Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  30,  1885.

NO. 106.

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VOL. 3.

WHEAT!

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price-list.

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I want to buy Wheat in car 
load lots, one to five cars at a 
time.  Parties having any for 
sale can find a quick sale and 
better  prices  by  writing  us 
than they can possibly get by 
shipping to other markets.

W. T. Laioreanx, Agt.,

71  Canal  Street, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

VOIGT, 

HEHPOLSHEIMEE 

<& CO.,

Im porters  and  Jobbers of

STAPLE  AND  FANCY 

Dry  Croods ' 
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 De­

troit prices gurranteed.

EDMUND

J E W E L E R . ,

44  CANAI.  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

P r o p r ie to r s   o f   t h e

STAR  MILLS,

M anufacturers  of the  follow ing pop­

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“ STAR,”

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T9  THE TBJSJ3B.

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 of Slates, 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

REMINGTON  TYPE  WRITER

For Western Michigan.

EATON & LYON,

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

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Celebrated for its PURITY, STRENGTH 
and  FLAVOR.  The  superiority  of this 
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Premium Vinegar can always be found at M. 

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Try a box.
Jolm  Caulfield.,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids.

EOCZ  CAXTDTT.

JOBBER  OF

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Milwaukee  Star  Brand  Vinegars.

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

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.

JUDD  OO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

103  CANAL  STREET.

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43 and 45 Kent Street.

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

CHEMICALS,

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tended to.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

(Successor to P. Spitz,)

SOX.E  AGENT  OF

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The  Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Manufactured by Riverdale 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.

Mail a Good Business Mai

OR

Hardworking Traveling Man

IS  KEPT BACK  BY A 

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

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

TO  THE  TRAVELER.

Sermon Delivered  by Rev.  P.  E.  Holp, of 

Chicago.

When the birds come  flocking  from  the 
Northland,  we  know  that  fall-time  has 
come.

When  the  commercial  travelers  come 
flocking into our  hotels,  into  our  places of 
business,  we know  that  the dullness of the 
business life of the summer is past,  and the 
activity of the  business  circles  for the au­
tumn has come.

Moreover,  your  numerous  presence  with 
us to-night assures us that  you  have confi­
dence in the statement  that  once  more the 
healthfulness of our  city  is  restored to its 
normal condition.  For  these  two outlooks 
we  are  thankful  for  your  presence  to­
night.
•  If there is one subject more than  another 
that I  think I understand it  is the  subject 
that I am handling to-night.

For five years in the  State  of Ohio I was 
engaged in the  mercantile  life  myself;  my 
father was a merchant  before  me;  so that 
from my infancy  until  twenty-five years of 
age I knew the  commercial  travelers from 
Boston,  from  New York,  from  Cincinnati, 
and from Chicago.  My four  years  minis­
terial life  has  brought  me  continually into 
the presence of your order.

I have met you as a customer,  I have met 
you as a stranger,  I have met  you as a per­
sonal friend; if I  do not know  your  guild 
from the outlook of  all  these standpoints I 
fear that I shall never  understand any sub­
ject.

I am glad  to  say to-night  in  the face of 
these experiences that some of the grandest 
and some of the best men that I have known 
East or West  have  been  commercial trav­
elers.

I believe I am safe in saying that no class 
of men has been  so influenced by the minor­
ity giving reputation to the majority as your 
class. 
If the Apostle  Paul  ever  spoke  a 
truth it was when he said that no man lives 
unto himself; every one  of  your class has a 
molding influence upon every other member 
of your class; and every one  of  you has an 
influence in giving  reputation to your class 
in the world at large.  None of you live un­
to yourselves,  but every one unto  the  class 
with which you are joined.

I imagine that when I  state  that some of 
the grandest  and . best  men  I  have  ever 
known were in your  class,  that  many per­
sons in this congregation worshipping,  here 
will say—“Good  traveling  men! why next 
you will be telling us of good  devils!”  Yet 
I am speaking  soberly  and  honestly,  from 
long experience.  There is no  use in trying 
to hide the fact  that  the opinion obtains at 
large in communities everywhere, that every 
one of you once upon a time  said,  “Good- 
by honesty,  good-by decency, good-by truth­
fulness,  good-by  God; 1 am  going  to be^i 
commercial  traveler.” 
[Laughter.]  The 
only way you can do away with  an impres­
sion broadcast like this, is by living straight­
forward,  honorable  lives  every one of  you 
in the circles wherever you mingle.

Mr.  Curtis,  in tlie  character,  of  Sarn’l of 
Posen,  has taken  your  peculiarities,  your 
absurdities,  and  magnified  them  ten-fold, 
and placed  them  upon  the  stage  of  this 
country and made  theaters  convulse  with 
innocent laughter.

Robert Burdette has sat  down at his own 
private table and in his own inimitable man­
ner lias written out the  admirable points of 
your class; lie has  given  that  paper to all 
the printing presses of the cities  and towns 
of our country,  and  your  good  characteris­
tics are as  broadcast upon  sheets of  paper 
from  the  presses  of  our  country  as  are 
numerous the snow flakes which  iill  the at­
mosphere in winter.

Dr.  Talmage,  of  Brooklyn, 

seven  or 
eight years ago this present  month,  preach­
ed upon the subject I have to-night,  and he 
nade Brooklyn Tabernacle,  with 6,000 peo­
ple, 
reverberate  with  sound,  practical, 
Christian advice to your profession.

-MANUFACTUREES  OF-

AWNINGS,  TENTS,

HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS. 

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Oiled  Clothing,  Ducks,  Stripes,  Etc. 

State Agents for the 

Watertown  Hammock  Support. 

SEND  FOR  PRICES.

73  Canal  Street, 

-  G rand  Rapids,  M idi.

&  GRRI!

Agents  for  a fa ll  line  of

S. W. Venal & Co.’s

PETERSBURG,  VA.,

PLUG  TOBACCOS,
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTEB.

As a class you are ubiquitous; we find you 
in the hotels,  and we find  you  in the  cars, 
we find you in the  street,  and  we  find you 
in our stores,  we find  you in our cities,  and 
we find you  in  our towns; we  find you in 
the states,  and  we find you  upon the fron­
tier of our territories.  You  have  usurped, 
whether you wish it or not,  the honor of the 
Methodist preacher; no longer upon the first 
incoming locomotive’s cow-catcher is a min­
ister with a barrel of sermons, but a  travel­
ing man with a grip in one hand  and a case 
of samples in the other.

You hold the enchanted middle ground of 
the business  life; you are the mutual friend; 
the golden mean; the life blood; the missing 
link  of  the  commercial  world. 
[Laugh­
ter.]

There is only one  house  of  any 

impor­
tance from Plymouth  Rock to Golden  Gate 
out of the 10,000 commercial establishments 
that dares  carry on  business  without you, 
and that is Hoyt & Co.,  of  Chicago.  Four­
teen years ago  in  the  State  of New York 
there were  enough commercial  travelers to 
band themselves together in  an association; 
at the present time  there  are  over  30,000 
commercial travelers in the Empire State.

I say to-night that I  can safely  divide all 
your class into three departments,  I think I

Í

am  telling  the  truth.  First:  There  is a 
large  number  of  your  order  composed  of 
Jews who represent  the clothing and jewel­
ry establishments of our country.  There is 
a second class of young men who have been 
desirous to walk in  this  manner  of  life; 
there is a third class,  and  the  larger class 
composed of the men who have tried and un­
successfully tried other methods of  life and 
have stepped at last into  yours. 
It is with 
the last  two that I have  especially  to deal 
to-night. 
I  look  out  carefully and  study 
your class through  our  country,  and  there 
are two signs  that  give me  great  satisfac­
tion.  The first is that there are more  mar­
ried men in your  class  to-day  than' there 
were five  or  ten  years  ago.  The  second 
blessed thought is this,  that  you  treat less 
of your customers  to  strong  drink  to-day 
than you did five or ten years ago.  A lead­
ing salesman in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
some years ago made the remak after a long 
experience in mercantile life,  thus:  “I have 
never known a sipgle customer  that was se­
cured and held by the  practice  of  treating 
that did not in the end  become a scourge to 
the house obtaining him.”

I say of these  two  facts,  let them  go on 
more  distinctly  year  by  year  until  every 
man in your  class shall be a  married  man 
and until no customer  shall think  of  being 
treated by you any more than  the minister 
of the church you attend.

Your manner of life is unnatural.
If Col.  Ingersoll  ever  said  a good  thin, 
he gave it to the world when he said “homes 
make patriots.  There are  few  men  in our 
country patriotic enough to shoulder  a  gun 
in  defense  of  a  boarding  house.”  Henry 
Ward Beecher spoke in the  same line twen 
ty-five years ago,  when he said “a man who 
lives his life at a hotel  is  like  a  grape vine 
that is planted  in a  little  flower pot;  he is 
docked at the bottom and clipped at the top 
no man can ever reach out  his  branches to 
the evening and to the  morning,  as  God in­
tended,  unless he lives at his home.”

Shakespeare has said  “men  are  merriest 
when they are from home.”  In  the  face of 
these statements from  these three  giants I 
would say to you,  have a home somewhere 
if you are single,  take  a  place  where  you 
can be easiest on the Sabbath day and fix up 
a room that is your home; it  may  not be as 
elegant  as  some  you  would  find,  but  it 
would be vastly  more  beneficial  in  the in­
fluence that it exerts  upon  your  better na­
ture.  Have a home,  however homely; have 
a church your home,  however poor  it  may 
be.

I will say your  manner  of  living  is  un­

healthy.

When J.  G.  Holland  became  popular in 
this country as a  lecturer  he  was  sent  for 
from all  quarters of the  country  to  deliver 
lectures; he did so; one  day a  friend  asked 
him,  “Mr.  Holland,  how  do  you get  along 
in your new life?” and he  said,  “the lectur­
ing is nothing,  but the car riding is murder­
ous.”  We are told  by  travelers  in  Egypt 
that when the dogs in that  country  become 
very thirsty they at  last  rush  down  to the 
river Nile,  but never  stop  to  drink,  but go 
at  full  speed.  Why?  Because  they  fear 
the crocodile yonder will engulf them.  You 
eat as those dogs drink,  at full  speed,  most 
of  the  time.  These  two  peculiarities  that 
kill the physical man are distinctive features 
of your class.

I may say,  morever,  that your  manner  of 
life at present is abnormal. 
I  don’t believe 
out of  all  the  commercial  travelers  of  our 
country there is a  single one that intends to 
make  traveling  his  life  work; not a  single 
one.  This  abnormal  state  is  a  chrysalis 
state; it is a transitional state  you- are in  at 
present.  When a caterpillar  goes  into  the 
hrysalis condition  it comes  out  into a new 
world that is higher than its  old  life.  But 
many a caterpillar is crushed in its chrysalis 
condition and  never  reaches  the  advanced 
state of being.

How  many  commercial  men, 

in  their 
transitional  chrysalis  life,  are  crushed  by 
gambling,  are crushed by  strong  drink,  are 
cursed by the  woman  of  death,  and  never 
get into  the  anticipated  advanced  stage  at 
all?  How many  have  spoken  to  me  and 
said our life  is a dog’s life!  How many  of 
you  would  advise  your, son,  your  brother, 
your dearest friend to go into the profession 
you are in?  There  is  not  a  single  one  of 
all your number that  would  advise  a  dear 
one to you  to  follow  in  your  footsteps. 
Some weeks ago,  somebody  is  said to  have 
heard Gladstone say,  ‘ ‘I am tired  of  life;  I 
have led a dog’s life of it.”  And the friend 
responded  to  Gladstone,  “Yes,  you  have, 
but it was  a  St.  Bernard.”  You  have  the 
possibility within your  own  hands  of mak­
ing your life,  though[you look at it as a dog’s 
life,  that of a St.  Bernard;  reaching  out  to 
save and bless mankind.

I rejoice in  the  knowledge  of  the  fact 
that many of  your  order  are  leading  this 
noble  life  among  your  fellow  men.  At  a 
station not many  miles  from  here,  during 
the winter months,  was found a poor widow 
with her children; she wanted  to  go  where 
she had not the means jof going.  Somehow 
one of your class  learned  of  it  and  said, 
“Boys,  here is need,  here is an  opportunity 
to do good,”  He put down two dollars,  and 
six there were with him made it two dollars 
apiece,  making fourteen dollars from  these

men.  One of them [saw  a  banker  coming 
across the steet; he  called to him and  said, 
“We have made up a purse of fourteen dol­
lars for this woman and  her children; won’t 
you  help  us?”  The  man  reached  down 
in  his pockets and  gave  thirty-five  cents. 
That 
life! 
[Laughter.]

is  another  kind  of  dog’s 

traveler 

Laramrie is a town that boasts  it  lias tiie 
meanest man in the United  states;  and  lie 
is  not  a  commercial 
either. 
[Laughter.] 
It has  a  man  who  is  so  pe­
nurious that he  bought  a  ten-cent  hanker- 
chief,  then went  and poured  some  red  ink 
on it and blotched it all over witli red spots; 
lie never carries that except on Sunday when 
lie goes to church; lie gets  just  as  much  of 
the meeting  gratis as he can; when  lie  sees 
the collection box  coming  lie  gathers  that 
red  spotted  liankercliief  to  his  nose  and 
goes out; [laughter]  never of all  the  disa­
greeable,  unpleasant things that  have  been 
laid to your profession has a charge of  that 
kind been  made.  You  are  good  payers  at 
church,  always.  Up in the State of Minne­
sota during  this 
last  winter’s  blockades, 
there was found seventy-five traveling men; 
they went to the church on the Sabbath day 
and put in Si apiece. 
I  cannot  say  any­
thing against you  as  payers  at  church,  as 
more than half our collection every  Simday 
comes from  your  class, but  I  do  say  that 
you may make  a fatal mistake  right  there. 
Religion is a personal matter; you  can  not 
carry on a religious life  by  proxy; don’t  be 
like Micah, the man of old,  who said, “Now 
I know God will do me good,  for  I have  a 
levite to my priest.”

You are constant church goers,  and yet  I 
might  warn you  safely  upon  this  point. 
Bayard Taylor  tells  us 
in  his  travels  in 
Europe,  while lie was traveling through the 
beautiful mountain scenery  of Switzerland, 
that along  the highways of that picturesque 
country that could be seen magnificant  car­
riages.  Who were in those carriages?  The 
nobility of  Europe.  They  were  sleeping 
there,  perchance they were reading in there. 
On the outside of the carriage  there  was 
place for a man; that man had a canvass be­
fore him and with pencils he  would  sketch 
the mountain scenery,  and  the forests,  and 
the rivers on his canvass,  so  that  when  he 
returned home he could take down  the  dif­
ferent canvass, and  show  to  lfis  lord  and 
lady all the scenery through which they had 
passed.  Be not like  these;  you  hear  men 
explain the word of God every  Sabbath  al­
most; do not allow them to go  through  this 
picturesque  Biblical  scenery for  you;  but 
open your  eyes  and do your  own  looking; 
read the open Bible.  Paul lias said as good 
advice again,  “that  not the hearers of God’s 
word  are justified before God,  but the doers 
of God’s word.”

You hear enough,  every  one  of  you,  of 
divine truth to  make saints of  you  all;  do 
you heed the words you hear?  Is it strange 
advice when 1 tell you you cannot put a better 
piece of furniture 
in  your  grip,  however 
cramped and crowded it may be, than a copy 
of  the divine will?  You say, “Why,  on the 
train where we are every day are to be found 
Bibles.”  Yes, but they are not yours!

Lyman  Abbott  and  Moody  for  twenty 
years have  carried  the  same  Bibles,  and 
eacli one’s testimony is  lie  would  not  give 
that Bible for all the rest of  the  Bibles  in 
the United States.  You want  one of  your 
own,  you want to use it; you want to  mark 
it; you want to heed it.

thus: 

Again;  You  are wonderfully kind, cour­
teous, and  obliging  to  all  men. 
I  saw  a 
statement in the  New  York  Independent 
the other week like this—that  a  man  who 
was in one of  the large  depots  there  was 
rushing for a train; he stopped  and  said  to 
1 lounger:  “Is that my train?” the tnan re 
sponded  uncourteously 
“I  don’t 
know; it  seems  to  have the nuine  of  some 
railroad company on  it;  have  you  lost  a 
train  anywhere?”  A  commercial  traveler 
would  never  make  an  answer  to  man, 
woman or child like that. 
I venture to say, 
from a large experience,  that  you  can  get 
more satisfactory  information,  with  regard 
to the time of trains, (their  arrival  and  de­
parture,  their  connection with  other lines, 
and the fare from one destination to another, 
from any one commercial traveler  than  you 
can from all the time-tables,  station agents, 
and conductors put together.

You live too much in the present.
Do you always remember the hereafter  of 
this  life—the  great  hereafter?  Do  you 
know that for the transitional  life  you  are 
now living,  and the life  you  are  going  to 
live after  you  have  finished  tills  stage  of 
action,  your  fellow-men are  going  to  hold 
you responsible for it?  Do  you know  that 
in this great hereafter God is going  to  hold 
you responsible for all the deeds done in the 
body?  Live  with an  eye to the  future  of 
this world and  the  world  to  come,  more 
than you have in the past.

You are too skeptical with  regard  to  the 
ultimate success of honesty.  Some wag lias 
said,  “honesty is  the  best  policy,  but  you 
have to pay the premium on it in  this  life, 
and you don’t realize on the insurance  until 
the future life.”  That is a mistake; you  do 
realize on the insurance in this life  as  well 
as the life to come.  A man  who  has trav­
eled in this Territory as long  as  there  has 
been anybody here,  said that he tried  to  do

what was fair and honest as ever a man did; 
the first year lie did  not  sell  as  much  as 
some of his dishonest competitors;  the  sec- 
year his sales were  larger;  the  third  year 
they were still larger,  and since  then lie lias 
gone on having a trade  superior  to  all  his 
dishonest competitors, 
I11 the. city of Phila­
delphia,  twenty-five years ago,  there was  a 
salesman who was told by his proprietor “to 
lie in his selling of goods if need be;” he said, 
“1 won’t do it.”  His  proprietor said  “go.” 
He went.  To-day his employer  is  remem­
bered as  a  disgraceful  bankrupt,  and  the 
clerk is one of the most  honorable,  respect­
ed,  substantial  business  men  in  Philadel­
phia.

Honesty is the best policy.
Again you  are  too  prodigal  with  your 
spare time.  You  have hours  every  day  at 
the hotel*and hours on the train,  going from 
one place to another,  that  you  squander  in 
a prodigal manner.  You will take a  news­
paper wherever you can get one,  from  any 
quarter,  of any  date;  you  will  read  it  all 
through; you will read  the  advertisements; 
you will read  “wanted,” you will read  “cor­
respondence;” then you  will  turn  over  the 
paper and read it again.  Then  you will sit 
for hours looking heedlessly out of  the  car 
windows.  Why not put in your time  read­
ing some good book?  How many hours are 
spent in foolishness that might be treasured 
upjin  good,  honest  thought?  Why  don’t 
you say this week:  “I will read every  day 
a play of Shakespeare?”  It only takes three 
hours.  Have you  not  three  spare  hours 
that you squander some way?  Next week I 
am going to  read  one  of  George  Eliot’s 
into  the 
works;  next  week  I  am  going 
American Men of Letter series. 
I am going 
to read what Holmes says  about  Emerson; 
next week  I  am  going  to  read  Milton’s 
“Paradise  Lost,”  or  Pope’s  “Essay  on 
Man.”  By the time  twelve  months  would 
perform their circle,  you  would have a com­
plete  literary  education  for  yourself,  in­
stead of  time  squandered  and  worse  than 
squandered.

When is the most trying time of your life? 
It is the hours after the sun goes down  and 
until midnight.  One hour of  the moon and 
I stars sees more of evil upon the face  of the 
earth than does the sun in his twelve hours’ 
circuit. 
If you read something good during 
the morning or afternoon, and get interested 
in it,  when  the  supper  time  is  over  you 
won’tjask,  shall I go to the gambling places, 
shall I go to the [theater,  shall  I  go  to  the 
house of death?  No! you will  say,  I  want 
a private room,  I am  interested  in  what  I 
have commenced  reading,  and  I will  finish 
it tills night.

You-  are  often  thoughtlessly  unchris­

tian.

it 

I will not stop to  argue  at  this time,  but 
admit,  that there  is nothing  wrong  in  our 
simple card playing on’the train from station 
to station;  admit  that  there  is  no  harm 
about that simple  affair; 
is  unchristian 
notwithstanding.  There  are  men,  and 
children around you every moment  you  are 
doing it who are disgusted;  who are crashed 
by anything of that kind; you  are  degraded 
in their sight.  Paul said:  “If meat offends 
my brother I will not eat any more meat  so 
long as I live.”  Can you  not  say,  if  cards 
offend those who are  traveling  with  me,  I 
will not play any more at such game.

It would be strange if in so large a flock of 
you  there  were not some  white  sheep  and 
some black  sheep,  and  the  black  ones  are 
very black. 
I have  heard  of  one  of  your 
number  who  was  during  the  blockades  in 
Minnesota circumstanced like this:  The train 
was  delayed a few miles outside of  a  small 
town,  and they were left to stay in the block­
ade for hours together.  There was nothing 
edible on board;  when the  hour  for  dinner 
arrived one of  the  trainmen arose and  said 
“I will go to  yonder town  and  I  will  pro­
cure you something to eat;” he made the self 
sacrifice and went;  he  returned;  the  man’s 
face was frozen to a  crisp.  He  set out the 
coffee; it was  cooled  partly;  it  was  not  as 
good as that you would find  at  the  Palmer 
House,  in Chicago; the food he  brought did 
not tase  as  well  as  some  you  find  at  our 
best hotels; one  man  tasted  the  coffee,  he 
tasted the food,  he went to the car door and 
threw it out; one of your  order followed him 
out to the steps and kicked him off the plat­
form into the  snow,  and  said,  “you  are  a 
hog,  and you don’t know  it;  you  can’t  ride 
with decent folks;  if  you  want  to  ride  on 
this train go into  the  baggage-car  and  stay 
there.”  There are black sheep among you, as 
I said before, but I rejoice to know that your 
class,  like the ocean itself, has the power of 
a purification within it.

