VOL. 2.

OYSTERS !

W e duplicate Chicago and D etroit prices and 
g u aran tee  as  strictly   fresh   stock  and  as  well 
filled  cans  as  any  in  th e  m ark et—a t bottom  
prices.

SEEDS !

Clover, Tim othy and all  kinds  field  seeds  a t 
bottom  prices.  W rite fo r quotations  w hen  in 
need of seeds.

O ra n g e s a n d  L e m o n s

G reen and D ried F ru its, B u tter, Eggs,  and  all 
kinds of Produce.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

123  Monroe  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  M ichigan.

.  WEATHBELY 4 CO,

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.,  W holesale  and  Retail

ir o n   :e»:op:e3,

B r a ss  Goods,  I r o n   a n d   B r a ss F it t in g s 

M a n t l e s,  Gr a t e s,  Ga s  F ix t u r e s, 

P l u m b e r s,  St e a m   F it t e r s,

—A nd  M anufacturers  of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

. 

Special A tten tio n  given  to  Collections  in  City 

o r  Country.  Also

FIRE, LIFE &  ACCIDENT

Insuranc ©,

Shoe and  L eath er............................. • ■ ■ ■ • • Boston
Cooper........................................... °»o°
Union 
........................ P ittsburgh,  Pa.
G e r m a n i a '. ......................... Cincinnati,  Ohio

Total A ssets represented, $3,510,808. 

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e   s o l ic it e d .

TOWER  &  CHAPLIN,
16 Houseman Block  -  Grand Rapids

General  Collectors,

RETAILERS,
L A V IN E

If you are selling goods to make 

a profit,  sell

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.

ini cm 

HAWKINS & PERRY

STATE  AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
MICHIGAN.
THE  GRAND  RAPIDS

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(Established  1866)  is  acknow ledged  to  be  the 
m ostcom plete,thorough, practical, economical 
and tru ly  popular school of its kind.  D em an d  
fo r its g ra d u a te s  g re a te r  th a n   th e   su p p ly . 
For p articulars enclose stam p fo r College Jo u r­
nal.  A ddress  C.  G.  SW EN SB EK G ,  G rand 
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 & GO

DESIGNERS  AND

E n g ra v e rs  o n   ‘W'ood,

F in e   M e ch an ical  a n d   F u rn itu r e  W o rk , I n ­

c lu d in g   B u ild in g s, E tc.,

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, 

PROMPTLY

PILLED.

GRAND RAPIDS 

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MICH.

EDMUND  D.  DIKEMAN

And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices.

B. ROYS & CO,
STEAM  LAUNDRY

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

43 and 45 K ent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at

tended to.

JOHN  CAULFIELD

Is   o u r  A g e n t  in   G ran d   R a p id s  fo r  o u r 

FAM OUS

The b est easy  w asher m anufactured.

B. J. Johnson & Co.,
FOR  SALE!

M IL W A U K E E .

A complete millinery stock  in  excel­
lent  location  on  principal  business 
street  in  this  city.  Good  patronage. 
Pirst-class  fixtures.  Address  for  full 
particulars,

Peter Doran

Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLOVER  SEED

—AND—

BEANS!

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

W. T. LAH0BBA01 Aunt

J E W E L E R ,

44  CA N A L  S TR EE T,

GRAND  IIAPIDS,

MICHIGAN,

DO  YOU  KNOW
LoriUard’s  Climax

—THAT—

PLUG  TOBACCO

L o rilla rd ’s K ose  L e a f F in e  C u t T obacco 

W ith Red Tin Tag, is th e  best?  Is  th e p u rest; 
is never ad u lterated w ith glucose, barytes, mo­
lasses o r any deleterous ingredients, as  is  the 
ease w ith m any o th er tobaccos?
is also m ade of th e  finest  stock,  and  fo r  aro­
m atic chew ing q uality is  second to  none.
tak e first ran k  as a solid  durable  sm oking  to­
bacco w herever introduced.
L o rilla rd ’s  F a m o u s  Snuffs 
have  been  used  fo r  over  134  years,  and are 
sold to a larg er e x te n t th a n  any others.

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

ALBERT  COTE  &  SONS

-JOBBEHS  OF—

Horse Covers,  Oiled  Clothing, Awnings  and Tents.

73 Canal Street,  Grand Rapids.

LIVE  GROCERYMEN

------ SELL------
DETROIT  SOAP
----- FAMOUS------

CO.’S

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.,

91 Canal street.

Sole Agents for Grand Rapids.

GRAND  R A PID S.  M ICHIGAN,  W ED N ESD A Y ,  DECEM BER  10,1884.

NO. 64.

O R IG IN   O F  SOAP

H isto ric a l  F a c ts  C onnected  W ith  its I n tr o ­

d u ctio n .

A  history  of  soap  would  be  interesting. 
Who invented it?  When  and  where did it 
first come into common use ?  How  did  our 
remote  ancestors  wash  themselves  before 
soap  was  invented?  These  are  historical 
questions  that  naturally  arise  at  the  first 
contemplation of the  subject;  but,  as far as 
we are* aware,  historians  have  failed to an­
swer them.  We read a great deal in ancient 
histories about  anointing  with  oil  and the 
use of  various  cosmetics  for  the skin, but 
nothing about  soap.  These  ancients  must 
have been very greasy  people,  and one may 
well suspect  that  they  washed  themselves 
pretty nearly  in  the  same  way  as modern 
engine-drivers clean their fingers, by wiping 
off the oil with a bit of cotton waste. 

*

We are taught to  believe  that the ancient 
Romans  wrapped  themselves  round  with 
togas of ample  dimensions,  and  that these 
togas were 'white.  Now  such  togas,  after 
incasing such anointed oily skins, must have 
been  very  greasy. 
IIow  did  the  Roman 
laundresses  or  launders—historians  do not 
indicate  their  sex — remove  this  grease ? 
Historians are also silent on this subject.

A great many curious  things  were found 
buried  under  the  cinders  of  Vesuvius  in 
Pompeii,  and  sealed  up  in  the  lava  that 
flowed  over  Herculaneum.  Bread,  wine, 
fruits, and other  domestic  articles,  includ­
ing seyeral luxuries  of  the  toilet,  such  as 
pomades  or  pomade-pots,  and  rouge  for 
painting ladies’ faces, but no soap for  wash­
ing them. 
In the British Museum is a large 
variety qf household  requirements found in 
the pyramids of Egypt, but there is no soap, 
and we have not heard of  any being discov­
ered there.

Finding no traces of soap among the Rom­
ans, Greeks,  or  Egyptians,  we  need not go 
back to the prehistoric  “ cavemen,”  whose 
flint and bone  implements  were  found im­
bedded side by side with the  remains of the 
mammoth bear and  hyena  in  such caverns 
as that at Torquay, where Mr. Pengally has, 
during the last  eighteen  years,  so industri­
ously explored.

All our knowledge,  and  that  still  larger 
quantity,  our  ignorance,  of  the  habits  of 
antique  savages,  indicate  that  solid  soap, 
such as we commonly use, is a comparative­
ly modern luxury;  but  it  does  not  follow 
that they had uo substitute.  To learn  what 
that substitute may  probably  have been we 
may observe the habits  of  modem savages, 
or primitive people at home and abroad.

This will  teach  us  that  clay,  especially 
where it is found  having  some  of  the unc­
tuous properties of  fuller’s  earth,  is freely 
used for lavatory  purposes,  and was proba­
bly used by  the  Romans,  who  were by no 
means  remarkable  for  anything  approach­
ing to  true  refinement.  They  were essen­
tially a nasty people,  the habits of the poor 
being  “ cheap and nasty ” ;  of the rich, lux­
urious  and  nasty.  The  Roman  nobleman 
did not sit  down  to  dinner,  but  sprawled 
with his face downward,  and  took his food 
as  modern  swine  take  theirs.  At  grand 
banquets,  afters  gorging  to  repletion,  he 
tickled  his  throat  in  order  to  vomit  and 
make room  for  more.  He  took  baths  oc­
casionally, and  was  probably  scoured  and 
shampooed as well as oiled, but it  is  doubt­
ful whether he performed  any intermediate 
domestic ablutions worth naming.

A refinement upon  washing  with  clay is 
to be found in the practice  once common in 
England, and still largely used  where wood 
fires prevail. 
It is  the  old-fashioned  prac­
tice of pouring water on the wood-ashes, mid 
using the “ lees ” thus obtained.  These lees 
thus obtained are a solution of  alkaline car­
bonate of potash, the modern  name  of  pot­
ash being derived  from  the fact that it was 
originally  obtained  from  the  ashes  under 
the pot. 
In like manner  soda was obtained 
from the ashes of seaweeds and of the plants 
that grow near  the  sea  shore,  such  as the 
salsover soda, etc.

The potashes or  pearlashes  being  so uni­
versal as a  domestic  by-product, it was but 
natural that they should be commonly used, 
especially for the washing of greasy clothes, 
as they are to the present day.  Upon  these 
facts we may build up a theory of the origin 
of soap. 
It is a compound of oil or fat with 
soda or potash, and would  be  formed  acci­
dentally if the fat on  the  surface of the pot 
should boil over and  fall  into the ashes un­
der the pot.  The solution  of  such  a  mix­
ture if boiled down would give us soft soap. 
If oil or fat become mixed with the ashes of 
soda plants,  it  would  produce  hard  soap. 
Such a mixture would  most  easily be form­
ed  accidentally in regions  where  the  olive 
flourishes near  the  coast,  as  in. Italy  and 
Spain for example, and  this  mixture would 
be Castile soap, which  is  still largely made 
by  combining  refuse  or  inferior  olive  oil 
with the soda  obtained  from  the  ashes  of 
seaweed.

The primitive soap  maker  would, howev­
er,  encounter  one  difficulty—that  arising 
from the fact that the potash or soda obtain­
ed by simple burning  of  the  wood  or  sea­
weed is more or less combined  with  carbon­
ic acid, instead of  being  all  in  the  caustic 
state which  is  required  for  effective  soap 
making.  The modern  soap  maker removes 
this carbonic acid by  means  of caustic lime, 
which takes it away  icom  the  carbonate of

soda or carbonate  of  potash  by  simply ex- 
change, that is, caustic  lime  plus carbonate , 
of soda becoming caustic soda  plus  carbon- j 
ate of lime, or carbonate of potash plus caus- j 
tic lime  becoming  caustic  potash  plus car-1 
bonate of lime.

How  the  possibility  of  making  the  ex­
change became known  to the primitive soap 
maker, or whether he knew it at all, remains j 
a mystery, but certain  it is that it was prac­
tically used  long  before  the  chemistry  of 
the action was at all understood. 
It is  very 
probable that the  alchemists  had a hand in 
this. 
In their search for  the  philosopher’s 
stone, the elixir  of  life  or  drinkable  gold, 
and for the  universal  solvent,  they  mixed 
together everything that  came to hand, they 
boiled everything that was boilable, distilled 
everything that was  volatile,  burned every­
thing that was combustible, and  tortured all 
their “ simples ” and their mixtures by every 
conceivable device,  thereby  stumbling upon 
many curious,  many  wonderful,  and many 
useful results.  Some  of  them  were not al­
together visionary—were, in fact, very prac­
tical,  quite  capable  of  understanding  the 
action of caustic  lime  on carbonate of soda, 
and of turning it to profitable account.

It is not,  however,  absolutely  necessary 
to use the  lime,  as  the  soda  plants  when 
carefully burned in pits  dug  in  the sand of 
the seashore may contain  but little carbonic 
acid if th e' ash  is  fluxed  into  a  hard cake 
like that now commonly  produced, and sold 
as soda  ash.  This  contains  from  3  to  30 
per cent, of carbonate,  and  thus  some sam­
ples are nearly  caustic,  without  the  aid of 
lime.

As cleanliness is the fundamental basis of 
all true physical refinement, it has been pro­
posed to estimate the progress of civilization 
by  the  consumption  of  soap,  the  relative 
civilization of given communities  being  nu­
merically measured  by  the following opera­
tion in simple  arithmetic:  Divide  the  total 
quantity of soap consumed  in  a  given time 
by the  total  population  consuming  it, and 
the  quotient  expresses  the  civilization  of 
that  community.

The allusion made  by  Lord Beaeonsfield, 
at the Lord  Mayor’s dinner  in  1879, to the 
prosperity of chemical  manufactures  was a 
subject of merriment  to  some  critics,  who 
are probably ignorant  of  the fact that soap 
making is a chemical manufacture,  and that 
it involves  many  other  chemical  manufac­
turers,  some of them, in their present state, 
the  results  of  the  highest  refinements  of 
mod*-;n chemical science.

While the fis'hers of the  Hebrides and the 
peasants on the shores of the Mediterranean 
are still obtaining  soda  by the burning sea­
weed as they did of old,  our  chemical man­
ufacturers  are 
importing  sulphur  from 
Sicily and  Iceland,  pyrites  from  all  quar­
ters, nitrate of- soda  from Peru and the East 
Indies,  for  the  manufacture  of  sulphuric 
acid, by the aid  of  which  they  now  make 
enormous quantities of caustic soda from the 
material extracted  from  the  salt  mines  of 
this country and England.  These sulphuric 
acid works and these soda works are among 
the most prosperous and rapidly  growing of 
our  manufacturing  industries,  and  their 
chief function is that of ministering  to soap 
making, in which the  United  States is now 
competing triumphantly  with all the world.
By simply  considering  how  much  is ex­
pended annually  for  soap  in  every  decent 
household, and adding  to  this  the quantity 
consumed in laundries and  by  woolen  and 
cotton manufacturers, a  large  sum  total  is 
played.  Formerly we imported much of the 
soap  used  at  home;  now,  in  spite  of our 
greatly magnified  consumption,  we  supply 
ourselves with all but  a  few  special kinds, 
and export very large  and  increasing quan­
tities to all parts of  the  world;  and  if  the 
arithmetical rule given  abqve  is  sound, the 
demand must  steadily  increase  as  civiliza­
tion! advances. 

»

T h e  T ra d e   in   W ooden  Shoes.

A factory has  just  been  opened  at Dan­
bury, Conn., for the manufacture of wooden 
shoes.  The proprietor is a German, and for 
some time has supplied the brewers  in New 
York with wooden shoes for their employes, 
and the demand has become  so extensive as 
to require much  greater  facilities  and  the 
aid  of steam  power.  The  shoes  have  the 
improved curved round toe of the old Dutch 
style  and  are  heelless.  They  are  made 
wholly of the wood  of  the  butternut  tree, 
and while impervious to watei’, are also very 
light.  They have been  introduced  into  all 
the hat shops for the protection  of  the feet 
of operatives from  the  wet  floors, while at 
the same time they are  very  easy  and  rest 
the feet.  _____ ' 

^  ^ ______

The  old  cheering  failure  item  still  goes 
the rounds of  the  press. 
It  is  not  always 
expressed in  exactly the  same  terms, but it 
is  always  the  same,  though  in  different 
guise:  “ The assets  are  more  than  enough 
to cover  the  liabilities;”  “ enough  will  be 
realized from  the  assets,  to  pay  dollar  for 
dollar;”  “ if  the  claims  are  not  pressed, 
everything  will be paid in full.”  Creditors 
smile sardonically when they read it.

“ What, if  you  please,  is  the  difference 
between a honeycomb and  a  honeymoon ? ” 
“ Well, a  honeycomb,  you  see,  is  made  of 
many little cells ;  whereas a honeymoon con­
sists of one big sell.”

R e v e n u e s   oi* tlie   Iio n d .o n   G u ild s .

From   the London Telegraph.

Tiie  Mercers  have  a  revenue  of  ninety 
thousand a year, which  is  twenty  thousand 
pounds more than the  incdhie  they enjoyed 
nine  years  since.  The  Grocers  have  up­
wards of forty thousand,  the  Drapers about 
ninety thousand, the Fishmongers more than 
fifty  thousand,  the  Goldsmiths  more  than 
sixty thousand,  the  Cloth-workers  between 
fifty and  sixty  thousand  per  annum.  All 
these Guilds  spend  annually  large  sums— 
some more, some less—on “ court ” and com­
mittee fees and “ court ”  dinners, entertain­
ments,  hall  maintenance  and  salaries  to 
clerks, surveyors, chaplains,  beadles  and so 
forth.  On  the  other  hand,  the  companies, 
great and small, are  the  administrators of a 
vast number of charitable trusts and endow­
ments.  They  maintain  a  great  many 
schools,  almshouses  and  hospitals; 
they 
grant pensions to the aged and  infirm;  they 
give marriage portions to poor girls;  munifi­
cently  support the cause of  technical educa­
tion;  they  make  periodical  grants  to  the 
police  court  poor  boxes;  they  apprentice 
boys;  and  the  Worshipful  Company,  the 
Merchant Taylors,  maintain  exclusively  at 
their own cost  and  charges,  a  seaside con­
valescent  home  for  necessitous  gentlewo­
men.

W h a t  is  a  B a rg a in  ?
From  the A m erican Storekeeper.

Worcester says “ A bargain  is a purchase 
made on favorable terms; ”  but he does not 
explain that such a purchase  loses the name 
of  “ bargain ”  as soon  as it is  placed upon 
the merchant’s shelves, to be  peddled out at 
regular prices. 
It is n ot always the sharp­
est buyer that  runs  upon  the  greatest bar­
gain—the real caliber of the purchaser being 
better shown by  his  manner  of manipulat­
ing it.  The man who  buys  a  large  lot  of 
goods at a  low price,  with  the  intention of 
putting them into his store to sell at regular 
rates, had better leave bargains alone,  for he 
is sure to pile up  a  lot  of  stock  which  will 
in time tire out  his  customers, and  become 
so stale in his own eyes that he  would glad­
ly sell it  at  cost  if  he  were  not  too  late  to 
dispose of it at any such figure.

The only  successful  bargain  buyer  is he 
who has the faculty of  knowing  a  bargain 
when he sees  it,  and  is  shrewd  enough  to 
estiina e the advantages  to be  derived from 
selling  the  same  goods  at  bargain  prices. 
He is the man who is willing to divide profits- 
with his customers,  the  man  whom  we  all 
know as the busy storekeeper,  kept busy by 
the  patronage  of  the  bargain  seekers  who 
have previously learned to look upon his store 
as the Home of Bargains.

A  S alt  R o ad -B ed .

A Cheyenne letter, to Boston Courier says 
there is a vast bed of rock-salt  in  the Color­
ado desert,  near  Idaho;  and  the  Southern 
Pacific Railroad  in  laying  the  track  to  the 
salt mine  have  been  obliged  to  grade the 
road  for  1.200  feet  with  blocks  of  these 
beautiful  lumps  of  salt  crystals.  This  is 
the first instance of  a  railroad  road-bed be­
ing laid and ballasted  on  salt, of  which we 
have  any  knowledge.  The  sea  that  once 
rolled over this place  dried  up,  and  left  a 
vast bed of salt about  fifty  miles  in length. 
The quality is superb, and supply inexhaust­
ible.  Grasshoppers  of  enormous  size  and 
giant  centipedes  have  been  picked  in  this 
chloride of sodium, and are to-day, after the 
lapse of Centuries, in full size and perfection 
of shape.  This vast salt-bed  will  be valua­
ble to the reducers of ore  in  California,  Ar­
izona and New Mexico, and  can be supplied 
in boundless quantities.

A   H e a v y   B i l l .

He entered  the coal  office  with a  small 

market basket on his arm.
“Give me a ton  of coal.”
“Yes,  six’,”  x’eplied  the  coal  merchant, 

“where shall I send  it?”

“Oh, just put it in this  basket;  I ’ll  carry 

it home myself.”

“But we have a wagon right here  and can 

send it up at once.”

“No; I can carry  the coal  easy  enough 
but you may seud the bill up in the wagon.’

A  B u sin ess  P ro p o sitio n .

Retailer—How much vor dose pants ? 
Wholesaler—Forty dollars a  dozen.
“ How much off ? ”
“ Twenty per cent.”
“ I dell you how you can save money.”
“ How ? ”
“ You make der bi’ice $20.”
“ How would that save money  for  me 
“ V’y, you vouldn’t haf  to  throw  off  only 

half as mooch, ain’t it? ”

I t   W o rk ed .

“ Where’ve  you been, Frank?”
“ Down to Detroit. ”
“ What doing?”
“ Running a photograph  gallery. ”
“ Did it work? ”
“ Work!  Well, I should smile.  First day 
1  hung  out  a  sign,  ‘Babies  taken  without 
prior  notice,’  and  next  morning  I  found 
five on my doorstep.”

H e W a n te d  S alt.

Scene—Hotel  in  Texas.  Native  (at  the 

dinner-table)—Gimme the salt!

Dry  Goods  Drummer  from  New  York 
(with hauteur)—Excuse me, sir, but I’m not 
the waiter.

Native—Gimme the salt!!
The drummer gave him the salt.
Two gentlemen hired a large store in Kan­
sas City and succeeded in getting about $15,- 
000 worth of dry  goods  consigned  to  them. 
Then  the  doors  were  closed  and  people’s 
curiosity  was  satisfied  by  seeing  a  bit  of 
crape on the  outside,  supposed  to be on ac­
count of the death of  a  daughter  of  one of 
the proprietors.  Fually,  however, a  credit­
or  became  impatient,  and  the  store  w’as 
broken  into  and  found  empty.  All  the 
goods  had  gone,  and  so  had  the  two  part­
ners.

T h e  G in g er  P la n t.

Everybody  is  acquainted  with  the  rhi­
zomes,  or  roots  of  this  plant,  which,  in  a 
dried state, are used  medicinally, and  when 
green  as  a  condiment.  The preserved gin­
ger of the shops is  prepared  from  carefully 
selected young rhizomes,  washed and scrap­
ed, and  then  preserved  in  jars with  syrup. 
As  in  the  case  of  several  other plants of 
famous economical repute,  the  native coun­
try  of  the  ginger  plant  is  not  known. 
Stranger still the flowers are rarely or never 
produced  under  cultivation,  although  the 
plant has been  a  garden  inmate  for  centur­
ies. 
In  the  tropics,  however,  flowers  are 
produced.  Like  the cardamons,  the  grains 
of paradise, the  turmeric  and  several  other 
members of the ginger  family, the leaves of 
the  ginger  plant  have  a  strong  aromatic 
odor  when  bruised,  and  for  this  character 
alone these plants are  deserving  of  a  place 
in  gardens.  The  ginger  plant  is  easily 
grown in a moist, warm house.  The  leaves 
are deciduous,  and  whilst  the  plant  is  at 
rest it should be placed on  a  shelf  or under 
a stage in a •warm  house,  and  be  kept  dry. 
In  the  spring  the  rhizomes  may  he  taken 
out of the old  soil  and  repotted  in  any or­
dinary garden  soil.  The  stock  may  easily 
be increased*by dividing the rhizomes.

A commercial  writer  notes  the  fact  that 
while the  area of  cultivated  land  in  Great 
Britain  has increased 1,363,000 acres during 
the last decade,  there  lias  been  a  decrease 
of  1,011,000  acres  in  arable  land;  and  al­
though there has been an increase  of  2,375,- 
000 acres  in  grazing  land  there  has  been 
scarcely  any  increase  in  flocks  and  herds. 
In the meantime  the  food  imported  lias in­
creased in  value  from  $293,290,000  in 1864 
to $789,600,000  last  year,  and  the  price  of 
meat  has  been  constantly  raising.  This 
writer concludes  that  this  anomalous state 
of things tends to show  that  the production 
of grain  in  the  British  isles  must  decrease 
more  and  more  every  year,  and  that  the 
farmers will have to turn  their  attention to 
breeding poultry, making cheese and butter, 
and supplying the markets with  fresh meat. 
The  fact  that  English  capitalists  are now 
seeking investments  in  lands  in  Australia, 
Canada,  the  United  States  and  other  por­
tions on the globe goes  to  establish  the cor­
rectness of these statements.  England will, 
then, continue to  be  an  increasing  market 
for  American  bread-stuffs  and  meats,  and 
thus contribute more or less  to the prosperi­
ty of this country.

A  Birmingham,  Eng., 

lockmaker  ha 
made and placed on exhibition a master key 
which he claims  is  capable  of  opening  22,-  . 
600 patent lever  locks,  all  the  locks  to  be 
different—that is to say, each  of  the  22,600 
locks may  be  different  in  their  wards  and 
combinations.  The key weighs three ounce- 
es, and is nickel  plated. 
It  has  taken  Mr. 
Walton, the  inventor,  three  years  to  com­
plete  the  drawings  of  the  different  wards 
and combinations which  enable  this  extra­
ordinary product of  human  ingenuity  to be 
made.  Master keys capable  of opening 100 
different combinations  have  been  known to 
the  trade  for  many  years,  but nothing ap­
proaching the key in question has ever been 
accomplished before.

