The  Michigan  Tradesman I

VOL. 2.

limi  JONES  &  CO.

Manufacturers of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO PROPRIETORS  OF
K E M I S T K ’S

Red Bark Bitters

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78  West Bridge Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

MICHIGAN.

Is our Agent in Grand Rapids 

JOHN  CAULFIELD
Galvanic  Soap

for our Famous

THE BEST

E A S Y   W A S H E R

MAN CFACTURED.

MILWAUKEE.

RETAILERS,
L A V IN E

If you are selling goods to make  , 

a profit,  sell

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

Price-List.M o r i M e a l Go.
HAWKINS & PERRY
FOR  MAHOGANY!

STATE  AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

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ADDRESS

H E N R Y   O T IS,

IMPORTER, 
NEW  ORLEANS
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For Sale by F. Bi'undage  &  Co.,  Muskegon; 
Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.,  Grand  Rapids;  H. 
Walsh & Son, Holland.  Manufactured by 
N.  G.* VANDERIINDE, Muskegon.

G. ROYS & CO

No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

LASHES

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  1,  1885.

NO. 80.

JA M ES  C. A V ER Y . 

GEO. E .  H U BB A RD .

James C. Avery & Co

Grand  Haven,  Mich.

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

gars;

Eldorado,  Doncella, 

Avery’s Choice,

Etc.,  Etc.
-JOBBERS  IN-

M anufactured  Tobacco.

W. N.FULLER & GU

DESIGNERS  AND

Engravers on Wood,
Fine  Mechanical and Furniture Work, In ­

cluding Buildings, Etc.,

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, 

GRAND RAPIDS 
MICH.
F E T E E   DORAN, 

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Attorney-at-Law,

Pierce Block, Grand Bapids, Michigan, 

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

MERCANTILE  COLLECTIONS.

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.

ROCS  C A m re.

DRYDEN &  PALMER’S 
Unquestionably the best in the market.  As 
clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. 
Try a box.
JoHn Caulfield,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  at­

tended to.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

J E W E L E R ,

44  CANAL STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICHIGAN.

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Special Attention given to  Collections  in City 

EIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT

or  Country.  Also

Insurance,

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

Total Assets represented, $3,516,808.

CO R R ESPO N D E N C E  S O L IC IT E D .

TOWER  &  CHAPLIN,
16 Houseman Block  -  Grand Rapids

General Collectors,

Anyone wishing to purchase a  clean 
stock of general  Merchandise, situated 
at  a  good  trading  point  near  Grand 
Rapids,  would  do  well  to  apply  this 
week to

RINDGE, BERTSCH k CO., or
ollIIiLl/O, I)

GRAND RAPIDS.

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-M A N U FA C TU R EES  O F -

AWNINGS,  TENTS,

HORSE AND WAGON COVERS.

W H O LESA LE  D E A LER S  IN

Oiled  Clothing,  Ducks,  Stripes,  Etc. 

WATERTOWN  HAMMOCK  SUPPORT. 

State Agents for the

SEND FOR PRICES.

78  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.'

The  Drum m er’s  Soliloquy.

rub,

travel

chant,

To drum, or not to drum, that Is the question— 
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind, to suffer 
The bluffs and stave-offs of the  crabbed  mer­
Or to pack up samples for keeps, to-day,
And,  by  returning,  end  them.  To  quit—to 
No more;  and, by a resignation, to say we end 
The trials, and the thousand natural blunts 
That a drummer’s heirto—’tis a consummation 
Devoutly to be wished.  To resign—to loaf;
To  loaf? perchance  to want;  aye, there's the 
For in that idle time what thoughts will arise, 
Of the salary we might have drawn.
Must give us pause.  There’s the point 
That makes drumming of so long life;
For who would bear the eleven months’ travel, 
The Sampsonian butter, the hotel sheets,
The teetn-wrestling steak, the ten-minute din- 
The baggage-smasher’s wrath, and the  spurns 
That  the  traveling  man  from  the merchant 
When he himself might all this avoid 
By simply resigning.  Who would  a  grip-sack 
To grunt and sweat under a heavy load,
But that the dread of sohiethfhg worse—
The unprofitable change, which to so  many 
Has proven futile, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather  bear  those  troubles  we 
Than fly to others we know not of!
Thus fi-om choice are we  drummers the start, 
And by compulsion do we follow it;
And thus the native hue of resolution 
Is sicklied o’er by fear of change;
Aiid enterprises of worth are put aside,
While our few saved dollars  on  “futures”  we 
And so keep on “ji drumming.”

takes,

have,

bear,

lose,

nei%

The  Drummer.

please;

The drummer is a man who goes 
Where every breeze of commerce blows; 
Who carries trade to every shore,
And kicks because there isn’t more;
Who hates the drummer tax like sin;
Who helps the raili-oads with his “tin;”
Who likes hotels that treat him well,
And  gives  the  others  merry—don’t  swear, 
And smiles at all the girls he meets;
Who never waits for others’ treats;
Who loves his wife and kids at home, 
Wherever he may have to roam;
Who tells the truth to sell his wares;
Who has his little griefs and cares,
The same as every otherSnan.
But who m all holds to his grip,
And stiffly keeps his upper lip;
Who when the time comes for reward 
Is not forgotten by the Lord.

AN  OLD  TIMER.

is  very  important 
life.  Two 
this 

Reminiscences of  a  Veteran Dealer.
The  distinction  between  meurn  and 
in  every  de­
tuum 
il­
singular 
partment  of 
lustrations  of 
fact  occurred 
in 
the writer’s early business  career.  We had 
a rear arch or passage-way under  our  store, 
for the receipt and delivery of heavy  goods, 
opening upon a back street, the gate to which 
was seldom  shut in the  day time. 
In  the 
passage was a pump  supplied  with  water 
from a very  deep  well  that  never  failed 
to  furnish a supply  for  all  our  numerous 
uses, as well as for  a  tenement  population 
in our rear, to whom  we  always  accprded 
the  privilege  of  supplying  themselves  to 
their heart’s content.

One day a  washer  woman—who  finding 
the water sufficiently  soft  and  hard, made 
great use of it—came up  into  our  office and 
inquired if any one in our establishment had 
lost a breast-pin.  On making  inquiry of all 
hands from partners  to  employes, we failed 
to find any one so unfortunate as to have lost 
a pin of any sort, much less one of consider­
able value, as the one  found  turned  out to 
be.  The woman said she  found  the breast­
pin—which she kept fast  hold of—lying up­
on the brick pavement near the  pump.  We 
advised  her to leave it with us for a  claim­
ant.  Oh  no,  she  “would  niver  do  that, 
shure;” and added,  “if  ony wun  clairms it, 
lit um come to me, an  ef  they  kin  prove 
property, they shall have  it, else  Oi’l  keep 
it meself.”  We then  demanded  the pin, it 
having been found on our premises—holding 
that whatever was upon  our  premises  was 
our property xlntil  otherwise  proved.  We 
told the woman we should  like to  ask her a 
very simple question, viz., “Is  the pin  your 
property?”  “Mebbe it is,” she replied.  “Did 
you lose it?”  “No more Oi didn’t.”  “Then 
you must give it up.”  But  she stoutly  re­
fused, and went home. 
.
The writer  consulted  a  lawyer  in  the 
neighborhood, in whom we had  confidence, 
and after  hearing a  full  statement  of  the 
case, he advised that “inasmuch as the pass­
age-way had been left open so  many  years 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  neighbors 
wishing to avail themselves of  water  from 
the pump therein'  located, the  arch  has be­
come something in the nature of a highway; 
anyone finding property thereon  has a right 
to hold it until a rightful claimant appears.” 
Whether this is good law—as we  supposed 
it to be—or not, we did  not  think it  worth' 
while to enter upon  litigation for  the  pin, 
and possibly lose both pin and cost of prose­
cution.

At another time, a customer while  stand­
ing between two parallel counters, picked up 
from the floor a one-dollar bank-note, and in­
quired whether any of our people  had  lost 
it.  On being answered in  the  negative, he 
claimed to appropriate it  to  his  own  use. 
We were taken aback by such a  claim from 
an  apparently  respectable  and  intelligent 
person.  However, we both agreed to submit 
the case to our  lawyer,  who  gave a similar 
decision as in the forenamed ease.  He said, 
“The open passage between the two counters 
was dedicated to the  public, not in  fee-sim­
ple, but ^s a highway, which  they  were in­
vited to occupy for purposes of  traffic,  etc.” 
So the Under got the dollar.

Now to this last case  there  is  a  sequel. 
Some months after the dollar-note was found 
floating around our floor we had  occasion to 
repair one of the counters  of  our  retail de­
partment, and the  carpenter  employed  for 
the work  found  a  good-sized  handful  of

bank-notes gnawed into small  scraps  which j 
for an unknown length of  time  had  consti-1 
tuted a luxurious bed for  some  little  four­
legged rodents who  had crept up  into  the 
sliding till in the counter and abstracted the 
tantalizing  “soft  money”  without  asking 
leave of anyone.  We did not go to a lawyer 
this time, thinking that the purloiner or pur- 
loiners had probably been executed by some 
one of our faithful  cats, either  by inherent 
agility in catching such prey, or when atten­
dant upon  a jail-delivery from  some of our 
numerous cage-traps.

E n  passant,  speaking  of  bosom-pins, 
there was a ridiculous  fashion  about a half- 
century ago among office-boys  and  clerks as 
to “loud”  and  tawdry jewelry.  One  could 
scarcely cross a street without  encountering 
a fop bearing upon his shirt-front  an 
intag-: 
lio  or a  mock-cameo  bas-relief  of  Julius 
Csesar, Napoleon  Bonaparte,  or  Alexander 
the Great; they were about half  the size of 
the palm of one’s hand.  We had in our em­
ploy a lad of sixteen or  seventeen  years of 
age who was a born wag.  On  being  called 
one day he presented himself with a tremen­
dous brooch upon his  shirt-front, consisting 
of one of the largest and most  hideous-look­
ing shells, known, I believe, to naturalists as 
belonging to the genus  Cgpria,  species  Ca­
put serpentis, set in a brass ring, with a pin 
nearly large enough to nail a clapboard.  We 
were so pleased with  the  sarcasm,  that  for 
the life of us we  could  not  reprehend  the 
youth  for  his  grotesque  adornment,  a Still 
the pleasant fellow was  so overflowing with 
fun,  that we felt obliged to ask  his  parents 
to withdraw him from our employ.

And just now the mind  of  the  writer re­
verts to another lad whom we  received  into 
our service at the urgent  solicitation  of  his 
father, who was in the  government  service 
and a personal friend.  The youth was very 
respectful and obedient.  But  he  bore  the 
look, when quiescent, of  profound  abstrac­
tion and meditation.  After  a  few  months 
we told his father that we hardly  thought it 
.wise for his son to continue  with  us  as  he 
did not manifest any interest in  his position 
beyond the exercise of a  willing  and  obedi­
ent messenger-boy.  The father received our 
adyice kindly, followed the boy’s natural in­
clination, put him upon a  train  of  scientific 
studies with  competent  instructors,  and  in 
due time the young  man  blossomed  out  a 
full-grown professor in  one  of  our  promin­
ent irHi'^ntlons, and has made valuable  con­
tributions to our scientific  literature,  espec­
ially iu  the  department  of  Paleontology. 
The funny boy  mentioned in the  previous 
paragraph has for many  years  been  a  mer­
chant of good standing in the  city  of  New 
York.

We once had a boy who from  the first ex­
hibited a remarkable erift for pen-portraiture 
at  sight, and  at  every  opportunity  made 
sketches of every one in the  store.  He also 
made portraits of customers while they were 
being waited upon by other  clerks.  Such a 
proceeding necessarily  interfered  with  his 
appropriate duties  in  business  hours,  and 
was surely to be discouraged by his employ­
ers.  When we learned of it, we advised his 
father to encourage his  predilcetion for art, 
but to withdraw him from our service.  The 
parent complied with our suggestion, and the 
lad is now one of the most  distinguished ar­
tists in this country.

There can be no  tenable  objection  to  a 
clerk’s diversion out of business hours in any 
laudable way by occupation in literature, art 
or science.  Such diversion from the routine 
of his business  requirements  may  be  wise 
and healthful, adding dignity to his  charac­
ter, and facilitating ease and grace  in socie­
ty.  But  as  intimated  by  Coleridge,  they 
should  be “au  honorable  augmentation to 
your arms, not constitute the coat or  fill the 
escutcheon.”

Methinks some reader may  conclude  that 
we must have had a queer set of boys in our 
employ.  But they were not  so as a general 
thing.  The  cases  named are  exceptional 
ones.  Most of our apprentices  and  clerks 
remained with us during their minority, and 
some scores we started in business for them­
selves.

It is hoped that it will not  be  egotistical 
for the writer to state that in  very early life 
he became deeply impressed with the impor­
tan ce^ diversifying life by  turning  off the 
mind from the consideration of  the  one ob­
ject that constituted his regular business av­
ocation, as tending to strengthen and expand 
the mental faculties. 
In  addition  to  this, 
daily  walks  and  other  outdoor  exercises 
were resorted to by way of promoting, bodily 
health and vigor. 
It is highly desirable  for 
every young man engaged in  so  exacting a 
profession as that of the merchant, to  adopt 
some such methods in order to  attain  what 
the books term “mens  sana in corpore so- 
no”—a sound mind in  a  sound  body.  But 
none of such diversions, prudential and nec­
essary though they be, should be  allowed to 
trench upon the hours allotted  to legitimate 
business. 

•

A new design in mourning note paper and 
envelopes  has  the  black border stamped in 
imitation of  heavy  crape. 
It is very effect­
ively lugubrious in appearance.

Russia drinks 80 per cent, more  tea  than 

England does. 

*

MYSTEKY  OF  I’KICKJM VKKS.

Ways to Ti*anslate  the  Queer  Little  Sym­
bols.
From the Pittsburg Times.

The system of marking prices on goods in 
general  use  among  retailers  is for each to 
adopt a word or term which shall contain 10 
unrepeated  letters  to  correspond  with  the 
numerals.  Thus, for instance, the word: 

A n c h o r
t e s
1  2  3  4 5 6 7 8 9 0

i

 

The  cost  of  an  article  has  been  usually 
marked on it, the salesman knowing what to 
add; but this plan is losing in popularity and 
is  being  replaced  by  the  better method of 
marking the selling price.  Employing  the 
key word “Anchorites,”  an  article  marked 
say, “a. i. o.,” would  indicate  $1.75.  Some 
merchants  have  both  cost  and selling rates 
marked, in which case the two are separated 
by a line, the cost being on top and  the sell­
ing price under.  Humorously inclined indi­
viduals not frequently  get up a key word or 
term  which  would  make  customers smile 
were they aware of the contrast between the 
mysterious cost marks and that from  which 
they are derived.  No little ingenuity is dis­
played in the selection,  but  after the essen­
tial of 10 unrepeated letters there is nothing 
wanting  but  the  simplest orthography that 
the foot of the spellers in the salesmen class 
may  have  no  inducement  whatever  to  go 
wrong.  The tit-tat-toe cost mark is the only 
one known, which  does  not  employ  the al­
phabet. 
It may be understood  by  drawing 
the  ordinary  tit-tat-toe  game  diagram  and 
marking the figures  beginning  at  the upper 
left hand space,  thence  to the right, and re­
peat until the nine spaces are filled. 
In this 
device x is substituted for the “nought.”'To 
express say $1.59 by the tit-tat-toe,  the  hie­
roglyphic would be an L with the horizontal 
part run directly  opposite  from  normal;  a 
square, and an L  set  wrong  end up, a good 
deal  like  the  small  boy’s  sketch  in school 
books, under  which  he  places  the caution: 
“Don’t  steel  this  hook mi oanest frend, for 
feer  the  gallus  will be your end.” 
It will 
be observed that these  characters  represent 
the parts of the tit-tat-toe diagram in  which 
the numerals 1, 5 and 9 occur.

Provided  Against Famine.

It was in Detroit.  The editor entered the 

counting-roqm.

coming serious.”

“Say, look here;  this war in Soudan is be­

“So ?”  said the business  manager.  ‘
“Yes, sir;  ail the gum arabic  comes  from 

Soudan.”

“Well?”
“Well, sir, this  war  has  created  a  gum- 

arabic famine.”

“All right,' let her fam.  We’ll  keep right 
on  getting  out  this  paper,  just  the  same. 
I’ve got four barrels of flour-paste in the cel­
lar and a wagon-load  of  gum  tragacanth to 
fall back on.”

She  Might.

“Mamma, is there any  danger  about  our 

kitchen floor?”

“No, my child, it’s all safe.”
“Well, is there any danger  of  my falling 

down every time I go in?”

“No, of course not; but why  do  you ask 

such a foolish question?”

“Nothing, only  every  time 1 go in there 
and find papa talking  to  the  hired  girl,  he 
always says, ‘Look out; she  might tumble,’ 
and then the girl always goes away off  into 
one corner and papa into  another.”
Negligence of Conductors.

A passenger who, through the  negligence 
of one conductor on a railroad  train,  is  not 
furnished with a stop-over  ticket to  which 
he is entitled, and who, on attempting to re­
sume his journey after a stop, is required by 
a second conductor to pay additional  fare or 
leave the train, may elect to leave  the train, 
and in that case may  recover from  the rail­
road company not merely the amount of  the 
additional fare which he is  subsequently ob­
liged to pay in order to  reach  his  destina­
tion, but all damages sustained by him as the 
direct  and natural  consequence of  the fault 
of the first conductor.

An orange grower,  near Anthony,  Fla., 
will ship this year  between  800  and  1,000 
boxes of oranges.  From the same grove last 
year he  only  shipped  50  boxes.  This  in­
crease,  though  large, is  not  unusual, and 
demonstrates the wonderful bearing  capaci­
ty of an orange  grove.

A London firm of pencil makers manufac­
tures its shavings and sawdust into an article 
which they call the “Dust of  Lebanon.” 
It 
is sprinkled upon the fire  to  remove the un­
pleasant  smell  of  cooking  noticeable  in  a 
room after a meal.

The number  of  persons  who  are  falling 
heir  to  fortunes  in  foreign  lands  is legion 
just now.  This  is a much easier way to get 
a fortune  than  to  work  for  it, but it is not 
so sure.

“Your grocer is very religious.”  “Ay,  so 
he says.”  “He deals in canned  goods, does 
he not?”  “Yes, and in cant ones likewise.”
By  creosoting  timber  you  add  to  its 

A chain is never stronger than its weakest 

strength.

link.

ure.

Peanuts are  not a paying  crop  in North 

In Cuba  molasses is  being  used as man­

Carolina.

Minority  Representation.

From the New York Tribune.

There is pending in the Michigan  Legisla­
ture a bill  providing  for  the  representation 
of minorities in corporations, on  the  cumu­
lative  plan.  Every  stockholder  is to have 
the right to vote, in person or by  proxy, the 
number of shares of stock owned by him for 
as many persons as there  may  be  directors 
to be elected, or to cumulate such votes upon 
such  candidates  as  he may please.  Under 
this provision, with equal effort and skill on 
both sides,  the  representation  in the board 
will correspond as closely as possible  to the 
relative strength of different interests.  The 
minority will  then  have,  as  they  have  not 
now,  the  right  to be present at meetings of 
the directors,  to examine the books, to know 
what is being done  in  the  company, and to 
be heard in opposition to any measure which 
they consider adverse to their  interests.  A 
similar provision was put into the  Constitu­
tion of Illinois in 1870, and has worked well 
ever since;  was incorporated iu  the  Consti­
tution of West Virginia in  1872, Pennsylva­
nia in 1873, and Missouri 1875, and has been 
of marked service in all those States.

This  measure  is  opposed  only  on  the 
ground that it is desired by the minorities in 
certain important corporations for their own 
defense.  But  this  does  not  seem  to be a 
reason for rejecting,  but rather a reason for 
adopting it.  Even in  political  matters,  the 
tendency of progress has been toward great­
er defense  and  recognition  of  the rights of 
minorities, while in  a  business’ corporation 
it is  a  well-understood  principle  that  each 
individual stockholder has  rights  of  which 
he cannot be lawfully deprived by the action 
of  a  majority.  But  the  defense of those 
rights through the courts is at all times diffi­
cult, costly  and  attended  with  delay,  and, 
moreover, the injury to  the  corporation  re­
sulting from  litigation  and  exposure of its 
opperations, is often so  serious  that minori­
ties endure great injustice rather than resort 
to such a remedy. 
In all parts of the  coun­
try the abuse of corporate power has become 
a fruitful source of  financial  and  industrial 
difficulties. 
It is reasonable  to believe that 
the  adoption  of  the  measure  pending  in 
Michigan,  by  preventing  such  abuses,  and 
giving  minorities power  to  protest  against 
them  in  season,  and  if  need  be  to defend 
their  rights  by  timely  legal  proceedings, 
would prove  incalculably  beneficial to busi­
ness interests and  would  promote  the  wel­
fare of the State'

Jokes about Jewelers.

A hard case—A watch’s.
The most  perfect  artificial  eyes are made 

in Thuringia, Germany.

“What  can  we  do with this hideous, old- 
fashioned  set  of  jewelry?”  one  partner 
asked another.  “Why, stick it in the show- 
window  and  mark  it  ‘Very unique  !  Not 
for sale !’  and we will sell it before noon.”

“There is a  remarkable  rage  among  rich 
people here,” writes  a  Philadelphia  corres­
pondent,  “for  clocks.  Almost  every  con­
ceivable  article  has  a  clock  on  it.  Even 
plates contain  a  timepiece,  as  well  as bed­
steads.  There are many fashionable houses 
which  contain  as  many  as  fifty  or  sixty 
clocks each. 
It would be no little trouble to 
care  for  these  timekeepers,  if  they  were 
ever wound up;  hut they  never  are.  They 
are for ornament solely.”

A Chinaman  was caught in a clever  trick 
at a jewelry store in  San  Francisco  a short 
time ago.  He bargained for a $100 diamond 
ring, and offered in payment  what appeared 
to be five  $20  rolls  of  silver.  He  took up 
the ring and  broke  one  of  the  rolls, which 
contained  half  dollars.  He  pushed  over 
the other  four,  but  there  being  something 
suspicious in his movements, the storekeeper 
sent for an officer, who  took  charge  of  the 
money and unopened  rolls.  When  the  lat­
ter were undone it was  discovered  that they 
were lead rolls, at each end of  which a half 
dollar was placed.

Caraway  Seed.

A correspondent  in  London  Ch'ocer  esti­
mates the product of caraway seed at 150,000 
bales per annum.  The chief centers of con­
sumption  are  all  the  northern  parts  of 
Europe and the United States.  Chief among 
all as consumers are  the  manufacturers of 
essential oil in Mid-Germany; one establish­
ment of this description  alone  swallows up 
between 20,000 and 30,000 bales annually.

It may also be not known  that  the  com­
mon Windsor soap owes its scent  to  the oil 
of carraway seed.  Besides its  employment 
as seed, the  caraway  fills a useful  place in 
the general  economy of husbandry  by  pro­
ducing a fodder plant  which is relished  by 
cattle, and serves a  great  deal  to  sweeten 
less palatable food. 
In some  parts of  Ger­
many it is to  be  found  in  every  meadow 
along with other grasses.

It is generally thought the  gimlet-pointed 
screw is only about forty years old, being in­
vented by an  American  named  Sloan.  A 
Worcester,  Mass.,  newspaper,  however, 
says it has seen a half dozen  gimlet-pointed 
screws which were taken from an old  piano 
made in London in 1755, at which date these 
screws are supposed  to  have  been  made. 
But mechanics continued to use square-point­
ed screws nearly a century after 1755.
A Chicago co-operative grocery store 

closed by the sheriff last week.

A  JO U R N A L  DEVO TED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY.  APRIL  1.  1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapid» October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
__
Treasurer—Wm. Sears. 
^ 
Executive  Committee—President,  Vice-Pres­
ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one 
year;  L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two
Arbitration  Committee—I.  M. Clark,  Ben W. 
__
Transportation  Committee—Samuel  Sears, 
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur 
Manufacturing Committee—Wm.  Cartwright, 
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening 
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday even­

Putnam,-Joseph Houseman. 
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux.
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
of October. 
ing of each month.

_  , 

.

POST  A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Wm. Logie.
First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second Vice-President—Stephen A.  Sears.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins.
Executive  Committee—President  and  Secre­
tary,  ex  officio;  Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Jas. N. 
Bradford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo.  H.  Seymour,  Wal­
lace  Franklin,  W.  H.  Downs,  Wm.  B.  Ed­
munds and D. S. Haugh.
Room  Committee—Stephen  A.  Sears,  Wm. 
Boughton, W. H. Jennings.
Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in 
each month. 
Next  Meeting—Saturday  evening,  April 25, 
at “The Tradesman” office.

. 

.

A. B. Foote the Hilliards general dealer ex­
pects  to  receive  an  appointment  as  mail 
route agent, Gol. Messmore  having  agreed 
to secure him such a  position  under  certain 
conditions. 
It will  be  interesting to  know 
how much “influence” Messmore  really has 
with the Cleveland  administration.  If Mess­
more is to have a hand in  apportioning  the 
public patronage, all decent people might as 
well emigrate to Mexico.

