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PLAIN  FISHING.

A Story of the Michigan North Woods.
“Well  sir,”  said  old  Peter,  as  he came 
out on the  porch  with  his  pipe,  “so  you 
came here to go fishin’?”

Peter  Gruse  was  the  owner of the farm­
house where I had  arrived that day just be­
fore supper time.  He was a short,  strong- 
built old man,  with a pair  of  pretty  daugh­
ters,  and little gold rings in his ears.  Two 
things  distinguished  him  from the fanners 
in the country round  about:  one  was  the 
rings  in  his  ears,  and  the  other  was  the 
large  and  comfortable  house  in  which  he 
kept his pretty daughters.  The  other  far­
mers  in  that region had fine large barns for 
their  cattle  and  horses,  but  very  poor 
houses  for  their  daughters.  Old  Peter’s 
earnngs  were  indirectly connected with his 
house.  He  had not always lived in North­
ern  Michigan.  He  had  been  on  the sea, 
where his ears  were  decorated,  and he had 
traveled a good deal on  land,  where he had 
ornamented  his  mind  with  many  ideas 
which were not in general use in the part of 
the State in  which  he  lived.  This  house 
stood a little back from the  high  road,  and 
if a traveler wished to be entertained,  Peter 
was  generally  willing  to  take him in, pro­
vided  he  had  left  his  wife  and  family  at 
home.  The  old  man  himself  had no ob­
jection to wives  and  children,  but  his  two 
pretty daughters had.

These two young women  had  waited  on 
their father and myself at supper  time,  one 
continually bringing hot griddle  cakes,  and 
the other one giving me every opportunity to 
test the relative merits  of  the  seven  differ­
ent kinds of preserves, which,  in little glass 
plates,  covered  the  unoccupied  spaces  on 
the table-cloth.  The latter, when she found 
that  there  was  no further possible  way of 
serving us,  presumed to sit down at the cor­
ner of the table, and begin her supper.  But 
in spite of this apparent humility, which was 
only a  custom  of  the  country,  there  was 
that in the general air of the  pretty  daugh­
ters,  which left no doubt in the mind of the 
intelligent observer,  that  they  stood at the 
wheel in that house.  There  was  a son of 
fourteen,  who sat  at  table  with us, but he 
did  not  appear to count as a member of the 
family.

“Yes,” I  answered,  “I  understood  that 
there  was  good  fishing hereabouts,  and,  at 
any  rate,  I should  like to spend a few days 
among these lakes and  streams.”

“Well,” said Peter, “there’s trout in some 
of  our  streams,  though  not  as  many  as 
there used to be,  and there’s lakes a plenty, 
if you choose to walk fur  enough.  They’re 
a good deal furder off than they look.  What 
did you bring with you to fish with?”

“Nothing at all,”  I  answered. 

“I  was 
told  in the town tliat you were a great fish­
erman,  and that you could  let  me  have  all 
the tackle I would need.”

“Upon  my word,” said old Peter,  resting 
his  pipe-hand  on.  his  knee  and  looking 
steadfastly at me,  “you’re the queerest fish­
erman  I’ve  seed  yet.  Nigh  every  year, 
some  two  or three  of  ’em  stop here in the 
fishin’ season,  and there was  never  a  man 
who  didn’t  bring  his  jinted  pole,  and liis 
reels,  and his lines,  and his hooks,  and  his 
dry-good  flies,  and  his whisky-flask with a 
long strap to it.  Now, if you want all these 
things,  I haven’t got ’em.”

“Whatever  you  use  yourself  will  suit 

me,” I answered.

“All right then,”  said he. 

“I’Ll  do  the 
best I can for you in the mornin’.  But it’s 
plain  enough  to me that you’re not a game 
fisherman  or  you wouldn’t come here with­
out your tools.”

To this remark I made answer to  the  ef­
fect,  that though I was very fond of fishing, 
my  pleasure  in  it  did not depend upon the 
possession of  all  the  appliances  of profes­
sional sport.

the  modem 

“Perhaps you think,”  said  the  old man, 
“from the way I spoke,  that I don’t believe 
them fellers with the jinted poles can ketcli 
fish,  but  that  ain’t  so.  That  old  story 
about  the  little boy with the pin-liook who 
ketched all the  fish,  while  the  gentleman 
with 
improvements,  who 
stood alongside of  him,  kep’  throwin’  out 
his beautiful  flies and never got nothin’ is a 
pure lie.  The fancy chaps, who must have 
ev’rythin’ jist so,  gen’rally  gits  fish.  But 
for  all that I don’t like their way of fishin’, 
and I take no stock in it myself. 
I’ve  been 
fishin’,  on  and  off, ever since I was a little 
boy,  and  I’ve  caught nigh every kind there 
is, from the big jew-fish and cavalyoes down 
South,  to the trout and minifies round about 
here.  But when I  ketch  a  fish, 
the  first 
thing  I  do  is to try to git him on the hook, 
and the next thing is to git  him  out  of  the 
water jist as soon as I kin. 
I  don’t  put  in 
no time  worry in’  him.  There’s  only  two 
animals  in the  world  that  likes  to  worry 
smaller creeturs a good while afore they kill 
’em;  one is the cat,  and  the  other  is what 
they call the  game  fisherman.  This  kind 
of a  feller  never  goes  after  no  fish  that 
don’t mind  being  ketched.  He  goes  fur 
them  kinds  that  loves  their  home in the 
water  and  hates  most to leave  it,  and he 
makes it jist as  hard  for  ’em* as  he  kin. 
What the game  fisher  likes  is the smallest 
kind of a hook,  the  thinnest line,  and a fish 
that it takes a good while to weaken.  The

longer the weak’nin’ business  kin  be  spun 
out,  the more the sport.  The  idee is to let 
the fish think  there’s  a  chance fur  him  to 
git away.  That’s  jist like the cat with her 
mouse.  She  lets  the  little creetur hop off, 
but  the  minnit he  gits  fur  enough  down, 
she  jabs  on  him with her claws,  and then, 
if there’s any game left in him,  she lets him 
try agen.  Of  course the game fisher could 
have  a  strong  line and a stout pole and git 
his fish in a  good  sight quicker, if he want­
ed  to,  but  that  wouldn’t  be  sport.  He 
couldn’t* give  him  the  butt  and  spin  him 
out,  and  reel him in, and let him jump and 
run till his pluck is clean worn out.  Now, 
I likes to git my fish ashore with all the pluck 
in ’em. 
It makes ’em taste better.  And as 
fur fun,  I’ll  be  hound I’ve had jist as much 
of that,  and more too,  than  most  of  these 
fellers  who  are so dreadful anxious to have 
everythin’ jist right,  and think they can’t go 
fishin’ till  they’ve spent enough  money  to 
buy a suit of Sunday clothes.  As  a  gen’ral 
rule they’re a solemn lot,  and  work  pretty 
hard at their fun.  When I work I want to 
be  paid  fur  it,  and when I go in fur fun I 
want to take it easy and comfortable.  Now 
I wouldn’t say so much agen these  fellers,” 
said  old  Peter,  as  he  arose  and put his j 
empty pipe on a little shelf under the porch- 
roof,  “if it wasn’t for one thing,  and that is, 
that they think that their  kind  of fishin’ is 
the only kind worth considerin’.  The way 
they look down upon plain, Christian fishin’ 
is enough  to  rile  a hitchin-post. 
I  don’t 
want to say nothin’  agen  no  man’s way of 
attendin’  to  his  own  affairs,  whether it’s 
kitchen  gardenin’,  or  whether its fishin’,  if 
lie says  nothin’  agen my way, but when he 
looks  down on me,  and grins me, I want to 
haul  myself  up,  and grin him,  if I kin. 
I 
s’pose  the  house-cat  and the cat-fisher (by 
which  I don’t mean the man who fishes for 
cat-fish) was both made as they is,  and they 
can’t  help  it;  but  that  don’t give ’im no 
right to put on airs before other bein’s,  who 
gits their  meat with  a  square  kill.  Good­
night.  And  sence  I’ve  talked  so  much 
about  it,  I’ve a  mind  to go fishin’ with you 
to-morrow myself.”

The next morning found old Peter  of  the 
same  mind,  and after breakfast lie proceed­
ed  to  fit me out for a day of what he called 
“plain,  Christian,  trout-fishin’.”  He  gave 
me a reed rod,  about nine  feet  long,  light, 
strong and nicely balanced.  The tackle lie 
produced was not of the fancy order,  but his 
lines were of fine,  strong  linen,  and  his 
hooks were of good shape, clean and  shajp 
and  snooded  to  the lines with a neatness 
that indicated the hand of  a  man  who  had 
been  where  he  learned to wear  little gold 
rings in liis ears.

“Here are some of these feather insects,” 
he said,  “which you  kin  take  along  if you 
like.”  And lie handed me a paper contain­
ing a few artificial  flies. 
“They’re  pretty 
nat’ral,” he said,  “and the  hooks  is  good. 
A man  who  came  here  fishin’ gave ’em to 
me,  but I shan’t want ’em to-day.  At  this 
time of year grasshoppers is the best bait in 
the  kind  of place where we’re goin’ to fish. 
The stream,  after it  comes  down  from the 
woods,  runs  through half a mile of medder 
land before it strikes  into  the  woods agen. 
A grasshopper  is  a  little creetur that’s got 
as  much  conceit  as  if his jinted legs was 
fish-poles,  and he thinks he can  jump  over 
this  narrer  run  of  water  whenever  he 
pleases,  but  lie  don’t  always  do  it,  and 
them  of  him  that  don’t git snapped up by 
the trout that  lie  along  the  banks  in  the 
medder is  floated  along  into  the  woods, 
where there’s always fish enough to come to 
the second table.”

Having  got me ready,  Peter took his own 
particular  pole,  which  lie  assured me he 
had used for eleven  years,  and  hooking  on 
his left arm a good-sized basket,  which  liis 
elder  pretty daughter had packed with cold 
meat, bread, butter,  and preserves,  we start­
ed fortli for a three-mile walk to the fishing- 
ground.  The day was  a  favorable  one for 
our purpose,  the sky being sometimes over­
clouded.  Not  far from the spot where old 
Peter proposed to begin our  sport,  a  small 
frame-house stood by the roadside,  and here 
the  old  man  halted  and  entered the open 
door without knocking or giving so much as 
a premonitory stamp. 
I followed, imitating 
my companion in leaving  my  pole  outside, 
which  appeared  to  be  the only ceremony 
that the etiquette of those  parts  required of 
I11 the room we  entered,  a  small 
visitors. 
man  in  his shirt sleeves sat mending a bas­
ket handle.  He nodded to Peter, and Peter 
nodded to him.
“We’ve come up a  fishin’,”  said  the  old 
“Kin  your boys give us some grass­

man. 
hoppers?”
“I don’t know  that they’ve got any ready 
ketched,” said he,  “for  I  reckon  I  used 
what they had this mornin’.  But they kin 
git you some.  Here,  Dan,  and you Sile go 
and ketch Mister Gruse and this young man 
some grasshoppers.  Take that mustard-box 
and see that you get it full.”

Peter  and  I now took seats,  and the con­
versation began about a  black  cow,  which 
Peter had to sell,  and  which  the other was 
willing to buy if the  old  man  would  trade 
for  sheep,  which  animals,  however, 
the 
basket-mender  did  not  appear  just at that 
time to have in his possession.  As  I  was 
not very much  interested  in  this subject,  I 
walked  to  the  back  door and watched two

small boys in scanty shirts and trousers, and 
| ragged  straw hats,  who were darting about 
in the grass catching grasshoppers, of which 
insects,  judging by the frequent pounces of 
the boys,  there seemed a plentiful supply.

“Got it full?”  said their father,  when the 

boys came in.

“Crammed,” said Dan.
Old Peter  took  the little can,  pressed the 
top firmly on, put it in his  coat-tail  pocket, 
and rose to go. 
“You’d better think about 
that cow, Barney,” said he.  He  said noth­
ing to the boys about the box of bait;  but I 
could not let them catch grasshoppers for us 
for  nothing,  and I took a dime  from  my 
pocket,  and gave it to Dan.  Dan  grinned, 
and  Sile  looked  sheepishly  happy,  and  at 
the sight of the piece of silver an expression 
of interest came over the face  of the father.
“Wait a minute,”  said he,  and  he  went 
into a little room that seemed to be a  kitch­
en.  Returning,  he  brought  with  him  a 
“Do  you  want  to 
small string of  trout. 
buy some fish?”  he said. 
“These  is  nice 
fresh ones. 

I ketched ’em this mornin’.”

To  offer  to  sell fish to a man who is just 
about to go out  to  catch  them  for  himself, 
might,  inmost  cases,  be  considered  an  in­
sult,  but it was  quite  evident  that  nothing 
of the kind was  intended  by  Barney.  He 
probably thought that if I bought  grasshop­
pers, I might buy fish.  “You kin have ’em 
for a quarter,” he said.

It  was derogatory to my pride to buy fish 
at such a moment, but the  man looked very 
poor and there  was  a  shade  of  anxiety  on 
his face  which  touched  me.  Old  Peter 
stood by,  without saying a word.  “It might 
be well,” I said, 
turning to him,  “to  buy 
these fish,  for we may not catch enough  for 
supper.”

“Such things do happen,”  said  the  old 

man.

“Well,” said I,  “If we have these we will 
feel safe in any case.”  And  I took the fish 
and gave the man a  quarter. 
It  was  not, 
perhaps,  a  professional  act,  but  the  trout 
were well worth the money,  and I felt that 
I was doing a deed of charity.

Old Peter and I now  took  our  rods,  and 
crossed the road  into  an  enclosed  lot,  and 
thence into  a  wide  stretch  of  grass  land, 
bounded by hills in front of us,  and  to  the 
right, while a thick forest  lay  to  the  left. 
We had walked but a short  distance,  when 
Peter said:  “I’ll  go down  into  the  woods, 
and try my luck there,  and you’d  better  go 
along up  stream,  about  a quarter of a mile 
to where its rocky.  P’raps  you  ain’t used 
to fishin’ in the woods,  and  you  might  git 
your line cotched.  You’ll  find the trout ’ll 
bite in the rough water.”

“Where is the stream?” I asked.
“This is it,” he said,  pointing  to  a  little 
brook, which was scarcely too wide  for  me 
to step across,  “and there’s fish  right  here, 
but they’re  hard  to  ketch,  fur  they  git 
plenty  of  good  livin’  and are mighty sassy 
about their eatin’.  But  you  kin ketch ’em 
up  there.”

Old  Peter  now  went  down  toward  the 
woods,  while I walked up the little stream.
I had  seen  trout  brooks  before,  but  never 
one so diminutive as this.  However,  when 
I  came  nearer  to  the  point  where  the 
stream  issued  from  between  two  hills,  I 
found it wider and shallower,  breaking over 
its  rocky  bottom  in  sparkling  little  cas­
cades.

Fishing in  such a jolly little stream, with 
the privileges of  the  beautiful  situation  all 
to myself,  would have been a  joy to me if I 
had had never a  bite.  But no such  ill  luck 
befell  me.  Peter  had  given me the can of 
grasshoppers after putting half of them into 
his  own  bait  box,  and these I used with 
much success. 
It was grasshopper  season, 
and  the trout were evidently on the lookout 
for them. 
I fished in the ripples under  the 
little  waterfalls;  and  every now and then I 
drew out a lively trout.  Most of these were 
of moderate  size,  and  some  of  them might 
have  been  called  small.  The  large  ones 
probably  fancied  the  forest  shades,  where 
old Peter went.  But all  I  caught  were  fit 
for the table,  and I was  very  well  satisfied 
with the result of my sport.

About an hour after noon I began  to  feel 
hungry, and thought it time to  look  up  the 
old  man,  who  had  the  lunch  basket. 
I 
walked  down  the  bank  of  the  brook,  and 
sometime  before  I  reached  the  woods,  I 
came  to  a  place  where  it  expanded to a 
width of  about  ten feet.  The  water  here 
was  very  clear,  and  the  motion  quiet,  so 
that  I could easily see to the bottom, which 
did not appear to be more than a foot below 
the surface.  Gazing  into this transparent 
water,  as I walked,  I  saw  a  large  trout 
glide across the stream, and disappear under 
the grassy bank which overhung  the  oppo­
site side. 
I instantly stopped.  This was a 
much larger fish than any I had caught, and 
I determined to try for him.

I stepped  back from the bank,  so as to be 
out of sight,  and put a  fine  grasshopper  on 
my hook;  then I lay, face downward,  on the 
grass,  and worked  myself  slowly  forward, 
until I could see the middle  of  the  stream; 
then quietly raising  my  pole  I  gave  my 
grasshopper a good swing,  as if he had made 
a wager  to jump over the stream at its wid­
est part.  But  as  he  certainly  would  have 
failed in such an ambitious endeavor, espec­
ially if he had been  caught  by  a  puff  of

NO. 101. '

wind,  I let him come down upon the surface 
of the water,  a little beyond  the  middle  of 
the brook.  Grasshoppers do not sink when 
they fall into the water,  and so I  kept  this 
fellow upon the  surface,  and  gently moved 
him along,  as if, with all the  conceit  taken 
out of him by the result of liis ill-considered 
leap,  he was  ignominiously  endeavoring  to 
swim  to  shore.  As I did this,  I saw the 
trout come out from under  the  bank,  move 
slowly  toward the grasshopper and stop di­
rectly under him.  Trembling with anxiety 
and  eager  expectation,  I  endeavored  to 
make the movements of the insect still more 
natural,  and,  as  far  as I was able,  I  threw 
into him a sudden perception of his  danger, 
and a frenzied  desire  to  get  away.  But, 
either the trout had had all the grasshoppers 
he wanted,  or he was able,  from long  expe­
rience,  to  perceive the difference between a 
natural exhibition of emotion and a histrionic 
imitation of it,  for he  slowly  turned,  and? 
with a few slight  movements  of  his  tail, 
glided back,  under the  bank. 
In  vain  did 
the  grasshopper  continue his frantic efforts 
to reach the  shore;  in vain did he occasion­
ally  become  exhausted,  and  sink a short 
distance below the  surface;  in  vain  did he 
do everything that  he  knew,  to  show  that 
he  appreciated  what  a  juicy  and  delicious 
morsel he was,  and how he  feared  that  the 
trout might yet  be  tempted  to  seize  him; 
the fish did not come out again.

Then  I  withdrew  my  line,  and  moved 
back from the  stream. 
I  now  determined 
to try Mr. Trout with  a fly,  and I took  out 
the paper old Peter Gruse had given  me. 
I 
did  not know exactly what  kind of  winged 
insects  were  in  order  at this  time  of  the 
year,  but  I  was sure that yellow butterflies 
were not particular about  just  what  month 
it was, so long as the sun shone warmly. 
I 
therefore  chose  that  one  of  Peter’s  flies 
which was made of  the  yellowest  feathers, 
and, removing the snood and hook from my 
line,  I hastily attached this  fly,  which  was 
provided with  a hook quite  suitable for my 
desired prize.  Crouching  on  the  grass,  I 
again approached the  brook.  Gaily flitting 
above the glassy surface of the water,  in all 
the fancied security of tender youth and  in­
nocence  came  my  yellow  fly.  Backward 
and forward over  the  water  he  gracefully 
flew, sometimes rising a  little  into  the  air, 
and then settling for a moment close  to  the 
surface, to better inspect his  glittering  im­
age as it came up from below,  and  showing 
in his every  movement  his  intense  enjoy­
ment of summer time and  life.

Out from his dark  retreat  now  came  the 
trout,  and settling quietly at the  bottom  of 
the brook,  he appeared  to  regard  the  ven­
turesome insect with a certain interest'  But 
he must have  detected  the iron barb of vice 
beneath  the  mask  of  blithful  innocence, 
for  after,  a  short  deliberation,  the  trout 
turned  and  disappeared  under  the  bank. 
As he slowly moved away lie  seemed to  be 
I  must  catch  that fish! 
bigger than ever. 
Surely he would bite at  something. 
It was 
quite evident that liis mind  was  not wholly 
unsusceptible to  emotions  emanating  from 
an awakening  appetite,  and I  believed  that 
if he saw exactly what he wanted,  he  would 
not neglect an opportunity of  availing him­
self of it.  But what did he want? 
I must 
certainly find out.  Drawing  myself  back 
again,  I took off the yellow fly, and  put  on 
another.  This was a white one,  with black 
blotches, like a big miller moth  which  had 
fallen into an ink-pot. 
It  was  certainly a 
conspicuous creature,  and  as  I crept  for­
ward and sent it swooping  over  the  stream 
I could not see how any trout, with a single 
insectivorous tooth in his head,  could fail to 
rise  to  such  an  occasion.  But  this  trout 
did not rise.  He would not even come out 
from under liis bank to look at  the  swiftly 
flitting creature.  He probably could see  it 
well enough from where he  was.

But I was not co be discouraged. 

I  put 
on another fly;  a green one with a  red  tail. 
It did not look like  any  insect  that  I  had 
ever  seen,  but  I  thought  that  the  trouj 
might  know  more  about  such  things  than 
I.  He  did  come  out  to  look  at  it,  but 
probably considering  it  a  product  of  that 
modern  aestheticism  which  sacrifices  nat­
ural beauty to mediaeval crudeness  of  color 
and  form,  he 
retired  without  evincing 
any disposition to countenance this  style of 
art.

It was evident that it woidd be  useless to 
put on any other  flies,  for  the  two  I  had 
left were a  good  deal  bedraggled,  and  not 
nearly so  attractive  as  those  I  had  used. 
Just before leaving the house  that  morning 
Peter’s son had given me  a  wooden  match­
box,  filled with worms for  bait,  which,  al­
though I did not expiect  to  need,  I  put  in 
my pocket.  As  a last resort I determined 
to try the trout with  a  worm. 
I  selected 
the plumpest and most comely of  the lot;  I 
put a new hook on  my  line;  I  looped  him 
about  it  in  graceful  coils;  and  cautiously 
approached the water,  as  before.  Now  a 
worm never attempts to wildly  leap  across 
a flowing brook, nor does he flit in thought­
less innocence  through  the  sunny  air,  and 
over the bright transparent  stream. 
If  he 
happens to fall into the  water,  he  sinks  to 
the bottom,  and if he be of a kind  not  sub­
ject to drowning, he generally  endeavers  to 
secrete himself under a stone,  or  to  burrow 

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s t r a y   f a c t s . 

E.  G.  Pipp, of the firm of Gaylord & Pipp,
Mrs. Lou Conn,  of Bay City,  has opened  general  dealers at Pierson, was in  the  city
Monday with his wife.  They were on their 
way to Sturgis, to attend their brother’s wed­
ding.

a millinery and  fancy goods store  at  Cadil­
lac.

Hawley &  Quackenboss  have  rented  B. 
Gilbert & Co.’s elevator,  at Moline,  and are 
buying grain at that place.

Chas.  Trankla,  of  the  firm  of  Trankla, 
Jameson & Co., has gone to Norwich, Conn.,
Joseph Rodgers contemplates engaging in | for a brief visit with friends,  after which he 
the  creamery  business  at  Hastings, which  will visit the dry goods markets in search of 
would  be an  excellent point for such a pro-  fall goods.
ject.

The Bellaire correspondent of  the  Grand 
Traverse  Herald  writes:  H.  L.  Miller, 
druggist,  has been suspected of  selling  liq­
uors for drinks.  He was  caught at it,  and 
now the officers are trying to catch him.  At 
last accounts they had not succeeded  in  do­
ing  so.

John I. Marshall,  a  young man  well  and j 
favorably known in this city,  was  called  to 
Milwaukee last  week to accept  a  position i 
as stenographer  with the firm  of  Edw.  P. 
Allis & Co.

F. B. Kelley, of the firm of W.  R.  Dennis I 
& Co., the Cadillac clothing merchants, was | * 
in the  city  last  week  for  the  purpose  of 
meeting the agents of several heavy Eastern 
clothing concerns.

R.  G.  Peters, the Manistee pine king,  has 
purchased 16,000 tons of  steel  rails  of  the 
Frank  Hamilton,  of the firm of Hamilton
Cambria Iron  Works,  at  Johnstown,  Pa., 
and will immediately  continue  his  present  &  Milliken,  at Traverse City,  was  in town 
naraow  guage 
railway  thirty-five  miles  last week on his way to the great dry goods 
further to to the  Southeast, to a  point  near  markets of the East,  where he will spend a 
Luther.  A locomotive has been ordered from I month or six weeks.
Philadelphia and the order for  the cars  has 
E.  A.  Treadway,  formerly manager of the 
been placed with a  Grand Rapids  establish-  Blue Line in this territory, has been engaged 
ment. 
by the Michigan Central Railway  as  travel-
W. E.  Alexander,  who was  killed  at  his  ing freight agent for  this  State.  The  new 
grist mill at Otisville,  Aug.  17, was engaged  arrangement went into effect last  Saturday, 
in oiling the machinery when he was caught 
Jas.  Campbell,  the  Westwood  merchant 
in  the  shaft  and  whirled  around  several  and lumberman, has been in  the  city sever- 
times, crushing his shoulders and  anus  and  al days,  placing his lumber cut  and  replen- 
causing internal injuries.  His  boots were  ishing his general stock.  He has  cut about
2,000,000 of lumber during the season, most­
tom from his  feet  and  thrown  across  the 
ly hardwood.  He  controls  the  cut of the 
building.  Mr.  Alexander was an old resi­
Hyatt  &  Lannin mill, near Westwood.
dent of Genesee county, and owned the same 
mill seventeen years ago, when he  sold  out 
and moved near Flint.  One  year  ago  he 
bought the mill again and moved back.

The report that  Tom.  Ferguson  will sue 
a Detroit paper for $10,000 damages for car-
• m a t u r i n g  him by publishing an alleged illus-  p eirce  &  White  will  retire  from 
tration of his head and shoulders is only par­
tially true.  Tom.  will sue for only $1,000.
A.  D.  Baker recently put  in four  or  five 
days at Traverse City,  recuperating from the 
arduous labors of the past year.  He spent 
one Day in driving to  Sherman,  a  distance 
of twenty-five miles, which is understood to 
have been a Sibyiline  occasion.

VISITING  BUYERS, 

trade altogether.

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Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Slate.

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tunity  of acquainting themselves  with  the 
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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

i n   t h e   c i t y .

John Killean has bought the grocery stock 
of Killean & Keating,  on the corner of East 
Bridge and Kent streets.

C.  C. Crane has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  at  Pioneer,  Missaukee  county. 
Cody, Ball & Co.  furnished the stock.

The Michigan  Iron  Works  has  recently 
sold a saw mill and gang edger to  F. Deter- 
ich, of Reynolds,  and has  contracted to fur­
nish a 75 horse power boiler and  engine  to 
DeGraff, Yrieling & Co., of  this city.  Phil­
ips  bark mills have lately been  sold  to  the 
American Oak Leather Co.,  of  Cincinnati, 
and also to tanners in  Pittsburg  and  New 
York.  One of the mills will be exhibited at 
the tanner’s convention  at  Chicago  on  the 
16th, 17th and  18th.

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

Swart & Robert,  grocers at  Homer,  have 

been closed on chattel mortgage.

