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TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
ERS’  SUNDRIES,  HARMONICAS,  VIOLIN
S t r in g s , e t c .

Particular  attention  given  to  orders  by 
mail.  Good shipped promptly to any point.
I am represented on the road bv  the  fol­
lowing  well-known  travelers: 
John  D. 
Mangum, A. M. Sprague, John H. Eacker, 
L. R. Cesna and A. B. Handricks.

24  P earl  Street,  G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

JOSES 

M anufacturers  of

GO..

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

ALSO  PROPRIETORS  OF

KEMIKTKL’S

“Red Bark Bitters
Tie Oriole Mamfactnrii Co.

---- AND----

78  W est  B ridge  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

(Successor to P. Spitz,)

SOLE  AGENT  OF

F e n n e n t u m ,
The  Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Manufactured by Riverdatc Dist. Co., 

ARCADE,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Grocers  and  Bakers  who  wish  to  try 
“FERMENTUM” can get  samples and full 
directions by addressing  or  applying  to the 
above.

C I D E R  
.VINEGAR!
Warranted to Keep Pickles.

Celebrated for its PURITY, STRENGTH 
and  FLAVOR.  The  superiority  of this 
article is such  that  Grocers  who  handle  it 
find their sales of Vinegar increased.  Needs 
but a trial to insure  its  use  in  any  house­
hold.  PREMIUM  VINEGAR  WORKS, 
290  FIFTH  AV.,  CHICAGO.

Premium Vinegar can always be found at M. 

C. Russell’s, 48 Ottawa street.

Clover a i T ilth  M  
can  be  M  ia any  Quantity 
at  tie  SEED  STORE,  71 
Canal Street, Grand  Rani 
Mid.
Sticky Fly Paper.
75  CANAL  ST.

Better  than. Ever.
Order  through  any  Jobber  in 

E S O O T T S

th e  City  or  from

i

B E W A R E   OF  IM ITATIONS.

The Genuine says “ ESCOTT’S,” and is printed 

on fine white paper.

ESTABLISHED  1865.

JO BBERS  OF

Wool Robes, 
Fur Robes.

Horse  Blankets
Write for Special Prices.

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

Hardworking: Traveling Mac

IS  KEPT BACK  BY £

Sickly W ife or A iling Daughters.

To  such  men  the  book  on  “Woman’s  Na­
ture” published by the Zoa-phora Medicine Co. 
would be  invaluable.

Price only 10c to cover postage.
Address

Zoa-phora M edicine Co., Kalamazoo, M 

Mention this paper.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

ST A N L EY   N .  A LL E N ,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO

JO B B E R   O F

Orders by M ail and E xpress prom ptly a t­

Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, 
full strength  and  warranted absolutely  purei 
Send for samples and prices.  A rcade, G rand 
Kapids, Mich.

tended  to.
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Milwaukee  Star  Brand  Vineprs.
C. G. A. VOIGT &  CO,
STAR  MILLS,

Proprietors  of the

M anufacturers  of the follow ing pop­

u la r brands  of F lour.

STAR,”
“ GOLDEN  SHEAF,” 

LADIES’  DELIGHT," 
And “OUR PATENT.”

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND  SEED CO.

71  CANAL STREET.

TO  T B S   T R A D E .

We desire to call the attention of the Trade  to 

our unusually complete stock of
SCHOOL  BOOKS,

SCHOOL SUPPLIES,

And a General Line of Miscellaneous 

Books, Stationery, Paper, Etc.

We have greatly increased our  facilities  for 
doing ,.a  General  Jobbing Business, and  shall 
hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly.
We Issue separate lists ofSlates, School  and 
Township Books, Blanks,  Etc.,  which  will  be 
mailed on application.
Quotations on any article in our stock cheer­
fully furnished.  We have the Agency  of  the
REM ING TO N  T Y PE   W R IT E R  

For W estern Michigan.

EATON & LYON,

20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  16,  1885

SH ERW OO D  H A LL.

M ARTIN  L .  SW EET.

CREAMERY  VS.  BUTTER.

The Day of the Churn Fast Drawing to an 

End.

From the Detroit News.

The good old  fashioned  way  of  butter 
making in  the  good  old  fashioned  dash 
chum,  as  well as  in  the  modem  patent 
chum whose name is legion, seems destined 
to be laid aside, just as the old  stage coach, 
the flint lock  and the  tallow  candle of  by­
gone days had to  give  way  before the im­
provements of this inventive age.  Not that 
the delicious article  elaborated  by  the  deft 
hands of our dear old grandmothers in their 
frilled  caps  and  snowy  white  aprons,  as 
they sat over the sweet-scented  cedar churn 
in the cool spring house  under  the  hill,  or 
beneath the shady trees  in  the  quiet  door 
yard,  keeping  time  to  the  strokes  of  the 
dasher with the songs  of  auld  lang  syne, 
can ever be excelled; not that it can  ever be 
banished from the  table  of  the  quiet  rural 
home,  so long as dear  old  grandmothers or 
tidy dairy maids are  abroad in the  land to 
preside over the milk  pans  and  churns  of 
these rural homes.  But the butter as  man­
ufactured in country homes  throughout  the 
land and finding its way into the public mar­
kets,  is no longer able to compete  with  the 
more  scientifically  made  product  of  the 
creameries,  and  the  cheaper  substitutes  of 
the  oleomargarine  and  butterine  factories.
Prior to the establishment  of  creameries, 
and the invention of  the  yet  more  recent 
substitutes, country-made butter  as  a com­
mercial staple was  regarded,  in  the  main, 
as  a  desirable 
investment.  Commission 
merchants and grocers  did  not  hesitate to 
receive it on consignment, or make purchase 
of it at any time  in  small  or  large  quanti­
ties,  being assured, in general,  of  a certain 
market  and  a  fair  profit.  They  made  a 
specialty of buying  immense  quantities  of 
it in the butter making season when  it  was 
comparatively  cheap,  and holding it for the 
fall and winter trade, when  they were  rea­
sonably sure of realizing  handsome  profits. 
In time of  scarcity,  it  was  not  infrequent 
that the price  was advanced  to  35,  and 40, 
50 and even to 60 cents  per lb.—a clear gain 
of 100 to 200 percent, or more to the dealer.
Those were halcyon  days  to  the  butter 
merchants.  A certain well known operator 
on Woodbridge street,  this  city,  delights to 
recount how  once,  in  1879, he  pocketed a 
cool $2,000 profit from a single carload ship­
ped  to  New York.  On  another  occasion, 
$1,000 profit was made on a single shipment 
to Buffalo,  the  entire  transaction  of  pur­
chase,  sale,  delivery and receipt of payment 
occupying but two or three days. 
It  is  re­
lated of a  shrewd  produce  dealer,  how he 
once bought up all the  butter he could  find 
in the commission and grocery houses of the 
city, had it thoroughly worked  over,  “reno­
vated” and  neatly  done  up  in  attractive 
packages,  which he then resold  at a big ad­
vance to the  very men  from  whom he had 
bought 
they  in  turn  selling  again 
to their customers at a profit and  all happy.
But such bold ventures in this department 
of trade are no  longer  possible.  Owing to 
the multiplication of creameries  throughout 
the butter-making states during the past few 
years,  and especially to the  recent improve­
ments in the manufacture  of  butterine  and 
oleomargarine, by all  of  which  processes a 
cheaper, more uniform, attractive and conse­
quently more salable  article  can be  made, 
country merchants  who  have  been in  the 
habit of purchasing lajgely from their coun­
try customers,  as  per  aforetime,  and  ship­
ping to  the  public  markets,  have  found 
themselves the losers.  Because in the very 
nature  of  the  case,  their  collections from 
their different customers must be of a mixed 
and  heterogeneous  character.  Some  lots 
fresh;  some more or less rancid;  some well 
worked; some underworked; some  oversalt­
ed; some  imdersalted;  some  yellow;  some 
white; some sweet,  some  sour,  just as M rs. 
Smith, or  Jones,  or  Johnson  brings  it  in. 
These he unwisely  jumbles  together  as  he 
receives them from time to  time,  into a sin­
gle mass  of  unsavoriuess,  which,  after a 
time, he forwards to  his commission  house 
or grocer in tubs, jars or other vessels,  to be 
sold “at the highest market price.” 
It goes 
without saying that such  consignments find 
slow sale at any price,  and  a large  propor­
tion of the invoice is finally relegated to the 
cellar,  to grow old and  finally,  in sheer des­
peration,  to be sold  for  grease  at one-third 
or fourth the price  the  consignor expected. 
It would be astounding,  were it  practicable 
to procure the figures, to see  the  aggregate 
of losses sustained by the country dealers in 
Michigan the past two years on this  article. 
It is the opinion of  business  men  who are 
conversant  with  the  facts  that it  would 
amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
There are some dealers yrho  take the pains 
to grade their butter as they receive  it from 
first  hands, 
its  quality, 
color,  etc., handle it neatly and ship in good 
order in properly graded  lots.  Where they 
have bought judiciously,  these  are  usually 
rewarded with a cash balance in their favor. 
But where the  shipments  are  not  strictly 
fresh and well handled they are doomed to a 
losing discount.  The  increasing  supply of 
the more desirable  creamery  butter,  to say 
nothing of the  always  attractive-appearing 
substitute, which  many prefer  to slip-shod 
dairy,  forms  an  impassable  barrier  to its

according 

it, 

to 

sale at remunerative prices, and in any event 
reduces it to  a dull and undesirable product 
on the market.

During the past two or three years, espec­
ially,  have country dealers suffered from the 
continuous depression of the  butter market. 
Commission  merchants  with  their  cellars 
and warerooms piled full with ton upon ton 
of the undesirable  stock  have  discouraged 
their customers from making consignments. 
Hence the traffic is preceptibly diminishing, 
and in the ratio  that  it  diminishes  are the 
creameries multiplying.  It is also gradually 
dawning on the  minds  of  the  agricultural 
classes, that,  one  year with  another,  they 
can realize as great  profit  with  their cows, 
and even  greater,  by selling  their  milk or 
cream  direct  to  the  creameries,  than  by 
manufacturing it themselves into butter.  It 
may therefore be  reasonably asserted that a 
revolution is being effected in the dairy but­
ter trade of this country,  and  that ere  long 
the manufacture of the butter of* the trades­
men will be transferred from  the churns of 
the fanners to the more  scientific and com­
plete methods of the  creamery.  Just as in 
the past quarter of a century  the  manufac­
ture of cheese has passed out of  the  hands 
of individual  makers into the great  cheese 
factories.

In corroboration of the views above given 
it may be said that new creameries of great 
er or  less  .capacity  are  being  established 
throughout the country,  wherever  sufficient 
encouragement can be had from the farming 
communities concerned to  justify the enter 
prise.  Farmers will  find it to their interest 
not to stand in the way of this manifest des­
tiny.  The substitutes have apparently come 
to stay,  despite  all  state  laws to the  con 
trary,  and with the creameries  may  be des­
tined to give to  the  public a  more  whole­
some, more uniform and cheaper commodity 
than has ever been experienced hitherto un­
der the old  fashioned  single  dairy  system. 
At least, whatever amount of dairy  product 
Î3 thrown upon the market henceforth must 
be only of the  better  quality,  and  handled 
with adequate care and skill.

H ow  to Pack Eggs.

From the W estern Rural.

Be sure  (especially  in  the  summer  sea­
son) that your eggs are not  only  sound but 
recently laid.  Eggs may be  “candled” and 
repacked at the West; but if they are  stale, 
though still  apparently  sound,  they will be 
sure to reach the  market  in  bad  order,  or 
will so rapidly change on  being opened that 
dealers will be sure to lose money on  them. 
The motion of the cars over such  long  dis­
tances so  muddles  the  eggs  not  entirely 
fresh that they will appear cloudy and stale, 
and will soon spoil, if indeed they are not al­
ready bad.  Do not hold lots after  they are 
packed.  Ship  at  once  while  fresh.  Use 
very strong,  stiff barrels;  put four inches of 
packing evenly over the  bottom of  the bar­
rel  (use fine kiln-dried  cut  straw  or  wheat 
chaff;  never  use  oat  or  buckwheat 
chaff); then a  layer  of  eggs  laid  upon  the 
sides evenly imbedded  in  the packing with 
the ends toward the barrel,  but about three- 
fourths of an inch from  the  staves.  Cover 
the layer with the  packing to  the  depth of 
one inch,  rub well in between the eggs with 
the hand.  After each two  or  three  layers 
are put in  they should  be  well  settled by 
using a plank follower and shaking the bar­
rel  until  well  settled.  Place  about  four 
inches of packing over  the  last  layer. 
In 
heading great caution should be used in hav­
ing the head press firmly on  the  straw,  so 
that the eggs cannot  work  loose in the bar­
rel by handling,  but not so tight as to break 
them.

In  winter,  to  guard  against'  frost,  use 
more packing,  leaving the eggs further from 
the packages.  Great  care  should be taken 
not to pack in new oats, oat straw or  chaff; 
they will sweat and  rot  the  eggs in a  very 
short time.  Eggs  are  often  much broken 
from crowding too many into  the  package. 
For an ordinary flour barrel  from sixty-five 
to seventy dozen  are quite  sufficient.  Pat, 
say four and a half dozen in the  first layers 
and increase to six dozen in the  middle lay­
er, then decrease  again  at  the  same  rate. 
The count should be carefully made and cor­
rectly marked upon the  barrel.

T he Sugar Sw indle  in  Lyons,  France. 

From the Western Druggist.

Some months past  an  ingenious  French­
man announced that he had  discovered how 
to convert starch  into  saccharose  or  cane 
sugar.  He gave open exhibitions of his skill 
and people flocked to his place, many out of 
mere curiosity,  but also some capitalists de­
sirous of investing in  an  enterprise  which 
bade fair to paralyze the German beet sugar 
industry.  The process employed  consisted 
in heating potato  parings in a  close vessel 
under pressure with sulphuric  acid and wa­
ter; this converted the starch  into dextrine, 
and to this a strong electric current was ap­
plied.  The sulphuric acid was  then  satur­
ated with lime,  excess  of  lime  separated 
from the  liquid  as  carbonate  by carbonic 
acid,  and the clear liquor  finally evaporated 
and  crystallized. 
Investigation  by  some 
chemists  soon  disclosed,  however, that  in­
stead of lime  the  wily  Frenchman  added 
saccharafe of lime  to  the  acidulated  solu­
tion,  which  of  course  accounted  for  the 
presence of cane sugar,  and  stamped the al­
leged discovery as a barefaced  swindle.

Brands the Best Criterion.

From the California  Grocer.

Brands are the best criterion to value after 
all, no matter what the  line  of  goods. 
In 
all the lines of  manufacture  properly class­
ed as prepared foods,  the demand  is for old 
and reliable brands; and well  known  packs 
always regulate  market  values. 
In  many 
other lines of goods, which  are  in  common 
use,  though they cannot strictly be regarded 
as foods,  the  prevailing  notion  is  that  an 
inquiry as to brands will be  taken as an in­
dication of prudishness,  and  a  cursory  in­
spection of  the  goods  satisfies  consumers. 
Too great care cannot be  taken  in  buying, 
be the  intended  purchase  animal  or  vege­
table food; prepared  or in the  natural state.
Recently in one of the large Eastern cities, 
so simple an article as ginger  was  found to 
contain a large  proportion  of  nux  vomica 
seeds.  Like  the  ginger,  these  seeds  had 
been limed in  the  usual  manner,  and  had 
passed through the hands of  several dealers 
unnoticed,  though  ordinary  care  ought  to 
have led  to  their  discovery.  The  mixture 
was thought to be due  to  the  ignorance  of 
some operative who had been intrusted, with 
the duty of bleaching an inferior lot  of gin­
ger.  Explanations of how the drug became 
mixed with the  ginger would give  very lit­
tle satisfaction to  the  consumer,  who  had 
been made an innocent victim of the criminal 
carelessness of some designing  manufactur­
er. 
Inferior goods  are  mainly accountable 
for the frequency of  these  so  called  acci­
dents.

In straight  goods  of  first  quality there 
would have been no occasion for the process 
which resulted  in the  dangerous  mixture. 
The prepared ginger  would be  labeled  and 
branded with a familiar mark.  The quality 
would be the same to:day as it was ten years 
ago; perhaps improved by some later process 
of manufacture, but  certainly  showing  no 
deterioration.  How different the case  with 
the inferior goods, bearing a  fictitious or an 
unknown brand,  Poor goods, of a very un­
satisfactory quality at best; cheap, and  rea­
sonably so; perhaps adulterated and contain­
ing some deadly poison mixed  with the ma­
terial through accident  or  design.  Dealers 
and consumers will always find  their greiat- 
est security in standard goods.

Louisville’s  Tobacco  Celebration.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

The several  branches  of  the  Louisville 
tobacco  trade are being  aroused  to the im­
portance of duly celebrating the unexampled 
triumph of  selling 100,000 hogsheads.  No 
other city on this continent or  elsewhere in 
the world,  ever  sold  100,000  hogsheads  of 
tobacco  in  a  twelvemonth,  but  Louisville 
will have accomplished that feat by the mid­
dle of  September,  or  in  eight  and a  half 
months. 
It is a  great  achievement,  richly 
deserving a great  commemoration,  especi­
ally as the event may  be  made  a  matter of 
general notoriety  that  this city,  which  has 
been at any time in the last decade the larg­
est tobacco market in the world, has doubled 
its tobacco  husiness  in  five  or six  years. 
Nor is the celbration of  such  a  triumph an 
event of interest alone to the  tobacco trade. 
The  large  contingent of support which the 
receipt and sale of $12,000,000  or  $15,000,- 
000 worth of a single article of  prodoce fur­
nishes Louisville banks,  to nearly  all  lines 
of general merchandise,  to  the  owners  of 
block after block of realty and ware houses, 
to the railroad and river  interests, to labor­
ers  and  draymen—all  this  clearly  means 
that it is a matter of universal interest. The 
sales up to Saturday last  footed  up  about 
95,000 hogsheads, and the  cental  of  thous­
ands will be reached probably at  the end of 
a fortnight.

Seedless  Fruits.

Fruits of all kinds may be grown without 
seed by reversing the  cion,  that is,  rooting 
the  top  end  of  the  cion.  To  do  this you 
can bend the  cion  to sprout down, and cov­
er it with dirt,  and after rooting cut it loose, 
and let  the  root  end  be  up.  Apples  are 
grown without cores, peaches  without  pits 
and  grapes,  plums,  cherries,  blackber­
ries and every other  kind of  fruit  may be 
grown without seed by simply reversing the 
cion.  Persimmons without seed are  not to 
be excelled by any other fruit in  this  coun­
try  when  dried.  Apples  cooked  without 
cores  are  delightful.  Grapes  have  been 
raised for 5,000 years without seed.  Peaches 
dried whole  without pits would  be  a  hun­
dred  times  better than those shaved up and 
dried.-  The seeding  of cherries has  been  a 
great trouble to cooks.

Couldn’t be Fired.

Scene in a grocery store.  Proprietor  talk­
ing with customer,  while  clerk  tries  to get 
a bushel of potatoes out of  a  barrel  into a 
sack.

Prop.—They’ll be  ready  in  a few  min­

Cu8.—What’s 

the  matter  with  your 

utes, sir.

clerk?

Prop.—Inexperienced.
Cus.—Why don’t you fire him?
Prop.—Too green to be fired.
The use  of  chiccory for the adulteration 
of  coffee  has  so  diminished 
sale 
of the latter in  great  Britain  that  less  is 
sold to a population of 36,000,000 now  than 
to 27,000,000 in 1848.

the 

NO. 104

!

Own Your  Own Premises.

From the California Canner.

It is  strange  commentary  that  in  this 
money-making,  money-getting age commer­
cial callings should willingly  continue  pay­
ment  of the  enormous  tribute  to  capital, 
which for  years has  been  exacted  in  all 
cities of any size in the shape  of  rent.  No 
single item of expense in the conduct of any 
wholesale or retail  business  assumes  such 
importance  in  a  year’s  balances  as  the 
charge for rent.  The talent requisits of the 
successful men in mercantile pursuits should 
naturally suggest the urgency  of  the neces­
sity of the avoidance  of  so  serious  a hin­
drance to the progress and prosperity of any 
enterprise in which  he  is to take an  active 
part.  Store rents only  can  be  avoided by 
the purchase of the property  rented.  Ordi­
narily such a purchase  calls  for the  outlay 
of considerable capital,  but it  has been gen­
eral experience that increase in value of the 
property pays a splendid rate of  interest on 
the original  investment.  While  plant,  fix­
tures and  stock  show  steady  deterioration 
by constant use, the business site as certain­
ly acquires advantages, and land values grad­
ually advance to the fabulous  figures which 
penetration and  calculation  could have told 
at the commencement of  the  term  of  the 
lease.

If at the close of an active commercial ca­
reer,  the retiring merchant could add the in­
crease in value of thè property  he  has used 
with so much success,  to  the  store  his en­
ergy and  pluck  has  secured  to  him,  he 
would find his competency  redoubled.  How 
often this increase in value  has immeasure- 
ably exceeded  the  reward of a lifetime  of, 
close application in some mercantile pursuit, 
can best be told by the retired  merchants of 
any  of  the  rapidly-growing  cities  of  the 
great West.  They have seen  rents steadily 
increase and business  property advance  un­
til its value is counted  in  thousands of dol­
lars to the  foot.  They  have  retired  with 
modest  fortunes,  but  their  landlords  are 
millionaires.  As remarked at the outset,  it 
seems a strange adjustment of  the  equities 
which denies to merchants a small  share in 
the increased value of the  property  to  the 
improvement of which their activity,  enter­
prise and  industry  has  been  the  greatest 
contribution.

American and European Business Manners 

Contrasted.

A gentleman writes the  New  York  Sun 
as follows relative to a  boorish  tendency in 
American business life:

To one accustomed to the  business  man­
ners and methods of Europe,  our  American 
lack of manners is intolerable.

In Europe,  if one  has  business  to  tran­
sact with a merchant or manufacturer,  he is 
politely invited to take a  seat,  his  card be­
ing handed to the principal.  At the  proper 
time he is  requested  to  enter  the  private 
office,  where  undivided  attention  is  given 
film.  Should  he  not  retire  when  through 
with his business he  is  soon  reminded  by 
word or manner that it is time to leave.

On this side of  the Atlantic  one  may be 
engaged, as  plainly to be  seen,  in  earnest 
conversation when one  or  more  persons  (I 
will not say gentlemen)  will,  without  sem­
blance  of  apology,  intrude  their  business 
upon  you  vis-a-vis,  or  gabble  about  the 
weather,  or coming boat or  horse race.  No 
matter how pressing your time  or business, 
you must endure it or  insult the boors.  So 
fearful are  they  of  losing  one  almighty 
dollar that  their  faces  have  a wolfish ex­
pression.

One of these nuisances lately, while I was 
in earnest conversation  with  a  gentleman 
upon a husiness  matter,  injected  himself, 
and kept me waiting  at  least  ten  minutes 
listening to his  drivel,  until  I  said:  “Sir, 
my time is as valuable as yours. 
I have the
prior right  to  M r.--------’s attention,  and I
claim what is due me.”  He left. 
I was no 
more astonished at his affrontry  than I was 
that the gentleman  with  whom I was  con­
versing should have  tolerated  it. 
I  am  an 
American.

Gulf of Mexico Oysters.

Oysters and shrimps from the Gulf of Mex­
ico are at length finding  their  way  into the 
markets of the South,  and may,  it is believ­
ed by  some,  at  no  distant  time  compete 
strongly  with  Chesapeake  oysters in  those 
markets.  The Southern oysters  are said to 
be of good size and  flavor,  and  the  Barra- 
taria shrimp is considered  a  great delicacy. 
Even now they are on  the  bills  of  fare  at 
Southern watering  places.  Large  canning 
establishments have been erected  at  points 
between Pensacola and  New  Orleans,  and 
the daily output from each of these factories 
is now about 5,000  cans.

The United States import  annually  some 
600,000 gallons of olive  oil  of all sorts  and 
descriptions,  the bulk of which  comes from 
Italy.

Eyesight among  civilized  people is by no 
means so  strong  as  among  savages.  An 
American in Zululand,  by the  assistance of 
a powerful  glass,  made out two distinct ob­
jects on the horizon, which he guessed to be 
a mounted man with a walking  companion. 
The Zulus with him were able at once to in­
form him who  the  man  was, and  that he 
was accompanied by his wife on foot.

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

,  E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  16,1885.  *

Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized, at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

„  

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

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

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,

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

TWO  YEARS  OLD.

With the issue of the present  week,  T h e 
T ra desm a n completes  its  second  publica­
tion year and enters upon a  third  year  un­
der most favorable auspices and with bright­
er prospects than ever  for the future.  The 
two years past have been fraught with many 
pleasant and profitable experiences, and it is 
the ardent hope of the publishers  that  T h e 
T ra desm a n  may 
continue  to  grow  in 
the good graces of the retail  trade of Michi­
gan.  Duly thankful for the generous recep­
tion accorded the paper from the beginning, 
and conscious of the proud  position it occu­
pies in the  estimation  of  its  readers,  the 
publishers  will  strive to  render the journal 
even more valuable in the future than it has 
been in the past,  feeling  assured  that  they 
will be the recipients  of  the  same  cordial 
co-operation  which  has  enabled  them  to 
make  T h e  T ra desm a n  what  it  is at the 
present time.

