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VOL. 2.

S. A. WELLINGS

WHOLESALE

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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 am represented on the road bv  the  fol­
lowing  well-known  travelers: 
John  D. 
Mangum, A. M. Sprague, John H. Eacker, 
L. R. Cesna and A. B. Handricks.

34  Pearl  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

C. G. i.
STAR  MILLS,

Proprietors  of the

Manufacturers  of the  following  pop­

ular  brands  of Flour.

“ STAR,”

“ GOLDEN  SHEAF,” 

LADIES’  DELIGHT,” 
And “OUR PATENT.”

43 and.45 Kent Street.

A.  K.  ALLEN,  PROPRIETOR.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

1  ALLEN’S  ABRIDGED  SYSTEM

WE  DO «SLY FIRST CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

Orders  by Mail and  Express promptly at­

CHEMICALS.

tended  io.

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BOOK-KEEPING!

H.  J.  Carr,  book-keeper  for  H.  Leonard  & 
Sons, writes:  “For two  years  and  upwards  I 
have been applying methods  quite  similar to 
those shown in  your  recent  publication,  ‘An 
l  Abridged System of  Book-keeping,’  and  have 
found  a  decided  saving  of  labor  and  much 
other satisfaction therein.  Hencemybeiief in 
its  utility,  and  that  what  you have set forth 
will, when rightly understood, merit attention 
and use.”
Full and complete draftsof rulings, etm, with 
Illustrative entries and instruct ions in pamph­
let form mailed upon receipt of $2.

W ,   H .   A l l e n ,

0   W ith S. A. Welling, 24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids

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Manufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 
Bluings, Etc., Etc

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF
K L E M I K T H L ’ S

•  “ Red Bark Bitters 77

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NEW  GOODS.  New 
Prices down to the whale­
bone.  Goods always sale­
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Buy close and  often.
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-  MICHIGAN

-MANUFACTUREES  OF-

t AWNINGS,  TENTS,

HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Oiled  Clothing,  Ducks,  Stripes,  Etc. 

State Agents for the 

Watertown  Hammock  Support. 

SEND  FOR  PRICES.

7 3   C anal  S treet, 

-  G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

Proprietors  of

CRESCENT
FLOURING  MILLS

M an u fa ctu rers  o f  th e   F o llo w in g   P o p ­

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

“ CRESCENT,”

‘‘WHITE  ROSE,”

“ MORNING  GLORY,”

*« ROYAL  PATENT,” and 
‘‘ALL WHEAT,” Flour

Michigan  Tradesman.

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G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  J U L Y   8,  1885.

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

Me ALPIN’S

A  RICH  NUTTY CHEW.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

EDMUND  B,  DIKEMÂN,

GREAT  WATCH  MAKER,

JEWELER,

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

McALPIN’S

Plug  T obacco

Is  the  most  Delicious  Chew  on  the 

Market.

SOLD  BY ALL JOBBERS.

CREAM  TESTER I
With six glasses fortesting six  cows’  milk  at 
same  time.  Price  $1;  large  size  glasses  $3, 
either free by mail.  Agents wanted. Circulars 
with  full  particulars  for  stamp.  WYMAN 
L.  EDSON,  Union  Center,  Broome *Co., N. Y

OR

Hariwoiiing Traveling Man

IS  KEPT BACK BY A

Sickly Wife or Ailing Daughters.
To  such  men  the  book  on  “Woman’s  N& 
ture” published by the Zoa-phora Medicine Co 
would be  invaluable.

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

No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

TH E  MERRY  MERCHANT.

He Deals with  a  Class  of  Customers  all 
Grocers  Have and Creates a Sensation. 

W ritte n  Expressly for T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

The comer grocer folded up  the  newspa­
per which he had been reading, carefully se­
creted it behind a pail of  fine cut  and  went 
out on the porch to smoke.

“I don’t care so very much about  the  pa­
per,” he explained to a  customer  who  had 
watched  the  action  with  enquiring  eyes, 
“but I don’t want any first-class  commercial 
sensations to take  place  in  this  house  to­
day. 
I  can  stand  it  to have a man come 
here every week and ask for  the  paper  and 
sit around in the way  reading  it  until  the 
ants get about ready to carry him out through 
the key hole, but when he gets  to  carrying 
it home to send to his wife’s cousin in Indi­
ana I object.  He’ll  be  in here pretty soon 
after it,  and no one will know  where  it  is. 
Then he’ll nose around until he finds it,  and 
11 move the  previous  question. 
Perhaps 
he’ll find out that  a man in the grocery busi­
ness has a proprietary  interest in the things 
in his own store,  and perhaps he won’t.”

The grocer looked as though he  meant to 
have it out with some one with hard  gloves 
to the finish,  and the  customer  involuntari­
ly  began  to  measure  the  distance  to  the 
woods with his  eye.

“Perhaps you think  I’m  exaggerating the 
inclinations of an otherwise  civilized  world 
to steal from comer grocers?” said  the mer­
chant. 
“You  just loaf around here a few 
minutes  and  you’ll  see.  A  man  who 
wouldn’t steal a two  cent  stamp  from  the 
United ¡States government would rob a  gro­
cer of a mark down sign on a  mackerel bar- 
el  if  he  got  a  chance.  And  the  chil­
dren----- ”

The merchant got up to sell  a postal card 
to a ragged urchin who looked as  though he 
ought to be  arrested  for  stealing real estate 
in the absence of proof  that  the  supply  of 
dirt that covered his clothes  had  been  pro­
cured on his father’s premises,  and the  cus­
tomer went inside and sat down.

The boy paid for the postal card,  ripped a 
bag  from  the  rack  to  put  it  in,  and 
leaned against the  counter  in  the  immedi­
ate vicinity of a  basket  of  oranges,  while 
the merchant went to wait on a woman who 
wanted half a cake of yeast.

“Of course. 

“You want a stick of candy  for the baby, 
do you?” the customer heard  the  merchant 
say in a moment. 
I always 
give away candy with half  cakes  of  yeast. 
It helps trade,  and keeps the  baby  element 
solid. 
If you’ll pay for that bunch of rais­
ins you’re eating I’ll  give  you  two  sticks. 
Perhaps that’s your boy  hanging  over  that 
basket of oranges?  Yes,  I though so.  He’s 
got a ten cent orange in each pocket and lie’s 
figuring on getting  away  with  the  basket. 
He’s the hopeful that bought a box of match­
es here last week and forgot to lay  down  a 
jack knife that he borrowed to cut the stamp 
with. 
If  you’ll  tie  him to the tail of the 
cow that ate  up  my  green  com  yesterday 
and drive her off and lose her in the  woods 
I’ll give you a house and lot free.”

The merchant reached for the urchin with 
a carriage whip which looked  as  though  it 
had already seen several similiar campaigns, 
but only got it near enough the marauder to 
knock over a can of Columbia  river salmon 
sitting on the  counter  at  his  elbow.  The 
boy reached the street just in  advance  of  a 
peacliblow potato,  and  the  woman  would 
have been a close  second  only  for  the  fact 
that she stepped on the  rolling  can  of  sal­
mon and sat  down  to  rest  in  a  crate  of 
blackberries.

“That’s  right!”  yelled 

the  merchant, 
“make yourself at home.  Bring  on  your 
barefooted girls  from  the  South  of  France 
and  do  this  wine  making  business  up  in 
style.  Call  on the undersigned for bottles 
to put your extra dry  in  after  you  get  the 
fruit squeezed dry. 
If  you’ll come around 
when apples are  ripe I’ll  give  you  a  cider 
contract,” and the  merchant skipped around 
in search of a  mop  to keep  the  juice  from 
the emshed berries from  running into a pile 
of flour sacks.

“That’s nothing,” observed the merchant, 
wiping the perspiration from his brow as  he 
leaned on the mop handle and  watched  the 
woman skurrying down the street looking as 
though she  traveled  for  an  instantaneous 
dye house and was bound to place her  sam­
ples in the  most  conspicuous  place,  “you 
just stay  here  an  hour  or  two  and  things 
may begin to liven up  a  little.  The  girls 
who buy a cent’s worth of  gum and beg five 
cents worth of sugar kisses will be in pretty 
soon,  and the party who  pays  for  one  clay 
pipe and steals a handful  of  tobacco  is due 
to-day. 
It’s been a little dull  here  lately, 
but business is bound  to  pick  up.  When 
that party comes fin to borrow the paper I’m 
going to  give  him  a  chair  freshly  painted 
with prepared glue,  and it will  take  some­
thing more than proof of offensive partisan­
ship to get him  out  of  his  position. 
I’ve 
got some figs on top of that box stuffed with 
sand, the oranges that boy stole  are  loaded 
for bear with kerosene oil, and there are sev­
eral precincts still to hear from.”

•The merchant went  on with his mopping.
The customer got out into the  street  just 
in time to see a woman  whose  back  skirts 
looked as though they had been  through the

Franco-Prussian  war  rushing  into  a  drug 
store to find out what to give a boy who had 
extracted about half a pint of kerosene from 
an imported orange,  and to  hear the grocer, 
standing in  his  door  with, the  mop  in  his 
hand,  earnestly  recommending  her  to come 
back,  and buy  a lampwick,  and run it down 
the boy’s throat and  utilize  him  for  illumi­
nating purposes!

The Coming Motor.
From the Michigan Manufacturer.

Steam power is  expensive  and  wasteful. 
The gas engine,  though a step in advance of 
the steam engine,  falls very far short of be­
ing an ideal motor, and its use is necessarily 
limited.  Water power is utilizable only in 
exceptional cases,  and  for  obvious  reasons 
can never become a universal motor.  Wind 
power, though universal in extent,  and  am­
ple in quantity for all the  uses  of  civiliza­
tion, is too unstable  and  intractable  to  be 
made the useful and obedient slave of  man. 
Animal power  is 
inadequate,  cumbrous, 
expensive,  and,  in short,  is open  to  all  the 
objections  mentioned  above.  The  world 
needs a new motive power.

What  is  to  be  the  nature  of  this  new 
power?  Whence is it to be derived?  These 
are questions of deep interest,  alike  to  the 
scientist, 
the  mechanician,  the  manufact­
urer,  and to thoughtful men  in  all  depart­
ments of human activity.

Steam is the only universal motor of prac­
tical utility, known to man,  at  the  present 
stage of progress.'  All others are of limited 
application.  Hence the inventive energies 
of the last half  century—a  period  of  great 
mechanical activity and advancement—have 
been largely concentrated upon the improve- 
ment-of the steam engine.  To  such  a de­
gree of perfection has this  mechanism  been 
brought, that little,  apparently,  remains  to 
be accomplished,  as regards mechanical con­
struction and adaptability.  The best steam 
engines of to-day are  marvels  of  compact­
ness,  symmetry and efficiency.  They yield 
in mechanical power a very large percentage 
of the energy  poured  into  them  from  the 
steam boilers—often,  it is claimed  by  com­
petent  experimenters,  nearly  ninety  per 
cent.  Some of these marvelous  machines, 
weighing hundreds  of  tons  and  doing  the 
woric of thousands of horses, move  with  so 
little friction,  and  with  such noiselessness, 
that one might stand in the same room with 
one of them and scarcely be  able  to  detect 
its presence except by  actual  vision.  But 
with all this perfection  of  mechanism,  the 
use of steam power,  as stated at the  outset, 
is expensive and wasteful.  The fault lies, 
not in the steam engine itself, but in the im­
perfection of the methods by which  the  la­
tent energy of the  coal  or  other  fuel  em­
ployed,  is unlocked and brought to act upon 
the engine.  The function of the  engine  is 
simply to translate this energy into mechan­
ical  motion,  and  it  performs  its  duty  ad­
mirably. 
It  is in nowise concerned in the 
release  or  generation  of  the  force  which, 
passing through its valves and cylinders, re­
appears at its driving  pulley as  mechanical 
motion,  or power.  The measure of its effi­
ciency, then,  is determined by the amount of 
energy which  it  absorbs  in the  process  of 
transformation. 
Since  this is found to be 
very slight, while the fact remains that there 
is great loss somewhere between  the  disap­
pearance of  the fuel  and  its  reappearance 
as  power,  the  conclusion  is  unavoidable, 
that this loss occurs in the generating  appa­
ratus—the furnace and the boilers.

The conditions and  degrees  of  efficiency 
vary greatly,  and quantitative  tests  are  at­
tended with more or less  difficulty; but it is 
pretty well established that, under the most 
favorable  conditions,  the  steam  engine  is 
not able to yield in mechanical  power  more 
than twenty-five per cent, of the  actual  en­
ergy locked up in a given  quantity  of  fuel; 
while more often its efficiency does  not  ex­
ceed fifteen  per  cent.,  and  in  many  cases 
less than ten per cent,  is realized.

Where does this  vast  surplus  of  energy 
go?  How can it be arrested and transformed 
into useful  work?  To  answer  the first of 
these questions is not difficult.  A large pro­
portion of the waste  passes  up  the  smoke- 
flue,  in the form of  heat  and  volatile  sub­
stances  released  by  combustion.  Other 
sources of loss are radiation  and  condensa­
tion,  and  in  the  more  imperfect  engines, 
leakage and friction.  To some extent these 
latter wastes belong in the category of avoid­
able losses.  But inventive skill and scien­
tific research have thus far failed  to remedy 
the waste of the belching smoke-stack.  Be­
fore this problem mechanics  is  confessedly 
helpless,  and science is  without effective re­
sources.

Prior to the demonstration of the  correla­
tion of forces, the enormous losses of energy 
in the .use of steam as a motor were not sus­
pected.  But since the establishment  of the 
intimate kinship  of  all  forms  of  energy: 
since heat has been shown to be only an inci­
dent or phenomenon of  matter  in  motion; 
since all motion has been proved to  be  con­
vertible into a heat equivalent; and since the 
precise motor value of an ounce of coal  has 
been determined,  the wide gulf which  sepa­
rates theoretical values from practical attain­
ment,  has foribd  itself  upon  the  attention 
of the scientific  economist.  But  progress 
in this field has been slow j  and  to-day  the 
world is wasting nearly ninety per  cent,  of

its fuel, in order to utilize a beggarly ten per 
cent,  of its value.

It is only natural that,  confronted by  ap­
parently impassable barriers in one direction, 
men of resources  should  press  forward  in 
other directions,  seeking  avenues  of  prog­
ress#  Hence,  some of 
the  best  thinkers 
are searching the arcana of nature for a new 
motor, which shall be free from the ruinous 
wastefulness  that seems  to  be  inseparable 
from the use of steam.  Many believe that 
in electricity will be found this new  power, 
and are bringing much  experiment  and  re­
search to bear upon the subject.  Thus far, 
it must be confessed, little real advancement 
has been made in this  direction.  But  the 
field is practically  illimitable.  The  world 
has only touched  upon  the  borders  of  the 
vast plains of  electrical  knowledge.  Any 
explorer may at any moment stumble  upon 
a new fact which will revolutionize the civil­
ization of this century.

The electric  engine,  like  the  steam  en­
gine, has been brought  to  a  high  state  of 
perfection.  The  former  has  in its favor, 
greater simplicity of construction,fewer run­
ning parts,  and  consequently  less  friction 
and liability to derangement.  An electrical 
engine of the best form returns,  in mechan­
ical power,  a very  large  proportion  of  the 
energy given to it in the form of electricity. 
Although  its  efficiency  in  this  regard  is 
somewhat below that of  the  steam  engine, 
there are good reasons for  believing  that  it 
will  eventually  equal,  if it  does  not  excel, 
the latter.  The electric engine  is of  com­
paratively recent  origin,  and  in  its  various 
types it may be said  to be yet in the experi­
mental state.  When as much thought and 
labor as have been devoted to the steam  en­
gine shall have been bestowed  upon the im­
provement of the electrical engine,  we  may 
look  for a  machine  capable  of  delivering 
as high a proportion of  the  energy  passing 
into it,  as the best steam engine.

The great problem to be  solved  is  in  the 
generation of the motor  power.  Electrical 
engines  and  steam  engines  are  only  the 
media  through  which  the  real  motor,  or 
force,  is made to yield its mechanical equiv­
alent.  How are  we  to  generate,  without 
unnecessary loss,  the forces that  are to feed 
these engines?  This is the  great  question 
that must be  solved  before  the  world  can 
have a  motor that  will  satisfy  all  require­
ments.

It has long been  the  dream  of  scientists 
that electricity would eventually become the 
motive power of the world.  From the fore­
going it is obvious that this  can  be  accom­
plished only by the discovery of some cheap 
method  of  generating  electricity  in  large 
quantities, and without the prodigious losses 
attendant  upon  the  generation  of  steam. 
Let a method be discovered by which a given 
quantity of coal can be directly converted in­
to its electrical equivalent,  at  a  loss  of  not 
more  than  twenty-five  per  cent.,  and  the 
steam engine will become a thing of the past. 
The industries of the world  will  be  revolu­
tionized.  The change -will  be felt in all the 
complex relations of civilized life,  through a 
multitude of influences, direct and  indirect, 
which need not be enumerated.

The electric engine is at  present  of  little 
practical value as a motor,  owing to the  ab­
sence of an adequate  generator. 
Its  chief 
utility is as a producer, not as a consumer, of 
electricity.  By coupling it with a steam en­
gine,  or other source of power,  and  running 
it backwards,  a  powerful  current  of  elec­
tricity is developed.  In the same manner,  if 
a steam engine  be  coupled  to  a  source  of 
power and driven backward,  it  becomes an 
air pump,  or with a  suitable  receptacle,  an 
accumulator of pressure,  or  stored-up pow 
er.  The  current  from  an  electric  engine 
used as a generator,  may be conducted  to  a 
similiar electrical machine,  and by that,  act­
ing as a motor, re-transformed into mechan­
ical motion, though at the expense of a large 
proportion of the initial energy ; or the  cur­
rent may be conveyed to an  accumulator,  or 
secondary  battery,  and  there  stored  up, 
to be  drawn  off  subsequently,  as  desired, 
for motor or other purposes. 
In like man­
ner may the compressed  air  from  a  steam 
engine,  driven backwards,  be  employed  to 
actuate a similar engine,  used  as  a  motor ; 
or it may, as before stated,  be  carried  to  a 
suitable reservoir and stored  up  for  future 
use.  These facts are cited,  simply to  show 
the relation which the electrical engine,  un­
der its present limitations  as  to usefulness, 
bears to its possible utility were we  in  pos­
session of an electric generator  commensu­
rate with its capabilities  as  a  motor. 
Its 
scope is restricted, much as -would be that of 
the  steam  engine,  were  we  without  any 
adequate  means of generating  steam.  The 
latter might serve admirably as an air pump ; 
but  its  vast  capabilities  as a prime  mover 
would rema  unutilized.

The most perfect electric generator yet de­
vised is the primary  battery.  Owing to the 
expensiveness of the materials consumed by 
it, this source of power is not  commercially 
economical.  But  its  yield  of  energy ap­
proaches more nearly to the theoretical  mo­
tor  value  of the  materials  consumed,  than 
does  that of any other known generator.  A 
well-constructed battery transmutes its stor- 
ed-up  forces into electricity without appreci­
able heat, and with but little loss.  The mate­
rials required to feed it, however,  are  from

NO . 94.

ten to twenty times  as  expensive  as  coal ; 
hence the wasteful combustion  of  coal  un­
der steam  boilers  is  less  expensive,  in  a 
commercial sense,  than the more nearly per­
fect consumption of the battery constituents. 
The question, then, resolves itself into this : 
By what means can we,  in the  consumption 
of coal,  secure such a perfect  transmutation 
of energy as is shown in  the  action  of  the 
primary battery?

As has been said,  little  progress  has  yet 
been made in the direction of  a  solution  of 
this problem.  But  the  practical  thought 
that has already been brought to  bear  upon 
this subject,  has  removed  it  from the prov­
ince of  scientific  idealism.  Whether  the 
world is destined  to  wait  long  for  the  ac­
complishment of the end sought,  or  wheth­
er we are even now at the threshold of some 
discovery that shall  unlock  the  momentous 
secret, remains to be determined.

Economics of Manufacture.

From tne Michigan  Manufacture.

The  successful  manufacturers, 

in  all 
branches  of  industry,  are  those  who  are 
quick to avail themselves of all  the late  im­
provements.  This is a restless, jostling  age. 
The struggle for supremacy is tense and un­
remitting.  The  wide-awake  man  “gets 
there”—the laggard  is  left  behind.  New 
methods are constantly being  evolved.  Old 
ideas lose  their  sway  with  the  growth  of 
knowledge.  The manufacturer who persists 
in clinging to  old  ideas  and  old  processes, 
after the superiority of later devices has been 
demonstrated,  is much like the mariner who 
refuses to desert a sinking ship :  he must go 
down with the wreck.

But the manufacturer may err  in  the  ex­
treme opposite from ultra-conservatism.  He 
may be too ready  to  adopt  new-fangled no­
tions before their superiority over older  and 
tried methods have been demonstrated.  He 
may be misled by the oily-tongued agent, or 
the specious claims of  the  over-enterprising 
manufacturer of a  new  article.  To  err  in 
this regard is often more disastrous  than  to 
err in the direction  of  conservatism. 
The 
wide-awake  manufacturer,  who  keeps 
abreast of the times,  is not apt to  go  to  ei­
ther extreme.  He reads the journals devoted 
to his line of business,  and as a consequence 
is posted  on  nearly  all  subjects  connected 
with it,  and so is able to  judge  with  a  fair 
degree of accuracy as  to the merits of a new 
thing when it is presented.  By  mastering 
liis business, he prevents his  business  from 
mastering him.  He retains the mastery by 
constant application,  and persevering  study 
of the requirements  of his occupation.  As 
“eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” so 
is eternal diligence the price of success.

The economics of manufacture is  a  great 
and ever-changing subject for  study.  The 
conditions of success to-day may be the con­
ditions  of  failure  to-morrow. 
Scientific 
thought is constantly traversing new realms, 
and winning fresh victories.  Half-forgotten 
flowers  are  transplanted  from  the  fallow 
fields of yesterday,  into the richer soil of ad­
vanced knowledge,  and made  to  yield  rare 
blossoms and fruitage.  Manufacture is the 
willing hand-maid and co-worker of science. 
She should follow her mistress  respectfully 
and obediently,  but should  never  loiter  be­
yond hailing distance.

Defacing Bank Notes.

From the Philadelphia Times.

“A hank cashier has unusual opportunities 
for studying one curious peculiarity of many 
people, viz.,  defacing coins and bank notes,” 
said a  local  member  of  that  happy  guild. 
“Personal  vanity is the  motive,  in  almost 
every instance,  which leads to such  deface­
ment,” continued the cashier. 
“ See here ! 
look at this pile of bank  notes  I  have  kept 
for  fun.”

indeed, 

The cashier  showed  a  bunch  of  them. 
They  were, 
funny  specimens. 
One of  the  bills  bore  in  exceedingly  fine 
writing, a verse of original rhyme. 
In the 
corner of another bill there was  executed in 
India ink,  paled by the touch  of  many  fin­
gers,  a  cornucopia  scattering  the  bright, 
broad pieces,  and under it a pursy little man, 
■wearing a faint resemblance to Phil Armour, 
was gathering them into his lap.  “M. Mas­
ters” had written around it,  “Beware of the 
fate of the granger who dallied at the  B.  of 
T.  and was vanquished in a  brief tussle.”

Names, in red, blue,  green,  and black inkT  * 
were written in all parts of bills,  sometimes 
across the foreheads of the faces  printed  in 
the body of the  notes,  many  having  some 
epigrammatic sentence tacked on it.  With 
coins it was similiar.  Names were engraved, 
written out in ink ; dates and initials cut in­
to the metal.  Some of them  were irretriev­
ably mutilated, as,  for instance,  a  $10  gold 
piece, the eagle of which had its wings clip- 
lied,  so as to make it look more like a pluck­
ed crow. 
“I  think,”  said  the informant, 
that just  about  one  in  every  four  bills  is 
marked in some way,  and one in  every  ten 
coins.”