A. J. Beardsley has just  got  in  his  new 
block at Boyne City.  He occupies it with a 
general stock.

L. J. Law,  clothing merchant at Cadillac, 
has started  a  branch  store  at  Lake  City, 
placing Eugene Conrad in charge.

J. E.  Mailhot, who was formerly engaged 
in general trade at West Troy, has  engaged 
in the grocery and provision business at Man­
istee.

Rial V. McArthur has purchased a half in­
terest in the drug business of C. W. Ives, at 
Rockford,  and the firm name will  hereafter 
be Ives & McArthur.

Dr.  O.  S. Holland,  formerly  of  the  drug 
firm of Holland &  Ives,  at  Rockford,  has 
purchased the drug business of C. M. Wood­
ard,  at Ashland P.  O.

A St. Louis correspondent writes:  F. D. 
Wheeler, who has been in business  here for 
many years,  has sold his grocery  stock  and 
will remove to Bay City.

Cook & Sweet succeed  Smedley  Bros,  in 
general  trade  at  Bauer.  The  latter have 
purchased  the  G.  Gringhuis  grocery stock, 
at  Lamont,  and will add a line of dry goods 
to the same. 

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

John B. Pumfrey has moved his  saw mill 

from Parmalee to Carleton Center.

The Decatur Planing Mill Co. has changed 

its firm name to Beeman & Slocum.

S.  W. Brown succeeds Brown & Lyon  in 

the milling business at South Boardman.

An Altona correspondent  writes  that  A. 
B. Davis will  erect a  furniture  factory  at 
that place.

Several million feet of pine and hardwood 
lumber  is piled in the  yard of the iron com­
pany at Elk Rapids.

A. E. Wilson & Co., of East Saginaw, have 
bought the  season’s  cut  of  the  Mackinaw 
Lumber Co., at St. Ignace.

Thos. Nester has sold 2,000,000 feet of his 
Baraga  mill  cut  to  New  York  parties, 
through C.  F.  Orton, of Bay City.

The Chicago  Lumbering  Co.,  at  Manis- 
tique,  is running its  mills  night  and  day, 
and  will turn out this year 65,000,000 feet of 
lumber.

Dunham,  Peters  & Co.,  of Chase, recent­
ly sold 2,000,000 feet of lumber  to  Chicago 
parties,  and it was shipped by way of  Lud- 
ington.

Three barges were recently at Grand Mar­
ais, loading board pine for Quebec,  shipped 
by Tim Nester.

H.  W.  Sage  is  reported  to  have sold a 
tract  of  pine  in  Roscommon  county  to 
Moore, Whipple & Co., of Detroit,  for $95,- 
000.

T. J.  Hill  is building a shingle mill about 
a mile and  a  half from Boyne,  to  utilize  a 
waterpower and tract of cedar which he owns
| on Pine Lake,  between Boyne and Advance.
E.  H.  Rogers, formerly engaged  in  trade 
! at Ashland Station,  has put in a shingle mill 
four miles west of Park City, where he will 
cut  on  contract.  He  was  in the city last 
| Friday for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  the 
I necessary belting.

Chas E.  Belknap is getting out  seventeen 
nine-foot logging carts for Blodgett & Byrne 
at  Roscommon,  and 
a  complement  of 
river tools for a Tennessee  lumbering  firm.
Jos. Jackoboise has lately sold  his patent 
band saws to  the  Grand  Rapids  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper  Co., 
Chase Bros.  Piano Co.,  and  the  Whitehall 
Manufacturing Co., of Whitehall.

D.  C.  Dodge,  grocer  on  Butterworth j  name of Doty Bros.  & Co. 

Fred.  Doty  has  retired  from the firm of 
| Doty Bros.,  planing  mill  operators  at  St.
! Charles.  John S. Barrett has been admitted 
j  to partnership in the firm,  and the  business 
| will  hereafter  be  conducted under the firm 
avenue,  gave Cody,  Ball  & Co.  a  mortgage j  Cheboygan Tribune:  G.  P. Langdon has 
for  $215.99  one  day  last  week,  and  the  received a letter from  the  Saginaw  parties 
latter foreclosed  the  same  simultaneously j  that have been  negotiating with him for the 
j  purchase of the Indian  River  shingle  mill,
with the*recording of the instrument. 
in which they state they will  be up the first
of uext week to complete  the purchase.

L.  E.  Hawkins’  new  brick  block  is  up 
and  the  roof  is  on.  A  feature  of  the 
ground  floor  will  be  a  refrigerator,  in  the 
rear  end of the building,  for the better pres­
ervation of lemons, oranges,  butter,  etc.

E.  S. Matteson states that he has purchas 
ed a boiler,  engine  and  shingle  mill  com- j 
plete  of  John  McRal,  of  McBrides,  and I 
that the same  has  been shipped  to  Cheboy- 
gan, where he will have it  in  operation  by ! 
Oct.  1.

The Rickerson Roller Mill Co.  has  lately ; 
supplied the following mills with roller out­
fits: 
John  Clee,  Trenton;  Lantz & Davis, 
Petersburgh;  LeBar &  Cornwell,  Cadillac; 
Kirk & Alexander, Winfield,  Kansas; and D. 
Hannill, Newton,  Kansas.

John Koopman has received a $1,000 ver­
dict  in the Missaukee  Circuit Court against 
Cody & Moore, who raised their sluice to raft 
some logs last fall without giving Koopman 
notice.  The latter’s grist mill at  Falmouth 
was undermined,  and  his  shingle  mill  and 
dam washed away.

The Pere Marquette Lumber Co.,  at  Lud- 
ington,  has  received  the  machinery  for  a 
stave and heading department to their mills. 
A cooper shop,  with a 300  barrel  daily  ca­
pacity,  will  be  built near  their  salt  block, 
which  will  supply  cooperage  for  packing 
salt.  Slabs  will be utilized in making staves 
and heading.

A Wood ville correspondent writes:  The 
West Michigan Lumber Co  has  leased  the 
Mohl & Kenning still hold out against the ! Mecosta branch of the C.  &W.  M.,  with en- 
strikers, having arranged with a Milwaukee j gjlie an(j cars, and is drawing logs  from the 
manufacturer to make a line  of goods  simi- j town of Qoodwell to stock  its  mill. 
Peo-
liar to theirs until they can replace the strik­
pie along the line having tan  bark,  shingle 
ers with non-union men. 
Six  of the latter 
bolts and wood to ship will make terms with 
are now at work  in their  shop,  and  others 
the West Michigan Lumber  Co. 
It  has  a 
are on their way to the city to  accept  posi­
stave mill nearly completed to  work  up  its 
tions with the firm.
hard wood timber.

Kalkaska is  rejoicing  over the  fact  that 
“I expect to see the woodenware  pool go 
the saw mill of the  Smith  Lumber Co.,  re­
out of  existence for a time  after the first of 
cently destroyed by fire,  is  to  be  replaced. 
October,”  said a dealer in that line of goods 
The company lias purchased the  boiler,  en­
the other day.  “During  the years the pool 
gine and machinery formerly used in the M. 
has been in operation,  a  considerable  num­
J.  Bond mill, at Bond’s Mill,  and  removed
ber of small manufacturers  have  raised the 
standard of their products up  to  that of the I the same to Kalkaska,  where a frame build- 
pool product; and as they refuse to come in- I ing,  60x100 feet and a brick  engine  room— 
to the combination,  it will be  necessary  for | the whole to be covered by an iron  roof—is 
the latter to declare the  combination off for I in process of construction. 
It  is expected 
a time,  in order to  put  the  price  down  so  that everything will be in readiness to begin 
low as to drive  the  little  fellows  into  the I operations by October 1,  and  that  the  mill 
pool or out of business.” 

| will then run continuously until May 1.

The Gripsack Brigade.

A.  S.  Doak  will remain  in  Canada  until 

about Sept.  10.

Col. Striker,  representing John  B.  Stet­
son & Co.,  the Philadelphia hat manufactur­
ers,  was in the city last week.

E.  P.  Gifford, Michigan representative for 
Armour & Co.,  has been in the city for  sev­
eral days during the past week.

Chas. D. Bow put in last week at this mar­
ket,  in  consequence  of  physical  indisposi­
tion.  Geo.  D. put in an appearance Satur­
day and remained over Sunday.

Chas. W. Bresler, Michigan representative 
for the Wilson & McCallay Tobacco  Co., of 
Middletown,  Ohio,  is making Grand Rapids 
his headquarters, while pursuing  a  vigorous 
campaign all over the State.

Friends of Geo.  S. MeGee and  wife—who 
made Grand Rapids their  headquarters  last 
whiter—who rejoiced  with  them  over  the 
advent of a bright child  several  weeks  ago 
at their  home  in  Rushville,  Ind.,  will  be j 
pained to learn of its death,  which occurred 
a few days ago.

Chas.  E.  Watson,  who  cavorts  up  and 
down the State  for  A.  S.  Maxwell  &  Co., 
of Chicago, is not only a first-class traveling 
solicitor,  but  a  second-class  poetaster  as 
well,  as the following  original  contribution 
from his pen bears testimony:

M ary had a little m ule;
One day it followed her to school;
I t was against th e rule 
For a m ule  to gQ to school.

Harry McDowell,  the  well-known  furni­
ture  traveler,  left  last  week  for  a  trip  to 
Chicago and- St.  Paul,  after  which  he  will 
make a tour of  Ohio,  New  York  and  the 
New  England  States.  Mr.  McDowell  car­
ries the photographs of the following houses 
this  season:  Muskegon  Valley  Furniture 
Co.’s  beds  and  suits,  Muskegon;  Frank 
Wenter, brackets, Chicago;  John Ernewein, 
tables,  Buffalo;  Geo.  Hess,  tables  and  hall 
stands,  New York;  and  Bielmann  &  Wil­
son, thermometers,  New York.

C.  B.  Lamb, 

the  well-known  boot 
and  shoe traveler,  has  made  a  discovery 
which is sure to send  his  name  and  fame 
bounding down through eternity at  railway 
speed.  Regarding the  discovery he writes 
I have at last solved a 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n : 
problem which has long been a puzzle to me, 
and that is where the town of  Boyne  Falls 
obtained the latter part of its name.  I  have 
come to the conclusion  that  it  derived  the 
“Falls” part from the  fact  that  every  one 
who has been there has fallen in  love  with 
the town, hence the word  “Falls.”  Other 
traveling men are expected to take a tumble.

Purely Personal.

F. W. Wurzburg  has  gone  East  to  buy 

fall goods.

trip to Canada.

Alexander Keith  has  returned  from  his 

David Moreau,  the  marble manufacturer, 

has gone East on business.

,

Will.  Lamoreaux has gone to Chicago,  for 
a few days’ visit  with  the  grain  and  seed
men. 
Geo. B.  Dunton has gone to  Romeo  on  a 
fortnight’s vacation.  He is accompanied by 
his wife.

S.  Rademaker, book-keeper for Fox, Mus­
selman & Loveridge,  is confined to his home 
by  illnesss.

Frank J.  Kruse,  billing  clerk  for  John 
Caulfield,  has gone to Chicago,  for a week’s 
visit with friends.

Charley Yale’s many friends will be  glad 
to learn that he is slowly,  but surely, recov­
ering from the effects of his recent illness.

L.  R.  Rogers,  the Eastport dealer,  was in 
town Friday,  on his way home from the sol­
diers and sailors’ reunion at Benton  Harbor.

CATTLE-TAILS.

Their  Relation  to  Hair  Mattresses—How 

They are Prepared.

A reporter of T h e   T r a d e s m a n   recently 
called at Perkins & Hess’hide establishment 
and  asked  for  Mr.  Perkins.  The urbane 
book-keeper informed the inquirer  that  the 
gentleman in question was  “ up-stairs,  sell­
ing cattle-tails, ” and there the reporter found 
him superintending the process of  counting 
out  several  thousand  bovine  appendages. 
“ These  ‘switches,’ o r‘cattle-tails,’as  they 
are more  commonly  called,  accumulate on 
our hands faster than you would think  they 
would,”  said  Mr.  Perkins,  “ but we never 
have  any  difficulty  in  disposing  of them. 
They are as staple as  tallow  or  sugar,  and 
go up and down in price about  as  often  as 
pork  or  lard. 
Just  now,  we  are getting 
about four cents apiece, but we have realized 
as high as six cents.  The price,  of  course, 
varies with the price of curled hair.  We ship 
to Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Philadelphia,  New 
York and Boston,  and the  jobbers to whom 
we  sell  dispose  of  them to the curled hair 
factories of those and other cities.”

With a view to learning more  concerning 
the  manner  in  which  the hair is prepared 
for market,  the reporter accosted  the buyer 
of  the  switches  at  his  hotel,  and  made 
known his wants.

“ I’ve been through every  branch  of  the 
business,” said the gentleman,  “ and under­
stand  the  process  as thoroughly as you  do 
the art of printing.  Cattle-tails have  to  go 
through  several  preliminary  processes  be­
fore reaching a stage fit for use in mattresses. 
As the hair comes in the  original  packages 
it is not cut from the  tails,  and  these,  be­
sides being apparently hopelessly  etnangled 
with burrs,  contain a good deal of filth.  To 
remove this, the tails are thrown into a huge 
circular tank,  into  which  a stream of water 
is turned; the attendant pulls a lever,  and  a 
great conical roller turns  round  and  round 
in the tank, pressing  beneath  it  the  tails, 
which are constantly upturned and  exposed 
afresh to the roller’s action by a rake which 
! follows.  After a few  minutes  washing  in 
this laundry,  the water flowing through and 
carrying away the  impurities,  the  tails  are 
removed  and  placed  upon  frames  to  dry, 
whence  they  are  taken 
to  the  combing
machine.

“To 

is  a  simple  machine 

the  unsophisticated  observer 

it 
seems as though all the  combs  made  from 
the horns of all the cattle  ever  slaughtered 
would not suffice to comb  the  burrs  out  of 
their  tails—and  probably  they  would  not 
—but  here 
that 
proves itself a most expert  and  expeditious 
barber,  for in the  fraction  of  a  minute  it 
transfonns the burriest and most tangled of 
tails into hirsute  appendages of the  utmost 
respectability,  smooth, straight and innocent 
of  buns. 
It  is  a  simple  cylinder,  with I 
cross-slats,  covered with a casing, the inner 
surface of which  is  likewise  slatted.  The 
burry end of the tail  is inserted in a narrow 
opening, the operator keeping a grasp  upon 
it, the  cylinder revolves,  and the burrs  and 
tangles fly out from the opposite  side  in  a 
shower.
“Having  been  washed  and  combed,  the 
next process  is shearing.  Seated  before  a 
mountain of tails of all sorts and colors,  are 
a number of very youthful workers,  each of 
whom,  armed with a  pair  of  slieep-shears, 
deftly and rapidly clips  the  hair  from  the 
stump,  the latter being reserved for the  use 
of the glue maker.  Having passed through 
these preliminary  stages,  the hair is graded 
by length,  color, and hardness.

“It is now necessary  to  assort  the  hair 
into lengths,  of which the longest  is  much 
too  valuable  for  bedding  or  upholstering 
purposes,  serving  the  choicer  end  of  the 
hair-cloth  weaver,  who  must  have  un­
broken  hairs,  of  from  twenty  to  thirty 
j  inches in  length.  The  comparative  rarity 
I of the greater lengths causes a much higher 
| comparative value to attach  to them,  which 
j is the reason why the  wide  hair-cloth  com- 
j mauds an apparently disproportionate  high 
! price  compared  with  the  narrow  widths. 
After  the  grading,  the  operator  takes  a 
j bunch of hair of  the  desired  grade,  dips  it 
j  in water  to  render  it  tractable,  and  then 
draws it through a steel comb  fixed  to  the 
table,  until  it  is  perfectly  straight  and 
smooth  and  the  fibers  are  all  parallel. 
After being dried and submitted  to  a  final 
combing  or  ‘dry-liackling,’  it  is  ready  for 
the  ‘drawers,’ the girls  who  assort  it  into 
I lengths,  each of whom places a pile  of  the 
combed hair before her with a small  weight 
to hold it in position,  and  seizing  the  pro­
jecting ends of the hairs,  a few  at  a  time,
I between a small knife-blade and the thumb, 
‘draws’ them from the pile and  adjusts  the 
upper ends evenly within the  grasp  of  the 
left hand.  This process is  continued  until 
the entire  pile  has  been  ‘drawn’  and  re­
arranged  with  one  end  of  the  hairs  laid 
evenly.  The pile is then placed in a gauge, 
from which  the  hairs  above  the  required 
lenght  project  and  are  ‘drawn’  by 
the 
operator,  the shorter hairs remaining within 
the  gauge.  After  the  longest  hairs  have 
thus been  separated  the  next  lengths  are 
‘drawn,’ until all available for the  weavers’ 
use have been taken, when the shorter hairs 
remaining—those under  twenty inches—are 
used for making  curled  hair  of  the  grade 
called  ‘drawings,’  which  takes  its  name 
from having gone  through the  process  de­
scribed above.  Here the hair  ends  its  so­
journ in the  cleaning  and  sorting  depart­
ment,  and having gone through an extended 
washing and combing,  is now ready for the 
spinning-mill,  where it  is  to  complete  its 
toilet by being ‘curled.’

“Sometimes it is necessary to give certain 
kinds of raw  material a more  effective bath 
than  the  washing  I  speak  of,  and  such 
stock goes into this tank, where  it is boiled

for an hour or  two  in  a  weak  solution  of 
acid.  This effectually  disposes of any del­
eterious animal matter  that  may  be  cling­
ing to the hair,  and renders it perfectly pure. 
Cattle-liair seldom requires  this  treatment, 
but hog-hair, being scraped from the animal, 
must have the impurities removed.

“The South American hair is pretty clean, 
particularly the horse-hair,  but  we  always 
treat cattle-hair with a solution of soda-ash, 
in which we let it soak for awhile to cleanse 
it and remove  the smell.

“Reaching the spinning-mill,  the  hair  is 
passed  through  a  picking,  or  mixing  ma­
chine,  by which it is  properly  prepared for 
the spinners.  Upon the proper spinning of 
the hair  much depends.  When  properly 
spun and picked, it is a perfect spiral spring, 
full of elasticity and life,  and to these qual­
ities is due its value as bedding and uphoster- 
ing material. 
Improper picking or spinning 
will greatly impair these qualities,  and as  a 
result the hair will soon  ‘pack’ when in use. 
To  secure a perfect spiral or curl,  the  hair 
must go endwise into  the rope,  and  be  fed 
smoothly and evenly—matters requiring con­
siderable  skill.  The  spinihg-walks  in  an 
ordinary factory are one hundred feet  long, 
and down these walks the operators proceed 
backward,  feeding  the  growing  rope  from 
a  bag  of  hair  suspended in front of them, 
the twist  being given by a rapidly revolving 
spindle, to which the further end of the rope 
is attached.  When the  required length of 
rope has been spun,  it is attached to  a more 
rapidly revolving spindle, which twists it into 
the tight spiral familiar to the  trade, taking 
up two fifths of the length in  the operation.
“To ‘set’ the curl, the ropes,  after  being 
twined together into shorter lengths, are put 
into steam-chests and boiled for a  couple of 
hours,  when  they  are  removed  and  go 
through  a  final  process  of  purification— 
enough,  it should seem, to satisfy  the scru­
ples of the most  conscientious  Mussulman. 
In this final process the hair coils are placed 
in a tight room, where they are  exposed for 
ten  hours  to  an  atmosphere  of  chlorine 
gas,  a  powerful disinfectant,  which effect­
ually dispels any animal odor  or  impurities 
that may have survived  the  repeated  beat­
ings,  washings, boilings and acid  treatment 
to which the hair lias  previously  been  sub­
jected.  After being subjected  to the action 
of the chlorine of gas,  the  hair  is  hung  in 
the open air for  some  time  to  remove  the 
fumes of the chemicals. 
It is then removed 
to the packing-room,  where it  is untwisted, 
hand-picked  by girls, and finally run through 
a  carding machine,  which opens  the mass­
es of hair evenly and without  stretching  or 
breaking the curl.  As  it  comes  from the 
carding machine the manufacturing  process 
is completed,  and the hair is packed  in  the 
sacks in which it reaches the consumer.

“The fine white,  black and gray drawings 
are used for the best mattresses, the medium 
qualities for upholstering  furniture of every 
description, and the short qualities for cheap 
church  cushions,  carriages 
mattressess, 
etc.  The trade is very peculiar. 
In some 
sections the  demand is for white hair  only, 
in others  black  drawings  are  all  the  go, 
elsewhere  gray  alone  is  wanted. 
Some 
want hard hair, others soft,  so manufactur­
ers make  an endless variety to suit all.”

Another Paper House Contemplated.
The  West  Michigan  Oil  Co. has secured 
the refusal of the double store  now occupied 
Hawkins & Perry, and as soon  as the latter 
remove  to  the  new  Hawkins  block,  will 
probably occupy the  premises  with  a com­
plete stock of paper,  twines, and everything 
comprised in a  jobbing  paper  house.  The 
company has  not fully concluded to embark 
in the paper trade, but  assert  that  there  is 
strong probability of such a move. 
In  case 
the  project  is  not  carried  into  effect, the 
company will occupy a suit of offices  in the 
second floor of the Hawkins block.

Miner,  the hatter,  has received something 
absolutely new in the shape of  a  hat—new 
in  style,  shape  and  general  appearance— 
which is bound to have a large  sale  among 
the traveling men. 
It is a stiff hat, made of 
felt,  with square crown,  and is to be had  in 
two colors, black and brown.  The crown is 
made in two heights, 534 and 534 inches, and 
everyone who has  seen the  hat has planked 
down four bills and marched away  with the 
satisfaction of having secured  the most uni­
que hat of  the age.

O Y S T E R S !

State Agency for Wm. L. Ellis & Co.’s

33HA3XTI>

BALTIMORE OYSTERS

On and a fte r Sept. 1st., we will  be  prepared 
to  fill  all  orders for this well-known brand of 
Oysters, canned fresh a t the  packing-house in 
Baltim ore.  NO  slack-filled  or  water-soaked 
goods handled.  B. F. E m ery will atten d  to the 
orders  for Baltim ore shipm ent as usual.  Spec­
ial  Express  and  F reight  rates  to all railroad 
tow ns in  Michigan.  We  have  exclusive  con­
trol York River Brand.

COLE  &  EMERY,

Wholesale Fish and Oyster Depot,

37  C anal  St.,  G ran d   R a p id s,  M id i.

W. H.  Pipp,  senior member of the firm of 
Pipp Bros.,  hardware dealers  at  Kalkaska, 
was in the city last week on his way to Stur­
gis, where he was married yesterday to Miss 
Pauline  Strober, one of the  most  estimable 
young  ladies  of  the  place. 
The  happy 
couple will reach Grand Rapids on their way 
home to-day.
J.  T.  Bell,  of  the  wholesale  commission 
firm of J.  T.  Bell & Co.,  East  Saginaw, has 
been making Grand Rapids his headquarters 
for several weeks past,  spending a good por­
tion of his  time  at  surrounding  towns  in 
search  of  desirable peach shipments.  He 
has been exceptionally fortunate, having se­
cured some of the best offerings made so far 
this season.

“Gan.”  Peirce  lias  concluded  to  retire 
from the show business and join  the  ranks 
of ‘ ‘Der Drummer. ”  He carried a couple of 
gripsacks over about half of  the  State  last 
week,  and  will  cover  the  other  half this 
week. 
If  the jobbing business continues 
as good  for  a  month  as it  was last  week,
retail

A.. P otter, Oakfield.
J.  A rnett, Morley.

following  retail  dealers  have  visited
k e t d u rin g  th e  p a st w eek an d  placed 
v ith  th e  various  houses:
Pipp, Gaylord & Pipp,  Pierson.
& Judson, Cannonsburg. 
r Struik, F orest Grove. 
r DeKline, Jam estow n.
Stone, F. C. Stone & Son, Cedar Springs. 

The 
the m 
orders
E. G 
Hoa 
Wal 
Hen
F. C 
M 
W
Jo h n  Giles,  Lowell.
Ryerson, Hills & Co., Muskegon.
S. Cooper,  Corinth.
Geo. C arrington, T rent.
Cook & Sweet, Bauer.
Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake.
B. M. Denison, E ast  Paris.
A. D. Ayers, Otia.
Baron & TenHoor, F o rest Grove.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
Dell W right, Berlin.
W. H. Fletcher, Muskegon.
F. B. Kelley, W. R. Dennis & Co., Cadillac.
E. H. Rogers, P ark  City.
L. R. Rogers, Eastport.
W. H. Pipp, Pipp Bros.; K alkaska.
R. McKinnon, H opkins.
A. P. H ulbert, Lisbon.
Cole & Chaple, Ada.
G. C. Baker, Labarge.
Miss L. Dane, Cedar Springs.
C. K. H oyt, H udsonville.
H erder & Lahuis, Zeeland.
Den H erder & Tannis, V riesland.
Johnson & Seibert,  Caledonia.
B. G ilbert & Co.,  Moline.
H oag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
Corneil & Griswold, Griswold.
Mrs. G. Miller, Ryerson.
Geo. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake.
C. S'. Comstock. Pierson.
H enry M ishler, Freeport.
Jos. H. Spires, Leroy.
Jas. Campbell, Westwood.
L. B. Chappie, Ada.
Jay  Marlatx, Berlin.
J. Omler, W right.
M. J   Howard, Englishville.
A. M. Church, A lpine,
C. C. Crane, Pioneer.
C. W. Jones, Olive Center.
A. B. Foote, H illiards.
N orm an H arris, Big Springs.
W inchester & Loveless, W yman.
Spring & Lindley, Bailey.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
H. W.  P otter, Jennisonville.
J. C. Townsend, W hite  Cloud.
J. F. H acker, Corinth.
C. A. Brock, Canada Corners.
A. &  L. M. Wolf,  Hudsonville.
I. J. Quick, Allendale.
H. H. Freedm an, Reed  City.
Mr. W illiams, W illiams  &  K erry,  Reed City. 
M. P. Shields, H illiards.
C. G. O’Bryan, Belding.
Louis L. Holmes, Belding.
Mr. Andre, A ndre & Son. Jennisonville.
Mr. Bartz, Bartz Bros., N orth  D orr. 
O. D. Chapman, Stanwood.
Ceauncey P orter, Chauncey.
C. H. Deming, D utton.
Mr.  McWilliams, McWilliams &  Co.,  Lowell. 
W. I. Woodruff,  Carey.
Mr. Frace,  Frace & H uhn, Saranac.
P e te r H ansen, H ansen Bros., Morley.
John E. Thurkow ,  Morley.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
J. B. W atson, Coopersville.
J. H. Moores, Moorestown.
G. P . Stark, Cascade.
D.  O.  W atson,  W atson  & DeVoist, Coopers­
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
Ives & M cA rthur, Rockford.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley  Bros., Fife Lake.
Dr. O. S. Holland, A shland P. O.
J. N. W ait, H udsonville.
Sisson & Lilley L um ber Co., Sisson’s Mills. 
H enry B aar, G rand  H aven.
C. H. Adams, Otsego.
Jo h n  A. Miller, Muskegon.
Geo. Q arrington, T rent.
G. C. Baker, LaBarge.
M. M. Robson, Berlin.
N. W. Mill, Otsego.
Mr. H essletine, H esseltine &  Son,  Casnovia. 
Carroll & Fisher,  Dorr.

ville.