Col. Messmore is in Washington,  demand­
ing recognition at the hands of  the adminis 
tration.  Less  than  two  weeks  ago he was 
proved to be a perjurer in  the  Circuit Court 
and recent litigation in  another court devel­
oped the fact  that  he  bought  goods  under 
false pretenses the last two months  he  was 
m business.  Such  set-backs would be suffi­
cient to place an  ordinary  man in the back­
ground, but a thoroughly  disreputable char­
acter  is  usually  a  stranger  to modesty or 
decency  and  ignores  public  opinion. 
If 
President Cleveland  yields to the clamorous 
importunities  of  MessmorS,  as  expressed 
through  his  friend  Hendricks,  and  places 
Messmore  in  a  position  to  exhibit his dis­
honest tendencies, he will alienate hundreds 
of friends, both within and  without his own 
party, in this locality;  while if he chooses to 
relegate the knave to  merited  obscurity, he 
will  receive  the  thanks  of  every  lover  of 
pure morals and honest hands.

John  Connors,  of  Charlevoix,  in  a  Tight 

Place.

From the Charlevoix Journal.

Through  all  the  business  career  of John 
Connor, in Charlevoix, there has  been  more 
or less of trouble  and tribulation,  and since 
the fire last fall he seems to have  had  more 
than his usual amount.  The stock of  boots 
and shoes then partially destroyed  was cov­
ered by a chattel mortgage in favor of W. D. 
Robinson & Co., of  Detroit,  who  took  pos­
session of that portion saved, to secure them­
selves.  Afterward,  Mr.  Connor  was again 
permitted to take possession of the stock, to 
sell for them on certain conditions. The condi­
tions were not fulfilled, and again the  stock 
came into the hands of the attorneys of Rob­
inson & Co.  The  latter  then  sent an agent 
here  to  adjust  matters,  and  he  found  the 
stock 400 pairs short of the sheriff’s invento­
ry.  A search warrant found some fine shoes 
sewed up in a  bed  tick  in  Connor’s  house. 
Further search brought  forth large  portions 
of  the  missing  stock  from  Mrs.  Connor’s 
farm and elsewhere.

On Friday  Connor  was  arrested,  but  re­
leased  on  bail.  There  have  been found in 
his  possession,  secreted  in  various  places, 
167 pairs of boots and shoes, and  53 pairs of 
stockings.

On  Sunday Kerr Budd  became involved, 
having in his possession a trunk with instruc­
tions to take it. into  the  country “for a wo­
man.”  Failing  to  reach  the  place,  he  re­
turned, leaving the trunk in the  livery  bam 
for  further  orders.  The  transaction  being 
suspicious,  the  sheriff  caused  the arrest of 
Budd and the  trunk  to  be opened,  when it 
was found to contain 51 pairs of  fine ladies’ 
shoes.  Budd claims he was employed  to do 
the work, and  knew of  no crookedness, but 
he was held  with  bail  for  examination,  to 
follow  after  Connor’s  examination.  These 
discoveries  have  caused  much  excitement, 
and  promise  to put in  an  unenviable  posi­
tion  several  prominent  citizens.  And  the 
end is not yet reached.

“Boots Mended While You Wait.”  Cred­
ulous party  (handing in his  boots)—“Look 
sharp, now, and  I’ll  wait.”  Shoemaker— 
“We’re so full of work you can’t  have them 
under a couple of  days.”  Credulous  party
_“A. couple of  days!  Why,  you  rascally
old humbug!  you  have  got it stuck  up  in 
your window that you mends ’em  while you 
wait.”  Shoemaker—“Jist  so;  and if you 11 
wait a couple of days you’ll have ’em.”

AMONG THE TRADE.

IN THE  CITY.

J. VanderVeen  succeeds  J. & E. A. Van- 
der Veen in the hardware  business  on West 
Bridge street

Fox, Musselman & Loveridge  are enlarg­
ing their office room by the removal of their 
cigar department to the rear of the office.

H. E. Grand-Girard, of Big Rapids, was in 
town Monday and Tuesday, making arrange- 
| ments to engage in the produce and commis­
sion business at Big Rapids.

Dr. W. Ryno,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  at  Coloma,  writes  T he 
Tradesman that he has partially completed 
arrangements for locating in  Grand  Rapids 
in the near future.

The Densmore veneer cutting  and  drying 
machinery now in process of construction in 
this city  for  the  St. Ignace  Manufacturing 
Co. is nearly completed and will be  shipped 
as soon as the ice moves out of the Straits.

G. B.  Wright  has  sued  Peter  Ross,  of 
Wayland, for $133, and  the  matter  was to 
come up before a justice  at  Dorr  one  day 
last week, but was adjourned for two weeks 
on account of the alleged sickness of  one of 
Ros§’s relatives.

Rumor has it that when the  sale  of  their 
retail grocery stock is an  accomplished fact, 
Rice & Moore will remove  their  wholesale 
department to one of the stores in  the  Gil­
bert block, and extend  their  operations  in 
that branch of the business.

P. H. Carroll, traveling representative for 
Seitz, Schwab & Co., of Chicago, has formed 
a copartnership with Mr. Robinson,  former­
ly with J. R. Wylie  &  Bro.,  of Martin, un 
der  the  firm  name  of  Carroll & Robinson, 
and engaged in general trade at Middleville. 
A portion of the stock was  purchased  here.
well-
known produce dealer,  “cheese sold  higher 
in proportion than any  other  farm  product 
last season.  The factory that made a decent 
article found no difficulty in unloading  and 
invariably satisfied its  patrons. 
I  do  not 
look for high prices the coming  season how­
ever.”

“All  things  considered,”  said  a 

The  Northwestern  Lumberman  makes 
the following  reference to a firm which sev­
eral Grand Rapids  people have reason to re­
gard with interest:  It is stated  that  Wetzel 
Bros., of Grand Rapids,  have  contracted for 
and partially paid for 10,000 acres of mineral 
and  timber  lands  in  Union  county, Tenn., 
and that they will  put up  a number of saw 
mills on the Nolachucky river.

Fred Nichols, formerly of Grand  Rapids, 
but for the past two years  indentified  with 
Lon Pelton and Henry  Strope,  at  Morley, 
has formed a copartnership with D. W.  Hig­
gins, and  purchased  the Strope saw  mill  at 
Bell’s Siding, a few miles north  of  Morley. 
The boys will erect a  store  building, put in 
a stock of groceries and endeavor to make the 
point a place of considerable importance.

F. M. Priestley is organizing a stock  com­
pany, with a capital stock of $10,000, for the 
purpose of engaging  in the manufacture  of 
children’s express  wagons.  The  name  of 
the corporation is to be the Priestly Express 
Wagon Co., and the following gentlemen are 
among the incorporators:  Forrest M. Priest­
ley, Jas. A. Hunt,  T.  F.  Richards,  M.  S. 
Crosby, C. H. Gleason and Albert  Standish. 
The new concern will purchase the  machin­
ery and outfit of  Gordon  Corning, and  ex­
pect to be able to organize and begin  «pera- 
tions within the next two weeks.

AROUND THE STATE.

Edward Talbot, grocer at Hudson, is clos­

E. P. Haynes, general dealer at Onondoga, 

ing out.

has sold out.

John A. Schoonover, grocer at  Fife Lake, 

has sold out to Jos. Ervin.

Mrs. Silas  Slaight,  grocer  at  Ludington, 

has assigned to F. P. Dunwell.

Corey &  Whittaker,  general  dealers  at 

Bronson, will dissolve April 10.

Chas. P. Hunt succeeds Thurtle & Hunt in 

the grocery business at Jackson.

Jas. Putnam  succeeds  Hitchcock  &  Put­

nam in general trade at Northport.

C. M. Stevens succeeds S. S. Gale  in  the 

hardware business at Mt. Clemens.

W. W. Quick  succeeds  Quick  &  Morton 

in the grocery business at Howard City.

U. T.  Watrous  &  Co., general  dealers at 

Sebewa, have sold out to S. F. Deatman.

Pauley & Dickinson,  druggists  at  St. Ig­

nace, have dissolved, Pauley succeeding.

Hunt & Beecher, grocers  at  Mason  and 
West Bay City, have dissolved, each  contin­
uing.

Spillane  Bros,  succeeds  Geo. L. Spillane 
& Co. in the grocery and  bakery business at 
Flint.

West & West succeed H. Putterville in the 
grocery  and  crockery  business  at  Grand 
Ledge.

J. L. Thompson,  boot  and  shoe dealer at 
Harbor Springs, will open a branch  store at 
Cross Tillage.

R. B. Jennings, late of Tennessee, has en­
gaged in the grocery and provision  business 
at Cedar Springs.

F. G. Richards has bought the E. T. Brown 
& Co. agricultural implement stock at  Spar­
ta, and will continue the business.

The R. A. Kanaga boot and  shoe  stock at 
Nashville  has  been  closed  out  on a $1,400 
chattel mortgage, held by  H. S. Robinson & 
Co., of Detroit.

Allegan  Gazette:  J. M. Killean  succeeds 
to full ownership of the grocery stock of  D. 
S. Ward & Co.  and  continues  the  business 
for the present.

R. McKinnon, dry goods and grocery deal-

Several  of  Dick  Savage’s  friends  have 
caused him to be taken to a private inebriate 
could  get j asylum, to remain for two or  three  months, 
in hopes of effecting a permanent  cure. 
In 
order  that  all of  the  expense  of the under­
taking may not fall on a few shoulders, con­
tributions  are  solicited  from  those  of  his 
friends who would like to assist in  his  sup­
port while he  remains  at  the  asylum.  All 
sucji  are  requested  to  send  their  favors to 
T he Tradesman, when they will be turned 
over to the gentleman who has the matter in 
charge.

Mrs. J. B. Evans gave a house-warming at 
their new home on  South  Union  street  last 
Saturday evening in the shape of  a  surprise 
on the genial Dr., the following being  it at­
tendance:  O. A. Ball and wife and son Fred, 
Heman G. Barlow, A. C. Sharp and wife, D.
S. Haugh and wife, Algernon E.  White  aud 
wife, John Saurs and wife, Walter McBrion, 
Ed.  Metheany,  S.  G.  Stadon  and  wife, 
Wallace Giddings and  wife, Mrs.  Peck and 
H. B. Chamberlain and  wife, of  Plainwell. 
Progressive euchre ruled  during  the  early 
evening, Mrs. Stadon and  Mr. Giddings cap­
turing the principal  prizes and  Heman Bar- 
low and Mrs. Chamberlin the  boobies.  Re­
freshments were served before the party dis­
persed.

Geo. W. Alden was born in this city  Nov. 
12,1855, and one year later took up his resi­
dence 
in  Detroit,  where  he  remained 
until thirteen years of age, when he returned 
to Grand Rapids—worked for a  short  time 
in the mechanical  department  of  Henry S. 
Smith’s establishment—then  two  years  in 
the painting and graining department of the 
Michigan  Barrel  Co.’s  factory*-tlien  five 
years as a turner for the Widdicomb  Furni­
ture Co.—then four  years as  salesman  for 
Whitworth & Co., retail hardware dealers— 
then two years in business on his own hook, 
getting out hardwood  supplies  at  Empire, 
Leelanaw  county—then back to Grand Rap­
ids and in the employ  of  Foster,  Stevens & 
Co. as stock clerk—later  order  clerk—still 
later salesman in retail department—then on 
the road where he  has  been  for  the  past 
eighteen months, covering  the G.  R. & I., to 
Big Rapids, and the L. S. & M. S., Michigan 
Central,  and G. R. & I., south—likes  travel­
ing—tries to  please  his  customers—persis­
tent worker—got lots of  friends,  and  will 
have a good many more before he dies.

A  Word  Why  Stocking 

Heel  Proteotors 

Should Be 

Worn,

A  pair  will  save their 
cost five times over.  Also 
prevents  slipping  of the 
Boot  or  Shoe at the heel.

Trade supplied by
C. R. MAYHEW,

76  MONROE  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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IW . PATTON, Sole Manufacturer, MACON, Ma
C. S. Yale & Bro have put in a  new  safe, 

with burglar-proof chest.

You go to the depot the next train to get,
It is four hours late—it is no use to fret,
You get out a cigar to have a good smoke, <
When you feel in your ribs the stationman’s 

poke.

Local tanners pay $4.75 cash for  tan bark 
delivered at their  yards  in  this  city.  The 
prospects for  the  coming season  are said to 
be excellent.

Tan Bark.

er at  Wayland,  is  removing  his  stock  to 
Hopkins Station, where he will resume bus­
iness, adding a line of crockery.

Assignee Fairman  favors  Th e  Trades­
man with the  following  statement  relative 
to the estate of H. E. Grand-Girard:  Assets 
—goods, $584.63; accounts,  $786.09;  furni­
ture and fixtures,  $384.46;  house  and  lot, 
$800; total $2,555.18.  Liabilities—due cred­
itors for  merchandise,  about  $1,500; mort­
gage on  house  and  lot,  $550;  exemption, 
$250; total $2,300.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

C. A. Bristol and H. F. Powers have leas­

ed the Wickwire & Doty mill at  Banfield.

Lovell Bros.,  of  Ionia,  will  make  about 
1,500 of their  refrigerators  the  coming  sea­
son.

The  machinery  for  the  new  stave  and 
heading  factory  at  East  Jordan  is on the 
ground.

Dewing &  Sons  expect  to  cut  10,000,000 
feet of lumber at their  mill  at  Allegan  the 
coming season.

Stephen Biteley, the Pierson  mill  opera­
tor, has about one month’s  cut  yet to  run, 
when he will remove his  saw  mill to  Bite- 
ley’s  Siding.

E. S. Doty,  of  Allegan,  has signed with 
Bosworth & Co., furniture  manufacturers of 
New  Richmond,  Wis.,  and  will  take  the 
road about June 1.

Higbee & Hugh, the  Morley  mill  opera­
tors, have sold Foster &  Co., of  Greenville, 
all the lumber piled in their  yard—about 4,- 
000,000  feet.

Battle  Creek  Moon:  L.  R.  Peebles  has 
purchased of H. G. Brooks a half interest in 
his low water steam alarm,  for  attaching to 
boilers to give the alarm  when  the water is 
low.  They will  immediately enter upon its 
manufacture in this city.

Marshall Statesman:  The Marshall  shirt 
factory  was  purchased  Tuesday  by  Wm. 
Reilly, one of the partners, and E- D. Clark, 
of this city.  They  will  continue  the  busi­
ness as before and no changes will  be made 
at present.  Mr.  G.  F.  Cole  will  take the 
road for the new firm,  while Mr. Fred Stone 
will be retained as cutter.

The Most Enjoyable Social Party of the Sea- 

son.

The first annual social party of the travel­
ing men of Grand Rapids, which  was  given 
at the Ionia street Armory last Friday even­
ing, was  an  unqualified  success,  both  in 
point of attendance and  enjoyableness,  and I 
the occasion will long be remembered by the 
boys and their  friends as one  of  the  most j 
pleasant incidents of their lives.  About 200 j 
people were in attendance, and  from  begin­
ning to end nothing occured to mar the pleas- j 
ure of those present.  A  spirit  of  fraternal j 
good-fellowship seemed to prevade  the hall, | 
putting everyone at ease, and dissipated any 
misgivings  which  might have arisen in the 
minds ot strangers.  It was a matter of com­
mon remark that everyone  present  seemed 
bent on having a good time and on seeingthat 
everyone  else had a good time, as well, and 
to this determination  was  undoubtedly due, 
n great part, the success of the event.  The 
man is yet to be found who is not profuse in 
praise of the way the  affair  was  managed, 
and too much credit cannot be given  for the 
excellent  manner in  which  the  reception 
committee discharged  their  duties; nor can 
anything but praise be accorded the floor man­
agers for their part in the programme. Taken 
as a whole, the  traveling  men  have  every 
reason to regard the  outcome of their  first 
annual ball with no small  degree of  pride, 
and the many pleasant  features  developed
place the success of  future  gatherings of a j erQ 
similar nature beyond preadventure,

MINOR NOTES.

The decorations were  unique  and  appro­
priate.  Besides a  liberal  display  of  flags 
and bunting, regulation  “grips” were  hung 
at regular  intervals  along  the  sides  and 
through the center of the  hall, giving an ex­
tremely pleasing effect.  Notable among the 
gripsacks, was the box which Crookston car­
ried  for  about a  dozen  years.  Geo.  Sey­
mour’s express car  ornamented a hook over 
the stage.

‘No  smoking  allowed—don’t  you 
And even this comfort we are  forced  to re­
Then  out  on  the  platform  we  plod on and 

sign?”
sign.
plod,

And envy the man who carries the hod.
Our employers expect us to sell lots of goods 
In towns which are lonely and far out in the 
We  travel  on  freight  trains, we drive in  a 

woods.
hurry,

Expenses foot up and we are in a flurry.
Now, if you men who sit in the store,
And consider the traveling men a bore, 
Would think the situation carefully o’er, 
You would greet him with  smiles  as  he  en­

ters your door.

He posts you and you certainly can 
Buy your goods best of the traveling man; 
Don’t send him away with a scowl and a jeer 
And your balance will  please  at  the end of 

And you who send out the traveling men 
Encourage  them  if  only  by scratch of the 

They have iroubles enough of  their  own to 
Without  being  grumbled  at  like  the  Old 

the year.

pen,

carry
Harry.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Jas. E. Day, general agent  for  the  Mus­
selman Tobacco  Co., of  Louisville,  was in 
town  last week  interviewing  the  jobbing 
trade.

Mr. James B. Mclnnis will go on the road 
for Shields, Bulkley & Lemon, taking North-

as his territory.

Hiram S. Robertson, with Arthur Meigs & 
Co.,  will remove  from  Breedsville  to  this 
city this week,  taking  up  his  residence  on 
Cherry street.

Mr. James H. McCall,  formerly  of Mar­
shall, and late assistant manager of  the Do­
mestic Sewing Machiue Co.,  Of Chicago, has 
accepted the state agency of the Lewis hand 
fire extinguisher, with headquarters at Kala­
mazoo.

Dr. J. B. Evans state’s prison hair cut and

S. H.  Hart,  who  has  heretofore  hovered 
Eastern  Michigan  for  the  Detroit  White 
Lead Works, will hereafter devote his  ed(p-
A. D. Baker’s ditto shave were much admir-1 gies  to  the  Western  Michigan  trade.  Mr.
Hart was in town last  Friday,  and  took  a 
ed. 
hand in the traveling men’s party.

*

STRAY  FACTS.

East Saginaw has a chewing gum  factory, 

employing ten operatives.

Sheridan & Sullivan, liquor dealers at Ma­

ple Rapids, will dissolve May 1.

Willard Cahoon, of Saranac,  will  shortly 

open a steam laundry at Hillsdale.

The Frankfort  Steamboat  Co.  has  been 
organized  with a  capital  of  $50,000.  The 
company has but one boat now, but more will 
be added.

A Charlevoix friend favors The  T rades­
man  with  the  following:  Brown  &  Co. 
have purchased a corner lot,  on  which  they 
will erect a fine  brick  block  for  the  accom­
modation  of  the  growing  business  of  the 
Bank of Charlevoix.  E. H. Green inténds to 
build at the same time a block of two stores, 
adjoining the bank  block.  This  is  one  of 
best locations, and will be the finest business 
block ever built in the village.

Several ladies remarked  that  Jim  Brad, 
was the best waltzer in the crowd, and more 
than one fair one was  green with  envy be­
cause he did not ask to write his authograph 
on her programme.

The reason why W. G.  Hawkins  was Dot 
placed on the floor committee  was  the fear 
that the sound of his voice would  rack  the 
building and bring down the roof.

Soliman Snooks was unable to be present, 
to the great  disappointment of  himself and 
the boys who  had  anticipated  meeting the 
gentleman.  Mr. Snooks writes  that he will 
surely be present at the traveling  men’s pic­
nic on July 4.

Grand  Rapids  Leader:  The Knights of 
the Gripsack and their friends and ladies en­
joyed a ball at  the  Ionia  street armory last 
night.  About 200 people were in attendance, 
and such a time as only  drummers can have 
was  enjoyed  until  a  late  hour. 
It was a 
great success.

Michigan has a  lady  commercial  traveler 
in the person of Mrs. A. W. Reed,  of  Rich­
mond, where she and her husband  carry  on 
a factory for the manufacture of knit goods. 
Mrs. Reed finds a market for their goods  by 
making two or three trips  a  season  to  the 
larger cities in this and  southern  and  west­
ern states.

The next thing on  the  programme is  the 
Whitehall Foinm :  A Whitehall business 
second annual picnic  on  Saturday,  July 4. 
man got it down pretty  fine  recently  when
Whether the  event  will  be  celebrated  at
Reed’s Lake or by an excursion down Grand  he refused to buy goods of  a  drummer  who
stopped at a hotel whose proprietor  was the
river has not yet been decided upon.
Arthur Meigs  represented  the  wholesale  son of a man whose friends had offended the 
grocery trade and M. C. Russell the commis-  aforesaid business  man  in  some way.  The
drummer compromised  by going  to  another 
sion clan.
hotel out of town.

80

80

near  Monroe. 

Advertisements of 25 w<fr9s or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  for  each 
additional word.  Advance payment.
*  ANTED—Partner (one posted in groceries 
preferred) to open a “Knights of Labor” 
store in Grand  Rapids.  Reliable  party with 
$2,000 cash or the owner of a stock of groceries 
can investigate by  addressing  K.  of  L.,  care 
T h e  T radesman. 
W ANTED—A man competent as book-keep­
er or  general  salesman  (or  both)  who 
can loan on a security $ 1.500 to $2,500.  A good 
salary  and  a  permanent  engagement awaits 
the right party.  Address “Reliable,” care T h e 
Tradesman.” 
J >OR  RENT—A desirable store on  Canal  st., 
Inquire  of  L.  S. Provin, 
80
opposite  Sweet’s Hotel. 
F OR SALE—Whole  or  half  interest  in the 
Prindle drug stock, on the corner of West 
Bridge  and  Front Streets.  Stock invoiced at 
$7,000 and can be bought at a discount,  as  the 
principal ownerisdead.  Address, J.H. Walker, 
receiver, care Powers & Walker, Grand Rapids.
W AMTED—Situation by a  young  man in a 
grocery or general  store.  Four years’
Address  Care 
experience.  Good references. 
82*
Box 276, Fremont, Mich.
W ANTED—A  good  drug  clerk.  One who 
has  had  some  experience  in  the  wall 
paper trade and grocery trade preferred.  Call 
or address, Albert E. Smith, Cadillac, Mich. 79*
F (lOR  SALE—A  nice,  clean  stock  of  drugs 

and  stationery.  No  old  stock.  Will  in­
ventory  less  than  $1,500.  Doing  a nice busi­
ness.  Owner has other business  to attend to. 
Inquire of The Tradesman. 
73tf
F OR  RENT—New store building,  at  Elmira, 
neatly  finished,  with  counters,  drawers 
and shelves on both sides.  Will rent or sell on 
easy payments.  Inquire of D. C.  Underwood.
IT'OR SALE—Cheap for  cash,  a  small  stock 
.  of  drugs  and  medicines  in  suburbs  of 
Grand Rapids, Mich.  Apply toH. B. Fairchild, 
76tf
City. 
W ANTED—A  situation  as traveling  sales­
man or clerk in a jobbing establishment. 
Have  had  eight  years’  experience  in  retail 
trade, and can give good references.  Address, 
“M,” care “The Tradesman.” 
81*
W ANTED—Situation  as  billing  clerk  or 
copyist  in  jobbing  establishment by a 
young lady of experience.  Best of references 
from past employers. Address “Billing Clerk,” 
care “T h e  T radesman.”
IT'OR SALE—The brevier type  now  used on 
'  T h e T radesman.  The font comprises 222 
pounds,  including  italic,  and is well-assorted 
and very little worn.  Address this office.
A $4  Fountain Gold Pen, 16 carets, iridium 
point, best make, FREE.  For particulars 
write to publisher of The  Treasunj,  New  York 
City, P. O. Box 2126.  No stamps required.
THE  ONLY

Luminous Bait

IN  THE  WORLD.

Patented Feb. 13,  1883.  Re-issue Aug-.  28, 1888.

¡¡If

FISHING SURE CATCH DAY OR NIGHT.

HARD  AND  SOFT  RUBBER  MINNOWS. 
No. 7, 70c each;  No. 8, 80c each; No. 9,90c each.
FLYING  HELGRAMITES.  No.  0,  80c each; 
No. 1,85c each;  No. 2, 90c each;  No. 3,  $1 each.
Samples of above Baits  sent post paid on re­
ceipt of price,  or any three for $2.
MALL.  GLASS  MINNOWS,  TRIPLE  HOOK 
FEATHERED, 60c each.
SOFT  RUBBER  FROGS,  TRIPLE  HOOK 
FEATHERED, 60c each.
SOFT  RUBBER  GRASSHOPPERS,  SINGLE 
HOOK, 60c each.
SOFT  RUBBER  DOBSON,  SINGLE  HOOK,
60c each. 
_
DEXTER TROLLING  SPOON AND MINNOW 
Combined, Triple Hook  Feathered, 60c each. 
AKRON  TROLLING  SPOON,  Triple  Hook 
Feathered, No. 1, 50c  each;  No.  2,  55c each; 
No. 3, 60c each;  No. 4,65c  each.
Send for descriptive circulars and testimonials. 
Liberal discount to the Trade.

