The Michigan Tradesman

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 26,1884. 

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pity nor forgiveness in that man’s heart.  He 
must make an example of this lad that others 
may be deterred from daring to  practice up­
on  the  rich  and  powerful  merchant  the 
lessons he has taught them to practice  upon 
his customers.

There is hardly an article of manufactured 
merchandise made or imported in tire United 
States that lias not its adulterations or imita­
tions ;  and there are but few articles of  raw 
material that are not in  some  manner  adul­
terated.  What is needed is a law that  shall 
compel all men to do an  honest  business;  a 
law that shall apply alike to the rich and the 
poor;  a  law  that  shall  punish a man  who 
sells with a false balance,  the  same  as  the 
man who steals a loaf of  bread;  a  law  that 
shall punish the man who makes  and sells  a 
counterfeit araicle of merchandise, the same 
as the man who makes and circulates a coun­
terfeit coin.

American  Re-Assertion.

G.  C.  Matthews,  in the Current.

The average American  citizen  is  peculiar 
in  that, on  being  knocked  down, his  first 
impulse is  to  declare  liimself  only slightly 
hurt, and to immediately return  to the  com­
bat  confidently  and  courageously.  He  is 
very slow to admit  defeat.  The  newspaper 
reporter  encounters  many examples of  this 
spirit. 
If  a great manufactory bums  down 
in the bight of  a busy season, the first  state­
ment of  the  proprietor  is  that  of  a  deter­
mination  to  build  again, before  he  knows 
whether  his  loss  is  great  or  small. 
If  a 
bank suspends, it  is  always with  the inten­
tion  of  ultimate  resumption, while  all  the 
other  banks of  the city with  one voice  de­
clare  they are  not  injured  by  the  failure, 
and  it very frequently  requires  many years 
to  convince  their  respective  directors  that 
they  were  crippled  at  all.  Some  of  the 
most  successful  dramatic enterprises began 
in failure.  Many  great  railroad  undertak­
ings  have a continuous  history  of  triumph 
over  misfortune, and  many politicians have 
found that  the defeats  of  to-day may cause 
the victories of  the morrow.

The American finds hope in  the fact  that 
no  man  can  tell  what  the  morrow  may 
bring forth.  He  does  not  despair  because 
of  the uncertainty. 
It may be  that  this  is 
the  hope of  the gambler, but  his optimism, 
with  liis  attendant  blessing  of  inspiration 
and consequent  renewal  of  courageous  ac­
tivity, is ever assertive and ever saving.  He 
refuses to don sackcloth  and  declines to sit 
in ashes.  The  chairman  of  one  political 
party’s committee, said  the  dispatches, con­
cedes  5,000  to  the  other  side,  while  the 
latter claim 20,000.  There’s  the  American 
optimism.  Both sides were  looking  at  the 
situation  through  rose-color.  When  the 
next  dispatches showed  that  a  miscalcula­
tion  had  been made,  and  that  the  former 
were victors, the official  who  had  conceded 
5,000 now claimed  10,000, and  he who  had 
claimed  20,000  conceded  only  500.  There 
it was again.  But when  the  campaign was 
over, the  defeated  forgot  their  disappoint­
ment, and when the next was on,  there was 
a  renewal  of, the  old  fight  without  the 
slightest  diminution of  hopefulness.  Pope 
said,  “ Man never is but always to be blest.” 
An American revision would read,  “ Man is 
always bound to be blessed.”

The American has  the happiest faculty of 
forgetting  his misfortunes and  losses.  The 
Republic lias survived  the fiercest  civil war 
of  history, the  commercial  world  the  Jay 
Cooke  panic,  and  the  Government 
the 
political crisis of  1876.  Foreigners, coming 
to  these  shores,  \Vould  find  it  difficult  to 
follow the  track  of  the war, which  closed 
only nineteen  years ago;  the terrible  finan­
cial  crash  of  1873  is  regarded  as  a  good 
lesson,  and  the  Electoral  Commission fur­
nishes an occasional  paragraph  for  a news­
paper  humorist,  while  the  doctrinaires  in 
Congress,  forgetful  of  the  dangers  in  the 
present  method  of  electing  a  President, 
dally over  the  once  warmly-urged  proposi­
tions  to remove  them.  The  Republic  sails 
on serenely, the  country  grows  richer  and 
richer, and  “ The Government  at Washing­
ton still lives.”

A day is an eternity of time to the Ameri­
can.  Events of  interest  succeed  so quickly 
and sharply that  one sensation  treads upon 
another’s  heels, so  fast  they  follow.  The 
croaker  of  one  day  is  the  cheerful  prog­
nosticator of  the next. 
It  may be that  the 
croaking was based upon a sound philosophy, 
but the true American  philosopher  is quick 
to  recognize  new  and  brighter conditions. 
The Republic  lias  continued  on  a  line  of 
rapidly increasing  prosperity, through  wars 
and financial crises and political  revolutions 
from  the  very  beginning,  and  who, there­
fore, shall  say that,  the  campaign  of  1884 
being closed, tlie rule of  the majority is  the 
distress of  tlie  nation.

The Manufacturers'  Gazette claims  that 
the  effects  of  the  inhalation  of  fumes  of 
strong ammonia on the system  are  deafness 
In some instances the troubles 
and catarrh. 
are  very  serious,  indeed. 
It  will  induce 
lung disease if there is any tendency to weak-. 
ness of the lungs.  The most valuable  rem­
edy is to inhale the fumes  of  strong  glacial 
acetic acid which re-acts upon the alkali am­
monia.

The steamship  Great  Eastern  is  to  he at 

New Orleans during the exposition.

t h e  g r a n d   r a p id s

@mt$. iSoi^^

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

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.

W. N.FULLER & CO
Engravers on *Wood,

DESIGNERS  AND

Fine  Mechanical  and  Furniture W ork, In­

cluding  Buildings, Etc.,

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, 

GRAND RAPIDS 

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MICH.

If you are selling goods to make 

RETAILERS,
LAVINE

a profit,  sell

JOHN  CAULFIELD

Is  our  Agent  in  Grand  Rapids  for  our 

FAMOUS

The best easy washer manufactured.

B .J,Johnson & Co.
CLOVER  SEED

MILWAUKEE.

—AND— BEANS!
ff. T. 1AIDRBAUX, Am t,

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

91 Canal street.

OYSTERS 2

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

SEEDS2

Clover, Timothy and all kinds  field  seeds  at 
bottom prices.  Write for quotations  when in 
need of seeds.

Oranges and Lemons

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

Green and Dried Fruits, Butter, Eggs,  and  all 
kinds of Produce.

MOSELEY BROS.,

123  Monroe  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

GKAND  RAPIDS, 

STATE  AGENTS,

HAWKINS & PERRY
PRICE-LIST of TINWARE.

ROCK  BOTTOM

WHOLESALE

MICHIGAN.

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PAILS.

 

 

WASHBOILERS.

PIECED  TINWARE.

$1 08;  3 pt. $1  50;  4 pt. $1 75;  5 pt. $2 0o 
4 pt. $4 25 ;  5 pt. $5 25 ;  6 pt. $6 25.
qt. $2;  4 qt. $2 50.

1 Pint, Covered............................. per dozen  45
2 Pint,  Covered..............................................  “5
3 Pint,  Covered...................  
6»
2 Quart, Covered............................................   °4
3 Quart, Covered..................................................1 ~0
4 Quart, Covered.................................................." 00
6 Quart, Covered..................................................2 50
8 Quart, Covered..........-................................ 3 50
10 Quart, Covered................................................. 4 50
3 Quart, Dinner (with cup  on top)...................3 00
5 Quart, Flaring....................... 1.....................  00
8 Quart, Flaring...................................................1 50
10 Quart, Flaring...................................................1 00
14 Quart, Flaring...................................................3 40
12 Quart, “ Iron Clad ”..........................................4 50
With flat or pit copper bottoms, No. 7— $12 00
With flat or pit copper bottoms, No. 8.......14 00
With flat or pit copper bottoms, No. 0.......16 00
Tea Kettles, No. 7, $540;  No. 8, $6;  No.  9, $6 50. 
Tea Pots, octagon, with spun tin bottoms, 2 pt.
Tea or Coffee Pots, with spun  copper bottoms, 
Coffee  Pots  tin bottom, 1 qt. $1;  2 qt.  $1 75;  3 
Cullenders, small, $1 08;  large, $2.
Dippers. 2 qt. pieced, 85e;  pint cups, 24c.  » 
Steamers, No. 7, $3;  No. 8, $3.50;  No. 9, $4. 
Flasks, 1 pt., 60c.
011 Cans,  i gallon, $2.
Pie Tins, square, 60c.
Bread  Bars, 85c.
Cake Bars, 75c.
Tea Steepers, 1 quart, 85c.
Sprinklers, 6 quart, $4.25;  10 quart,  $6.
Battles, 18e.
Nutmeg graters, 20c.
Milk Strainers, small, $1;  large.  $2.
Biscuit and cake cutters, 25c, 30c and 35c. 
Measures,  1 pint,  65c;  1  quart,  90c;  2  quart, 
Scoops, Retinned, No. 5,50c;  Nos.Hand 16, i5c. 
Picnic Mugs, 35c.
Dish Pans, 4 piece, $1.75;  5 piece, $2 25.
Sifters, “Victor,” crank, $2.15.
Sieves, Tin bound, $1  90;  wood, $1.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Egg Beaters, “Acme,” with crank, 90c.
Stove Polish, 35 and 60c.
Fire Shovels, 50c.
Tea and Coffee Cannisters, 1 B>, 80c, 2 ff> $1.
Dust Pans. 80c.
Slop Bucket«, No. 3, covered, gold band, $5. 
Stove Lifters, 35c.
Basting Spoons, 13 inch, 45c.
Candle Sticks, 35c.
Knives and Forks, No. 18.45c:  No.  18,  bolster­
ed, 65c;  No. 38, Bone, bolstered, $1;  No. 69, 
bone, fancy, bolstered, $1.20.

$1.75;  4 quart, $2.50.

Paring Knives, 30c and 60c.
Butcher Knives, fine, 95; bolstered, $1 50. 
Bread Knives, 90e.
Shoe Polish, Bixby’s No. 3,35c.
Corn Poppers, $1.
Cuspadores, Japannfed, all colors, 9oc.
Gem Pans, 8 on frame, $2.25.
Pad Locks, 90c.
Wisp Brooms, 85c.
Traps, 2 hole, 45c;  4 hole, 85c.

PRESSED TINWARE.
Toys, Dolls  & Holiday Goods

Full variety always in stock, on  which  spec­
ial low prices will be sent on application.  Also 
headquarters for Five and Ten Cent Counter 
Goods, Glassware  and  Crockery.

Having bought a large New  York  bankrupt 
stock at auction, I can and will  undersell  any 
party in the State.  Mail orders receive prompt 
attention.  Visiting  buyers  please call  when 
here.  Terms net cash.

E.  L.  W right,
THE  “BEE-HIVE,”

14 North Division St. 

-   Grand Rapids, Mich.

—FOR  THE—

FIELD  AND  GARDEN,
WHOLESALE  and RETAIL

-----AT-----

—AT T H E-

SEED  STORE,

91  Canal St., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

WEATHERLY 4 CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  and  Retail

IRON  PIPE, 

Brass  Goods,  Iron  a n d  Brass Fittings 

Mantles,  Grates,  Gas  Fixtures, 

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

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

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Special Attention given to  Collections  in City 

or  Country.  Also

FIRE,  LIFE &  ACCIDENT

Insurance,

Shoe and Leather......................................Boston
Cooper..............................................Dayton, Ohio
Union........................................ Pittsburgh,  Pa.
Germania................................. Cincinnati,  Ohio

Total Assets represented, $3,516,808. 

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

TOWER  &  CHAPLIN,
16 Houseman Block  -  Grand Rapids

General  Collectors,

Send for

PRICE  LIST.

ORDERS

PROMPTLY

FILLED.

And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices.

G.BOYUGO.Gen’lA m ts
STEAM  LAUNDRY

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  SO

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

THREE  d o z e n

Business  Maxims  W hich  Should  be 

Re-

membered.

1.  The better you know your business, the 

better your chances to rise.

2.  Be in your place of business punctually 
at the appointed time, whatever be the hour, 
in summer or in whiter.

3.  See  that  the  shop  or  department  to 
which  you are assigned  is well  swept,  win­
dows cleaned, counters, recesses, boxes, etc., 
dusted and in order.

4.  Consider what will  be  best  for  show, 
applicable  to  the  season, day of  the week, 
the  state  of  the weather, as  common-sense 
will dictate* that  a  different  class  of  goods 
are required for a bright sunshiny  day from 
those on a dull, cold and wet day.

5.  On wet days, or when  business is  dull, 
the time may be employed in going over  the 
stock, turning out  for reduction, or  putting 
a clean face on all goods that are unsalable; 
spare  time may also  he used  for arrears of 
bookkeeping,  examining  the  state  of  the 
markets,*and  supplying what  stock  is  nec­
essary.

6.  When dressing a fancy goods or  a  dra­
pery  window,  it  will  be  found  very  con­
venient  to note in your  memorandum  book 
all  you intend  to show, and  refer  to  it  as 
you require, when called  away to serve cus­
tomers, or  by any other  duties  unavoidable 
in small concerns.

7.  Have a  plaee*for everything, and  keep 

everything in its place.

8.  Only by arrangement, method and order 
will business go on smoothly and  regularly.
9.  Bear in mind that goods are  bought  to 

sell, not to keep.

10.  Endeavor  to  master  the  details  of 
your  business, and  if  you  are  ignorant  of 
anything that is necessary you should know, 
seek for the information.

11.  Be  brisk  and  active  in  your  move­
ments, for sloth  makes  all  things  difficult.
12.  Be conscientious  in  tlie  performance 

of  all your duties.

13.  The shop or business  should  never be 
left without  one  or  other  of  the  partners, 
if  there be auy, but if  you have no partner, 
make  your  most  important  assistant  re­
sponsible  during your absence.

14.  Avoid  keeping  too much  stock.  An 
active stock is the great essential to success.
15.  Go  frequently  over  your  stock,  and 
ascertain at the earliest moment the amount 
you have to meet  at  the next  settling  day.
16.  Put your heart into your work in busi­
ness;  concentrate  your  thoughts  upon  it, 
strive to excel, be in  earnest.

17.  Cultivate  an  affable,  yet  respectful, 
bearing toward  eustomers;  let  there  be an 
evident willingness to please, and a manifest 
desire to understand and supply their wants. 
Study always to be courteous.

18.  Ticket as low as  you can, but  always 
sell  cheerfully  and  readily  whatever  is 
ticketed, when required to do so.

19.  Be accurate;  want of accuracy entails 
not  only  errors,  but  also  annoyance  and 
loss.

20.  Seek  to  dignify  your  work,  however 
humble it  be, by the  spirit  and  manner  in 
which you do it.

21.  In all your transactions remember that 
honesty is the best policy, so be scrupulously 
particular  that what  you  sell  is  what  you 
represent it to be.

22.  If  an employer aims to give the great­
est  amount  of  consideration  to  those  he 
employs,  his  conduct  will  prove  as  ad­
vantageous  to  liimself  as  to  his  employes.
23.  To  prevent  litigation  or  mistakes, 
take care that every transaction is in writing.
24.  Keep a  diary, and  enter  down  every 
night  short  notes  of  all  matters  it  is  im­
portant  to  remember  correctly,  or  may be 
necessary to refer to hereafter. v

25.  If  you have several important matters 
to attend to at once, do not  fail  to clear  up 
one thoroughly before you  attempt  to  com­
mence another.

26.  Take care that  the orders  you receive 
are not  only punctually attended to, bqt  at- 
tr  ided to  exactly.

27.  Do not  enter  into any transaction un­
less you are  fully convinced  of  its  being  a 
safe one, and that you thoroughly understand 
it.

28.  A man has other duties to perform be 
sides those  of  business, and  he ought  to so 
arrange it as to enable  him  to  devote  some 
portion of  his  time  to  family and  friends,
29.  Do not allow those about  you to have 
temptations unnecessarily put  in  their way, 
as, if  they fall  into them, you will  be much 
to blame.  Human  nature  is  so  weak  and 
liable to err, we ought not  to expose  others 
more than can possibly be avoided.

30.  Believe strongly in your own exertions 
and  capabilities;  at  the  same  time  try  to 
get the most  out  of  all you  employ, it  will 
be a  great  benefit  to  you  and  to them;  to 
accomplish this, be always on the best terms 
with  your  assistants,  but  avoid  undue 
familiarity.

31.  Do not, on  any consideration,  place  a 
person  who  has  liad  anything  against  his 
character  in  a  place  of  trust.  This  may 
seem  harsh, but what a man has  done  once 
he may do again.

32.  Avoid waste, even in the smallest mat 
ters.  Carry the habit of economy into every 
detail of  your  life;  the  habit  once  formed 
will  he  of  untold  benefit  to  yourself  per­
sonally.

33.  Treat travelers and  representatives of 

houses with respect, but waste no time.

34.  Accommodate the hours of  closing ac­

cording to your business.

35.  See that  every employe is at  his  post 

at the specified time.

36.  Let your character be real—the shining 
warp and woof  of  each  day working  out  a 
manly part in the great loom of  life.

Hints  Regarding Store  Fittings.

The fitting up of the store and the arrange­
ment of stocks and samples is half tlie battle 
In disposing of your goods.  During the past 
few years there has been a wonderful advance 
in this direction, especially in stores devoted 
to the retail trade.  We do not  refer  to  the 
handsomely  fitted  up  buildings  of  Boston, 
Buffalo or Chicago, which are designed main­
ly  for  wholesale  business,  bfit  to  smaller 
stores, where retailing only is the aim, which 
are as tastefully fitted, and whose  effect  up­
on the person entering is fully equal  to  any 
of our larger cities.  There is  one  of  these 
not many  miles from this city,  which  is  in 
itself—apart  from  the  goods it contains—a 
perfect gem.  The counters, tables, cases and 
shelves are not expensive, but well  adapted 
to the purpose for which designed,  and  pre­
senting a most attractive appearance.

In fitting up the store, two points are to be 
studied in the  arrangement:  First,  how  to 
show your samples;  second, where and  how 
to put your stock.  Of course the  first  is  of 
the greater importance, for,  if your  samples 
be  well  arranged  and  enticing,  the  stock 
will  take  care  of  itself; but,  on the other 
hand, many a sale is lost because  tlie  seller 
does not know exactly what quantity  of  an 
article  he  lias  on  hand, and, owing to  the 
mixed  and  inaccessible  condition  of  the 
stock, cannot readily ascertain-.  In arranging 
tables and counters it is  of  the  utmost  iim­
portance that there should be an unobstruct­
ed view of the entire store, so that  the  con­
tents may be taken in at a  glance.  On  this 
account the use of  racks  or  pyramids  upon 
the counter is objection able, as they shut off 
that  portion  of  the  store  which is on  the 
other side of where you may be standing.  If 
you have not sufficient room without adding 
to your available space in this way, let them 
be put on the counters at tlie extreme rear to 
sides  of  the  store,  and  not  on the center 
tables, as by  putting them in the  center  tlie 
store  is  divided  into  two  smaller  rooms. 
Have  all  the  tables  and  counters run the 
saizto  way,  and,  if  possible  let  it  be  the 
longest way of the store. 
If  the  ceiling  of 
your store is high,|a very convenient arrange­
ment can he made by building  a  balcony  or 
gallery around three sides, reached by wind­
ing stairs and protected by a  railing  or  bal­
ustrade.  We have in mind now  a  store  fit­
ted in  that  way,  and the result is certainly 
satisfactory.  Each place must have a differ­
ent style of  fitting,  in  accordance  with  its 
shape, size, position, and many other details, 
and every table must be  specially  prepared 
with a view to the samples it is  intended  to 
receive.  There  need  be  no  great  outlay. 
Scarcely more expense is required to fit up a 
store tastefully than is spent in conventional 
shelves and tables, covered with a coating of 
white paint.  A little study and thought will 
soon discover to you the capabilities  in  this 
direction of your place of business, and show 
you the best plan to  follow  in  arranging  it 
for use.  Follow this plan.

A  Drummer’s  Conquest.

There is a conductor on the Michigan Cen­
tral who has a drummer worse down on him 
than  Barnum  is  on Forepaugh’s white ele­
phant.  The other day the drummer boarded 
the train at Jackson, and finding a seat occu­
pied by a good-looking woman  who  seemed 
lonesome, he got off the usual  “permit  me,” 
etc.,  racket  and  sat down.  Presently,  the 
conductor came through,  and  the  drummer 
put up his one thousand mile ticket and said 
“Detroit,”  and  the  conductor  tore  out  one 
hundred miles at*l extended his hand again, 
saying:  “Fare for  the lady, please!”  And 
as  she made no effort to pay,  the  drummer 
winked  at  her  and asked:  “Detroit,  too?” 
She nodded, and he paid her  fare  and  then 
set to work to make a mash.  She was vivac­
ious and agreeable, and he bought her a good 
many knick-knacks, and everything  seemed 
to glide along like lard oil for the  drummer, 
until they were approaching Detroit, when he 
gave her two dollars, and told her to  put  up 
at the Eagle hotel, and he would call for her 
at 8:30.

“I—don’t  think  I  ought  to  take  this 

money,” she  said.

“O, yes I  Take it along. 

I don’t need  it, 

and you can pay your hotel bill with  it.” 
“But I don’t think I ought to take it.” 
¡“Why?”
.“I am afraid my husband wouldn’t like it.” 
“Oh 1  never mind  him!  He  won’t  carfi. 
Why, if he were here I’d ask him to  let  you 
take the money, and I know he would.” 

“Well, ask him, then.”
“Where can I find him?”
“I think he is in the front car.  He is  the 
conductor  on  this  train, and as soon  as  he 
comes m, I’ll ask him about it.”

Tlie drummer and  his  sample  case  were 
wrestling  in  the  ditch  long before  the  con­
ductor came in, and when  he  and  his  wife 
went to the hotel, thej  found they were sev­
eral dollars  and  quite an  amount^of  candy 
ahead.

The  School  of Dishonesty.

T.  W. Tyrer in November Century.

In looking for the primary cause of  crime 
in its multitude of forms, the question arises,
—At  what  period  of  life did the'evil-doer 
first lose his sense of honesty  and integrity?
If  we  knew  the  facts,  how often  the  an­
swer would be,—At the time that the offend­
er was first placed in contact with the w'orld; 
when, from one cause or another,  he was first 
forced from the care of his parents and com­
pelled  to  contend  alone  for his existence; 
when he first entered  upon  liis  apprentice­
ship to the merchant, the  manufacturer, the 
professional  man,  the farmer.  Perhaps  his 
choice of occupation has been in  a  measure 
directed by the conspicuous advertisement of 
some  one  in  some  of  the  above-named 
branches of business.  He is not long in dis­
covering that  the  advertisement  which  led 
him to ask that employment  was  a misrep­
resentation, calculated to deceive the  public 
and induce a patronage which  a plain state­
ment of facts would not effect.  That boy or 
young man who has been taught  to  abhor  a 
lie and a theft,—and taught that  to  deceive 
another to that person’s injury, or to  induce 
him  to pay more or receive less for an article 
than its value, is as bad as to lie  or steal—is 
amazed to find that the man he  thought  ex­
emplary is no better than, if as good  as,  the 
man who steals a loaf  of  bread  because  of 
his  hunger,  and  is  called a thief.  His  re­
spect for his employer is gone; he no longer 
regards  him  as  a  great  or an honest man, 
and he learns that it is not honesty or  integ­
rity of character that gives to  that  man  his 
good  name  and  position,  but  his  great 
wealth, acquired though it be  through fraud 
and deceit.

that  a 

The next discovery the young man  makes 
is, that he is expected to follow the example 
of his employer is  deceiving  his  customers 
as to the  quality  or  value  of  his goods or 
wares, in order to obtain their money.  Long 
and hard is the struggle  he  undergoes.  On 
one hand are  certain dismissal from his situ- 
uatiou, the  disgrace  of  such  dismissal,  the 
suffering it must entail upon  those  depend­
ent  upon  him,  and  the probability that he 
could  not  secure  another  place  without  a 
recommendation from liis  employer,  which, 
under  the  circumstances,  he  could not ob­
tain, and would not  ask  or  accept.  On  the 
other hand is the loss of self-respect,  honor, 
manhood.  He  hesitates,  and  then  looks 
around alnong business men to learn if other 
men  do  the  same kind erf work.  He  goes 
over the various branches of trade with which 
in  contact,  and  finds  to 
he  has  came 
his  dismay 
large  proportion  of 
men  practice  the  same  deceptions,  that 
each  day, 
times  a  day, 
and  many 
they  wrong 
their  unsuspecting  custom­
ers.  His faith is almost shaken in  the  cor­
rectness of the teachings of his  parents;  he 
wonders if they were  not  in  error, if there 
has not been some great  mistake in his edu­
cation;  else  why  are  all  these  men called 
honest men, and permitted to  practice  with 
impunity that which  he has been taught was 
wrong  and  dishonest!  Still  he hesitates; 
but there come  to his mind those dear  ones 
at home, a widowed  mother,  perhaps,  with 
little brothers and sisters, already pushed to 
the verge of starvation.  Or, if he be  a man 
with  a  wife  and  family,  can  he return to 
those whom he loves better than his life, and 
tell  them  that  he has no  bread  for  them, 
when by doing as other men do he may  pro­
vide for them luxuriously?  All other  argu­
ments  may  fail,  hut  he cannot endure  tlie 
suffering of liis family.  He  lays  down  his 
honor,  and  becomes  his  employer’s  slave. 
He learns to deceive and lie,  and, shall it not 
be said, virtually to steal in behalf of his em­
ployer.  If he becomes expert and successful 
in  the  art,  he  is  praised  and pronounced 
“brilliant” and “sharp.”  Little by little  he 
loses all regard for truth  and  even honesty, 
and hesitates at no deception  that  will »pro­
mote his master’s interest or his own, so long 
as it does not come  within  the  stat ute  a3  a 
crime.

Once  the  harrier  broken  that guards the 
path  of  truth  and rectitude, the successive 
steps  are  easily  taken.  .  He has seen how 
his  employers  and  others  thrive and  grow 
rich upon the gains thus acquired;  and  liow 
they are honored and lauded  as  honest  and 
able.business men.  He has seen  how  even 
those  who  have  been  sent  to the  various 
seats of government to enact  laws  and  pro­
vide  penalties  for  a violation  thereof  have 
grown rich without any visible reason there­
for, yet who return to tlie  people  who  sent 
them without a question as to how they have 
acquired  their  riches  while  in its service; 
but,  as  is  often  the case, with respect  and 
houor proportionate to  their  added  wealth. 
All this, and more, has this young man seen, 
and  he knows how false are the deserts up­
on which  is  bestowed  this  esteem.  What 
wonder, then, that when  pressed with cares 
beyond his meager salary to provide,  lie  be­
gins, in his desperation, to practice  upon his 
lie  has 
employer 
that 
been 
employer’s  customers ? 
is  no 
praise  for  him  now,  $s  he  has  changed 
employers 
for 
himself.  Now  he  is called  a  thief,  and  is 
hurried away to jail for  robbing his employ­
er.  The  employer  appears  and  expresses 
his sorrow that so promising a youth should 
be guilty of so great a crime; but there is no

lessons  which 
to  perform  upon 

is  now  working 

the 
taught 

There 

and 

0-

strength and  the  quantity of  it  is  fully up 
to the average.

stock from  Hilton  Center,  near  Lake view, 
to Altona, where  he  has  resumed  business. I 
C.  W.  Caskey,  a  lumberman  at  Harbor 
S. K. Northam has bought the  interest  of j 
Springs,  has  secured a  99-years’  lease of a
his partner, Mr. Perry, in  the firm  of  John i
A. Perry & Co., hardware  dealers  at  Trav-  site on Mackinac island, and will erect there-
on a summer hotel to cost $50,000.  He will 
erse City.
J work out the wood material for the structure 
in his mill at Harbor Springs.

Itavenna  dealers  are  in  excellent spirits 
over the business prospects of the place  and 
the certainty of a railway connection  in  the 
near future.

Counterfeit  silver  dollars,  sô  finely  ex­
ecuted as  to  almost  defy detection  are  in 
circulation  in  this  State.  They  are  of  a 
W. F. Walker,  who has  been  engaged  in 
whitish color, dated  1883, and  have  a  fine,
the  jewelry  business  at  Plainwell  for  the j
past three years,  has opened a  similar  busi- j clear, and almost  perfect  ring.  The  die is
excellent  and  the  size  and  thickness  cor-
ness at Allegan.
respond to the standard silver dollar.

