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M angan Tradesman.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  25,  1885.

NO. 75.

DRYDEN & PALMER’S 

ROCS  CANDY.

Unauestionably the best in the  market.  As 
d e a r as crystal and as transparent as diamond. 
Try a box.
jolxxx Caulfield.,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids.

-JO B B E R S   O F -

Horse Covers,  Oiled  Clothing, Awnings  and Tents.

73 Canal Street, Grand Rapids.

a profit,  sell

If you are selling goods to make 

RETAILERS, EDMUND  B. DIKEMAN
!»
LA VINE |
WASHING  POWDER.

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.Hariri Ctaital Co.
HAWKINS & PERRY

STATE  AGENTS,

JEWELER,

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

LIVE  GRÔCERYMEN
CO.’S
DETROIT  SOAP

-------SELL-------

------ FAMOUS-------

Some  Valuable  Suggestions  to  D airym en,  B utchers,  T anners and  Farm ers.

Few dairymen or butchers realize the actual loss to them in improperly removing hides 
and it is a matter of the greatest importance to the tanner or hide dealer, that they  should 
be shown how to do it to the best advantage,  as  by  so  doing  better  prices  may  be  ob­
tained.  With  a  view  to  showing  the  right  and  wrong  way  of taking off skins, T he 
T ra d esm a n presents a couple of illustrations which  very  plainly  illustrate  the  matter, 
together with the accompanying instructions:

I

THE  RIGHT  WAT. 

In the first place, don’t kill a calf until it is at least three days  old. 
In taking off a hide or a calf skin, never cut the throat crosswise in  the least.  Slit the 
skln from the  brisket  to  the  tail,
and from the brisket  to  the  jaw, 
then cut around each leg  near the 
hoof.  Slit the hind legs from the
hoof up directly over the gambrel, 
and the forward  legs in the front, 
directly over the knee, to  the  top 
of the brisket  bone.  Tiiis  leaves 
the  hide  or  skin  in  the  proper 
shape for finishing.

A t  7  

1 k. 

Skin the head and legs carefully, 
to avoid cutting them;  then,  com­
mencing at the head, draw  or  fist 
off the skin without any  further 
use of the knife, thereby avoiding 
the  holes  and  cuts  that  almost 
spoil so  many  calf  skins.  Some 
farmers use a windlass to draw off 
their dairy skins, and others use a 
horse; but one or two men  can do 
it quickly and easily.

. 

1 

When taken off, lay the hide  or
skin flat upon the floor in a cool  place, where the sun  cannot  shine  upon  it,  and  cover  it 
-   Don’t roll it up, but  let  it  remain
with salt, rather fine being better than too coarse salt, 
in  the  salt  until  you  take off another; 
then place that one upon the first, salting 
freely as before, and so on until  you  get 
enough to make quite a  pile;  then  com­
mence another pile in the same  manner.
Do not be afraid to use salt freely ; what 
the skins do not require  will  shake  off, 
and can be used again.

THE  WRONG  WAY.

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The B est Selling Brand  on  the  Mar­
ket.  A  Strictly  Pure,  First-Class  A   1 
Fam ily  Soap.  B ig and  L asting  Trade 
and Good M argin to  Dealers.

Sole Agents for Grand Rapids.

Cody,  Ball  &  Co.,
MAHOGANY
HENRY  OTIS,

ADDRESS

IM PORTER, 

N E W   O R LEA N S

If you prefer to dry out your skins be­
fore selling them, be very sure  that they 
are  thoroughly  cured  with  salt  before 
drying  them;  and  then,  that  they  are 
thoroughly dried before  being  baled  up 
for shipment.

Never  dry  out -a skin without having 
it salted as described, to preserye it from 
moths, and other injury on the hair side, 
which  is liable to occur if the  skins  are 
not  properly  salted  before  being  dried 
out.

If your skins remain on hand very long

after being dried out, before delivery to the tanner, even if salted,  watcli  them  carefully
to detect any  indications of moths or worms on  the hair side;  and if  any  are  discovered,
have the skins vigorously whipped with a stick so often that they shall  be  wholly  eradi­
cated from the entire lot of skins, as they often work serious injury in a very  short  time.

Special A ttention given  to  Collections  in City 

or  Country.  Also

FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT

Insurance,

Shoe and  Leather..........................■•••••• Boston
Cooper............................................. Dayton, Ohio
O n io n ........................................Pittsburgh,  Pa.
Germania.................................. Cincinnati,  Ohio

Total Assets represented, $3,516,808. 

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e   s o l i c i t e d .

TOWER  &  CHAPLIN,
-  Grand Rapids
16 H ousem an Block 

General  Collectors,

P E T E K   D O  P L A I T ,  

Attorney-at-Law,

Fierce Block, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 

Practices  in State  and United  States  Courts. 
Special attention given to

M ERCANTILE  COLLECTIONS.

S. A. WELLING

WHOLESALE

AND-

NOTIONS!

PANTS,  OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SHIRTS, 
LADIES’  AND GENTS’  HOSIERY,  UNDER­
WEAR,  MACKINAWS,  NECKWEAR,  SUS­
PENDERS,  STATIONERY,  POCKET  CUT- 
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
ERS’  SUNDRIES,  HARMONICAS,  VIOLIN 
STRINGS, ETC.

I am represented on the  road  by  the  fol­
lowing well-known travelers:  J ohn D. Ma n- 
gum,  A.  M.  Sp r a g u e,  J ohn  H.  Ea ck er, 
L. R. Cesn a, and J. T. H errin g to n.

24 Pearl Street 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

W. N.FULLER & GO

DESIG N EB.S  A N D

Engravers on ‘Wood,

F ine  M echanical and  F u rn itu re  W ork, I n ­

cluding  B uildings, Etc.,

49  Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, 

AMONG  TH E  PINES.

Incidents  of a   T rip  to  a  L um ber  C a m p - 

No. 4.
Chas. Ellis in the Current

I have often tried to  think  of  something, 
something, to which I could compare a  pine 
forest.  Harbors are  often  said to  show a 
“forest of masts,” but the figure is not trans­
ferable; a pine forest is  not  like a  forest of 
masts.  There are too  many yards  and too 
much  rigging.  A  fleet  of  three  masted 
schooners lying at anchor with  sails  furled 
and seen through the dusk would give one a 
very good  idea of a “burnt  district” in the 
pine woods, for*  you  can see  hundreds  of 
acres in  places  covered  with  tall, straight 
trunks from  which  the  limbs  have  been 
burned, often as  clean as if they had  been 
trimmed away with axes, but that is not like 
the living pine.

There is one curious little thing, however, 
which my imagination turns  into a  fanciful 
picture of  a miniature  forest.  It is  the old 
“hetchel.”  Few  young’  readers  of  to-day 
ever saw it,  a fact  favorable to my use  of it 
here.  The hetchel is one of  the  oldest im­
pressions  on  my brain.  Its  long,^straight, 
stiff, steel  teeth  were  full of music, and I 
often  got  my  fingers  rapped  for  playing 
on it.  Old  people of  to-day  who  passed 
their childhood in country homes may recall 
the  hetchel,  on  wImjIi  their  mothers  or 
grandmothers combeTr and dressed the  silky 
flax preparatory to wrapping it like a liberty 
cap around the  distaff, from  which it  was 
spun off upon the bobbin on the  little  spin­
ning-wheel.  My  hetchel  was  composed of 
long steel  rods,  about a quarter of an inch 
in diameter, and  six  or eight 
long, 
firmly set on end in  a  solid  hard-wood bed. 
These rods, set close  and  covering a space 
about eight or ten inches square, were  open 
at the top and formed a comb through which 
the flax was dexterously drawn to work  out 
all the short and imperfect fibers.  How tall 
and straight those  wires  seemed to me for 
their size,  and how curiously the spaces  be­
tween them would mix and cross  and  wind 
away and twist my eyes as I tried to  follow 
them!  Well,  my  pine  forest is a gigantic 
hetchel-board  with a  huge  “scutching” of 
dark flax lying  all  across  the  tops of  the 
pines only waiting for some giant grandmoth­
er’s hand to draw it through;  and as 1 wan­
der about among the living  teeth  and  feel 
the dead, fiber-like needles sifting  down up­
on my face, I can  almost  fancy  that I  see 
the old dame at work up  there  half-lost  in 
the dim light above me.

inches 

There is a peculiar solitude in a pine  for­
est.  Alone  upon  the  shore,  the  restless 
break of the waves  makes  ceaseless  voices 
that wake companion  yoices  in  the  mind. 
Alone upon the sea, the incessant change of 
Its surface, the splashing waves as your boat

| dashes across the wind, or  the  idle  flap of 
| her sails as she rises and  falls to  their lazy 
roll under the  summer sun,  load  the  flying 
hours with delightful dreams.  But the pine 
forest is alone.  Time was  when  here  the 
scarce  hunters  found  abundance  of  game 
where  now I see  and  hear  nothing, save 
when the wind blows by, and high overhead 
I hear its breath  as it is torn by the  needles 
through which it is driven.  This, indeed,  is 
a varied sound, for at  times it seems  like a 
gentle prolonged sigh  and  again,  like Niag­
ara’s roar; or breaking  waves  pounding up­
on rocky shores are  not  louder  nor  more 
wild.  But  when  the air is  still  and  you 
stand alone beneath the pines no other  soli­
tude can compare with it.

Above, below,  all peace!

Silence and solitude, the soul’s best friends.
Are with me here, and the tum ultuous world 
Makes no more noise than the remotest planet.
The tall, dark columns all around you, the 
darker ceiling of the darker  branches  inter­
mingling and blinding the  sky  above  you, 
the utter  absence  of  living  things  within 
range of your strained vision, all conspire to 
excite a sensation so  new  that  you do  not 
understand  it  for a time.  I can  almost un­
derstand, as it seems to me, how the ancients 
came to people forests  with  imaginary life; 
for as I look around  me  among  the  silent 
trunks, I feel the ancient 
impulse  burning 
in my veins,  and half  expect  to  see  elf or 
dryad beckoning me away.  The  silence ex­
cites imagination in  her  recesses  and  the 
Old becomes New ; Ancient is Modern; I am 
a Pagan, like my ancestors, and at home.  I 
become familiar with the trees.  They know 
me and  seem to shake  hands. 
I am  wel­
come among them.  They tell  me of the past. 
The inroad that civilization is making  upon 
these grand old trees seems almost  like sac­
rilege and murder;  yet  saved  they  cannot 
be.  “Free lumber” will not  prolong  their 
existence.  They are doomed by the  spread 
of the farm.  The pioneer  farmer  carries a 
blazing  torch, and  whenever he  stays  his 
march in search of  land  there a fire  begins. 
The lumberman who owns  pine  lands must 
cut his forests to save  them, for  no  power 
can stay this persistent pioneer in  search of 
a home.  He means  destruction to all  wil­
dernesses; he is the  forerunner  of  civiliza­
tion; the pulsing life of the  grasping  world 
is behind him and the  forest-primeval  must 
disappear.  But  in  spite  of  world  and 
pioneer I have seen  my  pines,  and  though 
civilization destroy them, yet shall they live 
in  memory.

1 recall a memorable ride among the pines. 
One day a foreman invited me to  ride  with 
h'm to a camp some fifteen miles away,  and 
I  gladly  accepted  the  opportunity.  Nine 
miles of the  ride  led  through  what  might 
strictly be termed “unbroken  wilderness,”if 
such a thing can be found.  Here  and  there

was a small  opening,  where  the 'pine  had 
been cut and the  brush  burned,  and  there j 
were two or three of these spots where cour-.| 
ageous men had set to work to make  farms, i 
It seemed to me as if they might as well liave j 
gone to work  to  make  a  new  earth!  But | 
what made bard farming made  a  most  sub-j 
lime picture to one unto whom the pine  for- j 
est was a new revelation.

For  miles  we  drove  in  and  out  along a I 
narrow  road  with  the  trees so close  that it J 
required the strictest attention of our sylvan 
Jehu to carry us  through  without  collision.
As  far as I could  see  across  the snow, that 
lay smooth and  unwrinkled  like  a  spotless 
counterpane, rose the fair round  columns of 
pine.  Throwing back the head, one saw the 
branches reaching  out  to  one  another far 
overhead,  interlacing and crowding to  form 
a dark  green  canopy  through  which  there 
fell occasional glimpses of a sky that seemed 
to rest upon the trees.  The prevailing color 
is like a soft  twilight  that seems to express 
itself psychologically as Silence, but the mo­
notony is agreeably lit up  here and there by 
the reddish bark of the Norway  pine.  The 
hard-wood growth  is  chiefly  beech  which, 
with its smooth, steel-colored  bark, mottled 
with  patches  of  green  moss, gives a quiet 
variety and tone to the picture.  The under­
growth  (thefe  is  no  “under-brush,” as in a 
New  England  forest) 
is  also  chiefly  of 
young  beeches  that,  as seen from the road, 
appear  to  be  from  six  to  twenty or thirty 
feet high.  The beech is the most  beautiful 
of our forest trees when stripped of  foliage, 
as they are now, and  when only their skele­
ton graces woo our admiration.  As this tree 
grows here, among these  tall,  closely-stand­
ing pines, with but  little  sunlight ever fall­
ing upon it, and without hope of any,  or  of 
a glimpse of the world,  unless  it  can  push 
its head up  through  the  dark  roof that im­
prisons it, the beech seems to have set  itself 
earnestly to the work of growing tall.  Shel­
tered  from  all  winds  it  does  not  need 
strength,  and  so  appears  to  be  giving its 
whole attention to  the  development of deli­
cacy, grace, and  beauty  of  trunk and limw 
Its  lithe  arms  taper  out from the shoulder 
long and beautiful,  gradually dwindling to a 
pretty brown bud so finely pointed as to sug­
gest  the  thought  that the beeches might be 
running  opposition  to  the pines in the pro­
duction  of  needles.  Every  lesser  branch, 
too, of every larger branch  has  its  subordi­
nate branches and twigs,  and they all  taper 
down in the same exquisitely  graceful  way 
to  a  beautiful  brown  bud.  This  under­
growth,  standing  everywhere  through  the 
forest,  reaches out its long, slender branches 
in every direction until  they  mingle, touch, 
cross and  interweave in all  possible  angles, 
curves and inclinations.  On  every  branch, 
twig and spray hang thousands of  the dead, 
rust-colored needles that  have  fallen  from 
the pine, and there form a seemingly intang­
ible fringe of color.  Looked at from  a  dis­
tance of a few rods, or as the  picture  deep­
ens  away  from  you into the background,  it 
seems like nothing so much as  an  immense 
but  strangely  beautiful  veil  the  effect  of 
which is to soften and tone down the heavy, 
dark figures of the pine that  seem  to  stand 
behind it,  while in fact they are in the midst 
of it everywhere.  This  vision  begins  and 
ends  with the dense forest.  Shut your eyes 
and open them  upon  the  same  spot  again 
and  again,  you  cannot  be certain that you 
have ever seen the picture before, that while 
you even winked the scene was not changed. 
No  whirling  kaleidoscope  ever  presented a 
more varied picture of material  always  the 
same than does this silent panorama  of  the 
wilderness.  As I saw it  first  it  seemed to 
me that nothing  could  be  added  to  it, that 
nothing could be more beautiful,  and  yet it 
was wholly void of speck or point of  gaudy 
coloring, and no sign of living thing could be 
seen save in our own company.  Not  even a 
ray of sunlight glinted through it, for the sky 
was overcast  with  clouds  that  portended  a 
storm. 
Indeed,  while  we  were  in camp it 
came on.  As we returned in  the  afternoon 
over the same road I saw that there had been 
a  transformation.  The  snow  had 
down  through  the  pine  boughs,  and in the 
still air had  settled  upon and covered every 
branch and twig of my fancied veil and con­
verted it into  the  loveliest  white  gossamer 
that ever hung in midair. 
I  knew  that the 
scene had not been really changed. 
I knew 
that 1 had driven through  and  looked  over 
all that  same  ground  only  a  few hours be­
fore,  but  another  factor  had  been added, 
that was all,  and  the  effect  was  marvelous 
indeed!  Nothing could have been  finer.  I 
have seen a quite similar  effect produced by 
a  heavy  frost  under  which,  in  the  early 
morning, the frost everywhere looked as if a 
great gauze  veil  had  fallen upon it;  but in 
that  picture  the  frost  crystals,  standing so 
much more loosely, show a darker color and 
less  clearly  defined  lines than are given by 
the snow, which falls more  compactly.  So, 
of  the  picture,  I  repeat that nothing could 
be finer or more beautiful;  and nothing like 
it will ever be seen save in just such a forest 
under  similar  conditions.  No  canvas can 
ever be made to show it,  for  no  artist  can 
ever  carry  its  magnitude  away  with  him. 
The  trees  are  too  tall, the vistas too deep, 
the  perspective  too  far,  to be manipulated 
on  canvas.  Nature  defied  Art  when  she 
built this magnificent forest of pine.

Looked at from the outside and seen from

*

a distance, such a forest seems like a belt of 
night  bound  around  the  waist  of  day.— 
Looked  at  from  within,  it seems almost to 
be a community of individual, though  mute, 
lives.  The  Pines  are  “daughters  of  the 
gods,”

Divinely  fair.
Anil most divinely tall!

So sings my soul,  and  I,  nothing  loth,  have 
found at tiieir pagan shrine,'if not the peace, 
at least a piece of  Heaven.

From the Minneapolis Bazoo.

The Hog.

*

The hog, studied from an artistic point  of 
view, is a dismal failure; but, viewed in  the 
light of a long felt want, he looms up, a pre-  , 
eminent success.

The origin of this bird is lost in  antiquity 
(whatever that may he), but that  he  is  the 
long-sought missing link  between  man  and 
the higher animals there  can  be  no  doubt. 
We say the higher  animals,  but  please  do 
not interpret too literally.  A  man  can  get 
higher than any quadruped known to science, 
if properly educated and furnished with  the 
right brand of liquor; but he  can  and  does 
get lower than any animal that breathes  the 
breath of life. 
In many respects  a  man  is 
just like a hog, only more so—no  offense  to 
the hog.  A hog is bull-headed—so is a man. 
He can get his two hundred pounds of avoir­
dupois through a hole that a bantam  rooster 
couldn’t find with an opera glass—so  can  a 
man, if he happens to be a politician and up 
to snuff.

A hog is the most  contrary  thing  in  the 
universe.  The very thing a hog is  expected 
to do is the very  thing  he  doesn’t  do,  and 
couldn’t be hired to do for $4  and  a  silver- 
plated trough.  When he gets into the flower 
garden, instead of walking around and enjoy­
ing the sweet perfume of flowers, he imagines 
he has a special  call  to  solve  the  Chinese 
question, and starts for that far-off  kingdom 
by  a  direct  route  through  the  pansy-bed. 
When he is about half-way there, a very mad 
woman causes him to change his  mind,  and 
he starts on a tour of inspection.  She drives 
him up to the gate, and makes  a  wild  rush 
at him with a broom,  in order to add eclat to 
the proceeding.  She adds it.  The hog looks 
at the gate as if he thought of buying it, and 
then,  with a noise like ripping up eight miles 
of plank sidewalk, he makes a  rush  in  the 
opposite direction, and the air is  filled  with 
Balbriggans  and  embroidery.  Then 
the 
woman cries,  goes  into  the  house  and  puts 
some court plaster where it will do the most 
good,  and  gives  a boy  a quarter to  get the 
hog out of the garden.  The hoy drives  him 
the other way and the hog  whirls  and  goes 
through the gate with an grunt  of  triumph.

The Necessity of Good  Credit.

There is a numerous  body  of  traders  to 
whom credit is a necessity  for  their  future 
success.  Their capital is small and their fa­
cility  for  raising  money  limited. 
It  de­
volves upon  them  to  be  exceedingly  cau­
tious in buying, and to  practice  the  closest 
economy in  order  that  funds may be provi­
ded  for  the  day  of payment.  It is easy to 
get in debt;  not so  easy to get out of it.  It 
is easy to promise, but  often  more  difficult 
to make it good.  The  safe rule is to buy in 
moderation and  to promise in  like  manner.
It requires a resolute will to  practice self- 
denial in living and  business  expenses,  but 
the merchant who does it and  can  close  up 
the record of the year, having paid his  bills 
and  sustained  his  credit  is a happy [man; 
His  family  may  have  complained  of  his 
economy,  but  as  a  counterpoise  he  is not 
worried with duns  and  harrassed  with pro­
tested notes.

Confidence  and  honesty  were  cast in the 
same mold.  United  they  give to credit the 
strength to rule and control the commerce of 
the world.  With  good  credit  the  weakest 
merchant is strong;  without it the strongest 
merchant  is weak.  Gold  can  always  buy 
merchandise,  but  not  credit.  Character is 
credit,  and  is of  higher  value  than  money 
or  merchandise.  With  a  good  name  you 
siftedi can be trusted with each, without  it  neither 

old nor goods can win confidence.

B u y i n g  o f   D r u m m e r s .

When  an  interior  merchant  is  at such a 
distance  from  the  market  that  he cannot 
reach home again on  the same day he starts 
out,  it  is  cheaper  to  buy  $500  worth of a 
drummer than to leave his business to clerks 
and come to town. 
If  he  is  within  two or 
three  hours’  journey,  it  is  still  cheaper to 
buy  $200  worth  at  home  than  to visit the 
city.  In one case we will say  his  expenses 
will be ten dollars, in the  other  five.  That 
is two to  two  and  one-half  per cent, added 
to the  cost  of  his  purchases,  besides  neg­
lecting his business at  home.  The  average 
daily expenses  of  a  commercial traveler or 
drummer,  including  salary,  may  be five to 
ten dollars, but his ayerage sales are  $500 a 
day while on the road, and the cost of  mak­
ing such sales, therefore, is only one or  two 
per cent.  In this  illustration  we  have  put 
the buyer’s expenses low and the drummer’s 
high.  A man may come 200 miles,  stay one’ 
night in a hotel in town,  and  get back, per­
haps, on ten  or  twelve  dollars;  but  in two 
cases  out  of  three  such  a man will spoil a 
twenty dollar piece, and  occasionally  break 
a  second,  and  when  he  gets  home  repent 
that he was so foolish.

MICHIGAN.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

GLOVER SEED

BEANS!

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

W. T. IAM0MM, A P I
STEAM  LAUNDRY

71  Canal street.

43 and 45 Kent Street.
K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

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Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

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Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.,  Grand  Rapids;  H. 
Walsh & Son, Holland.  Manufactured  by 
N.  G.  VANUEKLINDE,  M uskegon.

JA M E S  C. A V ER Y .

James G. Avery & Co

G EO . E .  H U B B A R D .

Grand  H aven,  Mich.

M anufacturers of the  following brands  of  Ci­
Great  Scott,  Demolai  No.  5, 

gars;

Eldorado,  Doncella, 

Avery’s Choice,

Etc.,  Etc.

-------JOBBERS  IN-------

M a n u f a c t u r e d  

T o b a c c o .

GRAND RAPIDS 

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MICH.

AMONG TH E TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.
The Prindle drug stock on 

street will probably  pass 
within a day or two.

West  Bridge 
into  new  hands

The  Messmore-Schoyer  replevin  suit, 
which has been  hanging  fire in the  Circuit 
Court during the present term, has been put 
over until the next term.

“The outlook for wool is not  particularly 
bright,” said Mr. Hess, of  Perkins &  Hess. 
“The indications so far are that  the  market 
will be firm, but that low prices  will  rule.”
John C. Bonnell, the  local  representative 
of the  Standard  Oil  Co.,  ridicules the idea 
of the Globe Oil Co. running a branch  tank 
line to this market, claiming that the compa­
ny is a small concern, without sufficient cap­
ital to carry out  such an undertaking.

The Valley City Milling Co. expect  to  be 
able  to  start  up  the  mill before the end of 
the  present  week,  the  ice  having been re­
moved from the canal.  The  new boilers or­
dered  by  the  corporation  have already ar­
rived,  but  the  engine  is  delayed  by  the 
blockade somewhere this side of Milwaukee, 
from which place it was shipped about  two 
weeks ago.

“You can set it down as a fact that we are 
going to have a  good  summer’s  business,” 
said a representative  grocery  jobber.  “We 
have lately put on a new man and are ready 
to do the same  things again as  soon  as the 
right  sort of  a man  turns  up.  We  have 
weathered the adverse  breezes of  thè  past 
two years and  propose to be on  hand to re­
ceive our share of the improvement in  busi­
ness which is sure to be felt the coming sea-

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Terms f  1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  25,  1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Executive  Committee—

_

Putnam , Joseph Houseman. 

d  Thmton  Amos. k. Musselman. 

Arbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W.
Transportation  Committee—SamueL  bears, 
I i 2 ™ c e  <^m m itfe-John G. Shields, Arthur 
M anufacturing  Committee—Wm.  Cartwng 
,
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Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening
R e g u l a r 0  Ideetings—Second  Wednesday  even­
_______

Meiirs  Wm. T. Lamorcaux.
E  S  Pierce, C. W. Jennings. 

ing of each month. 

^
POST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

S

‘v t S i S d m & o y d  Max Mills.

w S p re s ld e n t-S ttp b e n  A.  g a r ,.

tery,  ez  otfcio;  Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Jas.  N. 
Bradford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo.  H.  Seymour,  wai 
lace  Franklin,  W.  H.  Downs,  Wm.  B.  Ed­
munds and D. S. Haugh.
Room  Committee—Stephen  A.  Sears,  wm.
,__.
Bouahton. W. H. Jennings. 
Regular Meetings—Last Saturday  evening  i
Next M eeting- Saturday evening, February 28,

a t “The Tradesman” office.

WELCOME TO  TH E  DAIRYMEN.

In behalf of  itself  and the business, inter 
ests it represents, T h e T radesm an extends 
a cordial welcome to the dairymen of Michi­
gan on the occasion of their first annual con­
vention,  trusting  that  the  results  accom­
plished will be all the most  sanguine  could 
wish,  and that every one present will, in fu­
ture years, have occasion to look back to the 
present meeting  with  pleasure,  and  realize 
that  the  organization  effected  has  been a 
source of profit as  well.

The American A rtisan  continues to im­
prove with every issue,  although  the  excel­
lence of each number is almost phenomenal. 
The  A rtisan  occupies  a  peculiar  field  in 
trade journalism,  but  it  fills  it  acceptably 
to every one at all familiar with the subjects 
treated. 

