
Vt  do 
Vt  do Alphabetical  childs  plates.......  70
Vt  do 
do 
70
mugs.................... 
1  do china decorated  mugs...............
...............
do  ’ 
1 do 
Vt  do 
do 
ass’d....... 1 20
Vt  do 
do 
do  .........1 75
Vt  do Toy knives and forks..................1 25
1 do China open work baskets..........
1  do Assorted animal  whistles........
1 do 
do  China vases..................
1 do 
Pitchers.......................
do 
Vt  do 
do 
Baskets........ .........— 2 00
)4  do Toy casters..................................2 00
l j   Smoking  set..................................5 40
i  1 
.................................. 9 00
1 do  Cloth  dolls  [China heads]........
.1 25 
.1 75 
.2 50 
.4 00

3 50
..................8  “ 
Jugs, No.  36............................2 10
“  20..........................  2 50
“  12..........................  5 10
6......................................   8  00
«  
Shell Pickles........................   3 00
Sugars. No. 30.......................  5 25
Spoon  Holders.....................   3 00
Ye gross Un’hd Coffees, 12 sets in glO 25
3  “ 
1  “  H’d

1 50 
1 00 
1 65
1 38 
1 62
2 25 
1 08 
1  17 
1 42
37
13
17
21
2»
46
38
27
29
45
54
35
35
40
60 
88 
63 
65 
60 
35 
40 
1 00 
50 
45

coffees  do 
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moust  coffe, 
do 
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60 days net,..................$86 87.
Any assortment packed to order.

ONE ASSORTED PACKAGE ROCKINGHAM ANI) YEL­

Red Bohemian vases...............

LOW WARE. 
Diamond H.

do
do
do
do
do
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Mugs, 
Tea Pots.

“  Teas, 

$144  79

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Mixing Bowls,

6.
9 . 
6..
9.. 
12..
30..
18..
24..
30..

Bakers,  7 inch... 
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..325 
.  250 
..300
” l  50
! 400 
. 3 25 
. 2 75 
.  105 
. 125 
8  “
. 155 
9  “ 
.185
10
11 “
........230
........... ........ 280
12 44 
Scallops, 6 in ch ........ ........120
........150
7  “
........180
8  “
9  “ 
........ ........ 2 25
Nappies, 7 inch........ ........1 05
.......  125
........
8  “ 
155 
 
 
 
9  “ 
“ 
10  “ 
“ 
..................  185 
11  “ 
“ 
.................. 2 30 
..................  2 80 
“ 
12  “ 
Plates,  8 inch 
.................. 
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95 
........................  
“ 
......................   105 
“Our New” Pitcher, No. 6 
4 50 
“ 
“ 
“ 12..  «75 
“ 24..  175 
“ 
“ 
Spittoons,  No. 5 ..................2 00 
“ 4 .................... 3 00 
“ 
“  3 ..................  4 00 
“ 2 ...................5 00 
** 
Yellow Bowls, No. 36 ...........   40 
“  30 ............  50 
“ 24 ..................60 
6 inch....................  75 
90 
 
 
110 
.........................140 
..................... 170 
Chambers,  No. 4  ................... 4 00 
“ 6 ....................  3 00 
“ 9 .................... 2 25 

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8  “ 
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$113
243
125
100
75
50
65
100
81
69
26
31
39
46
58 Vt  do
70 Vt  do
30 )4  do
38 1-6 do
45
1  do  Kate Greenaway China  fig
56 1-6 do China decorated  wash sets
26 1-6 do do Doll  heads..................
31 1-6 do do
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39
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58 ]
70 i
85 |
190
2 10
112
89
44
50
75
1 00
1 25
80
1 00
30
25
30
36
35
43
1 00
2 25
112
$36 06

TIN  &  WOODEN  TOYS. 
tST"  Send for our full price-lists.

Package 40c

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63 
44 
63 
63 
2 00 33 
33 
17
$32 68

00

Package, $100.

60 days $25 20.

GLASSWARE.

NO. 100 PATTERN.

Sets, $   dozen.......
Pitchers, >/* gallon
Celeries ................
Bowls, 7 Inch, and covers 
Bowls, 8 
“ 
Bowls, 9 
no
Comports, 4  inch...
Goblets....................
Wines...........
Salvers, 10 Inch...
Nappies,  4 inch..
Package at cost'

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CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

PUENISHED  BY  LEADING  DEALEBS.

DRY  GOODS.

Spring  &  Company quote as follows :

WIDE BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23  ¡Pepperell, 10-4........ 25
Androscoggin, 8-1. .21  Pepperell, 11-4........2714
Pepperell,  7-4........16*4 ¡Pequot,  7-4.............18
Pepperell,  8-4........20 
iPequot,  8-4.............21
..24
Pepperell,  9-4........22)/Pequot,  9-4.......

) 

CHECKS.

Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz.............11
Otis  Apron.............1014
Otis  Furniture.......1014
Yoi'k, 1  oz.............. 10
York, AA, extra oz.14

Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
Caledonia,  X, oz... 10
Economy,  oz..........10
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
Park Mills, No. 80. .13
| Alabama plaid.......8
Alabama brown....  7 
Jewell briwn..........9)4|Augu6taplaid..........   8
Kentucky  brown.. 1014¡Toledoplaid...........   <1
Lewiston  brown...  914 Manchester  plaid..  7
Lane brown........... 914 New Tenn.plaid...11
Louisiana  plaid....  8 
|Utilityplaid...........   61

OSNABURG,

BLEACHED COTTONS.

bric, 44....... 

Greene, G.  44 ........  6
Hill, 44....................9
Hill, 7-8...................   8
Hope,  44................   714
King  Phillip  cam­
  1114
Lin wood,  44..........  9
Lonsdale,  44............914
Lonsdale  cambric. 12 
Langdon, GB, 44...  914
Langdon, 45............14
Masonville,  44.......  954
Maxwell. 44............1014
New York Mill, 4-4.1154 
New Jersey,  44—   8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  714 
Pride of the West. .1254 
Pocahontas,  44—   8l4
Slaterville, 7-8.......... 614
Victoria, AA............9
...  8SC
Whitinsville,  4-4...  7) 
Whitinsville, 7-8—   614
Wamsutta, 44........1114
Williamsville,  36... 1014

Avondale,  36..........  814
Art  cambrics,36...1114 
Androscoggin, 4-4..  814 
Androscoggin, 54.. 1214
Ballou, 44...............  714
Ballou, 54...............  6
Boott,  0 .4 4 ............  814
Boott,  E. 5-5...........   7
Boott, AGC, 44.........914
.Boott, R. 34..............6%
Blackstone,AA4-4.  734 
Chapman, X, 44—   654
Conway,  44 ...........   734
Cabot, 44...................7)4
Cabot, 7-8................   614
Canoe,  34...............  4
Domestic,  36............714
Dwight Anchor, 4-4.10
Davol, 44................  914
Fruit of Loom, 44..  914
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  8141 Woodbury, 44 
Fruit of  the  Loom,
cambric,  44........12
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  7
.Gold Medal, 7-8.......614
Gilded  Age............. 834
Arm ory....................714 Kearsage
Androscoggin sat..  814 "
Canoe River............  614
-Clarendon...............  614
Hallowell  Imp.......634
Ind. Orch. Imp.......634
Laconia............. - • -  714

.......814
Naumkeagsatteen.  814 
Pepperell  bleached 814
Pepperell sat..........914
Rockport..................  714
Lawrence sat..........  814
Conegosat...............  7

CORSET JEANS

PRINTS.