Muskegon  Matters.

Frank  Alberts  &  Co.’s  shingle mill, at 

North Muskegon, started up Friday.

LeClere & Stryker, grocerymen at Muske­
gon, have  dissolved,  John  LeClere  contin­
uing.

A. M. Goodwin &  Co.,  merchant  tailors, 
have dissolved.  They are succeeded by  W. 
Gayan & Co.

Business men on  the  Big  Rapids  branch 
are complaining that the C. & W. M. has put 
up freight rates.

A. W.  Miller  and  W.  H.  Coggshall will 
engage in the manufacture of  shirts at Mus­
kegon, the necessary  machinery  having  al­
ready been ordered.

F. S. Doerenbicher  lately  returned  from 
a successful business trip in  the  interest  of 
the  Muskegon  Valley  Furniture  Co.,  and 
took the road again  Monday.

The  case  of  Stowe  vs.  Wm. D. Carey & 
Co.  has  been  adjourned  from time to time 
on account of  the  illness  of  Mrs. Root, the 
plaintiff  having  agreed 
to  stay  the  pro­
ceedings  until her recovery.

The  partnership  existing  between  Jacob 
Bauknecht  and  Robert  Abbott,  under  the 
firm name of Bauknecht & Abbott, has been 
dissolved, Mr. Bauknecht  succeeding.  The 
business is the  handling  of  wood, coal and 
shingles.

A  revised  statement  of the condition of 
the Muskegon Car and fcngine Works  reads 
as  follows:  Value  of  supplies,  $29,506.77; 
accounts  receivable,  $4,543.28;  real  estate 
and plant, $110,000;  total, $144,050.05.  The 
liabilities are between $75,000  and  $80,000. 
The above figures are not  the  amounts  the 
property  represents  on  the  books,  but  are 
what the assignors consider the market  val­
ue of the assets.

The outside visitors were  profuse in their 
acknowledgment of the success of  the gath­
ering.  A Detroit traveler declared  that the 
event “ laid over” anything  they 
up at that place.

Let those who intimated that the traveling 
men of Grand Rapids cannot engineer a suc­
cessful ball forever after hold their peace.

Among the guests from abroad were H. F. 
Miner and wife, Ronanza;  M. H. Lane  and 
wife, of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Fontes Grimes, 
of Florida;  Wm. Averill, Muskegon;  D. C. 
Pelton, Nirvana;  O. G. Maxfield  and  wife, 
Coopersville;  W. H.  Dreher,  Dansville,  N. 
Y .;  S. H. Hart, J. H. Bassett and G. B. An­
derson,  Detroit.

The following poem, written by G. B.  N., 
a veteran of  thirty years’  experience on the 
road, was intended to be read  during  inter­
mission—a part of  the  programme  which 
was unintentionally omitted. 
It is  entitled 

THE TRAVELING  MAN’S LAMENT.
You who envy the traveling man’s life,
And fondly imagine it free from strife.
Take your samples for one short trip,
And if not pious an oath you’ll let slip.
You get in a town at night quite late,
The good rooms are taken, such is your fate, 
The supper is cold and not fit to eat,
And the beds for hardness are not to be beat.
You rise in the morning  quite  unrefreshed, 
You swallow your breakfast and then  go in 

Of  a  merchant who  lives at the  end of the 

And you find from his home  he  has  not yet 

quest

town,
. come down.

Your  samples  you  place  by the side of the 

And fondly imagine an order in store;
But after waiting an hour or more 
He greets you by  saying,  “No  room on my 

door,

floor.”

fine,

before.

kind

blind,

small,

You may draw your  arguments  down very 

Expatiate at length on your very fine line, 
But the magic quickly goes out of your lore, 
When you find a competitor has  been  there 

Sometimes your customer is  a  man of that 

That by talking and talking and talking him 

You  may  get  in  an  order,  although  very 

It helps pay expenses and that’s about all.
Perhaps a twenty mile ride you have had,
Over roads that are hilly and terribly bad,
But your courage goes up when he asks you 

As he will probably want  some goods in the 

to call,

fall.

Furniture  Facts.

J. R. R. Daggett succeeds  Gier & Daggett 

n the furniture business at Quincy.

Wm.  McNaughton  has  purchased a one- 
half interest in Walker’s  furniture  store  at 
Big Rapids.

D. M. Estey, president of  the  Estey  Fur­
niture Co., of Owosso, was in town a couple 
of days last week.

Haight & Bretz,  furniture dealers at Sara­
nac, have purchased a business lot, on which 
they will build a brick block this spring.

Bloomingdale  Leader:  A.  Taylor  has 
sold his interest in the Gobleville  furniture 
factory to his partner, Eflson  Howard.  Con­
sideration, $4,000.

“Where’s Jones?”  “Dead.”  “Dead? Well, 
I declare!  Paid the debt  of  nature,  hey?” 
“No; compromised  at  less  than  fifty  per 
cent”  “How so?”  “He left his better half 
behind him.’?

Drugs 61 flftebidnes |is sent to Trieste, where it is picked and put 
Michigan Slate Pharmaceutical Association.

on the market in grades.

Poisonous  Coffee.

O F F IC E R S .

_   „   „

Rapids. 

amazoo. 

President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kal-
Second Vice-President—B.  D.  Northrup, Lan-
Thirtf Vice-President—Frank  Wurzburg,  Gr’d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum. W. H. Keller,  F.  W.
jjiuuuer. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday. 
October 13,1885.

.  _ 

_

.

O R G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9, 1884.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Frank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—John Peck,  Chas.  P.  Bige­
low, Jas. S. Cowin.
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White. 
Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B.
Kimm, A. C. Bauer. 
Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts, O.  H.
Richmond, Jas. S. Cowin.
Committee on Trade  Matters—H. B. Fairchild, 
John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November. 
„
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  April  2, 
at “The Tradesman” office.

•
^

. 

A GUM ARABIC  FAMINE.

The  Sticky M aterial Advancing—Gum Sen­
Prom the Philadelphia Record.

egal as a Substitute.

The war in  the  Soudan  has  seriously af­
fected the trade in gum arabic.  Prices have 
already  more  thau  doubled,  and since the 
supply of this article  is drawn  wholly from 
the  country  in  the  Mahdi’s  possession, a 
continuance of the trouble for a much longer 
period will result in  a  gum  arabic  famine. 
Previous to the bombardment of Alexandria 
by the British fleet  the  supply  of  the  gum 
was abundant, and prices were exceptionally 
low, ranging from nine to ten cents a pound 
for ordinary  sorts  gum  arabic—that  is, the 
gum as gathered without  subsequent  prepa­
ration  for  market.  After 
the  bombard­
ment  the  price  advanced  to  twelve  and 
fiften cents a pound,  the  native  dealers be- 
lievingftliat the war  then  beginning  would 
interrupt the  shipment  of gum from the in­
terior.  Subsequently El Mahdi cut off  com­
munication  between  the  Soudan  and  the 
seaboard  and,  his  followers  having posses­
sion  of  the  gum  country,  the  shipments 
ceased.  The transportation,  which is by al­
ternate camel and water routes, is  surround­
ed by many difficulties, and under  the  most 
favorable  circumstances,  from  eight  to ten 
months are required to move  the  gum  from 
Kordofan to  Cairo  and  Alexandria.  Since
the “False Prophet’s”  arrival in the vicinity 
of Khartoum practically  no  gum  arabic has 
found its way from the Soudanese  territory 
to the usual markets, and the price  has still 
further  advanced  to  25  and  30  cents  per 
pound.

It is a fact that gum  arabic  is to-day sell­
ing cheaper in New York and this city  than 
in any other part of the world, not excepting 
Cairo  and  Alexandria.  This is in part due 
to  the  fact  that  many  large  consumers  in 
this country, owing to the  advance in price, 
have  adopted  substitutes  where  possible. 
The importation of gum Senegal, from Sene- 
gambia,  on  the  west  coast  of  Africa, has 
been greatly stimulated  by the high price of 
gum arabic.  This gum is similar to the gum 
arabic in nature and quality, and  makes  an 
efficient  substitute.  But  for  this  importa­
tion from Senegambia and  the bringing into 
use of substitutes of  various  inferior  gums 
the price of sorts  arabic  would  not  be  less 
than  fifty  cents  a  pound.  The  supply  of 
gum  Senegal  is  limited,  however,  and  its 
price is rapidly advancing.

The stock of gum arabic in the warehouses 
of the world is exceedingly small, and should 
the war continue  a year longer it will be ex­
hausted.  Even should the war  end  at once 
it would be two  years before a fresh supply 
could reach the markets of the world. 
It is 
estimated that only about 20 per cent, of the 
crop of  1883  was  gathered, and nothing is 
known of the crop of  1884, which was prob­
ably not  gathered  at  all.  What  portion of 
this year’s  crop  may  be  saved  will depend 
on the termination  of  the  rebellion and the 
peaceful settlement of  the country.  Native 
dealers  in  gum  in  Cairo  and  Alexandria 
are so confident of  higher  prices  that  they 
refuse to sell,  and  have  practically  with­
drawn from the market.

The gum is used extensively in the manu­
facture of fine confectionery  and  for  sizing 
colors in  textile  goods. 
It  is used in large 
quantities  on  the  Government  envelopes, 
wjiich are manufactured by a  New England 
firm.  Probably a larger quantity of the gum 
is consumed at this manufactory than at any 
other single  establishment  in  the  country. 
The  adhesive  substance  on postage stamps 
is dextrine, which gives a  more  pliable  sur­
face than could be  produced by gum arabic.
The  unit  of commerce  for  gum  arabic is 
a  bale  containing  five  hundred  pounds. 
Europe  consumes  about  twelve  thousand 
bales annually, and  America  half as much. 
The business in this country is practically in 
the hands of two houses, one  in  New York 
and one in  this  city,  of  some thirty  year’s 
standing.  Gum arabic exudes  from  the ac- 
cacia  tree  just  as gum comes from some of 
our native trees. 
It is gathered by  shaking 
the trees, and the time for the picking in the 
neighborhood of Kordofan, Darfur  and. out­
lying districts, is about one month after  the 
rains, which will usually bring it in Septem- ( 
her.  The  gum  requires  some  time  to  dry 
and  harden,  and  it  takes  three  months  to 
transport it from Khartoum to Suez by  way 
of Berber and Suakim, and six months from 
Khartoum to Cairo by the Nile.  Much of it i

From the Scientific American.

Most people think if they  buy  coffee  in 
the berry roast  and  grind it at  home, they 
are sure of having obtained a healthy article 
the Simon Pure Java.  But  it  may  be they 
have been both deceived  and  poisoned. 
In 
Brooklyn the health inspectors  have recent­
ly found several well-known  coffee  dealers 
who were in the habit  of  doctoring  cheap 
Central American coffee so as to make it re­
semble and sell for true Java.  This was ac­
complished by polishing the coffee berries in 
rotating cylinders, with the addition of such 
stuffs as chromate of lead, Silesian blue, yel­
low  ochre, Venetian  red, dropblack, burnt- 
umber, charcoal, soapstone, chalk  and Prus­
sian blue.  Some of these substances contain 
lead,  copper, arsenic,  and  when  doctored 
coffee was subjected to chemical tests  these 
metals were found in  poisonous  quantities. 
The Health Board promptly ordered the dis­
continuance of  this  mode of  adulteration, 
and the enterprising dealers will  now  have 
to move across the river into  New Jersey or 
some other state where nefarious traffic may 
be conducted without interferepce of the au­
thorities.

A  New Fork p rnm m er in L uck..

Leopold Gumprick, a New York  commer­
cial drummer, finds that  his  wife  is one of 
the heirs of Levi estate, which for over eigh­
ty years been going begging for some one to 
take it.  Toward the close  of  the  last  cen­
tury one  Rosalie  Weil, a  young  German 
nurse, married a wealthy Jew in  Italy nam­
ed Jesua Levi, who, dying, left his  fortune 
to his wife.  Mrs. Levi  moved  to  England 
and died in 1803,  having  no  will  and  no 
heirs, so far as was  known, and  the $2,000,-
000 was deposited in the Bank  of  England. 
The couit of chancery has recently made de­
termined efforts to find the heirs on  account 
of the magnitude of the estate, which is over 
$50,000,000 and with  partial  success.  Mrs. 
Gumprick, who but a few years ago was em­
ployed as a seamstress in Germany, is found 
to be one of the heirs and is  entitled to one- 
fifth of one-ninth of the  estate.

How to Get Along Quietly.

“How do you get along with  the boss and 
his business manager?”  asked  Sam  Peters
1 
| clerkship in a certain store.

of Hostetter Maginnis,  who  had  accepted a 

“O, I get along with them first  rate. 

If I 
am talking with the boss, I abuse  the  busi­
ness manager,  and if I am  talking  with the 
business  manager, I  abuse  the  boss. 
In 
this way both of them are  sorter  stuck  on 
me.”

The  Drug Market.

Business continues “elegant,” as a local job­
ber expresses it, and collections are fully up 
to the average in good  times.  Quinine  and 
lard oil are on the downward tendency,  and 
linseed oil, bromide of  potash  and gum ara­
bic  are  on  the  rampage—particularly  gum 
arabic, which  is  likely  to go to unexpected 
figures before the close of the Egyptian war.
It is  not generally known  that  nutmegs 
are poisonous, but Dr. Palmer writes to  the 
American Journal of Pharmacy detailing 
the case of a lady who nearly died from eat­
ing a nutmeg and a half, and  he  points out 
the fact that the toxic effects of the drug are 
described in both the National  and  United 
States Dispensatories.

The regular monthly meeting of the Grand 
Rapids Pharmaceutical Society will be  held 
at  Th e  T radesman  office  to-morrow— 
Thursday—evening.

TR A D E  M ARK.

O. H. RICHMOND & CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

M AN UFA CTU RERS  O F

RICHMOND’S  LIVER  ELIXIR.

the market,  50 cents.

The  best selling liver and  blood  medicine in 
Richmond’s Cubeb Cream,
Richmond’s Ague Cure,

Richmond’s  Cough Cure, 
Richmond’s Easy Fills,

Dr. Richards’ Health Restorer.
Retailers,  please  order  of  your  jobbers  in 
Grand Rapids, Chicago or Detroit. If your job­
ber does not handle our goods, we will fill your 
orders.  Pills and Health Restorer can be sent 
by mail. 141 South Division St., Grand Rapids.

D U N H A M ’S

THE  BEST  IN   THE  WORLD!

PRICE 50 CENTS.

WESTERN  MEDICINE  CO,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

potash.

Advanced—Linseed oil, gum arabic, bromide 
Declined—Quinine, lard oil.

A C ID S.

Acetic, No.  8.................................
Acetic, C. P. (8p. grav. 1.040)........
Carbolic.........................................
Citric...............*.............................
Muriatic 18  deg............................
Nitric 36 deg.................................
Oxalic............................................
Sulphuric 66 deg...........................
Tartaric  powdered.......................
Benzoic,  English.................. $  oz
Benzoic,  German..........................
Tannic................................... • —   12

9 @ 10
30 @ 35
33 @ 35
® 55
3 @ 5
11 ® 12
1434© 15
3 @ 4
50
18
12 @ 15
12 @ 15

AM M ONIA.

Carbonate..............................¥
Muriate (Powd. 22c).......................

Copaiba
Fir........
Peru___
Tolu___

BA RK S.

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........
Cinchona,  yellow........................
Elm, select....................................
Elm, ground, pure........................
Elm, powdered,  pure...................
Sassafras, of root..........................
Wild Cherry, select.......................
Bayberry  powdered.....................
Hemlock powdered.....................
W ahoo...........................................
Soap  ground......... ........................
Cubeb  prime (Powd 1 00c)........
Juniper.........................................
Prickly Ash....................*.........•••
Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 lb doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 B> boxes)......... .
..............
Lgowood, Vis 
do 
Logwood, 14s 
do 
..............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
......... • • •
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

EXTRACTS.

B E R R IE S .

15 ® 18
14
5 @ 6
6 @ 7
55@60
402 00
50-

11
18
13
14
15 
10 
12 
20 18 
30 
12

85
7
60
27 
37 Vi 
9 
12
13 
15
14

FLO W ERS.

Arnica............................................  1®  ®  H
Chamomile,  Roman.....................  
¡®
Chamomile,  German....................

GUMS.

Aloes,  Barbadoes.......................... 
Aloes,Cape (Powd  24c)..............  
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).........  
Ammoniac..................................... 
Arabic, extra  select.....................
Arabic, powdered  select..............
Arabic, 1st picked........................
Arabic,2d  picked..........................
Arabic, 3d picked..........................
Arabic, sifted sorts......... .
Assaftentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin.........................................
Camphor...................... 
 
Catechu. Is (Vi 14c, 14s 16c)........... 
Euphorbium powdered................. 
Galbanum strained.......................
Gamboge....................................... 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c)..............  
Kino fPowdered, 30cl.................... 
Mastic..................................  
 
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $5.50).............. 
Shellac, Campbell’s....................... 
Shellac,  English...........................
Shellac, native..............................
j®
Shellac bleached............................ 
Tragacanth...................................  30  @1 00

60®  Jjj
J?
50
g®
65 
65 
55 
48 
45 
35 
25 
55®60
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13
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20
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40
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H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

Hoarhound  ...................................................25
Lobelia............................................................
Peppermint...................................................
R ue..............................................................."
Spearm int....................................................
Sweet Majoram..............................................
Tanzy....................................................... rg »
Thyme.......................................................... jjO
Wormwood...................................................35

IR O N .

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

LEA VES.

Buehu, short (Powd 25c)..............   13
Sage, Italian, bulk 04b & Vis, 12c)...
Senna, Alex, natural...................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered........................
Senna tinnivelli............................
Uva TJrsi.....................................
Belledonna.............. ....................
Foxglove...................,.................
Henbane.....................................
Rose, red......................................

LIQ U O R S.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye..............1 75
Whisky, other brands.................. 1 10
Gin, Old Tom............... 
.1 35
Gin, Holland................................ 2 00
Brandy......................................... 1 75
Catawba Wines............................ 1 25
Port Wines.............................    .1 35

 

 

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Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz..........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution—
Calcined.......................................
Almond, sweet.............................  45
Amber, rectified..........................
Anise...........................................
Bay 
oz....................................
Bergamont...................................
Castor..........................................  18
Croton.........................................
Cajeput.......................................
Cassia..........................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)......
Citroneila...................................
Cloves..........................................
Cod Liver, filtered..............$ gal
Cod Liver, best......................
Cod Liver, H„ P. & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W...........................
Erigeron......................................
Firewe.ed......................................
Geranium $ oz...........................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood......................•.......
Juniper berries...........................
Lavender flowers, French...........
Lavender garden 
............
Lavender spike 
..........
Lemon, new crop........................
Lemon, Sanderson’s....................
Lemongrass.................................
Olive, Malaga.................
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
Origanum, red flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1.........................
Pennyroyal.................................
Peppermint,  white......................
Spse $ oz....................................
bsemary, French (Flowers $1 50)
Salad...........................................   65
Savm...........................................
Sandal  Wood, German................
Sandal Wood, W. I .......................
Sassafras....................................
Spearmint......................"...........
Tansy.......................................... 4 50
Tar (by gal 50c).............................  10
W  i n  t.AroTGiin
Wormwood, No. i (Pure $5.00)......
Wormseed...................................
Bicromate.............................3$ fl>
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)............
Iodide, cryst. and gran, bulk......
Prussiate yellow..........................
Alkanet.......................................
Althea, cut...................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s...................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in J4s and V4s....
Blood (Powd 18c)..........................
Calamus,  peeled..........................
Calamus, German white, peeled...
Elecampane, powdered................
Gentian (Powd  15c)......................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)..........  13
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached..........
Golden Seal (Powd 30c)................
Hellebore, white, powdered.........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................
Jalap, powdered.........................
Licorice,  select (Powd 12V4)......
Licorice, extra select.......... ........
Pink, true....................................
Rhei, from select to  choice.........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1..................... 110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes................
Rhei, choice cut fingers...............

PO TASSIU M .

ROOTS.

6 40 
20 
7 
80 
65

&  14 
6
Ì  20 
30 
22 
16 
10 
35 
30 
35 
2 35

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

@  19V, 

22
37
2 25 
65
@  50 
45 
1  85 
50 
1 80 
200 
75
1 00 
35 
75 
1 20
1 50
3 50 
6 00
7 50 
1 60
2 00 
75 
35 
50
2 00 
2 01 
1 00 
90 
1 40
1 50 
80
@1 20
2 75 
1 25
50
1 69
4 75
8 50 
65
®  67 
1 00 
4 50 
7 00 
60 
@7 00 
@5 00 
®  12
2  20 
4 00 
2 50
14 
40 
19 
2 90 
28

20
25
17 
33 
12
18 
35 
20 
10
®  14 
17 
25 
25 
1 10 30 
12 
15 
35@1 60 
@1 20 
2 00 
2 25

SEEDS.

Serpentaria..................... .............
80
66
Seneka...................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras...............
40
Sarsaparilla, Mexican..................
20
Squills, white (Powd 35c)..............
15
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).......
25
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...
20
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)..............
15
@  .  6 
5
Bird, mixed in Tb packages.........  
...  4
Canary,  Smyrna.................... 
@  4V4
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).  15
&  18 
2 UG 
Cardamon,  Aleppee.....................
Cardamon, Malabar.......................
2 25 
Celery............................................
20 
Coriander, Dest English...............
10 
Fennel...........................................
15
Flax, clean....................................   334®
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3V4).................  4  @  4V4
Foenugreek, powdered................. 
7  @  8
Hemp,  Russian.............................  5  ®  6
Mustard, white  Black  10c).......... 
8
Quince..................................................  
Rape, English................................  6  @  7
Worm, Levant......................................  

