The Michigan Tradesman

VOL.  1.

FACTS  A BO U T  FO O T W E A R .

In te re s tin g   In te rv ie w   w ith   a n   In te llig e n t 

C lerk .

“I  tell  you  what  it  is,  Mr.  Reporter, 
women are responsible for all  or  nearly  all 
the ill-shaped feet extant.  They don’t know 
how  to  have  a shoe fitted  themselves,  and 
they won’t let a shoedealer fit  it  for  them. 
You see, I  am hired here  to  sell  shoes. 
It 
doesn’t matter to me what kind or what size 
shoe I send out, but I do know how  to dress 
a foot properly, and as I am loyal to 'my task 
I much  prefer  to  reason  with  a  customer 
rather than permit her to make reckless pur­
chases.  Sometimes I succeed, but oftener  I 
fail, and it takes all my  wits  to  keep  from 
losing a sale.  You  see,  we  handle  a  fine 
class of goods;  they are the best in the mar­
ket, and being high-priced,  seemingly  exor­
bitant, only the wealthier families trade with 
us.  You know as well as I  do  that  money 
has a tendency to make people the reverse of 
humble,  and  when  a  woman  thinks  she 
knows  it  all  dictation  and  suggestion  are 
equally useless. 
In short, a  woman buying 
shoes will not be reasoned with.  Americans, 
like the French, have always had  a  reputa­
tion for short feet—not small feet, mind you, 
but short feet, with full  ankle,  broad  toes, 
and arching instep.  Naturally  enough they 
have been desirous of maintaining this repu­
tation, and they still cling to  the belief  that 
small  shoes  make  small 
smaller. 
Whether the shoes are for herself, her grown 
daughter, any of their children, or  even  the 
babe in arms, she insists that  they  must  fit 
in length and width.  The result is, her own 
feet are deformed with bunions,  protruding 
joints,  and  such  swellings  from  distorted 
toes and ingrowing nails, as make her  exist­
ence—in a walking boot—a  perfect  penance. 
Poor baby, who grows and crows by the day, 
has a shoe the exact length of his little foot. 
But the foot not only works down but grows 
down also; there is no room for the lengthen­
ing toes, so the joints are pushed up and there 
is  a  lateral  expansion instead  of a  pushing 
down.  The consequence is the foot becomes 
broad, the toes are cramped, the heel flatten­
ed, ankle thickened, and the natural  beauty 
of that organ lost.  This is all  the  fault  of 
the mother, who will not buy the child’s shoe 
long enough.”

feet 

The clerk darted off to wait on the wife of 
a prominent lawyer, and as he passed  to get 
a box of shoes called the reporter over to look 
on.

She was a tall woman, beautifully dressed, 
and the delicate lace in her sleeves had a sug­
gestion of sweet clover that was  both  pleas­
ant and refreshing to the senses.  The writer 
inferred she was not altogether well,  as  she 
carried a long bottle of hartshorn in her hand 
and took frequent  inhalations  of  the  drug 
without the least  apparent  influence.  This 
was all the  more  remarkable  as the fumes 
were so pungent and  so  irritating  that  the 
shoe clerk winced painfully and was  at  last 
obliged  to  apologizelifor  requesting  her  to 
turn her head.  She wore a pair of beautiful 
black-silk  stockings—a  color  to  which  all 
women  with  large  feet  are  inclined,  and 
when  she  asked  for  4—C the brow of the 
clerk involuntarily wrinkled.

“If you will allow me to suggest, I think a 
5K—B will be much better for your style of 
foot.  You see your foot is quite full, and it 
will take a long sole  to  counterbalance  the 
width.”

“That is your idea, but it  will  please  me 
very much if you will give me the size I men­
tioned.”

“I beg your pardon, Mrs. See;  I intend no 
offense, I assure you, and I have just the boot 
you wish.”

The gentleman, for such he  was  in  every 
sense, took out a pair of 4—C’s, smoothed the 
crease out of the silky hose, shook  a  lot  of 
fine powder in the kid-lined boot, and getting 
down at her side  on one knee prepared for a 
tussel, for such it proved  to  be.  The  shoe 
went on slowly, the  clerk was  red, the wom­
an stamped her foot well, to get it down and 
before attempting to button it,he kneaded the 
leather into the foot until it was ascreaseless 
as a snug jersey on a fat girl.

“Just let me stretch it a little,” he said, as 
he pulled it off with much of the  same diffi­
culty experienced in getting it on.  The boot 
was stretched, the buttons were moved, some 
out and some in, and handing the clerk $7.50 
she ordered the  soles  to  be  blackened  and 
sent home before supper.

“That is just the case  I  was  citing,”  the 
clerk said as she left the store.  “That wom­
an should have properly a 6—A  boot.  Her 
foot would look better and the boot last just 
"twice as long.  But she  rides  a  great  deal, 
and as her feet are more or less exposed get­
ting in and out of the carriage she prefers to 
make them appear as small of possible.  But 
she pays dearly for her vanity.  Her feet are 
one mass of contusions and bunions, and I am 
told she hires a chiropodist to treat her by the 
year.

“Money!  loads of it.  She never  wears  a 
shoe out.  As  soon  as  her  foot  begins  to 
spread in the  shoes  she  gives  them  to  the 
chambermaid  and  gets  another  pair.  She 
has been dealing here some nine years,  and 
is one the best customers we have.

“Here’s the point I want  you  to  empha­
size.  Tell  the  women  to  get a shoe never 
less  than  two  sizes  larger  than  the  foot. 
They may be just  as  snug  in  width as  the 
foot  will  permit,  but  keep  the vamp long

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  13,1884.

NO. 47.

and the  shoe  will  retain  its  shape.  Have 
them understand that the  instep  and  ankle 
must be firmly held; but the toes  require ac­
tion,  hence  space.

“To secure this snug hold  we are opposed 
to the use of patent fasteners, since the wear, 
as  well  as  the  wet  weather,  causes  the 
leather to expand, when there is no  way  to 
tighten it.  When the buttons are  sewed  on 
we agree to move them back every  week  or 
oftener if need be, so that the shoe retains its 
snug  hold  of  the  upper foot while the sole 
lasts.  This neat fit is a condition not always 
found.  The  majority* of  women  are  very 
slipshod.  Of course with men it is very dif­
ferent.  They are too busy to  attend  much 
to these  details  of  toilet,  and so long as  a 
boot fulfills its promise of durability, that  is 
all that is required.

“About our male trade there is very  little 
to  contend  with.  A  man  comes  in, pays 
anywhere from $4 to $25 for a pair of shoes, 
and wants it distinctly understood that if the 
goods are not what they  are  represented  to 
be that will be the last of his patronage. The 
fit is left to our judgment, and when such  is 
the case we give him  an  easy  width  and  a 
length just three sizes larger  than the meas­
ure of the stockinged foot.  But all  the men 
are not wise, and the  dude,  fop  and  dandy 
give us every  whit  as  much  trouble  as  the 
ladies.

“I have a family who have traded with me 
for thirteen years, and I take great  pride  in 
the beautiful feet 1 am shaping, or  cultivat­
ing, if you will, in that house.  The  mother 
and I came to an understanding about it, and 
as the  children have  pedals  totally  unlike 
those of either parents, they concur in giving 
me the entire credit.  The girls are  the old­
est—one 11 and the other 13—and as I insist 
on  their  wearing  No.  5  shoes,  which  are 
three inches longer than the  foot,  you  may 
imagine there is some disposition toward re­
bellion,  Both,  however  take  a  treble A, 
which is the narrowest last made; but I want 
the foot to have plenty of room, and as soon 
as the growth stops  I  will  retrench  on  the 
length.  Were  this  plan  more  generally 
adopted  there  would  be  a smaller number 
of misshapen feet than there are.”

The  same  authority  tells us that  spring 
heels are now being made in sizes as large as 
No. 5 and girls are kept in  them  until  they 
are fifteen.  The good sense of this seems to 
be indorsed by physicians,  who claim that in 
all  the running and romping done  by  child­
ren  there  is  great  danger  of  turning  the 
ankle  or  twisting  the  cords,  because  the 
heels  on  the  school  shoes  for  misses  and 
youths  are  not  broad  enough  to  be  safe  or 
sure.

All the garden shoes, and  those  for  ten­
nis, archers, rifle shooting,  and  similar  out­
door  sports  for  women,  are made without 
heels.  The soles are thick and finished with 
a coating of leather done  in  horse-nail  cut­
ting.  The uppers are black morocco,  or may 
be  had with green, brown,  gray,  yellow  or 
wine-colored foxing.  The prices vary  from 
$4 to $9 a pair.

The  slippers for house wear are made of 
wine, scarlet, alligator, kangaroo, or dangola 
skins,  which  are  durable  as  well as easy, 
but  as  the  leather  is  of a superior quality 
the prices are high,  $3 being the cheapest.

White shoes  are  not  in  stock  now,  and 
white slippers are no longer  worn,  save  by 
brides and their  attendants.  Satin and  kid 
slippers  in strap, opera or tie cuts are  deco­
rated  but  slightly  with  steel  or jet beads. 
Occasionally slippers are made of  dress ma­
terial but not  usually.  The  retail  dealers 
cannot afford to make them for  less than $8 
or  $10  and  few  women  care  to  put  that 
amount in a home slipper.  Even when such 
orders are left, dealers have neither the time 
nor the talent to make them, aud  the  meas­
ure is taken with the greatest accuracy, sent 
to New York or Rochester,  and  from  there 
the goods are sent to the customers.

F ire -P ro o f P a sse n g e r  C oaches.

The  cremation  of  human  beings on pas­
senger and sleeping cars,  in case of accident, 
as illustrated in the Ashtabula  tragedy,  and 
others  of  more  recent  date, have been and 
still are the greatest horrors to be  found  in 
railway travel.  The light draperies, inflam­
mable upholsterings, and heavy varnishes of 
sleepers and palace coaches,  while  pleasing 
to the eye, are food for the flames whenever 
a  car  is  overturned;  and  help,  however 
quickly  it  comes,  is  too  late to save from 
agony, if not from death. 
It  has  been  left 
for a Buffalo inventor, Mr. George Mann, to 
discover a remedy for this great terrorizer of 
the traveler.  He has adopted asbestos as an 
upholstering for seats, materials for curtains, 
and lining for the entire interior of  the  car, 
this to be covered, when used for  upholster­
ing  or  ceilings,  with  a fine  wire  cloth on 
which  pleasing  designs  may  be  wrought 
Asbestos  is  known  to  be non-combustible, 
and a car so upholstered and so lined, in Mr. 
Mann’s opinion, would be almost  fire-proof. 
Passengers would have ample time to escape, 
or be rescued before a fire  originating  from 
an overturned stove could become dangerous 
in cars in which asbestos was used.

Petroleum has been found in  the province 
of Palermo of such  excellent  quality that it 
can be used in lamps without  having  been 
previously  refined.  The sign of  an  abun­
dant  supply has led to the  undertaking  of 
works on a large scale.

F IT T IN G   GROVES.

Som e O b serv atio n s o f a  C lev er S alesw om an.
“I wish you could have been  here  awhile 
ago,”  said a  saleswoman  in  a  large  glove 
store to a reporter.  “You  could  have  seen 
what would interest you.  You would  have 
died.”

“Glad I wasn’t then.”
“Oh, you would have been  fully  compen­
sated.  Did you ever  see a  woman  with  a 
number eight  hand try to put  on  a  number 
six kid?”

“I  never  saw a woman  with  a  number 

eight hand.”

“Oh, you didn’t?  Then you never worked 
in a kid glove store.  The  fact  is  very  few 
women  know  how  to  buy  kids.  They  al­
ways get them  too tight.  Not  more  than 
one-third of them can be made to button, and 
if they happen to take  hold  of  a  door-knob 
or the  handle  of a street  car  the  glove is 
split.”

“In buying gloves  do  people  usually  try 

them on?”

“Always.  We had  rather fit them on our­
selves. 
If we sell them  without doing that 
we are apt to have them  brought  back with 
a rent in them.  Not all  people  who  wear 
kids are used to them.  More  than  half do 
not know how to put them on.  They put in 
all the fingers  at  one  time,  give  the  kid a 
jerk, and tear it half in two.  Then they are 
ready to complain of  the quality, when, you 
know, the  best  gloves  can be torn.  Even 
when we try to help, it is hard for some peo­
ple to  put  on a pair  of  gloves.  They  are 
often  so  awkward  that  it is hard to keep 
from  laughing  outright.  Of  course, it will 
never do to smile.  To  be  successful  with 
our sales we must  never notice  the  ignor­
ance  of a customer  in  such  details.  Many 
of them  would  never  wear  kids if it were 
not that the practice  is  regarded  as  one of 
the requirements of culture.”

“How do you put on a glove?”
“I rest  the  elbow  upon  the  counter,  the 
customer  standing  on  the  opposite  side, 
which puts the back of the hand toward me. 
Then the three longest  fingers  are  inserted, 
and after they have  been  fitted  the  thumb 
and  little  finger  are  put  in  place.  After 
that there is no difficulty, provided the glove 
is gradually worked  toward  the  wrist. 
If 
there is much of a bulge in  the opening  be­
tween the buttons and the palm, the glove is 
too small and  should  not  be  worn.  Half 
the gloves seen  upon the  hands of  women 
are too  small, and so the  hand is  cramped 
out of all shape.  They can  never be taught 
that  a larger  one  looks  better. 
It is also 
cheaper to choose  those  that  fit  properly, 
because they last longer.”

“Do many people like to put on their own 

gloves?”

“A few.”
“These understand, of  course, how  to  do 

it?”
“They are the very ones  who  know  least 
about it.  as a  rule.  People  used  to  kids 
know that it is the practice in all glove stores 
for the salesman to try  them on. 
If we are 
to assume  the  risk of destroying  the glove 
we prefer to know that the goods  are  prop­
erly handled.”

“What is the most popular practice among 

those who do not understand the art?”

“To insert all the fingers at one time, and 

pull at the palm.”

“And the effect?”
“Is to  split  the  ‘bottom’ or palm of  the 

glove from the fingers.”

“What do you do with such gloves?” 
“Send them up-stairs to be repaired,  after 

which they are sold at a discount.”
“Do you sell many kids to men?”
“About one-third of our  sales, I presume, 

are to men, but they give us no trouble.” 

“Why?”
“First,  they do not  care  for  such  tight 
gloves.  They must use  their  hands  more. 
If they were to wear gloves as tight as those 
of their wives and sisters they could not car­
ry a cane in their hands.”

“Do you ever fit men  to kids?”
“Always, and it is  a  pleasure  when  we 
contrast it with the trouble  the women give 
us.”

“What is the reason?”
“I don’t know  exactly.  Men  who  ■wear 
kids  seem  to  understand it  better.  Then 
they are  always  more  polite  and  liberal. 
They nearly always except our  suggestions, 
and as a rule buy the best gloves. 
In trying 
on gloves the  quality  has  much to do with 
our success.  A good glove will fit well, and 
it will not tear easily.”

“Does it take much  talk to  perform  your 

duties?”

“A few words  with men, a long argument 
with women. It is not so much what we must 
say, but the way we say it, that  makes  this 
part  of  the  work  tiresome.  We  cannot 
afford to give offense, even if their  ideas are 
absurd.  The most  we  can  say is,  that it 
does not  agree  with  our  own.  The  size 
forms the principle point of contention.  We 
let  them  take  any  color  they  want, but if 
they desire to match them  with a  dress  we 
offer our suggestions.”

“Often see the same  customers?”
“Two or three  times a month  sometimes. 
Some people with small  hands  have  a  pas­
sion for visiting glove stores.

“Are these men or women?”
“Both.  Mostly  men  in  Grand  Rapids. 
Your women  are  not  blessed  with  sinall 
hands as a rule."

“Then you have lived elsewhere?”
“Yes, sold  gloves  in  Boston  and  New 

York.”

“How do the hands of the  Grand  Rapids 

women compare with those of the Hub?” 

“They are much smaller  on  the  average, 
though I notice no  difference  in  the  men’s 
sizes.  The Grand Rapids men have  propor­
tionately smaller hands than the women.” 

“You say some  people  have a passion for 
visiting  glove  stores.  Do  they  buy  more 
gloves than they need?”

“They could best answer that themselves; 
but what a person would want  with  a  hun­
dred pairs of kids at one  time I fail  to  see.- 
I know a woman who must have  that many 
at least.  She has  a  beautiful  white  hand 
and wears the finest diamond 1 ever saw.” 

“Takes it off, of  course, when she tugs on 

a glove?”

“No: she keeps it on, and the trouble is to 
get a glove that will go on well  and  fit over 
the diamond.”

“Young and pretty of course?”
“She!  Not a bit of it.  Her  face  is  hor­
rid, but she has a good form, good taste, and 
winning  ways.  With  these  she  ought to 
catch a husband, but she is still single.  May 
be she is wise and won’t have one.”

“Rich?”
“I suppose so.  She always pays  her bills 
and  her  check is good at the  bank. 
I am 
told that when traveling she seldom stops in 
a town or  city  without  buying  a  pair  of 
gloves, and that she could be tracked  nearly 
all over the world through the glove stores.”

T h e  T ack   C o m bination.

One  of  the  most  notable  combinations 
which have of late  years  brought  their  in­
fluence to  bear  upon  the manufacture  and 
distribution  of  commodities  is that  of  the 
tack-makers, which was formed early in the 
fall of 1882 for the purpose  of  avoiding  the 
evils  growing  out  of  over-production  and 
fierce  competition. 
It  is  a close combina­
tion, determined in  its  object,  broad  in  its 
policy,  and  successful  in its  purpose.  At 
the start  it included the  chief tack concerns 
of the country, and such as remained out  or 
have  since  started  have  been  induced  by 
bonus or otherwise to  come  in,  and it now 
includes all the makers in the United States, 
some  few  small  concerns,  manufacturing 
only a partial  line,  excepted. 
It  is “iron- 
bound” in its regulations, and no  complaint 
of violation of its rules  by its  members  has 
been reported. 
Its primary object is to  sus-: 
tain values and remove its product from  the 
fluctuations and pressure of the market.  To 
this end it works intelligently  by restricting 
production.  This  is  effected  by  a virtual 
pooling of its  business.  The  management 
of the combination is placed in the hands  of 
a grand central  committee  or  company,  to 
which all the machines of the various  mem­
bers are in a manner  leased  and  by  which 
the  product of  the  same  is  controlled.  A 
proportionment is made by this central com­
pany, whereby each maker is allowed  to ran 
his machines a fixed number of  days  in  the 
week and to make a certain quantity of tacks. 
Should the orders of  any  manufacturer  ex­
ceed his product he  must  draw  the  excess 
above iiis allotment necessary to fill the orders 
from some other mill or mills.  By  this cen­
tral  committee  is  also  fixed  the  price  at 
which the manufacturer may  sell to jobbers 
and dealers, together with the discounts and 
rebates  permitted,  a  strict  adherance  to 
which  is  required.  The  combination  is 
equally strict with the dealers, fixing  prices 
at which they may sell, and  requiring  from 
them a written statement to  the  effect  that 
they  have  bought  no  stock  from  outside 
manufacturers  before  paying to them their 
rebates.  On the other  hand  it  looks  after 
the interests of the dealers,  and, by restrict­
ing production and maintaining  prices,  vir­
tually secures them against a decline  in  the 
values of the  stocks  on  hand, and thus  re­
moves the inducement  to  buy from  outside 
parties whose encouragement would tend  to 
break  the market.  The effect  has  been  to 
put the tack trade,  which  has  not  been  ac­
tive, upon a satisfactory basis.  A disturbing 
element  in  the  tack  trade, and one  which 
has  cut  quite  sharply  into  it,  has  been 
the  increased  and  cheapened  production of 
small wire nails, in which there is  an  over­
production and no  combination,  and  which 
are largely used in place of tacks, especially 
in the box and similar trades.  The combina­
tion,  which  is  to  hold  indefinitely, meets 
every six months to confirm the existing con­
ditions or to make new ones. The signs of the 
times indicate no  disposition  to  disintegra­
tion in this combination.

F a sh io n s  in   S ilv erw ear.

The fashion in silverwear just now  is  not 
only that in antique designs, but the real an­
tique, even though it be of unknown history, 
and has seen the world from  the  shelves  of 
the bric-a-brac dealer, is used  by  those  who 
love beauty and  antiquity  under  any  small 
amount of rust and the grime of time.  Wed­
ding gifts  in  antique  silver  are considered 
recherche, and are valued more  if  they  can 
be truly  endowed  with  an  interesting  and 
Old-World history.  This  mode  has  rather 
the air of buying one’s heirlooms and  giving 
them as presents; at the  same  time  fashion 
decrees  that  it  is  the thing to do, and it  is 
done.  One may polish it up or  not,  as  one 
chooses, before presenting it.

T U R K ’S ISLA N D .

Som e  F acts  A b o u t 

th a t  S a lt-P ro d u c in g  

C lim e.

The population of  Turk’s  Island is about 
5,000, 80 per cent, being negroes, who  alone 
constitute  the  laboring  population.  Al­
though  represented in  encyclopaedias as be­
ing a part of  the  government  of  Jamaica, 
Turk’s Island is a separate and  distinct col­
ony, with its  own  ruler  appointed  by  the 
Crown  and a  legislature  or  council.  The 
only  connection  with  Jamaica is that  the 
laws  enacted  by the  legislature of  Turk’s 
Island  are  subject to the  approval  of  the 
governor-general of Jamaica.  Of  the  eight 
councilmen, four are official or ex-officio, and 
the other four are unofficial, being appointed 
by  the  commissioner,  as  the  governor  of 
Turk’s  Island  is  called.  The  island  also 
has  a  supreme  court  and  lower  courts. 
Thus  the little colony has all the machinery 
of the  state, but  the  people  have  no  voice 
whatever in the  government.  The  cost  of 
the government used  to  be  about  $55,000 a 
year, all raised  within the islands, but  now 
it is about $35,000, having  been  retrenched 
in deference to popular demand.  There is a 
strong feeling among the  people in favor of 
annexation to the United  States.  The Brit­
ish government  does  nothing  for  them  ex­
cept to contribute  $1,500 a year toward car­
rying the mails, and to  appoint  the  officials 
who receive the salaries raised by duties and 
by taxation.  There is not a  lawyer  on  the 
island,  though 
if  a  few  dozen  lawyers 
should emigrate there they  would  probably 
be able to earn their (Turk’s Island)  salt by 
working at 75 cents a day, the  ordinary pay 
for labor in the salt  pens.  There is not ev­
en a public prosecutor, the Queen’s advocate 
having died some time  ago, and  nobody ap­
pointed in his stead.  The supreme  court is 
almost a sinecure, and, there  being  no law­
yers to make  trouble, the jails  are  usually 
empty.  The islands  are  healthy,  although 
the Royal Standard, the  colonial  paper, is 
full of patent  medicine  advertisements,  in­
cluding cathartic pills, liver invigorators and 
worm tablets.  The  islands  have a tariff on 
imports, and duties are  collected  on  goods, 
whether from the  United  States,  England, 
or Jamaica, or any  other  part of the world.
Of course  the  most  interesting  feature 
about Turk’s Island  is the great salt  manu­
facturing industry.  At Grand  Turk, where 
it is chiefly followed, the water  is  led  from 
the ocean by means of a canal  about 12 feet 
wide and 2%  feet  deep, to  the  government 
reservoir, which is from 600 to 800 feet long 
and 20 feet wide.  From  this  reservoir  the 
water is drawn by machinery  into  ponds or 
“pens” as  they  are  called, and  which  are 
from 150 to 200 feet  square  and  about  two 
feet deep, and separated  from each other by 
rough stone. 
In the cases of a few  proprie­
tors of salt pens the water is drawn from the 
government reservoir into private reservoirs, 
before  being  transmitted  into the pond for 
evaporating.  There is a salometer for meas­
uring the saline  strength of the  water, and 
when the  salometer  shows 80 to 90 degrees 
of strength, the  result, after  evaporation,  is 
1% to 2 inches of salt.

The time taken  in  evaporation  varies ac­
cording to the amount of  sunshine.  During 
the rains in the months of May, aud in Octo­
ber and November, the  salt is slow in form­
ing.  Evaporation leaves the salt dried hard 
and  firm, like a field  of  ice  and  white as 
snow, but  a curious  feature  of 
the  ponds 
during  evaporation is the  varying  color of 
the  pickle—green, blue, red, pink, purple— 
indeed every variety of color  except  yellow 
or  black. 
It is a spectacle  well  worth see­
ing.  The salt is broken up in  small  pieces 
with  rakes and  dumped in the  vicinity of 
the pound.  There are some salt houses, but 
the salt as a rule is piled  in heaps  varying 
from 20 to 1,000  bushels.  The  salt  is  re­
moved in  half  bushel  baskets  to  lighters, 
which carry it out to  vessels in quantities of 
of 175 or 200 bushels,  and from the  lighters 
it is dumped  into the holds of  the  vessels. 
Most of the  salt is as it  leaves  the  ponds, 
but  about 25 or 30 per cent, of it is  crushed 
for  fish  purposes.  There is a royalty of 10 
per cent, on the  value  of  the  salt.  About 
1,500,000  bushels  are  exported  yearly,  the 
number of vessels which leave Turk’s Island 
with salt each  year being  about 200.  The 
salt is sent to the United States  and British 
provinces, and a  load was  recently  sent to 
Brazil, and well approved, though the South 
American  market  is  at  present  supplied 
from  Liverpool.  The island  is not  sever­
ed from the world, for both  the  Clyde  and 
Cunard lines touch  there. 
It is an interest­
ing incident in this  connection  that a good 
number of years  ago  the  islanders  vainly 
appealed, time  after  time, to  the  British 
government for relief  from  an  oppressive 
duty, but no notice was  taken of them.  At 
last a strong agitation was  aroused in  favor 
of asking the British  government to  permit 
the island  to  apply  for  annexation  to  the 
United States.  The existence of ,the  move­
ment was officially reported to England, and 
very soon the obnoxious duty was  removed.

H ow  to  S ell G oods.

First-class salesmen are rare.  We incline 
to the opinion  that  genuine  salesmen  are 
bom so;  that it is an art that  cannot  be ac­
quired.  We  often  see  merchants  whose 
capital is insufficient, whose  stores  may  be 
in poor locations, but who, by superior  abil­

ity in selling  goods  and  winning  friends, 
succeeded where other men with advantages 
far  superior  control  only  a  very  limited 
trade.  To  become  a  successful  salesman, 
you should in the first place have a thorough 
knowledge  of  your  goods; be  thoroughly 
conversant with their origin and  the uses to 
which  they are  put; also  all  other  goods 
which are used for the same purpose, so that 
you may prove  the  superiority of the goods 
you are selling, and  their  advantages  over 
other and  similiar  articles.  An  exhibition 
of ignorance of the goods  you  offer at  once 
impairs the  confidence  of  your  customer, 
and will  often lose  you a sale.  Remember 
also that  nothing so  disgusts  a customer as 
an overbearing,  important  clerk.  While it 
is of the  greatest  importance  that  you be 
thoroughly posted  in  the  articles  you  have 
for sale, do not  make a presumptuous  show 
of your knowledge. 
It is quite possible that 
your customer’s knowledge may be equal and 
even superior to your  own.  Cultivate  tact. 
A successful  salesman  knows just  what to 
say to be polite, and just  how  and  when to 
say it.  Y"ou must have a keen perception to 
judge a  customer—a  knowledge  of  human 
nature that will tell you  just how every cus­
tomer  should be treated  to win  his  confi­
dence, and when you have wron a customer’s 
confidence, never  under  any  circumstances, 
betray it.  Some salesmen  may  succeed in 
selling large bills of goods by using all sorts 
of small tricks and deceptions to do so, fool­
ishly supposing the customers will not detect 
the fraud.  Such  salesmen are not  usually 
able to sell the same  person a second  bill— 
not, perhaps, because any irregularities have 
been discovered, but having bought too much 
the first time, owing to  the  salesman’s  per­
suasive  smartness  or  plausible statements, 
they naturally distrust him. 
it is far better 
to hold a customer’s  trade on moderate  pur­
chases, and increase his confidence in you.