A  grand  monetary  bonfire  will  shortly 
take place in Rome.  The bank notes with­
drawn from circulation  in  accordance  with 
the law suppressing the forced  currency  of 
paper money will be  formally burned  in  a 
specially erected furnace, when  greenbacks 
once  worth  nearly  three  millions  sterling 
will vanish into smoke.

M ic h i p  M a a t .  ¡

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile ami Manufacturing Interests of the State. !

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY.  JULY  8,  1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Oi'ganized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Wm. Sears.
Executive  Committee—President,  Vice-Pres-1 
ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; 0. A. Ball, one i 
year;  L. E. Hawkins and R.D. Swartout, two | 
. years. 
Arbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W.  j 
Putnam, Joseph Houseman.
Transportation  Committee—Samuel  Sears, 
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur > 
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. 
|
Manufacturing Committee—Wm.  Cartwright, i
E.  S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening ; 
of October.
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­
ing of each month.

„

Michigan Dairymen’s  Association.

Organized at  Grand Rapids,  Fcbi~uary 25,  1885.
President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. 
Vice-Presidents—W.  H.  Howe,  Capae;  F.  C. 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P.  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F.  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
Warren Haven, Bloomingdale;  Chas.  E. Bel­
knap,  Grand  Rapids;  L.  F.  Cox,  Portage; 
John Borst, Vriesland;  R. C. Nash, Hilliards; 
D.  M.  Adams,  Ashland:  Jos.  Post,  Clarks­
ville.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand 
Rapids. 
Next  Meeting—Third  Tuesday  in  February, 
1886.
Membership Fee—§1 per year.
Official Organ—T h e M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

,

Dost A., I. C. T. A.

Organized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884. 

OFFICERS.

President—Wm. Logie.
First Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second  Vice-President—Stephen A.  Sears. 
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins. 
Executive  Committee—President  and  Secre­
tary,  ex  offlcio;  Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Jas.  N. 
Bradford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo.  H.  Seymour,  Wal­
lace  Franklin,  W.  H.  Downs,  Wm.  B.  Ed-1 
munds and D. S. Haugh.
Boughton, W. H. Jennings.
each month. 
at “The Tradesman” office.

Room  Committee—Stephen  A.  Sears,  Wm.
Regular  Meetings—Last Saturday  evening in I 
I
Next  Meeting—Saturday  evening, August 29, 

Grand Rapids Post T.  P. A.

Organized at Grand Rapids, April 11,1885.
President—Geo. F. Owen.
Vice-President—Geo. W. McKay.
Secretary—Leo A. Caro.
Treasurer—James Fox.
Next Meeting—Subject to call  of  President, j

The only change in  freight rates made by 
the meeting of  the  local  commissioners  at j 
New York on the 1 st was to restore  the tar- J 
iff of April 6 on East-bound freight.

The Evening Venture is the title of anew j 
daily journal  recently  launched  at  Giand I 
Haven by Northrup Bros.  The initial issues 
bear evidence of careful  workmanship,  and | 
the business public of Grand  Haven  would 
do well to  continue  the  hearty support al­
ready accorded  the paper.

Purely Personal.

John Snitzeler is now the  owner of a fast; 
horse which is said to rival  Jay-Eye-See  in 
speed.

Geo. E.  Herrick,  of  the  lumber  firm  of j 
Olsen & Herrick,  at  Cadillac, was  in  town j 
over  Sunday.

A.  Walbrecht,  the Mancelona miller,  was ! 
in town last Friday on his way to his former j 
home at  Douglas.

Will M.  Butts,  book-keeper for  Hawkins | 
& Perry,  is the happy father of  a  bouncing 
fourteen pound boy.

J.  H.  Hagy,  stock-keeper  for  Hazeltine,  j 
Perkins & Co.,  is happy over  the  advent of 
an eleven pound daughter.
C.  E.  Bleyer,  vice-president  of  the  Paul j 
Bechtner Co.,  of Milwaukee, was in the city 
last week,  visiting his  local  representative,  j 
Ludwig Wintemitz.

S.  R.  King formerly of the  firm of Orcutt 
& Co., at  Muskegon, but  now  book-keeper 
for G.  F.  Sperry & Co.,  at that place,  is  in 
the city for a day or two.

H.  G.  Bowker,  of the firm of H.  G.  Bow-1 
ker & Co.,  cigar manufacturers  at  Coldwa- 
ter,was in the city over Sunday, the guest of 
his uncle,  Silas K.  Bolles.

Robert  Hunting,  who  has  spent 

two | 
months with a run  of the fever and recuper- 
ating from the same, has resumed his former 
position with the Merchants’ Despatch. 
•
Frank C.  Hawkins,  book-keeper  for  the ! 
Grand Rapids Packing  and  Provision  Co.,  | 
passed around the cigars Sunday in honor of 
an eight pound son,  the first boy in a family | 
of three.

Geo.  II.  Kelly,  formerly  connected  with 
Dun’s  Mercantile  Agency  here,  but  now 
traveling correspondent  for the Chicago of- 
flee of the same concern,  spent  the  Fourth 
and Sunday with Grand Rapids friends.

H. S. Keely,  one of the proprietors  of the j 
WoodrWorker,  Indianapolis’  excellent  me­
chanical journal,  favored T he  Tradesm an 
office with a call one day  last  week.  Mr. 
Keely will always be  accorded a  cordial re­
ception at the hands of  Grand  manufactur­
ers.

Jack Thoms,  of the firm of Jack &  Joke, 
Three Rivers, was preceded on the Fourth by j 
the following warning: 
“If  nothing goes 
through me larger than a  saw  log,  1  shall 
call on you July 4.  Please have the “buyer” 
of drinks at home.  W.  B.  E.  also.”  The 
cabalistic characters  “W.  B.  E.”  are  sup­
posed to stand for  “Will be  empty.”  Mr. 
Thoms was not  “ empty” when he called  at 
T he  T radesm an office.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

O. R.  Wilmarth & Son  have  engaged  in 
the grocery business at Rodney.  Cody,  Ball 
& Co. furnished the stock.

The Premium Vinegar Works, of Chicago, 
has established an agency  for  the  sale  of 
their goods in this city,  placing  M.  C.  Rus­
sell in charge.

Thos.  Hill,  local  representative  for  the 
Merchants’  Despatch,  offers  to  guarantee 
present tariff rates  on  West-bound  freight 
until August 1.

A.  V.  Chapman,  for  several  years  past 
engaged in general trade  at  Fruitport,  has 
removed to Grand Radids,  and  will  re-en­
gage in  trade here.

Cornelius Whitefleet,  grocer  at 145 West 
Bridge street,  is dead.  The  business  pill 
be continued by Mrs.  Whitefleet,  who  has 
been familiar with its details for  some time 
past.

Rindge,  Bertsch & Co.  announce  a  dis­
count of 40 and 5 per  cent,  on  Boston  rub­
ber goods, guaranteed to Nov.  1.  Also  a 
discount of 40,  1234 and 5 per cent,  on Bay 
State goods, with the same guaranty.

J. M.  Carr, who is well-known to the bus­
iness men of Grand Rapids and Morley, was 
in town on the Fourth.  He  has  moved his 
shingle mill from Pleasant Corners to Chip­
pewa Lake,  where he has a tract of  shingle 
timber good for a. two year’s  cut.  The mill 
was started up  about  two  weeks  ago,  and 
has a capacity of about 40,000 per day.

‘ ‘With cheese at 6 cents a pound at the fac­
tory,  there isn’t much profit to  the  farmers 
who furnish the  milk,” said  Frank  Lamb, 
the other day. 
“If  I were going into  the 
dairy business again,  I should  make cream­
ery butter instead of cheese, for the  former 
always commands  a  goood price in certain 
markets, while  the  latter  has  an  off  year 
every few  seasons.”

The O.  K. Dust Arrester Co., composed of 
Oswald Kutsehe and Edward Ansorge,  have 
lately put in  arresters  for  Gebliart &  Esta- 
brook,  East Saginaw; Saginaw Manufactur­
ing Co.,  Saginaw  City;  Estey  Organ  Co., 
Brattleboro Vt.; Oswego Manufacturing Co., 
Oswego,  N. Y.; and also for a manufacturer 
in Hornellsville,  N. Y. Three men have been 
sent to Springfield,  Mo., to  put in arresters 
in the extensive  railway* shops  there,  and 
Mr.  Kutsehe is taking  a  considerable num­
ber of orders through the Eastern states, be­
ing now in the vicinity of Boston.

Jacob Barth,  who is sojourning for a time 
in  Arizona  Territory,  sends  his  friends 
here  several  characteristic  evidences  of 
frontier civilization,  among  them  being  a 
handbill put out by a general dealer at Win­
slow.  The  merchant—J.  11.  Breed  by 
name—informs tne  public  that  he  is  pre­
pared to give them the “Damdest Bargains” 
ever heard o f; that  he  has  “A  Hell  of  a 
Large Assortment of  Goods ;”  and  that  if 
the reader will call on him he “Can  bet  his 
shirt tail he will  treat  him  right.” 
Such 
expressions doubtless  “take” with the cow­
boys and frontiersmen  of  Arizona, but they 
would not attract patronage to any great ex­
tent here in Michigan.

around  the  state.

A. T. Miller has engaged in the drug bus­

iness at Chippewa Lake.

Bartz Bros,  succeed Jacob Bartz  in  gen­

eral trade at North Dorr.

Wilmarth & Son,  of Big Rapids,  will  en­
gage in general trade and the  purchase  and 
sale of shingles at Rodney.  W.  B. Hatfield 
will have charge of the store.

The partnership of Ducharme, Fletcher & 
Co.,  hardware jobbers at Detroit,  has  been 
renewed for three years.  Chas.  F.  Fletcher, 
C.  C.  Jenks,  Geo.  G.  Bogue and  Leroy  J. 
Heath are the general partners.  The spec­
ial partners, who put in  850,000  each,  are 
T.  P.  Sheldon,  of Kalamazoo ; W.  B.  Mor­
an,  executor of the  will  of  Alfred  J.  Du­
charme,  and Leroy J.  Heath,  executor,  and! 
Sarah S.  Duncan, executrix,  of  the  will  of 
the late Wm.  C.  Duncan.

MANUFACTUBING  MATTERS.

A churn run by electricity is a Harrison in­

vention.

Mr.  Kinney will shortly start up  the Nev- 

ins Bros,  grist mill at Moline.

The Greenville fanning mill and separator 

company will soon commence business.

The Girard Lumber Co.,  at Menominee, is 

sawing at the  rate of 85,000 feet a day.

I).  L.  Gailing,  of  Big  Rapids,  has  pur­

chased M.  Murphy’s grist mill at Remus.

D. W.  Vaughn,  late  of  Reed  City,  has 
purchased the  Bowser  saw mill at  Mentor.
The Wilson barrel  hoop  factory of  Bay 
City is talking of moving its plant to Frank­
fort.

The  Wisconsin Land &  Lumber  Co.  will 
start a chair  factory  at  Ilermansville  next 
year.

The Lansing wheelbarrow works  will not 
shut down for  the  summer  as  has  been re­
ported.

The Michigan Ax and Tool Works, at East 
Saginaw,  have started up  after six  months 
idleness.

One hundred men  are temporarily  out  of 
employment by the burning  of  S.  Babcock 
& Co.’s mill at Manistee.

The Soper Lumber Co. is making arrange­
ments to start a yard  at Menominee,  and G. 
W. Wade is to have charge  of  the  business 
at that place.

J.  R.  Dart,  mill operator at  Webberville, 
and member of the firm of Dart  &  Nichols, 
general dealers, has assigned his interests to 
D.  L.  Crossman.

Wm.  Proctor expects to have a new paper I 
mill running by the  end  of  this  month  at 
Constantine.  The machinery is now being I 
placed in position.

The Ludington,  Wells  &  Van  Schaick, 
Co., at Menominee,  is putting in a gang saw 
of the Marinette  Iron  Works  make,  capa- | 
ble of sawing the largest logs.

Jones & Hugh have shut  down their grist i 
mill at Morley for the purpose of adding two 
double sets of  rollers  and  other  improve- j 
ments,  which will increase  the  capacity  to j 
fifty barrels per day.

R.  G.  Peters,  of Manistee, is  reported  as j 
turning out a daily average of 600 barrels of j 
salt. 
In his mill, salt blocks and other en-; 
terprises he employs some  600  hands,  and j 
bis monthly pay roll amounts to 815,000.

The West Michigan Lumber Co.’s  mill at j 
Diamond  Lake  presents the  best  record so \ 
far made in one day’s cut  with one  circular i 
saw,  having recently cut 98,448 feet  in  ten 
hours.  The next nearest to the place of hon­
or are the McGraft Lumber Co.’smill at Mus­
kegon,  with 85,945 feet,  and  the  Staples  & 
Covell mill at Whitehall,  with  84,098  feet.

____ 

•

STRAY  FACTS.

The Coon's gold mining  Co.  has been or­
ganized at Ishpeming with  a  capital  stock 
of 81,000,000 in 10,000 shares.

A  stock  company,  composed  mostly  of 
farmers,  is being  formed  at  Petoskey,  and 
purposes buying the Ingalls  mill  and  con­
verting it into  a  roller  mill;  capital  stock 
825,000.

Parties  from  the  East  are  looking  over 
the splendid water power at Petoskey,  with 
a view to starting a wood  pulp  mill for the 
manufacture of paper.  Timber in abundance 
can be procured  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
suitable for the purpose.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Will Averill,  with Andrew Wierengo, was 

in town over the Fourth.

J.  H.  Parker left  Monday  for  a  week's 

trip through the Saginaw Valley.

A.  B.  Cole has gone to Buffalo,  on a  vis­

it to his house,  Bickford & Francis.

Phil  Cigar  Box—otherwise  known  as 
Gaubatz—put in Sunday at this market, and 
left Tuefday for South Bend.
-S.  W.  Lipman,  Western  traveling  repre­
sentative for Shurtz  Bros.  &  Blath,  of New 
York,  was in town over Sunday.

E,  II.  Porter,  of Auditor General's  office, 
at Lansing,  was in the city over the Fourth, 
the guest  of  his  son-in-law,  Geo.  H.  Sey­
mour.

J.  C. Watson,  with  C.  S.  Y'ale  &  Bro., 
started out yesterday  on a four  weeks’ trip 
through Northern  Michigan  and the Upper 
Peninsula.

C.  II.  Edwards, representing the Wheeler 
Manufacturing  Co.,  of Toledo,  put  in  the 
Fourth and Sunday  at  this  popular  resort 
for traveling men.

A.  D. Baker left Saturday night for a two 
weeks’ visit with his mother and girl No.  26 
at  Rawsonville,  N.  Y.  Traverse  City 
papers please copy.

C.  E.  Cones,  general  agent  for  S.  W. 
Venable & Co.,  of  Petersberg, Va.,  lighted 
up the countenances of the Grand Rapids job­
bers from Friday  until  Tuesday,  when  he 
left for Detroit.

P.  II.  O’Brien,  formerly with C.  G.  Pul- 
cher,  is now on the road for the  Detroit Ci­
gar  Manufacturing  Co.,  covering  Indiana 
and Ohio,  and a portion of  Michigan.  He 
spent the Fourth and  Sunday  with  friends 
and relatives here.

Valda A. Johnston is now entitled to  the 
prefix  “Dr.” before his cognomen, behaving 
performed the difficult operation of removing 
all traces of a black eye  from  the  optic  of 
Capt.  Bradford  last  week.  N.  B.—The 
black eye was made  legitimately—no  kind­
ling wood this time.

Will  J.  Worden,  with  the  Powers  & 
Walker Casket Co.,  is the possessor of  two 
books containing the  names  and  addresses 
of his various girls,  arranged in alphabetical 
order.  If the list gets much larger, it will be 
necessary for him to employ  a  book-keeper 
to attend to the matter.

At the national conveniion of  the  Travel­
ers’ Protective Association,  C.  S.  Kelsey,  of 
Battle Creek,  was chosen  vice-president for 
Michigan,  and Leo.  A.  Caro,  of Grand Rap­
This  will  bring  the State 
ids, secretary. 
headquarters  of  the  organization 
from 
Detroit to Grand Rapids.

Henry C. Kendricks has concluded to take 
up his residence  in  Kalamazoo  during the 
summer,  having  already  settled  his  wife 
there.  As his territory  includes  nearly all 
of Southern Michigan,  this  change  will en­
able him to run home  Saturday  night with­
out much unnecessary travel.

S.  W.  Bush,  traveling  representative  for 
Jas.  Craig, jobber in fish  and  salt at  East 
Saginaw,  was in town  Saturday and march­
ed in the  procession.  He  spent  Sunday at 
Howard City, basking  in  the  sunshine  of 
his  best girl,  and  returned to Grand Rapids 
Monday to work the  jobbing trade.

R.  J.  Coppes,  for  several  years  past  on 
the road  for  Curtiss,  Dunton,  &  Co.,  has 
engaged  to  travel  for  the  West  Michigan 
Oil Co., covering the retail trade of Western 
Michigan.  He  is  succeeded  by  Oliver C. 
Sliults,  city salesman for  Curtiss,  Dunton & 
Co.  for some time.  Mr.  Sliults,  in turn,  is 
succeeded by John C.  Dunton,  until recent­
ly with the National City Bank.

The Committee on  Location  and  Trans­
portation being now ready to make a report,  ; 
a meeting of the traveling men  is  called,  to 
be held at T he T radesm an office Saturday 
evening of  the  present  week.  Every  one j 
interested in the matter  is  eordially invited | 
to be present,  as all  the  preliminaries  will i 
probably  be  arranged  at  thaf  time.  The - 
time of holding the junket will  probably be J 
I
changed to August 1. 

MARCH OF THE GRIP BRIGADE. 

J 

Several leagues—many leagues—
A dozen leagues  onward—
All in the Valley City

Marched the one hundred.*

*  “Forward the Grip Brigade!

Get there, White Plugs!” he said:
And through the Valley City 
Marched the one hundred.
“Forward the Grip Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not much—though well they knew 

Some one had blundered:

Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to question why,
Theirs but to march or die;
So through the Valley City 

Marched the one  hundred.

Crackers to right of them,
Crackers to left of them,
Crackers in front of them 

Volleyed and thundered.

Ogled by every belle,
Boldly they marched and well;
ITnder the blazing sun,
Almost as hot as sheol,

Marched the one hundred.
Blue waxed the summer  air—
You should have heard ’em swear, 
Sweating and puffing there—
All the crowd wondered.

Plunged through the dust and smoke- 
It was a serious  joke—
Their patriotism 
Wavered at last, then broke—

Shattered and  sundered.

Then they marched back, but not.

Not the one hundred.
Crackers to right of them,
Crackers to left of them,
Crackers behind them

Volleyed and thundered.

Ogled by every belle,
They stood the pressure well,
But several drummers fell!

■  Back through the sizzling streets,

Ten times as hot as sheol,
Came what was left of them—

Left of one hundred.

When can their glory fade?
Oh, *twas a big parade!

All the crowd wondered,
Honor the nerve displayed!
Honor the Grip Brigade- 

Noble 0110 hundred!

*  The Tradesman’s poet has taken a license 
in understating the number in the  “Grip  Bri­
gade.”  But lie gets about as  near the truth as 
great poets usually do, and we let it pass.

TRAMPING  TRAVELERS.

Creditable  Procession—Complete  List  or 

Participants.

The celebration of  the  Fourth  at  Grand j 
Rapids was in perfect harmony with the en- j 
terprise and importance of the  Valley City.  ; 
With  the  celebration  as  a  whole,  T he 
T radesm an  will  have  nothing  further  to ; 
say,  as it has  been  fully  described  by  the j 
daily papers.  One  feature—and  in  many ! 
respects a leading one—was  not  given  the j 
prominence it deserved;  and it  remains for | 
T he  Tradesm an to sing  the praises of the 
traveling men.  Their procession was in ev- ; 
ery respect a credit to the participants, both j 
in point of  numbers  and  appearance;  and 
judging from the enconiums  showed on  the 
boys subsequent to the parade, they are  am­
ply repaid for the exertion incident to a two | 
mile walk.  They have accomplished the ob- j 
ject  which  called  forth  the  effort—shown j 
their strength and established their standing 
in the business community.

The following is believed to be a complete 
list of all who took part in  the  parade,  to­
gether with the relative position occupied by j 
each:
1  Captain—J. N. Bradford. 

* 

I

First Lieutenant—Joe F. O. Reed.
Second Lieutenant—W. S. Horn.

Wm. B. Edmunds, with banner.

Chas. E. Watson.
John McIntyre.
Fred D. Lyon.
Geo. F. Owen.

H. B. Fairchild. 
J. A. Crookston. 
Wm. Logie. 
E. J. Goodrich. 
R. J. Coppes and Geo. Seymour, with guy ropes.
Glenn Seymour. 
Geo. McKay.
A. B. Smith.
Frank H. White. 
M. M. Mallory.
Leo. A. Caro.
C. C. Harley.
G. C. Carpenter.
B. F. Emery.
Chas. S. Willcox.
L. W. Atkins.
G. W. Feldner.
J. J. Blickle.
Chas. Livingston.
H. S. Robertson. 
Alby L. Brasted. 
Wallace Franklin.
C. R.  Remington. 
W. A.  Brown.
J. A. Morrison. 
Dick Mangold. 
John Mangum. 
Frank J. Greulich. 
Steve Sears.
L. R. Cesna.
F. T. Blakeslee.
J. H. McKelvey. 
W. J. Worden.
V. A. Johnston. 
Wm. A. Clough. 
Hiram Clark.
D. C. Kenyon.
AV. H. Jennings.
R. VanNess.
D*. S. Hatfield.
W . 
L. C. Bradford. 
Geo. Medes.
H. P. Colegrove.
C. J. Peck.
AVm.  Farger.
A. E. AVhite. 
Albert Ellis.
E. E.  Watson.
A. C. Sharp.
Dick Warner.
D. S. Haugh. 
Oliver C. Shults.
L. M. Cary.
J. P. Olmsted.
P. H. O’Brien. 
Parker McAusley. 
H. C. Kenriek.
AV. S. Emery.
Thos. AValsh.
E. P. Dana.

A. C. AVicks.
Wm. E. Cooper. 
Chas. C. Drew.
AV. G. Hawkins. 
Chas. S. Yale.
AVm. Drueke.
G. H. Jacobs.
Geo. R. Perry.
S. W. Bush.
Frank DeLaney, 
Gerritt  DeGraff.
R. Hufford.
H. P. Hake.
C.  H. Edwards.
C. H. Ellis.
E. F. Covell.
J. E.  Kenning.
S. A. Availing.
Dr. J. B. Evans.
A. D.  Baker.
Chas. S. Robinson.
D. J. Buckley. 
Henry J. Heystek. 
W. C.  Quigley.
H. Dawley.
Graham Roys.
E. P. Andrew.
Wm. B. Collins.
J. H. Parker.
F. J. Everhart.
D.  C. Underwood. 
Chas. Rosenberg. 
A. A.  Barber.
G. B. Lewis.
J. C. Watson.
Hub. Baker.
Wm. N.  Rowe.
S. J. Gottlieb.
L. L. Loomis.
AV'. H. Downs.
J. Leo  Kymer.
John Sparks.
L. M. Mills.
Harry McDowell. 
Frank H. Seymour. 
W. P. Townsend.
AV. J. Jones.
C. H. Bayley.
C. S. Hampson.
S. E. AVells.
M. Levi.
Fred W. Powers. 
Hiram Stamm.
W m. B. Folger.
R. B. Orr.
Chas. B. Parmenter.

AV. Richardson. 