It is a good thing that the members of the 
legal profession  are becoming aware of  the 
serious defects which attend the administra­
tion of justice in the  United States.  A  re­
port to a bar association on  the “Law’s De­
lays” shows that  the  average  length  of  a 
lawsuit varies from eighteen  months  to  six 
years according  to the states  in which  it  is 
prosecuted.  The uncertainty varies from 18 
to 55 per cent, of reversals,  on  appeal  to  a 
higher tribunal.  This shows that  our  ma­
chinery works but clumsily,  and it is  fortu­
nate for the lawyers that merely  a minority 
is directly  affected  by  these  evils. 
If  the 
majority ever went to  law,  it  would  sweep 
away the whole of our modern improvements 
and go back to something  as  simple  as  the 
Turkish cadi,or the  Hebrew  judge, “sitting 
in the gate.”

The proposition to  change  the  name  of 
Scribner street to a  more  appropriate  title 
is entirely in keeping with the  growth  and 
spirit of the Yalley City.  While  the  elder 
Scribner may have accomplished  something 
for the West Side,  his  imbecile  sons  have 
done all that lay  in  their  power  to  retard 
that portion of the city,  and* to their  insen­
sate policy is due that lack of  the  progress 
which was so marked before the removal  of 
the car shops and other industries, which were 
driven to other parts of the  city  by  reason 
of  the Scribners’  short-sighted  greediness. 
In consequence  of such  actions, they  have 
forfeited the respect of decent people every­
where, and it is not to be wondered at  that 
the West Siders  should  wish  to  obliterate 
the name so far as possible.

The East Saginaw Courier  takes  a  local 
contemporary to task  for  insinuating  that 
salt can be purchased of  the  Michigan Salt 
Association for less than the  price at which 
it is quoted by the Association—80 cents per 
barrel.  The Association  may have sold oc­
casional small lots at the  price  named, but 
all carlots which have come over to this side 
of the State of late have been  billed  out at 
72K  cents.  The  Courier  should  take  a 
tumble to itself,  and drop its  quotations ex­
actly 7K cents per barrel.

All retail dealers of  Grand  Rapids  who 
think  that  organization would be  a benefit 
to them  and to the  trade are  requested to 
communicate  with 
the  editor  of  T h e 
T ra d esm a n, signifying their willingness to 
join  in establishing such an association. 
It 
is  desirable  to  hear from all  who  think 
favorably  of an  early  meeting,  giving any 
views they see  fit  and  naming  time  and 
place  which  would be most convenient for 
such a  meeting.

. 

The new pharmacy  law  goes  into  effect 
Friday.  All  candidates  for  registration— 
without examination—must file their  appli­
cations  with  Secretary  Jesson, before  the

The Chicago Inter-Ocean strikes  the nail 
on the head in  the  following  reference  to 
the labor situation:  “There can be no good 
reason offered  against  workingmen and ar­
tisans of every  class  organizing  for  their 
own  protection.  But  their  best  interests 
are not achieved  by  breaking  down  manu­
facturers and organized capital in the prose­
cution of great enterprises.”

The friends of  co-operation  find  the best 
practical demonstration  of  their  theory  in 
the success of the co-operative cooper shops 
of Minnesota.  The  first  Co-operative Bar­
rel Association of  Minneapolis  was organ­
ized in the fall of  1874, with a capital stock 
of 315,000,  each member paying in $15,  and 
a weekly assessment of $5.  The success of 
this organization was such that it was follow­
ed in 1877 by a second, in 1880 by a third, and 
in 1881  by a fourth  and  fifth,  and  subse­
quently by two more—all of which are  now 
doing well.  Each  stockholder  has  but one 
vote, however many shares of  stock he may 
possess; a condition which tends  to prevent 
consolidation of the stock in  a  few  hands. 
These co-operative  organizations  possess a
good property,  are very thrifty and success- 
. 
.
Ill, with a  capital  stock  ranging  in  each j  R a t i o n  ninm etydajs
case from  fifteen  to  seventy  thousand dol­
lars,  paid up.  They are  all  doing a  good 
business.  What  is  more  important, 
the 
cooperg, who before this co-operative move­
ment had a poor reputation of  sobriety  and 
law and  order,  now  stand high in  the esti­
mation of the community  as  good  citizens.- 
The effect of  co-operation in decreasing in­
temperance is especially marked.  The first 
association,  the old  “Co-operative,”  has its j sen out. 
own  manufactory  of  stock  in  Chippewa i 
comity, Wis., employing there  a  capital of I 
$3,0,000,  with  prudence  and 
success,  j 
The seven co-operative companies are doing | 
business to the amount of one million dollars j  Chas. D. Fisher  has  purchased  the  con- 
yearly.  Referring to this  condition  of  af- | fectionery department of his  brother’s busi- 
fairs.  the  Christian Union  pertinently re- ! ness at 3 North Division street.
marks:  “This  does,  indeed,  necessitate 
economy,  self-denial,  less beer and  tobacco, 
etc. ,'but the gain is worth  all  that it costs. 
Organize to become  capitalists  yourselves, 
not  to  fight  the  capitalists  who  employ
you.

Brown,  Hall & Co. have added  a  line  of 
fur robes, and have already disposed of over 
400.

A. Purchase has engaged  in  the  grocery 
business at  South  Blendon.  Fox,  Mussel- 
man & Loveridge furnished the stock.

Geo. R. Allen,  dealer in gents’  furnishing 
goods at 39 Monroe street,  is  advertising to

Benjamin Moe has engaged in the grocery 
Co. 

John Himes & Co.  have,  sold  a  portable 
engine  and  boiler  to  Hannaford,  Bates  & 
Co., shingle mill operators near Rodney.

business  at Plainfield.  Cody,  Ball 
furnished the stock.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

The British  Government,  which has been 

ijU(pvig Wintemitz,  jobber in compressed 
transmitting twenty-five words by telegraph  yeag|.  an(j   vinegar,  contemplates  adding a 
to any part  of  the  realm  for  twenty-four  jine 0f imported German cheeses and chicory 
cents-one shilling-now announces that after
Hall  &  Manning,  sawmill  operators  at 
October 1 ten words can be  transmitted  for 
Hersey, have put in a planing  mill  in  con­
twelve  cents,  address  and  signature  not 
nection.  Hester & Fox  furnished  the  ma­
counted.  The rate is to be uniform through­
chinery outfit.
out the kingdom,  as it should be throughout 
the United States.  The difference in actual
Clark,  Jewell & Co. and Hawkins & Perry 
cost between a long  and  short  distance  is J furnjs]ie(i the grocery  stock for  J.  C.  Shaw 
nothing like as  great  in  the  sending  of  a  & 
who wm engage in business at Mike 
telegraphic message as in the transportation j caixfield’s old stand on Canal street, 
If it be  true,  and  England
of  the
has demonstrated that  it  is  true,  that  th e ,
people can  carry on  their  own 
operations through the Government without 
any cost to the taxpayers,  and  with  great 
increase of facility and great decrease of ex­
penditure  to  those  who use the  wires,  it 
is difficult to conceive  of  any  reason  why 
the Government should leave the wires,  and 
so the control of all  rapid  intercommunica­
tion,  in the hands of private capitalists.

Geo. H. Maul, of Ionia,  and  John  Maul,
their  own  telegraph  of D<*oit, have formed a eopartoerstap un
der the firm  name of  Maul  Bros.,  and en­
gaged in the  retail  grocery  business  in the 
Wenham block,  on North Division street.

Edwin Densmore goes to Wyandotte next 
week-to set up a rotary veneer machine  and 
a  machine for cutting to width for  Reed  & 
Fitch, who are about engaging in the manu­
facture of cheese and barrel  hoops  at  that 
place.  They  will  get  their  timber  from 
Canada.

mails. 

The  disreputable  “sell-out”  of  W.  H. 
Fletcher, the  Muskegon  groceryman,  em­
phasizes 
the  statements  made  by  The 
T r a d e s m a n   last week relative to  the Col­
vin matter,  at Big Rapids.  The time is ripe 
for the  enactment  of  a law  making  it a 
criminal offense for  a  merchant to  dispose 
of his stock without first  satisfying the de­
mands of his  creditors.

John Kamps  succeeds  John  Gulpker  as 
general dealer and  postmaster at  Zutphen. 
He has put in an entirely new stock purchas­
ing his groceries of Fox, Musselman & Lover­
idge, his dry goods of Yoigt, Herpolsheimer 
& Co. and his boots  and  shoes  of  Rindge, 
Bertsch & Co.

Madison J. Ulrich,  formerly  engaged  in 
the grocery  business  at  33  West  Bridge 
street, contemplates  purchasing  the Went­
worth & Cannon  grocery stock,  on  South 
Division street. 
In case  of  purchasing,  he 
will  probably remove the stock  to  some lo­
cation on the West Side.

D. W. Williamson  is  getting out an em­
ery grinder for  shop  use;  also  a  grinding 
machine,  suitable 
for  grinding  planer 
knives,  tools,  etc.  One  of  the  latter  ma­
chines will be ready for use  about  October 
1,  and in the event of its proving  a  success 
several sizes will be put upon the market.

E.  Fallas has 153 casks of eggs in  pickle, 
containing about 26,000 dozen.  He expects 
to  see the  present upward tendency  in the 
egg market continue for some time to come, 
in case the weather  remains  favorable  for 
such advance.  Mr. Fallas predicts that but. 
ter will be more plenty and cheaper this fall 
than for many seasons past.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

A. A. Weeks has engaged in the drug and 

grocery business at Grattan:

Mow & McLain, restauranters at Manton, 

have put in a stock of groceries.

Stanton & Smith succeed Henry  Ford  in 

the hardware business at Lawton.

Ogle & Monteith,  grocers  at  St.  Ignace, 

have started a branch store at  Seney.

T.  C. Allison,  of  Hastings,  contemplates 

engaging in general trade at Maple City.

Walter  Woodhams,  grocer at  Plainwell, 

contemplates adding a line of dry goods.

N.  O. Ward has erected a new store build­
ing at Stanwood and will  put  in  a stock of 
hardware.

A.  Root has sold  his  hardware  stock  at 
Evart to  O. M. Brownson,  and will remove 
to Elmira, N.  Y.

It is C.  E.  Goodwin  &  Co.—not  F.  E. 
Seaman & Co.—who have  purchased the F. 
T.  Boise drug stock at Nashville.

L.  H.  Chapman has purchased the grocery 
stock and store  building  of  Roys Bros., at 
Cedar Springs,  and will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Jos. P.  Cordes has engaged in the grocery 
business on  the  Alpine  gravel  road, three 
miles north of  the  city.  Clark,  Jewell  & 
Co. furnished  the stock.

Lakeview  Enterprise:  A  man  by  the 
name of Ford from  Lansing  was  in  town 
this week looking for a building in which to 
put a large grocery stock.  We do not know 
certainly whether he will come, or not.

R. Y. McArthur is erecting a new  double 
frame  building,  at  Rockford. John  Bailey 
will occupy one store  with  his  agricultural 
implement business,  and  it  is reported that 
the  drug firm  of  Ives & McArthur will put 
a stock of clothing in the other side.

A  Nashville  correspondent  writes:  The 
firm of Campbell & Messimer has dissolved. 
The stock has been  divided,  Campbell tak­
ing his portion  to  Watson, Allegan county, 
while Messimer will add a stock of groceries- 
and carry on the business at  the old  stand.

STRAY  FACTS.

A.  L.  Gark, jeweler  at  Manistique,  has 

removed to Imlay City.

Geo. McClelland has engaged in  the meat 

business at Cross Village.

C.  A.  George succeeds George & Williams 

in the furniture business at Stanton.

Bennett  &  Cook,  jewelers  at  Cadillac, 

have been attached and closed out.

L.  J. Benford,  hardware  dealer  at  Port 
Huron,  has  assigned,  with  liabilities  of 
$ 6,000.

Gee Bros. & Cook,  furniture  and  carpet 
dealers at Bay City,  have  sold  their  carpet 
business to A. J.  Cooke.

E.  W. Pickett,  general  dealer  at  Way- 
land,  is building a one-story  addition to his 
store,  14x100 feet in  dimensions.

It is said that since the burning of Butters 
&  Peters’ mill,  at  Tallman,  the  people  of 
the town are moving  away  at  a  rate  that 
threatens its complete depopulation.

Frankfort Express; 

It is understood that 
the Northern Michigan  Line  is negotiating 
for the building of a large  passenger steam 
er that will cost  $75,000.  This  line is fast 
growing into prominence,  so  much so  that 
the two  steamers  now  running, the  Law­
rence and  Champlain,  are  not  capable  of 
carrying the  trade, which is steadily on the 
increase.  The new boat  will  be  built  this 
winter and probably be in readiness  for the 
spring opening.

Purely Personal.

L. J. Rindge and wife have returned from 

a tour of the Northern resorts.

Adoph  Leitelt has  returned from a  busi 
ness trip to  St.  Ignace,  Traverse  City and 
Bellaire.

John  Snitzeler,  of  the  firm  of  Voigt, 
Herpolsheimer  & Co.,  has  returned  from 
his Eastern trip.

Myron Hester,  of Hester  &  Fox,  made a 
tour of  the  lumber  producing  regions  of 
Northern Michigan last week.

Fred. Paquette, an experienced pharmacist 
is now in the  employ of  Cummer & Co.,  at 
Cadillac.  Mr.  Paquette  has  been  at  Bay 
City for some time past. 

Capt.  C.  G. Perkins,  of  Henderson,  Ky., 
came up  Monday for  a  few  days,  to  visit 
his  associates  in  the  firm  of  Hazeltine, 
Perkins  & Co.

D.  D.  Cody and O. A. Ball have  returned 
from Duluth, where they inspected  the tim­
ber properties of the Barnhart  Lumber Co., 
in which they are both interested.

i'

E.  C.  Moeller, the South Water street pro­
duce broker,  has been in town for  a  day  or 
two,  looking  over  the  apple  prospects,  of 
which staple he is a heavy handler.

Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Jennings and  family  have 
been spending several  weeks  with  friends 
and relatives at  HicksviJle,  Ohio.  ‘ ‘By Gee 
Crip” will  go  down  there  this  week and 
bring them  home.

W.  L.  Andrus,  half-owner  of  the  well 
known  oyster  house  of  D.  D. Mallory & 
Co.,  at Detroit was  in  the  city  last  week 
and placed the sale  of  the  Mallory oysters 
with F. J.  Lamb & Co.

Cedar Creek.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

out of logs, and is shut down.

Bigelow Brothers’ mill,  at  Muskegon,  is 

A.  C.  Wait  will  put in  a feed  mill  at 

Isaac  Watts  has  returned  from  Pitts­
burg,  whither he went as  a  delegate to  the 
National  Retail  Druggists?  Association. 
Dr. Watts was complimented by being made 
a member of the committee  on  credentials.
Soliman Snooks has  taken  refuge at the 
Northern resorts,  in order to  avoid  his  us­
ual annual attack of hay fever.  As soon as 
the frost kills the rag weed,  he  will  return 
to his home and business at Cant Hook Cor-
& Forrester’s shingle  mill  has  shut  down  ners, and resume his weekly  letters to T h e
and will soon move out.

Pardee, Cook  &  Co.,  of  Gun  Lake  and 
Point Sauble, will put in 12,000,000  feet  of 
pine this winter.

A  Pierson  correspondent  writes:  Leach 

T r a d esm a n.

The Diamond  Match  Co.’s two  mills,  at 
Ontonagon,  in a recent week  cut  out  8,499 
logs, which produced 2,085,807 feet.

W.  & A.  McArthur have  secured  specifi­
cation for a flouring  mill  at Cheboygan,  to 
have a capacity of 100 barrels per day.

Shepard,  Turner  &  Co.’s  tub  factory  at 
Stanton  is  now  substantially  completed. 
Thirty men will be given employment.

The  mill  of  John  F.  Minckler,  at  Iron 
River,  is now  running in  good  shape,  and 
manufactures both pine and hardwoods.

The  pine  accessible  to  the  J. E.  Potts 
Salt  &  Lumber  Co.’s  railroad  in  Oscoda 
county, has been cut out,  and the road is  to 
be extended four miles further.

Gow, Majo & Co., of  Muskegon,  continue 
to ship sawdust to Pullman,  111., to be used 
there in terra cotta manufacture.  A  recent 
cargo amounted to eighty tons.

The wages being offered in  Saginaw  val­
ley  for  woods  work  the  coming  logging 
season are $16  to  $20 a  month.  Plenty  of 
men are offering,  and many are being hired.
It is  said  that  Sibley  &  Bearringer,  of 
Saginaw,  own 250,000,000 feet  of  standing 
pine in the Duluth district.  They have  let 
contracts for putting in 40,000,000 to 60,000,- 
000 feet of logs the coming  season.

Edmore Journal:  McDonald  & Peters is 
the name of the new  firm  who are building 
a shingle mill where the planing mill recent­
ly  burned  down.  They  have  leased  the 
boiler and  engine  belonging  to Reed Bros, 
for power.

The Grand Haven Lumber Co.,which has 
been lumbering  near  Jenisonville  for  four 
months past, putting eight million of stand­
ing pine into Grand  river,  has  cut  all  the 
pine  in  that  locality  and  will  transfer  its 
logging  appliances  to  the  field  of  future 
operations near Edmore.

William  Holmes,  of  Menominee,  is  re­
ported to have bought of the Michigan Land 
& Iron Co.  the  pine  on  the  southwestern 
quarter of town 46,  range 33,  in  Marquette 
county,  for  which  he  paid  $28,000.  The 
tract is estimated capable of  turning off  9,- 
000,000 feet of logs.  This pine will go into 
Net  river,  commonly  known  as  the  east 
branch of the Paint.  The stream has never 
been logged  before,  and  will  require  some 
improvement.

Will Lamoreaux made a  wager  with  his 
wool buyer at Portland, J. B. Roe,  last July 
that  No.  1  wlleat,  cash,  would  touch  85 
cents within the next few months.  Lamor­
eaux’ prophesy come  to  pass  on  the  24th 
ult., and  a  day or  two  ago  he  received a 
draft for $40,  the wager  having  been  for a 
suit of clothes worth that amount.

Chas. Tasker, for several years past clerk 
for Dr. M.  Crane, at Bonanza, has purchased 
the grocery stock and will continue the bus­
iness at the old  stand.  Dr.  Crane  will  at­
tend a course  of  lectures  at  the  Eclectic 
Medical  College,  at  Chicago, the  coming 
winter, during which  time Mrs.  Crane  will 
manage  the  drug  and  dry  goods  depart­
ments.

Dell  Lovejoy,  who  has  served  T h e 
T ra d esm a n faithfully as  Big  Rapids  cor­
respondent for some time past, has accepted 
a position with the West Michigan  Lumber 
Co., and will consequently remove to Wood- 
ville.  Mr. Lovejoy is  well  and  favorably 
known  to  the business men of  Big Rapids, 
and his accession to the ranks of  the  West 
Michigan Lumber Co. is a good move on the 
part of that corporation.

The Gripsack Brigade.

J. T.  Avery, with  Jennings &  Smith,  is 
making a tour of the Lake Superior  region.
Most of the traveling men  are  staying in 
this week, helping to  entertain  the visiting 
trade.

Yalda A.  Johnston  bought  a  dog  collar 
the other day,  and the supposition is that he 
has a dog to fit it.

W.  C. Dexter,  representing  the  Norfork 
Storage Co., peanut  handlers  and  cleaners 
at Norfolk, Ya.,  Was in the city  last  week.
J.  E. Huston,  representing the  Knicker­
bocker Co., manufacturers of the Morse ele­
vator belt, Jackson, put in  Sunday  at  this 
market.

W.  F.  Robinson,  representing  Reed  & 
Gamoge, fish packers of  Gloucester,  Mass., 
was in the city last week,  interviewing  the 
jobbing trade.

Wm. H.  Downs and Clarence J. Peck will 
remain in the house this and  next week,  in 
order to entertain  such  outside  patrons  of 
Spring & Company as  may be in town dur­
ing the reunion or fair.

S. W.  Smith,  formerly on the road for the 
Alabastine Co., but for the past year located 
at  Clifton,  N.  Y.,  has  returned  to  Grand 
Rapids and will identify himself  with some 
one of the business houses here.

H.  W. Brandon,  formerly on  the road for 
John  Naylon &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  succeeds 
Hermanius  Hondorp as traveling  agent  for 
Brown,  Hall  &  Co.  Sherwood  Hall  and 
Cassius H.  Sweet also visit a portion of  the 
trade of the house.

The match game of base ball between rep­
resentatives  of  the  traviling  fraternity of 
Detroit and Grand Rapids will  probably not 
take place this  season.  The  Detroit boys 
failed to challenge the Yalley City ball toss- 
ers,  and the latter never  act  without an in­
vitation.

Marshall  Statesman:  Traveling men who 
visit our city to drum  up  trade  state  that 
there is every indication of the  approach of 
better times.  Buyers are  far  more  liberal 
in their orders,  for  they  are  selling  more 
goods  and the confidence of all seenjs to be 
restored.

Those of the traveling men who have made 
a tour  of  the  Northern  resorts—unaccom­
panied  by  their  wives—spin  suspicious 
yams regarding fish caught, maidens  capti 
vated  and  mammoth  mosquitoes  encoun­
tered.  They don’t say anything about empty 
pocket-books, however.

H.  P.  Colegrove, who  -sees  this  market 
every thirty days  for  E.  R.  Durkee & Co., 
of New York,  was  in  town from  Saturday 
until Tuesday.  One  peculiarity  of  Cole- 
grove’s visits  here is  that  he always  man­
ages to put in Sunday  here,  and  invariably 
takes a stroll down South Division street on 
Sabbath afternoon.

L.  M. Mills  proposes  to  take  advantage 
of  the immunity  afforded  those  who  are 
actually engaged in the drug  business, either 
as proprietor or clerk,  next Friday,  and  has 
accordingly arranged  to  enter  the  employ 
of Hunt & Hunter,  at Lowell,  on  that  day. 
Messrs.  Hunter & Hunt  will  accommodate 
| T h e  T ra d esm a n  by  keeping  the  genial 
j traveler at work washing bottles.

At  a meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’  As­
sociation,  held  on  the  5th,  the  necessary 
papers were received in proof of  the  death 
of C.  L.  Brown, and were approved  by  the 
Board.  The money will be paid as soon  as 
the Board determine who are entitled  to  it. 
Mr. Brown,  it  appears,  had  never  stated 
who  he  wished  his  beneficiary 
to  be. 
Death assessment No.  3  for 1885  closes  on 
the 22nd.

Arthur Meigs & Co.’s traveling men  now 
all  revel  in  the  luxury  of  gold  watches. 
Will Hawkins and Jim Brad,  have each  se­
cured fine Elgin timekeepers for themselves 
and their wives, R.  B.  Orr and  M. M.  Mal­
lory each sport watches in their vest pockets 
and  Hy.  Robertson  has presented  his  wife 
with a similar article.  The watches.are pres­
ents  from  the  P.  J.  Sorg  Co,r of  Middle- 
town, Ohio, the consideration  being the  ex­
tensive  sale  of  the  plug  tobacco manufac­
tured by that house.

D.,  a traveling salesman, had three trunks 
with him containing samples of  his  goods, 
and he had them checked as  baggage to II., 
taking the  ordinary  bagga’ge  checks  and 
agreeing to pay,  as  freight,  for  all  weight 
in excess of 300 ibs.  The  trunks  were de­
livered at I I o n  the  arrival  of  the train at 
9 p.  m.,  but  D. did  not  take  them,  as  he 
went on to 33.  He  returned to H.  the next 
morning,  Sunday,  and still  left  the trunks 
at the  station, not taking them to his hotel,

as usual,  and  leaving  the  freight  unpaid. 
The trunks had been placed in the  baggage 
room,  and early  on  Monday  morning they 
were  burned in a fire  which  consumed the 
depot,  through  no  negligence  of  the  com­
pany.  The  employers  of D.  sued  for the 
loss of the trunks  and  the  goods  in  them, 
claiming that they were  carried  as  freight, 
and the company defended  on  the  groimd 
that they held them as a warehouseman and 
not as a carrier. 
In this  case  (Hoeger vs. 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.  Paul  Railroad 
Company, the company  succeeded and  the 
plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme  Court of 
Wisconsin,  where the judgment  was affirm­
ed.  Judge  Cassidy  in  the  opinion  said: 
“The company accepted these trunks as bag­
gage from D.,  and he accepted the  baggage 
checks for them. 1  This settles the  question 
whether they were baggage or  not.  Under 
the contract to carry the trunks as baggage, 
the company was bound to  deliver  them at 
H.,  and keep them  on the  platform or like 
place,  for  the  passenger  to  surrender  his 
checks  and  take  them.  They  were  left 
with the company, however, and they stored 
them in the baggage room,  where they were 
burned.  The company was liable  as a ware­
houseman, and fire is not included in such a 
risk.”

