The Michigan Tradesman.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  W EDNESDAY,  APRIL  9,  1884.

yolk of eggs and milk  in  butter  manufac­
ture, but it is difficult to see  how  they  can 
be profitably used.

All these  substances  named  are  in  well- 
known use.  A good many others have been 
tried and rejected, and chemists are  still  at 
work  on the problem of making butter with­
out the cow and chum.  There is  no  doubt 
that adulterated butter has come  to  stay  on 
the sole  ground  of  its  comparatively  low 
price.  The sooner the butter  makers  work 
out of the  present  experimental  stage  and 
settle down on some regular lines the  better 
it  will be for both the  butter  and the  con­
sumer.  The cow,  however,  cannot  be dis­
placed in a day.

No  C h e m ica l  T ran sfo rm a tio n .

During the progress of the recent  investi­
gation by  a  committee  of  the  New  York 
Senate, Dr. Love, the distinguished chemist, 
testified that out of thirty  specimens of  but­
ter sold  by  as  many  respectable  grocers, 
analysis showed that only ten were  compos­
ed of real butter;  all  the  rest  were  chiefly 
composed  of  lard.  The  price charged  for 
the soap fat  butter  was  about  twenty-five 
cents per pound—the real  butter selling  for 
about ten cents higher.  He  stated  that  he 
could not distinguish the spurious butter from 
the genuine so as to swear to it,  by  its  out­
ward appearance, but he had no doubt of the 
accuracy of his chemical  analysis.  He  said 
that in the  manufacture  of  butterine  and 
oleomargarine  no  chemical  change  takes 
place, but simply a mechanical mixture, and 
that all the substances used  in  the  mixture 
have the same properties  after  the  mixture 
as before, so that tlie lard, fat, and oils  used 
in  false butter are no  more injurious to  the 
health in the bogus butter  than  out  of  it. 
He had found no traces  of nitric  acid in  his 
analysis, and would have  noticed it if it had 
been present.  He was of  the  opinion  that 
impure  substances  could  be deodorized,  so 
that they could not be  distinguished.  Even 
dead animals could he so deodorized,  but  if 
diseased  germs  were  not  destroyed  they 
would prove deleterious to health.  He knew 
nothing in the process  of  the  manufacture 
of bogus butter that would be likely to  kill 
diseased germs.  He could not  say  that  he 
knew  of  an  authentic  case  of injury  to 
health by eating of bogus butter.

Sliould  b e  Sold  fo r  W h a t  T hey  A re. 

From  th e  Philadelphia  Progress.

Whatever may be said for or  against oleo­
margarine or butterine the law  that they  he 
sold  strictly  for  what  they are and be  so 
stamped for what they are that there may be 
no mistake should be  rigidly  enforced.  Of 
course  such laws do  not  prevent  people  at 
some places supposing they are  eating  but­
ter when it is one of the imitations  which is 
tickling  their  palates,  but  neither can  one 
always tell whether he is  supplied  at  table 
with the best quality of meat.  All that  can 
be done is to have us get what  we  think we 
are buying in  the  markets  and  elsewhere 
where such articles are  sold.  Oleomargar­
ine and butterme doubtless  are,  when  hon­
estly made, good of their kind, but they  are 
not butter, and it should not be allowed that 
they be put up for sale as  butter.

But  the  vile  compounds  of  filthy  stuff 
which are not only  not  butter,  nor  honest 
imitations, what is to  be  done  about  them 
and those who manufacture and  those  who 
knowingly oell them?

L a rd   a n d   N itric   A cid.

From  th e  New Y ork  Times.

The  enormous  growth  of  the  trade  in 
sham butter, notwithstanding the enactment 
of laws for the protection of consumers who 
would not  knowingly buy or use a pound of 
the  stuff, proves once more that  we are  pa­
tient  people.  The  manufacturers  have 
known from the  first that  they could thrive 
only by means of deception,  and  the  retail 
dealers  have  kept  the  oleomargarine  and 
butterine factories in  operation  by  persist 
ently  ignoring  the  plainest  principles  of 
what is called commercial morality.  Board 
ing-house  keepers,  proprietors  of  restaur­
ants, and  landlords  of  hotels  have  joined 
hands with manufacturers and dealers in the 
contemptible work of  deceiving  and  cheat 
ing the consumer. 
In  this  way  40,000,000 
pounds of hog fat, cotton-seed oil,  and  other 
kinds  of grease,  preserved  from  decompo­
sition and deprived of  nauseating  odors  by 
means  of  nitric  acid  and  other  chemical 
agents, and containing only  a  trace  of  real 
butter, have been annually sold in the  State 
of New York.

B u tte rin e  A b ro ad .

Europe as well as America is a  trifle  un­
easy about the butterine question.  A  Lon­
don grocer writes to his  trade  journal  that 
he  cannot  educate  his  customers  to  call 
“butterine” by any  other  name  than “but­
ter.”  He has tried hard to keep up  a  sep­
arate  style and  title  for  “butterine,”  but 
his efforts were spent in vain.  The  British 
housewife  persists in calling  for  “butter, 
while she  points  to  “butterine,”  and  the 
honest grocer, evidently by the  tone of  his 
letter, looks upon his communication to  the 
press as the last wave of his  flag  before  he 
surrenders.  An ..Irish  agricultural  paper 
also enters the lists with an article  showing 
the difficulty which  Hibernian  farmers  ex­
perience in  detecting  “butterine.”  Some 
fine Normandy butter,  costing  48  cents 
pound, and a sample of  butterine, bought of

NO. 29.

were submitted to a jury  of  uineteen  farm­
ers, who tasted and examined both samples. 
Ten out of these nineteen declared the  but­
terine to be  the  butter.  The  makers  of 
butterine in Ireland use all  the  way  from 
60 to 85 parts of neutral lard  to  40  and  45 
parts  of  butter,  respectively, 
in  making 
butterine.  These  are  thoroughly  mixed, 
salted and colored a golden yellow, and  the 
tubs are branded with fancy names as  from 
country creameries. 

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A   F in a l  B last.

The imitation butter makers  say  they  do 
not like to stamp the name “oleomargarine” 
on their product because  it  is  not  a  nice 
name and drives customers  away.  We do 
not agree with  them.  Oleomargarine  is a 
very much nicer word than axle grease.

v ertisin g .

T h e  A d v an tag es  H ealers  D eriv e  fro m   A d­
A shrewd, smart  young  grocer  from  the 
northern part of the State,  remarks  an  ex­
change, was asked the other day  the oft  re­
peated  question,  “How  is  business  with 
you?”  “Oh, we have  nothing  to  complain 
of,” was the reply; “we keep increasing our 
trade steadily. 
I was looking  over  the  re­
turns just before  I  came  to the  city,  and 
find that, so far we are  about  18  per  cent 
ahead of last  year.”  When  spoken  to  on 
the question of the general complaint among 
trade, he replied: 
“You  see  we  do  not 
stand still;  we use  every effort to bring our­
selves before the public in the way of adver­
tisements  in  the  local  paper  and  other 
means.  We find advertising pays.”

This is the testimony of one of the bright­
est grocers  of his city, to the  value  of  ad- 
ertising. 
Indeed, we do not think that any 
of our friends will dispute  that  advertising 
pays, the question  being how  to do  it  to 
make the most  satisfactory  returns.  The 
methods to he adopted depend largely  upon 
the class of trade to be done, and the people 
whose  patronage  you  are  endeavoring  to 
gain. 
If you are catering for  a  cash  trade 
among a strictly  working  population  it  is 
self  evident  that  the  means  you  employ 
would suit to gain  patronage  in  the  neigh­
borhood where you were endeavoring  to ob­
tain a high class family trade.

Judicious  employment of  the  newspaper 
by the cash trader is beyond question one of 
the best means of appealing to the  working 
public.  Care,  however,  should  be  taken 
that the advertisement should  be  well  and 
attractively written, and that  it is  changed 
every issue. 
It is a well  known  fact  that 
among the  buyers of dry goods  and  grocer­
ies a good  advertisement  is  read  with  as 
much interest  almost  as  a  scandal.  We 
know  from  experience  that  some  people 
read certain advertisements before any other 
news, simply because they are  written  in a 
chatty and attractive manner.  Such  adver­
tisements  will always  pay  well,  providing 
that they are placed in  a  good  circulating 
medium.

Another practical mode  of advertising  is 
to issue a price list with some good  receipts 
for cooking.  A price  list  is  one  of  those 
advertisements  that  appeal  to  nearly  all 
classes of buyers.

The merchant  who  utilizes  his  window 
by making it a standing  advertisement, can 
always rely upon it as a good and sure medi­
um to appeal to  the  buyer. 
In  short,  the 
grocer who intends to succeed in these times 
of keen competition, must use every endeav­
or to keep his goods  before  the  public  in 
every form that is calculated  to  attract  at­
tention.

T h e  A rt  o f C rack in g   H ic k o ry   N uts. 

From  th e Cincinnati N ews-Journal.

“I understand that there is quite a science 
n cracking nuts?”
“There  certainly is,  and  there  is  some 
difference of opinion as to the  best  method 
of doing it. 
I got  my  experience  in  this 
business when I was a  boy  in  Westchester 
Co., N. Y. 
I guess  that  there  are  more 
crack hickory nut crackers  in  that  section 
than anywhere else.  Thirty or  forty years 
ago the folks had  nut-cracking  matches  up 
here.  While sitting around a  big  fire  in a 
farmhouse kitchen  they cracked  the  nuts, 
eating the meats with apples and cider.  The 
shells burn very briskly, and when  they are 
charred  glow like  rubies.  Lots  of  queer 
stories are told about the  old  hickory  nut 
time.  When I was a boy  my  mother, who 
was bom in  Westchester  county,  told  me 
about au old man who lived in a little house 
in the  woods,  and  who  during  the  whole 
winter sat by the fire and cracked  and  ate 
nuts.  He cracked so many nuts,  they  say, 
that he required no othev fuel than the shells 
to keep the fire going. 
I  can’t  swear  that 
he did not use any other fuel  but  the  nut­
shells, but there is no doubt about  his  hav­
ing existed, for my mother  often  saw  his 
house.”

“What do you think the best way?”
“The one that was always the easiest  for 
me was to take a hammer and a nice  round 
cobble stone.  These secured, you take hold 
of the nut between tlie thumb and forefinger 
of  the left hand and rest the side of  the nut 
on the surface of the stone.  Hold  the  nut 
firmly, and then give it a  sharp  blow  with 
the hammer. 
If you hold the nut  right and 
strike it right the  kernel  will  come  out in 
two pieces.  Seme persons prefer a  block of 
hard wood to stone,  and  some  use  a  flat

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Probably most  of  the  readers  of  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  are aware that  fully  one-half 
of the useful commodity called  butter  that 
has been sold to the trade  by  city  jobbers 
during the past year was far from  being the 
genuine article. 
It will not  surprise  them 
to know that fully nine-tenths  of  the  pro­
duct sold to Grand  Rapids  consumers  this 
winter as  butter has been butterine or oleo­
margarine.

Investigation shows  that  the  substitute 
for  the  genuine  article  will  average  far 
better in appearance, cleanliness, purity and 
taste than the original.  The fact  that the 
prejudice which originally prevailed against 
butterine and oleomargarine has  almost en­
tirely disappeared, both  with  the  retailers 
and consumers, aud that it  is  now  mainly 
confined to final purchasers, testifies  to  the 
good character of  these  substitutes.  One 
rear  ago the retail grocers were very loathe 
to purchase  the  manufactured  article;  to­
day the majority of  them  prefer  it  rather 
than the so-called choice butter that is  to be 
found in small quantities in the commission 
houses.  The substitutes run even in  color, 
taste and appearance, and  are  accepted by 
their customers as  “choicew hereas  pure 
butter possessing equal qualities  commands 
fancy  prices  and  is  seldom  to  be  had. 
Wholesalers now  make no attempt  to  dis­
guise the nature of the goods they are hand­
ling.  The retailer, however,  still  has  the 
prejudices of  his  customers  to  overcome, 
and when asked “have you some choice but­
ter?” evades the point by replying, “there is 
what I have;  you can  inspect  it  for  your­
self,” resulting 99 times out of a 100 in  the 
customer  pronouncing  it  “excellent,”  and 
departing in the proud belief that for once a 
really  choice article has been  secured.

With a view  to ascertaining  the  amount 
of butter substitutes sold in  this  city a  re­
porter of T h e  T r a d e s m a n   recently  made 
the rounds of the  commission  and  produce 
dealers,  and recorded the various  cstimat:' 
made.  One dealer stated  that  during  last 
summer 90 per cent, of his sales was  butter, 
but since fall not more than 10 per c°nt. has 
been the genuine article.  “When I  first be­
gan getting butterine,” said the dealer, “half 
the grocers  would  walk  out  of  the  store 
on the  mere  mention  of  the  name—now 
they demand it.  Grand  Rapids  has  been 
slower than other cities to adopt  the  manu­
factured product, and even now there is less 
sold here in proportion to the  genuine  arti­
cle than elsewhere, but the demand is rapid­
ly increasing.”

Another dealer stated that there were sev­
eral reasons wny he preferred to handle but- 
terine, the most important of which  was his 
inability to get  enough  genuine  butter  to 
half supply the  demand.  Butterine  is in­
variably uniform in form and flavor,  which 
is  by  no  means  a  small  consideration. 
Again, he has no difficulty in getting enough 
to supply his trade.  He handles  the product 
of a Chicago factory,  which  he  visits  fre­
quently, and always finds in  excellent  con­
dition, so far as cleanliness  and  scrupulous 
neatness is concerned.  This feature,  added 
to the  attractive  and  convenient  way  in 
which it is put up for the  trade,  commends 
it to him ns far more satisfactory  and  profi­
table to handle than the genuine article.

Another dealer said:  “Butterine is  pref­
erable to the average quality butter,  and  is 
absolutely pure and  wholesome. 
It is for 
the business interests of the  manufacturers 
to observe the utmost cleanliness, and as the 
preparation requires the purest  ingredients, 
it is safe to say that in one, if  not  both  re­
spects, oleomargarine and butterine  is  sup­
erior to any but the very choicest of  butter, 
The best butterine is made from cream  and 
butterine oil, obtained from the best of lard, 
taken while yet  warm  and  rendered  at a 
very low temperature.  Formerly,  consider 
able poor butter was  used,  but  there  has 
been a great improvement in  the  manufac­
ture, and  only  the  above  ingredients  are 
used.  Oleomargarine  differs  only  in  that 
oleomargarine oil, obtained from the  best of 
tallow is used.  The coloring used is in both 
cases a vegetable compound,  entirely  Harm­
less and far preferable to the  compound ire 
quently used for like purposes  in  the  pre­
paration of butter. 
If it  were  not  for  the 
substitutes butter would now be 40  and  50 
cents per pound.”

Another dealer stated that the use of but­
terine had been a great blessing to the  poor 
during the  past  season.  Meat  has  been 
high, and ordinarily butter would have  sold 
up to 40 or 45 cents.  As  it  is,  the  retail 
price of choice butter has been held dawn to 
30 cents, while the best butterine  has  only 
commanded 25 cents. 
the 
prejudice against the imitation is  gradually 
dying out.

In his  opinion, 

He contended that butterine was  cleaner 
than butter could possibly be  except  where 
the utmost pains were taken to  preserve the 
latter’s  purity.

One dealer said he had  discontinued prac­
ticing deception in the  matter of butter imi 
tations, and now billed and quoted butterine 
as such.

A number of other dealers  who  were in­
terviewed  coincided  in  their  views  with

those above given, and all were free  to  ad­
mit that they frequently  used it  at  home, 
preferring it to the class of butter the  mar­
ket  generally  afforded.  They  were  also 
unanimous in the opinion that  the  prejudi­
ce now existing with consumers  would  rap­
idly die out, and that the sale of  substitutes 
would increase until farmers would  be  un­
able to find  a market  except  for  the  very 
best of  butter.

A  W a rn in g   to  th e  M a n u fa c tu re r.

The several  selections from  Western  pa­
pers, reprinted in  this connection,  serve  to 
show the re-action that has taken place East 
over the manufacture  and f sale  of  a  low 
grade of butter imitation.  So long as  West­
ern Manufacturers hold their  product  up to 
the present high standard,  they  will  meet 
with few if any complaints.  But if they at­
tempt to foist on the market a product near­
er resembling axle grease than  butter  they 
will create an agitation against the  business 
that  will  induce  the  enactment  of  laws 
prejudicial to their  interests.  Let  the  re­
cent action of the New York  Legislature be 
a warning to both manufacturers and dealers 
in this respect.

T lie  L aw  on  th e  S ubject.

Big Rapids, A pril 6,1884.

E d it o r  T r a d e s m a n  :—Is  there  a  State 
law prohibiting the  purchase  and  sale  of 
oleomargarine or butterine?  I  am  assured 
by the dealer in your city from whom I pur­
chase butterine that there is no statute  cov­
ering the case, but wish to  be  sure  that  I 
am not laying myself liable.

Su b s c r ib e r .

There is no  statute  prohibiting  the  pur­
chase or sale of butter imitations, but  there 
is a statute which provides that  they  must 
be sold for what they are—not for pure  but­
ter.  The law requires that the  packages in 
which they are kept for  sale  shall be mark 
ed or labeled with the name  of the  article, 
and the name of the manufacturer, in  plain 
black letters, and  that the  seller shall  de­
liver to the purchaser a printed  label  bear­
ing the word “Butterine”  or  “Oleomargar­
ine,” as the  case  may  te.  Disregard  of 
these provisions constitutes a  misdemeanor, 
punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, 
for every offence.

In order that the readers of The T r a d e s­
m a n   may  be  correctly  informed  in  this 
matter, we  present  below a  complete  re­
production of the law bearing on  this  sub­
ject.  Section 2,245 of the Compiled Laws  of 
1882 provides  for  the  stamping  of  bogus 
butter, as follows:

Every person who  shall  manufacture for 
sale, or who shall offer or  expose  for  sale, 
by the tub, firkin, box or  package,  or  any 
greater quantity, any article or  substance in 
semblance of butter not the  legitimate  prc 
duct of the  dairy, and not  made exclusively 
of milk or cream, but into which  the  oil or 
fat of animals not produced from  milk  en­
ters as a  component  pait,  or  into  which 
melted  butter, or any oil thereof  has  been 
inti'odnced to take the place of cream,  shall 
distinctly  and  durably  stamp,  brand,  or 
mark  upon the top and also  upon the  side 
of every such tub, firkin, box, or  package of 
such article or  substance, the  word  “Oleo­
margarine,” if such  article  or  substance is 
composed  in  part  of  suet or  tallow, or the 
word  “Butterine,”  if  such  article  or  sub­
stance is composed in  part of  lard, where it 
can be  plainly seen, in Roman letters which 
shall be burned on, or printed thereon  with 
permanent black paint, in  a  straight  line, 
and each letter shall be  not  less  than  one 
inch in length; and in case of retail sales  of 
such articles or  substance, 
in  parcels, the 
seller shall in all cases sell, or offer,  or  ex­
pose the same for sale  from  a  tub,  firkin, 
box, or package stamped, branded, or  mark­
ed, as herein stated, and shall  also  deliver 
therewith to the purchaser a  printed  label 
bearing the plainly printed  word  “Oleomar­
garine,” or “Butterine,” as  the  same  may 
be, with the name of  the  manufacturer  in 
Roman letters not less than  one-half inch in 
length which shall be printed in  a  straight 
line;  and every sale of such  article or  sub­
stance by  tub, firkin, box or package,  or  in 
any  greater  quantity  not 
so  stamped, 
branded, or marked as  “Oleomargarine” or 
“Butterine,”  as the same may be, and every 
sale of such article or substance at  retail in 
parcels that shall not be  sold  from  a  tub, 
firkin, box, or package, so stamped, branded, 
or marked, or without delivery  of  a  label 
therewith as above stated,  is declared  to be 
unlawful and void, and no action  upon  any 
contract shall be maintained in  any  of  the 
courts of this state to recover upon any  con­
ta c t for tlie sale of any sucli article  or sub­
stance not  so  stamped,  branded,  marked, 
labeled, or sold.

•Section 2,246 provides for  the  penalty for 

selling without stamping as follows:

Every person who shall sell,  or  offer,  or 
expose for  sale, or who shall cause  or  pro­
cure to be sold, offered, or exposed for  sale, 
by the tub, firkin, box, or package, or in any 
greater quantity, any article or substance re­
quired by the first section of this act  to  be 
stamped, branded, or marked, that shall  not 
be so stamped, branded,  or  marked, or  in 
case of retail sales in parcels,  every  person 
who shall sell, or offer or expose for  sale, or 
who shall cause or procure to be sold,  offer­
ed or exposed for sale,  any  article  or  sub­
stance required by the  first  section of  this 
act to be sold, offered or  exposed  for  such 
sale from a  tub,  firkin,  box,  or  package, 
stamped, branded, or marked, and labeled as. 
therein stated, contrary to the  provisions of 
said  section, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor; and upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall be punished by a fine of not less  than 
ten nor more than one hundred  dollars, and 
the costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail for not less than  five  nor 
more than thirty days, or by both such  fine 
and imprisonment  for  each  and  every  of­
fence.

ferenee being that the penalty  for  violation 
is fixed at $50 fine  or  imprisonment  not  to 
exceed 
the 
duty  of  prosecuting  attorneys to attend  to 
the prosecution of all complaints under  this 
act.

three  months. 

It  is  made 

S a n ita ry  V iew  o f th e   M a tte r.

Modem improvements extend in every di­
rection.  For instance, in  sanitary  matters 
there are not only thousands of  new  appli­
ances designed to preserve  health,  hut also 
an equal or greater number well  calculated 
to destroy it.  Legislators are continually at 
their wits’  ends  to  provide  proper  safe­
guards, and when they have done their  best 
to enact suitable laws, the executive  author­
ities still fail to enforce  them.  Thus  the 
lardine factory develops  improved  methods 
even more rapidly than  the  creamery, and 
throws upon the market immense  stocks of 
its product in  defiance  of  law. 
In  New 
York state the Legislature  has  appointed a 
special committee to investigate  the  subject 
of food adulteration with a view  to  amend­
ing the present laws so as to  piovide  fora 
special annual appropriation to  defray  the 
cost of securing evidence  and special  coun­
sel to prosecute all  who  violate  the  laws 
governing  such  matters.  The  long  and 
short  of it is that the adulterations of dairy 
products are so skilfully carried on  and the 
interests engaged in them so  powerful that 
it requires no little zeal  and  cleverness  to 
secure convictions.  The services of a chem­
ist, a shrewd sanitary inspector  and  an at­
torney are apparently  necessary,  and.  fur­
thermore, the work requires to  be  followed 
up with system and persistence  to  make it 
thoroughly  effective. 
Still  it  seems  as 
though, with the existing  legal  machinery, 
the business might be made less comfortable 
and profitable to the bogus butter men if the 
health authorities  were  inclined  to  make 
the most of their opportunities.  About  the 
first question a physician asks  when  called 
to see a patient is:  “Do you eat much  but­
ter?”  It is uow being urged that “museums 
of hygiene” should be formed in  cities with 
a view to exhibiting as extensively as  possi­
ble all appliances  and  apparatus  designed 
for the protection of health. 
If this is done 
it_;would certaily be in order to exhibit in the 
same connection all sorts of  insanitary  ma­
terial, with full explanations and  warnings 
accessible to all visitors.  Any  spectacular 
effects that can  be  devised  to  aid  health 
boards in popularizing  their  work  should 
not be neglected, neither should it be forgot­
ten that sanitary reform will  involve  work 
and cannot be accomplished  by  exhibitions 
alone.  Massachusetts seems to be  the only 
state in which the authorities are really dis­
posed to annoy people who violate [the  law 
regarding adulterations, and even there  the 
work has been mainly directed  to the  field 
of milk and  drugs.

H ow  A d u lte ra te d  G u tte r is  M ade.

From  th e Boston Commercial  Bulletin.

The market continues full  of  adulterated 
blitter.  There never has been a time  in the 
history of trade when the proportion of pure 
cow butter  was  smaller  than  it is  to-day. 
This  most  undesirable  state of  things  will 
not continue long.  The simple  fact  now is 
that the adulteration of  butter  has  become 
the rage. 
It is the natural outgrowth of the 
oleomargarine manufacture.

Just now there is a rush  to see  who  can 
“stretch” or  adulterate  good  butter  to the 
greatest extent and still make it  a  commer­
cial success.  Our readers  doubtless remem­
ber that about  two  years  ago  there  was a 
parallel case in the  manufacture  of  sugar. 
Following the introduction  of  glucose came 
a rage  for making  sugar  adulterants.  For 
a while a great variety of articles  was  used 
in the manufacture of artificial  sugar, prom­
inent among them being old  rags.  But the 
rag  season  in  sugar-making  has  gone  by, 
leaving corn-made glucose as a standard and 
legitimate  article. 
In  the  same  way  we 
look to see the manufacture  of  adulterated 
butter settle down to a legitimate  basis.

It is interesting at this stage,  however, to 
note some of the  articles  of  known  use  in 
the  manufacture  of  butter.  The  use  of 
neutral lard, which has already  been  men­
tioned  in  these  columns,  is  probably 
the 
largest of all adulterants. 
It is  tasteless, is 
easily colored and gives a good  body to the 
butter,  and  is  inexpensive  compared  with 
cream.  Cotton seed oil is also very  largely 
used.  It has natural advantages of flavor and 
color and gives the butter a good grain.  Oleo 
oil is a third substance, with which pure  (?) 
creamery butter-makers of to-day are  famil­
iar. 
It is the oil obtained  from  tallow  and 
%
is the same substance which is  used  in  the 
making of oleomargarine.

Not long ago it  dawned  upon the butter­
ine men that there was less weight  of water 
in their product than in  real  butter.  This 
was,  of  course,  a  kind  of  self-cheating 
which could not  be  profitably  indulged  in 
So the use of calcic chloride was  resorted to 
as it has the great merit, in this case,  of be 
ing able to take up  ten  per  cent  of  water 
without in the least showing  it.  Starch or 
flour is also used for the same purpose.  The 
latest substance employed  by  the  butterine 
makers to add weight  by  absorbing  water 
is gelatine,  which  is  said  to  work  nicely. 
Glycerine is being considerably used to  add 
flavor to the compound.  A  woman  has  re-

With the idea of emphaising the above pro­
visions, perhaps, another Section,  No. 9,327, 
has  been  enacted,  covering  very  nearly
M  same ground as the above,  the  only dif- 1 cently obtained a patent  on  the use

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Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  9,  1884.

per-  Subscribers  and  others,  w hen  w riting 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e  pub­
lisher by  m entioning th a t th ey  saw th e  adver­
tisem en t in the colum ns of  th is  paper.

Allegan is now  appropriately  designated 

by the term “Phoenixville.”

The Chicago  Times  puts  it  tersely,  and 
none to plainly when it says:  “By odds the 
most profitable dairy cow nowadays is a dead 
hog.”

Arrangements have  been made for a com­
plete list of hardware quotations,  including 
all the staples  subject  to  fluctuation.  The 
list will appear next week,  or  the week  af­
ter, and all market changes will be carefully 
noted.

F. B. De Berard,  editor  and  publisher  of 
the Chicago Furniture Gazette, the  leading 
journal of the kind in this country, and who 
has watched the career of Tiie Tradesman 
with fraternal interest, writes:

I  am  glad  to  see  your  “Tradesman” 
prospering  so  well,  and  must  compliment 
you on its good management.

The Philadelphia Grocer thus  strikes  the 
key-note  to  the  objection  to  butter  imita­
tions:
The great folly of the oleomargarine trade 
If the  arti­
has been its attempter secrecy. 
cle had been sold on its merits from the first 
there  would  have  been  nothing  doubtful 
about it.  No man  who  puts  gravy  on  his 
bread has a right to throw a  stone  at  oleo­
margarine, which is beef fat  handled in  the 
most scientific manner.

In reproducing our article on the  Kalkas­
ka railway project from last  wreek’s  paper, 
the Northwestern Lumberman, of Chicago, 
pays us the following compliment:
The Michigan  Tradesman,  of  Grand 
Rapids, winch  has  shown  much  enterprise 
in looking up  industrial  data  in  Northern 
Michigan,  has  captured  some 
important 
facts that have lately developed  concerning 
a proposed branch of the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Indiana railroad,  from  Kalkaska  eastward 
into the regions of almost virgin pine  in the 
northeastern part of Kalkaska  county.

The lumber  quotations,  promised  several 
weeks ago, appear  for  the  first  time  with 
this issue.  They are furnished by the New­
aygo Company, one of the largest  and  most 
reliable lumber corporations in the city,  and 
can be depended upon as being  the  current 
quotations at this market.  Scalpersand com­
mission  dealers  may  occasionally  quote  a 
little lower prices,  but  no  reliance  can  be 
placed on them, as they are based solely  up­
on the  condition  of  the  quoters’  finances, 
and do not accurately denote the fluctuations 
of the market.