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The Dairg World is the  title  of  a  new 
monthly journal recently started at Chicago, 
the editor being C. S. Burch, the well-known 
writer and authority on dairy matters.  The 
World is carefully edited  and  handsomely 
printed, and is worthy the cordial support of 
every dairyman  in the country.

Soliman Snooks^tackles  a  new  subject 
in  the  shape  of  secret  so­
this  week 
mem- 
cieties,  by  way  of  showing  how 
orders 
bership  in  one  or  more  of  the 
is
can  he  made  advantageous  when  one 
stranded  among  strangers.  It  is  believed 
that the horrible oath which is  published in 
the body of the letter has never  before been 
given to the public.  *________

Ex-State  Swamp  Land  Commissioner 
Fuller favors T h e T radesm an with a copy 
of his report for the years  1883-84.  The re­
port is a novel  one  in  many  respects,  the 
monotony of an ordinarily  uninteresting of­
ficial document being relieved by ,a vigorous 
defense of the author’s and ex-Governor Be- 
gole’s acts during the two  years  they occu­
pied offices in the State capitol.

The excerpt from the Grand Rapids Lead­
er, published  on  the  drug  page, relative to 
alleged 
liquor-selling  by  druggists,  merits 
the contempt of every well-meaning druggist 
in  the  city.  Taken  as  a whole, the drug 
trade  of  Grand  Rapids  is remarkably free 
from the charge  imputed  against it.  To at­
tempt to saddle the offenses of  a few on the 
many is as senseless as to  charge that every 
preacher is a rogue,  or  every  business  man 
a  thief,  because  occasional  instances  of 
roguery  and  theft  occur  among  the classes 
mentioned.  The  malice  apparent  in every 
line of the article quoted is sufficient  to con­
demn the  statements  made,  and the source 
from which  they  emanated—a  disgruntled 
saloon-keeper—serves  to  throw  additional 
doubt over the sincerity  of  his motives and 
the correctness of his conclusions.

“Newaygo county is  bound  to  take  rank 
as one of the leading agricultural counties of 
the State,” said D. P. Clay,  the  other  day. 
“The  soil  is  mostly  clay  sub-soil,  and the 
streams are mostly fed by springs,  which  is 
by far the best water for  stock.  Of  course 
there are places where  the  soil  is poor, but 
where is the county which hasn’t poor spots? 
The nearness of  Newaygo  county  to Grand 
Rapids, which furnishes  a  ready market, is 
also a strong point in her  favor.”

Stimulated by the  success  which  has  at­
tended organizations  of  the  retail  trade  at 
other business points, representative dealers 
along South Division street  have  concluded 
«o take advantage  of  their  opportunity and 
have effected an organization under the name 
of  “Merchants’  Protective  tfnion,”  having 
for  its  object  the  mutual  protection of its 
members  against  losses  incurred by the too 
liberal and indiscriminate  use  of  the credit 
system. 

_________

The  new  Kent  County  Savings 

Bank,
which has been open  to  business  only  four 
weeks,  is  already  in  receipt  of  deposits at 
the rate of $100,000 per annum.  As soon as 
the necessary blanks, now in course of prep­
aration,  are  ready,  the  institution  will  be 
prepared  to  receive  the  regular deposits of 
business houses and carry on a  general com­
mercial business,  including the purchase and 
sale  of  foreign  and  domestic  exchange. 
Cashier  Yerdier  speaks  hopefully  of  the 
prospects of  the establishment.

Myron Hester, who  has  been  engaged in 
the mill machinery  and  supply  business on 
Pearl  street  for  several  months  past,  has 
formed a copartnership  with  Samuel  Fox, 
and the two will continue the business under 
the  firm  of  Hester  &  Fox.  The  firm has 
rented  the  commodious  store  on  the  Oaks 
street side of the new Watson & Heald block 
on South Division  street,  and  will  cany  a 
full line of mill and wood working  machin­
ery,  shafting,  pulleys,  etc.  The  manufac­
turers’ agency of  the  following well-known 
machines has already been secured:  Page’s 
and  Paine’s  engines  and  boilers;  Steele’s 
saw-mills;  Egan’s  and  Rowley & Herman- 
ie’s  wood  working  machinery;  Dodge’s 
wooden pulleys 

___________

The Geo. C. W. Richards  drug  stock,  at 
Sheridan, has witnessed its  full  measure of 
the vicissitudes of this life.  A few  months 
ago the stock  was  attached  by Hazeltine, 
Perkins & Co. and three other  creditors, by 
whom it was sold at sheriff’s sale to J. Van- 
derburg.  Brown & Steere, attorneys at Stan­
ton, thereupon seized the  stock  on a bill of 
sale alleged to have  been  executed to them 
by Richards previous to his flight to Canada. 
For fear of other  legal  processes, Brown & 
Steere move the  stock to  Stanton, where it 
was concealed until  last  week, when it was 
sold  to  Chas. Dorin,  who  has  removed it 
back to Sheridan and resumed business.  He 
is protected  from  future 
litigation  by  an 
idemnifying bond from Brown & Steere.

T h e T radesm an  acknowledges  the  re­
ceipt of the  seventh  annual  report  of the 
Merchants and Manufacturers’  Exchange of 
Detroit, from  which it appears  that the or­
ganization 
is  in  a  satisfactory  condition. 
Fourteen houses  have  withdrawn  from the 
Exchange during the past year, and an equal 
number have been  added  to  the  member 
ship, leaving the total number at  103.  The 
total receipts were  $5,752.64  and  the  total 
disbursements $5,718.50, leaving a small bal­
ance in the treasury.  Over thirty-seven  hun­
dred names have been added to those already 
on record, and the entire business of the Ex­
change  shows a similiar  increase.  Several 
important concessions  have  been  obtained 
from  transportation  companies, and  other 
benefits have been  secured  which  none of 
the members could have  obtained  individu- 
ally. 

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W hat Lots  of Corncobs.

From the Globe-Democrat.

A corncob  pipe  factory  at  Washington, 

Mo., employs fifty men.

Fred Ramsey,  the  White  Cloud  general 
dealer  and  saw  and  shingle  mill operator, 
who recently made an assignment to  Hiram 
Lull, makes a showing of  $14,310.17  liabili­
ties  and  $12,961.31  assets.  Of  the 
latter 
amount, $8,500 is  secured  by  chattel  mort­
gage  on  the  entire  property  to  Spring  & 
Company  and  Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.  Mr* 
Lull is joint owner  of  a piece of  pine land 
with the assignor, and is anxious  to  obtain 
possession of the land and  the  saw  mill, in 
consequence of which he  is  offering the un­
secured  creditors  25  per  cent,  cash in full 
settlement.  Unless a compromise is effected 
within a week or  ten  days,  the  mortgagees 
will foreclose their  mortgage,  which  would 
probably  leave  the  estate without a cent to 
pay the other creditors.________

Receiver Tuthill has just closed up the es­
tate of the late firm  of  Messmore  Bros., at 
Cadillac, the final distribution  being  pecul­
iar in  many  respects.  The  total  amount 
realized from the sale of the  property  was

$7,105, out of which was paid a judgment ob­
tained by Storm & Hill, of Chicago, amount­
ing to $6,535, 
leading  but  $570.  As  the 
costs of the litigation  were  about  $800, the 
receiver was compelled to ask  those holding 
legal claims of that character against the es­
tate to compromise them on a basis of about 
70 per cent., to  which  arrangement they all 
acquiesced.  The general creditors  are thus 
left without  as much  consolation  as a two 
percent, dividend, which is another brilliant 
example of the financial ability of the notor­
ious Messmore family.

AROUND THE STATE.

H. E. Stafford, grocer at Battle Creek, has 

sold out.

W. H. Broas,  grocer  at  Springport,  has 

sold out.

Carson City.

Rickard & West have opened a  bakery  in 

Chas. A. Fox has bought H.  Biddleman’s 

grocery stock at Flint.

Chas. King succeeds E. A. Hauser  in  the 

grocery business at  Saline.

H. A. Spink,  the  Whitehall  groceryman, 

adopts the cash basis March 15.

Geo. Lambert succeeds L. E. Wood in  the 

boot and shoe business at Niles.

A. Bronk  succeeds  Bronk  &  Stevens in 

the jewelry business at  Croswell.

Russ & Yost,  general  dealers at  Ithaca, 

have dissolved, Russ continuing.

Mahar & Davis succeed Clark Bros, in the 

the hardware business at Saline.

Chatters & Talbot succeed B.  C. Turner & 

Co. in general trade at Flushing.

S. F. Caldwell succeeds  Caldwell Bros,  in 

the grocery business at  Marcellus.

Henry Seaman  succeeds  C. L. Frazier in 

the grocery business at Greenville.

Geo. Knudson,  boot  and  shoe  dealer  at 

Cadillac, has assigned to J. M. Rice.

Huntoon  &  Niles  succeed  Huntoon  & 

Slater in the meat business at Eagle.

C. H.  Kingsbury,  the  Allegan  grocer, 

offering to compromise at 25 per cent.

Morris Wolff succeeds Mrs. Hannah Wolff 

in the clothing business at Ypsilanti.

M. O’Brien, liquor dealer at East Saginaw 

is offering to compromise at 20 per cent.

Ralph  Springer  succeeds  Jos.  Jacobi  & 

Son in the dry goods business at Minden 

Sawyer & Fitzgerald,  hardware dealers at 

Bellevue, have dissolved, each continuing,

T. R. Shepard succeeds Shepard & Wilcox 
in the meat  market  business at Greenville,
McCabe & Collins succeed  H. D. McCabe 
in the boot and  shoe  business at St. John 
Edward  Thornhill  succeeds  Thornhill 
Bros, in the dry goods  business at  Milford 
Rawson  Bros.,  grocerymen  at  Vermont- 
ville, have dissolved, F. E. Rawson  succeed 
ing.

M. S. Hitchcock succeeds  Clark,  Ilelmer 
& Hawk in the hardware  business  at  Jack-

Wood &  Walton  succeed  Hunt  &  Wood, 
in  general  merchandise  at  Lake
I

dealers 
City. 

D. R. Griswold  succeeds Wakelee & Gris­
wold in the  dry  goods  business  at  Battle 
Creek.

Knapp Bros, succeed  Knapp  &  Cople  in 
the grocery and crockery business  at  Eaton 
Rapids.

Chas. H.  Huffman  succeeds  II. M. Allen 
in the grocery and  crockery business at Bat­
tle Creek. 
H. F. Campbell has purchased  the Corbm
& Wood  drug  stock, at Sherman, of  H. B. 
Sturtevant.

,  ., 

..

, 

F. W. Lindguist, jeweler and  musical  in­
strument dealer  at  Escanaba,  lias  assigned
to C. C. Royce.

Ed. Bradford has  rented a  store at White 
Cloud and  removed  his  grocery  stock from 
Fremont to that place.

It is reported that L. Rogers  has purchas­
ed an interest in the firm of John D.  Wood­
bury & Co., at Portland.

Dr. L. S. Weaver will sell his  drug  stock 
and business at Hesperia and engage  in  the 
lumber business near Leroy.

Major Key, lately engaged in the merchant 
tailoring business at Howard City, has opened 
a similar establishment at  Hastings.

Gilleo  &  Dehart,  late  of  Vickeryville 
have bought the Holland grocery  stock  and 
bakery  at  Stanton,  and  will  continue  the 
business at the old stand.

J. M. Reynolds is the name of  the  gentle 
man who has  purchased  the  general  stock 
of J. W. Holmes,  of  Remus.  Mr.  Holmes 
will re-engage in trade at  Alma.

A. L.  Lakey  has sold his  hardware stock 
at Kalkaska to Will  and  Henry Pipp,  late 
of Brighton,  who will car# on  the business 
under the firm name of Pipp Bros.

II. E.  Hogan, the South Boardman grocer, 
is  pumping  brine  from  an  ordinary drive 
well, only 22 feet deep, of sufficient strength 
to warrant further investigations.  A chem­
ist, well-known in the  State,  pronounces  it 
pure salt.
‘  Dr. M. Crane has sold his grocery and hard­
ware stock at Bonanza to Chas. 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the  old 
stand.  Dr.  Crane  will  continue  the  dry 
goods  and  drag  business  as  heretofoi^. 
About April 1, he will go to  Chicago  to  at­
tend a course of lectures at a leading medical 
college.

m an u fa ctu rin g m atters.

The school seat  factory  at  Battle  Creek 

has started up again.

Large quantities of Cedar Logs  are  being 

put into the.Manistee at  Sherman.

The A. W. Wright Lumber Co. has added 
700 feet to its dock property at East Saginaw.
Merchant & Hungerford’s new saw mill at 
Fremont is now in operation.  The firm will 
put in a planer shortly.

The Ionia Pottery Co. is getting its supply 
of fire  clay from  Grand  Ledge, where a su­
perior quality has been discovered.

JOB  PRINTING.

The  Tradesman  office  has  now  first-class  facilities  for  doing

all  kinds  of

Commercial  Work,

e n t - u r n .
F e r m
The  Only  Reliable  COMPRESSED  YEAST. 
Grocerymen  and  bakers  wishing  to  add  a 
«rood-paying  article  to  their  stock  would  do 
well to send for samples and prices, which will 
be furnished free.  Directions  for  using with 
each package.

P.  SPITZ, Grand Rapids, M ich

Such as Letter, Note and  Bill  Heads,  Statements,  Cards,  E n ­

velopes, Blank Orders,  Circulars, Dodgers, Etc.

NEW TYPE, NEW PRESS, CLEAN WORK.

J- A  

QUEEN  ANNE

w

.

  »

S O A P

-------IS  NOT-------

‘wash without labor”) Soap;
A  (“smash up the clothes boiler,’
A  (grand p?ano, gold  watch, house and lot with every bar,  “save  the  wrappers”)  Soap;  is  not 
A  (towel, napkin, dish-rag*, dry goods store thrown in)  Soap;  is not 
A (here tOrday and gone to-morrow)  Soap; is not
A (sell a quarter of a box, and have the balance left on your hands) Soap,

‘throw a.way the wash-board.’

-------BUT IS-------

The very best article in laundry and general family Soap ever put on the market.

B ig and lasting trade.  Good margins to dealers.  Grocers, if you  have  never 
tried 1“a U E E N  A N N E  SOAP,” buy a sam ple box and you w ill alw ays  continue 

to handle it.CODY,  BALL

&  CO.,

Wholesale Agents for “Queen Anne” and all 

of Detroit Soap Co.’s Standard Brands.

Grand Rapids.
THE LATEST AND CHOICEST.

TAR  CIGAR,
lO  CENTS.
<&  Christenson,

77  C ANAL  STREET,  G R A N D   R A P ID S.

ROOT PLUG
mm get i ran of soots.
BOOT  PLUG

a new  brant 1 
can not be

of Tobacco, witli  a  new  sweet  flavor 
excelled.  Chewers who have  given  it 
a trial will take no other.

that

Tlie Consumer Gets tlie Boots.

W e pack a TIN  ORDER in one  of the  lumps' in  each 
which is good for either one pair  of heavy iso.  1  Ivip 

B u tt

Boots,  or one pair of  Fancy  Calf  Boots,  or 

one pair of Calf Button Shoes.

HOW  TO  G-ET THE  BOOTS. 
Send  th e  B oot  Order  w ith  size  wanted,  N am e,  Town, County and Stete 
plainly w ritten to th e undersigned, and they w ill forward the boots by the n ext 
Express.  DO N’T  FORGET  TO  M ENTIO N   TH E  K IN D   W A NTED.

Tobacco Mamifeoturers,

Canal  and  Monroe  Streets,  CHICAGO,  XX1X1.

FOR  SA LE  B Y   A LL  FIR ST   CLASS  JOBBERS.

OHN 

CAULFIELD,

WHOLESALE

rit

C.  L.  Gray  &  Co.  have  purchased  the 
Pangbom shingle mill, three miles .north  of 
Evart, and will operate it in connection with 
their other two mills.

T. D. French & Son are organizing a stock 
company, with a capital of $40,000, to  build 
a new all roller mill at Middleville, to do  an 
extensive eastern business.

G.  L.  Burtis  has  secured  the  control  of 
the saw  mill  near  the  government  pier  in 
Marquette,  and  will  put  in a new and  im­
proved plant of machinery.

The Stoepel Lumber Co. has 2,000,000 feet 
of  hardwood  logs  banked  at its mill,  East 
Jordan, and will put. in  enough  to  make  a 
stock  of  5,000,000.  The  company also  in­
tends to put some additional machinery  into 
its mill.

Saginaw Times:  The planing  mill  firms 
of the SaginaVs,  in looking over their exper­
ience accounts for the  past  year, found  in 
some instances that the amount received for 
various kinds of mill  work did not  pay the 
expenses of keeping and putting  the lumber 
through their mills.  On account of this fact 
all firms, without an exception  .in  either  of 
the two cities,  have  now  agreed  upon  a 
schedule of prices  which  is  considered fair 
and just to all parties concerned.

STRAY  FACTS.

The Farmer’s Mutual Life  Insurance Co., 
of Barry and Eaton counties, has straighten­
ed out all its business  kinks.

Mancelona Herald:  While  other  towns 
are working hard  for a railroad, Mancelona 
would be satisfied with  simply a good  grist 
mill, a bank, a bakery, a village park,  a fur­
niture factory, and some sort  of  protection 
against fire.  We are  very  modest  in  our 
wants, and do not believe  in «asking for  im­
possibilities.

H. W.  Williams,  of  St.  Joseph,  has  sold 
his interest in the Graham &  Morton  trans­
portation company  and  bought  from  them 
the City of St. Joseph, which he will put on 
the Labe Superior route.  Graham  &  Mor 
ton  will  do  all  of  the  transfer business the 
coming  season  for  the Cincinnati,  W^abash 
& Michigan Railway.  The steamer John A. 
Dix  will  make daily trips between  Benton 
Harbor, St. Joseph and  Chicago  next  sum-

The  G ripsack B rigade.

L. L.  Loomis was  stranded  at  Newaygo 

five days.

N. S. McConnell,  with  Nelson,  Bros.  .& 
leaves  to-day  for  a  two  weeks’ trip 

Co., 
through Northern Michigan.

Gus. Sharp claims to be the only traveling 
man out of this market who has made every 
town on his route during the past two weeks.
Mr. Ireland Frareling, salesman  for Haw­
kins & Perry, of Grand Rapids,” is the  way 
the  Stan wood  correspondent  of  the  Big 

apids Herald puts it.
G. B. Chapman, otherwise known as “Na­
poleon Bonaparte,” was in town last Friday.
He is still with  Henry  C. Myers, the  New 
York cigar manufacturer.

Lost,  Strayed  or  Stolen—Gid  Kellogg, 
who has not been heard from for two weeks.
A suitable  reward will be paid  for  his re­
turn, dead or alive, to this office.

Holland  City N ews:  Snow-bound  com­
mercial  men, to the  number of  fifteen, en­
gaged our skating rink  last  Wednesday af­
ternoon and passed the time in “cutting” ar­
tistic figures on wheels.  L. C. Bradford was 
the instructor, and toward the  close of  the 
session gave an exhibition of  “how he could 
skate.”

Jas. Fox and F. J. Coppes relate a terrible 
experience with the snow near  East  Sauga- 
tuck  during  the  recent  blockade.  Both 
horses  spid  men  gave  out,  so  that neither 
were  able  to  proceed.  The animals were 
cared for by a friendly farmer,  and Jim and 
Frank  sought  slumber  on  the  counter of 
Frank Broene’s store at East Saugatuck.

The Grand Rapids  traveling fraternity re­
ceive  a  recruit  this  week  in  the person of 
Hiram B. Clark,  for  the  past  year  billing 
clerk for Eaton  Christenson,  who goes  on 
the road as successor to L. C. Bradford, who 
severed his  connection  with  that house last 
Saturday.  Hiram has had  considerable  ex­
perience  in  the  grocery  business  and  will 
undoubtedly  meet  with  success  as  a sales­
man.

L. C. Bradford, for  the  past  five  years 
traveling representative  for  Eaton & Chris­
tenson, severed  his Connection  with  that 
house last Saturday, and immediately engag­
ed with Fox, Musselman & Loveridge.  His 
territory  will  be  the D., G. H. & M.,  and 
Muskegon, and the Newaygo and  Big  Rap­
ids branches of the C. & W.  M.  “Cass” is a 
“rustler,”  and  both  he  and his new house 
are to be congratulated.

Referring  to  the  “Snow-Bound  Comedy 
Co.” whose personel and  programme  were 
published in T h e T ra desm a n of last week, 
the Holland City News says:  The members 
of the company  were  commercial  travelers 
who were “snowed  in,” at  this place.  The 
name of the piece they presented was  entit­
led “Life on Rails; or Snow Bound for Three 
Days.”  To say that  this  company did  not 
have a  good  time  would be  telling  an  un­
truth.  The audience was meager and the re­
ceipts were  barely  sufficient  to  keep  the 
company in cigars.

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

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HAZELTINE. 
PERKINS

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Serpent aria.
Seneka.............................................
Sarsaparilla,  H onduras................
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican....................
Squills, white (Powd 35c)...............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...

SEEDS.

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Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)............... 
Bird, mixed in ft packages.......... 
Canary,  Smyrna.....................  
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  20c). 
Cardamon,  Aleppee....................... 
Cardamon, Malabar........................  
Celery...............................................
Coriander, Dest English................
F en n el..............................................
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Flax, clean— .................................  
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3M>.................. 
4  ©
Foenugreek, powdered.................. 
7  ©
Hemp,  Russian...............................  ®  ®
Mustard, white  Black 10c)...........
Q uince.............
Rape, English..
Worm,  Levant.................................

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Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage......2 25  @2 50
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Velvet Extra do 
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Hard head, for slate use................  
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M ISCELLANEUS.

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.22) $  gal.... 
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. re f.
Anodyne  Hoffman’s.......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
Annatto 1 ft rolls.....................• • ••
Alum ........................................  $
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
Annatto,  prim e................... ..........

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3  @ 4
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4M@ 5
6  @ 7
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Wholesale

Druggists!

42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 93 

and

95  Louis  Street.

The  O rigin  of Opium .

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Solution of R esinous  Substances.

B. B.  Shuttleworth  in  the  Canadian  Pbarm. 
Journal.
A note in a foreign journal has  called the 
writer’s attention to a method for dissolving 
resins which he  has  used  successfully for 
some fifteen years, but  whi<jh  may  not  be 
generally known.  It wa3 first  employed in 
making shellac varnish, when large  quanti­
ties of that compound were  required for ex­
port to the United States, and has  many ad­
vantages over simple maceration, the princi­
pal being the saving of time effected.

The  method is  really  a  modification  of 
Burton’s circulatory displacement, though it 
does not appear that  the  discoverer of that 
plan ever applied it to the solution of resins.
,  xn case of the solution of shellac the resin 
is put in a tin  vessel,  preferably of  conical 
j  shape, and perforated plentifully with holes 
of at least one-quarter of an inch  in  diame­
ter.  The vessel is suspended by three cords
—as a scale-pan—and .through the  point  of
intersection of the cords a stick is passed, so 
that when this is lodged across  the top  of a 
barrel—previously deprived of its head—the 
vessel  may  hang  at  about  a third  of the 
depth o£ the barrel.  The solvent, methylat­
ed spirit is now  poured 
into the  barrel, so 
that the vessel may  he completely submerg­
ed.  A cover should now be  put  on  to  pre­
vent evaporation, and the  whole  left undis­
turbed for two or three days, when the resin 
will have  been  completely  dissolved, with 
the exception of a small portion of  an insol­
uble tough residue, which  should  be reject- 
The resulting  solution  will  be  clear.
ed.
avoided,
Stirring 
^
as  it  retards  the  process  by  interfering 
with the operation of the force of gravity on 
on which the method depends.

should  be  altogether 

The writer has not  tried  this  plan  with 
other  resins, but  it  would, no  doubt, be  of 
general application.

While speaking of shellac  varnish,  it may 
be well to make  another  useful suggestion, 
which can also be turned to account for  oth­
er spirituous varnishes.  When such are ap­
plied to surfaces at a low  temperature or in 
a damp atmosphere, the film  often  becomes 
dull, or “chills,” as it is technically  termed. 
If a few lumps of ordinary carbonate of am­
monium be placed in the varnish and  allow­
ed to remain a  few  days,  this  disagreeable 
result may be avoided.  For transparent col­
orless varnishes for  photographic  use  this 
hint will be  found  applicable,  and is worth 
remembering.

According  to  the  Bengali  legend,  there 
once lived, on the banks  of  the  holly  river 
Ganga, a Rishi, or sage, in whose  hut, made 
of  palm  leaves,  there wsys a mouse,  which 
became a favorite with the seer,  and was en­
dowed by him with the gift of speech.  After 
a while, the mouse, having been  frightened 
by  a  cat,  at  its  earnest  solicitations  was 
changed by Rishi into a  cat;  then,  alarmed 
by dogs, into a dog;  then into an  ape;  then 
into  a  boar;  then  into  an  elephant; and, 
finally, still being discontented with  its  lot, 
into a beautiful maiden, to  whom  the  sage 
Postomani,”  or the
gave  the  name  of
“poppy-seed lady.”  One day, whilst tending 
her plants, the king approached  the  Rishi’s 
cottage,  and was invited to rest and  refresh 
himself  by  Postomani,  who  offered  him 
some  delicious  fruit.  The king, however, 
struck  by  the  girl’s  beauty, refused to eat 
until  she  had  told  him  her  parentage. 
Postomani, to deceive the king, told him she 
was a princess, whom the  Rishi  had  found 
in  the  woods,  and  had  brought up.  The 
upshot was that the king  made  love  to  the 
girl, and they were married by the holy sage. 
She was treated as the  favorite  queen,  and 
was very happy; but one day, whilst^stand­
ing by a well, she turned giddy, fell into the 
water, and died.  The Rishi  then  appeared 
before the king, and begged him not  to give 
way to consuming grief, assuring  him  that 
the late queen was not of royal blood.  Said 
he, “She was born a mouse;  and  according 
to her own wish, I changed her successively 
into a cat, a dog, a bear,  an  elephant, and a 
lovely girl.  Let  her  body  remain in  the 
well: fill up the well with earth.  Out of her 
flesh and bones will grow a tree, which shall 
be called after her, ‘Posto’; that is, the ‘pop­
py tree.’  From this tree will  be obtained a 
drug called ‘opium,’ which will be  celebrat­
ed through all ages, and which will be  eith­
er swallowed or smoked till the end of time. 
The opium swallower or smoker  will  have 
one quality of each of the  animals to which 
Postomani  was  transformed.  He  will be 
mischievous, 
like a mouse; fond  of  milk, 
like a cat;  quarrelsome, 
like a dog; filthy, 
like an ape; savage, like a boar;  and  high- 
tempered, like a queen.”