Albion,  solid........... 514
Albion,  grey..........6
Allen’s  cheeks........ 6
Aden’s  fancy..........6
Allen’s pink__ ___ 614
Allen’s purple..........614
American, fancy— 6
Arnold fancy........... 614
Berlin solid.............. 514
Cocheco fancy........614
Oocheco robes......... 7
Conestoga fancy— 6
.Eddystone..............614
Eagle fancy...
-Gamer pink...

Gloucester..............6
Gloucestermourn’g . 6 
Hamilton  fancy— 6
Hartel fancy...........614
Merrimac D............614
Manchester............614
Oriental  fancy....... 6
Oriental  robes.......6
Pacific  robes.......... 7
Richmond...............614
Steel River............. 6
Simpson’s’................ 614
Washington fancy. .6 
Washington blues..614

Boott  M, 4-4..........
.Boston  F, 4-4........
Continental C, 4-3.

Dwight Z, 4-4........
.Dwight Star, 4-4....

IOWN COTTONS.
8 Indian Orchard, 40. 8 X
Indian Orchard, 36 8
<¡
8)4 Laconia B, 7-4....... 16*4
734 Lyman B, 40-in— 10*4
6*4
834 Mass. BB, 4-4........
Nashua  E, 40-in...
5)4 Nashua  R, 4-4....... 7î4
6)4 Nashua 0,7-8........
6 Newmarket N ....... 7/4
6 */* Pepperell E, 39-in.
7 Pepperell R, 4-4...
754 Pepperell  O, 7-8... 6/4
9 Pepperell N, 3-4... 6/4
6)4 Pocasset  C, 4-4—
7)4 Saranac  R.............
7/4
654 Saranac E .............

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

Great Falls E, 4-4...
Indian  Orchard, 4-4
Am oskeag........................  814 Renfrew, dress styllO
Amoskeag, Persian
styles....................1014
Bates.......................  8
Berkshire...............  714
Glasgow checks....  71' 
Glasgow checks, f ’y 71 
Glasgow 
royal  styles........  9
Gloucester, 
standard.............  8
Plunket..................  8
Lancaster...............  8
Langdale................ 73

Johnson  Manfg Co,
Bookfold..............1214
Johnson Manfg Co,
dress  styles........1214
Slaterville, 
dress
styles...................1314
White Mfg Co, stap  8 
White Mfg Co, fane 8 
White  Manf’g  Co,
Earlston...............  914
Gordon....................  8
dress 
Greylock, 
 

checks,
new

styles  ............. 

1214

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAVY BROWN  COTTONS.

Pepperell.  10-4......27*4
Pepperell,  11-4......32)4
Pequot,  7-4............ 21
Pequot,  8-4............ 24
IPequot,  9-4............ 2714

Androscoggin, 7-4. .21 
. Androscoggin, 8-4. .23
Pepperell,  7-4....... 20
Pepperell,  8-4....... 22)4
Pepperell,  9-4....... 25
Atlantic  A, 4-4.......7)4 ¡Lawrence XX, 4-4.
Atlantic  H, 4-4.......7>/,!Lawrence  Y,30...
.Atlantic  D, 4-4.......6)4¡Lawrence LL, 4-4..
Atlantic P, 4-4........  6
. Atlantic LL, 4-4...
Adriatic, 36.............
Augusta, 4-4...........
Boott M, 4-4...........
Boott FF, 4-4..........

Newmarket N........   7)4
Mystic River, 4-4...  6)4
Pequot A, 4-4..........  8
Piedmont,  36..........  7
Stark AA, 4-4..........  8
Tremont CC, 4-4—   6

8)4 6)4

5)4

Amoskeag  “ 4- 
Amoskeag,  A ... 
Amoskeag,  B ... 
Amoskeag,  C... 
Amoskeag,  D ... 
Amoskeag,  E ... 
Amoskeag, F —
Premium  B.
; Extra 7-8.
Gold Medal 4-4........15
CCA 7-8................... 12)4

.  8 Wachu8ett,  4-4__ .  734
1.12)4 Waehusett,  30-in.. .  634
TICKINGS.
.15 Falls, XXXX........ . 18*/,
.19 Falls, XXX...........
.14 Falls,  BB............... .11*/*
..13 Falls,  BBC, 36....... -19*/*
..12 Falls,  awning....... .19
..11 Hamilton,  BT, 32. .12
..10)4'Hamilton,  D ........ .10
..10 Hamilton,  H ........ .10
..17 Hamilton  fancy.. .10
..16 Methuen AA........ .14*/*
..16 Methuen ASA__ .18
l i
Omega A, 4-4.......... 13
Omega ACA, 7-8— 14 
Omega ACA, 4-4— 16
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
Omega SE, 4-4....... .27
BF 7-8...................... 16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
AF4-4...................... 19
Omega M, 4-4..........25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 11)4 
•Cordis AC A, 32.......15
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 1,32.......15
Shetucket,  SFS— 12 
Cordis No. 2............ 14
Stock bridge  A .......
• Cordis No. 3............13
Cordis  No. 4............11)41 Stockbridge frnçy.  8

.......14)4 Omega A, 7-8.

GROGERlES.
AXLE GREASE.

$  doz  60  ¡Paragon...  $  doz  65
........  60  ¡Frazer’s — ............80

.Modoc...
Diamond
Pry, No. 2................ .........................doz. 
.Dry, No„3................. 
doz. 
. Liquid,. 4 oz..........................................doz. 
Liquid, 8 oz..........................................doz. 

BLUING.

25
.4»
.35
60

No. 1 Carpet..............................................  3 50

■BROOMS.

1 75 
1 25 
85

No. 2 Hurl  ..................................
Fancy Whisk...............................
Common Whisk.........................
CANNED GOODS.

1  15
Corn, Trophy.
Corn, Yarmouth  1 35
Peas...........   75@1  40
String Beans... 
90
Lima Beans........  90
Baked  Beans__ 1 75
Pumpkin............. 1 25
Succotash  ... 1 65@90 
Oysters,  1 ft—   1 10 
Oysters,  2ft —  1  80
Salmon__   1 60@1  75
Lobsters, Stars..  1 75
Sardines, Am......   8)4
Sardines, Inport.  13 
Corned Beef 2 90@3 00 
Cond. Milk, Eagle 
case..............      8  10

Pie Peaches------1 25
. 3ftStandard 2 00@2 25
Apples, 3 ft........1 25
do.  6 ft..........2 15
do.  gallons...  3 50 
^Strawberries  1@1 10 
Blackberries —   1 25 
Raspberries  ....  1 50
• Cherries.............1’25
Pineapples------  1 75
Damsons............. 1 2a
Egg Plum s------   1 50
G ages...................1  50
.Pears........... —   1 «0
Cal. Apricots....  2 95
.Tomatoes..........  1 20
Corn,  Excelsior  110
. Green Rio....  934@14  Roasted Mar.
•  Green Java...18 
.  Green Mocha. 27
Roasted Rio.. 10 
Ro  sted  Java23

Roasted Mex.18 
Ground  Rio.. 10 
Ground  Mex.14

@17
@20
@15
@16

@28 
@29 
@13 
@32
CORDAGE.

