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M anufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Har 

k

Oils,

Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF

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Red Bark Bitters 

77

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78  W est  B rid i 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,

M IC H IG A N .

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-M ANÜFACTÜKBBS  O F -

AWNINGS,  TENTS,

HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS.

W H O LESA LE  D E A LER S  IN

Oiled • Clothing,  Ducks,  Stripes,  Etc. 

State A gents fo r th e 

W a te rto w n   H a m m o c k   S u p p o rt. 

SEND  FOR  PRICES.

73  C anal  S treet, 

-  G ran d   R a p id s,  M id i.

S. DWELLING

WHOLESALE

SALT.

ONONDAGA F. F. SALT
AMERICAN  DAIRY  SALT  CO.

Sole M anufacturers.

(Limited.)  Chemically purified and W a r r a n t ­
e d  p u re as any in th e m arket.  Used by a great 
m ajority of th e D airym en of th e  country.  Un­
excelled fo r B u tter, Cheese, th e Table  and  all 
Culinary  purposes.  Got m edal a t Centennial 
“fo r  p u rity   and  high  degree of  excellence. 
D airy goods salted w ith it took first  prem ium s 
a t New O rleans  W orld’s  Fair,  N.  Y.  In te rn a ­
tional Fair, M ilwaukee Exposition, and always 
w ins  w hen  th ere  is  fa ir  com petition. 
I t  is 
A m erican, and c h e a p e r ,  and b e t t e r  th an  any 
foreign salt.  T ry it.  Address
J. W. Barker, Sec’y, Syracuse, N. Y.

H I

P ro p rie to rs  o f

CRESCENT
FLOURING  MILLS

M a n u fa c tu re rs  o f tlie   F o llo w in g   P o p ­

u la r   B ra n d s  o f  F lo u r:

44 CRESCENT,”

“ W H ITE  ROSE,”

“ MORNING  GLORY,”

“ ROYAL  PATENT,” a n d  

“ ALL W HEAT,” Flour.
We carry a full  line of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

GRAND RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND  SEED  CO.

71  CANAL  STREET.

ORDER  A  SAMPLE  BUTT  OF

Mc ALPIN’S

01

FISHING  TACKLE
NOTIONS!

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

Particular  attention  given  to  orders  by 

mail.  Goods shipped promptly to  any point.

I  a m   rep resen ted   on  th e  road  b v   th e   fol­
Jo h n   D. 
lo w in g   w ell-k n o w n  
M a n g u m ,  A .  M .  S p rag u e, Jo h n   H .  E ack er, 
L .  R .  C esn a  an d   A .  B .  H an d rick s.

trav elers: 

04.  P e a rl  S treet,  G ran d   R a p id s,  M id i.

C.  G.  A. VOIGT  A
STAR  MILLS,

P ro p rie to rs  o f tlie

M a n u fa c tu re rs  o f  tlie  fo llo w in g   p o p ­

u la r  b ra n d s  of  F lo u r.

“ STAR,"

“ GOLDEN  SHEAF,”

“ LADIES’  DELIGHT,” 
And “OUR PATENT.”

STEAM  LAUNDRY

4‘i and 45 K ent Street.

A.  K.  ALLEN,  PROPRIETOR.

WE  DO ONLY FIRST  CLASS 

RK AND  USE  NO

CHEMICALS.

te n d e d   to.

O rders  b y  M ail an d   E x p ress p ro m p tly  a t- , 

ALLEN’S  ABRIDGED  SYSTEM j

BOOK-KEEPING!

H  J   Carr,  book-keeper  for  H.  Leonard  & 
Sons  w rites:  “For tw o  years  and  upw ards  1 
have’been applying  m ethods  quite  sim ilar  to 
those shown in  y o u r  recen t  publication,  An 
A bridged System  of  Book-keeping,’  and  have 
found  a  decided  saving  of  labor  and  m uch 
o ther satisfaction therein.  H ence m y b eliefin  
its  utility,  and  th a t  w hat  you have set lo rth  
will, w hen rightly understood, m erit  attention
aiFufiSand com plete d ra ftso f rulings, etc., w ith 
illu strativ e entries and instructions in pam ph­
le t form  m ailed upon receip t of fa.

w .   H . A llen,

With S. A. Welling, 24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids

Ï ^ X j i U C â - .

A  RICH  NUTTY CHEW.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

EDMUND  D.  DIREMAN,

JEWELER,

44  CA N A L  S TR EE T,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

McALPIN’S

Plug  Todacgo

Is

the  most  Delicious  Chew  on  the

Market.
1

SOLD  BY  ALL JOBBERS.

CREAM  T E S T E R !
W it h  six glasses fo r testin g  six  cows’  m ilk  a t 
sam e  tim e.  P rice  $1;  large  size  glasses  $2, 
either free by m ail.  A gents w anted. Circulars 
w ith  fu ll  particu lars  fo r  stam p.  WYMAN 
L.  EDSON,  U nion  Center.  Broom e  Co., N. A.

GNo. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

NEW  GOODS.  New 
Prices down to the w hale­
bone.  Goods always sale­
able, and always reliable. 
Buy close and  often.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

T H E   M E R R Y   M E R C H A N T .

H e   G ets  th e   G ift  G rocery  S ch em e  on  th e  

B rain  a n d   P a y s   O ff a n   O ld  D ebt. 
W ritten E xpressly fo r T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

The corner grocer filled a clay  pipe  from 
a broken package of tobacco  and  sat  down 
in front of the store to smoke.

“I haven’t sold a dollar’s worth of  goods 
to-day,”  he  said,  peppering  with  tobacco 
smoke a noisy  fly  which  seemed  bound to 
light oh  his  rosy  nose,  “but  I  have  had 
opportunities to buy more  than  ten million 
dollars worth.”

A fanner who had  driven  in  for a plow 
point and a farmer  who  had just  sold  his 
wife’s  butter  and  eggs  to  supply  himself 
with whisky  and tobacco, drew their chairs 
closer to the  merchant,  and  one  of  them 
asked liow that came about.

“How did that come about?” repeated the 
merchant;  “if you knew anything of the na­
ture, habits and general  eussedness  of  the 
average  Grand  Rapids  drummer  you 
wouldn’t ask that.  Why, those Grand Rap­
ids drummers

The worthy merchant sat  bolt  upright in 
his chair with his eyes fixed  on  the  bushy 
margin of the field at the end of the  village 
street.

His  companions  cast  their  eyes  in  the 
same direction,  and in a moment saw a man 
with a fancy spring suit  almost  completely 
covered  with  sample  cases  strapped on in 
front and behind, under  each  arm  and  on 
both hips, creep laboriously out of the thick­
et and appear in the open field.

“Talk of  the  dev—angels  and  you hear 
the rustle of their wings,” said the merchant 
with the air of a man who had  given up all 
hope and was ready for  the  worst:  “That’s 
a Grand Rapids drummer!”

The farmers moved their chairs  back and 
allowed that it was about time  to go home.
“You needn’t go on  his  account,  gentle­
men,”  said  the  grocer.  “Ordinarily  it  is 
not dangerous to encounter a Grand  Rapids 
drummer at this time  of the  year. 
I don t 
know where this one came from,  but I’ll bet 
a brick block to a clothes  pin that  there’s a 
new store out that way somewhere and lie’s 
sneaked out there on foot and  sold the pro­
prietor goods enough to last him  seventeen 
years.  He looks like the man  who  loaded 
me up with canned fish a year ago.  I’ve got 
the cellar  full  of  ’em  now.  Never  sold 
enough to get  the  freight  money  back. 
I 
ate ’em myself until I began  to  lose money 
by it on  account of  the  fins  that  began to 
grow out tearing my underclothes.  If that’s 
the man,  lie’s a daisy to  sell  fish. 
If  lie d 
a-been in Jonah’s place he'd  a  steered that 
wliale into Jerusalem and made  him  make 
an affidavit to the purity of his own flesh be­
fore lie cut him up and  loaded  the stock on 
country grocers.”

In a few  minutes tlie  drummer  was  un­
strapping  liis  sample  cases  on  the  shady 
platform where the  grocer sat.

“You’re only the tenth  drummer I've met 
to-day,”  observed  the  merchant,  re-fillmg 
his pipe,  “hut you needn’t let  that  discour­
age you—go right on unpacking.”

The drummer did keep right  on  unpack­

ing.

“When I came down this  morning,” said 
the grocer,  “I found a man sitting  on  that 
box where you just  put  those  coffee  sam­
ples.  He was selling baking powder—none 
of your common baking powder, hut a patent 
rise-at-once  compound 
that  is  hound  to 
make its way in tlie world.  He said lie was 
out a little early on account of liis having got 
a little of it under the mattress  when he hid 
his watch and money last  night,  and  about 
four o’clock  this  morning  the  confounded 
stuff rose and tipped him out of bed.”

The drummer was down to the  bottom of 
the last case by this time and asked the gro­
cer  to take a cigar while he put his samples 
in order.

“He gave away a gold  watch  with  every 
gross  sold,”  continued  the  merchant,  set­
tling back into a comfortable attitude,  “and 
warranted  it to  run  for  thirty years.  Of 
course I knew the watch  was  all  right and 
I had no reason to doubt the veracity of  the 
circulars  he  carried  stating  that  a  million 
gold  watches  had  been  distributed  within 
the past year, but I did’t buy any.  My roof 
leaks a little and I  was afraid it  would get 
damp on my hands and blow up the  store.” 
The  drummer  drew  a  long  breath  and 
seemed anxious to get down to business, but 
the merchant held the floor.

“The next man that camealong,” he went 
on,t “had some kind  of  never-give-out  plug 
tobacco.  He put a  silver  dollar  into eveiy 
tenth package.  All  you  had  to  do was to 
pay ten cents for  every  tenth  plug  and he 
ninety cents ahead.  He had the kind of to­
bacco that  children  cry  for,  and  one  good 
little boy down east,  by  carefully investing 
all his Sunday school money in plug tobacco, 
had drawn dollars enough to raise the mort­
gage on his poor but honest fathers’s farm.” 
The drummer  lit  a  fresh  cigar and took 
up  a  handful  of  coffee  as  a  text  to talk 
from.
“The  next  man,”  went  on  the  grocer, 
“had tea,  with  a  dozen solid  silver  spoons 
in every caddy.  You’ve  been  on  the  road 
long  enough  to  know  how  tea  men  talk 
when  there’s  a  dozen  silver  spoons  some­
where in the lot.  Perhaps you’ve  got some 
of the same kind there?”

The  drummer  was  still  arranging  his j 
samples,  hut  a  good  many  of  them  were; 
finding their way back into  the  cases.  He J 
looked up with a hopeful  expression  on liis 
faee at being allowed  to  get a word  in and 
said that he had none of that kind with him, 
but he had-----

“Never mind,” said the merchant encour­
agingly,  “perhaps  you  will  have  the next 
time you come.  The  man  I  buy  sugar  of 
puts a deed of a Chicago  corner lot in every 
barrel,  and the last  starch  I  bought had an 
order for a suit of clothes  at  the  bottom  of 
the box. 
If you hear of a  man  that  gives 
away  pianos  with  stick  candy just  steer 
him up this way. 
I’ve  made  arrangements 
to give away a  circus  ticket  with every bar 
of soap,  and I must  get  even  someway. 
I 
heard the other day  that the  new  minister 
to Russia drew his appointment  in  a box of 
parlor matches,  and  if  you  hear  of  any of
that kind in the market-----”

The drummer was packing up.  He look­
ed tired and disgusted  and  he  dropped  the 
samples into the cases as  though  they were 
all loaded with cholera germs.

“Perhaps,”  observed  the  grocer,  “you 
think  I’m  going  this  gift  racket  pretty 
strong?  Well,  you wholesale fellows start­
ed it,  and I’m  going  to  keep  right  on  if it 
does demoralize trade. 
If  you  meet  a man 
down the road with a  green  coat  and  one 
eye,  you can tell him  I’ll  take  the  case of 
wooden shoes he offered,  if  he’ll put in  two 
chances for a  third  interest  in  his  firm in­
stead or one. 
If you meet the  plow man at 
the hotel-----”

But  the  drummer had  again  harnessed 
himself with his sample cases a n d  was mak­
ing liis way rapidly t o w a r d  tlie opposite side 
of  the  street.  The  merchant  went  to  the 
hack end of the  store  and  rolled  over  on a 
pile of grain bags and shook  his  sides  and 
grew red in the face.  When  he  caught his 
breath and  got back to  the  door  again  the 
drummer  was  standing  in  the  hotel  dooi 
pointing toward tlie store.

“The more I  look  at  that  man,” mused 
the grocer,  “the more he reminds  me of the 
man who loaded me up with canned fish.”

And lie  communed  with  himself  at  the 

rear end of the store again.

A  P ro b lem   of T o -D a y .

David Swing in th e C urrent.

The absolute calamity of man should come 
only when the population of the world is too 
large for  the  productive  power  of  all  the 
soil.  Some land must be set aside  for  sup­
porting  buildings,  some  for  roads  and 
streets,  some for the growth of  cotton, flax, 
and wool; tlie imhiense remainder  is  avail­
able for the growth  of  food. 
Should  the 
human  family  outgrow  the  clothing  and 
grain areas of tlie  planet  then  hard  times 
would be a necessity.  But while the earth 
shall continue abundantly able to  feed  and 
clothe all its children, povery is an  accident 
and not a necessity.  Only  a  small part of 
the globe is  cultivated,  and  much  of  that 
has been cultivated in  the  poorest  possible 
manner.  Even in the United States, where 
farming is yearly becoming" a science,  there 
is almost as much land in the  Middle States 
to be reclaimed as there is in  tlie  far  West 
to be opened for tlie first time to cultivation. 
Virginia,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Indiana,  and 
nearly all the South, compose one large  ex­
ample of an agriculture but little better than 
that of Turkey or Palestine.

As to its power to produce food and cloth­
ing for man,  Earth is still as fresh  and able 
as slie was ten thousand years  ago. 
If any 
members of tlie human  myriads are short of 
food and clothing the fault  is  in  the  occu­
pant of the world  and not in the globe itself. 
Our troubles would pass away if a few  mil­
lions of those who  have  no  pay  for  work 
would do that kind of work  for  which  the 
soil would be paymaster.  How can carpen­
ters secure pay when there  are  not  enough 
men who need carpenters?  How can weav­
ers secure wages when we all have the  fab­
rics  we  need?  How  can  the  Irishman’s 
shovel find work and pay when the railroads 
are built and the money for cleaning gutters 
is all spent?  How  can  all the clerks  find 
work when  there  are  ten  clerks  for  each 
eight-by-ten-store or office?  How can all the 
teachers find  schools  when  there  are  ten 
teachers for each country school-house?

S tep p in g  S to n es  to  S u ccess.

Learn your business thoroughly.
Keep at one thing—in nowise change. 
Always be in haste, hut never in  a hurry.
* Observe system in all  you do  and  under-
,fft&xe.
|  Whatever is worth  doing  at  all is worth 
doing  well.

One to-day is worth two  to-morrows.
Be self-reliant; do not take too  much ad­

vice,  hut rather depend on yourself.
* Never fail  to  keep  your  appointments, , 
nor to he punctual to the minute.

Never be  idle, but keep  your  hands  or 
mind usefully employed except when sleep­
ing.

Use charity with all; be  ever generous  in 
thought and deed—help  others  along  life’s 
thorny path.

Make no haste to be  rich;  remember that 
small and steady gains give competency and 
tranquility of mind.

He that ascends a ladder  must  take  the 
lowest round.  All who are above were once 
below.

A Solemn Question.

From  tlie New England Grocer.

A distinguished  Boston  divine,  of  unus­
ually  solemn  and  impressive  appearance, 
went out to a country town  not  long ago to 
lecture, 
lie arrived early in the  afternoon, 
and all  the town,  of course  “spotted” him 
within five minutes as a very great and very 
saintly man.

He went into a drug  store,  and,  in tones 
that froze the young  blood  of  the clerk be­
hind the counter, said:

4 4 Y oung—man—do—y ou—smoke?”
“Y—yes,  sir,” said  the  trembling  clerk; 
“I’m sorry, but  I  learned  the  habit young 
and haven’t been able to quit it yet.”

“Then,” said  the  great  divine,  without 
the movement of a muscle or the abatement 
of a shade  of  the  awful  solemnity  of liis 
voice,  “can  you  tell  me  where I can  get a 
good cigar?”

It All Depends.

From  the Philadelphia Call.

Reporter—How’s  the  peach  crop 

this 

year?

Native—Splendid, couldn’t be better. Y'ou 

just moved here,  I suppose?

Reporter—Oh, no; I represent  a  city  pa­
per,  and am seeking information  in  regard 
to the peach crop.

Native—Well,  its  mighty  poor. 

If  we 

get one peach to the tree we’ll do well.

Assistant Attorney General Bryant, of the 
Post Office Department,  is  now  engaged in 
an effort  to  break  up  the  manufacturé by 
certain firms  of  postage  stamps  for  stamp 
collectors.  Many of these are excellent im­
itations. 
It is not charged that  the  stamps 
are used for mailing purposes, but to deceive 
tlie  public.  He will endeavor to have them 
excluded from the mails.

“Beg your pardon,” said the grocer,  “but 
this is a bad bill.”  “Well,  I can’t  help it,” 
replied the customer coolly;  “I didn’t make 
it.  And I  reckon  that  neither  you  nor  I 
could make a better one.”

When there are no men  to make any pay­
ment for our form  of  labor  then  we  must 
turn aside from man as  our  paymaster  and 
ask Nature to he  the  employer.  That  is, 
instead of  bartering  our  “school-teaching” 
or  our “weaving” or our “clerking” or  our 
“brickmaking” for corn,  wheat,  and  pota­
toes, we must turn to the ground  and  raise 
them.  Unable  to  buy  any  land we must 
rent some acre or acres,  for  we  must  live,
and there is life in the  ground.
Virginia  comprises  twenty-four  millions
of acres of land,  of which eight millions are 
under cultivation.  Assuming  that there is 
one more third capable  of  being  cultivated 
we have eight millions of acres of  land,  un­
der one of the best skies in  the world,  wait­
ing for humanity to come to them  for  food, 
shelter, and clothing.  And yet in that very 
State there will be  found  ten  “darkies”  to 
the small village who  are  expecting  money 
to come from  whitewashing  among  hotises 
which do not believe in the art, and ten oth­
er darkies<jyill he found hoping for  a  reve­
nue from blacking shoes in places where the 
men  go  barefooted.  But  how  do  these 
whitewashing  “darkies” of  the South differ 
from the whites in the North,  who desire to 
be book-agents  in  towns  where  shot-guns 
and cross dogs are awaiting  the  canvasser? 
How differ  from  the  whites  who  wish  to 
shovel a hundred tons of coal for the family 
which lias had difficulty in paying for  a few 
baskets  full  of  “little  egg”? 
Virginia 
would supply a bountiful  table for a million 
of these hopeless seekers of something from 
nothing.  Going  to  the  land  for  support 
they would find how much better it is to ex­
pect something from  nothing

Ohio could take a million,  Indiana a mill­
ion of these persons who are  carrying  some 
form of industry for which there  is  no  de­
mand. 
In Paris there  was a  reason  for  a 
procession headed by a  girl  carrying  on  a 
banner the ominous word,  “Bread.”  There 
industry had been long defrauded  by  politi­
cal crime.  But in America,  where industry 
lias made great blunders only,  and has made 
ten clerks to one farmer and ten girl-canvas­
sers for one girl-gardener or girl-farmer, the 
procession  ought  indeed  to  march  once 
again,  and should carry once  more  the  de­
vice,  4‘B r e a d , ”  but the  march  should  move 
with  music  toward  the  idle  fields  where
Bread is wont to grow.
There are millions that cry out for money. 
But they do not need money. 
If  they had 
it they would spend it for food  and  clothes. 
The crises is met when these  persons  have 
resolved to raise bread and clothes out of the 
soil.  Money then ceases to he a necessity. 
Many of us older men remember when in all 
the pockets,  trunks, drawers and old  stock­
ings in tlie farmhouse all the  police  in  the 
world  could  not  have  found  a  dollar  of 
money, but  memory  recalls  a  table  loaded 
with abundance, and with even  such delica­
cies  as  coffee,  sugar,  and  m olasses,  pur­
chased by barter.  Most of the clothing was 
made at home. 
In  those  days money was 
not a god.  The great fields of wheat and corn, 
the garden,  the  chickens,  the  flocks  were 
the forms which the money-god  took  forty 
Some  currency  was needed at 
years ago. 
tax-paying 
time,  but 
schoolmaster 
boarded around,  and a  part  of  all  salaries 
and  wages  was  paid  in  things  from  the 
land.

the 

G R A N D   R A P ID S.  M ICHIGAN,  W E D N E SD A Y ,  J U N E   24,  1885.

NO. 92.

When one looks out upon the vacant  mil­
lions of acres ili the Nation,  and then  looks 
at the number of the poor,  the feeling comes 
that they need  not  be  poor. 
The  mental 
care and the actual  walking  about , to  seek 
work involve more real labor than  would be 
required to entice a good  living  out  of  the 
fields.  The difficulty of the case is that of 
causing the millions who  are  almost bread­
less to turn to the growing of grains.  Farm­
ing is not only a science and an art,  hut it is 
also a taste,  and  hence  to  carry  new mil­
lions from  town  streets  to  the  fields  is a 
heavy task.  But many thousands can  pass 
from city life to farm  life,  and should do so 
in these years of mechanical and clerical ex­
cess.  The farm  offers  support,  home  and 
happiness to  many  millions  besides  those 
now living among  plows  and  hoes.  For  a 
thousand years to  come,  if the  climates of 
the earth remain what  they are  to-day,  the 
agricultural life  will  stand as a  refuge  for 
millions who may desire to flee from a social 
wrath to come.

T h e   R e q u isites  to   S u ccess. 
Correspondence Boot and Shoe Record.

While I was in St.  Paul  I  dropped into a 
shoe store,  and while  in  conversation  with 
the proprietor,  a lady came in and  asked to 
be shown a pair  of  shoes.  The  proprietor 
immediately left me and escorted the lady to 
a seat; lie then called up one’of the salesmen 
and told him what the lady desired, when he 
resumed his seat  by  my  side,  but  kept a 
close watch on the door and  every customer 
that entered lie would rise and receive them 
personally,  after  which  they  were  passed 
over to the  care  of  the  clerks.  When  the 
purchases were concluded and the customers 
ready to depart,  he  would  see  them  to the 
door and thank them for their  custom,  with 
a request to call  again.  This way of  doing 
business rather attracted my  attention,  and 
I asked him if lie always made a practice to 
look after his trade in this way.  “Always,” 
lie  replied.  “I  consider  it  my duty  to re­
ceive my customers personally  when  possi­
ble.  Don't you know,  they  always  like to 
have attention from the proprietor?  I think 
I <#ve part of my success in business to  this 
little bit  of  courtesy. ”  When  I  left  this 
man I thought this would  be  something  to 
write  about  to  the  Recorder,  and  let  its 
readers chew it over. 
I  have been  in  shoe 
stores where the proprietor could  be  found 
seated at the  rear  of  the  store  smoking a 
pipe or cigar,  his  feet  stretched  up  on  a 
chair,  and his  customers  enter  and  stand 
around waiting to be  looked  after.  Polite­
ness, attention and care  are  the  requisities 
for the retail shoe dealer to  insure  him  the 
road to success.  Follow these  up  and they 
will prove a boon to you.

M a in e’s  G um   Crop.

From  the P ortland Press.

This is a great gum year in  Maine, espec­
ially on  the  Penobscot,  and  now  that  the 
sun is climbing  up  into  the  North  again a 
little and  the  lumbermen  are  coining  out, 
the air is fairly  redolent  with  the  perfume 
of spruce.  The  logs,  knees  and  bark  are 
not the only valuable parts of the great tim­
ber tree,  for the gum is  worth  considerable 
even in its rough  state,  just  as it is hacked 
from the crotches of old trees.

There are two  or  three  firms  in  Maine 
which buy large quantities  of  it  from lum­
bermen and gum hunters,  for the purpose of 
refining it,  as they  say;  but  as  a  general 
thing, the refining  consists  in  adulteration 
with resin.  They throw it into a big kettle, 
bark and all, and boil it into  about the con­
sistency  of  thick  molasses,  skimming  tlie 
impurities off as  they  rise  to  the  surface. 
Then, if the purpose he to  adulterate, some 
lard or grease and  a lot of  resin are added, 
and in some cases a little sugar.  The  mix­
ture then becomes thicker,  and,  after  more 
stintng,  is  poured  out  on  a  slab,  where, 
while it is yet hot, it is rolled out in a sheet 
about a quarter of an  inch  thick, and  then 
chopped with a steel  die into pieces half an 
inch wide  and  three-quarters  of  an  inch 
long.  These pieces are  wrapped  in  tissue 
paper and packed in wooden  boxes.  There 
are 200 pieces in a box.

Some gum is treated in  this  way without 
adulteration.  The best gum comes from no 
particular locality, but always from the big­
gest trees.  The loggers, in their many idle 
hours by the camp fire,  whittle  out  minia­
ture barrels from blocks  of  cedar  or  white 
pine, hollow  them  out  and  fill  them  with 
the choicest gum the woods afford,  for gifts 
to  their  sweethearts,  children  or friends, 
when they “come down” in tlie spring.

T h e   F u n n y   S ide  of  th e   Q u estio n .

From  the  New Y ork Times.

The practice of selling  apples  and  pota­
toes by measure and  eggs  by the dozen lias 
always  commended  itself  to  the  grocer’s  , 
mind for obvious  reasons.  Apples  and po­
tatoes are round,  and  they  therefore cannot 
be tightly packed in a  peek  measure.  The 
larger the apples or potatoes are the greater 
is the proportion of unoccupied  space when 
they are crowded into a measure.  The gro­
cer who  sells  by measure  obtains  just  as 
much for the vacant spaces  between the ap­
ples or potatoes ill liis measure as lie obtains 
for  the  apples  themselves.  Naturally,  in 
these  circumstances,  he  prefers  to sell  by 
measure instead of weight.

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Term s $1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade know n on application.

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  24,  1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

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President—L ester J. Rindge.
V ice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
T reasurer—Wm. Sears. 
Executive  Com m ittee—P resident,  V ice-Pres­
ident and T reasurer, ex-offlcio; O. A. Ball, one 
year;  L. E. H aw kins and R. D. Sw artout, two
A rbitration  Com m ittee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W. 
T ransportation  Committee—Sam uel  Sears, 
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, A rth u r 
M anufacturing  Committee—Wm.  C artw right, 
A nnual M eeting—Second  W ednesday evening 
Regular  M eetings—Second  W ednesday  even­
________

Putnam , Joseph Housem an.
Geo. B. D unton, Amos. S. M usselman.
Meigs, Wm. T. Lam oreaux. 
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
of October. 
ing of each m onth. 

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huran Dairymen s Association.

Organized  at  Grand  Rapids,  February  25,  1885.
President—Milan W iggins, Bloomingdale. 
V ice-Presidents—W.  H.  Howe,  Capac;  F.  C. 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P .  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F:  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
W arren H aven, Bloomingdale;  Chas.  E. Bel- 
knap,  G rand  Rapids;  L.  F.  Cox,  P ortage; 
Jo h n  Borst, V riesland;  R. C.Nash, H illiards; 
D.  M.  Adams,  A shland:  Jos.  Post,  Clarks-
Secretary and T reasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand 
N ext  M eeting—Third  Tuesday  in  F ebruary, 
M embership Fee—$1 p er year.
Official Organ—T h e  M i c h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n .

Rapids. 
1886.

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Post A.', I. C. T. A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Wm. Logie.
F irst V ice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second  V ice-President—Stephen A.  Sears.
Secretary and T reasurer—L. W. A tkins.
Executive  Committee—P resident  and  Secre­
tary,  ex  officio;  Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Jas.  N. 
Bradford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo.  H.  Seym our,  Wal­
lace  Franklin,  W.  H.  Downs,  Wm.  B.  Ed­
m unds and D. S. Haugh.
Room  Com m ittee—Stephen  A.  Sears,  Wm. 
Boughton, W. H. Jennings.
Regular  M eetings—L ast  Saturday  evening  in 
each month.
N ext  Meeting—Saturday  evening,  Ju n e   27, 
a t “The T radesm an” office.