I met a man two years ago  in  this  Terri­
tory,  a man that was old enough  to  be  my 
father—a man who had at one time  been  a 
physician—a man  who is at this time repre­
senting one of the largest houses in the city 
of Chicago. 
I was in a town where a town- 
well was being dug; they  had already  gone 
into the  earth nearly  threee  hundred  feet. 
There was  a  multifarious  crowd  standing 
around,  who were all examining  what  was 
being  thrown  up  from  the  depths  below; 
this man stepped up,  being  somewhat  of  a 
geologist,  and a man of thought and  exper­
ience; he took up different particles and look­
ing at them said,  “If  there is a man  in this 

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ity.  This is part  of  its  function as the su­
preme guardian of the  health  and sanity of 
the people.

We have no quarrel  with  any who  insist 
that the truest and  deepest  rest is found by 
the diversion of our energies from the things 
of time and sense to the  realities  which  lie 
deeper and rise higher  than  these do.  But 
Sunday exists for those who do not take this 
view of the matter,  as well as for those who 
do.  It is not a church  day,  but a rest day, 
and is used to its  true  end  by any one who 
gets rest  out of it,  even  though the  rest be 
not the highest.  And  it  is  abused by any 
one who makes it a day of religious toil and 
burden, however excellent his intention. 
It 
was made for man, not  man  for  it,  as  the 
highest authority reminds us. 
It was made 
to keep us free men,  sober  men,  sane  men, 
strong men.  We will be none of  these if it 
degenerate in our use of  it into a day of ar­
tificial excitements,  of  ecclesiastical  hurry, 
of self-imposed  burdens  of  observance and 
labor, which leave us tired  and  worn at the 
opening of a fresh week of  toil.

Lets us lift up  the  day,  then, 

into  the 
place of just honor which belongs to a social 
benefactor.  And let  us  all—whether relig­
ious or irreligious—guard it j ealously against 
the encroachments alike of secular greed and 
of toilsome religiosity.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER  30,1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

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President—Lester J. Hlndge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Wm. Sears.
Executive  Com m ittee—President,  Vice-Pres­
ident and Treasurer, w-ofllcio; O. A. Ball, one 
year;  L. E. Hawkins and it. D. Swartout, two 
years. 
,
Ben W. 
Arbitration  Committee—I.  M. Clark,
Putnam, Joseph Houseman.
Sears,
Transportation  Committee—Samuel 
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, A rthur 
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. 
Manufacturing  Committee—Wm.  Cartwright, 
E. 8. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening 
of October. 
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Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­
ing of each month.
J3T"  Subscribers and others,  when writing 
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub­
lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisem ent in the columns of  this paper.

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IX  THE  CITY.

SUNDAY  LABOR.

in the saloon business.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

Yeagle & Boardman succeed Silas  Fisher 

An advance of over fifty percent,  in west 
bound freight rates  is  one  of  the most en­
couraging signs of the times.

Attention  is  directed  to  the  call  for a 
meeting of the  retail  trade  of  the city,  in 
another column of this issue.  As the meet­
ing is for the  purpose  of  effecting a  local 
organization,  a full attendance is requested.

T h e T ra d esm a n congratulates the retail 
trade  of  Muskegon  on  the  mercantile or­
ganization now being effected at  that place, 
and trusts that it will  result  in  the  same 
good to the trade at  large  that  similar or­
ganizations have in  other  cities.  The eyes 
of other towns in the State are on the  Mus­
kegon movement,  and on its success or fail­
ure depend in great  measure the  organiza­
tion of the trade  in  other  important  mar­
kets.

Iu the recent report of the  Massachusetts 
Bureau  of  Statistics, there  is  an elaborate 
account of the development of Sunday labor 
in that  commonwealth.  New  England is a 
district in which the  weekly  day of  rest is 
observed more  generally  than  in the  great 
majority of  our  commonwealths.  The old 
Puritan tradition  clings to  its  people,  and 
when one has been brought up iu the atmos­
phere  of  strict  observance  of  Sunday,  no 
change of theory or principle will make him 
at  ease 
in  breaking  the  tradition.  The 
whole face  of  nature  and  of  society,  the 
sounds and sights  which  greet his ear even 
in the solitudes of the country, will all wear 
a different appearance on  Sunday from any 
other day.  He will have qualms of feelings 
if not of conscience,  in  following  any  rule 
but that of his early training. 
In  this way 
the tradition of a stricter  Sunday transmits j 
itself in spite  of  new  theories,  and  people 
who have no reason  to  give  for  disliking 
laxity,  will  either  avoid  it or be made very 
uncomfortable by it.  We are  not surprised 
to learn that  most  forms  of  Sunday labor 
are of very recent  origin,  and that after de­
ducting household servants and sailors,  who 
cannot be released from Sunday work,  there 
there is but  eight  per  cent,  of  the  total 
labor of  the  State  that  does  not enjoy a 
week of rest.  In other states  the  percent­
age must be much  greater,  and  increasing. 
Of late years there  has  been  a  pressure of 
opinion in the  direction of  diminishing the 
difference between Sunday  and  other days, 
with the result that one  class  after another 
has been  robbed  of  the day of  rest.  No­
where lias there been any effort to see where 
the change in our methods enables a release 
of any class of workers.  We  still  demand 
Sunday mails, although  the rise of the tele- i
graph system makes them much  less neces-  week. 
sary.  Our railroads not only run passenger j  A  L  Burnett & Co.  have  removed  their 
trains on Sunday,  but freight  trains  loaded  | dry  g00(i  an(1  gr0Cery  stock  from  Lisbon,
with  lumber, coal and  other  goods  which 
and consolidated it with their stock on South 
would lose nothing  by waiting.  Along the 
Division street.
whole line of employments  which  minister 
to the public  convenience,  our  pressure  for 
Sunday  accommodations  has  been  steady 
and  irresistible.  Should it continue so,  the 
time cannot be distant when the general ex­
ample of a  public demand  will  encourage 
capital to demand of labor  seven days work 
to the week,  whenever  business is in a con­
dition which makes this  profitable.

Eugene Cooper will shortly engage in the 
grist mill  business  at Jamestown  Center. 
W.  C.  Denison furnished  a  45 horse power 
engine and boiler.

A. Y. Chapman formerly engaged in gen­
eral  trade at  Fruitport,  has  purchased the 
fruit and  confectionery  stand  of  Chas.  N. 
Semon,  at 65 South Division street.

Tradewell & Tanner, retail furniture deal 
ers on South Division  street,  have  retired 
from business.

Button & McCullough have engaged in the 
grocery business at Alba.  Clark,  Jewell & 
Co.  furnished the  stock.

Lindblom Bros,  have engaged  in the gro­
cery business at Upper Big Rapids.  Arthur 
Meigs & Co.  furnished the  stock.

R.  G.  Archer,  who  lias  removed  from 
Alba to West Branch, purchased a new gro 
eery  stock  from  Clark,  Jewell & Co.  last

Wm.  Langworthy will shortly engage  in 
the grocery business at  Traverse City.  Ar 
tliur Meigs & Co. will furnish the  stock.

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Telfer & Brooks is the  firm  name of the 
concern which has rented  the  vacant  store 
in the Kendall block,  on  Ottawa  street,  for 
the purpose of engaging  in  the  jobbing  of 
teas,  coffees and spices.

John  Wonnnest  is  erecting  a  two-story 
frame  store  building  at  92  Grandville 
avenue,  25x60 in  dimensions,  which he will 
occupy with a  hardware  stock  as  soon as 
completed.

John Wierenga,  formerly of  the  grocery 
firm  of  Veldman  &  Wierenga,  has  about 
completed a two-story  frame  store bvilding 
at 86 Grandville  avenue,  which  he  will oc­
cupy with a grocery stock.

Bode & Keeney,  of Ferry, have purchased 
of W.  C.  Denison a 50 horse power Phoenix 
engine and boiler,  and  a  Clark  Bros,  saw 
mill,  with a daily capacity of 50,000  feet of 
hardwood.  The  firm  owns about 800 acres 
vicinity of

It is not in what is  called  a  religious  in­
terest that  we  deprecate  any  such  change 
as this.  Least of all is it in any ecclesiasti­
cal interest.  Sunday  has  suffered  greatly 
at the hands or  the  churches,  and  through 
being taken  under  their  patronage. 
It is 
not a church  institution  in  any  sense but 
that of being used and often abused for their 
It is a. state  institution  first 
convenience. 
of all. 
It was given to  a  nation and not to 
a church at  Sinai. 
It  owes  its  validity to 
civil enactment,  which  has  in view the na­
tional  well-being.  The  churches  could do 
without it; the State cannot.  It is necessary 
to the health,  the  sanity,  the physical  and 
social welfare of  the whole community.  It 
becomes  more  so  with  every 
increase in 
what Mr.  Carey calls “the  rapidity  of  so- 
cietary  circulation.”  The  French  revolu­
tionists thought one rest day in ten enough. 
Alexander von  Humboldt  found  their  ar­
rangement  of  decades 
intolerable,  and
France fell back on Sunday by common con-i 
sent,  when the Reign ¡of Terror ended.  The 
Greeks and  Romans  adopted  the  day very 
John Himes & Co. have  contracted  with 
generally from the Jews,  without any recog­
the McCord & Bradfield Furniture Co. to con­
nition from the Civil Law  until  the time of 
struct the largest boiler  ever  turned out in
It will be  18%  feet  long,  9 feet 
Constantine and the establishment of  chris- j this city. 
tianity.  Japan is signalziing her advent in-  in diameter,  constructed  of  one-lialf  inch
to the number  of  civilized  nations  by  sub­
steel plate,  with  double  furnace  and  will
stituting the western  Sunday  for  the  three I weigh about twenty-five tons, 
rest days a month of the old calendar.  Less 
than one day  in  seven  does  not  meet the 
needs of our  civilized  hurry  through  life.
Perhaps the time  will  come,  if it has  not 
come already,  when  one  day  in seven  will 
be found too little,  and when  an  additional 
*w . __ j  be intercalated  with ! 
half  day of  rest  may
, 
advantage into  the  middle  of  each  week. 
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All that is  a  question of expediency,  and is
for the State to settle.  This  is one  of  the 
questions which fall to it because  no less or 
less material authority can settle them.  No 
other power can suffice to bid the whole ma­
chinery of society stop,  and  the  overstrain­
ed energies of brain and muscle find recuper­
ation in a social cessation of  ordinary activ-

“You  may say that  underware  and knit 
I goods  are  going up  like  hell,” said a lead 
ing dealer in that  line.  “A  week  ago we 
I were offered a good  article of scarlet under­
ware at $7,  and yesterday we ordered a case
  T,T  by telegraph.  The house refused the order
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stating that the price  of  the  goods had ad
,  ,
vanced to  $7.50.  This  morning  we  tele
graphed in an order at $7.50, and this after­
noon  the  house  replied 
that  the  goods 
had advanced another 25 cents.  Just where 
the forward  movement 
is  going  to rest is 
not apparent at present.”

The Tradesman has received  a  number 
of complaints from local  dealers  relative to

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the disreputable practices of  a  young  man 
named Harry Brooks,  who has lately resolv­
ed  himself  into a collection  agency.  His 
manner of operating is to  solicit  claims for 
collection from  retail  merchants,  in  some 
cases  obtaining  advances  for  alleged  ex­
penses,  and afterward adding a considerable 
percentage to the  bill  as  presented  to the 
debtor,  The “expenses  of collection”  are 
never incurred, and the character of the col­
lector renders it extremely doubtful whether 
the dealer will ever  secure  the money,  even 
after it is obtained from the original debtor. 
Dealers having collections  would do well to 
place them in responsible  hands,  and  give 
Brooks  and  similar  disreputables  a  wide 
berth.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Frank Merritt, druggist at  Charlotte,  has 

Frank Aspinwall has engaged  in trade at 

W.  L.  Hogue,  grocer at  Benton  Harbor, 

Cadaret & Roberts, grocers at Wyandotte, 

sold out.

Woodland.

has sold out.

C.  F. Marple, bazaar  merchant  at  Char­

have been  attached.

lotte,  has sold  out.

drug firm at Edmore.

business at Luther.

troit,  have assigned.

Knight & Hendricks is the name of a new 

Lincoln Bros,  have engaged  in  the  meat 

Martin &  Co., hardware  dealers  at  De­

Emmett & Wilcox,  hardware  dealers at 

Bancroft,  have sold out.

F.  B.  Hine has sold his hardware stock at 

Lowell to W.  It. Blaisdell.

Dr.  C.  H.  Kimber  will  shortly  engage  in 

the drug business at Hamilton.

Melby & Co.  succeed  Melby & Flannigan 

in general trade at Ishpeming.

S.  B.  Spencer has  bought  the  hardware 

stock of E. A.  Hill, of Coloma.

Bennett & Potter  have  engaged  in  the 

bakery business at Saginaw City.

Isaac L.  Sibley succeeds  Hyney & Sibley 

in the grocery business at  Albion.

F.  II.  Sheldon  succeeds  Dunn & Skinner 

in the drug business at Burr Oak.

F.  Knapp,  of the boot and shoe firm of F.

Knapp & Son,  at Bronson,  is  dead.

Louis G.  Moore succeeds  A.  L.  Moore in 

the drug business  at Saginaw City.

Peat & Willoughby succeed Peat & John­

son in the hotel business at Ithaca.

Albert II.  Green succeeds Green &  Green 

in the clothing business  at Manchester.

C.  W. Rickard  succeeds  J.  R.  Mowry &

Co.  in the jewelry business at  Jackson.

John Kuhn & Co.  succeed  Ulrich  Kuhn 

& Co.  in general trade at  Mt.  Clemens.

M.  F.  Merrick succeeds  M.  F.  Merrick  &

Co.  in the lumber business at Menominee.

Birkett & Spokes succeed II.  & J.  Ingalls 
& Co.  in the milling business  at  Petoskey.
Tobey & Putney succeed  L.  S.  (Mrs.  R.
J.)  Putney in the  drug  business at Sturgis. 

fruit and  confectionery  business  at Jack-] 
son.

Chas.  Eddy,  grocer at  Petoskey,  has  sold 
his stock to J.  Van Zolenburg,  formerly  of 
Kalamazoo.

White & Utter, the Grand Haven grocery- 
men,  are  closing  out  their stock,  and will 
retire from business.

G.  B.  Kellogg  has  moved  his  clothing 
stock  from  Allegan to  Sturgis,  where lie 
has re-engaged in business.

Mathew G. Bailey, the Mackinac druggist, 
was recently  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Gib­
son,  of St. James, Beaver Island.

E. Flansburg,  general  dealer  at  Hickory 
Corners, has sold out to Smith & Lawrence, 
possession to be given October 10.

Dr. E. J.  Bean,  the Summit City druggist, 
is  erecting a  new  store  building.  When 
completed, he will add a  line of  dry goods.
Traverse  City  Journal:  A.  I.  Wilhelm 
will  open  up  his  new  brick  store  on the 
south side in about  two  weeks  with  a  fine 
line of dry goods and clothing.

Snow & Cook,  who  have  earned  on the 
hardware business at Moline for about a year 
past,  have closed out  their  stock  to B.  Gil­
bert & Co.,  at that place,  and  retired  from 
business.

Muskegon Chronicle:  Dr.  Y.  A.  Berger­
on has leased the store in the Zimmer block 
formerly occupied by Dr.  Mizner  as a  drug 
store.  He has fitted it up and will move his 
stock of drugs from lower  town  into it in a 
few days.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

James Shevalier & Co.’s new band mill at 
Muskegon is running  with marked success.
S.  Baker,  planing mill  operator  at Ham­
ilton,  will  shortly  put  in  a  new  water 
wheel.

The Challenge Corn Planter  Co.  is build­
ing a dry kiln in connection  with its works 
at Grand Haven.

Cross & Dyer,  the  Standish  lumber  firm, 
are clearing up  several  hundred  acres for 
stock raising  purposes.

A.  D.  Hughes & Co.’s new roller  process 
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mill at Irving is now nearly  completed. 
will have capacity of 100 barrels per day.

Hewett & McElwee have  engaged  in  the 
manufacture of carpet sweepers at Big Rap­
ids.  The sweeper is the invention of D,  R. 
Stevens,  also of Big  Rapids.

Sheridan  News:  J.  W.  Prestel 

intends 
opening up the Fargo saw mill  and will cut 
about 3,000,000 feet of logs the  coming sea­
son.

The Pere Marquette Lumber Co.,  at Lud 
ington,  is  building  a  cooper  shop  with 
capacity for turning out  300  salt  barrels a 
day.

Stanton  Clipper:  Howell  Bros.,  whose 
lumber and shingle  mills  burned down last 
July,  have their new  shingly mill up and in 
operation again.

J. M.  Keckler  succeeds  Hickman  to the I*"*"« 

Geo.  P.  Langdon,  assignee,  has  sold the 
A Walton correspondent writes:  Work is
Keeney shingle  mill,  at  Indian  River,  to
Turner & Patterson,  of  Saginaw,  and  will  progressing finely  on  D.  C.  Leach’s  cran-
berry marsh.  Mr.  H.  D.  Taber,  who  has 
put the mill in operation again.
the job pf sanding seven acres,  has  his  job 
about half completed.

Cranberry Topics.

The Ludington, Wells & Van Shaick  Co. 
recently purchased 600 acres of pine land on 
Point river, Marquette county,  for which it 
paid $48 an acre.  The land is estimated  to 
have on it 9,000,000 feet of pine.

W.  S.  Smith will  put in  5,000,000 feet of 
logs on Mullet  lake,  Cheboygan county,  for 
Francis Little,  of Chicago.  Smith  also has 
the contract for sawing  the 
logs,  and  will 
remove his mill  from  Cheboygan  for  that 
purpose.

R.  E.  Cady & Co.,  of Romeo,  will  put in 
5,000,000 feet of logs at Otsego lake,  Otsego 
county,  and  10,000,000  feet  on  the  east 
branch  of  the Au Gres,  employing  eighty 
men.  The logs on the  last  named  stream 
will be sawed at  East Tawas.

Cheboygan  Tribune:  The  Cheboygan 
machine shops  anticipate a  good  business 
this  winter.  They  say  the  mill  owners 
made as  few  repairs  last  winter  as  they 
could possibly,  and  they  think  it  will be 
necessary the coming  winter  to  give all a 
more general overhauling.

Fair Brothers started their mill at Maren- 
isco,  September  15.  The  mill  has  steam 
feed and can cut  60,000 feet in a day.  The 
mill is on  the  Presque  Isle  river,  and the 
greatest trouble the  firm  has  now is to get 
logs down.  There  are  2,000,000  feet  of 
logs hung up six miles above the mill.

A newspaper  reporter at  Marquette was 
lately shown,  at  that  place,  a pile  a cherry 
lumber,  some of  the boards  of  which were 
22 inches in width.  The timber from which 
the lumber was  cut  grew  12  miles  south­
west of Marquette.  He also saw  some fine 
red oak,  worked into newel posts, and some  j 
birch furniture  that  would  have  attracted j 
attention anywhere.  It is evident that there  i 
are  fine  hardwoods  on  the  Upper  Pen-  | 
insula.

Logs will be put into Higgins and Hough- j 
ton lakes and Muskegon waters,  the coming 
winter by the following operators: A. A. Big­
elow & Co.,  10,000,000  feet; J.  C.  Hamil­
ton,  6,000,000;  E.  Bertrand,  4,000,000;  M. 
Wilson,  4,000,000; A.  H.  Petrie,  3,000,000; 
Ilovey and  McCracken,  3,500,000;  Torrent 
&  Arms  Lumber  Co.,  2,500,000;  G.  E. 
Wood,  2,500,000; Torrent & Ducey, 20,000,- 
000; Roscommon  Lumber  Co.,  20,000,000; 
John Murray,  6,000,000;  Blodgett & Byrne, 
15,000,0000;  George Fuller’s  estate,  7,000,- 
000; Moore & Whipple,  20,000,000.

STRAY  FACTS.

Hollier & Anthony  have  engaged  in  the 

meat business at Lakeview.

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C. J.  W.  Bolton has  purchased  the  meat 

business of Bush & Beach,  at Sand Lake.

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A.  B.  Seery has purchased of E.  A.  Fenn 
a half interest in the  Eagle  Planing Mill at 
Allegan.

O.  G.  Bradeen & Co.  have engaged in the
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shlpplns of  butter,  egg»  and
produce at Muir,
D.  R.  Thralls is erecting a new  two-story 
store  building  at  Walton,  which  he  will 
occupy with his furniture stock.

A.  Seligman,  formerly  foreman  for J.  T. 
Avery & Co., cigar manufacturers at  Grand 
Haven,  has engaged in  the  manufacture of 
cigars on his own account at that place.

Muskegon  Chronicle:  F.  II.  llobarge  & 
Co.’have sold out their feed store  on  West­
ern avenue,  to  James  Hudson  &  Co.,  who 
will continue the business in  the same loca­
tion.

Lyons Herald:  The mint  crop is all se­
cured in good  condition. 
It has  not  been 
a first-class year  for mint and growers will 
hardly realize the profit from their crop they 
did one year ago.

Wheeler,  McGill & Co.  shipped  the  first 
carload of salt produced  by their  new  well 
at Manistee last week; and rumor has it that 
Davies,  Blacker & Co. are preparing to sink 
a salt well near their mill.

Cape Cod’s cranberry crop this  year  will 
amount to  about  28,000  barrels,  somewhat 
under the estimate of a few weeks ago when 
the crop looked unusually tine.  It is thought 
that in five more good  seasons  the  yield in 
Barnstable and Plymouth  counties  will  be 
nearly 100,000 barrels. 

The  circulated  reports  in  regard  to the 
damage done the cranberry crop of  Wiscon­
sin by frost proved to be exaggerated.  The 
crop was slightly damaged 
in  the  country 
around  Berlin,  but  no  material  harm was 
done except in  that  locality.  The  picking 
is so far advanced that no  great  harm  can 
come to the crop.

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T h e T ra d esm a n,  at  the  solicitation  of 
its editor,  has received an interesting article 
on cranberry culture from Mr.  D.  C.  Leach, 
and similar contributions have been  solicit­
ed from every grower in the State.  The ar­
ticles will deal  with  the  individual  exper­
iences of each grower,  and  will  all  appear 
in one issue of T h e  T ra desm a n,  probably 
about the middle of October.  Such a series 
of letters on the  subject  has  never  before 
been  given  to the  public,  and  will  be of 
practical value to  every  one  interested  in 
the subject.