John  G.  Shields,  of  Shields,  Buikley  & 
Lemon, has returned from his wedding trip, 
which was spent  at  Philadelphia, Washing­
ton, Pittsburg, and other Eastern points.

O. W. Blain  leaves  to-day  for  a  trip  to 
New  Orleans,  taking  in  Cincinnati  and 
Memphis  on  the  downward  journey,  and 
St. Louis, Indianapolis and  Chicago on  the 
return home.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Icroaniile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 26,1884.

Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurei-—Wm. Sears.
Executive  Committee—President,  Vice-Pres­
ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Rail, one 
year;  L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two 
years.
Arbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W. 
Putnam, Joseph Houseman.
Transportation Committee—Wilder D. Stevens, 
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur 
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux.
Manufacturing Committee—Wm.  Cartwright, 
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening
feiof October.
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­
Next Meeting—Wednesday evening,  Dec. 10.

ing of each month.

POST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

OFFICERS.

President—Wm. Logie.
first Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second Vice-President—Richard Warner.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W.  Atkins.
Official  Organ—The  Michigan  Tradesman.
Committee  on  Elections—Wm.  B.  Edmunds, 
chairman;  D.  S.  Haugh,  Wm.  G.  Hawkins, 
Wallace Franklin and J. N. Bradford.
Regular  Meetings—Last  Saturday  evening in 
each month. 
__ 
Next  Meeting—Saturday  evening,  November 
29, at “The Tradesman”  office.

,

It  is  not  carrying  the  point  too  far  to 
assert  that  the people of  this  country, hav­
ing just  emerged  from  a  tempestuous  and 
tumultuous  national  campaign,  are  in  a 
frame of  mind  to  ratify an  amendment  to 
the  Constitution  lengthening  the  Presiden­
tial term to six or eight years.

Altogether the worst  feature of  the  busi­
ness situation for the past year has been the 
paralysis of the iron industry.  Slight symp­
toms  of  improvement  are  now  noted—so 
slight that  it requires a sharp eye  to  detect 
them.  Nevertheless, any sign  of  a  change 
for the better is decidedly welcome.

The immediate suspension  of silver  coin 
age  is  the  first  act  by  which  the coming 
Congress can ingratiate itself in its country 
favor.  Such  a  measure  is  being  strongly 
urged by the various mercantile  and  manu­
facturing exchanges, and  should  secure  the 
approval of every business man  from Maine 
to  California.

Of course,  the  merchants  and  manufac­
turers of the country  will  observe  Thanks­
giving day with due respect to-morrow;  and 
business men generally have  reason  to  feel 
thankful that the strained financial situation 
has not been productive of  greater  disaster, 
and that the country is emerging from a cal­
amitous crisis without suffering more severe­
ly- 

________________

Exchange would  be  nothing  more  than  a 
In  the  hands 
farce  and  waste  of  funds. 
is  familiar  with 
of  a  person  who 
the 
workings  of  similar  Exchanges  or 
the 
mercantile  agencies,  however, 
the  un­
dertaking would  doubtless result  in good to 
every member and  to the  trade of  the  city 
at large.

The probabilities  are  that  a  determined 
effort will  be made  the  coming  session  of 
Congress to effect  the passage of  a national 
bankrupt  act. 
Several  members  of  the 
H o u se  have declared  their  intention  of  re­
introducing the Lowell bill, with the various 
amendments,  and  the  same  draft  which 
passed  the  House  at  the  last  session will 
also  be  presented  by  the  member  who 
fathered  the  measure  at  that  time.  The 
Boston  Merchants’  Exchange  has  set  the 
ball rolling by unanimously petitioning Con­
gress to enact the law, and  similar organiza: 
tions throughout  the  East  are  expected  to 
wheel  into line  at  stated  intervals  during 
the winter.  The demand for national bank­
ruptcy legislation seems  to  be  confined  al­
most  entirely  to  the  East—and  the  oppo­
nents  of  the  measure  are  mostly  in  the 
West.

AMONG THE TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.
F.  Iianiville  &  Co.  have 
office from  the  front  to  the 
factory building.

moved  their 
side  of  their

Thomas  &  Crippen  succeed  A.  A.  Crip- 
pen in the wholesale and retail  hat  and  fur 
business at 54 Monroe street.

H. Lucas & Co. have engaged  in  the gro­
cery business near Cadillac.  Shields, Bulk- 
ley & Lemon furnished the stock.

J. T. Phillips,  patentee  of  the  “ Phillips 
Roller Bark Mill,” ‘is  putting in one of  his 
mills at  the  tannery  of  Walker, Oakley & 
Co., at Chicago.

Leach & Forrister, who own and operate a 
shingle  mill  at  Pierson, have also engaged 
in the grocery business at that place.  Cody, 
Ball & Co. furnished the stock.

lngersoll  & Co., retail  dry  goods  dealers 
at the corner of  Monroe and Ottawa streets, 
are anxious to retire from  business  and  are 
negotiating for the sale of  the stock.

E. M. Stickney, formerly  for  many  years 
engaged in  general  trade  at  Paris, and  for 
the past five  years  a  mill  operator at  that 
place, has  re-engaged  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness, purchasing his  stock  of  Clark, Jewell 
& Co. 

___________ _

The D. R. Stocum assignment matter came 
up for hearing in the Circuit Court  Monday 
on the petition of  the  assignee  to  have  his 
account  allowed.  Judge  Montgomery  al­
lowed  the  account, including  an  item  for 
personal services  amounting  to  $350.  The 
matter was held  over one  more week  to al­
low Turner & Carroll  to  determine whether 
they will move  to set  aside  the  sale of  the 
stock.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

W.  II.  Lawrence, grocer  at  Howell,  has 

As  is  usually  the  case when business  is! 
quiet, there are more dealers  anxious to sell 
than  to  buyas the present time.  There were 
never  better  opportunities  for  purchasing 
desirable plants, however,  than  at  present, 
and  shrewd  business  men  are not slow  to 
recognize this fact and govern themselves ac­
cordingly.  Several valuable  locations  have 
been advertised in T he Tradesm an of late, 
and those now appearing  in  these  columns 
afford  excellent opportunities for  men  with 
the  requisite  amount  of capital and  exper­
ience.

Another  case  of  cheese  poisoning  at 
Howell. 
It has been found that  the  Fruit- 
ridge factory—from which  came  the cheese 
which caused  the poisoning  at  Middleville 
and Big  Rapids early in  the season—is also 
responsible for  the  recent  sickness  among 
the prisoners at the Jackson  jail, as well  as 
the Howell trouble. 
Is the  poisoning  from 
the  whey  tank  or  the  nameless  weed ?— 
This is a question  the  cheesemakers of  the 
State ought to determine, to  the satisfaction 
of  themselves  and  the  great  cheese-eating 
public.  Unless more active steps are  taken 
in this  direction, the results will  inevitably 
be decreased consumption and  a consequent 
decline in the profits of  the faetorymen  and 
the milk producers.

The  Allegan  Gazette,  in  reviewing  the 
improvements  which  have  been  made  at 
that place since the  business portion  of  the 
town was  swept  away  by fire, about  eight 
months ago, presents a list of thirty-six two- 
story brick store buildings, costing on  an av­
erage $4,000 apiece, making a total of $144,- 
000.  The new buildings are in almost every 
case  improvements  over  the  former  struc­
tures, both in point of uniformity,  architect­
ural beauty and the  convenience of the occu­
pants.  Besides the new blocks, several dwell­
ings and  other buildings have been  erected, 
making the total expenditure at  least 8160,- 
000.  A praiseworthy feature of  the  matter 
is  that  only  three  of  the  buildings  have 
been erected by persons not residents of the 
place.

The spirit manifested at the  last  meeting 
of  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Ex­
change  was  entirely  in  keeping  with  the 
enterprise and aggressiveness of  the Valley 
City.  The  officers  elected  are  peculiarly 
fitted for  the  positions  assigned  them, the 
selections  being  particularly happy.  Much 
now depends upon  the  selection  of  an  ac­
tuary.  Placed  in  the  hands  of  an  inex­
perienced person, the credit  feature  of  the

left town.

Mrs. S. A. Mabley, clothing dealer at East 

Saginaw, has sold out.

Gifford  &  Van Drezer  are  moving  into 

their new store at Saranac.

Canby, near Petoskey, is said  to be a cap­

ital location for a general store.

D. B. Freeman  succeeds  F.  A.  Kennedy 

in the grocery business at Jackson.

Williard Jefts, the  Big  Rapids  druggist, 

lias moved into a new store building.

J.  1.  Garlinghouse  succeeds  E.  Moore  & 

Bro. in the drug business at Litchfield.

Wm. Davis succeeds Z. Bookwalter in the 

hardware business at Burnip’s Corners.

Durga,  Harwood  &  Co.  succeed  T.  W. 

Ticker in general trade at North Adams.

Chas. Wellsley succeeds E. C. Wellsley in 

the merchant tailoring business at Colon.

Columbus  Delamater,  harness  dealer  at 
Jackson, has assigned  to  W. W. Delamater.
Reason  &  Tyler  succeed  Abraham  Rich­
mond in the harness business at Stockbridge.
Sherwood & Griswold,  dry  goods  dealers 
at Allegan, are moving into  their new store.
.Mrs. Wm. Sanders,  dealer  in  groceries  at 
Big Rapids, is succeeded by  W.  .1.  Sanders.
Chas. A. Tournier succeeds H. C. Hemen- 
way in  the  confectionery  business  at  Jack- 
son.

John C.  Norris,  Jr.,  succeeds  G.  F.  Mer­
ritt,  Agt.,  in  the  grocery  business  at  Jack- 
son.

A.  Noyes  &  Brother,  general dealers  at 
Harrisville, have assigned to William E. De­
pew.

O. S. Richards, formerly  engaged  in  gen­
eral  trade  at  Clarksville,  has  removed  to 
Lowell.

Willzie Bros., grocers at  Frankfort,  have 
assigned.  Liabilities,*about $1,000; assets, 
unknown.

F. S. Loomis, clothing dealer at Vermont- 
ville, has opened  a  dry goods  store  in  the 
same block.

J. F. Pease  has sold  his  interest  in  the 
East Side  drug store at  Big Rapids to Sum­
ner Stickney.

Saulsbury  &  Coffeen,  grocers  and  brick 
manufacturers  at  Vassar,  have  dissolved, 
Coffeen continuing.

Cringhuis, Weil & Co., clothing dealers  at 
Grand Haven, have removed their stock and 
business to  Whitehall.

F. F. Whitnall, wholesale dealer in gloves 
and whips has just  made  an  assignment  to 
L. E. Rose, at Coldwater.

Four thousand barrels  of  apples  and  60,- 
000  bushels  of  potatoes  have been shipped 
from Greenville this season.

Calvin  Durkee  has  moved  his  general

A. L. Power, the Kent City general dealer, 
contemplates  the  erection  of  a  two-story 
brick  building,  24x70  feet  in  dimensions, 
early next  season.

T.  E.  Phelan  has  removed  his  clothing 
stock to Montague, occupying J. R. Conley’s 
former location.  A  merchant  tailoring  de­
partment will be added.

J. J. Post  has  purchased  the  interest  of j 
his  partner,  Geo. Woodrow, in  the  bakery 
business at Manistee, and will  continue  thé 
business in his own name.

Gary Phelps has purchased the interest of 
C. Ives in  the meat  market  firm  of  Ives & 
Garter, at  Coopersville, and  the  firm  name 
will hereafter be Phelps & Garter.

M.  A.  Root  has  purchased  the  Quigley 
haudware  stock  at  Evart  and  will  take 
formal  possession on  the completion of  the 
inventory which is now in progress.

A.  W.  Sherwood  has  purchased  an  in- j 
terest in the furniture  business  of  Oliver & 
Co.,  at  Allegan,  and  the  firm, name  will 
hereafter be A. W. Sherwood & Co.

The wife  of  a  Motrice  dealer  concealed ! 
$50 in the ashes in  the  stove  one  night  to 
keep it  out  of  the  way  of  burglars.  Her 
husband built the fire next  morning and the 
currency went up in smoke.

The  firm  of  Phelps  Bros.,  tanners  at 
Coopersville, has  been  dissolved  by the  re­
tirement  of  Gary  Phelps.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  Sumner  and  Julius 
Phelps, under the same firm name.

A doctor at Indian River, with  a  practice 
of  $1,200 per year, has only got  hold of $16 
cash in  the past  twenty months.  The  rest 
has been taken in orders on stores, sawmills, 
limekilns,  tailors,  undertakers,  and  well 
diggers.  One account  of  $7 was  taken out 
in fiddling, and  the fiddler  could  only play 
one tune.

Through  an  unfortunate  miscalculation, 
the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  Post  A 
was  erroneously announced  last  week. 
It 
is to be held  Saturday evening of  the  pres­
ent week, and it  is earnestly requested  that 
every member be on hand on  that  occasion, 
as  matters  of  importance  are  to  come  up 
for action.

The  salt manufacturers of Saginaw valley 
consume  from  12,000,000  to  15,000,000  of 
hoops annually, a large proportion  of which 
are made in the valley townslAmong the man­
ufacturers for the Yalley trade areJBackus & 
Binder, opposite East Saginaw;  the  Wilson 
Hoop Co., Bay City; J. Y.  Chapman,  Ham­
lin & Co., S. C. Biin,  Alma;  the  Excelsior 
Hoop Co., of St. Charles, and Traver  & Co., 
of St. Louis.  Trade  this  season  has  been 
dull.

Clay E. Call, assignee for W. L. Kilbourn, 
agricultural implement dealer  at  Petoskey, 
writes  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
follows: 
“There are about eighty creditors, who  rep­
resent about  $4,000.  About  $1,800  are  se­
cured by mortgage on real  estate.  The  real 
estate  is  mortgaged  for  more  than  it  is 
worth.  The assets amount to about  $1,150, 
besides the real estate, which I  do  not  con­
sider  worth  one  cent  besides  the  incum 
brance. 
I think if  the concern pays  25  per 
cent, it will do well.”

as 

STRAY  FACTS.

There are nine  tugs in  the  fishing  busi­

ness at St. Joseph.

dead, but sleeping.

The Mt. Clemens salt  well  project is  not 

Sturgis furniture  factories are running on 

the eight-hour principle.

A well in Franklin has  been sunk  eighty 

feet without striking water.

Tobacco  growing  may  become  a  con­

siderable industry in Clinton county.

The Reed House at Coopersville will here­

after be known as the Commercial.

Hillsdale dealers are shipping  large quan­

tities of  live poultry to eastern markets.

Over 18,000,000 feet  of  lumber  has  been I 
shipped from Frankfort  to Tonawanda  this 
season.

Nels  Lialjenberg  succeeds  Hagstrom  &i 
Lialjenberg,  in the  blacksmith  business  at J 
Pentwater.

The  Adrian  furniture  factory  is  now I 
nearly completed.  Seventy-five men will be j 
employed at the outset.

The salt block  of Nason, Allen &  Co., at I 
Garfield, near Saginaw,  lately  burned,  will 
be immediately rebuilt.

E.  M. Ruggles  has  begun  the erection  ofj 
a  new  roller  skating  rink,  at  'Whitehall, j 
60x120 feet in dimensions.

The Mancelona Iron Furnace Co.  is  ship-1 
ping large quantities of iron to Fort Wayne, j 
South Bend and other southern points.

The  new  dock  property  at  Petoskey  is j 
paying ten per cent, on  the  investment, n o t! 
counting  depreciation  from wear  and  tear. | 
The Warren Featherbone factory at Three 
Oaks,  which  now  employs  75  hands,  has 
shut down in order  to enlarge  its  capacity, j 
The Cheboygan Lumber  Co.,  at  Cheboy-j 
gan,  has  cleared off the  greater  portion  of ! 
this year’s cut, despite the dullness of trade.

Among  other  rich  deposits  of  various! 
kinds  of  mineral  substances  found  by  ex­
plorers at  Lake  Superior  last week was  a 
bed of  jasper.

J.  S.  Malcomson  has  purchased  an  in­
terest in the banking  business of Lee Bros., 
at  Elsie,  and  the  firm  will  hereafter  be 
known as Lee Bros. & Co.

L.  S.  and  Myron  Ballard  have  retired 
from  the  management  of  the  Sparta  Mills 
Co.,  to  be  succeeded  by  E. W. Norton  as 
manager and O. E. Belding as secretary.

Joyce & Hoogstraat  are  logging  for  the 
George W. Roby Lumber  Co.,  and  putting 
into the Pere Marquette over  the Chicago & 
West Michigan Railway 65,000 feet a day.

There  are  nearly 1,500  persons  engaged 
in  the cultivation  and  shipment  of  celery, 
at Kalamazoo, and the value  of  the  annual 
product of  the industry exceeds  $200,000.

About 50,000 barrels of  apples  have been 
shipped  from  Ionia  county  this  season, 
bringing,  on  an  average,  $1  per  barrel. 
Nearly all the shipments  have been to Min­
nesota and Dakota.

The machinery of the Colby sawmill, near 
Stanton, one of  the  largest  interior mills in 
the State, is to be transferred to Oregon. 
It 
goes  to New York  by  rail  and  thence  by 
vessel. 

It fills 10 freight cars.

Walter & Wood, a  firm  long  established 
in the hardware business  in  Battle  Creek, 
closed their doors  Saturday, with  liabilities 
amounting  to $25,000. 
It  is  thought  that 
the firm will be able to resume business.

The old Crapo  mill, at Flint,  has  ceased 
operations forever.  All the timber tributary 
to the mill has  been  cut  up.  Many  years 
the old mill has run,  sawing 12,000,000  feet 
a year and over.  Last near  12,202,000  feet 
were cut.

The  test  deep  salt  well  at  the  Detroit 
mill, Bay City, became  a  flowing well  Sat­
urday evening, having attained  a  depth  of 
2,180  feet.  The  brine  is  100  per  cent, in

Lindernian’s  Patents  ami  Products.
There  is  probably  no  more  ingenious  a 
man in the country—Edison alone  excepted 
—than A. T. Linderman, of  Whitehall.  On 
the destruction of  his stave and shingle mill 
by fire  last winter, he  turned  his  attention 
to  the  manufacturé  of  hard-wood  breach 
boards,  and  found  there  was  no  practical 
machinery for the rapid  production of dove­
tailed  work.  Thereupon  the  old  adage  to 
the effect that  “ Necessity is  the  mother of 
invention ” was again proven  true, and Lin­
derman succeeded in constructing a machine 
which  is  ahead  of  anything  of  the  kind 
ever turned out.  Then  a  device  had  to  be 
invented whereby the  boards  could  be  put 
together  with  rapidity,  and  the  result  of 
both machines  is  a  joint  which  is so near 
perfect  that  an  expert  is  frequently  de­
ceived.  Linderman’s  factory  has  a  daily 
capacity of  about 75 dozen  bread  and  meat 
boards, which find a  market  in  every  state 
in  the  Union.  They  are  made  of  hard 
maple, thoroughly seasoned in kilns specially 
adapted  for  that  purpose—also  the  inven­
tion of  the  owner—and  are  warranted  not 
to warp,  split, or  come  apart.  Eight  sizes 
of  bread  boards  and  six  sizes  of  meat 
boards  are  turned  out.  Mr. Linderman  is 
also making an interlocking packing box, in 
! ten  sizes,  on  which  he  has  applied  for  a 
I patent. 
It  is  dove-tailed  together, no nails 
being used in its construction, and  is  bound 
j to  meet  with  universal  recognition  at  the 
! hands  of  business  men  everywhere.  He 
| has also applied  for  a  patent  on  a  wobble 
j saw planer, and has two or  three other  use- 
! ful  inventions  stowed  away  somewhere  in 
! the back part of  his head.

Montague  Matters.

A new opera house is among the possibili- 

ities of  the immediate future.

M.  J.  Badder  has  removed  his  grocery 
stock from  his former location to a building 
on the main street, nearer  the  business cen­
ter of  the place.

Thompson & Co., a firm composed of  two 
brothers,  E.  D.  and  E. K. Thompson, have 
j ust put in a new hardware stock.  They will 
continue their  hardware  store at Whitehall.
E. L. Dodge,  formerly with  L. G. Ripley, 
has  formed  a  copartnership  with  C.  D. 
Dowling,  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  L. 
Dodge  &  Co.,  and  purchased  the  drug 
store  of  J.  H.  Sullivan  &  Co.  They will 
continue the business at  the  old  stand  for 
the present, but  have in  contemplation  the 
erection of  a brick store building during the 
coming summer season.

Messrs.  Burrows  &  Jones,  L.  G.  Ripley 
and  Geo. Dowling  are  each  building  new 
brick blocks on the site of  the burned build­
ings, each block  being 25x80 feet  in  dimen­
sions and  two  stories  high.  On  the  com­
pletion of the buildings—about the beginning 
of  the  new  year—Burrows  &  Jones  will 
occupy their  store with  their  grocery busi­
ness,  L.  G.  Ripley  will  resume  the  drug 
business, and  Dowling’s store will  possibly 
be occupied  by Jas. J. Gee with  a hardware 
stock—a  branch to  his Whitehall  establish­
ment.

A  curious  fact  in  relation to the Greely 
Arctic  Expedition  is  not generally  known. 
According to Lieutenant Greely’s account, of 
the nineteen men who perished, all  but  one 
were smokers,  and that one was the  last  to 
die.  The seven survivors were non-smoking 
men.  This is an important argument for the 
anti-tobacconists.

65*

Rents

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wholesale

MISCELLANEOUS.
tents of 25 words or  less  inserted 
n at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
ry insertion.  One  cent  for  each 
ird.  Advance payment.

Advertise 
in this colu 
each and e\ 
additional \
1 business of a well- 
TT'oR  SALE—Th 
[Tocery house, situ- 
T  
established v 
Protits have  a v e r­
ated in a neighbo 
teli  will  in v e n to ry  
aged  $5,000  per  ■ 
$9,000  to  $11,
>f p re s e n t location,
$600 per year.  Good reasons  for  selling.  Ad­
dress  for  particulars  CCC, care  “The  Trades­
man.” 
Tf'OR  SALE- Well-established  retail  grocery 
business  in  thriving  country town,  sur­
rounded  by  rich  farming community.  Stock 
and fixtures will inventory about  $2,200.  Full 
particulars  will  be  furnished  by  addressing 
Retail Grocer, in care of “The  Tradesman.”  64
117 ANTED—Situation in a factory as a cheess 
Vf  maker by a man of long experience.  Can 
furnish  best  of  references  from  the  dairy 
trade.  Address E. S., care  “The  Tradesman.”
De a l e r s wishing
to sellout  can  be  placed 
on the “For Sale” list at this oflict
by send-
their  address  and  full  particulars.  No 
charge.  The list is open  to  the  inspection  of 
prospective buyers only.
I PROSPECTIVE  purchasers  will  be  furnish­
ed  a  list  of  dealers  who are desirous  of 
selling by applying  at  this  office.  State  line 
and amount of capital.  Enclose  stamp.
IF  YOU WANT  to  get  into  business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
to get a situation, to  secure  a  clerk  or book­
keeper,  or  if  you  have  anything  for sale or 
want to buy anything, advertise in the  Miscel­
laneous Column  of  “The  Tradesman."  Cash 
or  postage  stamps  to  the amount should  ac­
company each order.

LIVE  GROCERYMEN
DETROIT  SOAP
CO.’S
------FAMOUS-------

-SELL-

The Best Selling Brand  on  the  Mar­
ket.  A Strictly  Pure,  First-Class  A  1 
Family  Soap.  Big and  Lasting  Trade 
and Good Margin to  Dealers.
Cody,  Ball  &  Co..

Sole Agents for Grand Rapids.

CATCH  ON
To  Our New  DEAL!WM. L. ELLIS & GO

— MEAT BOARDS.^D
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OVE-TAILEB  BREAD  AN 

The Best Thing of the Kind Ever Invented.

A. T. Linderman, Manufacturer,  Whitehall, 

SURE  TO  SELL.

Michigan.

Send for sample dozen.  20x26, $4 per dozen. 
Sells for 50 cents apiece.  Sold to  the trade by
Shields, Buikley & Lemon, Grand Rap­
ids; W. J. Gould & Co., Geo. C. Weath- 
erby & Co., Wm.  Donnan  &  Co.,  De­
troit;  Gray,  Burt  &  Kingman,  Cor­
bin, May & Co., Gould Bros., Chicago.

ALBERT CO I  l  SONS,

-JOBBERS  OF--------

Horse Covers,  Oikd  Clothing, Awnings  anil Tents.

73 Canal Street, Grand Rapids.

If in Need of Anything in  our  Line,  it 

will pay you to get our Prices.

PATENTEES  AND  SOLE  MANUF ACTUHER!-

Barlow’s Patent

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Send for Samples and Circular.

GRAND  RAPIDS

MICH.

■ Baltin Oysters !

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51 and 53 Lyon Street 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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New  Dark  “American  Eagle”

F I N E   C U T .

THE BEST 11T TEE MAEEET.
Send an Order to your Wholesale Grocer for it.  Manufactured by

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Michigan  State  Plianuaceutical Association.

OFFICERS.

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amazoo. 

President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
First Vice-President—Geo. M.-McDonald,  Kal­
Second Vice-President—B.  D.  Northrup,  Lan-
Thirtf Vice-President—Frank  Wurzburg',  Gr’d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon, 
Treasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Keller,  F.  W.
Next°piace  of  meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday. 

Rapids. 

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October 13,1885.

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9,1884.

OFFICERS.

President—Frank J. Wurzburg. 
Vice-President—Chas. P. Bigelow.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.  _
Board of Censors—John Peck,  Chas.
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,

P.  Bige- 
low, Jas. S. Co win.
Wm.  H.
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White,
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in
Annual11Meetings—First  Thursday evening in
N extVM eeting—Thursday  evening,  December 

4, at “The Tradesman” office.

The  Drug  Market.

Business has  picked  up considerably dur­
ing  the past week, and there is every reason 
for  a  still  further  improvement  from  this 
time on.  The special features  of  the week 
have been  the  advance  in  iodine, bromide 
and  mercury, affecting  the  many chemicals 
made  from  them,  as  follows': 
Iodine- 
ammonium,  arsenic,  cadmium,  calcium, 
copper,  crude,  resublimed,  iodoform,  iron, 
lead, lithium, magnesium,  manganese,  mer­
cury, potassium, quinine, silver, sodium, snl- 
phur, ziuc. Bromide—potassium, ammonium 
sodium.  Mercury—calomel, corrosive sullim- 
ate, 
red  and  white  precipitate,  white, 
bi  sulphate,  blue  mass,  mere:  ointment. 
Manufacturers quote all these articles “ with­
out  offer”  and  a  further  advance  is  an­
ticipated.  Quinine is  dull  and  featureless. 
Cubebs have declined and are leading down­
ward.  Malaga olive oil is very firm.  Stocks 
are concentrated and higher prices are looked 
for.  Opium is very firm.  For other changes 
and quotations see Price Current.

A well-known  local  pharmacist  suggests 
that  druggists  employ  cylindrical  white 
bottles for medicines to  be taken internally, 
and  square  colored  bottles  for  those  in­
tended for external use.  Many pharmacists 
have decided  to  adopt  this  means  of  pre­
venting poison as one which is very effective 
so far as it  goes.  The  difference  in  shape 
will prevent a large number of  the night ac­
cidents now so common  among  people who 
cannot, or will not, read a label.

Plate  glass  was  discovered  in  an  ac­
cidental way, in 1688, by a man named. The- 
vart. 
It is attributed  to the  breaking  of  a 
vessel  containing melted  glass, a portion of 
which  found*  its  way  under  a  large  flag 
stone, which,  when  subsequently  removed, 
was found to cover  a  plate  of  glass.  This 
suggested the idea of casting glass in plates.
A very complete filling for open cracks in 
floors  may be  made  by  thoroughly soaking 
newspapers in  paste made  of  one pound of 
flour,  three  quarts  of  water,  and  a  table- 
spoonful  of  alum,  thoroughly  boiled  and 
mixed.  Make  the  final  mixture  about  as 
thick 
putty,  aud  it  will  harden  like 
papier maclie.

A St. Louis man has  discovered  that  cat­
fish  skin  makes  elegant  leather  and  pro­
poses to get out a patent and make a fortune. 
He uses it for  everything, for  shoe-laces  to 
slippers,  cabas,  pocket-books  and 
fancy 
pocket-case  covers.  The  leather  is  light 
gray in color, very soft aud tough.

A certain  northern  druggist  recently had 
a call for  the  bull-eyed-of  zinc  ointment, to 
be used  for sore eyes.  When  he  suggested 
that the oxide of  zinc ointment was  the  de­
sired  atticle,  the  customer  said:  “ Well,  I 
knew it  was  made  out  of  some  kind  of  a 
critter’s eye.”

