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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  29,1884

NO. 58

TH E  W HALE.

The Com m ercial  Products  of  the  A nim al. 
From Chambers’  Journal.

The fortunes of whaling are exceedingly var­
ied; one ship may capture ten or twelve  fish;* 
some vessels occasionally  come  home  clean; 
while others may each secure from two to half 
a dozen.  We have before  us  several  records 
of the  financial  results  of  whale-fishing,  in 
which the  profits  ainj  losses  among  Pacific I 
whalers exhibit some striking differences. One 
ship, for instance, places at  her credit  during j 
her voyage one hundred and thirty-two thous­
and dollars;  but to  the  owners of the fleet of j 
whalers  fishing  from  New  Bedford, United | 
States, in  1&58, there  accrued a loss  of  more j 
than a million dollars.  Again, a Scottish whale 
ship  from   Peterhead, in  Aberdeenshire, was 
one season fortunate enough to capture forty- 
four whales, the largest  num ber  ever  fished 
by one vessel.  The value of the  cargo  in  oil 
and bone considerably exceeded ten  thousand 
pounds sterling.  One of  the  largest  cargoes 
ever landed was brought home by the steamer 
Arctic of Dundee, commanded by Captain  Ad­
ams, one of  the  ablest  arctic  navigators.  It 
consisted of the produce of thirty-seven whales j 
which, beside  oil,  included  almost  eighteen 
tons of whalebone.

The only whales of  commerce  were at  one 
time the great  sperm-whale of southern  lati­
tudes, and “the  right”  or  Greenland  whale, 
both of which are animals  of gigantic size and 
great power, the latter being undoubtedly the 
larger.  No British vessels  take  part  In  the 
sperm-fishery, their operations being confined 
to the artic l-egions.  Dundee is now the  chief 
whaling  port; sending  out  annually  sixteen 
ships  to  Greenland.  The  Gx-eenland  whale, 
which our British whalemen endure such dan-1 
gers to procure, seldom  exceeds  sixty feet in j 
length, and is about half that  num ber  in  cir­
cumference.  An average sized  specimen will 
weigh some seventy tons or  more, and  forms 
a mass of m atter equal to about  two  hundred | 
fat oxen.  One individual caught  by  a Scotch 
whaler was seventy-two feet in  length, with a 
girth of forty-five feet, the total weight  being 
reckoned at  upwards  of  one  hundred  tons. 
The chief product of the sperm and  the  right 
whale—their oil—is of course  common to both 
animals, and is obtained  by  boiling  their  fat, j 
or blubber as the substance is technically cull­
ed.

It is somewhat curious that in both of  these 
whales the head is the pox-tion, size  being eon 
sidered, which is the  most  valuable.  In  the I 
sperm-whale, the case situated in  the  head, is 
filled with a substance which is known as sper­
maceti, and brings a high price.  One of  these 
giants of the deep will  sometimes  yield a ton 
of this  valuable  substance,  which is  found, j 
when the whale is killed, as an  oily fluid, that 
when  prepared  gradually  concretes  into  a j 
granulated mass.  In the Greenland whale the 
great prize is the bone, with which its  head  is i 
furnished, and  which at  the  present  time is j 
j quoted as being of the enormous value of -two i 
! thousand two  hundred and  fifty  pounds  per I 
| ton.  The price in Amei-ica is even higher, the | 
j last sales in that country bringing two  thous­
and five hundred pounds.  It is only the Green­
land fish which yield this valuable commodity. 
The whale  of  the  Pacific  is  furnished  with 
teeth; but the right whale has in  lieu  thereof 
! a series or plates, or lamina, on the upper jaw,
| which  are in reality the  whalebone  of  com 
j merce.  The  uses to which  ‘bone’  is  applied 
vary according to the demands of  fashion,  so 
that within the last  hundx-ed  years  the  price 
has flueuated exceedingly, and has been  quot- j
ed,from almost a nominal price per  ton  up to 
the sum  mentioned.  'A t  one  period, we  are 
told in an American account of the fishery,the 
rates for  whalebone  were  so  low  that  few | 
whalemen  would 
biing  any  of  it  home, 
their space being of much greater value when | 
packed  with oil.  The  sum of  threepence  a | 
pound-weight was at one time all that could be l 
obtained for it;  now the price of bone is twen­
ty shillings per  pound  weight.  It may be ex-1 
plained that the yield of bone is as eight or ten I 
pounds to each barrel of oil.  A  vessel  which 
brings home one hundred tons of oil will, in all 
probability, have on board  six  tons of whale­
bone.

There  is  a  special  product  of  the  sperm 
whale which is of  greater  value  than  either 
spermaceti or whalebone; it is  known  as  am­
bergris.  For a series of  years  there  raged a 
hot controversy as to what this  valuable  sub­
stance  really  was,  the  most  extraordinary j 
opinions  being  offered  regarding  its  origin, 
composition, and uses.  One  statem ent  dated I 
so far back as 1762, says that ambex-gris  issues 
from a tree, which manages to shoot  its roots 
into the water, seeking the warmth therefr-om 
in order to  deposit  therein  the  fat  gum  of 
which it is the source.  “When that fat gum is 
6hot into the sea, it is  so  tough  that  it is not 
easily  broken  from  the  root  unless  by the 
strength of its own weight.  If you plant such | 
trees where the stream  sets to the  shore, then 
the stream  will cast it up to great advantage.” 
Another  authority, Dr. Thomas  Brown,  in a 
work published  in  1686,  shows  that  an  idea 
then entertaiued was, that ambei’gris was only 
found in such whales as had  come  upon  the 
substance floating in the sea and swallowed it. 
In course  of time it was found  that  this  pre­
cious commodity was  generated in the  whale 
itself.  An Amex-ican doctor  residing  in  Bos­
ton made it public in 1724, that some Nantuck­
et  whalemen, 
in  cutting  up  a  spermaceti 
whale, had found about  twenty pounds of the 
valuable substance, which they  said, was con­
tained in a cyst or bag without either outlet or 
inlet.  As a m atter of fact, ambergris which is 
an im portant  drug, is a  morbid  secretion  in 
the  intestines of  the  sperm-whale.  Captain 
Coffin, in a statem ent he  made at  the  bar  of 
the House of Commons, said th at he had lately 
brought home  three  hundred  and  sixty-two 
ounces of that costly  substance, which he had 
found in a sperm whale captured off  the coast 
of New Guinea.  At the tim e of Coffin’s exam­
ination, ambergris was of the value of twenty- 
five shillings an  ounce.  The  Pacific  whalers 
search keenly for  this  commodity, and  large 
finds of it  sometimes  bring  them ’a  rich  re­
ward.

Formerly, it was the oil which  rendered  the 
whaling voyages  remunerative, and  made or 
m arred the fortune  of  the  Venture, but  the 
case is now altered,  owing  to  the  enormous 
prices  realized for  bone.  The  head  o f  the 
sperm whale  is  equal to about a  third  of  Its

* The whale suckles Its  young, and is there­
fore a mammal, and  not,  strictly  speaking, a 
fish.  It is, however, so called by all sailors.

whole size, and “the ease”  yields  spermaceti 
which commands a high price; but in the case 
of the Greenland  whale,  as  we  have  shown, 
only a comparatively small  weight  of  whale­
bone is contained  in  the  mouth  of  each  of 
them ; but small as it is, the  quantity tends to 
swell the account and increase  the  dividends. 
Whaling ventures are usually  made  by  com­
panies, and  nearly  evex-ybody engaged  in  the 
hazardous work has a  share  in  the  venture— 
the men being partially paid by a share of  the 
oil money.  Whalers earn their  wages  hai’dly. 
The work—not to speak of the  dangers  incur- 
x-ed—is always canned on at high pressure rate 
and is  anything but  agreeable.  The  pursuit 
and capture of a whale are  usually very excit­
ing, some of these  animals  being  difficult to 
kill, even when the boats, after  a long  chase, 
come within such a distance of them as admits 
of striking with the harpoon.  Many are the ad- 
ventures which take place on the  occasions of 
whale killing; though most of the  animals at­
tacked finally succumb.  Then  begins  the  la­
bor of securing the prize, and  converting the 
products which it yields into m atter  beaxAng a 
commercial value.  The dead  whale  m ust be 
brought either close  to  the  ship, or the  ship 
must be bi-ought close to  the  whale, which  in 
the icy watex-s  of the high arctic  latitudes,  in­
volves a great deal of  fatigue, the animals be­
ing  sometimes  killed  at  a  considerable  dis­
tance from the ship.  On some occasions a day 
will elapse  before it can  be  known  th at  the 
whale will without doubt become  the  prey of 
those who  have  found  it, and  several  boats 
may be  required to take p art in the act of kill­
ing.  As many as four boats may at  one  time 
be “fast,” as it is called, to the  same  animal— 
in other wods they have all succeeded in plant­
ing their hax-poons in the  whale.  B at the har­
poon, even when shot from a gun Into the fish, 
does not kill it; the  putting of the  animal  to 
death is accomplished  by means of  what  are 
called “lances,” instrum ents  which  are  used 
after the animal has  bean  harpooned.  After 
that process has  been  successfully achieved, 
the labor of capture  which  may  have  taken 
from two to ten  hours to  accomplish, is over. 
Instances are known where boats  have  been 
“fast” for upwards of fifty  hours  before  the 
whale was  finally despatched.

The whale is usually dragged to  the  ship by 
the boats  engaged in its  capture.  Holes  are 
cut  in its tail, and ropes being  then  attached, 
the laborious pi-ocess of  towing  the  gigantic 
carcass commences.,  Once  along  side  of the 
ship, the woi'k of flensing, or cutting up of the 
whale, is speedily  in  operation,  all  engaged 
being in a state of ferm ent, and eager for fu r­
ther work of the same sort.  The crew may be 
likened to those animals  which, having tasted 
blood long for more.  The operation of remov­
ing the bone  from  the  head of the  whale is 
first entered  upon; this  is  superintended  by 
an officer known as thet“spectioneer,”  who is 
responsible for this part of theprocess.  A fter 
the bone has  been  cai’efully  dealt  with, the 
blubber is cut off the body in long strips, which 
ai-o hauled on  board by m eans  of a block-and- 
ttickle.  It is first  cut  iftto  large  squares, in 
which condition it is allowed to remain till the 
salt w ater drains out of it, a few hours  or  ev­
en a day or  two  being  allowed, according to 
the work on hand.  The skin is then peeled off, 
and the mass of fatty m ater  is  further  dealt 
with by being chopped into little piecek, which 
are  stowed  away  in  barrels  or  tanks to be 
brought home to the boileries, in  order  to  be, 
as we  may  say, distilled  into  a  commercial 
product.  When the fish has yielded up its val­
uable  products,  the  flensied  carcass  is  cut 
adrift.  Sometimes the pondex-ous  jaw  bones 
are preserved; when this is the  oase, they are 
cut out of the head and lifted  on  board.  The 
strips of blubber  vary in thickness  from  ten 
to sixteen  inches, or  even  more, according to 
the size and fatness of the fish.  In  general, it 
averages twelve inches all over  the  body, the 
thickest  portion  being  at  the  neck,  where 
twenty-two inches of blubber  are  sometimes 
found.  The yield of oil is of course in propor­
tion to the size and condition  of  the  animal, 
and will  run  from  five  to  tw enty  tons.  A 
whale caught many years ago  by the  cx-ew of 
the “Princess  Charlotte” of  Dundee  yielded 
thirty-two  tons  of  oil.  An  examination  of 
some old records of the  fishery  shows  fifteen 
hundred tous of oil ¡to  the  one  hundred  and 
thirtyrflve fish of the Aberdeen fleet of  eleven 
vessels; twelve  hundred and foi’ty-three  tons 
to the Peterhead  fleet of eleven  ships  (three 
vessels had been lost), which  captured eighty- 
eight whales and three thousand seals.

In sperm-whale fishing, the process of  flens­
ing and disposing of the  carcass is  much  the 
same as in the  Davis  Straits  flshex-y.  When 
the body has been stripped  of  the  blubber, it 
is thrown loose, and is permitted to float away 
to become the  prey  of  sharks  and  sea-birds 
which are  usually in attendance.  In the pro­
cess of dissecting the great whale of the south- 
era seas, the head is usually  the  last  portibn 
dealt with.  It is cut off and kept afloat till re­
quired, being carefully secured to  the  vessel. 
Tin' valuable contents of the case are bx-ougbt 
on board by means of  buckets, and  are  cax-e- 
fully preserved,  being  known  as “head-mat­
ter.”  A large whale of  the  Pacific  seas  will 
yieid from seventy to ninety, or even on occas­
ion a hundred barrels of oil.  Sperm oil is more 
valuable  than  train  oil, the  produce  of  the 
Greenland  fish.  In a trade  circular, we  find 
as we write, crude sperm quoted a t  sixty-four 
pounds ten shillings per ton, the other sort be­
ing set down as ranging from twenty-seven to 
thirty-two pounds.  But  the  prices  are  ever 
varying according to the  supply and  demand. 
Spermaceti is offered at  about  a  shilling  per 
pound-weight.

Tlie ships which go whale-fishing from  Scot­
land to the arctic regions make an annual voy­
age, which lasts from five to nine months; but 
sperm-whal ers often remain at sea  for  a  per­
iod of three years.  They boil  out  their oil as 
they cruise about in search  of  their  prey; or 
when blubber  has  so accumulated as to  war­
rant. the action, the ship  will  pu t in a t  some 
conv enient island, where the  process of  melt­
ing the fat can be conveniently carried on.

A Q uick Poison.

Jones—Talking about tobacco, I know a man 
who did not live three years after he  began to 
use it.

Smith—Great  St. Nicotine!  You  don’t  say 

Jones—It is the solemn  truth.  I knew  him 

so?

well.* 

'

Smith (thowing away his cigar(—Mercy! How 
old was he when he commenced the use of the 
poisonous weed?
Jo aes—Ninety-one.

TH E  PEANUT  CROP.

Review of the M arket—L argest  Yield E ver 

Know n.

Year by year the peanut crop  of  this  coun- 
try is assuming increased  commercial  impor­
tance.  The area suited to  its  production  has 
been  considered to  be  comparatively  small, 
but new fields  are  annually found  where its 
culture is more  profitable  than  almost^  any 
other crop.  It is still in the States of Virginia, 
Tennessee and North Carolina  that  the  bulk 
of the commercial  crop  is  px-oduced,  the  soil 
and climate there being found  most congenial 
to its wants.  Virginia leads in  this  industry, 
followed by Tennessee and last by North Caro­
lina.  Other  Southern  States  produce  some, 
but scarcely more than enough for  local  con­
sumption, and no account is  taken of  this  in 
the statistics of the commercial crop.

The trade  during  the  past  year  has  been 
somewhat peculiar.  The drought  which  pre­
vailed with  more  or  less  severity  during' the 
latter part of the summer or 1883 led to the be­
lief  th at  the  ci'op  was  a small  one, and  al­
though an estimate showed that  it  would  ex­
ceed that of the preceding year, the conviction 
was so deep rooted th at  the  supply would  be 
short that speculators and producers acted up­
on it, and pi’ices for the first half  of  the  year 
were so high as to restrict consumption.  Sub­
sequently it became apparent that there was a 
sui'plus, and then the efforts to realize  caused 
the  commencement  of  a  decline  which  was 
scai’cely checked when the year closed.  Those 
producers who realized during the flx-st half of 
the  year  reaped  satisfactory  returns,  but 
many speculators carried a load which  proved I 
a severe loss.  The  outcome of the  crop  was 
even larger than the most  sanguine  expecta­
tions, mainly because the season for gathering 
and curing was prolonged, which  assured  the 
m aturity of the latest planted nuts, and  these 
in many instances  yielded  the  best, because 
the autum n rains came in  season to  fully  de­
velop their growth.

Besides the domestic  production  there was 
imported into the  United  States,  during the 
year, about 600 tons of African  peanuts in the 
shell, of which about 150  tons  were  reshipped 
to France in September, leaving 450 tons or 30,- 
000 bushel of 30 pounds each for  consumption 
in this country; there was also imported about 
300 tons of  shelled, decordicated,  for  confec­
tioners’ use, of good quality, which  were  sold 
and consumed, so that there were at  least  50,- 
000 bushels of  foreign  peanuts  added to  the 
supply of home production.

A t the beginning of  the  year, on  October 1, 
1883, stocks of old peanuts were practically ex­
hausted, and the  early  x-eceipts  of  the  new 
crop were taken  for immediate  consumption, 
so that it was easy to obtain satisfactory prices 
which were subsequently forced up by the pre­
vailing belief in a shox-t crop.  It is easy to see 
now that if the demand had been  fi’eely  met, 
and prices kept at a basis  which  would  hav e 
promoted consumption to  the  fullest  extent 
during the first half of the year, the  disasters 
of the subsequent months  might  have  been 
avoided, the importtaion of foreign stock  pre­
vented, and supplies more fully consumed.

The quality of the  crop,  taken  as  a whole, 
was, perhaps, better than  the  average; there 
were many inferior  nuts as  there always, are 
but there was also a large quantity of  as  fine 
stock as was ever produced.

The libei’al remunex-ation which  the Tennes­
see producers, who sold during  the  fli’st  half 
of the past-year, secured for their crop  induc­
ed them to extend the  cultux-e of  peanuts the 
present  year.  This  remai’k  applies  to  the 
whole producing region;  only one  return  re­
ports a decreased acreage, and  that  is from a 
locality of no importance.  The  general  esti­
mated in Tennessee is an increase of from 25 to 
50 per cent. On the other hand it is generally es­
timated that the yield per acre will be less than 
last year; but on comparing the  returns  with 
those of last  year, the  estimate?!  num ber  of 
bushels per acre, vtfien given, are fully as large 
as the estimate  made a  year  ago.  The  yield 
last year proved to be far greater than expect- j 
I t is of course  very  difficult  to form an j 
ed. 
accurate judgment of the yield of a crop which \ 
is unner ground, as the outcome depends very j 
much upon the weather conditions during the 
present month.  Following the  rule  of  aver- 
ages, however, the  increase  of  acreage  this 
year, and  the  estimated  decrease  from  the 
actual yield of last year, indicates  an inci-ease 
in the aggregate  production  of  about  25 per 
cent, and as the ascertained ci-op of  last  year 
was 800,000 bushels,  it  follows  th at  the  ci-op 
this year will amount, approximately, to 1,000,- 
000 bushels, should the weather for the x-emain- 
der of the season prove to  be as  favorable for 
the full development and curing of peanuts as 
it was a year ago.  An  early  killing  frost or 
other  unfavorable  circumstances  might  re­
duce this matei-ially.  The quality of the Teun-1 
esseecrop  promises  to  be  unusually  good; 
some repox-ts  say  “good,” “excellent,”  “fine,” 
“very good,” and none of them  speak  doubt­
fully upon the subject.  In many localities the 
ex-op will m ature early, in  some  late, and  in a | 
few at an average date, so that as a whole  the 
harvest will not be much if any later  than us­
ual.  The  x-atio of red to  white  nuts is larger 
than last year;  in  some  counties  m ore  x-ed j 
thaxx white are px-oduced, but  genex-ally white 
predomixxate, and probably three-fifths or two- 
thirds o*f  the  crop  will  this  year  consist  of 
white peanuts. 

~

In  Virginia  there  x-eported  to  be  an  in­
crease of 10 to 25 p e r eexxt. in the  acx-eage, and 
the yield is variously estimated, bxxt genex-aliy 
fully as large as  last  year.  Besides  Virginia 
proper, thex-e  is in the eastex-n  part  of  North 
Carolina increased attention given  to  peanut 
culture, and the same kind is px-oduced;  these 
are known in the commercial world as Virgin­
ia peanuts, and are consequently  classed with 
them.  The climate there  is  especially  favor­
able, and the yield large; no drought is feared, 
for the heavy  dews  compensate  for  the  ab­
sence of rain, and the quality of  the  peanuts 
there  produced is  very  good.  The  weather 
this season has been quite different  from  last 
year in its effect upon  the  px-oduction in Vir­
ginia;  the  conditions  were  favorable  until* 
about the first of September, when  there was 
a prolonged drought.  The early planted nuts, 
however, were  sufficiently  developed  not  to 
be greatly Injured, although the  yield is prob­
ably  considerably restricted.  Those  planted 
late suffered the most, which is the opposite of 
the experience last year.  The indications  are 
th at the yield will be little If  any  short  of  an 
average one, and the large increase in acreage 
assures a crop one-third larger than  last year,

inclxxding the North Carolina area of like  pro 
duction.  This will bring  the  aggregate  crop 
up to 2,00n,000 bushels, with the possibility that 
it will exceed  this amount should  the weather 
prove to be  favorable, axxd the  curing  season 
be prolonged into  November.  The  crop  as a 
rule will m ature  eax-ly;  in  fact  some  of  the 
earlier planted  have  already  been  dug, and 
prove to be unusually  free  from  “pops” and 
“saps.”  The later  planted  may or  may  not 
m ature, but as they form  only a comparative­
ly small part of the crop~the  loss  will  not be 
very sevex-e if they do not.

InNox-th  Cai-olina  as  well  as elsewhere, a 
large increase is reported in the  acreage, and 
also an increase in the average  yield per acre, 
and while it is not expected that it will be Very 
large, it will doubtless  prove to be  above the 
avex-age.  It has  already  m atured, and  there 
is the assurance of a  exop  of  at  least  200,000 
bushels.  This is exclusive of the  counties con­
tiguous to Virginia, which are  included in the 
estimate for that State.

Should  the  present  expectations  of 

this 
year’s crop be  realized  the  total  yield of the 
United States will amount to 3,200,000  bushels, 
the aggregate value of which is not  far  from 
$3,500,000.

The supply available  for  consumption  dur­
ing the ensuing  year—October 1, 1884, to  Sep­
tem ber 80,1885—as deduced from statistics and 
estimates, will be as follows':

Bushels.
Stock on hand, Oct. 1.  1884.........................340,000
Tennessee crop..........................................1,000,000
Vjrginia crop.............................................2,000,000
North Carolina  crop...................................200,000
Total available  supply.........................3,540,000

A  Successful  R etail  M erchant.

From the San Francisco Country Merchant.

In a recent conversation with an old and val­
ued subscriber, who is doing  a  large  and  suc­
cessful  business  in  an  interior  town  where 
competition  in  trade  is  unusually sharp,  we 
asked  him  what  was  the  principal reason to 
which  he  attributed  his  suceess.  To this he 
replied, that in his opinion his  prosperity was 
largely due to the practice oi,dealing in goods 
of a high standard of quality,  and  never  mis­
representing  articles  to  his  customers.  By 
this  means  he  had  established  a  reputation 
among buyers of the best class,  arid  his  sales 
showed a handsome  increase  every year.  At 
first, he stated, he found no  easy  task  to gain 
public confidence; but since his plan of  doing 
business had become generally known,  he had 
experienced  no difficulty, notwithstanding the 
fact that he is known among  some  of  hig  u n ­
successful rivals as the  “high-priced  grocer.” 
This  term   of  reproach  he  considered  on  the 
whole x-ather a benefit than an injury, as it ex­
cited public cux-iosity and served as a good  ad­
vertisement to his business.