 

 

 

acetti, powdered hellebore, linseed oil. 

Advanced—Gum camphor, oil cubebs, sperm- 
Declined—Oil bergamot.
ACID S.
 

f t  as
Acetic, No.  8.................  
  to 
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........   30  @  3o
Carbolic............................................   33 
f   ?£
C itric..........................................
3  @ 
...
Muriatic 18  deg......................... 
1  @ 
Nitric 36 deg.................................... 
r:
14M® 
Oxalic............................................
3  ©
Sulphuric  66 deg..............................
Tartaric  powdered................. l a - ;
Benzoic,  English....................v oz
Benzoic,  Germ an............................
T annic...............................................

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a m m o n i a .

Carbonate........ • • ■ .................. ^
Muriate (Powd. ¿3c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f...........................
Aqua 18 deg or  41............................

BALSAMS.

15

Copaiba............................................
F ir......................................................
P eru...................................................
T olu.................... 
....................*" ■
b a r k s .
Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)...........
Cinchona,  yellow..........................
Elm,  select.......................................
Elm, ground, p ure..........................
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................
Sassafras, of root.......................
Wild Cherry, select........................
Bayberry  powdered.......................
Hemlock powdered........................
W ahoo..............................................
3»ap  ground....................................
Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  00c)............ 
g
J u n ip e r..........................................   k0
Prickly A sh......................................
Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, p u re.....  ... 
Logwood, bulk (12 and 2a lb doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft boxes)...............
...............
Lgowood, Ms 
do 
Logwood, 148 
do 
............. '
Logwood, ass d  do 
• •
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

EX TRACTS.

b e r r i e s .

FLO W ERS.

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

10

GUMS.

60©

28®

Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
Aloes,Cape (Powd  24c)...............
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac........ . ■ • •.......................
Arabic, extra  se le c t....................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st  picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts..^. 
• ■ •
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
55®60
Benzoin................................7 . 1 9 ®   22
Camphor —
Catechu. Is (M 14c, 14s  16c) 
Euphorbium powdered.
Galbanum strained......................... 
Gamboge........ •••••••• 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
Kino TPowdered, 30cl.....................
Myrrh.'Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.75)...............
Shellac, Campbell s.
Shellac,  English..............................
Shellac, native .................................
Shellac bleached..............................  oq
Tragacanth ......................................

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B r u g s  & ílfoeb te m e s
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

M v i ^ r S ® i S U^ M CM“ D o ' a   K«l-
s S d V ic e -P re s id e n t-B .  D.  Northrop,  Lan-
Third Vice-President—Frank  W urzburg,  Gr d
Sw retary—J  acob Jesson, Muskegon. 
i w S r - W m .  Dupont, Detroit.
Treasurer  »» 
_o   t  nm wn  A.  B.
E|t e ? ? S G S .T a n d S £ 'w . 'H . Keller,  F.  W.
NextCpface  of  m eeting-A t Detroit, Tuesday. 
________

October 13,1885. 

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

O R G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9,1884. 

O F F IC E R S .

P resident-F rank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. W mte.
Secretary—FrankH .E scott.

P-  Bigo--
P ^ W e n t,  Wm  ^  

Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  wm.  n. 

C ^ ^ itte h o n  Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B.
C o ^ m ^ t o Cn S F i t i o n _ I s a a c  Watts,  O.  H.
Committ™ 'onTrJle  m lte r s - H . B. Fairchild, 
.
K iS la r f e i n S - E i r s t   Thursday evening in
Annual11Meetings—First  Thursday evening in
Next^Meeting—'Thursday  evening,  March  5, 

 P w k  Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. 

tS

. 

at ’‘The Tradesman  ofhee.

Singular  Poisoning from  Poke Boot.
One of the most peculiar  cases of  poison- * 
ing on record occurred at Messrs. Hazeltine, 
Perkins &  Co’.s  wholesale  drug  establish­
ment, last Thursday afternoon.  Having oc­
casion to use a quantity of ground poke root 
in  the  preparation  of  fluid extract, Robert 
W. Hazeltine, the chemist  of  the  establish­
ment,  carried  a  quantity  of  the root to the 
basement and put  it  through  the  grinder. 
That evening nearly every person  employed 
in the store was taken with a dry  cough, ac­
companied  by  a  severe  congestion of the 
lungs, from which they suffered  for  several 
days.  T h(^chemist, who stood over the  ma 
chine, nearly died that night, and  has  been 
in a precarious  condition  ever  since.  Cus­
tomers who were in the store during  the af­
ternoon  were  also  taken  with  the  same 
symptoms,  and  a  number  of  persons  who 
called in to chat with members  of  the firms 
received something more  than  a  cordial re­
ception.  The  cause  of  the  poisoning was 
the fine dust which emanated  from the  mill 
during  the  process  of  grinding,  and which 
filled  the  air,  from  which it was carried to 
the lungs, causing the trouble indicated.

Messrs. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. will buy 

the ground poke root hereafter.

The  F ailu re  of the  Cam pion  Flan.

From the P h a r m a c e u t i c a l  R e c o r d .

The manufacturers  who  entered  into  the 
plan have done in good faith  all  they could 
to uphold the project,  but  the  retail  trade 
and  some  of  the  wholesale  trade  did not 
give it their hearty support.  Much  may  be 
said on both sides, and there are those ready 
to criticise and  extend  condemnations  that 
are not deserved, but we propose only to say 
that  it  was  in  the beginning an honorable 
compact to protect the  retail  dealer  against 
unprincipled  competitors.  The  plan  had 
weak points, and it has failed to accomplish 
the  purpose  for  which  it  was  honorably 
formed, and, on the part of most of those pro­
prietors who agreed to it, honorably  kept.

But it no longer exists, and  now  it  must 
he for the retailer to do as best he can to pro­
tect himself.  It is doubtful  if  manufactur­
ers will ever again listen to the  proposal  of 
any  plan  to  protect him, for there seem to 
be  too  many  avenues  by  which to thwart 
an y  argument that may be suggested.

Dr. G. W. Crouter,  of  Charlevoix,  Presi­
dent of the Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association, was in  town  last  1 riday  and 
Saturday on his  way home  from the Grand 
Lodge I.  O.  O. F., at  Kalamazoo.  He  paid 
his respects to  President  Wurzburg,  Secre­
tary Escott and several other members of the 
Grand  Rapids  Pharniaceutical  Society, and 1 
congratulated them on the  success  already 
attending the organization.  He is confident 
that the pharmacy bill will receive the sanc­
tion of the Legislature, and will spend a cou­
ple of weeks at  Lansing in  the 
interest of 
the measure next month.

The  Connecticut  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association held its ninth annual meeting at 
Hartford on the  9th, about  sixty  members 
being in attendance.  The present  member­
ship of the society  is  246.  The  Committee 
on Trade Interests reported  that  there  was 
little  difficulty in  obtaining  full  rates,  or 
nearly so, on all proprietary goods.  A com­
mittee of three was  appointed to  report  at 
the next meeting a plain for  action whereby 
better facilities can be  secured  for  the  pri­
mary education of pharmacists.

How to Induce and  H elp  Study by  Clerks. 
From the Pharmaceutical Record.

A very practical  solution  of this  poblem 
came to our  observation a  few  days  since. 
Meeting a friend, a Massachusetts  druggist, 
he gave  in  the  course of conversation  the 
suggestion he had  adopted in  his  business 
relatiye to encouraging  study by liis clerks. 
Certain books were purchased for them, and 
they were to own them  by paying for  them 
in small weekly installments—usually twen­
ty-five cents per week—until paid,  with the 
proviso that they were  to  devote at least so 
many hours per week to  their  study, and a 
plan was arranged for their guidance.

We ask any employer  whether  his clerks 
would have any less respect or less  value to 
him if sucli a rule were adopted in his store? 
Employers are in a great  measure  responsi­
ble for the number  of  ill-conditioned,  mis­
erable specimens of  clerks  that  are  to  be 
found too freely.  Let some such method as 
this stated above be adopted,  and  we  shall 
soon raise the  capacity  of  clerks, and  our 
Boards of Pharmacy  will  have  fewer to re­
ject  as incompetent than they must honestly 
do now. 

__________

All petroleum  is  now  being subjected to 
rigid  examination  by  the  government au­
thorities of Germany for the purpose of hav­
ing it conform  to  certain  requirements res­
pecting  to  inflammability.  At  the ports of 
entry the petroleum  is  examined  and  the 
barrels stamped, but  dealers  in  the  article 
who receive the same are expected to  see to 
it that the oil  answers  the  requirements of 
the Government,  and  to submit the petrole­
um to a second scrutiny,  as  the  first is con­
sidered  to  be  somewhat  superficial.  This 
entails expense upon  the  merchants  unne­
cessarily, it is  claimed,-and  is giving rise to 
much complaint in certain quarters.

The  D rug  M arket.

Business  has  shown  a  marked  improve­
ment during the past week,  and  collections 
continue  to  improve.  There  has  been  no 
special movement in any article in the  drug 
line, but the fact  that there are more advan­
ces than declines is a most  favorable  omen.

Quite  as  Good.

A gentleman recently entered a drug store, 
in which were books and various  miscellan­
eous articles for sale, and asked the druggist 
if he had Goldsmith’s Greece.

“No,” said he,  “but we have  some  splen­

did liair-oil.”

Representative Wilson, of  Muskegon, has 
introduced a pharmacy bill which is a modi­
fication of  the bill  introduced by Represent­
ative Collins, of Detroit.  The  first  section 
of the first bill is  striken  out  of  the  new; 
the section in regard to  the  adulteration  of 
drugs is also stricken out, and  the Governor 
is  empowered  to  choose five members  of  a 
Board or Pharmacy at his own  will, instead 
of choosing five out of ten  recommended by 
the State Pharmaceutical Association.

The New York Druggists’ Union  have by 
vote resolved to suspend the price-list which 
they agreed to a year  ago.  This  leaves  all 
its members free  to  sell  at  such  prices  as 
they may choose to accept.

When menthol is warmed  with  sulphuric 
acid diluted with half its bulk of water it as­
sumes a deep-blue  color.

According to some of the medical journals 
the  use  of  mullein as a palliative  for  the 
cough of phthisis seems  to be meeting  with | 
favor in various  quarters.  The  customaiy 
form of administration has  been a  milk de­
coction of  the  plant.  More  recently  the 
smoking of the leaves has been  recommend­
ed as a more agreeable and effective  method 
of administration.

Some one has said  that  the  man who is 
curious to see how the world could get along 
without him  can find out by  sticking a cam­
bric needle into a millpond, and  then  with­
drawing it and looking at the hole.

C. Low Fastier,  the  alleged  Indian phy 
sician, is now at  Bay City,  where he  is fol­
lowing his usual  programme of deceit  and 
fraud.  Druggists everywhere  should be on 
the look-out for the rascal.

IR O N .

H E R B S—IN   OUNCE  PA CKA GES.

40
4 10
30
26
24
30
@1  00

H oarhound...................................................... ..
Lobelia....................... ................................. 1! .*25
Pepperm int.......................................................40
Rue..........................................  
 
24
 
S pearm int............................... 
35
Sweet Majoram..................... •* ........................25
T anzy..................................... 
 
^
Thyme  ........................................*..............7.725
W ormwood............................................

Slandering the Profession o f Pharm acy.
“I would  like to  see  the  Legislature do 
one thing this winter remarked a prominent 
West Side  citizen to the  “Lounger” of  the 
Grand Rapids Leader  recently,  “and that is 
to amend the law so as to compel  druggists 
to pay a state liquor tax.  You have no idea 
the amount of liquor that is sold  quietly be­
hind the  prescription  desk, at the  various 
drug stores in town.  If I were  engaged  in 
the whisky business  I  would  rather  have 
the trade of some of  these  stores  than  that 
at the best saloon in the city.  It is not right
to compel one  class o! men  to  pay  a  high I C K ^ I ^ ^ o i t ln i t u r e s
liquor,  because  tney  guip^ate, pure  crystal........
license  for  selling 
frankly acknowledge  their  business, while| “
£ ^ 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
another set who  are  engaged in  the  same i 
l e a v e s .
business, but do it under the  guise  of  con- J. Btichu, short (Pow d^);;;- —  • • • 
is 
Sage, Italian, hulk (Ms & Ms, 12c)...
ducting a drug  store, pay no  tax.  I  think 
Senna,  Alex, natural..........••• ••••  10
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
the law  should be so amended as to require 
Senna,  powdered............................
druggists to pay a State  tax of  $200.  It  is 
Senna tm nivelli...............................
Uva  ..................................................
not only the  evasion  of  paying a  just  tax 
Belledonna.......................................
that these men are guilty of, but the greater 
Foxglove...........................................
H enbane...........................................
offense  Of  furnishing  the  starting  place 
Rose, red...........................................
to  drink.  It 
for  young  men 
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2  00
is  considered 
for 
Druggists’ Favorite  R ye.................... * ix
young  men, mere  boys, to slip into a  drug 
Whisky, other brands. ................   ^
Gin, Old Tom..........................................i  XX
store  and get a  nip, where  they  geneially 
Gin,  Holland......................................... f 22
find an associate or  chum  behind  the  coun­
B randy................................................ Ac
Catawba  W ines.....................................* S
ter,  and  once  started it is not so  hard  to 
Port W ines........................................ 1
walk into the  saloon.  The  number of  old 
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
soakers who take  their  drinks  regularly at 
Carbonate, Jenning s, 2 oz. . ..........
the prescription  desk  would  startle  some 
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution....
Calcined............................................
folks 
if  it  were  known.  The  druggists 
should pay a liquor  license.”

learn 
the 

to 
quite 

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Q uite  a  Difference.

Bank  Director—Stole  25  cents,  did  he? 
The scoundrel I  I’ll arrest him and have him 
sent to the  penitentiary this very day.  The 
idea of a cashier of ours doing anything like
that is enough to-----

Bank Exam iner—Pardon me,  sir, but  you 

seem to have misunderstood me.

“Oh!  Well,  perhaps  I  did.  I’ve been  a 

little deaf for a good many years.”

“What I said was  that  your  cashier  left 
only 25 cents in the safe.  He  stole  all  the

“Great  Csesar? 

I  must  see him at once 

and get him to compromise  the  matter.”/

R ebuking a   W om an.

Mrs. De Blank —There  now,  John,  just 
read that, and maybe you’ll throw away that 
horrid cigar!

Mr. De Blank—Read  what?
“Why, this in the  paper.  A  member  of 
the  recent Woman’s Congress says,  ‘ It  is  a 
nice thing for a man to keep his mouth fit to 
be kissed.’ ”

“Humph!  That may all be; but it is  also 
a nice thing for a woman to keep her  mouth 
fit to be kissed.” 
<
• “What do you mean by that?”
“Why, shut, of course 1”

Yankee Invention.

The  following  conversation, which  was 
overheard between  two  unmistakable  Yan­
kees in Boston, is illustrative  of  the  inven­
tive genius of the New Englanders.

“How did Abijah come on  with  that pat­

ent ink that could not be erased?

“He made a fortune out of it.  He got fif­
ty thousand dollars for  the  patent, but now 
he has got a better thing than that.”

“What is it?”
“It is a new kind of ink  eraser  that will 
remove even writing done with his own ink. 
He has refused $75,000 for the  patent.”

Dr. F. A. Jones, a physician  of  six  years’ 
experience,  has  located  at  Lakeside.  He 
was formerly engaged in  practice  at  Grand 
Ledge.

Almond, sweet.................................
Amber, rectified 
Anise 
Bay $   oz
Bergamont.......................................   18
C astor...............................................
Croton...............................................
C ajeput.........................*................;
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75e).......
Citronella........................................
Cod Liver,  filtered................ ^  gal
Cod Liver, b est....... • • • • • •
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co. 8,16
Cubebs, P. &  W ...............................
E rigeron...........................................
Fireweed...........................................
Geranium  $   oz.. . . . . . .^  —  • • • • • •
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75C)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries.............................
Lavender flowers, French.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new  crop............................
Lemon,  Sanderson .........................
Lemongrass............. «......................
O live,M alaga....... 
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Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
• • ■ •
Origanum, red flowers, F rench...
Origanum,  No. 1............................
Pennyroyal ■••••••..........................
Peppermint,  w hite.........................
Rosemary, French (Üowers $1 i>0)
S alad.................................................
Savin................ ................................
Sandal  Wood. Germ an..................
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
Sassafras....................................—
Spearm int....................................... .  ^
Tar (by gal 50e).................................  10

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45 
1  85 
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1  80 
t  19M 
200 
75 
1 00 
35 
75 
1 20
1 50 
3 50 
6 00 
7 50 
1  60
2  00 75 
35 
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2 00 
2 01 
1 00 
90 
1  40
1 50 
80
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2 75 
1 25
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1 60 
4 75 
8  50 
65
65  @  67 
1 00 
4 50 
7  00 
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W orm seed........................................

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Bicromate............. .........“ w ii?
Bromide, cryst. and gram bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow........ ....................

ROOTS.

A lkanet.............................................
Althea, c u t............. .........................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .......•••••
Arrow, Taylor’s, in Ms and Ms—
Blood (Powd ....................................
Calamus,  peeled — ...... • ••••••• •
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  loo).......................
Ginger, African (Powdl6c)............
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 30c)................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap, p o w d e re d ......................
Licorice,  select (Powd 12M)........
Licorice, extra select.....................
Rhei, from sélect to  choice........ . l w
Rhei, powdered E. 1.........................110  © t
Rhei, choice cut  cubes.........
Rhei, choice cut Angers.......

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25
17 
33 
12
18 
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Blue  Soluble...............................
Bay  Rum, imported, best........
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Cofes .
Balm Gilead  B uds.................. . 
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Beans,  Tonka..................................
Beans, Vanilla.................................7  90
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................
Blue  PilP(Powd 70e).......................
Blue V itrio l............................. . 
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............
Cantharides,Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frican...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ...
Carmine, No. 40...............................
Cassia Buds......................................
Calomel.  American.........................
i  Chalk, prepared drop.....................
I  Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lum p..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ...: .............
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
Chloral 
cryst...
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral 
'crusts..
Chloroform ....................................
.Cinchonidia, P. &  W ........ ..............  40
Clnchonidia, other brands.............  40
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................  1°
Cochineal.......................... ..............
Cocoa  B u tte r..............................
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......  38
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear, prim e...............................
Cuttle Fish Bone..............................
D extrine...........................................
Dover’s  Powders............................
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
Ergot  powdered..................... .—
E ther Squibb’s .'...............................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............
Epsom Salts...................................... 
Ergot, fresli......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
Flake  white............................... —
Grains  Paradise..............................
Gelatine, Cooper’s ..........................
Gelatine, French  ...............  ..........
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off 
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis—
Glue;  c a n n e t..................................   J-  ®
Glue,white— *....... .........................  1°  ©
Glycerine, pure...............................   10  ©
Hops  Ms and 14s.............................  
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Iodoform 
Indigo.......... 
Insect Powder, best D alm atian...
Iodine,  resublimed 
Isinglass,  American
Japoniea...........................................
London  Purple...............................  10
Lead, acetate..........•••••••••••••■ •
Lime, chloride,(Ms 2s 10c & M8 11c)
Lupuline 
Lycopodium
A4.8iCG ................................ *........
Madder, best  D utch.....................  
Manna, S.  F ..................... ...............
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........Jg oz  3 00©
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s. 
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Moss, Iceland............................V ®
Moss,  Irish......................................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........
Nutgalls............................................
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment. Mercurial, Ma.......
Paris Green..............................
Pepper, Black  Berry
Pepsin.................... . -.......
Pitch, True Burgundy....
ft ozi 05
Quinia, Suiph, P. & W -------
Quinine,  German..................... ¿ ..-t  9U
Red Precipitate.......................*
Seidlitz  M ixture.............................
Strychnia, cryst...............................
Silver Nitrate, cryst 
Saffron, American.
Sal  Glauber...............
Sal Nitre, large  cryst 
Sal  Nitre, medium  cry st....
Sal Rochelle............................
Sal Soda..................................
Salicin......................................
Santonin................. • • • • • • v ■
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.
Soda Ash [by keg 3cj
Spermaceti........ .. • • • ■ • • • • • • ■ •; • •
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand s.
Soap, White Castile........................
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
.....................
Soap, 
do_  do 
........................
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Soap,  Mazzini..................................  
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F . .. .. .....................   ¿u
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur, flour.......  .........................
Sulphur,  roll........ !..........................
Tartar Emetic........................••••••
Tar, N. C. Pine, M gal. cans  $  doz
Tar 
quarts in tin ..........
Tar! 
pints in tin ............
Turpentine,  Veniee.............¥«>
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
®  8
Zinc,  Sulphate.................................
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......................75
Capitol  Cylinder. 
; ;; ;;;;;;;;;......................60
Model  Cylinder.
Shields  Cylinder..................................................^
Eldorado Engine..................................................™
Peerless  Machinery.................................... f
Challenge Machinery..........................................S
Backus Fine Engine.......................................... |
Black Diamond Machinery.................................j" j
Castor Machine  Oil.............................................£
Paraffine, 25  deg..................................................Si
Paraffine, 28  deg. •••••••..................................
Sperm ,winter bleached................   • -  — • • •
Whale, w inter......................................  ™ 
Lard, extra.............................................  V?
Lard, No.  1.............................................  2?
Linseed, pure  raw ...............................   Si
Linseed, boiled 
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained............   to
Spirits Turpentine............. ...............   **
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No. lT u rp   Coach................................. 1 ™   ™

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No. 1 Turp F u rniture..................... • • • • j  
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E xtra Turp  D am ar............................ 1 Sx! 1  Si
Japan Dryer, No.  1 T urp............. ••
PAINTS.  Bbl

70®

Red V enetian............ ..............
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  1M
Putty, com m ercial..................,
3M
Putty, strictly pure.... - ........
Vermilion, prime Am erican..
Vermilion, English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly pure............
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
Whiting, white Spanish.......  .
Whiting,  GildersV...................
White, Paris Am erican........
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  Paint«  ....
Swiss Villa Prepared P ain ts..

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS OF

Faints. Oils.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

E M I T   PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

W o lf, P atton & Co.,  a n b J ohn L. W h it­

in g , Ma nu facturers  o f  F in e 

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

Brushes.

—Also for the—

Gra n d  R a pid s  Brush  Co.,  Ma n f ’rs  of 

H a ir , Shoe a n d H orse Bru sh es.

Druggists’ Sundries

Our stock in this department of  onr  busi­
ness is  conceded to be  one  of  the  largest, 
best-assorted and diversified to be  found  in 
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers of 
many articles ourselves  and  can  offer  Fine 
Solid Back Hair Brushes,  French  and Eng- 
glish Tooth and Nail  Brushes  at  attractive 
prices.

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

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

WittiersDade&Co’s

Henderson  Co.,  Ky,„  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be  excelled  by  no 
o th er  KNOWN  b r a n d  in  the  market,  hut 
superior in all respects to most that  are  ex­
posed  for  sale.  We  g u a r a n t ee  perfect 
and  complete  satisfaction  and  where  this 
brand of goods has once been introduced the 
future trade has  been assured.

We are also  owners of the

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

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

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

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COMPANY,

W HO LESALE  D EA LER S  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

OIL  CLOTHS

ETC.,  ETC.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

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

W E D N E S D A Y .

E.  A.  STOWE & *BRO., P roprietors.

OFFICE  IN  EAGLE  BUILDING,  3d  FLOOR.
[Entered  at  (he  Postoffice  at  Grand Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  25,  1885.

An Essay on B u tter M aking.

Butter  is  the  mature  fruit  of the full­
blown cow.  It is the greatest effort  of  her 
life.  The  cow  toils  not,  neither  does  she 
spin, yet I say unto you that Solomon  in  all 
his glory could not beat her  on  hand  made 
milk-maid butter.  This subtle  joke  1  have 
repaired and newly  upholstered for use dur­
ing the winter.  Butter comes from  the cow 
in a liquid state.  It is quite a trick  to  win 
her confidence so that she  will yield it up to 
a total stranger.  I  once  sought to woo the 
lacteal fluid from the milk retort of  a  large 
speckled cow to whom I was a  comparative 
stranger.  She wasn’t one of  those  blooded 
cows niat look as though they have been cut 
out of a sheet of paper with a pair of sissors. 
She was a low cow,  with  course 
instincts, 
bom  in  obscurity.  Her  brow  was low, but 
she wore her tail high and she was  haughty 
—oh, so haughty.

The young man who  had hitherto  acquir­
ed the milk from Jthis cow desired  one even­
ing  to  hie  him away to a neighboring  vil­
lage, where he might trip the  light  bombas­
tic toe till the  wee  swa’  hours  anent  the 
twa. 
(Quotation  from a poet  who  was a 
poor speller.)  He  wanted me  to  milk his 
large speckled  plebeian  cow, and I said  I 
would.  The movement was certainly ill-ad­
vised.  I undertook  to  do  as I agreed, but 
failed.  From  the  moment  I  entered  her 
stall and  made a commonplace  remark  to 
her I knew our acquaintance would not lead 
to a warm attachment.  Somehow I felt  con­
strained and uneasy in her society from  the 
moment we met until loving  friends  pulled 
me  out  through  the  stable  window  and 
brought me back  to conseiousnesss. 
I shall 
never undertake to milk a strange cow again 
until the sign is right.  So  far the  sign has 
not been right  I might be  sent  on a polar 
expedition and get  stranded on an  iceberg, 
with no alternative  but to milk a cow or eat 
an old friend, but 1 should hate to tackle the 
cow unless the friend was a very old friend, 
indeed.

Butter is produced by expunging the juice 
from a rare and  costly chemical  known as. 
cream.  Cream  is  the  head  on  the  milk. 
Milk is known as dry and extra dry.  A good 
milkman will always ask  you  whether you 
want your milk wet or •otherwise.

