The Michigan Tradesman.

VOL.  1.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  11,  1884.

NO. 38.

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B ill Mason’s Bride.

B R ET  H A R TE .

Half an hour till train time, sir.
An’ a fearful dark time too;
Take a look at the switch-lights,
Fetch in a stick when you’re through.
“ On time ? ”  Well, yes, I guess  so—
Left the last station all right—
She’ll come round the curve a-flyin ;
Bill Mason comes up to-night.

You know Bill?  No!  He’s engineer;
I’ll never forget the  morning 
’T was the summer the mill hands struck,— 
They kicked up a row in the village,

Been on the road all his life,—
He married his chunk of a wife.
Just off work, every one;
And killed old Donovan’s son.

Bill had n’t been married more’n  an  hour, 
Up comes the message from Kress, 
Orderin’ Bill to go up there 
And bring down the night express.
He left his gal in a hurry.
And went up on number one,
Thinking of nothing but Mary 
And the train he had to run.

And Mary sat down by the window 
And, sir, if she had n’t ’a’ done so,

To wait for the night express,
She’d been a widow. I guess.

For it must ’a’been nigh midnight 
They come down, the drunken devils!
But Mary heard ’em a-workin’,
And in less than fifteen minutes,

When the mill-hands left the Ridge,— 
Tore up  a rail from the bridge.
And guessed there was something wrong, 
Bill’s train it would be  along.

She could d’t come here to tell us,
A mile,—it would n’t a done,- 
So she just grabbed up a lantern 
And  made for the bridge  alone.
Then down came the night express, sir,— 
And Bill was makin’ her climb!
But Mary held the lantern 
A-swinging it all the time.

Well, by Jovo!  Bill saw the signal.
And he stopped the night express,
And he found his Mary cryin’.
On the track, in her weddin’ dress,— 
Cryin’ and laughin’  for joy, sir,
An’ holdin’ on to the light,—
Hello!  here’s the train,—good bye, sir:
Bill Mason’s on time to-night.
OUR  TREASURE.

B Y   E L L A   W H E E L E R .

Mollie had been with  us  a month, when 
I 

my  wife  pronounced  her  a  treasure. 
breathed a deep, soul-stirring sigh.

“I could weep—positively  weep,” I  said, 
“and  1  think tears  at this  juncture of  our 
domestic life would not be unmanly.”

“Are you  making  sport  of me?” queried 

Evelyn, my wife, sternly.

“No, far be it  from  my thoughts  to  in­
trude any levity  upon  an  occasion  of this 
kind,” I responded gravely, “after the heart­
rending, blood-curdling,  hair-bleaching and 
purse-reducing experiences  which  we have 
undergone since the day  we  flew  from the 
ills of boarding-house life to those  we knew 
not of; or in other words,  when we  jumped 
from the frying-pan into  the  fire—to  use a 
classic quotation—and  began  to  study  the 
momentous girl question of the day,  with at 
least fourteen belles-of-the-kitchen  as speci­
mens, I will  leave it  to  any  unprejudiced 
person  to say,  if  it  is  not an  occasion  for 
tears, sweet tears, when I hear my  wife an­
nounce  that  our fifteenth  acquisition  is a 
treasure.”

“That sentence was as long as--------
“The list of our numerous  hired girls’ de­
ficiencies,” I ventured, as my wife hesitated 
for a comparison, “for, as  the mythological, 
historical long lane that has no  turn,  which 
I began to think we had found,  my  dear; a 
lane  in  which  we  were  driven  straight 
ahead,  over  chasms  and  bowlders,  by  an 
army of merciless  and  unrelenting  domes­
tics, each armed with some  distinctive,  and 
destructive, and purely individual vice.”

“Vice, John 1” 

repeated my wife, who is 
very choice in her  selection  of  words;  “I 
think you  mean  faults,  dear,  not  vices. 
That is not a nice  word  to  apply  to a  wo­
man!  and  you  must  remember  that  all 
those girls, dreadful  as  they  proved  to be, 
were women like myself.”

“Were they?” I cried,  “were they  indeed, 
Evelyn?” and I laughed a wild, and  I think 
“I  have 
a mocking laugh, as I continued: 
been  laboring  under  the 
impression  that 
they were ‘neither men nor women,  neither 
beast nor human, but were ghouls.’ 
If you 
announce them to be women  like  yourself, 
Evelyn,  I  must  believe  I  was  mistaken, 
either in my former impression  of  them, or 
my present impression of you.”

“John!” ejaculated Evelyn,  “I do  believe 
you are just a littte  insane—a  monomaniac 
as it were—on this subject of  servant  girls. 
What does make you go on so?”

“Because they went on  so,  my  dear. 

I 
began to think they were  the  living  repre­
sentation of Tennyson’s brook.  Men  might 
live and men might die, but  they  went  on 
forever.  A  monomaniac,  indeed!  Had  I 
not been endowed by nature with a  remark­
able—a very  remarkable  brain,  Evelyn— 
you would now have a  raving  maniac  or a 
driveling idiot for  a  husband, as  a  conse­
quence of seven months’ experience in house­
keeping.”

I thought I heard my wife  mutter  some­
thing about the latter being very  near  the 
case now, but 1 ignored it* and proceeded.

“Just  cast  your  mind’s  eye  backward, 
Evelyn, and on the wings of—no,  on  mem­
ory’s horse-car would be a more  fitting sim­
ile—let us go and  review  the past, the sad, 
sad  past.”

interposed  Evelyn. 

“Oh, what is the use  of  wading  through 
heaps of dead ashes, or raking up  old  trou­
bles?” 
“They  were 
bad enough when  we  had  to  live  through 
them.  Now they are past, and  let them lie. 
That is my theory of life; and let us  rejoice 
in our brighter present.”

“But it will  make our present  shine with

♦

a  greater  glory, to 
recall  that  dark  and 
stormy past, mine Evelyn.  It will make our 
Mollie seem  even a rarer treasure, to  place 
her side by side with those  grim and  ghast­
ly  creatures  who brought us such  hours of 
misery.  Dost remember Hannah?”

“1 dost,” responded Evelyn,  falling  into 
my vein, as she always did  sooner  or  later, 
thus proving true the  poet’s  assertion,  that 
“as the husband, so the wife is.”

“I  dost,  but  she  didn’t.  She  scorned 
such menial duties, and sought for her  true 
sphere between the tattered covers  of  dime 
novels, while the dish-water grew  cold with 
despair, waiting to be used.”

“But finally she ‘got up  and  dusted’  be­

cause you complained, did she not?”

“Oh yes, before breakfast on  Monday.” 
“And it was the  mild  and  gentle  Anna 

who came next, I believe.”

“Yes,  the  dove-eyed  gazelle  whom  we 
both felt confident  would, suit  us  at  sight, 
and whose chief fault seemed to be a dreamy 
absent-mindedness.  An  absent-mindedness 
which caused her to put the tea-cups  on for 
breakfast, and to place the creamer and  tea 
urn invariably before the baby’s  plate,  and 
which rendered it necessary  for  her  to  be 
told three times each  day,  where  each  re­
spective member of the family sat.”

“I have given  a  great  deal  of  study  to 
that  girl’s  absent-mindedness,  Evelyn. 
It 
was a curious case.  You remember the day 
she called us to dinner, and when  we  asked 
her where the  meats  and vegetables  were, 
she said she had forgotten to prepare  them? 
I always thought her mind was sort of reach­
ing out after the  unattainable,  as  it were.” 
“Yes, I thought so, too, when I found her 
reaching up to the clothes-line  for  my  best 
silk hose after I had discharged her.”

“Well, you couldn’t blame her  for  want­
ing to lay a stock-in’ for  a  rainy  day,  my 
dear.”

“Fie o-pun  you,  John! 

I  believe  you 
have softening of the  brain, and  hardening 
of the heart.  How was it that our  next ad­
vertisement  read?”

“Wanted, a girl to do general housework; 
one who brings her mind with her preferred; 
inability to set the table  will  be  considered 
sufficient  cause for discharge.  No extra pay 
on account of dime-novel education.”

“And that brought us Belle.  She was so 
well supplied with a mind of  her  own that 
she never minded  me. 
She  spanked  the 
baby before she had been in the house twen­
ty-four hours, because he tracked  her  clean 
floor,  and she left  before  another  twenty- 
four had elasped because I  objected  to her 
taking her rocking-chair and sewing  out on 
the front  veranda  in the  afternoon. 
She 
said if she was  not  good  enough  to sit  on 
the front veranda, she was not good  enough 
to  work 
in  my  kitchen,  and  away  she 
went.”

“Like the cat in the  nursery  rhyme.  Do 
you remember?  I  think  that  one  of  the 
most absurdly fascinating little rhymes ever 
sung to a delighted  baby:

‘The old cat sat in the fodder-stack,
A making of a new night-cap;
She ripped, she tore, she vowed, she swore, 
She swore she wouldn’t sit there any more,
And away she went.  Well, who came next? 
Was it the queen  of  the Carnival  of  Ven­
ice?”

“She who held nightly  receptions  in  the 
kitchen?  She  who entertained  her  sisters 
and her cousins and  her  aunts,  her  uncles 
and her brothers and  her  beaux,  until  the 
wee’ sma’ hours?  It was she;  and  when I 
objected—tremblingly  and  hesitatingly ob­
jected to so much loud hilarity—to  so  late 
an hour every night, she too folded her  tent 
like the Arab and stole  away.”

“And next?”
“Nancy  came  next.  You  remember 
Nancy; her  offence  was  Shakspearean;  it 
smelled  to  heaven!  Ugh!  wasn’t  she  a 
filthy creature?”

“Remember  her?  I  should  say  1  did, 
Evelyn.  You may break,  you  may shatter 
the rose if you will,  but  the  scent  of  that 
servant girl lingers there still.  But I believe 
she was more tractable  than  her  predeces­
sors.  She listened to your  suggestions, and 
endeavored to profit by them.”

“Tractable?  Yes, she  made  tracks  very 
soon I believe, after I had  suggested  to her 
the propriety of being a little neater  in her 
dress, and;[discovered  her  sailing  forth  to 
church the next evening, decked in my India 
shawl and best bonnet.”

“Evelyn, I  fear  you were  unreasonable 
with  that girl.  You nipped her early efforts 
at reform  in the  bud.  You  crushed  her 
young ambition. 
She had  listened  grate­
fully to your suggestions  about  her  dress, 
and she strove earnestly to  please  you.  A 
less thoughtful^or ambitious girl might  have 
selected your  second best  bonnet and  your 
common  street  jacket  to  wear.  Not  so 
Nancy.  Anxious  to prove to  you her  ear­
nest effort at reform, she  made  a choice of 
the best garments your  wardrobe  afforded, 
and yet you were  dissatisfied  with  her. 
] 
do not wonder she went away.”

“Nor I, John. 

I never  wondered  a min­
ute over that girl’s departure. 
It  seemed to 
me  the  most  natural  occurrence  in  the 
world.”

“Dinner is served.”
It was a low sweet voice  that  made  the 
announcement,  and  a  bright,  handsome 
youthful face beamed upon us for a moment 
at the doorway, and then vanished. 
It was

the voice and face of Mollie,  our treasure.

We went out to the  dinning-room  to find 
an exquisitely arranged table,  every  detail 
perfect,  and  a  dinner  which  would  have 
done credit to a French cook.

“Now,  isn’t  this  delightful?”  exclaimed 
Evelyn,  “and  Mollie  has  done it  all  her­
self ;  I never went into the kitchen once to­
day.  She says if I give her  an idea of  the 
style of  dinner  we  want,  it  is  all  she re­
quires.”

“And she is on time, too,”  I said, looking 
at my watch.  “That is a startling  virtue in 
itself.”

“I tell you stye  is a  treasure,  John;  and 
she  is  so  young,  too;  not  over  twenty,  I 
think.”

“But I  am  afraid  she  will  soon have  a 
host of followers.  She is almost too pretty.
It must be that a ghastly  fault  links  some­
where about her. 
If she does  not  disclose 
one  soon,  I  shall  fear  death  is  about  to 
clutch me, and this  is the  hour  of  respite 
granted me before I die.  No doubt the trou­
ble will come through her followers.”

“Oh, no! 

that is all arranged  now.  She 
is engaged to a young fellow about  her own 
age;  the grocer’s clerk, I believe lie  is.  He 
comes here twice each week in the  evening, 
and stays till ten o’clock.  That  is  all the 
company she  has,  save  her  sister  and  an 
aunt who have called twice since she came.” 
“Well, if she  is  engaged,  then  she’ll be 
getting married and leaving us to  the  mer­
cies of the cold and cruel world  again.”

“Oh,  no, not for  two  or three  years  at 
least,  she  says. 
She  talked  to  me  very 
frankly and sweetly about  it;  told me  this 
young man was her lover, and the  only fol­
lower she had. 
I do not like his face,  he is 
not her equal, I am sure.  He  seems  like a 
common sort of fellow, but she  is  evidently 
very fond of him, and 1 am sure I would far 
rather she should see one lover twice a week 
than  have  a  variety  coming  here  at  all 
times.”

As the days wore on, our  treasure  devel­
oped new and admirable qualities;  she won 
the baby’s heart completely, so  that  he was 
perfectly content to be with her for  hours at 
a tim e.'

She was  a  model  of  neatness,  and  so 
pretty and bright in her  fresh,  quaint little 
cap, that  all  our  visitors  immediately  ex­
pressed admiration for  our domestic.  Then 
she was always smiling, and her work seem­
ed to be a real enjoyment  to  her. 
I never 
sawr her look cross or irritable, no matter how 
tired  she was,  and  she  never  complained 
when a houseful of company dropped  in up­
on us as was  frequently the  case, and  ac­
cepted almost with reluctauce,  and  always 
with profuse thanks,  such  extra  fees  as I 
gave her at these times.

“What a blessing she is!”  Evelyn said to 
me over and over.  “I  am  growing  absolu­
tely fond of her.”

“So am  I--------,”  I  began,  but  Evelyn

paralyzed me with a look.

“I will monopolize that part of  the house­

hold affairs, if you please.” she  said.

“But  I  can’t  help a growing  feeling  of 
fondness for a person  who  manages a  fur­
nace as she does,” I  pleaded. 
“You know 
how we have alternately frozen  and  broiled 
until Mollie  came.  Now the  temperature 
is just right always—and I am not called be­
low a dozen times each day to explain  or ex­
plore the furnace.  And she saves  fuel, too; 
and so I can forgive her if she  let  the  gro­
cer’« bill assume rather  formidable  dimen­
sions of late.”

“But,  John,  you  must  remember  how 
much company  we have  been  having;  and 
you always want the best of everything, you 
know.  So don’t blame Mollie  if  the  gro­
cer’s bill is  rather large.”

“Oh, I don’t blame Mollie for anything;  I 
don’t believe I would find  fault with her for 
anything less than murdering the  baby, she 
is such a treasure.”

“ Am I to understand from  that  assertion 
that you w’ould smile upon her if she put me 
out of the way?  I presume you  would, sir. 
but I can assure you she is too  fond  of her 
great lout of a lover, to give you one thought 
if I were dead a dozen  times.  Queer  that 
such a nice girl should love such a  specimen 
as he is.”

“He possesses one characteristic of  a gen­
tleman, he smokes good cigars.  The  kitchen 
was redolent with  the smoke  of  first-class 
havanas last evening after he  went  away.” 
“I am glad to hear that,” laughed Evelyn. 
“For that is an indication  of  extravagance, 
and  if  he is  extravagant, he  cannot  very 
soon be in a  position  to take  Mollie  away 
from us.  She says she will neyer marry him 
until they have  together  saved  enough  to 
procure a little home.”

One night after Mollie had  been  with us 
three months, she saved the  house  from be­
ing broken  into  by  burglars.  Our  house­
dog, who  always  barked  on  the  slightest 
provocation,  made  so  unusual  a protest at 
sounds which Evelyn and I slept through all 
unconsciously,  that  Mollie  arose  and  in­
spected the  mansion,  and  awakened  me a 
few minutes later, her brown eyes wide with 
fear.

“I saw  a  man  drop  from  the  slanting 

roof,” she said,  “and take  to  his heels.
know some  one  was  trying  to  enter  the 
house.”

“And but for your watchfulness  and, your 
nerve, ,be would have succeeded  no  doubt,”

I said.  And then, after the fashion of brave 
men, when the burglar has gone, I arose and 
made a thorough investigation  of the house. 
Turned on all the gas  jets and  slammed all 
the doors as if to say,

“Who’s afraid?—not I.”
During the next week I kept  a  brace  of 
in  my  room,  but  slept  soundly 
pistols 
through all  the  noises of  the  night. 
If I 
happened to hear the dog bark I turned over 
with a contented consciousness  that  Mollie 
would hear and  investigate.  And like the 
man who crept downstairs behind  the  shel­
ter of his wife’s  skirts at a similar juncture,
I thought, “It would be a very  mean  burg­
lar who would harm a woman, anyhow. ”

Six weeks later Mollie aroused us early in 
the morning  with  the  startling  announce­
ment that the house had been robbed.  All 
the solid silver was  gone  from the  dining­
room and the window was wide open.

I sprang to my feet and made a clutch for 
my clothing, which hung over a chair.  Yes, 
my purse, which I had  left  in one  pocket, 
containing $25, was gone.

Just then Evelyn moaned:  “Oh, my rings 
I  left  them on  the

and brooch are gone! 
dresser and they are not here!”

“Oh, Evelyn!” I cried, “how foolish  and 
careless  you  were to  leave  your  jewelry 
there.”

“Yes,  dear,”  Evelyn  answered  meekly, 
“I ought to have put it with your  watch un­
der the pillow,” and  as  she spoke  she  re­
moved both pillows and  disclosed  the  fact 
that my watch, too, was  missing.

“It would have been easier for  the  burg­
lars if  we  had  only  put  everything  they 
wanted in one place, you know,” Evelyn ad­
ded, maliciously, “and I am so glad you had 
your pistols handy, John,  dear.”

Mollie in the meantime had disappeared— 
possibly at the juncture when I made a wild 
rush for my  clothing—and  she  now  reap­
peared with tear-wet eyes.  “My  room was 
entered,  too,”  she  said,  “and  $2  of  my 
money taken, and my gold ring.”

“Never mind, I’ll  make it  all  right with 
you,” I said, “but how was it that you  slept 
through it all, Mollie?”

“I don’t know—only it had been washing- 

day and I was very  tired.”

“And did you hear the dog at all?”
“No;  I don’t believe he  barked. 

I  can’t 
understand it.  Perhaps  they had  drugged 
him during the day or something.”

Of course  I sent  for the  police,  and  of 
course they took an inventory  of the  rooms 
and the missing articles, and of  course they 
looked wise and knowing, and of course that 
was the last of it. 
I paid Mollie  her $2 and 
her lover, Jim, supplied another  ring short­
ly, and the domestic  machinery  went on as 
before.

“John,” said Evelyn one day to  me, “you 
must stop  smoking  so  much, or  you’ll  be 
paralyzed one of these days. 
It is perfectly 
awful the  amount  of  cigars that you  con­
sume.”

I don’t smoke any more than  I used to,”
I said, “I have kept just  about  so-so  for a 
good many years.”

“Why, John, you  deceive yourself!  You 
have no idea how the habit is gaining  upo n 
I know by the quantity of  cigars that 
you. 
are brought to the house. 
Just  look  over 
your last two or three months’  accounts and 
see for yourself.”

“Well, I will,” I said, and  I  brought out 
my books.  Evelyn  looked  over  my  shoul­
der.

“Cigars, 14  ult.  ;  cigars,  20;  cigars,  25; 

cigars  29,”  etc.

was a box of cigars.”

“You see,” she said, “and  every  time  it 

“Well, where  are  they  now?” 

I  asked 

blankly.

“Echo answers, ‘Where?’ ”  replied  Eve­
lyn.  “You have  smoked  them  up,  John. 
You did not realize how the habit was  gain­
ing upon you, but I did  when  I saw  those 
boxes come into the house day after day and 
as speedily become empty.”

“Maybe I get up in the night and smoke,” 
I said, .“but surely,  Evelyn, dear,  I  am not* 
conscious of smoking any oftener than I did 
a year ago.”

“Well, they vanish, and  I  know I   don’t 
smoke ’em, and there  are the figures  before 
you,”  was  Evelyn’s  conclusive  rejoinder. 
“Talk about grocery bills. 
Just  you  say a 
word again, if you dare,  about expenses.”

“I won’t mention it, I assure you,”  1  an­
swered meekly.  “If  you  will  drop  the ob­
noxious subject, I will.  Shake!” and I held 
out my hand.

“No,  I’ll not make  any  such  compact,” 
laughed Evelyn,  drawing  her hand  away. 
“I’ll talk about it until I  see some  signs  of 
reform on your part.”

“I am  afraid, dear, the fire of my fesolves 

will all end in smoke.”

1 paid all  my bills by checks  on the bank' 

where I deposited my money.

My  wife frequently sent  Mollie to  make 
household  purchases,  providing  her with a 
check out of  which  the  butcher  or  baker 
took payment, returning the  change.

One night my wife and I were  enjoying a 
pleasant tete-a-tete in our  neat and  orderly 
home,  after  an 
elegantly-served  dinner, 
when a man desired  to see  me at the  door, 
on business.

I was Mr. Smith, our baker.
“I  called  to see  you  about  this  little 
check,” he said.  “The bank refused to take

it, saying it was not your signature.” 
I took the check, and looked at  it.

The
amount was five  dollars,  made  payable  to 
bearer, and my name in  full signed.  But it 
was not my penmanship,  though  an  excel­
lent forgery.

“Who gave you this check?” I asked. 
“Why your girl,  Mollie.  You  know she 
always brings  checks  in  payment  for what 
she gets, and I give  her  the  change.  Yes­
terday  she  brought  this and got a  can  of 
oysters. 
I told  her the  signature  was  not 
natural, but she said you scratched  it off  in 
a great  hurry, just as  you  were  going  out. 
The bank, however,  desires your  word  for 
its authenticity before cashing it.”

Evelyn had come into the hall  during the 
conversation, and we looked  at  each  other 
in dumb amazement.  Was  Mollie, our trea­
sure a forger?

“Call Mollie, Evelyn,”  I said.
We all went  into the library to  await her 

“I have concluded that I will take  a part­
ing glance at the contents  of your  trunk be­
fore you go,” she said.

Mollie resisted stoutly, but  Evelyn,  with 
the quiet force of a strong calm  nature, pro­
ceeded with her investigations.  And what 
do you think she found, down at the bottom 
of  everything?

Why, all our silver forks, which  we  had 
supposed taken by the burglars.  This  was 
the last straw.  Evelyn insisted  upon  plac­
ing her in the custody of the police at  once, 
and letting the law take its course.  She was 
guilty of two crimes—forgery and complicity 
in  housebreaking.

But when it came to the  final issue, Eve­
lyn  had not the heart to proceed.  All  Mol- 
lie’s priceless virtues  arose before  us  both, 
and plead for her.  We concluded to  let her 
go with her blasted reputation  as  her  only 
punishment

Just before she.took her departure  I said 

coming.

She came—pretty, neat, smiling, with  her 
bright honest eyes, a picture of youth, sweet­
ness and virtue.

“Mollie, did you present this check to M r. 
Smith yesterday,  and tell  him I wrote  my 
name in a great  hurry, and  get  the  money 
upon it?”

Mollie looked from one to the  other, grew, 
a shade paler, and then said calmly, “Yes, I 
did.”

“Did you write my  name  to  that  check, 

Mollie?”

“Yes, I did.”
“Where did you get the check?’4 
“I took it from  your  bank-book  when I 

cleaned up the library one day.”

“Did you ever do such a thing before?” 
Mollie  hesitated.
“Speak!  Remember this is a  state’s pris­
on crime, and your  only  salvation  lies  in 
confession.”

“Yes, I have written  your  name  to two 

checks.”

“Mr. Smith,” I said,  “I  will  settle  this 

matter with you another time.”
Mr. Smith took his departure.
“Mollie,” said  Evelyn,  “come  with  me. 
If you  will 

I want to examine your trunk. 
forge, you will steal.”

to  her:

“Mollie, as a last  parting  confidence  be­
tween two souls with but a  single  thought, 
tell me how you managed to  keep  the  dog 
quiet the night you admitted  the burglars.”
“I  shut  him  in  my  room,”  she  replied, 
and then the door closed  upon  “our  treas­
ure” forever.

Steer Out of the  Old  Ruts.

From the American Storekeeper.

To our thinking, there  is no  business er­
ror more needful of “airing” than that of the 
old-time method of storekeeping,  as  carried 
on by too many of our  merchant  friends at 
the present time. 
If  it  were a  matter of 
politics or religion, we would  not  so  much 
blame a man for  adhering  to the  teachings 
of his father; but in this matter of  merchan­
dising, he must either  keep  pace  with the 
times or become one of that  numerous fami­
ly of old fogies,  who,  being  satisfied  that 
their wheels fit in the old-time ruts,  are wil­
ling to squander the best years of  their lives 
at making a bare living, when, with a  little 
energy and  sharp-sightedness, 
they  might 
stand some show of successfully  competing 
with those wide-awake  chaps  in  the  same 
towns, who are now selling  ten  dollars  to 
their one.

me, Mollie?” asked  Evelyn.

Sheets,  pillow-cases,  stockings,  ribbons,

“How long have  you been  stealing  frohi 

Mollie followed my wife without  a  word, 
and unlocked her trunk.  Nothing  short of 
Noah’s ark  ever  contained  the  variety  of 
articles that were found in that trunk. 