A leading drug jobber  writes  as  follows 
relative to the desirability of  giving  travel­
ing salesmen a portion of the net  profits  o£ 
their sales:  Several  parties  who  have  an 
interest in the matter have  stated  that  the 
expense of keeping-account of the sales and 
profitsj would  be  too  great a  tax.  A  firm 
that has adopted the principle,  and  pursued 
it for over a year,  says that $50  per  month 
to the clerk whose duty  it  is  to  keep  the 
account has covered the expense.  This en- 
ables the house to keep,  an exact  record  of 
sales and profits or every salesman; also the 
net profits of each  department of  the  busi­
ness.  The gaining  in exact  knowledge  of 
each and every part of the business has been 
a good  investment.  So  far the  division  of 
the profits  among  the  salesmen  has  given 
perfect  satisfaction,  both  to  the  salesmen 
and firms.  Each man knows  exactly  what 
he has accomplished,  and that he is paid ac­
cordingly.  One feature of the plan  is  that 
the traveling expenses of nearly  every  man 
are reduced on an equal amount of business, 
while the sales of the goods paying a  profit 
have materially increased.  There  are  few 
jobbing houses at the present time  that can 
transact their business on a cost of less than 
ten per cent,  on the sales; add to this  inter­
est on  capital,  depreciation  on  stock,  and 
guarantee on  losses,  and  it  will  be  found 
that a large proportion  of  business  is done 
at an actual loss.  To  know  this  fact  and, 
get an intelligent understanding of the weak 
points of a  business is  of value to any firm 
who wishes to make a success. 
It  is to  be 
hoped the arrangement as  to salesmen  will 
be adopted more generally,  as  the  present 
state of affairs  and small margins  of  profit 
have  been  brought  about  largely  by  the 
eagerness of the travelers  to sell  and  meet 
quotations  given  by  rival  houses.  When 
it is found by  this class  that  every  cut  in 
price falls to some extent  upon  them,  it  is 
natural to presume they  will  use  more  ef­
fort to maintain rates.

Attention is called to the advertisement of 
Ludwig Winternitz,  on another page of this 
issue.  His compressed yeast and vinegar are 
now handled by the  best trade  in  the city, 
and  outside  merchants  would  do  well to 
send to him  for  samples  and  prices.  All 
enquiries will be promptly  answered.

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3  DOZEN  LARGE  1-2  POUND  CANS

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Silver

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14 pint PITCHERS,

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7 inch COMPORTS.
$ 7.50,

Giving to every purchaser a Glass Pitcher or Comport w ith each can, at 3t) cents^

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The SIL V E R   SPOON Powder to give entire satisfaction.

Arctic Manufacturing  Co.

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARM ACY.
On© Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Years—F. H. J. VanBmster, Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next place of  meeting—At Detroit, November 
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3,1885. 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kal-
SeeondVIce-President—B.  D.  Northrup,  Lan-
Third Vice-President—Frank  Wurzburg,  Gr’d 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  C o m m i t te e —H . J .   Brown,  A.  B. 
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Keller,  F.  W.
Next°piace  of  meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday, 

Rapids. 

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October 13,1S85.

Grana Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

OR G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9 ,1 8 8 4 .

O F F IC E R S .

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President—Frank J. Wurzburg. 
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank II. F«eoct.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. 
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Board  of  Censors-President,  Vice-President 
and Secretary. 
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Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeu wen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
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j.  Wm. L. White. 
r  ^Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B. 
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Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts,  U.  u .
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Committee on Trade  M atters—H. B. Fairchild, 
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening m
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'  Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
•  Next  Meeting—Thursday evening, October 1, 

Kimm, A. C. Bauer. 
Richmond, Jas. S. Co win. 
John Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen.
each month. 
November, 
a t “The Tradesman” office.

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REGISTERED  PHARMACISTS.

How to  Obtain  the  Necessary  Blanks  for 

Registration.

Secretary Jesson favors T h e T ra desm a n 
with  the  followin g exposition  of  the  in­
auguration of the Pharmacy act:

The Pharmacy act goes into effect on Fri­
day,  Sept.  18, on which day a person in  or­
der to  register  as  a  registered  pharmacist 
must be engaged in business as a dispensing 
pharmacist, or must  have  had  three  years 
practical experience in  drug  stores,  where 
the prescriptions of medical practitioners are 
prepared, and be so engaged  on Sept.  IS.

In order to register as  a registered assist­
ant, the person  must  not  be  less  than  18 
years of age, and must have  had two  years 
practical experience in drug stores,  prior  to 
Sept 18,  and must  be  so  engaged  on  that 
date.

All others who may desire registration  as 
registered  pharmacists,  and  who  do  not 
come under provisions of sections four  and 
six of the Pharmacy  act, must,  in  order  to 
continue in  their  profession,  came  before 
the Board for examination.  The first meet­
ing of the Board  for  that  purpose  will  be 
held at Detroit  on Nov.  3.  The  following 
official  notice  Will  bei  mailed  about  Sept. 
15 to the druggists  of  the  State,  so  far  as 
their  names  have  been  obtained  by  the 
Board:

D e a r Sir—Your attention is called to the 
enclosed copy of the  Pharmacy Act  passed 
by the last legislature,  and  approved  June 
2,  1885,and taking effect September 18,1885.
You will observe  that  all  applicants  for 
registration after Dec.  18,  1885,  must apply 
for registration as Licentiates in  Pharmacy 
and pass a satisfactory  examination  before 
the Board.

Previous to that date applications  may be 
made by the following persons  for registra 
tion without examination, and  blank  forms 
may be had for that purpose  by  addressin 
the secretary of the Board.

1st.  Proprietors of  Pharmacies  engaged 
as dispensing pharmacists,  on their own ac­
count in this State  on September  18,  1885. 
[Send for Form No. 1.  See  Sec.  4,  Phar­
macy Act.]

2nd.  Persons whd  have  been  employed 
or engaged three years or more  as  pharma­
cists  in  the  compounding  of  Physician’s 
prescriptions,  and were, so employed in this 
State ou the 18th  day  of  September,  1885. 
[Send for Form No. 2.  See See. 4, Pharmacy 
Act.

3rd.  Persons  not less  that  18  years  of 
age who have been employed  two  years  or 
more in pharmacies,  and were so  employed 
in this State on the 18th day of  September, 
1885. 
[Send for Form No. 3.  See  Section 
8, Pharmacy Act.

4th.  Any person wishing to make  appli­
cation  for  examination  as  Licentiate  in 
Pharmacy. 

[Send for Form No 4.

N ote L   The Board rules that in the  in­
terim between the making of the application 
and the’date set by the Board for the exam­
ination of the applicant,  he may continue to 
act  as  assistant  pharmacist.  Due  notice 
will be  given  applicants  of  the  time  and 
place set for their examination.

N ote 2.  Any one  receiving  this  notice 
can aid the Board by notifying his clerks or 
others of the necessity of registering  before 
Dec.  18,  1885.

Ottm ar E ber b a c h,
F. H. J. Y a n E m ster,
Geo rg e  McDo na ld,
J acob J esso n,
J am bs J^ek n ob,

Michigan Board of Pharmacy.

He Didn’t Know but He Might.

Deadbeat  (covered  with  dirt)—Where’s 

the bar?

bar?

Deadbeat—Why, the liquor bar, of course. 

What do you suppose I mean?

Hotel Clerk—I didn’t know but you might 

mean a bar of soap.

TH E  OFFICIAL  PROGRAMME.

The  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa­

Arrangement  of Business  for  the Coming 

Convention.
TUESDAY, 2 P . M.

Meeting called to order by President Crouter. 
Roll call.
Address of welcome by Mayor Grammond. 
Response by ex-President Wells, of Lansing. 
Reading minutes of last  meeting.
Address by G. W. Crouter, of Charlevoix. 
Presentation of names for membership. 

TU ESDA Y, 7 :30 P .  M.

W EDNESDAY, 9 A . M.

Report of Executive Committee  on Applica­
tions for membership.
Election of members.
Reports of officers.
Reports of committees.
Reading of papers.
Unfinished business.
Reading  of  papers  and  discussion  of same 
Trade interest?.
Trade interests.
Association taken to Detroit Opera House.

W EDNESDAY, 2 P .  M.

W EDNESDAY,  7 ¡30 P .  M.

continued.

TH URSDAY , 9  A.  M.

Election of officers.
Appointing of committees.
Miscellaneous and unfinished business. 
Adjournment.
“Home, Sweet Home.”

Recipes for Several Soaps.

HARD  WATER  SOAP. 

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A soap recommended for use in hard  wa­
ter or salt  water,  made  by  a  prominent 
Western  firm,  consists  of  tallow,  alkali 
and sal soda, with 50 per cent,  of rosin.

is made as follows:

COLD  SOAP

Tallow, 801b8.,
Cocoa nut oil, 20  lbs., heated to 155 3 
Caustic soda, 35° B., 58 lbs., and 
Silicate, 29 lbs., crutched in and framed.

A  GOOD  LAUNDRY  SOAP,
made by an Ohio firm consists of

65 parts tallow oil,
25 parts cocoa nut oil,
10 parts lard, with 
20 per cent, alkali.

SILVER  SOAP.

pound levigated putty  powder, 

The following are  among the  many  pre­
parations  used:  Mix  %  pound  jeweler’s 
rouge with %  pound  prepared  chalk.  Or, 
pound 
burnt  hartshorn,  1  pound  prepared  chalk 
and 1 ounce rose pink.  Or,  %  pound  fine 
chalk,  3 ounces pipe  clay, 2  ounces  white 
lead,  % ounces  magnesian (carbonate),  and 
the same quantity of jeweler’s rouge. 

cold Wa t e r soa p.

This soap,  which is recommended to wash 
clothes  without  boiling,  is  made  as  fol­
lows:

Curd soap (with 40 per cent, rosin) 709 lbs.
Sal soda (36).....................................   49  “

Mix and add 

17 lbs. spirits turpentine,
8)4 “  benzine,
6 lbs. F. F. F. F. aqua ammonia.

Then talc, flour or  magnesia is crutched 

in.

HARNESS  SOAP.

The following is a good imitation of  Col- 
It has been used with 

gates’  harness soap. 
good results:

E
Neat’s foot oil.............................. Onl
W ater................................................O 1
B eesw ax.............................................5 4
Gum  arable........................................I 1
B o rax ..................................................? 2
Glycerine................................... fl !  1
Soluble  blue...................................5
)4
Lampblack......................................... 5 1
Hard  soap..........................................ft 3

Mix.
Apply  gentle  heat,  and  lastly,  add  the 
soluble blue and,  lamp  black,  stirring  con­
stantly until cold.

Then and Now— 1846 and 1885.

Dr.  Chas.  Shepard  came to Grand Rapids 
in 1835, and in the year following  started  a 
drag store at the location now known as  59 
Monroe street. 
In 1846,  Dr.  L.  D.  Putnam 
purchased a  half  interest  in  the  establish­
ment, when the firm name became  Shepard 
& Putnam.  Six  years  later  the firm name 
was changed to L.  D. Putnam  &  Co., and 
seven  years  subsequently  Dr.  Putnam 
bought  out  his  partner’s  interest  and  ran 
the business in  his own  name  for  sixteen 
years,  when  Frank  J.  Wurzburg  was  ad­
mitted to partnership—having  been  identi­
fied with the establishment for fifteen years 
previously—and the firm name again became 
L.  D.  Putnam & Co.,  which  designation  it 
still bears.  The business was conducted  at 
59 Monroe street for eight  years,  when  the 
stock was removed across  the street, to No. 
62, where it remained  until  nineteen  years 
ago, when it was removed  two doors  south 
to  its present location,  58 Monroe.

“Yes,  I  am  the  oldest  druggist  in  the 
city,” said Dr.  Putnam the other day,  “hav­
ing dealt out quinine  continuously  for  the 
past thirty-nine years.  Times have changed, 
too,  since 1846. 
In those  days,  we  bought 
enough goods  in  September  to  last  until 
the following  June.  Everything purchased 
in New York came by the way of  the  Erie 
canal, the Great  Lakes  and  Grand  River. 
Alcohol then cost us only 30 cents  a gallon, 
and “Smith’s” whisky—which  was a favor­
ite brand back in the forties—cost us only 15 
cents a gallon.  White lead brought 7% cents 
in Buffalo, but the  quality was  very  much 
inferior  to  the  present  product.  Quinine 
commanded $2.50 an ounce,  and we  readily 
disposed of  it for $3 at wholesale and $3.50 
at retail—a clear profit of  50 cents  and  $1 
an ounce.  Now if  we make  five  cents  on 
the same quanity we consider ourselves  very 
lucky.  Opium then cost us $5 to $6 a pound 
and morphine $7 an  ounce,  instead  of  $3 
In those days we sold five pounds of  opium 
where  we  sell  one  now.  The  old  opium 
eaters have nearly all died off,  and the  new 
ones take to morphine.”

Her Sort of a Doctor.

“George, who is your  family physician?
“Dr.  Smoothman.”
“What, 

that infernal  numbskull?  How 

“Oh, it’s some of my wife’s  doings.  She 
went to see him  about  a  cold  in her  head, 
and he recommended that she wear  another 
style of bonnet.  Since then she won’t have 
any other doctor.”

tion.

The  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion closed its annual meeting  at  Pittsburg 
last  Friday.  During the  session  the  fol­
lowing  papers  were  read:  “An  Examina­
tion of the Glycerine of  Commerce,”  R.  B. 
Warder,  Lafayette,  Ind.;  “How  do  the 
Commercial Abstracts Agree in Active Con­
stituents with a Standard Made  in  Accord­
ance  with  the U.  S. P.,”  Yirgil  Coblentz, 
Cincinnati,  O.;  “An Examination of Com­
mercial  Spanish  Saffron,”  T.  M.  Mainish, 
Philadelphia,  Penn.;  “Oleate of  Mercury” 
by Emlen Painter, of New York;  “Caustic 
Potash  of  Commerce  and  Glycerine,” by 
Edward Goebel,  Louisville, Ky.;  “Chloro­
form,  Calomel  and  Menthol,”  by  R. W. 
Bedford,  of  New  York;  “Preparations 
Made from Fluids  and  from  Extracts,”  O. 
A.  Wall  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  “Glycerine, 
Calomel, Rermansinate of  Potash  in  Pills, 
Caustic  Potash,  Lead  Plaster  and  Lead 
Ointment,”  by  E.  L.  Patch  of  Boston; 
‘Arctic  Flora,”  by  G.  W.  Kennedy,  of 
Pottsville; 
“Exportation  of  American 
Drugs,”  by  L.  A.  Haber,  of  Cleveland; 
‘Pharmaceutical Note,”  H.  T.  Cummings, 
Portland,  Me.;  “Infected Solutions,” R. C. 
Eccles,  of  Brooklyn; 
“Prescriptions  of 
Fluid Extracts,” J. W.  Loyd, of Cincinnati;
Therapeutics as a a Part  of  Our  Pharma­
ceutical Education,” L.  E.  Sayre,  of  Law­
rence, Kan.  The finance committee report­
ed the receipts during the year  as  $10,269; 
expenditures $5,970;  leaving  a  balance  on 
hand of $4,278.79.  There  are  nearly 1,300 
members in good standing.  The  following 
gentlemen were elected a Drag Market Com­
mittee:  Messrs.  Alexander  H.  Jones,  of 
Philadelphia; E.  Waldo  Critter, of Boston, 
Mahlon  H.  Kline,  of  Philadelphia,  Chris­
tian F.  G. Meyer,  of  St.  Louis,  and  Louis 
Lehr,  of New York.  Providence was select­
ed as the  next  place  of  meeting,  and 
the 
date set the second Tuesday  in  September, 
1886.  The officers elected  for  the  ensuing 
year are as follows:

President—Joseph  Roberts,  Baltimore, 

Md.

Madison, Wis.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

First  Vice-President—J.  H.  Hollister, 

Second  Vice-President—A.  B.  Prescott, 

Third  Vice-President—James  S. Evans, 

West Chester, Penn.

Secretary—J.  N.  Mainish,  Philadelphia, 

Penn.

Treasurer—C. A. Tussts,  [Dover,  N.  H. 
Reporter of the Progress  of  Pharmacy— 

C. L.  Diehl,  Louisville, Ky.

The  National  Retail  Druggists’  Associa­

tion.

The third annual meeting of the National 
Retail druggists’  Association  convened  at 
Pittsburg on the 7th.  Forty delegates from 
various parts of the United States were pres­
ent.  The following  officers to serve for the 
ensuing year, were elected:  President, Ed­
ward A.  Sayers,  of  Brooklyn;  First  Vice- 
President,  A.  H.  Hollister, Wisconsin; Sec­
ond Vice-President,  C.  F.  Grazier,  Califor­
nia; Third Vice-President,  A.  K.  Findlay, 
Louisiana; Secretary, J. W.  Coleord,  Lynn, 
Mass.; Treasurer; F.  H.  Masi, Norfolk,  Va. 
The subject of  changing the form of the or­
ganization was discussed, but  a  conclusion 
was not reached.  The following Executive 
Committee was elected:  W.  H. Bartlett, of 
Boston; Charles  Holshuer,  of  Newark,  N. 
J.; H.  C.  Porter,  of Towanda, Penn.; A.W. 
Allen, of Minneapolis, Minn.; D. French, of 
Kansas City,Mo.; J. D.Wells,of Cincinnati, 
O.; J. M.  Good,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.; A. E. 
Ebert,  of  Chicago;  J.  F. Patton,  of  York, 
Penn., Arthur Nations,  of  East  Washing­
ton,  D.  C.; Leo Eliel, of South Bend,  Ind.; 
Theodore Schuman,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.;  and 
L.  E.  Sayre, of Louisville,  Ky.  A  resolu­
tion was adopted instructing  the  Executive 
Committee to memorialize Congress,  asking 
that the  druggists’ special  license  law  for 
the sale of liquors be abolished.  The repre­
sentation at future national conventions was 
fixed at three delegates from each State.

Chocolate Sirup for Soda Water.

From the W estern Druggist.

Take  of  Baker’s  Breakfast  Cocoa, 

ounce: mix with 1 ounce  of sugar,  and stir 
the mixture into 1 pint  of  boiling  water' in 
small  quantities at a time  and  with  brisk 
agitation,  so as  to  prevent  clotting.  Con­
tinue the boiling for two or three minutes to 
develop the flavor,  then  add  sugar, ground 
23 ounces; and continue  the  heat  until  all 
the sugar  is  dissolved,  stirring  constantly. 
Finally,  when  cold,  add  tincture  vanilla, 
fluid drams 2; tincture  quillaya, fluid drams 
2; and mix thoroughly. 
It  may be dispens­
ed  either  with  or  without  cream.  Care 
must be taken that the prepared  cocoa used 
be free from fat.

The Relation Between  Trusses  and Draft.
“Speaking of trasses,” said  Frank Wurz­
burg,  of the firm  of  L.  D. Putnam & Co., 
the other day,  “you ought to have  seen  the 
way we  rushed  them  out  during  the  draft 
incident to  the  late  war.  We  sold  more 
trusses in three months then  than  we  have 
in any three years since.  A man  who  was 
looking for an  excuse  to  evade  the  draft 
never questioned the  price,  neither  did he 
care on which  side  the  pad  was  located. 
And I have heard of cases where  the appli­
cant for release from draft was compelled to 
make an examination  before  answering the 
inquiries of the examining  surgeon as to the 
side on which the supposed rapture existed.”
At a  recent session of  the Illinios  Board 
of Pharmacy,  at Chicago,  only  twenty-one 
candidates  out  of  forty-six  who  presented 
themselves succeeded in passing  the exami­
nation.

Hotel  Clerk  (who  knows  him)—What 

does is happen you employ him?”

WHOLESALE  PEI0E  CURRENT,

A ilvancf'd—Nothing.
Declined—Alcohol, cinchonidia,  celery seed. 

ACID S

Acetic, No.  8.................................... 
9  ©  10
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. gxav.  1.040)........  30  @  35
Carbolic............................................   34  @  36
Citric.................................................  60  ©  65
Muriatic 18  deg............................... 
3  @  5
Nitric 36 deg.......................................  11  ©  12
Oxalic...............................................   13  @  14
Sulphuric  66 deg.............................  
3  ©  4
Tartaric  powdered........................   52  @  55
Benzoic,  English— ............. $  oz 
’ 18
Benzoic,  German............................  12  @  15
Tannic..............................................   12  ©  15

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................^  ft  15  @  18
14
Muriate (Powd. 22c)......................... 
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
5  @  6
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 
6  @  7

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................ 
F ir...................................................... 
P eru..................................................  
T olu................................................... 

BARKS.

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)...........  
Cinchona,  yellow.......................... 
Elm,  select.......................................  
Elm, ground, pure.......................... 
Elm, powdered, pure.....................   . 
Sassafras, of root............................ 
Wild Cherry, select......................... 
Bayberry  powdered....................... 
Hemlock powdered......................... 
W ahoo.............................................. 
Soap  ground.................................... 

B E R R IE S .

40@45
„10
2 00
50

11
18
13
14
!;
10
12
20
18
30
13

Cubeb  prime (Powd 80c)............... 
@  75
6  @  "
Ju n ip er............................................. 
Prickly Ash......................................  60  ©  60

EXTRACTS.

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

27
37)4
9
13
15
14

12
 

FLO W ERS.

Arnica..............................................  10  @  11
Chamomile,  Roman....................... 
*5
Chamomile,  German.....................  
25

GUMS.

2 8®

60®  75

........  
Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac.......................................
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c);..
Benzoin............................................  
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is 04 14c, Us  16c)............
Euphorbium powdered.................. 
Gafbanum strained................................. 
Gamboge........................................... 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c)...................... 
Kino [Powdered, 30cl.............................. 
Mastic........................................................ 
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $4.90)............... 
Shellac, Campbell’s ................................. 
Shellac,  English...................................... 
Shellac, native.........................................  
«0
Shellac bleached..............................  „„ 
T ragacanth......................................  30  @1 00

55®60 
___
25 
23®
13
35®  40
30®  90

40
3 50

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H oarhound.......................................................25
Lobelia...............................................................25
Pepperm int............................................. 
Rue.....................................................................
Spearm int........................................................ 24
Sweet Majoram................................................35
T anzy................................................................ 25
T hym e...............................................................30
W ormwood.......................................................25

 

6 40
20
7
 

®

IR O N .

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

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   13
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & 14s, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Senna tinnivelli...............................
Uva  Ursi...........................................
Belledonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
H enbane...........................................
Rose, red...........................................

LIQ U O R S.

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

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

®  50 
45 
2  00 50 
2  10 @  19V4 
2 00 75
*8 75 
1 20 
1 201 50 
6 00
7 50 
1 60
2  00 75 
35 
50
2 00 
2 01 
1 00 90
1 65 
1 80
80 
@  90
2 75 
1 25
50
1 30
3 50
8 00 65
®  67 
1  004 50 
7 00
55
@6  00 @5 00 
@  12
2  10 3 50 
2 00

M AGNESIA.

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

O IL S .

45

18

Almond, sweet.........................
Amber, rectified.....................
Anise.........................................
Bay $   oz..................................
Bergamont...............................
Castor.......................................
Croton...............................................
C ajeput.................................. —
Cassia...............................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella.......................................
Cloves...............................................
Cod Liver, N. F ........ ...............$  gal
Cod Liver, best.........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
E rigeron...........................................
Fireweed...........................................
Geranium  $   oz...............................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood.................................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers, French.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new crop............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .......................
Lemongrass.....................................
Olive, Malaga....................
Olive, “Sublime  I t a l i a n ...............
Origanum, red flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1........................
Pennyroyal-......................................
Peppermint,  w hite.........................
Rose  $   oz.........................................
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50)
Salad.................................................  65
Savin.................................................
Sandal  Wood, German................
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
Sassafras...........................................
Spearmint  .  .  .................................
T ansy............................................... 4 50
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10
W intergreen.................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
W ormseed.......................................

do 
do 

•

POTASSIUM .

Bicromate.................................$  ft
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 25c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, hulk.......
Prussiate yellow.............................

ROOTS.

A lkanet............................................
Althea, cu t.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in )4s and )4s__
Blood (Powd 18c)............. ................
Calamus,  peeled............. ...............
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  15o)........................
Ginger, African (Powd 14c)............  11
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........
Golden Seal (Powd 25c)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap,  powdered.............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15).............
Licorice, extra select.....................
Pink, tru e .........................................
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1.........................110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..................
Rhei, choice cut fingers................

V A RN ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.............................
E xtra  T urp..................................... .
Coach  Body...................... ..............
No. 1 Turp Furniture.....................
E xtra Turp  Damar........................ .
Japan Dryer, No.  1 T urp—  

Bbl
1M
m
1«
2)4
2)4

P A IN TS.

Vermilion, prime A m erican..
Vermilion,  English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly pure...........
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
Whiting, white Spanish..........
Whiting,  Gildersr.....................
White, Paris American...........
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  P aints---- -
Swiss Villa Prepared P aints..