In  France,  the  sale  of  proprietary  medi­
cines is only permitted after the formula has 
been communicated to the Academy of Med­
icine. 
In Germany,  the sale  of all such  ar- 
cles is strictly  prohibited.

The Glassware  Reporter says  that  tem­
pered  glass  may now take its  rank  among 
valuable  inventions,  subject,  however,  to 
many defects in its present state.

In  the  consumption  of  soap  per  capita 
Italy is last  on  the 

the United States lead. 
list.
* The attempt to raise india rubber  in  Cey­
lon seems likely to proye a failure.

Cotton ties are again  being  manufactured 

at Pittsburg.

Five  Points  to  l»e  Remembered.

Keep  down  expenses,  but  don’t  be 

penurious.

Enter your  charges  when  the  goods  are 

sold.  Don’t wait.

Don’t  take  fresh  risks  to  retrieve  your 

losses.  Cut them off  short.

Have  a  proper  division  of  work,  and 
neither  interfere  nor  permit  interference 
with your employes.

It  is  better  for  your  credit  to  postpone 
payment squarely than to pretend to pay by 
giving a worthless promise.

Every  Business  Man  Should  Take  IE 

From the Shelby Independent.

The Michigan T radesm an is  the  lead­
ing  commercial  paper  of  Michigan,  pub­
lished  every Wednesday  at  Grand  Rapids 
by E. A.  Stowe  &  Bro.  T he  Tradesm an 
is a finely-printed  ten-page  paper  and  one 
which every business man  should  take.

Kentucky is the largest tobacco producing 
Its  crop in I860  was 

State  in  the  Union. 
171,120,784 pounds.

Price for 
3 Bottles 
at one 
Sale.

$2 50 
2 50 
2 50 
2  10 
62

Eist  of Medicines  Sold  on  tlie  Plan.

Price per 
Bottle.

J. C. Aver Co.’s Preparations.

Cherry Pectoral...........................$1 00
Sarsaparilla 
............................ 1  00
Ague  Cure...................................... 1 00
Hair Vigor.................................  ”o
Pills, per  box............................  "5

Dr. D. Jayne & Son’s Preparations.

Expectorant................................... I 00
Hair  Tonic...................................... 1 90
Alterative........................................1 00
Ague Mixture................................. 1 00
Carminative Balsam, Large...  50 
Carminative Balsom,  sm all...  35
Tonic  Vermifuge.....................   3a
Liniment  ... j............................  60
Sanative Pills, per box.............   2o

A. C. Meyer & Co.’s Preparations.

Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, Large 1 00 
Br. Bull’s Cough Syrup, med..  50 
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup,  small  25
Dr. Bull’s Baby  Syrup.............   25
Dr. Bull’s Pain Drops...............  25
Dr. Bull’s Diarrhoea Curative.  25 
Dr. Bull’s Cough Candy Drops  25
Dr. Bull’s Baltimore  Pills.......  25
Dr. Bull’s Recto  Mfctura........   50
Dr. Bull’s Blood Mixture.........1 00
J. W. Campion & Co.’s Preparations.

Wishart’s Tar  Cordial.................. 1 00
Wishart’s Sugar Drops, per bx  25 
Foster, Milburn & Co.’s Preparations
50 
.1  00 
.1  00

Thomas Electric Oil,  small. 
Thomas Electric  Oil, large.
Burdock Blood  Bitters.......
Burdock Blood  Pills............

Hostetter & Smith’s P

2 50 
2 50 
2 50 
2 50 
1 25 
90 
90
1 25 
62

2 50 
1 25
62
62
62
62
62
62
1 25
2 50

2 50 
65

1 25
2 50 
2 50
63

2 50

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.1 50 
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2 50
2 50
3 75 
1  00
dozens, this prépara­
it- dozen.

2 50
2 50
65

2 50
1 25
65

.J. H.Sehenck & Son’s Pr<jparations.
.......1 00
Pulmonic  Syrup...
.......1  00
Seaweied Tonic......
Mandr•ake Pills, per  box ........  25
rry Davis & Sons’  Preparaitions.
Davis’ Pain Killer, large ........1  00
Davis’ Pain Killer, medium...  50
Davis’ Paiu Killer, small ......  ¿O
G. Grecin’s Preparations.
Boschee’s  Syrup.
Boseliee’s Syrup, sainpl
August  Flower.
August Flower, sample
Ague Conquerer, small.
Ague Conquerer, large.
One
Bottle.

size. 10
,e..  10 
....  50 
....1 00 
Three 
Bottles
The Swift  Specific Co.’s Preparations.
8 50 
4 50
5 00 
2  <5
Three
One
Bottle.  Bottles.

Large  size..................1 75 
Small  size..................1 00 

2 50 
Six
Bottles

Johnston, Holloway & Co.’s Preparations. 

.1  00 

Hoofland’s German  Bitters.. .1 00
Hoofland’s  German Tonic.......1 50
Hoofland’s Greek Oil,  large 
50 
Hoofland’s Greek Oil,  small...
50
Holloway’s Ess. Jamaica Ging 
Da Costa’s  West  India  Tooth
50
Wash,  large........................
Da Costa’s West  India  Tooth
Wash, small.........................
Haas’ Expectorant,  large.......
Haas’ Expectorant,  small.....
Hooiiand’s  Podopliyllin  Pills,
per box........... ....................
Holloway’s  Vermifuge  Con­
fections, in paper...............
Holloway’s  Vermifuge  Con­
tions, in glass....................
Kromer’s Hair Dye..................
Heiskell’s Ointment
's  Arnica  Plasters
Holloway
large.

50
25

Holloway’s 
medium 
Holloway’s 
small ...

Arnica
Arnica

Plasters
Piasters

3

65

65 
1 25

65 
For 6.
1 00

The Chas. A. Vogeler Co.’s  Preparations. 

St. Jakob’s Oel (St. Jacob's  Oil)  50 
Liebig Malz Extract  (Malt Ex-
tract)......................................  50
Dr. Worthington’s Cholera and
Diarrhoea Medicine...........  25
Vogeler’s  Klettenwurzel  Oil
(Burdock Boot Oil)...............  50
Vogeler’s Gen.  Carlsbad  Salts  75
Roman  Liniment......................  50
Dr. Aug. Koenig’s Hamburger 
Tropfen (Hamburg  Drops).  50

Dr.-Aug. Koenig’s Hamburger
Brustthee (Breast  Tea)—  
Dr. Aug. Koenig’s Hamburger
Pilaster  (Plaster).................  25 

. 
Fleming Brothers’ Preparations.
Dr. C. McLain’s Liver Pills—  
Dr. C. McLain’s Vermifuge... 

Five
Bottles.

2  00
2 00
1  00
2  00 
3 00 
•2 00
2  00 
Five
Package.  Pkgs. 
100
1  0t
One  Three
Box.  Boxes.

25 

25 
25 

60
60
One  Three 
Bottle  Bottles.

J. N. Harris & Co.’s, Limited, Preparations.
:

Allen’s  Lung Balsam...............1 00 

C. I. Hood & Co.’s Preparations.

Hood’s Sarsaparilla..................1 00
Hood’s Tooth Powder, sm all..  25
Hood’s Tooth Powder,  large..  50 
One 
Box
Hood’s Olive Ointment, small.  25 
Hood’s Olive Ointment, large. 1 00 
Hood’s Vegetable  Pills............  25
One 
Bottle.
Brown Chemical Co.’s Preparations.

1 00
Brown’s Iron  Bitters..........
1  00
Curatine...............................
.1 00
Brown’s Emulsion C. L.  Oil
.14)0
Peruvian Chill Cure............
Powell’s  Beef,  C.  L.  Oil  and
.1 00
Pepsin..................................
Dr.  Mettaur’s Headache Pills,
!  35 
per box.................................
LS.
Seahury & Johnson’s Preparations 
Benson’s  Capacine  Plasters
.’  25
per plaster,..........................

Snow & Earle’s Preparations.

Bilousine 

.1 00
.................................1 00

E. T. Hazeltine’s Preparations.

50

1 00 

2 50 
For 5 
For 3 
1
Five 
Boxes 1 00 
For 3 
2 50 
For 5 1 00 
Three 
Bottles

2 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
65

60

3 50

.  50

Piso’s Cure for Consumption.
Piso’s Remedy for  Cartarrh..

Dr- Harter’s Fever  and Ague
Dr. Harter’s  Fever and  Ague

Specific...............................  75 
P ills......................................  75 
Dr. Harter’s Liver  Pills..........-25 
Dr.  Harter’s  German  Vermi­

62
1 25
The  Dr. Harter Medicine  Co.’s  Preparations.
For 2
1  25
1 25
3 Boxes
65
3 Boltles.
65
2 Bottles.
125
3 Bottles.
65
2 50
65
65
250
A lightning rod put  in  the  ground  in  a 
small  town fifteen years  ago was imbedded 
in soft  clay.  When it was removed, a  few 
days since, a solid  lump of  iron  ore, weigh­
ing  ninety-six pounds, was  attached  to  it, 
It was supposed  that  the electricity  of  the 
rod converted the soft clay into iron ore.

fuge Candy..........................   25 
Dr. Harter’s Lung Balm, large  75 
Dr. Harter’s Lung Balm, small  25 
Dr. Harter’s Iron  Tonic..........1 00 
Dr. Harter’s Soothing Drops..  25 
Dr. Harter’s Liniment.............   25 
Dr.  Harter’s  Elixir  of  Wild
Cherry..................................100 

A  crane  capable  of  lifting  147  tons  is 
being erected at  Hamburg. 
It will  be  the 
largest  on  the  Continent—the  next  being 
that  already erected  at Antwerp,  which  is 
capable of  lifting 120 tons.

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GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

W olf, Patton & Co., a n d J ohn L. W hit­

70
40
15
50
24
24 12
50 
45 1 10 
8 
3 
50
69 
14
25 
90
70

40
42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 93  and 

ELEGANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

2 28
1 50
27
12
 
2 75
2 00
3  @  4
4)4®  5
6  @  7
2 25

18 
50 
30 
60 
60 
50 
40 
35 
30 
30 
55@60 
23 
20®
13 
35®  40 
80
90@1  00
35
30
40 
4 15 
30 
26 
24 

Druggists !

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.20) $  gal.... 
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 
Anodyne Hoffman’s...............................  
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........ 
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........  
Annatto  1 tb rolls....................................  
Blue  Soluble............................................ 
Bay  Rum, imported, best............. 
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
Alum......................................... 
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
Annatto,  prime........................................ 
Antimony, powdered,  com’l ........  
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
Balm Gilead  Buds................................... 
Beans,  Tonka....................;........... 
Beans,  Vanilla__ .,...........
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.......
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........
Blue Vitriol  ......................
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............
Cantharides, Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  American  do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40...............................
Cassia Buds......................................
Calomel.  American................ ........
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lump..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
Chloral 
do  ,  cryst...
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral 
do 
crusts..
Chloroform......................................1  00
Cinchonidia, P. & W........«...•.........  40
Cinchonidia, other brands.............   40
Cloves (Powd 28c)
Cochineal.......*...
Cocoa  Butter 
Copperas (by bbl  le)
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  38  ©
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 B> box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear,  prime........... ..................
Cuttle Fish Bone..............................
Dextrine............................
Dover’s  Powders.............
Dragon’s Blood Mass........
Ergot  powdered...............
Ether Squibb’s..................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s.............
Epsom Salts...................................... 
Ergot, fresh......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
Flake white......................................
Grains  Paradise..............................
Gelatine,  Cooper’s ..........................
Gelatine. French  ............................  45  @
G lassware, flint, 7') off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
17
Glue,  cabinet..................................   12  @
28
Glue,white 
..................'............  17  @
20
Glycerine, pure..............................  17  @
40
Hops  )4s and U s.............................. 
25®
35
Iodoform 
oz,...............................
Indigo...............................................   85 @1 00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian....  25  @  30
Iodine,  resublimed.............................. 
4 00
Isinglass,  American.............................. 
1 50
Japonica........................................... 
9
London  Purple...............................  10  @  15
Our stock in this department of  our  busi­
15
Lead, acetate............................................. 
ness is  conceded tobe  one  of  the  largest, 
Lime, chloride, ()4s 2s 10c & i£s 11c) 
9
best-assorted and diversified to be  found  in 
Lupuline................................................ 
  1 00
 
50
Lycopodium............................................. 
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers of 
Mace.................................................  
many articles ourselves  and  can  offer  Fine 
Madder, best  Dutch.....................  
Solid Back Hair Brushes,  French  and Eng- 
Manna, S.  F ..............................................  
75
glish Tooth and Nail  Brushes  at  attractive 
60
Mercury..................................................... 
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........oz  3 05@3 30
prices.  Our line of Holiday  Goods  for the 
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s ........  
approaching season will be more full and el­
Moss, Iceland............................f) H>
egant than ever  before,  and  we  desire our 
Moss,  Irish......................................
Mustard,  English............................
customers  to  delay  their  fall  purchasers 
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 fi>  cans........
of those articles until they have seen our el­
Nutgalls............................................
egant line, as shown by our accredited repre­
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
sentative who is now  preparing  for  his  an­
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment. Mercurial, )4d...............
nual exhibition of those  goods.
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy...................
Quassia  ............................................
Quinia. Sulph, P, & W........... ft oz
Quinine,  German............................
Seidlitz  Mixture..............................
Strychnia, cryst...............................
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................
Red  Precipitate.......................^ lb
Saffron, American.  .......................
Sal  Glauber......................................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
Sal Rochelle......................................
18  @  19)4  gal  Soda............................................
Salicin...............................................
Santonin...........................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3ej.....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Soap, White Castile.........................
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
.........................
Soap, 
do  do 
.........................
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
Tartar Emetic..................................
Tar, N, C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  $  doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
Tar, 
pints in tin.............
Turpentine,  Venice................ ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
Zinc,  Sulphate.................................

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

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

95 
95* 
28 
1 50 
82 
85 
35
@ 2
10
9
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2 y2
2 00
6 75
38
4
25
4)4® 5
14
17
9
11
14
26  @ 28
28  @ 32
30
3)4® 4
3® 3)4
60o 70
1 40
85
25
60
7  © 8

Druggists' Sundries

Withers Dade & Go1

Grand  Rapids  Brush  Co.,  Ma n f’rs  of 

6 40
•go
80
65
11 
6 
20 
30 22 
16 
10 
35 
30 
35 
2 35

H a ir, Shoe a n d H orse B rushes.

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

40
10 12 
30 
18 20 
70 
10 40 
18 
3 00

/
6  @ 
90® 
90  ©

—Also for the—

Brushes.

12)4®  13

79  ©

2  @

do 
do 

37
25
65

®

60

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o il s .

Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
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
Gal
85
75
65
53
56
90
40

Linseed, pure  raw..........................
Linseed, boiled...............................
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained........
Spirits Turpentine..........................

Bbl
..  80
..  55
..  50
..  53
..  70
..  30

Whale, winter.

v a r n is h e s.

....1 10@1 20 
....1  60@1 70 
....2  76@3 00 
....1  00@1 10 
....  r0®  75
....1  56©1 60
Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp—  
p a in t s .
>1
Lb
Bbl
9
Boralumine, White  bulkl
10
5 B>s j ............
Boralumine, 
“ 
10
Boralumine,Tints bulk.  j-50 off..
11
5 lbs.  1............
Boralumine  “ 
2® 3 
Red Venetian............................  1
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........   1)4
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  1)4
2)4® 3 
Putty, commercial..................   2)4
2)4© 3 
Putty, strictly pure..................   2)4
13@16 
Vermilion, prime  American..
65@57 
Vermilion,  English..................
16@17 
Green, Peninsular....................
5)4 
Lead, red strictly pure...........
5)4 
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
@70 
Whiting, white  Spanish..........
@90 
Whiting,  Gilders’................
1  10 
White, Paris American............
1 40
Whiting  Paris English cliff..

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

We are also  owners of the

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

Bins, BranHies & Fims Wines.

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

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

m LT M B ra S M O

BERRIES.

Cubeb,  prime (Powd 60c)............... 
Juniper......................... •.................. ,  ®
Prickly Ash......................................1 60

EXTRACTS.

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

FLOWERS.

GUMS.

Arnica...............................................   I®  @
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................
.................. 
Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac....................... *...............
Arabic, extra  select.......................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,r.3d pickad............................
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
As8afcentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin............................................
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is 04 14c, )4s  16c)
Euphorbium powdered—
Galbanum strained
Gamboge........................................... 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
Kino [Powdered, 30cl.....................  
Mastic..............................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered  4ic)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.75)...............
Shellac, Campbell’s .........................
Shellac,  English..............................
Shellac, native.................................
Shellac bleached..............................
Tragacanth......................................  30
HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

Hoarhound.......................................................25
"5
Lobelia....................................... 
Peppermint............................................... 
35
.40
Rue
Spearmint........................................................2*
Sweet Majoram.
I''."’.'."!!!'.'.'."!".~26 
Tanzy........................................................
.................................... 30
Thym e......................................................
Wormwood..............................................

IRON.

LEAVES.

Citrate and  Quinine.......................
Solution mur„ for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal..................
Citrate  ..............................................
Phosphate........................................
Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................  12
Sage, Italian, bulk (Us & )4s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered..................... —
Senna tinnivelli..............................
Uva  Ursi............, . . . . .....................
Beliedonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
Henbane ...........................................
Rose, red...........................................
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mask Whisky.2 00 
IS
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye 
Whisky, other brands...
.......1 35
Gin, Old Tom....................
......2 00
Gin,  Holland....................
.......I 75
Brandy..............................
..  ..125 
Catawba  Wines...............
.......1 35
Port Wines................

LIQUORS.

MAGNESIA.

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

OILS.

45

do 
do 

Almond, sweet........................
Amber,  rectified.....................
Anise.........................................
Bay $   oz...................................
Bergamout...............................
Castor.......................................
Croton................................................
Cajeput...........................................
C assia...............................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella.......................................
Cloves................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Erigeron...........................................
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............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rose  $  oz..............................., ........
Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)...
Sandal  Wood. German..................
andal Wood,  W. I ............................
Sassafras...........................................
Tansy................................................
Tar (by gal 60c).................................  10
Wintergreen.................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50).......
Savin.................................................
Wormseed........................................
Cod Liver, filtered................$  gal
Cod Liver, best...............................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Olive, Malaga....................
Olive, “Sublime  Ita lia n ...............
Salad.................................................  65
Rose,  Ihmsen’s.  ....................$  oz

POTASSIUM.

ROOTS.

Bicromate................................$  B>
Bromide, eryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23e).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow..............................
Alkanet............................................
Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in J£8 and )4s—
Blood (Powd 18c).............................
Calamus,  peeled..............................
Calamus, German  white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  14c).........................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)............  13
, Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........
Golden Seal (Powd 30c)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap,  powdered..............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 12)4)........
Licorice, ex-tra «elect.....................
Pink, true.........................................
Rliei, from select to  choice..........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1........................110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..................
Rhei, choice cut fingers................
Serpentaria.................. ...................
Scneka..............................................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras...............  

,

2 01 

66 
45 
1° 
50 
00 
2 00 
15 
1 20 
40 
35 
1 25 
1  60 
2  00 
75 
40 
50 
2  00 
1 00 
90 
1  70 
1 75 
80 
1 25 
50
1 40
3 25 
9 75
65
4 50 
7 00 
*  60 
4 50
®  12
2 25 
4 50 
1 00
2 50
1 50
3 50. 
6 00
@1  20
2 50 
@  67
9 75

14 
38 
20
3 00 
30
15 
27
17 
35 12
18 
38 
23 10
14 20 

25 221 10 

®

37)4 12
15 
35
©1 50 
®1 20 
2 00 
2 25 
75 
65 
45

THE  CAMPION  PEAN.

WHOLESALE  PKICE  CURRENT.

HÄZELTINE,

18
10
25
20

11
6
5  @
4  @ 4)4
11  @ 12
2 uo2 25
25
12
15

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

j  Sarsaparilla,  Mexican.
I  Squills, white (Powd 35c). 
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).

„

, 

__„  , 

10
35
35
55
512
15
4
48
20
15
17
18 
14

Advanced-Iodine.  Iodide  Potash,  Bromide  » g ™ ,  

T "
Potash, Mercury,  Calomel,  Corrosive  Sublim-;  valerian, Vermont (rowa ¿gc)... 
ate, Red Precipitate, Balsam Tolu, Oil Pepper- j
SEEDS.
mint, Serpentoria Root. 
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)... 
Declined—Golden Seal Root,  Oil  Cubebst Cu-1
Bird, mixed in 1b  packages..
bebs, Glycerine, Carbolic Acid,  Quinine  (P.  &j Canary,  Smyrna........ .....................
W. and German), Alcohol.
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c)..
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
ACIDS.
Cardamon, Malabar........... .............
Acetic,  No. 8......................................... 9  &
Celery................................................
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........  30  ®
Coriander, oest English................
Carbt lie............................................   33  @
Fennel..............................................
Citric.................................................
Flax,  clean.........................   ..........
Muriatic 18  deg............................... 
»  ®
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)..................
Nitric 36 deg....................................  11  @
Foenugreek, powdered..................
Oxalic...............................................   14V4®
Hemp,  Russian...............................
Sulphuric 66 deg.............................. 
3  @
Mustard, white  Black 10c)............ 
Tartaric  powdered.........................
Quince.............................................. 
Benzoic,  English....................$  oz
Rape, Lnglish..................................  
Benzoic,  German............................  12  ©
Worm,  Levant................................. 
Tannic..............................................   IS  ©
Carbonate.................................$  B>  IS  @
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
»  ©
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 
7  @
Copaiba....................................... . 
©
Fir......................................................
Peru................................................... 
Tolu...................................................
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........
Cinchona,  yellow..........................
Elm,  select.......................................
Elm, ground, pure..........................
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................
Sassafras, of root............................ 
Wild Cherry, select........................
Bay berry  powdered.......................
Hemlock powdered.........................
W ahoo.................................. '...........
Soap  ground....................................

do 
MISCELLANEUS.

45
40
50
55
12
18
15
13
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

AMMONIA.

BALSAMS.

SPONOJ2S.

BARKS.

>

*

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

FULLY  ORGANIZED 

The  Merchants  s

Manufacturers’  E s-

< na,use,

The fourth  and  most  successful  meeting 
of  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Ex­
change was held at the  Morton  House  par­
lors Monday evening, the  following  gentle­
men  being  in  attendance:  L.  E.  Hawkins, 
O. A. Ball, L. J. Rindge,  0. H. Leonard, R. 
D.  Swartout,  A.  E.  Brooks,  W.  T.  Lam- 
oreaux, Joseph  Houseman, Sherwood  Hall, 
Geo.  Nelson;  C.  W.  Jennings,  Geo.  N. 
Davis,  Wm.  Cartwright,  Hugo  Schneider, 
Geo. B. Dunton, Frank  Jewell,  M.  C.  Rus­
sell, and H. G. Barlow.

L. E. Hawkins  was  called  to  the  chair 
and Heman G. Barlow was asked to officiate 
as secretary.

On  motion  of  O.  A.  Ball,  the  meeting 
proceeded  to  the  election  of  officers,  and 
the chair appointed as tellers  C. H. Leonard 
and W.  T.  Lamoreaux.  The  balloting  re­
sulted  in  the  election  of  the  following 
named gentlemen to  the positions stated:

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas.  II. Leonard.
Treasurer—Wm. Sears.
Executive  Committee—President,  Vice- 
President  and  Treasurer,  ex officio;  O.  A. 
Ball,  one  year;  L. E. Hawkins  and  R. D. 
Swartout, two years.

Arbitration  Committee—I.  M. Clark, Ben 

W. Putnam, Joseph Houseman.

Transportation  Committee—Wilder  [D. 
Stevens,  Geo. B. Dunton,  Amos _S. Mussel- 
man.

Insurance  Committee—John  G.  Shields, 

Arthur Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux.

Manufacturing  Committee—Wm.  Cart­

wright, E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jenniugs.

A vote of  thanks  was  tendered  Mr. Bar- 
low  for  his  services  in  behalf  of; the  Ex­
change, and  he was  unanimously requested 
to continue  to act  as  secretary until  an ac­
tuary is appointed.

The meeting then adjourned.

MUSKEGONnM ATTERS.

Facts and  Fancies Picked Up at that Place.
Dr.  J.  Van  Deinse  contemplates  the  es­
tablishment of  another  drug  store  on  Pine 
street within the next month.

The building  and  machinery of  the Mus­
kegon Basket  Factory will  be  removed  to • 
Lakeside,  where  the  works  will  be  per­
manently located.

It is to  be hoped  that no groceryman will 
disregard  his agreement  relative  to closing 
his store at  8 o’clock, as  the  dereliction  of 
a  few  dealers  would  render  the  arrange­
ment  practically inoperative.

A.  W.  Mosher  &  Co.,  who  have  been 
doing  a  produce  commission  business  on 
Pine  street  for  several  months  past, have 
dissolved, M.  F.  Reed  retiring.  The  busi­
ness will be continued by A.  W. Mosher.

Kline’s patent  egg carrier  and  candler.is 
rapidly taking front  rank, and  is  hound  to 
meet with  the  success  it  deserves.  A  St. 
Louis house is negotiating  for  the purchase 
of  several  of the  most  important  states in 
the  Union.

The Schimmel stock seems to be followed 
by the same curse which is visited upon  the 
creditors of  the ill-fated  concern.  Park  A. 
C. Bradford, who purchased  the  silverware 
portion  of  the  stock, recently  made  an  as­
signment  to one Mr. Gordon;  but while  the 
papers  were  being  drawn, Mrs. Bradford’s 
attorneys seized the entire stock  on a §1,200 
chattel mortgage.

It may  seem  to  be  beyond  the  limit  of 
possibility, but  it is nevertheless a fact  that 
a certain  jobbing house*in 'this city doing  a 
business  aggregating  3100,000  a  year,  has 
been  able  to  pull  along  so  far  this  year 
without making a single  loss.  Such  an  ex­
ceptional showing is due to unusual  careful­
ness in  the selection  of  customers  and  un­
wonted diligence in looking after the prompt 
payment  of  every invoice.  The  same  firm 
carried on a  retail  business last  season at a 
loss  of  exactly  48  cents, which  is probably 
without parallel in the mercantile  history of 
Michigan.

Alex. McKay, Wierengo’s defaulting book­
keeper,  was  brought  hack 
to  Muskegon 
Friday and  will  have  his  preliminary  ex­
amination to-day.  McKay states  that when 
he  left  Muskegon  he  went  directly  to 
Toronto  and  had,  when  he  arrived  there, 
about 3800.  He lost  this^in  a  remarkably 
short time by taking  a  hand  in  a  game of 
poker.  He  saw  an  advertisement  in  a 
newspaper w'herein  a  business  house  in a 
neighboring  town wanted to engage a clerk, 
and succeeded tu  scraping  together  money 
enough to reach  the town, when  he learned 
that the firm had  already employed  a clerk. 
He  then went to Buffalo, and  afterward  to 
New York City, in  both of  which places he 
succeeded in  getting  bogus  drafts on Wier- 
engo cashed by business  houses.  His  next 
move was to lose that amount  at  gambling. 
He ^reappeared  at  one  of  the  business 
houses  and  his  arrest  followed.  When 
taken into  custody M*cKay  had only  seven­
teen cents on his person.  He  declares  that 
liis wife has  known  nothing  of  his where­
abouts.  The general  opinion  seems  to  he 
that he will go over  the  road  for  not  less 
than five years.

Soliloquy  of the  Rubber Goods  Drummer. 
From the Shoe and Leather Review.

I love to press the pillow 
Of a country hotel bed,

And Shear  the  torrents  pouring1 like a deluge 

overhead.
r~~  For well I know that tempest 

In this same country place,

Is worth a dozen orders of rubbers by the case.

Tlie  Order  in  which  They  Come.

31—“ Thief.”
350.000— “ Defaulter.”
3100.000— 
3500.000— 
31,000,000—“ Brilliant Financier.”

“ Shortage.”
“ Canadian Tourist” 

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  liKO., Proprietors.