We consider that our subscriber has success­
fully solved a problem  which  to-day  agitates 
the minds of not a few retail merchants.  There 
are  many  who  have  started  out in the same 
line as the gentleman we have mentioned, but 
have not had the tenacity or  strength  of  pux-- 
pose to adhere to it long enough to  test  it  ef­
fectually,  The m erchant who has  resolved to 
do  business  on  the  square,  as  the saying is, 
must be prepared to encounter  obstacles  and 
to meet with disappointments which can  only 
be appreciated by those who have adopted such 
a policy.  The  chief  of  these  obstacles is not 
that which comes from  legitimate competition, 
that is expected by any trader; but that which 
is the most difficult to overcome is the  compe­
tition  of  the  unscrupulous  dealer  in  short 
weights and adulterated goods.  No sooner does 
the honest merchant  establish  a  trade  on  an 
article of merit,  than  his  piratical rival  offers 
somethingclosely x-esembling It, but of inferior 
quality,  at  a  price  which  creates  a  suspicion 
among buyers that the former is making undue 
profits, not only  on this particular' article, but 
on everything else he sells. 
It  is  not always 
easy to show customers that this is an erronotis 
idea and  that  first-class  goods  bear  a corres­
ponding price, but after a  little  costly  exper­
ience with the Cheap Johns,'most buyers learn 
the truth  of  this  fac-t  and  the regular  trade 
profits thereby.

A Tem pest  in  th e   Polar Seas.

It is impossible, says an  exchange, to  form 
an idea  of a tempest in the  polar  seas.  The 
icebex-gs are like floating rocks, whirled  along 
a rapid current.  The huge crystal  mountains 
dash  against  each other,  backwax-d  and  for­
ward, bux-sting with a roar  like  thunder, and 
rdturning  to  the  chax-ge  until,  losing  their 
equilibrium, they  tumble  over in a cloud  of 
spray, heaving the icefields, which  fall  aftex-- 
wai-ds like the crash of a whiplash  on the boil­
ing sea.  The sea  gulls  fly  away  screaming, 
and often a black  shining whale  eoxnes for an 
instant puffing to the surface.  When the mid­
night  sun  grazes  the  horizon  the  floating 
mountains and  the  rocks  are  immense  in a 
wave of beautiful purple light.  The cold is by 
no  means  so  insupportable  as  is  supposed. 
We passed  from a heated  cabin at  thirty de- 
gx-ees above zero to fox-ty-seven degx-ees below 
zex-o in the open air without inconvenience.  A 
much higher degree becomes, however, insuff- 
ex-able if thex-e is a  wind.  At  fifteen  degrees 
below zero a steam, as if from a boiling kettle, 
x-ises from the water.  At  once  fozen  by  the 
wind, it falls in a faint powder.  This phenom­
enon is called sea  smoke.  At  forty  degrees 
the snow and human bodies also  smoke, which 
smoke  changes at once  into  millions of tiny 
particles, like needles of  ice,  which fill the air 
and  make a light  continuous  noise, like  the 
x-ustle of a stiff silk.  At this  tem perature  the 
trunks of trees bux-st  with a  loud  report, the 
recks hx-eak up, and the earth opens  and vom­
its smoking water.  Knives  break  in  cutting 
butter.  Cigars go out by contact  with the ice 
on the beard.  To talk  is  fatiguing.  At night 
the  eyelids  are  covered  with a crust  of ice, 
which must be cax-efully x-emoved  befox-e  one 
can open them.

A  Good  Average.

A farm er sent his boy to  the  “sugar  bush - 
to look after the  sap buckets.  Presently  the 
boy returned,

the  boy  replied, 

“How are they,” asked the fax-mex-.
“ W-well,” 

“s-some  are 
h-half full,  some  are  f-full,  an’  s-some  are 
r-runnin’ over.  I g-guess they’ll a-verage ’bout 
f-full.”

Leather chair seats  may be  revived by rub­
bing them  with  well-beaten  white  of  eggs. 
Leather binding of books may  be cleansed by 
this method.  White Roman  bindings  should 
be  washed  with a  soft  flannel  saturated in 
soapsuds.

The  McVean  Assignm ent.

D. E. McVean, the Kalkaska  groceryraan, 
who recently made an assignment to his for­
mer partner, A. C. Beebe, was in  town  yes­
terday for the purpose of  seeing  his  cred­
itors, and was interviewed by a reporter  for 
T h e T radesm an.  He stated that  the fail­
ure—or “embarrassment,” as he  terms  it— 
is to be attributed to the  enormous  amount 
of book accounts he has been carrying  over 
since the fall of 1883, at which time he ceas­
ed doing a credit business.  The poor  crops 
of that year and the low prices prevailing the 
present season have served to keep  most of 
the old accounts  on  the  books, and  while 
they are in the great part against entirely re­
sponsible parties they are  practically uncol­
lectible  at the  present  time.  Mr. McVean 
places his  commercial  liabilities at  $9,000, 
with assets nearly reaching that amount. As 
the assignment also included his  real estate, 
the nominal assets  amount to $19,000, with 
nominal liabilities—including mortgages  on 
real estate—of $17,000.  He is confident that 
with proper management  the  estate can be 
made to pay every  creditor  in full, and  his 
mission to this city,«where most of his liabil­
ities are owned, was to make  such  arrange­
ments with  his  creditors as would  enable 
him to continue the business  under his own 
supervision,  with a view to realizing  on  all 
the available assets as soon as possible.

The beet-root  sugar  worjjs  at  Berthier, 
Canada, have begun operations.  It is stated 
2,000  barrels  of  sugar  will  be  produced 
monthly.  During the coming winter  a col­
ony of French agriculturists will be brought 
over to instruct the farmers in  the  vicinity 
of the sugarie in the culture of the beet.

A Wisconsin farmer  claims  to  have  dis­
covered a specific remedy for  the ravages of 
the potato bug.  He plants one  or  two flax 
seeds in  every hill of potatoes, and says that 
by  so  doing  the  bugs  never  trouble  the 
crop.

Iowa  has an enormous and excellent pota­

to crop.

Tli8 New ETa All Glaip Skate

-AND—

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A gents  fo r

A M B O Y   C H E E S E .

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

-WHOLESALE  D EA LER S  IN-

Butter,  Cheese

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO.  8  AND  lp  IONIA  STREET,

OHAHri>  R A PID S.  -  MICHIGAN.

g o o d s — i t o  

S T R A I G H T  

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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Slate. 

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 29,1884.

POST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884. 

OFFICERS.

president—Wm. Logie.
■First Vice-President—Lloyd Max MiLs.
Second Vice-President—Richard Warner. 
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W.  Atkins. 
Official  Organ—The Michigan  Tradesman. 
Committee  .on  Elections—M m.  B.  Edmunds, 
chairman;  D.  S.  Haugh,  Win.  G.  Hawkins,
.  Wallace Franklin and J. N. Bradford. 
Regular Meetings—Last  Saturday evening  in
each month. 
,__
Next Meeting- Saturday evening, November 

„  

. 

15, at “The Tradesman”  office.

Frank  C. Brisbin’s  assertion  that “it  is 
impossible to do business on wind  and  bor­
rowed  money” is worthy  of  gilded  letter­
ing and frame, and  a  conspicuous  place, in 
the office of every jobbing house in the coun­
try.

The Grand  Eapids  D em ocrat  says  that 
■there are 425 retail grocers in this  city.  As 
a matter of fact, there are  exactly  174  gro­
cers.  Had the  Democrat  said  that  there 
were 425 retail  dealers in the  city, it would 
not have been so far out of  the W’ay.

AMONG T H E  TRADE.

jn  t h e  crrY.

Graham Roys &  Co.  have  issued  and  il­
lustrated catalogue  and  price  list  of  their 
Whip line.

Stephen  Morey has  engaged  in  general 
trade at Bangor.  Spring  &  Company  fur­
nished the dry goods and Fox, Musselman & 
Loveridge the groceries.

Berra Bros, have bought the stock and bus­
iness  of  Wood  Bros.,  general  dealers  at 
Shaytown,  and  will  continue  at  the  old 
stand.  Shields, Bulkley  &  Lemon  replen­
ished the grocery stock.

W.  C.  Harper  and  Mr.  Eastman  have 
formed a co-partnership under the firm name 
of Harper & Eastman  and  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  205  South  Division 
street.  Cody,  Ball  &  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

S.  Cooper,  of  Jamestown  Center,  has 
bought the grocery store of Mrs. Franklin, at 
Parmalee, and will increase the stock  to  re­
spectable proportions, buying at this market. 
He also contemplates an addition to the store 
building.

Gid. Kellogg has  gone to Chicago  in  the 
interest  of  the  new  firm of F. Raniville & 
Co., to arrange with  several  manufacturing 
houses to handle  their  goods.  In addition 
to the manufacturing of leather  belting, the 
firm will hereafter  carry a complete  line of 
mill  supplies, including  saws, files,  emery 
wheels, waste hose, lubricatofs, oils, etc.

People who are  always 

looking upon the 
dark side of our national picture, and  think 
- the country is going to the  dogs, should find 
comfort in the fact that not for  many  years 
have what are  called  the  “better  classes” 
taken so active an interest in politics as this 
year.

The rapidly increasing demands of our ad­
vertisers  have  rendered it  necessary  that 
some  arrangement  be  devised  whereby a 
greater proportion of reading  matter  can be 
presented.  No definite  plan  has  yet been 
arrived  at, but  for  the  present a series of 
supplements  will be issued.  In the  mean­
time suggestions are solicited  from our sub­
scribers as to the form in which  they would 
' like to see their  favorite  journal in the fu­
ture.

BRISB IN  AGAIN.

P rophetic  U tterances  from   th a t  In divid­

ual.

F. C. Brisbin was in town  last  week, and 
was seen by a reporter  for  T hf.  T ra des­
m an.  In the course of a  general  eonversa 
tion he declared that he  had  found  that it 
was “impossible to do business on wind and 
borrowed money,” an assertion  that  every 
dealer similarly 
inclined to  Brisbin  would 
do well to heed.  It is not the first time that 
such a discovery has been  made, and in con 
nection with circumstances  equally as disas­
trous as those which  befel  Brisbin  and his 
creditors, but there are  always  those  who 
are possessed of sufficient  self-confidence to 
think that they  can  succeed  in treading on 
dangerous ground where others have  failed, 
Such  persons  would  do  well to profit  by 
Brisbin’s experience, and avoid the evil con 
sequences that  will  necessarily  otherwise 
follow.

* 

Another  equally'  pertinent  hint  throw 
:■  out by Brisbin was that it will  not  do for 

light-weight business man  to  meddle  with 
'  fast horses.  Not that  the  original  cost of 
the animals, or the expense of their keeping, 
are enough to -cripple a moderate  business, 
but the time spent in speeding  and  driving 
is the worst feature of  the  matter, as it  in­
volves the expenditure of time which should 
be devoted to  the  vigorous  prosecution  of 
business.  This  observation 
is  worthy of 
careful consideration from those who are in a 
position to appreciate the force of the remark.
John Caulfield secured  judgment  against 
Dell Wright on the garnishee served on that 
gentleman, for $122 and costs, and on Satur­
day Brisbin paid the amount into the  hands 
of Justice ' Huntley, who  turned it over  to 
Mr. Caulfield.  It was thought that the mat­
ter would be  carried to a  higher  court, and 
the speedy settlement of the  judgment  was 
probably  made to enable  Brisbin  to  leave 
Berlin without any legal  complications star­
ing  him in the  face.  That he is preparing 
to leave the scene of his great  lay-out is the 
ardent belief of his many victims.  Mr. Caul­
field is to be congratulated on being the only 
jobber who “downed” the man who  will be 
remembered for  a long  time to  come as the 
most arrant liar and swindler  who  has ever 
(dis) graced in portals—and  ledgers—of the 
Grand Rapids jobbing houses.

Many tenement-house cigarmakers receive 
from their employers 100 pounds of tobacco, 
for which they have to return 102 pounds of 
cigars.  The difference is supposed to repre­
sent the water  used in moistening  the  dry 
leaf.  Complaints are made  that  when the 
tobacco  falls  short, cigar  stumps, willow, 
oak and elm leaves  are  used  to  make  good 
the deficiency, and  that  in  some  instances 
100 pounds of tobacco have thus  been  made 
to produce 200 pounds of cigars.

Enormous shipments  of  flour  have  been 
made from San Francisco  to China,  as well 
as  canned  goods,  salted  meats  and  other 
provisions. 
It  is  estimated  that  no  less 
than 8,000,000 pounds  of  flour  were  ship­
ped during September.  It is presumed that 
these shipments are made on  behalf  of the 
Chinese  Government  in  anticipation  of  a 
long war.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Mrs. E. J. Mayer,  milliner  at  Manistee 

has failed.

Brown & Friend are about to open a cloth 

mg store at Grand Haven.

Wadham &  Farrell,  clothing  dealers  at 

Mt. Pleasant, have assigned.

C. R. Dye, grocery and crockery  dealer at 

Ionia, is going out of business.

E. F. Shaw succeeds WardB. Clark in the 

boot and shoe business at Evart.

Tracy & Tyler succeed Kedzie & Tracy in 

the hardware business at Sturgis.

Fogg  &  Hightower 

succeed  Powers  & 

Hightower in general trade at Ferry.

C. F. Andrews has purchased a half inter­
est in the jewelry business of J. E. Hutchin­
son at Williamtown.

Durham  &  Thomas  succeed  Barkman & 
Francisco in the grocery and  crockery busi­
ness at Three Rivers.
.  The  Muskegon  Chronicle  says  that  a 
wholesale  oyster  house is to be opened  on 
Pine street, in that city, in a few days.

Bronson merchants are  rapidly rebuilding 
the burned  district,  and  will  have  a  fine 
block of stores before many more months.

A  Berlin  correspondent  writes:  F.  E. 
Davis is closing out  his  stock  of  goods at 
cost, as he intends going  to  Grand  Rapids 
to  live.

J. R. Hersnan, clothing  dealer  at  Caro, 
has been closed up by creditors.  The assets 
are placed at $15,000  and  the 
liabilities at 
$13,000.

H.  W. Ayland  has  sold  his  agricultural 
implement‘business at Mason to Lasenby & 
Main, who will also  continue in  the  furni 
ture business.

A. & J. Mulder, grocers at  Mpskegon, an­
nounce that they are going out  of  the  gro­
cery business.  The  loss to'Muskegon  peo­
ple, however, is not irreparable.

Peter  Guiley  writes  T h e  T radesm an 
that the item in last  week’s  paper to the ef­
fect that he had “reifigaged”  in the  grocery 
business at South Boardman is  erroneous.

STRAY  FACTS.

Tecumseh dealers are  shipping  apples to 

Sligo,  Ireland.

The Greenville Barrel Co. has commenced 

the manufacture of lard tierces.

The  stotlc of lumber on  hand at Manisti- 
que at the close of the season will be  larger 
than in any previous year.

Certain Eastern capitalists have an eye on 
Battle Creek as a promising town  in  which 
to start a new national bank.

E. S. Hagainan has bought  an  interest in 
the  roller mill  at  Weston, and  the  firm is 
now known as Hagaman & Barron.

P. B. Smith has bought the furniture stock 
and business of C. W. Marvin at Ovid.  Mr. 
Marvin intends to remove to Colorado.

A scheme is being agitated to form a stock 
company with $100,000  capital, to build and 
operate a cable system of street  railways at 
Battle  Creek.

The Homer fruit evaporator has  prepared
2.000 pounds of  fruit  this  season.  These 
evaporators are solving the problem of what | 
to do with Michigan’s  fine  apple  crop in a 
very satisfactory manner.

A company of Union City  gentlemen pro­
pose to start  a  $100,000  threshing-machine 
manufactory.  They waut $3,000 in land and 
buildings as an ^inducement.

The  salt  interest  at Manistee is steadily 
developing.  The monthly product  is ^bout
15.000  barrels,  and  the  Stronach  Lumber 
Co. is putting down another well,  R. G. Pet­
ers another, and Canfield & Wheeler are put­
ting down two new wells.  The cost  of put­
ting down salt wells at  Manistee  is  heavy,' 
but they hold out well when once down.

It is safe t# say that the editor of  the  El­
mira Enterprise does not make  the  follow­
ing  without an actual knowledge of the sub­
ject based on  experience;  Our  experience 
teaches us that trying to put  up  stoves  and 
refrain from using “cuss-words” at the same 
time are two things  that  are  highly  incom­
patible.

G. F. Cole, of Cole & Stone, proprietors of 
the Marshall Shirt Factory, was in town last 
week on his way to a trip through  Northern 
Michigan.

The G ripsack  B rigade.

Wm. B. Edwards gives  notice  that  he  is 
no longer to be referred to  as  “Taffy  Bill.” 
He must hereafter  be spoken of as “Glucose 
William.”

Dick Savage, who is now in the employ of 
Charles W. Allen, is renewing old  acquain­
tances among the Northern trade this week.
S. J.  Gootlieb,  general traveling represen­
tative for Senour & Gedge, the Covington to­
bacco manufacturers who has put in the past 
week at this market in the 
interest of  Red ! 
Star plug, has left for the Saginaw Valley.

The  regular  monthly meeting of Post A, 
which was to have been held  last  Saturday 
evening, was postponed until Saturday even­
ing November 15, at which time it is expect­
ed that the  excitement  incident to election 
will have passed away.

E. J. Abbott, traveling salesman for Cush­
ing, Olmstead & Snow, the  Boston  clothing 
house, was found dead in  bed  at the  Davis 
House, Sheridan, on the 23rd.  He had been 
on a spree for about a  week, and  death  re­
sulted from that cause.

Geo. D. Bow, the wide-awake  representa­
tive of  Dick,  Middleton  &  Co.,  put  in  a 
couple days at this market  last  week.  His 
territory includes Michigan and Indiana, but 
those who are in a position to know  where-t 
of they speak claim that he is partial  to the 
Wolverine State.

In   View  of R ecent Events.

“So you want to be my coachman?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are you a married man?”
“Well, y-y-yes,  sir.  But then,  that’is all 

right.  I cau get a divorce.”

Many rich men who reside in  the suburbs 
of New  York own  and  maintain  large  and 
well-equipped  greenhouses,  purely, as they 
say,  for  the  pleasure  and 
luxury  of  the 
thing.  Yet,  it  is  stated,  these  same  rich 
men are now  sending  enormous  quantities 
of cut  flowers  to  market  to  meet  part  of 
their  expenses,  much  to  the  annoyance of 
the  florists.

If you don’t put your  whole  mind  down 
to your work you are not  going  to  succeed, 
because there are too many around  that are 
doing their level best to get ahead.

M I E B A M S U T E

The  original  cost  of  a  roller  skate  is  of 
minor importance to you,  provided  you  buy 
the one that can be run at the  least  possible 
cost in time and money.

We claim the NEW  ERA  to  be  the most

Economical  Roller  Skate  in

and this in connection with their IMMENSE 
POPULARITY  with those  who  have  used 
hem,  commend  them  to  the  attention  of 
every rink owner in the country.

Our  CLAMP  SKATE  is  the  only  screw 
clamp  skate  made  which  operates  all  the 
clamps with one key at the same time.

Foster,

Stevens

&  Co.

10 and 12 M onroe st., 

AGENTS FOR  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Send for Circular and Price Lists.

Seeker’s Self-Raising Buckwheat

Is made from best New York and  Pennsylvania stock.  Has  a  purple  label  printed  In black

Boxes, 32 3 fi) packages, $5.15.  16 6 ft packages, $5.

ink.

Hacker's Self-Raising Griddle-Gate© Flour
For all uses where a batter is required, and for Muffins, Griddle Cakes,  Waffles. PuddingB,  Ap­

ple, Peach, Fish or plain Fritters, Etc.  Has a yellow label printed in green ink.
Hacker’s Self-Raising Wh.eat Flours,

Boxes of 32 3 pound packages, $4.50.  16 6 pound packages, $4.35.

A little water, with the means of making a fire, being all th at is  requisite  in  any  situation  to 
Hecker’s Rolled Wheat, or Wheaten Grits
“ ^ntainlng  a  l ^ t h f u l ,   active
Surpasses all other preparation of wheat for producing 

secure a loaf of excellent lightbread or biscuits, etc.

condition of the system, and is peculiarly beneficial to dyspeptics ana 

persons of sedentary habits.

Boxes holding 24 2 ft packages, $ 3.50 ^  box,

Keeker's Partly-Cooked Oat Meal

Hs made from specially selected grain.  A very superior article.

Boxes holding 24 2 ft pkgs., $3,50 $  box.
Hooker’s  Farina

Is made entirely from wheat, and consists of granulated particles of & b e w y  adhering to the 
is made e ^ i y r r o m  wnea 

?   an especially.nutritious fo od^¿invalids

and infants, and a most delicious desert when made into jelly or 

blanc  mange, and served with sauce or fruits.
Boxes holding 4 cartoons, 121ft pps., each, $4.50.

Hooker’s Hominy or Corn Grits

Is made from fine white flint corn.

PURITY AND STENGTH GUARANTEED.

Heeler’s  Perfect  B ali  Powler

Is made from Pure Cream Tartar.  It is PERFECTLY HEALTHFUL, and its 
rs maae irom rr  cfiaking QuAlltic8 cannot be surpassed.

If  b  —We offer you every inducement in duality an<\ Price  to warrant  you in 

pushing the sale of goods  that have been recognized as 

STANDARD for over Forty Years.

G-eo.  V.  Hecker  &  Co.

PLUG.

John  Caulfield,
Quick  Work  Soap.

S o le   Agent.

RETAIL  GROCERS in different parts of the  State  report  QUICK  WORK  the  best 
selling SOAP that they keep.  Why?  Because  it  is  exactly  as  represented. 
It  makes 
makes your CLOTHES WHITE and CLEAN.  It SAVES LABOR and FUEL.  It SAVES 
It  leaves the HANDS  SOFT and SMOOTH,  and 
BOILING  and  HARD  RUBBING. 
NO HOUSE  FULL  OF  STEAM. 
In  price  IT  IS  CHEAPER,  and is POSITIVELY 
GUARANTEED  equal  to  SIDDALL’S,  ALLISON’S,  BOGUE’S, WARD’S, or ELEC­
TRIC  LIGHT, or any other LABOR  SAVING  SOAPS in the market  and  WILL  NOT 
INJURE  THE  HANDS, or FINEST FABRIC, fdr it is made of the  BEST  AND  PUR­
EST  SOAP  MATERIAL.  QUICK WORK SOAP is packed in 100 or 50 12  oz.  Bars  in 
a box, with PICTURE  CARDS, 3  fb Printed Paper Sacks, Tablets, etc., in  each  Box,  so 
that  it  will  introduce  itself. 
It  has  a  NEAT  OUTSIDE  WRAPPER,  the INSIDE 
WRAPPER  IS  WAXED  to smooth the irons.  Retail Grocers are invited to send  us  an 
order, 3 to 5 Box Lots,  DELIVERED FREE  to any Railroad Station in the State.

Wholesale Agents,

59  Jefferson Avenue

J. H. Thompson & Co
Oysters !
OYTERS  DEPOT !

W H O LESA LE

Detroit, Mich.

1 1 7   M onroe  St-

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WE  HAVE  NONE  BUT  THE  BEST  BALTI-
MORE AND  NEW YORK  STOCK  AND  WILL 
GUARANTEE  YOU  SATISFACTION.
Give  us  a  Trial.

F.  J.  DETTEHTHALER.

Bragg & flftebtcines
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O

OFFICERS.

T

Rapids. 

amazoo. 

„   _   __ 

President—Geo. W. C r o u t e r ,  Charlevoix.
F irst Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kal­
Second Vice-President-B.  D.  Northrup,  Lan-
Thircf Vice-President—Frank  W urzburg,  Gr’d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H . J .   Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Keller,  F. W. 
Fincher. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday, 
October 13,1885.