We do not ask  of these  merchants  any­
thing that is impossible,  or  that  which can 
be accomplished only by the gifted few; but 
instead of sitting around with an  air of self-
satisfaction, we would have them continually 
laces,  handkerchiefs,  napkins,  tea,  coffee, I on the alert for any possible improvement in
their manner of  store-keeping.  We would 
and sugar were  a few of the items.
advise them to occasionally  change  (so far 
as practicable)  the appearance of their stores. 
Do  not be satisfied to see  that  same  brand 
of soap  located  in that  same spot  for  the 
next eighteen  months—put  it  somewhere 
else,  and  try  another  article  there  for  a 
month.  Do not  you  know that every time 
you change the  arrangement  of  your stock 
you invariably give it  a  thorough  dusting, 
and that it then takes on the  appearance of 
new stock?

Mollie was silent  and sullen.
“Mollie,” I said,  “unless  you  are  frank 
and full in your confessions it  will  go  hard 
with you. 
If you make a  clean breast of it 
we may forgive you,  and  grant  you a  new 
trial.”

“Ever since I first  came here.”
“What did you take at  first?  You must 

tell me everything, Mollie.”

Mollie was  silent.
“Did you begin  with  small  packages  of 

tea and sugar?” asked  Evelyn gently.

“Yes, m’am.”
“And you increased  them  until,  of  late, 
you have taken five, or six, or seven, or eight 
pounds each month?”

“Yes, m’am, I think I took ten  pounds of 

sugar the last month.”

“What did you do  with it?”
“I gave it to my aunt and my sister.”
I groaned aloud.  “No wonder  I thought 
the grocer’s  bill  growing,  Evelyn. 
If  thé 
author of John Halifax,  Gentleman,  had fa 
domestic like Mollie, whose  relatives  were 
fond of green tea, she  must  have  been  the 
inspiration of the poem ‘Green Things Grow­
ing.’ ”  And then an inspiration  seemed to 
strike  me.

“Mollie,  did*you  take  any  cigars?”  1 

queried in a tender, insinuating voice.

“Yes, sir.”
“Lots of cigars, Mollie,  to  give  to  your 
beau Jim?  Did  you  keep  him  well  sup­
plied?”

“Yes, sir.”
“Aha! 

I  cried. 

Evelyn!” 

“Truth 
crused to earth will rise  again.  Virtue re­
ceives its reward at last.  Evelyn,  beg  my 
pardon.”

“John, how can you jest at such  a  time?” 
almost  sobbed  Evelyn,  “I  feel  perfectly 
heart-broken.  Mollie,  you  can  pack  and 
go, we will not  arrest  you—but  leave  the 
house at once.”

“Evelyn, that  is unkind,”  I  said. 

“We 
must show this girl  mercy.  Let us give her 
one more trial.”

“Very well,  Mollie,  you can  stay if  my 
husband desires it.  We will hush this  mat­
ter up, and never speak of it, but  remember 
if one cent’s worth of  anything  is  missing 
from the house you will be held  responsible 
for it and discharged in  disgrace.  But we 
will give you one  more  opportunity  to  re­
deem your reputation.”

“Thank you,”  answered  Mollie,  meekly. 
But the next morning  she  came to  us to 

say that she had decided not to remain.

“Othello’s occupation’s gone,”  said  Eve­
lyn. 
“She  won’t  stay  if  she  can’t  steal. 
And to think how we loved and trusted that 
girl!”

After Mollie had been in her  room  some 
time, Evelyn suddenly made her appearance 
there also. 

; . v,

Another noticeable  feature  in the  well- 
kept store is that of putting  “price  tickets” 
on some of the important items.  The mere 
fact  of the merchant  not  being  afraid  to 
show his prices in plain figures, is  in  itself 
enough to inspire his  customers  with  confi­
dence, and even  though but  a  few  of the 
articles are so marked,  the  customers  will 
naturally understand that the balance of the 
prices cannot be far from right.
□The outward appearance of a store  has  a 
great deal more  to do  with  its  patronage 
than many  of the merchants  would  really 
believe.  As “the face is the  mirror  of Ae 
soul,” so it might be said “the window is me 
index to the store,”  and he  who  leaves his 
windows for the rain  to  wash is  generally 
the one whojsits beside the stove (in summer 
time) wondering why he was born  to  have 
such hard  luck.

Merchants, steer out of the old ruts.

One  of tlie  Trials of the  Dry  Goods  Clerk.
An exasperated dry goods salesman writes 
as follows of one  of  the  “peculiarities”  of 
his  customers:

We have  to  endure  a  great  deal  at  the 
hands of those ladies why never buy.  Those 
people take  up  valuable  time,  and  a  good 
part of our energies is directed to  the  effort 
to circumvent them.  The  minute  an  “old 
timer” comes up to the counter she is instant­
ly recognized by some one  of  the  salesmen 
and the warning signal, a tap on the counter,  • 
is passed along the line.  Then we have some 
fun.  The “old timer” will  call  for,  say,  a 
certain shade of yellow.  She is told it is not 
in stock.  “Oh,  what a pity!” she exclaims, 
“that is just what I wanted.  If you had it I 
would buy sixteen yards  of  it.”  Then it  is 
the next man’s turn.  He  comes up  accord­
ingly and tells the first salesman  that  he  is 
mistaken, and that  there  is  still  a  bolt  of 
twenty yards of  that  identical  stuff  in  the 
store.  He brings it forward and lays it down. 
You  would  think  the  shopper  who never 
buys would be disconcerted at  this  turn  of 
affairs.  Not a bit of  it.  She says  smiling­
ly,  “Oh, that is just  what  I  want.  Lay  it 
aside for me, and I will see  my  dressmaker 
and find just how many yards she needs,and 
to-morrow I’ll come back and buy it.”  Then 
she departs  with  a  simper,  but  she  never 
comes  back.  We  amuse  ourselves  in  this 
way, but  it  is  a  terrible  nuisance  all  the 
same.

Chas.  BurmeistCr,  the  Frankfort  grocer, 
was married atManitowac, Wis., on the 28th, 
to Miss Hattie Piening, one  of  Wisconsin’s 
fairest daughters.

F. 

P. Wilmarth has bought the interest  of 

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LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Company quote f. o. b. cars as 
follow:
Uppers, 1 inch................................per M $44 00
Uppers, 1%., iy2 and 2 inch.......................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch...........................................  35 00
Selects, Hi, 114 and 2  inch.......................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch..............................   30 00
Shop, 1 inch................. 
20 00
Fine, Common, V/i, VA and 2 inch...........  32 00
No. 1 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 16 feet......  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.......................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet......................  15 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.......................  14 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
widths and lengths..............................   9 00
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 A 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 16f t ... 11 00@11 50 
$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.
XXX18 in.  Thin................................... 

iX X X  18 in. Standard Shingles............   3 50

XXX16 in.............................................  3 00
o. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles............   2 00
No. 2or 5 in. C. B. 16  in...........................   1 75
Lath  ........................................................   2 00
COAL AND  BUILDING MATERIALS.

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A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  ST0WEu Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  11,1884.

f i r   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.

A Detroit paper  states  that  “the  people 
of Grand Ledge are agitating the question of 
establishing a cheese factory at that  place.” 
If  the  people  of  Grand  Ledge  are  wise, 
they  will  let  that question severely alone— 
for the present season, at  least.

The United States Controller  of  the Cur­
rency does not take a  gloomy  view of  the 
future.  On the  contrary,  he  expresses the 
opinion that the outlook  is  full of  encour­
agement.  He anticipates  that  with  the re­
turn  of  confidence,  money  will  be  found 
flowing in its usual channels.  The  reports 
from the  Bank  Examiners  show  that  the 
country banks are in good condition.

Sensational advertising has lately obtained 
such a wide hold  with  both  the  wholesale 
and  retail  trade  that  the  following  plain 
statement of facts, from the advertisement of 
a retail dealer,  will be hailed  with  satisfac­
tion:

I have no special facilities for purchasing; 
I get goods as I can and sell them as I please; 
I am willing to be undersold by  those  doing 
business for.fun;  my stock is not mammoth; 
I don’t get goods every  train;  everything  is 
not nobby, and just the thing you  want, and 
it wrenches me to show goods  and  not  sell 
them.

Hall & Co.,  Chicago,  send  The Trades­
man samples of Lantz’s Credit  Coupons  for 
retail merchants, for which  they are general 
agents.  The  books  are  put  up  similar to
1,000  mile  railway  tickets,  containing  per­
forated slips for various amounts, from 2  to 
50 cents, aggregating from $2 to $50.  On  a 
fly leaf, there is a blank note form, which  is 
filled out and signed by the customer.  This 
system greatly simplifies  book-keeping,  and 
renders unnecessary the use  of  pass  books, 
reducing the credit business as far as  possi­
ble to a  cash  basis.

Iu the current  number  of  Scandinavia, 
Mr. N. C. Frederiksen,  the  editor,  presents 
an erudite review of “The Commerce of Den­
mark,” taking the ground that  the  commer­
cial  drummer  first came  into  existence  in 
connection with the Danish trade of Lubeck, 
Hamburg  and  Bremen,  about  1820.  The 
jobbers of those cities at that time controlled 
nearly all the wholesale trade  of  Denmark, 
furnishing the necessary credit to the provin­
cial  merchants,  and  holding  the  trade  by 
sending  traveling  representatives  around 
among the retailers  regularly.

Tiie  tale  of  domestic affliction  and  mis 
placed confidence from  the pen of the gifted 
poet,  Ella  Wheeler,  published  on  another 
page under the caption  of  “Our  Treasure,” 
contains a  warning  that  grocers,  butchers, 
bakers—in fact all business  men—would  do 
well to remember.  While it is not  assumed 
that  any  considerable number  of  servant 
girls are “on the  make,” it is nevertheless  a 
fact that  instances of that mania have  been 
of too frequent occurence of late,  and that a- 
careful scrutiny and comparison of  all  bills 
with previous purchases may result in discov­
eries that will incur the lasting  gratitude  of 
the consumer.

A  Desirable Customer.

“There’s a party I’d rather  sell  than  any 
other concern in the country,” said  a  Canal 
street jobber, pointing to an order  from  the 
West Michigan Lumber Co.  “Those fellows 
buy enormously, but are as  shrewd  as  men 
can be.  We never hear anything from them 
until  about the 3d or 4th  of  the  succeeding 
month, when we get a New  York  draft  for 
the amount of our bills for  the  month,  and 
a blank receipt form, which we are requested 
to sign and return unfolded. 
It’s  red  tape, 
to be sure, but it’s business all the same.”

The  Gripsack Brigade.

On the Easel—Geo. H.  Seymour,  Manley 

Jones,  L.  C. Bradford.

D. C. Underwood’s new house on Wealthy 
avenue is  rapidly  approaching  completion.
A. B. Smitii, Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.’s  new 
traveler, left Monday  for  a trip through  the 
Saginaw Valley.

The  reference  to  “Red  Headed”  Dave 
Smith a couple of weeks ago should have read 
“Magenta Headed.”

Ira Z. Mason, traveling representative  for 
Clark, Baker & Co., the  Adrian  cheese  and 
pork jobbers, interviewed the Grand  Rapids 
trade last week.

S.  A. Sheldon, general western  traveling 
agent for the Jackson  Wagon  Works,  left 
Monday  for  an  all  summer  trip  through 
Iowa, Nebraska and  Illinois.  He  was ac­
companied by his wife.

Harry McDowell, traveling representative 
for the McCord &  Bradfield  Furniture  Co., 
returned Saturday from a trip through  Ohio 
and Western New York, and left  to-day for 
a run through Wisconsin and  Minnesota.

C. E. Morgan, formerly Indiana land  Ohio 
representative for Jennings & Smitii, but for 
the past year in the employ of  Chicago  and 
Detroit houses, has re-engaged to  travel for 
Jennings & Smith, covering  the  same terri­
tory as formerly.

AMONG THE TRADE.

I N   T H E   C IT Y .

Sid F. Stevens, of Foster,  Stevens  &  Co., 
has gone East for a fortnight’s rest and  rec­
reation.

One of the Messrs  Brett  Bros.,  saw  mill 
operators at Ashton, was in town  Saturday, 
placing lumber and table  legs.

The election of A. J. Bowne,  of Hastings, 
to the  presidency  of  the  Fourth  National 
Bank, of this city, makes the  fifth  bank  of 
which he is president

C. E. Blakeley succeeds  Blakeley  & Pow­
ers in the hardware business on South Divis­
ion street.  Frank E.  Powers  has  taken a 
position as bookkeeper for  Clark, Jewell & 
Co.

The assignees of Wetzell Bros,  state  that 
they are slowly bringing matters to a  focus. 
All of the creditors are  gradually wheeling 
into line and agreeing to the  compromise of­
fered.

Referring  to the  innumerable  judgments 
now being rendered  against  Messmore,  the 
Leader is led to remark:  “These judgments 
against  Messmore  are  piling  up,  and they 
are worth about 10 cents a  bushel.”

Geo. R.  Nash,  formerly  with  Curtiss  & 
Dunton,  later  with  the  Fourth  National 
Bank, has  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother, Homer, assistant cashier at the  lat­
ter institution, under the firm name  of Geo. 
R. Nash & Co., and purchased  the  clothing 
stock and business formerly conducted Lyon 
&  Gray.

The marked success that has attended the 
sale of the Leonard refrigerator this season— 
all but about 100 of the 1,200 turned out this 
year having been disposed of up to date—has 
led the inventor to think that 3,000 can be dis­
posed of to advantage  next  season,  and  he 
will accordingly organize  a  stock  company 
to conduct their manufacture.  Chas.  Leon­
ard will of course hold a major  part  of  the 
stock and his brothers, Frank and Fred, will 
be associated with him in  the  organization.
On May 10 M. C. Russell  and  I. O. Green 
& Co.  each  contracted  with  W.  W.  Rose, 
agent for Hull & Keddie, fruit merchants at 
New York, for a carload of lemons at a very 
low price.  No word  having [.been  received 
from the firm, and no shipment [having been 
made up to a week ago, Green & Co. garnish­
ed Putnam & Brooks,  who  have  extensive 
business relations with  the  firm,  for  $300, 
the amount of the supposed  margin  on the 
order and the damages resulting  from  non­
fulfillment of contract.

At one time John Wmgler  controlled the 
largest  retail  grocery  business  in  Lowell, 
but of late years un-business-like habits have 
brought about a reversal of his former  busi­
ness success, and the  temporary  absence of 
Winglar one day last week gave  rise  to the 
report  that  he  had  “shipped,”  whereupon 
his father-in-law  attached  the  stock  for  a 
claim of $400.  John Caulfield  then  wheel­
ed into line with a claim  for  $210,  Foster, 
Stevens & Co., to the tune of $200, and Wm. 
Sears & Co., with a claim for $150.  On Sat­
urday, however, Wingler put in  an  appear­
ance and began talking  compromise  on  the 
basis of 50 per cent., but as those  who have 
attached  the stock  have no  disposition  to 
jeopardise their claims  by  discharging  the 
attachments, it is  extremely  unlikely  that 
any further move will be made  in  the  mat­
ter.

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

S.  Rodman,  milliner  at  Ionia,  is  selling 

out.

is selling  out.

E. S. Kelly, hafdware dealer at St. Joseph, 

Stephen Ford, proprietor of the  10c  store 

at Bangor, is  dead.

business at Manistee.

burgh, have sold out.

N. Hersburg has  started  in  the  clothing 

Buell & Taylor, general  dealers  at  Stam- 

C.  II. Nichols has opened a  cigar  and  to­

bacco store at Cadillac.

R. 1. lies succeeds Russell &  lies  in  the 

drug business at Ithaca.

Wm. Culver will shortly engage in the gro­

cery business at  Sturgis.

Frank Quick has  started  a  confectionery 

and cigar store at  Tustin.

Heilner Bros., late of Edmore, have  start­

ed a bakery at Mancelona.

J. J. Adams, the Bellaire grocer, will erect 

a fine residence tl^is  season.

A. L. Crabb, general dealer at Sand Lake, 

has sold out to C. O. Cain.

A. E. Pulver  has  opened  a  grocery  and 

provision store at Traverse City.

Julius Franklin, formerly a  general deal­

er at Crapo, has gone to Bay  City.

Dr. Gus. Meyers, late of St. Louis, has en­

gaged in the drug business at Sears.

Scoville, Rich & Woodron  have  started  a 

confectionery establishment at Manistee.

Sampson & Drury are building an addition 
to their store at Cadillac, 36 feet  feet  deep.
L.  W. Schimmel & Co.,  crockery  dealers 
at Muskegon, have assigned to Louis  Shim- 
mel.

A.  G. Miller succeeds Washburn &  Miller 
in the cigar  and  confectionery  business  at 
Hart.

L. P. Swift, the Crapo general dealer, has 
closed out his stock and will shortly remove 
from the place.

Elliott Stone has purchased Irving Force’s 
meat market at Cedar  Springs  and  consoli­
dated it with his own.

J. H. Bradish  (Mrs.  C.  J.)  has  sold  his 
boot and shoe and harness  business at  Sand 
Lake to Jas. S. Barker.

Patch Bros.,  having  sold  out  their  drug 
stock at S t Johns, to Wilson & Fildew, have 
started in anew at Salt  River.

Mr. Pennock in the grocery firm of  H.  Pen- 
nock & Sons.  The new  firm  will  be  Pen­
nock & Wilmarth.

McLeod  &  Trautman  Bros,  and  Nevins 
Bros., Moline, have sold out their  hardware 
stocks to Snow & Cook, who have engaged in 
the hardware business at that place.

E. T. VanOstrand has sold his drug  busi­
ness  at  Allegan  to  Garrod  &  Messenger, 
druggists, who will continue business at both 
stores.  Mr. VanOstrand will go West.

Mary Torbert, late  of  St.  Louis,  has  en­
gaged in the millinery business at Lakeview. 
H. E. Benton  has  started  a restaurant, and 
Chas. H. Bushley a meat market at the same 
place.

Rial V. McArthur has bought  the grocery 
stock and  business  of  B.  N.  Pettengill  at 
Rockford.  The rapidity with  which  these 
gentlemen  make exchanges similar  to - the 
above is sufficient to keep a small-ftized mer­
cantile  agency busy.

The completed inventory of  the  John  R. 
Ladd estate at Hersey reveals $2,600  liabili­
ties,  $400 worth of book accounts, and about 
$400 worth of stock since the exemption has 
been  withdrawn. 
It is doubtful if creditors 
will realize to exceed 20 per cent.

O. W. Shattuck, grocer ot A. S. Packard’s 
Mills, Covert, is succeeded by F. O. Shattuck 
and  S.  D.  Kenney, [the  new  firm having 
built a new store, and  arranged  to  carry  a 
general stock of goods.  Spring & Company 
and Shields, Bulkley & Lemon furnished the 
stocks.

S T R A Y   F A C T S .

J. C. Bayne has started a restaurant at Big 

Rapids.

store at LeRoy.

dock at Charlevoix.

Margaret Briggs  has  started  a  millinery 

Chicago capitalists will build  a  large  dry 

David Lewis has engaged in the merchant 

tailoring business at Lakeview.

Shallier & Son, hotel and  saloon  keepers 
at Olivet, are succeeded by  Henry  Shallier.
Shaw  &  Webster,  of  Big  Rapids,  have 
bought out Jas. Phillips, street sprinkler and 
ice dealer.

Wilkenson & Sheperd have engaged in the 
rag business at Charlevoix, putting six teams 
on the road.

J. G. Peterson has erected a new  store  at 
Ironton, and engaged in general  trade,  put­
ting in a $3,000  stock.

The Cadillac News  states  that  a  veneer 
and panel manufactory is shortly  to  be  es­
tablished at that place.

Cedar Springs Clipper: The Cedar Springs 
Cheese Factory is up and in fine working op* 
der, making cheese of good  quality.

John Maloney, manufacturer  of  salt and 
shingles at  Midland,  has  made  an  assign­
ment to Michael Ryan, his son-in-law.

Muskegon is a good place for tanneries as 
bark can be had more cheaply there than al­
most anywhere else and  hides  may  be  had 
in abundance.

W. N. Adsit & Co., agricultural implement 
dealers at Traverse City, have dissolved, Mr. 
Skinner retiring.  The business will be con­
tinued by W. N. Adsit.

S.  W.  Brown  and  Geo.  Lyons have ex­
changed their Altona property gor the flour­
ing mill at South  Boardman,  and  will take 
possession  the  latter  part  of  the  present 
month.

A Vicksburgh inventor is  endeavoring  to 
introduce what  he  calls  the  lightning  dis­
tributor, which consists of a rod  placed hor­
izontally above the building and  disconnect­
ed  from  the  ground,  which is supposed  to 
render  harmless  the  thunderbolts  of Heav­
en.

The  private  banking  establishment  of 
Leroy  Moore & Co., at Greenville,  suspend­
ed  one day last  Week.  A  committee  ap­
pointed by the principal creditors  to investi­
gate the books and papers of the  institution 
report as follows:  Bills receivable, $69,000; 
real  estate,  $62,000;  overdrafts,  $22,000; 
total assets, $153,000.  Liabilities, $103,000. 
The “Co.” of the firm is Jas. Tolbert, a lum­
berman at East Saginaw, who is  thought to 
be worth $50,000.  Creditors will  doubtless 
receive their claims  in full,  but  as  the sus­
pension ties up  considerable  money  for an 
unknown period, it is a severe  blow  to  the 
city.

Scene in a Seed Store.

“Are you in  good  fighting  trim  to-day?” 
said an angry granger in a Canal  street seed 
store Saturday.

“Yes,”  answered  the  proprietor,  “pro­

ceed.”

a thrashing.”

“Then square yourself, and prepare to take 

“Better tell me about  it  first,”  suggested 

the seed merchant, calm as a statue.

“You  know  that  seven  pounds  of beet 
seed I  bought  here?—well,  it  didn’t  come 
up.”

“You planted it  too deep.”
“No I  didn’t.”
“Then you didn’t plant  it  deep  enough.”
“Yes, I did.”
. “Then the ground wasn’t right.  The seed 
was good and  this  is  the  first  complaint  I 
have had.  Let me sell you some seed buck­
wheat to plant where the beet seed  failed.”
And he then and  there  closed  a  bargain 
for the buckwheat, at the regular price,  and 
sent the man away happy.  Thus does Yan­
kee ingenuity overcome all  obstacles.

The  latest  use  devised  for  paper is  the 
making of  carpets.  A  Connecticut  man  is 
repotred to have taken  out  patents  for pro­
cesses  by  which  beautiful  and  substantial 
carpets  can  be  made  of  paper at very low 
prices.

CUMMER & RAWI.ES.

They Offer to Compromise at 40 P er Cent.
Cummer  &  Rawles,  the  bankrupt  hard­
ware firm at Cadillac, have  issued  an  auto­
graphic  begging  appeal  to  their  creditors, 
soliciting a compromise of the claims against 
them on the basis of  40  per  cent.  Accom­
panying  the  proposition  is  a  list  of  the 
creditors,  with 
the  respective  claims  of 
each, ^mounting  to  $32,330,  but  no  state­
ment is  made relative to the amount  of  the 
stock and book accounts, nor is there any re­
port as to  the  sales which  have been  made 
since the assignment went into effect.  With­
out the latter  figures,  creditors  are not able 
to  act  understanding^  and  to  omit  all 
mention of that  important item in  the  case 
is  either  gross  carelessness [or  intentional 
neglect.

Inquiry among the  creditors  of  the  firm 
reveals the fact that it will be next to impos­
sible to effect a settlement on the  basis  pro­
posed.  There seems to be a general  feeling 
that a  compromise  at  the  figures  named 
would be giving the firm more of  an  advan­
tage than  they  deserve  under  the  circum­
stances, and this feeling is likely  to prevent 
the consummation of[the scheme.  It is stated 
on reliable authority that parties have  visit­
ed  Cadillac for the* purpose  of  buying  the 
stock  and  business  outright,  but  that  for 
some unknown reason they have been denied 
the privilege of seeing  the assignee  or  any 
person authorized to receive an offer  of  any 
description.  The firm possessed exceptional 
credit up to the time of  the  failure,  having 
the reputation of discounting every bill, and 
the list of  creditors  reveals  the  fact  that 
heavy loans from several banking houses en­
abled them to build up and sustain the credit 
they were supposed to  possess.

The City  National  Bank  will  refuse  the 
offer,  but  an  officer  of  that 
institution
states that they might accept an  offer  of  50 
per cent.

Foster, Stevens & Co. and  Chas.  E.  Bel­
knap think the offer a manifest  injustice  to 
the creditors, and will  not  accept  it  under 
any circumstances.

Several other creditors who were  seen  by 
a reporter  of  T he  Tradesman  expressed 
similar  opinions.