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

Seeondrdas8 Mailer. 1

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 26,1884. G. S. YALE & BRO.,

Workings of  the  English  Bankruptcy Act.
The Pall Mall Gazette pays the following 
tribute  to  the new English  bankruptcy act, 
which  will  probably  be  the  basis  of  the 
coming  bankrupt  system  of  this  country: 
The  net  gain  under  the  new  bankruptcy 
act can be summed  up  in  a  paragraph, but 
it  is  felt  throughout  the  whole  country. 
Under  the  act  of  1869  the  law-costs aver­
aged  37  per  cent,  in  cases  of  bankruptcy 
and  36K per cent,  in  cases  of  liquidation, 
while  under  Mr.  Chamberlain’s  act  they 
only average  12  per  cent.  At  one  stroke, 
therefore,  25  per  cent  of  the  assets  have 
been saved from  the  lawyers  and  account­
ants and rendered  available  for distribution 
among  the  creditors. 
It  was  bad  enough 
for the creditor to lose half his money owing 
to  the  impecuniosity of  the  debtor, but  it 
was worse  to  have 37 per  cent,  of  the  re­
siduum  devoured  by  the  rapacity  of  the 
lawyers.  But  that is only  a  small  part  of 
the boon conferred  upon  the  trading  com­
munity  by the new  act. 
It  has  acted  as a 
great  deterrent  to fraudulent  bankruptcies. 
The number of  bankruptcies this year up to 
October 11 was 5,223  below that  of  the cor­
responding period in last year.  The decrease 
has  been  nearly 60  per  cent.,  a  great  and 
notable  diminution  indeed.  At  first it was 
believed that  this was due  to the making of 
private arrangements  behind  the act. 
It is 
quite true  that  the worshipful  fraternity of 
accountants  and  bankruptcy  lawyers  did 
their  utmost  to  effect  such  arrangements. 
But they failed, failed utterly and  ignomin- 
iously, and we have in the diminished  num­
ber of  bankruptcies a fair index  to the dim­
inution effected  in  the  number  of  debtors 
who try to cheat  their creditors.  That  is a 
remarkable  change  to  have  effected,  and 
while  the air is still  ringing with  Carlyle’s 
denunciations of  dishonesty and  roguery of 
this  decadent  generation  it  is  well  to  re­
member that this is the notablest stroke that 
has  yet  been  dealt  at  “ swindling  by 
statute.”  That is good;  but that  is not  all. 
Not  only have  25  per  cent,  of  the  assets 
been saved  to  the  creditors, not  only have 
the  number of  bankruptcies  been  reduced 
in ten months  by 5,223, but  in places where 
private compositions have  been accepted  by 
creditors so  great  is  the  dread  excited  by 
public  examination  of  debtors 
that  the 
amount of  composition has risen all around. 
In one district  in  the west  of  England it is 
reported  that  compositions of  10s. and  15s. 
in the pound are now  the rule.  Thus, both 
directly and indirectly, the act  has operated 
most beneficially  in  securing  the  payment 
of  debts and in preventing  the swindling of 
honest men.

So remarkable have been  the  results  ob­
tained  by  the  operation  of  Mr.  Chamber­
lain’s act that even such  a  sworn  enemy of 
the new law as  the Standard  has admitted 
that  the  cost  of  official  administration  is 
much  less; 
that  the  dividends  are  much 
greater;  that  the  lawyers’  fees  are  saved, 
and that  estates  are  much  more  promptly 
realized.  But  the  crowning  proof  of  the 
success of  the act is afforded by the circular 
of  the association  for  its  repeal  or amend­
ment.  This circular  sets fortli with  thinly- 
veiled  frankness  the real  motives  of  those 
who  alone  question  the  reality  of  Mr. 
Chamberlain’s  success.  “ Bankruptcy prac­
titioners ”  have set the  thing  on  foot with 
the following objects:

1.  To amend  the rules and  scales of  fees 
and  curtail  the  powers  of  the  Board  of 
Trade.

2.  To obtain  the legal  recognition of  ar­
rangements  between  debtor  and  creditor 
without  the  necessity  of  recourse  to  ab­
solute bankruptcy—which means  the avoid­
ance of  examination on oath and the taxing 
of  solicitors’ bills.

3.  To protect encroachment on bankruptcy 
practitioners, and to protect trustees  against 
the unfair retrospective clauses of  the  pres­
ent act—which, being interpreted, means that 
the Board of  Trade  is no  longer  to compel 
trustees  to  account  for  funds  which  they 
have misapplied.

4.  To obtain  an  increase  in  the scales of 
remuneration  to  solicitors,  trustees,  etc., 
which needs no explanation.

The  Bankruptcy  act  must,  indeed, have 
been a great  success  when  the  worst  that 
can  be said  against  it  is  that  it  must  be 
amended, not in the interest of  the creditor, 
but solely in the interest  of  those who have 
fattened on the creditor for years past.

It  takes  only  three  men  to  successfully 
move a safe  to  the  sixth  story, but  it  re­
quires all  the way from seventy-two  to one 
hundred and  thirty-five in  constant  attend­
ance to see that  it is done properly.

A recent  advertisement  runs  as  follows: 
“ Wanted, four young ladies for commercial 
travelers.”  As  he  grows  older  the  com­
mercial  traveler  becomes  bolder  and  more 
depraved.  What will he advertise for next?
Eating a small piece of  soap at  stated  in­
tervals is  recommended  by a  Berlin physi­
cian  as a  better remedy  for  dyspepsia  and 
sour  stomach  than  soda, magnesia, or  lime 
w a t e r . _____ ___________

Switzerland’s silk  artisans  are  migrating 

to this country.

-Manufacturers  ol —

BAKING  POWDERS,

B X i U m G - 3 ,   . E T C . ,

40  and  42  South  Division,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

- 

MICH

k A i u t l G
POWDER

This  Baking  Powder makes the  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and most  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  Persons suffering with indi­
gestion or dyspepsia, will find that they can eat 
freely of warm bread prepared with the Arctic 
Improved Baking Powder.  Under no circum­
stances will you  suffer  from  heartburn,  sour 
stomach or indigestion when you eat food pre­
pared with  this  unequalled  Baking  Powder. 
TRY  IT and be convinced.  Prepared  only  by 
the  Arctic  Manufacturing Co., Grand Rapids.

M INK,  JONES  &  CO.,
Fine Perfumes,

Manufacturers  of

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF

K E M I N K L ’S

“Red Bark Bitters”

-----AND----

78  W est Bridge Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICHIGAN.

(Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co.,)

MANUFACTURERS OF

3TX2T32  PERFUMES

—AND—

TOILET ARTICLES.
Jen n in g ’s

Flavoring  Extracts. 

A r c t i c
Improved

BAKING  POWDER.
KID DRESSING, 
MUCILAGE, 
BLUINGS,

INKS, ETC.

Oysters!  Oysters!
OYSTER  DEPOT

W H O L E S A L E

• 
• 

1 1 7   M o n r o e   S t .

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

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER.
RINDG-E, BERTSCH & CO„
BOOTS  &  SHOES,

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

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

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BU Y ,  S E L L ,  D R IN K
BEST COFFEE ill til8 WORLD
Chase  &  Sanborn’s

«.-•XrXXZEÏ—

Standard  Java.

Always packedm Air-Tight Tin cans, thereby perfectly retaining Strength and

Flavor.

O ver  15,000  Grocers

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 considération:

Cincinnati, December 20th, 1883.

Messrs. Chase  &  Sanborn, Boston, Mass.

Gentlemen—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,  aud  the  success  we have 
had and the reputation we enjoy we attribute to this policy.

About a year ago our attention was called to  your  “STANDARD  JAVA,”  we  person­
ally tested it very carefully and to ourmind  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 is 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 ô p b .   Ü .   P e e l o l e s ’  S o n s .

Send  for Sam ple Lot.

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

C h a s e   &   S a n b o r n , 

Importers,  Roasters  and  Packers,

B o s t o n ,   M a s s . ,   X T .  S .   A .

CANADIAN BRANCH, 

435  ST.  PAUL  STREET, 

Montimi, P. Q.

MICHIGAN AGENT. 

X X .  T ,   O L a s e ,  

Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids.

F. J. LAMB  &  COMPANY,
Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,

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

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO.  8  AND  10  IONIA  STREET,

G-H.AX3 3   H.APIDS.  -  MICHIG-AN'.

Choice  Butter a Specialty!

BANANAS,  LEMONS, EGGS,  CHEESE,  VEG­

ETABLES,  APPLES,  CIDER.

Careful Attention  Paid to  Filling  Orders.

M. C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., B’d Rapids.
CLARK,  JE W E L L   &  CO.,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

W H O L E S A L E

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

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

- 

-  MICHIGAN.

REMOVAL!

Coal,  W ood,  Lime,  Cement, 

Sew er Pipe, Etc,

Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement

A.  33.  K N O  W  L S O N .
IK  A   O.  G R E E N .
Oysters and Fruits.

W H O L E S A L E

Sole  Agent  for

M ANOKEN  BRAND.

- 

30 and 32 Ionia Street 

WALLPAPER & HOW SHADES

Grand Rapids, Mich.

- 

At  Manufaet■ure2*s, Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

68  Monroe  Street, Grand Rapids.

Souse  and  Store  Shades Made to  Order. 
NELSON  BROS.  CO.
WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
ENTERPRISE  CIGAR  CO,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  FAMOUS  AND  POPULAR  BRANDS

O L Y M P I A ,

-.AlIST ZO-

LA  BELLE  SEÑORA.

G K r a n d L   R a p i d s ,   M i e l i .

HOLIDAY  GOODS!

CALL  E A R L Y   AND  OFTEN!

fic'SONs.
Importers.
these  goods  pays the merchant  BETTER  PROFITS with  QUICKER  SALES than  any  other  because

The  largest  stock  in  Michigan  now  open  and  ready  for  inspection, 

&SONs.
Importers.
It  is  an  acknowledged  fact that  our  line of

Oxi r  G oods  are  XJsefu.1.
Tlxexr  are  O rnam ental.
T liere  is  n o  d ead   Stools,  am on g  them , 
Tlxey  are  th e  m ost  dnralole.
Tlxey  m a k e  tire  m ost  -A-ttraoti-ve  Stools.

Ladies’  Cups  and  Saucers, 
Gentleman’s  Cups  and  Saucers. 
Plate  Sets.
Bread  and  Mills  Sets.
Pruit  Plates.
Pruit  Comports.
China  Shaving  Mugs 
XTew  Styles  Vases.
New  Styles  of

T   I   1ST  T O Y S .

W e  tLSL^e  su c h   a n   A ssortm en t  tiia t  y o n   ca n   Tony  yon r  Entire  Stools  o f  ns.

L ^ ^ J O L jI O ^ .   W -A -IF tE
Smoking  Sets  and  Tobacco  Boxes.
Toys,  China  Figures  and 
W  O O ID  T O YT 3.
Send for printed lists slowing Assortments we tap op tad ready for SUpient.

Dollar  Toys!

At greatly reduced prices.

Iron  Money  Safes.

Send for Complete Price-List of Crockery,  Glassware, Chandeliers, China, Decorated Tea and Dinner Sets, Lamps and all Lamp Goods.

D O L L S !
Dressed  Dolls,
Limb Dolls,
China  Dolls,
Papier Mache Dolls, 
Wax  Dolls,
Kid  Dolls,
Cloth  Dolls.

Im ported  Colored  Glass.
Polka Dot and  Cracquel in  Pitchers,  Tum­
blers,  Salts,  Peppers,  Cider  Sets,  Water  Sets  and 
Spoon Holders.

Hooker’s Self-Haising Buckwheat

THE  “GOOD  EXTOUCH”  FAMILY

ink.

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

Hecker’s Self-Baising Griddle-Cake Flour

Boxes, 32 3 lb packages, $5.15.  16 6 tt> packages, $5.

For all uses where a batter is required, and for Muffins, Griddle Cakes,  Waffles,  Puddings,  Ap­

ple, Peach, Fish or plain Fritters, Etc.  Has a yellow label printed in green ink.

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

Hooker’s Solf-Kaisiag Wheat Flours,

A little water, with the means of making a tire, being all that is  requisite  in  any  situation  to 

secure a loaf of excellent liglitbread or biscuits, etc.

Superlative Boxes, holding 16 6 lb papers...................................................5 25
New Process Brand—Boxes  holding 32 3 fl) papers..................................5 00
New Process Brand—Boxes holding 16 6 lb pappers................................4 85
Red Brand—Boxes holding 32 3 lb  papers................................................ 4 50
Red Brand—Boxes holding 16 6 lb papers..................................................4 55
Blue Brand—Boxes holding 16 6 fl)  papers................................................ 4 00

Hooker’s Boiled Wheat, or Wheaton Grits

Surpasses all other preparation of wheat for producing  and  maintaining  a  healthful,  active 

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

persons of sedentary habits.

Boxes holding 24 2 lb packages, $ 3.50 <|j? box,

Hooker’s Partly-Cooked Polled Oats.

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

Boxes holding 24 2 fl) pkgs., $3,50 $  box.

Hecker’s Farina

Is made entirely from wheat, and consists of granulated particles of the berry adhering to the 

outer pelicle after crushing.  It is  an especially nutritious food for 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, 12 lib pps., each, $4.50. 
Boxes  holding  24  1  pound  papers,  each,  $2.30.

Hecker’s Hominy or Corn Grits

*

Is made from fine white flint corn.

Boxes holding 24 2 fl) packages, $3.50 fl box.

PURITY AND STENGTH GUARANTEED.

M r’s  Perfect  Batii  Powder

Is made from Pure Cream Tartar.  It is PERFECTLY HEALTHFUL, and Its 

Baking Qualities cannot be surpassed.

N. B.—We offer the trade every inducement  in  Quality  and  Price  to  warrant 

them in pushing the sale of goods  that  have been recognized 

as STANDARD  FOR  OVER  FORTY  YEARS.

George  V.  Hecker  &  Co.

G 0 0 D ;

ENOUGH.

CLOSED.

Oil A

GOOD

ENOUGH®

OPEN.

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

EVERY LIVE  DEALER  SHOULD  SELL  THEM.
Cannot tie Excelled for Cemieice, Cleanliness, Comfort.

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

to suit the height of any lamp.
No dropping oil on the floor or table.  No faucet to leak or get knocked open to waste  con­
tents or cause explosions.  In getting can refilled, no parts to be left at home to drain oil over 
floor or become injured.  No Corks to lose—Closes itself  perfectly  air tight—No Leakage—No 
Evaporation.

The dealer in selling this can is  enabled to make a good profit, and in a measure  avoid the 
annoyance  of  the  small can, while you  guarantee  your  customer  absolute  safety  and  the 
greatest possible convenience.

MANUFACTURED  BY

W in s r ^ I E X - iD   JS/LJFC3-.  C O .,

WARREN,  OHIO.

FOR  SALE  TO  THE  TRADE  BY \ FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO., 

i H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  GRAND  RAPIDS. 
( GEO.  C.  WETHERBEE  &  CO.,  DETROIT.

“

Send,  for  Circulars  cfc  I^rioo-Xjiist-

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Becisions in Courts 

of  East Resort.

WILE— REVOCATION.

In New Hampshire, according  to a recent 
decision of the Supreme Court of that State, 
a woman’s  anti-nuptial will  is  not  revoked 
by her marriage.

COLOR  OF  TITLE.

A  deed from one  in  possession  of  land, 
under color  of  title, gives  color  of  title  to 
the  grantee,  though  the  deed  is  not  re­
corded.—Bellows vs. Jewell, Supreme Court 
of  New Hampshire.

FORGED  INDORSEMENT.

The  drawee, who,  without  notice  of  any 
forgery, has paid  a  draft  to  the  holder  to 
whom it was negotiated  by  forged  indorse­
ment of  the  payee’s  names, may recover of 
the holder the money paid upon the draft.— 
Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

EXECUTOR—TRUEST  FUNDS.

Generally  a  loan  of  trust  funds  to  one 
person  without  security  is  negligence, and 
an executor  is  liable  for  a  loss  caused by 
such a loan,.whether the loss occurred before 
or after the  passage  of  the  act  prescribing 
trustees’  investments.—Supreme  Court  of 
New Hampshire.

CORPORATION —  DESIGNATION —   FEDERAL 

JURISDICTION.

Where a corporation, doing  business in  a 
State  other  than  that  of  its  residence  or 
creation,  in  compliance  with  a  State  law 
designates a person  upon  whom  service  of 
process  may  be  made,  it  thereby  renders 
itself  liable to be sued in the Federal courts 
within  that  State.—United  States  Court, 
District California.

RAILROAD— APPLIANCES  FOR  SAFETY  OF 

SERVANTS.

It is the  duty of  a railroad  corporation to 
adopt all such  means and appliances for the 
safety  of  its  servants  as  experience  has 
demonstrated to be necessary and can safely 
be used.  But  the  burden of  proof  is upon 
the plaintiff  who charges negligence for not 
adopting a  certain  device, to  show  from  a 
survey of  the whole field  that  the means of 
protection could safely be adopted  and  that 
it  afforded  the  desired  protection  in  one 
direction  without  the  introduction  of  new 
perils  in  another.—Appellate  Court,  Third 
District of  Illinois.

INSURANCE  POLICY— STATEMENT  OF  LOSS.
Where  an  insurance  policy  contains  a 
stipulation, as a condition  precedent  to  the 
right of  action of  the  insured  for  damages 
for loss, that a statement of  the  loss be fur­
nished  the  insurer,  and  there  is  no  proof 
that such statement has  been  made, the  in­
sured cannot  recover, according  to  the  de­
cision of  the Texas Court of  Appeals in the 
case of  the Fire  Association  of  London vs. 
Miller et al.
CARRIER’S  LIABILITY— NOTICE  OF  CLAIM.
Where a  contract  of  shipment  contained 
an  express  stipulation  that  as  a  condition 
precedent  to  the  shipper’s  right  to recover 
for  any  damages  that  such  shipper  “ will 
give notice in writing  of  his  claim  to some 
officer  of  the  road  or  its . nearest  station 
agent,”  etc., a verbal notice of  his claim for 
damages is not in compliance with  the stipu­
lation.  Nor  does  the  fact  that  after  his

verbal notice  the parties  “ told him  to wait 
a reasonable time and informed him  that  a 
member of  the  company  would  come  and 
settle with him,”  amount to a waiver on the 
part of  the company to  such  written notice. 
So held by the  Texas  Court  of  Appeals  in 
the case of  the Missouri  Pacific Railway vs. 
Scott.  Such a stipulation as that mentioned 
above  was  held  valid  and  binding  in  the 
case of  Texas Pacific Railway vs. Scrivener, 
decided by the same court at the same term.

TRADE-MARK— SIGN  ON  STOREHOUSE.
In  the  ease  of  Armstrong vs.  Kleinhaus 
et al.,  decided on  the 28th ult., the Kentucky 
Court of  Appeals  held  that  while  a  party 
would  be protected in  the use of  a  name or 
sign applied  to a storehouse or other  build­
ing  where  he  had  built  up  a  prosperous 
business,  lie  having appropriated  the  name 
or  sign  and  by  his  skill  and  energy  ren­
dered  it  valuable,  yet  when  the  name  or 
sign  tiius used was  peculiarly applicable to 
the building, and had  been  given  to  it  by 
the  owner  to  describe  and  designate  the 
place,  and not  the particular  kind  of  busi­
ness or  the person  carrying  it  on  there,  it 
should be considered  as affixed to the build­
ing,  and  that  a  tenant  having  removed 
from the building could not by reason of the 
fact that he had  built  up a prosperous busi­
ness there under that name.or sign object to 
its use by one succeeding  him  in  the  occu­
pancy of  the building.  Under such  circum­
stances the court held  in  this case  that  the 
appellant had no  right  to  prevent  the  ap­
pellees  from  using 
“ Tower 
Palace.”

sign 

the 

LIABILITY  OF  TRUSTEE— BANK  FAILURE.
The question  of  the liability of  a trustee 
for the loss of  funds  deposited  by him in a 
bank in  consequence  of  the  failure  of  the 
bank  was  considered  in  the  case  of  Nor­
wood, administrator, vs. Harness  et  al., de­
cided by the Supreme  Court  of  Indiana  on 
the 30th ult.  The court  held  that a trustee 
is not  liable merely because, instead  of  un­
dertaking to keep the  trust  money safely in 
his own house, he  deposits  it  in  a  private 
bank which  fails, nor because  the  bank  is 
weak,  unless  that  fact  was  known  to  the 
trustee or  might  have  been  known  by  the 
exercise of  ordinary prudence and diligence. 
The  question  in  all  such  cases,  said  the 
court, is:  Was  the  trustee  reasonably  pru­
dent or diligent in making or continuing the 
deposit?  If  so  he  will  not  be  liable,  al­
though the bank was and had been insolvent. 
Such insolvency will not  affect  him  unless 
he  knew  it,  or  unless  it  was  generally 
known,  or  unless  there  were  general  ru­
mors injuriously affecting the  credit  of  the 
bank, which were  known  to the  trustee or 
might have been known  by reasonable  dili­
gence. 
In this case  the appellant was  held 
liable  for  the  loss  of  funds  deposited  by 
him  in  the  Indiana  Banking  Company, it 
having  been shown  that  the  company had 
been insolvent for five years  before  its  fail­
ure, and that it had  the reputation of  being 
an  unsafe  bank,  facts  which  the  adminis­
trator could  have  found  out  by reasonable 
diligence. 

_

Needed by every retail  grocer  or  confec 
tioner,  one  or  more  of  Kenyon’s  Patent 
Spring Paper  Bag  Holders.  Each  has  ca­
pacity of containing about fifty bags.  Their 
great convenience can be learned  by  having 
one mailed for 30c, four for $1, or one dozen 
expressed for 82.50 from  Kenyon  Brothers, 
Wakefield, Rhode Island.

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Putnam   &  Brooks.

We are  sole Michigan 
agents for the  celebrated 
“F” brand,  packed by  J. 
S.  FARREN  & CO.,  Bal­
timore, and are  prepared 
to fill orders for  CAN  or 
BULK oysters at the low­
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from  here  or  from  Balti­
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GROCERS  AS  BANKERS.

Relieving  Oi

Grocery  Trade.
From the New England Grocer.

o f  the  Hardships  of  the 

The retail grocers located in our ^principal 
manufacturing  centers  have  hdd  rather  a 
hard  time during  the  last  two  years,  and 
the prospect  now before  them is one which 
calls for thoughtful  consideration  and  con­
servative action.  Their business  prosperity 
is bound up in that of  the  great  skilled  in­
dustries  which  surround  them,  and  when 
these are depressed  they are  sure  to  suifer. 
They deal  mostly in staple goods, and  their 
trade margins are  small  at  all  times.  The 
mass of  their customers are mill  operatives, 
with meager incomes, who live  mostly from 
hand  to  mouth,  and  are  necessarily  very 
close buyers.  But in times like these, when 
most  of  our  mills  are  running  but  little 
more 
time,  their  purchasing 
power, even as regards  the  bare necessities 
of life, is greatly diminished.  At such times 
the  grocer and  provision  dealer, who  have 
to bear the brunt  of  enforced  economy and 
idleness  among  the  laboring  classes,  fare 
badly enough  if  they get  their full  pay for 
the goods trusted out  to  this  class  of  cus­
tomers.  But when  families are  broken  up 
and  the  mill-working  population  of  our 
factory towns and cities become scattered by 
long-continued  privation or  unremunerative 
employment,  as  has  continually  happened 
during the  past  year  or  two,  the  loss  ac­
cruing from bad  store debts is  very serious, 
often  outweighing  all  the  profits  of  the 
business.

than  half 

But  the  grocer  is  a  humane  and  long- 
suffering  member of  society;  his charitable 
instincts are  constantly appealed  to  by the 
scenes  of  destitution  around  him;  he  has 
not the heart to turn a poor customer, whom 
he  believes  to  be  honest,  empty-handed 
away;  and  so his forbearance  and  benevo­
lence get the better of  his prudence and self 
interest in the long run, as  results  too often 
show when  his  accounts  are  squared.  He 
may  have  laid  up  treasure  in  heaven  by 
feeding the hungry and  clothing the naked, 
but then his earthly treasure  shows a grand 
deficit  of  philanthropy,  and  it  is  hardly 
reasonable that  he should  be compelled  to 
stand in the gap and put bread in the mouths 
of  people whom the great and rich mill cor­
porations have deprived of  employment.  If 
somebody must bridge over  the  hard  times 
and  take  care  of  these  dependent  people, 
and keep  them together until  their services 
are  again  wanted  by the  corporations, the 
duty would seem to  devolve upon  their em­
ployers rather  than  the  storekeepers  they 
trade with.

But is  there  not  some  practical  remedy 
for this condition of  things, from which  the 
retail grocery trade has so long and severely 
suffered?  Under  ordinary  circumstances, 
but few of  the mill operatives, after paying 
their monthly  bills, lay up something  for a 
rainy day, and a shut  down  of  the mills or 
a strike  leaves  them without  resources  for 
subsistence.  Experience  has  shown  that 
labor unions and  mutual  relief  associations 
are not to  be relied  upon  in  case  of  need. 
But, as nobody but  the grocer and provision 
dealer will  take  any responsibility for sup­
plying them with food during these intervals 
of  idleness,  could  they  not  be  induced, 
when work  is  plenty  and  wages  good,  to 
make these  benefactors  their savings bank­
ers?  Thus,  by  making  small  monthly  de­
posits  with  them, when  bills  are  settled, a 
reserve  fund  might  gradually  be  accumu­
lated to be  drawn out  in  case  of  sickness, 
death  or  removal, and  to  be  drawn  upon 
when  work  is  slack  or  temporarily  sus­
pended,  Sucli  a  mutually  protective  ar­
rangement  would  be  beneficial  to  all  con­
cerned, and  relieve traders who deal  in  the 
necessaries of  life  from  much  trouble  and 
embarrassment.  Doubtless 
they  would 
gladly take the  responsibility of  caring  for 
the  little  savings  of  their  customers,  en­
trusted to their keeping, and  also pay a fair 
percentage  of  interest on  deposits  amount­
ing  to any considerable sum.

The  Grocery  Market.

The grocery business was fairly good  last 
week and the present week  starts  in with a 
faint imitation to a rush.  Prices  have been 
about steady, sugars having  remained about 
stationery, although the tendency is weaker.

The newest canvasser goes from  house  to 
house  when  wives  are  at  home  and  hus­
bands  away.  He  explains  how  readily, 
privately,  and  for  slight  reasons, divorces 
may be obtained;  and he departs saying that 
he will take the liberty of calling again in  a 
week.  He is an agent for h divorce lawyer. 
Discontented wives, either with  or  without 
good cause for divorce, thus have the  means 
brought to them; and, when it is  added that 
pay is taken on the installment plan, the at­
tractiveness of the scheme must be acknowl­
edged.

Gingham  was  first  manufactured  in  the 
United States by Erastus  Bigelow,  at  Clin 
ton  (a town founded by him), in  Massachu­
setts, about 1846. 
It was the first attempt to 
manufacture gingham by machinery, and en­
abled the American  manufacturers  to  com 
pete successfully with the English.

The National Butter, Cheese and Egg As­
sociation is invited to hold  its annual  meet­
ing in New Orleans, during the dairy fair of 
the  World’s  Exposition. 
If  the  invitation 
is accepted, it will be  the  largest  gathering 
of  representative  butter  and  egg men ever 
held in this country.

The latest craze is the collection of  tobac­

co  bags.

Fancy  Groceries.

Fom the New England Grocer.

the 

“ It goes without saying ”  that trade, dur­
ing  the  past  year, liffe  been  dull  and  un­
profitable  for  those retailers  who  make  a 
specialty  of  fancy  groceries.  There  have 
been some unexpected failures in this branch 
of 
trade,  and  many"  inexperienced 
people  have  wondered  that  a  business  in 
which  retired  grocers  once piled  up  large 
fortunes, and which  is especially patronized 
by the  wealthy class  of  consumers, should 
suddenly beeome unremunerative.  But they 
forget  that, with  greatly curtailed  incomes 
from  mercantile  business  and  capital  in­
vested, many of  the reputed  rich patrons of 
our  first-class  grocery stores  are  now com­
paratively poor, so  far  as  the  command  of 
ready  money  is  concerned;  they  are  com­
pelled either  to  economize  in  their  living 
expenses or  to use  their  credit, and  not  a 
few prefer the  latter  alternative  when  the 
pinch comes.

At  all  times  they are  the  ones who run 
heavy accounts with  their  grocer  and  pro­
vision dealer, and  in  times  like  these they 
run  heavier  and  longer accounts  than ever 
before, so  that  collections  are  difficult and 
in  many  cases  impossible.  They  are  not 
dishonest, of  course, but, as  the  saying  is, 
only  “ slack about paying  their  bills;”  and 
however  urgent  may be  the  needs  of  the 
storekeeper,  he  feels  bound  to  wait  their 
convenience, since  their custom is generally 
considered too valuable  to  be  sacrificed  by 
offensive  dunuiug.  Those  rich  customers 
who are too conscientious  to  live at  the ex­
pense of  the grocer and provision dealer are 
now on the economical tack, and, of  course, 
retrench  their  living  expenses  by ordering 
less  of  all  luxurious  and  costly  articles, 
fancy groceries included.

