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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  1,1884.

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Joseph O. Rutter in the Current.

THE FIN AN Cl AE  SITUATION.

The inquiry is always  at  hand:  “What  will 
Congress do, or, what ought to be  done, in the 
way of legislation upon the silver question, and 
on monetary matters generally?”

increases.  It will be well to bear in  mind the | 
fact that,  under  the impulse and excitement I 
attending  the  panic  which  caused  the large j 
savings bank failures, there were  many sacri­
fices  of  assets  and  large  expenses  incurred 
which might have  been  avoided,  had  calmer 
counsels prevailed, and the courts, in some in­
stances,  been  less  ready  to mingle financial 
No one can tell what Congress  will  do upon 
with legal administration.  It is impossible to 
either of these questions.  A remedy might be 
point  out,  in  detail,  for  publication,  all  the 
found for a part of our financial difliculties by
evils  which  are  to  he  found  in the business
doing away with the legal tender character of | wor]fjf o rto point a specflc  remedy 'for them, 
our treasury notes, permitting them to still re- j  jq-either can we wash out the past with a sponge 
main in circulation as a money medium in the j  an(I gtart anew on a  pertectly  clean  and cor- 
nature  of  a  demand  indebtedness.  Further 
reet footing. It is always easier to find defects 
help might be found in the issuance, in simple 
than it is to remedy them.  The  present time, 
form  and in  small denominations,  of  deben­
however, seems favorable to the success of an 
tures payable five,  seven  and ten years from 
effort  to  correct  some  of  the  initial  causes 
their date, at a very low, but  cumulative  rate 
from which  difficulty’is sure  to  follow.  The 
of  interest,  with  which  to  retire  an  equal 
necessaries  for  the  maintainance  of life are 
amount  of  bonds  at  a  higher rate.  Both of 
generally  cheap.  The  materials which enter 
these might be made lawful  reserve  for the 
into daily use are equally so.  The  promise of 
national  banks,  and  they  would  no  doubt 
the harvest field is abundant, and if we can do 
readily pass current as  money.  The  latter 
away with, or check, the roots of  the diseases 
form would, after a  time, be sought after by 
which  have  inflicted  their  disastrous  conse­
banks and hoarders.  In  this way large amounts 
quences upon us, we may  go  a long  time  be­
of  money  in  old  stockings,  etc.,  to  which 
fore we are again prostrated by them.  If we do 
previous allusion has been made, would return 
not a revival of our  commercial,  mechanical, 
to  do  its  work.  All denominations of notes,
and agricultural  interests will operate simply 
Government  and  National  Bank, under $10, 
as a palliative, the effect of which will be stim­
might be retired.  This would give  a place for 
ulating for a time,  but,  rapidly  becoming ex­
silver and  gold, which  would be used  plenti­
hausted, will be followed, in -turn, with a future 
fully, while the volume  of  paper would not 
period of disappointment and distress.
be decreased.  The  volume  of  paper money 
would practically operate as if an increase had 
been made.  And this is required  by the ever- 
extending area of territory falling  within the 
lines  of settlement, as  well  as  to  supply the 
place of the amount continued to be  hoarded.
The dangers anticipated through the  contrac­
tion of the National bank circulation now  go­
ing  on,  and which it is expected  will increase 
because of the small profit arising from it, will 
be avoided, while the banks themselves might, 
in fact should, be relieved from any deposit of 
bonds in the United States treasury, the neces­
sity of providing a market for the bonds, which 
was  the  chief  cause  of that provision in the 
“law,” having passed away. The tax upon Na­
tional Bank Note circulation should be repeal­
ed.  The  advantages  gained  to  the  banks 
through their circulating notes would be small 
enough even then.
There  can  be  no doubt that the coinage of 
the  silver  dollar  of the present  standard of 
fineness can be carried much too far,  and will 
each a point where  a  limit  should be put to

The Supreme Court of North  Carolina  holds 
that the possession of one tenant in common is 
the possession of the other, and no action can 
be maintained for the specific personal proper­
ty held by one of the tenants against the other, 
unless the property has been destroyed or car­
ried out of the State.

After the sale of goods and an actual and no­
torious change of possession  the employment 
of the vendor as a salesman or clerk is  not  of 
itself conclusive evidence of fraud.  So held by 
the Supreme Court of  Dakota  in  the  case of 
Grady vs. Baker.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

SALE  O F GOODS—E V ID EN C E  O F   FR A U D .

BUSINESS  LAW.

of Last  Resort.

TENANTS IN   COM MON.

SEPA R A TE ESTA TE.

When a married woman having separate  es­
tate makes a note for her own benefit, thepre 
sumption is that she intended to bind such es 
tate; and that presumption is not destroyed by 
the fact that the  payee  of  the  note  requires 
her to keep the property, on which the note is 
a lien, insured.—Kentucky Court  of  Appeals

P A R T N E R S H IP —D E B TO R .

One partner may become the  debtor  of the 
Reduced  to the  mono-metalic or I fjrm Qf which he is a member, and he may law
fully  secure  such  debt  in  the  same manner 
that he can secure any other creditor.  His con 
fession of judgment  in  favor  of  the firm for 
such debt, if made bona  fide,  is  good  against 
subsequent lien creditors.—Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania.
FR A U D U LEN T A L TER A TIO N  O F   C E R T IF IC A T E   O F 

H ow   C e llu lo id   is  M ade.

Celluloid is produced by dissolving  gun eot- 
j ton in camphor, with the aid of heat and pres­
sure.  When a vegetable fiber, such as cotton, 
paper, paper pulp or the refuse of cotton mills, 
is immersed in a mixture of nitric and sulphic 
acids, and then removed and  dried,  it  will be 
I found  to  have  acquired new and remarkable 
I qualities.  In external appearance  no  change 
has taken place, but when a test is  made  it  is 
found to become highly explosive,  even  more 
so than gunpowder.  This is gun  cotton.  Gly- 
| cerine, treated in the same way,  becomes that 
I terrible agent known  as  nitro-glycerine.  An- 
j other remarkable quality of gun  cotton  is its 
ready solubility in alcohol, ether  or  camphor. 
When dissolved in ether or alcohol it becomes 
collodion, much used by photographers.  When 
finely ground gun cotton pulp is mixed in cer­
tain proportions with finely  comminuted gun 
camphor, and subjected to heat and  powerful 
pressure,  the  product  is  a  light,  yellowish- 
brown substance which can be carved, planed, 
turned, sawed, stamped or  polished,  and  may 
be made either opaque or transparent.  It has 
lost its explosive quality and burns only w hen 
in direct contact with flame.  This  marvelous 
chemical product is celluloid.  It may be dyed 
while in process of mixing, and the  color  run­
ning through the whole  mass is  ineffaceable. 
Among the many uses to  which  it  is  put are 
the following:  Those new letters or signs that 
you see on store windows;  they beat  paint  all 
to pieces.  Collars and cuffs  are also compara­
tively recent, and are meeting with a large and 
steadily increasing sale.  That business  alone 
is in the neighborhood of $740,003 a year.  The 
material is as flexible as linen,  and, when soil­
ed, can be washed with a sponge or towel, just 
as you would a plate.  Every young  man can 
do his own laundry work.  The  odor  of cam­
phor that you notice in the  material passes off 
after a few days’ use.  It is used  for  neckties 
and hatbands, and while it is  more  expensive 
than  ribbon,  it  does  not  become  rusty  or 
greasy.  I  could  not  tell  you  all  the uses to 
which itisput, for it seems as if a new one were 
being discovered every day.  It is the best sub­
stitute for ivory that  has been  invented,  and 
in durability and unliability to discolor it is su­
perior  to  ivory. 
It  is used for piano and or­
gan keys.  The  more  expensive  instruments 
still have the  ivory keys,  but all  lower grades 
have the celluloid.  I suppose it is only a  ques­
tion of time when celluloid will take the  place 
of  ivory  altogether,  except  in  the  fine  arts. 
You  see,  we  make  our  elephants,  while the 
ivory  manufacturers  have  to  catch  theirs, 
which is getting to be a harder job every year. 
Celluloid  is  now  manufactured  into  every­
thing  that  ivory  has  been  used for—combs, 
brushes, knife handles,  foot  rules, chessmen, 
umbrella and cane handles, harness trimmings 
and billiard balls.

D o n ’t  f a i l  t o  t h r o w  t h i s   p a p e r   a w a y . 

P ra c tic a l  H in ts  of In te re s t  to  A ll  D aalrs.
Don’t send in your orders until the last min­
ute.  It  extends  the  weary  jobber’s summer 
rest.
If  y o u  
keep i t ,  you m i g h t  g e t  a   v a l u a b l e   p o i n t e r   n o w   j 
a n d  t h e n .
Don’t  loose  a  chance  to  talk  politics  with j 
your customer.  It helps to sell goods  and im­
proves his temper.
Don’t discourage loafing around your  store. | 
It makes it pleasant  for  lady  customers,  and j 
gives your place an air of business.
Don’t get a new sign or make improvements, j 
Folks will think you  are getting  along  in the 
world.
Don’t  handle  outside  lines.  There  is  too 
much profit in it, and you might  get  rich  and 
stuck up.
Don’t fail to make people think you  know  it 
all.  They like to hear your chin music.
Don’t let a customer think you are  too  anx­
ious.  Crawl  out  from  behind  the stove,  and 
ask them to wait until you light your pipe. Go 
slow.
Don’t have any fixed price.  Stick  a man for 
all he is worth.  Big profits are what you want.
Don’t show goods too much.  It  hurts them 
and  cultivates  bad  habits  in jady customers. 
Trot out the article  you  like  best,  and make 
them buy it.
Don’t  imagine  for  a  minute  that  it  takes 
knack and skill to sell goods.  Any fool can do 
it.
honest men think of doing that.

Don’t  pay  your  hills on time.  Nobody but 

Don’t subscribe for T h e  Tradesm an.  It is 
devoted to the best interests of the retail deal-

Don’t  keep men  in  your  employ  too long. 

They become valuable and saucy.
Don’t send in mail orders for goods advertis­
ed in this paper.  Jobbers  never  like  returns 
from their advertisements.

Don’t  fail  to  wait  for  a traveling salesman 
when you want goods.  It isn’t half so  nice to 
get goods promptly and expeditiously by mail 
and express.
Don’t  for  a  moment  doubt  anything  the 
drummer,  says  about  a  rival house or  sales­
man.  George Washington never told a lie.
Don’t take duplicate bills of a sale.  It looks 
babyish, and, besides, it is an insult to the com­
mercial tourist.
Don’t order anything this fall until a custom­
er comes in and asks for it.  It is very easy to 
tell them that it is on the road, and  then rush 
out  and  telegraph  for  it.  Makes the jobber 
feel good too.
Don’t fail to complain of dull times.  A great 
many good customers would  forget  all about 
dull times unless you kept dinging it into their
ears.
Don’t buy goods in Grand  Rapids.  You can 
just as well go to Chicago or Detroit,  pay two 
fares—big hotel bills—and paint the  town  red 
and charge it to traveling expenses.  Profit is 
no object.
Don’t fail to let a caller,  who  has  taken up 
much  valuable  time  without  making  a pur­
chase, fully understand that you consider him 
a mean kuss.  There are many ways to do this.

Don’t take this for gospel.

JOHN  CAULFIELD

3  our  Agent  in  Grand  Rapids  for  our 

FAMOUS

The best easy washer manufactured.

B. J. Johnson & Co.,
33-A.3ST 1ST E  F t S !

MILWAUKEE.

We are prepared to get  up  on  short  notice 
Banners  and Transparencies of all kinds.  Let­
tered, with or without Portraits of Candidates. 
Ropes to put up  same  also  furnished.  State 
size you want and we will quote prices.

J O B B E R S   O F

HORSE  COVERS,  OILED  CLOTH­

ING, AW NINGS, TENTS,

ETC.,  ETC.

W. N. FULLER & CO

DESIGNERS  AND

Engravers on.  W ood,
Fine Mechanical and Furniture W ork, In ­

cluding Buildings, Etc.,

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade,

GRAND RAPIDS 

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MICH.

EDMUND  B. DIKEMAN,

JEWELER,

44  CANAL  STREET,

MICHIGAN.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN

Í3  Canal Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

A.  A.  GRIPPEN,

WHOLESALE

Hats, Caps and Furs

54  MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices 

as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

—FOR  THE-

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,

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WHOLESALE  AND  RETAR,
SEE3D  STORE,

—AT TH E-

91  Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

I . T. Ú 1 M 0 I  ¿ p it
DILWORTH’S

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BEST  ROASTED  PACKAGE  COFFEE  ON 

THE  MARKET.

F O R   S A L E   B Y

Factory Agents for Western Michigan.

WEATHERLY & CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  and  Retail

IRON  PIPE, 

Brass  Goods,  I ron  and  Brass Fittings 

Mantles,  Grates,  Gas  F ixtures, 

P lumbers, Steam  F itters,
—And Manufacturers  of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.
THE  GRAND  RAPIDS

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(Established  1866)  is  acknowledged to be the 
mostcomplete,thorough, practical, economical 
and truly popular school of its kind.  Demand 
for its graduates  greater  than  the  supply. 
For particulars enclose stamp for College Jour­
nal.  Address  C.  G.  SWENSBKRG,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich.

UO  YUU  KHUW

—THAT—

XioriUard’s  C lim ax

PLUG  TOBACCO

With Red Tin Tag, is the best?  Is  the purest; 
is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo­
lasses or any deleterous ingredients, as  is  the 
case with many other tobaccos?
L o rilla rd ’s R ose  L e a f F in e  C u t Tobacco 
is also made of the  finest  stock,  and  for  aro­
matic chewing quality is second to none.
take first rank as a solid  durable  smoking to­
bacco wherever introduced.
L o rilla rd ’s  F a m o u s  Snuffs 
have  been  used  for  over  124  years,  and are 
_ old to a larger extent than any others.

L o rilla rd ’s  N avy  C lip p in g s 

OYSTERS !

We duplicate Chicago and Detroit prices and 
guarantee  as strictly fresh  stock and as well 
filled  cans  as  any  in  the market—at bottom 
prices.

SEEDS !

Clover, Timothy and all kinds field seeds  at 
bottom prices.  Write for quotations  when in 
need of seeds.
Oranges and Zaemons
Green and Dried Fruits, Butter, Eggs,  and  all 
kinds of Produce.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

123  Monroe  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

2/L. M. HOTJSEMA1T,

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW,

ROOMS  7  AND  8  HOUSEMAN  BUILDING,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

COMMERCIAL  LAW  A  SPECIALTY.

RETAILERS,

If you are selling goods to make 

a profit,  sell

L A V IN E

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  KAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

S. A. WELLING

WHOLESALE

—AND-

NOTIONS

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.  E acker, 
L. R. Cesna, Geo. W. N. De J onge. 
Frank Berles 
24 Pearl Street

House Salesman
Grand Rapids, Web.

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If Congress would have the  country  escape 
the  mischievous  results which will  follow of 
necessity from a greatly debased coinage,  the 
metalic standard, as we  are  accustomed to 
call it, will have to be kept up on the  basis  of 
equity of value, and it must be  maintained if 
are  desirous  of  keeping  a  fair,  and we 
lit almost say tangible, value to  labor and 

properties.
old standard, as a measure of  value,  and the 
purchasing  power  of  money  so  greatly  in- 
eased  as  it  would  be,  all properties would 
; lowered and labor  much  reduced  in  price.
To  the  few  who  enjoy  accumulated wealth, 
this would be in effect like a large  increase of 
income,  and  they  would  rejoice;  but to the 
eat masses of the people it means  anything 
but kood, for the reason that under such con­
ditions labor would be cheaper than  anything 
else.
There  seems  to  be  no  good  reason why  a 
large  profit should be  made  by  the  gçvern- 
ment in the purchase and coinage of silver any 
more than of gold.
To a coinage of sufficient fineness aS to rep­
osent a true value, the objection is made that 
would be bulky, etc.  Why cannot a plan be 
made  practicable  to  have  thé  purchase of 
silver  by  the  government  made,  as now,  in 
bullion,  this  bullion  stored  away,  and silver 
certificates issued based upon the bullion val­
ue?
This would enable the silver to  be  used for 
export, equally with gold; would  allow  of the 
continued  development  of  our  silver mines, 
and these certificates, as a circulating medium, 
ould enable the holder to feel that there was 
an  actual  value,  face  for  face,  especially 
pledged for their redemption.  Under  a tem­
porary  fluctuating  market  there  might,  at 
times,  be  some  risk  of  a  loss to the govern­
ment  by  an  unusual decline in the values of 
bullion.  As,  however,  it  holds  a very large 
sum,  gained  by  the  coinage  of the debased 
dollar,  it  would  be  amply  protected against 
such  risk,  and  the fund accumulated in this 
way could,  with propriety, be held  for such a 
purpose.  As the fluctuation in  value  of bul­
lion would probably cease after  the tentative 
condition had passed, at least in any^extensive 
or  violent  way,  the  continuing losses  would 
not ordinarily be great, even if the accumulat­
ed profits on coinage were exhausted in inaug­
urating  the  change.  This  would  largely  do 
away with the objection manifested by banks, 
through the clearing houses, to the  use of sil­
ex* certificates ; and  what  could  be  better in 
the  way  of  security for the  people to  hold, 
and  hoard,  if they so desired?  These silver 
bullion certificates should he in denominations 
suitable for passing as money.
In view of the lossess which depositors have 
sustained through the failure of certain classes 
of savings  banks,  and  the indiscriminate as­
saults made upon the  management  and  char­
acter of savings banks as a whole,  it is  not  to 
he wondered at that many people who  are ac­
customed,  by  economy  and  thrift, to hold a 
little store of savings for possible future wants, 
should  prefer  to  trust to the seclusion of se­
cret  hiding-places,  rather  than  place  their 
funds where they can be made to earn a mod­
erate  interest.  The  saving  hanks  of  this 
country have been punished to some extent in 
consequence  of  the  dereliction  of a few  of 
them who have unfortunately been in positions 
where the disposition of their  managers to do 
mischief could find play.  This is  very unjust 
to  the  large  number  of  those  institutions 
whose affairs are carefully and honestly man­
aged.  The  public should be encouraged  to 
avail  themselves  of  such  sources of deposit. 
In  the  aggregate  the  interest  thus  secured 
would be very large, while the general benefit 
afforded to the community by  restoring large 
amounts of the actual circulation of the coun­
try, would be incalculable.  When the savings 
are large enough to warrant it, the  ownership 
of small improved real property in all growing 
cities would be a  valuable  investment.  Such 
property is always certain of a fair rental, and, 
if the investment is made with a  good  degree 
of judgment, will in  all cases improve in  val­
ue as the population grows larger  'and  wealth

D E P O S IT .

When one holding  a  banker’s  certificate of 
deposit  allows  another  person  to  fill  up  the 
printed  form  so as to draw 10 per cent, inter­
est,  no  such  rate  being  agreed  upon by the 
banker,  the  alteration  is • fraudulent and the 
certificate  is  void  in the hands of the holder, 
according to the decision of the Supreme Court 
of Iowa.

assignm ents o f co rpora te  pr o pe r t v .
The Supreme Court of Missouri holds that an 
assignment  of  all  the  assets of an insolvent 
corporation  for  the  benefit  of  creditors,  if 
made by the  Board  of  Directors  without the 
consent of the stockholders, is ultra  vires  and 
void, but only as against the stockholders.  A 
creditor of the corporation can  not  make the 
objection.

CO N STRU C TIO N   O F  DEED .

According to a recent decision of  the  Mary­
land Court of Appeals where a grantor uses the 
words“the descendants of any deceased child to 
take the part, or share which it or theirjparent 
would, if living, be entitled to, to be  then con­
veyed, assigned and delivered over to the  said 
children and theirdescendants in manner afore­
said,” the grant includes descendants of child­
ren, and is not limited to children as  would be 
the case if the word “survivors” only was used.

F IR E  INSU RAN CE— CH A TTEL M ORTGAGE.

Where the amount secured by a policy of fire 
insurance  upon  A’s  goods, running  to  A,  is 
made payable to B, as his interest may appear 
(that  interest  being  represented  as a chattel 
mortgage), and a loss occurs,  a  creditor of A 
may properly garnishee the insurance  money 
in the hands of the  insurer,  and  the  garnish­
ment proceedings, into which B has come as  a 
“claimant,” such creditor may properly attack 
and  call  into  question  B’s  mortgage  being 
fraudulent and void as to A’s creditors.  So held 
by the Supreme Court of Minnesota.

The mummy of an ox that has lain on an  al 
kali  field  near  Dayton,  Nev.,  for  over  two 
years, has been colonized by a swarm  of bees, 
and the interior of the carcass is full of honey 
The skin is intact over the entire skeleton and 
is as rigid as iron.  The  bees  pass  in  and out 
of the mouth of the animal.
To meet the demand of milk, cream and but 
ter, a  number of Florida farmers last year im 
ported Jersey and Alderney  cows.  Nearly all 
have since died from  eating  poisonous  grass. 
Calves  are  now  being  tried  in the hope that 
they will learn to discriminate.

New  York  sells  annually  about  100,000,000 
pounds of butter,  of  which,  says  the  United 
States commissioner of  agriculture,  between 
40,000,000 and 60,000,000 million  pounds  are bo­
gus.
It  is  now  stated  that  16,000,000 sheep have 
died in Australia, owing to the drought of the 
past year,  and that the clip may  he  80,000,000 
pounds  short.
American  beef  in  the  English  markets  is 
now  sold  as  Scotch,  and  as such brings four 
cents  more  per  pound  than  under  its  true 
name.
This is  Oregon’s  fruit  year,  and  there is a 
great demand for fruit establishments to save 
that part of the crop not needed for shipment.
California’s wheat crop  has  for  years been 
more valvable than her yield of gold, which is 
likely to be soon beaten also by her fruits.

D a rk   C igars  G oing  o u t  o f F a sh io n .
From the United States Tobacco Journal.

“Send me 500 of this. 1,000 of that, 2,500 of that 
brand over yonder and fill up the case with my 
own brand, but for goodness sake,  don’t send 
me any dark cigars.”  The speaker was a cigar 
buyer giving an order to an up town manufac­
turer.  His evident aversion to the dark cigars 
induced the reporter when he had departed, to 
ask the manufacturer the cause of it.

“They are all alike now,”  the  manufacturer 
said;  “none want dark cigars. 
It commenced 
about two months ago, but as it was then dull 
times, we did not feel it so much.  Now every 
buyer  kicks  like  a  steer  at  the very idea of 
having Maduro cigars shoved onto  him.  It is 
one  of  the  queer  freaks  of  cigar  fashion. 
Formerly you couldn’t get cigars dark enough 
for the people, and now anything darker than 
Colorado is looked at with disgust.  We expect 
that  sort  of  thing  in  the  East where the de­
mand for light colored cigars has long prevail­
ed;  but out West the change is as  startling as 
it is sudden.  The Lord only knows what I will 
do with my stock, for all my wrappers  are es­
pecially selected because they are dark.
Another cigar manufacturer, who keeps his 
finger constantly on the pulse of the cigar mar­
ket, said:
“I can understand the change very well. The 
truth is, the smoking public got surfeited with 
dark  cigars,  and  this is the reason.  You  see 
the taste for dark, high flavored cigars was  so 
strong that manufacturers were forced to use 
paint and artificial flavors to keep up with the 
demand.  Like many other things, some  man 
ufacturers ran this sort of thing in the ground 
They  painted  their  cigars  black  and  soaked 
them  in  valerian.  Naturally,  it  was  only  a 
question of time when smokers would get sick 
of smoking such  cigars,  and  quite  naturally 
they go from one extreme to  the  other.  If a 
cigar manufacturer will manage  his  business 
properly,- he  need  fear  no  trouble from the 
change.  What the  smoking  public  will take 
are bright cigars.  There is a big difference be­
tween a bright color and a dark  color.  1 lool 
upon the change as beneficial,  because it will 
do  away  with  the  nasty practice of painting 
cigars.”
“There  is  no  truth,  then,  in the statement 
that cultured Boston set the fashion for  light 
cigars?
“None whatever.  The lighter the  cigar the 
less flavor it has, and smokers like  flavor,  but 
they don’t want too much of it.  Thernanufac 
turer who strikes the happy medium  will  find 
his  cigars  in  demand,  and  sell  ’em  like hot 
cakes.”
“Do you anticipate any trouble in preparin 
your tobacco to meet the new order of things.
“Not  at  all.  The  proper kind  of  tobacco 
will give the proper color when  manipulated; 
and with proper treatment  poor  growths can 
made  to  look  fairly  decent  for wrappers.  I 
don’t think it will be  necessary for farmers to 
grow their tobacco on  light  sandy  soil.  Just 
now  the  re-action  amounts  to  a craze, but it 
will  have  its  run,  and  a  natural  dark,  full 
flavored cigar will be enjoyed as much as here­
tofore.”