The following is  a  list  of  the  Michigan 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 

creditors, with the claims of each:
Old National Bank, Grand Rapids__  $5,000 00
 
Grand Rapids Nat. Bank  “ 
  3,000 00
City National Bank 
  2,563 76
“ 
 
Fourth National Bank 
“ 
 
 
500 00
319  85
 
 
“ 
Foster, Stevens & Co 
192 40
.... 
“ 
Chas. E. Belknap 
462 47
 
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S. P. Bennett 
 
13 24
 
 
“ 
Alabastine Co 
“ 
Bissell Sweeper Co 
1150
__  
14  95
 
 
“ 
Curtiss & Dunton 
G. R; Manf’g Co 
“ 
 
3 93
 
Yanderwerp & Co 
“ 
 
 
35 50
Boydell Bros., Detroit........................  
83 84
10 39
“ 
E. T. Barnum 
114 85
Black & Owen 
“ 
38 45
Berry Bros. 
“ 
Detroit Lead Pipe Works, Detroit__ 
54 13
  2,729 15
Ducharme, Fletcher & Co. 
Detroit Stove Works 
7 04
 
H. D. Edwards & Co., 
 
557 81
43 25
 
John P. Fiske 
349 90
 
Peter Hayden 
5 75
 
Ingalls & Co 
14 55
 
S. S. Jewett & Co 
28 37
 
C- B. James 
967 79
Michigan Stove Co 
 
H. A. Newland & Co 
 
58 00
Rathbone, Sard & Co 
1 46
Wm. Reid 
28 10
15 67
Standart Bros 
J. H. Hixon, Cadillac..........................  2,000 00
450 00
Geo. A. Mitchell  “ 
.......................... 
16 38
M. Ayrault & Co., Bay City................. 
R. C. Ballard,  Manton........................  
79 13
L. A. Barker, Reed City.....................  
33 05
Elastic Paint Co.,  Kalamazoo............ 
38 20
Flint Wagon Works, Flint..................  
55 40
15 00 
Geo. Haskell & Sons,  Cedar Springs.. 
164 35
Mich. Axe and Tool Co., East Saginaw 
131 43
Morley Bros 
John McCormick, Port  Huron........ 
19 09
2 00
Nichols, Shepard & Co., Battle Creek. 
Pontiac Wagon Co.,  Pontiac.............. 
2 50
Three Rivers Plow Co., Three Rivers. 
10 50
Wilder M’f’g Co.,  Monroe..................  
67
In all there  are  101  creditors,  Chas.  M. 
Ayer, of Boston, being interested most heav­
ily, his claim being $6,000.

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Good Words  Unsolicited.

N.  G.  Burtt,  general  dealer,  Cross  Vil­

lage:  “I appreciate it yery much.”

Jesse M. Tennant,  grocer,  Elbridge:  “I 

find your paper a great help to me.”

S.  D.  Kenney,  grocers,  Covert:  “The 

Tradesman is well worth the price.”

C. F. Walden & Co., grocers,  Alba:  “We 

are very much pleased with the  paper.”

R. K. Hesseltiue  &  Son,  hardware,  Cas- 

novia:  “We are pleased with your paper.”

C. H. Forman, general dealer, Forman: “I 
like your paper very  much.  As a  paper  in 
the interest of the  retail  dealer,  it  can’t  be 
beat.”

Poland  &  Wenzel,  grocers  and  shingle 
manufacturers, Woodville: 
“We  are  well 
pleased with the  paper  and  hope  you  will 
have success.”

Wentworth  &  Cannon,  grocers,  Grand 
Rapids:  “We notice in your valuable  paper 
many good words spoken unsolicited for The 
Tradesman.  Let us also add our testimon­
ial of its value and worth, as it  truly is to  a 
large commercial community.”

Tilings  Heard oil the Street.

That Charley Leonard has cleared an even 
$5,000 on his patent  refrigerators  this  sea­
son.

That Henry Hagy, with  Hazeltine,  Perk­
ins & Co., will erect a handsome  cottage  on 
Jackson street.

That the young man from the country, re- 
f ered to last week, has not been on his  high 
horse for several days.

That it is singular  how  men  become  ab­
sorbed in newspapers when the surplus  wo­
man walks into a railway  car.

30

JOHN

CAULFIELD
W holesale  Grocer,

—AND JO B B E R  IN —

$5,87  and  89  Canal  Street

baccos  and  Cigars:

FACTORY  AGENT
For the following well-known  brands of To­
FINE  CUT.
Fountain...................................................... 74
Old  Congress...............................................64
Good  Luck.'................................................55
Good and Sweet.......................................... .45
American  Queen..........................................38
Blaze  Away.................................................35
Hair Lifter.................................  
Governor,  2  oi.  foil....................................60
In half barrels  or four  pail  lots,  2c fl lb  off 
above list.

PLUG.

Sailor’s  Solace...................... 

In 60 ft quantities 2c per fib off.

Horse Shoe................................. 
47
McAlpin’s Green Shield.............................. 48
McAlpin’s Sailor’s  Solace.......................... 48
McAlpine’s Chocolate  Creams................... 48
Red Star, extra quality, same style  as
48
 
Big Chunk or J. T. Mahogany Wrapper. .40
Hair Lifter, Mahogany Wrapper................37
D. & D. Dark,  % and 16  oz.  pounds........37
Ace High......................................................35
Duck, 2x12  and  flat....................................48
Nobby  Spun  Roll....................................... 48
Black  Spun Roll..........................................38
Canada Plug  (Virginia Smoking)..............50
CresentPlug, 6 lb  cads.............................. 45
SMOKING.
Peerless........................................................25
Rob  Roy................................... 
25
Uncle  Sam.................................................. 28
Tom  and  Jerry...........................................24
Good Enough..............................................23
Mountain Rose.............................................20
Lumberman’s  Long  Cut............................ 26
Home Comfort.............................................24
Green  Back,  Killickinick...........................25
Two Nickel, Killickinick 
....................... 25
Two Nickel, Killickinick,  %..................... 26
Star Durham,  Killickinick,  % ................... 25
Rattler,  Killickinick,  %.............................25
Honey Dew, Killickinick,  %..................... 25
Posey, Killickinick, 
paper...................25
Canary, Killickinick, Extra Virginia........36
Gold  Block, Killickinick, %.......................32
Peck’s Sun,  Killickinick, j^sand lbs........18
Golden Flake Cabinet...................... 
40
Traveler, 3  oz.  foil......................................35
Rail Road Boy, 3 oz. foil............................ 37
Nigger  Head, Navy Clippings................... 26
Scotten’s Chips, Navy  Clippings,  paper. .26 
Leidersdorfs’ Navy Clippings, cloth bags.26
Old Rip Fine Virginia Long Cut................55
Lime Kiln Club........................................... 45
Durham Long Cut......................................60
Durham, Blackwell’s  % .................... 
60
Durham, Blackwell’s,  % ...........................57
Durham, Blackwell’s,  % .......................... 55
Durham, Blackwell’s,  fib.......................... 51
Seal of North Carolina % ....... 
52
Seal of North Carolina % ...........................50
Seal of North Carolina % .......................... 48
Seal of North Carolina fib.......................... 46

 

Special prices given on large lots.
CIGARS.

 

Smoke  the  Celebrated  (‘After Lunch”  Cigar.
After  Lunch.........................................$30 00
Clarrissa................................................. 45 00
Clara.......................................................32 00
M irella....................................................35 00
Queen  Marys..........................................25 00
Josephines..............................................25 00
Little  Hatchets.......................................30 00
Old Glories...........   ..............................23  00
Twin Sisters............................................23 00
Moss Agate..............................................18 00
Magnolia..................................................12 50
Commercial............................................ 55 oo
Delumos.......................  
60  00
Mark Twain............................................ 55 OO
Golden Spike.......................................... 55 00
Storm’s  Boquet.......................................65 00
Owl Captain............................................ 60 00
S. & S. Capadura.................................... 32 00
In addition to the above brands  of Tobac­
cos and  Cigars,  I  keep  in  stock  an  ample 
supply  of  all  other  well-known  brands  of 
Plug and Fine Cut.  Our stock in the Tobac­
co and Cigar  line  is  one  of  the  largest  and 
best assorted to be  found  in  the  city.
TEA S.
Japan ordinary....................................... 23@30
Japan fair.........................  
32@35
Japan fair to good...................................35@37
Japan fine................................................40@50
Japan dust........................................ 
  18@20
Young Hyson..........................................25@50
GunPowder.............................................35@50
Oolong.........................................35@45@55@60
Congo......................................................30@35
Corn,  Barrels....................................   @  31
Corn, M  bbls......................................  @  33
Corn. 10 gallon  kegs..........................  @  36
Corn,5gallon kegs....................... ..  @1 90
Corn, 4Yi gallon kegs........................   @1 85
Pure Sugar Di-ips, bbl.......................  30®  37
Maple Syrup, 5 gal kegs....................  @3 10
Maple Syrub, 10 gal kegs...................  @6 00

S Y R U P S .

 

SUOARS.

Cut  Loaf..........................................7%@8
Powdered  Standard....................... 1% @8
Granulated Standard...................... 7  @7-19
Standard  Confectioners’  A............ 6%@6X
Standard  A ......................................6%@6%
Extra White C ... ..*........................ 6)£@6j^
Extra Bright C................................ 6  @6)^
Extra  C....... ....................................
Yellow C .............................  
5)£@5>i
We call the especial attention of those de­
siring to purchase new stocks to our superior 
facilities for meeting their wants.  Our guar­
antee is first-class goods and low  prices.
Careful attention given mail orders.  Spec­
ial quotations mailed on general line  of  gro­
ceries when requested.

5PruQ8 & flftebieines

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

A  W onderful New Substance.

From the Independent Record.

Among the most interesting developments 
which have followed in the wake of the dis­
covery of petroleum is  the  immense  trade 
which has sprung up  in ozokerite,  or  ozo­
cerite, as Webster  has  it  No fairer  sub­
stance ever sprung from  most  unpromising 
parentage than  the  snowy,  pure,  tasteless, 
opalescent wax which is evolved  from  the 
loud smelling, pitchy dregs of the petroleum 
still.

The  remarkable  properties  of  ozokerite 
have won for it a field of utility in  which it 
reighs well nigh supreme.  This comely im­
pressionable article, with all its  smooth soft 
beauty, defies agents which can  destroy the 
precious metals and eat up  the hardest steel 
as water dissolves  sugar. 
Sulphuric  and 
other potent acids have  no more  effect  on 
ozokerite than spring water. 
It  is alike im­
pervious to acid and to moisture.  Its advent 
seems to have been a special dispensation in 
this age of electricity.

Every overhead electric light cable, or un 
derground conduit, or slender wire, cunning­
ly wrapped with  cotton  thread;  all  these 
owe their fitness for conducting  the  subtle 
fluid to the prescence of this  wax.  And in 
still more familiar forms  let us  outline the 
utility of  this  substance.  Every  gushing 
school girl  who  sinks her white  teeth  into 
chewing  gum  chews 
this  paraffine  wax. 
Every caramel she eats  contains  this  wax 
and is wrapped in paper saturated  with the 
same substance.  The gloss seen upon  hun­
dreds of varieties of confectionery is  due to 
the presence of this ingredient of petroleum, 
used to give the articles  a certain  consisten­
cy, as the laundress uses  starch.  So that a 
product taken from the dirtiest,  worst-smel 
ling of tars finds its way to  the millionaire’s 
mansion, an honored  servitor. 
It  aids  to 
make  possible  the  electric  radiance  that 
floods his rooms;  or,  in the  form  of  wax 
candles, sheds a softer lustre over the scene. 
It polishes the floor for the feet of his guests 
and it melts in their mouths in the  costliest 
candies.

For the insulation of electric wire,  paraf­
fine wax has to-day  no successful  rival, and 
the growth of the demand for  this  purpose 
keeps pace with the  marvellous  growth  of 
the  electric  lighting  system.  A  single 
Chicago concern buys  paraffine  wax in this 
city by the car load. 
Its price  is  but  half 
that  of  beeswax,  and  yet  the  older  wax 
yields readily to sulphuric or other acid, this 
being a test for the presence  of  beeswax in 
paraffine.  The  demand  for  paraffine  for 
candles as yet heads the list.  Then  comes 
the needs of the paper consumers. 
In 1877 
a single firm in New  York  handled 14,000 
reams  of  waxed'  paper.  This  year  their 
trade will be 350,000  reams.  Not only for 
wrapping candy  is  this  paper  invaluable, 
but fine cutlery,  hardware, etc.,  encased in 
waxed paper is safe from the  encroachment 
of rust and dampness.  Fish and butter and 
a score of other articles are also thus  wrap­
ped, and there seems literally no end  to the 
uses found for the paper saturated with this 
pure hydro-carbon. 
In the chemists’ labora­
tory it is invaluable as a coating for  articles 
exposed to all manner  of  powerful  dissol- 
vants; brewers find  it a  capital  thing  for 
coating the interior of barrels, and the  mak­
er of wax flowers stimulates nature in sheets 
of paraffine.

And yet,  until Drake drilled his  oil  well 
in 1859, the existence in this country of this 
boon to  civilization was  unsuspected,  and 
it lay in the depth  of  Pennsylvania  rocks, 
where thousands, possibly millions, of years 
ago it was stored by the hand of an  all-wise
Creator.

Patents  Issued  to  Michigan  Inventors.
Emory Barnes, Mt. Pleasant, pump.
Louis Blessing, Jackson,  fire-escape.
Horatio Gale, Albion, horse hay-rake, 
r  S. S. Garringues, Ann Arbor, washing  and 
purifying salt.

G. E. and E. R. Hovenden, Grand Rapids, 

electric fire-alarm.

harness-bridle.

L. J. Knauss and  G. W.  Hinkle, Mendon, 

C. A. Merrill, Grand  Rapids,  school-desk 

and seat.

er.

H. L. Pratt, Kalamazoo,  temporary  bind­

I.  L. Stone, Battle Creek, folding  seat for 

school  furniture.

bearing.

holding  well-poles.

Thomas Luther, Cheboygan, shafting  and 

Brayton  Wheeler,  Saginaw,  clamp  for 

Pennsylvania lights as well as keeps warm 
a large part of the world.  There are in that 
State  20,000 producing  oil  wells,  yielding
60,000  barrels of oil a day.  Nearly  38,000,- 
000 barrels of oil are stored in  tanks  in the 
regiop of these wells.  These tanks cost 88,- 
000 each,  and  over  812,000,000  have  been
spent during the past three years in building 
them.  Besides 5,000 miles  of pipe  line  in 
use in the oil regions there are  1,200  miles 
of trunk pipe line connecting the region with
the principal cities.  The  Standard  Oil Co. 
employs 100,000 men.

A company in  Connecticut  manufactures 
nearly all the licorice used in this country— 
17,000,000  pounds  a  year.  Confectionery 
and medicine take  about  1,500,000  pounds, 
and the remainder goes into tobacco.

The  largest  blank  book  ever  made  was 
recently  turned  out  by  the  government 
printing office in Washington. 
It  contains
10,000  pages.

Albert M. Todd, of Nottawa, has patented 
a  process  which  will  extract  the  crystals 
from peppermint.

A C ID S.

Advanced—Alcohol;  Paris  Green;  OilTan- 
Declined — Cantharides;  Cubeb;  Oil  Anise 

zy.
Oil Cassia;  Serpentiue,
Acetic,  No. 8...... ...................$  lb  9  @  10.
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........  30  @  35
Carbt lie......................................... 
35
Citric.............................................  
55
Muriatic 18 deg.... .......................   3  @  5
Nitric 36 deg.................................   11  @  12
Oxalic............................................  14)4®  15
Sulphuric 66 deg...........................   3  ®  4
Tartaric  powdered............................  
Benzoic,  English.................. $  oz 
20
Benzoic,  German..........................  12  @  15
Tannic...........................................  15  ®  17
Carbonate..............................$  lb  15  @  18
Muriate (Powd. 22c)............................... 
Aqua 16 deg or  3f..........................  6  ©  7
Aqua 18 deg or 4f........:................  
7  @  8

AM MONIA.

BAKKS.

BALSAMS.
Copaiba............................. . 
Fir.......................................................... 
Peru............................................... 
Tolu...................................................... 
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........... 
Cinchona,  yellow................... 
Elm, select..................................... 
Elm, ground, pure........................  
Elm, powdered,  pure.................... 
Sassafras, of root......... ..........  
Wild Cherry, select....................... 
Bayberry  powdered.....................  
Hemlock powdered....................... 
W ahoo........................................... 
Soap  ground..................... 
B E R R IE S .

 

 

 

 

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12
18
15
13
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

EX TRACTS.

Cubeb, prime ;(Powd $  90)........... 
@  86
6  ®  7
Juniper ......................................... 
Prickly Ash...................................1 CO  @1 10
27
37)4
9
12
13 
15
14

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 S> doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 B> boxes)..............
Lgowood, )4s 
do 
.............. a
Logwood, &S 
do 
..............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
.........
Fluid^Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.
Arnica..........................................  10
Chamomile,  Roman.....................
Chamomile,  German....................

FLO W ERS.

11
25
25

GUMS.

Aloes, Barbadoes..........................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c).................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).........
Ammoniac.....................................
Arabic, extra  select.....................
Arabic, powdered  select..............
Arabic, 1st picked........................
Arabic,2d picked..........................
Arabic,c3d picked..........................
Arabic, sifted sorts.......................
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin.........................................
Camphor.......................................
Catechu, is 04 14c, )4s  16c)...........
Euphorbium powdered.................
Galbanum strained.......................
Gamboge.......................................
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c)............
Kino [Powdered, 30c]...................
Mastic............................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.50)..............
Shellac, Campbell’s.......................
Shellac,  English...........................
Shellac, native..............................
Shellac bleached...........................
Tragacanth ...................................

60®  75 
18 
50
28®  30 
60 
60 
50 
40 
35 
30 
30 
55®60
22®  24 
13
35®  40 
80
90®1 00 
35 
20 
1 10 40 
4 15 
35 
30 
25 
33
30  ®1 10

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

Hoarhound.................................................. 25
Lobelia..........................................................25
Peppermint...................................................25
R u e ...............................................................40
Spearm int....................................................24
Sweet Majoram............................................35
Tanzy............................................................25
Thyme.......................................................... 30
Wormwood...................................................25

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LIQ U O R S.

M AGNESIA.

Citrate and Quinine.....................  
6 40
20
Solution mur., for tinctures........ 
Sulphate, pure  crystal...... .......... 
7
80
C itrate........................................... 
Phosphate..................................... 
65
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)...............   12  ®  11
6
Sage, Italian, bulk ()4s&)4s, 12c)... 
Senna,  Alex, natural....................  18  ®  20
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
30
Senna,  powdered.......................... 
22
10
Uva Ursi........................................ 
35
Belledonna..................................... 
30
Foxglove...............................  
 
Henbane..........................................  
35
Rose, red........................................ 
2 35
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
23
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz........... 
37
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz............  
2 25
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution.... 
Calcined......................................... 
70
Almond, sweet..............................   45  @ 50
Amber, rectified...........................  
45
Anise.............................................  
1  80
Bay $   oz........................................ 
50
Bergamont....................................  
2 00
Castor............................................  18)4®  20
Croton............................................ 
2 00
75
Cajeput......................................... 
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)..... 
40
Citronella.......................... 
Cloves............................................ 
1 25
8 00
Cubebs, P. & W ............................. 
160
Erigeron.......................... ....... 
2 00
Fireweed........................................ 
Geranium $  oz............................. 
75
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 
40
Juniper wood................................ 
50
Juniper berries............................. 
2 00
Lavender flowers, French............  
2 01
Lavender garden 
100
........ 
90
Lavender spike 
........  
Lemon, new crop.......................... 
1  70
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.....................  
1  75
Lemongrass................................... 
80
Origanum, red flowers, French... 
1 25
Origanum,  No. 1............... 
1  75
Pennyroyal................................... 
Peppermint,  white....................... 
3 00
Rose $  oz...................................... 
9 75
65
Rosemary,French (Flowers$5)... 
Sandal  Wood. German................. 
4  50
andal Wood,  W. I ... .•.................... 
7 00
Sassafras........................................ 
60
Tansy............................................ 
4 50
Tar (by gal 60c)..............................   10  @  12
3 25
Wintergreen..............................  
4 50
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)......  
1 00
Savin.............................................. 
Wormseed....................................  
2 50
Cod Liver, filtered............... $  gal 
1 90
Cod Liver, best....................... 
3 50
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
6 00
Olive, Malaga..................  
®1 20
2 50
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
.... 
Salad.............................................   65  @  67
Rose, Ihmsen’s..................... $  oz 
9 75
Bicromate.............................. $  lb
14 
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
35 
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)............
20 
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk......
1 40 
Prussiate yellow............................
30
15
Alkanet......................................... 
Althea, cut....................................  
27
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s...... ............. 
17
Arrow, Taylor’s, in )4s and )4s__  
35
Blood (Powd 18c)........................... 
12
Calamus,  peeled...........................  
18
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)................. 
35
Hellebore, white, powdered.........  
22
Ipecac, Rio, powdered..................  
110
Jalap, powdered...........................  
37)4
12
Licorice,  select (Powd 12)4).........  
Licorice, extra select.................... 
15
Pink, true......................................  
35
Rhei, from select to  choice.........1 00  @1 60
Rhei, powdered E. 1.......................110  @1 20
Rhei, choice cut  cubes................. 
2 00
2 25
Rhei, choice cut fingers...... ........ 
70
Serpentaria..................................  
Seneka.v............ ..... ................... 
65
Sarsaparilla,  H onduras............ 
40

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1 10 85 
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1  40

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12 
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Sarsaparilla, Mexican.................
Squills, white (Powd 35c).............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).......
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)__
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).............
Bird, mixed in ft packages.........
Canary,  Smyrna..........................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..
Cardamon,  Aleppee....................
Cardamon, Malabar.....................
Celery..........................................
Coriander, Dest English..............
Fennel........................................
Flax, clean...................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)................
Foenugreek, powdered................
48
Hemp,  Russian...........................
Mustard, white; Black 10c)..........
Quince........................................
Rape, Lnglish..............................
Worm, Levant.............................
SPONGES.
14
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage......2
Nassau 
......
do 
do 
......
Velvet Extra do 
do 
Extra Yellow do 
......
do 
do 
Grass 
do 
......
Hard head, for slate use..............
40
Yellow Reef, 
...............
50
2 28
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.20) $ gal__ 
1 50
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 
Anodyne Hoffman’s.....................  
50
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........ 
27
12
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........... 
Annatto 1 ft rolls.......................... 
30
Blue  Soluble.................................  
50
2 75
Bay  Rum, imported, best............ 
2 00
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
Alum......................................  $ f t  2)4©  3)4
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)..............  3  @  4
Annatto, prime............................. 
32
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........  4)4®  5
Arsenic, white, powdered............   6  @  7
Balm Gilead Buds........................  
40
Beans,  Tonka...........................   .. 
2 25
Beans, Vanilla.............................. 7 00  @9 75
Bismuth, sub nitrat$.................... 
160
45
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)...................... 
Blue Vitriol...................................  7)4®  9
Borax, refined (Powd  13c)............  
12
1 85
Cantharides,Russian  powdered.. 
18
Capsicum  Pods, African.............. 
20
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  American do  ... 
18
Carmine, No.40 ............................. 
4 00
Cassia Buds......... ......................... 
14
70
Calomel. American....................... 
5
Chalk, prepared drop.................... 
Chalk, precipitate English........... 
12
8
Chalk,  red fingers......................... 
2
Chalk, white lump........................  
Chloroform,  Squlbb’s..................  
1 60
Colocynth  apples.......................... 
60
Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 
160
1  70
cryst... 
Chloral 
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ... 
1  90
Chloral 
crusts.. 
1  75
Chloroform......... >.......................100  @110
Cinchonidia, P. & W........*...........   6G  @  65
Cinchonidia, other brands............  60  @  65
Cloves (Powd 28c)..........................  20  ®  22
Cochineal................................. 
30
Cocoa  Butter................................ 
45
Copperas (by bbl  lc).....................  
2
Corrosive Sublimate...................... 
65
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered......   38  ®  40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box.. 
15
Creasote......................................... 
50
Cudbear,  prime............................. 
24
24
Cuttle Fish Bone............................ 
Dextrine............. 
12
1 20
Dover’s  Powders.......................... 
Dragon’s Blood Mass.................... 
50
45
Ergot  powdered............................ 
Ether Squibb’s........................   ... 
1 10
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s............  
8
Epsom Salts...................................  2)4®  3
Ergot, fresh.................................. 
50
69
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P .............. 
Flake white...................................  
14
Grains  Paradise...........................  
35
Gelatine, Cooper’s........................  
90
Gelatine, French  ..........................  45  @  70
Glassware, flint, 65 off,by box 55 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  cabinet................................  12  ©  17
Glue,white....................................   17  @  28
Glycerine, pure.............................  23  @  26
Hops  )4s and }£s...........................  
25@  40
Iodoform 
35
oz............................... 
Indigo............................................  85  @1  00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  23  @  25
Iodine,  resublimed....................... 
2 10
Isinglass,  American.....................  
1 50
9
Japonica ........................................ 
London  Purple.............................  10  @  15
Lead, acetate.................................  
15
9
Lime, chloride, ()4s 2s 10c & )£s 11c) 
1 00
Lupuline.......................................  
Lycopodium.................................. 
35
Mace.............................................. 
60
Madder, best  Dutch.....................   12)4@  13
Manna, S.  F ................................... 
1 35
50
Mercury......................................... 
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........$  oz  3 40@3 65
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s........ 
40
10
Moss, Iceland..........................lb 
Moss,  Irish..................................... 
12
Mustard,  English.......................... 
30
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........ 
18
Nutgalls......................................... 
20
70
Nutmegs, No. 1............................... 
Nux  Vomica....... ......................... 
10
Ointment. Mercurial, )4d.............. 
40
Paris Green...................................  18  @  26
Pepper, Black  Berry.................... 
18
Pepsin............................................ 
3 00
Pitch, True Burgundy..................  
7
7
Quassia  .........................................   6  @ 
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W...........B) oz  1 30@I 35
Quinine, other brands.................. 1 30
@1 35 
Seidlitz  Mixture...........................
28
Strychnia, cryst.............................
1 50 
Silver Nitrate, cryst.................—   79
@  82
Red Precipitate..................... $} ft
80
Saffron, American.  .....................
40
@  2 
Sal  Glauber...................................
10
Sal Nitre, large cryst....................
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst..............
Sal Rochelle...................................
Sal Soda.'.......................................  2
Salicin...........................................
Santonin.......................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].................. .
Spermaceti.................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__  
Soap, White Castile.......................
Soap, Green  do 
......................
Soap, Mottled do 
.......................
Soap, 
do  do 
.......................
Soap, Mazzini...............................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ...........................   26  @
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ...........................   28  @
Sugar Milk powdered....................
Sulphur, flour............ .'..................  3)4®
Sulphur,  roll.
3®
Tartar Emetic................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  $  doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin .........
Tar, 
pints in tin............
Turpentine,  Venice...............$) ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
Zinc,  Sulphate..............................

