VOL.  1

COMMERCIAL  TRAVELERS.

How  They  are  Unjustly  Caricatured  By 
W ould-Be  Wits.
From the Carpet Trade  Review.

Among journalistic humorists the commer­
cial traveler, or drummer, as these  “funny” 
persons prefer to call him, is a favorite  sub­
ject.  The squibs current at his expense  are 
numberless, but they have  been  utilized  so 
often  in  the  newspaper  columns  that most 
people have become  decidedly tired of them. 
Like the venerable jokes of the circus clown, 
they now excite more melancholy than mirth. 
Besides, they lack the substratum of truth, on 
which the force of all  satire  and  caricature 
depends.  The drummer pictured in them re­
sembles the commercial traveler of the pres­
ent day no more than he does any other bus­
iness man.  There are, of course, some  vul­
gar,  self-assertive,  free-and-easy  characters 
among  commercial  travelers,  just as  there 
are persons of the same sort  in  most  other 
vocations.  But the idea  that  good  fortune 
as a traveling salesman depends upon assur­
ance, volubility and a genius  for being hail- 
fellow-well-met with everybody is  essential­
ly false.

Many of the most successful  travelers are 
remarkable for characteristics  precisely  the 
opposite of those just alluded  to.  They are 
notably dignified and reserved, and do not at 
all aspire to  the  reputation  of  being  “jolly 
good fellows.”  They approach their custom­
ers purely on the business side, but the latter 
comprehend that they are dealing with  men 
who  mean  business  and  understand  their 
business, and there are  a  great  many  mer­
chants who prefer to deal on this basis.  Such 
men are apt to be repelled by an assumption 
of cordiality and friendly interest,  which of­
ten is obviously all affectation.  They do not 
care for attentions, compliments and solid or 
liquid refreshments, which may possibly,  as 
they imagine, be all reckoned in  their  bills. 
Yet it is not our  purpose  to  under-rate  the 
value of sociabitity where it  is  natural,  not 
merely assumed.  The ability to heartily en­
joy the  society of  people  generally, to  find 
something interesting in  almost  everybody, 
is a gift useful to all,  but  especially  to  the 
commercial traveler.  The  demand for it  in 
this vocation  has  naturally  stimulated  the 
supply, and it  is,  therefore,  not  surprising 
that  a  large  proportion  of  our  traveling 
salesmen  possess  this  talent  But  it  is 
something very different  from  the  vulgar, 
free-and-easy sociability which we  see  rep­
resented in the conventional drummer of the 
comic  drama or the  newspaper  humorists. 
To select  such a character as the  type  of a 
large and respectable  class is unfair, and, as 
has  been  already intimated, it is getting to 
be altogether too  monotonous.  The  writer 
who  wishes to depict,  in  fiction or  on  the 
stage, the drummer  of  real  life, must  first 
of all make his character a gentlemen.  And 
his claim to that title cannot rest  solely on a 
surface polish.  He  must be a gentlman  all 
through.  As a matter of course  lie  should 
be  intelligent. 
In  the  vocation  of a  com­
mercial traveler there is no more room for a 
fool than there is for a boor.  But  besides a 
good brain he  needs a strong  stomach  and 
nerves, or he will  soon be  completely  used 
up by the succession  of vile beds and meals 
in country  hotels and night  railroad  rides 
in  stifling 
every 
traveling man  must learn to endure or  else 
abandon his occupation.  And in addition to 
these privations and  discomforts  there are 
annoyances peculiar to the business; and all 
these evils  must be met, not with the  grim 
fortitude of a  Spartan, but  with  the  airy 
cheerfulness of  Mark  Tapley  himself.  A 
thorough  knowledge of the special  line  of 
trade in which the traveler  is engaged is, of 
course  very  essential  to  him, and  an  in­
timate acquaintance  with  human  nature is 
also very desirable.  With  these  qualifica­
tions the traveling  salesman may be  consid­
ered well equipped for his  occupation.  Yet 
we shall not venture to say  that  there  are 
not drummers who pride  themselves  upon 
the possession of certain other  gifts; for ex­
ample,  the ability to swallow a considerable 
quantity of liquor  without  being  muddled 
thereby.  There are some  traders  who  like 
to deal with a salesman of this sort.  But no 
traveler need  pretend  that he is obliged to 
meet such customers  on  their  own  level. 
Where these meetings do occur, it is  simply 
a case of birds of a feather flocking together. 
But these  are  exceptional  cases.  Neither 
the majority nor any considerable portion of 
the class of commercial travelers are inclined 
to habits of dissipation themselves, nor fool­
ish  enough to affect to be so for the sake of 
conciliating  customers.  They  will  under­
stand that to do this is to play a game which 
as the proverb goes, is not worth the candle. 
An impression  contrary to this has  gained 
some currency, but only among persons with 
little or no knowledge of  the class  concern­
ed.  Taking 
travelers  as  a 
whole their  standard of morality  is as high 
and as well sustained as that of any class of 
salesmen in  existence.

sleeping  cars,  which 

commercial 

H ave  V alues  Touched  B ottom ?

From the Cincinnati Price Current.

This is the question now  foremost  in  the 
minds of business men, for upon the answer 
depends the proper course to pursue for' the 
future. 
It may help  a  solution  to  refer  to 
history and make some comparisons,  for  al­
though  the  new  methods  of  business  have: 
greatly changed the conditions of trade, there

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 6,  1884

NO. 46

BUYING  GOODS.

!

are scraps of wisdom to be gleaned from ex­
perience under other conditions.  The London 
Economist arrives at a basis of comparison of 
prices which prevailed in the year 1873, When 
there was  a general inflation in values up to 
the last quarter, when the sharp decline caus­
ed by the panic reduced  the  average  for  the 
year, with the year 1883 which was one of re­
action and comparatively low prices, by tak­
ing the Board of Trade returns of the foreign 
commerce of the United Kingdom.  Of the en­
tire list of the articles,  80  per  cent,  of  the 
imports and 70 per cent, of  the  exports  are 
entered  with  quantities  as  well as values, 
and assuming that the remainder  have  var­
ied in value in the same ratio a  satisfactory 
result is reached.  This embraces  the  tran­
sactions with leading commercial nations  in 
almost every kind of  commodity, and there­
fore the data, better than any  other  availa­
ble, reflects the universal values in  all  mar­
kets, for a broad and definite  period  of  one 
year, and not a brief  and  exceptional  time. 
The result of the  elaborate  calculations  in­
volved shows that food products were 15 per 
cent, higher  in 1873 than in  1883,  raw  ma­
terials were about 30 per  cent,  higher,  and 
manufactures,  metals,  etc.,  were  about  45 
per cent, higher; the  average  of  the  whole 
is about 31 per cent. 
In 1873 it is computed 
that values were 34 per cent, higher than dur- 
ing'the five years from 1845  to  1850,  when 
it is assumed that they  were  approximately 
at a normal level. 
It  follows  that  in  1883 
prices were very near on the  plane  of  value 
occupied in the five  years  preceeding  1850, 
and as there has been a further, depreciation 
during the past year it would seem  that  we 
must  be  near  enough  to  the bottom to in­
spire  confidence.  But  the  laws  of  supply 
and  demand  have  no  respect  for  theories, 
and  the  fact  that  the  markets  in  Europe 
as  well  as in  this  country  are  overstocked 
with  nearly  all  kinds  of  commodities  mil­
itates  against  the  supposition  that  there 
will be any rapid advance in prices even when 
the turning  point  is  reached. 
It  is  pretty 
well  established  that  production  has  been 
stimulated in every industrial enterprise until 
there is a surplus far in  excess of the wants 
of consumers, in agriculture,  manufactures, 
mining and almost anything  else.  The  fall 
in prices will  promote  consumption,  but  it | 
will  take  a  long  time  for consumption  to 
overtake production  if  the  latter  is not  di­
minished, and meanwhile the margin of pro­
fit will be small, if indeed it does not entire­
ly disappear. 
If production ceases then lab­
or will be thrown  out  of  employment  and 
consumption consequently reduced.  Wages 
have not yet declined in the ratio of  the  re­
duction in prices of  commodities, but wages 
do not constitute so large a part  of  the  cost 
of production now as  in  former  years,  be­
cause labor saving machinery  is  so  univer­
sally used, and the general  sentiment is that 
labor is entitled to  all  the  compensation  it 
receives from the joint product of labor  and 
capital. 
If,  as  indicated  above,  we  are 
down to a normal basis of value, the greatest 
good for the greatest number would seem  to 
consist in keeping there;  fortunes  may  not 
be made rapidly, but  with  economy,  provi­
dence  and  good  crops,  prosperity will fol­
low.

When  W ill Business  Improve?

TO answer  this question in a  satisfactory 
manner, says a writer in the Bankers’ Mag­
azine for July, we must inquire why the bus­
iness of the country is  depressed,  and  then 
he goes on to assign the  causes,  as  follows: 
Only a short time ago it was  bounding with 
prosperity,  now  it  is sunk in the valley  of 
despondency.  What are the causes  of  this 
sudden change?  It is  not  difficult  to  trace 
them. 
It  is  very  generally  acknowledged 
that business enterprises in  many directions 
have gone beyond  the  immediate  necessity 
for them.  This is especially true of railroad 
construction.  Hundreds of miles have been 
built  for  which  there  was  no  immediate 
need.  Moreover,  there  has  been  an  over­
production in all the leading departments of 
industry.  The modern facilities for produc­
tion are so perfect that it is easy to  produce 
most things that are needed on a stupendous 
scale. 
It was maintained by the older polit­
ical economists that over-production was im­
possible.  At some price or other everything 
would find a buyer and consumer.  But  the 
error of this doctrine is clearly  seen and ad­
mitted.  No person needs more  than  a cer­
tain amount of food or clothing.  No person 
can comfortably eat two dinners on the same 
day. 
If, therefore, a second dinner is  cook­
ed for him, either it is not eaten, or, if it be, 
he is the worse for it.  Consumption,  there­
fore, is limited.  Production must be govern­
ed by this limit or  exceeded  at  an ever  in­
creasing loss.

There are persons who assert that  if  peo­
ple  were  only  to  spend  enough,  business 
would be as brisk as ever.  The anxious  in­
quire,  Why  do  people  at  a time like this 
economize?  Why  do  they  spend  less  for 
dress, for living, and  in  other ways?  Why 
are they less inclined to engage  in  new  un­
dertakings?  Why has hopefulness given way 
to despondency?  Why is there such an  dis­
inclination to push  out  into  the  unknown 
but tempting realm of business venture?  Is 
there  any  reason,  say  these  inquirers, for 
this change in venturing?

In reply, it may be remarked that it  is  of 
the  highest  importance  how  every  person

It  is  true  that all  the 
spends his income. 
capital of the world is  used,  and  that  it  is 
spent over and over again.  But it is  of  the 
highest importance how capital is spent.  If, 
for example, A invests $100,000 in the North­
ern Pacific Railroad enterprise,  and no  divi­
dends are earned for many years, he  has  no 
income from that source to spend.  That sum 
previously  earned  him  an  income  which 
either  he spent in further  production  or  in 
gratifying his tastes and pleasures, or loaned 
it to others who employed it  in  some  man­
ner.  But now he has invested it in an enter­
prise from which there is no return.  He has 
nothing, therefore, to spend from this source, 
whatever his inclination might be  to  spend 
if he had it.  Suppose instead of investing it 
in  that  enterprise  he  had  put  it into  one 
yielding  an  annual  dividend of 8 per cent. 
In the latter case he would have  an  income 
either to spend or loan to others, which they 
would not borrow, of course, if they did  not 
expect to spend it.

These illustrations,  therefore,  show  very 
clearly that the  importance  of  a  profitable 
expenditure of capital cannot be  over-rated. 
One reason why so many fall  into  error  on 
this subject is because they regard money as 
the most important part of capital.  If, there­
fore, money is used over and over again, and 
is very active, they seem to think it is a mat­
ter  of  small  consequence how  it  is  used, 
whether  in  building  the  Northern  Pacific 
Railroad, or in a paying  enterprise  like  the 
Pennsylvania system. 
It  may  be  that  the 
money is just as actively employed  in build­
ing  the  Northern  Pacific  as  in  building 
another railroad that pays a handsome profit, 
and that the  money consequently  circulates 
just  as  rapidly  in  the  one  case as  in the 
other.  But the reader cannot fail to see that 
in the former case a certain amount of  capi­
tal is locked up for an unknown  time,  gone 
inte  disuse,  while  in the other case it is an 
active  agency in promoting production.  Let 
us advance these two illustrations  one  page 
further.  The Northern  Pacific  is  running. 
Men are busily employed all  along the  line. 
They may be  paid  good  wages and receive 
them regularly.  The same conditions  exist 
on the Pennsylvania Railroad;  but  there  is 
this marked difference between  the  two en­
terprises which must be kept in mind.  One 
road yields  no  return  to  the  investor,  the 
other road does. 
Investors in the  one  case 
have nothing to spend from their investment; 
in the other they have.

What has happened to our country is this: 
A very large amount of capital has been  in­
vested  in  non-paying  enterprises,  and  so 
these investors are necessarily  compelled  to 
spend less and to loan less to others than be­
fore.  They cannot spend or loan what they 
do not have.  The amount  of capital invest­
ed  in  such  enterprises  since  1879  is enor­
mous. 
It  was  inevitable,  therefore,  for  a 
period of depression to follow such an exces­
sive  locking  up  of capital. 
It is true  that 
every person having large means  can  invest 
a portion in enterprises not bringing any im­
mediate return.  What  portion can be wise­
ly set apart for this purpose must depend on 
many things.  Each case  must  decide  sin­
gly.  Thousands of  enterprises are undertak­
en by men of ample means  who  do not  ex­
pect any immediate return,  and the wisdom 
of which is justified by the  final  result. 
If 
every investor should look to  immediate re­
turns,  of  course  many  enterprises  would 
never be attempted.  Nevertheless, the  fact 
is equally clear, that for  several  years  past 
we have been expending too much capital in 
this manner.  A few persons  only could af­
ford thus to invest, many who have done  so 
could not, and consequently they are obliged 
to retrench.  This, as we have  said, is inev­
itable.

If this diagnosis is correct, those  who  are 
looking  for  a  speedy  return  of prosperity 
will look in vain. 
It cannot come until  en­
terprises  that  have  been launched so reck­
lessly begin to pay.  When they do, these in­
vestors will have money, and, of course, will 
spend more.  All efforts  to  galvanize  busi­
ness, to breathe into it an  artificial life, will 
prove fruitless, for the reason that there can 
be no real improvement until the  conditions 
before noted have been met.  When this time 
shall come no one can foretell, but  not  soon 
we fear.  Certainly no signs of improvement 
are seen, yet in a certain  sense  the  country 
has improved steadily.  Many of the recent­
ly  launched  enterprises  if  not  paying  are 
getting nearer  to a paying  condition.  Like 
the ending of the depression  that  began  in 
1873,  this  also  will pass awaj, noiselessly, 
and almost without observation.  Those  en­
gaged in bnsiness will suddenly awake  to a 
more prosperous day.  The  previous  trans­
formation was as silent as it was wonderful, 
and this was likely to occur in the same way. 
But we should not look for  it  speedily,  nor 
until the condition  of  the  things above  de­
scribed  has  been  fulfilled.  Not until  the 
people  have  a  larger  spending  power  can 
they spend more, whatever  their desire may 
be.  Let us be cheered by thinking that with 
the  growth  of  population  and  the  settling 
and  developing  of  the  country,  many  en­
terprises  are  approaching  more  or less rap­
idly  to  a  paying  basis;  and  that  thus  the 
work of recuperation is going  on,  although 
the patient may still be unable  to get out of 
bed.

Chas. F. Egeler has engaged  in  the  meat 

business at Leland.

I  The Questions of Discretion and Credit.

The stock in a  merchant’s  store is  a  true 
index of their purchasing ability.  On enter 
ing some  retail  establishments  it  does  not 
take long to discover  that  the  assortments 
are old, and look as if they had run to  seed. 
The reason is obvious.  The  merchant is in 
the  habit  when in  market of visiting  the 
“Cheap John”  wholesale houses where odd 
lots, old styles, and trashy goods are collect­
ed from auction  sales  and  otherwise, and 
offered as “special jobs” at a great  sacrifice. 
The retail dealer who  is so intent on  secur­
ing bargains that he ignores  regular  brands 
and  desirable  styles, buys  freely  of  this 
trash, and the result is that the store is soon 
filled  with  goods  out of date, out of style, 
which will not  sell, no  matter  how  cheap 
they are offered.

On the other hand, you  enter another  es­
tablishment, and  the  appearance  within at 
once indicates that the merchant understands 
his business.  The  assortments  look  neat, 
trim, and well selected.  Regular  brands  of 
domestics and best  styles  of  calicoes,  ging­
hams, and  dress  goods are  in  appropriate 
display. 
It is not to  be  wondered  at  that 
this store is the  favorite “trading place” of 
the  community, and  is  patronized  by  the 
best class of custom.

To which class  do you  belong as  a retail 
buyer?  This is the important  question  for 
you to decide.  Have you any  old  stock  on 
hand that you bought merely because it was 
cheap, and which  you would  gladly  sell at 
less than it cost  alter  having  kept  it  for 
months, and perhaps years?  Have you prof­
ited by this  experience, or do  you still buy 
goods out of  style, hoping to realize a hand­
some  gain?  Does  this  policy  lead  to suc­
cess?

Another fact  of  frequent  occurrence  in 
buying goods is  that  the  merchant is com­
pelled against his better judgment to confine 
his  purchases to one  wholesale  house, be­
cause of the favors received on credits.  His 
capital being small, he is under obligation to 
the jobber who grants  him  extra  time  to 
meet  his  indebtedness.  There  are  others 
also, of larger  capital, who  are  in  simpar 
condition with  the wholesale  house,  from 
the fact of  buying  too  liberally  at certain 
periods, and, in consequence, have to ask in­
dulgence, which, when granted, places them 
under obligations to  make  their  chief  bill 
with the firm from whom they have received 
favors.  They not only by so  doing  have to 
pay full market  prices, but  also have  unde­
sirable goods put on them  because they  are 
debtors.  Nearly every merchant  some time 
in his mercantile experience  has  undergone 
this experience.  The remedy is to get clear 
of old  indebtedness as rapidly  as  possible, 
and to buy in smaller  quantities.  The mer­
chant who  determines to so manage his bus­
iness that at the earliest possible moment he 
can buy his goods for  cash, or short time, is 
in the sure path for success.  He  avoids ex­
travagance,  pi’actices  economy,  saves  the 
profits he makes, and  in this way  he  soon 
becomes independent of favors and  can buy 
his goods to the best advantage.  He has the 
entire market to select from instead of being 
tied to any individual jobbing firm, and suits 
his own views and tastes as to what  he  will 
purchase and what let alone.

Two important  considerations  are,  there­
fore suggested.  The first is to avoid buying 
goods  inferior in style and  quality,  as  well 
as out of date, simply because they are cheap 
and the second is to get  on  an  independent 
footing as soon as possible, so that  you need 
not ask favors in the  way  of  extra  credit. 
Prompt cash  always  commands the market. 
Keep this fact uppermost, and  make  it  the 
objective point in your business life.

Something:  About  Prints.

From the Dry Goods Bulletin.

The figured  prints, now so popular, origi­
nated in India, and  were  produced in that 
country rather extensively at the end of  the 
last and the  beginning of the  present  cen­
tury, being for some years a puzzle to print­
ers and dyers in Europe and in this country. 
The Indians  made  the  goods  chiefly into 
handkerchiefs,  always  silk,  which  bore 
white  spots  on  a  uniformly  dyed 
red 
ground.  The spots were  produced by tying 
up the  cloth at these  parts so  tightly  that 
when the handkerchief was  dipped into the 
dye the latter  could  not  penetrate the pro­
tected parts.  When the cloth was dyed and 
the tyings loosed, the white  spots  revealed 
themselves.  A Frenchman named Koechlin 
in the year 1811, invented the discharge pro­
cess, by means of which he was  able to pro­
duce goods  exceeding in beauty the  famous 
Indian fabrics referred to.  The cloth  is dy­
ed of a uniform color—most  commonly  red 
or blue—a dozen folds are laid  one over an­
other and wound upon a roller.  This roller 
is placed on bearings  behind a press  of  pe­
culiar construction.  The press  consists of a 
bed-plate mounted on hydraulic gear, and an 
upper  plate.  The  printing, if it may be so 
called, is done by means of two stout  plates 
of lead fixed to the upper  and  lower  plates 
of the press, respectively. 
If the  design  is 
to consist  of, say, white  spots  on a colored 
ground, the  exposed  surface  of  the  lead 
plates have cut into them a series of depres­
sions  corresponding to the size and  number 
of the  spots  desired.  These have to be ac­
curately placed, so that when the two plates

leading 

through 

these  depressions 

are brought together  the  depressions of the 
one shall fall exactly over the depressions in ! 
the other.  All  being  ready, the pressman j 
takes hold of the ends of the  twelve  layers I 
of cloth and  lays the  whole on  the  lower 
plate.  The plates are then brought together 
with a pressure  of 200 or 300  tons. 
It will 
be observed that now the whole  body of the 
cloth, as folded, is tightly pinched except  at 
those parts which come between  the depres- 
the  plates.  Communicating  with 
on 
each  of 
are  op­
the  upper  plate  and 
enings 
channels 
thereto.  When 
the
pressure is  fully  on, a tap is opened  and a 
stream of bleaching liquid  flows  along  the 
channels in the upper  plate  and  finds  its 
way by the  apertures to the  cloth, through 
which it passes and  makes its exit by open­
ings in the depressions in  the  lower  plate. 
As the  liquid  passes  through  the  cloth, 
it dissolves the connection between the mor­
dant and the coloring matter, and carries off 
the latter, leaving the parts it has come  into 
contact with purely white.  There is no lim­
it to the variety of forms that  may be given 
to the cleared  spaces, and  many  beautiful 
effects are produced by printing various col­
ors into these spaces.

Financial  Rascality.

From the Nation.

Looking  at  the  numerous  betrayals  of 
trust, we are apt to  conclude  that  we  have 
fallen  upon  exceptionally  evil  times,  and 
that the world is going to the bad altogether. 
The truth is, a panic  merely uncovers what­
ever rascality is going on by forcing  an  im­
mediate settlement of accounts. 
It  proves 
nothing to the disadvantage of  one  year  or 
period  of  time  as  compared with another. 
The  panics  of  the  past  have been equally 
prolific of suddenly discovered but old-stand­
ing frauds.  Moreover, in  times  like  these, 
we are apt to lose sight of the  countless  ar­
ray  of  honest  and  faithful  who  hold our 
money  and property secure at all times, and 
whose fidelity to their trusts keeps  business 
going  and  holds  society together.  Of  the 
hundred or more banks in  New  York,  only 
four have been victimized by breach of trust, 
and only one has been actually ruined.  Yet 
every one of the hundred has  been  exposed 
to the danger of  being  disemboweled  every 
day in the year, and many  hundred more  of 
fiduciary institutions and  corporations  have 
been all the time at the  mercy of somebody. 
If we strike a balance between the good and 
the  bad,  we  shall  find that the preponder­
ance of the former is so vast and overwhelm­
ing, that the latter becomes comparatively in­
significant by comparison.

Rapid Development of Northern Michigan. 
From the Northwestern Lumberman.

The towns and  counties of the  timber re­
gions of northern Michigan  show a rapid in­
crease of  population, according  to the State 
census just taken.  Especially is the growth 
of such  lumber  towns as Muskegon, Manis­
tee, Big  Rapids, Cadillac  and  Alpena,  as 
well as the older cities of the Saginaw valley, 
remarkable  and  gratifying.  Agricultural 
development in the pine and  hard-wood dis­
tricts is rapidly following lumbering  opera­
tions, and  within a few  years to come  the 
northern half of the lower  peninsula will be 
densely  populated  with  industrial  classes 
engaged in a variety of  employments as no­
where  else in the country outside of Maine. 
Besides farming, the great variety of woods, 
soft and hard, in northern Michigan, will be 
utilized in a great  variety of manufacturers, 
thus  furnishing  employment to  numerous 
centers  of  population.  The  nearness to a 
boundless  western  and  southern  market 
makes  Michigan an exceedingly  promising 
field for manufacturing  industries that util­
ize wood.  Rapid as has  been  the  increase 
of Michigan’s population since the last Unit­
ed States  census  was  taken, it is likely to 
show  still 
larger  proportionate  results 
when the census of 1890 is returned.

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A  Pleasing  Presentation.

From the Saginaw Herald, 27th.

The series of  surprises to which  the  rep­
resentatives of the wholesale  grocery  trade 
of Grand Rapids were treated  during  their 
stay in the Saginaws was  varied  yesterday 
afternoon by an episode that took place just 
as the party was about to start for the depot 
to take the train for home.  Just as he  was 
about to step into the ’bus, Mayor Estabrook 
claimed  the  attention  of  Mr. Lemon, the 
“right  field” of the visitors, and to him  ad­
dressed a  few  remarks.  He  congratulated 
him upon the skill  and  proficiency he had 
acquired in the science of base ball, his agil­
ity and good judgment as a base-runner, and 
on the imposing appearance he presented on 
the field, qualities that not  only won the ad­
miration of all beholders, but had  also  cap­
tured the hearts of the ladies of Saginaw, in 
whose behalf he presented  him  with a bou­
quet as a token of their regard.  Mr. Lemon 
was visibly affected at receiving  the  beauti­
ful gift and scarce could keep from weeping, 
but by a masterful effort he so far controlled 
his feelings as to be able to  make a suitable 
reply ere he took his seat among his less for­
tunate companions.