An old well-digger named  Grady  told  me 
about going over  into  Southern  Indiana  at 
at one time to dig a well for  a  man  named 
Wilhum.  Wilhum  was  said  to  be  very 
close.  He was the most contiguous man  in 
Indiana.  His wife used to skim the milk on 
one side, and then turn it over and skim the 
bubbles off. 
It was a constant  struggle  be­
tween  Wilhum  and  his  wife  to see which 
would  be  the  meaner.  The first  day  that 
Grady  was  there  they had a round  ball  of 
butter about as big as a  lemon  aud  as  hard 
as Pharoah’s heart.  The  butter  knife  had 
a handle that would turn every time any one 
tried to get a lick at the butter, and the little 
round ball would flop over on the other side 
and  smile.  Now  and  then  a  hired  man 
would reach over  with  his  own  knife  and 
make a slash at it, but the  butter,  confident 
of his own strength, would tip  over  with  a 
dull thud, and the man would  heave  a  sigh 
and  give  it  up.  Then another  farm-hand 
would make a wild dash at it, but burst into 
tears  and  quit.  Finally  Grady,  who had 
watched this performance several  days, jab­
bed  his  fork  down  through  the middle of 
the yellow chunk and successfully  cut  it  in 
two. 
In  the  center,  was  a  small,  solid 
wooden  top.  “There,”  says  Grady,  “I’ve 
found  out  what  the blamed thing is wound 
on, anyhow.”—B ill Nye.

C r e a m e r y   v s .  D a i r y   B u t t e r .

Prof.  L. B.  Arnold,  in  the  New  York 

Tribune, in a comparative article, says:

of 

in  private  dairies, 

Though  creameries, as  generally  carried 
on, fail to do  exact  justice  between  their 
patrons, they are on  the  whole  profitable. 
While they make no better butter than can be 
they  never 
made 
make  any  as  poor  as  many 
the 
private  dairies  do.  Creameries  turn  out 
butter  of  a  uniform  grade  aud  excellent 
in  quality,  while  no 
two  dairies  make 
butter alike,  which is very much against the 
commercial value of dairy butter.  No deal­
er can pay as much for an assortment of  all 
kinds of butter as he can for butter of a uni­
form quality.  On this account he prefers to 
give from five to ten cents a pound more for 
creamery than for dairy butter, and this  dif­
ference makes  the  creamery  system  pay. 
The cost  of  manufacturing  is  less  at  the 
creameries than in the dairies, and  the  for­
mer average more butter from a given quan­
tity of milk because  they employ  better ap­
pliances  and  more  skill.  Creameries  also 
pay by way of relieving  the  farmer’s wives 
and daughters of a great deal  of  very  hard 
work.  They are, however, not so important 
in this respect as they were a few years ago. 
The improvements which have been made of 
late in butter-making appliances  have made 
it possible to raise cream quite as  well  and 
as perfectly on the  farm as it  can  be  done 
anywhere, and to do all the work of  butter­
making with great ease and with  much less 
labor than it was formerly done.

S. Ball & Son are putting a new  boiler in 

tfieir flouring mill at Coloma.

DAIRY NOTES.

Points w hich Every D airym an  Should  R e­

From the Dairy World.

m em ber.

Luck never brought good  dairy  products.
Success comes of  that  thoughtful,  honest 

care, called common, sense.

Dairying requires study.  The wise dairy­

man will  therefore study his business.  *

One unhealthy cow. in a herd, or one whose 
milk is abnormal, will  act  unfavorably  on 
the whole mass.

Water containing  living  fish  and  living 
vegetation is generally in a fit state for  ani­
mals to drink.

Selection of cows is important in all  dair­
ies where high caste and uniform excellence 
is to be made certain in the product.

A herd of a uniformly high elass of  dairy 
cows will pay a better profit on their estimat­
ed value than any other kind of stock.

The greater the number  of  persons  con­
tributing milk and  cream  to  a central  fac­
tory, the less uniform and more inferior will 
be the product, either of butter or cheese.

It is not  always  necessary to taste butter 
in order to judge of  it.  The smooth, unctu­
ous feeling in rubbing  a little  between  the 
finger and thumb expresses at once  its  ricli 
quality. 

As good butter can be made  in  any  farm 
dairy as in the best  constituted  creameries, 
if attention is paid to the surroundings, food, 
water, care of animals, milk, butter, packing 
and preservation.

Cheese  can be  more  perfectly  made in 
Its 
large establishments than in small ones. 
manufacture requires wider knowledge than 
that of butter; the fixtures  are more  costly, 
and the manufacture more intricate.

#

Definite species of animals  seek  definite 
species of plants;  hence  dairy cattle  should 
never  be  forced  to  graze  pastures  close. 
Horses will  eat  plants  refused  by cattle, 
sheep those refused by other farm stock.

England imports nearly 825,000,000 worth 
of cheese a year.  The  average  price  paid 
for the imported article is a little  less  than 
eleven  cents  per  pound.  Canada  sends  a 
higher priced article than the'United States, 
and the largest amount of  any one  country, 
in comparison with previous years.  The in­
crease from  the  United  States  has  been 
slight, and the product  of  Holland  cannot 
compete with American cheese.

Bolling,  arable lands  form  the  best  pas­
tures, because they support the  greatest  va­
riety of valuable herbage.  The grasses  and 
plants of low, wet places are rank and  innu- 
tritious.  Weedy pastures cannot form  first- 
rate milk.  Old pastures are  more  valuable 
than new, and, the greater  the  diversity  of 
plants, the more valuable the pasture.

The  best  stock  water  is  that  of  living 
springs; the next, that  of  running  streams. 
Fully equal to these, with  the  exception  of 
hardness, is the water of wells free from sur­
face drainage.  The worst water  is  that  of 
slack streams and stagnant ponds.  No  ani­
mal naturally seeks impure water, whatever 
may be ignorantly said to the contrary.  All 
domestic animals instinctively seek soft  wa­
ter, and, hence,  will take the water of pools, 
if pure,  in  preference  to  that  from  wells. 
Cows, especially,  dislike  very  cold  water.
Purity in butter and cheese constitutes  its 
chief value in the markets of the  world.  It 
may be perfectly pure after  it  has  lost  the 
fragrance imparted to it by the nature of the! 
food taken.  Any peculiarity of  herbage  or 
other food is imparted to the milk.  Poisons 
may be conveyed to milk in food.  The chief 
value of butter over fat oil, lard  tallow, etc., 
is the presence of grateful odor.  This  may 
add from 25 to 50 per cent, to its  value.  It 
does not involve 3 per cent,  in  the  cost  of 
manufacture.  The  quality  of  food,  there­
fore, taken by cows,  is the prime  integer  in 
the integrity of milk; but,  if impure water is 
drunk, the integrity of the food >is  nullified. 
The second necessity in the care of  milk  is 
cleanliness in  all  of  the  surroundings  and 
manipulations; for,  without  this,  whatever 
good the milk  contains  is  covered  up  and 
yitiated.  The third integer of  value  is  the 
mechanical acts connected with dairy manu­
factures.

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.

71  CANAL  STREET.

SH IPPIN G   BASKETS  AND  BOXES

G. ROYS & GO

N o. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

NEW  GOODS.  New 
Prices down to the whale­
bone.  Goods always sale­
able, and always reliable. 
Buy close and often.
ORDERS PKMPTLYFILLED

2>r\>  (Boobs.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

W ID E   BROW N COTTONS.

 

.11

10.

I m p i

• 1014

CHECKS.

OSNABURG.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 94..23  I Pepperell, 104....... 25
Androscoggin, 84.. 21  Pepperell, 114....... 27%
Pepperell,  7 4 ..___16% Pequot, 74............. 18
Pepperell,  84.........20  Pequot, 84............. 21
Pepperell,  94 .........22% ¡Pequot, 94............. 24
Park Mills, No. 90..14 
Caledonia, XX, qz.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Caledonia,  X, oz... 10
Prodigy, oz........... 11
Economy,  oz..........10
Otis A pron........... 10%
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis Furniture.....10%
Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
York,  1  oz.............10
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
York, AA, extra oz. 14
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13
Alabama  plaid.......  7
Alabama brown—   7
Augusta plaid........   7
Jewell briw n..........  9%
Toledo plaid...........   7
Kentucky  brown.. 10% 
Manchester  plaid..  7 
Lewiston  brow n...  9%
New Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Lane brown........... 9%
Utility plaid...........   6%
Louisiana  plaid—
Greene, G,  44........   514
Avondale,  36. 
8%
Hill, 4-4....................  714
Art  cam brics,36...11 % 
Hill, 7-8....................  634
Androscoggin, 44..  8% 
Hope,  44.................  63S£
Androscoggin, 5-4. .12*4
King  Philb'p  cam­
Ballou, 4-4...............  6¡4
Ilk
Ballou, 54............. .  6
Linwood,  44..........  714
Boott,  0 .4 4 ............  8*4
Lonsdale,  44..........7k
Boott,  E. 5-5............  7
Lonsdale  eambric.10% 
Boott, AGC, 44.......9*4
Langdon, GB, 44...  914
Boott, R. 34..........  514
Langdon,  45...........14
Blackstone, A A 44,  7
Masonville,  44......8
Chapman, X, 44----6
Maxwell. 44 ...........   9*4
Conway,  44 ........... 7
New York Mill, 4-4.1014
Cabot, 4-4................ 8%
New Jersey,  44__   8
Cabot, 7-8................   6
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  714 
Canoe,  34 ...............  4
Pride of the West.. 11 
Domestic,  36..........  714
Pocahontas,  4 4 ....  7k
Dwight Anchor, 44.  9
Slaterville, 7-8........   614
Davol, 44...............  9
Victoria, AA..........  9
Fruit of Loom, 44..  8*4 
Woodbury, 4-4........   5k
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  7k 
Whitinsville,  4 4 ...  714
Fruit of  the  Lo<
Whitinsville, 7-8___ 614
4-4. 
ib 
Wamsutta, 44.........1014
idal, 44. 
Gold Mi
Williamsville,  36... 1014
;dal, 7-8. 
)ld Mi 
Age.......
ilded

bric, 44....... 

DOM ESTIC  GINGHAM S.

F IN E  BROW N  COTTONS

checks,
new

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

W ID E  BLEACHED COTTONS.

nville  i 
laie 
dale A. 
>ry  O .. 
>ry J ... 
>ry  D . .  
iry   K . ,  
lix A., 
lix  B., 
lix X X

Indian Orchard, 40.  8 
Indian Orchard, 36.  7k
Laconia  B, 7-4.........16k
Lyman B, 40-in....... 10k
Mass. BB, 4-4............5k
Nashua  E, 40-in__   8k
Nashua  R, 44........   7k
Nashua 0,7-8..........  6k
Newmarket N ........   6k
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7
Pepperell  R, 44___ 7k
Pepperell  0,7-8___ 6k
Pepperell  N, 3 4 ....  6k
Pocasset  C, 44.........6k
Saranac  R ...............  7k
Saranac  E ...............  9

.ESIAS.
I Mase 
4 1 Mase 
Lons 
Lons 
Nict< 
Vieti 
Vieti 
Viete 
tPhœ 
Phœ 
¡Phœ
G loucester.............
Gloucestermourn’g 
Hamilton  fancy...
Hartel fancy..........
Merrimac D ...,__
M anchester............
Oriental fancy.......
Oriental  robes.......
Pacific  robes..........
Richmond...............
Steel River.............
Simpson’s ..............
Washington fancy. 
Washington  blues.

C 
N 
C 
A 
ite
C
Black 
Davol 
Londc 
Paeon 
Red  C 
Social
Albion,  solid............514
Albion,  grey............6
Allen’s  checks.........5k
Ailen’s  fancy...........5k
Allen’s pink.............6k
Allen’s purple..........6k
American, fancy— 5k
Arnold fancy...........6
Berlin solid.............   5k
Cocheco fancy.........6
Cocheco robes.......... 6k
Conestoga fancy —  6
Eddystone.............. 6
Eagle fancy............. 5
Garner pink..............6k
Appleton  A, 44—   7k 
Boott  M ,4 4 .......:  6k
Boston  F, 44..........  7k
Continental C, 4-3..  6k  
Continental D, 40 in  8k  
Conestoga W, 44...  6k  
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  5k 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6
Dwight  X, 34........ 5k
D w ightY ,7-8__ ;..  5k
Dwight Z, 4-4..........6k
Dwight Star, 4-4—   7 
EwightStar,40-in..  9 
Enterprise EE, 36..  5 
Great Fails E, 44...  7
Farmers’ A, 44.......6
Indian  Orchard  14  7k
Renfrew, dress styl  7 k  
A m oskeag.............   7k
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Amoskeag, Persian
Bookfold..............12k
styles....................10k
Johnson  Manfg Co,
B ates.......................7 k
dress  styles.........12k
Berkshire.............   6k
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks—  7
styles....................  7k
Glasgow checks, f’y 7k
White Mfg Co, stap  7k 
Glasgow 
White Mfg Co, fane  8 
royal  styles........   8
White  M anfg  Co,
Gloucester, 
Earlston.................8
stan d ard .............   7 k
Gordon....................  7k
P lunket..................   7k
dress 
Greylock, 
Lancaster...............  8
styles  ...................12k
Langdale.................7 k
Androscoggin, 74. .21 
jPepperell.  104.......27k
Androscoggin, 8-4..23  Pepperell,  114.......32k
Pepperell,  7-4........20  Pequot,  7-4.............. 21
Pepperell,  84........22k Pequot,  8-4.............. 24
Pepperell,  9-4........25 
|Pequot,  94...............27k
:enceXX, 44..  7k
Atlantic  A, 44— •  7%
Atlantic  H, 4 4— .  7
Atlantic  D, 44— .  6%
5k
Atlantic P, 4-4....... .  5%
Atlantic  LL, 4-4... .  5J4
Adriatic, 36............ .
Augusta, 44.......... •  «t4
64Í
Boott  M, 4-4..........
Tremont CC, 4 4 ....  5k
Boott  FF, 4-4........ .  7%
Utica,  4-4................  9
Graniteville, 4 4... .  5 K
Indian  Head, 44.. .  7
W achusett,  4-4......7k
Wachusett, 30-in...  6k
Indiana Head 45-in. 12%
Falls, XXXX.........18k
Amoskeag,  ACA...14 
Falls, XXX............ 15k
Amoskeag 
“ 4-4.. 19
Falls,  BB................I lk
Amoskeag,  A ........ 13
Falls,  BBC, 36....... 19k
Amoskeag,  B ........12
Falls,  awning....... 19
Amoskeag,  C........ 11
Hamilton,  BT, 32.. 12
Amoskeag,  D ........ 10k
Hamilton,  D ..........  9k
Amoskeag,  E ........ 10
Hamilton,  H ..........9k
Amoskeag, F ..........  9k
Hamilton  fancy... 10
Premium  A, 44 — 17
Methuen AA.........13k
Premium  B ............16
Methuen ASA....... 18
Extra 44...................16
Omega  A, 7-8.........11
Extra 7-8...................14k
Omega A, 44.........13
Gold Medal 44........15
Omega ACA, 7-8__ 14
CCA 7-8.................... 12k
Omega ACA, 44__ 16
CT 4-4........................14
Omega SE, 7-8....... 24
RC 7-8........................14
Omega SE, 44....... 27
BF7-8.....................   16
Omega M. 7-8....... 22
A F44....................... 19
Omega M, 44.........25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW Ilk  
Cordis ACA, 32....... 15
Shetucket, S & SW. 12 
Cordis No. 1, 32....... 15
Shetucket,  SFS 
.. 12
Cordis  No. 2............ 14
Stockbridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 3............ 13
Stockbridge  lrncy.  8
Cordis  No. 4............Ilk
Empire
G arner........
Washington
4k
H ookset......
Edwards..................   5
Red  Cross__
S. S. &Sons............  5
Forési Grove
American  A ........18 001 Old  Ironsides.........15
Stark A ...................22%|Wheatland...............21
Otis  CC.................... 10k
B oston....................  6k
W arren  AXA.........12k
Everett  blue...:.. .13k
Warren  BB............ Ilk
Everett  brown.......13k
W arren CC..............10k
Otis  AXA............... 12k
¡York  fancy............ 13k
Otis BB.....................Ilk
Manville..................6  IS. S. &Sons...............   6
Masgnville.............   6  ¡G arner....................  6
Red  Cross...............  7k ¡Thistle Mills...........
B erlin.....................   7 k  Rose.........................  8
G arn er....................   7k I
Brooks.................... 50
Clark’s O. N. F .......55
J. & P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord.40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread........... 30
A rm ory..................  7 k
Androscoggin sat..  8k
Canoe R iv er....__ 6
Clarendon.................6k
Hallowell  Im p.......6k
Ind. Orqh. Im p.......7
L aconia.................. 7k

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  D aniels...25
Mer rick s.................40
Stafford...................25
Hall & Manning__ 25
Holyoke...................25
Kearsage.................  8k
Naumkeagsatteen.  8k  
Pepperell  bleached  8k
Pepperell sa t..........9 k
Rockport.................  7
Lawrence sat........  8k
Conegosat...............  7
COAL  AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

GLAZED CAM BRICS. 

P A P E R   CAM BRICS.

SPO O L COTTON.

CORSET JE A N S .

G R A IN   BAGS.

TIC K IN G S.

W IG AN S.

DENIM S.

, 

1  05
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
90
1 40
Louisville i emeni,  per bbl.................. 
Akron Cement per  bbl......................... 
1  40
1  40
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl..................... 
Car lots..  .............................................. .1  05@1  10
Plastering hair, per b u ..
..................  25@  30
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
1 75
Land plaster, per ton . ..........................  
3 75
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
3 00
Fire brick, per  M...................................$25 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl...............................  
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots.. $6 00@6 25 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 25@6 5o
Cannell,  car lots.................. . *..........  @6 75
Ohio Lump, car lots..................... .  3 25@3 50
Blossburgor Cumberland, car lots.,  4 50@5 00

COAL.

The Niagara  Falls (Route.

D EPA R T.

♦Detroit Express............................................  6:00 am
+Day  Express..........................................12:45 p m
tAtlantic Express.................................... 9:20 p m
♦Pacific  Express............................................  6:00 am
+Mail..........................................................3:20 p m
tGrand  Rapids  Express............................... 10:25 p m

A R R IV E .

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

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
+Mail.......................- ............  9:15 a m   4:05 p m
+Day  E g re s s ..................... 12:25 p m  11:15 p  m
♦Night  Express..................   9:35 p m   6:00 am
♦Daily. 
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without  extra charge  to  Chicago  on 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. and 
9:35 p. m, trains.

tDaily except Sunday.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
Express.................................4:15 p m   4:05 pm
Express.................................  8:05 a m  11:15 a m
All trains arrive and depart from Union  De­
pot.
The Northern term inus of  this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made  with 
F. &  P. M.  trains to  and  from  Ludington and 
Manistee.

J. H. C a r p e n t e r ,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  M u l l i k e n ,- General  Manager.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

All trains daily except Sunday.
The  atrain 

(KALAM AZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Arrive. 
Express............................... 7:00 p m  
Mail.......................................9:35 a m  

Leave.
7:35 a m
4:00 p m
leaving  a t 4 p. m. connects  at 
White Pigeon with  Atlantic  Express  on  Main 
Line, which has Palace Drawing  Room  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from  Chicago  to  New  York  and 
Boston without change.
The  train  leaving  at  7:35  a. m. connects  at 
White Pigeon (giving onehourfor dinner)with 
special New York Express on Main Line.
Through  tickets  and  berths  in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured at  Union Ticket office, 
67 Monre street and  depot.

J. W. McKenney, Gen’l Agent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EA ST.

GOING  W EST.

Arrives.
Leaves. 
tSteamboat Express__
6.20 a m 
tThrough  Mail.....................10:15 a m
10:20 a m 
tEvening  Express.......................3:20 pm
3:35 p m 
♦Atlantic Express......................   9:45 pm
10:45 p m 
tMixed, with  coach...........
10:30 a m
tMorning  Express...............12:40 p m  12:55 p m
tThrough  Mail..................  5:10 p m  
tSteamboat Express.......... 10:40 p m
tM ixed..................................  
♦Night Express.....................  5:10 a m  
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily.
Passengers  taking  the  6:20  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor  Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  East  and 
West.
Train leaving  at  5:15  p.  m.  will  make  con­
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except 
Sunday.
The mail has  a  Parlor  Car to  Detroit.  The 
Night  Express has a through Wagner Car and 
local  Sleeping Car Detroit te Grand Rapids.
D. P o t t e r ,  City Pass. Agent.
G e o . B. R e e v e , Traffic Manager, Chicago.

7:10 am

5:15 pm

5:30 am

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GO ING NORTH.

GO ING  SOUTH.

Arrives.  Leaves.
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  8:45 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:20 a m   10:25 a m  
Ft.Wayne&Mackinac Ex  3:55pm  
5:00pm
7:10a m
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
7:00 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati E x. 
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05 p m  4:35 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Way i  e E x.. 10:25 a m   11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m 

S LE EPIN G   CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at 5:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for  Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  Train leaving at 10:25 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse 
City.
South—Train leaving at 4:35p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

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

Detroit,  Mackinac  &  Marquette.

GOING
WEST
Ac. I  Ex.

STATIONS.

GOING
EAST
Ac. j Ex.

Dep. 1  30

4 5Ó¡Ar.
PM. 4 40 .......
6  50 3 30 .......
3 08 1 27 .......
12 00; A
1  10 12 151D
11 25 11  0 2 .......
7  30 AM.I

Isbp eming
.. Negaunee...
.. Mai q u e tte ..
..R ee dsboro..

1  40 AM.
2  20 7  30
4  19 11 05
D ñ  45 1  10
A 5  30 12 40
0 38 2  40
PM.
8  30|Dep. ....S t. Ignace....Ar. □9 00 6 30
7 00|Ar. Maeki saw City  Dep. 9 30
P M.|
9  OOiDep. Grand Rapids Ar. 7  00
AM.
3 30
9 351. 

.. __ D etroit___

..  Newbury  ..

3ney

Connections made at  Marquette  and Negau- 
nee with the M. H. & O. R. R. for the iron, gold 
silver and copper districts; at Reedsboro  with 
a daily stage  line  for  Manistique;  at  Seney 
with tri-weekly stage for Grand  Marais; at St. 
Ignace with the M. C. and G. R.  & I.  Railways 
for all points east and south; also  daily  stage 
line to Sault St. Marie.

F. Milligan, G. F. & P. A.

PORTABLE  AND  STATIONARY

E 1ST G I N E S

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and Boxes.  Coiitracts made  for 
Complete Outfits.
W.  O,  Denison,

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

MICHIGAN.

— 

Grand Rapids, 
Michigan.
JEHNXXTGS  <&  SM IT H ,
Arctic  Manufacturing*  Co.,

PRO PRIETORS  OP THE

30  Lyon  St.,  Grand Dapids.

A SK   Y O U R   JOBBER  POR

Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts,

jArotio  Baking  Powder.

-------- AND---------

APPLES!

W e have a large W estern order  trade  for  A pples  in  car  lots,  as  w ell  as  a 
good local demand, and also handle Evaporated and Sun-Dried A pples  largely. 
I f you have any of these goods to ship, let us hear from  you,  and  w e  w ill  keep 
you posted on m arket prices and prospects.  W e also handle  Beans  and  P ota­
toes.  Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Pruit, also on A pples in  carlots.

EARL  BROS.,  COMiSSM

169  S, W ater St.,  Cliicago,  111.

R E P E R ENCE  FIR ST   N A T IO N A L   BA N K .________________
We manufacture a full line, use 
the  best  material  obtainable,  and 
guarantee  our  goods  to  be  first- 
class.
We  carry  an  immense  stock  of 
Virginia  and  Tennessee  Feanuts, 
Almonds, Brazils, Filberts, Pea- 
cans,  Walnuts  and Cocoanuts, 
and compete with any market.

We handle  FLORIDA Or-
m  
¡ I r Q Y l f Y P Q   an&es  direct from  the  groves. 
I l l   f l l l M l l n   The crop is largb  and fine  and 
W 1 

U W  low prices are looked for.

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

Putnam  &  Brooks.

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p7°0 i
Rose Leaf, Fine Cut 
Navy Clippings 
and Snuffs

f 11885
« a u  

maining  in  business,  and  such  partner 
signed his own and the name of  the retiring 
partner to a  note given in payment for  such 
goods, the  Supreme  Court  of  Indiana held 
that  the.  note  bound  both  partners.  The 
court held  that in order to  establish the lia­
bility  as  partners  of  persons who had. dis­
solved partnership three things must appear, 
viz.:  First, that  the plaintiff at the time the 
contract  was  made  under  which  his claim 
accrued knew that  the defendants had been 
in partnership;  second, that he was ignorant 
of their, dissolution;  third, that he made the 
contract supposing  he  was contracting with 
the defendants as partners, and  in  reliance 
on their joint liability.

TO  PLE3STT
GENERAL SUPPLY  STORE

Sykeston, Dakota.

N earest railroad point to Mouse river 
settlem ent.  County seat.  N ew   build­
ing, 24x90.  N o  com petition.

R , S y k e s c& Go.f
JAM ESTOW N, DAKOTA.

P roperty ta k en by  U n ited St a te s.
Where  property  to  which  the  United 
States asserts no title is taken  by its officers 
or agents pursuant to an act  of  Congress as 
private property for  the public use, the gov­
ernment  is  under  au  implied  obligation to 
make  just  compensation  to  the  owner, ac­
cording  to  the  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court of the  United States in the case of the 
United States vs. The Great Falls  Manufac­
turing  Co.  The  Supreme  Court  took  the 
view that  such an implication being  consist­
ent with the constitutional duty of  the  gov­
ernment as well as with common justice, the 
claim of the owner of the  property for com­
pensation  was  one  arising  out of  implied | 
contract,  within the meaning  of  the  statute! 
defining  the  jurisdiction of  the  Court  of j 
Claims,  although  there might  have  been no j 
formal proceedings for the  condemnation of j 
the property «to  public  use;  and  that  the 
owner might waive  any objection  he might j 
be entitled to make, based upon the want of I 
such formal proceedings,  and, electing to re­
gard the action of  the  government as a tak­
ing under its sovereign right of eminent  do-1 
main, might demand  just compensation  for | 
the property.