The sensitiveness of  some buyers to mak­
ing a full aud fair statement of  their  condi­
tion to those who  have  a  right  to  know,  is 
wholly  unwarranted.  All,  goods  sold  on 
credit  are  risks,  good  or  bad, according to 
the  status  of  the  buyer.  The  burden  of 
proof is with the one who asks credit.  The 
reluctance of some to making a statement, is 
attributed  to  a  natural  reticence;  that, of 
others, warrants  the  assumption  that  there 
is something to conceal. 

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A widow,  intending  to  succeed  her  hus­
band in the management  of  a  hotel,  adver­
tised that  “ The  hotel  will  be  kept  by the 
widow of the  former  landlord,  Mr.  Brown, 
who died last summer on a new and improv­
ed plan.”

Jamaica seems inclined to take  England’s 
hint that annexation to Canada would secure 
her a market for her  sugar,  as  good  as she 
would get  through  reciprocity  with  Ameri­
ca.  But  the  smaller  island  of  Dominica 
does not agree to  this. 
Its  Legislature  has 
adopted a resolution declaring  that  nothing 
less than  annexation  to  the  United  States 
will serve the  need,  and  has  memorialized 
the home government to effect the cessation. 
But we have no desire to extend our frontier 
after  a  fashion  which  would  multiply  our 
responsibilities  in  case  of  a  war  with  a 
power which had a navy.

In case of  sale  of  unclaimed  goods,  the 
charges for  storage take  priority next  after 
the expenses of sale.

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lercantik and Manufacturing Interests of tire Slate.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  10,  1884.

Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange.

Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

P resident—L ester J . Rindge.
V ice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
T re a su re r—Wm. Seal's.
E xecutive  Com m ittee—President,  V ice-Pres­
ident and T reasurer, ex-offlcio; O. A. Ball, one 
y ear;  L. E. H aw kins and R. D. Sw artout, two
A rbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W. 
T ransportation Com m ittee—W ilderD. Stevens, 
In su ran ce Com m itte—John G. Shields, A rth u r 
M anufacturing  Com m ittee—Wm,  Cartw right, 
A nnual M eeting—Second  W ednesday evening 
R egular  M eetings—Second  W ednesday  even­
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N ext M e e tin g —W ednesday evening,  Dec. 10.

P utnapi, Joseph H ousem au.
Geo. B. D unton, Amos. S. M usselman.
Meigs, Wm. T. L am oreaux. 
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
of October. 
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POST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

OFFICERS.

P resident—Wm. Logie.
thirst V ice-President—Lloyd M ax Mills.
Second Vice-President.—Richard W arner.
S ecretary and T reasu rer—L. W .  A tkins.
Official  O rg an -T h e  M ichigan  Tradesm an.
Com m ittee  on  Elections—Wm.  B.  Edm unds, 
chairm an;  D.  S.  H augh,  Wm.  G.  Hawkins, 
W allace F ranklin and J. N. B radford.
R egular  M eetings—L ast  Saturday  evening  in 
each m onth. 
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N ext  M eeting—Saturday  evening,  D ecem ber 
27, a t “The T radesm an”  office.

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t^ f"   Subscribers  and  others,  w hen  w riting 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e p ub­
lisher by  m entioning th a t th ey  saw th e adver­
tisem ent in th e colum ns of  th is  paper.

To stop or  not  to  stop  the coinage of sil­
ver dollars is  a  problem  that  will soon vex 
thè Senate. 

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Two-cent postage is a  success. 

It  result­
ed  in  a  slight  loss  of  revenue during the 
past fiscal year, but an increase  for  the cur­
rent  year  is  confidently  predicted  by  the 
Postmaster General.

‘The American Marketman is the title of 
a  new  publicetion  launched  last  week  at 
Chicago.  It covers the ground indicated  by 
its name, and is in every respect  worthy the 
support of the meat traders  of  the  country.

Soloman Snooks has  solved  the  mystery. 
The  postmaster  never  withholds  newspa­
pers  containing  references  derogatory  to 
himself.  They  are  “ somehow  lost  in  the 
males.”  The  subscriber  who  indignantly 
notes the non-arrival  of  his fEfvorite journal 
^ean now breathe easier.

i t  appears from  the  consular  reports that 
in Germany bankrupts who  have  been guil­
ty of extravagance in  conducting  their busi­
ness, are imprisoned for two  years,  and can 
start  in  business  again  only  on  the  pay­
ment  of  their  debts  in  full. 
If  Messmore 
had failed in Germany, instead of this coun- 
try, we should now have  the  satisfaction of 
knowing that he was earning  an  honest liv­
ing in one of our penal institutions.

The  New  England  Grocer refers  to  the 
election  of  a  grocer  to  the Massachusetts 
Legislature  as  an  exceptional  case.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  Grand  Rapids sends a gro- 
ceryman  to  the  Legislature  this year,  and 
the county sends a jobber to the Senate  and 
a general  dealer  to  the House.  Our sister 
county, Ottawa, elects a general dealer,  and 
Muskegon  a  druggist  to  the  House.  The 
lawyers seem to be relegated  to  back  seats 
this year.  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The  fact  that  ninety-four  new  corpora­
tions  were  organized in this country during 
the  week  ending  Dec.  6,  does not tend to 
corroborate the  report  that  “ business  men 
are unwilling to embark in  new  ventures,” 
but rather shows that canfidence is returning 
and the surplus money of the country is find­
ing an outlet in new ventures.  Such a  con­
dition of affairs will diffuse a better  feeling 
all around, and do much to bring about  a re­
turn of good times.

F. B. DeBerard, who has demonstrated to 
a certainty that artistic excellence is  not in­
compatible with  financial success, in the pub­
lication of a trade journal, and whose Furni­
ture Gazette is the leading exponent  of  the 
furniture interests of this  country,  is  about 
to launch another venture  in  the  shape  of 
the  Ironmonger,  which  will be conducted 
•on the same general plan and maintained  to 
the  same  high  plane  of  excellence as  the 
Gazette.  The new publication  will  appear 
about  the  beginning  of  the new year,  and 
will be issued from both  Chicago  and  New 
York.

Consul McKay, of Teneriffe, reports to the 
State  Department  that  American  flour  is 
found to play an important part  in  the  im­
ports of the Canary Islands.  All  the bread 
is made by bakers, who are partial to French 
flour, but have been compelled to  adopt  the 
American staple, because of its  superiority. 
The only thing now needed is the  establish­
ment of a line of steamers,  as  regular  com­
munication with the Canaries  would  insure 
an outlet for considerable quantities of flour, 
leather,  soaps,  and  many  other articles  of 
which France has heretofore enjoyed a com­
plete monopoly.

Another  case  of  cheese  poisoning,  from 
cheese  made  at  the  Fruitridge factory,  re­
calls  the  fact  that  nearly  every poisoning 
which has occurred in this State  during  the

M  M

past  season—and  reports  of  such  troublé 
have been of almost  weekly  occurrence—is 
to be attributed to that  establishment.  Mr. 
Horton  owes  it  to himself and his  patrons 
that a thorough examination be made  of his 
factory and  surroundings,  with  a  view  to 
determining the cause of the poisoning.  And 
having  once  located  the  cause,  no  delay 
should be made in spreading the facts before 
the dairy trade of the country.

Judging from some of his utterances since 
the election, Mr. Cleveland has a consuming 
desire to convince the  country  that  there is 
nothing  in  the  Democratic  policy  that  is 
hostile to  commercial  and  industrial  inter­
ests.  And it remains  for  Mr.  Cleveland to 
demonstrate that fact  by  practical  methods 
and measures. 
If  he  conducts  affairs  in  a 
conservative, business-like  way,  seeking  to 
keep  down  agitation  and  promote  public 
tranquillity, well aud good ;  he  will  be giv 
en a full  measure  of  credit  for  pursuing  ; 
wise course. 
If he would confer a real ben­
efit upon our industries and  the  millions of 
people engaged in and connected with them, 
by adopting a  positive  rather  than  a  nega­
tive policy with respect to  foreign relations, 
it can  be  done  by a  proper  effort  if  begun 
early.  Securing the  commercial supremacy 
of  the  United  States  in  the  markets  of 
South America would  be an-achievement of 
the  highest  value  and  importance  to  the 
Republic.  To  this-  end  our  Government 
should  zealously  cultivate  the  confidence 
and good will of the South American States; 
encourage commercial enterprise  in  that di. 
reetion;  send consuls  down  there  who  are 
well qualified to act  as commercial agents— 
practical  business  men  who  know how to 
promote the interests of American manufac­
turers and exporters ;  and  strive  to accom­
plish  such  legislation  as  will  lead  to the 
building  up  of  our  merchant  marine. 
If 
Mr.  Cleveland’s  policy  develops  these  fea­
tures and he has  the  ability,  tact  and cour­
age to  carry  through  commercial  measures 
of this magnitude, he will  retire  from office 
with a reputation  which will be as enduring 
as the ages.________________

Among the score  of  subjects  covered by 
President Arthur’s message,more are of more 
importance to the  business  interests  of  the 
country than the question of commerce with 
other nations, and Mr. Arthur  is  to be  con­
gratulated  on 
the  plain,  practical  and 
straightforward manner  with* which  he dis­
cusses the problem of extending our  foreign 
trade.  He concurs  in Secretary McCulloch’s 
recommendation that  the duty of investigat­
ing the subject he intrusted,  in  the  first  in­
stance,  to  a  competent  commission.  The 
strongest  paragraphs  in  the  message  are 
those  which  relate  to  the  principles  that 
should underlie our national  efforts  to  com­
pete with other  manufacturing  countries  in 
the markets of the world.  He is, of course, 
opposed to any policy  involving  a reduction 
of the tariff below the protective point and a 
lowering of wages, as the party to  which he 
belongs stands  upon  that  ground  and will 
probably remain there.  Four lines of policy 
áre presented by Mr.  Arthur  for  considera­
tion:  (1)  a series of treaties with the South 
American Republics,  providing  for  the free 
admission to the United States of  only such 
merchandise  as  this  country  does  not  pro­
duce ;  (2)  the improvement  of  the consular 
service;  (3)  the  enactment  of  measures  to 
favor the  construction  and  maintenance  of 
an adequate merchant marine ; 
(4)  the  es­
tablishment of a uniform currency  basis for 
the nations of America, so  that  coin  “ may 
circulate  on  equal  terms  throughout  the 
whole  system  of  commonwealths” ;  and 
this, he suggests, might lead  to  “ the  gene­
ral  remonetization  of  silver.”  These  ends 
Mr.  Arthur  has  aimed  to  accomplish,  and 
“ the favor with which this  enlarged  policy 
has thus far been received  waft-ants  the  be­
lief that its operation  will  ere long embrace 
all, or nearly all, the  countries of  this hem­
isphere.” 

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AM ONG  T H E   T R A D E .

IN   THE  CITY.

J. L.  Fuller  &  Co.  have  engaged. in  the 
grocery business at Furnaceville, near  Man- 
celona.  Cody,  Ball  &  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

F. Raniville & Co. are  getting  out  an  il­
lustrated  price  list  in  pamphlet  form. 
It 
will be ready  for  distribution  in  about two 
weeks. 

________________ ”

C. A.  Warren,  who  was  recently  burned 
out at Orono, has  resumed  business  at  that 
place.  Rindge, Bertsch & Co. furnished the 
boots and shoes,  and  Cody,  Ball  &  Co.  the 
groceries.

Sid. F. Stevens is building a fine two-story 
double store building on  Grandville avenue, 
near  Bartlett  street,  46x60  feet  in  dimen­
sions.  The identity  of  the  tenant  has  not 
yet been disclosed.

Dr.  O.  E.  Yates  and  P.  W.  Kane  have 
formed a co-partnership under the firm name 
of Yates & Kane and  engaged  in  the  drug 
business at Holland.  Hazeltine,  Perkins  & 
Co. furnished the stock.

Dr.  H.  E.  Locher  has  just  completed  a 
two-story frame store  building adjoining his 
business block  on  Grandville  avenue.  The 
store  is  22x34  feet  in  dimensions,  and  is 
well suited, as regards size and  location, for 
a dry goods establishment.

The II, Adams  clothing  stock  was  bid in 
by Neufeld & Co., of Chicago, who paid 83,- 
600—the amount of  the  mortgage and levy. 
The  goods  were  shipped  to  Chicago,  but 
what further disposition the purchasers pro­
pose to make of them is not known.

Osterhout  &  Hughart, whose mill was re­
cently burned  out  at  Duluth,  intend to re-

build  on  piles  out  in  the  bay,  so  that  any 
fire in the mill  will not  be  likely  to  reach 
the  shore.  The  tramways  will  be  so  ar­
ranged as to be almost  instantly detachable.
The  Executive  Committee of  the  Mer­
chants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange  have 
engaged  W.  A.  Smith  as  actuary,  and  are 
contemplating the rental of a suite  of  three 
rooms  in  the  Immen  block.  The  regular 
monthly meeting  of  the  Exchange  will  be 
held  at  the  parlors  of  the  Morton  House 
this evening.

A. Snyder has sold  his grocery  stock and 
business  at Rockford  to  E.  E. Hewitt, who 
will continue the  same  at  the  old  location. 
Mr.  Snyder  has  formed  a  co-partnership 
with Mr. Bassett, of Cedar  Springs,  and re­
engaged in the grocery business at that place 
under the firm  name  of  Snyder  &  Bassett. 
Hawkins & Perry furnished the stock.

tory.

mill.

dead.

failed.

failed.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

South Bay City will have  a  new  box fac­

Mecosta offers  a first-class  site  for a grist 

Geo.  Adams,  grocer  at  Battle  Creek,  is 

W. C.  Garbutt,  grocer  at  St.  Louis,  has 

B. J.  Millard,  grocer  at  Vicksburg,  has 

W.  Pitman  has  opened  a  restaurant  at 

G. M.  Schnell,  grocer  at  East  Saginaw, 

I. C. Wright,  furniture  dealer  at  Ithaca, 

Cadillac.

has assigned.

has sold out.

Bay City retail grocers  will  make  an  ef­

fort to close at 7  p. m.

Hall  &  Shackleton,  furniture  dealers at 

Ludington, have assigned.

Burns &  Bro.,  furniture  dealers  at  Har­

bor Springs, have assigned.

A  new  box  factory  will  help  swell  the 

population of South Bay City.

Selleck & Derby,  of  Portland, have made 

1,900 barrels of cider this  season.

Robbie & Collins’  new  hardware  store at I 

Howard City is now in full blast.

R. A. Baskerville, general  dealer  at Cole- j 

man, has been closed on a bill of sale.

Russell & Keist succeed Spaulding & Rus­

sell in the grocery business at Bangor.

Henry Henkel succeeds D. H.  Lord in the 

grocery and feed business at Howard City.

Warren  Wheeler  succeeds  Watson  & 
Wheeler in general  trade  at Cedar Springs
Strickland  &  Lee  have  engaged  in  the 
grocery and  hardware  business  at  Man ton.-
Most  of  the  St.  Ignace  fishermen  have 
returned and  all  report  a  splendid season’s 
catch.

E.  D. Voorhees has sold his stock of hats, 
caps and furnishing goods, at Ionia, to C. R. 
Mabley,

Oliva  &  Swoboda,  merchant  tailors  at 
Traverse  City,  have  dissolved,  Mr.  Oliva 
continuing.

H.  II. Parr, formerly  of  Allegan, has  en­
gaged in the  grocery  and  produce  business 
at Petoskey.

A new store at Allegan  will  have to wait 
for its glass, as 8700 worth was  found brok­
en on its arrival there.

L. F.  Stuck succeeds  R.  G.  Beckwith  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Hopkins.  Mr. 
Beckwith will probably locate at Bradley.

D. J. Peacock,  formerly  engaged  in  gen­
eral  trade  at  Bridgeton,  has  purchased  the 
store building of E. S. Burrill, at  Grant Sta­
tion, and will resume business in the general 
line. 

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STRAY  FACTS.

J. A. Molder  will  manufacture  chairs  at 

B elding.

roller  skate  factory  will  be  started  in i 

Bay City. 

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Coal has been discovered  in the neighbor­

hood of  Sturgis, Dakota.

Caro will have a  pail  factory  if  the citi­

zens will raise 8500 bonus.

Charlevoix wants a good grist mill and of­

fers inducements therefor.

A narrow-guage railroad  is  projected  be­

tween Cadillac and Sherman.

The  lumbermen’s  hospital,  at  Grayling, 

has been con vested into a hotel.

Evans Bros,  have  engaged  in  the  whole­

sale grocery business at Bay City.

L.  L.  Putnam, formerly  of  Marshall,  is 
building a fruit preserving factory at Albion.
A narrow gauge  railroad  between  Cadil­
lac and Sherman is  being  talked up urgent­
ly-

The firm of Peters  &  Morse, shingle mill 
operators, Fenwick,  has  dissolved  partner­
ship.

E. 11. Phinney intends this winter to build 
a  steam  salt  block,  to  run  in  connection 
with his swingle mill at South  Saginaw.

A couple of young  men  at  Munising are 
making a good  living  trapping  and poison­
ing  wolves.  The  skins  bring  about  85 
each.

The  available  assets  of  the  Whituall 
Whip and  Glove  Co.,  Coldwater,  are  only
810.000,  while  their  liabilities  are  nearly
850.000.

G. F. Cole, of  the  firm  of  Cole  &  Stone, 
proprietors  of  the  Marshall  Shirt  Factory, 
recently  entertained  the  entire  working 
force with a dinner at his own home.

Dewing & Sons, of  Kalamazoo,  have con­
cluded the purchase of 2,100 acres  of  white 
pine  stumpage  in  Jackson  county,  Tenn., 
estimated to contain 30,000,000 feet.

The Detroit Iron Furnace  Co. has started 
up its charcoal kilns  at  Gaylord, giving em­
ployment to about  thirty  men,  and expects 
to convert about  10,000  cords  of  wood  into 
coal.

R.  A.  Alger  &  Co.  have  contracted  to 
haul the Hubbard  lake  logs  of  the Mason 
Lumber Co., bringing  them  to  Black river

by railroad, and rafting  them  to the mill at 
Alpena.

A  Canadian  who  has  invented  a  process 
of converting sawdust  into  gas,  is  visiting 
Saginaw to see if he  cannot  utilize the saw­
dust there and induce  the  gas  companies to 
use it instead of coal.

The Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick Co. 
has nine camns  started  in  the  Menominee 
region, and will start two more.  The  input 
this season is  placed  at  25,000,000, as com­
pared with 56,000,000 feet last year.

Hibbard, Thurber & Co., Pequaming, will 
furnish the New  Orleans  exposition a piece 
of pine, strictly clear,  cut  at  their  mill, 16 
feet long, 41  inches  wide,  and  four inches 
thick, as an example of what Labe Superior 
pine is.

The  banking  firm  of  Webber,  Hewitt  & 
Co., at Fremont, has  been  dissolved  by  the 
retirement of W. P.  Hewitt.  The  lousiness 
will be continued by S. W. and  W. A. Web­
ber under the firm name of S. W. Webber & 
Co.

Adrian Record:  Tom. Wallace,  who is in 
the employ of  M.  E.  Chittenden,  is  proba­
bly  one  of  the  strongest  men  in  the city. 
He can pick a barrel of oil from  a  dray and 
carry  it  into  the  store.  The  weight  of  a 
barrel of oil is about 400  pounds.

E.  D. Voorhees, manager of the Michigan 
Overall Manufacturing Co.,  at Ionia, writes 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   that  the  recent  sale  of 
his  retail  business  will  enable  him  to ex­
tend the operations of the former more than 
ever  before.  He  reports  business  in  the 
manufacturing line as very  good.

Elmira is said  to  be  “ on  the  boom ”  as 
nrtich as any town along  the  line  of the G. 
R. & I Railway.  Several  improvements  of 
a  permanent  nature  are  in  contemplation, 
and the indications are  that  the close of an­
other  season  will  witness  a town twice the 
size in  population  and  commercial  import­
ance.

Representatives of  the  Chicago  &  West 
Michigan and the Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana 
railways lately  held  a  conference  with the 
general eastern freight  agents  to  newly ad­
just rates from  western  Michigan  points so 
that  they  .can  successfully  compete  with 
Saginaw valley. 
It  is  claimed  that the lat­
ter has the  advantage  of  western  Michigan 
in relative eastern  rates. 

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The Cadillac Veneer & Panel  Co. expects 
to have its new  factory  in  operation  about 
the  middle  of  tire  present  month.  E.  S. 
Haskins is  the  manager.  The  mill  has a 
capacity of from 40,000 to  60,000 feet a day, 
and is supplied with a ten-foot rotary veneer 
lathe, said to be the second one  in the coun­
try,  the  other  being  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
The size of  this  lathe  makes  possible  the 
cutting of  veneers  ten feet along  the grain, 
and any width across  the  grain.  Contracts 
have been made for  several  millions of pro­
duct.

T h e  G rip sack   B rig ad e.

C. E. Morgan, with  Jennings  &  Smith,  is 

among the Ohio trade this week.

By  Gee  Crip  Jennings  is  waking  the 
echoesin and around  Muskegon  this  week.
Leo. A. Caro,  with  the  Enterprise  Cigar 
Co.,  went  north  Monday  for a two weeks’ 
trip.

Jas. A. Crookston spent  Sunday in Chica­
go, with his daughters,  who  are  there  on  a 
visit of some duration.

John  Liesvelt,  formerly  with Killean  & 
Hartman,  has  gone  on  the  road  for J.  S. 
Cowin’s extract and perfumery business.

R. L. Hall, Michigan and Canadian repre­
sentative  of  Allen B. Wrisley,  is taking in 
Montreal,  Toronto,  Hamilton  and  London 
this week.

One  of  the  furniture  travelers  who  has 
just returned from a  trip  through  the West 
reports  the  following  incident:  “ A  man 
bought a bedstead,  the  wood  of  which was 
so green that one  warm  spring  day it broke 
out  all  over  with  little  groves  of  waving 
branches. 
In  autumn  the  children  picked 
the chestnuts from  the  side  pieces  and  the 
next spring tapped the headboard  for maple 
sugar.”

P u re ly   P e rso n a l.

Gaius  S.  Perkins,  of  Perkins  &  Hess, 
spent a couple of days at Detroit  last week.
JohnBorst,  proprietor  of  the  Fffirview 
cheese factory  at  Vriesland,  was  in  town 
last Friday.

John Bertsch, of  Cappon,  Rertscli  &  Co., 
has  returned  from  Boston  and New York, 
where he spent about two weeks.

L. W. Evans, of  the Merchants and Man­
ufacturers’ Exchange,  was  in  town  yester­
day and called on most of the jobbing trade.
Christian  Bertsch,  of  Rindge,  Bertsch & 
Co., is expected home from Boston  and  the 
Eastern  shoe centers  the  latter  part of  the 
present week.

A. E. Brooks,  of  Putnam  &  Brooks, has 
purchased  the  two  lots  and  large  frame 
dwelling house  at  137  Coit  avenue,  and  is 
overhauling  the  structure,  with  a  view  to 
making it a permanent family residence.

S. R. Sykes, formerly of the belt manufac­
turing firm of Rianville & Sykes, is  now en­
gaged in the same business at Minneappolis, 
aud  is  reported  to  be  the  recipient  of  a 
lucrative and steadily increasing  patronage
Cards are out, announcing the marriage of 
John J.  Sours,  book-keeper  for  Cody,  Ball 
& Co., and Miss Mamie  Wykes, at  the  resi­
dence of  the  latter’s  family  Dec.  17.  The 
couple will be  “ at  home ”  to friends at  88 
Coit avenue on and after Dec. 25.

E x te n siv e  L u m b e rin g   O p eratio n s. 

From  th e  F ife L ake Conjet.

A leading merchant of this village informs 
us that the number of lumber  camps in this 
vicinity is largely in excess  of  last year and 
although they are  at  present running small 
crews, they are preparing  for  a  big cut this 
winter.

M U SK EGON  M A TTER S.

F acts an d   F a n c ie s P ic k e d  Up a t th a t  P lace.
The firm of S. A. Yan  Buren  &  Co.,  sec­
ond-hand furniture dealers on Terrace street, 
dissolved  on  the  4th. 
John  Cooper  suc­
ceeds.

It is reported—and the  report is based on 
the assertions  of  a  person  who  claims  to 
speak by the card—that  a gentleman named 
Cataract  will  shortly  engage  in  the  drug 
business  at Lakeside.

S. S. Morris & Bro.  have  just  received  a 
novel vehicle  in  the  shape  of  an  express 
sleigh, with a carrying capacity of four tons. 
They have also become  possessed  of  a pair 
of  grays, which are ahead of any team of the 
kind in the city.