We commend to  the  consideration  of  all 
dealers the following  pertinent  suggestions 
from  the  pen  of  Horace  McNitt,  general' 
dealer at Haring:

It seems to me, Mr. Editor, that if we took 
more pains to post up  the  consumer  on  the 
cost of merchandise, that  it  would  remedy 
many  of  the  evils  of  which  we now com­
plain.  Different dealers  without  reference 
to the principles  of  justice,  establish  their 
tariff  profits. 
If  the  consumers  knew  at 
once what was just  and  what  unjust,  their 
patronage  would be more sensifly bestowed. 
Any person of ordinary ability,  if  he  knew 
the cost to his  merchant  of  the  articles  he 
consumes, would be able to judge accurately 
of the fair dealing of the retailer.  Every re­
tailer know's that it is easier to  deal  with  a 
sensible, well-informed  man  than  with  an 
ignorant one, and  I  have  no  doubt  that  a 
sensible, well-informed public would  meas­
urably prevent  our  oft  recurring bankrupt­
cies.  Industry, economy, integrity and keen 
mental  perception  are  sure  to  succeed  in 
trade, if found combined in one  person.

We give this week rather more space than 
customary—though not more than  the  sub­
ject warrants—to a discussion of the  merits 
and  demerits  of  butter  imitations.  That I 
there are are strong points in favor of butter­
ine and  oleomargarine,  no  one  will  deny, 
but the fact that both articles are at  present 
masquerading in false attire before  the pub­
lic  is  severely  reprehensible.  So long  as 
glucose was sold for cane  syrup,  there  was 
a universal outcry against its  use;  but  now 
that it is sold as glucose, it has  a recognized 
place  among  the  commercial  commodities 
of the country. 
In  like  manner,  butterine 
and  kindred  compounds  will  be  regarded 
with  distrust  and  disfavor  so long as they 
arc sold as butter; but  when  they  are  han­
dled  honestly, sold  for  what  they  are—as 
the law directs and right dictates—they will 
take  rank  aslegitimate products, and hold a 
place fromwhieh they can never be  surplant 
ed. 

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A n E n te rp risin g   H ouse.

the 

Messrs Nelson  Bros.  &  Co.  have  made 
their  house  an  exclusive  Wall  Paper  and 
Window  Shade  House,  being  the  only 
one of the  kind  in  the  State.  They  carry 
one  of 
com­
plete  lines  of  these  goods  west  of  New 
York.

largest  and  most 

Messrs E. P. Andrew and  N.  S.  McCon­
nell  are  now  on 
the  road  for  Messrs 
Nelson Bros. & Co.,  taking  spring  orders 
for  Wall  Paper  and  Window  Shades. 
It  speaks  well  for  Grand  Rapids,  and 
w e h av e no doubt  but  the  trade fully  ap- 

sit

AM ONG  T H E   T R A D E .

IN  t h e   crrY .

T. S.  Hart  succeeds  Wm.  Dunn  in  the 
grocery  business  at  264  South  Division 
street.

Wagner  & Clark  have  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  on  the  corner  of  East 
Bridge  and  Lafayette 
streets.  Shields, 
Bulkley & Lemon furnished the stock.

Kempenga & Lulofs,  who  have  just  en­
gaged in general trade at Muskegon, were in 
the city last week, and purchased their  gro­
cery stock of Fox, Musselman &  Loveridge.
Detroit  dealers  are  asking $1.50  for  the 
White  Star  potato  at  wholesale.  Grand 
Rapids dealers sell the  same  for  $1.  It  is 
unnecessary  to  state  who  getting  the or­
ders. 

______

Grand  Rapids  can  be  credited  with 
another  traveler.  Leonard  Crissman  an­
nounces that he has  “engaged  to  travel  on 
the Cincinnati River for  an  Eastern bluing 
firm.” 

_____________ _

G. H. Nelson, western traveling represent­
ative for D. H. McAlpine & Co., New York, 
spent Sabbath at  this  market.  He  stated 
that his house had a new  brand  of  plug  in 
preparation which will be styled  “Chocolate 
Cream.”

C. S. Rosenblatt, representing S.  Bearlein 
&  Co.,  lace  curtains,  New  York,  and Mr. 
Beck, of J. C. Beck & Sons, rag carpets, Gosh­
en, Ind., visited the carpet trade last week for 
the purpose of  taking  duplicate  orders  for 
spring goods.

Luke  Strickland  and  Henry C.  Gloster 
have engaged in the meat business  at Sara­
nac.

Henry  Strope  has  engaged  in  general 
trade at Morley, and will do all  his  buying 
at this market.

Cedar Springs Clipper:  Mr.  B. V. Hart- 
upee has sole the remainder of his  furniture 
and undertaking goods to C. S.  Kidder,  and 
will soon remove to Dakota.

Ed. Carolan, assignee for F. E. Rogers,  at 
Chippewa Lake, is  steadily disposing of the 
stock.  He would prefer closing out the bal­
ance to  some  reliable party, and will give a 
bargain.

Geo. E. Alien, the Holton  bankrupt, was 
recently arrested on a capias  for damages at 
the instance of  Alien  Sheldon  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit.  Bail in  the  sum  of  $1,500  was 
furnished.

Charlevoix Journal:  Amos Fox has sold 
his  stock  of  merchandise  and  rented  his 
store to J.  L.  Hurd,  of  Detroit,  who  will 
take possession as soon  as  he  can  arrange 
matters at home.

The condition  of  the  affairs  of  E.  H. 
Stone, the dry goods dealer at Portland, who 
recently  made  an  assignment  to  G.  W. 
Porter, has been made known, and is as  fol­
lows:  Liabilities,  $18,162.11;  assets,  ap­
praised value  of  stock  by  assignee,  $14,- 
243.39.  The stock  invoiced  at  $18,821.83. 
The proprietor’s appraisal was $16,585.

STRAY  FACTS.

St. Johns’  cheese  factory  .will  be  ready 

about May 1.

The  bushel basket  manufactory  at  Gay­

. 

week. 

-------------------------  

Prof. H. S. Hampson, traveling represent-

lord turns out 75 dozen a  week. 
jVentor & VanAuken, of  Charlotte,  have
ativeof  Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.  in  the  engaged in the manufacture of rustic  chairs, 
brush and sundry department,  left  Monday 
The Den Bleyker Furniture Co.,  of Kala- 
for a fortnight’s trip through  the  Lake  Su-  mazoo, is already shipping  a  car  load  per
perior country. 
■
Muskegon can have a  canning  factory it
John  Ellicott,  of  the  firm of Robbins  &  farmers win agree  to  piant  200  acres  of 
Ellicott, cigar manufacturers at  Buffalo,  N.  strawberry piants and sell the fruit  at  five 
Y., has been spending  ten  days  among  the  centg per quart>
Michigan trade introducing their new brand, 
The glate bed discovered near L’Anse,  on 
Jerome Eddy.’ 
I t.hp. lin e o f th e  Marauette.  Houghton & On-
j  the line of the Marquette,
great  ex­
! tonagon Railway, Michigan, is of 
“If I may be  allowed  to  venture  a  pre­
it  isbe-
tent and practically inexhaustible.
diction concerning M. J. and  I.  M.  Clark’s 
pine land inqestments in Minnesota,” said  a I lieved that its exploitation? will  become  one 
prominent operator in the same line,  “1 will  of the leading industries of the Upper Penin- 
say that the  brothers  will  realize  an  even | Sula,
million over the cost price of the  land.”

- 

Frank  DeLaney, at one time with  W. T.
Allen, of Chicago, for four  years  receiving 
clerk for Cody, Olney  &  Co.,  and  for  the 
past two years and a half shipping  clerk for 
Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, will hereafter 
attend to the city trade  for I. E.  Messmore.
Mr. W. E.  Ccloper,  an  old-time  traveler, 

Agricultural  implement  dealers  . every­
where  throughout  Western  Michigan  are 
erecting new  buildings  and  making  other 
noticeable  improvements  preparatory  to  a 
lively machine trade, which shows their con­
fidence in the success of the wheat and other 
crops this season.

The St.  Joseph  canning  factory  put  up 
last year 14,000 cases of tomatoes,  9,000  of
for  the  past  three  years in  the  collection j conij 3)ooO of string beans, 500 of pumpkins, 
business in this city, has accepted  the  posi-  24,000  gallons  of  apples,  16,000  one-half 
tion of traveling salesman  for  C. G. McCul-  gauons  of  apples  and  five  tons  of  jelly, 
lock & Co.  He will attend to the city trade  Tbey paid out  for labor  $300  to  $500  per 
and cover the  contiguous  towns  by  drives, j week) an(j some $60,000 for produce,
He is making his initial visit  to-day.

The Tradesman  has  had  an  order  for 
a  telephone  in  several  weeks,  and  after 
numerous promises and delays, is  finally as­
sured that connection will be made with the 
exchange  during  the  latter  part  of 
the 
present week.  This will be  a  convenience 
to our city patrons,  and  may  occasionally 
come in play to our out-of-town friends.

The  Tradesman  is  able  to  announce, 
authoratively, that the  resignation  of  I.  M.
Weston,  Cashier  of  the  Fourth  National 
Bank, is in the hands  of  the  Board  of Di­
rectors, and will probably be  acted  upon  as 
soon  as  Major  A.  B. Watson, President of 
the Bank, returns from the West.  Mr. Wes­
ton  is  forced  to take this  step  on  account 
ofGthe  growing demands of  his  other  busi­
ness  interests.

Good  W ords  U n solicited.

H. K. Bush, Hesperia: 

“It is a  good pa­

per.”

Funk & Beebe, Kalkaska:  “We  find  it a 

very profitable paper to have in business.”

E. S. Hipkins,  druggist,  Blanchard:  “1 
like the paper very well, and ean’t  well  do 
without i t ”

Burrell Tripp, drugs  and  groceries,  Ban­
gor :  “It’s well  worth  the  money  to  keep 
posted on prices.

David  Cornwell,  general  merchandise, 
Monterey:  “Like  The  Tradesman  first 
rate  and admire your  vigorous  style  of  in­
sisting upon your  pay  in  advance.  Please 
send me the paper  until  I  assign,  bum  or 
bust.”

A B usiness  E d u c a tio n .

From  th e D etroit  Commercial A dvertiser  and 
The four corporations in which D. P. Clay 
Home Journal, M arch 28.
has a controlling-interest, the  Grand Rapids 
It is a fact, beyond  dispute,  that a  thor-
Manufacturing Co., the Clay & Locke Manu-1 ougb e(jucati0n is the “keystone to success,” 
facturing Co., the  Newaygo  Furniture  Co.,  and Qne of tbe best colleges  where  such an 
and the Newaygo Co., have  pooled  their  is-  education  can 
obtained  is  the  Grand 
sues, so far as the expense of selling is  con-1 j^apjdg Business College.  Mr. C. G.  Swens- 
cerned, and will hereafter employ  salesmen  berg^  ^be  Proprietor, 
is  a  gentleman  of 
jointly, to represent the four lines of  goods, j actual business experience, being  connected
This wfill enable the companies to give their 
with some of the largest  business  concerns 
customers the benefit of the reduced expens­
of Grand Rapids.  This college has  just en­
es, and give  them  every  advantage  in  the
tered upon the 20th year of its history  with 
way  of  carload  freight  rates. 
John  B 
the same general plans and aims  that  have 
Graves has charge of this branch of the bus!
given it a fair  name  and  honored  position 
among the institutions of  learning.  Teach- 
The assignees of the Wetzell Bros, are en-1 ers of experience and ability are  employed 
deavoring to secure a  compromise  with the  and everything is  done  to  accomplish  th< 
latters’ creditors on the basis of 20 per cent.,  one great object of  the  proprietor, viz.:  tt 
and have reason to think that the offer  will  give students a thorough education.  Write
be  accepted  all  around. 
holding $65,000 worth of the indebtedness 
including 
M an.
Rapids National Banks—have agreed  to the  From  the E lm ira G azette, 
compromise, and  most of  the  other  credi-  We are in receipt of The  Tradesman, 
tors  are  favorable  to  the  project. 
The  live, eight  page  paper  published  at Grand 
money will be  furnished  by  Messrs  Clark  Rapids  in  the  interest  of  the  commercial
It  should  be  ip the  hands  of
and Austin, the assignees, who will take the 
Minnesota lands  at  their  appraised  value, 
$20,000, and endeavor to  realize  Something 
near their worth.  Otherwise,  a forced  sale 
might sacrifice  them.

fraternity. 
every business man in the  state.

ly1innM Be in th e  H a n d s o f  E v e ry   B usiness 

the  City  National  and  Grand 

So  far  parties  for journal. 

From  th e  Cedar  Springs Clipper.

M ore U seful T h a n  E v er.

_______

_ 

The Michigan  Tradesman,  published 
at Grand Rapids by E. A. Stowe,  has  been 
enlarged to eight pages and is  more  useful 
than ever to business  men.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Bloomstrom & Peterson, Lisbon, have dis­

solved.

R. B. Deuel has begun making  brooms  at 

Petoskey.
business at Mancelona. 

The society founded  in  Germany  scarce­
ly three years ago  to  collect  the  ends  of 
Savage Bros, have engaged in the  tobacco I cigars and to sell  them  for  philanthropical 
| purposes has now  500,000  members.  Last
year  its 
to  130,000 
francs.

Jas. F. Frantz has engaged  in 

revenue  amounted 

Loveday  &  Barber  have  opened 

Try Boralumine.  Any  one  can use it. 
Jas. Fox  says that the latest craze at  Fre‘
The Herald emphasizes the fact that Man-  mont is that “Everything goes when the bell

hardware store at East Jordan.

business at Bellaire.

the

celona wants a bank and a grist-mill. 

rings,

S. C. Krebs, fot a number of  years one  of I  Kansas  City  packed  55,000  more  nogs 

the- leading grocerymen of Charlotte, has sold I than Cincinnati during the winter.
1  Boralumine lsleading thls year,

; 

SEED  CORN
We offer a choice lot of 
Early Red Cob Dent Corn, 
and the Round Yellow or 
Yankee Corn, Clover and 
Timothy, Hungarian, Red 
Top, Millet, Spring Wheat 
Seed  Oats,  Peas,  Beans, 
Genuine White Star Seed 
Potatoes.  In  fact  every 
seed usually kept in stock 
at a Seed Store, at whole­
sale and retail.

91  CA N A L  STR EE T,

W. T. LABORBAIII, A l*
m Baft  Wire  Warb We are Carrying To-day and

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

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M anufacturers o f All K inds of

W IR E   W O R E !

92  MONROE  STREET, 

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Footer,Steveoss Co.

FOSTER, 
STEVENS

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-WHOLESALE—

BAEUVABE!

13  an d   14  M O N RO E  STR EE T,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

Correspondence  Solicited  and  (¡notations  Given.

Freights are Largely 

in Our Favor.

Íes for My of tie M-

M A N U FA CTU RE  O F  B U T T E R IN E .

I ts  In flu en ce on  th e  D a iry   B u sin ess  o f th e  

C o untry.

From  th e  Chicago Times.

Few imagine the vast proportions to which 
the manufacture of butterine or  bogus  but­
ter  has  grown  in  this  city.  A  witness, 
while testifying before a  committee  of  the 
New  York  senate  in  reference  to  butter 
adulteration in that state, incidentally stated 
that some thirty  or  forty  manufactories in 
Chicago were engaged  in  producing  bogus 
butter, and his statement is perhaps  not far 
astray.  The state of New York bought and 
used last year 40,000,000  pounds  of  butter­
ine, and the cities of New York and  Brook­
lyn are credited with producing  but  3,000,- 
000 pounds of that amount.  Chicago  may 
safely father the bulk of  the  remainder, as 
well as the chief supply to other  sections of 
the country.  The  reason  so  much  is  pro­
duced here is because the supply of raw ma­
terial is so abundant.  Chicago  can  find at 
her great pork  packing  establishments  and 
abattoirs a superabundance  of  material  for 
butterine—cow and hog  fat,  principally the 
latter, for by odds the  most profitable  dairy 
cow nowadays is a dead hog.  The business 
possesses  two  startling  features. 
It  has 
grown to such vast proportions that  it seems 
likely  to  wreck  the  dairy  interest  of  the 
whole country, but particularly of the  west. 
The  second  alarming  featute  is  a  still 
weightier consideration—its sanitary  phase. 
The raw material  from  which  butterine is 
produced must be, from the  cost  to  manu­
facture, an average of 14  cents  per  pound, 
of the cheaper grades of animal fats.  These 
are reduced to a pulp, heated somewhat, and 
then treated with acids,  Perhaps 
in  most 
cases this raw material would not be  gener­
ally regarded as wholesome.  The  heat sup­
plied may not always be sufficient to destroy 
any animal or diseas ed germs. 
It is  gener­
ally supposed that the  use of  bogus  butter 
is  not  so  general  as 
to  endanger  public 
health.  As  it is difficult  to  distinguish be­
tween genuine and ¡bogus  butter,  this  may 
be an interesting instance of  “where  ignor­
ance is bliss, ’tis  folly  to  be  wise.”  The 
actual fact is that there is an abundant  sup­
ply of bogus butter  on  the  market.  The 
appearance and taste  are  sufch  perfect  im­
itations of pure butter that laymen and even 
experts in  the  butter  business can  not  al­
ways determine without a chemical analysis 
which is the genuine and which is the  spu­
rious  article.  The  dairy  interests  of  this 
country are of national importance.  A year 
or two since, by the creamery method, west­
ern dairying had been  reduced  to  a  system 
and  placed  upon  a  highly  remunerative 
basis, the products finding  a  ready  market 
at good prices.  But some  of the once  prof­
itable creameries have gone  into  bankrupt­
cy or have been converted to other  uses. 
It 
stands to  reason that a  cow  producing  50- 
cent butter can’t compete with a hog produc­
ing 14-cent butter when both are  sold under 
the same name and for the same  price upon 
the market.  The cow apparently  will have 
to “go.”

Nails, Riverside Brand, 
Jewett’s Bird Cages, 
Wheel Barrows,
Barb Fence Wire, 
Agricultural Tools, 
Road Scrapers,
Wire Cloth,
Screen Doors,
Step Ladders,
Grind Stones,
Bar Iron,
Sheet Iron,
Alaska Refrigerators, 
Horse Pokes,
Cow Bells,
Farm  Bells.

i
Biete as My House

JO H N

CAULFIELD  *

Wholesale *
Rrocer

85,87  and  89  Canal  Street 

m

-HEADQUARTERS  FOR—

;e Bntter, Hi 
Dried  Peate, 
ßbeese. Jellies, etc.

Maple  Syrup,
We have a few 5  and  10  gallon  kegs  of 
choice Vermont Maple Syrup on hand which 
we  will  close  out  at  the  following  low 
prices:
5 Gallon  Kegs....................................$3  10
10 Gallon  Kegs....................................   6  00

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Cut Loaf Cubes................  
Powdered  Standard.................................
Granulated  Standard............................... 7 %
Standard  Confectioners’  A................   .7%
Standard  A...............................................7-19
Extra White C..................................6%@6%
Extra Bright C..................................6?^@6%
Extra  C............................................
Yellow C.......................................... 5j^@6
CANNED  GOODS

We continue the

CLOSING OUT  SALE
Of our present stock of canned goods.  Blank- 
quotations indicate the line all sold.

JOB  BACON’S  TOMATOES

Have the Highest  Endorsement of  the  best 
dealers in the country.
3 Ä Job Bacon’s  Tomatoes, Standard. .1  05
3 lb Smith & Wicks’ Tomatoes.............
2 ft) Sweet  Corn, Erie............................1  15
2 ft) Sweet  Com, Mitchell’s...................
2 ft) Sweet  Com .....................................  75
2 ft) Corn, F. & D.’s................................
2 ft) Peas, Extra  Early..........................  75
2 ft) Peas, Platts’ Erie............................
2 lb Peas, Equity Brand,  Extra........... 1  25
2 ft) Peas, Ex. F. V. Canning  Co.........
2 ft) Lima  Beans, Standard...................  90
2 ft) Lima  Beans, Extra............. ..........1  00
2 ft) String Beans, Shawnee,white wax.  90
3 ft) Climax Pumpkin, Standard........... 1  20
2 lb Succotash,  Standard.......................  90
2 ft) Succotash,  Yarmouth.......................1 48
3 ft) Boston Baked Beans.........................1 60
Apples, Gallons,  Erie..............................3 00
Apples, Gallons, Extra  Erie County.. .3  00
3 lb Peaches,  Standard...........................1  75
3 ft) Peaches, All  Yellow........................2 00
3 ft) Erie Pie  Peaches..............................1 18
2 ft) Blackberries,  Madison.....................1 00
2 ft) Blueberries, Detroit..........................1 25
2 ft) Red Cherries,  Standard.. . , . ........
2 ft) Green  Gages, Extra........................
2 ft) Egg  Plums, Extra........................
2 lb Strawberries,  Extra............. 1  25@1  50
3 ft) Bartlett Pears, Echert’s Standard. .1  25
1 lb Salmon, Standard.................1  45@1  55
1 ft) Lobsters, Standard..........................1  75

Sole  agent 

for  Lovell  &  Bluffing- 

The 

celebrated  brands  of  Fountain,  < 

ton’s 
Old  Congress,  Good  Luck,  Good  and 
Sweet  Fine  Cut  Tobaccos. 
two 
first named brands were awarded  the  high­
est prize at the Centenial Exhibition in 1876.
I am also factory  agent  for  Shot  Gun  and 
Butternut  Plug  Tobaccos.  Valuable prizes 
given with each butt of above  brands.  We 
carry  in  stock,  Horse  Shoe,  Hair  Lifter,  - 
Duck, Champion A, Green  Shield, D. &  D., 
Big Chunk or J. T., Red Star,  Suilor’s  Sol­
ace, Good Luck, Nobby Twist, Anchor,  Ten 
Cent Lunch, Spun Roll.  Largest  and most 
complete Stock of Smoking Tocacco  in  this 
market.

Readers  of  The  Tradesman  will  find 
it  to their interest to  keep  a  business  eye 
on this column headed  STANDARD  QUO­
TATIONS.  Mail orders solicited and  care­
ful attention given them.  Special quotations 
mailed on a general line  of  groceries  when 
requested.

Drugs & flftebicittes

SU LPH U R IC   A C ID .

T h e  N ecessity  fo r  C o m p arativ e  P u rity . 

From  th e Oil and Colorm an’s Journal.

As we all know, this  acid  is  one  of  the 
most commonly used for technical purposes; 
it also forms an important part in the  chem­
ical department as used in dye-houses,  print 
works, and the manufacture  of  dyes.  The 
large and constantly-increasing consumption 
renders it necessary that, at  least  for many 
purposes,  it  should  be  of  a  comparatively 
pure nature. 
Ingredients which  happen  to 
be found in sulphuric acid,  during  the  pro­
cess of manufacturing,  may  not  be  of  any 
consequence for some purposes, but will  for 
others. 
In  the dye-house and color  mixing 
room it is required that the  acid  should  be 
of some degree of purity. 
It should not con­
tain  any  arsenic,  sub-nitric  or  sulphurous 
acid, nor  any  chlorine;  which  ingredients 
may, more  or  less,  act  injuriously  on  the 
colors.

For the preparation  of indigo paste we re­
quire, without doubt, a product which should 
be entirely free from the above  ingredients; 
and  although  manufacturers  may  wish  to 
deal fairly with the consumer in every  way, 
it may sometimes happen that  one  or  more 
of  the  above  impurities  are  found  in  it. 
Without special test they  cannot  be  detect­
ed, and it is only found when color  and  dye 
are  injured  by  it;  that  is, too late. 
It  is 
therefore advisable to always  test purchases 
of sulphuric acid  for  their  purity,  and  get 
convinced that it is in such a condition  that 
it will not injure the product to be made.  A 
simple test is for this  purpose  of  great  ad­
vantage, and the following  method  will  be 
of some use in places  where  no  chemist  is 
employed.

A small portion of  the  sulphuric  acid  is 
evaporated on  a  platinum  sheet,  which  is 
subsequently brought to a white heat.  Good 
sulphuric acid  should  leave  no  residue;  if 
there is any, it is sulphate of potash, or soda, 
or even lead.  These  are  derived  from  the 
manufacture, and cannot be classed as  adul­
terations.  We  may  say  here  that,  on ac­
count of the cheapness of the sulphuric  acid 
it never  is  wilfully  adulterated,  but  may 
contain many foreign ingredients.

A  little  sulphuric  acid  is  diluted  with 
water, and a few drops of concentrated mur- 
acid acid added;  if the solution, which  was 
clear before, becomes milky, it indicates the 
presence of lead, which can be  more  safely 
identified by letting a current of sulphureted 
hydrogen gas pass  through  the  liquor. 
If 
lead is found in sulphuric acid, it  will  be  a 
means of trouble in darkening and  injuring 
delicate shades of any color.

Another ingredient which is  often  found 
in sulphuric acid, particularly such products 
as  are made  from pyrites,  is  arsenic.  For 
the manufacture of indigo  paste,  which  re­
quires much  sulphuric acid, it  is  especially 
required that the acid be  entirely free  from 
arsenic, and also nitrous acid  and  sub-nitric 
acid.  Arsenic is  detected  by  the  so-called 
Marsh test. 
If mixed with water and grand- 
ulated zinc, hydrogen gas is liberated, which 
should  not  contain  any  trace  of  arsenic. 
The hydrogen gas is ignited,  and  the  flame 
allowed to strike a cool porcelain  plate,  on 
which, if arsenic is present, metallic  arsenic 
is  deposited.

Sub-nitric or nitric acid may  be  detected 
by throwing a small piece of copperas  in the 
questionable acid;  if it shows a brown color­
ation where it touches the  liquid,  the  pres­
ence of the above impurities are indicated.

Chlorine or muriatic  acid,  also  injurious 
for many purposes, is detected by  adding  a 
few drops of nitrate of silver into the  dilut­
ed sulphuric acid;  a precipitate  or  a  milky 
appearance of the mixture  shows  the  pres­
ence of chlorine or muriatic acid.

Sub-nitric acid,  derived  from  the  manu­
facture, is shown by adding iodine of potash 
and starch mixture to the  sulphuric  acid;  a 
blue coloration shows sub-nitric acid.

To D etect  A d u lte ra tio n   in  L ard .

We give  the  following  tests  from  the 
Amercan Chemical  Review, which  are so 
easily applied that no one  need be  deceived 
by the adulterated  article:—

Color.—Pure lard ought to be pure  white 
at  ordinary  temperatures,  and  perfectly 
transparent when melted.
[PMelting point  and  spécifié  gravity.— 
According to Dr. Hager, the  melting  point 
of the mixture of  fatty  acids  constituting 
lard is  40°  C.  (according  to  the  B.  P., 
“about 38°  C.”)  and its specific  gravity  at 
15°  C. 0-931 to 0 932 when fresh, and  0*940 
when old.

Smell.—Pure lard ought to smell  perfect­
ly sweet  without  the slightest  tendency to 
rancidity.

Salt.—This impurity is often added to in­
crease the capacity of the grease for  water, 
and to make it keep better when  imperfect­
ly rendered. 
It may be easily  detected  by 
treating a portion of the suspected lard with 
distilled  waiter,  separating  the  latter,  and 
testing  with nitrate of  silver  solution  for 
chlorides in the usual manner.

Alum.—This is also added in order  to al­
low a larger quantity of water to  be  incor­
porated with the lard.  The  lard  is  to  be 
well washed as before and the water  tested 
for sulphuric acid and alumina.

Caustic Lime.—It is a  common  practice 
with the Canadian  lard  exporters  to  mix 
with it from 2 to 5 per cent, of milk of lime: 
A lime soap is thus formed,  and  the  lard 
will take up as much as 25 per cent, of  wa­
ter.  Triturated with a little mercurojus  nit­
rate such lard turns more or less  black. 
It 
may also be detected by washing and  treat­
ment with ammonia  oxalate.

The  Alkaline  Carbonates.—These  are 
added with a simiiiar intention.  Wash  and

add  to the  aqueous  residue  dilute  nitric 
acid, which should  cause  no  effervescence. 
It should give no precipitate with  platinum 
chloride,  and  should  be  neutral  to  test 
paper.

Plaster of Paris.—This adulteration may 
be detected by allowing the  washing  water 
to deposit  it, by simply melting the  lard at 
a very  low temperature.