The thirteenth annual  convention  of  the 
American  Cranberry  Growers’  Association 
was held at Tom’s River,  Mass.,  a couple of 
weeks  ago.  President  Brakeley’s  address 
was  upon  insect  enemies,  n e   has  made 
; careful research for the pests,  patiently stu- 
| died their habits,  and  speaks  as one having 
j authority.  Mr.  French’s  statistical  report 
! was on the pulp and flavor of the cranberry.
: His estimate of the probable  crop of 1S85 is 
! as follows:  In New England,  225,000 bush- 
I els; New  Jersey,  175,000,  Wisconsin,  150,- 
j OeOO, othr Western  States, 10,000;  in  other 
! words,  a total product of 560,000 bushels.

Advance  in  West-Bound  Freight  Rates.
At  a  meeting  of  representatives  of  the 
various trunk  line  railways  at  New  York 
last week,  it was resolved to advance  west­
bound freight rates from 5  to  20  cents  per 
100 pounds on the several classes.  The new 
schedule is to go into effect on Oct.  5.  The 
following are the old and the new  rajes  be­
tween New York and Chicago—Grand Rap­
ids  has  the  same  rates  as  Chicago—upon 
which  the  rates  between  other points  are 
based:
First-class..................... 
Second-class............................. 30 cents.
Third-class................................ 25 cents.
Fourth-class.............................18 cents.
Special.......................................15 cents.

New Kate. 
60 cents. 
50 cents. 
40 cents. 
25 cents. 
20 cents.
It  was  decided that all cut-rate contracts 
should  be  terminated,  and  that  in  cases 
where it should be  found  impossible  to  re­
pudiate or modify contracts,  they  should be 
charged in the pool accounts  at  full  rates. 
Provision was also made to  prevent cutting 
in the future,  and as usual all the companies 
| pledged themselves that they would not cut.

Present Rate.
40 cents.

Purely Personal.

Wm.  T.  Hess,  of  Perkins  &  Hess,  has 

gone North on a fishing excursion.

Arthur R.  Rood left Monday for a week’s 

visit with friends at Lapeer and Detroit.

G.  L.  Kuhlman,  the  Negaunee  grocery- 
man,  put in a couple of days at  this market 
last week.

Wm.  N.  Rowe,  General  Manager of  the 
Yalley City  Milling  Co.,  is recovering from 
the  effects  of a four  weeks’ 
indisposition 
superinduced by a severe cold.

Tony Bartak,  whose  name  and  fame  are 
linked  with  tlje  general  firm of Wilhelm, 
Bartak & Co.,  of Traverse City, was in town 
Saturday,  on his way  home  from  Chicago.

“Seems to be a General Favorite.” 

T h e  Mic h ig a n  T ra d esm a n  has  just 
its  second  year,  and  enters 
upon a new  year  with  brighter  prospects 
than ever. 
It seems  to  be a general favor­
ite with the tradesmen  of  the  State  and is 
liberally patronized by them.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Geo.  II.  Seymour—New  Foundland  pup 
—going to  be  as  big  as  a  horse—present 
from a Cadillac  friend.

C.  E.  Cones,  Michigan  representative for 
S.  W.  Venable #  Co.,  Petersburg,  Va., put 
in Sunday at this market.

That traveling  salesmen  reverence  Sun­
day is shown by the fact that they invariably 
dislike to start out on that day.

R.  B.  Orr’s last  horse  trade  occurred at 
Plainwell,  by which he  became  the posses­
sor  of  “Dexter  2d,”  which  has a  record 
somewhere inside of three minutes.

W.  N.  Ford,  Michigan  perambulator  of 
the  Bull  Dog  Tobacco Co., of  Covington, 
Ky., was in the city over Sunday.  He was ac­
companied by Mr. Judson,  general  traveler 
for the same house.

The fever is still spreading.  G.  II. Jacobs 
now pats a fine water  spaniel,  the  gift of a 
Kalamazoo friend; and II.  B. Fairchild casts 
loving glances at  a St.  Bernard,  obtained in 
the neighborhood of  South Boardman.

Officers of the army and commercial travel­
ers are charged half rates at first-class hotels 
in Germany.  The  commercial  man is call­
ed a Qcschafts-Rcisendcr  in  Germany,  and 
fin 
cornmis 
France.

voyageur 

traveler) 

(clerk 

Now is the time when  the new  drummer 
is taken in by the  head  clerk and thinks he 
is talking with  the  proprietor of  the retail 
store,  which  gives  the  proprietor  time to 
slip out of  the back  door  unobserved,  and 
enables the head clerk to  smoke good cigars 
all day.

G.  F.  Cole,  formerly engaged in the man­
ufacture of shirts at Marshall,  but more  re­
cently on the road for the Comet Corset Co., 
of Jackson,  has  engaged  to  travel  for  the 
Pembroke Knitting Co., of  Muskegon. 
lie 
has just  returned  from  a  successful  trip 
through the Upper Peninsula.

Sarcasm by an  old  C.  T .:  If  you  have 
hard luck write to the firm  and  tell  them 
everybody is underselling you. 
If  you  are 
travel  right  along; 
having  a  .fair  trade, 
don’t write to the firm every day, only about 
once a week,  as  they  don’t  care  a snap of 
the 
they  know  where 
you are or not.  They  don’t want to corres­
pond with you anyway.

finger  whether 

A commercial  traveler from  Kansas says 
that out there the farmers,  church  deacons, 
and in fact all  the  pillars  of  church  and 
society,  are buying  fire  extinguishers.  He 
thought that half of Kansas must  be on fire 
until he got around where  they  were  run­
ning a threshing machine and they were us­
ing the extinguishers.  Here  he  found that 
the boys were pulling the stoppers from the 
extinguishing  bottles  and  cooling  down 
what must have been  internal  fires  in their 
own bodies.  The boys  thought  the  extin­
guishers  were  a  great  success,  especially 
when they  were  allowed  to do  the  extin­
guishing. 

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Col.  Lemon, »au ex-traveling man of  Chi­
cago,  is considerable  of a  wag,  and  lots of 
the old timers  will  remembei  his  harmless 
practical jokes.  At  one  time  he  was in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  as  lie  was 
leaving 
some friends at the  Weddell  House  to go 
out on one  of  his  trips,  they  said:  “Are 
you going to send us some  game  from the 
West?”  “Yes,” he replied,  “I will.” Some 
time after,  while  in  a small Western town, 
he noticed a number of wooden faucets,  such 
as are used in vinegar barrels,  suspended by 
a string in  front of a  store.  “How  much 
will  you take for the  whole lot?” he  asked 
of  the  proprietor.  “Seventy-five  cents,” 
was the reply.  The sale was made,  and Mr. 
L.  packed  his  purchase  neatly,  in a  box 
full of sawdust,  and shipped it  C.  O.  D.,  to 
the Weddell.  He then  wrote  them that he 
had sent by express  one  dozen  woodcocks. 
Preparations were  made  for  a great  feed, 
when that letter was received at  the  hotel, 
but it was not  given;  at 
least  not at Col. 
Lemon’s expense,  as was expected.

Manistee Times:

The salt interest of this j completed 

city has  already had a decided effect  upon 
its fuel supply,  and  the  time is not far dis­
tant when wood  will  be  a  very  valuable 
commodity in this market.

The  Cedar  Springs  Warehouse  Co.  has 

Alonzo B.  Davis’ furniture factory at  Al- 
tona will be 18x32  feet  in  dimensions  and 
two  stories  high.  The  factory  will  be  in 
running  order  by  November  1.  Tables, 
stands and beds will be manufactured.

“I want  to  be a  mechanical  engineer,” 
said a young man to a prominent  engineer. 
That young man spent ten years in the bus­
iness.  He  went  to  college;  he  attended 
technical schools; he took degrees and wrote
le was
perfected an organization by the election  of  hali the alphabet after  us name,  u 
L.  M.  Sellers as president and J. A. Spooner j not au  “M*  E>”  He never would be one-  14 
as buyer.  Th« nominal «mitei stock Of the I was not in him.  His schoolmate never saw
The nominal capital stock of the 
even the walls of a technical school,  yet the 
corporation is $40,000,  and the company an­
schoolmate became  an  “M.  E.” in  earnest. 
nounces that the  highest  market  price  will 
He was called to responsible  positions  and 
be paid for all grain offered at  that  market.
filled them well.

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The Best in the World.

The Acme  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Kala­
mazoo, made a fine exhibit  at  the W estera 
Michigan  fair held here last week,  showing 
five  creamers of  various  sizes, 
including 
both the “Palace” and “Acme.”  The latter 
creamer has-been on the market for  several 
years,  and 
is  deservedly a  great  favorite j 
with dairymen,  farmers,  and all who handle 
milk in any quantity.  The  “Palace” cream­
er  is 
in  some  respects  superior  to  the 
“Acme,”  and is better  adapted to  certain 
uses than its  predecessor.  Both  creamers 
have fought their way to the front rank, and 
their merits fully sustain their present proud 
position.

The Acme Manufacturing Co. has arrang­
ed with W.  C.  Denison to  carry à full 
line 
of their  creamers  and  other  dairy  imple­
ments and  supplies,  which  will be  a great 
convenience to the patrons  of  the company 
in this  vicinity. 

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A woman went into a druggist’s the other 
day and asked for ten cents’ worth of sweet 
spirits of nightcap.  She was directed to the 
saloon next door.

Steady progress  continues to be  made in 
the cultivation of tea in the Punjab.  In 1883 
there were 1,494 tea  gardens  in  existence. 
Out  of  this  number  forty-four  only  are 
European plantations,  the  remainder  being 
worked and  owned  by  natives.  The  total 
area  under  cultivation is 5,708  acres. 
In 
1883 the total out-turn  of  tea  was  1,300,- 
000 pounds,  of which  984,405  pounds  was 
black tea and 315,695 pounds  green.

An immense  ledge  of  white  metal  has 
been discovered  in  Antelope Yalley,  Mono 
county,  Cal., the nature of which puzzles all 
mining experts  to  whom  specimens  have 
been  submitted.  The  metal  is  fusible at 
first, but after  the  first  time it  yields  to 
nothing except a mixture of acids.  A pound 
of rock yields half a pound of the metal and 
there are millions of tons in  the  plant. 
It 
contains  platinum.

The  Wisconsin  Board  of  Pharmacy  re­
cently obtained a judgment of $50 and costs 
against F.  F.  Rabbas,  of  Alma,  Wis.,  for 
keeping a pharmacy without being  register­
ed . or  having  a  registered  pharmacist  in 
charge.

Plainwell’s Traveling Representatives.
The following representatives of the trav­

B. Lamb, Doggett, Bassett & Hills Co., Chi­

eling fraternity reside at Plainwell:
C. 
cago.
Frank  C.  Adams,  American  Hand  Sewed 
Shoe Co., Toledo,  Ohio.
W. H. Winters, Joel Bailey &  Sons, Philadel­
phia.
A. L. Winters, Joel Bailey  &  Sons,  Philadel­
phia.
Chas.  O.  Barton,  Champion  Harvester Co„ 
Chicago.
J. H. Stirling, American WThip Co., Westfield, 
Mass.
J. Sidell, Spring Tooth Harrow  Co., Kalama­
zoo.
W. C. McAllister, insurance.

In Their New Quarters.

Arthur Meigs & Co.  have  completed  the 
removal of all  their  stock  from  55 and 57 
Canal street  to  their  mammoth  establish­
ment at 77,  79,  81  and  83  South  Division 
street,  and  now  have  one  of  the best ar­
ranged jobbing  houses in  the  State.  The 
nearness of the  new  location to the  Union 
depot and the business  center  of  the «city 
will enable the house to  execute  all  orders 
with even more dispatch than before.

Yisiting merchants  are  cordially  invited 
to call at the  store, when  iu  town,  and be 
shown through the establishment.

Meeting of the Retail Trade.

All  retail dealers of  Grand  Rapids who 
are interested  in  the formation of an  asso­
ciation for protective and defensive purposes 
are requested to meet  at  T h e T ra desm a n 
office Tuesday evening,  October 6.
Let there be a general turn out!

ARTHUR A. ROOD,

ATTORNEY,

43  PEARL  STREET,  HOOD  BLOCK, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Collections  a  Specialty  !

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY".
One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—J acob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next place of  meeting—At Detroit, November 

3,1885.
Michigan  Slate  Pharmaceutical  Association.

OFFICER8.

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sing. 
Rapids. 

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

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Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

OFFICERS.

President—Frank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  Censors—President,  Vice-President 
and Secretary.
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White.
Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B. 
Kimm, A. C. Bauer.
Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts,  O.  H. 
Richmond, Jas. S. Cowin.
Committee on Trade  Matters—H. B. Fairchild, 
John Peck, Win. H. VanLeeuwen.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November.
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening, October 1 
at “The Tradesman” office.

CORNERS  IN  PILLS.

the terms of agreement to  the  same restric­
tion.  The principle  announced  by Justice 
Christiancy in Hubbard  vs.  Miller  was ap­
plied to a  very  great  extent  .in  Beal  vs. 
Chase,  31 Mich. 
In  Caswell  vs.  Gibbs,  33 
Mich.,  332, the same principle was affirmed, 
but relief refused  (Justice  Marston  render­
ing the opinion)  on the ground of uncertain­
ty alike in the contract  and in the proofs.

I have no doubt  that  the  object  of  this 
contract was a legitimate one,  and  that  the 
consideration—mutual  promises—is  a valu 
able one. 
(See authorities  above cited,  and 
1 Smith’s L.  C.,  part  2,  508;  2  Parsons on 
Contracts, 747 et seq.  and notes.)

Entertaining these  views,  I  must  defeat 

the demurrer.

THE  OFFICIAL  PROGRAMME.

Arrangement  of  Business  for  the Coming 

Convention.
TUESDAY, 2 P. M.

Meeting called to order by President Crouter. 
Prayer by Bishop  Harris.
Roll call.
Address of welcome by Gov. R. A. Alger. 
Response by ex-President Wells, of Lansing. 
Reading minutes of last  meeting.
Address by G. W. Crouter, of Charlevoix. 
Presentation of names for membership. 

TUESDAY, 7:30 P.  M.

Report of Executive Committee  on Applica­
tions for membership.
Election of members.
Reports of committees.
Report  of  delegates  to  American  Pharma­
Report of delegates to National Retail Drug­
Reading of papers and discussion of same.

ceutical Association.
gist’s Association.

WEDNESDAY, 9 A. M.

continued.

Report of officers.
Unfinished business.
Reading  of  papers  and  discussion  of same 
Trade interests.
Trade  interests  continued,  and  reading of 
At 4p. m. adjournment to examine exhibits. 
Wednesday evening the members are invited 
to attend an opera at the Detroit Opera House. 
This entertainm ent is  tendered  by  the  retail 
druggists of Detroit.

WEDNESDAY, 2 P. M.

papers.

THURSDAY, 9  A. M.

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

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Judge Chipman Holds That Pellets are Not 

Necessities of Life.

John II.  Jenks,  who manufactures Dr.  J. 
W.  Kerinott’s mandrake pills at Detroit,  re­
cently entered into  an  agreement  with the 
wholesale drug house  of  James E.  Davis & 
Co.,  whereby the latter  agreed to  maintain 
the goods  at a certain  price.  Davis  & Co. 
broke  the  contract,  and  Jenks  thereupon 
sued for damages.  The defendants  demur­
red on the ground  that  the  agreement was 
one to corner the market  in  Kennott’s pills 
and was  therefore  void as  against  public 
policy.  Judge Chipman,  before  whom the 
case was argued,  overruled the demurrer  in 
the following important descision:

There is no doubt  that  if  these  pills are 
necessities of life,  as  wheat  (Raymond vs. 
Leavitt,  4t>  Michigan,  450), or coal (Moore’s 
River Coal Company vs.  Barclay Coal Com­
pany, 68 Pennsylvania 173; Arnot vs. Pittson 
& Elmira Coal Company, 68 New York,  558, 
or other articles which plainly  are  required 
by the  necessities or  great  convenience of 
the public,  a contract for the purpose of en­
hancing their price  would  be illegal,  and 
courts would refuse  to  enforce it 
In Ray­
mond  vs.  Leavitt,  Justice  Campbell  says: 
“The object  of  the  arrangement  between 
these parties  was  to  force a fictitious  and 
unnatural rise in the wheat  market  for the 
express purpose of getting  the advantage of 
dealers  and  purchasers  whose  necessities 
compelled 
them  to  buy,  and  necessar- 
>  ily to create a similar difficulty as to all per­
sons who had to obtain or use that commod- \ 
ity, which is an article indispensable to every 
family in the  country.”  This,  he  decides, 
the law will not  countenance,  and  he  cites 
Fas in point the  coal  cases  in  68 New York 
and 68 Pennsylvania  St.  reports.  So far as 
wheat and coal,  and other  articles  of  that 
nature are concerned,  the  entire  propriety 
of the rule is self-evident.  Society may pro­
tect itself against combinations,  contracts or 
acts which tend to  place  artificial  and ex­
travagant values upon articles which are es­
sential to the sustenance of life,  and  it may 
do this either by punishment of  persons,  or 
by refusal to allow damages  for  the breach 
of contracts tainted with this  infirmity; but 
a patent pill cannot  be  placed  upon a foot­
ing  with  wheat,  coal  and  other  articles 
which are as essential to life as air.  Courts 
will recognize the fact  that  there can be no 
mystery as to the constituents  of such pills, 
and that the varieties of them devoted to the 
cure of the same diseases  are without num­
ber.  That they are  all  necessaries of  life, 
or in any sense indispensable to the  human 
race,  would be a violent presumption, not to 
be entertained judicially,  and  only to be es­
tablished by evidence  which  every  sensible 
man knows has no  existence. 
In this view 
the  agreement  to  maintain  the  schedule 
price,  and not to resort to a lower  one, can­
not be considered as injurious to the public.
The contract undoubtedly  is  in  restraint 
of trade,  so far as it goes. 
It prevents  the 
defendant  from  selling  under  the  price 
agreed upon; but care  must be  taken  that 
the rule which prohibits agreements of  this 
nature shall not itself become  the source of 
meddlesome restriction  and  interference  in 
innocent and  beneficial  transactions.  The 
learned Justice Christiancy,  in  Hubbard vs. 
Miller, 27 Michigan,  19 says:  “But if, con­
sidered with reference to thé  situation,  bus­
iness and objects of  the  parties,  and in the 
light of all the  surrounding  circumstances, 
with 
the  contract 
was made, the  restraint  contracted  for ap­
pears to have been for a just and honest pur­
pose, for the protection of the legitimate in- 1 
terests of the party in  whose  favor it is in­
terposed,  reasonable  as  between  them,  and 
not specially injurious to tlie  public,  the re­
straint will be held  valid.”

to  which 

reference 

If this rule  applies to  the  present case, 
the agreement  between the  parties is based 
upon a valuable  consideration,  they  pledg­
ing themselves  by  mutual  promises  to  ob­
serve the same price,  each  being  subject to

Third  Meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Pharmaceutical  Association.

State

The Third Annual  Meeting  will convene 
in  Merrill Hall,  corner  of  Woodward  and 
Jefferson  avenues,  Detroit,  on  Tuesday, 
Oct.  13, at 2 o’clock,  p.  m.

A large attendance  is  expected  and  the 
meeting promises to be very interesting and 
entertaining.

Parts of two sessions are set apart for the 
discussion of  trade  interests,  a  matter that 
is of vital  importance to  every retail dru 
gist  in  the State.  A  large  number of pa­
pers on interesting subjects will be read and 
discussed.

The commercial  exhibit  by  the  leading 
wholesale  druggists,  and  manufacturing 
chemists of the country promises  to  eclipse 
the grand display of last year.  The exhibit 
is in charge of  Mr.  A.  W.  Allen,  the assist­
ant secretary.

Reduced  rates  have  been  obtained  for 
members and their families at  hotels as fol­
lows:  The Russell,  S3; the  Brunswick,  $2 
to S2.50; the  Griswold,  $2;  the  Kirkwood, 
SI.50 to S2; the Rice 81.25.

V one and one-third rate has been obtain­
ed from  the  Michigan  Passenger  Agents’ 
Association,  which  includes  the  following 
ailroads:  Chicago & West  Michigan;  Chi­
cago & Grand  Trunk;  Detroit,  Lansing & 
Northern; Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwau­
kee;  Detroit,  Mackinaw & Marquette; Flint 
& Pere Marquette; Grand Rapids & Indiana; 
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; Michigan 
Central;  Michigan  Air  Line; Michigan  & 
Ohio; Pontiac,  Oxford  &  Pt.  Austin; Tole­
do,  Ann Arbor & Northern  Mich.; Wabash, 
St.  Louis &  Pacific.

To secure this reduced rate it is necessary 
to  obtain a certificate  which  will  be  fur­
nished by me  on  application.  This  rate is 
given to all members and their families; also 

to those who  may send  in  applications to 

become  members  at  this  meeting,  and to 
those who may wish  to  join  after  arriving 
in Detroit.

A special 

invitation 

is  extended  to the 
wives of members  to  accompany  their hus­
bands on this occasion.

If the efforts of the Association in  secur­
ing a pharmacy law meet your approval, we 
ask you to favor us  with  your  application 
for membership.  Enclosed with this please 
find an application blank.  The membership, 
including applications  received  since  our 
last meeting,  is 530; we hope to have before 
the close of this meeting a total of 800.  Can 
you not assist us  in  reaching that  number 
—the larger the  Association the more influ­
ence we can exert in the  interest of the Re­
tail Drug Trade of this  State.
Muskegon,  Sept  15,  1S85.

J acob J esson,  Secretary.

The Drug Market.

Trade  and  collections  are  fairly  good. 
There have been  no changes of  importance 
since the last report.

A  Pennsylvania  pharmacist  asks 

the 
Druggists' Circular if he should  sell  bella­
dona plasters,  when his  customers  call  for 
Alabama plasters; while  another correspon­
dent says he  sells  corrosive  sublimate for 
gross subliment.

A curious complication in connection with 
the new pharmacy law  has  arisen  through 
the  discovery 
that  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  cannot  be in­
corporated under the general statute, a spec­
ial law for the purpose being necessary.  As 
the Legislature does not again convene until 
1886,  the clause in the pharmacy act relating 
to the Association will  of  necessity  mean­
while  be  inoperative.  This  is  somewhat 
unfortunate,  but  under  existing  circum­
stances will not in any serious degree impair 
the efficiency of the law.

The Advantages of  the  Michigan  Pharm­

acy Act.
From the Western Drug-grist.