Deal candidly with your customer always. 
Show even a greater variety than lie  asks to 
see, and  explain  the  difference in quality. 
Manifest a disposition  to  satisfy, giving  re­
spectful attention to  his wishes as though it 
was a pleasure, as indeed it  really is to gen­
uine salesmen. 
If he wavers in  deciding it 
will  then do  to suggest, in a modest  quiet 
way, but  never  attempt to  instruct a cus­
tomer what he wants or ought to buy, unless 
he asks for  your  advice, for it is not flatter­
ing to most  person’s vanity  to  have  you in­
sinuate that they are ignorant  of  their  own 
wants.  The old adage “goods well boughtjare 
half sold,” is a good one, but there are many 
articles commonly kept by all dealers  which 
you cannot expect to undersell.  Such goods 
the buyer will purchase wherever he is most 
honorably  dealt  with. 
It is impolite to ap­
pear over anxious  to  make a sale,  but  it  is 
equally unwise to show a lack of animation, 
for your customer is quite apt to be influenc­
ed by it, and remark, “It is  of  little  conse- 
qence; I will  call  again,”  and, perhaps, fif­
teen  or  twenty  minutes  later, in  another 
store where the  salesman  makes a show of 
life, he  buys  the  article  even at a higher 
price.  An earnest effort to please  will  not 
be mistaken for over-zealousness.  Do not be 
snappish  or ill-tempered  when  a  customer 
does not accept all your assertions or  leaves 
without purchasing.  Above all things never 
lose your temper.  You can not only  retain 
the advantage by remaining  composed,  but 
should you condescend to dispute or get into 
a heated argument, even though you may be 
right, the customer never  will be convinced, 
and is quite likely to  leave  you  altogether, 
and  perhaps do you  injury in many  ways. 
Of course you have  unreasonable  people to 
deal  with,  but never forget  to  be a  gentle­
man; it is one of the  requirements of a first- 
class salesman.
T he  C o m p arativ e  S ecurity  o f  R a ilro a d  
Speaking of the safety of  railroad  travel, 
the current number of the  Railway  Regis­
ter says:

T rav el.

In these modern  days  of the  newspaper 
and telegraph, when occurrences in all parts 
of the world are chronicled for  the informa­
tion of the people and when  crimes  and ac­
cidents are described with  even  too  great a 
minuteness,  we often hear  of  railway  acci­
dents—at least it seems to us that it is often. 
But when we consider  the  matter  further 
the conclusion follows that the  loss  of  life 
or limb on the railways does  not  frequently 
occur.

Thousands of passenger trains  are  every 
day speeding  on  their  way  carrying  their 
precious freight of human  beings.  Millions 
of people are  carried  for a  greater  or  less 
distance each week and yet how seldom it is 
that anyone is killed  or  injured.  There  is 
actually  as  much  danger  in  walking  the 
streets  of a  crowded  city  as  in  traveling 
from Boston to San Francisco.  More people 
lose their lives in the city of New York in a 
single year by being  ran  overby  horses or 
vehicles than are killed  in  accidents on the 
rail.

When the annals are prepared  and a com­
parison made, it will be found that more are 
destroyed  by  lightning  than  by  railways. 
The reason of this comparative  safety is the 
perfection to which  railway  administration 
has  attained.  Track, locomotives, cars and 
appurtenances are of the most approved pat­
tern, employes are skillful  and alert so that 
the traveler rests as peacefully and safely in 
a Pullman  sleeper, running at a rapid  rate, 
as he does in his own bed at home.

infinitely  preferable 

it inferred that it disapproves of the  idea of 
each town encouraging home manufactories, 
for  such  is  farthest  from  its  real  views. 
The point it wishes to emphasize is, let stock 
companies  severely  alone,  for  the  reason 
that they are unwieldy and  unfitted  to  the 
majorit>  of purely local  investments.  The 
Tradesman  believes  that  every  locality 
should hold  out  inducements to  manufac­
tures suited to the  place  and  surroundings. 
But  instead of  agreeing  to “take  stock,”  it 
is 
really 
desirable parties a suitable bonus,  and then 
help the enterprise by every encouragement 
at hand. 
If  the  project  fails,  those  who 
contributed to the bonus are not directly out 
of pocket, for the reason that  the  contribu­
tion was a gift.  But when a stock company, 
with a  large number of  share  takers,  goes 
down,  it  involves  something  more  than 
financial  disaster, and that  is the  destrust 
of all who were interested, who will thence­
forth avoid all local investments for  fear of 
a similar termination.

to  give 

Perry Bennett succeeds  Bennett  Bros, in 

the grocery business at Cadillac.

D. F. Newton succeeds Cook & Newton in 

the harness business at Hastings.

Fred Bollacker will open a boot  and  shoe 

store at Reed City about the 16th.

John W. Free succeeds Free &  Martin  in 

the hardware business at Paw Paw.

McCarthy  Bros,  have  consolidated  their 

two boot and shoe stocks at Allegan.

John La Due  succeeds Rockafellow  & La 
Due in the clothing business  at Carson City.
H. P. Miller is closing out his stock at Car- 
son City,  preparatory  to retiring from  busi­
ness.

Johnson & Hitchcock,  general  dealers  at 
Sutton’s  Bay,  are  about  to  dissolve,  Mr. 
Hitchcock retiring.

Paul Ammerman  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock at  Chase  to B. Burley,  who  has  re­
moved the business to Nirvana.

C. H. Cooper has retired from trade at El­
mira, and contemplates re-engaging in  busi­
ness in the southern part of the State.

F o u rth   M eetin g   o f  P o st No.  1.

At the adjourned meeting  of  Post  No. 1, 
held at the reading  room at  Sweet’s  Hotel 
last Saturday evening, the  following  repre­
sentatives of the  traveling  fraternity were 
present:  Wm. Logie,  Geo.  H.  Seymour, 
Wallace  Franklin,  L. M.  Mills,  Geo.  F. 
Owen,  Stephen  Sears, D. S. Haugh, W. G. 
Hawkins, J. N. Bradford, P. H. Carroll  and 
John  W.  Hallett,  of  Detroit.  President 
Logie presided and Geo.  H.  Seymour  offici­
ated as secretary pro tern.

Stephen Sears, W. G. Hawkins  and  Wm. 
B. Edmunds, the committee  appointed to as­
certain  the  location of desirable  rooms for 
a  headquarters, reported  that  two  suitable 
rooms  could  be  procured in  the  Ledyard 
block at an annual rental of  $180, and  that 
the plain  furnishing of the same  would in­
volve an  expense  of  about  $150.  The re­
port was accepted and the  committee  were 
instructed to pursue  inquires  relative to the 
matter assigned them until the  next  meet­
ing.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Term s $1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade know n on application.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST  13,1884.

POST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

OFFICERS.

P re sid en t-W m . Logie.
V ice-President—Lloyd Max Mjlls.
S ecretary and T reasu rer—L. W.  A tkins. 
Official  O rgan—The  M ichigan  Tradesm an.
Com m ittee on Constitution and B j-L aw s-W al
lace Franklin,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  Geo.  H. Sey
Wpvt M eeting—A t Sweet’s Hotel reading room 

Saturday, A ugust 30, a t 6 p .m .

A   M ISTA K EN   PO LICY .

The Evart Review,  like  the  majority  of 
country newspapers, is always  on  the  alert 
to advocate investments which would redown 
to the credit and prosperity of the place;but 
the  plea  put  forth  in  last  week’s  paper 
for  the  organization  of  a  stock company, 
with a capital stock of $100,000,  “in  which
every man may  be  a  stockholder,”  will  do 
Evart infinitely more harm than good.  The 
Review is, of course, animated  by  the  best 
of intentions, and  would  not  willingly  en­
courage a movement which could not  fail to 
result in disaster, and it is  the  intention  of 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   to  show  the  Review 
wherein  its  position  in  untenable. 
In  a 
somewhat lengthy article on the subject, the 
Review  says:

Grand Rapids owes her prosperity to  such 
enterprises.  Her  natural  advantages  were 
no better than ours;  in fact,  no  better  than 
other  towns  in  the  central  part  of  the 
State, but her people fostered all such enter­
prises.  Located as we are in the midst ol an 
abundance of material it only remains for us 
to  make  an  unyielding  effort  in the same 
way to secure to us all our ambition desires. 
Shall  we  have  it  in  Evart,  or allow some 
other town to carry off the palm?  Shall  we 
manufacture  our  own  material,  or  allow 
Grand Rapids and other towns to have large 
profits  on  what  we  might  secure  to  our­
selves?

The election of The  Tradesman  to  the 
position of official organ  of  Post A is a dis­
tinction which is appreciated at its true worth 
for the spirit in  which  the  honor  was  con- 
ferrred carries  with  it  a  practical  indorse­
ment of the  paper’s  policy  since  its  incep­
tion.  The  encouragement  and  support  ac­
corded The Tradesman by the commercial 
fraternity has  been  hearty  and exception­
al, and this public recognition at their hands 
encourages it to further effort in the way  of 
a proper presentation of the rights and priv­
ileges of the traveler.

It was  bad  enough to have a Washington 
hotel fall and crush a half dozen people with­
out embellishing the affair with lies. 
Imag­
inative reporters  are  telling  of  a  parrot 
which after having been buried beneath  the 
ruins twenty-four hours  was  asked  how it 
felt.  “All right,”  replied  the  remarkable 
bird,  “but thirsty.”

The Southern Miner and Manufacturer 
is  the  title  of  a  new  trade journal lately 
launched at Nashville.  With an  interesting 
table  of  contents,  and  exceptionally clean 
typography, the venture ought to  meet  with 
success.

AM ONG  T H E   T R A D E .

Since  the, success  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
manufactories are cited, it is no  more  than 
fair to infer that the Review  is  ignorant of 
the conditions under which the greatest suc­
cess was  attained.  The  T radesman  is 
willing to  place itself on  record  with  the 
statement that the greatest successes  in the 
manufacturing  line in  this  city have  been 
made by unincorporated bodies—that is, the 
most money has  been  made  by firms,  and 
by  corporations  that were firms at  the  be­
ginning and  remained so until the  business 
was well established. 
In a financial  invest­
ment of any magnitude, where  several  per­
sons are interested, it almost invariably hap­
pens at the outset that there are one or more 
men who are a drawback to the undertaking 
and who are sooner  or later  retired  by the 
purchase  of  their  interests. 
In  a  stock 
company, it is extremely difficult to  accom­
plish such an end,  especially  if the  obnox­
ious persons have taken a hand at the  fasci­
nating occupation of directing or  managing 
the corporation’s affairs, and it too frequent 
ly happens that the attempt  to  oust  them 
results in an internecine warfare that serious 
ly cripples the future credit of the company 
In the organization suggested by the Review, 
this condition of affairs  would be  most ad 
mirably exemplified.  A half hundred stock 
holders, each having a pet theory as  to how 
the business  should  be  conducted,  would 
soon result in a clashing of  opinions  which 
would be the beginning of the end.  No one 
would be interested to such an  extent  as to 
make him feel it his duty to  abide  by  the 
will of the  majority  to  protect his  invest­
ment, and the prevailing  sentiment  would 
soon  be, “Rule  or ruin.” 
It  may  appear 
that the picture  is  overdrawn,  but a  half 
dozen bankrupt corporations in this city and 
as many more in the towns  surrounding, all 
of which owe their downfall  to  the  causes 
described, fully attest the truth of the state­
ments set forth. 
Stock  companies,  to  be 
successful, should be  practically  owned by 
one man, or, at least, by two  or  three  men 
who are in perfect harmony on all questions 
that affect the management of  the  corpora­
tion.  This is impossible in the organization 
proposed by the Review.

Another objection  to the Evart  project— 
and when Evart is  mentioned  in this  con­
nection a dozen  other  Michigan  towns  can 
be included in the  catagory,  to  which  the 
same remarks are applicable—is the difficul­
ty in  securing competent management  for a 
large  manufactory  at the  outset.  To  be 
sure, each stockholder  stands  in  readiness 
to try his hand at what he imagines to be an 
easy task, but experienced  men  are  seldom 
employed,  on  account  of  the  salary  they 
command.  Perhaps  no  better  illustration 
of this point can  be  made  than to  refer to 
the recent furniture factory failure at Sparta. 
The company started in  with  the  best  pos­
sible prospects, and  at the  end  of  the first 
half year, a dividend of 16 per cent, was de­
clared  from  the  “earnings.”  The  seguel 
of the “dividend” will  be  inferred  when  it 
is stated that before another six months had 
rolled  around the  company  was  in  bank­
ruptcy.  As a  consequence,  the people  of 
Sparta are now as fearful of  stock  compan­
ies as they would  be of an  earthquake  not 
because of any radical defect in the system, 
but for the simple reason that  the  affairs of 
the  company  were  placed  in  incompetent 
Rands, and the distrust thus engendered will 
prove the most serious set-back tlieiown has 
ever had.

T h e  Tradesman does not  wish  to  have

IN   THE  CITY.

Be sure and see the ball game at  the  park 

Saturday.

W.  B.  Thompson,  grocer,  29  Plainfield 

avenue, has removed to Lowell.

M. S. Marshall, grocer at 252 South Divis 

ion street, is succeeded by Jas. A. Nelson.

J. F. Ferris  has  opened a  branch of  his 
Monroe  street  tea  store at thè  corner  of 
South Division street and Fifth avenue.

A. C. Adams, the Ashton  general  dealer, 
is putting in a complete new stock.  Hazel 
tine, Perkins & Co. furnished the drugs.

R. M. Wilcox & Co., have  engaged in  the 
grocery  and  fruit  business  at  Reed  City. 
Fox, Musselmam & Loveridge furnished the 
grocery stock.

H. L. Fish has moved  his  grocery  stock 
from the comer of Madison avenue and Hall 
street to the corner  of  South  Division and 
Adams streets.

Jacob Ritzema has sold his interest in the 
grocery business of Ritzema & Van Halteren 
to  Martin  Schram.  The  firm  name  will 
hereafter be Yan Halteren  & Schram.

The present whereabouts of  Phillip New­
man—otherwise  known  as  Pauline  and 
“Paisa”—is unknown to even his late friends 
but it is thought  that  he  is  masquerading 
under another name  in a distant  part of the 
country.

It is stated that J. H. DeLauey, of the late 
firm of C. G. McCulloch &  Co., is endeavor­
ing to effect a settlement with the  creditors, 
in which case he would undoubtedly resume 
the business under his own management. Mr. 
McCulloch is at present  sojourning  in  Chi­
cago.

Assignee Immen states that  the  creditors 
of Wm. H. Stowe, with two exceptions, have 
agreed  to  accept a compromise  of  25  per 
cent., in full settlement of their  claims. 
In 
case the other two fail  to  wheel 
into  line, 
the stock will be closed  out by the assignee, 
and the creditors will  probably not  realize 
to exceed 18 per cent.

recently 
H. H. Dunning,  who  has  until 
the  gro-
been identified with A. Bunnell in 
eery business, at the comer of South Division 
and McDowell streets,  has  put  in  a  new 
grocery stock in the new building on the op­
posite comer, and  Wm. Page  has  put  in a 
drug  stock  in  connection.  Cody,  Ball  & 
Co. and Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.  furnished 
the respective stocks.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

G. Dietrich, grocer at Owosso,  has  failed.
John Sheridan has  started a restaurant at 

Reed City.

has assigned.

R. C. McChesney, jewler  at  Big  Rapids, 

Dunn & Olesen have  opened a meat  mar­

Lumbard  Bros.,  druggists  at  Jackson, 

ket at Pentwater.  ,

have been attached.

market at  Allegan.

building at Belaire.

D. H. Doud  has  started a  second  meat 

O. W.  Kibby  is  erecting  a  new  store 

A. Corwin lias purchased the general store 

of J. H. Anderson, atTustin.

B. Newkirk will shortly engage in the res­

taurant business at Mancelona.

W. W. Warner has sold his  meat  market 

at Mancelona to Wm. Lybarker.

Burroughs & Carter, butter and egg  pack­
ers at Flint,  recently  sustained  a  loss  of 
$15,000 by fire. 

Insured for  $12,000.

Carey  &  Lander,  general  commission 
merchants and produce dealers at Muskegon 
have dissolved, Carey & Co. succeeding.

Morley Bros, are building  a  double  brick 
store at Cedar  Springs  and  will  put in a 
stock of groceries and boots and shoes about 
October 1.

Walker & Laur, the Big Rapids  furniture 
dealers, have  purchased  Armory  Hall, at 
that place, and will open it upas a furniture 
emporium.

The Reed City  Clarion  says  that  N. W. 
Peck,  who attained some  little  notoriety at 
that place last fall through the disposal of  a 
confectionery stock, contemplates  opening a 
jewelry store at Hersey.

STRAY  FACTS.

L.  W. Davis has opened the  Davis  Hotel 

at Lowell.

lished at Hamilton.

been in  many years.

A fruit evaporating  factory is to be estab­

The Muskegon river is  lower  than it  has 

F. M. Chase succeeds  Hicks  &  Chase  in 
the  blacksmith  and  wagon  business  at 
Boyne

Ross Brothers, Seth  and  Myron, of  Hop­
kins  Station, are building a cider  and  sor­
ghum mill.

Kalkaska shipped from 300 to 400 bushels 
of huckleberries per week during  the  hight 
of the season.

Private  parties  have  perfected  arrange­
ments for sinking an experimental salt  well 
at Traverse City.

Thompson’s  handle  factory,  employing 
thirty or forty men, will  be  removed  from 
Ovid to Owosso.

A chair factory is about  to  be  started  at 
It is to be situ­

Schoolcraft by Myers Bros. 
ated in the Bauer  block.

The report that  Blodgett &  Byrne were to 
remove their interior  office  from  Roscom­
mon to Grayling, is denied by them.

M. T. Kibbey, of  Lansing, has purchased 
the saw mill of  C. W. Farrand,  at  Bellaire. 
and intends putting in a bedstead  factory.

Lead dimes and counterfeit bills are in cir­
culation in Cadillac, and it looks as if a gang 
of counterfeiters had a plant  in  that  vicini­
ty.
Steel,  Truck  &  Co.,  bankers  at  ltliaca, 
have become incorporated under the title  of 
First National Bank of  Ithaca, with  a  capi­
tal  of  $50,000.

Joseph Hope has leased the  flouring  mill 
of W. I. Olmsted, at  Sparta,  and  will  com­
plete the repairs now in progress,  so  as  to 
begin operations by  the  middle  of  Septern 
ber.

The firm of Seaman & Webster, mill oper­
ators at Chase, afterward known as Seaman 
Dunham  &  Co.,  and  later  as  Seaman 
Dunham, was 
ham, Peters & Co.

last week  changed  to Dun 

The contract for the  new  hotel  building 
at Hart has been let to E. M. Ruggles & Co, 
of Whitehall, who agree  to  complete  it  by 
December 15,1884. 
It will be a brick struc 
ture, two stories high,  and  will consist of 
hotel 32i£'xl08K feet, bank  20x50 feet, and 
three stores  24x80 feet, with rooms and par 
lors for the hotel over them all.

Dr. F. D. Miller has sold his  snide  livery 
outfit at Mancelona  to  a  Mr.  Watson,  who 
will undoubtedly  receive a large  patronage 
from the  traveling  fraternity  in  case  he 
eschews the ill manners and  dishonest prac­
tices of  his  predecessor.  Unless  he  learns 
to treat the  commercial  men  decently, he 
may have to submit to a pugilistic  interview 
with the “drummer knocker,” yclept Haugh

E ch o es o f th e   B ase B a ll G am e.

The home league club received  $167 from 
the grocers’ game here, that  amount  being 
two-thirds  of the total receipts.

A letter to T he  Tradesman  from  Jas. 
Stewart concludes as  follows:  “We  arriv­
ed home all right, happy and  fu ll—of  spir­
its.”  The  spirit  part of  the  statement  is 
eminently suggestive.

Amos S. Musselman has received  a  letter 
from J, S. Smart, Jr., of  Symons,  Smart  & 
Co., stating that the Saginaw boys expect  to 
down Grand Rapids at the  next  encounter. 
Mr. Smart has evidently never heard  of  the 
adage about counting  chickens  before  they 
are hatched.

Geo. R. Perry  recently  received a postal 
card from  Jas. Stewart (limited),  which he 
was unable to decipher, but as he  afterward 
received a package of  papers with the Stew­
art stamp on the  outside, it is supposed  the- 
hieroglyphics on  the  card  referred to that 
subject.  Mr.  Stewart  should  enclose  a 
translated copy with every  letter he indites. 
Otherwise, he is accountable  for an  unend­
ing flood of  profanity.

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

Ohio W hite Lime, p er  b b l..................... 
1  10
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts ....................  
95
140
Louisville Cement,  p e r b b l...................  
A kron Cem ent p er  b b l.......................... 
1  40
Buffalo Cem ent,  p er b b l......................  
1 40
Car lo ts..... .................................................1  15@1 20
P lastering hair, per b u ..........................   35®  38
175
Stucco, p er b b l.......................................... 
Land plaster, p er to n .............................. 
3  75
Land plaster, car lo ts.............................. 
3 00
Fire brick, p er  M........ ........................... $27 @ $35
F ire clay, per b b l..................................... 
3 00
A nthracite, egg and g ra te ...................$6  50@6  75
A nthracite, stove and n u t...................  6  75®7  00
Canned coal............................................. 
7  00
40@3  60
Ohio coal..................................................  
Blossburg or  C u m b erlan d ................. 
00@5  25

COAL.

M. M. HOUSEMA2T,

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW ,

ROOMS  7  AND  8  HOUSEMAN  BUILDING,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

CO M M ERC IA L  L A W   A   SPEC IA LTY .

School  Books

School  Stationery

W lio le sa le ,

EATON,  LION  k  ALLEN,

23 and  34 Canal Street,

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

T H E  T H IN G  IN  SHOES.

Styles.

A p p a re n tly

R e tu rn   to   M ore  Sensible 
“What will  be  the  styles in gentlemen’s 
shoes this  fall?” asked a Tradesman scrib­
bler asked of a leading shoe dealer.

“The main difference,” was  the response, 
will be in the  shape  of  the  toes.  Pointed 
toes are  out of  style,  and  instead a ‘medi­
um'  shape—‘opera,’  as  the  style  is termed 
when applied to ladies’  shoes—round on the 
end, with plain tips, except for a little pink­
ing, are the toes that will be seen on the fall 
shoes.  For every-day wear these  shoes will 
be in heavy demand.  They will be  perfect­
ly straight, with  a  low  broad  heel  and  a 
broad  shank.  They  will be made  in  con­
gress,  button  and  laced  styles.

In dress shoes the extreme  style  will be 
a somewhat unique shape, which has no dis­
tinctive name. 
It is a good deal  like a con­
gress, with an imitation lace fiont extending 
to the top of the  shoe. 
It  is  a  very  hand­
some, ultra  fashionable  shoe, and  will be 
much worn.

‘Patent leather shoes are coming into favor 
and will be very much  worn  by  the  upper 
ten.  A shoe made entirely of  patent  leath­
er, perfectly  plain, with a black  cloth  top, 
buttoned, will be the extreme of fashion.”

N ot  A  L arg e F ish .

He was telling about his success  in catch­

ing brook trout up around Petoskey.

“Yes,” he said, “in less than four  hours I 
captured two hundred,  and  some  of  them 
weighed  over two  pounds  each.”

“Two pounds ?  Why, that is a very small 

trout.”

“I think it is a very  big trout.”
“Ordinarily,  yes.  But  it  seems  like  a 

very small trout for you to catch.”

A. N. Avery, of the  firm  of  Morgan  & 
Avery, has  gone to Farmer  Village, Seneca 
county, N. Y., to visit his parents,  and  will 
take in the Eastern  markets  before  return­
ing.

S. Rademaker, book-keeper for Fox, Mus- 
selman & Loveridge, has  gone to  Macatawa 
Park for a week’s vacation.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  of 25 w ords o r  less  inserted 
in th is colum n a t th e  rate of 25 cents p er week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  fo r  each 
additional word.  A dvance paym ent.
W ANTED—Position  as  d ru g   and  prescrip­
tion clerk by a young m an of five years’
Address
experience.  Can  speak  French. 
GGG, care “The T radesm an.”
FOR  SALE—A general stock  of  goods  a t  a 

good location on the  Toledo,  A nn  A rbor 
b uilt im m ediately.  A ddress S. M. Scott, N orth 
Star, G ratiot County, Mich. 

& N orthern  M ichigan  Railway.  D epot  to   be 

48

Geo. F. Owen, of the  committee  on  con 
stitution, read for a second time the draft of 
the constitution  prepared by the committee, 
which  was  altered  in a number  of  minor 
particulars  and  adopted  as a  whole.  The 
by-laws proposed were also  read, discussed, 
altered  and  adopted.  By the  constitution, 
the name of the  organization is  changed  to 
“Post A,” in accordance  with a custom  ob­
served by the New York  posts.  Admission 
to regular  membership is limited  to  those 
who are already  members of  the  Michigan 
Commercial Travelers’ Association, although 
arrangement  is made  for the  admission of 
honorary members.  Regular members must 
iy an  initiation  fee  of  $5,  and 50 cents 
monthly dues.  Honorary  members  are  re­
quired to pay an initiation fee of  $10, while 
retired  travelers and those too old to be ad­
mitted to membership in the M. C. T. A. are 
allowed to come  in  on  the  payment of $5. 
The  management of  the  Post is placed  in 
the hands of an executive committee  of  five 
members.  Regular  meetings are to be held 
on the last Saturday evening of each month 
Geo. F. Owen moved  that  The  Trades­
man be elected  official  organ of  the Post. 
The motion  was  supported by W. G. Haw­
kins and unanimously carried.

The election of  an  additional  vice-presi­
dent and committees provided by the constitu­
tion was deferred until the next meeting, and 
the time for such meeting was  fixed  at Sat­
urday evening, August 30, at the same place 
as  heretofore.  The  meeting then adjourn­
ed.