SPONGES.

do 
do 

do
M ISCELLANEUS.

do 
do Scherfn’s  do  ...
do 

Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage...... 2 25  @2 50
do
Nassau 
do 
2 00 
do
Velvet Extra do 
1 10 
Extra Yellow do 
do
•  85 
Grass 
do
do 
65 
Hard head, for slate use... 
75 
Yellow Reef, 
1 40
2 32
1 25 
50 
27 
12 45
3Vi
4 
45
5
7 
50
2 75 
2  00
40
1 35 
5>9 75
2 30 
50
&  7
12 
2 25 
18 
22 
18 
4 00 
12 
75 
5 
12
8 2
1 60 
60 
1 50 
1 70 
1 90 
1 75 
à  90 
i   45 
%  45 
Ì   20 
40 
45 2 
70
&  40 
15 
50 
24
24 
12
1  10 50 
45 
1  10 8
%  3
50  < 
60 
14
25 
90
a  70

Alcohol, grain (bhl $2.22) $  gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s.....................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution.........
Annatto 1K» rolls..........................
Alum......... . ...........................  $  B>  „
2)4®
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)..............  3  @
Annatto,  prime.............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........  4)4®
Arsenic, white, powdered............   6  @
Blue Soluble................................
Bay  Rum, imported, best............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
Balm Gilead Buds........................
Beans,  Tonka................................
Beans, Vanilla.............................. 7 00
Bismuth, sub nitrate....................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).....................
Blue V itriol..................................  6
Borax, refined (Powd  13c)............
Cantharides, Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African.........
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ...
Carmine, No. 40.............................
Cassia Buds...................................
Calomel. American.......................
Chalk, prepared drop....................
Chalk, precipitate English....__
Chalk,  red fingers..........‘..............
Chalk, white lump........................
Chloroform,  Squfbb’s..................
ColOcynth apples..........................
Chloral hydrate, German crusts..
cryst...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform...................................  85
Cinchonidia, P. & W...... *............   40
Cinchonidia, other brands............   40
Cloves (Powd 23c)..........................  18
Cochineal......................................
Cocoa  Butter................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc).....................
Corrosive Sublimate.....................
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 fi> box..
Creasote.........................................
Cudbear,  prime.............................
Cuttle Fish Bone...........................
Dextrine......  ...............................
Dover’s  Powders..........................
Dragon’s Blood Mass......... ..........
Ergot  powdered............................
Ether Squibb’s..............................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s............
Epsom Salts__¡............................   2  @
Ergot, fresh...................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ;............
Flake white...................................
Grains  Paradise...........................
Gelatine, Cooper’s........................
Gelatine, French  ..........................  45  @
Glassware, flint, 79 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  cannet............................  12  @
17 
®
Glue, white................................   16 
28 
Glycerine, pure.........................  16  @
20 
Hops  Vis and 14s............................ 
25®
40 
Iodoform 
oz..............................
40 
@1 00 
Indigo..............•.  ................”. ........  85
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  35
@  40 
Iodine,  resublimed.......................
4 00 
Isinglass,  American..................... *
1 50 
Japónica.......................................
8
London  Purple.........................  10
®  15 
Lead, acetate.................................
15 
Lime, chloride, (Vis 2s 10c & )4s 11c)
8
Lupuline........................................
1  00 
Lycopodium.................................
50 
Mace
50
12Vi@  13
Madder, best  Dutch.................... 
Manna, S.  F ................................... 
75
60
Mercury......................................... 
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........$  oz  3 00@3 25
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s.
40
Moss, Iceland..........................fi>
10
Moss,  Irish...................................
1230
Mustard,  English..........................
18
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 fi>  cans........
Nutgalls........................................
23
Nutmegs, No. 1...............................
60
Nux  Vomica......... . ......................
10
Ointment. Mercurial, Vid.
45
Paris Green.................. .......
17 ©  25
Pepper, Black  Berry...........
18
Pepsin...................................
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy.........
7
Quassia  ................................
6 @  7
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W..........
tb oz 90 ©  95
Quinine,  German.................
90 ®  95
Red  Precipitate.................... .
85
Seidlitz  Mixture..................
28
Strychnia, cryst....................
1 60
Silver Nitrate, cryst............
77 ®  80
Saffron, American.  ............
» 35
Sal  Glauber..........................
®  2
Sal Nitre, large cryst...........
10
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst__
9
Sal Rochelle..........................
33
Sal Soda................................
Salicin...................................
2 15
Santonin..............................
6 50
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.
38
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]...........
4
Spermaceti...........................
35
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__
4)4®  5
Soap, White Castile..............
14
..............
Soap, Green  do 
17
Soap, Mottled do 
..............
9
Soap, 
do  do 
..............
11
Soap, Mazzini.......................
14
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..................
26 @  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..................
30 ®  32
Sugar Milk powdered...........
35
Sulphur, flour.......................
334®  4
Sulphur,  roll........................
Tartar Emetic.......................
60
Tar, N. C. Pine, Yt gal. cans 
2 70
Tar,.  *  do 
quarts in tin.
1 40
Tar, 
pints in tin ...
do 
85
Turpentine,  Venice.............
25
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand..
55
Zinc,  Sulphate.....................
7 ®  8
Capitol  Cylinder..............................................75
Model  Cylinder— ..........................................60
Shields  Cylinder..............................................50
Eldorado Engine..............................................45
Peerless  Machinery........................................ 35
Challenge Machinery.......................................25
Backus Fine Engine........................................30
Black Diamond Machinery............................. 30
Castor Machine  Oil.................. 
6C
Paraffine,25  deg..........................................»..22
Paraffine, 28  deg..............................................21
Sperm, winter bleached.............................. 1 40
Gal
Bbl
75
Whale, winter...................................  70
70
Lard, extra.......................................   60
60
Lard, No.  1.......................................   50
55
Linseed, pure raw...........................   52
58
Linseed, boiled................................  55
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........  70
90
40
Spirits Turpentine...........................   36
No. 1 Turp Coach................................1 10@1 20
Extra  Turp.........................................1 60@1 70
Coach  Body.....................................:.2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture..................... . ..1 00@110
Extra Turp  Damar............................ 1 55@1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp....................  70®  75
Lb
Bbl 
Red Venetian......... ................  134 
3® 3
2® 3
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........  134 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.........   134 
2® 3
2)4® 3
Putty, commercial.................  234 
234® 3
Putty, strictly pure.................  2V4 
J3@16
Vermilion,prime American.. 
Vermilion, English................. 
6O®05
16®17
Green, Peninsular..................  
5)4
Lead, red strictly pure........... 
5 35
Lead, white, strictly pure...... 
Whiting, white Spanish.........  
@70
@90
Whiting,  Gilders’  ..................  
110
White, Paris American..,..... 
1 *0
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  Paints...... 
1 20@1 40
Swiss Villa Prepared P a i n t s . 1 0Q@1 20

2 @  2%

PA IN T S.
• 

3®  3%

V A R N ISH ES.

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HAZELTINE, 
PERKINS 
& CO.,

75
14

W holesale

Druggists I

42 and  44  Ottawa  Street  and 89, 91, 98  and 

95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ELEGANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID EXTRACTS  AND ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

Wolf, P atton & Co., and J ohn L. W hit­

ing, Manufacturers  of  Fine 

P aint and  Varnish 

Brushes.

—Also for the—

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

H a ir, Shoe and H orse Brushes.

Druggists’ Sundries

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

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

W M L ip r D e p r tin t

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

Withers Dade & Co’s

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

We are also  owners of the

D r ip ts’  Favorite  Rye,

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

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

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

HAZELTIHB, FBBUNS & GO

South.

Edwin  Densmore’s  Observations  in  the 

Edwin  Densmore,  the  well-khcfon  me­
chanical  inventor,  has  recently  returned 
from a four weeks’ trip through  the  South­
ern States and was seen  by  a  reporter,  of 
The Tradesman and questioned as to opin­
ions he had formed  while absent.  He  said 
that his trip included  the principal'cities be­
tween Grand Rapids  and  Washington  via 
Montreal  and New York, from which  place 
he proceeded  to  Raleigh, Augusta,  Savan­
nah,  Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Palatka  and 
St. Augustine,  and  thence  home by way of 
Macon, Atlanta, Chattanooga.  In a mechan­
ical way, particularly in the manufacture  of 
lumber and shingles, the country as a whole 
seems to be  twenty-five  years  behind  the 
times—that is,  with  the  same  machinery 
and amount of help used in the  North, they 
are able to manufacture only about one-third 
the amount of lumber commonly turned  out 
here, owing to the want of  mechanical skill. 
He found a notable exception to the general 
rule in Savannah, where a live business man 
by the name of Smart, who is  the  manager 
for Bacon & Co., saw and planing mill oper­
ators,  has  succeeded  in  accomplishing  as 
much  with  improved  machinery  as  any 
Northern  manufacturer.  He  succeeds  in 
keeping the negro laborers  steadily at work 
by making it an invariable rule of the estab­
lishment never to hire  a  laborer  who  lias 
left their employ, and in this ‘».way prevents 
the loss incident to other concerns which are 
at the mercy of  unreliable  blocks.  To  the 
credit of the latter, however, it may be  said 
that while they are perfectly  willing  to  go 
without  hats or boots, they  will  buy books 
for their children, apparently  being  awake 
to the necessity for better education.

Mr. Densmore says that the  common  sup­
position that Northern  men  cannot  endure 
the climate of the South is  without  founda­
tion.  The extremes of  either  heat  or cold, 
are not so marked as in the North and, with 
proper care, a Northener can  accomplish  as 
much as in a Northern  climate.  The  opin­
ions of those prejudiced against the  country 
cannot be relied upon in this respect, and no 
and can make a tour  of  the  South  without 
thinking a great  deal  more  of  the  country 
than he imagines he would.  The people are 
generally extremely hospitable, aud are free 
to talk about their institutions  and peculiar­
ities.  The  original  planters  are  satisfied 
that slavery is abolished. 
Instead of  living 
on  large  plantations  and  being  burdened 
with the care of slaves, they reside in  villa­
ges and lease their  land  to  the  negroes  in 
thirty-acre tracts, furnishing a  mule and the 
cotton seed in return  for  one-quarter of the 
crop.  As the average yield is a bale an acre, 
worth about 10 cents  per  pound, the owner 
receives  on  an  average  about  $10 per acre 
for the use of the land, which is much  more 
than the usual returns  under  the  system of 
slavery.

Most of the timber cut  in  the  Gulf  and 
Atlantic states is cut square and  shipped to 
Europe, where it is  resawed. 
In  squaring 
the  timber,  it is  commonly  the  case  that 
more good material is wasted than is  saved, 
Such  timber,  which  frequently  measures 
from 40 to 60 feet in length, commands  $12 
per thousand  at  the  seaport  towns.  The 
Southern pine  is  similar  to  our  Norway, 
with the exception of containing more pitch, 
which  prevents  its  use  for  doors, window 
frames or casings.  The Cyprus shingles are 
cut without the sap being taken  off, and us­
ually to five inch, no attention being paid to 
the grain and no jointer  being  used.  First 
quality shingles  were  selling at Palatka at 
$4.50 per thousand, and  even at that  price 
an operator claimed he  was  losing  money, 
although the only expense  was  the  getting 
out of the timber, the stumpage being  noth­
ing.  Three-quarters of the casing  used  on 
lemon, orange and vegetable  boxes is  ship­
ped by water from Maine, although  the best 
of timber for that purpose exists  in  endless 
quantities near at home.  The great heed of 
the South at the present time is the presence 
of Northern men and  machinery, to  utilize 
the native  material, and take  advantage of 
the splendid opportunities for  business  en­
terprise and activity.

Purely Personal.

M. H. Walworth, of the firm of Walworth 

& Lawton, South Bend, Ind., is in town.

Myron Hester, of Hester & Fox, left Mon­
day for a four days’ trip along the line of the 
G. R. & L, north.

H. M. Harroun, general  dealer  and  saw 
mill operator at MeLane, is in  town  in con­
sultation with  attorneys  on  an  important 
matter of litigation.

John A. Herold,  formerly  of  the  firm of 
Palen, Herold & Co., boot and  shoe  dealers 
on Monroe  street,  has  engaged  in  the gro­
cery business at  Victoria,  near  Washburn, 
Dakota.

H. B. Chamberlain, of  the firm  of  Cham­
berlain Bros.,  grocers  and  bakers at Plain- 
well, spent Sabbath in the city,  the guest of 
Dr. J. B. Evans.  He  was  accompanied  by 
his wife and son.

Geo. H. Kelley, formerly with Dun’s Mer­
cantile Agency, but for the  past  six months 
traveling agent for M. H.  Treusch,  left last 
week for Chicago, with the  intention of re­
engaging in the  agency  business either  at 
that place or at St. Paul.

F. M. Hentig, of  Casnovia,  was  in  town 
last week on his way  home  from  Pittsburg, 
whither he went with two carloads  of  pota­
toes, apples,  beans  and  hnions.  When  he 
left there on the 16th, the market was  flood­
ed with frozen produce, on which  the  ship­
pers will barely realize  enough  to  pay  the 
freight

It  has  been  resolved  to  hold an interna­
tional  exhibition  of  industry,  science and 
art in Edinburgh next  summer.

Wholesale Grocers,

Sole  Owners  of

A R A B   P L U G !

The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the  Market.  Send for 

Sample Butt.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

E SPRING  &

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

BOOT  PLUB
GET  A  PAIR  OF  BOOTS.
AND
BOOT  PLUG DRY  GOODS,

Staple and  Fancy

Is a new brand of Tobacco, with a  new  sweet  flavor  that 

can not be excelled.  Chewers who have given it 

a trial will take no other.

ts.

We pack a T IN   O R D E R  in one of the  lumps  in  each 
which is good for either one pair of heavy No.  1  Kip 

Butt

Boots, or one pair of  Fancy  Calf  Boots,  or 

one pair of Calf Button Shoes.

HOW  TO  G-ET  THE  BOOTS. 
Send  the  Boot  ’Order  with  size  wanted,  Name,  Town, County and State 
plainly written to the undersigned, and they will forward the boots by the next 
Express.  DON’T  FORGET  TO  MENTION  THE  KIND  WANTED.

r

A

Tobacco Manufacturers,

C an al  a n d   M onroe  S tre ets,  C H I C A G O ,  XXiXi.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  FIRST  CLASS  JOBBERS.

JEXTXTXXTGS  <&  SMITH,
Arctic  Manufacturing-  Co., G r a n d   R a p i d s ,

PROPRIETORS  OF  THE

CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

OIL  CLOTHS

3E3TO-«  ETC.

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WHOLESALE  FEIGE  CURRENT.

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Second-class Matter. 1

Some Faets about Dynamite.

WEDNESDAY.  APRIL  1,  1885.

A. MERCANTH.K  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

E. A.  STOWE  & BRO„ Proprietors.

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

MasonvilleTS........  8
Masonville  S.........10%
Lonsdale............... 9%
Lonsdale A............16
Nictory  O..............
Victory J ...............
Victory D..............
Victory K ................2%
Phoenix A.............. 19%
Phoenix B............   10%
Phoenix X X ........... 5
Gloucester............. 6
Glouce8termourn’g. 6 
Hamilton  fancy— 6
Hartel fancy...........6
Merrimac D............6
Manchester............6
Oriental fancy....... 6
Oriental  robes....... 6%
Pacific  robes.......... 6
Richmond...............6
Steel River............. 5%
Simpson’s ...............6
Washington fancy.. 
Washington blues.  7%

Pepperell, 10-4.......25
Pepperell, 11-4.......27%
Pequot,  7-4.............18
Pequot,  8-4.............21
Pequot,  9-4.............24
Park Mills, No. 90. .14 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz...........11
Otis Apron...........10%
Otis Furniture.....10%
York, 1  oz.............. 10
York, AA, extra oz. 14
Alabama plaid......7
Augusta plaid........  7
Toledo plaid...........  7
Manchester  plaid..  7 
New Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Utility plaid...........  6%
Greene, G, 44........  5%
Hill, 44..................   7%
Hill, 7-8..................   6%
Hope,  44.................6%
King  Phillip  cam­
  11%
Lin wood,  4-4.........   7%
Lonsdale,  44........... 7%
Lonsdale  cambric. 10% 
Langdon, GB*44...  9%
Langdon, 45.......... 14
Masonville,  44......8
Maxwell. 4-4...........  9%
New York Mil!, 4-4.10% 
New Jersey,  44—   8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7% 
Pride of the West. .11 
Pocahontas,  44—   7%
Slaterville, 7-8........  6%
Victoria, AA......... 9
Woodbury, 44..........5%
Whitinsville,  44...  7% 
Whitinsville, 7-8—   6%
Wamsutta, 44........10%
Williamsville, 36...10%

The base of all the higher explosives is ni­
troglycerine, which is formed by the  action 
of concentrated nitric acid,  in  the  presence 
of strong sulphuric acid, upon glycerine at a 
low temperature.  Great care has to be  tak­
en in regulating the temperature  during  the 
operation: but, upon  a  small  scale,  the  ni- 
tro-glycerine  may  be  readily  prepared  by 
dropping the glycerine into the mixed  acids, 
the mixture  being  kept  artificially  cooled.
Of course glycerine, as also  nitric  and  sul­
phuric acids, are so widely used medicinally 
and for industrial purposes, as to make their 
purchase an easy matter, where nitro-glycer- 
ine itself would not be  sold.  But with  the 
nitro-glycerine which can be produced there­
with, dynamite of any degree of strength can 
easily be made, by just mixing with  infuso­
rial earth, sawdust, charcoal,  or  even  with 
sugar, or any one of many similar substances 
—these latter just serving  to  soak  up  and 
hold the nitro-glycerine.  The strongest  dy­
namite is that in  which  infusorial  earth  is 
used,  which  will  soak  up  three  parts  by 
weight of nitro-glycerine to one  of  its  own.
For  commercial  purposes  dynamite  is 
packed in cartridges of  various  sizes, from 
one to two inches  in  diameter, and  about 
eight inches long. 
It is commonly supposed 
that  dynamite  is  easily  exploded  by con­
cussion, but under  ordinary conditions  this 
is not the  case.  Neither is it  exploded  by 
fire. 
It is  easily  ignited, and  in  burning 
gives a most intense  heat; but it cannot, us­
ually, be made to explode in  this way when 
unconfined.  The  ordinary  way in which it 
is exploded is by means of  fire  and  concus­
sion at the same instant.  For this  purpose 
a strong copper  percussion  cap  containing 
fulminate of mercury is  used.  Without the 
cap the cartridge is not considered dangerous 
by those accustomed to handling it, and  the 
cap is not inserted until just before the cart­
ridge is to be used.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21
Pepperell,  7-4........16%
Pepperell, -8-4........20
Pepperell,  9-4........22%
Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
Caledonia,  X, oz... 10
Economy, oz.........10
Park Miils, No. 50. .10 
Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
Park Mills, No. 70.. 12 
Park Mills, No. 80. .13
Alabama brown—   7
Jewell briwn.........9%
Kentucky  brown.. 10% 
Lewiston brown...  9%
- 1  Lane brown.......... 9%
Nothing is more common than to hear peo­
Louisiana  plaid—
ple express surprise, in view  of  the  recent 
Avondale,  36 
dastardly  outrages  in  England, 
the 
Art cambrics, 36.. .11% 
Androscoggin, 44..  8% 
manufacture and sale of  dynamite  by  irre­
Androscoggin, 5-4. .12% 
sponsible parties is not strictly prohibited by  _____
Ballou, 44..............  6%
law.  This, however, has been done, and,  so |  B^ou,(54„.... • • • •  |  
8%
far as the law can be executed,  there  is  no  Boott,’ E.5-5 
Boott,AGC,44.....  9%
danger.  The trouble lies in  the  ease  with 
Boott, R. 34.........   5%
Blackstone, AA 4-4.  7 
which the explosive can be made.
Chapman, X, 44....  6
Conway,  44...........7
Cabot, 44.................6%
Cabot, 7-8...............   6
Canoe,  34.............   4
Domestic,  36.........  7%
Dwight Anchor, 44.  9
Davol, 44..............  9
Fruit of Loom, 44..  8% 
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  7%
Fruit of the Loom,
cambric,  44........11
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  6%
Gold Medal, 7-8......6
Gilded Age............ 8%
Crown................... 17
No.  10....................12%
Coin...................... 10
Anchor..................15
Centennial............
Blackburn............  8
Davol.....................1*
London..................12%
Paconia................ 12
Red Cross.............10
Social Imperial— 16
Albion, solid...........5%
Albion,  grey...........6
Allen’s  checks........5%
Ailen’s  fancy..........5%
Allen’s pink.............6%
Allen’s purple......... 6%
American, fancy— 5%
Arnold fancy........... 6
Berlin solid..............5%
Cocheco fancy........6
Cocheco robes..........6%
Conestoga fancy— 6
Eddystone..............6
Eagle fancy.............5
Garner pink.............o%
Appleton A, 44—   7%
Boott  M, 44...........6%
Boston F, 44.........   7%
Continental C, 4-3..  6% 
Continental D, 40 in 8% 
Conestoga W, 4-4...  6% 
Conestoga  D,7-8...  5% 
Conestoga G, 30-in.  6 
Dwight  X, 34........5%
5%
Dwight Y, 7-8.
XT  rr_Q
Dwight Z, 44.........6%
Dwight Star, 44—   7 
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9 
Enterpnse EE, 36..  5 
Great Falls E, 44...  7
F a r m e r s ’ A , 4 4 ........ 6
Indian  Orchard  14 7%
Renfrew, dress styl 7 % 
Amoskeag........7%
Johnson  ManfgCo,
Amoskeag, Persian
Bookfold.............12%
styles.................. 10/4
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Bates....................... 7%
dress  styles........12%
Berkshire............   6%
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks—   7 
styles— .............  7%
Glasgow checks, f’y 7% 
White Mfg Co, stap 7% 
checks,
Glasgow 
White Mfg Co, fane 8 
royal  styles........8
White  Manf’g  Co,
Gloucester, 
new
Earlston...  ........8
standard............   7%
Gordon.................... 7%
Plunket...................7%
dress
Greylock, 
Lancaster..............  §
12%
Langdale
w i d e   b l e a c h e d  c o t t o n s
Pepperell.  104.......27%
Androscoggin, 74. .21 
Pepperell,  11-4.......32%
Androscoggin, 84. .23
Pequot,  74.... ....... 21
Pepperell,  74...... 20
Pequot,  84.............24
Pepperell,  84.......22%
Pequot,  94.............27%
Pepperell,  9-4...... 25
Atlantic  A ,44......7%¡LawrenceXX.44..  7%
Atlantic  H, 44......7  Lawrence  Y, 30....  7
Atlantic  D, 44......6% Lawrence LL, 44...  5%
Atlantic P, 44........  5% Newmarket N........  6%
Atlantic LL, 4-4....  5% Mystic River, 44...  5%
Adriatic, 36............  7%|Pequot A, 44.........   7%
Augusta, 44...........  6%|Piedmont,  36........... 6%
Boott M, 44...........  6%[Stark AA, 4 4 ...-----7%
Boott FF, 4-4.........   7% Tremont CC, 4-4....  5%
Graniteville,44—   5%iUtica,  4 4 ............ 9
Indian  Head,4-4...  7  Wachusett,  44........7%
Indiana Head 45-in. 12% I Wachusett, 30-in...  6% 
Falls, XXXX.........18%
Amoskeag,  ACA...14 
Falls, XXX............15%
Amoskeag 
“ 4-4.. 19
Falls,  BB.............. 11%
Amoskeag,  A ....... 13
Falls,  BBC, 36.......19%
Amoskeag,  B ....... 12
Falls,  awning.......19
Amoskeag,  C........11
Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Amoskeag,  D— ..10%
Hamilton,  D........   9%
Amoskeag,  E ........10
Hamilton,  H —   ..  9% 
Amoskeag, F .........  9%
Hamilton  fancy... 10
Premium  A, 44— 17
Methuen A A........ 13%
Premium  B ..........16
Methuen ASA.......18
Extra 44................. 16
Extra7-8................14%|Omega A, 7-8.......... 11
Gold Medal 4-4.......15  Omega A, 4 4 ....... 13
CCA 7-8..................12% Omega ACA, 7-8— 14
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
AF44.................... 19
Omega M, 44..........25
Cordis AAA, 32..... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 11% 
Cordis ACA, 32..... 15
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 1, 32..... 15
Shetucket,  SFS 
.. 12
Cordis  No. 2..........14
Stockbridge  A........7
Cordis No. 3..........13
Stockbridge frncy.  8
Cordis No. 4..........11%
GLAZED CAM BRICS.
lEmpire
G arner.................... 5
Washington...........  45£
Hookset.................  5
Edwards.................  5
Red Cross..............  5
8. S. &Sons...........  5
Forest Grove.
American  A....... 18 00! Old  Ironsides........15
Stark A................. 22%l Wheatland..............21
Boston..................  6% Otis C C ............... 10%
Everett blue........ 13% Warren  AXA......... 12%
Everett brown.....13% Warren  BB.............11%
Otis  AXA..............12% Warren CC.........•• .10%
Otis BB................. 11 % | York  fancy.............13%
Manville.................6  IS. S. &Sons..............  6
Masgnville............  6  [Garner..................   6
Red  Cross.............  7%|ThistleMills...........
Berlin....................  7% Rose.......................  8
Garner ..................  7% 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

The best'dynamite is about  twelve  times 
as powerful as gunpowder, and is very effec­
tive for  blasting  purposes. 
It  freezes  at 
about 45 ° , and it is  almost  impossible  to 
explode in a frozen  condition. 
It  may  be 
used  under  water.  The  paper  shell  of 
the cartridge  has a  covering  of  paraffine, 
which is  not  easily  penetrated by  water; 
but even if dynamite  is  wet  its  explosive 
properties are not destroyed, though if it re­
main in the water  any  length  of time  the 
glycerine is washed out, and  the destructive 
value of  the  compound  lost.  There  is a 
marked difference in the explosion  of  gun­
powder and dynamite; the former if  placed 
on the floor  of  a  building  and  exploded, 
might blow out the  windows  without  ser­
iously injuring the structure; but  dynamite 
exerts a powerful force  downward,  and for 
this reason is used by the socalled “dynamit­
ers,” as they can  hastily place  anywhere in 
a  building  without  confining it, as  would
be necessary with  gunpowder.

The Grand Rapids T radesman  comes to 
our table regularly. 
It is a spicy  sheet, de­
voted to  the  business  interests  of  Grand 
Rapids and “Bro.  Soliman Snooks.”  E. A. 
Stowe is the editor and he manages to Stowe 
a deal of  good  reading  into  its  columns. 
Here Stowe his good health.

The Michigan  Tradesman  is  eighteen 
months old, and probably can  make a better 
financial showing for  a  yearling  than  any 
other newspaper  venture  ever  attempted in 
this city.

Indian Orchard, 40.  8 
Indian Onchard, 36.  7%
Laconia B, 74........16%
Lyman B, 40-in.......10%
Mass. BB, 4-4.........   5%
Nashua  E, 40-in—   8%
Nashua  R, 4-4........  7%
Nashua 0,7-8...........6%
Newmarket N........  6%
Pepperell E, 39-in..
Pepperell  R, 44__7%
Pepperell 0,7-8—   6%
Pepperell N, 34__6%
Pocasset  C, 44...... 6%
Saranac R..............  7%
Saranac E..............  9

T he Michigan  T radesman,  of  Grand 
Rapids, has just finished the first year and a 
half of its existence.  No better paper "of its 
kind is published in the State.

The Test of Success.
From the Grand Rapids Democrat.

From the Frankfort Express.

The Oldest Pun on Record.

Good Words  Unsolicited.

From the Evart  Review.

“No  Better Paper.”

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

d o m e s t i c   g i n g h a m s .

P A P E R   c a m b r i c s .

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SPO O L COTTON.

G R A IN   BAGS.

d e n i m s .

TIC K IN G S.

w i g a n s .