A  price  list  from  Lordsburg, N. M., quotes 
water at 25  cents a barrel and milk at 50 cents 
a gallon.  Whisky is not  quoted,  for  the sup­
posed reason that it is too cheap for notice.

T lie  Cash  am i  C red it  System .
From the New York Mail and Express.

Interesting information  has  been  obtained 
f romUnited States Consular representatives by 
the  Department  of  the State,  in  compliance 
with a request of the Scranton Board of Trade 
for reports as to the relation  of  the  cash  and 
credit system in the  commence  of  the world. 
It  appears  not  only  that the credit system  is 
employed to do much  of  the  business  of the 
world, but, also, that  it  is  regarded  as  indis- 
pensible.  There  is danger,  however,  that a 
multitude of people will be misled by the offic­
ial  presentation  of  an  endorsement  of  the 
credit system.  Necessary as that system  may 
be to the great commercial  enterprises  of the 
world, it is much abused, and with ruinous con­
sequences to thousands, if not millions, of peo­
ple annually.  A recognition  of  the  value  of 
the credit system ought not to obscure the fact 
that  in  any  business  a  cash  basis  should be 
constantly the  aim,  and  that  error accounts 
for the great proportion of  business  failures. 
It is a dangerous thing to set  forth  the  value 
of credit without emphasizing  the  wisdom  of 
avoiding it whenever it is possible  to transact 
business on a cash business instead.

T h e  J u m p in g   B ean,

From the  New York Herald.

Mr.  Fred.  Frelinghuysen,  son  of Secretary 
Frehlinghuysen, returned from Washington to 
his home  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  a  few days  ago, 
bringing with him a number of Mexican jump- 
beans, which he procured from the  United 
States Agricultural Department.  According to 
Mr. Frehlinghuysen, these acrobatic beans are 
very  rare.  They  are  certainly  considered a 
great  curiosity  by  all  those  who  have  seen 
them, and no one  as  yet  has  explained  what 
they are.  Each  pod  contains  three  kernels. 
Each  segment  is  rounded  on  one  side  and 
A-shaped on the other, greenish-yellow  in col­
or, and  in  circumference  the  size  of a silver 
three-cent piece.  When placed on a table they 
roll over and skip about, sometimes jumping a 
couple  of  inches.  When  held  between  the 
thumb and forefinger they are felt to  beat as 
strongly  as  the  throbbing  of  a strong man’s 
pulse.

A  Philadelphia  coroner’s  jury  proposed to 
punish a drug clerk because  some  strychnine 
pills, which he had  not  marked  poison, were 
fatally swallowed, but a Judge ordered  his re­
lease.  “The  Legisture  could  never  have  in­
tended,” says his Honer,  “that  a  prescription 
of a reputable physician, in a case  of  delicate 
treatment, in which one of the  poisons named 
should be used in the proper  quantity, should 
be sent by the druggist  to  the  sickroom  of a 
nervous patient with the word “poison” mark­
ed on the label.  Such a law would be destruct­
ive  of  medical  science,  unreasonable,  and 
against the spirit of sound legislation.”

The  manufacture  of  “buffalo-horn”  furni­
ture  has  become  an  industry  in  New York. 
The horns are not those of the  bison,  as com­
monly believed, but are from the cattle  killed 
in the abattoirs. They are sold at the slaughter 
houses for a little more than  what the button 
manufacturers give, ate cleaned, dried, scrap­
ed  and  polished.  The  cost  of making these 
horned goods is less than that of carved  wood, 
but they bring two and three times more than 
the latter.  The  new  industry  is  almost  mo­
nopolized by Germans from  Saxony.

Fourteen carloads  of  seal  skins,  valued  at 
several hundred thousand dollars, and careful­
ly guarded, recently made  a  quick  run from 
San Francisco to New York.  This was the first 
shipment of the kind by rail.  Seal skins all go 
to Europe to be tanned, plucked and dyed.

A  St.  Louis  dry  goods  merchant  fills  five 
pages of a daily newspaper with his advertise­
ment.

A JO U R N A L  DEVOTED TO  TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Terms $l'a j^par in advance, postage paid. 
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  1,  1884.

POST  A.

Orjja^ i^:d at. Grand Rapids, June 28,1884. 

O F F IC E R S .

President—Wm. Logie.
'E'irst Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second Vice-President—Richard Warner. 
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W.  Atkins. 
Official Organ—The Michigan  Tradesman. 
Committee  on  Elections—Wm.  B.  Edmunds, 
chairman;  D.  S.  Haugh,  Wm.  G.  Hawkins, 
Wallace Franklin and J. N. Bradford. 
Regular  Meetings—Last Saturday evening in 
each month.

T h e  W estern   M ichigan  F a ir.

The fair last week was a complete success 
in point of exhibits, attendance and receipts. 
Below are described some of  the  many  ex­
hibits that attracted universal attention: 
G R A N D   R A P ID S   E D G E   TO O L  W O R K S.

E. A. Munson,  proprietor  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Edge  Tool  Works, made a fine ex­
hibit of knives of every description. His head­
quarters  are at 52  Mill  street, 
this  city, 
where he is fully  prepared to fill  all  orders 
for any of the goods shown or anything of a 
similiar  nature.  Millwright’s  chisels,  cast 
steel  stone  hammers,  kept’  on  hand  and 
made to order.  Correspondence  solicited.

F O S T E R ,  S T E V E N S  &  CO.

Some of the leading  wholesale  houses  of 
the country are so exceedingly popular with 
the trade, that  whatever  they  undertake is 
watched with  absorbing  interest  by  their 
patrons.  This is eminently  the  case  with 
Foster,  Stevens  &  Company  of  this  city. 
When it was understood  they were to  have 
an exhibit at the West  Michigan  Fair, deal­
ers were on  the qui  vive of  expectation to 
see how they would  sustain  their  general 
reputation for success.  We verture  the  as­
sertion that not  one  of  the  large  number 
that  saw  their  display  was  disappointed. 
This could not  be  otherwise, unless  a  lack 
of judgment and taste was manifest.  In the 
first place, it was decided that goods of  any 
kind to show off well must have a good back 
ground and surroundings.  So elegant  paper 
and becoming border were tastefully applied 
to the bare walls and the ceiling was  adorn­
ed with  charming  panel  work, while  the 
floor was covered  with a  very  neat  pattern 
of oil cloth.  This  preparation  was  so  at­
tractive that it was  remarked “It would not 
require a very great  stretch  of  imagination 
for one to imagine  himself in a tastily trim­
med parlor.”  A  very  fine  painting  of  the 
Detroit Stove  Works  ornamented  one  side 
of the room, and  upon  the  west  end  was 
gracefully suspended the life-like  picture of 
the late  Hon.  W. D. Foster, thus  very  sug­
gestively  testifying of the  prominent  place 
he occupies in the hearts of the  members of 
the present firm.
The  princpal  part  of  the  display  was 
stoves.  Here they were,

■  “Stoves for cooking 
Stoves  for  baking 
Stoves  for  heating 
Stoves  for  making 
Delicacies rare.”

The familiar forms of  the  Crown Jewels 
and Jewel Ranges  were  quickly  discerned, 
while among the more  recent  manufactures 
were the Brilliant Jewel, a square  stove for 
hard coal, and the Jewel  Star, a  handsome 
design of cast iron that bums  soft  or  hard 
coal,  and  is  especially  adapted  for  sin­
gle rooms such as bedrooms and offices.  The 
Magic  Jewel—a  moderate  priced  square 
cook-stove—seemed  to  be  quite  a  favorite 
among the ladies.  There  was  good  reason 
for this  as  it  is  very  attractive  externally 
and is guaranteed to bake splendidly. These 
stoves are made by the Detroit Stove Works.
From a brief  examination  of  the  Magic 
Range we predict it to be one of the  coming 
stoves, while the Ideal,—another stove made 
by the Magle Furnace  Company,—a  square 
stove for burning hard coal is already a suc­
cess, 12,000  of  them  already  being  used. 
This stove is a standing rebuke to all people 
who assert the imperfection of  this  class of 
stoves.  Economy,  beauty,  capacity  perfec­
tion are  here  combined.  We  understand 
scores of them are being sold not only in the 
city but  in  the  surrounding  country.  We 
noticed  also  a  mantel  and  grate  combined 
among the  collection.  This  was  made  of 
bronze. 
It had a very  antique  appearance,' 
and was gotten  up  to  represent  a  merry 
scene of childhood  in  the  years  agone.  A 
decided novelty this.  Just a little to the left 
of the  display of  stoves  sat a man  putting 
nails in a vise  and  bending  and  twisting 
them into all conceivable shapes.  These we 
learned were the steel nail«,'which have been 
placed upon the  market lately.  They were 
made by the Riverside Works of  Wheeling, 
West  Virginia.  Foster, Stevens  &  Co. are 
the agents  and  they  report a constantly in­
creasing  demand for  them  on  account  of 
their clean,'smooth and tough quality.
So far as we know a tin-shop  was  never 
seen at a fair before.  This  firm  had it and 
some of their  tinners  were  busy  at  work. 
Boilers  were  being  made,  so  constructed 
that they nested nicely, and yet  when  seen 
separately a person could  not  preceive  any 
difference from  the  ordinary  straight ones. 
Knock down ovens for  gasoline stoves were 
also made that could  easily  and  quickly be 
put together by the  dealer  when  received. 
No more trouble about  shipping  stove  pipe 
and  having it received in a damaged  condi­
tion.  The  foreman  of  Foster,  Stevens & 
Co.’s tinshop  has  invented  a  method  for 
making it so that fifty or sixty  joints can be 
packed  in a barrel. 
It is shipped in an  un­
seamed  condition  and  is  so  easily put to­
gether a child can  do  it.  This  is  really a 
good thing as  is Barber’s  Campaign  Torch 
which can be nested  together.  These  arti­
cles are sure to be appreciated by all dealers 
who have to buy as  they make a  great  sav­
ing of freight besides  being received in  bet­
ter condition.  We have taken  great  pleas­
ure in calling the attention of our readers to 
this  exhibit  of  Foster, Stevens & Company 
as it surpasses anything  of  the  kind  ever 
seen here, indeed, if not  surpassing  any ex­
hibit of its kind in the  State.

C H A R L E S   E . B E L K N A P .

Mayor , Ch as. E. Belknap was on hand this 
year, as usual, with what  was  undoubtedly 
and beyond all question the  banner  display 
of the fair. 
It  consisted of wagons, sleighs 
trucks, and wagon materials, every article of 
which was selected at random from Mr. Bel­
knap’s everyday stock, and such as he keeps 
regularly for sale at his extensive  manufac- 
turing  establishment,  Nos. 37 to 47  Front

street, oirthe  West  Side. 
In addition to a 
score of  other  specialties  such  as  he  has 
always before exhibited, Mr. Belknap show­
ed three spring  business  wagons, which for 
lightness, solidity and  excellence  of  finish 
cannot be surpassed.  They  are  something 
which every business man stands in pressing 
need of, and which, coming  as they do  war­
ranted as Mr. Belknap’s own work, and sold 
at the most reasonable prices there is no rea­
son for any business man to remain  without 
one.  Belknap’s  patent  road  sleighs  have 
long been distinguished for  their  easy  run­
ning and  enduring  qualities,  and  general 
adaption to the necessities of their use.  The 
specimens shown  were, if possible, an  im­
provement upon any thing previously shown, 
and elicited the close attention  and  admira­
tion of all interested  in such  matters.  The 
patent  road  sleigh is  a  radical  departure 
from all of the old-fashioned vehicles and its 
distinctive features  received  the  stamp of 
universal approval, and are in general use in 
this  vicinity.  Mr.  Belknap’s  farm wagons 
have been too long used  and  are  too  well 
known to require  description.  Every  far 
mer on the  grounds had  seen them, and  al 
most every farmer owns one, or else has sig­
nified his  intention  to  purchase.  Mr. Bel­
knap did a rousing business right  upon  the 
grounds, and hundreds of fair  visitors  also 
accepted his courteous invitation  to  call  at 
the factory, 37 to 47 Front street  and  satis­
fy themselves by personal  inspection of the 
quality of the stock used and the work done. 
The general characteristics of the  work  are 
firmness, neatness and stability.  In all of the 
large exhibit shown, there was not  a  single 
half-made or  defective  article.  Everything 
showed that only the  best  materials  were 
used and the most competent men emploj ed 
in the  establishment. 
In  addition  to  the 
matters mentioned  Mr.  Belknap  manufac­
tures  logging  trucks,  logging  sleds, road 
sleds and baggage barrows in larger articles, 
and wagon hubs,  spokes and felloes in small­
er ones.  He also manufactures  all  kins  of 
rims, from the lightest buggy  rim  to a nine- 
foot cart rim, and sleigh runnners all sizes up 
to a four-inch  camel’s back.  The variety of 
lumbermen’s tools of all kinds handled, such 
as  are  in- use  in  mills  and  in  the woods, 
is something unprecedented in  this  section, 
and  embraces  everything  in  the line.  He 
also keeps a full line  in  forgings, and,  in  a 
word, there is absolutely nothing in the  line 
of wagon goods of  any  and  every  descrip­
tion that is not comprehended  in the sweep­
ing range of  Mr.  Belknap’s  manufactories.

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

Apples—The  market  is glutted with  choice 
fruit, which commands $ 1 for cooking and $1.25 
@$1.50 for choice  eating.

Beans—Buyers pay $1  for  choice  unpicked 
and sell for $1.50  for  picked.  The  market  is 
overstocked at present, but it is expected that 
it will soon find an outlet.

Butter—Creamery is very  scarce,  in  conse­
quence of which a really choice article readily 
commands  30c.  Dairy  is  also  very  scarce, 
prices  ranging  from  16c  for  poor  to 22c for 
choice.
Butterine—Solid  packed  23c  for  creamery 
at 16@19c for dairy.

Beets—10c f) bu. or $1.25 $  bbl.
Cabbages—$4@$5 $  100.
Celery—25c $  bunch.
Cheese—Full cream is firmer, on  account of 
the cool weather, and is jobbing at 10@1054  for 
prime and 754©8 for old stock.
Clover Seed—Choice medium $5.55 $  bu., and 

mammoth at $5.20  bu.

Cider—Sweet, 12c ^8 gal.
Eggs—Scarce and firmer at 17.
Grapes—Delawares  are  scarce  and  readily 
command  8c.  Concords  and  Isabellas  find 
ready sale at l@6c.

Green Corn—Out of market.
Hops—Brewers are paying 25c for choice new 

crop.

ed.

Honey—Choice new is firm at 15c.
Hay—$12@$14 for new, and $13@$15 for bail­
Melons—About out of market.
Onions—New, 50c ^  bu.
Peaches—No  home  grown  fruit  in market, 
and but very little is  shipped  in.  Shipments 
are mostly in one-fifth  bushel baskets,  which 
command 80@90c.

Pears—Home grown $2@$2.50 $  bu.
Plumbs—About out of market.
Potatoes—A  drug  in the market.  Farmers 
won’t  sell  at  the  prices  offered, and  buyers 
won’t buy.  The trade is being supplied at 25@ 
35c.

Poultry—Chickens, 14@16c.  Fowls 12c.
Red Peppers—90c $  bu.
Squash—Hubbard, lc $  lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jersey,  $4 
more and Muscatine, $3 $  bbl.

bbl.  Balti­

Turnips—35c $  bu.
Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.55 $  bu.
Tomatoes—Acme, 40c ^  bu.

G R A IN S  AND  M IL L IN G  PR O D U CTS.

Wheat—White,  Fulse, Clawson  and  Lancas­

ter command 74c.
Corn—60c  bu.
Oats—White, 28@30c  bu.
Rye—52@54c $ bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt. for new.
Flour—Fancy Patent,  $5.50  $   bbl.  in  sacks 
and  $5.75  in wood.  Straight,  $4.50  $  bbl.  in 
sacks and $4.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 $  cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $13 
$  ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 ip ton. 
Corn and Oats, $23 ft ton.

P u re ly  P e rso n a l.

Wm. E. Cooper has  engaged  with  Spring 
& Company, and will handle their collections 
in city and country.

O. W. Blain has gone to  St.  Paul  for  the 
purpose  of making a market  for apples and 
potatoes.  He is expected back to-day.

Geo. P. Pease, for the  past six  months in 
the employ of O. W. Blain & Co.,  has  gone 
to New York City to re-engage with his for­
mer employers, Ehrich Bros.

W. T. Lamoreaux has in  operation a nov­
el bean-picking apparatus in the shape of an 
endless belt, which carries the  beans  along 
a table, on each side  of which are girls who 
pick out the bad beans while the  good stock 
are carried to bins.  The machine has  a  ca­
pacity of 200 bushels per  day.

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

That it is folly to doubt  that  business is 
improving.
That The Tradesman is the liveliest pa­
per in the business.
That certain business men ought to attend 
to politics altogether and let business  alone.
That the flight of  bank  thieves  to  Her 
Majesty’s Dominions has  been a blessing to 
the  country.
That there will be one less wholesale gro­
cery  house is  this  city  before  many  more 
months have  elapsed.
That O. S. Richards, the  Clarksville  gen­
eral  dealer,  will  identify  himself  with  a 
wholesale establishment in this city.

JOHN  CAULFIELD

IMPORTER

j 3 L S T I D

W holesale  Grocer

85,  87,  80  Canal  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS

MICHIGAN.

I desire  to  call  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  the  fact  that  in the territory tributary 
to  Grand  Rapids,  I  cannot  and  will  not  be  undersold.  There  is  no  conceivable reason 
why  Chicago,  Detroit,  New  York  or  Boston  should  be  able  to place  groceries in Grand 
I  certainly  buy  my  goods  as  cheap  as  jobbers  located  elsewhere. 
Rapids’  territory. 
Many  large  houses  still  purchase  extensive  blocks  of  goods  as  in  war  times. 
I  pur­
chase  as  the  wants  of  my  trade  demand,  and  am,  therefore,  in  the  existing  condition 
of  trade,  better  able  to  sell  goods  at  the  lowest  prices.  The  difference  in the percent­
age  of  cost  to  sell  goods  in  Chicago,  Detroit,  Boston  and  New  York, and  what it costs 
me  would  in  itself  make  a  handsome  profit. 
I  am  anxious  to  obtain  as  large  a  share 
as  possible  of  the  near-by  and  home  trade;  and  shall  be  pleased  to  furnish  samples 
and  quotations.  Mail  orders  are  especially  solicited  and  lowest market prices on  eveiy 
order  received  is  guaranteed.

Teas.

The  present  is  a  good  time  to  place  your  orders  for  Japan  Teas.  1  have  several 
invoices  in  transit,  including  basket fired and sun  dried,  my  own  importations.  Please 
send  for samples before purchasing elsewhere,  or  order  a  sample  chest,  subject  to  your 
approval. 
I wish to have it  understood  that  all  tea  orders  will  be  filled  subject  to  ap­
proval ;  and if not  satisfactory,  after  examination,  the  goods  can  be  returned  andlwill 
stand all expenses incurred, including outward  freight.

Coffees and Spices.

I have already called attention in the columns of The Tradesman to my new brands 
of Roasted Coffees.  The marked and deserved success of this department is the very best 
evidence of the merit of the goods, 
I  devote  much  time  and  attention to the selections 
for  roasting  and  blending, and  guarantee  better  values  than  are  those  furnished by 
Eastern parties, or no sale.

“ 

Home Roasted Rio..................'... ♦.................... . . ..............................  14
Prime 
Select Maracaibo............................ ; ....................................................  18
Imperial Roasted (a blended  Coffee). . . . . . . . . . . ...............................   18
O. G. Roasted Java.. . .......................... ..............................................   23
.......................... ................................. ...................  25
Mandehling 
Java and Mocha.......................... .................. ............................. 
28

. i ....................  ............. 16

“ 

I exercise great care in selection  and  grinding  of  spices, and  can  especially  recom­

mend my two brands of 

*

J, O.  Strictly  Pure  G-rouncL.
J.  O.  Pure  Ground.,

Also my

J*.  O.  Best  SInsllsli  Mustard.

Can put up ground goods at any price to suit the trade, and will guarantee  values.

Canned Goods.

I have a large and well assorted stock of Canned  Goods.  My Black  Diamond  brand 
It is not a bad time to lay in a  stock  of  the  new 

of California Salmon is especially fine. 
pack of peaches.

I have en route a car load of Country Standards,  all  Yellows, which I will  sell  very 

cheap.

Imported  Groceries.

My  stock  includes  French  and  Turkish  Prunes, Patras  Currants, Loose Muscatels, 
London Layer, Valencia and Ondara Valencia Layer Raisins, Citron, Prunells, Figs, Olive 
Oils, French Sardines, French Mustard, Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles, Sicily Canary Seed, 
Italian Maccaroni, Condensed Milk, etc.

Soap and Starch.

I  keep  all  the  well  known  and  popular brands of soaps at lowest prices, including 
Babbitt’s,  Kirk’s  standard  brands,  Fairbanks’,  Schultz’s  (Fatherland),  Simon’s  Con­
densed, etc.

I am agent for Gilbert’s Starch Factories, Des Moines and Buffalo.  Their goods have 
always been regarded as equal to any of the crack Eastern manufacturers, and have always 
I am now placing my second car-load within thirty 
held their own in the Eastern States. 
days, and have yet to hear the first complaint with  regard  to  quality of the goods. 
I  am 
able to compete with Western manufacturers in price, and  guarantee  quality equal to any 
in the market.

Cigars and  Tobaccos.

This has always been prominent in my trade, and has required much of my attention. 
I have the exclusive control in this State of some of the best brands of Cigars, Cigarettes, 
Fine Cut, Plug  and  Smoking  Tobaccos, including  in  Plugs  Senour & Gage’s Celebrated 
Red Star and Old Five Cent Time;  Horseshoe and D. & D.;  McAlpin’s Green Shield  and 
Chocolate Cream;  Nobby Spun Roll and Ne Plus Ultra Black Spun Roll. 
In  Fine  Cuts, 
Fountain, Old Congress, Good Luck, Good and Sweet, American Queen, Blaze Away, and 
Hairlifter. 
In Smokings, Rob Roy, Uncle Sam, Mountain Rose, and Gold  Flake  Cabinet. 
In  Cigars, Glaccum’s  Standard, Delumos, After  Lunch,  Our  Winners,  Little  Hatchets, 
Golden Spike, Josephus, Commercial and Magnolias, the champion cheap cigar.

Yours  Truly,

JOHN  O-A-TJXjFIEILiID-

*

Ibarbware.

AUGERS AND B ITS.

Prevailing  rates  at Chicago are  as follows:
50
Ives’, old style.......................................dis 
55
N. H. C. Co.............................................dis 
Douglass’ ............. 
50
dis 
Pierces’................................................. dis 
50
50
Snell’s...................................................dis 
Cook’s  ..................................................dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine............................... dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation.............................dis40&10
Spring.................................................... dis 
25
Railroad............ 
$  15 00
Garden...................................................net 33 00

BALANCES.

BARROW S.

 

BELLS.

5 ®nd................................................ dis  $ 60&10
6u
....................................................dis 
15
Call.......................................................dis 
dis 
go
Gong.  ........ 
Door, Sargent......................................dis 
55

 

^t0Vf ..............•............................ .....dis $ 
Carriage new list................................dis 

BOLTS.

40
75

50
dis 
Cast Barrel Bolts........................  
Wrought Barre^Bolts............... ” ”   dis 
55
Cast Barrel, brass knobs......... 
dis 
50
Cast Square Spring.......................... ..dis 
55
60
Cast Cham...........................................dis 
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob..........  dis  55&10
Wrought Square 
....................... dis  55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush.......................... dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  knob
Ives  Door............................................dis  50&10

§ ari)e r..............................................dis $ 

BRACES.

40

Well, p la in ............................................... $ 4 00
Well, swivel.............................................. 
4 50

BUCKETS.