The Michigan Act  is  probably  far  the 
most  stringent  of  State  pharmacy laws  in 
America.  To  illustrate  the  difference  be­
tween it and the Illinois and nearly all other 
pharmacy acts,  we may cite a  case  of viola­
tion  recently  prosecuted  unsuccessfully  in 
this city.  A prominent pharmacist recently 
found it necessary  to  absent  himself  from 
town,  and left his store without a registered 
pharmacist in  charge,  though he  employed 
three clerks.  As a summons  could  not be 
served on him as proprietor, suit was brought 
against the clerks,  but without  avail,  as the 
court ruled that the pharmacy act held  only 
the  proprietor  or  person  in  charge of the 
pharmacy responsible.  Had  conviction been 
secured  the  judgment  would  have  been 
worthless unless the  defendants were finan­
cially responsible,  imprisonment  not  being 
a part of  the  penalty.  Under  similar  cir­
cumstances  in  Michigan  each  clerk  could 
have been promptly fined,  and, in default of 
payment,  imprisoned,  or both  fined and im­
prisoned in tlxe discretion  of  the  court. 
It 
may be said that  this  penalty is  needlessly 
harsh and under certain  circumstances  cal­
culated to  inflict  unmerited  disgrace  upon 
persons innocent of  intentional violation;  it 
is maintained by many that the  demands of 
justice may be met by holding only the pro-! 
prietor  responsible.  These  questions  we 
have discussed in previous issues and revert 
to them now  only to  indicate  the  unusual 
severity with  which  Michigan  proposes  to 
deal with  infractions  of  the  law.  For the 
imprisonment feature  of  the act the  drug­
gists of the State  made  no  request.  This 
was distinctively the thought of the Legisla­
ture,  and affords undoubted  evidence of  its 
earnestness and a determination in the cause 
of safe dispensing.  As prosecutions  under 
the law will be practically under the control 
and in the hands of the Board of Pharmacy, 
it may be presumed that the lash will be ap­
plied only when the efficiency and dignity of 
the law so  require. 
It is  safe  to say there 
will be little trifling with  an  act  having so 
many sharp  and  dangerous  edges. 
It  is 
probable the examinations of the Board will 
for a time  at  least  be  somewhat  lenient. 
Possessing absolute power subject to no ap­
peal,  and realizing  the  full  measure  of  its 
responsibilities,  it  will  doubtless  proceed 
with  prudence,  and lay  a  foundation upon 
which their successors  may  build with con­
fidence,  and with a measure of success which 
shall justify the anticipations of the friends 
of the legislation which is destined to  mark 
a new era in Michigan pharmacy.

O.  H. Richmond on the Quinine-Morphine 

Question.

Gra n d R a p id s,  Sept.  26,  1885. 

Editor Tradesman:

D e a r Sir—In  T iie   T ra d esm a n of the 
23rd,  I notice an article relative to the dan­
ger of  selling  or  dispensing  morphine  in 
place of quinine.

After an experience in the  drug  business 
of some seventeen years  I  must  say that I 
cannot understand how  any  dniggist  could 
make  such  a  mistake—that  is,  supposing 
the druggist to be sober and awake.  It would 
be about the same  as  a grocer  accidentally 
selling or  substituting  early  rose  potatoes 
for apples.

It is very true that  quinine and morphine 
are alike in color,  but  when you  have  said 
that  you  have  said  all  there  is  to  say, 
except  that  both are  bitter.  Every drug­
gist knows  that  the  crystals  do  not look 
alike,  or turn out from the bottle alike,  and 
if dispensed from the  original  bottles,  mor­
phine in drach uiols and quinine in  ounces, 
it seems to me that there need  never be any 
errors.  Yet the fact  remains  that such er- 
rorsjiave occurred. 
I  knew of  one  case— 
not  with a  druggist,  but  with a  doctor— 
which arose from the physician keeping  his 
morphine in a quinine  bottle.  This  would 
be quite likely to lead to  errors  and  should 
not be practiced.

There are two  other  articles  that in my 
opinion are more  liable  to  be  confounded 
than quinine^ and  morphine  and  they are 
PoitTEt SodT^Tart.  and  A nt7Et Pot.  Tart. 
Many cases are on record  of  deaths  result­
ing from the  substitution of  the  latter for 
the former. 
In order to prevent  all chance 
for such accidents,  I  have always made it a 
point to keep the tartar  emetic  clear  in the 
rear of the store away  from  the  other salt 
mouths and on the top shelf where  it  takes 
a little  trouble to  get  it.  This  avoids all 
chance for a clerk or the proprietors to take 
down the wrong  bottle in a  moment of ab­
sent mindedness.

For the same reason I never keep FI.  Ex. 
Bell,  on the shelf with  FI.  Ex.  Bucliu and 
the other  Bs.  A  case  occurred  in  Maple 
Rapids a few  years ago,  where  an  exper­
ienced druggist  poisoned  himself  by acci­
dentally  taking  a  swallow of  belladonna 
from his shelf bottle.

O.  H.  Richmond.

A young  man  writes  The  Tradesman 
from  Charlevoix,  asking  if  a person  who 
has had three  years’ experience in  the drug 
business,  but  will  not  be  eighteen  until 
November,  can  register  without examina­
tion.  The law  states  very explicitly that a 
person must be eighteen years age before he 
can become a  registered  assistant  pharma­
cist,  but the same provision  is  probably un­
intentionally omitted  from  the requisites to 
registration as a  pharmacist.  Therefore,  if 
the writer was engaged in the dispensing of 
prescriptions for three  years  prior to  Sep­
tember 18,  and was so engaged on that day, 
he is entitled to registration as a full-fledged 
pharmacist,  although  he  could  not become 
an assistant pharmacist  until  reaching  the 
age prescribed by law.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,
Advanced—Chlorate potash, oil cubebs. 
Decli ned—Nothing.

ACIDS

Acetic, No.  8.................................... 
9
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........   30
Carbolic............................................  34
C itric.................................................  60
Muriatic 18  deg............................... 
3
Nitric 36 deg.................................... 
11
Oxalic...............................................   12
Sulphuric 6i6deg.............................  
3
Tartaric  powdered.........................  52
Benzoic,  English....................$  oz
Benzoic,  German............................  12
Tannic..............................................   12

®

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.................................Ç lb  15  @
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 

5
6 @

10
35
36 
65
5 
12
14 
4
55
18
15 
15

18
14
6 
7

BALSAMS.

Copaiba
F ir..........
Peru......
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 piowdered........................
W ahoo..............................................
Soap  ground....................................

BERRIES.

Cubeb  primo (Powd 95c)...............
@ 90
6  @ 7
Juniper.............................................
Prickly Ash...................................... 50  @ 60

40@45
40
2 00
50

11
18
13
14
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

27
37«

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 fi> doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 lb  boxes)...............
........ .
do 
Lgowood, «8 
...............
do 
Logwood, « s 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
Fluid Extracts—25 
cent, off list.

FLOWERS.

Arnica...............................................   10
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................

GUMS.

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 (« 14c, &s  16c)............
Euphorbium powdered..................
Galbanum strained........................
Gamboge...........................................
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Kino rPowdered,30c].....................
Mastic..............................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $4.90)...............
Shellac, Campbell’s .........................
Shellac,  English..............................
Shellac, native.................................
Shellac bleached..............................
T ragacanth......................................  30
HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES

H oarhound...........
Lobelia..................
Pepperm int...........
Rue..........................
Spearm int.............
Sweet Majoram__
T anzy............. .......
T hym e....................
W ormwood..........,

IRON.

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

LEAVES.

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

28®

60®  75 
12 
50 
30 
65 
60 
50 
45 
35 
25 
55®60 
13
40
80
90
35
20
40 
3 50 
30 
26 
24 

30®1 00

25®
35®
80®

.40
.24
.35
.30
.25

6 40 
20

14
6
20
30
22
16
10
35
30
35
35

LIQUORS.

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

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

MAGNESIA.

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

37 
2 25 
65

OILS.

Almond, sweet.................................  45
Amber, rectified..............................
Anise.................................................
Bay $   oz.........................................
Bergamont.......................................
Castor...............................................   18
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  Italian  . 
....
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rose  iR'oz........ :..............................
Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 60)
S alad.................................................  65
Savin.................................................
Sandal  Wood. German..................
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
Sassafras...........................................
Spearm int.................................. .
T an sy ...........................................i..4 50
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10
W intergreen.................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
W ormseed.......................................

do 
do 

@ 50 
45 
2  00 
50 

2 10 
1 00 
1 20 

l   19 M 
2 00 
75 
35

1 00 

1  20
1  50 
6  00 
9 00 
1 60
2  00
35 
50 
2  00 
2 01 
90
1  65 
1  80
80 
@  90
2 75 
1 25
50
1  30
3 50 
8 00
65 
@  67 
1 00
4 50 
7 00
55
@6  00 
®5 00 
®  12
2 25
3 50 
2 00

POTASSIUM.

Bicromate.................................$  1b
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 27c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prassiate yellow..............................

14 
40 
25 
3 00 
28

ROOTS.

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

20 
25 
17 
33 12 
20 
35 
20 10 
12
17 
20 
20
1  20 
30 
15
18 
38
®1  50 
®1 20 
2 00 
2 25

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

SEEDS.

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in fl>  packages..........
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery...............................................
Coriander, Dest  English................
F en n el..........................

50
60
43
20
15
25
20

15
5 @ 6
4 9 4«
15 @1 18
OU
75
15
10
15

i
i

@

4 00

do 

do 

2  @

do 
do 

SPONGES.

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

1 10 

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ...
do 

3  ®  4
4M@  5
6  ® 
7
2 75
2 00
 

3 3£@
4 @
7 Cm 8
4«@ 5«
10
75
6 @
7
14
25 @2 502 00
1 10
 
 
75
1  40
2 20
1 26
50
27
12

Foenugreek, powdered.......
Hemp,  Russian....................
Mustard, white  Black  10c). 
Q uince..................................
Worm, Levant.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.
do 
Nassau 
do
Velvet Extra do 
do
ExtraYellow do 
do 
Grass 
do 
Hard head, for slate use................  
Yellow Reef. 
................  
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 lb rolls....................................  
Alum.........................................  # lb   2M@  3M
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...............................I7 00  @9  75
Bismuth, sub  nitrate............................ 
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................  
50
Blue Vitriol  .................................... 
6  ®  7
10® 12
Borax, refined (Powd  12c)..................  
2 00
Cantharides,Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, A frican............... 
18
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
22
18
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ... 
Carmine,  No. 40...................................... 
Cassia  Buds.....................................  
12
Calomel. American..................... .'. 
75
Chalk, prepared drop..............................  
Chalk, precipitate English.......
12
...................
Chalk,  red  fingers. 
82
Chalk, white lum p.......................”
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
1 60 
Colocynth  apples............................
60 
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
1 50 
Chloral 
cryst...
1  78 
Chloral 
1 90 
Chloral 
crusts..
1  75 
Chloroform .....................................   77  @
80 
Cinchonidia, P. &  W......................  18  @
23
Cinchonidia, other brands.............   18  @
23 
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................  18  @
20 
Cochineal.........................................
40 
Cocoa  B utter..................................
45
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
70
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered....... 
40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box..
15
Creasote............................................
50
Cudbear,  prim e...............................
24 
Cuttle Fish Bone.............................
20 
D extrine...........................................
12
Dover’s  Powders............................
1  10 
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
50 
Ergot  powdered..............................
45 
Ether Squibb’s .................................
8 
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s ........... !
Epsom Salts (bbl. \%).....................  
3 
Ergot, fresh......................................
50 
Ether, sulphuric, TJ. S.  P ...............
60
Flake  white......................................
14
Grains  Paradise..............................
15 
Gelatine,  Cooper’s ..........................
90
Gelatine, French  ............................  45
0
@  71
Glassware, flint, 7’) off,by bo^60off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 ais__
Glue,  c ajin et..................................   12
Glue, white.......................................   16
Glycerine, pure...............................
Hops  Ms and « 8 ..............................
Iodoform $   oz...............................
Indigo...............................................
Insect Powder, best  Dalmatian...
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co., boxes
Iodine,  resublimed........................
Isinglass,  American.......................
Japonica...........................................
London  Purple...............................
Lead, acetate....................................
Lime, chloride,(Ms 2s 10c & Ms 11c)
Lupuline...........................................
Lycopodium....................................
M ace.................................................
Madder, best  D utch.....................
Manna, S.  F ......................................
Mercury............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s ........
Moss, Iceland............................$  a
Moss,  Irish......................................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 a   cans........
Nutgalls............................................
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
Nux  Vomica............. .«.....................
Ointment. Mercurial, Md...............
Paris Green.................................... 
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................  
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
6  ®
Quassia.............................................. 
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........... a  oz  72  @
Quinine,  German............................ 
72®
Red  Precipitate.......................a
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................
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  do 
.........................
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F .............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F .............................
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
Tartar Emetic..................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, M gal. cans  fl doz
Tar, 
quarts in tin ..........
Tar, 
pints in tin .............
Turpentine,  Venice................ 38 1b
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....................
Custor Machine  Oil.................................
Paraffine, 25  deg......................................
Paraffine, 28  deg......................................
Sperm, winter bleached.........................
Bbl
Whale, w inter......................................  70
Lard, extra...........................................  55
Lard, No.  1...........................................  45
Linseed, pure  raw ..............................  43
Linseed, boiled..................................   46
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........   70
Spirits Turpentine..............................  40

35
28
1 60
74  @ 78
35
@ 2
10
9
33
2  @ 2«
2 15
6 50
38
4
3o
5
14
17
9
11
11
26  @ 28
30  @ 82
•W
4
3M@
3® 3«
602 70
1  40
85
55
7  ® 8

17 
28 
20 
40 
40 
@1  00 
@  40 
®1 00 
4 00 
1 50
10  ®  15 
15 
8
45 
50
12M@  13 
60
2 80@3 05 
40 
10 
12 
30 
18 
23 
60 
10 
45

..75
..60 
..50 
..35 
..30 
..25 
..30 
..30 
. .6C 
15M 
..21 
1  40 
Gal 
75 
60 
55 
46 
49 
90 
45

@ 
@ 
16  ® 
25®

1  00 

17  @
2

do 
do 

4H@

OILS.

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach........................................1  10@1 20
E xtra  T urp..................................................1 60@1 70
Coach  Body.................................................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture................................. 1 00@1 10
Extra Turp  Damar.................................... l  55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No.  1 T urp........

HAZELTINE, 
H IN S  
& CO,
Druggists !

W holesale

65

85

45

45

50

40
2 CO
2 30

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OFicals,
ani  Druggists

5

MANUFACTURERS  OF
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

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

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

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  HADE  &  CO.’S

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

W e are also owners of the

Druggists’  Favorite  Rye,

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

GijMttSi Flit IMS.

PAINTS

Bbl
Red Venetian............................ 
im
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........   1M
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  1M
Putty, com m ercial..................  2M
Putty, strictly pure..................  2M
Vermilion,prime  American..
Vermilion, English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly pure............
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
Whiting, white Spanish..........
Whiting,  Gilders......................
White, Paris American............
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  Paints.......
Swiss Villa Prepared Paints..

70®  75
Lb 
2® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
2M@  3 
2M@  3 
13® 16 
59@60 
16@17 
6M 
6M 
@70 
@90 
1  10 
1 40 
1 20@1 40 
1 00® 1 20

We  call  your  attention  to the adjoining 
list <jf 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.

HiMTHPEBIlM

A. m ercantile:  jo u rn a l, pu blish ed ea ch

W EDNESDAY.

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

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

Telephone No. 95.

(Entered  at  the  PostoMce  at  Grand  Rapid*  a* 

Second-class Matter.1

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30,1885.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

OF  LIQUOR.

CONDITION IN DEED—SALE
In the  case  of  Watrous  vs.

Allen  the
Supreme  Court  of  Michigan  held  valid  a 
condition in a deed that hi the  event of  the 
propery conveyed being used for the sale of 
liquor it should revert to the grantor.

Wholesale Grocers,

a g -xsnts  f o b .

Sample Butt.  See Quotations in Pnce-Current.

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

KNIGHT  OF  LABOR  FLOG,
W M . SEA RS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

d w e l l in g  u sed  a s bu sin ess  p l a c e. 
The fact that a person transacts his  busi­
ness in his dwelling does not divest .it of  its 
character as a dwelling so as to make it law 
ful for an officer to break the  outer door for 
the purpose of serving civil process  against 
the owner,  according to the decision  of  the 
Supreme Court of Minnesota in the  case  of 
Welsh vs.  Wilson.

1XFRINGMENT OF PATENT  DAMAGES.
In an action brought for the  infringment 
of a  patent  for  a  design  for  carpets  no 
profits were found  to  have  been  made  by 
the  defendant,  but  the  Circuit  Court,  in 
which the action was tried,  allowed  to  the 
plaintiff as damages for every  yard  of  car­
pets made upon  the  design  in  question  a 
sum equal to the profit made  by  the  plain­
tiff in  making and selling  carpets with  the 
patented design.  The Supreme Court of the 
United  States  held  that  this  award  of 
damages was improper,  and that only nomi­
nal damages should  be allowed, there being 
no evidence as to the value imparted  to  the 
carpet by the design.

Agents  fo r

AMBOY  CHEESE.

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

“I. M. C.; Best 10c Cigar in MicMffan.
“Comoi Sense; Best 5c Cigar in lt t a i
CO,
CLARK,  JEWELL  &
SOLE  AGEW 'US.

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Maifacterers of 

>
PURE  CANDY !

AND  DEALERS  IN

ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES,. 

3Sr-a.ts,  Eto.

ENTIRELY  N EW
Silver  Spoon Baking Powder

3  DOZEN  LARGE  ONE-HALE  POUND  CANS  OF

DOZEN

IJ4  DOZEN

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

CHECKS.

Pepperell, *104.......... 26
IPepperell, 114........- • V4
Androscoggin, 84.. 21 
Pepperell.  74........ 16*;Pequot,  ¿1..............S?
Pepperell,  84........20  Pequot,  84..............-l
Pepperell,  94 ........22*lPequot,  94 ..............24
I  Caledonia, XX, oz. .11  ¡Park Mills, No. 90.W  
Caledonia,  X, oz.. .10  Park Mills, No. 100.15
i  Economy, oz.........10  Prodigy, oz...............u
i  Park Mills, No. 50.. 10  Ot s  Apron..............10V4
Park Mills, No. 60. .11  Otis  Furniture.......M*
Park Mills, No. 70.. 12  York,  1  oz.......... 10
Park Mills, No. 80. .13  ¡York. AA, extra oz.14 
I  A la b a m a  brown—   7  ¡Alabama  p la id ........
Jewell briwn..........9i4| Augusta plaid..........   *
I  Kentucky  brown.. 10* ¡Toledo plaid ••••••••  \
Lewiston  brow n...  9* ¡Manchester  plaid..  7 
Lane brown........... 9* ¡New  T enn.plaid...U
Utility plaid...........   6*
Louisiana  plaid...
Avondale,  36.
¡Greene,G.  44........ 5*

b l e a c h e d  c o t t o n s.

OSNABURO.

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,

CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

OIL  CLOTHS

e t o .,  e t c .

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids,

M i c h i g a n ,

!

Offered in this Market are  as follows:

T H E   L E A D IN G   B R A N D S   O F

TOBACCO
PLUG  TOBACCO.
RED  F O X ..................................  ■
BIG  D R I V E .................................................
PATROL 
.........................................
JACK  RABBIT 
.........................................
SILVER  COIN 
‘
PANIC 
- 
BLACK PRINCE,  DARK 
BIG  STUMP 
- 
APPLE  JACK 

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

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

_ 
FISTS  CUT.

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

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

- 
2c less in 6 pail lots.

.................................................
SMOKIN'C.

- 

- 

-

ARTHUR’S  CHOICE,  LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
w.F,r>  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
- .....~
¡SEAL  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH
d im e  sm o k e r ,  in   c lo th  -
2c less in 100 pound lots.

...  7  Lonsdale,  4-4..........
...  9*4  Lonsdale  cambric. 104 
•. -  A b in g d o n , GB, 4 4 . »* 

B a l l X ^   .n .—   Kl ? f , ï ï iïlip  Cam:ilK
iinntt  Til  |L5 
R m tt  AQC  44 
K l  K °M  
  14
Blackstone, AA 44.  7  ILangdon,, 45. .  
“ « “ :::::  t*
S K S T « “ ' : : ?  ImS
New York Mill, 44.10*
r K   44 
Cabot.7^  I::::.  .-  6*  New Jersey,  4 4 ....  8
8SS.&Î?:“ ' »  SSSKSSti?:::: «*
Fruit of Loom, 44..  8^41 Victoria, A A ......... “

* ’.'•••  • 

S S 1Ö “ ::.::  ? iw ® a s s a f e . » . . . m

**■>...........s iii.A s ,

PRINTS.

iMasonvllle TS........8
|Lonsdale ...

Crown 
............... 17 
. .12*  Masonville  S..........10*
crow n... 
9*
Cniri 
• • W 
*.'.'.*.• . 
.16
Anchor.................... I5
Centennial.............
10*
B lackburn..............  8  Victory J . ..
«
.............:::: M Ä ?  
ä
..............K
Paconi-------
P h œ n ix   B.
Red C ross.... . . . . . -jo
Phoenix XX 
Social  Im perial.... 16
....6
Albion, solid...........5*lGloucester ..
Albion  grey.......... 6  Gloueestermourn’g.6
Allen’s  checks.......5*  Hamilton  lancy...  6
A ile n ’8  f a n c y ........6* ¡Härtel f a n c y ............
A lle n ’s p in k ................6 * iM e r n m a c   D .................6
Allen’sD um ie.......6 *  Manchester .........6
A m e r ic a n , f a n c y . . .  .5 *  O rien tal  f a n c y ..........6
A rnold fa n c y ............. 6 
|O riental  r o b e s ........... 6 *
Berlinsolid.............   r^ iH ? Ch^Cn m i>e8...........6
fn p h p p o  f a n c y .........b  R ic h m o n d ...................... J
Cocheco robes*..... .«* Steel River...............5*
C o n e sto g a  f a n c y — 6 
sim p so n  s .. . ............... b
wdrtvstone 
....6   Washington fancy.,
lag fe fa n c y "..........5  Washington  blues.  ,*
Garner pinkriiiVBB. 6*1, c
Annleton  A   4 4 __ 7 * lln d ia n  O rchard, 40.  8
Boott  M  44........... 6& Indian Orchard, 36.  7*
iiodtnn  F   4 4  
. . . .   7%  L a co n ia   B , 7 4 ..........16V4
C o n tin e n ta l C, 4-3. • 
Lj^naan B , 40-in..........1 0 *
C o n tin e n ta l I>, 40in   8 «   M ass.  » B , 4 4 . . . . . . .   5 *
C o n e sto g a  W ,4 4 . . .   6 Vi  N a sh u a   E ,4 0 - in ....  8Vi
ren en to ira   D . 7 -8 ...  5 *   N a sh u a   R .4 4 ..........   7 *
C o n e sto g a   G , 30-in.  6  N a sh u a  0 .7 - 8 ............8X
D w ig h t  X ,_34.......... 5 *  I N ew m a rk et N . ...........6 *

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

M .n fff Co.
Johnson  Manfg Co, 
7* Johnson  ManfgCo,
dress

........ 7* |Renfrew, dress styl  7*
Bookfold............. 12*
B *
d ress  sty]lea. 