COFFEE.

72 foot J u te .......1  20
.¿60 foot Jute.......1 00
Q'  D.....................   35  ¡Waterproof .
Musket..........¿...  75  ;

CAPS.

160 foot Cotton— 2 00 
¡50 foot Cotton —  1 75

FRUITS.
Loose  Muse Raisins.......................
New Valencias Raisins.......
Turkey Prunes....................
Currants...............................
Citron....................................
Dried Apples  ......................................... 
FISH.

...... 1

90®
9®10

18@20
y

do.  Kits........................

Whole Cod.............................................  6)4®634
6@83
Boneless Cod.....................................
3 25 
Herring 14 bbls..................................
39
I  Herring Scaled..................................
1  10 
!  Herring Holland...............................
6 00 
1  White Fish 14 b b ls...........................
85@90
4  85 
I  Trout half bbls..................................
85
do.  K its.........................................
6  00 
Mackerel half bbls No. 1..................
1  00
do. Kits  No. 1 ............................
Richardson’s No. 2  square.............
do 
...........
Richardson’s No. 3 
do 
...........
Richardson’s No. 5 
...........
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
do 
Richardson’s No. 8 
............
do 
Richardson’s No. 9 
...........
Richardson’s No. 4  round.............
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
.............
Richardson’s No. 714 do 
.............
Electric Parlor No. 17,....................
Electric Parlor No. 18.....................

....2 70 
....1 56 
....1  70 
....2  70 
....1  70 
....2  55 
....2  70 
....2  55 
70 
....1
80 
..5 70

MaTCHES.

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

MOLASSES.

OIL.

1614
1314

2 &r> 
2 55 
6 25

do. 

Kerosene  W. W...............................
Legal test.......................
Castor, 2 oz.  square [Round $1]  ..
Sweet, 2 oz.  square 

do 
OATMEAL.

Quaker 2 ft cases, 48 fts $   case—
do  5ft cases, 60 fts $  case........
Imperial  bbls.................................
Quaker bbls.....................................

PICKLES.
Dingee’s barrels med.............
Dingee’s )* 
...............
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy... 
Dingee’s pints 

do 

do
SUGARS.

Granulated..........
Powdered...........
Standard A ..........
Extra C................
Fine C..................
Yellow..................

..................5 75
..................... 3 50
__ 4 50
......................4 25
..................... 2 50

9-18
954
...........  
9*/*
.......... 
8-81
.......... 
8-69
8  @8)4
.......... 
.......... 
7)4@754
...........   6*/*@7)4

SOAP.

Family....... ...$ f t  
Kirk’s American 
........... 
India.......
do. 
Savon  .......................................
do.
Satinet......................................
do.
Revenue ..................................
do.
White Russian........................
do.
Bell’s German  Family................... • ■ •
do.  Mono...........................................
Goodrich’s English Family  ...............
Princess............................
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory................
Japan  O live.........
Town Talk  $  box
Sidall’s ...................................................
Babbitt’s ...............................................
Dish R ag...............................................
White castile  bars.................................
Mottled castile............................. .........

do. 
do. 

do. 

SPICES.

Ground Pepper,  in boxes and cans...
Ground  Allspice....................................
Cinnamon...............................................
Cloves......................................................
Ginger......................................................
Mustard...................................................
Cayenne...................................................
Pepper 14 ft $  dozen.............................
Allspice  14 .ft..........................................
Cinnamon  14 f t .....................................
Cloves 14  ft.............................................
Pepper,  whole....................................
Allspice...............................................
Cassia..........-»......................................
Cloves...................................................
Nutmegs,  No. 1..................................

STARCH.

6)4 
6)4

5 40
4 00

534
534
514
414
6 75
5
3 70
3 00
5 50
4 25 
13 
12

16@22
12@20
16@30
20@25
15@20
15@35
25
70
65
70
75
7  @18 
@12 
@12 
0  @22 
0  @75

Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package....................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.,.................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.......................
Muzzy Gloss bulk.................................
Muzzy Corn 1 ft....................................
Kingsford  Silver Gloss.......................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  box........
Kingsford Corn.....................................   834@9
Oswego  Gloss.

@7
@6*4
@714@6
@714
@814
@914
@634

do 

do 

do 

do 
do 

90
Extract Coffee,  v. c.......
F elix............................... 1 30®
Flour, Star Mills, in bb ls.......................... 6 00®
in Sacks. ........................5 75®
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps [200.40c]........
Gum, Spruce...........................................  35®40
Chimneys No.  1...................................... 
©**?
No.  2.......................................,
Indigo........................................................... 1 00®
Ink % 3 dozen  box..................................... 1 00®
Jelly in Pails........................................... 
© 8
do  Glass Tumblers ft doz..................  @85
Licorice................................................... 
i»@80
Licorice  Root.........................................
Lye $  2  doz. cases..................................... 1 5o@
@13 
Macaroni,  Imported.....................
@ 6 
Domestic.....................
@85
French Mustard,  8 oz $   dozen... 
Large Gothic...
Oil Tanks, Star 55  gallons...........
Oil Tanks, Patent 55 gallons........
Pipes, Imported Clay 3 gross.......
do  American  T. D................
Pepper Sauce.................................
Peas, Green Bush..........................
do  Split prepared.....................
Powder,  Keg..........................* —
14 Keg.............................
R ice.................................................
Syrups, corn  in bbls.....................
Sugar.................................
M olasses........................................
New  Orleans.............
Saleratus....................................
Sago  ....................................
Stove Polish  gross...........
! ..............1 90®
Shot, drop............................
..................2 15®
do  buck..........................
Sage.....................................
................ 1 25®
Curry Combs $  doz...........
Molasses Gates each..........
” ..............2 75®
Measuring Faucet each  ...
..................1 25®
Tobacco Cutters each .......
..................  
ChimneyCleaners$   doz...
..................3 00@
Flour Sifters $  doz..................
Fruit Augurs each................................. i
Twine......................................................  18@r2
Tapioca................................................... 
^  ®
Washing Crystal, Gillett’s box.............1 50®.
Wicking No. 1 $  gross..........................
do  No. 2  ......................................,
Washing Powder, 1776 $ * > ..• • ..........

,...1 35@
.  12  00®
..14 00® 
,...2 25®
....  90@1 00 
...  90@1 00
....1 40®
....  314® 814
__ 6 25®
....3  50®
6@ 7
.... 
@35 
....  35@45
__   20@30
....  45@65 
...  514® 534
.......  @ 6
........ 3 50®6 00

..........  @15
..........  @45

'  @50

do 

do 

do 

Gillett’s $   ft..........  ©714
Soapine pkg............  j@10

Boraxine $  box.......................................3 75®

do 
do 

DRUGS,  DYES  AND  CHEMICALS. 

Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows: 

ACIDS.

Acetic,  No. 8........................... IP®
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........
Carbolic............................................
Citric.................................................
Muriatic 18 deg...............................
Nitric 36 deg....................................
Oxalic...............................................
Sulphuric 66 deg..........................   •
Tartaric  powdered................ .
Benzoic,  English....................f  oz
Benzojc,  German............................
Tannic...............................................

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................¥
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................

BALSAMS.

Copaiba.........................................
Fir...................................................
Peru...............................................
Tolu................................................

BARKS.

@
1414@

@

19

®

40 
3 00 
80

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........
Cinchona,  yellow........................
Elm,  select..................................
Elm, ground, pure.......................
Elm, powdered,  pure..................
Sassafras, of root........................
Wild Cherry, select.....................
Cubeb, prime (Powd  $1).............
Juniper
Prickly Ash..........

12
18
15
13
15
10
12
1 00
................ 1 25. @1 35

BERRIES.

6  @

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)...............
...............
Logwood, )4s 
do 
Logwood, )4s 
do 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

FLOWERS.

Arnica...............................................  H  @
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German........  ..........

GUMS.

60 P ock et........
28 Pocket__ ,...
Saginaw Fine ..

SEEDS.

H em p...................................................... 
Canary....................................................  
R ape........................................................ 
Mixed Bird.............................................. 

STONEWARE.

Jugs $   gallOR......................................... 
Crocks......................................................  
Milk Crocks............................................  

STOVE POLISH.

2 40 
1  10

“
«?
5
6

@8
7
*

Rising  Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s  gross........5 50
Universal...............5 88| Above 18 dozea........... >0
I X L ........

__ 5 50|

dozea.

DeLand’s pure
Churh’s ..........
Taylor’s G. M.

SALERATUS.
@ 5!4|Cap Sheaf.......
@ 5)4  Dwight’s —
® 5)41
Japan  ordinary..23@35
Japan fair............25@30
Japan fair to g’d.30@37
Japan fine............40@50
Japan dust.......... 14@20

TEAS.

Young Hyson__ 25@50
Gun  Powder.......35@50
Oolong.................33@55
@30
Congo —

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

Diamond Crown..................................
Hiawatha..............................................
Globe......................................................
May Flower..........................................
Rose  Leaf..............................................
Silver  Crown.......................................
Owl  Club..............................................
Ripper  ..............................................I -
Ripper in )4 bbls...................................
Hero.......................................................

PLUG.

ao
67
70
70
65
35
30
30
@28
@45

 

 

SMOKING.

@48 
Sentinel 17 ft and 28 ft cads................
@50 
Climax...................................................
@48
Honey Bee 28 ft  cads..........................
a m@48 
Hold F ast..............................................
“76” .....-.................................................
@37 
Dog On I t ...........................................
@48 
McAlpin’s Gold Shield........................
@51 
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads........
@50 
Chocolate Cream 4 and 8 ft cads........
@34 
My Choice 3 oz pocket  pieces...........
@33
My Choice 16 oz pieces.........................
...............   @37
Cock of the Walk  6s............................
D im e........................................................  23@24
Maiden......................................... ........... 
34
Peerless...................................................
30
Standard.................................................  
Old Tom......................... .. ...................... 
19
Tom & Jerry..........................................  
33
34
Joker....................................................... 
Traveler............r. ....................................  
*»
T opsy...........................- • •..................... 
3b
Navy Clippings........... ..........................
Honey D ew ............................................  
34
Gold Block.......................... 
33
Camp Fire  ......................  
 
32
Oronoko...................  
¿9
 
28
Nigger  Head.......................... 
Durham, Ve f t ................................  
55

 
 
)4 f t ..................... ...................
1 f t ................... 
SHORTS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

 
46
Mule Ear......................................  
23
Hiawatha................................ 
33
VINEGAR.
Cider.....................   12  ¡White  Wine..............12
Natural Grape— 16  |
Twin Bros..........1,75  ¡Wilsons   ...............1 75
Gillett’s ............. 1 75  ¡National...............1 85
Blacking..... ................................... 30, 40,50@60
do  waterproof............................ 
1 60
Bath Brick imported............................ 
95
70
do 
American............................ 
Barley......................................................  
3
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
110
do  No.  2.......................................  
1 75
Bags, American A ................................. 
20 00
Baking Powder, bu lk ......................      10@22
Beans, hand picked................................ 
2 65
Butter......................................................   18@20
Cream Tartar 5 and 10ft cans.............   @25
Candles, Star [Hotel 16%c]..................  @15)4
Chocolate, Baker’s  ................................  @40
German-sweet...................  @27
Cheese full cream  choice.................... 
©13
Catsup quarts $  dozen— ..................1 35@
@25)4
Cocoanut,  Sch'epps’ 1ft packages. 

do 
do 

YEAST.

do 

 
 

 

 

 

Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Arabic, extra  select.......................
Arabic,  powdered select...............
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
Arabic, 2d picked............................
Arabic, 3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
Assafcetida, prime (Powd 37c).......
Camphor...........................................
Catechu. Is 04 s 14c, )4s 16c)..........
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.40)...............
Shellac, Campbell’s.........................
Shellac,  English..............................
Shellac,  native.................................
Tragaeanth......................................  30

Citrate and  Quinine.......................
Solution mur., for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal..................

IRON.

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   16
Sage, Italian, bulk 04 s & )4s, 15e)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................    18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Uva  Ursi...........................................

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye................ 1 75
Whisky, other brands..................... 1 10
Gin, Old Tom.....................................1 35
Gin,  Holland.....................................2 00
Brandy...............................................1 75
Catawba  Wines................................1 25
Port Wines........................................ 1 35

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution—

OILS.

. 
>

do 
do 

Almond, sweet.................................  45
Amber,  rectified.............................
Anise.................................................
Bergamont.......................................
Cajeput............................................
Cassia...............................................  
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronelia.......................................
Cloves...............................................
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries........................—
Lavender flowers- French.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new crop............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................
Origanum, red flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1.........................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $5),..
Sandal  Wood, German..................
Sandal Wood, Turkish  Dark........
Sassafras...........................................
Tar (by gal 60e).................................  10
Wintergreen....................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $7.50).....
Cod Liver, filtered................ ¥  gal
Cod Liver, best.................................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 oz bot.
Olive, Malaga.........................$  «all 10
Olive, "Sublime  Italian” ...............
Salad.......................................... 
05
Rose,  Ihmsen’s.  ....................$  oz

POTASSIUM.

ROOTS.

Bicromate................................ V ®>
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............
Iodine, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
, 
Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in )4s and Vis—
Blood (Powd 18c)..............................
Calamus,  peeled.............................
Calamus, German  white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  17c(.........................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)...........  13
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........
Golden Seal (Powd  85o)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered— .............  

,

«<!