Eagle and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  Daniels...25
Mer ricks................40
Stafford................. 25
Hall & Manning— 25 
Holyoke................. 25
Kearsage............... 8%
Naumkeagsatteen.  8% 
Pepperell bleached 8%
Pepperell sat......... 9%
Rockport...............   7
Lawnencesat.........   8%
Conegosat..............  7

CORSET JEA N S

Armory.................  7%
Androscoggin sat..  8%
Canoe River...........  6
Clarendon................6%
Hallowell  Imp......6%
Ind. Orch. Imp...... 7
Laconia.................  7%

A.  West,  gfrocer,  Ivan:  “I have  sold  goods 
for the past fourteen years  and  I  think your 
paper is well worth the money.”

8.  D.  Waldron,  general  dealer, Watervliet: 
“Beyond question, T h e  T r a d e s m a n   is the bus 
iness man’s paper par excellence.”

M. L. Gibson, cheese maker and dealer, Alle- 
‘Please  accept  my  sincere  thanks  for
I consider it

gan:
copies of your valuable  paper, 
indispensable. ’ ’

are 

Florida  oranges 

being  exported 
from Boston to  Liverpool  in  large  quanti­
ties.  A lot of 100 boxes,  which  were  ship­
ped some three  weeks  ago, arrived in good 
condition,  and  were  sold  at  satisfactory 
prices, although  they  came  in competition 
with the  Mediterranean  oranges, which  are 
sold in England at low prices.

Piano manufacturers claim  that  there are 
8,000,000 Americans who can  play on  their 
instruments.

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COAL AND  BUILDING MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1  00 
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................
85 
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................
1 30 
Louisville Cemeni, per bbl...............
1 30 
Akron Cement per  bbl.....................
1 30 
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl...................
Car 
1 05@1 10 
25®  30 
Plastering hair, per bu.....................
1 75 
Stucco, per bbl..................................
à 50
Land plaster, per ton.......................
2 50
Land plaster, car lots
Fire bnck, per  M................................825 @835
Fire clay, per bbl................................ 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, oar lots.. 86 00@6 25 
Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots..  6 25@6 50
Cannella car lots................................„ ,  @g go
Ohio Lump, car lots...... ..........••••••  8 10@3 25
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 00

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Wholesale  &  C o iisii-d M e r  &  Eggs’ a  Specialty.

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Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to M e Bottom Prices on anythin! we handle.
A. B. KNOW LSON,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Woodenware, Twines and Cordage, Paper, Stationery, 
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

JOB  PRINTING.

The  Tradesman  office  has  now  first-class  facilities  for

doing

all  kinds  of

Commercial  Work,

Such as Letter, Note and Bill  Heads,  Statements,  Cards,  En­

velopes, Blank Orders, Circulars, Dodgers, Etc.

NEW TYPE, NEW PRESS, CLEAN WORK.
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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
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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 
If, at any time, there should be anything in this market you 
of time, at reasonable rates. 
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Dairy  Matters.
Michigan Dairymen’s Association.

•Organized at  Grand Rapids,  February 25.  1885.
President—Milan Wiggins, Blooming-dale. 
▼ice-Presidents—W.  H.  Howe,  Capac;  F.  C. 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P.  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F.  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
Warren Haven, Bloomingdale;  Cbas.  E. Bel­
knap,  Grand  Rapids;  L.  F.  Cox,  Portage; 
John Borst, Vriesiand;  R. C.Nash, Hilliards; 
D.  M.  Adams,  Ashland;  Jos.  Post,  Clarks­
ville.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand 
Rapids,  t
Next  M eeting—Third Tuesday  in  February, 
1886.
Membership Fee—$ 1 per year.
Official O rgan—T h e Mic h ig a n T radesman.

Cheese  Factories  in  Michigan.

 

The following is a list of the cheese factor- 
iesjin this State, so far as known.  Those cog­
nizant of other factories, or of any  errors in 
the present list, are requested  to  notify  the 
Secretary of  the  Michigan  Dairymen’s  As­
sociation, as it is desirable  that  a  complete 
list be published in  the  forthcoming  report 
of the Association;
Clark, Baker & Co.................................   Adrian
G. B.  Horton...........................................Adrian
Alexander Lobban (Davison).................... Atlas
A. P. Foltz (Richfield)................................ Atlas
Theobald  Rottaeh.......................... Anchorville
J. B.  Tornay................................... Anchorville
Hiram  Barrows.....................................Armada
Leopold Mayer.......................................Athlone
E. F.  Preston.......................................Bismarck
Warren Haven & Co.................... Bloomingdale
Frank Wilmot (East)  ..................Bloomingdale
G. D. Scofield  (South)................. Bloomingdale
---- Henderson................................... Broekway
Martin Wait &  Sons...............................¿Butler
W. H. Howe.............................................'.Capac
B. P. Dean.................................. Cedar Springs
E. J . Savage................................... Coopersvifle
J. H.  Murdaugh  ............. 
Croswell
J. T. Henderson................................... Croswell
James Skinner (Star)...............Davison Station
Jacob  Beller...........................................Detroit
Regenmorter & Demstra......................Drenthe
Albert W ilkinson...................................Du ndee
Allen Miller...........................................Eckford
Durfee & Flinn............................................ Elm
Davis  Wildy.................................................Elm
Wildy & Keaton.........................................  Elm
M. S.  Doyle.................................................Elsie
W. H. Smith (Old  Fairfield)................. Fairfield
B. E. Peebles (Peebles).........................Fairfield
Rufus Baker......................................... Fairfield
Theodore Rottaeh...........................Fair Haven
Wm. Allen...................................... Farmington
Calvin  Lapham...............................Farmington
Samuel  Locke  ...............................Farmington
Arthur Power................................ Farmington
Asa  Smith...................................... Farmington
Daniel Richards <Burton).......................... Flint
H. Goliver.............................................Fostoria
L.  Hubbenger............................. Frankenmuth
Otto Herder (Original  Fairfield)__Fruitridge
James  Webb...................................... Goodsells
Frank E. Pickett (Coldspring).............Hilliards
S. M. Eggleston  (Springdale).............. Hilliards
K. B. Edgell (Springbrook)__Hopkins Station
John Elliott............................................... Iosco
Jas. A. Dunbar (Dunbar).........................Jasper
B. Davis & Co. (Amboy).......................... Jasper
L. A. Beldon............................. Judge’sCorners
J . Joslin.................................................. Livonia
L.  Joslin.................................................Livonia
Samuel  Wygeyr...................................... Lowell
Lynn Cheese M’f’g Ass’n.......................... Lynn
Frank White............................................ Mason
A. J. Colvin (Medina)............................. Medina
P. S. Lee.................................................Morenci
Henry Pelgrim...........................New Holland
Walter Board well.....................................Olivet
J. S. Griswold................................ Parshallville
............................................................................. .Partello
W. A. Smith..................................... Plank Road
John Varsen................... 
Plank  Road
Raisin Union Cheese Co............Raisin  Center
Cheese and Butter Ass’n ..............Rawsonville
Fuller & Gleason...............................Richmond
Peter Blake......................................River Bend
Wells, Stone &  Co................................ Saginaw
G . W.  Ward.................................... St. Charles
J. Q. Walling.......................................Salt River
Davis & Brown........................South Fairfield
A. E. Johnson............................Sparta Center
Stryker* Dugan...................................... Stark
Geo. Ward.................................................Tyner
H. W. Dikeman..........................Vermont ville
John Borst (Fa'rview)........................Vriesland
Watson Cheese  Co................................. Watson
I. B.  Smith...........................................Wayland
Geo.  Dunwell...................................... Wayland
Leighton Cheese Association.............. Wayland
L. S. Cobb................ 
Winfield
M. C. Haywood &  Co............................. Weston
P. C. Ostrander  (Nile)............................Weston
F. B. Gurden (Riverside)....................... Weston
Geo. Delano (Raisin  Union)................. Weston
Davenport &  McIntyre............................. York
Richard Redhead (Amber).................... Zeeland
S. H. Oatman (Clover Hill)...................Zutphen
Idle factories at  Saranac  (Rathbun),  Salt 

 

 

River, Reese,  Mt.  Morris  (Vienna).

Creameries in  Michigan.

The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  the 
creameries in this State.  Those knowing of 
other establishments of the kind, are respect­
fully invited to make the fact known, as it is 
desirable that a complete list  appear in  the 
forthcoming report of  the  Michigan  Dairy­
men’s Association.
Brooks &  Smith................................ Nashville
L.F.  Cox............................................... Portage
H. F. Buskirk........................................Bradley
S. D.  Morrell........................................Charlotte
Centreville Creamery Co..................Centreville
Lowell Creamery Co.................................Lowell
Potter & Harris (Maple River).................  Ovid
Aaron Clark.............................................Dutton

Manufacturers  of Dairy Appliances.
The following is believed* to be a complete 
list of the manufacturers of dairy appliances 
in this State:
Buckeye Churn Co.,  churns................. Dundee
Geo. Sinclair, cheese boxes........... Hjidsonville
Delaware Co. Creamer Co... 1..Benton Harbor
Michigan Dairy Salt Co....................... Saginaw
J. Van Putten & Co., butter  tubs....... Holland
Flint Cabinet Creamery Co....................... Flint
Acme Manufacturing Co................. Kalamazoo
Walter E. Ames, (butter tube.).............. Hudson
E. H. Funk, (churns)............................... Sturgis

W hat Dairying Has Done for Iowa.

G. L. Tremain, of Humboldt, Iowa,  writes 
to Bradst/reefs as follows, relative to the ad­
vantages of dairying over wheat raisiug;

All northern Iowa was formerly a  spring- 
wheat country, and, like others, had its pros­
perous and its disastrous  years.  Very many 
of the mortgages then made were foreclosed, 
and the mortgagor went on  west.

“All wheat” was followed by  more  com, 
timothy,  clover,  .and  blue  grass.  Short 
horns and Poland  chinas  were  introduced, 
and after a time it was found that first qual­
ity  butter  could  be  made  here. 
Farm 
mortgages multiplied—not that the mortgag­
or  would  buy  a  self-binder  and  a  steam- 
thresher, but that he might  buy  some  divi­
dend-paying  cows,  or  build  a  creamery- 
foreclosures  dropped  off,  and  lawyers  be­
wailed the great falling  off  in  business. 
I 
have  been  here  in  Iowa  thirty-five  years, 
have seen this country prosperous  and  also 
prostrate from our crop  farming,  but  have 
never known a mortgage foreclosed on a dai­
ry or a stock farm.

The Watson  Cheese  Co. is  the  name of 
the corporation which has  bought  Miles L. 
Gibson’s factory at Watson.

The Preservation of Butter,

From the London Grocer.

The  question  of  preserving butter is one i 
which  has  not  been  sufficiently  examined. 
It was recently stated by a writer professing 
authority that salt had no preservative qual­
ities  when  mixed  with  butter.  Professor 
Stewart,  on  the  other  hand,  declares  that 
salt is preservative  inasmuch as it is a pow­
erful antiseptic.  One of the chief  obstacles 
to  the  preservation  of  butter  is  the water 
which it contains, and it can be shown by al­
most  any  analysis that an  ordinary  sample 
of  good  butter  has  in it a much larger pro­
portion of this element than it ought to have. 
Everyone  knows  that  water  promotes  de­
composition through the medium of the oxy­
gen  and  hydrogen  which  it contains, and 
this results in the  rancid  taste  which  is so 
objectionable.  Butterine  which  has  been 
absolutely dried—which in fact, has had the 
whole of the water eliminated  from it—can 
be  kept  equally  as well as lard if it be pre­
pared in the same way, but its  flavor  is not 
so  delicious,  although  it is perfectly sweet. 
In  the  ordinary  way  water  cannot  be  ex­
tracted from butter, and therefore if it is in­
tended to keep,  it  must be salted, and in or­
der  to  keep  for  a  long  period  there is no 
plan equal to that of brining it when it is  in 
its granular form, so that the  salt  permeats 
almost every particle;  thus  there  is  a com­
plete intermixture, decomposition is checked, 
and  the  flavor  is  developed. 
It  is quite 
common  for  the  consuming public to ask a 
butter  dealer  for  mild  butter. 
In  other 
words, they want a  sample  which  has been 
properly  salted,  the  flavor  maintained  and 
in which the development  of  that' disagrea- 
ble taste which  is  consequent  upon decom­
position is not to be found.  Salt has anoth­
er effect, in adding firmness  and  improving 
the texture of the butter, for it will  be read­
ily seen that as  the  particles  in a mass dis­
solve they attract  the  water  which the but­
ter contains  and  thus  make  it drier than it ’ 
was  before  the  salt  was added.  Professor 
Stewart, who has made a  number of experi-1 
ments  in  salting  butter,  says  thqt he can 
recommend  pure  white  pulverized  sugar 
which  has  been  mixed with three times its 
weight of fine salt, one ounce of the mixture 
being used for every pound of butter.  This 
improves  both  the  flavor  and  the  keeping 
quality if the salt and sugar  are  completely 
dissolved.  We endorse the Professor’s opin­
ion that the best salt for use in a butter mak­
ing dairy should be as fine as  flour, and that 
then indeed it  should  be  sifted  in  order to 
extract all the objectionable  grains  and for­
eign matters which it may contain.

M oney V alue o f  R efu se M ilk.
Prof. L. B. Arnold, In the N. Y. Tribune.

A Cattaraugus county correspondent writes 
to the Tribune that in his dairy  of  twenty 
cows he cannot afford to keep pigs, but feeds 
all the skimmilk and buttermilk back to the 
cows, calculating that “enough of this refuse 
to make a pound of  pork  (worth 5  cents) 
will  make  a  pound  of  butter  (worth  30 
cents).”  This conclusion  rather  overleaps 
the  mark.  According  to  experiments  of 
Professor Henry and others,  100  pounds of 
skimmilk fed to young and  thrifty pigs will 
make at least six pounds of  pork, and if ju­
diciously supplemented with  corn  it  might 
make more.  The experience of dairymen in 
Chautauqua  county  has  shown  that  when 
butter-making cows  have  had  their  skim­
milk fed back to them it has increased their 
annual product of butter from twenty-five to 
fifty pounds.

It is considered a good  return  for  a com­
mon cow, giving giving 4,000 pounds of milk 
in a year, to increase her butter  yield forty 
pounds by having her own milk fed  back to 
her; in other works,  100 pounds of skimmilk 
might be expected to add  one  pound to her 
yield of butter.  With equal skill in feeding 
milk to cows or to pigs  one  might  reasona­
bly anticipate six times as many  pounds  of 
pig pork from  100  pounds  of  milk  as he 
would get of  butter  by  feeding  the  same 
to his  cows.  Which  would  be  the  more 
profitable would depend on what  the  pork 
and butter would bring.  At the prices nam­
ed by  our  friend, the  income  from  each 
would be the same.

F. E. Pickett,  the  Hilliards cheese maker, 
writes  T h e  T r a d e s m a n   as  follows:  “The 
patrons of Coldspring factory,  at  Hilliards, 
held their annual meeting on  March 14.  F. 
E. Pickett was  elected  secretary  and sales­
man, and A. Tanner  was  elected  treasurer. 
It  was  agreed  to  pay  the  same  price  for 
manufacturing  as  last  year, viz.:  1% cents 
per pound for  cheese,  the  maker to furnish 
everything and deliver the product on board 
the cars.  There was received at the factory 
last  season  767,088  pounds of milk, which, 
after being manufactured into a fine  quality 
of  cheese,  was  sold  for  $8,169.92,  which 
gave good satisfaction to the patrons.”

SALT.

Sole Manufacturers.

ONONDAGA F. F, SALT
.  AMERICAN  DAIRY  SALT  CO.
(Limited.)  Chemically purified and Warrant­
ed pure as any in the market.  Used by a great 
majority of the Dairymen of the country.  Un­
excelled for Butter, Cheese, the Table  and  all 
Culinary  purposes.  Got medal at Centennial 
“for  purity  and  high  degree of excellence.” 
Dairy goods salted with it took first premiums 
at New Orleans  World’s  Fair,  N.  Y.  Interna­
tional Fair, Milwaukee Exposition, and always 
wins  when  there  is  fair  competition. 
It  is 
American, and c h ea per  and better than any 
foreign salt.  Try it.  Address
J. W. Barker, Sec’y, Syracuse, N. Y.
CREAM  TESTER I
With six glasses for testing six  cows’  milk at 
same  time.  Price  $1;  large  size  glasses  $2, 
either free by mail.  Agents wanted. Circulars 
with  full  particulars  for  stamp.  WYMAN 
L.  EDSON,  Union  Center,  Broome  Co., N. Y-

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DISPLAY  CHART
$100
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You  can  do more Advertising
THIS  SIGN

Goods, Calling Attention to Old Ones, etc.,  etc.

For the small sum of $2.50 by using

Than for $100 used in any other way.

Chart—Patented February 19,  1884.

Every person  on  the  street  will  read what  you have to j 

say, because it is something entirely new, and

ANY  LIVE  BUSINESS MAN CAN: 

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BY  THE  USE  OF

THIS CHART

Than in any other manner.

TIMETA BLES. 

M i c h i g a n  ( Te n t r a l

The JViaçara Falls (Route.

D EPA R T.

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

A R R IV E .

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

J. T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
tMail.....................................9:15 a m
+Day Express.................... 12:25 p m
♦Night  Express.................  9:35 p m

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

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

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

J. H. Ca r pen t er,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  Mu l l ik e n ,  General  Manager.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

Leave.
7:35 am
4:00 pm

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Arrive. 
Express.............................7:00 pm  
Mail....................................9:35 am  

All trains daily except Sunday.
The  Dtrain 

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

J. W. M-cK enney, G en’l A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GO ING W EST.

GOING EAST.Arrives.
tSteamboat Express.........
tTh rough  Mail...................10:15 a m
tEvening  Express..................... 3:20 pm
♦Atlantic Express..............  9:45pm
tMixed, with coach...........
tMorning  Express.............12:40 p m
+Through  Mail.................  5:10 pm
tSteamboat Express.........10:40 p m
tMixed................................
♦NightExpress.................   5:10 am

Leaves. 
6:20 a m 
10:20 a m 
3:35 p m 
10:45 p m 
10:30 a m
12:55 p m 
5:15 p m
7:10 a m 
5:30 a m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:20  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Parlor Cars on Mail  Trains,  both  East  and 
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 tc Grand Rapids.
D. P otter, City Pass. Agent. 
Geo. B. Ree v e, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING  SOUTH.

GOING NORTH.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
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
7:10 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:00 am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:05 p m  4:35 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Way i e Ex.. 10:25 a m  11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids Ac.  7:40 p m 

SLE EPIN G   CAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at 5:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has Woodruif  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 ockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit,  Mackinac  & Marquette.

GOING
WEST
Ac. Ex.
PM.
4 50 Ar.
PM. 4 40
6 50 3 30
3 08 1 27
12 00 
1 10
12 15
11 25 11 02
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9 00 Dep Grand Rapids Ar. 7 00
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......Detroit___

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. Mil l ig a n . G. F. & P. A.

THE  GOOLEY  CAN,

Improved by the Lockwood Patent.

Used in the creamery 
for  butter  only,  they 
paid the patrons in July, 
1884,60c  and  the  skim­
med  milk  per  100  fts. 
Lowest  price  of 
the 
year.
In  the  creamery for 
gathered  cream 
they 
paid  the  patrons  from 
15c  to  27c  per  cream 
gauge for the  year 1884.
In the factory for but­
ter  and  cheese  they 
paid  the  patrons  $1.75 
per 100 tbs.  average, for 
the season.  They show 
better results in dollars 
anfi cents than anything 
yet invented.
Write foractual work­
ing  figures  furnished 
by successful creamery 
men  of  known  reputation,  who  have  used 
them as above.

Sole Manufacturer, 199 LAKE  ST.,  CHICAGO.

JOHN  EOYD,

■ R Grind  your own Bone,

Wl IliU   M e a l,  O y s te r  S hells.
e a t,  O y s te r  S hells, 
R A H  A M   F lo u r   a n d   C o rn  
in the S 5  H A N D  M X X i I i  
IO O   p e r  
(F.  Wilson’s  Patent). 
e e n t. more made in keeping p o u l­
t r y .   ^ Also  P O W E R   M I L L S   and  F A R M  
F E E D   H I L L S .  Circulars  and Testimonials sent 
on application.  W IL S O N  B R O S ., F a s  to n , P a *

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DETROIT  SOAP  OO/S

QUEEN  ANNE

S O A P
------ IS NOT------

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A (grand piano, 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 to-day and gone to-morrow)  Soap; is not
A (sell a quarter of a box, and have thqbalance left on your hands) Soap;

The very best article in laundry and general family Soap ever put on the market.
Big and lasting trade.  Good margins to dealers.  Grocers, if you  have  never 
tried “QUEEN ANNE SOAP,” buy a sample box and you will always continue 

to handle it.CODY,  BALL  &  CO.,

Wholesale Agents for “Queen Anne” and all 

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E N G I N E S

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

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88,90 and 92 South Division Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-   MICHIGAN.

One Way to Rob  a Grocer.

New York Correspondence Chicago Grocer.

I  heard a good story last  week  of  a trick 
that was played by two thugs on an old Ger­
man whp, keeps a store  on  Seventh  avenue.
I t was told to  me  about  as  follows:  “Two 
fellows who had been standing on the corner 
of the street in front of the store, joking and 
laughing, all of a sudden entered, and one of 
them said:  ‘I have just been betting with my 
friend here  that  his  hat  will  not hold two 
quarts  of  molasses.  Now,  1 am to pay for 
the molasses  and  the  hat  and  forfeit $o if 
the ‘caddy’  does  hold  two  quarts,  and he 
loses his hat, pays for the molasses and gives 
me $5 if the hat comes short of this capacity. 
Measure  up  the  molasses P  The  German 
saw  a  profit  in  the  sale  of  two  quarts of 
sweetness and went back to draw it and soon 
returned, proving that the  hat  did hold two 
quarts.  The two rascals separated  a  little, 
one made for the money drawer and the fel­
low who owned the hat took it and brought it 
down on the old German’s head in a jiffy. It 
was done as quick as a wink, and before the 
old  man  could  get  his  eyes  open  and his 
breath to blowing  through the  sticky  goods 
from New Orleans, the thugs had made way 
with the contents of  the cash  drawer.  The 
appearance of  our  old  German friend, with 
the  molasses  running  down  over  his face, 
his eyes full  of  it,  his  beard  and hair  red 
with it, and his mouth  and ears gummed up 
with  it,  can  be  better  imagined  than  des 
cribed.”

Michigan Dairy Notes.

Aaron Clark, the Dutton farmer and stock 
raiser, has forty  Jersey  cows,  and  intends 
putting in a creamery.

Herbert  Loyster,  of  Loyster  &  Son’s 
creanery, at Hudson, has just inaugurated a 
new creamery at Centerville.

Henry Haveman contemplates purchasing 
the Clover Hill cheese factory, at  Zutphen, 
of S. H. Oatman and operating the  same as 
a creamery.

The  Sunfield  cheese  factory,  owned and 
managed  by  Mrs. E. F.  Preston, will make 
about  750  pounds  of  cheese  per  day  the 
coming season.  C.  S. Jackson will  officiate 
as salesman.

W. N. Camp’s  new  creamery  at  Ionia  is 
now ready for operation, the  buildings  hav­
ing been  completed  and  the  necessary  ma­
chinery being in place.  Arrangements have 
been made to begin business on  the  15th of 
the present month.

A. S. Gibson, general dealer and  postmas­
ter at Partello, writes The T radesman that 
Messrs. Volney  P.  Murray  and Merrills, of 
Charlotte, the owners  of  the  cheese factory 
at  Partello,  have  not  yet decided  whether 
the  factory  can  be  operated  at a profit the 

'  coming season.

“What is your plan ?”
“Utilize  your  advertising  facilities. 

If 
you will allow me to hang a sign on the pul­
pit,  to  the  effect  that I give a pound and a 
half more sugar to the dollar than any other 
grocer, I will give  you  twenty-five dollars a 
month. 
If you will shove my business  card 
in all  the  hymn  books,  I   will pay you ten 
dollars more.”

“Why, that is shocking !”
“I thought you would say so, but is  there 
anything more sinful in that than organizing 
a snide raffle to  swindle  young  men  out of 
their hard earned salaries ?”
“That is a different thing.”

I t is against the 
•  “Yes,  I   suppose  it  is. 
laws of the State. 
It  is  a  felony,  and  my 
scheme  is  honest  and  legitimate;  but I ’ll 
make you  another  proposition.  You  want 
to  spread the gospel,  and  I   want  to spread 
my business.  Now, if you will let me hang 
up advertising cards all over the church, tel­
ling people where  they can get the boss five- 
cent cigar,  and  Texas  molasses that has no 
glucose in it, I  will let you put as many mot­
toes  as  you  want  to  in  my  store, such as 
‘Get thee behind me, Satan,’  ‘W hat is  home 
without  a  mother,’  and  other  Scriptural 
texts.”
“Sir, 

is  trifling  with  holy  things.
I would not listen to such a  proposition  for 
a moment.”

this 

Of  course it  is,  but  you  would  charge 
fifty  cents  for  a  chance  at one poor oyster 
drowned iu five gallons of  milk  at a church 
fair.  You preachers  have got  no real  good 
sense. 
If  you  would  mention  in your ser­
mon that my  fine-cut  chewing  tobacco is in 
everybody’s mouth, I would print your hours 
for holding church service on my paper bags 
and we  both would  be  helped,  but  1 sup­
pose that’s sinful, too.  That would fill your 
church in no time, and you might  do a pow­
er of good in saving  sinners;  but  you  can’t 
see it, although you instigate  feeble-minded 
females  to  peddle  out  colicy  lemonade  at 
twenty  cents  a  glass  at  a festival.  Just 
think oyer  it.  By  the  time  your  landlord 
has  had  another  conference  with  you  on 
spiritual topics, perhaps you will be  willing 
to mention in  your  sermon  that  I   give five 
long candles for a quarter, and then you can 
get ten dollars’ worth  of  groceries from my 
store, and no questions asked.”