Grand Rapids Post T.  P.A.

Organized at Grand Rapids, A pril 11,1885.
President—Geo. F. Owen.
V ice-President—Geo. W. McKay.
Secretary—Leo A. Caro.
T reasurer—Jam es Fox.
N ext M eeting—Subject to call  of  President.
Dealers would do well to accept no  Cana­
dian silver hereafter, except at  the  current 
rate of discount—5 per  cent.-v-aiul  speedily 
dispose of all they may happen  to  have  on 
hand.

In response to the  request  of  a consider­
able number of retail dealers,  and  the  sug­
gestion  of  several  jobbers,  T h e  T r a d e s­
m an herewith presents a list  of  quotations 
on  woodenware,  which  will  be  a  regular 
feature of the paper hereafter.

The attention of financial circles is caught 
by the indorsement given by the  South Car­
olina  bankers to  the  action  of  the Atlanta 
convention in calling  for  the  suspension of 
silver coinage.  Evidently  the  silver dollar 
is to be attacked from the  home  of  its for­
mer friends.

The  readers  of  T h e  T ra desm a n  have 
a genuine treat in store for them in the shape 
of a series of humorous articles  on  mercan­
tile  subjects, 
the  second  of  which  ap­
pears on  the  first  page  of  this  issue.  The 
articles are from the pen of Alfred B. Tozer, 
one of the best writers  of  the  kind 
in  the 
country,  who  lias  made  a  careful  study  of 
the  various  phases  o$  business  experience 
upon which he will touch,  with the view  of 
producing the funniest and most unique  se­
ries of pen  sketches  which  have  ever  ap­
peared in any trade  paper.  T h e  T ra d es­
m an is inclined to the opinion that its  read­
ers will all agree in  pronouncing  the  pres­
ent contribution the best “take off”  on  gift 
schemes ever spread on paper.

dairy butter, but this evidence  was stricken 
out, and the case  was  placed  on its merits, 
the defendant assuming that the law was an 
oppressive 
legitimate 
trade.  Justice  Pratt, one  of the judges be­
fore  whom  the  final  appeal  was  brought, 
stated his objections to  the  law  in  the fol­
lowing forcible language:

interferance  with 

It  seems  to me a  citizen  has a  right to 
make  any  pure  and  wholesome  article  of 
food and sell it  for  what it actually is,  and 
it is immaterial  what  lawful  use  shall  be 
made of it afterward. 
If a man is  too poor 
to buy good butter,  I see no objection to his 
using  oil,  cheese,  or  honey,  or  any  other 
substitute for butter.  A  law prohibiting the 
making of an iron rake to be used as a  sub­
stitute for one made entirely of wood  could 
be passed with just the same  legal effect as 
a law providing  that  oleomargarine  should 
not be made to be  used  as  a substitute for 
butter.

In the light of  the  above  facts,  it will be 
interesting to know what steps will be taken 
to enforce a similar law passed  by  the Leg­
islature of this State a couple of weeks ago.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN   T H E   C IT Y .

F. J.  Lamb & Co. have  put in  an  eleva­

tor.

Ludwig Wintemintz succeeds  P.  Spitz as 
agent  for  “Fermentum”  compressed yeast 
in this territory.

A.  R.  Barnes has engaged in  the  grocery 
business at Petoskey.  Clark,  Jewell & Co. 
furnished the stock.

II. Leonard & Sons have  issued a twelve- 
page  “ bargain catalogue,”  which  they  are 
mailing to all their customers.

The Kent County Savings  Bank  has  got­
ten  in  a  steel  burglar  proof  chest,  with 
time  lock. 
It  has  been placed inside  the 
vault.

C.  C. Bunting,  of  the new  firm  of  Bunt 
ing &  Shedd,  has  been  in  Buffalo  several 
days,  arranging  to  handle  the  products  of 
the Hamburg Canning Co.  He  will  return 
by way of Indianapolis  and  Chicago.  Mr. 
Shedd will sever  his  connection  with  the 
Savings  Bank  July  1,  at  which  time  the 
film will begin operations.

Edwin Densmore  left  Monday for St.  Ig- 
nace, where he will superintend  the placing 
of the veneer machinery in  the  new mill of 
the  St.  Ignace  Manufacturing  Co.  Mr. 
Densmore has lately received an  order for a 
veneer  cutting  machine  from  Detroit  par­
ties, who intend to engage in the  cutting of 
cheese box lumber at Wyandotte.

“My partner is a politician of considerable 
influence,”  said  a  well-known  jobber,  “in 
consequence  of  which  there  are  from  a 
dozen to fifty men in here every day  solicit­
ing his signature to petitions for office under 
the  new  administration. 
If  I  was  in  his 
place,  I’d buy a gross of shovels,  and  make 
everyone  who  called  on  me  a  present  of 
one.”

Condsiderable surprise  was  manifested  a 
day or two ago when the Old  National  and 
National City  banking  establishments  dis­
played placards announcing  that  all  Cana­
dian  silver  coin  would  hereafter be taken 
only  at  a  discount  of  5  per  cent.  The 
Fourth  National  will  adopt  a similar  rale 
within  a  day  or  two  and the other banks 
will probably shortly follow suit.  Various 
reasons are advanced by the banks  for  tak­
ing such a step,  the  most  important  being 
that the coin is not “ current funds,” in the 
meaning of the law,  and  consequently  can­
not be reckoned as  assets.  Other  bankers 
I in  this  vicinity  refuse  to  take the coin  at 
j par,  which  occasions  a  large influx of  the 
! silver to this city.  As the only outlet  is  to 
express the metal to some  Canadian  finan 
! cial center, the only practical way is to send 
! it away in amounts of $500 and $1,000,  and 
I while  these  sums  are  accumulating  the 
banks are compelled to lose  the  interest  on 
the money, besides standing the  expressage 
and  exchange.  The  adoption  of the  dis- 
count  system  will  undoubtedly  have  a 
I tendency to drive Canadian coin  out of  this 
I part of the State.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

North & Foster  succeed  J.  P.  Foster & 

Son in the produce business  at Pontiac.

Shuck & Morton  succeed  II.  Wonsey  & 

Hazard in the jewelry business at Adrian.

Co.  in the meat market business at Colon.

II.  A.  Ringman  succeeds  Ringman  & 

The  recent  action  of  the  C.  &  W.  M. 
Railway in making an  arbitrary rate  on  all 
pool freight from the East,  which  amounts 
to a withdrawal  from  the  pooling  arrange­
D. M.  Baker succeeds D. M. Baker & Co. 
ment,  is  provoking the  opposition  of  mer­
in the lumber and coal  business  at  Adrian. 
chants  at  Muskegon,  Grand  Haven  and 
Gibson  &  Son,  grocers  at  Partello,  are
Holland,  who formerly  enjoyed  the  advan-
tage of Chicago freights,  but  are  now  com-! erecting an addition to their  store building
pelled  to  pay  Chicago  rates  to  Allegan, 
Grand Rapids or  Ferrysburg,  anti  an  arbi- 
tary rate from thence to destination.  Grand 
Haven business men can avoid the payment 
of the extra rate by ordering their goods via 
D.,  G.  H.  & M.,  as that road still remains in 
the pool; but  Muskegon  and  Holland  are 
practically helpless,  and the indications  are 
that they will be compelled to remain in that 
A. Jennings and L. J.  Sherrod  have pur-
condition until the fall tariff goes into effect,
when the C. & W.  M. will  probably resume | chased the lumber business of John Lyle, at
its former relations with the pool.

Hamer Bros., clothing dealers  at  Harbor 
Springs,  will remove  their  stock  to  Petos­
key.
.  C.  R.  Richardson  succeeds  W.  G.  Patter­
son in the boot  and  shoe  business  at  Lan­
sing.

D.  V.  Edsall,  Agt.,  crockery  dealer  at 
Monroe,  has  been  closed  on  chattel  mort­
gage.

Decatur

purchased the Jos.' Newman  general  stock 
at Dorr,  and will continue the  business un­
der the firm name of Newman  &  Esbaugh.
D.  D.  Gunsolus has bought the  hardware 
stock of Geo. W. Ferguson, at Fairfield, and 
will continue the business  at  the old stand. 
Mr. Ferguson has bought a  farm  and  mill 
near Adrian.

S.  C. Fell, who  has  moved  his  shingle 
mill from Howard City to  Petoskey, has lo­
cated the  same  on  Bear  River,  within  the 
limits of the village.  The mill will cut only 
cedar shingles.  The  grocery  stock  will be 
moved about July 1.

Duff Jennings & Co.,  of  Sheridan,  who 
were  reported  to  have  sold  out  and  “left 
town,” write T h e T ra d esm a n as  follows: 
“There is truth in the report  that  we  have 
sold out, but the report  that  we  will  move 
away is untrue.  We  have  lived  here  for 
years,  and for all we  now  know,  will  die 
here,  some time in  the  dim and  distant fu­
ture.  We have desired to go out of business 
for some time.  We tried selling off at cost, 
but found it slow work,  and finally sold our 
entire stoek to Shields,  Bulkley  &  Lemon, 
of your city,  who  closed  it  out to  James 
Towle,  of Greenville,  and  John  Prestel,  E. 
J.  Sherwood,  Gray & Gray,  and  Geo.  Phil­
lips,  of this place.  We are  settling up  our 
business  affairs,  and  will  do  nothing  else 
until it is all closed up.”

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A T T E R S .

The  Cummer  Lumber  Co.,  at  Cadillac, 
will discard the circular and adopt the band 
saw.

W.  B.  Griffin has  purchased  J.  G.  Wil­
liams’ interest in the Johnson millatSauga- 
tuck.

Bolton & McRae lately shipped 15,000 ties 
at Alpena,  for  Chicago,  also  5,000  cedar 
posts.

Manistique claims to present a good open­
ing for a planing mill  and  sash  and  door 
factory.

The Delta Lumber Co., at Thompson,  has 
made arrangements to build  a planing  mill 
at Detroit.

Thompson  Bros.,  of  St.  Clair,  have  en­
larged their salt works and are now turning 
out 400 barrels a day.

Towle’s mill,  one mile north of Sheridan, 
was lately put in motion,  cutting 50,000 feet 
of lumber a day,  and employing 35 men.

Case & Cratser are  running  their  mill at 
Kingsley, night and day,  for the purpose of 
getting their stock of logs cut by Aug.  1.

Gregory & McKenzie  have  established  a 
saw works at the  Menominee  Iron  Works, 
at  Menominee,  and  will  do  saw  repairing 
for the mills.

L.  A.  Clark lias  retired  from the  firm of 
Dolsen,  Chapin & Co., lumber  manufactur­
ers  at  Bay City.  The  firm  name  remains 
the same as before.

David Ward has sold the  balance  of  his 
Manistee  stock,  cut  at  Backus  &  Binder’s 
mill,  about 2,000,000 feet, to Albany parlftes 
at $25 a thousand.

D.  Swift,  of Edmore, is putting in a shin­
gle mill north of Rodney, on what is known 
as  the  Comstock  timber.  He  will  also 
build a store there.

The Grand Haven  Lumber  Co.  has  pur­
chased 50,000,000 feet of pine on Flat river, 
which  will  be  cut  and  brought  down  to 
Grand Haven for manufacture.

J.  N.  Hess,  a  prominent  Cadillac  lum­
berman,  has sold his interests  at that place, | 
and is removing  to  Argos,  Ind.,  where  he ! 
will engage in manufacturing.

F.  W.  Gilchrist  is  rebuilding the lumber I 
barge Michigan,  at  Alpena.  Her  sides are | 
being raised several feet.  The  Michigan is 
said to have the largest hull on the lakes.

It is  stated  in  Upper  Peninsula  papers 
that Thos.  Nester  has  decided  to  build a 
logging railroad to  his  pine  lands  west  of 
Baraga,  and that he has let the construction 
job to J. II.  Payne,  of Baraga.

W.  & A.  McArthur  are  shipping  lumber 
to Cadillac,  from  Cheboygan,  in  consider­
able quantity;  under  what  inducements  is 
not stated,  but probably to fill up broken as­
sortments in the mill stocks at Cadillac.

It is reported that Warner & Eastman,  of 
East  Saginaw,  contemplate  the  establish­
ment of a yard at that point for the car load 
trade  in  assorted  lumber.  They  have  on 
hand 4,000,000 feet of  choice  stock  1,000,- 
000 of which is sold.

The Midcllebrook  &' Post  Manufacturing 
Co., jobbers of  machinery at  Detroit,  have 
given two chattel mortgages for *$8,000  and 
$2,000,  respectively,  and  some of  the unse­
cured creditors have  petitioned  for  the  ap­
pointment of a receiver.

Successful  Michigan  exhibitors  at  New 
Orleans:  Morley Bros.,  East Saginaw,  first- 
class  medal  for  saw-mill  and  lumbering 
tools; Chas.  W.  Coe,  Fentonville,  first-class 
medal for blacksmith  tools;  Michigan  axe 
and  tool  company,  East  Saginaw,  second- 
class medal for display of edge tools.

T h e T ra d esm a n stated  several  months 
ago that  a  syndicate  had  been  formed  in 
New York City  to  test  the  legality  of  the 
anti-oleomargarine law,  passed  by the Leg­
islature of New York about a  year ago.  A 
test  case  has  been  carried  from  court  to 
court,  and  a  final  appeal  to  the  court  of 
last  resort  has  resulted  in  a  decision 
holding the law  which  prohibits the manu­
facture and sale  of  butter  substitutes to be 
unconstitutional.  The defendant,  who was 
arrested  for  selling  oleomargarine,  proved 
that the  commodity  was  as  wholesome  as

Robert Kretchman  has  bought  the  half 
interest of C. A.  Waal in  the  meat  firm  of 
Bauman & Waal,  at Manistee.

John VanArsdale has moved his boot and 
shoe stock  from  Muir  to  Wayland, where 
he will continue the business.

The  Zemon  &  Sable  clothing  stock,  at 
Clare,  which was inventoried at $4,559,  was 
sold to P.  Medallie, of Cadillac,  for  $2,005.
Fred  I.  Nichols  has  purchased  D.  W. 
Higgins’ interest  in  the  mill  and  grocery 
business at Bell’s  Siding,  near  Morley, and 
will continue the business,

Robert Newman and Frank Esbaugh have

T.  R.  Lyon,  agent,  is  about  to  sink  two 
salt wells at Ludington,  and  will  immedi­
ately build a  salt  block,  with a  capacity of 
500 barrels a day.  Bids have been  made to 
put down a well in four months,  for $7,000.
It is intended to work the wells only during 
the sawing season,  about 200 days,  and that 
a single well will thus produce  100,000 bar­
rels of salt a year.

C.  C. Barker,  of Birdsall  &  Barker,  Bay 
City,  is the inventor of  a  crib  for  towing 
logs that is said to completely fulfill  the re­
quirement for safety in heavy seas.  A trial 
of it was recently made in Saginaw bay with 
entire success, there  being  150,000  feet of

Louis Cartier has  been  in  Milwaukee,  as 
agent for his father,  A.  E.  Cartier,  of  Lud-
ington,  negotiating for the purchase of thir- j Michif?an) 
ty-three forties of  pine in Lake  and  Mason I j owa 
counties.  Wm.  Bradley owns  the  lands at 
present,  unless  the  Cartier  proposition  to 
buy has resulted in a transfer.

IS  IVES  INSANE ?

logs in the raft. 
If rafting  by  lake  can be 
rendered  safe  by this  invention,  it  will be 
an important matter.

Peculiar  Actions  Which  Suggest  Such  a 

Question.

The  Cheboygan  Lumber  Co.,  with  mills 
The  Big  Rapids  correspondent  of  T h e 
at Cheboygan, is driving piles for  increased 
T ra d esm a n intimated  last  week  that  all 
booming ground at that point.  This has be­
was not serene in  the  vicinity  of  Hunger-
come necessary to  accomodate  the  Spanish 
ford,  and a careful investigation of the mat- 
river,  Ont.,  logs,  which  will  soon  begin to 
The company has purchased  limits ] ter at the hands of a  T ra d esm a n  reporter 
arrive.
including 80,000,000  to  100,000,000  feet  of I discloses a state of  affairs  which  promises 
pine in Spanish river district, and intends to  sensational developments  of  no  mean  pro-
towihe logs to Cheboygan for sawing,  thus 
avoiding the duty on lumber.

portions.

S T R A Y   F A C T S .

Manistee is crowing over the  fine  quality 

of her salt product.

Thoms  Bros.,  blacksmiths  and  wagon 

makers at Centerville, have left town.

An Alpena  paper  says  that  the  demand 
for lumber is  somewhat  better  than it was 
in June of last year.

There is talk of erecting  a  steel  mill  at 
Iron Mountain,  in  the  Upper Peninsula,  P. 
Kimberley being one of the projectors.

The  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  and  the 
Groodrich  line  steamers  now  have  a  full 
return freight  to  Milwaukee  in  Manistee 
salt.

The  growth  of  the  featherbone  industry 
at Three Oaks  necessitates  the  erection  of 
still another  building.  This one to  be  40x 
100 feet in size.

The Three Rivers Paper  Co. has  bought 
and will operate the  J.  W.  French  paper- 
mills.  The  new  company  starts  in  with 
$75,000 paid up capital.

Owosso has now but one bank,  that of M. 
S.  Stewart & Co,, the First National having 
failed  to  renew  its  charter.  A solid con­
cern could find a good field there.

During the year  ending  June 1, 480  cars 
of  freight  were  forwarded  from  Bancroft. 
All of the freight was  Bancroft’s product in 
the shape of grain or manufactured goods.

R.  Connable  &  Son,  of  Petoskey,  have 
bought a steam tug, the “Ethel J .” of Cleve­
land,  for their fish business,  and have open­
ed a branch fish house at Fort  Wayne,  Ind.
South Boardman has her arms  open for a 
capitalist who will invest in a handle or fur­
niture factory,  and utilize  the abundance of 
good timber and two  water  powers  there- J 
abouts.

Over 300 barrels of mineral, besides many 
tons of mass copper,  are on the Quincy min­
ing company’s dock,  at  Hancock,  awaiting | 
shipment.  The production  is so  brisk that 
new contracts  for  carrying  will  have to be 
made.

Daniel Root,  of Hudson,  is an  enthusiast 
on the subject of producing good  sugar at a 
profit in Michigan.  With machinery he put 
operation last year he made 6,000 pounds of 
sorghum sugar of good quality,  and  readily 
disposed of his product.

The signing of the amalgamated  scale by 
the Pittsburg  iron  men  has  created  great 
satisfaction in the Upper Peninsula iron re­
gion.  Business has been very  stagnant for 
two or three weeks,  and had the  iron work­
ers’  difficulty  remained  unsettled  it  must 
soon have made it worse.

Six gentlemen,  interested in the Minneap­
olis,  Sault Ste. Marie  &  Atlantic  railroad, 
went over the route last week. 
It is  decid­
ed that a lake terminus will  be  established 
at the head of the  bay,  and  Escanaba  will 
therefore be benefited by the line.  The par­
ty also visited  Manistique.

It  is  said  that  standing  timber  greatly 
suffered by the recent  forest  fires in Michi­
gan,  and that in  some  instances  saw  logs, 
partly  covered  by  water,  lying  with  one 
end in a stream,  were burned  so  that noth­
ing remained above  water  but  the  charred 
end and a heap of ashes on shore.

Kalamazoo Business Points.

J.  W.  lloat has engaged to travel for Geo. 
Ilansehnan,  the  confectionery  jobber,  in 
place of W.  P.  Townsend.

Julius Bader & Co.,  who recently embark­
ed in the wholesale  grocery  business,  have 
concluded to close out tea,  coffee  and  spice 
stock,  and will hereafter  carry  only  tobac­
cos, cigars and liquors.

Geo.  M. McDonald  says  his appointment 
to the Board of Pharmacy was a surprise to 
him and against his best wishes; and he has 
not yet fully decided as  to  whether he will 
accept the position.  The  Board  will  meet 
at Lansing the second Tuesday  in  July for 
organization.  Mr.  McDonald says he  shall 
support Mr.  Eberbach for  President  of the 
Board,  Mr. Jesson  for  Secretary  and  Mr. 
Vernor for Treasurer.

H. G. Coleman, Secretary of the Zoa-phora 
Medicine  Co.,  has  lately  returned  from  a 
trip  through  Indiana.  He  reports  a  good 
business  feeling  throughout  the  northern 
part of the  State,  but  considerable  depres­
sion in the southern portion,  on  account of 
the failure  of  the  wheat  crop.  The  Zoa- 
phora Co.  has  “worked,”  and  is  in  receipt
of a lucrative  business  from  the  States  of 
and 

Indiana,  Ohio, 

Illinois 

Purely Personal.

L.  J. Rindge and O. A.  Ball  spent  a few 

hours at Moline one day last week.

J. A.  Hughston,  eastern traveling freight 
agent for  the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  was 
in town last week.

W.  S. Bartron, the Bridgeton general deal­
er,  is  recovering  from  a  severe  attack  of 
typhoid  fever.  He  breath  Grand  Rapids 
air for a couple of days last week.

L.  L.  Loveridge was up at  Horton’s  Bay 
last week,  looking over  his  summer  resort 
property.  He  is  as  yet  undecided  as  to 
whether he will  erect 
the ground to the Methodist  society of  that 
place for a parsonage.

When the Ives Lumber Co.  failed several 
years ago,  James Blair,  of this  city,  carried 
on the business for a time; but as  the  man­
agement proved unsatisfactory  both  to  the 
estate and Mr.  Blair,  T.  Gifford  Smith,  of 
Buffalo,  assumed the responsibility  attend­
ing the  business,  placing  Stewart  Ives  in 
charge of same with  a  power  of  attorney. 
Mr.  Ives is a man of good  business  ability, 
and could have  extricated  the  estate  from 
its financial difficulties,  if  he  had  been  so 
inclined. 
Instead, however,  of  giving  his 
best thought to  the  business,  he  seems  to 
have been more desirous  of  figuring in the 
role of a Yanderbilt,  and  becoming  notor­
ious for his reckless use of  money,  and  the 
voluptuous manner in which  he  has  lived. 
He has  private  apartments  at  the  Morton 
House,  elaborately furnished and  cared  for 
by a  chambermaid in his exclusive  employ; 
and street report is authority for  the  state­
ment  that  a  suite  of  finely 
furnished 
rooms are also maintained in a certain busi­
ness  block,  and  that  the  mistress  of the 
same is in receipt of a  monthly  stipend  of 
$100.  Elegant living rooms are also  main­
tained  at  Big  Rapids  and  Chicago,  on a 
scale of magnificence never  before  equaled 
in the former place and seldom  seen  in  the 
I latter.  A pair of roadsters valued at $1,200 
are kept at Chicago,  boarded at an  expense 
of $70 per month, and cared for by a private 
coachman.  Fine horses have also been kept 
at  Big  Rapids  and  in  this  city;  and,  in 
spite of these elaborate turnouts,  it  is  said 
i that his expenditure for  hacks  and  coupes 
in Chicago has frequently  reached  $20  per 
day.

His mania to figure as a successful specu­
lator is said to have led him  into a number 
of  unfortunate  investments,  by  means  of 
which funds which should have been used in 
the prosecution  of  the  business  have  been 
diverted to other purposes.  While  in  Chi­
cago a short time ago,  he  is  said  to  have 
purchased a brick block, ‘which  was  mort- 
gaged|for all it was  worth,  paying  $25,000 
on the same. 
It  is  claimed  by  those  who 
are acquainted with the facts  in  the matter 
that he  never  looked  at  the  block,  except 
from the outside,  and was guided wholly by 
the representations  of  the  agent who made 
the trade.

These  facts  coming  to  the  ears  of  Mr. 
Smith,  and  also  reports  that  the  business 
was not moving along satisfactorily, he con­
cluded  to  pay  a  visit  to  the  scene  of 
trouble,  and the  result  was  that  Mr.  Ives’ 
power of attorney was revoked, and he  was 
forbidden to  do  any  more  business  in  the 
name  of  the  financial  backer.  No  one 
seems to know the  exact  status of  the  es­
tate, nor will such knowledge be forthcoming 
until a  thorough investigation of its  affairs 
is made.  That  the  property  is  very  valu­
able,  and that the assets will  reach at  least 
$300,000,  is patent to everyone interested in 
the matter; but just  how  much  the  liabili­
ties are,  and  how  much  Ives  obligated the 
estate before decapitated by Smith,  remains 
to be seen.  I.  M.  Watson is understood to be 
an endorser on paper made  by the  estate to 
the extent of $37,000,  but he is amply secur­
ed on lumber piled in the yards in  Lumber- 
ton.  L.  G. Mason, of Muskegon,  and L.  S. 
Baker,  of Big  Rapids,  are  both  named  as 
successors to Mr.  Ives,  and  the  indications 
are that the former will be selected.  Either 
gentleman has the necessary experience and 
ability to put the  affairs  of the  company in 
excellent shape,  and convert  the  remainder 
of the vast property into  snug  fortunes for 
both heirs.

Mr.  Ives’ eccentricities have lately excited 
the  apprehensions  of  his  friends,  and re­
ports are rife on the street  to the effect that 
he is not  quite  right,  mentally.  Whether 
such is a fact will  probably  be  determined 
by  his  future  actions,  which will be care­
fully watched.

The Big Rapids  Rapids  correspondent of 
T h e  T ra d esm a n,  who  was  telegraphed 
for  all  particulars  known  there,  answered 
as follows:

It has been  a  matter  of  common  know­
ledge here that T.  Gifford  Smith  has  been 
the financial backer of the concern  for  sev­
eral years,  and that he  has  advanced  large 
sums of money on  various  occasions. 
Ives 
has carried on the business  as  attorney  for 
Smith,  and  recently contracted  with  L.  S. 
Baker,  cashier  of  the  Northern  National 
Bank,  to handle the entire cut of the mill at 
Lumberton.  About two months ago  Baker 
advanced Ives  $15,000  with  which  to  pay 
mill hands,  etc.,  which money was invested 
in a brick  block  in  Chicago,  the  price  of 
which was above $200,000,  and  the  title to 
which was vested in Ives. 
Ives  then  made 
a demand for more  money,  which  was  re­
fused,  and Baker telegraphed Smith to come 
to the scene of trouble which he did, the vis­
it resulting in the revocation  of  the  power 
of attorney  given  Ives.  For  a  number  of 
days the creditors,  chief among whom Smith, 
have endeavored to invest L.  S. Baker  with 
power  of  attorney,  but  there  was  in  the 
writing whieh gave  that  power  to  Ives a 
clause which gave him also the naming of a 
successor,  in case one  should be appointed. 
Ives objects to Baker.  Undoubtedly Baker
In the mean time,
Re-

operations are  continued  at  the  mill, 
port says Ives is  insane.

cottage  or  donate'will be appointed to-day. 

I  think—back 

Ives  came  up 

“ Speaking of Stewart Ives,”  remarked  a 
Canal  Street merchant,  “ reminds me of the 
time  when  he  was  the  maddest  man  in 
Northern  Michigan. 
It  was just after  he 
had failed for the first time,  and Joe  Escott 
—who was sheriff up at Big Rapids in those 
days—levied  on  a  money  package  which 
happened  to  come  to  Ives  through  the 
express  office. 
from 
Hungerford,  counted  out  enough  to  sat­
the  re­
isfy  Escott’s  claim,  and  put 
mainder—about  $300, 
in 
telling  a 
the  package.  Escott  was 
friend of his good luck  a  short  time  after­
ward,  when the latter stated that  he  had  a 
claim against Ives which he never  expected 
to realize on.  Joe was  up  to  snuff  in  no 
time,  and  made  an  agreement  with  his 
friend as to the amount he should receive in 
case  he  could  collect  the  claim.  Meeting 
Ives on the street shortly  afterward,  he  in­
formed him that he had made  some  figures 
on the back of the money package which he 
would like to copy. 
Ives  willingly  pulled 
the package out of his pocket and handed it 
to Escott,  whereupon Joe levied on the same 
a second time,  taking all but about $100. 
I 
am told that Ives’  curses  on  that  occasion 
are remembered to this dav.”