Starch.—American lard, 

in  addition  to 
all the impurities mentioned  above,  some­
times contains starch, which has been added 
to increase its hardness.  Wash at  ordinary 
temperature and examine the  deposite  left 
by the washing  under  the  microscope,  or 
test 
iodine 
water. «•

the  boiled  washiDgs  with 

Carrageen Moss.—According  to  Cheva­
lier, M. Astaix, who  selected  a  number of 
different samples  from  several  cargoes  of 
lard exported from  New  York,  found  25 
per cent, of a jelly which was neither  nitro­
genous, amylaceous, nor  pectic, but  which 
offered a  close  resemblance  to  vegetable 
mucilage,  particularly  to  the  gelatinous 
matter furnished  by  carrageen or  Iceland 
moss.  This  jelly  was  insipid, 
insoluble 
in ether and alcohol, swelled in cold  water, 
and was not precipitated by tannin  nor col­
ored blue by iodine water. 
g
Water.—Melt at a gentle heat for- an hour 
or more, in a long narrow test tube. 
If any 
water is present, it will  collect at  the  bot­
tom.  American  lard,  from  being  made 
from the entire pig, is extremely soft, and is 
often adulterated  with  mutton  and  other 
fats to increase  its  hardness,  or  rape  oil 
when too much of  these l has  been  added. 
The addition of other fats can only  be  de­
tected by the increased specific gravity,  and 
altered color and smell.

Metallic impurities from the use  of 
or copper vessels are so rare as not to 
lengthy mention.

lead
need

H ow   T h e rm o m e te rs  A re  M ade.

T h e P o sitio n  o f C ochineal.

F rom  the Independent Record.

The course of the  market  for  cochineal 
has been a  puzzling  one  to  many  in  the 
trade, although there  are  reasons  for  the 
present condition which should be  clear  to 
all.  The direct cause for  the  extreme  de­
pression of values may fairly  be  attributed 
to the steady  increase  in  the  use  of  the 
cheaper aniline dyes which have, to a  large 
extent,  supplanted  cochineal  in  this  and 
other countries, but it was at  first  believed 
that owing to the fleeting character of these 
dyes, they would not be  able to  hold  their 
own against  the  more  staple,  though  ex­
pensive, cochineal.  So  firmly  were  many 
dealers  impressed  with  this  belief,  that 
when the price Was first materially  decreas­
ed, large sums were invested in  the  article 
by speculative dealers who  looked  for  an 
early reaction, and  hoped to  realize  hand­
some profit.  Dealers in the  primary  mar­
kets showed their faith by  purchasing large 
quantities and holding the same  for  a rise. 
The reaction, however, has  not set in,  and 
some of these operators have been ruined by 
the  almost  uninterrupted  decline. 
It  is 
claimed that the cost of producing cochineal 
is, at least, thirty  cents  per  pound,  while 
the market price here is now, and has  been 
for some time, below  twenty-five  cents per 
pound.  Under 
these  discouraging  con­
ditions many of the producers have  destroy­
ed their cactus plants and turned  their  land 
to other uses.  The  production,  therefore, 
for the next  few  years  at  least,  will  be 
much  smaller  than  heretofore,  and  it  is 
argued that even with the  present restricted 
consumption the price must  soon  advance. 
In the meantime the use of aniline colors  is 
increasing, and although it is  asserted  that 
for the better  class of goods  manufacturers 
will be obliged to go back to the use of coch­
ineal if they desire to save their reputations, 
it will be some time before this  is  brought 
about.

In the event of  an  abandonment  of  the 
aniline colors  and a return  to cochineal  the 
manufacturers will find it difficult to  secure 
supplies for reasons already alluded to,  and 
as it will take a number of  years  to  bring 
the cactus plantations to  profitable  produc­
tion we  may,  in  that  event,  see  extreme 
prices prevailing.  -This is the  case  as  put 
by those interested  in  cochineal.  But on 
the other hand the  manufacturers  of  ani­
line colors are  improving  their  production, 
and although at  present  the  brighter  reds 
are somewhat fleeting they  show  improve­
ment, and it is confidently believed by many 
that a perfectly fast dye will yet be  produc­
ed which will prove  an  acceptable  substi- 
stute for cochineal.  That the  manufacture 
of aniline reds has not  yet  reached  perfec­
tion must be apparent,  but  at the  present 
time these dyes show marked  improvement 
over those on the market two or  three years 
ago, and it is, therefore, no  assumption  on 
the part  of  the  manufacturers  when  they 
claim  that  further  improvements  will  be 
made.  Should  a  perfectly  fast  color  be 
produced which  will  prove  an  acceptable 
substitute for  cochineal  the  production of 
this article as an  industrial pursuit  will re­
ceive its death blow as surely as has  that of 
madder. 
In the present  uncertainty,  how­
ever, there ,are many who pin their  faith on 
cochineal, and many more who believe  that 
aniline colors will  be  perfected  and  that 
eventually the use of cochineal will be aban­
doned.  At present it would  be  presumptu­
ous to venture an opinion, but  whatever the 
future may develop,  so  16ng  as  cochineal 
is sold at a price lower than the cost of  pro­
duction it must be considered good  value by 
those who have occasion for its use,  and no 
matter what transpires prices are not  likely 
to go lower.

C otton-S eed O il.

A process is in course  of  development in 
New Orleans to utilize  cotton  seed  oil  for 
cooking, lubricating  and  illuminating  pur­
poses.  On a small scale, a  factory  capable 
of treating twenty barrels of oil per day has 
been established, demonstrating  the  entire 
practicability of the process.  A number of 
barrels of cotton-seed oil  were  subjected to 
this new method of refining and eliminating 
the  alkalis,  and  the  result  answered  the 
most sanguine expectations;  being  a  clear, 
light golden liquid, it is in every  respect an­
swerable for the purposes designed. 
Some 
of the oil was placed  in a lamp, and  shed a 
pure white light,  superior  to that  of  any 
lard oil, and emitted no smoke.  Mr. Drap­
er, the inventor, claims for it, as  an  illumi­
nator, superiority over  any  oil  for  mining 
purposes, as it will not  congeal  as  quickly 
as ordinary lard oil.  The precipitate  or re­
siduum is used for lubricating purposes, and 
as such possesses features that will  bring it 
into general use, especially for light machine 
ery, on account of its not being liable  to be­
come thick and accumulating on  the  object 
on which it is used. 
It is  also  expected to 
make an excellent substitute for lard.

“When a  thermometer  is  to  be  made,” 
says a manufacturer,  “the  glassblower  first 
blows  a  bulb  on  the  end  of  a long tube. 
While this tube is hot the  end  of  the  tube 
is inserted in mercury, and as the bulb cools 
the mercury rises and  fills  the  bulb.  This 
process is repeated until  the  bulb  and  part 
of the tube are filled.  The bulb is  then  im­
mersed in snow or chipped ice and the  mer­
cury settles to the freezing  point,  which  is 
marked on the  tube  as  thirty-two  degrees, 
if  a  Fahrenheit  scale  is  to  be  followed. 
Next the bulb is put  in  boiling  water,  and 
the point to which the mercury rises is mark­
ed on the scale as 212 degrees.  Ten degrees 
of the mercury are now detatched from  the 
column by jarring, and the  whole length of 
the tube is tested.  The process is  repeated 
with five degrees of the column  being meas­
ured all the time by a standard thermometer 
to see if the  tube  is  conical  at  any  point. 
Common thermometers generally vary about 
two or three degrees,  owing  to  the  irregu­
larity  of  the  opening  in  the  tube,  which 
causes the mercury to rise slowly where  the 
opening is too large and too fast  where  the 
opening is  too  narrow. 
It  requires  great 
skill to blow a tube with a uniform  opening 
the whole length.  They should be  allowed 
to stand not less than one  month—one  year 
is better—to allow the mercury to  settle  be­
fore the scale is  made.”  The  self-register­
ing  thermometer is  used  for  marking  the 
highest and lowest points reached  within  a 
given time.  The  bulb  is  filled  with  mer­
cury, above  which in due time is inserted a 
fine piece of steel spring,  the  remainder  of 
the tube is filled with carbolic acid  or  crea- 
sote.  The steel springs rest at  the  highest 
point they are  pushed  to  by  the  mercury, 
and are afterward drawn down  by  a  small 
magnet.  By a duplex arrangement  and  re­
versing the scale the lowest or coldest  point 
is indicated in the same w-ay.  The deep sea 
thermometer is of the same  pattern,  and  is 
encased in  a heavy copper tube  to  preserve 
it  against  the  pressure  of  the  water. 
It 
has,  besides,  a  self-regulating  attachment. 
The fever or clinical thermometers are made 
witli  great nicety, and are  used  for  deter­
mining the temperature of the  human  body.

Sponge planting is an enterprise that some 
speculative Frenchmen  have on foot. 
It  is 
proposed  to  bring  the  sponges  from  the 
waters of Syria and the  Archipeligo.  They 
will be carefully  selected,  placed  in  a  box 
pierced with holes, along with the  rocks  to 
which they were found adhering, and  trans­
planted  in  that  part of the  Mediterrenean 
that  washes  the  shores  of  Algeria  and 
France.  Three  years  at  least  will  tell 
whether  Frenchmen  will  continue  to  pay 
at the rate of  almost  fifty  francs  a  pound 
for sponges.

A subscriber inquires which form of  pot­
ash is the cheapest. 
The  sulphate  in  the 
shape of kainit, is probably  the best, as it is 
combined  with  other  substances,  such  as 
magnesia, lime,  etc.  All  kinds  of  potash 
are estimated according to the  actual  avail­
able potash contained, whether they be  mu­
riate or sulphate.

To whiten small articles made of brass  or 
copper,  boil  them  in  three-quarters  of  a 
pound of cream tartar, and one  pound grain 
tin or any pure tin finely  divided.  The  tin 
dissolves in the cream of  tartar,  and is  pre­
cipitated on the brass or  copper.

The North Carolina Oil and Guano  Co.  at 
Beaufort,  since  its  organization,  reports 
having  caught  and  worked  up  within  the 
past three years 9,000,000 menhaden fish.

The Ceylon Observer is authority  for the 
statement that 52,000,000 cinchona ¿trees,  of 
two years old and upwards, now exist in the 
island of  Ceylon.

A Southern paper estimates that $28,000,- 
000 was invested in the South during  Janu­
ary and February of this year.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

H azeltine, P erkins & Co. quote as follows fo r 
quantities usually w anted—fo r larger am ounts 
w rite them  fo r quotations:
Advanced—Linseed Oil.
Declined—T urpentine,  Oil Cassia, Oil  Anise.

ACIDS.

9 @
30 @

Acetic,  No. 8..............................$  ft
!»ft
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)
Carbc lie ....................................
C iti.c ..........................................
3 @
3
M uriatic  18  deg................................. 
11 @
N itric  36  deg......................................   11
O xalic..................................................   14!
lty%®
3 ©
3
Sulphuric  66 deg ...............................  
T artaric  pow dered..........................
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................oz
!» OZ
Benzoic,  G erm an..............................  12
T a n n ic.................................................   15

12 @
15 @

AMMONIA.

C arbonate........................ ..........$  ft
$ f t
M uriate (Powd. 22c)
A qua 16 deg o r  3 f.............................. 
A qua 18 deg or  4f.............................. 

17 @
6 @
6
7 @
7  @ 

8

@

@1 00 
®   7
@1  11

BALSAMS.
C o p aib a....................................
F ir...............................................
P e ru ...........................................
T o lu ...........................................
BARKS.
Cassià, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)..
Cinchona,  yellow ...................
Elm,  select...............................
Elm, ground, p u re .................
Elm, powdered,  p u re ............
Sassafras, of ro o t...................
W ild Cherry, select................
Bayberry  pow dered..............
Hem lock pow dered................
W a h o o ......................................
Soap  gro u n d............................
BERRIES,
Cubeb, prim e  (Powd $1  20)..
J u n ip e r...............................................  
6
Prickly A sh ........................................1 CO

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............
Logwood, b ulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)...............
Lgowood,  lA s 
................
Logwood, A s 
................
Logwood, ass’d 
F luid;E xtracts—25 $  cent, off list.

do 
do 
do 

FLOWERS.

A rnica..................................................   10
Chamomile,  B om an........................
Chamomile,  G erm an.......................

GUMS.

I

Aloes,  B arbadoes.............................. 
18
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)...................
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)...........
28®  30 
!
A m m oniac.......................................... 
60 
Arabic, e x tra   select........................
60 
A rabic, pow dered  select................
55 
A rabic, 1st  picked............................
45 
A rabic,2d  p ick ed ..............................
40 
A rabic, c3d p icked..............................
35 
A rabic, sifted sp rts..........................
30 
Assafoentida, prim e (Powd 35c)...
55@60
Benzoin...............................................
23®  25 
C am phor.............................................
13
Catechu. Is (A 14c, A s  16c)  —
35®  40 
Euphorbium  pow dered............
80
G albanum  strain ed ...................
S0®1 00 
G am boge......................................
35
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c).......
zu
Kino [Pow dered, 30c]....................... 
M astic..................................................  
110
40
M yrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)... 
4  00
Opium, p u re (Powd $5.50)................ 
Shellac, Campbell’s ..........................  
4o
33
Shellac,  E nglish.........................  
Shellac,  n a tiv e................................... 
28
Shellac bleached...............................  
35
T ra g a c a n th ........................................  30  @110

 

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.
H o a rh o u n d .............................................. 
25
L obelia.................................................................. 25
P ep p erm in t........................................... .'............25
B u e......................................................................... 40
S p e a rm in t........................................................... 24
Sweet M ajoram ...................................................35
T a n z y ................................................................... 25
T h y m e ..........*....................................................... 30
W orm w ood..........................................................25
6  40 
C itrate and  Q uinine........................
20
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
Sulphate, pu re  c ry sta l...................
C itra te .................................................
P h o sp h a te ..........................................

IRON.

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................   12  @
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & As, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l.......................  18  @
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  pow dered..............................
Senna tinnivelli.................................
U va  U rsi.............................................
Belledonna..........................................
Foxglove.............................................
H e n b a n e.............................................
Bose, re d .............................................  

2

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2  00
D ruggists’ F avorite  B y e.................1 75
W hisky, o th er  b ran d s...................... 1 10
Gin, Old T om ....................................... 1 35
Gin,  H olland....................................... 2 00
B ran d y ................................................. 1 75
Catawba  W ines...........................    ..1  25
P o rt W ines................................  
1  35
MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, 2 oz..............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution—
Calcined...............................................

OILS.

do 
do 

Almond, sw eet...................................  45
Am ber,  rectified...............................
A nise....................................................
Bay $   oz.............................................
B ergam ont..........................................
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t..............................................
C a ssia..................................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......
C itro n ella..........................................
C loves..................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .............................................
Firew eed.............................................
G eranium   $   oz.................................
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries................... .............
Lavender flowers- F re n ch ..............
Lavender garden 
..............
L avender spike 
..............
Lemon, new  c ro p .............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s ........................
Lem ongrass........................................
O riganum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
Origanum ,  No. 1..............................
P e n n y ro y a l........................ ...............
Pepperm int,  w h ite..........................
Bose  $   oz...........................................
Rosem ary, French  (Flowers $5)...
Sandal  w ood, G erm an— ............
Sandal Wood, T urkish  D ark .........
Sassafras.............................................
T a n s y ..................................................
T ar (by gal 60c)...................................  10
W in terg ree n ...................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50).......
S avin.................................................. .
W o rm seed ..........................................
Cod Liver, filtered ........... 
. $  gal
Cod Liver, b e st..........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, M alaga.....................
Olive, “ Sublime  Italian   . 
.......
S a la d ....................................................  65
Rose,  Ihm sen’s ........................ *» oz

POTASSIUM.

B icrom ate...................................*» ft
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. b u lk ...
Chlorate, cry st (Powd 23c)..............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk .......
P ru ssiate yellow...............................

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

2 25 
2  40 
1  00 
90
1  85
2  00 
80
1 25 
50
2 00
2  85 
9  75
65
5 00 
8 00
60
3  75 @  12
2  25
4  50 
1  00 
2  50
1  90 
4 00
6  00 
@1 20
2 50 
©   67
9 75

IM

Sarsaparilla,  M exican..................... 
Squills, w hite (Powd 35c)................ 
V alerian, English (Powd 30c)......... 
V alerian, V erm ont (Powd 28c)__  

SEEDS.

18
10
25
20

5  @ 
4&@ 

13
Anise, Italian  (Powd 20c)................ 
Bird, m ixed in  B>  packages............  
6
Canary,  S m yrna...............................  
5
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  19c)..  11  @  12
Cardamon,  A leppee........................  
2  20
Cardamon, M alabar................
20
C elery........................................
12
Coriander,  Dest  E nglish.......
15
F e n n e l......................................
4
3%®
Flax,  clean ...............................
4  @ 4A
Flax, p u re grd (bbl  3M).........
8  @ 9
Foenugreek, pow dered.........
5A® 6
Hem p,  R ussian.......................
8
M ustard, w hite' Black  10c)..
1  00
Q u in c e ......................................
7A.® 8
.......
Rape, Lngli8h............................. ......  
14
W orm,  L ev an t................................... 

SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2 25  @2  50
do 
Nassau 
2 60
.......  
do 
V elvet E x tra do 
do 
110
.......  
85
.............  
E x tra Yellow do 
65
do 
Grass 
 
do 
H ard head, fo r slate u se .................. 
75
Yellow Beef, 
140
.................. 

do 

do 

 

 

MISCELLANEUS.

60

14
70

13
18

“ 
“ 

do 
do 

1 60
1 76
1 90
1 75

do 
do Seherin’s  do  ... 
do 

2 35
1  50
50
27
12
30
50
2  75
2 25
2A® 3A
3  @ 4
32
4A@ 5
6  @ 7
40
2 25
7  00  @9 75
2 30
45
7A® 9
9
10
10
11
2 75
20
18
4  00

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.27) $  g al__  
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cen t ex. ref. 
A nodyne  H offm an’s ........................  
A rsenic, Donovan’s solution......... 
A rsenic, Fow ler’s solution............  
A n natto  1 ft ro lls.............................. 
Blue  Soluble......................................  
Bay  Bum , im ported, b e st.............. 
Bay Bum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
A lum ...........................................   <» ft
> 
A lum , ground  (Powd 9c)..............
A nnatto,  p rim e............................. .
A ntim ony, powdered,  com ’l .......
A rsenic, w hite, pow dered............
Balm  Gilead  B uds........................
Beans,  T onka...............................   ,
Beans,  V anilla............................... .
Bism uth, sub  n itra te ...................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)......................
Blue V itrio l....................................
Boralum ine, W hite  b u lk } .........
6 fts  I .........
B oralum ine, 
B oralum ine, T ints  bulk.  [40 ff..
B oralum ine 
5  lbs. J .........
Borax, refined (Powd  15c).... 
C antharides,R ussian  pow dered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, A frica n .....  
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  A m erican  do 
... 
Carmine,  N o .40 ................................. 
Cassia  B uds.............................  
Calomel,  A m erican...............  
Castor  Oil...........................................  VIA®  39
Chalk, prepared d ro p ....................... 
5
Chalk, precipitate E nglish............  
12
Chalk,  red  fingers............................ 
8
Chalk, w hite lu m p ............................ 
2
Chloroform ,  Squibb’s ..................... 
1  60
Colocynth  apples................... 
Chloral hydrate, Germ an  c ru sts.. 
c ry st... 
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
c ru sts.. 
C hloroform ......................................... 115 @1  20
Cinehonidia, P. &  W .......................   60  ®   65
Cinchonidia, other b ran d s...............  60 @  65
Cloves (Powd 28c)...............................  20 ®   22
C ochineal...........................................  
30
Cocoa  B u tte r....................................  
45
Copperas (by bbl  lc )........................  
2
Corrosive S ublim ate...................... 
65
Corks, X  and X X —35 off  lis t.........
Cream  T artar, p u re pow dered.......   38  @  40
15
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x .. 
50
Creasote............................................... 
24
Cudbear,  p rim e ................................. 
C uttle Fish B one...............................  
23
D e x trin e .............................................  
12
D over’s  P ow ders.............................. 
1  20
D ragon’s Blood M ass....................... 
50
E rgot  pow dered...............................  
45
110
E th e r Squibb’s ................................... 
Em ery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............. 
8
2 A ®   3
Epsom  S alts........................................... 
50
E rgot, fre sh ........................................ 
E ther, sulphuric, TJ. S.  P ............... 
69
Flake  w h ite........................................ 
14
G rains  P arad ise............................... 
35
G elatine,  Cooper’s ............................ 
90
G elatine, French  ..............................  45  @  70
Glassware, flint, 65 off,by box 55 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d is__
Glue,  cab in et......................................   12  @  17
G lu e ,w h ite ...........   ..........................   17  @  28
G lycerine,  p u re ...................................  23  @  26
Hops  A s and A s ...............................  
25®  40
Iodoform  fl  oz................................... 
35
In d ig o ..................................................   85  @1 00
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ...  32  ®   34
Iodine,  resublim ed.......................... 
2 30
150
Isinglass,  A m erican.........................'  
Ja p o n ic a .............................................  
9
Lead, a c e ta te......................................  
15
Lime, chloride, (V2s 2s 10c & A s 11c) 
9
L u p u lin e............................................. 
I  00
L ycopodium ......................................  
35
M ace....................................................  
60
Madder, best  D u tch ........................   12A@  13
M anna, S.  F ........................................ 
1  25
50  /
M ercury............................................... 
Morphia, sulph., P. & W.........^  oz  3  50@3  75
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s ......... 
40
Moss, Icelan d ............................. ft 
10
12
Moss,  Iris h .......................................... 
M ustard,  E nglish.............................  
30
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  can s......... 
18
20
N utgalls............ .................................  
N utm egs, No. 1................................... 
75
N ux  V om ica......................................  
10
O intm ent, M ercurial, A d ................ 
40
Pepper, Black  B e rry ....................... 
18
P ep sin ..................................................  
3  00
P itch, T rue B urgundy..................... 
7
Q u a ssia .................................................. 
6  @  7
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ft oz  1  40@I  45
Quinine, o th er  b rands.....................I  40  @1  45
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................  
28
Strychnia, cry s t................................. 
1  50
Silver N itrate, c ry st..........................   79  @  82
Red  P re c ip ita te........................ $  ft 
30
Saffron, A m erican.  ......................... 
40
Sal  G lauber........................................ 
@  2
Sal N itre, large  c ry st................................ 
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st.........................  
Sal Rochelle........................................ 
Sal  Soda............................................... 
Salicin..................................................  
S a n to n in ............................................. 
Snuffs, Maccoboy o r Scotch........... 
Soda Ash  [by keg 3c]....................... 
Sperm aceti..................................................  
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __  
Soap, W hite C astile................................... 
Soap, Green  do 
................... .'... 
Soap, M ottled do 
.......................... 
Soap, 
do 
................................... 
Soap,  M azzini.............................................  
Spirits N itre, 3 F .................................   26  @  28
Spirits N itre, 4 F .................................   28  @  32
Sugar Milk pow dered................................ 
Sulphur, flour..................................... 
4
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................  
3
T artar E m etic.............................................  
2  70
Tar, N. C. Pine, A gal. cans  ft doz 
140
Tar, 
q u arts in tin ........... 
Tar, 
pints in tin ....................... 
25
T urpentine,  V enice.................ft ft 
W ax, W hite, S. &  F. b ra n d ............ 
60
Zinc,  S ulphate................................... 
8

33
2  @  2A
2  50
6  75
38
4
4)4@  5
17
9

3A® 

7  @ 

do 
do 

do 

o tls.

Capitol  Cylinder.....................................................75
Model  Cylinder...................................................... 60
Shields  Cylinder.....................................................50
Eldorado E ngine.................................................... 45
Peerless  M achinery..............................................35
challenge M achinery............................................25
B ackus Fine E ngine..............................................30
Black Diam ond M achinery................................. 30
C astorine.......„ ....................................................... 6C
Paraffine, 25  deg.................................................... 22
Paraffine, 28  deg.................................................... 21
Sperm, w inter  bleached........................................ 1 40
Gal
Bbl 
85
W hale, w in ter........................................  80 
Lard, e x tra .............................................  78 
80
Lard, No.  1.............................................   65 
70
Linseed, p u re  ra w ...............................   57 
60
63
Linseed, b o ile d ....................................   60 
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strain ed ............   90 
95
Spirits T u rp en tin e...............................   39 
45

VARNISHES.

No. 1 T urp  Coach....................................1 10@1  20
E x tra   T u rp .............................................. 1  60@1  70
Coach  B ody............................................. 2  75@3 00
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ............................1  00@I  10
E x tra  T urp  D am ar................................ 1  55®1  60
70®  75
Jap an  D ryer, No. 1 Turp. 
PAINTS.

Bbl
Red  V enetian.............................   1%,
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles.........  13£
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........  13l£
P u tty , co m m ercial...................   2A
P u tty , strictly p u re ...................   2A
V erm ilion,prim e  A m erican..
V erm ilion, E nglish...................
Green,  P en in su lar.....................
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re ....... '
W hiting, w hite  S p an ish .....
W hiting,  Gilders  . .....................
W hite, P aris A m erican............
W hiting, P aris English cliff...

Lb 
2®  3 
2®  3 
2®  3 
2A®   3 
2A®  3 
13®16 
55©57 
16@17

@70 
@90 
1 10 
1 40

 

CLES.

PATENT  MEDICINES  AND  PROPRIETARY  ARTI­
Acid, H orsford’s  P h o sp h ates.......................  4  00
Acid,  H orsford’s  P h o sp h ate s......................  8 00
A lterative,  Jaynes’..........................................  7  60
A perient,  T arran t’s  Seltzer..........................  8 00
A ugust Flower, Gflcen’s,  tria l......................  
85
A ugust Flower, G reen’s .................................  5 25
Balm, Ely’s C ream ...........................................   3 75
Balm, H agan’s  M agnolia...............................   5 26
Balsam , A llen’s L ung......................................   7  00
Balsam, H all’s L ung........................................  7  50
Balsam, Jay n es’  C arm inative......................   2  85
Balsam,  Jay n es’ Carm inative.........................2  85
Balsam, P ark er’s H a ir....................................   3  90
B itters, B axter's  M andrake..........................  1  85
B itters,  Boerhave’s  H olland........................   7  00
Bitters, Brow n’s Iro n ......................................  8  00
B itters, Bucklen’s E lectric............................  4  00
B itters, Burdock,  Blood.................................  7  50
B itters, Burdock, Biood, tria l....................... 
85
B itters, G erm an  H op......................................   6  50
B itters, Hop and  M alt....................................   7  00
B itters, H o stetter’s Stom ach........................   8  00
Bitters, Shepard’s  W ahoo.............................   3  50
Bitters, W arner’s S afe....................................  3  75
B itters, W arner’s S afe....................................   7  00
Blood-Searcher,  L indsey’s ............................  7  00
Bloom, Laird’s, of Y o u th ...............................  5 25
Bougies, A llan’s No. 1, Short (Gonorrhcea)lO 00
Bougies, A llan’s, No. 2, Long, (Gleet).........10 00
Brom idia, B attle & Co....................................   8  00
B u tter Color, W. R. &  Co................................  1  88
B u tter Color,  W. R. & Co...............................   3  75
B u tter Color,  W. B. & Co...............................   8 00
Cam phor Ice, H. P. & Co.  ro lls..................... 
75
Carm inative, Jaynes’......................................   2  85
Cascara Cordial, P. D. & Co............................  7  00
Castoria, P itch er’s ...........................................   2  80
Cement, F reeze’s A m erican M ender...........  1  35
Cholagogue, Osgoods.......................................12 50
Compound, Lydia  Pinkham ’s .......................  8  00
Conquerer, G reene’s  A gue............................  7  50
Conquerer, G reen’s  A gue.............................   3  75
Cordial, Fosgate’s A nodyne..........................  2  75
Cordial,  G odfrey’s ...........................................  
60
Cream, Richm ond’s  Cubeb............................  8  00
Cure, Ayefr’s A gue...........................................   7  75
Cure, H a rte r’s F ever and A gue...................   5 25
Cure, H all’s C atarrh [Toledo]............................  5 50
Cure, Jaynes’ A gue.........................................   7  60
Cure, K endall’s  S pavin..................................   8  00
Cure, K endall’s Spavin,  Refined.................   4  00
Cure, Piso’s fo r Consum ption......................   2 00
Cure, Richm ond’s Cough...............................   4 00
Cure, Richm ond’s  A gue.................................  7  50
Cure, Sykes C artarrh,  L iquid......................   7  50
Cure, W arner’s Safe D iabettes..................... 10 00
Cure, W arner’s Safe K. &  L ...........................10 00
Cure, W arner’s  R heum atic...........................10 00
Cure, W eatherly’s C atarrh..............................  3  50
C u tic u ra .............................................................  4 20
Derm ador,  A nderson’s ...................................  1  80
D estroyer, Steketee’s  W orm ........................   1  75
D rstroyer, S teketee’s W orm, in cap su les..  3  75
Discovery, K ennedy’s  M edical.........................12 50
Discovery, K ing’s  N ew ...............................’..  7  50
Discovery, Pierce’s Golden M edical............   7  50
Dissolvent, K ennedy’s .....................................12  50
Drops, K oenig’s H am burgh..........................  3  50
D rops, Peerless T oothache............................  150
Drops, Steketee’s N euralgia..........................  3 75
75
Dyes,  D iam ond................................................. 
Dyes,  E xcelsior................................................. 
65
Dyes, H andy  P ackage.................. 
 
