YOL.  1.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  30,  1884.

NO. 32'

An  Era of Low  Prices.

WILD  CAT  BANKING.

IIow  He  Advertised  W ithout  Cost.

SHOES  AND  CHARACTERS.

C. S. YALE & BRO.,

-Manufacturers  of-

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUEVOS,  ETC.,

40 and  42  South  Division  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

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Manufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,
•  Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

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MICHIGAN.

The American  sewing-silk  machine  is a 
great improvement over  the  old-fashioned 
one.  By the aid of a few girls, the  former 
at once  doubles  and  twists  the  silk,  and 
reels it into skeins of  equal  length;  and  it 
turns  out  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five 
pounds a  week.

The cost of  throwing raw silk into organ­
zines is $4 to $5 a pound, a great proportion 
of that  going  to  labor.  Trams  cost  less. 
After weighing, the threads go to  the  dyer, 
who is charged with the  weight,  also  with 
the number of skeins.  As the manufacturer 
knows how much of each  color  should  be 
returned, little fraud or error can happen.

Up to the time the silk goes  to  the  dyer, 
there is a loss of three to nine per cent, from 
cleaning, breaking, etc.  It loses eighteen to 
twenty-five per cent, of the weight in  dying 
by the boiling  off of the worm gum,  which 
is  made  up  greatly  by  surcharging  with 
sugar or dye.  In the  dye  house  the  silk 
skeins  are  tied  to  prevent  tangling,  and 
boiled for four or five hours in  coarse  linen 
bags, by which the hempy  colors  obtain  a 
lustre.  Yellowish colors are  counteracted to 
pure white by the use of  a  little blue  dye. 
This white dyeing costs less than any other; 
the bright greens  are  the  most  expensive. 
Colors are cheapened in the  weight  by  the 
addition of three ounces of sugar  to  twelve 
of silk.  Drabs  and  slate  are  dyed  with 
sumach.  Blacks are dyed  with  nitrate  of 
iron and cutch, and also logwood,  a  bluish 
shade, especially for velvets, being desirable. 
It is said that surcharging can be  carried  to 
the extent of trebling the weight of the silk. 
After dyeing, the skeins are  dried  on  bars 
in a  close-steamed room, and  then  lustered 
by passing over hot cylinders.  Sewing-silk 
is sortened by wringing, and tied into skeins 
for sale.  Trams and  organzines  are  then 
rewound upon  bobbins, and  then  rewound 
to give a proper tension to the thread before 
weaving.

Fremont Facts.

From the Indicator.

Ed. Bradford expects to go  into  business 

for himself pretty soon.

The Fremont groceries  are  well  stocked 
with goods, and there is  no  better  place  in 
northern Michigan to buy them than here.

It  is  hard  times  when  many  teams  are 
chattel-mortgaged to buy feed in  order  that 
they may  live or be  sold  at  ruinously  low 
prices.

This widespread depression is,  fortunate­
ly, not due to any financial  catastrophe. 
It 
is simply  the  return  swing of a  pendulum 
which vibrates  between excess  and  deficit 
ency.  A  supyly ¡scanty  in  proportion  to 
consumption makes prices high; high prices, 
while  they  check  consumption,  stimulate 
the production  of an  increased  supply;  an 
increased  supply  lowers  prices;  and  low 
prices again, while they  increase  consump­
tion,  diminish  production,  and so  tend to 
correct themselves.  The  present  state  of 
the markets, therefore, cannot  be  expected 
to last forever;  it will be followed sooner or 
later by an advance, and this in turn  by an­
other decline.  Ebb and flow, like night and 
day, are as inevitable in the  commercial  as 
in the physical world.

Im itation  Stained  Glass.

Among the  many  uses  of  the  printing 
press, none is more novel than  the  produc­
tion of imitation stained glass.  Designs for 
any pattern desired are engraved  on  wood. 
The blocks of wood  are  placed  on  an old- 
fashioned  hand press,  and then  are  inked 
with  oil  colors  compounded  with  special 
reference to the use for  which they  are in­
tended.  Then a sheet  of  very  thin  hand­
made porous-paper is laid on, and a prolong­
ed impression given,  in order that the  color 
may thoroughly permeate the paper.  Each 
color  is, of course, printed at a separate  im­
pression.  Having  completed  the  printing 
process, the different pieces of  paper  which 
compose  the  design  are  soaked 
in  warm 
water half an hour,  taken  out,  the  water 
sponged off, and  then  coated  on  one  side 
with a thin cement.  A similar  coat  of ce­
ment is given the glass to which  the  paper 
is to be applied, and then the  paper 
is  laid 
on in place, and varnished over.  The  plain 
glass window becomes at once, to all appear­
ances,  a  window  of  stained  glass.  The 
effects of the lead lines, the  irregular pieces 
of colored glass,  the  heads  of  saints  and 
soldiers, the antique, or  the  modem  Japa­
nese designs are all to be .had as  brilliant in 
color as any imitation can be expected  to be 
of the genuine glass.  The  glass  thiis  pre­
pared costs about one-tenth as much  as gen­
uine stained glass, and can, when it requires 
it, be washed without fear  of 
injuring  the 
surface.

It is stated that  sackcloth  or  canvas  can 
be made as impervious to moisture as leather 
by  steeping it in a decoction of  one  pound 
of oak bark with fourteen pounds of boiling 
water,  this  quantity  being  sufficient  for 
eight yards of stuff.  The cloth has  to  soak 
twenty-four hours, when it is taken out, pas­
sed through’running water  and  hung  up  to 
dry.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,

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MANUFACTURE  OF  SILK.

The  Various  Processes  Through  W hich 

the  Raw  Product Passes.

The first process in manufacturing  silk is 
to sort the raw silk into sizes, great  care be­
ing required in every stage that the  threads 
be equal in  size, as 
inequality  would  pro­
duce a manufacture of uneven  and  unman­
ageable twist  It is then  soaked  in  soapy 
water to dissolve  the  gum and  render  the 
thread pliable and  elastic,  the  skeins  are 
slipped upon octagonal  wicker  swift-reels, 
a dozen or more  of  which  revolve  on  an 
axis fastened  on the legs of  each  table.  A 
thread from each reel-skein  passes  upward 
over a smooth metal or  glass  rod,  fixed on 
the lateral edge of thé table to its  revolving 
bobbin, upon which it is wound.  After this I 
process the threadlis  guided  between  the 
continuous edges of two sharp steel  knives, 
resembling scissors, which clean  it of  gum­
my lumps and clinging waste, to another bob­
bin;  this  process  occasions  considerable 
waste.  The finer and more regular  threads 
are  now  taken  for  making  organzines, 
which are the warps of woven goods.  Coars­
er threads are  taken  for  trams  or  woofs. 
The most inferior  are  used  for  the  manu­
facture of sewing-silks.  Loose  and  broken 
ends are corded like  cotton  and  spun 
into 
floss for embroidery.

The twisting or throwing process is  done 
by passing the thread of raw  silk  from  an 
upright bottom through the eye of a  craned 
wire flyer, which rapidly spins with the  top 
of the bobbin revolving above.  This thread 
is called a “single,” and  for  organzines  re­
ceives from twelve to nineteen twists to  the 
inch.  Organzines  or  trams  are  made  by 
twisting  together  two  or  three  of  these 
twisted threads in  an  opposite  direction to 
the former single twist, at the rate of  from 
ten. to seeventeea turns to the inch;  the two 
threads having previously been wound  par­
allel upon one bobbin.  Organzines  receive 
tight twistings, to induce strength and  elas­
ticity.

From the New York Sun.

The prevailing depression in  the prices of 
stocks is  not  an  exceptional  phenomenon. 
It extends to the most  important  agricultu­
ral and mineral productions of the  country, 
and,  indeed, affects  the  industries  of  the 
whole world.

Wheat, which at  the  beginning  of  1880 
brought in the New  York  market  $1.55 a 
bushel, and in 1882 sold at $1.43  a  bushel, 
is now selling at about  $1,  and  of  course 
flour has fallen 
in  a  corresponding  ratio. 
Other cereals show a  similiar  decline—rye 
from $1 a bushel to  65  cents a  bushel;  In­
dian corn from 75 and 70 cents  a  bushel to 
about 58 cents, and oats from 50 cents  to 35 
cents.

The fall in pork and lard  and  the causes 
of it  have  already  been  discussed  by  us. 
Mess pork, which was  quoted  at  $18.50  a 
barrel a year ago, is  now  $16.50,  and  lard 
has dropped from 11 cents  a  pound  to 8]4 
cents.

Our other great staple, cotton,  is  an  ex­
ception, however,  remaining at  about  the 
same level, of between  11  and  12  cents a 
pound, at which it has stood  for  the  past 
four years.  Petroleum, too, maintains itself 
at about the  same price it has been bringing 
all along.

Metals, on the other hand,  are  more  de­
cidedly depressed than breadstuffs and  pro­
visions.  Pig iron has fallen  from  $35 per 
ton to about $20, and steel rails from  $90 to 
about $34.  Copper,  which  used  to  bring 
about 25 cents a pound, is  so  slow  of  sale 
at 14 cents that the Calumet and Hecla Cop­
per Mining Company, which  produces  20,- 
000 tons a year, and has for seventeen years 
paid uninterrupted dividends  amounting to 
$20,000,000 upon an  actual  capital of  $1,- 
200,000, has just  been obliged  to  interrupt 
its pleasing habit.  Lead,  which  not  long 
ago sold at 6 cents  a  pound,  can  now  be 
bought at 4 cents, and tons of it  are  stored 
away, to wait for  an advance.

A swing of two twists to  the Cinch  some-

Raw sugar, which for  several  years  has 
fluctuated  between  6  cents  and  7  cents a 
pound, is now in abundant supply  at  about 
5)4-  Refined sugar has correspondingly de­
clined from between  8 cents  and 9  cents a 
pound to about 7 cents.

Coal for the present is kept up,  but  only
times saves five cents to  the  pound  in  the  by  a  restriction  of  production,  and  with
every prospect of a decided fall in price very 
cost of labor, but may occasion  greater loss 
soon.
in weaving.  Two or three  threads  of  raw 
silk twisted loosely two or four times to the 
inch is tram, thute or  woof. 
In  weaving, 
the woof has little or no strain upon  it,  and 
it fills up the warp better by being  soft  and 
loose.  The twist in silk  threads  is  set by 
dampening and drying.  ' Skein  sewing  silk 
is made of three  to  ten  threads  twisted  to­
gether,  and  two  of  these  latter  doubled. 
Sewing machine silk is trebly twisted.  But­
tonhole twist is  the  same,  with  a  tighter 
twist.  Twist in the single  threads of  sew­
ing silks are ten to fifteen to  the  inch,  and 
the doubled eight to twelve; the  organzines 
are reeled into skeins  of one or  two  thou­
sand yards each, care being  taken to  make 
them of the exact length, as that  compared 
with their weight determines the quality  of 
goods to be woven.

Without going into details about  clothing 
and other manufactured articles, it is  notor­
ious that they  are all  cheaper  than  they 
have been  for  a  long  time  past,  with  no 
probability of immediate  improvement.

Reminiscences of the  Days  W hen  a  l’eck 

of Money  Did  Not Amount to  Much. 

From  the Detroit Times.

“ Wild  cat  banking  days?  Yes,  I  had 
some little experience of how  business was 
done in those  times,”  said  Mr.  William A. 
Butler yesterday.  “Banks used to be  start­
ed on a capital of land; it was assessed  at a 
certain value, generally about 10 times what 
it was worth, and the bank allowed to  issue 
a proportion of the  amount in  notes.  On 
paper the scheme  was  perfection,  all  the 
safe-guards  imaginable,  but  it  was  all  on 
paper.  You see, we fellows came  from the 
east and imagined that fortunes  were  to be 
made out here, but people  Midn’t  have any 
money to do business with. 
So  this  wild 
cat money was issued, and as soon as  a man 
got some of  it  he  was  mighty  anxious to 
change it [with a  laugh].  The  man  who 
could change it quickest was the fellow who 
came out best.  I remember one  funny  in­
stance.  At the time I was keeping a store  I 
had some bills to pay in New York. 
I had 
lots of wild cat money but  unfortunately it 
was no good down  east.  I had  a  neighbor 
of the name of Ellmore who  was  in  about 
the same  fix.  He  proposed  collecting  all 
the money he could  get  on  one  bank  and 
getting it exchanged.  He  was  pretty  san­
guine about the success of his scheme,  but I 
wasn’t; at any rate I told him we  would try 
it.  Ellmore got all his money on  a  Lapeer 
bank, and I got mine on three wild cat banks 
in Pontiac.  We drove  out  next  day  and 
Ellmore left me at Pontiac to go to  Lapeer.
I did what I could and managed to get  $200 
or $300 for all the notes I  held;  the  bank 
wouldn’t pay any more.  When  Ellmore re­
turned, I asked him how he  had  made  out 
and he said he had got his  notes  redeemed 
in full.  I was surprised  to  hear  this  be­
cause the Lapeer bank was  considered  the 
meanest in the whole state.  He said he had 
a draft on Detroit which would be  paid  all 
right.  When he got to Detroit he  took  his 
draft to get it cashed, and soon afterwards I 
saw him come up to his store  with  a hand­
kerchief full of money; he must have  had a 
peck of it.  Well, sir, the man on whom the 
draft was drawn had paid him all  in Lapeer 
banknotes, the same thing that he had so in­
dustriously collected and  taken  out  to the 
bank.”

“How long did wild cat banks flourish?”
“From about 1837 to about 1839,  if  I  re­
member rightly.  At first the notes  circulat­
ed a little in neighboring states,  but  after­
wards the act creating the banks was declar­
ed unconstitutional and they collapsed. Men 
who have had any experience  of  that  kind 
of currency are now  so  anxious  to  see  the 
present system retained and not have an un­
secured medium.”

‘I had the honor of being teller of the De­
troit city bank in 1837,” saidD. C. Holbrook. 
“That was quite  a  respectable  institution, 
having a capital of $42,000 in gold  and  sil­
ver and  $8,000  iflore  deposited  with  the 
bank of Michigan.  But I guess 'about  $10,- 
000 started all the  rest  of  them,  and  was 
taken about from place to  place  as 
it was 
needed.  A great many banks  were  started 
on $500 and  a  lot  of  old  nails;  the  nails 
were put  in the bottom of  the  drawer  and 
the money on top, so that  everybody  might 
see the bank had some  capital.”

They  Wanted  Cocoanuts.

From the Detroit Free Press.

The other day a Michigan  Avenue  grocer 
had about 250 cocoanuts piled up in front of 
his doors.  To-day  he  hasn’t  a  single  one. 
The other day, he thought he was  stuck  for 
about $25.  To-day he  realizes  that  he  has 
made more  clear  profit  on  cocoanuts  than 
any other retailer in Detroit.

The grocer  was  reading  his  paper about 
some  one  down  East who smuggled whisky 
by  filling cocoanuts with it,  and he  finished 
the article, drew down his left eye and called 
out to his clerk:

“ Thomas Jefferson Bangs, go out and buy 

me a gallon of mean whisky.”

He selected six or eight cocoanuts,  poixred 
out the milk, refilled them with whisky, and 
before night they were sold or  given  away. 
At seven o’clock next morning an  employee 
of a livery stable called in and asked:

“ Have you any cocoanuts ? ”
“ Yes, a few.”
“ I want to buy ten to send to  my brother 

in the country.”

He  had  scarcely  gone  when  a  woman 
came in and said she was hungry  for  a  co- 
coanut pie,  and  she  took  six  of  the  nuts 
along.  Then a boy came along  and  bought 
four, and before three o’clock that afternoon 
the entire  lot had  disappeared.  The  only 
purchaser  who  returned  was  a colored  ho­
tel waiter, who hung around  for a spell  and 
then  said:

“ Dey wasn’t nuflin’ but milk inder coker- 

nut  I bought.”

“ Nothing  but milk, you  rascal!”  roared 
the grocer.  “ Do you imagine  that  Nature 
is going to grow a big nut like that  for  five 
cents  and fill it  with kerosene oil to boot?”

A Cadillac correspondent, who  is  a  lum­
ber dealer,  writes :  Have  been  away  on  a 
two weeks’ trip to Erie,  Cleveland,  Toledo, 
Columbus and around  central  Ohio.  Lum­
ber and shingles are picking up and  moving 
quite rapidly in said region.

A hardware man lately  took  the  agency 
for a new kind of ice-box for preserving cold 
victuals.  It  was  a  pretty  good  thing,  he 
thought,  and  it  was  only necessary to  en­
lighten the public regarding  its  real  merits 
and indisputable advantages over everything 
else of the kind, to cause a tremendous rush 
of customers eager to purchase;  so  he coun­
selled  with  himself,  and  soliloquized  thus-
ly:

“That refrigerator must be^brought before 
the people,  and I’m the man to do it.  Don’t 
talk to  me about your newspaper  advertise­
ments.  I’ll show you how to advertise with­
out cost.  You don’t ketch me paying  a  pa­
per for advertising;  not I.  I’m too  old  for 
that, and I’ll show folks a new idea.”  Then 
he laughed a satisfied laugh, and at once  set 
about making a  practical  test  of  his  new 
method of diffusing information.  He mixed 
up a pot  of  black  paint,  procured  several 
large sheets of  card-board  and  after  much 
experimenting and repeated attempts, finally 
succeeded in producing two signs  that  read 
as follows:

“Fifty dollars to the man who  can  prove 
that any two things  put  into  this  ice-chest 
will taste one of the other.”

He  had  a  refrigerator  run  out  to the 
curb-stone, hung a sign over  each  side,  and 
retired indoors to await the expected rush of 
customers.  People passed up and down the 
street,  jostled  each  other  in  their  hurry, 
glanced at the ice-box and  its  signs,  and— 
went on.  After some hours of disappointed 
hopes and expectations  the dealer saw a pe­
destrian halt, calmly peruse  the  wonderful 
announcement,  and  rather  hesitatingly  ad­
vance to the door.

“ Do  you  mean  it? ”  he  inquired  in  an 
anxious tone,  pointing over  his  shoulder  to 
the signs.

“ Yes-sir-ee,” emphatically  responded the 

dealer.

stranger.

“ Put  up  your  money!”  insinuated  the 

“ No, sir,”  replied the dealer, in pompous 

style,  “ my word is as good as the cash.”

“ All right,  I’ll  take  you,” responded  the 
stranger, as he departed.  Some  time  after 
he returned with a box under each  arm.

“ Stick to your  agreement ? ”  he  queried. 
“ Of course I will,” answered  the  dealer, 
wondering what it the name of  Christopher 
Columbus the man had in view.

The stranger set his  boxes  down  on  the 
sidewalk, and a crowd began to collect.  He 
told the dealer that  he  was  afraid  that  he 
(the dealer)  would back out of the  bargain, 
but the latter asserted Jhis  readiness  to  put 
up the stamps if  necessary.  The  stranger 
opened  a  box,  lifted  a  cat out and placed 
her in the refrigerator;  then he  opened  the 
other box and took  therefrom  a  wire  cage 
containing a rat.

“ Now, mister,”  said he,  “ you  just  shut 
that door in a hurry when I flop the  rat  in­
side, and I’ll go you another fifty  that  ‘ one 
will taste of  the other ’  ih  less’n  five  min­
utes.”

The crowd yelled, and the dealer slammed 
the  refrigerator door  and slid into the store, 
with a remark about  fools  and  swindlers. 
He still refuses to recognize  the  stranger’s 
claim  to  the fifty dollars—but has taken his 
signs in.

Patents Issued  to  M ichigan  Inventors.
Charley Booensiep, Dotroit, calipers.
Isaac DeGraff, Detroit,  engine.
John Desmond, assignor of one-half  to  J. 
Carey and C. Rutson, Jackson,  steam empty­
ing  ash-pan.

Wallace  Dingman,  Battle Creek, harvest­

er.

cleaner.

cloth varnish.

chine.

Job Estes, Sterling, potato digger.
Eugene  M.  Farr, North Muskegon, horse 

Walrer  C.  Gifford,  Brooks,  leather  and 

James  H.  Glover,  Detroit,  capsule  ma­

Eli M. Holcomb, Bay  Springs,  and  F.  E. 

Miller, Eveline, car-brake attachment.

Edward  Heyde,  East  Saginaw,  lumber 

trimming machine.

Barnard A. Kaufmann,  assignor  to Globe 

Tobacco Co., Detroit,  cigarette.

Argus McDonald, Au Sable,  canal boat.
Izaac  VanKersen,  Kalamazoo,  blind-slat 

lock and operator.

Willis  Yandercook,  Mason,  two-wheeled 

vehicle.

The Supreme Court  has  decided  that an 
American citizen is not obliged  to  pay duty 
on wearing apparel intended for his own use 
or for that of his own family on  the  vessel 
with him, if such apparel be suitable for the 
season, and not  in  excess of  his and  their 
“reasonable wants, in view of  their  means, 
habits and station in life, even  though  such 
articles had not been actually  worn.”  This 
is the result of a suit brought by  Mr. Astor, 
of New York.  He paid high for justice but 
he got  it. 

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The manufacture of needles and pins con­
stitutes one of  the  most  flourishing  indus­
tries in Germany.  The eight  manufactories 
of Iserlohn alone consumed in  1882  no  less 
than  600  tons  of  wire,  employing  also  a 
working force of some 800 males and 700 fe­
male and juvenile operatives  besides  seven 
steam engines and four water wheels of 230- 
horse power.

A  Cobbler  Presents  the 
ology.

Science  of  SI»oe-

A Troy, N- Y., newspaper  hasj published 
a report  of an 
interview  between  a  shoe­
maker of that city and one of the newspaper 
attaches, who applied to the man of the  last 
and waxed-end for repairs,  and  meanwhile 
elicited his views on the meaning of the way 
in which different people wore  their  shoes 
and destroyed them by  use.  After  passing 
through the sieve of a reporter,  although in 
this case the reporter did not  spare himself, 
it may be well to read between the  lines  to 
get at the shoemaker’s  meaning,  who,  as a 
practical observer,  must  have  exceptional 
opportunities from his  bench  to  judge  of 
balance and unbalance in “understandings.” 
He is a  plain-spoken  man,  as  most  of his 
class are, and utters his opinions with an or­
acular emphasis which is not lost in  the  re­
porter’s version.  He said,  in reply  to the 
newspaper man’s question:

“Yes,  sir;  they  (worn shoes)  beat palmis­
try all hollow.  Take yourself, for instance; 
in your shoe I see  vacillation, 
irresolution, 
fickleness, a tendency toward  negligence or 
evasion  of  unpleasant  duties,  occasional 
spells of moroseness.  Show me any person’s 
foot-covering  after  two  months’  wear,  or 
often  less  than  that,  and  I  will  tell  you 
that person’s character.  If  both  heel  and 
sole are evenly worn level  the  wearer  is a 
clear-headed, decisive business man,  a valu­
able and trustworty employe, or an excellent 
wife and mother.  If the outside sole  is cut 
through, the wearer, if a man, is inclined  to 
be adventurous, unreliable,  and [. spasmodic 
in all his acts;  if  a woman,  she  is  predis­
posed to boldness and wayward  tendencies.
If the  inside of the  sole  is  cut  through,  it 
indicates weakness and vacilliation in a man 
and modesty in a woman.  For 
instance, a 
certain merchant in this city whom I  posted 
concerning this curious method of  character 
reading sends to me whenever  he  wants a 
new clerk, and he  has  received  several  of 
my customers on my  recommendation.  He 
says  that  shoeology  beats  phrenology  all 
hollow.

“A few months ago  there  came  into my 
shop a stranger having a pair of shoes  with 
the outsides of the soles worn  through  and 
the toe somewhat cut away, while  the  hull 
was nearly as good as  new.  I  said  to  my 
wife, after  he  went  away,  ‘That  man’s  a 
sneak,’ and so he was.  The very  next  day 
a boy came up from the police station to get 
the shoes, and said the wearer  had  been ar­
rested on a clear case of sneak thieving.

“A certain young man who  has  patroniz­
ed me for years was keeping  company  with 
two girls, also customers of mine.  I  noticed 
that one of them wore out her  shoes  on the 
outside  of  the  sole  first,  while  the  other 
stepped squarely and wore down both  shoes 
alike. 
I’ve  always [had  a  liking  for  the 
young fellow, and knowing he  was  waver­
ing between the two girls,  I took him  aside 
one day and showed him  the  shoes  of  his 
flames and told him what  I  have  told  you. 
The result was  he married  the  square-step­
per and is happy, while the  other  girl dis­
graced herself and has gone to ruin.

“Do  I  believe  that  character  can  be 
moulded by keeping the shoes properly soled 
and heeled?  Well, it has its influence.  The 
gait of a person is as closely connected with 
his  disposition  as  the  expression  of  his 
countenance, though not  so  easily  read by 
most persons.  To continue to  wear  a  shoe 
which is run over badly only  tends  to con­
firm the habit in the person’s walk.

“I can also tell something of a person’s ten­
dencies by the size of the shoe, the  breadth 
of the sole, the condition of the buttons and 
strings, the amount of wear on the  toe,  the 
condition of the  lining,  etc. 
I would  not 
advise a friend to marry a girl who squeezes 
a four foot into a number two shoe, for such 
a one is apt to prove vain, affected and  friv­
olous.

“Boots are but  little worn  by  gentlemen 
of the present day, save in a few  exception­
al cases where the occupation of the  wearer 
renders it necessary for health and  comfort. 
The rage is all for button  and  laced  shoes, 
though this winter  the  elastic  side  gaiter 
has enjoyed a new lease of life.  The  buekle 
gaiters are entirely out of date,  and  are no 
longer kept in stock by  dealers.  Cloth-top 
shoes are  being  slowly  worked  out  of  the 
trade, while cloth button boots for ladies are 
not at  all  worn.  Welted  shoes  are  now 
made with improved machinery,  and,” with 
a sigh,  “custom work will soon  become  one 
of the lost arts.

“Rubbers  are  very  poor  this  year,  and 
wear out rapidly.  This  is  due  to  the  fact 
that  manufacturers  are  buying  up  the  old 
worn-out stock, remelting and moulding  the 
second time.  Gum  which  has  once  been 
fashioned into a shoe and worn in  all  sorts 
of weather, until the  grit  of the  streets  is 
ground into its  very  substance, 
lacks  the 
toughness and purity of the gum fresh  from 
the tree, and  easily  breaks  under  a  slight 
strain.

“Your job Qis done, sir;  sorry  1  couldn’t 
is 

give you  a  better  character,  but  truth 
truth, and I never flatter.”

A Portland woman hit a man with  an egg 
because he kissed his hand  to  her.  Served 
him right  Next time he’ll know  enough to 
kiss the woman.