The Tank Delivery

tern.

To the Retail Trade of G rand R apids:

In almost every  large, city  of  the  Union, 
the dealers are  now  supplied  with  refined 
oils in bulk from tank delivery wagons, and 
they have found that system so safe, cleanly 
and convenient that they  would  not  return 
to the old style of delivery in barrels.  Some 
idea of the favor with which  the  system  is 
regarded  by 
those  conversant  with  its 
merits may be inferred  from  the  fact  that 
560  of  the  600  retail  dealers in Cleveland 
take  oil  from  the  delivery  wagons  and 
would not cease doing so under  any circum­
stances.

Desiring  to  give  to  the  retail  trade of 
Grand Rapids  the  best  facilities,  we  have 
had constructed

TANK DELIVERY  WAGONS 

Of the imost mproved pattern,  and  are  now 
prepared  to  deliver  to  you  refined oils  in 
bulk without the cost of packages.

Our wagons will call at  your  store  as of­
ten as may be necessary  to  keep  you  sup­
plied.  One  or  two  days  in the week the 
wagons  will  carry  Michigan Test Oil;  the 
balance of the  week  Water  White  will  be 
delivered.

Do  not  be  deceived  by  parties  selling 
“ Prime White Michigan ” Oil,  and  making 
statements that the quality is as good as the 
Standard  Oil  Co.’s  Water  White. 
If you 
want  “ Prime  White  Michigan,”  do  your 
own  mixing,  by  using  equal  parts of the 
Standard Oil Co.’s Water White  and Michi­
gan Test Oils.  There are  only  two  grades 
of oil made by  the  refiners  of  Cleveland— 
Michigan Test or Prime  White  and  Water 
White.

Orders  to  telephone  number  621-1  will 

haveprompt attention.

Yours respectfully,

t l i
id i «iJiipn

(Successors  to  S tan d ard   O il  Co.)

GROCERY  STOCK  FOR  SALE!

The stoek of Groceries, etc.,  a t  28  South  Di­
vision St., this city, form erly owned  by  W ent­
w orth  &  Cannon,  w ith  fixtures  and lease  of 
store.  E nquire of

R.  W.  BUTTERFIELD,

23 Monroe st., Grand Rapids, Mich.

SH ERW OO D  HA LE.

M ARTIN  L .  SW EET.

E ST A B L ISH E D   18G5.

JO B B E R S   O F

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION.

W e  C arry   a   V ery  C o m p lete  L in e  o f  C ar 

riag e,  W agon  a n d   Sleigli  stock,  in  

B o th   W ood  a n d   Iro n .

HARNESS  GOODS:  L um berm en’s  H eavy 
Case  Collars;  L um berm en’s  Bolt  H arness 
Sweat  Pads;  Collar  P ads;  Snaps  B its;  W eb 
and  L eather  H alters:  Buggy  Tops  and  Sun 
Shades;  Cloth  Cushions,  in  stock  or made  to 
order,  to  fit,  on  short  notice;  Curry  Combs, 
H orse B rushes;  W hips,Buck, Calf and L eather 
Lashes;  H orse  B lankets;  Compress  L eath er 
Axle  W ashers;  H arness  Oils;  H arness  Soap; 
V arnish fo r Buggy Tops.
WAGON  GOODS:  Spokes;  H ubs;  Felloes; 
P a te n t W heels; A xles;  Logging Bob R un n ers; 
C astor Steel Shoes;  W agon and Plow Clevises; 
W rought W hilfietree Irons; and all  goods  per­
tain in g  to a Wagon, Cart,  Buggy,  Carriage  or 
Sleigh.
GENUINE  FRAZIER’S  AXLE  GREASE  in 
wood boxes, 25 lb pails and  b a rre ls; B uyers  fo r 
general  stores,  H arness  and  W agon  M akers 
will find it to th eir in terest to call  on  u s when 
in  th e  c itj  or  w rite  fo r  prices, as we keep  a 
line of goods not found elsew here.

Nos. 20 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids.

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
One Y ear—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalam azoo. 
Two Y ears—F. H. V anEm ster. Bay City. 
T hree Y ears—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Fou r Y ears—J am es Vernor, D etroit.
Five Y ears—Christian Eberbach, A nn A rbor.

Michigan  Siale  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

i

O F F IC E R S .

amazoo.
sing. 
Rapids.

President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
F irst V ice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  K al­
Second V ice-President—B.  D.  N orthrup,  L an­
_  ,.
Third V ice-President—F ra n k   W urzburg,  Gr d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
T reasurer—Wm. D upont, D etroit.
E xecutive  Com m ittee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. G undrum , W. H. Keller,  F.  W. 
Fincher.
N ext  place  of  m eeting—A t.D etroit,Tuesday. 
O ctober 13,1885.

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

OR G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9, 1884.

O F F IC E R S .

P resident—F rank J . W urzburg. 
V ice-President—Wm. L. W hite.
Secretary—F ran k  H. Escott.
T reasu rer—H enry B. Fairchild.
Board o f Censors—John Peck,  Chas.  P.  Bige­
low, Jas. S. Cowin.
Board  of  T rustees—The  President,  W m.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  W atts,  Wm.  E.  W hite, 
Wm. L. W hite.
Com m ittee on P harm acy—H ugo Thum ,  M.  B. 
Kimm, A. C. Bauer.
Com m ittee on Legislation—Isaac W atts,  O.  H.
Richm ond, Jas. S. Co win.
Com m ittee on T rade  M atters—H. B. Fairchild, 
Jo h n  Peck, Wm. H. V anLeeuw en.
R egular  M eetings—F irst  Thursday evening in 
each m onth.
A nnual  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening in 
Novem ber.
N ext  M eeting—Thursday  evening,  Ju ly   9, 
a t “The T radesm an” office.

MISTAKES OF DRUG  CLERKS.

TH E  PHARMACY  PRIMER.

A List of  Questions  Intending Licentiates 

Can Study with Profit.

So  much 

interest  is  manifested  in  the 
scope and grade of  the  examinations to be 
held by the State  Board  of  Pharmacy that 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  has  obtained a list of the 
questions used by the Illinois Board at a re­
cent meeting and hereby publishes the same 
entire for the benefit of those who may wish 
to “ study up ” on the subject:

C H E M IS T R Y .

I.  What substances are  formed  by  the 

action of dilute sulphuric acid on zinc?

What substances are formed when so­
lutions of iodide of sodium and nitrate of sil- 
er and mixed?
3.  What elements compose water?
4.  State the  difference in  chemical com­
position between calomel and corrosive sub­
limate.

5.  What is the  result  when  muriate  of 

ammonia is mixed with pearl-ash?

6.  How would you convert  a  solution of 
copperas into a  solution  of  tersulphate  of 
iron?

What will be the composition and the 
color of a mixture made of  precipitated sul­
phur and sugar of lead?

8.  How can acetic acid  be  gotten  from 

sugar of lead?

9.  What  chemical  compound  is  chalk, 
and what happens when it is put into hydro­
chloric acid?

10.  What materials can be  used to make 

II.  What acids attack copper most ener­

chlorine?

getically?

A Physician Explains How Most  of Them 

Are Made.

The recent death of a young lady in  Chi­
cago,  which  was  hastened,  according  to 
what  was  found  out  by  the  coroner's  jury 
which investigated the case, by the  mistake 
of a druggist’s clerk,  has been the  theme  of 
conversation in  many  circles.  So  long  as 
disease prevails,  the public are at the mercy 
of  careless  clerks;  and  nothing  can  prove 
more agonizing to a patient who meets death 
in this form,  or  to  the  family  and  friends 
who, on the very  eve  of  the  convalescence 
of a patient,  are forced to stand by and  see 
their relative or friend snatched  from  them 
through the fault of another.

“Are druggists’ mistakes  of  frequent  oc­
currence?” was asked  a  leading  physician.
“No; they are not nearly  so  frequent  as 

one not in the profession would suppose.’ 

“Are there no means by which they could 

be made preventable?”

“I don’t know  what  could  be  done  more 
than has been.  You see,  it is human to err. 
Take the most careful man  in  existence,  1 
care not what business he may be in,  and he 
will slip up sometimes.  How often do men 
who are thoroughly  conversant  with  their 
trade or profession make mistakes?  A man 
gets proficient in his business,  and this very 
proficiency makes him  oftentimes  go  about 
it mechanically,  and the first thing he knows 
he makes a mistake. 
If it is a small one or 
is detected in time  to  prevent  any  serious 
injury or loss the man grits his  teeth,  gives 
himself a mental kicking, and  is more care 
ful for awhile, but  soon  he  is  back  in  the 
old mechanical nit.”

“What means do druggists employ topre 

vent these errors?”

“Every first-class drug  store  is arranged 
like clock-work.  The different  poisons are 
either placed in separate compartments,  put 
in a peculiar style of  bottle,  or  the  bottles 
which  contain  them  have  an  odd  label, 
something which  will  attract the eye of the 
clerk the moment  he uses  it.  Then,  again, 
the clerk who puts up an  order  for a medi­
cine of that  character  is  under  special in­
structions to register it  in  a  book  kept  for 
the purpose.  What other means can be got­
ten up to  prevent  a  mistake  creeping  in  I 
don’t know.”

“Do not many errors arise from the miser­

able chirograpliy of  physicians?”

“No,  for the simple reason that if a drug­
gist can’t make out what a physician  means 
he will quietly send  word  to  the  ’writer of 
the prescription  for instructions,  telling the 
customer it will take twenty  or  thirty min­
utes to put it up.”

“As a rule, what  is the general character 

of physicians’ hand writing?”

“My brethren in the  profession  will bear 
me out in saying that it is the  most  miser­
able that can be imagined.  Such scrawls as 
are sometimes sent out would tax the ingen­
uity of an expert  to  decipher.  Many a sol­
emn conclave have I witnessed in drug stores 
over the prescriptions written by one of  the 
most eminent physicians  of  this  city.  He 
will start a word  all  right, but if it  is over 
four letters long the  conclusion  will run off 
into unintelligible hen-tracks; and  it is true 
of many others.  Bad writing is as much of 
a characteristic of physicians as the proverb­
ial slowness of tailors and shoe-makers.”

More Amusing Incidents.

A Harbor  Springs  druggist,  referring to 
the article recently published  in  this paper 
relative to  “Amusing  Errors  Incident  to 
the Drug Business,”  favors  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n  with a couple of contributions  of  like 
nature.  One is in the handwriting of a far­
mer’s  daughter,  who  sends  for  “Balsam 
copeba for heart desease;” and the other is a 
prescription  from  a  registered  physician, 
who makes the following blunder:

R
Oom ph............................... ................3viii
C hloform .......................... ..................f.Zi
.....................li
Olei  O live........................
................ f.*_88
Spr  A m m oniac...............
................f.tss
Tine  Capcica...................
A qua  V itae....................... ................IV ii

M.  B athe F requently.

12.  How can you dissolve gold?
13.  Name  three  gases  which  are  abun­

dant in nature in their free state.

14.  What is castile soap,  chemically?
15.  What is magnesia?
16.  How many iodides has mercury?
17.  What is formed when phosphorus  is 

dissolved in hot dilute nitric acid?

18.  Name three  of  the  most  important 

alkalies.

19.  Name three  organic  acids, the  salts 

of which are common remedies.

20.  Write the names of three crystallized 
organic chemicals which  are  not  alkaloids.
21.  Name three of  the  metals, the  com 
pounds of which are most common as medi­
cines.

22.  What is an alkaloid?
23.  What is an  acid?
What is an oxide?
24.
What is a cyanide?
What  are  the  chemical  constituents

26.

of hydrobromic acid?

27.  What is the result when  sodium sal­

icylate and quinine sulphate are mixed?

28.  What  can  glycerine  be  obtained 

from? 

.

29.  What  is  contained  in  a  mixture  of 
carbonate of sodium and quicklime and heat 
applied?

30.  Name the acids of sulphur.
31.  What is alum?
32.  How can you tell  official alum  from 

ammonia alum?

33.  What do you  get  by  boiling  white 

arsenic with sal -soda?

-84.  How can you get precipitated hydrat­

ed sesquioxide of iron?

35.  Why is magnesia used as an antidote 

for arsenic?

3G.  What would you use to make precip­

itated oxide of mercury?

37.  What would  you  get  when you mix 
a solution of copperas  with a solution of sal 
soda?

38.  What is collodion?
39.  Name three  compounds of  iron that 

are insoluble in water.

40.  Name two insoluble iodides.
41.  What is ammonia composed of?
42.  Name two zinc compounds  insoluble 

in  water.

43.  What is Prussian  blue?
44.  Which  chloride  of  iron  is  formed 
when  iron  wire  is  dissolved  in  muriatic 
acid?

45.  What is contained  in  pyrophosphate 

of  iron?

46.  Name two metals  that  rapidly  oxid 
ize in water,  and two that are  unaffected by 
it.

47.  What metal is contained in clay?
48.  Name  four  of  the  most  corrosive
acids known,  and state  what  their salts are 
called. 

49.  Can you make a  clear  solution  con­
taining sugar of lead  and  sulphate  of  mor­
phine? 

If not, why not?

50.  How  many  elementary  bodies  are 

,

there in nature?

M A T E R IA   M E D IC A   (P H A R M A C O G N O S Y .)
Answer the following  questions  by writ­
ing plainly and correctly  the  fu ll  Latin of­
ficial name as recognized by either the U.  S. 
Pha.,  1870, or of 1880.
1.  White Arsenic. 

.

Oil of Yitriol.
Muriatic acid.
Prussic Acid.
White Yitriol.
Copperas.
Blue Vitriol.
Epsom Salt.
Calomel.
Corrosive Sublimate.
Borax.
Sal Tartar.
Red Precipitate.
White Precipitate.
Sugar of Lead.
Red Lead.
Cream of  Tartar.
Charcoal.
Balsam copaiba.
Balsam of Tolu.
Gum Arabic.
Slippery Elm.

8.
9.
10. 
11. 
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20. 
21. 
22.

HAZELTINE

60
40
20
15
25
20

£  CO.,

W h o le s a le

Druggists !

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

icol:
Pants, Oils, Varnislies.

MANUFACTURERS  OF
PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

ELEGANT 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL  WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co., and John L. Whiting, 

Manufacturers of Fine Paint and 

Varnish Brushes.

—Also fo r th e—

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of 

Hair, Shoe and Horse 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
lish  Tooth  and  Nail  Brashes at attractive 
prices.

We  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing outfits  for  new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACILI­
TIES 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 received  from  hundreds 
of our customers the most satisfying recom­
mendations.

tient

We  give  our  special  and personal atten­
tion to  the  selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG  TRADE  ONLY, and trust we merit 
the  high  praise  accorded  us  for  so  satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom- 
tomers with PURE  GOODS in this  depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are  the  ONLY" 
AUTHORIZED AGENTS  for  the  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHEB8  DADE  k  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 
exposed for sale.  We  GUARANTEE  per­
fect  and  complete  satisfaction  and where 
this brand of goods has been once introduced 
the future trade has been assured.

W e are also owners of the

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

Giis, BranRies & Fine Wines.

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

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

HAZELTINE, PERKINS & GO

Iceland Moss.

23.  Wild Cherry.
24.  Juniper Berries.
25.  Liquorice Root.
26.  Aconite Root.
27.  Bittersweet.'
28.  Black Snakeroot.
29.  Golden  Seal.
30.  Elder Flowers.
31.  Pennyroyal.
32.  Spearmint.
33.  Wahoo.
34.  Ginger.
35. 
36.  Nutmeg.
37.  Quince Seed.
38.  Castor Oil.
39.  Cotton Seed Oil.
40.  Cod Liver Oil.
41.  Spirit Turpentine.
42.  Basilicon Ointment.
43.  Citrine Ointment.
44.  Dover’s Powder.
45.  Blue Pill.
46.  Spirit Mindererus.
47.  Paregoric.
48. 
49.  Lady Webster’s Pills.
50.  Donovan’s Solution.
PHARMACY.

'  Plummer’s Pills.

1.  Parmacopoeia  U.  S.  Under  whose 
authority is it published,  and  how  often  is 
it revised?  State its  primary  object,  and 
what does it present?

2.  Give  the  table  of Troy,  Avoirdupois 

and Decimal weights.

3.  Define  chemical  and  pharmaceutical 

incompatibles.

5. 

4.  Percolation.  Give  brief  history  and 
latest theories; principles  involved; form of 
percolators; preparing the  drug; moistening 
and  packing; rate  of  flow;  continuous per­
colation; repercolation.

Infusions  and  decoctions.  Describe 
how they are made.  Name some substances 
that are proper objects for the above  named 
preparations.

6.  Give the processes  and  name  the  in­
gredients used in each of four  pharmaceuti­
cal preparations, such  as  you  have  been in 
the habit of making and  not  named on this 
list.

7.  Describe the  following,  each  briefly, 

and say how they are made.

Suppositories.
Ointments.
8.  Describe how the  following  officinal 
preparations are  made,  and name the ingre­
dients used in  each:

Liquor Magnesise Citratis.
Pilulie Cathartic* Composite.
Syrupus Scill® Compositus.
9.  Alkaloids—name  four  and  describe 
their physical and  medical  properties  and 
say if any special  care  is  required  in  dis­
pensing them.

10.  Define the  following.
Fixed Oils.
Volatile Oils.

P R E S C R IP T IO N S   A N D   P O IS O N S .

1.  Give  the  sign  of  an  (1)  ounce,  (2) 
dram,  (3)  scruple,  (4) pint, used  in  writing 
prescriptions.

2.  Give the  definitions  of  the following 
abbreviations  used  in  prescriptions: 
(1) 
Chart.,  (2)  Fiat.,  (3)  Collyr.,  (4)  qs.,  (5) 
Sig.,  (6)  Haust.,  (7)  Cong.

Is this prescription proper or  improp­
er?  Give your reasons,  and  say  how you 
would prepare it.

3. 

R
QuininfB  S ulph........................ grs. x x x
Potassii B rom ............................ 
"iii
Tr. F erri Chlor.......................... 
3iii
Sept.: A eth.: N it......................  
Sss
A quae D istil..................................... 
Syr. Acacise...............................
Liq P otassii  A rsen it................ 

Si

?ii

M. Sig.  Teaspoonful every 3 hours.
4. 

(1)  W h a t q u a n tity  of D igitalis is to  be 
used in  m ak in g  th e   infusion?  H ow   m ade? 
(2)  W h a t p recaution to be ta k e n  before add 
m g th e  acid a n d  ether?

R
In f us.  D igitalis................................... Siv
Acid: H ydrocyan, d il......................... !ss
E ther S ulph.......................................... 2ss
Syr.  Zingib., a d ....................................Svi

M. Sig. D essert spoonful every th ree hours.
5.  N am e  th ree  vegetable  acid  poisons. 

W h ich   one resem bles E psom  S alts?

6.  W h a t care is to be  ta k e n  

in   p u ttin g  

u p  th ese pow ders?

R
Potassii  A cet.......................................!ss
Div. in Chart., No. x ii........................

Sig.  One pow der every  4  hours, dissolved 

in w ater.

r.  W h a t is to be observed  regarding th is 
p rescription,  so  as  to  pro p erly   incorporate 
th e  P o tassiu m  iodide  an d   e x tra c t  w ith  th e 
lard?
R
Potassii  Iodidi.......................................2i
E xt. H yoscyam us................................:3i
A d e p s .......................................................A

M. F iat.  U ngt.  Sig. externally.
8.  W h a t p rep aratio n   of  antim ony is th e  
m o st poisonous?  G ive  th e   m axim um  dose 
and antidote.

9.  S ay  how   you  w oidd  p rep are 

this. 
W h a t w ill  it be a fte r being  pro p erly   m ade? 
I s   it proper?

R
M agnesium   Carb. P ow d................ 5iiss
Citric A cid........................................  
5v
W hite  S u g ar....................................5viiss
Lem on  S p irit.......................................3ss
W ater, 
q s..................................oivss
Potassium  Bi. C arb.............................5ss

Make Solution.
10.  W h a t is a  safe dose  o f  F id.  E x tra c t 
B elladonna?  W h a t are th e  sym ptom s o f an 
overdose?  W h a t an tid o te should be  given?

The Drug Market.

Business is moderately  active  and collec­
tions  are  good.  Quinine  has  declined  5c, 
the German or K.  & M.  products being now 
offered  at 65c in 100 oz.  tins.  Other articles 
in the drug line are about steady.

H.  P.  Whipple,  general  dealer  at Kings­
ley,  have sold his drug stock  to  Woodward 
& Fenton.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced,—Nothing.
Declined—Q uinine, serpentaria, cod liver oil, 
N. F., acid citric,  opium, n itra te silver,  epsom 
salts.

A C ID S

Acetic, No.  8...................................... 
9  @
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040).........  30  @
Carbolic...............................................  38  ©
C itric....................................................  50  @
M uriatic 18  d eg ................................. 
3 1 @
N itric 516 d eg......................................  H   @
O xalic..................................................   1414©
Sulphuric  66 deg ...............................  
|   ©
T artaric  pow dered..........................  52  ©
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................$  oz
Benzoic,  G erm an.............................   1*  ©
T a n n ic.................................................   1"  ©

AM MONIA.

C arbonate...................................®  I®  @
M uriate (Powd. 22c)..........................  
*>
A qua 16 deg o r  3f.............................. 
A qua 18 deg or  4 f............................  
6

BALSAMS.
C o p aib a...................................
F ir.............................................
P e ru ..........................................
T o lu ..........................................
BA RK S.
Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c).
Cinchona,  yellow .................
Elm,  select........................ .
Elm, ground, p u re .......
Elm ,pow dered,  p u re ..........
Sassafras, of ro o t.................
Wild Cherry, select..............
B ayberry  pow dered............
Hemlock pow dered..............
W a h o o ....................................
Soap  g round..........................
B E R R IE S

Cubeb  prim e (Powd 80c)------
J u n ip e r...............................................
Prickly A sh ........................................

EXTRACTS.

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

FLO W ERS.

A rnica........................
Chamomile,  H om an........................
Chamomile,  G erm an......................

GUMS.

Aloes,  B arbadoes.............................  
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)...................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c) —
A m m oniac................. - ................
A rabic, pow dered  select..........
A rabic, 1st  p ick ed ....................
A rabic,2d  p ick ed........................
A r a b ic ,  3 d  p i c k e d ................................
A rabic, sifted so rts...........-•••■•
Assafcentida, prim e (Powd 35c)
Benzoin..........................................
C am phor........................ . • ...........
Catechu, is  (% 14c, %s  I6 c)............
E uphorbium  pow dered................... 
G albanum  strained
G am boge.............................................  
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c)..............
Kino TPowdered, 30c].......................
M yrrh. Turkish ‘(Powdered  47c)...
Opium, p u re (Powd $5.40)................
Shellac, Campbell’s ..........................
Shellac,  E nglish...............................
Shellac,  n a tiv e ...................................
Shellac bleached...............................
T ra g a c a n th ........................................

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45@50
40
2  00 
50

11
18
13
14
15 
10 
12 
20 
18 
30 
12

2737%
9
12
13 
15
14

50  ©

10  ©  11

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55@60 
20®   22 
13 
40 
«*>©
80
90@1  00
35 
20
40 
3  75 
30 
26 
24 
30
@ 1  00

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES. 

H o a rh d u n d .........................................................
P ep p erm in t.........
...40
R u e........................
...24
S p e a rm in t...........
...35
Sweet M ajoram ..
T a n z y ...................................................................^
T h y m e .................................................................. ..
W orm w ood........................................................ M

IR O N .

C itrate and  Q uinine........................
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
Sujph ate, pu re  c ry sta l...................
C itra te ................................................. 
Phosphate  ..........................................

.

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 2 5 c )..............  13
Sage, Italian, bulk (%s & %s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l............... 
1»
 
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  pow dered.............................
Senna tinnivelli.................................
U va  U rsi.............................................
Belledonna..........................................
Foxglove............................................
H e n b a n e.............................................
Rose, re d ..............  ............................

LIQ U O R S.

6  40 
20
80
65

Ô  14 
6
a  20
30 
22 
16 
10 
35 
30 
35 
2  35

@2  25 
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2  00
©2  00
D ruggists’ F avorite  R y e............... 1  75
■ P H   t ______________________  
@1  50
W hisky, o th er b ran d s.....................1  10
GinVofd T om ......................................135  ©175
Gin,  H olland.................................... .-2 00  @3  50
B ran d y ................................... ...........175  @6  50
Catawba  W ines............................ 
@2  00
P o rt W ines......................................... 1 35  @2  50

M AGNESIA.

O IL S.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz.........;.
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, 2 oz..............
Citrate, H ., P. & Co.’s  so lu tio n ....
Calcined.............................................
Almond, sw eet...................................  15
Am ber,  rectified...............................
A nise....................................................
Bay $   oz............................................
B ergam ont..........................................
C a sto r..................................................   1°
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t...............................................
Cassia  ...................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......
C itro n ella.................................. —
C loves...........................................
Cod Liver, N. F .......................Ka l
Cod L iv e r,b est..............  • 
•••
Cod Liver, H., P . & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .............................................
Firew eed.............................................
G eranium   $   oz........................ .—
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
Lavender flowers, F re n ch ..............
Lavender garden 
..................
Lavender spike 
..............
Lemon, new  cro p .............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .........................
Lem ongrass........................................
O live,M alaga.......... . 
.
Olive, “ Sublime  Italia n   . 
—
O riganum , red  flowers, F re n ch ...
Origanum ,  No. 1..............................
P en n y ro y al........................................
Pepperm int,  w h ite..........................
Rose 
oz................................ ••••v:
Rosem ary, French  (Flowers $1  50)
S a la d ...................................................
Savin....................................................
Sandal  W ood. G erm an...................
Sandal Wood, W. I ............................
Sassafras.............................................
S p e a rm in t..........................................
T a n sy .................................................. 4  50
T ar (by gal 50c)...................................  10
W in terg reen ...................................
W ormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
W orm seed..........................................

37 
2 25 
65
©   50 
45
1  85 
50
1  80 
©   19%
2 00 
75
1  00 
35 
75 
1 20 
1 20
1  50 
6  00
7  OO 
1  60
2  00 
75 
35 
50
2  00 
2 01 
1  00 
90 
1  40
1  50 
80
@ 1  10
2  75 
1  25
50 
1  75 
4  30
8  50 
65
65  ©   67 
1  00 
4  50 
7  00
@7  00 
@5 00 
©  12 
2 10 
3 50 
2 00

do 
do 

PO TASSIU M .

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

ROOTS.

A lk a n e t...............................................
A lthea, c u t..........................................
A rrow,  St. V incent’s .......................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in  %8 and %s—
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, Germ an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  15c)..........................
Ginger, A f rican (Po wd 14c)............   11
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 30c)...................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15)..............
Licorice, e x tra  select..................
Pink, tr u e ...........................................
Rhei, from  select to   choice...........1  00
Rhei, powdered E. 1..........................110
Rhei, choice c u t  cu b es...................
Rhei, choice c u t  fingers.................

14 
40
19 
3  00
28
20 
25 
17 
33 
12 
20 
35 
20 
10©  12
17 
25 
25
1  10 
30
18
15 
35
©1  50 
@1 20 
2 00 
2 25

S erp en taria........................................
Seneka .......................>........................
Sarsaparilla,  H ondurus.................
Sarsaparilla,  M exican.....................
Squills, w hite (Powd  35c)................
V alerian, English (Powd 30c).........
V alerian, V erm ont (Powd  28c)__

Anise, Italia n  (Powd 20c)................

SEEDS.

Caraway,  best D utch (Powd  20c).
Cardamon,  A leppee.......................
Cardamon, M aiabar........................
C elery.................................................
Coriander,  oest  E nglish...............
F e n n e l...............................................
Flax,  clean ........................................
Foenugreek, pow dered.........
Hemp,  R ussian......................
M ustard, w hite  Black  10c)..
Q u in c e ......................................
Rape, E nglish..........................
W orm,  L ev an t........................
SPONGES.