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2 50 
6 75
38
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5 
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17
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32 
30 
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1 40
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Capitol  Cylinder..............................
Model  Cylinder................................
Shields  Cylinder..............................
Eldorado Engine..............................
Peerless  Machinery........................
Challenge Machinery.......................
Backus Fine Engine*........................
Black Diamond Machinery..............
Castor Machine  Oil..........................
Paraffine, 25  deg...............................
Paraffine, 28  deg..............................
Sperm, winter bleached..................
Bbl
Whale, winter................................... 80
26
Lard, extra.......................................
Lard, No.  1........................................ 65
Linseed, pure raw...........................
58
Linseed, boiled................................ 61
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained........... 90
Spirits Turpentine...........................
35

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PA IN T S.

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No. lT urp Coach............................. ..1 10@1 20
Extra  Turp...................................... ..1 60@1 70
Coach  Body...................................... ..2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture......*............... ..1 00@1 10
Extra Turp  Damar.......................... ..1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp...............
..  70®  75
Bbl
Lb
9
Boralumine, White  b u lk )...........
10
5 fts ( ..........
Boralumine, 
10
Boralumine,Tints bulk, j-50 off..
11
5 fts. 1  ...........
Boralumine 
Red Venetian..........................  1)4
2® 3 
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........  1)4
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.........  1)4
2)4® 8 
Putty, commercial.................  2)4
2)4® 3 
Putty, strictly pure................  2)4
18@16 
Vermilion,prime American..
55®57 
Vermilion, English..............
16@17 
Green, Peninsular....'............
«hi 6; 
Lead, red strictly pure...........
Lead, white, strictly pure......
©’ 
Whiting, white Spanish.. . . . .
@90 
Whiting,  Gilders ....................
1 10 
White, Paris American...........
1 40
Whiting  Paris English cliff..

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Druggists !

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42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 93  and 

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ELEGANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS  FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co., and J ohn L. Whit­

ing, Manufacturers  of  Fine 

Paint and  Varnish 

Brushes.

—Also for the—

Grand  Rapids  Brush  Co.,  Manfgs.  of 

Hair, Shoe and Horse 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  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 o u t f i t s   for  n e w   s t o r e s  
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.

Wiie aid L iprD fiprtm t

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 
Pute 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  n o  
o t h e r   k n o w n   b r a n d   in  the  market,  but 
superior in all respects to most that  are  ex­
posed  for  sale.  We  g u a r a n t e e   perfect 
and  complete  satisfaction  and  where  this 
brand of goods has once been introduced the 
future trade has  been assured.

We are also  owners of the

M ggists’  Favorite  Ryi,

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

We  call  your  attention  to  the  adjoining 
list of  market  quotations  which  we  aim  to 
make  as  complete  and  perfect  as  possible. 
For special quantities and for  quotations  on 
such articles as do not appear oh the list such 
as Patent Medicine«, eto„ we  invite your cor­
respondence.

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

H iM T H .P E U & C O

TOLD ABOUT CHEESE.

of Interest.

The Middleville  M atter  and  Other Points 
The recent  flutter at  Middleville,  caused 
by a half hundred people gorging themselves 
with newly-made cheese, has  nearly  passed 
out of remembrance, and  there  is  no  prob­
ability  that  any  one  will  ever  know  the 
exact cause of the  poisoning.  Mr. Hoiton, 
the maker, was in town last week and stated 
that while such incidents are liable  to occur 
at any time, it is  impossible  to  locate  the 
prime  cause,  and  that  all  moves  in  that 
direction are only time  and  money  wasted. 
Mr. Whitney,  the  merchant  who  sold  the 
cheese, was also in town, and stated that the 
occurrence could not fail to have  a tendency 
to injure  his  trade,  as  some of  the  other 
dealers in the town were making a handle of 
the matter to injure him.  No blame for the 
trouble should be laid at his door,  and  that 
any should do so is as unjust as it is  deplor­
able.

A N   E X P L O D E D   T H E O R Y .

“The firm I represent has had  several ex­
periences similar to the  Middleville  poison­
ing,” said Mr. Mason,  traveling  representa­
tive for Clark, Baker  &  Co.,  the  Lenawee 
county cheese makers.  “Eight or nine years 
ago  one  of  the  four  cheeses  turned  out 
one  day  at  one  of  our  factories  caus­
ed'  no  end  of 
trouble  at  a  neighbor­
ing  town,  and  samples  of  it  were  sent 
to  the  chemists  at  the  Cornell  and  Ann 
Arbor Universities.  The other^tliree cheeses 
were stored  in  a cellar.  The chemists both 
informed  us  that  the  poisoning was due to 
the existence of certain gases which are pecul­
iar to  every cheese  at  certain stages  of  the 
curing or “digesting” process, and that a few 
days later the poisonous combinations would 
have passed away, and that the cheese would 
then be perfectly harmless.  This theory was 
held to be true  until  the  following  spring, 
when  an  incident  occured  that  tended  to 
bring the theory into disrepute.  A party  of 
workmen were repairing the building in which 
the three uncut cheeses were stored,  and  al­
though cautioned not to touch them  stealth­
ily  ate  considerable quantities,  in  conse­
quence of which they were taken sick in the 
same manner as the persons eating the other 
cheese.  This  exploded  the  theory advanc­
ed by the chemists,  aud  left  us  at  sea,  in 
which condition  we  are  at  the present time. 
We realize that such occurrences  are  likely 
to happen at any time,  but  are unable to  lo­
cate the cause, even in the remotest degree.”

O P IN IO N   O F   A   C H E M IS T .

Grand Rapids, June 7, 1884.

Editor Tradesman:  We  saw  in  your 
last issue an account of  sickness  caused  by 
eating  cheese,  which  evidently  contained 
some mysterious poisonous substance, which 
the following may help to explain:

Lead is acted upon by the  combined influ­
ence of air and water, which gives  rise to  a 
hydrate,  which  is  afterward  converted,  in 
part, into a carbonate, by absorbing carbonic 
acid from the atmosphere, and  if  in  water, 
the carbonate is imparted to it  in  the  state 
of bi-carbonate,  which  dissolves,  rendering 
the  water  poisonous.  This  is  the chemical 
action  which  probably  takes  place  in  the 
process  of cheese-making in  newly-soldered 
tanks, as  about  88  per  cent, of milk is wat­
er  (even when not purchased  from the milk 
peddler),  the  lead  being  more  soluble 
in 
this  than  in  pure  water,  owing to the pres­
ence of lactic  acid.  Upon continued  use, 
the lead in the tanks becomes  oxidized, cov­
ering itself with a thin black coating of sub­
oxide  of  lead  which  strongly  adheres  to 
the  metal,  thus,  in  a  measure,  protecting 
the  milk  from further poisoning.  This, we 
think, is  the  reason  why  the  first  “batch” 
of cheese from a new factory is so often injur­
ious,and is probably the cause of much of the 
sudden  sicknesses  and  convulsions incident 
to spring-made  cheese.

Yours truly,

Chas. S. Yale & Bro.,
.  Manufacturing Chemists.

W A T E R E D   M IL &  A N D   IT S   COST.

“Michigan farmers do not water their milk 
to any great  extent,”  said  Frank  Lamb,  a 
practical  cheese-maker,  “but  down  in  the 
Western Reserve cheese district, it  is  prac­
ticed regularly by many of the dairyman. In 
Michigan, the law makes the lactometer  the 
standard, and  prescribes  a  severe  penalty, 
but in Ohio the law requires the act  of  wat­
ering the milk to be witnessed  before prose­
cutions can be instituted under the act.  This 
technicality  has  enabled  many  farmers  to 
water  their  milk  systematically,  and  baf­
I remember one incident  that 
fle detection. 
was brought to my notice, because 
the  far­
mer concerned was a  patron  of  the factory 
with  which  1  was  identified  at the  time. 
We were aware  that  he  watered  his  milk 
regularly, but could not  fasten  any  specific 
act upon him.  During the dry fall of 1871— 
the year Chicago  burned,  you  remember— 
every farmer but him brought  a  greatly  de­
creased amount of milk to the factory.  Fi­
nally, the offense became so flagrant thatwre 
hired a detective from Cleveland to ferret out 
the matter.  He appeared  at  the  farmer’s, 
Introducing  himself  as  a cattle buyer,  and 
secured the dairyman’s confidence.  He  as­
certained that the watering process was  car­
ried on in the celler,  and  secreting  himself 
in the basement one morning, witnessed the 
operation.  As soon as the farmer found that 
he was  detected,  he  expressed  a  desire  to 
settle,  and  subsequently  paid  us  $800,  of 
which $500 went to the detective for his ser­
vices in the case.”

A   W A R M   D A Y   F O R   C H E E S E .

“Eight or nine years ago, when the old firm 
of Miller & Lamoreaux  was  in  existence,” 
said the latter gentleman,“some outside party

It was in 
consigned us 120 boxes of cheese. 
August, and the cheese was not in first-class 
shape when it reached us. 
It came  on  hot, 
and before we could get rid of  it  part  of  it 
had walked away, aud the remainder melted 
like butter, covering the floor, and creating a 
stench  that  bothered  us  for  weeks  after­
ward.”

The  Question  o f Asking  Extensions,
It is admitted on every hand  that  a large 
number of dealers have this year been oblig­
ed to seek the indulgence of  their creditors. 
This course by no means  necessarily carries 
discredit with it.  That depends entirely up­
on the customer’s  previous  record.  When 
trade is as easy as it is now, there  are some 
merchants who find  it  impossible to  meet 
their obligations promptly.  They may have 
restricted their credits  to the  lowest  point 
possible; their stocks may have been  select­
ed with the  good  judgment  they  have  al­
ways  displayed; they  may  have  attended 
strictly to their  legitimate  business,  engag­
ing in no outside ventures;  but  in spite  of 
all this, their obligations  mature taster than 
they can meet them.  What  course  is open 
to the honorable merchant  in  such  a case? 
He must either make an assignment  for the 
benefit of his creditors, or he must  have fur­
ther time. 
If he is compelled to  assign, his 
credit is materially impaired; if he is  grant­
ed time, after making a full statement of his 
affairs to one  or  more  of  those  whom  he 
owes, he frequently—it may be  said  almost 
invariably—pays what he owes, even  to the 
uttermost farthing.  The  fact  that a  mer­
chant asks an extension is prima  facie evi­
dence of his  intention to  pay.  He  would 
defraud no one, and to the  end that he may 
pay  every one, he asks some  of  those  who 
sell him to grant him precious time.  Many 
who are doing a prosperous  business to-day, 
on taking a retrospect of  their  careers,  can 
see a time when  a little  well-advised  liber­
ality in this regard was  of inestimable  ser­
vice to them.  Grand  Rapids  jobbers  have 
always been disposed to give the  honest  re­
tailer a chance.

Decline of Gloversville and Johnstown. 

From the New York Sun.

Fulton county has always been recognized 
as the great center of the glove trade.  From 
this trade alone, both Johnstown  and  Glov­
ersville have become noted  and  prosperous 
villages. 
It is,  therefore,  alarming  to  the 
staid citizens because of  the  disposition  on 
the part of numerous glove manufacturers to 
move elsewhere.  There is hardly a State in 
the Union now  without  glove  manufactur­
ers, and new firms are frequently starting up, 
especially  in  the  Western  States.  A new 
factory, to make patent  backed  gloves,, has 
begun business at Fort  Plain,  Montgomery 
county, and it is  rumored  that  others  are 
about to leave Fulton county.  The cause of 
this branching out is largely due to the dull­
ness of trade and the great  competition that 
exists there.  Glove makers  believe  that  if 
they enter new  fields  new  interest  will  be 
taken in the work and more  prosperity  will 
be the result.  That Johnstown and Glovers­
ville are fast losing their grip  is  being  con­
ceded on all sides,  and  much  regret  is  ex­
pressed that the migratory movement cannot 
be checked.

Not a Thorough  Search.

The clerk of a Northern hotel  sent a  bell 
boy  up to a  guest’s room  to see if his room 
mate was in.  When  the  boy  returned  the 
clerk asked the result of his visit.

“There ain’t a living thing  in  the  room,” 

replied the  boy.

“Are you sure?” inquired the clerk.
“Yes, sir.”
“You didn’t look in  the  bed  around  the 
edges of the mattress,  did  you?”  asked  the 
guest.

“No, sir,”
“I thought so,” he  said  sadly,  and  went 

away gently scratching  himself.

An Unchangeable  Law.

There was a heated discussion in a certain 

jobbing house the other day.

“I tell you,” said one of the disputants, “I 
tell you, sir, there is no law made but  what 
the people can change.”

“Yes, there  is,”  saidrthe junior  partner. 
“There is one law  that  no man,  no  people 
can change.”

“What is that?”
“Mother-in-law.”

The Tradesman is in receipt  of a  com­
munication signed “Berlin Merchants,” stat­
ing that the recent reference to  a  youthful 
swellhead employed by  a Canal  street  job­
bing house, “meets with universal approval” 
at that place, where the character was  rear­
ed, and where relatives  of  rather  doubtful 
morals still reside.  The  article  also  meets 
the approbation of the entire  jobbing  trade 
of the city, who have never ceased to wonder 
that a person  so  wanting  in  all  the  attri­
butes of decency and manhood  should  find 
employment in an establishment that has al­
ways been noted for the  high  character  of 
its employes.

If You W ant

To get into business, to sell your business, 
to secure additional  capital, to get a  situa­
tion, to employ a clerk, or if you  have any­
thing for sale or want to  buy  anything, ad­
vertise in the columns of The  Tradesman, 
as it has a large aud wide-spread circulation. 
Moreover, its readers  are  enterprising mer­
chants, who appreciate  the benefits  derived 
from studying advertisements.  Our adver­
tisers report good results.

Bight You Are.

From the Luther Lance.

Each issue of  Th e  Michigan  Trades­
man is more valuable than the one bef oto it. 
No retail dealer can afford to be  without  i t

J. J. VAN LEUVEN,

WHOLESALE

M i l l i n e r y

—AND—

ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  CO.,
Wholesale Grocers.

55  and 57  Canal  Street,

Grand  PLa/pid.s,  IMaolxigeiri,

Offer the Trade the following Choice Line of Plug Tobaccos—all our own Brands—

and positively  the  Best  ever  Offered  at the  Prices.

Big Drive.......................................................................................................................................... j®
Red  Fox................................. 
50
Apple Jack.................................................................................................................................
Jack  Babbit.....................................................................................................................................
A.  .....................................................................................................................  
2c less in 5 butt lots;  special price on large quantities.

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PANOY  GrOODS

Send us a trial order.  We guarantee satisfaction every time.

A rth u r  M eigs  &  Co.
Fireworks We have the largest and 

best  selected  stock  ever 
brought  to  this  market, 
suitable  for public or pri­
vate  display, and  are  the 
Headquarters  for  FIRE 
CRACKERS, 
TORPE­
DOES,  FLAGS,  LAN­
TERNS,  ETC.  Send for 
catalogue and prices.

P. J. LAMB  &  COMPANY,

-WHOLESALE  D EALERS  IN-

B utter,

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

NO.  8  AND  10  IONIA  STREET,

GRAND  R A PID S.  -  MICHIGAN.

-A..  B.  K N O W L S O N

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

AKRON  SEWER  PIPE,

Fire  Brick  and  Clay,  Cement,  Stucco,

LIM E,  H A IR ,  CO A L  and  WOOD.

ESTIM ATES  CH EERFU LLY  FURNISHED.

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

tral  Freight  House.

SPR IN G   <& COM PANY

-WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

F - A J S r c r s r   JU S T 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  & BRO., Proprietors.

OFFICE IN  EAGLE  BUILDING, 3(1  FLOOR.
[Entered  at  the  Postofflce  at Grand Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  11,1884.

BUSINESS  LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent  Decisions in Courts 

of Last Resort.

Valid Conveyance.

A husband, though in failing  circumstan­
ces, may make a conveyance to his wife when 
it is made upon a  full  and  fair  considera­
tion, and when such conveyances are made in 
good faith, they must be sustained to the ex­
tent of the consideration,  actually paid, and 
no further.

The beneficial interest of the creditors un­
der an assignment for their  benefit  is  com­
pletely vested as soon as  the  assignment  is 
placed on record by the assignor  or  anyone 
interested, and it is immaterial that  the  as­
signee has not accepted the  trust, or that  he 
afterwards  refuses to accept it.  So held  by 
the St. Louis Court of Appeals in the case of 
Rendlemann vs. Davis et aL,  decided  April 
14.

The assignee of a note made some  inquir­
ies of the maker regarding  a  note,  and  the 
latter told him that the  note  was  all  right; 
that he had no defenses to the same, and that 
he would pay it  off within a few days there­
after.  Held that this statement made by the 
maker was a promise to  pay  the  note,  and 
that the maker was thereby stopped from as­
serting any defenses to the note  against  the 
assignee  who  purchased  the  same  on  the 
faith of such a promise, and that this was so 
whether the maker was or was not  ignorant 
of his] defenses  at the time the promise was 
made.—Plummer  vs.  Farmer’s  Bank  of 
Mooresville, Supreme Court of Indiana.

The running of sleeping cars has become a 
business and social  necessity,  and  the  law 
can impose obligations on the car  company, 
the same as  railways,  ferrymen  and  inn­
keepers.  When, therefore, a passenger who, 
under the rules of the company,  is  entitled 
to a birth ou the payment of the usual  fare, 
and to whom no personal objection attaches, 
enters the  company’s  sleeping  car  at  the 
proper time for the purpose of procuring ac­
commodations,  and  in  an  orderly  and  re­
spectful manner applies for a  birth, offering 
or tendering the customary price thereof, the 
company is bound to furnish  it,  provided  it 
has a vacant one at its  disposal.—Nevin  vs. 
Pullman Palace Car Co., Supreme  Court  of 
Illinois.
Examination  of Title—Liability  of  Attor­

ney.

A applied to a money lender for a loan  of 
$3,000 and offered his note  therefore,  secur­
ed by a mortgage on certain real estate prop­
erty;  B, the attorney of a money lender, ex­
amined the title to  the  real  property,  and 
furnished the latter a certificate to the effect 
that B’s title was good and the  property un­
incumbered,  and  thereupon  the  loan  was 
made on the terms  proposed;  subsequently, 
and before the maturity of  the  note  it  was 
assigned to the plaintiff, who  foreclosed the 
mortgage and sold the property, when it was 
found that  it  was  encumbered  by  a  prior 
mortgage, so that the plaintiff did not realize 
the amount  of  his  debt  and  brought  suit 
against A to recover. 
In deciding this case, 
Dundee Mortgage and  Trust Investment Co. 
vs. Hughes, the United States Circuit Court, 
District of Oregon,  held  that  there was  no 
priority of contract between A and plaintiff, 
and that he was not liable  to  the  latter  for 
the loss.

Sale—Place of Delivery.

Hardware  merchants  at  Minneapolis 
agreed to sell and deliver to a resident of an­
other town in the State a quantity  of  glass. 
The merchandise was not on hand, but had to 
be bought in St. Louis. The evidence as to the 
place of delivery wascorifiictiug; that of the 
vendors, that the glass was to be  put on  the 
cars at Minneapolis, and that of the purchas­
er, that it was to be delivered to him  at  his 
town. 
In the trial of the action  brought  by 
the merchants to  recover  the  price  of  the 
goods, the court  charged  the  jury: 
“The 
burden of the proof was upon the defendant 
to show that the glass was to be deievered to 
him at the place of his residence.”  The  de­
fendant carried the  judgment that  was  ren- 
dered,against him  in  the  case,  to  the  Su­
preme Court, where  an affirmance was had. 
Judge Mitchell, in the opinion, said: “There 
was no error in the charge. 
If no  place  be 
designated by the contract, the  general  rule 
is that the articles sold  are  to  be  delivered 
where they are at the time of  sale.  This  is 
a  rule  of construction predicated  upon  the 
presumed understanding of the parties when 
making  the  contract.  This  rule  is  not 
changed by  the  fact  that  the  vendor  does 
not have the goods at the place of sale at the 
time the bargain is made, but  must  procure 
for delivery.  Potentially and  prospectively 
the goods were as if then placed in the store 
of the vendor.”—Jenny vs. Sleeper, Supreme 
Court of  Minnesota.

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.

Choice Butter can always be had  at M.  C. 

Russell’s.

L A C E S ,

Real  Laces  a  Specialty.

9

Gloves,  Corsets, Ribbons, fans,  Hand Bags', 

Pocket  Books,  Ruohings,  Tam s, 

Silks,  Satins,  Velvets,

Embroidery  Materials, 

umes,  Flowers, 

Feathers & Ornaments, Stamped Goods.

STAMPING PATTERNS

70 MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

L. H. BEALS & SON
®a

Manufacturers of

•i

Westfield, Mass.

—AND—

O F F I C E
SALESROOM 
HO. 4 PEARL STREBT,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  HIGH

O O Y m O , « U n it s

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY

E3 IT G IN 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,  D en iso n ,

88,00  and 92  South  Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

MICHIGAN.

WEATHERLY k CO,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  and  Retail

IRO N   P IPE , 

Brass  Goods,  Ikon  and  Brass Fittings 

Mantles,  Grates,  Gas  Fixtures, 

Plumbers, Steam  Fitters,
—And Manufacturers of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

Wholesale

Olover, Timothy and all  Kinds Field Seeds 
Seed Com,  Green and  Dried  Fruits,  Oranges 
and Lemons, Butter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, etc. 
GREEK  VEGETABLES  AKD  OYSTERS. 

122 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

We are carying a full line  of Gor­
dons’  Cigars  of  Detroit,  among 
which  are  the  celebrated “ D.  F.” 
and “Olympian” and  although the 
latter  is being imitated, the stock 
and workmanship is much inferior 
to  the  genuine,  for which  we  are 
exclusive agents.  Give  us  a  trial 
order.

STAPLE DRY GOODS

Showcases We carry in  stock  such 
PUTNAM  &  BROOKS.

cases  as  there  is  most 
demand  for,  of the best 
makes,  and  will  meet 
Chicago prices.  Give us 
a call before purchasing.

GAHPETS,

M ATTIN GrS,

OIL  OLOTHB,

ETC..  ETC.

At  M anufacturers’  R rices. 

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House  and  Store  Shades  M ade  to  Order. 

6  an d   8  M onroe  St root,

68 Monroe  Street, Grand  Rapids.

N ELSO N   BROS.  <& CO.

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE

Grand  HapicLs,

Michigan.

M. B. Church  Sedette” Co.,
Manufacturer of I “Bedette.” *

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,

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

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

I Chief; Crescent

Our  stock  of Teas,  Coffees  and  Syrups 

is  Always  Complete.

Toksaocois,  V in egars  and.  S p lo e s !! 

-W E MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—

OUR  MOTTO!  “ SQUARE  DEALER*  BETWEEN  MAN0AND  MAN."

C O R R E S P O N D E N C E   S O L IC IT E D .

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. *5 
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  he 
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 or anything; for cold 
weather it is only necessary to add sufficient clothing.  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 reacn of all.

Price—36 in. wide, by 6>£ ft. long, $3.50;  30 in wide,  by 6>£  ft.  long,  $3.00;  27  in. 
wide, by 4K ft. long, cover not adjustable, $2.50.  For sale  by  furniture  dealers  every­
If not for sale by your dealer it will be sent to any address  on  receipt  of  price.
where. 

m BM   CROCKERY,  GLASSWARE,  ETC. 1-soi®
Mark our Specialties.  Mail orders receive careful Attention.

O F

'I c h

TO GET  THE  BEST,
1 Buy the Leonard Clean- 
able. with Movable Tines, 
Hard, wood,Carved Panels* 
W arranted  First  Class; 
Elegant and Durable.
M ANUFACTURED  B Y   T H E

G r a n d  R a p id s  R e fr ig e r a to r  C o.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

A9“Send for Catalogue.

PRICE  LIST.

37x18x42,1  door.....................................50
N 
No. 1, 31x30x44, 1 door.............................
No. 2,34x22x46, 2 doors...........................  
JJx
No. 3, 36x21x48, 2 doors...........................   «6 00
No. 4,  40x25x54, 4 doors...........................   g0 0U
No. 5, 43x26x59, 4 doors...........................  
00
No. 1, with water cooler...........................  
00
Mo. 2, with water cooler...........................   "i  00
No. 3, with water  cooler............................80U0
No. 5 is the size for boardinghouses and hotels-

Less discount to the trade, 30 per cent.

HERE YOU ARE-JUST WHAT YOU NEED

t h e   EURE K A   IjABSXiS.