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Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

.

, 

Regular Meetings—First  Thursday  evening 
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening 

in each month. 
in ^November,
Cogent Reasons  for  P harm aceutical  Leg­
President Crouter presents  the  following 
concise  reasons  for  the  enactment  of  a 
pharmacy  bill:
To the Editor of the  Tradesman:

islation.

My Dear  Sir—Allow  me  to  extend  to 
you the thanks of the Michigan  State  Phar­
maceutical  Association  for  your  kind and 
very liberal offer of the free use  of the  col­
umns of your excellent  journal  to  discuss 
any matter pertaining to the welfare  of  the 
druggists and other  citizens of this  State.

We have a pharmacy bill  to present to our 
next Legislatufe—one  that demands  the at­
tention of every citizen of the State.

It is a bill for the protection of  the  public 
from the dangers  attending  the  dispensing 
of medicines by  uneducated  and  incompe­
tent men.

It is a bill that requires  every  druggist to 
important  position 

educate himself for the 
of compounding medicines for  the people.

It is a bill requiring all druggists  to keep 
a careful record of the poisons they sell, and 
to see that every  parcel  of  poison  sold  is 
properly labeled.

It is a bill to prevent  the  adulteration of 
any drug, medicine, chemical or  pharmaceu­
tical  preparation.

It is not a bill in the interest  of any class 

or profession of men. 

-

It is a bill endorsed by our State School of 
Pharmacy and in my  opinion  is  one of the 
most important  bills  to  the people  of  our 
State that will be passed  upon  by  our next 
Legislature.

Our State has  provided  a  school  to edu­
cate druggists, and now  let  the  people re­
quire every person to be educated  before at­
tempting to  dispense  poison  to  the  public 
and dealing with human life.
Yours  truly,

G.  W.  Cro uter.
Increased Consum ption of M enthol. 

From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.

Late  advices  from  Yokohama,  Japan, 
state that the demand for  menthol  still ex­
ceeds the  available  supplies  and  that  the 
market  there is quoted at  ten  dollars  and 
fifty cents per pound.  This condition of af­
fairs confirms the views expressed last May, 
when medthol of domestic and foreign man­
ufacture commenced to attract  unusual  at­
tention on account of the  new  uses  found 
for it and  the  scientific 
interest  centered 
in the article.  As menthol  has  obtained a 
genuine reputation as an  alleviator  in neu­
ralgic pains and is steadily growing in favor, 
it is questionable  whether the  supply  and 
demand can be so regulated as to  satisfy all 
consumers.  The foreign  article  commands 
fourteen dollars per  pound in this  market. 
Messrs.  Cocking & Co., of  Yokohama, who 
make menthol one of their  leading  articles, 
have great  confidence in its  future  and of 
course the American  product  comes  in for 
its share of the increasing  consumption.

In testing its  purity, an  authority  states 
that  menthol  should be readily  and  com­
pletely soluble in twice its weight of chloro­
form and it is  said  that  the  addition  of a 
small  quantity  of 
iodine  to  the  solution 
ought to impart a rich  indigo  blue  color to 
it; the same solution  can be  completely de­
colorized by shaking it with  caustic  potash 
or soda solution.  The melting  point of  the 
crystals has been fixed at  thirty-five or thir­
ty-seven degrees, and the boiling point at not 
lower than 210 degrees. Strong sulphuric acid 
added to mentholin the cold may blacken the 
latter  slightly, but  strong  caustic  potash 
ought not to have any action upon  menthol.

The  W holesale  D ruggists.

The’annual  convention  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists’  Association,  which 
was held at St. Louis last  week,  was  large­
ly  attended, and  the  proceedings  were  of 
rather more than usual intesest.  The  Cam­
pion plan came in for a large amount of dis­
cussion, but was finally approved  in the fol 
lowing, and another similiar, resolution:

Resolved—That we recognize the  exceed­
ingly difficult position  in  which  the  retail 
druggists of this  country are  placed  by rea 
son of the excessive competition and cutting 
of prices which have  prevailed  in  many lo 
calities, and that we  are  ready to do  all in 
our power to remedy the evil;
That we believe the principle  involved in 
the Campion  plan, namely, the  compulsory 
maintainance of prices by  both  jobber  and 
retailers, to be the only  one  which  can be 
relied on to accomplish the desired end;
That we, therefore, approve  the  Campion 
plan, substantially as  it  now  exists,  in  its 
main  features, and  recommend to  proprie­
tors that they adopt it, and if found needful 
make such  additions or changes  in  the  de­
tails as will make it  more  efficient,  and  we 
pledge our active and earnest effort in co-op 
eration with the  proprietors  who  have  or 
may adopt the Campion  plan  in  preventing 
their several preparations from reaching the 
hands of the cutters, whether they have been 
officially designated as such or not.

H.  II. Warner made himself very unpopu 
lar by his opposition to  the  resolution, and 
was subsequently “sat down on”  pretty  se­
verely.  A resolution  was  also  adopted to 
the effect that the  practice  of  making  no

P rotecting  th e  R etail D ruggists.
From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.

As our readers have already  learned from 
the published proceedings of the Milwaukee 
meeting, the National Retail  Druggists’ As­
sociation showed altogether less antagonism- 
to the wholesaler than has been displayed in 
the New York Druggists’ Union.  Th  dif 
ference is due mainly to the fact that a num­
ber of jobbers  have,  from  the inception  of 
the movement, taken  an  active  interest  in 
the National Association, have aided  its  ef­
forts and conferred with its members with a 
view to harmonizing  the  relations  between 
the body it  represented  and  the  wholesale 
trade.  The result has been  mutually  bene­
ficial.  The leading spirits in the Association 
have come to understsnd  and  manifest  due 
consideration for the interests of the  whole­
salers without foregoing any of  their claims 
upon the latter class for assistance in  estab­
lishing protective measures.  The New York 
jobbers on the contrary were from the outset, 
placed in a position of  seeming  antagonism 
to the association of local retailers.  The re­
lations between wholesalers and  retailers at 
the West are of a closer and  more  fraternal 
sort than they seem to be here and  at  other 
Eastern points.  This is easily accounted for 
by the fact that  outside  of  New  York  and 
other seaboard cities, there are few  conflict­
ing interests in the retail drug trade, and the 
jobber is not, therefore, called upon to  take 
sides in a fight between his customers,  none 
of whom he dares  to  antagonize.  But  the 
conflict of interests in the  retail  drug  trade 
at the East promises to continue for  a  long 
time, and the jobber will be involved in com­
plications that are not easily solved except at 
the  expense  of  some  portion  of his trade. 
Retailers generally have come to  accept  the 
Campion plan  as  the  measure  upon which 
they must rely for protection,  and  have  ab­
solved the jobbers from any other effort than 
is involved in  the  faithful  carrying  out  of 
the provisions of that  plan.  But  that  does 
not  relieve  the  wholesaler  from  entangle­
ments that he ¿naturally would wish to avoid, 
and it is  evidently  not  a  plan that will re­
ceive the cordial support of the considerable 
number of jobbers who believe that the mat­
ter of protection should be carried  on by  di­
rect relations between proprietor and  retail­
er and should  not  involve  the  middleman. 
Their opposition is strengthened  by the fact 
that  the  struggle  over  the  Campion  plan 
threatens their own protective rebate scheme, 
The first blow at the rebate plan  was struck 
by a New York jobber on the fourth instant, 
in  an  extensively  advertised  cut  on  the 
wholesale price of Hostetter’s Bitters, which 
are both rebate and Campion goods. Although 
a firm  adherent  of  the  rebate  plan  in  all 
other articles, he  claims  that  having  been 
cut off from the entire Campion list, and be­
ing unable to buy  goods  directly  from  the 
manufacturers on that list, or with  their  as­
sent,  he  is  no  longer under  contract  with 
them and is at liberty to sell  their  goods  at 
wholesale or retail, at any price  he  pleases. 
To whatever extent he can get goods,  there­
fore,  he  becomes  an  opponent of both  the 
wholesale and retail  protective  schemes  on 
all goods that are sold under the latter.  This 
is  a  complication  that  becomes  serious  in 
proportion to the inability of  proprietors  to 
prevent  their  goods  from  getting  in  un­
authorized  hands. 
It  may  not  be  a very 
dangerous menace to either of the plans, but 
it at least suggests that if  the  retailers  and 
proprietors  could  devise  some  scheme  for 
the protection of the former, which could be 
carried out withont involving the jobbers,  it 
would avoid all the opposition that the class 
manifests to the Campion  plan,  and  would 
probably command a more general following 
than the Campion has yet secured from prop­
rietors.  It was hoped, when  it  became  ap­
parent that the present plan  was  not  to  re­
ceive the approval of all the leading proprie­
tors,  that  its  opponents  would  emphasize 
the friendship  they  still  professed  for  the 
retailer, by coming forward  with  a  scheme 
which  should  be  free  from  what they  re­
garded as the objectionable  features  of  the 
Campion plan.  They have not done so,  and 
so far as we can see are unlikely  to,  but  as 
the entire fraternity of  wholesalers  are  in 
terested in devising a scheme, if it be  possi­
ble, which shall meet more general approval 
than the present one, it is quite possible that 
the  attention  of  the  National  Wholesale 
Drug Association might with good results be 
given  to  this  complicated  and  vexatious 
question.  However  willing  some  jobbers 
may be to  carry  on  the  present  fight, cer­
tainly  none  will  be  averse  to any scheme 
that will relieve them from  the  contentions 
which the Campion plan  involves.

P resident  C router’s  O pinion.

Dr.  Geo.  W.  Crouter,  President  of  the 
Michigan State Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  one  of  the  leading  druggists  of  the 
State, writes as  follows:  “Your  journal is 
doing  more good  work  for  the druggists of 
Michigan than any  other paper in the  State, 
Therefore, every druggist in the State should 
subscribe for T h e  Mic h ig a n T ra desm a n.”
The gathering and  curing  of  sumac  is a 
big industry in Virginia.  The sumac leaves 
are carefully dried on a  scaffold.  It  takes 
several pounds of green leaves  to make one 
pound of  dry  leaves.  The  price  paid  is 
about $1.25 for a  hundred  pounds’  A man 
has to be a  very  nimble picker  to  secure 
enough green leaves in one day to make 100 
pounds  when  dried.  Sumac  grows  wild, 
and requires no  cultivation.

It is said that  8,000  dozen of  accordions 
were sold in the  South 
last  year, and  yet 
they wonder that  immigrants  will  not' go 
there.

9 & 10
30 <er 35
35 ® 40
55
3 @ 5
11 @ 12
14)4® 15
3 @ 4
48
20
12 @ 15
15 ® 17

15 @ 18
14
6 @ 7
7 @ 8

ACIDS.  •
Acetic,  No. 8............................$
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........
Carbclic............................................
C itric........... .....................................
Muriatic 18  deg...............................
Nitric 36 deg....................................

c  TO

Benzoic,  English....................$1 oz

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................¥
Muriate (Powd. 22c)........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................
Aqua 18 deg or 4f...........................

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................
F ir......................................................
P eru............................... ...................
T olu...................................................

BARKS.

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........
Cinchona,  yellow..........................
Elm,  select......................................
Elm, ground, pure..........................
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................
Sassafras, of root............................
Wild Cherry, select.........................
Bayberry  powdered.......................
Hemlock powdered.........................
W ahoo.............................................
Soap  ground....................................

BERRIES,

EXTRACTS.

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

f l o w e r s.

Arnica................................................
Chamomile,  Roman...................
Chamomile,  Germ an.....................

GUMS.

Cubeb,  prime (Powd 70c)...............
J u n ip e r....................•.....................  ®
Prickly A sh......................................1  00

@  65 
@  7
@1  10

60®

28®

Aloes,  Barbadoes.......................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c).............
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)—
Ammoniac.................................
®o
Arabic, extra  select.......................  
Arabic, powdered  select............... 
60
»0
Arabic, 1st picked..........................  
Arabic,2d  picked............................ 
40
j®
Arabic,c3d pickod............................ 
Arabic, sifted sorts......................... 
»0
30
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
Benzoin............................................  
55@60
20®  23
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is ()4 14c, &s  16c)............
35®  40
Euphorbium powdered.................. 
80
Galbanum strained......................... 
Gamboge......................................... . 
90®1  00
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).
<■«
Kino [Powdered, 30c]...................... 
M astic............................ . •... ,..••• 
125
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $6.00)............... 
4 15
30
Shellac, Campbell’s ......................... 
Shellac,  English.............................  
26
Shellac, native— ........................... 
24
39
Shellac bleached.......................... 
Tragacanth  ......................................  30  ® 1 10

 

HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H oarhound.......................................................25
Lobelia........ ...................................................... 25
Pepperm int............................................
R ue......................................................................40
Spearm int........................................................ 24
Sweet Majoram................................................ 35
T anzy.................................................................25
T hym e............................................................... «0
W ormwood.......................................................25

IRON.

Citrate and Quinine....................... 
Solution mur., for tinctures........  
Sulphate, pure  crystal..................  
C itra te .............................................. 
Phosphate............. .........................  

LEAVES.

6  40
20
7
80
65

Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................  12  ®  1J
Sage, Italian, bulk 048 & lAs, 12c)... 
6
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18  @  20
30
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
Senna,  powdered............................ 
22
Senna tinnivelli...............................  
18
Uva  U rsi....................................... 
10
35
Belledonna........................................ 
30
Foxglove........................................... 
H enbane..................................... 
 
  35
Rose, red.............   ........................... 
2 35

 

 

 

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky .2 00  @2 25
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye...............1 75  @2 00
Whisky, other brands...................1  10  @1 50
Gin, Old Tom...................................1 35  @1 75
Gin,  Holland..................................... 2 00 @3  50
B randy...............................................1 75 @6  50
Catawba  W ines................................ 1 25 @2  00
PortW ines.........................  
135  @2  50

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz............ 
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz...................... 
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution—  
Calcined..................................................... 

22
2 25

OILS.

do 
do 

1  25
6 00
1  60
2  00
40
2 00
2 01
100
90
1  70
1  75

Almond, sweet............................   45  @  50
Amber, rectified...................................... 
Anise.................................................  
2  10
B a y $   oz................................................... 
Bergamont.......................................  
2  00
Castor..................................................  18 ®  19)4
2 00
Croton................................................ 
C ajeput........... ........................................  
C assia................................................ 
1  20
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)...............  
£ itro n e lla ................................................. 
Cloves................................................ 
Cubebs, P. &  W ,.............................. 
E rigeron........................................... 
Fireweed........................................... 
Geranium  ^   oz........................................ 
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 
Juniper wood........................................... 
Juniper berries...............................  
Lavender flowers, French.............  
Lavender garden 
.............  
Lavender spike 
............ 
Lemon, new  crop............................ 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .......................  
Lemongrass..............................................  
Origanum, red  flowers, French... 
Origanum,  No. 1.....................................  
1  60
Pennyroyal...................................... 
3 00
Peppermint,  w hite......................... 
Rose  ft  oz......................................... 
9 75
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $5)... 
4 50
Sandal  Wood, German.................. 
andal Wood,  W. 1............................ 
7  00
Sassafras...................................................  
4 50
T an sy ............. .*................................   ’ 
Tar (by gal 60c).................................  10  @  12
3 25
W intergreen................................. 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)....... 
4 50
1 00
Savin.................................................  
W orm seed.......................................  
2 60
1 50
Cod Liver, filtered................ ft gal 
3 50
Cod Liver, best......................... 
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
6 00
Olive, Malaga.................... 
®1  20
Olive, “Sublime  I ta l i a n ............... 
2  50
S alad..................................................  65 @  67
Rose,  Ihmsen’s .......................fi oz 
9 75

POTASSIUM.

 

 

ROOTS.

14
Bicromate.................................ft ft 
35
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. b ulk... 
Chlorate, pryst (Powd 23c).............  
20
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk....... 
1  50
30
Prussiate yellow.............................. 
A lkanet............................................  
15
27
Althea, c u t.......................................  
17
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................  
35
Arrow, Taylor’s, in )48 and 34s—  
12
Blood (Powd 18c).............................. 
Calamus,  peeled...........................  
18
38
Calamus, German w hite,peeled.. 
Elecampane, powdered.................. 
23
10
Gentian (Powd  14c)......................... 
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)............  13  ®  14
20
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............ 
Golden Seal (Powd  40c)........ 
35
Hellebore, white, powdered.......... 
22
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................... 
1  10
37!
Jalap, powdered.............................. 
Licorice,  select {Powd 12)4)........  
12
Licorice, extra select.....................  
15
Pink, tru e ...................  
35
Rhei, from select to  choice........ .1 00  @1 50
Rhei, powdered E. 1......................... 110 ®1 20
Rhei, choice cut  cubes.................. 
2 00
Rhei, olioice cut fingers................. 
2 25
50
Serpentaria...................................... 
Seneka..............................................  
66
Sarsaparilla,  H onduras.............. 
45

 

 

 

 

1 25

charge for containers and drayage  is unbusi­
nesslike in all its bearings, and deserves dis­
approval and condemnation.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Iodine, iodide potash. 
Declined—Quinine, P. & W., Cinchonida. 

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

SEEDS.

18
10
25
20

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)............... 

13
5 ® 6
4 @ 4)4
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..
11 ® 12
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
2 00
2 25
Cardamon, Malabar........................
25
Celery................................................
Coriander,  nest English.................
12
15
F en n el..............................................
Flax,  clean.......................................   334®
4  ®  4)<
Flax, pure grd (bbl 334).................. 
Foenugreek, powdered..................  8  @  9
Hemp,  Russian............................... 
5)4®  6
Mustard, white  Black  10c)............ 
8
Q uince...............................  
00
1 
Rape, English..................................  
6  @  7
Worm,  Levant..........•...................... 
14

SPONGES.

Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage......2 25  @2 50
do 
Nassau 
do 
2  00
Velvet Extra do 
do 
1 10
E xtra Yellow do 
85
do 
do 
Grass 
65
do 
Hard head, for slate use................  
75
1  40
Yellow Reef, 
................. 

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

 
 

do 
MISCELLANEUS.

 

 

30

60

12
70

30
2
65

do 
do 
do 

do 
do 

1 60
1 7#
1 75

Scherin’s  do 

5
12
8
2
1 60

2 50
20
18
4 00

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) $  gal__  
2 29
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................... 
50
Blue  Soluble.................................... 
Bay  Rum, imported, best. 
75
2 
2 00
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s . 
Alum .........................................  flft  234®  3}
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
3  ®  4
Annatto,  prim e...............................  
32
4)4®  5
Antimony, powdered,  com’l ........  
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  @  7
Balm Gilead  Buds................. 
40
2 25
Beang,  Tonka..............................  .. 
Beans, Vanilla.................................7 00  @9 75
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................  
1  60
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........ *............. 
45
Blue V itrio l........ ...........................  
7)4®  9
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).... 
12
Cantharides, Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, A frican..... 
18
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  American  do 
... 
Carmine, N o.40 ...............................  
Cassia Buds............................ 
Calomel.  A m erican..,.........  
Chalk, prepared drop.....................  
Chalk, precipitate English...........  
Chalk,  red  fingers........................... 
Chalk, white lum p..........................  
Chloroform,  Squibb’s .................... 
Colocynth  apples.................. 
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts.. 
Chloral 
cry st... 
Chloral 
190
... 
Chloral 
crusts.. 
Chloroform .....................................1 00  ®1 10
Cinchonidia, P. &  W........ *............  40  @  45
Cinchonidia, other brands.............   40  ®  45
Cloves (Powd 28c)............................  20  ®  22
Cochineal............................... 
Cocoa  B utter........................  
45
Copperas (by bbl  lc)............. 
Corrosive Sublimate............. 
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  38  ®  40
15
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box.. 
Creasote............................................ 
5C
Cudbear,  prim e.................. a .........  
24
Cuttle Fish Bone.............................. 
24
D extrine........................................... 
12
Dover’s  Powders............................ 
1  20
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................  
50
Ergot  powdered........ .....................  
45
Ether Squibb’s .................................  
110
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s ....................... 
Epsom Salts...................................... 
2)4®  3
Ergot, fresh...................................... 
50
Etner, sulphuric, U. S.  P ............... 
69
Flake  white...................................... 
14
Grains  Paradise.............................. 
25
Gelatine,  Cooper’s .................  
 
90
Gelatine. French  ............................  45  @  70
Glassware, flint, 76 off,by box 60 off 
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 dis....
Glue,  cabinet..................................   12  @  17
Glue,white..................................... .  17  @  28
Glycerine, pure...............................   19  ®  22
Hops  )4s and )4s .............................. 
25®  40
Iodoform 
35
Indigo...............................................   85  @1  00
Insect Powder, best  Dalm atian...  25  @  30
Iodine,  resublimed......................... 
2  00
Isinglass,  American.......................  
1  50
Japonica....................................................  
London  Purple...............................   10  @  15
15
Lead, acetate....................................  
9
Lime, chloride, ()4s 2s 10c & J4s 11c) 
1  00
Lupuline........................................... 
Lycopodium....................................  
50
M ace.................................................. 
60
Madder, best  D utch.....................  
12)4®  13
Manna, S.  F ...................................... 
75
5«
Mercury............................................   * 
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ f) oz  3 05@3 30
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s ........  
40
Moss, Iceland....................... .  ^  ft 
10
12
Moss,  Irish .......................... 
Mustard,  English............................ 
30
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........  
18
Nutgalls............................................. 
20
Nutmegs, No. 1................................. 
70
Nux  Vomica....................................  
10
Ointment. Mercurial, 
40
............... 
Pepper, Black  Berry.............................. 
Pepsin................................................ 
3 00
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
6 ® 7 
Q uassia.............................................
95®I 00
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W............ft oz
37
95 @1 00
Quinine,  Germ an............................
28
Seidlitz  M ixture..............................
05
1 50
Strychnia, cryst...............................
79 @ 82
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................
80
Red Precipitate....................... f) ft
35
Saffron, American.  .......................
45
@ 2
Sal  Glauber......................................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
10
50
9
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
33
Sal Rochelle.................................»..
g @ 2)4
Sal Soda............................................
2 00
Saliciu..............................................
75
6 75
Santonin...........................................
38
Snuffs, Maceoboy or Scotch.......... 
40
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].......... ........... 
4
85
25
Sperm aceti......................................\  
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __  
4)4®  5
14
Soap, White Castile......................... 
17
......................... 
Soap, Green  do 
9
Soap, Mottled do  — ................... 
75
11
Soap, 
jdo 
......................... 
14
Soap, Mazzini................................... 
50
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................  26  @  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................  28  ®  32
Sugar Milk powdered.....................  
30
3)4®  4
Sulphur, flour................................... 
Sulphur,  roll....................................  
3®  3)
60
Tartar Em etic................................... 
2  70
Tar, N. C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  $  doz 
80
Tar, 
quarts in tin .......... 
140
Tar, 
.  pints in tin .............  
85
50
Turpentine,  Venice................ $  ft 
25
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand............ 
60
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 
7  @  8

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

do 
do 

do 

 

 

 

 

OILS.

Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
60
Model  Cylinder................................................... 60
Shields  Cylinder..................................................50
Eldorado Engine..................................................45
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
Sperm, winter  bleached.................................1 40
Bbl  Gal
85
Whale, w inter......................................  80 
75
Lard, extra...........................................  64 
Lard, No.  1....................*................. . 
65
55 
53
Linseed, pure  raw ..............................  50 
56
Linseed, b oiled..................................   55 
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained............  70 
90
Spirits T urpentine..............................  38 
40

 

VARNISHES.