Jalap,  powdered.............................. 
Licorice,  select (Powd 1214)..................  
]  Licorice, extra select.............................. 
Pink, true.................................................. 
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00 ^@1 50
Rhei. powdered E. 1.........................1  10  @1  20
Rhei, powdered 1
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..........
2  00 
25 
Rhei, choice cut fingers................  
5
35 
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras................
18 
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican....................
10 
Squills, white (Powd 35c)...............
22 
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c) —
20

1  SEEDS.

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in ft  packages...........  
5  @
Canary,  Smyrna..............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  19c)..  11  @t
Cardamon,  Aleppee....................... 
j
Cardamon, Malabar........................  
*
Coriander, best English................
Flax,  clean.......................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)..................
Foenugreek, powdered..................
Hemp,  Russian...............................
Mustard, white (Black 10c)...........
Quince..............................................
Rape, Lnglish..................................
Worm,  Levant.................................

13
6
5
12
20
50
12
334® 4
4  @ 4)4
8  @ 9
4)4® 5
8
1 00
7)4® 8
14

SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......!
Nassau 
do 
do 
.......
.......
Velvet Extra do 
do 
Extra Yellow do 
.......
do 
Grass 
do 
.......
do 
Hard head, for slate use................
................
Yellow Reef, 

do 
MISCELLANEUS.

25  @2! 50
2! 00
1 10
85
65
1 40

7)

45

@

2)4®

do 
do 

@1 00 

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ...
do 

22 
4 00
14 
72
1 60 
1 70 
1 90 
1 75 
@1 05 
@  90 
@  22
38 2
65
39
15 
50 
24 
26
8 
3 
50
69 
90
70

2 34
!  Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.24) $  gal —
1 50
\  Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
2 75 
I  Bay  Rum, Imported, best............. 
*
2 25
S
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
3)4
Alum.........................................  f»ft  234®
4 
3  @
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
32
Annatto,  prime...............................
5
Antimony, powdered,  com’l ........ 
4)4@
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  @
2 60 
Beans,  Tonka..................................
@9 75 
Beans,  Vanilla.................................7 00
2  20 
Bismuth, sub  nitrate..................
45
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
,®  9
Blue Vitriol...................................... 
15
Borax, refined (Powd  19c).............
Cantharides,Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d...
Capsicum Pods,  American do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40...............................
Cossia Buds............................... —
Calomel,  American.........................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
cryst...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform......................................1 00
Cinchonidia......................................  85
Cloves (Powd 28c)............................  -0
Cochineal........................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  37
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear,  prime...............................
Cuttle Fisn Bone..............................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s.............
Epsom Salts...................................... 
Ergot, fresh........•.............................
Etner, sulphuric, U. S.  P ..............
Gelatine,  Cooper’s ..........................
Gelatine, French  ...............■■..........
Glassware, flint, 60 and 10  dis. —  
Glassware, green, 60,10 &7)4 dis...
Glue,  cabinet..................................
Glue, white.......................................
Glycerine,  pure...............................
Indigo..............................................
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...
Iodine,  resublimed........................
Isinglass,  American.......................
Japonica...........................................
Lead, acetate....................................
Lime, chloride,04s 2s 9c & )4s 10c).
Mace.................................................  
Madder, best  Dutch.......................  12)4®
Manna, S.  F ......................................
Mercury............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ $  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s ........
Moss, Iceland........................  $  ft
Moss,  Irish.......................................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........
Nutgalls............................................
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment, Mercurial, )4d...............
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
Quassia........ *...................................  
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........... ft oz
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................
Strychnia, cry st...............................
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  79
Red  Precipitate.......................$  ft
Saffron, American..........................
Sal  Glauber...................................... 
Sal Nitre, large cryst.....................
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
Sal Rochelle......................................
Sal  Soda..............................- ............ 
Saliciu............................................... 
Santonin..........................................  
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s —
Soap, White Castile........................
Soap, Green  do 
........................
Soap, Mottled do 
........................
Soap, 
........................
do  do 
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre. 3 F ..............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................
Sulphur, flour..................................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
Tartar Emetic..................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  sp doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
Tar, 
pints in tin..............
Turpentine,  Venice................ $ ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........   ^
Zinc,  Sulpoate................................. 

®  17 
®  28 
@  28 
@  34
2 40 
1 50
9 
15
8 
60 
13 
75 
48
3 35 
40 
10 
12 
30 
18 
20 
55
10 
40 
18
3 00
@  7
1  87 
28 
1 50 
@  82 
82
37 2
10 
9
33)4 2
i 50)4 
<
25
"
38 
4

14
17
9
11
14
28
32
4
3
62) 
2 70 
1  40 
85

26  @ 
20  @ 
3%@

7  @

4*4®

do 
do 

2  ©

@

6

.

CANDY  AND  FRUITS.

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :

STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes....................................... !£#
....................................... If
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
............................... . — "7»
MIXED.

do 
do 

Royal, 25 ft  pails..............................................11$
Extra, 
...............................................l*'»
French Cream, 25 ft pails...............................16
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases........................................ 15

do 

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Lozenges, plain...............................................1£
Lemon Drops..................................................«
Sour Drops........................................................
Peppermint  Drops........................................ 1®
Chocolate Drops..............................................
HM Chocolate  Drops..................................
Gum  Drops  .................................................... £“
Licorice Drops................................................
A B   Licorice  Drops...................................... J®
Imperials....................................... .................J*
String Roek..................... ................................J *
M ottoes........................................................... 1®
Cream  Bar........................................................
Caramels..........................................................*®
Hand Made Creams.........................................
Plain  Creams...................................................
Decorated  Creams......................................... a

FRUITS.

Oranges, fi  box......................................
Oranges,  bbl.......................................
Oranges, <§) case.....................................
Lemons, fair to  good............................5 5u@6 00
Lemons, choice to fancy.....................
Bananas $  bunch................................. 1 00@4 00
Malaga Grapes, f! keg..........................
Malaga Grapes, $  bbl...........................&
Figs,  layers *p ft....................................  f0@  22
Figs, fancy  do 
....................................  *®@  **
Figs, baskets 3 0 ft$ ib ..........................
Dates, frails 
do  ...........................  
"
Dates, 54 do 
d o ............................  © _ 8
Dates, skin............................................. 
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft....................  11@  15

8@ 
,®@  *

@20
ft................... 1 <
Almonds, soft shelled 
@
Almonds, paper  do  do  ....................28
@12*/*
do  ....................
Brazils,
@12*/*
do  ....................11
Peeons,
@13
do  ....................11  _
Filberts 
do  ....................12)£@15
Walnuts,
5 00
Cocoa Nuts, $100 
Hickory Nuts, large $   bu ...
2  00
Hickory Nuts, small  do  '..
PEANUTS.
do  .......
do  ........
do  ........
do  ......

Prime Red,  raw  $   ft.
do 
Choice 
do 
Fancy 
jan cyH P ,.  Va 
Choice White,

..................6)4®
..................10 @
...................12)4®
.................11  ®

.................... 