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  30,  1884.

Subscribers  and others,  when writing 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub­
lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this paper.

“ TOO  THIN  FOR ANYTHING.”

lots 

Above is the heading of an article recently 
published by  a  trade  paper, 
issued  in  a 
small city in the western part of  the  State. 
The article referred to makes  some  ridicu­
lous statements, and refers  entirely  to  the 
advertisement of  Jas.  E.  Davis &  Co.,  on 
our last page.  This paper  states  that  “the 
quantity of a few items mentioned, amounts 
to more than the entire stock carried by this 
house.”  In the first place, this firm  do not 
state  these  qualities  as  carried  in  stock 
but  “ offer  in  
to  suit  purchas­
ers" and in conversation with a  reporter of 
our paper to-day state that they can fill  any 
order for any one of the items, or all, in the 
quantities  named.  Again,  the  statement 
that “the aggregate amount of the  combined 
articles  mentioned  amount  to  more  than 
their entire stock.”  This  latter  statement 
shows how little this small city knows about 
the immensity of Detroit stocks.
The fact of the matter is, that  this  west­
ern city is struggling to become a competitor 
of Detroit, and is mad because  Detroit  can 
fill  orders  for  large  quantities of  goods, 
whereas they have to put up with catch pen­
ny trade.  We  think  “bragging”  a  good 
thing especially when it can  be  backed  up 
with facts, and regret that  this  small  town 
is not large enough  to  “brag,”  for  then  it 
would be carried too far without a doubt.  It 
is probably unnecessary to mention, that we 
understand  this  i>aper  is  controlled  by  a 
wholesale drug house  in  that  tdwn,  which 
probably accounts for the jealous appearance 
of the article referred to. -  Detroit Commer­
cial.

The above attack on Western Michigan in 
general, and Grand Rapids  in  particular,  is 
the first piece of original composition of any 
length that has appeared in the Commercial 
since it published a salutatory ¿eight  months 
ago.  This fact explains the animus of the at 
tack, and the antipathy of the CommerciaVs 
publishers  for  Grand Rapids,  explained in 
another column,  is the only excuse the paper 
can have for giving  place  to  such  rubbish 
The publishing of the screed, as original ed­
itorial matter, sets  the  stamp  of  authority 
upon it, and indicates that  the  Commercial 
coincides with the  opinions  expressed.

The  article  quoted  was  not  written  in 
the office of the paper,  however, but emanat­
ed from the wholesale drug house of Jas.  E.
Davis & Co.  The writer does  not  pretend 
to answer our strictures on  sensational  ad­
vertising, but beats around the bush in  boy­
ish fashion,  attributing to The Tradesm an 
a statement it never made,  and  instituting a 
comparison that is  as  misleading  as 
it  is 
ridiculous.

The insulting allusion to  the dealers  who 
buy at  this  market as “catchpenny  trade” 
may be the means of ingratiating the Detroit 
paper and jobbing houses in  the  hearts  of 
Western Michigan merchants,  but  such  is 
not the usual  course taken to attract  trade.
T he Tradesman maintains that  the  deal­
ers who buy at tills market  are  as  shrewd 
and reliable business men as  can  be  found 
anywhere, possessing just  as  much  discre­
tion and credit as their brethren in the  east­
ern part of the State.  That they  choose  to 
buy in  Grand  Rapids  instead  of  sending 
their favors  to  Detroit  is no  reason  why 
they should be classed as  “worthless,”  and 
the accusation cannot fail to receive the con-1 dry goods, 
demnation  of  all  fair-minded,  honorable 
men.

The  insinuation  that  The  Tradesman 
is “controlled by a  wholesale  drug  house” 
here is on a par with  the  other  statements 
contained in the article.  We are  willing to 
leave such a  charge  in the  hands  of  our 
readers, and allow them to  judge  for them­
selves.  In this connection, however,  a  few 
words regarding The  Tradesm an’s  policy 
may not be out of place. 
It was  started  as 
an independent paper—as the organ  of  the 
retailer, not the  jobber—and  has  followed 
out that line of  action. 
It is,  and  always 
has been, the property  of  the present  pro­
prietors.  No one has, or  ever  has  had,  a 
mortgage or lien on the  establishment,  nor 
has  either  partner  ever  given  notes  for 
financial assistance—in short no  support of 
any kind has been solicited or received, out­
side the  legitimate  channels of  newspaper 
publishing.  The advertisements  that  have 
appeared, and now appear,  in  our  columns, 
were taken solely, on the strength  of  circu­
lation.  Every advertiser is given to  under­
stand, plainly  and unmistakably,  that  the 
placing of an advertisement in The T rades­
man does not include the right to dictate the 
editorial policy of the paper, nor entitle him 
to any especial consideration.  This  policy, 
indicated in the beginning and  carried  out 
with scrupulous exactness, has  proven to be 
a wise one, and to it may  be  attributed the 
unparalled success of the  paper. 
It  is un­
necessary to add that the same independence 
that has characterized ¡The  Tradesm an in 
the past will be maintained  in  the  future, 
and every issue of the paper will be a stand­
ing rebuke to unwarranted  insinuations  by 
envious  rivals.

Although the Detroit Commercial  insists 
that the dealers  of  Western  Michigan  are 
“catchpenny 
trade,”  Detroit  jobbers  use 
every possible inducement to secure  a  por­
tion of the wholesale orders  given  by  this 
same “catchpenny trade.”

Alfred W.  Fisher,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  on  Soutli  Division 
street,  has gone  on  the  road  for  C.  G. Mc­
Culloch & Co.

Geo. A. Miller,  a young man of good busi­
ness qualifications,  has gone on the  road for 
F. J. Lamb  &  Co.,  covering  the  northern 
trade of that house.

N. W. Crocker has engaged in the grocery 
business at  a  settlement  three  miles  from 
Byron Center.  Fox,  Musselman  &  Lover- 
idge furnished the stock.

Dr. M. A. Ross, druggist at  the  corner of 
West Fulton and Jefferson streets,  has sold 
out to Dr. J. D. Bowman, of Benton Harbor, 
who will continue the  business.

Frank W. Warren, formerly of the firm of 
McCowan & Warren, Hesperia, had added a 
line of crockery to his grocery business. _  II. 
Leonard & Sons furnished the  stock.

Mr.  Jas. N. Bradford, the  principal  facts 
in whose eventful life are  set  fourth on  an­
other page, was a  member  of  the  Twenty- 
sixth  Michigan  Volunteers,  instead  of  the 
Sixth, as erroneously stated.

The Berkey  &  Gay  Furniture  Co.  have 
lately received two hotel orders  from North 
Carolina, and Nelson, Matter &  Co. have re­
ceived the largest hotel order that  ever came 
to this market, to  furnish a  new  hotel  at 
New York  City.

The Newman matter comes  up in the Cir­
cuit Court next Monday for final settlement, 
Assignee Robinson having made  an applica­
tion for the distribution  of  the  proceeds of 
the estate and for the release of himself and 
bondsmen  from  further  obligation 
in the 
matter.

Assignee  Robinson made  application  in 
the Circuit Court Thursday for  the  sale  of

ITp  to  H is  Old  Tricks.

From the Whitehall Forum.

C.  Low  Fastier,  an  alleged  pill-slinger, 
who lately  bought out Ruggles’  drug  store, 
took too much of his own  whisky on  Satur­
day, got on the rampage,  choked  his  sister 
and kicked his son out of doors and  created 
a  cyclone  of  no  small  dimensions.  His 
nerves were somewhat unstrung, as a matter 
of course, and he went for a bottle of  brom­
ide of potassium, but got hold of aniline dye, 
vermillion color, instead,  and  after  a  full 
dose of this latter mixture, he looked  like a 
combination  of  Scar-faced  Charley  and 
Sitting Bull.  We understand there is a war­
rant out for Fastier’s arrest.

Cheese  Making  in  the  Holland  Country.
The cheese factories  at  Drenthe,  James­
town,  Vriesiand  (Fairview),  Zeeland  (Am­
ber)  and North  Holland  (Union)  have  all 
resumed operations for the  season,  and the 
first products of  these  excellent  establish­
ments are due  here  in  about  two  weeks. 
These factories were all built  by  Mr. F. J. 
Lamb, of this city, who still owns  the  Am­
ber factory.  The  Jamestown  factory  was 
formerly located at Hudsonville.

One  of  the  most  interesting  exhibitions 
ever held in this country will be that  which 
opens on the 2nd of next September in Phil­
adelphia, under the auspices of the Franklin 
Institute.  It will be, perhaps, the most com­
plete  exhibition  of  electrical  devices  ever 
held, and will be attended by  visitors  from 
all parts of the world.

“I belong to one  of the first  families  of 
“Yes,” 
the city,” said a  boasting  youth. 
was the reply of the tailor. 
“Your  family, 
I have been informed, is always the  first in 
asking credit when a new  storekeeper starts 
in your neighborhood.”

Dealers of Western Michigan, how do you 

like to be called  “ catchpenny trade?”

Strange that Detroit  jobbers  should  have 
such a fondness for the “ catchpenny trade” 
of Western Michigan!

Grand Rnpids sends  considerable  quanti­
ties of goods to the Northern  Peninsula and 
to Indiana and Ohio.  “ Catchpenny  trade,” 
you know.

The leading Detroit furniture houses make 
a specialiy of Grand Rapids furniture.  They 
must be “ catchpenny  trade,”  or  else  their 
home paper is mistaken.

Gentlemen of Western Michigan,  you are 
not merchants in  the  proper  sense  of the 
term.  You  are  “ catchpenny trade.”  At 
least the Detroit Commercial says  you are.

Webster defines “ catchpenny”  as “ some­
thing worthless.”  The Detroit Commercial 
says that the dealers who buy goods  at  this 
market  are  “ catchpenny  trade.”  The  in­
ference is obvious.

The  Grand  Rapids  furniture  and  hard 
wood manufacturers send  their  products  to 
every state and territory in the United States, 
and to every foreign country.  Is that “ catch­
penny trade,”  also ?

“ The next Detroit  drummer  that  crosses 
threshold  will  be  Shown  the  door 
my 
quicker’n lightning,” said a Big Rapidsjmer- 
chant, the other day.  “ I  can  stand a  good 
deal, but no one can spit on  me  and  expect 
me to  stand still while they rub it in.”

Every warehouse along the line of the  D,

G.  H.  & M.  Railway bears a sign on which is 
painted “ Grand Rapids Plaster,” and a drive 
around  Detroit  discloses  numbers  of  such 
signs.  But then the Commercial  says that 
these dealers  are “ catchpenny trade.”

The  Detroit  Commercial  has  one  sub­
scriber in Western Michigan.  The Trades 
man has 2,200.  The Commercial says that 
the dealers in the western half of  the  State 
are  “catchpenny  trade.”  The  Trades­
man maintains that  they are  the  peers of 
the merchants  in any locality, in any State,

AMONG THE TRADE.

I N   T H E   C IT Y .

A.  W.  Roth,  druggist  at  249  Jefferson 

avenue,  has sold out to  a gentleman named 
Dexter.

Pettingill & Young have  sold  their  drug 
and grocery  stock to Holland  & Ives,  both 
formerly of Rockford.

J. D.  Peterson  has  engaged in  the  drug 
business at Salt River.  Hazeltine,  Perkins 
& Co. furnished the stock.

Hiram Wolford has engaged in  the  groc­
ery business at Boyne  City.  Shields,  Bulk- 
ley & Lemon furnished the stock.

W. R. White, of  the  Thomson  & Taylor 
Spice Co., Chicago, wandered around amon 
the Grand Rapids trade on the 24tli.

C. N.  Hyde,  a general dealer  at  Alba for 
about two weeks, has sold out to  Roseboom 
& Co., of Chicago,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

R.  L.  Willett,  successor  to  Willett  & 
Eaton was at this market last  week  sorting 
up his stock.  Spring  & Co.  furnished  the

the entire assets  of  Chickering & Kysor to 
Daniel McCoy for $60,000.  The motion was 
granted, the proceeds were ordered distribu­
ted among the creditors  on the  basis  of  40 
per cent, of the amonnt of their  claims, and 
Mr. Robinson and his  bondsmen were  dis­
charged from further obligation.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

R. Willett succeeds  Willets  &  Seaton  in 

general trade at Altona.

John Kopf has engaged in the retail furni­

ture business at Lowell.

EisenhoodJ  &  Erb  have  engaged  in  the 

bakery business at Hastings.

Miss A. H. Roffe, druggist at  Augusta,  is 

succeeded by Douglass & Eddy.

Wm. Tuttle is erecting a new building, 20 

x41 feet in size, at Milton Junction.

S. B: Mikesell has engaged in the  grocery 

and provision business at Charlotte.

H. 

S. Phillips has engagrd in the  grocery 

business at Mill Grove, Allegan  county.

O. C. Williams is closing out his  stock  of 
furniture at Fife Lake, and will  “ go west.” 
U. C. Brackney has  withdrawn  from  the 
firm of Grand-Gerard & Co., at  Big  Rapids.
F. A. Kough succeeds Kough &  Thurston 
in the hoop manufacturing  business  at Mo­
line.

E. C. Raber  has  closed  out  his  jewelry 
stock at  Whitehall  and  retired  from  busi­
ness.

Oscar Lewis has started a  boot  and  shoe 
store at Ironton.  He was formerly at Boyne 
Falls.

Pfoff,  Roseboveu &  Co.  succeed  Geo.  E. 
Hubbard in  the hardware business at Grand 
Haven.

C. 

R. Paige has bought H. Whiting’s stock 

of boots and shoes at Traverse  City,  and  is 
closing it out.

S.  M.  Rinnets,  formerly  engaged in the 
drug business at St. Louis, died at  the Kala­
mazoo Insane Asylum on the 25th.

Duff Jennings  & Co., grocers at Sheridan, 
who  recently  became  embarrassed  and 
made out assignment papers,  have  found  it 
unnecessary to file them, having adjusted af­
fairs  satisfactorily and resumed business.

There are 23  new buildings  in  process  of 
construction at Elmira at  the  present  time. 
The town  is  going  ahead  with  wonderful 
rapidity.  The  latest  move  is a proposition 
to bore for oil, which  will  probably  be  put 
into effect without delay.

S T R A Y   F A C T S .

The St. Joseph knitting  factory  employs 

450 hands.

Geo. B. Donnelly has started  a  bedspring 

factory at Traverse City.

Dexter  &  Noble  have  just  completed  a 

fire-proof office at Elk Rapids.

Nearly six tons of  maple  sugar  has  been 

marketed at Saranac this season.

Midland wants a pail factory,  a sash, door 

and blind factory and  a lumber  yard.

E.  H. Foster, of Fife Lake,  is  building  a 
warehouse  to  accommodate  his  increasing 
business.

J.  H. Eppink has sold  his  store  building 

at Graafschap to  the  new  firm  of  Notier, 
Mulder & Baven.

Buchanan will manufacture this year 3,000 
garden plows,  1,000 windmills,  9,000  dozen 
zinc horse collar pads, and 100,000 bedsteads.
Sparta Sentinel:  Our merchants  are  con­
sidering the plan of adopting a  strictly  cash 
basis for the conduct of their business in the 
future.

Emmet  County  Democrat:  The  maple 
sugar season still lasts,  and more maple sug­
ar will be made in Emmet county this spring 
than in any previous season.

Fife Lake has fair  prospects  for  a  hard­
wood  mill  and  manufactory,  as  $600  has 
been pledged  to  Geo.  H.  Green,  formerly 
foreman of Chickering &  Kysor’s  mill,  and 
he will soon begin to repair the  Fish  Bros.’ 
mill for that purpose.

MISREPRESENTED.

Detroit  Jobbers  Angry  Over  the  Senti­

ment Im puted to Them.

For the purpose  of ascertaining  whether 
the contemptible fling at Grand  Rapids  and 
the retail  trade of  Western  Michigan, 
im­
puted to Detroit jobbers by the Commercial 
of the 19th,  was the expression of  an  opin­
ion existing in reality, or only the vaporings 
of an unrecognised and  unreliable  penny-a- 
liner, the editor of The T radesman visited 
Detroit last Friday, and spent the day among 
the jobbing houses of that city.  The gener­
ous welcome accorded, him  on  every  hand 
was  in 
itself  a  sufficient  refutal  of  the 
thought  that  Detroit  looks  upon  Grand 
Rapids with petty jealousy  and  covets  the 
trade that this market has succeeded in win­
ning and holding.  Nearly every jobber  ex­
pressed himself as  surprised  at  the  rapid 
growth of our jobbing and manufacturing in­
terests, and all were willing to  admit  that 
every step  forward  had  been  gained  by 
legitimate and honorable means.  To a man, 
they all expressed  unmixed  indignation  at 
the CommerciaVs sweeping reference to the 
retail  dealers  of  the  western  half  of  the 
State as “catch penny trade,” declaring  that 
such an accusition was the  result  of  ignor­
ance and malice, and did not  voice  the  sen­
timent of Detroit.

“The Commercial is supposed  to  repre­
sent the wholesale trade of this city,” said a 
leading drug jobber,  “but  it  misrepresents 
every house of standing here  when it  deals 
Western  Michigan  a stab  under  the  fifth 
rib.  We have some customers in  the West 
ern  part  of  the  state,  who  divide  their 
favors between us  and  Grand  Rapids;  but 
if we ever get  an  order  from  that  region 
again I shall be  greatly  mistaken. 
In en­
deavoring to injure Grand Rapids, the Com­
mercial has turned the weapon upon us, and 
to that cause must we attribute  the  loss of 
trade that must inevitable  ensue.”

“ I look upon the Commercial article as a 
direct insult to the retail  trade  of  Western 
and Northern Michigan,” said  a  prominent 
grocery  jobber.  “ So  far  as  our  house  is 
concerned we look upon Grand Rapids  as  a 
legitimate competing market, and  freely ad­
mit that she has fairly  earned  the  prestige 
she enjoys as a distributing center.  I should 
not be surprised if the thrust at the  dealers 
, who buy at your city costs Detroit thousands 
of dollars worth of trade, as no dealer  cares 
to be called  ‘ catch-penny,’  especially  when 
there is no  truth  in  the  charge,  and  no 
ground for the accusition.”

“ Your  city  has  several  jobbing  houses 
that would reflect  credit  on  Detroit,”  said 
another jobber,  “and the  CommerciaVs ref­
ence to Grand Rapids  as  a  ‘ small  town’  is 
either the result  of  ignorance  or  jealousy. 
It is a matter  of  common  report  with  our 
travelers that  the  Commercial  can  obtain 
no foothold wherever The Tradesm an cir­
culates,  and  perhaps  a  knowledge  of  this 
fact actuated the writer in making the state­
ment.  One thing is certain, it  will  do  De­
troit infinitely more harm than any of  us re­
alize at the present time.”

“ How  is  T he  T radesman  regarded 
throughout  your  territory?”  asked  a  drug 
jobber of their  Western  Michigan  traveler. 
“As  a  great  deal better  paper  for  Grand 
liapids that the Commercial is for Detroit,” 
was the reply.

“ I can explain the  CommerciaVs  antipa­
thy to Grand Rapids,” srid a grocery jobber. 
“ Mr. Wilby, the principal proprietor, former­
ly did  quite a  brokerage business with your 
jobbing houses, and used  to  brag  about  the 
amount of goods your market got away with. 
All  of  a sudden he changed his tactics,  and 
began running down your city, claiming that 
ali the jobbers there were going into  the  re­
tail business.  It does  not  look  well  for  a 
man to change his mind so suddenly, and  at 
our first opportunity we took  pains to ascer­
tain the cause for the change in opinion.  We 
found that the Grand Rapids jobbers  refus­
ed to buy of the houses, represented  by  Mr. 
Wilby unless they placed their  goods in  the 
hands of the local brokers,  which  they  did. 
This,  of course, cut  off  quite  a  slice  from 
Mr. Wilby’s income, and  ever  since  he  has 
been bitter as quinine against the town.”

The above are a few of the many opinions 
expressed on the subject  in  hand, but those 
given serve to show that  the  CommerciaVs 
wholesale condemnation of this market, and 
the retailers who buy here, is not  shared  by 
ths jobbing trade of Detroit,  with one single 
exception.  The general opinion was that the 
trade had been misrepresented, and in a way 
that would do Detroit infinite harm.

A visit was also paid to  the  Commercial 
office, situated in a brokerage  establishment 
at 97 Jefferson avenue.  The publishers  are 
R. C. Wilby & Co., one of the  firm  being  a 
broker and the other a printer.  Both denied 
the authorship  of  the  article  in  question, 
claiming that it originated outside the office, 
as indicated in another column.

The day spent in Detroit  was  fruitful  of 
many pleasant acquaintances  and  renewals 
of friendship.  The metropolis of  Michigan 
is a city in which every citizen of the  State 
may take a just degree of pride.  Her man­
ufactories, jobbing and retail  houses, public 
and private buildings, level streets and street 
car lines, rail and water transportation,  and 
the many other features that have served  to 
attract and hold the population and business 
she now enjoys, and not surpassed  by those 
of any other city in the  country.  Detroit  is 
the city of Michigan,  all  things  considered, 
but there are other places in the State which 
are  doing  just  as  much—or more—in  pro­
portion to  their  population  to  develop the 
latent resources of the country.  And among 
the latter, Grand Rapins stands at  the head.

The year 1884 bids fair to  be  one  of the 

most prosperous California has eVer  seen.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Very scarce and poor  in quality. 
Baldwins and Russets readily  command  $4 
@$4.50, and extra fancy $5.

Asparagus—$1.50  doz. bunches.
Bailed Hay—Scarcer and firmer  at  $15@ 
$16 ^  ton.
Barley—Scarcer and firmer.  Best quality 
now readily commands $1.35 ^  100 His.
Beets—Scarcely any call for them.  Selling 
at $3 ^  bbl. and  $1 ^  bu.
Butter—Choice dairy rolls are worth  25c, 
and prime packed the same.  Elgin creamery 
5@30c.
Butterine—Best quality is still in good de­
mand at 18c@20c.
Beans—Handpicked are  a trifle  firmer  at 
$2.25 and unpipked are not much moving  at 
$1.75@$2.  But  few  in  market,  and  not 
much  moving.

Barley—Choice $1.30 ^   100  ibs. 
Buckwheat—None moving.  Out  of  mar­
ket.
crate
Cabbages—Southern new,  $8.50 
of about 4 dozen.
Cheese—Skim  10c@lle. 
Full  cream 
is active and firm at 14@15c.
Cider—Difficult  to  fill  orders.  Ordinary 
stock is entirely exhausted, and sand refined 
has advanced to $7.50 ^  bbl.
Clover  Seed—Choice  medium  firm  at  $6 
@$6.50 ^  bu. and mammoth in fair  demand 
at $6.75  ^  bu.
Com—Local dealers stand in  readiness to 
supply carload lots of Kansas  corn  at  from 
45@60c ^  bu.  It is all of the same quality, 
but the former price  is  for  damp,  and  the 
latter for dry, stock.
Cucumbers  -  Mississippi  stock  $1.25  ^  
doz.
Dried Apples—Quarters active  at 7@9c 
lb,  and sliced  8@9c.  Evaporated  dull  and 
slow at 12%@14c.
Eggs—Jobbing  readily  at 16c, and tolera­
bly firm at that price.
dozen  bunches.
Green Onions—30@35c 
Honey—In comb,  18c ^  lb.
Hops—The  Michigan 
crop  is  almost 
completely exhausted.  Good command 20@ 
22c, and fair 15@18c ^   H).
Lettuce—Hothouse stock  selling  readily, 
with good demand, at 20c 
ft>.  It is likely 
to be scarce and higher during the  next  ten 
days as the first crop is  entirely  exhausted.
Maple Sugar—In consequence  of  a  light 
crop,  the  price  is up  lc,  and  is  scarce  at 
that price.  Choice pure  readily  commands 
13c@14c.  The  adulterated  article  readily 
commands 11c.
Onions—Firmer and  scarcer.  Choice yel­
low command  75@85c  ^   bu.  in  sacks, and 
$2.50 ^   bbl.  Bermuda  stock  brings  $2  ^  
crate.
Pieplant—Hothouse stock in fair  demand 
at 6c@7c ^   ft.
Potatoes—Still a drug  and  likely  to  re­
main so.  There are  vast  quantities  in  the 
market, and large amounts still  lie  in  pits. 
Burbanks  are  sold  in  small  quantities  at 
40c, and Rose at 30@35c.
Peas—Holland $4  bu.
Parsnips—Moving  slowly at $3 ^9 bbl and 
$1  ^  bu.
Poultry—Chickens and fowls are firm, and 
readily  command  16@17c  and  15@16c, 
respectively.  There are no ducks and  geese 
in  market, and a  few  turkeys,  which  find 
ready sale at  16c.

Radishes—40c ^  dozen bunches.
Ruta Bagas—Out of market.
Seed Oats—White English Sovereign, 75c. 
Seed Potatoes—White  Star,  $1;  Selected 
Burbanks, 50c;  Early Ohio, 50c;  Beauty  of 
Hebron, 50c.
Squash—Southern white readily command 
$2.50  ^  box of 40 Ibs. net 
Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.50@ 
$1.75 ^  bu.
Vegetable Oysters—40e ^  dozen bunches. 
Wax Beans—$4 ^  box.  Green, $3.50. 
Wheat—Local dealers are paying  75@80c 
for No. 2 Clawson and 95c for No.  1.  Lan- 
chester commands $1@$1.05.

Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
M. V. Wilson, Sand  Lake.
D.  P. Kilpatrick, Woodland.
Mr. Purdy, of Purdy &  Hartings,  Sparta.
C.  H. Adams, Otsego.
E. H. Botsford, Dorr.
Dr. Oliver, of Holland &  Ives,  Rockford.
Dr.  G. B. Nichols,  Martin.
G. F. Richardson,  Jamestown.
The above merchants, who are the  equals 
of the patrons of any market in all the points 
that determine the  commercial  standing  of 
dealers, are “ catchpenny  trade,”  according 
to the Detroit  Commercial.

Tomato Cans  Put  to  New  Uses.

From the Commercial  Enquirer.

The gathering of  old  tomato  cans  pays 
handsomely.  They  are  sent  to  Newark, 
where fifteen cents a  hundred 
is  paid  for 
them.  The number found daily in the  gar­
bage boxes of this city  is  tremendous, now 
that quart cans retail at eight and ten  cents 
a piece.  The Newmark man puts the empty 
cans into a furnace, where  the  solder  soft­
ens so that they can be  rolled  into  plates. 
The plates are blackened and  polished, and 
used by trunk makers to bind  the  edges of 
trunks and cover up defects  in  wood-work. 
The original price paid for  the  old  cans is 
fully returned in the sale of the  solder  that 
falls from the cans into a receptacle beneath 
the furnace through a grating on  which  the 
cans are  heaped.