Grand Rapids in  Northern  Michigan.
N e g a u n e e ,  March 26,  1885. 

Editor of T h e  T radesman :

Dea r Sir—I have  fairly started entering 
business relations with  Grand Rapids  firms 
and  am  happily  disappointed  to  find  such 
good  firms  and  pleasant  business  men  at 
your market.  I am satisfied with both goods 
and prices, and have changed my  opinion in 
regard  to  the  Chicago  market, having con­
vinced myself  that  your  wholesale  houses 
can sell  as cheap,  and  sell as good goods as 
Chicago  does—thanks  to  the Grand Rapids 
&  Indiana  Railroad  Co.  for  their liberal 
freight rates, which, alone, have induced me 
to seek Michigan markets.

If business permits, I  shall look over your 
markets in the spring,  and  if  possible  buy 
the bulk of my goods in Michigan.  Wishing 
your  T radesman  and  the  Grand Rapids 
wholesale houses success in their  endeavors 
to reopen this trade, I am,

Respectfully,

G.  L. K u h l m a n .

Additional  Creameries.

In addition to the list  of  creameries  pub 
lished on the fourth page, Th e T radesman 
has  been  able  to  secure  the names of  the
following: 
Loyster &  Co......................................... Hudson
W. N. Camp.................................... \V ViAi‘IOMia
Middleville Creamery Co................. Middleville
Chelsea Creamery Co............................. onelsea
Harris &Son.......................................  
Ithaca
Grant, Perkins & Co.......................... Ridgeway
W. B. Voorheis & Bro.......................Tecumseh
Coldspring Cream and Butter Co... .Nortnville

TT  .

The Grocery Market.

Trade has been fair and  collections  have 
ruled good during the  past  week.  Coffees 
are firmer and a trifle  higher, on  account of 
the improvement  in  trade.  Tomatoes  are 
strong, with a marked upward  tendency.

The orange trade  is  good  and  prices  are 
advancing slowly.  The Valencia and Flori­
da crops  are  nearly  all  exhausted.  Messi­
na and Palermos promise  a  good  crop, also 
California  fruit,  and  from  present indica­
tions  the  California  oranges will be the fa­
vorite variety, for the present, at least.

Lemons are not coming in fast,  and  with 
a good demand, prices  are  firm  and a little 
higher.  The  banana  season  promises to be 
a good one, and the fruit will soon  be  com­
ing in  freely.  The  candy  trade  is  steady 
Nuts are  about  the  same,  with  unchanged 
prices.

Mr. John Caulfield, wholesale grocer, pro­
poses to dispense with the drummer  system 
of  soliciting  orders  after  May 1, although 
Mr. C. was thp second wholesale  grocer  in 
this city to send out an  agent  in  his  line. 
Since then the system has grown expensive­
ly burdensome, all  of  which  expense  has 
finally to come out of  the retail dealer.  Mr. 
Caulfield will disperse printer’s ink freely in 
T h e Tradesman for  the  benefit of  close 
buyers, who will undoubtedly look  to their 
interests and buy where  their  money  goes 
the farthest  See his canned goods  column 
in this week’s issue.

VISITING BUYERS.

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

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New Era.

Plain well. 

L. It. Cavender, Croton.
H. M. Harroun, McLane.
A. R. Beck & Co., Nirvana.
H. F. Miner, Bonanza.
R .H . Wooden, Sparta.
R.  R.  Perkins,  R.  R.  Perkins & Co.,  Boyne
Qlly
W.'  H.  Lovely,  Denton  &  Lovely,  Howard
CityA.'w. Newark, Newark & Sorenson, Cadillac. 
r ! H. Topping, Casnovia.
Henry Kritzer, Newaygo.
Jacob Baar, Grand Haven.
A. T. Kellogg, Kellogg &Wooden,  Kalkaska. 
J. F. Mann, Lisbon. 
, 
Wm.  P.  Conklin,  O.  F. & W. P. Conklin, Ra- 
venna.H. Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
D. C. Spaulding,  Hobart.
Thos. Hefteran, Eastmanville.
Jo h n  W. K irtland, Lakeview.
Harvey B. Chamberlain, Chamberlain Bros., 
L. Perrigo, Burnip s Corners.
J. W. Mead, Berlin. 
E. P. Barnard, buyer New Era  Lumber  Co., 
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
A. M. Church,. Sparta.
B. M. Denison, East Paris.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
Jos. H. Spires, Leroy.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
H. M. Freeman, Lisbon.
J. J. Wiseman, Nunica.
J. C- Benbow, Cannonsburg.
M. Minderhout, Hanley.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
M. H. McCoy, Grandville.
C. H. Smith,  Crosby.
Spring & Lindley, Bailey.
Jorgensen & Hemingsen, Grant.
Colborn & Carpenter, Caledonia 
Putnam & Barnhart Lumber Co., Long Lake. 
P. J. Welch, Shaytown.
Sisson & Lilley Lumber Co., Lilley P. O. 
Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.
Aaron Zunder, Zunder Bros. &  Co.,  Bangor. 
Wm.  Smith,  Foster,  Blackman  &  Co.,  Big
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
T. W. Preston, Lowell.
Cal, Dillen, Chippewa Lgke.
Peter Hanson, Hanson Bros., Morley.
Chas. Cole, Ada.
Mr.  Robinson,  Carroll  &  Robinson, Middle 
. 
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
Purdy & Hastings, Sparta.
J. Hullinger, Big Rapids.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
L. F. Stuck, Hopkins.
C. W. Ives, Rockford.
Walling Bros., L a m o n t.
S. T. Colson, Alaska.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
Dr. G. B. Nichols,  Martin.
J. VanEenan, Zeeland.
H. Baker & Son, Drenthe.
Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
H. W. Potter, Jennisonville.
H. Austin, Walker.
Mr. Judson, Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg 
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
Stephen Biteley, Pierson.
A. Norris; A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. 
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
John Otis, Mancelona.
Pat Lee, Spring Lake.
D. R. Stocnm,  Rockford.
A. W. Blain, Dutton, 
M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
Jas. Toland, Ross.
Wm. VerMeulen.  Beaver Dam.
John DeYoung, Grand Haven.
Jacob DeBri, Byron Center.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
8. T. Colson,  Alaska.

i  H, B. Grand-Gerard, Big Rapids.

Rapids.

ville. 

_  ,  .

*

FURNITURE  BUYERS.

town, Ohio.

C. H. Bigelow, Dowagiae.
Mr. Gilman, Gilman, Wilson &  Co.,  Youngs­
8. B. Anderson, Berlamont.
F. J. Switz, Kearney, Neb.
W. B. Nicholson, Whitehall.

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4

Cove Oysters, 1 lb standards................... 1 m
Cove Oysters, 2 ft standards..................  1 90
Cove Oysters, 1 ft S ^F jU led...... ............,
Cove Oysters, 21b slack filled....................
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.................................. A A-
Lobsters, 1 lb star......................................g 7*
Mackerel, lf t fresh standards.................1 00
Mackerel, 51b fresh standards................® “9
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 f t............... 3 25
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard..........................
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled..._........................... -  __
Salmon, 1 1b Columbia river..................... 1
Salmon, 2 1b Columbia river......................2 60
Salmon. 1 1b  Sacramento...........................1
Sardines, domestic %s.................. ...........
Sardines,  domestic  54»............................. 
io™
Sardines,  Mustard 54 s.................. • • -.......
Sardines,  imported  %6.............................  ¿A7*
Sardines, imported 5
; ..............  S>
Sardines, imported 54s, boneless..............  32
Sardines, Russian  kegs............................... „  22
Trout, 31b brook.......................... 
 
Apples, 3 ft standards ..•••••••:............... „  “U
Apples, gallons, standards, Erie..............2  50
Blackberries, standards........................... {  Y2
Blackberries. E rie................................... j  i?
Blackberries, Hamburg........................... j
Cherries, Erie, red......................................  «i
Cherries, Erie,white w ax........• . .............. A
Cherries, French  Brandy, quarts............ 2 50
Cherries,  red standard............................. 1  ^
Damsons...........  ••  •................................. YX
Egg Plums,standards 
............................ 5 iX
G ooseberries, K ra ft s B e st.........................
Green Gages.standards2ft.......................... j fx
Green Gages, E ne......................................... A “X
Peaches, .Brandy;.
..................................% in
Peaches, Extra Yellow....................„• • • — 2 »u
Peaches, standards.........................1 
-2
Peaches,  seconds.................................... i 22
Pie Peaches, Kensett ...............................« «0
Pineapples, Erie.............-........................,  70
Pineapples, standards...............................i  ¿2

CA NN ED F R U IT S .

 

 

 

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CO FFEE.

CANNED V EG ETA BLES.

CANNED FRUTTS— C A L IFO R N IA ,

Pears..........................3 CO
Quinces.................2
Peaches  ................3

CHOCOLATE.
..............361 German Sweet
........88 Vienna Sweet
........... 35|French Sweet.

Raspberries, Black,  E rie......................... 1 if.
Raspberries, Black, Hamburg.................j
R aspberries, Red,  Erie............................. * S
Strawberries, Erie.... 
Whortleberries, MeMurphy s........•• •— 1 40
Apricots, Lusk’s .. .2  40i
Egg Plums.............2 50
Grapes................... 2 50
Green Gages..........2 50
Asparagus, Oyster Bay............................. ®
Beans, Lima.  Erie..........................................1 22
Beans, String, Erie ..  ...............................
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .................................  ™
Beans, Stringless, Erie.._ • - •......................... 1 m
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.........................1 °u
Corn, Erie— ........................................... 
Corn, Red  Seal................................................. ...
Corn, Acme.........................  
Corn, Revere..............................................  21,
Corn, Camden......•••••••;••■ ” 'A.................. 99 m
22 00 
Mushrooms, French, 100 in  case
..23 00 
Peas, French, 100 in case...........
...1 70
Peas, Marrofat, standard..
on
Peas, Beaver............... , .............................
Peas, early small, sifted............................1
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden................................
Squash, E rie...............................................|  ¿2
Succotash, Erie..............................*........1  22
Succotash, standard.................................  22
Tomatoes, Red Seal.................................   1 uu
Boston 
Raker’s...... 
Runkles’
Green Rio.......11@14
Green Java..... 17@27
GreenMocha.. ,23@25 
Roasted Rio.... 10@17 
Roasted Java ,.23®30 
Roasted Mar.. ,17@18 
RoastedfMocha. 28@30
_   „
72 foot J u te ......  1 25  160 foot Cotton. •••3 00
60 foot Jute...... 1 00 
|50 foot Cotton— 1 75
40 Foot Cotton —  1 50  I
F IS H .
Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth....................  j>0
Cod, whole................................................
Cod,Boneless.........  .....................
..3 50 
Cod, pickled, 54  bbls.....................
13
M alibut.................................. ..
Herring 54  bbls.........................................»J™
Herring, Scaled....................................... l8®20
Mackerel,No. 1,H bbta............................!> 50
Mackerel,No. 1,12 ft k its........................1 00
Mackerel, No. 1, shore,  54  bbls............... 6 25
Mackerel, No. 1, shore, kits.....................i  Ju
Trout, No. 1, 54  bbls.................................4 40
Trout, No. 1,12 ft kits..............................   90
White, No. 1,54 bbls ..................................7 00
White, Family, 54 bbls..............................3 o0
90 
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.......................
... .1 05
White, No. 1,12 ft kits..................... .
FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.
Vanilla
Lemon
1 40
2 50
4 00
5 00 
1 50
3 00 
7 50
15 00
4 25
6  00

8 oz.....................................3 50
No. 2 Taper....................... 135
No. 4  “ 
.......................1 75
54 pint  round.................... 4 50
I 
« 
.................. 9 00
No.  8.................................3 00
“’  No. 10................................ 4 25

Roasted Mex.. .17@20 
Ground Rio....  9@17
Arbuckle’s......  @1454
YYXX..............  @1454
Dilworth’s ......   @1454
Levering’s ......  @1454
Magnolia.........   @1454

Jennings’2 oz..........................$  doz.l 00

c o r d a g e . 

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FR U ITS

Apples, Michigan................................
Apples, Dried, evap., bbls..................  
©754
Apples, Dried, evap., box....................  @854
Cherries, dried, pitted........................  
©m

Peaches, dried  ...................................  
J£@£>
Pineapples,  standards.......................  @1 7»
Prunes. Turkey, new.......................... 
^ Wovi
Prunes, French, 50 ft boxes...............   9%@12
Raisins, Valencias..............................   «1© y
Raisins,  Ondaras................................  @1354
Raisins,  Sultanas...............................  8  @10
Raisins,Loose  Muscatels..................   @«50
Raisins, London Layers.....................   @3 20
Raisins, Imperial Cabinets.................  @6 oo
Raisins, Denesias................................  @4 35

Water White........1254 I Legal  Test............. 1054

K E R O S E N E   O IL .

M ATCHES.

Grand Haven,  No. 9, square........................... 2 15
Grand Haven, No. 8, square............................1 65
Grand Haven,  No. 200,  parlor........................ 2 50
Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor........................ 3 7o
Grand Haven, No. 7,  round........................... 2 25
Oshkosh, No. 2.................................................. 1 “J
Oshkosh, No. 8.................................................. 1 60
Swedish...................................  
Richardson’s No. 2 square......................... 
2 70
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
.......................... 2 70
do 
[ Richardson’s No. 8 
........................     l 70
Richardson’s No. 9 
do 
.......................... 2 55
Richardson’s No. 19,  do 
.........................l  <5

 

MOLASSES.

Black Strap.........................................14@16@18
Porto  Rico..................................... ......... L . ,
New  Orleans,  good.................................
New Orleans, choice..................... 
£»@50
New Orleans, fancy........  ....................... o2@55

 

54 bbls. 3c extra.

OATM EAL.

S t e e l   cut 
...............5  50|Quaker, 48 fts............2 25
Steel Cut,'54 bbls.. .3  00 Quaker, 60 fts........2 40
Rolled  Oats............3 SOlQuaker bbls...........6 00

P IC K L E S .

Choice in barrels med...............   .................|  50
do  ■  ................................. ? Ik
Choice in 54 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy........................ 4
.....................   S SX
Dingee’s pints 
American qt.  in Glass.................................2 00
American pt. in Glass.......................  
au
C. & B. English  quarts....................,.......... “ 75
Chow Chow, mixed andl Gerkins,  quart®•• .6 75

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3 30
3 15
3 30
3 15
4 85

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Cameo

Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen Anne.........  @4 85
©3 30
“  Monday.....................   @3 45
“  Mascot.......................  @3 45
“  Superior, 60 lft bars  @3 60
Old Country, 80 bars, 80 lbs.,  wrapped  @4 20 
Old Country, 80 bars,80 fts.,unwrapped  @4 10
Old Country, 801 ft bars.....................   @554
Kirk’s American  Fam ily................. 
• 3 60

do. 
India..........................................  
do.  Savon......................................... 
do.  Satinet........................................ 
do.  Revenue.......%............................ 
do.  White Russian...........................  

 

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do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 

Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory...............  
Japan  Olive......... 
Town Talk.................  
Golden Bar............ 
Arab........................... 
Amber.......................  
Mottled German.. 

6 75
2 80
3 60
4 10
3 35
3 60
4  20
Procter & Gamble’s Velvet. I.................  @3 :
Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck.........   ©3 20
Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well.........   ©3 00
Badger.........................................60 fts  @ 654
Galvanic.................................................  @4 05
Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ft br  @18%
Tip Top.... ............................... 3ft bar  @  16
Ward’s White Lily..................................  @6 75
 
Handkerchief................................ 
Babbitt’s ............................................ 
5 25
4 10
Dish R ag............................................ 
5 00
Bluing.................................................. 
Magnetic.......................................—  
4 iu
New  French  Process.......................... 
4 50
5 00
Spoon.................................................. 
5 00
Anti-Washboard.................................  
Vaterland............................................ 
3 25
4 00
Magic.................................................... 
Pittsburgh........................................... 
4 00
Acme, 701 ft bars................................  @ 6
Acme, 25 3 ft bars................................  @ 6
Towel, 25 bars  ....................................   @5 15
Napkin, 25 bars...................................  @515
Best American, 601 ft blocks..............  @ 5%
Palma 60-1 ft blocks, plain..................   @554
Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped...........  @3 50
Master, 100-% ft cakes......... ...........  
@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.................  @654
Savon, Republiea, 60 ft box.................  @ 554
Blue Danube, 60-1 ft blocks...............   @554
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,  wrapped...............   @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...........................   @2 50

Lautz Bros. & Co.

Ground. 

SPICES.

Whole.

Pepper...............16@25 IPepper................  @19
Allspice............. 12@15 Allspice...............  8@10
Cinnamon.......... 18@30 Cassia..................  @10
Cloves  ...............15@25 Nutmegs  ............60@65
Ginger...............16@20  Cloves  ................  @18
Mustard...... 15@30
Cayenne............25@35l

STARCH.

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6ft boxes 

Kingsford’s, 1 ft pkgs.,  pure.................
3ft pkgs.,  pure..................
lf t pkgs., Silver  Gloss—
6 ft pkgs., 
“  —
1 ft pkgs., Corn Starch—
(Bulk) Ontario.................

@8
@854
@8
@5
Muzzy Gloss 1 ft boxes..........................  @6

Gilbert’s Gloss, 1 ft 
6ft

“  3 ft boxes..........................  @5%
“ 
@654
“ 
“
@454
“  bulk
“ 
@654
“  Corn, 20 ft 
@654
“ 
“  40 ft
“ 
“ 
“  Crystal  “  bulk....................
“  Corn, 1 $ ................................
Niagara Laundry, 40 ft box, bulk......
“  Laundry, bbls, 186  fts............
“  Gloss, 401 ft packages............
“  Gloss, 36 3 $  packages.........
“  Gloss, 6 ft box, 72 ft crate—
“  Corn, 401 ft  packages...........

@554@4
@6
@4
@39
@6
@554
@654
@7

Linen Gloss, 3 

ft

“

SUGARS.

© 7 
Cut  Loaf- 
@ 6% 
Cubes 
@ 6%
Powdered__
Granulated,  Standard........................   @ 6%
@ 654 
Granulated, Fine Grain..............
Confectionery A..........................
@   6
@59
.................. ................. ....... 
Standard A.
Extra C, White....................................  
5^
@ 554 
Extra C. 
@ 554 
Fine  C... 
@ 5
Yellow C.

Corn.  Barrels................................
Corn, 54 bbls...................................
Corn, 10 gallon kegs..................... .
Corn, 5 gallon kegs..............................   @1 60
Corn, 454 gallon kegs..................... . 
^©1 45
23@
Pure Sugar........................................... .bbl
30@
Pure Sugar Drips..............................54 bbl
Pure Sugar  Drips...............5 gal kegs
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips.....................54 bbl
Pure Loaf Sugar..............  .5 gal kegs

©1 96 
©  85 
@1 85

TEA S.

„ 25

Japan ordinary......................................... ^@§5
Japan fair to good.....................................30@35
Japan dust.................................................
Young Hyson............................................30@50
Gun Powder......................................... —•• 35@50
Oolong................................................
Congo........................................................ 25@30

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

State  Seal.................60|Matchless..................65
Brother Jonathan. ..32 Hiawatha................. 67
Globe....................... 70
Diamond Crown.......58
May Flower.............. 70
Rose Bud...................50
H ero.........................45
O.  K......... ................45
Atlas.........................35
Our  B ird...,.............30
Royal Game.............. 38
Peaches  ...................38
Mule Ear...................65
Red Bird...................52
Peek-a-Boo.............. 32
Opera Queen.............40
Fountain..................74
Sweet Rose................45
Old Congress.............64
Green Back..............38
Good Luck................52
F ru it.........................33
Good and Sweet........45
O So Sweet................31
Blaze Away..............35
Prairie Flower..........65
Hair Lifter................30
Climber.....................62
Governor............ 60
Indian Queen........... 60
Fox’s Choice...........  63
Doak’s 50 center.......38
Medallion................. 35
Huckelberry........... 30
Sweet Owen.............. 66
Bull  Dog...................60
Old Abe......... .......49
Crown Leaf..............66

PROVISIONS.

do. 
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P O R K   IN   BA RR ELS.

The  Grand Rapids Packing &  Provision Co. 

quote  as follows:
Heavy Mess, new  ......................................
8. P. Booth’s, clear.....................................1& Og
Pig, clear, short cufr.----T..........................
Extra Family Clear....................................13  87
Extra Clear Pig..........................................
Clear, A. Webster  packer......................... 14  50
Standard Clear, the  best...........................15  75
Extra Clear, heavy....................................15  00
Boston Clear.............................................. 15  25
Clear Quill, short cut................................ 15  OO
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BO XES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ft.  Cases.........
Half Cases............
do. 
Long Clear medium, 500 ft  Cases.........
do 
Half Cases.... 9 .
Long Clears light, 500 ft Cases..............
do. 
Half Cases  ............
754
Short Clears, heavy.... ............... ......... 
medium...........................  
754
754
light.................................  
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 ft cases.. 
8
8%
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ft cases.. 
854
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ft cases.. 
8%
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.. 
754
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases........ 
Bellies, extra quality, 300 ft cases.......  
7%
Bellies, extra quality, 200 ft cases.......  
8
794
Tierces  ..................... ..  .....................  
7%
30 and 50 ft Tubs............ ! .................. . 
7%
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.................... 
854
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft racks................. 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a ease...........................  
894
854
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................  
8%
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case..................... . 
10
Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy —  
1054
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........ 
1054
Shoulder, cured in sweet  pickle.........  
754
Breakfast  Bacon............................... 
9%
Dried Beef,  Extra....................................  
11
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........II 00
Extra Mess Chicago packing.....................
Boneless,  extra.......................................... 15 OO
Pork  Sausage...............................................  8
Ham  Sausage............................................... 12-
Tongue  Sausage.........................................  11
Frankfort  Sausage.................................... 11
Blood  Sausage............................................  654
Bologna, ring..............................................  654
Bologna, straight........................................  654
Bologna, thick............................................  654
Head Cheese..................... ...........................654
In half barrels...........................................  3 50-
In quarter barrels.....................................
In kits...............   ........................................

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

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.

LARD.

do. 

T R IP E .

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

i  

FRESH MEATS. 

John“ Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 
jrices as follows:
!Presh  Beef, sides................................  6  © 8
Fresh Beef, hind quarters.................  7  @ 854
Dressed Hogs...................................... 6  @ 654
Mutton,  carcasses..............................   6  © 654
V e a l..................................................................  854@ 9
Pork Sausage..................,....................8  @ 9
Bologna..............................................   9  @10
Chickens.............................................   @13
Turkeys  ..................... .......................   @14

Perkins & Hess quote as foLows: 

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. 
HIDES.Calf skins, green

Deacon skins,

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

Green__*p ft 6  @7
Part cured...  754@ 8
Full cured__  8  @  8%
Dry hides and 

kips...........  8  @12
Shearlings or Sum- 

S H E E P  PEL TS.

W OOL.

I Fall pelts............30@50
mer skins ^  pcel0@201 Winter  pelts...60@1 Ob 
Fine washed $  ft 20@221 Unwashed........... 
2-3
Coarse washed.. ,16@18|Tallow...............  554
Muskrat......   2@ 
lb
Bear............  @12 00
O tter...........1 00@ 4 00
Fisher  ........2 00@ 4 00
Raccoon......  5©  75
Fox, red......  25@ 1 00
Skunk  .........   15@  75
Fox,  gray...  16@ 1 00 
Beaver, $ ft. 1 00@ 2 25
M artin........  25@ 1 00
M ink..........   5@  40| Deer,  5p ft...  10@  30

S K IN S .

O Y STE R S  A N D   F ISH .

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.

 

New York Counts.......................................... 35-
F. J. D. Selects  ............................................... 33
Selects................ 
28
F. J. D.............................................................33
Standard  ........................................................ 20
Favorite......................................................... 18
Medium...........................................................I®
Prime.......................................................-  15
New York  Counts.......................................2 50
Selects, per gallon.......................................1 75
Standards....................................................116
Codfish......................................................... 9
Haddock..................... ................................ 7
Smelts..........................................................10
Mackinaw Trout.......................................... 8
Mackerel..................................................... 12
Whiteflsh  .....................................................9

FR ESH   F IS H .

C O U N T R Y   P R O D U C E .