POWDER

This  Baking  Powder makes the  WHITEST 
LIGHTEST and most  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY IT  and be convinced. 
Prepared only by the
Arctic  Manufacturing  Co.,

GRAND  RABIDS,  MICH.

DUNHAM’S

'TH E  BEST  IN   TH E  W ORLD! 

PRICE 50 CENTS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SHRIVER, WEATHERLY  & CO.,!

Grand Rapids, Mich., 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

IRON  PIPE,

Brass Goods,  Iron  and  Brass  Fittings, 

M antels,  Grates, Gas  Fixtures, 

Plumbers, Steam  Fitters,
—And M anufacturers  of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

C. S. YALE & BRO.,
FLAMING  EITRAGTS!

—M anufacturers  of —

BAKING  POWDERS,

^XaXJXKTO-IS,  etc.,

40  and  43  South  D ivision,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

- 

MICH

OYSTERS

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

P u tn am   &  Brooks.

S T R A IG H T   GOODS—HO  SC H EM E.

C H E  " W

John  Caulfield

Sole Agent.

E .   F A L L A S

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Wholesale  k  Coimission-Bntter  k  Eggs  a  Specialty.

Choice B utter always on hand.  All  Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention.

125  and 127 Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, M ichigan.

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

BUSINESS  LAW.

B rief Digests of R ecent Decisions in Courts 

of  E ast  Resort.

P romissory N ote—R en ew ae—D efe n se s.
The mere renewal of  a note with a stipu­
lation  for  a  higher  rate  of interest,  where 
all consideration  except that supporting the 
old note is excluded, does not  preclude  any 
defense thereafter discovered which  existed 
against the old note, according  to a decision 
of the Kentucky Superior Court.

B ond—V a lid ity—Cle r ic a l Mista k e. 
In the case of Warner vs. Roeher, decided 
by Judge Gresham in the United States Cir­
cuit Court, at Chicago, the figures and words 
“5,000 and—cents in lawful currency,” were 
held good notwithstanding  the  clerical mis­
take of omitting the  S  mark.  Judge  Gres­
ham said that to hold the bond void for such 
an omission would be too technical  for  jus- 

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^   tice.

Co nd itio n a l Sa le-D el iv e r y—P aym ent.
Where the payment of the purchase  mon­
ey of goods and thé delivery of the same are 
expressly  or  impliedly  agreed  to be simul­
taneous and payment is  omitted  or  refused 
by the purchaser upon getting possession  of 
the goods, the vendor may reclaim them, ac- 
4 V  cording to a decision of the  Supreme  Court 

of Minnesota.

Ma r r ie d  Women—P roperty—D e b t.
In Kentucky, according to a  recent  decis­
ion  of* the  Court  of-  Appeals of  that state, 
the wife’s property may be  subjected to the 
payment of money borrowed by the husband 
i and  applied  in  improving  it,  although the 
husband  and  wife  have  separated  and the 
property is not more  than  sufficient to  sup­
port her and her children.

P erso na l P roperty—Sa l e .

H

The unqualified  delivery  and  acceptance 
of the possession of personal property  com­
pletes the sale and gives the buyer the abso­
lute right of  property  and possession in the 
thing  sold,  though  the price be unpaid and 
the buyer insolvent, unless the whole  trans­
action  is  vitiated  by  fraud,  according to a 
decision of the Supreme Court of Indiana.
P romissory  N ote—Mortgage- I n terest.
Where  a  note  due  twelve  months  after 
date provided that  it  should  bear  “interest 
from  date,  payable  semi-annually,”  and  a 
mortgage  executed  to  secure  the  note  de­
scribed it as “bearing interest until paid, said 
interest to be  paid semi-annually,” the Ken­
tucky Court  of  Appeals  construed  the  two 
instruments  together  as constituting  a con­
tract for the payment of  interest semi-annu­
ally until paid.
P ublic Of f ic e r—Sa la r y—Cred ito rs.
The salary due from a municipal  corpora­
tion to an officer  thereof cannot  be  reached 
j   by proceedings supplementary  to  execution 
A   by the creditors  of  the  officer, according to 
a decision of the Supreme Court of Minneso­
ta.  The court  declared  that  public  policy 
forbids  that  any  legal  proceedings  on  the 
part of  creditors should be  allowed to inter­
fere  either  directly  or  indirectly  with  the 
payment of the salary of  a public officer di- 

Jfe-rectly to himself.

Corporations—U ltra V ires.

An association organized  under  statutory 
authority  “for  the  mutual  protection  and 
relief of its members, and  for' the  payment 
of stipulated sums of money to the  families 
or  heirs  of  deceased  members,”  is  not au- 
^   thorized to issue certificates of  membership 
^   payable  to  the  named  beneficiary  “or  as­
signs,” nor payable in case of death to others 
than the family or heirs of the insured mem­
bers,  according  to  the  decision of the Ohio 
Supreme  Court  in  the  case  of  the State of 
Ohio ex rel. Attorney-General vs.  The  Peo­
ple’s Mutual Benefit Association.

Sa le—D el iv e r y—Attachm ent.

In the case of  the Citizen’s Savings Bank 
vs.  Miller et al.,  decided  by  the Kentucky 
Superior  Court,  it  appeared  that  an  Ohio 
firm owning staves in  Kentucky,  in the pos­
session of an agent, sold them  to  appellant. 
The  agent  having  received  from  appellant 
an  order from the firm to turn over to it the 
staves in his custody, furnished it with a list 
of staves  which  were  piled  up  at different 
places, and  then  became  its agent to retain 
charge of  them  for it  The court held that 
this was a sufficient delivery of the staves to 
vest the title in appelant as against a credit- 
•mg  or claiming under a  subsequent attachment, 
and that it was not  necessary to remove the 
staves  from  the  places  where  they  were, 
there being no such visible possession by the 
non-resident  vendor  as  could possibly indi­
cate an existing or continued right in him.

F ir e I nsurance-R estrictions I n P olicy.
The case of the Pittsburgh Insurance  Co. 
vs. Frazer, decided by the Supreme Court  of 
Pennsylvania,  involved a question as to  the 
liability of the insurance  ermpany for a loss 
by  fire.  The  contract  of  insurance  was 
against fire on dry goods, groceries and mer­
chandise  usually  kept  in  a  country  store, 
r and  contained  a  provision  restricting  the 
amount  of  gunpowder  to  be kept in the in­
sured premises.  Upon the trial in the court 
below  evidence  was  admitted to show that 
gunpowder  in  the  quantity kept by the ap­
pellee, although  greater than the amount al­
lowed  by  the  policy,  was usually a part of 
the  contents  of  a  country  store.  The  Su­
preme Court, on appeal, held that  the  court 
below erred  in admitting this  evidence, and 
the  clause  restricting  the  amount  of  gun­
powder should be strictly complied with.

P a r tn er sh ip—Dissolution—N otice. 
Where a partnership had dissolved, no no­
tice of a dissolution being given,  and  a  for­
mer customer  sold  goods  to the partner re*

L ib e l—A d v ertisem en t.

The  case of  Zier  vs. Hoflin, decided  by j 
the Supreme Court of Minnesota, was an ac- j 
tion against the defendant  for the  insertion | 
in a newspaper of the  following  advertise- i 
menfc:  “Wanted, E.  B. Z., M.  D.,  to  pay a ! 
drug  bill.”  Some third  person, it appears, I 
cut  out  the  advertisement,  pasted it  on a ! 
postal card, and  sent it  to a young 
lady to 
whom the plaintiff was affianced.  The  court j 
in holding that a  verdict  for  the  plaintiff j 
should  be  sustained,  said,  regarding  the 
words in question.  “The  only facts suggest-1 
ed by them standing alone—to wit, that  the | 
plaintiff owes a drug bill and  that  the cred-1 
itor wishes him to pay—do  not  necessarily j 
impute  anything  wrong  to  plaintiff.  But 
words which may  be innocent of themselves 
may be rendered  libelous by the  place and 
circumstances of  their  publication, for such 
place and  circumstances  may 
impress  on 
them  a  meaning  and  suggestion  which 
standing  alone  they do  not  have.  Tlius, 
though the words here do not of  themselves 
impute  wrong, they  might be  published in 
such a place or under such  circumstances as 
to make them capable of  naturally  convey­
ing the impression that  plaintiff  had  been 
guilty of dishonest practices, either  in  con­
tracting the debt or in withholding payment 
of it.”

How Advertising: W orks.

Colonel Pierce, of the Chicago News, gave, 
in the course of a recent address to the  edi­
tors of Indiana,'some  thoughts  with  refer­
ence to advertising that  are  well  worth re­
membering.  After  premising  that  a man 
never realizes the full benefits of advertising 
until he has placed the  matter  before  the 
people fifty or one hundred  times, the Colo­
nel presents this valuable table,  which, how­
ever is simply an elaboration of the one gen­
erally credited to Stephen Girard:

The first time a  man  sees  an  advertise­

ment he does not see it.

The second time he does not notice it.
The third time  he is  dimly  conscious  of 

it.

The  fourth  time  he  faintly  remembers 

something of the kind before.

The fifth time he half  reads it.
The sixth time  he turn his  nose up at it.
The seventh time he throws down  the pa­

per impatiently.

The eighth time he  ejaculates:  “There’s 

the confounded thing again I”

The ninth time he wonders if there is any­

thing in it.

The tenth time he thinks  it might  possi 

bly suit somebody else’s case.

The eleventh time he  thinks he  will  ask 
his neighbor if he has tried it, or knows any­
thing about  it.

The twelfth time he wonders if the adver­

tiser can make it pay.

must be a good thing.

The thirteenth time  he  rather  thinks it 

The fourteenth  time he happens to think 

it is just what he wanted.

The fifteenth tipie he for a  long  time re­

solves to try it as soon as he can afford it.

The  sixteenth  time he  examines the ad­
dress carefully  and  makes a memorandum 
of it

The seventeenth  time  he is  tantiiized to 

think he is hardly able to afford it.

The eighteenth time he sees painfully how 
much he is in need of that particular  thing.
The nineteenth time he counts  his money 
to see how much he  would  have  left if he 
bought it.

The twentieth time  he  rushes frantically 

forth and buys it.

Geyer’s Stationer advertised in its  last is 
sue a “brass smoker’s set.”  We have heard 
of tobacco smokers, but this is the first time 
we ever  heard of a brass  smoker.  Wonder 
if it’s an improvement on tobacco?

W H O X i E S A L B

117  Monroe  St.

Special  Prices  in  Car  Lots. 

OYSTER  DEPOT!
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices  on anything we M e .
F.  J.  Dettenthaler.
A. B. K N O W LSO N ,
Choice Belter a Specially I  WALLPHR & VIHV SUIES

3 Canal Street, Basement,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Cranber­

ries, Cider, Buckwheat Flour, Etc.
Careful Attention  Paid tö  Filling  Orders.

M. C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.
C E O .  IT.  D A V I S   <&  C O .,
Irage,

ISSU

For  all  kinds  of  foreign  and  domestic  FRUITS,  PRODUCE,  and  MANUFACTURED 
GOODS  of every  description.
Having been in business in this city for the past twelve  years,  and  having  an  exten­
sive acquaintance with the Wholesale and Retail trade in this vicinity, we are able to give 
our shippers the benefit of our long experience.
Any goods consigned to  us  will  have  our  best  attention.  We  have  STORAGE  >r 
over FIFTY carloads, either for light or heavy goods, and will furnish same for any length 
of time, at reasonable rates.  If, at any time, there should be anything in this market you 
should wish to purchase, no matter what it is, we would  be  glad  to  correspond  with you.

71  Canal Street,  Grand Rapids.

JOB  PRINTING.

Tlie  Tradesman  office  lias  now  first-class  facilities  for  doing

all  kinds  of

Commercial  Work,

Such  as Letter,  Note and  Bill  Heads,  Statements,  Cards,  E n ­

velopes,  Blank Orders,  Circulars, Dodgers,  Etc.

NEW TYPE, NEW PRESS, CLEAN WORK.

uSLI; Mamifactnrers’ Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House  and  Store  Shades Made to Order. 

68  Monroe  Street, Grand  Rapids.

N elson  Bros.  &  Co.

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-JOBBERS  OF-

Woodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery,  Ker­

osene and Machine Oils, Naptha and Gasoline.

51 and 53 Lyon Street

Grand Rapids, M ich.

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SALT.

R IC E .

SA UCES.

8A LERA TU S.

Java  ..................®k@6%

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Im ported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 2*5@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........   @2 2a
Imported CJay, No. 216,234 gross........  @1  85
American  T. D.
Good Carolina........6 
Prim e Carolina...... 634 P a tn a ................
Choice Carolina......7  Rangoon...........
Good Louisiana......5% Broken.......................34
DeLand’s pure........534 [Dwight’s ....................¿34
Church’s  ................ Sea  Foam . ......... -5*4
Taylor’s  G. M.........534 S., B. &L. s Best....53a
Cap Sheaf............... 5341
60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................ 
28 Pocket........... .....................................  
1003 ft  pockets.......................................  
Saginaw F in e ......................................... 
Diamond ................................................. 
Standard  Coarse....................................  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........  
I  Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags—  
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........ 
American, dairy, 34 bu. bags........... ■ • 
Rock, bushels.........................................  
@2  00 
Parisian, Vt  pints.......................... .
@5 00 
Lee & Perrins W orcestershire, pints.
@3 00 
Lee & Perrins W orcestershire, Vs pts.
@ 1  00 
Picadilly, Vi pints........ ........................
@  75 
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................
@  90 
Pepper Sauce, green  ............................
@1 35
■..............  
Pesper Sauce, red large rin g ....
JST
respei  sauro, 
Pepper Sauce, greejn, large ring........   @i oo
Catsup, Tomato,  pints.................,......... 
-
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ......................
@1  00 
^   m
Horseradish,  34 pints.......................... 
@1 30 
Horseradish, pints..............................
@2 25 
Capers, French surflnes.....................
@3 50 
Capers, French surflnes, large..........
@3 85 
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle...............
@6 50 
Olives, Queen, 27 oz  bottle. . . . . . . . .
@7 00 
Olive Oil,  quarts, Antonia &  Co. s ..
@4 00 
Olive Oil, pints,  Antonia & Co.’s ....
@2 00 
Olive Oil, 34 pints, Antonia & Co. s ..
@  90 
Celery Salt,  Durkee’s .......................
@3 50 
Halford Sauce, pints..........................
@2 20 
Halford Sauce, 34 p in ts....................
@4  85 
Salad Dressing, Durkee s,large. —
@2 90
Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, sm all....
SOAP.
@4  85 
Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen Anne.......
@3 30
Cameo
M onday..................  @3 45
45 
Mascot
60 
@4 20 
@4 10 
@ 534 
3 60 
3 30 
3 15 
3 30
3  15
4  85 

“  Superior, 60 lft bars
Old Country, 80 bars, 80 fts.,  wrapped 
Old Country, 80 bars,80 fts.,unwrapped
Old Country, 801 ft bars.......................
Kirk’s American  F am ily..................
do. 
I n d ia ..............................-........
do.  Savon................ ......................
do.  S atin et......................................
do.  R evenue..................... .............
do.  White Russian........................
6  75
Proctor & Gamble’s Iv o ry .................
2  80
Japan  O live.........
3 60
Town T alk.:...........
4 10 
Golden Bar...........
3 35
Arab........................
3 60
Amber.....................
4  20 
Mottled  German..
@3 15 
Procter & Gamble’s V elvet.................
@3 20 
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck..........
@3 00 
Procter & Gamble’s Wash  W ell.... -■.
@ 634 
Badger............................................ 60 fts
@4 05 
G alvanic........................ ............
@18% 
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br
@  16 
Tip Top....................................... 8 ft bar
@6 75 
Ward’s White Lily.................................
@4 20
Handkerchief.........................................
5 25 
Babbitt’s ...............................................
4  10
Bluing.....................................................  
»00
4  10 
M agnetic...
4 50
New  French  Process................
Spoon  ....................................................... 
5 005 00
Anti-Washboard...
3 25
V aterland......................................
4 00 
Magic..............................................
4 00
Pittsburgh.................. .........■••••*
Lautz Bros. & Co.
@   6 
Acme, 701 ft bars.........................
@  6 
Acme, 25 3 ft bars.........................
@5 15 
Towel, 25 bars  .............................
@5 15 
Napkin, 25  bars............• • • ..........
@ bVx 
Best American, 601 ft blocks—
@ 5M
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain......
Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped...........   @3 50
Master, 100-% ft c ak e s........... .. 
@4  85
Stearine, 100  % ft cakes.......................  @4 85
Marseilles, white, 100 % ft  cakes........   @6 00
Cotton Oil, white, 100 % ft  cakes........  @6 00
Lautz’s 60-1 ft blocks, wrapped...........   @7
German  Mottled, wrapped..................  @634
Savon, Republica, 60 ft box..................  @ 534
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks................  
@534
London Family, 60-1 ft  blocks............ 
@ 4%
London Family, 3-ft bars 80 ft.............   @3 80
London Family, 4-ft bars 80 ft.............   @3 80
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.....................   @3 60
Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped..................  @3 75
Climax, 100 cakes,  w rapped................   @3 05
Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped...................  @2 15
Marseilles Castile. Toilet,3 doz in  box  @1 25
A 1 Floating, 60 cakes..........................   @4 20
Matchless, 100  cakes..............................  @3 50

do. 
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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Prunes, whiteflsh, codfish. 
Declined—Nothing.

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BROOMS.

CANNED  F IS H .

a x l e   g r e a s e . 
.801 Paragon

CANNED F R U IT S .

45!Arctic  1 ft cans..

..............................J SX

Fancy Whisk —  
Common Whisk.

..doz. 
25
. .doz. 
45
..  doz. 
35
..doz. 
65
.. 
gross 4 00 
....  8 00
..........  12 00
...  2 00
.... ..... .  3 00
.............   4 50

.60
D i a m o n d .* ' ’.'• ! 1 '.6o|pärä£ön, 25 ft pails 1 20
Modo° ............¿ iik sa ro w m » .
.2 40
Arctic V* ft cans__   45 Arctic  i to wm
Arctic % ft cans....  75 Arctic 5 ft cans.... 12 00 
Arctic 34 ft cans.  .1401
Dry, No. 2..........
Dry, No. 3..........
Liquid, 4 oz,—
Liquid, 8 oz.  —
Arctic 4 oz........
Arctic 8  oz........ ...................................
Arctic 16 oz...............■............................
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.....................
Arctic No. 2 
.....................
Arctic No. 3 
*  ■•••...............
No. 1 Carpet...........2  50 No.2 H url...
N o . 2 C a r p e t . . . .........2  2o
No. 1  Parlor Gem ..2  (5 
No. 1 H url.............. J  00
Clams, 1 ft  standards.................................. A 65
Clams, 2 ft  standards.................................. „ »o
C la m   C h o w d e r ,  3 f t . .  
..............................i  «»i
C o v e  O y s t e r s ,  1  f t   s t a n d a r d s .............................
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards^..................  1  »0
C o v e  O v s t e r s , 1 f t   s la c k   f i l l e d ...........................
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack filled..................... 1 05
Lobsters, 1 ft p i c n i c .................................» An
Lobsters, 1 ft sta r..........................................    in
Lobsters, 2 ft sta r...... ••••••:;..................in n
Mackerel, l f t   fresh  standards..................
M a c k e r e l,.5  f t  f r e s h   s t a n d a r d s . ............................w
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft
! 
1.3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft in M ustard..........
........3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled................
...........l  50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river—
........ 2 60
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river....
........... 1 35
Salmon, l f t   Sacramento..........
Sardines, domestic 34s...............
1334
Sardines,  domestic  ‘As.............................. 
t ,
Sardines,  Mustard  34 s .................................  *
Sardines,  imported  ..................................... 
,>0
Sardines, imported 34 s ... —  • • • .................
Sardines, imported 34s, boneless...............
Sardines, Russian  kegs.............................
Trout. 3ft  brook..................... . ...............   -
Apples, 3 ft standards 
; ................ „ 2X
Apples, gallons,  standards, E rie.............. 2 50
Blackberries, standards.............................
Blackberries,  E rie.......................................1  A
Cherries, Erie, red ...................................... i  «n
Cherries, Erie,white w ax........ - ............... i
Cherries, French  B r a n d y ,  q u a r t s ............ 2 50
Cherries,  red  standard.............................. ^
Damsons...........   ••  .....................................i
.......................................  * -  -
Egg Plums, standards 
Egg Plums, standards 
Gooseberries, K ratt sB est^.......................
Gooseberries, ir”o4!*’a 1 
Green G ages.standards2ft.......................
Green Gages.
Green Gages,  E rie......................................£ ^
Green Gages,
Peaches,  Brandy.............
.’..’.2 40 
Peaches, Extra Yellow ...
7a@l 95 
Peaches, standards..........
....1 50 
Peaches,  seconds.............
....1   10 
Pie Peaches,  Kensett s ...
....2  20 
Pineapples,  E rie— ........
....1 70 
Pineapples, standards....
...... 2 85
Plumbs, Golden  Drop...................................... f ¿2
Q uinces..........................................................i  45
Raspberries, Black,  E rie................................. 4 40
..1  35 
Raspberries, Red,  E rie..........................
..1 30 
Strawberries,  Erie. 
...............
..1 40
Whortleberries, McMurphy s ...........
CANNED F R U IT S — C A L IF O R N IA
.. .3 CO 
Apricots, Lusk’s. • .2 60
..2 90 
Egg Plum s.................. 2 50
...3 00
G rapes.........................£ j™
Green Gages..........2 50
CA NN ED V EG ETA BLES.
..........3 25
Asparagus, Oyster Bay....................
..........1  20
Beans, Lima,  E rie..................... . • • •
..........  90
. Beans, String, Erie ..  ............... —
.......  85
Beans, Lima,  standard....................
.  .  95
Beans, Stringless, E rie.................
..........1 60
Beans.Lewis’  Boston Baked..........
..........1 15
Corn, Erie............. ............................
..........1  00
Corn, Red  Seal..................................
..........1  10
Corn,  Acme —
Corn,1 Revere................................................. ]
Corn, Camden...................   
xx
Mushrooms, French,  100 in  case............ ^ 0 0
Peas, French, 100 in c a se ......................... ^
Peas, Marrofat, standard............................ 1  “J
Peas, Beaver.
...... 1 80
Peas, early small, sifted..........
__ 1  00
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden..............
.......1 25
Squash, E rie ............................
..,..1 20 
Succotash, E rie........................
.....  90 
Succotash, standard................
. . . .   1  00
Tomatoes, Red Seal................
CHOCOLATE.
Boston 
................ 36|German  Sweet...........2o
Baker’s 
............. 40 Vienna Sweet  ...........23
Runkles’ ...................35|French Sweet............. 22
Roasted M ex.. .17@20 
Green Rio....... 11@14
Ground  Rio—   9@17
Green J ava......17@27
Arbuckle’s .......  @1434
Green Mocha.. ,23@2o 
X X XX..............  ©14V4
Roasted Rio— 10@17 
Dilworth’s .......  @1434
Roasted Java ,.23@30 
Levering’s .......  @1434
Roasted Mar...l7@18 
Magnolia..........  @1434
RoastedIMocba. 28@30
72 foot J u t e ....... 1  25  160 foot Cotton. ...‘i  00
60 foot Ju te .......  1  00  150 foot Cotton— 1  7o
40 Foot Cotton.... 1 50
...  80 
Bloaters, Smoked Y arm outh...
.. .434@5 
Cod, whole..................................
.. .5@7 
Cod,Boneless.........  ..................
...3 50 
Cod, pickled, 34  bbls..................
...  13 
H a lib u t......................................
...2 35 
flerring 34  bbls.........................
. . .   20 
Herring,  Scaled.........................
...  75 
Herring,  Holland......................
...5 50 
M a c k e r e l, No. 1, V&  b b l s . ..............
...  90 
Mackerel, No. 1.12 ft  k its.....
4  00
M a c k e r e l, No. 1, s h o r e ,   34  b b l s
Mackerel, No. 1, shore,  k its.......................  oo

P ears.......
Quinces.. 
Peaches

c o r d a g e .

COFFEE,

F IS H .

PLUG.

@36
Peeler, 5 cents...................................
@38
Big Nig...............................................
@36
P ie ......................................................
@46
Knights of  Labor..............................
@46
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12..........................
@37
Black Bear.........................................
@46
King 
.......................... .............. ........
@38
Old Five Cent Times.........................
@62
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft........................
@46
P a rro t................................................
@38
Old Tim e............................................
@48
Tramway...........................................
@45
Big Sevens, dime cuts....................
@35
Black Diamond...............................
@70
Trotter, rum  flavor.........................
@44
Boot  .................................................
@46
B. F. P.’s Favorite..........................
@46
Old K entucky..................................
@46
Big Four,  2x12.................................
@46
Big Four, 3x12...............
Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12;....................  @46
@46
Turkey, 16 oz., 2x12—
@35
Blackbird, 16 oz.,  3x12...............
@46
Seal of Grand Rapids. . .............
@46
Glory  ...........................................
@48
D urham .......................................
@50
Silver  Coin..................................
@36
Buster  [Dark]............................
@36
Black Prince [Dark]..................
@36
Black Racer  [Dark].
Leggett & Myers’  Star..........................   @46
Clim ax.....................................................  @46
Hold F a s t..................... 
@46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s..............................  @37
NobbyTwist...........................................  @46
Nim rod,...................................................  @46
A corn......................................................  
^46
C rescent.................................................   @44
Black  X ...................................................  @35
Black  Bass..............................................  @40
Spring......................................................   @46
G rayling.................................................   @46
Mackinaw..........................................—   @4?
HorseShoe..............................................  @44
Hair L ifter..............................................  @36
. and D., black......................................  @36
cAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................  @46
Ace  High, black....................................   @35
Sailors’  Solace........................................  @46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12.......  @4b
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12.......  @46
Red Star, flat, 3x12................ 
  @46
Red Star, black. 24 oz............................  @45

 

 

2c. less in four butt lots.