A new variety of potato  bug, upon which 
Paris green has no effect, is reported to have 
made its appearance at  Wiarton, Ont.  The 
insect resembles a spider, in form and ra  id- 
ity of movement.

Successful  Salesm en.

The  most  important  qualification of the 
improved  modern  trader, says the  North- 
wretern Grocer, is to be a good seller.  This 
is an art worth more to a merchant than elo­
quence  to a stump  speaker, or oratory to a 
member  of  congress.  Salesmen  of  large 
self-esteem and  full  combativeness, talk in­
cessantly to a customer, and seem to deem it 
necessary to  make a speech  on every  point 
made by an anticipated customer.

Such salesmen rather  disgust than  attract 
persons who really desire to purchase goods. 
The two extremes of salesmen are the silent 
diffident  person, who says, by his  manners, 
“There are the goods and that is  the  price; 
it makes  no  difference to me or my  salary 
whether you take the goods or leave  them.” 
The other extreme is the constant talker who 
seems determined  that the  caller  for a cer­
tain  line  and  quality of goods is bound io 
take  them, willing or  not  willing.  These 
latter are often actually  insulting to persons 
who criticise the quality of the goods or hes­
itate to pay the price.  Most  of  this  latter 
class are importations from  other  nationali­
ties.

The most  attractive  salesman  is  always 
modest in his  bearing  towards  customers, 
without  being  obsequious.  His  tone  and 
manner are  adapted to every  class of visit­
ors.  He  shows his  reverence  for age, his 
admiration for  ladies, his  manliness in the 
presence of gentlemen, and his  affection for 
children whenever he  addresses  them.  He 
cultivates these  feelings  till  they  become 
natural and are  never  affected.  He never 
waits for his customers to make known their 
wishes or wants.  So soon as  a lady  or gen­
tleman is within  speaking  distance  he  ad­
vances and  says, madam, or sir, what  can I 
show you? or, what  are  your  wishes? and 
then listens, respectfully for their  response. 
He presents the goods  for  which  they in­
quire, and holds  them to the best  light  for 
the customer to see  their  excellencies. 
If 
complaint is made as to the  price  he  mod­
estly responds “It is as low as we can afford 
such goods.”

He is silent  only  while  his  customer is 
speaking.  When this is not  the  case  he  is 
describing the  quality  of  the  goods,  where 
they  were  manufactured, the  good  reputa­
tion of  the manufacturers  for  this  style  of 
goods, the great demand for them and what­
ever else he can truthfully say to recommend 
them. 
If the visitor makes no purchase, nor 
leaves an order, he  betrays  no  chagrin; he 
utters  not a single  supercillious  'word, but 
expresses the hope that  when  they  “wish 
any goods in our line” they will  call  again, 
and thus dismiss customers  with  the  same 
pleasant politeness with which he character­
ized their advent.  Salesmen who can  main- 
ain—in the presence of all kinds of custom­
ers—a  bearing of this kind,  until  it  shall, 
have become perfectly  natural to them, will 
find a demand for their  services when mute 
salesmen on the one hand, and  supercillious 
cockscombs on the other, will  be  half  their 
time idle with  never a word  hopeful of fu­
ture promotion.

Krupp, the famous  maker  of  heavy  ord­
nance, has lately  commenced  the  manufac­
ture of a new kind of gunpowder, which does 
not explode in the open  air  or in  packages, 
but bums slowly. 
It explodes only  in  her­
metically closed  places, and  then  has  won­
derful  power  to  propel  projectiles. 
It  is 
composed, like ordinary gunpowder, of  salt­
petre, sulphur and  charcoal, but in new pro­
portions.  One great advantage  of  the  new 
powder  is  that  it  emits  very  little  smoke 
when used in a gun.

I7L. J. Rose has  sold  his  estate, probably 
the  finest in California, for  $750,000.  The 
plantation is known  as  Sunny  Slope,  near 
Pasadena, and it contains  more  than  2,000 
acres of  well  watered  land.  The  orange 
crop was sold on the  trees by Mr. Rose  this 
year for $16,000, and the  vintage  last  year 
from 1,000 acres of vines  was  1,800 tons of 
grapes. 

\

Up to July 18,  this  year,  1,519  miles  of 
new  railroad  track  had  been  laid  in  the 
United  States,  as  compared  to  2,558  in  a 
corresponding portion of  1883, and  5,100 in 
1882.  Thus far this year there has been less 
track laid than in any year since 1879, when 
there was 1,083 miles laid  previous  to July 
18.

Hood’s “Song of the Shirt” is supplement­
ed by an English  seamstress with a table of 
figures showing the number  of stitches  in  a 
shirt.  The total is said to be 20,649.

J. K.  Burnham & Co.,  of  Detroit,  closed 
out E. Ostrander,  of  Otisville,  on  a  chattel 
mortgage on the 29th, and sold  the goods to 
E. R. Bloomer of the same village.

It is  reported  that a ruby  found  in  Clay 
County, N. C.,  was  sold by the  finder  for 
$15, then for $3,000, and, after  being cut by 
a lapidary, for $18,000.

One  of the  inconsistencies of  fashion is 
that in summer the hottest  looking  colors— 
red, scarlet, etc.—are made the  favorite col­
ors.

Alpena has a population of 12,000, accord­
ing to the late State census—a good showing 
for a town without railroaid.

Resolve, That our most sincere thanks are 
due and  extended  to  the  generous, whole- 
souled  gentlemen  whose  guests  we  have 
been, and that in  future  years  the  memory 
of our visit will linger with us;  its  pleasant 
associations will be to us as an oasis in the des­
ert of life and that we shall never forget the 
many triends we have  met  or  the  number­
less acts of kindness shown by them to us on 
every possible occasion.
Resolved, That our thanks are  due to the 
Peninsular Club of  Grand  Rapids  for  their 
courteous invitation extended  to us embrac­
ing all the  privileges of  their  club  house, 
which were especially appreciated by all.
Resolved, That in Mayor Belknap the peo­
ple of Saginaw  have  found a representative 
of the  true  American.  That his  efforts to 
conduce to  the  pleasure of the party  from
the salt region have been noble and  that  he
has been aided greatly by the citizens gener­
ally of  Grand  Rapids, to  each  and  all  of 
whom our warmest thanks are  due.
Resolved,  That  the  bond  of  friendship, 
which year by year is becoming more united 
between the Saginaw and Grand  River Val­
leys  shall  not be  broken, but  rather  the 
more  firmly  cemented by the  exchange of 
good will and  good fellowship, which  traits 
have been exemplified toward us  during our 
visit.

NOTES OF  THE VISIT.

Conspicuous by  his  absence—Col.  Mess- 

more.

green.”

Sam’s  song—“Where  the  grass  grows 

Musselman was the only man on the Grand 
Rapids side who played through both games.
In his speech at the banquet, Col.  Fox  at­
tributed the  large  fortunes  that  had  been 
built up in the Saginaw  Valley  to  the  fact 
that the business men in that  locality  acted 
in concert in maintaining prices.  A contrary 
result in the Grand River Valley in probably 
due to contrary causes.

“Saints’ Rest,” which has  lately  come in­
to public notice through the entertainment of 
our Saginaw visitors  last Saturday, is an el­
egantly  furnished  residence  on  Fountain 
street,  equipped  and  occupied  by  John  G. 
Shields,  Geo. E. Pantlind,  E.  Crofton  Fox, 
Percy T. Cook  and  John  Patton,  Jr.  The 
ladies in the vicinity choose to  refer  to  the 
place *by  the  more  appropriate  names  of 
“Sinners’ Roost” or “Sinners Retreat.”
TH E  GAME  ILLUSTRATED.

T he Tradesm an  had a special  artist  on 
the  ground,  and  presents  the  following 
sketches as the result of his labors:

A capital  illustration  of  Lemon, on  the 
home  stretch, was presented last  week, but 
the above drawing more correctly represents 
him  striking a gait.  This  sketch  is  copy 
righted and all infringements  will be prose 
cuted to the full extent of the law.

II
t

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This is supposed to represent the. attempt­
ed  presentation  of  choice  grasses  to  Fair 
child, and his flight from the person bearing 
the bouquet.  This  exhibition of modesty is 
characteristic of the subject.

H ow   the  “B oys”  B ought  a  Church  B ell.
“While you are recounting the good deeds 
accomplished by the commercial fraternity,” 
said  D.  M.  McClellan,  the former  general 
dealer at Reed City, “you ought not to  omit 
mention of the church bell  which  was  pur 
chased  mainly  by  contributions  from  the 
boys.’  The Congregational society needed a 
bell the worst way,  and I agreed  to  broach 
the subject to some of the travelers who vis­
ited the town. .The response was  as  prompt 
as  it  was  gratifying.  Will  Pitwood  put 
down his name for $5, and  John  McIntyre, 
A.  Knoffle  and  Frank  Leonard followed 
suit, with like amounts.  H. Miller  contrib­
uted $5 or $10,1 have forgotten which.  Sev­
eral others  whose  names  have  slipped  my 
memory also helped to swell the  amount  to 
a considerable sum, and  the  bell  that  now 
calls  the  Congregationalists  to worship  at 
Reed City, was the result. 
In  my  opinion, 
you cannot say  too  much  in  favor  of  the 
‘boys.’  As a rule, they are the  best-heart­
ed set out of jail, and the worst wish I  have 
for them is that I was in a  position  to  give 
them a heariy  hand-shake  and a good  order 
once a month.”

Unnecessary Failure at Khlkaska.

On the  evening  of July 28, C. V. Selkirk, 
of  the grocery  firm of Selkirk & Morrill, at 
Kalkaska,  had  a  little  episode  with  his 
wife, which resulted in his resolving to leave 
town until  the  unpleasantness  blew  over. 
He  accordingly took $69 of the  partnership 
funds, and  went  to  Wisconsin,  returning 
home  Saturday  evening.  On the morning 
after his disappearance, his partner made an 
assignment to A. A. Bleazby, and an  inven­
tory showed that there  was  $2,500 worth of 
stock  at  a  fair  appraised  value—enough 
to meet all  the  liabilities of the  firm—be­
sides $4,000 worth  of  book-accounts.  Mr. 
Selkirk stopped over in this  city on his way 
home and announced  his  intention to have 
the assignment set aside; but he telegraphed 
here Monday that  while the  assignee  was 
willing  to  take  such a course. Mr. Morrill 
objected, and there the matter rests at latest 
accounts.
M, M.

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW,

ROOMS  7  AND  8  HOUSEMAN  BUILDING,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

COMMERCIAL  LAW   A  SPECIALTY.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

inng Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST  6,1884.

POST  NO.  1.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

OFFICERS.

„

President—Wm. Logie. 
Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mitts.
Secretary and Treasurer-L. W.  Atkins. 
Committee ou Constitution:and.ByL 

lace Franklin,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  Geo.  ri. »ey
Nex^Meeting—At Sweet’s Hotel reading room 

Saturday, August 9, at 8 p. in.

Gentlemen  of  Saginaw,  how do you  like 

Grand Rapids hospitality?

Who says society is becoming demoralized 
and that the  world  grows  wickeder,  when 
200 citizens of New  York  can be called  to­
gether to see two turtles fight, and bet  mon­
ey on the  result? 

________

The big double-eagles have  poured  out of 
the Treasury  until the  gold  balance is now 
less than it has  been for  many years.  And 
it is still being reduced at a rapid rate.  Pity 
that the  Treasury cannot  retain  the  gold 
and let out the cart wheel dollars.

The official report of the Commissioner of 
Internal Revenue, for the fiscal year  ending 
June 30, shows that  the  aggregate  receipts 
from  internal  revenue  in Michigan  were 
$1,419,380.  Of this amount,  only  $211,869 
was collected in the Second  (Western)  Dis­
trict.

The Tradesman is assured  on  the  best 
of authority that a movement is now on  foot 
looking toward the organization of  a  Board 
of Trade in this city.  The matter is now in 
the hands of competent  and  energetic  busi­
ness men,  who  will  use  every exertion  to 
bring about a successful  termination  of  the 
project.

The oleomargarine manufacturers in New 
York are making a  desperate  effort  to  de­
termine by  legal  measures  whether or  not 
they have a right to manufacture  their  sub­
stitute for butter.  A friendly suit has  been 
instituted by one against another, and in this 
way the  whole question is to be brought  be 
fore the courts for adjudication.  Though  a 
great many persons in New York believe the 
manufacture illegal, no one appears  willing 
to take the responsibility of bringing  a  suit, 
and in order to settle the question the manu­
facturers  are  going  to  sue each other.  To 
judge  from  the  boldness  of their position, 
the oleomargarine men seem to  believe  that 
both the law and the  evidence  are  on  their 
side, and as they claim that good substitutes 
are  better  and  more  wholesome than poor 
butter, the result of their  legal  proceedings 
will be looked for with some interest.

Dr. V. C. Vaughan, of the  State Board of 
Health,  to  whom  were  referred the recent 
cases of cheese poisoning, visited the factory 
at Fruitridge, Lenawee county, but failed to 
discover anything injurious in the cans, vats 
or surroundings.  Analysis of the bad cheese 
showed  no  arsenic,  copper,  lead,  iron  or 
other mineral poison, but  when  it  was  cut 
or  broken  a  whitish  liquid oozed from the 
pores, and in this liquid minute  microscopic 
organisms were detected.  The  liquid  was 
very strongly acid. Dr. Vaughan recommends 
the following test to  determine  the  whole­
someness of cheese, which  any  groceryman 
can readily apply:
Good  cheese  is  only  very  slightly acid, 
and  slowly reddens blue litmus paper.  Poi­
sonous cheese is intensely  acid, and  instan­
taneously reddens blue litmus, when  the pa­
per is applied  to  the  freshly  cut  surface 
This test for poisonous cheese  appears to be 
practicable.  The blue  litmus paper  can  be 
applied by  any  grocer  to  each  freshly-cut 
cheese. 
If  the  litmus  paper  is  instantly 
turned red by the liquid which oozes into the 
pores, the cheese is to be suspected  as  pois- 
ooous.

The  reference to  Mayor  Belknap, “as a 
representative of the true American,” in the 
resolutions adopted by our Saginaw visitors, 
is a fitting recognition of the  sterling worth 
of the man who  promises to make  a  record 
as the best Mayor Grand  Rapids  has  ever 
had.  Himself  a  manufacturer  and  dealer, 
and  thoroughly in sympathy with  the  com­
mercial interests of the city, he is enabled to 
do  effective work  in  paths  too  frequently 
shunned by mayoralty  “accidents” and pro­
fessional  politicians, and the  avidity  with 
which he has thus far distinguished  himself 
in this respect gives  reason  for  the  belief 
that much more may  reasonably  be  expect­
ed.  M a y o r Belknap’s economical  measures 
have  already saved  the  city  considerable 
useless expense, and the  firm  stand  he  has 
taken on the granting of saloon  licenses has 
won for him the  respect  and  friendship of 
the  best  men of  the  city,  irrespective  of 
political complexions. 
If he  continues  the 
same policy  be  has  followed  thus  fai, he 
will deserve the appellation of “Grand  Rap­
ids’  best  Mayor,”  which is  saying a good 
deal, as  the  position  has  been  graced by 
many deserving men, with  the usual propor­
tion of nobodies.

They are having a mackerel scare in Eng­
land.  Some one has  advanced  the  theory 
that a parasite  worm  common in these  fish 
will cause  cholera.  Prof.  Huxley  declares 
it nonsense, but  mackerel  continue  in  ill- 
favor;  « 

„

AMONG TH E TR A D E.

IN  THE  CITY.

L C. Barnes  succeeds I. C. Barnes  &  Co. 

in the fish business at 119 Monroe  street.

Chas. F. Cobb has returned from his East­
ern trip in the interest of the Western  Med­
icine Co.

Houseman, May & Co. have leased a build­
ing now in process of  construction  at  Alle­
gan, and will shortly start a branch clothing 
store at that place._______ _

Ben Putnam has now  one  of  the  fastest 
driving  teams  in  the  city,  and frequently 
makes  a  thirty  mile  stretch,  occasionally 
combining business with pleasure.

B. F. Hall, who recently sold  his  grocery 
business  at  Fennville to J. E. Hutchinson, 
has re-engaged in he same business.  Shields. 
Bulkley & Lemon  furnished the stock.

H. F. Hastings, the  elephantine  grocery 
broker, who has been off duty for about two 
months, most of which time he  has spent at 
the northern resorts, has returned home  and 
resumed Ins regular duties.

Henry  G.  Allen,  of  the  firm  of Eaton, 
Lyon & Allen, has gone to Milwaukee  for  a 
for a fortnight, in hopes that the  salubrious 
air and amber  foaming  lager  of  that  place 
may work a reformation in his health.

Myron H. Hopkins, formerly of  this city, 
and  for  a time  with  Paton & Andrus,  at 
Shelby, but now identified with Gerts, Lum- 
bard & Co., jobbers  in  brushes  at  Chicago, 
is in town for a few days visiting friends.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

John Tracy, general dealer at Roscommon, 

is dead.

S. S. Dryden & Sons have moved into their 

new store at Allegan.

Harry B. Whipple has opened a dry goods 

and notion store at Ovid.

O. A. Thomas succeeds Geo.  Tow  in  the 

meat business at Sheridan.

L. Miller, boot and  shoe  dealer  at  Trav­

erse City, has removed to  Charlevoix.

Wm. Wilcox  has  purchased  the  general 

store of W. H. Malcolm at Charlesworth.

Warren A. Austin succeeds Austin &  Mc- 
Cauhey in the grocery business at Montague.
F.  W.  Parkhurst  &  Co.  succeed W.  A. 
Whitman in the grocery business  at  Monta­
gue.

Wat. Stuart and Jas. Oeobock have opened 
an  auction store  at  Whitehall.  Temporary 
affair.

Thad Mercer has purchased a half interest 
in the boot and shoe store of F. L. Anderson, 
at Saranac.

Wilson, Barrington & Co.,  who  were  re­
cently burned out at Round Lake, will prob­
able not resume business.

Rosenthal & Son, of  Petoskey,  have  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  and  business  of 
Byron See, at Charlevoix.

Chas. A. Lockinaw announces that he will 
retire from the grocery  and bakery  business 
at Kalkaska within the next thirty days.

Livingston & Stem, clothing and drygoods 
dealers at  Allegan,  have  dissolved.  Chas 
Livingston will continue the dry goods bust 
ness and Herman  Stern  the  clothing  busi
ness.

D. M.  McClellan,  formerly  engaged  in 
general trade at Reed  City, now  located at 
Detroit, writes: “For the present, I am doing 
the  city with my little  boys, taking it easy. 
Am in no hurry to get into business  again.”

SAGINAW   SCOOPED.

Score  17 to 14.

Grand  R apids  W ins  the  Second  M a tch - 
The return game of base ball  between the 
grocery jobbers of Saginaw and Grand Rapids 
was played at the base  ball park in this city 
last  Friday afternoon, and  resulted in a vic­
tory for the home  club.  The  visitors, num­
bering  about  thirty in  all, arrived in a spe. 
cial car via D.,G. H. & M. Railway and were 
immediately  taken to  the  Morton  House, 
where  dinner  was  in  waiting.  About 
o’clock they were escorted  to  the  base  ball 
grounds, where  there  was  gathered  to wit 
ness the game one of the finest  audiences of 
the season.  The  Saginaw  nine  wore  the 
same suits as on the previous game, and the 
Grand Rapids club was distinguished by the 
some yellow and black  striped  jerseys  and 
brown 
linen  caps.  Mr. D. D.  Cody,  who 
had agreed to play  first  base,  peremptorily 
•resigned at the  end of  the  first  inning, and 
his place was taken  by  Jas. Fox, who  took 
third  base, Musselman  going to first, where 
he remained until the end of  the game.  O. 
A. Ball soon became  leg  weary, and  called 
in Geo. R. Perry, who in  turn  gave  way to 
H. B. Fairchild,  who  did  really  effective 
work on second base.  John  Caulfield  like­
wise  resigned in favor of Steve  Sears,  and 
Sam Lemon disgusted several  hundred who 
had paid the  admission fee for the sole pur­
pose of seeing  him  play, by turning  right 
field over  to  H.  B.  Grady.  For a time, it 
looked as though every person on the  grand 
stand would be given an opportunity to take 
a hand in the  game, but  after  the  third in­
ning  no  more  changes  were  made.  The 
Saginaw nine  made no changes, but  played 
through the game with stolid  indifference to 
the result.  At the end of the fourth inning, 
the  score was a tie, remaining so  until  the 
eighth inning, when Grand  Rapids took the 
lead, maintaining it to the  conclusion of the 
game.  The following is the official score ■
IB. P.O. A. E.
3
0
4
4 
4
0 
0 
5 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2
0
15
14
lB. P.O. A. K.
0
0
2
3 17
2
0
0
2
2
4
0
3
0
4
0
0
2
4
0
3
i
2
3
0
0
13

A.B. B.
5
6
2
6
5
1
5
1
5
1
2
5
5
1
5
1
3
5
17
47
AB. B.
0
2
.  6
i
.  6
2
2
0
.  6
6
:  5
0
5
3
.  5
2
.  5
1
2
1
.  5
2
.  5
0
4
.  4
2
14 16 27 21
.  47
8  9

Plumb,  c. f........
Smart, lb ...........
Stewart,  1. f.......
Strachan,  c........
McOausland,  p.,
Cooper, s. s........
Nelson,  r. f.......
Anderson, 3b.... 
Prindje,  2b.......
Total..............
Innin&s.....................1  2  3  4  5  6

Porter, c.............
Graff, p...............
Fairchild,  2b.....
Fox, 3b..............
Musselman,  lb. 
Barnhart, c. f.... 
Hawkins, 1. f....
Sears,  s. s.........
Grady, r. f.........
Total..............
E. SAG.  GROCERS.

12
0
5
7
U
0
1
1
1
27

3
2
1
0
0
1
3
0
17

G. R.  GROCERS.

Grand Rapids.............. 2  0  6  1  0  1  0  4
Saginaw........................4  1 3   1 0   1 0   0
Saginaw Grocers 2.  Double plays- 
and  Musselman;  FaircH1'1  TTm 
Pantlind.

Buns  earned—Grand  Rapids  Grocers  4, ^East 
-Graff,  Sear» 
Umpire—Geo.  E,

THE BANQUET,

On the  return to the  hotel,  supper gwas 
served, and shortly  after 9 o’clock  the  call 
“Fall  in,  gentlemen!”  caused  a  general 
stampede for  the  dining  room, where  110 
plates had been laid.  The floral decorations 
were exceptionally fine, notably an immense 
center piece in the  shape of  huge  cornuco­
pias and two miniature base ball  nines on a 
floral diamond.  Some idea of the excellence 
of the feast may be gleaned from  the perus­
al  of  a reproduction  of  the  satin-fringed 
menu card:

Complimentary Banquet 

Given to the

By the

Morton House.
August 1st, 1884.

MENU.
Claret.

STRAY  FACTS.
factory is soon to be  started at

¡¡Wholesale Grocers of Saginaw Yalley,

Wholesale Grocers of Grand River Valley, 

A  barrel 

Ionia.

ning in full blast.

The Ovid carriage works  are  again  run­

R. R.  Matteson,  hatter  at  Jackson,  has 

made an assignment.

The Eaton Rapids  baking  company  now 

use forty barrels of flour each  week.

R. Connable & Son, of  Petoskey,  are lift­

ing about 3,000 pounds of fish per  day.

The Fennville fruit dessicating  factory  is 
now drying twenty-five bushels  of  corn  per 
day.

Walker  Bros,  succeed  the  late  firm  of 
Walker  &  Son  in  the  livery  business  at 
PlainwelL

The  Sturgis  Bottling  Works  have  been 
closed on  chattel  mortgage  held  by  A.  M. 
Eising, of Three Rivers.

John  Wolford,  of  Manton,  has  fifty-two 
swarms of bees and will harvest about 3,000 
pound of honey before the  season is over.

The Hersey mill  has  shut  down,  having 
cleared the pond and yard of  3,000,000  feet 
of logs in a little more than three months.

A  factory  for  the  manufacture  of  pail 
staves is being talked of at Whitehall, R. M. 
Ruggles being the prime mover in the under­
taking.

A Sanilac man is said to.have a tree upon 
his farm, in which is a knot  hole  about  six 
feet from the ground, out of  which  flows  a 
stream  of  water  the  year  round,  and fish 
have been seen to issue from the tree.

Geo. W. Fisk has  admitted  his  son,  Els- 
worth C., to partnership  in  his  wagon  and 
carriage  business  at  Coopersville,  and  the 
firm is now styled  Fisk & Son.

The Oval Wooil Dish Co.,  at  Mancelona, 
contemplates the removal of  the  remainder 
of  their  works  from  Delta,  Ohio,  which 
would give them twelve  machines,  furnish­
ing employment to seventy-five persons, with 
an  average  capacity  of  300,000  plates  per 
day.