BUTTS,  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured........;........... dis 
60
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed........dis 
60
60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  50&10
Wrounht Loose  Pin............................dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............ dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned............ dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped 
...................................... dis  60&5
Wrought Table..................................... dis 
60
Wrought Inside Blind..................   dis 
60
brought Brass.....................................dis  65&10
5 ?nd. Clark’s........................................dis  70&10
B md. Parker’s.....................................dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard s.................................. dis 
70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x214, per gross  15 00 
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3.... per gross  18 00 

CAPS.

g. d .......................................... ;;;;;; 
Musket............................................... 

™....................................... Per  ra $ 65
35
60

CA TRIDG ES.

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

50
50
54

C H IS ELS.

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

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

COMBS.

3314
25

COCKS.

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

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

CO PPER .

 

D R IL L S .

Morse’s Bit  Stock............._..... ;.......dis 
35
Taper and Straight Shank................. dis 
20
Morse’s Taper  So5nk.........................dis 
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in..........................doz net $1 10
Corrugated......................................... dis  20&10
Adjustable......................................... dis  40&10
20 
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ; 2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
25 

EX PA N SIV E B IT S .

ELBOW S.

F IL E S .

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

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

GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
14 

13 
GAUGES.

 

50
50
50
50
30
3314
28
15 18

50

HAMMERS.

HA NG ERS.

Maydole & Co.’s................................... dis 
15
25
Kip’s ....................................................dis 
30
Yerkes&  Plumb’s...............................dis 
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....................30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction......................dis 
60
Kidder, wood tra.k .............................dis 
40
H IN G ES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3...........  
dis 
60
State........................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12  in.  414  14
314
 
Screw Hook and Eye,  14  ..................net  1014
Screw Hook and Eye %......................net 
814
Screw Hook and Eye  514..................... net 
714
Screw Hook and Eye,  %....................net 
714
Strap and  T.........................................dis 60&10
Stamped Tin Ware..................................  60&1G
Japanaed ,Tin  Ware...............................  20&10
Granite Iron  Ware................................ 
25

and [longer..................................  

HO LLO W   W AR E.

H O ES.

Grub  1............................................$1100, dis 40
Grub  2............................................  11 50, dis 40
Grub 3..............................................  12 00, dis 40

KNOBS.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........$2 00, dis 60
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings__  2 50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings.....................................list,  7 25, dis 60
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list, 8 25, dis 
60
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain......... dis 
60
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s.................. d 
40
Hemacite...........................  
dis 
50

 

LOCKS—DOOR.

LEV ELS.

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis  60
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s.........................dis  60
Branford’s .................................................dis 60
Norwalk’s.................. '.............................dis  60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....................dis  65
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s................................ dis  45
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables dis  45
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s.............dis  45
Coffee,  Enterprise.....................................dis 25
Adze  Eye......... ......................... $16 00dis40&10
Hunt Eye.................................. $15 00 dis 40&10
Hunt’s......................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

MATTOCKS.

M ILLS.

N A ILS.

Common, Brad and Fencing.

lOd to  60d.........................................I* keg $2 35
8d and 9 d adv............................................ 
25
6d and 7d  adv............................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv............................................ 
75
3d advance................................................  1  50
3d fine advance.........................................  3 00
Clinch nails, adv.......................................   1  75
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. f  keg 
Steel Nails—Advance 10c from above prices.

!  lOd 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

8d  6d  4d
154

254 

2 

M OLLASSES GATES.

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

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

MAULS.

O ILER S.

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.......................dis  55
Zinc, with brass bottom...........................dis  50
Brass or  Copper....................................... dis  40
60

Smper...................................per gross, $12 net

mstead’s .............................................. 

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

Foster, Stevens s Co.

PLA N ES.

Ohio Too! Co.’s, fancy.............................. diS  15
Sciota Bench..............................  
dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.... 
"dis  15
Bench, first quality...................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, Acme... 
Common, polished............................. 
dis 
Dripping............................................ :p a  

....................................dis 40&10
60
8

PA N S.

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

R IV E TS.

40
40

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 1054 
*B  Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

Broken packs 54c ft ft extra.

9

RO OFING  PLA TES.

RO PES.

.........*..........

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne............... 5 75
IK, 
choice Charcoal  Terne............. 7 75
20x28, choice Charcoal Terne..............12 00
IX, 20x28, clioicOChareoal  Terne..............16 90
_  
Sisal, 54 In. aud  larger 
954
Manilla..................   . 
1554
squares.
Steel and  Iron. 
................ 
dis  50
Try and Bevels. 
................................... dis  50
Mitre  ..............
......... ....... 
dis  20
SHEET IRON.
„  
Com. Smooth.  Com.
Nos. 10 to 14................................. $4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17................................  4 20 
Nos. 18 to 21....................... 
4 »0 
Nos. 22 to 24.................. .............  430 
N°S .25 to 2b................................  4 40 
No.-“‘v - v - ^ - v - .....................   4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.

$3 »0
3 20
3 on
3 40
3 60
AH sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 30 inches 

3 20

,, 

. 

 

 

In casks of 600 fts, tp  ft........................  
In smaller quansities, $   ft.......... .!!!.. 
No. 1,  Refined................... 
Market  Half-and-half........ 
Strictly  Half-and-half.......... pj
TIN PLATES.

tin n e r’s solder.

 

654
7

13 no
15 00

 

rates.

.C ai'ds for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal..........................  
IC, 
6 50
s  51»
10xl4,Chareoal.......................  
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal..................  
IC, 
6 50
 
8 50
12x12, Charcoal..................... . 
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal.................................6 50
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal...................  ’ 
8 50
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal......... 
........  10 50
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool......| ’ •  vz 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........,.............   14 50
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal........................... '  is 00
DC,'  100 Plate Charcoal.............................6 50
DX, 
100Plate Charcoal............................. 8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal......................        10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........  
  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 
„ 
Steel, Game.................................
OneidaCommuntity, Newhouse’s . ' . ’dis  35 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s....  60
Hotchkiss  ............ 
fi.«
s, p. & w. Mfg.  co.’s.'.'.'.';.':;:::;.................eo
Mouse, choker.....................  
¿¿¿so doz
Mouse,  delusion...............................$1 26 ?  do!
_■ 
Bright Market............................. 
dis  60
Annealed Market....................... 
dis  60
.........dis  55
Coppered Market.............. 
Extra Bailing........................ ..................dis  55
........via 
Tinned  Market..................  
in
Tinned Mattress....................... 
........§ ft  854
Coppered Spring  Steel................... '.'.'.dis 3754
Tinned Spring Steel............................... dis 3754

TRAPS.

WIRE.

 

WIRE GOODS.

Copper............................................new  jjgt net
Brass.............................................. new list net
Bright 
.....................................     .dis 60&10&10
Screw Eyes..................................................... dis 60&10&10
..........................dis  60&10&10
Hook a. 
Gate Hooks and Eyes....................dis  60&10&10
WrENCHES.  -
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled........
Coe’s  Genuine..................................dis  50&10
Coe s Pat Agricultural,  wrought......... dis  65
Coe s Pat.,  malleable............... .............. dis  70

...... 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pumps,  Cistern................................dis  60&10
Screws...........................................,....... 
70
Casters, Bed and  Plate............ . 
50
Dampers, American..............................  
335^

dis 

FOSTER, 

STEVENS 
  C O .,

4

-WHOLESALE-

HARDWARE!

IO  an d   13  M O N RO E  S TR EE T, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

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

W E   SO LIC IT   T H E

DEALER’S  TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

AG ENTS  FOR  THE

Riverside Steel Nail

The Steel  Nail  is  the  Coming  Nail.  All 
dealers who have once had  them  will  have 
no  other.  Why?  They  are  stronger;  they 
are lighter; they will  not  break;  carpenters 
insist  on  having  them; 
they  are  worth 
twenty-five  per  cent,  more  than  the  iron 
nail; 

they cost but a trifle more.

We are receiving  three  car  loads  a  week 
and  are  still  behind  with  our  orders.  We 
have  promise  of  more  frequent  shipments 
and  now  hope  to  keep  up  on  our  orders 
for 

sample  order  or  ask 

Send 

for 

price.

Drugs & flftebicines
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

amazoo. 

„   _  -T 

Presidents—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kal­
.  T_
Second Vice-President—B.  D.  Northrup, Lan-
Thinf vice-President—Frank  Wurzburg,  Gr’d 
Secretary—Jacob Sesson, Muskegon. 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum. W. H. Keller, F.  W.
NextCpUice  of  meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday. 

Rapids. 

__ 

_ 

,

October 13,1885.

P R E S ID E N T   W EED S’  A D D R ESS.

D eliv e re d   B efo re  th e   S tate  P h a rm a c e u ti­

c a l  A ssociation.

Gentlemen of the Michigan State  Pharmaceu­

[Concluded from last week.]

tical Association.
Retail dealers in  liquor is  the  appellation 
conferred upon druggists and saloon keepers 
by a paternal government, and made impres­
sive by the exaction of  a liberal  license fee. 
The offensiveness of the title, and the injus­
tice of compelling those who sell  liquors for 
medicinal  purposes  only  to  purchase  a 
license, nearly all of you  have  submitted to 
with indignant protests. 
It has been  charg­
ed, however, that many  druggists  are fully 
entitled to the odium implied by  the  name, 
and it is humiliating to be  obliged to  admit 
that the charge is sometimes true.  The open 
and  avowed  dram  seller,  who  defies 
the 
moral sense of the community  by pandering 
to an appetite of human  nature, the  indul­
gence of which ruins the  body  and  wrecks 
the mind, is a character  sufficiently  low in 
the scale of humanity.  But the  pharmacist 
who  prostitutes  a  noble  profession  and 
makes it  serve as  a cloak for  this  most ig­
noble and demoralizing traffic  has gone one 
step lower.  He who thus  debases  himself 
and  deigrades  an  honorable  business,  by 
using it as a means to  render  vice  respect­
able,  can  have  little  appreciation  of  the 
high character  of  his calling  and  no  true 
sense of honor and virtue.  Like the  physi­
cian, the office of the  pharmacist  should be 
to restore, not to destroy, and when for gain 
he uses his position and means for saving to 
entice his fellow men  to  destruction,  he is 
like  the wreckers  whose false  lights  lure 
ships upon fatal rocks, and who then  merci­
lessly  rob  the  drowning  crew. 
I do  not 
speak, my brethren, from  the  standpoint of 
the ultra and  unreasonable  temperance agi­
tator, but from that of one alive  to  the jus­
tice of the sentiment, which regards the sale 
of alcoholic drinks  as  an  employment  too 
disreputable for the members of  an  honor­
able guild.  Shall we not bring to bear every 
moral influence  we  possess  to  relieve  our 
name from the stigma implied by our classi­
fication in the United  States  revenue  law. 
and our reputation from the taint of  vicious 
practice?

CO M M ISSION  T O   P H Y S IC IA N S .

Another way, besides those already  men­
tioned,  in which selfish greed is  manifested 
by druggists, is in the evil practice, which is 
becoming more an£ more common, of paying 
commissions to physicians for prescriptions. 
The practice is both unbusinesslike and dis­
honorable, and  shows  a lax  conception  of 
commercial morality, or a disregard for it in 
both parties to the  compact.  The  victim, 
after  paying  the  physician,  is  charged  a 
price for the medicine which will enable the 
druggist to pay the  physician  the  commis­
sion agreed upon.  The arrangement is usu­
ally, I suppose/  found  to be  profitable  for 
the conspirators, there being no penalty, and 
it is one any  physician  and druggist,  desti­
tute of  the  virtue  known as  honesty,  can 
make.  No  palliation  consistent  with jus­
tice and morality  can  be urged  in  its  de­
fense, and the name properly applied  to co­
alitions of this kind in law, is one  no phar­
macist should wish to deserve.

I have spoken thus plainly,  my  brethren, 
of some  prominent  evils  which  beset  our 
business, and for which those among  us are 
largely responsible.  Correct diagnosis  is as 
important in moral, as  in  physical  disease, 
and the physician  is  untrue to  his  calling 
who fears to warn  when  the  thermometer 
indicates dangerous conditions.  After path­
ology,  comes  treatment,  and  this  I  shall 
leave to the wisdom of the  council  here as­
sembled.  Should  they  deem  the  diseases 
named of  sufficient  importance  to  discuss 
remedies, I would suggest as one, proper for 
consideration, the efficacy of local  societies. 
Where they have been tried,  such  societies 
have, I believe,  been  productive  of  much 
good, in many ways, but chiefly in the  sup­
pression  of  that  spirit  of  greed  which 
prompts to  questionable  methods  in  busi­
ness.  There need never be  a  lack of  sub­
jects for profitable discussion  at  the  meet­
ings.  Those pertaining  to the  business  in­
terests of both  a  local  and  general  nature 
would be found quite  numerous  and  when 
exhausted would be supplemented  with the 
never-ending, and always  interesting  ques­
tions of pharmacy. 
I do not under estimate 
the difficulty of bringing together, on friend­
ly terms, rivals  in  business. 
I  am  aware 
that feelings of animosity often  exist,  very 
hard to overcome.  Yet I earnestly hope my 
words may induce many to strive  to  divest 
themselves of any share  they  may  have in 
such feeling  and  endeavor,  in  their  own 
homes, to form  such  associations.  When­
ever successful, the compensation  will come 
promptly.  Not alone  in  increased  profit, 
but in social and friendly feeling  and  busi­
ness and  professional advancement.  As  a 
means for  promoting  the  establishment of 
local societies, I would suggest that a simple 
form of organization and government, adapt­
ed to their  wants, be published in  the  pro­
ceedings of this meeting.

A code of ethics, not too extensive or strin­
gent, seems to  me quite desirable.  A stand­

ard of conduct in our relations towards each 
other,  though  of  less  importance  than a 
standard of knowledge or  skill,  may  prove 
of very  great use. 
I should be glad  to have 
this matter considered, with  a view  to the 
preparation, and adoption, of such a code, if 
considered  important,  at  the  present  ses­
sion.

P R O F E S S IO N A L   C H A R A C T E R .

Though the interests which  pertain more 
especially to our character as  merchants are 
of the highest importance, we  should  never 
neglect those belonging to  our  character as 
pharmacists.  Professional knowledge is not 
only important to success  in  our  business, 
but its possession should be  sought for, as a 
matter of  pride  and  source  of  happiness. 
Especially should we endeavor to  keep  in­
formed regarding the investigations and  dis­
coveries  of the day, in their  bearings  upon 
medicine, chemistry, and  kindred  subjects.
It but mildly expresses the fact to state, that 
at no time in the history of  the  world, have 
the revelations of science been so wonderful 
and so extensive as now.  New,  and  start­
ling facts in nature, many of them  of great 
value to human life  and comfort,  are  pre­
sented to our view daily.  So  quickly  does 
one discovery follow another that they cease 
to surprise and the  miracle of  yesterday is 
the familiar and  commonplace  fact  of  to­
day. 
In the  whole  realm  of  scientific in­
vestigation,  no  fields  are so  inviting  and 
none yield such rich rewards to the  student 
as those pertaining to the  various  branches 
of knowledge upon which  our  own  profes­
sion is founded.  Chemistry, botany and the 
microscope  have invaded  the secret  places 
of nature, and are exposing their  mysteries 
to the light of day.  The giant of the forest, 
the roadside weed, the mineral of the earth, 
and  the  water  of  the  sea  yield  to  new 
methods their hidden  virtues, for  the relief 
of human ills.

The beginning of the  nineteenth  century 
witnessed a new impulse given to the science 
of chemistry. 
Its  slow  development  for 
many centuries,  beginning with  the  efforts 
of the alchemists to change  base  metals to 
gold and to discover  the philosopher’s stone, 
culminated in the  eighteenth  century  with 
the discovery of  oxygen  by  Priestly,  and 
the long  contest  between  the  friends  and 
foes of the phlogiston theory of  combustion, 
Lavoisier, by his original investigations and 
exact methods,  had  placed  the  science up­
on a firm foundation  and  furnished a  vast 
number of facts.  The idea  of  equivalents, 
which  followed  and  developed 
into  the 
automic theory of Dalton,  was  at  once ac­
cepted as the true key to the quantitive com 
position of bodies.  Following in rapid  sue 
cession, came the  discoveries  of  Davy, the 
wonderful labors of Burzelius, his  accurate 
and numerous analyses and  system  of sym 
bols,  and  Faraday’s  clear  conception  and 
elucidation of the relatiods of  electricity to 
chemistry.  Leibig, the teacher and  popular 
author, and a host of others, of almost equal 
talent followed, to usher in and illumine the 
present era. 
It is by means of the labors of 
such giants  that the  phenomena  of  nature, 
and the relation of her  laws  to  health, life 
and  human  wants,  are  being  learned  by 
their disciples in the laboratory, and applied 
by the  pharmacist,  the  physician  and the 
utilitarian, until not only has medical science 
been immeasurably  advanced,  but  there is 
scarcely a process in the arts,  or  manufac­
tures,  which is not either  dependent  upon, 
or largely indebted, to chemistry, for its suc­
cess.  Diseases  and  epidemics  whose  de­
structive agencies produce  more  than  one 
half the mortality of  the  world are  shown 
by the microscopes of a Pasteur or  a  Koch 
to be caused by living germs or bacteria.  A 
discovery so marvellous must be  far  reach­
ing in its results to the  pharmacist,  equally 
with the physician. 
It must suggest  means 
for prevention,  and  new  methods  for  the 
treatment of all  those diseases  which  may 
be found to owe their origin to the  presence 
of these  microscopic  organisms.  Experi­
ments have  already  demonstrated  that in- 
noculation,  with  the  attenuated  vieus  of 
some  zymotic  diseases,  will  produce  mild 
forms  of such diseases and render  the  sys­
tem proof against further or serious attacks. 
Does not this point to the belief,  wonderful 
though it may seem, that the day is  not dis­
tant when the pharmacist will be  called up­
on  and expected to vouch for  the  purity of 
vaccine virus for  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever, 
measles, tuberculosis, cholera and hydropho­
bia, as well as small pox?

Though our literature abounds  with  new, 
and interesting information,  I shall  not oc­
cupy your time with anything  like a history 
of  pharmacy  during  the  past  year.  The 
many excellent periodicals of the day devot­
ed to our interests are, or should  be, exten­
sively patronized by  Michigan  pharmacists, 
and  contain  in much  better  form  than  I 
could present it, all the  annual  information 
of value.  The proceedings of the American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  recently  held 
at Milwaukee, will embrace a similar record 
when  published,  and  will  of  course  add 
largely to current information upon pharma­
ceutical topics.  The report of our own com­
mittee to this association will be of  interest 
to  us  all.  The  Committee  on  Pharmacy 
and Querries will report,  among  other mat­
ters,  that  a  very  large  proportion  of  the 
qurries presented at  our last  meeting have 
been accepted.  This will give  us many in­
teresting and valuable papers, which  will be 
listened to with much pleasure, and  it is to 
be hoped will  excite  profitable  discussion. 
The  chairman  of  this  Committee,  Prof. 
Prescott, has taken a deep  interest  in  this, 
and all the other work  of  our  Association, 
and I congratulate you  that we have among 
us a gentleman of his  practical  knowledge, 
judgment and experience.

The time  is  rapidly  approaching  when

the law of the survival of the  fittest will  be 
enforced by the power of public  opinion up­
on pharmacists.  When an extended knowl­
edge of the science of his profession  will be 
necessary  to his  success,  and  even  now, 
other things being equal, the  druggist  who 
is thoroughly grounded in the theoretical, as 
well as practical knowledge  of his  calling, 
will have a great advantage over his more ig­
norant  competitor.  Young men expecting to 
enter  the  drug  business  in  any  capacity, 
should understand the importance  of  thor­
ough and systematic training, and the  hope 
of inspiring this class especially,  with a de­
sire to avail themselves of its many  advant­
ages, induces me to call your attention to the 
claims of the Michigan School of Pharmacy. 
This school has  achieved for itself  a  repu­
tation,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  which 
places it in the front rank of  institutions of 
its kind in our country,  and  inferior  in no 
respect to any of the other  departments  of 
that pride of our State,  the University.  One 
of the requirements for entering  is a gener­
al knowledge equal to the standard  of high 
school graduation.  This requisite,  which I 
believe is not  demanded  by  other  similar 
schools, is based  upon  the  correct  theory 
that at least this much foundation is  needed 
upon whigli to rear  the  superstructure  of a 
good, pharmaceutical education.  A  course 
of laboratory work and  manipulation  is re­
quired, instead of  being  optional,  as is the 
rule in schools of the larger cities.  Students 
in small sections, aided by teachers, are sub­
jected to extended and  practical drills  upon 
crude drugs and other pharmaceutical mater­
ial.  The writing and  filling  of  actual pre­
scriptions and recitations upon the  pharma- 
copoea  are  exacted. 
If  we add  to  these 
labors,  training  and  work 
in  analytical 
chemistry, far surpassing  in  quantity  and 
quality  ordinary college requirements, stud­
ies in microscopical botany,  crystalography, 
materia medica, covering in all two  years of 
nine months each, we  can  readily  believe 
that “the graduate is qualified for  responsi­
bility, as the chemist of the medical  profes­
sion and of the community.”  With  few ex­
ceptions, the graduates of this school adhere 
to some of the many callings connected with 
pharmacy, and may be found  as  successful 
proprietors of drug stores,  editors  of  phar­
maceutical journals, teachers, and managers 
of manufacturing  laboratories,  in  this  and 
other States.

The facilities offered by the manufacturers 
of all kinds of chemical and  medicinal com­
pounds are not only blessings to  the  incom 
petent, but they are likewise a temptation to 
the educated, and  practical  pharmacist  to 
purchase,  when  he  should  manufacture. 
While it cannot be denied, that many  prep­
arations can be  produced  on  a large  scale 
more economically than in the  small quanti­
ties required by the retail  druggist,  and ad­
mitting that most manufacturers are skillful 
and honest, there are still excellent  reasons 
why dealers should themselves prepare such 
goods when practicable.  There  is  nearly 
always profit in so doing.  By constant prac­
tical exercise of his requirements,  the  phar­
macist more readily retains and adds to such 
acquirements.  Idle moments are made pleas­
ant, as well  as  profitable,  and  the  shelves 
are found to be filled with  fewer  unsalable 
compounds of rival  manufacturers.  Some­
thing has been done by  local  societies  and 
individuals to furnish formulae  for  popular 
unofficial compounds.  The need  which ex­
ists for this kind of information  should,  in 
the interest  of  uniformity,  be  supplied  by 
national, rather than local  authority,  and a 
very valuable addition  to  the  equipment of 
a pharmacist to-day would  be  formulae for 
preparing salable compounds not  yet  made 
official,  sanctioned by authority as  unques­
tioned as the  United  States  pharmacopcea* 
Provided with such formulae,  the  many so- 
called pharmaceutical compounds, for which 
some secret  of  preparation  or  material  is 
claimed, would be regarded with  suspicion, 
and classed  with  proprietary  medicines, to 
be sold only when specifically  prescribed  or 
asked for. 
It is a pleasure to  note  in  this 
connection, and to call  your  special  atten­
tion to the high standard attained by  manu 
facturers of  chemical  and  pharmaceutical 
preparations in this  country.  The  exhibi­
tion of their products made by many of them 
at this meeting, is most convincing evidence 
of this, and cannot but excite your  admira­
tion.  We welcome them and all  other  ex­
hibitors  of  pharmaceutical  material,  mer­
chandise or appliances most  cordially, and I 
hazard little in predicting that  the  displays 
of their products will always be regarded  as 
an agreeable and profitable adjunct  to  our 
meetings.

Thanking you, gentlemen, for the  courte­
ous treatment and  kind  forbearance I have 
received at your hands, let me request a len­
ient judgement of the errors I may  make in 
the discharge of  the  important  duties your 
partiality has honored  me  with  until 
the 
close of the session gives you  the opportuni­
ty to fill my place with one more  worthy.

M r.  F a irc h ild ,  S tan d   Up.

Grand Ra pid s, Sept. 27,1884, 

Editor of T h e T radesm an.

Dea r Si r :  I think “Hank” must be  off  his 
ker-base  about  that  two-bushel  basket  busi 
ness.  I never had  a basket  about  my  place 
except a small one to  carry  bottles  from the 
packing room to the store.  The only fire pro­
tection I ever had at Pierson was a brass squirt 
gun pump and $2,500 insurance.  Whoever but 
Henry could ever have thought  of two bushel 
baskets kept in “nests” anyway?  Or on top of 
shelving?

. 