Judge Russell  was  almost  too  lenient  in 
sentencing  Alex.  McKay,  the  defaulting 
book-keeper,  to  only  three  years  at  Ionia. 
The culprit pleaded  for  mercy  in  behalf of 
his wife and child, but  it  never  occurred  to 
him that he owed them a  duty when he left 
them  penniless and  without  as  much  as a 
farewell.  That  such  reasoning  could  have 
any influence  with  Judge  Russell  seems al­
most preposterous.

The  Bradford  failure,  which  was  practi­
cally a continuation of  the Schimmel fiasco, 
swells the failure  list  of  Muskegon  for the 
past year to the enormous  total  of  two. 
It 
is a matter of common remark that the free­
dom from failures during the present period 
of  dullness  has  been  most  remarkable, 
eclipsing any record  of  the  kind ever made 
by  any city of similar  size,  no  matter  how 
prosperous the times.

The Schimmel  matter  is  slowly  wending 
its way through the courts, with every  pros­
pect of a decisive  movement  sometime dur­
ing January.  The  creditors who  are  push­
ing the matter claim to be  able  to  establish 
a clear case of fraud,  in which  case  the per­
petrators of the  swindle  will  be  compelled 
to disgorge their ill-gotten gains  to the tune 
of 100 cents  on  the  dollar.  Further  devel­
opments will  accordingly  be  watched  with 
interest.

The cheerfulness with  which  the  Muske­
gon lumbermen  view  the  present  business 
situation is almost  phenominal,  and  speaks 
well for the unquenching  enthusiasm of the 
men who have made  the  place  the  greatest 
lumber center of the world.  Leading  oper- 
rators look upon the present depression with 
apparent  indifference,  and  assert—with  a 
sincerity  that  betokens  belief—that  before 
the grass is green again the lumber business 
will have in great  part  regained  its  former 
prestige and prosperity.

O. F. Conklin  was  in  town  a  couple  of 
days last week for the purpose of interesting 
certain moneyed men in the  construction  of 
the much-talked-about direct railway connec­
tion  with  Grand  Rapids.  Of  course,  the 
only  route  which  Mr.  Conklin would  sup­
port  would  be  by  the way of Ravenna,  in 
the  vicinity  of  which  he  has hundreds of 
acres of pine and hardwood  timber,  besides 
other  investments  in  improved  producing 
land.  The  advantage  such  a  connection 
would give Muskegon, Grand Rapids and in­
termediate towns is almost incalculable, and 
the  great  need  for  the line augurs well for 
the project now in hand.

If there is anything that  distinguishes the 
average Muskegon dealer  from his brethren

in other parts of the country  it is his chron­
ic disposition  to  grumble.  The  merchants 
of Muskegon have become so  accustomed to 
croaking  over  their supposed  or  imaginary 
troubles that it is  almost  impossible to con­
vince them that the  place  is  not  located di­
rectly over a dynamite factory,  and  that in­
stant annihilation is only a question of time. 
As a matter of  fact, the  tradesmen  of  Mus­
kegon  have  suffered  less  from  the  present 
depression than many  towns  not  nearly  so 
dependent upon the condition of the  lumber 
market,  and  the  constant  reference  to  dis­
orders which have  only  a  temporary  exist­
ence does  more  to  unsettle  trade  and  de­
moralize business than  all  other  causes put 
together.

Fifteen orange trees near Plant City, Fla., 
yield this  year  150,000  oranges—10,000  to 
the  tree.  These  trees  are  about  40  years 
old, and furnish  another  illustration of  the 
vitality of the orange tree of Florida.

MISCELLANEOUS.

_ 

A dvertisem ents  of 25 words o‘r  less  inserted 
in th is colum n a t th e rate of 25 cents p er week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cen t  fo r  each 
additional word.  A dvance paym ent.
store building, suitable fo r 
T 7 0 R  SALE—Fine 
¡1  eight  room   bonse,  both
J j  
drug stock, at
nicely located at G rant, Newaygo county.  Doc­
to r and druggist jprefered.  P rice  $1.400.  Rea­
sonable term s.  Geo. E.  H arris, A shland P.  O., 
Mich: 
64
Ì T'Oit  SALE—F our thousand dollars  will  buy 
a well-established hardw are business in a 
. 
substantial, grow ing tow n.  The annual profits 
have averaged $2,500.  Best of reasons fo r sell­
ing.  Address “ H ardw are,” care “The Trades­
m an.” 

65

'ED—Situation  by  young  m an  in  a 
rocery o r general store, fo u r years’ ex­
perience.  Best of  references.  Address  Care 
box 276, Frem ont, Mich. 
XpOR  SALE- W ell-established  retail  grocery 
business  in  th riv in g   country  town,  sur­
rounded  by  rich  farm ing  com m unity.  Stock 
and fixtures  will inventory about  $2,200.  Full 
particu lars  will  be  furnished  by  addressing 
R etail Grocer, in care of “The  Tradesm an.”  64

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Farmers, ] 
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Office, Here 
40 Prospect
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TRAMWAY  PLUG
The  Most  Successful 
Brand
on  the  Market

Still  Leading  all  others  in  Safes—The 

Popeiar  Brand  with tire Trade.
O rder  S a m p le   Buxtt.

Choice B u tter alw ays on hand. 

E.  F A L L A S ,

CODY, BALL & CO
Wholesale  i  Commlsslan—Butter 
E u s  a  S i t i ; .
W M . SE A R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

All  Orders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention.

125 and 127 Canal Street,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Agents  for

AM BOY  C H EESE.

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Moirphia, Gum Camphor, Oil Rose

ACIDS.

2>ru0s & flfteòicines
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

OFFICERS.

amazoo.
sing. 
Rapids.

P resident—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
F irst V ice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  K al­
Second V ice-President—B.  D.  N orthrup,  L an­
T hird V ice-President—F ran k   W urzburg,  G rd  
Secretax-y—Jacob Jesson, M uskegon. 
Ti-easurer—AVm. D upont, D etroit.
E xecutive  Com m ittee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. G undrum , W. H. Kellfir,  F.  W. 
Fincher.
N ext  place  of  m eeting—A t D etroit, Tuesday, 
October 13,1885. 

_

,

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9,1884.

OFFICERS.

P resid en t—F ran k  J. W urzburg.
V ice-President—Chas. P. Bigelow.
S ecretary—F ran k  H. Escott.
T reasu rer—H enry B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—John Peck,  Chas.  P.  Bige­
low, Jas. S. Cowin.
Board  of  T rustees—The  P resident,  W m.  H. 
V an Leeuwen, Isaac  W atts,  Wm.  E.  Whxte, 
Wm. L. W hite. 
Com m ittee on P harm acy—H ugo Thum,  M.  B. 
Kiinm, A. C. Bauer.
Com m ittee on Legislation—Isaac W atts,  O.  H.
Richm ond, Jas. S. Cowin.
Committee on Trade  M atters—H. B. Fairchild, 
Jo h n  Peck, Win. H. V anLeeuw en.
R egular  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening in 
eacli m onth.
A nnual  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening in 
Novembex*.
N ext  M eeting—Thux-sday  evening,  December 
18, a t “The T radesm an” office.

„   „

L iq u o r-S e llin g   in   D ru g   Stores.

The  attention  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   has 
been called to the fact that several druggists 
in this  city  and  no  inconsiderable  number 
throughout the State are  continually  violat­
ing their oaths  and  bringing  their  business 
into disrepute by dealing  out  liquors by the 
glass—in other words, running a bar behind 
the prescription case.  A practice so deplor­
able would seem to be  of  infrequent  occur­
rence, but careful  investigation  on the part 
of the  Law  and  Order  League  reveals  the 
fact that a dozen  druggists  in  this  city are 
open to the charge of conducting a saloon as 
well as a pharmacy.  Of  the  evil  results of 
such flagrant violations  of the law, it is not 
necessary to speak.  The  statutory  penalty 
prescribed by law is known  to every dealer, 
and the  stigma  that  naturally surrounds  a 
place  where  such  a  practice  is  in  vogue 
ought  in itself to  serve  as  a warning.  The 
disagreeable fact stiU remains, however, that 
some  druggists  are  so  lost  to  all  sense  of 
honor and have so  far  forgotten  the dignity 
of their profession as to place themselves on 
the level  with  the  saloon-keeper.  So  far 
as Grand  Rapids  is  concerned,  this  evil  is 
likely to be wiped out through the efforts of 
the League above mentioned, as several vio­
lators of the law have  been  “ spotted ”  and 
will be prosecuted  to  the  fullest  extent  of 
the law, unless  the  practice  is  immediately 
stopped.  At the smaller  towns  those  who 
are guilty  of  the  practice  are  likely to ad­
here to it until  similar  prosecutions  are  in­
augurated or they are  convinced  of  the dis­
repute attending the free  and  illegal sale of 
intoxicants. 
It is a source  of  profound  re­
gret on the part of T h e   T r a d e s m a n   to  re­
fer to such a subject in  such  a manner,  and 
nothing but the  direst  necessity  and  a feel­
ing that the best interests  of  the  trade are 
being served by such  disclosures  impel  the 
plain  statements  put  forth  in  this  article. 
It is to be hoped that those  who are at fault 
will mend their ways,  and  thus remove one 
of the worst  drawbacks  which  now curses 
the profession of pharmacy.

Gi’am l  R a p id s  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society.
The regular monthly meeting  was held at 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  office last Thursday even­
ing,  the  following  gentlemen  being  in  at­
tendance:  Frank J.  Wurzburg,  John  Peck, 
C. P. Bigelow, Isaac  Watts,  H.  E.  Locher, 
Wm.  H.  Van  Leeuweu,  D.  Kimm  and 
Frank II. Escott.  President  Wurzburg pre­
sided and Secretary  Escott  officiated  in his 
usual capacity.  Hugo and Ferdinand Thum 
and Dr. H. E.  Locher were elected members 
of the Society, and Geo. G.  Steketee and D. 
Kimm  made  application  for  membership. 
The special  committee  on  printing was in­
structed  to  procure  250  copies  of  the  con­
stitution  and  by-laws  in  pamphlet  form.
The  constitution  was  amended  so  as  to 

make the annual dues $2  instead of $4.

The  President  announced  the  following 

On Pharmacy—Hugo Tlium, M. B. Kimm, 

committees:

A. C. Bauer.

On Legislation—Isaac Watts, O. H.  Rich­

mond, Jas.  S. Cowin.

On Trade Matters—H. B. Fairchild,  John 

Peck, Wm. II. Van Leeiiwen.

Various matters of  interest  to  the  mem­
bers, professionally and  in  a  business  way, 
were brought up and discussed.  The Socie­
ty then  adjourned to meet in two weeks—on 
Thursday evening, Dec.  18.

T h e S tate P h a rm a c e u tic a l Society.

Jacob Jesson,  the  energetic  secretary  of 
the Michigan State  Pharmaceutical Associa- 
tion,  was  seen  by  a  reporter  of  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  a day or two ago,and question­
ed as to the  condition  of  the  organization. 
He stated  that  interest  in  the  Association 
seems to be on the increase, as nearly  every 
mail brings  in  inquiries  from  both  present 
and  prospective  members.  The  prospect 
for the passage of the pharmacy  bill are ex­
cellent,  every  legislator  so  far  spoken  to 
having volunteered  to  give  the  matter un­
qualified and unremitting attention and sup­
port.  The  proceedings  of  the  recent  con­
vention at Detroit  are  now  in  press, about 
sixty  pages  having  been  printed  to  date. 
The  entire  volume  will  make  a  book  of 
about 200 pages, and will probably  be ready 
for  distribution  during  the  early  part  of 
January.

J. M. Prentiss,  druggist  at  Remus,  is  re­

ported to have sold out

Chemicals  From  Smoke.

The old saying that nothing  is  wasted  or 
lost in nature is true in  regard to the smoke 
from the  furnace  at  Elk  Rapids. 
In  this 
furnace are manufactured fifty  tons of char­
coal per  day.  There  are  twenty-five  char­
coal pits, constructed of  brick.  Each  pit is 
filled with 100 cords of  hard wood and then 
fired.  The  vaet  amount  of  smoke  from 
these pits, which  was  formerly* lost  in the 
air, 
is  now  utilized.  Works  have  been 
erected to convert the  smoke into chemicals 
and acids.

These works are a  curiosity.  First,  they 
have a  circular  tube  made  of  wood, with 
pine  staves,  sixteen  feet  in  length, bound 
together with heavy iron  hoops.  This tube 
is placed directly over the  pits in a horizon­
tal position, with ah  opening  from each pit 
into  the  tube.  At  the  end  nearest  the 
building there is a  large  drum  containing a 
rotary  fan,  propelled  by  machinery,  the 
power of which is gas.  That  acts  as a suc­
tion or draft for  the  smoke,  which  is con­
veyed into fire stills filled  with  copper pipe 
two and  one-half  inches  in diamater.  The 
boxes in  which  the  pipes  are  situated  are 
twenty feet square, eight feet deep, made of 
heavy  pine  and  filled  with  cold  water; 
they  are  all  connected  by  copper  pipes; 
they are connected with  the  main  still, 100 
feet in length, ten feet wide  and  elgjht  feet 
deep;  filled with copper pipes  two and  one- 
half inches in  diameter,  in  horizontal  posi­
tion,  surrounded by  cold  water;  from  this 
conveyed  to  a  purifier,  from  which  runs 
what is called  pyroligneous  acid,  which  is 
as clear as amber, with  an  unpleasant odor.
From  the  acid  is  produced,  first, acetate 
of lime;  second, alcohol;  third, tar;  fourth, 
gas;  which is  consumed  under  the boilers. 
Each  cord.of  wood  contains  28,000  cubic 
feet  of  smoke;  2,800,000  feet  of  smoke 
handled every twenty-four  hours, producing 
12,000 pounds of acetate of lime, 200 gallons 
of  alcohol  and  twenty-five  pounds  of  tar. 
These products have a  commercial  value in 
the  manufacture  of  various  articles.  The 
smoke from 40,000 coi'ds of  wood consumed 
per annum is  thus  made  a  source of much 
profit, as the works  are  automatic,  and  re­
quire no workmen to run them.

T w o  O p inions  on  Q u in in e. 

“ Quinine  is  too  cheap,”  said  a  leading 
druggist the other  daj.  “ You  can’t  make 
it for eighty-five cents  an  ounce  if the bark 
is given  you.  A'skilled  workman  can  not 
make  but  two  ounces  a  day.  Well,  you 
can’t expect any  skilled  workman  to  work 
for twice 85 cents a  day.  The  truth is that 
an inferior article will be put on the market 
and we will soon have no  genuine quinine.” 
“ What is the highest  price  on  record ? ” 
“ Twenty-seven  dollars  an  ounce.  That 
was during  war  times.  Since  the  war  ten 
dollars was not an  uncommon price.” 

Directly contradictory  to  the above is the 
opinion or Frank J. Wurzb,urg, President of 
the  Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
Mi\ Wurzburg  considers Powers  & Weight- 
man to be  the  most  conscientious of  men, 
and he is positive they  will  hold  their  pro­
duct  up  to  the  present  high  standard,  no 
matter how low the mai-ket may go.

C heap  C igars.

“ To reduce the tariff on  Spanish  tobacco 
will make cigars cheap, but will be a  death­
blow to cigar manufacturers in this country,” 
said a manufacturer the other day, speaking 
of the proposed Spanish treaty.  “ I will  do 
no  more  business  here  if  the reduction  is 
made, but will at once l-emove  my  business 
to  Cuba,  where  cigars  will  then be made 
and  brought  here  at  $4  per thousand  less 
than domestic goods can be made for.”

An  effort  is  being  made  by  the  cigar 
makers to secure the rejection by the  Senate 
of 
that  clause  of  the  proposed  Spanish 
American treaty by  which cigars may be im­
ported at a reduction of 50 per cent,  on  the 
present tariff rates.  Meetings are to be held 
by the employees of  the  different  shops  to 
aid the movement.

T lie  D ru g   M ai-ket.

A still further  improvement  is  noted  in 
the business of the past week,  and the pros­
pects are that slack trade will  be  the excep­
tion instead of  the  rule  from  this time on. 
Collections  also  show  a  notable  improve­
ment.  The  staples  in  the  drug line have 
been exceptionally steady  during  the week, 
the few changes in prices  being  confined to 
several unimportant  articles.

A n o th e r  S la n d e r  on  th e   T rad e.

From  th e San Francisco Chronicle.

“ How much did you say this was ? ”
“ O, a dollar and a half.”
“ That’s a big price, isn’t it ?”
“ No, I assure  you.  The  drugs  are  very 

“ But I am a druggist  myself.”
“ O,  you  are.  Well—of  course—fifteen 

costly.”

cents.”

Following  closely upon the discovery that 
the hypodermic injection of theine, the active 
principle of  tea, is a potent  antidote in  opi­
um poisoning, comes  the  report that  nirate 
of amyl is still more efficient.  A  man  who 
had taken two ounces of laudanum was resus­
citated after pulsation at the wrist had ceas­
ed, respiration fallen at  six per minute, pro­
found coma supervened, and the extremities 
became cold and  cyanotic, by putting a nap­
kin to his nostrils,  upon which thirty  drops 
of the  nitrate  had  been  sprinkled.  After 
two inhalations had  been  given  he  looked 
up and asked what was the matter.

Dr. Kenwendishon  keeps  a  drug store in 
Roscommon.  The other day he imbibed too 
freely of tanglefoot,  and  proceeded  to  cele­
brate the event by smashing  up  things  gen­
erally. 
It  was  bis  own  property  but  the 
people  need  drugs  and  so  they stopped his 
fun.

land.

land.

m an.
Springs.

id Center.

Mancelona.

D. W. Shattuck, W ayland.
Jo h n  W.  Verhoecks, G rand  H aven.
N. deVries,  Jam estow n.
J . D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
O. Green, M artin.
R. H. W oodin. Sparta.
Ja y M arlatt, Berlin.
J. D. F. Raider, Newaygo.
H. T. Lewis, H ersey.
Wm. Pax-ks, Alpine.
A. Chapin, Morley.
D ennis Haskell,  Woodland.
Jo h n  Smith,  Ada.
R. H. Topping, Casnovia.
W. S. B artron & Co.. Bridgeton.
R. W. Coy, Spencer Creek.
F. E. Campau, Alaska.
J. F. Mann, Lisbon.
McLeod & T rautm an Bros., Moline.
W. S. Root, Talmadge.
D. T. H ersey, W ayland.
S. Cooper,  P arm alee.
F. H ayward, T rent.
H enry  H enkel, Howard  City.
M. J. Howard,  Englishville.
H. M. Freem an,  Lisbon.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
J. B arnes, A usterlitz.
C. W. W heeler, Shelbyville.
Beardsley & Davis,  Hersey.
C. O. Bostwick & Son,  Cannonsburg.
G. H. W albrink, A llendale.
Nelson G raham , Rockford.
A. M. Church, Sparta.
H. M. Hicks, Mox-ley.
A. T. B urnett, Cross Village.
C. A. Wari-en, Orono.
Stiles & P ray,  V erm ontville,
Mr.  Lahuis,  of  D en  H erder  & Lahuis, Zee- 
Stauffer, of Stauffer &  Saulsbury,  H astings. 
A. B. Foote, Hilliards.
D. K inney, Covert.
J. W. Holmes, Holmes & Holly  Bros.,  Wood­
F. L. Bliike,  Irvii
G(30. W. Bartlett, AslIxlai
F. B. AViitkins, Monte
Striklai]id & Lee, Maixtoi
MiL-. AVise, of AVis;e Br
J. S. Ba:rker, Sand La,ke!
C. Deming, Dutt;
AV. B. Poole, Lut
M¡L-. Beng-y, of A. &E. Be
pri
A. J. Provin, Ced
G. W. Sc¡ott, Coop
rille
Mr. Leavenw orth, of Leavenwox-th &Co., For­
Mr.  Callahan,  of  W agar  &  Callahan,  Cedar 
H olland & Ives, Rockford.
Kellogg & P o tter, Jennisonville.
A. D eK ruif,  Zeeland.
G eo.Tom psett, Edgex-ton.
P urdy & H astings, Spai-ta.
H u tty  &  Dickinson, G rand H aven.
Lee Deuel, Bradley.
H  W. Cleveland, N unica.
Dr. Jo h n  Graves,  W ayland.
W alling Bros., Lam ont.
P ercy T. Cook, Reynolds.
Thys Stadt, S pring Lake,
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
N agler & Beeler, Caledonia.
H. J. Fisher, H am ilton.
R. D. W heaton, V erm ontville.
Henx-y A rbour, Chippewa Lake.
G. F. Richardson, Jam estow n.
E. W right, P entw ater.
K. T revett, Muskegon.
R. B. F arr, Hopkins.
O, P. McClux-e, Spencer’s Mill.
W agner & Wells, E astm an ville.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
H oag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
W alter Stx-uik, F orest Gi-ove.
J. J . W iseman, N unica.
J. W. B raginton,  Hopkins.
E. M. Clark, Chax-levoix.
O. Nax-ragang, Byron.
W arren W heeler, Cedar  Spx-ings.
P erry  B ennett, Cadillac.
J. A.  Spooner, Spooner Bx-os., Cedar Springs. 
A. Nori'is, A. N orris &Son, Casnovia.
Byron McNeal, B yron Center.
Sisson & Lilley, Spring Lake.
Geo. P. Sti
D. R. Stoe 
J  acksou C 
W. J . And 
H ath 
Robb
E. S. Shei 
H.O. Rosi 
O. F. Con] 
C. S. Kidd 
Ed.  F arn 
C. New 
L. B .L  
Chas. F. S 
H . M. P a t

i, Ho 
ns, How 
McDoni 
'  ey. 
pere 
rSp

¡ars & Co., Rockford. 
& Co., Leroy.

11, K i t  Cit 
, C. F 
Pati-

e,  L 
ay & R. 
& Collir

ard City, 
•d City.

-gy, Caledonia.

lin.  Ce 
ir, Ced

lile.
ngs.

H e  K n o w s  I t   P ay s.

A reporter dropped iuto  our  largest retail 

establishment the other day.

“ You have a great rush  of  business,”  re­

marked the reporter.

“ Yes,”  replied  the  proprietor:  “ partly 
because  it  is  our  busy  season,  but  mainly 
on account of advertising.”

“ How  can  you  tell  whether  advertising 

pays ? ”

“ I can tell  whether  advertising  pays  by 
stopping  it. 
I’ve  tried  it.  Trade  drops; 
the  tide  of  purchasers  flows  some  other 
way.”

“ Suppose  you  should  give  up  advertis­

ing ? ”

“ I should save a big  pile of money, but I 
should  lose  a  bigger  pile.  You must keep 
the  boilers  heated  if  you  want  steam. 
If 
you bank your fires too long, it takes time to 
start up.  Advertising  is  the  steam  which 
keeps  business  moving. 
I’ve  studied  the 
matter.”

The history  of  petroleum  in  the  United 
States  has  been  one  of  surprises.  New 
sources of supply  have  always been discov­
ered just when the old ones were giving out. 
The latest  finds  seem  to  surpass  all  that 
have gone before.  For  aught  we know the 
petroleum business of this countroy,  vast as 
it is, is still in its infancy.  The oil deposits 
hitherto worked may prove but a small part 
of the chain  of  reservoirs  to  be  found  not 
only  in  Pennsylvania  but  in  other  states 
where the presence of the treasure is not now 
suspected.  The  day  is  still  remote when 
Russia \yll be able  to  compete with Ameri­
can  petroleum  in  the  markets  of  Europe. 
Even if  she  has  the  oil  in  abundance, its 
quality is far inferior  to  that of the Ameri­
can product.

Isinglass is  made  of  the  bladder  of  the 
sturgeon and other kindred fish.  The  mak­
ing of isinglass is the  simplest  thing  in the 
world.  The bladder of  the  fish  is  cut  into 
pieces, worked, spread on boards, and  dried 
in the sun.  The muscular  and  fleshy  parts 
are taken off  and  the  isinglass  is  ready for 
commerce. 
If it is bleached with the fumes 
of sulphuric acid it improves  its appearance 
and fetches a better price.

Chas. H. Plautz,  a  Chicago  druggist, has 
been mulcted  to"the  tune of  $750  damages 
for causing the death  of  an  infant.  A doc­
tor  prescribed  calomel,  and  the  druggist 
sent morphine instead.

A Dutch doctor hit  a  man  with  a club in 
a quarrel and then charged him $2 for fixing 
up the wound.  The  other  fellow  can’t  see 
where his part of the fun came in.