An  Old  Saw  Reset.

Plumber—Have you Mr. Rich’s bill  made 

out  yet?

Clerk—Yes,  sir;  but I want to  make  an­

other one.  There is a big mistake in it.

Plumber—What sort of a mistake?
Clerk—The bill  should  be  $13.17, but I 
got the figures transposed, and made  it  out 
for $31.17.

Plumber—Are  you sure the  17  cents is 

right?

Clerk—Oh, yes; perfectly correct.
Plumber—Then never mind about making 
any change.  Take care of the  pennies and 
the dollars will take care of themselves.

Geo. Reed is erecting a new store building 
at Milton Junction, and will shortly  engage 
in the grocery  business.  John  Caulfield  is 
getting out the new stock this  week.

The  rag  trade  of  the  country  reaches 
about $30,000,000 a year,  and  there  are  2,- 
000 rag pickers in New York City  alone.

Date  Business  Changes.

Elk  Rapids—Lyman  Cams,  grocer,  sold 
out to Milton B. Long;  A. B. Daugherty, to­
bacco and confectionery, sold  out  to  S.  M. 
Chaffee.
Indian  River—Daniel  Keeney,  shingle 
manufacturer, assigned to Geo. P.  Langdon.
Portland—C.  S.  Wolcott,  restaurant  and 
groceries, sold out to  Mariah  Disbrow ;  N. 
Crittenden, meat market, sold out to Estep & 
Talmadge.
Big Rapids—S. T.  Leggett &  Co., grocers, 
assigned  to S. Barstow.
Lakeview—E. A. Bissell, dry  goods,  sold 
out to H.  H.  Moore.
Petoskey—J.  A.  Shelden,  meat  market, 
sold out and left town.

VISITINO  BUYERS.

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

Coopersville.

Boom Co., Alleyton.

vance.  .

J.  M. Wade,  Luther.
J. 11. Passage, Greenville.
A. S. McIntyre, St. Louis.
T.  R. Van Wirt & Co.,  Alba.
Christian Pfeifle, Lake P.  O.
Wm.  G. Watson, of W. G.  Watson & Son, 
Nelson Daniels, Waconsta.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
E.  M. Barber, Hubbardston.
Poland  & Wenzell,  Woodville.
Geo. S. Curtiss, Edgerton.
F.  C. Selby, Volney.
J. E. Bevins,  LeRoy.
J. L. Davis, Hopkins.
F. P.  Hopper, Fremont.
R.  L.  Willett, Altona.
Fred Ramsey, White Cloud.
Geo. W.  Franklin,  of  White  River  Log 
C. E. Coburn,  Pierson.
P. B. Newton, of  Steele  &  Newton,  Ad­
F. C. Brisbin, Berlin.
D. W. Shattuck,  Wayland.
A.  G. Chase, Ada.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center,
Terrance O’Laughlin, Big Rapids.
W. F. Rice, Alpine.
Wagner & Wells, Eastinanville.
C. Duncombe Hartford.
E.  Hogan, White  Pigeon,
I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale.
F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.
Waite Bros., Hudsonville.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
Barker & Lehnen, Pierson.
D. S. Peacock, Bridgton.
Carrell & Fisher,  Dorr.
Paine & Field, Euglishville.
Heck & Goodman, Burnip’s  Comers. 
Jacob Bartz, North Larr.  *
Mr. Spring, of Spring &  Lindley,  Bailey. 
Calvin Durkee, Lakeview.
Geo. W. Bartlett, Ashland Station.
Dr.  D. W. Conine, Wexford.
Hiram Wolford, Boyne City.
Geo. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs.
B. Ballou, Cadillac.
C. C. Bailey,  Fife  Lake.
C. E. Kellogg, Jenisonville.
Joseph Newman,  Dorr.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
H. DeKline, Jamestown.
K. B. Wightman & Son,  Hastings.
R. Steffin, Jamestown.
Mr.  Wells, of Wagner &  Wells, Eastman- 
O. F. Conklin,  Ravenna.
Mr. Walling, of Walling Bros., Lamont.
J. E. Thurkow,  Morley.
C. W. Armstrong, Bowen’s Mills.
L. E.  Paige,  Paige &  Anderson, Sparta. 
W.  W. Pierce, Moline.
M. H.  McCoy,  Grandville.
Wm. Toan,  Cedar Springs.
T. W. Provin, Ceear Springs.
C. N. Hyde, Alba.
C. Porter, Chauncey.
Chas. Cole, Ada.
C.  H. Doming, Dutton.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.

ville.

DUMBER, DATH  AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Company quote f. o. b. cars  as 

follow:
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $44 00
Uppers, 1J4,1% and 2 inch........................   46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 1J4,154 and 2  inch........................   38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  30 00
Shop, 1 inch.................................................  20 00
Fine, Common, 154,1V4 and 2 inch...........   32 00
No. l Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet__   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet......................  
  17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   15 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and J6 feet.......  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................  
-,4 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........................   ¿5 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet.......................... 
;3  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet...............:.......   *4 09
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
9 00
widths and  lengths................................. 
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ............................  35 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................  28 00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.........................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet.................................  12  00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12 00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B..................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................   14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common....... 
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6 inch,  Clear.....................   20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16ft... 11 50@12 00 
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B ....................  36  00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.. No. 1, common..  17 00
Dressed Flooring 6 in., No. 2 common__   14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C..........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
i X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles............. 
3 50
1X X X 18 in.  Thin.....................................  
3 40
/ X X X 16 in...... .........................................  
3 00
2 00
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................. 
175
Lath  ............................................................ 
2 00

MISCEDDANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  for  each 
additional word.  Advance payment.

FOR  SALE.

GOOD  BARGAIN.  1 want a stock of either 
dry  goods,  clothing,  groceries or  furni­
ture.  I havq a mortgage for $1,300 and real es­
tate to exchange together.  O. W. Kibby, Bell- 
aire, Mich.
RARE  CHANCE  to  purchase  a  tlrst-class 

Livery Stock including  one  of  Cunning­
ham’s best hearses.  Will take as part payment 
good  impro\ ed  farm  property.  Will sell  or 
rent  barn and grounds.  The  best  location  in 
the best livery town  in the  State.  Address, P. 
O. Box 318, Big Rapids, Mich.

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

YY7 ANTED—A  situation  in  a tin shop.  Can 
m   work  in  store  if  necessary.  North  of 
Big  Rapids  preferred.  Address,  Box  42,  St. 
Louis, Mich.

S TYPEWRITER OR COPYIST, by a young 
lady  well  qualified  for  such  a position, 
both by education  and  experience.  Address, 
XXX, care Miss Sila Hibbard,  35  First  street, 
Grand Rapids.

New  Processes  for Chilling Oils.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Drugs & flftebicines

TALKS  WITH  DRUGGISTS.

Discourse on  Drugs in  General  and  Patent 

Medicines in  Particular.

From the Detroit Journal.

“Give me 10 cents  worth  of 

laudanum,” 
said a pale-faced young woman, with a  hag­
gard expression as she entered a  Woodward 
avenue drug store,  “for the toothache.”

“We don’t sell laudanum without a physi­
cian’s  prescription. 
I  can  let  you  have 
something which will cure  the  toothache.” 
“No, I want laudanum,”  replied  the girl, 

leaving the  store.

Said the druggist, turning around to  a re­
porter who happened to be  present,  “They 
come in like that every day. 
It is possible 
if this girl had got the drug she  might have 
gone home, taken it, went to bed and  never 
woke again in  this  world. 
I  never  take 
chances.”

“Yours is a responsible business?”
“Yes.  People make a practice of running 
in with two or three  prescriptions,  and  all 
want them at once.  I have before me a row 
of bottles, half of  which are  poison.  They 
walk impatiently up and  down,  and  must 
‘catch the next car.’  They  don’t  reflect  to 
what extent life is in my  hands.  Should I 
get rattled [as  likely  as  not  I  would  take 
down poison.  The oldest druggists are  apt 
to  make  mistakes.  Opium  and  rhubarb 
look and are labeled  alike,  and  mistaking 
one for the other has often ended in  death.” 

“Who buys patent medicines?”
“Everybody.  Many people  have an idea 
that patent medicines  are  no  good.  In  a 
great many cases they  are  right.  Some of 
the best medicines have  first  been  used in 
country homes.  Neighbors receiving  bene­
fit from them have urged their  being put on 
the market.  The suggestion has been acted 
upon, and  the  small  beginning  afterwards 
becomes a  fortune to  the  inventor.  Many 
good medicines lose their hold on the  public 
through the short-sightedness of  their man­
ufacturers.  To effect  a  small  saving  they 
reduce the quality  of perhaps  the most im­
portant drug, and the whole medicine event­
ually plays out.”

“What is the principal  ingredient  in the 

largely advertised kidney remedies?”

“Take buchu for 

instance.  This is  the 
old standard drug  for  kidney  troubles the 
world over.  In fact most  patent  medicines 
have the same elementary  basis,  according 
to the disease they are put up for. Now there 
are the blood remedies whose names are leg­
ion.  Corydalis, Golden Seal, Culvers,  Man­
drake and Sarsaparilla is the formula for all 
of  them.  They vary but little.  The  only 
material difference is that one  is  advertised 
more than the other, and the  sales  run ac­
cordingly.  Sagacious and persistent  adver­
tising  will  sell  anything. 
I could  put up 
slops, or colored water,  advertise it well and 
secure it a big sale;  yes, and be flooded with 
testimonials too. 
It’s  all in the  printer’s 
ink.”

“Who buys patent  medicines?”  said  the 
reporter, stepping into another  drug  estab­
lishment and accosting the clerk.
“Everybody—rich and poor.”
“As a rule what virtue is there in  them?” 
“Physicians to-day don’t  prescribe  medi­
cines equal to some of  these  old  remedies. 
Some of these  I consider  invaluable.  One 
in particular is as standard as quinine.  The 
trouble with the new ones put on  the  mar­
ket is that they are got up more with  the ob­
ject of making money than having in  them­
selves any  particular virtue.  Some of these 
sold at $1.50 represent 25 percent,  on  their 
cost,while the old remedies, as a rule, afford 
a smaller margin to  the manufacturer.” 

Another druggist  interviewed,  asked the 

question:

“Did you ever hear  of  a  medicine  war­
ranted to cure every  form  of  complaint or 
money refunded?”

The reporter had not heard of it.
“Well, you may laugh,  but that’s  the best 
patent medicine on the  face  of  the  earth. 
They distinctly instruct  me  to  refund  the 
money where people are not  entirely  satis­
fied.  You would be surprised to  learn how 
few  have  come  back  for  their  money.  I 
have sold 1,000 bottles and only refunded on 
10.  The explanation of this is a simple one. 
The remedy acts as a cathartic on  the  sys­
tem,  and 5 per cent would be a big  average 
where this does not reach the  supposed dis­
ease.  At first I thought it  was a  big  hum­
bug, but I have changed my mind. If people 
would keep their  systems  in regular  order 
there would be very little demand  for  pat­
ent medicine.

The  Question  of Quoting  Patents.

C.  E.  Blakely,  Coopersville: 

“I  am 
glad you have omitted the price  list  of  pat­
ent medicines  from  The  T radesman. 
I 
believe it better for the retail druggists  that 
it be omitted, as  in some cases  it  might  in­
jure their  prices.”

M. Fordham &  Co.,  Elmira:  “It  is with 
pleasure I note the change  made  in leaving 
out the patent medicine quotations, as every 
dealer in them has  quotations, and  they  do 
not fluctuate in value.

How  to  Harden  Cast-Iron.

Cast-iron  may  be  hardened  as  follows: 
Heat the iron to a cherry red, then  sprinkle 
on it cyanide  of  potassium  and  heat  to  a 
little above  red,  then  dip.  The  end  Of  a 
rod that had been treated in this way  could 
not be cut with a file.  Upon breaking  off  a 
piece about half an inch long  it  was  found 
that the hardening had  penetrated  into  the 
interior, upon which the file  made  no  more 
impression than upon the surface.  The same 
salt can he used to caseharden wrought iron.

Protecting  the  Retail Druggists.
From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.  .

The Campion plan  of  protecting  the  re­
tail druggists against  cutters in  the  sale of 
patent medicines is now in force  as  regards 
fifteen  of  the  leading  proprietors.  Their 
price lists, terms of sale,  and contracts  will 
be sent to every wholesale and  retail  drug­
gist in the  country  as  soon as  they  issue 
from the hands of the printers,  which  will 
be but a very few days at the most. 
It ap­
pears,  from all that  we can 
learn,  that  a 
number of proprietors who have  not  yet as­
sented to the Campion plan,  have  been pre­
vented from so doing,  by  the  feeling  that 
they were slighted by the originators  of the 
scheme in not being invited  to  full  fellow­
ship at the outset.  For this reason they are 
arrayed in an attitude more  or less antagon­
istic to the plan and are  seeking  to  amend 
it, in a  manner  which 
its  friends  believe 
would be, at this time,  fatal to  its  success. 
The originators  of  the Campion  plan  ex­
plain  that  they  found  it  impossible to  in­
clude all the proprietors in  their  initiatory 
movements, and,  therefore, only  sought to 
secure enough of the foremost  firms  to 
in­
sure the character of the undertaking# before 
putting  it  into  organized  form.  This, 
it 
seems  to  us, 
is  entirely  reasonable  and 
should dispel any feeling to  which  a seem­
ing slight might have given  rise.  The op­
position is, however, apparently  kept  alive 
by one  or two  proprietors  who have here­
tofore been conspicuous in  their  opposition 
to “ imitations,” to which they have  always 
manifested more than  necessary  sensitive­
ness. 
The  wholesale  rebate  plan  has 
brought into existence some absurd  stipula­
tions on the  part of  proprietors,  to  which 
jobbers have more or less generally assented, 
but it will be a mistake to suppose  that the 
proprietors, by  the Campion  plan  or  any 
other scheme of protection,  can  buy the al­
legiance of the retailers to any  such  extent 
as was contemplated by some of the  provis­
ions proposed.  It is eminently proper  that 
proprietors should guard against the deliber­
ate substitution of other  goods  when  their 
own are called for, but they cannot  hope  to 
prevent  a  retailer  from  using 
legitimate 
arguments to favor the  sale of  any prepara­
tion which, through a pecuniary interest  or 
a belief in its superiority,  he  may  chose to 
give the preference.  The  co-operation  of 
the wholesale and  retail  drug  trade  is  of 
vast consequence  to the patent  medicine in 
terest, and merits its encouragement  to  the 
extent of whatever action may be  necessary 
to render the sale of patents profitable to the 
druggist.  The protection thus far asked for 
is no more than a  fair  reciprocation  of  the 
advantages afforded by having  these  goods 
regularly handled by the drug trade, and the 
quasi endorsement  of  their  merits  which 
that trade thus  accords.  But it is unreason­
able to suppose that for  this  or  a  further 
protection the drug trade  will  give 
its un­
qualified endorsement, either to one nostrum 
as against another, or  to  any  of  them  as 
against the professional skill of the  physici­
an and  the  dispensing  pharmacist. 
It is 
early yet for the patent medicine  man to as­
sert or attempt a control  of  pharmacy;  the 
progress of scientific education  and  growth 
of professional pride rather tend  to  an op­
posite result.

W ill  the  Campion  Plan  Afford  Relief? 

From the Pharmaceutical Record.

If anything promises well,  this  does.  It 
is  a  reasonable  plan; 
it  appears to be  a 
feasible plan;  it is an honorable  plan.  If 
it is expected to  abolish  at  once  the  low 
prices tnat  have  been  of  late  charged  for 
proprietary goods, such expectation  will  be 
a disappointment, fo r  this  is  not  possible. 
Many of the cutters have laid in large stocks 
of goods, and  they  may  be  able  for  some 
time to continue the'old figures.  It will only 
be when they wish to  renew  their  supplies 
of such goods as  are  on  the  Campion  plan 
that  they  will  feel  the  pressure  on those 
special articles.

The number of  manufacturers  that  have 
already entered in this project  is  about fif­
teen,  but they represent some of the  largest 
and most popular proprietary  interests  and 
articles now before the  public.  This  num­
ber will  doubtless  increase  rapidly,  and  a 
brief time will probably see a  large  portion 
of the leading articles of this class npon  the 
same schedule.

To insure the popularity of this plan with 
the manufacturers,  it  seems  desirable  that 
the retail druggists should not only do  their 
part cheerfully, but mam tain the project and 
urge it for acceptance with  makers  of  such 
articles as it would be desirable  to  embrace 
in such a schedule.  It will need patience to 
see its beneficial  influence,  and  persistence 
in keeping up the schedule prices to  realize 
the permanence of the relief it  promises.

“ An English physician states  that he has 
known one of his prescriptions  to  be  made 
up without his order to his patient more than 
300 times.  He was paid for  only  one  pre­
scription.”  So  says  one  of  the  American 
medical journals.  It may astonish that hun­
gry English physician and his friends to learn 
that other tradesmen  have  a  similar  griev­
ance.  Our tinker says he  sold  a  saucepan 
which has been used 300 times, but  that  he 
was only paid for it once.  He, however, we 
are pleased to say, has the good grace  to  be 
thankful that he was  paid  that  once;  why 
should  physicians  expect  to  be  paid  300 
times  over for the commodities they have to 
sell?

The Italian Government offers a  prize  of 
$2,000 to the inventor  of  the  most  practic­
able method for the transmission of electric­
ity to a distance.  Competition open  to  the 
world.

The old process for chilling  paraffine  and 
other oils for pressing has, during  the  past 
few years, been superseeded by a number of 
improved methods, two  of  which  recently 
coming under our notice were worthy  of de­
scription.

In one case the chilling apparatus consists 
of a heavy wooden vat, about 20 feet high by 
4 feet diameter having at  its  bottom  a per­
forated plate about 1 foot in  diameter  and 
being provided at some  distance  from  the 
top with  an inlet pipe.  Through this  pipe 
water from a contiguous tank of salt  and ice 
is pumped into the vat, and a suitably placed 
outlet insures a constant circulation  of  the 
water through the vat.  The temperature of 
this water can be  reduced to  8 deg.  F., but 
generally ranges from 15 to  20  deg.  The 
oil, at a temperature of about 70  deg.  F., is 
forced into the vat  through  the  perforated 
plate,  and is immediately  chilled  by  con­
tact with the cold water,  to  the  surface of 
which it rises in the form of solid shot.  As 
these pellets of  grease  accumulate  on  the 
surface of the water in sufficient  mass, they 
are shoveled into a tub and thence go  to the 
press.  There is a great saving in  time and 
labor by the use of this process,  and a  per­
fect chilling of the oil to whatever  tempera­
ture may be desired.  Its only  drawback is 
said to be that by contact with the  salt wat­
er the oil becomes impregnated with salt  to 
an extent that is perceptible in the  wax but 
not in  the  oil.  This,  the  manufacturers 
using this method  say,  they  find no draw­
back to the sale of their wax, but if  it were 
they could readily  remove the  objection by 
simply melting the  wax  and  allowing  the 
salt to precipitate.  The consumption of  ice 
in this machine is very small.

Another rapid and  economical  process of 
chilling consists of a revolving  iron cylinder 
of about four and a half feet  diameter  and 
seven or eight feet long.  Through this  cyl­
inder is a constantly  circulating  stream of 
water from melting  salt  and  ice,  pumped 
from a tank near by.  Nearer the upper sur­
face of the cylinder,  and inclined  toward it, 
is a trough or plate,  upon  which  the  oil is 
forced and over which it spreads, flowing on 
to the cylinder in a thin sheet.  As  this is 
carried around by the cylinder  it  solidifies 
and as the revolution is completed  the  film 
is scraped from the cylinder  and  falls  into 
hoppers  leading to the press  room  below. 
The process is  a  continuous  one  and  re­
quires no more attention  than  to  maintain 
the supply of salt water to the  interior  and 
oil to  the  exterior  of  the  cylinder.  The 
amount of work which a cylinder of  the di­
mensions stated is capable of doing,  is mar­
velous, and the saving of labor and  ice  and 
the comfort of the workmen by this process, 
as well as the one previously  described, are 
items of great consequence to  the  manufac­
turers of pressed oil.

H in ts  A b o u t  C orks.

From the Monthly Magazine of Pharmacy.

A cork should always be as far as possible 
adapted not only to  the  bottle  or  jar  it  is 
intended “to stop,” but also  to  the  fluid  or 
substance intended to be  preserved.  Thus, 
very volatile liquids can be  kept  far  better 
without material loss with the aid of a really 
good cork properly  prepared  for  its  work, 
than if a glass stopper of the average  badly 
fitting kind  be employed.  We will presume 
that  everybody  nowadays  knows  how  to 
soften  corks  by  “ pressing,”  boiling,  etc., 
and also how to select  good  ones.  If  good, 
sound corks, after  being  thoroughly  “ soak­
ed,” be immersed for a few hours  in  water 
at  140°  F.,  containing  about  one-half  per 
cent, of gelatine and four or five per cent, of 
glycerine, and are then taken  out  and  dried 
carefully,  it will be found  that  the  loss  of 
any volatile fluid, such as chloroform,  ether 
or petroleum spirit, kept in  bottles  stopped 
with corks so treated will be  comparatively 
insignificant.

Corks are discolored and rendered  friable 
by  various  chemical  solutions—nitric  acid, 
tincture of  iodine,  and  the  permanganates 
being among the worst offenders in  this  re­
spect;  they may be protected  and  rendered 
proof against the  action  of  acids,  alkalies, 
and oxidizing agents, by  (after “ softening ” 
in the usual way)  drying them and allowing 
them to digest, at about 120°  to  140°  F., in 
a mixture of seven parts of vaseline and two 
parts  of  white  paraffine  wax  until,  when 
pressed under the warm fluid, no air bubbles 
are emitted from them.  After  being gently 
wiped  and  allowed  to  cool,  the  corks are 
ready for use, and they will then be found to 
resist corrosive liquids in the cold.

Pulverized  Vaccine  Matter.

From the Medical and  Surgical Reporter.

Another important discovery by Dr. Reiss- 
ner promises to do away with all scarcity  of 
vaccine  matter in the  future.  It offers  few 
difficulties,  and every country physician can 
provide himself with a practically unlimited 
quantity of the purest animal  vaccine virus, 
at a nominal expense.

A calf is vaccinated with  pure  virus, and 
after five  full days  the  pustules  are  taken 
off with a pair of forceps,  and shaped with a 
lancet and pressed  so  as  to  obtain  all  the 
fluid lymph contained.  The lymph is spread 
on glass plates and placed in a sulphuric acid 
desiccator, where it remains one or two days. 
It is then taken out, pulverized in a  mortar, 
and replaced in the desiccator until  wanted 
when it is mixed with a little water  or  gly­
cerine.

Thus  prepared  the  virus  from  one  calf 
will  vaccinate 2,000 to 8,000  persons.  The 
calf is as well as ever in a few days, and the 
physician  is  provided  with  the  purest  of 
bovine virus for an indefinite period.

The  insurance  adjusters  have  finished 

their work at Hubbardston.

*

Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows for 
quantities usually wanted—for larger amounts 
write them for Quotations:

Advanced—Castor Oil.
Declined—Alcohol. 

ACID S.

Acetic,  No. 8............................ft  9  @  10
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........  30  @  35
Carl* lie....................................... 
35
 
Citr A .................................................  
55
Muriatic  18 deg.............................. 
3  @  5
Nitric 36 deg....................................  11  @  12
Oxalic...............................................   14V4®  15
3  @  4
Sulphuric  66 deg.............................  
Tartaric  powdered......................... 
48
Benzoic,  English....................$  oz 
20
Benzoic,  German............................  12  ®  15
Tannic..............................................  15  @  17
Carbonate................................^ ft  16  @  20
Muriate (Powd. 22c)......................... 
15
6  @  7
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 
7  @ 
8
Copaiba............................................ 
®  50
Fir...................................................... 
50
2 00
Peru........... ...................................... 
Tolu................................................... 
60

AM MONIA.

BALSAMS.

BA RK S.

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........  
12
Cinchona,  yellow..........................  
18
Elm,  select.......................................  
15
Elm, ground, pure..........................  
13
Elm,powdered,  pure.................... 
15
Sassafras, of root............................ 
10
Wild Cherry, select........................  
12
Bayberry  powdered....................... 
20
Hemlock powdered......................... 
18
W ahoo.............................................. 
30
Soap  ground.................................... 
12
Cubeb, prime  (Powd $1 20)............ 
@1 00
Juniper............................................. 
6  @  7
Prickly Ash......................................1 CO  @1 11

B E R R IE Si

EXTRACTS.

27
37V4
9
12
13
15
14

GUMS.

FLO W ERS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............  
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)............... 
Lgowood, 14s 
do 
............... 
Logwood, 14s 
do 
............... 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
............... 
Fluid.Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.
Arnica...............................................   10  @  11
Chamomile,  Roman...................... 
25
Chamomile,  German.....................  
25
Aloes,  Barbadoes............................ 
60®  75
18
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c).................. 
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).......... 
Ammoniac.......................................  
28®  30
 
Arabic, extra  select..................... 
60
Arabic, powdered  select.............. 
60
Arabic, 1st picked.............. 
 
 
50
40
Arabic,2d  picked............................ 
Arabic,c3d picked...........................  
35
30
Arabic, sifted sorts......................... 
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
30
Benzoin............................................  
55@60
Camphor........................................... 
23®  25
Catechu, is 04 i4c, J4s 16c)............ 
13
Euphorbium powdered.................. 
35®  40
80
Galbanum strained......................... 
90®1 00
Gamboge........................................... 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
35
20
Kino [Powdered, 30c].....................  
110
Mastic................................................ 
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $5.50)............... 
4 25
Shellac, Campbell’s ......................... 
35
30
Shellac,  English.............................. 
Shellac, native................................. 
25
Shellac bleached.............................. 
33
Tragacanth......................................  30  @110
Hoarhound.....................................................25
Lobelia...............................................................25
Peppermint.......................................................25
Rue..................................................................... 40
Spearmint........................................................ ¿4
Sweet Majoram................................................ 35
Tanzy................................................................ 25
Thyme ...............................................................30
Wormwood.......................................................2o
Citrate and  Quinine....................... 
6 40
Solution mur., for tinctures........ 
20
Sulphate, pure  crystal...........................  
Citrate.......U ,.......................................... 
Phosphate................................................ 

H E R B S—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

IR O N .