.1 10@1 2i 
.1 60@1  70 
.2 75®3 00 
.1 00@1 10 
.1 55@1 60
70®  75 
Lb
2® i
2@ i
2® i
2)4® t
254® 3
13®16 
53@60 
16@17 
6)4 
6)4 
®70 
©90 
1 10 
1 40 
1 20@1 40 
1 00@1 20

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

t |i 4

SEEDS.

do 

do 
do 

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)..............
Bird, mixed In ft  packages..........
Canary,  Smyrna.............................
Caraway, best Duteh (Powd  20e).
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery................................................
Coriander,  Dest English................
F en n el..............................................
Flax, clean.......................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3)4)..................
Foenugreek, powdered..................
Hemp,  Russian...............................
Mustard, white  Black  10c)...........
Q uince.............................................
Rape, English..................................
Worm,  Levant.................................
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage...... 2
Nassau 
do 
do 
........
. . . .
Velvet Extra do 
do 
ExtraYellow do 
do 
.......
do 
Grass 
do 
........
Hard head, for slate use................
Yellow Reef, 
................
M ISCELLANEOUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.10) $  gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s .......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution............
Annatto 1 fl> rolls............................
Alum ......................................... 
fi>
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
Annatto,  prim e...............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l ........
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
Blue  Soluble....................................
Bay  Rum, imported, best.............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
Beans,  Tonka..................................
Beans, Vanilla.................................7
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue Vitriol  ....................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c).............
Cantharides, Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frican...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ...
Carmine, No. 40...............................
Cassia Buds......................................
Calomel.  American........................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lum p..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
Colocynth apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
cryst...
Chloral do 
Chloral 
do  Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral do 
crusts..
Chloroform ......................................
Cinchonidia, P. & W ........ ..............
Cinchonidia, other brands.............
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................
Cochineal.........................................
Cocoa  B utter..................................
80
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
35
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
20
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
..
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear,  prim e...............................
30
Cuttle Fish Bone.............................
26
D extrine...........................................
24
Dover’s  Powders............................
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
Ergot  powdered..............................
Ether Squibb’s.......................... ......
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%).....................
Ergot, fresh......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
25
Flake  white......................................
Grains  Paradise..............................
Gelatine, Cooper’s ..........................
Gelatine. French  ............................
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  cabinet..................................
Glue, white.......................................
Glycerine, pure...............................
Hops  )4s and )4s..............................
Iodoform $   oz.................................
Indigo...............................................
Insect Powder, best Dalm atian... 
65
Insect Powder, H.. P. & Co„ boxes
Iodine,  resublimed........................
Isinglass,  American.......................
Japonica...........................................
London  Purple...............................
Lead, acetate....................................
Lime, chloride, ()48 2s 10c & )4s 11c)
Lupuline...........................................
Lycopodium....................................
M ace.................................................
Madder, best  Dutch.....................
Manna, S.  F ......................................
Mercury............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ $  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s ........
Moss, Iceland............................$  ft
Moss,  Irish......................................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........
Nutgalls............................................
Nutmegs, N o .l.................................
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment. Mercurial, )4d...............
Paris Green....................................
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
Quassia  ............................................
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W ........... ft oz
Quinine,  German............................
Red Precipitate.......................^  ft
Seidlitz  M ixture.............................
Strychnia, cryst...............................
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................
Saffron, American.  .......................
Sal  Glauber......................................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
Sal  Nitre, medium cryst...............
Sal Rochelle......................................
Sal  Soda............................................
Salicin...............................................
Santonin..........................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s__
Soap, White Castile........................
........................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
.........................
........................
Soap, 
do 
Soap, Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F .............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F .............................
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur, flour..................................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
T artar Emetic..................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, LA gal. cans  $  doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin ..........
Tar, 
pints in tin ...............
Turpentine,  Venice................ ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
Zinc,  Sulphate.................................
Capitol  Cylinder...............................
Model  Cylinder................................
Shield  Cylinder................................
Eldorado Engine............................. .
Peerless  Machinery........................
Challenge Machinery.......................
Backus Fine Engine........................
Black Diamond Machinery.............
Castor Machine  Oil........................ .
Paraffine, 25  deg...............................
Paraffine, 28  deg...............................
Sperm, winter bleached..................
Whale, w inter....................................
Lard, extra....................................... .
Lard, No.  1....................................... .
Linseed, pure  raw ................ ..........
Linseed, boiled................................
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained........ .
Spirits Turpentine...........................

do 
do 

O IL S.

do 

80

15
5  © 6
4  © 4)4
15  @ 18
1 50
75
1
15
10
15

3K©
4  © 4)4
7  © 8
4)4® 5)4
10
75
6  @ 7
14
©2 50 
2 00 
1  10 
85 
65 
75 
1 40

2)4® 3)4
3  ® 4
45
4)4® 5
6  ® 7
502 75
2 00
402 00
00  @9 75
2 30
50
®  7
10®  12 
2  00 
18

W liolosale

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 

93 and gs Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

Paints, Oils, M ales,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

ELEGANT  PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATION 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

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

Manufacturers of Fine Paint and 

Varnish Brushes.

THE  CELEBRATED

Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

—Also for the—

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of 

Hair, Shoe and Horse Brushes.

Druggists' Sundries

®

2  ®

45

25®

17 
28 
20 
40 
40
@1 00 
@  40 
@1 00 
4 00 
1 50
7
®  15 
15
8
1  00 
45 
50
1 2 )4 ®   13
60
2 80®3 05 
40

10

6  ®

4)4®

14
179
11
14
26  @ 28
30  ® 32QK
•jO
4
3)4®
3® 3)4

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 Brashes, 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.

W iiaiLiiorD i

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

WITHERS  DADE  &  CO.’S

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD  FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be excelled by  NO 
OTHER  KNOWN  BRAND  in the market, 
but superior in all respects to most  that  are 
exposed for sale.  We  GUARANTEE  per­
fect  and  complete  satisfaction  and where 
this brand of goods has been once introduced 
the future trade has been assured.

W e are also owners of the

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

Giis, BraMies & Fine Wiaes.

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.

HMELTMPEIINS&CO

▲  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BBO ., P roprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95.

I Entered  at the  Postofflce  at Grand Rapids  as 

Secondrdass Matter.1

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1886.

JOHN  ROACH’S  ROMANCE.

E

R K

I N

SDEALERS  IN

<fe  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

NOS.  182  and  124  LOUIS  STREET.  G RAND  R A P ID S,  M ICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL USE.

o. w. b l a i n   & c o ., Produce Commissi
Fnin »1 DowsOc M s, Sortm TmetaSles, Etc.

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete.  All orders filled at lowest m arket PfÇe.  Corres­
NO.  9  IO N IA   ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  In ear lots  Specialties. 

----DEA LERS  IN -

SPRING  &

COMPANY,

W HOLESALE  D EA LER S  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

O I L .   C L O T H S

ETC., ETO.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand  Rapids,

Michigan,

THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF

T O B A C C O
P L U G   TOBACCO.

Offered in this Market are as follows:

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

.................................

- 

-

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

F IN E   CUT.

-

-

- 

- 
2c less in 6 pail lots.

THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor
STUNNER,  D A R K .................................
RED  BIRD,  B R I G H T .................................
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT  - 
.........................................................
FRUIT 
O  SO  SWEET 
SMOKING.
- 

ARTHUR’S  CHOICE,  LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
RED  FOX,  LONG  OUT,  FOIL 
■
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
ffff.AT.  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  -
2c less in  100 pound lots.

- 

- 

.48
.50
.46
.38
.46
.46
.35
.38
.46

.64
.38
.50
.40
.32
.30

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

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

i ^

W ID E   BROW N  COTTONS.

SIL E SIA S

08N A BU RG .

P IN E  BROW N  COTTONS.

Indian Orchard, 40.  8 
Indian Orchard, 36.  7*4
Laconia B, 7-4.........16*4
Lyman B, 40-in.......10*4
Mass. BB, 4-4............5S£
Nashua  E, 40-in__ 8*4
Nashua  R, 44........7*4
Nashua 0.7-8............654
Newmarket N........6*4
PepperellE, 39-in..  7 
Pepperell  R, 44—   7*4 
Pepperell  0,7-8—   6*4 
Pepperell  N, 34—   6*4
Pocasset  C, 44.......  654
Saranac  R ...............  7*4
Saranac  E ...............  9

Masonville TS........  8 
Masonville  S.......... 10*4
Lonsdale................ 9*4
Lonsdale A ............. 16
Nictory  O...............
Victory J ................
Victory D...............
Victory K ..............   2*4
Phoenix A ............... 19*4
Phoenix B ...............10*4
Phoenix X X ............ 5
Gloucester..............6
Glon cestermourn’g . 6 
Hamilton  fan cy ....6
Hartel fancy...........6
Merrimac D............6
M anchester............6
Oriental fancy....... 6
Oriental  robes....... 6*4
Pacific  robes.......... 6
Richmond............... 6
Steel River..............5*4
Simpson’s ...............6
Washington fancy.. 
Washington  blues.  7*4

Pepperell, 104........25
Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Pepperell, 114........27*4
Androscoggin, 84. .21
Pequot,  74............ 18
Pepperell,  74........16*4
Pequot,  84............ 21
Pepperell,  84........20
Pequot,  9 4 ...........24
Pepperell,  94........22*4
CHE
CKS.
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Caledonia,  X, oz.. .10
Economy,  oz.........10
Prodigy, oz............ 11
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis Apron............ 10*4
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
Otis  Furniture......10*4
Park Mills, No, 70.. 12 
York, 1  oz..............10
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13
York. AA, extra oz.14
Alabama  plaid.......7
Alabama brown—   7
Augusta plaid........ 7
Jewell briwn..........9*4
Toledo plaid...........   7
Kentucky brown.. 10*4 
Lewiston  brow n...  9*4
Manchester  plaid..  7 
New  Tenn. plaid...11 
Lane brown........... 9*4
Utility plaid...........   6*4
Louisiana  plaid—   7
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Avondale,  36..........  8*41 Greene, G,  44
5*4
Art  cambrics, 36. ..11*4 Hill, 44 
7*4
Androscoggin, 44..  8*4 
Hill, 7-8...........
Hope,  44.................. 65£
Androscoggin, 54. .12*4
King  Phillip  cam-
Ballou, 4-4...............  6*4
bnc, 44.................11*4
Ballou, 54...............  6
Linwood,  44............7*4
Boott, 0 .4 4 ...........   8*4
Lonsdale,  44............75£
Boott,  E. 5-5...........   7
Lonsdale  cambric. 10*4 
Boott, AGC, 4-4.........9*4
Langdon, GB, 44...  9*4
Boott, R. 34..........  5*4
Langdon, 45............14
Blackstone, AA 44.  7 
Masonville,  44.........8
Chapm an,X ,4 4 ....  6
Maxwell. 44...........   9*4
Conway,  44........... 7
New York Mill, 44.10*4 
Cabot, 4-4.................. 6%
y,  4 4 ....  8
Cabot, 7-8................   6
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7*4 
Canoe,  34...............  4
Pride of the West. .11
Domestic,  36..........  7*4
Pocahontas,  44___ 7*4
Dwight Anchor, 44.  9
Slaterville, 7-8........   6*4
Davol, 44...............  9
Victoria, AA............9
Fruit of Loom, 44..  8*4 
Woodbury, 44.......... 554
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  7*4 
Whitinsville,  44...  7*4 
Fruit of  the Loom,
Whitinsville, 7-8—   6*4
cambric,  4-4........11
W amsutta, 4-4.........10*4
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  654
Williamsville,  36... 10*4
Gold Medal, 7-8.......6
Gilded Age............. 8541
Crown.....................17
No.  10..................... 12*4
Coin........................ 10
Anchor................... 15
Centennial.............
B lackburn.............  8
Davol...................... 14
London................... 12*4
Paconia..................12
Red Cross.............. 10
Social  Im perial— 16
Albion, solid............5*4
Albion,  grey............6
Allen’s  checks.........5*4
Ailen’s  fancy.......... 5*4
Allen’s pink..............6V,
Allen’s purple.......... 6*4
American, fancy... .5*4
Arnold fancy............6
Berlin solid...............5*4
Cocheco fancy.........8
Cocheco robes.......... 6*4
Conestoga fancy.... 6
Eddystone............... 6
Eagle fancy..............5
Garner pink..............6*4
Appleton A, 4-4....  7*4
Boott  M, 4-4........... 654
Boston F, 4-4..........7*4
Continental C, 4-3..  6*4 
Continental D, 40 in 854 
Conestoga W, 4-4...  6*4 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  5*4 
Conestoga G, 30-in.  6
Dwight  X, 3-4.......... 5*4
Dwight Y, 7-8..........  554
Dwight Z, 4-4..........654
Dwight Star, 4-4....  7 
EwightStar,40-in..  9 
Enterprise EE, 36..  5 
Great Falls E, 4-4...  7
F a r m e r s ’ A , 4-4......... 6
Indian  Orchard  4-4 7*4
A m oskeag...............7*4
Amoskeag, Persian
styles....................10*4
B ates.........................7*4
B erkshire.............   6*4
Glasgow checks—   7 
Glasgow checks, f’y 7*4 
Glasgow 
royal  styles........   8
G lo u cester, 
standard.............   7*4
P lu n k et..................  7*4
L a n c a s te r.................  8
Langdale
Androscoggin, 74. .21 
Androscoggin, 84. .23
Pepperell,  7-4........20
Pepperell,  84........22*4
Pepperell,  94 ........25
Atlantic  A, 44.......7*4[Lawrence XX, 44..  7*4
Atlantic  H ,44.......7  Lawrence  Y ,30....  7
Atlantic  D, 4-4.......6*4 Lawrence LL, 44...  5*4
Atlantic P ,44........   5*4 Newmarket N ......  6*4
Atlantic LL, 4 4 ....  5*4 Mystic River, 4 4...  5*4
Adriatic, 36.............   7*4 Pequot A, 44..........  7*4
Augusta, 44...........   6*4 Piedmont,  36..........6*4
Stark AA, 44..........  7*4
Boott M, 44...........   634
Tremont CC, 44—   5*4
Boott  FF, 44..........  734
Utica,  44................9
Graniteville, 44—   554 
Wacbusett,  44.......7*4
Indian  Head, 44...  7 
¡Wachusett, 30-in...  634
Indiana Head 45-in.12*4
Falls, XXXX.......... 18*4
Amoskeag,  ACA...14 
Falls, XXX.............15*4
Amoskeag 
“ 4-4.. 19
FaUs,  BB................11*4
Amoskeag,  A ....... 13
Falls,  BBC, 36........19*4
Amoskeag,  B ....... 12
Falls,  awning........19
Amoskeag,  C....... 11
Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Amoskeag,  D ....... 10*4
Hamilton,  D............9*4
Amoskeag,  E ....... 10
Hamilton,  H ---------9*4
Amoskeag, F ............9*4
Hamilton  fancy... 10
Premium  A, 44— 17
Methuen AA..........13*4
Premium  B ............16
Methuen ASA........18
Extra 44.................. 16
Omega A, 7-8......... 11
E xtra 7-8.................. 14*4
Omega A, 44......... 13
Gold Medal 44.........15
Omega AC A, 7-8__14
CCA 7-8....................12*4
Omega ACA, 44— 16
CT 44....................... 14
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8....................... 14
Omega SE, 44.........27
BF7-8....................... 16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
A F 44.......'...............1?
Omega M, 44.......... 25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 11*4 
Cordis AC A, 32....... 15
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 1,32.......15
Shetucket,  SFS 
..12
Cordis  No. 2............14
Stockbridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 3............ 13
Stockbridge frncy.  8
Cordis No. 4............11*4
GLAZED CAMBRICS.
E m pire.
G arner......................o
Washington...........   4*4
Hookset..................  5
Edwards..................  5
Red Cross...............  5
S. S. & Sons...........   5
Forest Grove.
American  A ........18 001 Old  Ironsides......... 15
Stark A ...................22*41 W heatland..............21
B oston...................   65£ Otis CC—    ..........10*4
Warren  AXA.........12*4
Everett blue.......... 13*4
Warren  BB............11*4
E v e re tt  b ro w n .........13*4
Warren CC..............10*4
Otis  AXA............... 12*4
York  fancy............13*4
Otis BB.................... UV4
Manville..................  6  IS. S. & Sons............... 6
Masgnville.............  6 
| G arn er......................6
Red  Cross...............  7*4 IThistle Mills...........
B erlin..................... 7*4 Rose...........................  8
G arner....................7*41
Brooks.................... 50
Clark’s O. N. F .......55
J. &P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread........... 30

Renfrew, dress styl  7*4 
Johnson  ManfgCo,
Bookfold............. 12*4
Johnson  ManfgCo,
dress  styles..__ 12*4
Slaterville, 
dress
styles...................   7*4
White Mfg Co, stap  754 
White Mfg Co, fane 8 
White  Manf’g  Co,
Earlston.................8
Gordon......................7*4
dress 
Greylock, 
styles  .................. 12*4
Pepperell.  104......27*4
Pepperell,  114......32*4
Pequot,  74............21
Pequot,  84............24
Pequot,  94............27*4

W ID E BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAVY  BBOW N  COTTONS.

checks,
new

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

P A P E R   CAM BRICS.

SPO O L COTTON.

G R A IN  BAGS.

T IC K IN G S.

W IG A N S.

DENIM S.

CORSET JE A N S .

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  & Daniels...25
M erricks.................40
Stafford  ....■............25
Hall & Manning— 25 
Holyoke.................. 25
Kearsage......., ....... 85*
Naumkeagsatteen.  8*4 
Pepperell bleached 8*4
Pepperell sat..........9*4
Rockport................   7
Lawrence sat..........  8*4
Conegosat...............  7

A rm ory..................  7*4
Androscoggin sat..  8*4
Canoe River...........   6
Clarendon.................6*4
Hallowell  Im p.......654
Ind. Orch. Im p.......7
Laconia..................  7*4

These brands are sold only by

Arthur Meigs & Co.

Wholesale  Grocers,

W ho w arrant 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.

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COAL  A N D   BUILDING   M ATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1  00 
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl..................
85 
Ohio White Lime, car lots..................
1 30 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl................
1  30 
Akron Cement per  bbl.......................
1 30
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl.....................
..................... 1050110
Car lots 
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  30
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
1 75
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 50
2  50
Land piaster, ear lots............................ 
Fire brick, per  M...................................$25 ® $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$6 00®6 25 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 2506 50
Cannell,  car lots.................................. 
®6 00
Ohio Lump, car lots............................  3  1003 25
BJossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 5005 00 
Portland  Cement.................................  3 5004 00

COAL.

Helped  by a Friend When Near to Death.
“Now that John  Roacli  is  down,  I hope 
the newspapers  will  give  him  a chance,” 
said a friend of the great  ship  builder to a 
newspaper reporter.  “He is a kind-hearted 
man who has  worked  up  to  his  position 
from a poor  lad.  His  misfortunes  are so 
great as to  command  for  him  sympathy.” 
He then went on to say:  “I can give you a 
very  dramatic  chapter  from  Roach’s  life 
which will give you an  idea of  the  loyalty 
and kindness of this  old  man’s  character. 
He landed  in this  country from  Ireland a 
poor boy of 15 without  family or  relatives. 
He became a workman in one of the leading 
iron works in New York.  At  22  he had a 
wife and two children.  At this time he was 
a slight slip of a fellow  and  did  not  weigh 
much over 120 pounds.  He  became ill and 
was confined to his bed until all  his moder­
ate savings  were  gone.  One  night,  when 
there was scarcely a penny in the house, the 
physician came to see him,  and after  exam­
ining him said: 
‘John  Roach,  you  should 
know the truth.  You must die.  Your lungs 
are  hopelessly affected. 
I tell  you this so 
that if you can make any provision for your 
wife and child you will  yet  have  the time.’ 
Roach was in despair.  He  saw  absolutely 
no hope for him in the future.  He did  not 
fear death, but  the  thought of  leaving his 
wife and  children  to a destitute,  poverty 
stricken life pierced him  to  the  heart.  He 
In the 
prayed all night that he might  live. 
night a vision came to  him. 
It  seemed  as 
if he were looking directly into  heaven and 
from that abode of happiness came  a prom­
ise to him that  he  would  live.  The  next 
day a fellow  workman  who  had  worked 
alongside of him for along period came in to 
see him.  This workman was  going  west. 
He came to see John Roach,  he thought, for 
the last time.  He bent over him and kissed 
him good-bye before he went  away.  After 
his departure  John Roach found  that  this 
loyal, working brother  of  his had  tenderly 
left under his pillow  his  week’s  wages in 
the very envelope given him  at the  works 
“John  Roach  did  not  die.  With  the 
modest  help of  his  friend  he  got a start, 
Thirty-three years afterward  he  was  walk 
ing down Broadway when he saw the  back 
of a plainly dressed man whose figure seem 
ed familiar to him.  He was moved by some 
spirit of desire to  speak  to  this  man.  He 
stopped him and said:  ‘I do not know your 
name, but I ought to  know  you.  What is 
it?’  The man gave it. 
It was  the name of 
the workingman who had befriended him on 
his dying bed.  Said Roach:  ‘Do you know 
me?’ 
‘I am John  Roach,’  was  the 
‘Yes,  I have 
reply,  ‘the great shipbuilder.’ 
heard of you in the newspapers. 
It is  very 
kind of you to stop to  speak  to a poor man 
like me, but you must excuse  me; I have in 
hand a very pressing  matter  of  business. 
‘Wait  a  moment,’  said  Mr.  Roach. 
‘Did 
‘Yes, 
you ever know another John Roach?’ 
but he died some 30  odd  years  ago.’ 
‘No, 
he didn’t; I am that same John  Roach,’ was 
the shipbuilder’s reply.  The man was very 
much astonished, but he again made a move 
to press on as he  was  sorely  pressed  for 
time.  But Mr. Roach made  him  stop  and 
tell what his business was.  He found  that 
his old friend had  a  small  shop  and  house 
on a piece of ground  in  Brooklyn. 
It  was 
to be sold under  the  hammer  to redeem 
mortgage at 12 o’clock of that day. 
It  was 
then 11.  The man was hurrying to see  the 
sheriff to ask  him if he  could  not  put off 
the sale a little longer.  Mr.  Roach  said  to 
him: 
‘I know that sheriff  well.  You  will 
lose no time stopping with  me.’  He  drag 
ged him into a restaurant where  they had 
hurried lunch.  During  their stay  in  this 
place Mr. Roach wrote out a  check  for  the 
full amount of the mortgage.  He then took 
his old friend in a carriage,  and  they reach­
ed the sheriff’s office in time  to  redeem  the 
property.  The  workingman’s  contribution 
to a dying man was thus repaid  with  inter­
est,  One of the sons  of  Mr. Roach  after­
ward married the daughter of his old friend, 
Is there not in this story  material  for  a ro­
mance?”

‘No.’ 

Regulating the Sale of Zinc.

A convention has been held  by the Siles­
ian and  Rheish-Westphalian  zinc  produc 
ers, with a view to regulating  the  sale  and 
production of zinc.  The agreement is based 
on the production of 1884, and to this 98 per 
cent,  of the zinc producers  of the continent 
have assented.  The good effect  is  already 
felt in the strength  of  the  Silesian market, 
The Glasgow  Herald  observes  that  “the 
raw zinc  production in the whole  world 
1884 amounted  to  about  290,000  tons, 
which North America produced 30,000 tons, 
England the  same  amount, and  the  Euro 
pean continent the  remainder. 
In  the  last 
five years the production of the continent in 
creased 12,000 tons  on an  average  yearly.”
It is a curious fact that wasps’nests often 
take  fire,  as is supposed, by  the  chemical 
action of the wax upon the material of which 
the nest is composed.  Many of the  fires of 
unknown  origin  in  haystacks  and  farm 
buildings may thus be accounted for.

E .   F  
X-i  3Li  -A .  S ,
& Commission—Bntter  & Im a

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

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

97   and 9 9   Canal Street, 

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

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A G E N T S   F O R

KNIGHT  OF  LABOR  PLUG,

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Wholesale Manufacturers of

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Fine Cut Chewim Tehacoo is the very best dart pods on the Market

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S A W   A N D  C R IS T  M IL I. M A C H IN E R Y
Planers, Matchers, M oulders and all kinds of W ood-W orking Machinery, 

Saws, B elting and Oils.

Ann Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pnlley.  Large stock kept on  hand.  Send  for  sample  pulley 

and become convinced of their superiority.

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130  OAKES  STREET,  G RAND  R A P ID S, MICH

THEY  WANTED  ALL  TH E  STYLE.
Two Men  from  the  Mountains  Having a 

First-Class Time.

> From the Northwester^ Magazine.

Old Jerry Crosscut  had  not  been  east of 
the Rockies since  ’49  until  he  and  his  old 
pard,  Fat  Bill, pulled  up at the Hotel Ryan 
the other  day.  As ,he  glanced  up  at  the 
magnificent facade, he remembered what he 
had read about the great caravansary in  the 
remote  mountain  camp,  and  involuntarily 
murmured:  “It air an  imposing  pile,  Wil­
liam. 
It’s  built  in  what  them  newspaper 
fellers call the Quinine style,  and just beats 
alLfor health.”