•

F U R N IT U R E   B U Y E R S .

gheny City,  Pa.

Fred.  S. Tucker, Peoria, 111.
J. M. Miller, F o rt W ayne, Ind.
F ran k   Jacobs,  Jacobs  &  McGilvray,  Alle­
Mr. Hord, Chester, Pa.
The cranberry-growing  counties  of  Wis­
consin are estimated to produce  this  season 
about 100,000 ban-els,  which,  at an  average 
of  $5 per barrel, will aggregate  $500,000,

OUT  AROUND.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

ID ru g s & flfte b ic in e s
STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
One T e a r—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Y ears—F. H. J. V anEm ster, Bay  City. 
T hree Y ears—Jacob Jessou, Muskegon.
F our Y ears—Jam es Vernor. D etroit.
Five Y ears—O ttm ar Eberbach, A nn Arbor. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor.
N ext place of  m eeting—A t D etroit, Novem ber 

3,1885. 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

___________

O F F IC E R S .

arnazoo.
sing. 
Rapids.

President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
F irst V ice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kal- 
Second V ice-President—B.  D.  N ortlirup,  Lan­
Third V ice-President—F rank  W urzburg,  G r d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. 
T reasurer—Wm. D upont, D etroit.
E xecutive  Committee—H.  J.  Brown,  A.  _B. 
Stevens, Geo. G undrum , W. H. Keller,  F.  W. 
Fincher. 
N ext  place  of  m eeting—A t D etroit, Tuesday. 
October 13,1885.

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Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGA NIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

O F F IC E R S .

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„  

P resident—F rank J. W urzburg.
V ice-President—Wm. L. W hite.
Secretary—F rank H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  C en sors-P resident,  V ice-President 
and Secretary. 
Board  of  T rustees—The  President,  XV m,  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  W atts,  Wm.  E.  W hite, 
W m. L. W hite.
Com m ittee on Pharm acy—H ugo Thum ,  M.  B. 
Kimiu, A. C. B auer.
Com m ittee on Legislation—Isaac W atts,  O.  H.
Richmond, Jas. S. Cowin. 
Comm ittee on Trade  M atters—H. B. Fairchild, 
Jo h n  Peck, Wm. H . V anLeeuw en.
Regular  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening in 
each m onth.
A nnual  M eetings—F irst  Thursday evening in 
November.
N ext  Meeting—Thursday evening,  Septem ber 
3, a t “The T radesm an” office.

.

Woman’s  Wiles.

A salesman in one of the  large dry goods 
stores the other day,  says the Boston Trans­
cript,  picked up a worn out,  empty  pocket- 
book, and thought he would have a little fun 
with it.  He therefore placed it on the coun­
ter,  half concealed by the goods lying there­
on.  Presently a lady shopper  enters.  Her 
eyes light uponfhat  wallet  as  by  instinct, 
and while  pricing  half  a  score  of articles 
she endeavers to cover it,  quite  artlessly,  of 
course, with her handkerchief, then with her 
satchel,  and again with her parasol,  but the 
salesman, without appearing  to  notice  her 
actions,  each  time  removes  it  out of dan­
ger and into the light. 
Finally  she adopts 
new tactics, and picks it up with the remark:

“Somebody’s left a pocket-book.”
“Yes!” replies  the  clerk  interrogatively, 
1 ‘thank you. ”  And he takes the leather and 
disappears with it  for  a  moment.  Upon 
his return the lady  asks with a  slight show 
of interest:

“Was there much  in  it?”
‘ ‘Only S3,” replies the salesman carelessly, 
and with the ease of one who has been used 
to lying all his life.

“  And  w ho w ill  g et  it if it isn ’t  called fo r?” 

ask s  th e  lady.

sponse.

“The  firm,”  is 

the  epigrammatic  re­

The lady goes out. 

In ten or fifteen min­

utes a boy comes in and asks:

“Was  a  bocket-book  with S3 in it found 

here this morning?”

“Yes,”  replies  the salesman,  “but it has 

been called for.”

The boy says “Oh!” and retires.
Salesman smiles audibly.

Warm Weather Mistakes.

From  D rake's T raveler’s Magazine.

“Good morning,” said a  strange man,  go­
ing into a wholesale drug store, one day last 
week,  “how’s mercury to-day?”

“Don’t mention it,”  growled  the proprie­
tor,  mopping  his  face  with  his  handker­
chief,  “I never saw it so high in my life.” 

“Is that so?”  querried the stranger in  as­

tonishment.

“You bet  it  is.  Why,  man,  you  can’t 
reach  it  with  a  ten foot-pole.  Guess you 
haven’t been long  in the city,  have you?” 

“No, not very. 

I just came  in from the 
West  this  morning,  and  wanted  to buy a 
hundred pounds,  but if it is so  high,  I reck­
on I’d better wait till it  falls,” and  he went 
out before the druggist had time  to  explain 
the  situation.

Tall Saleswomen  Preferred.

“Tall  salesladies  wanted.”  So  reads  a 
small placard  in the window  of  one  of  the 
largest Tremont  street dry good  stores,  re­
marks the Boston Globe.

“Why is height an essential?” the propri­

etor was  asked.

“Because,” he replied,  with  a  smile,  “I 
think tall  salesladies give more character to 
a store.  Then, too,  I  have an idea that  la­
dies,  as  a  class,  prefer  to  trade  with  tall 
girls.”

“Have  you  no  other  reason for desiring 

tall girls?”

“None whatever,  for all our heavy work, 
as  handling  rolls  of cloth,  etc.,  is done by 
men,  and we only give  the  girls such work 
as requires but little physical exertion.”

A Difference in Sweeps. 

Fashionable wife:  “Did you notice, dear, 
at the party last evening,  how  grandly  our 
daughter,  Clara,  swept  into the room?” 

Husband  (with a grunt):  “Oh, yes,  Clara 
can sweep  into  any  room  grandly enough, 
but when it comes to  sweeping  out  a room, 
she isn’t there.”

The Drug Market.

The volume of business is  satisfactory in 
every respect,  and collections  are  in  excel­
lent shape. The staples are unusually steady, 
there having been no changes of importance 
during the week.

THE  LOUNGER.

My friend Meigs tells me that he proposes 
to  take  possession  of  his new quarters  in 
the Watson-Heald block,  on South Division 
street,  about the middle of next week.  The 
change in location will enable  the  redoubt­
able  jobber  an  opportunity  to display  anil 
arrange his stock to  better  advantage,  and 
will reduce the labor and expense  of  hand­
ling and shipping to a minimum.  The near­
ness  of  the  new  location  to the principal 
freight depots will also be an  advantage by 
decreasing the usual cartage distance.

*  *  *

Another project on which  Meigs  has  set 
his heart,  is the inauguration of a first-class 
retail grocery establishment in the two  cor­
ner  stores  of  the  same block in which  his 
jobbing department will be located.  Arches 
have been cut in the wall  between  the  two 
stores, and a system of shelving and counters 
adopted which will be superior,  as  regards 
both  ornament  and  utility, to anything  of 
the  kind  ever  seen  in  this vicinity.  The 
stock  will  include  a  line of fine goods not 
carried by any other retail store in  the city, 
and the motto of the  establishment  will  be 
“ Retail goods at wholesale prices.”

* 

**

Just what effect—if  any—the  starting  of 
a  retail  store  will  have on Meigs’ jobbing 
trade,  I  am  anxious  to learn.  Of course, 
such a move will cost him the loss  of  most 
of  his  city  trade,  but I understand that  he 
does not care much for  that  branch  of  the 
business anyway,  having not-worked it with 
any  great  degree  of  success  in  the  past. 
Whether  the  matter  will aifect his outside 
trade remains to be seen.
*  *  *

I  am  not  much  of an enthusiast,  as  the 
readers of T h e   T r a d e s m a n  will  bear  tes­
timony, but I am willing to  put  myself  on 
record with the assertion that  business  has 
touched bottom,  and that the  financial  ten­
dency is now on the ascending  scale.  This 
is especially noticeable in the  great staples, 
lumber, iron  and  wool,  besides  a  decided 
firmness in a largq number of less important 
articles.  The improvement in lumber is in­
dicated by the dignified bearing of  the prin­
cipal  operators,  who  exhibit  none  of the 
anxiety  to  sell  which  characterized  their 
movements a few weeks ago. 
Iron is look­
ing up,  in both price and demand,  and steel 
rails are on the verge  of  a  sharp  advance. 
Wool is firmer than it has been for  months, 
in consequence of which the yarn  manufac­
turers announce an advance  of  5  per  cent. 
These facts,  coupled with others  equally as 
cogent,  are sufficient to satisfy even the most 
skeptical that the turning point was  passed 
weeks ago,  and that before another year has 
elapsed,  we shall be in the midst of prosper­
ous times.

Splendid Crops in the South.

The  Baltimore  Manufacturers'  Record 
gives nearly  five  pages  to  special  reports 
showing that the South will, this year, make 
the largest crops ever produced in  that  sec­
tion and at the lowest cost.  The corn crop, 
which is now safe,  is reported “to be the best 
for  many  years,”  “best  for  twenty years,” 
“best ever known,” etc.,  and it  is  believed 
that  the  aggregate yield will  be  50,000,000 
bushels more than last year.  In South Caro­
lina an increase of 4,000,000 bushels is count­
ed  on,  while  in Georgia the State Agricul­
tural  Department  estimates an  increase  of 
9,000,000  bushels  over  1884 and 15,000,000 
over 1883, while the reports are equally flat­
tering from other States.  While  the cotton 
crop is still liable to be damaged it is believed 
that this year’s will be the  largest crop ever 
produced.  The average is better than ever 
before and the present condition of  the crop 
more  favorable  than  at  the  corresponding 
time in past  years. 
In tobacco, fruits and 
vegetables  the  prospects are that the crops 
will be very large,  while rice promises a big 
yield and sugar a much more profitable crop 
than last year.  From an agricultural point 
of  view  the  prospects  of the South could 
hardly be  better. 
In  trade  and manufac­
tures there is already a decided  change  for 
the  better,  and  the  outlook  is promising 
for great activity in trade  this fall and win­
ter.

Joking the  Druggists.

From  the New Y ork Sun.

Iowa druggists make  monthly  reports  of 
liquor  sales. 
Great  numbers  of invalids 
who" doctor  themselves  seem  to  be  under 
daily alcoholic treatment. 
For instance,  a 
small dealer in Muscatine, where all the san­
itary conditions are favorable,  finds  that  it 
takes 51 feet of paper to enumerate his sales 
for a month.  He sold as medecine  152 bar­
rels of beer,  eighty-nine gallons of  whisky, 
nineteen of gin,  seven of alcohol, and  three 
of brandy.

Good Words Unsolicited.

J. P. Gilm an, hardw are, B reedsville:  “I like 

th e paper.”

H.  D.  W erkm an,  grocer,  H olland:  “ Must 

have y our paper.  Can’t  do w ithout it.”

H arrison & M urphy, grocers,  B angor:  “We 

are highly pleased w ith T h e   T r a d e s m a n .”

A. T. Miller & Co., druggists, Chippewa Lake: 
“ T h e  T r a d e s m a n  alw ays contains  m uch good 
and valuable inform ation.”
*  W.  I.  W oodrulf,  grocer,  Copley: 
“ I  shall 
continue  to  tak e  your  paper,  as  I find good 
points in T h e  T r a d e s m a n , useful inform ation, 
etc.” 

_

Some of the Pontiac ladies have become so 
indignant at the frauds and impositions prac­
ticed upon them by  baking  powder  agents 
that they are canvasing the city, going  from 
house to house to give other ladies the bene­
fit  of their experience.

California papers complain  that  the  Chi­
nese destroy the sugar pine in  certain inter­
ior counties in a shameful  manner.  They 
fell the trees for making  “shakes,”  but  if 
they fail to split well  at the  butt,  are aban­
doned and left to rot on the ground.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

C h arlevoix.

A ug. 22—W ork will be com m enced  on  Hon. 
E. H. G reen’s brick store building n ex t  week.
Brown  &  Co.’s  new brick building is nearly 
completed.  The Bank  of  Charlevoix  will  oc­
cupy the low er room.

The Jronton F urnace has resum ed  work.

M uskegon.

A ug. 22—J. H. Sm ith has purchased the John 
LeClere grocery stock, on F irst street, and will 
continue  the  business  fo r  the p resen t a t  the 
old stand.

Jo h n  B ither has purchased the F letcher fru it 

bazaar.

Eam es & Massey, m erchant tailors, have dis­
solved partn ersh ip  and gone  o u t  of  business.

A ug.  24—The 

H ersey.
shingle  m ill  property  of 
Beardsley  &  Davis,  of  Cedar  tow nship,  has 
changed hands, and will hereafter be operated 
by Will L. Beardsley, of H ersey,  The m ill has 
tim ber fo r tw o years.

H all & M anning, of  H ersey,  are  rigging  up 
th eir lum ber m ill a t this place, and intend ru n ­
n in g ^  planer in connection therew ith. They are 
practical  m ill  m en  and do good work.  Their 
cu t is pine,hem lock, m aple, basswood and black 
birch.

T here  is  an   excellent opening n ear H ersey 
fo r  some  m ill  o u t  of  tim ber to m an u factu re 
lum ber and  shingles.

L u th e r.

Aug.  24—The  drop  cu rtain   fo r  Bellam y’s 
Opera H ouse arrived S aturday and was p u t in 
position.  I t is a neat,  curtain,  and  w hen  the 
stage  is  com pleted  it  will be a fine th in g   for 
L uther.
Wilson, L uther & W ilson’s saw m ill  c u t  605,- 
000  fe e t  of  lum ber  in  less  th a n  six days last 
week.  W here is  the m ill in M ichigan w ith only 
two single saws th a t can do as well?

F ra n k   F letcher  will  soon  open  a  grocery 

store in the v acant store in the Sabin House.

Mr.  Johnson,  of  Chicago,  has  bought  the 
stock  of  th e  defunct  L u th e r Lance, and will 
com m ence publishing th e p aper about  Sept. 1.

B ig  K apids.

A ug. 24—The Comstock block, which has long 
been  undergoing  repairs,  is  to  be  veneered 
w ith brick.  The in terio r is being  arranged  in 
n eat salesroom s and offices, which  undoubted­
ly will be occupied as soon as  com pleted.

Mr. H ullinger, who lately sold his drug stock 
to W ard Falk, is en route fo r the Pacific States. 
He is accom panied by his wife,  while  his  son, 
who was lately engaged in business w ith  him, 
is in th e em ploy of his successor  here.

Law yer Jo h n  B. U pton contem plates leaving 
Big Rapids to engage in his profession a t Min­
neapolis.  Mr. U pton is an honorable m an, and 
a successful law yer.  His fam ily is prom inent 
in the best society of the place.

The brick w ork of the M ecosta county court 

house is com pleted to the  second story.

T.  N.  Colvin  retu rn ed  to Big Rapids on  the 
23d inst.,  being  called  by  the sickness  of  his 
child.

St. Ig n ace.

A ug.  21—A rticles  appear  in  your  valuable 
paper  from   alm ost  every  p a rt  of  this great 
State,  b u t  very  little  is  said or seen in y our 
colum ns about St. Ignace or Mackinaw county. 
This will be a seasonable rem inder th a t we are 
pulling  through  the  hard  tim es  quietly,  but 
surely.  A lthough business is nothing  to crow 
about, we have every prospect of  a  good  fall 
trade.

O ur streets are well sprinkled w ith resorters, 
filling  up  our  am ple  hotel  accom m odations, 
w hilst on M ackinac Island  th e   public and p ri­
vate  houses  are  crowded.  Canadians  come 
over to see us  in  large (and every year larger) 
num bers—a  sure  sign  th a t  we 
tre a t  them  
kindly.  E xcursions to and from  all points are of 
alm ost daily occurrence.  We had a big one to 
M arquette last Sunday,  six  coaches  crowded, 
and two or th ree m ore should have been added. 
Fully 790 exchanged greetings w ith  the  g reat 
m ining end of o u r line.

Shelby.

Aug. 22—The chief  m an ufacturing  industry 
of  Shelby  is  the  b u rning  of  charcoal.  Ju s t 
north  of  th e  village  th ere are eleven eighty- 
cord kilns of the  square  pattern , w hich  since 
Ja n u a ry  1, have tu rn ed  out  289,150  bushels  of 
coal, and have consum ed 7,228% cords of beech 
and  m aple  wood.  On  an  average, 12 cars of 
coal, o f about 1,000 bushels to th e car, are ship­
ped  to  F ru itp o rt,  w here  is  located the  blast 
fu rn ace.  The pay-roll fo r Shelby and  H art  is 
about $5,000 per m onth and about 125  m en are 
employed.  D. H.  R ankin, th e p roprietor,  is  a 
m an of few words, b u t  he  thoroughly  under­
stands his business.

Betw een Shelby and New E ra  th ere  are  ten  
kilns of th e bee hive p attern , which, since Ja n .
1 have consum ed 5,100 cords of  beech  and m a­
ple  wood,  producing  186,375  bushels  of  coal. 
These  kilns  are m anaged fo r th e Spring Lake 
Iro n  Co. by  D uncan  L.  R ankin,  who  in  con­
nection w ith these has in two or th ree m onths 
past shipped tw enty-four cars of hem lock bark 
and the sales of his general store here averaged 
$1,200 per m onth.

/■

J. H alstead has resum ed business in his own 
nam e and intends to m ake  things  hum   again 
in  his  w agon  w orks.  H e has the good wishes 
of ou r citizens. 

W alter H. Churchill, ou r  post-m aster, super­
visor  and  banker,  and  one  of our oldest citi­
zens, talks of spending th e w inter in Colorado, 
fo r the im provem ent of his health.

O ur dealers all look fo r a good fall trade.
The  New  E ra   L um ber  Co.’s mill is tu rn in g  
out,  on  an  average, 45,000 feet of lum ber  per 
day.

W heeler Bros, and G.  W.  Marsh  have  a  car 
of  hand  picked  beans  ready  to  be  shipped. 
They  will  look  fo r  a m arket fo r them  in  the 
South.  W heeler Bros, have also shipped a ear 
of  hard  wood lum ber  to  W.  F.  Simmons,  of 
G rand Rapids.

O ur  trad ers  are  daily  receiving  stocks  of 

w inter clothing.

Kelley  &  Reed  have opened a livery stable, 

which is th e second in tow n.

There is a m an in ------- tow n who is so crooked
in his dealings th a t w hen he has th e m oney  in 
his  pocket  and  intends  to pay a creditor,  he 
goes into a back room and tu rn s around three 
or fo u r tim es, com es back, and says he has bor­
rowed the m oney from  a friend.

The P ullm an & H inchm an m atter was closed 
up  a t th e last term  of co urt a t H art, and a div­
idend of 2144 cents was declared in  fu ll  settle­
m ent.  This  firm  began  the m an u factu re of 
broom  handles  m ore  th a n  a y ear ago.  They 
had got under way b u t a little tim e, w hen th eir 
m ill blew up.  They began again, b u t soon had 
to  m ake  an  assignm ent  to  W.  H. Churchill, 
owing heavily th eir em ployees and th e  trad ers 
o f Shelby, especially the W heeler Bros, and A. 
G. A very.  The failu re was a bad one, and was 
settled.as stated above.  Mr.  P ullm an  is  now 
in A rkansas.

A dvanced—Oil  bergam ont,  w hite  m ustard 
seed.
Declined—Carbolic  acid,  oil  spearm int,  oil 
pepperm int, oil pennyroyal, oil rose, pink root, 
serpentaria, seneka root.
ACID S

Acetic, No.  8...................................... 
9  ©   10
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040).........  30  ©   35
Carbolic...............................................  34  @  36
C itric....................................................  60  @  65
M uriatic 18  d eg ................................. 
3  @  5
11  @  12
N itric 36 deg...................................... 
O xalic..................................................  12  @  14
Sulphuric  66 deg............................... 
3  ©   4
T artaric  pow dered..........................  52  @  55
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................$  oz 
18
Benzoic,  G erm an.............................   12  @  15
T a n n ic .................................................  12  ©   15

AMMONIA.

C arbonate...................................$  ft  15  ©   18
M uriate (Powd. 22c).......................... 
14
A qua 16 deg or  3 f.............................  
5  @  6
A qua 18 deg or  4 f.............................  
6  ©   7

BALSAMS.

Copaiba
F ir..........
P e ru ___
T o lu .......

BA RK S.

Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)............
Cinchona,  yeliow ............................
Elm,  select.........................................
Elm, ground, p u re ............................
Elm, powdered,  p u re ......................
Sassafras, of ro o t.............................
Wild Cherry, select..........................
B ayherry  pow dered........................
Hem lock pow dered..........................
Wahoo  ................................................
Soap  g round......................................

40©45 
40 
2  00 
50

10 

11
18
13
14
15 
12 
20 
18 
30 
12

B E R R IE S .

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

EXTRACTS. 

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)................
Lgowood, 44s do 
........................
Logwood, %8 do 
......................'.
.................
Logwood, ass’d do 
Fluid E x tracts—2519 cent, off list.

FLO W ERS.

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

GUMS.

Aloes,  B arbadoes.............................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)...................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
A m m oniac..........................................
A rabic, pow dered  select................
A rabic, 1st  picked............................
A rabic,2d  p ick ed ..............................
Arabic,  3d picked.............................
A rabic, sifted so rts..........................
Assafcentida, prim e (Powd 35c)...
Benzoin...............................................
C am phor.............................................
Catechu. Is PA 14c, %s  16c)............
E uphorbium  pow dered...................
Gafbanum  strain ed ..........................
G am boge.............................................
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c)..............
Kino  TPowdered, 30cl.......................
M astic.................................................
M yrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $4.90)................
Shellac, Campbell’s ..........................
Shellac,  E nglish...............................
Shellac,  n ativ e...................................
Shellac bleached...............................
T ragacanth  ........................................

3714

@  75 
6  ©   7
50  ©   60

13 
15
14

912
10  © 11
12 

60®  75 
50
28®  30 
65 
60 
50 
45 
35
25 
55@60
25©  27 
13
35©  40 
80
90@1  00 
35 
20
40 
3 50 
30
26 
24 
30
30  ©1  00

H E R B S—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H o a rh o u n d ..........................................................25
L obelia.................................................................. 25
P ep p erm in t............ ............................................ 25
Rue  ....................................................................... 40
S p e a rm in t........................................................... 24
Sweet M ajoram ...................................................35
T a n z y ....................................................................25
T h y m e .................................................................. 30
W orm w ood..........................................................25

IR O N .

C itrate and  Q uinine........................
Solution m ur., fo r  tin c tu re s.........
Sulphate, pu re  c ry stal...................
C itrate  ................................................
P h o sp h a te ..........................................

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................   13
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & 14s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l......................   18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  g arb led ..
Senna,  pow dered.............................
Senna tinnivelli.................................
U va  U rsi.............................................
Belledonna.........................................
Foxglove.............................................
H en b an e.............................................
Rose, re d .............................................

6  40 
20

&  14 
6
&  20 
30 
22 

16 10 

35 
30 
35 
2  35

LIQ U O R S.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky
D ruggists’ Favorite  R y e...........
W hisky, other  b ran d s...................
Gin, Old T om ....................................
Gin,  H olland....................................
B ran d y ...............................................
Catawba  W ines...............................
P o rt W ines........................................

.2  00 
.1  75 
.1  10 
.1  35 
.2 00 
.1  75 
.1  25 
.1  35

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

M AGNESIA.

)onate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
>onate, Je nning’s, 2 oz..............
ate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution—  
ined.............................................

O ILS.

37 
2  25 
65

 

 

1 20

 
75
35
50

6 00
7 50
1 60

75
35
75
 
1  20
150

Almond, sw eet..................................   45  ©   50
Am ber,  rectified...............................  
45
1 85
A nise........................................................... 
Bay $   oz...........................................  
50
2 10
B ergam ont................................................  
C a sto r.................................................   18  ©  1944
C roton.........................................................  
2 00
C a je p u t............................................. 
C a ssia.........................................................  
1 00
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......  
C itro n ella.......................................... 
C loves......................................................... 
Cod Liver, N. F .........................$  gal 
Cod Liver, b e st.......................... 
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
Cubebs, P. &  W ........................................ 
E rig e ro n ....................................................  
Firew eed............................................. 
G eranium  
oz................................. 
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c).. 
Ju n ip e r  wood...................... 
 
Ju n ip e r  b erries........................................ 
Lavender flowers, F re n ch ..................... 
Lavender garden 
.....................  
Lavender spike 
Lemon, new  cro p ..................................... 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s ...............................  
80
L em ongrass........................................ 
Olive, M alaga..................... 
@ 9 0
2  75
Olive, “ Sublime  Italian   . 
.... 
1 25
Origanum , red  flowers, F re n c h ... 
50
Origanum ,  No. 1.............................. 
1  40
P en n y ro y al........................................ 
P epperm int,  w h ite.......................... 
3  75
Rose  $   oz...........................................  
8  00
65
Rosem ary, F rench  (Flowers $1  50) 
S a la d ....................................................  65  ©   67
1  00
S avin.................................................... 
4  50
Sandal  W ood. G erm an................... 
Sandal Wood, W. 1............................ 
7  00
S assafras............................................. 
55
S p e a rm in t.......................................... 
@6  00
T a n sy ..................................................4  50  @5 00
T ar (by gal 50c)....................................   10 ©  12
W in terg reen..................................  
2  10
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00)....... 
3  50
W orm seed.......................................... 
2  00

do 
do  *.............. 

2 00
2 01
1 00
1 40
1 50

90

POTASSIUM .

 

 

ROOTS.

B icrom ate.................................. ^1 ft 
14
40
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. b u lk ... 
20
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............. 
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk ....... 
3 00
28
P russiate yellow...............................  
A lk a n e t.....................................  
20
 
25
A lthea, c u t.......................................... 
17
Arrow,  St. V incent’s ....................... 
A rrow, Taylor’s, in 4Cs and 44s__  
33
12
Blood (Powd 18c)..............................  
Calamus,  peeled...............................  
20
35
Calamus, Germ an  w hite, peeled.. 
Elecam pane, p o w dered.................. 
20
10
G entian (Powd  15c)...........  
Ginger, A frican (Powd 14c).............   11 ©   12
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............  
17
Golden Seal (Powd 25c)...................  
20
20
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered........... 
1  20
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered..................... 
Jalap,  pow dered...............................  
30
Licorice,  select (Powd 15).............. 
15
Licorice, ex tra  select....................... 
18
P ink, tr u e ...........................................  
38
Rhei, from  select to   choice............1  00 @1  50
Rhei, powdered E. 1........................... 110 @1  20
2  00
Rhei, choice c u t  cu b es................... 
Rhei, choice cu t  fingers.................  
2  25

 

 

S erp en taria........................................
S en ek a................................................
Sarsaparilla,  H o n d u ras.................
Sarsaparilla,  M exican.....................
Squills, white (Powd  35c)...............
V alerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, V erm ont (Powd 28e)...