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   12  ®  11
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & 14s, 12c)... 
6
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18  @  20
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
30
Senna,  powdered....................................  
Senna tinnivelli — .................................. 
Uva  Ursi................................................... 
Belledonna........ ....................................... 
Foxglove...................................................  
Henbane................................................... 
Rose, red ........................................  

>  2 35

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M AGNESIA.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2  00  @2 25
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye................ 1 75  ®2 00
Whisky, other brands..................... 1  10  @1 50
Gin, Old Tom............. !......................1 35  @1 75
Gin,  Holland..................................... 2 00  @3 50
Brandy...............................................1  75  ®6 50
Catawba  Wines................................ 1 25  ®2 00
Port Wines.........................................1  35  @2 50
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz............ 
23
Carbonate, J enning’s, 2 oz...................... 
2 25
Citrate, H., R. & Co.’s  solution—  
Calcined..................................................... 
Almond, sweet.................................  45  @  50
Amber,  rectified......................................  
Anise.................................................  
2 00
Bay $   oz...................................................  
2 00
Bergamont.............. 
 
Castor................................................  18V4®  20
Croton...............................................  
2 00
Cajeput__ .'........................... 
75
Cassia................................................ 
1 25
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)....... 
40
Citronella.............................................. 
 
Cloves...............................................  
1 25
Cubebs, P. & W ...............................  
8  00
Erigeron.......................................... 
1  60
2 00
Fireweed........................................... 
Geranium  $   oz...............................  
75
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 76c).. 
40
Juniper wood........................................... 
Juniper berries...............................  
2 00
Lavender flowers- French........ 
2  40
1  00
.............  
Lavender garden 
Lavender spike 
90
.............  
1  85
Lemon, new  crop............................ 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................  
2 00
Lemongrass...................................... 
80
Origanum, red flowers, French... 
1 25
Origanum,  No. 1............................ 
50
2  00
Pennyroyal...................................... 
2 85
Peppermint,  white......................... 
9  76
Rose  $   oz......................................... 
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $5)... 
65
Sandal  Wood, German.................. 
5 00
Sandal Wood, Turkish  Dark........ 
8 00
Sassafras........................................... 
60
3  75
Tansy................................................ 
Tar (by gal 60c).................................  10  ®  12
2 25
Wintergreen................................. 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)....... 
4  50
1 00
Savin— ............................................ 
Wormseed........................................ 
2 50
Cod Liver, filtered.......... 
. $  gal 
1 90
3 50
Cod Liver, best......................... 
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
Olive, Malaga.................... 
@1 20
Olive, “Sublime  Ita lia n ............... 
2 50
Salad.................................................   65  @  67
Rose,  Ihmsen’s.......................$  oz 
9 75
Bicromate.................................^ ft 
15
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk... 
35
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............  
20
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk....... 
1  40
Prussiate yellow...................................... 

PO TASSIU M .

do 
do 

6 00

j

HAZELTINE,
PERKINS

Sarsaparilla,  Mexican....................
Squills, white (Powd 35c)...............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)—  

SEEDS.

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in ft  packages.  .......
Canary,  Smyrna.............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery................................................
Coriander,  D est  English................
Fennel..............................................
Flax,  clean.......................................

Mustard, white( Black 10c)__
Quince.............................................. 
Rape, Lnglish..................................  
Worm,  Levant................................. 

18
10
25
20

13
5  @ 6
o4V4@ 5
11  @ 12
2 OO2
20
12
15
334© 4
4  @ 4V4
8  @ 9
5  @ r5V4
8
l uu
8
14

714® 

SPONGES.

2 25
1 75

4 00

Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2 25  @2 50
2 00
........ 
Nassau 
do 
do 
Velvet Extra do 
do 
1  10
........ 
85
.......  
ExtraYellow do 
do 
65
do 
Grass 
........ 
do 
Hard head, for slate use................  
75
Yellow Reef, 
'  ................. 
140

do 
M ISCELLANEUS.

do 
do 

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.27) $  gal__  
2 35
1  50
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 
Anodyne Hoffman’s....................... 
50
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........  
27
12
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........  
30
Annatto  1 ft rolls............................ 
Blue  Soluble....................................  
50
2 75
Bay  Rum, imported, best.................... 
Bay Rum, domestic, H.,P. & Co.’s. 
2 25
Alum.........................................  $  ft  234@  31
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
3  ®  4
Annatto,  prime...............................  
32
414®  5
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........  
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  @  7
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................  
40
Beans,  Tonka.........................................  
Beans, Vanilla................................7 00  @9 75
Bismuth, sub  nitrate............................  
45
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................  
Blue Vitriol...................................... 
714®  9
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............  
12
2 50
Cantharides, Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, African............... 
18
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d ... 
20
18
Capsicum Pods,  American  do  ... 
Carmine, N o.40....................................  
14
Cassia  Buds...................................... 
70
Calomel. American......................... 
Chalk, prepared drop.....................  
5
Chalk, precipitate English............ 
12
Chalk,  red fingers..........................  
8
Chalk, white lump..........................
1 60 
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
Colocynth  apples............................
60 
1  60 
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
1  76 
cryst...
Chloral do 
1 90 
Chloral 
do  Scherin’s  do  ...
1  75 
Chloral do 
crusts..
Chloroform.................................... 1 15
@1  20 
@  65
Cinchonidia, P. & W........*............  6G
Cinchonidia, other brands.............   60
Cloves (Powd 28c)............................  20
Cochineal........... ............................
Cocoa  Butter..................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
65
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  38  @  40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box.. 
15
Creasote............................................  
50
24
Cudbear,  prime...............................  
23
Cuttle Fisn Bone.............................. 
Dextrine........................................... 
12
Dover’s  Powders............................ 
1 20
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................  
50
Ergot  powdered.............................. 
45
Ether Squibb’s ................................. 
110
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............  
8
Epsom Salts........................................  
2)4®  3
50
Ergot, fresh.....................................  
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ............... 
69
14
Flake white................................... 
Grains  Paradise.............................. 
35
Gelatine,  Cooper’s..........................  
90
45  @  70
Gelatine, French  ........................ 
Glassware, flint, 65 off,by box 55 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 ¿is__
Glue,  cabinet..................................   12  @  17
Glue,white.......................................   17  ®   28
Glycerine, pure...............................   23  @  26
Hops  V4s and )4s.................................  
25® 40
35
Iodoform 
Indigo................................................  85  @1  00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  32  @  34
2 30
 
j Iodine,  resublimed................ 
7
|  Isinglass,  American....................... 
1 50
30
9
Japonica__ :.............................. .. 
6a
London  Purple..............................  10  @  15
15
Lead, acetate.................................... 
Lime, chloride,.048 2s 10c & his 11c) 
9
Lupuline........................................... 
1 00
Lycopodium....................................  
35
Mace.................................................  
60
22
Madder, best  Dutch.........................  1214® 13
16
Manna, S.  F ...................................... 
1 35
10
Mercury............. «.................... 
50
 
35
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........$  oz  3 40@3 65
30
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s ........ 
40
35
Moss, Iceland............................$  ft 
10
Moss,  Irish.......................................  
12
Mustard,  English............................ 
30
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans.......,  
18
20
Nutgalls..........................................SB 
Nutmegs, No. 1............................... ”  
75
Nux  Vomica.................................... 
10
Ointment. Mercurial, hid............... 
40
Paris Green........................................  16)4® 24
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................  
18
3 00
Pepsin................................................ 
Pitch, True Burgundy.................... 
7
6  @  7
Quassia  ............................................  
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W........... ft oz  1 30@I 35
37
Quinine, other brands...-.............. 1 30  @1  35
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................. 
28
70
Strychnia, cryst............................... 
1 50
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  79  @  82
Red  Precipitate............................ ft 
80
40
Saffron, American..........................  
45
Sal  Glauber.....................................  
@  2
10
Sal Nitre, large cryst.....................  
50
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst............... 
9
^
Sal Rochelle...................................... 
2  @  2)
Sal  Soda............................................ 
Salic in...............................................  
2 50
Santonin........................................... 
6 75
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.......... 
38
 
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]................... 
4
85
25
Spermaceti.................................. 
 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__  
4)4®  5
14
Soap, White Castile......................... 
Soap, Green  do 
......................... 
17
Soap, Mottled do 
......................... 
9
Soap, 
do  do 
......................... 
11
Soap, Mazzini..................................  
14
50
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................  26  @  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................  28  @  32
Sugar Milk powdered.....................  
30
Sulphur, flour..................................  
3)4®  4
Sulphur,  roll....................................  
3
Tartar Emetic..................................  
65
Tar, N. C. Pine, V4 gal. cans  $  doz 
2 70
140
quarts in tin.......... 
Tar, 
85
pints in tin.............  
Tar, 
Turpentine,  Venice...............$  ft 
25
Wax, white, S. &  F. brand...........  
60
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 
7  @  8

oz................................. 

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Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
Model  Cylinder................................................... 60
Shields  Cylinder..................................................50
Eldorado Engine..................................................45
Peerless  Machinery........................................... 35
Challenge Machinery..........................................25
Backus Fine Engine........................................... 30
Black Diamond Machinery................................30
Castorine...............................................................6C
Paraifine, 25  deg..................................... 
22
Paraffine, 28  deg..................................................21
Gal
85
80
70
60
63
95
45

Whale, winter........
Lard, extra.............
Lard, No.  1.............
Linseed, pure  raw.
Linseed, boiled__
Neat’s Foot, winter 
Spirits Turpentine.
30

Bbl
80
78
65
57
60
90
39

VARNISHES.

Wholesale

Druggists !

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95  Louis  Street.

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B rushes.

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Grand  Rapids  Brush  Co.,  Manfgs.  of 

H a ir, Shoe and H orse Brushes.

Druggists' Sundries

Our stock in this department of  our  busi­
ness  is  conceded to be  one  of  the  largest, 
best-assorted and diversified to be  found  in 
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers  of 
many articles ourselves and  can  offer  Fine 
Solid Back Hair Brushes,  French  and  Eng- 
glish Tooth and Nail  Brushes  at  attractive 
prices.  Our line of Holiday  Goods  for  the 
approaching season will be more full and el­
egant than ever  before,  and  we  desire  our 
customers to to delay  their  fall  purchasers 
of those articles until they have seen our el­
egant line, as shown by our accredited repre­
sentative who is now preparing 'for  his  an­
nual exhibition of those  goods.

We  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing outfits  for  new  stores 
to the fact  of  our  unsurpassed  facilities 
for meeting the wants of this class of buyers 
without delay and in the most approved and 
acceptable manner known to the drug trade. 
Our  special efforts in this direction have  re­
ceived from hundreds of  our  customers  the 
most satisfying recommendations.

We give our  special  and  personal  atten­
tion  to  the  selection  of  choice  goods  for 
the drug  trade only, and trust we merit the 
high praise accorded us for so  satisfactorily 
supplying the wants of our  customers  with 
Pure Goods in this  department  We  con­
trol  and  are  the  only  authorized  agents 
for the sale of the celebrated

Withers Dade & Co’s

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD  FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be  excelled  by  no 
other  known  brand  in  the  market,  but 
superior in all respects to most that  are  ex­
posed  for  sale.  We  guarantee  perfect 
and  complete  satisfaction  and  where  this 
brand of goods has once been introduced the 
future trade has  been assured.

ROOTS.

Alkanet..................................................... 
Althea, cut.......................................  
27
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................  
17
45
Arrow, Taylor’s, in )4s and V4b—  
Blood (Powd 18c).............................  
12
18
Calamus,  peeled.............................. 
38
Calamus, German  white, peeled.. 
Elecampane, powdered.................. 
23
13
Gentian (Powd  17c(......................... 
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)............  13  ®  14
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached............ 
20
Golden Seal (Powd 40c).................. 
36
Hellebore, white, powdered.......... 
20
110
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................... 
37!
Jalap, powdered.............................. 
Licorice,  select (PoWd 1214).......... 
12
Licorice, extra select...................... 
15
Pink, true......................................... 
85
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00  @1 50
Rhei, powdered E. I ........................110  @1 20
2 00
Rhei, choice cut  oubes... v     ....... 
2 25
Rhei, choice cut fin g e rs........... 
Serpentaria............ 
60
Seneka . .. . . . .¿.vvG.**«¿4* * ........ 
66
SareapartU*»  Honduras............... 
40

15

Bbl

Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp—  
PAINTS.
Boralumine, White  bulk I  , 
“ 
Boralumine, 
5 fts (  .
Boralumine, Tints bulk,  V40 ff.. /
5 fts.  1............
Boralumine  “ 
Red Venetian............................  134
Oohre, yellow  Marseilles......  134
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  134
Putty, commercial.................  2)4
Putty, strictly pure.................*  2 Vi
Vermilion, prime American..
Vermilion,  English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red striotlv  pure...........
Lead, white, strictly pure.....
Whiting, white Spanish.......  .
Whiting,  Gilders*..............
White, Parts American...........
Whiting parts English cliff...

We are also  owners of the 

Druggists

J

Which continues to have  so  many  favorites 
among druggists who have sold  these  goods 
for a very long time.  Buy our

Gins, Branflies & Fine Wines.

We  call  your  attention  to  the  adjoining 
list of  market  quotations  which  we  aim  to 
make  as  complete  and  perfect  as  possible. 
Eor special quantities and for  quotations  on 
such articles as do not appear on the list such 
as Patent Medicines,  etc., we  invite your cor­
respondence.

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

..1   10@1  20
..1 60@1 70
..2 75®3 00
..1  00@1  10
..1 55®1 60
70®  75
Lb
9
10
* S
2® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
2V4® 3 
234® 3 
13@16 
55®57 
16@17

@70 
@90 
1 10 
140

m & LH PEm g& G O

A M E R C A N T IL E   JO U R N A L , P U B L IS H E D   E A C H  

W E D N E S D A Y .

E.  A. STOWE  & BEO., Proprietors.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING, 3d  FLOOR.
I Entered  at  the  Postofflce  at Grand Rapide  as 

Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  30,  1884.

Overstocking Country  Stores.

One great cause of ill success in  conduct­
ing the business of a  country  store 
is  the 
tendency on the part of some dealers to load 
up their shelves and counters with goods for 
which there is no  local  demand. 
In  this 
way many get  their  money  tied  up.  The 
goods lie about the store until they get stale, 
dusty or  shop-worn, and  when  finally  dis­
posed of will scarcely bring a moiety of their 
original cost.

It is a great temptation to  a  merchant to 
buy goods  below  their  quoted  value.  He 
does hot always stop  to  consider  whether 
they are such things as customers are likely. 
to call for.  They please  his  eye  and  the 
persuasive drummer convinces him that they 
are cheap and the money passes  out  of his 
possession, perhaps never  to return  to  him 
again.

In  buying  goods  always  consider  first 
what the demands of  customers  are  likely 
to be.  Never buy’a large amount  of  fancy 
goods because  they  are  offered  to  you  at 
half price.  The very fact of their  being on 
the market at a low figure is often  an  indi­
cation that they  are  either  going  out  of 
fashion or that they  have  ceased  to  be  a 
novelty.  Buy  cautiously,  even 
in staple 
goods, unless you have positive  reasons for 
believing that they are going to  immediate­
ly advance, and  never,  under  any  circum 
stances, assume liabilities far  beyond  your 
ability to meet if a  sudden  decline  should 
come.

I have been in country  stores  where  the 
attic was full  of  unsalable  goods—“traps1 
that had been laid  aside  to  decay  because 
they were not in  demand  and  because  the 
space they occupied below  was  needed for 
other commodities.  These  things in  some 
instances,  cost  hundreds  of  dollars,  and 
what they were ever bought for is a mystery 
to a practical business man.

It  is  better  not  to  over-stock  country 
stores, but  rather  to  send  to  market  fre­
quently, for fresh, attractive and  new-style 
goods.  With the present railroad and trans­
portation  facilities and  the  promptness  in 
filling orders by jobbing  houses, a  country 
merchant can do a large business on a  com­
paratively  small  amount  of  capital,  and 
without taking any serious risks.  He  can 
please his customers better, and with a prop­
er system he need not  suffer  much 
incon 
venience by sending frequent orders and  re­
ceiving small consignments.

Half of the retail grocers who fail in busi­
ness get into  financial trouble by  investing 
Shop-worn  goods  do 
in unsalable goods. 
not make an attractive  display. 
Sell them 
at any price and get them out of the way be­
fore they become a dead loss. They disfigure 
a store, and they give  a frowsy  appearance 
to better things that surround  them.

Buy cautiously,  carefully  and  for  your 

customers, and  determine  in  the  start 
trade not to accumulate an unsalable  lot of 
odds and ends that represent a large  invest­
ment that cannot be sold at any price.

Silence  is  Golden.
From the Commercial Enquirer.

A great deal of injury can be done a man 
business  by  careless  remarks  and  gossip, 
either on his own part or that of  his  clerks. 
This is true in no business more than that of 
the dealer in groceries.  He naturally in the 
course of his business becomes more  or  less 
familiar with the private  affairs of  most  of 
his customers.  He  should  see  to it that 
neither himself nor his employees  make  an 
improper use  of  the  knowledge  that  they 
have thus obtained.  By  indulging  in  talk 
about such  matters  they  possibly  gain  the 
good will of some gossiping female  custom 
er, but  they  will  disgust  all  right-minded 
people and probably  lose  the  trade  of  the 
persons of whom they have  spoken  dispar 
ingly.

We will give you an instance in point.  A 
friend of ours told it to us and as he  related 
it to us  was  about  as  follow:  A  German 
boy of about fifteen,  who  had  only  been  a 
short time in this country and spoke English 
imperfectly, was sent daily by  the grocer  to 
our  friend’s  house  for  orders.  He  was 
smart and obliging and everybody liked him. 
One day while waiting to  receive  an  order 
he said to the lady of the house in his pecul­
iar English,  “Der ish a man vat owes  ush  a 
pig pill,  more as forty tollar.  He is  drunk 
all the dime  und  von’t  pay  it,  but  de  ole 
voman ish goot und ve’ll ket it  vrom  her.”
Our friend’s  wife,  of  course,  thought  it 
was none of her business, and  did not make 
any reply to the boy.  She thought  over the 
matter, however, and that evening suggested 
to her husband that  it  would  be  advisable 
to change their grocer, as there was  no  tell­
ing whom the boy might gossip  about when 
led on by some inquisitive and unscrupulous 
person.  The gentleman  talked  the  matter 
over for a while and  finally  decided  to  in­
form  the  boy’s  employer  of  his  talkative 
propensities  before  taking  extreme  meas­
ures.  The  boy  is  as  dumb  an  an  oyster 
now, but there can be no telling  how much 
.  damage his long tongue may have  done  be- 

ford it was stopped.

Horn & Eldredge, grocers at  Byron, have 

retired  from  business.

T H IS   SF.fi.C2 i  ZS  XUBS2SB.TT2SD  F O R

ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  CO.
W liolesale  Grocer

55  and  57  Canal  Street,

Gr-rand  iRa/picis,  NAiolLiga.n,

PROPRIETORS  OF  THE  CELEBRATED  BRANDS

Tlie  Best in tla.o Marls.et,

F. J. LAMB  &  COMPANY,  ,t

-WHOLESALE  D EA LER S  IN -

Butter,  Cheese,

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

NO.  8  AND  10  IONIA  STREET,

OR.AKTD  PIAPIDS.  -  MICHIOAN.

33.  KNOWLS ON

----- WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN-----

AKRON  SEWER  PIPE,

Fire  Brick  and  Clay,  Cement,  Stucco,

WE  SHALL  SOON  FILL  THIS  SPACE  WITH  QUOTATIONS  OF  INTEREST  TO 

ALL  DEALERS.  WHEN  IN  THE  CITY  DON’T  FAIL  TO  CALL  ON  US.

X.X2ÆS,  t t a t u ,  COAX,  and  WOOD.

A rthur  M eigs  &  Co.

b(  '
best goods.

"We  manufacture all our stock 
„  j  __ 
l^ cL IlU V   and  t 
can  always  give  you  the 
Oranges
We  buy  in  large  lots  from 
first hands and  ship  only  in 
full car lots.  We handle 20,- 
OOO boxes of Oranges  and 
Lemons
Lemons in a season and our 
facilities for buying and han­
dling are  unsurpassed.
TVTh + oi  w e  carry  a heavy stock of Bra- 
XN U u o   ziis,  Almonds,  Filberts,  W alnuts, 
Pecans  and  Cocoa  Nuts, and  w ill 
sell against any market. 
D o o u n + a   We lately  bought eight car 
X  tJ c tiltlu O   loads  of  the  best  re-cleaned 
and  hand-picked  Tennessee 
and  Virginia  Nuts,  and  are 
prepared  to  fill  the  largest 
orders.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

Æi ËàB

HI

ESTIM ATES  CH EERFU LLY  FURNISHED.

Office 7 Canal Street, Sweet,s Hotel Block.  Yards—Goodrich Street, Near Michigan Cen­

tral  Freight  House.

SPRING  <& COMPANY *

-W H O LE S A LE   D E A LE R S   IN —

F-Ajsrcrsr  _A_3sr:D

STAPLE DRT GOODS

CARPETS.

M ATTINGS,

?

*

OIL  CLOTHS,

ETC.,  ETC.

6   and.  8  Monroe Street,

*

Grand  Rapids,

HI. B. C M  “Bedelía” Co.

M ichigan.

Manufacturer of ¡ “Bedette.”   ^

WHOLESALE  G-ROCERS,
Niroi, Acorn, CM, Crescent & M  Seal Plug Tobaccos.

44,  46  and  48  South  Division  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mioh.

-----WE  ARE  FACTORY  AGENTS  FOR-----

Our  stock  of Teas,  Coffees  and  Syrups 

is  Always  Complete.

Tobaccos, Vinegars  and. Spioes |! 

—WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—

OUR  MOTTO:  “  SQUARE  D EALIN G   BETW EEN   MANOAKD  M A N ."

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

PA TEN TED  JU N E  15, 1883.

This invention supplies a long felt want for a cheap portable bed, that can be put  away  in 
a small space when not In use, and yet make a roomy,  comfortable bed  when wanted.  Of the 
many cots that are in the market there is not one, cheap or expensive, on which a comfortable 
night’s rest can be had.  They are all narrow, short, without spring, and in  short no bed at all. 
While THe Bedette folds into a small space, and is as light as anything can be made for  dura­
bility, when set up it furnishes a bed wide and long enough for the largest man, and is as com­
fortable to lie upon as the most expensive bed.  It is so constructed that the patent  sides, reg­
ulated by the patent adjustable tension cords, form the most perfect spring  bed.  The canvas 
covering is not tacked to the frame, as on all cots, but Is  made  adjustable,  so  that  it  can  be 
taken off and put on again by any one in a few  minutes, or easily tightened, should it  become 
loose, at any time from stretching.  It is a perfect spring bed, soft and  easy,  without  springs 
or mattress. For warm weather it is a complete bed, without the addition.ot anything; for cold 
weather It is only necessary to add sufficient cloi hing.  The “ BEDETTE ” is a household neces­
sity,  and no family after once using, would be without it.  It is simple in its construction, and 
not likely to get out of repair.  It makes a pretty lounge, a perfect bed, and the price is within 
the reach of all.

Price—36 in. wide, by 6X f t  long, 83.50;  80 in wide,  by 

f t   long,  83.00;  27  in. 
wide, by 4X f t  long, cover not adjustable, 82.50.  For sale  by  furniture  dealers  every­
where.  If not for sale by your dealer it will be sent to any address  on  receipt  of  price.
.4 , i,  , 

^ f____ -  itrtitaflirL ---A-r ’a.’ 

... v. ... k.

One of the  Greatest of Speculators.

Phil. D. Armour is of sturdy  Scotch Pres­
byterian stock.  He was bom in one  of the 
central counties of  New York,  on  a farm 
among the hills.  It was the  highest  ambi­
tion  of  his  boyhood  days  to  earn  money 
enough 
to  buy  the  farm  adjoining  his 
father’s. 

«

When the gold  fever  broke  out  he was 
still a mere stripling; but,  full of  youthful 
enthusiasm, he started for  California,  driv­
ing a wagon across the plains and mountains. 
He remained there three or four  years, and 
in that time saved a few  thousand  dollars. 
He had cash enough to  buy  that  farm and 
settle down.  He  had  no  sooner  reached 
home than he experienced a  sudden  revul­
sion of feeling.  The streets of  the  village 
looked narrow,  cramped,  and  dull.  The 
house looked mean and dingy.  He  only re­
mained on the farm two or  three  days, and 
then took himself to  Cincinnati.  Later he 
drifted to Milwaukee, and at the close of the 
war he sold a great lot of pork at 840 a  bar­
rel, and bought it in again at 818 to 819,  re­
alizing a profit of about a  million.  To-day 
he ranks as the wealthiest man in  Chicago, 
being rated by his friends  at 825,000,000  to 
830,000,000.

Failures  for the  First  Quarter.

The record  of  business  failures  in  the 
United States for the first quarter of  1884 is 
very  unsatisfactory,  indicating  a  large  in­
crease over the  previous  years.  The  total 
for the first three months  amounts  to 3,320. 
With the record of the past five  years  as a 
guide, it is estimated that  the  failures  for 
1884 may exceed the heaviest on  the  list— 
1878.  On the other hand,  it  is  gratifying 
to note that  these  failures  were  generally 
among  small  merchants,  eighty-four  per 
cent, of  them  representing  enterprise  em­
ploying a capital of 85,000 or less,  there be­
ing only twelve  failures  between  8250,000 
and 8500,000, and three over the  latter sum.
Notwithstanding the lengthy  list  of  fail­
ures for the first quarter,” says BraâstreeVs, 
“it must not be overlooked that the  list has 
been materially declining for  some  weeks, 
and  during this  period, with no noteworthy 
exception, there have been no  really  heavy 
failures, and as a commercial  panic  is  de­
fined as a time when solvent  firms  fail, we 
are drifting further  and  further  from  the 
nearest approach we have had to  a  panic.

The area at present sown to winter wheat 
in the  United  States  is  about  27,000,000 
acres, which  is  2,000,000  acres  more  than 
that, of  the  last  census.  The increase  is 
about 1,500,000 on the Pacific coast and 750, 
000 in the  Southern  States.  There  is  a 
small increase in the  Middle  States,  and  a 
slight decrease in the Ohio Basin.

CARPETS  AND  CARPETINGS. 

Spring  &  Company  quote as follows:

TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
Roxbury  tapestry..........................  
Smith’s 10 wire................................. 
Smith’s  extra................................... 
Smith’8 B  Palisade........................  
Smith’s C  Palisade......................... 
Higgins’  **.......................................  
Higgins’  ***...................................... 
Sanford’s extra...............................  
Sanford’s Comets............................ 