Acetic, No.  8.................................
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. gx-av.  1.040)...
Carbolic..........................................
C itric...............................................
M uriatic 18  d eg ............................
N itric 36 d eg ...................................
O x alic.............................................
Sulphuric  66 d eg ..........................
T artaric  pow dered.....................
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................$
Benzoic,  G erm an........................
T a n n ic ............................................

»AMMONIA.

9  @ 
30  @ 
33  @ 
® 
3  @ 
11  @ 
1434® 
3  @

12  @ 
15  @

12
15
4
48
20
15
17

C arbonate...................................$  B>  15
M uriate (Powd. 22c)..........................
6
A qua 16 deg o r  3 f.............................  
A qua 18 deg or  4 f.............................. 
7

BALSAMS.

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

BARKS.

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

BERRIES,

18 
14
7
8

®
D  45 
40 
2 50

•':
18
15
13
15
10
12
20
18
30
13

Cubeb,  prim e (Powd 60c)................ 
@  55
J u n ip e r...............................................  
7
P rickly A sh ........................................1  CO  @1  10

6  @ 

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, p u re .............. 
Logwood, b ulk (12 and 25 H> doxes). 
Logwood, Is (25 
boxes)................ 
do 
Lgowood, 34s 
............... 
...............  
Logwood, )4s 
do 
Logwood, ass’d 
do 
.........  
Fluid E x tracts—25 ^  cent, off list.

27
37V
9
12
13
15
14

 

FLOWERS.

A rn ic a .,...............................................  10  @  11
Chamomile,  R om an........................  
25
25
Chamomile,  G erm an....................... 

60®

28®

18 
50 
30 
60 
60 
50 
40 
35 
30 
30 
55@60
18®
13 
40 
35®
80 
90®1  00 
35
20

GUMS.

Aloes,  B arbadoes.......................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)...................
Aloes, Socotx-ine (Powd  60c)..........
A m m oniac.........................................
A rabic, e x tra   select............-..........
A rabic, pow dered  select...............
A rabic, 1st  picked............................
A rabic,2d  p ick ed ..............................
Arabic,; 3d picked.............................
A rabic, sifted so rts..........................
A ssafcentida, prim e (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin...............................................
C am phor............................................. 
Catechu. Is 04 14c, 34s  16c)............
Euphorbium  pow dered................... 
G albanum  strain ed ..........................
G am boge.............................................
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c)..............
Kino (Pow dered, 30c].......................
M astic. : .............................................
M yrrh. T urkish (Powdered  47c)...
Opium, pu re (Powd $5.75)................
Shellac, Campbell’s ..........................
Shellac,  E nglish...............................
Shellac,  n a tiv e ...................................
Shellac bleached...............................
T ra g a c a n th ........................................  30
HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H o a rh o u n d __ ___
L obelia.
P epperm int.
Rue.
S p e a rm in t.........
Sweet M ajoram .
Tanzy 
Thyme
W orm w ood..............

IRON.

6  40
Citi-ate and  Q uinine........................  
Solution m ur„ fo r  tin c tu re s......... 
20
7
Sulphate, p u re  c ry sta l...................  
C itra te ...................................................................80
P h o sp h a te ..........................................  
65

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)..................  12  @  11
6
Sage, Italian, bulk (34s & 34s, 12c)... 
Senna,  Alex, natux-al.......................  18  @  20
30
Senna, Alex, sifted and  g arb led .. 
22
Senna,  pow dered.............................. 
Senna tinnivelli.................................  
16
U va  U rs i............................................ 
10
B elledonna.......................................... 
35
Foxglove.............................................  
30
H e n b a n e.............................................  
35
Rose, re d .............................................  
2 35

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s SOur Mash W hisky.2  00  @2  25
D ruggists’ F avorite  R y e................. 1  75  @2 00
W hisky, o th er  b ran d s.......................1  10 
®1 50
Gin, Old T om ......................................1  35 
®1 75
Gin,  H olland...................................... .2  00  @3 50
B ra n d y ..................................................1  75  @6 50
Catawba  W ines.................................. 1  25 
®2 00
P o rt W ines........................................... 1  35  @2 50

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............  
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, 2 oz.............. 
Citrate, H., P . & Co.’s  solution—  
Calcined............................................... 

OILS.

22
37
2 25
65

do 
do 

Almond, sw eet...................................  45  ®   50
Am ber,  rectified...............................  
45
A nise.................................................... 
2  10
Bay $   oz............................................ 
50
2  00
B ergam ont.......................................... 
C a sto r..................................................   18  ©   19Va
2 00
C roton..................................................  
75
C a ie p u t............................................... 
1  20
C a ssia..................................................  
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......  
40
C itro n ella.......................................... 
85
C loves..................................................  
1  25
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
0   '20
1  60- 
E rig e ro n .............................................
2  00
Firew eed.............................................
Gex-anium  $   o z.................................
40 
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
50 
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
2  00 
2  01 
L avender flowers, F re n ch ..............
1  00 
Lavender garden 
...............
90 
Lavender spike 
..............
1  70 
Lemon, new  cro p ..............................
1  75 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s ..... ...................
80 
Lem ongrass........................................
1  25 
Origanum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
50
Origanum ,  No. 1..............................
1  40
P e n n y ro y a l........................................
3  25
Pepperm int,  w h ite ..........................
8  50 
Rose  $   oz...........................................
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $5)...
4  50 
Sandal  W ood. G erm an...................
7  00
andal Wood,  W. I ..............................
60 
S assafras.............................................
4  50 @  12
Tansy  ..................................................
T ar (by gal 60c)...................................  10
2  25 
W intergx-een...................................
4  50 
W ormwood, No. l(P u re  $6.50).......
1 00
S avin....................................................
2  50
W orm seed..........................................
1  50
Cod Li vex-, filte re d ........... 
. fl gal
3  50 
Cod Liver, b e st.................................
6  00
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
@1 20
Olive, M alaga.....................
2  50 
Olive, “ Sublime  I t a l i a n ................
@  67
S a la d ....................................................  65
9  75
Rose,  Ihm sen’s.  ..................... $  oz

POTASSIUM.

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

ROOTS.

A lk a n e t...............................................
A lthea, c u t..........................................
A rrow,  St. V incent’s .......................
A rrow, Taylor’s, in 34s and 34s—
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, G erm an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  14c)..........................
Ginger, A frican (Powd 16c)............  13
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 30c)...................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 1234).........
Licorice, e x tra  select......., .............
P ink, tr u e ..........................................
Rhei, from  select to   choice...........1  00
Rhei, powdered E. 1......................... 110
Rhei, choice c u t  cu b es............ , . . .
Bhei, choice c u t fingers..................
S erp en taria............ ..........................
S en ek a.................................................
Sarsaparilla,  H o n d u ra s................

14
35
20
30

2 90  . 

®

15 
27
17 
35 
12
18 
38 
23 
10
14 
20 
25 22
1 10 
3734 
12
15 
35
®1  50 
®1  20 
2  00 
2  25 
75 
65 
45

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

SEEDS.

Anise, Italian  (Powd 20c)..............
Bird, m ixed in ft  packages..........
Canary,  S m yrna.............................
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  19c).
Cardamon,  A leppee.. r i................
Cardamon, M alabar........................
C elery.................................................
Coriander,  best  E nglish...............
F e n n e l...............................................
Flax,  clean ........................................
Flax, p u re grd (bid  334).................
Foenugreek, powdexed.................
Hemp,  R ussian...............................
M ustard,  white  Black  10c)...........
Q u in c e................................................  
Rape, L nglish....................................  
W orm,  L ev an t................................... 

SPONGES.

18
10
25
20

13
5  @ 6
4  @ 434
11  © 12
2 002 25
25
12
10

334®
4  @ 434
8  © 9
534@ 6
8
1  00
7
14

6  @ 

Florida sheeps’ wool, carx-iage...... 2 25  @2  50
do 
N assau 
do 
2  00
V elvet E x tra do 
110
do 
85
E x tra Yellow do 
do 
65
do 
Grass 
do 
H ard head, fo r slate u se.................  
75
Yellow Reef, 
1  40
.................  

.......  
 
 
 

do 

 
 

 

MISCEJjLANEUS.

2  28
1  50
50
27
12
45
50
2  75
2 00
334
254® 
3  @ 
4
32
 
434®  5
7
6  @ 
40 
2  00 
@9  75 
1  60 
45
9 
12 
2  50 
18 
20 
18 
4  00 
12

734® 

1  60 
60 
1  60 
1  70 
1  90 
1  75
00  @1  10 
40  ®   45 
40  ®   45 
20  @  22 
30 
* 45
70
38  ®   40 
15 
50 
24 
24 
12 
1  20 
50 
45 
1  10 
8
3 
50 
69 
14
90
45  ©   70

234@ 

85

12  @ 
17  @ 
17  © 
25@

17 
28 
20 
40 
35
@ 1  00 
®   30 
4  00
1  50 
9
10  @  15 
15 
9
1  00 
50 
60
1234©  13 
75 
60
3 00@3  25 
40 
10 
12 
30
18 
20 
70 
10 
40 
18
3 00

6  @ 
86© 
82  ©

 

 

00

do 
do 

do 
do 
do 

Alcohol, gx-ain (bbl $2.18) $  g a l__  
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cent ex. ref. 
Anodyne  H offm an’s ........................  
Arsenic, Donovan’s so lution......... 
Ai-senic, Fow ler’s so lution............ 
A nnatto  1 ft ro lls.............................. 
Blue  Soluble..................  
Bay  Rum, im ported, b e s t.............. 
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s . 
A lum ...........................................   $ f t  
Alum , ground  (Powd 9c)................ 
A nnatto,  p rim e........................... 
A ntim ony, powdered,  com ’l
Arsenic, w hite, pow dered__
Balm Gilead  B uds__
Beaps,  T onka..............
Beans,  V anilla............
Bism uth, sub  nitx-ate.
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)..
Blue V itr io l................
Borax, refined (Powd  13e)..............
Canthax-ides, Russian  pow dered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frica n ...............
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  Amex-ican  do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40.................................
Cassia  B uds..... ..................................
Calomel.  A m erican..........................
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
Chalk, precip itate E nglish............
Chalk,  red  fingers...........y........... *.
Chalk, w hite lu m p ...........................
Chlbi-oform,  Squibb’s __ f. .............
Colocynth  apples.............................
Chloral hydrate, G erm an  cru sts..
c ry st...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral 
c ru sts..
C hloroform ........................................1
Cinchonidia, P. &  W .........*.............
Cinchonidia, o ther b rands..............
Cloves (Powd  28c).............................
C ochineal...........................................
Cocoa  B u tte r....................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc )........................
Corrosive S ublim ate........................
Corks, X and X X —35 off  lis t.........
Cream T artar, p u re pow dered.......
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
Creasote..............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e .................................
C uttle Fish B one...............................
D e x trin e .............................................
D over’s  Pow ders.............................
D ragon’s Blood M ass.......................
E rgot  pow dered...............................
E th er Squibb’s ...................................
Em ery, Turkish, all  No.’s ..............
Epsom  S alts........................................
E rgot, fre sh ........................................
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ................
Flake  w hite........................................
G rains  Pax-adise...............................
Gelatine,  Cooper’s ............................
Gelatine. F rench  ..............................
Glassware, flint, 71 off,by box 60off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d is__
Glue,  cab in et....................................
Glue, w h ite..........................................
G lycerine,  p u re .................................
Hops  34s and 34s................................
Iodoform  
oz...................................
In d ig o ..................................................
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian .!.
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican........................
J a p o n ic a .............................................
London  P u rp le.................................
Lead, a c e ta te......................................
Lime, chlox-ide,(34s 2s 10c & 34s 11c)
L u p u lin e .............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M a ce....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch .......................
M anna, S.  F ........................................
M e rc u ry ..............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W .........^  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Iceland............................. $  ft
Moss,  Iris h ........................................
Mustax-d,  E nglish.............................
M ustard, gi-ocer’s, 10 ft  can s.........
N utgalls...............................................
N utm egs, No. 1...................................
N ux  V om ica......................................
O intm ent. M ercurial, 34d................
Pepper, Black  Bex-ry.......................
P ep sin ..................................................
P itch, Tx-ue B u rgundy.....................
Quassia  ...............................................
ft oz
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W
Quinine,  G erm an__
Seidlitz  M ixture.......
Strychnia, c ry st.........
Silver N itrate, cryst.
$ ft
Red  P re cip ita te.........
Saffron, A m erican__
Sal  G lauber........................................ 
Sal N itre, large  c ry st.......................
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st................
Sal R ochelle........................................
Sal  Soda............................................... 
Salicin......................................
S a n to n in .................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch
Soda Ash  [by keg 3c].......................
S perm aceti..........................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  D eLand’s __  
Soap, W hite C astile..........................
..........................
Soap, G reen  do 
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do 
..........................
Soap,  M azzini...............................
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................   26  @
Spirits N itre,*4 F ...............................   28  @
Sugar Milk pow dered......................
Sulphur, flour..................................... 
334®
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................  
3®
T artar E m etic....................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, 34 gal. cans  <¡¡1 doz
q u arts in tin ...........
Tar, 
Tar, 
pin ts in tin ..
.$ ft
T urpentine,  V enice............
W ax, W hite, S. &  F. brand
Zinc,  S ulp h ate......................
OILS.
Capitol  Cylinder...................
Model  Cylinder.....................
Shields  C ylinder...................
Eldorado E ngine...................
Peerless  M achinery............
Challenge M achinery..........
Backus Fine E ngine............
Black Diam ond M achinery
Castor M achine  Oil............
Paraffine, 25  deg...................
Paraffine, 28  deg ...................
Sperin, w inter  bleached__
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Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........  134
P u tty , co m m ercial...................   234
P u tty , strictly p u re ...................   234
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B rie f D igests o fB e c e n t D ecisions in  C ourts 

o f  L a st  lle so rt.

PROMISSORY  NOTE— A LTERATION .

If a promissory note be  altered  by substi­
tuting another payee  for  the original payee 
with the knowledge and  consent  of  one  of 
the  makers  but  without  the  knowledge or 
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D RA FTS— A CCEPTANCE— N EG LIG EN CE.
In  the  case  of  the  Exchange  National 
Bank of Pittsburgh vs.  the  Third  National 
Bank of the City of  New  York,  decided by 
the Supreme Court  of  the  United States on 
the 24th  inst.,  it  appeared  that  the  Pitts­
burgh bank sent to the New  York  bank  for 
collection eleven unaccepted  drafts dated at 
various  times  through  a  period  of  three 
mouths, and payable four months after date. 
The drafts were  drawn  on  Walter  M.  Con­
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Newark, N. J., and  were  sent  to  the  New 
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of transmission  recognized  them  as  drafts 
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acceptances from Conger individually on his 
refusal to accept as secretary,  but  no notice 
of  that  fact  was  given  to  the  Pittsburgh 
- bank until after the  first  one  of  the  drafts 
; had matured.  At that time the drawers and 
indorser  had become insolvent, the drawers 
having been in good  credit  when  the Pitts­
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was liable to  the  Pittsburgh  bank  for such 
damages as it had sustained  in consequence 
of the negligence of the Newark bank.

LIA B ILTY   OF  B A N K  DIRECTORS.

in a case decided by  the  Kentucky  Court 
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action against the president and  directors of 
the bank. 
In this case  (Brannin  et  al.  vs. 
Loving et a1.)  the  court  held  that  the di­
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and  that  the  exercise  of  ordinary  care on 
their part did not  afford  them notice  or  en­
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and that in the case discussed  the  president 
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drawn,  and  having  indorsed  them  in  the 
name of the  company  after  the  cashier had 
negotiated their sale, that as to him the case 
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of a known duty—a breach of  trust amount­
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liable.

B rie f R eferen ces  to   C u rre n t  L ite ra tu re
The Am erican Bazar, published  m onthly  by 
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New York, contains, in theN ovem ber num ber, 
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u la r  New  Y ork 
letter,  a  review   of  w inter 
w raps, and reading m atte r of a  general  char-
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"  H essie’s Decision,” is  from  th e pen of E sther 
Serle K enneth.

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“ Roderick G ranger, The Best Fellow  in  the 
W orld,”  by  M argaret  E.  W inslow, published 
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Philadelphia,  is  a  story  of  th e  fo rtu n es  and 
m isfortunes of Roderick G ranger  and  his  sis­
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‘The Development Theory;  A  Brief  State-

T here 

L U M B E R , L A T H   A N D   SH IN G LE S.

feet.

The Newaygo Com pany quote f . o. b. cars  as
U ppers, 1 in ch ............ *............-•........ p er M $44  00
U ppers, 114,114 and 2 in c h ..........................  46 00
35  00 
Selects, 1 in ch ...............................................
38  00 
Selects, 114, H4 and 2  in c h ........................
30  00 
Fine Common, 1 in c h .................................
20  00 
Shop, 1 in c h ................................ 
—
32  00
Fine, Common, 114,1/4 and 2 in ch ...........
15  00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ..
16 00 
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 f e e t........................
17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t.........................
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 fe e t.......   15  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 f e e t..........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 f e e t..........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 f e e t.........  15  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t............................  16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet............................  17  00
12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in ., 12,14 a n d l
13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in , 18 feet
14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in ., 20 feet
12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in ., 12,14 a lid 15 feet.
13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in ., 18 feet
14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in , 20 fe e t
11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in. 12,14 an d 16  fe e t..
12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in. 18 fe e t..
13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in. 20 feet.
Coarse  Common o r  stoppinir  CUl’lS, all
8  00@  9 00
w idths and  lensrth s .......
35  00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ..
28  00
C Strips, 4 or 6 in<3h..........
15  00
lengths
No. 1 Fencing, all
12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 letit........
12  00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 ’e e t.......
15  00
No. 1 Fencing. 4  in c h .......
12  00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  in c h .......
20 00
Norway C and be „ter, 4 o r
18  00
Bevel Siding, 6 in eh, A an«1  B
14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 in eh, C ....
9  00
Bevel Siding, 6 in ch. No. 1 Co«
20  00
Hevel Siding,  6  iiich,  Clei
10  00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 tc 2x12.12 t o i 6 f t ....
$1 additional fo r each 2  fe et a bove 16 ft.
36  00
Dressed Flooring 6 in., A. B.
29  00
Dressed Flooring 6 in.  C.
17 00
Dressed Flooring 6 in., Nc>.  i.
14  00
Dressed Flooring 6 in., No.
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1  00 adc itiinai
35 00
Dressed Flooring ,4 in., A. B a nd  Cle
26  00
Dressed Flooring 4 in., C.
16  00
Dressed Flooring 4 o r 5 in ., N 0.  i  CO
14  00
Dressed Flooring 4 o r 5 in ., N
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additioiaal.
3  50
i X X X  18 in. Staindard  SI ing
3 40
-(X X X 18 in.  Thi
3  00
X X X  16 in .......
2  00
No. 2 o r 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Sh ingi e s__
1  75
No. 2or 5 in. C. B 16  in ...
2 00
L ath  ...................

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hio W hite Lime, car lo ts..................... 
90
ouisville Cement,  per b b l................... 
1  40
Lkron Cem ent per  b b l.......................... 
1  40
¡uffalo Cement,  per b b l......................  „ „ 1   40
a r lo ts....................................................... 1  ®^®1  1®
’lastering hair, per b u ..........................  25®  30
tucco, per b b l.......................................... 
•!  75
,and plaster, per to n .............................. 
3  75
an d  plaster, car lo ts............................. „ 
3 00
ire brick, p er  M.................................... $25 @ $35
’ire clay, p er  bbl..................................... 
J 00
m thracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$6 00@6 25 
anthracite, stove and  n u t, car lo ts..  6  25@6  5o
!annellv car lo ts....................................  
@®  75
>hio Lum p, car  lo ts.............................   3  25@3  50
tlossburg or  Cum berland, car lo ts..  4  5G@5 00
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— T H E —

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BEST COFFEE in lhe WORLD
C hase  &  Sanborn’s

Standard Java.

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

Flavor.

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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.

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cers in th e U nited States, is w orthy of your consideration;

Cin c in n a ti, December 20th,  1883.

M essr s.  Ch a s e   &  Sa n b o r n , Boston, Mass.

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

About a year ago our attention was called to  your  “STANDARD  JAVA,”  we person­
ally tested it very carefully and to our mind  it  was  most  excellent.  We  then  ordered  a 
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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 wras the finest brand of Ankola or Mandeheling Java in the  market.

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BOOTS  &

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF
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CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

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WIDE  BROWN COTTONS. 

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Androscoggin, 8-4
Pepperell,  7-4.........1654 ¡Pequot,
Pepperell,  8-4—
Pepperell,  9-4....

iPepperell, 10-4 
|   ‘..21  Pepperell, 11-4
¡Pequot,  8-4... 
klP equot,  9-4...
:i ECKS.

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P ark Mills, No 
Prodigy, o z .... 
Otis  A p ro n .... 
Otis  F u r 
York,  1  c 
York, A A

Alabam a b ro w n ...
Jew ell b riw n.........
K entucky  brow n. 
Lewiston  b ro w n ..
Lane brow n..........
Louisiana  p laid...

Caledonia, XX, oz. 
Caledonia,  X, oz..
Economy,  o z.........
P ark Mills, No.  50. 
P ark Mills, No. 60. 
P ark Mills, No. 10. 
P ark Mills, No. 80.

A. report was made some time since to the 
Department of Agriculture, by Prof. Water- 
house, of St. Louis, in  which  lie states that 
experiments in the culture of jute have been 
made in  South  Carolina,  Florida,  Georgia, 
Louisiana and Texas. 
It will flourish wher­
ever  there  is  a  hot,  damp  climate,  and a 
moist kind of sandy  clay  or  alluvial mold.
The plant matures as  rapidiy in America as 
in India,  the  April  plantings  being  cut in 
July, and  the  Juue  in  September.  Stalks 
have been known to grow to 15 feet, and the 
Avond; 
fiber in cases is superior  in  strength  to that 
A rt  ca 
Andros 
of India.  The yield is  more  than  the Indi­
Andros 
an, being at the rate  of  3,500  pounds to the 
Phillip
Ballou 
:, 4-4..............
.1154
Ballou 
acre.  The professor considers that the econ­
ood,  4-4.......
Boott, 
.  854 
ìale,  4-4.......
omic importance is incalculable, for no other 
Boott, 
ìale  cam brì 
.1154 
Boot
country would derive so much  benefit,  con-  £joot^ 
don, GB, 4-4.
.  954 
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Black
sidering the  magnitude  of  America s grain 
.  954 
nville,  4-4...
îan, X, 4-4__
Chapr
and cotton crops.  There were 1,500,000,000 
.1
11. 4-4.
Conws
iy,  4-4............
■ Y ork Mill, 4-4.1054
4-4.................
Cabot
bushels sent  to  market,  handled  by  carts, 
»
ersey,  4-4.... 
654 New J 
Cabot, 7-8.................
set,  P. M. C..
754
4  Pocas
elevators, railways and  barges, coming from 
Canoe,  3-4..............
154 Pride of th e W est. 12k
Domestic,  36.........
various  points  of  production,  inclosed  in 
Dwight A nchor, 4-4 954 Pocab ontas,  4-4.-... 8k
954ISlatei ville, 7-8......... 6k
Davol, 4-4................
bags;  5,500,000  bales  of  cotton  require at 
F ru it of Loom, 4-4. 834 ¡Victo ria,  A A .........
least  $5,000,000  for  the  gunny  cloth. 
In 
F ru it of Loom, 7-8. 8 k  I W oodbury, 4-4......... 534
W hiti nsville,  4-4..
754
F ru it of  th e  Loom
1870  the  imported  fiber  cost  the  United 
cam bric,  4-4....... 12  W hitinsville,7-8...
6k
Gold Medal, 4-4..  . 7  Warnsm tta, 4-4....... 10k
States $30,000,000, and the jute alone import­
6 k   Willis msviile,  36.. 10k
Gold Medal, 1-8....
ed  exceeded 19,000,000  poundss, which  in a 
Gilded  A ge............
8341
SILESIAS.
few years has been more than doubled.  Thus 
17 
American jute is likely to  take a  place sec­
ond only to American cotton.  The  19,000,- 
000  pounds  of  jute  manufactured  in  the 
United States in 1870 was worth  $2,000,000.
Jute baling has become  an  important indus­
try, and the  St.  Louis  mills  in  1876  manu­
factured  6,000,000  yards  of  jute-bagging.
The plant has also  become  valuable  to  pa­
per-makers,  and  within  five  years  170,000,- 
000 pounds weight of jute was converted in­
to paper. 
In 1882 St,  Louis  had  increased 
its jute-bagging to 13,000,000 yards, and sev­
eral jute mills  are  now  at  work  in  other 
cities in the South.  The  baling  of  the cot­
ton  crop 
in  1882  consumed  100,000,000 
pounds of jute.