45
60
43
20
15
25
20

SEEDS.

do 

do 
do 

SPONGES.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ...
do 

Anise, Italian  (Powd 20c)..............
Bird, m ixed in ft  packages..........
Canary,  S m yrna......................   .....
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  20c).
Cardamon,  A leppee........................
Cardamon, M alabar..........................
C elery..................................................
Coriander,  nest  E nglish.................
F e n n e l..... ..........................................
Flax,  clean .........................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl  3)4)...................
Foenugreek, pow dered...................
Hemp,  Uussian.................................
M ustard, w hite  Black  10c)............
Q u in c e................................................
Rape,  E nglish....................................
Worm,  L ev an t..................................
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage...... 2
N assau 
.........
do 
do 
. . . .
V elvet E x tra do 
do 
E x tra Yellow do 
do 
.......
do 
Grass 
do 
.........
H ard head, fo r slate u se .................
Yellow Reef, 
.................
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.22; $  g a l__
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cent ex. ref.
A nodyne  H offm an’s ........................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution.........
Arsenic, Fow ler’s so lution............
A nnatto  1® ro lls.............................
A lum ...........................................  $  ft
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
A nnatto,  p rim e.................................
A ntim ony, powdered,  com ’l.-.......
Arsenic, w hite, pow dered..............
Blue  Soluble......................................
Bay  Rum, im ported, b e st..............
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s .
Balm Gilead  B uds............................
Beans,  T onka....................................
Beans,  V anilla.................................. 7
Bism uth, sub  n itra te ......................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)........................
Blue V itr io l......................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c)..............
C antharides,R ussian  pow dered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frica n ................
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d . . . 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay 
do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40.................................
Cassia  B uds........................................
Calomel.  A m erican..........................
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
Chalk, precip itate E nglish............
Chalk,  red  fingers............................
Chalk, w hite lu m p ............................
Chloroform ,  Squibb’s .....................
Coloeynth  apples*............................
Chloral hydrate, Germ an  cru sts..
c ry st...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
cru sts..
C hloroform ........................................
Cinchonidia, P. &  W .........*.............
Cinchonidia, other b ran d s..............
Cloves (Powd  23c).............................
C ochineal...........................................
Cocoa  B u tte r....................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc)........................
Corrosive Sublim ate........................
Corks, X and X X —40 off  list.........
Cream T artar, pu re pow dered.......
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
Creasote...............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e.................................
Cuttle Fish B one...............................
D e x trin e .............................................
D over’s  P ow ders.............................
D ragon’s Blood M ass......................
E rgot  pow dered...............................
E th er Squibb’s ...................................
Em ery, T urkish, all  No.’s ..............
Epsom Salts (bbl.  1%)....................
E rgot, fre sh ........................................
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
Flake  w hite........................................
G rains  P aradise...............................
G elatine,  Cooper’s ............................
G elatine, F rench  .............................
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 dis__
Glue,  e a n n e t....................................
Glue, w hite..............  ........................
Glycerine,  p u re .................................
Hops  44s and )4s...............................
Iodoform  
oz...................................
In d ig o ..................................................
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ... 
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co„ boxes
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican........................
Ja p o n ic a .............................................
London  P u rp le .................................
Lead, aceta te ......................................
Lime, chloride, (44s 2s 10c & %s 11c)
L u p u lin e.............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M ace....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch ......................
M anna, S.  F ................. .....................
M ercury..............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W.........§1 oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
Moss, Iceland............................. ft
Moss,  Iris h ........................................
M ustard,  E nglish.............................
M ustard, grocerls, 10 ft  can s.........
N utgalls...............................................
N utm egs, No. 1...................................
N ux  V om ica......................................
O intm ent. M ercurial, 46d ...............
P aris G reen......................................
P epper, Black  B erry ......................
P ep sin ..................................................
Pitch, True B urgundy.....................
Q uassia................................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ft oz
Quinine,  G erm an.............................
Red  P re cip ita te........................ft
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
Silver N itrate, c ry st........................
Saffron, A m erican.  ........................
Sal  G lauber........................................#
Sal N itre, large  c ry st......................
Sal  N itre, m edium   c ry st................
Sal Rochelle........................................
Sal  Soda..............................................
Salicin..................................................
S a n to n in .............................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy o r Scotch...........
Soda Ash  [by keg 3e].......................
Sperm aceti.........................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Soap, W hite Castile..........................
.........................
Soap, G reen  do 
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do 
..........................
Soap,  M azzini....................................
2 00
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................
Sugar Milk pow dered......................
Sulphur, flour....................................
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................
T artar E m etic....................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, 44 gal. cans  $  doz
Tar, 
q u arts in tin ..........
Tar, 
pints in tin ..............
T urpentine,  V enice.................ft
W ax, W hite, S. &  F. b ran d ............
Zinc,  S ulphate...................................
Capitol  Cylinder.................................
Model  Cylinder...................................
Shield  Cylinder...................................
Eldorado E ngine.................................
Peerless  M achinery..........................
Challenge M achinery........................
Backus Fine E ngine..........................
Black Diam ond M achinery..............
Castor M achine  Oil...........................
Paraffine, 25  deg.................................
Paraffine, 28  deg .................................
Sperm, w inter  bleached...................
W hale, w in ter............................
Lard, e x tra .................................
Lard, No.  1.................................
Linseed, p u re  ra w ...................
Linseed, b o ile d ........................
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strained. 
Spirits T u rp en tin e...................
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No. 1 T urp  Coach...................................
E x tra   T u rp .............................................
Coach  B ody............................................
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ............................
E x tra T urp  D am ar...............................
Jap an  D ryer, No.  1 T u rp .....................
Bbl
Red V en etian .............................   1%
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles.........  1%
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........  1%
P u tty , co m m ercial...................  2)4
P u tty , strictly p u re ...................  244
Vermilion, prim e  A m erican..
V erm ilion,  E nglish...................
Green, P en in su lar.....................
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re .......
W hiting, w hite  S panish...........
W hiting,  Gilders^......................
W hite, P aris A m erican............
W hiting  P aris English cliff..
P ioneer Prepared  P a in ts.......
Swiss Villa P repared  P a in ts..

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42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 

g3 and gs Louis Street.

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ILRiANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATION 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AID  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL  WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

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

Manufacturers of Fine Paint and 

Varnish Brushes.

T H E   C E L E B R A T E D

Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

—Also fo r the—

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of 

Hair, Shoe and Horse Brushes.

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

We  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing outfits  for  new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACILI­
TIES for meeting the wants of this class  of 
buyers  WITHOUT  DELAY  and  in  the 
most approved and acceptable manner known 
to  the  drag  trade.  Our special efforts  in 
this direction have received  from  hundreds 
of our customers the most satisfying recom­
mendations.

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

DALE  &  G0.’S

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD  FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WIIISKYS.  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

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.

A. MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

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[Entered  a t  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26,1885.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

ADVERSE  CLAIMANT.

A  warehouseman whose  lien for  storage 
is not disputed cannot maintain a  bill of in­
terpleader  to  protect  himself  against  the 
claim of his bailor and that of a  third  per­
son,  who  asserts  an  adverse  title  to  the 
goods stored with him as against the bailor, 
but must defend himself  at  law.  So  held 
by the United States Circuit  Court  for  the 
Southern District of  New York.

P E D D L E R S ’  L IC E N S E — V O ID   O R D IN A N C E .
An ordinance of a town, providing  that a 
person  engaged  in  peddling  goods  from 
house to house “shall pay not less  than one 
nor more than twenty-five  dollars,  for a fix­
ed time in the  discretion  of  the  mayor,” is 
unreasonable and void,  according to  the de­
cision of the Supreme Court of  Iowa.  The 
court  said,  in giving judgment:  The  ordi­
nance in this case is a very peculiar one.  It 
not only did not fix the  amount  of  the  li­
cense! but did not in any proper  sense limit 
it.  The limitation  of  $25  has  no  signifi­
cance, because the time for which that  sum 
might be charged  was  left  wholly  to  the 
maj’or,  and he might fix so short  a  time  as 
to be equivalent to a  refusal  to  license  at 
all.  This we think was not  a proper  exer­
cise of the power  vested  in  the  council to 
regulate and license peddlers. 
It was more 
in the nature of a delegation of their  whole 
power to the mayor. 
In our opinion the or- 
dinace cannot be sustained.

E X E M P T IO N — M E A N IN G   O F   T E A M S T E R .
Under a statute  exempting  horses,  etc., 
“by the use of which a  cartman,  huckster, 
peddler, teamster, or other  laborer  habitu­
ally earns his living,” a livery-stable keeper 
was held not  entitled as a teamster  on  the 
exemption of a team of horses,  although  he 
was himself accustomed to drive  the  team. 
In the sense of the statute one is a teamster 
who  is  engaged, with  his  own  team  or 
teams,  in the  business  of  teaming—that is 
to say, in the  business  of  hauling  freight 
for  other  parties  for  a  consideration,  by 
which he  habitually supports  himself  and 
family,  if he has one.  While  he  need  not 
perhaps drive his  team  in  person,  yet  he 
must be personally engaged in the  business 
of teaming habitually, and for  the  purpose 
of making a living  by  that  business. 
If a 
carpenter or other  mechanic; who  occupies 
his time in  labor at  his  trade, purchases a 
team or teams,  and  also  carries on the bus­
iness of teaming by the employment of oth­
ers, he does not  thereby  become a teamster 
in the sense of the statute.  So of the miner, 
farmer, doctor and minister.

T E M P O R A R Y  

IL L E G A L   U S E   O F   P R O P E R T Y .
The  temporary  illegal  use  of  property 
merely suspends a policy of insuranefe there­
on during the  continuance  of  such  illegal 
use,  and if before  a loss  occurs  the  illegal 
use has ceased,  in an action  on  the  policy 
the plaintiff is entitled to recover, according 
to the decision  of  the  Massachusetts  Su­
preme Judicial Court in the case of Hinkley 
vs.  Germania Fire Insurance Company. The 
property covered by the  policy in  the  case 
consisted of billiard  tables,  bowling  alleys, 
and their furniture and fixtures. 
It appear­
ed that the property described in the  policy 
was  owned  by  Warren R.  Spurr and  Ed­
ward  W.  Spurr  until  Febuary  28,  1882, 
when they agreed to sell the  same  to  Her­
bert A. and  Edwin  11.  Hinckley,  at which 
time they received from Herbert  A.  Hinck 
ley,  a brother of the  plaintiff,  a  written in­
strument  called  a  furniture  lease  of the 
property.  The  plaintiff  ran  the  bowling 
alleys and pool tables for  hire,  and  had no 
license after May 1,  1883,' when  a  previous 
license running in the  name  of  Herbert A. 
and Edwin It.  Hinckley expired.  The prop­
erty was destroyed  by fire  August  6,  1883. 
The Superior Court ruled that  the  plaintiff 
was not entitled  to  recover,  and  directed a 
verdict for  defendant.  The policy declared 
upon  was in  the  Massachusetts  standard 
form prescribed by the  public statutes,  and 
provided that “the policy shall be void if the 
insured shall  make  any attempt  to defraud 
the company, either before or after the loss, 
or if gunpowder or other articles  subject  to 
legal restriction shall be kept  in  quantities 
or manner  different from those  allowed or 
prescribed by law,  or if  camphene, benzine, 
naphtha, or other chemical  oils  or  burning 
fluids,  shall be kept  or  used by the  insured 
on the premises  insured,  except that  what 
is known  as refined petroleum, kerosene or 
coal oil may  be  used  for  lighting.”  The 
Supreme  Court,  in  granting  a  new  trial, 
said:  Without  at  present  going  beyond 
what called for by the  circumstances of the 
present case, we are of the opinion that, as 
suming  the temporary use of  the  property 
insured without  a  license  to  come  within 
the prohibition of  the policy  in  the  clause 
above quoted as to  gunpowder  or  other ar­
ticles subject to  legal  restriction,  yet  that 
clause is not to receive  such  a  construction 
as to prevent the policy from reviving  after 
such temporary use has ceased.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

W ID E  BROW N COTTONS.

A ndroscoggin, 9-4.. 23  Pepperell, 10-4.........25
Pepperell, 11-4.........27%
A ndroscoggin, 8-4. .21
Pequot,  7-4.............18
Pepperell,  7-4........ 16%
Pequot,  8-4..............21
Pepperell,  8-4........ 20
-  
24
Pepperell,  9-4.........22% ¡Pequot,  9-4

CHECKS.

OSNABTJRG.

P a c o n ia .

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

F IN E  BROW N  COTTONS.

Allen’s p in k ... 
Allen’s purple.

5 W ashington  blues 7%

Gold Medal, 4-4.. 
Gold Medal, 7-8... 
Gilded  A ge..........
Crow n..
C oin............
A nchor.......
C entennial.

Indian Orchard, 40.  8 
Indian O rchard, 36.  7%
Laconia  B, 7-4......... 16%
Lym an B, 40-in........10%
Mass. BB, 4-4.............5%
N ashua  E, 40-in__ 8%
N ashua  R, 4-4.........  7%
N ashua 0,7-8.............6%
N ew m arket N ...........6%
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7 
Pepperell  R, 4 4 —   7%
Pepperell  O, 7-8__   6%
Pepperell  N, 3 4 ____6%
Pocasset  C, 4 4 ......... 6%
Saranac  R ................  7%
Saranac  E ................  9

P ark  Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
P ark  Mills, No.  100.15
Caledonia,  X, o z .. .10
Prodigy, oz..............11
Economy,  oz.......... 10
Otis  A pron..............10%
P ark Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis  F u rn itu re .......10%
P ark Mills, No. 60..11 
York,  1  oz............... 10
P ark Mills, No. 70. .12 
York. AA, e x tra  oz. 14
P ark  Mills, No. 80. .13
A labam a  p laid.......7
A labam a brow n—   7
A ugusta p laid.........  7
J e w e l l   b riw n.......... 0%
Toledo p laid ............  7
K entucky  brow n.. 1014 
M anchester  plaid..  7 
Lewiston  b ro w n ...  9%
New  Tenn. p la id .. .11 
Lane brow n............9%
U tility plaid ............  6%
Louisiana  p laid—
5%
Greene, G.  4-4
Avondale,  36...........  8%
Hill, 4-4....................... 7%
A rt  cam brics, 36. ..11% 
Hill, 7-8.....................  0%
A ndroscoggin, 4-4..  8% 
Hope,  4-4................... 6%
Androscoggin, 5-4. .12%
K ing  Phillip  cam ­
Ballou, 4-4................  6%
bric, 4-4..................11%
Ballou, 5-4................  6
Linwood, 
4-4........  7%
tB oott,  0.4-4.............. 8%
4-4..........7%
Lonsdale, 
Boott,  E. 5-5............   7
Lonsdale  cam bric. 10% 
Boott, AGC, 4-4......... 9%
Langdon, GB, 4 4 ...  9% 
Boott, R.  3-4............  5 %
Langdon,  45............14
B lackstone,AA 4-4.  7 
Chapman, X, 4-4 
Irlllbvll V lllv,  X X .  • • •
9%
Maxwell. 4-4........
.  7
Conway,  4-4...
.  6% New Y ork Mill, 44.10%
Cabot, 4-4..........
8
.  6 New Jersey,  4 4 ...
Pocasset,  P. M. C. 7%
.  4
.  7% Pride of th e W est. 11
Pocahontas,  4 4 ...
7%
.  9
Slaterville, 7-8......
9
6%
9
V ictoria,  A A .........
5%
.  7% W oodbury, 4 4 .......
W hitinsville,  44 ..
7%
L,
.li W hitinsville, 7-8... 6%
.  6% W am sutta, 4-4....... 10%
6 W illiamsville,  36.. 10%
.  8%
S IL E S IA S .
8
.17 Mason ville TS.......
.12% M asonville  S ......... 10%
9%
10 L o n sd ale .............
.15 Lonsdale A .......... 16
N ictory  O ___.’......
.  8 V ictory J .............
.14 V ictory  D ...........
2%
.12% Victory  K ...........
Phcenix A ........... 19%
.12
P htenix  B ............ 10%
.10
.5
Phcenix X X ......
.16
P R IN T S .
.6
..5% G lo u cester ..........
..6 G loucesterm ourn’g . 6
.6
..5% H am ilton  fan cy ..
.6
. .5% H artel fa n c y .........
6
..6% M errim ac  D ..........
.6
6% M an ch ester...........
..5% O riental  fan cy __ ..6
..6 O riental  robes__ .6%
6
-  5% Pacific  robes.........
.6
..6 R ichm ond..............
.5%
..6% Steel R iver............
.6
Simpson’s ..............
..6
Conestoga fancy.
..6 W ashington fancy
E d d y sto n e ..........
Eagle  fan cy .........
..6%
G arner pink.
A ppleton  A, 4 4 —   7%
B oott  M, 4-4............ 6%
Boston  F, 4 4 ...........7%
Continental C, 4-3..  6%
C ontinental D, 40 in  8%
Conestoga W, 4-4...  6%
Conestoga  D, 7-8_...  5%
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6
Dwight  X, 3 4 .........5%
Dwight Y, 7-8.............5%
Dwight Z, 4 4 .............6%
Dwight Star, 4-4—   7 
Ew ight Star, 40-iu..  9 
E nterprise EE, 36..  5 
G reat Falls E, 4 4 ...  7
F arm ers’ A, 4 4 .......6
Indian  O rchard  14  7%
Renfrew , dress styl  7% 
A m o sk e ag ..............7%
Johnson  M anfg Co,
Amoskeag, P ersian
B ookfold.............. 12%
sty les.....................10%
Johnson  M anfg Co,
B a te s........................ 7%
dress  sty les.........12%
B e rk sh ire................  6%
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks—   7 
sty les.....................  7%
Glasgow checks, f ’y  7%
W hite Mfg Co, stap  7% 
Glasgow 
W hite Mfg Co, fane  8 
royal  sty les.........  8
W hite  M anf’g  Co,
G loucester, 
E arlsto n ................  8
sta n d a rd ..............  7%
G ordon.......................7%
P lu n k e t...................   7%
Greylock, 
L an caster................  8
styles  ....................12%
L angdale................. 7&
¡Pepperell.  104.......27%
A ndroscoggin, 74. .21 
A ndroscoggin, 84..23  Pepperell,  11-4.......32%
Pepperell,  7 4 ........ 20  Pequot,  7 4 ..............21
Pepperell,  8 4 ........ 22%  Pequot,  8 4 ..............24
Pepperell,  9-4........ 25 
|Pequot,  9-4..............27%
A tlantic  A, 4 4 .......7%¡Lawrence XX, 4 4 ..  7%
A tlantic  H ,4 4 .......7  Law rence  Y, 30....  7
A tlantic  D, 4-4.......6%  Lawrence LL, 4 4 ...  5%
A tlantic P, 4 4 .........  5% N ew m arket N .........   6%
A tlantic  LL, 4 4 ....  5%¡Mystic River, 4 4 ...  5%
Pequot A, 4-4..........   7%
A driatic, 36................7%
Piedm ont,  36.............6%
A ugusta, 4 4 ............   6%
Stark ÁA, 4 4 ...........  7%
Boott  M, 4 4 ............   6%
T rem ont  CC, 4 4 ____5%
Boott  FF, 4-4...........  7%
U tica,  4-4................. 9
G raniteville,4 4 ....  5% 
W achusett,  4-4.......7%
Indian  H ead ,4-4...  7 
W aehusett,  30-in...  6%
Indiana Head 45-in. 12%
Falls, X X X X ..........18%
Falls, X X X .............15%
Falls,  B B ................ 11%
Falls,  BBC, 36........19%
Falls,  aw ning........19
H am ilton,  BT, 32.. 12
H am ilton,  D .........   9%
H am ilton,  H __   ..  9%
H am ilton  fa n c y ... 10
M ethuen A A ...........13%
M ethuen A SA.........18
Omega  A, 7-8.......... 11
Omega A, 4-4.......... 13
Omega ACA, 7-8___14
Omega ACA, 4 4 ___16
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
Omega SE, 4 4 ......... 27
Omega M. 7 -8 .........22
Omega M, 4 4 ..........25
Shetucket SS&SSW 11% 
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Shetucket,  SFS  ...12
Stockbridge  A ....... 7
Stockbridge  frncy.  8

Amoskeag,  AC A ... 14 
Am oskeag 
“ 4 4 .. 19
Amoskeag,  A ........ 13
Amoskeag,  B ........ 12
Amoskeag,  C........ 11
Amoskeag,  D ........ 10%
Amoskeag,  E ........ 10
Amoskeag, F ..........   9%
Prem ium   A, 4 4 — 17
Prem ium   B .............16
E xtra 4-4__ »............16
E x tra 7-8................... 14%
Gold Medal 4 4 ........15
CCA  7-8..................... 12%
CT 4 4 .........................14
RC 7-8.........................14
BF 7-8.........................16
A F 4 4 .........................19
Cordis AAA, 32........14
Cordis  ACA, 32........15
Cordis No. 1,32........15
Cordis  No. 2.............14
Cordis  No. 3.............13
Cordis  No. 4.............11%
G a rn e r.......................5
H ookset...................  5
Red  Cross................  5
F orest Grove
A m erican  A .........18  OffOld  Iro nsides......... 15
Stark A .................... 22%l W h eatlan d ............... 21
B o sto n ....................   6% ¡Otis  CC..................... 10%
E v erett  blu e..........13% W arren  A X A .......... 12%
E verett  brow n.......13%  W arren  B B ..............11%
Otis  A X A ............... 12%  W arren CC................10%
Otis B B .................... 11% | York  fan cy ..............13%
M anville.................... 6 
Masgnv ille ...............   6 
Red  Cross.................  7% ¡Thistle Mills...........
B e rlin ........................  7%  R ose.........................  8
G a rn e r......................  7%i
B ro o k s..... ...............50
C lark’s O. N. F ........55
J. &P.  C oats...........55
Wil lim an tic 6 cord .55 
W illim antic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing th re a d .............30

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sew ing.30 
Greeh  &  D an iels...25
M errick s..................40
S taffo rd ....................25
Hall & M anning__ 25
H olyoke................... 25

Em pire
W ashington............  4%
Edw ards...................  5
S. S. & Sons............   5  .

|S. S. & Sons...............  6
¡G arn e r......................6

W ID E BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAV Y  BROW N  COTTONS.

checks,
new

DOM ESTIC GINGHAM S

GLAZED CAMBRICS. 

P A P E R   CAMBRICS.

SPO OL COTTON.

G R A IN   BAGS.

T IC K IN G S.

WTGANS.

DENIM S.

dress 

CORSET JE A N S .

A rm o ry ................... 7% K earsage................. 8%
8% N aum keag sa tte en . 8^4
A ndroscoggin sat.
Pepperell  bleached  ol/i
Canoe R iver............ 6
Clarendon................ 6% Pepperell s a t.......... 9%
Hallowell  Im p — 0% R ockport.................
Ind. Orcb. Im p — 7 Lawrence sa t...........
8%
L a co n ia................... 7% Conegosat................ 7

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C O A L   A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A T E R IA L S .
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1  00 
Ohio W hite Lime, per  b b l...................
85 
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts...................
1  30 
Louisville Cement,  per b b l.................
1  30 
A kron Cem ent per  b b l........................
1  30 
Buffalo Cement,  per b b l......................
.1  05@1  10 
Car lots 
.....................
25©  30 
P lastering hair, per b u ........................
1  75 
Stucco, p er b b l........................................
S  50
Land plaster, per to n ............................
250
. 
___________ ________ 
Land plaster, car lots
Fire brick, p er  M .................................... ¥25 ©  $35
F ire clay, p er  b b l..................................... 
3 00
A nthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .¥6  00©6 25 
A nthracite, stove and  n u t, car lo ts..  6 25@6  50
Cannell,  car lo ts....................................  
@6 00
Ohio Lum p, car  lo ts.............................   3  10@3  25
Blossburg o r  Cum berland, c ar lots..  4  50@5 00 
P ortland  Cem ent...................................  3 50@4  00

COAL.

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anythin! we handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N ,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.
W.  "VEUST ABLE  &
PETBHSBIJH.&,  -V-a..,

S.
IST J   IM:  IR.  o

M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F

CO,

A N D   O T H E R   F A V O R IT E   B R A N D S   O F  

Plug* Tobacco.

j

NIMROD  .............................................................44 I  SPREAD EAGLE...................................................38
E. C......................................................................... 40  BIG  FIV E  CENTER............................................35
BLUE  PE T E R .................................................... 38 | In  lots of 72 pounds or over tw o cents less

BROWKT’S

Paper Bag
Twine  Holder !

A N D

• 

(C O M B IN E D .)

Patented  April  29th,  1883.

CAPACITY  2,500  BAGS.

Saves  tim e,  bags  and  valuable 
counter  room. 
Is  n eat  and  orna­
m ental,  constructed  of  m alleable 
iron,  neatly  Japanned,  w ith  steel 
w ire needles, and will n ev er g et o u t 
of repair.  W eighs about 6 lbs. and 
occupies  18  inches square of space. 
Can  be  adjusted  to  any  height  of 
ceiling.  Is suspended  from  ceiling 
directly  over  cou n ter  w ithin  easy 
distance of  salesm an.  F or  fu rth e r 
inform ation address

GEO.  R.  BROWN,

PALMYRA, N. Y. 

SOLD  BY
Franklin MacVeagh & Co., Chicago, 111.

A rthur Meigs & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
GURTISS.  DUNTON & CO.
PAPER, OILS, CORDAGE, WOODENWARE

^ c r s a i o X j i ^ ï i B ^ X j i n E S

J

These  Oil Cans in Stock all Sizes, Plain and with Wood Jacket.

T3a@  Diamond  Oil  Oetm,

The Best Glass Can with Tin Jacket in the Market.

o u r t is s ,  i3Uixra?o:Kr 

g o .

51 AND  53  LYON  STREET, 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

D.  W.  Archer’s  Trophy  Corn,
D. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn,
D. W, Archer’s Eorly 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 Wholesale Grocers Only.  Respectfully,

THE  ARCHER  PACKING  CO., Chillicothe, Ills.

SPRING  &

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,

CARPETS,

M ATTINGS,

#

O I L   C L O T H S

ESWO..  ETO.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

-  

M ich ig an .

Offered in this Market are  as follows:

G ra n d   R a p id s, 
,  THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF

TOBACCO.
PLUG  TOBACCO.
 

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

.................................-38

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

FIXTE  CUT.

- 

- 

- 

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

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.

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

2c less in 6 pail lots.

- 

- 

These brands are sold only by

A rth u r M eigs & Co.

Wholesale Grocers,

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

TIME  TABLES.

2 < p

Wholesale Manufacturers of

PURE  CANDY I

AND  DEALERS  IN

Oranges,  Lemons,
Bananas,  Figs,  Dates 

NUTS,

E   T O .

W M . SEA R S & CO.

Cracker  Manufacturers,

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY

E 3ST OI IsT ES

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

Agents  fo r

A3\£BOY  CHEESE.

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

m

Michigan  Central.

D E PA R T.

A R R IV E .