Enterprise EE, 36..  5  Pocasset  C, 44.......6*
G reatF allsE ,44...  7  Saranac K...............7*
Farmers’ A ,4 4 .....  6  Saranac  E ...............»
Indian  Orchard  14  ,*1
1 
Amnskeag 
Am OSKtag 
Amoskeag, Persian 
styles....................""»j
Bates 
B er k sh ire  . . . . . . . . .  
Glasgow checks—   •  Slatervllle, 
C lasgow °heehecks,  ' * i W h ReMfg Co, sitap  7J£ 
ro y a l  styles...  ..  8  ¡White MfgCo.fanc  8 
¡White  M anfg  Co,
Gloucester, 
!  E a v lsto n ..................   8
standard 
P lu n k e t 
i *
2 Ä :::.....d G,Ä 0,i'  — «
L an gu a  WIDE DLEACh e d  c o t t o n s.
¡P ep p erell.  104......OT*
A n d r o sc o g g in , 74..21 
Androscoggin, 84.. 23 
| £®Ph^el1i’All‘4......21^
jF eu u ot,  *4«...........
P p n n erell.  74... « • .*20 
P e p p e r e ll,  84........ l£eQU° î’  S I .....................
Pepperell,  94 ........25 
¡Pequot,  94.............27*

..........  *74
............   7 * ¡G ord on ............. 

new 

HKAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

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

Indiana Head 45-in. 12*
t ic k in g s . 
_   XXXX.......18*
iFall 
Amoskeag,  ACA... 14 
Falls, XXX............15*
Amoskeag
Falls,  BB................H *
Amoskeag,  A .......  {;>
¡Falls,  BBC, 36....... 19*
Amoskeag,  B .........12
¡Falls,  awning....... 19
Amoskeag,  C.........I*
BT, 33..12
..10*  Hamilton, 
Amoskeag,  D ... 
D........ 9*
.10  Hamilton,
Amoskeag.  E
,________ H ______9*
Amoskeag,’ F. ! *.....  9*   Hamilton,
¡Hamilton  fancy...10
11
Premium  A, 44. 
Methuen AA......... 13*
..16
Premium  B 
¡Methuen ASA.......18
..16
Extra 4-4 —  
..11
.14*¡Omega A, 7-8.
E xtra 7-8—
.13
Gold Medai*44.!....15  ¡Omega A, 4-4  . .. .. . M
r n  A  7-8 
.......12* ¡Omega ACA, 7-8— 14
0..........; ; ; ; ;. m  om ega a c a , 4 4.... w
R0 7-8         .............. U  Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
1>p 7-8 
18  Orneara SE, 4 4..........27
vivai» a " "  
RP7.8....... 
16  Omega SE, 4-*
AF44 
19  OmegaM .7-8..............................

.................. ,--------„ 

.

 

 

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

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

nordis No. 1, oii.........15 ibhetucket, » «
Cordis  No. 2..............14 Shetueket,  SFS 
..12
Cordis  No. 3............. 13 ¡Stockbridge  A ..........7
Cordis  No. 4...........11* ¡Stockbridge frncy.  8

¡Empire.....................

GLAZED CAMBRICS.
........ 5 
G aruer.............
........   5  W ashington.............  4s£
Hookset...........
.....  5  ¡Edwards...................   5
Red  Cross........
S. S. & Sous............  5
Forest Grove... UllAin  da«.. 
_
GRAIN  BAGS.
..18 OOjOld  Ironsides.........15
American 
.22*¡W heatland..............21
StarkA ....
d e n im s.
6M Otis CC.................... 10*
B oston..........
13* W arren  AXA.........12*
E v e r e tt  b lu e.
___ Warren  BB............ 11*
E v e r e tt  b r o w n ........ lJ *
.12* ¡Warren CC..............10*
Otis  A X A ..
11*  I York  fancy............13*
¡ . .
Otis BB......
PAPER  CAMBRICS.
|S. S. & Sons...............   6
........6 
M a n v illo —
......  6  ¡G arner......................6
M a sg n v illo
Red  Cross...............7*  ¡Thistle Mills..............
B erlin.....................  
Hose.........................
G arner....................  ‘*1
Brooks 
pi Hr IPs O  N. F ........55  Mills ball sewing.30
J. & P.  Coats...........55  Greeh  &  Daniels.. .26
Willimantic 6 cord.55 
Willimantic 3 cord.40  Stafford  ................
Charleston ball sew  Hall & Manning— 25

.................50  ¡Eagle  and  Phoenix

SPOOL COTTON. 

WIGANS.

__

ingthread............ 30 

¡Holyoke.-5
CORSET JEANS.
8k
A rm ory..................7*'|Kearsage
8k
A n d ro sco g g in  sat..  8 *  Naumkeagsatteen  8 *
Canoo River...........   6  Peppere  bloached  8*
Clarendon...............6* Pepperell sat............ 9*
Hallowell  Im p.......6* Rockport
Lawrence sat..........8*
Ind. Orch. Im p......
*|Conegosat...............7
L aconia.

M erricks.4U

tr a d e a d v er tisem en ts—u se  of 

a n o th er’s n a m e.

*  * 

a  question of  much  interest  to  business 
men  was  involved  in  the  case  of  Van 
Wyck  vs.  Horowitz,  decided  at  a  special 
term of the  New  York  Supreme  Court  by 
Judge  Westbrook.  The  plaintiff 
in  fhis 
case sought  to  restate  the  defendant,  a 
former employe of his,  from using in adver­
tisements and on signs the words “late with 
James  r .  Van  Wyck”  (referring  to  the 
plaintiff).  Judge  Westbrook  granted  an 
injunction and said:  “That which  belongs 
to a person is his own,  and nothing is  more 
completely the property  of  a man  than  his 
name  No  person  can  use  it  without  its 
owner’s consent. 
*  *  The  view
thus expressed may at first be deemed  radi­
cal,  but it  seems  to me  to be a clear deduc­
tion from fundamental principles.  Of what 
avail is character  or  long  continued  busi 
ness,  large expenditure  to  make it  known, 
and a name—more strictly  property  than  a 
trade-mark—if all can be turned or partially 
turned to another's]benefit by taking the name 
to or combining it with that  of  another  in­
dividual so  as  to  conspicuously  advertise 
that to or with which it is so tacked or com­
bined?  If  the  defendant  in  his  business 
cards,  advertisements ’.and signs had used  a 
trade-mark  belonging  to  the  plaintiff  to 
advertise himself and a business of his own, 
whicli was a  rival  to  that  owned  by  the 
plaintiff with  the  trade-mark  represented, 
the violation of the rights of  the  owner  of 
the trade-mark  would  be  conceded.  The 
present case is stronger.  The  name  of  the 
plaintiff represents himself and his business 
only,  and is even more fully and completely 
his than a trade mark,  and its use  therefore 
by the  defendant  to  give  character  to  his 
own cannot be sustained. 
It is,  unless  its 
owner’s consent lias been  obtained,  just  as 
unlawful as the wrongful using,  as has been 
before stated,  of another’s personal  proper­
ty.  The distinction between  the two  cases
_tbe use is actual in both—is physical only,
The one takes  a physical  object  or  thing 
the other takes and uses, not a physical  ob­
ject or  thing,  it  is  true,  but  something 
whicli,  though not tangible,  is as really and 
completely property as the other. 
In short, 
the so-called radical thought  is  simply  the 
enunciation  and  application of  the  funda­
mental principle that one man  cannot  law­
fully take and use the  property  of  another 
without  and  against  the  consent  of 
its 
owner.  There  is  another  thought  in  this 
connection which, though  perhaps  covered 
by the line  of  argument  just  presented,  is 
gtill of sufficient  importance  to  warrant  a 
separate  statement.  The  defendant  in his 
answer  also  expressly  concedes  that  ‘the 
jewelry store’ owned by the plaintiff  has  a 
distinctive and  well-known repute as such. 
This repute of his  business  is  also  clearly 
the property of the plaintiff, wifli which the 
defendant  should  not  intermeddle.”  The 
Albany Law Journal,  a very able legal  au­
thority,  criticises Judge Westbrook’s  decis­
ion,  declaring that the defendant has a right 
to refer to his  former  connection  with  the 
plaintiff,  and to get any good  from  it  that 
he could. 
It says  that he  would  certainly 
right to tell the old patrons  and  the 
have a ri 
and  that  he  may  do  it by 
public about it,
advertising.  The  question 
cannot  be 
deemed settled in New York until  this case 
or some other involving the  same  point has 
been reviewed in the court of  last  resort  in
the State. 

_____

7  INCH  COMPORTS. |

PINT  PITCHERS

_____ O n l y   $ 7 . 5 0 ,
For

Oiving to every purchaser .  Oleee Pitcher or Comport with each can, at 80 centa.

VV JE3- GUARANTEE

The SILVER  SPOON Powder to give entire satisfaction.
A r c t i c   M a n u f a c t u r i n g  

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

r  

H E S T E R   <&  E O X ,

MANUFACTURERS  AGENTS  FOR

SAW  akto CRIST IffiL  MACHINERY

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

S e n d   for 
C a ta lo g u e  

a n a  
P rices'

Saws, Belting and Oils.

ATLAS WORKS

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  8 .

MANVrACTCRhHS OF

ST È4ME NE | HESSB 01LEHS.

Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

Among the assets of an estate just settled 
at Auburn,  N.  Y.,  was  $20,000  worth  of 
street railway stock,  which brought  only 10 
cents.

And I W .  P a « » t

'W rite for  P rices.

Send  for  sample  pulley

130  OAKES  STREET, G RAND  R A PID S,  M^CH.

These brands are sold only by

, A rthur M eigs & Co.

Wholesale Grocers,

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

COAL AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

1  J™
.
J

Ohio White Lime, per bbl.................... 
Ohio White Lime, car lots  .................. 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
Akron Cement per  b bl........................
a ® ! S
S o t ° s Ce“ ent’ pe 
Plastering hair, per bu .........................  25©  30
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
i   »?
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
£
Land plaster, car lots...............  ;;;;;;;^
Fire brick, per  M.............
3 00
Fire clay, per  bbl.............
A n th r a c ite , egg and grate, car lots. .So 75©6 00 
A n th r a c ite , s to v e  an d   n u t, car lo t s..  6 00@b «•> 
C an n ell,  c a r  lo ts................................. 
in^S  Si
,  Blossburgor Cumberland, car lots..  4  50©5 00 
I Portland  Cement........ ........................d owcn w

nell

ABOUT  WHALEBONE.

A N D R E W  W IE R E H 60

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 .

WIERENGO  BLOCK,  PINE  STREET, 

- 

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

BINDGB, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  AXTD

MANUFACTURERS  AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

AGENTS FOR THE

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 Cliilds shoes  is  increasing.  Send in 
our orders and they will be promptly attended to.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

S.  W.  VENABLE  <&  CO,

PETERSBURG,  VA.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

N I M R O D
Plug Tobacco.

AND  OTHER  FAVORITE  BRANDS  OF

NIMROD  ...............................................................  ¡SPREAD EAGLE..............................................38
B  c  
...................................................40  BIG  FIVE  CENTER................. ....................... 35
BLUE  PETER.!

............................................ 38 1 In lots of 72 pounds or over two cents less

The 'Well-Known

J. S. Farren & Co.

OYSTERS/

ARE  THE  BEST  IN  MARKET.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS/

WHOLESALE  AGENTS

GRAND  RAPIDS

JO N

OAR LO A D S!

0.  W.  Archer’s  Trophy  Corn,
0. W. Archer's Morning Glory Corn,
0. W. Archer's Early Golden Prop Corn

EVERY  CAN  BEARING  SIGNATURE  OF

The  Archer  Packing  Go.

OHILLIOOTHE,  ILL.

W hy its Price May Double Within a  Few 

Months.

“No  article  of  commerce  vaiies  more 
widely in  its market price than whalebone,” 
said one of the oldest dealers  in  whalebone 
to a reporter of the  New  York  Sun.  “In 
January it may sell for S3  a  pound,  and  in 
the following June for $5 a pound.  Twenty- 
five years ago  the  price  was  75  cents  a 
pound. 
It varies  according  to  the  catch, 
and this in turn depends on the luck of  the 
whalers. 
If they find the  whaling grounds 
closed by ice,  meet  with  shipwreck,  or  for 
any reason fail to kill whales,  the price will 
go up.  This makes  it  a  speculative  busi­
ness,  and the  dealers  can  never  tell  what 
their stock is worth until they get  news  of 
the catch.

“The main supply from the north  Pacific 
whalers comes in  November,  and a  smaller 
amount from the South  Sea  catch in  June. 
Now  and then  a  small  supply comes  from 
David’s Straits in  Hudson’s  Bay.  Whales 
are caught there at all seasons of  the  year, 
and the bone coming  to New York is apt to 
disturb the price here.  Many  years  ago  it 
was the custom  of  whaling  captains  when 
out of stores to stop at some Pacific port and 
exchange some of their  whalebone  for  the 
necessary articles,  and  in  this  way  small 
lots would come in to  trouble  the  market. 
Ships are now supplied so  thoroughly  that 
there is no longer any necessity of  continu­
ing this practice. “

“Occasionally news of the whalers  is  re­
ceived from some vessel  which  chanced  to 
meet with them,  and recently an incident of 
this kind  caused  a  break in  the  market. 
The Arctic oil works of San Francisco  sent 
a tender,  the Thomas Pope, to convey stores 
to its vessels in the North Sea.  The season 
had been a very severe  one,  and  the tender 
found that the vessels had  been  kept  back 
by the ice and were waiting a  chance  to  go 
north.  They had had,  however,  very  good 
luck in meeting whales,  and had killed 110. 
Instead of returning empty,  the tender took 
on a  full  cargo,  and  two  weeks  ago  she 
landed at San  Francisco  210,000  pounds  of 
whalebone,  The  price  at once  broke  from 
§3.60 to S3.50 a  pound, where 
it  now  re­
mains.

“The whalers will be  pretty  much  all  in 
by December,  and  in  January  the  price  of 
wholebone is generally at its  lowest  point. 
After that  it  ascends,  and  its  future  pro­
gress depends  on the  June  and  November 
catches.

“The whalebone  business  is  very  small 
compared with what it was thirty years ago 
In 1850 the catch was 3,445,200 pounds, and 
m 1884 it was 426,968  pounds.  This  great 
decrease was due to the great falling  off  in 
the whale oil fisheries,  and to  the  substitu 
tion of other material for whalebone  in  the 
manufacture  of  various  articles.  The  de 
crease in production sent the  price  up from 
75 cents  a pound,  and  another  reason  for 
high prices is that a great part of  the  catch 
is exported.  Last year 113,024 pounds were 
sent abroad.  The supply comes from  New 
Bedford and  San Francisco,  which  are  the 
great whaling  ports  of  this  country, 
great  amount  formerly  came  from  Nan 
tucket,  but the shallowness of its harbor and 
the greater conveniences  of  Newr  Bedford 
drove its trade to  the 
latter  place.  There 
are now about one hundred and thirty-tlm 
vessels engaged in the whale fisheries.

The visible supply of whalebone on  hand 
is 244,000 pounds,  and the  price  is  so  low 
that dealers are losing money on it. 
If  the 
fall catch is  a poor  one it  will  send  prices 
up again.  The price  would  probably  ha\ 
been lower, but news have been  received of 
the wrecking of one steamer and three shi{ 
in the North Pacific.

The  bone  from  finback,  sulphur-bottom 
or humpback whales,  sucli as are commonly 
seen near Long Island,  is of no  value,  as  it 
is too brittle  to be of  any  use.  On  board 
ship  the  slabs of  whalebones,  as  they  are 
termed in mercantile phrase,  are  done up in 
bundles of about 300  pounds  each,  and  are 
sent to market  in  that  shape. 
In  cutting 
up whalebone there is a loss of about twenty 
per cent, on the  raw'  material.  The  ‘hair’ 
is worth  ten cents a pound for mixing  with 
horsehair for upholstering  purposes,  and  it 
is sometimes used 
in  the  manufacture  of 
brushes.”

A substitute for  india-rubber  and  gutta­
percha lias lately appeared in  the  shape  of 
Mimusops ylobo&a,  which,  being  interpret­
ed,  is the dried milk of the bullet tree.  It is 
a native of Guiana and is  said by  Sir  Wil­
liam Holmes to exhibit the  elasticity  of  in- 
»  dia-rubber while  showing  none  of  its  in­
tractability,  and to  possess  much  of  the 
ductile  character  of  gutta-percha  without 
displaying its friability1.  “The best gum in 
the  world,” is  the  recent  verdict  of  an 
American firm of manufacturers.  The Gov­
ernment botanist of British Guiana in a late 
report credits  it with great strength,  and  it 
is  recommended  for  machine  belting. 
It 
suffers no  deterioration  from  exposure  to 
sun and air; being in this respect superior to 
gutta-percha. 
It  also  possesses  electric 
qualities not excelled by gutta-percha.  The 
new gum,  which is called Balata,  is a  regu­
lar article of commerce in  Guiana,  where  it 
is collected, prepared,  and generally regard­
ed as a superior kind  of  gutta-percha;  this 
it is not,  the  various  tests  which 
it  has 
undergone showing it to  differ in  some  es­
sential particulars,  being softer  at  ordinary 
temperatures and  less  rigid  in  cold  ones. 
It seems destined, for a time at least,  to  oc­
cupy middle ground  between  the  two  pro­
ducts with which it has been compared.

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
A. B. KNOW LSON,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
E   3ST  O - 1 3 S T   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 OuttitB.

T H F   P E R K I N S   W I N D   M I L L .

i3

H P

It has'been in constant use 
for  15 "years,  with a  record 
equalled  by  none.  War­
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.
Agents wanted.  Address Perkins Wind Mill 
& Ax Co„ Mishawaka. Ind. Mention Tradesman.

m---- m 

TIME TABLES.

P roprietors  of

CRESCENT
FLOURING  MILLS,

M anufacturers  of the  Follow ing  Pop­

u lar  B rands  of F lour:

“ CRESCENT,”

“ W HITE  ROSE,”

“ MORNING  GLORY,”

“ ROYAL  PATENT,” and 

“ ALL  W HEAT,” Flour.

W .  C,  D enison,

88,90  and  92 South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

BEAD! BEAD! BEAD! ft
Pioneer  Prepared  Paint! I

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO.  have 

Sole  Control of our Celebrated

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it.

No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

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,  wo  agree to  repaint i 
the  building  at  our  expense,  with  the  best 
White Lead, or such other paint as  the  owner 
may select.  Should any case of dissatisfaction [
occur, a notice from the dealer will  command 
our prompt attention.  T.  H.  NEV1N  &  CO. 
j 

tat»
iU i 

kJCllU 
Send for sample cards  and  prices.  Address  P j ’jQ g  -  ~f

GRAND  RAPIDS.

M & Go.

I t a le , 
CURTISS,  DUNTON & CO.
PAPER, OILS, CORDAGE, WOODENWARE

. I ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

W D L O I j S S A X i S

MICH

a,  G O O D  
I
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These  Oil Cans in Stock all Sizes, Plain and with Wood Jacket.

Tli©  DiaixioiricL  Oil  Can,

The Best Glass Gan with Tin Jacket in the Market.

0 ' 0 3 B L iT !X ® ® ,  
51 AND  53  LYON  STREET, 

- 

C&J  O O .

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

going east.

going west.

Arrives.
__  6:17 a m
....10:10am  
....  3:20 p m 
__ 8:30 p m

Leaves, 
6:25 a m 
♦Steamboat  Express...
♦Through  Mail.............
10:20 a m  
3:35 p m 
♦Evening  Express.......
10:45 p m 
♦Limited  Express........
10:30 a m
♦Mixed, with  coach__
♦Morning  Express.............   1:05 p m  1:10 p ra
♦Through  Mail..................  5:10 pm   5:15 pm
♦Steamboat Express..........10:40 p m  10:45 p m
♦Mixed..................................  
7:10 am
♦Night Express....................  5:10ara  5:20am
|  +DaUy, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily.
1  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. Potter, City Pass. Agent. 
Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Paper Bag
Twins  Holder

AND

(COMBINED.)

P a ten ted   A pril  2 9 th ,  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  13  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,

PALMYRA, N. Y. 

SOLD  BY
F r a n k l i n   M a c V e a g h   &   C o .,  C h i c a g o ,   111

Arthur Meigs & Co., Grand Rapids

Michigan  Central.

DEPART.

♦Detroit Express....................................  6:00 a m
♦Day  Express................................................. 12:45 pm
♦Atlantic Express............................................»:20 pm
Way Freight...................................................   6:50 a m
♦Pacific  Express............................................. 6:00 am
■♦Mail..........................................................3:50 p m
■¡■Grand Rapids  Express............................... 10:50 p m
Way Freight..................................................... 5:15 a m

ARRIVE.

■♦Daily 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, 
reachinjpthat 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 Miohig&n.
Arrives, 
Leaves.
4:25 p m 
j +Mail........................................9:15 a in
10:45 p m 
! +Day  Express......................12:35 p m
j *Night  Express..................  8:35 p m
4:45 a m
■  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. in., and through coach  on9:15a.m. and 
9:35 p. m. trains.