85
Elixir, Nichols’, of B ark  and  iro n ..............  7  50
Elixir,  Richm ond’s L iver.................................4  00
Elixir,  W ayne’s D iu retic...............................   7  50
Em ulsion, Scott’s, of Castor  O il.................  1  75
Em ulsion, Scott’s, of Cod  L iver Oil............  7  50
E xpectorant, Jay n es’......................................   7  60
E xtract,  H. P. & Co.’s of  G inger......................   3 30
E xtract, H. P. &. Co.’s  o f  G inger.....................  1 75
E xtract,  Pond’s ...................................................3  75
E xtract,  Pond’s .................................................  7  50
E xtract,  Pond’s .................................................15  00
E xtract, Shaker’s,  o r R oots...........................  4  80
E xtract, T arran t’s, of  C. and C.....................  8  00
Ely P aper,  Shoo-Fly........................................ 
20
Fly Pads,  Briggs’............................................. 
60
Food, Mellin’s  I n f a n t .....................................  4 00
Food,  Mellin’s In fa n t.......................................  6 50
Food, N estle’s ....................................................  4  50
Food,  Ridge’s,  No.  1.......................................  2 52
Food,  Ridge’s,  No.  2.......................................  4 68
Food,  Ridge’s,  No.  3.......................................  9 00
Food,  Ridge’s , . No. 4....................................... 12 60
Food, V ictor’s  B aby........................................   1 75
Food, V ictor’s  B aby........................................   7 00
Friend, Pengelly’s  W oman’s ........................   7  50
Ginger,  F. Brown’s  Jam aica........................   3 75
H air Dye, H ill’s [black o r  brow n]..............  3 75
H air Vigor, A y e rs ...........................................   6  75
Honey, H ale’s, H orehound and  T a r...........  3 75
H ydroleine.........................................................   8  25
H ypophosphites, W inchester’s Syrup  o f..  7  75
Invigorator, Sanford’s L iver................7  35@7  90
Iodia, B attle &  Co.’s ........................................  8  00
K athairon,  Lyon’s ...........................................   3  75
K idney w ort,  D ry............................................... 8  25
Kidney w ort, Liquid.........................................   8 25
Lactopepetine, N. Y. P har. Co.,  1 oz..........   8  00
Linim ent, Centaur,  H orse and  Fam ily—   3  60
Linim ent, H errick’s  G erm an.......................  3  75
Linim ent, Johnson’s A nodyne.......................2  80
Linim ent, K ennedy’s R. and  N ...................  3 75
Linim ent, K ennedy’s  S cattering.....................  7 50
Linim ent, M exican  M ustang..............................  1 80
Linim ent, Mexican  M ustang..............................  3 60
N ervine, Richm ond’s Good  S am aritan__ 12  00
Nervine, W arner’s  Safe......................................  3 75
N ervine, W arner’s  S afe......................................   7 00
Oil, H am lin’s  W izard...........................................   3 50
Oil, H am lin’s  W izard............................................  7 00
Oil, H aarlem   [M edicam entum ]...................  
40
Oil,  Leeson’s  T iger...............................................  1 75
Oil, Leeson’s T ig e r...........................................  3  50
Oil, Leeson’s T iger.................................................  7 00
Oil, M erchant’s Gargling,  fa m ..........................   1 80
Oil, M erchant’s G argling,  h o rse.......................  1 80
Oil, M erchant’s Gargling, ho rse........................   3 60
Oil, M erchant’s  G argling.....................................  7 20
Oil, St.  Jocob’s .......................................................   3 75
Oil, Thom as’  E lectric............................... —   3 75
O intm ent,  K ennedy’s  H ealing........................   3 75
O intm ent, K ennedy’s Salt  R heum ..................... 3 75
O intm ent, K ennedy’s  Scrofula.........................  7 50
O intm ent, T rask’s M agnetic..........................  175
O intm ent, T rask’s M agnetic...............................   2 75
O intm ent, W illiams’ Indian P ile.......................  6 00
Pain-K iller,  P erry   D avis.....................................  1 80
Pain-K iller, P erry D avis......................................   3 60
Pain-K iller, P erry   D avis.....................................  7 20
Pectoral, A yer’s C herry.........................................7 75
Pellets, P ierce’s P u rg a tiv e .................................  1 50
10
30
Pepsin, H. P. & Co.’s, Sacchar’d,  ozs.  fl oz 
9
Pepsin, H.  P. &  Co.’s ............................... f) ft  2 50
Pills, A yers...............................   ...........*»  doz  1  50
Pills, C arter’s Iro n ...........................................   3  75
Pills, C arter’s L ittle L iv er.............................   1  50
Pills, C arter’s N erve........................................  1  50
Pills, H arter’s  A gue...........................................5 26
Pills, H arter’s L iver........................................  1  35
25
Pills,  H errick’s ................................................   1  50
Pills,  Jay n es’ S a n a tiv e .................................  1  65
14
Pills, K erm ott’s  M andrake............................  1  25
Pills,  M cLane’s ......................................................  I 45
Pills, R inehart’s L iv er..........................................  1 40
11
Pills,  Shallenberger’s Fever and A g u e...  7  50
14
Pills, W arner’s  S afe.............................................   1 40
Pills, W right’s Sugur-Coated..............................  1 50
Pilules,  Moore’s ....................................................  3 75
30
Plaster, Allcock’s ..................................................   1 15
P laster, Benson’s  Capacine...............................   1 75
P laster, Collin’s  V oltaic......................................   1 85
65
P laster, H am burg [K oenig’s]............................   1 75
P laster, H errick’s K id....................................   1  40
P laster, H errick’s P re fo rated .......................  1  10
85
P laster, H errick’s Red P ep p er.....................  1  10
Powders, H arvell’s Condition.......................  1  50
Pow ders, H erric s’s  co n d itio n.....................  3 00
Powders, Sheridan  Condition.......................  1  50
Pow ders, Sloan’s  Condition..........................  1  00
Prairie-W eek, K ennedy’s ...............................   7  50
Prescription, K ing’s ........................................  7  50
Prescription, P ierce’s  F av o rite...................  7  50
Regulator, Simmons’ Liver [Zeilens[.........  7  50
Relief, Radway’s  R eady..................... 
3  75
Remedy, H u n t’s  K idney................................10  00
Remedy, K ennedy’s  F av o rite.......................  8  00
Remedy, Sages..................................................   3  50
Remover, G erm an Corn........................ 
1  50
Renewal, H all’s  H a ir..........................i ..........6  75
Resolvent,  C uticura........................................  8  35
Resolvent,  Radway’s ......................................   8  25
Rough  on Rats,  W ells....................................   1  00
Rough on Rats,  W ells....................................   150
Salicylica,  W ashburn’s ...................................  7  00
Salve, Bueklen’8 A rn ica................................... 1  75
Salve, H enry’s  Carbolic.................................  1  76
Salve, P age’s  C lim ax......................................   1  85
Salve, Peleg W hite Sticking.......................... 
75
Salve, P e tit’s E y e.............................................   1  50
Sarsaparilla,  A yer’s ....................................      7  76
Sarsaparilla, G uyott’s Yellow Dock a n d ...  7  75
Sarsaprrilla,  Hood’s ........................................  8 00
Sarsaparilla, Johnston’s .................................  7  00
Sm artw eek, P ierce’s E x tract  o f..................  3  75
Snuff, M arshall’s  C atarrh ..............................  1  75
Soap, C u ticura..................................................   1  85
Soap, Glenn’s S ulphur.....................................  1  75
Soap, P acker’s T a r.................................................  1 75
Sozodont, V an B uskirk’s ................................  6 00
Specific, H arter’s A g u e....................................  5 25
Specific,  Sw ift’s ................................................  8 00
Specific,  Swift’s ................................................14 00
Sure Shot,  Joh n sto n ’s ....................................   1  50
Syrup, Boschee’s G erm an.............................   5  25
Syrup, Boschee’s G erm an,  sam ples........... 
86
Syrup, Bull’s  B aby..........................................  1  85
Syrup, Bull’s C ough........................................  1  85
Syrup, Bull’s  Cough.......................................... 3  70
Sprup, B ull’s Cough........................................  7  40
Syrup, Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood.........  3 50
Syrup, Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood.........7  00
Syrup, Fellows of H ypophospites, Comp. .11  50
Sprup, M arshall’s  L u n g...................... 
  1  85
S yrup,M arshall’s  L u n g ............................   3  70

 

 

 

 

P a rtic u la rly  A d a p te d  to  th e  W a n ts o f B u si­

ness M en.

From  the F reep o rt H erald.

T h e  M ic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n ,  published 
at Grand Bapids, came  out  last  week  en­
larged to an eight page  paper,  six  column 
quarto.  T h e  T r a d e s m a n  
is  peculiarly 
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Subscription 
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T h e   M ic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n   has  been 
enlarged  to an eight page  six column paper. 
It is a paper that should  be  taken by every 
business firm in the country.

Tennessee  has  thirty-three  cottbn 
with 1,161 looms and 78,877  spindles.

ROOTS.

A lk a n e t...............................................
A lthea, c u t..........................................
A rrow,  St. V incent’s .......................
Arrow , T aylor’s, in  A s and A s —
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, G erm an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  17c(...............'..........
Ginger, A frican (Powd 16c)............   13
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd  40c)...................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Bio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 12%)...........
Licorice, ex tra select.......................
P ink, tr u e ...........................................
Bhei, from  select to   choice....... /.I   00
Rhel, powdered E. 1..........................110
Bhei, choice c u t  cu b es...................
Rhei, choice c u t  fingers............
m ills  S erp en taria.......................................
S e n e k a ................................................
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BU SIN ESS  LA W .

B rie f D igests o f R e cen t D ecisions in  C ourts 

o f L a st  R esort.

C a p ital S tock a  T ru st F u n d .

The capital stock  of a  moneyed  corpora­
tion is a trust fund  for  the  payment  of  its 
debts,  and  upon  its  insolvency,  creditors 
may compel, by bill in equity,  the  payment 
of the unpaid  subscriptions  to  the  capital 
stock so far as is necessary for  the  satisfac­
tion  of  their  debts.—Supreme  Court  of 
Pennsylvania.

P rin c ip a l a n d   A gent.

Supreme Court  of  Ohio  in  the  case  of 
Miller’s Executrix vs. Sullivan & Co.  Where 
an agent enters into a contract  without  dis­
closing his principal or  agency,  1)16  princi­
pal, if he takes  advantage  of  the  contract, 
must do  so  subject  to  all  the  rights  and 
equities  of  which  the  other  contracting 
party, who had no knowledge of the agency, 
might avail himself as against the agent, as­
suming the latter to be a principal.
L ease—S tatu te o f F ra u d s.

The  Supreme  Court  of  Michigan  holds 
that a lease may  be made  to  take  effect  in 
the future, and the estate begins with the fut­
ure period and not with the contract; an agree­
ment by parol for a future term, not exceed­
ing one year, is valid,  and  not  within  the 
statute of frauds.

Commenting on  the  above  the  Chicago 
“This  opinion  would 
Legal News  says. 
seem to be contrary to the weight of author­
ity and the spirit of the statute if  not  of its 
express letter.”

C o n tract  in  R e stra in t o f T rad e.

that 

“wood 

The case of La Taurette  vs. Ames  et  al, 
decided in favor of plaintiff by the St. Louis 
Circuit Court on March 24th, was  an  action 
brought to recover damages for a  breach  of 
contract the defendants having, in considera­
tion  of  $4,860.58,  sold  to  plaintiff  their 
establishment for  the  manufacture of “suc­
tion  wood  pumps”  and 
force 
pumps,” together  with all  their  machinery 
and manufactured stock, and the  good  will 
of their business, the defendants at the same 
time  covenanting 
they  would  not 
directly or indirectly manufacture or sell the 
same class of  pumps  at  any place  in  the 
United States West of the 81st meridian  for 
the period of ten years, and that they would 
not enter into the employment of  others en­
gaged directly or indirectly  in  manufactur­
ing or selling such pumps within the  period 
and  territory  previously  referred  to,  cove­
nanting,  in case of  violation, to  forfeit $2,- 
000 as  liquidated  damages.  The  covenant 
was broken and  suit  begun.  The  defense 
was that the covenant was  invalid  because 
in restrait of trade.  The judge,  in  his  de­
cision, said:  “Contracts in total  restraint of 
trade (that is,  contracts  binding  a  person 
not to engage in a particular avocation  ijny 
where)  are regarded  as  invalid.  But con­
tracts that merely bind a person  not  to fol­
low a given avocation at a  certain  place or 
places are universally  held  to be  valid en­
gagements, provided  the  restrait  imposed 
upon the person be in itself  reasonable, and 
no greater than seems  necessary  to  protect 
the other party to  the  contract  in  the  en­
gagement of the business  or  good  will  of 
the business purchased.  The only difficulty 
in  applying  the  rule  was  in  determining 
with respect to particular cases what  was a 
reasonable limitation.”

A lleg ed   M e tallic  Im p u ritie s   o f  T in n ed  

Goods.

Edw ard Davies, F. C. S., in D ruggists’ Circular.
My  attention  was  receutly  called  to  a 
case of poisoning from eating tinned salmon, 
the doctor who had charge of  the case  hav­
ing attributed the  same  to  nitrate  of  tin. 
Of  course  the  chemistry  of  the  medical 
gentleman was, to say  the  least,  peculiar. 
Nitrate of tin, either  stannic  or  stannous, 
can only be formed by the  action  of  nitric 
acid, either on  tin  or  stannous  hydrate for 
stannous nitrate, or on stannic  hydrate  for 
stannic nitrate.  But there is no nitric  acid 
in the flesh of  salmon,  and  the  formation 
of nitric acid from its  nitrogen,  in  the  ab­
sence of oxygen, is a chemical impossibility. 
Indeed,  nitrates of  tin  are  such  unstable 
salts that they could not  have  endured the 
heat of preparing the  tinned  salmon, even 
if they had been purposely added.  Wheth­
er tin can be taken up by the  oil  in  which 
salmon is cooked seemed,  however, a  possi­
ble thing, forming a fatty salt of tin.
□ I have, therefore, analyzed the  oil  from a 
tin of preserved salmon,  using  the cheapest 
kind.  Three  hundred  grains  have  0.03 
grain of residue on igniting the  precipitated 
sulphides, of which a part"was  lead  and a 
trace was tin.  This amount is quite  insuffi­
cient to cause any effect  at  all.  Whether 
tin in such a form is poisonous is not known. 
The only salts of tin that have been  known 
to possess poisonous properties are the  stan­
nous and stannic chloride. 
Stannic  chlor­
ide, as usually prepared, contains free  acid, 
and its strongly  irritant effects may be  thus 
partly accounted for, but these salts are  not 
present in tinned meats.  Tin in the  metal­
lic form is not at all poisonous,  and  tinned 
vessels have been in  such  constant  use for 
cooking purposes that some cases must  have 
been met with if they could  impart  deleter-

ious properties to the food.  The lead which 
is always present in the tin used for  tinning 
may be supposed to be the  active  agent.  I  
have analyzed tinned  beef  for  this  metal, 
and found on the whole  of  the  outside  of 
the meat in a four-pound tin 0.07 of a  grain. 
The interior of the meat was quite free from 
this metal.

Lead poisoning from small doses does not 
cause sudden symptoms.  Paralysis  is ‘the 
usual'result, and not  symptoms  of  irritant 
poisoning. The amount above stated is quite 
insufficient to produce any visible effect, and 
the removal of  the  outside  would  remove 
any that might be  present.

I also analyzed  a tin  of  tomatoes  which 
had apparently suffered  partial  decomposi­
tion.  Two ounces  gave  0.10 of  a  residue 
when the sulphides were ignited.  This was 
principally tin  with  a  minute  amount  of 
lead.  The tomatoes  were, of  course,  acid, 
and I think acid substances should not be pre­
served in tin vessels;  but even  this  quanti­
ty is so small that I  should  hesitate  to  as­
sume that it could  be  injurious.  The bad 
effects which have in a  few  cases  resulted 
from the use of tinned  meats  are, 
in  my 
opinion, due to decomposition of  the  meat, 
owing to imperfect closing or faults in prep­
aration.

The results Qf my  examination  are  that 
lead should be  carefully  excluded  in  the 
preparation of the tin plate,  and  that  acid 
liquids should not be  kept  in  tin  vessels, 
but that no cases are known in  which  any 
injurious effects have been  proved  to  have 
resulted from metallic impurities  in  tinned 
meats.

H ow   To  M ake  M ead.

Mead is  an old-fashioned  beverage, but  a 
very pleasant one, if care is taken in making 
it. 
It is  generally  made  over  strong,  too 
much honey being used to the proportion  of 
water.  The following is a good recipe:  (1) 
On 30 lbs. of honey (clarified)  pour  13  gal­
lons of water, boiling hot,  clarify  with  the 
whites of eggs  well  beaten,  boil  again,  re­
move all scum as it rises, add  1  oz.  of  best 
hops and boil for ten minutes, then pour the 
liquor into a tub to cool, spreading a slice of 
toast on both sides with  yeast,  and  putting 
it into the  tub  when  the  liquor  is  nearly 
cold;  the tub should stand in a warm  room. 
When  fermentation  has  thoroughly begun, 
pour the mixture into a cask, and as it works 
off fill up  the cask,  keeping  back  some  of 
the liquor  for  this  purpose.  Bung  down 
closely when fermentation has ceased,  leav­
ing a peg-hole which can be  closed  up  in  a 
few days.  Let it  remain a year  in the cask 
before bottling off. 
(2)  To 15 lbs of honey 
add 6 gallons  of  water,  clarify  the  honey 
with white of  eggs,  boil  for  ten  minutes, 
and keep thoroughly skimmed;  add a hand­
ful of mixed  herbs,  thyme,  rosemary  tops 
and bay leaves;  boil for half an hour  more. 
Strain the mixture into a tub  upon  5  pints 
of ground malt, stir well together and, when 
lukewarm,  strain  through  a  cloth 
into 
another tub.  Work it with yeast, and when 
fermentation is set up pour  it  into  a  cask. 
Suspend in the cask a muslin bag containing 
sliced ginger % oz.;  % oz. each  cloves, nut­
meg  and  mace,  well  bruised;  bung  up 
tightly  when  it has ceased  working, letting 
the bag of spices  remain. 
It  should  stand 
in the wood for a year, and then  be  bottled 
off.

Sack Mead.—To every gallon of water al­
low 4 lbs. of honey;  boil  for  three-quarters 
of an hour, skimming  well;«to  each  gallon 
of liquor add % oz. of hops, boil again for  a 
quarter ot an hour, pour it  into  a  tub,  and 
let  stand  for  twenty-four  hours,  working 
with yeast, then pour into the  cask,  and  to 
13 gallons of liquor, allow a  quart  of  sack; 
close lightly until all fermentation has  ceas­
ed, then bung up close. 
If a large  cask,  al­
low a year in work before bottling off.

American  Mead  is  made  with  cider. 
Take 20 lbs of honey and 12 gallons of good 
cider, and blend them together in a tub; fer­
ment with yeast, then pour into a  cask  and 
add half gallon of ram, half gallon of French 
brandy, 4 oz. of  red  tartar,  dissolved,  and 
X oz. of cloves.  Bung down close  when  it 
has ceased working, and bottle off at the end 
of three months;  it will be fit  for use  three 
months afterward.

N ick n am es  o f  A m éricain   C ities.

Toledo, Corn  City;  Keokuk,  Gate City; 
Quincy, Gem  City;  Lafayette,  Star  City; 
Louisville, Falls City; Hannibal, Bluff City; 
Chicago,  Garden  City;  St  Louis,  Mound 
City;  Pittsburg,  Smoky  City;  Cleveland, 
Forest  City;  Alexandria, Delta  City;  Cin­
cinnati,  Queen  City,  Porkopolis;  Boston, 
Modern Athens, the Hub;  New York, Goth­
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City; Detroit, City  of  the  Straits;  Denver, 
City of the Plains; New  Orleans,  Crescent 
City;  Brooklyn,  City  of  Churches;  Balti­
more, Monumental City;  Washington,  City 
of  Magnificent  Distances;  Milwaukee, 
Cream City;  New  Haven,  City  of  Elms; 
Racine, Wis.,  Belle  City;  San  Francisco, 
’Frisco;  Duluth, Zenith  City;  Little Rock, 
City of Roses;  Mobile, Shell  City;  Kansas 
City, Mushroomopolis;  St. Paul, Gem  City; 
Lowell, City of Spindles;  Minneapolis, City 
of  Flour;  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Paper  City; 
North  Adams,  Mass.,  The  Tunnel  City; 
Peoria, 111., Whiskytown;  Alton,  111.,  Tas- 
selberg;  Pekin,  111., Celestial  City;  Madi­
son, Wis.,  Lake  City;  Rochester,  N. Y., 
Flower City; Buffalo,  Queen  City  of  the 
Lakes.  Grand Rapids, Valley City.

A bill is pending in the New York  Legis­
lature which, if  carried,  will  force  manu­
facturers of canned  goods  in  that  State to 
stamp each package  with the  date  of  its 
preparation.

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Michigan.
THE DEAREST TOBACCO

Is a Poor, Common or Low-Priced Article,

As It Gives Neither Pleasure 

Nor Satisfaction.

THE PUBLIC IS NUT SLOW TO LEARN THIS FACT

WHENEVER  IT  DISCOVERS  AN  ARTICLE  THAT  COMMENDS  ITSELF 

TO  THE  TASTE  AND  OTHER  SEN SES.

--------THE  REMARKABLE  SALE  OF--------

H U M S   PLUG  TOBACCOS
Used in this Conatry!
Oae-Feartl ef All the 1 : m ’ 

Is  Ample  Evidence of This.  This  Concern will  Sell over  20,000,000 Pounds  of their 

Favorite  Brands  this  Year;  or  About

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A N D   AS  T H E R E   A R E   B E T W E E N   800  A N D   9 0 0   O T H E R   F A C T O R IE S   IN  

T H E   U.  S.,  IT   FO LLO W S  T H A T   T H E IR   GOODS  MUST  G IV E

THAN  THE  BRANDS  OF  OTHER  MAKERS.

“CLIMAX,” with Red Tin Tag, is their Best Brand.

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A L A B A STIN E!

Alabastine is the first and  only  prepare 
tion made from  calcined  gypsum  rock,  for 
application  to  walls  with  a  brush, and  is 
fully  covered  by  our  several  patents  and 
perfected  by  many  years  of  experiments. 
It  is  the  only  permanent  wall  finish,  and 
admits  of  applying  as  many  coats  as  de­
sired, one over another, to any hard  surface 
without  danger  of  scaling,  or  noticeably 
adding to the thickness of  the  wall,  which 
is  strengthened  and  improved  by  each  ad­
ditional coat, from time  to  time. 
It  is  the 
only material for the purpose not dependent 
upon glue for its adhesiveness ;  furthermore 
it is the only  preparation  that is  claimed 
to  possess  these  great  advantages,  whicli 
are  essential  to  constitute  a  durable  wall 
finish.  Alabastine is hardened on  the  wall 
by  age, moisture,  etc.;  the  plaster  absorbs 
the  admixtures,  forming  a  stone  cement, 
while  all  kalsomines,  or  other  whitening 
preparations,  have  inert  soft  chalks,  and 
glue,  for  their  base,  which  are  rendered 
soft, or  scaled, in  a  very  short  time, thus 
necessitating  the  well-known  great  incon­
venience  and  expense, which  all  have  ex­
perienced,  in  washing  and  scraping  off the 
old  coats  before refinishing. 
In  addition 
to the above advantages,  Alabastine  is  less 
expensive,  as  it  requires  but  one-half  the 
number of pounds to cover the same amount 
of surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied  by  any  one.

--------FOR  SALE  BY--------

JLIiZi  Paint  Dealers.

----- MANUFACTURED  BY-----

THE ALABASTINE COMPANY

M. B.  0HUR0H, Manager.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

WESTFIELD WHIPS

L .S .B S A L S

A] SOIT,

MANUFACTURERS.

O F F I C E

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SALESROOM 
NO. 4 PEARL STREET, 

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GRAND BAPIDS, MICH.

fi RDY8 & GO., Geni ApBtS.

A.  A.  GRIPPEN,

W H O L E S A L E

Hats, Gaps and Furs

54  MONROE  STREET,

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

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M IC H IG A N .

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee  Prices 

as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

SEEDS

—FOR  THE—

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

-----AT-----

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL,

—AT TH E—

S F F D   STORE,

91  C an al  St., G ra n d   R a p id s, M id i.

I. T. UMOFEAUI, Apt.

A.  H.  F O W L E ,

PAINTER  AND  DECORATOR,

—AND  DEALER  I N -

Artists’  Materials !

FINE  WALL  PAPERS AND 

ROOM  MOULDINGS,

WINDOW  SHADES,

PAINTS,  OILS,  AND

37  I o n ia   St r e e t ,  So u t h  o f  M o n r o e.

Blass, Flam aul Ornamental
JOHN MOHRHARD,
Fresh & Salt Meats
MOSELEY BROS.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

109  CA N A L  STR EE T,

—WHOLESALE—

MICHIGAN.

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W holesale

Clover, Timothy and all  Kinds Pield Seeds
Seed  Corn,  G reen  and  Dried  F ruits,  Oranges 
and Lem ons, B u tter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, etc. 
G R E E N   V E G ET A B L ES  A N D   OYSTERS. 

122 M onroe Street, G rand  Rapids, Mich.

A BO U T  SPIC ES.

T H E   G IF T   SYSTEM.

p ared .

W h e re   T hey  G row , a n e  H ow  T h ey  a re  P re ­
Spices make  up  the  aesthetic  of  eating; 
they are the finest  and  most  exquisite  pro­
ducts of nature,  for  they  contain  the  con­
densed aroma of essential oils,  produced  by 
the  intense  rays  of  the  sun.  Almost  all 
spices grow on islands, that in the East India 
Islands, Madagascar, the Mauritius, the Ban- 
du  Islands,  the  Melincas,  Sumutra,  Java, 
Ceylon, Japan, and the East Indian Islands; 
the coasts of tropical countries  are  also pro­
ductive of spices.

Spices have a peculiar effect upon the  hu­
man system, if taken wisely and in  modera­
tion;  and certainly produce a flow of saliva, 
of the gastric  juice,  and  having  exerted  a 
pleasant  action  upon  the  nerves  of  the 
tongue and palate, they communicate  a  cer­
tain warmth to the  blood, and  stimulate the 
system  beneficially.  The  peculiar  source 
of the aroma is not always in the  same  part 
of the plant, but  may  be  contained  in  the 
fruit, the  leaves, the bark  of  the  root,  ac­
cording to where the  treasure  has  been  de­
posited.

Of fruit none is more useful than  pepper, 
mostly grown in East India and Ceylon, and 
throughout  the  East.  When  the  berry  of 
this shrub is ground with its dark  cuticle  it 
makes the black pepper;  when  it  is ground 
without it, it forms  white  pepper.  Pepper 
is a most useful condiment, if used  sparing­
ly, and enhances  the natural aroma of many 
foods. 
It is a  preventative  of  indigestion, 
stimulating the digestive organs.

Allspice is the mild, West  Indian  or  Ja­

maica pepper, also called pimento.

Nutmeg is the fruit of  Eastern  trees  and 
shrubs, and exceedingly grateful to  the  pal­
ate, in fact so  exquisite  and  mild  a  flavor 
that it suits well  with  farinaceous  substan­
ces.

Mace is the cuticle  of  nutmeg,  and  with 
some people, a greater favorite still.  It suits 
well for delicate stews.

The clove is the flower-bud of a  tree,  and 
becomes  of  a  dark  hue,  when it has been 
dried in the sun.

Mustard is a seed of a plant  which  grows 
in temperate and tropical climates.  Its pun­
gency is so great that  when  ground  fine  it 
has to be mixed with starch to  moderate  it. 
Musjbard is a very useful and healthy  condi­
ment.

Yanilla, the fruit of the  vanilla  plant,  is 
indigenous to Mexico, Brazil, Peru, etc., and 
cultivated in the West Indies.  Gathered be­
fore ripe, dried in the shade,  and steeped  in 
the oil of the Cashew nut,  this  spice  is  the 
most aromatic of all spices, and of exquisite 
flavor as an essence.

Of the barks, cinnamon is esteemed most; 
it is a very valuable assistance  to  digestion 
and can safely be given to children now and 
then.  The young shoots of the tree are used 
for  the  pipes,  and  when dried  are  ground 
into powder.

Of roots and bulbs, ginger is the most use­
ful, either as a preservative or used whole in 
a  dried state, or  also  ground  into  powder. 
Both with Jginger  and  cinnamon  better  re­
sults are obtained by blending various grades 
than by putting it up perfectly  pure.

Curry powder is the combination of  many 
spices,  and  has  come  to us from the  East. 
Unfortunately  our  clumsy  ways often spoil 
the  mixtures  by  not  preserving that  deli­
cacy of  combination  which alone  can  pro­
duce  the  true  flavor  it  ought  to, possess. 
Curry is far more  useful  in  food  economy 
that we understand as yet, and deserves  our 
best attention.