Fennville  has  two  saw  mills,  a flouring 
mill, a fruit dessicating factory,  two  hotels, 
four grocery stores, a drug store, a dry goods 
and clothing store, a boot and  shoe  store,  a 
hardware store, two billiard rooms and a sa­
loon.  Prominent citizens  of  the  place  are 
agitating the question of  incorporation  as  a 
village at the next session of the Legislature.

Little Neck Clams. 
Boiled Salmon. 

Spring Chicken. 
Champagne. 

Dry Monopole. 

Green Turtle Soup.

Parsley Sauce.

Celery.

French Peas.

Potato Coquettes. 
Saratoga Potatoes.
Roman Punch.

Shrimp Salad.

Vanilla Ice Cream.

Cigars.

Assorted Cake.

Charlotte Russe. 
Fruit. 

Macaroons
Coffee-
At the conclusion of  the banquet, ex-Gov- 
eruor Crosby  presided as toast-master, mak­
ing a brief but pointed speech and  introduc­
ing each  speaker in a happy  manner.  The 
following  gentlemen  responded  gracefully, 
in the order  given:  Col.  P.  Y.  Fox,  John 
Patton Jr., Amos M. Musselman, and Judge 
John W. Champlin,  of  this  city, and May­
or  Estabrook, Mayor  Benjamin, C. Wisner, 
John  G. Owen, of Saginaw.  The  company 
dispersed with  the  singing of “Auld  Lang 
Syne,” and cheers for  Saginaw  and  Grand 
Rapids.

SATURDAY’S  PROGRAMME.

At 9 o’clock carriages were  in  waiting  at 
the hotel, and the entire party embarked for 
a drive  around  the  city.  At the  Phoenix 
Furniture Co., Lengthy Plumb, of  the Sagi­
naw club, was  presented  with  a  mastodon 
ball and bat, made of white  pine.  The  bat 
is about six  and a half  feet  long.  At the 
small end  was  attached a card bearing  the 
inscription,  “When  Grand  Rapids  takes 
hold of the ball Saginaw’s cant-hook raises.” 
Numerous other places of interest  were vis­
ited, and at  2  o’clock  an  exhibition  of  the 
fire department and apparatus was  made on 
Campau Place, the entire  department being 
shown.  Mayor  Estabrook  made  a  short 
speech complimenting the men on their pro­
ficiency  and  fine  appearance.  The  party 
were then escorted to  the depot, where they 
left  for  home at 3:45,  on  the  same  special 
car that brought  them  here.  Just  before 
leaving,  Mayor  Estabrook  handed  Mayor 
Belknap  the  following  resolutions, which 
had previously been  unanimously  adopted;
We, the wholesale grocers  afld  residents 
of  Saginaw,  appreciating  the  unbounded 
hospitalities  bestowed  upon us during  our 
stay in the second City of Michigan.

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This broken bat tells the story of  massive 
muscular  development, and to whom  could 
such a quality  be  ascribed  except  Lemon 
and Stewart, respectfully the  Sampson  and 
Hercules of the  two  clubs?  It  is  believed 
that the honor of  breaking  this  bat lies at 
Lemon’s door.

School  Books

School  Stationery

Wliolesale,

BATON.  LÏ0N  it  ALLEN.

and  24  Canal Street,

The  only  general  jobbing  house  in 
M ichigan  in  our  line.  Send  for cata­
logues and terms.

M ASON'S-  
FRUIT JA R S

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Lew Hopkins has made  an  exceptionally 
good record  as a financier, and is now  enti­
tled to  take  rank  as  a  base  runner  and 
jumper.  The above  sketch  illustrates  his 
attempt—successful, of  course—to leap over 
Cooper, second base-man  for  the  Saginaws, 
wih the result depicted.

■ ■ I

As a base  ball  player,  Fairchild is more 
or less a success.  The above  incident recalls 
the fact  that  when he  cannot catch a ball, 
he can retire to the  bosom of mother  earth, 
elegantly'and dextrously.

R ecent  D evelopm ents in  tlie Carr  Case.
The  Old  National  Bank,  whose  claim 
against the  Carr  estate  amounts to $6,092, 
has  made  an  arrangement  with Mrs. Carr 
I and  Houseman,  May & Co.,  by  which  it 
agrees to include 'their  claims  with its own, 
and  pay them pro rata on the  amount ob­
tained from the sale of the  property includ­
ed in the mortgages.  The  sale of the mort­
gaged property was to have occurred at Mor- 
ley yesterday, but the  assignee  accepted an 
agreement to pay him $200, the expenses in­
volved  in a foreclosure,  in  consideration  of 
which he deeded  his equity in the  mortgag­
ed property to the Bank, the latter  agreeing 
not to hold  the  remainder of the estate for 
any portion of its claim.  The only property 
not  now  disposed of  is  that  at  Pleasant 
Lake, which is estimated to be worth  about 
$2,000, although it may not  realize  the  es­
tate  anywhere  near that  amount.  At all 
events, it will be  sufficient  to  pay  the  ex­
penses of the assignment.

Large stock on hand at bottom  prices  for 
immediate shipment.  Also  EXTRA  RUB­
BERS for MASON  Jars.  We  quote  porce­
lain lined Mason jars as follows:

Pints, $14 per gross.
Quarts, $15 per gross.
1-2 Gallons, $18 per  gross.

To meet the demand for cheap storage for 

fruit, we offer:
Quart Barrell Jars, per gross...............• • • •  ® j|0
y2 Gal. Barrell Jars, qer gross..................... u  50
These are glass cans with glass covers to seal 
with wax.  Also
Per Dozen.
Vi Gal Stone Preserve Jars and Covers.......  85
1 Gal Stone Preserve Jars and Covers.......1 £0
i/. Gal Stone Tomato Jugs and Corks..........  eo
1 Gal Stone Tomato Jugs and Corks..........1 £U
Sealing W ax, $  ft............................................   4c

H. Leonard &  Sons,

16 Monroe  Street,

¡GRAND  RAPIDS 

- 

MICH.

This illustration is  intended  to  represent 
the grand march of the  home  club 
the  or­
iginal  nine—and  their  introduction to  the 
grand stand.  Mark, if  you  please, the  ele­
gance of their  movements,  the  appropriate­
ness of their uniforms, and  their  generally 
prepossessing appearance.

lall OB

This sketch illustrates the “first great hit” 
—joke, patented—in which  Lengthy Plumb 
and his cant hook  handle  play  prominent 
parts.  This feature  was  alone  worth the 
price of admission, but like several other at­
tractions—Lemon,  for  instance—was  with­
drawn after the first inning.

This  strikingly  illustrates the  presenta­
tion of  the  elongated  bouquet  to  Lenthy 
Plumb after  his  great  strike—and  stride. 
For the benefit of those  who  might  think 
otherwise, it may be stated that th® bouquet 
was not purchased by Mr. Plumb himself.

Btugs & flftebidnes

VICTIMS  OF  CHIOBAL.

Effects.

Row  the  Habit  Has  Grown—Some of Its 
‘ Ten grains in mine, please!”  The speak­
er was a lady  will  dressed  and  attractive, 
who had just ordered a glass of  soda  water 
in a leading drug  store.  The  clerk  took  a 
salt-spoonful of white crystals  from a  wide­
mouthed bottle and placed it in the glass.  It 
dissolved immediately.  The customer drank 
the solution, paid fifteen cents and departed.
“That’s  a  chloral  fiend,”  said the clerk, 
“and one of our  ‘regulars.’  She  takes  that 
dose three times a day and she has been  do­
ing it for three or four years.  She  has  the 
habit  so  bad  that  I  don’t  believe she can 
break it.”

“Are there many like her?”
“There  must  be  large  numbers  in  the 
great cities.  We have ten chloral fiends who 
openly  acknowledge  the  habit,  and  about 
twenty more who claim they take  it  medic­
inally,  and  not  for  the  pleasure  it  gives. 
Multiply this by the number of drug  stores, 
and allowing for the  difference  in  business 
done, and you will readily see that there are a 
large number of chloral users even in as small 
a city as Grand .Rapids. When chloral was first 
introduced, 1 think it was about 1868, it  be­
came quite popular. 
It was put  up  in  pat­
ent medicine shape, flavored and sweetened, 
and  sold  very  well.  There  was  chloral 
nepenthe and chloral  soother,  and  a  dozen 
other  nostrums.  But  they  have  all  been 
driven out of the  market”

“What was the reason of it?”
“Well, first, it was too expensive, and sec­
ond and chiefly, chloral in  solution is rapid­
ly  affected  by  light,  and  decomposes into 
chloroform and  other  compounds. 
In  sev­
eral instances this  decomposed  chloral  has 
acted as a poison.  Now it  is  used  only  in 
its  plain  form.  Some  take  it  in  soda, 
others by the dose, and others  again  buy  it 
by  the  ounce  and  measure  out  their own 
quantities. 
It must be very largely used, as 
it is now imported and manufactured not by 
the pound,  but by  the  hundred-weight,  and 
even  by  the  ton.  The  habit  is very bad. 
The doctors have begun to recognize it,  and 
call it ‘chloralism.’  A person takes a  small 
dose, and feels a pleasant  sensation  of  ease 
and quiet, something like the effect of opium 
and hasheesh.  At night it induces deep and 
heavy sleep.  After a time the dose fails  to 
produce the desired effect, and has  to be  in­
creased.  Finally a  limit  is  reached.  The 
consumer gets  the  relief  wanted,  but  at  a 
terrible penalty. 
In the morning the tongue 
and mouth are coated, the pupils of  the  eye 
are dilated and painfully sensitive  to  light, 
and all the nerves are shattered like those of 
an  absinthe  drinker.  The  appetite is  im­
paired,  and  all  the  secretions of the  body 
greatly affected. 
In the night he has  horri­
ble dreams, and, I believe, sometimes  pains 
through  the  whole  body.  When a chloral 
user becomes what we call a  ‘fiend’  his  ex­
istence alternates between  a  half  pleasant 
lethargy  and  intense  misery.  The  oddest 
thing about it is that a large majority of  the 
‘fiends’ are women.

“What’s  the  dose?  They  start  at  five 
grains and run up.  The highest I ever knew 
was a hundred grains a day.”

l

The Fall in Borax.

A British journal representing  the  porce­
lain, pottery, earthenware and  allied  trades 
furnishes  an  interesting  account of the in­
fluences  that  have at last  succeeded in re­
ducing so considerably  the  price of  borax 
and its compounds, a reduction  which  will, 
no doubt, have  given  great  satisfaction in 
many  departments  of  industry, where  its 
use was necessarily extensive—the  earthen­
ware, glass making  and  dyeing  industries 
being the most  important.  There  was not 
much difficulty in keeping up the high price, 
as the sources of  supply of the raw product 
were practically in the hands of one influen­
tial  firm. 
It will  afford  some  idea of the 
monopoly that  has  been  enjoyed  by  that 
firm,  when it is stated  that  the  reduction 
that has been effected is said to  be  equal to 
§100 per ton.

During the year 1882-3  large  quntities  of 
borate of lime were shipped from  the  coast 
of  South  America  to  Liverpool  and  the 
Continent.  The small borax  manufacturers 
were able to refine  this  ordinary quality of 
borate of lime into refined borax, at a profit. 
In the year 1883 the import of tincal was ov­
er the average; there was  also an  increase 
of boracic acid  from  Italy,  and in the  last 
six months of the same year a very consider­
able increase  of  shipments  of concentrated 
partly refined  borax, from  the  Slate  Range 
district, from Death Yalley and  other  parts 
of California and Nevada.  Within the  past 
four months of last year  moderate  but  fre­
quent supplies of borate of lime  were  ship­
ped to  Liverpool  from  a  newly  discovered 
deposit in Chili.  On its arrival in England, 
and on being analyzed it was  found to  con­
tain  over 41 per cent of an hydrous  boracic 
acid.  With borate of lime of such  richness 
the  manufacture  of  borax is  much  easier 
than from the commoner  qualities of borate 
of lime hitherto reported.

Adolph Gebhard, formerly in  the  employ 
of Jacob Jessen & Co., at Muskegon, but  of 
the  past  year  with C. H. Wagener, at  Big 
Rapids, starts for Philadelphia shortly to at­
tend the College of  Pharmacy, where he ex­
pects to graduate next spring.  Dolph is one 
of the most reliable  and  steady druggists in 
Western  Michigan.  He is  an  orphan  boy 
that has earned and saved his  money to car­
ry him through college, and has the right grit 
to make a successful  business  man.  He  is 
not a relative of Freddie.

W. J. K. Martin succeeds A.  E.  Samis  & 

Co. in the drug business at  Greenville.

THE  COMING  CONVENTION.

Some  of  the  Fortunes  Made  by  Patent 

Tlia  Programme to be Observed—Features 

of the Meeting.

Secretary Jesson, of the State Pharmaceu­
tical Association,  favors  The  Tradesman 
with  the  following  particulars  and  pro­
gramme relative to the  coming  meeting  of 
the association at Detroit:

The second annual meeting  will  convene 
in  Merrill  hall,  corner of Woodward  and 
Jefferson avenues, Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 
9th, at 2 o’clock p. m.

A very  large  attendance  is  anticipated. 
Your personal co-operation is desired; inter­
est your  neighbors  and  clerks  in  this  an­
nouncement, let all attend and  the  occasion 
thus be made a pronounced  success,  profes­
sionally, commercially and socially.

An especial  invitation is extended  to  the 
wives of  members to accompany  their  hus­
bands on this occasion.

The  commercial  exhibits by the  leading 
wholesale  druggists  and  manufacturers of 
the country will  alone  repay  any  druggist 
for coming to Detroit.

The professional  part  of  the  programme 
promises to be very interesting. A large num­
ber of papers on interesting  subjects will be 
read and discussed.

Trade interests will not be  forgotten  but 

will receive proper attention.

The social part of  the  programme  is  ten­
dered to the  association  by  the  wholesale 
and retail druggists of Detroit, and will con­
sist of an excursion on the river on Wednes­
day afternoon, together  with a visit by invi­
tation to Parke, Davis  «SkCo.’s  Laboratory, 
and a banquet on Wednesday evening.

A rate of one and  one-third  fare  for the 
round trip has  been  obtained  over the De­
troit,  Grand  Haven  &  Milwaukee;  Lake 
Shore & Michigan  Southern;  Flint &  Pere 
Marquette; Michigan Central;  Detroit, Lan­
sing  & Northern;  Saginaw  Yalley  &  St. 
Louis; Grand  Rapids & Indiana; Chicago & 
West  Michiganr Grand  Trunk; Chicago & 
Grand Trunk Railroads.  To obtain reduced 
rate it is in all  cases  necessary  to  send re­
quest for certificate, stating  road  preferred, 
to the secretary, not  later  that  September 
1st.

Reduced  rates  have  been  obtained  for 
members and their  families  at  the  leading 
hotels.

PROGRAMME—TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Meeting  called  to  order  by  President 

Wells.

Roll  call.
Address of welcome, by his  honor  Mayor 

Grummond, of  Detroit.

Response in behalf of the  Association  by 

A. B. Prescott, M. D.

Reading of minutes of last meeting.
President’s address.
Presentation of names for membership.

TUESDAY  EVENING.

Report of Executive Committee  on  appli­

cations for membership.
Election of members.
Reports of committees and  reading of pa­

pers.

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Unfinished business.
Reading of papers and  discussion of same 

continued.

Trade Interests.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

An excursion on the river by invitation of 
the Detroit  druggists, together  with a visit, 
by invitation of Parke, Davis &Co., to  their 
Laboratory.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Trade Interests—continued.
Banquet, at 9 o’clock, given by the Detroit 

druggists.

THURSDAY  MORNING.

Election of  officers.
Appointing of committees.
Miscellaneous and unfinished business.
Adjournment.
“Home, Sweet Home.”

Peppermint Advancing

“Peppermint has gone up in price,” saida 
wholesale dealer in that  commodity.  “It is 
worth  from  40  to  50 cents  more a pound 
than it  was a month  ago, which is undoubt­
edly due to the belief  that it will be needed 
in Europe on account of  cholera.  The  old 
crop is nearly  exhausted, and is  almost  all 
in the hands of  four or five persons, and the 
new will not reach us until  after the first of 
September.  As soon as the cholera  appear­
ed in Toulon there began to be an active call 
for peppermint and most other essential oils, 
which, in solution, will  be  used  by  those 
who are attacked.

“Peppermint is grown in low, marshy dis­
tricts, chiefly in the  Western  part of  New 
York  and in Michigan.  Wayne  county, N. 
Y., is the center where the distilling is chief­
ly done.  The  entire  crop  is, perhaps, 30,- 
000 pounds, worth §3 a pound.  An acre will 
grow  from  eight to fifteen  pounds.  There 
are no large farms  entirely  devoted to this 
product, but is is cultivated in small  quanti­
ties by many  farmers. 
It is used  both as a 
medicine and as flavoring  in  confectionery. 
When used for the  former  purpose it is di­
luted with  alcohol  and  water, and is then 
known  as  essence  of  peppermint. 
It  is 
sometimes adulterated  with  castor  oil and 
oil of turpentine; but its most common adul­
terant  is oil  of  pennyroyal,  which  is  now 
worth only §1.75 a pound.  Peppermint will 
stand 25 per cent, of this; but even in  using
10 per  cent, there is a decided  profit to the 
dishonest  mixer.  You cannot  deceive  the 
maker o f confectionery.  He must  have his
011 pure and gets it so.  Adulteration in this 
form is easy of  detection. 
In  an  unmixed 
condition  the  oil is not  dangerous, but  is 
very powerful.”

R.  G.  Beckwith,  the  Hopkins  druggist, 
contemplates removing his  stock  and  busi­
ness to Hastings.

Medicines.

The Pacific Medical and Surgical Jour­
nal,  which  is  always in  pursuit  of  patent 
medicine men, thus tells of the way in which 
pills may be transmitted into gold:

Most persons have noticed  the  advertise­
ment of “Dr. Parr’s Life Pills,”  With  a  cut 
of the venerable old gentleman,  whose asso­
ciation with the pill is as foul  a  slander  on 
his memory as the cut is a burlesque  on  his 
true figure.  These pills were  a  fabrication 
of Mr. Ingram,  the  founder  and  late  prop­
rietor  of  the  London  Illustrated  News, 
who  made  his  fortune  by  the  fraudulent 
speculation.  Through his  wealth  thus  ac 
cumulated he gained a social  position in  so­
ciety,  and  finally  secured  his  election  to 
Parliament.  He used  to say that having no' 
ticed that customers usually gave preference 
to goods advertised, with a cut,  he  took  the 
hint and fabricated a cut of Dr. Parr in  con­
nection with the use of his  name,  and  that 
this proved an element of success in his  pill 
business.  We have in California a  number 
of adventurers in the same field who employ 
the same trick, sometimes varying it by sup­
plying the portrait  with  their  own cheeks. 
As a rule, this class of advertisers  hold  the 
first rank as impositors,  and  put  forth  the 
most  unblushing  falsehoods.  We  do  not 
know, however, of any one who has succeed­
ed like Mr. Ingram in gaining a foot-hold in 
good society. 
It is not uncommon  for  men 
or  women  of  high  standing  to  patronize 
quacks, despising them at the same time.  If 
they  recognize  the  pretended  “doctor”  in 
social life, such men as Li-po-tai would have 
the run of a number of aristocratic dwellings 
in  San  Francisco.  The  experiment  was 
tried  many  years  ago  in  Philadelphia  by 
Swaim, the orininal  panacea man,  a  vulgar 
and illiterate fellow who made a fortune  by 
his medicine, the prescription for  which  he 
had  got  from  a  New  York  physician 
for his own use.  Swaim  built  a  splendid 
mansion on Chestnut  street  and invited  the 
aristocracy of the city to a grand ball on the 
occasion.  But the aristocracy did not come, 
and Swaim’s money failed to open to him the 
doors of his fashionable neighbors.  Brandeth 
and Jayne, among others, made fortunes  by 
deceptive advertising, but they never rose  in 
society above the money mark.  An  itiner­
ant adventurer once told us that whilst trav­
eling on the Mississippi river and being  out 
of employment, he purchased of an  apothe­
cary in a Western city all his stock  of purg­
ative pills and retailed them  on  the  steam­
boats and elsewhere as Brandeth’s pills, with 
the most surprising results.  A  single  dose 
often cured, and he  could  have  got all  the 
certificates he wanted in favor of Brandeth’s 
pills.  The  foundation  of  Jayne’s  fortune 
was a chronic diarrhoea, which was cured by 
a  prescription  of  a  doctor in New Jersey. 
Jayne  got  the  prescription, went  to Phila­
delphia, procured the services  of  an  impe­
cunious and sharp young graduate  in  medi­
cine to write up his lying, and as the cholora 
was approaching, mounted  the  flood  which 
leads to fortune by  flaming  advertisements 
of  “Doctor”  Jayne’s  Carminative.  Then 
came Jayne’s Expectorant and  Jayne’s Ver­
mifuge,  and  so  forth,  and  in  a very  few 
years  Jayne  was  able  to  build one of  the 
costliest  edifices  in  Philadelphia.  He  be­
come also a celebrated “doctor,”  though  he 
knew no more of medicine than of  Sanscrit 
when he began his professional career.

Incompetent Druggists.

Reform seems the order of the day.  Peo­
ple and the profession are  beginning  to  ap­
preciate the value of human life and to real­
ize that it is held too cheaply and  is  too  of­
ten unnecessarily risked.  Hence  the efforts 
to  secure  such  legislation as shall  permit 
only qualified  persons to practice  medicine. 
In the same direction and for the  same gen­
eral purpose of protecting the public health, 
holding the confidence of patrons and elevat­
ing the profession, a movement is  being  in­
augurated in several of the  states  to  induce 
legislation  at the hands  of  state  legislative 
authorities to regulate the practice  of  phar­
macy.

The necessity of some  such  action as this 
on the part of the  law-making  power, is ab­
solutely  necessary  to  the  well  ¡being  of 
communities.  Take  for  example, a case in 
hand. 
In a certain country town  not  more 
than 100 miles away,  a young fellow having 
a little money and being moved  to  increase 
his worldly wealth in “due course of trade,” 
bought  a  stock  of  groceries,  drugs,  etc. 
Shortly after  opening  business, he  had oc­
casion to fill  a prescription  having  aconite 
as an element.  The consquence was the pa­
tient died, and the “doctor” was said to have 
made a mistake.  The  fault  was  that  the 
young man knew  no  more  about  filling a 
prescription than to weigh the ingredients on 
the ordinary grocers’ scales.

It will be seen from this that not only the 
general public but the doctors are interested 
in requiring druggists and prescriptionists to 
be qualified.  Many a worthy physician  has 
been  unjustly  damned  in  consequence  of 
a  mistake  of a druggist.  Success  in  medi­
cine depends as much  on  the  competency 
and  integrity of the dispensing  druggist as 
it does on the ability of the physician.

In a matter, therefore, of  such  grave  im­
portance it would seem that our State Legis­
lature would not hesitate  long in regulating 
the men who dispense “health” and “death” 
to the people.  A strong  hearty  public sen­
timent in favor of such a law and it will not 
be long until it is secured.

Slate, ground and mixed with  oil,  is  said 
to  furnish  a  satisfactory  and  exceedingly 
cheap paint, in color a rich dark blue or blue- 
black, of brilliant finish.  When  it  is  con­
sidered that slate costs  only  about  one-sev­
enth as much as lamp-black, the value of the 
discovery is immense.

BALSAMS.

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

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

BERRIES,

©  50
40
2 50
50

12 .
18
15
13
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

Cubeb, prime  (Powd $  85)......... 
  ©  80
Juniper.............................................  6  ©  7
Prickly Ash......................................1 CO  @1  10

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 B> boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, pure.................... 
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 fl>  boxes).... 
12
............... 
Lgowood, )4s 
do 
Logwood, 34s 
do 
............... 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
............... 
Fluid.Extracts—25 
cent, off list.

FLOWERS.
Arnica........... .........................  
 
Chamomile,  Roman....................... 
Chamomile,  German.....................  

 

GUMS.

27
37)4
9
13
15
14

10 
25
25

Aloes,  Barbadoes............................ 
60@  75
18
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c).................. 
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).......... 
50
28©  30
Ammoniac.......................................  
Arabic, extra  select.......................  
60
60
Arabic, powdered  select............... 
Arabic, 1st picked..........................  
50
40
Arabic,2d  picked............................ 
Arabic, c3d picked............................ 
35
30
Arabic, sifted sorts......................... 
30
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
Benzoin............................................  
55@60
21©  24
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is 04 14c, 148  16c)............ 
13
Euphorbium powdered.................. 
35®  40
80
Galbanum strained......................... 
Gamboge........................................... 
90®1  00
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
35
20
Kino [Powdered, 30c].....................  
1  10
Mastic................................................ 
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $6.00)............... 
4  50
30
Shellac, Campbell’s ......................... 
26
Shellac,  English.............................. 
Shellac, native................................. 
24
30
Shellac bleached.............................. 
Tragacanth........................................  30 @110

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

 

Hoarhound........................ 
25
Lobelia...............................................................25
Peppermint..................................... 
25
Rue..................................................................... 40
Spearmint........................................................ 24
Sweet Majoram................................................ 35
Tanzy............................................. 
25
Thym e...............................................................30
Wormwood.......................................................25

 

IRON.