The party formed at the  traveling  men’s 
headquarters  on  Ottawa  street,  and  after 
marching around the square,  Avas headed by 
the  St.  Johns  band,  when  Joe  Reed  ap­
proached the carriage with  uncovered  head 
and dignified mien,  and presented each lady 
with a bouquet,  accompanying the presenta­

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tion  with  the  following  impromptu  re­
marks:

D ear  Ladies—At  the  unanimous  re­
quest of the 500 noble  Knights  of the Grip­
sack in my rear,  I  have  the  honor  to ap­
proach you in behalf  of  this  vast  array of 
beauty,  talent and wisdom, for the  purpose 
of presenting each fair  lady  comprising the 
band with a bouquet of rare flowers, procur­
ed at great expense from the choicest green­
houses of this country and Europe.  I assure 
you that it affords me  no  small  pleasure to 
be able to perform such a duty, and that the 
present time is the  supreme  moment of my 
life.  Various causes conduce to this  condi­
tion of ecstasy,  principal among them being 
a realizing sense that I belong to the grand­
est class of men  which  tread  God’s  green 
earth—a class,  if  you please,  who  do more 
hard  work,  get  less  thanks,  have  fewer 
vices and  more  virtues  than  any other on 
earth—a class,  if  you  please,  who  do more 
to make the world  better and  leave  behind 
them  “footprints on the sands of time” than 
any other—a class, if you please, who are not­
ed everywhere for their gallantry to the ladies 
and are equally noted for  the smiles and fa­
vors they extort from the fair sex.  Another 
reason for my ecstasy on this occasion is the 
superior  beauty  of  my auditors,  a  beauty 
which  owes  its  origin—not  to  artificial 
means,  but to the touch of nature—a beauty 
which exhibits  itself  in  every  curve of the 
form and every feature of the face—a beauty 
which appeals to the  manhood  and  finds  a 
responsive chord in the breast of  every  un­
married man in the  ranks—a  beauty which 
is only equalled by the entrancing strains of 
your  golden  horns. 
In  conclusion,  I  beg 
you to accept these tokens of our  regard  as 
tributes of respect to your sex and your pro­
fession,  trusting  that  the  time  may  never 
come when you  will  have  occasion  to look 
upon us less favorably than you  do  to-day. 
Ladies, God bless you!

The  column  then  moved  on  to  Fulton 
street,  where a rather  uncomfortable  stand 
was taken for some time.  During the inter­
val,  Geo. Perry and several other  high  pri­
vates  amused  themselves  by  draining  the 
milk-cans of a belated milk  peddler,  and 011 
the attention of the Captain  being  called to 
the matter,  he made no attempt  to  stop the 
proceeding,  but followed suit.

The march then  proceeded  without  inci­
dent,  other than the  frequent  showering of 
bouquets on the column as it passed through 
the streets..

SHORT  STEPS.

Drs. «Evans  and  Hatfield  incurred  the 
wrath  of  the  entire  column  by  breaking 
ranks on Sheldon  street.  Next  time  they 
march with the boys they Avill  be compelled 
to give bonds for good behavior or submit to 
being tied to their comrades.

The Da ily  Democrat  paid  the  boys  the 
following  compliment:  “The  drummers, 
with their tall white hats  and nobby  canes, 
presented one of the finest  features  of  the 
procession.  They were all wideaAvake look­
ing  fellows and good representatives of that 
much maligned class.”

The  worst feature of the parade  was  the 
playing—or attempts at playing—of  the St. 
Johns band.  The band was supposed to be 
able to produce excellent  music,  and  their 
failure to do  so  Avas  a  severe  disappoint­
ment to the boys and the  Music Committee, 
who refused to  pay  the  band  the  amount 
agreed upon  on  account  of  non-fulfillment 
of contract.

The Democrat  thus  refers to either Geo. 
Owen, Alby Blasted or Dave Haugh :  “The 
query in some quarters yesterday was which 
of  the  drummers  owned  the  yellow  dog 
which  followed  the  last  section  of  those 
gentlemen the whole length of the  process­
ion.”

Walter E.  Cummings was  fierce to march 
in  the  procession  at  the  two  preliminary 
meetings held by the boys, but when it came 
time to  exert  himself,  lie  was  discovered 
loafing around under a tree over on the W est 
Side.  He enjoyed watching the procession, 
however.

The inscriptions on the banner will be re­
placed by wording less offensive to the  pro­
fession before it is used for the picnic.

John Read will attend to  A.  D.  Baker’s 
Northern trade during  his  two  weeks’  ab­
sence in the East.  John will  also attend to 
Baker’s numerous lady friends.

And now Dave Haugh lias caught the dog 
fever.  He aspires to rank with Owen, and 
Lamb,  and  Brasted,  and  in  pursuance  of 
such aspirations has  purchased  two—count 
them, 
two—water  spaniels.  The  report 
that the  former  owner  gave  Dave  82  for 
taking them off his hands,  thus saving  him 
the  trouble  of drowning  them,  is  entirely 
without  foundation.

The Tradesm an  is in  receipt  ot  a  de­
layed note from  Thos.  Macleod, stating that 
I.  T.  Lowery has been appointed  Secretary 
of  the  Mich.  Com.  Travelers’  Ass’n.  for 
the  remainder  of  the  year,  and  that  Dr. 
John Pratt,  of Detroit,  has  been  appointed 
Examining  Physician  for  the  Association. 
Death  Assessment  No.  2 lias been ordered, 
to  date July 31,  and a warrant  lias been  is­
sued for 82,500 in favor  of  the  beneficiary 
of the late Dr. Meredith.  The remains of the 
latter reached Detroit on  the  23d,  and were 
shoAvn every possible honor  by  the  officers 
of  the  Association.  The  interment  was 
made at Dundas,  Out.

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OUT  AROUND.

Correspondents.

Cadillac.

July 6—1  see  T he  T ra d esm a n  publishes  a 
statement to the efiect that E. S. Matteson has 
recently purchased 1,600 acres of  land near In­
dian River, and is figuring on the  purchase ot' 
a mill at that  point. 
I  am  willing  to  wager 
fifty dollars to fifty cents  that  the  statement 
emanated  from  Matteson  himself,  and  that 
Matteson lies.  Several  Cadillac business men 
have lately had occasion to learn some of Mat- 
teson’s  peculiar  ways,  a  repetition  of which 
may serve to place that gentleman in the right 
light before the business  public.  He recently 
contracted  with  Olsen  &  Herrick here to  cut 
out  a  quantity  of  lumber  and  shingle  logs. 
The latter were cut and the  former  were left 
as security for rent for the shingle cut.  In the 
mean  time,  Arthur  Meigs  &;  Co.,  of  Grand 
Rapids, had a chattel mortgage on the proper­
ty.  He then gave his brother a  bill of  sale  of 
the logs, whereupon J.  AV.  Cummer  attached 
them  for  ¡*147,  Olsen  &  Herrick  for 8275 and 
AVm. Kessler for 830.  The logs are worth about 
$500.

Lather.

July  6—The  logging  engine  of AVilson,  Lu­
ther & Wilson, which has been in Grand Rapids 
for the past three weeks for  repairs, returned 
this week and is at work again.

C.  F.  Bellamy,  owner  of  the  skating rink, 
has decided to put in a stage and use  it  for an 
opera house, in addition  to  the  skating  rink. 
He will expend 8150 for scenery.

James Nichols has  bought  a  building  of J. 
Schall and will remodel it for  his  barber  shop 
and dwelling house.

Luther  is  a  money  order  office  now,  the 

change having been made July 1.

Luther  is  a  good point for  a  harness  shop. 
Also  a  live  printer  would  do  welt to start  a 
papej^

Coloma.

July 3—R. R. Hewson, g’eneral dealer, assum­

ed the office of Justice of the Peace July 4.

Geo.  Hewett  has  started  a  boot  and  shoe 
store.
E. 

A. Hill, hardware  merchant,  has  added a 

line line of buggies and harnesses.

Slianer & Sou have started a tin  and  notion 
wagon, in addition  to  their jewelry  business.

Big  Rapids.

July 6—Nearly all our  business places  were 
closed on the Fourth, and the place assumed a 
quiet forsaken  appearance.  A  large  number 
of people left  on  the  early  trains  for Grand 
Rapids, and about  400  passed the day at Chip­
pewa  Lake, which  is  fast  becoming  a  popu­
lar resort.  The G. A. R. has  pleasant grounds 
on the  east  shore  of this  lake,  and  a  small 
steamer  which  plies  between  there  and  the 
pretty little village of  Chippewa,  which  owes 
its existence and enterprise  to  the  Chippewa 
Lumber Co.  The  company’s  mills,  store  and 
machine  shop  are  extensive—one  mill  alone 
cqtting about 10,000 feet of  lumber per  hour. 
Whoever visits Chippewa will  note that  H. P. 
AVyman is not only  able  to  successfully con­
duct an extensive lumber business, but to  im­
part life and enterpr ise  to  the  people  about 
him.
In the past week no  business  changes  have 
been made.  Leading grocers report fair trade, 
while  the  greatest  depression  seems  to  be 
in ready-made clothing lines.

The new flouring mill of Darrali Bros. & Co., 
which is quite superior to  the  one they lately 
lost by fire, is nearly completed, and the main 
building of the new stave factory is  about fin­
ished.

The saw mill of Hood, Gale  &  Co., at Metro­
politan, having  a  capacity  of  100,000  feet  of 
lumber per day, will sooii be in operation.

The purchase  of the  Remus  Flouring  Mills 
by Mr. Garling, of this place, mentioned before 
as likely to occur,  has been consummated and 
improvements are being made.

Good Words Unsolicited.

A. D. Loomis,  druggist,  Levering:  “It is of 

great value to dealers.”

A.  J.  AVhite,  general  dealer,  Bass  River: 

“Cannot get along without your paper.”

E. A. Hill,  hardware,  Coloma:  “I  consider 
T h e T ra d esm a n  better than any paper of the 
kind published in the West. It meets the wants 
of all classes of merchants and gives new ideas 
eachweek which  are  profitable  and  interest-

IDruqs & flftebicines

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Years-rF. H. VanEmster. Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—ChristianEberbach, Ann Arbor.
Michigan  Stale  Pharmaceutical  Association.

OFFICERS.

amazoo.
sing.
Rapids.

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

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

OFFICERS.

President—Frank J. Wurzburg, 
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—John Peck,  Chas.  P.  Bige­
low, Jas. S. Cowin.
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White.
Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B. 
Kirnm, A. C. Bauer.
Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts,  O.  H.
Richmond, Jas. S. Cowin.
Committee on Trade  Matters—H. B. Fairchild, 
John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November.
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  July  9, 
at “The Tradesman” office.

The Persian Opium  Industry.

A recent number of the St. James Budget, 
published in  London,  contained  an  article 
on the cultivation of  the  poppy  in  Persia, 
from which we take the following reference 
to the manufacture and sale of opium:

“ In the old days,  when  opium  was  pur­
chased by rule of thumb, and passed through 
several hands before it  reached  the  manu­
facturer, the fresh opium was much adulter­
ated ; and it was this adulteration  that gave 
the Persian opium the bad name  it  so  long 
retained in the English market.  But an en­
terprising English firm sent one  of its part­
ners to Ispahan,  and  that  energetic  gentle­
man succeeded in making the  Persians  un­
derstand that honesty  is  the  best  policy. 
The brand of the film he represented  was  a 
guarantee of the purity  of  the  manufactur­
ed article: and as the imports of this firm to 
this country were always of exactly the same 
standard as the sample that preceded  them, 
Persian opium of their brand  became a reg­
ular and saleable commodity.  Already Per­
sian opium has driven that  of Turkey out of 
the great market of China; but the quantity
of morphine contained in it is far  less  than 
that of the drug grown in India.  Lately the 
average  price  of Persian opium has been 16s 
a pound in London,  wholesale.  Of  course 
tlie Armenian middleman continues to adul­
terate the drug; but he hardly  finds a profit 
in doing so,  and his wares seldom  leave the 
country.

“When the first supplies of  the  drug  be­
gin to arrive at the‘godown’ of the merchant, 
they come in a semi-fluid mass,  generally in 
a state of fermentation, giving out the char­
acteristic smell of the drug and therewith an 
odor resembling that of rotten apples.  The 
opium is generally  brought  in  copper  pots 
and earthern jars—usually they are cooking 
utensils impressed  into  the  service.  As the 
opium arrives it is poured into  copper pans, 
some of which will hold as much as five cwt. 
Workmen are engaged at so much a day,  or 
in  gangs  who  are paid so much per  chest. 
The daily  wage  varies  from  two 
to five 
kerans (a keran being 9d).  The liquia por­
tion of the opium is boiled down and return­
ed  to the pans, the whole is then beaten  up 
till it is  of  the  consistence  of  strawberry 
jam  freshly  made.  And  now  begins  the 
opium manufacture—the  teriak-mali, 
liter­
ally opium rubbing.  Thin planks,  a  yard 
long and a foot wide,  are smeared  with  the 
paste,  first  longitudinally,  then  horizon­
tally, by  means  of  wooden' spatulas.  As 
each plank is covered it is placed on  end  in 
the strong sun,  and when sufficiently dry the 
opium is scraped off for rolling  into  cakes. 
If the opium is very moist,  or the  sun  very 
weak, this process has to be repeated.  The 
opium is now kneeded into cakes of a pound, 
three drachms over being allowed for loss of i 
weight in transit. 
The  cakes  have  the 
shape and appearance of a large squared bun. 
They are varnished with some of the  liquor 
or with a composition,  and when  quite  dry 
are stamped with the maker’s name.  And 
now each  cake  is  wrapped  in  paper,  and 
laid in cases made as strong and light as pos­
sible,  as the duty is levied at per case.  The 
cases are sewn up in raw hides,  or dammer- | 
ed—i.  e.,  packed  in tarpaulin.

“It does  not  appear  that  the  moderate 
use of Persian opium in the country itself is 
deleterious.  Opium eaters  there  are,  it is 
true,  but they are  few.  Opium smoking  is 
almost unknown ; and opium when  smoked 
is,  as a rule,  smoked  by  a  native  doctor's 
prescription.  The  opium  pillbox,  a tiny 
box of silver,  is as common in  Persia as the 
snuff-box  was once with us.  Most men  of 
forty among the upper  and  middle  classes 
use it.  They  take  from one grain  to  one 
grain and a  half,  divided  into  two  pills, 
one in  the  afternoon  and  one  at  night. 
Travellers, too,  almost  invariably  take  it.
“In 1871 the value of the export of opium 
In 1881  it 
from Persia was 696,000 rupees. 
had increased to 8,470,000  rupees,  and  the 
increase has been  steady each year.  Prob­
ably this increase will continue, and ultima­
tely Indian opium will find a rival  and  our 
revenue in India will be thus much reduced. 
For the Chinese market a  certain portion of

to 

pay 

is  obliged 

them  well, 

oil is used in  the preparation of Persian op­
ium.  The  preparation  of  the  opium  for 
market is a very anxious time with the mer­
chant,  He has to be constantly in and out, 
watchers,
and 
and  pay 
to  keep  pil­
ferers from his goods.  The laborer's engag­
ed in the teriak-mali are searched  on  leav­
ing,  as a matter of course,  but  they  gener­
ally  manage  to  add  considerably  to  their 
wages  by  what they can  purloin.  This is 
their “cabbage,-’ or modakel—a word  much 
in use in Persia, where as a rule a man’s pay 
is often much  less  than  3ns  madakel.  A 
man’s pay is Usually known,  and  the  com­
mon questions among Persians are * ‘What is 
his pay?” and “What is his modakel?”  A 
servant’s modakel is what he can  take from 
the tradespeople,  generally ten per  cent.,  a 
governor’s modakel what he can exact  from 
the taxpayers over and above the taxes ; the 
Shah’s modakel what he can sell the  gover­
norships for; and so on.

“Tlie manufacture of opium is rude in the 
extreme,  and opportunities  for  speculation 
many. 
It has been suggested to rub the op­
ium on a  hot plate with a chocolate-making 
machine,  but no one has tried  it.  Were  it 
not for the opium-growing  the  King’s ryots 
would find it hard to pay their taxes.  But 
the indiscriminate cultivation of  this valua­
ble crop,  to the exclusion of cereals,  tends to 
render bread and horse-feed dearer;  and  if 
the  cultivation  of  the  poppy  continues  to 
spread as it has  in  the  last  twenty  years, 
Persia will cease to be, what it is  now,  the 
cheapest place to live in the world.”

Romance of the Soda Fountain.

The day was  hot. 

In she came,  smiling 
familiarly,  and languidly seated herself  be­
fore the  fountain.

“A glass of soda  water,  please?”
“Yes,  madam.  What syrup?  We  have 

lemon, raspberry and vanilla.”

“I’ll take a little strawberry, please.” 
' 
Beg pardon.  We  have  lemon,  orange, 

raspberry,  and vanilla.”

•

“I'll have a little  pineapple,  please.” 
“Beg pardon madam. 

I have now twice 
informed you that we have only  lemon,  or­
ange, raspberry and vanilla.”

“Oil yes,  so you did!  Well,  fix me up  a 
little lemon and orange,  add a little raspber­
ry,  a dash of  vanilla,  and  you  might  also 
put in some acid phosphate and about a tea­
spoonful of cream.”  She sipped,  laid down 
5 cents,  and  remarked: 
“Soda  water  is 
very expensive,  isn't it?”

The soda didn’t foam half as  much as the 
druggist while he was counting his hundred 
(Franklin).

“Yes,  madam  very  expensive. 

If  you 
figure up the cost of those  four  sirups,  the 
acid phosphate, and the cream,  you can form 
an  idea.”

“Ah,  indeed!’’ she replied;  “but you have 

forgotten the main cause of expense.”
“Main cause of expense,  madam?” •
“Yes,  sir. 

The coal;  for you must con­
sume an awful lot of it to keep  up  the  fire 
underneath your soda water fountain.” 
Poisonous  Effect of  Insect  Powder.
Regarding the method of  action  of  this 
powder upon its victims, says a manufactur­
ing chemist,  the fact should be kept in mind 
that the lungs or breathing apparatus of the 
insect are very different to those of the  ver­
tebrate  animal. 
Instead of  lungs,  as we 
have,  set apart in one portion of the  frame, 
for  the definite object of supplying oxygen to 
the blood after the latter has become in need 
of it, the insect has a central tube,  connect­
ed with the air by a row of orifices on  each 
side of its body, from which  smaller  chan­
nels radiate to every part of its  circulation. 
The animal lung demands two systems,  as it 
were,  of  circulation—the  arterial  and  the 
venous.  The insect has but a single circu­
lation,  and  the whole of its  blood  is  being 
constantly and  fully  brought  into  contact 
with fresh supplies of air.  Hence  the  in­
stant and powerful effect of any  toxic  sub­
stance with which the air  may  be  impreg­
nated.  Thus  an  insect  may be almost in­
stantly  killed by tlie  vapor  of  chloroform, 
or ether,  or prussic acid.  These  facts  are 
powerful arguments for the  theory that it is 
the  volatile  constituents  of  insect  powder 
which are fatal, and not  the  actual  contact, 
necessarily,  of its particles.

Substitute for White Lead.

A  substitute for white lead is the  so-call­
ed  “Blanc fixe,” or permanent white,  which 
is extensively used,  principally  as  a  wafer 
color. 
In order to prepare it so that it may 
be ground with linseed  oil,  as  a  substitute 
for  white  lead, 
the  following  process  is 
used:

A soluble barium salt  is  precipitated  by 
a sulphate or free sulphuric acid.  The pre­
cipitate is dried,  and  ignited in a uniform­
ly heated, low muffle at a light-red heat.  The 
igited mass is suddenly cooled  by  throwing 
it into cold water,  when the sudden  change 
of temperature effects a molecular change in 
the barium sulphate. 
The  product,  when 
ground with linseed oil,  will form no lumpy 
masses.  The product obtained by throwing 
the hot mass into  cold  water,  is  dried  and 
ground.  It forms an indifferent basis, which 
covers well,  and maybe mixed with any oth­
er color as a substitute for white lead, which 
has repeatedly been shown  to  be  injurious 
from a sanitary view,  as it gives rise to dis­
ease  and  lead  poisionmg. 
The  various 
shades of color are produced by  adding  the 
coloring matter to the  water,  in  which  the 
hot material  is suddenly cooled.
The Drug Market.

Trade has been fairly good the past week, 
collections also.  Quinine  is  lower, 
100 oz 
tins being offered at 60c,  and  the  best  Ger­
man brands of opium dull and lower.  Paris 
Green is in good demand at full prices.

,  Cheboygan Chatter.

From the Tribune.

Haskins &  Shroder  are  building  a  large 

store for general merchandise at Rondo.

The  Cheboygan  Lumber  Company  ships 

its lumber about as fast  as manufactured.

Newton &  Ellis’ hemlock extract factory, 
on Mullet lake,  started up last Monday,  and 
expect to  manufacture  extract  from  about 
1,000 cords of bark.

The Novelty  Wood  Works  has  made  a 
number of  shipments recently of  boxes and 
excelsior.  The establishment has not been 
running to its full capacity,  owing to a lack 
of dry timber,  but they  have  put  up  a  dry 
kiln and have it in operation.

T he  Michigan  Tradesm an  copied our 
item of last week about Dr.  A.  M.  Gerow’s 
cranberry marsh and  writes  the  Doctor  re­
questing full particulars as to the  result  of 
the venture.  The Doctor says the only re­
sult so far, financially,  is  the investment of 
quite a sum of money.  We have no doubt, 
however,  that he will reap a rich reward  in 
the future.

[Dr.  A.  M.  Gerow  writes:  “I  shall  be 
pleased  from  time  to  time  to  report  re­
sults of my  cranberry  venture,  of  the  suc­
cess of which I am  very  sanguine. 
I have 
about  sixty  acres  in  all,  which  I  intend 
planting.”] 

r

Wanted to  Make the Account Larger.
• A well-known citizen  recently  called  at 
L.  D.  Putnam & Co.’s drug store,  and wish­
ed to be trusted for about  a  dollar’s  worth 
of goods.  Mr.  Wurzburg, the junior  part­
ner,  quietly informed him  that  he  already 
owed a small account,  and  produced a book 
containing  the  same,  which  amounted to 
three or dollars.

“That account isn’t right,”  said the solic­

itous individual.

“Why not?” inquired Wurzburg.
“Because I owe you more than that,” was 

“Then why  do  you  ask  me to trust you 

the  reply.

any more?”

“Because  I  want  to  make  the  account 

bigger,” was the laconic answer.

A Case of  Criminal Neglect.

From the Arkansaw Traveler.

A  man  whose  storehouse  had  burned 
down sorrowfully stood looking at the smok­
ing ruins.

“That was an awful mistake,” he said  to 

a friend.

ory.”

“A sad loss,” the friend replied.
“It shows the evil results  of  a bad mem­

“How so?”
“Why,  if I hadn’t  forgotten  that  the in­
surance had expired I wotdd not  have left a 
candle burning in—oh, well,  it’s  too  sad to 
talk about; it’s criminal neglect.”

In a recent report,  United  States  Consul 
General  Andrews,  of  Rio de Janeiro, gives 
the importation of silk and  manufactures of 
silk from the United States into  that  port, 
for the fiscal year ending  June  30,  1884,  as 
follows:  Under the classifications  “Silk in 
qbcoons,  raw,  raw  thread for  weaving,  un­
twisted for  embroidery,  and  twisted,”  the 
total valuation was  $12,969.60,  the  Brazil­
ian import duty on goods  of  this  character 
being ten per cent.  Of woven fabrics,  piece 
goods, ribbons,  etc.,  less  than  fifty  dollars 
worth from this country,  were entered  dur­
ing the same period,  at  Rio de Janeiro,  the 
duty  levied  on  this  class  of  goods  being 
thirty per cent.

A suceesful dentist in  a  Western  city is 
named Leggo.  When he  began  to pull the 
other day,  the owner of the tooth which had 
been hunted down cried out  “Hold on!”

It is said that the waters of St. Anthony’s 
falls,  Minneapolis,  are  eating  their  way 
around the apron and tend to ruin the  mag­
nificent water power.  “Several years ago a 
wooden apron was  built  under  the  falls to 
protect the soft sandstone ledge over  which 
they flow7 and through which the  water was 
eating.  Water has  got  under  the  wooden 
protection,  and  it  seems  certain  that  the 
whole thing must go. 
If  this  happens  the 
damage to mill property will reach  millions 
of dollars.

Chester M.  Spaulding,  for twro years  past 
manager of the Peninsular Club House,  has 
taken  the  management  of 
the  Mesnard 
House,  at Marquette, for  a  term  of  years. 
Mr. Spaulding is a “landlord as  is  a  land­
lord,” as Dickens would say.