“Do you wish to be shown to your  apart­
ment now?”  said the urbane clerk  as  they 
registered.

“Nary show,” said  the  old man,  reflect­

ively.

“I think  1  understand  you,”  said  the 
clerk smiling.  “We will try and make you 
comfortable,  Mr.—M—(glancing  at 
the
register) Mr. Crosscut.”

“Yes, it  are  Crosscut—the  same.  You 
can read  writin’  very  slick,  but  ‘comfort­
able’ won’t do.,  We are goin’ to  wallow in 
elegance—like it is advertised  in  the news­
papers.  Do you catch  my drift?”

“I think I understand  you.  You wish to 
I’ll put you on the sixth floor,  if 

live high. 
you wish.”

“Now,  you are talkin’.  There  is  nothin 
too high for us, and nothin too  rich  for our 
blood.  We follow  the  rules.  We  deposit 
our waluables in the safe, and you must fol­
low the  small  bills.  Here  is  my  pocket 
book; you can  prize  that  at  $10,000.  No, 
we don’t want to leave our suspenders.  We 
ain’t tenderfeet.  Our  suspenders  is  along­
side  our  .swaddling  clothes.  Here,  take 
this small  gun  (unstrapping  a  revolver). 
Put  ’leving thousand on  hit; I wouldn’t sell 
it  for a cent less.”

“You don’t expect us to  pay  such  prices 
for  this  junk-shop  truck,  do  you?  You 
couldn’t collect $10 in the  courts  on  all  of 
it.”

“Never mind the courts. 

I’ll collect  it if 
the things is lost.  “I’ll keep this  gun with 
me.  Now,  my young friend,  you can bring 
on you sable African nigger.”

“Jim, show these gentlemen to No.  411.” 
“Yes,  show us to No. 411,  and don’t miss 
a Agger.  You hit it  just  right or  ther will 
be war.”

“You musn’t mind Jerry,” said  Fat  Bill 
to the clerk.  “He’s been sort o’  suspicious 
like,  and keeps his  back to the  wall  ever 
since he  killed  Shady  Mountain  Moseley; 
but he’ll get used to the place after awhile.” 
“I—I don’t  mind  him,”  said  the  clerk, 
nervously,  “he seems to be a very nice man, 
but a little peculiar.”

“Yes,  he is bloody  peculiar—bloody  pe­

culiar.”

“Hit’s a cage—that’s what,” remarked the 
old man,  as the elevator started.  “They are 
goin’ to hist us  up to the upper level.  Keep 
your signal ropes tight, young feller.  Lord! 
Many’s the time we have  had  to crawl into 
the timbers when the ropes hez got  tangled. 
We hev traveled—we hev—eh,  Billy?” 

“Now,  African,”  said  Jerry,  as  he  pro­
ceeded to undress,  after reaching  411,  “you 
stand in that comer,  and  when  I  give  the 
signal you smother them lamps.”

“I kin put out the  gas,”  suggested*  Fat 
Bill.  “The nigger  can  go  and  send up a 
bokay of sweet violets to  remember  hisself 
by.”

“You can’t put out no  gas  for  me, Wil­
liam.  There  is  more’n  a  million  people 
smothered every year by knowing  too much 
about tavern  gas.  There  is  a knack about 
it which  we  ain’t  on to.  Now, Sable, kill 
the lights,  and mind you  that  no fire starts 
in this joint to-night.  We hold you strictly 
responsible. 
liver  colored 
heart out through the small of  your spotted 
back if I  hear  a  whimper  before  momin’ 
louder than the moanin’  of  the  wind.  Do 
you sense me?.”

I’ll  cut  your 

‘ ‘Lord,  boss!  Does you suppose I’se goin’ 

to bum the hotel up a-purpose?”

“You may be all  right,  but  I  suspicion 

ye?”

In the morning the  old  man  awoke,  and 
saw the annunciator with the  usual  legend 
written under under it.

1 Ring for Bell-Boy.
2 Rings for Ice-Water.
3 Rings for Porter.

“Bill,” said he,  “do  you  see  them  re­
marks hangin’  on  the  wall? 
‘Two  rings 
for ice water,  three rings for porter?’  How 
many rings,  I wonder,  will it take  to  bring 
red-likker?  Touch her off  on  porter  for a 
starter.”

Fat Bill reached out  of  his  bed and com­
plied  with  his  request, when  the  porter 
came.

“Well, boss?”
“I knew they wouldn’t  follow  the  small 
bills.  Jest see that  snuff-colored  cannibal, 
William,  where  is  the  Oriental  cuspidor 
filled with porter?—where is  the  solid gold 
plate with incense and cigars  on  it?  Afri­
can,  you go down the  shaft  again  and  you 
tell the superintendent to put his  ear to our 
telephone and mind the  small  bills.”
The clerk went up shortly  afterward  and 
found the old man plugging the annunciator 
with his revolver at six paces.
“See him,  William,  see  the  liver-colored 
pointer!  Where  is  your  alabaster  jug of 
precious ointment?  Where is the Egyptian 
snake  plate  filled  with  sea  biscuit?  You 
call this living high?  Blank  me  if  I  don’t 
plug every telephone there is in this house!” 
But he didn’t,  as  the police took him away, 
murmuring that if he  had  another  gun he 
wouldn’t be took alive.”

RINDG-B, BERTSOH & CO,
BOOTS  AND  SSO ES.

MANUFACTURERS AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

We have a splendid line of  goods for  Fall  trade  and guar­
antee our prices  on Rubbers.  The demand for our  own make 
of Women’s,  Misses’  and Childs shoes  is  increasing.  Send in 
your orders  and  they will be promptly attended to.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

AGENTS FOR THE

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 .

W IERENG O   BLOCK,  P IN E   STREET, 

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M USKEGON,  MICH.

S .   W .  

•V E T T -A J B X j B   <&  C O ,

PHTHH8 BUHG. VA,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

N I M R O
Plug* Tobacco.

A N D   OTHER  FAVORITE  BR A N D S  OF

NIMROD  ......................................................... 44 I SPREAD EAGLE............................... ................ ..38
E. C.....................................................................40  BIG  FIVE  CENTER.......................................35
BLUE  PETER.................................................38 j In lots of 72 pounds or over two cents less

The 'Well-Known

J. S. Farren & Co.

OYSTERS

ARE  TH E  BEST  IN  MARKET.

PUTNAM &  BROOKS

WHOLESALE  AGENTS.

See  Our  W holesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and w rite for

Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepares to male Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
A. B. KNOWLSOif,

3 Canal Street, Basement,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

OURTISS,  DUNTON & OO.
PAPER, OILS, CORDAGE, WOODENWARE

WHOLESALE

These  Oil Cans in Stock all Sizes, Plain and w ith.W ood Jacket.

T l x e   D i a m o n d   O i l   O a n ,

The B est Glass Can w ith Tin Jacket in the Market.

CURTISS, DUNTON  tib OO.

51  A N D   63  LTO N   STREET, 

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G R A N D   R A P ID S,  MICH.

GRAND-  R A PID S,

ANDREW WIEREHBO F. J.  DETTENTHALER, Jobber of Oysters.

B.  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 W holesale Grocers Only.  Respectfully,

THE  ARCHER  PACKING  CO.,  ChiUicothe, Ills.

BROWN’S

Paper Bag*
Twine  Holder!

AND

(COMBINED.)

Patented  April  29th,  1883.

CAPACITY  2,500  BAGS.

Saves  time,  bags  and  valuable 
counter  room. 
Is  neat  and orna­
mental,  constructed  of  malleable 
iron,  neatly  Japanned,  with  steel 
wire needles, and will never get out 
of repair.  Weighs about 6 lbs. and 
occupies  18  inches square of space.
Can  be  adjusted  to  any height of 
ceiling.  Is suspended  from ceiling 
directly  over  counter  within  easy 
distance of  salesman.  For  further 
information address
GEO.  R.  BROWN,

PALM Y RA , N . Y.

SOLD  B Y
Franklin MacVeagh & Co., Chicago, 111.

Arthur Meigs & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
E  1ST  C 3-1IST  E  S
From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts made for 
Complete Outfits.

Proprietors  o f

Y01GT  MILLING  CO.,
CRESCENT
FLOURING  MILLS,

M anufacturers  o f the  F ollow in g  P op­

ular  Brands  o f F lour:

“ CRESCENT,”

“ W H ITE  ROSE,”

“ MORNING  GLORY,”

“ ROYAL  PATENT,” and 

W .  C,  D en ison ,

88,90  and  92  South  Division  Street, 

“ ALL W HEAT,” Flour.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

W im m « SCI!

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO.  have 

Sole  Control of our Celebrated

N o. 4 Pearl Street,  Grand Rapids.

111!

ms

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it. 

,

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

lit. Purus S Go.

MICH.

Send  for  new 
for 

Price-L ist 
Fall Trade.
ORDERS PROMPTLÏFILLED

TIME  TABLES.

Michigan  Central.

♦Detroit Express............................................  6:00 a m
tDay  Express..........................................12:45 p m
♦Atlantic Express............................................ 9:20 pm
Way Freight....................................................  6:50 a m

A R R IV E .

♦Pacific  Express............................................. 6:00 a m
tM ail......................................................... 3:50 p m
f Grand  Rapids  Express............................... 10:50 p m
 
5:15 a m
Way Freight................... 
fDaily except Sunday.  »Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Express.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m.,and  Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:50 p. m.

J.T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
fMail......................................9:15 a m   4:25 p m
+Day  Express..................... 12:35 p m  10:45 p m
♦Night  Express..................  8:35 p m   4:45 a m
i  »Daily.  fDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping  Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without extra charge to  Chicago  on 
12:25 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.m. and 
9:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

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

J. H. Ca r pen ter,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  Mu ll ik en,  General  Manager.
Lake Shore & Miohigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Arrive. 
Express................................7:15 p m  
Mail.......................................9:50 a m  

Leave.
7:30am
4:00 p m

train 

All trains daily except Sunday.
The 

leaving  at 4 p. m. connects at 
White Pigeon with  Atlantic  Express  on Main 
Line, which has Palace Drawing  Room  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from Chicago  to  New  York and 
Boston without change.
The  train  leaving  at  7:30  a. m. connects  at 
White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with 
special New York Express on Main Line.
Through  tickets  and  berths  in  sleeping
coaches can be secured at  Union Ticket office, 
67 Monre street and depot.

J. W. McK enney, Gen’l Agent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

Arrives. 

GOING W EST.

Leaves.
•(■Steamboat  Express...........  6:17 a m   6:25 am
tThrough  Mail....................10:10 a m   10:20 am
tEvening  Express...............3:20 p m   3:35 p m
♦Limited  Express...............  8:30 p m   10:45 p m
tMixed, with  coach...........  
10:30 am
tMorning  Express..............   1:05 p m   1:10 p m
tThrough  Mail...................  5:10 pm   5:15pm
tSteamboat Express..........10:40 p m  10:45 p m
fM ixed..................................  
7:10 am
♦NightExpress.....................  5:10 a m   5:20 am

fDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Train leaving  at  10:45  p.  m.  will make  con­
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except 
Sunday.
The  Night  Express  has  a  through  Wagner 
Car and  local  Sleeping  Car Detroit  to Grand 
Rapids.

D. P otter, City Pass. Agent. 
Geo. B. Reev e, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

GOING  SOUTH.

Arrives.  Leaves.
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  8:45 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  7:00 a m  10:25 a  m 
Ft.Wayne&Mackinac  Ex  3:55pm 
5:00pm
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac. 
7:10 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:15 a m
Mackinac & Cincinnati E x.  3 :c0 p m  6:00 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Way r e Ex.. 10:25 a m  11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  7:40 p m  

SLE EPIN G   CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

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

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit,  Mackinac  & Marquette.

Trains connect with G. R. & I.  trains  for  St. 
Ignace, Marquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving Grand Rapids at 11:30 a. m. and 11:00 p. 
m., arriving at Marquette at 1:45 p. m.  Return­
ing leave Marquette at  2:00  p.  m., arriving  at 
Grand Rapids at 6:30 a. m. and 5:45 p. m.  Con­
nection made at Marquette with the Marquette, 
Houghton  and  Ontonagon  Railroad  for  the 
Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper Districts.
Gen’l Frt. & Pass. Agt.,  Marquette, Mich.

F.  MILLIGAN.

Goodrich Steamers.

Leave  Grand Haven Tuesday, Thursday and 
Sunday evenings, connecting with train on D., 
G. H. ii M. Ry.  Returning, leave Chicago Mon­
day,  Wednesday  and  Friday  evenings,  at  7 
o’clock, arriving at Grand  Haven  in  time  for 
morning train east.

Grand River Steamer.

The  Steamer  B arrett  leaves  her  dock  for 
Grand Haven, Mondays, Wednesdays  and  Fri­
days, returning on alternate days.

A farmer was hoeing hard on his patch of 
land when one of  those  town  loafers  ap­
proached  the  fence.  “Hello,  Farmer  B., 
what do you think of the  outlook?”  “What 
outlook?”  “Why,  the  business  outlook?” 
“Didn’t know there was one.”  “We are all 
talking about it down at the  store,  and they 
sent me up to hear what  you  had to  say.” 
“Oh, yes,  I see; well,  you  tell ’em  if  they 
will stop talking and  go  to  hoeing that the 
country will prosper  without  any  outlook. 
Do you hear?”

(Groceries.

A Pointer for Merchants.

The way to please a woman, 
And never to offend her,
Is to call a slim one stout 
And a stout one very slender. 
If she happens to be short,
You m ust tell her she is tall, 
And if she’s rather lengthy,
Say she is not tall as all.

JACOB  EINESTEIN.

He Accepts Steve  Sears’  Invitation—Mis­

sing  Dog.

SWARTZSTEIN,  SEPT.  11,  1S85. 
Meister Scbtow, Editor von der Dradesman:

D e a r  Sir —I shoost got  your baber  von 
old Schleiberholtz,  der bost master (only for 
a leedle dime),  unt I never haf feel so much 
elevations in all mine  life; but  mine  frow, 
you shoost ought to see dot voman—she vash 
SO broudt she vill no more let Wilhelm Carl 
blay mit  der  naber’s shildrens, und I send 
me right away dot baper to mine olt  fadder 
vat lifeinLieberworststrause, Koenigsburg, 
Chermany.  Auf  olt  Schleiberholtz  speaks 
mit me. now, he  dakes off  his hat  off,  or I 
schmack him in der  neck  shoore. 
I shoost 
haf got me ein ledder  von  Schteve  Sears, 
und I send it to you  inside  this  ledder,  so 
you might read it.  Dot  Schteve  he vas all 
right, und don’t you forgot it:

Gr a n d R a p id s,  Sept. 4, 1885. 
Jacob Einstein,  Esq., Swartzstein,  Mich.

D e a r  Sir —Mr. Robinson  tells  me  that 
you have a large and growing  trade at your 
place, and that he thinks you are using Mil­
waukee crackers and sweet goods exclusive­
ly.  Now, my dear Sir,  I  am  positive  we 
can do better by  you  than  they can across 
the Lake, both in quality and price, and cer­
tainly freights must be in  our  favor. 
I am 
so very busy that it will be impossible for me 
to visit you,  as I  have  the  entire  trade of 
Texas,  California,  Minnesota,  Ohio,  New 
Jersey and Rhode  Island  to  attend  to, be­
sides all our foreign business  to  look  after 
personally.  Now,  if you  can  make it con­
venient to come to our city during the reun­
ion of the Army of the  Cumberland, I shall 
be only too happy to show you around. We 
will take in the  varieties,  and  dine at  the 
club, in fact “paint the town red” at my ex­
pense. 
I have recently bought  an  elegant 
mansion, which.I shall be delighted to show 
you.  Please write at your  earliest  conven­
ience, if you decide to  come.

Very Truly Yours.

St e v e A.  Se a r s.

P. S.—W ill engage to fill your skin chuck 

full  of beer,  at all events. 

St e v e.

You can bet your neck I vill be  on  hand. 
I don’t oxactly  know  vat  dining  at a glub 
means, but vill took mine  chances  by  dot. 
But you see 1 haf  more as  seven or  eight 
tollers rebates von Arbuckle, soap, karsene, 
tobac, ond  sooch  dings vat Prad  und Yal- 
ter Trombone haf  bromised  me;  so it don’t 
cost me somedings much.  Pesides  I haf to 
see  After Miggs about dot bost offeece pees- 
enis.  He  write to me  bring  mine petition 
signed py every pody in  der  village  und he 
vill send it to Don Dickinson,  der boss.  But 
I don’t got  many  names  yet,  shoost six or 
seven vimens und  my  son,  Wilhelm  Carl; 
but I get blenty more  right  avay  kewick. 
Yot makes me und mine frow laff der most- 
est is dot P.  S.  vot Schteve  haf put by der 
behinds side of his ledder.  Auf he  fill  me 
up mit beer, he  find  a  man  vot  he  don’t 
meet effery day.

By der vay, pefore I forgot  it,  I  vant  to 
findmeoudt  dese  tings:  More  ash  two 
veeks ago Shorge Owen and  Yalter  Trom­
bone dey gomes to  mine  hous  ven  I  vas 
working in the harvest  feeld  und  borrow 
von mine son, Wilhelm Carl, mine fish pole 
und line und mine pig bull bup, Pen Putler, 
und  I don’t haf seen hide or hare von  eider 
of dem since.  Auf  you  should  see  dem, 
shoost say dot  dem  dransaxschuns  makes 
me more as seex tollars out, und py de ghost 
of mine grandfadder’s bipe  auf  dey  don’t 
brought dem both right avay  kevick back,  I 
vill dake der law mit dem  auf  it  dakes all 
of mine rebates.

Yen I gomes by der Rapids  to  der  reun­
ion,  I shall do mine seluf very  much happi­
ness to call and see  you,  shake  hands  mit 
you, und swei beer.

I I 

Yours Truly,
J acob E in e st e in .

Mr. Sinclair on the Care of  Cows.

H u d so n v ill e, Sept.  11,  1882.

E ditor Mic h ig a n  Tradesm an:

D e a r  Sir —I am at a loss how to address 
an article,  as I expected to see an answer to 
the questions proposed for  discussion.

First—Quality of feed and water given  to 
dairy caws and their care.  This is the foun­
dation of a good  article  of  milk, hence any 
product from milk,  and is a question that is 
very lightly discussed at dairy  conventions. 
“How to handle poor milk”  is  very  freely 
discussed, but “How to  prevent  it,”  who­
ever heard of that question?  Without good 
feed and water and pure air, the cow cannot 
produce a healthy article of  milk,  and  any 
product is unhealthy from it.  The man who 
handles it doctors it in  the  manufacture so 
as to get an article he can sell,  if he has the 
experience; but it may be made the best.  It 
will show its defects sooner or  later,  in the 
quality of the milk. 
If  a  person wishes to 
water his milk,  let  him  do  it through  his 
cow.  Give her plenty of  good  pure  water 
and she will give more  milk  and  keep her 
quiet, thereby allaying  fever. 
If  she  has 
poor water, her milk will be decreased more 
than enough  to  pay  for  furnishing  good 
water, besides making poor  milk.  The ex­
perience of feeding  poor  feed is that it will 
soon wear a cow out. 
I think  one good ar­
gument that it makes poor milk,  is that of a 
family  who 
a 
glucose factory,  but they  did  not  use  the 
miik at  home. 
I  know  from  experience 
where large quantities of this  meal  is  fed, 
that the  milk  is  very  difficult to  make a 
good grade of cheese.

the  meal  of 

I do not wish to  monopolize  your  space, 
and if others will  contribute,  will not  feel 
as though I  was  trying  to.  Let  someone 
else write of the care of cows.
Respectfully,

feeds 

Geo.  Sin c l a ir.

The Union Cigar Makers of Grand Rapids.
John  A.  Lemon,  Financial  Secretary  of 
Grand Rapids Cigar Makers’ Union No.  46, 
furnishes T h e  T ra desm a n  with  the  fol­
lowing list, showing the  number  of  men— 
all members of the Union—employed at the 
various  cigar  shops  in  this  city.  Those 
marked with an asterisk [*] employ  a  fore­
man,  in addition to the roster  of  union  op­
erators,  or the proprietor  himself  works  at 
the table:
Hugo Schneider & Co......................................... 22
Mohl & Kenning*..................................................19
August Tusch*....................................................   3
T.  Johnson*.........................................................  1
---- Stell*...............................................................  1
Henry VanderWeiden*......................................  3
Wm. VanderMaas...............................................   3
Ara Ingalsbe*......................................................  1
A.  Kuppenheimer..............................................  3
John  Schottey...................................................... 3
Anton Worfel*....................................................   1
Hensler &  Co.*....................................................   1
Kuppenheimer  &  Stewart...............................  2
D.  McCarthy*............................................. 
2
Wm.  Landauer*.................................................   1
In  addition  to  the  above list, three men 
are employed by the Michigan Cigar Co.,  at 
Big Rapids, five by H. H. Freedman, at Reed 
City,  and one each in shops at  Holland and 
Hastings.  These shops are also  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  Union  No. 46,  which  com­
prises eighty-two members.

The following Grand Rapids  cigar manu­
facturers, who employ no hands, are permit­
ted to use the imion label  on  all  the  goods 
they turn out,  if they so desire:  Wm.  Cal- 
lagan, Jas. A. McKay,  Julian Maliszewski, 
Frank A. Nieliaus,  H.  Niehaus  and  Frank 
Wurzburg.

The Union has been in  successful  opera­
tion since 1879.  The present officers of the 
organization are as follows:
President—J. Dykhouse.
Yice-President—Isadora Jacobi.
Financial Secretary—John A.  Lemon.
Corresponding Secretary—Frank Gill.
Treasurer—Julius Boomgardt.
Board of Diroctors—J.  Dykhouse,  Frank 
Gill, John Emmet, Chas. Rodgers und Gerret 
Bosewinkle.
Attention, Merchants  and  Old  Soldiers  !
Every merchant  and  old  soldier  visiting 
Grand  Rapids  during  the  reunion  of  the 
Army of  the  Cumberland  is  requested  to 
call on B. F. Emery,  traveling salesman for 
Gray &  Kingman, wholesale grocers,  Chica­
go,  and sample their beautiful piece of  plug 
tobacco,  “Old Soldier,” pronounced  by best 
experts]to be the Captain of them all.  Call at 
Cole & Emery’s, 37 Canal street,  and have a 
smoke.

LUMBER. LATH  AND  SHINGLES. 

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f . o. 
b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $44 00
Uppers, 114,154 and 2 inch........................   46 00
Selects, 1 Jnch..............................................  35 00
Selects, IJi, 1 54 and 2  inch........................   38  00
Fine Common, 1 inch................................   30  00
Shop, 1 inch........ »...................... ...............   20 00
Fine, Common, Hi, IV* and 2 inch...........   32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet—   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 p0
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet..........................   17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 fe et........................   13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................   13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........   11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 fe et..........................  12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 fe et........................   13  00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  cuils,  all
widths and lengths.......................... 8 00®  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch..................... *............   27 00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.........................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................  12 00
No. 1 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12  00
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B ..................  18  00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C...............................  14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1  Common__  
9  00
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear.....................   20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16 f t ............  10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B...................  36  00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29  00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00
Dressed Flooring 6 in., No. 2 common__   14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4in., C..........................   26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  com’n  14  00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 OO additional.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles............. 
3 10
3 00
•< X X X 18 in.  Thin.....................................  
2  75
| XXX 16 in................................................. 
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
1  75
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in .............................. 
140
Lath  ....................................................   1 75® 2 00

W OODENW ARE.

Standard  Tubs, No. 1...................................    8
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...................................... 7
Standard  Tubs, No. 3...................................... 6
Standard Pails, two hoop................................1
Standard Pails, three hoop............................ 1
Dowell Pails...................................................... 2
Dowell Tubs, No. 3...........................................8
Dowell Tubs, No. 2...........................................7
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3......................................... 6
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes...........................2
00
Butter Ladles.................................................... 1 25
Rolling Pins....................................................... 1 00
Potato Mashers...............................................   75
Clothes Pounders............................................. 2 25
Clothes Pins.............................................-........  65
Mop Stocks.........................................................1 25
Washboards, single.......................................... 1 75
Washboards, double...................... 
2  25

 

BA SKETS.

Diamond  M arket............................................  40
Bushel, narrow band.......................................1 60
Bushel, wide band............................................ 1 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 1.......................................3 50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2....................................... 3 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 3....................................... 4 00
Clothes, willow, No. 1.......................................5 00
Clothes, willow, No. 2.......................................6 00
Clothes, willow, No. 3....................................... 7 00

HARDW OOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here  pay  as  follows 
@13  00
@25 00
@14 00
@55 00

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run.............................  
Birch, log-run...........................................16 0J@20 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
Black Ash, log-run.............................  
Cherry,  log-run........................................25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2..........................  
Cherry,  cull.............................................. 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......................... 
Maple, white, selected....................... 
@25  00
@15  00
Red Oak, log-run................................. 
  @20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2............... 
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank............... 
@25  00
@55 00
Walnut, log-run..................................  
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @75  00
@25  00
Walnuts,  culls.................................... 
@11 00
W ater Elm, log-run............................ 
White Ash,  log-run................ 
14 00@16 00
Whitewood,  log-run..........................  
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark— The local  tanners  are  offer­

ing $5 per cord delivered, cash.

Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.50  per  pound 

for clean washed roots.

Rubber Goods—Local jobbers are authorized 
to offer 45 per cent, off on standard  goods  and 
45 and 10 per cent, off on second quality.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  5  @7
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters...................  7  @8
Dressed  Hogs..........................................  6  @  6 V*
Mutton,  carcasses.................................454@ 554
Veal..........................................................  8  @9
Pork  Sausage.........................................  754@ 8
Bologna........................................  
8  @ 9
Fowls........................................................ 11  @12
Spring Chickens....................................  @16

HID ES, PELTS  AND  FURS.

Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows:

H ID ES.

G reen__ $  ft  6  @  6141Calf skins, green
Part  cured...  7  @714  or cured__   @10
Full cured__   854@ 814 Deacon skins,
$  piece.......20  @50
Dry hides and 

k ip s...........   8  @12 

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SH E E P PELTS.

Shearlings.............................................. 10  @25
Lamb skin s.............................................20  @40
Old wool, estimated washed $  ft........  @20
Tallow......................................................  454@ 414

Fine washed $  ft 20@25|Unwashed...........  
Coarse washed... 16@18|

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WHOLESALE  FRIGE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

Declined—Sugars.
Advanced—Cheese.

a x l e   g r e a s e .

Frazer’s ................  
Diamond  X ...........   801Paragan25ft pails.1 20
Modoc, 4  doz..........2  50|Fraziers, 25 ft pails. 1  25

90|Paragon......................1 80

BA K IN G   PO W D ER.

Arctic 56 ft cans__   45! Arctic 1 ft cans___2  40
Arctic 14 ft cans__   75 Arctic 5 ft cans___12  00
Arctic 14ft cans.  .  1 40|

BLU IN G .

Dry, No. 2.......................................... doz. 
25
45
Dry, No. 3..........................................doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz....................................... doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz........................................doz. 
65
Arctic 4 oz.........................................fi  gross  4  00
Arctic 8  oz...........................................................  8 00
Arctic 16 oz....................................................   12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box....................................  2 00
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
4 50
Arctic No. 3 

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BROOMS.

No. IC arpet...........2 50|No.  2 H url................ 175
No. 2 Carpet...........2 25 Fancy  W hisk........... 100
No. 1  Parlor Gem ..2 75 CommonWhisk—   75'
No. 1 H url...............2  001

CANNED  F IS H .

 

Clams, 1 ft  standards....................................I 40
Clams, 2ft  standards................................... 2 65
Clam Chowder,  3 ft........................... 
2 20
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards...................... 1 10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards......................2  00
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  slack  filled....................  75
Cove Oysters, 2 ft slack filled..................... 1 05
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic......................................1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft sta r.........................................2 00
Lobsters, 2 ft s ta r.' ......................................3  00
Mackerel, l f t   fresh  standards..................1  00
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards..................6  50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 f t ................ 3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft in M ustard............................3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled.................................. 3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river.......................1  40
Salmon,.2 ft Columbia river.......................2 60
Salmon. 1 ft  Sacramento............................1 25
Sardines, domestic 548.................................  6
Sardines,  domestic  54s.............................. 
11
Sardines,  Mustard  54s.................................  10
Sardines,  imported  54s...............................   13
Trout. 3 ft  brook........ ..............................  2 75

CANNED F R U IT S .

Apples, 3 ft standards
Apples, gallons,  standards..........................2
Blackberries, standards...............................1
Cherries,  red  standard...............................
Damsons.........................................................1
Egg Plums, standards 
..............................1
Green  G ages.standards2ft........................ 1
Peaches, Extra Yellow................................ 2
Peaches, standards............................1  75@1
Peaches,  seconds.......................................... 1
Pineapples, Erie............................................2
Pineapples, standards.................................. 1
Q uinces...........................................................1
Raspberries,  Black, Ham burg................... 1

CANNED FRITTTS— C A L IF O R N IA .

Apricots, Lusk’s .. .2 40 Pears......................... 3 CO
Egg Plum s............. 2 50 Quinces..................... 2 90
G rapes....................2 50 Peaches  ................. 3 00
Green Gages..........2  50

CANNED VEGETA BLES.

Asparagus, Oyster Bay.................................. 3 25
Beans, Lima,  standard.................................  75
Beans, Stringless,  Erie.................................  95
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked........................ 1 60
Corn.  Trophy...................................................1 05
Peas, French.................................................... 1 75
Peas, Marrofat, standard.................  
1  70
Peas, Beaver.................................................   90
Peas, early small, sifted.................................1 80
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden...................................8a@95
Succotash, standard....................................   90
Tomatoes, Trophy........... ...........................1  00

 

CHOCOLATE.

F IS H .

CO FFEE.

CORDAGE.

Roasted  M ar.. ,17@18 
Roasted Mocha.28@30 
Roasted M ex.. .17@20
Ground  Rio__ 9@16
Package  Goods  @12M 

B oston...................... 36!German  Sweet...........25
Baker’s .....................38 Vienna Sweet  ... *...23
Runkles’ ...................35|
Green Rio........   9@13
Green Java....... 17@27
Green Mocha.. .23@25
Roasted Rio___10@15
Roasted Java  ..23@30
72 foot J u t e ........ 1  25  172 foot Cotton__2 25
80 foot Ju te .......  1  00  60 foot Cotton__2 00
40FootCotton___ 1  50  150 foot Cotton__1 75
Bloaters, Smoked Yarm outh.....................   65
Cod, whole....................................................   @454
Cod, Boneless................................................. 5@6
H alib u t.................. 
11
Herring 54  bbls............................................2  75
Herring, Holland, domestic.......................  65
imported.......................1  00
Herring,  Scaled............................................22@24
Mackerel, shore, No. 2,54  bbls..................5  00
...........   80
................  70
No. 3, 54 bbls............................... 3 50
12 ft  kits...........................  62
..........................   55
Shad, 54 b b l..................................................2 50
Trout, 54  bbls...............................................3 50
 
White, No. 1,54 b b ls................................... 5 00
White, No. 1,12  ft kits.................................  85
White, No. 1,10 ft k its.................................  75
White, Family, 54 bbls................................. 2 65

12 ft  kits..............................................   60

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Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   @1 00
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................   @1 35
Horseradish,  54 pints............................  @1 00
Horseradish, pints.................................  @130
Haiford Sauce, pints............................  @3 50
Halford Sauce, 54 pints.........................  @2 20

SOAP.

SPICES.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen A nne........@4  60

“  M onday..................  @3 35

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Whole.

P epper................16@25|Pepper..................
Allspice..............12@15 Allspice................
Cinnamon...........18@30 Cassia...................   @10
Cloves  ................ 15@25 Nutmegs  .............60@65
G inger................16@20 Cloves  .................. 16@18
Mustard.............. 15@30
C ayenne.............25@35|
Elastic, 64 packages, per box....................  5  35

STA RCH.

SUGARS.

Cut  Loaf.................................................  @  734
C ubes......................................................  @  754
Powdered...............................................   @  754
Granulated,  Standard..........................   @  754
Granulated,  off.....................................   @7 18
Confectionery A ....................................  @6  94
Standard A ..............................................  @ 6%
Extra C, White.......................................   @634
Extra C....................................................   @ 6%
Fine  C......................................................  @654
Yellow C..................................................   554®  534
DarkC......................................................  554®  554
Com,  Barrels..........
30@32
Corn, 54 bbls.............
32@34
Corn,  10 gallon kegs.
@ 35
Corn, 5 gallon kegs..
@1 75
Corn, 454 gallon kegs
@1 60
Pure  Sugar...............
..................bbl 23@ 35
Pure Sugar D rips...
30@ 38
.............54  bbl
Pure Sugar  D rips..
.......5 gal kegs @1 96
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips .............54 bbl @ 85
Pure Loaf Sugar.  .
.......5 gal kegs @1 85
Japan ordinary.......
..22®25
Japan fair to good..
. .30®(35
Japan fine................
..40®50
Japan dust...............
. .15@20
Young Hyson.........
..30®50
GunPowder.............
..35®150
Oolong.....................
$c
Congo.......................
.  Z5(Ü130

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PLU G .

TOBACCO— FIN E C U T -IN   P A IL S .
Dark AmericanEagle67 Sweet  Rose....
45
The Meigs................ 64 Meigs & Co.’s Stunner 38
Red  Bird.................. 50 A tlas................
State  Seal................ 60 Royal Game__
38
Prairie F low er....... 65 Mule E ar..........
65
Climber.................... 62 Fountain..........
74
Indian Queen.......... 60 Old Congress...
64
Bull  Dog.................. .60 Good Luck.......
52
Crown  Leaf.............
Blaze Away__
35
Matchless................
Hair L ifter.......
30
H iaw atha................ 67 Governor ........
60
Globe  ....................... 70 Fox’s Choice...
63
May Flower............. 70 Medallion........
3ò
H e ro ........................ 45 Sweet Owen__
66
Old  Abe..................... 49
O porto....................................................   @70
M essmate...............................................   @52
Big  Ring.................................................  @46
Cherry  Bounce......................................  @44
B u ste r.....................................................  @40
Nimrod....................................................   @44
E.  C.......................................................   @40
Blue  P eter................ 
@38
Spread Eagle..........................................   @38
Big Five Center......................................  @35
Red  Fox...................................................  @48
Big Drive.................................................  @50
Seal of Grand Rapids............................  @46
D urham ...................................................  @46
P a tro l......................................................  @48
Jack Rabbit........... ...............................   @46
Snowflake................... 
@46
Chocolate Cream....................................   @46
Woodcock  ..............................................  @46
K nigntsof  Labor..................................   @46
Railroad.......................... j......................  @46
Big  Bug...................................................  @32
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12...............................  @46
Black B ear..............................................  @37
King 
......................................................  @46
Old Five Cent Times.............................   @38
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft.............................   @62
Parrot  ....................................................   @46
Old Tim e.................................................  @38
Tramway.................................................  @46
Glory  ................................., .................  @46
Silver  Coin..............................................  @50
Buster  [Dark].......................................   @36
Black Prince [Dark].............................   @36
Black Racer  [Dark]..............................  @36
Leggett & Myers’  Star..........................   @46
Clim ax....................................................   @46
Hold F a s t...................... 
@46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads.  .......  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s..............................  @37
Nobby Twist...........................................  @46
A corn......................................................  @46
Crescent.................................................   @44
Black  X ...................................................  @35
Black  Bass..............................................  @40
Spring......................................................  @46
Cray lin g .................................................  @46
Mackinaw...............................................   @45
HorseShoe..............................................  @44
Hair L ifter..............................................  @36
D. and D., black............................... ;...  @36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................  @46
Ace  High, biack....................................  @35
Sailors’  Solace.......................................   @46
 

2c. less in four butt lots.

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SMOKING

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Jennings’ 2 oz............................$  doz.l 00 
1  40
4 oz....................................... 1  50 
2 50
6 oz........................................... 2 50  4 00
8 oz........................................... 3 50  5 00
No. 2  Taper.............................1 25  1 50
No.  4 
3 00
54 pint round..........................4 50  7 50
1 
..................... 9 00  15 00
No.  8.......................................3 00  4 25
No. 10 ................ 
6 00
FR U ITS
Cherries, dried,  pitted..............................   @16
28@33
C itron...................................................... 
  434@5
C urrants................................................  
Peaches, dried  ...................................... 
12@13
Prunes, Turkey, new............................ 
4@454
Raisins,  Ondaras..................................   @13
Raisins,  Sultanas..................................   754® 854
Raisiip, Loose  Muscatels....................  @3  00
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @3  60
W ater White........ 1054 I Legal  Test..............834
Grand  Haven, No.  8, square.............................. 1 00
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor......................1  7o
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor...........................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round..............................1 50
Oshkosh, No.  2...................................................... 1 10
Oshkosh, No.  8...................................................... 1 60
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  square.............................110
Richardson’s No. 9 
.............................165
Richardson’B No. 754» round................................1 10
Richardson’s No. 7 
............................. 165

K E R O S EN E  O IL .

MATCHES.

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Black Strap.................... ..............................14@16
Porto  Rico................................................... 28@30
New  Orleans,  good........*...........................38@42
N ew Orleans, choice.................................    48@50
New Orleans,  fancy.....................................52@55

54 bbls. 3c extra.

OATM EAL.

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PIC K L E S .

SA LERA TUS.

Steel  c u t................ 5 25|Quaker, 48  fts........ 2  35
Steel Cut, 54 bbls.. .3 00 Quaker, 60  fts........ 2  50
Rolled  Oats........... 3  60|Quakerbbls.............6 00
Choice in barrels med............................  @5 25
Choice in 54 
............................  @3 25
P IP E S .
Imported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........   @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,254 gross........   @1  85
American T .D .......................................   @  90
Java  .................654@634
Good Carolina....... 6
Prime Carolina.....654
P a tn a .......................6
Rangoon.......... 5>4@634
Choice Carolina......7
Broken.....................334
Good Louisiana......534
DeLand’s pure........ 554|Dwight’s ................... 554
Church’s  ................ 554 Sea  Foam................. 554
Taylor’s  G. M..........554lCap Sheaf..................554
2 25 
60 Pocket, F F  Dairy..........................
2 20 
28 Pocket..........................  ..................
2 45 
100 3 ft  pockets......................................
90
Saginaw or  Manistee..........................
1 60
Diamond C............................................
1  55 
Standard  Coarse.................................
80
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags.......
2  80 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags...
80 
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags.......
25 
American, dairy, 54 bu. bags.............
28
Rock, bushels.......................................
Parisian, 54  pints..................................   @2 00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................   @  75
Pepper Sauce, green.............................   @  90
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............   @1 35
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........   @1 70

SAUCES.

SALT.

Old T ar......................401  Conqueror................. 23
A rthur’s  Choice...... 22 G rayling.....................32
Red Fox.................... 26  Seal Skin.................... 30
F lirt...........................28  Rob Roy......................26
Gold Dust................. 26  Uncle  Sam.................28
Gold  Block............... 30  Lum berm an..............28
Seal of Grand Rapids  RailroadBoy............. 38
(cloth)................. 25  Mountain Rose...........18
Tramway, 3  oz.........40 Home Comfort............25
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35! Old Rip....................... 55
■  Seal ot North Caro­
Boss  ...........................15
lina, 2  oz..............
.48
Peck’s Sun.................18
Miners and Puddlers.28
Seal of North Caro­
Morning Dew............25
lina, 4 oz.................. 46
Chain.............. 
Seal of North  Caro­
22
lina, 8oz.................. 41
Peerless  .................... 24
Standard.................... 22
Seal of North  Caro­
Old Tom......................21
lina, 16 oz boxes__ 40
Tom & Jerry ..............24
Big Deal......................27
A pplejack.................24
Joker...........................25
T raveler.................... 35
King Bee, longcut.. .22
Maiden....................... 25
Milwaukee  Prize__ 24
Pickwick Club.......... 40
R attler....................... 28
Nigger  Head..............26
Windsor cut plug__ 25
H olland......................22
Zero  ......................... .16
Germ an......................16
Holland Mixed.......... 16
Golden Age............... 75
Solid Comfort............30
Mail  Pouch............... 25
Red Clover.................32
Knights of Labor__ 30
Long Tom.................. 30
N ational....................26
Free Cob Pipe............27
T im e...................... ...26
Globe................................................. 211 Hiawatha.22
Mule E ar......................................23| Old Congress.23
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen
Maccoboy....................
@  55 
@  44 
Gail & Ax’ 
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@  35 
Rappee.........................
@  45 
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..................
@1 30
Lotzbeck  .......................................
Star brand,  pure  cider...............................  8@10
Star brand, white wine...............................   8@10
M ISCELLANEOUS.
95 
Bath Brick im ported..................
90 
American...................
@3 
Barley............................................
Burners, No. 1 .............................
1  00 
1  50 
do  No.  2.............................
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand..
8  00
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   15@25
Candles, Star..........................................   @1354
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C.............................   @80
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @30
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps.......................  @40
Gum, Spruce..........................................   30@35
Hominy, $  bbl. 
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails...
Peas, Green Bush__
Peas, Split prepared.
Powder, Keg.............
Powder,  54 Keg........

@4  00 
@ 454 
@1  35 
@ 354 
@3 00 
@1  75

F e lix ..........................  

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SHORTS.

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J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

F. 

OYSTERS.

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FR ESH   F IS H .

F. J. D. Selects.....................................................35
Standards  ........................................................... 25
Shrewsbury shells, $   100...............................1  50
Princess  Bay  Clams, $  100................................75
Mackinaw T rout................................................6
W hiteflsh....................  
6
Black Bass............................................... .— ••  8
Cod  ................................................................... 12
Sun  Fish...........................................................  5
Rock Bass.........................................................   5
P e rc h ............................................ . .................   4
Duck Bill Pike...........................  
5
Wall-eyed  P ike...................... 
6
Smoked White Fish......................................... 10
Smoked T rout................................................... 10
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CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

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FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

STICK.
............................... 
MIXED

Standard, 25 ft boxes........... ;..............   854@9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
..................... 1054@11
Royal, 25 ft  pails............. ii.  ................   9@ 954
Royal, 200 ft bbls......................................   @8^
Extra, 25 ft  pails......................................10@1054
Extra, 200 ft bbls.......................................9 @ 9^|
French Cream, 25 ft pails......................i254@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...................................1254®
Broken, 25  ft  pails................... ............’. .10@1054
Broken, 200 ft  bbls..........................................   9® 9^
Lemon  Drops...........................  
12@13
Sour Drops................................................. 13@14
Peppermint  Drops........  .......................14@15
15
Chocolate Drops........................................ 
H M Chocolate  Drops....................             
20
10
Gum  D ro p s............................................. 
Licorice Drops.................................................20
A B   Licorice  Drops...................            
12
Lozenges, plain................................".. . . . .  J5
Lozenges,  printed.................................. 
jg
Im perials............................................... "  
15
M ottoes...................................................   
15
Cream  B ar........................................ 
i3@l4
Molasses B ar.................  
 
13
Caramels.........................  
A8®20
Hand Made Creams.........................................20
Plain  Creams..........................................!..].! 17
Decorated  Creams...........................................20
String Rock..................................... i 4@i5
Burnt Almonds............................................  22
Wintergreen  Berries........................   . . . .  .. 15
Lozenges, plain in  pails.......................  @1254
Lozenges, plain in  bbls........................H  @1154
Lozenges, printed in pails....................  @1254
Lozenges, printed in  bbls...................1154@12
Chocolate Drops, in pails....................1254@13
Gum  Drops  in pails.................................7  @754
Gum Drops, in bbls...........................................6@ 654
Moss Drops, in pails.............................10  @1054
Moss Drops, in bbls.........................................  9
Sour Drops, in  pails................. 
12
Imperials, in  pails..................! ." ! ! "  !i254@13
Imperials  In bbls.................................  11  ®ig
Bananas' Aspinwall.............................1 00@2 00
Oranges, Rodi  Messina........................   @5 50
Oranges,  Naples................................... 4 50@5 00
Lemons,  choice....................................5 00®  5 50
Lemons, fancy...................................... 6 00@6 50
Figs, layers, ^  ft.....................
.......... 10 @11
Dates, frails  do  .....................
Dates, 54 do  d o .....................
Dates, skin...............................
Dates, 54  skin........................ .
Dates, Fard 10 ft box sg?  ft__
Dates, Fard 50 ft box 
ft....
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft..
Pine Apples, 
doz................
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw 
ft...........................   4
454
do  ............. :  4 .....  454@ 5
Choice 
do  ............................  @554
Fancy 
Choice White, Va.do  ............................ 
5@ 554
Fancy H P ..  Va  do  ............................  554® 6
*
Almonds,  Tarragona...........................18
Ivaca.....................................17
B razils....................................................
Filberts, Sicily..............................!!!! .12
Barcelona..............................11
Walnuts,  Grenoble.............................. 14
Marbo.....................................
French..................... ..............
California...............................
Pecans,  Texas, H. P ............................u
@1254
Missouri............................... 9  @10
Cocoanuts, $  100....................................4 00@4  50

@1854 
@1754 
@  9 
@1254 
@12 
@1454

6  @654

@ 454 
@  5

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FRUITS.

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PROVISIONS.

7
7
7
10 

Hams, heavy

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision Co 

quote  as follows:
Mess, Chicago  packing........ .'...................... 10 00
Clear, Chicago packing..................................11 50
E xtra Family Clear.........................................11 00
Clear, A. Webster  packer............................
E xtra Clear,  heavy.......................................
Boston Clear..................................................
A. Webster, packer, short  c u t.....................11 00
Clear back, short c u t........ 
14  00
Standard Clear, the  best.............................. 14 50
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
medium__•........................ 
light.................................... 

do. 
do. 
SMOKED MEATS— CANVASSED  OR  PL A IN .

 

medium.
lig h t.... 

“ 

LARD.

754
754
7?á

LARD IN  T IN   P A IL S .

....1 0 5 4  
. . .  .1054 
-...1 0 5 4  
....  6 
8
854

______________
Boneless  Hams..........................................
Boneless Shoulders....................................
Breakfast  Bacon.......................................
Dried Beef, extra  quality........................
Dried Beef, Ham pieces............................
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle.............
Tierces  .................................................
30 and 50 ft T ubs.....................................
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.....................
20 ft Round Tins* 80 ft  racks..................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  case...
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case.........................
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts__
Boneless,  ex tra.......................................
SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND  SMOKED.
Pork  Sausage............................................
Ham  Sausage............................................
.1254 
Tongue  Sausage.......................................
10 
Frankfort  Sausage.................................
.  9 
.  6 
Blood  Sausage..........................................
.  6 
Bologna, straight.....................................
Bologna,  thick.............................................. |
6
Head  Cheese...................................................  6
In half barrels  ..............................................  3 25
In quarter barrels..........| ............................

....  9 75 
....12  75

B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

P IG S ’  FEET.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Fall fruit commands 40c  bu.  and
$1.50@1.75 $  bbl. forneating  and 25c fJ bu.  and

bbl. for cooking.

L 
Beans—Dealers  pay  75e@$l  $   bu.  for  un­

picked and sell city picked for $1.25.

Blueberries—About out of  m arket.
Blackberries—In good demand at 8@9e.
B utter—Michigan  creamery  is  in  moderate 
demand at 20@22e.  Sweet dairy is in active de­
mand  at  14@15c,  while  low  grades  are going 
begging at 8@12c.

Butterine—Dairy grade commands  14@15c.
Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand  at  60
doz.
Cheese—Slightly firmer,  full  cream  readily 

commanding 8@8%c.
Grand Haven.

Celery—22c ^  doz. bunches for Kalamazoo or 
Clover Seed—In good demand,  with  limited 
supply.  Fair to good Medium commands $6.50 
and choice recleaned  $7.  Mammoth is held at 
$7.50.

Crabapples—50c $  bu.
Cucumbers—12c  doz.
Eggs—Unchanged as to demand,  but  stiffer 

in price, fresh stock commanding  14c.

Grapes—$1.25 $  drawer of  about 25 fts.
Green Peppers—$1 $  bu.
Honey—Choice new in comb is firm  at  1354® 
Hay—Bailed, $15@$16 $  ton.
Melons—Water,  12c  apiece,  packages extra. 

14c.

Musk, $1 $   doz.

2.75 $  bu.

mand $5 <13 bbl.

Onions—Southern, $3 $  bbl. or  $1 $  bu.
Pears—Eastern and  Southern  Bartlett com­
Plums—Domestic, $2.50 $   bu.
Peaches—Michigan  early,  freestone  $2.50@ 
Pop Corn—Choice commands 4c $  ft. 
Potatoes—New potatoes  are  so  plentiful in 
most localities that regular quotations are out 
Jersey  sweets  command 
of  the  question. 
3.50 $  bbl., and Baltimore $3.
scarce. 
12@13c. 
Spring chickens, 16.

Poultry—Very 
Squash—Summer, lc ^  ft; Hubbard, 154c.
Tomatoes—Plentiful at $1 $  bu.
Turnips—40c 
Timothy—$1.90 $  bu.

Fowls, 

bu.

*

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

Wheat—No change.  The city millers pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  82;  Fulse,  78c;  Clawson,  • 
78c.
Corn—Jobbing generally at 55c in 100 bu. lots 
and 51c in carlots.
Oats—White, 35c in small lots and 30c  in  car- 
lots.
Rye—56c $  bu. 
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, $5.75 $  bbl. 

in  sacks  and  $6  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.75 
bbl. in sacks and $5 in wood.
Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  $  ton.  Bran, $13 
38 ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $16 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $22 $  ton.