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

LEAVES.

6 40
20
7
80
65

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   12  @  15
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & )4s, 12c)... 
6
Senna,  Alex, natural.......................   18 ©  20
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
30
Senna,  powdered............................ 
22
Senna tinnivelli...............................  
16
Uva  Ursi........................................... 
10
35
Belledonna........................................ 
Foxglove........................................... 
30
Henbane........................................... 
35
Rose, red........ .................................  
2 35

LIQUORS.

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...................................135  @175
Gin,  Holland................................... 2 00  ©3 50
Brandy.............................................1 75  @6 50
Catawba  Wines.............................. 1 25  @2 00
Port Wines.......................................1 35  @2 50

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz............ 
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............  
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__  
Calcined...........................  
 
OILS.

23
37
2 25
70

do 
do 

Almond, sweet.................................  45  ©  50
Amber, rectified.............................. 
45
Anise.................................................  
1 80
Bay $   oz.........................................  
50
2 00
Bergamont........................................ 
Castor................................................  18)4©  20
2 00
Croton................................................ 
Cajeput............................................  
75
Cassia...............................................  
1 00
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)....... 
40
Citroneila........................................ 
85
1 25
Cloves................................................ 
8 00
Cubebs, P. & W ...............................  
Erigeron...................................•....... 
1 60
2 00
Fire weed........................................... 
Geranium  $   oz...............................  
75
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 
40
Juniper wood..................................  
50
Juniper berries..............................  
2 00
2 01
Lavender flowers, French.............  
Lavender garden 
100
.............  
Lavender spike 
90
.............  
1  70
Lemon, new crop............................ 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................  
1 75
Lemongrass...................................... 
80
Origanum, red flowers, French... 
1 25
Origanum,  No. 1............................ 
50
1  75
Pennyroyal...................................... 
3 50
Peppermint,  white......................... 
Rose 
oz......................................... 
9  75
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $5)... 
4 50
Sandal  Wood. German.................. 
andal Wood,  W. 1............................ 
7 00
Sassafras........ .................................. 
60
Tansy...............................................  
4 50
Tar (by gal 60c).................................  10  ©  12
3 25
Wintergreen................................. 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)....... 
4 50
Savin..................... ............................ 
1 00
2 50
Wormseed.......................................  
I 90
Cod Liver, filtered................ $  gal 
Cod Liver, best......................... 
3 50
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
6 00
Olive, Malaga.................... 
@120
2 50
Olive, “Sublime  Ita lia n ............... 
Salad.................................................  65  ©  67
Rose,  Ihmsen’s .......................$  oz 
9  75

POTASSIUM.

Bieromate.................................^  B> 
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............  
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk....... 
Prussiate yellow.............................. 

14
35
20
1 40
30

ROOTS.

 

Alkanet............................................  
15
27
Althea, cut.......................................  
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................  
17
Arrow, Taylor’s, in Us and Y%s__  
35
12
Blood (Powd 18c)............................. 
18
Calamus,  peeled.............................. 
38
Calamus, German  white, peeled.. 
Elecampane, powdered..................  
23
10
Gentian (Powd  14c)......................... 
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)...........   13  @  14
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........  
20
Golden Seal (Powd 40c).................. 
35
,23
Hellebore, white, powdered....... 
Ipecac, Rio, powdered................... 
1 10
37)4
Jalap,  powdered.............................  
Licorice,  select (Powd 12)4).......... 
12
Licorice, extra select.....................  
15
Pink, true......................................... 
35
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00  @1 50
Rhei, powdered E. I .  .....................110  @1 20
2 00
Rhei, choice cut  cubes.................. 
Ethei, choice cut fingers................  
2 25
50
Serpentaria................................ 
Seneka................ 
 
66
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras__ ....... 
40

 

 

 

 

81 00 
1 10 

@2 50 
2 00 
85 
65
1  40

SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2 25
........
Nassau 
do 
do 
.....
Velvet Extra do 
do 
.......
Extra Yellow do 
do 
dc 
Grass 
........
do 
Hard head, for slate use............... ]
Yellow Reef, 
.................

do 
MISCELLANEUS.

45

© 11

2)4©

38  @

do 
do 

12 8

.1  00 
55 
55 
20

1 60 
60 
1 60 
1  78 
1 90 
1 75 
@1  10 
©  6C 
©  60 
©  22 
30 
45o
65
40 
15 
50 
24 
24 
12 
1  20 
50 
45 
1  10

2 23
1 50 
50 
27 12 
30 
50
2 75 
2  00
254©  3)4
3  ©  4
32
4)4©  5
6  @  7
40 
2 25 
00  @9 75 
1 60 
45
7)4©  9
12 
1  85 
18 
20 
18 
4 00 
12 
■ 70 
5 

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.15) $  gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s.......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution............
Annatto 1 ft rolls............................
Blue  Soluble....................................
Bay  Rum, imported, best.............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
Alum.........................................  $  ft
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c). ..' ........
Annatto, prime...............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
Beans,  Tonka.............................   ..
Beans, Vanilla.................................1
Bismuth, sub nitrate.....................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue V itriol....................................
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............
Cantharides,Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  American do  ...
Carmine, No. 40...............................
Cassia Buds.............................
Calomel.  American................!!!.”
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chalk, precipitate English........ ..
Chalk,  red fingers..........................
Chalk, white lump..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ................
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
cryst...
Chloral do 
Chloral 
do  Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral do 
crusts..
Chloroform..........................
Cinchonidia, P. & W........*...........
Cinchonidia, other brands..........
Cloves (Powd 28c)............................
Cochineal............. ...........................
Cocoa  Butter..................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc)..................... .
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear, prime...............................
Cuttle Fish Bone.............................
Dextrine...........................................
Dover’s  Powders............................
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
Ergot  powdered..............................
Ether Squibb’s.................................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s.............
Epsom Salts......................................
Ergot, fresh......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...........
Flake  white......................................
Grains  Paradise..............................
Gelatine,  Cooper’s..........................
Gelatine. French  ............................
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  cabinet..................................
Glue, white........................................
Glycerine, pure...............................
Hops  )4s and 34s..............................
Iodoform $   Oz.................................
Indigo...............................................
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...
Iodine,  resublimed........................
Isinglass,  Americap..................... .
Japoniea...........................................
London  Purple...............................
Lead, acetate....................................
Lime, chloride, ()4s 2s 10c & 34 s 11c)
Lupuline...........................................
Lycopodium....................................
Mace.................................................
Madder, best  Dutch.....................
Manna, S.  F ......................................
Mercury...........................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........$  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s........
Moss, Iceland............................$  ft
Moss,  Irish.......................................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........
Nutgalls.................................;.........
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment. Mercurial, )4d...............
Paris Green..................................
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
Quassia............................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ........... ft oz  1 30@I 35
Quinine,  German............................1 25  @1  30
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................. 
28
Strychnia, cryst............................... 
1 50
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  79  @  82
Red  Precipitate.......................$  ft 
80
Saffron, American..........................  
40
©  2
Sal  Glauber...................................... 
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................  
10
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst............... 
9
33
Sal Rochelle...................................... 
Sal  Soda............................................
Salicin...............................................
3  00
Santonin...........................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__
Soap, White Castile.........................
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
.........................
Soap, 
do  do 
........................
Soap, Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur, flour..................................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
Tartar Emetic..................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, Vi gal. cans  ft doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
Tar, 
pints in tin...............
Turpentine,  Venice................$  ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
Zinc,  Sulphate.................................

4)4@  5
14 
17 
9 
14
26  @  28 
28  ©  32

50 
60
12)4@  13 
1 35 
50
3 25@3 50 
40

00
2  10 
1 50 
9
,  15 
15 

91 00 

18)4@6

11 

10

do 
do 

25©

3©

23

OILS.

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
Lard, extra................................. ........   64
Lard, No.  1................................. ........   55
Linseed, pure  raw.................... ........   58
Linseed, boiled........... ............. ...........61
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained.. ........   90
Spirits Turpentine.................... ........  35

VARNISHES.

..75
..60
..50
..45
35
30
30
. .6C
..22
..21
1 40
Gal
85
75
65
62
65
95
45

No. 1 Turp  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
Lb

PAINTS.

Bbl
Boralumine, White  bulk")............
5 fts I ............
Boralumine, 
“ 
Boralumine,Tints bulk.  [50  off..
Boralumine  “ 
5 fts.  j ............
Red Venetian............................  134
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........   1%
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  1%
Putty, commercial..................   2)4
Putty, strictly pure..................  2)4
Vermilion,prime American..
Vermilion,  English..................
Green, Peninsular..................
Lead, red strictly pure............
Lead, white, strictly pure.....
Whiting, white  Spanish.......  .
Whiting,  G ilders\..................
White, Paris American....... . .,
Whiting  Paris English cliff..

91010

11
2© 3 
2© 3 
2© 3 
2)4© 3 
234© 3 
13©16 
55@67 
16@17

1  10 

@70

1 40

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Castor oil,  alcohol.

ACIDS.

Acetic,  No. 8............................   $  fi>  9
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........   30
Carln. lie............................................
CitrA.................................................
Muriatic 18 deg...............................  
Nitric 36 deg......................................  11 @
Oxalic...............................................   14)4©
Sulphuric  66 deg.............................  
3  ©
Tartaric  powdered.........................
Benzoic,  English..................... ^ oz
Benzoic,  German..............................  12 @
Tannic...............................................  15  @

3

J

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................... $  
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................  6  @
Aqua 18 deg or 4f........................ 
  7  ©

ft 15 

j  Sarsaparilla,  Mexican.................... 
SquillB, white (Powd 35c)............... 
I  Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........  
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)__  

SEEDS.

18
10
25
20

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)............... 
13
5  @  6
Bird, mixed in !b  packages.......... 
Canary,  Smyrna.............................   3)4@  4
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..  11  @  12
Cardamon,  Aleppee....................... 
2 00
Cardamon, Malabar........................  
2 25
20
Celery................................................ 
Coriander, Dest English................. 
12
F ennel........................................  
is
 
Flax, clean.......................................  
334@
4  ©
Flax, pure grd (bbl 334).................. 
4) 4 
Foenugreek, powdered..................  8  ©
9
Hemp,  Russian............................... 
5  ©
5) 4
Mustard, white' Black 10c)...........
Quince..............................................
Rape, English..................................  
Worm, Levant.................................

4®  8 
14

@

7

«*■

hazeltineT
PERKINS 
4  CO.
Druggists !

Wholesale

42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 98  and 

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ELEOANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co., and John 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 outfits  for  new  stores 
to the fact  of  our  unsurpassed  facilities 
for meeting the wants of this class of buyers 
without delay and in the most approved and 
acceptable manner known to the drug trade. 
Our  special efforts in this direction have  re­
ceived from hundreds of  our  customers  the 
most satisfying recommendations.

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

Withers Dade & Go’s

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

We are also  owners of the

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

(jins, Brandies & Fine Wines.

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 on the list such 
as Patent Medicines, eto„ we  invite your cor­
respondence.

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

HAZELTINE, PERRINS & CO

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E .  A.  STOWE  &  BEO ., P roprietors.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING, 3<1  FLOOR.
I Entered  at  the  Postofflce  at  Grand  Rapids  as 
^ 

Second-class Matter.']

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST  6,1884.

A   Y oung F irem an’s  F uture  B liglited .
The North and East Rivers  separate from 
New York City two lively towns—Brooklyn 
and  Jersey  City—and  at  times  some very 
ludicrous incidents come to light among  the 
the firemen in either of the mentioned places.
I have in mind one of those incidents which 
occurred in the latter place  during  the  past 
winter,  and  now  that the matter has  been 
talked  over  and  passed from the minds  of 
those directly interested, I will relate it. 
It 
was the day before one of the firemen’s enter­
tainments,  a  ball,  at  which  the eclat was 
present in goodly numbers,  that Mr.  Blank, 
a young and liverly fireman,  thought to pre­
sent  his  best  girl with a pair of kid gloves 
which she might wear upon the  said  occas­
ion, at which he was to  be  her  escort.  He 
accordingly went to one of the  large  estab­
lishments,  and  selected  a  pair of mousque- 
taires,  the Sarah Bernhart style, long enough 
to reach the shoulders.  Putting the package 
which was given him by  the  cash  girl  into 
his pocket, he went, immediately  to  the  en­
gine house and wrote the following missive, 
called a messenger boy, and sent his present 
with  the  note  to  the  house  of the adored 
one:

E n g in e H o u se, 11:30.

My dear Kittie.
Please accept this small token of my esteem.
I  wish  that  no  other  hand  than mine would 
ever assist in putting them on or  off.  I  know 
this wish is vain, for many other  fellows may 
handle,  nay,  even  squeeze  them  when I  am 
not near you.  The color will just match  your 
dress, and the quality is soft and  delicate,  but 
not  more  so  than  those  beautiful-members 
which  they  are  intended  to  cover. 
I know 
this, for I have often  felt—but 1 will not refer 
to this here.  I hope you will wear  them at the 
ball  this  evening  that  I  may  admire  them. 
They may seem long and loose at the  top,  but 
let them wrinkle, they look more  fashionable, 
for that is the style, and all the girls wear them 
loose  and  slipped  down.  I hope they are the 
right size.  Blow in them before you put them 
on, 

Yours as ever, 

Tom.

The father received the package and hand­
ed it to the daughter.  A moment later there 
was a terrific scream and the girl was  found 
prostrated—she had fainted.  The note  and 
open package lay by her  side.  Upon  exam­
ination  it  was  found  to  contain a pair  of 
ladies’ stockings.  The father read the note, 
and then hastened to the  engine  house  and 
demanded an explanation, when he  and the 
now  much  confused  fireman  went  to  the 
store  where  he  had« made  the  purchase, 
where it was ascertained that  the  cash  girl 
had  handed  him  the  wrong  parcel. 
It  is 
needless  to  say  that the ball was held  and 
was a grand success, but  the  loving  couple 
did  not  attend,  and  now  the  engagement 
is broken of  and  they  never  speak  as they 
pass  by.

W hat is D iscount.

In answering an inquiry, the  New  York 

Journal of Commerce  says:

The word “discount”  has  almost  wholly 
lost its technical meaning. 
It was  original­
ly used to describe  an  allowance  made  for 
the payment of money before it became due, 
and in this sense is as much as that  money, 
if put to interest, would  gain in  the  same 
time and at the same rate.  Thus $100 pres­
ent money will pay a debt  of  8106  due  one 
year  hence, the discount  being  made at  6 
per  cent.  The  discount, in this  sense, on 
any sum  is less  than its interest.  Thus the 
discount  on  8100  due a year  hence, is 86 
while the interest is 86.36.  But the interest 
laws of the several states  have  allowed the 
banks to deduct the  interest  instead of the 
discount, and to pay the borrowed instead of 
the “present worth”  only the net remainder 
after such deduction.  Thus if a man makes 
a note for 81,000 twelve  mouths, and  gives 
it to a bank for  discount, instead  of paying 
him  8943.30,  which is a sum  that  at 6 per 
cent, would amount ts 81,000 in a year, they 
give him only 8940, thus charging him more 
than 6 per cent, for the sum he receives.  In 
plain terms, they deduct the interest instead 
of the discount.  Out of this has  grown  the 
modern  use  of  the  word  discount, which 
has  simply  come to mean a deduction of a 
given rate per  cent, from a given  principal. 
To “discount a note at 6  per  cent.”  is  now 
only to take off 5 per cent  interest.  To  al­
low a discount if to take off  the  rate  from 
the face of the sum.

—AND—

JEWELER,

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

COLE  &  STONE,

Manufacturers  and Jobbers  of

Gents’  Fine Shirts.

Samples and Prices  will  be  Sent  to  Close 

Buyers  in  our  Line.

Address,
Marshall

Mich.

BOOK-KEEPING  MADE  EASY

FOR

,  R E T A I L   g r o c e r s .  ,
Bv using our Combined Ledger and Day-Book, 
CUSTOMERS*  ACCOUNTS  are  kept  and 
[ ITEMIZED STATEMENTS rendered m half | 
I the time required by any other  process.
■  Send  for  descriptive  circular  to  HALL  & 
ICO.. Publishers. ijU Lake St., Chicago, Ili.

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Manufacturers of All Kinds of

WIRE WORK!

92  MONROE  STREET.

lifts  Wire

! W

i

W anted  to  K eep P osted.

A stout  old  lady, of  the  Aunt  Jemima 
type, with gold rimmed spectacles and a ging­
ham umbrella, stopped  in  front  of  a  fruit- 
stand, the other day, and said:

“Them’s  nice  oranges;  how much a doz­

en?”

“Forty cents, madam.”
“Those ’ere  bananas  look  good.  What 

are they worth?” she  continued.

“They  are  splendid, my  dear  woman; 5 

cents apiece or 50 cents a dozen.”

“I see  you  got  some  nice  blackberries. 

What do you ask for  them?”

“Twelve  cents  a  box.  They  are  boss. 
Can’t be beat  Try  them, lady.  Will I put 
up a nice package of these articles for you?” 
asked the clerk.

“Oh, never  mind,” she  replied.  “I don’t 

need any. 

I jist wanted to keep posted.” 

The disgusted clerk walked into his store, 
muttering something about the  place which 
Bob Ingersoll don’t believe in.

A new mill is to be  put up  at  Stanwood, 
by Leonard,  Pike  &  Leonard,  and  Mosier 
Brothers, located  east of that place, will re­
move their mill to Stanwood and  add  plan­
ing machinery to the new plant.

Hamilton  Carhartt  &  Co.,
M en’s'F u rn ish in g  Goods

WHOLESALE

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

The “Carhartt” Pantaloons, Overalls, Engineers’ Jackets, Jumpers’ Shirts, etc.'U pon 
manufactured goods, we guarantee to save the trade the  Jobbers  Profats.  Samples  sent
Detroit.
118 Jefferson Ave.

for Comparison.

PECK BROS.,

W holesale Druggists

A Complete Stock of all that pertains to the wants of the Retail Druggist.

We  Employ  No  Travelers.  Send  for  Prices.

REMOVAL!

fin

Coal,  W ood,  Lime,  Cement, 

Sew er Pipe, Etc,

Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement.

.A..  B.  K N OWL S O N .

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE-

EDMUND  D.  DIKEMAN, Gi*andL Rapids

129  and  131  Monroe Street,

Mieli.
We manufacture a full line, use 
the  best  material  obtainable,  and 
guarantee  our  goods  to  be  first- 
class.
We  carry  an  immense  stock  of 
Virgidia  and  Tennessee  Fe&smts, 
■¿Llraiozids, Brazils, Filberts, Fes.- 
cans,  Walnuts  and Coeoanuts, 
and compete with any market.

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
F. J. LAMB  &  COMPANY,  #

-WHOLESALE  D EALE R S  IN -----

B utter,

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO.  8  AND  10  IONIA  STREET,

We are agents for  Gordon’s 
celebrated THTag Jaws,  O lym ­
pian, ID. F., and many other well- 
known brands and carry a full line 
of his goods at factory prices.
We handle Oranges, Lemons, 
Bananas,  Figs,  Dates,  Btc.,  m 
large quantities from first-hands  and 
are  headquarters  for  everything  in 
our line.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS.
FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

C3-3=5.^KTX> ilAPIDS.  -  MICmGAN.  |

Choice  Butter a Specialty!

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

Careful  Attention  Paid to  Filling  Orders.

M. C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids. 
S P R I N G  

^  

*

&  C O M P A N Y

-WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

F.A.ISTOIT  -AJSTD

>  /j

STAPLE D R Y   GOODS

CARPETS

W H O LESA LE  GROCERS,

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

-----WE  ARE  FACTORY  AGENTS  FOR

BTt Ghief, Crescent & Reft r

stock  of Teas,  Coffees  and  Syrups 

'

is  Always  Complete.
___

Tobaccos, ~ \7"inegars BudL Spices £* 

—WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM  FOR OUR- 

OUR  MOTTO:  “ SQUARE  DEALING  BETWEEN  MAN A N D   MAN.”

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

M. B. Church ‘M elts’   Co.
M anufacturer of | “Sedette.”

A  M odest Y oung W om an.

They  were  engaged, and he  complained 

that she wouldn’t allow him to kiss her.

“I am very sorry my dear,” she said, “but 
I don’t think it proper for a lady to permit a 
getleman to kiss her  until  after  they  are 
married.”

“Most young ladies allow  their  intended 

husbands to kiss them,” argued George.

“I know they do.  But I never  did, and I 

never will.”

The way the franking  privilege is used in 
Presidential campaigns to flood  the  country 
with chaff literature has come to be regarded 
by  sensible  people  as  an imposition and  a 
scandal.  The National Committees  of both 
parties distribute speeches by the car-load at 
the cost of the public, while prating of econ­
omy and reform. 
If these  documents  were 
not for the most part the worst sort of twad­
dle, the country would  have  less  reason  to

G. S. ISLE &  BRO..

-M anufacturers  of—

BAKING  POWDERS,

B L U I N a S ,   E T C . ,

40  and  42  South  D ivision   St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  

MICH.

5 kINc p o W

PATENTED JUNE 15, 1883.

This invention supplies a long felt want for a cheap Por) a^ e  Vf 

wlnted & Of7the
a small snace when not in use, and yet make a roomy,  comfortable bed  when wanted,  ur  ine 
man?¿oTthat are hi the market there Is not one, cheap er e x p en sw e   on which a comfortab e 
nio-ht’s rest can be had.  They are all narrow, short, without spring, and in  short no bed at an. 
wfiile 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.iargest.man, and is as com­
fortable to lie upon as the most expensive bed.  It is so constructedthat the Pat|mt  sidcanvas 
ulated by the patent adjustable tension cords, form the most perfect spring  bed.  The canvas 
nnvprimr is not tackedto the frame, as on all cots, but is  made  adjustable,  so  that  it  can  be 
take-off and°puLon againby any one in a few  minutes, or easily tightened, should it  become 
loose  at anv time from stretching.  It is a perfect spring bed, soft and  easy,  without  springs 
t h o u t o f
or mattressf For warm weather iUs a complete.bed, w i
wenthfir it is onlv necessary to add sufficient cloibing.  The  B E D E IlR  
is a nousenom uecea
ftltv  and no family after once using, would be without it.  It is simple in its construction, and 
n lu k e ^  to geTout of repair!  It mkkes a pretty lounge, a perfect bed, and the price is within 
the reach of all.
Price—36 in. wide, by 6W ft. long, 88.50 ;  30 in wide, by 6K  ft.  long,  83.00;  27  in. 
wide, by 4& f t  long, cover not adjustable, 82.50.  For sale  by  furniture  dealer^ every-

MATTINGS,

03Xj  CLOTHS,

E T C . ,   E T C

Q   a n d   8   M o n r o e   S t r e o t ,

Miohigan.

/   «

BUSINESS  LAW.

posits.

Boots and Shoes,  Clothing',  and  Bank  De­
!  From the Detroit Free  Press.

The head  of one  of  the largest houses in 
| the  jobbing  trade  in  boots  and  shoes  in 
j  Detroit was asked yesterday as to  the  state 
| of trade.

“From January to July,” he replied,  “our 
I sales fell off about eight  per  cent.,  and  our 
! cash receipts about a little more than ten per 
| cent., as  compared  with the  corresponding 
| period in 1883.  You  see  the  country  was 
I poor last year, and we were perfectly willing 
j  that our customers should buy  fewer  goods.
| We  confine  our  operations  exclusively  to 
! Michigan,  and  have  watched  the business 
I  pulse throughout the State very  sharply.”
“How do you find collections?” 
! 
j 
“Extremely light.  Thus far we have had 
| no benefit from this  year’s  excellent  crops.
! Country  merchants  are  not  crowding  the 
j farmers,  and  as  a  natural consequence we 
! are going easy on country  merchants.” 

“What  is  the  outlook  for  the  autumn 

trade?”

“The promise is for a fair  average,  and  I 
think there’s no doubt that we  shall  get  it. 
Trade generally, however, is overdone; there 
are twice as many men in every little village 
as there ought to be.”

A  manufacturer  and  jobber  of clothing 
was also asked a like series of questions.  In 
reply  to  the  inquiry,  how  is trade?  he re­
plied with a humorous twinkle:

“First-rate.  The only thing we need now 

is customers, but we live in hope.”

A banker on being approached concerning 

money said:

“Deposits in local banks have steadily  in­
creased during the last  ten  days.  The  na­
tional  banks  of  Detroit  suffered  in  three 
months,  beginning  April  24,  an aggregate 
withdrawal of $1,400,000, but  there is going 
to be a continued gain from this time onward, 
I think.  By  the  middle  of  August collec­
tions will have begun to boom, and then  we 
shall  certainly  see  an  improvement  all 
around the commercial  circumference.”

TACKS
NALS

EVERY  KIND  AND  SIZE,
Trunk, Clout and Finishing 
Steel Wire Nails and Brads.

—ALSO—

American  Tack  Co.,

Fa ir h a v en 

- 

Mass.