Bbl

PAINTS.

“ 
“ 

No. 1 Turp  Cdach..................................1 10@1  20
Extra  T urp............................................1 60@1  70
Coach  Body........................................... 2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp F urniture........................... 1 00@1 10
Extra Turp  Dam ar...............................1 55@1 60
70®  75
Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp
Lb
9
10
10
11
2® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
2)4® 3 
234® 3 
13®16 
55@57 
16@17 
534 
534 
@70 
@90 
1  10 
1 40

Boralumine, White  b u lk ] ...........
6 fts 
Boralumine, 
........
Boralum ine,Tints bulk,  j-50  off..
Boralumine 
5  fts. J ............
Red Venetian............................  134
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........   134
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  134
Putty, com m ercial..................   2)4
Putty, strictly pure.................   2)4
V ermilion, prime  Am erican..
Vermilion, English..................
Green, Peninsular........ *.........
Lead, red strictly p ure.......
Lead, white, strictly p u re ...,.
Whiting, white Spanish..........
Whiting,  Gilders’] ...................
White, Paris American............
Whiting  Paris English cliff..

HAZELTINE,
PERKINS

■>

W h o le sa le

Druggists !

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

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ELEGANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

.  GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR
W o lf, P atton & Co., a n d J ohn L. W h it­
8

in g , Ma n u fa ctu rers  o f  F in e 

P a in t  a n d  V a r n ish 

Brushes.

—Also for the—

Gr a n d  R a pid s  B rush  Co.,  Ma n f ’bs  of 

H a ir , Sh oe a n d H orse Bru sh es.

9

Druggists’ Sundries

Our stock in this department of  our  busi­
ness is  conceded to be  one  of  the  largest, 
best-assorted and diversified to be  found  in 
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers  of 
many articles ourselves  and  can  offer  Fine 
Solid Back Hair Brushes,  French  and Eng- 
glish Tooth and Nail  Brushes  at  attractive 
prices.  Our line of Holiday  Goods  for the 
approaching season will be more full and el­
egant than ever  before,  and  we  desire our 
customers  to  delay  their  fall  purchasers 
of those articles until they have seen our el­
egant line, as shown by our accredited repre­
sentative who is now  preparing  for  his  an­
nual exhibition of those  goods.
18

'

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

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

Withers Dade & Co’s

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD  FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be  excelled  by  no 
o th er  know n  b r a n d  in  the  market,  but 
superior in all respects to most that  are  ex­
posed  for  sale.  We  g u a r a n t ee  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

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

Gins, Brandies & Fine Wines.

m w e   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 orders always receive our special and 

persohal attention.

HAZELTD1E PBRHHS & C6

13

M ust P ay ,th e  Assessment.

Co l l i n s , O ct. 6. 

Editor  Michigan  Tradesman:

I  was 

it  for  $3,075,  and  have 

the  honetsy  of 
Insurance  Co.? 

D e a r   S i r —Will  you  give  me  your opin­
the  Michigan 
ion  on 
insured 
Mutual 
in 
just  received 
notice  of  an  assessment  of  $153.76.  This 
looks to me to be little less  than  robbery, and 
if it is dishonest, I, for one, am willing to  help 
raise a fund to fight it^ Please investigate and 
report through T h e  T r a d e s m a n ,  if you  think 
best.

Respectfully, S.  S.  B u r n e t t .

Mr. Burnett  is  in  the  same  position  that 
numbers of  other  dealers,  in  boih  city  and 
country,  find  themselves, and  as  the  same 
question  propounded by the writer  has  been 
asked and answered a dozen times in  the  past 
few weeks, it may not be amiss to make a gen­
eral reply, for the benefit of others  interested 
in the m atter.  The Michigan Mutual  was  or­
ganized about a year ago, a special Legislative 
statute having been secured late in the session 
of 1883, covering several points not  heretofore 
embodied in the insurance laws of  the  State, 
notably a provision making the policy  holders 
—who are in reality  stockholders—liable  only 
in the amount of what  was  termed  the “pre­
mium agreement,” the same beingthe amount 
of the premium for ten years, payable in year­
ly and semi-yearly installments  unless  other­
wise assessed.  The  Company  started out un­
der favorable  auspices, but  an  unfortunate 
selection for an  incumbent  for  the  office  of 
secretary soon brought  the  friends of the or­
ganization to a relizing  sense of the  inability 
of the company to meet  its  obligations.  This 
state of affiairs was brought about  by a series 
of causes, the most potent being the too  liber­
al commissions paid the secretary  for  the  se­
curing of new business, who  took  risks  reck­
lessly, thus subjecting  the  company to more 
than the usual number of  losses.  The  condi­
tion of the company coming  to  the  notice of 
State  Insurance  Commissioner  Prinlge, that 
! gentleman took the necessary steps to term in­
ate the  existence of  the  company, and  a re­
ceiver was accordingly appointed to assess the 
policy holders for  enough  to  meet  the  outr 
standing, obligations of  the  company.  Legal 
authority to do so isgiven inthe statute govern 
ing such companies, printed on page 191 of the 
Session Laws of 1883.  As  would  naturally be 
expected, there is  considerable  opposition to 
the  payment  of  the  sums  demanded,  but 
wfienever the facts in the  m atter  are  clearly 
explained, it will be seen that there is no other 
course to pursue than to pay the  assessment, 
and pocket the loss with an inward  resolve to 
be forever afterward on the alert  as to the re­
liability of insurance companies and  the legal 
significance of signatures to an insurance pol­
icy.

Receiver Skinner states that he will pay  out 
no funds collected until the  m atter  has  been 
tested in the courts, so that  if the  assessment 
is declared invalid, those who have  paid  their 
assessments will have  the  amounts  returned 
to them.

Major  A.  B.  Morse,  the  Ionia  attorney, 
writes Mr. Burnett as  follows:  “I  am  i nth e 
same company you speak of,  and  do  not pro­
pose to pay my assessment until I am  obliged 
to.  W hat you gentlemen want to do is to club 
together and make a test case of the first man 
who is sued.”

A Pewamo victim writes Mr. B urnett:  “We 
have not paid, and do not intend to, if  we  can 
avoid it.  I am  going  to  Carson  City in a day 
or two and get the v ictims up there to agree to 
form a pool.  I will send you an agreement for 
inspection,  and  if  it  suits  you I want you to 
sign and return.”

Referring to the subject  of  co-operative  in­
surance, the Grand Rapids Post pertinently re­
marks :

For several years past m utual fire insurance 
has been all the rage in this part  of  the  State 
among owners  of  farm and  village property. 
Stock companies  have  found  “hard  sliding,” 
in fact have  been  largely  driven- out  by  this 
rush for cheap  rates.  The people had  found 
th at  “good  substantial  insurance  could  be 
had at less than half the rates  charged  by the 
stock  companies,”  and  were  not  disposed to 
pay the extra amount for the mere purpose of 
enriching greedy  stockholders. 
In  vain the 
agents argued that solid  insurance  could, not 
be  afforded  at  such  low  rates.  They  could 
make no headway against to  fact  that  it was 
being afforded and appeared thebe solid.  The 
heavy  losses  and  consequent  heavy'  assess­
ments of the Kent, Allegan  and  Ottawa  Com­
pany last year seriously checked  the  ardor of 
the  m utuals,  and  the  defeat  has  now  been 
changed to a complete rout by  the assessment 
of  a  heavy  funeral  benefit  for  the  defunct 
Michigan  Mutual.  The  collapse  of  this last 
named company has  proved  a  complete  eye- 
opener to the unfortunates who  were  caught 
in it, and few of them will need  any  more  ex­
perience in m utual  insurance  companies  for 
many years to come.  To  be requested to walk 
up and  pay  an  assessment  that  would have 
provided  solid  insurance  for  two  or  three 
years  in  the  best  stock company known, for 
the  privilege  of  having  the  policy cancelled 
is too  much  like  being  invited  to a ten  cent 
show and being compelled to pay ten dollars to 
get out.  If the victims could have  the  assur­
ance  that  their  liabilities  cease  when  they 
have paid the present assessment and  surren­
dered  their  policies,  it  would  add  largely to 
what  little  consolation they have,  but if they 
are  liable  for  the  present  expense  they  are 
liable for all expense that may be  incurred in 
closing up the  affairs of the company, and the 
litigation now in progress and prospect  prom­
ises a supplementary assessment that may ex­
ceed the main issue.  T. T.  would  hardly  like 
to stand up in front of some  of  these  victim 
as agent of a m utual insurance  company  just 
now.

He  Got  the Job.

A leading mercantile house  recently  adver­
tised for an office boy,  and  among  the  appli­
cants  for  the  position  was  Henry  Crotliers, 
whose application we give below, and  who got 
the position.
“Mister P .:
I want the job,  my  folks  is  not  rich  and I 
have to russel. 
they are ded it  betes  hel how 
hard times is i am 14 and can do  chores  I look 
good in new close on, and i would like to  get a 
good place in your office  i can learn fast.

H e n r y  Cr o t h e r s .”

The starch sugar  industry  in  the  United 
States  consumes  daily  40,000  bushels  of 
corn, and produces grape sugar an<f  glucose 
syrup  of  the  yearly  value  of  $10,000,000. 
There  are  thirty  factories  in  the  United 
States furnishing  their  product  to  brewers 
and for the manufacture of table  syrup  and 
It  is  also 
the adulteration of cane sugar. 
largely  used in  confectionery, 
in  canning 
fruits, making fruit jellies, and  in  cooking. 
Vinegar and artificial honey  are  also  made 
from starch sugar.

A COMPANY

-FOR-

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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 

“ Hulled Com Flour ”SPRING 
Griddle  Cakes,  Gems,  Waffles,  Etc., Etc
Rapids.Butts’ Patent Processed  Buckwheat
These  Goods  are 
jafactareft  only  iy 
ailtoi  Cariarti  % 
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-WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-

in_A.nsrO"Y"  -AJSTID

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CARPETS,

ROODS

MATTINGS,

A   MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED  EACH 

W EDNESDAY.

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

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  IJUILDING, 3d  FLOOR.
[Entered  at  the  Postnffiee  at  Grand,  Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 29,1884.

TIME TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING  SOUTH.

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves. 
Cincinnati &  Mackinac Ex 8:45 p m  9:00 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:20 a m   10:25 a m  
Ft. Wayne & G’d Rapids Ex  3:55 p m 
7:10 am
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
G. Rapids & Cincinnati E x. - 
7:00 a m
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05pm   4:35pm
Mackinac & Ft. Way r eEx. .10:25 a m   11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at  9:00  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 Traverse
South—Train leaving at 4:35p. m. has  Wood­

The  H igh  P rice  of Bread.

.

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Leave.
7:35 a m
4:00 p m

J. W. McK en n ev, Gen’l Agent.

ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

All trains daily except Sunday.
The  atrain 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)^ « !

Arrive. 
Express................................7:00 p m  
Mail...................................... 9:35 a m  

leaving  at 4 p. m. connects a t 
White Pigeon with  Atlantic  Express  on Mam 
Line, which has Palace Drawing  Room  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from  Chicago  to  New  York and 
Boston without change.
The  train  leaving  a t  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, 
67 Monre street and  depot. 

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
tDetroit Express.................................... a m
+Day  Express.........................................? m
♦New York Fast Line....................................  6:00 p m
+Atlantic Express............................................ 9:20 p m
♦Pacific  Express......................................®:;L a m
+Local  Passenger.................................. ... vg?a m
+Mail..........................................................3:30 ^ m
tGrand  Rapids  Express........ ..............10:25 p m
+Daily except Sunday.  ♦Daily.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:59 a. m„ and New York  at 9 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prom pt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05  p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at  10:25 p. m.

Our exchanges from various  parts  of  this 
country, and from England as  well, are cal­
ling  attention  to  the  fact  that  although 
wheat and flour are now  cheaper  in  all the 
leading markets of the world than they have 
been for over a century the  price of  bread is 
held at the old figures, which  are  dispropor­
tionately and unreasonably high.  The Chi­
cago Times notes that while the  residents of 
that city are accustomed to pay 7 cents for  a 
loaf of bread  presumed to weigh one pound 
the jieople of London  obtain  a  four-pound 
loaf for sixpence, and the press there is even 
demanding a reduction of price and  suggest­
ing the proper means to  secure it. 
In  this, 
the greatest wheat country on the globe, and 
with  abundant  fuel,  the  price  of  bread  is 
twice as high as in London.  As  neither the 
raiser of the grain,  the  miller,  nor the  con­
sumer of the bread has derived  any  benefit 
from the abundant harvests, the  baker  has 
probably secured all the profit,  and  as most 
housekeepers have noticed that  the  price of 
bread is uniform here,  whether  flour  sells 
for $10 or $5 per barrel,  the growing  com­
plaint  against  the  bakers  for  maintaining 
“war prices” for their  loaves  appears  to be 
well  founded.  The  Northwestern  Miller 
suggests that the bakers  make  a  reduction 
averaging 2 cents per  loaf on bread  arid the 
same proportion on other  bakery  products, 
which would leave them a  fair  margin, and 
adds that bakers  would  be wise  in  putting 
down  prices  so  that  their  profits  will  he 
Leaves. 
more nearly on an  equality  with  those  re­
6.20 a m 
alized in other lines  of  trade,  in  order  to 
10:20 a m 
3:55 p m 
forestall an early and large  increase  in the 
10:45 p m 
number  of bakeries.
10:30 a m
advising housekeepers  to  make  their  own  j +Morning  ExpresT™ 0. ™ «  P m
12:55 p m 
5:10 p m 
their  -(Through  Mail..................  5:00pm
bread  at  home  until  bakers  reduce 
10:35 p m 
. . . . . . 10 30 P m
prices or until co-operative bakeries  can  be  +MLced^°.at 
7:10 a m 
5:30 a m
established.  Baking-liouses,  where  b read  *NightExpress............... 
5:10 a m
,, 
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Dailv.
made at home may be  skillfully  baked  for \  passengers  taking  the  6:20  a.  m.  Express
those who havp no facilities 
is another nro- -  make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
uiose wno nave no iacinues,  is anouiei  pro- ,  and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at
ject suggested.  The emphatic  protests  be- 
Parlor Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  East  and
mg now everywhere raised against wiiat has  J
been term ed the decidedly  inequitable  rela-1  Train leaving  at  10:35  p,  m.  will  mak  con- 
^  
J  nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except
tions of  the baker and  purchaser in  view ot  Sunday and the train leaving  at 5:10 p. m.  will 
the price Of flour m ust sooner or later  result  connect Tuesdays and  Thursdays  with  Good-
rich steamers for Chicago.
in placing the price of bread  on  a  basis  of 
Limited  Express  has  Wagner  Sleeping Car
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
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P n i r l i r n  o n d   t l i o  r n  o i l   Vl o c
the cost of the materials  out  of  which it is 
a Parlor Car to  Detroit.  The  Night  Express 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleeping 
made.
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

Arrives.
tSteamboat Express..........6:10 a m
•♦■Through  Mail.....................10:15 a m
tEvening  Express.......................3:20 p m
__ 9:45 p m
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♦AtlanticExpress..
English  papers  are  +Mixed, with  coach

Detroit,  Grand  Haven ¿  'Milwaukee.

io :00 a. m. the following morning.

J. T. Sc h u l t z , Gen 1 Agent.

GOING EAST.

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Chicago & West Michigan.

D. P o tter, City Pass. Agent.
Slate roofing of a new and  novel  style is j  Geo. B. R eev e, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

| 
described in  the  mechanical  papers.  Each *
slate exposes its full face to the  weather on j 
Arrives, 
4:00 p m  
a fla t  roof  having a pitch of  only  one-half  +Mail....................................
10:45 p m 
inch  to  the  foot.  It is 
6:10 a m 
laid m  a peculiar j *Ni^ht  Express..................   8:&5p m
10:05 p m
kind of cement,  consisting of liquid  coal tar i  Mixed.................................... 6:10 a m
,  Daily. 
tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. 
thickened  with a  cement, or, better  still,  a 
I Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at- 
quantity of ground  slate,  slaked  lime  and
1 tendants without  extra charge  to  Chicago  on 
linseed oil,  the  proportions varying  accord-  12:25 p.m ., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. and
rr,,;.,  8:35 p. m. trains.
ing to the  requirements  of  the  case 
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substance is heated  until  liquid,  poured on 
the roof, and the  slate  bedded  in  it;  the 
joints are then payed and the  roof  finished. 
When of just the right  thickness, the  com­
pound adheres with extreme  tenacity to the 
slate, and cannot be detached  without  vio­
lence.  The cost of a roof  of  this  kind  is 
said to be less than  one of tin,  and, on  ac­
count of the greater surface  exposed,  is con­
siderably cheaper than  ordinary slate roofs.

Leaves.  Arrives.
Mixed 
.................................  5:00 a m   5:15 p m
Express...................................4:10 p m   8:30 pm
Express................................. 8:30  a m  10:15 a m
Trains connect at Archer avenue for Chicago 
as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m 
The  Northern term inus 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 1 Pass. A gent.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

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No Com plaint  from   Stationers.

From the Paper World.

Stationers report  that  their  trade so far 
this year has been good, notwithstanding the 
prevailing  caution  in  that 
line  of  trade.
Some of them have even had more sales than 
they did in the same time in 1883.  It is gen­
erally agreed that every kind of  paper dealt 
in by them has reached bottom  prices. 
Im­
ported papers have been  largely superseded 
by domestic, for the reason that there are no 
finer stationery papers in the world than are
produced in some M assachusetts  mills,  nor,  | From g to 150 Hor8e.Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills,
indeed  any so  fine.  The  prospect  in  the j Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft-
. . .  
i intr.  Pulleys  and Boxes.  Contracts made for
stationery trade is favorable for a  good  fall  (Complete Outfits.
O,  D en iso n ,
business. 

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY
e n  g i n e s

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88,90  and 92  South  Division  Street,

j  GRAND  RAPIDS, 
MICHIGAN.
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Is to be  C ongratulated. 
From the Shoe and Leather Review, 

T h e Mich iga n  T ra desm a n,  printed  at j 
Grand  Rapids, has  passed  into  the  second 
year of publication  under  highly  encourag­
ing  auspices. 
.It is  enterprising,  carefully 
edited and original, and its trade articles are 
always readable.  Editor Stowe is to be con­
gratulated.

His  Business.

At a recent suit in New  York, 

in  which 
the defendant was  a  bankrupt,  the  plain­
tiffs lawyer put the question:  “How  mauy 
times have you  failed?” 
“Dot  ish  mine 
own  pisnis,”  answered  the  son of  Israel. 
“Ah,” retorted the lawyer,  “how  long have 
ou been in that  business?”

One  of M any.

From the Rockford Register.

Mr. E. A. Stowe, editor of T h e Mich ig a n 
T ra desm a n,  made  the  Register  office a 
pleasant call  last  Wednesday.  Few  jour­
nals have met with a  more  unqualified suc­
cess or are more deserving  of  it  than  T h e 
T radesm an.

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

Z E X J L - I j I

j ’ S  

M U L T U M  IN  P A R V O  

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System  of

Common  Sense 

BOOK  KEEPING,
RETAIL  GROCERS,

FOR

A N D

GENERAL  STOREKEEPERS,

R E Q U IR E S

TWO  BOOKS  ONLY 

For  All  Purposes.

N A M E L Y   :  “T H E   A C C O U N T   BO O K .” 
combining both D A Y   BO O K   and L E D G E R  
in  one,  by  which customers itemized  state­
ments  are  furnished  in  one-third  the  time 
required  by  the usual  process,  as  hundreds 
vjho are using it w ill cheerfully testify.

AND

“T H E   C O M P E N D IU M ,” requiring but  10 
m inutes a  day  to  record  each  day’s  cash 
transactions,  and  supply  a.  com plete  self- 
proving1 P R O F IT   End  L O SS  Ra.ln.nce  sheet 
whenever desired.

F u ll  details,  illustrated  by  exam ple,  sent 
free  to  M E R C H A N T S   sending  nam e  and 
i<4 
address  to H A L L   &  C O .,  P ublishers, 
L akk  S t.,  C H IC A G O ,  IL L . 
If  possible 
send business carp.

ENTERPRISE  CIGAR  CO,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  FAMOUS  AND  POPULAR  BRANDS

O L Y M P I A ,

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G-rand.  R a p id s,  M ieli.

O IL   C L O T H S ,

ETC.,  ETC.

Q   a n d   8   M onroe  Street,

GODT, BALL

Grand  Rapids,

Michigan.

“Perfect”  Stove  Pipe,

-THE—

A Pipe that Nests, (for shipping convenience.)

50 to 60 Joints Packed in a Barrel.

SOLE OWNERS.

No  Rivets  or  Tools  of  any  Kind  Required  in  Putting  It  Together.  A  Child  Can  Do  It.

Perfectly  Solid  and  Safe.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  &  SHOES,

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

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

Our M s  are Sw nlly Mantel tor tie Miffleai M e .

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

A P P L E S .

We have a large Western order trade  for  Apples  in  car  lots,  as  well  as  a 
good local demand, and also handle Evaporated and Sun-Dried  Apples  largely. 
If you have any of these goods to ship, let us hear from you,  and  we  will keep 
you  posted on market prices and prospects.  We also handle Beans  and  Pota­
toes.  Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in  carlots.

EARL BROS,

1 QO  ».  W ater  st,  O liicaso,

I l l ,

REFERENCE  FIRST NATIONAL  BANK.

REMOVAL !

Coal,  Wood,  Lime,  Cement, 

Sewer Pipe, Etc,

Office removed,to 3 Canal street, Basement.

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

P A T E N T   A P P L I E D   F O B .

DIRECTION S.

Lay the pipe on a table, place the r i g h t   h a n d   on the l o c k  end and  the left hand on 
the other end,  (as per cut), and with l e f t   h a n d   you press the pipe and pull it over  until 
it projects above the end,  (as per cut), and with your right hand spring the lock in.  SEE 
THAT THE SEAM CATCHES, and then the pipe will drop together without  lurther ef­
fort.  Should it be easier for you, jmu can reverse the pipe  and  your  hands.  Should  you 
not think the same tight enough, just put the joint of pipe on a table or bench,  whith  the 
large end toward you, and hammer it down on  the  inside  fflr  about  two  inches,  and  you 
will find you have as solid a piece of pipe as if rivited.

WE tvt ATTF IT IN  NOS. 24, 25, 26 and 27 IRON.

great saving in freights and giving you pipe in good order when you receive it.

We make it in Russia Iron.  We make no extra charge for  this  pipe,  thus  making  a 

Foster, Stevens & Go.

S o le   M anufacturers,

10 and 12 Monroe street, Grand Rapids.

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

----- DEALERS  IN-

NOS.  18»  and 184  LOUIS  STREET, GRAND  RA PID S,  M ICHIGAN.

TH E  “ GOOD  E2TOTTGH ”  F A M IL Y

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BUSINESS  E AW.

B rief Digests of Recent Decisions in  Courts 

of East  Resort.

k e e p i n g   a   j u d g m e n t   a l i v e .

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is of 
the opinion that a judgment as  between the 
parties may  be  kept  alive,  although  once 
paid,  for the  purpose  of  securing  another 
loan;  but as against subsequent  lien  credi­
tors a mortgage or  judgment  once  paid can 
not be kept  alive.

HERCULES,

THE  GREAT  STUMP  AND  ROCK

A X T I T X a X X * A T O R .