W h a t R a in e d   H im .

From  th e W all S treet News.

One remarked that he had been ruined  in 
Wall street—another was  busted  in  oil—a 
third was cleaned out  on  wheat,  and  so  it 
went around to the old man, who slowly ot 
served:

Gentlemen, the  quartermaster  general  of 

the army in 1863 busted me.”

“How?” asked half a dozen voices.
“Well, I wanted to introduce  cheese as  a 
ration, and I brought such influences to bear 
that  the  quartei master  {finally  agreed  to 
make a contract with me. 
I went to buying 
cheese, of course, and I  didn’t  stop  until  I 
had invested every dollar I could  raise,  and 
bought to the limit of my credit. 
It was  all 
nice, new cheese.”

“Well?”
“He wouldn’t take a pound of  it.” 
“Why?”
“Because he wanted old  cheese,  you  see; 
he wanted something which could be  driven 
right along with the army, and thus save the 
cost of transportation’”

Frankfort is not correctly reported  in the 
State  Gazeteer. 
It  has,  according  to  the 
Express, 6  general  stores ;  8‘ groceries ;  3 
furniture establishments; 3 millinery stores ;
4  shoe  shops;  2  meat  markets;  2  drug 
stores; 1 harness  shop; 1 hardware store;  1 
jewelry store;  1 bakery;  1  flounng  mill; 5 
saw mills ;  2 planing mills :  1  shingle  mill ;
5 blacksmith  shops;  2  machine  shops  and 
founderies ;  1 blast furnace with two stacks ; 
1  photograph  gàlleiy;  1  barber 
shop;  3 
hotels; 2 billard halls; 2 collecting agencies; 
3 real estate agents;  6  painters; 4  physici­
ans;  3 lawyers and  2  postoflices,  one  for 
Frankfort proper, and one for South  Frank­
fort, which is across the  lake.

Northville has a sharp grocer.  When an 
orange vendor sold his  fruit  at  the  rate  of 
15  for 25 cents he purchased about half the 
load, which he  had  secretly  conveyed  to 
the store, when  he started to  sell  them  16
for 25 cents.

A hundred different styles of  spoon  baits 
and hooks, lines and rods in endless variety. 
Call and see us.  Calkins Bros.

tio n .

T h e  W o rst  P ro d u c t  o f  M o d ern   C o m p eti­
It is one of the common sights  of  to-day, 
both in the city and country, to find  the en­
trance to places of business  blockaded,  the 
ceilings plastered,  the  floors  painted, and 
the goods offered for sale labeled with  some 
glowing scheme whereby  the  merchant ex­
presses  an  unconquerable  desire  to  give 
away Some  valuable (?) gift with  purchases 
made.

This is sarcastically  called  the  “gift sys­
tem.”  Funny, isn’t it?  Who  gets the gift, 
anyhow?  The buyer cannot be the gifted(?) 
one  in the transaction, for if  he  is  at  all 
posted,  he knows full well that he  buys the 
“gift” in order to get his  pound  of  coffee, 
tea, etc., aud at the regular price every time.
Next to witnessing a small boy slide down 
a cellar door,  with  that  gracefulness  that 
accompanies youth, until his blissful  career 
is blighted by coming in  contact  with  the 
business end of a friendly tack or nail—next 
to this, we  repeat,  there  is  nothing  that 
looks so highly artistic to  our  vision, as  to 
enter a store or place of business where  the 
proprietor  has  conspicuously  placarded 
everything from a toothpick  to  the  hinges 
on the doors, the fact that he will  give  you 
—oh!  most  anything,  even  to  his  dear 
mother-in-law, if you will  only  purchase a 
pound of “the finest drawing tea,”  or  “the 
most delicious coffee  ever  sold  in  town,” 
and then to be further refreshed, when  ask­
ed the  reason  for  such  extravagance,  to 
learn that “it’s only to introduce the  brand, 
you know.”

The old,saying  that “he  who  runs  may 
read” should, in this case, be “he who  reads 
should run,” and be quick about it,  too.

This method of doing business, like many 
other unpleasant things,  is  contagious,  and 
although the results are  not,  in  every  case 
serious, yet many prove fatal. 
It  does  not 
pay to  be so  unanimous  in  giving  away 
every thing you have.  The  question:  Does 
it pay to sell goods that  require an  emetic 
to move them?  arises in the  mind  of every 
dealer.  The dealer, if  ne  knows  anything 
at all of the article lie is trying  to  sell, un­
derstands that some one has got jto  pay  for 
the “gift.”  It may be that it  costs  the  re­
tailer a trifle (?)  more,  and  he  argues  to 
himself  that the  slight  advance  in  price 
doesn’t amount to any thing, and the increase 
in trade will  more than  make up  for  the 
small  margin.  The  same logic,  with  the 
additional thought that  he  must  keep  up 
with the bandwagon,  causes  the jobber  to 
handle  this  class of  goods.  The  reason 
that rules the majestic head of  the  shrewd 
manufacturer is  apparent  to  all.  Down 
through  this  entire  line  there  prevails  a 
doubt of sincerity on the part of  some  one. 
It rea :hes the retailer and ends,  of  course, 
with"the customer, who not  only  feels the 
same  way,  but  excuses Lhimself  on  the 
ground that  “even  if  the [goods  do  not 
amount to much, I get  the present, which is 
worth nearly what I paid for both  the  arti­
cle and this gift, so  I  can’t  be  beat  very 
badly, anyway.”  Consumers  generally  do 
not know how to judge of the  qualities  of 
baking powder, teas, etc.,  and  have,  as  a 
necessity, to depend in a  great  measure on 
the honesty of the retailer, and it  does  not 
make any difference who  the  buyer  is  or 
how good a talker the salesman, if  the  sale 
is made the customer goes away with an  in­
describable feeling  which,  in the  end,  re­
sults in his  concluding  that  he  has  been 
beat in some unaccountable way. 
It’s  all a 
mystery to him, yet he feels almost  as mean 
as if lie had stolen  the  goods.  He  knows 
that honest goods are  always  salable,  and 
that they are worth just what the  reputable 
dealer asks for them, and  his  doubts  soon 
resolve into one of the two  questions,  viz: 
that the goods cannot  be  worth  much,  or 
that there is  an  enormous  profit  in  them. 
It is a well-known fact that the general  gro­
cery stock is sold  on  small  margins;  how 
does the customer,  who  (generally  speak­
ing)  also knows this fact, decide  the  ques­
tion? 

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As far as the dealer is concerned,  the  an­
swer may be gained by a little  practical ob­
servation among those who  have  succeeded 
in business.  We  do  not  find  that  A.  T. 
Stewart  made  his  money  by  giving away 
with each towel  a  ham  sandwich,  nor  did 
Marshall  Field  induce  his customers  with
presents of Turkish rugs and potato mashers, 
and we have yet  to  learn  of  the  fact  that 
Delmonico gave a piece of pie with  each  15- 
cent meal, as a starter to the  present  condi­
tion of that  famous  business.  A  close  ob­
server  will  fail  to  find in any case of  real 
prosperity that success resulted from the use 
’or sale of this class  of  goods. 
It  may,  at 
times, be a good plan to keefi such  goods  in 
stock;  yet we believe that  an  honest  sales­
man, in a live store, can sell Jgoods  without 
the aid of inducements  outside  of  the  real 
worth of the article offered for sale, and give 
better satisfaction to the customer.

Mississippi cane fishing poles $4 per  hun­
dred at Calkins Bros.  Good length  and  se­
lected.

F.J.DETTENTHALER
O Y S T E R S

Successor  to   H .  M. B liv en ,

—WHOLESALE—

AND  CANNED  GOODS.

A gent  fo r  F arren ’s  Celebrated  “ F  ”  Brand 

Raw  O ysters.

147  M O N RO E  S TR EE T,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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J. J. VAN LEUVEN,
M i l l i n e r y

W H O L E SA L E

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FANCY  GOODS

XiJELCES,

Real  Laces  a  Specialty.

G-loves, Corsets, Ribbons, Pans, Hand Bags, 

Pocket Books,  Buckings,  Yams, 

Silks,  Satins,  Velvets,

Embroidery  Materials.  Plumes,  Flowers, 

Feathers & Ornaments, Stamped Goods.
STAMPING PATTERNS

70  MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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TIME TABLES,

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ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
^D etroit E xpress..............................................   6:05 a m
+Day  E xpress............................................12:20 p m
*New Y ork F ast L in e..............................  6:00 p m
tA tlantic E xpress.............................................  9:20 p m
»Pacific  E x p ress................................................6:45 a m
tLocal  P assenger.............................................11:20 a m
tM a il.............................................................3:55 p m
tG rand  Rapids  E xpress.........................10:25 p m
tD aily except Sunday.  »Daily.
The New Y ork F ast Line ru n s daily, arriving 
a t D etroit a t 12:35 a. m., and New Y ork a t 10 p. 
m. th e n e x t evening.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  w ith 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern train s in sam e depot a t D etroit, th u s 
avoiding tran sfers.
The D etroit Express leaving at 6:05 a.  m. has 
D raw ing  Room  and  P arlor  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t city a t 11:45 a. m., New Y ork 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05  p. m. n ex t day.
A tra in  leaves D etroit a t 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday w ith draw ing room  c ar attached, arriv ­
ing a t G rand Rapids a t  10:25 p. m.

J . T. Schultz, G en’l A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

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GOING WEST.

Leaves.
A rrives. 
-tSteamboat E x p ress..........  
6:15 a m
•tThrough  M ail.................... 10:10 a m  
10:20 a m
3:35 p m
tE v en in g   E x p ress.............._ 3:20 p m 
»A tlantic E xpress............... ‘9 :4 5 p m   10:45pm
tM ixed, w ith  coach............ 
10:00 a m
tM orning  E xpress..............12:40 p m   12:55 p m
tThrough  M ail.....................  4:45 p m  
4:55 p m
tS team boat  E xpress...........10:30 p m
tM ix ed .................................... 
8:00 a  m
»Night E xpress.....................  o J I a m  
5:30 a m
tD aily, Sundays excepted. ^»Daily. 
Passengers  tak in g   th e  6:15  a.  m.  Express 
m ake close connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit fo r New York, arriving th ere at 
10:00 a. m. th e follow ing m orning.
P arlor  Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  E ast  and 
W est.
Lim ited  E xpress  has  W agner  Sleeping  Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a  P arlo r Car to   D etroit.  The  N ight  Express 
has a through W agner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car D etroit to Grand Rapids.

D. P o t t e r , City Pass. A gent. 
T h o m a s  T a n d y , Gen’l Pass. A gent,  D etroit.

Grand  Rapids &  Indiana.

GOING n o r t h .

A rrives.  Leaves.
C incinnati & G. Rapids E x .  9:02 p m 
9:50 a m 
C incinnati & Mackinac E x.  9:22 a m 
4:45pm  
F t. W a y n e & Mackinac E x ..  3:57 p m  
7:15 a m
G ’d Rapids  & Cadillac  A c. 
G. Rapids & Cincinnati E x . 
6:32 a m
M ackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4 :0 5 p m   4:32pm
M ackinac & Ft. W ay i eE x .,1 0 :2 5 am   12:32pm  
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

GOING  SOUTH.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

A ll train s daily except Sunday.
N orth—T rain  leaving  a t  4:45  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  W oodruff  Sleeping Cars fo r  Petoskey  and 
M ackinac City.  T rain leaving a t  9:50 a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac
^  South—T rain leaving a t 4:32 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car fo r C incinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d, G en’l Pass. A gent.
Chicago & West Michigan.
....................................10:15 a m  

Leaves.  A rrives,
•tMail 
4:00 p m
+Day  E x p ress.........................12:50 p m  10:45 p m
»Night  E x p ress....................   8:35 p m   6:10 a m
M ixed........................................  6:10 a m  10:15 p m
♦Daily! 
P ullm an Sleeping  Cars  on  all  night  train s. 
T hrough  parlor  ear  in  charge  of  careful  a t­
ten d an ts w ithout  e x tra   charge  to  Chicago  on 
12:50 p. m., and through coach on 10:15 a.m. and 
8:35 p. m. trains.

tD aily except Sunday.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves.  A rrives.
M ixed.  ...................................5:00 a  m  
5:15 p m
E x p ress................................... 4 :1 0 p m   8 :30pm
E x p re ss...................................  8:30a m  10:15 a m
T rains connect a t A rcher avenue fo r Chicago 
a s  follow s: Mail, 10:20 a. m .; express, 8:40p. m 
T he  N orthern term in u s o f this Division is at. 
Baldw in, w here close connection is m ade  w ith 
F . &  P. M.  tra in s  to   and  from   L udington  and 
M anistee. 

J. H . P alm er, G en 1 Pass. A gent.

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MANUFACTUREES  AND  JOBBERS  OF

RINDGKE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  &  SHOES,
Our Goods are Specially Adapted for tie ffiiclip Trade.

River Boots and Drive Shoes, Calf and Kip Shoes for Men and  Boys,  Kid,  Goat  aud 

Calf Button and Lace Shoes for Ladies and Misses are our Specialties.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
JEN N IN G S  &  SMITH,

----- PROPRIETORS  OF  THE-----

----- AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF-----

ARCTIC  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,
Jennings' Flavoring  Extracts
A rctic Baking* Pow ders, 
A rctic B luing and Inks, 
A rctic K id Dressing, 

A rctic M ucilage,
Etc., Etc., Etc.

20  Lyon  Street,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.
CLARK,  JE W E L L   &  CO.,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

WHOLESALE

83,85 and 87  PEARL  STREET and 114,116,118 and 120  OTTAWA  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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—I  WOULD  CALL  THE  ATTENTION  OF  MERCHANTS  TO  MY—

Spring  Styles  of Fine  Hats,

Spring  Styles  of Wool  Hats,
Spring  Styles  of Stiff Hats,

Spring  Styles  of Soft  Hats,

Wool Hats  $4.50  to  $12  per Dozen,
Fine  Hats  13.50 to  $36 per Dozen, 

Straw Hats for Men,

Straw  Hats for Boys,

Straw Hats  for Ladies,

Straw Hats for Misses.

Hammocks  Sold liy Ido  Dozen  at  New  York  Prices!!

----- LARGE  LINE  OF-----

Clothing  and  Gent’s  Furnishing  Goods, 

Cottonade  Pants  and  Hosiery.

DUCK  OVERALLS,  THREE  POCKETS,  $3.50  PER  DOZEN  AND  UPWARDS.

Call and get our prices and see how they will compare with those of firms in larger cities.

I.  O.  L E V I ,

3 6 ,3 8 ,4 0   and  42  CANAL  STREET, 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Fruit & Produce at Wholesale

Choice Butter, Eggs,  Cheese,  Buckwheat Flour, 
Maple Syrup,  Jellies, Foreign  and Domestic  Fruits 
and Vegetables, and Sand Refined  Cider.
Careful Attention  Paid to  Filling  Orders.
M.C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.

The  Castor  Machine  Oil  contains  a fair  percentage  of  Castor  Oil  and  is  in  all  re-

spects superior as a lubricator to No. 2 or No. 3 Castor Oil.  The

OHIO  OIL  OOLOP-AJSry

Is the only firm in the United States that has succeeded in making a combination of  Veg­
etable and Mineral Oils, possessing the qualities of a Pure Castor Oil. 
It is  rapidly  com-
ing  into popular favor.  We  Solicit  a  Trial  Order.

M in e ,  Perkins & Co., Greed Repids.

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(groceries.

P E N C IL   PO R T R A IT S—NO.  8.

J o s e p h  F . O. R eed, B e tte r K n o w n  as “J o e .”
Joseph F. 0. Reed is the son  of a  Baptist 
clergyman, and was  bom March 31,1848, in 
the State of New York.  His  parents  soon 
after moved to Zanesville,  Ohio,  where  his 
boyhood  was  passed  in  attendance  at the 
common schools, and where he remained un­
til 18 years of age, when, his  father  having 
been called to the  pastorate  of  the  Second 
Baptist  Church in this  city,  he  came  with 
him,- and in 1869 commenced as clerk for H. 
Leonard, then  keeping a  wholesale  and  re­
tail crockery store at No. 31  Monroe  street. 
In 1872 he succeeded Mr. Chas.  H.  Leonard 
in representing this house on the  road,  and 
from that time dates  his  career  as  a  com­
mercial traveler, having  made  that  calling 
his constant business, and  having  been  en­
gaged with  only one other house in the past 
12 years. 
In 1874 he  took  a  position  with 
Geo. W.  Dillaway, wholesale  crockery  and 
glassware, of Muscatine, Iowa, having parts 
of  Iowa  and  Missouri  for  his  territory. 
Here he remained  five  years,  keeping  up, 
however, a correspondence and acquaintance 
with his old friends in Grand Rapids, and in 
1879 he  resumed  his  place  with  the  same 
firm in  this city, then doing business under 
the style  of  H.  Leonard & Sons,  where he 
still  remains.  His territory is the G. R.  &
L, north of  Howard City, along the L,  S. &
M. S., D., G. H. &  M., D.,  L. & N. and C. & 
W. M., south.

As the long experience  in  the  same  line, 
with only one change fully shows, Mr.  Reed 
has made a success in his  line  of  business, 
his sales  having  always  been  satisfactory, 
and his customers well  selected;  and he  en­
joys to a marked degree  the  confidence  of 
his  employers  and  the  friendship  of his 
customers.  Perhaps no  personal  trait  has 
served to make him more popular  with  the 
trade than his  characteristic  good  nature, 
which never forsakes him,  and which he in­
variably imparts to those around  him,  thus 
paving the way  to  favors  which  a  more 
crabbed or persistent salesman would fail to 
secure^

In his private life, Mr. Reed is a bachelor, 
having attained the age of 36 years  without 
succumbing to the charms  of  the  fair  sex. 
After  reading  the  above  exposition  of  his 
business points, some young lady in  his ter­
ritory ought to have the temerity to  remind 
him of the fact that this is  leap  year,  and 
bring him to the conclusion  that  it  is  not 
wise to disregard  the Biblical  injunction  to 
the effect that “It is not good for man to live 
atone.”

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F e a tu re s  o f th e  W eek.

An “off” granulated  sugar  has  appeared 
in the market, and is being sold by  some  of 
the jobbers here. 
It  is  not  easily  distin­
guishable from  the  standard,  although  an 
old groceryman would probably  detect  the 
It is finer in grain, and  not  so 
difference. 
white as the genuine. 
It can be  bought for 
nearly %c below  standard,  and  any  sales­
man offering  a bargain in granulated should 
be made to guarantee it to  be standard.

The roasted coffee men say that the prices 
on their goods must go up  %c,  in  order to 
equalize the difference between  the  cost of 
their product and green coffee.  Unless  the 
latter takes a downward turn,  the  advance 
will probably come  within  the  next  fort­
night

Oranges are in good supply and  prices re- 
main about the  same. 
Lemons  are  also 
plenty and  as  the  weather  remains  cool, 
prices remain steady and we do not took for 
much  change  for  a  few  days  to  come. 
Prices are very  tow.  Peanuts  are  steady. 
Foreign nuts  are  steady,  except  almonds, 
which show a  decline.  Bananas  are  now 
arriving and prices are  about  the  same as 
last season.

T h e  A lle g a n   G ran g e  S tore.
An Allegan correspondent writes:
The stockholders in the Grange store here, 
which,  with  many  other  of  the  business 
houses,  was  burned  out  in the recent fire, 
held a meeting here a day or two ago to  de­
termine whether to build a store  and  go  on 
with the business or not.  A  majority  were 
in favor of so doing, but a determjned  min­
ority opposed and at last withdrew,  causing 
the meeting to close in a disturbed  manner. 
Another meeting is to be held  on  the  11th. 
Some $10,000 for rebuilding and  restocking 
have been pledged by stockholders, provided 
it is decided to go on with the  business,  but 
the majority wish to secure pledges  for  $6,- 
000 or $8,000  more  before  they  decide  the 
question.  The Allegan Grange store is sup­
posed to have been  the  most  sucessful  one 
in [the  United  States,  doing  an  immense 
trade, and the final action of the  stockhold­
ers is awaited with great interest. 
Its stock 
and store, worth some  $50,000,  and  tost  in 
the fire, bore no insurance;  and as the farm­
ers are in poor financial shape from  the  un- 
prosperous  season  last  year,  difficulty  is 
found in securing the $18,000 wished.

H e   T ook  a n   In te re s t.

Two grocery drummers met at  Muskegon 
the other day.  “Hello, Johnny,” said one of 
them, “I haven’t seen you in an  age.  What 
are you doing now?”

“Oh, I’m in the same old line,” responded 

McIntyre.

“With the same old house?”
“Yes, the same old concern, but situated a 

little  differently.”
“How is  that?”
“Well, I’ve got an interest.”
“Is that so?  How long since?”
“Since the first of the month.”
“How?”
“Well,  I  was  over  to Chicago  the other 
day to visit the house and the senior partner 
told me I had better  take  some  interest  in 
the business in  future  or  clear  out.  So  I 
took the interest.”

R e p ack ed   T om atoes.

From  the M erchants’  Review.

It turns out now  that  the  sickness  in a 
Brooklyn family, if caused by the  tomatoes 
they had eaten,  must have  been  due  to  a 
bastard brand labelled “New  Jersey  Pack­
ing  Co.,”  no  name  or  address,  and  was 
probably “reprocessed swellheads,” or goods 
that had been improperly sealed,  fermented 
and rotted and been cooked, deodorized  and 
repacked.  The only  safe  way  is  to  buy 
canned goods  labeled  with  the  name  and 
location of a well-known,  honorable packer. 
There is cheating in  this  trade  as  in  all 
others, but it does not follow that all canned 
goods are unwholesome,  any  more  than it 
follows that all coffee is dangerous  and  all 
tea drugged.

• 
T he L ast R eso rt.
Customer—“Good morning. 

of-your  five-centers.”

I  want  one 

Proprietor—“Here  you  are;  best in  the 
market;  fine  flavor.  But  you  don’t  look 
well to-day.”

Customer—No, awful bilious.  Took day
before yesterday a bottle of Tumem’s  Liver 
Regulator,  yesterday  a quart  of  Streaked 
Lightening  Spring  Water,  and  last  night 
half a box of Grip’s Clean-you-out Pills,  but 
none of ’em any good;  so 1 thought I would 
see if one of  your  five-centers  wouldn’t  do 
the work for me.”

T h e L ong a n d  S h o rt o f It.

From  th e M erchants’  Review.

The counterfeit  butter  question  simmers 
down to just this:  Shall  the  imitations be 
sold as  such or genuine?  It is not  a  sani­
tary question but a#commercial  one;  not a 
matter of bad diet but a  matter  of  morals. 
The talk  about  butterine  being  unwhole­
some is, like itself,  all bosh. 
It  is  the ras­
cality of selling it at the  price  of  genuine 
butter that is unwholesome.

P u re   M aple  S yrup.

The  honesty  of  the  average  farmer,  in 
comparison  with that  of  the  dealer,  is  an 
object of  frequent  commerfdation,  but  oc­
casionally  an  incident  comes  to  light that 
tends to show  that  merchants  are  not  the 
only class who take advantage of the credul­
ity of their  patrons.  The  following,  from 
the Howard Record,  is  an  instance  of  the 
latter:

Quite a number of our citizens  are  enjoy­
ing some pure maple syrup manufactured by 
Jas. Male, paying him Si per  gallon  for  it. 
What makes the syrup better is that the cus­
tomers are aware that  Mr.  Male  purchased 
last  week  50  pounds  of' brown  sugar  of 
Knapp &  Walsworth,  60  pounds  of  F.  O. 
Lord and 60 pounds  of  Ayers  Bros.  They 
did not get on the brown sugar  racket  until 
after the syrup was purchased.  A few bets 
are offered that the syrup contains one-third 
maple, but they have not been taken.

O ne M an’s O pinion.

“I do not took  for  higher  prices  on  the 
staples in the  grocery  business  for  several 
months yet,” said a local jobber,  the  other 
day.  “It seems to me  that it is idle to specu­
late upon the future, because  there  are  so 
many unseen influences  constantly at  work 
making and unmaking markets and influenc­
ing the course of events.  The  wise  course 
for business men to pursue is to have  faith 
in better times and to anticipate  their  com­
ing, but not to be caught in  extending theii 
business beyond a  safe  and  proper  limit. 
The men who  will  succeed  the  best  next 
year will be those  who  work 
the  hardest, 
and exercise the greatest care  and  caution 
in their business.  Some risks must be  tak­
en, but they should not be wild ventures, or 
speculations of the Colonel Sellers type.”

Smoke the celebrated Je/ome Eddy Cigar, 
manufactured by Robbins  &  Ellicott,  Buf­
falo, N. Y.  For sale by Fox, Musselman  & 
Loveridge, Grand Rapids, Mich.

It is a fact not generally known that New 
York now leads  Philadelphia  as  a  manu­
facturing city.  Recent statistics show  that 
the former has 18,000 factories that  employ 
316,000 operatives and turn  out  an  annual 
product of $780,000,000, while the latter has 
a  considerably  smaller  number,  and they 
employ only 222,000 operatives and  yield an 
annual product of only $500,000,000.

A San Francisco physician notes a number 
of  victims  to  that  dread  disease,  leprosy, 
among Americans.  The disease first reveal­
ed itself about the lips and tongues of young 
men who  smoked  cigarettes. 
Inquiry  ab­
stracted the fact that  these  cigarettes  were 
made  by  Chinese,  many  of  whom  were 
lepers.

“Be somebody on your own  account,  my 
son, and don’t try to get along on  the  repu­
tation of  your  ancestors.  Nobody  knows 
and nobody cares who  Adam’s  grandfather 
was, and there is not a man living  who can 
tell the name of Bringham  Young’s mother- 
in-law.”—R.  F. Burdette.

Success in the  grocery business  does not 
depend on location, but  on  successful buy­
ing, the  choice  selections  and  satisfaction 
afforded  to  one’s  customers  both  in  the 
price and quality of their purchases,  and in 
the cultivation of pleasant trade relations.

Looking  intently  around,  he  said:  “Is 
there a Chicago drummer in  this  car?”  A 
nice looking fellow spoke  up from the rear. 
“Here, I’m one.  What is it?”  “Bring your 
corkscrew and come into the  smoker.”

A fine lithograph  of  the  celebrated  trot­
ting stallion, Jerome  Eddy, with  every  500 
of the Jerome Eddy cigars, for sale by  Fox, 
Musselman & Loveridge, Grand Rapids.

The eggs imported into the United  States 
within the past year amounted  to  1,000,000 
dozen.  These eggs cost, in  Germany, about 
12c per dozen.

WHOLESALE!  PRICE  CURRENT.

Raisins.
Sugars %c lower.

A dvanced.

D eclined.

AXLE  GREASE.

M o d o c__ $  doz  60 
D iam ond..............  60 

|P arag o n ...
|Frazer’s .
BAKING  POWDER.

1 doz  60 
___   85

A rctic %  ft can s................... ................$  doz. 
45
A rctic J4 ft c a n s................................................. 
75
A rctic % fl) can s.................................................1 40
A rctic  1 lb  c a n s.................................................2 40
A rctic 5  ft can s.................................................12  00

BLUING.

Dry, No. 2.............................................doz. 
25
Dry, No. 3............ .•...............................doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 oz,.........................................doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz...........................................doz. 
65
A rctic 4 oz............................................$   gross  4  00
A rctic 8  oz........................................................   8 00
A rctic 16 oz.......................................................   12 00
....................... .........3 00
A rctic No. 2 *  *“ 
....................... ........  4  50
A rctic No. 3 
“ 

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“ 
BROOMS.

No. 1 C arpet............................................. .. 
No. 2 C arpet............................................. . . 
No. 1 H u rl................................................. .. 
No. 2 H url  ............................................... .. 
Fancy W hisk...........................................
Common W hisk......................................

2 50
2 25
2  00
1  75
1  25
85

CANNED GOODS.