Yours truly,

O. H.  Rich m o n d.

Wayland has now  a  fitting  exponent  of 
her social and business interests in the shape 
of the Globe, the first number of which made 
its appearance  on  the  25th.  The  business 
men of the place will do  well to accord  the 
venture a substantial support.

SEEDS.

Sarsaparilla,  Mexican..................
I SquillB, white (Powd 35c).............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).......
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).............
Bird, mixed in ft  packages.........
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..
Cardamon,  Aleppee.....................
Cardamon, Malabar.......................
Celery............................................
Coriander, oest English...............
Fennel........................ ..................
Flax, clean....................................

Mustard, white  Black 10c). 
Quince................................
Worm,  Levant.

18
10
25
20
13
5 @  6
4 @  4)4
11 @  12
2 U0
2 25
25
15

3v@
4 @  4)4
8 @  9
5)4®  6
8
1 00
6 ©  7
14

do
Nassau 
do 
do
Velvet Extra do 
do
Extra Yellow do 
do
Grass 
do 
Hard head, for slate use... 
Yellow Reef, 

do
M ISCELLANEUS.

.2 25 ®2 50
2 00 
1  10 
85 
65 
75 
1  40

do 
do 
do 

50 
45 
1  10

12 
1  20 

2 29
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) $  gal__  
1 50
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 
Anodyne Hoffman’s.....................  
50
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........ 
27
12 
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
Annatto 1 ft rolls..........................
30 
Blue Soluble.................................
50 
2 75
Bay  Rum, imported, best............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
2 00
Alum......................................  # f t  2 Ví®  3 Vi
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)..............  3  ®  4
Annatto, prime............................. 
32
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........•  4V4®  5
Arsenic, white, powdered............   6  @  7
Balm Gilead Buds........................  
40
2 25
Beans,  Tonka................................ 
Beans, Vanilla..............................7 00  @9 75
Bismuth, sub nitrate.................... 
1 60
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).....................  
45
Blue V itriol.................................   7Vi®  9
Borax, refined (Powd  13c)............  
12
Cantharides,Russian  powdered.. 
1 85
Capsicum  Pods, African.............. 
18
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d ... 
20
18
Capsicum Pods,  American do  ... 
4 00
Carmine, No. 40 ............................. 
Cassia Buds................ :................. 
12
Calomel. American....................... 
70
Chalk, prepared drop.................... 
5
Chalk, precipitate English........... 
12
Chalk,  red fingers........................  
8
Chalk, white lump........................  
2
Chloroform,  Squibb’s..................
1 60 
Colocynth apples..........................
60 
1 60 
Chloral hydrate, German crusts..
do  cryst...
Chloral 
1 7« 
1 90 
Chloral 
Seherin’s  do  ...
1 75 
Chloral 
do  crusts..
Chloroform................................. 1 00
®1  10 
Cinchonidia, P. & W........*...........   45
@  50 
Cinchonidia, other brands............   45
©  50 
Cloves (Powd 28c)..........................  20
®  22 
Cochineal......................................
30 
45 
Cocoa  Butter..................... ..........
Copperas (by bbl  lc).....................
2 
65
Corrosive Sublimate.....................
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
@  40 
Cream Tartar, pure powdered......   38
15 
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
50 
Creasote.........................................
24 
Cudbear,  prime.............................
24 
Cuttle Fish Bone...........................
Dextrine....... ...............................
Dover’s  Powders..................... .
Dragon’s Blood Mass....................
Ergot  powdered...........................
Ether Squibb’s........................   ...
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s............
Epsom Salts...................................  2V4®
Ergot, fresh...................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S. P ..............
Flake white..................................
Grains  Paradise............... ...........
Gelatine, Cooper’s........................
Gelatine. French  ..........................  45
Glassware, flint, 71 off,by box 60 off 
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
Glue,  cabinet................................  12
Glue,white....................................   17
Glycerine, pure.............................  19
Hops  54s and Vis.....................
Iodoform $  oz........................
Indigo...........................................   85
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...
Iodine,  resublimed.......................
Isinglass,  American.....................
Japónica........................................
London  Purple............ ................
Lead, acetate.........................................  
Lime, chloride,(V4s 2s 10c & Vis 11c) 
Lupuline........................................ 
Lycopodium.......................................  
Mace.........................................  
Madder, best  Dutch....................  12V4®  13
Manna, S.  F ................................... 
1 35
Mercury.............................................. 
 
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........$  oz  3 05@3 30
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s..'__  
40
10
Moss, Iceland..........................^ f t 
Mo68,  Irish....................................  
12
30
Mustard,  English.......................... 
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........ 
18
20
Nutgalls......................................... 
Nutmegs, No. 1...... 
70
Nux  Vomica.................................  
10
40
Ointment. Mercurial, V6d.............. 
Pepper, Black  Berry.................... 
18
Pepsin............................................ 
3 00
Pitch, True Burgundy..................  
7
Quassia.........................................  6  ®  7
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W...........ft oz  1 00@I 05
Quinine,  German..........................1 00  @1 05
Seidlitz  Mixture...... 1...................  
28
Strychnia, cryst............................. 
1 50
Silver Nitrate, cryst.....................   79  @ 82
Red Precipitate..................... Vgft 
80
Saffron, American........................  
35
®  2
Sal  Glauber................................... 
Sal Nitre, large  cryst......... .......... 
10
Sal  Nitre, medium cryst.............. 
9
Sal Rochelle................................... 
33
Sal Soda.........................................  2  @  2V4
2 00
Salicin............................................ 
Santonin.......................................  
6  75
38
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.........  
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].................... 
4
25
Spermaceti..................................... 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__  
4V4®  5
Soap, White Castile....................... 
14
Soap, Green  do 
....................... 
17
Soap, Mottled do 
9
....................... 
Soap, 
do  do  — ................. 
11
Soap, Mazzini...................... 
14
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ...........................   26  ®  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ...........................   28  ®  32
Sugar Milk powdered.................... 
30
Sulphur, flour................................  3V4®  4
Sulphur,  roll.................................  
3®  3)4
60
Tartar Emetic................................ 
2 70
Tar, N. C. Pine, V4 gal. cans  $  doz 
quarts in tin .........  
Tar, 
140
Tar, 
pints in tin............  
85
Turpentine,  Venice....... . 
^  ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand........... 
60
Zinc,  Sulphate..............................   7  @  8

12 ® 17
17 ® 28
19 ® 22
25® 40
35
85 @1 00
23 @ 25
2 10
1 50
9
10 @ 15
9
1 00
 

45 ® 70

do 
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O IL S .

v a r n i s h e s .

Capitol  Cylinder..................... .
Model  Cylinder...................................
Shields  Cylinder.................................
Eldorado Engine.................................
Peerless  Machinery........................................35
Challenge Machinery...................................... 25
Backus Fine Engine........................................30
Black Diamond Machinery............................. 30
Castor Machine  Oil......................................... 6C
Paraffine, 25  deg..............................................22
Paraffine, 28  deg..............................................21
Gal
Bbl
85
80
Whale, winter...........................
75
64
Lard, extra.......................................   64
65
55
Lard, No.  1.......................................   55
55
52
Linseed, pure raw...........................   52
58
55
Linseed, boiled................................  55
95
90
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained..
40
36
Spirits Turpentine...........................   36
..1 10@1 20
N o.lTurp Coach....................... .......1 10@1  20
..1 60@1 70
Extra  Turp........................................ 1 60@1  70
..2 75@3 00
Coach Body........................................2  75@3 00
..1 00@1 10
No. 1 Turp Furniture.........................1 00®110
..1 55®1 60
Extra Turp  Damar............................1 55®1  60
70®  75
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.
Lb
9
10
10
11
2® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
214® 3 
2&@ 3 
13®16 
55®57 
16@17 
5VÍ

Bbl
Boralumine, White  b u lk ]...........
5 fts I ...........
Boralumine, 
Boralumine,Tints bulk. V50 off..
Boralumine 
5  fts.  j ...........
Red Venetian.................. 
15Ü
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........  15£
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.........   13£
Putty, commercial.................  2V4
Putty, strictly pure................  214
Vermilion, prime American..
Vermilion,  English.................
Green, Peninsular..................
Lead, red strictly pure-...............
Lead, white, strictly pure......
Whiting, white Spanish.........
Whiting, Gildersr....................
White, Paris American...........
Whiting  Paris English cliff..

1 10 

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p a i n t s .

©90 
1 40

 

HAZELTINE, 
PERKINS 
& CO.
Druggists !

W holesale

42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 9S 

and

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

m s , d ic a li 
Paints, Oils. Varnishes.

MANUFACTURERS  OF
PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR 
Wolf, P atton & Co., and J ohn L. Whit­

.

ing, Manufacturers  of  Fine 

Paint  and  Varnish 

Brushes.

 

—Also fo r th e—

Grand  Rapids  Brush  Co.,  Manfgs.  of 

H a ir, Shoe and H orse Brushes.

Druggists’ Sundries

60

Our stock in this department of  our  busi­
15
ness is  conceded to be  one  of  the  largest,, 
best-assorted and diversified to be  found  in’ 
50
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers of 
many articles ourselves  and  can  offer  Fine 
Solid Back Hair Brushes,  French  and Eng- 
55
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 shpwn 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 drag trade. 
Our  special efforts in this direction have  re­
ceived from hundreds of  our  customers  the 
most satisfying recommendations.

tient

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

WithersDade&Cu’s

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

We are also  owners of the

D r ifts’  Favorite  Rye,

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

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

Mail ordersjalways receive our special and 

personal attention.

H A M M  PERKINS & CO

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Advanced—Canary seed.
Declined—Manna, quinine, P. & W.,  oil pep­

permint.

A C ID S.

Acetic,  No.8 ....................... $ lb  9  0   10
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........  30  ®  35
Carbolic.........................................  35  @  40
Citric.............................................  
55
Muriatic 18 deg.............................  3  ®  5
Nitric 36 deg.................................   11  @  13
..  alic............................................  14)4®  15
Sulphuric 66 deg...........................   3  @  4
Tartaric  powdered....................... 
48
Benzoic,  English...................$ oz 
SO
Benzoic,  German..........................  13  @  15
Tannic...........................................  15  ®  17
Carbonate..............................$1 lb  15  @  18
Muriate (Powd. 22c)....................... 
14
Aqua 16 deg or  3f..........................  6  @  7
Aqua 18 deg or 4f..........................  7  @  8

AM M ONIA.

BA RK S.

BALSAMS.
Copaiba......................................... 
@  50
Fir....................................... . 
40
Peru............................................... 
3 50
Tolu.............................................. 
50
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........... 
12
Cinchona,  yellow........................  
18
Elm,  select....................................  
15
Elm, ground, pure........................  
18
Elm, powdered, pure.................... 
15
Sassafras, of root.......................... 
10
Wild Cherry, select....................... 
13
Bayberry  powdered.....................  
20
Hemlock powdered.:.................... 
18
W ahoo........................................... 
30
Soap  ground.................................  
12
Cubeb, prime (Powd 80c).............. 
@  75
Juniper.........................................  
6  @  7
Prickly Ash...................................1 CO  @1 10
27
Licorice (10 and 25 B> boxes, 35c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, pure............  
37Vi
9
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 fi> boxes)...  
Lgowood, %s 
do 
.............. 
13
Logwood, Jis 
do 
15
.............. 
14
.............. 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
FluidJSxtracts—25 $  cent, off list.
Arnica............................................  10
Chamomile,  Roman.....................
Chamomile,  German....................

EX TRACTS.

FLO W ERS.

B E R R IE S .

12

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38®

10 

60®  75 
18 
50 
30 
60 
60 
50 
40
35
30
30
55@60
21®  24
13
35®  40
80
90®1 00
35 
20 
40 
4 25 
30 
26 
24 
30
@1 10

Aloes, Barbadoes.....................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)............
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)—
Ammoniac................................
Arabic, extra  select.................
Arabic, powdered  select.........
Arabic, 1st picked....................
Arabic,3d picked.....................
Arabic,c3d picked.......................... 
Arabic, sifted sorts....................... 
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
Benzoin......................................... 
Camphor.......................................  
Catechu. Is (Vi 14c, Ha 16c)........... 
Euphorbium powdered................. 
Galbanum strained....................... 
Gamboge........................................ 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).
Kino [Powdered, 30c]....................
Mastic...........................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $6.00)..............
Shellac, Campbell’s, 
i  
~  rlif ’
Shellac,  English
Shellac, native..............................
Shellac bleached...........................
Tragacanth........................... .......  30
H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.
Hoarhound...................................................35
Lobelia..........................................................35
Peppermint.................. 
25
Rue................................................................ 40
Spearm int....................................................24
Sweet Majoram............................................ 35
Tanzy............................................................25
Thyme.......................................................... 30
Wormwood......................................... '........25
6 40 
20 7 
80 
65

Citrate and  Quinine.....................
Solution mur., for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal.................
Citrate...........................................
Phosphate.....................................
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)...............   12
Sage, Italian, bulk (Vis & Vis, 12c)...
Senna, Alex, natural....................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered...... .................
Senna tinnivelli.............................
Uva  Ursi........................................
Belledonna....................................
Foxglove........................................
Henbane........................................
Rose, red.................?.....................
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky .2 00
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye...................1 75
Whisky, other brands....................... 1 10
Gin, Old Tom...................................... 1 35
Gin,  Holland..................... 
Brandy............................................... 1 75
Catawba  Wines..................................1 25
Port Wines......................................... 1 35
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution....
Calcined.........................................

M AGNESIA.

LIQ U O R S.

LEA VES.

2 00

IR O N .

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1 00 

®2 25 
@2 00 
@1 50 
@1 75 
@3 50 
@6 50 
®2 00 
®2 50
23 
37 
2 25 
70
50 
45 
00 
50 
2 00 
®  1954 
2 00 
75 
1 20 
40 
85
1 25 
6  00 
1 60
2 00 
75 
40 
50
2 00 
2 01 
90 
1 70 
1 75 
80 
1 25 
50
1 75
3 00 
9 75
65
4 50 
7 00
60 
4 50 
®  12
2 25 
4 50 
2 50
1 90
3 50 
6 00
@1 20
2 50 
@  67
9 75
14 
35 
20
1 25 
30
15 
27
17
35
12
18
38
23
10
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20
35
22
1 10
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2 00
2 25
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O IL S .

Almond, sweet..............................   45
Amber, rectified...........................
Anise..............................................
Bay $   oz......................................
Bergamont....................................
Castor..................... ......................  18
Croton............................................
Cajeput.........................................
Cassia............................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)......
Citronella.....................................
Cloves............................................
Cubebs, P. &  W.............................
Erigeron........................................
Fireweed.......................................
Geranium $   oz.............................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood................................
Juniper berries.............................
Lavender flowers, French............
do  .............
Lavender garden 
Lavender spike 
............
do 
Lemon, new crop..........................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.....................
Lemongrass...................................
Origanum, red flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1.................. ■.......
Pennyroyal...................................
Peppermint,  white.......................
Rose  $ oz......................................
Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)...
Sandal  Wood. German.................
andal Wood, W. I ....................—
Sassafras.......................................
Tansy..............................................    „
Tar (by gal 60c)....:.........................  10
Wintergreen..............................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)......
Savin..............................................
Wormseed.....................................
Cod Liver, filtered.........  
. $  gal
Cod Liver, best........................... ..
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, Malaga..................
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  .  . 
......
Salad...............................................   «5
Rose, Ihmsen’s......................$  oz
Bicromate..............................7? ft
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk......
Prussiate yellqw...........................
Alkanet.........................................
Althea, cut,...................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in Vis and Vis—
Blood (Powd 18c)...........................
Calamus,  peeled...........................
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered.................
Gentian (Powd  14c).......................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)...........  13
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........
Golden Seal (Powd 40c).................
Hellebore, white, powdered.........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered..................
Jalap, powdered.
Licorice,  select (Powd 12V4)........
Licorice, extra select....................
Pink, true......................................
Rhei, from select to  choice......... 1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1.......................110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes.................
Rhei, choice cut fingers......... .
Serpentaria...................................
Seneka ....*......... .............. ...........
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras............... .

PO TASSIU M .

ROOTS.

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

W E D N E S D A Y .

E. A.  STOWE  & BRO,, Proprietors. 

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING, 3d  FLOOR.
LEntered  at the  Postofflce  at Grand Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  1,  1884.

Some Interesting Facts about Honey. 

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.

The supply of honey used to come  princi­
pally from  California  hives,  California  be­
ing more commonly associated with this pro­
duct than any other State in the  Union, but 
the output there  recently has  decreased in 
quantiiy owing to  poor  crops,  and  Eastern 
raisers have gone into the  businesss  nearer 
the consumers, rivaling their Western breth­
ren.

A large portion of the honey used in New 
England comes from the hives  that  are  so 
plenty  in  some  portions of  Vermont,  and 
still more from  some  sections  of  the  Mo­
hawk Valley.  Many Vermonters who make 
a business of honey raising, ship quite large 
amounts of the article to this city.  A  Bris­
tol, Vermont,  man  shipped  one  thousand 
cases of honey to a Boston firm  last  season 
which  will  compare  unfavorably  with  the 
last, that he  will  be  unable  to  ship  more 
than one-tliird of that amount, and the large 
decrease in  the  supply, as  compared  with 
last year, is noticeable every wliere.

Honey making is now attaining great pop­
ularity, it is said, along  the  Hudson.  This 
new trade has  taken  deep  root  among  the 
farmers of Ulster and Dutchess counties.  A 
gentleman in  Dutchess  county  keeps  1,200 
hives,  giving  employment  to  eighty  men, 
and sending 830,000 worth of honey to New 
York as the product of the  work of a single 
season.  Many  of  the  river  bee  keepers 
gather from 400 to 700 pounds a year.  Some 
of the more expert extract  the  honey  from 
the combs in  the  hive  from 
three to five 
times a week.  White  clover  appears to be 
the favorite flower of  the bees, and it is fed 
to  them  when  there  is a dearth  of  other 
flowers.  When honey  sells  from 10 to 20c. 
a pound, and as at  least 20  pounds  can be 
taken from one hive a day, some idea of the 
revenue from a large number may be gather­
ed.  The industry has already attained such 
prominence  along  the  river  that  the  bee 
keepers are talking of forming  an  organiza­
tion where  matters  affecting  the  business 
may be discussed and all the  modem  appli­
ances iu honey making be thoroughly exam­
ined, and, if  practicable, be at once  put  in 
operation.

Honey raising is doubtless  very profitable 
if well managed but it is not  by any  means 
always a simple task  to  properly  attend to 
the buzzing creatures which make  the  arti­
cle in question, and skill is required.

It Don’t Pay to “Bust Up.”

We think not.  Oh, there  may be  money 
in it but when  you  figure  the  thing  right 
down to a close  margin, the  other  side of 
the account shows  up  in  a  surprising  and 
damaging manner.  Gained—A  few  thous­
and dollars.  Lost—A good name; all  claim 
to credit; the  confidence of the  community, 
and an  unimpeached  character.  The  day 
will  never  come, so long as the  man  who 
failed for money shall live, when some little 
thing will  not  come  up  to  remind  him  of 
that “skin game” years ago.  Once  lost, an 
A 1 standing in  the  community is  hard  to 
recover.  So we  would  say to  any  young 
man who is setting out with this  idea in his 
head, that it will  prove a snag  which  may 
wreck him for life; at any rate, it will stave 
so big a hole in his  goodly craft  that it will 
take his best efforts at the  pumps  for  the 
rest of his earthly voyage to  keep  his  craft 
afloat

Sinhrter than Jim  Fisk.

From “The Evolution of a Life.”

Jim Fisk once received  by telegraph  the 
details of a dangerous bill introduced in one 
of the state legislatures.  He telegraphed iu 
reply to his  informant to  come at once, re­
ceived  him  at  sumptuous  quarters  at  the 
Grand opera house, and inquired if his visit­
or cofald kill the bill.  The judge thought he 
might.  Fisk drew a check for 85,000.  The 
judge  agreed to do  what  he  could  for so 
small an amount, but never took checks. Fisk 
smiled  and  got 
the 
judge pocketed and shook hands to go, when 
Fisk suddenly  asked, “By the way,  who is 
the author of that bill?”  The judge replied, 
wjppht  hesitation,  “I  am.”  “Oh!”  said 
Fisk, with a beaming look of admiration,  “I 
thought so.  Good day.”

the  cash,  which 

An exchange says a superstitious subscrib­
er,  who found a spider in a copy  of  his  pa­
per, writes to know  if  we  consider it a bad 
omen.  Nothing of  the  kind.  The  spider 
was merely  looking over the columns of the 
paper to see what merchant  was  not  adver­
tising, so that it could  spin its  web  across 
the store door and be free  from disturbance.
A merchant who died suddenly  not  long 
ago left on his desk a letter he had intended 
mailing to a correspondent. _  An  Irish clerk 
finding it sent it off after  adding  the  post- 
cript:  “Since  writing  the  above  I  have 
died.”

Boiled  peanuts are a favorite  dish  with 
the Chinese.  Long cooking  beneath  water 
extracts all the oil and  flavoring  principle, 
and leaves a dough that can be  used  in  the 
same manner as that made from flour.

Two car loads of oat meal have been ship­
ped from Des Moines, Iowa, direct  to  Scot­
land.

A new and pretty glove is made  in  Paris 
from the skins of  young  Florida  alligators.

Where Wicked  Men  Go. 

■
“What becomes  of  the  men  who  steal?” | 
asked the  Sunday-school  teacher of a sharp 
little boy.

“They go to Canada.”
“No, little boy, that  is not  the  right  an­
swer.  They  ultimately go  to  the  wicked 
place.”

“Oh, Chicago?”

A  Never Failing Delight. 

Correspondence Christian Era.

Whenever I see a friend  out  shopping,  1 
ask him what he wants. 
If it  is  a  picture 
book for Edward, I  direct  his  attention  to 
Webster. 
If it is an encyclopedia for Uncle 
James, I point him to Webster.  If it is some­
thing  to  please  an  invalid,  I  recommend 
Webster. 
If it is  a  Christmas  present  for 
his  wife,  I  urge  him to get Webster. Web­
ster, Webster Unabridged and Illustrated.  It 
is a never failing delight to every one.

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 81, or one dozen 
expressed for 82.50 from  Kenyon  Brothers, 
Wakefield, Rhode  Island.

Dealers purchasing supplies of  field seeds 
should consult the Grand Rapids Seed  Co.’s 
quotations, in another  part  of  this  week’s 
paper.

COAL AND  BUILDING IttATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1 05 
Ohio White Lime, per bbl............
90 
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................
1 40 
Louisville Cement, per bbl...............
,  1 40 
Akron Cement per  bbl.....................
1 40 
B uff alo Cement,  per bbl..................
1 05@1 10 
Car lots...............................................
25®  30 
Plastering hair, per bu.....................
1 75 
Stucco, per bbl...................................
3 75 
Land plaster, per ton........................
3 00 
Land plaster, car lots........................
825 @ 835 
Fire brick, per  M..............................
3 00
Fire clay, per bbl...............................
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots.. 86 00@6 25 
Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots..  6 25@6 50
Cannell, car lots................................ 
_@6 75
Ohio Lump, car lots..........................  3 25@3 50
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 00

COAL.

LUMBER, LATH AND  SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Company quote f . o. b. cars as 
follow:
Uppers, 1 inch................................per M 844 00
Uppers, 114, V4 and 2 inch.......................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch....................................... ..  35 00
Selects, 1J4,154 and 2 inch.......................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch..............................   30 00
Shop, 1 inch.............................................  20 00
Fine, Common, 154, U4 and 2 inch...........  32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.......................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.......................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 teet......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 feet.......................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.......................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet........................    16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet........................   17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet......   12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.......................  13  50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.......................  14 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 36 feet......  12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.......................  13 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.... ..............  
  14 50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  11  50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet........................   12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.......................  13 50
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
widths and lengths........................ 8 00@  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ..........................  35 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch.................................   28 00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.......................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet..............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet..............................   12 00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch..............................   15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch..............................   12 00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B...............  18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.............................  14 50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common__ 
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6 inch,  Clear....................  20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16ft... 10 00@10 50 
81 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B..................   36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00
Dressed Flooring 6 in.. No. 2 common__  14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. 81 00 additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, 81 00 additional.
( XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles............   3 50
1 XXX18 in.  Thin...................................  3 40
( XXX 16 in.............................................   3 00
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles............   2 00
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16 in ...........................  
1  75
Lath  ........................................................  2 00

H E R C U L E S ,

THE  GREAT  STUMP  AND  ROCK
AN2TIHILATOH. 
Strongest &  Safest  Explosive  Known  to the Arts.
Farmers, practice economy and  clear 
your land of stumps and boulders.  Main 
Office, Hercules  Powder Company, No. 
40 Prospect st., Cleveland, Ohio.
L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS. 