THREE-PLYS.

Hartford  3-ply...............................
Lowell 3-ply....................................
Higgins’  3-ply.................................
Sanford’s 3-ply...............................
EXTRA SUPERS.

©  90 
©
@  90 
©
@  85 
@
©  70 
@
@  65 
©
©   82« 
©
@  70 
©
@  82« 
@
©  65
©

@1 00 
@1  00 
@1 00 
@  97«
77«
82«
77«
62«

 

HEMPS.

ALL WOOL SUPERFINES.

WOOL FILLING AND MIXED.

©
Hartford.........................................
Lowell.................  
®
Other makes....................................  ”5  ©
Best cotton chain............................  60  ©
Best  2-ply........................................   j>7«©
Other grades 2-ply..........................   52«@
All-wool  super, 2-ply.....................   50  ©
Extra heavy double cotton chain.  42«©
Double cotton chain........ ..............   35  ©
Heavy cotton and wool, double c.  30  @ 
Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply  27«@
Single cotton chain.........................  19  ©
3-ply, 4-4 wide, extra heavy...........   27 «©
@
B, 4?4wide................-...................... 
Imperial, plain, 4-4 wide................. 
@
©
D, 33  inches...................................... 
No. 1, 4-4, 5-4,6-4 and 8-4.................. 
@
@
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
©
No. 4, 
@
Best all rattan, plain— .................
Best all rattan and cocoa, plain...
Napier A...........................................
Napier  B ...........................................
Opaque shades, 38 inch..................
Holland shades, B finish, 4-4..........
Pacific  Holland, 4-4.........................
Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross...
Cord fixtures, per gross.................

OIL CLOTHS.

CURTaiNS.

MaTTINGS.

do 
do 
do 

@

 
 
 

 
 
 

@36

45
40
32«
32«
25

45
37«
30
25
62«
62«
50
40

MILLINERY  GOODS.

J. J. Van Leuven quotes as follows:

HATS.

Cantons.................................. perdoz  2 25© 3 00
Milans....................................................  4 00© 6 00
Fine  Milans..........................................  9 
Superfine Milans..................................15 
Chip.......................................................  5 

00@12 00
00@18 00
00@12 00

BLACK  CR A PE.

Samuel Courtland & Co.’s brand.

4.4 
4 _4.......... 
4.4 
5-4 
5 4 .......... 
o_4 

..............................per yard 50@

....................................   85@1 25
..................;;;;;;.................iso@2 oo
.............................................. 175@2  50
.................................... 2 75@3  00
....................................... 3 25@4  5o

RIBBON S.

Satin and  GG, all silk,  extra  heavy,  all colors
No. 4................................................................... 1 00
No. 5................................................................... 125
No. 7................................................................... 150
No. 9...................................................................185
No. 12................................................................. 2 »
No. 16................................................................. 2

Second quality, all colors.

No. 4...................................................................   40
No. 5...................................................................   50
No. 7...................................................................   70
No. 9...................................................................   85
No. 12..................................................................  90
No. 16.................................................................. HO
ICHIGAH COMIRCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIAI
Incorporated Dec. 10,1877—Charter in  Force for 

Thirty Years.

L IS T   O F   O F F IC E R S  1

President-RANSOM W. Hawley, of  Detroit.
Vice-Presidents—Chas. E. Snbdeker, 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 
tius, Chairman, A  A, Monger, H. K. White 
For Two Years—D, Morris, A, W. Culver,

„  

„ 

_

Alabastine is the first and  only  prepara­
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, 
i  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,  which 
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 
oi surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied  by  any  one.

-FOR  SALE  BY-

K.T.T.  p ain t  Sealers.

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

THE ALABASTINE COMPANY

M. B. CHUEOH, Manager.

- 

-  

M IC H IG A N .

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

- 

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

Successor to  H. M. Illiven,

—WHOLESALE—

AND  CANNED  GOODS.

Agent  for  Farren’s  Celebrated  “ F ”  Brand 

Raw  Oysters.

117  MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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Ms  Wire

Manufacturers of All Kinds of

W IR E   W O R K !
JOHN MOHRHARD,

92  MONROE  STREET.

Fresh & Salt Meats

—WHOLESALE—

109  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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Is There  Money  in Groceries?

From the American Grocer.

To this query,  so  often  asked, we  reply 
emphatically,  yes!  There is no line of busi­
ness where there are so few channels of loss. 
There is no excuse  for  making  or  carrying 
dead stock, as is the case in the dry goods or 
other  trades  where  fashion  holds*  sway. 
There is no need of carrying  heavy  stocks, 
in fact nothing beyond actual  requirements, 
for then goods are fresh and that  means  in­
creased trade where food  supplies  are  con­
cerned.  Channels of distribution and rapid­
ity of transportation  are so perfected that  it 
is only in  isolated  localities  where  traders 
cannot replenish  supplies  in  a  short  time._ 
Food is the last thing upon which consumers 
economize  when  forced  to  curb  expenses; 
hence the grocery trade is the last to feel the 
pinch of dull trade or hard times.

Are  profits* good?  Yes, if the grocer  is  a 
grocer  that  is  master  of his business.  He 
will know how to so average  profits  that  it 
will return a good net income, notwithstand­
ing one-fifth of his sales consist of  sugar  at 
cost.  The average gross profits obtained  by 
thorough grocers varies  from  13  to  20  per 
cent.,  the  extremes  being  found  in  great 
cities,  as  well  as  in  country  districts, 
where they  frequently  exceed  the  outside 
limit named.  If  expenses  exceed  one-half 
the profit there is certainly  mismanagement 
somewhere.

The proof that there is money in groceries 
lies in the fact that there  are  so  many  rich 
grocers.  The men who lead  in  trade  in  a 
retail way are wealthy, and started  with  no 
capital but strong  bodies  and  strong  wills, 
Scores we might  name  prove  our  position, 
The trouble is not in getting  profits,  but  in 
their  utilization  after  they  are  obtained, 
They are wasted in all manner of ways.  Ex 
travagance in store management, in domestic 
economy, a lack  of  personal  application  to 
business  whereby 
leaks  go  undiscovered 
solves the mystery of failure.  Yes, grocers 
yours is a business for  money  making  that 
promises  better  than  any  other.  People 
must eat, and the  dealer  who  serves  them 
with good food in the best manner is the one 
who is going to get the profits.

Errors  in Trial-balances.

When Mr. Roebling was asked how to pre­
vent the recurrence of the  Brooklyn  bridge 
disaster he answered:  “Keep people off the 
bridge.”  The best way to find an error  in a 
trial-balance is not  to  make  any  mistakes; 
a  contradictory  way  of  putting  it,  but 
well meant.  A book-keeper whose posting is 
usually correct never “checks back” until as 
a last resort.  He can, by  looking  over  his 
work, so often find his error, that he does  so 
whenever  occasion  requires;  keeping  his 
difference before him, and looking for it and 
it only.  Sometimes the possible division by 
9 suggests transposition, which may prove to 
be the case.  It will certainly pay yoH to  go 
carefully over the work,  as  in  many  cases 
the difference will be found.  The system of 
grouping the accounts into  classes is a gdDd 
one and should be the rule, and not conspic­
uous by its absence.

Fifty  Years  Hence.

‘ If the various  countries  maintain their 
present rate of increase,” says Mr.  Gosselin, 
Secretary  of  Embassy  at  Berlin,  “ fifty 
years hence the United  States  will  have a 
population of 190,000,000;  Russia,  approxi­
mately,  158,000,000;  Germany,  83,000,000; 
United Kingdom, 63,000,000;  Austria-Hun­
gary  and  Italy  both,  44,000,000;  France, 
only 40,000,000.  Germany  has  already in 
round numbers 7,500,000  more 
inhabitants 
than France;  but in this reeokoning Algeria 
is not taken into account.”  For  war  pur­
poses, however,  it is observed that  the  bal­
ance is not so  heavily  against  France, for 
whereas  in  Germany  there .are  only  965 
males to every thousand females, in  France 
there 991;  Germany has, therefore, only 3% 
millions of males more than France.

The accretion of  the  nation’s  wealth  in 
the addition to  its  cultivated  area,  the  im­
provement in the value of  its  animals,  and 
the increase thereof is  something  which  is 
only  brought  distinctly  to  mind  by  the 
actual  statistics.  The  gain  in  stock  for  a 
year spread over the whole territory  of  the 
country,  is hardly noticeable in any  particu­
lar section, yet the aggregate  is of  real  and 
large value.  Thus,  from January,  1883,  to 
January, 1884, the country gained in  horses, 
mules, cows,  sheep  and  swine, 
in  some 
cases not conspicuously, but in each instance 
enough  to  show  a  satisfactory  progress. 
And what is equally as gratifying,  the qual­
ity of the farm  animals  has  improved  in 
greater proportion than the numbers.

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

WHOLESALE

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FANCY  GOODS

L A C E S,

Real  Laces  a  Specialty.

Gloves, Corsets, Ribbons, Pans, Hand Bags, 

Pocket Books,  Euchings,  Y am s, 

Silks,  Satins,  Velvets, 

Embroidery  Materials,  Plumes,  Flowers 

Feathers & Ornaments, Stamped Goods.
STAMPING PATTERNS

70 MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN

THY  OUR

RAW  HIDE  WHIP

SELLS  FOR  $1.

OUR  TWO SHILLING WHIP  IS SURE 

TO  SELL.

Do not sell our goods at cost.  We will

DO BETTER BY YOU

Come and see us.  We are here to stay

o .  HOYS  d3  OO.

No. 4  Pearl  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN

After the  Story, the  Mor»l.

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The brief story of  experience  related  last 
week under  the  title  of  “Our  Drummer’s 
Investment,”  presents a  subject worthy  of 
more serious attention than would  naturally 
be given  it  in  an  ordinary  perusal  The 
writer draws a  characteristic  picture  of hu­
man nature when he  describes  the  anxiety 
of each of  the  three  partners  to  he  freed 
from the presence of the others just when it is 
supposed a serious loss has  occurred  to  the 
firm through the failure  of  one  of  its  cus­
tomers.  A remark is  offered  to  the  effect 
that, had the  consultation  been  occasioned 
by a report that a handsome profit  had been 
made, the partners would happily have  lin­
gered in the consultation without a  thought 
of more important  business.  The picture is 
a very true one to nature, but it  must be ad­
mitted that it is not at all a favorable one to 
good business  principles.  Precisely the  re­
verse of this should have  been  the  inclina­
tion.  Partners ought to feel at as much free­
dom to discuss  and  counsel  upon  business 
reverses as upon  their  prosperity.  But  in­
stances where such inclinations exist are not 
more easy to find than common  people who 
enjoy  having  their  faults  and  mistakes 
pointed out to them.

Another mild lesson may be  drawn  from 
the same story.  The old saying that,  “What 
is  everybody’s  business  is  nobody’s  busi­
ness,” is perfectly applicable in the manage­
ment  of  business operations.  If either  one 
of the three partners had been left with  the 
whole responsibility, and had understood that 
he alone was to be accountable  for any mis­
management, there  is  a  strong  probability 
that  a letter would  have  followed  the  dis­
patch;  that Mr.  Twister  would  have  been 
called upon for  more  explicit  information, 
and that the firm would  not  have  had  four 
car loads of goats instead of  four  thousand 
dollars worth of goods upon  their  hands  at 
five o’clock in the afternoon,  of  what  was, 
probably, to them,  “a very cold day.”

A recently published tea-chart in  London 
shows that the increase in the  consumption 
of India tea during  the  past six  years has 
been very rapid.  In England  the growth is 
shown in quantities consumed  quarterly.  In 
the first three months of 1878 it was  3,215/ 
000 pounds,  and in the first quarter  of 1883, 
5,152,000 pounds.  The  ability of  India to 
supply tea and  its  favorable  reception 
in 
England, as indicated'by  the  above, causes 
satisfaction.

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

TIME TABLES.

Also  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,  Cheese, 
Eggs,  Jelly,  Preserves,  BANANAS  and  EARLY 
VEGETABLES.

Careful  A ttention  Paid  to  Filling  Orders.

MANUFACTUREES  AND  JOBBERS  OF

M. C. Hassell, 48 Ottawa S t, G’d Rapids.
RINDGE, BERTSCH & OO.,
BOOTS  &  SHOES,
0« M s  are M i r  AiajM (or tls l
 M e.
14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

River Boots and Drive Shoes, Calf and Kip Shoes for Men and  Boys,  Kid, G n  

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

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PROPRIETORS  AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF

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Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts

D E PA R T.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
tDetroit Express............................................  6:05 am
+Day  Express..........................................12:20 p m
»New York Fast Line............................  6:00 p m
+Atlantic Express............................................ 9:20 pm
»Pacific  Express...................................   6:45 am
+Local  Passenger...........................................11:20 am
+Maii..................................................................3:55 pm
tGrand  Rapids  Express............................... 10:25 pm

A R R IV E .

tDaily except Sunday.  »Daily.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 12:35 a. m., and New York at 10 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:05 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING  WEST.

G O IN G  EAST.Arrives. 
Leaves.
tSteamboat Express..........6:10 a m 
6:15 am
tTh rough  Mail....................10:10 am   10:20 am
tEvening  Express............. 3:20 p m  3:35 p m
»Atlantic Express...............  9:45 pm   10:45 pm
tMixed, with  coach...........  
10:00 am
tMorning  Express............. 12:40 p m  12:55 p m
tThrough  Mail....................  4:45 pm   4:55 pm
tSteamboat Express..........10:30 p m  10:35 p m
tMixed..................................  
8:00 am
»NightExpress....................  5:10 am   5:30 am
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:15  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  East  and 
West.Train leaving  at  10:3o  p,  m.  will  mak  con­
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except 
Sunday and the train leaving  at 4:55 p. m.  will 
connect Tuesdays and  Thursdays  with  Good­
rich steamers for Chicago.
Limited  Express  has  Wagner Sleeping Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a Parlor Car to  Detroit.  The  Night  Express 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

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

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GO ING  SOUTH.

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves.
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex.  9:02 p m 
9:50 a m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:22 am  
4:45 p m 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex..  3:57 p m
aM DcmiHui  & fiiUiillaC  AC.
7:15 am
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac
G  Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
6:32 am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05pra  4:32pm
Mackinac & Ft. Way« eE x ..10:25 am   12:32 pm  
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

S LE EPIN G  CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving at  4:45  o’clock  p.  m. 
has Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  Trainleaving at  9:50 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac
^ South—Train leaving at 4:32 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d , Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Chicago & West Miohigan.
Leaves.  Arrives,
..............................10:15 am   4:00 pm
+Mail 
+Day Express..................... 12:50 p m  10:45 p m
»Night  Express..................  8:35 pm   6:10 am
Mixed....................................6:10am»  10:15pm i
»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. I 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without extra charge to Chicago  on 
12:50 p. m., and through coach on 10:15 a.m. and 
8:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
.................................  5:00 am   5:15 pm
Mixed- 
Express..................................... 4:10 
pm  
Express........ 
8:30 a m  10:15 a m
Trains connect at Archer avenue for Chicago 
as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m 
The Northern terminus of this Division is at. 
Baldwin, where close connection is made  with 
F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington  and 
Manistee. 

_  
J. H. Palmer, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

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AND DRUGGISTS’  aND  GROCERS’  SPECIALTIES.

20  Lyon  Street,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.
CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.,

W HOLESALE

Groceries  and  Provisionsp

83,85 and 81  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  H ats  $4.50  to  $12  per  Dozen,

Fine  H ats  13.50  to  $36  per  Dozen, 

Straw   H ats  for  Men,

Straw   H ats  for  Boys,

Straw   H ats  for  Ladies,

Straw   H ats  for  Misses.

U ft  d im  it  I n   Brit  P ita !!

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

Clothing  and  Gent’s  Fu rn ishing  Goods, 

Gottonade  Fan ts  and  H osiery-

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,  MIOHIGAN.

C astor M achine  Oil.

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

O H I O   O I L   O O ^ F - A .- tS T S T

8:30 pm

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.

Hazeltine, Perkins &  Co., Grand  Rapids.

A

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY
E  JST C 3-12ST E  S
From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made  for 
Complete Outfits.
w .   O,  Denison,
MICHIGAN.
URAND  RAPIDS, 

88, 90  and 92 South  Division  Street, 

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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 85 apiece by the  man­
ufacturer,

X3\  OLUFF,

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

MOSELEY  BROS.,

Wholesale

Clover, Timothy and  all  Kinds Field Seeds
Heed Corn,  Green  and  Dried  Fruits,  Oranges 
and Lemons, Butter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, etc. 
GREEN  VEGETABLES  AND  OYSTERS. 

128 Monroe Street, Grand  Rapids, Mieh.

SEED  CORN
W e 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 W heat 
Seed  Oats,  Peas,  Beans, 
Genuine W hite Star Seed 
Potatoes.  In  fact  every 
seed usually kept in stock 
at a Seed Store, at whole­
sale and retail.
W. T. LA1BEABI, A p t

91  CANAL STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

There  are  two  unhappy  persons  when 
castor oil is going  down.  One  is  the  man 
who has bought it at a higher figure, and the 
other is the .small boy who is taking a table­
spoonful of it.

Thousands  of  pounds  of  dynamite  are 
carted through  the streets  of  Chicago every 
day.  The man in charge of the factory says 
the  stuff  is  not  so  dangerous  as  ordinnry 
gunpowder.

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

If you don’t want evil tilings said  of you, 
don’t do evil things.  It  is  poor  policy  to 
grow feathers for your enemy’s arrows.—N. 
Y. Herald.

Try the  celebrated  Jerome  Eddys.  The 
finest 10 cent cigar in the mdrket.  For  sale 
by F o x ,  Musselman & Loveridge.

©roceries.

Turning: the  Tables.

The good-natured  folks  who  are  always 
so inquisitive as to the how  and  why  of  a 
visible injury to any of their  acquaintances 
axe a  nuisance.  The  man  whose  eye  is 
blued or whose nose is seared does not want 
to be talking and explaining about it all day. 
Tet that is what he has to  do.  Not  a  man 
or woman he  meets  but  expresses the  ut­
most concern. 
John  McIntyre  fell  down 
cellar last week  and  battered  his  face,  so 
that he was obliged to omit his usual visit to 
the Northern trade.  The latter part  of  the 
week, he came down  town,  and  the  boys 
“put up a job on him,” and went up to him, 
one after another, to  ask: 
“John  what is 
the matter with your nose?” McIntyre  stood 
it philosophically for several hours and  told 
how it happened.  At last he  lost  patience 
and suddenly hit his questioner  a  thunder­
ing rap.  To the much astonished individual 
John remarked  quietly:  “Now  you  can  go 
and tell the boys  what  is  the  matter  with 
your nose.”

Not Much for Creditors.

From the Wall Street News.

The agent of a Baltimore house  who  was 
sent to a town in Virginia the other  day  to 
see what he could save  for his firm out of  a 
bad  failure,  found  the  merchant  perfectly 
ready to explain everything.  Said he:

“I lay it all to speculation.  1  went  into 
silver stock and lost.  I went into  iron  and 
iron went down.  I bought a coal  mine, but 
it didn’t pan out.  I took futures  in  wheat, 
and wheat went right down  like a stone.”

“ Wouldn’t it have been better had you at­
tended to your legitimate  business ? ” quiet­
ly asked the  agent.

“ No, sir—no, sir!  I had scarcely  got  in­
to debt to the amount of $8,000 before I dis­
covered that I was not fitted for  mercantile 
pursuit.  If I can get some one  to  back  me 
for about $20,000 I shall go into  the  Jersey 
cattle  business.  Here’s  the  showing, sir: 
Liabilities, $14,250;  assets,  a  character  for 
honesty unsullied.”

A  New  Butter Test.

“See  here!”  exclaimed  a  hotel  guest, 
calling the attention of  the  urbane  waiter, 
“this is a terrible deal you are giving  me in 
the way of butter.”

“ It’s slightly off color, isn’t it?”  inquired 

the waiter.

“ I should say it was.”
“ Rancid?”
“ You bet.”
“ Strong?”
“ Strong as a mule.”
“ And fearfully frowsy?”
“ Worst I ever saw in my life.”
“ Yes;  well, that proves it’s genuine  but­
ter, don’t it?  If it was oleomargarine  there 
wouldn’t be  nothing  the  matter  with 
it 
There is considerable difference, now-a-days, 
between chum butter and  painted  tallow.”

There are but fourteen American  exhibit­
ors at the Calcutta World’s Fair,  and  six  of 
these are the manufacturers of patent  medi­
cines and three manufacturers of sewing ma­
chines.  There is one exhibit each of  shade 
rollers, cotton bale compressors, plows,  har­
vesters and pumps.  This is a sorry showing 
for a nation of fifty million  people.

Attention, coffee lovers! Catharine Baker, 
of  Taylorsville,  Va.,  recently  entered  her 
100th year. 
“ Nearly  as  long  as I can  re­
member,” she says,  “ I have drank  a  dozen 
cups of coffee every day, and I  believe  that 
that’s thejreason why I have lived  to  be  so 
old and enjoyed almost  uninterrupted  good 
health.”

Twenty  years  ago  France  held the  first 
rank in the wheat production of  the  world. 
For nine  consecutive  years  since  1874  the 
United States  produced  the  largest  wheat 
crops of any in the world,  and has  averaged 
44 per cent  more  than  France  during  that 
period.

“Husband, there goes a load of beets ; they 
must  have  come  from  some  hot-house.” 
“Improbable, madam,  your  relatives  were 
all at our dinner table as usual.”  They con­
verse with each other through the  children, 
now.

I solicit the trade of first-class  grocers  on 
tobaccoes, teas, canned  goods,  syrups,  etc., 
as I have some exceptional bargains in these 
goods, which  will  prove  of  benefit  to  the 
buyer.  Send for samples and prices.

I. E. Messmobe.

What becomes of all the leaf tobacco  rais­
ed  in this country, is as great  a conundrum 
as where do all the pins go?  No one smokes 
anything but “Havana-filled” now.

The road of the manufacturer of butterine 
is not always strewn with  roses.  Mr. John 
J. Murray, a Chicago manufacturer, has late­
ly failed.

“Dick” will be at my store  on  Tuesdays, 
Thursdays,  Fridays  and  Saturdays  each 
week  until  my  entire  stock 
is  closed 
out.

I. E. Messmobe.

“What is the big corner  in  pork  I  hear 
about?” asked Laura  across  the  tea-table. 
“The big comer in pork,” replied  Tom,  “is 
the  ham.”

The stock of Rio coffee in the  markets of 
the world a year ago was 4,800,000 sacks.  It 
is now 6,000,000 sacks.

The tomato packers of  New Jersey  have 
contracted for tomatoes for this season at $6 
per ton. 

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Knowledge  and  Business.

From the New York Shipping List.

The  virtues  of  honesty,  dilligence  and 
thrift,  if  requiring to be  always  inculpated 
by precept and example,  like  all  other  ad­
monitions to good conduct, are  the  primary 
essentials  to success,  and  universally  rec­
ognized as such.  No  business  man  would 
expect to succeed  Without  them,  any  more 
than without a knowledge of  prices  or  the 
conditions of the  market. 
It  needs  to  be 
told that merely a narrow and close attention 
to business does not make even a  success  of 
that upon any large scale, besides  injurious­
ly affecting the character and influence in all 
other walks of life.  The sum of the world’s 
knowledge has become so great; there are so 
many  and  diversified  interests  connected 
with the business life of every country;  and 
the task of self government, which, with the 
priviledges of freedom,  demands  the  price 
for them in intelligence  and  care,  takes  so 
much of study and attention,*  that  the  suc­
cessful and capable  business  man  must  de­
vote much more time  and  labor  to  the  ac­
quiring of general knowledge than was once 
the case.  It is a part  of  the  general  price 
which has to be paid for the fruit  of knowl­
edge, although, of course,  it has its rewards 
and pleasures as well,  The general average 
of knowledge is so high that the  individual 
effort to reach it must be  greater;  and it  is 
hardly too much to say that  what  was  con­
sidered  sufficient  for  a  liberally  educated 
man a century ago, is not above the standard 
of the average business man now, and  is  es­
sential,  not  only  to  his  standing,  but his 
practical success.

Superior  knowledge,  with  the  widened 
views  and  accurate  judgements  which - it 
gave, has been at all times a great advantage 
to business and led to the great  general vic­
tories of commerce and manufacture, as well 
as to the individual success.  The colonizers 
of America and the founders of  East  India 
were of active and inquiring spirit,  as  well 
as  of  courage  and  energy, and acted upon 
the latest acquisition of geographical and po­
litical as well as commercial knowledge, and 
the same is true of the intelligent  patronage 
of scientific inventions at this  day.  But  in 
former periods the markets were so  limited 
to locality in product and sale that  the aver­
age tradesman required but little knowledge 
for success, and the, affairs  of  Government 
and general public management were  so  ab­
sorbed by higher and delegated authority, that 
he was not called upon to give them much at­
tention.  In the present day it is  an  essen­
tial factor in the success of all but the petti­
est tradesmen, that  they  should  know  the 
condition of their own country, and in many 
instances of foreign ones,  in  regard  to  the 
crops, industry and prosperity, to successful­
ly calculate and govern his business, and the 
relations of the people who  self-government 
and are so close and  responsible,  that  they 
affect  the  conditions  of  employment  and 
trade as well as political duty, and cannot be 
performed without close study and laborious 
requirement.

Oranges are active and prices  are  stiffen­
ing up somewhat, although the supply seems 
to be good for some time to come.  Lemons 
are  moving  freely  and  prices  are  steady. 
While jobbers look for  a  good  demand  at 
the prevailing very low market, they  do not 
expect  to  see  much  advance  for  a  short 
time.

To  the  Trade  of Western  Michigan.
I have retained  the  services  of  “ Dick ” 
Warner until my entire stock  is closed  out. 
I solicit correspondence from those  desiring 
bargains in  the  grocery  line,  as  the  stock 
will be sold at a low  margin.  Any  orders 
entrusted to the care of “ Dick ”  Warner or 
the undersigned will  recieve  careful  atten­
tion.

I. E. Messmobe.

The extent to which  the  business  of  the 
co-operative stores in England has  grown is 
indicated by the fact that one of these socie­
ties Tcontemplates  starting  a  pork-packing 
and curing establishment at some convenient 
point in this country for the purpose of  sup­
plying its customers at first hand.

Genuine  W hite  Star Potatoes.