Apples, 3 ft sta n d a rd s.......................... .......1  20
Apples, 6 ft standards ........................... .......2 00
Apples, gallon  stan d ard s..................... .......3  25
A pricots, L usk’s ..................................... .......2 95
Beans, L im a ........................................... .......  85
Beans, S trin g .......................................... .......  85
Beans, Boston B aked............................ .......1  75
Blackberries, stan d ard s....................... .......1  25
Cherries, w h ite ...................................... .......1  90
Cherries,  re d ........................................... .......1  05
Condensed Milk, Fagle  b ran d ............ .......8  10
Corn, E rie................................................. .......1  15
Corn, R evere........................................... .......1  20
Corn,  E g yptian...................................... .......1  10
Corn,  Y arm outh.................................... .......1  30
Corn  T rophy........................................... .......1  15
Corn, 2 ft  O nandago............................. .... 1  50
D am sons.................................................. .......1  20
Egg Plum s, stan d ard s.......................... .......1  60
G reen  Gagés, stan d ard s............... .... 1  60
Lobsters, S ta r s......................... .....2 00
Lobsters, P icn ics....................... .....1  75
Mackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t...... .... 4  00
....1   10
Oysters, 1  ft  stan d ard s.........................
O ysters, 1 ft  slack  filled...................... .......  75
Oysters, 2  1b  stan d ard s........................ ....  1  85
Oysters, 2 ft slack filled........................ .......1  25
Peaches, all  yellow  stan d ard s....... .....2  10
Peaches, 3 ft E xtra Yellow H eath_ .... 3 00
Peaches, w hite  stan d ard s............ .....1  90
Peaches,  seconds.......................
....1  65
Pie P eaches.............................. ....1 20
Pears, B a rtle tt.......................... .... 1  35
Peas, standard  M arrofat.............. .....1  50
Peas, good M arrofat...................
....1   35
Peas, so ak ed............................ ....   65
P ineapples...............................
....1   60
Pine Apple, 2 ft Sugar  L oaf.......... .....2 50
Raspberries, E rie....................... ....1   50
Raspberries,  o th er g ran d s...........
....1   20
Salmon, stan d ard.......................
..  .1  60
Sardines,  im ported  %s................
....  15%
Sardines, im ported % s ...................................  20
Sardines, dom estic %s................................... 
8
Sardines,  dom estic  %s.................................  12%
Sardines,  M ustard..........................................  15
Straw berries,  standards...............................1 10
Succotash, stan d ard s.................................... 1 05
Succotash,  o th er  b ran d s..............................  85
Succotash,.2 ft B.& M .................................... 1 75
Tomatoes, "standards..........................1  00@1  05
Tomatoes, gal. E rie ........................................3 25
T rout, 3 ft  brook.............................................3 00

CAPS.

.......  35 

¡Ely’s W aterproof  75

G.  D...................
M usket..............

G erm an  sw eet.
B aker’s  ............
R u n k les............
V ienna S w eet..

CHOCOLATE.

.................................   @2»
.................................   @40
.................................   @35
............ ....................  @25

COFFEE.

Green  R io 
12%@14%¡Roasted Mex.l7%@19%
Green Java...17%@27%  Ground  R io..  9%@17%
Green Mocha.25%@27% Ground  Mex.  @16%
Roasted R io ..13  @17%  A rbuckle’s ...........@15%
Roasted  Java24%@34% X X X X ..................@15%
Roasted  Mar.l7%@19  D ilw orth’s ........... @15%
Roasted  Mocha  @34% I

CORDAGE.

72 foot J u t e .......   1  35  160 foot C otton___ 1  75
60 foot  J u te .......  1  15  ¡50 foot C otton___ 150

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lem on.

Jennings’ 2 oz........................................f?  doz.  1  00
4 oz.....................................................   1 50
6 oz...................................................... 2  50
8 o z...................................................... 3 50
No. 2 T ap er......................................  1 25
No.  4 
% p in t  ro u n d ..................................   t 50
1 
.................................   9  0O
No.  8....................................................3 00
No. 1 0 ................................................  4 25
ngs’ 2 oz.......................................$  doz.  1  40

Vanilla.

“ 
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Jenn

 

 

4 oz........................................................... 2 50
6 o z........................................................... 4 00
8 OZ.........................................................   5 00
No. 2  T ap er.....................................   1 50
No.  4 T ap er.....................................   3 00
% pin t  ro u n d ..................................   7 50
1 p in t  ro u n d ....................................15 00
No.  8.................................................   4 25
No.  10............................... . , ............6  00

FAUCETS.

FISH.

Faucets,  self  m easuring...................
Faucets, com m on.................................

@2 50 
@  35

 

W hole Cod................................  
4%@6%
Boneless Cod........................................5%@7%@8%
H erring % bbls.JOO f t..........................2  75@3  00
Herring43caled........................................ 
28@30
H erring H olland.....................................  @115
B loaters....................................................   @1  00
W hite, No. 1, % b b ls .............................  
8 00
W hite, Fam ily, % bbls............................... 
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its .........................  
110
Whise, No. 1,12  ft k its............................... 
T rout, No.  1, %  b b ls.................................. 
T rout, No. 1,12  ft  k its .......................... 
Mackerel, No. 1, % b b ls.?.........................  
M ackerel. No. 1,12  ¿ k i t s ...................  

4 00
1 25
4 75
90
7 00
115

I^RUITS.

2 75
London Layers, new ..................................... 
Loose M uscatels Raisins,  n ew ............2  50@2  60
New V alencias  R aisins.............................. 
@7
O n d aras.........................................................   @10%
T urkey P ru n e s ....................................
C u rra n ts....................................................  6
C itro n .........................................................  18@20
Dried A pples  ........................................

MATCHES.

Richardson’s No. 2  sq u a re............................. 2  70
................................2  55
Richardson’s No. 3  do 
................................170
Richardson’s No. 5  do 
................................2  70
Richardson’s No. 6  do 
Richardson’s No. 8  do 
................................1  70
Richardson’s No. 9  do 
................................2 56
Richardson’s No. 4  ro u n d .....................................2 70
................................2  55
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
R ichardson’s No. 7% do 
................................1  70
E lectric P arlor No. 17............................................. 3 80
E lectric P arlor No. 18............................................. 5 70
G rand  Haven, No.  9............................................... 2 25
G rand  H aven, No.  8............................................... 1 60

20 gross lots special price.

MOLASSES.

Black  S tra p .....................................................   @20
P orto  R ico...................................................... 32@35
New  Orleans,  good........................................ 45@50
New  Orleans,  fa n c y .......................................66@60
Syrups, S ugar...........................................27@35@46

OATMEAL.

18 51b  p k g s.................................................  @3  75
36 2 ft  pk g s.................................................  @3 25
Im perial  bbls...........................................  
Q uaker b b ls............................................... 

5  75
6  75

OIL.

do. 

K erosene  W. W.............................................  
Legal te s t..................................... 
Sweet, 2 oz. sq u are........................................  
Sweet, 2  oz. ro u n d ............................... 
Castor, 2 oz.  sq u a re....................................... 
Castor, 2 oz. ro u n d ................................... 

1  00
1  00

15
12 %
76
75

PICKLES.

do 
do 

Choice in barrels m ed..............................................7 25
Choice in % 
........................................ 4  26
sm all....................................4 25
Dingee’s % 
Dingee’s q u arts glass fa n c y ................................. 4 25
Dingee’s pin ts 
English qt. in G lass.................................................3 50
English pt.  in  G lass...............................................2 00
A m erican qt.  in G lass............................................2 00
A m erican pt. in G lass................................ 

..........................   2 50

do 

 

Im ported Clay 3 gross........................... 2 25@3  00
A m erican  T. D ......................... .............  90@x 00

PIPES.

SALERATUS.

DeLand’8  p u re ................................................ @  5%
C hurh’s ............................................................. @5%
Taylor’s  G.  M ...................................................@5%
Cap  S heaf.............................................  
  @5%
Dw ight’s ........................................................... © 5%
Sea  F oam .........................................................@ 6%

60 P o c k e t................................................... 
28 P o ck et.................................................... 
100 3 ft  pockets.......................................... 
Saginaw F in e ........................ .................. 
Diam ond  C...............................  
............  
Standard  Coarse......................................  

2  60
2  40
2  50
l   10
1  75
1  55

H e m p .........................  
5%
C a n a ry ..,......... ........................................  
4%
R a p e ...........................................................  
7
Mixed B ird ;...............................................  5%@6

 

SALT.

SEEDS.

SOAP.

do. 

do. 
do.
do.
do.
do.

K irk’s A m erican  F a m ily ............ ft ft
I n d ia ...........................................
S a v o n ....................... 
..............
S a tin e t.......................................
R evenue  ....................................
W hite R ussian..........................
Goodrich’s English Fam ily  ................
P rin c e ss..............................
r  & G am ble’s I v o r y .................
do.
Ja p an   O liv e .........
do.
Town T alk 
f! box
do.
Golden B ar............
do.
A rab........................
do.
A m ber.....................
do.
M ottled  G erm an..
P ro cter & G am ble’s V elvet...................
P ro cter & G am ble’s Good L uck...........
P ro cter & Gamble’s Wash  W ell...........
B adger..............?.............................. 60 fts
G a lv an ic....................................................
X X X  E lectric................................... .
X X X  B o rax.........................................
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft b r
Tip T op........................................ 3 ft b ar
W ard’s W hite L ily...................................
H andkerchief...........................................
Sidall’s ......................................................
B abbitt’s ..................................................
Dish R a g .................................... .............
B luing.....................................................
M agnetic....................................................
New  French  P rocess..............................
S p o o n .........................................................
A nti-W ashboard......................................
V aterlan d ..................................................
M agic...........................................................
P ittsb u rg h .................................................
Bogue’s ......................................................
W hite castile  b a rs...................................
M ottled castile..........................................
.......... ?.............................
Old  Style 
Old C ountry..............!...............................

 

SPICES.

6%6%
66% 
5% 
5 40 5% 
4%
6 75
5
3  70
4  20
3  45
3  75
4  20
@3  40
@3  15 
@ 6% 
@4  20 
@6 50 
@4  20 
@  21 
©   16 
@6  75 
@4  20
3 00 
5 50
4  00
5  00 
4 20
4 50
5  00
5 00
3 25
4 20 
4 00
6  75 
13 
12
@  5% 
5%

G round P epper,  in boxes and can s...  16@22
G round  A llspice......................................   12@20
C innam on..................................................   16@30
C loves.........................................................   20@25
G inger.........................................................   17@20
M u stard ......................................................  15@35
C ayenne......................................................  25@35
P epper % ft ft dozen...............................
75 
Allspice  % f t.............................................
Cinnam on  % f t ........................................
1  00 
Cloves %  f t................................................
75 
@18 
Pepper,  w hole......................................
A llsp ice............................... ..................
@10 
@12
C a ssia......................................................
Cloves......................................................  20
N utm egs,  No. 1....................................   70  @75

STARCH.

 

 

1 75

TEAS,

@8
7
7

SUGARS.

SYRUPS.

STONEWARE.

STOVE POLISH.

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package....................... 
@7
@6%
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package....................... 
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes............  ............  
@714
@6
Muzzy Gloss b u lk ....................................  
Muzzy Corn l i b ........................................  7  @7%
K ingsford  Silver Gloss..........................  
@8%
K ingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  b o x ........... 
@9%
K ingsford C orn............................: ..........  8%@9
Oswego  G loss............................... ...........
M irror  Gloss.............................................
M irror  Gloss, co rn ..................................1
Piel’s P e a rl.................................................
@4
Am ericad Starch Co.’s
@6%
1 ft  G loss....................................................
@3%
10 oz  G loss.................................................
3 ft  Gloss....................................................
@6
6 ft Gloss, wood  boxos............................
@7
@6%
Tabic Corn........................................ to ft
Table  C orn....................................... 20  ft
@7
B anner, b u lk .............................................
@4
H ovey’s 1 ft Sunday Gloss.....................
@7%@7%
H ovey’s 3 ft Sunday G loss.....................
H ovey’s 6 ft Sunday Gloss, wood box.
@8
One Mrs.  P o tts’  Polishing  Irons  given  free 
w ith each box o r crate of Sunday Gloss Starch.
Ju g s f?  gallon..........................................  
Crocks.........................................................  
Milk  Crocks............................................... 
Rising  Sungro8S..5  88|Dixon’s  gross.........5  50
U n iv ersal............... 5  88 A bove fi dozea........  50
I X L ........................5  50|
@7 %
G ranulated............................................... 
Cut L oaf....................................................  
8%@8%
8%@8%
C u b e s........................................................ 
Pow dered...............................................  
8  @8%
 
Conf. A ...........................................  
Standai’d A ............................... ............... 
@7%
6%@6%
E x tra C...................................................... 
Fine C........................................................ 
6%@6%
Y ellow ..........................................................    5%@6
Corn,  B arrels...............................................   @ 30
Corn, % bbls..................................................   @ 32
Corn,  10 gallon k eg s.....................................  @ 33
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s......................................   @1 75
Corn, 4% gallon k eg s............................. 
P u re Sugar  D rips..............................bbl  32@  35
P u re Sugar D rips..........................% bbl  35@  40
P u re Sugar  D rips................. 5 gal kegs  @1  85
P u re  M aple...................................% bbls  @  80
P u re M aple...........................10 gal kegs  @  80
P u re M aple...........................5 gal kegs 
@  85
P u re  Loaf Sugar D rips. . ............ % bbl  @  95
P u re  Loaf S ugar................... 5 gal kegs  @x  00
Jap an   ordinary. ,26@30
Y oung H yson__ 25@50
Ja p an  fa ir............ 32@35
G un  Pow der.......35@50
Ja p an  fa ir to  g ’d.35@37
O olong..........33@55@60
Ja p an  lin e............ 40@50
C ongo...................   @30
Ja p an  d u st...........15@20
TOBACCO—FINE CUT,
Diamond. Crown.............................
Red  B ird ...........................................
O pera Q ueen....................................
Sweet Rose........................................
G reen  B ack......................................
F r u i t ..................................................
O So  Sw eet........................................
P rairie  F low er.................................
Clim ber [light and  d a rk ]..............
M atchless..........................................
H ia w a th a ..........................................
G lobe..................................................
May F lo w er......................................
H ero....................................................
A tla s .................................................
Royal G am e......................................
Silver T hread...................................
Seal.....................................................
K e n tu c k y ..........................................
Mule  E a r...........................................
Peek-a-Boo........................................
Peek-a-Boo, %  b arre ls...................
Clipper, Fox’s ...................................
Clipper, Fox’s, in half b arre ls__
F o u n ta in ...........................................
Old Congress.....................................
Good  L u ck ........................................
Good and Sw eet...............................
Blaze  A w ay......................................
H air L ifte r........................................
Old Glory, lig h t............................. .
Charm  o f  the W est, d a rk ..............
Governor, in 2 oz tin   fo il..............
Red F o x .............................................
Big  D rive................'.........................
Seal of G rand R apids.....................
Glory  .................................................
D u rh am .............................................
Silver  Coin........................................
B uster  [D ark ].................................
Black Prince [D ark].......................
Black R acer  [D ark]......................
Leggett & M yers’  S ta r...................
C lim ax ...............................................
Hold F a s t .........................................
McAlpin’s Gold Shield...................
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  c a d s..
Cock of th e W alk  6s.......................
Black Spun  R oll..... .......................
N im rod...............................................
A corn .................................................
Red Seal.............................................
C re sc e n t............................................
Black  X .............................................
Black  B ass........................................
T rue G rit...........................................
Nobby  Spun  Roll............................
Spring.................................................
Crayling, all  sty les........................
M ackinaw .....................................:..
H orse Shoe........................................
Good  L u ck ...................................... .
Big C hunk o r J .T ...........................
H air L ifte r......................................
1 25
D. and D., black ...............................
McAlpin’s G reen  Shield................
A ce  H igh, black ..............................
C ham pion  A .......................... .........
Sailors’  Solace............................ .

@00
@30
@67
@32
@30
@32
@20
@74
@64
@52
@45
@35
@30
@60
@60
@60
@52
@52
@48
@50
@48
@50
@36
@36
@36
@50
@50

@52
@40
@45
@38
@33
@31
@65
@62
@65
69
70 
70
@45
@35

@51
@37
@38
@50
@50
@48
@44
@35
@40
@35
@50

@50
@50
@40

PLUG.

@48

SMOKING.

Red S ta r............ ............. ........... ..
S h o tQ u n ........................................
D u c k ...............................................
Ju m b o .............................................
Chain  .............................................
A rth u r’s Choice............................
Seal of G rand  R adids.................
K ing................................................
F lir t.................................................
P u g ..................................................
Ten P enny D urham , % and % ..
Am ber, % and l f t ........................
Dime  Sm oking.............................
Red Fox Sm oking........................
Lime  K iln  Club............................
Blackwell’s D urham  Long  Cut.
V anity  F a ir...................................
D im e..............................................
P eerless..........................................
S ta n d a rd ........................................
Old Tom ..........................................
Tom & J e r r y .......................: ; ___
Jo k e r...............................................
T raveler..........................................
M aiden............................................
Topsy  .............................................
N avy C lippings............................
H oney D ew ...................................
Gold  B lock....................................
Camp F i r e .....................................
O ronoko..........................................
N igger  H ead................
D urham , % ft 
% ft • 
% ft 
lft

do 
do 
do

H olland 
................
G e rm a n ......................................................
Long Tom ..................................................
N ational......................................................
T im e ........................ .................................
Love’s D ream ...........................................
C o n q u e ro r........................ .'......................
Fox’s ...........................................................
G ra y lin g ..........'.......................................
Seal S kin__ .-............................................
Dime D u rh a m ..........................................
Rob R oy......................................................
Uncle  Sam ................................................
L u m b e rm a n ........................................... .
Railroad B oy.............................................
M ountain Rose.........................................
Good  E nough...........................................
H om e Comfort, %s and  %s...................
Old  Rip, long  c u t...................................
D urham ,  long c u t.. . ! ............................
Two  Nickle, %5........................................
Two  Nickle, %s........................................
Star D urham .............................................
Golden Flake C abinet.............................
Seal o f N orth Carolina, 2 oz.................
Seal o f N orth Carolina, 4  oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 8  oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 16 oz  b o x es...
Mule E a r ....................................................
H ia w a th a ............................................. .
Old Congress.............................................

SHORTS.

. 

VINEGAR.

WASHING POWDERS.

P u re  Cider..................................................
W hite  W ine.................................................
1776 $  f t ......................................................
G illett’s fl f t .............................................
Soapine p k g ..............................................
B oraxine f! b ox........................................
Pearline $  box...................................... ..

YEAST.

Seneca Falls “ Rising  Sun ” ...................
Twin Bros.......... 1  65  I W ilso n s............
G illett’s ..............165  ¡N atio n al............

MISCELLANEOUS.

@50
@48
@48
@40

@22
@25
@30
@28
@30
@24
@15
@22
@26
@47
@90
@90
24@25
25
22
21
24
25 
35
@26
27
24
25 
32 
22 
19
26 
60 
57 
55 
51
@22
@16
@30
@26
@26
@28
@23
@22
@32
@30
@25
@26
@28
@26
@37
@20
@23
@25
@60
@60
@25
@26
@25
@40
@52
@50
@48
@50
23

...  10 
...  10

@10% 
©   7% 
7@10 
@3  75 
@4  50

.  1 65 
..  1  65 
..  1  65

 

 

95

do 

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B la c k in g ........................................... 30, 40,50@60
1 50
w aterp ro o f.............................. 
B ath B rick im p o rted .............................. 
95
75
A m erican.............................. 
B arley.........................................................  
@3%
l   10
B urners, No. 1 ................................ 
do  No.  2.......................................... 
1  50
Bags, A m erican A ................................... 
20  00
Beans,  m edium   ......................................   @2  10
Beans, hand picked................................. 
2 40
B u tte r.........................................................   18@20
B u tte rin e ..................................................   18@21
Curry Combs $  doz.................................1  25@
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft can s..............  @25
Candles, S ta r.............................................  @15%
Candles,  H otel..........................................  @16%
Cheese full cream  choice....................... 14%@15
Catsup q u arts fi  dozen..........................1  40@1  60
Chimneys No.  1........................................  @35
No.  2........................................  @46
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ l f t  packages. 
@26%
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & % ft 
@27%
do . 
E vaporated Hulled Corn 50 ft cases...  @  11
E x tract Coffee,  v. c ................................  
F e lix ......................................1 30@
Flour, S tar Mills, in b b ls ....................... 5  75@
in Sacks................................. 5 50@
Gum, R ubber 100 lum ps........................   @25
Gum, R ubber 200 lu m p s.........................  @40
Gum, Spruce.............................................   35@40
Horse  Radish, p in ts...............................   @1  40
Indigo.......................................................... 1  00@
In k  ft 3 dozen  bo x................................... l   00@
Jelly in  P ails.............................................   @ 6
doz...................  @75
do  GlaSs Tum blers 
Licorice, S ic ily ........................................  @20
Licorice, C a la b ra.........................  
28@30
Licorice  R oot............................................  @12
Lye ft 2  doz. cases................................... 1  55@
M acaroni,  Im ported...............................   @13
D om estic....................................................  @5%
Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, $  case.........  @6  00
F rench M ustard,  8 oz ft  dozen........................... @80
Large  G othic...............1  35@
Oil Tanks, Star 60  gallons.................   12  00@
Oil Tanks, P aten t 60 gallons................ 14  00@
P epper Sauce...........................................   90@1  00
Peas, G reen Bush,.....................................1  50@
do  Split p repared...............................   @3%
Powder,  K eg....................................... 
5 50@
R ice........................................................... 6@6%@7%
Sago  ............... 
Shot, d ro p ...................................................1  90®
do  b u c k .................................................2 15@
S ag e.............................................................  @15
Tobacco C utters e a c h ............................ 1  25@
T w in e .........................................................   18@23
Chim neyCleaners ft  doz........................   @50
F lour Sifters ft d o z................................. 3 00@
F ru it A ugurs each ................................... 1 25@
T a p io ca........................ 
5@6
W ashing Crystal, G illett’s box.............1  50@1  65
W icking No. 1 ft gross............................  @40
No. 2  ........................................  @65

do  % K eg........................................ 3 00@

do 
do  A rg a n d .....................................1  50@

@7 %

5@6

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H A R D W A R E   GOODS. 

 

 

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f t.................  

P revailing  rates  a t  Chicago  are  as  follows:
A nvils—P eter  W right’s,  ft 
11
A ugurs—50  and  10  per cent. off.
B abbett—G enuine fl  f t..........................  @30
E x tra .................................................  @26
No. 1..................  
@20
No. 2..................................................   @18
.No. 4..................................................   8  @10
11
8%
6%
5%
4%
4%

Chain—3-16 inch Lake Superior, ft ft.......  
.......
do
% 
6-16  do
.......
.......
% 
do
.......
% 
do
.......
% 
do
-Nicholson’s best 40  p er  cen t off.
Forks—H ay and M anure 50 p er cent off. 
H am m ers—Maydole’s 10@15per cen t off. 
H inges—Strap and T 60 p er cen t off. 
Horse Shoes—B urden’s $4.00 per keg. 
H orse  Nails—A u Sable  25  and 10 per 
Iro n —F lat Bar $2 rates.
Sheet No. 24 $3.25.
Swede’s bar 5%c $  ft.
Padlocks 30 p er cent. off.
Lead—Pig ft  f t...............................................
Sheet ft  f t................................................
Pipe ft  ft..................................................
B ar  $  f t.............................
Rope—M anilla ft  f t.................
....14
Sisal $  f t.............................
Ju te  ft f t..............................
Sash W eights $  f t...................
Shot—Buck  $2.15.
S o ld er........................................
Steel—B est cast tool  $  f t__
Round Machine  ft f t.......
Spring  ft f t........................
Tin—Pig ft f t............................
B ar ft  f t..............................
Zinc—Sheet  $ f t .....................

@13 
..  © 8 
..  @5% 
© 20% 
@22% 
5%@  6%

6
7% 
6
6% 
@15 
@10 
@  2

Drop $1.80.

cent. off.

8%@  9% 

...14

COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follow s:

Ohio W hite Lime, p e r  b b l..................... 
1  10
95
Ohio W hite Lim e, car lo ts..................... 
Louisville Cement,  p er bb l................... 
1  40
A kron Cem ent per  bbl-. ........................  
1  40
Buffalo Cement,  p e r b b l......................  
1  40
Car lo ts...................................... •................1  15@1  20
P lasterin g  hair, per b u ..........................  35@  38
Stucco, p er b b l.............. ...........................  
175
Land plaster, p er to n .............................. 
3 75
Land p laster, car lo ts ............................. 
3 00
F ire brick, p e r  M.....................................$27 @ $35
F ire clay, p er b b l..................................... 
3 00
A nthracite, egg and g ra te ................... $6  50@6  75
A nthracite, stove and n u t...................   6  75@7  00
Cannell co a l............................................. 
7  00
40@3  60
O hioooal............... 
B lossburgor  C um berland  . . . . . . . . . . .  
00@5  25

GOAL.

 

 

 

CANDY,  F R U IT S  A N D   NUTS.

P u tn am  & Brooks quote as follow s :

STICK.

do 
do 

Straight, 25 ft  boxes...............................   @10
...............................   @10%
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
...............................   @12
MIXED.

Royal. 251b  p ails..........................................  @10%
Royal, 2001b bbls.................................................10
E xtra, 25 ft  p ails............................. : .................11%
E xtra, 2001b bbls................................................. 11
French Cream, 251b p ails..................................14
Cut loaf, 251b  cases............................................ 14
Broken, 25  1b  pails..............................................11%
Broken, 2001b  bbls..............................................10%

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

 

Lem on  D rops...................................................... 14
Sour D rops...............................................IIl!.* ll5
P epperm int  D rops................................ ...!!..1 6
Chocolate  D rops....................................
H M Chocolate  D rops..................................... .20
Gum   D r o p s ................................................... "” l2
Licorice D rops................................................. * ’ 20
A B   Licorice  D rops........................................... "  .14
Lozenges, p la in ..................................................J 6
Lozenges,  p rin te d ..............................................it
Im p e ria ls............................................................is
M o tto es.................................................................16
Cream  B a r........................... 
15
Molasses B a r................................................. ".".14
Caram els...............................................................20
H and Made C ream s............................................."  .2$
P lain  Cream s...................................................... 30
D ecorated  Cream s.................................." " " . 2 3
S tring R ock........................................................ .’p*
B u rn t A lm onds.........................................! . ! 2 4
W intergreen  B erries............................."  " . . .  16
Lozenges, plain  in  pails................................... 14
Lozenges, plain in  b b ls................................." 13
Lozenges, p rinted in pails............................." 15
Lozenges, p rinted in  bb ls.............................. .14
Chocolate D rops, in p ails................................ji4
G um   D rops, in p ails..........................................  8
Gum  D rops, in b b ls............................................  7
Moss D rops, in  p ails.......................................... H
Moss D rops, in bb ls............... 
Sour Drops, in  p ails.......................................... 13
Im perials, in  p ails..............................................14
Im perials, in  b b ls................................................13

F a n c y —in   B u lk .

9%

 

FRUITS.

Oranges »  b o x.............................................   @4 00
Oranges OO ft b o x ...................................
Oranges, Im perials, f!  bo x...................   @4  50
Oranges, V ale n c ia ^   case.....................  @8  50
Lemons,  choice......................................   3 80@3  50
Lemons, fa n c y ..........................................  @4  00
Bananas $  b u n ch .....................................2  00@4  00
Malaga Grapes, ft k e g ............................
Malaga Grapes, $  b b l.............................
Figs,  layers  ^  f t................................... 
Figs, fancy  do 
........................................   18@20
Figs, baskets 40 ft $  f t............................  14@15
Dates, frails 
do  ...............................  @ 6
Dates, % do 
do  ........................ ..  @ 7
D ates, sk in ....................................................   @ 
D ates, %  sk in ............................................. 
D ates, F ard 10 ft box $   f t.....................10  @11
D ates, F ard 50 ft box f tlb .......................  @ 8
Dates, P ersian 50 ft box $  f t..................  @ 7

 

 

  @ 7%

12@16

PEANUTS.

Firm .

NUTS.

P rim e  Red,  raw   f?  f t.............................
Choice 
d o ...............................  @ 8
Fancy 
do  ...............................  @ 9
Choice W hite, Va.do  .............................   9%@10
Fancy H P ,.  V a  do  ........................ ;.. 10%@11

do 
do 

Almonds,  Terragona, $ f t ...........................@19
Almonds, loaca, 
do  ......................  @17^
do  ......................  10@11
Brazils, 
do  .....................10  @14
Pecons, 
do  ......................
Filberts, B arcelona 
Filberts, Sicily 
d o ......................  14@15
W alnuts, Chilli 
do  ......................  @12%
W alnuts, G renobles  d o ......................  @15
W alnuts, California  d o ......................
Cocoa N uts, f?  100 
H ickory N uts, large ft  b u .....................
H ickory  N uts, sm all  do  ..................... 

.....................  @4  50
1 25

PRO V ISIO N S.

PORK.

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co 

quote  as  follows:
H eavy  Mess  P o rk ............................... ..........$17  25
Back  Pork,  short  c u t...................................  17  50
Fam ily Clear Pork, very  cheap.................   19  OO
Clear P ork, A.  W ebster  p ack er.................   19 50
S. P. Booth’s Clear Pork, K ansas C ity__ 20  OO
E x tra Clear P o r k ...........................................   20  00
E x tra  B  Clear  P o rk ......................................   20  00
Clear Back  Pork, new ...................................21  OO
Boston  Clear Pork, ex tra  q u ality ..............  20  75
Standard Clear Pork, th e  b est.....................  21  50

do. 
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All th e above P ork is Newly Packed.
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases........... 
H alf Cases.............. 
Long Clear m edium , 500 ft  Cases........... 
H alf C ases........... 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases................ 
H alf Cases...............  
Short Clears, h eavy................................... 
m edium ...............................  
lig h t.....................................  
E x tra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  cases.. 
E x tra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
E x tra Long Clear Backs, 300  ft  cases.. 
E x tra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Bellies, ex tra quality, 500 ft cases......... 
Bellids, ex tra quality, 300 ft cases......... 
Bellies, ex tra qulaity, 200 ft cases......... 

do. 
do. 