C7

WHOLESALE

81  PEARL  STREET,

Xa. Hi- XII 1,1. cfc OO.
FISHI2TG  TACZLE
GRAND  R A P ID S 
MICH. 
Du  PONT’S  Gunpowder.
ing, Blasting and Cannon Powder guaranteed.
-âL-  GRIPPEN,

The lowest market prices  for Sport­

-  
AGENTS  FOR

W HOLESALE

Hats, Caps and  Furs

54  MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICHIGAN.

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee  Prices 

as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

SEEDS

—FOR  THE—

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

----- AT------

WHOLESALE  AND  RETALE,

—AT TH E-

91  Canal St., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

f
. f . LAIOREAUI Aient.
STEAM LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE  DO OSLÏ P1R.ST-CLASS  WORK AND  ÖSE  SO

tended to.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

City Bottling  Works

BOTTLED  LAGER,  pints, per doz., 50 cts 
BOTTLED  ALE,  pints,  per doz., 75  cents. 
BOTTLED  PORTER,  pints, per  doz., 75c. 
BOTTLED  CIDER, quarts, per doz.,  $1.2.0

Ali  Goods  WARRANTED the REST  in  the W e t.

Telephone  No.  272.

W m . A. C lark

B rief Digests of Recent  Decisions in Courts 

of Last Resort.

ASSIGNMENT  OF  LEASE.

A contract  for  the  assignment of a lease 
of real  estate  for a term of years is  within 
the statute of frauds, in  the  opinion of the 
Supreme court of Minnesota, case of Benton 
vs. Schulte.

CONTRACT TO HAUL—LIEN.

In the opinion of  the  Supreme  Court of 
New Hampshire in the case of  Stillings  vs. 
Gibson, one who contracts to haul and deliv­
er lumber on the  cars at an agreed  price, to 
be paid  when it is sold in market  and  the 
avails received has no lien  thereon  at  com­
mon law for his labor.

CHATTEL MORTGAGE—ATTACHMENT.
An  attachment  of  mortgaged  personal 
property by the  holder of the  mortgage, in 
an action  founded in part  upon a note  for 
which  the  mortage is held as collateral  se­
curity, which is defeated  by forcible seizure 
of the  property by an officer  claiming it un­
der a prior  attachment, is not  a  waiver  of 
the mortgage as to such prior  attachment.— 
Ellmiwood vs. Holt, Supreme  Court of New 
Hampshire.
MASTERS  LIABILITY  FOR  INJURY  TO  EM­

PLOYE.

The United  States  Supreme  Court is of 
the opinion that  the  obligation of a master 
to provide reasonably safe  places and struc­
tures for his servants to work upon does not 
oblige  him to keep a building  which  they 
are employed in erecting, in a safe condition 
at every  moment of  their  work, so  far  as 
safety  depends on the  due  performance of 
that  work  by  them  and  their  fellow ser­
vants.
PERSONAL  INJURY—REASONABLE  CARE.
In the opinion of  the  Supreme  Court of 
Illinois, although a  railway  company,  may 
omit the statutory duty of ringing  a  bell or 
sounding a whistle at a public road crossing, 
still a party claiming to recovery  for  an  in­
jury  in consequence  of  such  omission  of 
duty, must have used due care  and  caution. 
The negligence of the company does  not ab­
solve him  from all  care.  The  plaintiff in 
such  case, to recover, is required to exercise 
such  care as might  be  expected of prudent 
men generally under like circumstances.

Available Timber for a Son-in-Law.

Young  Galacious  Middleton  saw  Judge 
Maleland’s  daughter, and 
immediately  al­
lowed his soul to go  forth  and  worship at 
the  shrine of  serene  beauty.  The  young 
lady consulted  not  her  shrewd  father,  but 
upon demand, surrendered  her  heart.  Sev­
eral nights ago, young  Middleton, after hav­
ing spent two delightful  hours  in  company 
with the young  lady, entered the  judge’s li­
brary just as the legal gentleman, in writing 
an elaborate opinion  concerning  the case of 
Johnson  vs. Fatterson, had  made  his  pen 
say; “Patterson undoubtedly  stole the hog.” 

“Good evening, judge!”
“How are you?”  shoving  up  his  specta­
cles, and regarding the  young  man  with a 
why—this—intrusion  stare.  As  the  judge 
had omitted to extend the courtesy of a chair 
the  young  man  remained  standing  for a 
•  time,  and then said:

“I suppose I may sit down?”
“Yes, I  suppose  you  may.  Don’t  know 
of any  particular  force  to  keep you  from 
it.”

“Thank you,” seating himself.  “Judge, I 
have  stepped in to consult  you concerning a 
very important matter.”

“Do you desire my  opinion  as  a  law5Ter, 

sir!”

“No, as a father. 
“You don’t tell me so.”
“Yes, sir, I love her, and I want your con­

I love your  daughter.” 

sent to our marriage.”

“Oh, I have no objection to your marriage, 
young fellow, but—if you will  grant me the 
right—I would  rather  my daughter  would 
marry some one.”

“Am I not some one, sir?”
“I don’t know.  You  have  not  told  me 

your name.”

“Excuse me.”
“Excusable sir.  You needn’t tell it.”
“Oh, yes, I will tell you.  1 am  Galacious 

Middleton.”

“You shall not have my daughter.” 
“Why?”
“You cannot support her.”
“I have an excellent business.”
“Yes, but not enough to support a w'ife as 

she should be supported.”

“My sales are enormous.”
“Makes no difference.”
“And I think of making an assignment in 

a week or so.”

“What, make  an  assignment?  Then,  by 
jingo, you shall have her.  1 was afraid, sir, 
that  you had not the proper business capaci 
ty, but I now  see  my  mistake.  Will  you 
have preferred creditors?”

“No, will beat them all alike.”
“Ah, hah!  Assets how much?”
“About three thousand in stock.”
“And  liabilities?’*
“Seventy-five thousand.”
“Say,” exclaimed the judge arising.  “Stay 
here until I come back with  the  preacher,” 
and as he closed the street  door  he  mused: 
“Cannot afford to let  such  valuable  son-in- 
law timber escape.”

J. P. Anderson  has  removed to his  new 

brick block at Saranac.

Choice Butter can always be had  at M.  C. 

Bussell’s.

CARPETS  AND  CARPETINGS. 
Spring &  Company quote  as follows: 

TA PESTRY BRUSSELS.
Roxbury  tapestry..........................
Smith’s 10 wire.................................
Smith’s  extra..................................
Smith’s B  Palisade.........................
Smith’s  C  Palisade.........................
Higgins’  *♦.......................................
Higgins’  ***......................................
Sanford’s extra...............................
Sanford’s Comets............................

TH REE-PLY S.

Hartford  3-ply.......................... :...
Lowell 3-ply......................................
Higgins’ 3-plv..................................
Sanford’s 3-ply.................................

@  90 
©  90 
@  85 
©  70 
@  65 
@  82*4 
®  70 
@  82*4 
@  65

©1 00 
@1 00 
©1 00 
©  97*4

EXTRA  SU PERS.

@  77*4 
©  82*4 
75  @  77*4 
60  ©  62*4

ALL WOOL SUPERFINES.

WOOL FILLING AND MIXED.

Hartford..........................................
Lowell................................................
Other  makes....................................
Best cotton chain............................
Best  2-ply.........................................  57*4©
Other grades 2-ply..........................   52*4@
All-wool  super, 2-ply.....................   50  @
Extra heavy double cotton chain.  42*4@
Double cotton chain.......................  35  @
Heavy cotton and wool, double e.  30  @
Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply  2714®
Single cotton chain.........................  19  @
3-ply, 4-4 wide, extra heavy...........   27*4@
B, 4-4 wide.........................................  
@
Imperial, plain, 4-4 wide................. 
@
D, 33  inches........... .......................  
@
No. 1, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4..................  
@
No. 2, 
©
..................  
.................. 
®
No. 3, 
@
No. 4, 
__ .’........... 
Best all rattan, plain....................... 
@  62*4
@  52 *4
Best all rattan and cocoa, plain... 
 
@  50
Napier A ...........................  
Napier  B ........................................... 
@  40

45
40
32*4
32*4
25

OIL CLOTHS.

MaTTINGS.

45
37*4
30

HEMPS.

do 
do 
do 

CURTaiNS.

Opaque shades, 38  inch..................
Holland shades, B finish, 4-4..........
Pacific  Holland, 4-4.........................
Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross... 
Cord fixtures, per gross.................

@  15 
@  18 
@   10 
@36 
©10

COAL  AND  BUILDING MATERIALS. 
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. \ ... 
1  10
95
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
1 40
Akron Cement per  bbl......................... 
1 40
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl..................... 
140
Car lots....................................................1 15@1 20
Plastering hair, per bu........................   35®  38
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
175
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3  75
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
3 00
Fire brick, per  M...................................$27 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate..................$6 50@6 75
Anthracite, stove and nut..  .............   6 75@7 00
7 00
Cannell coal........................................... 
Ohio coal................................................ 
40@3 60
Blossburg or  Cumberland................ 
00@5 25
MICHIGAN  COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIAI
Incorpoi'ated Dec.  10,1877—Charter in  Force for 

COAL.

Thirty Years.

LIST OF OFFICERS:

President—R ansom W. H aw ley, of  Detroit. 
Vice-Presidents—Chas. E. Sn ed eker, Detroit; 
L. W. Atk in s, Grand  Rapids;  I. N. Alexan­
d er, Lansing;  U. S. L ord, Kalamazoo; H. E. 
Mee k er, Bay City.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—W.  N.  Me r e d it h , 
Detroit.
Board  of Trustees,  For One  Year—J. C. P on­
tiu s, Chairman, S. A. Munger, H. K. Wh it e 
For Two  Years—D. Mo r r is,  A. W.  Culv er.

TIME TABLES.

A R R IV E .

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
+Atlantic Express...........................................  9:20 pm
♦Pacific  Express............................................... 6:4 am
tLocal  Passenger...........................................11:20 am
+Maii..........................................................3:20 p m
+Grand  Rapids  Express........................10:25 p m
+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  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.

J . T. Schultz, Gen’l A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

G O IN G  EAST.

GO IN G  W EST.

Leaves.
Arrives. 
tSteamboat Express..........6:10 am  
6;20am
tThrough  Mail................... 10:15 a m  10:20 a m
tEvening  Express............. 3:20 p m  3:55 p m
♦Atlantic Express...............  9:45 pm   10:45 pm
tMixed, with  coach...........  
10:30 a m
tMorning  Express.............12:40 p m  12:55 p m
tThrough  Mail..................  5:00 pm 
5:10 pm
fSteamboat Express..........10:30 p m  10:35 p m
tMixed..................................  
7:10 am
♦NightExpress....................  5:10 am   5:30 am
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Passengers  taking  the  6:20  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  East  and 
West.
Train leaving  at  10:35  p,  m.  will  mak  con­
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except 
Sunday and the train leaving at 5:10 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  Repress 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleciing 
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

T homas  Tandy, Gen’l Pass. Agent,  Detroit.

D. P otter, City Pass. Agent.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

GO ING  SOUTH.

Arrives.  Leaves. 
Cincinnati &G. Rapids Ex.  9:00 pm   31:00 pm  
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:20 am   10:25 a m 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex..  3:55pm 
::00 p m 
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
7:10 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.  6:30 p m 
7:00 am  
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:10 p m 
4:35 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Wayi e Ex.. 10:25 a m 
11:42 pm
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids Ac.  7:40 p m 

S LE EPIN G  CAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving at 10:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and 
Mackinac City.  Train leaving at 10:25 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac 
City.
South—Train leaving at 4:35 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. L ockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.  Arrives,
+Mail........................................ 9:15 am  
+Day Express.......................12:25 p m  10:45 p m
♦Night  Express..................  8:35 pm   6:10 am
Mixed......................................6:10am  10:05pm
♦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.

NEW AYGO D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.

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

5:15 pm
8:30 pm

2fr1

Tile  Old H.elia"ble

Pioneer Cigar Factory,

H.  SCHNEIDER  Sz  OO..

PROPRIETORS.

21  Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids.

The  following  brands  are  our  own  make and Union labelled goods:  Dick and George, 
Peninsular Club,  Los  Dos,  Sehr Fein,  Louise,  Mocking  Bird,  Evening Star  and  K.  T. 
We are jobbers of all kinds of Tobaccos  ann  Smokers’  Articles.

—I  WOULD  CALL  THE  ATTENTION  OF  MERCHANTS  TO  M Y-

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, 

Stray/  Hats  for  Men,

Straw Hats  for Boys,
Straw Hats for Ladies,
Straw  Hats for  Misses.
by  tie  Dozen  at  New  M   Prices!!
Clothing  and  Cant’s  Furnishing  Goods, 

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

Cottonade Pants and Hosiery.

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

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

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN

S. A. WELLING

WHOLESALE

—AND—

I s T O T I O I s T S !

PANTS,  OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SHIRTS, 
LADIES’  AND  GENTS’  HOSIERY,  UNDER­
WEAR,  MACKINAWS,  NECKWEAR,  SUS­
PENDERS,  STATIONERY,  POCKET  CUT- 
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
ERS’  SUNDRIES,  HARMONICAS,  VIOLIN 
STRINGS, ETC.

House Salesman.

I am represented on the  road  by  the  fol­
lowing well-known travelers:  John D. Man- 
gum,  A.  M.  Sprague,  John  H.  Eackeh, 
L. R. Cesna, Geo. W. N. De Jonge. 
Frank Berles 
24 Pearl Street 

DILWORTH’S

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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-THE-

BEST  ROASTED  PACKAGE  COFFEE  ON 

THE  MARKET.

F O R   S A L E   B  Y

Factory Agents for Western Michigan.
ALBERT CO YE & SONS
WATERTOWN  HAMMOCK  S U P P O R T .

State Agents for

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Dealers in

Awnings,  Tents,  Horse  "Wagon  and  Stack 

Covers,  Oiled  Clothing,  Etc.

73  Canal  Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN 

Send for Prices.

L H. BEALS & SON

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Manufacturers of

Westfield, Mass.

j O F F I C E  
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—AND—

NO. 4 PEARL STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

fi. ROYS & GO.. Geni Agents

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY

ENGINES

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 ,   X > 0 3 0 .1 J S 0 3 2 L ?

88, 90  and 92 South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

WEATHERLY & CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  and  Retail

IRON  PIPE, 

4:00 pm

Brass  Goods,  Iron  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 Corn,  Green  and  Dried  Fruits,  Oranges 
and Lemons, Butter, Eggs, Beans, Onjkms, etc. 
GREEN  VEGETABLES  AND  OYSTERS.

& 4 K j „ e
POWDER

Castor Machine Oil

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

spects'superior as a lubricator to No. 2 or No. 8 Castor Oil.  The

OHIO  OIL  OOAAP-AJrsTlT

IsThe 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- 
inglinto popular favor.  We  Solicit  a  Trial  Order.

Hazeitine, Perkins &  Co., Grand  Rapids.
RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO,
BOOTS  &  SHOES,
 M iclip Trafle.
Oir Goods are Specially Aflaptefl for i

We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe  Co. and keep a full line of their Celebrat­
ed Goods—both Boston and Bay State.  Our fall samples of Leather Goods are now ready 
for  inspection.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLARK,  JE W E L L   &  CO.,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

WHOLESALE

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

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

ber Co., Woodville.

J. W. Braginton, Hopkins Station.
W. N. Hutchinson, Grant.
J. E. Edwards, Newaygo.
E. B. Wright Pres. West  Michigan Lum­
J. E. Mailhot, West  Troy.
Frank Rose, Manton.
F. F. Ward,  Otsego.
Lon Pelton, Morley.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs.
Snow & Cook, Moline.
J. C. Corbin,  Leroy.
J. Newman, Dorr.
W. S. Root, Talmadge.
J.  Barnes, Plainfield.
J. W. Mead, Berlin.
Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
M. Minderhout,  Hanley.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
A. Engberts, Beaver  Dam.
W.  H. Struik,  Forest  Grove.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
J. Omler, Wright.
M. M. Robson, Berlin.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris.
I. S. Boise, Hastings.
R. McKinnon,  Wayland.
Jay Marlatt,  Berlin.
Mrs. Mary E. Snell, Wayland.
Ben Ensley, Ensley.
John Gunstra Lamont.
0. Naragang, Byron  Center.
A. B. Sunderland,  Lowell.
Mr. Selkirk, of Selkirk & Morrill, Kalkas,-
1.
Wm. Parks, Alpine.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
Fred Stoner, Grand Haven.
D. Gale, Grand  Haven.
H. F. Hamilton, Sand Lake.
J. E. Patterson, Whitehall.
J. M. Reed, Grattan.
G. C. Baker, Lebarge.
F. C. Brisbin, Berlin.
Geo. Carrington, Tent.
J. Eyer, Lockwood.
C. E. Sears & Co.,  Rockford.
W. E. Watson, Mancelona.
S. P. Barnhart, Fremont.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville.
Sisson & Lilley, Spring  Lake.
Nicholas Bouma, Fisher.
James Riley, Dorr.
John  Smith, Ada.
M. H. McCoy, Grandville.
Geo. F. Cook, Grove P. O.
D. S. Ward & Co., Allegan.
Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
R. Y. McArthur, Rockford.
B. Yolmari, Filmore.
Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.
C. Cole,  Ada.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
C. Porter,  Chauncey.
C. Casletine, Quimby.
S. C. Fell, Howard City.
Sumner  J.  Koon,  of C. E. & S. J. Koon
Mr. Hunt, of Hunt & Hunter, Lowell.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
J. B. Watson, Coopersville.
Dr. John Graves,  Wayland.
Thys Stadt, Spring Lake.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake.
S. Bitely, Pierson.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
Paige & Anderson, Sparta.
G. F. Richardson, Jamestown.

Lisbon.

WHOLESALE  PEI0E  CURRENT.

A X LE  GREASE.

 

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BLU IN G .

BROOMS.

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CANNED  P IS H .

B A K IN G   PO W D ER .

__ doz.
__ doz.
... doz.
__ doz.

Frazer’s ..........................................................
Diamond........................................................
Modoc  ....  $  doz.........................................   J"
Paragon...  $  doz.........................................   ¿J*
Paragon, 30 ft  pails......................................  5,0
Arctic M ft cans...................................¥  doz-  45
Arctic 14 ft cans....................................
1 40
Arctic Vt ft cans....................................
2 40 
Arctic 1 ft  cans....................................
13 00
Arctic 5  ft cans....................................
25
45
85
65
Arctic 4 oz................................... __ $   gross 4 00 
8 00
12  oc
2  0C
3 00
4 50

...................................................... 
A r c t i c  iiU>  x y e p p c i   w a ..............
Arctic No. 2 
..........
Arctic No. 3 
..........
No. 1 Carpet..............................................  " j™
No. 3 Carpet.............................................. 
»
“  j*
No. 1 Parlor Gem....................................  
No. 1 Hurl...................................  
"
1 75
No. 2 Hurl
Fancy Whisk............................................  
I j®
Common Whisk.......................................  
°°
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  standards.................... 1 15
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards............. . 
l  »5
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack filled....................  <5
Cove Oysters, 3 ft slack filled.....................l  2o
Clams, 1 ft  standards..................................i
Clams, 2 ft  standards..................................* J®
Lobsters, 1 ft  standards............. ................i »5
Lobsters. 2ft  standards............................."  iU
Lobsters,  Picnics............-  .........................£
Mackerel,lft  fresh  standards................1 20
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards.................6 50
Mackerel In Tomato Sauce, 3 f t ................o 5U
Mackerel, 3 ft in Mustard...........................g 50
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled................................. * "n
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river......................l bo
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river......................2 60
Salmon. 1 ft  Sacramento............................{ »0
Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Eagle......................  1
Sardines, domestic Ms............................... •
Sardines,  domestic  Vis...............................  
Sardines,  Mustard  Vis.................................
Sardines,  imported  Ms...............................
Sardines, imported Vis................................  go
Sardines, imported Vis, boneless...............  62
Sardines, Russian  kegs..............................  50
Trout, 3 ft  brook.......................................   d 00
90 
Apples, 3 ft standards........
2 50 
Apples, gallons,  standards, Erie..
1  20 
Blackberries, standards.................
1  10 
Cherries,  red....................................
1 75 
Cherries, w hite..............................
1 30 
Damsons...........................................
1 35 
Egg Plums, standards 
.................
1 45 
Egg Plums,  Erie..............................
1  40 
Green Gages, standards 2 ft..........
1 50
Green Gages,  Erie..........................
1 752 00 
Peaches, 3ft  standards..................
Peaches, 3 ft Extra  Yellow...........
1 65 
Peaches,  seconds............................
1  15 
Pie Peaches 3ft...............................
1 30 
Pears, Bartlett 2 ft..........................
1 40
Pineapples, 3 ft  stand....................
Quinces.......................•................................I J?
Raspberries, 2 ft stand...............................i
Raspberries, 2ft Erie..................................j 40
Strawberries, 2 ft standards.......................i  io
Apricots, Lusk’s .......................................... * 75
Egg  Plums....................................................goo
G reen G ages................................................... *  85
Pears 
Quinces
Peaches............................................
CANNED V EGETA BLES
...... 3 25
Asparagus, Oyster Bay..................
......   85
Beans, Lim a....................................
......   90
Beans, String............................... .
...... 1 65
Beans, Boston Baked.....................
.......1  00
Beans,  Stringless............................
.......1 15
Corn, Erie
..............................1 20
Corn, Revere.......
3orn,  Egyptian  ........................................... { ™
Cor 
Dorn,  Yarmouth........................................... {
Cor
Doru Tropby..................................................J
Corn  *— .....................
Corn, 2ft  Onandago................................... l  5U
Mushrooms, French....................................“2@*4
Peas, standard  Marrofat...........................l 4U
Peas, 2 ft  Early, small  (new).................... 1 60
Peas, 2ft Beaver...........................................  75
Peas, French 2ft...........................................
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden.................................. 1 w
Succotash, 2 ft standards............................  »5
Succotash, 2 ft B.&M................................. {  *5
Squash, 3 ft  standards................................1 20
Tomatoes, 3 ft Dilworth’s ...........................1 05
Tomatoes, 3 ft Job Bacon...........................1 0o
G.  D.....................   35  ¡Ely’s Waterproof  75

.......................3  00
............  '..............................3 00

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

CANNED F R U IT S .

CAPS.

Groceries.

Offering B aits  to  th e  Farm ers.

E n g l i s h v t l l e , July 31,1884. 

Dear Sir 

Editor Tradesman:
I would like to have you  tell us 
through your paper what you know or can find 
out  about Harper Brothers, wholesale and re­
tail dealers in groceries, 43 and 44  State street, 
Chicago.  They have  an agent canvassing our 
county  and  taking  orders  at  less  than  we 
can buy  of jobbing  houses  in  Grand  Kapids 
for cash.  Granulated sugar for 6%c per pound, 
that is a sample of their prices.

Yours truly,

P a i n e  & F i e l d .

A nswer—The  rating books  of  the  mer­
cantile agencies  quote  Harper  Bros, as  re­
tail grocers, doing  business  at  the  location 
named, on a capital of  $30,000.  The  agent 
referred to is probably  selling  sugar  to the 
farmers at an actual loss of a cent per pound 
for the purpose of  securing  orders  for  tea, 
coffee and other articles of which  the  aver­
age  farmer is not competent to judge and on 
which he can easily make up the amount lost 
on the sugar. Rural residents are too frequent­
ly lured by baits of this  kind, and it is very 
difficult to convince them  that  they  are not 
doing better than they could with the  repu 
table home dealer.

R eform  th e A pple  Barrel.

From the New York Herald,

Not the  least  important  of  the  reform 
movements which now are all  the  rage was 
the meeting last week of  the  fruit  dealers, 
who resolved to buy no more  apples  except 
those  packed in barrels as large as the com­
mon floui barrel.  The apple  barrel used to 
indicate a certain and  well  known  quality; 
but like the beer  mug,  the  strawberry  box 
and  peach  basket, its containing  capacity 
has for some  years  been  decreasing at the 
rate of a dozen or more  apples  per  season, 
until now it is verylittle larger than the flour 
half barrel.  As the price of apples has been 
increasing  all  the  while, so the  depraved 
shrinkage of the barrel  has been a source of 
much sorrow and a discourager  of  the  pop­
ular industry of making  apple pies. 
In be­
half  of  the  natural  digestion  which  de­
mands apples more than all other fruits com­
bined, we insist upon  the restoration of the 
apple barrel of our forefathers.

F eatures o f the W eek.

“Last week was the quietest week  in  the
grocery line Grand Rapids  has  ever  had, 
said a leading jobber.  The majority of the 
country dealers seemed to have  remained at 
home, in order to adjust their accounts  with 
the farmers, some of whom are beginning to 
settle up with the  proceeds  of  early  fruits 
hay, wool and  grain.  As  a  consequence, a 
considerable  improvement  in  collections  is 
noted, although  there is abundant  room for 
still  further  improvement  in  this  regard. 
Prices have  been  very steady, the  fluctua­
tions having been few and unimportant.

Oranges are scarce and high.  Lemons re­
main about steady in price, but  the  quality 
is not very good.  Bananas  are  not  plenty 
just at present.

R ough  on  the  Grocer.

“Did  you  write  up this local for Snooks 
the grocer?” asked the city editor of  a  con 
temporary, of his assistant.