GUNS, AMMUNITION  &  FISHING  TACKLE.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

P L E A S A N T  T O  T A K E , A C T S  M IL D L Y , CUB ES Q U IC K L Y
DUNHAM’S  SURE  CURE  FOE  FEVER  &  ACCE.
One  Dote  taken during the  ChiU, 
arrests the  disease in so minutes.
NEVER  KNOWN TO FAIL.  Money re­
turned if it does not cure.  Price, 
50c.  Ask druggist for it.  Sent pre­
paid for 60 cts.  Address, Western 
Medicine Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich.

WESTERN  MEDICINE  CO.’S  TONIC  LIVER  PILLS.
Purely  Vegetable; contain  no  calomel,  mineral
■
ne.  Act directly on the Liver, “tone 
up” the system,  aid digestion and 
purify the blood.  POSITIVELY CUBS 
HEADACHE AND CONSTIPATION.  In 
valuable for  Biliousness,  Indiges 
tion, Hypochondria, etc.  Sent free 
m receipt of price, 25  cts.  Sample 
oackage free.  Western  Medicine 
Company., Grand Rapids, Mich.

F.  J.  DETTELTHAER,
OYSTERS,  FISH,

WHOLESALE

-----AND-----

CANNED  GOODS.

11 *7  Monroe  St.,  Orand  Rapids,

I will quote you until further notice as follows:  Extra Selects, 38;  Selects, 33; 

Standards, 25 ; Favorites, 22.

W e 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, 
Alm onds, B razils, Filberts, Pea- 
cans,  TETalnuts  and  Cocoanuts, 
and compete with any market.

We are  agents  for  Gordon’s 
celebrated  TETag  Jawp,  Olym­
pian, D. F., and many other well- 
known brands and carry a full line 
of his goods at factory prices.
W e handle Oranges, Lem ons, 
B ananas,  F igs,  B ates,  Etc.,  in 
large quantities from  first-hands  and 
are  headquarters  for  everything  in 
our line.

PUTNAM  & BROOKS.
FOX, MDSSELIAN & LOVERIWE,

REM OVAL!

Coal,  Wood,  Lime,  Cement, 

Sewer Pipe, Etc,

Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement.

■A-.  B.  K N OW L SO N .

W M  SEARS & CO.

Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE-

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

-----W HOLESALE  D E A LE R S  IN -----

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO.  8  AND  10  IONIA  STREET,

aB.A3NTD  E.APIDS.  -  MICHIGAN.

PECK  BROS.,

W holesale D ruggists

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

We  Employ  No  Travelers.  Send  for  Prices.

129  and  131  Monroe Street,

G-rand  Rapids 

- 

-  Micli.

SPRING  A COMP ANT

— WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN—

FAJSTCT5T  AJSTD

STAPLE DRT GOODS

CARPETS,

MATTING-S,

0131.  CLOTHS,

J3TO..  ETC.

6  and  8  Monroe  Street,

Grand  Rapids, 

- 

M ichigan.

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,
Niirofl, Acorn, Chief, Crescent & M  Seal Plug Tohacces.

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.

Tobaccos,  Vinegars  and.  Spices ll 

—WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—

OUR  MOTTO:  “ SQUARE  DEALING  BETWEEN  MAN  AND  MAN.”

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

BARBOUR’S CAMPAIGN  TORCH

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

Small  space.

300 to 500 Torches complete (except handles)  can be packed in one 

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

A  Child can P ut them together in  one Minute.

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

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

F O S T E R ,  S T E V E N S   <5t  CO.,

10  and 12 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hercules  P ow d er!
STUMP  AND  DOCK  ANNIHILATOR.!

THE  GREAT

SEND  FOB,  PBICES.

JOHN  O-A-TJEjIFIEI-iIO,
General  W bolesal©  Dealer.

T ra v e le rs  a n d   T ru th fu ln e ss.

“Nothing is more important to a  commer­
cial traveler,” says a contemporary,  “than a 
reputation  for  truthfulness.  Aptitude  and 
readiness,  a  knowledge  of  human  nature, 
sagacity to apprehend  the wants of a neigh­
borhood, and  other  qualities  are  valuable, 
but they are poor substitutes for veracity.  A 
tradesman who  lias  once  been  deceived  is 
hard to deal with.  He buys to  sell,  and  if 
he has been tricked by a traveler into a loss, 
he is not likely to pay much attention in fu­
ture to his  reccommendations.

The reporter overheard a  story  the  other 
day which shows that some commercial trav­
elers, at all events, are judiciously  sensitive 
on this  point.  Entering  the  premises  of  a 
tradesman, with whom he had  not previous­
ly transacted business,  a  traveler  exhibited 
his samples.  The tradesman was  not so po­
lite as he might have been, but he  was  will­
ing to buy, and several leaves of  the sample 
book were turned down to indicate approval 
and selection.

Presently, however, a serious difference of 
opinion  occurred.  The  traveler  received 
something very much like the lie direct, and 
was assured that, like all his  fraternity, his 
word was not to be taken.  He  made no  re­
ply, but quietly and deliberately took’up his 
sample book and shook out the folds  of  the 
turned-down  leaves.

“Stop, stop!” said the shopkeeper;  “don’t 
do that;  I want to give you an order  for—.” 
“Then I must trouble you to send it direct to 
my firm, if you please.  I cannot do business 
with a man who does not  believe  a  word  1 
say,” was the response.

Some months afterward a second  call was 
madeaiid the traveler was greeted  with:  “I 
hope you  are  in  better  temper than when 
you were  last  here.” 
“The  same  temper, 
precisely, sir,” was the polite reply.  “There 
can be no business where there is  no  confi­
dence.  May I show you my samples?”  Re­
sult—a  good  order,  and  satisfactory  re­
lations for many years.

A  story  of  this  kind  is somewhat tame 
when put into writing, but it carries  with  it 
a moral that  should  be  more generally  ob­
served.  Every traveler should, however, en­
deavor to deserve  and  gain  the  confidence 
of his customers.  Each  must do it his  own 
way.

How to Get Rich.

While it is true that a few  shining exam­
ples may be quoted in support of  the  asset 
tion that the road  to  wealth is  through  the 
stock market or the  open  Board, it is quite 
as readily proven that  the  solidly  wealthj 
men of the  present  day, as well as  of  the 
past, are, to a large  extent, men  who  have 
made their money in legitimate  business en­
terprises.  The stock broker’s path to riches 
may be rapid, but his  road  to  ruin is likely 
to be equally expeditious.  One of Chicago’s 
money  kings  was  accosted  one  day  by  a 
stranger  who  exclaimed:  “You  are  very 
rich.  You have had wonderful  luck.  Tell 
me what to speculate in  that  I  may  make 
money.”  “Never speculate at all,” was  the 
serious answer.  “But you have made  mon 
ey in  railroad  stocks,  wheat,  silver  mines 
canal  stocks, etc.”  “Not  a  dollar,  young 
man !•  In fact  that’s  the  way I have  lost 
thousands.”  “Why,  then  how  have  you 
made wealth?”  “By inventing a spring bed 
and patenting a bootjack.  Let  all  specula 
tion alone and turn  attention  to  the  solid 
wants of the people.”

We commend this to the attention of deal 
ers everywhere.“Attend to the solid wants of 
thepeople.”Keep in stock just what the hour 
demands, and you will make money.

.  M S   S  CO,

Manufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF
KEMIRTKL’S

“Red Bark Bitters”

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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G. S. YALE & BRO.,

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BLUINOS,  ETC.,

40 and 42  South  Division St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices. 

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  FILLED.

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SEEDS!

W e w ill se ll  to  the 
Trade  for Spot  Cash, 
u ntil  further  notice:

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Delivered free on board cars in lots of 
5 bags or  more.  Cartage  charged  on 
smaller quantities.

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Oil & Gasoline Can.

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This is the Most Practical Family Can ever Offered to the Trade.

EVERY LIVE  DEALER  SHOULD  SELL  THEM.
Gaiot lie Excelled for Coiv eniance, Cleanliness, Comfort

Lamps are filled direct by the Pump without lifting the Can; the Discharge  tube adjusting 

to suit the height of any lamp.
No dropping oil on the floor or table.  No faucet to leak or get knocked open to waste con­
tents or cause explosions.  In getting can refilled, no parts to be left at home to drain oil over 
floor or become injured.  No Corks to lose—Closes itself  perfectly  air tight—No Leakage—No 
Evaporation.
The dealer in selling this can is  enabled to make a good profit, and in a measure avoid the 
annoyance  of  the  small can, while you  guarantee  your customer  absolute  safety  and  the 
greatest possible convenience.

MANUFACTURED  BY

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WARB.EKT,  OHIO.

FOR  SALE  TO  THE  TRADE  BY \ FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO., 
Send  for  Circulars  cfc  Price-List.

( H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  GRAND  RAPIDS. 
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RINDG-E, 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 now ready 
for  inspection.

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14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

FIR ST  ON  DECK

With.  OYSTERS, as usual.  W© 
sh a ll receive the first ehipm ent  from  B al­
tim ore on Sept. 4th., of the Old P eliab le

MAHOKEH  BRAND J

which,  ar©  the  best filled  cans  in m arket, 
and  w ill  continue  to  receive  them   daily 
bo  express.  P resent  price  w ill  be  25 ots 
for  Standards and  35 ots  for  S elects.

A lso  A gent  for  M urphy  <&  Edgett’s 

Celebrated D eviled  Crabs.

T ours Truly,

Grand  Rapids,  Micli,

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Fall 1884-Winter 1884-85.

Hats by the Dozen or Case,

Caps by the Dozen or Case,

Mackinaw  Shirts,

W inter  Underwear,

Fall Suits,

W inter  Suits,

Overcoats.

I sell M is to  lit  Mordants  as  Low as nor can Bar

I.  G.  L E V I ,

3 q?  38,  40  and.  42  Canal  Street,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

“  D ry as a  D ic tio n a ry .”

From the Mining Press.

That phase must  pass  away.  Look  into 
the elegant quarto edition of Webster’s  Un 
bridged; see the three thousand illustrations 
handsomely  engraved,  interesting  and  in 
structive  pictures.  They  are  interspersed 
through the work in just the order in  which 
you can most readily find  them, with defini 
tion’and description.  Then, again, they ar 
classified, convenient  for  comparison.  But 
this.is only one of a  hundred  or  more  im 
provements made in the recent edition, worth 
mentioning  to  our  readers.  No  studious 
reader  can  afford  to  be without it, or wili 
hesitate to buy it upon examination.

Three  clever  scoundrels  in  Nebraska 
anded  together  to  rob a widow.  Two of 
tie men entered the  poor  woman’s  house 
nd stole  her  entire  savings, some  $200 
’he  third  villain, assuming a  clergyman 
arb and  manner, went  about  among  the 
Leighbors and collected money enough to re- 
nburse her, with which he made off.
There are  all  sorts of  clocks, but a new 
nvention  is  badly  needed—it  is  one  that 
ustead of striking at 11 p. m.,  will  pick up 
he dilatory lover and fire him out the  front 
loor.  A clock  of  this  description  would 
nake its  inventors a  fortune,  as  there  are 
»robably a million  fathers  who  would  buy 
me.
Crimson poppies  grow  in  great  numbers 
m the fields of Linden and  Waterloo.  The 
[round  which  nourishes  them  is  packed 
vith the remains of soldiers.  The  prepara- 
ions of opium  derived  from  these  poppies 
lave been used in the  form of laudnum and 
»aregoric.
German commercial papers  direct  alter* 
ion  to the increasing  development of  the 
>eet sugar industry in Denmark.  Formerly 
he bulk of Denmark’s  sugar  supply came 
rom abroad, but for some  time  past it has 
>een provided at home.
Owing to a lack of water, claret  was used 
o  extinguish a  recent  fire  at  Mission  San 
rose, Cal.

BRAND

Baltimore  Oysters!

Do not be deceived.  Get the best.  No 
slack  filled  or fresh  water  snaps  sent 
out.  Any  Responsible Dealer  on  the 
line of the G. R. & I. or C. & W. M. R’ys 
can have his orders filled  promptly  di­
rect from the Baltimore packing house 
by  fast  freights  at  special  rates.  Ad­
dress all orders to  B. P. ZE2M- 
E B . Y ,  Agt., Grand Rapids, Mich 
At home every Saturday.

Grand  R ais  Wire  forks

Manufacturers of All Kinds of

W IR E   W O R E  !

92  MONROE  STREET.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE  BO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY

E  3ST OI3STES

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinei'y,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and Boxes.  Contracts made  for 
Complete Outfits.
W.  C,  Benison,

88,90 and 92 South  Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

MICHIGAN.
P E R K I N S   <&  HESS,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

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

Tlie  Old  Beliatole

Pioneer Cigar Factory,

EL  SCHNEIDER  <&  OO

PROPRIETORS.

21  Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids.

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

-FOR-

Butts’  Patent Processed

“ Hulled Corn Flour ”
Griddle  Cakes,  Gems,  Waffles,  Etc., Etc
Rapids.Butts’  Patent Processed  Buckwheat

Finest  and Best Selling Article of  the  Kind  ever  placed  on  the  Market. 
Guaranteed to be as Represented, or No Sale.  For  Sale by all Jobbers in Grand 

Is Warranted to be the Straighest and Best Goods  Ever  offered  to  the  Trade.

AM ONG T H E  T R A D E .

IN THE  CITY.

T. H. Redmond is endeavoring to secure a 
compromise with his unsecured creditors  on 
the basis of 25 per cent.

James Crawford has engaged  in  the  gro 
eery  business  at  Kalkaska.  Fox,  Mussel 
man & Loveridge furnished the stock.

J. S. Barker, who was burned  out by  the 
recent fire  at  Sand  Lake, has  secured  new 
quarters  and  put in a complete  new  stock 
It was furnished by Foster, Stevens & Co.

Robert E. McCormick has  engaged  in  the 
dry goods and grocery business  at  Rodney, 
Spring & Company furnished the dry  goods. 
The groceries  were  also  purchased  at  this 
market

J.  Loughlin  succeeds  the  late  firm  of 
Loughlin & DuPree in the second  hand fur 
niture business at the  comer  of  Grandville 
and Wealthy avenues.  Frank  Loughlin,  it 
will be remembered was  drowned at Reed’s 
Lake some months ago.

O. H. Richmond  &  Co.,  druggists  at  141 
South Division street, have  dissolved, B. F, 
Richards retiring.  The business will be con­
tinued  by 0.  H.  Richmond.  Mr.  Richards 
has gone to Kansas, where he will engage in 
the sewing machine and patent medicine bus

It is estimated that fully 500 dealers visit­
ed this market last  week, taking  advantage 
of the  reduced  transportation  rates  offered 
on account of the  fair.  Most  of  them  i 
proved the occasion to visit the  houses with 
which they are on friendly  terms, in  conse­
quence of which a considerable impetus was 
given to business.

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

Prescott, Ogemaw county, wants a general 

store.

Mt.

the

Abbott  &  Betham, restauranters  at 

Pleasant, have failed.

Cressy &  Lincoln  have  engaged  in 

meat business at Evart

Geo.  Haskell  has  engaged in the  meat 

business at Cedar Springs.

H.  S. Phillips, general  dealer  at  Cedar 

Lake, has removed to Blanchard.

E. R. Holmes & Co. succeed Triphagen  & 

Yost in general trade at Pewamo.

Chas. White succeeds Chas. E. Ramsey in 

the stationery business at Kalkaska.

Holier & Eckert  succeed  Chas.  H.  Bush- 
ley in the meat  market  business  at  Lake- 
view.

Howard Pinkerton, of the firm of  Pinker­
ton Bros., of Bancroft, will open a drug store 
at Gaines.

Peter  Guiley, grocer at South  Boardman, 
has given a bill of sale  to  Fox,  Musselman 
& Loveridge.

E. R. Ford, the Muskegon grocer, has sold 
his  mill  property at  Twin  Lake to J. W. 
Moon for 35,000.

C. G. Cornell  is closing  out  his  grocery 
stock at Lawrence.  He will continue in the 
boot and shoe business.

Benjamin D. Palmer, grocer  at St. Johns, 
has sold out to L. Hoffman & Co., of Detroit, 
who have already taken possession.

Dell  Wright,  the  Berlin  general  dealer, 
and Miss Nellie  Watson, daughter of W. G. 
Watson, of  Coopersville,  were  married  on 
the 23d.

Harvey Helegeson, dealer in groceries and 
provisions at Manistee, has made  an assign­
ment to Geo. R. Giesman.  Liabilities, 810,- 
000; assets, 88,000.

Rose Bros. & Co.,  general  dealers  at  Pe- 
toskey,  will  close  out  their  stock  of  dry 
goods  and  devote  their  entire  attention  to 
the grocery business hereafter.

N. B. Huntly,  who has  been  engaged in 
the fancy  goods  and  notion  business  for 
eighteen months past at Big Rapids, died on 
the 25th, of typhoid fever, aged 52 years.

S. H. Sweet, formerly in trade at Howard 
City, and later in this city, has  concluded to 
locate at Kalkaska, instead of at Reed  City, 
as has previously  been  stated, and  will  en­
gage in the restaurant and  bakery  business.
O. S. Richards, who has  been  engaged  in 
general trade at Clarksville for several years 
past, has sold out to Noah K. Jepson &  Co., 
who will continue  the business.  Mr. Rich­
ards will  remain at Clarksville  for  two or 
three  months, settling  up  outstanding  ac­
counts,  but  is  undecided  as  to his future 
movement.

S T K A Y   F A C T S .

Potatoes  command  only 20 cents at Man- 

The  Otsego  sorghum  factory is doing a 

ton.

good business.

J. G. Johnson has  erected a large  steam 

cider mill at Belding.

Davison & Dunwell have started their sor­

ghum mill at Wayland.

C. F. Rood, of Imlay City, will  engage  in 

the handle business at Romeo.

F. C. Klady succeeds Yliet &  Klady, pro­
prietors of the Novelty Works  at  Big  Rap­
ids.

Greenbaum’s factory, at  Bancroft, recent 
ly completed an  order  for  5,000  apple  bar­
rels.

R. L. Wilkinson  succeeds  Wilkinson  & 
Shepard in the  peddling  business at  Char­
levoix.

The Three Rivers canning  factory put  up 
28,000 cans of com one day  last  week  and 
averaged 25,000 daily for the week.

Brooks & Smith have added another evap­
orator to their fruit drying  establishment at 
Nashville, and have now a daily  capacity of 
125 bushel of apples.

Some  petroleum,  about  one  barrel  a 
month, flows  from  Ryerson, Hills &  Co.’s 
salt  well at Muskegon.  There  is  mineral 
water also, but the oil  spoils it, making  the 
taste worse than ordinary mineral water.

(Sroceries.

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:

Haven.

Hastings.

ford.
ville.

H. A. Crawford, Cadillac.
Jackson Coon, Rockford.
Jas. Crawford, Kalkaska,
Goodrich & Son, Kalkaska.
O. P. DeWItt, St. Johns.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
A. T. Linderman, Whitehall.
C. C. Bailey, Fife Lake.
C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford.
C. E. Coburn, Pierson.
Bert Tinkler. Hastings.
Joseph Rogers,  Hastings.
Van Wormer Bros., Greenville.
D. S. Rankin, New Era.
N. S. Loop, Kent City.
Wm. Black, Cedar Springs.
S.  H. Sweet, Kalkaska.
R. D. McNaughton,  Coopersville.
L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs.
Mr. Bunker, S. K. Riblet, Newaygo.
Mr. Bunker, J. B. Perham, Spring Lake 
Dr. H. D. Harvey, Bangor.
R. E. Wigent, Watervliet.
D. T. Hersey, Wayland.
S. P. Hicks, Grant.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
George W. Bevins, Tustin.
T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood.
H. F. Miner, Bonanza.
E. P. Gifford, Saranac.
Mr. McQueen, with J. A. Liebler,  Caledonia,
J. N. Covert, Carleton Center.
D. S. Ward, Allegan.
Spooner Bros., Cedar Springs.
FrankFriedricluTraverse  City.
Mr. Wheeler, of Wheeler  Bros.,  Middleville,
A. Steketee, Holland.
G. W. Mokma, Graafschaap.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
Wm. Parks, Alpine.
W. F. Rice, Alpine.
A. G. Chase, Ada.
R. H. Woodin,  Sparta.
F. Furtsch, Traverse City.
G. W. Bump, Petoskey.
A. Giddings, Sand Lake.
E. D. Snow, Cadillac.
A. B. Sunderland, Lowell.
Chas. McCarty, Lowell.
D. W. Shattuck, Wayland.
John W. Verhoeks,Grand Haven.
G. W. Hoag, Martin.
W.  A. Hams, of Smith,  Hams & VanArman, 
G. W. Crawford, Big Rapids.
E. A. Darling, Big Rapids.
FredTruesdell, Muskegon.
H. E. Hogan, South Boardman.
H. W. King, East Jordan.
Mr. Cardenter, of Carpenter &Codman,Hart
Mr. Greenwood, Greenwood  &  Ball,  Grand 
F. F. Allen, Hartford.
C. A. Warren, Orono.
Mr. Bolkema, DeSpelder &  Bolkema, Grand 
Leavenworth & Co., Forman.
J. Ball, of Ball & Co., Grand Haven.
J. C. Fair, Cadillac.
Gringhaus Bros., Lamont.
Jacob Debri, Byron Center.
R. Osterhof, Ferrysburg.
J. O. Sabin, Luther.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam,
Louis Kolkema, Holland.
A. Botje, Grand  Haven.
F. S. Robbins, Crapo.
D. C. Spaulding,  Hobart.
D. E. McVean, Kalkaska.
Mr. Spring, of Spring & Lindley,  Bailey.
Scoville & McAuley, Edgerton,
A. Norris & Son, Casnovia.
F. C. Brisbin, Berlin.
J, J. Wiseman. Nunica.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.
G. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs.
Fred Morley, Cedar  Springs.
,  Frank Beamer, Hastings.
Henry Dekline, Jamestown.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
R. B. McCullough, Berlin.
E. C. Whitney, Middleville.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
Mr. Gibbs, of Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
C. R. Bunker, Bailey.
C. H. Labar, of Labar & Cornwell, Cadillac.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
R. Carlyle, Rockford.
Mr. Truax, of Falls & Truax, Spring Lake.
C. R. Smith, Cadillac.
Chas. Eddy, of Eddy & Emmons, Grattan.
C. Cole, Ada.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
Steketee & Bos., Holland.
M. Jonkman, Holland.
C. W. Armstrong. Bowen’s Mills.
F. Kieft, Grand Haven.
J. Bakker, Grand Haven.
H. Bakker, of Bakker & Sons, Drenthe.
Jacob and Beniamin VanPutten, of  G. Van
A. W. Blain, Dutton.
D. J. Peacock,  Bridgton.
F. C. Selby, Volney.
E. H. Foster, Fife Lake.
J.R. O’Dell, Fremont.
A. L. Adams, with H. B. Hatch, Hart.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
G. W. Warren, Big Rapids.
Hannay, Lay & Co.,  Walton.
Purdy & Hastings, Sparta.
G. W. Hoag, Martin.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
M.  v. Wilson, Sand Lake.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
A. C. Adams, Ashton.
Howard & Stevenson, Muskegon.
J. B. Watson, Coopersville.
Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville.
Sisson &Liley, Spring Lake.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
J. B. Quick, Howard City.
Thys Stadt, Spring Lake.
Runner Bros., Shelby.
Fred Stoner, Grand Haven.
J. M. Dameron, Bangor.
W. G. Aniba, of Aniba & Mead, Ionia.
Mr. Church, of Church & Koleman,  Allegan.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Mr.  N.  Granger,  of  O.  B.  Granger  &  Co.,
Mr.  John Dangremand,  of  Dangermand & 
Mr. Gregory Bush, with H. K. Bush, Hesper­
V. E. Manley,  Hartford.
M. M. Robson, Berlin.
C. H. Moulton, St. Joseph.
Fred B. Hine, Lowell.
Wm.  DePree,  of  Wm.  DePree  &Bro., Zee- 
Mr.  Raymond,  of  Dickinson  &  Raymond, 
S. S. Dryden, Allegan.
Mr.  Callahan,  of  Wagar & Callahan,  Cedar 
Lon Pelton,  Morley.
E. B. Wright and E. D. Grosbeck,  with  West 
Morrison Bros., West Troy.
Snow & Cook, Moline.
Mr. Wells, of Wagner & Wells, Eastmanville.
J  R  Bradfleld,  Ada.
Mr. Barker, of Barker & Lehnen, Pierson.
F. B. Watkins,  Monterey.
W. N. Hutchinson, Grant.
J. DeHart, Canada Corners.
J. S. Barker, Sand Lake.
Heath & Hallet, Carson City.
Mr. Geo. Cummer, with John M.  Cloud,  Cad­
Joshua Colby, of Colby & Co., Rockford.
Nelson Culver, Bailey.
Apple buyers from St.  Louis,  Louisville, 
Cincinnati, Chicago and other markets  have 
been in town during the  past  week.  They 
seem undecided as to what  price to offer,  as 
the market is somewhat unsettled, and the fu 
ture is not yet clear.