Apples—Scarcer  and  higher,  Baldwins  and. 
other red varieties readily  commanding  $2.75

SMOKING

do 
do 
do 

Long Tom..............
Tramway, 3 oz.........40
National...............
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35
Tim e.........................26
Boss  .........................15
Conqueror...............23
Peck’s Sun................18
Grayling...................32
Miners and Puddlers. 28
Seal Skin......... .........30
Morning Dew...........26
Rob Roy................... 26
Chitiu 
............. .32
Uncle  Sam................28
Seal of Grand Rapids 25
Lumberman.............25
K ing.........................30
Railroad Boy.............38
Flirt  .........................28
Mountain Rose......... 18
P u g .......................... 30
Home Comfort.........25
Ten Penny  Durham.24
Old Rip......................55
Amber, 54 and lf t__ 15
Two Nickle............... 26
John Gilpin..............18
Star Durham............ 25
Lime Kiln Club........47
Durham No. 2........... 55
Blackwell’s Durham.90
Golden Flake Cabinet 40 
Vanity Fair..............90
Seal of North Caro­
Dime ...»....................25
lina, 2  oz................48
Peerless
Seal of North Caro­
Standard...................22
lina, 4oz................. 46
Old Tom.................... 21
Seal of North Caro­
Tom & Jerry.............24
lina, 8oz.................41
Joker.........................25
Seal of North Caro­
Traveler...................35
lina, 16 oz boxes__40
Maiden......................25
Big Deal.................... 27
Topsy, paper.............27
Applejack................24
Topsy, cloth..............30
King Bee, longcut.. .22 
Navy Clippings........26
Milwaukee  Prize— 24
Boots.........................30
R attler......................28
Honey Dew..............25
@4 20
Windsor cut plug— 25
Gold Block................30
Zero  .........................16
Camp Fire
Holland Mixed......... 16
Oronoko...................19
Golden Age.............. 75
Durham, 54 f t ........... 60
Mail  Pouch..............25
54 f t........... 57
Knights of Lat or__30
54  ft...........55
Free Cob Pipe.......... 27
l f t ...........51
Honey Bee................27
Pickwick Club..........40
Durham,  S., B. & L. .24 
Nigger Head.............26
Dime  Durham...25@26
Holland.................... 22
Old Tar......................10
German.................... 16
Golden Flake,cabinet40 
Solid Comfort........... 30
....26
Red Clover............... 32'Nigger Hair
Mule Ear..................231 A cm e........................ 16
Hiawatha..................22 Globe........................ 18
Old Congress.............23|
Pure Cider.........8@12 White Wine
W ASH ING PO W D ERS.
Boraxine  ............................................  @3 75
1776 $  f t ...............................................  @1054
Gillett's ¡p f t ........................................  @754
Soapine pkg........................................  <@10
Pearline ^  box....................................  
50
Lavine, single boxes, 481 ft papers...  @4 50
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481 ft pap’rs  @4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers.  @4 50 
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6 oz  pap  @4 25 
Lavine, single boxes, 80 54 ft papers..  @4 15
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 54 ft paprs  @4 00
(Wilsons..............1 65
Twin Bros.........1 65
(National............ 1 65
Magic............... 1 75
Bath Brick imported.......................... 
95
American........................ 
60
Barley............... ..................................   @3
Burners, No. 1 ....................................
1 50
do  No. 2..............■...................... 
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... .. 
8 00
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans............  15@25
Candles, Star.......................................
@14 
Candles,  Hotel.
Extract Coffee, V.  C......
@8i 1
Felix ...
@J0 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps. 
@40 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.
30@35 
Gum, Spruce..................
@4 
Hominy, fl bbl...............
@1 
Peas, Green Bush...........
@ 354 
Peas, Split prepared......
@3 " 
Powder, Keg..................
@1
Pow der,  54 K eg ............. v.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

VIN EGA R.

SHORTS

YEAST,

do 

do 

. 

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

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

STICK.
Straight, 25 ft boxes...........................   9 @,954
............................   954@10
do 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf  do 
.......................  @12
MIXED.
Royal, 25 ft pails.....................................10@1054
Royal, 200 ft bbls.....................................,?©,?£
Extra, 25 ft pails.....................................11@1154
Extra, 200 ft bbls...........................................10^4
French Cream, 25 ft pails............................. 13
Cut loaf, 25 ft cases...................................... 13
Broken, 25 ft pails........................................1154
Broken, 200 ft bbls..............................  
  1054
Lemon Drops.......................... 
 
«
Sour Drops....................................................j®
Peppermint  Drops...................................... I®
Chocolate Drops...........................................1®
HM Chocolate  Drops......................... -— 20
Gum  Drolls  ................................................. 1®
Licorice Drops..............................................20
AB Licorice  Drops.....................................12
Lozenges, plain............................................ 1®
Lozenges,  printed..................................... ~1®
Im perials.................................................... 1®
Mottoes — ,................................................1®
Cream  Bar...................................................14
Molasses Bar............................................... 14
Caramels......................................................*0
Hand Made Creams.....................................22
Plain  Creams..............................................¿8
Decorated Creams...................................... 2®
String Rock.................................................. J®
Burnt Almonds............................................ 22
Wintergreen  Berries..................................15
Lozenges, plain in  pails......................1354@14
Lozenges, plain in bbls................................ 12
Lozenges, printed in pails..........................1454
Lozenges, printed in  bbls..........................1®
Chocolate Drops, in pails........................•■••14
Gum  Drops  in pails...............................754©»
Gum Drops, in bbls................................ 6V4@7
Moss Drops, in pails.....................................n
Moss Drops, in bbls....................................944
Sour Drops, in  jiails.....................................12
Imperials, in  pails........................................14
Imperials  in bbls.......................................   13
Oranges, Messina and Palermo.........   @3 50
Oranges, Valencia..............................6 50@7 60
Lemons, choice.................................   3 50@4 00
Figs,  layers new,  ^  ft........................   @l254
Figs, baskets 40®)$®........................   @Y
Dates, frails 
do  .........................   @ |
Dates, % do 
do  ..........................  @ y
Dates, skin................................  
 
Dates, 54  skin................ ....................  
9  ®
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft..................  
?
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft....................  @7
Dates, Persian 50 ft box 19 ft...............   © 654
PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw  19  ft......................... 
•
„  
Choice 
do  ........................ 
5® ®%
Fancy 
do  ...........................  5%@ 554
Choice White, Va.do  ............................   5® 554
Fancy H P,. Va  do  ..........................  654@7@8
Almonds,  Terragona, $  ft....................  17@18
Brazils, 
do  .................... 
8@ 854
 
Pecons, 
9@12
do   
Filberts, Sicily 
d o ................    1254@14
Walnuts, Grenobles  d o ............. 
1254©15

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FRUiTS.

NUTS.

do 
do 

, 

Buckwheat—$2.50 $  cwt.
Beans—Unpicked  command  75@90c,  and 
choice  picked  find  good  shipping  demand at 
$1.25.
Butter—Dairy finds  slow sale  at  16@17c  for 
choice rolls, while 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@15e 
for solid packed,  and 15@17.

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

Dealers quote choice stock at $5.

Cabbages—$5@$6 $ 100.  Very little moving. 
Celery—15@25c 19 doz.
Cheese—Michigan  full  cream  readily  com­
mands 12@1354c, while skim And occasional sale 
at from  954@10c.

Cider—15c  gal. for common sweet. 
Cranberries—Firm at $14 for bell and cherry. 
Dried  Apples—Evaporated,  7@8c;  common 
quarters, 4@454c.
Eggs—Very plentiful,  the  large  receipts of 
the past few days having forced the price down 
toli@15.
Hops—Brewers are paying 15c for best Mich­
igan, with few offerings.
Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at 14c.
Hay—Bailed, $13@$14.
Onions—$3 $  bbl. for yellow or red.
Pop Corn—Very scarce, the supply not being 
equal to the  demand.  Choice  commands 354 
cepts.
Potatoes—Even  firmer  than  before,  on ac­
count  of  a  sharp  advance  in  the  extreme 
Southern  States,  although  there has been no 
particular change in the Northern part of  the 
South.  Dealers  pay  from  32  to  35 cents for 
choice lots, delivered on board cars or at their 
places of business.

Poultry—Very scarce.  Fowls, 9@10c.  Chick­

ens, 12@13c.  Turkeys, 14c.

Squash—Slow sale at 54c $ ft.
Turnips—25c 19 bu.

|  Timothy—No shipping demand,  and  dealers 
buy  only  for  prospective  wants,  holding  at 
$1.75 for choice.

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

lots.

Wheat—Unchanged.  The city millers pay a s 
follows:  Lancaster, 82;  Fulse, 79;  Clawson,. 
©  £
80c.
Corn—Jobbing generally at 48c in 100 bu. lots 
and 45c in carlots.

Oats—White, 38c in small lots and 34c in car- 
Rye—58c $  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.
\un Feed—Screenings, $14 $  ton.  Bran, $15 
19 ton.  Ships, $16 $  ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $23 $  ton.

Groceries.

How  Preacher»  are  Supported  in  Texas. 
From Texas Siftings.

Sam Rathbun, a Galveston grocer, meeting 

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

axljs grease

.60

Rev. Powers, asked him :

“How is your church coming on ?”
“Poorly, very poorly.  The debt is steadi­
ly increasing.  1 have had no coal this winter.
My landlord has given  me  permission to se­
lect another  dwelling.  My  salary has not 
been paid for the last six months. 
I   am ac­
tually suffering for a pair of new shoes.”

“The trouble  with  you  preachers  is that 
you have not got any business sense.  Now,
I can give you  a  hint  how  to  make lots of 
money, so that the church  will  grow  like  a 
green bay  tree,  on  a  legitimate  basis,  and 
you never  need  miss  another meal, or wear 
any more old clothes.”

MOdOC...........BAK I»« :POWTJJCR. _
A unfin 1Z IK nano 
45lArCtiC 1 ft  C8HS. . . .2  40
i S K  ¡1 * 2 5 5 ::::  aArotic5«.«BnB....K oo
Arctic 54 ft cans.  .. 1 40|
b lu in g.
Dry. No.2 ........................ 
..........dQZ 
...........doz. 
.. 
.................................. 
WQUW,lo  ........................... •........¿oz. 

45
35
05

4> 

Arctic8  oz.................................................     oo
Arctic 16 oz..............•.................................  o 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box......... ...................   S ™
4 50
 
Arctic No. 2 
“ 
Arctic No. 3 
.............................
BROOMS. 
_
No. 2 H url.............. 175
No. 1 Carpet..............2 50
Fancy  Whisk........ 100
No. 2 Carpet............2 ¿5
CommonWhisk—   75
No. 1 Parlor Gem..2 75
No. lH u rl...............2 00
Clams, 1 lb  standards..................   ...........A ¿5

CA NN ED P IS H .

 

Imported Clay 3 gross........................2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........  ®2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,254 gross........  @1 85
American T. D....................................   @  90

R IC E .

Good Carolina....... 6
Prime Carolina— .654
Choice Carolina..... 7
Good Louisiana..... 5%

Java  ................6%@6%
P atn a..................... 6
Rangoon..........5?4@6%
Broken.................... 3%.
Dwight’s .................5J4
Sea  Foam...............554
S., B. & L.’s Best... .514

SA LERA TU8.

, 

DeLand’s pure.........5 54
Church’s  ................514
Taylor’s G. M..........554
Cap Sheaf................554
SALT.
60 Pocket, F F   Dairy........
28 Pocket...........................
100 3 ft  pockets.................
Saginaw Fine..................
Diamond    ..........................................  
Standard Coarse................................. 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags—  
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags.......  
American, dairy, 54 bu. bags.............. 
Rock, bushels......................................

....... 2 30@2 40
........2 20@2 30
........2 50@2 60
08
* YX
1 ®®
75
2 80
75
25

SAUCES.

-  — 

•  — 

- ||g||i—Hi— 

Parisian, Vt  pints.............., .........• -•••’  @2 00
-  
" 
©5  UU
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints.
@3 00
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, 54 pts.
Picadilly, 54 pints................................  @1 00
75 
Pepper Sauce, red  small
@  90
Pepper Sauce, green......
Pesper Sauce, red large ring..............  @1 35
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  ©1 70
Catsup, Tomato,  pints........................   @1 00
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .................... 
35
Horseradish,  54 pints..........................  @1 00
Horseradish, pints..............................   @1 30
Capers, French surflnes.....................   ©2 25
Capers, French surflneB, large...........  @3 50
Olives, Queen, 16 oz  bottle.................  @3 85
@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, 54 pints, Antonia & Co.’s—
@  90 
Celery Salt,  Durkee’s.........................
@3 50
Halford Sauce, pints........................
Halford Sauce, 54 pints.......................  @2 20
  *
Salad Dressing, Durkee’s, large.........   ©4 85
Sfflad Dressing, Durkee’s, small........  @2 90

SOAP.

PLUG.

 

 

Peel#', 5 cents.....................................  @36
Bigb  .................................................
P ie .....................................................
Knignts of  Labor................................  @46
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12.............................  ©46
Black Bear...........................................  @37
King  ..................................................   @46
Old Five Cent Times...........................   @38
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft...........................   @62
Parrot  .........................   
@£6
Old Time..............................................  @38
Tramway..............................................  @48
Big Sevens, dime cuts........................ 
  @45
Black Diamond...................................  @35
Trotter, rum flavor.............................  @70
Boot  ....................................................  @44
B. F. P.’s Favorite..............................   @46
Old Kentucky......................................  @46
Big Four,  2x12....................................   @46
Big Four, 3x12......................................  @46
Spearhead, 2x12 and 3x12....................  @46
Turkey, 16 oz., 2x12.............................  @46
Blackbird, 16 oz.,  3x12........................   @35
Seal of Grand Rapids..........................  ©46
Glory  ................... 
@46
Durham......................  
@48
Silver Coin..........................................   @50
Buster  [Dark]....................................   @36
Black Prince [Dark]...........................   @36
Black Racer  [Dark]...........................   @36
Leggett & Myers’  Star........................   @46
Climax.................................................  ©46
Hold F ast........................ 
@46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield........................   @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft cads.........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s...........................   @37
N obby Twist.......................................   @46
Nimrod.................................................  @46
Acorn..................................................  @46
Crescent..............................................  @44
Black  X ...............................................  @35
Black  Bass...........................................  @40
Spring..................................................  @46
Grayling..............................................  @46
Mackinaw............................................  @45
HorseShoe..........................................   @44
Hair Lifter.......................................... 
  ©36
D. and D., black...................................  @36
McAlpin’s Green Shield.....................   @46
Ace  High, black.................................   @35
Sailors’  Solace.....................................  @46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12......   @46
Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3x12......   @46
Red Star, flat, 3x12.............................  @46
Red Star, black. 24 oz..........................  @45

 

 

 

2c. less in four butt lots.

a fìb-o 9*as.  S h ield s. 

A

Tbarbware.

How  Anvils are  Made.

From the Blacksmith and Wheelwright.

Anvils  for  heavy  work  are  generally 
square blocks of  iron  with  steel  faces, al­
though many in use are nothing  more  than 
east iron blocks  with  chilled  faces.  The 
quality of an anvil is  of  great  importance 
to the mechanic  who  makes  use of  it, be­
cause  it  determines  in  some  measure  the 
quality of the work he produces.  Anvils of 
the best character are made  almost  entirely 
by hand, and, as may be supposed, the oper­
ation is one  quite  laborious. 
It is, indeed, 
heavy work.

A nvils vary in weight from  about  100 to 
600  pounds.  For  their  manufacture  two 
large fires are required.  The principal  por­
tion or  core of  the  anvil,  consisting of  a 
square block of iron, is heated  to  a welding 
hear at a certain point or corner  in  one  fire 
and the piece of iron which is to form a pro­
jecting end is heated in another fire.  When 
both of the pieces have  reached the  proper 
welding heat they  are  brought  together on 
an anvil and are  joined by heavy  swinging 
hammers. 
In this way the  four  comers of 
the base are  welded  to  the  body  in  four 
heats.  After this  the  projection  from the 
shank hole and lastly the  horn  or beak  are 
welded to the  core.  When  the  anvil  has 
reached this stage the whole is brought  into 
proper shape by paring and trimming for the 
reception of the  face.  The  steel  used  for 
this purpose is, or at  least  ought to be, the 
best kind of  sheet  metal. 
Instead of  this, 
however, blister steel and other grades of in­
ferior  quality  are  very  frequently  em­
ployed.

The anvil and steel are heated  until they 
attain  the  proper  temperature.  The  two 
sides which are to be welded are then sprin­
kled with calcined borax, and  are  joined by. 
quickly repeated  blows  of  the  hand  ham­
mer.

The steel coating used  to form  the  faces 
in the best  grades  of  anvils  is a half-inch 
thick.  At the same time it may be  remark­
ed that if the steel is only  a  quarter  of  an 
inch in thickness the  difference is unimpor­
tant, provided the steel be  of  good  quality. 
The next operation  in  the  manufacture  of 
the anvil is hardening, which is accomplish­
ed by heating it to  redness  and  bringing it 
under falling water.  The fall of  water em­
ployed must be at least the size  of  the face 
Of the anvil and should be of  not  less  than 
three feet head.  After the  process  of  har­
dening it is smoothed upon a grindstone and 
finally polished with emery.

Small  anvils,  such  are  used  by  silver­
smiths,  goldbeaters,  etc., are polished  very 
finely,  some  of them until  they  present a 
mirror-like face.  On account of the» expen­
siveness of the operations attending the man­
ufacture of an anvil, as above described, var­
ious experiments  have  been  made  in  the 
way of producing this  useful  tool  in  cast 
iron.

The common  anvils  of the  shops, howev­
er, cannot be made of  cast-iron for the  rea­
son  that  the  beak  would  not  be  strong 
enough.  None but anvils with  full  square 
faces have been successfully  made  of  cast 
iron.  Anvils of this kind are either  simply 
chilled by casting the face  in  iron molds, or 
the face is plated with cast-steel.

Chilled cast iron anvils  are objectionable, 
for the reason that they are quite brittle and 
the corners of the faces wMl not stand.  Cast- 
iron anvils, made with steel  faces, however, 
are a superior article, and  in  some  respects 
preferable to wrought-iron anvils.  The face 
is harder  and  stronger,  although  the beaks 
will not last as long.

Iron T8. Steel Nails.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

“Manufacturers were forced into the steel 
nail business by the action  of  the  Amalga­
mated Association, and I have  no  hesitancy 
in saying that steel nails will soon supercede 
iron.”  This remark  was  made  by  A.  F. 
Keating yesterday in the  presence of  a Dis­
patch reporter, and  when  asked  why  he 
thought so, said :  “Because  steel  nails  can 
be produced so much cheaper than  iron.  A 
nailer can cut more of them in a day than of 
iron, and the steel nail plate can  be  produc­
ed at  so  much  less  cost.  To-day  steel  rail 
makers are rolling out steel  rails at mss cost 
than we can produce  muck  bar.  Now  you 
want  to  know  why.  Simply  because  we 
have to pay such a high price  for  puddling, 
and  all 
are  based 
on 
the  pnddling. 
I tell you that it is only a question of a very 
short time until the Amalgamated  Associa­
tion will have  driven every single  article of 
iron out of the market. 
I saw steel rivets a 
few days ago that were equal  to  any  iron 1 
ever saw, and I cannot begin to make  them 
at the price they were produced at. 
It  will 
be so in all departments shortly.  They will 
soon make bolts, nuts, all  kinds  of  angles 
and structural  shapes.  Everything,  in fact, 
will be made from steel, and the skilled iron 
worker will be compelled to go out West and 
learn to plow.”

the  price  paid  for 

the  other  wages 

The  Preservation of  Iron.

A novel way of preserving the surfaces of 
iron  has  just  been  discovered.  The treat­
ment is as follows:  The  iron is subjected to 
the  action  of  diluted  hydro-chloric  acid, 
which  dissolves  the  iron and leaves on the 
surface a pellicle of  homogeneous  graphite, 
which  adheres  well  to  the  surface  of the 
iron.  The  piece  to  be  preserved  is  next 
treated in a hydraulically closed  receiver by 
hot  or  cold  water,  or  better,  by steam, in 
such a manner as to completely dissolve and 
remove the chloride of iron formed.  Finally 
the piece of iron is left to dry in the  receiv­
er,  from "’which  all  liquid  has  been  re­
moved,  A  solution  of  caoutchouc,  gutta

I

perqha, or gum resin in essence of petroleum 
1 is then injected.  On the essence being evap­
orated,  there  remains  a  solid  enamel-like 
coat on the surface  of  the  iron. 
Instead of 
previously eliminating the  iron  salt,  it may 
be  utilized  in  forming  a  kind  of  vitreous 
enamel.  For  this  purpose  the  iron  is im­
mersed,  after  treatment  with the jicid, in a 
bath of silicate and borate of soda.  A  very 
pure  and  brilliant  silico-borate  of  iron  is 
formed,  which  closes  up  the  pores  of the 
metal.  As  to  the  disengaged  chlorine,  it 
combines with the free  soda,  forming  chlo­
ride of sodium,  which  remains dissolved in 
the liquid.  Thus the  important question of 
the preservation of iron appears to have been 
brought another step toward solution.

Utilizing: Waste  Sheet Metal.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.

in 

the 

The  Columbia  Rolling  Mill Co., of New 
York City, operates a process for the utiliza­
tion  of  waste  material 
sheet 
metal line in the production of taggers’ iron, 
such as is used for buttons, tags, and objects 
of  like  nature.  The  process  consists in 
heating  the  material  in  a  kind of  oven or 
grate, which burns off  all  extraneous  mate­
rial and renders it suitable for further treat­
ment.  After being sorted the sheet metal is 
passed  under  a  rubber-coated  roll,  which 
flattens it out, the rubber being  used so that 
the  sheets  are  not  hardened,  which would 
require them to be annealed.  The metal, in 
packs containing a  number  of  sheets  each, 
is next passed between a pair of chilled-iron 
rolls,  which  reduces  the  thickness  of  the 
sheets.  They  are  then  annealed  and  re­
passed through the same rolls  and  trimmed 
up to the finished size, after  which they are 
given  their  final annealing,  when they are 
sorted  and  boxed  and  are  ready  for  ship­
ment.

Porcelain  Kettles.

In an answer to an inquiry  the  Scientific 
American says: Iron ware is enameled with 
porcelain by first cleaning  the  surface  free 
from moulding sand,  then  heating  the arti­
cles in an oven to a low  red  in  the dark, or 
what is called a black heat,  to  slightly  oxi­
dize the  surface  and  free  it  from  grease. 
Then  brush  the  powdered  enamel  mixed 
with water,  and  dry  quickly.  Then  bake 
with a red heat.  For the second or finishing 
coat, brush on the glaze coat and treat as the 
first.  For the  first coat  make  a mixture of 
sixty-six parts calcined flint ground to a pow­
der, thirty-four parts borax.  Melt  these  to­
gether and pulverize, then add twelve  parts 
potter’s clay.  Mix the whole with water  to 
the consistency of paint, and apply as above. 
For the glaze coat take  fifteen  parts  borax, 
seventy-three  parts  powdered  glass, twelve 
parts  soda.  Mix  and  melt, then pulverize 
and apply  with  water.  Bake at a red heat.

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LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f. o 

b. cars as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch................................per M $44 00
Uppers, 114, 1% and 2 inch.......................  46  00
Selects, 1 inch...........................................  35 00
Selects, 1%, 1% and 2 inch.......................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch..............................   30 00
Shop, 1 inch.............................................   20 00
Fine, Common, 114« 1/4 and 2 inch...........  32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet__  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet..........................16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet............... 
  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.......................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.......................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet........................   17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.......................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.......................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.......................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.......................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.____  11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet........................   12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.......................  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, all
widths and  lengths........................ 8 00@ 9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ..........................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch.................................   27 90
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.......................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet..............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet..............................   12 00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch..............................   15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch..............................   12 00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and B.................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.............................  14 50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common—  
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6 inch,  Clear....................  20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 f t...........  10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B..................   36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00 
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common—   14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
i XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles............   3 30
XXX18 in.  Thin...................................  3 20
XXX16 in.............................................   3 80
o. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles............   2 00
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16 in...........................   1 60
Lath  .......................................................   2 00

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

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BELLS.

BOLTS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

BU TTS, CAST.

AUGERS AND B IT S .