........  
N assau 
do 
. . . .  
V elvet E x tra do 
........  
E x tra Yellow do 
. . . . .  
Grass 
do 
H ard head, fo r slate u se .................  
Yellow Reef. 
.................  

do 
do 
do 
do 

do 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

15
5  @ 6
4  @ 4%
15  © 18
1 50
i 75
20
10
15

35S£@
4  @ 4%
7  © 8
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8
6  © 7
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25  @2  50
2 00
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85
65
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do Scherin’s  do  ... 
do 

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5®  40 
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4  00 
1  50
15 
15 
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45 
50
12%@  13 
75 
60
3 00@3  25 
40 
10 
12 
30 
18 
23 
60 
10 
45
18 
2 50 
7

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.22; $  g a l__  
2  30
1  25
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cen t ex. ref. 
A nodyne Hoffm an’s ........................  
50
27
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution......... 
A rsenic, Fow ler’s so lu tio n............  
12
A nnatto  1 ft ro lls.............................. 
45
A lum ...........................................   $  ft 
2%@  3%
3  ©   4
Alum , ground  (Powd 9c)................ 
A nnatto,  p rim e................................. 
45
A ntim ony, -powdered,  com ’l ......... 
5
4%@ 
6  @ 
Arsenic, w hite, pow dered.............. 
7
Blue  Soluble......................................  
50
Bay  Rum , im ported, b e st.............. 
2 75
2  00
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s . 
Balm  Gilead  B uds............................ 
40
1  35
Beans,  T onka....................................  
Beans,  V anilla...................................7 00  @9  75
Bism uth, sub  n itra te ....................... 
2 30
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)......................... 
50
Blue V itriol  ......................................  
7
Borax, refined (Powd  13c).............. 
12
2 25
C antharides,R ussian  pow dered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, A frican ................ 
18
22
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d ... 
18
Capsicum Pods,  Bom bay 
do  ... 
Carm ine,  No. 40................................. 
4  00
Cassia  B uds........................................ 
12
Calomel.  A m erican.......................... 
75
Chaik, prepared d ro p ....................... 
5
12
Chalk, precip itate E nglish............  
Chalk,  red  fingers............................ 
8
Chalk, w hite lu m p ............................ 
2
Chloroform ,  Squibb’s ..................... 
1  60
Colocynth  apples.............................. 
60
Chloral hydrate, G erm an  cru sts.. 
1 50
Chloral 
c ry st... 
1 70
Chloral 
190
Chloral 
cru sts.. 
1 75
C h loroform ........................................  77  @  80
Cinchonidia, P. &  W .........*.............  23  @  28
Cinchonidia, other b rands..............  23  @  28
Cloves (Powd  23c).............................   18  ©   20
C ochineal............................................ 
40
Cocoa  B u tte r....................  
 
45
Copperas (by bbl  lc )......................... 
2
Corrosive S ublim ate........................
70
Corks, X  and X X —40 off  lis t.........
Cream T artar, p u re pow dered.......
,  40 
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
15 
Creasote...............................................
50 
Cudbear,  p rim e.................................
24 
C uttle Fish B one............ ...................
24 
D e x trin e .............................................
12 
D over’s  P ow ders..............................
1  10 
D ragon’s Blood M ass.......................
50 
E rgot  pow dered...............................
45 
E th e r Squibb’s.
1  10 
Em ery, T urkish, all  No.’s.
8
I).......
Epsom Salts (bbl.  1
1 
3 
Ergot, fre sh ........................................
50 
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ................
60
Flake  w hite.....................; ................
14
G rains  P arad ise...............................
G elatine,  Cooper’s ............................
90
G elatine. F rench  ..............................
70
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d is__
Glue,  c a n n e t.....................................  12
Glue, w h ite..........................................  16
Glycerine,  p u re .......................■.........  16
Hops  %s and %s................................ 
i
Iodoform  
oz...................................
In d ig o ..................................................   85
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ...  35 
Insect Pow der, H ., P. & Co„ boxes
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican.........................
J a p o u i c a ...........................................................
London  P u rp le .................................  10
Lead, a c e ta te......................................
Lime, chloride, (%s 2s 10c & %s 11c)
L u p u lin e.............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M ace....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch ......................
M anna, S.  F ........................................
M ercury.............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W .........oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Icelan d ............................$  ft
Moss,  I r is h ......................................
M ustard,  English.............................
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft. can s.........
N utgaU s................................................
N utm egs, No. 1...................................
N ux  V om ica......................................
O intm ent. M ercurial, %d................
P aris G reen................•.....................  
P epper, Black  B erry .......................
P ep sin ..................................................
P itch, T rue B u rgundy.....................
Quassia  ............................................... 
6
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ ft oz  70
Quinine,  G erm an..............................  70
Red  P re c ip ita te........................f) ft
28 
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
1  60 
t  78 
Silver N itrate, c ry st........................   74
Saffron, A m erican.  ........................
35 
t  2 
Sal  G lauber........................................
10 
Sal N itre, large  c ry st......................
9 
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st................
33 
Sal R ochelle.......................................
2% 
Sal  Soda............................................... 
2  15 
Salicin..................................................
6 50 
S a n to n in .............................................
38
Snuffs, Maccoboy o r Scotch...........
4 
Soda Ash  [by keg 3c].......................
35
Sperm aceti..........................................
5 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
14 
Soap, W hite C astile..........................
17
..........................
Soap, G reen  do 
9 
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do_  do 
..........................
11 
14 
Soap,  M azzini....................................
28 
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................
32 
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................
35 
Sugar Milk pow dered......................
4
Sulphur, flour....................................
3% 
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................
60 
T artar E m etic....................................
2  70 
Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans  $  doz
1  40 
Tar, 
q u arts in t in ..........
85 
Tar, 
p in ts in tin ..............
25 
T urpentine,  V enice................. ft .
55©  8
W ax, W hite, S. &  F. b ran d ............
Zinc,  S ulphate................................... 
75
Capitol  Cylinder........................ 
Model  Cylinder...................................................... 60
Shield  Cylinder...................................................... 50
Eldorado E ngine.................................................... 35
Peerless  M achinery..............................................30
Challenge M achinery............................................25
Backus Fine E ngine..............................................30
Black Diam ond M achinery..................................30
Castor Machine  Oil............................................... 6C
Paraffine, 25  deg.................................................16%
Paraffine, 28  deg.....................................................21
Sperm , w inter  bleached...................................1  40
v 
Bbl  Gal
W hale, w in ter.........................................  70 
75
Lard, e x tra ..............................................   55 
60
60
Lard, No.  1..............................................  45 
Linseed, pu re  ra w ................................   51 
54
57
Linseed, b o ile d .....................................   54 
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strain ed .............  70 
90
Spirits T u rp en tin e................................   42 
46
No. 1 T urp  Coach....................................1 10@1  20
E x tra   T u rp .............................................. 1  60@1  70
Coach  B ody............................................. 2  75®3  00
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re .............................1  00@1  10
E x tra T urp  D am ar................................ 1  55®1  60
70©  75
Jap an  D ryer, No.
Lb 
2©  3 
2©  3 
2© 3 
2%@  3 
25Ü®  3 
13@16 
58©60 
16@17 
5% 
5  \  
@70 
©90 
1  10 
1  40 
1 20@1  40 
1 00®1 20

Bbl
Red V en etian .............................   13£
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles.........  19l£
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........  14£
P u tty , co m m ercial...................   2%
P u tty , strictly p u re ..................   2%
V erm ilion, prim e  A m erican..
V erm ilion,  E nglish...................
G reen, P en in su lar.....................
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re .......
W hiting, w hite  Spanish...........
W hiting,  G ilders’......................
W hite, P aris A m erican............
W hiting  P aris English cliff..
P ioneer P repared  P a in ts .......
Swiss V illa P repared  P a in ts..

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P A IN TS.
P A I N T S .

V A RN ISH ES.

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D E A L E R S   IN

NOS.  122  a n d   124  LOUIS  S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

P E R K I N G   &  HESS,
Hides, Purs, W ool & Tallow,
Gurtiss, Dunton  &   Co.,
G rand  Rapids  Tank  Line.

PRO PRIETO RS

W e receive Illuminating and Lubricating Oils direct from the  Refineries  in  Tanks, 

and barrel it here.

OTJE.  EFt-A-USEDS.
Prime White, Michigan  Test.
Michigan Test.
3LTJBE.IO-ATI3STGÍ-.

XXX  Water White. 
Electroleum.

French Valve Cylinder.
Dark Valve Cylinder.
Eureka Engine.
No.  i Golden.
No.  3 Golden.
15 °  Chill Test W . Va.
74 Gasoline.
Extra Globe Engine.
Lardoline.
Rubbing Oils.
Globe Axle Grease.

King Cylinder. 
Globe Cylinder.
25 0  Parafine.
No.  2 Golden.
Zero W . Va. 
Summer West Va. 
87 Gasoline.
Lard Engine. 
Castaroline.
Amber  Engine.

A  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A .  STO W E  &  URO., P ro p rie to rs.

Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. 

Telephone No. 95,

[Entered  at  the  Postofflce  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second-class  Matter.']

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  24,  1885.

A  GREAT  INDUSTRY.

The  Production  of  Coal  Oil  One  of  Our 

Mammoth  Enterprises.

The consumption of  coal oil,  remarks the 
Indianapolis Journal,  is constantly increas­
ing.  Fifteen thousand  barrels are  required 
to supply the daily  demand  in  the  United 
States.  Most of this comes from the oil re­
gions of western Pennsylvania. 
It  is  con­
veyed to the seaboard—mainly to Baltimore, 
Philadelphia and Jersey  City—through six- 
inch  mains,  three  or  four  hundred  miles 
long, carried underground.  Thirty  million 
barrels are now stored above ground in huge 
iron tanks, and over 60,000  barrels of crude 
oil flow from the  earth  daily.  The  oil  is 
distilled  from  tanks  holding  1,200  barrels 
each.  The distillate  is  divided  into  three 
portions—the 
lightest,  colorless  portion 
which comes  over  first,  and  is  known  as 
crude naptha, or “benzine,” the middle por­
tion,  or “kerosene,” and lastly the  heaviest 
portions of the distillate,  containing  paraf­
fine and  known  as “paraffine  oils.”  The 
“benzine” is again  distilled  and  separated 
into  “gasoline” and  into  A,  B  and C nap­
tha; these are used in gas machines, for mix­
ing paints,  and  also  for  burning  in  lamps 
and  stoves.

The kerosene proper is purified  by agitat­
ing with 5 per cent, of strong sulphuric acid, 
which combines with the offensive  matters, 
forming a black  tarry  residue  which  sinks 
to the bottom of the  tank  and is known as 
“sludge.”  It is used in  large  quantities in 
th  manufacture  of  commercial  fertilizers. 
The oil is again washed with  strong caustic 
soda  solution,  destroying  all  acid  com­
pounds. 
It is again washed  with water,  is 
made nearly colorless, and has  the peculiar 
odor of kerosene and  the  slight  opalesence 
of these oils.  These are the “highest” ker­
osenes.  The test of an oil Whether  “high” 
or “low,” is the temperature on  Fahreheit’s 
scale to which a half  a  pint  of  it  must  be 
heated tp give off a sufficient  amount  of in­
flammable  vapor  to  either  flash or  burn. 
“Low-test” oils give  off  a  vapor  that  will 
bum when heated  from  70  to  90 degress, 
Fahrenheit; highest  flash  at  120 degrees to 
140 degrees.  Xo  oil  that  gives  off vapors 
that will flash when a burning match is held 
over the oil heated at 100 degrees is safe for 
any  legitimate  use.  The  temperature  at 
which the oil itself  will  take  fire  is of no 
importance as an  indication  of  safety,  al­
though this is not infrequently used.

The  third  product  of  distillation  is  the 
dense,  thick  oil  left  in  the  still.  This  is 
called  “reduced  petroleum,”  and  is  drawn 
off and used  for  lubrication.  The oils sold 
in  the  markets  are  roughly  divided  into 
three  kinds—first, 
the  “normal,” or high- 
test oil, which represents  the  middle distil­
late; second,  the “crocked oils,”  and  third, 
various  mixtures  of  crocked  and  normal 
oils.  Crocked oils are made from the dense 
oils left after  the  naptha  and  illuminating 
oils have been removed.  The dense oils are 
heated for several hours above  their boiling 
points,  and by this  process  of  destructive 
distillation are separated into a light oil and 
a carbonaceous residue.  Crocked  oils  con­
tain too much carbon in  proportion  to their 
hydrogen; they are  not  inert  to  chemical 
agents like the  normal  oils.  Hence,  when 
they are washed with  sulphuric  acid  they 
take up sulphurous acid,  which, on burning, 
gives off in the room  the  fumes  of  sulphur 
oxide.  The wick easily clogs, and becomes 
charred and coated  with  crusts  of  carbon. 
The last third, or  even  half,  of  the oil in 
the reservoir  becomes  mjurkv;  the  burner, 
lamp and oil  become  heated,  and  the flame 
dense and smoky; the lighter oils are chang­
ed into vapor above the  surface of oil in the 
reservoir,  and taking fire  from  the  flames 
causes the explosion  and  destruction of the 
lamp.

The pipe-line oils flow from two  great oil 
districts, which  represent  two  extremes in 
quality.  These two oils are mixed  in man­
ufacture.  The  Butler-Clarion  District,  or 
“lower country;” as  it  is  called  in  Butler 
and Clarion  counties,  gives an  oil contain­
ing  but  a  small  proportion  of  the  heavy 
paraffine  oils,  while  the  product  of  the 
Bradford district has  a  large  proportion of 
the poorer,  heavy oil.  Three-fourths of the 
crude oil  flowing  into  the  pipe-line  comes 
from the Bradford wells.  As  a  result,  the 
best brands of oil on the market have deter­
iorated until it is difficult if not  impossible, 
to purchase an article of burning oil as good 
as the best offered  on  the  market  a  few 
years ago.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

W ID E  BROW N COTTONS.

P R IN T S .

CHECKS.

SIL E S IA S .

OSNABURG.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

F IN E  BROW N  COTTONS.

A ndroscoggin, 9-4. .23 
A ndroscoggin, 8-4. .21
Pepperell,  7-4.........16%
Pepperell,  8-4.........20
Pepperell,  9-4........22% Pequot

Masonville TS.........  8
Mason ville  S ........... 1054
L o nsdale..................954
Lonsdale A ............16
N ictory  O ................
V ictory J ..................
V ictory  D ................
Victory  K ..................254
Phoenix A ................ 1954
Phoenix  B ............ .  1054
Phoenix X X __ _  ..5
G lo u cester................ 6
G loucesterm ourn’g . 6
H am ilton  fa n c y __ 6
H artel fa n c y .............6
M errim ac  D ...............6
M a n ch ester.............. 6
O riental  fa n c y ......... 6
O riental  robes......... 654
Pacific  robes.............6
R ichm ond..................6
Steel R iv er...............554
Simpson’s ..................6
W ashington fa n c y .. 
W ashington  blues.  754

Pepperell, 10-4......... 25
Pepperell, 11-4............ 27 %
Pequot,  7-4.............. 18
Pequot,  8-4.............. 21
9-4.............. 24
P ark  Mills, No. 90. .14 
Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
P ark  Mills, No. 100.15
Caledonia,  X, oz... 10
Prodigy, oz..............11
Economy,  oz.......... 10
Otis  A p ro n ..............10%
P ark Mills, No. 50. .10 
Otis  F u rn itu re .......10%
P ark Mills, No. 60. .11 
York,  1  oz............... 10
P ark Mills, No. 70.. 12 
York. AA, ex tra oz. 14
P ark Mills, No. 80. .13
Alabama  p laid.......  7
A labam a brow n—   7
A ugusta plaid .........  7
Jewell  briw n ...........9%
Toledo p laid ............  7
K entucky  b ro w n ..10%
M anchester  plaid..  7 
Lewiston  b ro w n ...  954
New  Tenn. p la id ... 11 
Lane brow n............  954
U tility plaid ............  654
Louisiana  plaid—   7
Avondale,  36..........   854!Greene, G,  4-4
554
A rt  cam brics, 36. . .ll% |H ill, 4-4 
¡Hill, 7-8.....................  634
A ndroscoggin, 4-4..
Androscoggin, 5-4.. 1254  Hope,  4-4................. 6%
Ballou, 4-4...............   654  K ing  Phillip  cam-
brie, 4-4..................1154
Ballou, 5-4................  6
Lin wood,  4-4...........  754
Boott,  0 . 4-4
854
Lonsdale,  4-4.............734
Boott,  E. 5-5............
Lonsdale  cam bric. 1054 
954
Boott, AGO, 4-4.......
Langdon, GB, 4-4...  954
554
Boott, R.  3-4............
Langdon,  45............14
Blackstone, AA 4-4. 
Masonville,  4-4.......8
6
Chapman, X, 4-4—
Maxwell. 4-4............   954
Conway,  4-4............
New Y ork Mill, 4-4.1054 
634
Cabot, 4-4.................
New Jersey,  4-4—   8 
6
Cabot, 7-8.................
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  754 
Canoe,  3-4................  4
Pride of th e W est. .11
Domestic,  36...........  754
Pocahontas,  4-4____754
Dwight Anchor, 4-4.  9
Slatervillc, 7-8...........654
Davol, 4-4...............   9
V ictoria,  A A ...........9
F ru it of Loom, 4-4..  854 
W oodbury, 4 4 ...........534
F ru it of Loom, 7-8..  754 
W hitinsville,  4-4...  754
F ru it of  th e  Loom,
W hitinsville, 7-8___ 654
cam bric,  4-4.........11
W am sutta, 4 4 ......... 1054
Gold Medal, 4-4..  ..  634
W illiamsville,  36... 1054
Gold Medal, 7-8.......6
Gilded  A ge..............834
C row n...................... 17
No.  10.......................1254
C oin..........................10
A nchor.....................15
C entennial..............
B la c k b u rn ..............  8
D avol........................14
London.....................1254
P a c o n ia ...................12
Red  Cross............... 10
Social  Im p erial— 16
Albion,  solid.............554
Albion,  g re y .............6
Allen’s  checks......... 554
Ailen’s  fa n c y ...........554
A llen’s p in k .............. 654
Allen’s p u rp le...........654
A m erican, fan cy — 554
Arnold fan cy .............6
B erlin solid..............  554
Cocheco  fa n c y ......... 6
Cocheco ro b es...........654
Conestoga fa n c y — 6
E d d y sto n e ................ 6
Eagle  fa n c y ...............5
G arner p in k .............. 654
A ppleton  A, 4-4__   754¡Indian Orchard, 40.  8
B oott  M, 4-4............  634  Indian Orchard, 36.  7
Boston  F, 4-4...........  754|Laconia_B, 7-4..........1654
Lym an B, 40-in........1054
C ontinental C, 4-3..  654 
Mass. BB, 4-4...........  534
C ontinental D, 40 in  834 
N ashua  E, 40-in 
854
Conestoga W, 4-4...  654 
N ashua  R, 4-4.........  754 I
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  554 
N ashua 0,7-8.......... 634
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6
N ew m arket N .........654
Dwight  X, 3-4.........554
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7
Dw ight Y, 7-8...........  534
Pepperell  R, 4-4__   754
Dwight Z, 4-4...........634
Pepperell  O, 7-8__   654
Dwight Star, 4-4_....  7 
Pepperell  N, 3-4____654
Ew ight Star, 40-in..  9 
Pocasset  C, 4-4......... 634
E nterprise EE, 36..  5  . 
Saranac  R ................  754 I
G re a t Falls E, 4-4...  7 
Saranac  E ................  9
Farm ers’ A
ird  1-4  754
Orch
Indù
JOM ESTIC
A m oskeag  . 
Amoskeag,
sty les.......
B a te s..........
B e rk sh ire.. 
Glasgow ch< 
Glasgow ch< 
Glasgow 
royal  sty] 
Gloucester,
P lu n k e t.................. Va Gordon ................... •  7^4
L a n c a ste r..............
styles  .......  ....... A2L/n
L angdale................ 7*4
Pepperell.  10-4__ .2754
Androscoggin, 7-4. 21
Pepperell,  11-4__ • 3254
A ndroscoggin, 8-4. 23
Pequot,  7-4............ .21
Pepperell,  7-4....... 20
Pepperell,  8-4....... 2254 Pequot,  8-4............ .24
Pequot,  9-4............
Pepperell,  9-4....... 25
Law rence XX, 44. .  754
A tlantic  A, 4-4—
Law rence  Y, 30... .  7
A tlantic  H, 4-4—
.  554
A tlantic  D, 4-4....
N ew m arket N ....... .  6%
A tlantic P, 4-4.......
A tlantic  LL, 4-4... 5/4 Mystic River, 4-4.. .  554
i Vi P equot A, 4 4 ......... .  754
A driatic, 36............
A ugusta, 4-4........... 6 lA Piedm ont,  36.........
6?4 S tark A A, 4-4......... .  '154
B oott  M, 4-4...........
T rem ont  CC, 4-4..
•  554
Boott  FF, 4-4.........
.  9
U tica,  4-4...............
G ranite ville, 4-4...
Indian  Head, 4-4.. .  7 W acbusett,  4 4 __ .  754
Indiana Head 45-in .13V4IVvachusett,  30-m.. .  6-14
Falls, X X X X .......
Amoskeag,  ACA.. .14
.1854
.15%
Falls, X X X ...........
“ 4-4. .19
A m oskeag 
Amoskeag,  A ....... 13 Falls,  B B ..............
.11%
Falls,  BBC, 36....
.19%
Amoskeag,  B ....... .12
Falls,  aw ning__ .19
Amoskeag,  C....... .11
Amoskeag,  D ....... .1054 H am ilton,  IlT, 32 .12
Amoskeag,  E ....... .10 H am ilton,  D .......
.  9%
.  9%
Amoskeag, F .........
.10
Prem ium   A, 4-4... .17 ¡Ham ilton  fancy.
.13%
Prem ium   B — ... .16 ¡Methuen A A .......
Extra4-4........'.........16 
¡Methuen A SA.......... 18
E x tra 7-8...................1454 ¡Omega A, 7-8............11
Gold Medal 4-4........ 15  Omega  A, 4-4............13
CCA  7-8.................... 1254'Omega AÇA, 7-8— 14
Omega ACA, 4-4___16
CT 4-4.........................14
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
RC 7-8.........................14
Omega SE, 4-4......... 27
BF 7-8........................ 16
Omega M. 7-8 ......... 22
AF4-4........................ 19
Omega M, 4-4...........25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
S hetucket SS&SS W 1154 
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............ 1154
Em pire  .................
434
H ookset............ __ 5 W ashington...........
5
Edw ards.................
Red  Cross......... __ 5
5
S. S. & Sons............
F orest G rove..
A m erican  A ... ...18  OOjOld  Iro nsides....... 15
S tark A .............. ..  ,22%¡W heatlan d ............ 21
R o sto n .............. ....  634¡Otis  CC................... 1054
E v erett  b lu e .. __ 1354 ¡W arren  A X A ........ J2%
E verett  brow n ....13% W arren  B B ........... 11%
Otis  AX A ......... __ 12y2 ¡W arren  CC............. 10%
Otis BB............ __ IT54¡York  fa n c y ........... 13%
Man ville......... ....  6
Masgn ville — __ 6
Red  C ross.......
B e rlin ..............
G arner  ............

S. S. & Sons............
G a rn e r...................
....  7% Thistle M ills...........
....  7% R ose........................
. ...  7%
SPO OL COTTON.
....50
B ro o k s............
Mills ball sew ing.30
C lark’s O. N. F. .... 55
....55 G reeh  &  D aniels.. 25
J. & P.  C oats..
W illim antic 6 cord.55 M errick s................ 40
S taffo rd ................. 25
W illim antic 3 cord. 40
Hall & M anning... 25
Charleston ball sew
in g th re a d __ ....30 H olyoke.................. 25

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dress styl 
M anfg Co,
Johns 
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e, 
d
sty les.........
W hite M fgC 
W hite Mfg C 
I W hite  Manf 
E a rlsto n ...

6/4 Law rence LL, 44.

HEAVY ill OWN  COTTONS.

W ID E BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Eagle  and  Phoenix

8 Greylock, 

GLAZED CAMBBICS.

ch s, f’y 
seks,

P A P E R   CAMBRICS.

ip
, far 
r  C<

GRAIN BAGS.

1254
1254

T IC K IN G S.

W IG AN S.

DENIM S.

.10%

6
6

8

dres

CORSET JE A N S .
....  7% K earsage................
....  6

8%
A rm o ry ...........
Androscoggin sa t..  854 N aum keag satteen 8^4
Pepperell  bleached  0V2
Canoe R iv e r...
Pepperell s a t......... 9%
Clarendon.........
7
Hallowell  Im p ....6 3 4 R ockport................
7 Law rence s a t.........
8%
Ind. Orch. Im p
....  7% Conegosat..............
L aco n ia...........

Any improvement in the  quality of kero­
senes must come from the opening of  wells 
COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.
giving a superior quality of crude oil,  which 
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1  0085 
Ohio W hite Lime, p er  b b l...................
Of
is not likely, or  from  the  introduction
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts...................
1 30 
different and b etter  m ethods  o f  sep aratin g   Louisville Cemeni,  p er b b l.................
and refining.  But this,  of course, would in- j  b
u tfldo^CmnenL p ^ r1 b b l . .... 
1 30 
1 30
m H K L 
1 os@i  10
crease the cost of the oil.  The present laws | Car lota
Plastering hair, per bu......................  25®.  30
relating to the test for oil are of little value, 
Stucco, per bbl................................... 
175
Land plaster, per ton......................... 
3 50
and vary in the different states equal  to the 
Land plaster, car lots........................  
2 50
Fire bnck, per  M..............................$25 @ $35
divorce laws.  There is a rich field for scien­
Fire clay, per bbl..............................  
3 00
tific investigation here  on  the  part  of  the 
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$6 00@6 25 
general  government,  ending,  perhaps,  in 
Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots..  6 25@6 50
some national legislation, to be  followed by 
Cannell, car lots.............................   @6 00
Ohio Lump, car lots.........................  3 10@3 25
a revision of state and municipal legislation 
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 00 
Portland Cement.................   .........3 5Q@4 00
and the enactment of uniform laws.

COAL.

4 T H   OF  JULY'S

GANNON  POWDER,

BLANK  CATRIDGES,  ETC.

L.  S.  HILL  &  CO., Jobbers,

31  P ea rl  st.,  G-rand.  BLapids.
THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF
O B . A - O O
PLUG   TOBACCO.

Offered in this M arket  are  as  follows:

RED  F O X ..........................................................48
BIG  D R I V E ......................................................50
PATROL 
..........................................................46
JACK  RABBIT 
..............................................38
SILVER  C O I N ..................................................46
P A N IC ..................................................................... .46
BLACK  PRINCE, DARK 
.35
BIG  STUMP 
...........................................38
APPLE  J A C K ...................................................46

-  -

- 

- 

- 

- 

2c less in orders for  100 pounds of any one brand.

FIXTE  CUT.

THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor 
.64
STUNNER,  D A R K ...............................38
RED  BIRD,  B R I G H T ......................................50
- 
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT 
.40
FRUIT 
..............................................................32
O  SO  S W E E T ...................................... .30

- 

- 

- 

2c less in  6 pail lots.

SM O K ING .
- 

ARTHUR’S  CHOICE,  LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
- 
REAT.  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  - 
- 
2c less in  10 0 pound lots.

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

.22
-  .26
.26
-  .27
.24 
-  .24

These brands are sold only by

A rth u r M eigs & Co.

Wholesale Grocers,

Who warrant the same to be unequalled.  W e guar­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right  in 
every particular.  W e cordially invite you, when  in 
the  city,  to  visit  our  place  of  business,  55  and  57 
Canal st.  IT  MAY  SAVE  YOU  MONEY.
TO  THE  TR.-A.IDH3.

We wish to call the atten tio n  o f the trad e to th e fa c t th a t we  are  m an u factu rin g   a  line  of

OVERALLS,  SACK  COATS,  JUMPERS,  ETC.

W hich we g u aran tee to be superior in m ake, fit and quality to  be any in the m arket.