♦Daily.  +Daily except Sunday.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

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

J. H. Carpenter.  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  Mulliken,  General  Manager.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

train 

All trains daily except Sunday.
The 

(KALAMAZOO  DIVISION.)
Arrive. 
Express................................7:15 p m  
Mail.......................................9:50 am  

Leave.
7:30 a m
4:00 pm
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.
in  sleeping
coaches can bo secured at  Union Ticket office, 
67 Moure street and depot.

tickets  and  berths 

Through 

J. W. McKenney, Gen’l Agent.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING NORTn.

Arrives.  Leaves.
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  8:45 p m 
10:25 a m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  7:00 a m 
5:00 p m 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex  3:55 p m 
7:10a m
;  G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
7:15 a m
| G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
. . . . . ___r __  6:00 p m
ra„v. luav „  
I Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  3:50 p m
Mackinac & Ft. Way n e E x.. 10:25 am   11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids Ac.  7:40 p m

GOING  SOUTH.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

All trains dally 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 4:35 p. m. h as  Wood- 
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

_

Detroit,  Mack  ;ao  & Marquette.

Trains connect with G. R. & I.  trains  for St. 
Tgnace, Marquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving Grand Rapids at 11:30 a. in. and 11:00 p. 
m.. arriving at Marquette at 1:45 p. in.  Return­
ing leave Marquette at  2:00 p.  m., arriving  at 
Grand Rapids at 6:30a. m. and 5:45  p. m.  Con­
nection made a t 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.. 
( J.  H. & 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  Barrett  leaves  her  dock  for 
[ Grand Haven, Mondays, Wednesdays  and  Fri­
days, returning on alternate days.

. . i i / l

II
iiiB-ni
of  Oysters,

Groceries.

MUSKEGON  IN  LINE.

Organization of the  Retail  Trade of  That 

City.

The retail trade of Muskegon has effected 
an organization,  to be known  as  the  “Gro­
cers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.” 
The aims and  objects  of  the  organization 
are admirably set forth in  the following do 
duration of principles:

Fostering a more social feeling among the 
members of the  trade.
Prevention of wholesale  houses selling at 
retail to private families.
Keeping a black-list of “Beats” who prey 
upon  the  trade,  and  a  reliable  collection 
agency for bad debts;
Intelligence bureau  where  members  can 
procure reliable help.
Formation of a library, containing  useful 
books of information for  the  benefit of the 
grocer and the clerk.
Procuring a system of  inspecting weights 
and measures.
To use our united efforts to have  the pre­
sent disgraceful  nuisance  of  peddling  and 
peddlers,  put under  proper  restraints and a 
heavy license.
To afford fanners and gardners who  pro­
duce their own goods,  an opportunity to sell 
the  same  without a license,  in  the  public 
market of the city,  but they shall not peddle 
any of their goods from house to housawith­
out a vendor’s license. 
Protection against  adulterated  goods,  fic­
ticious labels,  dishonest tares, short weights 
and measures.
Shortening the hours  of  labor whenever 
practicable,  and  many  other  reforms  that 
can be easily and  successfully  secured  by 
united effort.

The following circular has been addressed 

*

to the trade:

A part of the work of  organizing  has al­
ready been done.  Much yet  remains  to do, 
and we trust we shall  have  the  hearty co­
operation  of  every  grocer,  butcher  and 
marketman in the  city,  for  the  following 
reasons:

Because hi union there is  strength.
Because it would  foster  a  more  cordial 
feeling among the members of the trade.
Because we have  everything  to  gain and 
nothing to lose by associating ourselves  to­
gether in an honorable business way.
Because it is not fair that  the  few should 
battle unaided,  for the  rights and privileges 
of the entire trade.
Finally,  because it is a duty you owe your 
neighbor grocers,  as well  as  yourself  and 
your customers, to take a  manly and  digni­
fied stand in defense of our rights.
This can be accomplished by co-operation 
easily and  effectually.
You are personally  solicited  to  join us. 
We now have about  thirty members and we 
need you and every  tradesman  in  the city. 
Our next meeting will  be  held  on Wednes­
day  evening,  Sept  30,  at  C.  C.  Moulton’s 
commission  house.  Let  your  presence at 
the meeting be  an  encouragement  to those 
who have started this movement.
At the last regular  meeting  a  committee 
of one in each ward was appointed to solicit 
lie  is  authorized  to collect 
memberships. 
the membership fees  of  50 cents,  and  you 
are requested to sign the book he carries for 
that  purpose.

W m.  P e e k , 

Secretary. 

W m.  B. K ie f t ,

Chairman.

The  Michigan  Salt  Association’s  Power 

Waning.

Correspondence East Saginaw News.

The Courier felt quite  positive  that'fine 
salt was selling freely at eigjity cents in this 
market,  and their  giving  the  Salt  Associa­
tion as authority led many Association man­
ufacturers to  anticipate  quite  an  advance 
when they received  their  monthly returns, 
but alas,  the returns did not pan out as well 
as expected,  and  sixty-five  cents for  Aug- 
gust sales was the  official  return  made to 
Association  members  last  Saturday.  The 
fact is the salt market is in a precarious con­
dition and liable to  a  sudden  check at any 
moment.  The State report show's a  steady 
increase in the manufacture of  salt,  and the 
report for year ending Dec.  1 will  show an 
increase of about  200,000  barrels  over  last 
year.  The advance  made  by the  Associa­
tion has already proved a  bonanza  to  New 
York  manufacturers  and  the works at Le 
Boy,  Warsaw7,  Mt.  Morris and  Syracuse are 
crowding train loads of salt wrest.  Not only 
have they  succeeded  in  ousting  Michigan 
salt from many points  on  the  Lake Shore 
road,  but in the sale of  solar  and dairy salt 
have gained a  foothold  right  here  in  East 
Saginaw',  one firm  alone  purchasing  1,000 
barrels,  which  they  would  have  willingly 
purchased of  our own  manufacturers  had 
the acted in a  reciprocal  manner.  On  the 
contrary they  insisted upon Chicago  prices, 
and as usual got left.  There is no question 
in the minds of many that St. Clair river and 
Manistee are the  coming  centers of  Michi­
gan for the production of fine  salt,  and that 
this Valley will have to  take a back seat in 
this respect  within the next five years.  The 
Cleveland  Rolling  Mill  Co.,  in  boring for 
natural gas last week,  struck a vein  of salt 
169 feet thick at a depth of 1,985 feet.  What 
is to prevent  their  turning to and  making 
salt if they should feel so disposed and sell- 
ing.saine at a  price  that  would  leave  both 
New York and Michigan out in the cold?

The  Grocery Market.

Business and collections  continue  good. 
Sugars have declined  since 
last week,  and 
Standard A has ruled so high tha* the local 
jobbers have been unable to handle it to ad­
vantage,  as it is  easily  substituted  by Con­
fectionery A.  Other articles in  the grocery 
line are about steady.

Oranges are scarce  and  higher.  Lemons 
are  a trifle  lower.  Nuts  and  candy  are 
steady.

Michisran Dairymen’s Association.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

FASHIONABLE  GROCERY  STORES
They  Look  Like  Banks  and  Are  a  Great 

Attraction.

From the New York Sun.

The number of fine grocery stores in New 
York is increasing very rapidly, and some of 
the  more  successful  establishments  seem 
more  like  banks  or  brokers’  offices  than 
groceries.  The clerks are polite and dapper 
young  men,  who  would  scorn  to  wear  an 
apron,  and the range of edibles extends from 
fine liquors all the way down to heavy meats, 
It is  possible  to  buy  almost  any article  of 
food or any sort of a drink at  a  fashionable 
New York grocery to-day. 
In some  of  the 
up-tow'n establishments,  the clerks meet the 
customers at the door,  show  them  exhibits 
of whatever they choose  to  purchase,  write 
out their slips,  send the  slips  by  automatic 
messengers down stairs,  and  the  goods  are 
selected,  packed  and  delivered  without  a 
housekeeper having seen them at all.  Under 
these  circumstances,  housekeepers find it an 
easy  virtue  to  do  their  own buying.  The 
effect of the extension of fine grocery stores 
has been widespread. 
It has done  much to 
injure the big  markets.

“ There was a time,”  said  a  Washington 
Market poultry dealer,  “ when  ladies  came 
down here every week, and laid in a store of 
provisions.  That is why so much money was 
spent here on elaborate stalls, with brass and 
marble finishings.  It was hoped that it would 
attract the ladies.  Great tilings were proph­
esied for us when the elevated  railroad  was 
finished,  but it has all come to nothing.  We 
deliver goods up-town,  and undersell all the 
up-tow'n people,  but wre can’t get the house­
keepers  down  here. 
If  it  wasn’t  for  the 
restaurants, things would dwindle still more. 
These up-towui  grocers  have  also  eaten  up 
lots of small shops.  Many a  man  was able 
to support a small family by keeping a little 
shop full of poultry and eggs,  a fruit  stand, 
or a cigar  store.  The  grocers  now  sell  all 
of  these  things  at  prices  that  ruin  small 
dealers,  and so the little  shops  have  disap­
peared. 
I  don’t  know  that  I  can  blame 
ladies for patronizing the grocers either.  It 
is reasonable enough to me  that  it  is  much 
pleasanter to go to a large and handsome es­
tablishment than to come down here or to go 
buying at small  places.”

Poor  Fellow.

“Mister,  will you please give  me  enough 
to  buy  some  medicine  with?  My  wife  is 
very sick.”

“What’s the matter with her?”
“Well,  you see,  I  hit  her  with  a  shovel 

last night,  and she’s very bad off to-day.”

Worse than Wooden  Nutmegs.

In  Kresnawcerak,  Russia,  a  grocer  has 
been convicted  of  grinding  up  old  cigar- 
boxes in a tan bark mill,  and after flavoring 
the ground cedar with oil of cinnamon  sell­
ing the product for ground cinnamon.

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;  Cbas.  E. Bel­
knap,  Grand  Rapids;  L.  F.  Cox,  Portage; 
John Borst, Vriesland;  R. C. Nash, Hilliards;
D.  M.  Adams,  Ashland;  Jos.  Post,  Clarks­
ville.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand 
Rapids.
Next  Meeting—Third  Tuesday  in  February, 
1886.
Membership Fee—$1 per year.
Official Organ—T h e  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

C.  C.  Williams,  the Wayland cheese mak­
er,  captured a $20 premium on  Ins goods at 
the State Fair.

Freeport people are agitating  the  subject 
of establishing a creamery at that place, and 
there is strong  probability  that  the project 
will become  an  established  fact.  Reigler, 
Roush & Co.  are understood to be the  lead­
ing spirits in the  movement.

A cheese  dealer  states that  much of  the 
so-called  English  cheese  is  made  in this 
country and shipped to England,  whence it 
is  returned  enhanced in  value by the  sea 
voyage.  Sometimes  cheeses  are  shipped 
backward and  forward two  or three  times, 
each voyage adding to the richness of  their 
flavor.

PROVISIONS.

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PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago  packing.................................  9 75
Clear, Chicago packing................................. 11  50
Extra Family Clear........................................11  00
Clear, A. Webster  packer............................ 13  25
E xtra Clear,  heavy........................................14  00
Boston Clear...................................................
A. Webster, packer, short  c u t....................11  00
Clear back, snort c u t....................................14 00
Standard Clear, the  best............................. 14  50

DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Short Clears, heavy................................. 

medium................................... 
do. 
do. 
light......................................... 
SMOKED MEAT8—CANVASSED  OR  PLAIN.

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Hams, heavy..........................................   .......9ft
m edium................................................. 10
lig h t...................................................... 10J4
Boneless  H am s............................................... 10ft
Boneless Shoulders.........................................  6
Breakfast  Bacon............................................  8
Dried Beef, extra quality.............................   8
Dried Beef,yHam pieces................................. 10
Shoulders cured  in sweet pickle....................5ft
Tierces  ....................................................  
6ft
30 and 50 tt> T ubs........................................... 
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases..........................  
7ft
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks.................. 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................  
7%
7ft
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case................................ 
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case.............................  
7ft
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........   9 50
Boneless,  ex tra..............................................13 50

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

BEEF IN BARRELS.

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SAUSAGE—FRESn AND SMOKED.
Pork  Sausage...........................................  
Ham  Sausage...................................................... 12 ft
Tongue  Sausage............................................   10
Frankfort  Sausage.........................................  9
Blood  Sausage.................................................   6
Bologna, straight............................................  6
Bologna,  thick.................................................  6
Head  Cheese....................................................   6
In half barrels...............................................   3  50
In quarter barrels.........................................

PIGS’ FEET.

WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR  THE

F.  J.  LAMB  &  CO.
Diamond Brand Fresh Oysters

D.  D. M allory & Go.

8  and  10  South  Ionia  Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

In Cans or Bulk.  Write for Quotations.

APPLES!

W e have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local 
demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. 
If  you  have 
any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear from you, and we will 
keep  you  posted on market price and prospects.  Liberal cash advances made on dried 
fruit, also on apples in car lots.

EARL  BROS.,  Commission Merchants,
S T A R C H !
E L A S T IC  

157  S.  WATER  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL.

Reference—First National Bank.

IT  REQUIRES  NO  COOKING.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.
, 
Frazer’s ................  
901 Paragon  .................1  80
Diamond  X ...........   80]Paragan251b pails.1 20
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 501 Fraziers, 25 ft pails. I  25

AXLE GREASE.

BAKINO  POWDER.

Arctic ft ft cans__   45| Arctic  1 ft cans___ 2 40
Arctic ft ft cans__   75 Arctic 5 ft cans___ 12 00
Arctic ft ft cans.  .  1 40|

BLUING.

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

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No. 1 Carpet........ t
No. 2 Carpet...........2 25
No. 1  ParlorGem ..2  75
No. 1 H url.............. 2 00

50 No.  2  H url...............175
Fancy  Whisk..........100
Comm on W hisk__   75

CANNED F ISn.

Clams, 1 ft  standards..................................1  40
Clams, 2 ft  standards..................................2 65
Clam Chowder,  3 ft.....................................2 20
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards.....................1  10
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards....................  2 00
Cove OyBters, 1 lb  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 sta r........................................ 3 00
M ackerel,lib  fresh  standards................. 1  00
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards................. 6  50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3  ft................3 25
Mackerel,3 1b in M ustard........................... 3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled..................................3 25
Salmon, 1 1b Columbia river.......................1  40
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river...................... 2 60
Salmon. 1 ft  Sacramento........................... 1 25
Sardines, domestic ftB................................. 
7^
Sardines,  domestic  fts.............................. 
13
Sardines,  Mustard  vis.................................  10
Sardines,  imported  14s...............................   14
Trout. 3 1b  brook.......................................   2 75

CANNED FRUITS.

Apples. 3 ft standards............................
Apples, gallons,  standards....................
Blackberries, standards.........................
Cherries,  red  standard..........................
Damsons...................................................
Egg Plums, standards 
.........................
Green Gages, standards 2 ft..................
Peaches, Extra Yellow..........................
Peaches, standards............................1  7
Peaches,  seconds....................................
Pineapples,  Erie.....................................
Pineapples, standards............................
Q uinces....................................................
Raspberries,  Black, Hamburg.............
CANNED FRUTTS—CALIFORNIA.
Apricots, Lusk’s.. .2 40jPears...............
Egg Plum s............ 2  50 Quinces...........
G rapes...................2  50 Peaches  ........
Green Gages.........2  50|

...  90 
...2 40 
...1  05 
...  80 
...1   00 
...1  40 
...1  40 
...2 40 
5@1 95 
...1 50 
...2 20 
...1 70 
...1 45 
...1  60

.3 CO 
.2 90 
.3 00

CANNED VEGETABLES.

Asparagus, Oyster Bay.............................. 3 25
Beans, Lima,  standard...............................  75
Beans, Stringless,  E rie................................   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 1b Golden...................................8o@95
Succotash, standard....................................   90
Tomatoes, Trophy...................................... 1  00
Tomatoes,  Hillsdale................................... 1 00

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COFFEE.

CORDAGE.

12 B> kits

im ported.,

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Baker’s .....................38 Vienna Sweet  ........... 23
Runkles’ ...................35|
7
Green  Rio........   9© 13 
j Roasted  M ar... 17@18
Green Java.......17@27  Roasted Mocha.28@30
Green Mocha.. ,23@25  Roasted M ex...  @16
Boasted Rio__ 19@15  Ground  Rio___9@16
Roasted Java  ..23@30 
i Package  Goods  @13
72 foot J u t e .......1 25  I72foot Cotton___2 25
60 foot  Ju te .......  1  00  00 foot Cotton__2 00
40FootCotton__ 150  ¡50 foot Cotton__ 1  75
Bloaters, Smoked Yarm outh.....................   65
Cod, whole....................................................   @5
Cod, Boneless..............................................5ft@6ft
H alib u t..........................................................11@12
Herring ft  bbls........................................... 2  75
Herring, Holland, domestic.......................  65
Herring,  Scaled.................................... .......18020
Mackerel, Penny bbls.......................... .......4  T5
Mackerel, shore, No. 2, ft  bbls.......... .......5 00
.......  80
............ .......  70
No. 3.  ft bbls....................... ___ 3 50
12 ft  kits...........................  62
10 
..........................   55
Shad, ft b b l......................................................2 50
Trout, ft  bbls...................................................3 25
“  12 ft  kits............................................   60
“  10 
............................................   55
White, No. 1, ft b b ls....................................5 00
White, No. 1,12 ft kits..'.............................  85
White, No. 1,101b kits.................................  75
White, Family, ft bbls....................................2 65
Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  40
4 oz..........................................1 50  2  50
6 oz..........................................2 50  4  00
8oz..........................................3 50  5  00
No. 2 Taper.........................125 
150
No.  4  41 
1  75  3  00
ft pint  round....................... 4 50  7  50
1 
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No.  8..................................... 3 00  4  25
No. 10 ....
6 00
Cherries, dried,  pitted...............................  @16
Citron,  new............................................ 
30032
C urrants................................................  
4ft@5
Peaches, dried  ...................................... 
12@13
Prunes, Turkey, new............................  4ft@ 5
Raisins,  Ondaras......................................  @12
Raisins,  Sultanas..................................   7ft@ 8ft
Raisins, Loose  Muscatels....................  @2  75
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @3  60
W ater White........ 103t£  I Legal  Test..............Oft
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.............................. 1 00
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor...........................1 75
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor...........................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round..............................1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2..................................................100
Oshkosh, No.  8.................................................. 1 50
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  square.............................100
Richardson’s No. 9 
............................ 150
Richardson’s No. 7ft, round............................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
.............................150

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

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

KEROSENE  OIL.

........ 4 25 

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MOLASSES.

Black  Strap...................................................14@15
Porto  Rico.....................................................28@30
New  Orleans,  good......................................38@42
New Orleans, choice.................................... 48@50
New  Orleans,  fancy........   ......................... 52@55

ft bbls. 3c extra.

OATMEAL.

PICKLES.

Steel  c u t................ 5 25jQuaker, 48  fts..........2 35
Steel Cut, ft bbls.. .3  00'Quaker, 60  fts......... 2 60
Rolled  Oats........... 3  60¡Quaker bbls..............6 00
Choice in barrels med............................  @5 25
Choice in ft 
............................  @3  25
PIPES.
Imported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........   @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,2ft gross........   @185
American  T. D.......................................   @  90

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CLARK,  JEWELL & CO,

Choice Carolina.

@1 00 

@1 35 
@1  00 
@1  30 
@3 50 
© 2 20

©4  60 
@3 35

Catsup, Tomato,  pints...............
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ..........
Horseradish,  ft pints................
Horseradish, pints.....................
Halford Sauce, pints..................
Halford Sauce, ft pints.............

Detroit Soap Co.’s Queen Anne 
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SPICES.

Whole.

.16@25]Pepper.................  @19
.12@ 15 Allspice...............  8@10
.18@30 Cassia...................10011
.15@251 Nutmegs  ............60@65
. 16@18
.10©2O,Cloves  ....
15@30|
50351 
STARCH.
SUGARS.

Ground
Pepper.............
Allspice...........
Cinnamon........
Cloves  .............
Ginger .............
Mustard.......... .
Cayenne  ..........
Elastic, 64 packages, per  box.
Cut  Loaf....................................
@  7ft 
Cubes  ..•......................................
@  7ft 
Powdered...................................
@  7ft 
Granulated,  Standard.............
7ft©7 31 
Granulated,  off........................
Í 1S@ 7% 
Confectionery A.......................
@ 6ft
Standard A .................................
Soft A .........................................
@6 81 
No. 1, White Extra  C...............
6ft@  6ft 
No. 2, Extra C............................
6ft@ 6ft 
No. 3 C...........
6ft©   8ft
No. 4 C....................................................   5ft@ 6
No. 5 C......................................................  5  @ 5ft
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Com,  Barrels.........................................
30@32 
Corn, ft bbls............................................
32034 
Corn,  10 gallon kegs...............................
@  35 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................................
@1  75 
Corn, 4ft gallon kegs.............................
@1 60 
Pure  Sugar....................................... bbl
23@  35 
Pure Sugar Drips........................ft  bbl
30©  38 
Pure Sugar  Drips................ 5 gal kegs
@1  96 
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips..............ft bbl
©  85 
Pure  Loaf Sugar..................5 oral kegs
@1  85
Japan ordinary........... .................................15@20
Japan fair to good....................................... 25@30
Japan fine...................................................... 35@45
Japan dust.....................................................15@20
Young Hyson................................................30050
GunPowder...................................................35@50
Oolong...................................................  33@55@6C
Congo...........................................................  25@30

SYRUPS.

TEAS.

TOBACCO—FINE C UT-IN   PAILS.

PLUG.

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Fisher’s B runette__ 35[Sweet  Rose................45
Dark AmericanEagle67|Meigs & Co.’s Stuuuer38
The Meigs................. 64¡Atlas............................35
Red  Bird...................50iRoyalGaine................ 38
State  Seal................. 60 Mule  Ear..................... 65
Prairie F lo w er........65 Fountain.................” .74
Indian Queen...........60 Old Congress...............64
Bull  Dog...................OOjGood Luck..................52
Crown  Leaf..............66|BlazeAway............... a5
M atchless................. 6o| Hair Lifter..................30
H iaw atha................. 67|Governor....................60
Globe  .........................70| Fox’s Choice............  63
May Flower.............. 70iMedalliou................... 35
H ero ..........................45 Sweet Owen................ 66
Old  Abe. 
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
Nimrod....................................................   @44
E.  C.......................................................  @49
Spread Eagle...........................................  @38
Big Five Center......................................  @35
Woodcock  ..............................................  @46
Knigntsof  Labor..................................   @46
Railroad...................................................  @46
Big  Bug..................................................  
<1532
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12............................... 
©46
Black Bear..............................................  @;n
King 
......................................................  @46
Old Five Cent Times.............................   @38
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft.............................   @62
Parrot  ....................................................   @4«
Old T im e.................................................  @38
Tramway.................................................  @43 
Glory  .....................................................  @46
Silver Coin..............................................  @50 
Buster  [Dark].......................................   @jjg
Black Prince I 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
C rayling.................................................  @46
Mackinaw...............................................   @45
HorseShoe..............................................  @44
Hair Lifter..............................................  @36
D. and D., black.....................................   @36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield....................... 
6546
Ace  High, black....................................  @35
Sailors’  Solace.......................................   @46

2c. less In four butt lots.