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C row n.....................
No.  10..................... 1254  Masoilville  S ......... 10k
C oin......................... 10  Lonsd a l e ................
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16
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A nchor................... 15  Lonsd 
Nieto
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C en ten n ial............
8  Vieto r y J ................
B lackburn ............
D avol....................... 14  Victo ry   D ..............
London................... .1254  Victo ry  K ..............
2 k
P a c o n ia .................. 12  Phoerlix A .............. 19k
Red  Cross.............. 10  Phoer ix  B ..............
1054
.5
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Social  Im p erial... .16 

Albion,  solid.........
Albion,  g re y ......... ..6  *|gíouc esterm ourn’s
Allen’s  checks — ..554 H am i lton  fan cy ..
Ailen’s  fa n c y ....... ..554 Hart«il fan cy .........
Allen’s p in k .........: ..6 k  Merr: mac  D ..........
Allen’s p u rp le....... ..654 Mane lie ste r...........
A m erican, fan cy .. . ,5 k  ¡Grier tal  fa n c y ....
tal  robes__ ..6 k
Arnold fa n c y .........
Berlin solid............ .  5k  ¡Pacif c  robes......... . .6
n o n d ..............
Coeheeo  fancy — ..6  Richi 
R iver............ . .554
. .654 Steel
Cocheco ro b es.......
Conestoga fa n c y .. 
|!K & ington fancy
E d d y sto n e ............
Eagle  fan cy ........... ..5  Wash ington  blues
G arner p in k ..........
FINE B

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PRINTS.

IPhoer

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Jute is mixed with  cotton, linen  and silk.
It is a material part  of  twilled stair carpet­
ing and low priced  broadcloth. 
In  combin­
ation with other textiles, it imitates the gloss 
of Irish  linen, the luster of French silk, the 
beauty of Turkish rugs, and the  splendor of 
Axminster,  Kidderminster,  Brussels  and 
Venetian carpets.  Single  or  mixed  it  en­
ters into the manufacture  of  a  thousand ar­
ticles of commerce. 
In  1S72  there were in 
Dundee about 100 jute  mills  employing  up­
ward of 20,000  workmen,  and  manufactur­
ing more  than  180,000,000  pounds  of  jute 
annually. 
In the same year  nearly  50,000,- 
000 gunny bags, most  of  which  were made 
in Dundee, were  exported  from  Great Brit­
ain.  Of the 300,000,000 pounds of  jute that 
were manufactured in  the  United Kingdom 
in 1876,  200,000,000  pounds  were  woven in 
the mills of Dundee.  The  annual  value of 
the flax,  hemp  and  jute  manufactured  in 
Dundee is now $15,000,000.  The  jute  fac­
tories of Dundee have  created  a flourishing 
city,  giving  employment  to  thousands  of 
workmen, diffused  prosperity  throughout  a 
large community, promoted the commerce of 
Scotland in the importation  of  the  raw ma­
terial and the  exportation  of  the manufac­
tured product, and facilitated the movement 
of the cotton and  grain  crops of  the world.

The  Fall  o f   C o tto n   Prices.

An interesting  discussion  relative  to the 
fall  of  prices  is  found  in  Le  Cotton.  A 
cotton  dealer  in  New  York—evidently on 
the bear side—has argued in that paper that 
the  consumption  of  cotton  in  the  United 
States has increased 34  per cent, since 1879, 
and that the  present  low  prices  had  been 
caused  by  the  enormous  consumption  of 
cotton and consequent  production of  cotton 
goods, which, even in  times  of  the  greatest 
prosperity, would bring  about  a contraction 
of prices.  He  holds  the  opinion  that  the 
cotton prices must sink  further  before man­
ufacturers will find it  to  their  advantage to 
resume  production.  To  the  above  argu­
ments, a reply  is  published,  showing  that 
the cotton  crops  in  the  United  States  in­
creased about  300,000  bales  annually since 
1879, or about 7 per cent.,  the  average crop 
in five  years  having  been  6,097,000  bales.
The  increase  of  consumption  could,  there­
fore, not be the cause of the low prices,  and 
the course  of  American  bonds  and  the  dis­
count do  not  warrant  the  assumption that 
the planters were poorer now than last year. 
There is an abundance of  fabrics,  of wheat, 
but not of cotton.  The crisis which we pass 
is not a commercial  one, but of a temporary j 
stagnation due to  an accumulation of stocks 
through strained  production,  which,  in the 
course of years, have been left on the hands 
of the manufacturers.  The present price of 
cotton is attributed to  a gang  of speculators 
who  now  would  bear  the  market, and  in 
three months would  bull  it  again,  for  the 
sole reason  of  pocketing  the  profits  from 
illegitimate speculations.

M achine-M ade  Lace.

Machinery has lowered  the  prices  of  the 
jetted laces  one-half,  besides  removing  all 
necessity  of  vexing  one’s  conscience  as  to 
the question of  wnether  it  is  right  to wear 
anything so  destructive  to  the  eyes  of  the 
maker, and spoiling  all  the  pretty  phrases 
that have  been  made  about  the  narrowing 
effect  on the  mind  of  toil  so  tedious  and 
mechanical.  The lace is  as  pretty  as ever, 
and more durable, and  not  much more com­
mon, for the production  is still  limited, and 
is never likely to become excessive.

The reviled  bustle,  insensible  to  world­
wide  reprobation,  goes  on  increasing  tre­
mendously.

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Pepperell  R, 4-4... 
Pepperell  O, 7-8... 
Pepperell  N, 3-4...
Pocasset  C, 4-4__
Saranac  R ..............
Saranac  E ..............

A ppleton  A, 4-4... .  8 
Boston  F, 4-4.......
C ontinental C, 4-3 
C ontinental D, 40 i 
Conestoga W, 4-4...  'i 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  554 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  654 
Dwight  X, 3-4— ..  6
Dwight Y, 7-8.............654
Dwight Z, 4-4..........   7
Dwight Star, 4-4—   754 j 
E w ightS tar,40-in..  9 
E nterprise EE, 36..  554 
G reat Falls E, 4-4...  7
Farm ers’ A, 4-4.......6M
Indian  Orchard,  1-4  754
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Amossk e a g ............ .  8 
Johns
Amofskeag, Persia]a 
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Bates
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E x tra 7-8............
Gold Medal 4-4..
CCA  7-8..............
CT 4-4..................
RC 7-8.................
BF 7-8.................
AF4-4.................
Cordis AAA, 32. 
Cordis  ACA, 32. 
Cordis No. 1, 32. 
Cordis  No. 2—  
Cordis  No. 3—  
Cordis  No. 4
G arner ............
H ookset...........
Red  C ross.......
F orest G rove..
A m erican  A .. 
Stark A ............
B o sto n ............
E v erett  b lu e .. 
E verett  brown
Otis  AX A .......
Otis B B .......
M anville__
M asgnville.
Red  Cross.
B e rlin .......
G a rn e r__
B ro o k s............
C lark’s O. N. F .......55
J. & P.  C oats..........55
W illim antjc 6 cord.55 
Willim antic 3 cord. 40 
C harleston ball sew
’ in g  th re a d ............ 30 
A rm o ry ...................  754|Kearsage..................  8
Androscoggin sa t..  8% | N aum keagsatteen.  8
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Canoe R iver............  6  BjdjM
654 Pepperell s a t.......... 954
Clarendon.........
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Hallowell  Im p.
¡Lawrence sa t...........  854
Ind. Orch. Im p.
4lConegosat................  7
Laconia ............
mCHlGAS COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA’N.
Incorporated  Dec.  10,1877—Charter in   Force for 

1354 ¡Falls, X X X X ......... 18k
Falls, X X X ............ 15 lA
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Falls,  B B ................ n k
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Falls,  BBC, 36....... 19%
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Fails,  aw ning....... 19
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H am ilton,  BT, 32. 12
.10 H am ilton,  D ......... 9%
H am ilton,  H .........
.17 H am ilton  fan cy .. 10
.16 M ethuen A A ......... Vò%
.16 M ethuen ASA....... 18
.1454 Omega  A, 7-8......... 11
.15 Omega  A, 4-4......... 13
Omega ACA, 7-8... 14
.14 Omega ACA, 4-4... 16
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16 Omega SE, 4-4.......
.19 Omega M. 7 -8 ....... 22
.14 Omega M, 4-4......... .25
ShetucketSS&S3W  I l k
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Shetucket, S & SW .12
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Sbetucket,  SFS 
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Stock bridge  A __ 7
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GLAZED CAMBRICS.
....... 5 
lEmpire  ...........
(W ashington..
.........  5 
.........  5  Edw ards.........
......... 
|S. S. & S o n s...
.......17  50jOld  Ironsides
.........21541 W heatland ...
.........  754¡Otis  CC...........
........ 14  W arren  AX A
14  W arren  BB..
.........1254 W arren CC...
.........11541 York  fan cy ..
PAPER  CAMBRICS.
(S. S. & S o n s...
.........  6 
|G a rn e r...........
.........  6 
WIGANS.
754 ¡Thistle M ills.. 
lose................
54
.......  754l
SPOO L COTTON.

50  Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sew ing.30 
G reeh  &  D an iels...25
M e rrick s.................40
S taffo rd .................. 25
H all & M anning__ 25
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CORSET JEANS.

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GRAIN BAGS.

DENIMS.

Thirty Y ean.

LIST  OF  O FFICERS I

President—R a n so m  W. H a w l e y , of  © etroit. 
Vice-Presidents—Ch a s . E. S n e d e k e r , D etroit; 
L. W. A t k in s , G rand  Rapids ? I. N, A l e x a n ­
d e r , L ansing;  U. 8. L o r d , K alam azoo; H . E. 
Me e k e r , Bay City. 
Secretary  and  T reasurer—W.  N.  Me r e d it h ,
Board  of Trustees,  For One  Year—J. C. Pon­
tius, Chairman, S. A. Munoer, H. K. White 
For Two  Years—D. Morris,  A. W.  Culver.

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Hamilton 

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d e c k e r 's  S e lf-lia is in g  B u c k w h e a t

ink.

!  Is m ade from  best New Y ork and  Pennsylvania  stock.  Has  a  purple  label  printed  in  black

IK e c k e r’s  S e lf-H a ie in g  G riddle-Cals©  iF lour

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

For all uses w here a b a tte r is required, and for Muffins, Griddle  Cakes,  Waffles,  Puddings,  Ap­

ple, Peach, Fish or plain F ritters,  Etc.  H as a yellow label printed in green ink.

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

H e c lse r’s. S elf-lR aisin g  W2a.eat F lo u rs,

A little w ater, w ith the m eans of m aking a fire, being all th a t is  requisite  in 

secure a loaf of excellent lightbread or biscuits, etc.

S uperlative Boxes, holding 16 6 tt> p a p e rs......................................
New Process Brand—Boxes  holding 32 3 !b p a p e rs.. 
New Process Brand—Boxes holding 16 6 lb p a p p e rs..
Red B rand—Boxes holding 32 3 lb  p a p e rs...................
Red B rand—Boxes holding 16 6 lb p ap ers.....................
Blue B rand—Boxes holding 16 6 B>  p ap ers...................

any  situation  to
... 5  25 
...5   00 
...4   85 
...4   50 
...4   55 
...1   00

S e e k e r 's  R o lle d  W h e a t, o r W k e a te n . G rits

Surpasses all o ther p reparation of w heat fo r  producing  and  m aintaining  a  healthful,  active 

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

persons of sedentary habits.

Boxes holding 24 2 B> packages, $ 3.50 5P box,

H o o k e r’s P a rtly -G o  ok© d R o lle d  O ats.

Is m ade from  specially selected grain.  A very superior article.

Boxes holding 24 2 lb pkgs., $3,50 $  box.

S e e k e r ’s   P a r m a

Is m ade entirely from  w heat, and consists of granulated particles of the berry  adhering to the 

o u ter  pelicle a fte r crushing.  I t is  an especially n u tritious food fo r invalids

peucie ULLur crusuiu^.  alio au 
iju.\
and infants, and a m ost delicious desert w hen m ade into jelly or 

uuiuwuues iuuu 

blane  m ange, and served w ith sauce or  fru its.
Boxes holding 4 cartoons, 12 lib pps., each, $4.50.
Boxes  holding  24  1  pound  papers,  each,  $2.30.

S e e k e r ’s H o m in y  o r C o rn  G rits

Is m ade from  fine w hite flint corn.

Boxes holding 242 ib packages, $3.50 

box. 

PURITY AND STENGTH GUARANTEED.

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h

Is made from  P u re  Cream T artar.  I t is PERFECTLY HEALTHFUL, and its 

Baking Q ualities cannot be surpassed.

N. B.—We offer the trade every inducement  in  duality  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.
W e are  sole  Michigan 
agents for the  celebrated 
t42P” brand,  packed by  J. 
S.  FARREN  & CO.,  Bal­
timore, and  are  prepared 
to fill  orders  for  CAN  or 
BULK oysters at the low­
est  market  prices  either 
from  here  or  from  Balti­
more direct. NO BETTER 
GOODS  PUT UP.  H. M. 
BLIVEN  has  charge  of 
this department and  will 
give  your  orders  person­
al and  prompt  attention. 
W e solicit your order.

OYSTERS

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O IL  CLO TH S

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TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
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STRINGS, ETC.

I am represented on the  road  by  the  fol­
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gum,  A.  M.  Sprague,  J ohn  H.  E acker, 
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OATMEAL.

OIL.

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185 ftp k g s..................................................
362ft p k g s..................................................
Im perial bbls, steel c u t..........................
Q uaker b b ls...............................................
Steel  c u t....................................................
K erosene  W. W ........................................
Legal  te s t...............................
Choice in barrels m ed...............................
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Choice in 54 
Dingee’s qu arts glass fan cy ...................
Dingee’s pints 
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A m erican qt.  in G lass.............................
A m erican p t.in  G lass...............................
C. & B. English  q u a rts............................
C. & B. English  p in ts...............................
Chow Chow, m ixed and G erkins,  qu arts.
Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng

PICKLES.

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@3 75 
@3 25 
@5 25 
@6  75

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...3  40 
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...3   50 
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p ts..2   75
25@3  00 
@2  25 
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PIPES.

SALT.

RICE.

SOAP.

SAUCES.

SALERATUS.

Im ported Clay 3 gross............................:
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 gross............
A m erican  T. D..........................................
Ja p a n  .........................................................
Choice  C aro lin a......................................
P rim e  C arolina........................................
Ja v a   ...........................................................
P a t n a .........................................................
R a n g o o n ....................................................
Broken  ......................................................
DeLand’s  p u re ..........................................
C hurch’s  ..................................................
Taylor’s  G.  M ...........................................
Cap  Sheaf................... ...............................
D w ight’s ...................................................
Sea  F oam ..................................................
S., B. &L.’s  B est......................................
60 P o c k e t...................................................
28 P o ck et....................................................
100 3 ft  pockets.........................................
Saginaw F in e .................................v. .......
Diam ond C.................................................
Standard  Coarse......................................
A shton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s.........
A shton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s__
A m erican, dairy,  54 bu. b ag s................
Rock, bushels...........................................
Lee & P errin s  W orcestershire, pints.
Lee & P errin s W orcestershire,  54 pts.
Pieadilly,  54 p in ts....................................
P ep p er Sauce, red  sm all......................
P ep p er Sauce, green  ..............................
P esper Sauce, red large rin g .........,...
P eppdr Sauce, green, large rin g ... 
.
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  .......................
H orseradish,  54 p in ts..............................
H orseradish, p in ts...................................
Capers, French surflnes........................
Capers, F rench surflnes, la rg e ............
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  b o ttle...................
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  b o ttle...................
Olive Oil,  q u arts, A ntonia &  Co.’s __
Olive Oil, pints,  A ntonia & Co.’s .........
Olive Oil, 54 pints, A ntonia & Co.’s __
Celery Salt,  D urkee’s ............................
H alford Sauce, p in ts..............................
H alford Sauce,  54 p in ts..........................
Salad Dressing, D urkee’s, la rg e ...........
Salad D ressing, D urkee’s, sm all.........
Preserved G inger, Canton,  p in ts.......
Old Country, 80 bars, 80 fts.,  w rapped 
Old Country, 80 bars,80 fts..unw rapped
Old Country, 801 ft  b ars........................
Q ueen  A n n e.............................................
Cameo.........................................................
Monday  ......................................................
K irk’s A m erican  F a m ily ............^  ft
do. 
I n d ia ...........................................
do.  S a v o n ..........................................
d o .,  S a tin e t........................................
do.  R e v e n u e ....................................
do.  W hite R ussian..........................
P roctor & G am ble’s I v o r y ..................
Jap an   O liv e .........
Town Talk 
IP box
Golden B ar............
A rab........................
A m ber.....................
M ottled  G erm an..
P ro c ter & G am ble’s V elvet.
P ro cter & G am ble’s Good L uck...........
P ro cter & G am ble’s Wash  W ell..........
B adger...............................................60 fts
G alv an ic....................................................
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft b r
Tip T op............................... ..........3 ft b ar
W ard’s W hite L ily...................................
H andkerchief...........................................
B abbitt’s ..................................................
Dish R a g .................................................
B lu in g .......................................................
M agnetic............................................. .
New  French  P ro cess..............................
Spoon  .........................................................
A nti-W ashboard......................................
V aterlan d ..................................................
M agic...........................................................
P ittsb u i'g h .................................................
Old C ountry...............................................
Acme, 701 ft  b a rs....................................
Acme, 25 3 ft b a rs.....................................
Towel, 25 bars  ..........................................
N apkin, 25  b a rs........................................
B est A m erican, 601 ft blocks................
Palm a 60-1 ft blocks, p la in .....................
Sham rock, 100 cakes,  w rapped............
M aster, 100-94 ft c a k e s ........................
Stearine, 100  % ft cak es........................
M arseilles, w hite, 100 94 ft  cak es.........
Cotton Oil, w hite, 100 % ft  cak es.........
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, w rapped............
G erm an  M ottled, w rapped...................
Savon, Republica, 60 ft b o x ...................
Blue D anube, 60-1 ft blocks.................
London Fam ily, 60-1 ft  blocks............
London Fam ily, 3-lb bars 80 f t..............
London Fam ily, 4-ft bars 80  f t..............
Gem, 100 cakes, w rap p ed ......................
Nickel, 100 cakes, w rapped...................
Climax, 100 cakes,  w rap p ed.................
Boss, 100 cakes,  w rapped......................
M arseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in  box
A 1  Floating, 60  cak es............................

Lautz  Bros. & Co.

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SPICES.
Whole.

Ground.

P e p p e r..............
A llsp ice............
C a ssia...............
N u tm eg s..........
Cloves  ..............
P e p p e r.......
A llsp ice........................................
Cinnam on  ...................................
C loves...........................................
G inger............................. ..............
M u stard .......................................
C ayenne........................................
G ilbert’s Gloss l f t .....................

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CRAMPED  BY  CHEESE.

Fruitridge  li«-sponsible  for  Another  Case 

of  Poisoning.
From  the M arshall Statesm an.

Last Saturday an auction was held  at  the 
farm of James Cook,  north  of  Ilomer,  and 
among the articles set forth for the  delecta­
tion of all assembled was a cheese.  A num­
ber evidently  believed  that  the  cheese  was 
digestible,  and  freely sampled it. 
In about 
two  hours  after  the cheese was brought out 
the  fun  commenced.  Many  were  taken 
deathly  sick,  and,  like  the  sea-sick  man, 
sought  a quiet place where they could  com­
mune with nature and get rid of the contents 
of their stomachs in an unobtrusive manner. 
Although at first they persisted  in  keeping 
up,  the  excessive  pain  and  nausea  finally 
prostrated  them  and  hastily 
improvised 
couches were spread for them in  the  house,
Drs. Lane, Bangham and Higby were sum­
moned from Homer,  and were kept  busy  in 
attending to the wants  of  the  sick  in  that 
place until summoned to  neighboring  town­
ships to visit persons who, after eating cheese 
at the auction, had gone home and been taken 
sick on the way.  S. G. Bennett,  of  Claren­
don, ruptured a blood vessel in vomiting and 
for  a  time  his  life was despared of.  Mrs. 
Geo.  Briggs,  of  this  city,  was among  the 
very ill.  The calls for the  physicians  were 
at last so frequent that they were obliged  to 
give  advice  as  to  treatment  and  send  the 
messengers  back  alone.  The (prescriptions 
were directed to assisting nature in throwing 
off the unnatural Ipad, keeping the  stomach 
properly stimulated, and required the use of 
alkalies.  All were out of danger  the  same 
In  de­
day, but the work was  very  lively. 
scribing  his  feelings  for  days  after 
the 
event, one patient said he felt  as  if  he  had 
undergone a severe pounding.

The casus b e lli was purchased at a village 
grocery and was manufactured at Fruitridge, 
Mich., by O. B. Horton.  This  is not the first 
cheese  from  that  place  that  has  proved  in­
jurious, and the entire lot made at  the  time 
was poisoned by some chemical changes  not 
yet accounted for.  Several persons in Jack- 
son  were  poisoned  from eating  cheese  pur­
chased  at  Fruitridge,  and, though no  fatal 
effects have ensued, it was due more to good 
luck than to care on the part  of  the  manu­
facturer.  The moral of this incident is that 
if  you  wish  to be perfectly sure that a cer­
tain cheese is all right, observe its effects  on 
others before using it.

The  Dairymen’s  Convention.

Letters  commending  the proposed  dairy­
men’s convention  continue  to  reach this of­
fice by almost every mail, and  the prospects 
are that the meeting will  be  even more of a 
success than the most enthusiastic dairymen 
now  anticipate.  The  majority  of  those 
heard from favor Grand  Kdpids  as  the  first 
place  of  meeting,  and  in  case  this  city  is 
designated as the place  of meeting, the bus­
iness men of the place will  see  that the vis­
itors  receive  a  welcome  befitting  the  im­
portant  industry  they  represent.  C.  B. 
Lambert,  the  East  Saginaw  dairyman,  is 
sending the following  letter  to  those  inter­
ested in the  matter  in  the  Eastern  part  of 
the State:  “ I take the  liberty  of writing to 
you as we  wish  to  know  what  your  views 
are regarding the  advisability  of organizing 
a State Dairymen’s  Association, and calling 
a  convention  for  that  purpose.  Michigan 
has many advantages  for  becoming  a  dairy 
state, but at present  her  dairy  products  do 
not rate No.  1.  The reason  for  this  is that 
the industry lacks  system  and  is  not fully 
developed, and the products are not brought 
up to a standard  with  the  products of other 
states.  We feel  confident  that  an  associa­
tion of this kind would be a step  toward de­
veloping her resources, as one of  the results 
of  such  organization  would  be  the  estab­
lishment  of  a  Dairy  Board  of  Trade  and 
market, which would  bring  quicker  returns 
for cheese and butter, and  open  up  a  direct 
dairy route  with  eastern,  western  and  for­
eign markets.”

A  Great  Merchant’s  Opinion  on  Business.
F.  B.  Thurber,  of  the  firm of Tliurber, 
Whyland & Co.,  the  largest  wholesale  gro 
eery house in America, writes as  follows  of 
the present slackness  in  trade  and  the  im­
provement noted since  election, incidentally 
suggesting a remedy for  some  of  the  evils 
which are alleged to  exist:  “ Business,  as  a 
whole, has improved with  us since the  elec­
tion. 
In  some  manufacturing  localities, 
special  lines  of  work  are  depressed,  and 
trade  is  dull.  But  our trade extends  into 
every state and territory, and, considered  as 
a whole, the situation has improved of  late, 
and  we  think  is  permanently  improving. 
While  the  prices  of  produce  are low,  the 
prices of merchandise,  which  is  purchased 
with the proceeds of  the  produce,  are  also 
low, and one thing,  in a  great  measure, off­
sets the other.  Our opinion is that the dull 
times have been caused by  the  combination 
of over-production, the presidential  election 
and over  taxation.  The  first  is  gradually 
curing itself through the natural  process  of 
consumption  catching up with production as 
soon as manufacturers curtail  their  output. 
Stocks are now,  in  most  lines,  pretty  low, 
and we think another  period  of  activity  is 
now approaching.  The presidential election 
is out of the way, but our  excessive  federal 
taxation, which has been heaping up  money 
in the treasury unnecessarily,  and  forced  a 
contraction  of  the  currency  by compelling 
the paying off of the bonds  upon  which  the 
bank currency is based,  should  be  stopped 
by  wiping  out  the  entire internal revenue 
system, which would give the  necessary  re­
duction of revenues with  less  derangement 
of our manufacturing  industries  than  a  re­
duction of the tariff would, and we could  be 
then governed by circumstances  as  to  what 
further steps are necessary.”