I see someone is quoting the  White  Star 
potato  at $3 per  3  bushel  barrel, alleging 
them  to be grown by D. M.  Ferry & Co.  In­
asmuch as the latter is  holding  his stock at 
$4.50 per barrel, it  is  barely  possible  that 
the dealer is palming  off  something  beside 
the genuine.

O. W. Blain,

153  Fulton street.

W hite  Star Potatoes.

I see our friend O. W. Blain, at  152  Ful­
ton  street,  agent  for  Mr.  Ensley’s  White 
Star Potatoes, takes  some  exceptions  to my 
offering  the  genuine  White  Star  Potatoes 
for  $2  for  a  3  bushel barrel, and no charge 
for  barrel, claiming  that they may be some­
thing  else  than  the  genuine. 
If  any  one 
has  any  doubt  of  their  being  such,  we 
refer  them to  D.  M.  Ferry  &  Co.,  of  De­
troit.
Grand  Rapids  Gb a in  a n d  Seed  Cc.,

91 Canal street, W. T.  Lamoreaux, Agt.

Beet root sugar production in  France  and 
Germany has cheapened the  European mar­
kets, and is said to be the chief factor in the 
present  demoralized  conditions  of  Cuba’s 
sugar trade.

For  bargains  in  groceries,  write  I.  E. 
Messmore or “ Dick ” Warner, as the former 
is closing out his entire  stock.

Choice butter can always be had at  M. C. 

Russell’s.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Sugars  slightly easier.

AXLE  GREASE.

M odoc__ %'i doz  60  .¡Paragon...  $  doz
Diamond.

60  [Frazer’s . 
BAKING  POWDER.

Arctic 34 ft cans..................................$  doz.  45
Arctic 34 ft cans.............................................. 
75
Arctic 34 ft cans.  .  ........................................1 40
Arctic 1 lb cans............................................. 2 40
Arctic 5  lb cans..............................................12 00

BLUING.

25
Dry, No. 2........................................... doz. 
Dry, No. 3...........................................doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 oz,................................  
doz. 35
65
Liquid, 8 oz.........................................doz. 
Arctic 4 oz........................................$   gross 4 00
Arctic 8  oz...........................................................  8 00
Arctic 16 oz........................................................... 12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box....................................  2 00
Arctic No. 2  “ 
Arctic No. 3  “ 

...‘3 00
4 50

 

 

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

 

No. 1 Carpet.............................................. 
No. 2 Carpet........................ 
No. 1 Hurl..........  ....................................  
No. 2 Hurl  ................................................ 
Fancy Whisk............................................  
Common Whisk.......................................  

 

2 50
2 25
2 00
1  75
1 25'
85

CANNED GOODS.

 

Apples, 3 ft standards...................................... 1 20
Apples, 6 fl> standai’d s...................................... 2 00
Apples, gallon  standards.................................3 00
Apricots, Lusk’s................................................2 95
Beans, Lim a.................................................   85
Beans, String................................................  85
Beans, Boston Baked.............................    .1 75
Blackberries, standards...............  
1 25
Cherries, w hite..................................................1 90
Cherries,  red.......................................................1 05
Condensed Milk, Fagle brand......................... 8 10
Corn, Erie.......................................................115
Corn, Revere.____;............................................ 1 20
Corn,  Egyptian.............................................110
Corn,  Yarmouth................................................ 1 30
Corn Trophy..................................................115
Corn, 2 lb  Onandago.....................................150
Damsons........................ 
1 20
Egg Plums, standards...................................... 1 60
Green Gages, standards...................................1 60
Lobsters, Stars..................................................2 00
Lobsters, Picnics....................... :................1 75
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 lb.................400
Oysters, 1 B>  standards........... ................... 110
Oysters, 1 ft  slack filled..............................  75
Oysters, 2  lb  standards...................................  1 85
Oysters, 2 lb slack filled.................................... 1 25
Peaches, all  yellow  standards....................... 2 10
Peaches, 3 lb Extra Yellow Heath.................. 3 00
Peaches, white  standards................................1 90
Peaches,  seconds.............................................. 1 65
Pie Peaches........................................................ 1 20
Pears, Bartlett.................  
Peas, standard  Marrofat................................. 1 50
Peas, good Marrofat......................................... 1 35
Peas, soaked.................................................   65
Pineapples..........................................................1 60
Pine Apple, 2 ft Sugar Loaf............................2 50
Raspberries, Erie.............................................. 1 50
Raspberries, other brands..............................1 20
Salmon, standard.......................................  .1 60
Sardines,  imported  14s...............................   1514
Sardines, imported 34s.................................  20
Sardines, domestic 34s................................. 
8
Sardines,  domestic  34s..............................  12)4
Sardines,  Mustard.......................................   15
Strawberries,  standards.............................. 110
Succotash, standards........................................1 05
Succotash,  other brands............................  85
Succotash, 2 ft B.& M........................................1 75
Tomatoes,  standards.........................1 00@1 05
Tomatoes, gal. Erie...........................................3 25
Trout, 3 ft brook................................................3 00

1 35

 

G.  D.....................   35 

|Ely’8 Waterprpof  75

CAPS.

CHOCOLATE.

German  sweet...........................................  @25
Baker’s  ......................................................   @40
Runkles....................................................    @35
Vienna Sweet............................................   @25

Green Rio__ 12
Green Jay a.. .17 
Green Mocha.25 
Roasted Rio.. 12 
Roasted  Java24 
Roasted Mar. 17 
Roasted Mocha

Roasted Mex.l7!4@19 
Ground  Rio..  934@17 
Ground  Mex.  @16
Arbuckle ’ s...........@1514
X X X X ................@15?4
Dilworth’s ___   .@1514

COFFEE.

@27 
@27 
@17 
@34 
@19 
@34 
CORDAGE.

72 foot J u te .......  1 35  160 foot Cotton 
60 foot Jute.......  1  15 
|50 foot Cotton 

1 75
1 50

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.

Jennings’2 oz.....................................$   doz. 1 00
4 oz.....................................................1 50
“ 
2 50
6 oz........................ 
“ 
8 oz..........................................................3 50
“ 
“  No. 2 Taper.........................................  1 25
“  No.  4 
14 pint  round......................................  4 50
“ 
“ 
i  
No.  8.....................................................3 00
“  No. 10...................................................  4 25

1  75
............................ .  9 00

“ 

 

 

 

 

Jennings’ 2oz......................................^ doz.  1  40

4 oz..........................................................2 50
“ 
“ 
6 oz..........................................................4 00
“ 
8 o z ...,........... 
“  No. 2  Taper.........................................  1 50
“  No.  4 Taper.........................................  3 00
“ 
14 pint  round......................................   7 50
1 pint  round................................  .15 00
“ 
“  No.  8....................................................   4 25
“  No.  10............................... 
6 00

5 00

 

 

Vanilla.

Faucets,  self measuring.........................  @2 50
Faucets, common......................................  @ 35

FAUCETS.

FISH.

Whole Cod..............................................  43!4©6!
Boneless Cod.....................................534@734@8y
Herring 14 bbls.JOO ft.........................2 75@3 00
Herring Scaled........................................  
28@30
Herring Holland.....................................   @115
Bloaters.................................................   @1 00
White, No. 1,34 bbls
8 00 
4 00 
White, Family, 34 bbls.......
1  10 
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.......
1 25 
Whise, No. 1,12 ft kits.......
4 75 
Trout, No.  1,34  hhls..........
90 
Trout, No. 1,12 ft  kits.......
7 00 
Mackerel, No. 1,34 bbls—  
1 15
Mackerel. No. 1,12 ft  kits.

FRUITS.

London Layers, new.............................  
2 75
Loose Muscatels Raisins,  new............2 50@2 60
New Valencias Raisins.......................  
734@734
Ondaras...................................................  @11
Turkey Prunes......................................  6%@6%
Currants.................................................   534@6
Citron......................................................  18@20
Dried A p ples....................................... .  8  @8

MATCHES.

Richardson’s No. 2  square............................2 70
.2 55 
Richardson’s No. 3 
.1 70 
Richardson’s No. 5 
.2 70 
Richardson’s No. 6 
.1 70 
Richardson’s No. 8 
.2 55
Richardson’s No. 9
Richardson’s No. 4 round..............................2 70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
..............................2 55
Richardson’s No. 734 do 
..............................1  70
Electric Parlor No. 17...................................... 3  80
Electric Parlor No. 18...................................... 5 70
Grand Haven, No. 9........................................2  40
Grand Haven, No.  8........................................1  70

20 gross lots special price.

MOLASSES.

Black Strap...................................................  @20
Porto  Rico.....................................................30@35
New  Orleans,  good...................................... 40@50
New Orleans, fancy.....................................56@60
Syrups, Sugar.........................................27@35@45

OATMEAL.

18 5ft  pkgs..............................................  @375
36 2ft  pkgs..............................................  @3 25
Imperial  bbls.........................................  
Quaker bbls............................................ 

5  75
6 76

do. 

Kerosene  W. W...................................... 
Legal test.............................. 
Sweet, 2 oz. square................................. 
Sweet, 2 oz. round................................. 
Castor, 2 oz.  square...............................  
Castor, 2 oz. round................................. 

15
12%
75
1 00
76
1 00

PICKLES.

do 
do 

Choice in barrels med........ ...........................7 50
Choice in 34 
........ ............................ 4 50
small..............."........... 4 50
Dingee’s 34 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy..........................4 25
Dingee’s pints 
do 
2 50
English qt. in Glass.....................-...................3 50
English pt. in  Glass......................................2 00
American qt.  in Glass............ ..............2  00
American pt. in Glass.. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  . .1 25

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

Imported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 25@3 00
American T

.........90@1 00

.

PIPES.

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure..............................................@ 514
Churh’s ............................... ;........................@514
Taylor’s G.  M............................................... @514
Cap  Sheaf......................................................@514
Dwight’s .......................................................@514
Sea  Foam......................................................@ 514

SALT.

60 Pocket............
28 Pocket.............
100 3 ft  pockets...
Saginaw F ine__
Diamond C..........
Standard  Coarse.

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

SOAP.

do. 

Kirk’s American  Family........... ^ ft
India.........................................
do. 
do.  Savon........................................
do.  Satinet.............. ......................
do.  Revenue..................................
do.  White Russian........................
Goodrich’s English Family  ...............
Princess............................
r & Gamble’s Ivory .................
do.
Japan  O live........
do.
Town Talk 
box
do.
Golden Bar...........
do.
Arab.......................
do.
Amber....................
do.
Mottled  German..
Procter & Gamble’s Velvet..................
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck..........
Procter & Gamble’s Wash  Well..........
Badger.......................................... 60fts
Galvanic.................................................
XXX Electric..................... ...................
XXX Borax............................................
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft In-
Tip Top....................................... 3ft bar
Ward’s White Lily.................................
Handkerchief..................... ...................
Sidall’s ...................................................
Babbitt’s ................................................
Dish R ag................................................
Bluing......................................................
Magnetic.................................................
New  French  Process............................
Spoon ......................................................
Anti-Washboard....................................
Vaterland................................................
Magic........... '...........................................
Pittsburgh..............................................
Bogue’s ...................................................
White eastile bars.................................
Mottled eastile........................................
Old  Style................................................
Old Country............................................

2  60 
2  40 
2 75 
1  10 
1 75 
1 55

514
414
7
5!4@6

614
614
6
614 
514 
5 40 
514

6 75
5
3 70.
4 20
3 45
3 75
4 20
@3 40 
@3 25 
@3 15 
@ 634 
@4 20 
.@6 50 
@4 20 
@  21 @  16 
@6 75 
@4 20
3 00 
5 50
4 10
5 00 
4 20
4 50
5 00
5 00
3 25
4 20 
4 00
6 75 
13 
12
@ 534 
534

@7%

@6 %

SPICES.

Ground Pepper,  in boxes and cans...
16@22
Ground Allspice....................................
12@20
Cinnamon................................................  16@30
Cloves......................................................  20@25
Ginger......................................................  17@20
Mustard...................................................  15@35
Cayenne...................................................  25@35
Pepper 14 ft  dozen.............................. 
75
Allspice  34 ft...........................................
Cinnamon  34 f t ......................................
1  00 
75
Cloves 34  ft..............................................
Pepper,  whole...................-................
@18
Allspice................................................
@10
Cassia...................................................
@12
Cloves..................................................  20
@22
Nutmegs,  No. 1................1................   70

STARCH.

@654

STONEWARE.

@7
@63
@734
@6
@734
@834

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.....................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package......................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.........................
Muzzy Gloss bulk..................................
Muzzy Corn lib .....................................  7
Kingsford Silver Gloss.........................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  box..........
Kingsford Corn......................................  8
Oswego  Gloss........................................
Mirror  Gloss...........................................
Mirror Gloss, corn.................................
Piel’s Pearl..............................................
Americad Starch Co.’s
1 ft  Gloss................................................
@634
@334
10 oz  Gloss..............................................
3 ft  Gloss.................................................
@6
6 ft Gloss, wood  boxos..........................
@7
Tabic Corn.................................... . .40 ft
@634
Table  Corn.....................................20 ft
@7
@4
Banner, bulk...........................................
Hovey’s 1 ft Sunday Gloss....................
@7. _
Hovey’s 3 ft Sunday Gloss....................
@734
Hovey’s 6 ft Sunday Gloss, wood box.
@ 8
One Mrs.  Potts’  Polishing  Irons  given  free 
with each box or crate of Sunday Gloss Starch
Jugs 
gallon.........................................  
@8
Crocks......................................................  
7
Milk Crocks............................................  
7
Rising  Sun gross..5 88
Dixon’s  gross........5 50
Above $  dozea.......  50
Universal...............5 88
I X L .......................5 50
Granulated................................................. 
Cut Loaf.................................................  
Cubes..................................................... 
Powdered.............................................. 
Conf. A ...................................;..............  @7
Standard A .............................................. 
 
Extra C................................................... 
634@6%
FineC........... ........................................ 
6  @634
Yellow C....................................................  534@6
Corn,  Barrels.............................................  @ 30
Cora, 34 bbls................................. 
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...................................  @ 33
Corn, 5 gallon kegs....................................   @175
Corn, 434 gallon kegs.................................  @1 60
Pure Sugar  Drips............................bbl  32@  35
Pure Sugar Drips.........................34 bbl  35@  40
.......5 gal kegs @1 85
Pure Sugar  Drips 
............34 bbls @  80
Pure Maple..........
__ 10 gal kegs @  80
.......5 gal kegs @  85
...............34 bbl
©  95
.......5 gal kegs
@1 00
ftS.
Young Hyson.. . ,25@50
Gun  Powder... ..35©50
Oolong..........33@55@60
Congo............... ..  @30

834@834
834@8 34
8  @834

STOVE POLISH

SYRUPS.

SUGARS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

Japan  ordinary.  23@30
Japan fair........... 32@35
Japan fair to g ’d.35@37
Japan fine............40@50
Japan dust..........15@20
Diamond  Crown....................................   @57
Red  Bird.................................................   @52
Opera Queen...........................................  @40
Sweet Rose..............................................  @45
Green  Back............................................   @38
F ruit..................................... 
@33
O So  Sweet..............................................  @31
Prairie Flower.......................................   @65
Climber [light and dark]......................  @62
Matchless................................................  @65
69
Hiawatha................................................ 
Globe........................................................ 
70
May F low er........................................... 
70
Hero...................., ................. .................  @45
A tlas.................  
@35
Royal Game............................................   @38
Silver Thread.........................................   @67
Seal...................  
@60
Kentucky................................................  @30
Mule Ear.................................................   @67
Peek-a-Boo..............................................  @32
Peek-a-Boo, 34  barrels........ ...........  
  @30
Clipper, Fox’s .........................................   @32
Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels.............   @30
Fountain.................................................   @74
Old Congress...........................................  @64
Good Luck..............................................  @52
Good and Sweet......................................  @45
Blaze Away............................................   @35
Hair Lifter............................................  
@30
Old Glory, light......................................  @60
Charm of the West, dark......................  @60
Governor, in 2 oz tin foil.....................   @60
Red Fox.....................................   
@50
Big  Drive................................................  @52
Seal of Grand Rapids............................  @48
Glory  ......................................................  @50
Durham...................................................  @48
Silver  Coin..............................................  @50
Buster  [Dark]........................................  @36
Black Prince [Dark]..............................  @36
Black Racer  [Dark]..............................  @36
Leggett & Myers’  Star..........................   @50
Climax.....................................................  @50
Hold F ast................................................  @48
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @48
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s ..............................  @37
Black Spun  Roll....................................   @38
Nimrod.....................................................  @50
Acorn......................................................   @50
Red Seal...................................................  @48
 
Crescent........... 
@44
Black  X ............................. 
@35
Black  Bass...................  
@40
True Grit.................................................   @35
Nobby Spun Roll...................................  @50
Spring......................................•'..............   @50
Crayung, all  styles.............. 
  @50
 
Mackinaw................................................  @47
Horse Shoe............................................ 
 
  @50
Good Luck...................................  
  @50
 
Big Chunk or J .T .................................  @40
Hair Lifter............... 
@87
D. and D., black........... . 
@37
MoAlpin’s Green Shield.......................   @48
Ace  High,black........ ............ 
 
 
 
  @35
Ohampfca A ...............I................ . 
@48
Sailors’  Solace... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

PLUG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Star.......................................
Shot Gun.....................................
D uck............................................
Jumbo...........................................

@50
@48
@48
@40

SMOKING.

.

24

do 
do 
do 

Chain  ...........................................
@22
Arthur’s Choice..........................
@22
Seal of Grand Radids................
@25
King..............................................
@30
Flirt..............................................
@28
@30
Pug............. ..................................
Ten Penny Durham, 34 and %..
@24
Amber, 34 and 1ft.......................
@15
Dime  Smoking............................
@22
Red Fox Smoking.......................
@26
Lime Kiln  Club..........................
@47
Blackwell’s Durham Long Cut.
@90
Vanity  Fair.................................
@90
Dim e.................................. ....................   24@25
Peerless.................................................
Standard.............................................
Old Tom.........................................
Tom & Jerry.........................................
Joker.........................
Traveler.......................... ..............
Maiden.............................
T opsy................................
Navy Clippings............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Honey D ew ............................
Gold  Block........................ ..................
Camp F ir e ........................
Oronoko.................................!!.!!!."!
Nigger  Head..................... . . . . . . . . .
Durham, 34 f t .......................
34 f t .....................
34 f t ........................ , . 
1 f t ..............................
51
Holland................................... 
  @32
German...................  
@16
Long Tom..................... -........................   @30
National........... ...................... 
@26
. . .............................................YYY.YYY.  @26
Time 
Love s Dream................................. 
@28
Conqueror.....................................................@23
Fox’s ........................................................  @22
Graylmg.................................................   @33
Seal Skin.. — .........  
@30
Rob Roy..........................................................@ i
Uncle  Sam..............................................  @28
Lumberman...............................  
«919«
Railroad Boy.......................
@37
Mountain Rose....................
@20@23
Good  Enough.....................
Home Comfort, 34s and  34s
@25
Old  Rip, long cut...............
@60
Durham,  long cut.............
@60
Two  Nickle, 345..................
Two  Nickle, 34s..................
Star Durham...........................................  @25
Golden Flake Cabinet............................  @40
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz...............'.  @53
Seal of North Carolina, 4 oz.................  @50
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz................   @48
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...  @50
Mule Ear.................................................  
23
Hiawatha........................................;... ’ 
23
Old Congress.............................. 
23
Pure  Cider.............................................. 
White Wine........ :............................ 

VINEGAR.

SHORTS.

 

 

 

 

10@12
io@l2

 

WASHING POWDERS.
 

1776 $  f t .............. 
@1054
Gillett’s $  f t ...........................................  @734
Soapine pkg............................................. 
7@10
Boraxine  b~“  
Bag
(©0 75 
X ............................................. . 
Pearline $)bc
@4 50
Seneca Falls

YEAST.

Rising  S u n ” .................. ....  1 75
I W ilsons.......
..1 7 5  
.... 1 75
..1 7 5  
iNational__ .... 1 75
MISCELLANEOUS.

 

 

 

95

do 

do 
do 

Blacking.........................................30, 40,50@60
do  waterproof............................ 
150
Bath Brick imported............................ 
95
do 
American............................ 
75
Barley...................................................... 
@334
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
110
do  No. 2.......................................  
1  50
Bags, American A ................................ 
20 00
Beans,  medium  ....................................  @3  10
Beans, hand picked...............................  
2 40
Butter................... 
18@20
Butterine................................................  18@21
Curry Combs $  doz............................... 1 25@
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   @35
Candles, Star...........................................  @1534
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @1634
Cheese full cream choice......................1434@15
Catsup quarts $   dozen.........................1 40@1 60
Chimneys No.  1......................................  @35
No. 2......................................  @46
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ lft packages. 
@2634
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & 34  ft do 
@2734
. 
Evaporated Hulled Corn50ft cases...  @  11
Extract Coffee,  v. c....................... 
F elix.............................1 30@
Flour, Star Mills, in bbls..................... 5 75@
in Sacks........................5 50@
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................   @40
Gum, Spruce...........................................  35@40
Horse  Radish, pints..............................  @140
Indigo.......................................................1 00@
Ink $  3 dozen  box................................. l  00@
Jelly in Pails...........................................  @ 6
do  Glass Tumblers $  doz..................  @75
Licorice, Sicily......................................  @30
Licorice, Calabra................................      28@30
Licorice  Root.........................................   @12
Lye $  2  doz. cases................................. 1 55@
Macaroni, Imported..............................  @13
Domestic.................................................   @534
Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, $  case........   @6 00
French Mustard,  8 oz 
Large Gothic.............. 1 35@
Oil Tanks, Star 60  gallons...................12 00@
Oil Tanks, Patent 60 gallons............... 14 00@
Pepper Sauce.........................................  90@1 00
Peas, Green Bush...................................1 50@
do  Split prepared..............................  @334
Powder,  Keg........................................... 5 50@
34 Keg...................................... 3 00@
Rice........................................................ 6@634@734
Sago  ........................................................ 
Shot, drop................................................ 1 90@
do  buck.............................................. 2 15@
Sage.........................................................   @15
Tobacco Cutters each...........................1 25@
Twine......................................................   18@23
Chimney Cleaners $   doz.......................  @50
Flour Sifters  doz. , ............................ 3 00@
Fruit Augurs each. ...........................    1 25@
Tapioca..................................................  
5@6
Washing Crystal, Gillett’s box............ 1 50@1 65
Wicking No. 1  gross..........................   @40
do  No. 2  ......................................  @65
do  Argand...................................1 50@
COAL  AND  BUILDING MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

do 
@ 32

5@6

do 

1  10
Ohio White Lime, per bbl.................... 
95
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
1 40
Akron Cement per  Dbl......................... 
1 40
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl..................... 
1  40
Car lots.................................................... 1 15@1 20
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  35@  38
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
175
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 75
3 00
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
Fire brick, per  M.................................. $27 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate..................$6 50@6 75
Anthracite, stove and nut..................  6  75@7 00
Cannellcoal........................................... 
7 00
40®} 60
Ohio coal................................................ 
Blossburg or  Cumberland................ 
00@5 25

COAL.

dozen.........................  @80

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS.

Perkins & Hess quote as foLows:

HIDES.

Green............................................... ^ ft 7  @734
Part  cured............................. ...............   8  @ 834
Full cured................................................  834@ 8%
Dry hides and kips..................................   8  @12
Calf skins, green or cured..................... 10  @12
Deacon skins............................. $)piece20  @50
Shearlings or Summer skins $  piece.. 10  @20
Fall pelts...................................................30  @50
Winter  pelts....................................... 1 00  @1 50

SHEEP PELTS.

Fine washed ^ ft......................................28  @30
Coarse washed......................................... 22  @25
Unwashed................................................2-3

WOOL.

FURS.

 

Mink, large..................................  
Mink,  small............................................   25@  40
Muskrat,  Spring......................................  15@ 17
Muskrat, Winter......................................  13@ 14
Muskrat,  Fall............................................ 
8@ 10
Muskrat,  Mts............................................ 
3@  4
Raccoon...................................................  40@  85
Skunk, black.............................................  80@ 90
Skunk, half stripe..............................  .  50@  60
Skunk, narrow stripe..............................  25@ 30
Skunk,  broad...........................................  10@ 15
Red Fox..............................* ................. 1 00@115
Gray Fox...................................................   60® 90
Marten,  yellow....................................... 
  75@1 00
Fisher.............................. .....................4  00@8 00
Otter.................................................. ...6 00@8 00
Bear........ ...................... ..................— 5 00@12 00
Deer skins, red and blue, dry___$   ft  25@  30
Deer skins, gray and long haired.........  12@  25
Beaver, clean and dry  V f t ...... *... .2 00@3  25
Above prices are for  prime  skins  only—un­
prime In proportion.
f  ;6@ 634

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

do 
do 

STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................   @10
..............................  @1034
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
.............................   @12
MIXED.

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Royal, 25 ft  pails.......................................   @1034
Royal, 200 ft bbls.................................  
Extra, 25 ft  pails.................. 
............... iili
 
Extra, 200 ft bbls................................... 
French Cream, 25 ft pails.!Y.Y... . . . . . . . . . . . !l4
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases............................ 
 
Broken, 25 ft pails..........  ..............................iiiz
Broken, 200 ft  bbls..................... ” !!""!.” " 103&
Lemon Drops...........................................  
Sour Drops..............................................  
Peppermint  Drops................”...................... ig
Chocolate Drops.......................‘ * * ............... 77
H M Chocolate  Drops....................................20
Gum  Drops  ............................................  
 
Licorice Drops................................................ *20
A B  Licorice  Drops.. 
!...................14
Lozenges, plain..................................... 
 
Lozenges,  printed................................. 
Imperials.............................................. 
 
Mottoes........................... ....! .......................18
Cream  Bar.
15
Molasses Bar................................ 
ji
Caramels...........................Y.YY....................... 20
Hand Made Creams........ .. .. ” ...................... 23
Plain  Creams.
.20
Decorated  Creams............... 
«»
String Rock........................ . . . . ......................ig
Burnt Almonds.................." ......................... 04
Wintergreen  Berries__ ............................. 
i6
Lozenges, plain in  pails.................. 
14
Lozenges, plain in  bbls...................................13
Lozenges, printed in pails..........YYYY............15
Lozenges, printed in  bbls........... 14
Chocolate Drops, in pails...................... 
14
 
Gum Drops, in pails....................... 
8
GumDrops, in bbls................... !!. .!.!!!! 
7
Moss Drops, in  pails................................           
Moss Drops, in bbls....................934
. . . .. 12
Sour Drops, in  pails.....................  
Imperials, in  pails................................. 
 