■ 

t

Manistee’s Salt Product for August.
The total number of barrels of salt inspect­
ed at Manistee during the month  of  August 
was 42,661, divided among the six manufac­
turers in the following amounts:
R.  G.  Peters................................................ 12.297
John Canfield.................................................  7,269
Canfield  &  Wheelgr......................................  7,240
Engelmann & Kitzingers............................. 6,638
Stronach Lumber Co....................................3,805
C.  Eietz & Bros. Lumber Co....................   5,410
T he Rietz dairy and  salt  m anufactory  is 

now in successful operation.

Michigan Cranberry Growers.

Dr. A. M. Gerow. .7 ....'.....................Cheboygan
Wm.  Elliott........................................Cheboygan
Dr. W. H. W alker...............................Glen Arbor
W. W. Barton and Louis Gubbin........... Leland
F.  G.  Mack........................................... Romulus
8. H.  Comings...............................™
Henry S. H all.................................Three Rivers
D.  C. Leach..................................Traverse City
John Clark............................... .WhiteFish  Point
Alexander Barkley................. W hiteFish  Point
Wm. Hawkins..........................White Fish Point
The  grocers  of  Minneapolis  have  taken 
le field against that venerable  and  pertin- 
3ious nuisance,  the  street  peddler, by  ap- 
ointing a committe to select and hire a man 
t the expense pf  the association  who shall 
je that no street peddler violates  the  law. 
The only  branch  of  spinning  which  is 
one without tfee  aid  of  machines  in this 
rnntry is  oakum-spinning.  When  an  at- 
¡mpt was made  to  introduce  machines it 
died on account  of the  opposition  of  the 
and spinners*,! and  to-day the oakum-spin- 
ing is carried on in the old manner.

ELASTIC  STARCH.

Latest  Improved.

T O   T H E   T I F t- A J D E .

This  starch  deserves  the  attention  of every  Grocer who aims to  keep  first-class 
goods to please their customers.  This starch is put up in fancy colored  packages  and 
highly perfumed. 
It is sold to you on its own merits ;  warranted as represented, or we 
will  cheerfully refund you your money, providing  directions  are  complied  with.  This 
starch  is  made  entirely  different  from  all  other  starch,  and  is  the  only  starch  in the 
United States that is put up  by  men  who  have  a  practical  experience  in  the  laundry 
business.  How to laundry linen  has  been  kept  a  secret  long  enough,  what  can  and 
should be done in every family.  By using this starch your shirts,  cuffs and collars wil] 
be just as stiff and nice, with that  beautiful  polish  as  when  first  bought  new.  A  few 
other advantages this starch possesses over all other starch is: 
It requires  no cooking. 
Keeps the Iron from sticking, and linen from blistering while ironing.  One  package  is 
warranted to go as far as a pound and a half of any other starch made.  The manufac­
turer offers  one  hundred  dollars  in  gold  if  this  starch  prooves  injurious  to  the  finest 
linen.  W e keep the Elastic Starch in stock.  Can we send  you  a  trial  box  with  your 
next order?  It will please your customers.  Fancy advertising streamers go with every 
case.  See quotations.  Trade supplied  by

Clark, Jew ell A Co.

Special notice to the trade—J. C. Hubinger & Bros, are the inventers and originators 
of the Elastic Starch, and they  didn’t  have  to  borrow  or  steal  the  name  and  fame  of 
their  neighbors  in  order  to  sell  this  starch.  Grocers,  beware  of worthless  imitations 
which have recently been put into the market to deceive the public.  Be  sure  that  the 
name of J. C.  Hubinger  &  Bros.,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  is  upon  each  box  or  package, 
without which it cannot be genuine.

OUT  AROUND.

VISITING  BUYERS.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

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

H ersey.

Sept. 14—Hall & Manning have been awarded 
the  contract  to  erect  the  new  school  house 
here.  ’ The  price  agreed  upon  is  $2,850,  the 
building to be compelled by July 1, 1886.

Sept. 14—The furnace has shut  down to  put 

ville.

1 ronton.

in a double elevator.

J.  B.  Cater is making  numerous  improve­
ments about his  boarding-house,  making it  a 
very  comfortable  hotel. 
It  is  a  three-story 
building, and accommodates 40 guests.  From 
this  building  a  view  of all other neighboring 
towns can be had, consequently  it will be call­
ed the Lake View House.

CU arlevoix.

Sept.  12—The  contract  for the construction 
■of the flouring mill was let to John T. Kirkpat­
rick.  It will be completed within 40  days.

Masons  are  at  work  laying the foundation 

fo r E. H. Green’s new brick store building.

The frame of Litney & Carr’s new store build­

ing is up.

trade.

A merchant tailor would do well  here.
Business  men  report  a  gradual increase  in 

Horton & Budd have removed  their  shop  to 
the building formerly occupied by the harness 
«hop.  They will put in steam.
E lk  Kapids.

Sept. 12—Cromie & Veit have  dissolved part­
nership.  Fred Veit continues the  business  at 
the old stand.

William  H.  Kiley  has  sold his barber shop, 

fixtures and good will to Sam Cromie.

Charles McLaughlin has moved  his  stock of 
groceries  and  confectionery  into the  Cooper 
block.  Mrs. E. E. Cooper, millinery goods, has 
moved into the same block.

The Lake View House will shortly  be  closed 
fo r the season.  W..S.  Anderson,  undertaker, 
will use the lower floor for his  business.

Beecher & Kymer have added a line of school 

books.

F. L. Bradley, dentist, came here  from  Kal­
kaska last summer and did  considerable work 
for  our  people.  A  week  ago  last  Saturday 
night,  he  skipped  on  the  Champlain for Me­
nominee, Wis., leaving his  chair, instruments, 
and  quite  a  number  of  small  debts.  An at­
tachm ent  brought  them  back from the dock, 
and they are now in the constable’s  hands.

English  manufacturers  buy  most  of  their 
iron, used for malleable  purposes,  in  Sweden 
and  Norway.  They  have  concluded  to  try 
Michigan charcoal iron, in place of the Swedish. 
As a consequence, the Elk Rapids Iron  Co.  of 
this place has received a large order  for  ship­
m ent to that country.

Wm. Morrison has purchased Thomas Wood’s 
livery stable and stock and  will  continue  the 
business.

E a st  S aginaw .

Sept. 14—J. W. C. Pendell succeeds Pendell & 

& Hathaway in the grocery business.

Davis & Co. succeed Sigf ried Davis  in  the 

S. 

millinery  business.

Armstrong & Brockrogge succeed Armstrong 

Bros, in the grocery and meat business.

O’Brien & Millard, saloon keepers,  have dis­

solved, each continuing.

M uskegon.

Sept. 14—The business  public  was  consider­
able surprised last Monday to learn that W. H. 
Fletcher  had  sold  his  grocery  stock and  fix­
tures to John B. Barlow, his  book-keeper,  and 
th at the  many creditors of that gentleman are 
notlikely to be ¡benefited by the operation.  In 
an interviewjwith Mr. Barlow, that gentleman 
stated that the stock and  fixtures inventoried 
$4,450; that he  gave  Fletcher  $2,1)00  cash  and 
his notes  for  the  balance, tdue  in  three,  six, 
nine, twelve, eighteen and months.  Fletcher’s 
commercial  indebtedness  amounts  to  about 
$7,000.  He  offers  his  creditors  15 cents cash 
and 15 cents in paper, due in May, 1886,  in full 
settlement.

B ig   K apids.

Sept. 14—G. W. Crawford is  negotiating with 
a  prominent lumberman for the sale of his en­
tire  grocery  stock.  He  intends  to  give  his 
whole  attention  to  his  m anufacturing inter­
ests.

J. D. Robinson and other Big Rapids business 
men contemplate establishing  at  this  place a 
wholesale meat and provision store.

F. W. Joslin will remove  his  stock  of  cloth­
ing to Asheville, N. C., about  the  26th  of  this 
month.  He  advertises  his  present  store to 
rent.

The new Morrisey block has reached the sec­
ond story.  It is(being built with conveniences 
for  wholesale  trade,  having  double  rooms 
above and  below.

Dell Lovejoy, who has been in the employ of 
F.  W.  Joslin  for  five  years past, has entered 
the employ of the West Michigan Lumber Co., 
and  will  be  located  at  Woodville during the 
winter.

C. D. Carpenter and E. C. Morris,  dry  goods 
merchants,  have  returned from  the  Eastern 
markets.

Mayor W. W. Smith, who  has been spending 
some  time  in  the Eastern  States, is home  at­
tending to the interests of his lumber firm.

A. S. Hobart is in very poor health, and  con­

templates a change of residence.

T.  H. Hannifan, formerly of the firm of Han- 

nifan, Harmon & Co., is now in the  employ of 
C. D. Carpenter.

J.  H.  Kilbourn  will  assist  F.  W.  Joslin  as 
salesman during the latter’s stay in  Big  Rap­
ids.
Later—Frank  Robbins,  of  Crapo,  has  pur­
chased the Crawford grocery stock and fixtures 
above referred to, and will add a  m eat market 
to the business.  Possession was  given to-day.

L u th e r.

Sept. 14—September 5, the saw mill of Wilson, 
Luther & Wilson cut with two single saws 18],- 
404 feet of lumber.  The is the biggest cut ever 
made in Luther.

James Palmer, of Chase, has opened  a  meat 

m arket here.

The  Pacific  House  is  the  name of  Schall’s 

new hotel.  It will be opened this week.

The Luther Herald, has made its appearance. 
A. E. Marien is  editor. 
It  is a fine paper  and 
deserves  the hearty support of  the  people  of 
Luther.

F. Furgeson is  preparing  to  build  a  photo­
graph gallery on the west side of  State street.
Messrs. Leavenworth & Willard have  begun 
the m anufacture of shirts.  They  employ  six 
women.

According to a scientific  expounder  upon 
seasickness,  only three per cent, of mankind 
are proof against the evil.  This is a contra­
diction 
theory 
that seasickness depends upon the imagina­
tion.

the  lately  developed 

to 

RO O FIN G  PLA TES.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne 
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne.
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne

RO PES.

.  5 50 
.  7  00 
.11 00 
14 00

_

14

dis

SQUARES.

All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30 

Sisal, H In. and  larger..................
Manilla..............................._______
Steel and Iron........................................dis
........ dis 60&10
Try and Bevels............................  
........dis GU&1Ü
Mitre  ...............................................  
........ dis
20
S H E E T IR O NC01____ __
Smooth. Com.
Nos. 10 to 14.................................. $4 20
.  $4 20
$3 00.
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   4 20
.  4 20
3 00
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   4 20
.  4 20
3 00
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................  4 20
.  4 20
3  00
Nos .25 to 26.......................
.  4 40
3 10
No. 27.............................................
.  4 60
3 20
over 30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SH EET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, 
ib___________
In smaller quansities, $   ft................
T IN N E R ’S SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined...............................
Market  Half-and-half................
Strictly  Half-and-half__ .‘. ........
T IN   PLA TES.
Cards for Charcoals, $
10x14, Charcoal. .-v.......
IC, 
6  00 
10x14,Charcoal...............
IX, 
50
12x12, Charcoal.................................  6 50
IC, 
12x12,  C harcoal..............................   8 50
IX, 
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal.................................  6  00
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal................................  7  50
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal................................   9  00
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool................................  ll  00
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  13 00
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal................................   16 00
100 Plate C h a r c o a l ................   6 50
DC, 
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8  50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal............................  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal........................   12  50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to  6 75

13 00
15 00
16

5%

rates.

TR A PS.

 

 

 

W IR E .

Steel, Game......................................................
Onolda Communtity,  Newhouse’s ........ .dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’ .............*......................................60&10
S. P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s.................................. 60&10
Mouse,  choker.......................................20c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion. . ............................$1 26 $  doz
Bright  M arket............................... 
Annealed M arket.................................dis 
70
Coppered Market.................................dis  55&10
Extra Bailing................ 
dis  55
Tinned  Market........................... 
dis  40
Tinned  Broom...............................................ft  09
Tinned Mattress....................;................. $) ft  8H
Coppered  Spring  Steel........ .......dis  40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel................................. dis 87H
Plain Fence..................................  
........ $  ft  3H
Barbed  Fence..................................................
Copper...............................................new  list net
Brass................................................. new list net
Bright.....................................................dis
70&10 
Screw Eyes.............................................dis
70&10 
Hook’s .
.dis  70&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...........................dis  70&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled..............
Coe’s Genuine.........................................dia  50&10
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
65
Coo’s Patent, malleable....................... dis 
70
M ISCELLANEOUS.
Pumps,  Cistern............................. 
dis 
70
Screws, now  list......................................  
85
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................dis50&10
Dampers, American................................. 
33%

W IR E  GOODS.

W rEN CH ES.

  dis 60&1G

Michigan Dairymen’s Association.

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

FOSTER.
STEVENS

&   0 0 . ,  
10 ail 12 H n  SI, 
Jobbers  of
Hardware !

WE  SOLICIT 

THE

Dealers'
TRADE 

AND  NOT 

THE

Consumers’
FOSTER, 
STEVENS 
&  CO.,
GRAM) SAM  ICE

land.

donia.

nonsburg.

A. W. Fenton, A. W. Fenton & Co., Bailey. 
Jackson Coon, Rockford.
J. B. Watson, Coopersville.
Dell Wright,  Berlin.
Lon A. Pelton, Morley.
Wm. B.-Wilson, Muskegon.
A. Young, A. Young & Sons, Orange.
F. C. Williams, Ada.
Luman  Jenison,  L.  &  L.  Jenison,  Jenison- 
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
Dr. A. Hanlon,  Middleville.
Geo.Tompsett, Tompsett Bros., Edgerton 
Dr. A. L. Burnett, A. L. Burnett & Co., Lisbon
F. C. Beard, Mbrley.
M. F. Walling, Walling Bros.,  Lamont.
Chas.  B.  Johnson,  Johnson  & Seibert, Cale­
Howard Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs
L. S. & S. H. Ballard,  Sparta.
C.  L.  BostWick,  C.  O. Bostwick & Son, Can- 
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
Thos. Hefferan, Eastmanville.
O. W. Messenger, SpringLake.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
Geo. E. Herrick, Olsen & Herrick, Cadillac.
H. M. Harrouu, McLain.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
M. Heyboer,  Drenthe.
J.  DenHerder,  DenHerder  &  Tanis,  Vries 
R. Purchase, South Blendon.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
Frank Boonstra, Drenthe.
Aaron Zunder, Zunder Bros.  &  Co.,  Bangor, 
J. Steinberg, Traverse City.
A. Vollmer, Big Rapids.
G. N. Reynolds,  Belmont.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
Ed. Roys, Roys Bros., Cedar Springs.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
L. B. Chapel,  Ada.
Jos. P. Cordes,  Alpine.
D. B. Gallentine, Bailey.
G.  P. Stark, Cascade.
Thos. J. Smedley, Lamont.
Walter H. Struiff, Forest Grove.
M. Minderhout, Hanley.
Benj. Moe, Plainfield.
Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove.
A. M. Church, Sparta*
J. Omler,  Wright.
Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
Jorgensen & Hemingsen, Grant.
T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood.
Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake.
A. J. White, Bass River.
Ed. P. Barnard, buyer New Era  Lumber Co., 
Bert Tinkler, Hastings.
Oliver Seaman, Big  Rapids.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
Paine & Field, English ville.
W. S. Root, Tallmadge.
Cook & Sweet, Bauer.
R. B. McCullock, Berlin.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
Henry Baar, Grand Haven.
Neal McMillan, Rockford,
Ives & McArthur, Rockford.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
C.'E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.

New  Era.

TH E  LOUNGER.

I hear from a souree which I  deem  relia­
ble  that  D. D.  Cody  brought  back  from 
Duluth a check for $6,200,  as  his  share in 
the profits  made  by the  Barnhart  Lumber 
Co. since the last division of profits.

*  *  *’

Lon.  Pelton, the  Morley  hardware  mer 
chant,  was in town last week,  looking over 
his chances for seeming an interest in a five 
hundred  million  dollar  legacy  left  by  an 
English ancestor.  If all the Americans who 
expect  to  secure  fortunes  from  English 
sources were grouped together,  they  would 
outnumber  the  standing  army  of  Russia. 
But Mr. Pelton is  too long-headed  to allow 
his expectations in this  respect to run away 
with his sturdy good sense.

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

Montreal butter houses have been  buying 
from a Toronto man named  Shannon,  large 
quantities  of  what  he  represented  as  pure 
creamery  butter.  The  drafts  with  bills 
of  lading  were  received  and  honored; but 
when four carloads of the butter came it was 
found to be a lot of last year’s grease, worth 
five cents  a  pound.  Nobody  knows  how 
many firms have been victimized.

The August report of the Michigan Dairy 
Co. shows the total  number of  milch  cows 
on the three farms to  be  165,  and the  total 
production of milk 60,317 pounds.  This  is 
equivalent  to  a  daily  average  of  1,945 
pounds, or a daily average of over 20 pounds 
from  each  cow. IP Nearly  three  thousand 
pounds of milk was fed to  calves,  and  the 
remainder was made into 2.340K  pounds of 
butter,  at an average of one pound of butter 
to’forty (pounds  of  milk,  although  at  the 
Grant farm the’average was 22% pounds.

The  twelfth  annual  convention  of  the 
National Butter,  Cheese and  Egg  Associa­
tion will be held in Chicago Nov.  10  to  14, 
opening the same time as the Fat Stock and 
Dairy show, which continues until Nov.  10. 
Included in the programme of the  business 
of the convention are subjects of special im­
portance to all having any  connection  with 
dairy  interests,  and  producers,  manufac­
turers and dealers are  invited to  take  part. 
The  Illinois Board  of  Agriculture  offers 
$5,000 in premiums,  to be be awarded dairy 
interests represented at the Fat Stock show.

Cranberry  Notes.

Geo. W. Bullis,  of  Ami  Arbor,  is  mak­
ing a careful  study of  cranberry  growing, 
with a view to  engaging  in  the  culture of 
the berry on an extensive scale in  some one 
of the Northern counties of Michigan.

S. H.  Comings, the St.  Joseph  cranberry 
grower, made a fine exhibit of growing fruit 
at the display of the American  Pomological 
Society here  last  week.  Mr.  Comings  ex­
pects  to  gather  2,000  bushels  from  his 
marsh this season.

A dispatch from South Yarmouth,  Mass., 
says the outlook of  the  cranberry  crop  for 
that  and  the  adjoining  towns  of  Barn­
stable,- Dennis and Harwich this  season ap­
pears very  favorable  at  present.  Reports 
from the different localities all indicate that 
the yield will be up to the average,  which is 
an improvement  over  last year.  The  fruit 
worm has done comparatively little  damage 
and the  frost  none  as  yet.  The  fruit  is 
ripening up well.  Picking  commenced last 
week  on  the  early  black  variety.  This  is 
the  principal  industry  in  that  part  of the 
county,  the  estimated  value  of  the  bogs 
in  Yarmouth  alone  being  between  $40,000 
and $50,000.  Several new bogs  have  been 
built the past year.

The World Breathes Easier.

From the Philadelphia Grocer.

Cannot someone  stop the  ridiculous item 
going around the  papers  for  the past three 
years, to the  effect  that  petroleum  barrels 
are painted  blue because it was  discovered 
that if the wood was soaked  with water be­
fore the oil was put in, the  water  kept  the 
oil from soaking into the  staves,  while  the 
blue paint kept the water from soaking out. 
A little consideration  would  show  that the 
water would dry up in the staves in spite of 
all the paint on earth.  The fact  is  that all 
petroleum  barrels  are  lined  with  glue—a 
certain quantity of hot  glue  is  poured  in 
as soon  as  the  barrel  leaves  the  cooper’s 
hands,  still hot.  The barrel is  rapidly agi­
tated so that the glue seals the  entire inside 
surface. 
If the  public  did  not  obtain  this 
information  from  the ¡offensive  petroleum 
barrel,  it  might  learn  it  readily  from its 
familiar friend,  the beer keg, which is treat­
ed in the same  way,  to  prevent  the  beer 
coming in contact with  the  wood.  The in­
viting sign,  “Drawn  from  the  wood,”  has 
no relation whatever  to  any  advantage  de­
rived from contact with  the  wood,  but sim­
ply means fresh-drawn beer.

A Promising Boy.

Jeweller (to new boy)—Did you sell  any­

thing while I was out, Jonny?

New Boy—Yes,  sir. 

I sold six plain gold 

rings.

Jeweller (very much  pleased)—Good, my 
boy.  We’ll  make a  first-class  jeweller  of 
you one of these days.  You got the regular 
price,  of course?

New Boy—Oh,  yes,  sir.  The  price  was 
marked on the inside 18c,  and  the  gentle­
man took all there was left,  sir.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
each and every insertion.  One  cent  for  each 
additional word.  Advance payment.

. 

" 

105*

iness  in  Big  Rapids.  Owner  is  going 
South and has unexpired lease  on  his  hands. 
Address F. W. Joslin, Big Rapids, Mich. 104tf

IT^OR RENT—The best stand for clothing bus- 
W ANTED—A drug stock inventorying from 
I7D R  SALE—Eight hundred  dollars will buy 

a good stock of groceries,  54 acre of land, 
and one two-story building in a lively business 
town.  Address, Postmaster, Eckford, Calhoun 
County, Mich. 
104*

$1,000 to $1,500.  Address  Lock  Box, 160, 

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

FOR SALE—The brevier type formerly used 

on T h e T radesman.  The font comprises 
222 pounds, including italic, and is well-assort­
ed and very little worn.  Address this office
TJARTNER  WANTED—A  well-established 
-L  m anufacturer  of  pi’oprietary  remedies, 
having now on  the  m arket  a  line  of popular 
patents, wishes a partner,  with  some  capital, 
to push the sale or same.  Address,  “Patent,” 
care “The Tradesman.” 

94tf

States jis  valuable.  The 

G r a n d   R a p i d s  
Business College is 
a  practical  trainer 
and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi­
ness with all that the  term  implies.  Send 
for Journal.  C.  G.  SWENSBERG, Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.

Ibarbware.

The Barbed Wire Fence.

He mourns the happy days of youth, 
When he could sit and whittle  sticks 
But now, alas!  he cannot thus 
For fate, in shape of wire with barbs. 

Now gone forever hence,
Upon a picket fence.
His leisure hours employ,
Hath rendered null that joy.

“ A Highway  Robber  by Accident.”
“I  remember a case  in  which a  man be­
came a highway robber  by accident,” said a 
well-known business  man  the  other  day. 
“It was in the  old  days  when  the  police 
were poor, the streets  were  ill-lighted  and 
garroting was not uncommon,  A gentleman 
was on his way home from a lodge meeting. 
It took him through the  worst  part  of  the 
First ward,  a region not  very pleasant to be 
in even in our times.  Most folks went arm­
ed in those days if  out  late  at  night,  and 
this gentleman  had  his  pistol  with  him. 
Walking along rapidly, and  hoping  to  get 
out of that district as  soon  as  possible,  he 
met a  man who, just as they  passed, stum­
bled awkwardly up  against him,  and  then, 
without waiting  so  much  as for a word of 
apology, hurried on in  the  opposite  direc­
tion.  The gentleman  instinctively put  his 
hand to his vest  pocket,  found  his  watch 
and chain gone, turned  and  ran  after  the 
rascal who  had  robbed  him,  and  bringing 
his pistol to bear  on  him,  shouted: 
‘Give 
me me up  that  watch,  you  villian!’  The 
fellow handed him the watch and chain, and 
then broke into a run  and  went  as fast as 
his legs  could carry him.  The  gentleman, 
glad enough to have gotten  back  his watch 
and chain, and not  inclined to  pursue  the 
robber any  further,  made  his  way  home, 
where in some excitement  he  told  his wife 
the story of his  adventure. 
‘But, my dear’ 
said his wife,  ‘your  watch  and  chain  are 
here on your bureau,  safe at home;  you  did 
not take them witli you this morning.’  The 
fact was that both men were on the lookout 
for  robbers.  Man  number  two,  when  he 
heard pursuing footsteps  and the  click of a 
pistol, considered it a  case  of  your-money- 
or-your-life,  and  gave up his  watch,  glad 
enough to have  gotten  off  unharmed.  An 
advertisement brought him to  the  uninten­
tional robber, and watch and  chain were re­
turned to him with  many apologies.”
Dollar  Cigars  No  Better  Than  Quarter 

Goods.

From the New York Sun.

“For twenty-five  cents  each,”  said  the 
proprietor of one  of  the  largest  and  most 
fashionable  cigar-stands  on  upper  Broad­
way,  “you can buy as good  a  cigar  as  you 
want to smoke.  The difference in flavor be­
tween that and the one that costs  one dollar 
is too slight to be noticed almost.  You can’t 
make a great many young men believe that, 
though. 
I used  to  have  a  wealthy young 
customer who quarreled with  me  once  be­
cause I didn’t  keep  a cigar  that  sold  for 
more than fifty cents.

“I told him I would order some for his es­
pecial benefit.  After  he  had  gone I took 
fifty of the twenty-five cent cigars,  wrapped 
them carefully in tin foil,  and  ppt  them in 
an old box with a tag stating  they  cost one 
dollar each.  The next  day he  came in and 
asked me if I had filled his order.