Plainwell.
Wykerk, Hamilton.
ia.

Michigan Lumber Co., Woodville.

Putten & Sons, Holland.

land.
Fennville. 

Springs.

illac.

J arnica oranges in barrels are now coming 
in and prices are  reasonable.  Box  oranges 
are nearly all out of  market.  Floridas  will 
begin 
1st. 
Lemons are firm at an advance of about 50c. 
per  box  The crop  is  all  in.  Brazils  are 
advancing, other nuts are  steady.

about  October 

to  arrive 

Dealers having potatoes, apples, eggs, cab­
bages, butter  and  onions  for sale would  do 
well  to  correspond  with F. J. Lamb  & Co., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Herman  G. Barlow  is  the  father  of  a 
bouncing daughter, who came to this vale of 
tears on Sunday.

Note change in prices on oysters  in  F.  J. 

Dettenthaler’s quotations.

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BLUING.

CANNED PISH.

CANNED FRUITS.

BAKING POWDER.

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BROOMS.

Frazer’s .....................................................  85
Diamond...................................................   60
Modoc__ $  doz........................................  60
Paragon...  $  doz......................................  70
Paragon, 20 ft pails...................................  90
Arctic hi ft cans................................$  doz.  45
Arctic hi ft cans...........................................  75
Arctic )4 ft cans..........................................   1 40
Arctic 1 ft cans.................................................2 40
Arctic 5  ft cans............................... 
25
Dry, No. 2.........................................doz. 
45
Dry, No. 3.........................................doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,.....................................doz. 
35
65
Liquid, 8 oz...................................... doz. 
Arctic 4 oz......................................^  gross 4 00
Arctic 8  oz................... 
8 00
Arctic 16 oz.................................................. 12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper  box...............................   2 00
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
Arctic No. 3 
4 50
No. 1 Carpet..........................................   2 50
No. 2 Carpet..........................................   2 25
No. 1 Parlor Gem.................................   2 75
No. 1 Hurl.............................................   2 00
No. 2 Hurl  ............................................  1 75
Fancy Whisk.........................................  1 25
Common Whisk....................................  
85
Cove Oysters, 1 ft standards....................115
Cove Oysters, 2 ft standards..................   1 95
Cove Oysters, 1 ft slack filled..................   75
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack filled....................1 25
Clams, 1 ft  standards................................I 65
Clams, 2 ft  standards................................2 65
Mackerel, lf t fresh standards............'. . . 1 20
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh standards.................6 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft............... 3 50
Mackerel, 3 ft in Mustard..........................3 50
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled.................. ............ 3 50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river.................... 1 60
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river..................... 2 60
Salmon, 1 ft  Sacramento.........................1 50
Salmon, W m. Hume’s Eagle............... 
1  85
Sardines, domestic hia..............................   7
Sardines,  domestic  14s.............................  1214
Sardines,  Mustard  hia..............................   12
Sardines,  imported  )4s.............................  15
Sardines, imported }4s..............................   20
Sardines, imported 14s, boneless..............  32
Sardines, Russian  kegs...........................   50
Trout, 3 ft  brook....................................   3 00
Apples, 3 ft standards..............................   90
Apples, gallons,  standards, Erie.............. 2 50
Blackberries, standards............................1 25
Cherries,  red..............................................1  10
Cherries, w hite........................................  1 75
Damsons.................................................... 1 20
Egg Plums, standards 
............................1 35
Egg Plums,  Erie........................................1 45
Green Gages, standards 2 ft......................1 40
Green Gages,  E ne........................... ........ 1 50
Peaches, 3ft  standards............................. 1 75
Peaches, 3 ft Extra Yellow....................... 2 00
Peaches,  seconds.......................................1 65
Pie Peaches 3 ft.............................  ......... 1 15
Pears, B artlett2ft.....................................1 30
Pineapples, 2 ft  stand.............................. 140
Quinces....................................................1 45
Raspberries,  2 ft stand............................ 1 25
Raspberries, 2 ft Erie................................1 40
Strawberries, 2 ft standards.....................1 10
Apricots, Lusk’s...................................... 2 65
Egg Plums............................................... 2 65
Green Gages............................................ 2 65
Pears  ........................................................2 95
Quinces....................................................2 95
Peaches..................................................... 2 90
Asparagus, Oyster Bay............................. 3 25
Beans, Lim a..............................................  85
Beans, String................................. 
90
Beans, Boston Baked............................. .1 65
Beans,  Stringless......................................1 00
Corn, Acme.............................................. 1 20
Corn, Erie...................................................115
Corn, Revere.............................................1 20
Corn,  Egyptian........................................1 10
Corn,  Yarmouth.......................................l 20
Corn Trophy.............................................1 15
Corn, Camden............................................1 10
Mushrooms, French.................................22@24
Peas, standard  Marrofat.........................1 40
Peas, 2ft  Early, small  (new)...................1 60
Peas, 2 ft Beaver.......................................    75
Peas, French 2 ft...................................). ,23@26
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden...............................1 10
Succotash, 2 ft standards..........................  85
Succotash, 2 ft B.&M............................... 1 75
Squash, 3 ft  standards..............................1 20
Tomatoes, 3!b Dilworth’s.........................1 05
Tomatoes, 3 ft Job Bacon......................... 1 05
G.  D...................  35 
lEly’s Waterproof  75
Musket........... ..  75 
|
Boston  premium...................................  @36
Baker’s premium............... ...................  @40
Runkles..................................................  @35
German  sweet........................................  @25
Vienna Sweet.........................................  @25
Green Rio..............................................12  @14
GreenJava............................................ 17  @27
Green Mocha......................................... 25  @27 ,
Boasted Rio...........................................12  @17
Roasted Java........................................24  @34
Roasted Mar..........................................17 @19
Roasted Mocha...... .............................   @34
Roasted Mex........................................17Vi@19
Ground  Rio.........................................   9)4@17
Ground  Mex.................... .................   @16
Arbuckle’s...........................................  @1554
XXXX.................................................  @15)4
Dilworth’s ......................................... .  @15)4
Levering’s ........................... ..............  @15)4
Magnolia......... ....................................  @15)4
2 foot J u te ......  1 25 160 foot Cotton____1 75
60 foot Jute...... 1 05 |50 foot Cotton_____1 50

CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA.

CANNED VEGETABLES.

CHOCOLATE.

CORDAGE.

COFFEE.

 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.

F IS H .

Jenn

Vanilla.

2 oz...........................
4 oz........................... .................  1 50
6 oz........................... .................  2 50
8 oz...........................
............... 3 50
No. 2 Taper..............
............ . .................  1 25
No. 4  “ 
hi pint  round........... .................4 50
........... .................  8 00
1 
“ 
No.  8........................
..............  3 00
No. 10.......................
...............   4 25
2 oz........................... __$1 doz.  1  40
4 oz...........................
............... 2 50
6 oz..........................
...............   4 00
8 oz...........................
................  5 00
No. 2  Taper..............
...............   1 50
No.  4 Taper..............
...............   3 00
hi pint  round...........
...............   7 50’
1 pint  round............
............... 15 00
No.  8........................
...............   4 25
No.  10.......................
..............  6 00
Whole Cod..........................................   4&©6)4
Boneless Cod...................................... 
5@7@8
Herring hi bbls. 100 ft..................... .2 50@3 00
Herring Scaled...................................  @24
Herring Holland................................  @90
White, No. 1, hi bbls.......................... 
5 75
White, Family, hi bbls....................... 
2 25
White, No. 1,10 ft kits....................... 
95
White, No. 1,12 ft kits....................... 
l 05
Trout, No.  1, hi bbls.......................... 
5 00
Trout, No. 1,12 ft kits....................... 
90
Mackerel, No. 1, hi bbls.....................  
5 00
Mackerel, No. 1,12 ft kits................. 
1 GO
London Layers, new................................  
Loose Muscatel Raisins,  new............   @2 70
Loose  Muscatel  Raisins,  old............   @2 50
New Valencias Raisins.....................   7V@7U
Dehesia............................................. .  @3 25
Ondaras..................................................   @10
Turkey Prunes...................................  @5)4
Currants..............................................  5  @6
Citron.....................................................   @25
Dried A pples......................................  8  ©8)4
Grand Haven,  No. 9, square........................... 2 25
Grand Haven, No. 8, square.................. 
1 50
Grand Haven,  No. 200,  parlor.........................2 50
Grand  Haven, No. 300, parlor.........................3 75
Grand Haven,  No. 7,  round............................2 25
Richardson’s No. 2  square...............................2 70
Richardson’s No. 3 
do
.2 55 
do
Richardson’s No. 5 
.1 70 
do
Richardson’s No. 6 
.2 70 
Richardson’s No. 8 
do
.1 70 
do
Richardson’s No. 9
.2 55
Richardson’s No. 4 round........................ ..2 70
...........................2 55
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
Richardson’s No. 7)4 do 
...........................1 70
Electric Parlor No. 17...................................3 20
Electric Parlor No. 18...................................4 64
Black Strap................................................16@18
Porto  Rico.................................................24@28
New  Orleans, good................................... 40@50
New Orleans,  fancy..................................56@60

MOLASSES.

M ATCHES.

F R U IT S .

 

2 75

OATMEAL.

do. 

PIC K L E S.

185 ftpkgs...........................................  @3 75
362ft pkgs............................................  @325
Imperial  bbls......................................  @5 50
Quaker bbls.........................................  @6 75
Steel  cut.............................................   @5 75
Kerosene  W. W.......
13)4
...............  
Legal test. 
13%
...............  
Sweet, 2 oz. square... 
75
...............  
Sweet, 2  oz. round... 
...............  
1 00
Castor,2 oz. square.. 
75
...............  
Castor, 2 oz. round...
............... -  1 00
Choice in barrels med..................................5 75
Choice in )4 
................................... 350
small.........................4 25
Dingee’s 54 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy....................... 4 25
12 00
Dingee’s pints 
do 
.......................  2 25
American qt.  in Glass.... ............................2 00
American pt.in Glass....................................l  25
C. & B. English  quarts................ 
6 00
C. & B. English  pints....................................3 60
Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins,  quarts.. .6 00
pints__ 3 60
_ 
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4  50
pts..2 75
Imported Clay 3 gross........................ 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No.  216.......................  @185
American T. D....................................   90@1  00

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P IP E S .

“ 

“ 

“ 

B IC E .

Choice  Carolina............................................ 6)4
Prime Carolina.............................................[7yt
Java  ...........................................  
.'ey*
P a tn a ............................................................g
Rangoon....................................... 7 .7 7 .7  .534
Broken  ............ .......................................

SA LERA TUS.

DeLand’s pure...........................................@5)4
Church’s  ...................................................@ 5)4
Taylor’s G.  M............................................ @5)4
Cap  Sheaf......................................... 
@5)4
Dwight’s ....................................................@5)4
Sea  Foam. 
.............................................@ 5)4
e  m 
,@ 514
t»—- 
S., B. & L.’s Best.

r 

SALT.

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

2 50 
2 35
2 65 
1 00 
1 75 
1 55
80
3 20 
25 
30

SA UCES.

Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints.  @5 00 
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, )4 pts.  @3 00
Picadilly, hi pints...............................   @1 50
Halford Sauce, large..........................  @3 75
Pepper Sauce, red  small............... . 
@  75
Pepper Sauce, green...........................   @  90
Pesper Sauce, red large ring..............  @1 30
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  @1 60
Catsup, Tomato,  pints........................   @  90
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ....................  @1' 30
Horseradish,  hi pints..........................  @1 00
Horseradish, pints..............................   @1 30
Capers, French surfines........................   @2 25
Capers, French surfines, large...........  @3 50
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle.................  @3 85
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  bottle.................  @6 50
Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s__  @7 00
Olive Oil, pints,  Antonia & Co,’s........  @4 00
Olive Oil, hi pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... 
• @2 5o
Hemp...... ...........
Canary .................
R ape....................
Mixed Bird...........

5)4 @6

Lautz Bros. & Co.

Acme, 701 ft bars...............................   @ 6)4
Acme, 25 3 ft bars................................  @ 6)4
Towel, 25 bars  .....................................  @5 25
Napkin, 25 bars...................................  @5 25
Best American, 601 ft blocks..............  @ 6
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain..................   @ 534
Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped...........  @3 70
Master, 100-%; ft cakes.....................  
@5 00
Stearine, 100  % ft cakes.................... 
@4 85
Marseilles, white, 100 % ft cakes........  @6 25
Cotton Oil, white, 100 % ft cakes........  @6 25
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, wrapped...........  @ 7
German Mottled, wrapped.................  @ 6)4
Savon, Republica, 60 ft box.................  @ 5^
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks...............
@ 094 
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks.........
@ 5 
London Family, 3-ft bars 80 ft............
@4 00 
London Family, 4-ft bars 80 ft............
@4 00 
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped....................
@3 85 
Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped..............
@3 75 
Climax, 100 cakes,  wrapped............7
@3 2a 
Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped....................
@2 30 
Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in  box
©1 25 
A 1 Floating, 60 cakes.......................
@4 20 
Kirk’s American  Family..........^  ft
6)4 
do. 
India.....................................
5)4 
do.  Savon................................77
5% 
do.  Satinet........................... . ],] ]
534 
do.  Revenue.............................. ]
5)4
do.  White Russian....................
5 10
Goodrich’s English Fam ily..............
5)4
Princess........................
4)4
Proctor & Gamble’s iv o ry ..............!
6 75
Japan  Olive.......
5
Town Talk 
box
3 60
Golden Bar..........
4 10 
Arab.................. .........
3 40
Amber.................
3 75
___
Mottled German.. 
4 20

do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 

Procter & Gamble’s Velvet.................  @3 40
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck.........   @3 20
Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well.........   @3 05
Badger.........................................60 lbs  @ 6)4
Galvanic..............................................  @4 20
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br 
Tip Top.................................... 3 ft bar @18)4 16
Ward’s White Lily..............................   @6 75
Handkerchief................................ 
@4 20
3 00
.............................................. 
5 50
Babbitt s ............................................ 
Dish R ag......................................]".” 
415
5 00
Bluing.................................................. 
4 20
Magnetic.............................................. 
New French Process.................... 
’ 
4 50
Spoon.................................................. 
5 00
Anti-Washboard.................................  
5 00
3 25
Vaterland............................................ 
Magic.......................................... 420
Pittsburgh........................................ 
4 00
Bogue’8 ............................................ ]] 
6 75
White castile  bars..............................
Mottled castile.................. ........
Old Country.

1210

do. 

5)4

SPICES.
Whole.

Fepper....................................................... 18@20
Allspice.......................................................9@io
Cassia........................................... 
@10
Nutmegs..........................................7 7 ! !eo@70
Cloves  ....................................................... 17@18
Pepper....................................................... I6@25
Allspice......................................................12@18
Cinnamon  .................................................16@30
Cloves........................................................ 15@25
Ginger  ............................................ . ........ ie@i8
Mustard..................................................... 15@30
Cayenne
.25@35

Ground.

6 hi 
6)4
5)4

@5
@434
@6)4
@6
@7
@7
@654
@6)4
@7)4@5)4

@8)4
S6hi 
634 @4
@6)4

STARCH.

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

Gilbert’s Gloss l f t ..............................
r  “  3 ft cartoons...............
"  crates..........................
“  b u lk ...........................
Corn, l f t ............... ;............
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk......
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts..........
Gloss, 401 ft packages..........
Gloss, 36 3 $  packages.........
Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate....
Corn, 401 ft  packages...........
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package....................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package....................
Muzzy  Glosseftboxes.......................
Muzzy Gloss bulk................................
Muzzy Corn l f t ...................................
Kingsford  Silver Gloss.......................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  box.........
Kingsford Corn...................................
Oswego  Gloss......................................
Mirror  Gloss......................................j
Mirror Gloss, corn..............................
Piel’8 Pearl..........................................
American Starch Co.’s
ft Gloss.............................................
10 oz  Gloss..........................................
ft  Gloss............... .  ..........................
ft Gloss, wood boxes........................
Table Corn...................................40 ft
Table  Corn..................................20  ft
Banner, bulk.......................................
Rising  Sun gross..5 88
Universal............. 5 88
I X L .....................5 50

STOVE PO L IS H .

@6)4
@7
@4
Dixon’s gross........5 50
Above $  dozen......  50

SUGARS.

Cut Loaf.................................... .
Cubes ..............................................
Powdered.................................... .
Granulated  ....................................
Conf. A...............................................
Standard A ......................................].
Extra C white......................................  6
Extra C..........................................
P tafC ............................................. 5)4 @534
Yellow C........................... ..................•  5  @5)4

@7)4
@7)4 
@6  %
@6)4

SY RUPS.

TEA S.

TOBACCO— F IN E  CUT.

Corn,  Barrels...................................... 
32
Com, hi bbls......................................... 
34
Corn, 10 gallon kegs.............................  @  36
Corn, 5 gillon kegs..............................   @1 85
Corn, 4)4 gallon kegs...........................   @1 65
Pure Sugar.................................... bbl  22@  38
Pure Sugar Drips.......................hi bbl  30@  36
Pure Sugar  Drips...............5 gal kegs  .  @185
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips...  ........hi bbl  @  95
Pure Loaf Sugar.      .........5gal kegs  @1 00
Japan ordinary........................................24@30
Japan fair........................... . .................... 32@35
Japan fair to good................................... 35@37
Japan fine.................................................40@50
Japan dust............................................... 15@20
Young Hyson...........................................25@50
Gun Powder..............................................35@50
Oolong.................................................33@55@60
Congo........................................................ 
30
Diamond  Crown.................................   @60
Rose B ud...-.......................................   @50
O.  K 
................................................   @45
Our  Bird......... ■...................................  @30
Peaches..............................................   @38
Morrison’s Fruit.................................   @50
Victor..................................................   @60
Red Bird..............................................  @52
Opera Queen.......................................  @40
Sweet Rose..........................................   @45
Green Back.........................................  @38
F ru it....................................................  @33
O So Sweet..........................................   @31
Prairie Flower....................................   @65
Climber [light and dark]....................  @62
Matchless............................................  @65
Hiawatha ............................................   @69
Globe...................................................   @70
May Flower.........................................  @70
Hero.....................................................  @45
A tlas...................................................  @35
Royal Game.......................................   @38
Silver Thread......................................  @67
Seal 
...............................................  @60
Kent«cky............................................  @30
Mule E ar.../.......................................   @67
Peek-a-Boo..........................................   @32
Peek-a-Boo, hi  barrels........................   @30
Clipper, Fox’s......................................  @32
Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels............  @30
Fountain.............................................   @74
Old Congress.......................................   @¿4
Good Luck..........................................
Good and Sweet...................................  @45
Blaze Away.........................................  @35
Hair Lifter.........................................  @30
Old Glory, light........:.........................   @60
Charm of the West, dark....................  @60
Governor, in 2 oz tin foil....................  @60
Big Sevens, dime cuts........................  @45
Black Diamond................................   @35
Old Time, nickel cuts..........................  @38
Trotter, rum flavor.......................... 
@70
B o o t..................... 
...............   @46
B. F. P.’s Favorite..............................  @48
Old Kentucky.....................................   @48
Big Four,  2x12....................................   @48
Big Four, 3x12......................................  @48
Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12....................  @46
Turkey, 16 oz., 2x12.............................  @48
Blackbird. 16 oz.,  3x12........................   @35
Seal of Grand Rapids..........................  @48
g lo ij  ..................................................  @50
Durham......... .....................................   @48
Silver Coin..........................................   @50
Buster  [Dark]......  ...........................   @36
Black Prince [Dark]...........................   @36
Black Racer  [Dark]...........................   @36
Leggett & Myers’  Star........................  @50
Climax............................................ 
@50
Hold F ast........................................ .'.  @48
McAlpin’s Gold Shield........................   @48
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft cads.........   @51
Cock of the Walk  6s...........................   @37
Black Spun  Roll........................... . 
@38
Nimrod................................................   @48
Acorn..................................................   @43
Red Seal...................................*... 
@45
Crescent............................................ 
@44
Black  X...............................................  @35
Black  Bass................ 
]  @40
Nobby Spun Roll........................... 
@50
Spring..................................................  @50
Crayling, all  styles.............................  @50
Mackinaw............................................  @47
HorseShoe..................................7 7 7   @44
Big Chunk or J.T .............................7  @40
Hair Lifter...........................................  @36
D. and D., black...................................  @36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield............... ......  @47
Ace  High, black..................................  @35
Champion A.......................................   @48
Sailors’  Solace......................................'  @48
Red Star...........................  
"  @50
Duck......................................... 7 7 7 7   @18
Jumbo.................................................   @40
Applejack..........................................   @50
Jack Rabbit.........................................  @42

PLU G .

SM OKING.

@26

 

 

 

 

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Ruby, cut Cavendish. 3  oz.................  @35
Boss 
.............................. ;...............  @15
Peck s Sun..........................................   @is
Miners and  Puddlers.......................... .'  @30
Morning Dew......................................  @26
Chain  .................................................
Seal of Grand Radids..........................  @25
King.....................................................  @30
PB rt.....................................................  @28
Fug 
...................................   @30
Ten Penny Durham, hi and hi............   @24
Amber, hi and lf t................................  @15
John  Gilpin,  granulated................   @18
Lime Kiln Club.......... ., ....................   @47
Blackwell’s Durham Long Cut......7!  @90
Vanity  Fair.........................................  @90
Dime......... ...........................................  
i8©25
Peerless  .............................................   @35
Standard........................................ 
@22
Old Tom....................................... .7 7   @21
Tom & Jerry ................................. 77.7  @24
Joker..............................................   7  @25
Traveler.......................................... 7 7   @35
Maiden............................................ 
Topsy.....................................................   @27
Navy Clippings,  Leidersdorf’s...........  @26
HoneyDew............................................   @25
Gold Block............................................  
@32
CampFire  ....................................7 7   @22
Oronoko.................................................  
@19
Nigger  Head............................... 7 7 .  @26
Durham, hi f t .........................................   @60
7 7   @57
)4 f t ..................... 
do 
hi f t .........................................   @55
do 
„   do 
 
l f t ............................... 
 
Holland.................................................  
  @22
German............................................  *'  @p}
Long Tom........................... 
7  @30
National...............................................  
Time  .......................................................   @2fr
Love s Dream.........................................   @28
Conqueror............................................ 
  @23
Fox’s ............................................\ 
@22
Grayling,...................................... 7 7   @32
SealSkin....... ........................... 
Dime Durham ........................................  @25
Rob Roy......, ........ 
 