♦D etroit E xpress......................................   6:00 a m
♦Day  E xpress............................................ 13:45 p m
♦A tlantic E xpress.............................................. 9:30 p m
Way F reig h t......................................................   6:50 a m
♦Pacific  E xpress..............................................  6:00 a m
♦M ail.............................................................3:50 p m
♦Grand  Rapids  E xpress.................................10:50 p m
W ay F re ig h t............................................ 

  5:15 a m
♦Daily except Sunday.  *Daily.
Sleeping  cars  ru n   on  A tlantic  and  Pacific 
E xpress.
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  w ith 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern train s in sam e depot a t D etroit, th u s 
avoiding tran sfers.
The D etroit E xpress leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
D raw ing  Boom  and  P arlor  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t city at 11:45 a. m., New Y ork 10:30 
a. m .,and  Boston 3:(t5  p. m. n ex t day.
A tra in  leaves D etroit a t 4 p. m . daily except 
Sunday w ith draw ing room  car attached, arriv­
ing a t G rand Rapids a t  10:50 p. m.

J.T . S c h u l t z , Gen’l A gent.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
tM ail.......................................... 9:15 a m
+Day  E xpress....................... 13:35 p m
♦Night  E xpress..................... 8:35 p m

A rrives, 
4:35 p m 
10:45 p  m 
4:45 a m
♦Daily. 
P ullm an Sleeping  Cars  on  all  n ight  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  a t­
ten d an ts w ithout  ex tra   charge  to   Chicago  on 
13:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. a,nd 
9:35 p. m. trains.

tD aily except Sunday.

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  A rrives.

E xpress............ *....................4:15 p m   4:05 p m
E x p ress...................................8:05 a m   11:15 a m
All trains arriv e and d ep art from  U nion  De­
pot.
The  N orthern term inus of  this Division is a t 
Baldwin, w here close connection is m ade  w ith 
F. &  P. M.  train s  to  and  from   L udington  and 
M anistee.

J. H . C a r p e n t e r ,  Gen’l Pass. A gent.
J.  B.  M u l l i k e n ,  G eneral  M anager.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

tra in  

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
A rrive.
E x p ress.................................7:15 p m
M ail............................„ ..........9:50 a m
All train s daily except Sunday.
The 

Leave. 
7:30 a m 
4:00 p m
leaving  a t  4  p. m. connects  a t 
W hite Pigeon w ith  A tlantic  E xpress  on  Main 
Line, which has Palace D raw ing  Boom  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from   Chicago  to  New  Y ork  and 
Boston w ithout change.
The  tra in   leaving  a t  7:30  a. m. connects  at 
W hite Pigeon (giving one h our for dinner) with 
special New Y ork E xpress on Main Line.
in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured at  Union T icket office, 
67 Monre stre e t and depot.

tickets  and  berths 

Through 

J .  W .  M c K e n n e y , G en’l A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

G O ING W EST.

A rrives.
♦Steamboat  E xpress..........   6:17am
•(•Through  M ail......................10:10 a m
tE vening  E xpress..............  3:20 p m
♦Limited  E xpress................  6:27 p m
♦Mixed, w ith  coach............
♦Morning  E xpress..............  1:05 p m
♦Through  M ail...................  5:10 p m
♦Steamboat  E xpress...........10:40 p m
♦M ixed....................................
♦N ightE xpress.....................  5:10 a m

Leaves. 
6:25 a m 
10:20 a m 
3:35 p m 
6:30 p m 
10:30 a m
1:10 p m 
5:15 p m 
10:45 p m 
7:10 a m 
5:30 a m
♦Daily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily. 
Passengers  tak in g   the  6:35  a.  m.  Express 
m ake close connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. th e follow ing m orning.
P arlor  Cars  on  Mail  Trains,  both  E ast  and 
W est.
T rain leaving  a t  10:45  p.  m.  will m ake  con­
nection w ith M ilwaukee steam ers daily except 
Sunday.
The m ail has  a  P arlor  Car  to   D etroit.  The 
N ight  E xpress has a through  W agner Car and 
local  Sleeping Car D etroit tc  G rand Bapids.
D. P o t t e r ,  City Pass. A gent. 
G e o . B. B e e v e , Traffic M anager, Chicago.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

GOING  s o u t h .

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

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

SLE EPIN G  CAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

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

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

Detroit, Mackinac  & Marquette.

Trains connect w ith G. B. & I.  train s  fo r  St. 
Ignace, M arquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leavingG rand Bapids a t 11:30 a. m. and 11:00 p. 
m., arriving a t M arquette a t 1:45 p. m.  R eturn­
ing leave M arquette a t  2:00  p.  in., arriving  at 
G rand Rapids a t 6:30 a. m . and 5:45  p. m.  Con­
nection m ade a t M arquette w ith the M arquette, 
H oughton  and  O ntonagon  Railroad  for  the 
Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper D istricts.
Gen’l F rt. & Pass, A gt.,  M arquette, Mich.

F.  MILLIGAN.

Goodrich Steamers.

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

Grand River Steamer.

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

JUDD  tfc  CO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Sum m er Goods.

1 0 3   C A N A L   S T R E E T .

C. S. YALE & BRO.,
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS!

—M anufacturers  o f—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BXjUINOS,  e t c .,

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

GRAND  RAP.IDS, 

-  MICHIGAN

To Our  Agents and  the Public.

N e w  Y o r k ,  July 1st,  1885.

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is to subscribe with  one  of  our  authorized 
agents.
And by so subscribing, we assure the pub­
lic that  General  Grant  himself receives the 
full return for his  labor,  as  his  remunera­
tion is on a basis of the profits on the book, 
and his share  comprises  the  great  bulk of 
the profits.
We make this statement  that  the  public 
may not  be  deceived,  and with the feeling 
that the General’s countrymen wish to place 
their  subscriptions  where  they  will know 
that he is  receiving the full benefit of them.

Yours respectfully,

CHAS.  L.  WEBSTER  &  CO., 
Publishers.
State Agts.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

H.  G.  A l l e n   P uis.  Co.,

A  Snuff Cure.

Mr. Albert Sharpe writes  to  tire  London 
Daily  News  that,  as  one who  has  suffered 
many years very severely with  summer  ca­
tarrh  and hay asthma,  he determined to try 
the  experiment  of  taking a pinch of strong 
Scotch  snuff  whenever  the  sneezing  was 
violent.  This  seemed to have the effect of 
relieving  the  paroxysms,  and he  felt con 
vinced that by taking  snuff  before  the  at­
tack made  its  appearance  in  the spring,  it 
would help to stay its severity.  He passed 
through the first  season  with  scarcely any 
symptoms of sneezing and without a sign of 
asthma,  and  persevering with snuff-taking 
again,  as the next time came around, it had 
a  similar  effect.  Now  for more than six 
years  he  has  not  had  an  attack of either 
sneezing or hay asthma.

Good  Advice.

From  Texas Siftings.

Mose Schaumburg has a new clerk named 
Jake  Silverstone,  who  is  pretty good in 
dragging in  country  customers  and  selling 
them  goods before they know it,  but he has 
a bad memory.  Yesterday  Mose  said,  im­
patiently:

“Silverstone,  has you checked off  dot  in­

voice of schentlemanly undervear?”

“Please  ’scuse  me,  Mister  Schaumburg, 
but  it  vash  escaped  my  memory  already 
some more.”

“So  it  vas  escaped  your  memory  some 
more,  already,  don’t  it. 
I dell’s you vat, 
Silverstone,  ven  you vas such a tam  stupid 
schackass,  vy don’t you make a note of dose 
dings, choost like I  do.

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G-rand. H apids,

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antee our prices on Rubbers.  The  demand for  our  own make 
of Women’s,  Misses’  and  Childs shoes  is  increasing.  Send in 
yonr orders  and they will be promptly attended to.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

j E x r c m r c s   <&  s m i t h ,
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PROPRIETORS  OF  THE

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Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts,

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Send  for  new 
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PA TEN T EES  AND  SO LE  M ANUFACTUKERS  O F

Barlow’s Patent

Send for Samples and Circular.

Barlow 

Brothers,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

JEWELER,

CRESCENT

VOIGT  MILLING  CO..

FLOURING  MILLS,

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to the Arts,

Farm ers, practice  economy  and  clear  your 
land  of  stum ps  and  boulders.  Main  Office, 
H ercules  Pow der  Company,  No.  40  Prospect 
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

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G0KS,  AUDITION & FISHING  TACKLE,

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TAKING  GOODS.

A Line  of Plug Tobaccos  Which  is  Sure 

to Wear.

Chas.  W.  Bresler,  who has been  engaged 
by the Wilson & McCallay  Tobacco  Co., of 
Middletown,  Ohio, to introduce the goods of 
that house  in  this  State,  reports  excep­
tional progress in all portions  of  his  terri­
tory,  the  retail trade having discovered  the 
superior merit of the goods  without extend­
ed investigation, in consequence of which the 
brands already  introduced  are  enjoying  a 
genuine boom.

Aside from the merits and attractiveness of 
the goods,  dealers are attracted by the  elab­
orate present,  which  accompanies  a  three 
and  five butt order,  in the shape of  an  ele­
gant,  new-pattern,  nickel  plated  tobacco 
cutter,  which is the most  unique and  orna­
mental article of the kind ever placed on the 
market.  The  brands  of  goods now being 
worked in this territory are as follows: 

“Oporto” sells for 70  cents  a  pound  in 
single butt lots of 10 pounds each, or 65 cents 
in five butt lots,  including  the cutter  above 
described. 
It  is  a  decided  novelty as re­
gards shape, taste and style of package,  each 
butt having a glass front, which  renders  it 
valuable for advertising  purposes.

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and 

“Messmate,”  “Big  King”  and  “Cherry 
Bounce”  are  a trio of “takers,”  the  single 
butt  price  being  52, 
44
cents,  respectively. 
In three butt lots  one 
butt of each,  if  the  purchaser  prefers—the 
price is 2  cents  less,  while  included  in  a 
three butt order is one of the tobacco cutters. 
“Messmate” is the lowest priced spirit-cured 
wrapper goods on the markent by 8 cents  a 
pound; and is bound to be a  leader  in  this 
territory. 
“Big  King”  is  flavored  with 
peach  brandy  and  clover  honey,  which 
makes  no  further  recommendation  neces­
sary, especially as it has already been accord­
ed a cordial reception  at  the  hands  of  the 
trade everywhere.  “Cherry Bounce”  has a 
wrapper of peculiar richness and  fragrance, 
produced by a process patented by the man­
ufacturers. 
It has a cherry brandy colored 
wrapper,  and is bound to be a winner where- 
ever introduced.

“Buster” is sold at 40 cents, or 38 cents in 
three butt lots,  and is emphatically  the best 
value for the  money  on  the  market,  as  it 
has  proved  to  be one  of  the best sellers in 
the State.

The  manufacturers  spend  §5,000  every 
year  in  cash,  besides  5,000  presents  not 
cash, to the consumers of their goods, distrib­
uted in the order of the number of  tags  col­
lected and sent in to the house.

Full lines of the plug and smoking tobacco 
manufactured by  the  Wilson  &  McCallay 
Tobacco Co. are kept in stock  by  Hawkins 
& Perry,  Clark, Jewell & Co. and Fox, Mus- 
selman & Loveridge,  Grand Rapids; Francis 
Jiroch, Muskegon;  B.  Dessenberg  &  Co., 
Kalamazoo;  Plumb,  McCausland  &  Co.,‘ 
East Saginaw; J.  W.  Benedict,  Port Huron; 
M.  E.  Chittenden  &  Co.,  Adrain; 
and the Banner Tobacco Co.,  Detroit.  The 
goods will also be  supplied  on  demand  by 
the leading jobbers at any  market, and gro­
cers wishing  to secure goods  which will al­
ways give satisfaction should secure a line of 
above brands without delay.

The  Grocery Market.

Business and collections  continue  to  im­
prove,  though  neither are  the  cause  of  ap­
prehension on the part  of  either  jobber  or 
retailer. 
Sugars  have  climbed a sixpence 
higher,  and raisins continue to  advance,  in 
consequence of a prospective shut-off on the 
Spanish source of supply.  Domestic  Hol­
land herring have also advanced.  Gunpow­
der has taken a considerable  drop, probably 
owing to the fact that the manufacturers be­
longing to the combination have determined 
to starve out several smaller  producers who 
refuse to join the pool.

Lake City Out of the Woods.

F ra  in th e Cadillac  News.

The Cadillac  &  Northeastern  will  have 
its cars running  into  the  city  within  two 
weeks, and in the meantime a  depot will be 
erected,  on Lake street.  This  will  give a 
regular freight and passenger route  to Lake 
City.  Mr.  Cummer  also  says  there  is a 
prospect  of  extending  the  road 
twenty- 
five miles further out into  a  section  as  yet 
untouched, which will open  up a still better 
trade for this city.

The Cape Cod Cranberry Crop.

Advices  from  Cape  Cod  state  that  the 
cranbery bogs at the lower end of  the  Cape 
still continue to show  up  favorably.  The 
berries are well set and growing  finely,  in­
dicating good prospects.  The  berry worm 
has made inroads in few localities,  but,  as a 
general thing,  the fruit is not  badly  eaten. 
Harvesting will begin  about  September  10 
for early blacks,  and the 25th for later  vari­
eties.

T a y f o r th e   O uld  B lin d   W o m a n . 

From  th e New  Y ork Sun.

Grocer—Half a pound of tea?  Which will 

you have—black or green?

Servant—Shure,  aythur will do. 

an ould woman that’s a nearly blind.
Michigan Dairymen’s  Association.

Its  for

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

Rapids. 
1886.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  of 25 words o r  less  inserted 
in th is colum n a t th e  rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  to r  each 
additional word.  Advance paym ent.
T?O R  SALE—E ight hundred  dollars  will  buy 
a good stock of groceries,  Vi acre of land, 
Ju 
and one tw o-story building in a lively business 
town.  Address, P ostm aster, Eckford, Calhoun 
County, Mich. 
404

D RUG  STORE  FOR  SALE—Stock  will  in­

voice  SI,800.  Will  sell  fo r  $1,200  cash. 
Good town, good  trade,  and  satisfactory  rea­
sons fo r wishing to sell.  A ddress “C,” T r a d f .s - 
m a n  office. 

192*

drug clerk.  Address D,  Box  1632,  Mus­

WANTED—Situation  by  an  experienced 
kegon, Mich. 
experienced, 
D 1
w ants a situation in drug  store.  No  ob­
jections to small cities.  Good references.  Ad­
dress “P ,” care T h e  T r a d e s m a n . 

RUGGIST — Y oung  m an, 

101*

Ml*

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

prom ptly and buy in fu ll packages.
Holland  H erring.

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 
Advanced—London  layers  raisins, domestic 
Declined—Gunpowder.

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CANNED F IS H .

CANNED F R U IT S .

B A K IN G   PO W D ER.

  451 A rctic  1 ft  cans. ...2   40
  75 A rctic 5 ft c an s— 12  00
BLU IN G .

F ra zer’s ................. 2  80|Paragon  . . . . . . . ...A  §0
D iam ond.................1  75 P arag an 2 o ft pails. 1  20
Modoc......................1 65|
A rctic Vi ft can s 
A rctic Vi ft can s 
A rctic % So cans.  .  1  40i
Dry, No. 2.............................................. doz. 
25
Dry, No. 3..............................................doz. 
4o
Liquid, 4 ...............................................doz. 
od
Liquid, 8 ............................................... doz. 
oo
A rctic 4 ................................................$   gross  4  00
A rctic 8   
........................................................   o  00
.......................................................   12  00
A rctic 16  
A rctic No. 1 p epper b o x .................................  2  00
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A rctic No. 2 
.............. ,..................  "00
A rctic No. 3 
.................................4 50
“ 
No.  2  H u rl................175
No. 1 C arpet..............2 50
Fancy  W hisk.......... 100
No. 2 C arpet..............2 25
Com m onW hisk—   75
No. 1  P arlor G em ..2  75
No. 1 H u rl................. 2 00
Clams, 1 ft  sta n d ard s....................................I  40
Clams, 2 it  sta n d ard s....................................2  »5
Clam Chowder,  3 » .......................................«20
Cove Oysters,  1  lb  standards......................1  10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s.....................  2 00
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack  filled.....................  75
Cove O ysters, 2 ft slack filled......................1  05
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.......................................17»
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r .......................................... 2  00
Lobsters, 2 ft s ta r .......................................... ®  00
M ackerel,lib  fresh   stan d ard s..................1  00
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s..................6  oO
Mackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3 f t ................ 3 25
M ackerel, 3 ft in M ustard............................ 3  25
M ackerel, 3 ft broiled...................................3  2a
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r.......................1  40
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r.......................2 60
Salmon, 1 ft  S acram ento............................1  25
Sardines, dom estic Vis...................................... 
6
Sardines,  dom estic  %s..................................  
11
Sardines,  M ustard  %s................................ 
Sardines,  im ported  Vis...................................  »
T rout. 3 ft  brook— ...................................  2  75
Apples. 3 ft sta n d a rd s...................................  90
Apples, gallons,  stan d ard s........................ 2 40
Blackberries, sta n d ard s............................. 1  05
Cherries,  red  stan d ard........................... 
D am sons......................................................... J  00
Egg Plum s, standards 
............................... 1  40
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t...................... 1  40
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .......................• • • • - -2  40
Peaches,  stan d ard s............................. i  m@l  95
Peaches,  seconds........................................... 1 j>0
Pineapples,  E rie.............................................2 20
Pineapples, stan d ard s...................................j   70
Q u in ces.....................• -....................................} 4»
R aspberries,  Black, H am burg...................1 <0
A pricots, L usk’s . . .2  40 P e a rs..............................3 CO
Egg P lu m s..............2 50 Q uinces....................2  90
G ra p e s.................... 2  50 P eaches  ..................3  00
G reen G ages.......... 2  50
A sparagus, O yster B ay.................................3 25
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .................................  75
Beans, Stringless,  E rie.................................  9o
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked...................... 1  60
Com,  T ro p h y ................................................ 1  05
Peas, F ren ch ...................'................................1  »5
Peas, M arrofat, sta n d ard .............................1  70
Peas, B eaver..................................... 
Peas, early sm all, sifted ...............................1.80
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden.....................................8o@9
Succotash, stan d ard .......................... '...........  90
Tomatoes, T rophy.........................................1  00
B o sto n ........................ 36|German  Sw eet............2
B aker’s .......................38 V ienna Sweet  ............2
R unkles’ .....................351
G reen R io........   9@13
G reen Ja v a...... 17@27
Green M ocha.. .23@25 
Roasted R io .... 10©15 
Roasted Ja v a   ..23©30 
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...  1  2

Roasted  Mar.,.17@18 
Roasted Mocha.28@30 
Roasted M ex.. .17@20
G round  R io__ 9@16
Package  Goods  @12%
172 foot C otton__ 2 25
ou  luui ............... *  H   60 foot C otton— 2  00
40 Foot C o tto n .... 1  50 
|50 foot C o tto n .... 1  75
Bloaters, Smoked Y arm outh.......................  65
Cod, w hole....................................................... 4@o
Co’d,Boneless....................................................5@6
H alibut  .............................................................   11
H erring %  b b ls...................••......................... 2  50
H erring, H olland, dom estic......................... 
i0
im p o rted........................1  10
H erring,  Scaled..............................................22@24
M ackerel, shore, No. 2, Vi  b b ls...................5  00
............  80
70
No. 3, Vi b b ls..................................3 50
12 ft  k its .............................   62
10 
............................  55
Shad, Vi b b l .....................................................2 50
T rout, Vi  b b ls................................................. 3 50
12 ft  k its...............................................  60
55
10 
W hite, No. 1, Vi b b ls .....................................5  0U
W hite, No. 1,12  ft k its ...................................  80
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its ...................................  70
W hite, Fam ily, Vi b b ls................................. 2  65

CANNED  FRUTTS— C A L IF O R N IA .

“  12 ft kits 
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CANNED VEG ETA BLES.

CHOCOLATE.

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Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts................. ..........  @1  00
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  .......................  @1  35
H orseradish,  Vi p in ts.............................   @1  00
H orseradish, p in ts...................................  @1 30 i
H alford Sauce, p in ts.............................  
@3  50  1
H alford Sauce, Vi p in ts..........................  @2  20
D etroit Soap Co.’s Queen A n n e..........   @4  60
“  M onday...................   @3  35

SOAP.

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SPICES.

Whole.

P e p p e r...............; .16@25|Pepper..................  @19
A llspice...............12@15 A llspice.................  8@10
C innam on............18@80 C assia....................   @10
Cloves  ................. 15@25 N utm egs  ............. 60@65
G in g e r.................16@20 Cloves  ...................  @18
M ustard...............15@30
C a y e n n e............. 25@35|
K ingsford’s, 1 ft pkgs.,  p u re ...................  @6V4
3 ft pkgs.,  p u re ...................   @6Vi
l  ft pkgs.,  Silver  Gloss 
  @8
6 ft pkgs., 
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1 ft pkgs.,  Corn  S tarch —   @8
(Bulk)  O ntario...................  @5

STARCH.

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TOBACCO— FIN E  CUT—IN   P A IL S .

Cut  L oaf....................................................  @  7%
C u b e s.........................................................  @  7Vi
P ow dered..................................................  @  7%
G ranulated,  S tandard............................  @6  94
G ranulated,  off........................................  @6 88
Confectionery A ......................................  @6  56
Standard A ................................................   @ 6%
E x tra C, W hite.........................................   @  6%
E x tra C.......................................................   @  6
Fine  C......................................
@  5%
Yellow C..................................
@  5%
5  @  5%
D ark C ......................................
SYRUPS.
30@32
Corn,  B arrels........................
32@34
Corn, % bbls............................
@  35
Corn,  10 gallon kegs..............
@1  75
Corn, 5 gallon kegs...............
@1  60
Corn, 4% gallon kegs............
.......... bbl
23@  35
P u re  S ugar.............................
.... %  bbl 30@  38
P u re Sugar D rips.................
P u re Sugar  D rips................. 5 gal kegs @1  96
©  85
P u re Loaf Sugar D rip s... 
P u re  Loaf S ugar................... 5 tral kegs @1  85
TEA S.
5
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J  apan «ordinary.....................
.. .30@35
Ja p an  fa ir to good...............
__ 40@50
Ja p a n fin e ...............................
__ 15@20
Ja p an  d u st.............................
__ 30®50
Young H yson........................
__ 35@50
G unP ow der............................
O o long.................................... ................. 6o@55@6U
__ 25@30
C ongo......................................
D ark AmericanEag Ie67 Sweet  R ose.............. 45
The M eigs................ ..64 Meigs & Co.’s Stunne r38
80
Red  B ird................. ..50 A tla s.......................... .35
State  Seal................ • -60 Royal Gam e.............. .38
P rairie F lo w e r__ ..65 Mule E a r................... .dò
C lim ber................... ..62 F o u n tain ................... .74
..60 Old Congress............ .64
Indian  Q ueen.......
..60 Good L u ck ...............
Bull  D og...............
..66 Blaze A w ay.............. .35
Crown  L eaf..........
.80
H air L ifte r...............
M atchless..............
..67 G o v ern o r................. .60
H ia w a th a ..............
..70 Fox’s  Choice............ 63
Globe  .....................
..70
May Flow er..........
..45 Sweet Ow en.............. .66
H e ro .......................
..49
Old  A be. 
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Oporto  .......................................................   @70
M essm ate..................................................   @52
Big  R in g ....................................................  @46
Cherry  B ounce........................................  @44
B u s te r ........................................................  @40
N im rod.......................................................   @44
B. C..............................................................   @40
Blue  P e te r................................................   @38
Spread E agle.............................................  @38
Big Five C enter........................................  @35
Red  F o x .....................................................   @48
Big D rive....................................................  @50
Seal of G rand R apids.............................   @46
D u rh a m ......................................................  @46
P a tr o l.........................................................  @48
Ja c k  R a bbit..*..........................................  @46
Snow flake..................................................  @46
Chocolate C ream ......................................   @46
Woodcock  ................................................   @46
K n ig n tso f  L abor...................................  
  @46
R ailroad......................................................  @46
Big  B u g .....................................................   @32
A rab, 2x12 and 4x12.................................  @46
Black B e ar................................................   @37
K ing 
.........................................................   @46
Old Five Cent Tim es...............................   @38
P ru n e N uggett, 12 f t ...............................   @62
P arro t  .......................................................   @46
Old T im e ....................................................  @38
T ram w ay....................................................  @48
Glory  ................................................ . —   @46
Silver  Coin................................................   @50
B uster  [D ark].........................................   @36
Black P rince [D ark]...............................  @36
Black R acer  [D ark]...............................  @36
Leggett & M yers’  S ta r............................  @46
C lim ax.......................................................   @46
Hold F a s t ..................................................  @46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield...........................   @46
Nickle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  cads...........  @51
Cock of th e W alk  6s ...............................   @37
Nobby T w ist.............................................   @46
A c o rn .........................................................   @46
C re sc e n t....................................................  @44
Black  X .....................................................   @35
Black  B ass................................................   @40
Spring.........................................................   @46
C ray lin g ....................................................  @46
M ackinaw..................................................   @45
H orseS hoe................................................   @44
H air L ifte r................................................   @36
D. and D., black ........................................  @36
McAlpin’s G reen  Shield........................   @46
Ace  High, black ......................................  @35
Sailors’  Solace.........................................   @46

90

2c. less in fo u r b u tt lots.
• 

SMOKING

(S ro c e rie s .

Identified.

They saw th at the m an was a stran g er 
W hen he cam e to the b ar th a t d ay ;
B ut he called fo r a schooner of lager 
In  a lofty and lordly way.

A nd the crowd round the fish and the crackers 
Looked over th eir shoulders to see
The m an w ith the m anner so haughty,
W hile w ondering whom he m ight be.

B ut the bartender m urm ured softly 
From  the way th a t h e’s navigating 

“I th in k  he m ust be a ta r
T hat schooner across the  b ar.”

Collecting  Autographs  from  Hotel  Reg­

isters.

“What  do  you  suppose  that  man want­
ed?”  asked a local hotel  clerk of  a reporter 
the other day.

A  neatly  dressed  and  shrewd-looking 
young man had just  turned  away  and  was 
lighting a cigar.

“You might guess your teeth loose before 
guessing what he wants to  buy,”  continued 
the hotel clerk. 
“He has just made me an 
offer for the old register of  this house.  He 
claims  to  be  traveling for  a Northern  firm 
that is collecting hotel registers.  The older 
they are the  more  they  are  worth.  Hotel 
registers  are  the greatest autograph albums 
in  the  world.  There  is  not  a man who 
travels  whose autograph is not scattered all 
over  this  country.  All  prominent  men 
travel.  The  signatures  of  hundreds  of 
these have a commercial  value,  even  when 
not attached to a note or check.  The auto­
graphs of statesmen generally sell the high­
est,  those  of  ex-Presidents  bringing  the 
most.  A few days ago a rare  collection  of 
curious manuscripts, letters, and autographs, 
were under the hammer in  New  York.  A 
dozen  autographs  were  knocked  down  at 
from $5 to §20 apiece.