31.  H. Butler has been  appointed  receiv­
er of the Middlebrook &  Post  Manufactur­
ing Co.,  at Detroit.

Seeley & Aldrich succeed  A.  L.  Streeter 

in the grocery business at Allegan.

MISCELLANEOUS.

94tf

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  for  each 
additional word.  Advance payment.
T3ARTNER  WANTED-A  well-established 
XT  manufacturer  of  proprietary  remedies, 
having now on  the  max-ket  a  line  of popular 
patents, wishes a partner,  with  some  capital, 
to push the sale of same.  Address,  “Patent,” 
care “The Tradesman.” 
SITUATION  WANTED—A  young  man,  22 
O   years of age, with  bVi  years’  experience, 
wishes  employment  in  a  drug store.  Refer­
ences from employers.  Address Lock Box 323, 
Ludington, Mich. 
CAFE FOIt SALE—Detroit  Safe  Co.’s  make, 
O   burglar  proof  chest,  three  combination 
locks,  two  sets  of double  doors,  weight  6000 
pounds.  A first class safe in every i-espect and 
as good  as  new.  Will  be  sold  at a  bargain. 
Cody,  Ball & Co. 

IpOR  SALE—F. J.  Lamb &  Co.  have  for  sale 

a  complete  outfit  for  making creamei-y 
butter, consisting of  boiler  and  engine,  milk 
cans, cream cans, churns, vat  and  everything 
else included in  a  first-class  creamery.  F.  J. 
Lamb & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Il'OR  SALE—The brevier type formerly used 

on T he Tradesman.  The font comprises 
222 pounds, including italic,  and is well-assort­
ed  and vex y little worn.  Address  this office.

96*

96

94

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Citric acid, oil Spearmint. 
Declined—Golden  Seal,  root,  German  Qui­

nine.

ACIDS

Acetic, No.  8....................................
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........
Carbolic............................................
Citric.................................................
Mui-iatlc 18  <leg..................... .‘........
Niti-ic 36 deg....................................
Oxalic...............................................
Sulphui-ic  66 deg.............................
Tartaric  powdered........................
Benzoic,  English....................$  oz
Benzoic,  German............................
Tannic..............................................

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................^ ft
Mui’iate (Powd. 22c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................
Fir... 
Peru. 
Tolu.

BARKS.

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........
Cinchona,  yellow..........................
Elm,  select.......................................
Elm, ground, pure..........................
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................
Sassafras, of root............................
Wild Chei-ry, select........................
Baybei’ry  powdered.......................
Hemlock powdered.........................
W ahoo................ "...........................
Soap  ground....................................

BERRIES.

Cuben  pidme (Powd 80c)...............
Juniper.............................................
Prickly Ash......................................

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 lb doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 lb  boxes)...............
...............
Lgowood, }4s 
do 
Logwood, 54s 
do 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

• 

FLOWERS.

Arnica...............................................
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................

GUMS.

©
©
@

9
10
30
35
40
55 © 60
3 © 5
h © 12
14 ‘4© 15
3 © 4
a2 © 55
18
12 © 15
12 © 15

15 © 18
14
5 © 6
6 © 7

45@50

50

11
18
13
14

15 10 

12 
20 
18 
30 
12

©  75 
6  ©  7
50  @  60

10  © 11

Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac.......................................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st  picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin............................................
Camphor...........................................
Catechu. Is (54 14c, 54s  16c)............
Euphorbium powdered..................
Galbanum strained.........................
Gamboge.................................. ........
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Kino TPowdered, 30c].....................
Mastic..............................................
Myri’h. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.40)........ .
Shellac, Campbell’s ........................
Shellac,  English..............................
Shellac,  native.................................
Shellac bleached..............................
Tragacanth  ......................................

60@ 75
17
50
28© 30
65
60
50
45
35
25
55@6U
20© 22
13
35© 40
80
90@1 00
33
20
40
3 75
30
26
21
30
30  @1 00
IES.
HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES

25

Hoarhound  .......
Lobelia...............
Peppermint.......
Rue.....................
Spearmint........
Sweet Majoram.
Tanzy  ................
Thyme...............
Wormwood.......

IRON.

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

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   13
Sage, Italian, bulk (54s & 54s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Senna tinnivelli...............................
Uva  Ursi...........................................
Belledonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
Henbane...........................................
Rose, i ed............................... ..........

LIQUORS.*

6  40 
20

©  14 
6
©  20 
30

2 35

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

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

MAGNESIA.

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

OILS.

22
37
2 25
65

18  ©  19V4

Almond, sweet................................. 45  ©  50
45
Amber,  x-eetified..............................
1  85
Anise.................................................
50
Bay $   oz.........................................
1 80
Bei’gamont.......................................
Castor...............................................
2 00
Croton...............................................
75
Cajeput............................................
100
Cassia...............................................
35
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 15c).......
75
Citronella.......................................
120
Cloves...............................................
Cod Liver, N. F ..................... JQ gal
120
1  50
Cod Liver, best.........................
6 00
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
7  00
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
1  60
Erigei’o n ............................... ...........
2 00
Fii'eweed...........................................
75
Geranium  $   oz...............................
35
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
50
Juniper wood..................................
2 00
Juniper  berries...............................
2 01
Lavender flowei'S, French.............
1 00
Lavender garden 
.............
90
Lavender 6pike 
.............
1  40
Lemon, new  crop............................
1 50
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................
80
Lemongrass......................................
©1  10
Olive, Malaga....................
2 75
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
—
1 25 
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
50
Origanum,  No. 1............................
1 75 
Pennyroyal......................................
4 30 
Peppermint,  white.........................
8 50
Rose 
oz.........................................
65 
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50)
@  67 
Salad.................................................
Savin........... 1....................................
4 50 
Sandal  Wood. German..................
7 00 
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
55 
Sassafras...........................................
@7 75 
Spearmint.......................................
©5 00 
Tansy............................................... 4 50
@  12
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10
Wintergreen.................................
2  10 
3 50 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
Wormseed........................................
2  00

1 00 

do 
do 

65

POTASSIUM.

Bicromate.................................^ ft
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow..............................

ROOTS.

Alkanet............................................
Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 54s and 54s__
Blood (Powd 18c)............. ...............
Calamus,  peeled..............................
Calamus, German  white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  15c).........................
Ginger, African (Powd 14c)...........   11
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 25c)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap, powdered.............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15).............
Licorice, extra select.....................
Pink, trae.........................................
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00
Rhei» powdered E. 1........................110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..................
Rhei, choice cut fingers.................

14 
40
19 
3 00
28

20 
25 
17 
33 
12 
20 
3b 
20 
10©  12
17 
20 
25
30
15
18 
35
@1 50 
@1 20 
2  00 
2 es

1  10 

Serpentaria....................................
Seneka............................................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras...............
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican..................
Squills, white (Powd 35c).............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).......
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...

SEEDS.

20

I

' 

do 

2  ©

25@

do 
do 
do 

do 
do 

2J4© 
3  @
4)4© 
6  ©

2 30 
1 25 
50
12
45
354
4
45

5 © 6
4 © 454
15 © 18
1 50
75
20
10
15

4 © 454
7 © 8
454© 554
8
75
6 © 7
14
@2 50 
2  00 
1  10 
85 
65
1  40

50
2  00 
40 
2 00 
00  ©9  75 
2 30 
50
6  ©  7
10@12 
2  00 
18
18 
4 00
12
5
12
8
1  60
60
1 50
1 78
1 90
1
77  © 80
23  © 28
23  © 28
18  @ 20
40

j Bird, mixed i'i ft  pucaages__
j  Canary,  Smyrna..............................
|  Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  20c).
j  Cardamon,  Alepnee.......................
I  Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celerv.......................................
j  Coriander,  Dost  English................
1  Fennel  . ..............................
I  Flax,  clean...............................
1  Flax, pure grd (bbl 354).......
;  luenugmek, powdered..................
,  Hemp,  Russian..........................
i  Mustard, white  Black  10c)...........
1  Quince...............................
Rape, English...........
1  Worm,  Levant..........................
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2
........
Nassau 
do 
do 
. . . .
Velvet Extra do 
do 
ExtraYellow do 
.......
do 
do 
Grass 
do 
........
Hard head, for slate use................
Yellow Reef, 
................
MISCELLANEOUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.22/ $  gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s.......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
Annatto  1 ft rolls............................
Alum.........................................  $  ft
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
Annatto,  prime...............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
Blue  Soluble....................................
Bay  Rum, impox’ted, best.............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
Beans,  Tonka..................................
Beans,  Vanilla.................................7
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue V itriol....................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c).............
Cantharides, Russian  powdei-ed..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ... 
Carmine,  No. 40
Cassia  Buds.......................
Calomel.  American.......................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers.........................
Chalk, 'white lump...............
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ..........
Colocynth  apples.............
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
ervst...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Seherin’s  do  ...
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform.........................
Cinchonidia, P. & W........*............
Cinchonidia, other brands.............
Cloves (Powd 23c).......................
Cochineal .................................
Cocoa  Butter............................
Copperas (by bbl  le)...
Corrosive Sublimate....................
70
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
© 40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
15
Creasote...............................
50
Cudbear,  prime.......................
24
Cuttle Fish Bone.......  .............
24
Dextrine............................
12
Dover’s  Powders....................
1 10
Dragon’s Blood Mass....................
50
Ergot  powdered.............
45
Ether Squibb’s.............
1 10
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s.............
8
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%).....................
Ergot, fresh...........................
50
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P .............
60
Flake  white......................................
14
Grains  Paradise.............................  
25
Gelatine,  Cooper’s ..........................  
90
Gelatine. French  ...............  ..........  45  @  70
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 dis__
Glue,  ca xinet..................................
17 
Glue, white....................................
28 
Glycerine, pure...............................
20 
Hops  54s and 54s..............................
40 
Iodoform ^  oz.................................
40
Indigo...............................................
85  @1  00 
Insect Powder, best  Dalmatian...
35  @  40 
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co„ boxes
@1  00 
Iodine,  resublimed........................
4 00 
Isinglass,  American.......................
1 50
Japonica........................................... 
7
London  Purple...............................  10  ©  15
Lead, acetate....................................  
15
Lime, chloride, (54s 2s 10c & 54s 11c) 
8
Lupuline........................................... 
1 00
Lycopodium....................................  
45
Mace.................................................  
50
Madder, best  Dutch.....................  
1254©  13
Manna, S.  F ...................................... 
75
Mercury...........................................
60
Mox-phia, sulph., P. & W........ <¡9 oz  3 00@3
25
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s........
40
Moss, Iceland............................$  ft
10
Moss,  Irish......................................
12
Mustard,  English............................
30
18
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........
Nutgalls............................................
23
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
60
Nux  Vomica....................................
10
Ointment. Mercurial, 56d...............
45*
Paris Green....................................
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
18 
Pepsin............................\ .................
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
Quassia  ............................................   6  @  7
Quinia. Sulph, P, & W........... ft oz  70  @  75
Quinine,  German............................ 
60©  70
85
Red  Precipitate.......................^ ft 
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................. 
28
Strychnia, cryst...............................  
1  60
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  74  ©  78
Saffron, American..........................  
35
@  2
Sal  Glauber...................................... 
10
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................  
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst............... 
9
33
Sal Rochelle...................................... 
Sal  Soda............................................  
2  ©  254
Salicin...............................................  
2  15
Santonin........................................... 
6 50
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.......... 
38
4
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]...................... 
35
Spermaceti.......................................  
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__  
454©  5
14
Soap, White Castile......................... 
17
......................... 
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
......................... 
9
Soap,  do 
do 
.......................... 
11
Soap,  Mazzini..................................  
14
Spirits Nitre, 3 F .............................   26  @  28
Spirits Nitre, 4 F .............................   30  ©  32
Sugar Milk powdered.....................  
35
Sulphur, flour..................................  
354©  4
Sulphur,  roll.................................... 
Tartar Emetic..................................  
60
Tar, N. C. Pine, 54 gal. cans  $  doz 
2  70
Tar, 
quai’tsin tin ........... 
140
Tar, 
pints in tin................ 
85
Turpentine,  Venice................$  ft 
25
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........  
55
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 
7  @  8
Capitol  Cylinder................................. ...............75
Model  Cylinder.................................. ...............60
Shield  Cylinder.................................. ...............50
Eldoi'ado Engine................................. ...............35
Peerless  Machinery........... .............. ...............30
Backus Fine Engine.......................... ...............30
Black Diamond Machinery............... ...............30
Castor Machine  Oil............................ ...............6C
Paraffine, 25  deg................................. ............1544
Pai’affine, 28  deg................................. ...............21
Sperm, winter  bleached.................... ........... 1  40
Bbl  Gal
75
Whale, winter...................................... 70 
60
Lard, No.  1........................................... 45 
54
Linseed, pure  raw.............................. 51 
54 
57
Linseed, boiled..................................
70 
90
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........
46
42 
Spirits Turpentine.............................
No. 1 Turp  Coach............................... ..1 10@1 20
. 1  60@1 70
Extra  Turp.........................................
Coach  Body......................................... ..2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture......................... ..1 00@1 10
Extra Turp  Damar............................ .. 1  55© 1 60
Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp.................. ..  70©  75
Lb 
2® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
254® 3 
214© 3 
13©16 
53@60 
I6@17 
514 
5  \  
@70 
@90 
1  10 
1 40 
1 20@1 40 
1 00@1 20

PAINTS.
Red Venetian.......................
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles...
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda__
Putty, commercial.............
Putty, strictly pure.............
Vermilion, prime  American 
Vermilion, English 
Green, Peninsular.
Lead, red  strictly pure.......
Lead, white, strictly pure..
Whiting, white Spanish__
Whiting,  Gildersf................
White, Paris American.......
Whiting  Paris English cliff 
Pioneer Prepared  Paints.. 
Swiss Villa Prepared  Paints

Bbl
m
m
254
254

VARNISHES.

3©  354

do 
do 

OILS.

Druggists !

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89,  91,

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

M UANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL  WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

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

Manufacturers of Fine Paint and 

Varnish Brushes.

» 

—Also for the—

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of 

Hair, Shoe and Horse Brushes.

’ 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  Brushes 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.

Wine and LiQuor Deuarîmeni

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 tlie wants of our eustom- 
tomers with PURE  GOODS in this  depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are  the  ONLY 
AUTHORIZED AGENTS  for  tlie  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHEBS  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

Druggists’  Favorite  Rye,

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

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

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

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THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF
O
O
PLUG  TOBACCO.

Offered in this Market are  as follows;

C

C

A

...............................- 

RED  F O X ...................................... - 
-48
BIG  D R I V E ................................................. -50
PATROL 
-46
..........................................-38
JACK  RABBIT 
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.

-

- 

-
FINE  CUT.

-

-

-

-

- 
-
2c less in 6 pail lots.

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 
...............................
.30
-
O  SO  SWEET 
 
-
S M O K I N G
ARTHUR’S  CHOICE,  LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
- 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
- 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
- 
- 
- 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
SEAT. OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  - 
- 
- 
2c less in  100 pound lots.

.2 
.2
.2
.2
.2 
.24

- 
- 
- 

These brands are sold only by

Arthur Meigs & Co.

- 

Wholesale Grocers,

Who warrant the same to be unequalled.  We guar­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right in 
every particular.  We cordially invite you, when  in 
the  city,  to  visit  our place of business,  55  and  57 
Canal st.  IT  MAY  SAVE YOU  MONEY.
OF  JULY!

GANNON  POWDER,
L.  S.  HILL  &  CO., Jobbers,

BLANK  CARTRIDGES,  ETC.

2  X   P

e a r

l   ssrfc.,  G r r a n d .   P t a p i d L s .

TO  THE  TRADE

We wish to call the attention of the trade to the fact that we  are  manufacturing  a  line  of
OVERALLS,  SACK  COATS,  JUMPERS,  ETC.

Which we guarantee to be superior in make, fit and quality to be any in the market.

OUK  OVERALLS  AND  SACK  COATS

Comprise  all the best points it takes to make up good, durable arid desirable goods.  The main 
points in our Overalls are the superior cut and high waist, making them peifeet hip  fitting,  so 
that no suspenders need be used to keep them up in place.

OUR  SACK  COATS

Are cut full so as not to bind in any part and large enough for any  man.

EVERY  GARMENT  IS  WARRANTED  NOT  TO  RIP.

If in any case they should rip or not give perfect satisfaction, give the purchaser another pair 
and charge to us. 
th a n   a n y   o th e r  fa c to ry   m a k in g   first-class goods.  A ll d ealers w ill find i t  to  th e ir   in te re s t  to  
se n d  fo r  sam p les an d  p ric e s b e fo re  p lacin g  th e ir  o rd e rs elsew h ere
M i o H i g a n   O v e r a l l   O o . ,
No convict labor used In the manufacture of our goods.

I o n i a ,   M i e l i ,

OURDFRICES  ARE  LESS

S a n d s ’  P a t e n t   T r i p l e   M o t i o n

WHITE  MOUNTAIN 

ICE  CREAM

FREEZER

The  only  Freezer  ever  made  having  three  distinct 
motions,  thereby  producing  finer,  smoother  Cream 
than  any other  Freezer  on  the  market.  Acknowl­
edged  by  every  one  to  be the best in the world.  Over 
300,000  in  use  To-day.  Outside Irons Galvanized, but 
all inside the  can  coated  with  Pure  Block  Tin.  Tubs 
water-proof;  easily  adjusted  and  operated.  We  also 
carry  large  stock  of  Packing  Tubs, Packing  Cans,  Ice 
Crushers, etc.  Send for Price List and  Trade  Discounts.
Address

Foster,  S t o w   &

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Agents for Western Michigan.

MOTlOff,
ITriple ...
iVyuiTE  moun
Egë CREAM FRf^

SPRING

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

GOODS

CARPETS.

MATTINGS.

OIL  CLOTHS

E T C . ,   E T C ,

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,

Oysters 
and  F i s h

M i c h i g a n .  

*

117  MONROE  ST.

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

DEALERS  IN

NOS.  183  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Refrigerators!

We think our selection the most desirable to 
buy from of any Jobbing-  House  of  Michigan. 

Points in this New Refrigerator.

T

1.  The Ice Box 
is removable.  If 
desired  can  be 
used as  a  vessel 
to  bring  the ice 
from outside.
2.  Ice Box and 
Shelves  remov­
ed, the entire  in­
side  is  exposed 
for cleansing.
four 
sides of Ice  Box 
are  exposed  to
Ithe  air,  answer- 
•ing  the  double 
» p u r p o s e   o f 
throwing off cold 
and  condensing 
the moisture, rendering the air DRY and VERY 
COLD.
4.  O u r P a t e n t Co l d B l a s t —th e  sy ste m   o f 
c irc u la tio n  an d  ro ta tio n   o f  a ir—fo rces  a   con­
s ta n t s tre a m  o f  ice-cold a ir in to  th e   p ro v isio n  
a p a rtm e n t.
5.  The simple construction of this Refriger­
ator reduces the cost forrepairstoaminimum.

the  labrador. 

3.  The 

The IXL Rem a­
ille Boi Refrigerator. 
Male  oily 
io  oi

Tie  IXL  Swing  EM  Fines.

n , 

This novel  con­
struction,  entire­
ly new  in  princi ■ 
pie,  makes  it ut­
terly 
impossible 
for  condensation 
deposits to get be­
yond reach,there­
by  insuring  the 
possibility  of  al­
ways keeping the 
Ref r i g e r a t o r  
clean  and  sweet. 
It  requires  less 
labor to make ma­
terial, * works  to 
betterad vantage, 
a n d   i s   c o n se - 
\  quently put upon 
the  market  at  a 
less price.
Send for Circulars and Prices.

Y]
Foster,

Stevens 
&  Co.

10 and 12 Monroe St.,  Grand Rapids.

The  Leading  Hardware  and  Housekeepers’  Em­

porium  of Western  Michigan.

to  Yon Going to 
Sfato a Store, Pau­
li-? e; Closet?

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ß

I f  so 

prices  and 
ther  infoi mu.ion.
Eggleston & Fait::’
Adjustable EatpV
Bracket Shelving Irons
Creates  a N ew Era 
in  Store  Furnish­
ing.  It  entirely su­
the  old 
persedes 
style  wherever  in­
troduced.

Satisfaction (ïiinrnnfceed

All

•  *iW   ■ 
r v /1'
24 inch

infringe- 
nientspro- 
secuied-
I motto be 
had  from 
your local 
Hardware 
Dealer, 
send  your 
orders  di­
rect  to
Torrance, Merriam & Co.,

*535

- 

gin«

Manufacturers 
TROY, N. Y.
MOSELEY’S
PREAMERIES
C A B I N E T  
-----------------------
AND J U N I O R   ^ J um4 WITH or WITHOUT ICE
For  families,  dairies,  factories,  the  Cream-gathering 
System ;  for hotels,  etc.  B®'* T H E   ST O D D A R D
*— . CHURN

BESTon thg-iK  market» 
No floats o r 
dashers in ­
side.  9  
sizes fo r 
d airy  & 
factory 
w ith o r 
w ithout 
policy.
I  One a t 
whole-
sale
when»  we have no A g e n ti/O o g  Pow ­
ers,  B u tte r  Boxes,  P rin ts,  etc.  etc.  ................................ . 
-
Moseley * stoddabd mahuf’O co.. Pouitney, vt.
ÄN  MESTO! Suie kt
P E T E R   DORAN,

m /o /fi

___  

Attorney-at-Law,

Fierce Block, Grand  Rapids,  M idi.

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

MERCANTILE  COLLECTIONS.

SHIPPING  BASKETS  AND  BOXES

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

: MICHIGAN BASKELFACTORY 
Br w .  W e l l s   &   c o .

ST, JOSEPH,  MICH.
SCOT FOB ItUBTMTEO  PRICE

DRYDEN & PALMER’S 

ROCK  CANDY.

Unquestionably the best in the market.  As 
clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. 
Try a box.

J o i n x   C a u l f i e l d ,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids

A.  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A. STOWE  & URO., Proprietors.

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

Telephone No.  95.

i Entered  at ’the  Postofflee  at  Grand  Rapide  as 

* Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY.  JULY  8,  1885.

HIGH  ART  IN  NECKTIES.

How the Various Styles of Goods are Made 

'

Up ^ d l Pu t   on  the"Market.

From the Chicago News.

“There are  special  grades and designs ot 
silks and  satins  made  exclusively  for  the 
necktie trade,” said a manufacturer.  These 
materials are made  from  patterns  designed 
by men who do nothing else  than  study up 
new things  in neckties.  The  goods  are of 
heavier quality than dress silks,  and of pat­
terns  which never  find  their  way into  any 
other branch of  trade.  For  these  reasons 
they are higher in price than ordinary goods. 
Samples  are  sent  by  the  makers  to  New 
York for the  inspection  of buyers. 
I go to 
New  York  to  look  at  new  designs  about 
once every two months.  There are from 50 
to 15 necktie factories  in  this  country and 
10  or 12 first-class  makers.  The  latter us­
ually secure  exclusive  right  to  use  certain 
styles of goods from  the  makers  by buying 
either the entire stock offered to the Ameri­
can market or  a  large  quantity  of it  But 
the success of making up  the goods is  just 
like a  lottery  ticket.  Perhaps  one  year  I 
may make a hit on  some  particular  design 
and it will become  so  popular  that  all the 
other makers will be forced to adopt it.  But 
the next season some one in Boston or New 
York may  make the  hit  and I will have to 
follow him.  There’s never any telling how 
a necktie is going to take  with  the  public 
until it is put on the market.  Then its suc- 
. cess may depend altogether on  who  adopts 
it first 
If  he  happens  to  be  a  howling
sw ell,  and on the right side of popular favor, 
that particular kind of  necktie will sell like 
all possessed.”

“Are the styles of making up neckties or­

iginated  abroad?”

“Not now.  They  were  until  less *than 
three years ago, but oua^tyles  are  so much 
superior to  European  now  that  they  are 
coming over here to get patterns.  However, 
there is a tendency  to English  fashions for 
the fall.”

“Are men or  women  employed  to  make 

up neckties?”

“Oh,  women.  There are 800  girls work­

ing at the business in Chicago alone.”