SMOKING

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Putnam  & Brooks quote as follows :
STICK.
Standard, 25 ft boxes............................ 
.............................  
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  pails............................................  9@ 9ft
Royal, 200 ft bbls.......................................  @8ft
Extra, 25 ft  pails..... ..................................10@10ft
Extra. 200 ft bbls....................................... 9 @ 9ft
French Cream, 25 ft palls......................12ft@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...................................i‘3ft@
10@10ft
Broken, 25  ft  pails.............................  
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.......................*............9@ <ift
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.
Lemon  D rops............................... 
12® 13
Sour D ro p s..'................................! . ! " 13@14
Peppermint  Drops...................................14@15
Choeolate Drops..............................................16
H M Chocolate  Drops..............................  *'  20
Gum  D ro p s.....................................................10
Licorice Drops......................................... 
20
A U  Licorice  Drops.. 
12
Lozenges, plain................................................J5
Lozenges,  printed...........................................16
Im perials........................................ 
45
M ottoes..........i ..................   ...........................15
Cream  Bar.............................................. ."iii® 14
Molasses B ar................................. 
13
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Caramels 
Hand Made Creams......................................... 20
Plain  Creams.......................................... 
17
  20
Decorated  Creanjs........................... 
 
String Rock..........................................’ “ ii@i5
Burnt Almonds..............................  
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Wintergreen  Berries................
..........15
FANCY—IN  BULK.
Lozenges, plain in  pails.............
.  ©12ft
Lozenges, plain in  bbls...............
@11 
Lozenges, printed in pails..........
@ 12ft 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls..........
.llft@12 
Chocolate Drops, in pails...........
.12ft@13 
Gum  Drops  in pails................ ..
...7  @7ft 
Gum Drops, in bbls....................
...  6@ 6ft 
Moss Drops, In  pails................ ..
.10  @10ft
Moss Drops, in bbls.....................
..........9
Sour Drops, In  pails................
...........12
Imperials, in  pails.... ...............
• 12ft@13 
Imperials  in  bbls........................
11  @12
Bananas  Aspinwall....................
.1  00@2 50 
Oranges, Rodi  Messina........Y.Y.
@5 50 
Oranges,  Naples........................ j,
.4 50@5 00 
Lemons,  choice................
4 5C@ 5 00 
Lemons, fancy....................” .'!!!!
@5 00
Figs, layers, $  ft........ ........
Dates, frails d o ..................... ” *]
Dates, ft do  d o ..................... "  \[
Dates, skin.............................Y.Y.Y.
Dates, ft  skin......................... Y.Y'
Dates, Fard 10 ft box 
ft.......‘ * ]
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft........ . ’
Dates. Persian r>n tb box ]j) ft........
Pine Apples, 
doz....................
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw  $   ft..................
Choice 
d o ................
Fancy 
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Choice White, Va.do  ...............  1
Fancy H  P..  Va  do  .................
Almonds,  Tarragona...................
Ivaca.............................
Brazils............................................
Filberts, Sicily................
B arcelona......;............
Walnuts,  Grenoble.......................
Marbo.......................... ].......
French............................. ...
California............................
Missouri............................... 9  @  10

4  @ 4ft
4 ft®  5
@  5ft 
5® 5ft
5 ft®  6
18  @18 ft 
17  @17 ft 
0  9
12  ©12ft 
II  012 
14  014ft

Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................in   @12ft
Cocoanuts, fi 100....................................4  0004 50

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Perkins & Hess quote as  fol.ows: 

HIDES.

Green .... $  lb 6  © 6ft|Calf skins, green
Part cured...  7ft@  8
  8ft@ 9
Full cured 
Dry hides and 
k ip s...........   8  @12

or cured.... 
Deacon skins,
’S) piece.......20

010
@50

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SHEEP PELTS.

Shearlings............................................... 20  (
Lam bskins........................................'.” 20  (
Old wool, estimated washed $Mb'...! ”   Q 
Tallow......................................................  4i.i(i

Fine washed $  B> 200251 Unwashed...........
Coarse washed...160181

WOOL.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef,  sides..................................  5  @ 7
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters....................  7  0   8
Dressed  Hogs.........................................  ©  6
Mutton,  carcasses...................................4ft@ 5ft
v eal..........................................................  8  0 9
Pork Sausage.........................................  7ft© g
Bologna....................................................  8  @ 9
Fowls.........................................................n   @12
Spring Chickens........... .*......................   @16

SHORTS.

Old Tar...................... 40i Sweet Lotus................32
A rthur’s  Choice.......22 Conqueror 
...........23
Red Fox..................... 26 G rayling.....................32
F lirt............................281 Seal Skin.....................30
Gold  Dust..................26|RobRoy...................... 26
Gold  Block................30 Uncle  Sam.................28
Seal of Grand Rapids ¡Lumberman................. 25
(cloth)..................25i Railroad Boy.............. 38
Tramway, 3 oz..........40i Mountain Rose........... 18
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35|Home Comfort.......... 25
Boss  .......................... 15|01d Rip........................55
Peck’s Sun................ 18 Seal of North Care-
Miners and Puddlers.28j 
lina, 2  oz..................48
Morning  Dew........... 25 Seal of North  Caro-
lina, 4oz...................46
Chain.........................221 
Peerless  ....................24: Seal of North  Caro-
Standard................... 22 
lina, 8oz................... 41
Old Tom.....................21 Seal of North  Caro-
Tom & Jerry .............24 
lina, 16 oz boxes___40
Joker..........................25 Big Deal...................... 27
T raveler........ .......... 35| Apple Jack................. 24
Maiden.......................25; King Bee, longeut..  .22
Pickwick  Club..........40 Milwaukee  Prize___24
Nigger  Head.............26 R attler........................28
H olland.....................22 Windsor cut plug___25
G erm an.....................16 Zero  ............................16
Solid Comfort........... 30 Holland Mixed........... 16
Red Clover................ 32 Golden  Age................75
Long Tom..................30 Mail  Pouch................25
N ational................... 26{Knights of L ato r___30
T im e..........................261 Free Cob Pipe.............27
Mayflower ................ 23[Hiawatha...................22
Globe..........................22 Old Congress.............. 23
Mule E ar................... 22|
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......  @  75
Maccoboy...............................   @ 55
Gail & Ax’ 
Rappee....................................  © 35
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..............................  @ 45
Lotzbeck  ...............■...............................   @1 30
Star brand,  pure  cider.................................8© 12
Star brand, white wine...............................  8@i2
95
Bath Brick im ported................................. 
90
American............................. 
Barley..........................................................  
@3
l  00
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
do  No.  2........ .............................. 
1  50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
8 00
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans...............   15@25
Candles, Star..............................................  @13ft
Candles,  Hotel...........................................  @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C............................. 
  @80
F e lix ..........................  
l  25
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps..........................   @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps...........................  @35
Gum, Spruce...............................  
 
Hominy, $  bbl..........................................   @4 00
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails.................................4ft@  5
Peas, Green Bush......................................  @1 35
Peas, Split prepared.................................  @ 3ft
Powder, Keg..............................................  @3 7o
Powder,  ft Keg.........................................   @1 75

MISCELLANEOUS.

VINEGAR.

SNUFF.

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do 

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OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.

New  York  Counts.............................................. 38
F. 
J. D. Selects................................................ 33
Selects..................................................................30
F. J. D................................................................... 25
Standards  ........................................................... 22
Shrewsbury shells, fi  100...............................1  50
Princess  Bay  Clams, $  100................................75
New York  Counts, fi  100...............................1 50

FRESH  FISH.

Mackinaw Trout..................................
W hiteflsh..............................................
Cod  ........................................................
Sun  Fish...............................................
Rook Bass..............................................
Perch  ....................................................
Duck Bill Pike.....................................
Wall-eyed  Pike....................................
Smoked White Fish..............................
Smoked T rout.......................................
Smoked Sturgeon.................................

.  6ft 
.  6ft 
.12

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Fall  fruit  commands 1.75 V bbl. for 

eating  and $1.25 $  bbl. for cooking.

Beans—Dealers  pay  50c©90c $   bu.  for  un­
picked and sell city picked for $1.25.  The crop 
is not nearly so large, or as  fine  in  quality  as 
last season.

Butter—Michigan  creamery  is  in  moderate 
demand at 20022c.  Sweet dairy is very  scarce 
and is in active  demand  at  14©15c,  while old 
packed readily commands 13015c.  Low grades 
are in plentiful supply at 6012c.

Butterine—Creamery  commands  18c  and 

Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand  at  60 

dairy 14©15e.

$  doz.

Cheese—Gradually climbing  higher, the  fac- 
torymeu  now  holding  full  cream  at  8@8ftc, 
while the jobber quotes at  8ft©9ftc.

Celery—22e  doz. bunches for Kalamazoo or 

Grand Haven.

Clover Seed—Demand for fall seeding  about 
over.  Fair  to  good  Medium commands $6.25 
and choice  recleaned  $6.50.  Mammoth is held 
at $6.50.

Crabapples—About out  of market.
Cranberries—The  manket  Is  well  supplied 
with a fair article of wild  stock, which crowds 
out the cultivated berry,commanding  $2,25  $  
bu.  Tame  berries  are  worth  $8@$10  ¡g) 2 bu. 
bbl.

stock commanding  15c.

Eggs—Sharp demand, and price stitfer, fresh 
@ 44
Grapes—Concords  bring 4@5e ])»ft*,  and  Del­

awares, 7@8c.

Green Peppers—$1 $  bu.
Honey—Choice new in comb is firm  at 13ft.
Hay—Bailed, $15@$16 (gl ton.
Hops—Brewers pay 8010c ]9  fi).
Melons—Water. 0@8c apiece, packages extra. 

Musk, 60@90 $  doz.

Onions—Home-grown.  65c ]? bu. or $2 
bbl.
Pears—Flemish beauties $2 $1 bu.  Other  va­

rieties, $1.25@$1.50.

Plums—Out of market.
Peaches—Very scarce  and  m arket  not  half 
supplied.  Hill’s Chili command  $2.50©$3  bu. 
and late Crawfords $3®$3.50.
Pop Corn—Choice commands 4c <g) tt>.
30@35
Potatoes—New potatoes are  so  plentiful  in 
most localities that regular quotations are out 
of  the  question. 
Jersey  sweets  command 
$3 $  bbl., and Baltimore  $2.50.

Poultry—Market plentifully supplied. Fowls, 

12013c.  Spring chickens, 16.

Quinces—$ 2.25 p e r bu.
Squash—Hubbard, 1ft c.
Tomatoes—Plentiful at 50c $  bu.
Turnips—40c $  bu.
Timothy—$1.90 ]? bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—5c higher.  The  city  millers  pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  88;  Fulse,  85c;  Clawson, 
85c.

and 51c In carlots.
lots.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 55c In 100 bu. lots 
Oats—White, 3oc in small lots and 30c  in  car- 
Rye—56c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ]8 cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, $ 5 .7 5 bbl. 
in  sacks  and  $6  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.75  $1 
bbl. in sacks and $5 in  wood.
Meal—Bolted, $2.75 V bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  $  ton.  Bran, $13
ton.  Ships, $14 19 ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 

Corn and Oats, $22 V ton. 

.

Chicago  druggists,  under  the  new  law 
regulating the sale of  liquors,  must  pay  $1 
for a permit to sell them for medicinal,  me­
chanical, sacramental and chemical purposes. 
A  record  must  be  made  of  the  date and 
quantity  sold,  with  the  name  of the pur­
chasers.  Failure to observe  the  provisions 
of the law is punished by a fine  of  not  less 
than $100.

SOLE  AGENTS,

G R A 2 T D   Ä A F Z D S ,

M I C H .

RICE.

¡Ja v a   .............. . . . 6   @ 6ft
. ..7  
¡ P a t n a ............ .............. 6
...6  
.. .5ft@ 6ft
.. .6 ft]R a n g o o n . . . .
.. .53ft! B r o k e n .......... .............. 3ft
SALERATUS.
... 5ft 1 D w ig h t’s ___ .............. 5
.. . 5   S ea   F o a m __
V  ñ 
.

Irian  Shfiflf 

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................ 
28 Pocket................................................. 
10031b  pockets.......................................  
Saginaw or Manistee............................ 
Diamond C.............................................. 
Standard  Coarse....................................  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........  
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........  
American, dairy, ft bu. bags............... 
Rock, bushels......................................... 

2  30
2 25
2  50
95
160
1  55
80
2 80
80
25
28

SAUCES.

Parisian, ft  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

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OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

D e tr o it.

Sept. 25—The depression which  has  marked 
the  prosecution  of  many  m anufacturing  in­
dustries  at  this  m arket  during  the past  two 
years  is  gradually  receding,  in  consequence 
of  which,  most  of  our  manufacturers  are 
cherishing the belief that an  era  of  unexam­
pled  prosperity  is  now before them.  And  as 
near as our correspondent can ascertain, most 
of our mechanical producers  are  iu  shape  to 
take advantage of every favorable wind.

less  steam 

Chester  B.  Turner,  the  veteran  machinist, 
has invented an engine which embodies an en­
tirely new application of  steam.  Mr.  Turner 
claims that his engine is more economical than 
any other engine made—that is, it uses  30  per 
cent, 
the  ordinary  slid­
ing  valve  engine.  He  has  disposed  of  a 
half  interest  in  the  patent  to  S.  F.  Hodges 
& Co., who have  already  constructed  one  en­
gine after Mr. Turner’s  patterns,  which  is  so 
satisfactory that the  m anufacture  of  the  en­
gine on a large 6eale  will  be  immediately  be­
gun.

J.  Michels  has  invented  and  applied for a 
patent on a matcher which dresses and matches 
two boards at the same time, and will work up 
to sixteen inches  iu width.

than 

The  Huyett &  Smith Manufacturing Co. has 
turned out more blowers  and fans  during the 
past two months than in  any  four  months  in 
the  previous history of the company.  Two 72 
inch  wheel  blowers  have recently been  com­
pleted for the Phil. Best  Brewing  Co.,  of  Mil­
waukee.

A new corporation will shortly be organized, 
to be known as the Leadbeater Economy Fuel 
Co.  The patent consists of a  mechanical pro­
cess which enables steam  users  to  make  use 
of hard coal  screening's,  which  cost only the 
cartage,  by  means  of  forcing  a  steam draft 
through the furnace.  The  system  is  claimed 
to  reduce  the  cost  of  fuel  fully  80 per cent. 
Among those who will be interested in the new 
company  are  Mr.  Leadbeater,  the  inventor, 
Samuel Post. W. L. Post and T. C.  Kogers.

F. Lunkenheimer, who acted as agent for the 
Detroit Lubricator Co. at Cincinnati for  about 
three years, since which time he has begun the 
m anufacture  of  lubricators  on  his  own  ac­
count, has lately been made  the defendant  in 
an  action  for  infringement,  brought  by the 
company above referred to.  The company also 
gives  notice  that  purchasers  of  lubricators 
made by Lunkenheimer will be held  responsi­
ble for the same.

The  Detroit  Radiator  Co.  has  become 
possessed  of  a  mechanical  process  for  con­
verting  Bessemer  steel  into  open  work  of 
all  descriptions,  such  as  screens,  fencing, 
grates,  carriage  seut6,  prison  bars, etc.  The 
process greatly increases the  strength  of the 
metal, and is destined to bring steel into many 
new uses.

F. W. Marvin, president of the  Michigan  Lu­
bricator Co., has recently returned from a suc­
cessful business trip through  the  manfactur- 
ing districts of Ohio.  The company has lately 
received a number of heavy export  orders, in­
cluding one from Australia.

The Buhl Iron Works, which have been  shut 
down since July 1, are  to  be  re-opened  under 
the  management  of  the  late employes.  The 
men said they believed they could  make a liv­
ing if the works were started again,  and  were 
given permission to start for themselves.  Tho 
managers say they do not propose  to open the 
works themselves for some time yet, believing 
the iron business to be stagnant,  but  they are 
willing to let the men try the business.

W o o d v ille.  .

The West Michigan  Lumber  Co.  lias  en­
gaged to build for the Thayer  and  the  Ives 
lumber companies,  a  branch  railroad  from 
this place to a point one and  one-half miles 
south of Lumberton.  The road,  which will 
be about three miles in  length,  will  extend 
through valuable pine  timber,  which  those 
companies will take by rail to  Muskegon.
I).  Holmes,  who has  charge  of  the  West 
Michigan Lumber Co.’s store  at  this  place, 
is in Chicago purchasing goods  in his lines.
A committee from Michigan City has been 
negotiating with.the West Michigan Lumber 
Co.  for land on which to establish a German 
colony.
G.  W.  Crawford  and  Charles  Tompkins, 
lumbermen of Big Rapids, were in this place 
on Friday.  Mr.  Crawford will  cut  a  piece 
of  pine  timber  which  lie  has a few miles 
from this  place,  and  is  negotiating  for  the 
sale of the logs.

L uther.

Wilson,  Luther  &  Wilson’s  logging  en­
gine was laid up for repairs last week.
James Palmer,  of  Chase,  who  opened  a 
meat market here a short time ago,  lias  evi­
dently  given  up  the  idea,  as  he  lias  not 
opened up for a week back.
J.  M.  Verity,  furniture  dealer,  was  in 
Grand Rapids Friday.
W.  B.  Pool,  hardware  merchant,  is  in 
Jackson,  helping  W.  M.  Hartupee  & Co. 
take their inventory.  Mr.  Pool will be gone 
about two weeks.
Word lias been received from  the officials 
of the G.  R.  & I.  that work is to  commence 
this week to extend the  Manistee branch  of 
the road to Manistee.

Big Rapids.

Lindbloom Bros.,  three yonng  men,  have 
rented one of P. A.  Erickson’s new stores, at 
the upper depot,  and  will  put  in a grocery 
stock.
F.  W. Joslin lias sold his  unexpired lease 
to J.  S.  Lit,  of Detroit, who  will  open the 
store witli a stock of clothing  and  hats and 
caps on Saturday  morning,  October 3.  Mr. 
Joslin will ship  his  stock at once to  Ash- 
ville,  N.  C.  His family will  remain in  Big 
Rapids until another summer.
Morrell’s New York Store on  East Maple 
street opened on the 28th  with  dry goods, 
hardware, tinware,  and a job lot of tea.
The night of the  15th  the  Hewitt & Mc- 
Elwee planing  mill,  with  100,000  feet  of 
lumber, one Blue Line car and office burned. 
The estimated  loss  is  815,000; insured for 
87,000,  as 
follows:  German  American, 
81,000; Lancashire,  81,000; Fire Association 
81,500; American,  81,500;  Insurance  Com­
pany  of  North America,  81,000;  Pennsyl­
vania,  81,000.  The  mill  did a large  busi­
ness in dressing car iots,  also  in  the manu- 
' facture of mouldings for the New York city 
market
W.  D.  Moody,  has purchased the steamer 
E.  L.  Morris,  of  Holland  parties,  and has 
launched the same at Clear Lake.
Mrs.  C.  E.  Allen,  of the City Bakery,  has 
sold out to Wood &  Ayers,  who  took  pos­
session last Friday.  Mr.  Jay  Wood  is an 
old resident here.  Mr.  Ayers  is from  In­
diana. 

_

M uskegon.

Mrs.  It.  Kieft,  who has conducted a retail 
grocery business on Third  street for several 
years past,  recently gave Hawkins & Perry,

of Grand Rapids,  a chattel  mortgage on the 
stock for 8430,  which  included  their  claim 
and  8200  paid  other  preferred  creditors. 
Shields,  Bulkley & Lemon  subsequently se­
cured a second mortgage for  8500,  but Fox, 
Musselman  &  Loveridge  preferred  not  to 
take  any  security  for  their  claim,  which 
amounted  to 8245.  The  stock  inventories 
about 8800,  and Hawkins  &  Perry are anx­
ious to find a purchaser.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

City.

tings.

Walton.
Traverse City.