Imperials, in bbls...................... !.!.!...!.!! .13

Fancy—in  Bulk.

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FRUITS.

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Oranges $  box........
............................3 75@4 00
Oranges OO $  box..
............................ 
4 25
Oranges, Imperials,
ì  box..................4 00@4 50
Oranges, Valencia $
case....................
Lemons,  choice.......................................  ««<10 <w>
5@3 25
Lemons, fancy.................... 
no
Bananas $  bunch..................... ...Y..Y.2 00@4 00
Malaga Grapes, $  keg
Malaga Grapes, $  bbl.......]................* *
Figs,  layers  $  ft.....................‘ ‘  '  12@16
Figs, fancy  do 
" 
Figs, baskets 40 ft ¡8 ft.... 
.......
Dates, frails  do 
Dates, 34 do 
Dates, skin....................................... 
Dates, 34  skin....................................  
Dates, Fard 10 ft box ^  ft 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box #  ft...
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  f
PEANUTS.
Steady.
d o ......
d o ....... ...................
........

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Prime Red,  raw  $   ft...............
Choice 
Fancy 
@  9
Choice White, V a.do...........  
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ............. ..\\\\\\" lo i@ il

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NUTS.

Almonds,  Terragona, $  ft......................  18@19
Almonds, loaca, 
i 6@n
do  ...................... 
Brazils,
do  ......................  
9@10
Pecons,
io@i4
do  ...................... 
Filberts, Barcelona 
do  . ..................
Filberts, Sicily 
d o .......................  
©14
Walnuts, Chilli 
do  ....................  @1234
Walnuts, Grenobles 
d o ......................  14@15
Walnuts, California 
d o ....................
Cocoa Nuts, ^  100 
. 
Hickory Nuts, large: 
bu....................
Hickory Nuts, small
do  .................  . 

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

PROVISIONS.

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The  Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co 

quote  as follows:
Heavy Mess  Pork.............................................*17 75
Back  Pork,  short cut............................... 
ig qq
Family Clear Pork, very cheap................'  19 00
Clear Pork, A.  Webster packer............ 
19 50
S. P. Booth’s Clear Pork, Kansas City...  20 00
Extra Clear Pork..............................  
Extra B  Clear Pork.........................  ...” ..
Clear Back Pork, new...................................21  00
Boston  Clear Pork, extra quality__" . ..  20 75
Standard Clear Pork, the best 
2150

 

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Aff the above Pork is Newly Packed.
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.......... 
Half Cases............... 
do. 
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.......... 
do 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases............... 
Half Cases............... 
do. 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.........................10
light.................................... 
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft  cases....... 
Bellids, extra quality, 300 ft  cases....... 
Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 ft  cases....... 
Tierces  ....................................................  
30 and 50 ft Tubs.....................................  

do. 
do. 

LARD.

LA RD IN  T IN  P A IL S .

20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft racks.................. 
50 ft Round  Tius, 100 ft  racks............... 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................  
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.............................  
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................  

934
9%
934
99£
914
9%
10
10
1034
10%
10%
10%
10
1034
1034

9
934

934
934
10
9%
9%

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.  SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy__  
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........ 
Hams,  California.................................... 
Shoulders,  plain...................................... 
Extra Clear Bacon................................... 
Dried Beef,  Extra................................... 
Dried Beef,  Hams................................... 
Rolled Beef, for family use.....................   18 OO
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts........   13 OO

13%
14
1434
1034
914
11^
15
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B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

CANNED B E EF.

Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 ft cans, 34 doz.

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

incase.....................................................   20 50
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__   3 20
do. 
Armour & Co., 14 ft cans, 34 doz  in case  20 50 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  case..  3 20 
do. 2 ft Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 00 
Pork Sausage................................................... 1034
Pork Sausage Meat, 50 ft tubs.......................
Ham  Sausage..................................................15
Tongue  Sausage............................................   11
Liver Sausage...................................................  834
Frankfort  Sausage......................................... 10
Blood  Sausage.................................................   834
Bologna,  ring...................................................  834
Bologna, straight............................................   834
Bologna,  thick.................................................   834
Head  Cheese....................................................   834
In half barrels.....................................................$3 85
In quarter barrels..............................................   2 10’
In Mts................. 
In half barrels.....................................................$3 70
In quarter barrels...............................................  1 89
In kits..............................................................  
press, subject always to Market changes.

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Prices named are  lowest  at time of going to 

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FRESH MEATS.

John  Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides..................................   734@ 934
Fresh Beef, hind quarters....................10 @11.
Dressed Hogs..........................................   9 @  934
Mutton,  carcasses...................................10 @11
Veal...........................................................  9 @10
Spring Chickens....................................   16@17
Fowls........................................................  15@16
Pork Sausage.....................................     1034@11
60@ 75
Pork Sausage in bulk............................  @1034
Bologna...................................................  @10

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

o y s t e r s .

New York Counts, per can..............................  39
Extra  Selects.......................................................35
Plain  Selects....................................  
m
 
H.M .B. F .......  ..................... 
23;
Favorite F................................................  * 
20-
New York Counts, solid meats, per gal .
Selects, solid meats, per gallon..........
Standards, solid meats, per gallon.!!.

Can piices above are for casesand half cases-.

 

FRESH  FISH .

Codfish...............................................................  8
Haddock.........................................!!.!!!!!"   7
Smelts.............................................5
Mackinaw Trout................................. "  g
Mackerel.,................................. v,  ..  . 
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E X P A N SIV E B IT S.

Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2, $24 00;  3, $30 00.

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American File Association  List........ dis
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Disston’s ................................................dis
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New American......................................dis
.dis 40&10
Nicholson’s.............................................dis
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Heller’s .................................................. dis
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Heller’s Horse Rasps........................... dis

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Spring & Company quote as 

:

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
iPepperell, 10-4........25
Androscoggin. 8-4.. 21  Pepperell, 11-4........2754
Pepperell,  7-4....... 1654 Pequot,  7-4..............18
Pepperell,  8-4....... 20  ¡Pequot,  8-4..............21
Pepperell,  9-4....... 2254 IPequot,  9-4..............24

Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
Caledonia,  X, oz... 10
Economy, oz..........10
Park Mills, No. 50. .10 
Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
Park Mills, No. 80..13

Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz............ 11
Otis Apron............ 1054
Otis  Furniture.......1054
York,  1  oz..............10
York, AA, extra oz.14

OSNABURG,

Alabama brown—   7
Jewell briwn..........954
Kentucky brown.. 1054 
Lewiston brown...  954
Lane brown........... 954
Louisiana  plaid—   8

Alabama  plaid.......8
Augusta plaid........   8
Toledo plaid...........   754
Manchester  plaid..  7 
New Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Utility plaid...........   654

BLEACHED COTTONS.

Avondale,  36..........  854]
Art  cambrics,36...11541 
Androscoggin, 4-4. .854 
Androscoggin, 5-4. .1254
Ballou, 4-4...............  754
Ballou, 5-4...............  6
Boott, 0.4-4............  854
Boott, E. 5-5...........   7
Boott, AGC, 4-4.........954
Boott, R. 3-4..........  5%
Blackstone, AA 4-4  754 
Chapman, X, 4-4—   654
Conway,  4-4..............734
Cabot, 44 ................   754
Cabot, 7-8................   654
Canoe,  3-4...............  4
Domestic,  36 ..........  754
Dwight Anchor, 4-4.10
Davol, 4-4...............  954
Fruit of Loom, 4-4..  9 
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  854 
Fruit of  the Loom,
cambric,  4-4........12
Gold Medal, 4 -4 ....  7
Gold Medal, 7-8.........654
Gilded Age............... 834

Greene, G, 44........
Hill, 44....................
Hill, 7-8....................
Hope,  44................
King  Phillip  cam­
bric, 44.......  .......
Linwood,  44..........
Lonsdale,  44..........
Lonsdale  cambric. 
Langdon, GB, 44...
Langdon.  45...........
Mason ville,  44.......
Maxwell. 44...........
New York Mill, 4-4. 
New Jersey,  44—  
Pocasset,  P. M. C.. 
Pride of the W est.. 
Pocahontas,  44—
Slaterville, 7-8........
Victoria, AA..........
Woodbury, 44........
Whitinsville,  4-4... 
Whitinsville, 7-8—
Wamsutta, 4-4........
Williams ville,  36...

5%
854
754
754
1154
9
854
1154
954
14
954
1054
1054
8
754
1254

10%

1054

CORSET JEANS

Armory ......-----    754
Androscoggin sat..  854
Canoe River...........   6
Clarendon.................654
Hallowell  Imp.......634
Ind. Orch. Imp.......654
Laconia..................  »54

Kearsage................   85*
Naumkeag sat teen.  854 
Pepperell bleached  854
Pepperell sat..........954
Rockport.................  754
Lawrence sat..........  854
Conegosat...............  7

Albion,  solid............554
Albion,  grey............®
Allen’s  checks.........554
Alien’s  fancy.......... 554
Allen’s pink.............654
Allen’s purple.........654
American, fancy— »54
Arnold fancy...........6
Berlin solid.............   554
Cocheco fancy....... 8
Cocheco robes.........<
Conestoga fancy— 6 
Eddy ston e.............. 6
Eagle fancy. 
ilflirlA  fflnfiV. . . . . . . .
Garner pink.

Gloucester...............6
Gloucestermourn’g.6 
Hamilton  fancy— 6
Hartel fancy............6
Merrimac D.............6
Manchester.............6
Oriental fancy........6
Oriental  robes........654
Pacific  robes........... 6
Richmond................6
Steel River.............. 554
Simpson’s .................6
Wasnington fancy.. 
Washington blues..8

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

Appleton A, 4-4—   8
Boott  M, 4-4...........
Boston F, 4-4..........
Continental C, 4-3-. 
Continental D, 40 in 
Conestoga W, 4-4... 
Conestoga  D, 7-8... 
Conestoga G, 30-in.
Dwight  X, 3-4........
Dwight Y, 7-8..........
Dwight Z, 4-4..........
Dwight Star, 4-4—  
Ewight Star, 40-in.. 
Enterprise EE, 36.. 
Great Falls E, 4-4... 
Farmers’ A, 4-4.

Nashua  E, 40-in... 9

Indian Orchard, 40.  854
7%Indian Orchard, 36 8
8 Laconia B, 7-4....... 16%
7M Lyman B, 40-in— 10%
6%
8%Mass. BB, 4-4........
5%Nashua  R, 4-4....... 7%
6% Nashua 0,7-8........
v%
6 Newmarket N .  ... 7%
Pepperell E, 39-in. 7%
Pepperell  R, 4-4... 7
7%Pepperell O, 7-8... 6%
9 Pepperell N, 3-4... 6%
5% Pocasset  C, 4-4— V
7 Saranac  R.............
7%
9
6% Saranac  E .............
7%
TIC GINGHAMS.

g-£y^0g 

Amoskeag  .............   8  Renfrew, dress styl 9%
A m o s k e a g , Persian 
Johnson  Manfg Co,
..... 10/4  Bookfold.........12/4
Bates. .. .. ." ..........   754 .Johnson  Manfg Co,
|T   dress  styles.......1254
Berkshire 
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks....  7 
styles......................9
Glasgow checks, f y 
White Mfg Co, stap  734 
Glasgow 
¿hecks,
White Mfg Co, fane  8 
royal  styles........  8
White  Manf’g  Co, 
new
Gloucester, 
standard.............754
Plunket
Lancaster...............  834¡'Greylock, 
Langdale.................7341  styles  .................... 1254

Earlston................  954

dress

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

Pepperell.  10-4...... 2754
Androscoggin, 7-4. .21 
Pepperell,  11-4...... 3254
Androscoggin, 8-4. .23 
Pequot,  7-4.............21
Pepperell,  7-4........20
Pepperell,  8-4........2254 Pequot,  8-4............. 24
Pepperell,  9-4........25  ¡Pequot,  9-4............. 2» 54

HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A, 4-4.......  7%
Atlantic  H, 4-4.......7
Atlantic  D, 4-4.........654
Atlantic P, 4-4........   534
Atlantic LL, 4-4—   554
Adriatic, 36.............   754
Augusta, 4-4...........   654
Boott M, 4-4............  754
Boott  FF, 4-4..........  734
Graniteville, 4-4—   634 
Indian  Head, 4-4...  754 
ndiana Head 45-in. 1254

Lawrence XX, 4-4. 
Lawrence  Y ,30... 
Lawrence LL, 4-4..
NewmarketN.......
Mystic River, 4-4..
Pequot A, 4-4........
Piedmont,  36........
Stark AA, 4-4........
Tremont CC, 4-4...
Utica,  4-4...............
Wachusett,  4-4__
Wachusett, 30-in..

Amoskeag
Amoskeag
Amoskeag

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TICKINGS.
..14 ¡Falls, XXXX..
..19 ¡Falls, X X X ....
¡Falls,  BB........
.13
¡Falls,  BBC, 36.
..12
¡Falls,  awning.
..11
..10% Hamilton,  BT
10 Hamilton,  D..

Amoskeag, F ..........9% Hamilton,  H.
Premium  A ,44.... 17  Hamilton  fancy...]
Premium  B ...........16  dMethuenAA...........1
Extra 44................. 16  ; Methuen ASA..........1
Extra7-8........   .......1454;Omega A, 7-8...........1
Gold Medal 4-4....... 15  ¡Omega A, 44........... ]
CCA 7-8...................12% Omega ACA, 7-8— 1
Omega ACA, 44__ ]
CT 4 4 ...................... 14
Omega SE, 7-8.........S
RC 7-8...................... 14
Omega SE, 44.........2
BF 7-8......................16
Omega M. 7-8.........2
A F44...................... 19
Omega M, 44.......... Í
Cordis AAA, 32......14
ShetucketSS&SSW ] 
Cordis  ACA, 32......15
Shetucket, S & SW.]
Cordis No. 1, 32......15
Shetueket,  SFS__ 1
Cordis No. 2...........14
Stockbridge  A.......
Cordis  No. 3...........13
Stoekbridge frncy.
Cordis  No. 4...........11%

GLAZED CAMBRICS.

Garner....................5  ¡Empire  ............'.......
Hookset..................  5  Washington...........   4%
Red  Cross...............  5  Edwards..................  5
|S. S. & Sons.............  5
Forest Grove.......... 

GRAIN BAGS.

American  A ......... 19  ¡Old  Ironsides..........15%
Stark A ...................23%|Wheatland...............21%

DENIMS.

Boston...................  7%jOtis  CC.................... 1054
Everett blue......... 14% Warren  AXA..........12%
Everett brown......l4%|Warren  BB..............11%
Otis  AXA..............12% ¡Warren CC...............10%
Otis BB...................11%¡York  fancy.............15

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

Man ville..................  6
Masgnville.............   6

IS. S. & Sons.............   6
Garner....................6

WIGANS.

Red  Cross...............  7
Berlin.....................   7
Garner....................  7  I

¡Thistle Mills...........
Rose.........................  8

SPOOL COTTON.

Brooks....................50
d ark ’s O. N. F .......55
J. & P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord. 55 
Willimantic 3 cord.40 
Charleston ball sew
ing thread............30

¡Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  Daniels...25
Mer ricks.................40
Stafford...................35
Hall & Manning— 30 
¡Holyoke...................25

No.  10.

Centennial.

SILESIAS.
.17 Mason ville TS... ...  8
12%Masonville  S.... ...10%
.10 Lonsdale........... ...  9%
.15 Lonsdale A ........ ...16
Nictory  O.......... ...  6
.  8 Victory J ........... ...  7
.14 Victory D .......... ...10
.12% Victory  K.......... ...12%
.12 Phoenix A .......... ...  9%
.10 Phoenix B .......... ..10%
.15
.16 Phoenix X X .,...

Sensationalism Regarding  Food.
From the New York Merchants’ Review.

The Northwestern Trade Bulletin makes 
this relevant point, regarding our  large and 
growing exports of dairy products:

“ What a blow  at  this  important  trade 
might be struck by the publication in foreign 
countries of the  report  of the  New  York 
Senate Committee on Public Health, that the 
adulteration of butter with tallow, bone and 
lard oils is practiced in almost  every  town 
and city in that  State,  the  amount  of  the 
adulterated being equal to  half  the  whole 
product of  natural  butter! 
It would soon 
ruin our  foreign  dairy  trade  to  have  the 
people of Europe know how extensively the 
adulteration of butter and cheese is  practic­
ed.  To say nothing  of  the  injury  of  the 
health of our own people,  the  adulteration 
of butter and  cheese is ruinous and must be 
stopped.”

This is predicted probably in remembrance 
of  the  fact  that  the  German  and  French 
authorities  cited  American'  newspapers  to 
prove that our hogs were alive with trichinae. 
Thefe is  another view  of these  home  re­
ports on our food  adulterations,  and  that is 
that many of them are exaggerated and  sen­
sational.  Some of the testimony  taken be­
fore the Senate Committee as to  the  extent 
and effect of butter mixtures was  notorious­
ly untrustworthy—as that ascribing the  dis­
ease of a syphilitic  patient  to  working 
in 
oleomargarine;  it is strongly suspected  also 
that some of the  testimony  was  suborned. 
Be that as it may,  the  leaning of  the com­
mittee  towards  protecting  dairy  interests 
(a laudable desire in itself)  plainly  appear­
ed, and the wildest statements were sent out 
with the dignity and force of an  official out­
giving from the  highest  legislative  body of 
the first State of the Union.  The press  has 
taken it up with all  the  sensational  effects 
of its vigor and wit.  If any  one  wanted to 
make the impression abroad that no  Ameri­
can butter  is safe to eat, it will be seen  that 
our trade is  abundantly  condemned  out of 
our own mouths.

The truth is, we suffer, in the competition 
with other producing countries, by too much 
free speech.  The whole trouble with  Min­
ister Sargent, at  Berlin,  grew  out  of  his 
blurting out his private  opinions  about the 
German Government  in  official  dispatches 
and the worse incontinence of our  State de­
partment’s  publishing 
those  sentiments 
broadcast to the world.  We  lack discretion 
and reticence.  As a people,  we “blow”  too 
much—tell everything we know and a  good 
deal more,  sometimes.

It is true that food adulterations  are  too 
prevalent  and  are  hurtful  of  our  custom. 
There is on that account the more  necessity 
of not making the matter worse than it really 
is.  The Senate Committee might have fore­
gone a little of its opportunity to make capi­
tal  with  its  constituents  and  the  farming 
community by not publishing as  proven  all 
that was affirmed before it, and simply mak­
ing its report in the form of a bill, with  the 
assurance that the facts as to  the  adultera­
tions fully justified it—which the legislature 
would have been very ready to believe.

Talking for buncombe hurts our  business 

reputation as much as adulterations  do.

A  Detroit  Comment.

From the Free Press.

The passage by the Senate of a  bankrupt 
bill does not seem to have  excited  any up­
roarious demand  for  such  a  measure  and 
there certainly was no such demand  before. 
The truth is that the  better  portion  of the 
business  community  fights  shy  of  such  a 
measure.  They would  be  very glad of an 
act which would insure at all times an equit­
able distribution without  needless  expense 
of an  embarassed  merchant’s  assets;  and 
they would  assent  very  cheerfully  to  all 
proper provision for the release of the bank­
rupt who has become such  through  misfor­
tune.  But  their  experience  of  bankrupt 
laws makes them very doubtful  of  the  at­
tainment of these objects.  Practically  they 
distribute the  bankrupt’s  assets,  if  he has 
any, to the court officials  and  the  lawyers, 
and release the rogue quite  as  often  as the 
honest map.  The  shrewd  merchant,  as a 
rule, prefers, therefore, to take  his  chances 
with the State laws.

There is a disposition,  however,  to  give 
the Senate bill a fair consideration, and if it 
stands the  test 4 it  will  undoubtedly  gain 
friends before discussion is  reached  in the 
House.  If there is at that time any  eaniest 
demand for the measure the House  will un­
doubtedly pass  it.

Metallic Clotli.

A novel invention is about to  be  commer­
cially utilized, it is stated, on a  considerable 
scale—namely, the  prosecution  of  metallic 
cloth, which, if  desired,  can  be  impressed 
with a pattern or printed upon. 
In the man­
ufacture of this curious fabric,  the metal in­
tended to be  used,  is  rendered  into  small 
particles, short or long,  according to require­
ments, and in this form is mixed with sticky 
material, such as India  rubber.  The  mix­
ture,  as  thus  prepared,  is  transferred  to 
goods made from cotton,  wool,  linen,  silk, 
or other  textile,  after  which  the  fabric  is 
dried or calendered, or dressed in a  suitable 
| manner, so as to produce a  smooth  metallic 
face.  The process having thus been carried 
on to this extent, the cloth can be impressed 
with a desirable pattern, by  the  simple  op­
eration of embossing, or the pattern  may  be 
printed on its surface in  its  usual  manner. 
The liquid charged with the metal  does  not 
penetrate  to  the  underside,  but  leaves  it 
clean.  The finished material is quite soft to 
the touch and pliable.

HoraceMcNitt, general dealer, Haring: “I 
have profited by your labor from  the  first”

Hardware.

Review  o f tlie  Week.

General  Hardware.—There are  no  par­
ticular changes to note during the past week. 
Prices are very  steady,  there  being  a  few 
advances and declines  in  minor  lines,  but 
quotations, as a whole, show few alterations. 
Jobbers  complain  of  small  margains,  and 
this, attended with greater  expense,  as  the 
tendency among dealers is to buy only what 
is necessary to keep up the assortment.  On 
the other hand, it is claimed this is a healthy 
state of things as the consumer will be better 
able to  meet  his  bills  when  they  become 
due.

Recently  the  Globe  Horse  Nail Co. had 
two  patents  they  own,  sustained  by  the 
courts.  A circular was issued and mailed to 
nearly, if not  quite,  all  of  the  horse  nail 
manufacturers  in  the  United  States,  from 
which it seems that the  Globe  Nail  Co.  re­
garded  them  generally  as  infringers.  We 
understand that the AuSable Horse Nail Co., 
who were not parties to, and took no part in, 
the suit held  to  sustain  the  patents,  claim 
that they are not affected by the  decision  of 
the courts, because  as they say the nails  do 
not infringe the patents  and  are  not  made 
like the nails held to  infringe.  They claim 
that their nails are legally made by  machhr 
ery patented by  Daniel  Dodge,  and  which 
was not in controversy  in *tlie suit  decided. 
They propose to protect their customers and 
guarantee  them against damages  from  any 
claim of the Globe Nail Co.  When this mat­
ter came up several years  ago,  they  issued 
the following circular:

4 Warren st., New York, Aug. 18,1879. 

To the Hardware Trade:

Gentlemen:  In reply to  the  circular  re­
cently  issued  by  the  Globe  Nail  Co.,  we 
would  say  that  our nails are entirely differ­
ent from theirs, and are not described in,  or 
covered by, the  patent  against the  infringe­
ment of which they especially  caution  sell­
ers.  The  blank  nail  “ is  punched  or  cut 
from  a  plate,  the  shank  of  which 
is  pro­
duced by cold-rolling the body of the blank.”
I Our nails are hot forged from the end of nail 
rods  while  the  iron is  at  a  welding  heat. 
George Gifford, Esq., our counsel, says  that 
sellers and users of our nails incur no  liabil- 
ty whatever under the patents named in said 
circular.  If any attempts should be made to 
recover damages  under said  letters ¡patent, 
for  selling or using  nails  of  our  manufac­
ture, please send the  paper  to  us,  and  we 
will guarantee that you suffer  no  loss what­
ever,

Yours very  respectfully,

with  a  strong  tendency to advance.  Sales 
are made upon a  basis  of ,60 and 5@60 and 
10 per cent, discount with  perhaps  a  slight 
shading upon very large orders.

Business  in  Southern  Michigan.

J. K. Boise, who has been engaged in gen­
eral trade at Hudson for nearly thirty years, 
was interviewed  while  here  to  attend  the 
State Republican Convention  regarding  the 
condition of trade in Southern Michigan, and 
replied:  *

“ Very quiet so  far  this  spring;  in  fact, 
too quiet.  The bad crops of last  year  have 
made the farmers hard up, although general­
ly they  are  in  a  good  financial  condition. 
Wheat has wintered  well  and  the  farmers 
are now putting in their oats,  but  it  is  too 
soon to be able to say anything  about  crops 
yet.  A great deal  depends  upon  having  a 
good crop this year,”

A  Novel  Emetic.

Dr. A. E. Sturge, a medical  missionary to 
Siam, describes the case of  a  young  native 
lady who took, with suicidal intent,  a  large 
dose of opium.  The  usual  emetics  failed; 
whereupon the  old  Siamese  doctor  took  a 
live eel, clipped off a part of his tail, to make 
him squirm  in  a  lively  manner,  and  then 
poked  him 
tail  first  down  the  patient’s 
throat.  Emesis was at once accomplished in 
a first-class way, and the damsel lived to con­
quer hearts if not eels.

There are at present  four  manufacturers 
of  quiaine  in  the  United  States  besides 
Powers & Weightman.  They are McKesson 
& Robbins, of this city, and  Keasby & Mat- 
terson, Rosengarten,  and Whitting of Phila­
delphia.  More  than  one-third  of  all  the 
quinine manufactured 
is  consumed  in the 
United States, and Bouehringer and  Powers 
& Weightman together produce  more  than 
one-half  of  what  is  made.—N.  Y.  Mer­
chants' Journal.

A  Chicago  drummer  was  examining  a 
damaged revolver in a Paw Paw store, when 
he suddenly picked  up  another  which lay 
beside it,  and before the proprietor could in­
terfere, pulled the trigger with the  remark, 
“What’s the matter with this one?”  A loud 
report  and a  shattered  forefinger  assured 
him that the revolver was all  right, and  the 
trouble lay elsewhere.

AUGERS a n d  BITS.

A uSa ble Hobse N a il Co.
A. Bussing, Secretary.

HARDWARE  GOODS.