“What wages are they paid?” 
,
“They work by the piece and make  more 
•or less money,  according to their expertness 
A good finisher can make $8 or $9  a  week. 
She takes a necktie after  it  is put  together 
and finishes each detail perfectly,  so  that it 
is ready to  box.  (Three  different  colors  of 
the same design,  made  in  the  same  style, 
are boxed together to give  a  dealer  an  as­
sortment  in  the  one  make.  The  finisher 
must see that all of  this  kind  are  exactly 
,  alike in point of  finish  and  makeup.  We 
have one girl who does nothing but turn the 
bands of  neckties  and  who  makes  $15 a 
week.  She is capable  of  turning  25  or 30 
dozen bands each day.  Other girls who are 
not so expert may not  make  more  than  $3 
or $4 a -week and from that up to  $9.

“Where  is  the  cheap  neckwear  made 
which is shown so extensively this summer?” 
“The ‘cheap wear’ now flooding the  mar­
ket is composed of old styles, made of  poor 
goods,  which  the cheap trade in New'  York 
has succeeded in buying  up  and sending all 
over the country.  A good,  well-made neck­
tie costs from 50 cents to  $1.50.  As  nice a 
one as any man needs  can  be bought for 75 
cents.  A sa rule  men  show' no discrimina­
tion in purchasing neckties.  They look  in­
to a window,  see a tie that takes their fancy, 
and then rush  in  to buy it, never  stopping 
to ask the price.  Thus,  they  are  as apt to 
buy one of the cheap kind that will not look 
■well a week as one  of  better  quality.  So 
there’s lots of these  low  price  goods  being 
sold,  and business is consequently dull  just 
now'.  A good necktie  is  the result  of  art 
and study. 

It can't  be  turned  out  for

The Goblet  Must Go.

It is good to hear that goblets  are no lon­
ger fashionable.  Like everything else  that 
is false and  meretricious,  goblets  have  had 
their day,  and after a long  reign  must now 
give way to the present comfortable tumbler 
that alw ays means what it confidentially as­
serts—business and not  show. 
In  bidding 
farew'ell to the goblet one social philosopher 
writes that it w'as an  outgrowth  of  a  false 
system of  civilization. 
It  runs  things  up 
into the air with slender bodies and unstable 
foundations. 
It is like' our  moneyed  aris­
tocracy  and  many  of  our  social  systems. 
Waiters and guests break ten goblets to  one 
tumbler,  and the latter will  not  spill or up­
set in about the same proportion.

The Western  Druggist  says  there  is  a 
largely increased’ demand  for  the  gum of 
the eucalyptus tree on  account  of its  effect 
in removing scales  in  steam  boilers  and in 
preventing  rust and  “pitting.”  Extensive i 
eucalyptus forests are to be  planted in Cali­
fornia with the object  of  supplying the de­
mand.

Try the Crescent Mills “All Wheat” flour, 
made  by  an  entirely  new  process.  Voigt 
Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fig raising is proving to be a  very profit 

able industry in California.

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and’ write for

Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
Ie  are prepared to male Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
A. B. KNOWLSON,

3  Canal Street, Basement,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

T S E   G B A X T D   R A P I D S   R O L L S R   X Æ X X X S

MANUFACTURE  A

The  Favorite  Brands  are

“ SNOW-FLAKE,”  AND “ LILY WHITE  PATENT,”  AND 

FANCY  PATENT  "ROLLER  CHAMPION.”
Prices are low.  Extra quality guaranteed.  Write for quotations.

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO,

EAST  END  BRIDGE  ST.  BRIDGE,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Gurtiss, Dunton  &   Go.,
Grand  Rapids  Tank  Line.

P H . O F R I E T O R S

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

and barrel it here.

OTJ3R.  BIFL-A-ISriDS.

XXX  Water White. 
Electroleum.

X _ i T T B I Y . I O - A - T I 3Sr C3-.

Prime White, Michigan  Test.
Michigan  Test.

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

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

'  

W e guarantee best value for the price on all our Lubricating  Oils.

O U H . T I S S ,   D U N T O N   c f c   O O

SHERWOOD  HALL. 

MARTIN  L.  SWEET.

ESTABLISHED  1865.

JOBBERS  OF

OF  EV ER Y   D ESCRIPTION.

IVe  Carry  a  Very  Complete  Line  of  C ar 

riasje,  Wagon  and  SleigU  stoek,  in 

Both  Wood  and  Iron.

HARNESS  GOODS:  Lumbermen’s  Heavy 
Case  Collars;  Lumbermen’s  Bolt  Harness 
Sweat  Pads:  Collar  Pads;  Snaps  Bits;  Web 
and  Leather  Halters:  Buggy  Tops  and  Sun 
Shades;  Cloth  Cushions,  in  stock or made to 
order,  to  fit,  on  short  notice;  Curry  Combs, 
Horse Brushes; W nips, Buck, Calf and Leather 
Lashes;  Horse  Blankets;  Compress  Leather 
Axle  Washers;  Harness  Oils;  Harness  Soap; 
Varnish for Buggy Tops.
WAGON  GOODS:  Spokes;  Hubs;  Felloes; 
Patent Wheels; Axles;  Logging Bob Runners; 
Cast or Steel Shoes;  Wagon and Plow Clevises; 
Wrought Whiffletree Irons; and all  goods per­
taining to a Wagon, Cart,  Buggy,  Carriage  or 
Sleigh.
GENUINE  FRAZIER’S  AXLE  GREASE  in 
wood boxes, 25 fl> pails and barrels; Buyers  for 
general  stores,  Harness  and  Wagon  Makers 
will find it to their interest to call  on  us when 
in  the  city  or  write  for prices, as we keep  a 
line of goods not found elsewhere.

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

B A K i ' i l G  
QWDER

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

If  in Need of A nything  in  our  Line,  it 

will pay you to get our Prices.

PATENTEES  AND  SOLE  ÏIANUFACTUREKS  O F

Bariow’s Patent

H aniil  S I m   M il

Send for Samples and Circular.

Barlow 

Brothers

D’OLIVEIRA’S
Parisian Sauce

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ID .*

O. H. RICHMOND & 00.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF

R ic to i’s Family Medicines.

RICHMOND’S  LIVER  ELIXIR.

The  best selling liver and  blood  medicine  in 

the  market,  50 cents.

Richm ond’s Cubeb Cream,
Richm ond’s Ague Cure,

Richm ond’s  Cough Cure, 
Richm ond’s Easy Pills,

Dr. R ichards’ H ealth Restorer.
Retailers,  please  order  of  your  jobbers  in 
Grand Rapids, Chicago or Detroit.  It your job­
ber does not handle our goods, we will till your 
orders.  Pills and Health Restorer can be sent 
by mail.  141 South Division st., Grand Rapids.

JOBBERS,  ATTENTION
TW EN TY   DOLLARS  SAVED
IN V ESTIN G   TEN   DOLLARS

----- BY-----

DUNHAM’S  PATENT

IN  USING
n f j

IT  SAVES  Postage,  Envelopes,  Addressing 
Letters, Sticking Stamps,  Delivery  to  Post- 
olfice.
IT  DELIVERS  Bill with Goods, via  Express, 
one to three Lours earlier than by Mail.
Send  for  samples  and  prices  to

E. A. Stow e & Bro.,

M anufacturers’  Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of Last Resort.

MORTGAGE— NOTES— DISCREPANCY.
A discrepancy between notes sued on and 
notes described  in  a  mortgage,  consisting 
merely in  tlie  name of the  month—“July” 
instead of ‘ ‘June”—was held by the Supreme 
Court of  Louisiana  insufficient to  defeat  a 
claim for the enforcement of payment, there 
being no pretense that the mortgagor had is­
sued outstanding notes identical with  those 
described in the mortgage.

DEBTOR  AND  CREDITOR—CERTIFICATE  OF 

INDEBTEDNESS.

A creditor who  receives  from  his debtor 
a certificate  in  writing, not  negotiable,  of 
the amount of his debt,  and sells the certifi­
cate to a third person for a sum less than its 
nominal amount,  thereby authorizes the pur­
chaser to receive the amount from  the  debt- I 
or,  and cannot after the  debtor  has  paid it 
to the purchaser maintain any action against | 
the debtor,  according to  the  decision of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.

INSURANCE  POLICY— STIPULATION— FOR­

FEITURE.

A condition in a fire insurance policy pro­
viding that the failure of the insured to pay 
a premium note when  it  falls due  will  re­
lieve the insurer from any liability from any 
loss occurring  during  such  default,  is  not 
unreasonable or contrary  to  public  policy, 
and unless such condition is  waived  or  re­
scinded by the insurer,  the  nonpayment  of 
the note at  the  stipulated  time  involves a 
forfeiture of policy.  So held by the Supreme 
Court of Kansas.

PARTNERSHIP  INTEREST—ASSETS—LIQUID­

ATION.

A partnership may become a member of a 
new partnership, and while  the  interest  of 
the former in the latter  may be  a firm asset 
of the first  partnership, this  will  not  pre­
vent one of its  members  from  suing  for a 
liquidation  and  settlement of  the  general 
partnership on appropriate  allegations  and 
by making his fellow members of both firms 
parties.  So held by the  Supreme  Court of 
Louisiana.

PROMISSORY  NOTE— INDORSER—JOINT  MA­

KER.

Where a third  person  puts  his  name in 
blank on the back of a promisory note at the 
time it is made,  and before it is indorsed by 
the payee, to give the maker credit with the 
payee,  he  must  be  considered  as  a  joint 
maker,  according  to  the  decision  of  the 
United States Circuit Court for the Northern 
district of Illinois.  The court said in giving 
judgment in this case:  “The  real  relation 
of the parties in the transaction to the notes 
they indorsed cannot be modified or changed 
by a form of technical expression  that may 
have been used at the  time,  so  as to  affect 
the character  of  their  liability.  They  in­
dorsed the notes  in  blank.  No  words  of 
express guaranty were employed to  qualify 
the indorsement. 
It  is  apparent  that  the 
only object of the indorsements was to  cre­
ate an additional personal responsibility and 
secure credit to the  maker  with  the  payee, 
and the  defendants  must  be  held  charged 
with the legal  liability fairly  flowing  from 
their acts.

CONSIDERATION.

to 

recover 

Ill the case of Wycoff vs. DeGraff, decided 
by the New York Court of  Appeals,  it  ap­
peared that the defendant  indorsed  certain 
notes for the accommodation  of  the maker, 
which notes  were  discounted  by  plaintiff, 
who transferred them for a valuable consid­
eration.  Before the maturity of  the  notes 
the plaintiff,  at the request of the defendant 
and upon his promise to waive  protest,  and 
to  give  his  own  notes  for  the  discounts, 
ageed to advance the  money  necessary and 
to take up  said  notes,  and  did so as  they 
matured.  Defendant  refused  to  give  his 
own  notes,  and  plaintiff  brought 
the 
action 
the  amount  paid  by 
him.  The court held that the agreement of 
defendant was for a good consideration, and 
that the action was maintainable.  The  de­
fendant’s obligations,  the  cojirt  said,  grew 
out of his relation  to  the paper,  and  were 
implied from its terms,  though  they did not 
prevent such an express contract  as the one 
in the  case.  Nor  to  sustain  that  contract 
need it  appear  that  the  promisor acquired 
any actual advantage. 
It  was  enough that 
at  his  request  something  was  done  which 
originally  the  other  party  had  not  under­
taken to do—as  in  this  case,  payment  at 
maturity and before protest, instead of after 
default  by'the  other  parties.  Before  the 
promise by defendant to  waive  protest  and 
give  his  notes,  the plaintiff  owed  no  duty 
whatever to  the  defendant.  At  that  time 
one was created,  and of a very different kind 
from that which he was under to the holder 
of the paper.  By reason  of  it,  something 
was  done  beyond  what  he  was  already 
bound to do,  and  this,  the  court  said,  was 
consideration enough within all the  author- : 
ities.

In Tonquin the only coin is  one  of  base ! 
metal,  of which it takes forty-three to equal 
a  cent  in  value.  There  are, 
therefore, 
4,300  in  one  dollar,  which  weighs  over 
twenty pounds.  Ten dollars make a heavy 
load for the stout  wheelbarrows  which  fill 
the place of drays in America  in  doing  the 
heavy city tran spoliation,  and the pay  of  a 
regiment or two  in  the  old  days  of  Tong 
Doe rule sufficed to load a good-sized  junk,  j

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Oranges,  Lemons,
Bananas,  Figs,  Dates 

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Over  12,000  files 
sold the first  year. 
Over 800 Nationals 
now 
in  u se   by 
parties  who  have 
discarded the most 
popular  of  other 
makes.  The  Nat­
ional is  the  best, 
because it is  more 
complete,  m o re 
durable  than  any 
other Cabinet Let­
ter File ever made. 
It is the  cheapest, 
se it has greater capacity than any other, 
or Illustrated Catalogue.  Manufactured 
O. C; Mackenzie’s patents by 
tonal* Cabinet  Letter  Pile Company, 
80 arid  188  Fifth  Ave.,‘  Chicago.

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO.  have 

æ,  Sole  Control of our Celebrated

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it.

(SUCCESSORS  TO  STANDARD  OIL  CO.,)

63  Monroe Street,  Grand Rapids, Mich,

Jno.  O.  Bonnell,  Pres. 

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J.  H.  Bonnell, Sec’y*

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CAPITOL  CYLINDER, 
MODEL
SHIELD 
BACKUS  FINE  ENGINE, 
ELDORADO 
PEERLESS  MACHINERY, 
CHALLENGE MACHINERY 
BLACK  DIAMOND,

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PARAFINE, 250, 
SUMMER,  WEST  VA. 
250  to  300 
150  C.  T.
ZERO,
630  DEO.  NAPTHA, 
740  “  GASOLINE, 
870  GASOLINE.

D.  W.  Archer’s Trophy Corn,
D. 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.

The Trade supplied by W holesale Grocers Only.  Respectfully,

THE  ARCHER  PACKING  00.,  Chillicothe, Ills.

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M asala  k  Coifflission—Butter  k  Eggs'a  Specialty.

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

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

No. 1 Egg Crates  for Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 cents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

A  companion  assortment  to our 
other set, substitutingsome cooking 
utensils that will be found very de­
sirable in many instances.
These  goods  are  superior  to  all 
others in quality, and every piece is 
guaranteed against leaking; and are 
specially needed in every kitchen.
We offer this assortment at nearly 
50 PER  CENT less  than the regular 
price for the common Old Style Tin­
ware.
A trial order will convince you  of 
the  merit  of the Economy Set, and 
advantages to be derived from  sell­
ing the best quality of goods at such 
an  E X T R A O R D IN A R Y  LOW 
PRICE.

The Economy Set Consists  of 
One 12-quart Patent Bottom Dish- 
Pan.  One  10-quart  Patent  Bottom 
Open Bucket.  One  2-quart  Patent 
Bottom  Coffee  Pot.  One  2-quart 
Stamped  Milk  Pan.  One  2-quart 
Patent  Bottom  Covered  Bucket. 
One  1-quart  Cup  Dipper.  One  1- 
quart Novelty Measure.  One )4-pint 
Press  Cup.  One  llH-mch  Wash 
Basin.  One Large Potato Grater, 
io Pieces.  Price  per  dozen Sets 

$9.

When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is  put  on 
any building, andif within three years it should 
crack or peel off. and thus fail to give  the  full 
satisfaction  guaranteed,  we  agree to repaint 
the  building  at  our  expense,  with  the  best 
White Lead, or such other paint as  the  owner 
may select.  Should any case of dissatisfaction 
occur, a notice from the dealer will  command 
our prompt attention.  T.  H.  NEV1N  & CO.
Send for sample cards  and  prices.  Address

Itine, Perkins  Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

J E N N I N G S   á ¡   S M I T H .
A rctic  M anufacturing  Co.,

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Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts,

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P o w d e r .
O U R   E C O N O M Y "   S E T —-Almost  a  complete  Kitchen 

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Outfit to retail for $1,  Ten Pieces of patent Fire-Proof Bottom Tin-Ware,

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No Orders taken for less than “Case Lots’’ of one dozen Sets.  Advertising Card and Circulars in each case.
Sample orders of “Case Lots” can be returned, if not found as  represented.
If you have not been dealing with us, send reference or draft with order.
The best proof that the sets have extraordinary merit and are approved by the public is that they are imitated and counterfeited by other 

manufacturers, who are using the same number of pieces, but smaller sizes and inferior goods.  W rite for Circulars and Price  Lists

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A  LEADING HARDWARE & HOUSEKEEPERS' EMPORIUM Of WESTERN MICHIGAN

10  and  12  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

venna.

Hart.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

donia.

Leavenworth & Co., Forman,
H. A. Crawford,  Cadillac.
Reigler, Roush & Co., Freeport.
Mrs. Jacob Debri, Byron Center,
Lewis Champlain, Cadillac.
Mr. Tannis,  DenHerder & Tannis, Vriesland. 
M. Jonkman, Holland.
E. R. Benedict, Cedar Springs.
Howard Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. 
H. Stow, Deer Lake.
Geo. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs.
E. A. Carpenter, Colborn &  Carpenter1,  Cale­
John Otis, Mancelona.
S. B. Anderson, Berlamont.
A. Norris, A. Norris <& Son, Casnovia.
R. H. Topping, Casnovia.
J. C. Ben bow, Cannonsburg.
Geo. H. Force, Morley.
C. L. Howard, Clarksville.
Dan McQueen, Caledonia.
T. H. Peacock, Reed City.
A. Wallbrecht, Mancelona.
Geo. E. Herrick, Olsen & Herrick, Cadillac. 
Win. Hugh, Hugh & Jones, Morley.
Joseph Totten,  Totten.
Henry Kritzer, Newaygo.
E. E. Rodenbaugh, Breedsville.
H. B. Irish, Lisbon.
Byron McNeal, Byron  Center.
S. D. Foster, Otsego.
W. A. Palmer, Carson City.
Luman Jenison, Jenisonville.
C4 B. Hirshfield, Allegan.
Jacob Hetz, Muskegon.
Jas. Darling, Darling & Smith, Fremont. 
Andrew Gerber, D. Gerber & Sons, Fremont. 
Jesse AicI ntyre, Fremont.
Chas. H. Loomis, Sparta.
AV.  P.  Conklin,  O.  F.  & W. P. Conklin,  Ra­
Airs. Louis Vincent, Aluskegon.
Air.  Houghtaling,  Chas.  SackVider  &  Co., 
J. F. Keeney, J. F. Keeney & Co.,  Ferry.
H. Johnson, Shelby.
Little Jake, R. M. Orser, Edmore.
Air. Betts, Betts Bros., Edmore.
Harry AV. Robson. Edmore.
Al. L. Thompson. Harbor Springs.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
J. Omler, Wright.
J. Barnes, Austerlitz.
S. Cooper, Parmalee.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
F. Hayward, Moon.
Morrison Bros., West Troy,
Mrs. E. Phillips, Shelby.
T. J. Sheridan & Co..  Lockwood.
Jos. H. Spires, Leroy.
A. M. Church, Sparta.
W. S. Root, Talmadge.
W. H. Struik. Forest Grove.
Baron & TenHoor. Forest Grove.
AI.  Alinderliout,  Hanley.
Lon. A. Pelton, Alorley.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam.
John W. Mead, Berlin.
S. Bitely. Bitely Siding.
Geo. H. Remington, Bangor.
John Neuman, Dorr.
H. C. Peckham, Freeport.
G. A. Estes, Tustin.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
C. Cole, Cole  & Chaple,  Ada.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
E. E. Hewett, Ilewett & Teft. Rockford,
L. T. AlcLellan.cDenison.
Air. Emmons. Eddy & Emmons, Grattan.
W. N. Hutchinson, Grant.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Geo. Cook, Sand Lake.
Nate Stoddard, Stoddard Bros., Reed City. 
Air. Hesseltivc.  Ha-seltive & Son,  Casnovia. 
E. B. Wright. Woodville.
Ed. N. Parker,  Coopersville.
M. AI. Robson, Beulin.
Air.  Campbell,  Griswold,  Campbell  &  Co., 
AV. AV. Bass, Lawrence.
T. B. Hulig, Big Rapids.
Geo. Cummer, with  John AI. Cloud, Cadillac. 
John Cole, Fremont Center.
H. De Kruif, Zeeland.
R. H. Wood in, Sparta.
Air. Zunder, Zunder Bros. & Co.,  Bangor.
J. J. AViseman,  Nunica.
Geo. Scribner, Grandville,
H. AV. Potter,  Jennisonviile.
Henry De Kline, Jamestown.
Ed. Roys, Roys Bros., Cedar Springs.
A. B. Johnson,  Lowell.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg".
AV. AV. Peirce,  .Moline.
J, H. Beainer, J. H. Beamer &  Co., Hastings. 
A. T. Kellogg, Kellogg &  Wooden, Kalkaska.

Aliddleville.

Strange Things.

From the Alinneapolis Pioneer-Press.

They carry  a  barrel  of  flour  now  from 
Minneapolis to Liverpool for 85  cents. 
It 
costs every man who  buys  a  barrel  at  the 
mill in Minneapolis 50 cents to  get it  up  to 
his house,  if he doesn’t live more  than  five 
blocks away.  There are some strange things 
in this world of ours.

v .

Groceries.

Changes  in  the  Pacific  Coast  Grocery 

Trade.

“Old  California  timers,”  says  the  San 
Francisco Herald,  “well remember  that  in 
early days grocery merchants kept complete 
assortments of all sorts of merchandise inci­
dental  to  thrat  trade  department,  such  as 
coffee, sugar, rice, teas cigars, tobaccos, wines 
and liquors, case and canned goods, salt, soap, 
candles,  etc.  But such is not the case now- 
a-days to the extent  referred to.  Nearly all 
these several departments  have  houses  es­
pecially adapted to the several trade depart­
ments, such for instance as provisions.  We 
have firms making salted meats,  lard,  etc., 
a specialty, canneries with  their  supply  of 
case goods, fruits,  salmon,  etc.,  wine  mer­
chants, distillers and  liquor  merchants,  ci­
gar manufacturers, tobacconists carrying ex­
clusively heavy stocks of favorite  manufac­
turers, salt,  soap and candle manufactories, 
bread and cracker bakeries that  do  an  im­
mense local and export trade.  Other houses 
give their attention to dried fruits,  others to 
green fruits, cordage  factories,  oil  refiner­
ies, and so on throughout the entire  list  of 
general merchandise.  From  this statement 
our Eastern friends will readily  understand 
the great changes wrought the  past  twenty 
years in merchandising upon this coast.

Grocers’ Sundries.
From the New England Grocer.

It is hard  to see  how  strawberry  grow­
ers will make anything to speak of this year. 
Big crops are making low prices.  The pub­
lic doesn’t object.

Common brown wrapping paper and indi­
go-blue  paper  used  by  grocers  are  the 
esthetic  wall  decorations  of  the  present 
fashion.

The male codfish always takes care of the 
eggs and young.  The  only  peace  in  life 
which a male codfish enjoys is when lie gets 
salted down and stored  away in  a  country 
grocery.

“What makes you chew  tobacco?”  asked 
the 
a  nervous  brother  of  Sam  Jones, 
evangelist. 
“To  get  the juice  out,”  said 
Sam, who seems  to  be  as  practical  about 
material as he is about spirtual things.

We are on the eve of receiving a  new  tea 
crop,  as new teas will arrive  from  July  to 
September.  Speculators  who  purchased  a 
good deal of tea early in the spring are now 
said to  be  wishing  they  had  let  it  alone. 
The new crop  will  be  an  abundant  one, 
though not so large as in former years.

Affable Salesmen.

ignore 

All salesmen in retail stores  have need to 
be of imperturable  good  nature.  Their pa­
tience is frequently put to severe tests.  The 
caprices  of  customers,  their  unreasonable 
requirements,  the way in which they  some­
times 
the  salesman’s  judgment, 
though it must  be  more  experienced  than 
theirs, and a thousand and one other annoy­
ances great and small,  are  apt  to  try  the 
temper even of amiable men.  Still,  civility 
and a disposition to please a  customer  will 
tell  in  the  long  run,  and  those  who  can 
maintain self-control sufficiently to preserve 
their composure when  they  have  cause of 
oifense, are of great value to  their  employ­
ers.  They  hold  the  customers that have 
once traded with them,  and so  their suavity 
becomes a  sort  of  contribution  of  theirs 
to the capital of the concern.