7  @26
Uncle  Sam..............................................  @28
Lumberman........................ 
’  @26
Railroad Boy......................... 
7  @37
Mountain Rose.....................................|  @20
Good Enough.......................................  
  @23
Home Comfort, his and  )4s............ . .’  @95
Old Rip, long cut...................................  @55
Durham, long cut, No. 2........  
7  @55
Two  Nickle, hiS..................... ;.......... .  @25
Two  Nickle, Hs.................................. 7  @26
Star Durham...........................................  @25
Golden Flake Cabinet..........................  
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz.............. 7  @50
Seal of North Carolina, 4 oz..................  @48
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz.................. 
  @43
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...  @42
Big Deal, )4s  longcut............................   @27
Apple Jack, )4s  granulated..................   @24
King Bee, longcut, Jis and hia...........  @22
Milwaukee Prize, hia and )4s.................  @24
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  Durham__  @24
Durham, S„ B. & L, )$s and hia...........  @24
Rattler, longcut......................................  @28
Windsor cut plug.................................       @25
Mule E ar......
Hiawatha__
Old Congress. 
Acme............
Pure  Cider..........................................
White Wine.........................................
1776 $  f t ...............................................
Gillett’s $  f t .......................................
Soapinepkg........................................
Pearline ^  box...... .............................
Lavine, single boxes, 481 ft papers... 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs 
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6 oz  pap 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 hi ft papers.. 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 hi ft paprs
Twin Bros.........1 65
IWilsons..............1 75
Gillett’s ............1 75
iNational............ 1 65
Blacking......................................30, 40,50@60
1 50
Bath Brick imported............................... 
95
75
American............................... 
Barley......................................................  @3hi
Burners, No. 1 ....................  
1  10
 
do  No. 2....................................  
l  50
Bags, American A..............................   20 00
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand............  
8 00
Condensed Milk,  Swiss....................... 
7 50
Curry Combs ¥  doz.............................1 25@

do  waterproof.......................... 
do 

@4 50 
@4 50 
@4 25 
@4 50 
@4 25 
@4 15 
@4 00

10@12 
10®  12
@10)4

W ASH ING PO W D ERS.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

2320

SHORTS.

YEAST.

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Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans............  @25
Candles, Star................................ 
@15
Candles, Hotel.............................7. .7  @16
Chimney Cleaners ]9 doz............ 7 .7   @60
Chimneys No.  1....  ......................7   @38
No.  2...................................  @48
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 & hi ft  do  . 
@27)4
Extract Coffee,  v. c..............................  85@90
™ 
F e lil........................ 1 28@
Flour Sifters $  doz.............................3 00@
Fruit Augurs each.............................] 1 25@
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps...... ..............  @30
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. : $ . ,  ...........   @40
Gum, Spruce 
Hominy, $ bbl........................................  @4 5©
if’  F;our> 18 3 ft pkgs., $  box...........  @2 80
H. C. Flour in bulk, $ c w t....................  @4 5»
Ink ^  3 dozen  box.............................. 1 00@
  @5)4
Jelly in Pails........................ 
do  Glass Tumblers $ doz........7 7 7   —
0
Lye ip 2  doz. cases......
@1 55 
Macaroni,  Imported........7 7 .............
@13 
Domestic....................
@65 
French Mustard,  8 oz’ ^  dozen!.’.’.’.'.'*.'
@75
rv im do,  o.  Large  Gothic............  @135
Oil Tanks, Star 60  gallon............ 
@in 00
Peas, Green Bush......... 
"   @175
do  Split prepared.......... .77.7 77 7.  @3)4
Powder,  Keg.......................................4 00@
Q  do 
hi Keg..................................... 50@

 

 

 

30@35

Sage.....................................................  
Tobacco Cutters each...............  
Twine
. 
Tapioca..................................
Wicking No. 1 ip gross.................. . 

g»15
....................................   18@25
@40
do  No. 2  ...................................  @65
do  Argand........................ .......1 50@

*"1  25@

CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

 

* *' 

do 
do 

-r^  FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Straight, 25 ft  boxes.....................  
@10
Twist, 
.................... 
@iou
Cut Loaf 
...........7 7 7 7 7 ;  @j2
T) 
MIXED.
@inia
Royal, 25 ft  pails....................... 
Royal, 200 ft bbls................ 7 7 7 ..........  
10*
Extra, 25 ft pails............. 
....................m i
Extra, 200 ft bbls........................   ............... n
French Cream, 25 ft pails............................ 14
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.................7 7 ...............14
Broken, 25 ft pails............. 
1114
7 7 7 7 77 7 7 l0)k
Broken, 200 ft  bbls......... 
t 
Lemon Drops........... 
™
SourDrops............... 
.............................«
Peppermint  Drops..7 7 7 7 * .................... 16
Chocolate Drops.................< 
....................-in
HMChocolate  Drops....*;’,  . 
............... 20
Gum  D rops...................... .7 .7 7 ..............r>
Licorice Drops.  ......... 7 7 .7 7  
20
............................ 14
AB Licorice  Drops.. 
.........
Lozenges, plain................. 
......................vr
Lozenges,  printed........... 
Imperials.................... 
"  7 *•  *" * ........... jg
M o tto es..........................7 ............. 
1B
Cream  B a r................. 7 7 7 7 ...........................
.15
Molasses B a r............ 7 7 7 7 ..........
.14
Caram els................. . 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
.20.23
H and Made C ream s.........7  "7 7  7  *
Plain  Cream s.................... 7 7 7 7 ]
.20.23
D ecorated  Cream s.......................
String R ock................... ...7 7 7 ! *
.16
B u rnt A lm onds............ 7 7 7 ........
24
W intergreen  B erries__ 7 7 7 7 ]
.16
F an cy —in   H u lk .
Lozenges, plain  in  pails...........
.14
................13
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.............. 
Lozenges, printed in pails............’...................15
Lozenges, printed in  bbls...................] ] ’ 
14
Chocolate Drops, in p ails.................7.7 77 "  14
Gum   D rops, in p ails................... 7 7 7 ........... 8
Gum  Drops, in b b ls................... 7 7 7 ] ...........   7
Moss Drops, in  p ails.........,..7 7 7 * .................11
Moss Drops, in b b ls.............'. 7 ........................  9%
Sour Drops, in  p ails................  ....................... 22
Im perials, in  p ails............  .............................. 14
Im perials  in  bbls................. - .7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 1 3
Oranges f  bo x ................. . ; .........{...  5  (jo@6  50
Oranges OO $  bo x ...................................
O ranges, Jam aica, $   bbl....... 7 7 7 7 . 8   00@8  50
Oranges, Im perials, $   b o x ....
Oranges, V alencia¡g  case................]]
Lemons,  choice........................ ,,7 7 7 7 4  50@5  00
I C S t e c h : : : : : : ; : : : : : : . - : .........5  " ® * «
Malaga Grapes, ^  k eg .........
Malaga Grapes, #  b b l......... 
Figs,  layers  $  f t......................................  12@i6
Figs, fancy  do 
Figs, baskets 40 ft 
D ates, frails 
D ates, hi do 
Dates, sk in ............................ 
.  “
D ates, hi  sk in ..................................... 
@
D ates, F ard 10 ft box $   f t.... . ." ] ].. 
’10  @11
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $ f t ..................... 7  @ 8
Dates, P ersian 50 ft box ^  f t.......... ] ] ] ]  6)4@  Z
PEA NU TS.
Prim e  Red,  raw   $   f t.........
do  ........... 
Choice 
@ 7
d o ............. 7 7 7 7   @ 7
Choice W hite, Va.do  .................. 
@ 7iz
Fancy H P ,.  V a  do  ...................7 7 7   @ 8)4
. ,  
Almonds,  Terragona, $ f t ...................   18@19
Almonds, loaca,
do  .............  16@1T
Brazils,
doa............ 
fc@io
Pecons,
do  ..................   10@14
Filberts, Barcelona 
d o ..................
Filberts, Sicily 
do  ...................  13@14
Walnuts, Chilli 
d o ......ii.........  @12)4
Walnuts, Grenobles 
d o ..................   14@15
Walnuts, California 
d o ..................
Cocoa Nuts, $  100 
Hickory Nuts, large $   bu 
Hickory Nuts, small  do

................
................7 7 ............... 
S
do  ................. 
@ 6
d o .............................   © 7

f t............ . 7 7 7 7   @13)4

do 
. d o  

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

@4 50

f r u i t s .

NUTS.

 

  @26

PROVISIONS.

PO R K .

The  Grand Rapids  Packing & Provision Co­

quote  as follows:
Heavy Mess Pork,  old.............................*17 OO
Heavy Mess Pork,  new....................... 
'  18 00
........  17 OO-
Back Pork, short cut, new.........  
Pig Pork, short cut, better than mess.’!!  17 OO
Family Clear Pork.................. 
13 ng
Extra Clear P ork..........................  .........   20 50
Clear Back Pork, new..............................  an no
Boston Clear Pork....................
Standard Clear Pork, the best.7 . 7 . 7 7 7 7
@51
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BO XES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.........
Half Cases............
Long Clear medium, 500 ft Cases.........
Half Cases.........
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases.........
Half Cases............
Short Clears, heavy......... ....................
medium..............!!...!.!
light..............
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  cases’ ’
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases 
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases..
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases........
Bellids, extra quality, 300 ft cases.  .
Bellifcs, extra qulaity, 200 ft cases........
Tierces  .......................................
30 and 50 ft Tubs..................... 7 7 7 7 !

11
11) 4 
12 
112Í
Uhi 
11 % 
12
S)á
8)4

10 hi11 11 

10) 4 
10% 
10 hi. 
10 hi 
10)4

do. 
do 
do. 

do. 
do. 

LARD.

@30

@40

LARD IN  T IN  P A IL S .

20 ft Round Tins, 801b racks.................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case...........................
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case......... ...............7
10 ft Pails. 6 in a ease..................... .. ]]

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy__
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.
light........
Shoulders,  boneless.............................
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle...7 7
Extra Clear Bacon..............................]
Dried Beef,  Extra..................... . . . .  . .

do. 

B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........11 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......... .....10 25

CANNED B E EF.
......................... 

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

incase.... 
do. 

 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case.. 

 
2 85
Armour & Co., 14 ft cans, hi doz in case  18 00- 
do. 
2 ft cans, 1 doz. in case..  2 85 
do. 2 ft Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 00

SAUSAGE—F R E SH  AND SMOKED.

Pork Sausage...............................................  9
Ham  Sausage........................................ !!.!! 15
Tongue  Sausage.............................. ! 7 ...  11
Liver Sausage.......................................... ..  8
Frankfort  Sausage......................................in
Blood  Sausage....................................7.7 
8
Bologna,  ring......................................] /  
8)4
Bologna, straight.............................. ..] 
8)4
Bologna, thick....................................  
su
Head  Cheese..............................................7 7 !  g **

P IG S ’  FEET.

In half barrels................................. ..........  3 90.
In quarter barrels......................................  2 in
In kits................................................ 7 7 7
In half barrels...................................... 
*3 75
2 0G
In quarter barrels............................7 7  
In kits....................................................]*.]] 
95
Prices named are lowest  at time of going to 
press, and are good only for that date, subject 
to market fluctuations.

T R IP E .

83£ 
9 hi 
9)4: 
9

13 %
14
14 hi 
9)4- 
8)4 
12
12)4,

18 00

SILVER  PLATED  WARE!

TEA  SET  NO.  164 1-2, 6 PIECES.  LIST  $44.  DISCOUNT  40  AND  10  AND  5 per cent, for CASH.

ROGERS’ SPOONS,  FORKS, ETC., AT 50  PER  CENT  OFF  LIST  &  5  PER  CENT OFF  FOR CASH No. 418  Butter Dish.  List  $6.50.  Discount  40

&10.

ROGERS’ MEDIUM  KNIVES  AT $3 PER DOZEN  NET. 

H.  LEONARD  <&  SONS.

.

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAVY BROWN COTTONS.

.  634lUtica,  4-4.............. 9

Wachusett, 30-in.. 
[NG8.
Falls, XXXX........
Falls, XXX...........
Falls,  BB..............

Androscoggin, 7-4. .21 Pepperell.  104__ 2754
Androscoggin, 8-4 .23 Pepperell,  114__ 3254
Pepperell,  7-4...... 20 Pequot,  74........... 21
Pepperell,  8-4...... .2254 Pequot,  84........... 24
Pepperell,  9-4...... .25 Pequot,  9-4........... 2754
Atlantic  A, 44— •  7*4 Lawrence XX, 44. 8*4
Atlantic  H, 4-4— .  7 Lawrence  Y, 30... 7
Atlantic  D, 44— .  6*4 Lawrence LL, 44.. 5%
Atlantic P, 44...... .  534 Newmarket N...... 754
.  554 Mystic River, 44.. 6
Atlantic LL, 44..
Adriatic, 36.......... .  754 Pequot A, 44........ 8
Augusta, 44......... .  654 Piedmont,  36........ 7
Boött M, 4-4......... .  7*4 Stark AA, 4-4.......
7M
Boott FF, 4-4....... .  734 Tremont CC, 4-4... 534
Graniteville, 44..
Indian  Head, 44.. .  754|Wachusett,  44__ 754
Indiana Head 45-in .1254
634
TICK
Amoskeag,  ACA...1354 
1854
Amoskeag  “ 44.. 19 
1554
Amoskeag,  A....... 13
1154
Amoskeag,  B__ .12 Falls,  BBC, 36...... 1954
Amoskeag,  C__ .11 Falls,  awning...... 19
Amoskeag,  D__ . Id*/, Hamilton,  BT, 32. 12
Amoskeag,  E __ III Hamilton,  D........
•54
.  954. Hamilton,  H ........ 954
Amoskeag, F ......
.17 Hamilton  fancy.. 10
Premium  A, 44..
Premium  B___ .16 Methuen AA........ 1354
.16 Methuen ASA...... 18
Extra 44.............
.1454 Omega A, 7-8........ 11
Extra 7-8..............
.15 Omega A, 44........ .13
Gold Medal 44....
.1254 Omega ACA, 7-8... 14
CCA 7-8...............
.14 Omega ACA, 44... .16
CT 44..................
.14 Omega SE, 7-8...... 24
RC 7-8..................
.16 Omega SE, 4-4...... 27
BF 7-8__'.............
.19 Omega M. 7-8...... 22
AF44..................
.14 Omega M, 44....... .25
Cordis AAA, 32...
.15 Shetucket SS&SS W 1154
Cordis ACA,32...
.15 She tucket, S & SW.12
Cordis No. 1,32...
.14 Shetucket,  SFS... 12
Cordis No. 2........
Cordis No. 3........ 13 Stockbridge  A__ 7
.1154 Stoekbridge frncy 8
Cordis No. 4........
Garner...............
.  5 Washington......... 434
Hookset..............
.  5 Edwards............... 5
Red Cross...........
S. S. & Sons........... 5
Forest Grove......
GRAIN BAGS.
19 Old  Ironsides...... .15
American  A......
.23*/, Wheatland........... .21
Stark A...............
DENIMS.
-  754 Otis CC................. .1054
Boston...............
.14 Warren  AXA...... .1254
Everett blue......
.14 Warren  BB......... .1154
Everett brown...
.1254 Warren CC........... .10*/,
Otis  AXA...........
.1154 York  fancy......... .15
Otis BB...............
.  6
S. S. & Sons........... .  6
Manville.............
.  6 G arner................. .  6
Masgnville.........
W IG AN S.
.  754|Thistle Mills.........
Red  Cross...........
.  7541 Rose.....................
Berlin.................
Garner ................
.  754
.50 Eagle and  Phoenix
Brooks...............
Mills ball sewing.30
Clark’s O. N. F ...
.55
.55 Greeh  &  Daniels.. .25
J. & P.  Coats......
Willimantic 6 cord.55 Merricks............. .40
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 Stafford............... .35
Hall & Manning... .30
Charleston ball sew
.30 Holyoke............... .25
.  754 Kearsage..............

ingthread........
A rm o ry ..............
Androscoggin sat .  8*4 Naumkeag sat teen .  854
Canoe River........ ..  6 Pepperell bleached 854
Clarendon........... •  654 Pepperell sat....... .  954
.  6%f Rockport............. .  7
Hallowell  Imp...
7 Lawrence sat........ .  854
Ind. Orch. Im p...
Laconia .............. ..  754 Conegosat............ ,  7

WEBSTER

In Sheep, Russia and Turkey Bindings.

GLAZED CAMBRICS.

Empire.................

P A P E R   CAM BRICS.

SPO OL COTTON.

CORSET JE A N S .

8

Webster’s Unabridged
small additional cost, with
PATENT REFERENCE INDEX.
“The greatest improvement in book-making that 

has been made in a hundred years.”  .

THE  STANDARD.

r i '& r r  Webster—it has 118,000 W o rd s, 
I jT J u  A   3000 E n g ra v in g s,  and a New 
B io g ra p h ic a l  D ictio n ary .
B io g ra p h ic a l  D ictio n ary . 
n r i T T T I  Standard in Gov’t Printing Off 
I Standard in Gov’t Printing Office.
A  A A X i  32,000 copies in Public Schools,
Sale 20 to 1 of any other series, 
T D 1 * 4 0 n F 1 a id to m ak e a F a m ily  intelligent. 
H M l   1  B e st  h e lp   fo r  SCHOLAI
B e st  h e lp   fo r  SCHOLARS,
T EA C H ER S and SCHOOLS.
Court.  Recommended by the State Snp’ts of 
G. & C. MERRIAM ft CO., Pub’rs, Springfield, Mass.

Standard Authority with the U.  S.  Supreme 
Schools in 36 States, A by 60 College Pres’ts. 

tea Fi 
>lp  ft

any

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows : 

OYSTERS.

Selects, per gallon..................   .................. 1 75

F R ESH   F IS H .

Smelts...........................................................  5
Mackinaw Trout....................................... ..  7
Mafckerel........................... ............ ........ .15
Smoked Whiteflsh  and Trout.....................12
Smoked  Sturgeon....................................... 12

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess quote as foLows:

H ID E S.

Green............................................$  fi>  @7
Part  cured...........................................  8  @  854
Full cured..................... ......................8*4@ 834
Dry hides and kips..............................   8  @12
Calf skins, green or cured...................10  @12
Deacon skins..........................$  piece20  @50
Shearlings or Summer skins *¡9 piece.. 10  @20
Fall pelts..............................................30  @50
Winter  pelts.................................... 1 00  @1 25
Fine washed $  ft.................................   24@  26
Coarse washed..................................... 18  @20
Unwashed............................................2-3
Tallow...................................................  554@6

S H E E P  P EL TS.

W OOL.

FRESH MEATS.

John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides................................  6  @ 754
Fresh Beef, hind quarters...... ........... 8  @ 9
Dressed Hogs......................................   @ 754
Mutton,  carcasses...............................  6  @654
Veal.....................................................   954@10
Fowls..................................................   11@12
Chickens..............................................14  @16
Pork Sausage.......................................10  @1054
Bologna...............................................   @10

MISCELLANEOUS.

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

WANTED—Situation  as  book-keeper  or 

salesman  in  general store.  Can  give 
good references.  Address Edgar Welch, Alba, 
Antrim Co., Mich. 
55*
WANTED—The  subscriber  is  desirous  of 
learning of some location to open a  gro­
cery store.  Will buy whole or part interest or 
start  anew.  Correspondence  solicited.  Ad­
dress, Capital, Care “The Tradesman.”

FOR SALE—The desirable residence proper­

ty at 88 Coit avenue.  Lot 55x124 feet, with 
16 foot alley  in  rear.  Frame  house  with ten 
rooms and basement, and good barn. Hard and 
soft water.  Street  improvements  all  made. 
Rent pays over 8 per cent, on  investment,  be­
sides insurance and taxes.  Terms  easy.  Ad­
dress Gid Kellogg pr Tuttle Bros., Gr’d Rapids.

gain;  or,  failing  to  find  a  purchaser for my 

TRUTH, TRUTH-Wishing to quit  the  busi­

ness, I will sell my entire stock  at  a bar­
whole Intrest, sale will begin in 30 days  to the 
public at prices that will sell the  goods.  Any 
one wishing to find an opening  for  trade  will 
do well to call and look this town  over. 
It Is 
one of the most desirable homes  in  Michigan, 
good school close at hand, churches enough to 
make it pleasant, and the  prospect  of  a  rail­
road at no distant date all add to the  desirable 
qualities of the place for business  and  a  resi­
dence.  All  inquiries  by  mail  promptly  and 
truly answered.  H. M. Freeman, Lisbon, Micb.

dwelling house and 40 business  and dwel­
ling lots in Elmira for sale on easy  terms.  D. 
C. Underwood.

IpOR SALE—I have a fine new store building 
I?OR EXCHANGE—I have 80 acres  of choice 

hard wood land lying within  three  and a 
half miles of Tustin, six acres cleared and 150,- 
000 of cork  pine standing  on  same,  which I 
will exchange for city lots in Grand  Rapids or 
sell on reasonable terms.  D.  C. Underwood.

Buck & Ross, at Hopkins,  have  dissolved 
partnership, the former taking charge of the 
business.  He  expects,  in  addition  to  the 
business  of  general  repairing,  to  engage 
quite  extensively  in  the  manufacture  of 
spring seats.

Cheboygan  grocers  complain  that  they 
have to send outside for  all  the  butter  and 
eggs they sell. 
In the  winter  butter  is  45 
cents a pound and eggs three cents apiece.

BRISBIN’S  BASENESS.

er.

H is|C liara cter G ro w in g   B e a u tifu lly  B la c k ­

Brisbin,  the  notorious,*  still  remains  at 
Berlin, but up to the  present  time  no  inti­
mation has been received by any of his cred­
itors that he intends  paying  anything.  He 
is still profuse  in  promises, but  as  he  has 
repeatedly disregarded his  word in the past, 
there is no  assurrance  that  he  will  exert 
himself to  make  good  his  promises  in  the 
future.  Those  who  have  had  occasion  to 
converse  with  him  of  late, state  that  he 
seems lost to all sense of commercial  honor, 
and that his only regret is that his liabilities 
were not ©10,000, instead of ©5,000.  Indeed, 
he frequently asserts with  great  gusto  that 
if the time ever comes when he can “try the 
thing over again” that the experience he has 
gained in the present  difficulty  will  enable 
him to handle his creditors with greater loss 
to them and  profit  to  himself.  The.  utter 
recklessness and disrepute  revealed by such 
a statement  shows  the  true  character—or 
rather lack of  character—of  the  man, and 
places him  in  an  exceedingly  unfavorable 
light.

A point upon which Brisbin is continually 
harping is the damage  done  his  conscience 
by thè revelations of The Tradesman.  He 
declares with all seeming  sincerity  that  he 
intended to pay  his  creditors  in  full,  and 
would have done so long ago  had  not  T he 
Tradesman  pitched  into  him  roughshod. 
The absurdity of such a position is apparent 
to everyone accustomed to failures and busi­
ness troubles.  Most  debtors  talk  about a 
surplus when they  first  fail  and  boldly as­
sert that their assets are largely in excess of 
their  liabilities.  But as  time  passes,  their 
statements  become  less  confident, and  be­
fore many weeks have elapsed  they  modify 
their figures and propose  a  settlement  that 
will  enable  them  to  save  something  for 
themselves.  The  reasons  given  for  this 
species of reasoning  are  peculiar  in  many 
respects, and those who are  cowardly invar­
iably attribute their change  of  base  to  out­
side  causes,  while  in  reality  it  is  due  to 
influences  nearer  home.  As regards T he 
Tradesman,  we have endeavored to make 
Mr. Brisbin honest by appealing to his sense 
of justice  and  honor, and  afterward to  his 
sense of shame, but we regret to have to ad­
mit that he disregarded our  advice and as a 
consequence  stands  before  the  world  as  a 
craven and a thief.

Previous to  the  transfer  of  the  stock, a 
garnishee suit was begun against Mr. Wright 
the purchaser, by John Caulfield, and  there 
is every probability that it will  be  made  to 
hold.  Brisbin, however, is fertile in schemes 
to defeat the ends of justice, and it is notun- 
likely that he will involve  his  successor in 
legal  complications  from  which  it  will  be 
difficult for him to extract himself.  That  he 
will exhaust every resource before  allowing 
a single creditor to collect the amount  legal­
ly due him is evidenced by  his  previous  ac­
tions and his daily utterances.  Mr.  Wright 
will do well to disregard any advice  Brisbin 
may have to offer, and thus steer clear of the 
shoals on which the latter was wrecked.

"Vanderbilt asserts  that  business  will  re 
vive immediately  after  election.  He  com 
pares the country to a rubber ball  that  may 
be flattened  for  a  time,  but will spriug  up 
again when hit.

We  have  now  ready  for  inspection the 
most  complete  line  of  Holiday  Goods  we 
ever  offered,  consisting  of  china cups  and
saucers, vases, cologne sets, fruit sets, bisque 
figures, dolls, tin and wooden toys, decorated 
tea and dinner sets,  fancy  table  glassware, 
prism lamps, etc., etc.

E C C E   S I G N U M .  

MUU UMl

T h e  G rip sack   B rig ad e.

John II. McIntyre entertained  his  friend, 
J.  J.  Amiotte,  of  Muskegon,  during  fair 
week.

Wallace Franklin has returned from West 
ern New York with his wife  and  daughter, 
who have been spending the summer in that 
locality.