LARD.

Tierces  ........................................................ 
30 and 50 ft T u b s........................................ 

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  rack s...................  
50 ft Round  Tius, 100  ft  rack s................ 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  case...............................  
5 ft Pails, 12 in a c a s e ...............................  
10 ft Pails, 6 in  a c a s e ...............................  

 

9%
9%
9%
9%
9%
9%
10%.
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
11%
10%
10%
10%

9
9%

9%
9%
10
9%
9%

do. 

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN. 
14
14%
9%:
11%
16

H am s cured in sw eet pickle m edium .. 
lig h t......... 
Shoulders cured in sw eet  pickle........... 
E x tra Clear B acon....................................  
Dried B e e f..................................................
E x tra D ried B eef ...................................... 
Rolled Beef, fo r fam ily  u se .......................  18 06
E x tra Mess Beef Chicago  packed............   13  OO-

BEEF IN BARRELS.

CANNED BEEF.

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

2 ft « m s, 1 doz. in  case__  

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

in c a s e .........................................................   20  50
do. 
3 20
A rm our & Co., 14 ft cans, % doz  in case  20  50 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  ca se ..  3 20 
do.  2 ft Compr’d H am , 1 doz. in case 4  50 
P o rk   Sausage.......................................................10%
Pork Sausage Meat, 50 ft tu b s .......................... 10%,
H am   Sausage..................................................... 15
Tongue  Sausage............................... “ ............   11
8%
Liver Sausage.........................  
F ra n k fo rt  S ausage...........................................10
Blood  Sausage...................................................... 8%
Bologna,  rin g ......................................................  8%.
Bologna,  s tr a ig h t...! ........................................  8%
Bologna,  th ic k ....................................................   8%-
H ead  Cheese..........................................................8%.
In  half b arre ls........................................................$3 85
In  q u arter barrels.................................................   2 16
In  k its.......................................................................   1 00
In  h alf b arre ls........................................................$3 70
In  q u arter b arre ls.................................................  1 85
In  k its..................................................................  

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

96

Prices nam ed are lowest  a t tim e of going to

press, subject always to M arket changes.

 

F R E S H   M EATS.

John  M ohrhard  quotes th e trade as follows:.
Fresh  Beef, sides......................................  7%@  9%
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs....................   9  @10%.
Dressed  H ogs.............................................  9  @  9%
M utton,  carcasses....................................8  @  9
V e a l..............................................................  9  @10%
Spring  Chickens.......................................  16@17
Fow ls................................................ 
15@16
P o rk   Sausage............................................10%@11
P ork Sausage in b u lk ..............................  @ ll
Bologna......................................................  @ ll

 

 

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follow s:

OYSTERS.

New Y ork Counts, p er  c a n ..................................3g.
E x tra   Selects.......................................................... 33,
Plain  Selects..................................................  
28
H. M. B. F ....... .....................................................   21
Favorite F .................................................................is
New Y ork Counts, solid m eats, p e r  g a l..... .2  50
Selects, solid  m eats, p er  gallon...........  @1  75.
Standards, solid m eats, per gallon__   @ 116
Can piices above are fo r cases and half cases.

Codfish..................................................................   8
H addock   ...................................................... ”  \  7
S m elts...................................................................... 5
H e rrin g ...............................................................
M ackinaw T ro u t............................................." 10
M ackerel............................. 
.15
W h iteflsh ............... 
i2%.

 

 

 

 

 

FRESH  FISH.

H.  L E O N A R D

S ONS

ifs

CROCKERY,  GLASSWARE  AND  SILVER  WARE,
English White  Granite  Ware,  English  Decorated Ware, Chandeliers and Library Lamps.

Headquarters for Akron  Stone Butter  Crocks, Jugs and Churns,  by  the  Carload or from  Stock.

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Carefully  Note  the  Specialties  Below,  w h ich   W e   Quote  for  Your  Benefit  T h is  W eek:

2 04 
2 48 
8  03

1  36 
60 
1  50

SELECTED ENGLISH WHITE GRANITE WAR

Diam ond  X.

oo

51
fe­
73

09
U
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«q
09
11
1*
08
10
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3»
4o

Edw ard  Clark’s
4 doz P la te s....................... 5 inch 
4 doz P la te s.......................6  inch 
l l  doz P lates.......................7  inch 
3 doz P la te s...............................8 inch
1 doz P lates.............7 inch, deep
6 doz F ru it S aucers.......4 inch 
6 sets H andled T eas............................
18 sets U nhandled T eas.........- ...........
1 only D ish................................ 7 inch
2 only D ish e s....................« inch 
3 only D ish e s..........................-9 inch
3 only D ish e s...............J ? inc£ 
3 only D ish e s..........................11 inch
3 only D ish e s................. 12 inch 
4 only B akers...............  fin c h  
4 only B akers....................6 inch 
4 only B akers....................7 inch 
4 only B akers................... § inch 
6 only Scollops..................5 inch 
6 only Scollops..................6 inch 
6 only Scollops..................7 inch 
6 only Scollops..................8 inch 
2 only Covered D ishes.. 7 inch 
2 only Covered D ishes.. 8 inch 
1 only Sauce B oat.........
i,
2 only Pickles 
, 
4 only Cov’d B utters and D r ns 5 in 34
2 only T eapots...............No. 24 
3U
6 only  S ugars............  No. 24 
¿o
6 only  Cream s................. No. ¿4 
ls
3 only  Bowls.................... No. 24 
09
6 only Bow ls................... or
0°
6 only Bowls.................. No. 36 
4 only  J u g s ...................... No.  6 
|4
« o n ly   J u g s ......................No. 12 
i l
4 only  J u g s ...................... No. 24 
lo
4 only  Ju g s...................... No. 30 
in
10
« o n ly   J u g s ... . . . . . •  - No.3b 
4 p rs Ew ers and Basing No.  9 
a  
^
6 covered C ham bers.... No.  9 
6 Soap  Slabs.
07
6 M ugs..........

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Crate
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ONE  CRATE  WHITE  GRANITE  W ifeE. 

Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles—Cable  S h ap e- 
Diam ond C.
3  00
6 doz P la te s.....................5 inch 
o  „  ■  ** 
...........6  “ 
1  83

50 
61 

B akers....................3
5
 
...................6

“ 
“ 

83 
96 
1  32 
*L  93

“ 

“ 

36

“ 
« 

•  “ 

Bow ls....................... No. 
................  “ 30
.  ...................  “  24
3 85
Cov’d B u tte rs— 5  inch 
“  — 2%  “
Indiv’l 
Cov’d Chambers.No. 9 
5 63
U ncov’d 
“
Cake  P la te s............................. 3  8o
7o
R estau ra n t C ream s.............. 
Cup  P la te s............................ 
30
Casseroles.............. 7 inch 
4 68
5 25
“  
D ishes.........................3 “  
66
“  
1 38
2  00
“ 
2 61
“  
Ew ers and Basins. No 9.......9  00
B arrell M ugs.... No. 36 
<7
F ru it Saucers...... 4 inch 
35
Scollops..............2 Hi 
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5 
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“
................... 6 
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8 
..9 
” " ’. ” .'....10 
1!...............11 

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“  Ju g s, No. 36...................
“ 
“   30...................

1  93 
1  16
1 38
2  90 
4  40
“  Shell  P ickles..........................  1  85
y- 
%  “   Sugars. No. 30........................   290
“  Spoon  H olders...................... 1  80
y* 
50
6 sets U nhandled Coffees,................ 
“ 
36  “ 
3b
................ 
12  “  H andled 
................ 
17
C rate...............................

Teas 

“ 

Large Assortment C ks. Meakins’ Cups and Saucers.

SELECTED  THIRDS.

Teas, U nhand, p er  s e t.................................... 27cts
“  
Teas, H and, 
Coffees, U nhand  “  
Coffees, H and 
“ 

.....................................33
.....................................33
.....................................40

Sold in any q uantities.

Best  White  Granite Cups and Saucers.

J. W. P an k h u rst & Co., p er s e t.....................35cts
These are equal to any m ade  and  are  w orth 
40cts.

Barrel  Assorted  Glass  Table  Sets.

4 V ictoria Sets, p er  s e t...................................19cts
4 P lain H andled Sets, p er s e t .......................30
4 L’ge Figured Sets,  p d   se t..........................34

Barrel, 35cts.

GLASSWARE.

H eavy  Figured

H orseshoe”  P attern .

Sets, $   dozen.....................
Pitchers,  % gallon............
C eleries...............................
Bowls, 7 inch, and covers 
Bowls, 8 
Bowls, 9 
Comports, 4  in c h ..............
G o b le ts...............................
W in es...................................
Salvers.................................
Nappies,  4  in c h ................

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“ 
“  

“
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Package a t cost*

GLASS OIL CANS.

“ Q ueen” o r  “ D aisy.”  No  charge  fo r box.
3 50
>4 gal.  p er doz.
4 50
lgal 

do 

....... .....................
TUBULAR  LANTERNS.

Lamp  Chimneys— Good  Common.

No charge fo r box.

No. 0 Sun  $   box. 
No.  1 
No.  2 

do
do

Best  Common.

.1  90 
.2 00 
.3 00

Yon Can  Save  Money  and freight by Buying Goods 

Goods.

Each Chimney Labeled F irst Quality.

No. 0 Sun  $   b o x ...................................................... 2 10
No.  1 
No.  2 

.................................. 
................................................. 3 25
Ten p er cent, off above prices, w hen ten  boxes 

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of any styles o f chim neys are  ordered.

We have nearly every style m anufactured.

The  Engraved  Globe  Chimney.

Crimped  Top  only  75cts  p er  dozen.  Form er 

D ithridge F lin t Glass.
price $P25 p er dozen.

Vienna White Shades.
To fit illum inator bases.
Packed Six dozen in  case............doz 

$1  00

Illuminator  Bases.

Seven inch, to  fit any burner, SI p er  dozen.  5 

dozen in barrel.  Sold fo r S1.25 everyw here.

LAMP BURNERS.

No 0 A ny style  per doz. 
No 1 
No 2 

do 
do 

do
do

.  90 
.1  00 
.1  50

“ GOOD ENOUGH”  OIL CANS.

The  best selling five gallon can ever offered.
No. 1,5 g a l...........................................$   doz  $15 00
No. 2,5 gal.,  Ja c k e t......................................   18  00
No. 4,10 gal., J a c k e t.....................................  ^ 4  00

........................................  #  

*» j« s «*..  

C om plete  w ith   Seven 

2 25

In c h  

Illu m in a to r 

B ase  a n d   W h ite   S hade.

No.  1600, tw o light, each ............................... SI  60
No.  500, tw o light,  each .............................   175
No.  543, two light, each ...............................   2  00
No.  544, tw o light, each...................   .........  2  50
No.  518, th ree light, each ............................  4  75
No.  595, th ree light w ith pat. ex ten sio n ..  7  80
C atalo g u e se n t o n  a p p lic a tio n .  W rite   fo r

p rices  o n  L ib ra ry   L am p s a n d  B rack ets.

Fnglish  Decorated  Ware  is  now  one of 
our-leading lines, but want of space  forbids 
our  giving  it  the  proper  attention  in  this 
paper.  We have in stock to-day  over  three 
hundred fancy Chamber Sets  which we  can 
sell from  $1.75  per  set  upward—over one 
hundred, diiferent  patterns  of  tea  and  din­
ner ware—many of which we carry  in  open 
stock—which we offer at  from  $3  for  Tea 
Sets, and $12 for complete  Dinner  Sets  up­
wards.

SILVERWARE.

In this line our stock is always  large,  and 
we should be pleased to send our  full  illus­
trated Catalogue on  application.

REDUCED  PRICES.
On  Rogers  Bros.’  1847  Genuine  Goods.

Treble P lated  M edium K nives.......$   doz  $3 00
Tipped T ea Spoons,  A1.................................  2 38
Tipped Table Spoons,  A1.............................   4  75
N ew port Tea Spoons,  X II............................  2  75
N ew port Table Spoons, X II........................   5  50

Nickel and Silver Plate on Steel, 

These  are  especially  reccommended  for 
durability, and we guarantee them  to  wear 
from one to five years.

F ru it Knives, in case..........................^  doz $1  75
Alpine Tea Spoons..........................................  100
Alpine Table  Spoons....................................   2  00
A lpine Medium F o rk s...................................  2 00
Sultan Tea Spoons.......................................... 
75
Sultan Table Spoons....................................   1  50
Sultan Medium  F o rk s............................ . 
1 5
T —   —  

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This advertisem ent appears b u t a sh o rt tim e.  M ail orders receive careful attention.

¿5515 

No 0 New w ire lift fo r lighting,  p er d o z.... 8  50 
No 0 H inge fo r lighting, p er  doz...................7  50
$82 16 | No 0 H inge fo r lighting, p er  aoz.....................•<  ou |

7£)r\>  (Boobs.

Spring &  Company quote as to .
WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

HEAVY BROWN  COTTONS.

A tlantic  A, 4-4.......7%¡Lawrence X X . 4-4..  814
!  A tlantic  H .4-4....... 7  Law rence  Y ,3Q 
I  A tlantic  D, 4-4.......614 Law rence LL, 4-4...  5%
1  A tlantic P, 4-4.........5% N ew m arket N .. . . . .   7 ^
A tlantic  LL, 4-4....  6% Mystic River, 4-4... 614
A driatic, 36..............  714 Pequot A, 4-4...........  »

\

CHECKS.

Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
Caledonia,  X,OZ...10 
Economy,  oz— ...10 
P a rk  Mills, No.  oO. .10 
P ark  Mills, No. 60. .11 
P ark  Mills, No. 70. .12 
P ark  Mills, No. 80. .13

P ark  Mills, No. 90. .14 
P ark  Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz............. 11
Otis  A pron............. 10%
Otis  F u rn itu re .......1014
York,  1  oz...............10
York, AA, ex tra oz.14

OSNABURG,

Alabama brown.
Jew ell b riw n .......... »%
K entucky  brow n.. 10%
Lewiston  b ro w n ...  9%
Lane brow n . . . . . . . .   9%
Louisiana  plaid—   8

7  A labam a  plaid.......8
A ugusta p laid.........  8
Toledo plaid ............   '%
M anchester  plaid..  « 
New  Tenn. plaid.. .11 
U tility plaid............  6%

b l e a c h e d   c o t t o n s.

P 

Linwood,  4-4.  9

b n c, 4-4.. .   ...........

Avondale,  36.. 
. . . 8141 Greene, G.  4-4.........  5%
A rt  cam brics,3fe...11% H ill.4*4.....................
A ndroscoggin, 4-4..  8%  Hill,  <-8...................   7%
A ndroscoggin, 5-4-- ^   Hope, ^  
54
Ballou, 4-4...............   2 *  * 2 2 .   a!i
11%
Rflllou  5-4................6 
Boott, '0 . 4-4..............  8% 
Lonsdale,  4-4..............8%
■Rnntt  E  5-5 
__ 7 
Boott’, AGC, 4%........ 9%|Lonsdale  c a m b n c .ll%
jLangdon, GB, 4 4 ...  9% 
Boott, R.  3% 
. ....  5^
ILangdon,  45............14
Blackstone, AA 4-4 
i1/
Mason ville,  4 4 ......... 9%
Chapm an, X, 4 4 ...
Maxwell. 4 4 .............10%
Conway,  4 4 ............  i?*
New Y ork Mill, 4-4.1fi% 
Cabot, 4 4 .................   7%
New Jersey,  4 4 —   8 
Cabot, 7-8.................   6%
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7% 
Canoe,  3 4 ................  4
Pride of the W est. .12% 
Dom estic,  3 6 .......  44
Pocahontas,  4 4 —   8%
Dw ight A nchor, 4-4.10
Slaterville. 7-8.........  6%
Davol, 4 4 .........-•••
V ictoria,  A A .......... 9
F ru it of Loom, 44 ..  9 
W oodbury, 4 4 ...........5%
F ru it of Loom, 7-8..  8% 
W hitinsville,  4-4...  7% 
F ru it of  th e  Loom,
W hitinsville, 7-8—   6%
cam bric,  4 4 .........12
W am sutta, 4 4 ......... 10%
Gold Medal, 4 4 ..  ..  7
Williams ville,  36.. .10%
Gold Medal, 7-8.......6%
Gilded  A ge..............8%

CORSET j e a n s .

A rm o ry . . . . . . . . . . . .   7%
Androscoggin sat..  8%
Canoe R iver............6
C larendon............... 6%
Hallowell  Im p .......654
Ind. Orch. Im p .......6%
L a c o n ia ...................  7%|Conegosat.

K earsage.................
N aum keagsatteen.  8% 
Pepperell  bleached  8%
P e p p e re llsa t..........
R ockport.................
Lawrence s a t..........

Albion,  solid...
Albion,  g re y ...
Allen’s  checks.
A iien’s  fan cy ..
Allen’s p in k ....
Allen’s p u rp le..
A m erican, fane;
A rnold fa n c y ...
Berlin solid.......
Cocheeo  fancy.
Cocheco robes..
Conestoga fancy
E d d y sto n e .......
Eagle  fan cy —
G arner p in k .......

PRINTS.
,.5% |G loucester...............6
..6  G loucesterm ourn’g.6 
..5%  H am ilton  fa n c y ....6
. .5%  H artel fa n c y .v........ 6
. .6%|Merrimac  D ............. 6
.6% M an ch ester.............6
.. 5% O riental  fa n c y ........6
..6  O riental  robes........6%
Pacific  robes............ 6
5%
R ichm ond................. ®
Steel R iver............... 5%
Simpson’s ................. 6
W ashington fa n c y .. 
W ashington  b lu e s..8

..6

f i n e  b r o w n  c o t t o n s

A ppleton  A, 4 4 —   8
B oott  M, 4 4 ............  754
Boston  F, 4 4 ..........   8
C ontinental C, 4-3..  7?4 
C ontinental D, 40 in  854 
Conestoga W, 4 4 ...  7 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  5%
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  654
Dw ight  X, 3 4 .........6
Dw ight Y, 7-8...........6%
Dw ight  Z, 4 4 .......  7
D w ight Star, 4 4 ....  754
E w ightS tar,40-in..  9 
E nterprise EE, 36..  554 
G reat Falls E, 4 4 ...  7 
F arm ers’ A, 4 4 .....  654
Indian  O rchard,  14  7%

Indian O rchard, 40.  8%
Indian O rchard, 36.  8
Laconia  B, 7 4 ......... 16%
Lym an B, 40-in........10%
Mass. BB, 4 4 ...........  6%
N ashua  Ë, 40-in—   9
N ashua  R, 4 4 .........  754
N ashua 0,7-8..........   754
N e w m a rk e tN ......  754
Pepperell E, 39-in..  754 
Pepperell  R, 4 4 —  
Pepperell  0,7-8—   6% 
Pepperell  N, 3 4 —   654
Pocasset  C, 4 4 .......7
Saranac  R ................  754
Saranac  E ................  9

DOMESTIC GINGHAM8

A m o sk e ag ..............   8  R enfrew , dress styll0%
Am oskeag, P ersian 
Johnson  M anfg Co,
sty les.....................10%  B ookfold...............12%
B a te s........................ 7% ¡Johnson  M anfg Co,
B e rk sh ire................  6%  dress  sty le s ......12%
¡Slaterville, 
Glasgow c h eck s....  7 
dress 
Glasgow checks, f ’y  7%|  sty tes.. • ..... ■■■■■  9
Glasgow 
W hite Mfg Co, stap  7:
royal  sty les.........  8  W hite Mfg Co, lan e  8
G loucester, 
|  W hite  M a n fg   Co,
sta n d a rd ..............   7%  E arlston................... 9%
P lu n k e t...................  7%  G ordon. .........••••••  8
L a n c a ste r...............   854  Greylock, 
.
L an g d ale.................   7541  styles  .....................l«%

checks, 
new 

dre88 

WIDE BLEACHED c o t t o n s

A ndroscoggin, 74. .21 
A ndroscoggin, 84. .23 
P epperell,  7 4 .........20
Pepperell,  8 4 .........22% 
Pepperell,  9 4 ......2 5  

Pepperell.  104.....27%
Pepperell,  114.....3254
Pequot,  7 4 .........2 1
- 
24
• *....... ■  ~zi,
(Pequot,  94  . . . ----- 27%

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' 

Amoskeag,  AC A ... 15 
Amoskeag 
“ 4-4.. 19
Amoskeag,  A .......14
Amoskeag,  B .......13
Amoskeag,  C....... 12
Amoskeag,  D .......11
Amoskeag,  E .......10%
Amoskeag,  F .........10
Prem ium   A, 4-4— 17
P rem ium   B ........... 16
E x tra 4 4 .................. 16
E x tra  7-8.................. 14%
G oldM e d à Ì 4 4 . .15  Omega  A.4-4 
CCA  7-8...
CT 4-4.........................14 
RC 7-8........................ 14
BF 7-8........................ 16
A F 4 4 ........................19
Cordis AAA, 32.......14
Cordis  ACA, 32.......15
Cordis No. 1, 32.......15
Cordis  No. 2 . . . , — 14
Cordis  No. 3............13
Cordis  No. 4............11%

Falls, X X X X ..........18%
Falls, X X X ............. 15%
Falls,  B B .................11%
Falls,  BBC, 36........19%
Falls,  aw ning........19
H am ilton,  BT, 32..12
H am ilton,  D .......... 10
H am ilton,  H --------10
H am ilton  fa n c y ... 10
M ethuen A A ..........14%
M ethuen ASA........18
Omega  A, 7-8......... 11
....13
i n ' 'Omega ACA, 7-8— 14 
Omega ACA, 4 4 — 16
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
Omega SE, 4-4......... 27
Omega M. 7 -8 ......... 22
Omega M, 4 4 ...........25
Shetucket SS&SSW 11% 
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Shetucket,  SFS— 12
Stockbridge  A .......7
Stoekbridge  frncy.  8

|

GLAZED CAMBRICS.

G a rn e r.......................5
H ookset...................  5
Red  Cross................  5
Forest G rove...........

lEmpire  ...................
W ashington............   454
E dw ards....................  5
S. S. & Sons..............  5

GRAIN BAGS.

A m erican  A ......... 19 
lOld  Iro nsides..........15%
Stark A ....................23% |W heatland............... 21%

Boston 
..............  7%|Otis  CC.....................1054
E v erett  b lu e..........14% W arren  A X A .........12%
E v erett  brow n...... 14% W arren  B B ............ 11%
Otis  A X A ............... 12% W arren CC..............10%
Otis B B .................... 11% I York  fan cy ............ lo

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

Man ville...................  6 ”
M asgnville..............  6

IS. S. & Sons..............6
G a rn e r.....................6

Red  Cross.
B e rlin .......
G arner  —

Thistle Mills. 
R ose..............

..............  7

SPOOL COTTON.

B ro o k s..................... 50
C lark’s O. N. F .......55
J. & P.  C oats.......... 55
W illim antic 6 cord.55 
W illim antic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston hall sew 
ing th re a d .............30

Eagle  and  Phœ nix 
Mills ball 8ewing.30 
G reeh  &  D an iels...25
M e rrick s..................40
S taffo rd ....................35
Hall & M anning— 30 
H olyoke....................25

Crow n.......................17
No.  1 0 ....................12%
C oin...........................10
A nchor..................... 15
Jen ten n ial..............
B la c k b u rn ..............  8
D avol.........................14
London....................12%
P a c o n ia ............. — 12
Red  C ross................10
Social  Im perial — 16

M asonville TS.........  8
Masonville  S ...........10%
L onsdale....................9%
Lonsdale A ..............16
N ictory  0 ................   6
V ictory J ..................  7
V ictory  D .................10
Victory  K ................ 1254
Phoenix A ................  9%
Phoenix  B ...............  10%
Phoenix X X .............15

M IL L IN E R Y   GOODS.

J. J. V an Leuven quotes as follow s:

HATS.

C antons.................................... p er doz  2  25@  3  00
M ilans......................................................
Fine  M ilans...........................................®  i i i l l f  iS
Superfine M ilans..................................15  00@18 00
5 00@12 00

_  ..................... .................. . 

BLACK CRAPE.

Sam uel Courtland & Co.’s brand.

i _4 
T 1 .............. 
XX................... 
t i ................... 
X X ..................... 
'¿4.................  

............................... p er yard  50@  75
....................................  85@l 25
................:.............1 50@2 00
1 75@2 50
2 75@3  00
3 25@4 50

 
 

 

 

Satin and  GG, all silk,  ex tra  heavy, all  colors.
...........1  00
No  4
...........1 25
NO  7.............. 
........................................... 150
o................. .  "...............................................1  85
...........2 25

Va  L
n 
Tffx»  Î9. 
No. 16..

Second quality, all colors

............   40
........................................................  TtJ
............   85
......................................................  91
............1 1C

*

*

@
@

@1  00 @1 00 
@1  00 
@  975

77%
82%
77%
62%
60

C A R PET S  A N D   CA R PET IN G S. 

Spring  &  Com pany  quote  as  follows: 

TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
R oxbury  ta p e stry ..........................
Sm ith’s 10 w ire................... -............
Sm ith’s  e x tra ...................................
Sm ith’s B  P alisade.........................
Sm ith’s  C  Palisade................
H iggins’  **............................... ; -----
H iggins’  ***......................................
Sanford’s  e x tra ...............................
Sanford’s  C om ets...........................

THREE-PLYS.

H artford  3-ply. 
Lowell 3-ply—  
H iggins’  3-ply - - 
Sanford’s 3-ply.

EXTRA  SUPERS.

H a rtfo rd ............................................. 
Lowell..................................................  
O ther  m akes.................................. 
Best cotton ch ain ..............................  6«

©
®
75  m

ALL  WOOL  SUPERFINES.

HEMPS.

WOOL  FILLING  AND  MIXED.

B est  2-ply...........................................   57%@
O ther  grades 2-ply............................  52%@
All-wool  super,2-ply............ 50  @
E x tra heavy double cotton chain.  42%@
Double cotton ch ain .......   . . . . . . . . .   35  @
H eavy cotton and wool, double c.  30  ©  
H alf d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply  27%@
Single cotton ch ain ..........................  19  @
%@@
3-ply, 44 wide, e x tra  heavy............
B, 44 w id e ................ ...................... 3
Im perial, plain, 44 w ide.................
@
D ,33  inches........................................
No. 1, 44, 5 4 ,6 4  and 8 4 ...................
No. 2, 
...................
No. 3, 
...................
No. 4, 
B est all ra tta n , plain............ .  —
Best all ra tta n  and cocoa, p la in ...
N apier  A .............................................
N apier  B ............................................
Opaque shades, 38  inch — ............ 
Holland shades, B finish, 4 4 ........... 
Pacific  Holland, 4 4 .......................... 
H artshorn’s fixtures, p er  gross... 
Cord fixtures, per  gross.................. 

OIL CLOTHS.

CURTaXNS.

MaTTINGS.

do 
do 
do

@

62%
52%
60
40
@  J
@  1
@  1
@36
@10

H ID E S , P E L T S   A N D   FU RS.

P erkins & HeBS quote as foLows:

HIDES.

WOOL.

G reen.................................................. ¥  ®  ®
P a rt  cu red .................................................8%
Full cu red .................................................. ®V4@  8?4
Dry hides and k ip s...................................  8  @12
Calf skins, green o r cu red .......  
. . . . . .  10  @1«
Deacon skins..............................$  piece20  @50
SHEEP PELTS.
Shearlings o r Sum m er skins $  piece.. 10  @20
Fall p elts.................................................--30  @50
W inter  p elts..........................................1  30  @1  50
Fine washed $  lb......................................30  @32
Coarse w ashed..........................................22  @25
U nw ashed..................................................2-3
FURS.
.......  60@ 75
Mink, larg e...............................
___   25@ 40
Mink,  sm all..............................
....  15@ 17
M uskrat,  S pring..................... 
.......  13@ 14
lg@
M uskrat, W in ter............................. 
....... 
8@ 10
M uskrat,  F a ll.........................
3® 4
....... 
M uskrat,  k its..........................
.......  40@ 85
Raccoon.....................................
.......  80® 90
Skunk, b lack....................................  ”0@
.......  50@ 60
Skunk, half  strip e ..................
.......  25@ 30
Skunk, narrow  strip e ............
.......  10@ 15
Skunk,  b ro ad ..........................
.......1  00@1 15
Red F o x .....................................
.......  60® 90
00
M arten,  yellow .............................  75®! 
Fisher 
.....................................................i   00@o 00
O tter 
.........................6  00@8  00
B ear 
................................. 5 00@12  00
D eer skin's, red and blue, d r y ... ■ 
H> 25@  30
D eer skins, gray and long  h a ire d .....  12@ 
25
Beaver, clean and dry 
f t ..................2 00@3  w5
Above prices are fo r  prim e  skins  only—u n ­
prim e in  proportion. 
„„
Tallow....................................................... 
6@6%

,

JORDAN

Pneumatic  Washer

The best thing of the kind in the  market! 
Washes  clothes  in  half  the  time  of  other 
machines.  Simple in Construction  and  Op­
eration.  For sale for $5 apiece by the  man­
ufacturer, 

,
3 3 T ,  O I ^ U F F ,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Town  and  county 
righto for sale.