Hence the dealer  sells  less  of  these lux­
uries  than  in  ordinary times, and  fails  to 
get his pay promptly for a  large  portion  of 
what he  does sell. 
It  is  no  wopder  that, 
small as  trade margins  now afe, he  fails in 
business,  while  his  account  books  show 
thousands of  dollars of  bad debts—or debts 
that are  bad  for  all  practical  intents  and 
purposes, because the  debtors cannot  be in­
duced  by any  fair means  to  pay  them.  Of 
course, the  dealer  in  staple  groceries, who 
trusts out less, and sells  l\is  goods for  cash 
or on short  time, suffers  less from  this evil 
of  a  vicious  credit  system.  Moreover, the 
volume  of  trade  in  staple  groceries,  and 
other  prime  necessaries  of  life, is  not  so 
much affected by the hard times and general 
business depression.

But  these  have  had  an  effect  on  prices 
which is already beginning to offset the pov­
erty and enforced economy of buyers.  Most 
fancy  groceries  are  now  cheap,  as  com­
pared  with  a  few  years  ago,  and  goods 
which were  then considered articles of  lux­
ury, because  their cost was above the  reach 
of  consumers in ordinary circumstances, are 
now  brought  down  to  the  level  of  staple 
commodities, and  consumed  by the  masses 
of  middling  interest  people.  Only  a  few 
high  cost  goods  in  this  line, which  pay a 
heavy  import  duty, such  as wines, liquors, 
cigars, and  a few  table  delicacies, are  now 
monopolized  by  the  wealthy  classes,  and 
these  foreign 
im­
portance than formerly, owing to the cheaper, 
and nearly or quite as good subtitutes which 
are now produced at home.

luxuries  are  of 

less 

Hence the caterers  to  luxurious  tastes in 
the  grocery  trade,  as  a  separate  class  of 
merchants, are fast  disappearing, and  their 
business is fast  passing  into  the  hands  of 
dealers in  general  goods.  At  present  low 
prices, the latter, even with  a  small capital, 
are able to handle most  anything and every­
thing  which  people  of  normal  tastes  and 
moderate desires may wish to consume.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

AXLE  g r e a s e.

85
60
55
70
60

_ 

BLUING.

........5$ doz.

CANNED FRUITS.

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

..  2 00 
..  3 00 
..  4 50
2 50

.......doz.
.......doz.
.......doz.
.................................doz. 

Frazer’s .. 
Diamond. 
$  doz.........................
Modoc  ... 
fl doz............:...........
Paragon.
Paragon, SO tt>  pails.................. • •
BAKING  POWDER. 
Arctic Vz ft cans 
Arctic 54 ft cans 
Arctic V2 ft cans.
Arctic  1ft  cans...'
Arctic 5  ft
Dry, No. 2.......

45
75
1 40
2 40 
12 00
25
45
35
65
Liquid, 8 oz.
............. gross 4 00
Arctic 4 oz..
.......................... 8 00
ArcticS  oz........
..............................12 00
Arctic 16 oz...........
Arctic No. 1 pepper box..........
“ 
Arctic No. 2 
..........
Arctic No. 3 
..........
“ 
No. 1 Carpet...............................
No. 2 Carpet...............................
No. 1  Parlor Gem.....................
2 00 
No. 1 Hurl..................................
1  75 
No. 2 Hurl  .................................
1  10 
Fancy Whisk.............................
85
Common Whisk.........................
CANNED FISH. 
/
Clams, 1 ft  standards....................  ........... 1 40
Clams, 2 ft  standards.................................. * 65
Clam Chowder,  3 ft......................................-¿d
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  standards.....................1  10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards....................  1 95
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack  filled....................  75
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack filled..................... 1 25
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic......................................1 75
Lobsters, 1 ft star......................................... 2 ¿5
Lobsters, 2 ft star......................................... 5 25
Mackerel, lf t   fresh standards..................1  10
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards..................6 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft.................3 25
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard........................... 3 2o
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled.................................. 3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river...................... 1 40
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river...................... 2 60
Salmon. 1 ft  Sacramento............................1 50
Salmon, W m. Hume’s Eagle.....................   1  3»
Sardines, domestic %s................................. 
8
13*.
Sardines,  domestic  54 s.
Sardines,  Mustard  54 s .................................  13
Sardines,  imported  Ms......................•........  15
Sardines, imported Ms.................................  ~0
Sardines, imported Ms, boneless...............  oh
Sardines, Russian  kegs..............................  55
Trout. 3ft  brook.......................................   «  *5
Afkples, 3 ft standards.................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards, Erie...............2 50
....1  15 
Blackberries, standards............
....1 55 
Blackberries,  Erie..............................
....1  30 
Cherries, Erie, red..............................
...  1 90
Cherries, Erie,white wax..................
__ 2 50
Cherries, French  Brandy, quiyts...
.. 3 55
Cherries, White...................................
Damsons........................................................ J  *V
.............................. 1 oo
Egg Plums, standards 
Egg Plums,  Erie..................•.......................14»
Gooseberries, Kraft’s Best.............................. l ou
Green Gages, standards 2 ft—  ................. 1  40
Green Gages,  Erie............................................ 1 50
Peaches,  Brandy.............................................. 3 10
Peaches, Extra Yellow.....................................2 40
Peaches,  standards........................................... 1 *5
.1 50 
Peaches,  seconds.
Pie Peaches,  Kensett’s............................
.1  70 
Pears. Bartlett, Erie.................................
.2  20 
Pineapples,  Erie........................................
.2  85 
Plumbs, Golden  Drop..............................
.1 45 
Quinces.........................;...........................
.1 45 
Raspberries, Black,  Erie.........................
.1 40 
Raspberries, Red,  Erie............................
.1 35 
Strawberries,  Erie....................................
.1 40
Whortleberries, McMurphy’s...........
CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA.
2 60 
Apricots, Lusk’s........................................
2 50 
Egg Plums.................................................
2 50
Grapes  ........................................................
2 50
Green Gages............................... ..............
3 CO
Pears  .........................................................
2 90
Quinces......................................................
3 00
Peaches......................................................
Asparagus, Oyster Bay............................
.1  65 
Beans, Lima.  Erie...............................
90 
Beans, String, E rie..................................
90 
Beans, Lima,  standard............................
90
Beans, Stringless, Erie............................
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.......................1 60
Corn, Erie......................................................115
Corn, Red  Seal................................................1 10
Corn,  Acme.....................................................1 10
Corn, Revere..................... 
1  10
Mushrooms, French,  100 in  ease...............22 00
Peas, Early extra,  small sifted Erie.........2 25
Peas,‘French, 100 in ca se............................23 00
Peas, Marrofat, standard............................. 1 49
Peas, Beaver................................................  75
Peas, early small, sifted...............................1 60
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden....................................1 00
Rhubarb,  Erie............................................... 1 10
Squash, E rie...................................................1 25
Succotash, Erie..............................................1 20
Succotash, standard................
1 00
Tomatoes, Red Seal................
CHOCOLATE.
@36
Boston  premium....................
@40
Baker’s premium....................
@35
Runkles
@25
German  sweet. 
@25
Vienna Sweet..
@14
Green Rio................................................12
.17
Green Java.
GreenMocha.....................................25  @27
Roasted Rio...................................... 10  @17
Roasted Java................................... 24  @32
Roasted Mar......................................17  @19
Roasted Mocha...................................  @32
Roasted Mex...................................... 17M@20
Ground  Rio.......................................   9%@17
Arbuckle’s............................................  @15M
XXXX..................................................  @15M
Dilworth’s ............................................  @15%
Levering’s ...  ................................ -  @15M
Magnolia...................’........................  @15M
72 foot J u te ...... 1 25  160 foot Cotton— 1 75
1 50
60 foot Jute......1 05 

CANNED VEGETABLES.

|50 foot Cotton 

.1  10 

CORDAGE.

COFFEE.

 

Bee  Culture  in  This  Country.

Some interesting  figures  as  to  the  extent 
and value of  bee culture in  this country are 
given by the statistician of the Northwestern 
Society  of  Beekeepers,  Mr.  T. G. Newman. 
Since  the introduction of  the movable-comb 
hive,  about  twenty  years  ago,  the  bee­
keeping  industry  has  largely  developed. 
The United States and  Canada  produce the 
bulk of  the  honey consumed  in  the  world, 
and  the cultivation in this  country  has  at­
tained  the  rank  of  a  science.  The  total 
amount  of  honey produced  annually is  es­
timated at 120,000,000 pounds, which  at  an 
average  of  15  cents  per  pound,  places  the 
value of  the product in first  hands  at  $18,- 
000,000.  The  total  production  of  Europe 
is estimated to be not over one-tenth of  this 
quantity.  According to Mr. Newman, honey 
is very scarce  in  Europe, and  while  honey 
was worth but  17 cents  per  pound  in  this 
country, 62 cents was obtained for  honey in 
London.  At  the recent  agricultural  fair in 
London  180 tons  of  American  honey were 
exhibited  and  took prizes over  all  the  Eu­
ropean exhibits.  That  the  product  of  the 
hives is not  the  only  thing  valuable  about 
this  industry is evidenced  by the  fact  that 
the colonies of  bees in  this country number 
over 3,000,000.  At the average price of  $11 
per  colony, their  value  would  be  $33,000,- 
000.  This sum added  to the  total  product 
of  the  hives,  $18,000,000,  makes  the  total 
amount involved about $51,000,000.

Didn’t Use Tobacco.

“ 1 thought you told me you didn’t  use  to­

bacco?”

“I don’t.”
“But you are puffing a cigar now.”
“Yes, but that’s only a five-center.  No to­

bacco in i t ”

The estimated yield  of  apples in Western 
New York this  season  is  4,000,000  barrels.
Lemons, rivalling in quality the finest im. 
ported  fruit, are  now grown  in  California- 
Now  is  the  time  for  grocers to procure 

seasonable goods for the holiday trade.

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.

 

“ 

Jennings’ 2 oz................................. $  doz. 1 00
4 oz.............................................   1 50
“ 
6 oz.............................................. 2 50
•“ 
8 oz.............................................. 3 50
“ 
“  No. 2 Taper................................   1 25
“  No. 4 

 
M pint  round..................................4 50
9 00
1
3 00
No.  8.
No. 10............................................   4 25
Jennings’ 2 oz......................................¥  doz.  1  40
2 50
4 00
5 00 
1 50
3 00

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

Vanilla.

“ 
“ 
“ 

FISH.  *

14

Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.....................1  10
Cod, whole................................................4M@6
Cod,Boneless................................................ 5@7 M
Cod, pickled, M  bbls................................... 3 00
H alibut........................................................ 
 
Herring M  bbls........................................... 2 50
Herring,  Scaled........................................... 22@23
Herring,  Holland........................................@80
Mackerel, No. 1, M bbls.............................. 5 00
Mackerel, No. 1.12 ft  kits......................... 1 00
Shad, M b b l..................................................2 50
Trout. No.  1, M  bbls..................... ;.............4 85
Trout, No. 1,12  ft  kits...................................  90
White, No. 1, M b b ls...................................5 60
White, Family, M bbls................................2 25
White, No. 1,10 ft bits...................................  90
White, No. 1,12 ft kits................................1 00
Apples, Michigan..................................   5M@6M
Apples, Dried, York State, evap., bbls 
©8 
Apples, Dried, York State,  evap., box  @10
Cherries, dried,  pitted..............................   @16
Citron......................................................  @35
Currants, crop  1884...............................  
@5%
Peaches, dried  ...................  
13@14
Prunes, Turkey...................................... 
@5M
Prunes, Turkey, new............................  @7
Prunes, French, 50 ft  boxes.................  @954
Raisins, Valencias................................. 10M@11 *
Raisins,  Ondaras...................................  @13
Raisins,  Sultanas..................................   9  @10
Raisins, Loose  Muscatels....................  @3 00
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @3  40
Raisins, Imperial Cabinets..................  @3  75
Raisins, Denesias..................................   @4 25
Raisins, Dehesias, 54 boxes..................  @1 50

FRUITS.

 

MATCHES.

Grand Haven,  No. 9, square..............................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.............................. 1 50
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor...........................2 50
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor...........................3 7o
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round..............................2 25
Richardson’s No. 2 square........................... 2 70
Richardson’s No. 3  do 
.............................. 2 55
Richardson’sNo. 5  do 
.............................. 1*0
Richardson’s No. 6  do 
.............................. 2 70
Richardson’s No. 8  do 
..............................170
Richardson’sNo. 9  do 
...............................2 55
Richardson’sNo. 4 round.............................2  70
..................... 
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
2 55

OATMEAL.

MOLASSES.

Richardson’s No. 7% do 
..............................1  70
.Richardson’s No. 30,3 gro..............................2 00
Richardson’s No. 312 gro............................... 1 25
Electric Pailor No. 17.......................... .......... 3.20
Black Strap....................................................16@18
Porto  Rico..................................................... 24@28
New  Orleans,  good...................................... 40@50
New Orleans,  fancy.....................................50@55
@3 75 
185 ftpkgs.......................
@3 25 
362ft pkgs.......................
@5 25 
Imperial bbls, steel cut.
@6 75 
Quaker bbls....................
@5 75
Steel  cut........................
OIL.
Kerosene-  W. W. 

13
10%
Choice in barrels med..........'..........................5 50
......................................3 40
Choice in % 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy.......................... 4 25
Dingee’s pints 
.........................  2 40
American qt.  in Glass..................................... 2 00
American pt. in Glass....................................... 1 30
C. & B. English  quarts....................................5 75
C. & B. English  pints.....................................3  50
Chow Chow, mixed and Gorkins,  quarts.. .5 75
pints__ 3 50
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50
pts..2 75
!5@3 00 
@2 25 
@90

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

Legal test.

PICKLES.

PIPES.

“ 
“ 

do. 

do 

do 

“ 

*’ 

RICE.

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

SALERATUS.

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

SALT, r

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

SAUCES.

----6M__6
....5% 
----3%

.@ 5M 
• @ 554 
•@ 5M
.@ 5M 
.@ 5M 
■ @ 5M 
.@ 5M

2 65 
1  00 
1 75 
1 55
80
3 20
30

@5 00 
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints 
@3 00 
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, M pts
@1 00 
Pieadilly, M pints.................................
@  75 
Pepper Sauce, red  small...................
@  90 
Pepper Sauce, g reen ..........................
@1 35 
Pesper Sauce, red large ring.............
@1  70 
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring......
@  90 
Catsup, Tomato,  pints........................
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ....................
@1  20 
@  90 
Horseradish,  M pints.........................
Horseradish, pints..............................
@1  20  I 
@2 25 
Capers, French surflnes................
@3 50 
Capers, French surflnes, large..........
@3 85 
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle...............
@6 50 
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  bottle...............
@7 00 
Olive Oil,  quarts, Antonia &  Co.’s ..
@4 00 
Olive Oil, pints,  Antonia & Co.’s __
Olive Oil, M pints, Antonia & Co.’s ..
@2  00 
@  90 
Celery Salt,  Durkee’s .......................
@3 50 
Halford Sauce, pints..........................
@ 2  10 
Halford Sauce, M pints.....................
@4 85 
Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, large.......
@2 90 
Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, small__
@1 25
Preserved Ginger, Canton,  pints__
5 00
Queen  Anne...........................................
@3 30
Cameo......................................................
Monday ................................................... @3 60

SOAP

Lautz Bros. & Co.

@ 6%
Acme, 70 lf t   bars..................................
Acme, 25 3 ft bars................................... @ 654
Towel, 25 bprs  ........................................ @5 25
©5 25
Napkin, 25  bars......................................
Best American, 6011b blocks............... @ 6
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain.................... @ 5££
Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped...........
©3 70
Master, 100-% ft cakes.......................  « @5 (XI
®4 85
Stearine, 100  % ft cakes.......................
@6 25
Marseilles, white, 100 % ft  cakes........
Cotton Oil, white, 100 % ft  cakes........
@6 25
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, wrapped...........
@
German  Mottled, wrapped..,............. . @- 654
Savon, Bfepublica, 60 ft box.................. @1 5%
© 5%
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks................
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks...........
@ 5
@1 00
London Family, 3-lb bars 80 ft.............
@4 00
London Family, 4-ft bars 80 ft.............
@3 85
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.....................
@3 75
Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped..................
(a)3 25
Climax, 100 cakes,  wrapped................
©i2 30
Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped..................
©.1 25
Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in  box
@.4 20
A 1  Floating, 60 cakes..........................
Kirk’s American  Family............$  ft
654
5%
do. 
India.........................................
5%
do.  Savon........................................
do.  Satinet......................................
5M
do.  Revenue...................................
5%
do.  White Russian.........................

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

Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory.......
Japan  Olive
1 box
Town Talk 
{
Golden Bar............
Arab.........................
Amber.....................
Mottled  German..
Procter & Gamble’s Velvet..................
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck..........
Procter & Gamble’# Wash  Well..........
Badger............................................ 60 fts
Galvanic.................................................
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br
Tip Top....................................... 3ft bar
Ward’s White Lilyi...............................
Handkerchief.........................................
Babbitt’s ................................................
Dish R ag................................................
Bluing......................................................
Magnetic.................................................
New  French  Process............................
Spoon ......................................................
Anti-Washboard....................................
Vaterland................................................
Magic........................................................
Pittsburgh..............................................
Old Country...

1 75

SPICES.
Whole.

5 10
6  75 
5
3 60
4  10 
3 40
3 75
4 20 
@3 40 
@3 20 
@3 05 
@ 6M 
@4 20 
@18% 
@  16 
@6 75 
@4 20
5 50
4  10
5 00 
4 20
4 50
5 00 
5 00
3 25
4 20 
4 00
5M

“ 
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Ground.

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

Pepper...........................................................   @18
Allspice.........................................................   8@10
Cassia.............................................................  @10
Nutmegs........................................................ 60@70
Cloves  . . . t.....................................................  @18
Pepper............................................................I6@25
Allspice..........................................................12@18
Cinnamon  .....................................................16@30
Cloves............................................................. 15@25
Ginger...................................  
1|@20
Mustard................................  
l5@30
Cayenne..........................................................25@35
STARCH.
Gilbert’s Gloss l f t ............. .-..................... 
6M
“  3 ft cartoons.....................  
6%
“  crates............................  * 
7
“  bu lk ............................ 
5M
7
Corn, l f t ........................... 
@5
@4%
@6M
@6
@7
@7

Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk....... 
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts...........  
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages...........  
“  Gloss,  36 3 
packages.......... 
“  Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate__  
“  Corn, 401 ft  packages...........  
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package................... 
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.................. 
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes........................ 
Muzzy Gloss bulk..................................  
Muzzy Corn l f t ...................................... 
Kingsford  Silver Gloss.......................
Kingsf ord Silver Gloss 6 ft  box........
Kingsford Corn....................................
Oswego  Gloss
Mirror  Gloss...........................................
Mirror Gloss, eorn.................................
Piel’s Pearl..............................................
American Starch Co.’s
1 ft  Gloss...................................’.............
10 oz  Gloss....................  .......................
3ft  Gloss.................................................
6 ft Gloss, wood  boxes..........................
Table Corn...................................... 40 ft
Table  Corn..................................... 20  ft
Banner, bulk...........................................
Rising  Sungro88..5 88lDixon’s  gross........ 5 50
Universal...............5 88 Above $  dbzen.......   50
I X L ............  ........ 5 50|
Cut Loaf.................................................  
Cubes..  .
Powdered
@654
Granulated,  Standard......................... 
Granulated, Fine  Grain.....................  
@6%
@6’
Conf. A .................:................................ 
Standard A ............................................ 
@6
@6
New  Orleans  A .................*................... 
Extra C white.........................................  5%@6
Extra C.................................................  
554@5%
Fine C..........:........................................ 
5J4@554
Yellow C.................................................  a  @5)4

  @6%
 
  @6%
@7%
@5%
@7
@ 8
@8*/,
@8
@6%
@654
@4
@654

STOVE POLISH.

@7
@6%
@7

SUGARS.

_@754

SYRUPS.

 

*

PLUG.

teas. 

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.

Corn,  Barrels.........................................  
32
34
Corn, Vz bbls............................................  
Corn,  lO gallon kegs...............................   @  36
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................................  @1 85
Corn, 4% gallon kegs..............................  @1 65
Pure  Sugar....................................... bbl  22@  38
Pure Sugar Drips.........................%  bbl  30@  36
Pure Sugar  Drips.............. .5 gal kegs  @1  85
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips...............% bbl  @  95
Pure Loaf Sugar..................5 gal kegs  ©1 85
Japan ordinary.............................................20@25
Japan fair to good........................................30@37
40@50
Japan fine.......................... 
Japan dust..................................................... 15@20
Young Hyson.............. 
30@50
GunPowder..................................................35® 50
Oolong.....................................................33®55@60
25@30
Congo..
@60
State  Seal..............................................
@32
Brother  Jonathan...............................
@58
Diamond  Crown..................................
@50
Rose Bud................................................
@45
O.  K........................................................
@30
Our  Bird................................................
@38
Peaches .................................................
@50
Morrison’s Fruit...................................
Victor.....................................................
@60
Red  Bird................................................
@52
Opera Queen........................................
@40
Sweet Rose............................................
@45
Green  Back...........................................
@38
F ruit......................................................
@33
@31
0  So  Sweet............................................
@65
Prairie Flower......................................
Climber [light and  dark]...................
@62
@65
Matchless..............................................
Hiawatha............................................ .
@67
Globe......................................................
@70
May Flower..........................................
@70
Hero.......................................................
@45
A tlas......................................................
@35
Royal Game..........................................
@38
Silver Thread.......................................
@67
Seal................ .......................................
@60
Kentucky............................................
@ÎÎ0
Mule  Ear..............................................
@67
1  Peek-a-Boo..........................................
@32
@30
Peek-a-Boo, M  barrels.......................
Clipper, Fox’s......................................
@32
Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels..........
@30
Fountain..............................................
@74
@64
Old Congress.......................................
I Good Luck...........................................
@52
Good and Sweet...................................
@45
Blaze Away.......  ...............................
@35
@30
Hi air Lifter...........................................
Old Glory, light..................................
@60
Charm of the West, dark..................
@60
I Governor, in 2 oz tin  foil.............
@60
@46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12... 
@46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12...
@46
Red Star, flat, 3x12..............................
Red Star, black. 24 oz........................
@45
@38
Old Five Cent Times..........................
@48
Tramway............................................
I Big Sevens, dime cuts.......................
@45
Black Diamond..................................
@35
Trotter, rum flavor............................
@70
Boot  ....................................   .*............
@44
@48
B. F. P.’s Favorite.............................
@48
Old Kentucky......................................
@48
Big Four,  2x12....................................
@48
I Big Four, 3x12......................................
@46  •
Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12..................
@48
I Turkey, 16 oz.,  2x12............................
Blackbird. 16 oz.,  3x12.......................
@35
@48
Seal of Grand Rapids.........................
@48
Glory  ...................................................
I Durham...............................................
@48
j Silver Coin..................... .....................
@50
@36
Buster  [Dark]....................................
@36
Black Prince [Dark]..........................
! Black Racer  [Dark]..........................
@36
| Leggett & Myers’  Star.......................
@46
@48
Climax.................................................
Hold F ast............................................
@46
@46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield.......................
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads.  ...
@51
Cock of the Walk  6s..........................
@37
Nobby Twist........................................
@48
Nimrod.................................................
@46
Acorn ...................................................
©46
Red Seal.................................. .............
@46
Crescent ..............................................
@44
Black  X ...............................................
@35
Black  Bass...........................................
@40
Spring......................................... .........
@48
@48
Cray ling, all  styles............................
Mackinaw......................................
@47
@44
Horse Shoe...........................................
Hair Lifter...........................................
@36
@36
D. and D., black..................................
McAlpin’s Green  Shield....................
@46
Ace  High, black.................................
@35
@46
Sailors’  Solace....................................
@35
Ruby, cut Cavendish.  3  oz..............
@15
Boss  ....................................................
@18
Peck’s Sun..........................................
@30
Miners and  Puddlers.........................
@26
Morning Dew......................................
Chain  ................................................. .
@22
Seal of Grand Radids........................
@25
King......................................................
@30
@28
Flirt......................................................
I Pug......................................................
@30
Ten Penny Durham,
@24
and M.
@15
Amber, M and lf t __
@18
John  Gilpin,  granulated..........
Lime Kiln  Club..........................
@47
Blackwell’s Durham Long  Cut. 
@90
Vanity  Fair.................................
@90
18@25
Dime
Peerless...................................................
@25
Standard................................................
@22
Old Tom...................................................
@21
Tom & Jerry...........................................
@24
Joker........................................................
@25
Traveler...................................................
@35
Maiden..................•.................................
@25
Topsy  ......................................................
@27
@26
Navy  Clippings.....................................
@30
Boots............. ..........................................
@25
Honey D ew ............................................
Gold  Block..............................................
@32
Camp Fire  ............................................
@25
@19
Oronoko...............................................
Nigger  Head...........................................
@26
Durham, % f t .........................................
@60
@57
do  % f t ..........................................
@55
do  Vi f t ..........................................
@51
l f t ...................................  ...
do 
Holland...................................................
@22
@16
German...................................................
@30
Long Tom................................................
@26
National...................................................
@26
T im e........................................................
@28
Love’s Dream.........................................
Conqueror..............................................
@23
Fox’s .................................. .’...................
@22
@32
Grayling.................................................
Seal Skin................. ...............................
@30
@25
Dime Durham.......................................
@26
Rob Roy..................................................
@28.
Uncle  Sam..............................................
Lumberman...........................................
@26
Railroad Boy...........................................
@37
Mountain Rose.......................................
@20
©23
Good  Enough.........................................
@25
Home Comfort, 54s and  56s..................
@55
Old  Rip, long cut..................................
@55
Durham,  long cut, No.  2.....................
@25
Two  Nickle, J4s......................................
@26
Two  Nickle, 56 s ......................................
@25
Star Durham...........................................
@40
Golden Flake Cabinet............................
@50
Seal of North Carolina, 2 oz................
@48
Seal of North Carolina, 4  oz................
@43
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz................
@42
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz  boxes...
@27
Big Deal, 54s  longcut............................
@24
Apple Jack, 54s  granulated................
King Bee, longcut, 54s and 54s...........
@22
@24
Milwaukee Prize, %s and 54s...............
@24
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  Durham__
@24
Durham, S., B. & L, 56s and 54s...........
@28
Rattler, longcut......................................
@25
Windsor cut plug..................................
24
Mule Ear.................................................
23
Hiawatha...............................................
23
Old Congress...........................................
20
Acme........................................................
Pure  Cider.. 
10@12
White Wine.
10@12
WASHING POWDERS.
@10% 
1776 $  f t ..............................................
@ 754
f t ......................................
Gillett’s 
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 % ft papers..  @4 15
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 54 ft paprs  @4 00
Twin Bros..........1 65  IWilsons.................1 65
Magic.......... ......1  75  ¡National...............1 65

SMOKING.

SHORTS.

y e a st. 

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do 

MISCELLANEOUS.
American...................  

95
Bath Brick imported............................ 
65
 
@3
Barley......................................................  
1  10
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
1  50
do  No.  2........................................ 
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand................. 
8 
Condensed Milk,  Swiss............................  
7 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   @25
Candles, Star...........................................  @1454
Candles.  Hotel.......................... 
  @1554
Cranberry Sauce..................................... 
(*8
Extract Coffee,  v. C...............................  85@90

 

F elix...................... ...128®

do 

 

Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @30
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.............. 
  @40
Gum, Spruce...........................................  30@35
Hominy, $   bbl.......................................   @4 50*
H. C. Flour, 18 3 ft pkgs., $  box...........   @2 60
H. C. Flour in bulk, fi c w t..................  @4 80
Oil Tanks, Patent,  60  gallon...............  @10 00
Peas, Green Bush........................................ 1 35@1 40
do  Split prepared..............................  @3)4
Powder,  Keg.......................... -...............4 00@
54 Keg.............................'........3 25@
Sago  ...................................  
 
Sauerkraut, $   bbl................................. 
Shot, drop........................................  
Tapioca................................................... 

1  65@
do  buck...............................................1 90®

5@6
4 00

5@6

do 

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

FANCY—IN  BULK.