For marking  goods in  plain  figures  at any price 
from 1 cent to $10, manufacturing show-cards call­
ing attention to bargins, working off dead-stock, etc.
SERIES  B.  EUREKA LABELS contains lOO 
each of the following, neatly  boxed:
1 cent, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 15, 20, 25, 25, 20, 35, 40, 45, 50, 50 60, 65, 70, 75,  75,  80, 
85, 90, 95, $1.00, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6 00,  $7.00,  $8.00,  $8 00;  Look;  Was; 
Now-  Special;  Damaged;  Reduced to; Remnant; Last One; Sample, Not  for  Sale; Per 
Pair;’Per Dozen; Per Set; Per Yard, Choice for; Only; Cost.
Price ner set. 5,400 Gummed Labels,  $2.35;  postage  15 cents.  To  make  Prices  between  $1 
and $10, stick the cents on a dollar label.  Please notice that these  labels  cost  only  4*4 cents 
per 100,’and are cheaper than common blanks.

Leonard Cardholder

CEN TS.

OMIT

C EN TS.

LEONARD  Card Holder

For  Attaching  Cards  to 

Merchandise.

The wire spring will  hold  fast  to  every de­
scription of merchandise,  such  as  Hardware, 
Glassware, China, Silverware,  Notions,  Boots 
Shoes, Cigar Boxes, Boots, etc.  The spring be­
ing pointed, it can be used as a pin all kinds of 
Dry Goods, Clothing,  Wooden Ware,  etc., and 
when inverted can be used as  a  hook  to  sus-
gend articles from a string,  and  at  the  same 
old a price card, as shown  in  accompanying 
cut.

Price per gross, $1.50.  One gross in a box, 

postage 15  cents.

The above cut shows three  of  the  labels  in 
combination.  Thousands of  different  combi­
nations may be  made  for  show  cards  or the 
labels may be used singly on merchandise.

Merch.ancLis©  Hook !

Send in  your orders NOW, as the adver- 
tizement of these goods appears  but  once.

FRUIT
JARS.

QUART, 

$13  per gross. 
\yi  GALLON, 
=$16  i>er  gross.

ASSORTED  PACKAGE

D ecorat’d.  W are

No. 1

5  Cent  Glassware.

2 doz Gem Goblets 
2 doz Modern Goblets 
2 doz 4 inch Comports—Jewell 
2 doz Modern Wines 
2 doz Berry Pickles 
2 doz Swiss Nappies, 6 inch 
2 doz Medium Mugs 
1 doz Jewell Spooners 
1 doz Motto Mugs 
1 doz Cable Salts
1 doz Shaker Salts
2 doz Plain Tumblers
20 doz Pieces @ 3714c $  doz...... ..............

Tierce

.$7 50 
50
$8  00

ASSORTED  PACKAGE

No. 2.

10 Cent Glassware.

14 doz Boston  Sugars 
14 doz Boston Creams 
14 doz Boston Spooners 
14 doz Boston Butters 
14 doz Fruit Deserts 
1 doz Paris sq. Dishes 8 inch 
1 doz Swiss Comports, 6 inch 
14 doz Snow Flake Dishes, 9 inch 
14 doz Jewel Pickle Jars 
14 doz Molasses Cans
6 doz Pieces ( 

175c $   doz.

Bbl.

.$4 50 
35
$4  85
Full lists of 5c, 10c, and 
25c goods on application

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“ 1 A - A . I D R . A l S
O N E  T IE R C E   ASSORTM ENT  O F BR O W N   “  MAD­

!

R A S ,”   C O N TA IN IN G  1 D IN N E R   SET 

AN D  1 TEA   SET.
Diamond CD.

No. pieces.

12 Sauce  Plates...................................... 12
12Ind.  Butters........................................12
12 Pie  Plates...........................................12
12 Breakfast Plates..................... *.........12
12 Dinner Plates.....................................12
12 Soup Plates......................................... 12
5 Platters, assorted sizes....................... 5
2 Covered Dishes..................................   4
2 Casseroles...........................................  4
2Pickles...........................................  
  2
1 Sauce Boat...........................................1
1 Sauce Tureen  Comp..........................  4
1 Soup Tureen  Comp...........................   4
1 Salad or Fruit Djsh............................. 1
2Bakers.,..................... 
2
1 Cov’d Butter......................................  3
12 Handled  Teas.....................................24

 

12 Tea Plates...........................................12
12 Handled Teas...................................... 24
|L Tea Pot,  1 Sugar................................ c4
1 Cream, 1 Bowl...................................... 2
12 Sauce  Plates...................................... 12
2CakePiates.........................................  2

Dinner Set 

126  $17 5

Tea Set 

1 Tierce.

56 $4 00

$23 25

—I  WOULD  CALL  THE  ATTENTION  OF  MERCHANTS  TO  MY—

Spring  Styles  of Fine  Hats,

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

Spring  Styles  of Soft  Hats,

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

Straw Hats  for  Men,

Straw Hats for Boys,
Straw Hats  for Ladies,
Straw  Hats for Misses.
M e   Dozen  at  New  M   Prices!!

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

Clothing  and  Gent’s  Furnishing  Goods, 

Gottonade  Fants  and  Hosiery.

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

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

I.  O.  L E V I ,

36, 3 8 ,4 0   and  42  CANAL  STREET, 

-  

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Introduction  of Steel  Nails.

From the American Manufacturer.

The near approach of the  manufacture of 
steel  nails  by  the  Bellaire  (Ohio)  Nail- 
Works Company is attracting a great deal of 
attention, not only among  the nail-manufac. 
turers of the West, but also among the work­
men at the mills.  As yet  the works  have 
been  operated  only  experimentally;  some 
nails have been cut,  and it is expected  that 
shortly they will  be  operated  continuously 
as a steel-nail works. 
It is also  stated that 
the Ri verside steel plant will be in operation 
about the 1st of June.  This prospect  is not 
looked upon  with  equanimity  by  the  pud- 
dlers and helpers, who will be thrown out of 
work.  There is no doubt that the action  of 
the puddlers in the past in insisting not only 
on a high rate of wages, but also on  a high­
er rate than is paid at the other mills  of the 
West, has resulted in  the  establishment  of 
this manufacture  of steel  nails.  While  a 
conservative course on their part  in the past 
might have postponed  the  day when  steel 
nails would be manufactured, it  is  evident 
that it could not have prevented  its coming. 
The  puddlers  now  are  anticipating  with 
some alarm the day when  by  reason of the 
introduction of steel in other  establishments 
there will be a surplus of  puddlers  seeking 
work, and the probability  of a  reduction in 
wages as the result.

This experiment  on the part  of  Bellaire 
and Riverside will be watched  with a  good 
deal of interest.  It is probable  that no high­
er price can be obtained for these steel nails 
than rules for iron nails.  It has been claim­
ed that because  the steel  nails can  be  cut 
smaller—more to a  pound—than  the  iron 
nails, and be as strong as  iron  nails, there­
fore consumers will be willing to  pay an ad 
ditional price;  but the  value of  a  nail  in 
many  instances  does not  depend  upon  its 
strength, hut upon the  frictional  resistance 
to  the strain that would  draw  it out of the 
wood, and it is probable that the iron nail of 
the same size would have a greater  friction­
al resistance than the steel, and certainly the 
larger iron nail would have a greater friction 
than the smaller steel nail.  That steel nails 
can be manufactured, and probably as cheap­
ly as the iron nail, cannot he doubted.  The 
problem is, how will they  take in the  mar­
ket?

<*  RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,

MANUFACTUREES  AND  JOBBERS  OF

BOOTS  &

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

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

M yA flapM fortM ii

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

g l a r e:,  j e w e l l   &  co.,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

W H O L E SA L E

83,85 and 8T  PEARL  STREET and 111, 116,118 and 120  OTTAWA  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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-  MICHIGAN,

Choice Butler a Specialty!

TIME TABLES.

D E PA R T.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
tDetroit Express................................... 6:00 a m
+Day Express.......................................12:25 p m
♦New York Fast Line...................................6:00 pm
tAtlantic Express.........................................9:20 pm
♦Pacific  Express..........................................  6:4 am
tLocal  Passenger...........!................... 11:20 am
+Mail..................................................... 3:30 p m
•♦Grand Rapids  Express.............................10:25 pm

A R R IV E .

■♦Daily except Sunday.  *Daily.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:59 a. m„ and New York  at 9 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  P8rlor  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  W EST.

GO ING EA ST.Arrives.
Leaves. 
6:15 am  
•(•Steamboat Express.........6:10 a m
10:20 a m 
•(•Through  Mail..................10:10  am
3:35 p m 
■♦■Evening  Express............3:20  pm
10:45 p m 
♦Atlantic Express..............  9:45 pm
10:00 a m
•(•Mixed, with coach...........
12:55 p m 
•♦•Morning Express............12:40 p m
4:55 p m 
•♦■Through  Mail..................  4:45 pm
10:35 p m 
•♦Steamboat Express.........10:30 p m
8:00 a m 
•♦Mixed................................
5:30 a m
♦NightExpress............ *...  5:10 a m
•♦Daily, 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 
W est.Train leaving  at  10:35  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.

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

Careful  Attention  Paid to  Filling  Orders.

III. G. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.
Castor Machine Oil.

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

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

O H I O   O I L   O O iM IP -A -lS rir

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- 
ingZinto popular favor.  We  Solicit  a  Ttixil  Order.

Hazeltine, Perkins & Go., Grand Rapids.
Fatexxt Egg Oases & Fillers

M essrs  F ,  «T-  LAMB  cto  OO-

Have  been  appointed  manufacturers’  agents  for  Western  Michigan  for  the  Lima  Egg 
Case Co., manufacturers of the best,  strongest  and most  durable  cases  and  fillers  in  the 
market, and will quote prices on application, both for  fillers and egg cases complete.

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Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GO ING  SOUTH.

Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex.  9:02 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:22 a m 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex..  3:57 p m 
/1M Dom'da  fir Pflililliin  A O.
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Wayr e Ex.. 10:25 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 pm

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves.'
9:50 a m 
4:45 p m 
7:15 a m
6:32 am 
4:32 pm 
12r32 p m

S LE EPIN G  CAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

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

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
•♦Mail...................................  9:15 am
+Day Express.................... 12:25 p m
♦Night  Express...................8:35 pm
Mixed................................... 6:10 am

Arrives, 
4:00 p m 
10:45 p m 
6:10 a m 
10:05 p m
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. 
Through parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful at­
tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. and 
8:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
Mixed 
.............................5:00 am   5:15 pm
Express................................ 4:10 p m   8:30 pm
Express...............................8:30  am   10:15 am
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 eonneetion is made with 
F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and 
Manistee. 

J. H. Palmer, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
JOHN MOHRHARD,

—WHOLESALE—

Fresh & Salt Meats

109  CAN Ali  STREET,

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

A Traveler’s  Needs.

From the Argonaut.

“You needle little woman  to  do  that  for 
you,” the chambermaid remarked,  as,  hear­
ing a  volley  of  terrific  profanity  from  the 
commercial traveler’s  room,  she  looked  in 
and saw him sewing a  suspender  button  to 
his thumb.

“Sew it seams,” the wretched man replied. 
“Button the hole, I think  I ’ve  cotton  to  it 
myself.”

“Eye, eye,” quoth the chambermaid; “but 

yo’ve tuck more time now than-----”

“Knot sew,” replied the  missionary;  “for 

a needle hath hut one  eye.”

And longer had they sung,  hut  just  then 
the porter shouted :  “En train for  de seat of 
war?  Buttoner,  buttoner,  rise!’’  And  he 
rose, and with dispatch  he threaded his way 
to the train.

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

S a k î ’h g
POWDER

P E R K I N S   &  H ESS,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

-DEALERS  IN-

NOS.  122 and 124aT*OUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

(Groceries.

PENCIL  PORTRAITS—NO.  17.

Steve  Sears,  the  Characteristic  Cracker 

Drummer.

Stephen Adams Sears was  bom  at Knox­
ville, Tenn., October 3,1853, and a year later 
his  parents  removed  to  Lynchburg,  Ya., 
where they remained two years,  when they 
came to Grand Kapids.  Here Steve receiv­
ed his education, supplementing a  course of 
studies in the high school  with  a  term  at 
Swensberg’s Commercial  College.  He  then 
entered the employ of his father and  uncle, 
then engaged in  the  wholesale  and  retail 
bakery business at 18 Monroe  street, taking 
occasional trips on the  road as  long  ago as 
1872.  Six years ago he began  making regu­
lar visits to a portion  of  the  trade  of  his 
house,  and 
to 
do, covering the C. & W. M., from  Manistee 
to Michigan City,  and  the cities  of  South 
Bend, La Porte, Elkhart, Allegan and Kala­
mazoo,  making  regular  trips  every  four 
weeks.  He was married Nov. 10,1880, and 
is the happy father of a handsome child.

this  he  still  continues 

Steve is a typical traveler, possessing  to a 
remarkable degree all the  points  character­
izing an accomplished and successful  sales­
man.  He is the very  embodiment  of good 
nature, and when at his best, his presence is 
a  sure  antidote  for  the  moroseness  and 
down-heartedness too frequently met with by 
the average traveler.  He is a  capital  story 
teller, and has always at command a fund of 
anecdote and humor which never  fails to in­
terest and entertain those with  whom he is 
thrown in contact.  He is, moreover,  an en­
ergetic and persevering  salesman,  ignoring 
the cheap clap trap which is  often  made to 
serve in place of vigorous  work,  and it is a 
matter of common report that if  Steve fails 
to “get there,” it is useless for others  to try. 
That  he occupies  the difficult  position  he 
does, carrying the same line handled by half 
the men on the road, and is  yet able  to hold 
the friendship of  every  gioceryman  out of 
this or any other market,  is  sufficient proof 
of his extreme good  sense  and almost  un­
paralleled personal popularity.

The  Tradition  of  the  Wooden  Nutmegs.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free Press 
at Mobile Ala.,  writes,  giving an  anecdote 
about  wooden  nutmegs  which  strengthens 
the conviction that the manufacture of them 
was, in truth, one of the infant industries of 
Connecticut  He says:

I see you  discredit  the  wooden  nutmeg 
tradition. 
In  1828  I heard  the  following 
from a gentleman  who  had  just  graduated 
at Bowdoin College,  so that  it  dates some­
where in the  four years just  then  expired. 
Among the medical students was  an  oldish 
practitioner from  New  Brunswick who had 
come to rub up his ideas and to get a genuine 
degree  of M. D.  He happened  to  be  in  a 
crowd, where a story was told of some sharp 
trick, at which one of the company  remark­
ed: “That beats the wooden nutmegs!”  The 
New Brunswicker blushed, and in some con­
fusion exclaimed: “How did you hear of the 
wooden nutmegs 1”  He  had given himself 
away, and they made him tell the story.  He 
kept a small stock of drugs,  to which he ad­
ded an assortment of spices,  etc.,  as  is the 
wont  in country  drug  stores.  During  the 
war  of  1812-15,  some  of these  got  quite 
scarce,  and with  the return  of  peace  the 
smuggling  peddlers  made a  rush  over  the 
line and did a profitable business.  Our  doc­
tor took the first opportunity  of  the kind to 
replenish  his  stock,  buying  among  other 
things  several  pounds  of  nutmegs,  as  he 
knew there were  none in  the country,  and 
he could dispose of  them  to  other  country 
store-keepers.  But before he had  disposed 
of  any, his wife  took  occasion  to  sample 
them, and found them  made  of wood.  He 
hushed  the  thing  up, hoping,  as  he  had 
bought the  peddler’s  whole  stock, that  it 
would never be heard of, and had so far sup­
posed that it was the only case of  the  kind. 
So far as the college catalogue shows, my in­
formant is still living  (Silas Baker, of  Stan- 
dish, Me.), aged 77 years.

Features  of the  Week.

The market has been about  steady during 
the past week, except sugars, which have de­
clined %c, and are likely  to go  still 
lower. 
Saginaw salt has  declined  10c  per  barrel, 
and jobbers consequently reduce the price to 
$1, although that figure allows them a  mar­
gin of  only  about  3c  per  barrel.  Canned 
apples, 3ft> standards,  have  declined  to 81, 
and lima beans are  down 5c.  Mackerel  has 
advanced  slightly.  Trade  has  been  only 
fair during the  past  week,  and  collections 
have improved.

Both  oranges  and  lemons  are  higher. 
Bananas are in good supply and fine quality 
at about former prices.  Peanuts a are little 
lower.

A grocer in Laurens county,  Mass.,  owns 
a half bushel measure that was  used  before 
and after the revolutionary war.  The Boston 
Globe says that of course it is valuable to him 
now only as a curiosity,  for  it  holds  a  full 
half bushel.

Orders  for  all  kinds  of  butter  desired 
will  be  filled  promptly  and  satisfaction 
guaranteed  by  E.  Fallas,  wholesale  dealer 
in butter  and eggs, 125 and 127 Canal street, 
Grand Kapids.

The herring produces from  30,000  to  50,- 
000 ftggs-  They are so small that 20,000 are 
only a layer thick, and can  be  placed  on  a 
square foot of glass.

How to Detect Adulteration  in  Teas. 

From the San Francisco Merchant.

“There are numerous tests, but,”  said the 
tea inspector, “I will only describe  the ones 
we  usually  employ,  beginning  with  the 
simplest, and avoiding  as much  as possible 
the technical  expressions.”  He then took 
two samples, one of a spurious tea, the other 
a pure but  commoner  looking,  and  boiled 
them.  Selecting  a  well-formed leaf  from 
what he claimed  to  be  the  genuine  lot, he 
smoothed it out and then held it in  an open 
window, so that its structure  could be  seen 
in the sunlight

“Notice,” he said, “the delicate  tracery of 
veins in this leaf, and the  fact that none of 
these veins reaeh from the stem to the edges 
of the leaf, but that they all scollop in when 
about two-thirds of the way to the edge, and 
return to the stem,  like  the  branches  of  a 
banyan tree to  the  ground.  This  is an in­
variable  peculiarity  of  the  tea  plant  and 
other members of the camelia family.  Now 
take a leaf from the other kettle, open it out 
carefully, and note the difference.  See how 
the veins spread out through the entire  tex­
ture of the leaf, running  all the  way  from 
stem to rim.  Again mark another great dif­
ference  between  the  leaves.  The edge of 
one leaf is as smooth as a finger  nail, while 
the edge of this leaf is sharply serrated.  Ex­
amine a dozen leaves from either  kettle and 
you will find exactly  the same  difference in 
each.  The fact simply is that all the leaves 
in this pot come from  the tea  plant,  while 
leaves in that  pot  belong  to the  epilobium 
family; that is, they are leaves either  of the 
willow herb or the wickup, as the plants are 
commonly known.  You  may further notice 
that there are nothing but  clean  tea  leaves 
in this pot, while the  other  lot  is weighted 
down  with  particles  of  sand  that  were 
sprinkled over one  side of  the  leaves  and 
then rolled in out of sight.  Tea leaves con­
tain a  natural  gum,  which  is  wanting  in 
those epilobium leaves, and  which is  neces­
sary in manipulating  them to  their  market 
shape.  There may  be a  slight  flavoring of 
tea dust in that spurious  tea,  but the  mass 
is composed of foreign leaves, sand,  artifici­
al gum and a little Prussian  blue  for color­
ing matter.  Nothing further would be need­
ed than  the  boiling  test to  condemn  that 
trash, for it is  the  most  barefaced  fraud I 
ever saw; but ordinarily  several  assays are 
made from different samples of  a  question­
able lot before a  final decision is  made,  as 
there is an established Government standard 
of  purity,  and  it  is  sometimes a  delicate 
question as to whether  the  article is  quite 
up to the standard. 
In one test  the  leaves 
are burned  in  a platina  crucible,  in  which 
case  the  genuine  tea ash  must  not  weigh 
more than seven per cent, of  the  unbumed 
leaves.  Not less than 40 per  cent,  of  this 
ash must be soluble in water, and  the insol­
uble part,  after  the ash  has  been  treated 
with acids, must not  exceed  one per  cent. 
This insoluble  residue  is  mostly composed 
of silica.  Another test is made by  exhaust­
ing the extract or juices of the  leaf, and de­
termining the amount of loss in weight,  and 
so I could name you several others, but  the 
ones suggested before are generally  employ­
ed.  Besides  applying  these  tests  to  tea 
dust, we also submit  that  article to  micro­
scopic examination,  in  order  to  determine 
the structure of the leaf of which the dust is 
composed.  These  analytical  experiments 
are only applied in suspicious cases,  for,  as 
1 said before, the great mass of the  tea sent 
here is pure, and requires a merely  nominal 
examination by the simple tests.”

New Fite-Cutting Machine.

There has recently been introduced among 
the English file-makers  a  new  machine,  of 
continental origin, for cutting files  which  it 
is  reported  makes very  exact  imitations  of 
hand-cut files. 
In this  device  the  hammer 
strikes  the  chisel, which  is  loose  and  may 
be  taken  and  replaced at will, in  precisely 
the same way as in the cutting by hand,  and 
at the same time a  more  even  and  regular 
cut is effected.  The machine is also  said  to 
possess a  great degree of delicacy of  action, 
rendering it possible without any  great skill 
to  regulate  the  cuts  to  a very  considerable 
degree of nicety.  The cuts made are further 
asserted to be as deep and the teeth made as 
strong  and  durable  as  those  made by  the 
manual process.

A t the Corner Grocery.

From the San Francisco Post.

“There’s  a  little  too  much  hippodrome 
about^that sugar you  sold  me,” said  a cus­
tomer to a grocer the  other day.

“How’s  that?”
“Well, there’s not sugar enough  in  it for 
coffee and there’s  hardly  sand  enough  for 
mortar.”

“That shows  you  don’t  understand  our 
great combination  brand,”  blandly  replied 
the diluter, “you’ve only got to use  twice as 
much and the  residue  is just  splendid  for 
cleaning knives.”  And he sold him another 
box of  dried  apples  made  from  the  best 
selected shoe parings.

The Laziest Boy in the Land.

A Boy in North Easton, who is too lazy to 
wind up his Connecticut watch in  the  usual 
way, puts the stem on the banister and  rolls 
it along as he goes upstairs to bed.  When he 
reaches  the top  of the  stairs  the  watch  is 
found to be wound.

“What is the use of all this talk about bad 
butter or oleomargarine?” exclaimed  a mer­
chant yesterday;  “not one person in a  hun­
dred knows good from bad butter.  Of course 
they think they do, and so often  are willing 
to pay forty cents for stuff they can have for 
twenty-five cents if they want  i t ”

M. C. Bussell has just received  a  carload 
of lemons and also one  of  Aspinwall  bana­
nas.

Try the  celebrated  Jerome  Eddys.  The 
finest 10 emit cigar in the market  For  sale 
by Fox,  Musselman & Loveridge. 

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OATMEAL.

185ft  pkgs........................ .................   @8 75
362ft  pkgs..................................  
  @325
Imperial bbls.....................................  
5  50
Quaker bbls.... 
...... ...................... 
6 75
or

 

00
75
20
00
75
20
35
45
40
50
75
00
65
15
30
40
45
25
40
10
75
85
85
00
00

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

 

 

 
 

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BLU IN G .

A X LE  GREASE.

Advanced—Mackerel.
Declined—Saginaw Salt 10c;  Sugars  *c; 3 lb 

B A K IN G   PO W D ER .

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

apples 10c.
Modoc__ $  doz  60  IParagon...  $  doz  60
Diamond............   60  [Frazer's..............  70
Arctic *  ft cans................................$  doz.  . 45
Arctic *  ft cans..........................................  75
Arctic *  ft cans...........................................  1 40
Arctic 1 ft cans...........................................2 40
Arctic 5  ft cans...........................................12 00
Dry, No. 2......................................... doz. 
25
45
Dry, No. 3......................................... doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,............... 
35
doz. 
Liquid, 8 oz.......................................doz. 
65
Arctic 4 oz..................................... ^  gross 4 00
Arctic 8  oz..................................................  8 00
Arctic 16oz........................... .............. 
1200
Arctic No. 1 pepper box...............  
2 00
 
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
Arctic No. 3 
4 50
 
No. 1 Carpet........................ .................   2 50
No. 2 Carpet.................. .......................  2 25
No. 1 Parlor Gem.................................   3 00
No. 1 Hurl..............................................  2 00
No. 2 Hurl  ............................................  1 75
Fancy Whisk...... ..................................  125
85
Common Whisk..................................... 
Cove Oysters, 1 ft standards.................... 1
15
85
Cove Oysters, 2 ft standards..................   1
75
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack filled..................
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack'fllled.................... 1
25
65
Clams, lf t  standards................................ 1
65
Clams, 2 ft  standards................................ 2
65
Lobsters, lf t  standards............................1
Lobsters. 2ft  standards............................2
70
50
Lobsters,  Picnics...................................... 1
Mackerel, lf t fresh standards.................1
2050
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh standards................. 6
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft................3
50
50
Mackerel, 3 ft in Mustard.......................... 3
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled................................ 3
50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river......................1
60
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river......................2
60
50
Salmon, 1 ft  Sacramento.......................... 1
Sardines, domestic * s ..............................
8
Sardines,  domestic  * s .............................
12%15
Sardines,  Mustard  * s ..............................
Sardines,  imported  54s.............................
15
Sardines, imported 54s..............................
2032
Sardines, imported *s, boneless 
50
Sardines, Russian  kegs.............
Trout, 3 ft  brook....................................   3
00

CANNED  P IS H .

CA NN ED F R U IT S .

 

......... 