“Yes, sir.”
“Well, do you consider it just the thing to 
announce  that  his  eggs  can’t  be beat;  his 
cheese goes  off  of  its  own accord, and  his 
butter occupies a strong place in the regards 
of the public?” .

VISITING SALESMEN.

Representatives of  the  following  houses 

have been in town since our last issue:

.

York.
Philadelphia.
phia. 
Philadelphia.

L. E. Herring, Boyd, White  &  Co.,  New 
Mr.  Bartholomew,  Page,  Booth  &  Co, 
Mr. Fry, Hercules Atkin & Co.,  Philadel­
Jno. H. Hargreaves, Geo. W. Ennis & Co., 
J. B. Shoaff, W. H. Sheehy, St. Louis.
Henry  Ettling, Fumer &  Seymour Manu­
W. H. Clymer, Schrack & Sherwood, New 
Wakefield Rattan Co., Boston.
H. A. Fitzgerald and J. C. Johnson, W. & 
Jas. F. Orton, Ivins, Deitz & Magee, Phil­
Fred  Selleek,  American  Eagle  Tobacco 

facturing Co., New York.
York.

J. Sloan, New York.
adelphia.
Co.,  Detroit. 

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_

Needed by every retail  grocer  or  confec­
tioner,  one  or  more  of  Kenyon’s  Patent 
Spring Paper  Bag  Holders.  Each  has  ca­
pacity of containing about fifty bags.  Their 
great convenience can be learned  by  having 
one mailed for 30c, four for $1, or one dozen 
expressed for $2.50 from  Kenyon  Brothers, 
Wakefield, Rhode  Island.

Mr. Comfort, proprietor  of  the  Quaker 
Flouring  Mills, near  Tecumseh,  has  fifty 
acres of land planted to cabbage.
MISCELLANEOUS.

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

f ^OR  SALE—At  a  bargain,  a  double  door,

•  combination  lock  safe,  and  two  6  foot, 
oval front, walnut show cases, nickel trimmed, 
all as good as new.  Or will exchange for mer­
chandise.  G.  B.  Wright,  14  North  Division 
street, Grand Rapids.
WANTED  to exchange dry goods, boots and 
shoes  and  crockery  for  hardware  or 
vice versa, and take dry goods in exchange for 
hardware—say  from  $500  to  $1,500  worth  at 
equitable rates.  Object,  to avoid carrying  so 
many kinds ofgoods.  Address AAA, care “The 
Tradesman.”

FOR SALE—The only bakery and a well-pat­

ronized grocery in a thriving  town.  Will 
sell store and stock or sell stock and rent store, 
Best  of  reasons  for  selling.  Address  Mrs 
Rachel Miller, Lakeview, Mich.

will  take $575,  if sold by Aug.  10.  A rare bar 

gain.  “The Tradesman” has the address.

store, all new June 1,1883.  Invoices  $900, 

IT'OR SALE—Store  and  fixtures  of  a  drug 
■O RENT—A desirable store, size 18x80 feet, 

corner of  Monroe  and  Division  streets, 
shoes,  millinery,  clothing,  dry  goods,  gro­
ceries, etc.  This store is connected by an arch­
way with the popular variety store,  known  as 
the “Bee Hive,”  and  can be run in connection 
or separately as desired.  Rent $600.  For fur­
ther particulars, address Gilbert B.  Wright, 14 
North Division  street.

Grand Rapids,  Mich.  Suitable  for  boots  and 

lishment  by  an  experienced  and thoroughly 

or clerk in a  wholesale  or retail  estab­
competent  man.  C aD   furnish  best  of refer 
ences.  Address T. M. Stryker,  Coral, Mich.

■ ANTED—A position as traveling salesman 
a  ANTED.— A position m a first-class  drug 

store by  a-young  man  of  experience. 

Address A., care The Tradesman.

CHOCOLATE.

Bdston  premium. 
Baker’s premium.
Runkles................
German  sweet—  
Vienna Sweet.......
Green Rio.............
GreenJava...........
Green Mocha........
Roasted Rio..........
Roasted  Java.......
Roasted  Mar........
Roasted Mocha—
Roasted Mex........
Ground  Rio..........
Ground  Mex.......
Arbuckle’s ............
X X X X ..................
Dilworth’s ..........
Levering’s ..........
Magnolia.............
72 foot J u te .......  1 35  160 foot Cotton— 1 75
60 foot Jute.......1  15 
|50 foot Cotton... .1 50

...................................  @36
...................................  @40
’.................................  @35
....................................   @25
" , ............................  @25
CO FFEE.
............................... 12  @14
............................... 17  @27
;................................25  @27
................................. 12  @17
............................... 24  @34
................................17  @19
......................  @34
WW;........................17V4@19
...................................9V4@17
............. .............  @16
!...............................   @15*4
.................................  @15V4
.................................  @1514
.................................  @1514
.................................  @15V4
CORDAGE.

FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

 

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FA UCETS.

Jennings’ 2 oz......................................$   d°z* J 50

Lemon.
4oz.....................
6 oz.......................
8 oz.......................
No. 2 Taper.......
No.  4  “ 
.......
Vt pint  round...
1 
“
No.  8..................
No. 10.................
Vanilla
38 doz.  1  40
Jennings’ 2 oz.....................
..........2 50
4 oz.....................
..........4 00
6 oz.....................
..........  5 00
8 oz.....................
..........  1 50
No. 2  Taper.......
..........  3 00
No.  4 Taper.......
7 50
Vt pint  round...
1 pint  round..................................15 00
No.  8...............................................  4 25
No.  10...............................  
6  00
Faucets,  self  measuring.....................   @2 50
@  35
Faucets, common................................. 
4M@6)4 
Whole Cod.................................
5@7@8 
Boneless Cod............................
75@3 00 
Herring Vt bbls.]|100 ft.............
@24 
Herring Scaled........................
@1  00 
Herring Holland.....................
6  50 
White, No. 1, Vi bb ls...............
2 50 
White, Family, Vt bbls...........
95 
White, No. 1,10 ft kits...........
1 05
White, No. 1,12 ft kits...........
5 25 
Trout, No. 1, Vt  bbls...............
90
Trout, No. 1,12 ft  kits............
6 50 1 00
Mackerel, No. 1, Vt bbls..........
Mackerel, No. 1,12 ft  kits....
F R U IT S .
2 85 
London Layers, new.................
Ö2 70 
Loose Muscatels Raisins,  new
7M@7)4
New Valencias  Raisins............ 
„
Dehesia...................................................  @3 25
Ondaras................................................... 
.
Turkey P runes......................................  »
Currants.................................................   5M@b
Citron......................................................  @2U
Dried Appies  .........................................  8  ©8)4
M ATCHES.
2 70
Richardson’s No. 2 square.
.2 55 
.
Richardson’s No. 3 
.1 70 
.
Richardson’s No. 5 
.2 70 
Richardson’B No. 6 
.
.1 70 
Richardson’s No. 8 
.
.2 55
Richardson’s No. 9
Richardson’s No. 4 round..............................2 70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
.................. .......... 2 55
Richaialson’s No. 7)4 do 
.............................1 70
Electnc Parlor No. 17......................................® f*
Electric Parlor No. 18......................................4 64
Grand  Haven, No.  9....................................... 2 50
Grand  Haven, No.  8....................................... 1  60

do 
do 
do 
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20 gross lots special price.

M OLASSES.

Black Strap. 
............................. ••••0JgSI
Porto  Rico......................................... ........-30@35
New  Orleans, good.. . . . . . . . . . . •-••¿'•aSKff
New Orleans, fancy..,....  .
..56@oo

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The schedule in  the  assignment of a fail­
ed house, which  was  published a few  day 
since, showed a goodly amount of liabilities, 
as usual; but  there was a striking  disparity 
between the “nominal” assets  and the  real 
assets, a difference of about  fifty  per  cent, 
in fact  The  tendency  of  the  present  day 
with reference to such ugly facts as  failures 
is to use  various  emphatic  phrases.  Cred­
itors, as a rule, do  not  spend  much  spare 
time in  the  consideration  of “nominal”  as­
sets; what  worries  them is to  ascertain, as 
nearly as may be, the per  cent, which  their 
claims will  realize  from  the  effects of the 
failed merchant

Owing to  the  depressed  state  of  trade, 
wholesale  merchants  have  been  obliged to 
draw on  their  customers  somewhat  more 
freely than usual.  This may not imply any 
suspicion as to the  solvency of the  retailer, 
but is simply a recognized  business  method 
of collecting  an  account  which  in  many 
cases, is long past  due.  No  business  man 
can with reason take exception to this estab­
lished mode of adjusting accounts.

A merchant who  failed  lately  announces 
that “owing to the late  interruption and de­
lay in my  business, I will  make a complete 
and exhaustive clearing sale,” etc.  This in­
genious circumlocution  obviates  the use  of 
the shorter but harsher term, failure, but the 
“interruption  and  delay” were  occasioned 
solely by inability to pay what he owed.

Over 200,000  barrels  of  Louisiana  sugar 
are said  to be stored in warehouses in New 
Orleans  awaiting a favorable  market  The 
owners could have  sold  during  the  Winter 
months at a profit.

Muskegon wants more water, and there is 
some talk of getting the  supply  from  Wolf 
j-pfre, about 8 miles from the city, where an 
inexhaustable supply of pure fluid can be ob­
tained.

The wheat crop of Minnesota, now almost 
ready for harvesting is estimated  at  44,000,- 
000  bushels,  and  that  of  Dakota at 25,000- 
000.

It is stated that the  New  Jersey  tomato 
pftrir  will  be  very  much  short of an aver­
se.

OATM EAL.

18 5 ft pkgs...............................................   Hi
363ft pkgs................................................  H im
Imperial  bbls.........................................  @6 60
Quaker bbls............................................  H i 2?
Star and Cresent, steel cut..................  @5 75

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do. 

Kerosene  W. W...................................... 
Legal test.............................  
Sweet, 2 oz. square................................. 
Sweet, 3  oz. round................................. 
Castor, 2 oz.  square...............................  
Castor, 2 oz. round................................. 

13V4
1J)4
75
1 00
‘5
1 00

PIC K L E S .

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Choice in barrels med.................................; • • 7 00
Choice in Vt 
...................................... 4 00
small................................. 4 25
Dingee’s M 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy................................4 25
Diugee’s pints 
.........................  2 50
do 
American qt.  in Glass......................................... 2 00
American pt. in Glass.....................................1 25
C. & B. English  quarts................................. 6 00
C. & B. English  pints.................................... a 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

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P IP E S .

Imported Clay 3 gross.. 
Imported Clay, No.  216. 
American T. D...............

Choice  Carolina. 
Prime  Carolina..
Java  ....................
P atn a..................
Rangoon .............

.2 25@3 00 
@1 85 
.  90@1  00

........... 6 Vi

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure.......................... .......
Church’s  .........................................
Taylor’s G.  M...................................
Cap  Sheaf.........................................
Dwight’s ...........................................
Sea  Foam.........................................
S., B. &L.’s  Best..............................

SALT.

.@  5Vi 
.© 5V4 
.© 5V4 
.@ 5M 
.@ 514 
.@ 5Vi 
•@ 5V4

60 Pocket................................................ 
28 Pocket.................................................  
100 3 ft pockets.......................................  
Saginaw F ine......................................... 
Diamond C.............................................. 
Standard  Coarse....................................  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........  
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags—  
American, dairy, Vi  bu. bags............. 
Rock, bushels......................................... 

2 50
ga
2 65
‘ 00
{75
1 55
80
3 20
25
30

SA UCES.

Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints.  @5 00
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, Vi pts.  @3 00
Picadilly, Vi pints..................................   @1 50
Halford Sauce,  large.....................
Pepper Sauce, red  small...............
Pepper Sauce, green.............................   @  90
Pesper Sauce, red large ring...............  @1 o0
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........   @1 60
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................  @  90
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ......................  @1 30
Horseradish,  Vi pints............................  @1 00
Horseradish, pints.................................  @1 30
Capers, French surflnes.......................   @2 25
Capers, French surflnes, large............  @3 50
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle..................  @3 85
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  bottle........  .......  @6 50
@7 00 
Olive Oil,  quarts, Antonia & Co.’s—   ~~ ™
@4 00 
Olive Oil, pints,  Antonia & Co,’s ........
@2 50
Olive Oil, Vi pints, Antonia & Co.’s —

SEEDS.

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

5)4@6

SOAP.

Lautz Bros. & Co.

do. 

j 4 75

do. 
do. 
do. 
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do. 

Acme, 701 ft  bars........ ,........................   @  6)4
Acme, 25 3 ft bars...................................  @ 6)4
Towel, 25 bars  .......................................   @5 21
Napkin, 25  bars......................................  @5 2
Best American, 601 ft blocks...............  @6
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain....................  @ 5$
Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped...........   @3
Master, 100-54 ft cakes..........I —   ..  .  @5
Stearine, 100  % ft cakes.......................   @4
Marseilles, white, 100 % ft  cakes........   @6
Cotton Oil, white, 100 54 ft  cakes........  @6
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, wrapped.; ......  @1
German  Mottled, wrapped..................  @ <
Savon, Republica, 60 ft box..................  @1
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks................. 
® i
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks...........  
@1
London Family, 3-ft bars 80 ft.............   @4
London Family, 4-ft bars 80 ft.............   @4
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped............. . 
@3
Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped..................  @4
Climax, 100 cakes,  wrapped................   @3 aa
Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped.....................   @2 30
Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in  box  @1 25
Kirk’s American  Family__
6M
5M
India............................
do. 
6
do.  Savon  ..........................
5M
do.  Satinet.........................
do.  Revenue.....................
5M
do.  White Russian...........
Goodrich’s English Family  ..
5M
Princess...............
4M
6 75
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory.......
Japan  Olive
3 70
! box
Town Talk
4 20 
Golden Bar............
3 45
Arab........................
3 75
Amber.....................
4 20 
Mottled German..
@3 40 
Procter & Gamble’s Velvet..................
@3 25 
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck..........
@3 15 
Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well..........
@ 6V1 @4 20 
Badger............................................60 fts
Galvanic.................................................
@18% 
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br
@  16 
Tip Top.................................. ’...3 ft bar
@6 75 
Ward’s White Lily.................................
@4 20
Handkerchief.........................................
3 00
Sidall’s ..................................................
5 50
Babbitt’s ................................................
4  15
Dish R ag................................................
Bluing...................................................... 
5 00
Magnetic.................................................  
4 20
New  French  Process............................ 
4 50
Spoon................................................. 
5 00
Anti-Washboard....................................  
5 00
Vaterland................................................ 
3 25
Magic............................................. ,.........  
4 20
Pittsburgh.............................................. 
4 00
Bogue’s ................................................... 
6 75
White castile bars...............................  
i"
12
Mottled castile............................. — .. 
Old  Style................................................  @ 654
Old Country............................................. 
5)
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 M ft $  dozen.............................. 
75
Allspice  M lb...........................................
Cinnamon  )4 f t ......................................
Cloves 34  ft..............................................
Pepper,  whole....................................
Allspice...............................................
Cassia................................................... 
...
Cloves...................................................  20
Nutmegs,  No. 1..................................   70
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk.......
@434@6%@6@7
•* 
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts...........
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages............
“  Gloss,  36 3 $   packages..........
“  Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate__
@7)4
“  Corn, 401 ft  packages...........
@63a
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package......................
@6)1@7)4
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.....................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.........................
@6)4
Muzzy Gloss bulk............................
Muzzv Corn l f t ...............................
634®7
Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.
@8
Kingsford  Silver Gloss..................
@8)4
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft box...
Kingsford Corn......................................  3/4@8)4
@6)4@6)4
Oswego  Gloss........................................
Mirror  Gloss...........................................
Mirror Gloss, corn.................................
Piel’s Pearl..............................................
American Starch Co.’s
1 ft  Gloss.................................................
10 oz  Gloss..............................................
3ft  Gloss.................................................
6 ft Gloss, wood boxes..........................
Table Corn..................................... -40 ft
Table  Corn.................................... 20 ft
Banner, bulk...........................................
Jugs $   gallon.........................................
Crocks......................................................
Milk Crocks............................................
Rising  Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s  gross........ 5 50
Universal...............5 88 Above $  dozen.......   50
I X L ....................... 5 50|
Cut Loaf.................................................
Cubes.................................................   • 
Powdered.......................... .— ...........  
Granulated.......................................... 
Conf. A ............................................ . 
Standard A ................................................. 
Extra C white...................................
Extra C............................ .. 
• • • • • • • 
FineC................................................. 
YellowC___ ______________ 

@624@4@6

@1^
@7%
@7
@6  %

1  00 

75 
@18 
@10 
@12 
@22

@7
@6)4
@7
@4

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STOVE P O L IS H .

STONEW ARE.

STARCH.

SUGARS.

SPICES.

@5

SY RUPS.

PLU G .

  @1 65

TOBACCO—jrxwjji u u 'i'.

@50
@45
@30
@38
@50
@60
@57
@52
@40
@45
@38
@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
@48

Corn,  Barrels.........................................  @  32
Com, Vi bbls................................................  @ 34
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...................................  @ 35
Corn, 5 gallon kegs....................................   @1 80
Corn, 4Vi gallon kegs..............................  
Pure  Sugar....................................... bbl  28©  32
Pure Sugar Drips.........................Vi bbl  30@  36
Pure Sugar  Drips................ 5 gal kegs  @1 85
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips...............Vi bbl  @  95
Pure  Loaf Sugar..................5 gal kegs  @1 90
TEAS.Young Hyson__ 25@60
Japan ordinary.  24@30
Gun  Powder.......35@50
Japan fair........... 32@35
Oolong..........33@55@60
Japan fair to g’d.35@37
Congo..................  @30
Japan fine........... 40@50
Japan dust..........15@20
Rose Bud.................................................
K.........................................................
Our  Bird.................................................
Peaches...................................................
Morrison’s Fruit....................................
Victor......................................................
Diamond  Crown....................................
Red  Bird.................................................
Opera Queen...........................................
Sweet Rose..............................................
Green  Back............................................
F ruit........................................................
So  Sweet..............................................
Prairie Flower.......................................
Climber [light and  dark].....................
Matchless................................................
Hiawatha..............................................x
Globe........................................................
May Flower............................................
Hero.........................................................
A tlas........................................................
Royal Game............................................
Silver Thread.........................................
Seal...........................................................
Kentucky................................................
Mule Ear.................................................
Peek-a-Boo..............................................
Peek-a-Boo, )4  barrels..........................
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..........................
Seal of Grand Rapids............................
Glory  ......................................................
Durham..................... .............................
@50
Silver Coin..............................................
@36
Buster  [Dark].......................................
@36
Black Prince [Dark]..............................
@36
Black Racer  [Dark]..............................
@50
Leggett & Myers’  Star..........................
@50
Climax.....................................................
@48
Hold F ast................................................
@48
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................
@51
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads..........
@37
Cock of the Walk  6s..............................
@38
Black Spun  Roll....................................
@48
Nimrod.....................................................
@48
Acorn ......................................................
@46
Red Seal...................................................
@44
Crescent ..................................................
@35
Black  X ................................................. .
@40
Black  Bass..............................................
@35
True Grit.........................-.......................
@50
Nobby  Spun  Roll..................................
@50
Spring......................................................
@50
Grayling, all  styles...............................
@47
Mackinaw................................................
@50
HorseShoe..............................................
@50
Good Luck-.......................................\...
@40
Big Chunk or J.T..................................
@37
Hair Lifter..............................................
D. and D., black......................................  @37
McAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................  @48
Ace  High, black....................................  @35
Champion A ...........................................  @48
Sailors’  Solace.......................................   @48
Red Star...................................................  @50
Shot Gun.................................................   @48
D uck........................................................  @48
Jumbo......................................................  @40
AppleJack..............................................  @50
Jack Rabbit............................................   @42
Morning Dew..................:.....................  @26
Chain  ............... 
@22
 
Seal of Grand Radids_____________
King.........................................................   @30
Flirt......................................................... 
  @38
__ o ........ 
@30
Ten Penny Durham, Vt and M.............   @24
Amber, Vt and lf t ...................................  @15
Dime Smoking........................................  @21
Red Fox Smoking...................................  @26
Lime Kiln  Club......................................  @47
ackwell’s Durham Long Cut.. a __   @90
. anity  Fair....................................... 
  @90
Dim e........................................................  24@25
@25
Peerless
Standard .................................................
@22
@21
Old Tom...................................................
@24
Tom & Jerry..........................................
@25
Joker.......................................................
@35
aveler...................................................
@26
Maiden................................................. ..
@27
Topsy  ......................................................
@24
Navy Clippings......................................
@25
Honey D ew ............................................
@32
Gold Block..............................................
Camp Fire  ............................................
@22
@19
Oronoko.................................................
@26
Nigger  Head...........................................
@60
Durham, % f t .........................................
@57
)4 ft...............  .................. .
@55
Vt f t .........................................
@51
l f t .........................................
Holland...................................................
@16
German...................................................
@30
Long Tom................................................
@26
National...................................................
@26
T im e........................................................
@28
Love’s Dream.........................................
@23
Conqueror..............................................
@22
Fox’s ........................................................
@32
Grayling.................................................
@30
Seal Skin................. ...............................
@25
Dime Durham........................................
@26
Rob Roy...................................................
@28
Uncle  Sam..............................................
@26
lumberman...........................................
@37
Railroad Boy...........................................
@20
Mountain Rose.......................................
@23
Good Enough..............................'..........
@25
Home Comfort, )4s and  )4s..................
@55
Old  Rip, long cut..................................
@55
Durham,  long cut, No.  2.....................
@25
Two  Nickle, )45......................................
@26
Two  Nickle, 
........... ..........................
@25
Star Durham...........................................
@40
Golden Flake Cabinet............................
@52
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz................
@50
Seal of North Carolina, 4 oz................
@48
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz................
@50
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...
@27
Big Deal, )is  longcut............................
AppleJack, )4s  granulated................
King Bee, longcut, Ms and )4s............
Milwaukee Prize, Ms and Ms...............
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  Durham —
Durham, S., B. & L, Ms and Ms...........
Rattler, longcut.....................................
Windsor cut plug..................................
Mule Ear.................................................
Hiawatha...............................................
Old Congress........... ..............................
Acme........................................................
Lorillard’s  Macoboy.................................   @55
Rappee, A. Beck & Co.’s ..........................   @35
Gail & Ax’s  Macoboy...............................   @44
Scotch, Railroad  Mills..............................  @44
Pure  Cider..............................................
White Wine............................................ 
10@L3
1776 9  »>...................................................  ©W#
Gillett’s f  f t ...........................................
Soapinepkg............................................... 
7@10
Pearline $  box......................................... 
  @4 50
LaVine, single boxes, 481 ft  papers...  @4 50
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs  @4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers.  @4 50 
@4 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6  oz  pap 
@4 15 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 Vt ft papers..
@4 00
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 M ft paprs 

American Gentleman

SM OKING.
 

W A SH IN G  PO W D ERS.

@24
@24
@28
@25

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VIN EGA R.

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I National
M ISCELLANEOUS.

Twin Bros..........1 75
Gillett’s ............. 1 75
Blacking.........................................30, 40, 50@60
150
do  waterproof............................ 
Bath Brick imported............................ 
95
do 
75
 
Barley......................................................
1  ¿0
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
do  No. 2....................................... - 
1 60
Bags, American A ............................... . 
20 00
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand.............  
.  8 10
Condensed Milk,  Swiss......................... 
7 50
Curry Combs fl doz............................ .1 25@
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   @25
Candles, Star...........................................  @j5M
Candles,  Hotel................... — ............  @16)4
Chimney Cleaners^  doz..................... 
5ii@5)4

  @50

 

@6 V4

W m x .

. 

“ 

...

do 
do 

Chimneys No.  1......................................  @35
No.  2......................................  @46
Cocoanut, Schepps’ 1  ■>  •  • 
@275-;
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & Vt ft  do 
Extract Coffee,  v.  c...............................  90@95
F elix........................... 1 30@
Flour, Star Mills, in bbls..................... 5 75@
in Sacks....................... 5 50@
Flour Sifters $  doz...............................3 00@
Fruit Augurs each................................ 1 25®
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................  @40
Gum, Spruce...........................................  35@40
Ink $ 3  dozen  box.................................1 oo@
<a
Jelly in Pails.............................................. 
do  Glass Tumblers $  doz.............
@75 
Lye $  2  doz. cases............................
@1 55 
Macaroni,  Imported.........................
@13 
Domestic...........................................
@ 5 ]/% 
French Mustard,  8 oz <p dozen.......
@80 
.........
Large  Gothic....... 
@1 35
Oil Tanks, Star 60  gallon.....................   @10 00
Peas, Green Bush..................................   @1 65
do  Split prepared..............................  @3)4
Powder,  Keg............................................5 50@
Vt Keg.......................................3 00@
Sago  ........................................................ 
5@6
Shot, drop.................................................1 85@
do  buck...............................................2 10@
Sage.........................................................   @15
Tobacco Cutters each........................... 1 25@
Twine......................................................  18@20
Tapioca................................................... 
5@6
Wicking No. 1 $  gross..........................  @40
do  No. 2  ......................................  @65
do  Argand................................... 1 50@

do 

do 

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

>af 

do 
do 

STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................   @10
..............................  @10)4
| Twist, 
..............................  @13
MIXED.