The following signatures have been added 
to the membership roll since the last report: 
S. A. Sears, W.  H.  Jennings,  Wm. B. Ed 
munds, Chas. S. Robinson and P. H. Carroll. 
The total  membership is now  twenty-nine. 
Brad” made a  bad  break  pending  the

‘ 

IT'OR  SALE—A t  a  bargain,  a  double  door,

com bination  lock  safe,  and  tw o  6  foot, | 
oval front, w alnut show cases, nickel trim m ed, 
all as good as new.  Or will exchange fo r m er­
chandise.  G.  B.  W right,  14  N orth  Division
adoption of the by-laws, which  plainly indi- J street,G ran d  Rapids.________________________
cated that he had  been  asleep,  whereupon  ttt a n t e d   to exchange dry goods, boots and 
he was promptly  fined®, the  proceeds  to I ™
be u sed  in p urchasing a cushion fo r th e  pres-  hardw are—say  from   $500  to  $1,500  w orth  a t 
, 
equitable rates.  O bject,  to avoid carrying  so
d e n t’s chair. 
I m any kinds ofgoods.  Address AAA, care “The
Tradesm an.”

,, 

, 

. 

T h e  G rip sack   B rig a d e .

C. S. Yale is drumming the  Detroit  trade 

this week.

It is  currently  reported  that  Mills  has 

struck a  bonanza—at  Bonanza.

A lady commercial traveler in the boot and 
shoe  line  called  upon  the  trade  here  last 
week.

. 

IT'OR  SALE—The only bakery and a well-pat- 

ronized grocery in a th riv in g   tow n.  Will 
sell store and stock o r sell stock and re n t store. 
B est  of  reasons  fo r  selling.  A ddress  Mrs. 
Rachel Miller, Lakeview , Mich.

store, all new Ju n e  1,1883.  Invoices  $900, 
will  tak e $575,  if sold by A ug.  10.  A rare b ar­
gain.  “The T radesm an” has the address.

IT'OR  SALE—Store  and  fixtures  of  a  drug 
T^ o   RENT—A desirable store, size 18x80 feet, 

* 

C. S. Robinson has returned from a week’s 
vacation, which he spent with friends at Fay­
etteville and Aurora, N. Y.

Mrs. Geo. McKay is  spending  the  sum­
mer at Petoskey, and Geo.  happens  around 
there as off ten as convenient.

corner  of  Monroe  and  Division  streets. 
G rand Rapids,  Mich.  Suitable  fo r  boots  and 
shoes,  m illinery,  clothing,  dry  goods,  gro­
ceries, etc.  This store is connected by an arch­
w ay w ith the popular variety store,  know n  as 
the “Bee H ive,”  and  can be ru n  in connection 
or separately as desired.  R ent  $600.  For  fu r­
th e r particulars, address G ilbert B.  W right, 14 
N orth Division  street.
WANTED—A position as trav elin g  salesm an 
or clerk in a  wholesale  or  retail  estab- 
com petent  m an.  CaD  fu rn ish   best  of re fe r 
! ences.  A ddress T. M. Stryker,  Coral,  Mich.
T h e  u su a l  P en cil  P o rtra it  is  o m itted  th is  I y t t ANTED.— A position in a  first-class  dru

Geo. P. Cogswell has gone to Detroit with 
a customer, to sell a new stock  direct  from 
the house.  Mrs. Cogswell has  gone to Alli­
ance, Ohio, to visit friends.

j  lishm ent  by  an  experienced  and thoroughly 

, 

...  ,  _ 

. 

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store by  a  young  m an  of  experience,

_ 

, 

, 

, 

week, but ample amends  will be  made  next | A(Wress A>> c£re T h e T r a d e s m a n .
week  by the  presentation  of a  biographical 
sketch of  W.  G.  Hawkins—he  of the  giant 
frame and Jumbo voice.

MASON’S 
FRUIT JARS

J. A.  Henery, of the firm of Wm. L. Ellis 
& Co., oyster  packers at  Baltimore, was  in 
town the past week, the  guest  of  B. Frank 
Emery.  Mr. Emery will continue the sale of 
the Ellis goods to the  Michigan trade.

T. P. S. Hampson  and  Henry  J.  Hagy, 
with Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., exhibited the 
brush and  sundry  line  of  the  firm at  the 
meeting of  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical 
Association  at  Madison  last week.  Mr.
Hampson is now on a tour of  the Wisconsin 
trade.

D. E.  Stearns, the general western  travel­
ing representative for the  Broadhead Wors­
ted  Mills, is now on au  extended  business 
trip through Kansas. He writes The Trades­
man:  “Papers duly received, and  contents 
as eagerly devoured as a late Kansas  break­
fast.  Crops  immense  out  here.  Two  mil­
lion  bushel  of  corn  in  this  State. 
‘Shuah 
sar.’ ”

The  traveling  salesmen  have challenged 
the office men at the various wholesale houses 
to a friendly game of base  ball at the  park 
next Saturday afternoon, and  the  challenge 
has  been  accepted.  The  positions  of  the 
commercial nine will  be  as  follows:  N. S.
McConnell  p; Had. Beecher, c; Josh Speed,
1 b;  Fred  Lyon,  2  b;  Fred  Shriver,  3  b;
Steve  Sears, r f ;  Max  Mills,  I f;  Algernon 
E. White, e f ; E. P. Andrew, ss.  The  com­
position and  positions of the other  nine are 
as follows:  P. Graff, p; B. Porter,  c;  Fred 
Ball, c f ; W. F. Goodman, r f ;  Jim  Wykes,
3 b; Greg  Luce, ss; Sandy  McQuewan, 1 b;
C. E. Miller, 1 f ; G. B. Dunton, 2 b.  A cor­
dial  invitation is extended to traveling  men 
and others to witness the game.

J. M. Chaplain, formerly  book-keeper  for 
the late firm of C.  G. McCulloch & Co.,  now 
represents the Levering coffee house,  cover­
ing the entire Michigan  trade.

II

mla r

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, $ 1 4  per gross.
Quarts, $15 per gross.
1-2 Gallons, $ 1 8  per  gross.

To meet the demand for cheap storage for 

fruit, we offer:
Q uart B arrell Ja rs, p e r  gross.......................  9 50
Vi Gal. B arrell Ja rs, qer g ro ss...................... 12  50
These are glass cans w ith glass covers to seal 
w ith w ax.  Also
P e r Dozen.
Vi Gal Stone P reserve Ja rs and Covers.......  85
I Gal Stone P reserve J a rs and Covers.......1  40
Vi Gal Stone Tom ato Ju g s and  Corks...........  85
1 Gal Stone Tom ato Ju g s and  Corks.......... 1  40
Sealing W ax, $  tt>...............................................  4c

H. Leonard & Sons,

16 M onroe  Street, 

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SDtugg & flftebicines

T h e  B enefits o f P a rm a c e u tic a l  L eg islatio n .
Secretary Jesson contributes the following 
admirable appeal in behalf of a pharmacy en­
actment:

The druggists of  Michigan  want  a  phar­
macy bill passed, First, because it will  raise 
the standard of pharmacy in this  State  to  a 
higher  level;  Second,  because  the  public 
safety demands skillful, intelligent and qual­
ified druggists to compound  physicians’  pre­
scriptions, and dispense drugs and medicines, 
—a matter that can be regulated by the Leg­
islature, by passing a popular pharmacy bill, 
such  as  the  Legislative  Committee of  the 
State Pharmaceutical Association will report 
at the meeting in  Detroit,  September  9,—a 
bill that will infringe on no druggist’s rights 
now in business, as its provisions are for the 
future,  not  for the  past,—nor  prevent  any 
man from investing his  capital  in  the  drug 
trade—nor prevent any clerk  from  continu­
ing in his chosen profession.  Ohio has  just 
secured  a  similar  law,  Illinois,  Iowa  and 
Wisconsin  all  have  good  pharmacy  laws 
working successfully, and Indiana is moving 
in the same direction.  The consequence will 
be that unless we secure the necessary legis­
lation, the incompetent overflow that cannot 
settle in the surrounding  states,  will  settle 
in  Michigan  and  crowd  our  already  over­
crowded drug  business.  The  only  channel 
through which the druggists of the State can 
obtain relief is through  the  instrumentality 
of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical  Asso­
ciation.  Therefore  every  druggist  in  the 
State, whether engaged in business for  him­
self or employed by another, should join the 
Association  and thus add more  strength  to 
the Association.  The Secretary has received 
seventy applications ip the past two  weeks, 
and hopes  to receive several  hundred  more 
before  the  next  annual meeting at Detroit, 
September 9,10 and 11.

P e tro le u m   as  a   P re v e n ta tiv e .

Petroleum was first introduced to the pub­
lic as a medicine, and was used  as  such  for 
many years before it was considered  of  any 
account for anything else, and even  yet it  is 
largely used as a medicine.  Greater  still  is 
gas.  Dr. Klaczko, of Vienna,  declares  that 
the fumes of petroleum  or  the  natural  gas 
are powerful preventatives  of  cholera.  He 
cites  a  number  of  instances  where  those 
working around the oil wells  in  Galicia  en­
joyed  perfect  immunity  from  the  disease, 
while in adjoining districts its ravages  were 
terrible, and no medicines could be found to 
check it. 
It  is  a  fact  that  petroleum  is  a 
powerful germicide.  Farmers use it  exten­
sively as a  destroyer  of  vermin,  and  it  is 
known that it is fatal to certain forms of in­
sect life that do not yield to the deadly pois­
ons that have of late  years  been  lauded  as 
insecticides.

S ure T est fo r liorax.

The increased use of borax  has led to im- 
^   provements in its  manufacture, and  the  ar- 
T   tide now sold is often  remarkably  pure  for 
h  commercial  article.  To  test  it, dissolve 
an ounce in hot water, and notice how much 
insoluble  matter  remains.  If  it  contains 
much grit, it should be  rejected.  To a por­
tion of the solution add  some  carbonate of 
soda solution, which will  cause a precipitate 
¿0  with iron, lime, etc., if present.  Add to an- 
other  portion of the  borax  solution  nitric 
' 
acid until the  liquid is acid, and  then  some 
solution of silver  nitrate.  The  presence  of 
chlorides will be indicated  by the formation 
of a white precipitate. 
In a good sample of 
borax there should be almost no  residue  af- 
^   ter dissolving in water and  neither  carbon- 
*  ate of soda nor nitrate of silver  should  pro­

1 

duce any appreciable precipitate.

T h e  W ay I t  H as  A lw ay s B een.

The  constant  clash  between  capital  and 
labor is thus epitomized  in  the  American 
M iller:

^   To get much  for a little is the real  quint- 
y  essence of  happiness.  Much  for  little  has 
been the cry of Jew and  Gentile  for  thou­
sands of  years, and  to  get  much  for  little, 
men sacrifice their fortunes, their  lives,  and 
their sacred honor.  On the one side, to  get 
much money  for  little  work,  and  on  the 
M  other  side,  to  get  much  work  for  little 
A^Vnoney, makes most of  the troubles  between 
employer and  employed. 
It has been so  in 
the past, and it will be  so in the future, until 
the end of  time,  all  legislation to  the  con­
trary notwithstanding.

T h e C h a rm s o f B la c k  C u rra n t W in e.
¿‘Very  few  Americans  buy  black  cur- 
0T  rants,”  said  a commission  merchant.  “Our 
best customers for them are  English people, 
who use them in making puddings, jam  and 
wine.  Black currant jam isn’t to be sneezed 
at, but the wine  is  a  drink  suited  to  the 
Queen’s taste. 
It is very heavy  bodied, and 
contains but a small  percentage  of  alcohol, 
to flavor, it  takes  the  distillery  every 
If you ever have a chance  to  test  it 
when made by  a  genuine  John  Bull,  just 
tickle your palate.”

^^time. 

T h in g s  H e a rd   o n   th e   S tre et.

That  Algernon  E. White attends  to  his 
horse  while  attired in  a  Mother  Hubbard 

AA wrapper.

• 
\  

Wat Lew  Hawkins has  invented  an  im­
proved car spring, a  model  of  which  is  on 
exhibition at the  store.

That the horse now driven by Barlow was 
loaned him  by  the  proprietors  of  the glue 
factory, Heman agreeing to convey  the  car­
cass to the  factory  whenever the  breath of 

■▼life finally leaves the poor animal’s  body.

The prospectus of an electric  sweat band 
for men’s hats  declares  that  “it  stimulates 
the  imagination, strengthens  the  memory, 
and greatly augments the working  power of

A   D U LL  D RU G  C L E R K .

H e  W as  N ot “ U p”  on   tlie   C hinese T ongue. 
From  th e Boston H erald.

A few minutes after midnight  on  Sunday 
morning a Celestial  operative  at  tub  and 
wringer called at a drug store in South  Bos­
ton.  As he opened the door  his  Mongolian 
face wore an appearance of deep meditation, 
which soon gave way to the placating  smile 
which every son of  China can assume  when 
occasion requires.  “Me wantee—a—me for- 
gottee  name—a—you  knowee—fifty-two.” 
And, 
thinking  the  explanation  perfectly 
clear and satisfactory, his smile opened into 
a broad grin.

“You’vd  got  me  dead!”  cried  the  com­
pounder of  prescriptions,  dropping  into  a 
chair.  “I glo blind!” yelled the  Chinaman, 
thoroughly aroused.  Then  looking  in  the 
direction of the cold  sheet-iron stove,  which 
was taking a vacation preparatory to service 
in a colder season, he rushed  madly  toward 
it and seized a poker.  Fearing  that  some­
thing  dreadful  was about  to  happen,  the 
drug clerk  jumped  to  his  feet,  and,  with 
eyes starting from their sockets,cried loudly:
“Here!  Drop that poker—quick!” “A h!” 
exclaimed the Chinaman,  letting  fall  from 
his hand the crooked iron rod,  and  smiling 
the happiest of  smiles,  “Ah!  Ploker!  Me 
forgettee the  name.  Ploker—fifty-two.”

“Oh, I know now,”  said the  clerk,  scowl­
ing at  himself  for  his  dullness. 
“Why 
couldn’t you have said playing cards  in  the 
first  place?  Who’s  going  to  know  what 
you mean by ‘ploker,’  and  ‘glo  you,’  and 
‘slee you,’  and  all  that?  You  can’t expect 
Americans  to  understand  about  Chinese 
games, can you?  These are  playing  cards. 
Cards—see? C a r d s ! ”  “Clards?” repeated 
the Chinaman, with  another broad  grin,  as 
he paid for the package and broke the  seal. 
“Clards—I glo you fifty-two  better.

S u m ac  P ro sp ects.

The high prices that have  ruled for Sicily 
sumac  during the past year have turned the 
attention of grinders  and  collectors  of  the 
domestic to this article as one that will  like­
ly prove more profitable in the  future  than 
it has been in the past.  The last two  crops 
of Sicily sumac  have  been  short, and  this 
has given such a stimulus to production that 
some of the millers who  suspended  opera­
tions a couple of  years  ago  because  there 
was no profit in the  business, have  gone  at 
it again, and several new ones  have  started 
in.  The consequence is so  lively  a  market 
for the leaves that there is great  danger that 
higher prices will  be  piad  for  them  than 
prudence  will  warrant, that  more  will be 
ground than there will be a demand for, and 
that the millers, to whose enterprise this in­
dustry  owes its existence, will  not  derive 
from it the equitable  profits to  which  they 
afe  entitled.  The  situation in Sieily is the 
same as here, the high price  has  stimulated 
the production, and extraordinary efforts are 
being  made  to  make  the  production  as 
large as possible,  and  the  indications  now 
are that  unless  unfavorable  weather  pre­
vents the gathering of  the  leaves  or  their 
proper  drying  there  will be a larger  crop 
than for several years past.  This-will mean 
a large reduction in price, and it may  prove 
that the larger  production  will  bring  less 
profit to the producers  than  have  the  last 
two crops.  Under these  circumstances  the 
policy of  purchasers  in  taking  only  such 
quantities as  are  absolutely  necessary is a 
wise one. 
It is, of course, too early too pre­
dict what the crop will be, but the prospects 
are. favorable to a large production, and con­
sequently lower prices.

T est o f C arb o n ate o f Soda.

This salt, which is used in  a  great  many 
ways, is produced on an enormous scale, and 
is usually easy to get  in  a  sufficiently  pure 
state.  The substance should  have no color, 
and  the  fracture  of  the  crystals  should 
be clear and like water.  Water  should dis­
solve it without turbidity, and there  should 
be no appreciable amount of residue  left af­
ter solution.  For most of its uses very great 
purity is not  needed, but  the  purer it is at 
the price, the better.  Acidify  some  of  the 
water solution with nitric  acid  and  boil  to 
expel the carbonic acid.  Then test one por­
tion  with  barium  chloride  for  sulphates. 
The less precipitate  obtained, the  purer  the 
sample.  The crystals of carbonate  of  soda 
when exposed to the air lose  water and fall 
into a white powder.  This in no way, how­
ever, injures  them.  The  white  powder, of 
course, contains more carbonate of soda than 
the crystals, and  this  should be taken  into 
account when using them.

A n E n te rp risin g   W e ste rn  C ity.

“Yes, sir,” said an enthusiastic  citizen  of 
a new  Western  town, “we’ve  got  a  right 
smart town, stranger.  Why,” he  continued 
impressively,  “it’s only six  months old yet 
and it’s got  two  hotels, forty-eight beer  sa­
loons, twenty-seven  gamblin’  places,  four 
drug  stores, to say  nuthin’ of grocery  and 
clothin’ stores, and the  best  half-mile  track 
west of the  Missouri.”

“Any churches?” asked the stranger.
“Any  what?”
“Churches.”
“You mean  them  buildin’s  with a long 

pint sticking up in the air?”

“Yes.”
“No, we  hain’t  got  any of tjiem.  Thar 
was some talk about  buildin’  one,  but  we 
finally  allowed  that it would  look too dud- 
ish.”

Wm. E. Watson, of Mancelona, has  form­
ed  a  co-partnership  with  E.  D. Wright, 
under  the firm name of  Watson & Wright. 
The new  firm  has engaged in the  general 
merchandise business at Elmira.

F. A* Merritt, late  of Eaton  Ranids.

C o u n te rm a n d in g  O rders.

From  the A m erican A rtisan.

The Artisan has, in previous  issues, call­
ed  attention to  the  reprehensible  custom 
among business  men of countermanding or­
ders. 
If a  dealer is satisfied  that  he  has 
all the assortment and  stock  his  trade re­
quires, he should  not  hesitate to tell a trav­
eling  man so  and  stick to it.  But if he is 
convinced that his  trade  would be benefited 
by the purchase of new  goods, either to add 
some article outside of his present stock, and 
gives his order  accordingly, let  him  not go 
back on his order.

It would seem unnecessary to call attention 
to a matter of this kind, but  the fact is that 
countermanding  orders  hqs  grown to be a 
serious evil, and the average dealer has come 
to look upon it as a matter of course that he 
has a right to countermand and order at any 
time after giving it.

A case in the United States court  has just 
been decided by Judge Blodgett, in this city, 
denying  the  right to countermand an order. 
The case  of Lockhine vs. Enard  was a suit 
for a bill of goods sold  by plaintiff to defen- 
dent, July 1883.  After  giving  the order to 
plaintiff’s drummer, defendent countermand­
ed the order by letter and  telegraph, and re­
fused to take delivery of goods.  Juge Blod­
gett held that the order  was a contract,  and 
could not be voided by merely countermand­
ing it.  Judgment was therefore entered for 
plaintiff..

This is  not a new  thing, as the  question 
has been decided  before, but  dealers  gener­
ally  do  not  seem to know  the  fact.  Of 
course there may be in  rare  instances  suffi­
cient and proper  reasons  for  countermand­
ing an order.  But  in  such  instances  the 
dealer will not fail to  secure the desired  fa­
vor by communicating with the  house  from 
which the goods were ordered.

A  G en ero u s  D ose.

“Susan,” said Old Bachelor  Beans, as the 
servant entered the room in response  to  his 
bell,  “where are those little black  pills  that 
I had?”

“Phat pills, sor?” asked the chambermaid, 
with an expression, indicative of absolute in­
nocence  and  ignorance.  “Sure, I  haven’t 
seen no pills, sor.”

“They were small and black,” said Beans, 
in an impressively  severe  manner.  “There 
was  almost a handful  of  them.  The  box 
broke in my pocket and I put them  here on 
the mantel-piece this very morning.”

“Was they in a saucer, sor?” Susan  asked 

quickly.

“They were,” said Beans; “in a saucer on 

the mantel-piece by the clock.”-

“Howly  mother o’  Moses!”  she  yelled; 
“I’m a dead gurrel, sure, I found some crame 
an’ sugar on the table, an’ I ate  them out o’ 
the saucer  wid a tayspoon. 
I thought  they 
was liookleberries.”

G ood  W o rd s  U nsolicited.

Alva  L.  Thompson,  druggist,  Harbor 
Springs:  “1 must have  The  Tradesman.
Justin N. Mead,  druggist,  Escanaba:  “I 
am pleased with your paper and  would  feel 
lost without it.”

G. P. Hoppough, general  dealer, Smyrna: 
The  Tradesman is all  right, and  I’ll  be 
d-----if I can do without it.”

E asily   R ecognizable.

From  th e P en tw ater News.

The Tradesman’s  illustrations  of  the 
base ball games at Grand  Iiapids  and  Sagi­
naw  are so true to life  that  many  of  the 
characters are easily recognized at sight.

It is reported on good authority that valu­
able deposits of manganese have been discov­
ered on a tract of 1,200 acres near Batesville, 
Ark.  The  manganese  belt is estimated  to 
be about 12 miles long.  The  ore  occurs  in 
pockets, and is an oxide running  from 40 to 
65 per cent, of metallic  manganese. 
In  all 
about 100 mining claims have  been  located, 
but only two companies are  shipping ore, of 
which between 3,000 and  4,000  tons  have 
been removed.  The  government  has sent a 
special agent to examine the land and report 
upon the deposits.

Labels can be  glued  on  tin  boxes  etc., 
exposed to moisture, by the  following  pro­
cess,  and they will not come off, even if dip­
ped or allowed  to  remain  in  water.  The 
white of an egg should be mixed  with  half 
as much water, or the dissicated  albumen of 
commerce dissolved in two or three times its 
weight 
in  water.  Apply with a brush  to 
the surfaces to be  united, then  iron  with a 
very hot flat-iron.  Several 
layers of  paper 
and glue thus treated will render any box or 
anything of the kind impermeable to the wa­
ter.

If some plan  could be devised  by  which 
the corner grocery store could  be  prevented 
from handling drugs, the health of  the pub­
lic and the  interests of the trade  would be 
greatly conserved.

Picric acid  is now used  as  an  adulterant 
by European wine dealers. 
It is so intense­
ly bitter that a few  grains  will  acidulate  a 
hogshead of sweet  wine.

It is not generally known that  Tennyson, 
in his early life, was a grain speculator. 
In 
his “Locksley Hall” he tells us that he “dip­
ped into the future.”

If girls become drug  clerks, it is expected 
that the one  in  charge  of  the  soda-water 
fountain will not be insulted if a man winks 
at her.

The  Grand  Traverse  Herald  speaks  of 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n  as “one of  the best  trade 
journals in the  west.”

E.  E.  Bromlow,  the  South  Water  street

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Declined—Cinchonidia, oil cubebs

ACIDS.

Acetic,  No. 8............................
A cetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040).
Carbc lie ......................................
C itric...........................................

.  $ f t

T artaric  powdered.

A M M O N IA .

M uriate (Powd. 22c)..........

$  oz

$ f t

9 &
30 t£T

3 ®
11 ®
1454@
3 ®

12 ®
15 ®

15 @
6 ®
7 ®

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

SEEDS.

A nise, Italian  (Powd 20c)................
Bird, m ixed in lb  packages...........
Canary,  Sm yrna...............................
Caraway, b est D utch (Powd  19c)..
Cardamon,  A leppee........................
Cardamon, M alabar..........................
C elery..................................................
Coriander,  Dest  E nglish.................
F e n n e l.................................................
Flax,  clean ............................. .
Flax, p u re grd (bbl  3%)...................
Foenugreek, pow dered...................
H em p,  R ussian.................................
M ustard, w hite; Black  10c)............
Q u in c e................................................
Rape, L nglish.................................’’
W orm,  L ev an t............................... . .

SPONGES.

2i$

HAZELTIÑE,

18
10
25
20

13
5  @ 6
854@ 4
11  @ 12
2 U0
2 25
20
12
15

334®
4  ® 454
8  @ 9
5  @ : 554
8
1  00
754® 8
14

C o p aib a.............................
F ir 
................................................j 
P e ru ...................................................... 
T o lu ..................................................... 

BARKS.

Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)............  
Cinchona,  yellow ............................ 
Elm ,  select..................................................  
Elm , ground, p u re ............................ 
Elm, powdered,  p u re ......................  
Sassafras, of ro o t.............................. 
W ild Cherry, select.......................... 
B ayberry  pow dered.................................  
Hem lock pow dered........................ 
W a h o o ................................................. 
Soap  g ro u n d ...  ......................................... 

@

«J
2  50
50

12
18
13
15
10
12
18
30

BERRIES,

Cubeb, prim e  (Powd $  85)............  
@  80
7
J u n ip e r................................................ 
Prickly A sh ....................................... 1 CO  @1  10

6  @ 

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............  
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 7b doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 B>  boxes)....... ........ 
Lgowood, 54s 
................ 
Logwood, Vis 
................ 
Logwood, ass’d 
................ 
F luid.E xtracts—25 $  cent, off list.

do 
do 
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FLOWERS.

27
37V
9
12
13
15
14

A rnica..................................................   10  @  11
Chamomile,  R om an........................  
25
Chamomile,  G erm an....................... 
25

GUMS.

28®

75 
Aloes,  B arbadoes............................
18 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)..................
50 
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).........
30 
A m m oniac........................................
60 
Arabic, ex tra   select.......................
60 
Arabic, powdered  select..............
50 
Arabic, 1st  picked..........................
40 
A rabic,2d  p ick ed ............................
35 
Arabic,L-3d pickod............................
30 
A rabic, sifted so rts.........................
30 
A ssaf oentida, prim e (Powd 35c)..
55@60
Benzoin..... ........................................
21®  24 
C am phor...........................................
13
Catechu. Is (54 14c, 548  16c).........
35®  40 
E uphorbium  pow dered..................
80
G albanum  strain ed ................j___
90®1  00 
G am boge...........................................
35 
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c)............
20 
Kino [Pow dered, 30c].....................
M astic.................................................
10 
40 4 50 
M yrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)..
Opium, p u re (Powd $6.00)..............
30 
Shellac, Campbell’s ........................
26 
Shellac,  E nglish..............................
24 
Shellac,  n ativ e.................................
30
Shellac bleached..............................
T ra g a c a n th ........................................  30  @110

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H o a rh o u n d ..........................................................25
L obelia.................................................. 
25
P ep p erm in t...........................  
25
R u e......................................................................... 40
S p e a rm in t............................................................24
Sweet M ajoram ...................................................35
T a n z y .................................................................... 25
T h y m e .........................  
30
W orm w ood..........................................................25

 

 

 

 

 

IRON.

C itrate and  Q uinine........................
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
Sulphate, p u re  c ry sta l...................
C itra te .................................................
P h o sp h a te ..........................................

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)..................  12
Sage, Italian, b ulk (54s & 54s, 12c)...
Senna,  A lex, n a tu ra l.......................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  g arb led ..
Senna,  pow dered..............................
Senna tinnivelli.................................
U va  U rsi.............................................
B elledonna..........................................
Foxglove.............................................
H e n b a n e.............................................
Rose, re d .............................................