SMOKING

do 
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Long Tom...................30
Tramway, 3 oz..........40
N ational....................26
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35
T im e.......f ..................26
Boss  ...........................15
Conqueror.................23
Peck’s Sun.................18
G rayling.................... 32
Miners and Puddlers. 28
Seal Skin.................... 30
Morning  Dew............ 26
Rob Roy......................26
Chain...........................22
Uncle  Sam.................28
Seal of Grand Rapids 25
jum berm an..............25
K in g ...........................30
Railroad Boy..............38
Flirt  ...................... ...28
Mountain Rose.......... 18
P u g ............................ 30
Home Comfort.......... 25
Ten Penny  Durham.24 
Old R ip ..:...................55 j
Amber, 34 and l f t — 16
Two Nickle.................25
John  Gilpin...............18
Star Durham ..............25
Lime Kiln  Club........ 4'
Durham No. 2............55
Blackwell’s Durham.90
Golden Flake Cabinet 40 
Vanity  F air............... 90
Seal of North Caro-
D im e...........................25
ina, 2  oz.................48
Peerless  ...
Seal of North Caro­
Standard...
lina, 4oz...................46
Old Tom.....................21
Seal of North  Caro­
Tom &  Jerry.............24
lina, 8 oz...................41
Joker.....................
Seal of North  Caro­
T rav eler...................35
lina, 16 oz boxes— 40
Maiden......................25
Big Deal......................27
Topsy, paper..............2'
A ppleJack.................24
Topsy, cloth............... 30
King Bee, longcut.. .22
Navy  Clippings.......26
Milwaukee  Prize__ 24
, Boots.........................30
R attler....................... 28
! Honey  Dew—
Windsor cut plug— 25
I Gold Block.................30
Zero  ...........................16
Camp F ire...................25
Holland Mixed..........16
O ronoko.................... 19
Golden Age............... 75
Durham, 34 f t ............60
Mail  Pouch............... 25
34 f t ........... 57
Knights of L ato r— 30
34  f t........... 55
Free Cob Pipe........... 27
1  ft............51
Honey Bee.................27
Pickwick  Club.......... 40
Durham,  S., B. & L..24 
Nigger  Head..............26
Dime  Durham...25@26 
H olland......................22
Old T ar........................10
G erm an......................16
Solid Comfort...........30'GoldenFlake,cabinet40
Red Clover.................32 Nigger H air............... 26
Mule E ar....................23|Acme..........................16
H iaw atha.................. 22 Globe............................ 1 •
Old Congress.............23|
Pure  Cider..........8@12 White W ine..........   8@12
Boraxine  ............. ............... .................
1776 «  f t ...................................................  @1014
Gillett’s $  f t ...........................................  M Z ft
Soapine pk g . .......................................... 
<@10
Pearline  box.......................................   @4 50
Lavine, single boxes, 481 ft papers...  @4 50
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs  @4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers.  @4 50 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6  oz  pap  @4 2o 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 34 ft papers..  @4  15
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 34 ft paprs  @4 00
Twin Bros..........1  65  I W ilsons.................1  65
Magic.................1  75  ¡National............... 1 65
Bath Brick im ported............................ 
95
American............................ 
60
Barley......................................................
3 VX
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
do  No.  2.......................................  
J 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand.............  
8 00
15@25 
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft cans..........
@1334 
Candles, Star............................
@14 
Candles,  H o tel.......................
@80 
Extract Coffee, V.  C...............
F e lix ............
@30 
Gum, Rubber 100 lum ps........
@40 
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps. 
...
30@35 
Gum, Spruce............................
@4 00 
Hominy, 
bbl........................
@1  25 
Peas, Green Bush.................. .
@ 3 
Peas, Split prepared..............
@3 50 
Powder, Keg............................
@1 93
Powder,  34 Keg.......................

W ASH ING PO W D ERS.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

V IN EGA R.

SHORTS.

YEAST.

1  25 

do 

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PROVISIONS.

 

LARD.

do. 
do. 

The  Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co. 

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

734
7%
734
7%
734
7%
8
8
8
834
8%
8%
934
834
834
8%
774
834
834
8%
874
8%
8%.
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  O R  P L A IN . 
10%
11
1134
734
10
11

quote  as  follows:
Heavy Mess, new  ..........................................14  25
S. P. Booth’s,  clear.............................................14 25
Pig, clear, short  c u t...........................................15 87
E xtra Family Clear.............................................15 50
E xtra Clear Pig................................................... 15 87
Clear, A. Webster  packer.................................15 75
Standard Clear, the  best...................................16 50
E xtra  Clear,  heavy.............................................16 00
Boston Clear.........................................................16 25
Clear Quill, short c u t......................................... 15 87
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.......... 
do. 
HalfCases.............  
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.......... 
do 
Half Cases.......... 
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases,.............  
HalfCases  .............  
do. 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.............................. 
light....................................  
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600  ft  cases.. 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.. 
E xtra Long Clear Backs, 300  ft  cases.; 
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases...... 
Bellies, extra quality, 300 ft cases........  
Bellies, extra quality, 200 ft cases........ 
Tierces  ........ 
30 and 50 ft T u b s...................................... 
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases..................... 
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks.................. 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case.......... ..................... 
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case.............................. 
Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 
Hams cured in sweet pickle m edium .. 
light........  
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle.......... 
E xtra Clear Bacon..................................  
Dried Beef,  E xtra..................................  
E xtra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts........... 10 50
Extra Mess Chicago packing.......................10 25
i Pork Sausage.................................  ...............834
Ham  Sausage................................................... 12
Tongue  Sausage............................................  
l i
Frankfort  Sausage......................................... 11 n
Blood  Sausage.................................................  634
Bologna,  ring...................................................  634
Bologna, straight............................................  634
Bologna,  thick.............. 
634
Head  Cheese....................................................   634
In half barrels...............................................   3  50
In quarter barrels..........................................   1 90
In kits..............................................................
In quarter barrels..........................................   1 50
In kits........................................... 
80
Prices named are  lowest  at time of going to 
press, and are good only for that »tyte, subject 
to m arket fluctuations.

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

LARD IN   T IN   P A IL S .

B E E F  IN  BA RR ELS.

P IG S ’  FEET.

T R IP E .

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PRESH   MEATS.

John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides..................................   6  @ 8
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters..................  7  @834
Dressed  Hogs.........................................  6  @ 634
Mutton,  carcasses.................................  6  @634
V eal.........................................................   934@10
Pork  Sausage..........................................  8 @  9
Bologna....................................................  9 @10
Chickens.................................................   @13
Turkeys  .................................................   @U

HID ES, PELTS  AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess quote as foLows:

G reen__ fi ft  6
P art  cured...  71
Full cured 
  8
Dry hides and 
k ip s ...........   8

@ 7 
2@   8 
@  834
@12
SH E E P PEL TS.
Shearlings or Sum- 

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__   @10
$  piece.......20  @50

W OOL.

I Fall pelts............. 30@5O
mer skins ]9 pcel0@20|Winter  pelts.......60@75
Fine washed $  ft 20@22|Unwashed...........  
2-3
Coarse washed... 16@18¡Tallow.................  f  534
Bear.............   @10 UOIMuskrat....... 
2@  10
Fisher  ........ 4 00@  6 00 O tter............4 00@ 5 00
Fox, red.......  25@  1 00 Raccoon....... 
5@  80
Fox,  gray...  15@  85Skunk  .........  15@  75
M artin ........   25@  1 00 Beaver, $ f t .l  00@  2c25
M ink..............  
5@ 40|Deer,  ^ f t ...  10@  L30

S K IN S .

OYSTERS AND  FISH . 

F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follows:

A

26

OYSTERS.

New York Counts...............................................-33
F. J. D. S elects................................................... 30
Selects........................................................ 
F. J. D ....................................................................19
Standard  ......................  
18
Favorite................................................................ 17
M edium.................................................................15
P rim e.............................................................. -  14
New  York  Counts..........................................2 OO^gA
Standards............................................... 1 00@110
Codfish................................................................9
Haddock...........................................................  7
Smelts................................................................ 10
Mackinaw Trout......................................  
Mackerel............................................................12
Whiteflsh  ...........................................................O

FR ESH   F IS H .

8

COUNTRY  PRODUCE. 

^

Apples—Firm 

for  choice,  Baldwins  andv^ i 

Greening readily commanding $2.25  bbl. 

Beeswax—Small demand at 30c.
Buckwheat—$4.50 ^  bbl.
Beans—More demand and  m arket more  act­
ive.  Unpicked  command  75@90c, and choice 
picked find good shipping demand at  $1.25.

Butter—Somewhat firmer, on account of the 

Ground. 

SPIC E S.

Whole.

“ 
*• 
“ 
“ 

STARCH.

@834
@634
@634@6%

@634
@6@7
@7
@6
@5%
@634
@434@6%

Pepper................16@25lPepper..................  @19
Allspice..............12@15 Allspice................  8@10
Cinnamon...........18@30iCassia....................  @10
ninxraa 
__ l5@25lNutmegs  .............60@65
Cloves  ................ 15@25 Nutmegs
G inger................16@20  Cloves  .............
M ustard..........  ,.15@30
Cayenne  : ...........25@35|
Gilbert’s Gloss l f t ..................................
“  3 ft cartoons..................
“  crates...............................
“  b u lk ................................
Corn, l f t .................................
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box,  bulk.......
Laundry, bbls, 186  fts...........
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages...........
“  Gloss,  36 3 $   packages..........
“  Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft c rate....
“ 
Corn, 401 ft  packages...........
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft package......................
Muzzy Gloss 3 ft package......................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 ft boxes.........................
Muzzy Gloss bulk..............................
Muzzv Corn l f t ......................................
Kingsford  Silver Gloss.........................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 ft  box..........
Kingsford Corn......................................
Oswego  Gloss.........................................
Mirror  Gloss...........................................
Mirror Gloss, corn.................................
Piel’s Pearl..............................................
American Starch Co.’s
l f t   Gloss............................................ .
10 oz  Gloss..............................................
3ft  Gloss.................................................
6 ft Gloss, wood boxes................... • - • •
Table Corn......................................-40®
Table  Corn.....................................20  ft
Banner, bulk...........................................
Rising  Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s  gross........ 5  50
U niversal...............5  88 Above $  dozen.......   50
I X  L ....................... 5 50|
Cut  Loaf.................................................   @ X*
C ubes......................................................  @ 1-,
Pow dered................................................  @
Granulated,  Standard..........................   @ 634
Granulated, Fine G rain.......................  @  »%
Confectionery A ....................................   @6 31
Standard A ..............................................  ®  e  8
@ 6 
Extra C, W hite.....................
@ 5% 
E xtra C..................................
@ 534 
Fine  C....................................
@ 534
Yellow C................   .............
SY RUPS.
Corn,  Barrels.......................
Corn, 34 bbls..........................
Corn,  10 gallon kegs.............
Corn, 5 gallon kegs...............
Corn, 434 gallon kegs............
Pure  Sugar...........................
Pure Sugar Drips.................
Pure Sugar  Drips.............
Pure Loaf Sugar D rips...
Pure  Loaf Sugar..............
TEA S.
Japan ordinary..................
Japan fair to good...........
Japan fine..........................
Japan dust.........................
Young Hyson....................
GunPowder.......................
Oolong...................................................

29 
@  32 
@1 60 
@1 45 
23@  35 
30@  38 
@1 96 
@  85 
@1 85
.................... 22@25
....................... 30@35
........................40@50
........................15@20
........................30@50
.................35@50

............bbl
........34 bbl
.5 gal kegs
........34 bbl
.5 gal kegs

@634
@3%
@6
@7
@634
@7
@4

STOVE P O L IS H .

SUGARS.

Trout, No. 1,12  ft  k its................................... ™
White, No. 1,34 bbls .................................... \  00
White, Family, 34 bbls.................................
90 
White, No. 1,10 ft k its....................
...1  05
White, No. 1,12 ft k its....................
FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS,
Lemon.  V anilla.
1  40
..  doz.l 00
2 50
.......1 50
4 00
............2 50
5 00
............. 3 50
1  50
............. 1  25
3 00
............. 1  75
7 50
............. 4 50
..........9 00 15 00
4 25
............. 3 00
6 00
............. 4 25

Jennings’ 2 oz................
4 oz................
“ 
“ 
6 oz................
“ 
8 oz................
“  No. 2 Taper.
“  No.  4 
34 pint 
“ 
“ 
i 
-----
No.  8....................
No. 10..................
“ 
FR U ITS

“ 
round...........
“ 

.

Apples, Michigan................................... 
■
Apples, Dried, evgp., bbls.................... 
m V
Apples, Dried, evap., box.....................   @»34
C h e r r i e s , d r ie d ,  p i t t e d .................................... 
@ m
C itron..........................................................   §30
Peaches, dried  ......................................  
^@ 44
Pineapples,  standards.........................  @J ™
Prunes, Turkey, pew ............................ 
W>Vi
Prunes, French, 50 ft  boxes................. 
9%@10
Raisins, Valencias.................................  © »%
Raisins,  Ondaras..................................   @4"%
Raisins,  Sultanas..................................  »
Raisins, Loose  Muscatels....................  @" Jo
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @g
Raisins, Imperial Cabinets..................  @8  bo
25
Raisins, Dehesias..................................
W ater W hite........ 13 

I Legal  Test.......

K E R O S E N E   O IL .

.11

M ATCHES.

Grand Haven,  No.  9, square.......
Grand Haven,  No.  8, square.......
Grand Haven,  No.  200,  parlor...
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor...
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round.......
Oshkosh, No.  2............. i ...............
Oshkosh, No.  8...............................
Swedish...........................................
Richardson’s No. 2  square..........
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
..........
..........
Richardson’s No. 8 
do 
do 
Richardson’s No. 9 
..........
Richardson’s No. 19,  do 
........

.............2  15
............. 1  65
..............2 50
............. 3 75
.............no
................1 60
...............  55
...............2  70
................ 2 70
................ 1  70
................ 2 55
................ 1  75

MOLASSES.

( B r o c e r i e s .

MICHIGAN  DAIRYMEN.

E very  Prospect  of a  Large  am i  Successful 

M eeting.

The  indications  are  extremely  favorable 
for the meeting  of  dairymen  to  be  held in 
this  city  to-day.  Up  to  present writing, 
nearly 100 representative dairymen have sig­
nified their intention  of  being  present,  and 
several  manufacturers  of  dairy  appliances 
have  agreed  to  make  an  exhibit of  their 
goods.  The convention will assemble at the 
Supervisors’ room, Court block, at 10 o clock 
this morning, when Mayor Belknap will  de­
liver an address of welcome and  Hon. S. L. 
Fuller,  President  of  the  West  Michigan 
Farmer’s Club, will state the objects  of  the 
meeting.  The order of  the further proceed­
ings will be left to those  present.

Reduced rates have  been  secured  at  the 
following  hotels:  Sweet’s,  two in a room, 
from $3 to $2 per day ;  Rathbun House, two 
in a room, from $2 to $1.50 per day;  Bridge 
Street house, from $1.25 to $1 per day.

; The  Necessity  of  More  T horough K now l­

edge.

From the Chicago Current. 
|
!  Following the  Dairymen’s  Convention  of j 
| the  past  week—at  Strawberry  Point, la.,
| there comes this week the thirteenth annual 
meeting of the Wisconsin Association, to be­
gin Tuesday at  Arcadia,  Trempeleau  coun­
ty,  and  the  tenth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Southeastern Iowa Society at Sigourney Keo­
kuk county, Wednesday and Thursday.  The 
dairyman of “Michigan  meet  Wednesday at 
Grand Rapids for the purpose  of  forming a 
State Asssociation.  The  Algona,  la.,  Con­
vention,  announced  last  week,  has  been 
postponed until March  10.  The  progiess as 
to quality in butter-making  has been  aston­
ishing—so much so that double the prices of 
olden times are  now  easily  obtainable 
for 
people of means will have “June  butter” in 
the middle of winter if money  may  buy  it. 
The dissemination  of  knowledge  touching 
the absorptive character, the tainture, of but­
ter and milk, and the profit arising from the 
manufacture of high qualities of  dairy-food, 
cannot be anything else than a public  good, 
to which the press of the country should lend 
all possible  encouragement.  A  poor  man 
ought to be supplied with  first-class  butter, 
just as he may get pure  water—without  ac­
quiring the reputation of  being a  person  of 
extravagant tastes.

C. B. Lambert, the  well-known  writer on 
dairy subjects, and  who  has  done much ef­
fective work in furthering  the 
interests  of 
the meeting, writes  as  follows:  “If  all  is 
well, I shall be in Grand Rapids on Tuesday I 
night.  The Michigan Dairy Salt Co., of Sag­
inaw, has sent some salt in  your care.  They 
wish  me to  represent  them.  I  hope  the 
A civil action was commenced some  days 
meeting will be a success, and I  do  not  see 
since  in  Justice  McLaughlin’s  court  by 
anything to prevent it.  I do not think Thurs­
Earnest  A.  Stowe  against  Wm.  D.  Carey 
day will  finish  all  the  business  that  will 
and  Elizabeth  Root,  formerly  Elizabeth 
come up before us.  There  should be  time 
Smart, late copartners  comprising  the  firm 
given to discuss every subject and to get the 
of W. D. Carey & Co.  This  suit  was  dis-
association  fully  organized.  It  will be al-
most impossible to read  any  of  the  papers 1 missed because there were  technicalities  m
must 
before the evening session.  I shall have two | the papers, New  summonses  were  issued 
Baners  one on  cheese making  and  one  on I and served to-day,  which are returnable Sat-
hutter making. 

._____ x ____ I A.1________ "Xf/xrxr  e n m m n n f iP S   WfiTfi  issued

From the Muskegon Chronicle, 17th.

“■*«' morai”S at nine °’clock'

The  Carey  Case  a t  M uskegon.

E  L  Lockwood,  the  Petersburg,  Monroe! From the Muskegon Chronicle, 21st. 

pv 

■ 

county!  dairyman,  writes:  “Expect  to  be I  The  case  of  Ernest  A.  Stowe vs. W .D . 
with you on the 25th.  I have  come  to  the  Carey and  Elizabeth  Root  came  up  befoie 
conclusion that there is not much  use dairy-  Justice McLaughlin this morning.  The case 
ing  without  first  securing some legislation  was adjourned  by  consent  to  March 2, the 
governing  butter  substitutes.  One  day  is  plaintiff  to  furnish  a bill of  particulars on 
not enough to give to the subject  of  organi-  or before  Feb. 28,  the  defendants  to  plead 
zation, and I think it would be well  to  hold  on  the  adjouured  day  at nine o’clock a. m. 
over until Thursday.  I  have  milked  from  The  claims  in  this  case  are:  Putnam  & 
forty  to  sixty  cows  for  twenty-five years,  Brooks,  Grand Rapids,  lemons,  $80;  H. P. 
and  now  think  of  turning the calves  with  Stanley Sons,  Chicago,  lemons,  $40.25;  Jo-
seph  Rodgers,  Hastings,  eggs, $36;  E. A. 
the cows next summer, although I have never 
Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids, printing, $25.
sold any butter for less than 20 cents.  I have
a creamery on my farm, bat went out of the I 
business  several  years  ago. 
ere 
money in it now.  Tallow is too cheap. 

I prom tbe American Marketman.
j  A call bas been issued for a State meeting 
W. B. Blake, Acting Secretary of the Acme j Qf ^  dairymeil  of  Michigan,  the  primary 
of  wy1jci1  js  the  organization  of a

town Saturday, making arrangements^for an J  gtate  Dafrymen’s  Association,  for  the pur- 

Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Kalamazoo,  was  in j 

 sten4polnt 

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^

’ 

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extensive  exhibit  of  the  dairy  appliances 
manufactured by that  corporation.

Visitors to the Dairy Convention  are cor- ! 
dially invited to make T h e T ra desm a n of- j 
fice their headquarters while in the city.

Jas. McAdam,  patentee  of  the  McAdara J 

butter tub, Postville, Iowa,  writes  that 
w ill be here with some of his tubs.

D A IR Y   N O T E S .

“1 have made  a  thorough  study  of 

pose  of  securing  a  better  understanding
among the cheese and butter makers, with a 
view to obtaining the necessary co-operation 
to  bring  the  dairy  products  up to a higher 
standard, 
in  consequence  of  which  better 
I prices  will  necessarily follow.  There can 
h e  j  be no doubt of that and improving the dairy 
| products is much more sensible  than crying
about the ruinous  competition  of  butterine 
the | etc.  E. A. Stowe leads  the  movement  and 

we  wish him every success.

How  to Take  Off Skins.

matter,” said D. P. Clay, the other day, “and 
1 have proved to a certainty that  the  dairy­
man can make more from his calves than by 
making a skim cheese, and also  that  calves 
thrive better on skim milk  than  on  fresh. 
To be sure the cream  makes  them  sleeker 
and fatter, but it is the  qualities left  in the 
milk after the  cream is skimmed off  which 
makes bone, muscle  and flesh.  Butter  and 
calves are a better  combination  than butter 
and cheese.”

“The  article  you  propose  publishing  on 
the subject of taking off skins  [To be found 
on the first page of this  week’s  issue—Ed.] 
is one of the most valuable ever given to the 
trade,”  said  Wm.  T.  Hess,  of  Perkins  & 
Hess,  the  other  day. 
“And  I might  add 
that it is fully as much or more important in 
taking off larger hides to  have  them  right, 
as represented.  Particularly is this the case 
The  Michigan  Dairy  Co.  favors  T h e 
with ox hides and spready steers and  cows. 
T radesm an with an except from  the Janu- 
The leather from such hides being  used  for 
ary report of its  officers, from  which it ap­
belting and  carriage  tops,  and  requiring  a 
pears that the total  number  of  acres  com­
large,  spready,  perfect  pattern, 
they are
prised in the four farms—known as “Grant,”
too apt to slit the forward leg too  far  back, 
“Newaygo,” “Lake” and “Camp  30”—is 5,- j leaving the sideg near the leg cut  deep  in.” 
500, of which 3,000 are  now  under  success
ful cultivation.  One  thousand  acres  more 
will be cleared'  during the  coming  season. 
The total amount of live stock  now  on  the 
farm  is  as  follows:  Horses,  31;  colts, 3; 
bulls, 7;  steers, 93;  oxen,  53;  cows,  318; 
heifers, 66; calves, 185; sheep, 304: pigs and 
hogs, 333.  The  total  amount of  milk  re­
ceived during January  was  40,895  pounds, 
the largest daily milking being 1,561 pounds 
and the smallest  1,148  pounds.  The  total 
amount of butter  made  during the  month 
was 1,874% pounds.  Over 6,000 meals were
. 
.. 
served to the families and hired  men on the j 
farms.  Altogether the  showing is an inter- j 
estmg one, and T h e T kadtsm an  will  take | 
pleasure in noting  the  statements as  they] 
are made from month to month.

Business has been fairly  good  during the 
past week, the snow blockade having abated 
so as to allow the free receipt and  shipment 
of goods.  Sugars  have  varied  somewhat, 
but bob up to about the same figures  quoted 
last  week.  Codfish,  whiteflsh  and  prunes 
have advanced, and rice is firmer in the east­
ern  market.  Low  grade Japans are not to 
be had.  Other  articles  in  the  grocery line 
are about steady.

John Caulfied, the veteran grocery jobber,
undg tbe fonowing  puzzling  problem: 
twe#ty-six letters through the  operation
of the law  of  permutation can give the 80,- 
000  words  in  Webster’s  unabridged,  how 
; many expressions can the  fifty-five  animate

The  Grocery  M arket.

,  ,  .  4 

,  , 

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^ 

^ ______
Knight8 of L abor Plug,

^  ^  human face slve9..
______♦   »  ♦ ---------

Aside frem a few premium,  raptured  by 
a Massachusetts exhibitor, the West  carried j 
off all the honors in the dairy exhibit  at the j  Grocerymen and bakers wishing  to  add a 
New Orleans  Exposition.  As  stated 
last  good-paying article to  their  stock  would do 
week, Iowa  ranked first  on  butter, taking  wep to send to P. Spitz,  Grand  Rapids,  for 
seven first prizes and special sweepstakes on  sampies of “Fermentum,” the  only  reliable 
creamery  butter.  Following  came  Minne- j  compressed yeast.  See advertisement.
„„j
sota with five first premiums  and  the grand 
sweepstakes, the best of  Minnesota’s exhib-  The workingman’s  capital is  health,  and
its coming from Rochester.  On  cheese, Wis- ] not wealth. 
consin carried off the honors, taking the first. 
premium and grand  sweepstakes.  All  sec- j  ^  new brand of goods has ever met with 
tions of  the  country  were  represented by  a heartier reception at the hands of both the 
about 1 300 tubs of butter, and  several hun-  consumer and the retail trade  than  Knights 
*red pWu and fancy  P -a s ra   of  ch=
. | 
Some very artistic butter prints were shown,, 
jg a good chew, and seems to meet
including a very cleverly  executed  bust of  the demand 0f the times, as no  other  goods 
Garfield  which was granted a first premium, 
in the market do.  Send to Clark, Jewell  & 
Many complaints were made by the  rahibi-  C o   wholesale dirtriboting agents,  for  sajn- 
tors relative to the condition of the building 
J(,we„  &  Co  „ „   ,he  Banu(ac.
in which they  were  compelled  to  display  j.urergj agents for the celebrated  Knights  of 
their products.  It was  also a  source of an- j Labor  Plug,  which  is  rapidly  taking  the
lead as the best piece of good in the market. 
noyance to pay  $4,200  entry  fees, and  re­
It  is  made  of  the finest leaf, and is espec­
ceive in lieu for  their  promised  premiums 
ially adapted to the wants  of  the  Michigan 
$8,000 worth of due bills, paj able at no spec­
trade.
ified time, and with no probability  that they 
Knights of  Labor  Plug is  now  sold  by 
nearly  every  retail  dealer  in  Michigan. 
will ever be worth the paper  on which they 
Clark, Jewell & Co., wholesale  agents.
are written.

S t f g S  f f S

CANDY, FRUITS  AND  NUTS.
Putnam  & Brooks quote as follow s:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

do 
do 

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

................................®^4^^2
@12
MIXED.

Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................   9 ® 934
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 25 ft  pails........................................10@10i4
Royal, 200 ft bbls........................................ ,?@ ?34
Extra, 25 ft  pails.......................................
Extra, 200 ft bbls........ .....................................10l/4
French Cream, 25 ft pails...............................
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases......................................... 13
Broken, 25  ft pails........................................... 1134
Broken, 200 ft  bbls...........................................1034
Lemon  Drops.......................... 
44
Sour Drops..............................  
l |
Peppermint  Drops......................................... l®
Chocolate Drops.............................................. J®
HM  Chocolate  Drops.....................................20
Gum  Drops  ..................................................... ¿0
Licorice Drops.................................................
A B   Licorice  Drops........................................ j"
Lozenges, plain................................................
Lozenges,  printed........................................... 1®
Im perials..........................................................1®
M ottoes............................................................. 1®
[Cream  B ar........................................................ 44
Molasses B ar.....................................................44
Caramels........................................  
jg
Hand Made Creams......................................... 2»
Plain  Creams................................................... 1»
Decorated Creams...........................................f®
String Rock.......................................................4®
Burnt Almonds..................... 
f f
W intergreen  Berries...................................... 4®
FANCY—IN  BULK.
,.1334@14
Lozenges, plain in  pails...........
................... 12
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.............
................... 1434
Lozenges, printed in pails........
.................... 13
Lozenges, printed in  bbls........
........ ..........14
Chocolate Drops, in pails..........
..............734@8
Gum  Drops  in pails....................
Gum Drops, in bbls.....................
Moss Drops, in  pails....................
Moss Drops, in bbls.....................
Sour Drops, in  Pails....................
Imperials, in  pails........................................... “
ImDerials  in bbls....................................  •  •  4®
Oranges, Messina and  Palerm o.......... 
¿5
Oranges, Valencia................................ ® ®9@® ™
Lemons,  choice....................................  " ®^y_uu
Figs,  layers new,  $  ft........................... l"/4®i®
Figs, baskets 4 0 f t^ f t..........................   @®
Dates, frails 
do  ............................  @  4
do  ............................  @  ®
Dates, 34 do 
Dates, skin..............................................  @  4
Dates, 34  skin.............. 
©  »
f t ..................  8V2@  9
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $  
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft.....................   @7
Dates, Persian 50 ft box 
ft................   ©  ®34
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red, raw  $   ft...........................
Choice 
do  .............................  
5@ 5%
Fancy 
do  .............................   5%@  6/4
Choice White, Va.do  ............................  „5®  534
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ............................  734@8
Almonds,  Terragona, $  ft....................  18@
Brazils,
Pecons,
Filberts, Sicily 
Walnuts, Grenobles

do  .................... 
8@ 834
d o ........ ..........  
9@12
d o ....................  @14
do  ..............  
  14@15

FRUITS.

do 
do 

NUTS.

 

 

cold weather.  Dairy finds slow sale  at  16@17c^ a 
for choice  rolls  and 15@16c for good solid paek^W  
ed.  An inferior article is to  be  had in endless 
variety  at from 8@12e.

Butterine—Solid  packed  creamery  com­
mands 22c,  while  dairy  is  quoted  at  14@15c 
for solid packed,  and 16@17c for rolls.

Beets—No shipping demand.
Clover  Seed—No  local  shipping  demand. 

Dealers quote choice stock at $5.

Cabbages—$5@$6 $  100.  Very little moving.^™ 
Celery—15@25c fl doz.
Cheese-*Michigan  full cream  stock readily 
commands  1234@1334c,  while  skim find  occas 
ional sale at from  934@10c.

Cider—12c $  gal. for common sweet. 
Cranberries—Firm at $14 for bell and  cherry,, 

and  $15 for bell  and bugle. 

Eggg—Fresh  are  not  quite  so  plenty,  a n d i|^  

limed  stock  is  not  so  much of a drug as for­
merly.  Fresh commands 20c, and limed 16@17c.
Hops—Brewers are paying 15c for best Mich­

,

igan, with few  offerings.

ed.

Honey—Choice new in comb is firm atl2@14p. 
Hay—$9@$10 for new, and  $12@$13  for bail­
Mince Meat—7c $  ft for home made.
Onions—$2.50 $  bbl, for yellow or red. 
A
Pop Corn—3c $  ft for choice. 
"
Potatoes—Somewhat firmer in  consequence 
of  considerable  shipments  being  made 
to 
Southern  cities,purchases being  made  a t 25® 
28c.

Poultry—Fowls,  9@10c.  Chickens,  12@13c. 

Turkeys, 14c.

Squash—Slow sale at 34c $  ft.
Turnips—25c ^  bu.
Timothy—No shipping demand,  and  d e a le r ^  

buy  only  for  prospective  wants,  holding  at 
$1.75 for choice.

G R A IN S  AND  M IL LIN G   PR O D U C TS.

Wheat—Unchanged.  Lancaster,  81;  Fulse 

and Clawson, 78c.

lots.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 46c in 100 bu. lots 
^

and 40@43c in ca«tets. 

Oats—White, Ac in small lots and 30c  in  car™ 
Rye—52@54c ^  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.10@$1,20 $   cwt. 
Flour—Unchanged. Fancy Patent, $5.70 $  bbl. 
in sacks  and  $5.95  in  wood.  Straight, $4.70 $  
bbl. in sacks and $4.95 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 $  cwt.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 

ton.  Bran, $15 
$  ton.  Ships, $16 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $23 $  ton.

oa&ao

OATM EAL.

Black  Strap............................................14®9«iian
Nmr  Orleans,  good......................................**«"2
Ntew Orleans, choice....................................
New  Orleans,  fancy............................. 

34 bbls. 3c extra.
Steel  cut 
.......5 50|Quaker, 48 fts......... 2 2o
Steel Cut,'34 bbls.. .3 00 Quaker, 60 fts.........2 50
Rolled  Oats........... 3 50|Quakerbbls.............6 50
Choice in barrels med........................................... |  Jn
......................................°  ™
Choice in 34 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy.................... 
 
*
Dingee’s pints 
.........................  s ix
American qt.  in Glass.......................... ...........
American pt. in Glass...................................... i
C. & B. English  quarts....................- ............“  ¿2
Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins,  QUiirt8-. .5 75
ints__ 3 50
DingeeftCo.’s C. C. M.ftG.Eng.Btyle.^ts.4 60

Hmm.....a p i ................ 

..  g.,.,..,—

P IC K L E S .

do 

do 

TOBACCO— F IN E  C U T - IN   P A IL S .

State  Seal...................60
Brother Jonathan. ..2St
Diamond  Crown.......58
Rose Bud.................... 50
O.  K ............................ 45
Our  Bird.................... 30
Peaches  .................... 38
Red  Bird.................... 52
Opera Queen..............40
Sweet Rose.................45
Green  Back............... 38
Fruit...........................33
O So Sweet.................31
Prairie Flower.......... 65
Climber......................62
Indian Queen............60
Doak’s 50 center.......38
Huckelberry  ............ 30
Bull  Dog....................60
Crown Leaf

M atchless...................65
H iaw atha...................67
Globe  ....................  ..70
May Flower............... 70
H e ro ...........................45
A tlas...........................35
Royal Game............... 38
Mule E ar.................... 65
Peek-a-Boo.............   32
Fountain.................... 74
Old Congress..............64
Good L uck.................52
Good and Sweet.........45
Blaze Away............... 35
Hair L ifter.................30
G overnor...................60
Fox’s Choice............  63
Medallion.................. 35
Sweet Owen...........   .66
Old Abe. 
............. ...49

2o. less in four pail lots or half barrels.

/

An Awger to Bore a  Square  Hole.

A Cleveland paper says that the  first  and 
only auger ever manufactured that will  bore 
a square hole  is  now  in  the  shops  of  the 
•Cleveland Machine Co.  This auger bores  a 
two-inch square hole, the size used in  ordin 
ary frame buildings and barns, but  they  can 
be made on the same principle to bore square 
holes of any size.  Its application  is  ordin­
ary  and  works  on  the  same  principle  as 
round-hole augers.  Its end,  instead of  hav­
ing a screw or bit, has a cam  motion  which 
oscillates a cutter mounted on a steel rocking- 
knife which cuts on both sides.  In order to 
prevent  the  splintering  of  the  wood,  the 
ends of the cutter are  provided  with  small, 
semi-circular  shaped  saws  which  help  in 
cutting  out  perfectly square comers.  It  is 
estimated  that  this  new  process* will save 
the  labor  of  three  men  who  work  with 
chisels, as one man  can  conveniently  cut  a 
two-iuch mortice in the  same length of time 
he can bore a round hole.  The  invention is 
the work of a Wooster man who  has  given 
the subject years of patient thought.

G rand  R apids Abroad.

Boston Correspondence Shoe and  Leather Re­

view.
The other day I noticed for  the  first time 
in Boston the sign, “Grand Rapids Felt Boot 
Co.,” Henry E. Fuller,  agent  Grand  Rap­
ids  was  my  original  stamping  ground.  It 
was there that I first saw light.  It was there 
that I made  my  first  kick.  There  is  only 
one Grand Rapids on earth, so to speak, and 
that is in Michigan.  When I was there last, 
in 1874, that city contained no felt boot  fac­
tory,  though  it  had  felt  boots  for  many 
years; tight ones.  Impelled by curiosity and 
a feeling of kinship, not  for  the  boot, but 
the G. R. company, I dropped in  and found 
Mr. Fuller a most worthy representative of a 
most wprthy company, for  this  company is 
composed of some of the brainiest and  most 
enterprising residents of that city.  The en­
terprise was  started  some  four  years ago, 
and  has  been  very  successful  not  only 
throughout 
the  entire  West,  but  even 
through the New  Fngland  States, where it 
is supposed everythiug new in the boot  and 
shoe line ought to originate.  The  very fact 
that Mr. Fuller has been sufficiently success­
ful to warrant him in giving his exclusive at­
tention to the business here, is of  itself  the 
very strongest guarantee  of  the  superiority 
of the goods produced  by  them.  Now,  my 
friends of the  company,  Julius  Berkey, M. 
R. Bissell,  O.  R.  Wilmartli,  J.  A.  Covode 
and O. B. Wilmarth,  needn’t do  any  more 
than tender me a unanimous vote of  thanks 
for this notice, but it  does  me  good  to see 
our Western  men  pushing  out in all direc­
tions, even to the  Atlantic  coast, for a mar­
ket for their products, and for such I always 
entertain a fellow-feeling.

*

4

A St. Louis exchange  notes the  presence 
in that  city of  Messrs. Stevens  and  Phil- 
brick, of the firm of Foster,  Stevens &  Co. 
As neither of  the  gentlemen  named  have 
been out of the city, and  as  Messrs.  Graves 
and Whitworth  were  due  at  that  market 
about that time,  it is not  unlikely that  they 
have been masquerading.
The  Sale  of  B u tter  Substitutes  in   New 

York.

The coming report of Dairy Commissioner 
Joshia  K.  Brown,  of  New  York,  treats 
chiefly of his efforts to suppress  the  manu­
facture and  sale  of  oleomargarine  in  New 
York  City  and  State.  His  working  force 
consisted  of  two  assistant  commissioners 
and sixteen other  persons, chemists, experts 
and agents on salaries or per diems.  In the 
first place, all the artificial  butter  that  was 
made and on hand at the  time  the  law  was 
passed  he  regarded  as  beyond  his  reach. 
He had required his agents to  purchase  cer­
tain quantities of the spurious  articles from 
dealers,  and  after  these  were  carefully 
analyzed  the  agents  would make affidavits 
and  obtain  warrants  from  police  justices 
for the arrest  of  such  dealers.  The  pros­
ecutions,  however,  were  attended  with 
more 
the  usual  delays,  owing 
to 
attorneys 
were unemployed  by  the  defendants, who, 
by adjournments and other  devices, contriv­
ed to harrass the  department  considerably. 
There have been within  the  year  sixty ar­
rests.  Eleven have been convicted, and for­
ty have  chosen to be  tried  by special  ses­
sions or are under 
indictment.  The  result 
of the fii’st year’s work is that  80 per  cent, 
of the unlawful traffic has  been  broken  up. 
There  are,  however,  a  large  number  of 
hoarding house  keepers  and  restaurateurs 
who purchase this artificial butter, and place 
it upon the  table  for  the  general  use  of 
guests without attaching  any specific  price 
to it.  Such  proprietors  cannot be reached 
under the law as it stands  because  they do 
not really sell the stuff.

skillful 

than 

that 

fact 

the 

There is  little in  the  report  concerning 
adulterated  cheese, there  having  been no 
complaint on that score.

F u rn itu re   Facts.

J. O. Dildine & Co.,  furniture  dealers  at 
Roscommon, are offering  to  compromise  at 
25 per cent.

D. D. Brown,  recently  of  Ravenna,  will 
shortly  engage  in  the retail  furniture busi­
ness at Coopersville.

Harry  McDowell,  the  well-known  furni­
ture traveler, left last evening  for  Chicago, 
and  from  there  takes an extended Eastern 
trip, including  the  intervening  states.  On 
his  return,  he  will take a trip through  the 
Northwest.

The Muskegon  Valley  Furniture Co.  has 
got out five new designs in the line of spring 
suites,  in red oak, ash and  imitation mahog­
any.  The corporation  has 
lately  received 
large order* from Mississippi  and Pennsyl­
vania buyers.

 

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2Vi 

lOdto  60d............................................ keg $2  30
8d and 9 d adv...............................................
6d and 7d  adv................................................
4d and 5d  adv.......................   .....................  
3d advance.....................................................  £
3d fine  advance...........................................  ®
 
Clinch nails,  adv 
1
Finishing 
8d  6d  4d
I  10d 
Size—inches  )  3 
1*4
Adv. $  keg 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2 00 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
.
M OLLAS8E8 GATES. 
Stebbin’8 P a tte rn .........................................dl8 j®
Stebbin’s Genuine...................................... hj8
Enterprise,  self-measuring........................dis 25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.................  dis  50
’ 
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent..........................dis 5a
Zinc, with brass bottom .................. .  — his  &o
Brass or  Copper............................... — 
„*9
Reaper......................................Per  gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .................................................
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................. ms  15
Sciota Bench........ .......................................ms  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy...-.................. dis  15
Bench, flrstquality............. .............. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co. s,  wood and 
Fry, Acme............................................... “i? on „"9
Common, polished.................................

PLA N ES.

O IL E R S.

MAULS.

• •<*»

PA H S.

" 

R IV E TS.

Iron and Tinned.................................-dl8  _
Copper Rivets and B urs................... -dis
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  1014 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

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Broken packs He 

extra.

RO O FIN G  P LA TES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal T em e.................5 75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............  7  75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T em e.................12 w
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal T em e...............1®

MISCELLANEOUS.

75tf

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  to r  each 
additional word.  Advance payment.
Tj'OR SA LE-Our stock of  groceries  and  flx- 
h  
tures—the best location  in the btate.  We 
are going out of business, and will  offer some 
oneabaVgain.  For particulars  address John 
n   anvriar  rpfifiiver  for  Lovejoy  &  Herrick,
R.  Snyder,  receiver  for  Lovejoy 
Big Rapids, Mich

FOR  SALE—a well-established business hav­

ing a cash trade and a fine assorted  stock 
of groceries, for sale cheap.  Place of business 
Grand
well  located on  South 
Rapids.  In connection with the stock, the  ad­
vertiser has horses,  delivery  wagons,  sleighs, 
harnesses  and  everything  in  good  shape to 
continue the business.  Object of sale is,  poor 
health  Anyone looking for a first class  loca­
tion  can  do  no  better,  as  the stock m ust be 
closed out.  For further information, apply to 
“Grocer,” care of “The Tradesman. 

F  and  stationery.  No  old  stock.  Will  in­

nice,  clean  stock  of  drugs
ventory  less  than  $2,000.  Doing  a nice busi­
ness^  Owner has other business  to attend J o . 
Inquire of The Tradesman.

75tf

73tf

Good  W ords Unsolicited.

Geo. D. Lunn, druggist:  “I m ust have  your 
paper, as it seems to be Just the ‘right thing in 
the right place.’  Hope you will always  retain 
the interest with which you have started your 
enterprise.”

Mm i l l
f i l S I liS

f

I f in N eed of A nything  in  our  Line,  it 

w ill pay you to get our Prices.

PA T E N T E E S   AND  SO LE  M AN UFA CTU RERS

Barlow’s Patent

Send fo r Samples and Circular.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

BELL!

BOLTS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

Prevailing  rates  at  Chicago  are as follows:
AU GERS AND B IT S .
60 
.dis 
Ives’, old  style...............................
60
.dis 
N. H .0. Co....................... .
60
........... dis 
D ouglass'...............................
........... dis 
60
Pierces  ..................................
60
........... dis 
Snell’s ......................................
............dis40&10
Cook’s  ....................................
............dis 
25
Jennings’,  genuine...............
........... dis40&10
Jennings', imitation..-.........
BALANCES
.......... dis 
25
Spring......................................
BARROWS. 
e   IQ no
R ailroad.......................................................*
Garden........................................................... net ** 00
.dis  $ 60&10 
H and...............
..dis 
6 ) 
Cow................
..dis 
15 
Call..................
..dis 
20 
G ong............
..dis 
55
Door, Sargent.
.dis $ 
Stove..................... ..................
, .dis 
Carriage  new  list................ •••
. .dis 
Plow  .......................................
..dis 
Sleigh Shoe..............................
.dis 
Cast Barrel  Bolts....................
.dis 
W rought Barrel Bolts...........
.dis 
50
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.......
.dis 
55
Cast Square Spring................
60
.dis 
Cast  Chain...............................
. .dis 
55&10
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob 
55&10
.dis
W rought Square
30
Wrought Sunk Flush.......................... dis
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...................................................  50&10&10
Ives’ Door............................................. dis  50&10
40
B a rb er...................................................dis $ 
Backus...................................................dis 
50
Spofford......................................-......... dis 
50
Am. Ball................................................ dis 
net
4 oo 
Well, plain...................................................$
4 50
Well, swivel.................................................
60&10 
Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis
60&10 
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed.........dis
60&10 
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
50&10 
W rought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis
60 
Wroui)i4 Loose  P in .............................dis
60& 5 
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............ dis
60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned............dis.
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
60& 5 
tip p e d ..................................................dis
60 
Wrought Table...................................... dis
60 
Wrought Inside Blind......................... dis
65&10 
Wrought Brass...................................... dis
70&10 
Blind. Clark’s..........................................dis
70&10 
Blind, Parker’s ....................................- dis
70 
Blind,  Shepard’s................................... dis
15 00 
Spring for Screen Doors 3x214, per gross 
18 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3— per gross 
Ely’s 1-10.................................................... per  m $ 65
Hick’s C. F ............................................  
59
G .D ..................................... 
35
00
M usket................................................... 
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list 
50
Rim Fire, United  States........................ dis 
50
Central Fire..............................................dis  H
Socket Firm er......................................... dis 
70
<0
Socket Fram ing...................................... dis 
Socket Corner..........................................dis 
»0
Socket Slicks...........................................dis 
iC
Butchers’Tanged  Firm er.................... dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firm ers......................dis 
2C
Cold......................................................... net
Curry, Lawrence’s ........................ «— dis 
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis 
COCKS.
Brass,  Racking’s..................
Bibb’s ....................................
B e e r.......................................
Fenns’....................................
CO PPER .
Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... 34

33%
25
40&10
49&10
40&10
60

BU TTS, CAST.

CA TRIDG ES.

CH IS ELS.

COMBS.

CAPS.

 

 

F IL E S .

D R IL L S

ELBOW S.

13 
GAUGES.

50&10 
50&10 
50&10 
50 SílO 
30 
33*á

14x52,14x56,14 x60.........................................  37
Morse’s Bit  Stock........... ................... dis 
35
Taper and Straight Shank..................dis 
20
ufAwan’o TanAv  SnftnV
30
.......dis
Morse’s Taper  So5nk..................
.doz net $1 00
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ........................
.......dis
20&10
Corrugated..................................
Já&10
__ dis
A djustable.......................................
EX PA N SIV E B ITS.
dis
20
Clar’s, small, 118 00;  large, $26 00.
dis
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.
American File Association L ist........ dis
Disston’s ................................................ dis
New  American...................................... dis
Nicholson’s .............................................dis
Heller’s ..................................................dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps...........................dis
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

GALVANIZED  IR O N ,
14 

22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27
12 
15
Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..............dis
Maydole & Co.’s .....................................dis
Kip’s ......................................................dis
40
Yerkes&  Plumb s ...............................dis
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.......................... 30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction....................... dis 
60
Kidder, w o o d tra.k ...............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3........................... .dis 
60
gtate............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4*4  14
314
and  longer..............................................
Screw Hook and Eye,  yt  .................. net
1014
814
Screw Hook and Eye %......................net
714
Screw Hook and Eye  %......................net
714
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.................... net
60&10
Strap and  T ........................................... dis
Stamped Tin W are....................................   60&10
Japanned  Tin  W are.................................  20&10
Granite Iron  W are................................... 
25

HOLLOW   W ARE.

HAMMERS.

HANGERS.

H IN G ES.

LOCKS—DOOR.

HO ES.
tli-nb  2 
...........................11 50,  dis 40
Grub 3.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..................................  12 00, dis 40
KNOBS.
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings........$2 70, dis 70
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings—   3 50, dis 70 
Door, porcelain, plated trim-
Tning*8...  ..................... .list,10  15, dis *70
7 0
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list,1155, dis 
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain..........dis 
70
40
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ................  -d 
R em acite................................................dis 
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list...... dis  70
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s .......................... dis  <0
Branford’s .....................................................“is  70
Norwalk’s ...................................................... dis  <0
65
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .................... dis
Coffee. Parkers  Co.’s ................................. dis
Coffee  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables dis
/n  /w_T _fir  m Qplr’c 
ill's
Coffee) Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s ...........dis  40
Coffee,  Enterprise.....................................dis  ¿5
Art,»  Eve 
....................$16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt  Eve..................................... $15 00 dis 40&10
H unt’s 
. . . ............................... $18 50 dis 20 & 10
Common, Bra  and Fencing.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

M ILLS.

NA ILS.

R O PES.

SQUARES.

5Ü&10
50&10
20

Sisal, % In. and  larger............................• • ••  »
Manilla............ • • • .........................................
Steel and  Iro n ........... ........................
Try and Be vels......................................
Mitre  .....................................................dis
SH EET IR O N .Com. Smooth.
..........$4 20
Nos. 10 to  14........
.......  4 20
Nos. 15 to 17.................................
..........  4 20
Nos. 18 to 21.................................
.............   4  20
Nos. 22 to 24............................... .
.......  440
Nos .25 to 26.................................
4 60
No. 27..................• • • • - V 
’ u*' ' '
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter, 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SH EET ZINC.
In.casks of 600 ®>s, 
............................
In smaller quansities, $   ro.....................
No. 1,  Refined..............................................  
Market  Half-and-half............................
Strictly  Half-and-half...............................  

Com. 
$3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
3 20 
3 40 
over 30 inches

T IN N E R  S SO LDER.

00 
*9
15 00
10

TIN   PLA TES.

rates.

traps. 

Cards for Charcoals, $6  (5.
10x14, Charcoal.................................  ”
IC, 
10xl4,Charcoal...............................  ®  ¿V
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal.................................   ”  22
IC, 
12x12,  Charcoal  ...............................  "
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal.................................   ®  5X
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal................................   ° "X
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal.................................  S   m
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool..............................
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal.............................  "  59
20x28, Charcoal...............................
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  ” 2X
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  ®  “2
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.............................  J® SJJ
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.. .. .. .. .. .  • . • ■ ■  u
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to  6 75 
4
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse s .. . . . . -dis  3o
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton s —   ou 
Hotchkiss’ ........................................................  XX
Mouse, choker.....................................|
Mouse,  delusion...................................  2b $  aoz
„
Bright M arket....................................
< u
Annealed M arket.................................™s 
Coppered Market................................. dis  MAM
Extra Bailing............................................  
92
Tinned  Market 
.......$fi>  09
Tinned Broom..........
Tinned M attress........ ..................... -,•••
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................dis  40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel
............... ..........................................U.1S O l 72
r P i n n n d   t S n m r if p f it A A l 
....$n>  3 a
Plain Fence...............................
Barbed  Fence............................
...... new  list net
Copper.......................................
.......new list net
Brass...........................................
W IR E  GOODS.
70&10
.dis
Bright.........................................
70&10
dis
Screw Eyes............................................“1“
70&10
Hook’s ...................................................
70&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes........................ 018
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled........... .
. .dis
Coe’s Genuine........
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s Patent, malleable.....................dis

50&10
6i
70

W rE N C H ES.

wire. 

 doz

M ISCELLANEOU S.

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

__ dis 
....... 

60&20 
80
50
33%

Foster,

Stevens

HEAD Q U A RTERS  FOR

s, State Bags & Boies

PAT D.dTflt.3.83.

The New Era All Clamp Skate

—AND-

PATD.ÜULY.T.8Ï.

The  New  Era  Kink  Skate.
We  claim  the  NEW  ERA to  be the  mosto 
economical  roller  skate  in  the  world,  antlf 
this  in  connection  with their  immense  pop­
ularity with those who have  used  them,  com­
mend them to the attention of every rink own­
er  in  the  country.  Our  Clamp  Skate is the 
only screw clamp made which  operates all the 
clamps with one key at the same time.
The “VINEYARD” Skates are very popular, 

and we carry a full line of A. C., S. C. and C.m

JUEY  13—IBS®

The Vineyard Roller All Clamp were  patent­
A  nice line  of SKATE  BAGS  AND  BOXES 

ed  July  13,  1880, and April 27,1881.
carried in stock.

M g   B I B B * !

Skate Bags for all clamp Skates.

¡fitm

Skate Boxes for all clamp Skates.

We solicit inquiries,  and  should  be  glad  tc 
quote prices to dealers and rink managers.
FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.

Are Yen Goins to 
ìelvs a Store, Pan- 
try

Cioset ?

*¿2 inch

PATENT

If so,  send for 
prices  and  fur­
ther  information.
Eggleston  & Patton’s
Adjustable RatcMEEr
Bracket Shelving Irons
Creates  a New Era 
in  Store  Furnish­
ing.  It  entirely su­
persedes 
the  old 
style  wherever  in­
troduced.