Apples, 3 ft standards............................... 1
Apples, gallons,  standards, Erie.............. 2
Blackberries, standards............................1
Cherries, red........................... 
1
Cherries, w hite........................... 
1
Damsons.................................................... 1
Egg Plums, standard» 
1
Egg Plums,  Erie........................................1
Green Gages, standards2ft......................1
Green Gages,  Erie.....................................1
Peaches, 3ft  standards............................. 1
Peaches, 3 ft Extra  Yellow....................... 2
Peaches,  seconds........................... 
1
Pie Peaches 31b......................................... 1
Pears, Bartlett 2 ft.....................................1
Pineapples, 2 ft  stand...............................1
Quinces.......................................... t........ 1
Raspberries, 2 ft stand............................. 1
Raspberries, 2ft Erie................................ 1
Strawberries, 2 ft standards......................1

CANNED F R U IT S — C A L IF O R N IA .

CANNED  V EG ETA BLES.

Apricots, Lusk’s........................................2
Egg Plums.................................................2
Green Gages..............................................2
Pears  .........................................................3
Quinces......................................................3
Asparagus, Oyster Bay..................................3 25
Beans, Lim a..............................................  75
Beans, String............................................   90
Beans, Boston Baked........................... 
1 65
Beans,  Stringless...........................................1 00
Corn, Erie..................................................115
Corn, Revere...................................................1 20
Corn,  Egyptian..........................................110
Corn, Yarmouth.............................................1 20
Corn Trophy..............................................115
Corn, 2ft  Onandago..................................150
Corn. Acme....................................................1 25
Mushrooms, French..................................22@24
Peas, standard  Marrofat.... .................... .1 40
Peas, 2ft Early, small  (new).........................1 60
Peas, 21b Beaver........................................... 75
Peas, French 2 ft...............,.t,f>28@26
Pumpkin,3ft Golden......... ........... 
.f 10
Succotash, 2 ft standards..........................  85
Succotash, 2ft B.&M................................ ...1 75
Squash, 3 ft  standards................................... 1 20
Tomatoes, 3ft Dilworth’s...............................1 05
Tomatoes, 3 1b Job Bacon...............................1 00
Tomatoes, gal. Erie........................................2 95
Tomatoes, Acme 3ft........................ 1 03@1 20
lEly’s Waterproof  75
G.  D....................  35 
Musket...............   75 
|
.  @36
Boston  premium........
.  @25
German  sweet..
.  @40
Baker’8  ............
.  @35
Runkles............
Vienna Sweet...
.  @25
Green Rio__12 ©14 Roasted Mex.l7*@19
Green Java.. .17 @27 Ground Rio.. 9 *@17
Green Mocha.25 @27 Ground  Mex.
©16
Roasted Rio.. 12 @17 Arbuckle’s__ ...@15*
Roasted  Java24 @34 x x x x .........
...©15*
Roasted Mar.17 @19 Dilworth’s ...
...@15*
Roasted Mocha @34 Levering’s ...
. ..@15*
72 foot J u te __ 1 35 60 foot Cotton ...1 75
60 foot Jute...... 1  15 50 foot Cotton ...1 50

CHOCOLATE.

CORDAGE.

CO FFEE.

CAPS.

FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F IS H .

FAUCETS.

Vanilla.

Lemon.
Jennings’2 oz...................................$  doz. 1 00
4oz...................... 
“ 
1 50
“ 
6oz................................  
2 50
8oz................................................3 50
“ 
“  No. 2 Taper....................................1 25
No. 4  * 
“ 
................................  175
“ 
Vt pint  round.................................4 50
“ 
1 
“ 
............................  8 00
f*  No.  8........................... 
3 00
“  No. 10......................... 
4 25
Jennings’2 oz...................................$  doz. 1  40
4 oz................................................. 2 50
“ 
“  
6oz................................................. 4 00
8 oz................................................. 5 00
“ 
“  No. 2  Taper..................................  1 50
“  No. 4 Taper...............................    3 00
“  % pint round...............................   7 50
“  r  1 pint  round............................... 15 00
“  No.  8............................................   4 25
“  No.  10.............................  
6 00
Faucets,  self measuring.......................  @2 50
Faucets, common..................................   @ 35
Whole Cod..........................................   45!£@6*
Boneless Cod...................................... 
5@7@8
Herring % bbls^lOO ft.......................2 75@3 00
Herring Scaled.....................................   26@28
Herring Holland................................  @110
Bloaters.............................. ..............   @100
White, No. 1, % bbls.......................... 
7 50
White, Family,  % bbls...................... 
3 75
1 10
White, No. 1,10 ft kits....................... 
Whise, No. 1,12 ft kits....................... 
1 15
Trout, No. 1, %  bbls.......................  
4 75
90
Trout, No. 1,12 1b  kits....................... 
Mackerel, No. 1, *  bbls.....................  
6  00
Mackerel. No. 1,12 1b kits................. 
1  00
London Layers, new...........................  
2 75
Loose Muscatels Raisins,  new ..........2 50@2 60
New Valencias Raisins.....................   7*@7*
Dehesia...............................................  @3 25
Ondaras...............................................  @10%
Turkey Prunes...................................  6*@6*
Currants..............................................  5*@6
Citron..................................................  18@20
Dried A pples............... ......................   8  @8%
Richardson’s No. 2  square...............
................
Richardson’s No. 3 
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Richardson’s No. 5 
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Richardson’s No. 6 
................
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Richardson’s No. 8 
...............
do 
Richardson’s No. 9 
...............
do 
Richardson’s No. 4 round.................
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
.................
Richardson’s No. 7* do 
.................
Electric Parlor No. 17......................
Electric Parlor No. 18.........................
Grand Haven, No. 9..........................
Grand Haven, No. 8..........................
20 gross lots special price.

MATCHES.

F R U IT S .

MOLASSES.

Black Strap...............................................   @18
Porto  Rico................................................. 30@35
New  Orleans, good.........................  
40@50
New Orleans, fancy.................................B6@60
Syrups, Sugar......... ............................27@36@46

 

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Kerosene  W. W................................... 
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Legal test........................... 
75
Sweet, 2 oz. square..............................  
Sweet, 2  oz. round..............................  
l ¿0
75
Castor, 2 oz.  square............................. 
Castor, 2 oz. round..............................  
l 00
Choice in barrels med...................................7 50
Choice in V4 
...................................4 50
small..........................4 50
Dingee’s % 
.................. 4 25
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy.. 
Dingee’s pints 
do 
.......................  2 50
American qt.  in Glass.................................g 00
American pt. in Glass.................................. l 25
C. & B. English  quarts............................... 6 00
C. & B. English  pints.................................. 3 60
Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins,  quarts.. .6 00
pints__ 3 60
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50 
pts..2 75
Imported Clay 3 gross........................ 2 25@3 00
American T. D....................................   90@1 00

P IP E S .

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R IC E .

SA LERA TUS.

Choice  Carolina............................................6%
Prime Carolina............................................. 7 %
Java  .............................................................. 6
P a tn a .............................................................6%
Rangoon........................................................554
DeLand’s pure. 
•@ 5*
Church’s  . 
• @ 554
Taylor’8 G.
M.
• @ 5)4 
Cap  Sheaf...........
.@ 554
Dwight’s ..........
• @ 554
Sea  Foam...........
• @ 554 
S., B. &L.’s Best.
.© 554
60 Pocket...........
28 Pocket............
100 3 ft pockets...
Saginaw Fine__
Diamond C.........
Standard Coarse.

SA UCES.

Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. 
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, % pts.
Picadilly, 54 pints................................
Halford Sauce, large..................... .
Pepper Sauce, red  small....................
Pepper Sauce, green...........................
Pesper Sauce, red large ring..............
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........
Catsup, Tomato,  pints........................
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ....................
Horseradish,  54 pints.........................
Horseradish, pints..............................
Capers, French surfines.....................
Capers, French surfines, iarge...........
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle.................
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  bottle.................
Olive Oil,  quarts, Antonia & Co.’s__
Olive Oil, pints,  Antonia & Co,’s........
Olive Oil, 54 pints, Antonia & Co.’s__
Hemp ..................................................
Canary.................................................
Rape ...................................................
Mixed Bird........................................... 554@6

SEEDS.

SOAP.

 

Kirk’s American  Family.......... $ 1b 
do. 
India..................................... 
do.  Savon...................................  
do.  Satinet........................  
do.  Revenue............................... 
do.  White Russian....................... 
Goodrich’s English Family  .............. 
Princess.......................... 
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory...............  
Japan  Oiive........ 
Town Talk $  box 
Golden Bar.........  
Arab............... 
Amber........... 
Mottled German.. 

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6
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5 40
554
454
6 75
5
3 70
4 20
45
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SPICES.

Lautz Bros. & Co.

gabbitt’s ............................................ 

Procter & Gamble’s Velvet.................  @3 40
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck.........   @3 25
Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well.........   @3 15
Badger.........................................60fts  @654
Galvanic..............................................  @4 20
XXX Electric......................................  @4 20
XXX Borax.........................................  @6 50
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br  @ 21
Tip Top.................................... 3 ft bar  @  16
Ward’s White Lily..............................   @6 75
Handkerchief..............s......................  @4 20
3 00
Sidall’s ............................................... 
5 25
ish R ag............................................ 
4 10
5 00
Bluing.................................................. 
4 20
Magnetic.............................................. 
New French Process.......................... 
4 50
5 00
Spoon.................................................. 
Anti-Washboard................................. 
5 00
3 25
Vaterland.......................... ................ 
4 20
Magic.................................................... 
Pittsburgh..........................................  
4 00
Bogue’s ............................................... 
6 75
White castile bars..............................  
13
Mott! ed castile....... '............................ 
12
Old  Style............................................  @554
Old Country........................ 
554
Acme, 70 lf t bars................................  @ 654
Acme, 25 3 ft bars................................  @ 6*
Naster, 100-* ft cakes..........................  @5 00
Stearine, 100  *  ft cakes.....................   @5 00
Marseilles, white, 100 *  ft cakes........  @6 25
Cotton Oil, white, 100 54 ft  cakes........  @6 25
Mapkin, 25 bars...................................  @5 25
Towel, 25 bars......................................  @5 25
Best American, 601 ft blocks.............’  @6
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain.........  ......  @ 534
Lautz s 60-1 ft blocks, wrapped...........  @7
German Mottled, wrapped.................  @654
Savon, Republic», 60 ft box.................  @5%
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks...............   @ 5%
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks...........  @5
London Family, 3-ft bars 80 ft............   @4 00
London Family, 4-ft bars 80ft............   @400
Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped...........  @3 70
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped....................  @3 85
Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped.................  @4 00
Climax, 100 cakes, wrapped...............   @3 25
Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped....................  @2 30
Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in box  ©1 25 
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 *  ft  dozen...........................  
75
75
Allspice  54 ft........................................ 
Cinnamon  54 f t ................................... 
100
Cloves 54  ft...... .................................... 
75
@18
Pepper,  whole.................................  
Allspice ..............................  
  @10
Cassia................... 
@12
 
Cloves...............................................  20  @22
Nutmegs,  No. 1................................  70  @75
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.................... 
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package......... .......... 
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes......................  @7
Muzzy Gloss bulk................................  @6
Muzzy Com l f t ................................
©8
Kingsford Silver Gloss....................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft box......
@854
Kingsford Corn......... .....................
Oswego  Gloss...................................... 
@654
Mirror  Gloss. 1.....................................  @654
Mirror Gloss, corn..............................   @634
Piel’s Pearl...........................................  @4
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk......  @5
Niagara Laundry, bbls, 186 -fts...........  @5
Niagara Gloss, 401 ft packages...........  @7
Niagara Gloss, 36 3 
packages.........   @6
Niagara Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate__   @7
Corn, 401ft  packages........................   @754
American Starch Co.’s
1 ft Gloss..............................................  @654
10 oz  Gloss;.........................................   @334
3ft  Gloss..............................................  @6
6 ft Gloss, wood boxes........................   @7
Table Corn....................................40 ft  @654
Table  Corn...................................20 ft  @7
Banner, bulk........................................  @4
Hovey’s 1 ft Sunday Gloss..................   @754
Hovey’s 3 ft Sunday Gloss...................  @754
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
 
STOVE P O L IS H .
Rising  Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s  gross........5 50
Universal............. 5 88 Above 5® dozea.......   50
I X L .....................5 60]
Granulated  .
Cut Loaf......
Cubes .........
Powdered....
Conf. A........
Standard A ..
Extra C..................... ......................... 
Fine C................................................. 
Yellow C..............................................  554@5 54
32
Corn,  Barrels......................................
©
34
Cora, 54 bbls.................................. .
35 
Corn, 10 gallon kegs.............................
@1 80 @1 66
Cora, 5 gallon kegs.../.........................
Corn, 454 gallon kegs......... .................
8©  32 
Pure Sugar  Drips..................... ...bbl
0®  36 
Pure Sugar Drips......................54 bbl
©1 85
Pure Sugar  D rips...........5galkegs

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

@1% 
@1% 
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@6  54

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534@6

STONEW ARE. 

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@654

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STARCH.

SUGARS.

 

 

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Pure Loaf Sugar Drips..............54 bbl
Pure Loaf Sugar.  ..............5 gal kegs
TEAS.Young Hyson 
Japan, ordinary.  24@30
Japan fair...........32@35
Gun  Powder.
Japan fair to g’d.35@37
Oolong__
Japan fine...........40@50
Congo......
Japan dust......... 15@20
TOBACCO— F IN E   CUT
Our  Bird......................................
Peaches .......................................
Morrison’s Fruit..........................
Victor...........................................
Diamond  Crown..........................
Red  Bird......................................
Opera Queen................................
Sweet Rose...................................
Green Back..................................
F ru it............................................
O So Sweet.................................
Prairie Flower.............................
Climber [light and dark]............
Matchiess................................•__
Hiawatha....................................
Globe............................................
May Flower.................................
Hero..................... ........................
A tlas............................................
Royal Game........................ 7.......
Silver Thread..............................
Seal...............................................
Kentucky....................................
Mule Ear......................................
Peek-a-Boo.. .................. ..........
Peek-a-Boo, 54  barrels...r..........
Clipper, Fox’s..............................
Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels__
Fountain......................................
Old Congress................................
Good Luck...................................
Good and Sweet...........................
Blaze Away.................................
Hair Lifter..................................
Old Glory, light........................ ..
Charm of the West, dark............
Governor, in 2 oz tin foil............
B. F. P.’s Favorite.......................
Old Kentucky..............................
Big Four,  2x12.............................
Big Four, 3x12..............................
Darby and Joan, all sizes............
Turkey, 16 oz., 2x12.....................
Blackbird, 16 oz.,  3x12.................
Red Fox.......................................
Big  Drive....................................
Seal of Grand Rapids..................
Glory  ...........................................
Durham.......................................
Silver Coin...................................
Buster  [Dark].............................
Black Prince [Dark]....................
Black Racer  [Dark]....................
Leggett & My era’  Star.................
Climax.........................................
Hold F a st.....................................
McAlpin’s Gold Shield.................
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft cads..
Cock of the Walk  6s....................
Black Spun  Roll..........................
Ninirod........................................
Acorn ...........................................
Red Seal.......................................
Crescent......................................
Black  X .................. ....................
Black  Bass...................................
True Grit......................................
Nobby Spun Roll........................
Spring..........................................
Crayling, all  styles.....................
Mackinaw.....................................
Horse Shoe.......’...........................
Good Luck...................................
Big Chunk or J.T ........................
Hair Lifter..................................
D. and D., black...........................
McAlpin’s Green Shield..............
Ace  High, black..........................
Champion  A................................
Sailors’  Solace.............................
Red Star.......................................
Shot Gun......................................
D uck............................................
Jum bo.................. .....................
Applejack...................................
Jack Rabbit.................................
A. M..............................................
Morning Dew................................
Chain  ..........................................
Arthur’s Choice...........................
Seal of Grand Radids..................
King..............................................
F lirt.............................................
Pug
Ten Penny Durham, 54 and 54............
Amber, 54 and lf t................................
Dime Smoking....................................
Red Fox Smoking................................
Lime Kiln Club...................................
Blackwell’s Durham Long  Cut...........
Vanity  Fair.........................................
Dime....................................................
Peerless...............................................
Standard....................................... 
.
Old Tom...............................................
Tom & Jerry ........................................
Joker....................................................
Traveler...............................................
Maiden.................................................
Topsy  ..................................................
Navy Clippings...................................
Honey Dew......... ...............................
Gold Block...........................................
Camp Fire  ......................................... ‘
Oronoko.............................................
Nigger  Head.......................................
Durham, 54 f t ......................................
54 f t ..............................
54 f t .....................................
.
l f t ................................ 
Holland...............................................
German...............................................
Long Tom............................................
National................................. .............
T im e....................................................
Love’s Dream......................................
Conqueror...........................................
Fox’s ......... .........................................
Grayling ............................................ .
Seal Skin..............................................
Dime Durham.....................................
Rob Roy...............................................
Uncle  Sam...... ...................................
Lumberman...... ................................
Railroad Boy.......................................
Mountain Rose....................................
Good Enough......................................
Home Comfort, 54s and  54s.................
Old Rip, long cut................................
Durham, long cut..............................
Two  Nickle, 545..................................
Two  Nickle, 54 s...................................
Star Durham.......................................
Golden Flake Cabinet..........................
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz...............
Seal of North Carolina, 4 oz...............
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz...............
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...
Big Deal, 54s  longcut....................•....
Applejack, 548  granulated...............
King Bee, longcut, 54s and 54s...........
Milwaukee Prize, 548 and 54s..............
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  Durham__
Durham, S., B. & L, 54 s and 54s...........
Rattler, longcut...................................
Windsor cut plug................................

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V IN EGA R.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

W ASH ING PO W D ERS.

Mule Ear  ...........................................
Hiawatha............................................
Old Congress........................................
Acme....................................................
Pure  Cider...........................................
White Wine.........................................
1776 $  f t ...............................................
Gillett’s $  f t ........................................
Soapine pkg.........................................
Pearline $  box.....................................
Lavine, single boxes, 481 ft papers... 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs 
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6 oz  pap 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 % ft papers.. 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 % ft paprs 
Seneca Falls “ Rising Sun”..................
Twin Bros......... 1 75  IWilsons............
Gillett’s .............1 75  iNational..........
Blacking......................................30, 40,
do  waterproof..........................
Bath Brick imported..........................
do 
American..........................
Barley..................................................
Burners, No. 1 .................................
do  No. 2.....................................
Bags, American A...............................
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand...............
Curry Combs «  doz.............................1
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans............
Candles, Star........................................
Candles,  Hotel....................................
Chimney Cleaners $1 doz....................
Chimneys No. 1...................................
No. 2...................................
Cocoanut,  Schepps’lf t packages. 
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & % ft  do  . 
Evaporated Hulled Corn 50 ft cases...
Extract Coffee,  v. c........ ...................
Felix.........................1
Flour, Star Mills, in bbls....................5
in Sacks......... .  ........5
Flour Sifters V doz............................3
Fruit Augurs each.... .................1
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.....................
Gum, Rubber200lum ps............

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@  95 
@1 90
.25@50
.35@50
@30

@30
@38
@50
@60
@57
@52
@40

@33
@31
@65
@62
@65
@69
@70
@70
@45
@35
@38
@67
@60
@30
@67
@32
@30
@32
@30
@74
@64
@52
@45
@35
@30
@60
@60
@60
©50
@50
@50
@50
@50
@50
@34
@50
@52
@48
@50
@48
@50
@36
@36
@36
@50
©50
@48
©48
@51
@37
@38
@48
@48
@46
@44
@35
@40
@35
@50
@50
@50
@47
@50
@50
@40
@37

@35
@48
@48
@50
@48
@48
@40
@50
@42
@35
@26
@22
@22
@25
@30
@28
@30
@24
@15
@22
@26
@47
@90
@90
24@25
@25
@22
@21@24
@25
@35
@26
@27
@24
@25
@32
@22
@19
@26
@ 60@57
@55
@51
@22
@16
@30
@26
@26
@28
@23
@22@32
@30
@25
@26
@28
@26
@37
@20
@ 2-1
@25
@60
@60
@25
@26
@25
@40
@52
@50
@48
@50
@27
@24
@22
@24
@24
@24
@28
@25

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@4 50 
@4 50 
@4 25 
@4 50 
@4 25 
@4 15 
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.  1 75 
. 1 75 
. 1 75
50@60 
1 50 
95 
75
1 10 
1 50 
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Gum', Spruce........................ .
Ink $  3 dozen  box...............................l
Jelly in Palls........................................
do  Glass Tumblers $1 doz.........
Lye $  2  doz. cases............................... 1
Macaroni,  Imported......... ..................
Domestic.............................................
French Mustard,  8 oz $   dozen
Large Gothic...........1
Oil Tanks, Star 60  gallons...............   10
Peas, Green Bush................................ i
do  Split prepared.................. !.......
Powder,  Keg........................................5
„  do  % Keg...... 3
Sago  ...................................
Shot, drop................!!..!...” ............1
Sage.............................;...................... ..
Tobacco Cutters each........!.............. 1
Twine.............................. ...................
Tapioca..................... .....................*"
Wicking No. 1 $ grass*...... 1.........
do  No. 2  ..................................
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25@
18@20
5@6
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CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

STICK .

Straight, 25 ft boxes..............
Twist, 
Cut Loaf

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@12

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...10 
...11VS 
...11 
...14 
...14 
...11* 
...10*
.14
.15
.16
.17
.20
.12
.20
.14J6
.17
.16
.16
.15
 

Royal, 25 ft  pails.........
Royal, 200 ft bbls.............................
Extra, 25 ft  pails..........
Extra, 200 ft bbls......... * *.................
French Cream, 25 ft pails!!.............
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.......
Broken, 25 ft  pails..........................
Broken,200ft  bbls....... !!.!.!!!!!’!!
FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.
Lemon Drops..........................
Sour Drops...................... .!!! .........
.........
Peppermint  Drops....... 
Chocolate Drops............ ........
H M Chocolate  Drops 
......
Gum  Drops  ........................[[[]
Licorice Drops..............!!!!'.."!!.......
AB Licorice  Drops.. 
.!.............
Lozenges, plain...............!.!!!!!.!.
Lozenges,  printed..............!..........
Imperials..........................
Mottoes:.....................
Cream  Bar............ ..........................
Molasses Bar................................  
Caramels................................................... 
Hand Made Creams.........!*.".!!.....................
Plain  Creams.................... !.!!!..................2ft
Decorated Creams... 
String Rock........... 
Burnt Almonds........................................... 5?
Wintergreen  Berries....*!!.\"!.’" ! "   .........
Fancy—in B ulk..................
Lozenges, plain in pails.......  
14
io
Lozenges, plain in bbls... 
Lozenges, printed in p ails......... -*..............is
......................14
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.. 
Chocolate Drops, in pails 
......................14
Gum Drops, in pails........ 
........................   e
Gum Drops, in bbls...........  ........................   T
Moss Drops, in pails........  .......................... ii
Moss Drops, in bbls.........   ...... ...................  ¿1/
Sour Drops, in  pails........ 
Imperials, in  pails........ 
Imperials, in bbls........ 
...........................
Higher.*........................
_ 
FRUITS.
Oranges  box.....................  
Oranges OO $  box......... &  00
Oranges, Imperials, ^3  box_ 
Oranges, Valencia $1  case.........
Lemons,  choice................. 
Lemons, fancy....... !!!!!!!!!!*"!!''*  5 
Bananas $ bunch............ 
Malaga Grapes, «  keg. .!.!.!.*! .*.........
Malaga Grapes, $  bbl..
Figs,  layers  $  » ...............*!"*!’!*“ *  12©16
Figs, fancy  do  ..................... ' 
is©2ft
Figs, baskets 40 ft ^3 ft............... 
<3114
Dates, frails 
do 
......  
6
do  ! ’. *. *...................   © ?
Dates, % do 
Dates, skin............ ............................  
^  A
Dates, %  skin............... 
/a  1,1/
Dates, Fard 10 ft box »   ft!................ in
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $ ft.. 
...........  7  ¡»  a
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft.......!” ‘!  e*@ 7
PEANUTS.
„   . 
Lower.
• 
Prime Red,  raw $  ft......
a
Choice 
d o ...... . .*..............  
Fancy 
do  ............ !!!!.’.*!!*  @ 8%
9  (ain
Choice White, V a.do.........  
Fancy H P,. Va  do  ...............*.*.* .*.*.* .*.*10  @10*
Almonds,  Terragona, $ ft.......  
18@19
Almonds, loaca,
d o ......................i6@it
Brazils,
do  .....................  9@10
Pecons,
....................  10@14
Filberts, Barcelona 
d o ..................
Filberts, Sicily 
d o ...................  
Walnuts, Chilli 
do  ..................   @12*
Walnuts, Grenobles 
d o ....................  14@15
Walnuts, California 
d o ..................
Cocoa Nuts, $  100 
.........   @4 50
Hickory Nuts, large $ bu 
Hickory Nuts, small  do
1 25

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PROVISIONS.

9*
9y%

9%
9%
9%
9*

PO R K .

The  Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co 

quote  as follows:
Heavy Mess  Pork.....................  
*17 5ft
Back Pork,  short cut.................. .  17 5ft
Family Clear Pork, very cheap.........*!!!."  17  75
Clear Pork, A. Webster packer.........".!.!  19 00
S. P. Booth’s Clear Pork, Kansas City__ 19 50
Extra Clear P ork................... .........____ 19 50
Clear Back Pork, new............... !.!".!".'.*.!*.  20 00
Boston Clear Pork, extra quality__!.!!!  20 00
20 75
Standard Clear Pork, the best... 