Royal, 25 ft  pails.......................................   @10)4
Royal, 200 ft bbls..............................................10
; Extra, 25 ft  pails..............................................1154
Extra, 200 ft bbls..............................................11
French Cream, 25 ft pails...............................14
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases..........................................14
Broken, 25 ft pails........................................... 11)4
Broken, 200 ft  bbls........................ 
10)*
FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Lemon Drops.................................................. 14
Sour Drops.......................................................15
Peppermint  Drops.........................................16
I Chocolate Drops............................................. 17
1 H M Chocolate  Drops....................................20
! Gum  Drops..................................................... 13
Licorice Drops................................................ 20
I A B   Licorice  Drops................................,,.1 4
Lozenges, plain................................................J6
t Lozenges,  printed..................................... 
IT
Imperials........................................................ 16
| Mottoes'.............................................................16
I Cream  Bar............................................... 
15
j Molasses Bar.................................................... 14
| Caramels........................................................... 20
Hand Made Creams......................................... 23
Plain  Creams...................................................20
i Decorated Creams...........................................23
String Rock...................................................... lft
Burnt Almonds............................................ .  24
| Wintergreen  Berries.......................... 
16

 

Fancy—in  Bulk.

| Lozenges, plain in pails................................. 14
Lozenges, plain in  bbls...................................13
! Lozenges, printed in pails..............................15
I Lozenges, printed in  bbls..............................14
I Chocolate Drops, in pails................................14
Gum Drops, in pails...................... 
8
Gum Drops, in bbls.........................................  7
Moss Drops, in  pails........................................ll
; Moss Drops, in bbls.........................................  954
Sour Drops, in  pails........................................12
j Imperials, in  pails...........................................14
Imperials  in bbls............................................ 13

 

 

FRUITS.

! Oranges W box....................................... 7 00@9 00
Oranges OO ^ box.................................
Oranges, Imperials, $   box..................
1 Oranges, Valencia 
case...................
; Lemons,  choice....................................  4 00@5 OO
Lemons, fancy.......................................
Bananas $  bunch.................................. 2 00@4 00
Malaga Grapes, $  keg..........................
Malaga Grapes,  bbl............................
Figs,  layers  <g ft....................................  12@16
Figs, fancy  do 
....................................  18@20
■ Figs, baskets 40 ft ^ ft..........................   @14
I Dates, frails 
do  ...........................  @ 6
Dates, )4 do 
d o ...........................   @7
; Dates, skin..............................................  @ 6
Dates, Vt  skiu.........................................  @7)4
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft................... 10  @11
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $ift.....................  7  @8
| Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft................ 6)i@ 7

do
do

NruTS.

PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw ^  ft.
Choice 
do
Fancy 
do  .
Choice White, Va.do
Fancy HP,.  Va do

!!!'.!!  @8
........  @  8)(
........  @9
........  @10
Almonds,  Terragona, $fi>...................   18@19
Almonds, loaea,
d o ...................  16@17
9@10
d o ................... 
Brazils,
Pecons,
do  ..................  10@14
Filberts, Barcelona
d o ..........
d o .......... " " "   @14
Filberts, Sicily
Walnuts, Chilli 
Walnuts, Grenobles  do  . 
14@15
Walnuts, California  do  . 
Cocoa Nuts, $   100 
Hickory Nuts, large 
bu. 
Hickory  Nuts, small  do  .

@4 50
1 25

@12)4

PROVISIONS.

PO R K .

The  Grand Rapids Packing &  Provision  Co 

quote  as follows:
Heavy Mess  Pork.........................................$16 75
Back Pork,  short cut..................................  17 00
Family Clear Pork........................................  18 00
Clear Pork, A. Webster packer.................   18 75
Extra Clear Pork...........................................19 00
Clear Back Pork, new..................................  19 75
Boston Clear Pork..........................................19 50
Standard Clear Pork, the best....................   20 00

A.11 the above Pork is Newly Packed.
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500. ft.  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.............  
do. 
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
Half Cases..........  
do 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases............... 
do. 
Half Cases............... 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.............................. 
light...................................  
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases........  
Bellids, extra quality, 300 ft cases........  
Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 ft cases........ 
Tierces  ..................................................... 
30 and 50 ft Tubs...................................... 

do. 
do. 

LARD.

LARD 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.............................  
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................. 

9)4
9)4
9M
9)4
9M
9)4
9M
9M
9M
9%
10M
10M
10M
9)4
9M
10
8
8M

8M
8M
9
8 %.
8M

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  O R  P L A IN .

do. 

Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy__  
13%
14
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........  
14M.
9
Shoulders,  boneless...............................  
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle......... 
8%
Extra Clear Bacon..................................  
11
Dried Beef,  Extra................................... 
16)4
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts........  11 00
Rolled Beef, boneless.................................  15 75-

B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

CANNED B E EF.

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

incase......................................................  18 25
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__   2 90
do. 
Armour & Co., 14 ft cans, Vt doz in case  18 25 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  case..  2 90 
do. 2 ft Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 00

SAUSAGE—F R ESH  AND SMOKED.

Pork Sausage..................................................  9
Ham  Sausage................................................... 15
Tongue  Sausage.............................................  11
Liver Sausage..................t ..............................   8
Frankfort  Sausage........ ................................ 10
Blood  Sausage.............................................. 
8
Bologna,  ring.................................................  8)4-
Bologna, straight.............................................  8)4
Bologna, thick..................................................  8)4
Head  Cheese.....................................................  8

 

P IG S ’  F EE T.
In half barrels................................................  3 90
In quarter barrels.................  
2 10>
In kits...............................................................
T R IP E .
In half barrels.................  
$3 75
  2 00*
In quarter barrels.................................. 
In kits............................................................. 
95-
Prices named are lowest  at time of going to 
press, and are good only for that date, subject. 
to market fluctuations.

 

 

 

5)rç  (Boobs.

Spring & Company quote a* u .» w . 

W ID E   BROW N COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. 
Androscoggin, 8-4.
Pepperell,  7-4.......
Pepperell,  8-4.......
Pepperell,  9-4.......

.23 
.21 
.16 34 
.20 
.2254

Pepperell, 10-4........25
Pepperell, 11-4........2734
Pequot,  7-4.............18
Pequot,  8-4.............21
Pequot,  9-4.............24

Caledonia, XX, oz. 
Caledonia,  X, oz..
Economy, oz........
Park Mills, No. 50. 
Park Mills, No. 60. 
Park Mills, No. 70. 
Park Mills, No. 80.

Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz............ 11
Otis Apron............ 1054
Otis  Furniture......10*4
York,  1  oz..............10
York, AA, extra oz. 14

OSNABURG,

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

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

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Avondale,  36..........
Art cambrics, 36...! 
Androscoggin, 4-4.. 
Androscoggin, 5-4...
Ballou, 4-4...............
Ballou, 5-4...............
Boott, 0.4-4...........
Boott,  E. 5-5............
Boott, AGC, 4-4.......
Boott, R. 3-4...........
Blackstone, AA 4-4. 
Chapman, X, 4-4....
Conway,  4-4............
Cabot, 4-4................
Cabot, 7-8................
Canoe,  3-4...............
Domestic,  36..........
Dwight Anchor, 44.
Davol, 44...............
Fruit of Loom, 44.. 
Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 
Fruit of  the  Loom,
cambric,  4-4........'
Gold Medal, 44..  ..
Gold Medal, 7-8.......
Gilded  Age.............

Greene, G,  44 ........   554
Hill, 44....................  854
Hill, 7-8....................  754
Hope,  44.................. 754
King  Phillip  cam­
bric, 44.................1154
Lin wood,  44..........  9
Lonsdale,  44..........  854
Lonsdale  cambric.1154 
Langdon, GB,44...  954
Langdbn, 45........... 14
Masonville,  44.......  954
Maxwell. 4-4............1054
New York Mill, 4-4.1054 
New Jersey,  4-4—   8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  754 
Pride of the West. .1254 
Pocahontas,  44—   854
Slaterville, 7-8........   654
Victoria, AA..........  9
Woodbury, 44........   524
Whitinsville,  4 4 ...  754 
Whitinsville, 7-8—   654
Wamsutta, 4-4.........1054
Williamsville,  36.. .1054

CORSET JE A N S

Armory...............
Androscoggin sat
■Canoe River........
Clarendon............
Hallowell  Imp... 
Ind. Orch. Im p... 
Laconia...............

Allen’s  checks. 
Ailen’s  fancy.. 
Allen’s pink—

Cocheco robes.
Éddystone  ..

4|Kearsage................   85a
854 Naumkeagsatteen.  854 
6  Pepperell  bleached  854
..  634 Pepperell sat.......... 934
..  6& Rockport................
7 Lawrence sat.......... 834
..  734 Conegosat............... 7
PRLNTS.

...534 Gloucester............. .6
...6 Gloueestermourn’g.6
...534 Hamilton  fancy... .6
Hartel fancy............ .6
. ..63i Merrimae D........... .6
...634 Manchester........... .6
•. .534 Oriental fancy....... .6
...6 Oriental  robes....... .634
..  534 Pacific  robes.......... .6
...6 Richmond............... .6
Simpson’s ............... .6
...6
...6 Washington fancy.
Washington  blues. .8
.. .5 
... .7

»7 Steel River............. 5»4

F IN E  BROW N COTTONS. 

Appleton A, 44—
Boott  M, 4-4...........
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, 1-4

8

554

Indian Orchard, 40.  854 
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia  B, 74.........1654
Lyman B, 40-in......1054
Mass. BB, 4-4.........  554
Nashua  E, 40-in___ 9
Nashua  R, 4-4........   7
Nashua 0,7-8..........
Newmarket N ..__ 754
Pepperell E, 39-in..  754
Pepperell  R, 44__  7
Pepperell  O, 7-8__654
Pepperell N, 34__654
Pocasset  C, 4-4.......7
Saranac  R...............  7
Saranac  E ...............  9

DOM ESTIC  GINGHAM S.

A m o s k e a g ..................   8
Amoskeag, Persian
styles.................... 1054
Bates.......................  754
Berkshire...............  654
Glasgow checks—   7 
Glasgow checks, f’y 754 
Glasgow 
royal  styles........   8
Gloucester, 
standard.............   754
Plunket..................   754
Lancaster...............  854
Langdale.................. 754

checks,
new

Renfrew, dress styl 954 
Johnson  ManfgCo,
Bookfold.............1254
Johnson Manfg Co,
dress  styles........1254
Slaterville, 
dress
styles....................  9
White Mfg Co, stap  754 
White Mfg Co, fane 8 
White  Manf’g  Co,
Earlston.................954
Gordon....................8
Greylock, 
dress 

styles  .......•..........1254

W ID E  BLEACHED COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 74. .21 
iPepperell.  10-4.......2754
Androscoggin, 8-4..23  Pepperell,  114.......3254
Pepperell,  7-4.........20  Pequot,  74............. 21
Pepperell,  84....-..2254 Pequot,  84............. 24
Pepperell,  94.........25  ¡Pequot,  94..............2754

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A, 4-4— .  7»4
Atlantic  H, 4-4— .  7 
Atlantic  D, 4-4—
Atlantic P, 4-4....... .  6?4
Atlantic  LL, 4-4... .  534
Adriatic, 36...........
.  734
.  634
Augusta, 4-4..........
Boott  M, 4-4.......... .  '.34
Boott FF, 4-4........ .  1%
Graniteville, 4-4... .  624
Indian  Head, 4-4.. .  734
Indiana Head 45-in. 1234

(Lawrence XX, 44..  854
(Lawrence  Y, 30__ 7
i
Lawrence LL, 44...  554
Newmarket N ........  754
¡Mystic River, 4-4...  6
Pequot A, 44..........  8
¡Piedmont,  36..........  7
¡Stark A A, 44..........  754
Tremont CC, 44___ 554
Utica,  44................   9
Wachusett,  44.......  754
¡Wachusett,  30-in...  654

Amoskeag,  ACA...1354 
Amoskeag  “ 4-4.. 19
Amoskeag,  A ........13
Amoskeag,  B ........12
Amoskeag,  C........11
Amoskeag,  D........1054
Amoskeag,  E ........10
Amoskeag, F ............954
Premium  A, 44___17
Premium  B............16
Extra 44 .................. 16
Extra 7-8.................. 1454
Gold Medal 44.........15
CCA 7-8.................... 1254
CT 4-4....................... 14
RC 7-8....................... 14
BF 7-8....................... 16
A F 44....................... 19
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Cordis AC A, 32....... 15
Cordis No. 1, 32....... 15
Cordis  No. 2............14
Cordis No. 3............ 13
Cordis  No. 4............ 1154

I Falls, XXXX...........1854
Falls, XXX............ 1554
Falls,  BB................1154
Falls,  BBC, 36........1954
Falls,  awning........19
Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Hamilton,  D ............954
Hamilton,  H _____  954
Hamilton  fancy.. .10
Methuen AA..........1354
Methuen ASA........18
Omega A, 7-8......... 11
Omega A, 4-4......... 13
Omega AC A, 7-8__14
Omega AC A, 44__16
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
Omega SE, 44.........27
Omega M. 7-8........22
Omega M, 44......... 25
Shetucket SS&SS W1154 
Shetucket, S & SW.12
Shetucket,  SFS___12
Stockbridge  A .........7
Stockbridge frncy.  8

GLAZED CAM BRICS.

Garner...........
Hookset..........
Red  Cross.......
Forest Grove..

....  5 ¡Empire................
....  5 ¡Washington........ ..  424
....  5 Edwards............... ..  6
|S. S. & Sons.......... .  5

American  A..
Stark A ...........

G R A IN   BAGS.
....19 ¡Old  Ironsides__ ..15
..  .2334¡Wheatland.......... ..21

DENIM S.

¡Otis CC................ ..1034
Boston............
Everett blue.. — 1334¡Warren  AXA__ ..1234
Everett brown — 13341 Warren  BB........ ..1134
234¡Warren CC.......... ..1034
Otis  AXA.......
Otis BB............

....1134 ¡York  fancy........

Man ville..........
Masgn ville — __ 6

P A P E R   CAM BRICS.
....  6 IS. S. & Sons.......... ..  6
Garner  ................ ..  6

W IG AN S.

SPO O L COTTON.

Red  Cross........ ....  734 Thistle Mills........
Berlin............... ....  734 Rose..................... ..  8
Garner............. ....  734 ;
jRrookfi .  .
Clark’s O. N. F. ....55
J. & P.  Coats.......55 Greeh  &  Daniels.
Willimantic 6 cord. 55 Merricks.............
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 Stafford ...............
Hall & Manning..
Charleston ball sew
ing thread— ....30 Holyoke...............

.  50 Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30
.25
.40
.30
.25

S IL E S IA S .

Crown............... ....17 Masonville TS__ .  8
No.  10............... ....1234 Mason ville 8 .......
.1034
Coin.................. ....10 Lonsdale.............
.  834
.16
Anchor............. ....15 Lonsdale A ..........
.  6
Nictory  O...........
Centennial.......
Blackburn....... ....  8 Victory J .............
./ 7
Davol................ ....14 Victory D ........... HI
London............. ....1234 Victory K ...........
.1234
Paconi a ........... ....12 Phoenix A ...........
.  «34
Red Cross........ ....10 Phoenix B ...........
• 1034
Social  Imperial ....16 Phoenix XX .......
.15

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COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Apples—Choice  eating,  firm at $3.50 per 
bbl. for Southern Ohio.  Cooking apples are 
worth $2.50 ^  bbl. for  Ohio  and  $1.50  for 
home grown.

Buckwheat Seed—$1.25 7$ bu.
Butter—Higher.  Choice dairy  packed  is 
held at 16c, and creamery at 19c.
Beans—Handpicked scarce and not  much 
moving at $2.50@$2.60  ^   bu.  Unpicked, 
$2@$2.25.

Beats—25c 'p doz. bunches.
Berries—Whortleberries are in steady sup­
ply at $ 2 . 7 5 bu.  Blackberries are just be­
ginning to arrive, and will probably  be  held 
at about 8c.  There is every  prospect  of  an 
enormous yield of this fruit.
Cabbages—$5 ^  100.
■  Celery—22@24c  bunch.
Cheese—Full cream  8>£c.
Clover  Seed—Choice  medium  $6@$6.50
bu. and mammoth at $6.75 
bu.  Slow 
Cucumbers —About out of market.
Dried  Apples—Quarters  73^@8X  ^   lb 
and sliced 7@8.  Evaporated ll@13e.
Eggs—More plenty and the  prediction  of 
last week that price would touch  14c fulfill­
ed.

sale at these prices.

225.
225.
$1.60 per bbl.

amount on market.  Choice new, 15c.
andWestem and 18@20c for  Michigan.
bailed.
for pure, and 8@10c for adulterated.

Green Onions—25c ^  dozen bunches.
Green Corn—6@8c ^  doz. ears.
Hungarian Grass Seed—$1  bu.
Honey—lc  lower, in consequence of large 
Hops—Brewers pay  35@40c  for  Eastern 
Hay—$10@$11 for new, and$12@$13  for 
Maple  Sugar—Dull  and  plenty  at 12j^c. 
Millet Seed—$1 ^ b u .
Onions—New, 75c  bu.
Peas—Out of market.
Peas, for field seed—$1.50  ^  bu.
case  of  about
Pears—California $4.75 
Plumbs—California $2.75 ^p crate of about 
Potatoes—Home  grown  50c  per  bu.  or 
Poultry—Fowls 15@16e.
Radishes—15@20c per doz. bnnehes.
Squash—Out of market.
Turnips—40c^p bu.
Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.75 ^P 
Tomatoes—Acme 50c per box of X  bu.
Wax Beans—About out of market.
Watermelons—Very firm and scarce at 30c 
apiece.  Last  year  there  was  an  immense 
Georgia crop, in cansequence of which  hun­
dreds of  carloads  were  assigned  to parties 
who refused to pay  the  freight.  This  year 
the railroads have compelled the shippers to 
guarantee all freight bills, and the latter there­
fore make no  consignments,  shipping  only 
when  melons  are  ordered.  This  accounts 
for the comparative  scarcity and high price.

bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING  PRODUCTS.

Wheat—Old  white,  90@92c:  new  white, 
85c;  new  Lancaster,  90c;  new  Fulse,  85c.
Com—45@60c ^P bu.
Oats—White 40c ^p bu.
Rye—52@54c  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 ^p  100
ft)S.
Flour—Fancy  Patent,  $6.20  ^p  bbl.  in 
sacks  and $6.45 in wood.  Straight, $5.20 '¿¡p 
bbl. in sacks and $5.45 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 ^p cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 ^p ton.  Bran, 
$14  per  ton.  Ships,  $15  ^p  ton.  Mid­
dlings, $18 ^  ton.  Com  and  Oats, $23  ^p 
ton.

LUMBER, LATH AND  SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Company quote f. o. b. cars  as 
follow:
Uppers, 1 Inch................................. per M $44 00
Uppers, 1M, 134 and 2 inch.........................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 134, 134 and 2  inch.........................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  30 00
Shop, 1 inch..................  ............................  20 00
Fine, Common, 114» 134 and 2 inch............  32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., Î2,14 and 16  feet—   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet.........................  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., 20feet..........................   17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13  50
No. 2 Stocks, 12in., 20 feet.....* ...............  14 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet...***...............  13 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  14  50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........   11  50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   12  50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.........................  13 50
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. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12 00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B ..................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................   14 50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common—  
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6 inch,  Clear.....................   20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16ft... 10 50@11 00 
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B ....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00 
Dressed Flooring 6 in., No. 2 common....  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C..........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles............. 
3 50
3 40
1 X X X 18 in.  Thin...................................... 
X X X 16 in................................................. 
3  00
No. 2 or 6dn. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
2 00
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................. 
1
2 00
Lath  ............................................................. 

OYSTERS  AND  FISH. 

OYSTERS.

FR E S H   F IS H .

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows 
New York Counts, per can..................
Extra  Selects.........................................
Codfish............................................
Haddock .................................................
Smelts......................................................
Mackinaw Trout....................................
Mackerel..............................................
W hiteflsh...............................................
Smoked Whiteflsh and Trout...............
Smoked Sturgeon..................................

........ 38
..........35

.15

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

@ 7

H ID E S .

Pèrkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: 
...............$ fi)

Green............................................
Part  cured...................................
Full cured....................................
Dry hides and kips......................
Calf skins, green or cured., —
Deacon skins............................3P piece20
SH E E P P EL TS.
Shearlings or Summer skins $  piece. .10
Fall pelts..................................................30
Winter  pelts....................................... 1 00
Fine washed $  ft....................................   35@
Coarse washed..........................................18 @20
Unwashed................................................2-3
Tallow................ 

8  @ 8J4 
8J4@ 834 
8  @12
........ 10  @12
@50
@20 
@50 
@1 50

5J4@ 554

W OOL.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  634@  8
Fresh Beef, hind quarters....................  8  @9
Dressed Hogs.........................................   ©  8
Mutton,  carcasses................................... 634@  7
Veal............................................... 
B34@ 934
Fowls......................................................  
15@16
Pork Sausage........................................... 10 @1054
Bologna...................................................  @10

 

Office of JOHN  CAULFIELD,
85, 87, 89 Canal Street, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Japan  Teas are  now  arriving  quite  freely,  and 
prices are fairly settled.  I desire to advise the trade 
that, within a few  days,  I  will be  in receipt  of the 
following invoices:
125  Chests by City of Peking, No. 424, My own  im portation  - 
30
237 
*• 
28
97 
« 
25
125 
■* 
36
Also large assorted lines of Y oung Hyson,  Gun 
Powders, both Muyone and Pingsuey, Formosa Oo­
longs, and Moning Congos at lowest figures.

“ 
« 
Suez Steam er 

No. 75, 
No. 25, 

« 
« 
u 

« 
« 
u 

« 
“ 

- 

- 

' 

- 

- 

- 

“ 

- 
“  and Mocha 

I  wish  to  call  special  atttention  to  my  new 
brands of roast Coffees.  I have taken special pains 
in selection and blending,  and roast fresh  daily.  I 
guarantee  better  values  than  those  furnished by 
Eastern parties or no sale.
Imperial  Roast, a blended coffee 
-  18
-  23
- 
O. G. Roast Java 
Mandehling J a v a ...................................... 25
- 
-  28
Mail  orders  solicited.  Lowest  market  prices 
guananteed.
I  have  secured  the  agency  of Gilbert’s  Starch 
factories at Buffalo  and  Des  Moines.  Their goods 
have always been regarded as equal to any of East­
ern Manufacturers, and have always held their own 
in the Eastern States.  I  am  now  able  to  compete 
with Western manufacturers  in  price  and guaran­
tee quality.

- 

- 

JOHN  C AULFIELD.

Ifoarbware.

Prevailing  rates  at Chicago  are as follows: 

AUGERS AND B IT S.

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

dis 

 

 

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

BALANCES.

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

 

BARROW S.

BELLS.

Hand..................... ....................
Cow..............................................
Call...............................................
Gong............... 
........................
Door, Sargent.............................

BO LTS.

Stove............................................
Carriage and Tire, new.ist___
Plow  ...........................................
Sleigh Shoe.................................
Cast Barrel  Bolts.......................
Wrought Barrel Bolts...............
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs..........
Cast Square Spring...................
Cast Chain..................................
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob..
Wrought Square.......................
Wrought Sunk Flush................
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated
Flush............................. ...........
Ives’ Door..................................

.......dis  $ 60&10
........ dis 
60
........ dis 
15
20
........dis 
........ dis 
55

........ dis $ 
40
........dis 
75
..........dis  30&1C
........dis  50&15
........ dis 
50
55
........ dis 
50
........ dis 
........ dis 
55
........ dis 
60
........ dis  55&10
..........dis  55&10
........ dis 
30
Knob
........  50&10&10
..........dis  50&10

BRACES.

Barber...................................................... dis $
Backus................................................... dis
Spofford..................................................dis
Am. Ball..................................................dis

Well, plain...................................................$
Well, swivel.................................................

BUCKETS.

BUTTS,  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed.........dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis
Wrounht Loose  Pin.............................dis
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............ dis
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned............dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped..................................................dis
W rought Table...................................... dis
Wrought Inside  Blind......................... dis
Wrought Brass...................................... dis
Blind. Clark’s..........................................dis
Blind, Parker’s ...................................... dis
Blind,  Shepard’s................................... dis
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2(4, per gross
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3__ per gross

4 00 
4 50

60 
60 
60 
50&10 
60 
60& 5 
60& 5
60& 5 
60 
60 
65&10 
70&10 
70&10 
70 
15 00 
18 00

CAPS.

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

CA TRIDG ES.

50
50
3á

Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester
Rim Fire, United  States...............
Central Fire....................................

new list 
........ dis 
........ dis 

CHISELS.
Socket Firmer........................
Socket Framing.....................
Socket Corner.........................
Socket Slicks..........................
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer...
Barton’s Socket Firmers__
Cold.........................................
COMBS.
Curry, Lawrence’s................
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis 
COCKS.

__ dis  65&10
__ dis  65&10
__ dis  65&10
__ dis  65&10
__ dis 
40
__ dis 
20
__ net

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

3334
25

Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... ft  37

14x52,14x56,14 x60.......................................      39

Morse’s Bit  Stock...............................dis 
Taper and Straight Shank..................dis 
Morse’s Taper  So5nk..........................dis 

35
20
30

COPPER.