6  40 
20

30 
35 
2 35

LIQUORS,

W „ D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2 00
D ruggists’ Favorite  R y e......................1 75
W hisky, o th er  b ran d s...........................1 10
Gin, Old Tom ............................................1 35
Gin,  H olland............................................2 00
B ra n d y ......................................................1 75
Catawba  W ines.......................................1 25
P o rt W ines............................................... 1 35

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

OILS.
.......................  45

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, 2 oz..............
C itrate, H., P. & Co.’s  so lu tio n ....
Calcined...............................................

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do 

Almond, sw eet...................................
Am ber,  rectified...............................
A nise....................................................
Bay ft  oz............................................
B ergam ont..........................................
C a sto r.................................................
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t............................... ..............
C a ssia..................................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......
C itro n ella..........................................
C loves..................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .............................................
F irew eed.............................................
G eranium   $   oz.................................
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r w ood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
Lavender flowers, F re n ch ..............
L avender garden 
..............
L avender spike 
..............
Lemon, new   c ro p ..............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .........................
Lem ongrass........................................
O riganum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
Origanum ,  No. 1..............................
P en n y ro y a l........................................
Pepperm int,  w h ite..........................
Rose  ^   oz.....................................
Rosem ary, F rench  (Flowers $5)...
Sandal  W ood. G erm an...................
andal Wood,  W. I ..............................
S assafras.............................................
Tansy  ..................................................
T ar (by gal 60c)...................................
W in terg reen ...................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50).......
S avin....................................................
W o rm seed ..........................................
Cod Liver, filte re d ................. gal
Cod Liver, b e st............................... ..
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, M alaga.....................
Olive, “Sublim e  Italia n   .  . 
.......
S a la d ....................................................
Rose,  Ihm sen’s ........................ 5P oz

@  50 
45
1  80 
50 
2 00 
1854®  20 
2 00

1 60 
2  00 75 
40 
50 
2 00 
2 01 
1  00 90 
1 70 
1 75 
80 
1 25 
50
1 75
3 50 
9 75
65
4 50 
7 00
60 
4 50 
®  122 25 
4 50 
1  002 50
1  903 50 
6  00
@1  202 50 
@  67
9 75

10

65

POTASSIUM.

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

ROOTS.

A lk a n e t...............................................
A lthea, c u t..........................................
Arrow ,  St. V incent’s .......................
A rrow , Taylor’s, in 54s and 54s....
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, G erm an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  14c)..........................
Ginger, A frican (Powd 16c)............   18
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd  4i)c)...................
H ellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 1254)...........
Licorice, e x tra  se lect......................
P ink, tr u e ...........................................
Rhei, from  select to   choice...........1 00
.Rhei, pow deredE. I . ...................,..1 1 0
Rhei, choice c u t  c u b e s .,.......,» .
Rhei, choice out  fingers.............

®

Florida sheeps’ wool, carriag e......2 25  @2  50
2 00
........  
N assau 
do 
do 
1  10
........  
V elvet E x tra  do 
do 
85
E x tra Yellow do 
. . . . .  
do 
do 
Grass 
do 
65
........  
75
H ard head, fo r slate u se.................  
Yellow Reef, 
.................  
1  40

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MISCELLANEUS.

45

65

254®

754® 

do 
do 
do 

do 
do 

2 23
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.15) $  g a l...»  
15
1  50
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cent ex. ref. 
A nodyne  H offm an’s ........................  
50
27
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution......... 
12
A rsenic, Fow ler’s so lution............  
30
A nnatto  1 B> ro lls.............................. 
20
50
Blue  Soluble......................................  
2  75
Bay  Rum , im ported, b e st.............. 
2 00
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
12
A lum ...........................................   ¡gft 
23£®  35
3  @ 
4
Alum , ground  (Powd 9c)................ 
33
A nnatto,  p rim e................................. 
454@  5
A ntim ony, powdered,  com ’l ......... 
6  ®  
7
A rsenic, w hite, pow dered.............. 
Balm  Gilead  B uds............................ 
40
2 25
Beans,  T onka....................................  
Beans,  V anilla..................................7  00  @9  75
1  60
Bism uth, sub  n itra te ....................... 
45
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........................  
Blue V itr io l......................................  
9
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............. 
12
1 85
C antharides,R ussian  pow dered.. 
18
Capsicum  Pods, A frica n ................ 
20
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d ... 
18
Capsicum Pods,  A m erican  do  ... 
4  00
Carm ine,  No. 40................................. 
12
Cassia  B uds........................................  ► 
70
Calomel.  A m erican.......................... 
5
Chalk, prepared d ro p ....................... 
Chalk, precip itate E nglish............  
12
8
Chalk,  red  fingers....... .................... 
2
Chalk, w hite lu m p ............................ 
Chloroform ,  Squibb’s .....................
1  60 
Colocynth  apples..............................
60 
Chloral hydrate, Germ an  c ru sts..
1  60 
c ry st...
Chloral 
1  70 
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ...
1  90 
Chloral 
c ru sts..
1  75 
C hloroform .......................................l   00
@1  10 
Cinchonidia, P. &  W .........*.............  50
@  55 
Cinchonidia, o ther b ran d s..............  50
@  55
Cloves (Powd  28c).............................   20
C ochineal...........7..............................
Cocoa  B u tte r.............................
Copperas (by bbl  lc )........................
Corrosive S ublim ate........................
Corks, X  and X X —35 off  list.........
Cream T artar, pu re pow dered.......   38
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
Creasote...............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e.................................
C uttle Fish B one...............................
D e x trin e .............................................
D over’s  P ow ders............ .................
D ragon’s Blood M ass.......................
E rgot  pow dered................................
E th e r Squibb’s ...................................
Em ery, T urkish, all  No.’s ..............
Epsom  S alts........................................
E rgot, fre sh ........................................
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ................
Flake  w h ite.........................................
G rains  P arad ise...............................
Gelatine,  Cooper’6............................
G elatine, French  ..............................
Glassware, flint, 76 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d is___
Glue,  cab in et....................................
G lue,w hite..........................................
G lycerine,  p u re .................................
Hops  54s and 54s...............................
Iodoform  $   oz...................................
Indigo..................................................
Jn se c t Powder, best  D alm atian...
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican.........................
J a p o n ic a .............................................
London  P u rp le.................................
Lead, a c e ta te......................................
Lime, chloride, (54s 2s 10c & J4s 11c)
L u p u lin e.............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M ace....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch ......................
M anna, S.  F ........................................
M ercury...............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W.........$  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Iceland................. ........... ft
Moss,  Iris h ..........................................
M ustard;  E nglish.............................
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  c a n s.........
N utgalls..............................................
N utm egs, No. 1...................................
N ux  V om ica......................................
O intm ent. M ercurial, 54 d ................
P aris G reen........................................
P epper, Black  B e rry .......................
P ep sin ..................................................
P itch, T rue B u rgundy.....................
Q uassia................................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ Jb oz
Quinine,  G erm an............................. 1
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
Silver N itrate, c ry st........................   79
Red  P re cip ita te........................ ^  ft
Saffron, A m erican............................
Sal  G lauber........................................
Sal N itre, large  c ry st.......................
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st...............
Sal R ochelle.......................................
Sal  S o d a ............................................ 
S a lic in ,..............................................
S an to n in .............................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch...........
Soda Ash  [by keg 3c]......................
Sperm aceti..........................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Soap, W hite C astile..........................
..........................
Soap, G reen  do 
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do 
..........................
Soap,  M azzini....................................
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................
Sugar Milk pow dered.......................
Sulphur, flour.....................................
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................
T artar E m etic....................................
Tar, N. C. Pine,  54 gal. cans  $  doz
q u arts in t in ..........
Tar, 
pin ts in tin ...............
Tar, 
T urpentine,  V enice................. $  ft
W ax, W hite, S. &  F. b ran d  
....
Zinc,  S u lphate...............................

12  ©   17 
17  @  28 
21  @  25 
25®  40 
35
85  @1  00 
23  ©   25 
2 10 
1  50 
9 
15 
15 
9
1  00 
50 
60
1254®  13 
1  35 
50
3 25@3  50 
40 
10 
12 
30 
18 
20 
70 
10 
40
1854®  27 
18 
3  00 
7
6  ©   7
1 30®I  35 
25  ©1  30 
28

354®
3®

454®

do 
do 

do 

10

@

2

OILS.

 

 

Capitol  Cylinder........................... .........................75
Model  C ylinder.......................................................60
Shields  Cylinder..................................................... 50
Eldorado E ngine............ ....................................... 45
35
Peerless  M achinery............... 
Challenge M achinery............................................ 25
30
B ackus F ine E ngine................................  
Black Diam ond M achinery..................."............. 30
Castor M achine  O il................................................6C
Paraffine, 25  d e g ................ .
Paraffine, 28  deg .....................................................21
Sperm , w inter  bleached...................................1 40
Bbl 
Gal
W hale, w in ter........................................   80 
85
Lard, e x tra ........................ ....................  64 
75
65
Lard, No.  I ............................................  55 
Linseed, pu re  ra w ...............................   58 
62
Linseed, b o ile d ....................................  61 
65
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strain ed ............   90 
95
Spirits T u rp en tin e...............................   35 
45

 

VARNISHES.

Bbl

No. lT u r p   Coach.................................... l   10@I 20
E x tra   T u rp ...............................................1  60@1  70
Coach  B ody............................................. 2  75@3 00
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ............................. l   00@110
E x tra T urp  D am ar.................................l   55@1  60
Ja p an  D ryer, No.  1 T u rp .......................  70@  75
Lb
9
10
10
11
2® 3
2® 3
2® 3
254® 3
234® 3
13@16
55®57
16@17
654
654
@70

PAINTS.
Boralumine, White  bulk] 
5 fts [
Boralumine, 
“ 
Boralumine, Tints bulk.  550 off. 
off..
Boralumine  “ 
5 fts. J
Red Venetian.........................  134
.  134
Ochre, yellow Marseilles.......   134
•  134
Ochre, yellow Bermuda.........  134
.  134
Putty, commercial................  254
.  254
Putty, strictly pure................,  254
..  254
Vermilion, prime American
Vermilion, English....... ..
Green, Peninsular...............
Lead, red strictly pure......
Lead, white, strictly pure.:. 
Whiting, white Spanish.......

W liolesal©

Druggists !

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

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

'Ì  U11U1

anil  Druggist’s

MANUFACTURERS  OF
PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

ELEGANT 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL  WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

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

ing, MANUFACTUREES  OF  FINE 

Paint  and  T arnish 

Brushes.

—Also fo r th e—

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 & Co’s

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be  excelled  by  N<v 
other  known  brand  in  the  market,QbUt 
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 introducedjthq 
future trade has  been assured.

We are also  owners of the

,1

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

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

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

Hamilton  Carhartt  £  Go.,
Men’s Furnishing Goods

W H O L E SA L E

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

REMOVAL !

Coal,  Wood,  Lime,  Cement, 

Sewer Pipe, Etc,

for Comparison.

The “Carhartt” Pantaloons, Overalls, Engineers’ Jackets, Jumpers’ Shirts, etc.  Upon our 
manufactured goods, we guarantee to save the trade the  Jobbers’  Profits.  Samples  sent
118 Jefferson Ave. 
Detroit.
We manufacture a full line, use 
the  best  material  obtainable,  and 
guarantee  our  goods  to  be  first- 
class.
W e  carry  an  immense  stock  of 
Virgidia  and  Tennessee  Peanuts, 
Almonds, Brazils. Filberts, Pea- 
cans, UTalnvits  and Cocoanuts, 
and compete with any market.

We are  agents  for  Gordon’s 
celebrated  ISTag Jaws, Olym­
pian, D. F-, and many other well- 
known brands and carry a full line 
of his goods at factory prices.
We handle Oranges, Lemons, 
Bananas,  Figs,  Bates,  Etc.,  in 
large quantities from first-hands  and 
are  headquarters  for  everything  in 
our line.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS.
FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

I B S

U M

HE

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,
NirotUcori, CMef, Crescent & ReU Seal

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

-----WE  ARE  FACTORY  AGENTS  FOR-

: 

Our  stock  of Teas,  Coffees  and  Syrups 

is  Always  Complete.

T o b a cco s,  V in egars  and.  S p ic e s is 

—WE  MAKE  SPECIAL  CLAIM  FOR  OUR—

OUELMOTTO:  “ SQUARE  DEALING  BETWEEN  MANlAND  MAN.”

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

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

P E R K I N S   &  H ESS,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
SEEDS

NOS.  122  a n d   124  LO U IS  ST R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

EDMUND  B,  DIKEMAN,

Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement.

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

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A gents  fo r

AMBOY  CHEESE.

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

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

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO.  8  AND  10  IONIA  STREET,

OHAKTD  R A PID S.  -  MICHIGAN.

PECK  BROS.,

W h o le s a le  D ru g g is ts

A Complete Stock of all th a t pertain s to th e w ants of the R etail D ruggist.

We  Employ  No  Travelers.  Send  for  Prices.

129  and  131  Monroe Street,

G rand  R a p id s

SPRING  <& COMPANY1

Mieli.

-W H O LES ALE  D EALER S   IN—

iFLAJsrcrsr  .Ajsrid

STAPLE DRT (M S

A   P a ir   o f H a rd -B a k e d   S inners.

A man with a grip-sack in his hand halted 
before a fruit stand and priced  a  choice  va­
riety  of  peaches.  When  told  they  were 
twenty cents a dozen he whistled to himself, 
walked softly around, and finally  asked  the 
dealer:

“Are you a Baptist?”
“Hardly.”
“Neither am  I. 

I didn’t know but that if 
we  belonged  to  the  same  denomination 
you’d throw off  a  little.  Do  you  lean  on 
the Methodist?”

“Can’t say that I  do.”
“That’s my case. 

I never did  take  much 
stock  in  the  Methodist.  Twenty  cents  a 
dozen is an  awful  price  on  those peaches, 
considering how  tight  money  is. 
I expect 
you are an Universalist, eh?”

“No.”
“Neither  am  I.  Can’t  you  take fifteen 

cents for a dozen of  these?”

“Hardly.”
“Aren’t you an  Episcopalian?”
“No, sir.”
“Neither am I; but 1 was afraid you were. 
I’ve been a sort o’ looking  you  over,  and  I 
shouldn’t  wonder  if  you  trained  with  the 
United Brethren.  Come, now, own up.”

“I  never  attended that  church,” was  the 

steady reply.

how?”

“Nor do I, either.  Say, what are you any­

“I’m a hard-baked old sinner.”
“No.  Whoop!  That’s my case  to  a dot. 
I’m called the wickedest man in the  county.
I knew there was a  bond  of  sympathy  be 
tween us, if we could only find it out.  Now 
do you say fifteen cents for a  dozen?”

The fruit dealer counted them out without 

any further objection.
H ow   a.  R o gue  C h e ated   a   C lo th in g   D ealer.
There is a cheap clothing dealer on a  cer­
tain street whose confidence in mankind has 
received a severe setback.  The other day an 
honest-looking countryman walked  into  his 
store and said:

“You  remember  that  second-hand  over­

coat I  bought here for 08 yesterday.”

“Never  dakes  pack  anytings  ven  vonce 

solt, my frent,” said the  hand-me-downer.

“Oh!  that’s all  right.  4 just  wanted  to 
say that I found this five hundred dollar bill 
sewed  in  the  lining.  Perhaps  the owner 
may call for it.”

“Of gorse  he vill—he has called  alreadty 
my tear frendt,”  exclaimed the  dealer,  eag 
erly  capturing  the  money. 
“You  ish von 
honish man.  Here.  1 gif you feefty  tollar 
ash a revard.  Dot vill pe all right.”

When the honest customer got around the 
corner  he  murmured  softly:  “I  guess  I’d 
better take this fifty and skip  the  town  be 
fore that Sheeney  tumbles  to  that counter­
feit.  It’s getting mighty hard to  shove  the 
‘queer’ ’round these parts, and that’s a fact.”
P. Lorillard & Co. have donated  05,000 to 

the Bartholdi fund.

If you are selling goods to make 

RETAILERS,
LAVINE

a profit,  sell

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A .  STO W E  &  B B O ., P ro p rie to rs.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING,  3d  FLOOR.
»Entered  a t  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter .1

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST  13,1884.

FL O U R   M A D E   O F   W OOD.

N ew  In d u s try  tlia t  F lo u rish e s  in   th e   Cats- 

'k i l l   M o u n tain s.

Catskills Correspondence  New Y ork Sun.

The chief industry  up  here  is  producing 
wood flour, a kind of cousin  to  wood  pulp.
It was  first  manufactured in the  Catskills 
about nine years ago, and now  over  twenty 
m ills are  in  full  blast.  The process is ex­
ceedingly  simple.  Any  soft-wood  tre e - 
poplar is the favorite—is  felled  and drawn 
to the mill.  The  bark  and boughs  are re­
moved, and  the  trunk  put  in  a  machine 
which is nothing but a lead pencil  sharpen­
er on a large scale, with four  or  more  knife 
edges instead of one.  On  starting  the  ma­
chine the  pencil  sharpener  revolves  with 
great swiftness, and  in a few  minutes  con­
verts the  log  into a hundred  miles of fine, 
clean shavings.  These are ground and bolt­
ed  exactly as in a flour  mill.  The  product 
is a soft, fine, yellowish-white  flour, similar 
in appearance to a  very  well  ground  com 
It possesses  a  slight  woody  smell, 
meal. 
and is almost tasteless. 
It is put up in large 
bags  and  then is despatched, unmarked, to 
the buyer.

I tried to find out  who  purchased  the ar­
ticle, but with no success.  The wood miller 
was not  very  communicative.  “It  makes,” 
he said, “well, I don’t  know  how much  ex­
actly.  One log  may give  five  bags, and it 
may give ten. 
It sells well—that  is, pretty 
tolerable. 
I reckon I clear  about  eight  or 
nine dollars a day out of  it—perhaps  more.
I never  figgered it up.  What’s it good  for? 
Good many things. 
It’s  used to  stiffen pa­
per,  but if you put in too  much  the  paper 
gets  brittle.  Paper  stock  is  dearer  than 
poplar flour, and that’s  why  they put it in. 
If you mix the flour  with  linseed gum and 
‘biled’ oil you get a kind of  oilcloth.  Some 
folks  mix it with  meal to give to pigs  and 
other animals. 
I guess it’s  good, but I nev­
er give it to my hogs, and even those fellows 
give it to some other  fellow’s  critters  and 
not their own.  Yes I have heard that  some 
bad contractors mixed it with meal for army 
and Indian  supplies, but I don’t take  much 
stock in the story, because  they  could buy 
sour  meal  as  cheap as  popular  flour. 
It 
wouldn’t pay to mill  pine or cedar  or  hem­
lock; they  are  worth  too  much as timber. 
But any wood that isn’t used  that  way, can 
be milled into flour. 
I use poplar almost al­
together,  but  when I run  short  of  logs  I 
grind  up  buttonball,  birch,  elm,  or  wil­
low.”

The farmers dislike the  new  industry, as 
it promises to play havoc  with  the  forests 
which  are  both an attraction to the boarder 
and a protection  to  agriculture.  The  tan­
neries years ago used up nearly all  the  oak 
and hemlock; the lumbermen  have stripped 
the  country  practically of pine, cedar, and 
walnut; the chair  factories  are  consuming 
the hickory and maple: and  now  the wood- 
flour mill promises to grind up what remain 
ing trees there may be.

H av e F o u n d  O u t H is T ru e  N am e.

From  the N orthw estern Grocer.

A very hypocritical  looking  can  strutted 
up to an  honest  one  that  had  about it that 
self-confidence  that comes of a  well-earned 
reputation.

“Those are old clothes you have on,” said 

the hypocrite.

dard Brand.

tern !”

dress.”

“Yes. 

I never dress  flashy 1” said  Stan­

“Your whole family wear  the  same  pat­

“Yes, we never  change  the  style of our 

“You’r an old fogy!”
“Yes, but honest.”
“My clothes are stylish!”
“Yes, very flashy!”
“Your stomach is rounded out  and  full?” 

said the hypocrite.

“Yes, but you are all caved in!”
“I’m training for a running match!” 
“Where are you going to run?”
“Run out of the market!”
“What market?”
“The canned goods market!”
“What is that for?”
“They have learned my name!”
“Who has?”
“The consumers!”
“What  is it?”
“Soaked Good!”
The shipment of  buffalo  bones  from the 
plains to Eastern  phosphate  factories  has 
largely increased  lately, because of  the  re­
duction in freight rates.  Thousands of buf­
falo skeletons are  gathered  from the valley 
of  the  Arkansas.  A  single  Philadelphia 
manufacturer has received during  the  sum­
mer more than 200  car  loads, paying  025 a 
ton, delivered.  The horns are  used for um­
brella  tips, or to  decorate  fans.  A  portion 
of the head is in  demand  by  chemists  for 
glue,  and  the  shoulder-blades  and  neck 
bones are fashioned into  handsome  and  ar­
tistic buttons.

The new  process of making  white  lead 
which has been successfully introduced does 
away  with  the  necessity of detaching  by 
hand the  carbonate  from  metal  which re­
mains  uncorroded, and  the  product is said 
to consist almost entirely of the opaque par­
ticles.

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  
Price-List.

HAWKINS & PERRY

STATE  AGENTS,

-  

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

KEHM,  JOKES 

MICHIGAN.

It  CO.

M anufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc,

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF

KEM INK’S

“Red Bark Bitters”

-AND-

—FOR  THE—

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

----- AT-----

WHOLESALE  AND  RETALL,

—AT TH E—

S S H H   S T O R E ,

CARPETS,

JEWELER,

91  C an al  St., G ran d   R a p id s, M ich.

ff. T. LAMOREAUI, A n t
STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 K en t Street.

MATTINGS,

44  CA N A L  S TR EE T,

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN

WE  DO 0HLÏ FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO

oil-.  CLOTHS,

GOLE  &  STONE,
Gents’  Fine Shirts.

M anufacturers  and  Jobbers  of

j-

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

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

Thirty Years.

LIST OF OFFICERS:

P resident—R ansom W . H a w l e y , o f  D etroit 
V ice-Presidents—Ch a s. E. Sn e d e k e r , D etroit; 
L. W. A t k in s , G rand  R apids;  I. N. A l e x a n ­
d e r , L ansing;  U . S. L o r d , K alam azoo; H . E. 
Me e k e r , Bay City.
Secretary  a n d   T reasurer—W .  N.  Me r e d it h , 
D etroit.
Board  of  T rustees,  F o r  One  Y ear—J . C. P o n- 
tuts. Chairm an, S. A. Mo n g e r , H . K . W h it e  
F or Two  Y ears—D. Mo r r is ,  A. W .  Cu l v e r

ETC.,  ETO.

6  a n d   8  M onroe  Street,

Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

78  W e st  B rid g e   S tre et,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

MICHIGAN.

Samples and Prices  will  be  Sent  to  Close 

Buyers  in  our  Line.

Address,

M a rs h a ll 

- 

M ic h .

B la n k e ts  M ade  o f Cow  H a ir.

A. A.  GRIPPEN,

“Have you any cow hair to sell?”  a  wan­
dering buyer asked a tanner  in the presence 
of a reporter of the New York Mail and Ex­
press, a few days ago.  The tanner had some 
of the curious commodity asked for, and sub­
mitted it to the  would-be  buyer’s  scrutiny. 
The latter  critically  examined  the lot, and 
offered the owner 4 cents a pound for it.

Wondering  what  use  cow  hair could be 
put  to,  the  reporter  sought  to satisfy  his 
curiosity by questioning the  buyer.  “What 
do I do with it?” replied the individual,  “I’ll 
tell you.  1 first blow the hair  by a peculiar 
process, which separates the long hairs from 
the  short  ones.  The  long  hairs  are then 
woven  into  fabrics  with  other  material, 
which, upon completion, becomes  the  genu­
ine, all-wool-blankets which Uncle Sam pre­
sents to the Indians.

“And the shorter hairs?”
“They are worked into felting.”
“Do you  ever  pay  more  than  4 cents  a 

“Oh, yes.  White cows’ hair  is  worth  11 

pound for it?”

cents a  pound.”

G ood  E n o u g h   fo r  B o a rd ers.

From  th e D etroit Journal.

A rather stout gentleman of  Irish  extrac­
tion was slowly walking  through  the  mar­
ket one morning with a basket  on  his  arm. 
On coming to a stall whereat large  owl was 
perched on a bar, he stopped,  and  after  in- 
ppct.ing it fora few minutes with a troubled 
expression on his countenance, his face lit up, 
and,  with a patronizing air, he inquired: 

“How much do you  want  for  yer  broad­

“With  an  audible  grin, 

the  proprietor 

faced goose?”

said:

“That’s no goose; it’s an owl.”
The would-be  customer  evidently  under­
stood him to say that the bird  was  old,  for, 
in a positive tone, he said:

•Oi don’t care  how  ould  it  is;  it’s  good 

enough fur the boardthers.”

Algeria bids fair to become a  great  wine- 
producing country,  for the area of  its  vine- 
ards is increasing annually. 
In 1850 there 
were but 1,980 acres of vines in  Algeria;  in 
1877 there were 33,520 acres.  The  area  is 
now about 50,000 acres, with a production of 
350,000 hectolitres of wine per  annum.  M. 
Leroy-Beaulieu, in his recent book  on  colo­
nization among the  Arab  tribes,  says  that 
should the immunity from phylloxera which 
Algeria  has  hitherto  enjoyed  continue,  it 
would  not  be  surprising  if  in  ten  years’ 
time  there  were  from  375,000  to  500,000 
acres of vineyards in the country, with an an­
nual production of  150  to  175  million  gal­
lons.

“Yes, they are excellent  boots,”  said  the 
shoe-dealer to the young lady purchaser,“they 
will wear like  iron.”  “Do  you  think  the 
buttons are sewed on securely?”  she  asked.
‘They are: the boots are  supplied with ‘the 
old  maid’s  wedding’  button, a new  inven­
tion.” “Why is it called the ‘old maid’s wed­
ding  button?” 
“because  it  never  comes 
off.”

WHOLESALE

Xj. g*. HI IjLefc OO,
FISHING  TACZLE
GRAND  R A P ID S 
MICH. 
Du  PONT’S  Gunpowder.

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AGENTS  FOR

31  P E A R L   STR EE T,

The low est m ark et prices  fo r Sport­

ing, B lasting and Cannon Pow der guaranteed.

Grail G aia  Wire  Worts

LJl

M anufacturers o f All K inds of

W IR E   W O R K !
City Bottling  Works

92  MONROE  STREET.

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

All  Goods  WARRANTED the BEST  in  the Market.

W H O L E S A L E

Hats, Caps and Fnrs

54  MONROE  STREET,

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,

M IC H IG A N .

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee  Prices 

as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

F O R

BOOK-KEEPING  MADE  EASY
R E T A I L   G R O C E R S .
By using our Combined Ledger and Day-Book, 
CU STO M ER S’  A C CO U N TS  are  kept  and 
IT E M IZ E D  ST A T E M E N T S  rendered in half 
the time required by any other  process.

Send  for  descriptive  circular  to   H A L L   &

CO., Publishers .  i <4 Lake St.,  Chicago, 111.

aTACKS EVERY  KIND  AND  SIZE,
NAILS S te e l W ire  N a ils   a n d  B ra d s .