All 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......... 
do 
Half Cases.........  
T 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases........ 
do. 
■ 
Half Cases.......  
Short Clears, heavy..............................  

9%

LARD.

do. 
do. 

9^
medium.....................................9^
light........................... 
10*
10*
10*
10*
9*
10
10*
a*
8*
8*
8*
914
9*
9*
13*
13*
14
9
n *
24

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 and50 ft Tubs ...;.....!!!!!!!!!'.! 
LA RD IN  T IN  P A IL S .
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft racks........ 
50 ft Round  Tins, 100 ft racks.............*! 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case........................... ] 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case............ ...! .!!!!! 
10ft Pails, 6 in a case.................. .’.'!!.*.*! 
Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy__  
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light.......  
Shoulders,  boneless........................ 
Shoulder, cured in sweet  piekie.........!. 
Extra Clear Bacon......................  .......  
Dried Beef,  Extra...............................  
Extra Mess Beef» warranted 200 fts........  11 00
Rolled Beef, cordless...............................  17 75

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  O R  P L A IN .

B E E F IN  BA RRELS.

do. 

10

CANNED B E EF.

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

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

incase..................................................  is 50
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__   2 90
do. 
Armour & Co., 14 ft cans, *  doz in case  18 50 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case..  2 90
do. 2 ft Compr’d Ham, 1 doz.incase 4 06 
Pork  Sausage...............................................   ^
Ham  Sausage............................................! 15
Tongue  Sausage.........................................  ll
Liver Sausage............................... 
8
Frankfort  Sausage............................... 
10
Blood  Sausage.................................. 
8
Bologna,  ring...............................................  8*
Bologna, straight.....................................  8*
Bologna,  thick............................... 
8*
Head  Cheese..............................................    8

 

 

 

 

P IG S ’  FEET.

In half barrels............................................  390
In quarter barrels.................. ;..................  2 10
In kits..........................................................
In half barrels............................................$3 50
In quarter barrels......................................  1 70
Inkits............. 
75
Prices named are lowest  at time of going to 
press, subject always to Market changes.

T R IP E .

 

 

 

FRESH MEATS.

John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:

Fresh  Beef, sides...............................   7*@10
Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ ’ .*n  @12
Dressed H ogs..................  
g  © 8*
Mutton,  carcasses...............  
8  @ 8*
1 ° ^ . ............ ....................................  16@18
.10  @10*
Pork Sausage.....................  
Pork Sausage in. bulk......... ............... 
  @10*
Bologna.........................  
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3Dn> (Boobs.

Spring & Company quote as iOnuwo : 

W ID E  BROW N COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21
Pepperell,  7-4....... 16 *4
Pepperell,  8-4......20
Pepperell,  9-4....... 22*4

Pepperell, 104........25
Pepperell, 114...........27 %
Pequot,  74.............18
Pequot,  84.............21
Pequot,  94.............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............10*4
Otis Furniture......10*4
York, 1 oz.............10
York, AA, extra oz.14

OSNABURG,

' 

Alabama brown—   7
Jewell briwn......... 9%
Kentucky brown.. 10*4 
.Lewiston brown...  9%
Lane brown.......... 9%
Louisiana plaid—   8

Alabama plaid......8
Augusta plaid........8
Toledo plaid...........  1%
Manchester  plaid..  7 
New Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Utility plaid...........  6*4

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

Avondale,  36.........   8*4
Art, cambrics, 36.. .11*4 
Androscoggin, 44..  8*4 
Androscoggin, 54. .12*4
Ballou, 4-4..............  7*4
Ballou, 54..............  6
Boott, 0 .44...........  8*4
Boott, E. 5-5...........  7
Boott, AGC, 44........9*4
Boôtt, R. 34..........   534
Blackstone, AA 44  7*4 
Chapman, X, 44—   6*4
Conway,  44.............724
Cabot, 44...............   7*4
Cabot, 7-8...............   6*4
Canoe,  34.............   4
Domestic,  36.........   7*4
Dwight Anchor, 44.10
Davol, 44..............  9*4
Fruit of Loom, 44..  9 
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  8*4 
Fruit of the Loom,
cambric,  44....... 12
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  7
Gold Medal, 7-8........6*4
•Gilded Age..............824

Greene, G. 44........  5*4
Hill, 44..................   8*4
Hill, 7-8..................   7*4
Hope,  44.................7*4
Bang  Phillip  cam­
bric, 4-4................11*4
Lin wood,  4-4.........  9
Lonsdale,  44...........8*4
Lonsdale  cambric. 11*4 
Langdon, GB, 44...  9*4
Langdon, 45.......... 14
Masonville,  44........9*4
Maxwell. 44...........10*4
New York Mill, 4-4.10*4 
New Jersey,  44—   8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7*4 
Pride of the West. .12*4 
Pocahontas,  44. 
Slaterville, 7-8... 
Victoria, AA—  
Woodbury, 44... 
Whitinsville,  44 
Whitinsville, 7-8. 
Wamsutta, 44... 
Williamsville, 36

..  7*4 
..  6*4 
..10*4 
..10*4

CORSET JE A N S .

Armory.................7*4|Kearsage.................  8^>
Androscoggin sat..  8*4 Naumkeagsatteen. 8*4
Canoe River...........  6  Pepperell bleached 8*4
Clarendon......... 
6*4 Pepperell sat......... 9*4
Hallowell  Imp......  634 Rockport................. 2*4
Ind. Orch. Imp...... 6*4 Lawrence sat...........   8*4
Laconia.................  7*4|Conegosat..............  7

Albion, solid..........5*4
Albion,  grey..........6
Allen’s  checks.......5*4
Ailen’s fancy........ 5*4
Allen’s pink........... 6*4
Allen’s purple........6*4
American, fancy— 5*4
Arnold fancy......... 6
Berlin solid............   5*4
Cocheco fancy...... 6
Cocheco robes........7
Conestoga fancy— 6
Eddystone.............6
Eagle fancy...........5
Garner pink...........7

Gloucester............. 6
Gloucestermourn’g.6 
Hamilton  fancy— 6
Hartel fancy...........6
Merrimac D............6
Manchester............6
Oriental fancy....... 6
Oriental  robes....... 6*4
Pacific  robes.......... 6
Richmond...............6
Steel River............. 5*4
Simpson’s ...............6
Washington fancy.. 
Washington blues..8

F IN E  BROW N COTTONS.

*

Appleton A, 44—
Boott  M, 44...........
Boston F, 44.........
Continental C, 4-3.. 
Continental D, 40 in 
Conestoga W, 44... 
Conestoga  D, 7-8... 
Conestoga G, 30-in.
Dwight  X, 34........
Dwight Y, 7-8.........
Dwight Z, 44.........
Dwight Star, 44.... 
Ewight Star, 40-in.. 
Enterprise EE, 36.. 
Great Falls E, 44...
Farmers’ A, 44......
Indian  Orchard, 14

Indian Orchard, 40.  8% 
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia B, 74........16*4
Lyman B, 40-in.......10*4
Mass. BB, 4-4.........   6*4
Nashua  E, 40-in__9
Nashua  R, 44........  724
Nashua 0,7-8.........   7*4
Newmarket N........  7*4
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7*4
Pepperell  R, 44__7
Pepperell 0 ,7-8___ 6*4
Pepperell N, 34—   6*4
Pocasset  C, 44...... 7
Saranac R.............   7*4
Saranac E ..............  9

DOM ESTIC  GINGHAM S.

Amoskeag............  8
Amoskeag, Persian
styles...................10*4
Bates....................... 7*4
Berkshire............   6*4
Glasgow checks—   7 
Glasgow checks, f’y 7*4 
checks,
Glasgow 
royal  styles........8
Gloucester, 
new
standard............   7*4
Plunket.................  7*4
Lancaster..............  824
Langdale.................724

Renfrew, dress styl 9*4 
Johnson Manfg Co,
Bookfold......— 12*4
Johnson Manfg Co,
dress  styles........12*4
Slaterville, 
dress
styles..................9
White Mfg Co, stap 724 
White Mfg Co, fane 8 
White  Manf’g  Co,
Earlston..............  9*4
Gordon.................. 8
Greylock, 
dress 

styles  ................. 12*4

W ID E BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 74. .21 
Androscoggin, 84. .23
Pepperell,  74....... 20
Pepperell,  84....... 22*4
Pepperell,  94....... 25

Pepperell.  104......27*4
Pepperell,  114......32*4
Pequot,  74............21
Pequot,  84............24
Pequot,  94............27*4

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A, 44........ 7*4
Atlantic  H, 44......7
Atlantic  D, 44........6*4
Atlantic P, 44........  524
Atlantic LL, 44—   5*4
Adriatic, 36............   7*4
Augusta, 44.............6*4
Boott M, 44...........  7*4
Boott FF, 44.........   724
Graniteville, 44 —   624 
Indian  Head, 44...  7*4 
Indiana Head 45-in. 12*4

Lawrence XX, 44..  8%
Lawrence  Y, 30__7
Lawrence LL,44...  52£
Newmarket N........  7*4
Mystic River, 44...  6*4 
Pequot A, 44... 
Piedmont,  36...
Stark AA, 44... 
Tremont CC, 4-4.
Utica,  44.........
Wachusett,  44. 
Wachusett, 30-in.

Amoskeag,  ACA...14 
Amoskeag  “ 44.. 19
Amoskeag,  A.......13
Amoskeag,  B.......12
Amoskeag,  C.......11
Amoskeag,  D.......10*4
Amoskeag,  E .......10
Amoskeag, F ...........9*4
Premium  A, 44__ 17
Premium  B...........16
Extra 44.................16
Extra 7-8.................14*4
Gold Medal 44.......15
CCA 7-8...................12*4
CT 44......................14
RC 7-8......................14
BF 7-8......................16
AF44......................19
Cordis AAA, 32.......14
Cordis ACA, 32.......15
Cordis No. 1,32.......15
Cordis  No. 2........... 14
Cordis No. 3........... 13
Cordis  No. 4........... 11*4

Falls, XXXX......... 18*4
Falls, XXX............15*4
Falls,  BB...............11*4
Falls,  BBC, 36........19*4
Falls,  awning....... 19
Hamilton,  BT, 32.. 12
Hamilton,  D........10
Hamilton,  H ........10
Hamilton  fancy...10
Methuen AA........ 13*4
Methuen ASA...... 18
Omega A, 7-8........11
Omega A, 44........13
Omega ACA, 7-8.... 14
Omega ACA, 44__ 16
Omega SE, 7-8........24
Omega SE, 44........27
Omega M. 7-8.......22
Omega M, 44........25
Shetucket SS&SSW 11*4 
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Shetucket,  SFS— 12
Stockbridge  A......7
Stoekbridge fmey.  8

GLAZED CAM BRICS.

G arner............
Hookset...........
Red  Cross........
Forest Grove...

...  5 Empire.............
...  5 Washington...... ...  4M
...  5 Edwards............

S. S. & Sons....... ...  5

G R A IN  BAGS.
...19 Old  Ironsides... . ..15*4
American  A...
Stark A............ __23*4 ¡Wheatland........ ...21*4

DENIM S.

Boston............ __7*4'Otis CC................ ...10*4
Everett blue... __14*4¡Warren  AXA... ...12*4
Everett brown. __ 14*4 i Warren  BB....... ...11*4
Otis  AX A........ __12*4 i Warren CC........ ...10*4
Otis BB............ ....11*41 York  fancy...... ...15

P A P E R   CAM BRICS.

Manville........... ....  6 S. S. & Sons....... ...  6
...  6 G arner.............. ...  6
Masgnville......

W IG A N S.

Red  Cross........
Berlin..............
G am er............

...  7*4iThistleMills......
...  7*4 Rose.................. ...  8
...  7*41
SPO OL COTTON.

Brooks...................50
Clark’s O. N. F ......55
J. & P.  Coats.........65
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord.40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread.......... 30

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball 8ewing.30 
Greeh  a  Daniels...25
Merrlcks ................40
Stafford ..................35
Hall a Manning— 30 
Holyoke................. 25

Crown................. ..17
No.  10................. ..12*4
•Coin.................... ..ID
Anchor............... ..15
Centennial.........
Blackburn......... ..  8
Davol.................. ..14
London............... . .12*4
.12
Paconia..............
Bed Cross........... 10
Social Imperial....16

MasonvilleTS..........8
Mason ville 8 ..........10*4
Lonsdale...............  9*4
Lonsdale A ;....... .16
Nictory  0 ..............  6
Victory J ...............   7
Victory D.............10
Victory K.............12*4
Phoenix A................9*4
Phoenix B.............. 10*4
Phoenix XX..........15

LIST OF officers :

President—Ransom W. Hawley, of  Detroit. 
Vice-Presidents—Chas. E. Snedeker, Detroit; 
L. W. Atkins, Grand Rapids;  I. N. Alexan­
der, Lansing;  IJ. S. Lord, Kalamazoo; H. E. 
Meeker, Bay City.
Secretary  ana  Treasurer—W.  N.  Meredith,
Detroit.
Board  of Trustees,  For One Year—J. C. Pon­
tius, Chairman, 8. A. Munger, H. K. White 
For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W.  Culyer.
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CARPETS  AND  CARPETINGS. 

Spring & Company quote as follows: 

TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
Roxbury  tapestry........................  
Smith’s 10w ire.............................  
Smith’s  extra................................ 
Smith's 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*4
@  70
@  82*4
@  65

@1 00
@1 00
@1 00
@  97*4

HEMPS.

ALL WOOL SUPERFINES.

WOOL FILLING AND MIXED.

Hartford.......................................  
@  77*4
Lowell............................................ 
@  82*4
Other makes.................................  75  @  77*4
Best cotton chain..........................  60  @  62*4
Best  2-ply......................................  57*4@  60
Other grades 2-ply........................   52*4@  55
All-wool  super, 2-ply....................  50  ©  55
Extra heavy double cotton chain.  42*4@  45
Double cotton chain.....................   35  @  40
Heavy cotton and wool, double c.  30  @  32*4
Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply  27*4©  32*4
Single cotton chain.......................  19  ©  25
3-ply, 44 wide, extra heavy...........  27*4©  30
B, 44 wide.....................................  
  @  ?2
@  18*4
Imperial, plain, 44 wide............ .•. 
@  17
D, 33  inches................................... 
@  45
No. 1,44,54,64 and 84................. 
No. 2, 
@  37*4
................. 
No. 3, 
................. 
@ 30
©  25
No. 4, 
................. 
Best all rattan, plain.....................  
@  62*4
Best all rat tan and cocoa, plain... 
@52*4
Napier A.......................................  
@  50
©  40
Napier  B........................................ 
©  15
Opaque shades, 38 inch................. 
Holland shades, B finish, 44.........  
@  18
@  10
Pacific  Holland, 44....................... 
Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross... 
@36
Cord fixtures, per gross...............  
@10

OIL CLOTHS.

MaTTINGS.

CURTaiNS.

do 
do 
do 

MILLINERY  GOODS.

J. J. Van Leuven quotes as follows:

HA TS.

Cantons................................perdoz  2 25© 3 00
Milans................................................  4 00@ 6 00
Fine Milans................................. 
Superfine Milans............................... 15 00@18 00
Chip...................................................  5 00@12 00

 

9  00® 12 00

BLACK  CR A PE.

Samuel Courtland & Co.’s brand.

4-4......................................... per yard 50@  75
44  ........................................................  85@1 25
4- 
4 ........................................1  50@2 00
5- 
4 ........................................ 1  75@2 50
54  ........................................................ 2 75@3 00
64 ..................... 
3 25@4 50
Satin and GG, all silk,  extra heavy,  all colors.
No. 4...............................................................1 00
No. 5...............................................................1 25
No. 7............................................................... 1 50
No. 9...............................................................1 85
No. 12............................................................ 2  25
No. 16............................................................. 2 75

RIBBON S.

Second quality, all colors.

No. 4........................ 
No. 5..........................................................   50
No. 7..........................................................   70
No. 9..........................................................   85
No. 12................................................... 
No. 16.........................................................110

 

 

 

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OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

OYSTERS.

FR ESH   F IS H .

New York Counts, per can........................... 38
Extra  Selects.................................................35
Codfish..........................................................  8
Haddock.......................................................  7
Smelts...........................................................   5
Mackinaw Trout...........................................  7
Mackerel.............................................  
 
Whiteflsh............................................. 
 
Salt Whiteflsh and Trout............................. 10

 

 

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS.

Perkins & Hess quote as fohows:

H ID ES.

Green............................................$  fi> 7  @7*4
Part  cured..........................................   8  @ 8*4
Full cured............................................8*4@ 8*4
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
Fine washed $  1b.................................   @25
Coarse washed.................................... 18  @20
Unwashed........................ ...................2-3

SH E E P P EL TS.

W OOL.

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105  Ottawa St.
Agents and dealers in al 
kinds of fishing  tackle  and 
gun  goods.
Sent  to  any  address 
on  Receipt  of  Price  !
Liberal discount to deal­
ers.
Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4,  5.
Price 75,  65,  60,  50, 50c
MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIAI
Incorporated Dec. 10,1877—Charter in Force for 

Thirty Tears.

Ibarbware.

AUGERS AND B IT S.

Prevailing  rates at Chicago  are as follows: 
50
Ives’, old style.................................... ..dis 
55
N. H. C. Co............................................. dis 
60
Douglass’ ...............................................dis 
Pierces’ ............. 
dis 
50
 
50
Snell’s.....................................................dis 
Cook’s  .....................................   
dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine................................dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation............................. dis40&10

 

 

 

 

Spring.....................................................dis 

BALANCES.

25

Railroad................................................... $ 15 00
Garden...................................................net 33 00

BA RROW S.

BELLS.

Hand................................................ dis $ 60&10
Cow................................................... dis 
60
15
Call........................................................dis 
Gong.............................. 
dis 
20
Door, Sargent.......................................dis 
55

 

BO LTS.

BRACES.

BU TTS,  CAST.

.dis $ 
.dis 
.dis 
..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
50
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.....................dis 
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
Barber .. 
Backus... 
Spofford., 
Am. Ball.
Well, plain.. 
4 00 
Well, swivel.
4 50
.  
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................. «..dis 
60
60
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed......... dis 
60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  50&10
Wrounht Loose  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
W rought Table.................................... 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*4, per gross  15 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3__per gross  18 00
Ely’s 1-10...........................................per  m $ 65
Hick’s C. F ......................................... 
HO
G.D...................T ............................. 
35
60
Musket............................................... 
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list 
50
Rim Fire, United States...................... dis 
50
Central Fire..........................................dis.  *4
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

CA TRIDG ES.

C H IS ELS.

CA PS.

Curry, Lawrence’s.............................dis 
Hotchkiss  .........................................dis 

COMBS.

33*4
25

COCKS.

Brass, Racking’s............................   40&10
Bibb’s .............................................  49&10
B eer...............  
60
Fenns’.............................................  

 

 

40&10

Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................$  ft  37
14x52,14x56,14 x60......................................  39

C O PPER .

.10
Morse’s Bit  Stock............................. dig. 
7
Taper and Straight Shank............... dis  ' 
Morse’s Taper  So5nk......................... dis 

D R IL L S .

35
20
30

ELBOW S.

F IL E S .

EX PA N SIV E B ITS.

Com. 4 piece, 6  in..........................doz net $1 10
Corrugated.........................................dis  20&10
Adjustable......................................... dis  40&10
20
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ; 3,  $30 00.  dis 
25
American File Association List........ dis  40&10
Disston’8 .............................................dis  40&10
New American................................... dis  40&10
Nicholson’s............ •............................dis  40&10
30
Heller’s .............................................. dis 
Heller’s Horse Rasps.........................dis 
33*4
GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
12 
List 
15 
18
14 
Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. 
Stanley Rule and Lveel Co.’s.............dis 

GAUGES.

13 

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

HA NG ERS.

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

H IN G ES.

60
Gate, Clark's, l, 2, 3............................ dis 
State.........................................perdoz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  5*4  14
and  longer...........................................
4 25 
Screw Hook and Eye,  *4  ..................net
10*4 
Screw Hook and Eye \
.....................net
8*4 
Screw- Hook and Eye  %....................  net
7*4 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %................... net
7*4 
Strap and  T........................................dis
60&10
Stamped Tin Ware.................................   60&10
JapannednTin  W are.............................  20&10
Granite Iron  Ware................................ 
25

H O LLO W   W ARE.

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
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list, 8 25, dis 
60
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain.........dis 
60
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s..................d 
60
Hemacite............................................dis 
50
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

LOCKS—DOOR.

LEV ELS.

M IL LS.

Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s................................dis  45
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 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 IL S .

Common, Brad and Fencing.

lOdto  60d.................. ......................$  keg $2 50
8d and 9 d adv............................................ 
25
6d and 7d  adv.*....... ..................................  
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 
2*4 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 
M OLLASSES GATES.

6d  4d
2 
1*4

Stebbin’s P a tte rn .....................................dis  70
Btebbin’s Genuine................. 
dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring................ ...dis  25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled............... dis  50

MAULS.

O IL E R S .

Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent.,.. . ...........dis  55
Zinc, with brass bottom.          ...... ! ... .dis  50
Brassor  C o p per...................................dis  40
Reaper..  . ..................... . ... .per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .. 
50

................. * .•.. 

 

PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................. ......... dis  15
Sclota Bench.................................. .........dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy......... ......... dis  15
Bench, first quality.....................
......... dis  20
Stanley Hule and Level Co.’s,  wood and
Fry, Acme.................................... ......dis 40&10
Common, polished.......................
60
......dis 
Dripping....................................... ....¡Pft 
8
Iron and Tinned..........................
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..............
40

...dis 
...dis 

RIVETS.

PANS.

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10*4
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

9

Broken packs *4c 

ib extra.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

ROOFING PLATES.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne ............   7 75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne.
............12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne ............16 90
Sisal, *4 In. and larger.................. ......$ $   9*4
Manilla.......................................... ............   15
Steel and  Iron.............................. ......... dis  50
Try and Bevels.............................
......... dis  50
Mitre *..........................................
......... dis  20
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. 10 to 14................................$4 20 
Nos. 15 to  17................................ 4 20 
Nos. 18 to 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, $   Ib...............
In smaller quansities, ¡g  ft.........
TINNER’S SOLDER.
No. 1, Refined..............................
Market  Half-and-half.................
Strictly  Half-and-half.................

6*4

13 00
15 00
16

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

........ 

TIN PLATES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal...............
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal...............
IX, 
...........  8 50
12x12, Charcoal............... ............   6 50
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal..............
IX, 
...........  8 50
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal...............
...........  6 50
14x20, Charcoal............... ............   8 50
IX, 
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal...............
...........  10 50
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool...............
...........  12 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............
...........  14 50
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal...............
...........  18 00
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............
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

rates.

TRAPS.

Steel. Game.................................
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse’ ......... dis  *6
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s__  60
Hotchkiss’ ................................... ...............   60
S, P. & W. Mfg. Co.’s..................
..............  60
Mouse, choker............................. ......20c ^  doz
Mouse,  delusion..........................
..$1 26;$ doz

W I R E .

Bright Market.............................
........dis  60
Annealed Market........................
......... dis  60
Coppered Market........................
.........dis  55
Extra Bailing..............................
Tinned  Market...........................
......... kis  40
Tinned Broom.............................
........$  ft  09
Tinned Mattress..........................
........$ f t 8*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel............... .........dis 37*4
Tinned Spring Steel..................... ......... dis 37*4
Plain Fence............’.....................
........$  ft 3*4
Barbed Fence..............................
Copper.........................................
.new  list net
Brass............................................
.new  list net

W IR E  GOODS.

Bright..........................................
.dis 60&10&10
Screw Eyes................................... ..dis60&10&10
Hook’s.......................................... .dis  60&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................. .dis  60&10&10

W rE N C H ES.

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...
Coe’s  Genuine............................. ....dis  50&10
Coe’S Pat Agricultural,  wrought.......... dis  65
malleable.................. .........dis  70

M ISCELLANEOU S.

Pumps,  Cistern.......................... __ dis  6C&10
Screws......................................... .........  
70
•Casters, Bed and  Plate............... ........dis 
50
Dampers, American.................... .........  
33*4

WORTH  ITS  WEIGHT IN  GOLD.

French  Peasants  Who  Sell  Their 

Once  in  Four Years.

From the Boston Herald.

H air

“Human hair goods  are worn  now  more 
than they ever were,” said a dealer who does 
a large business in such articles.  “All  clas- 
es of ladies wear them—young, middle-aged 
and old—some for use and more  for  adorn­
ment.  Men wear wigs only when  they can­
not help it.  Women wear false hair  to add 
to their charms. 
Short  hair is in  demand 
now in the form  of  Lisbon and  sea  foam 
waves and frizzes, and  the  favorite color is 
chestnut  brown.  The  golden  shade,  so 
much in fashion a few years ago, has  fallen 
50 per cent, in price.”

“Where does the supply of  artificial hair 

come from?”

“Nearly all from  France  and  Germany, 
with a little from other parts  of the  Conti­
nent and  England.  The  largest  quantity 
and best quality is from France. 
It  is not 
the hair of dead persons, as  many  imagine, 
but  comes  from  the heads of living peas­
ant girls. 
It is gathered by  peddiars,  who 
buy it for a trifle—a  silk  handkerchief,  or 
some other trifle which  pleases  the  fancy. 
There are in France regular ‘hair  raisers’— 
that is, girls who have their hair cut for sale 
every four years.”

“What  is  the  most  expensive  kind  of 

hair?”