Strongest &  Safest  Explosive  Known  to the Arts.
Farmers, practice economy and clear 
y o u r land of stumps and boulders.  Main 
Office, Hercules  Powder Company, No. 
40 Prospect st., Cleveland, Ohio.
L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS. 

GUNS, M N ITIO N  

PISHING  TACKLE.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Weil. L. ELLIS & CO

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MORTGAGE— RIGHTS  OF  ASSIGNEE.

The Supreme Court of  Pennsylvania, case 
of Earnest vs. Hopkins,  holds  tlfat  the as­
signee of a mortgage, unless  the  mortgagor 
has estopped himself from the defense, holds 
it subject to all the  equities  with  which it 
was effected in the hands of the assignor.

INSURANCE  WARRANTS.

Where a fire insurance  policy  contains a 
warranty that  the property  in  question  is 
occupied when in fact it is not,  and  the fact 
together with the condition of  the  property 
is known to the insurer at  the  time  of  the 
issuance  of  the  policy,  the  warranty  is 
waived,  according  to  the  decision  of  the 
Supreme Court of Iowa in the  case of  Jor­
dan vs. State Insurance  Company.

SALE  ON  CREDIT— FINANCIAL  CONDITION 

OF  BUYER.

A purchaser when buying on credit  is not 
bound to disclose the facts of  financial con­
dition. 
If he makes no actual  misrepresen­
tations,  if he is not asked any questions, and 
does not give any untrue, evasive,  or partial 
answers, his mere silence as to his generally 
bad  pecuniary  condition,  or  his 
indebted­
ness,  will not  constitute  a  fraudulent  con­
cealment.

B H . A X D

Baltimore  Oysters!

Do not be deceived.  Get the best.  No 
slack  filled  or fresh  water  snaps  sent 
out.  A ny-  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 
IF"-  3E33MC*
E H Y ,  Agt., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
At home every Saturday.

W IFE’S  EARNINGS.

A recent opinion of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania will shock the  sensibilities of 
fair-minded people because  it  discloses the 
fact that there yet  remains  on  the  statute 
books  of  the  Keystone  State  enactments 
which,  if they  do  not  savor of  barbarism, 
were based on greed and injustice.  Briefly 
stated,  Pennsylvania’s  supreme  body hold, 
Judge Paxon  delivering  the  opinion,  that 
the earnings of the  wife belong to  the hus­
band, save in certain exceptional cases spec­
ified in various acts of the assembly; and un­
less it can be shown that there was a gift by 
the husband to the  wife  Her  earnings  be­
long to  him.

LIEN  OF  CREDITORS.

In law, the first  entry  of  judgment  Is al­
ways a first lien, provided due diligence has 
been made in making the levy.  This is also 
true as regards  partners.  A  mortgage  on 
the individual property of one  partner  was 
individual  creditor 
foreclosed, and both an 
and  a  firm  creditor  claimed 
the  surplus 
mouey.  Both had judgments, the  latter be­
ing  first  entered.  The  former  claimed  a 
preference as an individual creditor, but was 
defeated, and carried the case,  London  vs. 
Ball,  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Indiana, 
where the  judgment  was affirmed,  on  the 
following opinion:  “It is  not  doubted  that 
the general rule is that partnership creditors 
are postponed as to individual property,  and 
individual  creditors  preferred.  But  this 
general rule does not apply where a lien lias 
been obtained by  judgment  rendered  prior 
to the creation of the individual debt.

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Oil 

OPEN.

& G asoline Can.

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

EVERY LIVE  DEALER  SHOULD  SELL THEM.
Gaiiotbi M M   ffir C o m am , G liailtss, C oiM

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 axplosions.  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-N o L eakage-N o
Evaporation. 
The dealer in selling1 this can is  enabled to make a good profit, and in a m easure  avoid the 
annoyance  of  the  small can, while you  guarantee  your  customer  absolute  safety  aud  the 
greatest possible convenience.

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MANUFACTURED  BY

TA7~T~NTTPT~F~1.TYD  M F G .  CO .

"'ÜV'-Ä.H-ÜESN’,  OHIO.

FOR  SALE  TO  THE  TRADE  B Y s FOSTER,  STEYENS  &  CO., 
FOR  SALE  1 U 1  
Sen d   fo r  C irculars 

CLOSED.

i H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
I GE0  c   WETHERBEE  &  CO.,  DETROIT.

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Price-List.

« T H

B U Y ,  S E L L ,   D R I N K

BEST COFFEE in the WORLD
Chase  &  Sanborn’s

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Standard  Java.

JOHN  CAULFIELD

IMPORTER

Wholesale  Grocer,

85,  87,  89  C anal  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 
Rapids’  territory.  I  certainly  buy  my  goods  as  cheap  as  jobbers  located  elsewhere. 
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  every 
order  received  is  guaranteed.

Teas.

The  present  is  a  good  time  to  place  your  orders  for  Japan  Teas.  I  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.

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Home Roasted Rio...................................................................  
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Prime 
Select Maracaibo............................................................................ 
 
Imperial Roasted (a blended  Coffee)......................................................
O. G. Roasted Java.....................................................................................   23
Mandehling 
Java and Mocha.........................................................................................  28

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mend my two brands of

j, O. Strictly  P u re  G round, 
j.  c .  P u re   G round,

Also my

j.  o.  Best  Eng;lisli  M ustard.

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

Canned Goods.

TRAVELING  ON ANOTHER’S TICKET.

A person traveling on a railroad on a com­
mutation ticket issued to another person can 
not recover  damages  for  injuries  received 
through  the negligence of the company.  So 
held by the Supreme  Court  of Iowa  in the
case of Way vs. C., li. I. & P. Ry. Co., Judge
Adman in the opinion  reversing  the  decis 
ion of the lower court, saying: 
“The  only 
relation existing between  plaintiff  and  the 
company having been induced  by  fraud,  he 
can not be allowed  to set  up  that  relation 
against the company as a Basis of  recovery. 
He was, then,  at  the time of  the injury,  in 
the car without the  rights  of  a  passenger, 
and without the right to be there at all.  We 
•do not say that it is necessary that a  person 
should pay fare to be entitled to  the  rights 
of a passenger.  It is sufficient,  probably, if 
he has the consent  of  the company,  fairly 
obtained.  But  no  one will  claim  that  a 
mere trespasser has such  rights,  and  it ap­
pears to us to be well  settled  that  consent 
obtained by fraud is equally unavailing.”

CHECK— ACCEPTANCE— DELAY.

A controversy  concerning  the  acceptance 
of a check was involved in  the  case  of The 
First National Bank of Northumberland  vs.
McMichael, decided  by  the  Supreme  Court 
of Pennsylvania on the 6th inst.  The check 
in question, it appears, was drawn to the or­
der of the appellee and deposited  by him in 
a bank which forwarded it by  mail  for  col­
lection to the appellant  The  latter held it 
for about  ten  days  without  crediting  it  to 
the  bank  sending  it,  although  there  was 
sufficient money in  its  hands  to  do  so.  It 
then  received  a  written  notice  from  the 
drawer not to pay it,  and the check was pro­
tested.  The drawer brought  suit,  claiming 
that the bank had  accepted the  check  and 
was  bound  to  pay.  The  Supreme  Court 
held that while a bank is not bound by legal 
obligation to the holder of the  check to pay 
it unless it accepts  it,  this  acceptance  may 
be implied from circumstances.  In this case, 
it held, the holding of the check for ten days 
was a delay  consistent  with  an  acceptance 
And  inconsistent  with  a  refusal,  since  if a 
refusal  was intended the bank  should  have 
given notice to the holder at the earliest con­
venience.

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Flavor.

Over  15,000  G-rocers
Throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada

Pronounce it the FINEST COFFEE they ever sold and testify that it has large­

ly increased their sales by its SUPERIOR QUALITY.

The following testimonial coming as it does from one of the largest if not the  largest gro­

cers in the United States, is worthy of your consideration:

C i n c i n n a t i,  December 20th, 1883.

Messrs. Chase  &  Sanborn, Boston, Mass.

G e n t l e m e n — In reply to yours of the 18th  inst.,  asking  our  views  in  regard  to  the 
general excellence of your “ STANDARD  JAVA,”  will say that our house was founded in 
the year 1840, and from that time to the present our earnest united efforts have been to se­
cure goods which represented the very highest grade of quality,  and^the  success  we have 
had and the reputation we enjoy we attribute to this policy.

About a year ago our attention >vas called to  your  “STANDARD  JAVA,”  we  person 
ally tested it very carefully and to our mind  it  was  most  excellent.  We  then  ordered  a 
sample lot and placed it before our customers for approval, and it was pronounced by them 
a very fine Coffee.  Since then as you know we have bought largely,  and freely admit that 
it gives the best satisfaction. 
It ft uniform in quality, and we have daily proofs from con­
sumers that it is richer, finer flavored and more uniform than the Coffee we  formerly sold 
which was the finest brand of Ankola or Mandeheling Java in the  market.

Yours  respectfully,

(Signed,) 

J o s o p l i   H .   P e e ' t o l e s ’’  S o n s

Send for Sample Lot.

W h o le sa le ,

LION 

k ALLEN,

22  and  24  Canal  Street,

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

We guarantee to increase  your Coffee trade.  We have  done it with others;  we can with you.

Ch a se  &   S anborn,

Importers,  Roasters and Packers,

B o s t o n ,   M a s s . ,   XT-  S .   A .

CANADIAN BRANCH, 
435  ST.  P A U L   STREET, 

M ontreal, P . Q. 

I  MICHIGAN AGENT.

H .  T.  O l l B S e ,
Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids.

' 

I have a large and well assorted stock of Canned  Goods.  My Black  Diamond  brand 
of California Salmon is especially fine.  It is not a bad time to lay in a  stock  of  the  new 
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- 
dftTisftd  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 
held their own in the Eastern States.  I am now placing my second  car-load within thirty 
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.

Y o u rs  T ruly,

J O H N   C A U L F IE L D -

(Broceries.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Fall  fruit  has  about  disappeared 
and w inter fruit is selling1 for  $ 1.50  for  wind­
falls and $1.75 for choice hand-picked.

Beeswax—Steady at 42c $  ft.
Beans—A  firmer  feeling  prevails,  medium 
hand-picked commanding $1.25@$1.50.  Dealers 
are still paying $1 for unpicked.

B utter—Very little creamery  is  moving,  as 
the high price, 35@36c. virtually bars  it out  of 
the  market.  Dairy  commands  20@22c  for 
choice and 15@18c for old  packed.

Butterine—Solid packed creamery  is  worth 
22c,  but  yields  the  palm  as  regards sales to 
dairy, which commands 16@20c  for  solid pack­
ed and 17 @21e for rolls.

Beets—40c $  bu. or $1.25 $  bbl.
Cabbages—$4@$5 $  100.
Celery—20c $  bunch.
CheeSe_Full cream is firm and high and job­
bing at 1154c for August and 12c for September. 

Chestnuts—Ohio $5.50 $  bu.
Cider—Sweet, 10c $  gal.
Cranberries—Firm at $12 for bell aud cherry, 

and $14 for Cape Cod or bell and bugle.

Eggs—Hard for dealers to fill orders, the city 

trade picking up all receipts a t 20c.

Grapes—A few Catawbas are  yet in  market, 

selling at 10c.

Hops—The Michigan crop, though  small this 
year, is very good, and brewers  stand in readi­
ness to pay 17@18c $  ft for choice.

Honey—Choice new is firm at 15c.
Hay—$12@$14 for new, and $13@$15  for bail­

ed.

red.

Mince Meat—8c $  ft.
Onions—$1.75 $  bbl. for yellow  and  $1.50  for 

Quinces—Orange are scarce,  stray lots  com­

manding $1.75@$2 ip bu.

Potatoes—No  demand.  Shippers  still  pay 
25c, but are compelled to find  an  outside  mar­
ket.

Poultry—Chickens, 14@16c.  Fowls 12c. 
Squash—Hubbard, lc $  fl>.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jersey,  $3.75@$4  $   bbl. 

Baltimore and Muscatine, $3.50$ bbl.

Turnips—35c $  bu.
T im o th y —Choice is firmly held at $1.50 $  bu, 

for choice.

72c.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. 

Wheat—Lancaster, 75c;  Fulse  and  Clawson. 

Corn—No new stock in  yet.
Oats—White, 28@30c $  bu.
Bye—52@54c $  bu.
Barley—The Michigan crop is fine  and large 

and brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.

F l o u r —Fancy Patent,  $5.50  $   b b l .  in  sacks 
and  $5.75  in wood.  Straight,  $4.50  $   b b l.  in 
sacks and $4.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 $  cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $lc 
$  ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton 
Corn aad Oats, $23 $  ton.

The price of dynamite in Mexico  has  fal 
len from a dollar a pound, which it cost four 
years ago, to twenty-five  cents a  pound,  or 
even  less. 
In  fact  it  is  a  drug  in  the 
market. 

_  . _______

The removal of the  taxon  matches  has 
not,  as  predicted,  started  many  new  fac­
tories, but has brought  into  the  American 
market the manufactures of England, Swed­
en, France  and  Italy.  These  are  sold  so 
cheap that further competition seems impos 
sible. 

_

For the last  twelve  months it is officially 
estimated that the fish caught on  the  coasts 
of Scotland  amount  in value to more  than 
816,430,000, the herring fishery  alone  mak 
ing fully $10,267,750.  The fishery industry 
of that  country  supports  a population num­
bering more than half a  million.

OYSTERS.

F

WHOLESALE!  PRICE  CURRENT.

A X LE  GREASE.

 

 

“ 

CANNED FISH.

** 
BROOMS.

£ 50
" j®
*  ¿5
?00
17“
1  ¿0
oo

................................... ...............  85
Frazer’s 
.................................. ..............   60
Diamond 
55
Paragon...  $  doz............................
..............   70
Paragon, 20 ft  pails.........................
..............   60
BAKING  POWDER.
.. $  doz. 
45 
Arctic 54 ft cans.............................
........................
Arctic 
fa cans 
................. 
75
................   1  40
r...............*........ ................   2  40
A r c tic   1 ^   ca n *  
Arctic 5  ft cans............................... .................12  00
BLUING.
Dry, No. 2............................................ doz. 
25
Dry, No. 3............................................doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 .............................................Aoz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz.......................  
65
6oz. 
Arctic 4 oz......................................... $   gross  4 00
Arctic 8  oz.......................................................  ° ou
Arctic 16 oz.....................................................  "j  00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box— .........................  g ””
Arctic No. 3 
4 o0
No. 1 Carpet.............................................. 
No. 2 Carpet.............................................. 
No. 1  Parlor Gem....................................  
No. 1 H url.......  ........................................ 
No. 2 Hurl  ................................................ 
Fancy Whisk............................................  
Common Whisk........................................ 
Clams, 1 ft  standards........................................\  £0
Clams, 2 ft  standards........................................2 65
Clam Chowder,  3 B>........................................ --2 20
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards...........................1 10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards...........................1 »5
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack  filled....................  75
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack filled..................... 1 25
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic...............*.....................1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft sta r.............................................. 2 65
Lobsters, 2 ft sta r...............................................j* 25
Mackerel, l f t   fresh standards........................1 10
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards....................... 6 00
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft......................3 25
Mackerel,3 ft in M ustard................................-J 25
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled........................................3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river............................ 1 50
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river............................ 2 W)
Salmon. 1 ft  Sacramento................................. 1 50
Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Eagle...........................  1 95
Sardines, dom estic %8................................. 
7
Sardines,  domestic  54s.............................. 
¿”/4
Sardines,  Mustard  54s.................................  12
Sardines,  imported  %s...............................   15
Sardines, imported 54s................................  20
Sardines, imported 54s, boneless...........
Sardines, Russian  kegs..............................  50
Trout. 3ft  brook.............................................  2 75
Apples, 3 ft standards.................................  w
Apples, gallons,  standards, E rie...............2 50
Blackberries, standards..............................1  01
Blackberries,  E rie....................................... 1 55
Cherries, Erie, re d ....................................... 1  3JJ
Cherries, Erie,white w ax............................1 »0
Cherries, French  Brandy, quarts............. 2 50
Damsons.............................................  
Egg Plums, standards 
Egg Plums,  E rie.......................................... 1 45
Gooseberries, K raft’s Best........................ 1 00
Green  Gages, standards2ft........................140
Green Gages,  E rie........................................1 50
Peaches,  Brandy..........................................3  10
Peaches, E xtra Yellow................................2 40
Peaches,  standards— ................................1 75
Peaches,  seconds......................................... 1 50
Pie Peaches,  Kensett’s ................................1  10
Pears, Bartlett, E rie.....................................¿70
Pineapples,  Erie........................................... * 20
Q uinces.........................................,...............J 45
Raspberries, Black,  E rie.............................1 45
Raspberries, Red,  E rie................................1  40
Strawberries,  E rie........................................ 1 35
W hortleberries, McMurphy’s .....................1 40
Apricots, Lusk’s........................................... 2 60
Egg  Plum s.....................................................2 oO
G rapes............................................................2 50
Green Gages..................................................2  50
Pears  .............................................................3 CO
Q uinces.................................... -...................2 90
Peaches..........................................................3 00
Asparagus, Oyster Bay................................3 25
Beans, Lima.  E rie....................................... 1  65
Beans, String, E rie ......................................  90
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked......................1  60
Corn, Erie..................................................... 115
Corn, Red  Seal..............................................1  W
Corn,  Acme.................................... 
11”
Corn, Revere........ ............... ,......................A  10
Mushrooms, French,  100 in (case..............22 00
Peas, Early small sifted Erie......................2 25
Peas, French, 100 in case .... —  .....¡...2 3  00
Peas, Marrofat, standard............................ 1  46
Peas, Beaver.................................. 
75
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden...................................1 00
Rhubarb,  E rie...............................................1 ¿0
Squash, E rie ..................................................1 25
Succotash, E rie............................................. 1  20
Succotash, standard.....................................  75
Tomatoes,(Red Seal...........................................1 00

J
..............................1

CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA.

CANNED VEGETABLES.

CANNED FRUITS.

 

 

 

CHOCOLATE.

  @40

COFFEE.

Boston  prem ium .............................   @36
Baker’s premium .................................. 
R unkles..............................................  @35
German  sweet..................................  @3»
Vienna Sweet............. — ........................  @25
Green Rio..................................................12  @14
G reenJava................................................17  @27
Green Mocha............................................ 25  @27
Roasted Rio..............................................10  @17
Roasted  Ja v a .......................................... 24  @32
Roasted  Mar............................................ 17  @19
Roasted Mocha.....................................  
  @32
Roasted Mex............................. 
1754@20
Ground  Rio....................................  9H@17
Ground  Mex..................................  @16
Arbuckle’s ..............................................   @15%
X X X X .....................................................  @1554
Dilworth’s ..............................................   @1554
Levering’s ........ .....................................  @1554
Magnolia............‘....................................  @15 54

 

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:

Co.,  Paradise.

City.

Springs.

Co., Allendale.

J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
J. B. Watson, Coqpereville.
D. W. Shattuck, W ayland.
R. McKinnon, Wayland.
S.  E.  Curdy,  Hadley  Bros.  M anufacturing 
Notier & Boven, Graafschap.
J. B. Wylie & Bro., Martin.
Mrs. M. E. Snell, Wayland.
I. S. Boise, Hastings.
Stephen Morey, Bangor.
W. S. Boot, Talmadge.
H. T. M. Treglown, Lowell.
John Smith,  Ada.
0. P. McClure, Spencer’s  Mill.
Sisson & Lilley  Lilley Junction.
Spring & Lindley, Bailey.
Clark, Jewell & Co., Lockwood.
Kellogg & Potter. Jennisonville.
C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
H. C. Peckham, Freeport.
A. G. Chase, Ada.
John W. Mead, Berlin.
S.  M. Wright, Big Springs.
Thos. Cooley, Lisbon.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
Wm. Snelling, Six Corners.
W. H. Struik, Fosest Grove. 
.  .  a
1. J. Quick and John Walbrink, I. J.  Quick & 
R. B. Wadsworth, Bellaire.
Jay Mariatt,  Berlin.
Dell Wright, Berlin.
A. Wagner, Eastmanville.
Wm. DePree & Co., Zeeland.
MrJ Callahan, of  Wagar  &  Callahan,  Cedar 
Joshua Colby, of Celby & Co., Rockford.
Mr. Wells, of Wagner & Wells,  Eastmanville 
Mr.  Denton,  of  Robbie  &  Denton,  Howard 
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
Mr. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
R. Carlyle, Rockford.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
S. T. Colson, Alaska.
Mr. Preston, Preston & Cook, Hastings.
Mr. Wilson, buyer for Cutler & Savage Lum­
ber Co., Trufant.
W. W. Pierce, Moline.
Chas. Cole, Ada.
F. A. Jenison,  Manton.
M. Jonkman, Holland.
A. W. Blain, Dutton. 
J.  VanPutten,  G.  VanPutten  &  Sons,  Hol­
M. Minderhout, Hanley.
Berra Bros., Shaytown.
J. M. Dameron, Bangor.
John J. Eiy, Rockford.
J. K. Flood, Hart.
L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
B. McNeal, Byron Center.
R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville.
Frank Boonstra, Drenthe.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
E. S. Botsford, Dorr.
W. H. Goodyear, Hastings.
W.  H. Hicks, Morley.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
Holland & Ives, Rockford.
According to the  Drugman  potatoes  do 
not absorb the arsenical  preparations  used 
for destroying  the  Colorado  beetle, but  the 
productiveness of the soil is impaired by the 
use of arsenic.

land.

•

Geo. V. Heeker & Co.’s  goods, which  are 
represented in our advertising  columns this 
week, are standard the world  over, which is 
the strongest commendation that  can  possi 
bly be given them.  Their  uniform  quality 
is evidenced by the fact  that  other  dealers 
invariably compare their goods to  Hecker’s,
It is an old  saying  that  plenty  of  com 
makes  plenty of  hogs.  The  marketing of 
hogs has been close all along, and  now  far­
mers will utilize the new corn for  fattening 
the stock.  Since the corn crop  is phenome­
nally large, corn  will  be  cheap, and  pork 
will be  excellent  and  moderate  in  price. 
Farmers will feed their  stock  until  it  is all 
in fine condition,  selecting  the  best for the 
market, and not hurrying forward partly-fat­
tened animals.

We are  sole Michigan 
agents for the  celebrated 
“2T” brand,  packed by  J. 
S.  FARREN  & CO., Bal­
timore, and are prepared 
to fill orders for  CAN  or 
BULK oysters at the low­
est  market  prices  either 
from here  or  from  Balti­
more direct. NO BETTER 
GOODS PUT UP.  H. M. 
BLIVEN  has  charge  of 
this department and will 
give your orders person­
al and prompt  attention. 
We solicit your order.

O IL .

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OATM EAL.

Black  Strap................................................... 16@18
Porto  Rico..................................................... 24@28
New  Orleans, good...................................... 40@50
New  Orleans,  fancy.....................................50@55
185ftpkgs...............................................   @3 75
362ft pkgs...............................................   @3 25
Imperial bbls, steel cut.........................  @5 25
Quaker bbls............................................   @6  75
Steel  c u t.................................................   @5  75
Kerosene  W. W....................................  
Legal te st.............................. 