“I told him that at great  personal  incon­
venience I had done  so,  and then I handed 
him out one of the dollar brand.

“He took five, and never could be induced 

to smoke any others.

“ ‘They cost a great deal,’ he used to say, 
‘but the flavor is so fine  they are more than 
worth it.’

“I want a medium  strong  cigar,” said an 
old gentleman who now  entered  the store.
“Yes,  sir,” responded  the  cigar  man,  as 
he handed out a  number  of  small  cigars. 
The old gentleman  laid  down a quarter on 
the counter and took six cigars.

“That isn’t the kind of a man who pays a 
dollar for twenty-five-cent  cigars,’ we  said.
“No,” answered the dealer.  “He  leaves 
that sort of  folly  for  his son.  He  is the 
father of the rich young man.”

Bound to  Make  Shingles.

From the Cheboygan Tribune.

The  trade  between  Matteson &  Brown 
with D.  Quay  &  Son  for the  lease for the 
latter’s shingle mill  fell  through,  Quay & 
Son concluding not to accept the  terms,  ac­
cording to the  proposition  they  had made. 
Matteson & Brown have leased J. N.  Perry’s 
shingle mill for a term of  years and will fit 
it up with  the machinery they brought here 
from McBrides.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Prevailing  rates at  Chicago  are as follows:

AUGERS AND B IT S.

Ives’, old style......................................... dis 
60
60
N. H. C. Co................................................dis 
60
Douglass’ ..................................................dis 
60
Pierces’ .....................................................dis 
60
Snell’s ........................................................dis 
Cook’s  ......................................................dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine................................. dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation...............................dis40&10
Spring........................................................dis 
25
R ailroad.....................................................$  13 00
Garden......................................................net 33 00

BALANCES.

BARROW S.

BELLS.

R and.................................................... dis  $ 60&10
60
Cow...................................................... dis 
15
Call........................................................dis 
G ong.................................................... dis 
20
Door, Sargent......................................dis 
55

BOLTS.

Stove.....................................................dis $ 
40
Carnage  new  list...............................dis 
75
Plow  ......................................................dis  30&1C
75
Sleigh Shoe.......................................... dis 
50
Cast Barrel  Bolts................................dis 
Wrought Barrel Bolts....................... dis 
55
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs...................dis 
50
Cast Square Spring............................ dis 
55
Cast Chain...........................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob........ . . .dis  55&10
Wrought Square................................ dis 
55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush......................... dis 
30
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
_ Flhsh.........................................   50&10&10
Ives  Door............................................dis 

50&10

BRACES.

B arber................................................. dis$ 
40
50
Backus..................................................dis 
50
Spofford................................................dis 
Am. Ball...............................................dis 
net
Well, plain..........................•........................g  4 oo
Well, swivel............................................. "" 
4  60

BUCKETS.

BUTTS,  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis 
60&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........ dis  60&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&10
W rought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  50&10
Wrounht Loose  P in...........................dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ..........dis 
60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..........dis 
60&
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ............................................... dis 
60& 5
60
Wrought Table.......................... ..........dis 
Wrought Inside Blind....................... dis 
60
65&I0
Wrought Brass....................................dis 
70&Ï0
Blind, Clark’s .......................................dis 
Blind, Parker’s....................................dis 
70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s ................................. dis 
70

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10................ ..............................per  m $ 65
60
Hick’s C. F ............................................ 
G. D........................................................ 
35
Musket.......................... .......................  
60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list 
Rim Fire, United  States...................... dis 
Centrai Fire..............................................dis 

60
60
40

C H ISELS.

Socket Firm er........................................dis
Socket Fram ing.....................................dis
Socket Corner........................................dis
Socket Slicks........................................-.dis
Butchers’Tanged Firm er.................dis 
Barton’s Socket Firm ers...................dis 
Cold....................................................... net
Curry, Lawrence’s.............................. dis 
Hotchkiss  ........................................... dis 
Brass,  Racking’s.......................................  
50
Bibb’s ......................................................... 
50
B e er............................................................    40&10
Fenns’.........................................................  
60

COMBS.

COCKS.

40
25

40
20

CO PPER .

D R IL LS

Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... $  ft  30
14x52,14x56,14 x60.........................................  36

ELBOW S.

EX PA N SIV E B ITS.

Morse’s Bit  Stock.............................. dis
20
Taper and Straight Shank..................dis 
Morse’s Taper  So5nk......................... dis 
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ............................doz net  $.85
Corrugated...........................................dis  20&10
Ad j ustahle...........................................dis  % &10
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large,  $26 0*3.  dis 
20
Ives’, 1, $18 00;  2, $24 00;  3, $30 00. 
dis 
American File Association List........dis 
Dieston’s ................................................dis 
New  American....................................d is 
Nicholson’s .............................................dis 
Heller’s .................................................. dis 
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........................dis 
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

60
60
60
60
30
3354
27 •  28
15 
18

QALVANIZED IR O N ,
14 

22 and  24, 25 and 26, 

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

F IL E S .

12 

13 
GAUGES.

 

H IN G ES.

HANGERS.

HAMMERS.

50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...............dis 
Maydole & Co.’s ..................................... dis 
20
Kip’s ...................................................... dis
Yerkes&  Plumb’s ................................ dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....................30 c  list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction.......................dis 
60
Kidder, wood track...............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3...............................dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4!4  14
and  longer.............................................. 
314
10)4
Screw Hook and Eye,  14  ...................net 
Screw Hook and Eye %.......................net 
8!4
Screw Hook and Eye  %.......................net 
7%
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......... 
net 
7)4
Strap and  T ........................................... dis  60&10
HOLLOW   W ARE.
Stamped Tin W are....................................  60&10
Japanned Tin  W are............... .................  20&10
Granite Iron  W are..................................  
35
Grub  1...............................................$11 00, dis 40
Grub  2..............................................   11 50, dis 40
Grub 3.................................................  12 00, dis 40
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings__ $2 70, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings..  3 50, dis 66% 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
mings.....................................list,10  15, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, trimmings list,1155, dis 
70
70
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain........ dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ................d 
40
H em acite............................................. dis 
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. .dis  66%
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s ................... dis  66%
Branford’s ............................................. dis  66%
Norwalk’s............................... ................. dis  66%
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ................... dis  65
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ...........................dis 40&10
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malléables dis 40&10
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s ........dis  40&10
Coffee,  Enterprise..................................... dis  25
Adze  Eye..................................... $16 00dis40&10
Hunt  Eye..................................... $15 00 dis 40&I0
Hunt’s.........................................$18  50 dis 20 & 10

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HOES.

Good Words Unsolicited.

Geo. H. Remington, grocer,  Bangor:  “Must 

have it.  Can’t do without it.”

Sampson & Drury, hardware, Cadillac:  “We 
are highly pleased with it, hut think  you  har­
row Baker’s feelings too  persistently.”

Dr.  Geo.  W.  Crouter,  drugs,  Charlevoix: 
“Your  paper  grows  more  interesting  every 
month.”

Frank S. Fletcher, grocer, Luther:  “Think it 

a very good paper.”

A New Cream  of Tartar Adulteration.
A German exchange reports a  new  adul­
teration,  consisting of  alum and  bisulphate 
of  soda  amounting  to  over  thirty per cent. 
This admixture is deceptive,  as it causes the 
percentage of the contained cream of  tartar 
to be larger than it  really is,  unless the  an­
alysis is made very carefully.  The addition 
of alum cannot add to the deception.

The total annual consumption of tea, it is 
now estimated,  is  3,000,000,000  pounds;  of 
coffee,1,000,000,000 pounds; cocoa and choc­
olate,  1,000,000 pounds.  Tea  is the  favor­
ite drink of Russia, Holland and England, the 
last country annually importing 100,000,000 
pounds,  or  several  pounds  to  each  man, 
woman, and child.

HERCULES !
A n n ih il a t o r  !

The Great Stump ana Rock

Strongest and Safest Explosive Known 

to the Arts,

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

GUNS,  AMBITION & FISHING  TACKLE,

G RAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

The transmission  of  messages by carrier 
pigeons is regarded so important in Germany 
that foresters have been ordered to take vig­
orous  measures  to  exterminate  falcons, 
hawks, and other birds of prey.

Nine generations of William Fowlers have 
successively  run  a grist  mill  at  Milford, 
Conn.,  on the same site selected by the sen­
ior William Fowler  on  arriving  from Eng­
land 250 years ago.  The present building is 
the fifth in the succession.

If the  original  forests  of  the States of 
Indiana  and  Ohio  were  standing  to-day, 
says the  Chicago  Herald,  their  valuation 
would  be many times greater  than  are the 
farms they'were sacrificed  to  improve. 
In 
making their farms  the  settlers  of  those 
states destroyed  millions  and  millions  of 
dollars’ worth  of  black walnut.  Miles and 
miles of fence were laid  with  black walnut 
rails.  An old farmer says that  only  thirty 
years ago he began  making  his  farm,  and 
that he worked eight years in  clearing it of 
the walnut timber,  eighty acres of which he 
burned up.  After  thirty  years  of  cultiva­
tion the farm is worth $8,000. 
If it had its 
walnut timber back it would be  worth more 
than $100,000.

N A ILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

MAULS.

O IL E R S .

lOdto  60d............................................$) keg $2  40
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv...............................................  
50
4d and 5d  adv......................................'........ 
75
3d  advance....................................................   1  50
3d fine  advance........................................... 
3  00
Clinch nails,  adv...........................................  1  75
Finishing 
6d  4d
i  lOd  8d 
Size—inches  j  3 
2 
1%
2% 
Adv. $  keg 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
M OLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ......................................dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine.......................................dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring...................... dis  25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................... dis  50
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent........................ dis  55
Zinc, with brass bottom .............................dis  50
Brass or  Copper......................................... dis  40
Reaper..................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ................................................. 
50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................ dis  15
Sciota Bench.................................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................dis  ]5
Bench, first quality..................................... cfla  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, Acme................................................dis 
50
Common, polished................................... dis60&10
Dripping..................................................$  ft  6@7
Iron and Tinned.................................... dis 
40 !
Copper Rivets and Burs.................................. dis 50&J0
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 
9
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

PLA N ES.

R IV E TS.

PA NS.

Broken packs %c $  ft extra.

sured at the time of renewal, otherwise this 
policy shall be  void.”  During  the  life of 
the original  policy  the  insured  erected a 
building  but  the  one  insured,  which  in­
creased the risk.  A loss occurred  after the 
expiration of the original policy.  In an ac­
tion  thereon  a  renewal  was  claimed  by 
plaintiff. 
It appeared that the broker,  who 
acted on  behalf  of  the  insured,  and  the 
mortgagee in making  the  alleged  renewal 
agreement with  .the  company,  had  know­
ledge at the time of the erection of  the new 
building,  but did not disclose the same.  The 
New York Court of Appeals  held upon this 
state of facts  that  the  knowledge  of  the 
agent was imputable  to  the  principal,  the 
mortgagee,  and that his failure to disclose it 
avoided the  policy,  conceding  there  was a 
valid renewal  agreement.  The  court  said 
that the increase of  hazard  by  an  erection 
made subsequent  to the issuing of the orig­
inal policy,  and prior to the  renewal,  was a 
fact material to the risk,  and  that  its  dis­
closure by the mortgagee,  who procured the 
renewal,  was by the clear  language of  the 
policy a condition  precedent  to a  continu­
ance of the defendant’s liability.

The Cheese  Industry.

The  London  Times  at  length  acknow­
ledges that a great blow  has  fallen  on  the 
agricultural  industry in  the  United  King­
dom, owing to the competition of  American 
cheese. 
In  Cheshire  prices  have  already 
fallen 15 to 20  per cent., bringing down the 
market to prices at which it will  not  be re­
munerative to continue  the  business.  The 
effect upon the cheese  making farms is dis­
astrous,  and a great reduction in their value 
is  expected.  “The  best  of  the  Cheshire 
fanners are dismayed at the  outlook for the 
very branch of industry that  has  been  re­
garded as the mainstay  of  British  agricul­
ture. 
If dairying  goes,  every  resource of 
: our agricultural classes must collapse.”
A  Business of Long Standing.

Customer  (in  grocery  store)—You  have 
been established in business a  long  time,  I 
understand, Mr.  Shortweight?

Mr.  Shortweight  (with  pride)—Yes,  sir, 
I have sold  groceries  on  this  corner  for 
twenty-seven  years.

Customer (lifting the cover of the  cheese 
box and quickly  dropping  it)—Not  longer 
than that?

F A B   A H E A D   IN   Q UALITY  OF  GOODS! 

25  P E R   CENT  LOW ER  IN   PR IC E!

CAREFULLY  COMPARE  W ITH   OTHERS  AND  BE  CONVINCED!

318 Pieces  of Our Patent Celebrated Fire-Proof Tin-Ware.

PKXOEi  $2 1 . 0 0   PiJR OAS3D.

( C O P Y R I G H T E D . )

These Goods,  if Retailed at  io cents each will pay a profit of $11.50 per case—over 50 per  cent,  on the  investment. 

If  you  have  a 

10 cent counter, add this assortment.  It will create a genuine surprise, greatly

increase  your  sales  and  advértise  your  business.

24 2-quart Improved Coffee Pots or Boilers. 
18  i^-gallon Stamped Pans.
24 3-quart Improved Covered Buckets.
18  5-quart Flaring  Pails.
24  Novelty  Measures,  (graduated  X-pint 

THE  ÆDVAWTOE  OASE  CONSISTS  OP
24  1-quart Stamped Dippers.
24 Deep Scolloped Tubed Cake Pans. 
24 6-cup Muffin Pans.
12  2-quart Milk Cups.
24 2-quart Patent  Covered  Buckets.
6 2-quart Saucepans.

54  n)^-inch Stamped Wash Bowls.
24 Enamled Handle Cocoa Shaped Dippers. 
12  2-quart Oil Cans, screw top.
6  10-quart Dish  Pans.
6  1-gal.  Milk Strainer Pails.
24  1-gal.  Milk Pans.

to quart.

Every Article a Leader at  10 Cents. 

Some w ill readily sell for  15c, 20c and 25c.

313  PIECES  FOR.  $21.

6akTK<»
POWDER

T his  B aking1  P o w d er  m ak es th e   W H ITEST, 
LIG H TEST and  m o st  H E a L T H FU L   B iscuits. 
C akes,  B read, etc.  TR Y   IT   an d  be convinced.
Prepared only by the
Co.,
Arctic  Manufacturing
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Rubber
BOOTS

—  W ITH  —

DOUBLE  THICK 

BALL.

Ordinary Rubber Boots 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The CANDLE 
Boots are double th ic k  
on  the  ball,  and  give
DOUBLE WEAK.
M ost econom ical rub. 
bcr Boot in the market. 
Lasts  longer  than  any 
other  boot,  and 
the
PRICE NO HIGHER.
Call  and  ex­
amine  the 
goods.

E. GK Studley & Co.,

M anufacturers  of LEATHER  AND  RUBBER 
BELTING, and all kinds of  RUBBER  GOODS. 
Fire Departm ent and mill supplies.  Jobbers of 
“Candee”  Rubber  Boots,  Shoes  and  Arctics, 
Heavy and Light Rubber Clothing.  Salesroom 
No. 13 Canal street.  Factory, 26  and  28  Pearl 
St., GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH.

EDMUND  D.  DIKEMAN,

GRE1T ffiTCB  MBS,

JEWELER,

44  CANAL  STREET,

C. S. YALE & BRO.

-M a n u fa c tu re rs  o t —

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUIMG-S, ETC.,

40  and  42  South  D ivision ,  St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN

EVERY  PIECE  GUARANTEED  AGAINST  LEAKING.

Do not make a mistake, but use your own judgement in this matter and we think yon 
will agree with us that it is folly to pay a higher price for a  case  of inferior  goods,  when 
you can buy the same number of articles that you can  GUARANTEE  TO  GIVE  SATIS­
FACTION in every respect,  at lower prices»

H.  LE O N A R D   &  SONS.
J E N N IN G S   &   S M IT H ,
A rctic  M anufacturing  Co.,

PROPRIETORS  OF  THE

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of Last Resort.

KLEPTOMANIA------ INSANITY-----EVIDENCE.
In the case of Harris vs.  The  State,  the 
Texas Court of  Appeals  held  kleptomania 
to be a well-recognized  species of insanity, 
which, if clearly  established  by  evidence, 
constitutes a complete defense in a trial  for 
theft, and ruled that expert  or  medical tes­
timony is  not  the  only  species  of  proof 
competent to establish  the  defense of klep­
tomania, but that the  opinion  of a nonpro­
fessional witness based on  his  personal ob­
servation of the  symptoms of  kleptomania 
is  admissable  as  evidence  in  connection 
with his testimony to the  symptomatic facts 
on which his opinion rests.

F O R B E A R A N C E   TO   E N F O R C E   L IE N .

A promise to pay the  amount  due  a  sub­
contractor in consideration of his  not  filing 
a lien made by the former owner of the land 
on which a  building  had been erected,  who 
before that time had  conveyed  the  land to 
a third  party,  with  covenants  against  in­
cumbrances, was held  valid by the  supreme 
Court of Wisconsin  in  the  case  of  Hewett 
vs.  Currier.  The court  put  its  decision on 
the ground that the compromise of  a doubt­
ful claim is a good consideration for a prom­
ise to pay money, and said that it  was  set­
tled that such a promise was not  within the 
Statute of Frauds.

M O R T G A G E   D E B T — P R E S U M P T IG N   O F   P A Y - 

M E N T .

Where the holder  of  a mortgage  permit­
ted the  mortgagor, his  mother,  and the as­
signee of the equity,  his  sister,  to  occupy 
the mortgaged premises for more than twen­
ty years because of the  relationship, and he 
testified without contradiction that the mort­
gage debt had  not  been  paid, the Supreme 
Court of Maine held  that  the  presumption 
of payment was  overcome  by these  facts. 
The court said that the ground of  presump­
tion of payment growing out of the lapse of 
time is that a man is  always  ready to enjoy 
his  own, and that whatever  will  repel this 
will take away the presumption of payment.

s h o p k e e p e r ’s   l i a b i l i t y - p r o p e r t y  s t o l ­

e n   F R O M   C U S T O M E R .

In the case of McCollin vs.  Reed,  decided 
by the Pennsylvania Common Pleas, a tailor 
was held  responsible  for  the  value  of a 
watch and chain stolen from the clothing of 
a customer while he was  being  fitted  with 
new  clothing  in  the  tailor’s  shop.  The 
court in charging the  jury  said:  “It is the 
duty of the defendants in this  case  to  pro­
vide a safe place,  and if  they  do  not do so 
they are guilty of negligence and  should be 
held responsible.  The plaintiff might leave 
what he  liked  in  the  defendant’s  closet. 
If you think the plaintiff  was guilty of neg­
ligence you may find  for  defendants.  The 
plaintiff is entitled to  recover  the  value of 
the goods lost and any expense he  was  put 
to in his endeavor to recover them.”  A ver- 
diet found for the plaintiff was affirmed.

L IM IT S   O F   J U D IC IA L   P O W E R .

Courts are limited to  the  exercise of ju­
dicial f mictions with such incidental powers 
as may be necessary thereto, and an act of a 
state legislator commanding the  exercise of 
any other than a judicial  function—such as 
the appointment of a county auditor—is un­
constitutional,  according  to  the decision of 
the District Court of  Douglas  county,  II’ 
, 
in the matter of the appointment of  a coun­
ty auditor.  The  court  referring to the  ar­
ticle in  the  Illinois Constitution  providing 
that “The district courts  shall  have  juris­
diction in their  respective  districts as may 
be provided by law,” said:  This  provision 
gives to the legislature  very  great  power, 
investing jurisdiction in this court,  and  yet 
this power is not without limit.  Manifestly 
this jurisdiction must be limited  to the “ju­
dicial power” named in  the first section,  for 
it is only such power that is included in the 
judicial department of the government.  The 
courts are limited to the exercise of  judicial 
functions, with  such  incidental  powers  as 
are necessary thereto.  That  this  ought to 
be so is quite  apparent. 
If  by  legislative 
act this court may be required to appoint an 
auditor, why may it  not  be  called upon to 
appoint all other county officers whose elec­
tion or appointment is not otherwise provid­
ed for by the Constitution?  May it not also 
be clothed with power  to  appoint  city of­
ficers in the several cities within its district? 
While this may only be an argument of con­
venience, it shows  the  propriety at least of 
keeping  within  what is believed to  be the 
exact constitutional limit.  The court ought 
not to be burdened,  and  its legitimate busi­
ness obstructed, by  the  discharge of  duties 
never understood to be of a judicial  nature. 
It is quite manifest that such a  result  was 
never  intended.
PIKE  INSURANCE— INCREASE  OF  HAZARD.
A policy of fire insurance upon a building 
was issued by a company,  loss,  if any,  pay­
able to a mortgagee named.  The policy con­
tained a condition avoiding it in case of  “in­
crease of hazard” by the erection of neighbor­
ing buildings, but  in  a  “mortgage  clause” 
it was declared that the interest of the mort­
gagee would not be violated  by  any  act or 
neglect of the mortgagor.  The  mortgagee, 
however, was required  to  notify  the  com­
pany of any increase of hazard which should 
come to his knowledge.  The policy provid­
ed for a renewal, but provided that “in case 
there shall be any increase of hazard it must 
be made  known to the  company by the as-

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

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

T H E

R  K  I  N S  W I N D   M I L L .

w ill pay you to get our Prices.

VOIGT, 

H ERFO I-SH EIM EB. 

<&  CO.,

Im porters  and  Jobbers  o f

STAPLE  AND  FANCY

Dry  Poods !
OVERALLS, PANTS, Etc., 
our  own  make,  A  complete 
Line  of  TOYS, 
FANCY 
CROCKERY,  and  FANCY 
WOODEN-WARE,  our  own 
importation, for holiday trade.
Inspection solicited.  Chicago  and D e­

troit prices gurranteed.

k  cm

A gents  for  a  fu ll  lin e  of

S. If. YenaUe & Co.’s

PETERSBURG ,  VA.,

P L U G   TO B A CCO S,
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

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

R O C K   C A N D Y .

It has been in constant use 
for  15  years, with a  record 
equalled  by  none.  W a r ­
r a n t e d   not  to  blow down 
unless the tower  goes  with 
it; or against any wind that 
does not disable substantial
farm  buildings ;  to be perfect ;  to  outlast and 
do better work than any other mill  made.
A trente  wanted.  Address Perkins Wind Mill 
& Ax Co.. Mishawaka, Ind. Mention Tradesman

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CLIMAX-   v

PLUG TOBACCO?
¡¡ED TIN TAG.

UBERI  COÏB  &
AWNINGS,  TENTS,

----------M ANUFACTURERS  OF----------

HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS.
. 

W H O LESA LE  D E A LER S  IN

Oiled  Clothing,  Ducks,  Stripes,  Etc 

State Agents for the 

Watertown  Hammock  Support. 

SEND  FOR  PRICES.

73  Canal  Street, 

-  Grand  Rapids, Mich,
JTJX>X>  c * 3   OO., 

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

103  CANAL  STREET.

P A TEN T EES  AND  SO LE  M AN UFA CTU RERS  O F

Barlow’s Patent

Send for Samples and Circular.

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Barlow  Brothers,
O Y S T E R S !

State Agency for Wm. L.  Ellis & Co.’s

BRAKTD

BALTIMORE OYSTERS
On and after Sept. 1st., we will  be  prepared 
to  fill  all  orders for this well-known brand of 
Oysters, canned fresh at the packing-house in 
Baltimore.  No  slack-filled  or  water-soaked 
goods handled.  B. F. Emery will attend to the 
orders  for Baltimore shipment as usual.  Spec­
ial  Express  and  Freight  rates  to all railroad 
towns in  Michigan.  We  have  exclusive  con 
trol York River Brand.

COLE  &  EMERY,

Wholesale M anil Oyster Depot

37  Canal  St.,  Grand  R apids,  M ich.

2 0   X a y c x n .  

O -s ^ a irsL c a L   P t a ,^ > i c 3 L j s i -

A SK   YOUR  JOBBER  FOR

Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts,

A  -rcrh i cs 

-------- AND---------
B a l t i n ,  er 

U P o w d e r .

I. i

 G. Best 10c Cigar in Michigan. 
Cohhbob Seise  Best Sc Cigar in Michigan.
CLARK,  JE W E L L   &  CO.,

SOLE  .A-O-EisTTS.

THE  NEW  OIGLAJFL

They are a novelty in the Gigar line.  Every one of them  is naturally speck­
led.  The greatest sellers ever put on the market.-  W e solicit a trial order from, 
every first-class dealer in the State.  F ully guaranteed.

Kemink, Jones & Go.

FOR  SALE  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T H E  GRANT) R A P ID S   B.OLLSSB.  M IL L S

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MANUFACTURE  A 

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The  F avorite  Brands  are

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

FANCY  PATENT  “ ROLLER  CHAMPION."

Prices are low.  Extra quality guaranteed.  W rite for quotations.

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO.,

EAST  E N D   BRIDG E  ST.  BR ID G E,  G R A N D   B A P ID S,  M ICH.