T r u n k ,  C lo u t a n d  F in is h in g

American  Tack  Co., 

F a ir h a v e n  

—ALSO—

Ma s s.

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G. S. YALE & BRO.,
M i l l   ESTRACTS!

—Manufacturers of—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLTXnSTGS, ETC.,

40  a n d   43  S o u th   D iv isio n   St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH

TIME TABLES.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
tD etro it E x p ress.......................................  6:00 a m
(Day  E xpress............................................ 13:25 p m
*New Y ork F ast L in e......................................  6:00 p m
tA tlantic E xpress.......................................9:20 p m
'P acific  E x p ress.................................................. 6:4 a m
tLocal  P assenger.............................................11:20 a m
(M a il............................................................. 3:30 p m
tG rand  Rapids  E xpress................................. 10:25 p m

ARRIVE.

'D ally.

(Daily except Sunday. 
The New Y ork F ast Line ru n s daily, arriving 
a t D etroit a t 11:59 a. m., and New Y ork  a t 9 p. 
m. th e n e x t evening.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  w ith 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern train s in sam e depot a t D etroit, th u s 
avoiding tran sfers.
The D etroit E xpress leaving a t 6:00 a. m. has 
D raw ing  Room  and  P arlo r  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t city a t 11:45 a. m., New Y ork 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05  p. m. n e x t day.
A tra in  leaves D etroit a t 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday w ith draw ing room  car attached, arriv­
ing a t G rand Rapids a t  10:25 p. m.

J . T. Sc h u l t z, Gen’l A gent.

Detroit, Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

GOING WEST.

Leaves.
A rrives. 
(Steam boat E x p ress.......... 6:10 a m  
6:20 a m
•(■Through  M ail.....................10:15 a m  10:20 a  m
tE vening  E x p ress..............3:20 p m  
3:55 p m
'A tla n tic  E x p ress................  9:45 p m   10:45 p m
(Mixed, w ith  coach............  
10:30 a m
•(Morning  E x p ress..............12:40 p m  12:55 p m
5:10 p m
•(Through  M ail...................   5:00 p m  
•(Steamboat  E xpress...........10:30 p m  10:35 p m
■(Mixed....................................  
7:10 a m
'N ig h tE x p re ss.....................  5:10 a jn  
5:30 a m
(Daily, Sundays excepted. 
'D aily. 
P assengers  tak in g   th e   6:20  a.  m.  Express 
m ake close connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit fo r New York, arriving th ere at 
10:00 a. m . th e  follow ing m orning.
P arlo r  Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  E ast  and 
W est. 
T rain leaving  a t  10:35  p,  m.  will  m ak  con­
nection w ith M ilwaukee steam ers daily except 
Sunday and the tra in  leaving  a t 5:10 p. m.  will 
connect Tuesdays and  T hursdays  w ith  Good­
rich steam ers fo r  Chicago.
L im ited  E xpress  has  W agner  Sleeping  Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and th e m ail has 
a P arlo r Car to   D etroit.  The  N ight  Express 
has a through W agner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car D etroit to G rand Rapids.

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

11

Grand  Rapids &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

GOING  SOUTH.

A rrives.  Leaves. 
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex.  9:00 p m   11:00 p m 
10:25 a m  
Cincinnati & M ackinac E x.  9:20 a m  
.5:00 p m 
F t. W ayne & M ackinac E x ..  3:55 p m  
7:10 a m
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
7:00 a m 
G. Rapids & C incinnati E x.  6:30 p m 
M ackinac & Cincinnati E x.  4 :10pm  
4:35 p m 
11:42 p m
M ackinac & F t. W ay r e E x .. 10:25 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All train s daily except Sunday.
N orth—T rain  leaving  a t 10:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  W oodruff  Sleeping Cars fo r  Petoskey  and 
M ackinac City.  T rain leaving a t 10:25 a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping and Chair Car fo r M ackinac 
City.
South—T rain leaving a t 4:35 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car fo r Cincinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d, Gen’l Pass. A gent.
Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.  A rrives,
(M ail........................................9-.15am 
4:00 p m
(D ay  E x p ress......................12:25 p m   10:45 p m
'N ig h t  E x p ress..................... 8:35 p m  
M ixed..........................................6:10 a m  

'D aily.  (D aily except Sunday.
P ullm an Sleeping  Cars  on  all  n ig h t  trains. 
T hrough  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
ten d an ts w ithout  e x tra   charge  to  Chicago  on 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m . and 
8:35 p. m . trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves.  Arrives.

S. A. W ELL!

WHOLESALE

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IT OTIONS!

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.

I am represented on the  road  by  the  fol­
lowing well-known travelers:  J ohn D. Man- 
gum,  A.  M.  Sprague,  J ohn  H.  Eacker, 
L. R. Cesna, Geo. W. N. De J onge. 
Frank Berles 

House Salesman.

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24 PearlS

Grand Rapids, Mich.

M O O TS

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BEST  ROASTED  PACKAGE  COFFEE  ON 

THE  MARKET.

F O R   S A L E   B Y

Fox, Mnsselian & Loveriûge

Factory Agents for Western Michigan.
ALBERT CO YE & SONS
W A T E R T O W N   HAMMOCK  S U P P O R T .

S tate A gents fo r

D ealers in

Awnings,  Tents,  Horse  Wagon  and  Stack 

Covers,  Oiled  Clothing,  Etc.

73  C an al  S treet.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN. 

Send fo r Prices.

L. H.  BEALS & SON

M anufacturers of

•I

W estfield, Mass.

OFFICE

—AND—

SALESROOM 
NO.  4 PEARL STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

G. ROYS & GO, Gbr’1 ¿tents

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY
E  UST C3-13ST E  S

From  2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  C ontracts  m ade  for 
Complete Outfits.

w .  O,  D en iso n ,
MICHIGAN.
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90  and  92  South  Division  Street, 

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WEATHERLY & CO.,

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.,  W holesale  and  R etail

IRON FIFE, 

Brass  Goods,  Iron  and  Brass Fittings 

6:10 a m
10:05 p m

Mantles,  Grates,  Gas  F ixtures, 

Plumbers, Steam  Fitters,

—A nd  M anufacturers  of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

W holesale

Olover, Timothy and all  Kinds Field Seeds
Seed  Corn,  G reen  and  Dried  F ru its,  Oranges 
and Lem ons, B u tter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, eto. 
g r e e n   v e g e t a b l e s   a n d   o y s t e r s . 

122 Monroe Street, Grand  Rapids, Mieh.

-I  WOULD  CALL  THE  ATTENTION  OF  MERCHANTS  TO  MY

Spring  Styles  of Fine  Hats,

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

Spring  Styles  of Soft  Hats,

Wool  Hats  $4.50  to  $12  per  Dozen,

Fine  Hats  13.50  to  $36  per  Dozen, 

Straw  Hats  for  Men,

Straw  Hats  for  Boys,

Straw  Hats  for  Ladies,

Straw  Hats  for  Misses.

By  tie  Dozen  at  New  York  Prices!!

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

Clothing  and  Gent’s  Furnishing  Goods, 

Cottonade Pants and Hosiery.

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

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

I.  O.  LEVI,

36, 38,40  and  42  CANAL  STREET, 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN

Til©  Old. rtelia lile

Pioneer Cigar Factory,

H.  SCHNEIDER  &  OO

PROPRIETORS.

21  Monroe Street, 

Grand Rapids.

The  follow ing  brands  are  ou r  own  m ake and Union labelled goods:  D ick  a n d  G eorge, 
P e n in su la r  C lub,  Los  D os,  S e h r  F e in ,  L ouise,  M o cking  B ird ,  E v e n in g   S tar  a n d   K .  T. 
We are jobbers of  all kinds of Tobaccos  a n n   S m o k ers’  A rticles.

ES®

im p r o v e d  

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& A K l K G
POWDER

Castor Machine Oil.

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

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

OHIO  OIL

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

Hazeltine, Perkins &  Co., Brand  Rapids.
RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  &  SHOES,

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

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 pow ready 
for  inspection.

ire Spnciallr kiiantnil mr the Hiciili

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

WHOLESALE

83,85 and 81PSARL  STREET and 114,116,118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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b u s i n e s s   l a w .

B rie f D igests o f B e c e n t D ecisions in  C ourts 

o f  E a st  R eso rt.

INSURANCE  CONTRACTS.

In  insurance  contracts  the  time  of  pay­
ment  is  material,  is  of  the essence of the 
contract, and non  payment  at  the  day  ap­
pointed involves  absolute  forfeiture  of  the 
policy.

NEGLIGENCE.

The  Supreme  Court  of  New Hampshire 
holds that a failure  to  adopt a  known and 
uniform usage among travelers in  the  man­
agement of loaded teams upon a  steep  part 
of the  highway,  is  competent  evidence  of 
negligence.

NOT A  PROMISSORY NOTE.

In  the  opinion  of  the Supreme Court  of 
Minnesota an instrument in  the  shape  of  a 
negotiable  promissory  note,  but  with  the 
word seal after and opposite the signature of 
the maker is, though there  be  no  reference 
to a seal in the  body  of  the  instrument,  a 
sealed instrument and not a negotiable prom­
issory note.

NOTE— STOLEN  PROPERTY.

A promissory note given to secure the res­
toration of stolen property is void, if  a  part 
of its consideration is  an  agreement  not  to 
search the house of the thief for the  proper­
ty before the next day,  pending  negotiation 
for  a  settlement  of  the  matter.—Supreme 
Court of New Hampshire.
BUILDING  ASSOCIATION— ASSIGNMENT  OF 

STOCK.

The assignment of a certificate of  stock in 
a building association does not carry  with it 
a liability on the part of the assignor to  pay 
the certificate, and the only effect of  the  as­
signment  is  to  vest  the  assignee with  the 
rights of a stockholder of  the  association 
Whipperman  vs.  Smith,  Indiana  Supreme 
Court
MORTGAGE  OF  STOCKS  OF  MERCHANDISE
The conveyance by an insolvent mortgagor 
of substantially all his  unencumbered  prop- 
erty—consisting of an ordinary stock of mer 
chandise—with a stipulation for retention of 
possession and with reservation of  a  power 
of sale  for  the mortgagor’s  own  benefit,  is 
void on the ground of its inevitable tendency 
to  hinder  and  delay  the  creditors of the 
grantor.—Supreme Court of Alabama.

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LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE  DEBTS.

In  the  opinion  of  the  City  Court, New 
York: 
“If  a  manufacturing  corporation 
created under the laws  of  New  Jersey  has 
no office or place of business  in  that  State 
and opens an office and transacts business in 
the City of New York, the incorporators are 
personally liable for all debts  contracted  in 
the corporate name.  The charter  in  such  i 
case  does not fit  the  company,  and  the  in 
corporators by  going  outside  of  it  can  not 
screen themselves  from personal responsibil 
ity.”
LIFE  INSURANCE— FALSE  ANSWERS  IN  AP 

PLICATION.

The insured stated in his application  that 
none of his relatives had been affiicted  with 
consumption, whereas, in fact, he  had  near 
relatives who were so afflicted.  The answer 
in the suit on this policy was held to be  bad 
for failure to state the names and  degree  of 
relationship of such relatives.  The nearness 
of such a relation within the meaning  of the 
contract is a question of law.  Where the an 
swers to questions in the application  are  by 
contract warranted to be true, and  if untrue 
the contract is to be avoided, such  questions 
are to be strictly constructed against  the  in 
surer. 
If there is any ambiguity in  a  ques 
tion, and the answer itself be true though in 
complete,  the  insurer,  if  content  with the 
partial answer, can not claim a warranty ex 
tending  beyond  such  partial  answer. 
Pennsylvania Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com 
pany  vs.  Wilder,  Supreme  Court  of Indi 
ana.

E n fo rcin g   th e   R u le.

Pat was a fresh arrival and  had  obtained 
a situation in a hotel as a sort of  man of all 
work.

“Now,  Pat,”  said  the landlord, “you  see 
‘Gentlemen  must  use the  spit 
that  sign, 
toons.’ 
If you notice any of the  guests vio 
lating that rule I want you to report the mat 
ter to me.”

“Oi wull, sor.”
Pat kept a sharp eye out, and, after watch 
ing a gentleman for half  an hour, he went to 
him and said:

“D’ye  moind  the  sign forninst  the  wall,

sor?”

“Yes.”
“Phy don’t ye obsarve it,  thin?”
“I am not spitting on the carpet,” said the 

gentleman, rather astonished.

“Oi  knaw  yer  not,  an’ yer not usin’  the 
spettune nayther.  Spet, ye thafe, or Oi’ll re­
port yez.”

When a customer in a location  where  the 
trade never changes, is doing a safe and fairly 
profitable trade, and comes to you with a re­
quest for more credit on the plea  that  he  is 
going to enlarge and refit his store and carry 
a bigger and  finer  stock,  advise  him to  let 
well enough  alone. 
If  he  persists, refuse 
his request and let him go.  You can  better 
afford to loose his custom than give him  un­
limited credit and afterward get  five  or  ten 
cents on the dollar.

A London undertaker states  that  he  has 
a  large  number  of  prospective  customers 
who have agreed to pay him  $200  each  for 
embalming their  bodies  whenever  his  ser­
vices may be required.

Telephone  No.  272.

Wm. 

80 South Division Street.

A.Clark

Mixed.................................. 6:00 am 
Express............................... 4:10 pm  
Express.............................8:30am  lQ:15am
Trains connect at Archer avenue for Chicago 
as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m 
The Northern terminus of  this Division Is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made with 
F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and
j^anlstee.  ^  ^  

Gen’l Pass. Agent.

5:15 pm
8:30 pm

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

AXLE GREASE.

. $  doz.

.......  85
F razer’s ..
.......  60
D iam ond.
$  doz................................... .......  60
Modoc  ...
P a ra g o n .. .  % doz................................... .......  70
Paragon, 30 tt>  p ails............................... .......  90
BAKING  POWDER.
45
A rctic % ft can s..............................
75
A rctic )4 ft c a n s.............................
1  40
A rctic )4 ft can s..............................
2 40
A rctic  1 ft  can s..............................
12  00
A rcticS  ft c a n s ...........................
BLUING.
doz.
25
Dry, No. 2............................................. doz.
doz.
45
Dry, No. 3...................................
doz.
35
Liquid, 4 oz,...............................
doz.
65
Liquid, 8 oz..........................................doz
A rctic 4 oz........................................... gross  4  00
A rctic 8  oz.................................................  
8  00
A rctic 16 oz.......................................................   12  00
A rctic No. 1 pepper b o x ..................................  2 00
A rctic No. 2 
3  00
A rctic No. 3 
4  50

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CANNED PISH.

2  50
2  25
2  75
2 00
1  «5
1  2d
85

No. 1 C arpet...................................  
No. 2 C arpet................................................  
No. 1  P arlo r G em ......................................  
No. 1 H u rl....................................................  
No. 2 H url  ..................................................  
F ancy W hisk............................................... 
Common W hisk.......................................... 
Cove O ysters, 1  ft  stan d ard s..........................1 15
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s...................  1  85
Cove O ysters, 1 ft  slack  filled.....................  75
Cove O ysters, 2 ft slack filled.......................1  25
Clams, 1 ft  sta n d ard s.................................... I  65
Clams, 2 ft  sta n d ard s....... ............................2 65
Lobsters, l f t   sta n d ard s...............................
Lobsters, 2 ft  sta n d ard s...............................
Lobsters,  Picnics...........................................
M ackerel, l f t   fresh   stan d ard s.........................1 20
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s.........................6 50
M ackerel in  Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t....................... 3 50
M ackerel, 3 ft in M ustard............... 
M ackerel, 3 ft b roiled.......................................... 3 50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r..............................1 60
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r..............................2 60
Salmon. 1 ft  S acram ento................................... 1 50
Salmon, Wm. H um e’s E agle............................  1 85
Sardines, dom estic )4s................................... 
754
Sardines,  dom estic  %s.................................   1254
Sardines,  M ustard  5 4 s .............................  12
Sardines,  im ported  54s .................................  15
Sardines, im ported 54s...................................  20
Sardines, im ported 54s, boneless................  32
Sardines, R ussian  k eg s...............................   50
Trout, 3 ft  b ro o k ,........................................   3 00

3  50

 

CANNED FRUITS.

1  50

................................1  oo

Apples, 3 ft sta n d a rd s.....................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards, E rie..................... 2 50
Blackberries, sta n d ard s................................ •••! 20
Cherries,  re d ..........................................................1 10
Cherries, w h ite .....................................................1 75
D am sons.................................................................J 20
Egg Plum s, standards 
Egg Plum s,  E rie...................................................1 4d
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t............................  1 40
G reen Gages,  E rie.................... 
Peaches, 3 ft  stan d ard s.......................................1 75
Peaches, 3 ft E x tra  Yellow................................2 00
Peaches,  seconds................................................. 1 65
Pie Peaches 3 f t.....................................................} J»
Pears, B a rtlett 2 f t ............................................... J 30
Pineapples, 2 ft  sta n d .........................................1 40
Q u in ces.................................................................. J 45
Raspberries,  2  ft sta n d ............ ....................1  25
R aspberries,  2ft E rie.......................................... 1 40
Straw berries,  2 ft standards.............................. 1 10
A pricots, L usk’s ...................................................2 75
Egg  P lu m s........................... 
2  85
G reen G ages..........................................................2 85
P ears  .......................  
3 00
 
3 00
Q u in ces..................  
P e a c h e s..... ....................................................... 3  00

CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA.

 
 

 

CANNED VEGETABLES.

A sparagus, O yster B ay.......................................3 25
Beans, L im a ....................................................   85
Beans, S trin g ...................................................  90
Beans, Boston B aked.......................................... 1 65
Beans,  S tringless........................................... 1  00
Corn, E rie ..........................................................115
Corn, R evere......................................... 
1  20
Corn,  E gyptian............*..................................1  10
Corn,  Y arm outh...................................................1 20
Corn  T rophy.....................................................115
Corn, 2 ft  O nandago.......................................150
Mushrooms, F re n ch .......................................22@24
Peas, standard  M arro fat................................... 1 40
Peas, 2 ft  E arly, sm all  (new)............................ 1 60
Peas, 2 ft B eav er............... 
 
Peas, French 2 f t....................................... 
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden.......................................... 1 10
Succotash, 2 ft stan d ard s..............................  85
Succotash, 2 ft B. & M .......................................... 1 75
Squash, 3 ft  sta n d ard s.........................................1 20
Tomatoes, 3ft D ilw orth’s ................................... 1 05
Tomatoes, 3 ft Job B acon....................................1 05
G.  D.......................  35 

¡Ely’s W aterproof  75

CAPS.

75

 

CHOCOLATE.

Boston  prem iu m ........................................   @36
B aker’s p rem ium ........................................  @40
R u n k les.........................................................   @35
G erm an  sw eet.............................................   @25
Y ienna Sw eet............ .........  
@25
COFFEE.

 

G reen R io....................................................12  @14
G reen Ja v a..................................................17  @27
G reen M ocha.............................................. 25  @27
Roasted R io................................................12  @17
Roasted  J a v a .............................................24  @34
Roasted  M ar...............................................17  @19
Roasted M ocha..........................................  @34
Roasted M ex..............................................17)4@19
G round  R io...............................................   9)4@17
G round  M ex.................................  @16
A rbuckle’s .......................... '.....................  @15)4
X X X X ..........................................  @15)4
D ilw orth’s ...................................  @15)4
L evering’s ..................................   @15)4
M agnolia......................................  @15)4

CORDAGE.

72 foot J u t e ....... 1  25  ¡60 foot C otton__1  75
60 foot J u te ....... 1  05  ¡50 foot C otton__1  50

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lem on.

23@26

(Srocerieô.

S p read   O u t  Y o u r  Goods.

From  th e A m erican Storekeeper.

We remember, when a boy, seeing this no­
tice conspicuously hung up in all  the village 
stores: 
“If  you  don’t  see what you want 
ask for it!”  It was doubtless thought to  be 
an excellent idea then, and may be  still,  by 
some  merchants,  but  when  we reflect that 
the average American  does  not  hesitate  to 
make his wants known, a notice of  that sort 
seems superfluous.  The memory of  it  calls 
to  mind  the  general  appearance  of  those 
country stores as compared iwith the ones of 
enterprising merchants of  to-day.  Then the 
goods  were  all  kept  in  their  places,  the 
whole room having as  decorous  an  appear­
ance as our grandmother’s parlor,  and a cus­
tomer was indeed obliged  to  ask  for  what 
he  wanted.  Now  our  best  retail  stores 
seem  to be one bewildering mass of  attract­
ive goods, arranged to catch the  eye and  in­
troduce themselves  to  customers  in such  a 
manner  as  to  chain  their  attention,  so  to 
speak.  Hosiery, handkerchiefs, towels, etc., 
fastened to a string and hung in graceful fes­
toons across the  store.  Samples  of  sugar, 
coffee,  etc.,  are  conveniently  accessible  to 
customers and invite comparisons,  not  only 
of quality, but prices as well, for  the  habit 
of marking goods in plain figures  is  becom­
ing more and more  prevalent. 
It  is  aston­
ishing what an influence  these  silent  argu­
ments of price tags have  upon some custom­
ers, and also the  power  which  one  or  two 
words, such as “reduced to,” “lastone,’’etc., 
have in effecting  a  sale  which  the lengthy 
praise  of  a  silver-tongued  salesman could 
not  accomplish«

The result of all this change  in  the  man­
ner of arranging goods, is that customers are 
induced to buy many articles  they  had not 
intended.  Often, after asking for what they 
wanted and did not see, they buy what they 
see and yet do not need, because  it  “strikes 
their  fancy,”  or  impresses  them  as being 
“dirt  cheap.”  We  Americans  are famous 
for  buying  things  we  do not want, simply 
“because they are cheap.”

Spread them out, so that  the  assortment 
of patterns can be seen  and  the  “full size” 
appreciated.  Do not leave part of your can­
ned fruit in the cellar because the  space  al­
lotted to it on the shelf is insufficient; make 
a grand pyramid of it on the counter or center 
of the floor.  People like to see a large quan­
tity of  anything. 
It  impresses  them  with 
the magnitude of your trade and  stimulates 
their  purchases.  Mark  special  articles  in 
plain  figures  with  insinuations  that  they 
“can’t be beat.” 
If  you  cannot mark  well 
enough, there are ready-made tags and labels 
to  be  had  in  endless  variety and at small 
cost  Try  the  scheme  if  you have not  al­
ready done so, and note the  attention  it  re­
ceives from the public.

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

The past week has been  an  improvement 
over the preeeeding one, so  far  as  the  vol­
ume of business is  concerned, and there has 
been a still further  improvement  in  collec­
tions. 
In  the  farming  communities,  the 
dealers talk very cheerfully and  assure  the 
jobbers that they will  be  able  to  give  the 
latter a lift, financially, within the next four 
weeks.  There is a weaker feeling in sugars, 
except A’s.  Water  white  oil has  advanced 
%c, coming  rather  earlier  than  usual  and 
catching many of the  jobbers  with  smaller 
stocks than they expected to  have  on  hand 
when the advance came.  Michigan  test  is 
down 3tjC.  Lobsters have gone  so  high  in 
consequence of scarcity, that none  but  mil­
lionaires can afford  to  purchase  them,  and 
quotations are omitted until prices go  down 
again.

S tatu s o f th e  S e lk irk  & M o rrill M atte r.
A. A. Bleasby, the assignee for  Selkirk «fe 
Morrill, the  Kalkaska  grocerymen, was  in 
town Monday on his way to Detroit and  in­
terviewed most of the creditors interested in 
the matter.  He stated  that  the  inventory 
revealed the fact that the  book  accounts  of 
the firm are in bad shape, the books not hav­
ing been posted for some  time, and  that the 
entries are  exceedingly  irregular. 
In  con 
sequence of  this  condition of  affairs,  it  is 
thought that only about SI,200  can be  real­
ized from the $2,336 worth of  accounts, and 
that the $595 worth of  notes  will  pan  out 
about 50 per cent.  The stock, at cost value, 
and the fixtures at inventory  value,  amount 
to $1,375, making the total  available  assets 
$2,817, out of which  there are to  come  two 
exemptions,  bringing  the  assets  down  to 
$2,317.  The  total  liabilities  are  $2,634. 
Several schemes  have  been  set  on  foot to 
effect a settlement  with  the  creditors  and 
continue the  business  without serious inter­
ruption, but up to present  writing no agree­
ment has been effected.  Mr. Ramsey, a for­
mer partner in the firm, is said to be anxious 
to  return  to  the  firm, and  assume  a  por­
tion of the indebtedness, but  a  visit  by Mr. 
Ramsey to this  city  on  Saturday is said to 
have been fruitless of  results  of  this  direc­
tion.  Selkirk  announces  his  intention  of 
leaving Kalkaska within a day  or  two,  but 
says he has left matters in his wife’s  hands, 
and  that  any  arrangement  she  may  make 
will be agreeable to him. Altogether the mat­
ter is in  decidedly  complicated  shape,  and 
it will  require  shrewd  management  to  un 
ravel the snarls.

At  a  meeting  of  the  Western  Cracker 
Bakers’  Association  at  Detroit  last  week, 
the price of all baked  goods,  excepta  few 
kinds of sweet goods, was reduced  one-half 
cent a pound.  This  reduction  promises to 
hold good for some time to come.

The sales of Virginia  tobacco have fallen 
off  considerably  during 
the  first  seven 
months  of  the  present  year, as compared

V IS IT IN G   BU Y ERS.

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

City.

Plainwell.

Co., New Era.

edonia.

LeRoy.

H.  D. Harvey, Bangor.
O. B. Granger,  of O.  B.  Granger  &  Co„ 
Emmet Hagadom, Fife  Lake.
E. P. Barnard, buyer  New  Era  Lumber 
SmedleyBros., Bauer.
R. North, Lake P. O.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
M. Minderhout,  Hanley.
Baron & Tenhour, Forest Grove.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
J. Bartz, North Dorr.
Walter Shoemaker, Cannonsburg.
J. W. Mead, Berlin.
A. Engberts, Beaver Dam.
J. G. Lamoreaux, Fennville.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
C. O.  Bostwick «fe Son, Cannonsburg.
Paine «fe  Field,  Englishville.
J. Barnes,  Plainfield.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
W. S. Root, Talmadge.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris.
Mr. Quick, of  Quick  <&  Morton,  Howard 
Geo. M. Sharer, Cedar  Springs.
A. «& L- M. Wolfe, Hudsonville.
H. DeKline, Jamestown.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.
Andre Bros., Jennisonville.
D. E. McVean, Kalkaska.
Albert E. Smith, Cadillac.
John Gunstra, Lamout.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
R. Carlyle,  Rockford.
Nevins Bro., Moline.
Eli Runnels, Corning,
J. & M. Friar, Berlin.
Mr. Colburn, of Colburn «fe Carpenter, Cal­
E. D. Wright, Watson «fe  Wright,  Elmira. 
A. G. Chase, Ada.
F. E. Davis, Berlin.
Barker <& Lehnen, Pierson.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
D. W.  Shattuck, Way land.
E. Bradford, Sparta.
R. H. Wooden, Sparta.
D. R. Stocum, Rockford.
Jacob Somers, Chester.
A. E.  Landon, Nunica.
Mr. Voorhorst  of  Yoorhorst  «fe  Glerum,
F. B. Hine, Lowell.
C. R. Hine, Lowell.
A. J. Provin, Cedar  Springs.
Carrol «& Fisher, Dorr.
G. F. Gretzinger, East Saugatuck.
Mr. Kanters, of  Kanters «fe Sons, Holland. 
C. Deming, Dutton.
E. L. Wright,  Woodville.
W. H. Willard, Manistee.
W. S. Goodyear, Hastings.
A. DeKruif, Zeeland.
A. C. Adams, Ashton.
M. Y. Wilson, Sand Lake.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
Wood Bros., Shaytown.
Gringhaus Bros., Lamont.
E. W. Pickett, Way land.
Mr. Lilley, Watrous <fe Lilly, Coopersville. 
Wolf <& Truesdell, Otsego.
C. E. Coburn, Pierson.
A. W. Blain, Dutton.
R. Y. McArthur, Rockford.
Mr. Johnson, buyer for  Stiles  Bros., Fox-
G. W. Bartlett, Ashland Center.
Merricle <& Hopper, Fremont.
J. W. Braginton,  Hopkins Station.
H. H. Moore, Lakeview.
F. E. Deming, Freeport.
Smith Bros., Orleans.
Spring <fe Lindley, Bailey.
John J. Ely, Rockford.
T. J. Sheridan, Lockwood.
Jorgensen «fe Hemingsen, Grant.
J. L. Graham, Hopkins.
McAdams «fe Brown, Cadillac.
Levénworth & Co., Forman.
Chas. Ostrander, Rustford.
W. S. Root, Talmadge.
J. H. Althouse, Coral.
F.  C. Brisbin, Berlin.
Sisson «fe Lilley, Lilley Junction.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
R. Knowles, Yates.
J. Omler, Wright.

ville.