“That would-be purchaser was telling me 
that in a few months it  will  be  the  proper 
thing  to  mount  the  autographs  of  ex- 
Presidents, literary men,  generals,  and  all 
men  of note in some unique style,  and  give 
them a place beside the  plaque.  The  firm 
is now  buying  up  all  the  registers  that  it 
can get hold of.  Some  bright men go over 
each  page  carefully,  and cut out the signa­
tures of all the most prominent men.  They 
have quite a long list, and whenever  one of 
the names is found it is clipped  out  and at­
tached to a little slip on which are noted the 
date and city.  The register,  of  course,  in­
dicates  each.  He  says  that  right  now 
Grant’s signatures are in demand.  He nev­
er stopped at hotels much, however.  There 
were  generally  people  in  all  of the cities 
through which he passed who wanted to en­
tertain him,  and I  never  knew  him  to  de­
cline.

“The  registers  are  really no  use  to  us, 
and most hotel men,  I believe, are willing to 
dispose of them  at  a  low  figure,”  resumed 
“One  of  this size, which is the 
the  clerk. 
standard, will hold 5,000  names. 
It is sel­
dom that a register  in  the  large  hotels  or 
big cities does not contain half a dozen good 
names. 
I  know  that from personal obser­
vation. 
In some seasons there are 100 good 
A great many of the signatures,  to 
names, 
were  written  before  the  owner 
be sure,
came into  prominence.  When  the  auto­
graphs  came  to  be  sold, however,  I  half 
suspect they are dated up,  though they may 
not be.  The residence,  which is written op­
posite the name,  is also cut out. 
In mount­
ing,  which is generally on cardboard,  Bris­
tol,  or  some  such  kind,  the  residence  is 
placed below the name. 
It is done so  neat­
ly,  too,  that more than a casual  inspection 
is  necessary  to  discover  where  the  two 
pieces are joined. 
In this way the purchas­
er gets the autograph in the shape of a visit­
ing card,  and the uninitiated will be anxious 
to learn when the dignitary called,  and if he 
is one of the family’s  intimate  acquaintan­
ces.

“The agent  then showed some fine  spec­
imens,  and there  is  undoubtedly  money  in 
the  scheme.  He  said,  too,  that they  not 
only take the names  of  persons  who  are 
now  and  have  been  well known,  but also 
the signatures of a number whom they believe 
are ‘rising’ and will be prominent  in  a  few 
years,  such as leading members of Congress, 
United  States  Senators,  leading  judges, 
and members of the bar.

A New Variety  of  Orange.

F ro m  the San Francisco Chronicle.

The  so-called “king  orange”  was  intro­
duced  into  California  from  Cochin  China 
through an American  consul.  The  tree  is 
very thorny, the  limbs  grow  more  upright 
than others,  and  the  fruit  is  pronounced 
superior to any ever brought  to  California. 
According to an agricultural authority there 
is also an orange in Siam called the “king,” 
that is  described  as  having  a  transparent 
green skin,  and  of  a most  delicate  flavor. 
The fruit is in such high  esteem that it is a 
perquisite of the royal  family,  and subjects 
are not  allowed to  eat it.  Anyone finding 
one of these trees growing on  his  premises 
is obliged to  give notice to an officer at once 
or be  decapitated.

Under Bonds to Sell for Cash Only.

The  following  notice has  been  conspicu­
ously displayed  in the stores of  ten  of  the 
retail boot and shoe dealers at Clinton, Mass.: 
“We,  the undersigned,  have  agreed to  sell 
goods for cashonly, on and after Aug. 20,1885. 
It appears  these  dealers have  bound  them­
selves nnder §500 penalty to  stick  to  their 
agreement  for five years, all  having  signed 
a paper and bond to that  effect. 
If one of 
their  number  violates  the  agreement,  his 
money is to be forfeited,  and at  the  end  of 
the five years is to be divided among the oth­
er signers of the agreement.

CANDY,  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS. 

20

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do 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

8Vi@9
9@  9Vi
.......................10Vi@ll

P utnam  & Brooks quote as follows :
STICK.
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................  
............................v  
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  p ails........................................  9@  9V4
Royal, 200 ft bbls..........................................  @8Vi
E xtra, 25 ft  p ails..........................................10@10Vi
E xtra, 200 ft bbls......................................... 9  @  9Vi
French Cream, 25 ft p ails...................... 12Vi@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.....................................12Vi@
Broken, 25  ft  p ails.......................................10@!0%
Broken, 200 ft  bbls......................................9@  9%
Lemon  D rops...............................................12@13
Sour D rops....................................................13@14
Pepperm int  D rops.....................................14@15
Chocolate  D rops.................................................15
H M Chocolate  D rops...................................... 20
Gum  Drops  ........................................................10
Licorice D rops............................................... 
A B   Licorice  D rops..........................................12
Lozenges, p lain .................................................. J5
Lozenges,  p rin te d ............................................. 16
Im p e ria ls.............................................................15
M o tto es................................................................15
Cream  B ar....................................................13@14
Molasses B a r....................................................... 13
Caram els........................................................ 18@20
H and Made C ream s........................................... 20
Plain  Cream s......................................................17
D ecorated  Cream s............................................. 20
String R ock...................................................14@15
B u rnt Alm onds...............................................  22
W intergreen  B erries........................................ 15
Lozenges, plain  in  pails............................  @12Vi
Lozenges, plain in  bbls........................,.11  ©11%
Lozenges, printed in pails...................’.  @12Vi
Lozenges, printed in  b b ls....................11%@12
Chocolate Drops, in p ails......................12%@13
Gum  Drops  in pails...................................7  @7%
Gum Drops, in bbls...........................................  6@ 6%
Moss Drops, in  p ails.............................. 10  @10%
Moss Drops, in b b ls...........................................  9
Sour Drops, in  p ails..........................................12
Im perials, in  pails..................................12%@13
Im perials  in  bbls..................................   11  @12
Bananas,  A spinw all..............................1  50@3  50
Oranges, Rodi  M essina.........................5 0G@5 50
Oranges,  N aples.....................................4  50@4  75
Lemons,  choice......................................6  50@  7  00
Lemons, fa n c y ..............................................  
Figs, layers, ^  f t.....................................10  @11
©  4
Dates, f rails  do  .......................................... 
Dates, Vi do  d o ......................................  @ 6
Dates, sk in ....................................................  @ 4%
Dates, Vi  sk in ...........................................   @ 5
Dates, F ard 10 ft box 
f t.....................
D ates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft............ .........
Dates, P ersian 50 ft box ^  f t...............   6  @  6%
Pine Apples, ]p  doz.............................   .
PEANUTS.
Prim e  Red,  raw   f!  f t.............................  4  @  4Vi
do      ...........................  4%@  5
Choice 
Fancy 
do ’!  ...........................  @  5%
Choice W hite, Va.do  ................................ 
5@ 5%
Fancy H P..  V a  do  ............
Almonds,  F errag o n a............
lo a c a ......................
B razils......................................
Filberts, Sicily........................
B arcelona...............
W alnuts,  G renoble...............
M arbo...................
F ren ch .................
C alifornia............
Pecans,  Texas, H. P ............
M issouri................
Cocoanuts, <g 100...................

...18 @18%
. ..17 @17 Vá
...  9 @10
...12 @12%
...11 @12
...14 @14^

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"Ü 4  00@4  50

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NUTS.

7 50

“ 

PROVISIONS.

7

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The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co 

PO R K   IN   BA RRELS.

6%
6%
6%
7%
7%
79s
6%
6%
7

SMOKED MEATS— CANVASSED  OR  P LA IN .

quote  as follows:
Mess, Chicago  packing........................................10 00
Clear, Chicago packing........................................11 00
E x tra Family Clear............................................... 11 00
Clear, A. W ebster  p acker.............................
E x tra  Clear,  heavy.........................................
Boston C lear.....................................................
A. W ebster, packer, short  c u t.......................... 10 75
Clear back, short c u t............................................12 50
Standard Clear, th e  b e st.....................................12 75
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Short Clears, h eavy..................................  
m edium ............................... 
lig h t...................................... 
Long Clear Backs, 500  ft  cases.................. 
Short Clear Backs, 500 ft  cases.............. 
Long Clear Backs, 300  ft  cases.............. 
Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases.............. 
Bellies, ex tra quality, 500 ft cases........  
Bellies, ex tra quality, 300 ft cases......... 
Bellies, ex tra quality, 200 ft cases........  
Boneless  H am s.................................................. 10%
Boneless Shoulders...........................................  6
B reakfast  B acon................................................  8
Dried Beef, ex tra  q uality................................ 9%
Dried Beef, H am  pieces...................................
Shoulders cured  in sw eet pickle....................  6
Tierces  ............... 
6%
30 and 50 ft T u b s.......................................  
7
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases................. . 
7
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  rack s................... 
7%
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  case............................... 
7%
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case.................................  
7%
10 ft Pails. 6 in a c a s e ...............................  
7?»
E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts............10  25
Boneless,  e x tra ................................................14  50
P ork  Sausage......................................................  7
Ham   Sausage.......... .......................................... 13
Tongue  Sausage.............................................  10
F ran k fo rt  S ausage.  ...............................  — 10
Blood  Sausage....................................................  6
Bologna, stra ig h t...............................................  6
Bologna,  th ick ....................................................  6
H ead  Cheese............... ,......................................  6
In  half b arre ls..................................................  3  2a
In  q u arter  b arrels...........................................

SAL'SAGE—FR ESH  AND  SMOKED.

LARD  IN   TIN   PA IL S .

B E EF IN  BA RRELS.

LARD.
 

P IG S ’  FEET.

 

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

Apples—New fru it com m ands 40c &  bu. and 
bu.  and  $1  $1 

$1.50 ^  bbl. fo r eating and 25c 
bbl. fo r cooking.

Beans—Dealers  pay  75c@$l  *p  bu.  fo r  un­

picked and sell city picked fo r $1.25.

B lueberries—On  th eir  “last  legs.”  Fancy 
fru it commands $2.50  $   bu.,  b u t  over-ripe  is 
plenty at $1.50@$2.

B lackberries—In   good  dem and  at  $1.25  $  

case of 16 qt.

B u tter—Michigan  cream ery  is  in  m oderate 
dem and at 18@20c.  Sweet dairy is in active de­
m and  a t  13@14c,  while  low  grades  are going 
begging a t 8@12c.

Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand  a t  6q 

@75c $  doz.

Cheese—Slightly firm er,  full  cream   readily 

com m anding 7%@8%c.

Celery—25c $  doz. bunches for Kalamazoo or 

G rand H aven.

C lo v e r  S e e d —M e d iu m , c h o ic e  r e c l e a n e d ,  $6.5Q 

:g  b u .,  a n d   s c a r c e .

bu.

14c.

com m anding ll% c.

tra .  Musk, $1 ^   doz.

Corn—Green, 8@10c IP doz.
Crab apples—50c 
Cucumbers—I5@20c IP doz.
Eggs—U nchanged as to dem and, fresh  stock 
Grapes—$1.75 $  stand of about 25  fts.
G reen Onions—25@30e ]p doz  bunches.
Honey—Choice new in comb is firm  a t  13%@ 
Hay—Bailed, $15@$16 ]p ton.
Melons—W ater,  $15@20  $   100,  packages  ex­
Onions—Southern, $3.25 <g bbl. or  $1.15 ]p bu. 
Pl'ums—California, $1.75 ]p  case.
Peaches—Michigan early freestone $3@3.25 $  
P ears—California,  $3.50@$5  <g  case.  K en­
Pop Corn—Choice com m ands 4c 
Potatoes—New potatoes are  quite  plentiful 
P oultry—V ery 
scarce. 
12@14e. 
Squash—Sum m er, 2c ]p ft.
Tom atoes—P len tifu l at $1.50 ]p  bu.
T urnips—40c <g bu.
Tim otny—$2 $  bu. and scarce.

a t $1.25 ]p bbl. fo r hom e grown.
Spring chickens, 15@18.

b u . 
tucky B artlett, $6@7 ]P bbl.

Fowls, 

ft. 

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

W heat—2c  lower.  The  city  m illers  pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  82;  Fulse,  80c;  Clawson, 
80c.
Corn—Jobbing generally a t 55c in 100 bu. lots 
and 51c in carlots.
Oats—W hite, 35c in sm all lots and  30c  in  car- 
lots.
Rye—56c IP bu.
B arley—Brew ers p ay $1.25 ’g cwt.
Flour—No  change.  Fancy  P aten t,  $6 $  bbl. 
in  sacks  and  $6.25  in  wood.  S traight,  $5  *g 
bbl. in sacks and $5.25 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ]p bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  *g ton.  B ran,  $13 
:g ton.  Ships, $14 ]p ton.  Middlings, $16 ]p toil.. 
Corn and Oats, $22 *g ton.

Zante Currants.

: 

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W ANTED—To  exchange  fo r  general  m er­

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

I7H)R  SALE—The b revier type form erly used 

chandise, 2,000 acres of  tim bered  lands. 
The tim ber on said lands is hem lock, beech and 
m aple,  oak  and  yellow  birch,  1%  m iles from  
F lint & P ere  M arquette  R. R.  in  Osceola  Co., 
Mich.  T here is a lum ber  and  shingle  m ill on 
saidlands.  Address “ B.” care T h e  T r a d e s m a n , 
G rand Rapids, Mich. 

Theorignal  Zante Currants of  commerce 
came from the Island of Zante,  one  of  the 
Ionian  group  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea. 
Zante,  the capital of the island,  has a popu­
lation of  about  25,000. 
Its  environs  are 
pleasant and picturesque; its  spacious  har­
bor affording excellant facilities  for the  rel­
atively extensive commerce which the  snug 
little port enjoys.  The most important pro­
duct of the island is the currant, which is the 
fruit of a dwarf species of the vine original­
ly brought from Corinth.  Very little suc­
cess has been met in attempts to  transplant 
the vine and for more than a  century Zante 
H em lock B a rk - The local  tan n ers  are  offer­
has found the world its supply of the piquant
ing $5 p er cord delivered, cash, which  price  is 
little  berries.  I t  is  estim ated th a t  th e  island j f u ny as satisfactory to the inland  shippers  of 
now   exports  130,000  to n s of  currants annu-  j  N orthern  M ichigan  as  tho  Chicago  and  Mil­
w aukee quotations, which are $7@$7.50 a t both 
ally.
m arkets.  New Y ork and Boston  tan n ers  pay
$8.50.

on T h e  T r a d e s m a n .  The fo n t com prises 
222 pounds, including italic, and  is well-assort­
ed and very little w orn.  Address this office.
■ _____   WANTED—A  well-established
p A R T N E R
__  m an u factu re r  of  proprietary  rem edies, 
having now on  th e  m ark et  a  line  of popular 
patents, wishes a p artn er,  with  some  capital, 
to push the sale of sam e.  Address,  “P ate n t,” 
care “The T radesm an.” 

Of this quantity America consumes 15,000 
tons, which would seem hardly a fair allow­
Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.50  per  pound
ance for us,  considering our natural procliv- I fo^ j?baenr G oodl-L ocai jobbers are authorized 
itiesfor pie.  Europe  takes  25,000 tons of  to offer 45 p er cent, off on standard  goods  and 
the fruit a  year;  France  30,000  tons,  and  «  and 10 per cent, oitousecona quality.
Great Britain  60,000.  The export is valued 
at §13,000,000.  The fruit is  gathered early 
• 
in August and exposed for  from  twelve  to  Fresh  Beef) sides..............................  6
fifteen days to th e  h o t sun. 
E ach  bunch is  Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs...................  7
.. 
Dressed  H ogs...........................................  6
clipped and carefully placed on  the  sloping j Mutton,  carcasses.............................   5
drying grounds so as to receive the  full  ef- ! Y’ea-}  -....... • •
feet of the sun’s rays. 
In  a  few days the  Bologna..........
fiuit appears perfectly free  from  all  mois-  Fowls-
ture, but the drying continues until  the ber­
ries are scorched and  shriveled  almost  be­
yond recognition.  When the planter is sat­
isfied with the success of the drying process 
the fruit is placed in bags and  conveyed  by 
pack train to some depot where it is pressed 
into barrels or boxes,  headed  up,  and deliv­
ered  to  the  exporters  who  distribute  the 
product  to  the  expectant  traders  of  the 
world. •

John  M ohrhard  quotes  th e   trade  selling 
prices as follows:
@  7 @  8 
5%@  6 
8  @9 
7%@  8 
8  @  9 
12  @14 
@18

6  @ 6 % 

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

The fu rn itu re  factories  here  pay  as  follows 
fo r dry  stock:
Basswood, log-run...............................  
@13  00
Birch, log-run........................ •..............16  0J@20 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2...............................  
@25 00
Black Ash, log-run...............................  
@14  00
Cherry,  log-run..........................................25  00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2............................ 
@55  00
Cherry,  cu ll.................................................10 00@12 00
Maple,  log-run........!................................. 13  00@15 00
Maple, soft,  log-run..................................11  00@14 00
@16  00 
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2__
@25  00 
Maple, clear, flooring.
@25  00 
Maple, w hite, selected
@15  00 
RedOak, log-run.........
@20 00 
Red Oak, Nos. 1  and 2
@25  00 
@55  00 
@75  00 
@25 00 
@11  00
W hite Ash,  log-run..............................14  00@16 00
whitewood,  log-run............................ 
@23  00

a daily addition to the public fortune of sev- j wldimluc^-runSt6.P.Plank 
en cents, which means that the United States  W alnut, Nos. l  and 2..........................
each  day  is  worth §4,000,000  more than it  water Elm, log-run.......................
before 
was tne uay Deiore. 

Statisticians say that Afiierican’s  average 

Spring  Chickens..........

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A German manufactory is producing  glu­
cose from old linen rags,  but a  strong  out­
cry has been raised against it,  and  the  gov­
ernment is likely to interfere.  The article 
produced is said to be  chemically  identical 
with grape  sugar.

The Arabs  grind their  coffee  as  fine  as 
flour, and boil it in a  copper  saucepan with­
out a lid.  They would not on any account 
boil it in a covered vessel,  as any lid or cov­
er  would  prevent  the  deleterous  qualities 
from escaping And make the  coffee bitter.

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

Perkins & H ess quote as  foLows: 

H ID ES.

G reen __ $  ft  6  @  6%
P a rt  c u re d ...  7  @  7%
Full cu red __ 8%@  8%
Dry hides and
k ip s ............   8  @12

Deacon skins, 

or cured 
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’20 @50

SH E E P P EL TS.

L am b sk in s........................................
Old wool, estim ated washed $  f t.

Fine washed <p ft 20@25jl 
Coarse  w ashed... 16@18|

in @25
.20 @40
@20
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2-3

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Jennings’ 2 o z..............................$   doz.l 00 

Lemon.  V anilla.
140
4 oz............................................1  50  2 50
6 oz................ 
2  50  4 00
8 oz............................................3  50  5 00
No. 2 T ap er..............................1  25  1  50
No.  4 
1  75  3 00
14 p in t  ro u n d ..........................4  50  7  50
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.......................9 00  15 00
No.  8..........................................3 00  4  25
No. 10  ............................  
  4  25  6  00
@16 
Cherries, dried,  p itte d ............................
28@33 
C itro n .........................................................
4%@5 
C u rra n ts....................................................
12@13 
Peaches, dried  ........................................
@4% 
P runes, Turkey, new ..............................
10@13 
P runes, French, 50 ft  boxes.................
9@9 Vi @12% 
Raisins, V alencias...................................
Raisins,  L ayer V alencias................
@13
Raisins,  O ndaras....................................
Raisins,  S ultanas....................................   7!4@  814
Raisins, Loose  M uscatels.....................  @3 00
Raisins, London L ayers........................   @3  60
Raisins, D ehesias....................................   @4 25
Raisins, California  L ayers...................   @3  10
W ater W hite.........10%  | Legal  T est...............8%

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MATCHES.

G rand  H aven,  No.  9, sq u a re........................1  50
Grand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u a re........................ 1  50
Grand  H aven,  No.  200,  p arlo r.....................2  25
G rand  H aven,  No.  300, p a rlo r..................... 3  50
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ........................ 2  25
Oshkosh, No.  2..........................: ........................1  10
Oshkosh, No.  8—  ..............................................160
S w edish................................................................  75
Richardson’s No. 2  sq u are............................. 2  70
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Richardson’sN o. 6 
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Richardson’s No. 8 
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Richardson’s No. 9 
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Richardson’s No. 19,  do 
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MOLASSES.

Black  S trap .....................................................14@16
P orto  Rico...................................................... 28@30
New  Orleans,  good........................................ 38@42
New Orleans, choice..................................... 48@50
New  Orleans,  fan cy ........................ ............ 52@55

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SALERATUS.

Steel  c u t................. 5  25|Quaker, 48  fts ........2  35
Steel Cut, % bbls.. .3  00 Q uaker, 60  fts....... 2  50
Rolled  O ats............3  60|Q uakerbbls........... 6  00
Choice in barrels m ed..............................  @4  75
Choice in 14 
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P IP E S .
Im ported Clay 3 gross............................2 25@3  00
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 gross............  @2 25
Im ported Clay, No. 216,214 g ross.........  @1  85
A m erican  T. D.........................................   @  90
Good C arolina........ 6 
iJava  ...................6%@6%
P rim e C arolina.......614 P a t n a ......................... 6
Choice Carolina.......7  R an g o o n . . .........5%@6%
Good L ouisiana.......5% | B roken........................ 3%
DeLand’s p u re ........5%|Dwight’s .....................5%
Church’s  ................. 5% Sea  F oam .................. 5%
Taylor’s  G.  M ..........5%|Cap  Sheaf................... 5%
60 Pocket, F  F   D airy................................... 
28 P o ck et.........................................................  
100 3 ft  pockets............................................... 
Saginaw or  M anistee.............................  
Diamond  C................................................  
Standard  Coarse......................................  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s......... 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s—  
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  b ag s......... 
25
Am erican, dairy, 14 bu. b ag s..................... 
Rock, b ushels................................................. 
28
Parisian,  14  p in ts....................................   @2  00
P ep p er Sauce, red  sm all......................   @  75
P ep p er Sauce, g re e n ................................  @  90
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g ..............  @1  35
@1  70
P epper Sauce, green, large ring

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1  55
80
2  80
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SAUCES.

SALT.

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3 20
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Old T a r........................40lConqueror...................23
A rth u r’s  Choice.......22 G ray lin g ......................32
Red F o x ...................... 26 Seal S kin......................30
F lirt.............................28 Rob R oy........................26
Gold  D ust...................26 Uncle  Sam — ............28
Gold  B lock.................30 Lum berm an
R ailroadB oy.............. 38
Seal of Grand Rapids 
M ountain Rose...........18
Home Com fort...........25
Tram w ay, 3  oz......... 40
Ruby, cu t Cavendish 35 Old R ip.....................
Boss  ...........................15|Seal of N orth Caro-
lina, 2  oz.
P eck’s S un................. 18
Seal of N orth  Caro­
M iners and Puddlers.28
lina, 4oz.................
M orning  Dew............25
Seal of N orth  Caro-
C hain........................... 22
Peerless  .....................24
Seal of N orth  Caro­
S tan d ard .................... 22
lina, 16 oz boxes...
Old Tom ......................21
Big D eal.....................
Tom &  J e rry ............. 24
A p p le ja c k ................
Jo k e r........................... 25
King Bee, longcut.. 
T ra v e le r.................... 35
M ilwaukee  P riz e ...
M aiden........................25
¡R attler......................
Pickw ick  Club.......'..40
isor c u t p lu g ...
Nigger  H ead............. 26|W
H o llan d ......................22 Zero  ........ . .
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G erm an ......................16 Holland Mix
Solid C om fort........... 30 Golden  A ge—
Red Clover.................32 Mail  Pouch —
Long Tom ..................30 K nights of Lari
N a tio n a l....................26 F ree Cob P ip e ..
T im e ...........................261
Globe............................21| H iaw ath a.........
Mule E a r....................23|01d C ongress...
Lorillard’s A m erican G entlem en.......  @  75
M aecoboy.............................   @  55
Gail & A x’ 
@  44
R appee...................................  @  35
Railroad  Mills  Scotch............................  @  45
Lotzbeck  ..................................................  @1  30
P u re  Cider...........8@12 W hite W ine...........  8@12

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Bath Brick im p o rted .............................. 
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A m erican..............................  
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B arley......................................................... 
B urners, No. 1 .........................................  
100
1  50
No.  2.......................................... 
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ran d .............. 
8  00
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft can s..............  15@25
Candles, S tar.............................................  @13%
Candles,  H otel.........................................   @14
E x tract Coffee, V.  C...............................   @80
Gum, Rubber  100 lum ps........................  @30
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps. 
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Gum, Spruce.............................................  30@35
Hominy, ^1  b b l.........................................   @4  00
Jelly, in 30 ft  p ails...................................  @4%
Peas, Green B ush.................................•..  @1  35
Peas, Split p repared...............................   @  3%
Pow der, K eg.............................................  @3  00
Powder,  % K eg........................................  @1  <5

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F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follows: 

OYSTERS.

F. J. D. Selects....................................................... 35
Standards  .........................................................,...2o

f r e s h   f i s h .

M ackinaw T ro u t...................................................6
W h iteflsh .............................................................  6
Black B ass............................................................  3
Cod  ........................................................................l?
Sun  F ish ..............................................................   5
Rock B ass............................................................   5
P e r c h ...................................................................   4
Duck Bill P ik e....................................................  5
Wall-eyed  P ik e ..................................................   6
Smoked W hite F ish ............................................10
Smoked T ro u t......................................................10
Smoked S turgeon............................................... 10

PLAIN  FISHING.

[Continued from  1st Page.] 

in the  so ft mud.  With  this  knowledge of 
his nature I gently dropped my  worm upon 
the surface of the stream,  and  then  allowed 
him to slowly sink.  Out  sailed  the  trout 
from under  the  bank,  but  stopped,  before 
reaching the sinking worm.  There  was  a 
certain something in his action which seem­
ed to indicate a disgust at the sight  of such 
plebeian food,  and a fear seized  me  that he 
might now swim off, and pay  no further at­
tention to my  varied baits.  Suddenly there 
was a ripple in the water, and I felt  a  pull 
on the  line. 
Instantly  I struck; and then 
there was a tug.  My  blood boiled through 
every vein and artery, and I  sprang  to  my 
feet. 
I  did  not  give  him the butt; I did 
not let him run with yards of line  down the 
brook; nor reel him in,  and  let  him  make 
another  mad  course  up  stream;  I  did  not 
turn him over as  he  jumped  into  the  air; 
nor endeaver,  in any way,  to show him that 
I   understood  those  tricks,  which  his  de­
praved nature prompted  him  to  play  upon 
the angler.  With an  absolute dependence 
upon the  strength  of  old  Peter’s  tackle,  I 
lifted the fish.  Out he came  from the wa­
ter, which held him with a gentle suction as 
if  unwilling  to  let  him  go,  and  then  lie 
whirled through the air like a meteor  fleck­
ed  with  rosy fire,  and landed  on  the fresh 
green grass, a dozen feet behind me.  Down 
on my knees I  dropped  before  him  as  he 
tossed and rolled,  his  beautiful  spots  and 
colors glistening in the sun.  He was truely 
a splendid trout,  fully  a  foot  long,  round 
and heavy.  Carefully  seizing him,  I easily 
removed the hook.from the bony roof of  his 
capacious mouth, thickly set with sparkling 
teeth,  and then I tenderly  killed him,  with 
all his pluck, as old Peter would  have said, 
still in him.