37)
9
12
13 
15
14

18
50
45
50
40

18 
30 
26 
13 
35 
40 
4 00 
40 33 
28
@1  10
6 40 
20

@  20 
30 
22 
10

@2 25 
@2  00 
@1 50 
@1 75 
@3 50 
@6 50 
@2 00 
@2 50

23 
37 
2 25

@  50 
48 
2 10 
2 30 
90
95
40 
90
1 25
7 50 
40 
50
2 25 
2 40 
1 00
90 
2  00 
2 20
1 25 
60
1 60
2 75 
65
5 00
8  00 
70
4 00 
@  12
2 35
5 00
1 75 
4 00
6 00 
@1 20
2 50 
@  67
10 50

18 
34 
18 
1  40

17 
35 
12
18 
38 
23 
13
&  14 
20 
30 
18 
1  10

....2 00 

ASSORTED  PACKAGE MAJOLICA—NO.  33.

1 Tea  Set,  44  Pieces,  Shell.
“ 
1 dozen Sauce Plates, 
.
“ 
2 Fruit Sets, 7 Pieces 
.
“ 
4 Covered Butters 
.
-
3 Hand  Teas 
“ 
3 Hand Coffees 
3 Hand Moust. Coffees  “ 
.
3 Molasses  Cans,  Sunflower.
6 Bread Plates,  Strawberry.
6 Bread Plates. Oak...............
3 Pitchers, No. 12, Rose........
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3
12 Begonia Leaves................
2 dozen Individual Butters.
2 Bread and Milk Sets, Shell 
2 Cuspadores,  Sunflower...
I Tea Pot, Sugar and Cream, Shell, 
j 
Caulf.

6 50 
1 25 
4 00 
3 00 
90 
1 20 
1 50 
1 65 
1 080 ‘W
Ï 74 
93 
63 
51
1 74 
1 26
75 
1 86 
1 26 
63 
1 80 
1 00 
1 34 
1 08 
1 25 
1 00
$42 08
Less 10 Per Cent.............-4  20
Package, $1. 
88
Packages  assorted or repacked to order.

__   75
....  30 
....  40 
....  50
__   55
....  18
58
31
21
17
58
42
25
62
42
21
15
50
67
54

“  30  “ 
“  42  “
“  54  “ .
“  12, Fern
“  24  “
“  36  “
“ 
“  24  “
“  42  “

6, Cor’l

•« 

*• 

“ 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

DOUBLE  CONCENTRATED  EXTRACTS. 

Packed in 1 Dozen Paper or 2 Dozen Wood Box. 

Lemon.
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

2 ounce B. N. Panel  $  dozen........................ 1 ?0
do
4 do
.................... 2 75
do
6 do
.................. 3 75
do
8 do
...................1 25
No. 2 Taper Panel 
.................. 2  00
No. 4 
do 
.................... 4 50
Vt pint round 
.................. 9 00
1 
do 
....................3 25
No. 8 Panel 
....................... 4  50
No. 10  do
2 ounce B. N. Panel $   dozen.........................1 50
.......2 75
do
4 do
.......4 00
do
6 do
.......5 00
do
8 do
.......1 75
No. 2 Taper Panel 
.......300
No. 4  ■ 
do 
.......7 50
Vt pint round 
....15 00
l 
do 
.......4 25
No. 8 Panel 
.......6 00
No. 10  do

do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do

Vanilla.

NUTS.

1-12 doz. Lamps, No. 5279, each 

PACKAGE EXTRA DECORATED VASE LAMPS 

NO. 30.
5128,
*
5253
5267
5280
5283
5286
5244
5243
5240
5265
5291

do. 
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

Less discount 10 per cent.

Package 25 cents.

$17 25 
16 50 
1500 
1300 
1650 
850 
850 
850 
6 75 
6 75 
6 75

$3 30 
144 
137 
125 , 
108
137 
71
70
71
56
57 
56
$1362
138
$12 26

TRUE  FLAVORINGS.

Full Measure—Wrapped.

Lemon.

Ve Pint 2 ounce  $  dozen.................................1 50
*4 Pint 4 
.................................. 2 50
5 00 
Vt Pint 8 
.7 50
Pint 12 

do  do 
do  do
do  do

Vanilla.

Ve Pint 2 ounce  $  dozen....................................2 25
Vi Pint 4 
do  do 
do  do 
V% Pint 8 
54 Pint 12  dp  do 

...................................4 00
...................................8 00
................................. 12 00

p r   Further quotations next week..

%

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

A  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE. Editor and  Proprietor.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING,  3d  FLOOK.

WEDNESDAY, 00T. 3,1883.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

Mr. M. B. Church is in New7 York, attend­
ing the  annual  meeting  of the  Alabastine 
Company.

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

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

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

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

having ruined so much of the fruit and  veg- 
etables.
The Globe Tobacco Company,  of  Detroit, j 
will soon commence  the  erection  of  an  im- j 
mense warehouse  at  Madison,  Ind.,  having 
purchased a block fronting the river for that 
purpose.

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

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

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

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

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

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

Troy.

•

A. F. Conklin, of Conklin Bros., Ravenna. 
W. B. Thompson, Saranac.
J. C. Bembow, Cannonsburg.
U. S. Monroe, Berlin.
Miss K. L. Kinney, Ensley.
C. O. Bostwick, Cannonsburg.
J. H. Moores, Fife Lake.
0. Green,  Martin.
Ross Bros., Vermontville.
E. Medes, Coral.
F. W.  Provin, Cedar Springs.
F. F. Taylor, Pierson.
Charles Filkens, Belmont.
A. E. Cartier, of A. E. Cartier & Co., West 
Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake.
Henry DeKline,  Jamestown.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris.
John Tesinga, Forest Grove.
W. S. Root, Sand Creek.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
P. Zalsman, Paris.
Barker & Lehnen, Pierson.
E. W. Pickett, Way land.
A. M. Church, Englishville.
Waite Bros., Hudsonville.
1. J. Quick, of Quick & Co., Allendale.
L. W. Stiles, Cedar Springs.
I. S. Boice, Hastings. 
John Ely, Rockford.
J. J. Spence,  Fife Lake.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.
Jacob Barts, North Don-.
Geo. W. Bevins,  Tustin.
K. L. Kinney, Maple Hili.
C. Pfeifle, Lake P. O.
Smedley Bros., Bower.
C. B. Jones, White Cloud.
Spring & Lindley, Bailey.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
Wood Bros., Shaytown.
John A. Beamer, Dorr.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
J.  Moerdyk, Zeeland.
Lester  Rice,  of  Chippewa  Lumber  Co., 
Dr. H. B. Hatch, Hart.
Dr. G. B. Nichols,  Martin.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
E. S. Hipkins, Blanchard.
A. H. A. Eckerman, Muskegon.
W. B. Wilson, Muskegon.
J. S. Barker, Sand Lake.,
S. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs.
G. W. VanBuren, Mendon.
John H. Englehart, Holton.  »
Hawley & Oleson, Holton.
P. H. Benenga & Co., Fremont Center. 
Keith & Jones, Fremont Center.
Hart & Bowman, Fremont Center.
N. S. Loop, Kent City.
W. H. Knight, Kent City.
E. Conklin, Ravenna.
John Krusinga, Holland.
C. Blum, Holland.
B. Yolmar, Filmore Center.
Ed. Murray, South Haven.
R. E. Wiegent, Watervliet.
S. D. Walden, Watervliet.
R. R. Ilewson, Coloma.
Jerome Fosdick, Elmira.
Wm. Kneiber, Benton Harbor.
John Fish, Benton Harbor.
Burrows & Edinborough,  Benton Harbor. 
Mrs. II. Hulbert, Benton Harbor. 
Wilkinson Bros.,  St. Joseph.
Forbes & Duncan,  St. Joseph.
Wm. Frick,  St. Joseph.
Jerome Dickinson, Belmont.
L. P. Swift, Crapo.