OUR  O V ERA LLS  A N D   SA CK   COATS

Comorise  all th e best points it tak es to m ake up good, durable and desirable goods.  The m ain 
points in o u r Overalls are the superior c u t and high w aist, m aking them  perfect hip  fitting,  so 
th a t no suspenders need be used to keep them  up in place.

OUR’  SACK  COATS

A re c u t full so as n o t to bind in  any p a rt and large enough fo r any  m an.

E V E R Y   G A R M EN T  IS  W A R R A N T E D   NOT  TO  R IP ,

If in any case they should rip or not give p erfect satisfaction, give the purchaser ano th er  pair 
and charge to us. 
th an   any  o ther  facto ry   m aking  first-class goods.  All dealers will find it to th e ir  in terest  to 
send fo r sam ples and prices before placing th e ir orders elsewhere.
Miclii§an. O verall Co., Io n ia , Micli,

OUR D P R IC E S   A R E   LESS

Ño convict labor used in th e m an u factu re of our goods.

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices  in  Oar  Lots. 
We are prepared to malte Bottom Prices 01 anything we handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N ,

3  Canal Street,  Basement,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

The Old Reliable

icq  i

im :  r o d

PLUG TOBACCO

Is  for  S ale  by  a ll  Grand Rapids  Jobbers.

SAMPLES  FURNISHED  ,ON  APPLICATION.

S.  W.  'VEllsr-A.BILE  Ss  OO

Peterslcurg,  Va.

W e guarantee best value for the price on all our Lubricating  Oils.
t f c   0

CUHTISS,  J D T J J S T T O l S r  

0

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S a n d s’  Patent  T riple  M otion

WHITE  MOUNTAIN 

ICE  CREAM 

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The  only  F reezer  ever  m ade  having  th ree  distinct 
m otions, 
thereby  producing  finer,  sm o o th e r  C ream  
th a n   a n y   o th e r  F re e z e r  on  th e   m a rk e t.  Acknowl­
edged  by  every  one  to   be th e best in the world.  O ver 
300,000  in   use  T o-day.  Outside Iro n s Galvanized, b u t 
all inside th e   can  co ated   w ith   P u re   B lo ck   T in .  Tubs 
w ater-proof;  easily  ad ju sted   and  operated.  We  also 
carry   large  stock  of  Packing  Tubs, Packing  Cans,  Ice 
Crushers, etc.  Send fo r P rice L ist and  Trade  Discounts. 
Address

G rand Rapids, Mich. 

A geuts fo r W estern Michigan.

SPRING  &

M B  'triple motion  j  1 
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H I E R .  C r e a m

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS,

MATTING-S,

OIL  CLOTHS

ETC.,  ETC.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand  Rapids, 

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M ichigan.

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mortgage by the  debtor,  and  that  such ar­
rangement was not fraudulent  as  to  other 
creditors of the debtor.

V i

T IM E   TABLES.

Michigan (Tentral

BUSINESS LAW.

F R A U D .

L IV E R Y .

of  Last Resort.

E M B E Z Z L E M E N T   O F   L E T T E R S — P O S T A L   D E ­

D E B T O R   A N D   C R E D IT O R — P R E F E R E N C E S  

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

An interesting question was  raised in the 
recent case of the United States  vs. Badger 
in the United States  pircuit  Court  at  Bos­
ton—namely,  as  to  whether  the  United 
States government protects letters after they 
have been delivered into a private box which 
the person to whom  they  are  directed  has 
authorized.  The court ruled in this case, in 
which the  defendant  was  tried  for  embez­
zling letters,  that the United States protects 
letters until they reach the person to  whom 
they are addressed,  and that a  delivery into 
a box such as that described  above  is  not a 
delivery to the person.

In the case of Bouton vs.  Smith et al. the 
Supreme Court of Illinois held that the pay­
ment to one stockholder of a private corpor­
ation for advances or  loans  made by him to 
the corporation,  and interest thereon, by the 
transfer  of  notes  and  account,  was  not 
fraudulent as to other creditors  of  the  cor­
poration,  being at most  a  preference of one 
creditor over others, which  the  law allows, 
but that  the  payment  by  an  insolvent cor­
poration to a stockholder of a demand which 
was not  a  legal  subsisting  debt  capable of 
being enforced by suit,  was a mere gift, and 
fraudulent as to bona fide creditors.

A B A T E M E N T   O F   A C T IO N — P A R T N E R S H IP .
An action brought  by  the  members of a 
firm  for  slander  of  its  financial  condition 
and credit does  not  abate  by  the  death of 
one of the plaintiffs pending suit,  according 
to the decision of  the  New  York  Supreme 
Court in the  case  of  Shale  vs.  Minges,  of 
which a note appears  in  the  Albany  Law 
Journal.  The court  said,  in  giving  judg­
ment:  The question is novel,  and  must be 
disposed of on principles deemed applicable 
to 
the  nature  of  a  partnership  and  the 
relation of the  surviving  members to it.  * 
*  *  *  On  the  death  of  one  of  several 
members of a partnership no  personal  rep­
resentative takes his place  in  respect to the 
partnership  property. 
lie  by the event  is 
taken out of  the  firm,  and  a  dissolution is 
the consequence,  but  practically  the  disso­
lution has relation only  to  subsequent busi­
ness  transactions  to  a  qualified  extent. 
While the agency in the  surviving members 
is so qualified that  they  cannot  create any 
new obligations or liabilities,  their  relation 
to the situation in  which  the  death  of  the 
member left the property  and  business  en­
ables them respectively to manage  and con­
trol its affairs as fully and completely as be­
fore.  *  *  *  The  joint  relation of  the 
survivors is not  broken  into  a  tenancy  in 
common by such death,  nor  are  their  rela­
tion and equities impaired by it.  The prop­
erty of the firm tloes  not, nor  do any rights 
of action in respect  to  its  matters  pass to 
any  representative  of  the  partnership. 
It 
and all the then existing  rights of  the  firm 
continue in the  survivors,  and  are theirs  at 
law the same as they had  been  prior to the 
j death of the one member;  the  property and 
rights of all united.  And to that extent,  and 
Where the defendant bought  from abroad 
j  for all practical purposes  limited  as  before 
art icles which, if made in England, would be 
mentioned,  it  may  be  said  that  the  place 
an infringement  of  the  plaintiff’s  patent, 
prior to that event filled by the three is after 
and used them in his laboratory for the pur­
such deatli occupied by  the  two  survivors. 
pose of  experimenting  and  instructing  his
*  The  relation  of  the  surviving
-
, 
ounils  allowing them to examine  them and 
nlaintiffs to the action is in no sense that of
pupus,  auo\> 
pull them to pieces, they bemgeheapm than 
of  the  firm „
the plaintiff’s patented article, which he said  (ii’tinguishetl  trom  the  fivm  itself.  The
he conili not affori  o  uy  ur  sl"- ' 
se ot actlon is  theirs,  deemed  originally
» f *   theirs, and continues  to  be  such.  They  in
pose,  the Chancery 
Court of Justice (England) held that sudi a
orni OI ousuce iL. B.duu,  ..  .u —  — “ -   law are principals and  owners  in respect to
.
ser was a user for the ad\ antage of the de- 
user 
the matters of the partnership  by  virtue of
ber w ab a usti 
Bndant  and consequently an  infringement 
fendant
their relation as  partners  and  because they
enuam,  anu tuust x 
of the plaintiff’s patent,
are survivors.  Their rights  in  that respect 
are  not  derivative  or  representative.  The 
right of action in question  was in  the firm. 
The death of the member  neither  vests any 
right| in  the  survivors,  nor  does  it  divest 
them of  any  rights  of  property  or  action 
then  existing. 
In  the  prosecution  of  this 
action they are exercising  no  new or deriv­
ed powers,  and  asserting  no  new  or addi­
tional rights.
DRYDEN &  PALMER’S 

V O L U N T E E R E D   S E R V IC E   C O N T R A C T S .
The Supreme  Court of  Michigan  held in 
the recent ease  of  Scott  vs.  Maier  that  an 
architect who volunteered  his  services with 
the chances of future employment could not 
recover for preliminary sketches which were 
not accepted on the basis of a percentage on 
the  probable  cost  of  the  building. 
1 he 
court said that whether  there  had been any 
agreement to reward  the  architect  for  his 
trouble or not,  evidence  of  a  custom of ar­
chitects to base a charge for  such  prelimin­
ary work  on  their  estimates  of  projected 
buildings could not be received to determine 
the  amount  of  the  defendant’s  liability  in 
the absence of  a contract  assenting to such 
custom.

U nquestionably th e b est in  th e  m arket.  As 
clear as crystal and as tra n sp a re n t as diamond. 
T ry a box.
J o lin  Caulfielci,
Sole A gent fo r Grand Rapids

K.OCEC  CA.STD’Y’.

P A T E N T — IN F R IN G E M E N T — U S E R ,

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PURE  CANDY

AND  DEALERS  IN

O ranges,  Lemons,
Bananas,  Figs,  Dates, 

NUTS,
E   T   O .

JOBBERS,  ATTENTION
TWENTY  DOLLARS  SAVED
INVESTING  TEN  DOLLARS

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West  Michigan  Oil  Company

IN   U SIN G

D U N H A M ’S  P A T E N T

Combination  Tag

IT   SAVES  Postage,  Envelopes,  A ddressing 
L etters, Sticking Stam ps,  D elivery  to   Post- 
office. 
IT   D E L IV E R S   Bill w ith Goods, vm  Express, 
one to  th ree hours earlier th a n  by Mail.
Send  fo r  sa m p le s  and.  p ric e s  to

E. A. Stowe & Bro.,

„

Manufacturers’  Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

(SUCCESSORS  TO  STA N D A RD   O IL   CO.,)

63  Monroe Street,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jno.  C.  Borirteli,  Pres.

J.  H.  Bonnell, Sec’y.

Illuminating  and  Lubricating

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CAPITOL  CYLINDER, 
MODEL 
SHIELD 
BACKUS  F IN E   ENGINE. 
ELDORADO 
PEERLESS  M ACHINERY. 
CHALLENGE M ACHINERY 
BLACK  DIAMOND.

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PA RA FIN E,  250. 
SUM MER,  W EST  VA. 
250  to  300 
150  0.  T.
ZERO.
630  DEO.  NAPTHA. 
740  “  GASOLINE. 
870  GASOLINE.

G -   P L   M A Y H E W ,

Grand.  Hapid.B,  Mieli.

Niagara  Falls (R oute.

D E PA R T.

A R R IV E .

♦D etroit E xpress......................................   6:00 a m
tD ay  E xpress............................................ 12:45 p m
* A tlantic E xpress...............................................9:20 p m
Way F reight...............................................  6:50 a m
♦Pacific  E xpress........................................ 6:00 a m
tM a il.............................................................3:50 p m
tG rand  Rapids  E xpress................................. 10:50 p m
W ay F re ig h t.................................................5:15 a m
tD aily except Sunday.  ♦Daily.
Sleeping  cars  ru n   on  A tlantic  and  Pacific 
E xpress.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  w ith 
G reat'  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern tra in s in sam e depot at D etroit, th u s 
avoiding transfers.
The D etroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Draw ing  Room  and  P arlo r  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t city a t 11:45 a. m., New Y ork 10:30 
a. m., and Boston 3:05  p. m. n ex t day.
A tra in  leaves D etroit a t 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday w ith draw ing room car attached, arriv­
ing at G rand Rapids a t  10:50 p. m.

J . T. Schultz. G en’l A gent.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
+Mail........................................9:15am
tD ay  E iqiress....................... 12:35 p m
♦Night  E xpress...................   8:35 p m

A rrives, 
4:25 p m  
10:45 p  m 
4:45 a m
♦Daily. 
P ullm an Sleeping  Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  a t­
ten d an ts w ithout  ex tra  charge  to  Chicago  on 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9 :15 a.m. and 
9:35 p. m. trains.

tD aily except Sunday.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  A rrives.
E xpress...................................   4:15 p m   4:05 p m
E x p re ss...................................   8:05 a m  11:15 a m
All train s arriv e and d epart from  U nion  De­
pot.
The  N orthern term in u s of  th is Division is a t 
Baldwin, w here close connection is m ade  w ith 
F. &  P. M.  train s  to  and  tro m   L udington  and 
M anistee.

.1. H. Ca r pen t er.  G en’l Pass. A gent.
J.  B.  Mu ll ik en,  G eneral  M anager.
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
A rrive. 
E x p ress.................................7:15 p m  
M ail.........................................9:50 a m  

Leave.
7:30 a m
4:00 p m

tra in  

All train s daily except Sunday.
The 

leaving  a t  4  p. m . connects  a t 
W hite Pigeon w ith  A tlantic  E xpress  on  Main 
Line, which has Palace D raw ing  Room  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from   Chicago  to  New  Y ork  and 
Boston w ithout change.
The  tra in   leaving  a t  7:30  a. m. connects  at 
W hite Pigeon (giving one h our for dinner) w ith 
special New Y ork E xpress on Main Line.
* Through 
in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured at  U nion T icket office, 
67 M onre stre e t and  depot.

tickets  and  b erths 

J. W. McK enney, Gen’l A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

s’G EAS

Leaves.
A rrives. 
6:25 a m
m 
tSteam boa t  Exp
tThrough Mail. .......7 7 7 !  10:10 i m  10:20 a m
•(•Evening Exp re
3:35 p m
m 
6:30 p m
s ................  6:27 p in 
♦Limited
■(•Mixed, w th   co ic h ............
10:30 a m
GOING W EST.
SS............  1:05 p m 
■(•Morning Expre
1:10 p m
5:15 p m
................  5:10 p m 
•(■Through Mail.
ress.......... 10:40 p m  10:45 p m
tSteamboait Exp 
7:10 a m 
tM ix ed ... 
7.7.7.7.7.7 5:10 a
♦NisrhtEx]
m 
5:20 a m
press.
tD aily, 8undaj-s excepted.  *D lily.
king  the  6:25  a m.  Express
Passeng
m ake elos e conn ections a t Owoss o fo r Lansing
and a t Del ro it f )r New York, arriving th ere at
10:00 a. m. the fc3llowing m ornin,
P arlor  Cars  oil  Mail  Trains,  b oth  E ast  and
W est. 
dll m ake  con-
Train lei
nection w th Mg]w aukee steam ers daily except
Sunday.
The m ail has  a  P arlor  Car  to  D etroit.  The 
N ight  E xpress has a through W agner Car and 
local  Sleeping Car D etroit to G rand Rapids.
D. P o tter. City Pass. A gent. 
Geo. B. Ree v e, Traffic M anager, Chicago.

GOING NORTH.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.
A rrives.
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  8:45 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac E x .  7:00 a m 
F t. W ayne & M ackinac  Ex  3:55 p m 
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
M ackinac* Cincinnati Ex.  3:50 p m  
Mackinac & F t. W ay r e E x .. 10:25 a rn 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40_p m

GOING  SOUTH.

Leaves.
10:25 a  m 
5:00 p m 
7:10 a m
7:15 a m 
6:00 p m  
11:45 p m

SLE EPIN G   CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All train s daily except Sunday.
N orth—T rain  leaving  a t  5:00  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Woodruff  Sleeping Cars fo r  Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  T rain leaving a t 10:25 a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping and Chair Car for  Traverse 
City.
South—T rain leaving a t 4:35p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car fo r Cincinnati.

C. L. L ockwood, Gen’l Pass. A gent.

Detroit, Mackinac  & Marquette.

T rains connect w ith G.  R. & I.  train s  fo r  St. 
Ignace, M arquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving G rand Rapids at 10:25 a. m. and 11:00  p. 
m.. arriving a t M arquette a t 3:30 p. m.  R eturn­
ing leave M arquette at 2:20  p.  m.,  arriving  a t 
G rand Rapids at 12:25a.m  and  3:50  p. m.  Con­
nection made a t M arquette w ith the M arquette, 
H oughton  and  O ntonagon  Railroad  fo r  the 
Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper D istricts.

Gen’l F rt. & Pass. A gt.,  M arquette, Mich.

F.  MILLIGAN,

Goodrich Steamers.

Leave  Grand H aven Tuesday, T hursday  and 
Sunday evenings, connecting with train  on D., 
G. H. & M. lly.  R eturning, leave Chicago Mon­
day,  W ednesday  and  Friday  evenings,  a t  7 
o’clock, arriving a t G rand  H aven  in  tim e  fo r 
m orning train  east.

Grand River Steamer.

The  Steam er  B a rrett  leaves  her  dock  for 
G rand Haven, Mondays, W ednesdays  and  F ri­
days, retu rn in g  on altern ate clays.

1N D   BOXES

JOSEPH.  MICH.

SENS  FOR  ILLUSTRATED  PR ICE J ij

BEAD!  READ!  READ!

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO. 
Sole  Control of our Celebrated

have

D.  W.  Archer’s  Trophy  Corn,
0. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn,
D. W. Archer’s Early Golden Drop Corn

NO.  2.  AND  3  CANS.

YOUNG,  TENDER  AND  SWEET,

NATURAL  FLAVOR  RETAINED. 

GUARANTEED  PURITY.

$1,000  IN  GOLD.

NOT SWEETENED WITH SUGAR. 

NO  CHEMICALS  USED.

NOT  BLEACHED  WHITE. 
NO  WATER  IN  CANS.

G A M B L IN G   C O N T R A C T S — M U T U A L   U N D E R ­

S T A N D IN G .

Ill the case of the First National  I^auk of 
Lyons vs.  The  Oskaloosa  Packing  Co., the 
Supreme Court of Iowa added  still  another 
to the long list of  recent  decisions  holding 
that when the parties to  an  executory  con­
tract for  the  sale  of  property  intend that 
there shall be no  delivery  thereof,  but  that 
the transaction shall be  settled  by  the pay­
ment of the difference between the  contract 
price and the market price of the  commodi­
ty at a time fixed,  the  contract  is  void, but 
that it  must be  shown,  by a preponderance 
of the evidence,  that both parties to the con­
tract intended that  it  should  be  preformed 
by a mere payment  of  differences,  and  not 
by a delivery of the property.

R A IL R O A D   C O M P A N IE S — L I E N   O F  

J U D G ­

M E N T .

Section 1309 of the Iowa  Code,  providing 
that a judgment against a railroad .company 
for injury to persons or property should be a 
lien,  within the County where  recovejed, on 
the property of the company,  and  that such 
lien should be prior and superior  to tiie lien 
of any mortgage or trust deed executed since 
July 4,  1802,  was held constitutional by the 
State  Supreme  Court  of 
Iowa.  The 
court further held that  where  the  property 
of a railroad  had  been  transferred  to a re­
ceiver by order of the United States  Circuit 
Court,  subject to all  “claims,  debts  and lia­
bilities,”  such  property  in  his  hands  was 
liable for the payment of  a claim  for  dam­
ages for an injury to an employee.

B A N K   D E B T O R   M O R T G A G E .

Where a debtor of  a  bank  conveyed  his 
interest in a tract  of  land  to an  officer  of 
the  bank,  under  an  agreement  that  the 
debtor  should  aid  in  perfecting  the  title 
thereto,  in obtaining sales  of the  same un- j 
der prior liens and procuring  satisfaction of j 
incumbrances,  the bank  to  pay  the  parties j 
holding such liens and incumbrances, and to j 
allow a credit for the net value of such land j 
over and above the  costs  and  expenses  in- j 
curred in perfecting the  title,  upon  certain 
notes, given  it  by  a  third  person,  which 
notes,  when  paid,  the  bank  had  agreed j 
should satisfy a large amount of the debtor s j 
unsettled liabilities to it, whereby the debtor 
was to receive the benefit from  the satisfac­
tion of his debts to the bank, but in no event 
was to have any right to  redeem  the  prop­
erty from the bank,  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Illinois held that the conveyance and agree­
ment did not  constitute  the  transaction  a

The Trade supplied by Wholesale Grocers Only.  Respectfully,

THE  ARCHER  PACKING  CO.,  Chillicothe,  Ills.

T B S  CRAOT R A PID S  ROLLER  MILLS

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Mie a Store, Pan- 
ry or Closet?

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
EJ UST  O I   2ST IE S

From  2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shaft- 
end for  I  ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  m ade  for 
1 Complete Outfits.

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No. 1 Egg C rates  fo r Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 p a te n t fillers used.  50 cen ts each,

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in  Store  F urnish­
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the  old 
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P ractices  in  State  and  U nited  S tates  Courts 
Special a tten tio n  given to

M E R C A N T IL E   COLLECTIONS.

)NLY P ain t sold on a GUARANTEE. 

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u r Pioneer P repared P ain t is  p u t  on 
any building, an d if w ithin th ree years it should 
crack or peel off, and th u s fail to  give  th e   full 
satisfaction  guaranteed,  we  agree to   repaint 
the  building  a t  our  expense,  w ith  th e  best 
W hite Lead, or such other p aint as  the  ow ner 
m ay select.  Should any case of dissatisfaction 
occur, a notice from  the dealer will  com m and 
o u r prom pt attention.  T.  H .  N E V IN   &  CO.

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tion at Muskegon.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.’s  system  of  tank 
wagons is now in  successfal  operation,  and 
the company claims  that  the  reception  ac­
corded the  new  arrangement  is  hearty  be­
yond  expectation.  Few  dealers  object  to 
the wagon system,  and those  who do object 
are visited by an agent of the company, who 
explains the advantages  of  handling oil di­
rect from  tank  to  tank.  Mr.  Bonnell,  the 
local manager,  is so  well  pleased  with  the 
result  that  he  announces  that  the  tank 
wagon system is  a fixed fact in Grand Rap­
ids.
Mr. Bonnell has  arranged  to  run a  tank 
line to Muskegon,  instead of shipping oil to 
that market in barrels,  as heretofore.  Work 
has been begun on a building, 40x60  feet in 
dimensions,  affording  ample  storage  and 
barreling facilities.  The system will go into 
effect at Muskegon in about two weeks.

There is no change in the price of oil this 
week,  the market  being  firm  at  the  prices 
quoted.

Ovid Opinions.

From  the Union.

The boot and shoe stock  under  charge  of 
Mr.  Caldwell has been boxed up and shipped 
to some other point.  This stock  composed 
a  part  of  the  goods  belonging  to the late 
firm of Bier & Shoeflin.

C. W. Marvin has established  a  shoe fac­
tory  in  toWn.  He  has  room  to  run 100 
hands,  and will probably be  running  GO  by 
fall.  He will manufacture for  home  trade 
as well as for case shipment.

Everything is moving along very smoothly 
now for a speedy settlement  of  the  affairs 
of the late firm of Sowers & White, bankers, 
who made an assignment to J.  C.  Darragh, 
of Grand Rapids,  last July for the benefit of 
their  creditors.  Every  available  collateral 
held as security by the  said  firm  lias  been 
converted into cash,  and with  the exception 
of the suit brought by Chas.  Root & Co.,  of 
Detroit,  who  were  creditors  of  Potter, 
Beattie & Co. to the amount of some $6,000, 
there is nothing in the way of  settling  with 
every creditor.  The suit of Root & Co. was 
brought for the purpose of breaking the mort­
gages given by Sowers & White’s debtors as 
security to the bank,  and those  who  are  in 
a position to know think that there is  little 
or no possibility of anything  being  effected 
against the S.  & W. creditors by  said  suit. 
The mortgage held against the carriage  fac­
tory  has  been  paid  and the mortgage dis­
charged.  Therefore it begins to  look  quite 
bright for the creditors of Sowers &  White; 
if  the  suit  spoken  of  above  does  not  go 
against them,  at least 50 cents on the dollar 
will be paid,  which is as much or more than 
many of the creditors have for  a  long  time 
expected.  The ultimate  settlement  of  the 
failure  will  be  a  relief  to the entire com­
munity.

The Iron-Tailed Cow.

H illiards Correspondence A llegan Gazette.

For a week past the cloud of  civil discord 
has hung threateningly over the  Coldspring 
cheese-factory,  and not a  patron  has  been 
seen to smile; and all because a certain lone 
widow has been sending 120 pounds of milk 
per day from three cows (and a pump).  The 
matter culminated  in an  indignation  meet­
ing, resulting in the  appointment of a com­
mittee to call upon and  inform  that  enter­
prising  female  that  milk  and  not  water 
makes cheese.  The proprietor became that 
committee,  and in the dusky twilight he set 
out on his perilous errand; but  finding hair­
pulling  and  scalding  water  on  the  pro­
gramme,  he  hastily  decamped,  and  now 
Mrs. B. has no part or lot in  the  matter of 
patronizing our factory.

Cranberry Culture in Michigan.

From  the Cheboygan Tribune.

Dr. A.  M.  Gerow  has  a  cranberry marsh 
located  about  five  miles  from  Cheboygan. 
He has one acre  planted  that is  coming on 
finely, the plants being in  blossom and giv­
ing indications  of  promising results.  Last 
week he sent out fifty-three bags, about one 
ton of plants, sufficient to  put in four  more 
acres. 
It, will  not  be  many  years  before 
this will become a very  important  factor in 
the industries of this section.  Win.  Elliott 
has several acres  of  plants  in,  below  Dun­
can City,  and all indicate very promising re­
sults. 

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The  Grocery  Market.

Business has been fairly good and  collec­
tions fully up to the average during the past 
week.  Sugars have advanced a trifle,  prob­
ably owing to the advent of  the  berry  sea­
son, and some varieties of raisins are higher. 
Package coffees are off Me, but other articles 
are without important change.

Merchants would do  well  to lay  in  a full 
supply of lemons, as  New  York  importers 
are now quoting them at S5 and  85.50,  and 
predict that the price  will  touch  88  before 
July 4. 

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A New York grocer  says  that  hams are 
sold  as  customers  may  desire,  either  by 
actual weight or by the  weight  marked  on 
them by the  packer.  As  a  ham  loses by 
evaporation when hung up, the actual is less 
than the marked  weight,  but  the  price  is 
brought up to make things  even  to the gro­
cer.  Thus a fifteen pound ham  having lost 
a pound,  would sell at 16 cents  a  pound or 
at 15 cents  by  marked  weight,  the  grocer 
getting 82.24 by the first  method and  82.25 
by the second.  “The customers,  therefore,” 
says the  grocer  frankly,  “are  the. perfect 
lords of our  establishments. 
If  they want 
hams at actual weight  we  shall  accommo­
date them with  the  greatest  of  pleasure; if 
they prefer the marked weight we shall sell 
them with marked esteem.”

D e a r  Sib—’We had a  spiritual  seance at 
the Widow Hobson’s  last  night,  and of  all 
things I ever saw  or  heard of,  this was the 
worst. 
I have not yet  got  over  the shock. 
In the first place the  medium  was  Ichabod 
Johnson, and when we  all  sat  around the 
circle,  there  was  aholding  hands,  Widow 
Hobson,  Soliman  Snooks,  Jane  Vitzen, 
Joshua  Bilders,  and  me  and  Doc.  Trotter. 
The lights were turned down real  dim like, 
and it kind of made  me  feel  lonesome, for 
the dim lights took my thoughts back to the 
time  when  the  late  lamented  Hezikiah 
Spriggs used to come courting me.  But the 
days are gone by when  a  young  man and a 
young woman  will  “set up”  five  nights in 
the week,  fifty-two weeks  in  the year,  and 
court for five  or  six  years  before  they are 
married.  Now-a-days they meet  by chance 
at a matinee,  a euchre party,  or  a dance; he 
calls on her  Sunday,  takes  her  out  riding, 
and in one, two or  three  months  they  get 
married,  and in a year or so they have had a 
chance to become acquainted, and the court s 
and  a  divorce  suit  are  the  result.  Come 
back,  good old days of long ago, when a girl 
was not ashamed to do  a  week’s  washing; 
come back,  good old days,  when girls under 
16 wore short dresses,  when  little  boys of 
13 or 14 did not know more  than their fath­
ers; but they can’t come back,  for the world 
is progressive.
But  I  have  drifted  from  the  subject. 
Well, the first thing that  we  knew,  the ta­
ble in front of us  began  to  tip  up one way 
and other,  and then the  medium  asked  if 
we wished to converse  with  the  spirits,  as 
several were  there.  We  answered,  “yes,” 
and then  he  announced  that  a  tall,  spare 
gray-bearded old man was hovering over my 
chair. 
I knew at once it must be Hezikiah; 
and  asked  in  a  trembling  voice  how  he 
felt in the  spirit  land.  A  voice  deep  and 
low  answered,  “Very  warm.”  “Are  you 
happy?” I asked.  “You bet,” he answered, 
“Who would not,  to get  away  from  you?” 
Well,  if that was Hezikiah,  he must have got 
pretty courageous to talk that way to me.  I 
asked him “Can you  foretell  the  future?” 
“Yes,”  he  said.  “What  shall  I do to be 
rich?” I asked him.  “Give all your  money 
to Joe Reed,  that he may  invest  it in U. S. 
bonds,” was the reply. 
[And  I  have  this 
day sent Mr. Joe Reed all the money I have, 
81.49,  to invest  for  me.]  Well,  all  of  a 
sudden there was  the  most  awful  racket, 
you  ever  heard.  Knocks  and  groans,  and 
stampings  and  howlings,  and  the medium 
yelled out all of a sudden  “Who  hit  me?” 
And we turned up the lamps,  and  the men 
went outside to hunt around and upstairs in 
the room above where we were, they  found 
that mean thing, Philander Bilson, and that 
pesky varmint,  Job  Strong,  and  they  had 
made all  the “manifestations”  and  created 
all the disturbance.