Red Lead in Pepper.

From the New  England Grocer.

“I dislike to see you eat cayenne pepper,” 
said a wholesale  grocer to a friend who was 
putting the stuff on some raw  oysters.

“Why?” asked the  friend.
The grocer dusted a  little  of  the  pepper 
on the open page of his note book and drew 
his finger over it.  A number  of  small  red 
lines showed where  grains  of  pepper  had 
been drawn over the paper.

“Because,  half of this stuff is not pepper. 
The  real  article,  pure  and  strong,  conies 
from the West Indies. 
It is regularly adul­
terated for restaurant use by mixing it  with 
rice flour and ground mustard  husks  which 
have been colored with red lead.  Those red 
lines on the paper are pure paint.”

The  Grocery  Market.

Business and collections have  ruled  good 
during the past week. 
Sugars are  a  little 
weaker,  and package coffees are off  another 
J^c.  Kerosene has advanced J-g'c,  and trout 
are down.  Cheese  has apparently touched 
bottom,  and  an  upward  tendency  is  now 
looked for.  Local jobbers  declare that Val- 
neia,  Layer Valencia  and  Ondara  raisins- 
are now so poor that it is  not advantageous 
to handle them,  and  that  cheap  Muscatells I 
are very small and unsatisfactory.

Canadian Cheese.

One of the principal  reasons  why  Cana­
dian  dairyman  turned  their  attention  to 
making cheese was the failure to make but­
ter that could be exported at a profit.  Put­
ting all  their  cream  into  their  cheese  is 
therefore the principal reason why Canadian 
cheese,  through  its  superiority,  is  rapidly 
ousting in foreign markets its rival made  in 
New York.  Butter  and  cheese cannot be I 
taken  to the same market unless the quality I 
of the cheese suffers  accordingly.

is 

Ten  million  dollars 

invested  in  the 
manufacture of glucose in the United States 
sixty-one thousand  bushels  of  corn  being 
used daily.  The value of  the  annual  pro­
duct is over eighteen million dollars.  These 
figures indicate  that  the  prejudice  against 
the use  of  the  substance  is  fast  wearing 
away.

The St.  Paul grocers  have  organized  an 

Association.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay i 

promptly and buy in full packages.

Advanced—Kerosene, London  layers. 
Declined—Package coffees, lobsters, trout, 

j 

AXi.E  GREASE.

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BLUING.

CANNED FISH.

CANNED FRUITS.

BAKING  POWDER.

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BROOMS.

Frazer’s ................   2 80!Paragon  ................. 1  SO
Diamond................1 75 Paragan 25® pails.1  201
Alodoe.....................1  651
Arctic % ft cans ...  45: Arctic  1ft cans... 2 40
Arctic {4 ft cans ...  75! Arctic 5 ft cans__ 2  0i>
Arctic % ft cans
Drv, No. 2.......... ............................... doz.
25
............................... doz.
45
Drv, No. 3........
Liquid, 4 oz...... ...............................doz.
35
05
Liquid, 8 oz....... ............................... doz.
Arctic 4 oz........ ...............................$   gross 4  00
8 00
Arctic 8  oz.......
12 00
Arctic 16 oz.......
Arctic No. 1 pepper box............................... 2 00
3  00
Arctic No. 2
Arctic No. 3 
............................... I 50
No. 1 Carpet........... 2 50|No.  2  Hurl............... 175
No. 2Carpet........... 2 25 Fancy  AVhisk...........100
No. 1  Parlor Gem. .2 75 CommonWhisk—   75 
No. lH url...............2 00|
Clams, 1 ft  standards.................................. I  40
Clams, 2 lb  standards.................................. 2 65
Clam Chowder,  3 ft................................... .2 20
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  standards..................... 1  10
Cove Oystei’s, 2  ft  standards....................  1 90
Cove Oysters, 1 1b  slack tilled....................  75
Cove Oysters, 2 B> slack filled........... /........1 05
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic.................................... .1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft star.........................................2 00
Lobsters, 2 ft star.........................................3 00
Mackerel, 1®  fresh standards..................1 00
Aiaekerel, 5 ® fresh standards..................6 50
Alaekerel in Tomato Sauce, 3  ®.................3 25
Aiaekerel,3 ® in Mustard............................3 25
Alaekerel, 3 ® broiled............. .................... 3 25
Salmon, 1 ® Columbia river.......................1 55
Salmon, 2 ® Columbia river.......................2 60
Salmon. 1 ®  Sacramento............................1 35
Sardines, domestic %s.................................  6
| Sardines,  domestic  {4s..............................  H
Sardines,  Mustard  % s....................• ..........   10
Sardines,  imported  *4s....................... 
 
Trout. 3 ®  brook........................................  2 75
Apples, 3 ® standards.................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards, Erie..............2  40
I Blackberries, standards..........:..................1  05
Cherries,  red  standard...............................   80
Damsons.......................................................1  00
Egg Plums, standards 
..............................1  40
Green Gages, standards 2 ®...................... 1  40
Peaches, Extra Yellow.............................. 2  40
Peaches,  standards............................1  75@1 95
Peaches,  seconds........................................ 1  50
Pineapples,  Erie..........................................2  20
Pineapples, standards................................1  70
Quinces.........................................................1  45
Raspberries,  Black, Hamburg.................1  80
Apricots, Lusk’s ...2  40|Pears.......................3  00
Eg"g Plums...............2 SOlQuinces.................. 2 90
Grapes..................... 2 50 Peaches  ................ 3  00
Green Gages........... 2 50i
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.............................. 3  25
Beans, Lima,  standard............................. 
75
Beaus, Stringless, Erie..  ............................   95
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.....................1  60
Corn,  Trophy...............................................1  05
Peas, French.................................................I  75
Peas, Marrofat, standard........................... 1  76
Peas, Beaver  ..................................................  90
Peas, early small, sifted.......................  ... 1  80
Pumpkin, 3 ® Golden...................................85@95
Succotash, standard............................  
 
Tomatoes. Trophy.......................................1  00
Boston...................... 36! German  Sweet............25
Baker’s  ..................... 38iVienna Sweet  ...........23
Rtmkles’ ...................&5i
Green  Rio__ ..  9@13 ¡Roasted Mar...1 @18
. 17@27 Roasted Mocha.28@30
Green Java...
. 23©25 ! Roasted Mex... 17@20
Green Mocha.
. 10@15 ¡Ground  Rio__ 9@16
Roasted Rio..
Roasted J ava ,.23@30 ¡Package  Goods @1294
72 foot Jute  .. ...  1  25 ¡72 foot Cotton... 2 25
..  1  00 60 loot. Cotton... .2  00
60 foot Jute..
40 Foot Cotton ....1  50 ¡50 foot Cotton... 1  75
Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth....................
Î5
Cod, whole...
.4%@5
Cod,Boneless.
,6@7
( oil. pickled, >2  bbls..
.3 50
H alibut........
12
Herring %  bbis..........
.3 50 -
Herring,  Scaled.................................. 
18@20
Herring,  Holland.........................................  55
Mackerel, No. 1, {4 bbls...................................5 00
Mackerel, No. 1. 12  &  kits..............................1 00
Mackerel, No. 1, shore,  {4  bbls................   6  25
Mackerel, No. 1, shore,  kits..........................1 00
Shad, {4 b b l...................................................2 50
Trout, No;  1, %  bbls........... ....................... 3 35
Trout, No. 1,10  ®  kits.................................  70
White, No. 1, {4 bb ls....................................5  75
White. No. 1,12  ® kits............. ...................  90
White, No. 1.10 ® kits............................  
 
White, Family, {4 bbls..................... .......... 2 50

CANNED  FRUTTS—CALIFORNIA.

CANNED VEGETABLES.

CHOCOLATE.

CORDAGE.

COFFEE.

FIsir.

 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.

Catsup, Tomato,  pints... 
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts 
Horseradish,  % pints....
Horseradish,  pints..-.......
Halford Sauce, pints......

AAtlAAV/A V* 

/

SOAP.

@1  00 
@1 35 
@1  00 
@1  30 
m  50

SPICES.

Detroit Soap Co.'s Queen Anne.......... @4  85
“ Cameo.....................
@3 30
“ Monday........... • ....
©3 45
Mascot.................... @3 45
“ Superior, 001 ft bars @3 60

“ 
“ 
H 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Ground.

Whole.
Pepper............... ,16@25!Pepper............... .  @19
A llspice . . . . . . . . . . 12(<r15: Allspice......................
.  8@10
Cinnamon................. .18@30'Cassia...........
.  @10
Cloves  ............... .15@25lNutmegs  .................. .  60@65
Ging'oi"............... .16@20!Cloves  ............... .  ©18
Mustard............. . 15@30|
Cayenne  ........... -25@3ol
Kingsford’s, 1 ft pkgs.,  pure  ............................ @6%

STARCH.
pkgs.,  pure

3®
1 ® pkgs.
ilver  Gloss..
6 ® pkgs.,
.1 & pkgs., Corn  Starch.
(Bulk)  Ontario 
............
su g a r s.

. 

ft

TEAS.

........ 491

TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN  PAILS.

Cut  Loaf__
Cubes  ............................
Powdered.....................
Granulated,  Standard.
Confectionery A ..........
Standard A ....................
Extra C, White.............
Extra C..........................
Fine  C............................
Yellow C.........................
Dark C............................
SYRUPS.
Corn,  Barrels...  ..................
30®32 
Corn, !4 bbls............................
32@34 
Corn,  10 gallon kegs...............
@  35 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................
@1  75 
Corn, 4% gallon kegs.............
@1 60 
Pure  Sugar............................
23®  35 
Pure Sugar Drips..................
30®  38 
Pure Sugar  Drips................ 5 gal
@1 98 
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips..  ■.........*4 bbl
@  85 
]  Pure  Loaf Sugar..................Ssal kegs
®1 85
I  Japan ordinary............................................22©25
Japan fair to good..................... .................30@35
Japan fine......................................................40@50
13
Japan dust.................................................... 15@20
Young Hyson................................................30@50
GunPowder........................... .......................35@50
Oolong.....................................................33@55@60
Congo............................................................. 25@30
Dark AmericanEagle67|Sweet  Rose................45
The Meigs..................64 j Meigs & Co.’s Stunner38
Red  Bird....................50 Atlas............................35
State  Seal..................60 Royal Game................ 38
Prairie Flow er........ 65|Muie Ear.....................65
Climber..................... 62|Fountain.....................74
1  Indian Queen........... 60 Old Congress...............64
I  Bull  Dog................... 60 j Good Luck..................52
Crown  Leaf.............. 66: Blaze Away................35
!  Matchless..................65j Hair Lifter..................30
j  Hiawatha..................671 Governor................... 60
Globe  ........ 1.............. 70| Fox’s Choice............   63
May Flower.............. 70iMedallion................... 35
I  Hero  ...........................45 Sweet Owen................66
Old  Abe. 
i  Nimrod.....................................................  @44
E. C...........................................................   @40
I  Blue  Peter..............................................  @38
Spread Eagle...........................................  @38
Big Five Center......................................  @35
Red  Fox...................................................  @48
Big Drive.................................................   @54
Seal of Grand Rapids............................  @44
Durham..........................................  
  @44
Patrol......................................................   @48
Jack Rabbit............................................   @4»,
90
Snowflake................................................  @4t>
Chocolate Cream....................................   @43
Woodcock  ..............................................  @46
Knignts of  Labor...................................  @46
Railroad................................................. 
  @46
Big  Bug...................................................  @¿2
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12...............................  @44;
Black Bear..............................................  @37
King 
.....................................................  @46
Old Five Cent Times..............................  @38
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft.............................   @02
Parrot-.....................................................  @46
Old Tim e.................................................   @38
Tramway..............................
Glory  ..................................
@46
Silver  Coin..........................
@50
Buster  [Dark]....................
Black Prince [Dark]..............................  @36
Black Racer  [Dark]..............................  @36
Leggett & Myers’ Star..........................   @43
Climax.....................................................  @46
  @46
AleAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s..............................  @37
Nobby Twist.....................................  
  @46
Acorn......................................................   @46
Crescent..................................................  @44
Black  X ...................................................  @35
Black  Bass..................... .......................   @40
Spring......................................................   @46
Crayling.................................................   @46
Mackinaw................................................  @45
HorseShoe..............................................   @44
80
Hair Lifter..............................................   @35
D. and D., black......................................  @36
MeAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................   @43
Ace  High, black....................................   @35
Sailors’  Solace........................................  @43

± Hold F ast....................................... 

PLUG.

 

2e. less in four butt lots.

SMOKING

Vanilla.
00 1  40
50
2 50
50
4 00
50
5 00
25
1 50
75
3 00
50
7 50
0O 15 00
00 4 25
25 6 00
4*

.30

.16

.1  60

s h o r t s.

MATCHES.

KEROSENE  OIL.

Richardson’s No.

Oshkosh, N( 
Swedish

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

Mule Ear............. :.. ,23|01d Congress.
Michigan  Chief..................................

Old Tar......................4Q!Conqueror...................23
Arthur’s  Choice......22lGrayling......................32
Red Fox.................... 26¡Seal Skin....................  30
Flirt...........................28 Rob Roy...................... .'26
Gold Dust.................26 Uncle  Sam...................28
Gold  Block............... 30j Lumberman................25
Seal of Grand Rapids RailroadBoy..................38
(cloth)................. 25i Mountain Rose........... 18
Tramway, 3 oz.........40lHome Comfort............25
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35 Old Rip........................55
Boss  .......................... 15|Seal of North Caro-
lina, 2  oz...................48
Peck’s Sun............... 18| 
AIinersandPuddlers.28!Seal of North Caro-
Aiorning  Dew...........25 
lina, 4oz.................... 46
Chain......................... 22! Seal of North  Caro-
lina, 8oz................... 41
Peerless  ....................25i 
Standard...................22'Seai of North  Caro-
Old Tom.................... 211 
lina, 16 oz boxes___ 40
Tom & Jerry............ 24 Big Deal....................... 27
Joker......................... 25|Apple Jack.................. 24
Traveler...................35|King Bee, longeut..  .22
Maiden...................... 25|Milwaukee  Prize___ 24
Pickwick  Club.........40 Rattler.........................28
Nigger Head............ 26 Windsor cut plug..!  .25
Holland.....................22 Zero
German.....................16 Holland Mixed___ 4.
I  Solid Comfort........... 30¡Golden A ge.. 
.T
894  Red Clover................ 32 Mail  Pouch..............
Long Tom..................30!Knights of Lai or...
National...................26|Free Cob Pipe.
Tim e......................... 261

LUMBER, LATH  AND  SHINGLES

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f. o. 

© 1%
@8
@16
28@30 
434@5 
12@13 
@1 70
m j  „
10@13 
9@9{4 
@12*4 
@13
7*s@  8*4 
2 35@2 80 
@3 30 
@4 25 
@2 60

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run..................
Birch, log-run..........................
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..................
Black Ash, log-run..................
Cherry,  log-i’un.......................
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2...............
Cherry,  cull.............................
Maple,  log-run................ .........
Afaple, Nos. land 2..................
Maple, clear, flooring.............
Maple, white, selected........... .
Red Oak, log-run.....................
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..............
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank...
W alnut, log-run.......................
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...............
Walnuts,  culls........................
Water Elm, log-run..................
White Ash,  log-run..................
Whitewood,  log-run................

The furniture factories  here  pay  as  follows 
@13
13 00 
$20 00 
0J@20
Apples, Dried, evap., bbl:
@25 00 
Apples, Dried, evap., box 
@14 00 
Cherries,dried,  pitted...
25 0G@35 00 
Citron...............................
©55 00 
Currants............................
10 00@12 00 
Peaches, dried  ...............
13 00@15 00 
Pineapples,  standards..
@16 00 
i Prunes, Turkey, new............................  4
@25 00 
Prunes, French, 50 ®  boxes...........
@25 00
Raisins, Valencias............................
©15 00
,20 00  Raisins,  Layer Valencias...............
J2o 00 I Raisins,  Ondaras..............................
$no 09 I Raisins,  Sultanas..............................
575 00  Raisins, Loose  Aluscatels...............
(¡0  Raisins, London Layers..................
Raisins, Dehesias.............................
@11  00 
Raisins. California  Layers.............
©-516 00 
@23 00
Water White........10*4 I Legal  Test
Grand  Haven,  No. 9, square...............................1 50
Grand Haven,  No. 8, square............................... 1 50
b. cars  as follows:
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor..................... 2 251 
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $44 00  Grand Haven,  No.  300, parlor......................3 50 [  Globe^......................... 21|Hiawatha
Uppers, 1*4,1% and 2 inch.........................  46 00  Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round...............................2 25
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00  Oshkosh, No. 2........................................................] 10
Selects, 1 *4,1% and 2  inch__
38 00 
Fine Common, 1 inch.
30 00 
Shop,1 inch................
2‘  square............... ............. 2  701 American  ....................................
20  00
do 
Fine, Common, 1*4,1% and 2 inch...........   32 00
(j 
do 
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00 
8 
9 
do 
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  16 pO
19,  do 
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet.........................  17  00 !  Richardson’s No. 19,
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.....  15 00 
MOLASSES.
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet..........................   17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet
12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet...............
13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................
14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet.........................  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  all
widths and  lengths.......................... 8  00@  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ............................  33  00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................  27  00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.........................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................  12 00
No. 1 Fencing,4  inch..'..............................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch..................
12  00 
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch
20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B..................  18 00
14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................  
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common__
9 00 
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear............................
20  00
io 66
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft........". 
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B ....................  36 00  28 Pocket
Dressed Flooring, 6in.  C..........................   29 00 I JhO 3 ft  pockets
17 op j Saginaw Fine
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..
4 pp  Diamond C..........
Dressed Flooring6in.. No. 2 common__
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Standard  Coarse.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..
35 00  Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags.
Dressed Flooring, 4in., C..........................   26 60 I Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags...
18 pii I Higgins’ English dairy b 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n 
u.  bags, 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n 
14 00 I American, dairy, % bu. t 
lags.
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
i XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............  
3 30
\ X X X 18 in.  Thin...................................... 
3 gp
j XXX 16 in........  ...................................... 
2 80
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
2 00
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................. 
1
60
Lath
1  75@ 2 00

Steel  cut.................5  25!Quaker, 48 fts.........2 35
Steel Cut, % bbls.. .2 90iQuaker, 60 fts.........2 50
Rolled  Oats........... 3  60jQuaker bbls............ 6 00
Choice in barrels med..................  .......4 00@4 50
Choice in % 
............................2 50@2  75
PIPES.
Imported Clay 3 gross.....................
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross............  @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 210,2% gross........   @185
American  T. D.......................................   @  90
Good Carolina....... 6  Ijava  .................. 6*4@63>i
Prime Carolina.......6% P atna................. . 
.6
Choice Carolina......7  Rangoon............5%@6?4
Good Louisiana......»{^Broken.......................

............]  75 ! Old  Judge.................................
10 00 I Black  Strap.
. 14@16@18
Porto  Rico..
.......28@S0
New  Orleans,  good.
,38@42
New Orleans, choice.....................................48@50
New Orleans,  fancy.....................................52@55

DeLand’s pure....... 5% ¡Dwight’s ....................5%
Church’s  ................ 5% Sea  Foam................. 5%
Taylor’s  G. M.........5%iCap  Sheaf...................5%
, —   —
2 25
60 Pocket, F F  Dairy.........................;, 

Rock, bushels
Parisian, %  pints..........................
Pepper Sauce, red  small.............
Pepper Sauce, green  ....................
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring__
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring.

............2  70 ! La  Industria...............

@60 00 
@60 00 
@57 00 
........
@50 00 
............... ........... 1  70 Parker .................................
@50 00 
...............
Promenade.......................
@35 00 
..........
@35 00 
1 Paini na  ...............................................
@25 00
Comforter............................................  
@20 00
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......  @  75
Maeeoboy...............................   @ 55
 
Gail & Ax’ 
Rappee...............
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..........
@  45 
Lotzbeek  ...............................
@1 30
VINEGAR.
Pure  Cider..........8@12 White Wine..........   8@12

Burners, No. 1 ........................................... 
do  No.  2........................................... 
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............  15@25
Oandles, Star.
@13% 
Candles,  H otel.,.............
@14 
Extract Coffee, V.  C.......
@80 
Felix ...
Gum, Rubber  100 lumps. 
@30 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.
@40 
Gum, Spruce....................
30@35 
Hominy, 
bbl................
@4 00 
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails..........
@ 4% 
Peas, Green Bush...........
@1  35 
Peas, Split prepared.......
@  3% 
Powder, Keg....................
@3 50 
Powder,  % Keg...............
@1 93

I  John  Mohrhard  Q uotes  th e   trade  selling 
I  prices as follows:
!  Fresh  Bepf, sides...............................
j  Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters...............
I  Dressed  Hogs......................................
i  Mutton,  carcasses..............................
\a  00!  Veal......................................................
&  751  Pork  Sausage......................................
&  90  Bologna................................................
(¿1  35  Chickens..............................................
Si  701 Turkeys  ..............................................

Bath Brick imported............................ 
American............................ 
2 25@3 001  Barley..................................................... 

FRESH  MEATS.

% bbls. 3c extra.

MISCELLANEOUS.

SALERATUS.

OATMEAL.

PICKLES.

SAUCES.

CIGARS.

55 
86 
80 

SNUFF.

RICE.

SALT.

1 25 

“ 
“ 

do 

do 

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“ 

I 

 

95
90
@3
l 
1  50

 

CANDY,  FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

do 
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FANCY—IN  BULK.

STICK.
©9
..............................  9%@10
 
10%@11
.MIXED.

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :
Straight, 25 ft  boxes............................ 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 25 ft  pails......................................  @ 9*4
Royal, 200 ft bbls........................................8%©9
Extra, 25 ft  pails.......................................   @10*4
Extra, 200 ft bbls....................................... 9 @  9*4
French Cream, 25 ft pails......................12%@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...................................12%@13
Broken, 25 ft  pails.....................................10%@11
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.......................... 
10@10%
FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.
Lemon  Drops................................................... 13
I Sour Drops........................................................ 14
Peppermint  Drops..........................................15
Chocolate Drops...............................................16
I H M Chocolate  Drops.....................................20
| Gum  Drops  ..................................................... 10
Licorice Drops..................................................20
A B  Licorice  Drops.. 
12
Lozenges, plain................................. 
..".Jo
Lozenges,  printed........................................... 16
Imperials..........................................................15
Mottoes.............................................................15
Cream  B ar.....................................1 4
Molasses Bar.......................................!!!".!". 13
Caramels.......................................................... .20
Hand Made Creams............. ;..........................20
Plain  C r e a m s .............................................17
| Decorated Creams....................1!!".!!!'.. 20
String Rock............................................""".15
Burnt Almonds............................*  22
Wintergreen  Berries........... .............  " "  .. 15
Lozenges, plain in  pails......................  @12%
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.................  
  @11%
Lozenges, printed in pails...................!l3%@14
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.................... 12%@13
Chocolate Drops, in pails.....................   @13
Gum  Drops  in pails................ ................7  @7%
Gum Drops, in bbls................................... 
6%
Moss Drops, in pails..............................io%@ll%
I Moss Drops, in bbls..............................  
9
Sour Drops, in  pails........................................12
Imperials, in  pails..................... . . . . . . J 3@"  14
Imperials  in bbls............................. " 
@¡3
Bananas,  Aspinwall............................. 3 00@4 00
Oranges, Messina and  Palermo__ !. .4 00@4 50
Oranges, California.
@3 50 
Lemons,  choice...........
@5 00 
Lemons, fancy.............
5 50 
Figs,  layers new,  g  ft. 
@11 
Dates, frails 
do  .
© 4
do  ..........................   @6
Dates, % do 
Dates, skin..............................................  @4%
Dates, %  skii] 
Dates, %  skin.................................@ 5
..................................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   it)....................  8%@  9
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft.....................   @7
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ^ ft........... ..  6  @  6 %
Pine Apples, <g  doz...............................2 25@2 50
PEANUTS.
................ 6  @ 6%
Prime  Red,  raw  <g  ft...........................  
414
do  ............................  @5
Choice 
o
.......... 
::::::: *#¡8
Fancy 
do  ........
Choice White, Va.do  ........
Fancy H P..  Va  do  ........
NUTS.
I Almonds,  Terragona, $  ft....................  18@18%
do  ....................   8@  8%
Brazils, 
Peeons, 
9@12
do  ....................  
uo  ....................12%@14
1 Filberts, Sicily 
Walnuts, Grenobles  do  .................... 12%@15
Walnuts, French 
“  ......................11%@12%

FRUITS.

do 
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PROVISIONS.

do. 
do. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN.