13
10%
Choice in barrels med.............   .  ...............’..5 50
...................................... 3  40
Choice in 54 
small..................................4 00
Dingee’s 54 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy................................4 25
Dingee’s pints 
do 
American qt.  in Glass.......................................  .2 00
American pt. in Glass........................................... 1 25
C. & B. English  quarts........................................6 00
C. & B. English  pints...........................................3 60
Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins,  q uarts.. .6 00
pints__ 3 60
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50 
pts..2 75
Im ported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........   @2 25
American  T. D.......................................  
@90

........................  2 25

PIC K L E S .

do 
do 

P IP E S . 

44 
44 

44 

44 

44 

v

R IC E .

Japan ..-...............................................................754
Choice  Carolina................................................ 654
Prim e  Carolina..................................................754
Java  ....................................... 
6%
P a tn a .................................................................. 6
R angoon............................................................. 5%
Broken  ............................................................... 3%

 

SALERA TUS.

DeLand’s p ure............................................. @554
Church’s  .......................................................@' 534
Taylor’s  G.  M...............................................@  554
Cap  Sheaf...........................................  .........@ 554
Dwight’s ....................................................... @534
Sea  Foam ......................................................@ 554
S.,B. &L.’s  Best..........................................@  554

60 P o c k e t................................................ 
28 Pocket.................................................  
100 3 ft pockets.......................................  
Saginaw F in e ........................................  
Diamond C.............................. 
............ 
Standard  Coarse....................................  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........  
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags__  
American, dairy, 54 bu. bags............... 
Rock, bushels............................................  

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

SAUCES.

Lee & Perrins W orcestershire, pints.  @5 00 
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, 54 pts.  @3 00
Picadilly, 54 pints..................................   @1 50
Halford Sauce,  large............................  @3 75
Pepper Sauce, red  sm all.....................   @  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,  54 pints............................  @1 00
Horseradish, pints.................................  @1 30
Capers, French surflnes.......................  @2 25
Capers, French surflnes, larg e...........   @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, 54 pints, Antonia & Co.rs __   @2 5o

SOAP.

Lautz Bros. & Co.

.. 

Acme, 701 ft  bars........... s.....................  @ 634
Acme, 25 3 ft bars...................................  @  634
Towel, 25 bars  .................................... 
@5 25
Napkin, 25  bars.................................... ;  @5 25
Best American, 601 ft blocks...............  @ 6
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain.......................   @5%
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......................  @634
Savon, Republiea, 60 ft box......................  @5%
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks................  
@ 5%
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks............ 
@ 5
London Family, 3-ft bars 80 ft.................  @4 00
London Family, 4-ft bars 80  ft.................  @4 00
Gem, 100 cakes, w rapped.....................   @3 85
Nickel, 100 cakes, w rapped..................  @3 75
Climax, 100 cakes,  w rapped................   @3 25
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  Fam ily........... $  ft 
6%
5%
do. 
In d ia ......................................... 
do.  S avon.......................................  
5%
do.  S atin et...................................... 
5%
uu.  xicvuiiuu..................................
do.  White Russian.........................
Proctor & Gamble’s Iv o ry .................
Japan  O live........
Town Talk  $  box
Golden B ar...........
Arab.......................
Am ber....................
Mottled  German..

5  10
6  75
5
3 60
4 10
3 40
3 75
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............................................ 60fts  @654
G alvanic.................................................   @4 2Ö
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br  @18%
Tip Top........................................3 ft bar  @  16
Ward’s White Lily.................................  @6 75
Handkerchief.........................................  @4 20
Babbitt’s ................................................ 
Dish R a g ........................................  
 
Bluing......................................................  
Magnetic......................................  
 
New  French  Process.
Spoon......................................................  
Anti-Washboard. 
V aterland.
Magic........................................................ 
P ittsburgh.............................................. 
Old Country............................................. 

5  50
4  10
5 00
4 20
4 50
5 00
5  00 
3 25
4 20
4 00

551

 

SPICES.
Whole.

STARCH.

Ground.

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders. 

P epper...........................................................   @18
Allspice..........................................................  8@10
Cassia.........................................................«...  @10
N utm egs........................................................ 60@70
Cloves  ...........................................................   @18
P epper............................................................I6@25
A llspice..........................................................12@18
Cinnamon  .....................................................16@30
C l o v e s ........................................................ 15@25
Ginger............................................................. 16@20
M ustard..........................................................15@30
Cayenne..........................................................25@35
Gilbert’s Gloss l f t ....................................  
654
44 
6%
44  3 ft cartoons..................  
*• 
44  crates............................  ' 
7
44 
44  b u lk .................................. 
554
Corn, l f t .................................... 
44 
7
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk....... 
@5
•4 
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts...........  
@4%
@6%
44  Gloss, 401 ft packages............ 
44  Gloss,  36 3 $   packages.......... 
@6
@7
44  Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate___ 
44 
Corn, 401 ft  packages...........  
@7
@6%
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package...................... 
@654
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.....................  
@7%
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes......................... 
Muzzy Gloss bulk..................................  
@5%
Muzzy Corn l f t ...................................... 
@
*
@
Kingsford  Silver Gloss......................... 
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  box.......... 
@854
@8
Kingsford Corn...................................... 
Oswego  Gloss......................................... 
@654
@654
Mirror  Gloss........................................... 
Mirror Gloss, corn................................. 
@62
Piel’s Pearl.............................................. 
@4
American Starch Co.’s
  @654
1 ft  Gloss:............................... 
10 oz  Gloss............................  
@3%
3ft  Gloss.................................................  
@6
6 ft Gloss, wood  boxes..........................  
@7
Table Corn......................................40 ft  @654
Table  Corn............. ....................... 20  ft 
• @7
Banner, bulk........................................... 
@4
Rising  Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s  gross........ 5  50
U niversal...............5 88 Above $  dozen.......   50
I X L .......................5 50|
@7%
Cut Loaf.................................................  
@754
C ubes..................................................... 
Powdered.............................................. 
@7%
@6%
Granulated,  Standard......................... 
@6%
Granulated, Mne  Grain...................... 
Conf. A ................................................... 
@6%
@6%
Standard A ............................................  
Extra C w hite.........................................  5%@6
E xtra C................................................... 
5%@5%
5%@554
Fine C..................................................... 
Yellow C..................................................  5  @5%
Corn,  Barrels.........................................  
32
Corn, 54 bbls............................................
Corn,  10 gallon kegs...............................  @  36
Corn, 5 gaHon kegs.................................  @1 85
Corn, 454 gallon kegs.............................  @1 65
Pure  Sugar....................................... bbl  22®  38
Pure Sugar D rip s................ — 54 bbl  30@  36
Pure Sugar  Drips................ 5 gal kegs  @1  85
Pure Loaf Sugar D rips...  ........ 54bDl  @  95
Pure  Loaf Sugar.  ..............,5 gal kegs  @1 85

STOVE P O L IS H .

SY RUPS.

SUGARS.

 
 

 

TEA S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLUG.

SM OKING.

TOBACCO—F IN E  CUT.

Japan ordinary.............................................20@25
Japan fair to good........................................30@37
Japan fine.......................................................40@50
Japan dust..................................................... 15@20
Young Hyson.........................t.....................30@50
Gun Powder................................................... 35@50
O olong.................................................... 33@55@60
Congo............................................................. 25@30
Brother  Jonathan.................................  @32
Diamond  Crown....................................   @58
Rose Bud............................"....................  @50
O.  K ..................... 
@45
Our  Bird.................................................   @30
P eaches...................................................  @38
Morrison’s  F ruit....................................   @50
V ictor......................................................   @60
Red  Bird.................................................   @52
Opera Queen...........................................  @40
Sweet Rose..............................................  @45
Green  Back............................................   @38
F r u it............................................ ».........  @33
O So  Sweet..............................................  @31
Prairie Flower.......................................   @65
Climber [light and  dark].........................  @62
M atchless..................................................   @65
H iaw atha...................................................  @67
Globe...........................................................   @70
May M ow er................................................  @70
Hero.............................................................  @45
A tlas........................................................... 
  @35
Royal Game................................................  @38
Silver Thread.............................................  @67
Seal..................................................... 
K entucky...................................................   @30
Mule  E ar.....................................................  @67
Peek-a-Boo..................................................  @32
Peek-a-Boo, 54  barrels..............................  @30
Clipper, Fox’s .............................................  @32
Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels.................  @30
Fountain.....................................................  @74
Old Congress..............................................   @64
Good  Luck.................................................   @62
Good and Sweet.........................................   @45
Blaze Away................................................  @35
Hair Lifter................................................. 
@30
Old Glory, light.........................................   @60
Charm of the West, dark.........................  @60
Governor, in 2 oz tin foil.........................  @60
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12..........   @46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12.......  @46
Red S tar, flat, 3x12..........'.    ..................  @46
Red Star, black. 24 oz............................  @45
Old Five Cent Times..............................  @38
Tramway.................................................   @48
Big Sevens, dime cuts..........................   @45
Black Diamond......................................  @35
Trotter, rum  flavor..............................   @70
B o o t....................................  
@46
B. F. P.’s  Favorite.................................  @48
30
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
Glory  ......................................................   @48
D urham ...................................................  @48
Silver Coin........... *................................  @50
Buster  [D ark].......................................  @36
Black Prince [Dark]..............................  @36
Black Racer  [Dark]..............................  @36
Leggett & Myers’  Star..........................   @48
Clim ax.....................................................  @48
Hold P a s t................................................  @46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s..............................  @37
| Black Spun  Roll....................................   @38
' Nimrod.....................................................  @46
! A corn......................................................   @46
| Red Seal...................................................  @46
! C rescent..................................................  @44
  @35
Black  X .................................... 
Black  Bass..............................................   @40
Nobby  Spun  Roll..................... 
  @48
Spring......................................................   @48
Crayling, all  styles...............................   @48
Mackinaw................................................  @47
Horse Shoe..............................................  @44
"Big Chunk or J. T ...................................  @40
Hair L ifter..............................................  @36
D. and D., black......................................  @36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................   @46
Ace  High, black....................................   @35
Champioi\ A ...........................................  @46
Sailors’  Solace.......................................   @46
Red Star...................................................  @48
Jum bo......................................................   @40
A pplejack..............................................  @48
Jack Rabbit............................................   @42
Ruby, cut Cavendish.  3  oz..................  @35
Boss  ............................ 
@15
Peck’s  Sun.............................................. 
  @18
Miners and  Puddlera............................  @30
Morning Dew.........................................   @26
Chain  ......................................................  @22
Seal of Grand  Radids............................  @25
King.........................................................   @30
M irt........................................................  @28
P ug........... ..............................................   @30
Ten Penny Durham, 54 and %.............   @24
Amber, 54 and l f t ..................................   @15
John  Gilpin,  granulated.....................   @18
Lime Kiln  Club......................................  @47
Blackwell’s Durham Long  Cut............  @90
Vanity  F air............................................   @90
D im e........................................................  18@25
@25
Peerless.
Standard.................................................
@22
Old Tom...................................................
@21
@24
Tom & Je rry ...........................................
@25
Joker........................................................
@35
Traveler......................................... .........
@25
Maiden.....................................................
@27
T o p sy ......................................................
@26
Navy Clippings,  Leidersdorf’s ...........
@25
Honey D ew .................. ..........................
Gold  Block..............................................
@32
@25
Camp Mre  ............................................
@19
Oronoko.................................................
@26
Nigger  Head...........................................
@60
Durham, 54 f t .........................................
@57
54 f t .............. .  .......................
@55
54 f t ..........................................
@51
l f t .........................................
H olland...................................................
@22
@16
G erm an.......................... .......................
@30
Long Tom...............................................
@26
National...................................................
T im e ...................................................;..
Love’s Dream.........................................
Conqueror..............................................
Fox’s ................ ......................................
G rayling........ ........................................
Seal Skin........ ......... ...........................
Dime D urham .......................................
Rob Roy...................................................
Uncle  Sam..............................................
Lum berm an...........................................
Railroad Boy...........................................
Mountain Rose.......................................
Good  Enough.........................................
Home Comfort, 54S and  54s..................
Old  Rip, long cu t..................................
Durham,  long cut, No.  2.....................
Two  Nickle, %5........-.............................
Two  Nickle, 548.....................................
Star Durham ...........................................
Golden Make Cabinet............................
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz................
Seal of North Carolina, 4  oz................
Seal-of North Carolina, 8  oz................
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...
Big Deal, 54s  longcut............................
A pplejack, 54s  granulated.................
King Bee, longcut, J4s and 54s...........
Milwaukee Prize, 54s and 54s...............
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  Durham __
Durham, S., B. & L, 54s and 54s............
Rattler, longcut......................................
Windsor cut plug..................................
Mule E a r.......
H iaw atha__
Old Congress. 
Acme.............
10@12
Pure  Cider... 
White W ine..
10@12
1776$ ft 
@1054 
Gillett's 1 ft
~  754
Soapinepkg............................................  
7@10
Pearline $  box.......................................   @4 50
Lavine, single boxes, 481 ft  papers...  @4 50
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs  @4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers.  @4 50 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6  oz  pap  @4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 54 ft papers..  ©4  15
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 54 ft paprs  @4 00
Twin Bros..........1  65  I W ilsons.................1 65
Magic.................1  75  [National...............1 65
Bath Brick im ported............................  
95
American............................ 
65
@3
Barley......................................................  
1  10
Burners, No. 1 ........................................ 
do  No.  2.......................................  
1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
8 00
Condensed Milk,  Swiss......................... 
7  50
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   @25
Candles, Star...........................................  @1454
Candles.  Hotel....................*.................   @1554
E xtract Coffee,  v. c...............................  85@90
Flour Sifters $  doz...........................3 00®
Gum, Rubber 100 lum ps.......................   @30
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps.......................   @40
Gum, Spruce..............  
30@35
Hominy, $  bbl............................. 
@4 50
H. C. Flour, 18 3 ft pkgs., $  b o x ....__   @2 50
i H. C. M our 1» bulk, $  c w t...................  @4 80

@23
@22
@32
@30
@25
@28
@28
@26
@37
@20
@ 2-1
@25
@55
@55
@25
@26
@25
@40
@50
@48
@43
@42
@27
@24
@22
@24
@24
@24
@28
@25

.  F e lix ...........................1 28©

WASHING POWDERS.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

do 
do 
do 

SHORTS.

YEAST.

do 

do 

 

 

  @60

do 

Jelly in Pails............. ..................
@  554 
Lye $  2  doz. cases.....................
@1 55 
Macaroni,  Im ported..................
@11 @65 
Domestic............. ........................
French Mustard,  8 oz $  dozen, 
@75 
Large  Gothic.
@135
Oil Tanks, Patent,  60  gallon...............  @10 00
Peas, Green Bush........ :........................1  35@1  40
do  Split prepared..............................  @354
Powder,  Keg............................................4 00@
54 Keg.......................................2 25@
Sago  ........................................................ 
Shot, drop.................................................1 65@
do  b uck...............................................1 90@
T apioca................................................... 

5@S

5@6

do 

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

do 
do 

@ 9 
@ 954. 

@12 ,

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Putnam  & Brooks quote as follow s:
STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................
.............................
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
.........................
MIXED.
Royal, 25 ft  pails.......................................   @10
Royal, 200 ft bbls................................................954
Extra, 25 ft  pails.......  .................................... H
Extra, 200 ft bbls..............................................10
French Cream, 25 ft pails...............................14
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.........................................13
Brokfen, 25 ft  pails.......................................... 1154
Broken, 200 ft  bbls........................................... 10%
Lemon  Drops............................  ....................14
Sour Drops....................................................... 15
Peppermint  Drops........   ..............................15
Chocolate Drops............................................. 16
H M Chocolate  Drops....................................20
Gum  Drops  .....................................................10
Licorice Drops..................................................20
A B  Licorice  Drops........................................12
Lozenges, plain................................................ J5
Lozenges,  printed........................................... 16
Im perials..........................................................15
M ottoes............................................................. 15
Cream  B ar........................................................ 14
Molasses B ar.....................................................14
Caramels............................................................20
Hand Made Creams......................................... 22
Plain  Creams................................................... IS
Decorated Creams...........................................23
String Rock.......................................................15
Burnt Almonds...............................................  22
Wintergreen  Berries............* ......................15
Lozenges, plain in  pails................................. 14
Lozenges, plain in  bbls...................................IS
Lozenges, printed in pails..............................15
Lozenges, printed in bbls.............................. 14
Chocolate Drops, in pails................................14
Gum Drops, in pails......................................... S
Gum Drops, in bbls.........................................   7
Moss Drops» in  pails........................................11
Moss Drops, in bbls.........................................  954
Sour Drops, in  pails........................................12
Imperials, in  pails........................................... 14
Imperials  in bbls.............................................13
Oranges $  box............................. .........  
Oranges OO $  box.................................
Oranges, Jamaica, $   bbl..................... 7  50@8 00
Oranges, Imperials, $   box..................
Oranges, Valencia $   case..................
Lemons,  choice.................................... 4 50@5 00
Lemons, fancy.......................................
Bananas $  bunch..................................
Malaga Grapes, $  keg..........................
Malaga Grapes, $  bbl............................ 
Figs,  layers  $  ft....................................  12@16
Mgs, fancy  do
18020
Figs, baskets 40 ft $  ft........
©1254
Dates, frails 
d o .........
Ü 6
Dates, 54 do 
d o ___
Dates, skin............................
© 5 
Dates, 54  skin.......................
@ 6 
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft.. 
@ 9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  f t... 
@  7 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft 
@ 654
PEANUTS,
Prime  Red,  raw  $   f t .,.......
Choice 
do  . . .  
Fancy 
d o ...........
Choice White, Va.do  ..........
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ..........
NUTS.
Almonds,  Terragona, $  ft 
19@20
Almonds, loaca,
do 
Brazils,
do3. 
fc@10
Pecons,
do  . 
9@13
Mlberts, Barcelona 
do  .
Mlberts, Sicily 
do  ....................  13@14
Walnuts, Chilli 
do  ....................
Walnuts, Grenobles 
d o ....................  15@16
Walnuts, California 
d o ....................
Cocoa Nuts, $   100 
Hickory Nuts, large $   bu 
Hickory  Nuts, small  do

FRUITS.

do 
do 

@  7 
@  7 
@ 754 
@ 854

@4 50
1 25

♦

,

PROVISIONS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as  follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Heavy Mess, old...........................................$15 50
Pig, short cut, new, better than  mess.......15 50
E xtra Family Clear, new ........................... 17  25
E xtra Clear Pig, new, Chicago  packing.. .17  75
Clear Back, new, Chicago  packing........... 18 50

DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.......... 
HalfCases.............  
do. 
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.......... 
do 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases............... 
do. 
HalfCases  .............  
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 Bl cases.. 
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases........  
Bellies, extra quality, 300 ft cases........  
Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 ft cases........ 

do. 
do. 

LARD.

954
9%
954
9%
854
9%,
10
10
10
1054
11
10%
11%
10
1054
1054

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PLAIN. 

8
Tierces  ..................................................... 
8%
30 and 50 ft T ubs...................................... 
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.....................  
8%
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks.................. 
854
9
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case............................. 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.. 1      .................... 
8%
8%
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................. 
13%
Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 
1354
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........  
13%
Shoulders,  boneless...............................
8%
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle.......... 
12
E xtra Clear Bacon..................................  
Dried Beef,  E xtra................................... 
1154
E xtra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts........... 10 75-
E xtra  Mess,  Chicago packing..................

BEEF IN BARRELS.

do. 

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

 

Pork  Sausage...................................................  9
Ham  Sausage................ 
15-
Tongue  Sausage...........................................  11
Liver Sausage...................................................  8
Frankfort  Sausage......................................... 10-
Blood  Sausage..................................... 
8-
Bologna,  ring...................................................  8
Bologna, straight............................................   8
Bologna,  thick....................................  
8
Head  Cheese........................ 
 
&
«
In half barrels.....................................................   3 75-
In quarter barrels..............................................   2 00*
In kits......................................*.......................

PIGS’ FEET. 

 

TRIPE.

In half barrels......................................................$3 7S
In quarter barrels.........................................  2 00
In kits...........................  
95
Prices named are  lowest  at tim e of going to- 
press, and are good only for that date, subject 
to m arket fluctuations.

 

 

FRESH   MEATS.

John  Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  6  © 7
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters..................   7  @ 8
Dressed  Hogs........................................  6  @ 6%
Mutton,  carcasses.................................   @ 6
V eal..........................................................  9»4©I0
Fowls......................................................  
11@12
@16
Chickens..................................................14
Pork  Sausage.........................................   9
@10
@10
Bologna..................................................... 9

OYSTERS  AND  FISH .

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as-follows: 

OYSTERS.

.40'
New York Counts....................................
F. J. D. S elects....................................................35
Selects.................................................................. 30
F. J. D ....................................................................22
Favorite.................................................................20
M edium.................................................................18
P rim e .......................... 
16
Selects, per gallon...........................................1  75
Standards..........................................................110

FRESH  FISH.

Codfish...............................................................  9
Haddock........................................................ ..  7
Smelts...............................................................   5
Mackinaw T rout..............................................   8
Mackerel........................................................... 12
Whifteflsh  .......................................... 
Smoked Whitefish  and Trout.....................12
Smoked  Sturgeon............. .............................13

7@fi>

CORDAGE.

72 foot J u t e ....... 1 25  160 foot Cotton.... 1 75
|50 foot Cotton— 1 50
60 foot Ju te .......1  05 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.

Jennings’2 oz......................................$   doz.  1 00
4 oz.................. ..............................  150
6 oz.........................................................2 50
8 oz........................................................3 50
No. 2 Taper........................................  1 25
54 pint  round.......................................4 50
i  
No.  8..................................................... 3 00
No. 10..................................................  4 25

...............................   9 00

“ 
'* 
14 
14 
>• 
14 
14 

44 

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

Vanilla.

44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 

4 oz.........................................................2 50
6 oz.........................................................4 00
8 oz.......................................................  5 00
No. 2  Taper........................................   1 50
No.  4 Taper........................................   3 00
54 pint  round.....................................   7 50
1 pint  round.......................................15 00
No.  8....................................................  4 25
No.  10.......................... 

6 00

 

FISH.

FRUITS.

Bloaters. Smoked Yarm outh..................... 1  10
Cod, w hole..................................................454@654
Cod,Boneless.................................................5@7
Cod, pickled, 54  bbls....................................3 00
H a lib u t..........................................................  14
Herring 54  bbls............................................2 50
Herring, 'Scaled............................................  24
Herring,  Holland.........................................@80
Mackerel, No. 1,54 bbte...............................5 00
Mackerel, No. 1,12 ft k its..........................1 00
Shad, 54 b b l.................................................. 3 50
Trout, No.  1,54  bbls....................................4  8j
Trout, No. 1,12  ft  kits.................................  90
White, No. 1,54 b b ls....................................5 50
White, Family, 54 bbls................................ 2 25
White, No. 1,10 ft k its.................................  90
White, No. 1,12 ft kits................................ 1 00
Apples, Michigan....................................   554@654
Apples, Dried, YorkState, evap., bbls  ©8 
Apples, Dried, York State,  evap., box  @10
Cherries, dried,  pitted..............................   @16
Citron..........................................................  @35
Currants, crop  1884...............................  
@6%
@12
Peacnes, dried  York State......................  
Pru nes, Turkey...................................... 
@554
Prunes, French, 50 ft  boxes..................... 
@10
Raisins, London Layers.............................. 
3 00
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.....................  @2  70
Raisins,  Valencias....................................   @10
Raisins, Ondaras........................................  @10
Raisins, Dehesia........................................  @3 60
Grand  Haven,  No.  9, square..............................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.............................. 1 50
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor...........................2 60
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor...........................3 75
Grand Haven,  No.  7,  round..............................2 25
Richardson’s No. 2  square................................. 2 70
............................ 2 55
do 
Richardson’s No. 3 
do 
Richardson’s No. 5 
............................ 170
............................2 70
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
.............................170
Richardson’s No. 8 
do 
Richardson’s No. 9 
do 
............................ 2 55
Richardson's No. 4  ro u n d ...................................2 70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
..............................2 55
Richardson’s No. 754 do 
..........................   ..1 70
Richardson’s No. 30,3 gro............................. 2 00
Richardson’s No. 312 g ro ..................... ..1 25
Electric Pailor No. 17........................... 
.3 20
Electric Parlor No. 18.......................... ,,.,.,.4  64

MATCHES.