DRILLS.

ELBOWS.

Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net $1  10
Corrugated........................................... dis  20&10
Adjustable............................................dis  40&10

EXPANSIVE BITS.

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

FILES.

American File Association List.........dis
Disston’s ................................................ dis
New American...................................... dis
Nicholson’s .............................................dis
Heller’s ................................................. dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps.......................... dis
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27
12 
15
Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............. dis  «

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

20

40&10
40&10
40&10
40&10
30
333*

50

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

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

HANGERS.

HINGES.

Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3..............................dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  5J4  14
and  longer.............................................. 
4 25
Screw Hook and Eye,  34  ...................net 
1034
Screw Hook and Eye %...................... net 
834
Screw Hook and Eye  2i......................net 
734
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.....................net 
734
Strap and  T...........................................dis  60&10

HOLLOW  WARE.

Stamped Tin Ware....................................   60&10
JapannedoTin  Ware.................................  20&10
25
Granite Iron  Ware................................... 

HOES.

KNOBS.

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

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

LOCKS—DOOR.

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

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

LEVELS.

MILLS.

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

MATTOCKS.

NAILS.

Adze  Eye....................................... $16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt Eye....................................... $15 00dis40&10
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

Common, Brad and Fencing.

lOdto  60d............................................ $  keg $2 45
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 
Steel Nails—Advance 15c from above prices. 

I  lOd  8d 
234 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 
MOLLASSES GATES.

6d  4d
2 
154

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

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

mauls. 

OILERS.

,

Zinc'or tin, Chase’s Patent..................... dis  65
Zinc, with brass bottom..............................dis  50
dis  40
Brass or  Copper.....................  
Reaper............ . .... ............... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ................ 
50

  

 

PLA N ES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................dis  15
Sciota Bench................................................ dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy......................dis  15
 
Bench, first quality.............................. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 

dis 20

PA N S.

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

Iron and Tinned.....................................dis 
Copper Rivets and Burs........................dis 

R IV E TS.

40
40

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED   IR O N .

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 1034 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

9

Broken packs 54e 

ft extra.

ROOFING PLATES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne__
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne.......
IX, 20x28, ehoicC Charcoal  Terne__
Sisal, 34 In. and  larger.....................
Manilla..........................

ROPES.

..........5  75
00
..........16  90

. . . . $   934
IMA

SQUARES.

Try and Bevels...............
Mitre  ..................................................... __ dis  50
....d is  20
Smooth. 
Com. 
.  $4  20 
$3  20 
.  4  20 
3  20 
.  4  20 
3  20 
.  4  20 
3  20 
.  4  40 
3  40 
.  4  60
3  60
over 30  inches

SH EET IR O N .Com.
Nos. 10 to  14......................................
Nos. 15 to  17......................................
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
Nos. 22 to  24......................................
Nos .25 to  26...............................
No. 27................................................. ;
A ll sh ee ts No, 18 a n d   lig h te r, 
w ide n o t less th a n  2-10 e x tra .
SH EET ZINC.

In casks of 600 fts, $1  ft...............
In smaller quansities, $1  ft........
t i n n e r ’s   s o l d e r .
No. 1,  Refined...............................
Market  Half-and-half................
Strictly  Half-and-half................

634

13 00
15 00
16

T IN   PLA TES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal...............................  6 50
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal...............................   8 50
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................   6 50
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal...............................  8 50
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  6 50
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal...............................  8 50
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  10 50
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  12 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..............................1450
20x28, Charcoal......................... 
IX, 
  18 00
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................   6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................    8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal............................   10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.................. 
12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6 75

rates.

TR A PS.

W IR E .

Steel, Game....................................................
Oneida Communtity,  Newhouse’s...... .dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s__   60
Hotchkiss’ ..........................  
go
S,P. &W. Mfg.  Co.’S..........................................60
Mouse,  choker....................................... 20c ¡g doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 26 #  doz
Bright Market..........................................  dig  60
Annealed Market..
............................. dis  60
Coppered Market__
............................. d is  55
Extra Bailing...........
............................. dis  55
Tinned  Market........
............................. k is  40
Tinned  Broom..........
........................... f f t   09
Tinned Mattress.......
........................^D)  834
Coppered  Spring  Steel
dis 3734
Tinned Spring Steel.................................dis 3734
Plain Fence...............................................^ ft 334
Barbed  Fence........ .........................................
Copper........ ;.....................................new  list net
Brass..................................................new  list net

WIRE GOODS.

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

WrENCHES.

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

m i s c e l l a n e o u s .

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

-WHOLESALE-

10  and  13  MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

Detroit  and  Chicago  prices  duplicated  al­
ways, and freights in our favor and shipments 
more prompt make Grand Rapids the cheapest 
market.

WE  SOLICIT  THE

DEALER’S  TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

We are Manufacturers’ Agents for the

Cron Jewel Yapr Stove, 
New Era Roller SMes, 
Jewett’s Bird Cages,

ALL  OF  WHICH WE  QUOTE  AT  BOTTOM 

PRICES.

AG ENTS  FOR  THE

Riverside Steel Nail

A  Stock of which we now  have  in  store—and 

solicit  Sample  Orders.

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

Foster.Stevens a Go.

2 H

THE  WRONG PACKAGES.

Some  of the  Mistakes  Recently  Made  By 

Delivery Clerks.

The amusing incident  related  in  another 
column, under the jiitle  of  “A  Young  Fire­
man’s Future Blighted,” calls to mind a num­
ber of similar instances  that  have  occurred 
in  tills  city.  Perhaps  the  most  amusing 
blunder of the  kind  was  the  mistake  of  a 
teamster  for  a  leading crockery  house.  A 
West Side church society  proposed  to  cele- 
biafe their pastor’s wedding  anniversary  by 
presenting the family with a complete china 
set, and the purchase was made in due form, 
the salesman agreeing to have the dishes de­
livered between 5 and 6 o’clock in the after­
noon.  The pastor and family  were  accord­
ingly invited out for  the  afternoon,  and  it 
was  arranged  that  the  present  should  be 
spread out on the dining  table  on  their  re­
turn.  Six  o’clock  came,  and no dishes—7 
o’clock, and the family returned to find their 
house in the possession of a crowd of friends 
with no apparent object for their  visit.  At 
8 o’clock, several of the men sallied forth to 
ascertain the cause of the delay.  The senior 
proprietor of the crockery store happened to 
be out for the evening, and it was with diffi­
culty that his whereabouts  were discovered. 
He was positive the dishes had  been  deliv­
ered according to agreement, for he had seen 
the teamster leave the store with the  goods. 
A visit to the  house  of  the  latter,  the  lo­
cation of which was found after considerable 
difficulty, revealed  the  fact  that the dishes 
had been taken to another street,  in  another 
part of the city, where there happened to  be 
a wedding the same evening.  The teamster 
accordingly directed the party  to  the house 
where  the  goods  were  delivered,  and  the 
spokesman made  known  his  errand.  The 
bride had received the  china  in  great  glee, 
supposing it to be the  present  of  some  un­
known friend, whose identity  would  subse­
quently he revealed.  Her chagrin at having 
the give up the supposed present can  better 
be  imagined  than  described.  The  dishes 
were  hastily  repacked  and  taken  to  the 
right place, and the crowd in waiting at  the 
parsonage readily forgave all when the ludi­
crousness of the  blunder  was  explained  to 
them.

Another equally provoking blunder occur­
red at  a  well-known  dry  goods  store.  A 
young lady who was going away for the sum­
mer purchased a quantity of laces,  cambric, 
and other goods suitable for light  sewing  at 
a summer resort.  The parcel given her was 
not opened until she arrived at her journey’s 
end, when it was found to contain a  pair  of 
suspenders, several pair of  socks, and a suit 
of gentleman’s underwear.  As she was  un­
married, she chose to return the bundle, and 
subsequently received her own in return.

A  married  lady  clerk  was  recently  ap­
proached by the unmarried lady book-keeper 
and solicited to purchase a gents’ undershirt 
which had been given  her  by  mistake,  and 
which she was too modest  to  return.  The 
former, whose condition placed her  in a po­
sition  to  overlook  the  objections  of  the 
maiden, returned the garment and succeeded 
in obtaining the article  purchased.
The  Gripsack  Brigade.

J. C. Watson,  with  C. S. Yale  & Bro., is 
off for a three weeks’ trip through the  Sagi­
naw Yalley.

And now the traveling men  are  agitating 
the question of challenging the Saginaw grip- 
carriers to a friendly game of ball,  the  first 
match to be played in this city, and the  pro­
ceeds to go to Post No. 1.

L. A. Caro, of the  Enterprise  Cigar  Co., 
has just moved into his new residence at 137 
Clancy street, in consequence of which he is 
nearly  as  happy  as  the average man is on 
the  advent  of  the  first  family baby.  The 
Tradesman  has  a  box  of  “Olympias,” 
which  the “boys” are  requested  to  sample 
in honor of the event.

A. C. Crookston, the  veteran  drug  travel­
er, has only one  hobby,  and that is a mania 
for scrap books.  His  collection  consists of 
seventeen large volumes, each hook contain­
ing about 200 pages, and  each  page  being 
four columns wide.  He is now  at  work  on 
the  eighteenth  volume, and no  newspaper 
article worthy of perservation  that comes to 
his notice is allowed to  escape  the  scissors. 
One feature of the collection is the preserva­
tion of all the “Pencil Portraits” which have 
appeared  in  this  paper, arranged in  their 
numerical order.

In New Quarters.

The Tradesman moves this  week  into 
more commodious and  convenient  quarters 
on the same floor of the same block in which 
the office has been  located  since the paper 
was established.  The change permits sever 
al improvements  in  the  arrangement of the 
office which  have  been  contemplated  for 
some time, and  which  will  conduce to the 
comfort  of  both  employes  and  visitors. 
Callers at  The Tradesman  office  should 
bear in mind that we are now  located in the 
front  rooms of  the  Eagle  building,  third 
floor.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.
Edwin Russell, grocer,  Manistee: 

‘It  is

good.”

Alba Handle Co., manufacturers  and gen­
eral dealers, Alba:  “1  find  The  Trades­
man a valuable paper.

Hawley & Olson, general dealers, Holton: 
“Money  is  very  close,  a  dollar appearing 
about the size of a full  moon;  but  we  con­
sider this one well invested.”

Things  Heal'd on  the  Street.

That  Geo. B. Dunton  will  be a Benedict 
before the close of  the  present  month, the 
object of his adoration being a Romeo  lady.
That  Heman G. Barlow  has  traded  his 
Mazeppa for a steed ycept Blind Tom.  The 
name is a misnomer,  as the animal  is  blind 
in only one eye.

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without  saying a word.  For silent  men, he 
deserves to take front rank.”

“ B eer and  B lu in g.”

“I went down to Lansing one day  several 
years ago,” said Frank Plumb, the elongated 
head of the firm  of  Plumb,  McCausland  & 
Co., the Saginaw jobbers, “and some  of  our 
customers at the Capital  City  undertook  to 
get me drunk.  How  well  they  succeedc \  
and  how  near  they  came to getting drunk 
themselves,  may be  inferred  from the  fact 
that I sold them that day 117 boxes  of  blu­
ing.  They  afterwards  kicked  like steers, 
but I would not take the stuff back,  and  the 
most of it was a  total  loss  on  their  hands. 
To this time, that day is  spoken of as “Beer 
and Bluing.”

M iscellaneous  Trade  Notes.

Chas. Brown has engaged  in  the  harness 

business at Saranac.

Huebner  &  Eggert  have  engaged in the 

grocery business  at East Saginaw.

The Cheboygan  Lumber  Co.  is  having 

piles driven for 200 feet dock extension.

The Galien handle  factory  will  turn  out 

over 1,000,000 broom handles this year.

The  Kalamazoo  Cornice  and  Roofing 
Works are a new and promising  institution.
M. A.  Potter  will  shortly  engage  hi  the 
grocery business at Oakfield Center,  occupy­
ing Walter A. Williams’ old stand.

D. R. Stocum has arranged to build a dou­
ble  brick  building,  40x80  feet in size,  one 
story high, at Rockford  the  coming  season.
H. Colby & Co. have moved into their new 
brick  store  at  Rockford.  The  building is 
42x70  feet  in  dimensions,  and two  stories 
high.

C. Y. Haynes  has sold his  drug  stock  at 
Remus  to  E.  M.  Greenwood,  who  has  re­
moved it to  Pompeii, wher e he  will engage 
in business.

The general store of C. T. Sawyer, at Tus- 
tin, was destroyed  by  fire  on  the  29th,  to­
gether with a portion of its  contents.  Loss, 
$1,500; partly insured.

Townsend & Gannon, dealers in  groceries 
and  meats at  Whitecloud, have  dissolved. 
J. C. Townsend  will  conduct  the  grocery 
business  and  Richard  Gannon  the  meat 
market.

Good  W ords U nsolicited.

W.  A. DeHart,  general  dealer, Vickery- 

ville:  “I like  your paper.”

Chas.  Glasgow,  general  dealer,  South 

Cass:  “Your paper is the boss.”

Whitinger  &  Barras,  crockery,  Ionia: 

“Your paper is of great interest.”

Marshall N. Dilley, grocer, Irvington:  “I 

could not live without your paper.”

A. J. White, general  dealer, Bass  River: 
Please keep sending along  the  paper, as g 
like it very much.”

L. Averill & Co., general  dealers, Frank­
fort: “The Tradesman is the  boss  paper, 
and is what every business man wants.”

RETAILERS,

PENCIL,  PORTRAITS—NO.  35.

H enry  W ard  B eecher,  B etter  K now n  as 

“H ad.”

H. W. Beecher—not the Brooklyn edition, 
but the  Grand Rapids  disciple of orthodoxy
_first  saw  the  light of this world  at  La-
Grange,  Ind.,  August  31,  1858.  There he 
lived with his parents  until  fourteen  years 
of age, when he removed  with  them to this 
city, immediately entering the employ of H. 
M. Hinsdill, who  at  that  time  operated  a 
book and stationery store  at  the  present lo­
cation of the  new  Fourth  National  Bank 
building.  He  remained  with  Mr.  Hinsdill 
until the consolidation of  his  business  with 
that of Eaton, Lyon & Allen’s, clerking and 
traveling oh the road.  On the retirement of 
Mr. Hinsdill, he engaged to travel  with  the 
surviving  firm, taking  as  his territory  all 
available towns to the  east  and  south.  He
continued his visits to the trade  with  unin­
terrupted regularity until a few months ago, 
when he was promoted  to  the  situation  of 
buyer and house salesman.  He still sees the 
trade in a number of the larger towns,  how­
ever, and has lately engaged in the book and 
stationery  business  on  his  own account  at 
Traverse  City  under  the  firm  name  of 
Beecher & Kymer—a venture which promis­
es to yield good  returns.

Mr. Beecher’s success as a  salesman  and 
every one who knows him will agree that he 
is an unqualified success  in  that  branch  of 
business—may be attributed  to the fact that 
he is social,  active  and  accurate.  He  is  a 
bom worker and  carries  into  his  work  all 
the enthusiasm of youth, tempered with the 
experience of ten years’ service on the road. 
He possesses the respect of his trade and the 
confidence of his house.  Aside from his bus­
iness qualifications, he is an  expert  billiard 
and pool manipulator, and has the reputation 
of being the best amateur base  ball  catcher 
in the State. 
It is not  predicting  too much 
to state that “Had.”  Beecher  has  a  promis 
ing future in store for  him,

A  M an o f a M illion.

“While you  are  talking  of  remarkable 
men,” said a veteran traveler the  other day, 
you ought not to omit mentioning Barnes, up 
at Traverse  City.  There is not an article in 
Hannah, Lay & Co.’s immense stock that he 
does not know its cost, where it was bought, 
what it is worth  to-day,  and  how  much it 
ought to be sold for  to  realize  a  reasonable 
profit.  Of course he does not  attend  to  all 
the  details of  buying, as  he  has  heads of 
each department for that  purpose, but  he is 
consulted on  all  round  orders, and  I  have 
never known him to err  in  judgment.  The 
mass of  information  he  has  accumulated 
during his business  career is almost  beyond 
belief.  I don’t think any specialty man can 
tell  him  anything  new, although he would 
allow the man to carry  the  idea  that  his 
knowledge  of  the  subject  was  acceptable. 
When you come right to the bottom of things, 
Hannah, Lay & Co. owe  more of their won­
derful success, as merchants, to  Mr.  Barnes 
than to any other feature, and that is saying 
a good deal.”

W anted  for  Crazy  W ork.

“Why do you punch  those  pieces of  silk 
full of holes?” asked a  customer  at  one  of 
the leading dry goods  stores  of  a man  who 
seemed  to  be  wasting  his  time in ruining 
scraps of beautiful material.

“I am not doing this for amusement,” said 
the clerk, “but am aiming a blow at a fraud.
Ail  merchants send samples of any goods de­
sired by out-of-town  buyers,  but  since  the 
mania  for  crazy  quilt  work  the  demands 
have been so heavy that we  finally  suspect­
ed that there was some  other object besides 
the purchase of dress material, and our order 
book revealed the fact that but  a  small  per­
centage of the orders for samples resulted in 
a sale of goods.”

“Among  merchants  now  the  rule is that 
the samples sent out shall be  defaced  either 
with the stamp of the firm  in  indelible  ink 
or by perforation.  Samples  of silk are now 
put up in different-sized  packages  and  sold 
at a small figure especially  for  crazy  work. 
You will find this to be a heavy business just 
now with all the silk mills of the  country.”

W h ite  T ies  A ll th e  R age.

“There are more white ties worn this year 
than ever before,” observed a dealer in gents 
furnishing goods to a reporter the other day, 

“Why is it?”
“I  suppose  it  is  the fashion.  Then one 
reason for the increase is that the ladies now 
wear the same ties as the men.  Open  shirt- 
bosoms and low-cut  vests  are  coming once 
again to be  popular,  and  of  course  a  man 
can’t wear a cravat or anything cut after the 
style of the  ‘dirty  shirt  hider’  with  a  low 
vest.  After all a white tie is the best thing 
for summer wear.  It is cool, light, it always 
looks well and is never out of  place.”

“Do you sell many of the kind of ties that 

will stand being washed?”

“None at all, so to speak.  A white tie can 
only be worn once, or ought only to be worn 
once,  and  then  thrown  away.  They  are 
cheap, and one can pay for looking cool and 
clean.” 

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Silen t Men.

“Your  characterization  of 1. M. Clark  as 
‘solemn and silent  as a sphinx’ would  also 
have  applied to D. D. Cady  several  years 
ago,” said an intimate friend of both gentle­
men, “but of late years he has  grown  more 
affable, and is now about as  talkative as the 
ordinary run of men.  But when  you come 
to sphinxes, you ought to see Fred Morrison 
who is attending  to J. H. Thaw’s brokerage 
business in the latter’s absence.  He  comes 
in fee store, opens up his samples, and if we 
do not need  anything in fee line goes away

Pine Street
T O   F R U I T   G R O W E R S

Muskegon, Mich,

MUSKEGON 

BASKET  FACTORY !

Is  now in full  operation  manufacturing  all 

kinds  of

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WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Quality Guaranteed.

Prices the Lowest.
O R O U T T  
Butter, E ffi;C tass,M , Grain, Hay, Baal Port, Praûuce
S.  S. MORRIS &  BRO.,

Consignments  Solicited.

MUSKEGON, MICH

P A O K E K . S

—AND—

CANNED  MEATS AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Street.

MUSKEGON  NOVELTY  IRON  WORKS
Williams’  Patent  Novelty  Pipe  Wrench

Manufacturers  of  the

Best,  Strongest  and  M ost  Durable  Made.

So OOIhÆIF’-A-IISrir

I M P O R T E R S
Wholesale  Grocers,

R U S T I D

J o b b e r s   o f   P r o v i s i o n s ,

Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids.

N ew  Japans.

We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices  of  the  new  crop 
of 1884-5 Japan Teas, including all  grades  of  Pan  Fired, Basket Fire and Sun Cured, and 
embracing  about  1,000  chests  in  all,  a  large portion of which we are now receiving per 
Steamers San Pablo and City of Rio de Janeiro.  These  Teas  are  positively  our  own im­
portation,  and  we  believe  we  are  safe  in  saying  that  they  are  the  first  Teas  ever  im­
ported  to  this  market  direct  from  Japan. 
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well to send for samples and  quotations  before  buying  new  Teas.

Soaps.

Towel, 
Shamrock, 

Again we remind the Trade that we are the Sole Agents in this market  for  the  well- 
known and popular Soaps of LAUTZ  BROS/ &  CO., Buffalo, N. Y.  Below welmention 
a few of their best-known brands:
Acme, 
Palma, 
White Cotton Oil,  Gem, 
Blue Danube, 
MGst6r  etc.
These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers' Prices, and deliver them  in  16 
box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight  prepaid.  Please send for price­
lists and  samples.  See quotations on Grocery Page.

Best American, 
White Marseilles. 
Boss,
Savon  Republique,

Napkin,  *
Nickel,
Stearine,
Lautz Soap,

Mottled German, 

Starch.

We are also the Sole Agents here for the NIAGARA  STARCH  WORKS’  Starch,  of 
Buffalo  N.  Y.,  which  we  sell  at  the  manufacturers’  prices,  freights  prepaid  on  all 
shipments  of  10  box  lots  and  upwards  to  all  railroad  points  in  Michigan.  Send  for 
price lists.  See prices on Grocery page of this paper.

Tobaccos.

We  carry  the  largest  and  most  complete  line  of  Cigars  in  Michigan.  We not only 
carry  a  full  line  of  staple  and  popular brands  of  plug,  fine  cut  and  smoking  tobaccos, 
but are factory agents for the following, with which  we  are  able  to  offer  the trade special
inducements:
B. F. P.’s Favorite Plug Tobacco. 
Big Four
Black  Bird 
Zoo Zoo 
Pirate
Old Kentucky 
Turkey

Our Bird Fine Cut Chewing  Tobacco.
Morrison’s Fruit 
Victor 
Peaches 
Big  Deal  Smoking Tobaccos.
King  Bee 
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See quotations on grocery  page.

Fancy Groceries.

We carry not only a complete line of staple goods, but also a full assortment of every­
thing in the Fancy Grocery department,  and are  now  considered headquarters in this line. 
Please send for Circulars and Price-lists relative to this department.  Parties desiring new 
stocks will find it to their decided advantage to come and see us before purchasing.
Crosse & Blackwell’s English Pickles.
Lea & Perrins’ English  Sauce.
Holford’s
Piccadilly
Colman’s 
James Epps’ 
Choice Brands of French Peas.

Curtis Bros.’ Salad Dressing.
Durkee & Co.’s  “ 
A. Lusk & Ca,’s California Peaches.

“  Mustand.
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Egg Plums.
Pears.

Breakfast  Cocoa.

Green  Gages.

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•'  Quinces.
“  Grapes.
'*  Cherries.

“  Mushroons.

Italian Macarroni, 1 lb pkg. 

“  Yermicella.

China Preserved Ginger, all size jars,

Queen Olives, 16 oz- and 27 oz. bottles.
French Capers,  genuine  imported  in  bottle.  Knowles & Anderson’s Jams and Jellies.
Choicest Salad Oil, Antonini & Co., Leghorn. 

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We are sole agents for the Rochester Ready Cooked Food Co.’s Desicated and Cooked 
Oat Meal, Hominy, Wheat, Beans and Peas.  Send us a trial  order  for  these  goods.  All 
correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention.

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If you are selling goods to make 

a profit,  sell

L A V IN E

We also build Mill and Marine Engines and Boilers  and 

Shop, Blacksmith,  Foundry and Boiler  Shop  Business. 

361  Western  Avenue.

BARBOUR'S  CAMPAIGN  TORCH

This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a 
larger profit than any in the  Market,  and  is 
put up in handsome and attractive  packages 
with picture cards with each case.  We guar­
antee  it  to  be  the  best  Washing  Powder 
made and solicit a trial order.  See prices in 
PricerList.

The  only  Torch  th a t  can  be  taken  ap art  and  shipped in  a 

Small  space.

300 to 500 Torches complete ^ e p t b a n ff le ^   can be packed in one 

barrel, tblis making the freight or express charges very low.

A  Child can P ut them together in  one Minute.

As  good  as  any  Torch  Made.  The  Cheapest  in  Price.

WILL  BURN  FOR  FIVE  HOURS.
Ask for price or send for sample order.

FOSTER,  STEV E N S  CO.

lOsand 12 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

HAWKINS & PERRY

STATE AGENTS,

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

NOS.  13«  and  124  LOUIS  STREET,  GRAN©   R A P ID S,  M ICHIGAN.

E I E   JONES 

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CO,

Manufacturers of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

jSl .%  IVtan.YifiaotYxrors’’ Prices,

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

Sous©  and  Store  Shades Mad© to Order. 
1TELSOXT  BRO S. A CO.

68 Monroe  Street, Grand Rapids.

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OP

KEMIKTK-’S

“Red Bark Bitters"

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78  W est  Bridge  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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ALL  USE

Eaton & Christenson’s

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