Chippewa Lake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AROUND THE  STATE.

A new cooper shop at Scio.
Hastings’ broom factory will be  enlarged.
J. H. Avery, of Hilliards, has gone out  of 

trade.

The knitting mill at Centreville is running 

at its full capacity.

The Capac Broom  Factory  has  been  re­

moved to Port  Huron.

bank at Maple Rapids.

R. S. Yan  Scoy  is  about  to  establish  a 

L. G. Bates’ store at Elsie, Clinton county, 

was robbed of $300  recently.

J. Halstead  succeeds .the  firm  o fJ. Hal-| 

stead & Co., at Shelby.

The finest kind of potatoes are  selling  iii |

Sturgis for 30 cents per bushel.

31. B. Pierce has  engaged  in  the  produce 

commission business at Big Rapids. 

I
Darling & Smith’s  store  at  Fremont,  was ] 
robbed of $400 worth of goods Septemder 24.
The  Adrian  Canning Works  put up  400 
bushels of tomatoes daily during the season.
The  Muskegon  Novelty  Iron  Works  has 
increased its capital from $25,000 to $50,000.
Four  hundred  barrels  ’of  salt  are  made 
each day at 3Ianistee,  and  more  wells  are 
going down.

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

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

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

John & Hitchcock, of Northport, have sold 
their stock  to  N. 3Iorgan, who  has  consol­
idated it with his own.

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

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

A. Jacobs,  of S t  Clair,  contemplates  the 
establishment of a factory  for the  manufac­
ture  of  ladies’  underwear  and  gents  fine 
shirts.

The  Grant,  St.  Clair  county,  cheese  fac-i 
tory sent about eleven tons of cheese to Port I 
Huron the other  day,  and  carried home $2-1  Bradstreefs  commercial  journal  reports 
| tlie  f0B0Wing  financial  embarassments  in
200 for it. 

t r a d e   e m b a r a b s m e n t s.

--------

S. E. Creasinger, of the firm of Creasinger | Michigan during the past week:

& Hewitt, Maple Rapids, left  this  week  forI  Addison.—E. 31. Wilson, grocer, has been
Florida,  where  he  will  remain  during  th e! closed by creditors.
week, seeking relief from a lung trouble. 

Robert Telfer has opened a new boot  and i cer8’ ^ave a88^ ie^ *2 

shoe store  at  Big  Rapids. 
It  will  be  in 
charge of  his  brother,  John  Telfer,  late  of 
Detroit.

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

'  . ‘  arPen

I  Alpena.—William Bloom &  Brother,  gro-
Anderson.—E. J. Boynton,  general store, 
Custer.—The  Chster  Stave  and  Heading 
Detroit.—W. J. Green  &  Company,  flour, 
Detroit.—The  Hammond  Medicine  Com­

has been attached.
Company has been attached.
have failed.
pany has failed.

11

I

HAZELTINE. PERKINS & CO.
Wholesale  Druggists/

NEW  TIPPED  FRENCH-PATTERN  SPOON.

TRADE  TALK.

Staple  Goods Moving  off 

Lines.

Brisk 

i MICHIGAN  COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIAI
in  Most  Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter  in  Force for

Thirty Years.

AND  DEALERS  IN  LUBRICATING  AND  CARBON  OILS.

DRY GOODS.

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

GROCERIES.

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

DRUGS,  PAINTS  AND  OILS.

There is nothing particularly  new  in  this 
market, few  price  changes  occurring.  Oils 
are  rather  firm,  with  moderate  demand; 
paints are  dull  and  steady  at  quotations; 
dyes are firm but quiet, and drugs are  about 
the same.

HARDWARE.

There is not  a very great degree of  move­
ment in  the  market,  and  some  disapoint- 
ment is  expressed  in  consequence.  Nails 
are in active request with light stocks.

l is t   o f  o f f ic e r s :

President—James  T.  Phillips,  44  Jefferson 
Avenue, Detroit.
Vice-Presidents—H. H. Hodson, Detroit; John 
H. McIntyre, Grand  Rapids; Thos. J.  Hay­
wood,  Ypsilanti;  Wm.  E.  Saunders,  East 
Saginaw;  T.J. Paxton, Monroe.
Secretary and Treasurer—George W. Hill, 80 
Woodbridge Street, West, Detroit.
Board of Trustees, For One Year—R. W. Haw­
ley, Chairman, J. F. Cooper E. H. McCurdy, 
Detroit;  For Two  Years—Sam. B.  Sinclair, 
Geo. L. Sampson, Wm. Saxby, Detroit.

m e e t in g s :

Regular Meetings for 1883—October  6, Novem­
Annual Meeting—December 28,1883.

ber 3, December 1.

WHO  GOT  BEAT?

How  a  Newly  Married  Salesman  Tried  to  be
Economical  and  the  Trouble  Which  Fol­
lowed.
His name  is  not G.  Washington  Smith, 

but that will do to call  him by.

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

Nevertheless he came to  grief recently, in 

a way to make the angels  weep.

After  trying  the  world  thoroughly  in a 
state of single  blessedness,  and  finding it  a 
hollow sham, he came to the wise conclusion 
to get married.  He did so.  That was com­
mendable, and no trouble arose in his peace­
ful horizon because of  that  fact, but the in­
direct results were calamitous.

Like  most  men,  G.  Washington holds it 
no sin to get  ahead  of  a  railroad  when  he 
can, and on the  momentous  occasion of his 
wedding trip, a  fatal  opportunity for econo­
my arose.

A  New Tipped  French-Pattern  Spoon. 
The  accompanying  engraving  shows

He has a friend who  is  a gay and festive 
newspaper  man,  and  when  G. Wash, mod­
estly told him of  t}ie  impending  event  and 
the direction he  intended  to  travel  in, .the
a  newspaper  man  generously  offered  to get 
new  design  in  electro-silver-plated  spoons  ^im a pass.  G. Washin gton  was delighted, 
just introduced by the  Wm.  Rogers  Manu-  and £o make the pass available,  did not hes- 
facturing  Company,  of  Hartford,  Conn.  Ra£e ^  masquerade for  the  time  under the 
These spoons are of French  tipped  pattern,  name 0f Billy Jones,  the  quondam journal- 
are made of the same weight as solid  silver j ig t) 
in   wfiose name  the  precious pasteboard 
spoons, and are very light, graceful and dur-  was issued.
able.  They are made in tea, dessert and ta­
One more economy.  G. Washington Smith 
ble  sizes,  with  dessert  and  medium-sized 
also had a  railroad  man  for  a friend, and 
forks,  butter-knives  and  sugar-shells 
to 
bethinking himself of  this  fact,  he  stepped 
match.  The  workmanship  and  finish  are
over to the  ticket  office,  and  soon  issued
superior and artistic,  yet  free  from  exces- j forth, triumphantly bearing a ticket, stating 
| that  Mrs.  G.  Washihgton  Smith  was  en-
sive elaboration. 
I titled to travel over  the  lines  of  the Blank
Blank R. R. from Bluffland to St. Louisville

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Old  Building  Materia . 