\  The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co 
| quote  as follows:
I 
| Mess, Chicago  packing.................................n   50
! Clear, Chicago packing...........................'' J 2 25
i Extra Family Clear...............................[ ’ \  113 25
i Clear, A. Webster  packer................."."".12 50
j Extra Clear,  heavy........... ...........................13 03
Boston Clear............................................'" " l3 25
A. Webster, packer, short  cut........" ."  .".12  75
Clear back, short cut............. .......................13 50
Standard Clear, the  best............................. 14 00
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
6%
medium............................3 y„
light....................................
6{
Long Clear Backs, 500  ft  cases.......!."!
Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases............!
Long Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.............
Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.............
Bellies, extra quality, 500 ft cases__ !!
Bellies, extra quality, 3001b cases........
Bellies, extra quality, 200 ft cases........
j 
I Boneless  Hams..................................
Boneless Shoulders..................
Breakfast  Bacon.........................
Dried Beef, extra quality......."
I Dried Beef, Ham pieces.............
Shoulders cured  in sweet pickle
73^
Tierces  ..................................................... 
30 and 50 ft Tubs................................................7 -ii
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.....................  
7%
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks.................. 
7%
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
83»
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case................................ 
8*4
101b Pails. 6 in a case........................ [.. 
8*4
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 lbs........... 10 25
Boneless,  extra..............................................14  50
Pork  Sausage...................................................  7
Ham  Sausage...................................................ib
Tongue  Sausage............................................*10
Frankfort  Sausage..........•............... 10
Blood  Sausage................................................... 6%
Bologna, straight.............................................. 6%
Bologna,  thick................................................... 6%
Head  Cheese....................................... !!" " "   6%
In half barrels.................................................  320
In quarter barrels....................................... "

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

BEEF IN BARRELS.

1 IGS’ FEET.

LARD.

OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.
F. J. D. Selects.......................
Standards  ....................
FRESH  FISH.
Mackinaw Trout.......................
Whiteiish  ....................
Black Bass....................
Run  Fish.....................
Rock Bass.............................
Perch  .........................
Duck Bill Pike....................
Wall-eyed  Pike.......................
Smoked White Fish..........
Smoked Trout.......................
Smoked Sturgeon..................

............. 35
..  oO

..........6
..........6
..........8
5
..........  5
4-
..........  5
..  6
..........10
..........10
..........  8%

$  bu.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.
Apples—New apples, 50@75c $  box.
Asparagus—40@45c f! doz. bunches.
Beans—Choice picked are  dull at $1.35@$1.40 

full cream.

quarters, 3%@4c.

size.  Wax beans, $2@$2.25 $  bu.

Blueberries—$3.25 ]? bu.
Butter—Michigan  creamery  is  in  moderate 
demand at 16c.  Dairy is  slow  sale  at 12%@14c 
for tubs and 10@12%c for jars.
@75c  doz.

Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand  at 60 
Cheese—New stock  is  abundant  at  7c  for 
Cucumbers—40c  doz.
Dried  Apples—Evaporated,  7©8c;  common 
@ 44
Eggs—In moderate supply  at  12%@13c.
Green Onions—20@25c $  doz. bunches.
Green Beans—$1@.$1.50  $   box, according to 
Green Peas—$1  ]p bu.
Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at 13@14c.
Hay—Bailed, $15@$16 
Lettuce—8c  for ordinary stock.
Onions—About out of market.
Pieplant—2c 
Plums—$1 for *8 bu box for Tennessee stock. 
Pop Corn—Choice commands 4c 
Potatoes—New potatoes are  quite  plentiful 
at $2.50 1? bbl. for Tennessee Rose.
Poultry—Very scarce.  Fowls, 9@10c.  Chick­
ens, 12@13c.  Turkeys, 14c.
Radishes—20@25c jp doz.  bunches.
Raspberries—12%c per qt for red or black, in 
Strawberries—5@6c  ip  qt.  in  16  and  24  qt. 
Tomatoes—1.20@1.25 per %  bu box.
Watermelons—$5 per  doz for choice Georgia 

24 pint eases or 10 quart stands.
boxes.

Wild Goose stock, in 24 quart cases, $3.
ft.

ton.

06

ft.

GRAINS AND MILLING  PRODUCTS.

Wheat—2c  lower.  The  city millers  pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  92;  Fulse,  90c;  Clawson 
90c.
Corn—Jobbing generally at 55c in 100 bu. lots 
and 52c in carlots.
Oats—White, 43c in small lots  and  38c@40  in 
carlots.
Rye—56c $  
Barley—Br«
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, $6.25^1 bbl. 

Irewers pay $1.25 <p  cwt.

in  sacks  and $6.50 in wood.  Straight,  $5.25 
bbl. in sacks and $5.50 in wood.

bu.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 

$  ton.  Ships, $15 
Corn and Oats, $22 $  ton.

ton.  Bran, $14 
ton.  Middlings, $16 $  ton. 

stock.

WOODEN WARE.

Standard  Tubs, No. 1...................................... 7
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...................................... 6
Standard  Tubs, No. 3.......................................5
Standard Pails, two hoop................................1
Standard Pails, three hoop.............................1
Dowell Pails.......................................................2
Dowell Tubs, No. 1........................................... 8
Dowell Tubs, No. 2.......................................   .7
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3..........................................6
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes...........................2
Butter Ladles....................................................1
Rolling Pins.......................................................1
Potato  Mashers...............................................
Clothes Pounders.......................... 
2
Clothes Pins.............. ;.....................................
Mop Stocks...................  
l
Washboards, single..........................................1
|  Washboards, double........................................2
| Diamond  Market...........................................
j  Bushel, narrow  band......................................1
Bushel, wide band........................................... 1
j Clothes, splint.  No. 1...............................
Clothes, splint,  No. 2...................................... 3
Clothes, splint,  No. 3......................................4
Clothes, willow, No. 1......................................5
Clothes, willow. No. 2......................................6
Clothes, willow, No. 3.............  
7

BASKETS.

 

 

 

HIDES, PELTS  AND  FURS. 

HIDES.

Perkins & Hess quote as foLows: 
sen ....$  ft  6 
Gre 
Part
rt cured...  7
Full cured__
Dry hides and 
k ip s...........

@  6% jCalf skins, green
@7%  or cured__  
@  8*4 Deacon skins,
@12 
SHEEP PELTS.

1
I  ^ piece.......20  1
I

Shearlings.
.10
Lambskins..............................................15
Old wool, estimated washed ¡g ft........
Tallow......................................................  4{.
Fine washed ¡g ft 20@25|Unwashed..........
Coarse washed.. .16@18|
Raisins, California Muscatels.............
White Bear.........................................

WOOL.

2-3
@2 30 
@35

J T T X I D I O  

O O » . ,

[JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

103  CANAL STREET.

W. N.FULLER & GO

D ESIG N ER S  AND

E n g ra v ers on  W ood,

Fine  Mechanical  and  Furniture Work, In­

cluding  Buildings, Etc,,

49 Dyon St., Opposite Arcade,

GRAND RAPIDS 

- 

MICH.

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
I 2S T E S

E U S T   O
From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts made  for 
Complete Outfits.

88,90  and 92  South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

CP-

o

HERCULES !
A n n i h i l a t o r  f

The Great Stump and Rock

Strongest and Safest Explosive Known 

to the Arts,

Farmers, practice  economy  and  clear your 
land  of  stumps  and  boulders.  Main  Office, 
Hercules  Powder  Company,  No.  40 Prospect 
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
L.  S. HILL & CO., AGTS. 

GUSS,  AMMUNITION  k F I S K   TACKLE.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

G. S. YALE & 3RD.,
FLAVORINB  BITRAGTS!

—Manufacturers  ot —

BAKING  POWDERS,

B L U I M G - S ,   E T C . ,

4 0   a n d   4 2   S o u th   D iv isio n ,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

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Ibarbware.

B u tc h e rs’ T anged  F ir m e r.......................dis 
B a rto n ’s S ock et  F irm e rs ......................... dis 
C old.........................-. .......................................n e t

40
20

T I N - W A R E !

FOSTER.  STEVENS  &  GO.

As the  demand for low-priced TINWARE seems to  be on the increase, we  are gradu­
ally adding a full  line to our stock,  and will  soon  issue  a  Catalogue  giving  lower  prices 
than has yet been quoted by any other dealers,  We have now in stock some  CASE  TIN­
WARE which is meeting with great success everywhere,  and we think it is to the interest 
of all  Hardware Dealers to try a case of each.  The following are  our specialties.

OUR  LEADER.

P a te n t Bottom   Fir

> 0U ” -L roof  Tin-W are.

318  P ieces  o f

W ILL ASTONISH Y0UE CUSTOMERS & IN0REASE YOUR SALES WONDERFULLY.

TO  RETAIL  AT  10  CENTS  EACH

Effects  of  Heat  and  Cold  on  Steel 

Tools.

There  are  steels  and  steels. 

Some  of 
them act queerly.  A planer man was much 
annoyed at the breaking of his  cutting chis­
els every morning in the cold weather.  He 
had  become infatuated with a  “high”  steel 
that was worked at a low  red heat and  was 
not hardened by tempering,  but was  left  to 
cool under the hammer.  But his planer was 
near a  basement  wall  on  which  the  cold 
frost  stood  every  cold  morning  during 
an  “open”  winter. 
Soon  as he started  a 
chip,  away would go  the  point  or  edge  of 
the tool.  A t last he put  his  thinking  cap 
on, and procuring a small alcohol lamp from 
a glue pot,  he  swung  it  on  the  cross-head 
saddle so that the blaze came up by the side 
o f  the  tool. 
the 
tool so that it was almost painful to feel  it. 
He had no more snap breakages.  After the 
tool got heated by the friction  of  its  work, 
the lamp was turned off.  Another  machin­
ist,  working on threading taps,  heats up the 
threading tool in the  morning  by  grinding 
it cn an emery wheel.

served  to  heat 

This 

The Evils of a Speculative  Market.

The evils of a speculative market for pro­
ducts are once more illustrated by the extra­
ordinary and  unreasonable  advance  in the 
price of tin,  which recently  mounted in the 
London  market  to  £97  per  ton,  a  higher 
price  than  has  been  touched  at  any  other 
time for  nearly  two  years. 
It  is  noticed 
that  one  firm  has  gained  possession  of 
-5,000 out of the 6,000 tons of Straits tin now 
in the London market.  But that fact would 
not so affect  the  price  if  the  market were 
not essentially a speculative one, and if peo­
ple who own no tin at all had not been  per­
mitted to sell a large  quantity  of  it. 
It is 
because these  gamblers  in  tin  are  not  at 
present able to buy the stuff which  they sold 
without owning it that  the  price is now ad­
vancing  so wildly.  As  respects  these peo­
ple there is  no  occasion  for  regret  if  they 
have to lose all they are worth,  but the bus­
iness becomes most  injurious  to  the public 
because it affects  important  industries  and 
the dealings of merchants engaged in  legiti­
mate business.

The power or capacity of a belt depend up­
on  the  lineal  speed  and  on  the  constant 
stress or load ; hence,  lineal  speed  with  a 
constant stress or load  does  not greatly af­
fect the durability  of a belt. 
Lineal  speed 
with a constant horse-power affects the dur­
ability of a belt  by  affecting  the  strain  on 
belt and fastenings,  increase  of  speed,  di­
minishing  the  constant  stress or  load,  so 
long as the horse power is kept down.

Experienced lumbermen have always held 
that timber cut in the spring was  not  dura­
ble for building purposes. 
Ilecent scientific 
investigations,  it is  stated,  sustain  this  be­
lief. 
It  is  known that the richer the wood 
is in sulphuric acid and potassium  the more 
likely it is not to rot  and mold.  Wood cut 
in the spring contains eight times  as  much 
o f the former and five times as much  of the 
latter as wood cut in the winter.

“Suppose,”  said an examiner to  a  student 
in engineering,  “you  had  built  an  engine 
yourself,  performed every part of  the  work 
without assistance,  and knew that it was in 
complete order,  but, when  put on the  road, 
the pump would not draw water, what would 
you do?”  “I should look into the  tank and 
ascertain if there was  any  water  to  draw,” 
replied the student.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

BOLTS.

AUGERS AND BITS.

Prevailing  rates  at Chicago  are  as  follows:
Ives’, old  style........................................ dis 
60
60
N.H .C. Co...............................................dis 
60
Douglass’ .................................................dis 
60
Pierces’ ....................................................dis 
Snell’s....................................................... dis 
60
Cook’s  .............................  
dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine................................ dis 
25
Jennings’,  imitation.............................. dis40&10
BALANCES.
Spring.......................................
BARROWS.
..$  13 00 
Railroad..................................
net 33 00
Garden.....................................
BELLS.
Hand.................................................... dis  $ 60&10
Cow..........................................................dis 
fio
Call........................................................... dis 
15
20
G ong........................................................dis 
Door, Sargent......................................... dis 
55
Stove.....................................................dis $ 
40
Carriage  new list.................................. dis 
75
Plow  .......................................................dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe..............................................dis 
75
Cast Barrel  Bolts... s>... .7 .................... dis 
50
55
Wrought Barrel Bolts...........................dis 
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs......................dis 
50
Cast Square Spring................................dis 
55
Cast Chain...............................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob...............dis  55&10
Wrought Square......................  
dis  55&10
■Wrought Sunk Flush.............................dis 
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush..;..............................................  50&10&10
Ives’  Door................ ....;.....................dis  50&10
40
Barber................................................. dis $ 
Backus..................................................... dis 
50
Spofford.......................... . . ....................dis 
50
Am. Ball...........................; ....................dis  net
Well, plain...................................................$  4 00
Well, swivel....................  ..........................  
4  50
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................... dis  60&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed........dis  60&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  50&10
Wrounht Loose  Pin.............................. dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............. dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned............. dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
............dis 60& 5
Wrought Inside  Blind................ .......... dis
60
Wrought Brass.......................... ..........dis 65&10
Blind. Clark’s............................
..........dis 70&10
Blind, Parker’s.......................... ..........dis
70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s........................ ..........dis
70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x214, per gross 35 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3.. . .per gross 18 00
Ely’s 1-10............................... .
Hick’s C. F ...........................................
G . D.........................................................
Musket...................................................
CATRiDGES.
Ti m Fire. U. M.C. & Winchester  new list
Kim Fire, United  States.............. ..............dis
Central Fire..........................
Socket Firmer................................................dis
Socket Framing................................ ............ dis
______dis
Socket Corner....................................
___ dis
Socket Slicks.......................... . . . i f >.

60
35
60
50
50
..............dis %
75
75
75'
75

tipped ..............................................

BUTTS, CAST.

BUCKETS.

CHISELS.

BRACES.

CAPS.

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

COMBS.

.$ ft

3334
25

COCKS.

C u rry , L aw ren ce’s .......................................dis 
H o tch k iss  ....................................................d is 
B rass,  R ack in g ’s .............................................. 
50
50
B ib b ’s ...........................................................‘___ 
B e e r ......................................................................   40&10
F e n n s’................................................................... 
60
COPPER.
P lan ish ed , 14 oz c u t to  s iz e ..
14x52,14x56,14 x60.................
DRILLS
W orse’s B it  S to c k ...................
T a p e r an d  Strain a t S h a n k ...
M orse’s T a p e r  S u5nk.............
ELBOW'S.
Com. 4 piece, 6  i n ...................
C o rru g a te d ................................................... dis
A d ju s ta b le ....................................................dis
dis 
C lar's, sm all, $18  iiO:  larg e,  $26  00. 
Iv e s ’, 1, $18  00 ;  2,  $24  00 ;  3, $30  00. 
dis 
A m erican  F ile A sso ciatio n   L is t......... dis 
D issto n ’s ....................................................... dis 
New  A m e ric a n ............................................dis 
N icholson’s .....................................................dis 
H e lle r’s ............................................. 
dis 
H e lle r’s H o rse  R a sp s............................... dis 
Nos. 16 to  20, 
L ist 

. doz net SI 00 
20&10 H&10
20
25 
60
60
60
60
30
33J4
28,
1 8 1

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

22 an d   24,  25 a n d  26, 

EX PANSIVE BITS.

..dis 
, .dis 
..dis

D isco u n t, J u n ia ta  45@10, C harcoal 50@10. 

FILES.

27 
15 

12 

 

HINGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

an d   lo n g e r......................................  

50
S tan ley  R u le an d  L evel Co.’s ..................d is 
M aydole & Co.’s ............................................dis 
20
K ip ’s .................................................................dis 
25
Y erk es &  P lu m b ’s ...................................... dis 
40
M ason’s Solid C ast  S te e l.........................30 c list 40
B la ck sm ith ’s Solid C ast S teel, H an d . .30 c 40&10 
B arn  D oor K id d e r M fg. Co., W ood tra c k  dis  50
C ham pion, a n ti-fric tio n ...........................dis 
60
K idder, w ood  tra  c k ....................................dis 
40
G ate, C lark ’s, 1,2,  3.................................... dis 
60
S ta te ....................................................p e rd o z .n e t, 2  50
Screw  H ook an d  S trap , to   12  in .  4J4  14
314
 
1014
Screw' H ook an d  E ye,  14  ......................Ret 
Screw  Ho.  i an d  E y e  % ...........................n e t 
814
Screw  H o o k  a n d  E ye  % ...........................n e t 
714
Screw  H ook an d  E ye,  % .........................n e t 
712
S trap  and  T ...................................................dis  60&10
S tam p ed  T in W a re ..........................................  60&10
J a p a n n e d   T in   W a re ......................................  20&10
G ra n ite   Iro n   W are ........................................ 
25
G ru b   1 ........................................................$11  00, dis 40
G ru b   2 .......................................................   11  50, dis 40
G ru b  3 .........................................................  12  00, dis 40
D oor, m in eral, ja p . trim m in g s ___$2  70, dis 66%
D oor, p o rcelain , ja p . trim m in g s..  3  50, dis 66% 
D oor, p o rcelain ,  p la te d  trim ­
m in g s ........................................... list,10  15, dis 66%
70
D oor, p o rc e la in , trim m in g s  list,1155, dis 
|  D raw er an d   S h u tter,  p o rc e la in ......... dis 
70
P ic tu re , H .  L. Ju d d  &  Co.’s .......................d 
40
H c m a c ite .................................  
dis 
50
66%
.dis
Russell & Irwin Mfg Co.’s new list.
. .dis 66%
Mallory, Wheelnr A Co.’s.................
..dis 66%
Branford’s ...............
. .dis 66%
Norwalk’s................
Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s..................dis  65
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ............................dis  40&10
Coffee, P.S.&W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 40&10
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s ........dis  40&10
Coffee,  Enterprise.....................................dis  25
Adze  Eye.....................................$16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt  Eye..................................... $15 00dis40&10
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 «X 10

LEVELS.
MILLS.

LOCKS—DOOR.

•  KNOBS.

MATTOCKS.

HOES.

NAILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

8d 
2*4 

__ ^ keg $2  35

MAULS.
OILERS.

lOd to  60d...........
8d and 9 d adv__
6d and 7d  adv__
4d and 5d  adv__
3d advance..........
I 3d fine  advance.. 
Clinch nails,  adv.
6d  4d 
Finishing 
1  10d 
2 
1*4
Size—inches  j o  
Adv. $  keg 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2  00 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLA3SES GATES.
. .dis 70
Stebbin’s Pattern  .................................
Stebbin’s Genuine.................................. ..dis 70
Enterprise,  self-measuring.................. . .dis 25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.............
.  dis 50
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.  ................. . .dis 55
Zinc, with brass bottom......................... ..dis 50
Brass or  Copper...................................... ..dis 40
Reaper..........................
. per gross, $12 net 
Olmstead’s ....................
50
..................  
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................dis
Sciota Bench................................................ dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........................ dis
Bench, flrstquaiity.....................................dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, Acme............................................... dis
Common, polished.................................. dis60&]0
Dripping............................................... $  
lb  6®
Iron and Tinned..................................dis
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.................... dis
50&10
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10*4 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

PLANES.

RIVETS.

PANS.

9

Broken packs Me 

ft extra.

ROOFING PLATES.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................  5  75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............7  75
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne...............16 90
Si6al, Vi In. and  larger..................................   714
Manilla............................................................  1434
Steel and  Iron...................................... dis
Try and Be vels........................................dis  50&10
Mitre  ..................................................... dis
20
Com. Smooth.
Com. 
$2  80 
2 80 
2  80 
2 80 
3 00 
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............................... t.  4 40
I No. 27..............................................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 fts, $   ft.......................
| In smaller quansities, *¡3  ft................
I No. 1,  Refined.......................................
! Market  Half-and-half.........................
Strictly  Half-and-half.........................
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal........................
IC, 
6 50 ! 
10xl4,Charcoal........................
IX, 
8 50 ’ 
12x12, Charcoal.........................
IC, 
6 50 
12x12, Charcoal  ......................
IX, 
8 50 : 
14x20, Charcoal.......................
IC, 
6 50 ! 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal.......................
8 50 i 
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal.......................
10 50 ! 
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool.......................
12 50 ! 
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal....................
14  50 i
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal.......................
18 00 I
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal....................
6 50 j 
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal....................
8 50
10 so ; 
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal....................
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoai................
12 50 i
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1  50  to  6 75 

TINNER’S SOLDER.

6
614
13 00
15  00
16

■TIN  PLATES.

rates.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel.  Game................................., ......... .........
Onoida Communtity,  Newhouse’s ...........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s__   60
Hotchkiss’ ........................................................  60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s......................................  60
Mouse,  choker...................................... 20e $  doz
Mouse,  delusion................................................. $1 26fldoz
Bright  Market.....................................  dis  60&10
Annealed Market.................................:dis 
70
Coppered Market__ \ ...........................dis  55&10
Extra Bailing.............................................   dis  55
Tinned  Market................................  
dis  40
Tinned  Broom............................................ ^ ft  09
Tinned Mattress....................................... ^ ft  8*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................dis  40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.....................................dis 3734
Plain Fence..................................................... ft 3*4
Barbed Fence...................................................
Copper................................................ new  list net
Brass....................................................new  list net
Bright............................................  
Screw Ey es.................................... 
Hook’s ..................................................... dis  70&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...........................dis  70&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine.........................................dis  50A10
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
65
70
Coe’s Patent, malleable........................dis 
70
Pumps,  Cistern......................................dis 
Screws, new  list........................................ 
gg
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................disSO&lO
3314
Dampers, American................................ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

dis 70&10
dis 70& 10

WIRE GOODS.

WrENCHES.

 
 

AN  ASSURED  SUCCESS.

T he  Michigan  Manufacturer  has 
j  been accorded so hearty  a  reception  at  the 
|  hands  of  manufacturers  all  over  the
State  that  tl 
e  publishers  are  able  Jo an- 
i!ounce  that 
the  journal is an assured suc- 
cess.  Below 
are  some  of  the  comments 
made  on  its 
appearance  by representative
I journals:

Daily  Eagle:  T he  Michigan  Maxu- 
i  factuiikr  is  the  title  of  a  new  monthly 
journal of sixteen pages, just started in this 
I city, and of which the first  (August)  num­
ber  is  on  our  table. 
It is the venture of 
|  E.  A.  Stowe & Brother,  who for some  time 
) have been publishing with good success  the 
I  Michigan 'Tradesman. 
Its  mechanical  ex- 
j ecution  is excellent,  its contents are equally 
so,  and no neater paper is printed.  Such  a 
journal  should  receive  paying  patronage 
from the thousands of enterprising mechan- 
j  ies and  manufacturers 
in  Michigan,  and 
j judging from its initial number,  it must win 
j success.