..........1156
..........10%

STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................   9@   56
...............................  954@10
do 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf  do 
.....................   @13
MIXED.
Royal, 25 ft  pails.......................................10@105£
Royal, 200 ft bbls..............................................  %
Extra, 25 ft  pails.
Extra, 2001b bbls.................................... ........ 1
French Cream, 25 ft pails..................... ........1
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.........................................1
Broken, 25  ft  pails.............................
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.........................
FANCY—IN  5 lb BOXES.
Lemoh  Drops...................................................14
Sour Drops............................................ ..........15
Peppermint  Drops.........................................15
Chocolate Drops.................................. ..........16
H M Chocolate"  Drops......................... ..........20
Gum  D rops......................................... ..........10
Licorice Drops...................................... ..........20
A B  Licorice*  Drops............................ ..........12
Lozenges, plain....................................
Lozenges,  printed............................... ..........16
Imperials.............................................. ..........15
Mottoes................................................. ..........15
Cream  Bar.........................................................14
Molasses Bar.....................................................14
Caramels............................................................20
Hand Made Creams......................................... 22
Plain  Creams................................................... 18
Decorated  Creams........................................... 23
String Rock.......................................................15.
Burnt Almonds............................................   22
Wintergreen  Berries................................."... 15
Lozenges, plain in  pails........................13%@14
Lozenges, plain in  bbls...................................12
Lozenges, printed in pails............................. 14)6
Lozenges, printed in  bbls..............................13
Chocolate Drops, in pails................................14
Gum  Drops  in pails................................ 756@8
Gum Drops, in bbls...................................6%@7
Moss Drops, in  pails........................................il
Moss Drops, in bbls
#our Drops, in  pails...............
................12
Imperials, in  pails..................
...................14
Imperials  in bbls....................
...................13
Oranges, Florida, $  box........
.......4 25@4 75
Oranges OO 38 box..................
bbl.......
Oranges, Jamaica, 
Oranges, Imperials, 
box...
Oranges, Valencia 
case__
Lemons,  choice.......................
Figs,  layers new,  ^ ft...........
Figs, fancy  do 
.....................
Figs, baskets 40 ft ^ ft...........
Dates, frails 
do  .............
Dates, 54 do 
do  ...........
Dates, skin...............................
Dates, 54  skiu..........................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box ^  ft__
ft___
Dates, Fard 50 ft box 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box iftj ft..
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw 
ft............................
Choice 
do  .............................  @5
Fancy 
*do  ............................  554@  6
Choice White, Va.do  ............................ 
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ............................ 
NUTS.
Almonds,  Terragona, 5P ft....................  17@1T)
Almonds, loaca, 
do
@18
Brazils,
do
fe®10
Pecons,
do
9@13
Filberts, Barcelona 
do
Filberts, Sicily 
d o ......................  13@14
Walnuts, Chilli 
do  ....................
Walnuts, Grenobles 
d o ......................  15@16
Walnuts, California 
d o ....................
Cocoa Nuts, sp  100
.......................   @4 50
Chestnuts, perbu.................................. 4 50@5 00
bu....................
Hickory Nuts, large 
Hickory Nuts, small  d o ....................

4 50@5 00 
15@16 
18@2ft 
@10 
® 5 
© 6 © 4 
@ 5 
@ 9
@ 654

...............  9%

5  @&
6%@ 7

FRUITS.

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The
quote

PROVISIONS.
ipids  Packing &  Provision  Co.

is follows:

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

Heavy Mess,  old..................................................12 25
Heavy Mess, new................................................ 12 00
Pig, short cut, new, better than mess........12 50.
Extra Family Clear, new...................................13 00
Extra Clear Pig, new, Chicago  packing.. .13 50-
Clear Back, new, Chicago  packing............ 14 25 .
Clear, A, Webster packed..................................13 25-
Standard Clear, the  best...................................14 75
Extra  Clear..........................................................13 75
Boston Clear.........................................................14 OO

DRY  SALT MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.............  
do.! 
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
do 
Half Cases.......... 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases............... 
Half Cases.............  
do. 
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  ca^es.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases........  
Bellies, extra quality, 300 ft cases........  
Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 ft cases........ 

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754
7
756
7
754
756
756
756.
8
854
854
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7
754
754-

LARD IN  T IN   PA IL S .

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

Tierces  ..................................................... 
30 and 50 ft Tubs...................................... 
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.....................  
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft racks.................. 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.............................. 
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case.............................. 
Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy__  
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........  
Shoulders,  boneless...............................
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle.......... 
Extra Clear Bacon..................................  
Dried Beef,  Extra..................................  
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts........... 10 75-
Boneless, extra  quality.............................A4 00

7%
854
854
8%
8%
8%
8%
12
1254
1254
8)4
11
12

B E E F  IN  BA RRELS.

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SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

Pork  Sausage...................................................  7)4-.
Ham  Sausage................................................... 13
Tongue  Sausage........................................... 
9
Liver Sausage...................................................  7
Frankfort  Sausage.........................................  9
Blood jSausage................................ 
7
Bologna,  ring...................................................  7
Bologna, straight— -......................................  7
Bologna,  thick....................................  
7.
Head  Cheese.....................................................  7
In half barrels................................................   3 50*
In quarter barrels..........................................  1 90
In kits..............................................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

 

 

T R IP E .

In half barrels.................................................$3 00-
In quarter barrels..................... 
1 50
In kits..............................................................  
80
Prices named are  lowest  at time of going to 
press, and are good only for that date, subject 
to market fluctuations.

 

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides....................................  5 @7
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters.................. 6  @754
Dressed Hogs...........................................  6 @654
Mutton,  carcasses.................................   © 554
Veal..........................................................  954@’»0
Fowls......................................................  
9@10
Chickens...................................................10 @11
Pork Sausage..........................................   9 @10
Bologna.....................................................  9 @10
Turkeys  .................................................   @11

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.

New York Counts................................................ 35-
F. J. D. Selects  ................................................*. .33
Selects.................................................................28
F. J. D ..................................................................20
Favorite.................................................................18
Medium.................................................................13
Prim e...........................................  t 
............. 14
Selects, per gallon............................................1  75
Standards.......................................................... 110

F R E SH   F IS H .

Codfish...............................................................  9
Haddock............................................................  7
Smelts...............................................................   5
Mackinaw Trout..............................................   8
Mackerel............................................................12
W hiteflsh.......................................................... 7@&

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T H R E E

Eve ry  Box  Bnarantood  to  Suit  the  Trade.

H ID

Pounds  Sold  in  Michigan  in  One  Year

PERRY

WITHOUT  THE  ASSISTANCE  OF  A SCHEME !

HAWKINS

A N D

FOX MUSSELMAN  &   LOVERIDGE
DICK,  MIDDLETON  &  CO.,  LouisrUle

for  G-rand  Rapids,  Mich.

M - A - n s r T J F ^ O T T T P L E D   B I T

A gents 

Final  Decision  of  an  Important  Case.
On Dec. 13, 1883, Mayer Wile, of  Buffalo, 
attached  the  clothing  stock  of _ Alonzo  AI. 
Cheney, at Charlotte, on  a  claim  for nearly 
$3,000, alleging fraud in  the purchase.  Mr. 
Cheney thereupon  made  a  general  assign­
ment  under  the  law  of  1883,  which  pro­
vided for  the  vacating  of  all  attachments 
made within  ten  days previous  to  the  as­
signment.  Wm.  Rathbun,  of  Chas.  Root 
& Co., was named as assignee, and  an order 
was issued by Judge Withey, of  theUnited 
States  Court, placing  the stock  in“ his pos­
session.  Before  formal  possession was ob­
tained, however,  the  State  Supreme  Court 
declared the  existing  assignment  law to be 
unconstitutional, and  Judge Withey vacated 
the order previously made turning  the stock 
over  to  Rathbun.  The  general  creditors 
then came to the conclusion that there would 
be  nothing  left  for  them  in  case  Wile’s 
claim  was  paid  in  full,  and  accordingly 
began an action  against  the attaching credi- 
tor, on the  ground  that  his  claim was  not 
due  at  the  time  of  the  attachment.  The 
case was tried before  a  jury in  the  United 
States Court  here and resulted  in  a  verdict 
for  Wile,  but  a  motion  was  immediately 
made for a new trial  on  the ground  that  a 
certain  memorandum  ought  not  to  have 
been introduced in evidence.  J udge Withey 
granted  the  motion,  and  the  second  trial 
was held last  Friday, resulting  in a verdict 
of  no cause of  action  as regards  the attach­
ing creditor, the question being as to whether 
the claim was due  at  the  time  the  attach­
ment was made.  The costs in  the case 
in­
cluding  the  fees  of  the  custodian  of  the 
stock for nearly a year—cannot fall  short of 
$1,000,  and,  besides  this  expense, Wile  is 
made the  defendant  in  a  suit  brought  by 
Cheney for damages incident  to  the  break­
ing up of his business.  The stock will  now 
pass  into  the  hands  of  the  assignee,  who 
will proceed  to dispose of  it  to the  best ad­
vantage,  and  pay  each  creditor  pro  rata. 
Turner & Carroll led Wile  to  his Waterloo, 
and Peter Doran conducted  the  case  in  be­
half  of  the other creditors.

Why  Some  Grocers  Fail.

“ He \fcas doing a large  business, his store 
was well patronized, and why did he fail ? ” 
was the inquiry made  by a  jobber  concern­
ing the failure of  a certain grocery firm.

Now the causes that  led  to this  failure— 
and they undoubtedly are the same in many 
other cases—were  that  the  grocer  did  too 
large a business.  He seemed to possess the 
idea that the more goods  he  sold—whether 
at cost or at a small  loss—the  more  money 
he made.  Selling  goods  at  less  than  cost 
was the prime cause of  his failure.

Then  he  was  ready,  and  some  thought 
even  anxious, to  trust  anybody and  every­
body.  He let  large accounts accumulate on 
his  ledger,  and  he  found  it  a  good  deal 
easier  to  demand  payment than  to  get  it

Trusting out was cause number  two for  his 
failure.

He  purchased  many  goods  that  had  no 
sale in  his vicinity.  There was no  demand 
for them and  they were  like so much  dead_ 
stock on his hands.  When  it  came  to  sea­
sonable  goods—articles that  are in  demand 
only for a short lime—he  bought  ten  times 
what  Jie had  any reasonable  right  to  sup­
pose could be sold.  These are reasons three 
and four for his suspension.

He didn’t keep  posted  on  market  prices 
and  often  bought  above  the  prevailing 
prices.  Cause number five.

His clerks did just as they pleased, and he 
did not exercise any  supervision over  them. 
He was in his store but a few hours daily and 
the  details of  the  business  were  unknown 
to him.  He trusted to his clerks’  “ say so.” 
Do you wonder  he  failed ?  And yet his is 
not a solitary case by any manner of  means. 
Any one of  these causes is sufficient  to ruin 
a man’s  business.  Are  you  sure  you  are 
free  from  each  of  these  untoward  hin­
drances to success ?

Some  Observations  by  a Thinking  Dealer.

St. Ignace, N ov.  17,  1884. 

Editor “ Michigan Tradesman:”

D ea r  Sir—1  am  thankful  to  say  that 
business  is  improving  slowly  but  surely, 
and  that  we  retailers  have  begun  a  good 
work  by  refusing  credit  to  doubtful  cus­
tomers,  and  letting  only  good  ones  have 
credit for a  short  time, and  then  at  an  ad­
vance, making them feel that ready-cash-on- 
delivery  customers  are  better  in  our  eyes 
and more to be desired  than any man’s good 
name. 
It is better  to  give  a small  bill  of 
goods  right  out  and  deserve  their  good 
wishes  than  to  credit  and  lose  the  goods 
and the customers’ future trade.

The wholesale grocer  has  to put up with 
a  good  many*undesirable  things  from  the 
retailer;  hut  the  desire of  their  drummers 
to draw* us into giving  a  big  order, thereby 
getting  better  prices, has  much  to do with 
it.  We  are  put  to  great  inconvenience  to 
meet our  bills;  whereas,  if  the  persuasive 
eloquence of  the  army of  commercial  trav­
elers  had  not  drawn  out  an  order  more 
fitting  a  jobbing  house  than  a  retail  one, 
we  would  not  be  overstocked,  and  could 
say,

“ I am monarch  of  all I survey,

My right there is none to dispute.”

There would  be fewer failures, and  more 
happiness all round.  The wholesaler could 
go to bed and  sleep the  sweet  sleep  of  in­
nocent  childhood,  with  angels  ascending 
and  descending,  and,  awaking,  could  say, 
like Jacob of  old, that he was  at the gate of 
Heaven.  With kind regards,

George  Cooke.

Rice paper, such  as comes in little  books 
for  the  use of  cigarette smokers, is said  to 
be the  best  thing  in  the world with which 
to wipe spectacle glasses.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Tlie  Gripsack Brigade.

Apples—Winter fruit is  selling for  $1.75@$2 

Charley  Yale  will  paralyze  the  Detroit 

The Rice Product of the World.

From the Baltimore Journal of Commerce.

Rice is used in all parts  of  the  world  as 
food; and a large proportion of  the  world’s 
population live upon  it  almost  exclusively.
In  China,  Japan,  the  East Indies and  the 
adjacent islands, the success or failure of the 
rice crop means plenty or  famine  to  nearly 
800 millions of people.  The  largest  house 
in .the trade in this country is in New York.
It  claims  to  handle  fully  one-half  of  the 
American product, having branch  houses  in 
Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans.  On 
the authority of a member of this  firm,  who- 
is  regarded  as  an  expert  in  rice lore,  the 
quantity raised in foreign lands in  a  single 
year  is  about  250  billion pounds, or about
2.000  times  as  much  as  is  raised  in 
the 
United  States  in  our  very  best  seasons. 
The grain is  mostly  consumed  where  it  is 
raised, and not more than one per cent, is ex­
ported.  The exports from  the  Indies  thus 
far this year amount to 5,460,000 bags,  with
1.300.000  bags  afloat, and  736,192  bags  in 
stock in England.  The rice  grown  abroad 
is known as Rangoon, Java and Patna.  We 
also receive some from Japan.  In our coun­
try,  its  growth  is  confined  to  North  and 
South  Carolina,  Georgia, Louisiana,  Texas 
and Alabama, and the product is 150 million 
pounds annually.  •

For  many  years,  we  have grown nearly 
enough rice for  our  own  consumption,  but 
this  season  we  shall  be  required  to draw 
more  largely  x>n  foreign  rice.  This is  not 
due to a decrease in  our product, for the  re­
ported  damage  to  the  crop  proves, on  in­
quiry,  to be confined to a  limited  area.  As 
our foreign population grows,  the  consump­
tion  of rice increases, aud it is coming large­
ly into general use on our own tables, taking 
the place of potatoes, to  some  extent.  We 
import a great deal of broken rice,  which  is 
extensively used by brewers.  We  also  im­
port a great deal of l ice flour,  which  is  used 
by confectioners in making candy and sizing. 
Bakers also use it to some extent in place of 
starch.  Prices vary according to the produc­
tion, and range from \ XA  cents  a  pound  for 
common to 6 cents for  fancy.  Foreign  rice 
ranges in price, after the duty is paid, about 
the same as domestic.  The idea of the  pro­
tective tariff of 1865 was to  enable  planters 
to rehabilitate their farms. 
It  has  resulted 
in  increasing  the  product  from  52,892,400 
pounds in 1870 to 150 millions in 1884.  The 
tariff  has  accomplished  its intended result, 
and might be well withdrawn.  The  Missis­
sippi river is very favorable for rice-growing, 
and ought to make the  idle lands  of  Louis­
iana productive.
The introduction of intelligent  labor  and 
labor-saving  machinery  would  reduce  the 
cost of production to such a degree  that  the 
prices allowable for export  trade  would  be 
highly remunerative. 
It is estimated that in 
eight Southern States there are from 70 to 90 
million  acres  suitable  for rice culture,  and 
l otherwise of little value, called  waste lands.

Louisiana  contains  more  acreage  of  lands 
particularly  suitable  for  rice  culture  than 
any other State.  At a low  average of yield, 
shy  1,000  pounds  of  clear rice per acre,  if 
these waste lands were brought under tillage 
the United States could  rival  the  East,  and 
produce faom 70 to 90 billion pounds yearly.

VISITING  BUYERS.

line.

New Era.

inisonville.

The following retail dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
oiders with the various houses:
C. O. Bostwick,  Cannonsburg.
E. P. Barnard, buyer New  Era  Lumber  Co., 
J, Oinler, Wright.
J. C. Benbow,  Cannonsburg.
A. M. Church,  Sparta.
Walter Schoemaker, Cannonsburg.
A. Eugberts, Beaver Dam.
J. E. Mailhot, West Troy.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
Geo. F. Cook, Grove P.  O.
L. L. Maxfield, Fruitport.
Mr. McLeod, McLeod & Trautmau Bros.,  Mc- 
L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
J. Moerdyk, Jr., Zeeland.
Wagner & Wells, Eastmanville.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
Norman Harris, Big  Springs.
Paine & Field, English1 ville.
Diibble Bros., Burnip’i3 Corners.
Hartford
Carpenter & Codman,
id
Dotson, jjjiKiiarL, 11 
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nchard.
rker & Lehnen, Bla
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E. ít . jones, i tu ve  ven 
ri  Taugc  íTlivru»  P o n
W. Pickett, Way lar
Ryron McNeal, Byroni  Center.
DairUng & Roberts, Sp>arta.
G. Thurston, Lisboi 
F.
F. Sears & Co., Roc!kford.
C.
M. J. Howard,  Englislhville.
M. P. Shields,  Hilliarcis.
ring & Lindley,  Ba:iley.
Sp
jllogg & Potter, Jen
K<
B. Steketee, Holland.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
tos. vooiey, juisoon. 
Tl
H. Woodin, Sparta
R.
Hioy Bros., Muskegon
Mir.  Nagler, Nagler &Beeler, Cale
D. W. Shattuck, Way]land.
N. DeVries, Jamestoi
M. A. Berridge, Sand Lake.
C. Cole, Ada.
L. K. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros.,  Mayfield.
Mr. Wylie, J. R. Wylie &Bro., Martin.
R. Carlyle, Rockford.
Ed.  Roys, Cedar Springs.
Scoville & MeAuley, Edgerton.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
F. E. Campau,  Alaska.
Hoag & Jud8on, Cannonsburg.
G. C. Baker, LeBarge.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
A. Sessions, Wayland.
S. C. Fell, Howard City.
S. Johnson, Johnson Bro., Greenville.
B. Tinkler, Hastings.
R. Stettin, Jamestown.
L. E, Paige, Paige & Anderson,  Sparta.
Mr. Sample, Clark & Sample,  Lowell.
S. E. Curdy, manager Hadley Bros. Mfg. Co., 
M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
H. Baker & Son, Drenthe.
G. A. Wellington, Spring Groy e.
J. B. Taylor, Sparta.
A. B. Foote, Hilliards.
Calvin Durkee, Altona.
E. C. Foote, West Carlyle.
J. E. Kellogg, Kellogg, Sawyer &  Co.,  Leroy. 
S. H. Baird,  Woodville.
L. Townsend, Howard  City.
W. D. Hopkinson, Paris.
Ed. Pryce,  Chase.
Patrick & Co., Leroy.
Chas. Ostrander, Rustford.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
I.  J. Quick & Co., Allendale.
M. A. Potter, Oakfleld Center.
F. C. Brisbin, Berlin.
J. O. Sabin, Luther.
John Giles & Co., Lowell.
F. i >. Lord, Howard  City.
E. C. Whitney, Middleville.
E. M. Stickney, Paris.

Paradise.

for choice hand-picked.

Beeswax—Steady at 37c $  ft.
Beans—None  moving,  except  large  ship­
ments to Eastern and Western markets.  Deal­
ers are paying 90e for unpicked, and selling for 
$ 1.50 for picked.  Medium unpicked commands 
$1.25.
Butter—Creamery still holds up to the old fig­
ure— 34@3o—but  dairy  commands  20©21  for 
choice rolls and 18@20c for good packed.

Butterine—Not so much moving, on account 
of the great amount of good butter in market. 
Solid packed creamery  commands  22c,  but is 
eclipsed  as  regards  sales  by the dairy grade, 
which  sells  readily  at  18@19c for choice rolls 
and 16@l-ic for choice packed.
Beets—No shipping demand.
Clover  Seed—No  local  shipping  demand. 
Dealers are paying  $4@4.25  for  spring  stocks 
and foreign shipments.
!  Cabbages—$4@$5 $  100.

Celery—Firmer  and  scarcer.  Jobbers  find 
ready sale for all they can  secure at  25@30e $  
bunch.

Cheese—Stocks are  large and fully  equal  to 
the  wants  of  the  trade.  Full  cream  stock 
readily command 121/a@13c, while skim  find oc­
casional sale at from 8@9c.

Chestnuts—Choice Ohio stock  is  scarce  and 

commands $5.50 

bu.

Cider—Common sweet, 10c  gal.  •
Cranberries—Firm at $12 for bell and cherry, 

and $14 for Cape Cod or  bell  and  bugle.

Eggs—Firmer and scarcer, on account of cold 
weather.  Fresh are quotable at 23c, and limed 
and cold storage command 20@21c.

Gi'apes—Catawbas are quoted at 10c  $   ft  or 
„  10 ft basket.  Concords are scarce  at  10c. 
Hops—Desirable State hops command 18@20c, 

90c
but offerings are light. 

Honey—Choice new is firm at 15c.
Hay—$9@$U for new, and  $I1@$12  for bail­

4

ed.

Mince Meat—7@8c $  ft according to  quality. 
Onions—$1.50 $  bbl. for yellow or red. 
Patatoes—Weaker than ever, as  there  is  no 
opportunity to move them.  In order  to  clear 
themselves at outside markets,  buyers  would 
have to secure them at  15@16c.  Nevertheless, 
there is a better time coming.

Poultry—Fowls,  9®10c.  Chickens,  10@llc. 

Turkeys, 11c.
S q u ash —P e rfe c tly   dead,- 
th e   o ver-stocked 
c o n d itio n  of th e  m a rk e t re n d e rin g   it  im possi­
b le  to  g e t m o re th a n  lAc $ ft.
S w eet P o ta to e s—J e rse y s  a re  firm e r a n d  h ig h ­
er, se llin g 're a d ily  a t $4.75@$5.  B altim o re   and 
M uscatin e, $3.50@$4 $  bbl.

T u rn ip s—25e $  b u .
Timothy—No shipping demand,  and  dealers 

buy only for prospective wants.

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

Wheat—2c  lower this  week.  Lancaster,  75; 

Fulse and Clawson, 72c.

C o r n —Jobbing generally at 46c in 100 bu. lots 

and 40@43e in carlots.

O ats—W h ite, 33c in  sm all lo ts a n d  30c  in   car- 

lots.

Rye—o2@54c ^ bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—Unchanged.  Fancy Patent,$5.50 ^ bbl. 

in sacks  and  $5.75  in  wood.  Straight, $4.50 
bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 $  cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $13 
:p ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 
Corn aRd Oats, $23 $  ton.

A. Brewer, grocer, Frankfort : 

is a good one.”

“The  paper

trade next week.

It is reported that  D. S. Haugh  is  taking 

yellow dogs on account.

“Hub”  Baker,  the  devout  groceryman, 
and A. D. Baker, the wicked hardware sales­
man, are cousins.

Gid. Kellogg,  of  F.  Itaniville  &  Co., left 
Monday for Muskegon and a trip among the 
lumbermen of  the Northern lake shore.

Algernon  Edmund  White  is  celebrating 
the advent  of  the  first  family baby, which 
put  in  an  appearance  Sunday. 
Its  a  boy 
and he balances the scales at 8A pounds.

Ad.  Sharp has  recovered  from  his recent 
indisposition and resumed  his regular trips. 
The  warning  sent  out  last  week  to  the 
female  population within  the  limits of  his 
territory is consequently hereby revoked.

The  furniture  salesmen  who  are  at pres­
ent  traveling  in  the  South  report to their 
houses  here  that  the  political  excitement 
has prevented them from making their usual 
sales in the states south of Mason  and  Dix­
on’s  line.

The Harbor Springs  Independent gets off 
the following very  ancient  joke  at  the ex­
pense of  some  grip  carrier:  A  commercial 
man in  town last  week, hearing  some  one 
say that  a vessel  in  the  harbor was weigh­
ing anchor, innocently inquired,  “ howmuch 
does the durned thing  weigh, anyhow ? ”

Settling at  Twenty-five  Cents.

L.  A.  Dunlap,  the  Vermontville  grocer 
and druggist, is effecting  a  settlement with 
his creditors  on  the  basis  of  25  per  cent.
R.  D. Wheaton,  of  Charlotte,  who  held  a 
mortgage on  the  sotck  for  $800,  has  pur­
chased the  $600  mortgage  held  by  Edwin 
Dunlap, and finds that  by advancing money 
to settle with all the other  creditofs  on  the 
basis stated, he  will secure the stock  at  its 
inventory  value—about  $2,200.  Dunlap 
will not re-engage in  business  for  the  pres­
ent, nor  will  he  continue  to  boast  of  his 
fast horses—the ownership of  which caused 
his downfall.

Fresh glue dries much  more  readily  than 
that which lias been  once  or  twice  melted. 
The finest ordinary glue, or that made  from 
white bones, absorbs twelve times its weight 
of  water  in twenty-four  hours;  from  dark 
bones  the  glue  absorbs  but  nine times  its  * 
weight  of  water;  while  the ordinary  glue, 
made from animal refuse, absorbs but  three 
to five times its weight of water.

Camphor laurel, a native of China, Japan, 
Formosa, and Cochin  China,  the  tree  from 
which most of  the camphor  of  commerce is 
obtained,  has  been  introduced  into  Cali­
fornia. 
It grows  to considerable hight, and 
is vaiuable for timber, the wood  being light 
and durable, not  liable  to  injury  from  in­
sects, and much  in favor for  carpenter  and 
cabinet work.  Fvery part  of  the  tree, and 
especially  the  flowers,  smells  strongly  of 
camphor.

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THE  CHEESE  MARKET.

An  Eastern  Authority  on  Present  Condi­

tions  and  Future  Prospects.

From  Bradstreet’s.

The six  months’ most  active  business  of 
the  cheese  factories  is  now  past,  and  al­
though  a  large  part  of  the  product—prob­
ably one-fifth —is yet to come  forward, it  is 
possible  to review the transactions of  those 
months, to see what causes  have  helped  or 
hindered  the  trade,  and  perhaps  to  form 
some judgment in regard to the prospects of 
the next half  year.

Statistics  are  sometimes  puzzling,  and 
they  are  so  this  year.  The  exports  of 
cheese from the American continent  for the 
period extending from  May 1  to  November 
1,1884, which is the period used for all  our 
calculations  unless  otherwise  stated,  were 
103,804,000  pounds.  Of  this  amount,  80,- 
092,500 pounds went from  the port of  New 
York,  being  56  per  cent,  of  the  whole. 
The  Montreal  shipments  were  58,405,500 
pounds, or 40 per cent, of  the  whole, being 
very nearly the  1,000,000  boxes claimed  by 
Canadian  authorities.  The remaining 4 per 
cent, went from Boston, New Orleans, Balti­
more and  Philadelphia.  For  the  same  six 
months  in  1883  New  York  shipped  only 
77,909,450 pounds, or 2,183,081  pounds  less 
than this year,  which  is  equivalent  to  36,- 
385 boxes.  The receipts in New York were 
1,826,093 boxes, and  for  the  corresponding 
period  in  1883  they were  1,881,041  boxes, 
showing  a  decrease of  54,948 boxes.  Add­
ing the increase of  exports  to  the  decrease 
of  receipts and we should naturally suppose 
that  the  market  was  better  oif  by  91,333 
boxes.  The  comparison  with  1882  is  still 
more striking  so far as  the exports are con­
cerned.  That year the shipments from May 
1  to  November  1  were  only  67,458,612 
pounds, or 12,633,918 pounds  less than  this’ 
year.  This is  equal  to  210,565  boxes  less 
than  the exports of  this year.  The  fact  is 
that,  with  the  exception  of  1882,  the  re­
ceipts have been smaller  than  for  the  cor­
responding  period  in  eight  years, while, as 
we  have  shown,  the  shipments  are  larger 
than during the two years  just past.  What 
ground  is  there  then  for  the  complaint of 
dullness  in  trade,  which  is  so  prevalent 
among merchants engaged in  this business ?
Ever since July 1 there has  been the com­
plaint that cheese was  being  put  into  cold 
storage  in  this  city.  When  the  stock  of 
cheese was taken account of October 1 there 
was reported to  be  66,193  boxes  on  hand, 
against 47,586  at  the  same  time  last  year 
But it was claimed  that  this  report was en­
tirely  inadequate,  and  that  there  were  at 
least  100,000  boxes  in  stock.  But,  where 
could  this  come  from?  With  5  per  cent, 
less  cheese  to  handle  on  account  of  in­
creased shipments and  decreased receipts, it 
seems almost  mysterious  that  there should 
be such a surplus on hand.  We can  see but 
one  explanation  for  it.  Slackness  in  the 
home trade must be responsible  for  the  ac­
cumulation of stock.  There are two reasons 
for this diminution  of  our  domestic  trade: 
first, the make of  cheese in this country has 
not been as good in  quality  as  usual.  The 
excessively  hot weather  of  a  part of  June, 
August and September, and the  alternations 
between heat and cold, made it very difficult 
to secure the right  conditions  for  making a 
perfect  cheese, or for  curing  it when made. 
This  imperfect  stock  was  the  first  to  go 
into cold storage, as  it was rejected by ship­
pers and let alone  by home  buyers.  Being 
bought  at  comparatively  low  prices,  from 
8K to 9>£c., it was  believed  that by storing 
it  might  be  brought  forward  later  in  the 
season and sold at a  profit  on  the  advance 
in  late-made  cheese.  The  accumulation 
thus begun was added  to from  time to time, 
domestic buyers keeping just as shy of  it as 
the shippers.  And  there  should  be  added 
to this  the  fact  that  skimming  was  begun 
earlier  than ever before  in  the  interior  of 
this  state.  By  the  middle  of  September 
many factories were  allowing  their patrons 
to skim  the night’s milk, a ruinous  practice 
which not only depreciates the price of their 
cheese but  actually diminishes  its  quantity 
so  much  that  the  butter  made  from  the 
cream  taken off  will  no  more  than pay for 
the cheese lost.  Commission  men and  buy­
ers  ought  to  take  every  means  in  their 
power to. convince  the  dairymen  that  they 
are  seriously injuring  their  own  business, 
and  the  reputation  of  Ne\y  York  state 
cheese is suffering  severely from  this cause. 
Already  the  Canadians  are  boasting,  and 
with more truth  than fiction in their words, 
that  their make has sold at  from %c. to lc. 
per  pound  more  this  season  than  central 
New York cheese.  And  the  reason  is  be­
cause  they  make  a  more  solfd  and  flinty 
cheese, and do not skim  the  milk.  Buyers 
and shippers know these  facts, and  are  not 
afraid when  they buy Canadian cheese  that 
a portion of  the  cream  has  been  extracted 
from it  The second  reason for diminished 
home trade lies in the fact  that  the country 
is less  prosperous  than it was  a  year  ago. 
Large  numbers  of  working  people, on  ac­
count  of  smaller  wages  or  less  work, are 
obliged to forego  the  luxuries  of  life  and 
confine themselves to the necessaries.  Con­
sequently cheese suffers.