I covered the rest of th$ fish in my basket 
with wet plaintain-leaves, and laid my trout- 
king on this cool green bed.  Then  I  hur­
ried off to the old man,  whom  1  saw ■com­
ing out of the woods.  When I  opened my 
basket and showed him what I had  caught, 
Peter looked  surprised,  and taking  up  the 
trout,  examined  it.

“Why, this is a big fellow,” he said.  “At 
first I thought  it  was  Barney  Sloat’s  boss 
trout, but  it  isn’t  long  enough  for  him. 
Barney showed me  his  trout, that  gen’rally 
keeps in a deep pool, where a tree has fallen 
over the stream down there.  Barney  tells 
me he often sees him,  and he’s  been  tryin’ 
fur two  years to ketch  him,  but  he  never 
has,  and I say he  never  will,  fur them  big 
trout’s got  too  much  sense  to  fool  round 
any kind of victuals that’s got a string to it. 
They let a little fish eat  all  he  wants,  and 
then they eat him.  How did you ketch this 
one?”

I gave an  account  of  the  manner  of  the 
capture, to which Peter  listened with inter­
est and approval.

“If you’d a-stood  off  and made  a cast  at 
that feller,  you’d either have caught  him  at 
the first flip,  which isn’t likely,  as he didn’t 
seem to want no feather-flies,  or  else  you’d 
a-skeered him away.  That’s all well enough 
in the tumblin’ water,  where you  gen’raliy 
go out for trout, but the man that’s got  the 
true feelin’ fur fish  will try to  suit his idees 
to theym, and if  he  keeps  on  doin’  that 
he’s like to learn a thing  or  two  that  may 
do him good.  That’s  a  fine  fish  and  you 
ketched him well. 
I’ve got a lot of ’em, but 
nothin’ of that heft.”

After luncheon we fished for  an  hour  or 
two, with  no  result  worth  recording,  and 
then we started for home.  A couple of par­
tridges ran across  the  road  some  distance 
ahead of us, and these gave Peter  an  idea, 
“Do you know,” said he,  “if things go on 
as they’re goin’ on  pow,  that  there’ll come 
a time when  it  won’t  be  considered  high- 
toned sport to shoot a  bird slam-bang  dead, 
The game gunners will pop  ’em  with  little 
harpoons,  with long threads tied to ’em,  and 
the feller that can tire out his bird and haul 
him in with the longest and  thinnest  piece 
of spool cotton,  will be the crackest  sports­
man.”

At this point I remarked to  my  compan­
ion that perhaps he was a little  hard on the 
game fishermen.

“Well,  said old Peter, with a smile on his 
corrugated visage,  “I reckon  I’d have to do 
a lot of talkin’ before I’d git  even with ’em, 
fur the way they give  me the  butt  fur  my 
style of fisliin’.  What  I  say  behind their 
backs I say to their faces. 
I  seed  one  of 
these fellers once with a  fish  on  his  hook, 
that he was runnin’ up and down the stream 
like a chased chicken.  ‘Why don’t you pull 
him in?’ says I.  ‘and  break  my  rod  an’
line?’ says he. 
‘Why  don’t  you  have  a
stronger  line  an’  pole?’  says  I. 
‘There 
wouldn’t be no science in that,’  says he.  ‘If 
it’s your science you want to show  off,’says 
I,  ‘you ought to fish for mud eels.  There’s 
more game in ’em than there is  in any other 
fish round here,  and as they’re  mighty  live­
ly out of water you  might  play  one  of  ’em 
fur half an hour  after you got him on shore, 
and it would take all  your  science  to  keep 
him from reelin’ up  his end of the line faster 
than you could youm.’ ”

When we reached  the  farm  the  old  man 
went into thd barn,  and I took the  fish  into 
the house. 
I  found the  two  pretty  daugh­
ters in the large room,  where the eating and 
some of the  cooking  was  done 
I  opened 
the  basket  and  with  great  pride  showed 
them the  big  trout  I  had  caught.  They 
evidently thought  it  was  a  large  fish,  but 
they looked at each other,  and  smiled  in  a 
way that I did not understand. 
I  had  ex­
pected from them,  at  least, as  much  admi­
ration for my prize  and  my  skill  as  their 
father had shown.

“You don’t  seem  to  think  much  of  this 
fine trout that I took such trouble to catch,”
I remarked.

“You mean,” said the  elder  girl  with  a 
laugh,  “that you bought of  Barney  Sloat.”

I looked at her in astonishment.
“Barney was along here to-day,” she said, 
“and he told about your buying your fish of 
him.”

“Bought  of  him!” 

I  exclaimed,  indig­
nantly. 
“A little string  of fish at the bot­
tom of the basket I bought  of him,  but  all 
the others,  and this  big one,  I  caught  my­
self.”

“Oh, of course,” said the pretty daughter, 
“bought the little ones and  caught  all  the 
big ones.”

“Barney  Sloat  ought  to  have  kept  his 
mouth shut,” said the younger pretty daugh­
ter,  looking at  me  with  an  expression  of 
pity. 
“He’d got his money,  and he hadn’t 
no business to go telling  on  people.  No­
body likes that sort of thing.  And this big 
fish is a real nice one,  and you  shall have it 
for your supper.”

“Thank  you,”  I  said  with  dignity,  and 

left the room.

I  did  not  intend  to  have  any  further 
words with these young women on this sub­
ject,  but I cannot deny that  I  was  annoyed 
and mortified.  This  was  the  result  of  a 
charitable action. 
I  think  I  was  never 
more  proud  of  anything  than  of  catching 
that trout; and  it  was  a  very  considerable 
downfall to  suddenly find  myself  regarded 
as a mere  city  man  fishing  with  a  silver 
hook.  But,  after all,  what did  it  matter? 
But  the  more  I  said  this  to  myself,  the 
more was I impressed with  the  fact  that it 
mattered a great  deal.

The boy who did not seem  to be account­
ed a member  of  the  family  came  into  the 
house,  and as he passed me  he smiled good- 
humoredly, and said:  “Buyed ’em!”

I felt like  throwing  a  chair  at  him,  but 
refrained out of  respect  to  my  host.  Be­
fore  supper  the old  man  came  out  on  to 
the porch where I  was sitting.  “It  seems,” 
says he,  “that my gals has got it inter their 
heads  that  you  bought  that  big  fish  of 
Barney Sloat,  and as I can’t say I  seed  you 
ketch it,  they’re not willin’ to give in,  ’spe­
cially as  I  didn’t  git  no  such  big  one. 
’Tain’t wise to buy  fish  when  you’re  goin’ 
fishin’ yourself. 
It’s  pretty  certain to tell 
agen you.”

“You ought to have given me  that advice
“You

before,” I said,  somewhat  shortly, 
saw me buy the fish.”

“You don't s’pose,”  said old Peter,  “that 
I’m goin’ to say anythin’ to keep money  out 
of my  neighbor’s pockets.  We  don’t  do 
that way in these parts.  But  I’ve told the 
gals that they’re  not to speak another word 
about it,  so you needn’t give your  mind  no 
worry on that score.  And  now  let’s go  in 
to supper. 
If you’re  as  hungry  as  I  am, 
there won’t  be  many  of  them  fish  left fur 
breakfast.”

Traded names, and  told the doctor!  She’d 
all along thought it strange that the boy that 
seemed wuss should be turned out,  and the 
other one put under treatment, but it wasn’t 
fur her to set up her opinion agen that  of  a 
man like Dr.  Barnes.  Down  she went,  in 
about seventeen jumps,  to  where  Eli  Tim­
mins,  the  hired  man,  was  plowin’  in  the 
corn. 
‘Take that horse out of that, ’ she hol­
lers,  ‘and you may kill him if you  have  to, 
but git Dr.  Barnes here before  my little boy 
dies.’  When the doctor came he heard the 
story,  and looked at the sick youngster, and 
says he: 
‘If  he’d  kept  his  minkskin  and 
not hankered after a  Wesley  to  his  name, 
he’d a had a better  time  of  it. 
the 
treatment,  and he’ll be  all  right.’  Which 
she did; and he was.  Now it  seems to me 
that this  is  a  good  deal  like  your  case. 
You’ve had  to take  a  lot  of  medicine  that 
didn’t  belong to you, and I guess  it’s  made 
you feel pretty bad; but I’ve told my gals to 
stop the treatment and you’ll be  all right in 
the mornin’.  Good-night.  Your  candle­
stick is on the kitchen table.”

Stop 

For two  days  longer  I  remained  in  this 
neighborhood,  wandering  alone  by 
the 
brooks,  which tumbled and gurgled through 
the lonely forest.  Each evening I brought 
home a goodly supply of trout, but  never  a 
great one like the noble fellow for  which  I 
angled in the meadow stream.
'  On the morning of my  departure  I  stood 
on the porch with old Peter, waiting for the 
arrival of the stage, which  was  to  take  me 
to the nearest railroad town.

“I don’t want to say  nothin’,”  remarked 
the old man,  “that would keep  them fellers 
with the jinted  poles  from  stoppin’  at  my 
house  when  they  comes  to  these  parts  a 
fishin’,  I  ain’t  got  no  objections  to  their 
poles; ’taint that.  And I don’t mind nuther 
their standin’ off and throwin’  their flies  as 
fur as they’ve a mind too, that’s not it.  And 
it ain’t even the way they have  of  worryin’ 
their fish. 
I wouldn’t  do it myself,  but,  if 
they like  it,  that’s their business.  But what 
does rile me  is  the  cheeky  way  in  which 
they stand up and say  that  there  isn’t  no 
decent way of fishin’  but  their  way.  And 
that to a man that’s  ketched  more  fish,  of 
more different  kinds,  with  more  game  in 
’em, and had more fun at it,  with a  lot  less 
money and less toinfoolin’  than  any  fishin’ 
feller that ever come here and  talked to  me 
like an old cat tryin’ to teach a  dog to ketch 
rabbits.  No,  sir;  agen I  say that  I  don’t 
take no money for entertainin’ the only man 
that ever come out here to  go  a-fishin’  in a 
plain Christian way.  But if you feel tetchy 
about not payin’  nothin’  you  kin  send  me 
one of  them  poles  in  three  pieces,  a  good 
strong one,  that’ll lift Barney  Sloat’s trout, 
if ever I hook him.”

I sent him the rod; and next summer I am 

going up to see him use it.

That evening,  as we  were  sitting,  smok­
ing on the porch,  old Peter’s mind  reverted 
to the subject of  of  the  unfounded  charge 
against me. 
“It goes pretty  hard,” he re­
marked,  “to have  to  stand  up  and  take  a 
thing you don’t like when there’s no call fur 
it. 
It’s bad enough when there is a call fur 
it.  That  matter  about  your  fish  buyin’, 
reminds me of what happened t»vo summers 
ago to my sister,  or ruther  to  her  two  lit­
tle boys—or,  more  correct  yit, 
to  one  of 
’em.  Them  wus  two  cur’ous  little boys. 
They  was  alius  tradin’ with  each  other. 
Their  father  deals  mostly  in  horses,  and 
they must have got  it  from  him.  At  the 
time I’m  tellin’ of they’d  traded  everythin’ 
they  had,  and  when  they  hadn’t  nothin’ 
else left to swap,  they traded names. 
Joe, 
he  took  Johnny’s  name,  and  Johnny,  he 
took Joe’s. 
Jist  about  when  they’d  done 
this,  they  both  got  sick  with  sumthin’  or 
other,  the oldest  one  pretty  bad,  the  other 
not much.  Now tlier ain’t no doctor inside 
of twenty miles of  where  my  sister  lives. 
But there’s one  who  sometimes  has  a  call 
to go through that part of the  country,  and 
the people about  there  is  ailus  very  glad 
when they chance to be sick when  he comes 
along.  Now this good luck happened to my 
sister, fur the  doctor  come  by  jist  at  this 
time.  He looks into the state of the boys, 
and while their mother has gone down stairs 
he mixes some medicine he has  along  with 
him. 
‘What’s  your  name?’ he says to the 
oldest boy, when he’d done it.  Now as he’d 
traded  names  with  his  brother  fair  and 
square, he wasn’t goin’ back  on  the  trade, 
and lie said,  ‘Joe.’ 
‘And my name’s John­
ny,’ up and says the other one.  Then  the 
doctor,  lie goes and gives the bottle of medi­
cine to their mother,  and  says  he: 
‘This 
medicine is fur Joe.  You must give him  a 
tablespoonful every two  hours.  Keep  up 
the treatment  and he’ll be all right.  As fur 
Johnny, 
there’s  nothin’  much  the  matter 
with him. 
He  don’t  need  no  medicine.’ 
And then he went  away.  Every two hours 
after that,  Joe, who wasn’t sick worth men- 
tionin,’ had to swallera dose of horrid stuff, 
and pretty soon  he  took  to  his  bed,  and 
Johnny he jist played round and got well in 
the nat’ral way. 
Joe’s mother kept up the 
treatment,  gittin’  up  in  the  night  to  feed 
that stuff to him, but the poor  little boy got 
wuss and wuss,  and one mornin’ he  says  to 
his mother,  says he: 
‘Mother,  I  guesA I’m 
goin’ to die,  and I’d ruther do that than take 
my more of that medicine, and I wish you’d 
call  Johnny  and  we’ll  trade  names  back 
igen,  and if he don’t want to  come  and  do 
it,  you can tell him  he  can  keep  the  old 
minkskin I gave him to boot,  on account  of 
‘Trade 
his name havin’ a Wesley  in  it.’ 
names,’  says  his  mother, 
‘what  do  yon 
mean by that?’  And then he told her what 
he and Johnny had  done. 
‘And  did  you 
ever  tell  anybody  about  this?’  says  she. 
Nobody but Dr.  Barnes,’ says  he. 
‘After 
that I got siek and forgot  it.’  When my sis­
ter heard that,  an idee struck into  her  like 
ou  put  a  fork  into  an  apple  dumplin.’

The South American Commission.

Press dispatches  from  Washington  state 
that the commission appointed to  visit Cen­
tral and  South  America  in  the  interest  of 
commerce between those  countries  and  the 
United States has made reports on  its  visit 
to Ecuador,  Venezuela and Guatemala.  No 
reports on the visit to Brazil and the Argen­
tine Kepublic have been submitted, and it is 
understood that  none will be made.  With 
reference  to  reciprocity  treaties, 
it  was 
learned that Ecuador had  nothing  to  offer, 
as the government needed all  the  duties  it 
could get to pay expenses.  Besides,  as tlxe 
United States is fifth in the list of consignees 
of their  exported  goods,  the  President  of 
Ecuador did not see the point.  Guatemala 
was found in a more amiable  mood,  and  it 
is stated that this republic has already taken 
some steps toward  a treaty  of  reciprocity. 
Venezuela was  in a  non-committal  attitude 
generally,  as its agent was already taking  a 
trip  through  Europe’ to  negotiate  treaties. 
As to the coinage of  a  common  dollar,  the 
President of Ecuador said that  the  country 
had been unable to develop its silver mines, 
and as its products were not marketed in the 
states forming the agreement  for a common 
coin,  it might prove  troublesome  in  receiv­
ing  pay  for  products  shipped  to  Europe. 
On  this  point, 
too,  Guatemala  appeared 
more approachable, and expressed a willing­
ness to enter into an agreement.  Emphasis 
is given to the report of the enormous freight 
charges between  Ecuador  and  the  United 
States.  The transportation of  the commerce 
of the coast between  Panama and  Callao is 
almost wholly in the hands of one company, 
and it has made its tariff so high as to crush 
out  many  branches  of 
trade,  and  has 
reduced  the  remainder  to  the smallest di­
mensions.

American Exhibition in London.

On May 1 there is to be opened in London 
an American exhibition of the  arts,  inven­
tions, manufactures, products and resources 
of the United States. 
Instead  of being in­
ternational in character,  it will be  purely  a 
national  undertaking.  Arrangements  are 
being entered into by which some of the best 
of the American exhibits from  the  World’s 
Exposition in  New  Orleans,  1884-85,  and 
from  the International  Exhibition  of  Ant­
werp,  1885,  will  be  brought  over  to  and 
warehoused in London until the  opening of 
the American exhibition in 1886.  The site 
will be at Kensington.  The total superficial 
area is equal to that of the  British Colonial 
and Indian Exhibition  site,  which  will  be 
held simultaneously,  viz.,  about  22  acres. 
The American exhibition will have its  own 
railway station,  and as the  site is surround­
ed by railways,  and is by them placed in di­
rect communication with the whole  railway 
system  of  England,  Scotland  and  Wales, 
visitors will be able to  take  tickets  for  the 
exhibition from each station of nearly every 
railway company in Great Britain.

I b a r b w a r e .
Inventors and  Manufacturers.

From  the A m erican M achinist.

Sometimes a really meritorious  invention 
is brought out too soon, that is,  before con­
ditions are favorable for  its  reception. 
It 
used to be extremely impopular, and equally 
unpleasant,  to express an  opinion  that  the 
earth was other than a stationary body.  Be­
cause  it was  true  did  not  count  anything 
against the fact  that people did  not believe 
it.  So sometimes an inventor sees  farther 
than he can bring others  to see,  and suffers 
by finding  his  invention  fall  flat.  Men’s 
minds move faster than formerly,  and there 
is some hope that the  unfortunate  inventor 
may live to see his views adopted, otherwise 
his  invention will,  in the future,  be  re-in­
vented, and someone curious in such matters, 
or particularly interested in this especial one, 
will establish  a clear case of piracy  against 
the last inventor,  who probably never heard 
of it before.

Again,  an  invention  may  be  good  and 
needed at the time,  but for  lack  of  ability, 
financial or otherwise,  it may not be pushed 
before the public as it should  be. 
It  does 
not follow because an invention  that  is  not 
rejected outright does not become prominent 
or popular,  that it is worthless,  or  even  be­
cause it does become prominent, that it is of 
much value.

What is true of inventors is true in  some 
degree of manufacturers of machinery.  Ma­
chines that in time become popular are often 
introduced at  a  good  deal of  trouble  and 
expense.  Many become discouraged  trying 
to bring something meritorious into use,  see­
ing its utility themselves but unable to make 
others see it. 
Just  how far to go in the di­
rection of trying to create  a  demand  is not 
easy to decide upon.  Sometimes,  in the case 
of  something  altogether  good,  it  may  be 
created quickly; sometimes only at  the  end 
of discouraging waiting,  and  much  trouble 
and expense.

Judging from  the  reports  received  from 
London the commission appointed to  inves­
tigate the depression of trade  is  not  likely 
to accomplish much  of value. 
It  is  said 
that most of  the  prominent  economists  in 
England have  been  offered  places  on  the 
commission,  but  have  declined,  as  have 
many others  well-known in commercial  and 
financial circles.  Professor  Price,  however, 
has consented to act  upon  the  commission. 
The Liberals are  opposed  to  the  commis­
sion,  and  it  will  be  composed  mainly  of 
Conservatives.  There  seems  to  be a dis­
position to make the inquiry a party matter. 
The  chief  argument  against  the  appoint­
ment of the commission has been  that such 
action would encourage the. belief that Par­
liament could by legislation remedy the evils 
complained of.  The supporters of the com­
mission disclaim any  intention  of formula­
ting a trade policy,  declaring that  the  pur­
pose of the measure is to ascertain  if possi­
ble the facts respecting the  depression  and 
the causes  thereof  for  the  information  of 
Parliment.

It  W a s   A live.

“Have you had any experience  in operat­
ing circular saws?” inquired  the  proprietor 
of a sawing and turning  shop  of  an  appli­
cant for employment.

Upon  giving  an  affirmative  answer  the 
man was engaged and set to work.  Half an 
hour later the employer  bethought  himself 
to see how his  new  hand  was  doing,  and 
found him gazing at the bleeding  stump  of 
the forefinger of his right  hand.

“How  did  you  do  that?”  inquired  the 

boss.

“How did I do it?  Well,  I  was  wonder­
ing  if  that  thing  was  moving,”  he  said, 
pointing to the circular saw,  “and I put  my 
finger down,  just  like  that.  Holy  Moses! 
There goes the other one,” he  shrieked,  as 
the index finger of the  left  hand  became  a 
victim of his illustration.

“Well,  are you  satisfied that  the thing  is 

alive?” asked the proprietor.

A remarkable bedstead  made to  order  by 
a Milwaukee furniture  firm  is  twTenty-four 
feet wide and has nine compartments,  each 
intended to hold one of the purchaser’s chil­
dren.

The  Bessemer  steel  patents  are  among 
the most valuable ever granted.  They  are 
said  to  have  yielded  the  inventor  about 
thirteen  millions  of dollars during the past 
twenty years.

A clergyman has been making calculations, 
and announces as the startling result that all 
the salaries of religous teachers in the coun­
try do not amount to  so  much  as  the  sum 
spent annually in supporting  dogs.

t

The government of Guatemala is thorough­
ly convinced of the necessity  of  more  inti­
mate relations  between  the  United  States 
and it,  and accepts gladly the manifestation 
made to it of the desire of the United States to 
lend its moral influence in case  of necessity 
to prevent European interference  in  Amer­
ican affairs,  and considers that  such  influ­
ence and  such  attitude will be very impor­
tant and beneficial. 

The queerest of all queer trade papers is a 
monthly issued  in Paris in  manuscript  on­
ly. 
It  is  called Le Bon Guide, and is the 
organ of the professional  beggars,  contain­
ing information of great utility in their call­
ing. 
For  a  subscription  of  eight sous a 
month they may consult it  for  a  few  min­
utes daily. 
It does not contain literature or 
politics,  and all the articles are to the point. 
“To-morrow at noon, fun­
One may read: 
eral of a rich man at the Madeleine;” 
“At 
one,  marriage  of  a  clerk,  no importance;” 
“Wanted,  a blind man who plays the flute,” 
or “A cripple for a watering place.”

Prison-Made Goods.

Canada  has instituted a general  “boycott” 
against goods,  made in  the  prisons  of  the 
United States.  A list of such articles  has 
been sent out by the Canadian  Government 
to the provincial  custom  officers,  with  in­
structions not to allow dealers  to import ar­
ticles made  by American prison  labor,  and 
to seize any such goods  found  in the  coun­
try hereafter.  The  order was brought about 
by the importation into Canada  of  a  large 
number of hay forks made in  the  Michigan 
State  Prison,  and  which  were  entered  as 
having been made by free labor.  A dispatch 
from  Cincinnati  says: 
“The  Standard 
Wagon Co. last evening received notice that 
two car loads of buggies shipped by them to 
Canada would have to be brought back to the 
States,  owing to a law recently enacted  for­
bidding the importation of  goods  manufac­
tured by convict labor.  The  axles  of  the 
buggies in question were made at  the  peni­
tentiary in Auburn,  N.  Y.,  but were remod­
eled after  reaching the Standard factory.

L U M B E R ,  L A T H IN O   S H IN G L E S .

The Newaygo M anufacturin 

Co.  quote f . o.
b. cars  as follow s:
U ppers, 1 in ch .................................... per M $44  00
U ppers, 1%, 154 and 2 in ch ..........................  46  00
Selects, 1 in ch ................................................   35  00
Selects, 114, 154 and 2  in c h ..........................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 in c h ..................................   30  00
Shop, 1 in ch ....................................................  20  00
Fine, Common, 114, H i and 2 in ch ............  32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15  00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe e t..........................  16 no
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t..........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 fe e t.......  15  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 f e e t..........................  16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t..........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 f e e t.........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t............................  16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet............................  17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t.......   12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 f e e t..........................  13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 fe e t..........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 fe e t.......   12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 fe e t..........................  13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 fe e t..........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16  fe e t......... 
li  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe e t...........................   12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 fe e t..........................  13  00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  all
w idths and  len g th s............................8  00®  9  00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n .............................   33  00
m  JU
No. 1 Fenein g, all  lengths..........................
15  00
No 2 Fenein g, 12,14 and 18  fe e t................
12 00
No 2 Fenein g*. 16 feet
12  00
No 1 Fenein g. 4  in c h ...............................
15 00
No 2 Fenein g, 4  in c h ..................................
12  00
No rway C arid b etter, 4 o r 6 in ch..............
20 00
Bm/el Siding ,6  in ch ,A  and  B ...................
18  00
Bei/el Siding ,6 inch, C.................................
14  50
Bei/el Siding , 6 inch. No. 1  Common__
9  00
Bei/el Siding%  6  inch,  Clear......................
20  00
Pie ce Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16 f t ............
10  00
$1 idditiona fo r each 2  feet above 16 ft.
Dreissed Floeiring, 6 in., A.  B .....................
36  00
Dreissed Floeiring, 6 in.  C............................ 29  00
Dreissed Floeiring, 6 in., No. 1, com m on..
17  00
Dreissed Floeiring 6in.. No. 2 com m on__ 14  00
Beeided Ceiling, 6 in.  $1  00  additiinal.
Dreissed Floeiring, 4 in., A. B and  C lear.. 35  00
Dreissed Floeiring, 4 in., C............................
26  00
Dre“ssed Floeiring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com ’n 16  00
Dreissed  Floeiring, 4 o r 5 in., No. 2  com ’n 14  00
Beeided Ceiling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
( X X X  18 in Standard  Shingles..............
3  10
•< X X X  18 in T h in ........................................
3  00
XXX 16 in
No.
C. B 18 in.  Shingles..............
No
C. B. 16  in ...............................
L a

1  40
1  75®  2  00

W O O D E N  W A R E .

6  00

Standard  Tubs, No.  1............................................. 8 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 2.........................................; ..7 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 3........ 
Standard Pails, two hoop...................................... 1 60
Standard Pails, th ree hoop...................................1 85
Dowell P ails.............................................................. 2 10
Dowell Tubs, No. 1...................................................8 75
Dowell Tubs, No. 2.................................................. 7 75
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3.................................................6 75
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................................. 2 00
B u tter  Ladles...........................•......................... l   25
R ollingP in 8.............................................................. 1 00
Potato  Mashei-s..................................................  75
Clothes P ounders..........................*...................2 25
C lothesP ins.........................................................  65
Mop Stocks................................................................ 1 25
W ashboards, single.................................................1 75
W ashboards, double...............................................2 25
Diam ond  M arket..............................................   40
Bushel, narrow   b an d ............................................. 1 60
Bushel, wide band...................................................l  75
Clothes, splint,  No. 1............................................. 3 50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2............................................. 3 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 3............................................. 4 00
Clothes, willow, No. 1............................................. 5 00
Clothes, ■C/illow, No. 2.............................................6 00
Clothes, willow, No. 3............................................. 7 00

BA SKETS.

40
20

 

 

COCKS.

COMBS.

D R IL LS

CO PPER .

33%
25

50
40&10
60

B utchers’ Tanged  F irm e r..................dis 
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers....................dis 
Cold...........................................................net
Curry, L aw rence’s ................................dis 
H otchkiss  ...................... ........................dig 
Brass,  H acking’s ............. 
so
B ibb’s ....................................................... 
B e e r .................................. 
 