AND

Satisfaction Guaranteed 

*

1

~~24 inch

AX l 

infringe- 
mentspro- 
secuicd.
Ifn o t to b e  
h a d   from  
5 y o u r  local 
H a rd w a re  
D e a l e r ,  
sen d   y o u r 
o rd ers  di­
re c t  to

Torrance, Merriam & Co.,

Manufacturers, 

- 

TROY. TU. Y

LUM BER, LATH  AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo M anufacturing Co.  quote f . o. 

b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch 
...............per M $44 00
Uppers, 114, l 1/* and 2 inch.........................  «  }S
Selects, 1 inch.............................................  22 XX
Selects, 114, W* and 2  inch.........................
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  22 m
....  o2 00 
Fine, Common, 114, 1H and 2 inch 
No  1 Stocks,  12in., 12,14and 16  teet  ...  15 00
16 pO
No'. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe et.........................
17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet. ••••••••■:••■•
15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 teet.
16 00 
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 fe et..................,- • • •
17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 f e e t . . . . . . . . . ........
15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........
16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18feet..........................
00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in.,20feet.........................  
feet....  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe et.........................  13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet. 
...................  D  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16  feet....  1-  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
N o.2 Stocks, 10in .,20fe et...  ..................  
i f  00
11  00 
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........
12  00 
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe et..........................
13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 fe e t....................
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
widths and  lengths..........................8 00@  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............................
.........................  *i  XX
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch 
w
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths  ..................... 
12 00 
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............
12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet.................................
15 00 
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................
12  00 
No. 2 Fencing, 4  Inch................................
20  00 
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............
18 00 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B ..................
14 50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...... • •.....................
9 00 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common —
20  00
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear.....................
10 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 161t........
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 tt.
36 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B ....................
29 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C .......••••• • •• • •
17 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common.. 
14 00
Dressed Flooring 6 in., No. 2 common—  
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
35 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear.. 
26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C. ••••••••• • •• ", •
16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com n 
14 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5¡in., 1No. 2  com U 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
3 50 
3 40 
X X X 18 in.  Thin......................................
3 00 
2  00

iXXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............

X X X 16 in................................................

Lath

o. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 In.  Shmgl.es..........• •
N o.2or5in. C. B. 16  in .............................. 
HARDYVOOD  LUMBER.

Patchin & Abbott quote car lots as follows.

White Ash, Log-run, dry....................................99
Black Ash,  Log-run,  dry...................................99
Maple, Log-run, d ry ......................................ig.YK
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2, dry, clear.....................1»  00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2, clear,  flooring.................^  W
Maple, Surface, dry, clear, flooring.................30 ou
Red Oak, Log-run, d ry ..................................A?.  {X
Red Oak, No. 1 and 2, dry, clear., -----  • - •  fX $
Red Oak, No. 1 and 2, clear, flooring.......... 23 06
Red Oak, surface, dry, clear,  flooring....... 30 00
Red Oak, No. 1, dry, clear, step  plank.......25 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2,  dry,  clear.........................30 00
Basswood, log-run.............................................. % ™
Cherry,  lo g -ru n ............... 
“i   XX
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2,dry, clear....................-j5  00
Cherry,cull,  d r y ........................................
W ater Elm. log-run, dry..... ........................AX XX
California Redwoad, No. 1, dry, clear........ 60 uo
California Redwood, shingles, day, clear 
one  bunch  covers,  26  sq.  tt. 
laid 5 in. to the  w eather........... $   bu

95

 

D airy  M atters.

From the Dairy World.

The man who is always rushing  out  of  a 
business  because  prices  are 
temporarily 
low  and  rushing  into  a  business  because 
prices  are  temporarily  high, always  buys 
high and sells low.

Does your cream refuse to produce butter, 
the conditions so far  as manipulation is con­
cerned being correct?  The fault is probably 
in some one or more cows of the herd.  Test 
the milk separately of  any one  that may be 
suspected, especially of any one that may be 
ailing in any way.

The coloring of butter and cheese is pure­
ly one of fashion, and many times  one  that 
is sought to cover up adulteration  and other 
villainies.  If,  however, pure  annatto is us­
ed the color is innocent.  The  fashion  orig­
inated  by  cute  dairymen, has  been  very 
kindly taken to by consumers.

Fat oils have a strong  affinity for  odors; 
milk, cream and butter readily take  up any 
scent that may be carried in the air.  Hence 
the necessity of actual  cleanliness  of  every 
utensil,  implement, apartment, or  the  per­
son, in everything connected with  dairying.
Winter butter making  always pays if  the 
dairymen  have  a  warm,  well  ventilated 
stable, and proper fixtures for  making  but­
ter.  The dairy room should  have a temper­
ature of from fifty  to  fifty-five  degrees, and 
special care should be taken not to color too 
high.  The proper shade is  several  degrees 
lighter than that of grass butter.  If  carrots 
are daily fed and the animals  are  regularly 
cleaned and kept warm, the butter will have 
a natural and pleasant color.

The  dairyman  who  sells  his  calves, de­
pending upon  buying his  milkers  as  they 
may be  needed,  is not  wise.  If  the  plan 
were adopted of discarding  every  cow  not 
up to a fixed  standard  in  weight,  quality, 
and persistence of flow, or that had some pe­
culiar quality of milk  not  desirable, and  of 
saving  the  female  calves  of  every cow  of 
higli excellence, especially when this  excel­
lence  is transmitted to the  progeny,  a  very 
few years would create a herd  of  such  uni­
form excellence, that  the  surplus  could be 
disposed of at high prices.

Dirty cows, dirty hands, the  odor  of  the 
unwashed  body,  bad  smelling  stables,  the 
odor of manure piles or garbage of any sort, 
the scent of  cooking, illy  ventilated  apart­
ments or any  decaying  substance  or germs 
of disease, all these are readily taken up and 
carried in milk.  On the other hand pure air 
easily eliminates odors not fixed.  The  ani­
mal odor of  milk is  not  fixed; it exists iu 
mechanical,  not 
combination. 
Straining, in contact of  pure  air, eliminates 
this  odor, and it passes  off. 
If  allowed to 
remain  until it putrifies, it combines  with— 
saturates—the milk.  All the  odors of  nat­
ural decay are  putrescent, and  immediately 
seize upon and contaminate  the  decomposa­
ble constituents of milk.  Hence cleanliness 
is the chief element of honesty in  the hand­
ling of milk.

chemical 

“ W aiting,  Only  W atting.”

A well-known  Chicago boot and shoe job­
ber sends the Shoe and Leather Review the 
following piteous poetical wail:
Oh this snow, this snow, this beautiful snow, 
Causing our shipments to move so slow.
Rubbers at 50, trade gone to h---- ,
Working like demons these rubbers to sell; 
Giving them 50, and asked even then,
To throw in the cases, at 30 days 10;
Granting them everything, giving them  all,
To keep from the poorhouse,  the  sheriff,  and 
Thinking of drummers snowed m on the route, 
Praying to Heaven, to let the boys out; 
Dancing about in our  maddening pain, 
Hoping for business to open again;
Waiting for Cleveland to start the new deal, 
Willing the Democrats  should  have  a  square 
Anything, everything, we’re not afraid,
As long as they bring us an increase  of  trade.

meal 

wall;

.

VISITING BUYrERS.

*

na.

land.

Moline.

Moline.

The following retail dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
Dr. C. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
W. E. Watson,  Mancelona.
John Koopman, Falmouth.
John Williams,  Muskegon.
Sam Davis,  Muskegon.
G. L. Cole, Marshall.
Ed. Farnham, Casnovia.
„   ,
F. C. Williams, Ada. 
J.  G.  YanPutten,  Van  Putten & Sons, Hol­
Aaran B. Gates, Rockford.
F. E. Turrell, Bellaire.
Geo. F. Richardson, Ada.
John M. Cloud, Cadillac.
D.  A.  McLeod,  McLeod  & Trautm an Bros., 
L. S. & S. H. Ballard, Sparta.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
M. M. Elder, Spencer Creek.
C. A. Mills, Nunica.
A. Norris, A. Norris & Son, Casnovia.
O. F. Conklin, O. F. & W. P.  Conklin,  Raven­
J. E. Sebring, Bangor.
W. J. Stiff, A. Hoag & Co., Ionia.
D.  A.  McLeod,  McLeod  &  Troutman Bros., 
T. H. Peacock, Reed City.
A. T. Linderman,  Whitehall.
Dr. John Graves, Way land.
G. B. Martindale, Cross Village.
Wm. J. Lewis, Boyne City.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
N. DeVries, Jamestown. 
Mrs. R. G. Smith,  Wayland.
C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford.
F. C. Selby, Yolney.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
Herder & Lahuis,  Zeeland.
r  Mr. Nichols, buyer for Henry Strope, Morley
R. Gannon and J. C. Townsend,  Townsend ic 
Gannon, White Cloud.
Adam Newell, Tustin.
Mr. Walbrink, I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale. 
Byron McNeal,  Byron Center.
C. E. Kellogg, Grandville.
Childs & Carpenter, Rockford.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
C. W. Wheeler,  Shelbyville.
H.  Minderhout, Hanley.
Jos. Spires, Leroy.
Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove.
Geo, F. Cook, Grove.
S. Cooper, Parmalee.
Thos. Sourby, Rockford.
Cornell & Griswold, Griswold.
W. S. Root, Tallmadge.
D. T. Hersey, Wayland.
Thos. Smedley, Smedley Bros.,  bauer.
F. R. Hayward, Trent.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
A. M. Church, Sparta.
Leach & Forrester, Pierson.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
Jas. Barnes, Austerlitz.
John Giles,  Lowell.
D. W. Shattuck, Wayland.
Geo. Stevens, Alpine.
W. F. Rice, Alpine.
J. R. Wylie, J. R. Wylie & Bro., Martin.
T.  W. Preston, Lowell.
G. S. Putnam, Fruitport.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
Mr. Jenny, buyer for Geo. E. Wood, Cadillac. 
W. S. Bartron,  Bridgton.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
Gaylord  & Pipp, Pierson.
O. P. McClure, Spencer s Mill.
Scoville & McAuley, Edgertou.
John Giles & Co., Lowell.
W. J. Clarke, Harbor Springs.
Kellogg & Wooden,  Kalkaska.
Andre Bros., Jennisonville. 
H. P. Wyman, Chippewa  Lumber  Co.,  Chip­
C.S.& S. M. Cowles, Trufant.
A. Yollmer, Big Rapids.
Sisson & Lilley, Lilley.
Geo. Scribner,  Grandville.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
Levi Stuck. Hopkins.
Purdy & Hastings, Sparta.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
A. W. Fenton & Co., Bailey.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
M. Jonkman, Holland.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
A. & L. M.  Wolf,  Hudsonville.
D. C. Spaulding,  Hobart.
S. E. Curdy, Hadley Bros. Mfg. Co., Kingsley.

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The Fresh D rum m er.

Gavel in Grand Rapids Eagle.

I saw a fresh drummer in one of our prin­
cipal hotels to-day.  A drummer on his first 
trip  out.  The  clerk  said:  “That  fellow 
gives me more bother and  annoyance than a 
half dozen ordinary guests.  He has just re­
minded me now for the seventh  time  to  be 
sure and have a carriage  here  for him  at 2 
o’clock, and I will  gamble with you  that he 
will remind me of it  again  when  he comes 
down from  dinner.”  The engagement must 
be one of great importance if he is so partic­
ular  about  the  carriage, I replied.  “No,” 
said the man with  the  diamond  pin,  “He 
has sold a bill of goods  and it  has  swelled 
his head  and he is  going to try  and  make 
his customer solid  by giving  him an  enter­
tainment.  Fresh drummers prove  a bonanza 
to merchants and 1 can spot  one the minute 
he comes in the  hotel. They are officious and 
very  dictatorial in  manner, devising  every 
possible tactics to give  them  an air of great 
importance.  They  overwork  the  porter; 
they keep  the  hell  hoys  bouncing to and 
from the rooms  and  they pester  the  clerk 
with senseless questions, and bore  him with 
what they think funny  remarks. 
I have to 
grind  my  teeth  sometimes  when  dealing 
with these new  drummers.”  I watched the 
sample referred to and  was  convinced  in a 
moment that the  clerk’s  conversation  was 
neither  prejudiced  nor  exaggerated.  The 
newspaper has the  same  kind of  a bore to 
contend with in the visits of the new  theat­
rical advance  agent.

The  Honest  F arm er.

From the Philadelphia  Grocer.

It has just been  discovered, that  not  far 
away from our  city limits, by  the  Trenton, 
N. J., Board of  Health,  that  farmers  have 
been in the habit of adulterating  their fresh 
roll  butter  with  oleomargarine  and  other 
truck, and then dispensing of it to their cus­
tomers in the city as the pure  and  genuine 
article.  Honesty seems to  have  left  even 
the  substantial element of our nation.

P u rely   Personal.

Sam Davis, the well-known  Muskegon ci­
gar manufacturer, put in a  day at this  mar­
ket last week.

Jas. Skinner, a leading dairyman of Davi­
son Station, arrived in the city Monday to at­
tend the convention.

G. F. Cole, one of the  proprietors  of  the 
Marshall Shirt Factory, was in  Grand  Rap­
ids on business a couple of  days last  week.
John Snitsler,  of  the  firm of  Yoigt, Her- 
polsheimer & Co.,  left  for  New York Mon­
day for a  ten day jaunt through the  jobbing 
establishments of Gotham.

Chas. B.  Hull, the  energetic  manager  of 
the American Eagle Tobacco Co., of Detroit, 
was  at  this  market  a  couple  of  days last 
week interviewing the jobbing trade.

FURNITURE  BUYERS.

Thad Ranney».buyerfor Brgdstreet, Thurber
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Wm.  Geiger,  buyer  for  Dewey  &  Stone, 

& Co., Minneapolis. 
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Jj, Carter, Sand LflKe.

Knapp & Stoddard,  Chicago.
Frank Fulton, Wyandotte, Kansas.

Boyne City Bits.

Wm. J.  Lewis’  new  opera  house  is  the 
pride of  the  town,  and  a  genuine  conven­
ience.

Boyne City dealers have about 6,000 cords 
of four foot shipping wood, in  readiness for 
shipment to Chicago and Milwaukee as soon 
as navigation opens.

A. J.  Beardsley, a  pioneer  merchant  of 
this place, but for the past four years out of 
trade, will shortly begin operations on a two- 
story brick building,  26x50  feet  in  dimen­
sions, the ground floor of which will  be  oc­
cupied by the owner  with a dry  goods  and 
boot and shoe  stock.  The building  will  be 
completed about  June 1.

Boyne City operators  have  orders  from 
Chicago and  Detroit  parties  for  3,500,000 
feet of maple lumber and  are  using  every 
exertion to get in that amount of logs before 
the snow leaves.

The  Coming  System.

From the Albion Recorder.

The  charter  of  the  National  Exchange 
bank will expire Febuary  28tli,  when  the 
present organization  will be  succeeded  by 
the First  National  Batik of Albion, with a 
capital of $100,000.  At the same time a new 
institution to be known as the  Albion  Sav­
ings Bank, will  come  into  existence,  with 
a capital stock  of  $50,000.  These 
institu­
tions will be entirely  distinct, although  car­
ried on in the same building, and will  have 
the benefit of substantially the same  conser­
vative management.

Barlow  Bros,  have  received  orders  for 
their patent manifold shipping blanks as far 
East as Massachusetts,  as  far  West as Cali 
fornia and as far  South as  Missouri.  They 
have received from  several of  the  leading 
manufacturing firms of the country.

YanAuken  &  Petten  have  a  hard wood 
saw mill nearly ready for operation at Echo, 
Antrim county.

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Good Goods and Low Prices.  W e invite Correspondence.

Full Roller Process.

Corner W in t e r a n d W est B rid g e Sts.,

Gra nd R a pid s, Mich.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,
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MANUFACTURERS AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

Our spring samples  are now ready for inspection at prices as 
low as the lowest.  W e make  a Gent’s Shoe to retail  for  $3  in 
Congress,  Button  and Bals that can’t be beat.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.,
Groceries  and  Provisions,

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of this  Most  August Order.  And I further 
swar, by the Bald  Headed  Jack  of  Clubs, 
that I will  never give,  carve,  make, hold, 
take or cut prices,  below  the  reglar  rates. 
And I further swar by the Pipers  that play­
ed before Moses, to never have any commer­
cial intercourse  with any man or  his  wife, 
sister, grandmother, old  maid ant  or  unkle, 
unless  they,  he, she or it, is sound  on  the 
goose.  Binding myself under no less a pen­
alty, than to have my grip sack slit from top 
to bottom, my dirty shirts and  socks  taken 
out and my reputation removed and  hurried 
in the river at Pearl street  bridge  whar the 
Salvation Army  ebbs  and  flows  every 24 
ours.  So help me Bob Ingersoll and keep me 
in back bone.’ ”

“1 was then asked  what 1 most  needed.” 
“What was your reply?”
“Money!”
“What did you then behold?”
“A copy of Dunn & Co.’s .reports, open at 
chapter ‘Muskegon.’  Upon  the  open  book 
rested a pair of drug  scales, in  one  pan of 
which reposed ten  pounds  of  concentrated 
lye and in the other sat a small  silver jack­
ass.”

“What did this emblem signify?”
“The scales  indicated  the  ballance  be­
tween debtor and  creditor.  The  other  em­
blems represented lie-abillities  and  ass-sets 
of bankrupts.”

“Did this teach you any lesson?”
“You bet!  It taught me the fact that the 
former are generaly so almitey much  larger 
than the latter.”

“Shake!  Brother!  *  *  *  *  Will you 

be off, or from!”

out of town on.”

“Both, if I can borrow money enutf to get 

“Have you any cigars?”
“I have.”
“Give em me.”
“1 did not so receive em, neither  will I so 

“How will you dispose of em?”
“On 60 days time  or 2 per  cent,  cash,  F. 

impart em.”

O. B.”

“All right, begin.”
“No, begin you.”
“No, you begin.”
“Up.”  “Em.”  “Set.”
“ ‘Set-em-up,’ the word and sign are right. 
Bro. Snooks, he is  yard  wide and  all wool 
and you can bet on him.”

Bro. Crookston  and I each  lent the  chap 
five dollars and he  left  with  many thanks 
and kind wishes.

Now, you can see  by this,  what a help it 
is  to a feller,  when  he  gets  dead  broke 
among strangers, to have  these  little things 
to fall back on.

One poor drummer  froze  to  doth  tother 
day, near hear, and  several drummers  were 
snowbound at the tavern.  I have  embamed 
the  melloncolly  occurrance in a  poem  for 
T h e T ra idsm an.

“PEESHNESS.”

W ritten By a Short-feller.

The snow was fall in  thick and fast,
As threw Cant Hook Corners, passed,
A chap who bore mid snow and ice 
A grip sack with this strange device—
‘Peeshness.”

His sample ease was frozen «hut,
His whisky bottle was, all but,
Yet on he dug with might and main,
Bound to catch that Eastern train— 
“Peeshness.”

“Stop!”  cried the landlord of the “Grand,” 
“Come in and take a poker hand,
With Seymour, Beecher, Owen, Price.”
But no!  He plead his strange device— 

“Peeshness.”

“You had better stop” said Bro. Crooks, 
“And call  on our friend  Soliman Snooks,” 
But all in vain was this advice.
He pointed to his strange device—

“Peeshness.”

“Beware the pine trees’  withered  branch, 
Beware the bugs in Slabtown ranch.”
A voice came hack from Pottses run 
“line pound to get to Grumbleton”— 
“Peeshness.”

Two pious drummers of St. Joe,
Next day while wadin threw the snow. 
Found, cold in death, this Hebrew rash, 
With one word froze to his mustasli— 
“Peeshness.”

Being the oldest justiss in the  township I 
inquest on  the  body.  The 

had to hold an 
toiler in jurors was duly sworn in:

Bill Smith 
Ike Huntla 
Joel S. Pratt 

Ed. Smikes
Jim Spooner
Jake  Collins.

the  submaxilary 

After they had  hearn  the  testimony  of 
thirteen witnesses,  including Dr. Kobb as an 
expert, who deposed that  diseased  came to 
his  death, in  his  opinion, by congealation 
of 
conglomeration  of 
the  eeribrial  circulation,  the  jury found a 
verdict that the corps was  named  Isac Levi 
Moses and that  he died  by the  visitation of 
Providence  and  an  over  application 
to 
“Peeshness.”

Yours secretively,

Solim an Snooks,

G.  D„ P. M. and J. P. 

p. S.—The copy  containing  my fotograff 
has at last ariv.  I tell you that  will  make 
some folks stick out  their  eyes up  around 
the Corners.  It looks as near like me as  can 
be.  You must have a first-class  engraver.
S. S.

M arried Twenty Years.

“As I was walking down street this morn­
ing,” observed  Jones, “I saw a man  drop |  
brass suspender button  in a blind  beggar’s 
hat.  He detected the fraud at once.”

“I don’t see anything strange about that,” 
replied Mrs. Jones.  “Why shouldn’t he tell 
the difference between a button and a coin?” 
“He has considerable experience in  coins, 
I know, but I can’t see how he  knew it was 
a button.”

“By  the  way  it  felt,  of  course.  Why 

shouldn’t he tell it?” '

“I don’t think he had felt a button before 

in twenty years.”

“Why not?”
“He has been married about  that  long, I 

believe.”

More A bout D rum m ers—Benefits of  Secret 

Societies.

Ca k t H ook Corners,  Feb.  16,1885. 

Mister Editer of Traidsm an:

D e a r Sir—One  thing 1 like about  these 
“JSfiglits of the Road,” is that they are  great 
fellers  for  secret  societies.  Most all  the 
drummers belong to every  thing  that is go­
ing from the “Grand Nights of the Diamond 
Garter”down to the “Sons of Intemperance.” 
1 am quite a hand  for  all  such  misterious 
things  myself, so  I  get  solid  with all the 
boys.

My old  frend  Crookston  called  on  me 
tother day, to see if I needed any drugs  and 
to have a visit.  We  had a  jolly old  time. 
While we was  settin  in  the  ofliss, a chap 
cum in and  wanted to  borrow  2 dollars, on 
account of a remittance not  comin  to  him 
as he expected.  I  told him  my 2  dollars  I 
kept to lend, was in  now,  being  sent in the 
day before by Johny  Mclntire,  but  I never 
lent it except to drummers.  He  said “thats 
me.”  I gave him the Grand hailing  sign of 
an Odd Feller, which he tumbled  to.  Then 
I cum the great “hair in the snoot” grip of a 
Pythonic.  He tumbled.  Then  Crook  give 
him  the G. B. of the  Sons  of  Malta.  He 
was on to it.  Then I tipped  him  the  hair 
poking signal of a Good Tipler.  He smiled 
and said “H. O.”  This is  a  chemical term, 
meaning “water.”  Then  Crook  stuck out 
his hand and gave  him  the  noted P. D. Q. 
sign of a Royal Arch Brick Mason.  He “got 
thar” on  that.  Then  Crookston  examined 
him as follers, to make sure be was a  drum­
mer:

“From whence comist thou, pard?”
“From the lodge  of  the  holey St. Johns,
Michigan.”

“What seek ye here to do?”
“To take a few orders and collect a bill of 
lilson.”

“Then you are a drummer?”
“I am so  taken  and  accepted by all the 

joys.”

ner?”

“How  may I know  you  to  be a  drum- 

“Bv my cheek and my  50  pound  sample 

:ase.  Try me.”

“How will you be tried?”
“By the squar.”
“Why by the squar?”
“Becos the  squar is a magistrate  and an 

emblem of stupidity.”

“Where were you  first  prepared to  be a 

Irummer?”

“In my mind.”
“Where next?”
“In a printin ofiiss, adjoinin a reglar  post 

af drummers.”

“How were you prepared?”
“By being  divested of  my last  cent, my 
eheek rubbed  down  with a brick, a bunion 
plaster over each  eye  and a heavy  sample 
Ease in each  hand.  In this fix I  was  con­
ducted to the door of the post.”

“How did you know it  was a door,  being 

blind?”

“By first  stepping  in a coal  scuttle,  and 
afterwards bumping  my  head  against  the 
door knob.”

“How gained you admishun?”
* “By benefit of  my cheek.”
“Had you the required cheek?”
“1 had not, but Steve Sears had it for me.” 
“How w^ere you receaved?”
“On the sharp toe of a boot, applied to my 

naked pants.”

daughters.”

“What did this teacli you?”
“Not to fool around merchants’ wives and 

“What happend next?”
“I was set down on a cake of  ice and ask­
ed if I put my trust in mercantile  reports?” 

“Your answer?”
“Not if I kno myself,  l dont”
“How was you next  handled?”
“I was put straddle of a goat made  out of 
a 2 by 4, and trotted nine times  around the 
room  by four  worthy  brothers  and  then 
brot in front of  S’Kubeb, the  Left  Bower, 
for further instructions.”

“How did he instruct you?”
“To approach a customer in three  upright 
regular steps, with my business card extend­
ed at right angles, my arm forming a perfect 
squar.”

“How was you then disposed of?”
“I was again seated on the cake of  ice, in 
front of a dry goods  box  and  made to take 
the following horrible and binding oath:

“ % Charles S, Robinson, do  hereon  and 
herein  most  everlastinly  and  diabolicaly 
swar, by the Great  Bob  Tail  Flush, That I 
will never reveal  and  always  stael, all the 
trade secrets I can, for the  use  and  benefit

H. LEONARD & SONS,
Crockery, Glassware & Lamps

Importers  and Jobbers of

16 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Special Prices given on STONEWARE in Car Lots.
The “ GOOD  ENOUGH ”  5 and 10 gal.  OIL  CANS.
The “ EMPRESS ”  1-2,1  and 2 gal.  OIL  CANS.
Galvanized Iron Grocer’s OIL  TANKS, $7.00 each. 
Engraved Glohe Crimp Top Lamp Chimneys.
“ LA  BASTIE ” Toughened Glass Chimneys will not Break. 
We Sell our Labeled “ FLINT ” Glass Chimneys at the same 
Price others ask for Second Quality, when five  boxes  of 
any styles are taken.

We deliver Lamp Chimneys, Stoneware and Kerosene Oil at 

any depot in this city free of Cartage.

Send  for  our  Illustrated  Price  List  of Crockery, Glassware 
and Hanging Lamps, showing Package  Lists  and  open 
stock Prices of our full line.

The Best n i lost Attractive  Goois 01 the M e t   Sent! for Sample 

Butt.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

Fox, Mosseteli & Loveridge
WM. SEARS & GO.
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CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

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

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