I see by T h e  T r a d e s m a n  that the Grand 
Rapids traveling men are going to win ever­
lasting fame on the Fourth  by walking in a 
body in  the  procession.  Capt.  Jim  Brad 
was up here the other  day  and  said he had 
decided to arrange the boys in the following 
order: Taffy Bill, carrying banner; Leo. Caro 
and Geo. McKay, guy  rope  carriers;  John 
McIntyre, carrying bible;  ladies’ band; Geo. 
Owen,  with  his  trained  dogs; W.  G.  Haw­
kins and  Chas. Robinson,  carrying  framed 
order for 18 car  lot;  Geo.  Seymour  and  his 
new horse,  accompanied  by two  policemen; 
common tramps.

Yours,  spiritually,

M e iiit a b l e   S p r ig g s ,  F.  M.

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

The Olivet cheese factory is in  active op 

eration again.

A.  E. Johnson,  the Sparta cheese  maker, 

was in town Monday.

The Cloverdale creamery,  at Nashville,  is 

turning out 500 pounds of butter  per day.

The  Partello  cheese  factory  has  a daily 
output of 100 pounds,  and  the  management 
clamors for more milk.

C.  B.  Lambei*t,  now on the road for Davis 
& Rankin,  of Chicago,  has just closed a con­
tract with Berry  &  Seeley,  of Mt.  Morris, 
for  a  creamery  on  the  Fairlamb  system, 
with a capacity of 1,500  pounds  per day, to 
be ready to commence operations by August 
1.  Mr.  Lambert left the State Saturday for 
a six weeks’ trip through Ohio and Pennsyl­
vania.
The Coopersville Observer states that  the 
cheese factory  at  that  place  receives 2,800 
pounds of milk and turns out 360 pounds of 
cheese daily.  Such a ratio would  be equiv­
alent to a pound of  cheese  for 7.77  pounds 
of  milk—a  better  showing  than  was  ever 
made  by  any  factory 
in  this  country  or 
Europe. 
It is  probable,  however,  that  the 
management of the factory never authorized 
any such statement,  and  that  the  blunder 
may be attributed to the  general  unreliabil­
ity of the  paper making the  same.
Pen Picture of the Traveler.

From  th e  Cincinnati E nquirer.

Undeterred in  business, he  is  invincible 
in insinuation  and  sentiment. 
If  he  is  a 
small man he has a twinkle about him which 
makes him look six  feet  high. 
If  he is a 
big man he has a softness which brings him 
down to the eyelashes and nose of  the local 
coquette.  He is no snob  and  no  respecter 
of  persons,  and  therefore  never  impresses 
anybody as putting on airs;  yet bores avoid 
him,  and high respectability,, at first shrink­
ing from him,  is  finally  conquered  by  his 
good nature and worldly sense.

S.  A.  Welling  spent  Sunday  in  Detroit, 
the guest of his daughter,  Mrs.  Hamilton B. 
Carhartt.  He will return by way  of  Jack- 
son,  spending a day or  two  with  friends at 
that place.

ville.

burg.

ville.

Center. 

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M artin W alsh,  Spring'Lake.
D.  O.  W atson,  W atson  &  Devoist, Coopers- 
J. L. Sebring, Kalamazoo.
J. D. Champion, Mecosta.
J. F. H acker, Corinth.
W. S. B artron, Bridgeton.
Charles  Judson,  H oag  &  Judson, Cannons- 
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
J . C. Townsend, W hite Cloud.
A dam  W agner,  W agner  &  Wells,  Eastm an- 
A. L. Pow er,  K ent City.
H. C. Peckham , F reeport.
S. J. Koon, C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
J. S. Cross, Bangor. 
_ 
H ow ard Morley, M orley Bros., Cedar Springs.
S. H. Ballard, L. S. & S. H. Ballard, Sparta. 
Jo h n  Y arger, Moore & Y arger, F reeport.
D. B. G alentine, Bailey.
J . G. Spooner, Spooner Bros., Cedar Springs. 
Wm. A lexander, Howard City.
B yron McNeal, Byron  Center.
J. F. A. Raider, Newaygo.
J. H. Edwards, Newaygo.
O. W. M essenger, Spring Lake.
D. A. Brown, Ganges.
Stauffer & Salisbury, H astings.
Chas. A. Brock, Canada Corners.
J. W. Post,  Clarksville.
Spring & Lindiey, Bailey.
Carrell & Fisher, D orr.
Newm an & Ensbaugh, D orr.
T. J. Knowles,  Volney.
D. R. Crane, Fennville.
Ja s Landon, Charlotte.
J . C. Scott, Lowell. 
G regory Bush, w ith H. K. B ush,  H esperia.
J. S. B arker, Sand Lake.
A. & E. Bergy, Caledonia.
A. J.  Provin, Cedar  Springs.
E. S. Fitch,  Way land.
Jo sh u a Colby, Rockford.  ___
Griswold, Campbell & Co., Middleville.
Eli Runnels, Corunna.
Mr.  Thomas,  Richm ond  &  Thomas,  Bowne 
, 
C. Cole, Colei& Chappel, Ada.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
Ja y  M arlatt. Berlin.
C.  R. B unker, Bailey.
Mr. Zunder, Zunder Bros. & Co., Bangor.
H. W. P o tter, Jennisonville.
W. W. Pierce, MoliDe. 
Mr. A ndre, A ndre & Son, Jennisonville. 
Louis K olkem a, Holland.
R. Bredeway, D renthe.
M. Jonkinan, Holland.
Jo h n  Scholten, Overisel.
L. D. W ebster, W ebster & Phillips, Reed City. 
A. &. L. M. Wolf, H udsonville.
Jo h n  G lupker, Z utphen.
Ju liu s R eynier E state, Morley.
L. B. Chapel, Ada.
T. M. Reed, Coopersville.
A. N orris, A. N orris & Son,  Casnovia.
O. P. McClure, Spencer’s Mill.
R. Carlyle, Rockford.
A. L. B urnett, A. L.  B u rn ett & Co., Lisbon. 
H enry H enkel, H ow ard City.
O. N arregang, Byron Center.
Geo. S. Powell, G. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake. 
J. A. Lei bier, Caledonia.
D. E. McVean, McVean & Sons, K alkaska.
H. T. Johnson, Saranac.
D aniel P arker, Sparta.
C. B ergin, Lowell.
Bitely & Cain, Sparta.
J . Barnes, A usterlitz.
Jos. H. Spires, Leroy.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
G. H. W albrink, Allendale.
Mrs. Geo. D em orest, W hite Cloud.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.
B. M. D enison, E ast  Paris.
W. S. Root, Tallmadge.
O. F. Conklin, O. F. & W. P. Conklin, R avenna. 
Baron & TenH oor, F orest Grove.
N orm an H arris, Big Springs.
T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood.
A. J. W hite, Bass River.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
Geo. A. Scribner, G randville.
J. C. Benbow,  Cannonsburg.
I.  J. Quick. Allendale.
Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
W . C. H ew itt, B arker Creek.
W. H. Hicks,  Morley.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
C. W. Ives, Rockford.
C. D em ing, D utton.
N agler & Beeler, Caledonia.
Childs & Carper, Child’s Mill.
Dr. John Graves, W ayland.

•

The  Wool  Market.

The past week has been characterized  by 
great activity in the wool  market.  Compe­
tition among  country buyers  has frequently 
raised the price to 25 cents,  but  the  sale of 
100,000 pounds of Michigan  wool in Boston 
at 26 cents on Saturday has had  a tendency 
to  bring  large  buyers  down  to  the  price 
which ruled at  the  opening  of  the  season, 
20@23 cents.

In a Drug Store.

“Boss,  liab you got any ob dem  confound 

cavortic pills?”

“Yes.  Do you want  them  plain or coat­

“Dunno. 

I want dem ones what’s white­

ed?”

washed.”

^  ^ ______

He got ’em. 
The article on  “Olive Oil,” published two 
weeks  ago,  was  original  with  the  New 
England Grocer,  and should have been cred­
ited to that journal.

T.  C.  Fleming, of Shelby, sheared a fleece 

from  his  merino  buck  weighing  27 
pounds.

.......... 6

W O O D EN  W A R E .
Standard  Tubs, No. 1......................
Standard  Tubs, No. 2......................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3......................
Standard Pails, tw o hoop.......................................1 60
Standard Pails, th ree hoop................................... 1 85
Dowell P ails...............................................................2 10
Dowell Tubs, No. 1...................................................8 7o
Dowell Tubs, No. 2.......................
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3.................................................6 76
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................................. 2 00
B u tter L adles............................................................1 25
Rolling1 P in s...............................................................1 00
P otato  Mashei-s....................................................  75
Clothes P o u n d ers.................................................... 2 25
C lothesP ins.........................................................   ®
Mop Stocks........................................................... ¿21
W ashboards, single............................................1  7
W ashboards, double............................................... 2 40
Diam ond  M arket...............................................  40
Busnel, narrow   b an d ......................................... 1 60
Bushel, wide b an d ...............................................1 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 1......................................... 3 50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2......................................... 3 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 3......................................... 4 00
Clothes, willow, No. 1........................ 
5  2a
Clothes, willow, No. 2.........................................6 25
Clothes, willow, No. 3.........................................7 25

BA SK ETS.

H ID E S , P E L T S   A N D   FU RS. 

P erkins & Hess quote as foLows: 

G re e n __ ^  ft)  6
P a rt  c u re d ...  7 
Full cu red ...'.  8 
Dry hides and 
k ip s ............   8

H ID ES.

@ 654 
© 754 @ 854

Calf skins, green
@10
or cu red __
Deacon skins,
$   piece.......20  @50

@12
S H E E P  P EL TS.

W OOL.

S hearlings.................................................. 10  @12
L am b sk in s.................................................15  @2o
Old wool, estim ated washed $  ft).........  @20
Tallow .........................................................   @  5
Fine washed $  ft) 20@25|Unwashed............  

Coarse w ashed.. .16® 18!W. N.FULLER & CO

DESIGNERS  AND

E ngravers on  W ood,

2:3

F in e   M e c h a n ic a l  a n d   F u r n it u r e  W o r k , I n ­

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

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade,

GRAND RAPIDS 

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MICH

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

'^ rim s tT p ric e s ^ ^
prom ptly and buy in full packages.

A dvanced—S u g ars;  layer  V alencias. 
Declined—Package coffees.
AX LE  GREASE.

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CANNED  F IS H .

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BROOMS.

F ra zer’s ..................  2  80|Para& on..................1  80
D iam ond................ 1  75 P aragan 25 ft) p ails.1  20
M odoc......................1  65|
A rctic Vt  lb can s 
  451 A rctic  1 ft) cans —  2  40
A rctic h  ®> c an s....  75 A rctic 5 B> c an s.... 12  00 
A rctic 14 lb cans.  .. 1 40|
Dry, No. 2............................................... doz. 
25
Dry, No. 3...............................................doz. 
45
35
Liquid, 4  oz,..........................................doz. 
65
Liquid, 8 oz.............................................doz. 
A rctic 4 oz........................................... ^   gross  4  00
A rctic 8  oz..............................................................   § 00
A rctic 16 oz.......................................................   1"  00
A rctic No. 1 pepper b o x......................................   2 00
3  00
A rctic No. 2 
A rctic No. 3 
4  50
No. 1 C arpet...........2  50|No.  2  H u rl.................. 175
No. 2 C arpet...........2  25 Fancy  W hisk............. 100
No. 1  P arlo r Gem. .2  75 C om m onW hisk....  75
No. 1 H u rl............... 2 00|
Clams, 1 lb  sta n d ard s............: ...................... I  40
Clams, 2 ft>  sta n d ard s.................................... 2  65
Clam Chowder,  3ft>........................................"30
Cove Oysters, 1  ft)  stan d ard s...................... 1  10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft)  stan d ard s.....................  1  90
Cove O ysters, 1 ft>  slack  filled.....................  75
Cove O ysters, 2 ft) slack filled...................... 1 05
Lobsters, 1 ft) picnic..................  
¿75
Lobsters, 1 ft) s ta r............................................2  25
Lobsters, 2 ft) s ta r ............................................3  10
M ackerel,lib  fresh   stan d ard s....................1  00
M ackerel, 5 ft) fresh   sta n d ard s....................6  50
M ackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  ft)..................3  25
M ackerel,3 ft) in M ustard.............................. 3  25
M ackerel, 3 lb broiled.....................................3 25
Salmon, 1 ft) Columbia riv e r.........................1  od
Salmon, 2 lb Columbia riv e r.........................2  60
Salmon. 1 ft)  S acram ento.............................. 1  35
Sardines, dom estic J£s................................... 
6
Sardines,  dom estic  54s.................................  11
Sardines,  M ustard  54s...................................  ¿0
Sardines,  im ported  }£s.................................   13
T rout. 3 ft)  brook..........................................  2  75
A pples, 3 ft) sta n d a rd s...................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards, E rie................ 2 40
Blackberries, sta n d ard s................................1  05
Cherries,  red  sta n d ard .................................   80
D am sons........................................................... ¿90
................................1  40
Egg Plum s, standards 
G reen  Gages, standards 2 ft).............................. 1 40
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .............................   -2  40
Peaches,  stan d ard s............................. 1  75@1  95
Peaches,  seconds............ ............................... 1  50
Pineapples,  E rie...................................................2 20
Pineapples, sta n d ard s.........................................1 <0
Q u in ces............................................................ ¿45
R aspberries,  Black, H am b u rg .........................1 80

CANNED F R U IT S .

 

CANNED FRTTTTS— C A L IF O R N IA .

CO FFEE.

CHOCOLATE.

CANNED  VEG ETA BLES.

A pricots, L usk’s . . .2  40 P e a rs..............................3 CO
Egg  P lu m s..............2 50 Q uinces......................... 2 90
G ra p e s.....................2  50 P eaches  .................. 3  00
G reen G ages...........2  50
A sparagus, O yster B ay.......................................3 25
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard ...................................  75
Beans, Stringless,  E rie...................................  95
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked............................ 1 60
Corn,  T rophy........................................................ 1 05
Peas, F ren ch ..........................................................1 75
Peas, M arrofat, sta n d ard ................................1  7 >
Peas, B eaver....................................................   90
P eas, early sm all, sifted ...............................1,80
Pum pkin, 3 ft) G olden....................................85@95
Succotash, sta n d ard .......................................  90
Tom atoes, T rophy.........................................1  00
B o sto n ........................ 36|German  Sw eet............25
B aker’s ...................... 38 V ienna Sweet  ............23
R unkles’ .....................351
Roasted  M a r.. .17@18 
G reen  R io........   9@13
Roasted Mocha.28@30 
G reen J a v a .......17@27
Roasted M ex.. .17@20
G reenM ocha.. ,23@25
G rouhd  Rio__ 9@16
Roasted R io__ 10® 15
Package  Goods  @135
Roasted Ja v a   ,.23@30
¡foot C otton___ 2 25
72 foot J u t e .........1  25
160 foot C otton___ 2 00
60 foot  J u te .......1  00
50 foot C otton___ 1 75
40 Foot C otton___1  50
Bloaters, Smoked Y arm outh.........................  75
Cod, w hole....................................................... 454@5
Cod, Boneless................................................... 6@7
Cod, pickled,  54  b b ls...................................... 3 50
12
H a lib u t...........................................................  
 
H erring 54  bbls.............................................. 2  50
H erring,  Scaled................................................18@20
H erring,  H olland...........................................   65
Mackerel, No. 1, 54 b b ls................................. 5  00
Mackerel, No. 1,12  ft)  k its............................1  00
M ackerel, No. 1, shore,  54  b b ls..................  6  25
Mackerel, No. 1, shore,  k its ....................... 1  00
Shad, 54 b b l .....................................................2 50
T rout, No.  1, 54  bbls..................................... 4  00
T rout, No. 1,10  tt>  k its...................................  70
W hite, No. 1,54 b b ls .....................................5  75
W hite, No. 1,12  ft) k its...................................  90
W hite, No. 1,10 ft) k its ...................................  80
W hite, Fam ily,  54 bb ls..................................2  50

CORDAGE.

F IS H .

Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................  @1  00
@1  35 
Catsup, Tom ato,  quarts
@ 1  00 
H orseradish,  14 p in ts..............................
@1  30 
H orseradish, p in ts...................................
@3  50 
H alford Sauce, p in ts.............................
H alford Sauce, 54 p in ts..........................
@2  20
@4  85 
D etroit Soap Co.’s Queen A n n e..........
@3  30 
@3  45 
@3  45 
@3  60

“  Cameo.................
“ M onday..............
“  M a sco t................
“  Superior, 601 ft) bars

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G round. 

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SUGARS.

STARCH.

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

P e p p e r................. 16@25!Pepper..................   @19
A llspice............... 12@151 A llspice.................  8@10
C innam on............18@30 C assia....................  @10
Cloves  ................. 15@25 N utm egs  ............. 60@65
G in g e r.................16@20 Cloves  ...................  @18
M ustard............... 15@30
C a y e n n e ..............25@35l
K ingsford’s, 1 ft* pkgs.,  p u re ...................  @654
3  ft) pkgs.,  p u re ...................   @654
1  lb pkgs., Silver  G loss....  @8
6 ft> pkgs., 
“   __   @854
1  ft) pkgs., Corn  S tarch __   @8
(Bulk)  O ntario...................   @5
Cut  L oaf....................................................  @7%
C u b e s.........................................................  @  754
P ew d ered ..................................................   @  7%
G ranulated,  S tandard............................  @  754
Confectionery A ......................................   @6%
Standard A ................................................   @6%
E x tra C, W hite.........................................   @  654
E x tra C.......................................................   @ 6
Fine  C.........................................................   @  b%
Yellow C......................................................  @  b%
D ark C .........................................................   @  554
Corn,  B arrels...........................................  
28
Corn, 54 bbls............................................... 
30
Corn,  10 gallon k eg s.................................  @  32
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s...................................  @1  60
Corn, 454 gallon k eg s...............................   @1  45
P u re  S ugar......................................... bbl  23@  35
P u re Sugar D rips..........................54  bbl  30@  38
P u re Sugar  D rips................. 5 gal kegs  @1  96
P u re  Loaf Sugar D rips................54 bbl  @  85
P u re  Loaf S ugar................  .5 gal kegs  @1  85
Ja p a n   o rd in ary ............................................... 22@25
Ja p a n  fa ir to good.......................................... 30@35
Ja p a n  fine..........................................................40@50
Ja p a n  d u st...................................... 
15@20
Y oung H yson...................................................30@50
G unP ow der...................................................... 35@50
O o lo n g ........................................................33@55@60
C ongo.................................................................25@30
D ark AmericanEagleO
Sweet  R ose................ 45
Meigs & Co.’s StunnerSS
The M eigs....................64
A tla s............................ 35
Red  B ird......................50
Royal G am e................ 38
State  Seal....................60
P rairie F lo w e r.........65
Mule E a r..................... 65
F o u n tain ......................74
C lim ber....................... 62
Old Congress...............64
In d ian  Q ueen.............60
Good L u ck ..................52
Bull  D og..................... 60
Crown  L eaf................ 66
Blaze A w ay................ 35
H air L ifte r..................30
M atchless....................65
H ia w a th a...................67| G o v e rn o r.....................60
Globe  ..........................70 Fox’s Choice.............  63
May F low er............... 70|M edallion.....................35
H e r o ........................... 45 Sweet Owen
....66
Old  A be_____ ______491
Spread E agle.............................................
Blue  P e te r.................................................
Big Five C enter........................................
W hite B e ar.................................................
E. C...............................................................
Red  F o x ......................................................
Big D rive....................................................
Seal of G rand R apids.............................
D u rh a m ......................................................
P a tr o l.........................................................
Ja ck   R a b b it;....» ....................................
Snow flake..................................................
Chocolate Cream ......................................
W oodcock  ................................................
K n ig n tso f  L abor....................................
R ailroad......................................................
Big  B u g ........................................... .........
A rab, 2x12 and 4x12.................................
Black B e ar.................................................
K ing 
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Old Five Cent Tim es...............................
P ru n e N uggett, 12 ft)...............................
P a rro t  .......................................................
Old T im e....................................................
T ram w ay....................................................
Glory  .........................................................
Silver  Coin................................................
B uster  [D ark]..........................................
Black Prince [D ark]...............................
Black R acer  [D ark]...............................
Leggett & M yers’  S ta r............................
C lim ax .......................................................
Hold F a s t ..................................................
McAlpin’s Gold Shield............................
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft>  cads.  .......
Cock of th e W alk  6s............................;.
Nobby T w ist.............................................
N im rod........................................................
A corn .........................................................
C re sc e n t....................................................
Black  X .....................................................
Black  Bass.................................................
Spring.........................................................
C ra y lin g ....................................................
M ackinaw ..................................................
H orse Shoe................................................
H air L ifte r................................................
D. and D., black ........................................
McAlpin’s G reen  Shield........................
Ace  H igh, b la c k .....................................
Sailors’  Solace.........................................

@38
@38
@35
@35
@42
@48
@50
@46
@46
@48
@46
@46
@46
@46
@46
@46
@32
@46
@37
@46
©38
@62
@46
@38
@48
@46
@50
@36
@36
@36
@46
@46
@46
@46
@51
@37
@46
@46
©46
@44
@35
@40
@46
@46
@45
@44
@36
@36
@46
@35
@46

PLU G .

2c. less in fo u r b u tt lots.

1 50
3 00
7 50
4 25
6 00

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1  40
Je nnings’ 2 o z..............................$   doz.l 00 
4 o z..............■.......................... 1  50 
2  50
6 oz...........................................2 50  4  00
8 o z...........................................3 50 
5  00
No. 2  T ap er............................... 1 25 
No.  4 
1  75 
54 p in t  ro u n d ............................ 4 50 
1 
No.  8........................................... 3 00 
No. 10 
............................... 4  25 
FR U ITS

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Apples, M ichigan.....................................  454@5
A pples, Dried, evap., b b ls..................... 
©754
A pples, D ried, evap., b o x ....................... 
@8
@16
Cherries, dried,  p itte d ............................ 
28@30
C itro n.........................................................  
C u rra n ts....................................................  
4 34 @5
Peaches, dried  ........................................  
12@13
Pineapples,  sta n d ard s..........................   @1  70
P runes, Turkey, new ..............................  5  @554
10@13
P runes, French, 50 ft)  boxes.................. 
Raisins, V alencias................................... 
9@954
Raisins,  L ayer V alencias................ 
@12
Raisins,  O ndaras....................................   @13
Raisins,  S ultanas.....................................  75s@  854
Raisins, Loose  M uscatels.....................  @2  45
Raisins, London L ay ers........................   @3  20
Raisins, D ehesias....................................   @4  25
Raisins, California  L ayers...................  @2  50
Raisins, California M uscatels..............  @2  30

K E R O S EN E  O IL .

MATCHES.

W ater W hite.........1054  I Legal  T est...............8%
Grand  H aven,  No.  9, sq u a re................................1 50
G rand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u a re...........................1  50
G rand  H aven,  No.  200,  p arlo r............................ 2 26
G rand  H aven,  No.  300, p a rlo r............................ 3 50
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ................................2 25
Oshkosh, No.  2..........................................................1 10
Oshkosh, No.  8..........................................................1 60
Sw edish................................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 2  sq u are................................... 2 70
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
.............................. 2  70
.............................. 170
Richardson’s No. 8 
do 
do 
Richardson’s No. 9 
..............................2  55
............................1  75
R ichardson’s No. 19,  do 
Black  S tra p ............................................... 14@16@18
P orto  R ico........................................................ 28@30
New  Orleans,  good.........................................38@42
New Orleans, choice.......................................48@50
New  Orleans,  fa n c y .......................................52@55

MOLASSES.

54  bbls. 3c extra,

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PIC K L E S .

Steel  c u t................. 6  OOlQuaker, 48  ft>s......... 2  35
Steel Cut, 54 bbls.. .3  15 Q uaker, 60  St>s.........2 50
Rolled  O ats............3  60|Quaker bbls............. 6  50
Choice in barrels m ed................. 
4  U0
Choice in 54 
........................................ 2  50
P IP E S .
Im ported Clay 3 gross............................2  25@3  00
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 g ross............   @2  25
Im ported Clay, No. 216,254 gross......... 
©1  85
A m erican  T. D..........................................  @  90
R IC E .
Good  C aro lin a.........6  I Ja v a   ..................654@6?4
.654 Patna.................... 6
P rim e Carolina.
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Choice C arolina.......7  R an g o o n ...........5?_ 
Good L ouisiana.......554|Broken........................3%

SA LERATUS.

DeLand’s p u re ........ 554|Dwight’s .....................554
C hurch’s  ................. 554 Sea  F oam ...................554
Taylor’s  G.  M ..........5)41 Cap  S heaf...................55a

s a l t .

60 Pocket, F  F   D airy.............................. 
28 P o c k e t............................  ..................... 
100 3 ft)  pockets.......................................... 
Saginaw F in e ...........................................  
Diamond  C................................................. 
Standard  Coarse......................................  
A shton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s......... 
A shton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s—  
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  b ag s......... 
Am erican, dairy,  54 bu. b ag s................ 
Rock, b ushels...........................................  
Parisian, 54  p in ts....................................   @2  00
P ep p er Sauce, red  sm all...............-—   @  75
P ep p er Sauce, green  ..............................  @  90
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g ..............  @1  36
P ep p er Sauce, green, large rin g .........  @1  70

2  25
3  20
2  45
85
1  60
1  55
80
2  80
80
25
28

SA UCES.

SMOKING

Old T a r........................ liFC onqueror..................23
G ray lin g ......................32
A rth u r’s  Choice.......22
Seal S kin..................... 3Cf
Red F o x ...................... 26
Rob R o y .:.......... 
  26
F lirt............................28
Uncle  Sam ..................28
Gold  D u st...................26
L u m b e rm an ...............25
Gold  B lock.................30
Railroad B oy.............. 38
Seal of G rand Rapids
M ountain Rose___ ... 18
(cloth)................... !
Hom e C om fort...........25
Tram w ay, 3  oz..........40
Old R ip.........................55
Ruby, c u t Cavendish 35
Boss  ............................15|Seal of N orth Caro-
lina, 2  oz..................48
P eck’s S u n ................. 181 
M iners and P uddlers.28 Seal of N orth  Caro-
M orning  D ew ............25 
lina, 4oz................... 46
C hain...........................221 Seal of N orth  Caro-
Peerless  .....................25 
lina, 8o z................... 41
Seal of N orth  Caro­
S tan d ard .................... 22
lina, 16 oz boxes___40
Old Tom ...................... 21
Big D eal.......................27
Tom &  J e rry ..............24
A p p le ja c k ..................24
Jo k e r...........................25
K ing Bee, lo n g cu t.. .22
T ra v e le r.....................35
M ilwaukee  P riz e___24
M aiden........................25
R a ttle r.........................28
Pickw ick  C lub..........40
W indsor c u t p lu g ___25
N igger  H ead............. 26
Zero  ............................ 16
H o llan d ...................... 22
H olland M ixed...........16
G erm an ...................... 16
Golden  A ge................ 75
Solid C om fort............30
Mail  P o u ch ................ 25
Red Clover.................32
K nights of L abor___30
Long T om .................. 30
F ree Cob P ip e .............27
N a tio n a l.................... 26
T im e ........................... 26
G lobe............................211 H iaw ath a.........
Mule E a r....................23|01d C ongress...
M ichigan  C hief....................................
R om a...........................................; ..........
A m erican  .............................................
La  In d u stria ..........................................
P ark er  ....................................................
P ro m e n a d e ...........................................
Old  Ju d g e ...............................................
P a m in a ..................................................
C om forter...............................................
L orillard’s A m erican G entlem en.......
M accoboy...............................
Gail & A x’ 
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R appee....................................
Railroad  Mills  Scotch............................
Lotzbeck  ........................................... . . . .
P u re  Cider...........8@12 W hite W ine...,

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@60  00 
@60  00 
@57  00 
@50  00 
@50  00 
@35  00 
@35 00 
@25  00 
@20 00

@  55 
@  44 
@  35 
@  45 
@1  30
.  8@12

V IN EGA R.