“Natural silver white, like this,  is  worth 
¡518 or $20 per ounce;  so you see it  is worth 
more than  its  weight  in  gold.  Bleached 
white hair is worth only $3 an  ounce.  Nat­
ural hair of ordinary shades is  worth ' from 
$5 to $20 a pound, except the hair  collected 
by rag-pickers, which brings  only  from  $1 
to $3.  The value of different colors of  hair 
depends on the fashion.  Yellow  hair  not 
golden is almost useless to us.”

“I suppose there have been great improve­

ments made in your art in late  years?”

“Yes,  indeed.  You  could  tell  the  old- 
fashioned wig a  mile  off,  but  now I  can 
make a  wig  that  will  defy  detection.  A 
great many top-pieces are worn by men, like 
this.”

Here the hair-dealer,  greatly  to  the  sur­
prise of the  reporter, lifted  up what  was to 
all appearance the natural hair on the top of 
his  head, and disclosed a cranium as bare as 
a billard ball.

“I suppose you sell  a  good  many  light- 

colored Waves to dark-haired  ladies?”

“Ah, you may see many a  pretty  blonde 
on the street with black eyes, which she can­
not hide, and  black  hair,  which  she  can, 
Fashion rules all. 
Just  now  the  color  is 
medium  brown,  but  there  are  'constant 
changes in style, enough to keep me  ‘on the 
go’ all the time.”

ÿ o i

I M P O R T E R S

A X D

Wholesale  Grocers,

CORNER  IONIA  & ISLAND  STREETS.

“ |C . G. M L IM U C O .
■Tea, Coffee and Spice 
H 

House.

8 Pearl Street. 

S B  Grand Rapids  -  Mich,
3ESjgiQff.!1 ,'L '

\Mwmm

VISITING BUYERS.

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

Kingsley.

E. C. Whirney, Middleville.
Dr. J. A.  Wheeler, Whitehall.
J. M. Dameron, Bangor.
S. E. Curdj, of Hadley Bros. Manfg.  Co., 
Brett Bros., Ashton.
Geo. A. Sage, Bockford.
Geo. S. Curtiss, Edgerton.
J. V. Crandall, Sand Lake.
Fred Ramsey, White Cloud.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
E. S. Burrell, White  Cloud.
Barker & Lehnen, Pierson.
C. O. Sunderland, Lowell.
D. N. White, Petoskey.
Mr. Lily, of Lily & Yosberg, Allegan.
S. E. Woodworth, White Cloud.
H. Bakker & Son,  Drenthe.
Duff Jennings & Co., Sheridan.
A. W. Blain, Dutton.
F. Brisbin,  Berlin.
Colborn & Carpenter, Caledonia.
Mrs. G. Miller, Muskegon.
J. H. Spires. Leroy.
J. D. Hamming,  v'ogel  Center.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
I. Eyer, Lockwood.
W. P. Dockeray, Rockford.
Baron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.  '
W. S. Root, Talmage.
J. E. MailhOt, West Troy.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
M. J. Howard, Engiishville.
F. O. Jenison, Manton.
Stephen Bitely,  Pierson.
A. Giddiugs, Sand Lake.
C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford.
S. C. Baker, La Barge.
Geo.  H. Force,  Morley.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville.
Paine & Field, Engiishville.
John J. Ely,  Rockford.
Graham & Sweeney, Hopkins.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
J. F. Hecker, Corinth.
J. Omler, Wright.
R. Steffin, Jamestown.
Mr.  Morley,  of  Morley  Bros.,  Cedar 
Chas. Cole,  Ada.
G. J. Shackelton,  Lisbon.
Mr.  Sisson,  of  Sisson  &  Lilley,  Lilley 
Frederick Hotchkiss, Hastings.
L. Yeyer, New Holland.
M. Jonkman, Holland.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver  Dam.
F. B. Watkins, Monterey.
J. S. Barker, Sand Lake.
Mr. Purdy, of Purdy  &  Hastings,  Sparta 
A. H. A. Eckerman,  Muskegon.
G. C. Baker, LaBarge.
J. H. Smith, Muskegon.
Mr. Ives, of Holland & Ives, Rockford. 
Lee Deuel, Bradley.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
M. V. Wilson, Sand  Lake.
O. E. Close, Sand Lake.
H. I. Arbour, Chippewa Lake.
Dr. S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
James Campbell, Westwood.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
H. E. Clark, Lowell. 
?
Ed. Roys, Cedar Springs.
Fred Morley, Cedar Springs.
R. B. McCullock, Berlin.

Springs.

Junction.

Center.

$16 ^  ton.

COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Asparagus—50c ^  doz. bunches.
Bailed Hay—Scarcer and firmer  at  $15@ 
Buckwheat Seed—$1,25 ^  bu.
Butter—Choice dairy packed is worth  15c. 
Creamery packed 19c.
Beans—Handpicked 
readily  command 
$2.25@$2.50.  Unpicked are not much mov­
ing.
Cabbages—Southern new, $6@$8'$ crate. 
Cabbage Plants—50c ^  100.
Cheese—Light skim 10c.  Full cream 12@ 
12Kc.
Clover  Seed—Choice  medium  firm  at  $6 
@$6.501) bu. and mammoth in fair  demand 
at $6.75  ^ b u .

Cucumbers —60c ^   doz.
Dried Apples—Quarters active at 7@9c

ib,  and sliced  8@9c.  Evaporated  dull  and 
slow at 12X @ 14c.

for pure, and 8@10c for adulterated.

Eggs—Firm and ready  sale  at 16c.
Green Onions—20@25c ^  dozen bunches.
Hungarian Grass Seed—$1 ^  bu.
Honey—In comb, 18c ^  lb.
Lettuce—In fair demand at 15c ^   Ib.
Maple  Sugar—Dull  and  plenty  at  12Kc 
Millet Seed—$1  bu.
Onions—Bermudas are  firm  at  $2.50 
box.  New Orleans,J$2.75 'p sack  of I X  bu.
Pieplant—Hothouse stock in fair  demand 
at 2c ^   Ib.
Peas—Holland $4 ^  bu.
Peas, for field seed—$1.50  ^  bu.
Potatoes—Very few in market, and almost 
impossible to get them here,  on  account  of 
the  hurry  incident  to  the  spring  work. 
Northern farmers  have  plenty  which  they 
offer  at  20c undelivered,  but  heavy  buyers 
have found it impossible to  get  the  deliver­
ing done, even at 10c per  bu. 
It would cost 
another  10c  for  transportation,  and  5c  to 
handle, making the cost  here  45c. 
In  the 
light  of  these  facts,  quotations  at  45c  for 
Burbanks or Rose are regarded as extremely 
low.  The  increasing cheapness of new  po­
tatoes, however, will have a tendency to hold 
down the price of old stock.  Choice Tennes­
see are selling at $3.50@$4 ^  bbl.,  and will 
undoubtedly  go  considerably  lower  within 
the next few days.
Poultry—In scant supply.  Fowls  readily 
command 16@18c.
Radishes—25c ^  dozen bunches.
Strawberries—Jobbing  at  $3@$3.50  ^  
case of 24 qts., and  $8@$10  ^   stand  of  2 
bu.  for Ohio fruit.
Seed Oats—White English Sovereign, 75c.
Seed Potatoes—White  Star, $1.50 ^  bbl.; 
Selected  Burbanks,  50c;  Early  Ohio,  50c; 
Beauty  of Hebron, 50c.
Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.60@ 
$1.85 ^  bu.  Fancy, $2.
Tomatoes—Bermuda,  wrapped, selling for 
$3.25 ^  crate of 50 lbs net.
Tomato Plants—50c^p 100.
Wax  Beans—$3@$3.50 

'•$  box.  Green 

$1.50.City Boling Works

BOTTLED  LAGER, 
PINTS,  PFR  DOZ. 
50  CENTS.

B O T T L E D   ALE, 
PINTS,  PER  DOZ. 
75 CENTS.

BOTTLED PORTER, 
PINTS, PER DOZ., 
75 CENTS.

BOTTLED  CID ER, « 
Q,TS,  PER  DOZ., 
$ 1.20.

All  Goods  Warranted

the BEST in the

Market.

TE LEP H O N E   NO.

2 7 2 .

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Unparalled Success

Sales Immense!

Guaranteed t *  kill  Bugs,  Worms,  Caterpil­
lars, Bed-bugs, and Lice on Potatoes, Cabbage, 
Melons, Cueumhers, Squash and Grape  Vines, 
or other Treep, Plants and Vines, Lice  on  Cat­
tle, Poultry, etc.
Price, 3 lbs 25e, 10 lbs 60c, 25 lbs $1.25, 1  barrel 
225 to 260 lbs, 4 cents $  lb.
At wholesale and retail by
W ,   J 3 T m  Grardner,

S E E D   G R O W E R ,

Moline 

- 

-  Mich.

GRAND  RAPIDS

MANUFACTURED  FOR

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,

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

HAND  OR  MACHINE  MADE  POTS  FOR 

SAE BY THE  PACKAGE  OR  RE­

PACKED  TO  ORDER.

Sold at Manufacturers’  Prices.  Send  for 

Price List  at once for the Spring Trade.

—FOR  THE—

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

-----AT-----

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL,

—AT THE—

S E E D   S T O K E ,

9 1   C an al  St., G rand  R a p id s, M ich .

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ALABASTINE!

HEADQUARTERS I

-FOR-

Sporting  Goods

—AND-

OUT  DOOR  GAMES,
Base Ball Goods,
Marbles, Tops,  - 
Fishing Tackle, 
Croquet, Lawn Tennis, 
Indian Clubs,
Dumb Bells,
Boxing Gloves.

We wish  the  Trade  to  notice  the  fact  that 

we are

Attractive Display» in Store  Windows. 

From the U. S. Economist.

In the art of displaying goods  with  taste, 
so as to attract customers, the  French excel, 
and  indeed,  in  large  Parisian warehouses, 
the shopman or  shopwoman,  who  arranges 
the vnontre, or window  exhibition, is an im­
portant  person.  Men  are  said  to  succeed 
better in this department than  women,  just 
as they are alleged to  have  a  more  correct 
taste  in  the  matter  of  dress-making. 
In 
France, however, good taste may  almost  be 
called a national  instinct,  and in regard  to 
the decorating of store  windows  it  general­
ly evinces itself in the correctest manner  by 
simplicity,  The chief thing to  be  avoided, 
with a view to  effect,  is  over-stocking. 
In 
the  windows  of  the  best  London  stores, 
where the Parisian  art  has  been  acquired, 
goods are never displayed in excessive quan­
tities;  each separate article is so placed that 
it shall attract notice;  but  dealers  who  un­
derstand their business renew  their  display 
frequently.  Some have a  complete  change 
every  day;  at  any  rate,  they  exhibit  new 
stock not less than  once  a  week.  People 
who pass by a store day after day are sure to 
be attracted by novelties.  Every  variety  of 
the public  taste  must  be  catered  for,  and 
this can only be done by a continuous supply 
of  fresh  and  pretty  things, nor is it really 
more expensive to alter a window exhibition 
often then to show the same thing for weeks 
or months.  Articles that have  been  shown 
for any length of time have generally  to  be 
relegated among damaged stock, and by that 
time people have grown so weary  of  seeing 
them that they repel rather than attract cus­
tom.  The best French modistes, for  exam­
ple, act  upon  the  principal  that  a  bonnet 
should  never  be  exhibited  more  than  two 
days running,  and its  position  in  the  win­
dow ought to be the same on  the  two  days.
Here, in America, many  storekeepers  al­
low goods to remain in their  windows  until 
they grow dingy.  How they can  hope  that 
people will be anxious to  buy  dull  looking 
goods is a mystery, and if the truth could be 
known it would probably appear that  those 
who crowd their  windows  with  goods  and 
leave them for a long  time,  get  much  less 
causual custom than those who show  only  a 
few articles at a time, but  display them  fre­
quently.  A cheap thing looks twice as cheap 
when treated respectfully, so to  say, by  the 
vendor;  if hung up amongst a  lot  of  other 
cheap things, it not only fails  to  tempt but 
leaves the buyer with  no  idea  that  he has 
aaade a good bargain.

There is adulteration even in oranges.  To 
make  blood  oranges  unscrupulous  dealers 
now prick the skins of ordinary oranges and 
then subject them to a  bath in  a  colored  li­
quid.

A  Fort  Wayne  merchant announces  his 
intention of retiring from mercantile  life to 
engage  in more profitable business.  He pro­
poses to make a fortune by solving  the cash 
puzzles in the city papers.

The problem,  “Required the length  of  the 
largest strip of yard-wide carpet that can  be 
laid in a room  40x12  feet”  was  one  which 
stumped the entire university of Pennsylvan­
ia, and it was once said to be  impossible  to 
solve by any known rules of algebra.  It has, 
however, just been worked out by an expert 
mathemtician of Norwich, Conn., who claims 
as a result 40.53002 feet.
B,  T I N K L E  B.,

Wholesale Dealer in  Butter  and  Eggs.

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Satisfaction G uaranteed.

JOSEFS  SOGERS.

W h o le sa le   D e a le r   in

BUTTER, EGGS,  AND  POULTRY.

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EDMUND  D.  DIKEMAN.

EWELER,

4 4   C A N A L   ST R E E T ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN

The Stowe  Failure.

Frederick Immen,  assignee  for  Wm.  H. 
Stowe, the hat merchant,  has  completed  an 
inventory of  the stock and  accounts  of  the 
estate, from which it appears  that  the  cost 
value of the stock is $3,862.04, and the pres­
ent value $1,764.03.  The book accounts are 
valued at $204.90 and the fixtures $150,mak­
ing the total assets  $2,108.93.  The  liabili­
ties are $2,913.18 distributed among twenty- 
two creditors in the following amounts:
Dyer, Taylor & Co.,  Boston...................$755 75
Sabin & Page 
...................  29 13
J. B. Stetson & Co.,  Philadelphia..........  240 00
M. McGlone 
..........   54 00
Woodruff, Morris & Co., New York.......   183 00
......  204 00
J.&L.Maunter 
W. H.  Courtney & Co., 
  153 00
 
H. M.  Silverman 
 
  252 00
LaDon & Lomas 
 
 
88 25
33 00
 
 
Hirschberg & Co. 
Travers Bros,, 
 
 
11 50
D. M. Saunders & Co., 
 
 
60 00
L. T. Fell & Co., Orange,  N. J ................  103 50
Seeley & Co., Newark, N.  J ...................  48 00
D. W. Northrup & Co., Utica..................  48 50
H. W. Price, Rockford, 111......................  203 00
Dickerson & Co., Detroit........................   8 50
Houseman May & Co., Grand Rapids__  209 00
....  200 00 
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First National Bank, 
....  14 4'
Daily Times 
3 50
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Saturday Globe,
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5 00
Mr. Johnson,

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A.  K.  P O W L E ,  

HOUSE  DECORATOR 

—And Dealer in—

FINE  WALL  PAPER

Window Shades,  Room Mouldings,

A rtists’  M aterials  !

Paints, Oils, Glass, Etc.

37 No.  I o n ia   S t r e e t ,  S o u t h   o f  M o n r o e
Special  designs  furnished  and  Estimates 
given for interior decoration and  all kinds of 
stained and ornamental Glass work.

ALBERT  GOYE  &  SONS
Awnings,  Tents,

—Manufacturers and Jobbers of—

Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers,

Flags, Banners, Etc.

Alabastine is the first and  only  preparar 
tion made from  calcined  gypsum  rock,  for i 
application  to  walls  with  a  brush, and  is 1 
fully  covered  by  our  several  patents  and 
perfected  by  many  years  of  experiments. 
It  is  the  only  permanent  wall  finish,  and 
admits  of  applying  as  many  coats  as  de­
sired, one over another, to any hard  surface 
without  danger  of  scaling,  or  noticeably 
adding to the thickness of  the  wall,  which 
is  strengthened  and  improved by  each  ad­
ditional coat, from time  to  time. 
It  is  the 
only material for the purpose not dependent 
upon glue for its adhesiveness ;  furthermore 
it is the only  preparation  that is  claimed 
to  possess  these  great  advantages,  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 
of surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied  by  any  one.

-FOR  SALE  BY-

JELXaL  Faint  Dealers.

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

M. B. CHURCH, Manager.

THE ALABASTINE COMPANY
  Rauls  Viri  M s
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GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

T H E   E V I L   O F   C O U N T E R M A N D IN G .

H o w   I t   Is   V Iew etl  b y   a  C on tem p orary. 

F ro m  th e M erchant T raveler,

Some years ago, this  paper  contained  an 
editorial on tnis subject, treated  principally 
on the basis that merchants  countermanded 
orders on their own account and that travel­
ing men scarcely ever “worked them”  to  do 
so.  We recognized the  fact  that  travelers 
were sometimes dishonorable  enough to  re­
sort to underhand measures to effect such re­
sults, but we did not  think any of them con­
sidered that there was a  shadow  of  excuse 
for such conduct.  The  following  editorial 
from the Evansville Argus  shows  that  one 
man at least has some doubts, and we heart­
ily  endorse  our  contemporary’s  positive 
method  of  disabusing  his mind and giving 
some valuable hints to all who  think  as  he 
does, or act in that  manner,  whatever  they 
think:

A  traveling  man  wants  to  know  if we 
think it is right, after one drummer has sold 
a bill of goods, for another to come along and 
by any means, fair or foul, induce  the  mer­
chant sold to to countermand his order given 
to the first one and buy of the new comer.

We say calmly  and  flat-footedly  that  we 
don’t.  We take it for a mean, contemptible 
and  underhanded  way  of  doing  business 
Both the merchant and the drummer wTho in­
duces  him to countermand are to blame.  A 
merchant who hasn’t  sense enough to know 
prices and know what he is  doing  when  he 
buys a bill ought to sell out and go  back  to 
farming, and a drummer  who  will  seek  to 
cause a merchant to be dissatisfied and cause 
him to go back on a fair and square business 
transaction, ought to quit the road and go  to 
“steering” for a bunko game.  Every man of 
common sense knows that the profits in each 
line in the wholesale trade average about the 
same. 
If  a  man  who  travels  for a good 
square house sells a bill, the  merchant  may 
be satisfied that the  prices  are  about  right 
Say the next man comes along, and finds that 
the merchant has bought. 
It  is  the  easiest 
thing in the world to tell him that  there has 
been a “big drop” in some particular  staple 
in the line and that he has  paid  too  much. 
It is easy to show that he  has  been  shame­
fully (?)  used. 
(Just  as  if  any  drummer 
would  kill  himself  forever  by ¡playing the 
game of overcharging a  customer  whom  he 
expects to keep.)

In case the last  drummer  sells  a  bill  in 
place of the  countermanded  one,  while  he 
may go down to the price  he  mentioned  on 
staples,  he  will  make  it  up on something 
else, and if the merchant will  strike  a gen­
eral  average,  he  will  find  that he has  paid 
about the same prices for both  bills,  and  if 
anything a little more for the  latter bill,  for 
the man who will  not  hesitate  to “beat”  a 
fellow-salesman, will not hesitate to  “beat” 
a customer.

Of course there are a great  many ways  of 
getting trade, and this is one of them,  but it 
is a mighty  “dizzy”  way  of  getting  along. 
Now, boys, this lecture is a little severe, but 
it is the truth, and if you don’t believe it, let 
the next man who beats a fellow-drummer in 
this manner, go up to him the next time they 
meet, and try to talk to him and see if his 
the beater’s—conscience don’t prick  him  so 
hard that he would much rather look  at  the 
first drummer’s feet than into  his eyes.

E ducating:  C onsum ers.

To the Retail Grocers' Advocate are to be 

credited the following sensible remarks:

Every  retail  grocer  can  do  a great  deal 
towards educating consumers in the right di­
rection.  If, in ignorance, they insist on hav­
ing a  big  package  of  goods  for  a  certain 
amount of money, when  a  package  of  that 
size cannot be furnished of  pure  goods,  the 
dealer should so  inform the  consumer,  and 
to  illustrate,  ask  him  whether  he would 
rather  have  a  quart  of  pure  milk  or  two 
quarts of milk and water for the same price. 
Take, for instance,  spices,  which  are  now 
adulterated more than  any  other  article  of 
consumption.  One of the Itading wholesale 
houses  in the  trade  conceived  the  idea  of 
selling only pure spices.  Some of the sales­
men prophesied that they would  loose .their 
trade, because, they  said,  the  retail  dealer 
would insist on having a big package of goods 
for a small amount of money, but  the house 
determined to try the experiment of  putting 
up a two  ounce  package  of  pure  spice  at 
about the price at which  they had  formerly 
furnished a four-ounce package of adultera 
ted spice.  At first  many  retail  merchants 
objected to the small package, but on the ex 
planation being made and the illustration be­
ing given of a quart of pure milk as compar 
ed with two quarts of milk and  water,  they 
were induced to try it, and in every instance 
where  they  tried  it,  the  result  was  they 
were greatly pleased, and  the spice trade  of 
the firm in question largely increased instead 
of diminished.  Now here is a  moral which 
retail merchants would do well  to profit  by, 
They can make as much or more profit from 
pure  goods  as  they  can  from  adulter­
ated goods, besides attracting  trade  and  se 
f ir ing a  reputation  which  will  be  worth 
money to them.  They can afford, therefore, 
to taka some trouble to explain  to  ignorant 
consumers  the merits of the goods they han 
die.

This is only onejillustration of how a gro­
cer can gain thef confidence  and  interest bf 
his customers.  By making it a rule  to  talk 
With your customer on such matters  you ed 
ucate him out of the prejudice that he  must 
always  purchase  the  cheapest  articles  in 
price.

W. S. Adkins succeeds Adkins &  Carpen­

ter in general trade at  Morgan.

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FOSTER,
STEVENS

-WHOLESALE—

HARDWARE!

10  and  13  M O N R O E   ST R E E T ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

W E   SO LIC IT  T H E

DEALER’S  TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for the

Cron Jewel  Vapor  Store!

And quote factory prices.  Send for catalogue

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for

Jewett’s Bird Cases

And quote factory prices.  Send for catalogue

We are Manufacturer’s Agents  tor

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 t Co.

And  are  not  to  be  undersold by any house 

in the United States.

OurTrade MarkBats
BEST AND CHEAPEST

—ARE  THE-

In the Market.

$3^"  S en d  fo r o u r  N e w   P r ic e   L ist fo r   18 8 4 .

Order a  Sample Lot  Before Placing a Large Order.

BATO»,  LYON  t   ALLE»

20 and 22 Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

U. FEETER,

36 South Division  Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Dealer  in

—Also-

STAPLE  AN D   F A N C Y   GROCERIES, 

CANNED  AN 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.

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Manufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders,

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO PROPRIETORS  OF

BJESMINEL’S

“Red Bark Bitters”

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T h e  C ontrast.
From the Merchants’ Review.

Look from city to country—from  the Me­
tropolis to the Northwest—from Wall  street 
to the wheat farms and  orchards—from  the 
gloom of perdition to God’s  goodness—from 
the  blackness  of  man’s  depravity  to  the 
greenness  of  nature’s  bounty.  With  the 
speculative scale at the bottom there  is  the 
promise of the biggest crops we have ever had, 
Thank God and take courage,  depend  upon 
the honest penny  and  discard  the  crooked 
dollar.

When  slicing  bananas  always  use a  sil­
ver knife, as a steel one will make them turn 
dark.

Good honey  is like  mercy—“its quality  is 
not  strained.”  Likewise,  mercy  has  no 
glucose in it.

The yield of peaches in  Delaware promis­
es this year 8,000,000  baskets,  the  heaviest 
yield since 1875.

A Baltimore judge recently decided that 

tailor must make a coat to fit before  he  can 
recover his pay for it.

About this time, clothing houses  suspend 
this 

placards  bearing  inscriptions 
“Formerly $6.50;  now  $3.”

Do not sponge your old alapaca dress with 
soapsuds, but take a little cold coffee,  strain 
it, and sponge all spots with that

like 

Pies  made  of  canned  pumpkin  may  be 
thickened with flour;  use  a  desertspoonful 
of flour and one egg for  each  medium-sized 
pie.

From cork clippings,  once  thrown  away, 
thousands  of  yards  of  linoleum  are  now 
made at Delmenhorst, Germany,  where  the 
industry is becoming quite important.

The mixture used in a  New  York  manu 
factory of Neufchatel  cheese  is ¡one  and 
half pounds of -lard mixed with  100  pounds 
of skim milk.

Texas forty  years  ago  was  practically 
desert and the handful of  settlers  lived  en 
tirely on game.  To-day there are more than 
10,000,00(£cattle,  sheep,  horses,  mules  and 
swine in the State, and the cotton  crop  last 
year was worth more than the entire  cotton 
•x>p of the United States in 1843.

All  Ducks  and  Stripes  Kept  Constantly  on  Hand

OILED  CLOTHING.

73  C an al  S treet.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN. 

E®“  Send for Prices.

A .   A .   O K IPPE K T ,

W H O L E S A L E

Hats, Caps and Furs

54  MONROE  STREET,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,

M IC H IG A N .

P We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices 
as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

SEED  BUCKWHEAT

We have a choice lot of 
Seed  Buckwheat,  which 
we  offer to  the  trade  at 
$1.25 per bushel.

SEED  STORE,

91 Canal street.
STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

Manufacturers of All Kinds of

W IR E   W ORK !

92  MONROE  STREET.

C. S. YALE & BRO.,

—Manufacturers of—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUINGS,  lEOTO.,

4 0   a n d   4 2   S o u th   D iv is io n   St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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WI  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

0 £5r,

78 West Bridge Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,
V. i t i  . W «hai. Ij

MICHIGAN,