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

A pples—Firm er, and about 50c 5P bbl. higher, 
on account of b e tte r dem and fo r red  and  w in­
te r  varieties.  A  choice  article  readily  com­
m ands $2 $  bbl.

Beesw ax—Small dem and a t  30c.
B uckw heat—$5.25 ^  bbl.
Beans—No  local  dem and.  Unpicked  com ­
m and 75@$1, and choice picked find good ship­
ping dem and a t SI.40.

B u tter—Cream ery is scarce and slow  sale  a t 
30c,  and good dairy is  very  plenty,  com m and­
ing 18@20c for rolls and 16@18c fo r packed.

B u tterin e—R ather  slow  sale,  on  account 
of th e g reat am ount o f good  b u tter in m arket. 
Solid packed  cream ery  com m ands  22c,  b u t  is 
eclipsed  as  regards  sales  by th e dairy grade, 
which  sells  readily  a t  18@19c for choice rolls 
and 16@18c fo r choice packed.
Beets—No shipping dem and.
Clover  Seed—No  local  shipping  dem and. 
D ealers are paying  $3.59@4  fo r  good to fancy 
stock.

Cabbages—$4@$5 $  100.
Celery—V ery little really choice on  th e  m ar­

ket.  Selling for 20@25c.

Cheese—Stocks are  large and fully  equal  to 
th e  w ants  of  the  trade.  F ull  cream   stock 
readily com m and 1254@13c, while skim   find oc­
casional sale a t from  8@9c.

C ranberries—Firm   a t  $13.50  fo r  bell  and 
cherry,  and  $14.50  fo r  Cape  Cod  or  bell  and 
bugle.

Eggs—T olerably dull, on account of th e  p re­
vailing w arm  w eather,  w hich  stim ulates  lay­
ing, and com pels those w ho w ere holding th eir 
stocks for the holiday trade to throw   them   on 
the  m ark et w ithout  delay.  F resh stock  com­
m ands  22c, and limed are  freq u e n tly   p refe rr­
ed a t 20c.

G rapes—Catawbas are about played o at.
Hops—D esirable State hops com m and 18©20c, 

b u t  offerings are  light.

H oney—Choice new is firm a t 15c.
H ay—$9@$ll for new, and  $11@$12  fo r  bail­

ed.

ft for choice.

Mince M eat—7@8c $  H> according to  quality.
Onions—$1.50 $1 bbl. fo r yellow or red.
Pop Corn—3c 
P otatoes—Still sick. T here is a trifle im prove­
m ent  in  several  m arkets,  b u t  the  advance 
does  n o t  cover  the  additional  expenses  in 
tran sportation, incident to  th e  cold  w eather.
P oultry—Fowls,  9@10c.  Chickens,  10@llc. 

T urkeys, 11c.  Ducks, 14c.

Squash—Slow sale a t 14c $  ft.
Sweet Potatoes—Not desirable goods  to h an­
dle, a t present, on account of th e ir  perishable 
qualities.  K iln  dried  goods  will  soon  be  in 
m arket.  Jerseys are firm er and  higher, selling 
readily  a t  @$5.  Illinois com m ands  $4 
bbl.

T urnips—25c <p bu.
Tim othy—No shipping dem and,  and  dealers 

buy only fo r prospective w ants.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

W heat—2c  low er this  week.  L ancaster,  75; 

Fulse and Clawson, 72c.

Corn—Jobbing generally a t 46e in 100 bu. lots 

and 40@43c in carlots.

Oats—W hite, 33c in small lots and 30c  in  car- 

lots.

Rye—52®54c <$f bu.
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—Unchanged.  Fancy P a te n t,$5.50 <jf? bbl. 

in sacks  and  $5.75  in  wood.  S traight, $4.50 
bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 $  cwt.
Mill Feyd—Screenings, $14  <¡9 ton.  Bran, $13
ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 

Corn and Oats, $23 $  ton.

TRAMWAY  PLUG.

Unprecedented  Success  of the  Brand.
The  demand  for  Messrs.  Cody,  Ball  & 
Co.’s  celebrated  brand  of  plug  tobacco, 
which at first was confined almost exclusive­
ly to the patrons  of  that  house, has  grown 
enormously until now “ Tramway ” is found 
on the shelves  of  nearly  every groceryman 
within two hundred miles of  Grand Itapids. 
In fact' the  tobacco  has  proved  to  be the 
best selling brand sent out from this market, 
and no little difficulty  has been experienced 
in getting the  goods  from  the  factory fast 
enough  to  supply  the  increasing demands 
of  the  trade.  With  the  almost  countless 
number of  brands  on  the  market,  the suc­
cess of  “ Tramway ”  is almost  phenominal, 
and this fact  speaks  well  for  the  general 
excellence of the gsods, while  the universal 
satisfaction it gives to  both  dealer and con­
sumer  is  sufficient  proof  that  its  present 
high rate of  sale  will  be  continued  almost 
indefinitely.  Those  who  have  not  yet had 
an opportunity to test  its  merits as a seller, 
would do well to order  a  sample  butt  with­
out delay.  See quotations under  Price Cur­
rent on grocery page.

The  Grocery  Market.

The volume of  business  has  steadily im­
proved during  the  past  week,  and  there is 
every  indication  of  a  large  and  profitable 
holiday  trade.  No  complaints  are  heard 
over collections, which is considered a favor­
able omen  for  the  future.  Sugars  remain 
about steady, the most important change be­
ing the usual  advance in  raisins, incident to 
this season of  the  yoar.  Trout  and  wh ite- 
fish  have  also  advanced  somewhat.  Ar- 
buckle’s and other roasted coffees are off J4c.
Florida  oranges  are  plenty  and  cheap. 
Lemons are  also  low.  Figs  are  about lc. 
off.  Peanuts are a shade  lower.  Almonds, 
filberts, walnuts and  cocoanuts are all high­
er.  Brazils are bound to go higher.
Brief  Answers  to  Occasional  Correspond­
Gid. Kellogg—Yes, it  is now plain  to see 
why you have attained  success,  both  in the 
field of  circumlocution  and  business.  You 
are an Ohio man.

ents.

W. T. Lamoreaux—No, the  distinction of 
being  the  “ best  agricultural  liar  in  the 
country”  does  not  belong  to  you,  but  is 
monopolized  by  ihe  glib-tongued  Jumbo­
framed Gid. Kellogg.

John  J.  Sours—Yes,  Chicago  is  a  great 
place  for  dime  museums,  and  as  you-are 
partial to ladies with  fat arms  it might be a 
good idea  to “ take in ”  the Wicked City on 
your wedding trip.

John C. Kendall—Yes, we  have  heard  of 
the song beginning “We never speak  as  we 
pass by;”  but we never supposed  such  cool­
ness could exist between you  and  your for­
mer legal friend and adviser,  Tom.  Carroll.
The duty on sugar, molasses,  etc., for the 

fiscal year 1883, was about $46,000,000.

AXLB  GREASE.

“ 
“ 

25
45
35
65

CANNED  FISH.

CANNED FRUITS.

BAKING  POWDER.

“ 
.......
-----
“  
BROOMS.

Frazer’s .............................................................  85
D iam ond...........................................................  60
M o d o c__ $  doz..............................................  55
P arag o n ...  $  doz...........................................   70
P aragon, 20 ft  p ails........................................  60
A rctic %  ft can s..............................................$  doz. 45
A rctic 54 ft c an s................................................. 
75
A rctic 14 ft cans.  .  ...........................................  1 40
2  40
A rctic  1 ft  can s........................
A rctic 5  ft can s........................
BLUING.
.doz.
Dry, No. 2.............................................. doz.
.doz.
Dry, No. 3...................................
doz.
Liquid, 4 oz,...............................
.doz.
Liquid, 8 oz........................................... doz.
gross 4  00
A rctic 4 oz.................................
A rctic 8  oz..............................................................   8 00
A rctic 16 oz........................................................   12 00
A rctic No. 1 pepper box.
2 00 
....  3  00 
A rctic No. 2 
....  4  50
A rctic No. 3 
2 50
No. 1 C arpet........................................... .... 
2  75
No. 1  P arlor G em ................................. ... 
200
No. 1 H u rl................................................... 
1  75
No. 2 H url  ................................................. 
Fancy W hisk......................................... . . . .  
n o
Common W hisk.................................... ,... 
85
Clams, l f t   sta n d ard s....................................1  40
Clams, 2 ft  sta n d ard s....................................2  65
Clam Chowder,  3 f t .................................. ............2  20
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  stan d ard s............ .........1  10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s....................   1  95
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack  filled.......... ..........   75
Cove O ysters, 2 ft slack filled......................1  25
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic............................. ..........1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r ................................. .........2  25
Lobsters, 2 ft s ta r ........................................... 3  25
Mackerel, l f t   fresh   sta n d ard s...................1  00
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s...................6  50
M ackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t................. 3  25
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard..............................3 25
M ackerel, 3 ft broiled.....................................3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r........................1  40
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r........................2  60
Salmon, 1 ft  S acram ento............................. 1  50
Salmon, Win. H um e’s E agle.......................  1  85
Sardines, dom estic 54s................................... 
614
Sardines,  dom estic  14s........................—  
1314
Sardines,  M ustard  14s.....................................  12
Sardines,  im ported  14s...................................   14
Sardines, im ported 14s.....................................  20
Sardines, im ported 14s, boneless...................  32
Sardines, R ussian  k e g s.................................   55
T rout. 3 ft  brook..........................................  2  75
Apples, 3 ft sta n d a rd s...................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards, E rie...................2 50
BlackbeiTies, sta n d ard s...................................1 15
Blackberries,  E rie .............................................1 55
Cherries, Erie, re d ............................................. 1 30
Cherries, E rie,w hite w a x ................................  1 90
Cherries, F rench  B randy, q u a rts................. 2 50
Cherries, W hite..................................................3 55
D am sons.............................................................. 1 10
Egg  Plum s, standards 
................................1  35
Egg Plum s,  E rie................................................ 1 45
G ooseberries, K ra ft’s B e st............................. 1 00
......, ........1 40
G reen  Gages, standards 2 ft.
.........1  50
G reen Gages,  E rie..........................
.........3  10
Peaches,  B ran d y ..............
.........2  40
Peaches, E x tra Yellow ...
Peaches,  sta n d ard s........................................... 1 75
Peaches,  seconds...............................................1 50
Pie Peaches,  K ensett’s .................................... 1 10
P ears. B artlett, E rie ......................................... 1 70
Pineapples,  E rie................................................ 2 20
Plum bs, Golden  D rop.....................................  2 85
Q u in ces................................................................1 45
R aspberries, Black,  E rie .................................1 45
R aspberries, Red,  E rie.................................... 1 40
Straw berries,  E rie.............................................1 35
.1  40
W hortleberries, M cM urphy’s ................
CANNED  FRUITS—CALIFORNIA,
.2  60 
A pricots, L usk’s ........................................
.2  50 
Egg  P lu m s..................................................
.2  50 
G rapes  .........................................................
.2  50 
G reen G a g e s..............................................
.3  00 
P ears  ...........................................................
.2  90
Q u in ces.......................................................
P e a c h e s................................................................3 00
A sparagus, O yster B ay....................................3 25
..................1  65
Beans, Lima,  E rie ............ 
1  tm
.  90 
Beans, String, E r ie .........
.  90 
Beans, Lima,  stan d ard ..
.  90 
Beans, Stringless,  E rie..
.1  60
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked.................
...........1  15
Corn,  E rie..........................
Corn, Red  Seal..........-...........................
......1 10
......1  10
Corn,  A cm e.................................... —
......1 10
Corn, R evere..........................................
00
Mushrooms, French,  100 in  case__
Peas, Early ex tra,  sm all sifted  E rie .........2 25
Peas, French, 100 in c a s e ................................23 00
Peas, M arrofat, sta n d ard .................................I  40
Peas, B e a v e r ...................................................  75
P eas, early small, sifted .................................. 1 60
..1 00
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden............................
.......... 1 10
Rhubarb,  E rie..........................
..................1  25
Squash, E r ie .............................
Succotash, E rie ........................ .
.............1 20
Succotash, sta n d ard .................
l ó’o
Tom atoes,Red S eal............
CHOCOLATE.
Boston  prem iu m ............................ ...........  @36
Baker’s prem iu m ............................ ...........  @40
R u n k les............................................. ...........  @35
Germ an  sw eet................................. ...........  @25
V ienna Sw eet................................... ...........  @25
G reen R io.......................................... .......12  @14
G reen Ja v a........................................ .......17  @27
Green M ocha..................................... .......25  @27
Roasted R io...................................... .......10  @17
Roasted  J a v a ................................... .......24  @32
Roasted  M ar..................................... .......17  @19
Roasted M ocha................................. .......  @32
Roasted M ex..................................... .......1754 @20
G round  R io...................................... .......954®17
A rbuckle’s ........................................ .......  @15*4
X X X X ............................................... .......  @15*4
D ilw orth’s ........................................ .......  @15*4
L evering’s ........................................ .......  @15^4
M agnolia..........................................
.......  @15*4
72 foot Ju te   ____ 1  25 
|60 foot C otton___ 1  75
60 foot  J u te ....... 1  05 
¡50 foot C otton____1  50
FISH.
Bloaters, Smoked Y arm outh....... ..............  90.
Cod, w h o le........................................ ...........4*/4@5
Cod, Boneless................................... ..............5©7’4
Cod, pickled,  Vi  b b ls....................... ..............3 25
H a lib u t............................................. ..............  13
H erring Vi  b b ls............................... ..............2  50
H erring,  Scaled............................... ..............20@21
H erring,  H olland........................... 
@80
Mackerel, No. 1, Vi b b ls.................................5 00
Mackerel, No. 1,  12  ft  k its ............................1 00
Shad,  54 b b l ....................................................
2  50 
4 50 
T rout, No.  1,  54  bb ls....................................
90 
T rout, No. 1,12  ftT iits.................................
W hite, No. 1,54 b b ls ....................................
6  00 
2  50 
W hite, Fam ily,  54 b b ls.................................
85
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its .................................
W hite,  No. 1,12  ft k its...................................1 00

CANNED VEGETABLES.

CORDAGE.

COFFEE.

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

“ 

140

FRUITS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
“ 
“  
“
“ 
“ 

Je nnings’ 2 oz.......................
4 oz.......................
6 oz....................... ..................2  50
8 o z ....................... ..................3 50
No. 2  T ap er....... ................. 1  25
No.  4 
....
................. 1  75
Vi p in t  round..
................. 4  50
..................9 00
1
No.  8................... ..................3  00
No. 1 0 ................
.......  ....... 4  25

Lemon.  Vanilla.
__ doz.l  00 
..................1  50  2 50
4  00
5  00
1  50
3  00
7  50
15  00
4  25
6  00
Apples, M ichigan....................................
@554 
©8 
Apples, Dried, York State, evap., bbls 
Apples, Dried, Y ork State,  evap., box
@10 
Cherries, dried,  p itte d ............................
@16 
C itro n .........................................................
@37 
C urrants, crop  1884.................................
@554 
13@14 
Peaches, dried  ............ ...........................
(^554 
Prunes, T urkey........................................
@654 
P runes, T urkey, new ..............................
9@U 
Prunes, French, 50 ft  boxes..................
@1054 
Raisins, V alencias...................................
@13 
Raisins,  O ndaras....................................
9  @10 
Raisins,  S u ltanas..........................
@3  15 
Raisins, Loose  M uscatels...........
@3  45 
Raisins, London L ay ers..............
@3  80 
Raisins, Im perial C abinets.........
Raisins, D enesias..........................
@4  25 
Raisins, Dehesias, 54 b oxes.........
@1  50
G rand  H aven,  No.  9, sq u a re..........................2 25
Grand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u a re..........................1  50
G rand  H aven,  No.  200,  p arlo r...................... 2 50
G rand  H aven,  No.  300, p a rlo r...................... 3  76
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ..........................2 25
Richardson’s No. 2  sq u a re..............................2  70
Richardson’s No. 3  do 
................................2 55
................................170
Richardson’s No. 5  do 
................................2 70
Richardson’s No. 6  do 
Richardson’s No. 8  do 
................................170
................................2 55
Richardson’s No. 9  do 
R ichardson’s No. 4 ro u n d ............................... 2  70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
............................... 2 55
R ichardson's No. 754 do 
............................... 1  70
Richardson’s No. 30, 3 g ro ............................... 2 00
Richardson’s No. 312  g r o .................................1  26
E lectric P ailo r No. 17.........................................3 20

MATCHES.

MOLASSES.

Black  S tra p .....................................
P orto  R ico.....................v .............
New  Orleans,  good..... ..................................44@45
New Orleans, choice..................................     ,50@62
New  Orleans,  fa n c y .......................................65@60

54  bbls. 4c ex tra.

Special prices on 1,000 ft orders.

@5
@424
@654
@6
@7
@7
@624
@654
@754
@554

@ 8
@854
@8
@654
@654
@624
@4
@654
@324
@6
@7
@654
@7
@4

“ 3 ft cartoons...................
“ 
“  c ra te s..............................
*• 
“  b u lk ..................................
“ 
“ 
Corn, 1 f t...................................
N iagara L aundry, 40 ft box,  b u lk .......
“  Laundry, bbls, 186  fts..............
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages..............
Gloss,  36 3 
“ 
p ackages...........
Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft c ra te __
“ 
“ 
Corn, 40 1 ft  packages............
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package.......................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package.......................
Muzzy  Glos8 6 ftb o x e s..........................
Muzzy Gloss b u lk ....................................
Muzzy Corn  l f t ........................................
K ingsford  Silver Gloss..........................
K ingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  b o x ..........
K ingsford C orn........................................
Oswego  G loss...........................................
M irror  G loss.............................................
M irror  Gloss, co rn ...................................
Piel’s P e a rl................................................
A m erican Starch Co.’s
1 ft  G loss....................................................
10 oz  G loss.................................................
3 1b  Gloss....................................................
6 1b Gloss, wood  boxes............................
Table C orn.......................................40 ft
Table  C orn......................................20  ft
B anner, b u lk ............................................
Rising  Sun g ro ss..5 88|Dixon’s gross.
U n iv ersal............... 5  88 Above ® dozen
I X L ............ ............5  501
Cut  L oaf....................................................
Cubes  .........................................................
@  754 
P o w d ered ..................................................
@  7 
G ranulated,  S tan d ard............................
@  624 
G ranulated, Fine  G rain.........................
@  654 @ 654 
Confectionery A ......................................
Standard A .................................................
@ 6 
New  O rleans  A
6
E x tra C, W hite..........................................  524@  6
E x tra C .................................................. . 
554@  624
Fine  C.........................................................   5J4@  554
Yellow C......................................................  5  @  5££
Corn,  B arrels............................................ 
32
Corn, 54 bbls............................................... 
34
Corn,  10 gallon kegs.................................   @  36
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s...................................  @1  85
Corn, 454 gallon k eg s................. ............   @1  65
P u re  S u g ar.........................................bbl  22@  38
P u re Sugar D rips..........................54  bbl  30®  36
P u re Sugar  D rips................. 5 gal kegs  @1  85
P u re Loaf Sugar D rips................54 bbl  @  95
Pure Loaf Sugar................6 gal kegs  @1 85

st o Ve   p o l i s h .

SYRUPS.

SUGARS.

' 

TEAS.

PLUG.

SMOKING.

TOBACCO—FINE CUT.  •

Ja p a n   o rd in ary ...............................................20@25
Ja p an  fa ir to good......................................... 30@37
Ja p an  fine.........................................................40@50
Ja p a n  d u st........................ ..............................15@20
Y oung H yson...................... ........................... 30@50
G un Pow der..................................................... 35@5o
O o lo n g ....................................................... 33®55@60
C ongo................................................................25@30
State  Seal..................................................   @60
B rother  Jo n a th a n ...................................  @32
Diamond  Crow n......................................   @58
Rose B u d ....................................................  @50
O.  K .............................................................  @45
O ur  B ird....................................................  @30
P e a c h e s......................................................  @38
M orrison’s  F ru it......................................   @50
V ic to r.........................................................   @60
Red  B ird....................................................   @52
O pera Q ueen.............................................   @40
Sweet Rose.................................................  @45
G reen  B ack...............................................  @38
F r u i t ...........................................................  @33
O So  Sw eet................................................   @31
P rairie  F low er..........................................  @65
Climber [light and  d a rk ].......}.............   @62
M atchless..................................................   @65
H ia w a th a ..................................................   @67
Globe...........................................................  @70
Ain,-May Flower
@70 
H ero.............................   .
@45 
A tla s ...........................................
@35 
Royal G am e...............................................
@38 
Silver  T hread..........................................
@67 
Seal..............................................................
@60 
K en tu ck y .......................................1.^..!
@30 
Mule  E a r....................................................
@67 
Peek-a-Boo................................................’
@32 
Peek-a-Boo,  54  b arre ls............................
@30 
Clipper, Fox’s ...........................................
@32 
Clipper, Fox’s, in half b arre ls..............
@30 
F o u n tain ....................................................
@74 
Old Congress.............................................
@64 
Good  L u ck ..............................................   ’
@52 
Good and Sw eet....................................... |
@45 
Blaze  A w ay...............................................
@35 
H air L ifte r..........................................’ ’ ’'
@30 
Old Glory,  lig h t........................................
@60 
Charm of  the W est, d a rk ......................
@60 
Governor, in 2 oz tin   fo il......................
@60
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12.......
@46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12.......
@46
Red Star, flat, 3x12...................................
@46
Red Star, black. 24 oz..............................
@45
Old Five Cent T im es...............................
@38
T ram w ay....................................................
@48
Big Sevens, dime c u ts........................
@45
Black D iam ond........................................
@35
T rotter, rum  flavor..........................
@70
Boot  ...........................................................
@44
B. F. P .’s  F av o rite...................................
@48
Old K en tu ck y ...........................................
@48
Big F our,  2x12..........................................
@43
Big Four, 3x12......................................
@48
Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12......................
@46
Turkey, 16 oz.,  2x12.................................
@48
Blackbird, 16 oz.,  3x12............................
@35
Seal of Grand R apids.............................
@48
Glory  .........................................................
@48
D u rh am ......................................................
@48
Silver  Coin...................................... .
@50
B uster  [D ark]...........................!..!!!!!
@36
Black Prince [D ark]......................
@36
Black R acer  [D ark]......................."  ’ ’'
@36
Leggett & M yers’  S ta r...........................'
@46
C lim ax ...............................................
@48
Hold F a s t .....................................
@46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield.................. ! . . . "
@46
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  cads____ _
@•51
Cock of the W alk  6s...............................
@37
Nobby T w ist....................................... . . "
@48
N im rod.................................................
@46©46
A c o rn ......................................
Red Seal............................................ .
@46
Crescent  .................................................
@44
B lack  X ...............................................
@35
Black  Bass........................................
@40
S pring.............................................. ...IIY .
@48
G rayling, all  sty les.................................
@48
M ackinaw ..................................................
@47
H orse Shoe.............................................. .*
@44
H air L ifte r..............................................”
@36
D. and D., black..............! ..!! !! !
@36
McAlpin’s G reen  Shield......................   '
@46
Ace  H igh, b lack ......................................
@35
Sailors’  Solace.........................................
@46
. 
Tram w ay, 3  oz..........................................
@40
Ruby, cu t Cavendish.  3  oz............. !!!.
@35
Boss  ..............................  ..........................
@15
P eck’s  S un.......................! !! .!! ! .
@18
M iners and  P u d d lers.............................
@30
M orning D ew ...........................................
@26
Chain  .....................................................
@22
Seal of G rand  R adids.................! !.....!
@25
K ing....................................
@30
F lir t......................................
@28
P u g ..........................................
@30
Ten Penny D urham ,  54 and 54..............
@24
Am ber,  54  and l f t ....................................
@15
John  Gilpin,  g ran u lated .......................
@18
Lime K iln  Club........................................
@47
Blackwell’s D urham  Long  C u t.......!..
@90
V anity  F a ir...............................................
@90
D im e.................................................
18@25
P eerless................. ..............................’. ’ |
@25
Standard ............................
@22
Old  Tom ..................................... " I ! ! ! ’....'
@21
Tom & J e r r y ......................................
@24
Jo k e r.......................................................    ’
@25
T raveler................................................ ]. '
@35
M aiden............................................... ”  *"
@25
T o p sy ................................................!.!..!
@27
Navy  C lippings........................................
@26
B oots..................................................
@30
H oney D e w ......................................
@25
Gold  B lock.........................................' ”  ’
@32
Camp F i r e .............................................. ['
@25
O ronoko....................................................
@19
Nigger  H ead.............................................
@26
D urham , 54 f t .......................... .  .............
@60
@57
@55
@51
@22
@16
@30
@26
@26
@28
@23
@22
@32
@30
@25
@26
@28
@26
@37
@20
@22
@25
@55
@55
@25
@26
@25
@40
@50
@48
@‘13
@42
@27
@24
@22
@24
@24
@24
@28
@25
24
23
23
20

H o lla n d ......................................
G e rm a n ......................................................
Long T om ..........................................’"  ’ ’.
N ational.....................................................
T im e ...........................................................
Love’s D ream ...........................................
C onqueror  .................................................
Fox’s ...................................................’ ’ .
G ra y lin g ....................................................
Seal S kin....................................................
Dime D u rh a m ..........................................
Rob R oy........................................... ..........
Uncle  Sam ................................................
L u m b e rm a n .............................................
Railroad Boy.............................................
M ountain R ose........................................
Good  E nough...........................................
Home Com fort, 54s and  54s...................
Old  Rip, long  c u t....................................
D urham ,  long  cut, No.  2......................
Two  Nickle, 54s........................................
Two  Nickle, 54s........................................
Star D urham .............................................
Golden Flake Cabinet.............................
Seal o f N orth Carolina, 2 oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 4  oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 8  oz.................
Seal of N orth Carolina, 16 oz  b o xes...
Big Deal, 54s  longcut.............................
A pple Jack,  54s  g ran u lated .................
King Bee, longcut,  54s and 54s............
M ilwaukee Prize, bis and 54s................
Good Enough, 5c and 10c  D urham __
D urham , S., B. & L,  54 s and 5is............
R attler, lo n g cu t........................................
W indsor c u t  p lu g ....................................
Mule E a r ....................................................
H ia w a th a ..................................................
Old C ongress.............................................
A cm e............................... ...........................
P u re  Cider.................................................
W hite  W ine...............................................
1776 ¡¡8 f t ......................................................
G illett’s $  f t .............................................
Soapine p k g ...............................................
P earline 5P b o x ..........................................
La vine, single boxes, 481 ft  p a p e rs...
Lavine, 5 or m ore  boxes, 481 ft p ap’rs 
Lavine, single  boxes, 100 6 oz papers.
Lavine, 5 or m ore boxes, 100 6  oz  pap 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 54 ft p ap ers..
Lavine, 5 or m ore boxes, 80 54 ft paprs
Twin Bros.......... 1  65  IW ilsons................. 1  65
M agic..................1  75 
............ 1  65
iN ational   
MISCELLANEOUS.
95
B ath Brick im p o rte d ...................
65
A m erican...................
B arley...............................................
@3 
B urners, No. 1 ...............................
1  10 
1  50 
No.  2...............................
8  00 
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ra n d ..,
Condensed Milk,  Swiss..............
7  50 
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft c a n s...
@25 
Candles, S ta r.................................
@14 *4 
@1514 
Candles.  H otel...............................
C ranberry S auce...........................
08
E x tract Coffee,  v. c
.  85@90
Gum, R ubber  100 lum ps......................  @30
Gum, R ubber  200 lu m p s......................  @40
Gum, S pruce.............................................   30@35
Hom iny, $   bbl-.........................................   @4  50
H. C. Flour, 18 3 ft pkgs., $  box............   @2 60
H. C. F lour in bulk, 
c w t...................   @4  80
Oil Tanks. P aten t,  60  gallon................  @10  00
Peas, G reen B ush...................................... 1 85@1 40
do  Split p rep ared...............................   @  3H
Powder,  K eg....................  