A  M ove in   th e  R ig h t D irectio n .

The Retail Grocers’ Association has adopt­

ed the following resolutions:

W h e r e a s , The  practice of  giving  gifts 
and prizes with the  sale  of  merchandise is 
carried on to such an extent by certain man­
ufacturers and  jobbers  as to become a nuis­
ance.  And,
W h e r e a s , Goods sold in  connection with 
gifts  and  prizes, as a  rule, are  inferior  in 
quality to.those sold upon their own  merits. 
And,
W h e r e a s,  We believe  that  all trafficing 
in gifts,  prizes and  lotteries, is injurious to 
trade  and exerts immoral influence.  There­
fore.
Resolved, That we, the  Des  Moines  Re­
tail Grocers’ Association, disapprove of  said 
method of selling goods, and that we will do 
all in our power to discourage  its  continued 
practice in our city.

If the retail  grocers of  every  city, town 
and  hamlet  would  agree to take a similiar 
stand, there would be  less  complaint of in­
ferior goods from the consumer  and  legiti­
mate profits would be enhanced.

Ja s. S te w a rt  M ust T ak e a  B a c k   Seat.
Phil. Graham, the  genial  South  Division 
street dealer,  sends  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   the 
following letter  from  a  Kalamazoo  celery 
raiser, which  places  the  Saginaw  scribbler 
completely in the shade. As a model of choice 
grammar, it has never had an equal:

I take the privelege to ask you a question. 
Did you ever sold any celery  before  or  not 
if you did not wel try it  or  you  can  sell  it 
and if you did well I  will  send  some  in  to 
you at the cheap price of 21c the doz within 
boxes and for 20c without boxes But by this 
you have the pay the Express charges  on  it 
and Every  week  send  out  your  post  office 
order and settle down  every  week, 
if  you 
like  the 
take  some  answered  me  back 
again, your servant, 

--------.

The tea plant has  lately  been  introduced 
near Soukgoum Kaleh on the Black Sea, and 
the Russians  are  confident  that  they  will 
soon be able to do without either Chinese or 
Indian teas.

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.

Elgin creamery  butter,  the  choicest  the

OATMEAL.

1 8 5 ftp k g s..................................................   @3  75
362ft p k g s............................................................   @3 25
Im perial  bbls...........................................   @5  50
Q uaker bb ls...............................................  @6  75
S tar and Cresent, steel  c u t...................  @5  75

OIL.

do. 

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

13)4
10%
75
1  00
75
1  00

PICKLES.

do 

do 
do 

Choice in barrels m ed..............  .  ................... 7  00
Choice in )4 
........................................ 4  00
Dingee’s )4 
sm all....'............................ 4 25
Dingee’s q u arts glass fan cy ................................. 4 25
..........................  2  25
Dingee’s p in ts 
A m erican qt.  in G lass..................................... 2  00
Am* rican pt. in G lass.......................................1 25
C. & B. English  q u a rts.......................................... 6 00
C. & B. English  p in ts............................................. 3 60
Clfow Chow, m ixed and G erkins,  q u a rts.. .6  00
p in ts__ 3 60
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4  50 
p ts..2   75

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

PIPES.

RICE.

Im ported Clay 3 gross............................2 25@3 00
Im ported Clay, No.  216..........................  
©2  25
A m erican  T .D ........................................   90@1  00

Choice  C aro lin a..................................................6)4
Prim e  C arolina.....................................................7)4
Ja v a  ........................................................................6*4
P atn a  . . . .................................................................6
R an g o o n .................................................................534

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure..«............................................«@ 5)4
C hurch’s  ..........................................................@5)4
Taylor’s  G.  M ................................................. @ 5)4
Cap  Sheaf........................ ................................ @  5)4
Dw ight’s .......................................................... @5)4
Sea  F oam ........................................................ @ 5)4
S., B. & L.’s  B est............................................ @  5)4

SALT.

60 P o c k e t................................................... 
28 P o ck et............ ..............   ..................... 
100 3 ft  pockets.......................................... 
Saginaw F in e ...........................................  
Diamond C................................................. 
Standard  Coarse......................................  
A shton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s......... 
A shton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s__  
Am erican, dairy, )4 bu. b ag s.....................  
Rock, bushels................................................. 

2 50
2 35
2 65
1  00
1  75
1 55
80
3 20

25
30

SAUCES,

Lee & P errin s  W orcestershire, p in ts.  @5  00 
Lee & P errin s W orcestershire, )4 p ts.  @3  00
Picadilly, )4 p in ts....................................   @1  50
H alford Sauce,  la rg e ..............................  @3  75
P ep p er Sauce, red  sm all.......................  @
P epper Sauce, g re e n ...............................   @  90
P esper Sauce, red large rin g ................  @1  30
P ep p er Sauce, green, large rin g .........  @1  60
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................  @  90
Catsup, Tom ato,  qu arts  .......................  @1  30
H orseradish,  )4 p in ts.................................   @1 00
H orseradish, p in ts.......................................  @1 30
Capers, French surfines............................   @2 2(
Capers, French surfines, la rg e............   @3  50
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  b o ttle...................   @3 8E
Olives, Q ueen, 27 oz  b o ttle...................   @6  50
Olive Oil,  qu arts, A ntonia &  Co.’s __   @7  00
Olive Oil, pints,  A ntonia & Co,’s .........  @4  00
Olive Oil, )4 pints, A ntonia & Co.’s __   @2  5o

H em p  .’. ............................................  
 
C a n a ry .............................................................. 
R a p e ...........................................................  
Mixed B ird............ ............................. 
 

 

 
5

7
5)4@6

SEEDS.

SOAP.

 

5  1

do. 

6  75
5
3  60
4  10
3  40
3  75
4  20
@3 40 
@3  20 
@3 05 
©   6)4 
@4  20 
@18% 
@  16 
@6  71 
@4 20
3 00 
5  50
4  15
5 00 
4  20
4 50
5  00
5  00
3 25
4 20 
4 00
6  75 
12 
10
©   5)4 
5)4

L autz Bros. & Co.
  @ 6)4
Acme, 701 ft  b a rs........................ 
Acme, 25 3 ft b a rs........................................   @ 6)
Towel, 25 b ars  ..........................................  @5  2
N apkin, 25  b a rs ........................................  @5  25
  @ 6
B est A m erican, 601 ft blocks............... 
Palm a 60-1 ft blocks, p lain .........................  @534
Sham rock, 100 cakes,  w rapped............  @3  70
M aster, 100-34 ft c a k e s ................. . 
.  @5  00
Stearine, 100  24 ft cakes.........................  @4  8i
M arseilles, w hite, 100 34 ft  cak es.........  @6  25
Cotton Oil, w hite, 100 34 ft  cak es.........  @6  !
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, w rapped............   @ 7
G erm an  Mottled, w rapped...................   @ 6)4
Savon, Republica, 60 ft b o x ...................  @  534
Blue D anube, 60-1 ft blocks.................  
@  534
,L6ndon Fam ily, 60-1 ft  blocks............  
@ 5
London Fam ily, 3-ft bars 80 f t..............  @4  00
London Fam ily, 4-ft bars 80  f t..............  @4  00
GOm, 100 cakes, w rapped.......................  @3  81
Nickel, 100 cakes, w rapped...................   @4 00
Climax, 100 cakes,  w rapped.................   @3 2£
Boss, 100 cakes,  w rapped......................   @2  30
M arseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in  box  ©1  25
K irk’s A m erican  F a m ily ............ $  ft
do. 
I n d ia ...........................................
do.  Savon  ..........................................
do.  S a tin e t........................................
do.  R e v e n u e ....................................
do.  W hite R ussian.......................... 
Goodrich’s English F am ily  ................
P rin c e ss..............................
r & G am ble’s I v o r y ..................
do.
Ja p an   O liv e .........
do.
Town T alk 
fi box
Golden B ar............
do.
A rab........................
do.
do.
A m ber.....................
do.
M ottled  G erm an..
P rocter & G am ble’s V elvet...................
P ro cter & Gamble’s Good L uck...........
P ro cter & G am ble’s W ash  W ell...........
B adger...............................................60 fts
G alv an ic....................................................
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft b r
Tip T op..........................................3 ft b ar
W ard’s W hite L ily...................................
H andkerchief...........................................
Sidall’s ......................................................
B abbitt’s ..................................................
Dish R a g ..................................................
B luing.........................................................
M agnetic................... ................................
New  French  P rocess..............................
Spoon  .........................................................
A nti-W ashboard......................................
V a terlan d ..................................................
Magic...........................................................
P ittsb u rg h ............ . ..................................
Bogue’s .........'...........................................
W hite castile  b a rs...................................
M ottled castile.........................................
Old  Style............................* ..................
Old C ountry...............................................
G round P epper,  in boxes and c a n s ...
16@22
G round  A llspice........................................   12@20
C innam on.....................................  
 
C loves...........................................................   20@25
G inger...........................................................   17@20
 
M u stard....................................  
C ayenne........................................................  25@35
P epper )4 ft $  dozen...............................
75 
Allspice  )4 f t .............................................
Cinnam on  )4 f t ................... ; ............... .
1  00 
75 
Cloves )4  f t.................................................
@18 
P epper,  w hole......................................
A llsp ice..................................................
@10 
@12 
C assia......................................................
@22 
Cloves...................................................... 
N utm egs,  No. 1....................................
@75
N iagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  b u lk .......
@5
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts............
•* 
@4%
@ 6%
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages.............
Gloss,  36 3 f)  p ackages...........
“ 
@6
“ 
Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft c ra te __
@7
“ 
Corn, 401 ft  packages............
@7)4
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.......................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.......................
@6)4@7%
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes..........................
Muzzy Gloss b u lk ....................................
@5)4
Muzzy Corn l f t ........................................
@7
K ingsford  Silver Gloss..........................
@8)4
K ingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  b o x ........... 
K ingsford C orn........................................   8)4@8)4
@6)4
Oswego  Gloss.
M irror  Gloss.......................................
@6)4@6%
M irror  Gloss, co rn ...................................
@4
Piel’s P e a rl.................................................
A m erican Starch Co.’s
1 ft  G loss....................................................
@6)4
10 oz  G loss.................................................
@3%
@6
3 ft  G loss....................................................
@7
6 ft Gloss, wood bo x es............................
Table C orn.........................................40 ft
@6)4
@7@4
Table  C orn........................................20  ft
B anner, b u lk .............................................
Jugs $ gallon.
Crocks............
Milk Crocks...
Rising  Sun gross..5 88
Universal............ 5 88
I X L ....................5 50
Cut Loaf......  ...................................
Cubes..  .........................................
Powdered.................................... ...
Granulated.................... ..........
Conf. A ..,..... ..................................
Standard A.....................................
Extra C white...........................  .¡¡m  6
Extra O................................... 
f>j

Dixon’s gross.......5
Above $ dozen......

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

STOVE POLISH.

STONEWARE.

STARCH.

SUGARS.

SPICES.

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@7% 
@7% 
@7% 
@7

SYRUPS.

 

 

 

 

 

5

TEAS.

PLUG.

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

Corn,  B arrels........................................... 
33
Corn, )4 bbls    ...........................................  
36
Corn,  10 gallon k eg s.................................  @  35
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s...................................  @1  80
Corn, 4)4 gallon k eg s...............................   @1  65
P u re  S ugar..........................................bbl  26@  30
P u re Sugar D rips..........................)4 bbl  30@  36
P u re Sugar  D rips................. 5 gal kegs  @1  85
P u re Loaf Sugar D rips................)4 bbl  @  95
P u re  Loaf S ugar................... 5 gal kegs  @1  90
Y oung H yson__ 25@50
Jap an   ordinary.  24@30
G un  P ow der.......35@50
Ja p an  fa ir............ 32@35
O olong..........33@55@60
Ja p an  fa ir to  g ’d.35@37
C ongo...................   @30
Ja p an  fine............ 40@50
Ja p an  d u st...........15@20
Rose B u d ....................................................   @50
K .............................................................  @45
O ur  B ird....................................................  @30
P e a c h e s......................................................  @38
M orrison’s  F ru it......................................   @50
V ic to r.........................................................   @60
Diam ond  Crown......................................   @57
Red  B ird ....................................................   @52
O pera Q ueen.............................................   @40
Sweet R ose.................................................  @45
G reen  B ack...............................................  @38
F r u i t ...........................................................  @33
So  Sw eet.................................................  @31
P rairie  F low er................. 
@65
Climber [light and  d a rk ].......................  @62
M atchless...................................................  @65
H ia w a th a ..................................................   @69
G lobe...........................................................   @70
May F lo w er...............................................  @70
H ero............................................................. 
©45
A tla s ...........................................................  @35
Royal Gam e...............................................  @38
Silver T hread............................................  @67
Seal..............................................................   @60
K en tu ck y .................................................. ’  @80
Mule  E a r....................................................  @67
Peek-a-Boo............................................  
  @32
Peek-a-Boo, )4  b arre ls............................  @30
Clipper, Fox’s ...........................................   @32
Clipper, Fox’s, in hal4 b arre ls..............  @30
F o u n tain ....................................................  @74
Old Congress.............................................   @64
Good  L u ck .................................................  @52
Good and Sw eet........................................  @45
Blaze  A w ay...............................................  @35
H air L ifte r............................................... 
@30
Old Glory, lig h t........................................   @60
Charm  o f th e W est, d a rk .......................  @60
Governor, in 2 oz tin   fo il.......................  @60
. F. P .’s  F av o rite...................................  @50
Old K entucky............................................  @50
Big Four,  2x12..........................................  @50
Big Four, 3x12...........................................   @50
D arby and Joan, all sizes.......................  @50
T urkey, 16 oz.,  2x12.................................   @50
Blackbird. 16 oz.,  3x12......  
@34
Seal of G rand R apids..............................  @48
Glory  .........................................................   @50
D u rh am ......................................................  @48
Silver  Coin.................................................  @50
B uster  [D ark]..........................................  @36
Black P rince [D ark]...............................   @36
Black R acer  [D ark]...............................   @36
Leggett & M yers’  S ta r............................  @50
C lim ax............................................  
  @50
Hold F a s t ...................................................  @48
MeAlpi n’s Gold Shield............................  @48
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  cads...........  @51
Cock of th e W alk  6s...............................   @37
Black Spun  Roll........................ 
@38
N im rod........................................................  @48
A c o rn .......................................................... 
©48
Red Seal......................................................  @46
C re sc e n t....................................................   @44
Black  X ......................................................  
  @35
Black  Bass.................................................  @40
T rue G rit....................................................   @35
Nobby  Spun  Roll.....................................  @50
Spring.........................................................   @50
Crayling, all  sty les.................................  @50
M ackinaw ................................................... 
©47
H orseS hoe.................................... 
@50
Good  L uck.................................................  @50
Big Chunk o r J. T .....................................  @40
H air L ifte r.................................................  @37
D. and D., b lack ........................................   @37
McAlpin’8 G reen  Shield.........................  @48
Ace  H igh, b lack ......................................   @35
Cham pion  A .............................................   @48
Sailors’  Solace..........................................  @48
Red S ta r......................................................  @50
Shot G u n....................................................   @48
D u c k .
..................  @18
...................  @40
Ju m b o .............................................
..................  @50
A p p le ja c k ..................................
...................  @42
Ja c k  R ab b it...................................
@26
M orning D ew ...............................
©22
Chain  .............................................
@25
Seal of G rand  R adids..................
K ing.................................................
@30
@28
7 1 irt.................................................
@30
P u g ..................................................
@24
Ten P enny D urham , )4 and )4..
@15
Am ber, V% and l f t ........................
Dime  Sm oking.............................
@22
@26
Red Fox Sm oking........................
Lim e K iln  Club............................
@47
Blackwell’s D urham  Long  Cut. 
©90
@90
V anity  F air.
D im e...........................................................   24©25
@25
P eerless.
Standard ....................................................
@22
Old Tom ......................................................
@21
Tom & J e r r y .............................................
@24
Jo k e r...........................................................
@25
T raveler......................................................
@35
@26
M aiden........................................................
Topsy  .........................................................
@27
N avy C lippings........................................
@24
@25
H oney D e w ...............................................
Gold  Block.................................................
@32
@22
Camp F i r e ...............................................
O ronoko....................................................
@19
N igger  H ead.............................................
@26
@60
D urham , % f t ...........-...............................
@57
)4 f t ..........................................
)4 f t ...........................................
@55
l f t ...........................................
@51
H o lla n d ......................................................
@22
G e rm a n ......................................................
@16
Long Tom ..................................................
@30
@26
N ational......................................................
@26
T im e ......................... . ..............................
Love’s D ream ...........................................
@28
C o n q u e ro r.................................................
Fox’s ......................................................... .
G ra y lin g ....................................................
Seal S kin....................................................
Dime D u rh a m ..........................................
Rob R oy............ .........................................
Uncle  Sam .................................................
L u m b e rm an .............................................
Railroad Boy.............................................
M ountain Rose..........................................
Good  E nough...........................................
H om e Com fort, )4s and  )4s...................
Old  Rip, long  c u t....................................
16@30
D urham ,  long  cut, No.  2.......................
Two  Nickle, %5..... .................................
Two  Nickle, %s.......................................
Star D urham .............................................
Golden Flake C abinet.............................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 2 o z.................
Seal o f N orth Carolina, 4  oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 8  oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 16 oz  b o xes...
Big Deal, )48  lo n g cu t.............................
A pple Jack, )4s  g ran u lated .................
K ing Bee, longcut, )4s and )4s............
M ilwaukee P rize, %s and )4s................
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  D urham __
D urham , S., B. & L, )6s and )4s............
R attler, lo n g cu t........................................
W indsor c u t  p lu g ....................................
Mule E a r ....................................................
H ia w a th a ..................................................
Old C ongress.............................................
A cm e...........................................................
L orillard’s  Macoboy...............................
@55 
@72 
A m erican G entlem an.........
Rappee, A. Beck & Co.’s ........................
@35 
Gail & A x’s  Macoboy.............................
@44 
Scotch, Railroad  Mills............................
@44
10@12 
P u re  Cider................................................
10@12
W hite W ine...............................................
1776 $  f t ......................................................
@10)4 
G illett’s $  ft
@  7)4
Soapine p k g ............................................... 
7@10
P earline f) b o x ..........................................  @4  50
Lavine, single boxes, 481 ft  p a p e rs...  @4 50
Lavine, 5 or m ore boxes, 481 ft pap ’rs  @4  25 
Lavine, single  boxes, 100 6 oz papers.  @4  50 
Lavine, 5 o r m ore boxes, 100 6  oz  pap  @4  25 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 )4 ft p a p e rs..  @4  15 
Lavine, 5 o r m ore boxes, 80 )4 ft pap rs  @4  00

@32
@30
@25
@26
@28
@26
@37
@20
@23
@25
@55
@55
@25
@26
@25
@40
@52
@50
@48
@50
@27
@24
@22
@24
@24
@24
@28
@25

WASHING POWDERS.

SMOKING.

VINEGAR.

SHORTS.

do 
do 
do 

SNUFF.

15@35

“ 

YEAST.

MISCELLANEOUS.

¡Wilsons.............1 75
Twin Bros.......... 1  75
¡National............1 75
Gillett’s ............1 75
Blacking............................1.......30,40, 50@60
150
do  waterproof......................... 
Bath Brick imported......................... 
95
75
do 
American.... ...................  
Barley........................... ;..................   @3)4
Burners, No. 1 .................................. 
110
1 50
do  No. 2................................... 
Bags, American A.............................  20 00
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand............ 
8 00
Condensed Milk,  Swiss............. . 
7 60
Curry-Combs ft doz..,,....................1 26@-
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft dans.. . . . . .   @25

. 

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do 

Chimneys No.  1........................................  @38
No.  2........................................  @48
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & Vi ft  do 
@27)4
E x tract Coffee,  v. c ................................   90@95
F e lix ............................1  30@
F lour Sifters $  d o z.................................3  06®
1  25@
F ru it A ugurs each ............................ 
Gum, R ubber 100 lum ps........................   @25
@40
Gum, R ubber 200 lu m p s................ 
G ^ m  Spruce. 
........................................  35@40
In k  $  3 dozen  bo x...................  
Jelly in P ails...................................@ 5)4
do  Glass Tum blers f) doz.............. 
Lye $  2  doz. cases............................* 
M acaroni,  Im ported..........................@13
D om estic................................................. .]
F rench M ustard,  8 oz dozen. .......’ 
L arge  G othic............   @1  35
Oil Tanks, Star 60  g allo n ......................   @10 00
Peas, Green B ush....................................   @1  75
@ 3)4
Powder,  K eg............................................ 4  00@
)4 K eg.......................................2  50@

do  Split prepared . .......................... . 

@75
@1  55

l  OOfoi

@80

do 

do 

4.........................................................  

5@6

do  b u c k ................................................1  750
1  25@

S ag e.............................................................  @15
Tobacco C utters e a c h ................ 
T w in e ...................................................... ;;;  i 8@2o
¿@3
T a p io c a..................................................  
W icking No. 1 $  gross.................. . . . . . . ’  @40
....................................   @65

do 
do  A rg a n d ....................................1  5Q@

No. 2 

CANDY,  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS, 

P u tn am  & Brooks quote as follow s: 

s t ic k .

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

................. . . . . . . .
...................
MIXED.

’do 
do 

@10
@10)4
@12

Royal, 251b  p ails..........................................  @10)4
Royal, 200 ft bbls............................................._ 10
’ ’11«
E xtra, 25 ft  p ails......................................  
E xtra, 200 ft bbls....................................."  H. ill
French Cream, 251b p ails...................... .. .." !l4
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.....................................!. 1 Il4
B ro k en ,25  ft  p ails......................... 11)4
B ro k en ,2001b  bbls............................. 
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

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14
Lemon  D rops..................  
Sour D rops........................................................... 15
P epperm int  D rops............................................16
Chocolate D rops.................................i !17
H  M Chocolate  D rops...................... 
j>0
Gum  D r o p s .....................................H .............. jg
Licorice D rops........................! .! ... i ! ! . . !   H20
14
A B   Licorice  D rops.. 
 
J6
Lozenges, p la in .......................   
47
Lozenges,  p rin te d ............................. 
Im p e ria ls........................................ 
jg,
M ottoes;.................................; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ........ . * ■
Cream  B a r........................................................... jg,
14
Molasses B a r.............................................. 
C aram els.................................... 
20
H and Made C ream s................1
2
P lain  Cream s............................11111111111111  20
D ecorated  Cream s..................*..1111111111***2*
.16
String R ock................................1111
B u rnt A lm onds........................11111
24.16
W intergreen  B erries........... 11111
F an cy —in   B u lk .
Lozenges, plain  in  pails................
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.................
Lozenges, printed in pails............
Lozenges, printed in  bbls............
Chocolate Drops, in pails..............
Gum  Drops, in p ails......................
Gum Drops, in bbls........................
M ossD rops, in  p ails......................
.11
Moss D rops, in bbls...............................................
Sour D rops, in  p ails........................ i
Im perials, in  p ails...................... 111111111111 lli-
Im perials  in  b b ls....................................1111.13,

 
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FRUITS.

00@5 00
00@4 (HI

00@9  OCs

b o x.......................................... 7
Oranges 
Oranges OO ft box......................... 111...
Oranges, Im perials, f)  b o x........... 1.1.1
Oranges, V alencia ip  case.....................
Lemons,  choice......................................... 4 
Lemons, fan cy ..........................................
Bananas $  b u n ch ................... I..II .II .I I2 
Malaga Grapes, $  k e g ............................
Malaga Grapes, $  b b l.......................
Figs,  layers  $  f t......................................   12@lfr
......................................   18@20
Figs, fancy  do 
Figs, baskets 40 ft $  f t............................  @14
do  ..............................  @ 6
D ates, frails 
D ates, )4 do 
do  ................. 
w it'
Dates, sk in .................................. 
HI
@   6 @ 7)1 
D ates, )4  sk in ..................................11111’
D ates, F ard 10 ft box $   f t........ l.l.l.llO
@11 
D ates, F ard 50 ft box f t f t .......................  7
8
Dates, P ersian 50 ft box ^  f t............. 11  6)4@

PEANUTS.
P rim e  Red,  raw   ft  f t............
Choice 
do  .............
do  ..............................   @ 8)
Fancy 
Choice W hite, Va.do  .............................   @ 9
F ancy H P ,.  V a  d o .......; ....................  @10:

do 
do 

@

NUTS.

Almonds,  T erragona,!
Almonds, Ioaca,
Brazils,
Pecons,
Filberts, Barcelona 
Filberts, Sicily 
W alnuts, Chilli 
W alnuts, G renobles 
W alnuts, California 
Cocoa N uts, $   100 
H ickory N uts, large ft  bu 
H ickory  N uts, sm all  do

f t.....................  18@19i
d o ..................... 
ie@i7;
do  .....................  
9@10i
do  .....................  1Q@14
d o .....................
d o .....................  @14«
do  .....................  @12)£.
do  .....................  14@15
d o .....................

@4  50
1  25«

PRO V ISIO N S.

PORK.

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co» 

quote  as  follows:

H eavy Mess  P o rk ........................................ |!17  5D>
Back  Pork,  short  c u t................................  17  50
Fam ily Clear P o rk ............ .................... . 
18  50
E x tra Clear P o r k ..........................................19  50
Clear Back  P ork, new ...................................  20  25
Boston Clear  P o rk ......................... .  ...........  20  00-
Standard Clear P ork, th e b est.....................  20 50s

do. 
do 
do. 

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

do. 
do. 

LARD.

9%
10
9%
10
9%
10
10)4
10%
10)4
10)4
10%
10%
10%
10
10)4
10)4

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

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

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

8
8J4 :

8)4
8)4
9
8%.
8%

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN.