Putnam  &  Brooks.

We manufacture a full line, use 
the  best  material  obtainable,  and 
guarantee  our  goods  to  be  first- 
class.
We  carry  an  immense  stock  of 
Virginia  and  Tennessee  Peanuts, 
Almonds, Brazils, Filberts, Pea 
cans,  Walnuts  and  Cocoanuts, 
and compete with any market.

We handle  FLORIDA Or­
anges  direct from  the  groves. 
The crop is large and fine  and 
low prices are looked for.

Oranges
Oysters
PUTNAM  &  BROOKS.

We are agents for the CEL­
EBRATED  J.  S.  FARREN  & 
CO.’S Oysters and are prepared 
to fill  orders for large  or small 
lots, cans or in bulk, at the  low­
est rates.

A  Commercial  Nine-Pin.

From the Boston Advertiser.

A wealthy modern  Athenian  was  recently 
appealed to to re-establish in business  his son- 
in-law, who had already been  rehabilitated an 
unusual number of times,  The old  m erchant 
was  obdurate, although  his  daughter  plead 
strongly for  her  husband,  and at length  he 
proceeded to the length of saying th at his son- 
in-law had proved himself utterly a fool.  “But, 
father,” urged the wife now, you know, he has 
so  much  business  experience—”  “Business 
experience!” 
interrupted her  father,  with a 
snort of contempt, “the only  business  exper­
ience he has has been like that of  a  nine-pin; 
he’s been set up a^ain and again simply  to  be 
bowled over.”

A. D. Loomis, druggist, Levering:  “I t is just 

the paper every dealer should have.”

Moore & Yarger, general  dealers,  Freeport: 
“Your paper is a  good  one,  and is well worth 
the money.”
Jas. Crawford, grocer,  Kalkaska:  “I  could 
not or would not  do  without  your  paper for 
twice the amount of  the  subscription  price.”

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.

' 

I?OR  SALE—Crockery, furniture  and under- 

taking stock  in  growing  northern town. 
Stock  will  inventory  about  $1,200.  Will rent 
building  for  $125  per  year.  No  opposition. 
Good opportunity.  Best of reasons for selling. 
All cash, or part cash and security tor balance. 
Address “Crockery,”  care  “The  Tradesman.
57 tt

IX)R  SALE—I  want  to  sell  a six ton nearly 
I7»OR EXCHANGE  _  , - - 

’  new, Howe 22 foot platform scale.  Can be 
seen at 91 Canal street, w . T. Lamoreaux, Agt.
A $600 real  estate  mort- 
f
9  gage, a $1,260  land  contract,  40  acres  of
„1 tim ber land, and  a  good  livery  stock.  I 
11 exchange for stock of dry  goods,  clothing 
groceries.  Address O.  W.  Kibby,  Bellaire 

Ant

wes a i 

ing 1 
Addi

m Co.', Mich. 
ANTED—A competent book-keeper,  with 
eight years’ practical experience,  desir- 
situation with a  jobbing  or  m anufactur- 
louse.  Can give best  of  city  references, 
ress, Book-keeper, care “The Tradesman.’

59*

HID ES, PELTS  AND  EURS. 

Perkins & Hess quote as fohows:

H ID ES.

7
c
814 
814®  854 

Green................................................$  
P art  cured....................................
Full cured......................................
Dry hides and kips.................................  °
Calf skins, green or cured..........W
Deacon skins................................. piece20
Shearlings or Summer skins $  piece. .10
FaU pelts 
--30
W inter  pelts........................................1 90
Fine washed 
ft....................................  ■
Coarse washed........................................ 18
Unwashed................................................
Tallow......................................................°^@

s h e e p  p e l t s .

...........  

W OOL.

 

@12 
@12 
@50
@20
@50

26

@20

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

Ohio White Lime, per  bbl..................1  95
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl...
Akron Cement per  bbl..........
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl----
Car lots....................................
Plastering hair, per bu ..........
Stucco, per bbl........................
Land plaster, per to n .............
Land piaster, car lots...............
Fire bnCk, per  M...................................
Fire clay, per  bbl................................... 
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$6 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6  35@b 50
Canned,  car lots...................................  @® 75
Ohio Lump, car  lots.................. ••••••  ” 
™
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 5U@5 uu

90
140
140
140
... .1 05@1  10 
....  25@  30 
1  75 
3
3 00
3 9®

COAL.

LUMBER, LATH  AND  SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Company quote f . o. b. cars  as 
follow:
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. Per M $44 00
46 00 
Uppers, 144, l l/4 and 2 inch.........................
35 00 
Selects, 1 inch..............................................
38 00 
Selects, 144, 144 and 2  inch.........................
30 00 
Fine Common, 1 inch.................... 
........
20  00 
Shop, 1 inch....................... . 
.......
32  00
Fine, Common, 144, l l/4 and 2 inch .  ........
15 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  teet  ...
16 00 
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe et.........................
17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.........................
15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......
16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 fe et.........................
No. 1 Stocks, 10in .,20fe et.........  ............  1*00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 fe et........   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet................ t .......   17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe et.........................  13 50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe et........................   14 oO
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 fe et.......  1-  50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  13 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t...  ..................   14 50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16  feet........   11  »0
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t..........................   12  50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 fe e t.........................  13 50
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00@ 9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............................  «5 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 16 f t . .. !0  00@10 50 
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 90
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00 
•Dressed Flooring 6in.,No. 2 common—   14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4in., C....................... . •  26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
YXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............  
3 50
X X X 18 in.  Thin...................................... 
3 40
v XXX 16 in................................................. 
3  00
2 00
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in .............................. 
175
Lath  ....... 
2 00
We carry a full line  of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field  and garden. 
Parties  in  want  will  do 
well  to  write  or  see  the

 

 

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND  SEED  CO.

91  CANAL  STREET.

Ibarbware.

Porcelain-H eaded  Nails.

From the Scientific American.

One of the  familiar  illustrations  of  the 
benefit of rapid machinery producing articles 
of nse  combined  with  elegance  is  in  the 
manufacture  of  the  ornamentally  headed 
nails  used for  picture-hanging  and similar 
purposes.  The heads of these  nails  are of 
porcelain or glass, held in gilt  brass setting, 
and the shanks are of iron wire.  The heads 
are molded from opaque porcelain or  trans­
parent glass, and the  settings are made from 
sheet brass in the dies  of a  press.  A  disk 
of brass is cut from a sheet, and a small hole 
made  in  its  center.  The  disk  is  drawn 
down through the center of the die, forming 
a tube-like neck,  which  is  afterwards  tap­
ped in a machine, thus  forming  a  nut  for 
the reception of the  threaded  head end  of 
the wire shank.  The press  forms  the  setr 
ting into a cup shape for the glass or  porce­
is  held 
lain head, and this, when inserted, 
in position  by  having  its  edges  turned 
in 
over the head of a press.  The wire shank is 
pointed in a rotary  press  which  draws  the 
wire down to a point in dies  or  scores  that 
form the  pointed  portion  four-sided.  On 
two of these sides a  film  or  sprew 
is  left 
that is removed by a trimmihg  press.

in 

The formation of the screw-thread  on the 
other end of the wire shank is somewhat in­
teresting.  The thread is not cut with dies 
in fact, it is not cut at  all.  It is  rolled  up 
from the  material  of  the  shank,  and  the 
threaded  portion  becomes  larger  than the 
original wire.  There  is  a  fixed  die 
press, the die having been milled on  a slant 
to represent the V-threitds of a certain pitch 
The die is perfectly flat, and these scores are 
simply cuts of a Y form running  diagonally 
across it.  Another die exactly like the fixed 
one is attached to a reciprocating  arm, so as 
to traverse across  the fixed  die.  Between 
these dies the shank 
is passed  under pres­
sure,  and the  result  is a  perfect thread  at 
the rate  of at  least one  hundred  gross  per 
day, the only attendant being a boy.

Som ething  A bout  Saws.

The material entering  into  the  manufac­
ture of saws must of necessity be of a pecul­
iar character,  besides  which  the  maker of 
the steel as well as  the  saw  maker  should 
know nearly the rate of speed at  which the 
saw is to be run, for a saw running at a very 
high rate of speed needs, of necessity,  to be 
of different temperature as regards the  cen­
ter.  When a disk  of steel  is  made  into a 
saw the maker can hammer it so as  to leave 
either a soft or hard center..  A  saw  having 
a soft center will wabble  if a  person  takes 
hold  of  the  edge  and  starts  it  vibrating, 
while  if  it  has a  hard center  one part will 
not shake any more than another.  Again, a 
saw  with a hard  center, if driven at  a high 
rate of speed, will not cut off straight for the 
sipapfe  reason the center being  hard it will 
not adapt  itself  to the different  degrees of 
hardness  of the timber,  and will not  resist 
the  influence  of  unequal  stiffness  existing 
between  the  sawed board  on one  side  and 
the solid  log on  the  other. 
If,  however,  a 
saw  has a  soft center and is given a motion 
of  100  revolutions  a  minute  or more,  the 
centrifugal  force,  straining  at  the  center, 
stiffens  the saw  and keeps  the edge steady. 
People  ordinarily seem  to  think that there 
has been the same  straining after ornament­
al  effect  in vertical  saws,  so  odd are the 
shapes  of the teeth.  But  with these  saws 
we see again  that  the  study of the  manu­
facturer  has  been  solely  to  produce  the 
greatest possible  strength  and cutting pow­
er commensurate with the  size and  velocity 
of  the  saw. 
In  conclusion,  it will  be no­
ticed  that some of  the vertical  saws  have 
dull teeth alternating with  the  sharp ones; 
by being properly  made, the  dull  teeth  do 
not reach  out quite so far as the sharp ones, 
and are placed here for the purpose of keep- 
ng  the saw-dust out of contact with the cut­
ting or true teeth of the saw.

Smoky  Chim neys.

From a paper  read  by  Mr.  J. P. Seddon 
before the health conference in London  last 
is  made: 
month,  the  following  abstract 
Chimneys  smoke  from  five  causes: 
(1) 
Because air  is not supplied  to  houses  sys­
tematically, like water,  but is,  rather,  ex­
cluded. 
(2)  Because  fire-places  are  illy- 
constructed,  being  drawn  over  from  the 
openings of the fire-place to the flues in such 
a manner as to provide large  vacant  spaces 
above the grates, which contain  cold;  stag­
nant air, in contact with  which  the  smoke 
becomes chilled and is  prevented  from be­
ing drawn into the  flues. 
(3)  Because flues 
are usually made  too  large.  They  should 
seldom  be  more  than  nine  inches  square. 
(4)  Because no provision is made for down­
draughts of air to expend themselves  before 
reaching the fire-place. 
(5)  Because  archi­
tectural guards are not  constructed  at  tops 
of chimneys against wind.  Mr.  Seddon de­
preciates the use of cowls.

(Boobs.

"Why  They  Don’t   Dike  to  Stop

M a n u f a c -

turing.

_In  discussing the trade  situation,  and , in 
consideration  of  the  fact, that, the  textiles 
have  been  over-produced,  says  the  Boston 
Journal of  Commerce,  we  often  find  the 
manufacturers blamed either directly  or by 
implication  for  not  shutting  down  their 
works in  time, and  waiting  until  the  de­
mand for their products  become so .active in 
view of a short supply as to  enhance prices 
very materially.  It is easy to criticise a line 
of action or  inaction  after  we  know its re­
sults;  but in forecasting the future it is  not 
so easy to determine just what is best to do. 
And  then  there  are  other  considerations 
that enter into the  calculations  of the man­
ufacturer  which the outsider  knows  little 
about.  Shutting down involves not only the 
idleness  of  machinery,  which  deteriorates 
more from  lack  of  employment  than  from 
use, but it  means  the  deprivation  of  large 
numbers  of  people—who  are  usually  not 
forehanded—of the means of earning a  sub­
sistence, and to whom every idle day means 
a day  behind  in  account  with  the  world. 
We know that it is  a  common  saying  that 
corporations have no  souls—that  they care 
no more for the workers in  their  mills than 
they do for the horses of their stables,  not­
withstanding this,  it  is  a fact  that  in  the 
matter of shutting down  the  manufacturers 
are largely  influenced  against  doing so  by 
the consideration  of the  effect it will  have 
upon their help.  To avoid this,  a reduction 
of wages  is  resorted  -to,  or  production is 
curtailed  and the  best  and  most  desirable 
hands are retained.  But  curtailed  produc­
tion means more costly production; yet  this 
Ijas been submitted to, and  the manufacture 
of goods in many cases  has been  carried on 
in the past year  when  the  prices  realized 
for the same did not pay the cost of  produc­
ing  them.  This 
is  true  in  some  of  the 
branches  of  cotton  manufacture,  if  not in 
woolens also.  In certain branches of cotton 
manufacture, again, requiring  extra  skilled 
labor, there is still  another  weighty consid­
eration that is not generally thought  of.  If 
a print works shuts down, tire designers, en­
gravers, and printers have to be  retained on 
half pay, or they  are  liable  to be  taken by 
other mills, and  their  skill and  usefulness 
lost to the  old concern.  The  best  skilled 
labor of a shut-down  mill is  apt to find em­
ployment elsewhere before it starts up again, 
for this kind of labor is  always in  demand, 
and when the time for  resuming  operations 
arrives there is a lack of that  best and most 
skilled labor element whicli is absolutely es­
sential to success in these days  of  close and 
active  competition.  From  what  we  have 
stated, then, it will be seen that a shut-down 
or suspension of operations is a thing that is 
fraught with the most  perplexing  if not the 
most serious consequences to manufacturers. | 
There is another drawback  which  we have 
not considered, and that is  the  general lack 
of co-operative spirit among  manufacturers 
thgt would lead  them to take united  action 
in all  matters  of  common  interest.  They 
are too eager to underbid  and overreach one 
another in the field of  competition.  This is 
an unwisdom  that  in  the present  peculiar 
state, of affairs is  having  disastrous  conse- 
■quences to the interests of stockholdeis.  A 
steady,  conservative  action  that  could  be 
brought about by  a  proper  co-operative ac­
tion of manufacturers  might  be  made to so 
regulate production as to not over-supply the 
market for anything, and give to  consumers 
steady, healthy prices, instead  of, as has of­
ten been the case, either  extremely  low  or 
extremely  high  ones,  according  to  the 
over-supply or  scarcity of  the articles need­
ed. 

______

P ap er Shirts.
From the Mercantile Journal.

How is this  for  a new  invention?  The 
bosom of this novel garment  consists of sev­
eral  layers,  of  which  one  can  be  torn  off 
every day, on the blotting pad principle,  ex­
posing a clean white surface in its place.  A 
still more enterprising inventor  is  now try­
ing to  perfect  a  plan  for  printing  install­
ments of a sensational novel of  thrilling in­
terest  on  the  back  of  each 
layer.  He 
shrewdly expects  the  wearer  of  the  shirt 
will be unable to wait a day for the next in­
stallment, and so be tempted to peel  off the 
successive layers of his shirt  front  at  more 
frequent  intervals  to  loan  his  best 
lady 
friend.

A R ound Sum  Lost.

“You may  not  believe  me, gentlemen,” 
said a weather-beaten  tramp, approaching a 
crowd of brokers near Stock Exchange, “but 
I lost a round sum of money on  Wall street 
not so many years ago.”

The hat was passed around, and the tramp 
put away $1.75  in  quarters.  “How  much 
was  this  round  sum of  money  that  you 
lost?”  was asked.

“It  was a penny.  I  dropped  it  down a 

coal hole.”

A  F ast Life  on  a  Sleuder  Incom e.

“There goes a man who  leads a fast life.”
“Is he rich?’
“No,  he only gets $75 a month.”
“Then he must steal to lead a fast  life on 

that income?”

“Oh, no, he’s a railroad conductor.”
A lady called upon her milliner the  other 
day to get the character of her servant.  The 
respectable appearance of  the latter was be­
yond questioning,  “But is she  honest?” ask­
ed the  lady,  “I am  not  so  certain  about 
that,” replied  the  milliner.  “I have  sent 
her to you with my  bill  a  dozen  times  and 
she has never yet given me the money.”

The patent upon  paper  collars  and  shirt- 

bosoms has expired.

WHOLESALE  PEIOE  CURRENT.

Spring  &  Company quote as iju u * o :  * 

W ID E   BROW N COTTONS.

Pepperell, 10-4........25
Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Pepperell, 11-4....... 27)4
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21
Peppered,  7-4........16)4|Peqùot,  7-4..............18
'Pequot,  8-4............. 21
-  
"" 
Pepperell,  8-4........20
24
-  
Pepperell,  9-4....... 22)4¡Pequot,  9-4

”  - - 

• 

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.............1014
Otis F urniture...... 1014
York,  1  oz.............. 10
York, AA, extra oz. 14

OSNABURG,

Alabama brown....  714
Jewell briw n..........914
Kentucky  brown.. 1014 
Lewiston brow n...  914
Lane brown........... 914
Louisiana  plaid—   8

Alabama  plaid.......8
Augusta plaid........   8
Toledo plaid...........   714
Manchester  plaid..  7 
New  Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Utility plaid...........   614

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Greene, G,  4-4........  514
Hill, 4 4....................  814
Hill, 7-8....................  714
Hope,  44................   714
King  Phillip  cam­
bric, 44................1114
Linwood,  4-4..........  9
Lonsdale,  44............814
Lonsdale  cambric. 1114 
Langdon, GB, 44...  914
Langdon, 45........... 14
Mason ville,  44.........914
Maxwell. 4-4........    1014
New York Mill, 4-4.1014 
New Jersey,  4-4—   8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  714 
Pride of the West. .1214
Pocahontas,  44___ 814
Slaterville, 7-8.......... 614
Victoria, AA..........9
Woodbury, 44.......... 5%
Whitinsville,  4 4 ...  714
Whitinsville, 7-8----- 614
W amsutta, 44.........1014
Williams ville,  36...1014

Avondale,  36..........  814!
Art cambrics, 36. „1114 
Androscoggin, 44..  814 
Androscoggin, 54. .1214
Ballou, 4-4...............  714
Ballou, 5-4................6
Boott, 0 .4 4 ...........   814
Boott,  B. 5-5...........   7
Boott, AGC, 44.......914
Boott, R. 3-4..........  554
Blackstone, AA 44.  7141 
Chapman,X,4 4 ....  614
Conway,  44............724
Cabot, 44.................714
Cabot, 7-8.................  614
Canoe,  34 ...............  4
Domestic,  36..........714
Dwight Anchor, 44.  914
Davol, 44...............  914
Fruit of Loom, 44..  894 
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  8J4 
Fruit of  the  Loom,
cambric,  4-4........ 12
Gold Medal, 4-4..  ..  7
Gold Medal, 7-8.........614
Gilded  Age............... 854
Crown..................... 17 
iMasonvffle TS.........  8
No.  10..................... 1214  Masonville  S.........10/4
rjoin  ............... 
10  Lonsdale.............
LonsdaleA............ 16
Anchor....................15 
Centennial.............  
Nictory  O...............
B lackburn.............  8  Victory J . ...............
Davol.......................11  .  Victory D ...............
London....................1214  Victory A ...............  214
Paconia..................12 
Phoenix A ............... 19/4
Red  Cross...............10 
Phoenix B „ ..........   10/4
Social  Imperial — 16  ¡Phoenix X X ............ o
.......554 (Gloucester................6
Albion,  solid.
Gloucestermourn’g.6 
Albion,  grey...........6
Hamilton  fa n cy ....6
Allen’s  checks........514
Hartel fancy........... 6
Ailen’s  fancy......... 514
Merrimac D.............6
Allen’s pink............ 0%
Allen’s purpie'......... 6*4 M anchester.............. 6
American, fancy— 514 Oriental  fancy........ 6
Arnold fancy........... 6 
614
Berfin solid..............  5)4 ¡Pacific robes........... 6
Cocheco  fancy........6  Richmond 
6
Cocheco robes......... 614 Steel River................ o/4
Conestoga fancy... .6  Sim psons 
..........6
Eddystone...............6  Washington fancy..
Eagle fancy.............5  Washington blues..714
Garner pink........... .6141

¡Oriental  robes 

S IL E S IA S . 

PRLNTS.

,

F IN E  BROW N  COTTONS.