10@12
10@12
@1014 
@  7 bi 
7@10 
@4  50 
@4  50 
@4  25 
@4  50 
@4 25 
@4  15 
@4  00

54 f t ............................
54 f t ....................................
l f t ........................

F e lix ............................ 1  28®

WASHING POWDERS.

VINEGAR.

SHORTS.

do 
do 
do 

YEAST.

do 

do 

do 

. 

 

t f K e g ............................ 

4  00@
  2 25@

do 

CANDY,  F R U IT S   A N D   NUTS. 

 

do 
do 

P u tn am  & Brooks quote as follow s:

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

STICK.
................................. 9*/4®10
 
@13
MIXED.

Straight, 25 ft  boxes..............................  9  @  914
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 25 ft  p ails.......................................... 10@10*-i
Royal, 200 ft bbls..........................................  9®  9 2
E xtra, 25 ft  p ails......................................  
ll@ n u
E xtra, 200 ft bbls..............................................7.10%
French Cream, 25 ft p ails..................................13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...........................................[13
Broken, 25  ft  pails..............................................j u t
Broken,200ft  bbls...................
Lem on  D rops..................... 
14
Sour D rops............................. ” ......................... 15
P epperm int  D rops...........................................15
Chocolate  D rops......................................"  "  "16.
H M Chocolate  D rops............... ' . ...................30
Gum  D rops  ....................................... 
jo
Licorice D rops..............! 1! .! .! .” !’.'. \
"  .20
A B   Licorice  D rops..................  
13
Lozenges, p lain ...................| .............................15,
Lozenges,  p rin te d .................    
16
Im p e ria ls...................................  
 
75
M o tto es............................................” 1” ............ig,
Cream  B a r..............................................  
n
14
Molasses B a r..............................                   
C aram els.......................................'!!!!!” *!!  "20
H and Made Cream s.................................... 
22
P lain  Cream s............................................  
ig
D ecorated  Cream s...................... 1. . . . . . . . . . .  23
String R ock..........................................................15
B u rnt A lm onds...................................................22
W intergreen  B erries...................   ..."’ 
15
Lozenges, plain  in  pails......................... 13J4@14
Lozenges, plain in  bbls....................... ’.........43
Lozenges, printed in pails..................... 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.......... . . . . . . . . . .  . 13
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................".."."I.""..14
7i4Cc68
Gum  Drops  in pails........................ 
Gum Drops, in bbls....................................!6i!@7
Moss Drops, in  pails..................... * ”  
u
Moss Drops, in bbls  ................... '  ...................9^4
Sour Drops, in  p ails............'.............................
Im perials, in  pails......... 
................................44
Im perials  in  bbls....................!....'.. .. .. ... ]l3
Oranges, Florida, $  box.................  
4  00@4  25
Lemons,  ehoice.......................... 
4 oo@4  25
Figs,  layers new,  ^  f t.........' ...............  
14@15
@i8
.......................... 
Figs, fancy  do 
.......  
Figs, baskets 40 ft ^  f t ..........................'  @  s
Dates, trails 
do  .............. 
4
Dates, 54 do 
do  ..........  
@ 6
Dates, sk in .................................................  @ 4
Dates, Vi  sk in .....................  ...................   @  r„
Dates, F ard 10 1b box ¡p  f
®  a
........... 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box p f t ..... ................   @ 7
Dates, P ersian 50 ft box $  f t.......... ”  "  
@  6J4
PEANUTS.
P rim e  Red,  raw   p   f t............................
do  ................................... 5@  514
Choice 
do  .............................   oJ£©  5*4
Fancy 
Choice W hite. Va.do  .................  
5@  55.S
Fancy H P ,.  V a  do  ...................................6*4@  7
Almonds,  Terragona, p  f t.....................  22@23.
d o ............ 
Almonds, loaea, 
21@22
do  ...................... 
fc@10
Brazils, 
Pecons, 
do  ...................... 
9@13
Filberts, Sicily 
do  ......................  15@10
W alnuts, G renobles  d o ................... 
14@1&
Cocoa N uts, sp  100 

FRUITS.

do 
do 

NUTS.

.......

t

14%

PRO V ISIO N S.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as  follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

LARD.

do. 
do. 

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

H eavy  Mess, new .......................................
Pig, short cut, new, b e tte r th an   mess. !
E x tra Fam ily Clear,  new ..........................
E x tra  Clear Pig, new, Chicago  packing
Clear Back, new, Chicago  p acking.......
Clear, A, W ebster  p ack er........................
Standard Clear, the  b est........................ .
E x tra   C lear.............................................. .. ’
Boston C lear..........................................”
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases...........
H alf Cases..............
do. 
Long Clear m edium , 500 ft  Cases..........
H alf C ases...........
do 
Long Clears light, 5001b Cases...............
do. 
H alf Cases  ..............
Short Clears, heavy...................................
m edium ............................. .
lig h t......................................
E x tra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  c a ses..
E x tra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  case s..
E x tra Long Clear Backs, 300  1b  cases..
E x tra Short Clear Backs, 3001b  cases..
Bellies, ex tra quality, 5001b cases.........
Bellies, ex tra quality, 300 1b cases.........
Bellies, ex tra qulaity, 200 ft cases.........
Tierces  ....-.................................................
30 and 50 ft T u b s ...................................... .
50 1b Round Tins, 100 cases......................
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  rack s...................
3 1b Pails, 20 in a  case...............................
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case..................................
10 ft Pails. 6 in a c a s e ...............................
H am s cured in sw eet pickle, heavy__
H am s cured in sw eet pickle m edium ..
lig h t.........
Shoulder, cured in sw eet  pickle...........
E x tra Clear B acon....................................
Dried Beef,  E x tra ....................................
E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts__
Boneless, e x tra   q u ality ..........................
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED,
P ork  Sausage.............................................
Ham   Sausage.............................................
Tongue  Sausage........................................
Liver Sausage.............................................
F ra n k fo rt  Sausage...................................
Blood  Sausage...........................................
Bologna,  rin g .............................................
Bologna,  stra ig h t......................................
Bologna,  th ic k ...........................................
H ead  Cheese...............................................
In  half b a r r e ls ..........................................
In  q u arter b arre ls....................................
In  k its...........................................................
In half b arre ls...........................................
In q u arter b arre ls....................................
In  k its...........................................................

BEEF IN BARRELS.

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

do. 

12 50
13  00 
13  25
13  50
14  25
13 50
14  75
13  75
14  00
6?f
654
694

8

8543%.
8!i
11 Vi 
1124
12 
794 
10*4 
11
10  75 
14  00

...13
9

3 50 
1  90

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PLAIN.

$3  00 
1  50 80--
Prices nam ed are  lowest  a t tim e of going to 
press, and are good only for th a t date,  subject 
to m ark et fluctuations.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  M ohrhard  quotes  the trade as follow s:
Fresh  Beef, sides.....................................  5  @  7
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs...................6  @ 7 Vi
Dressed  H ogs............................................  5*4@  554
M utton,  carcasses...................................  @  554.
V eal.............................................................  9*/2@10
P ork  Sausage............................................   8  @ "9
Bologna.......................................................  9  ©10
C hickens..................................................... 10  @11
T urkeys  ............... 
@11
D u c k s....................  
@14

 

 

 

OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follow s:

OYSTERS.

New York C ounts................................................. 35'
F. J. D. Selects  ..................................................... 33
S e le c ts......................................................................28
F. J. D ....................................................................... 20
Standard  .................................................................18
F av o rite............ .......................................................17
M edium ............ .......................................................15
P rim e .................................................................. 
14
New  York  C ounts..............................................2 25.
Selects, per gallon............................................. l   75
S tan d ard s............................... ..................1  C0@110
Codfish..................................................................  9
H addock...............................................................  7
Sm elts........................ ..........................................12
M ackinaw T ro u t..! ............................. 
 
8
 
M ackerel............................................................... 12"
W hitefish  .................................................... 
  7@8
H ID E S , P E L T S   A N D   FU R S.

FRESH  FISH.

P erkins & Hess quote as follows:

*  HIDES.

WOOL.

SHEEP PELTS.

G reen..................................................<g ft  @ 7
P a rt  cu red .................................................  8  @  8*4
Full cu red ...................................................8*4@  894;
D ry hides and k ip s...................................   8  @12
Calf skins, green or cu red .....................  @10
Deacon sk in s............................. ^  piece2Q  @50
Shearlings or Sum m er skins  piece. .10  @20
Fall p elts.....................................................30  @50
W inter  p e lts............................................  60 @75
Fine washed $  f t......................................   20@  22 :
Coarse w ashed...........................................16  @18
U nw ashed.................................................. 2-3
Tallow .......................................................... 
5%
B ear  .........................................................   50@10  00
F isher  ..................................................... 4  00@  8 00
Fox, re d ....................................... 
25@  1 Iff
Fox,  g ra y ...................................................  15@  85
M a rtin ......................................................  25@  1 00
M in k .........................................................  
50
M uskrat....................................................  
8
O tte r .........................................................4  00©  5 00
Raccoon...................................................  
85
Skunk  ........................................................   15@  go
Beaver, $  f t................... .........................2  00@  3 00 •
D eer, $   f t.............................................  

5@ 
2@ 
  5@ 

SKINS.

 

 

1Q@ 30*-

P E N C IX   P O R T R A IT —NO.  34.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

G ideon  K ello g g ,  B e tte r  K n o w n   as  “ G id.”
did.  Kellogg  first  saw  the  light of  this 
world  at  Chatham,  Medina  county,  Ohio, 
April 9,  1847, living there with  his  parents 
until seven years of age, when  he  removed 
to Wausqon, Ohio, where a worked on a farm 
and attended school for a similar period.  In 
March, 1861, he entered  the  employ  of  M. 
D. Munn, general dealer at  Wauseon,  work­
ing his way from a subordinate position to a 
place of trust and responsibility. 
In Febru­
ary,  1863,  he  enlisted  in the  Twenty-fifth 
Ohio infantry, in which regiment he  served 
with valor and  distinction,  participating  in 
the  decisive  engagements  at  Honeyhill, 
Deveaux’ Neck, and Camden, where his com­
mand  joined  in  the  famous  March  to  the 
Sea, and took important part in the final bat­
tle at Savannah.  On being mustered  out  of 
the  service  in  June,  1865,  he  learned the 
trade of millwright, coming  to  Michigan  in 
1870, and superintending the construction of 
several  saw  mills  on  the Kalamazoo river. 
Later  on,  he worked in a  similar  capacity 
further north, one of his  principal  jobs  be­
ing the Kellogg & Sawyer saw  and  shingle 
mill near Leroy. 
In 1874, he  engaged  with 
W. H.  Green,  who was then carrying  on the 
machinery and mill supply business  in  this 
city,  as  traveling  salesman,'  covering  the 
Michigan trade.  Shortly  afterward,  he  en­
gaged with E. B. Preston,  now  of  Chicago, 
carrying  his  line  of  belting  and mill sup­
plies for four years, when the business pass­
ed  into  the  hands  of  E.  G. Studley, witli 
whom  Gid.  remained  -three  years  longer. 
Nov. 1, 1881, he engaged  with  the  Simonds 
Manufacturing Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., cov­
ering every state in the Union except  Maine 
and Texas.  His line during this  time  com­
prised saws and machine knives, a  specialty 
being made of the Crescent  ground  saw,  of 
which he sold $25,000 worth in three months. 
On tue completion of three years  with  that 
house, he severed his connection with  them 
to take an interest in  the  belting  and  mill 
supply house of F. Raniville, which  is  now 
known  as  F.  Raniville  &  Co.  He  will 
hereafter spend only a portion of his time on 
the road, covering the milling trade of Mich­
igan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Unlike too many of  his  brethren  on  the 
road, Mr. Kellogg has  not  neglected  to  lay 
aside  a  penny  for  a  rainy  day, being  the 
possessor of an eighty  acre  improved  farm, 
situated  near  Kendall,  VanBuren  county, 
which may serve as a home in  his  declining 
years.  Nor  has  he  failed to provide him­
self  with  that  most  essential  requisite  to 
masculine happiness—an  amiable  wife—to 
whom he was married September  27,  1868, 
and has a bright thirteen-year-old  daughter, 
yclept “ Bert.”

Mr. ¿ellogg’s success as  a  salesman—for 
the man who can command $3,500  per  year 
is  most  assuredly  successful—is  to  be at­
tributed to a variety of causes.  He is a per­
son of strong individuality, possessing  to an 
unusual degree the character and method in­
cident to success in business  life.  Prepos­
sessing  in  appearancel  wonderful  in  tact, 
fertile in resource, with a fund  of  anecdote 
which never fails in patuess or variety, he is 
equal  to  every  emergency,  and  his  in­
fectious  good  humor  is a perpetual antidote 
for long faces and croaking utterances.  With 
an elephantine form, and a heart as large  in 
proportion,  Gid.  Kellogg  is a marked type 
of the ideal traveler,  who is,  unfortunately, 
the exception instead of the  rule.

A  Ouestion  of Protest  Fees.
Lake view, Mich., Dec. 10,  1884. 

Editor Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n  :
De a r  Sir—Can a  banker  legally  protest 
a patron’s note and force him by law to pay 
the protest fees ?

Yery truly yours,

C. N ew t o n  Sm it h .

Mr.  Smith’s  use  of  the  term  “ patron” 
renders  his  question  somewhat  ambiguous, 
as the mere fact of a  man  being a depositor 
at a bank does  not  entitle  him  to any more 
latitude in the payment of a  note than if he 
were a stranger. 
If a note is made payable 
at a hank where the  maker  has  an  account 
large enough to  pay  it,  it  is  customary  for 
the banker to  draw*  on  the  deposit  for the 
amount, and not protest  the  note.  But  un­
less the endorser agrees  to  waive protest on 
a note—as is frequently  done  in the case of 
paper  discounted  for  regular  customers— 
the banker  has  no  other  alternative  but  to 
protest the  note  according  to  law.  By  not 
performing this duty,  he  renders  himself li­
able to  the  owner  for  the  payment  of  the

An  English firm has begun  the  manufac­
ture of casks ami barrels of steel.  They are 
lighter than wood and more durable.

It is stated that  in  France,  soap is manu­

factured from oyster shells.

Ibaròware.

Lumber Laconics.

From  th e N orthw estern Lum berm an.

Hess lumber  in  1885  than  there  was in 

1884 will mean better  prices.

The habit of heavy production has become 
so chronic that  it  may  require  heroic treat­
ment to eradicate  it.

Coy maidens were  never  more  watchful 
of their fair rivals than are  the  lumbermen 
of one another now that the  logging  season 
is opening.

The hardwood dealers would  greatly  dis­
like to see the bottom drop  out of the  skat­
ing rink craze.  The bottom, to them, means 
millions of feet of maple flooring monthly.

It will be  well  for  the  manufacturers of 
lumber to curtail  their  log  cut this winter, 
and to go  a  step  further—not  to  long too 
eagerly for  thè  warm  days  of  spring that 
will enable them to start their saws.

There  is  considerable  talk  among  the 
Saginaw valley  manufacturers  about  form­
ing a gigantic combination  for  the purpose 
of handling  the  lumber  business  to better 
advantage than they think it can be handled 
in the hands of as  many  as  now  have  it in 
charge.  They say that  the  end of  the tim­
ber supply  can  be  prophesied  with  a  good 
deal of  accurateness,  and  the  most  should 
be made of  what  timber  remains.  With  a 
large and powerful  organization  they are of 
the opinion that the output of  lumber could 
be  controlled,  advantages  in  freight  rates 
obtained,  and other branches of the industry 
better looked after than they are now.  The 
discussion of this  question  lias  not  yet  be­
come an open  one,  but  in  certain  circles it 
has been carried on vigorously.

Didn’t  Keep  a  Hardware  Sto\

'  It was at a restaurant  counter  at  a  back- 
woods railway station.  A gentleman desir­
ed to take a cup of tea  into  the  train  for  a 
sick lady.  “ N o!”  yelled  the  proprietor* 
“ you can’t take no cups out o’  yere.”

“ But it is for a lady who is too ill to come 

In.”

“ Don’t make no  difference,”  was  the re­

ply:  “ no cups can go out o’  yere.”

“ i ’ll pay you for one,” persisted the gen­

tleman, producing a dollar bill.

“ We don’t sell  cups,”  was  the sneering 
answer:  “ D’ye think  we  keep a hardware 
sto’ ? ”

“ Judging from this,” said the gentleman, 
who balanced one of the doughy sandwiches 
in his hand and looked  at  it  critically:  “ I 
should suppose that you did.”

The passengers set up  a  mighty  shout of 
laughter and approval,  but  nevertheless the 
man did not get off  with  the  cup of tea and 
the invalid iady’s thirst remained unqueneh- 
cd.

The  Wealth  from  Inventions.

Senator Platt,  in  his  vigorous  speech  in 
Congress last winter  in  support  of  our pat­
ent laws, claimed that  two-thirds  of  the ag­
gregate wealth of  the  United  States  is  due 
to  patented  inventions—that  two-thirds  of 
the $43,000,000,000 which represent  the ag­
gregate  wealth  of  the  United  States  rests 
solely upon  the  inventions,  past  and  pres­
ent, of this  country.

Mulhall, in his “ Progress  of  the World,” 
writes that  in  effect  the  invention  of  ma­
chinery lias given  mankind  an  accession of 
power*  beyond  calculation.  The  United 
States, for example,  make  a  million sewing 
machines  yearly,  which  can  do  as  much 
work as formerly required 12,000,000 women 
working by hand.  A  single shoe factory in 
Massachusetts  turns  out  as  many  pairs  of 
boots as 30,000 bootmakers in Paris.

Some  Indications  of Better Times.

The report that there is to be  a  reduction 
of  wages’ in  the  extensive  wire  mills  at 
Easton, Pa.,  is  untrue.

issued  by 

The  order 

the  coal  com­
bination  for  a  suspension  of  work  in  De­
cember has  been  rescinded,  and  heavy  or­
ders for coal are pouring in.

At Fall River  all  the  mills  have  started 
up again, and there is a decidedly good feel­
ing  among  manufacturers,  caused  by  the 
stiffening in prices of print cloths.

Getting  at  the  Motive.

“ Now, sir,” said the prosecuting attorney 
pompously,  “ you  are  a  railroad  man,  you 
say.  Now,  sir,  let’s  see  how  much  you 
know about  your  business,  sir.  What  mo­
tive, sir, has  your company  for  running its 
trains through the city faster than the ordin­
ances  decree ? ”

“ What motive ? ”
“ Yes, sir, what motive?  Come, sir!
“ Why, loco-motive, I should say.”
The  witness  was  fined  for  contempt  of 

court. 

_______
Look  Out  For  Him.

Gra nd  Ra p id s,  Dec.  10. 

Editor Mic h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n  :

D e a r  Sir  — Please  warn  your  readers 
against a swindler  who  is  going  about  this 
city putting  patent  balance  weather  strips 
on doors.  They  fail  to  work  but  a  short 
time, and the agent will not return the mo n- 
ey, or make them work right.

O. H.  R ichmond.

What is  the  best  way  of  cleaning glass 
vessels ?  Sand, says  a  writer in a German 
paper, should never be used, as it soon dead-1 
ens the appearance  of  the  glass.  Lead  is j 
an excellent substance so  far  as cleanliness
is concerned, but it leaves  a  coating that is 1 
highly poisonous. 
ployed for vessels that contain drinks.
editor of the Sprechsaal  recommends small j Q0^ p ^ eQytj|g   Boxes, 
pieces of iron  as  perfectly  inoffensive  and 1
yet  effective.  To  free  glass  or  porcelain 
from organic  substances  a  mixture  of  sul­
phuric acid and chrome is used.

It  should  never  be em-
The

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY

l  * ^ J *   q'  j .  I3STHIS 

From  2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shaft- 
C ontracts  m ade  for

W.  O,  Denison,

88,90  and 92  South  D ivision  Street,

-  

MICHIGAN.

P revailing  rates  a t  Chicago  are  as  follow s: 

AUGERS AND BITS.

BELLS.

BOLTS.

BRACES

BUTTS, CAST.