It is generally useless  to attempt  to fore­
cast the future  course  of  any  business, but 
there are certain facts which may reasonably 
be expected to  have  an  influence.  A stock 
of  hot-weather  cheese  held  over  into  the 
winter is pretty sure to make a heavy market 
for everything that  is not  strictly fine.  On

MUSKEGON  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY.

W. D. CAREY & CO.

OYSTERS!

—AND  JOBBERS  OF—

F ruits an d  Produce.

Consignments  Solicited.

WHOLESALE  AND COMMISSION

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  FILLED.  BEST  GOODS  AT  LOWEST  PRICES.
OROUTT  &  OOMPA2STY,
Bnttei  Eggs, Cheese, Fruit, Graiu, Hay, Beef, M, Produce
$.  S. MORRIS  &  BRO.
Jobbers  of  Provisions,

MUSKEGON .MICH.

—AND—

CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

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

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.

Oranges
Oysters

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

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.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS
C H E W

STRAIGHT  GOODS—ITO  SCHEME.

STIR

the other hand, choice  stock  seems likely to 
be scarce, and will  probably cut  loose  from 
the  lower  grades  and  stand  on  its  own 
merits at a good, round price.  The value of 
goods  that  are  somewhat  faulty  must  de­
pend in a  large  measure  upon  the  foreign 
demand  later  in  the  season.  We  do  not 
look for lower prices  than  now prevail, and 
if  thoroughly  choice  goods  prove  to  be 
very limited in  supply after  the  fall  make 
has all been gathered in, it  is  possible  that 
this  fact  may have a beneficial  effect  upon 
the whole market.

Superiority  of  Creamery  Butter. 

From  the  Northwest  Farmer.

Therç are many reasons given why cream­
ery butter, as a rule, sells  higher than dairy 
butter.  The secret of  it probably lies  here. 
It is better butter, and  one prime reason for 
its  being,better  is  because  the  man  who 
makes  the  butter  does not  own  the  milk, 
and therefore has  to  stand  the  criticism of 
those  who do furnish  it.  When a man  has 
fifty or one hundred persons wondering why 
lie does not get the  highest market price for 
his butter, he  is  very apt  to  do it.  When 
the butter-maker owns all the milk he is too 
easily satisfied with the quality of  his make 
of  butter.

Candles  of  wax  furnished  by  insects 
specially reared for  the purpose  provide the 
most brilliant light known in China.

STEEL POINT SNOW SHOVEL,
Strongest,  Lightest,  Cheapest,  Handsomest,  Best,

FOR  SALE  BY x

Cody,  Ball & Co.,
Arthur Meigs & Co.,
Shields, Bulkley & Lemon,
Clark, Jewell & Co.,
Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, 
Hawkins & Perry,
John  Caulfield,
Foster, Stevens & Co.,
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GRAND RAPIDS 

MICH.

School  Books

School  Stationery

"Wliolesale,

LYON  &  ALLEN,

22  and  24  Canal  Street,

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

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John  Caulfield.

Sole  Agent.

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HERCULES,

THE  GREAT  STUMP  AND  ROCK
A2TXTXXZXX.ATOZI.
Strongest &  Safest  Explosive  Known  to the Arts.
Farmers, practice economy and  clear 
your land of stumps and boulders.  Main 
Office, Hercules  Powder Company, No. 
40 Prospect st., Cleveland, Ohio.
L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS. 

GUNS, AMMUNITION  &  FISHING  TACKLE.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Hides, Fürs, W ool & Tallow,
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NOS.  122  and  124  LOUISSTREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

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.

EA RL BROS.,

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REFERENCE  FIRST NATIONAL  BANK.

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IMPORTERS

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Wholesale  Grocers,

Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids.

New Japans.

We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices  of  the  new  crop 
of 1884-5 Japan Teas, including all  grades  of  Pan  Fired, Basket Eire 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  TeasQ 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 brands:
Acme, 
Palma, 
White Cotton Oil,  Gem, 
Blue Danube, 
Master, etc.

Best American, 
White Marseilles. 
Boss,
Savon  Republique,

Napkin,
Nickel,
Stearine,
Lautz Soap,

Towel, 
Shamrock, 

Mottled German, 

These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers' Prices, and deliver them|in|10 
box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight  prepaid.!! Please send for'price- 

samples.  See quotations on Grocery Page.

Starch.

We are also the Sole Agents here for the NIAGARAfSTARCH  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 off 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 iancy 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  “ 
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A. Lusk & Co,’s California Peaches.

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“  Mustand.
“  Breakfast  Cocoa.

Green  Gages..
Apricots.
Egg Plums..
Pears.

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“  Mushroons.

Italian Macarroni, 1 ft) pkg.

“  Vermicella.

Queen Olives,  16 oz1 and 27 oz. bottles. 
French Capers,  genuine  imported  in  bottle.
Choicest Salad Oil, Antonini & Co., Leghorn.

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,l  Quinces.
“  Grapes.
'*  Cherries.

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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.  Alt 
correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention.

1.1 ft

AUGERS AND BITS.

WHOLESALE  PEIOE  CURRENT.

Prevailing  rates at Chicago are as follows:

Pry, Acme............. ................................. dis 40&10

answer truthfully questions  on^the subject 
I B u t  really, a  pair of  cast  iron  shears  or 
scissors for ordinary household work  Is just 
as good as one of  forged  cast  steel.  There 
is only one  difficulty in  the  way  of  super­
seding cast steel  forgings  by cast  iron cast­
ings in these  implements, which  is  that the 
cnill  that  makes  the  iron  hard  does  not
always extend  to a depth  that will allow of I Jennings’’  fmitation.V.'.. . . . . . .  . . .........dis40&10 \ ic, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................   5 75
i 
. 
1IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............7 76
repeated  grindings  and  resharpenings,  the [ 
9-  IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne...............16 90 j
material crumbling before it can  be brought 
,  , 
But  when  first  ground  and | 
to  an  edge.
Sisal, 4  In. and  larger.....................   ..........   9
Manilla............................................................  154
Steel and  Iron..............................................dis  50
Try and Bevels..............................................dis  50
Mitre  ............................................................dis  20

................................................$ 15 oo
the  shears  are  as  keen  as  those  of [Garden......................................................net 33 00
Hand....................:.............................. dis $ 60&10
I Cow..................... 
60
dis 
! Call............................................................ dis 
15
j Gong.........................................................dis 
20
Door, Sargent..........................................dis 
55

Ives’, Old style...........................................dte 
N. H.C. Co............. V...............................diB 
Douglass’ ........... ..................................... dis 
Pierces’ ......................................................die 
Snell’s .......................................................
Jennings’,  genuine.................................. dis 

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

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

Broken packs He » lb extra.

PATENT FLANISAED IRON 

BELLS.
 

Com. Smooth.

ROOFING PLATES.

SHEET IRON.

BALANCES.

BARROWS.

SQUARES.

50
56
50
60

ROPES.

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have  something  that  will  just  suit  you,” 
said  the  dealer.  “ Here  is  a  bell  with  aj 
sweet dulcet tone, which will  call  with rev-jIves’ Door

Smelting and Casting of Iron.

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Just  What He  Wanted.

The  metallurgical  processes  employed  in 
the extraction of iron'produce a metal .which 
contains  carbon, \ silicon,  manganese  and 
other substances. Z Pure iron, having  a .very 
high fusing point, is not  well  applicable  to 
foundry purposes;  the material we  have  to 
examine is iron combined with carbon.  The 
presence  of  carbon,  it being combined  and
disseminated  as  graphite  through the iron, | 
eauses a lowering of the fusing point.  When I tempered  cast  steel, and  the  blades  retain 
pig iron is molten in  a  cupola  furnace,  the j their edges longer.
air  comes  in  contact  with particles  of  the 
liquid  metal  and  the  carbon  thereof;  the 
metal is  partly  decarbonized.  The  impuri­
ties, silicon, manganese, and a small  quanti­
ty of iron are converted into oxides,  produc­
ing the  slag.

A well-known Scotchman,  who carries  on j 
a business of selling  hardware in a Western j 
city,  is  famous  for  the  pleasant  style  in j 
which he sympathizes with  the taste  of  his 
customers.  The story is told of  this  dealer 
Other  products  of  oxidation,  carbonic 
that a gentleman entered  his  place one day
oxide  and iron  oxide,  are  dissolved  in  the
molten iron  The  air  blown  into the  fur-1 and said he wanted to purchase  a  bell, tell- 
nace generally contains acqueous vapor, and j  ing  about  tee  dimensions  required, 
by its action upon tee burning  coke  hydro­
gen  is  generated.  Molten  iron, possessing 
the  property  of  dissolving  three  times its 
volume of hydrogen, as has  been  shown  by  erend voice  on Sabbath morn  for worshipers 
latest  investigations,  is  thus charged  with j  to come to the house of  God.” 
carboniic  oxide,  hydrogen, and iron  oxide, j 
“I don’t care  anything  about  teat,”  said 
On cooling of the metal the gasses are  emit- j  the visitor, with a somewhat  undeaconly as-
ted;  they  are  the  cause  of  the  spongy, j 
pumice-stone-like surface structure observed I 
on solidified metallac masses.

“ It is just the thiDg for teat purpose,”  as­
serted the dealer.  “Its call is so sharp that 
it will make the boys run like—hades!”

pect.  “ I want the bell for a fire-alarm,

homogeneous  castings, 

j  you expect to go to heaven.”

I can’t  do  it  now  very well, but  I will

“Why  don’t  you  do  so  uow,  brother? 

I  have  thought  about  that  for  a  long
j  think l  will  do 80 after  the  lst  oi 

Intended  to .Reform.
must  give  up  all  tricks of tee
.  “ if

Iron  being  molten  at a low temperature, 
and  then  tapped off and poured into molds, 
liberates  the  dissolved  gasses  within  tb<5
mold.  The structure of such  a  casting  ex-  trade>i  said  tjje  pastor  to  the  grocer, 
Mbits tee presence of cavities and a high de­
gree of porosity. 
Such cavities  have  peas­
like shape near the surface, and assume that j time> 
of a sphere towards the center of the metal; j j anuary *> 
they  are  sometimes  connected  with  each ; 
other  by  small  channels.  When  heated 
more rapidly, and far above its fusing point, 
iron  becomes  more  applicable  to  foundry j then 
purposes.  The molten metal remaining  for ; 
some time in the ladle and being agitated by 
the aid of a bar before it is poured  into  the j  fr01“ business!” 
molds, permits a free eliberation of  the  dis- ' 
solved gases.

j There is no time like the present.”

“ Why do you set that date ? ”
Because on the first of  the year  I  retire

The  property  of  iron of absorbing  gases

Rust  upon steel  may be removed  by cov­
ering the rusted part with  oil  or fat, letting
and iron oxide is  increased  by  remelting  of j it remain  three  hours, and  wipe off  with a
cloth;  take two drachms caustic potash  and 
iron;  for 
iron j 
must be used which has not previously serv- j 
four ounces  opodeldoc, rub  on  the mixture 
and  let  it remain  ten  minutes, rub off  dry 
ed the same purpose.  The spongy  structure 
with a cloth.  Or cover the rusted  part with 
of  a  casting  is also caused by the  molding 
sweet oil, well  rub  in, and  next  day cover 
mate™»  When the  orifice  of  a mold  be­
with  finely  powdered  unslaked  lime,  and 
comes  gradually  filled  with  molten metal, 
polish  with this  until  the  rust  disappears. 
the  escape  of  gases depends upon the phy­
Or  take  half  an  ounce  of  emery  powder, 
sical  nature  of  toe molding material.  The 
one ounce of  soft  soap mixed, and rub well.
latter, containing moisture and  organic  sub­
stances, generates aqueous vapor  and  other 
The developments in  the crude petroleum 
gases, which causes the formation of surface 
market during  the  past  month  have  been 
cavities.  These cavities are  covered with  a 
unparalleled.  The  discovery  of  one  great 
film of oxidized metal, while those produced 
gusher has  quickly lost  its  prominence  by 
by dissolved gases have a  bright  metal  sur­
the striking of  other  great wells, until  tee 
face.
boom  has  culminated  in  “Armstrong,  No. 
2,”  which  spouts  the  almost  incredible 
amount of  9,000 to 10,000  barrels  per  day.
Bronze  may be  renovated  and  recolored 
by mixing one part of muriatic acid and two 
parts of  water.  Free  the  article  from  all 
grease and  dust, and  apply tee diluted  acid 
with a cloth.  When dry, polish with  sweet 
oil.

The difficulties involved in the casting  of 
homogenous articles are partly overcome  by 
tee use of a suitable porous  sand.  Another 
piftftK  of  cavities  is that called druse.  The 
cavities  of  a  druse  are  studded  with iron 
crystals of a dentritic form.  The formation 
of  these cavities  is  caused by an  abnormal 
shrinkage  during  solidification  Another 
phenomenon generally called  sucking  must 
be assigned to tee same cause; it is  general­
ly  observed  on  parts  of  castings  where  a 
large quantity of metal  has  been  collected. 
It is therefore advisable in the manufacture 
of castings to give them an equal wall thick­
ness, which has the advantage teat  the  ten­
sion is most equally  distributed  throughout 
the  mass.  On  cooling of  the liquid metal 
within the mold, the particles  which  are  in 
contact  with  the  mold are sooner solidified 
than  those  more  distant,  and  promote  a 
motion of the liquid material from places  of 
greatest to such of  less  accumulation,  thus 
forming druses.

Cast Iron  Cutlery.

From the Scientific American.

but
This  title  may  appear  anomalous, 
far
cast  iron  cutlery  of  certain  forms  is 
more common  than its  purchasers generally 
imagine.  And  it  is  not  necessarily  of  a 
poor quality, although  made of  nothing but 
cast  iron.  In  the writer’s family is  a  pair 
of  scissors of  cast iron  that  has  been used 
for three years, and  has  been several  times 
sharpened.  The writer  has  shaved  with  a 
cast  iron  razor, which  did  excellent  work 
for months.  There are  in  Connecticut two 
quite extensive establishments which reckon 
cast  iron  cutlery  as  among  the  important 
products of  their work.

The  manufacture  of  the  Bessemer  steel 
nail  will  not  be  taken  up  by  the  New 
England  mills  until  prices so improve  that 
they may do it at a profit.

Dissolution  of Partnership.

Grand  Ra pid s, Nov. 17,1884.

Notice  is hereby given that the  partnership 
heretofore existing  under  the  firm  name  of 
Rickard Bros, has been dissolved by the retire­
ment of C. S. Rickard.  The  business  will  be 
continued under the same firm name by F.  A. 
Rickard and A.  P.  Rickard,  who  will  pay all 
outstanding obligations and collect all debts.
F. A. Rickard. 
A. P. Rickard, 
C.  S.  Rickard.

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS.

h id e s .

Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: 
@7
Green............................................... »  
Part  cured..............................................  8  @  84
Full cured................................................84® 84
Dry hides and kips.................................   8  @12
Calf skins, green or cured.....................10  @12
Deacon skins............................»  piece20  @50
Shearlings or Summer skins $  piece.. 10  @20
Fall pelts..................................................30  @50
Winter  pelts....................................... 1 00  @1 25

SHEEP PELTS.

Fine washed » lb......................................  30@ 22
Coarse washed.........................................16  @18
Unwashed............................................... 2-3
Tallow...................................................... 
54

WOOL.

SKINS.

Bear  ........................................................  50@10 00
Fisher  ....................  ............................4 00@ 8 00
Fox, red...................................................  26@ 1  10
Fox,  gray................................................  15@  85
Martin  ....................................................   25@ 1 00
This  allusion  to  cast  iron  shears  and 
M ink......................................................... 
5@  50
2@ 
Muskrat..............................................  • 
8
scissors  does  not  refer  to  the  combined 
Otter......................................................4 00@ 5 00
Raccoon.................................................  
5@  85
cast 
iron  and  steel  articles  which  are
.  Skunk  ..................................................   15@  90
usually  considered  superior  to  tee  forged  B eaver,»lb...........................................2 00@ 3 oo
Deer, » l b ..............................................  10@  30
inner  plate] 
ones.  These  have  a  steel 
cemented on each  blade  by the  fused  iron j 
when it  is poured  into  the  mold;  but  the 
cast iron shears and  scissors are wholly and ! 
entirely of  cast  iron, and  they  are finished 
for the market  precisely as they come  from 
the mold.

. 

The quality of  the iron  used  is  the same [ 
or  similar  to  that  used  in  casting  for j 
malleable iron, and  for  cutlery it is cast  in ] 
chills.  When  broken, the  crystalization  is | 
very similar to that of  hardened  cast  steel, j 
and, except for  lack  of  elasticity, it  serves j 
tee  same  general  purposes.  But  although 
this cast iron is not adapted  to  tools  which | 
work  by blows, it  is  sometimes  made  into 
ice picks and axes, hatchets and  steak chop- • 
pers.  The manufacturers of cast iron shears | 
and scissors make no secret of  the material, ] 
and sell their goods for just  what  they are. j 
Of course they are sold cheaper than forged i 
work or steel  can  be sold.  Retailers,  also, ] 
know that  this  cheap  cutlery is  not  steel, j 
and  usually—unless  dishonest—they  w ill!

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY

e t st o h st e s
From 2 to 160 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts made for 
Complete Outfits.
W .  O,  3D enison,

88,90 and 92 South  Division Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

EWELER,

44  CANAL  STREET.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN

DO  YOU  KNOW

—THAT—

XioriUard’s  C lim a x

PLUG  TOBACCO

With Red Tin Tag, is the best?  Is  the purest; 
is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo­
lasses or any deleterous ingredients, as  is  the 
case with*many other tobaccos?
Lorillard’s Rose  Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco 
is also made of the  finest  stock,  and  for  aro­
matic chewing quality is  second to none.
take first rank as a solid  durable  smoking to­
bacco wherever introduced.
Lorillard’s  Famous  Snuffs 
have  been  used  for  over  124  years,  and are 
sold to a larger extent than any others.

Lorillard’s  Navy  Clippings 

TIME TABLES.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapida  Division.

Michigan (Tenthal

The JJiagara  Falls (Route.

DEPART.

tDetroit Express............................................  6:00 am
tDay  Express..........................................12:46 p m
♦New York Fast Line............................  6:00 p m
+Atlantic Express...................................  9:20 p m
♦Pacific  Express..............................................6:00 am
tLocal  Passenger...........................................11:20 am
+Mail..........................................................3:20 p m
tGrand  Rapids  Express............................... 10:25 pm

ARRIVE.

tDaily except Sunday.  *Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Express.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:59 a. m., and New York  at 9 p. 
m. the next evening.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

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

Arrives, 
4:07 p m 
11:00 p m 
6:00 a m 
10:05 p m
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful at­
tendants without extra charge to Chicago  on 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. and 
9:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves.  Arrives.
Mixed....................................  4:00 am   5:15pm
Express....................................3:50 p m  4:15 p m
Express..................................  8:10 a m  10:30 a m
All trains arrive and depart from Union De­
pot.
The Northern terminus of  this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made  with 
F. &  P. M.  trains to  and  from Ludington  and 
Manistee.

J. H. P a l m e r , Gen’l Pass. Agent.

10:45 pm

5:30 am

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

Arrives. 

GOING WEST.

LeaveB.
tSteamboat Express.......... 
6:20am
flhrough  Mail...................10:15am   10:20am
tEvening  Express.............3:20 pm   3:55 pm
♦Atlantic Express................   9:45 pm  
tMixed, with  coach...........  
10:30 am
tMorning  Express...............12:40 p m  12:55 p m
tThrougn  Mail..................  6:00 p m 
5:10 p m
tSteamboat Express.......... 10:30 p m
tMixed..................................  
7:10 a m
♦NightExpress.....................  5:10 am  
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *08117.
Passengers  taking  the  6:20  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor Cars on  Mail  Trains,  both  East  and 
W 08t.
Train leaving  at  6:10  p,  m.  will  make  con­
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except 
Sunday and the train leaving  at 5:10 p. m.  will 
connect Tuesdays and  Thursdays  with  Good­
rich steamers for Chicago.
The mail has  a  Parlor  Car to Detroit.  The 
Night  Express has a through Wagner Car and 
’local  Sleeping Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.
D. Potter, City Pass. Agent.
Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30 inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.................................. *4 20
Nos. 15 to  17“..................................  4 20
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   4 20
Nos. 22 to <24..................................   4 20
Nos .25 to 26..................................   4 40
No. 27.-............................................   4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 9>s, »   9>
In smaller quansities, $   fl>
No. 1,  Refined........................................... 
Market  Half-and-half............................ 
Strictly  Half-and-half................... 

TINNER’S SOLDER.

 

TIN  PLATES.

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

rates.

TJJAPS.

13 00
15 00
16

MEW ERA RIESSATE

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

We claim tee NEW  ERA  to  be  the most

Economical  Roller  State  in 

WIRE.

tleWorl

Steel, Game.................................. T.................
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 Market..........................................dis 60
Coppered Market..........................................dis 65
Extra Bailing.................................................dis 55
Tinned  Market..........................................kis  40
Tinned  Broom............................................. $5) 09
Tinned Mattress..........................................» lb 84
Coppered  Spring  Steel.......................... dis 374 
Tinned Spring Steel.................................dis 374
Plain Fence...............................................$  tt> 34 j
Barbed Fence............................................. 
Our  CLAMP  SKATE  is  tee  only  screw
Copper................................................new  list net 
Brass...................................................new  list net j  clamp  skate  made  which  operates  all  tee |

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

, ,   . 

.,

. 

WIRE GOODS.

I clamps with one key at the same time.

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

WrENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine......................................dis 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s Patent, malleable.................... dis 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pumps,  Cistern.................................. dis 
Screws........................................................ 
Casters, Bed and  Plate..........................dis 
Dampers, American................................. 

50&10
65
70

60&20
70
50
334

LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Company quote f . o. b. cars as 

follow:
Uppers, 1 inch..................................per M $44 00
Uppers, 14 ,1 4  and 2 inch.........................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch..................... .......................   35 00
Selects, 14,14 and 2  inch.................. —   38^00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................... 
.......  30 00
Shop, 1 inch................................................   30 00
Fine, Common, 1 4 .1 4  and 2 inch............  32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet..........................   17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.........................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet. ...N  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.....................  .  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00@ 9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............................  35 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................  28 00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.........................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet.................................  12 00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12 00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch..........,.  20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and B ..................   18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................   14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common—  
9 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch,  Clear.....................   20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16ft............  10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B ....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00 
Dressed Flooring 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. I  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or o in., No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............  
3 50
3 40
1 X X X 18 in.  Thin...................................... 
( X X X 16 in................................................. 
3 00
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
2 00
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................  
1  75
3 00
Lath  ............................................................. 

Foster,

Stevens 
&  Co.

10 AND 12 MONROE ST.,

AGENTS FOR  MICHIGAN.

Send for Circular and Price-Lists.

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combining both D A Y   BOOK  a n d   LED GER 
in  one,  by  which customers itemized  state­
ments  are  furnished  in  one-third  the  time 
required  by  the usual  process,  as  hundreds 
who are using it will cheerfully testify.

AND

io 
“ TH E   CO M PEN D IU M ,” reauiring but 
minutes a  day  to  record  each  day’s  cash 
transactions,  and , supply  a  complete  self ­
proving  PR O FIT  and  LOSS  Balance  sheet 
whenever desired.

Full  details,  illustrated  by  example,  sent 
free  to  M ER CH AN TS  sending  name  and 
address  to H A L L   &  CO.,  Publishers,  154 
L ak e  St .,  CH ICAGO,  IL L . 
If  possible 
send  b u s in e ss c a r d .

The  Washer  of  the  Future !

0. K. STEAM  WASHER

The  only 

Steam Washer

that  has  a  valve  on  l|—

|  lilll  ....... .  | |l| |  

top  of cover  to 

prevent boil­

The  only 

Steam Washer

HI—   with  force  feed  and | 

Perforated Tube 
through center 

Grand  Rapids  A  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

Arrives.  Leaves. 
Cincinnati &  Mackinac  Ex  8:45 pm   9:00 pm  
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:20 am   10:25 a m  
Ft. Wayne & G’d Rapids Ex 3:55 p m 
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
7:10p m
7:00 am  
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05 p m 
4:35 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Way 1 e Ex.. 10:25 a m 
11:45 p m
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

GOing south.

ing over.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at  9:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and 
I Mackinac City.  Train leaving at 10:25 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse
I t  will wash more clothe, in  a  given  time  than any  «team  washer in  the  ° ® ith -T m in 1e.v i« r a t» i86P .m  .b e .  Wood, 

sleeping car arrangements.

of cylinder.

market.  It washes cleaner, as the tube  through the center of cylinder has  the  niff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati, 
advantage of steaming the clothes uniformly.  The flanges on outside of  cylin- 
der force steam and suds in clothes.  Agents  wanted  everywhere! in  Michigan.
Write for circulars and price.

Lake Shore £  Michigan Southern.

c - **■ Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent,

0. K. M

Grand  Rapids

 M S B  1ÍIC T,

3 7  Canal  street,

Michigan.

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

Leave.
7:35 a m
4:00 pm

All trains daily except Sunday.
The  strain 

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

I. W. McKbnnby, Gen’l Agent.

BOLTS.

40
Stove......................................................dis $ 
75
Carriage  new  list...................................dis 
Plow  .......................................................dis  30&1(
Sleigh Shoe..............................................dis  50&15
50
Cast Barrel  Bolts...................................dis- 
Wrought Barrel Bolts...........................dis 
55
50
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs..........  .......dis 
Cast Square Spring................................dis 
55
Cast Chain...............................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob...............dis  55&10
Wrought Square....................................dis  55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush............................ dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob 
Flush...................................................  50&10&10
.. dis  50&10

BRACES.

Barber...................................................... dis $
Backus..:..............................................dis
Spoflord..................................................dis
Am. Ball..................................................dis

40
50
50
net

BUCKETS.

Well, plain...................................................$  4 00
Well, swivel.................................................  
4 50

BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........ dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis
Wrounht Loose  Pin.............................dis
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............dis
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned............dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped .................................................. dis
Wrought Table...................................... dis
Wrought Inside  Blind......................... dis
Wrought Brass.......................................dis
Blind, Clark’s..........................................dis
Blind, Parker’s...................................... dis
Blind,  Shepard’s................................... dis
Spring for Screen Doors 3x24. per gross 
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3..  .pergross 

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

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10.....................................................per m
Hick’s C. F ............................................
G .D ............................;..........................
i Musket...................................................

65 
60 
35 
60

CATRIDGES.

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

CHISELS.