Prevailing  rates  at Chicago  are  as follows: 

Ives’, old  style.........................................dis 
N  il. C. Co..........................................................dis 55
Douglass’ ............................................................dis 50
Pierces’ ................ 
50
dis 
dis 
50
Snell’s ....................................... 
Cook’s  ......................................................dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine...................:...........dis 
25
Jennings’,  imitation...............................dis40&10

A clothing dealer in St. Louis having late­
ly offered to give  a  stem-winding  watch to 
We understand that they are now sending 
every buyer of  a  suit  of clothes,  his  next 
out copies of the above,  adding,  under date
of April 13,1884, that they propose to stand -  neighbor, who  is a  jeweler,  has  revenged
himself by offering to give a suit of  clothes 
by this guarantee and fully protect their cus­
to  every  purchaser  of  a  stem-winding 
tomers.  In this connection,  it  may  be  said 
watch.
that the  AuSable  Horse  Nails  seem  to  be 
growing in favor  with  the  trade.  This  is 
due to the excellency of the nails and the en­
terprise of the company in introducing them. 
Mr. Wm. Russell, a horse-shoer  of  national 
fame,  lias  of late  been  visiting  the  large 
towns of note and giving public  exhibitions 
of his skill,  as  well  as  demonstrating  the 
I quality of the AuSable horse nails.
!  □  Nails.  The  “ pool ”  mentioned  in  our 
i last review has been perfected and gone into 
I effect, and it is expected by the manufactur- 
| ers that it will be productive  of  much  good 
i in maintaining firm prices for  nails.  A good 
I many orders were booked  for  nails  in  car­
load lots during the  past  week  by  dealers, 
who previously had been buying “from hand 
to mouth.”  The  reason  was  obvious.  If 
nails went higher, a little  money  would  be 
made.  In any event, the pool would have a 
tendency to strengthen a weakening market, 
and the  price  would  be  no  lower  than  at 
pseseut.  As an indication of  the  influence 
of the  pool upon the Chicago  market,  a cor­
respondent  writes,  “ Should  the  proposed 
syndicate be consummated the price on nails 
will certainly go  from  15c  to  25c  per  keg 
higher.”  The  quotation  on  nails  remains, 
however, the same as  before,  $2.65@$2.60, 
with the usual rebate for car-loadtlots.

Hand.................................................... dis  $ 60&10
60
Cow....................: ................................. dis 
15
Call...........................................................dis 
Gong......................... 
dis 
20
55
Door, Sargent... | ..................................dis 
*
Stove......................................................dis $
40
Carriage and Tire, old list..................dis  80&20
Plow  ............. >....................................... dis  30&10
Sleigh Shoe............................................ dis  50&15
50
Cast Barrel  Bolts..................................dis 
Wrought Barrel Bolts..........................dis 
55
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.....................dis 
50
Cast Square Spring.............................. dis 
55
Cast  Chain.................................... 
dis 60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob............. dis  55&10
Wrought Square...................................dis  55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush........................... dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...................................................  50&10&10
Ives’ Door.............................................. dis  50&10

Railroad.......................................................$  15 00
Garden.......................................................net 36 00

Spring..................................................................dis 25

BALANCES.

BARROWS.

bo l ts. 

BELLS.

30

 

 

 

 

Fence  Wire.  That  the  present  higher 
price  of barbed wire is to  be  maintained  is 
evident in the firmness of .'reply  when a  job­
ber is  asked  for  a , “ cut”  price. 
“ Large 
orders” do not cause the manufacturers even 
to deviate from the ruling  market,  as  they 
have  all  that  they  can  do without  undue 
solicitation  of  trade.  Those customers who 
waited until now to make their purchases of 
manufacturers ’  are  not  having  deliveries 
made to suit them, on account of  the abund­
ance of orders.  This  constantly  increasing 
demand for barbed wire has necessitated the 
invention of something by which it could  be 
handled with greater ease and  less  damage 
from the sharp barbs.  The  Hawkeye Steel 
Barb Fence Co. have invented a  device they 
call the  Hawkeye Barbed  Wire  Lifter  and 
Carrier, in the use of  which they claim  “No 
danger of cutting  hands,  scratching  fingers 
or tearing clothes;”  “Saves the  temper  and 
saves time and soon saves  the  price  of  the 
Lifter.”  Of course this is  in  the  hands  of 
some of the active jobbers.  Painted  barbed 
wire continues to be quoted at 5%c with the 
addition of lc per per pound  extra  for  gal­
vanized.

BRACES.

Barber....................................................dis 8 
Backus....................................................dis 
Spofford..................................................dis 
Am. Ball.................................................dis 

40
50
50
net

BUCKETS.

Well, plain.....................................................$ 4  00
Well, swivel.................................................  
4 50

BUTTS,  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis  60&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........ dis 
70
60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint.. dis  50&10
WrounhtLoose  Pin.............................dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned............dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped................................................. dis  60& 5
WroughtTable...................................... dis 
-  60
Wrought Inside  Blind..........................dis 
60
Wrought Brass......................................dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s.....................................  dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s ......................................dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s................................... dis 
70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross  15 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3__ per gross  18 00

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10...........................................s. . .per m $ 65
Hick’s C.F...... *....................................  
60
G. D........................................................ 
35
Musket................................................... 
60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list 
50
Rim Fire, United  States.......................... dis 
50
Central Fire................................................dis  %

CHISELS.

Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
14

-7
15
12 
Discount, Juniata 46, Charcoal 50. 

22 and  24,  25 and 26,

13 

Stanley Rule and Lveel Co.’s ..............dis 

GAUGES.

28
18

50

HAMMERS.

15
Maydole & Co.’s .....................................dis 
Kip’s .......................................................dis 
25
Yerkes&  Plumb’s ................................dis 
30
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...................... 30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 

HANGERS.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction...................... dis 
60
Kidder, wood tra.k..............................dis 
40

H IN G ES.

Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3.............................. dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  6%  14
4 25
and  longer.............................................. 
10%
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  ...................net 
Screw Hook and Eye %.......................net 
8%
Screw Hook and Eye  %...................... net 
7%
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.....................net 
7%
Strap and  T...........................................dis  60&10

HO LLO W   W ARE.

Stamped Tin Ware....................................  60&10
Japanned Tin  Ware......................., ........ 
30
Granite Iron  Ware..................................  
25

HO ES.

Grub  1............................................... $11 00, dis 40
Grub  2...............................................   11  50, dis 40
Grub 3.................................................   12 00, dis 40

KNOBS.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........$2 00, dis 60
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings__   2 50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings.........................................list,  7 25, dis 60
60
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list, 8 25, dis 
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain......... dis 
60
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s................... d 
60
Hemacite...............................................dis 
50

LOCKS—DOOR.

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis 
60
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s..........................dis  60
Branford’s .................................................... dis  60
Norwalk’s ......................................................dis  60

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .....................dis  65

LEV ELS.

M ILLS.

Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s..................................dis  45
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Maileables dis  45
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s .............dis  45
Coffee,  Enterprise.......................................dis  25

MATTOCKS.

Adze  Eye......................................$16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt Eye..................................... $15 00 dis 40&10
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

N A ILS.

Common, Brad and Fencing.

 

lOd to  60d............................................ $  keg $2 60
 
Sdand9dadv...........................  
25
6d and 7d  a d v ............................................. 
50
4d and 5d  adv_.............................................  
75
3d advance.....................................................  1 50
3d fine  advance.............................................  3 00
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  1 75
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. $  keg 

I  lOd  8d 
1%
2% 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 
MOLLASSES GATES.
 

Stebbin’s Pattern  ............ 
dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................dis 70
Enterprise,  self-measuring........................dis 25

6d  4d
2 

Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled..................  dis  50

MAULS.

O IL E R S .

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent........................dis
Zinc, with brass bottom.............................dis
Brass or  Copper..........................................dis
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .................................................  
50

PLA N ES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................dis
Sciota Bench................................................ dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy......................dis
Bench, flrstquality...................................-dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 

, 

PA N S.

Fry, Acme............................................... dis 40&10
...dis 40&10
Common, polished..................... ........  . .dis
60
__ dis
Dripping......................................................ft lb
8
...ft ft

R IV E T S.

..dis
40
Iron and Tinned...................................dis
..dis  40&10
Copper Rivets and Burs......................dis
N •
PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 2’
24 to 27 10%
to 27
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

9

Broken packs %c ft lb extra.

RO O FIN G  PLA TES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne........ ........5 75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............  7 75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne...............16 90

Sisal, % In. and larger............................$  $   9%
Manilla.............................................................  15

R O PES.

SQUARES.
Steel and  Iron................... 
dis  50
Try and Bevels..............................................dis  50
Mitre  ............................................................dis  20

 

SH EET IR O N .

Com. Smooth. Com.
$3 20
3 20
3 20
3 20
3 40
3 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 30 inches

Nos. 15 to  17__ ............................  4 20
Nos. 18to 21.... ............................  4 20
Nos. 22 to 24__ ............................  4 20
Nos .25 to 26__ ............................  4  40
No. 27................. ............................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.

In casks of 600 fts, ft  ft............................ 
In smaller quansities, $   ft.....................  

tin n e r’s solder.

No. 1,  Refined......................   
Market  Half-and-half............................ 
Strictly  Half-and-half............................ 

 

TIN  PLATES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14', Charcoal..............................  6 50
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal...............................   8 50
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................  6 50
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal...............................  8 50
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal..............................   6  50
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal...............................  8 50
IX, 
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal..............................   10  50
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  12 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal.............................  14 50
20x28, Charcoal..............................   18 00
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................   6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal.............................  8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal............................   10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........................   12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to 6 75

6%
7

13 00
15 00
16

rates.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel, Game......................................................
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse’s ........dis  %
Oneida Community, pawley & Norton’s__   60
Hotchkiss’ ........................................................  60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s......................................  60
Mouse,  choker....................................... 20c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion................................. $1 261ft doz

Bright  Market..........................................  dis  60
Annealed Market.....................................dis  60
Coppered Market..................................... dis  56
Extra Bailing............................................dis  55
Tinned  Market.........................................kis  40
Tinned  Broom..........................................ft ft  09
Tinned Mattress.......................................$  ft  8%
Coppered  Spring  Steel...........................dis 37%
Tinned Spring Steel................................. dis 37%
Plain Fence...............................................ft ft 3%
Barbed Fence...................................................
Copper................................................ new  list net
Brass................................................... new list net

WIRE GOODS.

Socket Firmer...................................... dis  65&10
Socket Framing................................... dis 
65&10
Socket Corner....................................... dis  65&10
Socket Slicks................ ....................... dis  65&10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................. dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers................... dis 
20
Cold........................................................net

COMBS.

to  run 

Curry, Lawrence’s.................................dis  33%
Hotchkiss t.............................................. dis 

Glass.  Cablegrams from  Belgium  show 
that the strike of glass-blowers continues and 
consequently receipts from  Europe  are very 
small.  At the same  time,  domestic  stocks 
have  been  permitted 
low  and 
must be replenished.  Reports  from  Pitts­
burg are to the effects that the window glass 
factories are now  running  to  their  full  ca 
pacity,  as the manufacturers  seem to realize 
that  this  is  necessary  in  order  to  insure 
enough product to supply the trade.  Jobbers
are carrying fair stocks,  as there  is good  de- j Morse’s Bit  Stock...... .............. :........dis 
35
rnand, the usual active, building In  spring be- Morse’s Taper  So5nk............................   .dis  30
ing well under way.  There is no disposition 
whatever to cut the market price, and it may  Com^^iece, 6  in. 
truthfully be  said  that  glass  is  very  Arm  A d j u s t a b l e . . . " 4 0 & 1 0

Brass,  Racking’s ........................................  40&10
Bibb’s .......................* ...............................  49&10
B eer.............................................................  40&10
Fenns’.........................................................  
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... $  ft  37
14x52,14x56,14 x60 .........................................  39

elbows.

COPPER.

DRILLS.

COCKS.

L“aet

25

Bright.................................................................. dis 60&10&10
Screw Eyes..........................................................dis 60&10&10
Hook’s ...............................................dis  60&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes....................dis  60&10&10

WrENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s  Genuine..............................................dis  50
Coe’s Pat Agricultural,  wrought............dis  65
Coe’s Pat.,  malleable...................................dis  70

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pumps,  Cistern.,.................................dis 
Screws........... .......................................... 
Casters, Bed and  Plate.......................... dis 
Dampers, America«.  .............................. 

60
70
50
33%

FOSTER, 
STEVENS

-WHOLESALE-

HARDWARE!

10 and  12  MONROE  STREET, 

I

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

WE  SOLICIT  THE

DEALER’S  TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for the

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POTATO

To G ardeners and Farm ers.

About two years ago, Mr. Marshall Buchanan, Postmaster at Ensley, Newaygo County, Michigan, sent to D. M. Ferry & Co., the 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 fine 
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 
flavor,

YIELDING  FAR  BETTER  THAN  ANY  OTHER  VARIETY  KNOW

to this section of the country,  never  troubled with blight, and very seldom showing a bug  of any sort.  Such is the universal testimony 
as to the.merits of the White Star Potato, all agreeing that they have never met its equal for endurance, productiveness, and  fine  eating 
qualities.  All farmers and gardners are interested in these facts, and all who have seen the White Star Potato, and tested it, are united 
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 
patrons:
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 Postoffice, 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 by the money, 
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.

Crown Jowol Vapor  Stove !

And quote factory prices.  Send for catalogue

B .  HUnT S I-iEY T 

3a S O N ,  G r o w e r s ,

N 1.vi1

PENCIL  PORTRAITS—NO. 11.

H

A ll  Sorts.

J. W.  Holmes, Remus, has gone into T. C. 

Gardner’s old stand.

Meerchaum has  been  discovered  in some 

parts of North  Carolina.

Owen & Tubbs, grocers  at  Charlotte,  are 

succeeded by Eaton & Tubbs.

H. S. Lay, druggist at Petoskey,' 

his stock to S. A. Barber & Co.

has  sold

A 3,000,000 a day match factory will  soon 

be started at Owosso by Gus A.  Fass.

Charlotte expects to get  a  seamless  knit 
hosiery factory that  will  employ  100  oper­
ators.

Mrs. A. Tracy will shortly  engage  in  the 
millineryCand fancy goods business at  Mus­
kegon.

Full and complete  line  of  summer  silks, 
all styles, qualities and prices at Voigt, Her- 
polsheimer & Co.’s.

Ezra Carrier and Chas. E. Lockwood  will 
engage in the  agricultural  implement  busi­
ness at Traverse City.

The largest assortment of parasols west of 
New  York  at  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  & 
Co.’s.  All styles and shades.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.  offer  to  the 
trade an exceptionally complete asssortment 
of  summer  shawls,  all  styles,  sizes  and 
prices.

D. J. Adams, a mechanic, of Kitteny, Me., 
claims  to  have  discovered  a  process  by 
which copper can be welded as perfectly and 
as securely as iron.

The St. Louis Manufacturing Co. is  num­
bered with the past.  The amounts  paid  in 
have  all  been  returned  less  pro  rata  ex­
pense.  The  town  was  divided,  hence  the 
failure.

There  are  twelve  manufactories  of  arti­
ficial teeth in the United States, which make 
10,000,000 of these useful articles per annum. 
They are made of feldspar, kaolin  and  rock 
crystal.

Three  hundred  carloads  of  elm  square 
timber are being shipped from Reed  City  to 
Traverse City,  where  they  will  be  loaded 
on  vessels  and  taken  to  Europe  for  ship 
building.

Seven Leavenworth doctors were gathered 
around  a  man  who fell  on  the  sidewalk. 
Four called it sunstroke, and the others said 
it was a fit.  Along came  a  small  boy  and 
proved it was  banana-peel.

A  Saginaw  correspondent  writes:  The 
lumber market is  very  active,  sales  aggre­
gating  several million  feet  being  reported 
each  day  for  several  days  past.  But  few 
dry lots remain over  from  last  year’s  cut. 
Full market prices are obtained.

In a recent report of the  commissioner  of 
agriculture he states that  “ the  rate  of  the 
wheat  yield  is  increasing  in  the  districts 
where  mixed  farming  and  recuperative 
methods obtain, and decreasing in the region 
of consecutive crops of spring wheat.”  The 
soil,  as  well  as  all  other  things  earthly, 
comes  under  nature’s  laws  of  rest  and  re­
pairs.

This country makes one-fifth of  the  iron 
and one-fourth of the steel in the world, and 
furnishes one-half of the gold  and  one-half 
the silver of  the  world’s supply.  Taking all 
the  mining  industries  of  the  world,  the 
United States represents 36;  Great  Britain, 
33, and all other nations 31 per  cent,  of the 
total.  Anglo  Saxondom,  therefore,  repre­
sents 69 per cent, of the mining industry  of 
the earth.

J . N.  Bradford,  Better  Known  as  “ Brad.”
James  N.  Bradford  was  bom  at  Stony 
Creek, Oakland county, this  State,  Nov. 23, 
and shortly afterward removed with his 1844, 
parents to Orion, in the same county.  There 
he remained until seven years of  age, when 
his parents removed to Grand Rapids, where 
they lived six years,  removing  to  Ravenna 
to run a hotel, and work a new farm.  Brad, 
worked on the farm summers, and  attended 
the district  school  winters,  until  August 
11,1862,  when he enlisted, as  a  private,  in 
the  sixth  Michigan  Volunteers,  following 
the fortunes of his regiment  until  the  close 
of the war.  He then returned to Muskegon, 
and, for the next three  years,  followed  the 
lakes summers, and worked  in  the  lumber 
woods winters. In 1869, he entered into part­
nership with his brother, L. C. Bradford, and 
under the  firm name of Bradford Bros., car­
ried on a general mercantile business  at  Ra­
venna,  buying out  his brother’s  interest  in 
1870, and removing it to Muskegon, where he 
located in business on Pine street.  In 1872, 
he formed a co-partnership with  D.  G. Car­
penter, which  continued  until  1873,  when 
they launched out in  the  lumber  business, 
Brad, selling out his interest,  shortly  after­
ward, to  Thomas  and  Uriah  Culbert.  He 
then entered the employ of Wm.  Martin,  at 
that  time  proprietor  of the  Muskegon  City 
Mills, where he remained  three  years,  serv­
ing as clerk, book-keeper, and general hand. 
He then removed to Fremont  Center, where 
he  conducted  a  general  business  for  Mr. 
Martin [two years under the firm name of J. 
N.  Bradford  &  Co.,  at  the  expiration  of 
which time the stock was removed  to  Mus­
kegon.  Brad, then entered into partnership 
with Peter  Neil,  engaging  in  the  grocery 
business, disposing of his  interest  the  fol­
lowing spring, and heading toward the silver 
mines of Coloraeo,  where  he  arrived  June, 
1879,  spending  several  months  roaming 
around among the  different  mining  camps. 
His next move was  to engage in the tobacco 
and cigar business,  at  Denver,  selling  out, 
shortly afterward, to wander through Kansas 
and Missouri.  He landed at Grand  Rapids, 
Nov. 4,1879,  and  immediately  entered  the 
employ of Arthur Meigs &  Co.,  then  doing 
business  on  Pearl  street.  At  that time, 
Meigs was buying hay and gram in Indiana, 
and selling them to the Northern  trade,  and 
Brad, was dispatched to the Hosier  State  to 
do the buying.  His first move  involved the 
firm in a lawsuit, one man refusing  to carry 
out  his contract,  although  afterward  com­
pelled  to  payj$517  and costs,  and  recog­
nize the fact that the contract  was  binding. 
Jan. 1, 1870, Brad,  returned  to  the  house, 
and occupied the numerous positions of ship­
ping  clerk,  billing  clerk,  salesman  and 
porter,  taking  a  trip  every  two  weeks  to 
Muskegon and the other  towns  on  the  Big 
Rapids branch.  The next spring he took his 
grips and carried them over the G. R.  &  L 
as  far  north  as  Tustin,  the  F. &  P.  M. 
and east on the D.,  G. H. & M.  Two  years 
ago his route was changed so  as  to  include 
all towns on the C. & W. M.,  north,  but  re­
taining the territory on  the D., G. H. &  M. 
east.  This trade he continues to visit  with 
the regularity of  clock-work.

Mr. Bradford’s chief strength  as  a  sales 
man lies in his ability to  make  friends  and 
hold them.  He handles as many—and prob­
ably more—customers than any other travel­
er out of this market, and sells the same men 
year after year.  He is a thorough  grocery 
man, understands his line,  and  takes  pains 
to post himself on changes and other  points 
bearing on the business.  He  is,  moreover, 
a careful  salesman,  being a  good  judge  of 
the character and responsibility of his trade, 
and is an exceptionally  successful collector 
making comparatively few losses.

On the Easel—W. H.  Downs, L. M.  Mills.

Proof Positive  that Stanwood  is  Alive.
A  Stanwood correspondent writes:
Stanwood is a small town, but  she  is  not 
asleep by any means.  There are a new grist 
mill, a town hall,  and  a  county  house  and 
asylum  in  process  of  construction  at  the 
present  time,  and  several  new  dwelling 
houses, all of which serve to make  business 
lively.  What we want now  is  some  good- 
humored man to start a hotel, as we have no 
regular stopping place.  There is  not a bet­
ter point on the line  of  the  G. R. & I. than 
this for a hotel.  Mr. Tucker has  a building 
for sale that would make a  desirable  hotel. 
We also want a hard  wood  manufactory  of 
some kind, as there is plenty of hard  beech 
and maple in the vicinity  going  to  destruc­
tion every day.  You can judge that  we are 
not asleep when every business man in town 
takes The T radesm an.

Fulfills  What Its  Name  Implies.

#

From the Buffalo Mercantile Review. 

A recent addition to  our  exchanges  may 
be mentioned as The  Michigan  Trades­
man.  This  comparatively  new  journal 
thorougly fulfils what its  name  implies,  be­
ing a carefully edited paper, giving  a  pithy 
weekly digest of the trade transactions of its 
section and state, and original articles of con­
siderable thought and  ability on  matters of 
mercantile interest,  as  well  as  useful legal 
points, and decisions of value to  every busi­
ness man.  The growing and important town 
of Grand Rapids,  where our  new contempo­
rary is published,  is  to be  congratulated on 
possessing such a bright and  faithful  reflec­
tor of its commercial doings,  and  the  pro­
prietors,  the  Messrs.  Stowe,  have  our  sin­
cere good wishes in their  enterprise.

It is estimated that the peanut crop in  the 

South this year will be worth $3,000,000.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

Fred Kern,  general  merchandise,  Frank­

fort:  “I like it.”
_ Geo. E. Herrick,  lumber,  Cadillc:  “ It  is 
O. K., with lumber  quotations. 
Just  what 
I have been wanting.”

E. Gillett, general dealer,  Clear Water, “I 
am very thankful that I have had the oppor­
tunity of reading the valuable Tradesm an. 
I cannot do without it.”

A  Lost Opportunity.

“ How  is 

the  Cadillac  Manufacturing 
Co.? ” asked a reporter of The Tradesman 
of Editor Rindge the other day.

“ Where it started,” was the reply.
Thus does Cadillac  allow  an  exceptional 
opportunity to slip through  her  fingers,  be­
sides permitting the impression to go abroad 
that  her  citizens  have  not  enough  public 
spirit or faith in the future  of  the  place  to 
justify investments that could not fail to im­
mediately benefit the town.

Status of the  Stewart  Matter.

John B.  Rosevelt,  assignee  for  Wm.  H. 
Stewart, at Round  Lake,  presents  the  fol­
lowing report of receipts and disbursements:

R E C E IP T S .

Stock of goods, appraised value........... —  $350
Store  building................................................... 100
Accounts receivable.......................................   50
$800

D ISB U R S EM EN TS .

 

Stock of goods remaining on hand..............$350
Paid for attorney’s fees........................ 
150
Paid for labor.....................................................160
Store  building............................... 
100
Accounts receivable........................................  50
$800
Application will be  made  in  the  Circuit 
Court at Cadillac May 12 for  the  allowance 
of the account and the discharge  of  the  as­
signee,  and  the  release  pf  his  bondsmen. 
Rosevelt asks for $150 as his  compensation.

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for

Jewett's Bird Cases

And quote factory prices.  Send for catalogue

We are Manufacturer’s Agents  for

Ensley PostofELce, Newaygo  County, Mlcliigan.

O .  W.  B L A I N   &   C O .,  General  Agents,

FOR  FULL  PARTICULARS  AND  TERMS  TO  DEALERS,  ADDRESS 

.

Produce  Commission’ Merchants,  Fruits,  Vegetables,  Etc.,

132  Fulton  Street,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  3EIC
Also have 2,500 bushels of the Celebrated White English Sovereign Oats—a sure crop—50 to 90 bushels per acre.

X /3 :T C 3 rA - I \ r .
Price,  75c per bushel.

U. FEETER,

South  Division  Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Dealer  in

-Also-

STAPLE   A N D   F A N C Y   GROCERIES, 

CANNED  A N D   D RIED   FRUITS.
EGGS  AND  BUTTER
A Specialty.  Pays  Cash  on  Receipt of  Prop­

erty.

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

Suine.

Telephone Connection.

RISIN G   S U N

□BEST  ON  THE  MARKET.  EVERYONE USES IT. 
Factories, Seneca Falls, New York.

Sold by all Wholesale Grocers.

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

-DEALERS  IN-

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

ALBERT  COYE  4 SONS,
Awnings,  Tents, |H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  4

—Manufacturers and Jobbers of—

MANUFACTURED  FOR

GRAND  RAPIDS

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

a.  h .  f  o w  l  e ,

HOUSE  DECORATOR 

—And Dealer in—

FINE  WALL  PAPER

Window Shades, Room Mouldings,

Artists’  M aterials  T

Paints, Oils, Glass, Etc.

37 No.  Ionia  Street, South  of  Monroe.
Special  designs  furnished  and  Estimates 
given for interior decoration  and  all kinds of 
stained and ornamental Glass work.

STEAM LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, 

Flags, Banners, Etc.

All  Ducks  and  Stripes  Kept  Constantly  on  Hand.

73  Canal  Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

MICHIGAN. 

J3F”  Send for Prices.

A.  A.  GRIFFEN,

W H OLESALE

Hats, Gaps and Fars

54  MONROE  STREET,

WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO 

CHEHCALS.

G R A N D   R A P ID S,

M ICHIGAN.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

We carry a Larue Stock, and Guarantee Prices 

at Low at Chicago and Detroit.

HAND  OR  MACHINE  MADE  POTS  FOR 

SALE BY THE  PACKAGE  OR  RE­

PACKED  TO  ORDER.

Sold at Manufacturers’  Prices.  Send  for  jA  
'

Price List  at once for the Spring Trade. 

SEEDS

-FOR  THE—

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

-AT-

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAR,

-AT THE-

SBESI>  ST O R E ,

01  Canal  St., Grand  R apids, M ie

W. T. LÀÏOBEAUÎ, A P I

Jew ett’s  Filters,

And quote factory prices.  Send for catalogue

We are also Headquarters for

Grand  Rapids  Wheelbarrows  and

Bacon  &  Priestly  Express  Wagons
All of which  are  sold  at  factory  prices.  We 
would be  pleased to  send» catalogue  to those 
wishing to buy.

We are carrying to-day  as  large  a  stock, 
and filling orders as complete, as  any  house 
in Michigan.

Foster,Stevens Mìo,