SHORTS.

CIG A RS.

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B ath Brick im p o rted ........................
A m erican........................
B arley....................................................
B urners, No. 1 ....................................
1  50 
No.  2....................................
8  00
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ran d .........
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft) can s..............  15@-5
@1354 
Candles, S ta r...............
@14 
Candles,  H otel.................................
@80 
E x tract Coffee, V.  C.......................
F e lix ..................
@30 
Gum, R ubber 100 lum ps................
@40 
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps................
30@35 
Gum, Spruce....................................
@4  00 
Hom iny, ^   b b l.................................
@  454 
Jelly, in  30 ft)  p ails..........................
@1  35
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Peas, G reen B ush............................ 
Peas, Split p rep ared ...............................   @  «54
@3  50
Pow der, K eg............................
Pow der,  54 K eg........................................  @1  93

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F R E S H   M EATS.

Jo h n   M ohrhard  quotes  th e  trad e  selling 

prices as follow s:
Fresh  Beef, sides.....................................  6  @  754
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs...................   854®  9
Dressed  H ogs............................................  554®  6
M utton,  carcasses....................................  6  @  654
V e a l..:........................................................   1  @ 8
P ork  Sausage............................................   8  @  9
Bologna.......................................................  9  @¿0
C hickens..................................................... M  @¿5
T urkeys  ....................................................  @15

Groceries.

The  Widow  Discourses  on  Seances  and 

Drummers.

Ca n t   H o o k Co r k e r s,  J u n e   20,  1885. 

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

The Tank Wagon System—Barreling Sta­

Editor of T h e  T r a d e s m a n :

CANDY,  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS. 

 

 

 

 

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P u tn am  & Brooks quote as follows :

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft) BOXES.

STICK.
............................... 10  @1054
MIXED.

Straight, 25 ft)  b oxes.............................   954@10
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
@12
Royal, 25 ft)  p ails....................................... 10  @1054
Royal, 200 ft) bbls....... ..................................954©954
E x tra, 25 ft)  p ails.......................................... 11® 1154
E xtra. 200 ft) bbls.......................................... 10@1054
French Cream, 25 ft) p ails....................... 1254@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft)  cases............................................13
B roken, 25  ft)  pails.......................................11@U54
Broken, 200 ft)  bbls................................... 
105a
Lem on  D rops...................................................... 13
Sour D rops............................................................14
P epperm int  D rops.........  ................................ 15
Chocolate  D rops.................................................16
H M Chocolate  D rops............... 
20
Gum   D rops  ................... .•..................................10
Licorice D rops.................................................... 20
A B   Licorice  D rops..........................................12
Lozenges, p la in ...................................................J5
Lozenges,  p rin te d ..............................................16
Im p e ria ls............................................................. 15
M o tto es................................................................ 15
Cream  B a r............................. 
14
Molasses B a r................................................ ..!! 13
Caram els...............................................................20
H and Made Cream s............................................20
P lain  Cream s...................................................... it
D ecorated  Cream s............................................. 20
S tring R ock..........................................................15
B u rnt A lm onds................................................   22
W intergreen  B erries........................... 
15
Lozenges, plain  in  pails.........................1254@13
Lozenges, plain in  b b ls..........................  @1154
Lozenges, printed in p ails..................... 1354@14
Lozenges, printed in  b b ls..................... 1254@13
Chocolate Drops, in pails.......................  @13
Gum  D rops  in pails................................... 754@8
Gum Drops, in b b ls..................................... 
654
Moss Drops, in  p ails................................1054@1154
Moss Drops, in b b ls...........................................   9
Sour Drops, in  p ails.......................................... 12
Im perials, in  pails.................................ii3@  14
Im perials  in bbls....................................   @12
Bananas,  A spinw all...............................2  00@4  00
Oranges, Messina and  P alerm o..........   @4  50
Oranges, California
.3 50@4  00 
Lemons,  choice...............................
Lem ons, fa n c y ............................"
Figs,  layers new,  $  ft>...................
Dates, frails 
do  ....................
D ates, 54 do 
d o ....................
Dates, sk in ........................................
D ates, 54  sk in ...................................
D ates, F ard 10 fl> box 
ft)............
D ates, Fard 50 ft) box $  ft)..............
Dates, P ersian 50 ft) box $  ft>.........
Pine Apples, 
doz........................
PEA NU TS.
Prim e  Red,  raw   $   ft).....................
Choice 
do  .....................
Fancy 
do  .....................
Choice W hite, Va.do  .....................
Fancy H P..  V a  do  .....................
Almonds,  Terragona, $  ft)............
Brazils,
Peeons,
Filberts, Sicily 
W alnuts, Grenobles 
W alnuts, French

©   454 
@  5 
.  854@’9 
@  7
6  @  654
.2  25@2  50
454 
@  5
•  554®  554 
5@  554 
. 6   @654
18@1S54
do  ........ ........... 
8@  854
do  ......... ........... 
9@12
d o ......... .......... 1254@14
“  ...... .......... 1154@1254
d o ......... .......... 1254@15

@5  00@11 ®   4 © 6 

FRUITS.

do 
do 

NUTS.

PRO V ISIO N S.

do. 
do. 

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

quote  as  follows:
A. W ebster, packer, short  c u t....................12  75
Clear back, short c u t......... 
........................ 13  50
E x tra  Fam ily Clear........................................ 12  50
Clear, A. W ebster  p ack er............................ 12  50
Standard Clear, th e  b e st..............................14  OO
E x tra   Clear,  h eavy........................................13  CO-
Boston Clear.................................................... 13  25
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Short Clears, h eav y ................................... 
654
m edium ...............................  
654
lig h t......................................  
654
7
Long Clear Backs, 500  ft)  cases.............. 
Short Clear Backs, 600 ft)  cases.............. 
754
714
Long Clear Backs, 300  ft)  cases.............. 
Short Clear Backs. 300 ft)  cases.............. 
754
654
Bellies, ex tra quality, 500 ft) cases......... 
Bellies, ex tra quality, 300 ft) cases......... 
0?4
Bellies, ex tra quality, 200 ft) cases......... 
7
Boneless  H am s..................................................  9
Boneless Shoulders...........................................   654
B reakfast  B acon..............................................   854
D ried Beef, ex tra  q u ality ................................11
Dried Beef, H am  pieces................................... 1254
Shoulders cured  in sw eet p ickle..................... 554
Tierces  .......................................................  
754.
754
30 and 50 ft) T u b s ........................................ 
754
50 ft) Round Tins, 100 cases......................  
20 ft) Round Tins, 80 ft)  rack s................... 
77«
8%
3 ft) Pails, 20 in a  case...............................  
5 ft) Pails, 6 in a case.................................. 
854
10 ft) Pails. 6 in a c a s e ...............................  
854
E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 ft>s............10  25
Boneless,  e x tra ................................................ 14  50*
P ork  Sausage......................................................  7
H am   Sausage...................................................... 1954*
Tongue  Sausage.............................................  10
F ra n k fo rt  Sausage........................................... 10
Blood  Sausage....................................................  654
Bologna,  stra ig h t...............................................  654
Bologna,  th ic k ........................ 
654
H ead  Cheese.......................................................   654
P IG S ’  F EE T.
In  h alf b arre ls.................................... ............   3 25.
In  q u arter b arre ls...........................................

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

LARD IN  T IN  P A IL S .

B E E F  IN  BA RR ELS.

LARD.

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follow s: 

OYSTERS.

F. J. D. Selects......................................
Standards  .............................................

FR ESH   F IS H .

.35
.30

6

M ackinaw T ro u t........................   .......
W hiteflsh  ...............................................
Black B ass.............................................
R un  F ish ................................................
Rock B ass...............................................
P erch  .....................................................
D uck Bill P ik e ......................................
6
Wall-eyed  P ik e ....................................
Smoked W hite F ish .............................
...10
Smoked T ro u t.....................................................10
Smoked S turgeon...............................................  854

8

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

Apples—New apples, 50c ]? box.
A sparagus—40@45c $  doz. bunches.
B eans—Choice picked are  dull a t $1.35@$1.40 
bu.
B u tter—M ichigan  cream ery  is  in  m oderate 
dem and a t 16c.  D airy is  slow  sale  a t 1254@14c 
fo r tu b s and 10@1254c fo r  jars.

Cabbages—New stock is in fa ir dem and  a t  60* 

@75c $  doz.

Cheese—New stock  is  abundant a t 7@8c for- 

fu ll cream .  Old stock is about  played out. 

Cucum bers—40@45c 
D ried  Apples—E vaporated,  7@Se;  com m on 

doz.

q uarters, 354@4c.

Eggs—In  m oderate supply  a t  13c.
G reen Onions—20@25c $  doz. bunches.
G reen Beans—$1@$1.50 

box, according  to

size.  W ax beans, $2.50 $  bu.

Green Peas—$1.50 $  bu.
Honey—Choice new in comb is firm atl3@14c.. 
H ay—Bailed, $15@$I6 <p ton.
L ettu ce—15c $  ft) fo r hothouse, and 1254c  fo r 

ordinary.

Onions—Berm udas com m and $2.25 
P ieplant—2c <p  ft).
Pop Corn—Choice com m ands 4c $   ft). 
P otatoes—New potatoes are  quite  plentiful, 

crate. 

a t $3 $  bbl.

P o u ltry —V ery scarce.  Fowls, 9@10c.  Chick­

ens, 12@13c.  T urkeys, 14c.

Radishes—25@35c $  doz.  bunches.
Spinach—60c $  bu.
S traw berries—$2@2.50 

bu. in  54 bu crates..

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

W heat—No change.  The  city  m illers p ay as- 
follow s:  Lancaster,  94;  Fulse,  92c;  Clawson, 
92c.

Corn—Jobbing generally a t 55c in 100 bu. lots 

and 52c in carlots.

carlots.

O ats—W hite, 43c in small lots  and  38c@40  in 
Rye—56c $  bu.
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25
F lour—No change.  Fancy P aten t, $6.25  bbl. 
in  sacks  and $6.50 in wood.  S traight,  $5.25  $  
bbl. in sacks and $5.50 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ^  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  $  ton.  B ran, $14 
ton.  Ships, $15 $  ton.  Middlings, $16 <p to n . 

cwt.

Corn and Oats, $22 $  ton.

■

Ibatbware.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT. 

P revailing  rates  a t  Chicago  are  as  follows:

AUGERS AND B IT S .

 
 

BELLS.

BOLTS.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

Iv e s’, old  sty le............................................ dis 60
N. H .C . Co................................ 
dis  60
D ouglass’ ..................................................... dis 60
P ierces’ ...................................... 
dis  60
Snell’s ............................................................ dis 60
Cook’s  .........................................................dis40&10
Je n n in g s’,  genuine....................................dis 25
■Jennings’,  im itation.................................disf0&10
S p rin g ............................................................dis 
25
R a ilro a d ...........................................................$ 13 00
G ard en ..........................................................n et 35 00
H a n d ....................................................... dis  $  60&10
•Cow.......................................................... dis
Call............................................................dis
G o n g ........................................................ dis
Door, S arg en t.........................................dis
S to v e........................................................ dis  $
40
75
Carriage  new  list................................. dis 
Plc*v  ......................................................... dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe............................................. dis 
75
C a st B arrel  B olts..................................dis 
50
W rought B arrel B olts......................... dis 
55
C ast Barrel, brass  knobs....................dis 
50
55
C ast Square Spring.............................. dis 
C ast  C hain..............................................dis 
60
W rought Barrel, brass  k nob............ dis 
55&10
W rought S q u a re ...................................dis 
55&10
W rought Sunk F lu sh ...........................dis 
30
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
F lu sh .....................................................   50&10&10
Iv e s’  D oor...............................................dis 
50&10
B a rb e r.................................................... dis
40
B ackus.....................................................dis
50
Spofford...................................................dis
50
Am . Ball.................................................. dis
n et
W ell, p la in ......................................................$  4
W ell, 6wivel
4  50
C ast Loose P in, figured........................ dis  60&10
C ast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed.........dis
60&L0
C ast Loose Jo in t, genuine bronzed, .dis
60&10
W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t..d is  50&10
W rounht Loose  P in ................................dis 
60
W rought Loose Pin, a c o rn tip ..............dis  60&  5
W roughtLoose P in, jap an n ed ..............dis  60&  5
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ......................................................dis  60&  5
W rought T able.......................................... dis 
60
W rought Inside  B lind............................ dis 
60
W rought B rass..........................................dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s .............................................dis  70&10
Blind, P ark er’s ..........................................dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s .......................................dis 
70
S p ring fo r Screen Doors 3x294, per gross  15  00 
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3 x 3 ....p erg ro ss  18  00 
E ly’s 1-10.................................................... p e r m $ 65
H ick’s C. F ...............................................
G . D ...........................................................
M usket......................................................

BU TTS,  CAST.

BUCKETS.

BRACES.

CAPS.

CA TRIDG ES.

C H IS ELS.

Rim  Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester  new list
Rim Fire, U nited  S tates.........................dis
C entral l i r e ...............................................dis
Socket F irm er.......................................... dis
Socket F ram ing..... .................................dis
■Socket Corner.......................................... dis
Socket Slicks............................................dis
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er....................dis
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers......................dis
C old.............................................................net
C urry, L aw rence’s ..................................dis
H otchkiss  ............................................... dis
Brass,  Racking’s ..........................................
DJUU  » .................................................................
B e e r ....................... 
...........................................
F e n n s ’........................................................ : . . .

COMBS.

COCKS.

33%

50
40&10
60

P l a n i s h e d ,   14 o z   c u t  t o   s i z e ................ ........... $   fl>  30
. . .   36

1 4 x 5 2 ,1 4 x 5 6 ,  1 4 x 6 0 ..................................

M o r s e ’s   B i t   S t o c k .................................... . . .  d is
" T a p e r  a n d   S t r a i g h t  S h a n k .................. . . . d i s
M o*rse’s  T a p e r   S o 5 n k ............................. . .  .d is

35
20
30

C O PPER .

D R IL LS

ELBOW S.

C o m .  4 p ie c e ,  6  i n ...................................... d o z  n e t  $1  00
C o r r u g a t e d ......................................................___d is
20&10
A d j u s t a b l e ...................................................... . . . d i s % & 10

EX PA N SIV E  B ITS.

•C la ris,  s m a l l,  $18  00;  l a r g e ,   $26  00.
I v e s ’,  1,  $18  00 ;  2,  $24  0 0 ;  3,  $30  00.

d is
d is

20
25

F IL E S .

A m e r i c a n   F i le  A s s o c ia t io n   L i s t . . . . . . d i s
D i s s t o n ’s ..........................................................
. . . d i s
N e w   A m e r i c a n ............................................. . . . d i s
N i c h o ls o n ’s .................... >,................................
. . .  d is
H e l l e r ’s ............................................................. .. .d is
H e l l e r ’6  H o r s e   R a s p s .............................. . .  .d is
Nos. 16 to 20, 
L ist 

GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
14 

22 and  24,  25 and 26, 

12 

27 
15 

D iscount, Ju n ia ta  45@10, Charcoal 50@10. 

60
60
60
60
30
33%
28
18

13 
GAUGES.

H IN G ES.

HANGERS.

HAMMERS.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..............dis 
Maydole & Co.’s ..................................... dis 
20
K ip ’s ........................................................ dis 
25
40
Y erkes &  Plum b’s ................................ dis 
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel..................... 30 c list 40
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, H and. .30 c 40&10 
B arn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood track  dis  50
-Champion, an ti-friction......... ............ dis
60
Kidder, wood  tra c k ................. ............ dis
40
G ate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3................. ............ dis
60
S ta te ............................................. . per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12 in.  494  14
3 94
and  longer................................................. 
Screw  Hook and Eye,  94  ....................net 
1094
8*4
Screw Hook and Eye %........................n et 
Screw  Hook and Eye  %........................n et 
714
Screw Hook and Eye,  %...................... n et 
714
S trap  and  T .............................................dis  60&10
S tam ped Tin W are......................................   60&10
Japanned  Tin  W are...................................  20&10
G ran ite  Iron  W are....................................  
25
•Grub  1..................................................$1100, dis 40
G ru b   2..................................................  11  50, dis 40
G rub 3....................................................  12 00, dis 40
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings__ $2  70, dis 6694
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m in g s..  3  50, dis 66% 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
m ings....................................... list,10  15, dis 66%
70
Door, porcelain, trim m ings  list.ll 55, dis 
D raw er and  Shutter,  porceiain...........dis 
70
P ictu re , H. L. Judd &  Co.’s .....................d 
40
H e m a e ite .................................................. dis 
50
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new lis t.. .dis  66%
Mallory, W heelnr  &  Co.’s ....................... dis  66%
B ranford’s ...................................................dis  66%
N orw alk’s .....................................................dis  66%
S tanley Rule and Level Co.’s .................... dis  65
Coffee,  P arkers  Co.’s .............................. dis  40&10
-Coffee, P. S. &W. Mfg. Co.’s Malléables dis  40&10
Coffee, Landers, F erry & Clark’s .........dis  40&10
•Coffee,  E n terp rise....................................... dis  25
Adze  E y e.................................!... $16  00 dis 40&10
H unt  E ye........................................$15  00 dis 40&10
H u n t’s ...........................................$18  50 dis 20 & 10

LOCKS—DOOR.

ATTATira

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

h o e s . 

*

Common, B ra  and Fencing.

NA ILS.

294 

MAULS.

8d  6d 
2 

t  lOd 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2  00 

lOd to  60d................................................... keg $2  35
25
8d and 9 d  ad v .................................................. 
•6d and 7d  ad v ..........   ....................................  
50
4(1 and 5d  ad v..................................................  
75
3d  advance.......................................................   1  50
3d fine  advance.............................................  
3  00
Clinch nails,  adv.............................................  1  75
Finishing 
4d
Size—inches  f  3 
194
Adv. V keg 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s P a tte rn   ........................................ dis  70
Stebbin’s G enuine......................................... dis  70
E nterprise,  self-m easuring........................dis  25
S perry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................dis  50
Zinc o r tin, Chase’s P a te n t..........................dis  55
Zinc, w ith brass bottom ............................... dis  50
Brass o r  Copper.............................................dis  40
R eaper...................................... per  gross, $12 n et
O lm stead’s ....................................................  
50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................dis  15
Sciota B ench....................................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy ........................ dis  15
Bench, firstq u ality ........................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
F ry, A cm e...................................................dis 
50
Common, polished..................................... dis60&10
D ripping.....................................................$  ft  6@7
Iro n  and  T inned.................................................. dis 40
Copper Rivets and B u rs.....................................dis 50&J0
“ A” Wood’s p aten t planished, Nos. 24 to  27  1094 
-“ B” Wood’s p at. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PATENT FLA NISAED  IR O N .

PLA N ES.

O IL E R S.

R IV ETS.

PA NS.

9

Broken packs 94c $  lb extra.

less  price.
Send fo r Circulars and Prices.

'’'O
Foster,

Stevens 
&  Co.
The  Leading  Hardware  and  Housekeepers’  Em­

10 and 12 Monroe Si.,  Grand Rapids.

porium  of  Western  Michigan.

Furniture Facts.

The Owosso casket factory  will  erect an­
other large building in connection with their 
already extensive works.

The  Cadillac  Veneer  and  Panel  Co.  is 
erecting a new building  and  putting  in the 
necessary hydraulic  machinery for  the glu­
ing up of veneers,  a  branch of  the business 
the company has  not  followed  heretofore.

His  Best  Friend.

From  th e Big Rapids W ide Awake.

The  Grand  Rapids  Tradesman  is  the 

merchant’s best friend.

RO O FIN G  PLA TES.

R O PES.

SQUARES.

S H E E T IR O N .

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T ern e..................5 75
IX , 14x20, choice Charcoal  T ern e................7  75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 12 00
IX , 20x28, choice Charcoal  T ern e................16  90
Sisal, 94 In. and  la rg e r....................................   794
M anilla................................................................   1494
Steel and  Iro n ....................................... dis
Try and Be veis.......................................dis  50&10
.........dis
20
Mitpe
Com. Smooth.  Com.
$2 80
2 80
2 80
2 80
3 00
3 00
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... $4  20 
Nos. 15 to  17 ....................................   4 20 
Nos. 18 to  21....................................   4  20 
Nos. 22 to  24 ....................................   4  20 
Nos .25 to  26....................................   4  40 
No. 27 .................................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SH EET ZINC.
In  casks of 600 fi>s.  $   B>........................
In  sm aller quansities, $   f t.................
No. 1,  Refined..........................................
M arket  H alf-and-half..........................
S trictly  H alf-and-half..........................
Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6  75.
10x14, C harcoal................................  6  50
IC, 
10x14,Cha rcoal.................................  8  50
IX , 
12x12, Charcoal......................................  6 50
IC, 
12x12,  C h a rc o a l.....................................  8 50
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal................................  6  50
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal................................  8  50
IX, 
IX X , 
14x20, C harcoal................................  10  50
IX X X ,  14x20, Charcool................................  12  50
IX X X X , 14x20,  Charcoal.............................   14  50
IX , 
20x28, Charcoal................................  18  00
DC, 
100 P late C harcoal..................................   6 50
100 P late C harcoal...................................  8 50
DX. 
DXX,  100 P late C harcoal..................................   10 50
DXXX,  100 P late C harcoal...............................  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to  6  75 

6
694
13 00
15  00
16

T IN N E R ’S SO LDER.

T IN   PLA TES.

rates.

TR A PS.

W IR E .

Steel,  G am e.........................................................
Oneida Com m untity,  Newhouse’s ............dis  35
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley & N orton’s —   60
H otchkiss’ ...........................................................  60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s ........................................  60
Mouse,  ch o k er......................................... 20c 
doz
Mouse,  delusion..................................$ 1 2 6 $  doz
B right  M arket.......................................  dis  60&1C
A nnealed M arket....................................dis 
70
Coppered M arket............ ......................dis  55&10
E x tra Bailing................................................  dis  55
Tinned  M arket.............................................. dis  40
Tinned  B room ..............................................$   lb  09
Tinned M attress.......................................... $   ft 894
Coppered  Spring  S teel...................dis  40@40&IO
Tinned Spring Steel.......................................dis 3794
Plain F ence...................................................$   ft 394
Barbed  F ence......................................................
Copper..................................................new  list net
B rass.....................................................new   list net
B right.........................................................dis  70&10
Screw Eyes................................................ dis  70&10
Hook’s ....................................................... dis  70&10
G ate Hooks and  E yes............................dis  70&10
B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled................
Coe’s Genu in e...........................................dis  50&10
65
Coe’s P aten t A gricultural, w rought, dis 
Coe’s P aten t,  m alleable........................ dis 
70
Pum ps,  C istern.......................................dis 
70
So
Screws, new  list.......................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  P la te .............................dis50&10
Dampers,  A m erican................................... 
33%

Refrigerators

M ISCELLANEOU S.

W IR E  GOODS.

W l’ENCHES.

We th in k  o u r selection the m ost desirable  to 
buy from  o f any Jobbing  House  o f  Michigan.  I

Points in this New Refrigerator.

1.  The Ice Box  | 
is rem ovable.  I f   | 
desired  can  be 
used as  a  vessel 
to  bring  the  ice 
from  outside.
2.  Ice Box and 
Shelves 
rem ov­
ed, the entire  in­
side  is  exposed 
for cleansing.
fo u r I 
sides of Ice  Box 
are  exposed 
to 
¡the  air,  answ er­
ing  th e  double 
p u r p o s e   o f  
throw ing off cold  !
and  condensing i
the m oisture, rendering the a ir DRY and VERY 
COLD.
4.  O u r   P a t e n t   C o l d   B l a s t —t h e  s y s te m   o f  
c i r c u l a t i o n   a n d   r o t a t i o n   o f   a i r —f o r c e s   a   c o n ­
s t a n t   s t r e a m   o f   ic e - c o ld  a i r   i n t o  t h e   p r o v i s i o n  
a p a r t m e n t .
5.  The sim ple construction of this R efriger­
ato r reduces th e cost for repairs to a m inim um .

TH E  l a b r a d o r . 

3.  The 

l e  IXL Remova 
lie Box ReMprator 
Mate  only 

in

Tifi  IIL  Swing  EM  Flues.

This novel  con- 
//ystruction,  en tire­
l y  ly new  in  princi 
pie,  m akes  it u t­
impossible 
terly  
fo r  condensation 
deposits to get be­
yond reach,there­
by  insuring  th e 
possibility  o f  al­
ways keeping the 
R ef r i g e r a t o r  
clean  and  sw eet. 
I t 
requires  less 
labor to m ake m a­
terial,  w orks 
to 
b etteradvantage, 
a n d   i s   c o n s e -  
\  quently p u t upon 
v  tn e  m ark et  a t  a 

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

M ecosta.

Ju n e  18—J. D. Champion com pleted his  lum ­
ber c u t about tw o weeks ago.  H e  has  a  tw o 
years’ shingle cu t still on hand, and Is ru n ning 
full force.

A. W. Lobdell & Co. have b ought  th e   A tkin­
son  shingle  mill,  tw o  m iles  no rth east of Me­
costa, and are p u ttin g  th e sam e in repair, w ith 
a view to  startin g  up again soon.

D.  O’B rien  is  building  a  new saloon, 24x80 

fe e t in  dim ensions.

F lin t.

Ju n e  20—As a m atter of trad e news, you  can 
record th e fact th a t Geo. T. W arren will act  as 
P resident  of  th e  D ay  a t the celebration here 
on  th e  F ourth.  W arren’s  cigar  band  of 
eighteen  pieces,  composed  entirely  of  w ork­
m en in his factory, will also p articip ate in the 
parade.

H a rt.

Ju n e  20—C.  M.  Coveil  has  engaged  in  the 
m an u factu re of hem lock shingles.  H e shipped 
the first carload a w eek ago to-day.

I t is probable th a t th e H esperia carding m ill 
will  be  rem oved  to  H art,  Lewis  M artin,  th e 
proprietor,  having  nearly  com pleted  th e  ne­
gotiations fo r th e tran sfer.

H. Johnson has bought o u t th e Jackson news 

stand.

H a rt is one of th e few   villages  in  N orthern 
M ichigan th a t is growing.  In  addition  to  the 
fine brick block th a t w as  erected  last  season, 
th ere is another store  going  up   on  th e  south 
end of it, b uilt by the W igton Bros, of the sam e 
dim ensions  and  general  appearance  as  th a t 
ju st  com pleted.  The  “Loan  A ssociation,”  a 
jo in t  stock  com pany  ju s t  organized,  whose 
principal stock  holders  are  E.  D.  Richmond, 
W. E. A m bler and L. N. K eating, is building  a 
fine office, opposite the co u rt  house,  a t  a  cost 
of  $3,000,  and  will  probably  begin  business 
about  Ju ly   1.  In   th e  new   block  are  W.  E. 
Thorpe, dealer in  dry  goods,  groceries,  boots 
and shoes.  O. W.  K nox  his  neighbor  on  the 
north, also handles a sim ilar line.  The in terio r 
of  his  store  is  perhaps  the finest finished  of 
any in this p a rt o f the State.  The Citizens’ E x­
change Bank, com posed of F. J. Russell,  A.  S. 
W hite and J. K. Flood, has a fine  office  in  the 
block.  The north end and the second floor are 
intended fo r a hotel, b u t the  m en  who  would 
m ake  good  landlords  are  disposed  to  think 
th ere is a good deal of a big elephant in it.