M ISCELLA N EO U S. 

; 

V IS IT IN G   BUY ERS.

A dvertisem ents  o f 25 w ords or  less  inserted j  The following re ta il d ealers  have  visited 
nnc.t WPPir or,fi  riinpp(i 
cU  el' u urm & m e PasTi weeK; arul  Place« 

in th is colum n a t th e  rate o f 25 cents per w e e k ,! x,  e m arirPt f],lr;n£r 
each and every insertion.  One  cen t  to r  each  1,1115 
additional word.  Advance paym ent. 

| orders with the various houses:
j  Geo. W. Warren, Big Rapids.

FOR  SALE.

hardw are

Fo r   s a l e -

A  stock  of  drugs,  groceries, 
and  agricultural  im plem ents, 
located a t New Troy, Mich.  Will invoice $3,500. 
Loss of health th e   reason  fo r  selling.  Term s 
easy, o r will exchange fo r a  good  stock  farm . 
A ddress Jennings & Sm ith, G rand Rapids,Mich.
Of*  ACRE  FRUIT  FARM  to  exchange  for 
O O   livery  o r  drug  store,  2%  m iles w est  of 
Holland.  Fine, large house, nearly new,  large 
b arn , best hen house in th e county, 1,000  bear­
ing fru it trees, 500 apple trees,  one acre straw ­
berries, grapes and all kinds of fru it.  C. Craw­
ford, Caledonia,  Mich.

fo r  $2,500  o r 

invoice.  Owner has other 
business.  A ddress  H azeltine,  P erkins  &  Co., 
W holesale D ruggists, G rand Rapids, Mich.

DRUG  STORE  FOR  SALE  in G rand Rapids, 
RARE  CHANCE  to   purchase  a  first-class 

L ivery Stock including  one  o f  Cunning­
good  im p ro \ed   farm   property.  Will  sell  or 
ren t  barn and grounds.  The  best  location  in 
the best livery town  in th e  State.  Address, P. 
O. Box 318, Big Rapids, Mich.

ham ’s best hearses.  Will tak e as p a rt paym ent 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

\   S TYPEW RITER OR COPYIST, by a young 
x \ . 
lady  well  qualified  fo r  such  a position, 
both by education  and  experience.  Address, 
XXX, care Miss Sila H ibbard,  35  F irst  street, 
G rand Rapids.

■S  PORTER  OR  ASSISTANT  in  th e  w are­

house of some business house, by a young 
Address A. M., Care “The  T radesm an,”  Grand 
Rapids.

m an of 27, strong, active, and willing to  work. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

size and price.

office.  M ust be cheap.  Address,  stating 

GOOD  SECOMD-HAND SAFE w anted a t this 
50 CHROMO  CARDS  10 cts.  Address W.  D. 

H ollister, G rand Rapids,  Mich.

L U M B E R ,  L A T H   A N D   SH IN G LES.

The Newaygo Com pany quote f . o. b. ears  as 

follow:
U ppers, 1 in ch .................................... p er M $44 00
U ppers, 154,1% and 2 in c h ..........................  46  00
Selects, 1 Inch.................................................  35  00
Selects, 154,1% and 2  in c h ..........................  38  00
Fine Common, 1 in c h ...................................  30  00
Shop, 1 in c h ;..................................................   20  00
Fine, Common, 154,1% and 2 in ch ............   32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15  00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 f e e t.......................       16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t..........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 fe e t.......  15  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 f e e t..........................  16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t..........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 f e e t.........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t............................  16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 fe e t............................  17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t.......   13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe e t................. . —   14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t..........................  15  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 fe e t.......  13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 fe e t..........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 f e e t..........................  15  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16  f e e t.........  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t............................  13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 f e e t..........................  14  09
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
9  00
w idths and  len g th s................................... 
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............................  35  00
C Strips, 4 o r 6 in ch ......................................   28  00
  15  00
No. 1 Fencing, all  len g th s.................... 
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  fe e t................  12  00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 fe e t........................ 
 
  12  00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  in c h ...................................  15  00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  in c h ...................................  12  00
Norway C and b etter, 4 o r 6 in ch ..............  20  00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B ...................   18  00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.................... 
14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Com m on....... 
9  00
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear.......................  20  00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft. in ll  50@12  00 
$1 additional fo r each 2 fe e t alpove 16 ft. 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B .....................  36  00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C................. .........   29  00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, com m on..  17  00 
Dressed Flooring 6 in., No. 2 com m on—   14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  C lear..  35  00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C............................  26  00
Dressed Flooring, 4 o r 5 in., No. 1  com ’n   16  00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 o r 5 in., No. 2  com ’n   14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
i  YXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............. 
3 50
1 X X X 18 in.  T h in ........................................ 
3 40
(X X X ie in .......... ........................................ 
3 00
2 00
No. 2 o r 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles....... .... 
No. 2 o r6 in . 0. B. 10  i n . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 
1  75
L ath  ................... .................................. •••••• 
2 00

 

Ada.

Jacob Liebler,  Caledonia.
Gringhaus Bros., Lamont.
J. R.  Harrison, Sparta.
G. P. Stark,  Cascade.
A. & L. M. Wolf,  Hudsonville.
G. Davis, of Odell & Davis,  McLain.
J. M. Ried, Gattan.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
H. Freeman, Mancelona.
John D. Merritt, Olive Center.
N. De Vries, Jamestown.
L.  Young, Coopersville.
J. Marlatt, Berlin.
R. B. McCullock, Berlin.
M. M. Ross, Wayland.
R. Purdy, Fremont Center.
Powers & Hightower, Ferry.
Barker & Lehnen, Pierson.
J.  DeHart, Canada Comers.
C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
J. G. Lamoreaux, Fennville.
J. E. Rice, Coopersville.
W. G. Watson & Son,  Coopersville.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
Heck & Goodman,  Burnip’s Corners.
Geo. S. Curtiss, Edgerton.
K. G. Beckwith, Hopkins.
J. B. Crandall & Son, Sand Lake.
Wm. Parks, Alpine.
Nelson Daniels, Mecosta.
F. C. Brisbin, Berlin.
O. Green, Martin.
A. Giddings, Sand Lake.
J. Gunstra,  Lamont.
F. O. Caldwell, of  A.  G,
A. Chapin, Morle.v.
Mr.  Andreus,  of  Paton
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
C. E. Blakeley,  Coopersville.
, Fred Hotchkiss, Hastings.
Fisher & Mastenbrook, Lamont.
B. McNeal, Byron Center.
Mr. Hastings, of Purdy & Hastings, Sparta. 
J. B. Watson, Coopersville.
John Otis, Mancelona.
Waite Bros., Hudsonville.
C. H. Adams, Lamont.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
B. N. Pettingill, Rockford.
M. Wells, of Wagner &  Wells,  Eastman-
R. Carlyle, Rockford.
J. W. Closterhouse,  Jennisonville.
C. E. Clark, Lowell.
W. S. Clark, of W. S. Clark &  Co.,
Richard Purdy,  Fremont.
Chas. Cole, of Cole Bros., Ada.
C. W. Armstrong, Bowen’s Mills.
Mr. Gibbs, of Gibbs Bros., Mayfield,
M. B Nash, Sparta.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
Spooner Bros., Cedar Springs.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Srpings.
C. E. Kellogg, Grandville.
E. T. Fisher, Paris.
The  trade  of  the  Boralumine  Co.  is  in­
creasing very rapidly showing that the  mer­
its of the article are  appreciated.  Send  for 
samples and prices.

Chase  &  Son,

«fe  Andreus,

Hol-

ton.

ville.

Shelby.

I

A Grand Rapids lady is to give an  Easter 
breakfast at which eggs  will  be  served  in 
twenty-four different styles.  There  will be 
no dish of which eggs  do  not  form  part. 
The invitations are  egg-shaped  cards,  and 
the  menu  will be  on  white  and  yellow 
satin, enclosed in eggs of transparent  glass, 
with movable top.  Those who desire it can 
have sherry and egg before setting  down to 
table.

Complete assortment of  fishing  tackle  at 

Calkins Bros., 97 Ottawa street.

COUNTRY  PR O D U CE.

Apples—Stock light, and market not very 
well supplied.  Baldwins and Russets readily 
command $4@$4.50, and  extra  fancy  find 
frequent sale at $5.
Barley—Scarcer and firmer.  Best quality 
now readily commands $1.35 ^  100 ibs.
Beets—Choice  find  ready  sale  at  $3  ^  
bbl. and $1 ^   bu.
Butter—Good  dairy rolls are firm  at22@ 
25c  and  packed  from  10c  up.  Elgin 
creamery, 25.
Butterine—Active at  18@20c  for  choice.
Buckwheat—Scarccely  any  moving,  on 
account of close of the season.  New  York 
patent $3.25 ^  100 ibs and $6 ^9 bbl.
Beans—Handpicked are  a trifle  duller  at 
$2.25 and unpicked are not much moving  at 
$1.75@$2.  The market  is  not  looking  up 
to any considerable degree.

100  ibs.

Barley—Choice $1.30 
Cheese—Full  cream  is  active and fiamer 
at 1 4 @15c, and choice skim is  weaker  at 
12% @ 13c.  Lower  grades run down  as  low 
at 7%@8c.
Cider—20c Tjjl gal. for ordinary.  Sand  re­
fined, $6.50 ^  bbl.
Clover Seed—Choice medium weaker at $6 
@$6.50 ^  bu. and mammoth in fair  demand 
at $6.75  ^  bu.
Cora—Local dealers stand in  readiness to 
supply carload lots of Kansas  corn  at  from 
It is all of the same quality, 
45@60c ^  bu. 
but the former price  is  for  damp,  and  the 
latter for dry, stock.
Dried Apples—Quarters active  at 7@9c ^  
ib,  and sliced  8@9c.  Evaporated  dull  and 
slow at 13@14c.
Eggs—Rather on  a  downward  tendency, 
although they will probably hold up to pres­
ent prices until after Easter.  The supply is 
fair, and sales are made at  16c.
Green Onions—45@50c ^  dozen  bunches.
lb.
Honey—In comb,  18c 
Hops—The  Michigan 
crop  is  almost 
completely exhausted.  Good command 20@ 
22c, and fair 15@18c ^  lb.
Lettuce—Hothouse stock  sellifig  readily, 
with good demand, at 22c ^   Ib.
Maple Sugar—In consequence  of  a  light 
crop,  the  price  is up  lc,  and  is  searce  at 
that price.  Choice readily commands  13c.
Onions—Firmer.  Choice  yellow  75c 
bu. in sacks and $2.50 
Pieplant—Hothouse stock in fair  demand 
atl2>^c^  Ib.
Potatoes—As much  a drug as ever.  Bur­
banks are sold  in  small  quantities  at  40c, 
and Rose at 30@35c.

bbl.

Peas—Holland $4 ^  bu.
Parsnips—Firm at $3 ^  bbl and $1 ^  bu.
Poultry—Chickens and fowls are firm, and 
readily  command  16@l7c  and  15@16c, 
respectively.  There are no ducks and  geese 
in  market, and a  few  turkeys,  which  find 
ready sale at  16c.

Radishes—50c ^  dozen bunches.
Ruta Bagas—Selling readily at 65c ^  bu., 
Seed Potatoes —White  Star,  $1;  Selected 
Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.50@ 
Vegetable Oysters—50c ^  dozen bunches.

and $2 ^  bbl.
Burbanks, 50c.
$1.75 ^  bu.

Try the  celebrated  Jerome  Eddys.  The 
finest 10 cent cigar in the market.  For  sale 
by Fox, Musselman «fe Loveridge.

Calkins  Bros,  can  supply  dealers  with 

fishing tackle at bottom  prices.

The best finish for  walls  is  Boralumine. 

Buy it and try  it.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN th a t sealed bids 
will be received fo r the en tire  assets o f th e  es­
ta te  of D. R. Stoeum ,  of  Rockford,  Michigan, 
u n til th e  15th day of April, 1884.  Full Inform a­
tion can be obtained by an exam ination of th e 
schedules in th e  County Clerk’s office and from  
th e  undersigned a t th e store in Rockford.  Two 
hundred dollars m u st be  deposited  as  an  evi­
dence of good faith, and it will be  retu rn ed   a t 
once if th e  bid is  n o t  accepted.  The  rig h t  is

Boralumine  is  unexcelled  by  any  other I r^ 0r^ d0^  ^ ^ 2 9   ?884.  bid8‘ 

tvall finish on the market 

' 

’  Neal McMillan, Assignee.

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  COMPART,

WHOLESALE  DRUGGISTS,

42  and  44  Ottawa  St.,  and  89,  91,  g3  and  g5  Louis St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

*

I M F O R T S R S   A.XTS  J O B B E R S   O F

Medicines,  Chemicals,  Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes,
Pharm aceutical  C hem ical P reparations.

-a.23.ca.  D ru ssists’ S undries.  A lso  M anufacturers  o f

JA Y   GOULD'S  IN CO M E.

a  M in u te.

N o  L ess  T h an   $12,888  a   D ay  o r  A b o u t  $9 
Jay Gould, the second richest  man of the 
United States,  is  credited  with  being  the 
possessor of wealth  estimated  all  the  way 
from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000.  The former 
sum is very nearly correct  Were his railroad 
stocks worth their par value he would be an 
hundred-millionaire. 
Just  before  starting 
on his yachting trip  to the Spanish main he 
carefully inventoried his property, placed his 
affairs  in good shape and added a codicil  to 
his will.

In round numbers  the  permanent  invest­
ment stock appearing on Mr.  Gould’s sched­
ule were 380,000 shares  of  Western  Union 
Telegraph, 110,000  shares  of  Missouri  Pa­
cific, 140,000 shares of Wabash common, and 
60,000 shares of the preferred,  50,000 shares 
of Kansas and Texas, 40,000 shares of Texas 
Pacific,  and  70,000  shares of  Erie.  There 
were  a large  number of small lots  of  vari 
ous stocks apparently only incidentally held
Besides  his  railroad  shares  Mr.  Gould 
holds five and one-half millions  of  Wabash 
general bonds.  The value  of  these  securi 
ties  in  $49,495,000.  Western  Union  and 
Missouri Pacific  pay  dividends;  the  other 
stocks do not.  The bonds also bear interest, 
Between them they yield  him  $4,140,000  a 
year.  His interest in the  Union  Trust  Co, 
and his loans  are  profitable  to  him.  The 
World  building,  nominally  owned  by  the 
Western Union Co., was built with his mon 
ey. 
In real estate, loans and  mortgages  he 
has $5,000,000 and $3,000,000 more in  float­
ing investments.  His two residences  repre­
sent  another  $1,000,000 and his yacht $300,- 
000.  His wealth, as near as he can figure it, 
is $58,795,413,  and  his  income  $4,640,011. 
Thus his fortune earns him $12,888.88 every 
day and $8.95 each minute.

T h e  Im p o rta n c e   o f S tock  Taking:. 

From  G uyer’s A m erican  M erchant.

We have known of  cases  where  a  mer­
chant would postpone  from  time  to  time, 
and almost indefinitely, the taking of an  in­
ventory, probably from the fear that the rev­
elations made by that proceeding  would  be 
anything but pleasant.  This  is  a  pitiable 
kind of moral weakness, and those  unfortu­
nate enough to possess it should by  a  reso­
lute effort sternly overcome it.

The importance of the creation and  main­
tenance of a rigid system for every  business 
cannot be  overestimated,  and there  is  no 
point that should be more  closely  looked to 
than the taking, at  regular  intervals,  of  a 
careful account of  stock. 
If  a  dealer  has 
any reason to fear that  there  is  something 
wrong  with  his  business,  he 
should 
lose no time in locating  the  cause, in order 
that he may  the  more  quickly  apply  the 
remedy.  Certainly  nothing  can  be  more 
suicidal  than to  drift  along  with  only  a 
vague idea of the exact extent and condition 
of the stock carried, yet instances of  such a 
shipshod method of doing business  are  far 
more  common  than  might  be  supposed. 
Many businessmen drift through life in this 
careless fashion,  without  knowing  wheth­
er they are making any substantial p gr 
or not, and at  last  suddenly  realize 
that 
their available means are slowly but  surely 
dwindling when  they  supposed  that  they 
were steadily making moderate gains.

If a man takes an inventory  of  his  busi­
ness at regular and frequent intervals  he is 
pretty sure to be well  informed  as  to  his 
actual financial condition at all  times.  Un­
less he is made the victim of some  fraud or 
decepetion on the part of associates  or  em­
ployes it cannot well be otherwise.  Another 
advantage in taking account of stock is  that 
it  necessitates  a  frequent  thorough  over­
hauling of the latter.  Not  infrequently it 
happens that certain lines of goods  accumu­
late  faster  than  the  merchant  is  aware. 
Sometimes also quantities  of goods,  especi­
ally small  wares,  get: mislaid  or  stowed 
away out of the owner’s  sight  and  knowl­
edge, only  to  come  to  light  again  when 
stock-taking  occurs.  Without  the  regular 
inventory they might have been  undiscover­
ed for months or years, making so much  ad­
ditional dead stock  to  carry,  while  when 
placed  in  their  proper  department  they 
would quickly be disposed of in the  regular 
course of business.

Four  simple  rules,  the  observance  of 
which would save time, annoyance, loss and 
injury of goods, add greatly  to  the  proper 
execution of labor,  and expedite  the  trans­
action of business in every  department, are 
commended to every business  man.  First, 
a place for everything, and everything in its 
place;  second, a proper time for  everything 
and everything^done in its time; third, a dis­
tinct name  for  everything  and  everything 
called by its name;  fourth, a certain  use for 
everything, and everything put to its use.

Messis  Libby,  McNeil  &  Libby,  the 
Chicago canners, commenced business April 
1,1868, and the first year they did  not  em­
ploy more than five men, the  total  sales of 
product amounting to  only  $60,000.  Their 
business has constantly increased,  and  they 
now pack  200,500  cattle  in a  year;  their 
sales of canned product in one year  reached 
the  enormous  aggregate  of  $3,138,386.09. 
They now employ 1,539  men.  Since  they 
commenced business, fifteen  years ago, they 
have  packed  f,161,387  cattle.  Since  1875 
when they commenced packing beef in cans, 
they have put up 31,396,942  cans, or  a total 
of 113,855,507 pounds of cooked meats.

Calkins Bros., wholesale and ibtail dealers 
in gun goods and fishing tackle.  Agents for 
gun and blasting powder, fuse, etc.

H ow   H e  F ig u re d   I t.

A merchant clothier in a  town  about  the 
size of Big Bapids  failed  a  few  years  ago 
and called a meeting  of  his  creditors.  An 
investigation showed that his liabilities were 
$4,000 and his assets $1,000.

“It  appears,”  said  one  of  the  creditors, 
that you can  pay  twenty-five  cents  on  the 
dollar.”

“Vhell, I doan’  figure  like  dot,”  replied 

the tailor.

“How do you figure?”
“Vhy, I pays feefty cents on  der  dollar.” 
“How can you do that  when  your  assets 

only allow for one-fourth?”

“Yhell, I  prings  der  oder  money  down 

from der house.”

He was not permitted to fail.

P a te n ts  Issu e d   to   M ic h ig a n   In v e n to rs.
The following patents have lately been is­

sued to Michigan inventors:

Mary Bartlett, Detroit,  clothes  line  pole.
Theo. Burdick, Kalamazoo,  mattress  sup­

Wm. Campbell, Detroit, tire  tightener.
Alfred Freschl, Detroit, application of fab­

rics to a background.

Jonathan  Harris,  Grand  Ledge,  curtain 

port.

roller fixture.

rack.

Wm. H. Lintz, Constantine, hay and grain 

Thos. McDonough, Benton, fire escape.
Charlie E. Mark, Flint, car coupling.
Chas.  H.  Parschall,  Detroit,  lubricator, 

also a crank pin oiler.

Frank  G.  Sears,  East  Saginaw,  door 

check.

John S. Smith, Jackson, feeder for tile and 

sewer pipe machines.

Robert Stevenson, Muskegon, fire  escape.
Thos. S. Tew, Big Rapids,  locomotive.

A   N ovel  S w indle.

A swindler has recently been  extensively 
operating in Chicago, Detroit and elsewhere, 
and has secured a large sum.  His  plan  of 
operation is novel.  He would  ascertain  in 
what bank a  merchant  had  a  deposit,  and 
would then represent  himself  as  a  United 
States  secret  service  agent, and  state  that 
hearing the cashier of the  merchant’s  bank 
was circulating counterfeit money, he desired 
to obtain evidence against him.  So he would 
request the merchant to draw a sum of mon­
ey in notes and silver as evidence.  This done 
he would select several  bills  of  the  largest 
denomination, and, pronouncing them  coun­
terfeit, give the  merchant  a  bogus  receipt 
for  the  amount. 
In  Chicago  he  gave  his 
name  as  John T. Smith, in  Detroit  as  De- 
Forest  He  is of dark complexion, five feet 
ten feet high,weighs 190 pounds, and is sup­
posed to come from New York.

Some people  seem  to  think  that  every 
barrel of pork  should have  tacked  to  the 
head a clean bill of health of  the  deceased 
inside—the attending physician’s  certificate 
and finding of a coroner’s jury  to  the  fact 
that he did not die of natural causes.

The Detroit Times credits  Grand  Rapids 
with being the seat of a  butterine  factory. 
This is an unexpected honor;  but  unfortu­
nately, the statement has no  foundation  in 
fact.

The window of a Jackson dry  goods store 
is made attractive by a complete model  of  a 
steam engine of the  walking-beam  pattern, 
built of laces, ribbons and light goods.

Elk Rapids claims to have seventy tons of 
freight to ship a day, which a railroad would 
increase to 100 tons, and consequently is very 
indifferent about offering a bonus.

Aaron  Dickerhoof,  formerly  in  general 
trade at  Adamsville,  Cass  county,  has  re­
moved to Mottville, St. Joseph  county,  and 
engaged in the same busiuess.

William Yerhocks has sold his interest  in 
the general store  of  John  W.  Yerhocks  & 
Co., at Grand Haven.  The  firm  name  will 
remain the same as before.

“I beg a thousand pardons for  coming so 
late.”  “My  dear  sir,”  replied  the  lady, 
graciously,  “no pardons are  needed.  You 
can never come too  late.”

At a charity fair in Peoria  was  hung  up 
the motto, “Remember the Poor,” and  some 
wag wrote under it on  the  wall,  “It  Costs 
You Nothing.”

A.  J.  Provin  &  Co.,  of  Cedar  Springs, 
wid add a line  of  agricultural  implements, 
having  erected  a  warehouse  for  that  pur­
pose.

The  old  firm  of  Thompson  &  Barnes, 
Quincy, has sold out his grocery  stock,  and 
hereafter it will be known as  Wilcox  Bros.
John  Dildine  succeeds  Isaac  Gibson  & 
Son, dealers in dry  goods  and  groceries  at 
West Campbell.

Sliter &  Lovejoy succeed  B. Y. Hartupee 
in the furniture busiuess at  Cedar  Springs.
The largest flax oil mill  in  the  world is 

being erected at Sioux City, Iowa.

J. AL Wells, for thirty years a groceryman 

at Niles, is dead.

East Jordan expects to  get  a  large  stave 

factory.

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

Thirty Years.

LIST OF OFFICERS:

President—Ransom W. Hawley, of  Detroit. 
Vice-Presidents—Chas. E. Snedkker, Detroit; 
L. W. Atkins, Grand  Rapids;  I. N. Alexan­
der, Lansing;  U. S. Lord, Kalamazoo; H. E. 
Meeker, Bay City.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—W.  N.  Meredith, 
Detroit.
Board  of Trustees,  For One Year—J. C. Pon­
tiu s, Chairman, S. A. Mu n g e r , H. K. Wh ite 
For Two  Yeans—D. Morris,  A. W. Colter.

U.  FEETER,

36  South  Division  Street, G rand Rapids, Mich. 

Dealer  in

—Also—

STAP LE   AN D   F A N C Y   GROCERIES, 

CANNED  A N D   D RIED   FRUITS.
EGGS AND  BtTTTER

A  Specialty.  Pays  Cash  on  R eceipt  o f  Prop­

erty.

Buyers  of  Eggs  by  the  Crate  or Barrel 
will be  supplied  at  the  lowest  Wholesale 
Price with Sound, Fresh Stock.  This House 
jloes not handle Oleomargarine, Butterine or 
Suine.

Telephone  Connection.

ALBERT  COKE  t SONS,
Awnings,  Tents,

—M anufacturers and Jobbers of—

#

Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, 

Flags, Banners, Etc.

All  Ducks  and  Stripes  Kept  Constantly  on  Hand.

73  C an al  S treet.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN. 

Send fo r Prices.

GRAND  RAPIDS

F ta rttsfH a p iY a sis

MANUFACTURED  FOR

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

HAND  OR  MACHINE  MADE  POTS  FOR 

SALE BY THE  PACKAGE  OR  RE­

PACKED  TO  ORDER.

Sold at Manufacturers’  Prices.  Send  for 

Price List  at once for the Spring Trade.

T H E

aW H IT E   S T A R »

POTATO.

To Gardeners and Farmers. 

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About two years ago, Mr. Marshall Buchanan, Postmaster at Ensley, Newaygo County, Michigan, sent to D. M. Ferrv & Co  flip well 
known seed firm of Detroit, for one-half bushel of the  celebrated White Star potatoes, for seed purposes.  The potatoes  were procured 
and planted by the undersigned, and the result was one gratifying beyond measure.  The second planting yielded 7,000 bushels of as finé 
potatoes, for size, color and quality, as were ever seen in the State.  They  were  pronounced  by  all  who  tried  them  of  the  very  finest

YIELDING FAR BETTER  THAN ANY  OTHER  VARIETY  KNOWN 

to this section of the country,  never  troubled with blight, and very seldom showing a bug  of any sort.  Such is the universal testimonv 
as to the merits of the White Star Potato, all agreeing that they have never met its equal for endurance, productiveness  and  fine  eatinr 
qualities.  All farmers and gardners are interested in these facts, and all who have seen the White Star Potato, and tested it  are united 
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in its praise, and others will find it to their profit to make inquiries. 
We are now making a sbecialty of handling this splendid potato, and are prepared to supply patrons at a price  which,  a  reference  to
all seed catalogues and the regular price lists, will show to be a great reduction from the-ruling prices.  We  make  this  liberal  offer  to
p^troDS' 
We will furnish the White Star Potatoes at the rate of $1.00 per bushel, and will allow a liberal discount  to  dealers.  We  will  also 
furnish, at cost prices, all barrels sacks or bags, or patrons may send their  own, adressed to Ensley & Son,  Maple  Hill  Mich  Orders, 
may be sent to either Ensley & Son, Ensley Postoflice, Mich., or to O. W. Blain,  General  Agent,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.’  All  addresses 
should be written out plainly, to prevent mistakes.  Patrons  should also furnish us with their names and postoffice addresses  and  state 
to what railroad station they wish to have their shipments made.  Orders will be filled promptly, and must be accompanied bv the monpv 
New York draft, money order, or registered letter. 
Readers are cordially invited to refer to Marshall Buchanan, Postmaster at Ensley, Mich; C. J. Burtch, Postmaster, and N. W. Mhther 
Banker, Howard City, Mich., for the truth of all of the above statements  regarding the superior quality and extraordinary  yield  of  the 
White Star Potatoes.  We warrant these potatoes, all that has been represented, and true to name.

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B.  EDSTSI-iEir  <&  SON,  Growers,

E nsley  i*ostom ce,  Newaygo  County,  M loliigan.

FOR  FULL  PARTICULARS  AND  TERMS  TO  DEALERS,  ADDRESS

O.  W .  BLAIN,  G eneral  A gent,

PRODUCE  COMMISSION MERCHANT, Eagle Hotel  or  152  Fulton  Street,

GrRAKTD  RAPIDS,  MIORIG-AN.

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C. P. BIGELOW,

—WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN—

G. S. YALE & BRO.,

SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS

-M anufacturers  of-

BLUINGS,  DESTO.,

-----AND-----

APPLIANCES,

NO. 8  CA N A L  STR EE T,

40   a n d   42  S o u th   D iv isio n   St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

At  M anufacturers’ P rices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House  and  Store  Shades  Made  to  Order. 

68  Monroe  Street, Grand Rapids.

NELSON  BROS.  & CO.

STEAM  LAQNDRT

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE  DO ONLY FIRST CLASS  WORK A lt USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mall and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

P E R K I N S   <3c  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

----- DEALERS  IN-----

NOS.  122  and  124 LOUIS STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