Prevailing  rates at Chicago are as follows:
60
Ives’, old style.....................................dis 
60
N. H.C. Co........................................... dis 
60
Douglass’ .............................................dis 
Pierces’........................'........................dis 
60
60
Snell’s ...................................................dis 
Cook’s  ..................................................dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine............:...............dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation............................dis40&10
Spring.................................................. dis 
25
Railroad..................................................$ 13 00
Garden................................................. net 33 00
Hand................................................ dis $ 60&10
Cow....................................................dis 
60
15
Call......................................................dis 
Gong.................................................. dis 
30
Door, Sargent.....................................dis 
55
Stove.................................................. dis $ 
40
75
Carriage new list..............................dis 
Plow  ...................................................dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe..................................,.  ..dis 
75
Cast Barrel Bolts...............................dis 
50
Wrought Barrel Bolts....................... dis 
55
Cast Barrel, brass knobs.................. dis 
50
Cast Square Spring........................... dis 
55
Cast Chain.........................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob........... dis  55&10
Wrought Square........... ..................dis  55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush........................dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...............................................  50&10&10
Ives’ Door...........................................dis  50&10
40
Barber...............................................dis$ 
50
Backus...............................................dis 
Spofford.............................................dis 
50
Am. Ball............................................ dis 
net
Well, plain..................... . ........................$  4 00
Well, swivel...........................................  . 
4 50
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................... dis  60&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis  60&L0
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&10 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  50&10
WrounhtLoose  Pin.................... ."...dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip......... dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned......... dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped............................................dis  60& 5
Wrought Table..................................dis 
60
60
Wrought Inside Blind......................dis 
Wrought Brass................................. dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s.................................... dis 
70&10
Blind, Parker’s..............................  dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s...........-....................dis 
70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2*4, per gross  15 00 
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3.... per gross  18 0Q 
Ely’s 1-10.........   .......................... __per m $ 65
Hick’s C. F ...................................
60
S. D.............................................
35
Musket.........................................
60
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list
Rim Fire, United  States.............. ........dis
50
Dentrai Fire................................. ......dis
%
Socket Firmer............................. __dis
70
Socket Framing.......................... __ dis
70
Socket Corner............................. __ dis
70
Socket Slicks.............................. __ dis
70
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer........... __dis
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............ ....dis
20
Cold.............................................. ......net
Curry, Lawrence’s....................... __dis
Hotchkiss  ................................. __ dis
Brass, Racking’s.....................................  40&10
Bibb’s .....................................................   49&10
B eer........................ 
40&10
Fenns’.....................................................  
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................<» ft  34
14x52,14x56,14x60......................................  37
Morse’s Bit  Stock............................. dis 
35
20
Taper and Straight Shank................. dis 
Morse’s Taper  So5nk.........................dis 
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in..........................doz net $1 00
Corrugated..........................................dis  20&10
Adjustable......................................... dis  %&10
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
20
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2, $24 00; 3, $30 00.  dis 
American File Association List........dis
Disston’s .............................................dis
New American..................................-.dis
Nicholson’s......................................... dis
Heller’s .............................................. dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps...........•.............dis
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
14 

22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 

Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50@10. 

EX PA N SIV E  B ITS.

CATRIDGES.

CHISELS.

33%
25

ELBOW S.

C O PPER .

COMBS.

D R IL LS

COCKS.

P IL E S .

CAPS.

12 

 

13 
GAUGES.

60 
60 
60 
60 
30 
33 %
28
15 18

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H IN G ES.

HANGERS.

HAM MERS.

H O LLO W   W A R E. 

50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............dis 
Maydole & Co.’s......................... 
20
dis 
Kip’s .................................................... dis 
25
Yerkes&  Plumb’s...............................dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... 30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction......... .......... dis 
60
Kidder, wood tra . k ............................. dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3............................. dis 
60
State.........................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4*4  14
and  longer...........................................
3*4 
Screw Hook and Eye,  *4  ..................net
10% 
Screw Hook and Eye %.................... net
8*4 
Screw Hook and Eye  %.................... net
7 V4 7% 
Screw Hook and Eye,  % ................. net
60&10
Strap and  T........................................ dis
Stamped Tin Ware.................................   60&10
Japanned Tin  Ware...............................  20&10
Granite Iron  Ware................................ 
25
Grub  1............................................$11 00, dis 40
Grub  2............................................  II 50, dis 40
Grub 3..............................................  12 00, dis 40
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings__$2 70, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings..  3 50, dis 66% 
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings.................................. list,10  15, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list,1155, dis 
70
70
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain.........dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd *  Co.’s.................. d 
40
50
Hemacite............................................dis 
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. .dis
66%
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s................... dis
66%
Branford’s .............................................dis
66%
Norwalk’s.............................................. dis
66%
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................. dis
65
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s...............................dis
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s Malleables dis
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s............dis
Coffee,  Enterprise................................... dis
Adze  Eye..................................$16 00dis40&10
Hunt Eye...................................$15 00 dis 40&10
Hunt’s......................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HO ES.

N A ILS.

 

 

 

 

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

MAULS.

JOdto  60d..........................................$keg$2 35
8d and 9 d adv............................................ 
25
6d and 7d  adv............................................  
50
4d and 5d  adv..................... 
75
3d advance.................................................  1 50
3d fine advance................. 
3 00
Clinch nails, adv........................................  1 75
Finishing 
6d  4d
I  lOd  8d 
Size—inches  ( 3  
2 
1*4
2% 
Adv. ^  keg 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
M OLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s P a tte rn ....................................dis
Stebbin’s Genuine................................... dis
Enterprise,  self-measuring.................... dis
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................. dis
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................dis
Zinc, with brass bottom...........................dis
Brass or  Copper.......................................dis
Reaper...................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .............................. 
50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................. dis
Sciota Bench.............................................dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.................... dis
Bench, first quality.....................  
dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood and 
50
Fry, Acme............................................dis
Common, polished............................  . .dis60&10
Dripping............................................ff ft  6@7
Iron and Tinned............................... dis 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs...................dis  50&10
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

PLA N ES.

O IL E R S .

R IV E T S.

PA N S.

i ;9 

50

Broken packs %c f) ft extra.

 

 

RO OFING  PLA TES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne................!> 75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne..............J[ 75
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............... If 00
T/*1  OAvOQ  n it aIaa  /H wimaaoI Tr»t»no
IX, 20x28, choicCCharcoal Terne.............If 90

R O PB S .

SQUARES.

Sisal, % In. and  larger...... .........................   8
Manilla.......................................................  14%
Steel and  Iron............................ 
dis
50*10
60&10
Try and Bevels................................... dis
Mitre  .................................................dis
2$
S H E E T IR O N .Com. Smooth.
Com. 
$3 00 
Nos. 10 to 14................................$4 20
3 00 
Nos. 15 to 17................................  4 20
3 00 
Nos. 18 to 21................................  4 20
3 00 
Nos. 22 to 24................................  4 20
Nos .25 to 26................................  4 40
3 20 
3 40
No. 27 ...........................................  4 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 30 inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SH EET ZIN C .
In casks of 600 B>s, ¥  
.......................... 
In smaller quansities, fl  ft.................... 
t i n n e r ’s   s o l d e r .
No.l,  Refined.................................
Market  Half-and-half..................
Strictly  Half-and-half....................

8
6%
13 00
15 00
16

T IN   PLA TES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal..........................  6 50
IC, 
10xl4,Charcoal..........................  8 50
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal..........................   6 50
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal..........................   8 50
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal.............................  6 50
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal..........................   8 50
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal..........................  10 50
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool.............................  12 50
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........................  14 50
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal..............................  18 00
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........................  6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........................  8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal..........................  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.......................  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6 75

rates.

t r a p s .

W IR E .

Steel, Game..................................................
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse’s...........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s —   60
Hotchkiss’ ....................................................  60
S, P. & W. Mfg. Co.’s...................................  60
Mouse, choker................................... 20c  $ doz
Mouse,  delusion...............................$1 26 fl doz
Bright Market..................................  dis  60&1C
Annealed M arket............................dis 
70
Coppered Market.............................. dis  55&10
Extra Bailing.........................................  dis  55
Tinned  Market.........................................dis  40
Tinned Broom.......................................f) 1b  09
Tinned Mattress....................................fl ft  8%
Coppered Spring  Steel.................dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel...............................dis 37%
Plain Fence........................................... $  ft  3%
Barbed Fence..............................................
Copper...................................................new  list net
Brass......................................................new list net
Bright.................................................dis
Screw Eyes..........................................dis
Hook’s ............................................... dis
Gate Hooks and  Eyes....................... dis
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled..............
Coe’s Genuine.....................................dis
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis
Coe’s Patent, malleable.................... dis
Pumps,  Cistern..................................dis
Screws, new  list.....................................
Caste» s, Bed and  Plate........................ dis
Dampers, American..............................

50&10
65
70
60&20
8050
33%

70&10
70&10
70&10
70&1Ü

M ISCELLANEOU S.

W IR E  OOODS.

W rE N C H ES.

SOLID  STEEL  SCRAPER!

FORK’S  PATENT.

Sale

O F  3 , 0 0 0  C A S F S

At the following low prices until fur­

ther notice.

It is a good time to buy, as stocks of Canned 
Goods are generally light throughout the coun­
try.  See to it in time that your  wants  in this 
line are without delay fully replenished.  You 
may rest assured that the dealer who buys  his 
Canned  Goods  at  these  prices will soon reap 
big advantages over  his  neighbor  competitor 
who delays purchasing.  The following are all 
standard brands—all delivered f .  o.  b.  Grand 
Rapids.  We make no charges for drayage.
95
3 ft Tomotoes, Standards our best brand 
3 ft Golden Pumpkin, Adrian................. 
90
3 ft Pie Peaches,  Standards....................  1 10
3 ft Yellow  Peaches........................ .......  165
2% ft California  Apricots, Standards......  2 40
Gallon Apples............................................
2 ft  Blueberries.......................................   1 30
2 ft Blueberries, Standards.....................   1 40
2 ft Pears, Erie Duchess, very fine.........   1 75
2 ft Red Cherries, Evans, Day & Co., stan  1 00
2 ft Red Cherries...................................... 
85
254 ft Bartlett Pears, California...............  2 65
Yarmouth Succotash, large  cans............  1 35
3ft Boston Baked Beans........................   1 40
2 ft Erie Stringless  Beans....................... 
90
2 ft Sweet Corn,  Standard.......................  1 00
75
2 ft Corn  (common)................................. 
2 ft Peas Fields Standards.....................  
85
2 ft Peas, Soaked...................................... 
75
2 ft Lima Beans, fine extra quality........  1 15
2 ft Lima Beans,  common....................... 
75
1 ft Lobsters,  picnics..............................   1 65
1 !b Columbia River Salmon,  Booth’s__  1 45
1 1b Sacramento River.............................  1 30
11b Mackerel, Potter & Wrightington

Standards.........................................  1 10
1 ft Cove Oysters,  Standards..................   1  00
2 ft Cove Oysters,  Standards..................   1 80
% ft Sardines, %s American.....................   6@7
% lb Sardines, %s Importdd.....................   13%
10

Sardines, mustard, large boxes........ 

Our celebrated brand  of  full  cream

“Durham Cheese” .....................  

12
No. 1 White Fish, half barrels, 90s...........  6 75
No. 1 White Fish,  pails............................. 
95
No. 1 Mackerel, new and large................  5 00
No. 1 Mackerel, medium pails..................  
69
Having  no  traveling  agents,  thus  saving 
a large expense,  enables  me  to  sell cheaper 
than our competitors.  Customers  dealing di­
rect usually find it more  satisfactory,  besides 
saving the annoyance to them of the drummer 
system.  Send in your orders which  will have 
prompt attention, and make your remittances 
at maturity direct to the house.
Y ours respectfully,

John Caulfield

W holesale

GRAIN  AND  SEED  GO.,

SEED  MERCHANTS,

O F F IC E :

W A R EH O U SE S: 

71  Canal  St.,  and  Cor.
louia and  Williams 

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Streets.

71  CANAL  ST.
Grand Rapids, March 30,1885.

 

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prices for to-day:
Clover, Choice recleaned______ 60 ft bu

“  Prime.................................  
*•  No. 2................................... 
“  Mammoth Prime...............  
“  White.................... 25c f! ft
“  Alsyke.................  25c f)  1b
•*  Alfalfa or Lucerne 25c ft ft
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Dear  Sirs—Below  we  hand  you  jobbing 
5 00 
4 90
4 75
5  50 
12 00 
12 00 
15 00
1 75 
Timothy,  Choice............................45 ft bu
1 65 
 
1 00 
Hungarian Grass.......................... 48 ft bu
1 001 25 
Millet, common............................. 
“  German............................. 
80
Red Top..........................................14 ft bu
Blue Grass................................. .. 
2 00 
2 50 
Orchard Grass..............................  
Buckwheat..........................................48ft bu
1 00 
1 25
Peas, White Field.......................... 60 ft bu
75 
Rye, Winter................................... 56 ft bu
“  Spring................................... 
1 00 
1 25 
Wheat, Spring............................... 
Barley, Spring...............................*¡9 cwt
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Prices on Rape, Canary,  Hemp and all other 
seeds on application.
The above prices are  free  on  board  cars in 
lots  of  5  or  more bags  at  a  time.  Cartage 
on smaller quantities.
We  also  carry  the  largest  line  of  Garden 
Seeds in Bulk of any house in the State west of 
Detroit, and would be pleased  at  any  time to 
quote you prices.
All  Field  Seeds  are spot Cash on receipt of 
goods.
¥. T. Laioreaix, Agt.

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PA T E N T E E S   AND  SO LE  M AN UFACTURERS  OF

Barlow’s Patent

Send for Samples and Circular.

Barlow  Brothers,

GRAND RAPIDS

MICH.

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GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

S. A. WELLING

WHOLESALE

Foster,  Stevens  &  Go.,  Agts, 

The H ubert Patent

C. S. YALE & BR0„

-Manufacturers o t—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUOTOS,  ETC.,

40 and 42  South  Division, St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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N O T I O N S !

PANTS,  OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SHIRTS, 
LADIES’  AND GENTS’  HOSIERY,  UNDER­
WEAR,  MACKINAWS,  NECKWEAR,  SUS­
PENDERS,  St a t io n e r y,  po c k e t  cu t- 
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
ERS’  SUNDRIES,  HARMONICAS,  VIOLIN 
SPRINGS, ETC.

Particular attention given to orders by mail. 

Goods shipped promptly to any point.

I am represented on the  road  by  the  fol­
lowing well-known travelers:  J ohn D. Man- 
gum,  A.  M.  Sprague,  J ohn  H.  Eacker, 
L. R. Cesna, and A. B.  H andricks. 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

24 Pearl Street

GRIND  RIPIOS  IH’F’G  CO.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

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Poster,

Stevens 
&  Co.

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10 and 12 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

Send for Circulars and Prices.

W I L S O N ’S

CaMnet Creamery and Barrel Churn

AND  A LL  D A IR Y   S U P P L IE S .

5 CABINtt  CRE.MCI

To  first pur­
chaser  in  new 
locality, we will 
give  s p e c i a l 
terms.
The woman’s 
friend. It saves 
three-fourths 
of the labor in 
bu tt er -m ak - 
ing;  easily op­
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cream  f r o m
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s we e t   milk: 
you have sweet milk to feed which  trebles its 
value.  .Send  for  circular.  Agents  wanted. 
Address,  FLINT  CABINET  CREAMERY 
CO., FLINT,  MICH.

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TOOLS  OF  ALL  DESCRIPTIOHS. 

Dairy Implements a Specialty.

Factory--Corner Front and Earl streets.  Office and Sales- 

rooms--10,12 and 14 Lyron street, Grand  Rapids.

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for breakfast to-morrow, they’ve nothing but 
sour crout.”

While the wirnmin folks clean up the muss 
with many a smile and joke,  us  men go out 
in the kitchen, and have a social smoke.

Then we gather in the  parlor  and the or­
gan starts  to  blow,  pumped  by  a  pretty 
maiden of eighteen; and  they  sing  Alleen 
Allanna, also the Starry Bannah and the Lit­
tle Old Log Cabin by the Stream.

Wilkins and the young folks want to start 
a dance, but such a wicked thing we coodent 
see.  So we started “snap and catchem,” we 
knew that would fetch  em, and  had a  real 
old fashioned kissin bee.

I think Bro. Stowe that this is  enuff  non­
sense for one catch, so I will  close  without 
telling you about  the  splendiferus  letter I 
just got from  a  beautiful  young  lady  of 
Grand Rappids.  She seems to be smart and 
dashing and she is  going  to  the  Travelin 
Mans ball.

She says she knows  Johny  Mangam, and 
lots of the boys.  She also says she has seen 
you and that  you  are  an  awful  flirt;  but 1 
think the young lady is mistaken,  she  must 
have seen  Fairchild,  Beecher,  or  some  of 
them fellows.  1 hope to see her at the ball, 
any  how,  if I can get to go to it. 
I  must 
write to her I guess.

Yours ever so much, 
Soliman Snooks,

G. D., P. M. and J. P.

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SOLIMAN  SNOOKS.

In c id e n ts o f a D o n atio n  P a rty   a t  tlie   C or­

n ers.

Cant H ook Corners, March 27,  1885. 

Mister Editer of Traidsman:

Dea r Sir—Well,  things  are  gettin set­
tled back to just about the same  old  track, 
and I am gettin well  and  stronger, so I can 
make my letters longer.
' Bizness was a triffle better,  when I  wrote 
you my last letter.  But since that time more 
cold and snow has made  all  trade  a  little 
slow.

Old Potts got home  one  day  last  week, 
but of his travels  he  wont  speak;  but  we 
found  out, oli! what  a pitty, the  old  man 
never passed your city.  It seems, if we have 
got it right, he struck your city just at night, 
and feeling rather  blue  and  grim, he went 
and got a drink of gin.  Still he felt  a little 
low, and took a glass of  beer  or  so, which 
made him feel a triffle  frisky,  so  he  had a 
drink of whisky.  Two  chaps came in, a lit­
tle merry, and all hands  took  a  Tom  and 
Jerry, they claimed to be Chicago drummers, 
but were in fact, a pair  of  bummers, on  the 
watch for somthin green as hereafter will be 
seen.  They gave old Potts a lot of talk, and
got him out to take  a walk, out to a box car 
standing nigh, on  the  track of  the  G. R.  &
L, and roped him into  a  three  card  game, 
which looked so simple  and  so  plain, that 
the sucker got on to the  trick  and  won  ten 
dollars right off, slick.  But  somehow,  then 
he lost  his  knack, and  they  won  all  the 
money back, and all the cash he  had beside, 
and then away did softly slide.  And  furth­
er, we have just found  out, he  shoved  his 
shotgun “up the spout,” for  cash  to  bring 
him home again and  so  good  bye, to Mary 
Jane.

Our donation come off on  Tuesday  night,
I tell you twas a screecher. 
It netted seven 
35, which we gave to  the  preacher, besides 
the lots of goods and  things, too  numerous 
to mention, which I will try and tell you of, 
pray give me your attention.  At first I th©t 
I’d write in verse and make  a  little  poem, 
but I thot of that  Detroit  chap, although I 
dont kno him that said of all the verses he ev­
er set his eyes on, that “Soliman  Snooks’es 
takes the bun for  literary  pizon.”  1 think 
he called them “arsenic”  tho, which I think 
rather mean, and I wood not  have  cared so 
much, had’he said Paris green.  At any rate,
I made my mind right up  to  write in plain 
prose, in a plain straightforward manner, as 
everybody kno’s, and tell about  the  doins, 
as plain as I can  write,  we  had  at  parson 
Mugger’s on last Tewsday night.

Of all the fun,  beneath  the  sun, when I 
am well and hearty, oh  give  me,  boys, the 
tender joys of a donation party.  The friends 
appear from far and near  with  baskets  of 
provision, and  hand  them  out,  without a 
doubt to pay for  their  religion.  The  pres 
ents neat laid at the feet of the  beloved pas 
tor, comprise all things  from  curtain  rings 
to a roll of porus plaster.  You bet your life 
that his good wife is also not forgotten.  All 
sorts of goods from woolen hoods to that big 
roll of cotton.

Old deakin Skinner eats no dinner on days 
we have donations.  He does this  so  not to 
miss his whack and evnin rations.  His wife 
donates a pound of dates and a  pot  of  cur­
rant jelly. 
It will not  pay, the people  say, 
for filling Skinners stomach.

There is farmer  Minns, brings  wife  and 
twins and some saleratus bisket.  The  yel­
low things, the one that  brings,  wont  eat, 
nor dare to risk it.

Just see the pies! bless my eyes! dried ap­
ple, mince and pumkin, too, and  then  such 
cakes the  sisters  make, frosted  red,  green 
white and blue.  The girls and  boys  make 
lots of  noise,  running  up  and  down  the 
house, but the lovers all sit  next to the wall 
and whisper still as any mouse.

Just listen  now and hear the row, the  ba- 
bys  squall  like  thunderation.  Lets  walk 
about and hear the  talk  and  listen  to  the 
conversation.

“Why, sister Drew,  how  do  you  dew; I 
have not seen you in a  year.”  “Hello thar, 
Jake, good evnin, shake.”  “Dont you think 
Mary’s hair  looks  queer9”  “Oh,  what  a 
bother!”  “Just like his  father.”  “Jimmy, 
dont pull Jennies hair.”  “For mercies sake, 
there Johnny Drake,  “Only ten yards? well 
I  declare.”  “Oh  mamma,  see!”  “Come 
here to me.”  “Yes, she is  very  good  and 
pius.”  “Who smashed my hat? just look at 
that.”  1 think lie cut mine on the  bius.” 

Thus the  humming of  toungs a  running, 
keeps up a perpetual din, till the  tea  is hot 
and the supper got, and then you  bet we all 
rush in.  The parson  good  says “Bless this 
food,” while all is hushed in  adoration; but 
■  at amen, we start ageu and eat and talk like 
all creation.  “Do you take cream?”  “Well 
I shood scream.”  “Bro. Snooks, please pass 
the milk.”  “Will you please  pass  the ap­
ple sass?”  Don’t spill that tea  on  my new 
silk.” “He take some cheese, if you please.” 
“Can  we  have  butter  down  this  way?” 
“Will Mr. Sickles pass them pickles?” “Just 
hear the younguns  at  their  play.”  “Have 
some butter, Bill?”  “I gess I  will,  havent 
had a bit to-night”

“Well, one good snuff will be enough.” 
“Jcmimci!  I  should  think  so,  quite.” 
“This bread looks nice.  Haye a slice?”  “Is 
that pupkin pie played  out?”  “Yes;  every 
pie, out on the fly; but here’s a bowl of sour 
crout.”

Well, supper is done;  now  for  the  fun, 
the little ones come to  the  table, and  mid 
laffter and din, they eating begin  and  keep 
it up long as they’r able. Says one old dame, 
“I think its a shame the way we have clean 
ed things out, Sister  Mugger  must  borrow

MUSKEGON-  BU SINESS  DIRECTOR-?.
O O M P A i r Y ,
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WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Bitter, E ®  Clera, Frill Grain, Bay, Bid Port, M m *.
Consignments  Solicited.

A.  W .  M O S H E R ,

MUSKEGON, MICH.

Wholesale  and Commission Dealer in

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CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

Pin©  St root,  -  Musliogon, Mieli.

S. S. MORRIS  & BRO.
Jobbers  of  Provisions,

PACKEHS

—AND—

CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

Choice  Smoked  Meats  a  Specialty.

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

APPLES!

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

EARL  BROS.,

1 6 9   S. W ater  St.,  Cliicago, 

REFERENCE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK.

I m p o r t e r s   a n d  J o b b e r s   o f

R  LEONARD & SONS,
Crockery, Glassware & Lamps
Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles’  American  w.  G.  Ware.
Wedgewood  &  Co.’s  English  Ware.

16 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

AGENTS  FOR

AND

Special Prices given on STONEWARE in Car Lots.
The “ GOOD  ENOUGHS  5 M 1 0  gal/OIL  CANS.
The “ EMPRESS ”  1-2,1  and 2 gal.  OIL ’CANS.
Galvanized Iron Grocer’s OIL  TANKS, $7.00 each.
Engraved Globe 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  onr  Illustrated  Price  List  of Crockery,  Glassware 
and Hanging Lamps, showing Package  Lists  and  open 
stock Prices of onr full line.

CLARK,  JEWELL
Groceries  and  Provisions.

WHOLESALE

88, 85 and 87 PEARL STRUT and 114,110,118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET,

SHIELDS, BULKLEY & L

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

W M. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers

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Baking
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.,
SHRIVER, WEATHERLY &C0„

GRAND RABIDS.  MICH.

Grand Rapids, Mich., 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
IR O N   P IP E ,

Brass Goods, Iron  and  Brass  Fittings, 

Mantels,  Grates, Gas  Fixtures, 

Plumbers, Steam Fitters,
—And Manufacturers of—

Galvanized  Iron  Cornice.

1885

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Rose Leaf, Fine Gut 
Navy Clippings 
and Snuffs

Agents  for

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37, 39 & 41 K ent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
CO.,
RINDGE, BERTSCH &

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

ÎRS AND WHOLES.

AND

AGENTS FOR THE

B O ST O N   R U B B E R   SH O E

CO.

Onr spring samples are now ready for inspection at prices as 
low as tlie lowest.  We make a (rent’s Shoe to retail  for $3 in 
Congress, Button and Bals that can’t be beat.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Choice Butter a Specialty !

O ranges,  L em ons,  A p p les,  C ranber­

ries,  C ider,  B u ck w h ea t  F lou r,  E tc.
Careful  A ttention  Paid  to  Filling  Orders.

M. G. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids.

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IMPORTERS
Wholesale  Grocers
BLANCHARD BROS. & CO
M O D E L   M IL L S.

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hilt  i n   M a t  »A  White  I t f   Brands  el  Flour.

Good Goods and Low Prices.  We invite Correspondence.

P ull  R oller  Process,

Corner W inter and West Bridge Sts., 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