T IC K IN G S.

checks,
new

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

W ID E BLEACHED  COTTONS.

domestic ginghams

Renfrew, dress styl 944 
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Bookfold..............1244
Johnson  Manfg Co,
dress  styles........ 1244
Slaterville, 
dress
styles....................  9
White Mfg Co, stap  724 
White Mfg Co, fane  8 
White  Manf’g  Co,
Earlston.................944
Gordon......................8
Greylock, 
dress 

Indian Orchard, 40.  814 
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia  B, 74.........1614
Lyman B, 40-in....... 1014
Mass. BB, 4-4..........  55£
Nashua  E, 40-in—   9
Nashua  R, 44.......... 7
Nashua 0,7-8..........  714
Newmarket N.  —   714 
Pepperell E, 39-in..  714 
Pepperell  R, 4-4—   7 
Pepperell  0,7-8—   614 
Pepperell N, 34—   614
Pocasset  C, 4-4.......7
Saranac  R ...............  7
Saranac E ...............  9

Appleton A, 4 4 ....
8
Boott  M, 4-4...........   *14
Boston  F, 44..........8
Continental C, 4-3..  154 
Continental D, 40 in  854 
Conestoga W, 44...  7 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  514 
Conestoga G, 30-in.  614
Dwight  X, 34........ 6
Dwight Y, 7-8..........614
Dwight Z, 4-4...----7
Dwight Star, 44—   714 
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9 
Enterprise EE, 36..  514 
Great F allsE ,44...  7
Farmers’ A, 44.......  654
Indian  Orchard, 14 714
A m oskeag........ . . . 8   1
Amoskeag, Persian
styles.................... 1014
B ates.........................714
B erkshire...............  614
Glasgow checks—   7 
Glasgow checks, f’y  714 
Glasgow 
royal  styles........   8
Gloucester, 
stan d ard .............   754
P lu n k et..................  714
Lancaster...............  854
styles  ...................1244
Langdale.................754
Androscoggin, 74..21  (Pepperell.  104.......2714
Androscoggin, 8-4. .23  Pepperell,  114.......3214
Pepperell,  74........20  Pequot,  7-4.............21
Pepperell,  84........2214 Pequot,  84.............24
Pepperell,  94 ........25  ¡Pequot,  94............ .2714
Atlantic  A, 4-4.......7)4 ¡Lawrence X X ,44..  8)4
Atlantic  H ,44.......7  Lawrence  Y ,30....  7
Atlantiq  D, 44.......614Lawrence LL.4-4...  554
Atlantic P, 44.........  554 Newmarket N ....., 714
Atlantic  LL, 44—   514¡Mystic River, 44...  6
Adriatic, 36.............  714 Pequot A, 44 ..........  8
Augusta, 44...........   614(Piedmont,  36..........  7
Boott M, 44............  714 Stark AA, 4 4 .------ 714
Boott  FF, 4-4..........  754 Tremont CC, 44 ....  554
Graniteville, 4 4—   654 Utica,  4 4 .............9
Indian  Head, 4 4...  714 Wachusett,  44.......714
Indiana Head 45-in.12141 Wachusett,  30-in...  654 
Falls, XXXX......... .1844
Amoskeag,  ACA... 1344 
Falls, XXX............. 1544
Amoskeag 
“ 4-4.. 19
Falls,  BB................ 1144
Amoskeag,  A ........13
Falls,  BBC, 36........ 1944
Amoskeag,  B ....... 12
Falls,  awning........19
Amoskeag1,  C....... H
Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Amoskeag,  D ........1044
Hamilton,  D ............#44
Amoskeag,  E ........10
Hamilton,  H ............944
Amoskeag, F . . . —   944 
Hamilton  fancy... 10
Premium  A, 4-4— 17
Methuen AA..........1344
Premium  B ...........16
Methuen ASA........18
Extra 4-4................. 16
¡Omega A, 7-8..........11
E xtra 7-8........   .......1444
¡Omega A, 4-1......... 13
Gold Medal 4-4....... 15
Omega ACA, 7-8— 14 
CCA 7-8...................12
Omega ACA, 4-1— 16
CT 4-4..... ..................II
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8......................II
Omega SE, 4-4.........27
BF 7-8......................16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
AF4-4......................19
Omega M, 4-4.......... 25
Cordis AAA, 32......11
Shetucket SS&S3W 1144 
Cordis  ACA, 32..... 15
Shetucket, S & SW.12
Cordis No. 1,32......15
Shetucket,* SFS__ 12
Cordis  No. 2.......... 14
Stockbridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 3.......... 13
Stockbridge  frncy.  8
Cordis  No. 4.......... 1144
G arner.............
Hookset...........
Edwards............. ...  5
Red  Cross........
S. S. & Sons........ ..  5
Forest Grove...
G R A IN   BAGS.
..17  50 Old  Ironsides... ...15
American  A ...
Stark A ............. ..  . 21 )4 i W heatland........ ...21
...  7)4 Otis  CC............... ...10)4
B oston.............
...14 W arren  AX A... ...12)4
Everett blue...
...14 Warren  BB....... ...11)4
Everett  brown.
Otis  AX A ........ __ 1?)4 Warren CC........ ...10)4
Otis BB............. ....11)4 York  fancy....... ...15
Manville........... ....  6 S. S. & Sons........ ...  6
...  6 G arn er............... ...  6
Masgnville.......
Red  Cross........ ....  7)4 Thistle Mills —
B erlin............... ....  7)4 Rose.................... ...  8
Garner ............. ....  7)4
Brooks.................... 50
Clark’s O. N. F .......55
J. &P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread........... 30

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  D aniels...25
M erricks.................40
Stafford...................25
Hall & Manning__ 25
Holyoke.................. 25
Kearsage................ 8)4
A rm ory..................  7)4
Naumkeagsatteen.  8)4 
Androscoggin sat..  814
Pepperell  bleached 814
Canoe River...........   6
Pepperell sa t..........914
Clarendon.................614
Rockport................   7
Hallowell  Im p.......624
Lawrence sat... «...  814 
Ind. Orch. Im p.......7
Conegosat...............  7
L aconia..................  7)4
M IG A N  COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’. ASSOCIAI.
Incorporated Dec. 10,1877—Charter in  Force for 

...  5 Empire  .............
...  5 W ashington....... ...  424

GLAZED CAM BRICS.

P A P E R   CAMBRICS.

SPO O L COTTON.

CORSET JE A N S .

W IG AN S.

DENIM S.

Thirty Tears.

LIST  OF  OFFICERS:

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

_  _  _

P a in t  to  Stop  Leaks  in  D rinking  Tank.
A correspondent writes  to  the  Scientific 
American'.  “I have a  lead lined  drinking 
tank 4x6x6 which leaks;  have  tried  every­
thing possible  to stop it,  but  the  hole  can­
not be  found.  What  varnish  or  paint  not 
injurious could be put on, in order  to fill up 
the holes?”  That  paper  answers  the 
in­
quiry thus:  “Clean the tank out  thorough­
ly  and  dry  it.  Paint 
inside  with 
Prince’s metallic paint  (red  oxide  of iron) 
and boiled linseed  oil,  and  let  it  get  fully 
dry before using.”

the 

To  Rem ove  R luing  from   Steel.
Immerse in a pickle  composed  of 
parts muriatic acid and elixir  vitrol. 
in pure water and dry in tissue paper.

equal
Rinse

PROM PTLY

FILLED .

And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices.

6. HOTS & GO, 6rd’1 Asents

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

N A IL S.

Common, Brad and Fencing.

lOdto  60d................ ........................... $  keg $2  30
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
3a
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv................................................ 
75
3d  advance.....................................................  1  50
3d fine  advance.............................................  3  90
Clinch nails,  adv...........................................  1  75
Finishing 
6d  4d
Size—inches  )  3 
2 
1)4
Adv. f  keg 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLASSES GATES.

I  lOd  8d 
2)4 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2 00 

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

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

MAULS.

O IL E R S.

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................... dis  55
Zinc, with brass bottom ..............................dis  50
Brass or  Copper..........................................-dis  40
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ........................... ............... 
50

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Prevailing  rates  at Chicago  are  as  follows: 

AUGERS AND B IT S .

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

dis 

 

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

BALANCES.

R ailroad.......................................................$  15 00
Garden.......................................................net 3*> 00

BARROW S.

BELLS.

H and.................................................... dis  $  60&10
Cow................................... ...................dis 
60
15
Call............................................................ dis 
G ong.........................................................dis 
20
Door, Sargent.......................................... dis 
55

BOLTS.

40
Stove......................................................dis $ 
75
Carriage  new  list...................................dis 
Plow  .......................................................dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe.............................................. dis  50&15
Cast Barrel  Bolts................................... dis 
50
W rought Barrel Bolts........................ dis 
55
50
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs......................dis 
Cast Square Spring__ :.........................dis 
55
la st Chain...............................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass knob.................dis  55&10
Wrought Square....................................dis  55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush............................ dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...................................................  50&10&10
Ives’  Door...............................................dis  5Q&10

PLA N ES.

Ohio Tool 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............................................... dis 40&10
Common, polished...................................dis
Dripping................................................^   ft

PA N S.

RIVETS.

Iron and Tinned..................................dis
Copper Rivets and B urs.....................dis

PATENT FLAN1SAED IRON.

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

101, 
9

Broken packs 44c 

ft extra.

ROOFING PLATES.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

IC, 14x20, choiqe Charcoal  Terne.................5  75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............7  75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ 12 00
IX, 20x28, choicC^Charcoal Terne...............16 90
Sisal, 44 In. and  larger..................... c*.........  9
Manilla................................................ ..........   1544
Steel and  Iron..............................................dis 50
Try and Bevels............................................. dis 50
Mitre  ............................................................dis  20
Com. 
$3 00 
3  00 
3 00 
3 00 
3 20 
3 40
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.................................. $4 20
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   4 20
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   4 20
Nos. 22 to 24..................................   4 20
Nos .25 to 26..................................   4  40
No. 27 ..............................................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
s h e e t   z i n c .

Com. Smooth.

SHEET IRON.

BRACES.

Backus__

BUCKETS.
Well, swivel..........................

__ dis $
__ dis
__ dis
.......dis

40
50
50
net

........... $ 4 00
4 50

BUTTS,  CAST.

60
Cast Loose Pin, figured..........................dis 
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed........ dis 
60
60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
W rought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  50&10
W rounht Loose  P in ...............................dis 
60
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip ..............dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..............dis 60&  5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ..................................................dis  60& 5
Wrought Table........................................ dis 
60
Wrought Inside Blind...........................dis 
60
Wrought Brass........................................dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s .......................................  .dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s ... ’. .................................dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s.....................................dis 
70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2¡4, per gross  15  00 
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3.... per gross  18 00 

CAPS.

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

catridges.

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

C H IS ELS.

Socket Firm er...................................... dis  65&10
Socket Fram ing................................... dis  65&10
Socket Corner.......................................dis  65&10
Socket Slicks........................................dis  65&10
Butchers’Tanged Firm er................. dis 
40
Barton’s Socket  Firm ers................... dis 
20
Cold........................................................net

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

COMBS.

33)4
25

In casks of 600 fts, f)  ft.................
In smaller quansities, 
ft..........
TINNER’S SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined.................................
Market  Half-and-half..................
Strictly  Half-and-half..................

TIN  PLATES.

6
644
13 00
15 00
16

Cards for Charcoals, $6  75.

,10x14, Charcoal...............................  6  50
10x14,Charcoal.................................  8 50
12x12, Charcoal.................................  6-50
12x12,  Charcoal...............................   8 50
14x20, Charcoal.................................  6 50
14x20,  Ch arcoal......................... . 
8 50

IC, 
IX, 
IC, 
IX, 
IC, 
IX, 
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal....................................  10 50
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool......................................12 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal...........................14 50
20X28, Charcoal....................................   18 00
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  6 50
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8  50
DX, 
DXX,  100 Plate Charcoal............................  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal........................   12  50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to 6 75 

rates.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel,  Game......................................................
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse’s .......... dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's__   60
Hotchkiss’ ........................................................  60
S,P.&W. Mfg.  Co.’s . .. . ...............................   60
Mouse, choker....................................... 20c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion................................. $1 26 $  doz
Bright Market...........................................   dis  60
Annealed M arket.........................................dis  60
Coppered Market............. : ........................dis  55
E xtra Bailing...................  
.dis
40
Tinned  M arket........................................... kis
09
Tinned  Broom........................................... ^  ft
Tinned M attress........................................ $1 ft  8)4
Coppered  Spring  Steel.........................d is 37)4
Tinned SpringSteel........................... .’. ..d is37)4
Plain Fence..............................................^  ft  3)4
Barbed  Fence...................................................
Copper................................................ new  list net
B rass..................................................new  list net

 

 

WIRE GOODS.

Bright............................................................. dis 70
Screw Eyes................................................... tdis 70
Hook’s ............................................................dis 70
Gate Hooks and  Eyes................................. dis 70

WrENCHES.

Brass,  Racking’s .......................................   40&10
Bibb’s  ..........................................................  49&10
B e er....................„ . . . , ...............................  40&10
Fenns’.......................................................... 
60

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

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

 

COCKS.

CO PPER .

D R IL LS

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

ELBOW S.

Com. 4 piece, 6  in ............................doz net $1  10
Corrugated......................................... ■* • dis  20&10
Ad j us table............................................ dis  40&10

EX PA N SIV E B IT S .

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

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. 

20
25

50
50
50
50
30
33)4
28
15 18
|

50

HAMMERS.

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

HA NG ERS.

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

hinges. 

»

60
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2,  3................................dis 
State............................................ per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4)4  14
and  longer..............................................  
3)4
10)4
Screw Hook and Eye,  ) 4 ........... —  net 
8)4
Screw Hook and Eye %....................... net 
Screw Hook and Eye  24.......................net 
7)4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................net 
7)4
dis  60&10
Strap and  T ................... 

 
HO LLO W   W A R E.

Stamped Tin W are....................................   60&10
Japanned/Tin  W are.................................  20&10
Granite Iron  W are...............  
25

 

 

HO ES.

(jrub  1................................................$11 00, dis 40
Grub  2 
........................................  11  50, dis 40
Grub 3. . ..............................................  13 00, dis 40

KNOBS.

Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings........$2 00, dis 60
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings—   2 50, dis 60 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
mings ........................................ list,  7 2o, dis 60
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list, 8 25, dis 
60
60
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain..........dis 
1 Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ................... _d 
40
I H em acite............................................... die 
50

LOCKS—DOOR.

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

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

LEV ELS.

M ILLS.

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

MATTOCKS.

Adze  E v e .................................... $16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt E ye........................... .........$15 00 dis 40&10
H unt’s .........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

35
20
30

Pumps,  Cistern................................................. dis 60&20
Screw s........................................................ 
Casters, Bed and  Plate......................... dis 
Dampers,  American............. ...................  

70
50
33)4

FOSTER, 
STEVENS 
&  GO.,
HARDWARE!

-WHOLESALE-

10  and  13  3IONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

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

W E  SOLICIT  TH E

DEALER’S  TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

Riverside Steel Nail

Which  are  taking the  lead  wherever  intro­

duced.

Agents for the

Simonds Saw

Agents for  the

Foster  Axe,

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

Foster,Stevensi Go.

GLOVER SEED

—AND— BEANS!

Dealers having a surplus  of  either  Clover 
Seed or Beans can  always  find  a  cash  mar­
ket by addressing

ff. T. LAMOBEADÎ, A pt,

91  Canal street.

(Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co.,)

M A N UFA CTU RERS  O F  

t

F IR E   PER FU M ES

—  AND—

TOILET ARTICLES.
. Jenning’s
Flavoring  Extracts. 
Arctic

Improved

BAKING POWDER.
KID DRESSING, 
MUCILAGE, 
BLUINGS,

INKS, ETC.
  JONES  k  CO.,

I

I

Manufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

aluso  PROPRIETORS  OF

KEMIKTK’S

"Red Bark Bitters 

77

IoteHannMori

78  W est  B ridge  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

MICHIGAN.

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

Although some of  the  large  factories  in 
Virginia  are  closed  in  consequence  of  a 
scarcity of tobacco,  the  new  crop  in  Ken­
tucky is so heavy that the  planters  can  not 
find room for it in their bams.

Referring to the recent thinning-out  of ir­
responsible  dealers, in consequence  of  the 
depression of the past  year,  the New  York 
Mercantile Journal remarks:  “Hereafter, 
more  than  ever  before,  business  will be 
done by well-posted merchants.”

The movement of gold  from  London  to 
New York  is  significant  of  an  improving 
condition of our  foreign  trade  and  also  in­
dicates a change  for  the  better  in  general 
business.  The chances are that  after  elec­
tion the business outlook  will  brighten  gll 
around.

Woman 

is  getting  her  rights  in  far  off 
Finland.  While more than  half the burden 
of hard  work  has  always  fallen  upon  her 
shoulders,  she has never heretofore  been al­
lowed to acquire property  in her  own right. 
A late  statute,  however,  removes  this  dis­
ability, and she now  stands before  the law 
upon a level with the old man.

The possibilities of  the  great  Northwest, 
on both sides of the boundary line, appear il­
limitable.  Cyrus W. Field, who has recent­
ly sojourned in that  section, expresses  the 
opinion that theNortliwest of Canada can sus­
tain a population of 100,000,000, and he cites 
with approval the prediction of  Lord  Duff- 
erin that the Dominion will  have a  popula­
tion of 40,000,000 at the end of the next cen­
tury.  Official reports show that  the unsold 
lands of Canada amount to about 960,000,000 
acres.  The  capabilities of  this  broad  ex­
panse of territory are  unbounded,  although 
the climate in some * parts is  quite  rigorous. 
There remains an  equal  amount  of  unsold 
land in the Northwest of the United  States, 
where the conditions are  more  favorable to 
agriculture.  The  growth 
of  population 
throughout that vast region, both  south and 
north of the boundary, is  remarkably rapid. 
Such marvelous development has rarely been 
witnessed in any country.

M eaning  of the T erm  “W holesale  D ealer.” 
The question what constitutes  a  “whole­
sale dealer” was considered  in  an  interest­
ing way by the Kentucky Court  of  Appeals 
in the recent  case of  Pence  vs.  The  Com­
monwealth.  Touching the interpretation of 
the phrase the court said:  In  the  absence 
of a statute giving a  legal  definition  to  the 
word wholesale with regard  to a  particular 
commodity, it is a question of fact  whether, 
according  to  the  usual  course  of  trade  in 
that commodity, a given  transaction is to be 
regarded as at wholesale  or  retail.  These 
are relative terms.  Etymologically  consid­
ered it might be said that the sale of a thing 
as prepared and put up by  the  manufactur­
er, to be sold as put up without  subtraction, 
is a  wholesale  transaction;  hut  if  only  a 
part of the thing is sold,  if  there  is 
(as the 
word retail implies)  a cutting or severing of 
the thing as put up, the sale is a retail trans­
action.  But even  if  the  meanings of  the 
words wholesale and  retail  are  taken from 
the dictionary it is still a question of fact  as 
to the minimum quantity of whisky, or of any 
other fluid,  or of  anything  made  entire,  as 
nails, pins and needles, which  constitutes a 
whole package as originally put  up.  With 
respect to such matters  it  seems  clear  that 
the condition in which the wholesale  dealer 
chooses,  for safety or  convenience,  to keep 
his  stock  is  unimportant.  A  dealer  in 
grain may keep a hundred thousand  bushels 
in  an  elevator;  a  dealer  in 
liquors  may 
keep  them  in  casks  of  immense  capacity, 
but it could not be said that the sale  of fifty 
thousand  bushels  of  the grain  out of  one 
elevator or the sale of one  thousand  gallons 
of wine out of one cask  would  therefore  be 
a  retail  dealing.  What  constitutes  a 
wholesale  dealer, 
in  a  given  commo­
dity,  and  what  constitutes  a  whole­
sale transaction, if made by a wholesale deal­
er, are questions of fact to be  proved by  evi­
dence and found by the jury.  It  is  the “us­
ual course of trade” which determines the an 
swers.  It  may  be  that  only  a  minimum 
quantity is considered  in  deciding  whether 
a dealer is wholesale or retail, and it may be 
that the question  as  to  the  purpose  of the 
purchaser, as  whether  buying  for  personal 
use or for resale, may be an  element.  But 
we do not  think  it  can  be  assumed,  as  a 
matter of law, that the sale  of  no  quantity, 
however  great,  is  a  wholesale  transaction 
unless the purchaser buys as a dealer  to re­
sell.

C. S. YALE & BRO.,

-M anufacturers  ol

BAKING  POWDERS, 

BLUINGS,  ETC.,

40  and  42  South  D ivision,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH

BANANAS,  LEMONS, EGGS,  CHEESE,  VEG­

ETABLES,  APPLES,  CIDER.
Careful Attention Paid to Filling  Orders.
M. G. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.
IR A   O.  C H E E K
Oysters  and  Fruits,

W H O L E SA L E

Chicago has stores where  many  kinds of 
articles are sold for sums ridiculously  small. 
Frequently somebody is subjected  to  search 
in these places on suspicion of being a thief. 
The polite way is for  a  floor  walker  to  in­
form a customer that she  is  wanted 
in an 
adjoining room, where a j oung woman  tells 
her that she is suspected of  shoplifting  and 
must be searched.  The  accused  person,  if 
innocent,  is  usually  so  much  excited  and 
frightened as to offer no  resistance  and the 
woman gives  her  a  thorough  overhauling. 
If nothing is found  she is  permitted  to go. 
Every  few  weeks  a  suit  for  damages  is 
brought  An indignant husband  went into 
a store where his wife  had  been  subjected 
to the ordeal, and when she pointed  out the 
offender he promptly knocked him down.

PLEASANT TO TAKE, ACTS MILDLY, C U R E S  QUICKLY

DURHAM'S  SURE  CURE  FOE  FEVER  &  AGUE.
I One  D ote  taken during the  Chill, 
arrests  the  disease in 20 minutes.

NEVES  KNOWN TO TAIL.  Money re- 
tumed if it does not cure.  Price, 
WESTERN  MEDICINE  CO/8  TONIC  LIVER  PILL8.
50c.  Ask druggist for it.  Sent pre­
paid for 60 cts.  Address, Western 
Purely  Vegetable; contain  no  calomel,_ mineral
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Medicine Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich.
ae.  Act directly on the Liver, “tone 
up” the  system,  aid digestion  and 
purify the blood.  F03XTIVZLY OVSZ 
HEADACHE  AND CONSTIPATION.  In­
valuable  for  Biliousness,  Indiges­
tion, Hypochondria, etc.  Sent free 
an receipt of price, 85  cts.  Sample 
package free.  Western  Medicine 
Company,, Grand Rapids, Mich.

S o le   A gent  fo r

MANOKEN  BRAND.

30 and 32 Ionia Street

Grand Rapids, Mich.

The  O ld  HellaLl©

Pioneer  Cigar  Factory, 

H. SCHNEIDER & CO.,

P r o p r ie to r s .

21  Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids.

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

2ATJSESCOXT  B U SIN ESS  DIRECTORY. euiEine
anlcLUo,
MUSKEGON NOVELTY  IRON WORKS
Williams'  Patent  Novelty  Pipe  Wrench

Manufacturers  of  the

Best,  Strongest  and  M ost  Durable  Made.

BDLKLEÏI L

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

Shop, Blacksmith,  Foundry and Boiler  Shop  Business. 

W  D CAREY & GO

361  Western  Avenue.

OYSTERS,

—AND  JOBBERS  OF—

F r m its a n d   P r o d u c e .

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  PILLED.  BEST  GOODS  AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

Klme’s  Patent  Candler  and  Egg Carrier.

T lie  B est  o n   tlio  M arket.

Consignments  Solicited.

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Can be made any Size, Round or Square, with any Capacity.  State  Territory 
for Sale by G.  C. SAYLES, Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States, P. O. Box  1973, 
Muskegon, Mich.
O H O U T T   &  OOIÆF^A. 3ST1T,
Bitter, E ®  C l« , M l, G ii, I n , Beef Port  F rira
$. S. MORRIS 4 RRO 'i
Jobbers  of  Provisions,

C K
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MUSKEGON, MICH.

E K

F A

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CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse M arket and W ater Street.

CLARK.  JEWELL  &  CO,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

W H O L E SA L E

83, $5 aid 87  PEARL  STREET and 114,116,118 and 120  OTTAWA  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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Choice Butter a Specialty!

IMPORTERS

- A - K T I X

Wholesale  Grocers,.

Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids.

££E33SHnBlHSaSES3UBB

New Japans.

We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices  of  the  new  crop 
of 1884-5 Japan Teas,  including all  grades  of  Pan  Fired, Basket Fire and Sun Cured, and 
embracing  about  1,200  chests  in  all,  which we  have  recently  received  per  the  Pacific- 
Steamers San Pablo and City of Rio de Janeiro.  These  Teas  are  positively  our  own im­
portation,  and  we  believe we  are  safe  in  saying  that  they  are  the  first  Teas  ever  im­
ported  to  this  market  direct  from  Japan.

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

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

Soaps,

Again we remind the Trade that we are the Sole Agents in this market, for  the  well- 
known and popular Soaps of LAUTZ  BROS.  &  CO., Buffalo, N. Y.  Below we  mention 
a few of their best-known bfands:
Acme, 
Palma, 
White Cotton Oil,  Gem, 
Blue Danube, 
Master, etc.

Best American, 
White Marseilles. 
Boss,
Savon  Republique,

Napkin,
Nickel,
Stearine,
Lautz Soap,

Towel, 
Shamrock, 

Mottled German, 

These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers' Prices, and deliver them' in' 1G> 
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.

Fancy Groceries.

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

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

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“  Breakfast  Cocoa.

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Green  Gages..
Apricots.
Egg Plums..
Pears.
Quinces..
Grapes.
Cherries-

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Italian Macarroni, 1  ft> pkg.

“  Yermicella.

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

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

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

SIMM, BULKIf  k  U