The P alm iter block w as b uilt last season, and 
a ttra c ts th e atten tio n  o f th e   stran g er, w ith its 
th ree stories and basem ent.  In  it  are  housed 
Jo h n  F. Widoe, th e  clothing dealer, and  F.  W. 
Fincher & Co., druggists, new  com ers.  Above, 
on  the  second  floor  is  th e  Argus  office,  the 
Sword o f the Spirit and  Odd  Fellow s’  hall.  In 
the th ird  floor is a fine opera hall.

H a rtfo rd .

S. F. W arren, dealer in general m erchandise, 
expects to occupy his  new   brick  block  about 
Ju ly  4.

Osborne Bros., a t p resen t located in  K eeler 
will occupy th e store vacated by S. F.  W arren 
and engage in general trade.

Ja k e  Oppenheim , clothier, will  soon  occupy 

the new  brick, lately b u ilt by L. S. N orthrup.

M uskegon.

Ju n e   22—The  Boom  Co.  disbursed  about 
$9,000  to   its  em ployes  S aturday.  The  sam e 
w as fo r tw o w eeks’ work.

The brick w ork  on O.  L am bert’s  new  block, 

on P ine street, is nearly completed.

M.  Levine  is  opening  a  clothing  store  on 
W estern avenue, in th e  building  recently  oc­
cupied by  V anderw erp’s  hardw are  establish­
m ent.

John T orrent has purchased th e Sawmill and 
p lan t of  the  Beidler  M anufacturing  Co.,  and 
will shortly p u t th e sam e in operation.

Jo h n  Campbell has been gran ted  a p a te n t on 
a log loader, and F.  W.  N otter  has  secured  a 
p aten t on a m achine fo r binding lath.

M uskegon is noted fo r th e   kicking propensi­
ties of h er m erchants, b u t we are now asked to 
swallow  an   indignity  which  sticks  in  our 
th roats.  U ntil recently, we have  had  th e  ad­
vantage o f Chicago rates—the sam e  as  G rand 
Rapids—on all E astern  freight,  b u t about two 
w eeks ago the C. &  W.  M.  Railway  issued  an 
order  directing  th a t  all  through  freig h t  be 
charged ex tra  from  G rand Rapids and  Ferrys- 
burg.  If billed direct, the charge is eight cents 
p er hundred and fo u r cents in c a r  lots,  b u t  if 
th a t  precaution  is  not  tak en   local  rates  are 
charged.  The reason given by th e C. &  W.  M. 
fo r  resorting  to  an   a rb itrary   proceeding  of 
this kind is th a t th e percentage  m eted  o u t  to 
th eir road is too sm all to adm it  of hauling the 
freig h t;  b u t  we  never  heard  any  com plaint 
w hen th e rates are double w hat they  are nbw, 
and th e  C. & W. M. reaped a rich h arv est  from  
its M uskegon business.  G reat  is th e  logic  of 
railw ay m onopolists!

L u tlie r.

Ju n e  22—C. W. Conant, of M anistee, has open­

ed a photograph gallery here.

J. Ball, from  Baldwin, has  opened  a  barber 

shop in th e Sabin H ouse block.

W. B. Pool, the hardw are m erchant, is build­
ing  a  tw o-story  additioR  on  the  re a r  o f  his 
store. 20x32 fe e t in dim ensions.
B ig   R ap id s,

Ju n e  22—Jo h n  Caulfield is in the city, atten d ­

ing to business in connection of his  house.

D.  L.  G arling,  lately  of  Shankw iler & Gar- 
ling,  proprietors  of  Mecosta  Mills,  contem ­
plates th e  purchase  and  im provem ent  of  the 
Rem us flouring mill.  Should th e  purchase  be 
made,  Mr.  G arling  will  expend  $1,000 in  im ­
provem ents.

Dr. C utler settles  a t  Chippewa  Lake  in  the 

in terest of the Chippewa  L um ber Co.

Good Words Unsolicited.

L.  R.  Rogers,  general  dealer,  E astport: 
“Can’t afford to  be w ithout T h e   T r a d e s m a n .”  
M artel F u rnace Co., iron an d generaldealcrs, 
St. Ignace:  “ We certainly  m ust congratulate 
you On y our success in  T h e  M i c h i g a n  T r a d e s ­
m a n .  We  have  greatly  enjoyed  Snooks  vs. 
Bilson.”

H A R D W O O D   L U M B E R .

The fu rn itu re  factories  here  pay  as  follows

fo r dry  stock:
Basswood,  log-run...................... ....... 
@13  00
Birch, Jog-run............................... .......16  0J@20  00
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2....................... ....... 
@25  00
Black Ash, log-run....................... ....... 
@14  00
Cherry,  log-run........................
.......25  00@35  00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2...................
....... 
@55  00
Cherry,  cu ll................................... .......10  00@12  00
Maple,  log-run.............................
....13 00@15  00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2....................... ....... 
@16  00
Maple, clear, flooring................. ....... 
@25  00
Maple, w hite, selected............... ....... 
@25  00
@15  00
Red Oak, log-run.......................... ....... 
Red Oak, Nos. 1  and 2................
@20  IK)
Red Oak, No.  1, step  p lan k ....... ....... 
@25 00
W alnut, log-run............................ ....... 
@55  00
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2................... ....... 
@75  00
W alnuts,  cu lls............................. ....... 
@25 00
W ater Elm, log-run..................... ....... 
@1100
W hite Ash,  log-run............ ....... ....... 
@16 00
@23  00
W hitewood,  log-run................... ....... 

The Gripsack Brigade.

It’s 

It isn’t plain Jim Brad,  any  longer. 
Capt.  Brad,  now and forever afterward.

J. H.  Parker is  superintending  the  plac­
ing  of  machinery  at  Harbor  Springs  this 
week.

A.  E.  Brownell,  traveling  representative 
for the American Cigar Co.,  of  Coldwater, 
is in town this week.

W.  E.  Field,  representing  the  Nassau 
Trading  Co.,  tea  importers  of New York, 
was in town last week.  *

A.  D. Baker says he has sold more hinges 
during the past two weeks than at any other 
similar period in his experience.

W. McQuigg,  representing Felix, Marston 
& Blair,  made his usual monthly visit to the 
Grand Rapids trade on Monday.

S. J.  Gotttlieb,  witli  the  Kentucky  Rail­
road Tobacco Co.,  has  gone  to  St.  Lonis. 
He will be back again by the Fourth.

Ed.  Seifert,  the genial head-center of Ed. 
Seifert & Co., of Chicago,  was  in town  last 
week with a trunk of cigar samples.

Chas.  E.  Morgan, with Jennings & Smith, 
is working in Northern Indiana  this  week, 
and will tackle the Ohio trade next "week.

Mr.  Edwards, 

representing  John  M. 
Wheeler,  of  Toledo,  manufacturer  of 
“ Knocker ” smoking, was in town Saturday.
Albert C. Antrim,  of the  Anti-Kalsomine 
Co.,  came in Saturday for a  couple of  days’ 
rest,  and left Tuesday for a trip through the 
South.

J. L.  McCauley,  traveling  representative 
for the Pittsburg Glass Works,  was in town 
last week,  arranging a  cheap  rate to the T. 
P.  A.  convention at Buffalo.

Cass  Bradford  has  received  from  P.  J. 
Sorg & Co.  a fine Elgin gold watch,  as a re­
ward for selling 170 butts of the plug tobac­
co manufactured by that house.

Leo. A.  Caro and  wife  left  Monday for 
Detroit,  where they  spent  a couple of  days 
witli friends.  They leave Detroit to-day for 
Buffalo, where Leo. will spend a week with 
theT.  P. A. boys.

Among the features of the traveling men’s 
picnic  will  be  the  following:  greased  pig 
race; sack race; potato  race;  walking  race; 
fat men’s race; lean men’s  race; boat  races; 
tub race; tugs of war.

Wm.  A.  Clough,  sundry  salesman  for 
Hazel tine,  Perkins & Co.,  has  gone  to Cin­
cinnati,  for a two weeks’ visit with his fam­
ily.  He will go on the  road  with  a line of 
fall goods about July 10.

Herbert T.  Chase,  Michigan  representa­
tive for  Chase  &  Sanborn,  of  Boston,  lias 
gone to the Hub for an interchange of cour­
tesies with his  house,  after  which  he  will 
put in a couple of months on Cape Cod.

Walter Scott Horn  is  the  latest  aspirant 
for notoriety  as  a fish  liar.  According  to 
his version  of  the  matter,  lie  caught  fifty- 
one trout, threw away fifteen, and lost eight 
off the hook.  Those who claim to  know de­
clare that the eight lost fish is the  only true 
statement in the whole story.

Geo.  T.  Warren,  of  the  firm  of  Geo.  T. 
Warren & Co.,  cigar  makers  at  Flint,  was 
in town a couple of  days  last  week and fa­
vored T h e  T ra d esm a n  office  with a call. 
He says  his  factory  is  now  running  forty 
men  and  turning  out  twelve  brands  of 
goods,  for all of which he finds  ready  sale.
The  committee  who  are  entrusted  with 
the selection of a place for  the  coming pic­
nic have had several desirable picnic gimmds 
in  view,  among  them  being  Reed’s  Lake, 
Macatawa  Park,  Grand  River,  Thornapple 
Lake,  Spring Lake and  Hess  Lake.  They 
have received several  generous  offers  from 
transportation companies,  but  have not  yet 
definitely determined upon any one location, 
although several of the committee are under­
stood to  look  favorably  upon  the  proposi­
tion of the C. & W.  M.  Railway to take the 
party by special  train  to  Ferrysburg  and 
thence to  Fruitport  by  boat,  where  tables, 
chairs,  swings,  and  a dancing hall  will be 
improvised in  advance.

Dr.  W.  N.  Meredith,  Secretary and Treas­
urer of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ 
Association,  died at San Diego, Cal.,  on the 
15th, aged 29 years.  He  was  taken witli a 
severe pulmonary trouble  last winter.  His 
medical friends advised a sea voyage to and 
a  short  residence  in  Southern  California. 
They hoped that a change of  climate meant 
renewed vigor  and  strength  to  combat  the 
disease.  But they  underestimated  the pro­
gress his malady  had made.  Dr.  Meredith 
was  a  young  man  of  splendid  promise,  a 
generous and loyal  friend,  and  his  sudden 
demise, cutting him off from what promised 
to be a useful and honorable career,  is a sad 
stroke  to  liis  many  friends  and  acquain­
tances.  The Doctor was one of  the earliest 
graduates of the Michigan College of  Medi­
cine.

The traveling men’s parade on the Fourth 
promises to be one  of  the  most  significant 
features of the day.  Since the  last meeting, 
fourteen additional names have been handed 
in, and several have begged off, on  account 
of being compelled to march with some oth­
er  organization,  leaving  the  number  who 
agree to march to date at 106.  Of this num­
ber, about eighty have secured or placed or­
ders  for  their  hats,  and  the  remainder 
would  do  well  to  make  similiar  arrange­
ments  without  delay.  Captain  Bradford 
has concluded to arrange  the  procession in 
following  order:  Ladies’  Band;  The  old 
veterans—Seymour  and Crookston; banner, 
carried by Wm.  B.  Edmunds; Wm.  II. Jen­
nings  and  R.  Vaness,  carrying  guy  rOpes; 
remainder of the gang.  The  following is a 
list of the names lately handed  in:  Arthur 
Meigs,  Graham  Roys,  Dr.  D.  S.  Hatfield, 
Alonzo Seymour,  Reddy Fairchild,  Geo.  R. 
Perry,  Henry  Schroder,  Algernon  Edmund 
White,  D.  S.  Gilmore,  Parker  McAuley, 
— - Martin,  Will  Jones,  Chas.  Jones  and 
R.  Dornink.

Many a Good Business M i

O R

Harlworliai Travail Man

IS  KEPT  BACK  BY  A

Sickly Wife or Ailing Daughters.

To  such  m en  the  book  on  “W om an’s  N a­
tu re ” published by the Zoa-phora Medicine Co. 
would be  invaluable.

Price only 10c to cover postage.
Address
Zoa-phora Medicine Co., Kalamazoo, M,

This  Baking  Pow der  m akes th e  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and m ost  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits. 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY  IT  and be convinced. 
P repared only by the
Arctic  M anufacturing  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

If in Need of Anything in  our  Line, it 

will pay you to get our Prices.

PA TEN T EES  AND  SO LE  M AN UFACTURERS  O F

Barlow’s P atent

Send for Samples and Circular.

Barlow  Brothers,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

G. S. VALE & BRO.,
FLAVOR!!  EMCTS!

—M anufacturers  o t—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUINGS,  ETC.,

40  an il  43  S o u th   D iv isio n ,  St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

TH E  LOUNGER.

I think this  may  properly  be  called the 
age of fruit.  Fast  sailing  steamships  and 
lightning railroad  trains  have  released  us 
from  our old  dependence  upon  the locality 
we live in,  and brought  all  climates to  our 
doors; and one result is an enormous increase 
in the  consumption  of  fruit.  Strawberries 
were received  in  this  city  from  Southern 
states  in  March,  the  supply  gradually  in­
creasing as the sources of it advanced north­
ward.  Formerly the strawberry season last­
ed  about  two  weeks,  now  it  lasts  four 
months. 
It is  overlapped  by  the  seasons 
for raspberries and blackberries, winch have 
already 
appeared.  Next  week  Georgia 
water melons will be upon us,  and  the crop 
of the Northern states will project the melon 
season into  September. 
In  the  meantime 
cherries, plums, pears and peaches will come 
in to diversify the  scene.  Grapes  will fol­
low and cany  us  into  November.  Apples 
will follow,  then  cheap  oranges  from  the 
South,  and  then  bananas  from  Central 
America—and before  the  bananas  are  half 
through with  strawberries  will  have  come 
again.  From year’s end  to  year’s  end the 
markets  are supplied  with  several kinds of 
wholesome fresh fruit,  the product either of 
our own or of foreign lands.  New  Orleans 
has a fleet of fruit ships which do little  else 
than  bring  bananas  and  eocoanuts  from 
Honduras; New York  has  a  much  larger 
fleet engaged in the same  business; and the 
increasing number  of “fruit  trains”  on our 
North and South railroads  shows  the  pro­
portions the trade is  assuming.  The  coun­
try consumes ten times as  much  fruit  as it 
did twenty  years ago,  and  the  demand is 
constantly  increasing.
* 

*

I was hanging  around  Perkins  &  Hess’ 
establishment the other day when  a  farmer 
drove up with as fine looking a lot of wool as 
I  ever  set  eyes  on.  An  agreement  as  to 
price was readily made, but while  handling 
over the fleeces,  the  piscatorial  member of 
the firm discovered that some of them  were 
“stuffed,” in consequence of  which the far­
mer was compelled to submit  to  a  dockage 
of seventeen  pounds.  After  the  man  had 
gone,  and before the wool was .consigned to 
the pile,  eacli  fleece  was  looked  over—or 
into rather—with  a  total  result  of  twelve 
pounds  wastage. 
In  the  attempt  to  gain 
twelve  pounds  by  dishonesty,  the  farmer 
had lost five pounds of good wool.

I  was  loafing  aTound  Will  Lamoreaux’ 
office a day  or  two  after  the  above  occur­
rence, and it occurred to me to ask him if he 
had  ever  met  with  a  similar  experience, 
whereupon he  assured  me that such infrac­
tions of honor  and  justice  were  frequently 
met with by the wool  buyer.  “I  could tell 
you about one case of  the  kind,” continued 
the genial William,  “that  was  followed  by 
retribution  of 
the  severest  description. 
Know  Deacon  Miner,  up  in  Alpine,  don’t 
you?  No?  Well,  he’s  the  cussedest  old 
fraud who ever  breathed  the breath of life. 
He brought me his wool  one  season several 
years ago,  and I gave  him  a check  for the 
whole amount,  a little less than 3300.  Soon 
after he left the store,  I discovered  that the 
wool was  “stuffed” with lamb’s tails,  pieces 
of dead wool and sheep skin, tags and other 
foreign substances. 
I  immediately slipped 
up to the bank and told them not to pay the 
Miner check.  The  old  fellow  came back a 
short time afterward  and  wanted  to  know 
why they  would  not  pay  his  check,  and I 
told him if  he  would  look  at  some  of  his 
fleeces  in  the  back  end  of  the  store,  he 
would see why the check  wasn't  paid.  He 
blustered around,  asserted  that  ‘a  bargain 
was a bargain’ and  declared  that  lie would 
make me sweat for ‘going back on’ a square 
trade. 
I offered to  settle  witli  him  on the 
basis of one-third off,  but he wouldn’t listen 
to that proposition,  and went out  in  a  huff 
and  got  John  Champlin—now  Judge  of 
the Supreme Court.  John  asked  me  what 
was the cause of the trouble,  and I  referred 
him to the wool.  He  quickly told the Dea­
con that he could do nothing for him,  that I 
was in  the  right,  and  that  he  had  better 
take  any  settlement  I  offered  him.  The 
Deacon still  held  out,  however,  but  a little 
later in the day he  came  around  and  took 
397 less than the amount first  agreed upon. 
The outcome of  the  matter  was  that  the 
members of the Baptist  church,  in which he 
was a leading spirit,  got  hold of the matter 
and churched him,  and the Masonic lodge to 
which  lie  belonged  suspended  him for  one 
year.  He  subsequently  sneaked  into  the 
Congregational church,  but the  members of 
that society soon learned  his  true  character 
and bounced him. Deacon Miner isn’t the only 
man who has attempted  to  defraud  in this 
way,  but I think the punishment  meted out 
to  him  was  fully  commensurate  to  the 
offense.

Appreciated Here at Home.

From  th e M ichigan Jo u rnal.

Witli pleasure the Joui’nal recognizes the 
rapidly increasing circulation of T h e  Mich­
ig a n  T ra d esm a n,  the proprietor  and  edi­
tor of which is E.  A.  Stowe,  a  good  writer 
and a gentleman at all times and on all occa­
sions.  The success of the  paper  grows out 
of the fact that  the  market  reports,  prices 
current,  etc.,  are universally correct  and re­
liable.  Hence the business men all over the 
“Wolverine State” are subscribers to it.  Suc­
cess to friend Stowe.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  of 25 words o r  less  inserted 
in this colum n a t th e rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cen t  fo r  each 
additional word.  A dvance paym ent.

. 

1AOR  SALE—The brev ier ty p e form erly used 

on T h e  T r a d e s m a n .  The fo n t com prises 
222 pounds, including italic,  and is well-assort­
ed  and very little worn.  A ddress  this office.

OTJjR.  NEW  OIGr.A.PL

They are a novelty in the Cigar line.  Every one of them is naturally speck­
led.  The greatest sellers ever put on the market.  We solicit a trial order from 
every first-class dealer in the State.  Fully guaranteed.

M A N U F A C T U R E D   B Y

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1 3 0   O A K E S  ST R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

from the evidence  now  before  the  court, it 
would  seem  that  the  respondent  was  the 
only one that got hit in the row.”

The motion was entered and the  prisoner 
discharged.  Then we had  a  high old time, 
you bet.  None of the Comerites went home 
until about  10  p. m.  Bilson  said  he  was 
glad it was over.  He was sick of it,  he said. 
Well, I am, glad,  but I think if Wilkins had 
not had the happy idea  of  sending down to 
you for that manuscript, the trial wood have 
lasted two or three days.

You see, Mr. Editor,  we knew Bilson like 
a book.  We knew  that  he  had rather  be 
beaten in the suit than to admit that he had 
lied in his newspaper  account.  But  some­
thing  seems  to  have  come  over  Phil. 
I 
don’t know what to make of it, for my part. 
He seems sort of subdued like and don’t act 
so bitter against me as he did.  He has just 
got back from Saginaw,  and I notice he has 
a new suit  throughout  from  boots  to  plug 
hat.  Can he be in love?  Blamed if it don’t 
look 
it.  Sarah  Potter  told  Sister 
Spriggs yesterday, that she heard Jane Vit- 
zen tell Kate Hancock, that Potts  hired girl 
told Widder Hobson,  that  Jerusia  Spilkins 
had a new carpet,  a set  of  chairs and a silk 
dress  pattern  come  from  Saginaw.  By 
Crickets! it must  be  so.  The  news  come 
straight,  anyway.

like 

Bilson came in after his mail  himself this 
noon,  for the first time in five  weeks,  and I 
nodded my head to him and he returned the 
salutation. 
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■  The Widder is  doing  a  good  trade  now, 
got orders in for  four  hats  and  three  bon­
nets.

I intended to give you my ideas regarding 
the new pharmashuticle law, etc., but it was 
crouded out by this blamed  trial.  The last 
society we  started  holds  a  meeting  next 
week and  so  does  the  N.  D.  P. A.  How 
the dickens I can get time to  tend  so many 
things,  I don’t see.

Yours, chuck full of bizness,

S o l im a n   Sn o o k s,

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

TH E SAGINAWS.

Description of a Visit to that Jobbing  Cen­

ter.

Ca n t   H o o k  Co r n e r s,  J u n e   19,  1885.

E ditor of Tradesm an;

Well,  I’ve been over to  the  raging  Sagi- 
naws this week.  You see I used to buy  all 
my supplies there before they put the  other 
railroad  through,  and  as  Jmsiness  wasn’t 
rushing just now,  I made up  my  mind  I’d 
run over to the  old  stamping  ground,  and 
see how the land lay,  as it were.

Things have changed considerable since  I 
was there last.  The  traditional  corkscrew 
still survives,  but water doesn’t seem  to  be 
so plentiful in the principal streets as it was 
fifteen or twenty years ago. 
I used  to  buy 
my dry goods in those days of  Jim  Li\ing- 
ston, who was then  never  known  to  have 
more than one suit of clothes at a time.  Jim 
Stewart looks as young  as  he  did  a  dozen 
years ago, but they  say  be  can  drink  more 
whisky now than  any  man  in  tlie  Valley. 
His handwriting hasn’t improved with  age. 
Mr. Plumb showed  me  the  mammoth  ball 
and bat presented him by the ladies of Grand 
Rapids, on the occasion of the  visit  of  the 
Saginaw jobbers to the Valley City, last sum­
mer,  and also the cant hook  which  is  war­
ranted to knock a ball clean  over the  fence 
every time.  Charley Prindle, over at Wells, 
Stone & Co.’s,  also showed me  several  sou­
venirs of his Grand Rapids visit,  as  well  as 
several presents received from  there  since.
I went around to Bell’s and  made  arrange­
ments with him to handle our  huckleberries 
this year.  We didn’t have many last season, 
on account of the fires in the woods.

The first day I was in Saginaw,  I couldn’t 
find a grocery jobber anywhere, and I asked 
a clerk at one of  the  establishments  where 
their place of business was,  and  he  said  it 
was  “out at the ball park”; and, sure enough, 
every last one of them was  out  there  play­
ing a. scrub game to work  up  their  muscle. 
They say they expect a challenge from Grand 
Rapids before long,  and intend to put them­
selves in shape  to scoop  you on both games 
this  season. 
I hope they will,  for they are 
as  jolly  a  lot  of  fellows as you will  meet 
anywhere.

I was so well pleased  with  my  reception 
in the Saginaws that I am going down there 
again in the near future, after which  I  can 
tell you more about the boys.

Yours salinely, 

P h il a n d e r  B il s o n ,  N.  P.
X.  B.—“N. P.” means  notary  public. 

I 
got my commission from the  Governor  yes­
terday. 

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SOLIMAN  SNOOKS.

Happy  Termination  of  the  Assault  and 

Battery Case.

Ca n t  H ook  Co rners,  Juné 19,  18S5. 

M ister E diter of Traidesm an.

Dea r Sir—W ell,  iny  trial  lias  come off.
We proved, to the satisfaction  of  the court, 
Squar Potts, that he,  the  said  court  afore­
said, was  prejudiced  against  said  respon­
dent,  Solimán  Snooks.  Therefore  he,  the 
said court,  transferred  said case  to John Q. 
Bannister, Esq.,  of Grumbleton.

We had the bigest  old  picnic  of  a time 
over thar you ever seen in your life.  About 
half the town was speaned as witnesses and 
the other half dropped all bizness and  went 
over to see the trial.  Of course  Bilson and 
I had to lock  up, as  our  clerks  was  wit­
nesses, too.

My witnesses had  three  fights,  with  the 
same number  of  Bilson’s  witnesses,  before 
the case was called. 
In  fact  the  case  was 
tried  fifteen  or  twenty  times  over  in  the 
streets  of  Grumbleton  before  10  o’clock. 
The prosecuting attorney  was  on  hand for 
the people,  and  the  case  was  opened at 10 
a.  m.  by  my  pleading  not  guilty  and  de­
manding a jury.  Then the fun began—such 
a time as constable  Tompkins  had  gettin a 
jury that would stick,  I  never  saw  before.
He went out and got  the  first six  that was 
struck,  but  they  all  happened  to  be mer­
chants or clerks in stores,  so they had every 
last one of ’em  read  all  about  the  fight in 
T he  T ra d esm a n,  so  they was  no  good. 
Then Tompkins began  to run  out  to  bring 
in new  ones  and  he  had  to  keep  running 
pretty much all the afternoon,  becoss  near­
ly  every  man  had  read  about  the  case  in 
some of the papers.

At last,  six men were collected that never 
read the papers, or anything  else,  and I tell 
you the array made me proud of  our Amer­
ican  jury  system.  The  foreman  was  the 
most intellectual looking man in the lot, and 
he said:

“Tas, Ive hearn  tell  of  this ere  fought, 
but I haint seed nothin of it in  no  papers.” 
Wilkins—“Have you formed  any opinion 

about the case, Mr. Jones?”

“No; I never form  any  kind  of  an opin­

ion about nothin.”

Both  attorneys  were  satisfied  that  Mr. 
Jones was a competent man  to try the case. 

PHILANDER  BILSON  SWORN.

Witness  gave  a  description  of  the  fight 
from first to last.  Then my  attorney,  Wil­
kins,  got  in  our  Coop  de  e-clop,  as  the 
French say,  on the cross examination:

Wilkins—“Mr. Bilson,  you say  you came 

out of the fight with a black eye.”

“Yes,  sir.”
“How did you receive the  damage to said 

eye?”

* ‘I-I-don't j ust exactly know.  As near as 
I can remember,  the respondent, Snooks, hit 
me with his fist.”

“Are you certain he hit you?”
“Well—no, not perfectly.”
“Perhaps  we  can  refresh  your  mind,  so 
you  can  remember.  Will  you  kindly  in­
form the court and  jury  as to whether  this 
is your hand writing or not?-’

Witness examines paper.
“Well—yes,  I should say it was.”
“Is that your signature?”
“It is.”
“What is the date of that document?” 
“May 5,  1885.”
“Now witness,  this document makes  cer­
tain statements regarding this  fight.  They 
were  made  directly  after  said  fight,  were 
they not?”

“Tes sir, they were.”
“Are you in the  habit  of  writing  false­

hoods to the papers?”

“N-n-no sir,  I am not.”
“This article was written for  and printed 
in  T h e  M ich ig a n  T ra d esm a n,  was  it 
not?”

“I—I think it was; yes,  sir.”
“Is thé article a true  statement of the oc- 
enrrence, as you then remembered  it,  v 11 i 1 e 
fresh in your memory?”

“Yes sir,  as far as I know.”
W ilkins—“Your  honor,  we  submit  this 
manuscript  in  evidence.  That  is  all,  Mr. 
Bilson.”

The  prosecuting  attorney  objected, but 
the document  was  allowed  by  the  justice. 
After reading the article over  and  whisper­
ing to Bilson a little,  the  prosecuting  attor­
ney arose and entered  a  nolly pros-quee  in 
the case.  He said:

“May it please  your  honor,  we beg leave 
to withdraw and end  the case.  We  are  of 
the opinion that there is no cause of  action, 
inasmuch as the fight was about  equal  and

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