H am s cured in sw eet pickle, h eav y __  
H am s cured in sw eet pickle m edium .. 
lig h t...... 
Shoulders,  boneless....................................... 
Shoulder, cured in sw eet  pickle........... 
E x tra  Clear B acon.........................................  
D ried Beef,  E x tra ....................................  

do. 

13%.
14
14)4
9
8%
11
15)4 •

BEEF IN BARRELS.

E x tra  Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts.........  11  00
P late B eet\ e x tra  quality ............................   12  00 <

CANNED BEEF.

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

in c a s e .........................................................  18  25
do. 
2 90
A rm our & Co., 14 ft cans,  )4 doz  in case  18  25 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in  case..  2  90 
do.  2 ft Compr’d H am , 1 doz. in case 4  00

2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case__  

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

P o rk   Sausage......................................................  9
H am   Sausage.......................................................15
Tongue  Sausage...............................................   11
L iver Sausage......................................................  8
F ra n k fo rt  S au sa g e.,.........................................10
Blood  Sausage....................................................   8
Bologna,  rin g ......................................................  8)4
Bologna,  stra ig h t...............................................  8)4 -
Bologna,  th ic k ....................................................   8)4
H ead  Cheese............ ............................ .............8

In  h alf b a rre ls....................................................   3 90 '
In  q u a rte r b arre ls.................................................  2 10
In  k its..................  ..............................................

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

In  h alf barrels . ........................................... 
In  q u a rte r b a r r e ls ............................... 
 
In  k i t s ....................... ....................................... 

$3  75
  2 00
95-

Jen n in g s’ 2 oz........................................fl  doz.  1 00
1  50

4 oz............................ 
6 oz............................................................ 2 50
8 oz............................................................ 3 50
No. 2  T ap er...........................................  1 25
No.  4 
.....................................   1  75
% p in t  ro u n d .............., .................4 50
l  
................................  9 00
No.  8..................... 
3  00
No. 1 0 .....................................................  4 25
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Je nnings’ 2 oz........................................$  doz.  1  40
4  00

4 oz............................................................ 2 50
6 oz.......................................... 
8 o z..........................................................   5 00
No. 2  T ap er...........................................  1 50
No.  4 T ap er...... ..............................  3  00
V% p in t  ro u n d......................................... «7 50
l p i n t   ro u n d ..........................................15 00
No.  8................  
No.  10...................................  

4  25
6  00
Faucets,  self  m easuring.......................  @2 50
Faucets, com m on................................... 
@  35

FAUCETS.

 

 

FISH.

W hole Cod.................................................  4%@6)4
Boneless Cod...........................................  
5@7@8
H erring )4 bbls. 100 f t..........................2 75@3  00
H erring Scaled........................................ 
@24
H erring H olland....................................   @1  05
W hite, No. 1, V, b b ls .............................  
6  50
W hite, Fam ily, V% bb ls.......................... 
2  50
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its ................................  
W hite, No. 1,12  ft k its .......................... 
1  05
5  25
T rout, No.  1,54  b b ls.............................. 
T rout, No. 1,12  ft  k its .......................... 
90
Mackerel, No. 1, )4 b b ls........................  
6  50
1  00
Mackerel, No. 1,12  ft  k its ...................  

95

FRUITS.

London Layers, new ..................................... 
Loose M uscatels Raisins,  n ew ............   @2  70
New V alencias  R aisins..... ................... 
7)4@7)4
D e h e s ia ......................................................  @3  25
O n d aras.........................................................   @10
T urkey P ru n e s ............................................. 
@6
C u rra n ts....................................................   5  @6
C itro n .............................................................   @20
Dried A pples  ...........................................   8  ©8)4

2 85

MATCHES.

Richardson’s No. 2  sq u a re................................... 2 70
do 
Richardson’s No. 3 
.............................. 2  65
do 
.............................. 170
Richardson’s No. 5 
.............................. 2  70
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
Richardson’s No. 8 
do 
.............................. 170
Richardson’s No. 9 
do 
..............................2  55
Richardson’s No. 4 ro u n d ...............................2  70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
................................ 2  55
R ichardson’s No. 7)4 do 
................................1  70
E lectric P arlor No. 17..............................................3 20
E lectric P arlor No.18....................................... 4  64
G rand  H aven,N o.  9 . . . . .......................... ........2  50
G rand  H aven, No.  8.......................................... 1  60

20 gross lots special price.

B lack  S tr a p .................................  
Porto Rico.

MOLASSES.

 

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H)r\>  (Boobs.

Spring  &  Company quote at> 

:

WIDE BROWN COTTONS.

A ndroscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Androscoggin, 8-4.. 21
Pepperell,  7-4...... 1854
Pepperell,  8-4...... 20
Pepperell,  9-4........2254 Pequot,  9-4

Pepperell, 10-4........25
Pepperell, 11-4........2754
Pequot,  7-4........... 18
Pequot,  8-4............. 21
...24

CHECKS

Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
Caledonia,  X , o z... 10
Economy,  oz........ 10
P ark  Mills, No. 50.. 10
P ark Mills, No. 60. .11 
P ark  Mills, No. 70. .12 
P a rk  Mills, No. 80. .13

P ark  Mills, No. 90.. 14 
P ark  Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, o z............11
Otis A p ro n............1054
Otis  F u rn itu re .....1054
York,  1  oz..............10
York, AA, ex tra oz. 14

OSNABURG,

A labam a b ro w n ... .  7 A labam a  plaid— 8
Jew ell b riw n ......... .  934 A ugusta p laid....... .  8
K entucky  brow n. .1034. Toledo p laid .......... .  734
Lew iston  b row n.. .  934 M anchester  plaid. .  7
Lane bro w n .......... .  934 New  Tenn. plaid.. . n
L ouisiana  p laid ... .  8 U tility plaid ........... ■  634

BLEACHED COTTONS.

Avondale,  36......... -  834 Greene, G.  4-4....... .  534
A rt  cam brics, 36.. .1134 Hill, 4-4................... .  8^4
Hope,  ¿A....................7k
Androscoggin, 5-4. .1254
K ing  Phillip  cam ­
Ballou, 4-4................  754
bric, 4-4..................1154
Ballou, 5-4................  6
Lin wood,  4-4..........   9
B oott,  O. 4-4............   854
Lonsdale,  4-4...........  854
Boott,  E. 5-5............   7
Lonsdale  cam bric. 1154 
Boott, AGC, 4-4.......954
Langdon, GB, 4-4...  954
Boott, B.  3-4............  554
Langdon,  45............14
B lackstone, AA 4-4,  754
Masonville,  4-4......... 954
Chapm an, X, 4-4---- 654
Maxwell. 4-4.............1054
Conway,  4-4............ 754
New Y ork Mill, 4-4.1054 
Cabot, 4-4................. 754
New Jei'Sey,  4-4—   8 
Cabot, 7-8.................   654
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  754 
Canoe,  3-4................  4
Pride of the W est. .1254 
Dom estic,  36..........   754
Pocahontas,  4-4. 
854 
D w ight Anchor, 4-4.  9
Slaterville, 7-8... 
..  654 
Davol, 4-4................  954
..  9 
V ictoria,  A A .... 
F ru it of Loom, 4-4..  9 
..  534 
W oodbury, 4-4... 
F ru it of Loom, 7-8..  854 
W hitinsville,  4-4 
..  754 
Fx-uit of  th e   Loom,
W hitinsville, 7-8. 
..  654 
cam bric,  4-4.........12
W am sutta, 4-4... 
..1054 
Gold Medal, 4-4..  ..  7
Williams ville,  36
..1054
Gold Medal, 7-8.......654
Gilded  A ge..............854

CORSET JEANS.

A rm o ry ...................  734|Kearsage..................  85«
A ndroscoggin sa t..  8?4 N aum keagsatteen.  854
Canoe R iv er....'__ 6  P epperell  bleached  854
C larendon...............   654 ! Pepperell s a t...........  954
Hallowell  Im p .......  654|Rockport..................7
Ind. Orch. Im p .......7  Law rence s a t.............  854
L a c o n ia...................   754lConegosat................  7

Albion,  solid.............554
Albion,  g re y .............6
A llen’s  checks......... 554
A ilen’s  fa n c y ........... 554
A llen’s p in k ............. 654
A llen’s p u rp le ..........654
A m erican, fan cy — 554
A rnold fa n c y ........... 6
B erlin solid..............  554
Cocheco  fa n c y ........8
Cocheco robes..........7
Conestoga fa n c y — 6
E d d y sto n e ....... ........6
Eagle  fan cy ............. 5
G arn er p in k .............7

G lo u cester...............6
Glou cesterm ourn’g . 6
H am ilton  fa n c y __ 6
H artel fan cy ............6
M errim ac  D ............. 6
M a n ch ester............. 6
O riental  fan cy ........6
O riental  ro b es........654
Pacific  robes............6
Richm ond.................6
Steel R iver...............554
Simpson’s .................6
W ashington fa n c y .. 
W ashington  b lu e s..8

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

A ppleton  A, 4-4—
B oott  M, 4-4............
Boston  F, 4-4..........
C ontinental C, 4-3.. 
C ontinental D, 40 in 
Conestoga W, 4-4... 
Conestoga  D, 7-8... 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.
D w ight  X, 3-4.........
D w ight Y, 7-8..........
D w ight Z, 4-4..........
D w ight Star, 4-4—  
E w ight Star, 40-in.. 
E n terp rise EE, 36.. 
G reat Falls E, 4-4...
F arm ers’ A, 4-4.......
In d ian   Orchard,  1-4

854
8
1654
10545%
9
7
754
754

Indian O rçhard, 40 
Indian Orchard, 36 
Laconia  B, 7-4.. 
Lym an B, 40-in. 
Mass. BB, 4-4... 
N ashua  E, 40-in 
N ashua  R, 4-4.. 
N ashua 0,7-8...
N ew m arket N __
Pepperell E, 39-in 
Pepperell  R, 4-4 
Pepperell  O, 7-8 
Pepperell  N, 3-4 
Pocasset  C, 4-4.
Saranac  R .........
Saranac  E .........

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

A m o sk e ag .........8
Am oskeag, Persian
sty les...............      .1054
B a te s........................   754
B e rk sh ire ................  654
Glasgow checks—   7 
Glasgow checks, f ’y  754 
Glasgow 
royal  sty les.........  8
G loucester, 
s ta n d a rd ..............  754
P lu n k e t...................   754
L a n c a ste r................  854
L an g d ale................... 754

checks,
new

Renfrew , dress styl  954 
Johnson  M anfg Co,
B ookfold...............1254
Johnson  M anfg Co,
dress  sty les.........1254
Slaterville, 
dress
sty les.....................  9
W hite Mfg Co, stap  754 
W hite Mfg Co, fane  8 
W hite  M anf’g  Co,
E arlsto n ...............   954
G ordon.......................8
Greylock, 

dress 

styles  ....................1254

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

(Pepperell.  10-4.......2754
Androscoggin, 74. .21 
Androscoggin, 8-4.. 23  Pepperell,  114......... 3254
Pepperell,  7 4 ........ 20 
iPequot,  7 4 ...............21
Pepperell,  8 4 ........ 2254 P equot,  8 4 ............... 24
Pepperell,  9-4........ 25 
¡Pequot,  9-4...............2754

HEAVY BROWN  COTTONS.

A tlantic  A, 4 4 —  
A tlantic  H, 4 4 —
A tlantic  D, 4 4 ----
A tlantic P, 4 4 .......
A tlantic  LL, 4 4 ...
A driatic, 36............
A ugusta, 4 4 ...........
B oott  M, 4-4...........
B oott  FF, 4 4 .........
G raniteville, 4-4... 
Indian  Head, 4-4.. 
In d ian a Head 45-in

Law rence X X, 4 4 ..  854 
Law rence  Y, 30. 
Lawrence LL, 44 
N ew m arket N ... 
Mystic River, 4-4
P equot A, 4 4 __
Piedm ont,  36....
S tark AA, 4 4 __
T rem ont  CC, 4-4.
U tica,  4-4............
IW achusett,  4 4 .. 
¡W achusett,  30-in

654 
534 
554 
754 
654 
754 
734 
634 
:  754 
1254
TICKINGS.

A m oskeag,  ACA... 1354 
A m oskeag 
“ 4 4 .. 19
Am oskeag,  A ........13
Amoskeag,  B ........12
Am oskeag,  C........11
Am oskeag,  D ........1054
Amoskeag,  E ........10
Am oskeag, F .............954
Prem ium   A, 4 4 ___17
P rem ium   B __ — 16
E x tra 4 4 ................... 16
E x tra  7-8................... 1454
Gold Medal 4 4 ........15
CCA  7-8..................... 1254
CT 4 4 .........................14
RC 7-8.........................14
B F 7-8.........................16
A F 4 4 .........................19
Cordis AAA, 32........14
Cordis  ACA, 32........15
Cordis No. 1,32........15
Cordis  No. 2.............14
Cordis  No. 3.............13
Cordis  No. 4.............1154

Falls, X X X X ...........1854
Falls, X X X .............. 1554
Falls,  BB..................1154
Falls,  BBC, 36......... 1954
Falls,  aw ning.........19
H am ilton,  BT, 32..12
H am ilton,  D .............954
H am ilton,  H .............954
H am ilton  fa n c y .. .10
M ethuen A A ..........1354
M ethuen A SA........18
¡Omega  A, 7-8..........11
lOmega  A, 4-4..........13
Omega ACA, 7-8___14
Omega ACA, 4 4 ___16
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
Omega SE, 4 4 ......... 27
Omega M. 7 -8 ......... 22
Omega M, 4 4 ...........25
ShetucketSS&SSW 1154 
Shetucket, S & SW.12
Shetueket,  SFS__ 12
Stockbridge  A .......7
Stockbridge  frncy.  8

GLAZED CAMBRICS.

5 
H ookset............ __ 5 
Red  C ross......... « ...5  
F o rest G rove...___  

¡E m pire...............
¡W ashington......... . ..   434
¡Edwards.............. ...  5
¡S. S. & Sons.........
..  5

GRAIN BAGS.

A m erican  A ... __ 19  ¡Old  Iro n sid es... ...15
...21
S tark  A .............. ..  .2334¡W heatland.........

DENIMS.

B o sto n .............. __   734;Otis  CC................ ...1034
E v erett  b lu e ... __ 1334¡W arren  A X A ...
...1234
E v erett  brown.___ 1334'iWarren  B B ........ ...1114
O tis  A X A .........___ 1234lWarren CC......... ...1034
Otis B B ..............___ 1134¡York  fan cy ........

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

Man ville............ __ 6 
M asgn v ille ....... __ 6 

|S. S. & Sons........... ...  6
¡G arn e r..................
...  6

WIGANS.

Red  C ross................  754¡Thistle Mills............
B e rlin .......................  754(Rose..........................  8
G a r n e r .....................  7541

SPOOL COTTON.

B ro o k s..................... 50
C lark’s O. N. F .......55
J . & P.  C oats...........55
W illirpantic 6 cord. 55 
W illim antic 3 co rd .40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing th read ............30

Eagle  and  Phœ nix 
G reeh  &  Daniels.
M e rrick s............
S taffo rd ..............
H all & M anning. 
H olyoke..............

Mills ball sew ing.30 
..40 
. .35 
..30

SILESIAS

C row n...................... 17
No.  10...................... 1254
C o in ..........................10
A nch o r.....................15
C en te n n ia l..............
B la c k b u rn ..............  8
D avol........................14
L ondon.................... 1254
P a c o n ia ...................12
Red  C ross............... 10
Social  Im perial__ 16

M asonville T S.........  8
M asonville  S ........... 1054
L onsdale....................954
Lonsdale A ............. 16
N ictory  0 ................
V ictory J ..................
V ictory  D ................
Victory  K ................  234
P hœ nix A ................  954
Phœ nix  B ...............1054
P hœ nix X X ............15

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

.

Apples—Choice  eating,  firm at $2.50 per 
bbl. for Southern Ohio  and $1.50 for  home 
grown.  Cooking  apples*are  worth  $2.  ^  
bbl. for Ohio  and $1.  for home  grown.

Buckwheat Seed—$1.25 ^  bu.
Butter—Higher.  Choice dairy  packed  is 
held at 17c, and creamery at 20c.
Beans—Handpicked scarce and not  much 
moving at $2.50@$2.60  ^   bu.  Unpicked, 
$2@$2.25.

Beets—45c ^  doz. bunches. 
Berries—Whortleberries are in steady sup­
ply at $2.50 ^  bu.  Blackberries are in good 
demand, and comparatively scarce at  8e@9c 
^  q t.

dozen bunches.

Cabbages—$5 ^  100.
Celery—24c ^  bunch.
Cheese—Full  cream  is higher, with  pros­
pect of still further advance.  Choice  goods 
are now worth 9)£c.
Clover  Seed—Choice  medium  $6@$6.50 
^  bu. and mammoth at $6.75  ^   bu.  Slow 
sale at these prices.
Dried  Apples—No call for them  at  pres­
ent.
Eggs—Still down to 14c, with  no  upward 
tendency in immediate prospect.
Green Onions—25c 
Green Com—10c ^  doz. ears.
Hungarian Grass Seed—$1 ^  bu.
Honey—Choice new, 15c.
Hops—Brewers pay  35@40c  for  Eastern 
andWestern and 18@20c for  Michigan.
Hay—$10@$11 for new, and$12@$13  for 
bailed.
Maple  Sugar—Dull  and  plenty  at 12Xc. 
for pure, and 8@10c for adulterated.
Melons—Musk,  cheap at $1 
crate of  a 
dozen.  Watermelons, $25 
Millet Seed—$1 ^p bu.
Onions—New, 75c ^p bu.
Peaches—75c ^p peck basket.
Peas, for field seed—$1.50  ^p bu.
Pears—California $4.25 ^p  case  of  about 
Plumbs—California $2.50 
crate of about
Potatoes—Home  grown  45c  per  bu.  or 
Poultry—Fowls 15@16c.  Spring chickens, 
Radishes—25c per doz. bunches.
Red Peppers—$1.50 ^p bu.
Turnips—50c^p bu.
Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.75 ^P 
Tomatoes—Acme 50c per box of % bu.

225.
225.
$1.50 per bbl.
19c@20c.

100.

bu.

GRAINS AND  MILLING  PRODUCTS.

new  Fulse,  82c.

Wheat—White,  82c;  new Lancaster,  85c; 
Com—45@60c ^P bu.
Oats—White 40c IP bu.
Rye—52@54c 
bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 ^P  100 
fibs.
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 ^  cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 ^p ton.  Bran, 
$14  per  ton.  Ships,  $15  ^p  ton.  Mid­
dlings, $18 ^p ton.  Corn  and  Oats,  $23  ^p 
ton.

 

 

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L U M B E R , L A T H   A N D   SH IN G LE S. 
The Newaygo Company quote f . o. b. cars 
follow : 
U ppers, 1 in c h .....................................p er M $44
U ppers, 114,134 and 2 in c h ..........................  46
Selects, 1 in c h .................................................  35
Selects, 134, 134 and 2  in c h ..........................  38
Fine Common, 1 in c h ..................... 
30
Shop, 1 in c h ...................... 
20
 
Fine, Common, 1J4i 114 and 2 in ch ............   32
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t—   15
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 f e e t..........................  16
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t..........................  17
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 f e e t.......  15
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 fe e t..........................  16
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t..........................  17
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 f e e t.........  15
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t............................  16
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 fe e t............................  17
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t.......  12
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe e t..........................  13
No. 2 Stocks, 13 in., 20 fe e t..........................  14
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 f e e t.......   12
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 fe e t..........................  13
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t..........................  14
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t.........  11
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 f e e t.........’..................  12
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 f e e t..........................  13
Coarse  Common  o r  shipping  culls, all
w idths and  le n g th s............................8 00®  9
A and B Strips, 4 o r 6 i n ..............................  35
C Strips, 4 or 6 in ch .....................................   28
No. 1 Fencing, all  len g th s..........................  15
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  fe e t................  12
No. 2 Fencing, 16 fe e t...................................  12
No. 1 Fencing, 4  in c h ...................................  15
No. 2 Fencing, 4  in c h ...................................  12
Norway C and b etter, 4 o r 6 in ch ..............  20
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B ...................  18
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.................................  14
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Com m on—  
9
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear.......................  20
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16 f t . .. 10  00@10 
$1 additional fo r each 2 fe e t above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B .....................  36
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C............................  29
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, com m on..  17 
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 com m on—   14 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal. 
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  C lear..  35
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C............................  26
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com ’n   16 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com ’n  14 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............. 
3
-(X X X 18 in.  T h in ........................................ 
3
j X X X 16 in — .............................................  
3
No. 2 o r 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.........
No. 2 o r 5 in. C. B. 16  in ..........................
L a th '...........................................................

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follow s: 

OYSTERS.
38
New Y ork Counts, p e r  can.
E x tra  Selects......................................................... 35
FRESH  FISH.
C odfish..................................................................  8
H ad d o ck ...............................................................  <
Sm elts....................................................................  5
Mackinaw T ro u t........................................... 
  7
M ackerel...............................................................15
W h iteflsh .............................................................  7
Smoked W hiteflsh and T ro u t...........................10
Smoked S turgeon................................................10

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

P erkins & Hesc quote as foLows:

, 

HIDES.

G reen.................................................. @ 7
P a rt  cu red .................................................  8  @  834
Full cu red .................................................. 834@  834
D ry hides and k ip s...................................  8  @12
Calf skins, green or cu red .....................10  @12
D eacon sk in s............................. ^  piece20  @50
Shearlings or Sum m er skins ^  piece.. 10  @20
Fall p elts......................................................30  @50
W inter  p e lts..........................................1  00  @1  50
Fine washed $  f t......................................   35@
Coarse w ashed............................................18  @20
U nw ashed.................................... ............. 2-3
Tallow.................................................................. 534@ 514

SHEEP PELTS.

WOOL.

V IS IT IN G   SALESM EN . 

Representatives of  the  following  houses 

have been in town since our last issue: 

Toledo Moulding Co.  Toledo.
Jas. Martin, Thomas,  Thompson,  Sons  & 
C. A.  Banker,  Anglo-American  Packing 

Co., Philadelphia.
Co., Chicago.

F R E S H   M EATS.

Jo h n   M ohrhard  quotes  the trad e as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides.....................................  634@  8
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs....................   8  @  9
Dressed  H ogs............................................  @ 8
M utton,  carcasses..................................... 614@  7
V eal..............................................................   834@ 914
Fow ls.........................................................  
15@16
P o rk   Sausage............................................. 10  @1014
B ologna......................................................   @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:
80
125 Chests by City of Peking, No. 424, My owu  importation  - 
28
- 
« 
237 
»25
- 
97 
« 
3q
125 
- 
Also large assorted lines of Y oung Hyson,  Gun 
Powders, both Muyone and Pingsuey, Formosa Oo­
longs, and Moning Congos at lowest figures.

No. 75, 
No. 25, 

Suez Steamer 

*• 
« 
*  

« 
« 
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« 

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-

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.
-  18
Imperial  Roast, a blended coffee 
O. G. Roast Java 
Mandehling Java 
-
  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.

-
“  and Mocha 

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JOHN  CAULFIELD.

Ibarbware.

P revailing  rates  a t  Chicago  are  as  follow s: 

AUGERS AND BITS.

Ives’, old  sty le.......................................... dis 
50
N. H. C. Co................................................. dis 
55
50
Douglass’ ...................................................dis 
P ierces’ ......................................................dis 
50
50
Snell’s ..........................................................dis 
dis40&10
Cook’s  .............................................. 
25
Je nnings’,  gen u in e..................................dis 
Je nnings’,  im itation................................dis40&10

 

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

25

R a ilro a d .........................................................$  15  00
G arden.........................................................n et 33 00

BALANCES.

BARROWS.

BELLS.

H a n d ................................. ......................dis  $  60&10
fio
C o w .......... ............................................... dis 
15
Call............................................................ dis 
G o n g ............  
.....................................dis 
20
Door, S arg en t........................................ dis 
55

BOLTS.

Stove.........................................................dis $ 
40
Carriage  new   list................................. dis 
75
Plow  ......................................................... dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe............................................. dis 
50&15
50
Cast B arrel  B olts..................................dis 
W rought B arrel B olts......................... dis 
55
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................... dis 
50
Cast Square S pring.............................. dis 
55
Cast  C hain.............................................. dis 
60
55&10
W rought Barrel, brass  k nob.............dis 
W rought S q u a re ...................................dis 
55&10
W rought Sunk F lu sh ...........................dis 
30
W rought  Bronze  and  P lated  Knob
F lu sh ......................................................  50&10&10
Ives’  D oor............................................... dis 
50&10

BRACES.

B a rb e r.....................................................d is$  
B ackus............................f....................... dis 
Spofford................................................... dis 
Am. B all.................................................. dis 

Well, p la in ..........................................
Well, sw ivel........................................

BUCKETS.

40
50
50
n et
.$ 4  00 
4  50

BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose P in, figured...........................dis 
60
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed............dis 
60
60
Cast Loose Jo in t, genuine bronzed, .dis 
W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t..d is  50&10
W rounht Loose  P in ................................ dis 
60
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip .............. dis  60&  5
W roughtL ooseP in,.japanned.............. dis  60&  5
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ...................................................... dis  60&  5
W rought T able...........................................dis 
60
W rought Inside  B lind.............................dis 
60
W rought B rass..........................................dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s ............................................. dis  70&10
Blind, P ark er’s ..........................................dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s .......................................dis 
70
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x2 ¡4, p er gross  15  00
p er gross  18  00
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x3 

CARS.

E ly’s 1-10.................................................... p e r m $ 65
H ick’s C. F ............................................... 
60
G. D ...........................................................  
35
M usket...................................................... 
60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester  new list 
Rim Fire, U nited  S tates.........................dis 
Central F ire ................................................dis 

50
50
34

CHISELS.

Socket F irm er........................................ dis 
65&10
Socket F ram in g .....................................dis 
65&10
Socket C orner..............................»..........dis  65&10
65&10
Socket Slicks.......................................... dis 
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er.................. dis 
40
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers.................... dis 
20
Cold........................................................... net

Curry, Law rence’s ................................ dis
H otchkiss  ...............................................dis

Brass,  Racking’s ..........................................
B ibb’s .............................................................
B e e r ................................................................
Fenns’.............................................................

Planished, 14 oz cu t to size............
14x52,14x56,14 x60..........................

M orse’s B it  Stock............................ ...d is
T aper and Straight S hank.............. .. .dis
Morse’s T aper  Soonk....................... .. .dis

COMBS.

COCKS.

COPPER.

DRILLS.

ELBOWS.

3334
25

40&10
49&10
40&10
60

f  ®  37 
....  39

35
20
30

Com. 4 piece, 6  in ............................ doz n et $1  10
C o rrugated........................................
.. .dis 20&10
A d ju sta b le........................................
...d is 40&10
EXPANSIVE BITS.

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

dis
dis

FILES.