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“make up our berth at  once!”

  the bliss opening before them, 

“Yes, sah,” replied the  porter.  “ Shall  I 

ing material, says the Builder, has been car- j 
  course  the  happy  Washing- 
ried on uninterruptedly  for  fifty years,  and j tQn afid tlie la(jy o£ his choice were married, 
is largely supported by builders  and joiners. J and that evenillg  Mr.  and  3Irs. Smith  took 
The stone and  brick  of  an  old  building is j their places jn  the  Pullman, 
indulging  in 
used in the construction  of  a new  one,  the j 
lime-whitened  bricks  making  the inside of j  «porter j” presently  called  out the newly- 
the outer walls and partitions, and  the stone j wedded  husband, 
in  his  liveliest  tones,
going into the  foundations.  But  is  is not j 
generally known that the  inside  woodwork 
is used again  frequently  without  radical al- j 
teration. 
3Iany  builders  prefer  this  old 
timber because  it  is  thoroughly  seasoned. 
The richer  woods  which  are  admired for 
their color  acquire  mellower  tones  by age 
and become more valuable as the years pass. 
Furniture of mahogany  and  rosewood  that 
has outlived  several  generations  is  much 
handsomer than that made  from new wood. 
But it has added value as mere material.  An 
article made from the old  material  will  re­
tain its integrity in all its joints;  its  shrink­
ing days are over.  For the  same reason the 
timbering, wainscoting,  and  flooring of  old 
buildings have an added value, although the 
selling price  is  less  than  that  of  new  ma­
terial.

“All right, sah.  Lemme  have  your pas­
sage tickets,” and taking  the  tickets  he re­
tired for a moment to  his closet.  Glancing 
at them, he  suddenly  paused,  bent a closer 
scrutiny upon them,  looked  suspiciously at 
the happy  and  unsuspecting  couple,  then 
called the conductor.  That  functionary in 
his turn looked the  tickets  over,  looked  at 
31r. and Mrs. Smith, and as he supposed took 
in the situation.

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

“Why, one, of  course,” replied G. Wash., 

while the bride blushed pensively.

PROVISIONS.

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote as follows:

PORK.

New Heavy Mess Pork................ $   tobl $11 62Vi
New Family Clear P ork.........................  14 00
New Extra Clear Pork, A. Webster’s ..  14 75
New Extra Clear Pork............................  15 25
New Boston Clear Pork..........................   16 60
New Standard Clear P ork.....................   17 00
On orders less than five bbl. lots 25 cts. 

extra.

DRY SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.............  
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.......... 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases............... 
Half Cases............. 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.............................  
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light.................................... 

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LARD.

Tierces  .....................................................
30Jand 50 ft Tubs........................ 
 
50 ft Round Tins, 100 ft  Racks............... 

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LARD IN TIN PAILS.

3 1b Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.............................  
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................  

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PLAIN.

do. 
do. 

medium.. 
light.........  
Shoulders cured in sweet  pickle.......... 
Extra Clear Bacon..................................  
Dried B eef............................... •......., —  
Extra Dried B eef.................................... 

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Extra Mess Beef Chicago packed $  bbl.  11  50 

BEEP.

CANNED BEEF.

Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 ft cans, Vi doz.

incase......................................................  19 00
2 ft c&ns, 1 doz. in case—   2 85
do. 
Armour & Co., 14 ft cans, Vi doz in case  19 00 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case..  2 85 
do. 
do. 2 ft Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 50 
Kansas City, 14 ft cans, Vi doz in case... 18 50 
press, subject always to Market changes.

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A  moment  later  the  dusky  attendant 
touched 3Ir. Smith on the shoulder and whis­
pered that the  conductor  wished  to see him 
in the gentlemen’s  room.  The  wondering 
Smith followed, and reaching  the  conductor 
that  functionary  mildly  but  firmly  re­
marked :

“I think you  and  the  lady  better  have 

berths in different  sections.”
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“W-h-a-t do you mean ?” gasped the thun­

der-struck married  man.

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

“ But  the  lady is my  wife!”  protested 
Smith, gasping for breath  at  the  preposter­
ous turn of  affairs.

“Oh, that’s  too thin!  Look  here!”  and 
the conductor thrust  under  Geo.  Washing­
ton’s nose a pass • inGthe  name  of  Mr. Billy 
Jones, and a ¡half-fare  permit made out for 
Mrs. G. Washington  Smith.

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

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

“Won’t,eh?  Then  you’ll  get off  at the 

next station!”

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

G. Washington will  never travel again on

M a n u fa c tu re rs ’  A g en ts,

-INPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF-

DRUGGISTS’ SDXTDRXXS  BRTTSS23S,

Nos.  42  and 44  Ottawa Street.,  89,  9 1 . 9 3   and  95  Louis St.,

GRAKTI>  K A PID S ,  -  MIOETIGrAISr.

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

FTJTTTAM  <&

WHOLESALE

Gandy, Fruit and Nuts

and.  ©5  C a n a l  S tree t,

Grand  Hapids,

Michigan.

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lYON ST,

C°R. CANAL»-/,
Grand RapÌds, M ich.

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97 OTTAWA  STREET,

Agents for  GUN  AND  BLASTING  POWDER,  and  Dealers in

SHOT,  CAPS,  WADS,  C A M » ® ,  FISHING  TACKLE,  GUNS.  ItiVGI.VERS  anil  GUN

DEALERS  SUPPLIED.
L. WRIGHT,

14  and  1«  NORTH  DIVISION  STREET.

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Notions, Tinware, Crockery & Glassware

5  and  10  CENT  COUNTER  GOODS.

see  Quotations  on Tinware,  Glassware,  Etc.  „££3'

another man’s pass.- 
Oazette.

-American  Forniture

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

Canada has a “cheese king,” who controls 
sixty-four cheese factories.  He should  be a 
mitey potentate.

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

I  A noted base ball  player lias been  sent  to 
the penitentiary in New York for attempting 
i murder his  wife.  Some of his old comrades 
have very little sympathy with  him. 
If  he 
had attempted to murder, the umpire the de­
feated nine would have presented  him  with 
a  handsome  testimonial. 
If  it  wasn’t  for 
the  unfair  decisions  of  the  umpire,  both 
sides would always win.—Norristown Her­
ald.

Geo. W. Sill,

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

SEED  MERCHANT

Vegetable  and  Field Seeds of All Kinds  Kepi 

in  Stook.

J DETROIT,

80 WooolyridQd Street,  West,

MICHIGAN.