F e n n s ....................................................... 
Planished, 14 oz cu t to size...................... W tt>  30
14x52,14x56,14 x60...........................................   36
M orse’s Bit  Stock........................  
dis 35
T aper and Straight S hank.....................dis 
20
30
Morse’s T aper  So5nk............................. dis 
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ............................. doz net $1  00
C orrugated............................................. dis  20&10
A d ju stab le................................................dis  %&10
20
dis 
Claris, small, $18  00;  large, $26  00. 
25
Ives’, 1, $18  00;  2. $24 00 ;  3, $30 00. 
dis 
A m erican File A ssociation  L ist..........dis 
60
D isston’s ................................................... di8 
60
60
New  A m erican....................................  
[dis 60
Nicholson’s ..................................... 
H ellers 
............................... v U .J....... dis 
30
33%
H eller s H orse H asps..............................dis 
28
27 
Nos. 16 to 30, 
L ist 
15 
is

g a l v a n i z e d   i r o n ,
14 

22 and  24,  25 and 26, 

EX PA N 8IV E  B ITS.

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

ELBOW S.

F IL E S .

dis 

13 

12 

 

GAUGES.
l Co. 
MERS.

354

H and.

H IN G ES.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

t  Steel
HANGERS.

1054814
714
714
60&10
60&10
20&10

Stanley Rule and Le
dis
HA3
Maydole & Co.’s ...........
dis
K ip’s .............................
Y erkes&   Plum b’s __
lis 
40 
Mason’s Solid Cast  Ste 
30 c list 40 
Blacksm ith’8 Solid Cas
.30 c 40&10
B arn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k  dis  50
Champion, anti-friction........................ dis 
60
40
Kidder, wood  tra c k ................................ dis 
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2,  3.................................dis 
60
S tate.............................................. p er doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  414  14
and  longer................................................
Screw Hook and Eye,  54  .......... . . . . .net
Screw Hook and Eye %.......................net
Screw Hook and Eye  %.......................net
Screw Hook and Eye,  %................. . n et
Strap and  T ..............................................dig
Stam ped Tin W are......................................
Japanned  Tin  W are................................  [
G ranite  Iro n   W are...............................
G rub  1..................................................$11 00, dis 40
Gvub  2..................................................  11  50, dis 40
G ru b 3............................................ 
13  00, d is40
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings__ $2 70, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings..  3 50, dis 66% 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
m ings....................................... list,10  15, dis 66%
70
Door, porcelain, trim m ings  list,1155, dis 
70
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain.........dis 
P icture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ...................d 
40
H em acite...............................  ..............dis 
50
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new lis t.. .dis  66%
Mallory, W heelnr  &  Co.’s ...................... dis  66%
B ranford’s ..................................................dis  66%
Norw alk’s ............................. 
..................dis  66%
LEV ELS.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .....................dis  65
Coffee,  P ark ers  Co.’s ............................. dis  40&10
Coffee, P.S.& W . Mfg. Co.’sM aileables dis 40&10
Coffee, Landers, F erry & Clark’s .........dis  40&10
Coffee,  E n terp rise........................................dis  2a
Adze  E ye........................................$16  00dis40&10
H unt  E ye........................................$15 00 dis 40&I0
H u n t’s ...........................................$18  50 dis 20 & 10

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HOES.

Common, B ra  and Fencing.

NA ILS.

$  keg $2  40

lOdto  60d.
8d and 9 d  adv.........
6d and 7d  adv.........
4d and 5d  ad v .........
3d  advance..............
3d fine  advance__
Clinch nails,  a d v ... 
Finishing 
i  lOd 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. 
$1  25 
keg 
Steel Nails-

8d 
214 
1  50

6d

4d
Vi
2  00

Same price as  above.
MOLLASSES GATES.

1  50 
3 00 
1  75

PLANES.

MAULS.
OILERS.

Stebbin’s P a t t e r n ......................................... dis  70
Stebbin’s G enuine......................................... dis  70
E nterprise,  self-m easuring........................ dis  25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................dis  50
Zinc o r tin, Chase’s P aten t.......................... dis  55
Zinc, w ith brass b ottom ............................... dis  50
Brass or  Copper.............................................dis  40
R eaper....................................... per gross, $12 n et
Olmstead’s .................................................... 
50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................dis  15
Sciota B ench.................................................... dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy .........................dis  15
Bench, first q u ality........................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
F ry, A cm e.............................................1.. dis 
50
Common, polished.................................... dis60&10
D ripping..................................................¡p 
fi>  6@7
Iro n  and Tinned....................................dis 
40
Copper Rivets and B u rs......................dis  50&10
“A ” Wood’s p aten t planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10*4 
“ B” Wood’s p at. planished, Nos. 25  to  27 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

RIVETS.

PANS.

9

Broken packs 14c <p fi> extra.

ROOFING PLATES.

BELLS.

ROPES.

BALANCES.

AUGERS AND B IT S.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Prevailing  rates  at  Chicago  are  as  follows: 

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne.................   5  75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne................  7  75
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 12 00
IX , 20x28, choice Charcoal  T erne..............  16 90
Sisal, 54 In. and  larg er....................................   8
M anilla............................................................ 
15
Steel and  Iro n ........................................dis
Try and Bevels....................................... dis
M itre  ....................................................... dis
Com. Smooth.

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES.

60
Ives’, old  style...........................................dis 
60
N. H. C. Co..................................................dis 
60
Douglass’ ....................................................dis 
P ierces’ ....................................................... dis 
60
Snell’s .......................................................... dis 
60
Cook’s  ......................................................... dis40&10
Jennings’,  gen u in e.................................. dis 
25
Jennings’,  im itation................................ dis40&10
Spring

................. (...............................dis 

25
...$   13 00 
.n et 33 00

R a ilro ad .........................................
G arden.............................................

BARROW S.

50&10
20
Com. 
$2  80 
2  80 
2 80 
2  80 
3  00 
3 00
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14....................................$4  20
Nos. 15 to   17....................................  4  20
Nos. 18 to  21....................................  4 20
Nos. 22 to  24....................................  4 20
Nos .25 to  26....................................   4  40
No. 27 ................................................   4  60
wide not less th an  2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In  casks of 600 fl>s, <p  B>.............................  
In  sm aller quansities, $   lb............
t i n n e r ’s   s o l d e r .
No. 1,  Refined............................. ......
M arket  H alf-and-half.....................
Strictly  Half-and-half.....................
Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6
10x14, Charcoal...................
10x14,Charcoal......................................  8 50
12x12, Charcoal......................................  6 50
12x12,  C h a rc o a l....................................   8 50
14x20, Charcoal......................................  6 50
14x20,  Charcoal................................  8  50
14x20, Charcoal........................... 
  10  50

P 
40
30&1C
75
50
55
50
55
60
55&10
55&10
30
F lu sh .....................................................   50&10&10

H a n d ....................................................... dis  $  60&10
C ow ........................................................... ais
Call............................................................. dis
G o n g ..........................................................dis
Door, S argent..........................................dis
Stove.............................................: .........dis
Carriage  new  list................................... dis
Plow  ............... 
dis
Sleigh Shoe............................................... dis
Cast Barrel  B olts...................................dis
IC,
W rought B arrel B olts...........................dis
IX ,
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................... dis
IC,
Cast Square Spring................................dis
IX,
Cast  Chain............................................... dis
IC,
W rought B arrel, brass  k nob...............dis
IX,
W rought S q u a re .....................................dis
IXX,
W rought Sunk F lush............................ dis
IX X X ,  14x20, C harcool....................................   12 50
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
IX X X X , 14x20,  Charcoal..................................   14 50
IX , 
20x28, Charcoal................. ..............   18  00
Ives’  D oor.............................................................. dis 50&10
100 Plate Charcoal................  
6  50
DC, 
DX, 
100 P late Charcoal...................................  8 50
DXX,  100 P late Charcoal..................................   10 50
B a rb e r......................................................... dis $
40
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal...............................  12 50
B ackus...................................................... dis
50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to  6  75 
S p o ffo rd ............................*....................dis
50
Am. Ball.................................................... dis
n et
Well, p lain ..................................................... $  4  00
Well, sw ivel.................................................... 
4  50

6
654
13 00
15  00
16

TIN  PLATES.

BUCKETS.

TRAPS.

BRACES.

rates.

BOLTS.

6  50

 

 

BUTTS,  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured.........................dis
Cast Loose P in, Berlin  bronzed......... dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 
W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t..d is
W rounhtLoose  P in ..............................dis
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip .............dis
W roughtLoose Pin, jap an n ed.............dis
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d .................................................... dis
W rought Table........................................ dis
W rought Inside  B lind...........................dis
W rought B rass........................................ dis
Blind. Clark’s ............................................dis
Blind, P ark er’s ........................................ dis
Blind,  Shepard’s .....................................dis
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x214, per gross
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x3 
per gross
E l y ’s 1-10...........................................
H i c k ’s  C. F ................
G. D ....................................................
M usket...............................................

CAPS

60&10 
60&10 
60&10 
50&10 
60 
60& ¿5 
60&  5
60& 5 
60 
60 
65&10 
70&10 
70&10 
70 
15  00 
18  00

... per  m $ 65
ftfi
35
60

CATRIDGES.

R.m Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester new list
Rim Fire, United  States................ .........dis
Centrai F ire ...................................... .........dis

CH ISELS.

Socket F irm er................................. __ dis
Socket F ram ing............................. __ dis
Socket Corner................................. __ dis
Socket Slicks................................... __ dis

60
60
40

75
75
75
75

Steel,  G am e.........................................................
Oneida Com m untity,  Newhouse’s ...........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s __   60
H otchkiss’ ...........................................................  60
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’S........................................  60
Mouse,  choker.........................................20c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................. $1  26 ^  doz

WIRE.

B right  M arket......................................dis 
60&10
A nnealed M arket................................. dis 
70
55&10
Coppered M arket................................. dis 
E x tra B ailing...............................................  dis  65
Tinned  M arket..............................................dis  40
Tinned  B room .................................................... spft 09
Tinned M attress..................................................... B> 8%
Coppered  Spring  S teel................. dis  40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.............................................dis 3754
Plain F ence..................................................$1 ft  354
Barbed  F ence............................. ....................... 
.
Copper.................................................new  list n et
B rass..'............................. .................... new   list n et
B rig h t...................................................... dis 
70&10
Screw Eyes............................. . .............. dis  70&10
Hook’s ......................................................dis  70&10
Gate Hooks and  E yes......................... dis 
70&10
B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled................
Coe’s G enuine...................... ..................dis  50&10
Coe’s P aten t A gricultural, w rought, dis 
65
70
Coe’s P aten t,  m alleable......................dis 
Pum ps,  C istern..................m.................dis 
70
Screws, new   list..........................................
Casters, Bed  and  P la te ......................... ,dis50&10
33%
Dam pers, A m erican...............................  

MISCELLANEOUS.

WIRE GOODS.

Wl’ENCHES.

paper, which he  claims  will wear nearly or 
quite  as well as leather, besides bei^g much 
cheaper.  Paper  napkins  long  since  ceased 
to be a novelty,  and  in  Japan paper hand­
kerchiefs  are  used  extensively.  A  New 
Jersey  firm  is  now  manufacturing  paper 
counterpanes  and  pillow  coverings  which 
are  said  to  be  of  excellent quality.  An 
Ohio man has just patented a paper window 
shutter, which he warrants to withstand the 
action of rain,  sun,  and  frost,  and  not to 
rattle in the wind.  Paper carpets,  mattings, 
etc.,  are manufactured  quite  extensively in 
this country,  as are  also  a  large  variety of 
small  ornamental  and  useful  articles,  too 
numerous to mention in detail.  Paper  car 
wheels have been used for years,  with good 
results.  A  western  man,  some  two  years 
ago, patented  a  process for  making lumber 
from  straw,  which  he  reduced  to a pulp, 
very  much  as  in  the  first  stages of paper­
making.  Paper lap-boards for seamstresses 
are coming into  quite  general  use,  as are 
also paper plates  for  picnicing  and  other 
purposes. 
Pails,  wash-basins,  and  other 
household  utensils  made  of  paper  are fa­
miliar to  almost  every  housekeeper. 
In­
deed, to enumerate all the articles of  utility 
and ornament which are made  wholly  or in 
part from paper,  would  fill  every  page of 
this journal.  We  have had the stone age, 
the copper age,  and  the iron age.  Are  we 
not approaching the paper age?

Substitutes for Gutta Percha.

In  view  of  the rapidly  extending use of 
india rubber and the danger that the  supply 
ill eventually run short,  many efforts have 
been made to  discover  a  substitute  for  it 
Frenchman,  M.  Heckel,  claims  to have 
been  successful  in  this  quest.  He  has 
found  that  upon  evaporating  the  juice  or 
milk of the tree known to  botany  as  Birty- 
rospermum  Parltii,  a  product  is  obtained 
finch closely resembles gutta percha.  This 
tree  grows abundantly in equitorial Africa, 
in latitudes between Upper Senegal and the 
Nile,  and in the forests bordering the Niger. 
The  fruit  of the tree is much prized  by the 
Africans,  and  yields  an  oleaginous  sub­
stance which they call Karite.  M.  Heckel 
has sent seeds of  this tree to England, with 
the  suggestion  that  an attempt be made to 
introduce  it  into  India, where he thinks it 
may successfully be cultivated.  M.  Heckel 
is of opinion that there are several  varieties 
of trees  native to India which will furnish a 
product that may be used as a substitute  for 
gutta percha.

A  recently  invented  compound  known 
as gelatinized fiber is coming into quite gen­
eral  use,  in the United States,  as a substi­
tute for hard rubber.  As  an  electrical  in­
sulator,  and  for  many  other  purposes,  it 
meets  with  much  favor,  and is said to  be 
fully  equal for many purposes,  to the more 
costly gutta percha.

A N D R B W W I E R E N G O

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 .

WIEB.ENGO  BLOCK,  PIN E   STREET, 

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MUSKEGON,  MICH.

.I B E I W W I
Wholesale Grocers,

AGrENTS  FOB.

KNIGHT  OF  LABOR  PLUG,

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

Sample Butt.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

MANUFACTURE  A

THE GRASTD RAPIDS ROLLER MÏLLS

VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.

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

FANCY  PATENT  “ ROLLER  CHAMPION.”

Prices are low.  Extra quality guaranteed.  Write for quotations.

T h e   F a v o r ite   B ran d s  are

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

CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.
Groceries  and  Provisions

W H O L E SA L E

I

83,85 and 87  PEARL  STREET and 111, 116,118 and 120  OTTAWA  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

THE  NEW  CIGAR. 

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FOR  SALE  BY

TiATVTP GOODS F O R  1885
H. LEONARD & SONS.
LIBRARY  LAMPS.

Glass  Lamps  this  year 
are out in finer styles and 
ower  prices  than  ever 
before.  The “ LULU ” as­
sortment  in  amber,  blue, 
and light  green,  contains 
the very latest shapes, at 
new  prices,  fully  20  per 
cent lower than last year.

“ LULU.”

ASSORTED  GLASS LAMPS.
y  doz.  A Size...............................1.50 
.75
% doz.  B Size...............................2.00  1.50
y  doz.  C Size...............................2.50  1.25
y  doz. D Size, with No. 2 Collar.3.00 
1.50

Less  10 per cent

4-50
TRIMMING FOR ABOVE.
1% doz. No.  1  Sun Burner............ 65  1.13
*23
2^ doz. No.  2, 
.............9° 
y  doz. 7 in.  Ilium.  Trim.  Comp.3.50 
.88
6.74

“ 

Packages at Cost.

Our line of these is now 
complete  for  1885  at 
prices  from  $1,25  to  $8 
each. 
Illustrated list  on 
application.

Iron Library Lamps.

French Bronze, complete,  each........ 
Ebony and Gold, 

1.75
.................  2.00

“ 

No.  1388  Complete.................... each  2.00
No.  13972*2  “ 

shown in the

above Illustration........................  4.00

No.  13802^ Globe Shape Bowl and

prisms as  shown  above.............   5.5a

This  Decorated  Base 
Parlor  Lamp  is  packed 
with twelve assorted Por­
celain  Bases  and  new 
shape founts  in  a  barrel, 
at the following prices:

NO. 43.

Assortment  Decor.  Parlor  Lamps,

Aluminum.

From  the M ichigan M anufacturer.

In  the  August  issue  of  The  Michigan 
Manufacturer  was  an  article  briefly  de­
scriptive of a new process—invented  and to 
be put in operation soon  at  Cleveland—for 
the reduction of  aluminum. 
It  is  claimed 
that by the  new  process  this  useful  metal 
can be produced in large quantities,  at a low 
price  and  on  a  commercially  successful 
scale.  The  importance,  to  the  industrial 
world,  of  this  alleged  discovery  depends 
very  largely  on  the  extent  to  which  the 
claims made for it can be  verified  in  actual 
practice. 
If  the  claims  can be fully  sub­
stantiated,  aluminum  should  soon  become 
very cheap and plentiful in  the  markets  of 
the world.  When this result shall have been 
achieved,  a  revolution  in  many  industrial 
processed will speedily  follow;  and  alumi­
num, from its present status of  a  compara­
tively unknown metal,  will enter  the  high­
ways and the byways of civilization, taking 
the  place  of  iron,  steel,  copper and brass, 
in multitudes of cases where now those met­
als have the field to themselves.

Aluminum,  although  one  of  the  most 
widely distributed of all the metals, is never 
found in a free state,  but always  in  combi­
nation with other substances. 
It occurs  in 
nearly two hundred different species of min­
erals,  in varying quantities.  It is one of the 
chief  constituents  of  common  clay,  and 
hence forms a large part of the solid crust of 
the earth. 
It has many valuable properties 
which, whenever it  can  be  separated  from 
its  compounds  cheaply and in large quanti­
ties,  will  insure  its  speedy  adoption  for a 
variety of uses. 
It is nearly as malleable as 
gold  and  silver,  does  not oxidize or tarnish 
when  exposed  to  the  action  of  the air or 
moisture,  and  has  great  tensile  strength— 
exceeding the strongest steel, in this respect, 
when combined  in  certain  proportions with 
copper.  With great strength it unites great 
lightness, 
its  specific  gravity  being  only 
2.50, while that  of  silver  is  10.53,  that  of 
iron 7,844, and that of gold 19.360.  Alumi­
num,  therefore,  is only about one-eighth as 
heavy as gold, one-fourth as heavy as silver, 
and  one-third as heavy as iron, though cap­
able of being made stronger  than  steel. 
It 
lends  itself  readily to  combinations  with 
other  metals,  forming valuable compounds 
It is said  that  an  alloy  consisting  of  three 
parts  iron  and  one part  aluminum will not 
corrode  or  rust, though exposed  to a damp 
atmosphere for an indefinite  time.

It is manifest that a  metal  possessing  so 
many remarkable and valuable properties as 
does  aluminum,  will  force  itself  into  use 
without delay,  if offered at a low price,  and 
in sufficient quantities.  Thousands of uses 
for  a metal  combining  lightness,  ductility 
freedom from rust and  great  stredgth,  will 
at  once  suggest themselves to every reader 
We  may  yet  see  aluminum  steamships 
traversing  the  Atlantic,  and aluminum  en 
gines propelling air ships through the skies 
not  to mention the infinite variety of minor 
uses to which the metal may be put.

In  connection  with  the  possibility  that 
new  and -wider  uses  for aluminum will be 
developed  in  the  near  future,  it is interest 
ing to  note  that a  French  engineer,  M 
Bourbouze, claims to have discovered,  quite 
recently,  a method of  soldering  this  metal 
both  to  itself  and  to  other  metals.  The 
value of this process,  if all  that  is  claimed 
for it is true,  will  readily  be  understood 
when the fact is borne in mind that the  use 
of aluminum to the arts has heretofore  bee 
restricted  quite  as  much by the absence of 
any  known method  of  soldering  it, as by 
the great difficulty  attending  its  reduction 
The  soldering  process  of  M.  Bourbouze 
which is said to be very  simple  and easy of 
application,  is  thus  described  in a  recent 
number of  Engineering:

The process consists in plating  both  sur­
faces to be soldered,  not  with pure tin, but 
alloys of tin and zinc,  or  tin,  bismuth,  and 
aluminum,  etc.  Good  results  are  obtained 
with all such alloys,  but  those  containing 
tin  and aluminum are  bast.  They  should 
contain different  proportions,  according  to 
the  work  the  soldered  parts  have  to  do. 
For parts to  be  fashioned  after  soldering, 
the  alloy  should be composed of 45 parts of 
tin and 10 of aluminum,  as it is sufficiently 
malleable to  resist  the  hammer. 
Pieces 
thus united can also be turned.  Parts which 
have not to be  worked  after being soldered 
may be united with a soft solder of tin  con- 
taming  less  aluminum.  This  last  solder 
can be applied with  a hot  soldering-iron,  as 
one solders white iron,  or even with a flame. 
Neither  of  these  solders requires any prior 
preparation of the pieces to be soldered. 
It 
suffices to apply the solder, and extend it by 
help of the iron over the parts to be  joined. 
When,  however,  it is  desired to solder cer­
tain  metals  with  aluminum, 
it is best to 
plate the part of  the  melals to  be  soldered 
with pure tin. 
It is sufficient then to apply 
to  the  part  the  aluminum  plated  with 
alloy,  and  to  finish  the  operation  in  the 
usual manner.

New Uses for Paper. 

*

The  variety  of  uses  which  have  been 
found for paper during  the  past  few  years 
is something marvelous.  There appears to 
be no limit to the advancement in this direc 
Inventive genius is constantly devis 
tion. 
ing 
improved  manufacturing  processes 
which utilize paper in some of its forms,  and 
adapt it to new uses. 
In  Germany,  a  pro 
cess was recently patented for making paper 
bricks and planks.  Paper smoke-stacks for 
stationary  engines and locomotives are also 
said to be coming into use  in  that  country. 
In  England,  a manufacturer has succeeded 
in making shoes, slippers,  sandals,  etc.,  of

CL/MAX-
PLUC TOBACCO':
RED TIN T AG.

Rubber
BOOTS

— W IT H  —

DOUBLE  THICK 

BALL.

O rdinary R ubber Boots 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The  CANDLE 
Boots are d o u b le th ic k  
on  the  ball,  and  give

DOUBLE WEAR.

M o s t e c o n o m ic a l ru b ­
ber Boot in the m arket. 
Lasts  longer  than  any 
other  boot,  an d  
the
PRICE NO HIGHER. 
Call  and  ex­
am ine  the 
goods.

FOR  SALE  BY
E. G. Studley & Co.,

M anufacturers  of  LEATHER  AND  RUBBER 
BELTING, and all kinds of  RUBBER  GOODS, 
Fire D epartm ent and m ill supplies.  Jo b b ers of 
“Candee”  R ubber  Boots,  Shoes  and  A rctics, 
H eavy and Light R ubber Clothing.  Salesroom 
No. 13 Canal street.  Factory, 26  and  28  P earl 
St., GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

BEAD!  BEAD! DEAD!

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO.  have 

Sole Control of our Celebrated

The ONLY P a in t sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it.

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

HazeltiEe, Perkins & Go.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,

F O B   SA LE  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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.

K e m in k , Jo n e s  &  C o .

¡Fordo ail Doiesllc Frills, SiM sri Mitais, 1.
Hiis’a
I Wholesale 

W e handle on Commission BERRIES, E tc.  All orders filled a t low est m ark et P ^ e .   Corres­
NO.  9  IO N IA   ST.

O. W. BLAIN & CO.,

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

Choice B u tte r always on hand.  All  O rders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention. 

-D E A L E R S   IN -

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

No. 1 Egg Crates  fo r Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 p a te n t fillers used.  50 cents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

40  DESIGNS
50  CENTS.

F O R

BUCK'S COTTAGE aid OTHER DESIGNS.

I t shows a g reat v ariety  of cheap and  m edium   priced  Cot­
tages, besides a num ber of useful hints  and  suggestions  on 
th e  various questions liable to arise in building,  such  as  se­
lections of site, general arrangem ent of th e   plans,  sanitary 
questions, etc.  Bound in paper, price, 50 cents.  Address
Fred. A. Hodgson, Publisher, 294 Broadway, N. Y ,

CHOICE BUTTER. A  SPECIALTY! 
CALIFORNIA  AND  OTHER  FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES.  Care­
ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.

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

O y s t e r s  
a n d .  F i s h
PERKI NS  Sa  HESS,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

117  MONROE  ST.

D E A L E R S   IN

Containing

Trimmings

12 Lamps  Pore.  Center.................Net 5.00

12 7 in. Ilium, and Shade, complete.  3.50
8.50
The  following  package 
is  the  cheapest  assort­
ment of Glass Lamps  we 
can get together, and are 
just  the  kind  needed  in 
every store.  They can be 
retailed from 18 cts. to 50 
cts.  per  Lamp  complete,
and if ordered with other 
packages  named  would
give a very  complete  as­
sortment with very small 
investment.
NO. 46 PACKAGE
Ass’d Com. Flint Blass Lamps.

C o n tain in g

y  doz.  171  A  Size  Lamp............. i.oo 
.50
y  doz.  171 B Size Lamp...............1.40 
.70
y  doz.  191 A  Size  Lamp............. 1.10 
.55
y  doz.  191 B Size Lamp...............1.50  *75
y  doz.  191 C Size Lamp....... .. .2.25  1.13
y  doz.  191 D Size..........................2.75  1-38
y  doz.  155 B Size......................... x*75 
*88
y  doz. 700 Hand  Lamps...............80 
.40
1 doz. 702 Hand Lamps.............  
-8o
y  doz. 85 Hand Lamps footed.. 1.35 
.68

Less  10 per cent.

Burners for above.

42*2  doz. No.  I   Sun.........................65  2.93
I   doz. No.  o Sun............................ 60 
.60

7.00

N O S.  1 8 2   a n d   1 2 4   L O U IS  ST R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

Package at Cost.

10.53

The only Genuine,  per  doz...............  8.50
Tubular Globes  (in barrels 60 cts.

per  doz.),

•75

É P

The  Tubular.
Burners
Oil Cans

No. o Sun, any kind.................................. 60
No.  1  Suo, any kind.................................. 65
No. 2 Sun, any kind.................................. 9°

“ 

The Empress, y  Gal..........................  3.00
“ 
1  Gal............................  4-°°
Good Enough, 5  Gal..........................  15.00

Lamp  Chimneys.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

No. o Annealed Sun Crimp...................... 28
......................30
No.  1 
No. 2 
....................42
No.  2  Leader..............................................80
No.  1 Argand..............................................35
No.  1 Decorated C. Top......................   1.00
No.  2 
......................   *-25

“ 

“ 

 

THE  NEW  SUN

“ 

Nickle,

...........   “ 

Home, Brass, with  Chimney.. .doz  12.00 
«  R.  Gold, 
13-5°
13-50
This  is  the  best  thing 
out for 1885.  Will fit any 
hanging  fixture  at  one- 
half the cost of those  we 
sold last year.  Send  or 
Sample.