Daily Democrat:  E.  A.  Stowe  &  Bro.
! have just published the initial number of their 
! new  journal,  The  Michigan  Manu fac- 
| TUREK.  The first  number is all that could 
|  be desired in typographical appearance,  and 
|  is made up of sixteen pages of matter  high- 
I  ly interesting to those engaged in  manufac­
turing enterprises.  The paper looks as if it 
! deserved success and would  obtain it.

Daily Telegram:  A new venture  in  jour- 
!  nalism made its appearance in  this city yes- 
I  terday under the name  of  T he  Michigan 
Manufacturer.  The new publication is 
I edited by E.  A.  Stowe and published  by  E. 
A.  Stowe & Bro.,  and will  appear  month- 
|  ly. 
In point of typographical appearance it 
| will bo  hard  to  beat  in  Michigan  or  any- 
! where else,  and it appears to be  filled  with, 
matter interesting and valuable, particularly 
| to  manufacturers.

Daily  Times:  T he  Michigan  Manu­
facturer,  a monthly journal published by 
E.  A.  Stowe,  appeared  for  the  first  time 
yesterday.  The paper  reflects credit  upon 
its proprietor.

Muskegon News:  The News has receiv­
ed  T he  Michigan  Nanufacturer,  a 
new monthly publication  issued  by  E.  A. 
Stowe & Bro.,  of Grand Rapids, the publish­
ers of tire Mich igan  Tradesman. 
It  is  a 
very handsome journal and  is  ably  edited. 
The Tradesman and  Manufacturer  are 
both first-class publications.

Saranac Local:  The  Michigan  Man­
ufacturer,  published  at  Grand  Rapids, 
by E.  A.  Stowe & Bro.,  the initial  number 
of which has just been received,  is  a  model 
of  typographical  neatness  and  editorial 
make up.

Cadillac Times:  E.  A.  Stowe,  with  his 
accustomed enterprise,  lias  issued  the  first 
number of  T he Michigan Manufactur­
er at  Grand Rapids. 
It is a neat  monthly 
journal and deserves the success  it  is  sure 
to obtain.  We welcome it to our table.
Big Rapids Pioneer:  We have  before us 
the first number of  T he  Michigan  Man­
ufacturer.  a sixteen  page  monthly  pub­
lished at  Grand  Rapids  by E.  A.  Stowe & 
Bro. 
It seems  devoted  almost  exclusively 
to the interests of manufacturers in our own 
and  neighboring  States. 
It  is  clean  and 
handsome in make-up, the quality of the pa­
per fine,  and is furnished for §1 per  year.
Big Rapids Herald:  E. A. Stowe & Bro., 
of the Grand Rapids  Tradesman,  have  is­
sued  the  first  number  of  The  Michigan 
Manufacturer—a  really  finely  edited, 
printed and  meritorious  publication,  which 
ought to prove a successful venture.

Whitehall  Forum: 

T he  Michigan
Manufacturer is the name of a new trade 
journal started at Grand  Rapids  by  E.  A. 
Stowe & Bro.,  of The  Tradesman. 
It is a 
splendidly gotton up paper,  something  like 
the Scientific American,  and we predict for 
it a future of success.

East Saginaw Herald:  Mr. E. A. Stowe, 
of The Michigan  Tradesman,  Grand  Rap­
ids,  has  undertaken  the  publication  of  a 
monthly journal devoted especially to the in­
terests of  manufacturers.  The  first  issue 
shows a handsome,  well edited, sixteen page 
paper.

Daily Leader:  Mr. E.  A.  Stowe,  of the 
Michigan  Tradesman,  has  undertaken  a 
new enterprise in  connection  with his orig­
inal and very successful venture—the  pub­
lication of a monthly journal devoted espec­
ially to the interests of  the  manufacturers. 
The first issue shows a handsome,  well edit­
ed,  sixteen page  paper.
Detroit  News:  T he  Michigan  Manu­
facturer,  a sixteen page,  four  column fo­
lio, elegantly printed and equally  well edit­
ed,  lias  made its first appearance  at  Grand 
Rapids. 
It contains a large quantity of in­
formation of interest to  Michigan  manufac­
turers and  tradesman.  E.  A.  Stowe is the 
editor.

Muskegon  Chronicle:  The  Michigan 
M a n u f a c t u r e r ,  a new  publication issued 
at Grand Rapids by E.  A.  Stowe  &  Bro., 
lias found its way to our table. 
It is a care­
fully edited and neatly appearing sheet.

Petoskey Democrat: Yol. 1, No. 1, of T he 
Michigan  Manufacturer,  published at 
Grand  Rapids,  with E. A. Stowe as editor,  is 
on our table.  It is  a large sixteen page pam­
phlet,  devoted to the interests  of  manufac­
turers and others,  and  should  receive  the 
hearty support of the same.
Grand Haven  1'enture:  Grand  Rapids
can boast of another publication,T he Mich­
igan  Manufacturer,  which  will  no 
doubt prove of value to those  interested  in 
the manufacturing industries of  this State. 
It is a sixteen page,  four column periodical, 
is very neat in its typographical appearance, 
and presents some  very  solid and  interest­
ing articles.

Marshall Statesman:  We  are in receipt 
of  the  first  number  of  T he  Michigan 
Manufacturer,  a  monthly  published  at 
Grand Rapids, dealing with practical  topics 
of the day as well  as  more  technical  prob- • 
lems which confront the manufacturer. 
It 
is a sixteen  page  four  column  periodical 
neatly printed and presenting a  prepossess­
ing appearance.  Success.
Sparta Sentinel:  The  Sentinel is in re­
ceipt of the initial  number  of  The  Michi­
gan  Manufacturer,  published at  Grand 
Rapids by those enterprising  publishers  of 
The Tradcsnum,  E.  A.  Stowe  & Bro.  The 
first number  presents  an  exceedingly  neat 
and well edited paper.

The Largest Room.

The largest room in the world,  under one 
roof and unbroken by pillars,  is at  St.  Pet­
ersburg]!. 
It is  020  feet  long  by  150  in 
breadth.  By daylight it is used for military 
displays,  and  a  battalion  can  completely 
inanceuver in it.  Twenty thousand wax ta­
pers are required to light it.  The  roof  of 
this structure is a single arch of iron,  and it 
exhibits remarkable engineering skill  in the 
architect.

P l e s L c L   W l x e u t  

t i l ©   O a . s e   O o x T t a ± n . s :

6  10-quart Dish Pans,

24 3-quart Dinner Buckets,

18  1 >2-gallon Stamped Pans, 

24 2-quart Dinner Buckets, 

e, 

12  2-quart Drinking Cups, 

18 5-quart Dish Kettles,

24  3-quart Coffee Pots,

24 Graduating Measures, new 

24  1 -gallon Dairy Pans,

24 9-inch Mountain Cake Pans, 

24 No.  51  Dippers, Britannia Shape. 

24  1 -quart Dippers, stamped,

6  i-gailon Strainer Buckets,

24 11 Lj Wash Bowls, stamped.

24 6-cup Muffin Pans,

12  2-quart Oil Cans, screw top with bail,  6 2-quart Sauce Pans, iron handles.

Will retail if sold in regular way, $45.90, giving you a net profit of $20.90 on the case or $6.18  clear  at  10  cents  each.  Order 

one Case and convince yourself of the Great Bargains this case contains.  Try it once.

.  0 13 P ieces iToir0 SUSSES-

OUR  NEW   COUNTER.

Fire-Proof  P aten t  Bottom   Tin-W are.

500  P ieces

RETAIL  AT  THE  ASTONISHINGLY  LOW  PRICE  OF  5  CENTS-EACH 

A n d   G iving  IT on  a  P rofit  of  25  p er  cent.

12 8-quart Dish Pans,
36 Large Graters,

32 Gem Plates,

24  1 -quart Tall Buckets, 

* 
24 2-quart Handled Parft, 

24 8-inch Jelly,

24 pint Dippers.

¡6  10-inch Pie Plates, 

36 Mugs, metal handles, 

24 Stamped Wash Bowls, 

24  1 -quart Cups, R.  H., 

24  1 -quart Sauce Pans,

12  1 -quart Coffee Pots,

24  1 -quart Stamped Sauce Pans,

36  i-Pint Stamped Cups,
24 2-quart Milk Pans,

24 3-pint Milk Pans,

24 8}^ Covers,  2-quart pans, 

36 4-cup Muffin Pans on sheet, 

Five Hundred  Pieces of Our Patent Fire-Proof Tinware for $20.

When sold at the remarkable low price of 5 cents, will pay 25 per cent, profit on the  investment.  Ifs  old  in  the  regular  way, 
will bring $4 1.80, leaving a net profit of $21.80 on the investment.  Try one case.  Convince yourselves of the  greatest bargain you 
have ever seen.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SOLIMAN  SNOOKS.

Circus Day at  the  Comers- 

-Cut  on  Fire-

crackers.

Cant  Hook  Corner
Mister Editer of Traidesman.

July 3,  1885.

Dear Sir—During the  past  three weeks 
every bam about the  Corners  has been  pa­
pered with  the  advertisements of  a “Great 
Moral Show” that would appear at  the Cor­
ners and  astonish  the  natives.  The  dead 
walls were red and green and  blue and yel­
low and black with  pictures  of  wonderful 
animals.  One animal in  particular was the 
admiration of the entire population. 
It was 
evidently a good natured animal,  at  least it 
had the most open countenance  I  ever saw. 
He wore his mouth open for  every  day use 
and a body would judge from the picture of 
him that the hinges of his jaws must  be lo­
cated somewhere near the  root of  his tail. 
Then there was elephants  dancing and box­
ing and standing on their heads,  no end.

And  such  beautiful  winnnen.  Great 
Snakes! 
I never saw the  like.  They were 
dressed in the heighth of fashion (6,000 years 
ago)  and had the toes  of  their  pretty feet 
pointed toward all parts of  the  heavens as 
they went flying  above  the  horses.  And 
such  nice-built  ladies!  Sakes  alive, they 
was pretty!  But when I went walking with 
the Widder last Sunday, we passed  the pic­
tures on the cant-hook foctory and I’m bless­
ed if she didn’t hold her parasol between me 
and them nice pictures,  so I  could  not  see 
any of ’em.  Mr. Editor,  wimmin folks don’t 
seem to  appreciate  works of art as we men 
do, now, do they?

Then there  was a picture  of a procession 
about  nine miles long, with  fourteen  brass 
bands, 29 elephants  2  steam  calopops  and 
hundreds of ladies  and  knights in  armor. 
Oh,  it was just gorgeous,  and don’t you for­
get it.  Then such small bills.
They read as follows:
UMBUGG  &  FRODD’S 

G R E A T   C O LO SSA L 
AGHXC ATZOZT! 
CIRCUS,  M E N A G R IE ,
and HYPODROMEDIUMISTIC 

CONGLOMERATION ! !
17 MONSTER SHOWS IN
OKTE "T'JESKTT*.

3  R IN G S  !  ! 

3  C L O W N S  !  S
d p   Come early and get a  good  chance 

to see the
G R A N D  ST R E E T  P A G E N T .
Two miles of good solid glitter, enlivened 
by the blair of  trumpets  and the  rip-snort­
ing, blood curdling music of dozens of brass 
bands.

S3F“  This  show  will  never  visit  your 
section again, as it must be soon shipped to 
England to perform before

H E R   M A JE S T Y
By Special Royal Request,

COME  ONE,  COME  ALL,
BOTH  GREAT AND SMALL,

You will never have another such a chance 
to study the wonders  of  natural  history as 
set forth in our

GRAND, STUPENDOUS

COIAECTIOXT
of animals from all parts of the world.

SEA LIONS, 
THE ELAND, 
MONKEYS,
MUSK OX, 
BABBOONS,
GOO  GOOCH, 
ELEPHANTS, 
STAG GAGS,
GAYGAZELLS,  XANTHORPS,

And many other animals too numerous to 
-mention.  Smiday  School  Superintendents 
attend our shop and bring their flocks.
Admission,  only 
Children, 

50  cents. 
half  price.
This is the first thing of the kind that has 
ever struck our town,  and  I  don’t  actually 
suppose that a boy or gal  within  five miles 
*■ of the Corners slept a wink  the  night  be­
fore.  Saturday  morning  opened  smiling 
and serene.  The sun was on hand as he al­
ways is,  according to advertised time.  The 
large vacant lot north-east of the meat mar­
ket gave no indication of  the  busy scene so 
soon to transform its more than Sabath still­
ness.  The streets were still as death.  The 
hogs and sheep and cattle and other domes­
tic fowls reclined at ease in the grassy streets. 
Nothing  disturbed  the  holy  calm.  No, 
nothing.  Not a  pig stired, not a horse stir- 
ed, not a cow stired,  nor even as  much as a 
goose stired, to mar the peaseful  landscape. 
But as by magic,  all is changed:

Farmer Brown drives into town,

With wife and children nine,
His hired man and Sally Ann.
And all  dressed up so fine.

Here comes Farmer Jobson’s rig 

And a half a dozen others,

Samuel  Stone’s and Jacob Jones,

And Jones’ married brothers.

Soon such noise, of men and boys,

Is heard on every side,

Men run about and boys do shout,

As into town they ride.

In half an hour after the first  rig  arrived 
Damlongue street and  Furlong  street,  also, 
was lined on both sides with teams as thick 
as they could be hitched to  fences,  hitchen 
posts,  shade trees,  stumps,  etc.,  and  about 
twenty-five  wagon  loads  of  men,  wimmen 
and children drove  into  the  woods  back of 
the  village  cooler  where  they  could  bate 
their teams and eat their lunch at noon.

At 8 o’clock  the  cry  was  raised,  “Here 
they come !  Here  they  come !” and all thp 
I small boys rushed down  the  street  past the 
I saw mill bridge to meet them.  Up  to  this 
point, this “Grand agrigation” was as fine a 
show as I ever saw—in fact,  their advertise­
ments could not be beat;  but I must confess 
that when the  show  fairly  arrived  it was 
slightually disappointing.

The Widder and I and  Algeron  and  Bill 
with a few more of the elect  of  the village, 
had chairs on my front steps undermyawn­
ing, by the side of pur little lemonade stand, 
where  we  could  get  a  good  view  of  the 
“Grand Glittering  Parade”—that  is,  if  the 
said g. g. p.  had come off,  but  I’m  dumed 
if it was  not  the  sickest  turn  out  I  ever 
struck yet.  It was headed by a band wagon, 
that had been gilded once, but it must have 
been before the war,  drawn  by six  of  the 
worst knock-kneed,  poor,  raw-boned, pole- 
eviled,  sweenied,  ring-boned  and  spavined 
old hosses as I ever saw.  The six perform­
ers that made up  the  band  made  very fair 
music as far as it went, but we sadly missed 
all them other gorgeous bands that  was ex­
pected.

And where was  all  that  immense  string 
of  animals?  Echo  answers  in  indignant 
tones,  “where?” and the answer has not ar­
rived up to date.  So help  me  grashus, the 
entire  caboodle  of  menagarie  consisted  of 
one  little  ragged,  bob-tailed  pony  and  a 
tame coon and the coon was in a side  show 
(10 cents extra)  at that.

The “mile and a half of glitter and glair” 
turned out  to  be  thirteen  old  dilapidated 
wagons full of tent poles,  canvass,  etc.  The 
company looked as if they  had  been  show­
ing  to  empty  houses  and  had  taken  the 
profits for pay.  They  was a  hard  looking 
lot,  and as soon as we saw them, we put our 
chickens up in the chamber and took  in the 
clothes lines.  We all made up our minds to 
take in the show anyhow,  even  if  the out­
side of it  was  so  unpromising,  so  in  the 
evening I took Sister Spriggs, Algeron took 
Kate  Hancock  (he  is  mashed  on her)  and 
we went.  The liorse-back riding was pretty 
fair, but I coidd not help but notice that the 
lady that rode around the  ring and  jumped 
threw the hoops,  did not posess  the  seduc­
tive form that her picture on the outside did. 
In Tact,  she was pretty thin and I  told  Sis­
ter Spriggs so.  She hit  me  a  whack with 
her fan on the end  of  my  nose  and  said I 
“ought not to look at the wimmin.”  While 
the clown was cracking some old bald-head­
ed jokes, that tickled the  audience immens- 
ly, we heard a row at the  door  and  then a 
feller  in an old army coat  came  staggering 
in.  He went along in front to  try and find 
a seat and then as he  leaned  back  to get a 
better view of the top  row,  he  lost his  bal­
ance and fell head over heels into the  rin 
Several ladies screamed,  for  a  horse nearly 
stepped on him,  and I  and  Constable  Dag 
gett  ran  down  into  the  ring  to  take  the 
chap out.  We got hold of  himand was  just 
going to rush him out when the ring master 
said:

“Let me talk to him a moment.  The poor 

fellow is drunk.”

Then he turned  to  the  man  and  said: 

“Who are you and what do you want?”

“My name is  (hie)  Rogers,  ole man,  and I 
live a  mile  east  of  (liic)  Grumbleton. 
] 
uster be  (hie) in the circus biz  (hie),  ole fel 
ler,  and I want to hire out to  (hie)  you.”

“Why, man, you are no good.  You can’t 

ride,  can you?”

‘I should (hie)  smile.  You just (hie)  try 
, ole feller.”
We tried to  prevent  it,  but  the  clown 
wanted to  have  some  fun,  he  said,  so one 
of the horses was brought out  and  the  fel 
ler  scrambled  on.  Away  went  the  horse 
and the man  tumbled  off  first  on one side 
and then on tother, but he  kept  eatehin on 
by the horse’s mane and tail until he kicked 
his  big  boots off.  Then  he  stood  up  and 
took off his coat  and  vest.  He  make it go 
pretty good then,  and he was  just a whoop 
ing around the ring amid the greatest excite 
ment, when his suspenders broke.  He tried 
to hold up his pants but  they  got away and 
as the horse  gave  an  extra  big  jump, the 
chap’s hickory  shirt  flew  one  way and his 
pants the other,  in a shocking manner.  Sis 
ter Spriggs fainted  plum  away at  the  har 
rowin sight, Kate Hancock blushed, Algeron 
grinned and I tumbled to  the  little  racket, 
which I had not seen done before in so many 
years that I had clean forgot all about it. 
felt pretty cheap,  you  bet,  and  so  did  the 
constable, when we  saw  the  gay-spangled 
circus rider that our  old  tramp turned into 
It is rather a strange  thing,  Mr.  Editor,  but 
as old as that gag is,  it never  fails  to make 
a ten  strike,  especially  in  a small  city like 
the Corners.

Take it all in all,  it was a big day for this 
place,  even  if  the  circus  was  pretty thin.
Bilson  and I are  running on fire-crackers 
I 
now.  He  cut  down  from  5  cents to 4. 
cut them to 7  bunches  for  a  quarter.  He 
cut yesterday to 3  for  10  cents.  To-day I 
sell at three cents a bunch  and  give a chro- 
mo with each.  They cost me $1.23 per box 
laid down here and a box contains 40 packs, 
so the profits  are  not  so  allfired  good as a 
feller could wish, but then, “it is worth some­
thing to do the bizness,”  as  the  darky said 
When he took a job  of  sawing  wood  at 45 
cents and  sub-let it  to  a white  man at 50 
cents.

Yours circusically,

So liman Snooks,
G. D., J.  P.  and P.  M.

GROCERY  STOCK  FOR  SALE!

The stock of Groceries, etc.,  at  28  South  Di­
vision St., this city, formerly owned  by  Went­
worth  &  Cannon,  with  fixtures  and lease of 
store.  Enquire of

R.  W .  BUTTERFIELD,

23  Monroe st., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

MUS3SEC01T  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY.

S. S. MORRIS 4 GRO
Jobbers  ©£  P ro v isio n s,

P A C K E R S

-AND— -

CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

CHOICE  SMOKED  M EATS  A  SPECIALTY.

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

ANDREW WIEREHBO

f u l l   l i n e   o f   s h o w   c a s e s   k e p t   i n   s t o c k .

WIEBENGO  BLOCK,  BINE  STREET,

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

TO FRUIT GROW ERS
Muskegon  Basket  Factory

-THE-

Having resumed operations for the season is prepared to supply all kinds of

FHHI T  PACKAGES !

At Bottom Prices.  Quality Guaranteed.

W E   MAKE  A  SPECIA LTY  OF  PEACH  AND  GRAPE  BASKETS.

MUSXSEGOXT  SAW  AXTD T I T Æ  WORKS
FILES  AND  RASPS  OF  ALL  DESCRIPTIONS,
And Repairers of Saws.  Our long experience in both branches of  business  enables  us  to  do 
better work than any other firm in the State.  All work done promptly and warranted  to  give 
satisfaction.  Works on First street, near Rodgers Iron Manufacturing Co. s Shops, Muskegon.

Manufacturers of

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P r o p r i e t o r s .

Wholesale  Grocers,
KNIGHT  OF  LABOR  FLOG

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

P O H

Sample Butt.  See Quotations in Brice-Current.

O U E   N E W   O i c a - A Ä

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.

MANUFACTURED  BY

F L I N T ,   M I C H ,

Geo. T. W arren & Co
CLARK,  JEW ELL  &  CO,
Groceries  and  Provisions!

W H O L E S A L E

85 and 87  PSARL  STREET and 114,116,118 and 120  OTTAWA  STREET,

C at

GRAND  RAPIDS,
RINDGE, BERTSCH &
BOOTS  AND

MANUFACTURERS  AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

ÎRS  AND WHOLES./

MICHIGAN.
CO,

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

AGENTS FOR THE

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

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
CHOICE BUTTER A  SPECIALTY"! 
CALIFORNIA  AND  OTHER  FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES.  Care- 
fid Attention Paid to Filling Orders..

M.  C.  RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids.

E  LEONARD & SONS,

16  Monroe st.,  Grand Bapids,  Mich,

A Light of 50  Candle  Power for  Stores  or  other 

Business Places.

This Pendant

Complete $2.25 each with our  new  elec­
tric light brass fount.  Greatly improved 
over  last  year’s  style.  Same  pendants 
with tin fount,  $1.75  each.  Every  style 
of  Chandeliers,  Library  Lamps  and
-a.  J  Brackets fitted with Electric Founts and 

carried in stock.

Fruit Jars.

1 Pint Mason’s, per gross.
1 Quart  “ 
\ Gallon  “

“

No charge for boxes.

Jelly  Tumblers.

Pint Tin Top Jellies, per box of 6 doz.

|   “  Common Tumblers, “ 
\  “  Queen Glass, Cover Indexed with

“

names of all Fruits, per box of 6 doz. 

i  “  Screw Cap Pail Jellies with wire handles

per box of 6 doz. 

i  “  Same. 
1  “  or 1 pound size same. 

$ 1 1 . 0 0
12.00
15.00

$2.50
2.00
2.Ì5

3.75 

3.50
4.25
6.25

NO  CHARGE  FOR  BOXES.

IS T .  3 T -

Manufacturers  of the  Celebrated

C O H O O T O N ,  

E  LEONARD & SONS.
T.  R.  HARRIS  &  CO, UBI
“Brook Trout” Cigar.
Eaton  <&  Christenson,
WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

SOLE AGENTS  FOR  MICHIGAN.

FOR SALE  BY

A g e n t s  

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AMBOY  CHEESE-

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

H E S T E R   <&  3T O 2C,

MANUFACTURERS  AGENTS  FOR

ATLAS ENGINE

WORKS

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SIBMEHiilNES 8 BOMBS. JjL

Carry Engines and  Boilers in Stock B & i lf l 

for  immediate  delivery.

SAW  AND GRIST MX LX MACHINERY,
Blaners, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, J] 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

Write  for  Prices. 

130  OAKES  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

IP.  IP.  A D AMS   <Sc  CO.’S

File Cut ( M i l  Toiacco is tie very iest dark pods 01 tie Market.

DARK  AROMATIC
Eaton k Cistern, Aits.,

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