40
30&1C
50&15

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

Ives’, old  sty le.............................................dis 
50
55
N. H. C. Co....................................................dis 
D ouglass’ ........................ , .........................dis 
50
P ierces’ ......................................................... dis 
50
60
Snell’s .............................................................dis 
Cook’s  .........................................................dis40&10
Je nnings’,  gen u in e.................................... dis 
25
Jen n in g s’,  im itation.................................dis4U«iU
S pring............................................................ dis 
25
R a ilro a d ..........................................................$
G arden.......................................................... net 
00
H a n d ....................................................... dis  $  60&10
C ow ............................................................dis
Call............................................................. dis
G o n g ..........................................................dis
Door, S arg en t.......................................... dis
Stove..............................................................dis $
Carriage  new  list....................................dis
Plow  ..........................................................dis
Sleigh Shoe............................................... dis
Cast Barrel  B olts..................  
dis
W rought B arrel B olts...........................dis
Cast B arrel, brass  knobs......................dis
Cast Square Spring................................dis
60
Cast  C hain................................................dis
55&10
W rought Barrel, brass  k nob...............dis
Í5&10 I IN, 
W rought S q u a re .....................................dis
30
W rought Sunk F lu sh ............................ dis
W rought  Bronze  and  P lated  Knob 
50&10&10 
F lu sh ......................................................
dis  50&10
Ives’  D oor...
40
.dis $ 
B a rb e r.........
50
.dis 
B ackus.........
50
.dis 
Spofford.......
n et
.dis
Am. Ball___
4  00 
Well, p lain.. 
4  50
Well, swivel.
60 
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................
60 
Cast Loose P in, Berlin  bronzed.......
60 
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.
50&10 
W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t
60 
W rounht Loose  P in ............................
60&  5 
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip — ...
60&  5
W roughtLoose P in, jap an n ed ..........
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silve
60&  5 
tip p e d ..................................................
60 
W roughtT able......................................
60 
W rought Inside  B lind........................
65&10 
W rought B rass......................................
70&10 
Blind. Clark’s .........................................
70&10 
Blind, P ark er’s — ................................
70 
Blind,  Shepard’s ...................................
15  00 
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x2*4, per 
18  00
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3 
E ly’s 1-10.................................................. p er  m  $65
60
H ick’s C. F ............................................... 
G. D .........................................  
35
 
M usket...................................................... 
60
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester  new list 
Rim Fire, U nited  S tates.........................dis 
50
Central F ire ............................... ................dis 
H
Socket F irm er.........................................dis  65&10
Socket F ram ing..................................... dis 
65&10
Socket C orner.........................................dis  65&10
Socket Slicks...................... , ..................dis 
65&10
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm e r..................dis 
40
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers.................... dis 
20
Cold........................................................... n et
Curry, Law rence’s ................................ dis
H otchkiss  ...............................................dis
40&10
Brass,  R acking’s ..........................................
49&10
B ibb’s .....................••......................................
40&10
B e e r ................................................................
60
Fenns’.............................................................
Planished, 14 oz c u t to size.......................$  tt>  37
14x52,14x56,14 x80 ...........................................   38
M orse’s B it  Stock................................ dis 
35
T aper and S traight S hank.................. dis 
20
Morse’s T aper  So5nk...........................dis 
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ..............................doz n et $110
dis  20&10
Corrugated
A d ju sta b le........................................
EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clar’s, small, $18  00;  large, $26  00.
Ives’, 1, $18  00;  2, $24  00 ;  3, $30 00 
A m erican File A ssociation  L is t..
D isston’s ............................................
New  A m erican.................................
Nicholson’s ........................................
Heller’s ...........................................
H eller’s H orse R asps.....................
GALVANIZED IRON,
Nos. 16 to 30, 
22 and  24,  25 anc
14
L ist 

.dis 
.dis 
.dis 
, .dis 
.dis 
.dis 
. .dis
.dis 
.dis 
.dis 
.dis 
. dis 
.dis 
.dis
. per gross

CATRIDGES.

CHISELS.

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

DRILLS

COMBS.

COCKS.

PILES.

CAPS.

KU4

HANC

HOLLOW  w ARE.

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

13 
g a u g e s.
HAMMERS.

12 
D iscount, Ju n ia ta  45, Charcoal 50. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...............dis
Maydole & Co.’s .......................................dis
Kip’s ..........................................................dis
Y erkes&   Plum b’s ..................................dis
10 e list 40 
Mason’s Sotid Cast  Steel.....................
30 c 40&10
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, H and 
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co. Wood track  dis  50
Champion, a n ti-frictio n ...
60
................dis
Kidder, wood  tr a .k ............
................dis
40
HINGES.
60
................dis
Gate, C lark’s, 1,2,  3............
S tate........................................ __ per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12  in.  414  H
314
1014
Screw Hook and Eye,  14  • •................n et
8*4
Screw Hook and Eye % __ ................n et
Screw Hook and Eye  %__ ................net
714
Screw Hook and Eye,  % ... ................n e t
714
60&1Ü
Strap and  T .......................... ................. dis
Stam ped Tin W are..............
60&10
20&10
Japanned  Tin  W are...........
25
G ranite  Iro n   W are............
HOES.
............ $11  00, dis 40
G rub  1...................................
............   11  50, dis 40
G rub  2...................................
G rub 3..................................... ..............   12  00, dis 40
KNOBS.
00, dis 60 
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s...
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings 
50, dis 60 I
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
dis 60 
m ings........................................... list,  7  25,
60 
Door, porcelain, trim m ings  list, 8  25, dis
60 I
D raw er and  S hutter,  porcelain......... dis
40 
P icture, H. L. Ju d d  &  Co.’s ....................d
50
H e m a c ite................................................. dis
60 
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis
60 
Mallory, W heelnr  &  Co.’s ..........................dis
60 
B ranford’s .......................................................dis
60
Norw alk’s ........................................................ dis
65
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ......................dis
40 
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ................................... dis
40 
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables dis
40 
Coffee, Landers, F erry &  Clark’s .............dis
25
Coffee,  E n terp rise— ..................................dis
Adze  E y e........................................$16  00dis40&10
H unt  E y e....................................... $15  00 dis40&10
H u n t’s ........................................... $18  50 dis 20 & 10

l o c k s—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEVELS.

MILLS.

NAILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

keg 

6d 
2 

lOdto  60d...............................................$  keg $2  25
8 d a n d 9 d a d v ..................................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv................................................... 
50
4d and 5d  ad v ..................................................  
75
3d  advance........................................................  1  50
3d fine  advance.............................................  
3  00
Clinch nails,  ad v .............................................   1  75
Finishing 
4d
I  lOd  8d 
Size—inches  j  3 
114
214 
$1  25  1  50  1  75  2  00 
Adv. 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLASSES GATES.
.. .dis 
Stebbin’s P a tte rn   ............................
.. .dis 
Stebbin’s G enuine............................
. ..dis
E nterprise,  self-m easuring..........
50
Sperry & Co.’s, P ost,  handled..................  dis
Zinc o r tin , Chase’s P a te n t...........................dis  55
Zinc, w ith brass b o tto m ................................dis  50
Brass o r  Copper.........................................  dis  40
R eaper........................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .......................t . .........................  
50
15
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ..................................dis
Seiota B ench................................................... dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy .........................dis  15
Bench, firstq u a lity ........................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, A cm e.................................................. d>® 40&10
Common, polished.................................. .dis 
60

MAULS.
OILERS.

PLANES.

PANS.

RIVETS.

40
Iro n  and  T inned.....................................dis 
Copper R ivets and B u rs      ................. dis 
40
“A” Wood’s p a te n t planished, Nos. 24 to  27  1014 
“ B” Wood’s p at. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

9

B roken packs 14c fl 

ROOFING PLATES.

extra.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne..................5 75
IX , 14x20, choice Charcoal  T ern e...............  7  75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e..................12 00
IX , 20x28, choice Charcoal  T ern e................16  »0

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth.

Sisal, 14 In. and  la rg e r.....................................  9
M anilla................................................................   15 %
Steel and  Iro n ............ \ ................................ dis  50
Try and Bevels.............................................. dis  50
M itre  ..............................................................dis  20
Com. 
$3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
3  20 
3 40
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to   14.'..................................$4  20
Nos. 15 to   17....................................   4  20
Nos. 18 to  21....................................   4 20
Nos. 22 to  24 ....................................   4  20
Nos .25 to  26 ....................................   4  40
No. 27 .................................................  4  60
wide n o t less th an  2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
lb......................
In  casks of 600 lbs, 
In  sm aller quansities, 
tb...............
No. 1,  R e fin e d ..................... ..............
M arket  H alf-and-half.....................
Strictly  H alf-and-half......................
Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6  7
6  50 
10x14, C harcoal.....................
IC, 
8  50 
10x14,Charcoal.....................
IX , 
0  50 
12x12, Charcoal.....................
IC, 
8 50 
12x12,  Charcoal  ...................
IX , 
6  50 
14x20, C harcoal.....................
IC, 
8  50 
IX , 
14x20,  Charcoal.......  ...........
10  50 
IX X , 
14x20, C harcoal.....................
13  50
IX X X ,  14x20, Charcool.....................
IX X X X , 14x20,  C harcoal..............................  14  50
20x28, Charcoal.................................  18  00
DC,  100 P late C harcoal..............................   6  50
DX,  100 P late C harcoal...............................   8  50
DXX,  100 P late C harcoal.............................   10.50
DXXX,  100 P late C harcoal..........................  12  50
Redipped  Charcoal  T in  P late add 1  50  to  6  75 

6
6*4
13 00
15  00
16

t in n e r ’s s o l d e r .

TIN  PLATES.

rates.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel,  G am e.........................................................
Onoida Com m untity,  N ew house’s .............dis 35
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley & N orton’s —   60
H otchkiss’ ...........................................................   60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s ........................................  60
Mouse,  choker..........................................20c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion...................................$1  26 $  doz
......................................   dis  60
B right  M arket__
........  
dis  60
A nnealed M arket. 
.........................................dis  55
Coppered M arket.
.........................................dis  55
E x tra B ailing.......
.........................................kis  40
Tinned  M a rk et...
.......................................$B>  09
Tinned  B room __
................................ ^  ft 814
Tinned M a ttress.. 
S teel................................ dis 3714
Coppered  Spring:
Tinned Spring Steel.
Plain F en ce..............
Barbed  F ence...........
Copper.......................
B rass..........................
B rig h t.................
Screw E yes.......
Hook’s ...............
G ate H ooks and

.new   list n et 
.new   list net

. .dis 
.tdis 
..d is 
. .dis

WIRE GOODS.

.dis

E yes.................................
wrENCHES.

B ax ter’s A djustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s G enuine.........................................dis
Coe’s P a te n t A gricultural, w rought, dis
Coe’s P aten t,  m alleable...................... dis

50&10
65
70

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pum ps,  Cistern.
S crew s................
Casters, Bed and  P late 
Dam pers,  A m erican

M fiw E ra ill Gian Siate

- A N D -

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

We claim the NEW  ERA  to  be  the most

tie World!

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

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

Foster,

Stevens 
&  Co.

10  AND  12  MONROE  ST.,

AGENTS FOR  MICHIGAN.

Send for Circular and Price-Lists.

WESTERN  MEDICINE  CO.’S  TONIC  LIVER  PILLS.
Purely  Vegetable; contain  no  calomel,  mineral 
poison or quinine.  Act  directly on the Liver,  “tone 
tyup”  the  system,  aid  digestion  and 
'  purify  the blood.  POSITIVELY CS2E 
HEADACHE  AND CONSTIPATION.  In­
valuable  for  Biliousness,  Indiges­
tion, Hypochondria, etc.  Sent tree 
on receipt of price,  25  cts.  Sample 
package jree.  Western  Medicine 
Company., Grand Rapids, Mich.

P L E A S A N T  T O  T A K E , A C T S  M IL D L Y ,  C U R E S Q U I C K L Y

DENHAM’S SURE Cl'RE KIR FEVER 1 *,:ni
One Dose  taken during  the  Chill, 
arrests  the  disease in SO  minutes.
'
NEVEH  KNOWN  TO  PAIL.  Money re­
turned  if it  does not cure.  Price, 
50c.  A sk druggist for it.  Sent pre­
paid for 60 cts.  Address, W estern 
m e d ic in e Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich.

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The Best Thing of the Kind Ever Invented.

SURE TO  SELL.

A. T. Linderman, Manufacturer,  Whitehall, 

Michigan.

Send fo r sam ple dozen.  20x26, $4  per  dozen. 
Sells fo r 50 cents apiece.  Sold to  the  tra d e   by 
Shields, Bulkley & Lemon, Grand R ap­
ids; W. J. Gould & Co., Geo. C. W eath- 
erby & Co., W m.  Donnan  &  Co.,  De- j 
tro it;  Gray,  B urt  &  Kingman,  Cor­
bin, May & Co., Gould Bros., Chicago.

If in Need of A nything  in  our  Line,  it 

will pay you to get our Prices.

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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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.

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Oil <& Gasoline Can.

OPEN.

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

EVERY LIVE  DEALER  SHOULD  SELL  THEM.
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Carnot Is M in t to C u r tin , CIh IIb

Lam ps are filled direct by th e P um p w ithout liftin g  th e Can; tlio D ischarge  tu b e ad ju stin g  

to suit the height of  any lam p.

No dropping oil on the floor or table.  No fau cet to leak or g et knocked  open to w aste  con­
ten ts or cause explosions.  In  getting can refilled, no p arts to be left a t hom e to d rain oil  over 
floor o r becom e injured.  No Corks to lose—Closes itself  perfectly  a ir tig h t  No L eakage  No 
E vaporation.

The dealer in selling this can is  enabled to  m ake a good profit, and in a m easure  avoid th e 
annoyance  of  th e  sm all can, while you  g u aran tee  y our  custom er  absolute  safety  and  th e 
g reatest possible convenience.

MANUFACTURED  BY

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FOR  SALE  TO  THE  TRADE  BY

W A R R E K T ,   O H I O .
í H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  GRAND  RAPIDS. 
•I FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,
( GEO.  C.  WETHERBEE  &  CO.,  DETROIT.

Send  for  Circulars  cto  Price-List.

SOLIMAN  SNOOKS.

S o m e   R e m iiiS sc e c e s   o f   t li e   R e c e n t   E le c ­

tio n .

Ca n t H ook Corners, Mich., Dec. 9. 

E d it e r Mich eg a n T ra idsm an :

1 notfs  you  hev  published  my  letter  in 
T h e  T ra idsm an.  Y ou jest  can bet I  was 
tickeled when I  saw  it. 
I  never  had  my 
cognoman  in  the  papers  but  twice  afore. 
One  ockashun  was  when  I  was  elected 
justiss of the peece over Jim Spooner 2 year 
ago last spring, and tother time was  about a 
year ago which I was  in  Grand  rappids  to 
spend crissmus  and  had  a  time  with  the 
boys. 
I borded at the  Hand  house and the 
bill was $4.84 next day, whitch 1  concidder- 
ed a darned  outrageous  prise  fur  the kind 
of grub  furnished.  What  1  was  going  to 
remark  was  that on  said  aforsaid  ocashun 
the Grand rappids Egle and  Dimecrat both 
had my name in the  next  isshu of them pa­
pers. 
It was lucky  for  my  peice  of mind 
that I was postmaster, as I  still  continu  to 
be, or otherwize 1 sliood  have  been bawled 
up afore the church shure.  You see deaken 
Pratt  is  a  old  lime  dimecrat  and  parson 
Mugger is  a  red  hot  methidist  republikin 
and they both  take  Grand  rappids  papers. 
But they did  not see the acount of my little 
epesode  in  your  city,  becoss  their  papers 
was  somehyw  lost  in  the  males.  Mister 
editer,  the  Ilydragrum  metalicum  stands 
way down in the bulb when “ Old Sol ”  gets 
left.  But I have got the ded  wood onto the 
parson  and  deakin  both,  so  they  dassent 
peap against me hearafter.  Now don’t give 
it away, Mister Stowe,  but the facks is that 
the parson made a bet of a sute of close with 
the deakin on the  genral  result  of  the last 
elecshun. 
I furnished the  entire sute from 
my store at clergimen’s reduced rates, $9.68, 
terms net cash,  ninety  days,  or  when  the 
parson gets his next  %  salary,  2  per  cent 
cash in 10 days.  That  is  the way I got on­
to the  snap. 
I  wish  you  cood  have  sean 
them  2  fellers  jest  immejiately  after  the 
election, while  the  returns  was  coming in 
from the back countys  in  York  State.  1st 
the  Dimecrat  wood  arive  and  the  dekin 
wood come in as  hapy  as  a klam and order 
white shuger to put in  his  coffy.  Then the 
Egle wood come  sliowin  a  great  gane  for 
Blane o’ Mane and the  parson wood drop in 
with his face looking as  smiling  as  a june 
morning and wood tell me to send up 2 cans 
of suckertash and  a  can  of  peaches to the 
parsonage. 
I tell you it  was  nuts to me to 
see  them  perform  while  the  unsertanty 
lasted.

Traid is a little better this  weak  than for 
the weak ending  last  previously, but still it 
is not anything to  brag  of. 
I  haint ben to 
your city the past yere sense  the time I told 
you of, but sense I took  T iie T raidsm an I 
have read the advertisements and have maid 
up my mind to traid there instead of at Sag­
I  will  maik you a visit 
inaw, as formerly. 
before long if  not  sooner. 
I  will  tell you 
more about  our  town  in some future letter.

Yours with respeckt,

Soliman Snooks, 

Gen. dealer and P. M. and J. P.

p. S.—-Perhaps you  notis  that  1 sling in 
a  little  of  the  ded  langwages  once  in  a 
while. 
I am  apt  to  use  a  little  Laten or 
Greak oecashunly.  Your  subscribers being 
mostly learned men, like myself, will not be 
put out, I spose. 

S. S.

Business  and  Sentiment.

The  happy  combination  of  business and 
sentiment is very  rare.  The  palm  therefor 
has been hitherto awarded  to  the  lady  who 
caused to be inscribed on  the  tomb stone of 
her deceased husband:  “ This  monument  is 
raised by his sorrowing  wife, who continues 
business at the  old  stand  and  respectfully 
solicits a continuance  of  the  patronage  the 
deceased enjoyed.”

This is nearly on a par  with a recent inci­
dent  occurring  in  this  city.  A  Monroe 
street  dealer  closed  his  front  doors  and 
tacked  up  a  notice 
fol­
lows :  “ Closed on account  of  the  death  of 
my beloved mother.  Get your papers at the 
back door.”

reading  as 

A  Seasonable Suggestion.

Mr. Blank,  (coal  dealer)—“ Yes, the coal 

business is in a terrible condition.”

Mrs. Blank—“ Why,  what’s  the  matter ? 

Everybody has to use coal.”

Mr. Blank—“ True, but the stocks on hard 
are so large.  There is  always  a big surplus 
which can’t be reduced unless------- ”

Little Jack—“ I’ll  tell  you how to reduce 

Mr. Blank—“ You  don't  say  so ?  Well, 

the surplus, pa.”

how ?”

Little Jack—“ Give full weight.”

The  system  of  weighing  grain  has  for 
some time  been  in  disfavor  on  account  of 
inaccuracies, and eiforts have  been made by 
railroads and shippers to devise an improve­
ment.  About  four  months  ago  the  Lake 
Shore  Company  adopted  a  system  which 
seems to meet  much  approval. 
Instead  of 
weighing  cars,  light  and  heavy,  on  track 
scales,  grain  is  now  weighed  on  hopper 
scales.

The experience of the  last  two  years  has 
shown that a road with poor train service or 
a longer line to a given  point  than  a rival, 
or any impediment  to  traffic,  has, in a cer­
tain sense, an  advantage,  for,  taking its ad­
vantage as an  excuse,  it  can  make  a differ­
ential rate much  lower  than  its  rivals and 
capture an exasperating amount of business.
About 11,000 bushels of cider apples were 
shipped from Hartford, Van  Buren county, 
this fall, for which 10 cents per bushel were 
paid.

e m .  jones 

Manufacturers of

Fine Perfumes,

co„

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders,

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO PROPRIETORS  OF
DBLIESl&iEIIKriESL’’®
‘Red Bark Bitters
Tie Oriole M ai

AND-

78  West  Bridge  Street,

77

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

POWDER

This  B aking  Pow der  m akes the  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and m ost  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  Persons suffering with indi­
gestion or dyspepsia, will find th a t th ey  can eat 
freely o f warm  bread prepared w ith the A rctic 
Im proved Baking Pow der.  U nder no  circum ­
stances will you  suffer  from   h eartb u rn ,  sour 
stom ach or indigestion w hen you eat food pre­
pared  w ith  this  unequalled  Baking  Powder. 
TRY  IT and be convinced.  P repared  only  by 
th e  A rctic  M anufacturing Co., G rand Rapids.

C. S, YALE & BRQ.,
FLAMING  EITMCTS!

—M anufacturers  of —

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUIIMG-S,  ETC.,

40  and  4 2   South  Division,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH

(Props.  Arctic Manufacturing Co.,) 

m a n u f a c t u r e r s  o f

FX2TE  PERFUMES

— AND—

TOILET ARTICLES.
Jenning’s
Arctic

Flavoring  Extracts,

Improved

BAKING POWDER.
KID  DRESSING, 
MUCILAGE, 

BLUINGS,

INKS, ETC.

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

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

Gandy 
Nuts
Oranges
Oysters
PUTNAM  á  BROOKS.
CHE -W

W e 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.

STRA IG H T  GOODS—ÏTO  SCHEME.

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Joh n   Caulfield

Sole  Agent.

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

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

NOS.  1 2 2   and  134  LOUISSTREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

See  O ur  W holesale  Q uotations  else­

w h ere  in  th is issue  and w rite   for

Special  Prices  in  Car  Lots, 
f b are prepare! to mate Bottom Prices on anytliinc we handle.  .
A. B. KNOW LSON,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich,

MUSKECOIT  BUSINESS  BIBECTOHU.

S. S. MORRIS & RRO
Jobbers  o f   Provisions,

PAOKLEH.S

—AND—

CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

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

W . D. CAREY & CO.

OYSTERS!

-A N D   JOBBERS  O F -

Frm its a n d  P ro d u ce.

ORDERS  PROMPTLY  FILLED.  BEST  GOODS  AT  LOWEST  PRICES.
O R C IJT T  
Buttai  Eus, Cheese, Fruit, Grail, Hay, Beef, Perl, Produce

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

SHIELDS,  BULKLEY 

LEMON.

IM P O R T E R S

-----AND  JOBBERS  OF—

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FANCY  BRODERIES

After our long and persistent eiforts to meet the wants of All Grocers by carrying  a 
complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, it now affords us much pleasure to  know 
that our endeavors have been Successful and  Appreciated,  and  that  to-day  we  are  re­
garded by the trade as not only the H eadquarters in our  line  for  the  trade  tributary  to 
this  market,  but  also  the  Fancy Grocery House.  The  ONLY  H ouse  in  Michigan 
that  carries  a  complete  line  of  Fancy Groceries.  Below  we mention a few Fancy 
Groceries  which will be greatly in demand  during  the  next  thirty  days  and  which  we 
are selling at very close  prices.

Citron,  Orange Peel, Lemon Peel,  Sultana  Raisins,  De- 
hesia Bunch Layers Boxes,  Dehesia Bunch Layer 1-4 Boxes, 
Imperial  Cabinets,  London  Layers,  Muscatels,  Valencias, 
Ondaras and Layer Valencias in  14 and 28 lb. boxes.  ALL 
NEW FRUIT.  New Layer Figs,  New Turkish Prunes, New 
French Prunes in 50 lb. boxes, New French Prunellas 50 lb. 
boxes,  New  Currants,  New  Black  Pitted  Cherries  50  lb. 
boxes, New Dried Raspberries, New Dried Blackberries, New 
China  Preserved  Ginger,  New  French  Peas,  New  French 
Mushrooms,  New  Italian  Macaroni  and  Vermicelli  25  lb, 
cases in  1  lb. pkgs,,  New  Scotch  Marmalade,  New  English 
Orange Marmalade in  1 lb. Stone Jars,  New English Goose­
berry, Strawberry, Raspberry,  and Black Currant Jams in 1 
lb.  stone jars.  Full line of A. Lusk & Cods  California  Can­
ned Fruits,  Apricots,  Quinces,  Grapes,  Golden  Drops,  Green 
Gages,  Egg  Plums,  Peaches  and  Pears,  French  Brandy 
Peaches in Glass, quarts,  French Cherries in Brandy, quarts.
Full line of Crosse & Blackwells’  English Pickles.  Full 
line of Dingee’s Pickles in glass.  Lea & Perrins’  Worcester 
Sauce, Halford’s Sauce, Spanish Olives  16 and 27 oz, bottles, 
French Capers, French and Italian Salad Oil for table use in 
1-2 pints, pints and quarts, Durkee’s Salad Dressing in pints 
and quarts,  Colman’s English Mustard, Epps’ English Cocoa, 
Cox’s English Gelatine, Durkee’s Celery Salt.  Mackerel  in 
3  lb.  cans  Soused  in  Tomato  Sauce  and in  Tomato Sauce, 
Brook Trout Soused and Spiced in 3 lb.  cans,  Smoked  Hali­
but,  Yarmouth  Bloaters,  Scotch  Fin-in-haddies,  Rochester 
Ready  Cooked  Food  Co.’s  Cooked  Oatmeal,  Hominy  and 
Wheat  2  lb.  papers  and  Beans  and Peas for  Soups in  1 lb. 
papers, Hecker’s Self-Raising Buckwheat 3 and 6 lb. papers.
Please read the  above carefully and if in want of anothing in  our line send in your- 

orders and same shall receive the closest and most prompt attention.

Sc OOLAP-A-IsTY",

Consignments  Solicited.

MUSKEGON, MICH.

G ra n d   FteupicLs.