Socket Firmer........................................ dis
Socket Framing.....................................dis
Socket Corner........................................dis
Socket Slicks..........................................dis
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...................dis
Barton’s Socket Firmers.................... dis
Cold......................................................... net

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

 

COMBS.

COCKS.

Brass,  Racking’s ..............................
Bibb’s ................................................
B eer...................................................
Fenns’. . . . ........................................

50 
50 
4
65&10
65&10
65&10
65&10
40
20

33425
dis
40&10
49&10
40&10
60

Planished, 14 oz cut to size...........
14x52,14x56,14 x60.........................

.......» f t   37
..  39

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

35
20
30

COPPER.

DRILLS

ELBOWS.

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

EXPANSIVE BITS.

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

dis
dis

FILES.

 

American File Association List........ dis
Disston’s ................................................ dis
New  American.................... 
,..d is
Nicholson's.............................................dis
Heller’s ..................................................dis
Heller’s Horse RaspS...........................dis
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

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

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

13 
GAUGES.

20
25

50&10
50&10
50&10
50&10
30
334
28
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 c 40&10 

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

HANGERS.

HINGES.

and  longer.................................

Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3......................... 
dis  60
State............................................ per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  44  14
3%
.net
Screw Hook and Eye,  4 ...................net
10V4
Screw Hook and Eye %...................... net
.net
8*
.net
Screw Hook and Eye  4 ......................net
7V4
.net
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.....................net
7V4
. .dis 60&10
Strap and  T.......................................... dis

HOLLOW  WARE.
Stamped Tin Ware....................................   60&1G
60&1U
20&10
Japanned Tin  Ware..................
25
Granite Iron  Ware....................

HOES.

KNOBS.

Grub  1................................................$11 00, dis 40
Grub  2................................................  11 60, dis 40
Grub 3...................................,.............  12 00, dis 40

LOCKS—DOOR.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........$2 00, dis 60
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings__   2 50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings.......................................... list,  7 25, dis 60
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list, 8 25, dis 
60
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain..........dis 
60
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s....................d 
40
Hemacite............................................... dis 
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis  60
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s.......................... dis  60
Branford’s .....................................................dis  60
Norwalk’s......................  
dis  60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..................... dis  65
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s...................................dis  40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables dis  40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s ............. dis  40
Coffee,  Enterprise...... ............................... dis  25
Adze  Eye....................................... $16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt  Eye....................................... $15 00dis40&10
Hunt’s  ....................................... $18 50 dis 20 & 10

LEVELS.
MILLS.

MATTOCKS.

NAILS.

 

 

Common. Bra  and Fencing.
lOdto  60d............................................ » k e g $2  25
25
8dand9dadv....................................... 
 
50
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
4d and 5d  adv..............  
75
3d  advance................... 
1 50
3d fine  advance..................................................  3 00
Clinch nails, adv.......................................... 
  1 75
Finishing 
fid  4d
I  lOd  8d 
Size—inches  |  8 
2 
14
24 
$1 25  1 50  1 76  2 00 
Adv. » k e g  
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLASSEB GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ...................................... dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine...... ................................dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring.............................dis 25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.......................  dis 60
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
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................... dis 16
Sciota Bench...............................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.............................dis 15
Bench, flrstquality....................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood and

MAULS.
OILERS.

PLANES.

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 26,1884.

2)r\>  (Boobs.

How  Cotton  is  Bought and Sold.
From the Boston Journal of Commerce.

*  To the cotton manufacturer,'this may be a 
subject of common moment.  He  knows his 
own method of purchasing,  and it  probably 
does  not  differ  from  that  pursued  by  his 
neighbor.  All cotton, however, is not bought 
and sold alike.  There are three methods fol­
lowed  among  cotton  manufacturers,  either 
one of which is adopted according to the fancy 
of the purchaser.  One method is to buy the 
cotton in the home market, say New York or 
Boston, where each bale, or its representative 
sample can be personally  examined  and  ac­
cepted  or rejected.  This is the way usually 
pursued by small  mills,  in  cases  where  the 
purchases do not excefidteiYto twenty-five or 
fifty bales.  When the grade, condition, staple 
and price'are equally advantageous this is the 
safest andfbest way of buying,  under all  cir­
cumstances.  Unfortunately,  if  it  can  be 
looked upon  as  such, conditions are of  that 
character that this does not offer the greatest 
advantage, and another method has generally 
usurped this old fashion, and, not many'years 
ago,  universal  practice.  Purchases  of  fifty 
bales and more’are now made through agents, 
called cotton buyers, stationed at  the  cotton 
marts  in  the Southern States.  This  has be­
come  a  system  of much importance, and  so 
general  is  its adoption that all others are of 
minor consideration.  It brings the producer 
and consumer nearer to one another than any 
heretofore available, and is’as direct, in this 
respect  as  anything/that  can  bejfdesired. 
Railroad facilities are  such  that  transporta­
tion is as cheap from the cotton centers of the 
South direct to the'mills as it is to New  York 
and Boston, thus saving  all  the  expense  at­
tending  the  handling  and transhipment  at 
Northern markets.  The third method of buy­
ing  has  a  degree of popularity  among some 
mills, which is to make contracts for purchas­
ers  for  future delivery at  stipulated  prices. 
This can be safely entered into by the seller, 
regardless of contingencies affecting the fluct­
uation, in market values, by taking advantage 
of the facilities which the cotton exchanges, 
New York, for instance, offer.  This has feat­
ures which commend it as a wise expedient, 
the season at a time when its  purchasers  for 
the season at a time when it is thought prices 
are at their lowest, without requiring an out­
lay of capital beyond keeping  good  a  small 
margin of, say, half a cent a  pound:  simply 
enough to cover any probable and  immediate 
variation in the market value.  The matter of 
contracts for future delivery,  as  utilized  by 
mills, is really a mere fraction of the business 
done on the contract basis.  It has become a 
mighty  species  of  speculation,  overtopping 
everything bearing on legitimate transactions 
in cotton.  Speculation in contracts is merely 
a  device for betting  on  the  future  value  of 
cotton; and so important a  factor  has  it  be­
come that the manipulations accompanying it 
affect  and determine the value of the staple. 
A contract,  even  when  intended  as  a  gam­
bling  venture,  is  made out, in form,  for the 
delivery of the genuine article, and each con­
tract  specifies  45,000  pounds  of  cotton,  in 
about one hundred square bales.  Of  course 
each contract assumes, in its phraseology, the 
purpose of delivering and receiving, but  the 
true intent of the operator is simply  that  of 
adjusting'differences in value at the time  the 
contract falls due.  Now, last year, out of the 
25,000,000  bales  of  cotton sold  in  the  New 
York Exchange,"only 160,000 bales were act- 
ually.delivered, thus leaving 24,840,000 bales 
to  be  settled  for  by  paying  differences  in 
values.  The original purpose of  cotton  ex­
changes was to benefit the planter in the dis­
position of his crop before it  was  placed  on 
the market, and then before it was picked, by 
enabling  him  to  sell  it  for delivery at some 
future date at a price fixed,  which  he could 
use as a basis upon which to  borrow  money 
to gather  and  move  in cotton.  This was of 
great convenience, and assured to the lender 
a safer arrangement upon which to make his 
advance8.][But from this original and simple 
motive—that of aiding the planter and deal­
ing in the actual commodity—there has grown 
up  a  stupendous  system  of  speculation  on 
fluctuating  values.  But  aside  from  this 
speculative  feature,  the  cotton  exchanges 
possess many valuable characteristics, such as 
establishing uniformity in the classification of 
cotton, instituting just  methods  of  dealing, 
fixing proper means of arbitration in case of 
controversy, and in disseminating useful  in­
formation  concerning  all  cotton  interests. 
They, further, settle upon rules  and  regula­
tions affecting the condition in which  cotton 
shall be packed and marketed,  and  the  for­
feiture depending  on  deviation  from  a  cer­
tain standard.  For instance, seedy and fraud­
ulently packed cotton is defined as bales con­
taining foreign substances, water packed, and 
having  damaged  or  inferior  cotton  in  the 
interior  without  any indication of condition 
on the exterior.  The penalty attached to this 
state of things is the right  of  rejection,  and 
the cotton is not deliverable.  In the case of 
mixed packed cotton in a bale, the whole bale 
shall  be  deemed  of  the grade of the poorest 
quality. For hoops, six are all that are allowed 
to a bale, and these must not  exceed  an  ag­
gregate  of  twelve  pounds.  Any  excess  of 
this  must  be  removed  from  the package, if 
requested by the buyer, or the weight deduct­
ed.  All unnecessary bagging must be taken 
from the bale, or an equitable reduction made 
in weight; andunnecessaryjbagging is under­
stood  to  mean  all that which is not essential 
for the proper protection of the cotton while 
In an uncompressed condition.  Then, no bale

shall be considered merchantable that weighs 
less than  three hundred founds.  With  the 
well-regulated  system  of  cotton  exchanges 
now in vogue, there is no doubt of  its  many 
benefits  to  the  cotton  interests  of  this  and 
foreign countries.

Fashions* in  Carpets.

There is  a  hint, at  least, of  a  change  in 
the fashions in carpets  this season;  more of 
a tendency toward light  colors and  brighter 
effects than  has been noticed for some time, 
although the  “ high art ” carpets, with  their 
low, soft tones, are  still  adhered  to by per 
sons of  genuinely artistic  taste, who  desire 
to  subordinate  their  carpets  to  furnishing 
and decorating, rather  than  to  have  these 
articles a prominent  part  of  the  furnishing 
itself.  Many of  the finest  and  best  styles 
are  perfect  copies  of  ancient  tapestry, and 
they show all  the  effect  both  of  color  and 
design.  Yellow finds high  favor, especially 
the  gold  shades, and  it  is wonderful  how 
this  color, when  used  with  discretion, will 
brighten and tone up a carpet, giving it  just 
the touch  of  life  that  is  needed. 
If  it  is 
used  in  too  great  profusion  the  effect  is 
garish  and  loud, and  the  harmony of  color 
destroyed.  Through  the Wiltons and Brus­
sels of  dark antique design  there will be an 
outlining thread of  gold  color that  sets  the 
design at  once  in  high  relief, and  gives  a 
very lively  effect  to  the  carpet.  The  new 
Brussels  carpets  show  ivory,  cream,  ecru, 
corn, biscuit  and  old  gold  grounds,  with 
geometrical  patterns  nearly  covering  the 
ground  work,  leaving  it  visible  only  here 
and  there.  The  designs  are  less  conven­
tional than  they have  been  for  some  time, 
and  even  the  newest  Morris  patterns  are 
more flowing  and  less  stiff  than fthey ever 
have been since  they first  came into  promi­
nence.  The influence that  has been felt  in 
art embrordery is probably the same  that  is 
now conspicuous in wall paper  and  carpets. 
In  place  of  stiff, stilted,  separate  designs, 
one sees more  of  the  arabesque  and  scroll 
figures, known  as  Moorish  and  Charles*II. 
The  new cretonnes  also  show much  of  the 
same effect, and all have a  tendency  in  the 
same direction.

In these modem  days  the  best  styles  are 
not kept exclusively for the  higher grade of 
carpet, but  the same pattern, even  the same 
coloring, is seen  in Wiltons,  velvets,  Brus­
sels  and 
ingrains.  The  tapestry  is  sui 
generis and its designs remain  always about 
the  same, that  is, in  the  same  sense  that 
elaborate floriated style.  Tapestry is really 
not  much 'used,  except  for  bed-room  car­
pets,  and  for  this  purpose  it  is  handsome 
and  suitable.  The  Brussels  carpets  are 
sold now at such  reasonable  prices,  and are 
so effective in the occupying of the Wiltons, 
that  they are  preferred where  Wiltons  are 
out of  the  question  for  parlors,  halls, and 
stairs, libraries and  dining-rooms.  Some of 
the handsomest of  these carpets  are  in  im­
itation of  antique rugs, and it is really won­
derful  how accurately not  only the  figures 
but the colors are reproduced in  these  mod­
ern goods.

The fancy fire  rugs still  obtain, and there 
certainly is a wide field for selection.  Those 
who can  afford  them  prefer, of  course, the 
genuine  antiques,  or  at  least  the  modem 
Oriental  rugs  of  fine  quality,  and  these 
have been imported in large numbers during 
the year.  Thousands of  dollars worth  have 
passed  through  the  Boston  custom  house 
during the last year.  A very handsome rug, 
in close imitation of  the antique, is made in 
Scotland, by the Templetons, who make  the 
most elegant  Axminster  carpets  the world 
affords.  ,  These mgs will wear like iron, and, 
as they are well  dyed, they will  grow beau­
tiful with  age, as  the genuine.~antiques  do. 
The  Saxony  rugs  and  carpets, with  their 
solid colored centers and  handsome borders, 
still hold their own, and are gaining  in pub­
lic favor.  Nothing, however, has  met  with 
the  success  that  has  attended  the  “ Ken­
sington Squares,”  or “ Woodstock Carpets” 
as  they are variously called.  Being  in  in­
grain, they are very reasonable in  price, and 
they  certainly  are  very  artistic,  and  are 
really great  assistants  to  good, inexpensive 
furnishing.  They are so  well  known  that 
no description of  them is needed, but it  is a 
pleasure to chronicle their continued success.

Curiosities of the  Wool  Trade.

From an English Exchange.

The  wool  trade, though  in  magnitude  it 
ranks  below cotton,  is far  the more ancient 
and interesting of  the two industries.  Wool 
has been  used  for  clothing  from  time  im­
memorial.  Abel  was  a  keeper  of  sheep, 
the patriarchs of  Palestine  and  Syria were 
rich 
in  flocks  and  herds,  and  there  is 
abundant evidence  to show that  the  Pruto- 
Helvetians,  the  lake-dwellers  of  Central 
Europe, kept  sheep and  carded  wool  when 
their  weapons  of  warfare  and  the  chase 
were stone hatchets and flint-headed arrows. 
The  curious  in  such  matters  may  see  in 
Swiss  museums  bits  of  cloth  and  carding 
combs which are probably older  than either 
the Temple  of  Solomon  or  the  Tower  of 
Babel.  The  widespread  use  of  wool  for 
clothing, of  course, arises from the fact that 
sheep  can 
live  almost  anywhere;  and 
wherever sheep  are  found, the ingenuity of 
their owners has  turned  their  fleeces to ac­
count  The wool trade of these islands have 
gone  through  many  phases.  The  latest 
phase  was  a  revolution.  British  woolens 
were in vogue at  Rome in  the  time  of  the 
Caesars,  and  less  than  a  century  since, 
British  woolen  cloths  were  made  almost 
wholly of  native  grown  material.  At pres­
ent we import for home consumption, taking 
one year with another, wool of  an estimated 
value  of  some  ten  millions  sterling,  so 
greatly have  the needs  of  our ever-waxing 
population  outgrown  the  capacity  of  pro­
duction.  Yet, if  we include our Australian

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colonies, the British Empire Is  not  alone  a 
large  wool-consumer,  but  produces  nearly 
half  as  much wool  as  all  the  rest  of  the 
world  put  together.  England  alone  pro­
duces almost as much  as  France, and  more 
than  any  other  European  country  except 
France.  The history of the Australian wool 
trade reads  like a romance.  It  dates  from 
1810, when our Antipodian colonies shipped 
to  England  a  single  bale  weighing  167 
pounds.  Fifty  years  later  their  exports 
were  sixty  million  pounds!  In  1865  they 
exceeded a  hundred million;  they are  now 
more than three  hundred  and  fifty million 
pounds  and  are  of j a  value  of  eighteen 
millions sterling.  The wool  trade  of  Aus­
tralasia, as  also of  the  Cape  and  India, so 
far follows the flag that, albeit  much  of the 
staple  is  consumed  on  the  Continent,  it 
nearly all travels  to its  destination  by way 
of  the  Thames;  not  so much, however, be­
cause  of  any  sentimental  affection  enter­
tained  by  squatters  and  shippers  for  the 
national emblem, as that London is the  best 
and biggest wool market in the world.  This 
arises  in  about  equal  measure  from  the 
freedom  of  our  commerce,  the  superiority 
of  our  shipping, and  the  skill, energy  and 
enterprise which  have made  the  trade  one 
of  the  best  organized  that  the  Empire 
possesses.

The Fastest on Record.

“This  train  is a  flyer,”  remarked a  well- 
known  drummer  to a  companion,  “but  I 
know of something that travels  faster  than 
any railway train that ever moved.” 

“Anybody knows  that,”  said  a  grocery- 
man  from  Detroit.  “Anybody  knows that 
electricitytravels miles where railway trains 
move feet.  So do light and sound.”

But I know of something that travels fast­
er than electricity, light  or  sound,”  insisted 
the traveler.  It’s thought.”

“And  I  know  [of  a  thing  that  beats 
thought,”  spoke  up  a  clothing  man  from 
Grand  Rapids;  “it’s  profanity.  The  other 
day  I  was  calling  on my girl—a real nice, 
proper kind of a girl.  Well, I up and swore 
like hades and demnition before I thought.” 
“Well,  gentlemen,”  said  a  farmer  from 
near Ionia, “profanity is pretty sudden, but 1 
know of something that  beats  thought  and 
swearing all to pieces.”

“What is  it?”
“My hired man.  The last time  I  was  at 
home he was at work out in the  field.  Din­
ner was ready, and  we  were  sitting  down, 
when I happened to think of the man.-1 got 
up to call him, and swore at him for not hav­
ing sense enough to quit  at  noon.  Then  I 
went out to call him, and what do you think? 
An hour and a half before I even thought of 
him,  or  cussed  him,  he had quit work and 
was sitting on the porch waiting for  dinner. 
He  had  beat  thinking  and swearing all  to 
pieces.”

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

Ohio White Lime, per bbl.................... 
l  05
Ohio White Lime, car lots...«..............  
90
1 40
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
Akron Cement per  bbl......................... 
l 40
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl..................... 
140
Carlots— ..............................................1  05@1  10
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  80
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
1 75
Land plaster, per ton............................  
S 75
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
S 00
Fire brick, per  M...................................$25 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, oar lots..$6 00®6 25 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6  25@6 5b
Cannell,  car lots...................................  @6 75
Ohio Lump, car lots............................  3 26@3 50
BloBSburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 00

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I  Spring & Company quote as

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 94. .28 
Androscoggin, 84. .21
Pepperell,  74........16*4
Pepperell,  84........20
Pepperell,  94........22)4

Pepperell, 104........ !»
Pepperell, 114....... 27)4
Pequot,  74............ 18
Pequot,  84............ 21
Pequot,  94 ............ 24

checks.

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

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

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Alabama brown__ 7)4
Alabama  plaid.......8
Jewell briwn..........  9 ys
Augusta plaid........  8
Kentucky brown.. 10*4 
Toledo plaid...........   7)4
Lewiston  brown...  914
Manchester  plaid..
Lane brown........... 9)4 New Tenn. plaid.. .11
Louisiana  plaid__   8 
lUtility plaid...........   6*4

bleached cottons.

Avondale,  36..........  8)4
Art  cambrics, 36...11)4 
Androscoggin, 44..  8)4 
Androscoggin, 54. .12)4
Ballou, 4-4...............  7)4
Ballou, 54...............  6
Boott,  0 .4 4 ............8)4
Boott,  E. 5-5............  7
Boott, AGC, 44.......9)4
Boott, R. 34..........  554
Blackstone, AA 44.  7*4
Chapman, X, 44__ 6)4
Conway,  44...........   73!£
Cabot, 44 ................ 7)4
Cabot, 7-8................   6)4
Canoe,  34...............  4
Domestic,  36..........  7)4
Dwight Anchor, 44.  9)4
Davol, 44...............  9)4
Fruit of Loom, 44..  8*4 
Fruitof Loom, 7-8..  8)4 
Fruit of  the Loom,
cambric,  44........12
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  7
Gold Medal, 7-8.......6)4
Gilded Age............. 834
Crown.....................17
No.  10..................... 12)4
Coin........................ 10
Anchor................... 15
Centennial.............
Blackburn.............  8
Davol.......................14
London................... 12)4
Paconia..................12
Red  Cross...............10
Social  Imperial__ 16

Albion, solid............5)4
Albion,  grey............6
Allen’s  checks.........5)4
Ailen’s  fancy.......... 5)4
Allen’s pink..............6ys
Allen’s purple.......... 6)4
American, fancy__ 5)4
Arnold fancy........... 6
Berlin solid.............   5)4
Cocheco  fancy........ 6
Cocheco robes..........6)4
Conestoga fancy__ 6
Eddy st o n e ...............6
Eagle fancy............. 5
Garner pink............. 6)4

 

bric, 44 ....... 

Greene, G, 44........   5)4
Hill, 44....................  8)4
Hill, 7-8....................  754
Hope,  44.................. 7)4
King  Phillip  cam­
11*4
Linwood,  44..........  9
Lonsdale,  44............8)4
Lonsdale  cambric. 11)4 
Langdon,GB,44...  9)4
Langdon.  45............14
Mason ville,  44.........9)4
Maxwell. 4-4............10)4
New York Mill, 44.10)4
New Jersey,  44__   8
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7)4 
Pride of the West. .12)4
Pocahontas,  44___ 8)4
Slaterville, 7-8........   6)4
Victoria, ÀA............9
Woodbury, 44.......... 53g
Whitinsville,  4 4 ...  7)4
Whitinsville, 7-8___ 6)4
W amsutta, 44.........10)4
Williams ville, 36... 10)4

Masonville TS........   8
Mason ville  S.......... 10)4
Lonsdale.................. 9)4
Lonsdale A .............16
Nictory  O...............
Victory J ................
Victory D...............
Victory  K.................2)4
Phoenix A ............... 19)4
Phoenix  B .............   10)4
Phoenix X X ...........5

Gloucester.............. 6
Gloucestermourn’g.6
Hamilton  fancy__ 6
Hartel fancy........... 6
Merrimac D.............6
Manchester.............6
Oriental fancy........6
Oriental  robes........6)4
Pacific  robes........... 6
Richmond................ 6
Steel River...............5)4
Simpson’s ................6
Washington fancy.. 
Washington blues.  7)4

SILESIAS.

PRINTS.

FINE BROWN  COTTONS. 

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

Renfrew, dress styl 9)4 
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Bookfold..............12)4
Johnson Manfg Co,
dress  styleB........ 12)4
Slaterville, 
dress
styles......................9
White Mfg Co, 6tap  734 
White Mfg Co, fano 8 
White  Manf’g  Co, 
Earlston...  ..*....  9)4
Gordon. . ...................8
Greylock, 
dress 

Indian Orchard, 40.  8)4 
Indian Orchard, 36.  8
Laconia B, 74........16)4
Lyman B, 40-in....... 10)4
Mass. BB, 4 4..........  534
Nashua  E, 40-in___ 9
Nashua  R, 44.........  7
Nashua 0,7-8..........  7)4
Newmarket N ____  7)4
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7)4
Pepperell  R, 44__ 7
Pepperell  0 , 7-8___ 6)4
Pepperell N, 34___ 6*4
Pocasset  C, 44.......7
Saranac R................  7
Saranac  E................  9  1

Appleton A, 44—   8
Boott  M, 44...........   7)4
Boston F, 44..........  8
Continental C, 4-3..  73S£ 
Continental D, 40 in 8=4 
Conestoga W, 44...  7 
Conestoga  D ,7-8...  5)4 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6)4
Dwight  X, 34........ 6
Dwight Y, 7-8..........6)4
Dwight Z, 44..........  7
Dwight Star, 44—   7)4 
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9 
Enterpnse EE, 36..  5)4 
Great Falls E, 44...  7
Farmers’ A, 44.......634
Indian  Orchard, 14 7)4
Amoskeag............. 8
Amoskeag, Persian
styles.................... 10)4
Bates.........................7)4
Berkshire.............   6)4
Glasgow checks__ 7
Glasgow checks, f ’y 7)4 
checks,
Glasgow 
royal  styles........  8
Gloucester, 
new
standard.............   7)4
Plunket..................   7)4
Lancaster...............  834
styles  ...................12)4
Langdale.................. 734
Androscoggin, 74. .21 
Pepperell.  104.......27)4
Androscoggin, 84.. 23
Pepperell,  114.......32)4
Pepperell,» 7-4.........20
Pequot,  74.............21
Pequot,  84............. 24
Pepperell,  84.........22)4
Pepperell,  94.........25
Pequot,  94............. 27)4
Atlantic  A, 4-4.......  7*4
Lawrence XX, 44..  8)4
Atlantic  H, 44.......7
Lawrence  Y, 30__   7
Atlantic  D, 44.........6)4
Lawrence LL, 4-4...  654
Atlantic P, 44........   554
Newmarket N........   734
Atlantic LL, 44—   5)4
Mystic River, 44...  6
Adriatic, 36.............   7)4
Pequot A, 44..........8
Augusta, 44.........r.  6)4
Piedmont,  36..........  7
Boott M, 44............  734
Stark AA, 44..........  7)4
Boott FF, 4-4..........  734
Tremont CC, 44__ 554
Graniteville, 44—   634 
Utica,  44................   9
Indian  Head,4-4...  7)4 
Wacbusett,  44.........7)4
Indiana Head 46-in. 12)4 
Wachusett, 30-in...  634
TICK
[NOS.
Falls, XXXX......... 18)4
Amoskeag, ACA... 13)4 
Amoskeag  “ 44.. 19
Falls, XXX.............15)4
Amoskeag,  A ....... 13
FallB,  BB................11)4
Falls,  BBC, 36........19)4
Amoskeag,  B _____12
Falls,  awning....... 19
Amoskeag,  C........11
Amoskeag.  D........10)4
Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Hamilton,  D ..........9)4
Amoskeag,  E ........10
Amoskeag, F ..........9)4
Hamilton,  H ..........9)4
Premium  A, 44__17
Hamilton  fancy... 10
Premium  B ...........16
Methuen AA..........13)4
Extra 44 ..................16
Methuen ASA........18
Omega A, 7-8..........11
Extra 7-8...................14)4
Gold Medal 44........15
Omega  A, 4-4..........13
Omega ACA, 7-8___14
CCA 7-8....................12)4
CT 44 .......................14
Omega ACA, 44___16
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8.......................14
BF 7-8.......................16
Omega SE, 44.........27
AF44.......................19
Omega M. 7-8........22
Cordis AAA, 82......14
Omega M, 44..........25
Shetucket SS&S3W 11)4 
Cordis ACA, 32......15
Cordis No. 1,32......15
Shetucket, S & 8W.12 
Shetucket,  8FS 
..12
Cordis  No. 2............14
Cordis No. 3............13
Stockbridge  A .......7
Stockbridge frncy.  8
Cordis No. 4............11)4
Empire
Gam er....................6
Washington...........   43£
HookBet..................  6
Edwards..................  5
Red Cross...............  5
Forest Grove..........
S. 8. & Sons...........   5
American  A ........17 501 Old  Ironsides.........16
Stark A ................... 21)41 Wheatland...............21
Boston.....................  7)4|Otis CC.....................1034
Everett blue...........14  \ Warren AXA..........12)4
Everett brown....... 14  Warren  BB..............11)4
Otis  AXA..............12)4  Warren CC.............. 10)4
OtisBB................... 11)41 York  fancy.............15
Manville..................   6  18. S. a Sons..............  6
Masgnville.............   6  |Gamer....................   6
Red  Cross..............   7)4 ¡Thistle Mills...........
Berlin.....................  754  Rose.........................  8
Garner................... 7)41
Brooks....................50
Clark’s O. N. F .......55
J .t F .  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord. 55 
Willimantic 3 cord.40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread........... 30

OLAZED CAMBRICS.

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

SPOOL COTTON.

GRAIN BAGS.

WIGANB.

DENIMS.

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  Daniels...25
,............ 40
Merricks 
Stafford.................. 25
Hall & Manning__ 25
Holyoke.................. 25
Kearsage................   83*
Naumkeagsatteen.  8)4 
Pepperell  bleached  8)4
Pepperell sat..........9)4
Rockport................   7
Lawrence sat..........  8)4
Conegosat...............  7

Armory..................  7)4
Androscoggin sat..  8*4
Canoe River...........   6
Clarendon.  ............  6)4
Hallowell  Imp.......634
Ind. Orcb. Imp.......7
Laconia.......  ........   7)4

CORSET JEANS.

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

Thirty Tears.

LIST OF OFFICERS:

President—Ransom W. Hawley, of  Detroit. 
Vice-Presidents—Chas. E. Snedeker, Detroit; 
L. W. Atkins, Grand  Rapids;  I. N. Alexan­
der, Lansing;  U. S. Lord, Kalamazoo; H. E. 
Meeker, Bay City.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—W.  N.  Meredith, 
Detroit.
Board  of Trustees,  For One  Year—J. C. Pon­
tius, Chairman, S. A. Mungsr, H. K. White 
For Two Year»—D. Mobbie,  A. W.  Culver