A m erican File A ssociation  L is t..
...d is
D isston’s ............................................
...d is
New  A m erican.................................
...d is
Nicholson’s ........................................
...d is
H eller’s ............................................... ...d is
H eller’s H orse R asps....................... ...d is
Nos. 16 to  20, 
L ist 

27 
12 
15 
D iscount, Ju n ia ta  45, Charcoal 50. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...............dis 

GALVANIZED IRON,
22 and  24,  25 and 26, 

13 
GAUGES.

14 

HAMMERS.

20
25

50
50
50
50
30
3334
28
18

50

15
Maydole & Co.’s .......................................dis 
25
K ip’s ..........................................................dis 
Y erkes &  P lum b’s ................................. dis 
30
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel....................... 30 c list 40
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, H and. .30 c 40&10 

B arn Door K idder Mfg. Co.,  Wood tra c k  dis  50
Champion, anti-frictio n....................... dis 
60
Kidder, wood  tr a .k ............................... dis 
40

HANGERS.

HINGES.

Gate, Clark’s, l, 2,  3................................dis 
60
S tate...............................................per doz, n et, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  434  14
354
and ¡¡louger................................................. 
Screw Hook and Eye,  34  ....................n et 
1034
834
Screw Hook and Eye  %....................... net 
Screw Hook and Eye  34....................... n et 
734
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................n e t 
734
Strap and  T .............................................dis  60&10

HOLLOW  WARE.

Stam ped Tin W are......................................   60&10
JapannedoTin  W are...................................  20&10
G ranite  Iro n   W are..................................... 
25

HOES.

KNOBS.

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

m ings................. 

Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.........$2  00, dis 60
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m in g s__   2  50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
list,  7 25, dis 60
Door, porcelain, trim m ings  list, 8  25, dis 
60
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain...........dis 
60
P icture, H. L. Ju d d  &  Co.’s ..................... d 
60
H e m a c ite ...................................................dis 
50

LOCKS—DOOR.

Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis 
60
Mallory, W heelnr  &  Co.’s ............................dis  60
B ranford’s ....................................................... dis  60
Norw alk’s ................. ".................................... dis  60

LEVELS.

MILLS.

Stanley R ule and Level Co.’s .......................dis  65

Coffee, P ark ers  Co.’s .................................... dis  45
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables dis  45
Coffee, Landers, F erry  &  Clark’s ..............dis  45
Coffee,  E n terp rise..........................................dis  25

NAILS.

Common, B rad and Fencing.

lOdto  60d...............................................^  keg $2  45
8d and 9 d  adv..................................................  
25
6d and 7d  ad v..................................................  
50
4d and 5d  ad v..................................................  
75
3d  advance........................................................  1  50
3d fine  advance.........................  
3  00
Clinch nails,  ad v .............................................   1  75
8d  6d 
Finishing 
Size—inches  (  3 
2 
Adv. f  keg 
Steel Nails—A dvance 10c from  above prices. 

I  lOd 
$1  25  1  50  1  75  2  00 

 
4d
134

234 

 

MOLLASSES GATES.  .

Stebbin’s P a tte rn   .........................  
dis  70
Stebbin’s G enuine..........................................dis  70
E nterprise,  self-m easuring.........................dis  25

MAULS.

OILERS.

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

Zinc or tin, Chase’s P a te n t.......................... dis  55
Zinc, w ith brass b o tto m ................................dis  50
Brass or  Copper............................................. dis  40
R eaper........................ ............... p er  gross, $12 n et
Olm stead’s ..................  
50

 

 

 

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................dis  15
Sciota B ench....................................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy ..................! .!dis  15
Bench, first q u ality ........................................dis  20
Stanley R ule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and

F ry, A cm e..................................................dis40&10
Common, polished...................................dis 
60
8
D rip p in g ................ .................................¡g »> 

PLANES.

PANS.

RIVETS.

Iro n  and  T inned....................................... dis 
Copper R ivets and B u rs......................... dis 

40
40

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

“A” W ood’s p aten t planished, Nos. 24 to 27  1034 
“B” Wood’s p at. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

9

B roken packs 34c $  fi> extra.

ROOFING PLATES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne..................  5 75
IX , 14x20, choice Charcoal  T ern e................7  75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 12 00
IX , 20x28, choice Charcoal  T ern e................16  90
914
Sisal, 34 In. and ¡larg er.............................  
M anilla................................................................   15 y2

ROPES.

SQUARES.

Steel and  Iro n .................................................dis  50
T ry and Bevels....................................  
dis  50
M itre  ............................................................... dis  20

SHEET IRON.

Com. Sm ooth.  Com.
$3  20
3  20

„„ 

__ 
Nos. 10 to  14.................................... $4 20 
Nos. 15 to  17....................................   4  20 
  430 
N o s .l8 to 2 1 ................................ 
Nos. 22 to  24....................................   4 20 
Nos .25 to  26........................................ 440 
No. 27...............................................   4  60 
wide n o t less th an  2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.

In  casks o f 600 lbs, $   !b.............................  
In  sm aller quansities, <g  fl>...................(  

All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

3 20
3 20
3 40
3 60

634
7

13  00
15  00
16

t in n e r ’s s o l d e r .

No. 1,  Refined............................................. 
M arket  H alf-and-half.............................  
S trictly  H alf-and-half.............................. 

TIN  PLATES.

rates.

Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6  75.

10x14, C harcoal.................................  6  50
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal..................................  8  50
IX , 
12x12, Charcoal.................................   6  50
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal  ..............................   8  50
IX , 
14x20, C harcoal.................................  6  50
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal................................   8  50
IX , 
IX X , 
14x20, C harcoal.................................  10  50
IX X X ,  14x20, C harcool.................................  12  50
IX X X X , 14x20,  C harcoal.............................   14  50
20x28, Charcoal.................................  18  00
IX , 
100 P late C harcoal.............................   6  50
DC, 
100 P late C harcoal.............................   8  50
DX, 
DXX,  100 P late C harcoal.............................   10  50
DXXX,  100 P late C harcoal......................  
12  50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to  6  75 

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel,  G am e...............................................
O noidaC om m untity,  Newhouse’s .......d is   35
Oneida Com m unity, Haw ley & N orton’s __   60
H otchkiss’ ......................................  
60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s ....................................... '  60
Mouse,  choker..........................................20c $  doz
Mouse,  dqjusion.................................$1  26 
doz
B right  M arket.................................................dis  60
A nnealed M arket............................................dis  60
Coppered M arket............................................dis  55
E x tra B ailing...................................................dis  55
Tinned  M arket............................................... kis  40
Tinned  B room ...............................................ffib  09
Tinned M attress......................................... ^  a>  834
Coppered  Spring Steel..............................dis 3734
Tinned Spring S teel................................... dis 3734
P lain F ence..................................................<g a>  314
Barbed  F ence.................................1...................
Copper..................................................new  list net
B rass.....................................................new   list n et

WIRE GOODS.

B rig h t...................................................dis  60&10&10
Screw E yes...........................................dis 60&10&10
H ook’s ..................................................dis  60&10&10
G ate Hooks and E y es...................... dis  60&10&10

WrENCHES.

B ax ter’s A djustable,  nickeled................
Coe’s  G enuine....................................... dis  50&10
Coe’s P a t A gricultural,  w ro u g h t..............dis  65
Coe’s Pat.,  m alleable.....................................dis  70

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pum ps,  C istern.....................................dis  60&10
70
S c re w s...........................................................  
Casters, Bed and  P la te ............................dis 
50
Dam pers,  A m erican................................... 
3334

FOSTER

& 00.
HARD WAR

-WHOLESALE—

10  a n d   13  M O N RO E  STR EE T,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

D etroit  and  Chicago  prices  duplicated  al­
ways, and freights in ou r fav o r and shipm ents 
m ore prom pt m ake G rand Rapids the cheapest 
m arket.

W E   SO LIC IT  T H E

DEALER’S  TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

We are M anufacturers’ A gents  fo r  the

New Era Roller Slates,

T H E   F R E N C H   W AY.

D isse rta tio n  U pon th e  In s a n d   O uts o f Cor­

p o ra tio n  P o ssib ilities.

From  the D etroit  Times.

“The confidence  of  the  business  public 
would be increased a hundred  fold  and  the 
prosperity of the country greatly enhanced,” 
said T. P. Hall,  the other day,  “if this coun­
try had,  for  governing  corporations a  law 
similiar to that in vogue in France. 
In that 
country there is a department of the govern­
ment whose  agents  are  engaged in a some­
what similiar capacity to that of  our nation­
al bank examiners.  To this  department ev­
ery corporation in France is obliged to make 
a sworn statement of its affairs.  Not  state­
ments that you can  drive a cart  and  horse 
through, like those  filed  with  our  county 
clerks, but detailed and  accurate  reports of 
their condition and trade.  The corporations 
there never  dare to  misrepresent to this de­
partment, as its  agents  are  liable  to drop 
down upon them  any day,  like our  bank in­
spectors, and make  a  personal  examination 
of their books and goods. 
If, upon  investi­
gation, a corporation is found  to  have  im­
paired its capital,  its creditors  are  warned 
and a short time after a second  examination 
is made. 
If it is then found there  has  been 
a further  depreciation, a liquidator  is  ap­
pointed, who  assumes entire  charge of  the 
affairs of the concern.  He is an  expert and 
is paid  according to the  amount he secures 
for the creditors, that is if the latter  secure 
but 25 per cent, of their  claims, his  returns 
are  very  small, whereas, if he so conducts 
the business as to pay 100  cents  on  the dol­
lar, his  remuneration  is  considerable.  Not 
infrequently these men so exceed  the  orig­
inal conductors in ability that  the  business 
is made a profitable one, and after  the cred­
itors  have  been  paid in full it is  returned 
to the charge of  the  original  owners.  No 
corporation is allowed  to  effeot a comprom­
ise with its creditors.  No settlement of any 
claim can be made for less than the  original 
face value, except by a liquidation.

“A friend of  Mr. Gillett, my partner, who 
is in business in France, but who is now vis­
iting here, gave us a very  forcible  illustra­
tion of this law.  He said that  shortly after 
he started in business  in  that  country  an 
officer of a company  at Lyons, with  whom 
he had done  considerable  business, waited 
upon him with a statement which purported 
to show the condition of the company.  The 
figures  showed  their  assets to be about 50 
per cent, of their  liabilities and on that rep­
resentation  he  expressed a willingness, and 
accepted a check for one-half of his claim as 
full payment.  A month or two later he was 
waited upon by a very polite gentleman who 
inquired if he had not at one time  done bus­
iness with a certain company of Lyons.  He 
replied that he had, and in  answer to furth­
er questions acknowledged  that  he  had  ac­
cepted a check for a certain sum in full pay­
ment for a claim of a larger  amount, where­
upon his vistor startled him by demanding a 
check  for a like  amount.  He  indignantly 
refused and was directed to consult his  law­
yer.  He did as directed and learned for the 
first time of  the French  law  governing  cor­
porations.  Later in the  day he handed  the 
government agent, who  informed him a liq­
uidator had charge of  the Lyons  company’s 
affairs, a  check  for  the  amount  claimed. 
Several months later  he was surprised to re­
ceive a check,  not only for the  full  amount 
of his claim, but for  the  interest  that  was 
due on the accouut, as well.  He at once be­
came a firm  beliver in the  value of the law.
“This law” continued Mr. Hall, “not only 
establishes the confidence of one corporation 
in  another, but it also  assures  those  whose 
capital forms the  corporations  that their in­
vestments will be subject  only to  legitmate 
risks. It also establishes a firm basis for bus­
iness, which this country is now much in need 
of. Why, capitalists, not  only of  Europe but 
of this country, are  getting afraid to  invest 
their  funds in corporations  here  for  fear 
they will  be swindled  out of their  money, 
and people  generally are  becoming  so  dis­
trustful of such organizations that it is  hav­
ing a very disastrous  effect  upon  our rail­
road enterprises and business generally. The 
laws of this  State  and  country  governing 
corporations are so  loosely drawn  ttflat they 
are no protection to any one.  Men  without 
any capital whatever can form organizations 
with (so-called)  paid up capital running into 
the hundred  thousands.  All  they need  do 
is to borrow a check  from a friend, three or 
more—just a  sufficient  number  to  fill  the 
offices proscribed by  law—assemble, pay  in 
the checks.  Then at once  draw  them  out 
again and,  presto, we  have  a  corporation 
with a paid  up  capital of $100,000, on  the 
strength of which it goes  before the  public 
and secures a certain amount of credit  from 
business men and the  banks.  The  organiz­
ers may trade  upon  the  proceeds  of  this 
credit for a time, then divide it among them­
selves and coolly inform their  creditors they 
are unable to  meet  their  obligations.  This 
is lio fancy sketch,” concluded  the  speaker. 
“I have heard of such cases here  in Detroit. 
Had we a law  like  that  of  France,  such 
frauds could  not  be  perpetrated,  and  until 
there is some improvement made in  this  di­
rection the full measure of  prosperity right­
fully due  this  country and its capital  will 
not be entirely realized.”

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 ¡Co.

T re a d in g   th e  D o w n w ard  P a th .

“You are not taking as good care of  your­
self  as  formerly,  old  man.  What’s  the 
trouble?  A streak  of  hard luck?”

“Yes,  rather.”
“What are you doing ?”
“I am landlord of a  large  summer  resort 

hotel  up  north.”

“I shouldn’t think you  would  have  very 
much reason  to complain if that’s  the  case. 
Last season you were only a waiter.”

“I know it,” he answered regretfully.

MATTOCKS.

ALL  OF  WHICH  WE  QUOTE  AT  BOTTOM 

Adze  E y e............................................................... $16 00dis40&10
H unt  E y e............................................................... $15 00dis40&10
H u n t’s........................................... $18  50 dis 20 & 10

PRICES.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

Riverside Steel Nail

M U SK EGON  M A TTERS.

F a c ts  a n d   F an cies  P ic k e d   .Up  a t th a t B u sy  

P la c e .

F. L. Gausden  succeeds C. L.  Nichols  in 

the cigar business.

Sam  Peasley,  a  small  grocery  dealer  on 
street, recently sold his stock to  Henry  Sis- 
sing, 
leaving  several  creditors  in  small 
amounts.

Muskegon has more grocery stores, in pro 
portion  to  the  population,  than any  other 
city in the State.  And the  business  is  not 
overdone to any alarming extent, either.

Attention is directed to the  advertisement 
of Kline’s patent candler  and egg  carrier, to 
be found  this week  in the directory of Mus­
kegon’s business  interests.  This  invention 
is now on the market, and  is  bound to meet 
with unqualified success.  G. C. Sayles, who 
has been appointed  sole agent for the  Unit­
ed States, will answer any questions regard 
ing the patent or sell  any  territory  desired.
Postmaster Fowler, of Lakeside— Ryerson 
postoffice—states that the time is not far dis­
tant  when  Lakeside,  the  former postoffice 
name,  can  be  resumed.  At  present,  the 
name is in the possession of a  small  hamlet 
in Berrien" county, but as there is no particu­
lar  appropriateness  in  the  designation,  the 
people  of  the  place  have agreed  to  waive 
their claim to the cognomen in favor  of  Ry- 
erson.  Then the confusion that  necessarily 
exists through having two names for a  place 
will be avoided, as Lakeside  will  be  Lake­
side postoffice as well as Lakeside village.

Louis Schimmel, assignee of  the late firm 
of  L. W. Schimmel &  Co., is out  with  an 
offer to the creditors, agreeing to advance 40 
per cent of the  amount  of  each  claim, in 
consideration  of a discharge  from  the  in­
debtedness.  So far as heard  from, the offer 
has been refused, and there is no probability 
that a settlement can be effected short of 100 
cents  on  the  dollar.  Considerable feeling 
exists over certain irregularities surrounding 
the assignment, such as the giving of a chat­
tel  mortgage to  the  assignee  the  day the 
assignment was made, the  consideration be­
ing a sum of  money alleged  to  be  due  the 
senior  Schimmel by his son, for  which  the 
firm was  not  obligated.  Keating & Dicker- 
man, who  represent  six  of  the  principal 
creditors, whose claims  aggregate  over  half 
the total  liabilities, have secured an  injunc­
tion restraining the foreclosure of  the mort­
gage, and hope in this manner to compel the 
firm to treat their creditors fairly and honor­
ably.

N ot  a   R e m n a n t  Eeft.

“This  remnant  business  is  about played 
out,” said a leading merchant the other daj\ 
“It was all uery well at first, but it was over­
done.  You see some  clever  merchants  be­
gan  advertising  remnants  as  a  specialty. 
They bought goods and cut  ’em  up  in rem­
nant  style.  Then  they  charged  regular 
prices and people thinking they were getting 
good bargains  kept  the  business  booming, 
all but it is played out now.”

N. S. Reed has opened the Forrest Avenue 

House  at Frankfort.

The Pottery  Manufacturing  Co., at Ionia, 

has a capital of 850,000.

The American Chemical Works, Bay City, 

will resume work  again.

Kison & Miller’s new brick block is a  fine 

improvement for Montague.

S. L. Parsons has engaged in  the  grocery 

and notion business at Luther.

T. H. Clayton succeeds  C.  S.  Kidder  in 

the furniture business at Cedar Springs.

Ed.  Bradford, the  Fremont  groceryman, 
carries a  badly  banged  thumb.  Too  much 
base ball.

Dingman & Mitchell is the name of a new 
dry goods firm that succeeds E. R. Saxton in 
business at  Lakeview.

Greenville has a new  enterprise in a man­
ufactory of the Asbeuton artificial  stone for 
steps,  pedestals,  etc.  L R. Waldo  is  the 
manufacturer.

The  stock  of  boots  and  shoes formerly 
owned by Pier & Schoepplin, Ovid,  will  be 
sold by C. C. DeCamp, the assignee, on Tues­
day, August  19.

A. J. Provin &  Co.,  hardware  dealers  at 
Cedar Springs, have dissolved, N. A. Barker 
retiring.  A. J. Provin will continue the bus- 
ness in his own  name.

R.  G.  Beckwith,  the  Hopkins  Station 
druggist, states that the  report  that he  con­
templates removing his  stock  and  business 
to Allegan is unfounded.

H. Oppenheim &  Son will  close out their 
clothing business at Stanton  by  the  middle 
of  September  and  remove  to  Buchanan, 
where they will go into  business.

G ood  W o rd s  U n solicited.

E. F. Allen, druggist, Boyne City: “Could 

not do without  it.”

H. L. Page, hardware, East Jordan: “Good 

paper, and don’t you forget it.”

M.T. Arbour, druggist, Orangeville Mills: 
“Have seen a few copies  of  the  paper  and 
think I can’t keep store without i t ”

D. W. Root, baker, Cross Village:  “Have 
just  opened  a  bakery  here. 
I  thought  I 
could not do better than subscribe  for  your 
paper, being much pleased with  the  sample 
copy sent me.”

M. Freehling and W. H. Baker, drygoods 
dealer and druggist, respectively, Whitehall: 
“We  like  your  paper  very much and have 
wondered  how  we  did  without  it  so long 
heretofore.  A paper that is of such value to 
business men cannot help but meet with suc­
cess.”

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

T riflin g  W ith  a  M an  in   T ro u b le.

An Irish gentleman visited the  municipal 
court and  walking  up  to  the  judge on the 
bench said:

“Jobdge, the wather pipe  at  the  hydrant 
beyant me house is  bursht, and it has  flood­
ed me celler  and is drown ing  me hins.  Me 
name is McCarthy joodge.,

The  judge  sympathized  with  him,  and 
was sorry for the damp  life  his  hens  were 
leading, but told him he would have to go to 
the Board  of  Public  Works  and  complain. 
McCarthy went away, but the next  morning 
he  came  back to the  judge, and  told  the 
same  story  about  the “wather”  and  the 
“hins,” when the judge said:

“I told you to go to  the  Board  of  Public 

Works and tell your  story.

“And 1 did,” said  McCarthy.
“And  what  did  they  say?”  asked  the 
judge.  McCarthy  looked  indignant,  and 
said:

“The man axed me, ‘McCarthy,’  says  he, 

‘why in thunder don’t you keep ducks?’ ”

W h o m  H e Is  G o in g   F o r.

They had  been  talking  politics.  After a 
lull in  the  conversation  Brown  says:  “I 
know whom I’m going for.”

“Then you’ve made up  your  mind at last, 

eh?” queried Smith.

“I have.”
“Blaine?”
“No.”
“Cleveland?”
“No.”
“St. John?”
“No.”
“Butler?”
“No.”
“Then you ain’t going for anybody.”
“Yes I am.”
“Who is he?”
“The  feller  that  roped  me  into  stock 
gambling  and  plastered a mortgage all over 
my house  and lot.  He’s the cuss I’m going 
for.”

Stove  in   S u m m er.

“Is  it  hot  enough for you?” remarked  a 
man  to  another,  on  the sunny side  of  the 
street.

“Hot?  You ain’t complaining about warm 

weather, I hope.”

might be, is it?”

“Well,  it isn’t so darn freezing  cold  as  it 

“No, nor is it so boiling hot.  . Why,  man, 
I’ve got'a stove, a great big  anthracite  bas e 
burner in ray room,”

“Thunder and Sahara!  How do you stand 

it?”

“Oh, easy enough.”
“Well, I’d like to know how.”
“By not putting any fire in  it.  You  see 
we haven’t any other place  to store it, so we 
just leave it there all the  time.”

H is C ondition.

“So,  Charley,  you’ve  got a sweetheart,  I 
hear,” said a well-known traveling  man to a 
companion.

“I’ve heard  something  of  the  sort,  too,” 

answered  Charlie.
“Is she pretty?”
“Rather.”
“Father living?”
“I  shcfuld  smile.  Livest  man  you  ever 

saw.”

“Well healed?”
“I don’t know  whether he is heeled at all 
or not, but I have cause to believe he is very 
heavily toed,” and  he  limped  away  with a 
hurt look and a crumpled coat tail.

T h in g s in  G ood  S hape.

First Farmer—How’s your com crop look­

Second Farmer—Beautiful,  never  better.
First Farmer—Hay promising well?
Second Farmer—Biggest  crqp I have  had 

ing?

for years.

First Farmer—Stock flourishing?
Second Farmer—I should  say so; I’ve got 
half a dozen yearlings that’ll  lay  over  any­
thing in this part of the country.

First Fanner—How’s your wife?
Second Farmer—Who?
First Farmer—Your wife.

.  Second Farmer—Oh, she’s well enough.

A factory in Cuba produces  2,500,000 cig­

arettes per  day.

It is said that the United States  manufac­

tures no wax matches.

Although very little railway building is be­
ing done, railway  projects  are as numerous 
as ever.

The are  09  shoe  manufactories  in  New 
Hampshire, which employ 5,000  operatives, 
and have a product of 810,000,000.

Orange peel is  now  said  to  be  collected, 
dried in ovens, and  sold  for  kindling  fires. 
It burns  readily and  with  great  fierceness, 
and is safer than kerosene.

A St. Louis  man  wrote  to  Postmaster- 
General Gresham  recently  offering to  rent 
the  basement of the new  postoffice in  that 
city tor a barroom.  A courteous declination 
was  sent by return mail.

“It’s all very well,” remarked a red-nosed 
man, “it’s all very well to say, “Let business 
revive; but what we want  sir, is confidence, 
public confidence, sir.  Each one of us must 
be  willing to bring  out  our hoarded  dollars 
and  put  them  once  more  in  circulation. 
Then the skies will  brighten; then—by  the 
way, I changed my vest this  morning—lend 
me fifty cents, will you?”

New York is the center of the cigar  mak­
ing  trade.  She  has  nearly  4,000  factories 
and  turns  out  1,000,000,000  cigars  a  year. 
Pennsylvania, Ohio  and  Illinois  rank after 
New York.  There were  made in this coun­
try last year 3,177,869,952 about 40 for every 
pound of  tobacco  used.  About  35,0000,000 
were imported, thus making a total of  about 
3,200,000,000, or  60  for  every  man, woman 
raid child in the United  States, and  250  for 
every man over 21 years of age.

MUSKECON  BUSINESS  DIRECTOR"?.
Kline’s  Patent  Candler  and  Egg Carrier.

Tlxe  B est  o n   tlx©  M arket,

Can be made any Size, Round or Square, with any Capacity.  State  Territory 
for Sale by G.  C.  SAYLES,  Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States, P.  O.  Box  145, 
Muskegon, Mich.

ANDREW  WIERENGO,

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WIERENGO  NEW  BLOCK
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Muskegon, Mich.

TO FRTJIT GROWERS

MUSKEGON 

BASKET  FACTORY!

Is  now  in  fu ll  operation  m an u factu rin g   all 

kinds  of

Prices the Lowest.

Quality Guaranteed. FRUIT  PACKAGES, ETC.

MUSKEGON, MICH.

Consignments  Solicited. 

S.  S. MORRIS  &  BRO.,
Jobbers  of  Provisions,

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CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

Stores in O pera H ouse Block. Packing and W arehouse M arket and W ater Street.

MUSKEGON  NOVELTY  IRON  WORKS
Williams'  Patent  Novelty  Pipe  Wrench

Manufacturers  of  the

Best,  Strongest  and  Most  Durable  Made.

We also build Mill and Marine Engines and Boilers  and  conduct  a  General  Machine 

Shop, Blacksmith,  Foundry and Boiler  Shop  Business. 

361  Western  Avenue.

BARBOUR’S- CAMPAIGN  TORCH

The  only  Torch  that  can  be  taken  apart  and  shipped in  a 

Small  space.

300 to 500 Torches com plete (except handles)  can  he  packed  in  one 

barrel, th u s m aking th e freig h t or express charges very low.

A  Child cam P ut them together in  one Minute.

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

WILL  BURN  FOR  FIVE  HOURS.
A sk fo r price or send fo r sam ple order.

FOSTER, STEVENS  <&  CO.,

lO aand 13 Monroe Street, G rand Rapids, Mich.

Choice Butter a Specialty!

BANANAS, LEMONS, CALIFORNIA FRUITS, 

EGGS,  CHEESE,  VEGETABLES,  APPLES.
Careful  Attention  Paid  to  Filling  Orders.

M. C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.

ALL  TTSE

Eaton & Christenson’s
L. C. B. CIG-AR.

OROIJTT 

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

SzCOMPANY,

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

-A J X T ID

Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids.

New 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.

They are selected with a view to the wants of Michigan trade and our friends will  do* 

well to send for samples and  quotations  before  buying  new  Teas.

Soaps.

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 wef mention 
a few of their best-known brands:
Acme, 
Palma., 
White Cotton Oil,  Gem, 
Blue Danube, 
Master, etc.

Best American, 
White Marseilles. 
Boss,
Savon  Republique,

Napkin,
Nickel,
Stearine,
Lautz Soap,

Towel, 
Shamrock, 

These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers’ Prices, and deliver them'in  10 
box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight  prepaid.  Please send forjprice- 
lists and  samples.  See quotations on Grocery Page.

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 
Apple Jack 

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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 & Co,’s California Peaches.

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“  Breakfast  Cocoa.

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Egg Plums.
Pears.

“  .  Green  Gages.
“  Apricots.
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“  Grapes.
“  Cherries.

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“  Mushroons.

Italian Macarroni, 1 ft> pkg-

“  Vermicella.

Queen Olives, 16 oz" and 27 oz. bottles. 
French Capers,  genuine  imported  in  bottle.
Choicest Salad Oil, Antonini & Co., Leghorn.

China Preserved Ginger, all size jars, 
Knowles & Anderson’s Jams and Jellies.

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