Geo. P. Cogswell has engaged to travel for 
Schnadk  Bros.,  wholesale  boot  and  shoe 
dealers at Chicago, covering about the  same 
territory as formerly.

L. Y. Busley, of  Litchfield, has  engaged 
to travel for Cole & Stone, proprietors of the 
Marshall Shirt  Factory,  covering  Western 
and Central Michigan.

A. N. Leslie, formerly with I. M. Clark & 
Co., and later with Fox, Musselman  &  Lov- 
eridge, is keeping books for a  large mercan­
tile house in a Western city.

H. R. Savage  has  arranged  with  A.  T. 
Linderman, of Whitehall, to handle  his pat­
ent  breadboard  in  Michigan, Indiana  and 
Ohio, and is meeting with considerable  suc­
cess.

W.  G.  Haw'kins  has  gone  to his former 
home at Kenton,  Del.,  for  a  three  weeks’ 
rest.  He is accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
daughter.  D.  C.  Underwood* will resume 
his former visits to the Northern  trade  dur­
ing Hawkins’ absence.

L. A. Caro has  formed a partnership with 
his  brother,  Fred,  under  the firm name of 
Caro Bros., and  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
and retail cigar business at Kansas City.  He 
retains  his  connection  with the Enterprise 
*
Cigar Co. for the present. 
The wives of many of the  local  traveling 
men declare that they  saw  more  of  their 
husbands last  week  than  for  many  years 
previously.  An unusual  number  remained 
at their respective houses  to entertain  their 
visiting patrons, who were  attracted  to  the 
city by the  fair.

J. H. Cuddington, traveling representative 
for Noonan, Hart &  Co.,  tobacco  manufac­
turers at Covington, Ky., had  the misfortune 
to lose ©90 at  Sweet’s  Hotel  last  Saturday 
morning.  He left the money by mistake on 
the dressing case of his room, and on return­
ing a short time afterward found  it missing. 
The matter was placed in the  hands  of  the 
police, but without result as  yet.

“Speaking of  missing  money,”  said  Jim 
Fox,  “reminds  me  of  a  little  incident  in 
which 1 was the principal actor down at Hoi 
land a number of years ago. 
I  had  ©1,800 
in currency with  me,  and  had  occasion  to 
stay over night at the City Hotel.  The house 
was crowded, and I was compelled  to  sleep 
in a room with  two  beds  and  two  men  in

each bed. 
I put the  money  under  flay., pil­
low,  and  during  the  night  woke  up  and 
found  it  gone. 
I  rushed  to the door  and 
found it locked on the inside, so l  knqw one 
of the other  three  men  in  the  room  must 
have the boodle. 
I determined that none of 
them should leave the room  until  searched, 
and  got  up  and  dressed,  waiting  for  the 
others to wake up.  While they  were dress­
ing,  I  pulled  on  my  boots, and  found  the 
missing  money  in the  heel of one of  them. 
During the night, I had pushed the roll from 
under the pillow and it had  fallen  into  the 
boot, which stood by  the  head  of  my  bed. 
My room mates never knew the hard feelings 
I had toward them that long  night.”

R e g u la r  M e etin g   o f P o st  A .

At the regular monthly  meeting  of  Post A, 
Saturday  evening,  the  following  members 
were present:  Wm. Logie, L.  M.  Mills, L. W. 
Atkins, Geo. F. Owen,  Geo. H.  Seymour, J.  N. 
Bradford, D. S. Haugh,  W.  G.  Hawkins,  Wal­
lace Franklin and Wm. H. Downs.

President Logie presided  and Secretary At­

kins officiated as scribe.

At the invitation of the  latter,  the  meeting 
was held in Mr. Atkins’ room, and  those pres­
ent were the recipients of courtesies and hospi­
tality at the hands of the host.
The present status and future possibilities of 
the organization were  discussed  in  a  round­
about manner, the intention  being  to  secure 
the opinion of each one present  as  to  the  ad­
visability of continuing in the present pathway 
or making the membership more  inclusive, so 
as  to secure the companionship and co-opera­
tion of every  reputable  traveling  man in the 
city.  Messrs. Owen and Mills were the princi­
pal champions of the  latter  proposition,  and 
presented  their  views  on  the  subject  with 
clearness.  They took the ground that it would 
be  impossible  to  work  up  any  considerable 
membership, so long as  the  present  restraint 
exists regarding the admittance  of  members, 
and that an organization  which  would permit 
the admittance of every Grand Rapids traveler 
of standing snd character would result in more 
good to the present members  and  to  the  fra­
ternity at large.  Messrs. Atkins, Hawkins and 
Bradford took an opposite view of the matter, 
and gave good reasons for  the  opinions  they 
held.  No decision was reached, the impression 
being that further time  should  be  given  for 
the consideration of the matter.

The meeting then adjourned, to meet at T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  office Saturday  evening,  October
OKMf*

R. G. Peters’  barrel  factory, at  Eastlake, 
near Manistee, turns  out  300  salt  barrels a 
day.  The staves  and  heads  are  made  of 
pine, and the hoops of elm.  The full capac­
ity of the factory is 700 barrels a day.

Palmer, Nichols & Co.  have  now  twenty 
miles of  track,  including  sidings,  on  their 
logging railway west  of  Paris.  They  have 
just ordered a new water tank.

NAPKIN  RINGS!

Great Variety at 40 and  10  off  list  and  5 

per cent. Cash.

The New Styles of

50 Kinds—Botton Prices.

We carry constantly in stock the choicest de­
signs of the best manufacturers, viz.,  Menden 
Britannia Co., Middletown Plate Co. and Derby 
Silver  Co.  We  sell  these  goods  at  factory 
prices,relying for our profit upon the rebate al­
lowed to purchasers of large quantities.  Send 
for  our illustrated  cataloge  of  Silver Plated 
Ware.

Pry>  (Boobs.

Spring & Company quote as fo»iowo:

W ID E  BROW N COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4.. 23 
|Pepperell, 10-4....... 35
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21  Pepperell, 11-4........2754
Pepperell,  7-4....... 1654 Pequot,  7-4.............18
Pepperell,  8-4__ ,.30  Pequot,  8-4............21
Pepperell,  9-4.....22*4!Pequot,  9-4.............. 24

CHECKS.

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

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

OSNABURG,

Alabama brown__754 ¡Alabama plaid........ 8
Jewell briwn.........954 Augusta plaid.........   8
Kentucky brown.. 1054 Toledo plaid..........   7*4
Lewiston  brown...  9*4 Manchester  plaid..  7
Lane brown..........   954 New Tenn. plaid...11
Louisiana  plaid;...  8  ¡Utility plaid..........   6*4

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Avondale,  36.........   8*4
Art cambrics, 36...1114 
Androscoggin, 4-4..  814 
Androscoggin, 54. .1214
Ballou, 44..............  714
Ballou, 5-4..............  6
Boott, 0 .4 4 .............814
Boott,  E. 5-5...........  7
Boott, AGC, 4-4........914
Boott, R. 34..........   5%
Blackstone, AA 44 .  754 
Chapman,X,44....  614
Conway,  44.............734
Cabot, 44.................714
Cabot, 7-8.................614
Canoe,  34.............   4
Domestic,  36.......  714
Dwight Anchor, 44.  914
Davol, 44..............  914
Fruit of Loom, 44..  834 
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  814 
Fruit of  the Loom,
cambric,  44__’,.12
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  7
Gold Medal, 7-8........6*4
Gilded Age..............834

Greene, G, 44..........514
Hill, 44..................   8*4
Hill, 7-8..................   7*4
Hope,  44.................714
King  Phillip  cam­
b r i c ^ ......  .......1114
Linwood,  44.........9
Lonsdale,  44...........814
Lonsdale  cambric. 1114 
Langdon, GB, 4-4...  914
Langdon, 45...........14«
Masonville,  44......
Maxwell. 44...........1014
New York Mill, 44.1014
New Jersey,  44__8
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  714 
Pride of the West. .1214
Pocahontas,  44___ 814
Slaterville, 7-8........  614
Victoria, AA......... 9
Woodbury, 44..___ 534
Whitinsville,  44...  714
Whitinsville, 7-8___ 614
Wamsutta, 44........1014
Williamsville, 36... 1014

S IL E S IA S .

Crown................. ..17 MasonvilleTS... ...  8
No.  10................. . .1254 Masonville ’S__ ...1054
..10 Lonsdale........... ...  954
Coin..................
Anchor..............
Centennial.......
Blackburn ........
Davol.................
London..............
Paconia............
Red Cross.........
Social  Imperial.

Lonsdale A ....... ...16
Nictory  O.........
..  8 Victory J ...........
..14 Victory D.........
..1254 Victory  K ......... ...  2*4
..12 Phoenix A......... ...1954
..10 Phoenix B......... -.1054
..16 Phoenix XX......

..5

Albion, solid......
Albion,  grey......
Allen’s  checks... 
Ailen’s  fancy....
Allen’s pink.......
Allen’s purple—  
American, fancy.
Arnold fancy......
Berlin solid.........
Cocheco fancy...
Cochecorobes__
Conestoga fancy
Eddystone.........
Eagle fancy......
Garner pink......

P R IN T S .

5146

.514
.514
.61%
.614
.514
.6
514
.8

.614.6

.6.5
.614

Gloucester.............6
Gloucestermourn’g. 6
Hamilton  fancy__6'
Hartel fancy..........6
Merrimac D........... 6
Manchester........... 6
Oriental fancy.......6
Oriental  robes.......614
Pacific  robes..........6
Richmond..............6
Steel River.............514
Simpson’s ..............6
Washington fancy.. 
Washington  blues..714

F IN E  BROW N COTTONS.

Appleton A, 44—   8
Boott  M, 44..........   714
Boston F, 4-4.........   8
Continental C, 4-3..  734 
Continental D, 40in 8% 
Conestoga W, 44...  7 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  514 
Conestoga G, 30-iii. 614
Dwight  X, 34........6
Dwight Y, 7-8...........614
Dwight Z, 44......... 7
Dwight Star, 44----714
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9 
Enterprise EE, 36..  514 
Great Falls E, 44...  7
Farmers’ A, 44......  634
Indian  Orchard, 14 714

Indian Orchard, 40.  814 
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia B, 74........1614
Lyman B, 40-in.......1014
Mass. BB, 44.........   534
Nashua  E, 40-in___ 9
Nashua  R, 44........  7
Nashua 0,7-8...........714
Newmarket N..........754
Pepperell E, 39-in..  714
Pepperell  R, 44__7
Pepperell 0,7-8___ 614
Pepperell N, 34___ 614
Pocasset  C, 44...... 7
Saranac R.............   7
Saranac E..............  9

DOM ESTIC GINGHAM S.

Amoskeag............  8
Amoskeag, Persian
styles...................1014
Bates.................... .714
Berkshire.............   614
Glasgow checks 
  7
Glasgow checks, f’y 714 
Glasgow 
royal  styles___   8
Gloucester, 
standard............   714
Plunket.................  714
Lancaster............    834
Langdale..............   734

checks,
new

Renfrew, dress styl 914 
Johnson Manfg Co,
Bookfold.............1214
Johnson Manfg Co,
dress  styles........1214
Slaterville, 
dress
styles.................... 9
White Mfg Co, stap 734 
White Mfg Co, fane 8 
White  Manfg  Co,
Earlston..............  914
Gordon...............
Greylock, 

styles  .................1214

dress 

e r   Subscribe!* 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.

The following, from the Ovid Union,com­

mends itself to every thinking  dealer: 

Fowlerville merchants propose to give dead 
beats 30 days’ time to pay  up.  At  the  end 
of that time their names will be posted in the 
papers and in big letters on  bulletin  boards. 
Verily,the day of the dead beat is coming to 
an end.  The man who is  all  promises  and 
no pay will soon be called  upon  to  toe  the 
mark and give a legal account of  his  assets. 
If a man owes an honest  debt,  there  is  no 
good reason why he should not  be  made  to 
pay it.  Some men who always have cash to 
spend for the luxuries or  life,  who  take in 
the circuses, saloons, and shows and fun gen­
erally, have allowed their creditors to “whis­
tle” for their pay.  The game is up, and it is 
either pay now or else move  on.

Talmage, the Brooklyn clerical clown, fre­
quently utters good advice, and  the  follow­
ing word to the borrower is worthy  of  pres­
ervation :

The  word  “borrow”  is  responsible  for 
nearly  all  the  defalcations  and  embezzle­
ments of the last few months.  When the ex­
ecutor takes from the estate entrusted to his 
management, he  only  “borrows.”  The  ab­
sconding cashier only “borrows.”  The  con- 
fidental clerk “borrows,” and makes  a  Wall 
street excursion.  They are all going  to  put 
every cent back, for it is  only  “borrowed.” 
What is needed  is  a  man  of  giant limb to 
stand up by Trinity Church  at  the  head of 
Wall  street, and when  the  word  “borrow” 
comes  rolling  along,  kick  it clear to  Wall 
street ferry, and if it strikes on the dock and 
bounces clear over Columbia Hights  and the 
whole City of Churches, so much the better. 
Young man, I warn you,  by  your  immortal 
soul, don’t “borrow.”

F. Hibbard  &  Co., the  Evart  druggists, 
issue the following  appeal  to  their  debtors 
through a local paper:
We  have  notified  all  our  debtors  three 
times to call and  settle.  Many  have  taken 
no notice of it, while  others  have  promised 
and again forgotten their  promises.  On the 
1st week of October we shall  publish  a  list 
of all names who have neglected to  reply to 
our cards.  On the 2d week we shall  add to 
the list all  names  whose  account  has  been 
standing six months  or  over,  unless  settle­
ment is sooner made.  On  the  3d  week  we 
shall give dates and amounts, that  the  pub­
lic may know  whom to trust.  This list  we 
shall continue to print each week until  Jan­
uary 1st, when  we  shall  close  them  into 
Loss and Gain account  and  send  each  per­
son a receipt in  full  of  account  We  hope 
this will meet the eye of all concerned.  The 
cash trade of a dead beat is as  good  as  any 
as far as it goes, but put him  on  your  book 
for a quarter and you not only lose the quar­
ter but lose his trade and good will.  Hit or 
Miss!  Live  or  Die!  Survive  or  Perish 
Here goes for the result, and may no honest 
man resent it.

C am p aig n   Goods  a t  a   D isco u n t.

The  want  of  genuine,  old-fashioned en­
thusiasm  in  this  campaign  is  nowhere so 
noticeable  as  in  the  amount  of  campaign 
goods  handled,  compared  with  previous 
years.  Meeting a jobber who  is  “onto”  all 
the  snap  advertising  dodges,  the  reporter 
asked:

“Doing  much  in  campaign  goods  this 

year?”

“No, next to nothing.  We have  got in  a 
large stock of the truck, and I am afraid we 
are stuck on the  stuff.”
“What is the cause?”
“There  is  absolutely  no  enthusiasm  in 
In this regard 

this campaign on either side. 
one side is  about as bad as the  other.”

How are other dealers doing?”
It’s  the  same  story  everywhere.  The 
sales of campaign goods will not  reach  one- 
eighth of what they were  four, years  ago.”

O ne o f th e   T ric k s o f T rad e.

“Yes,”.said a Monroe  street  merchant “I 
always  mark  the  most  expensive  of  my 
goods  as  ‘sold.’  Then  when  the  women 
read the sign, it makes them  crazy  to  have 
the same article, and they are so disappoint­
ed that I finally promise to try and get them 
another.  Oh, it’s a great scheme.”

A sample of American cheese  in  London 
hen anayzed proved to contain neither milk 
nor any of its derivatives. 
Its chief  ingred­
ients were lard  and coloring matter.  It came 
from New York State.

An order of half a million pounds of com­
pressed  beef  has  been  given to a Chicago 
firm, making a total of 740,000 pounds order­
ed for the Nile relief expedition.

The use of bitter willow  in flavoring  and 
coloring  tobacco is vehemently  denounced 
Prof. Deschamps  of  Paris  as  causing 

softening of  the brain.

The oil tanks in  the Pennsylvania  region 
are uniformly 28 feet high, 90 feet in diame­
ter, and cost $8,000 each.

A farmer in Mississippi has a field  of 160 
acres devoted to the  raising  of  peppermint.

TIME TABLES.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  DIVISION.)
Arrive. 
Express............................... 7:00 p m 
Mail................................... 9:35 am  

Leave.
7:35 a m
4:00 pm

All trains daily except Sunday.
The  atrain 
leaving  at 4 p. m. connects at 
White Pigeon with  Atlantic  Express  on Main 
ine, which has Palace Drawing  Room  Sleep- 
lg Coaches from Chicago  to  New  York and 
Boston without change.
The  train  leaving  at  7:35  a. m. connects at 
White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with 
special New York Express on Main Line.
Through  tickets  and  berths  in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured at  Union Ticket office, 
Monre street and depot.

J. W. McK en n ey, Gen’l Agent.

Politics and Business.

From the American Artisan.

The political campaign is opening  briskly 
and the probabilities are that the contest be­
tween the ins  and  outs  will be a hot  one. 
There will be an abundance  of  personal  is­
sue in the campaign, but  any overwhelming 
national  issue is lacking.  As to the desira­
bility of a sound  currency, a  reasonable  re­
duction of the public  debt, civil  service re­
form,  the importance of maintaining  public 
water-ways and  fostering  maritime  inter­
ests, the retention of the public  domain  for 
actual settlers, the  suppression of  Mormon 
ism, securing political rights to  all  entitled 
to them, and many other stock  declarations 
of political platforms, there can be  no  disa­
greement.

A point in which business men  ate  inter­
ested is in securing a reduction of  the  taxa­
tion, and the business interests of the  coun­
try should demand that  this  point  should 
not be covered up by personal issues not lost 
sight of.  The revenues of  the  federal  gov 
emment are enormously in excess of its leg­
itimate requirements.  Taxes are  too  high 
Business of  every kind is suffering  because 
the government is taking  from  the  people 
three  dollars  where 
two, 
Abuses have grown up under this  system of 
extortionate  taxation.  The  enormous-  ex­
cess of money in the  treasury begets extrav­
agance, waste and corruption.  We  present 
the spectacle to the world of a people pinch 
ed by stagnation in every branch of business, 
whose capital and labor  bring  no  satisfac 
tory  return, with a  government  rolling  in 
wealth, and a Congress exercising its  ingen­
uity to the utmost to devise schemes for  the 
expenditure of a surplus which ought not to 
exist.

it  needs  but 

The people are interested  in  having  that 
tempting bait for thieves and  corruptionists 
removed. 
It belongs to  them  and it ought 
never to have been taken  from  them.  By 
common consent both  great political parties 
are relegating this  supreme  question to the 
background  and 
turning  their  attention 
to personal issues.  Tax-payers have  a right 
to demand that this abuse  shall  not be con 
tinued.

A point for business men to  remember 

this connection is, that Congress and not the 
President is the power which must  give the 
desired relief from over taxation.  There are 
a good many congressmen to be  elected this 
fall, and those who  hold over  will  desire 
so shape their course as to  secure a  re-elec­
tion next year.  The  business  interests 
the  country should make  these  gentlemen 
understand  very  emphatically  that  their 
suffrages  will  not be bestowed  upon  any 
man who is not pledged to radical  reform 
this matter of collecting millions  of-  money 
from the people which the  government  has 
no use for.  Then see that the  pledges  are 
carried out.

England  imports  annually  about a hun­
dred  million  dollars  worth of butter  and 
cheese.

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
■(•Detroit Express.................................   6:00 am
+Day Express.......................................12:25 p m
♦New York Fast Line.................................  6:00 pm
+Atlantic Express.........................................9:20 pm
♦Pacific  Express................................... 6:4  am
tLocal  Passenger................................ 11:20 a m
tM ail......................................  ...........3:20 pm
+Grand Rapids Express.....................10:25p m
tDaily except Sunday.  »Daily.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:59 a. m., and New York  at 9 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
caching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
l. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
■(•Steamboat Express.........6:10 a m
•(Through  Mail...................10:15 a m
tEvening  Express.....................3:20 pm
♦Atlantic Express.....................  9:45 pm
tMixed, with coach...........
■(•Morning Express.............12:40 p m
•(Through  Mail.................  5:00 pm
■»•Steamboat Express..........10:30 p m
tMixed................................
♦NightExpress.........................   5:10 am

Leaves 
6:20 a m 
10:20 am  
3:55 p m 
10:45 p m 
10:30 a m
12:55 p m 
5:10 p m 
10:35 p m 
7:10 am 
5:30 a m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily 
Passengers  taking  the  6:20  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor Cars on Mail  Trains,  both  East  and
W 0g^#
Train leaving  at  10:35  p,  m. will  mak  con 
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except 
Sunday and the train leaving at 5:10 p. m.  will 
connect Tuesdays and  Thursdays  with  Good­
rich steamers for Chicago.
Limited  Express  has  Wagner  Sleeping Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a Parlor Car to Detroit.  The  Night  Express 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

D. P otter, City Pass. Agent 
Geo. B. Re e v e, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Grand  Rapids  ¿   Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

GOING SOUTH.

Arrives.  Leaves 
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex.  9:00pm  11:00pm 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:20 a m  10:25 a m 
Ft.Wayne&MackinacEx..  3:55p m  5:00pm 
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
7:10 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.  6:30 pm   7:00 am  
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:10pm  4:35 pm
Mackinac & Ft. Way re Ex.. 10:25 a m  11:42 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m

SLEEPING CAB ARRANGEMENTS.

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

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
tMail.....................................9:15 a  m
tDay Express.................... 12:25 p m
♦Night  Express...................8:35 pm
Mixed................................... 6:10 am

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

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

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

J. H. P alm er, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Pine Street

Muskegon, Mich.

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Shop, Blacksmith,  Foundry and Boiler  Shop  Business. 

361  Western  Avenue.

S. S. MORRIS & BRG.9

PACKERS

Jobbers  of  Provisions,

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CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

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

W . D. CAREY & CO.

Successors  to  Carey  &  Lander,
OEWEH.AL

Commission Merchants

—AND  JOBBERS  OF—

FruLits ancL P ro d u ce.

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  FILLED.  BEST  GOODS  AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

Choice Butter a Specialty!

BANANAS,  LEMONS, EGGS,  CHEESE,- VEG­

ETABLES,  APPLES,  CIDER.

Careful Attention  Paid  to  Filling  Orders.

M. C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.
CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE

Groceries  and  Provisions9

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

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

XCU&KECOXT  BXrSXXTSSS  DIRECTOR'S-.
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Butler, Bits, Cleese, Fruit, Gralii, Hay, Beef, Pori, Proince
Kline’s  Patent  Candler  and  £gg Carrier.

Consignments Solicited.

MUSKEGON, MICH.

T3ie  Best  on  tlie  Market,

Can be made any Size, Bound or Square, with any Capacity.  State  Territory 
for Sale by G.  C. SAYLES, Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States, P. O. Box  1973, 
Muskegon, Mich.

ANDREW  WIERENGO,

W lxoles ale

G R O C E R ,

WIERENGO  NEW  BLOCK

I M P O R T E R S
Wholesale  Grocers

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Gor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids.

N ew  Japans.

We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices  of  the  new  crop- 
of 1884-5 Japan Teas, including all  grades  of  Tan  Fired, Basket Fire and Sun Cured, and 
embracing  about  1,200  chests  in  all,  which we  have  recently  received  per  the  Pacific 
Steamers San Pablo and City of liio 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  fharket  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 anti  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 we  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,
Steariue,
Lautz Soap,

Towel, 
Shamrock, 

Mottled German, 

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 for price­
lists and  samples.  See quotations on Grocery Page.

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.

V alue  Cigars.

We have received the  agency for the new Value  Cigar, the  best  five  cent  on  earth,. 
and are prepared to furnish every merchant who buys the  same  with  presents  for  every 
purchaser of a single cigar, consisting of  elegant Seth  Thomas' clocks,  fine  meerschaum 
and briar pipes, gold and silver plated tobacco  and  match  boxes, etc., etc.  These  cigars 
we furnish to the trade at $35 per 1,000, in lots of 1,000.  Express  prepaid on all mail or­
ders.  Send in your orders for a trial lot of 1,000.

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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Egg Plums.
Pears.

Breakfast  Cocoa.

Green Gages.

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Italian Macarroni, 1 lb pkg.

“  Vermieella.

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

Cliina Preserved Ginger, all size jars,

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

SH11IS.  BULKLET 

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