G. L. Kublman, Negaunee.
J. L. Handy,  Woodstock.
Jackson Coon, Rockford.
C. E. Coburn. Pierson.
G. A. Estes, Tustin.
S. H. Sweet, Kalkaska.
E. C. Whitney, Middleville.
Jos. Rogers, Hastings.
H. M. Freeman,  Lisbon.
E. R. White, Reed City.
F. J. Nichols, Morley.
Phin Smith, Smith, Hams & VanArman, Has­
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
A. D. Leavenworth. H.  Leavenworth  &  Co., 
“ Tony ”  Bartuk,  Wilhelm,  Bartak  &  Co., 
Bradley, Graves & Co., Bangor.
F. B. Watkins, Monterey.
Beecher & Kymer, Elk Rapids.
M. F. Butters,  Tallman.
H. A. Spink, Whitehall.
E. Wilson, Hopkins.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
Frederick Hotchkiss, Hastings.
H. B. Sturtevant, Sherman.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
Ives  & McArthur, Rockford.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
Dr. A. Hanlon, Middleville.
Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin.
C.  E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
Dr. John Graves, Wayland.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
G. C. Baker, LeBarge.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
M. Abby, Muir.
R. V. Reynolds, Inland.
J. Omler, Wright.
A. J.  Provin, Cedar Springs.
Ed. N. Parker, Coopersville.
M. M. Robson, Berlin.
Alex.  Denton,  Denton  &  Lovely,  Howard 
John C. Scott, Lowell.
J. H. Murray, South Boardman.
M. Tucker, Stanwood.
S. T. McLellan, Denison.
W. N. Hutchinson, Grant.
G. F. Gretziuger, East Saugatuck.
Joshua Colby, Colby & Co., Rockford.
H. L. Page, East Jordan.
F. M. Storms, Plainwell.
J. S. Barker, Sand Lake.
W. R. Blaisdell, Lowell.
S. A. Howey, Muskegon.
N. W. Drake, Bangor.
W. B. Pool, Luther.
M. B. Farren, South Boardman.
Gaylord & Hill, Shelby.
E. A. Hill, Coloma.
Mr. Chappel, Mathews & Chappel, Hart.
John M. Cloud, Cadillac.
Mr. Bergy, A. & E. Bergy, Caledonia.
G. W. Warren, Big Rapids.
G. A. Estes. Tustin.
John Dangremond, Dangremond  &  Nykerk, 
Elmer J. Heath, Heath & Hallet, Carson City. 
Joe Tyler, Shelby,
G. A. Kanters, Kanters & Sons,  Holland.
Nate Stoddard, Stoddard Bros., Reed City. 
Wm. DePree, DePree & Bro., Zeeland.
G. B. Spencer,  Coloma.
E. C. Foot, West Carlyle.
T. E. Dryden, Dryden & Son, Allegan.
S. A. Crawford, Benson & Crawford, Saranac. 
W. J. Woodruff, Copley.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
Fred F. Taylor, Woodville,
J. H. Williams,  Leroy.
Mr. Barnard, Reed & Barnard, Stanwood. 
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
M. S. Haywood, Middleville.
John Giles, Lowell.
Wm. Black, Cedar Springs.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
R. G. Archer, West Branch.
Button & McCullough, Alba.
J. L. Graham, Wayland.
Roys Bros., Cedar Springs.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
L. II. Chapman, Cedar Springs.
G. W. Hoag, Martin.
J. M. Reid, Grattan.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
Jas. Crawford, Kalkaska.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
R. Purchase, South lllendon.
J.  W. Moesker,  Muskegon.
Fred Vos, Grand Haven.
H. H. Freedman, Reed  City.
M. P. Shields, Milliards.
H. M. Harroun, McLain.
G. C. Townsend, Baldwin.
R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville.
Mr. Lilley, Watrous & Lilley, Coopersville.
T. W. Preston,  Millbrook.
E. Trail,  Belding.
J. F. Hacker, Corinth.
D. N. White, Petoskey.
Leavenworth & Co., Forman.
C. Cole, Cole & Chaple, Ada.
T. M. Joslin, J. D. Rowdon &  Co., Carp Lake. 
Eli Runnels, Corning.
W. 8. Campbell. Watson.
J. II. Murray. South  Boardman.
H. E. Hogan, South  Boardman.
C. II. Moon, Cedar Springs.
O. D. Chapman, Stanwood.
E. D. Parker, Kalkaska.
T. M. Joslin, Holly.
Mr. Church, Church & Kohlman, Allegan.
G. A. Estes, Tustin.
S. C. Fell, Petoskey.
Rankin & Dewey,  Shelby.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
E. C. Brower, Fife Lake.
Alex Massie, Greenville.
J. Bricker, J. & W. F. Bricker,  Belding.

Hamilton.

FURNITURE BUYERS.

J. M. Verity, Luther.
Kilpatrick & Brown, Denver.
T. J. Banfleld, Courtland.
Buck & Hoyt, Battle Creek.
A. C. & L. Truesdell. Muskegon.
E. H. Tompkins, Pontiac.
Knapp & Stoddard.  Chicago.
Wendroth Bros., Chicago.

Good Words Unsolicited.

M. Bailey,  druggist,  Plainwell:  “Like  your 

paper.”

J.  R.  Harrison,  grocer,  Sparta:  “Can’t  do 

without The  Tradesman.”

S. K. Riblet, general dealer, Newaygo:  “An 

excellent paper.”

A.  H.  Lyman,  druggist,  Manistee:  “Could 

not get along without it.”

H. L. Moore, general dealer, Middleville:  “1 

like your paper.  Long may she wave.”

Dingman  &  Bowers,  general  dealers,  Mc­

Brides:  “Think it a good investm ent.”

Shurtleff  Bros.,  general  dealers,  Cross  Vil­
lage :  “De bonne grace, a tout prix, a votre santé.’ ’
Henderson & Peterson, general  dealers, Hol­
ton:  “A  good  paper.  Every  dealer  should 
take it.”

Andrew Carlson, general dealer, Gilbert :  “It 
is  a  first-class  paper  and  is  well  worth  the 
money."

Spring  &  Lindley,  genex-al  dealers,  Bailey: 
“Can’t do without it any more than  we can go 
without eating.”

Johnson  Bros.,  general  dealers,  Ryerson: 
“During tho two years we have lived in Michi­
gan,  we  have  not  been  without  your paper, 
and  as  long  as  we  are in business, we would 
not  know  how  to  do  without  it.  We  think 
every one engaged in trade  should have it.  It 
is invaluable to them.”

The decay of stone,  either in  buildings or 
monument,  may be arrested  by heating and 
treating with paraffine  mixed  with a  little 
creosote.  A common  “paint  burner” may 
be used to heat the stone.

Ifoatbware.

Making Steam-Engines Economical.

From the Mechanical News.

In selling steam-engine  attachments  and 
improvements,  the  man  who  can  demon­
strate that his attachment  is  going to effect 
a large saving  is the  party who gets  most 
customers.  Unless there is some  prospects 
of a device effecting  a  saving  of from 10 to 
50 per ceijt.,  few  engine  owners  or  steam 
users will listen to  him.  There  are some­
times curious ways of  proving  that  a  sav­
ing has been  effected.  A  well-known  en­
gineering expert once had occasion to exam­
ine the  engine of  a steamer on  one of the 
inland lakes.  He found  it  in a bad shape, 
and wished to have some repairs done.  The 
owner would not 
listen to  the  suggestions 
till he heard there was a  probability of sav­
ing 20 per cent,  of coal  at  a small  outlay. 
The cylinder was badly out  of  round,  and 
the practice was  followed  of  jamming  the 
piston packing in very tight to prevent leak­
age as far  as  possible.  Owing  to  this  the 
engine would not move until the  boiler had 
a pressure of twenty pounds of steam.  The 
expert had the cylinder  bored  out,  and put 
in  good  steam-packing.  When  that  was 
done and the engine lined up,  he  had steam 
raised.  So soon as there was ten pounds of 
steam shown on the guage,  he  called out to 
cast off and get  the  boat out.  The  owner 
protested that there  was  no  use  trying to 
start out till they had  more  steam,  but the 
expert insisted that there was steam enough 
and the engine  was  started,  and  the  boat 
moved out in good shape.  The owner  was 
so astonished at the immediate improvement 
that he paid for the work without any more 
trial.

The same expert wanted to put a balanced 
valve and  some  other  improvements  on a 
river steamer.  The  owner  did not care to 
incur the expense,  but  was  brought  round 
by a promise that  the  engine  would  make 
ten more turns.  The  old  valve  was  leak­
ing badly and was not properly  set,  besides 
the engine needed 
lining  up.  The expert 
gave the engine a small over  hauling at the 
time the balanced valve was put in, and had 
no difficulty in  getting  the  additional  ten 
turns.  We believe that in a great many in­
stances it will be  found  that  the  inventor 
expects to get part of his saving through his 
skill in  selections  not  entirely  connected 
witli the device he  sells.

Cranky Machines.

From Wood and Iron.

There are times when nearly all machines 
get cranky.  The trouble is often a simple one 
aixd is not infx-equexxtly owing to the much inist 
not kxxowing his  business.  But  that is not 
always the case.  The  very  best  mechanic 
in the world gets hold  of  a lxut that  is very 
difficult to crack.  A machine,  no matter of 
what kiixd,  may word  perfectly for months, 
anti theix  one  day  something  goes  wrong 
with it.  The machinist  looks' at it,  exam­
ines it,  and  perhaps  he  even  takes  it  to 
pieces and puts  it  up  again,  but  all of no 
avail;  the  nxachixie  still  remains  like  a 
balky horse,  which  nothing will  make go. 
At last the machinist  gets  tired  and  goes 
home,  sick  of  pxxttering with  the  trouble­
some thing.  He  comes to work  the  next 
day,  perhaps having forgottexx  the previous 
trouble,  touches  a haxxdle here  and a wheel 
there, drops  a  little  oil 
in  half  a  dozen 
places,  turns oxx the steam and  off  she goes 
without a murmur,  as  if  xxothing had  ever 
happened. 
It cannot be  explained by  any 
one.  The only conclusion to bedrawix is that 
he omitted,  oix the occasioix of the stoppage, 
those little necessary  touchings of  handles, 
turning of wheels and droppings of oil.

A  Germaix  ixxvestigator  maintains  that 
cast iron buildings  will  endure  fire  better 
than those of wrought ix-on.  He pronounces 
concrete to be  superior to  brick,  granite or 
sandstone.

Vineyard
Skates.

FOSTER.
STEVENS

Headquarters

FOR

Western  Michigan!

Rolled Screws.

The screw  threads  are formed  by  rolling 
the blanks between  two  metallic  surfaces, 
both cut so as  to form  dies,  which  produce 
the thread.  The  blanks  are  formed  in  a 
separate machine,  and are then placed,  sev­
eral hundred at a time, in a hopper in which 
works a lifter having a vertical motion.  At 
each dip the lifter fishes out of the mass  of 
blanks a number,  which arrange themselves 
head upwards in a groove along which they 
are  automatically  carried  to  the  forming 
portion of  the machine.  This consists of  a 
revolving circular die,  between which and a 
stationary section  the  blanks  are  carrried 
forward,  their revolution under compression 
producing the thread which is raised on the 
blank.  This was effected without cutting ox- 
waste 
in  the  machine  we  saw  operat­
ed,  at the rate of a gross,  or 144 screws,  per 
minute.  The screw thus  formed  is  found 
to possess many  advantages  over  the  ordi­
nary screw  with the cut thread.  These ad­
vantages,  besides  being  apparent  on  the 
face of it,  are admitted by experts who have 
thoroughly tested the Harvey screw. 
In the 
first place it has a true gimlet point,drawing 
the screw into the wood in a straight course, 
and doing away almost entirely with the use 
of the gimlet.  The  thread  is  found  to  be 
much  stronger,  the  metal  being  rolled  up 
and compressed. 
In the ordinary  screw  at 
at present in use the fiber is cut,  and  there­
by  weakened.  Another  point  of  great 
value is that the neck of  the Harvey  screw 
is of  smaller  diameter  than  the  thread, 
whereas,  in the ordinary screw  the  neck  is 
larger than the thread,  necessitating in hard 
wood the use  of  two gimlets  to avoid split­
ting.

Connecting Steam   and  W ater Power. 

From the Saw Mill Gazette.

Connecting steam  and  water  power  to­
gether is a very good plan  under  most con­
ditions,  but they should be so connected that 
when the  machines  are  running  idle,  the 
water wheels run the  engine  instead of the 
engine running the  water  wheel.  By this 
we mean,  run the water  wheel  faster  than 
the steam engine.  If you connect the wheels j 
to drive the main shaft  300  revolutions per 
minute,  speed the engine  so  it will drive it 
295 or 296. 
If the  engine  govex-nor is very 
sensitive and cuts off steam with a variation 
of one or two i-evolutions  per  minute,  then ! 
you  can speed  it  298 or 299  accordingly. 
When so  coimected,  the  water  wheel  will | 
run the engine fast enough to keep the gov­
ernor closed when  no  work is being  done. 
When the load is put on,  the speed slackens 
up a little aixd the  engine  gets  a  cliaxxce to 
do  something. 
If,  under  common  condi­
tions,  we were  to  design  a steam  plant to 
supplement water by putting in a number of 
small turbine wheels,  and utilize  the steam 
in the same manner, by putting in a number 
of small high speed  steam exxgines,  connect 
oixe  direct 
to  each  separate  nxachixie, 
thus doing away with  tons of  heavy shaft­
ing,  big pulleys and costly belts.

Extensive pottery works have been estab­
lished at Aiken,  S.  C.  The  enterprise  is 
under the direction of sevex-al Northern men 
of capital,  with  experience  obtained  else­
where in the  business  which  they  seek  to 
build up in South Carolina,  and they predict 
success.

A  FINE  ASSORTMENT.

WRITE  FOR  PRICES.

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

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Prevailing  rates  at  Chicago  are as  follows:

AUGERS AND BITS.

Ives’, old  style................................'........dls 
60
60
N. H. C. Co...............................................dis 
Douglass’ ................................................ dls 
60
60
Pierces’ ....................................  ............. dis 
Snell’s ....................................................... dis 
60
Cook’s  ...................................................... dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine................................ dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation.............................. dis40&10
Spring...........
Railroad.......
Garden..........

........ 8  13 00
................ net 33 00

BALANCES.

..........dis

BARROWS.

BELLS.

BOLTS.

H and.................................................... dis  J 60oiclO
Cow........................................................dis • 
6»
15
£ al1......................................................... dis 
Door, Sargent....................................... dis 
55

Stove......................................................dis 8
40
Carriage  new  list................................. dis
Plow  ...................................................... dis  30&1C
Sleigh Shoe..............................................dis 
75
Cast Barrel  Bolts................................. dis
5955
W rought Barrel Bolts.........................’dis
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................... dis
50
Cast Square Spring.............................'dis
55
Cast  Chain.............................................dis
60 
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob........ . . .dis
55&10 
Wrought Square...................................dis
55&10
Wrought Sunk  Flush......................... .dis
30
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
T  Flush..................................................   50&10&10
Ives  Door................ 
dis  50&10

BRACES.

40
B arber..................................................dis 8 
Backus..................................................... dis 
50
50
Spofford....................................................dis 
Am. Ball...................................................dis 
net
Well, plain.................................................. $  4 00
Well, swivel................................................. 
4  50

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 Loos*»  P in.............................. dis 
60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............. dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..............dis  60&  5
Wrought Loose Pin, japauned, silver
Wrought Table........................................dis 
60
Wrought Inside  Blind...........................dis 
60
Wrought Brass....................................... dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s ...........................................dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s ....................................... dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s.....................................dis 
70

tip p e d ...................................................dis  60&

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10......................................per  m 8 6a
Hick’s C. F
G. D...........
Musket__

CATRIDGES.

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

CHISELS.

__ dis
__ dis
__ dis
__ dis
.. .dis
.. .dis

75
75
75
75
40
20

Socket

Socket Corner...........
Socket Slicks.............
Barton’
Cold....
Curry. Lawrence's.. 
Hotchkiss  ...............
cocks.
Brass,  Backing’s ...................
50
Bibb’s .....................................
50
B e er............................................................   40&1Ü
Fenns

... dis

40
25

.$S>  30

COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.
14x52, 14x56, 14 x00.............
DRILLS

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

35
Morse’s Bit  Stock................................dis 
Taper and Straight Shank...................dis 
20
Morse’s Taper  So5nk...........................dis 
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................ doznet  8.85
Corrugated............................................dis  20&10
Adjustable............................1..............dis
«&10
Clar's, small, $18 00;  large, $26  00. 
ilis
20
Ives’, L 818 00 ;  2, 824 00 ;  3, 830  00.  dis
American File Association  List........ dis
Disston’s ........ .......................................dis
New  American......................................dis
Nicholson’s ............................................ dis
Heller’s ................................................. dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps...........................dis
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27
15

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

60
60
60
60
30
33«
28
18

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

FILES.

12 

13 
GAUGES

HAMMERS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s. ........... ills
50
Maydole & Co.’s ....................... ........
20
Kip’s ......................................... ........... dis
25
Yer1ces&  Plumb’s .................. ........... dis
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel........ ............30 C list 40
Blacksmith's Solid Cast Steel, Hand.. 30 c 40&10
HANGERS.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co.,  Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction__
............. dis
60
Kidder, wood  track.............
40
.............dis
HINGES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3.............
.............dis
60
State.......................................
.. per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  I
iïi.  iy2  14
and  longer.........................
'óy%
Screw Hook anil Eye,  H  ...
............not
lOK
Screw Hook and Eye %.......
........... not
8 y3
Screw Hook and Eye  « .......
............net
7H
Screw Hook and Eye,  %__
............net
7K
Strap and  T ..........................
............. dis 60&10
HOLLOW  WARE
IE.
Stamped Tin W are..........
C0A10
Japanned  Tin  W are.......
20&10
Granite Iron  W are........
HOES.
Grub  1............................................... $11 00, dis 40
Grub. 2...............................................   11  50, dis 40
Grub 3.................................................  12 00, dis 40
Door, minernl, jap. trimmings__ $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
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain........dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ..................  d 
40
H cm acite.......................... ...................dis 
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list...dis
66«
66«
Mallory, Wheelnr &  Co.’s ....................dis
66«
Branford’s ............................................... dis
Norwalk’s................................................dis
60«
65
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...................dis
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ............................dis 40&10
Coffee,P. S.&W.Mfg. Co.’sMalleables 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&10
H unt’s.........................................$18 56 dis 20 & 10

LEVELS.
MILLS.

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

KNOBS.

NAILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

MAULS.
OILERS.

lOd to  60d....................  ..................... $  keg $2  50
25
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
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% 
$1 25  1  50  1  75  2  00 
Adv. W keg 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLASSES OATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ......................................dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine....................................... dis  70
Enterprise,  seif-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, $12 net
Olmstead’s .................................................  
50
15
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................dis
Sciota Bench................................................dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy......................dis
Bench, flrstquality.....................................dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood and 
50
Fry, Acme................................................dis
Common, polished...................................dis60&10
Dripping...............................................$   2>  6@7
Iron and Tinned................................. dis 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.................... dis  50&10
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 
9
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

PLANES.

1UVETS.

VANS.

Broken packs He 

lb extra.

ROOFING PLATES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................5 60
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.......; ___7 00
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ II 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne.............   14  00

ROPES.

„ 

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, «  In. and  larger..................................   7«
Manilla...............; ...................................... ’”  44
Steel and Iron....................................... dis  60&10
Try and Bevels.......................................dis  SO&IO
Mitre  .....................................................dis 
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.
__ 
Nos. 10 to  14.................................. $4 20 
$3 00
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   430 
3 00
Nos. 18 to 21..........................  
420 
300
Nos. 22 to 24..................................   420 
3  00
3 10
Nos .2a to 26..................................   4 40 
No. 27. ............................................  4 60 
3 20
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30  inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra*j( |- 
In casks of 600 lbs, $   lb............................ 
In smaller quansities, $   1b............. ”  ’ ’ ’
No. 1,  Refined.......................J .............. 
Market  Half-and-half............. ¿...  ...* 
Stribtly  Half-and-half........................... 

TINNER'S SOLQER.

13 00
15 00
16

SHEET ZINC.

0

 

TIN  PLATES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6--75.

10x14, Charcoal................ ]............   6 00
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................................  7  50
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal.......................... ..."  050
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  .............................  
IX, 
8 50
14x20, Charcoal...............................j  0 oo
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal............................. 
7 50
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal........................   , 
900
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool........................ 11 
00
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........................  13  00
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal.............................. .’.*16 00
’  0 50
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal................  
DX, 
100Plate Charcoal................................8  50
DXX,  100 Plate Charcoal......................... 
10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal...........................1250
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6  75 

rates.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Steel, Game......................................................
!.  dis  35 
Oneida Communtity,  Newhouse’s .. 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60& 10
Hotchkiss’  ..........................................  
60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Oo.’s............................"!!.'60&10
Mouse,  choker........................................20c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion................................ $1  so $  doz
Bright  M arket...................................................dis 60&1C
Annealed M arket..............................................dis 70
Coppered Market..................  
dis  55&10
Extra Bailing............................................   dis  55
Tinned  Market.........................................dis 
40
Tinned  Broom........................................I’.*» lb  09
Tinned Mattress................................... ’*’»  a>  844
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel..................................dis 3744
Plain Fence............................................... »  a>
Barbed  Fence................................................
Copper.......................................... .  new  ii'st 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

WIRE GOODS.

 

w i-e n c h e s.

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine.........................................dis  50&10
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
65
Coe’s Patent, malleable........................dis 
70
Pumps,  Cistern......................................dis 
70
Screws, new  list.......................................  
80
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................dis50&10
Dampers, American................................. 
33«

MISCELLANEOUS.

L U M B E R ,  L A T H   A N D   SH IN G L E S.

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co,  quote f. o. 
b. curs  as follows :
Uppers, 1 iueta.................................. per M $44 00
Uppers, 144,144 and 2 inch........................   46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 144, 144 and 2  inch........................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  30 00
Shop, 1 inch.................................................  20 00
Fine, Common, 144, 144 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 pO
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., 20 feet..........................   17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   13  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet.......  12  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet..................... •  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........................   14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........   11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet........................   18 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, 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 *J0
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 ft............  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, 4 in., C.............  
26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 1  com’n  16  00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 2  eom’n  14  00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............  
3 10
3 00
■< X X X 18 in.  Thin.....................................  
2  75
i 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 OOD E N W A R E .
Standard  Tubs, No.  1.......................
Standard  Tubs, No. 2.......................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3.......................
Standard Pails, two hoop................
Standard Pails, three hoop.............
Dowell Pails.......................................
Dowell Tubs, No. 1............................
Dowell Tubs, No. 2............................
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3..........................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes...........
Butter Ladles....................................
Rolling Pins.......................................
Potato  Mashers.................................
Clothes Pounders.............................
Clothes Pins.......................................
Mop Stocks........................................
Washboards, single..........................
Washboards, double........................

BASKETS.

........... 8  00
........... 7  00
............6 00
........... 1  60
........... 1 85
........... 2  10
........... 8 75
........... 7  75
........... 6  75
............2 00
........... 1 25
........... 1 00
...........   75
........... 3 25
...........   65
........... 1 25
........... 1  75
............2 25

Bushel, narrow band.......................
........... 1 60
Bushel, wide baud............................. ............L  75
Clothes, splint,  No. 1........................ ........... 3  50.
Clothes, splint,  No. 3.......................
,it___ 4  00
........... 5 00
Clothes, willow, No. 1.......................
Clothes, willow, No. 2.......................
........... 6 00
Clothes, willow. No. 3.......................'
............7  00

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here  pay as  follows
for dry stock:
@13 00
Basswood, log-run............................
Birch, log-run.................................,... 16 0d@20 00
@25 00
Black Ash, log-run............................
@14 00
Cherry,  log-rurs................................. 25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2........................
@55 00
Cherry,  cull....................................... 10 00@12 00
Maple,  log-run.................................. 18 00@15 00
Maple, soft,  log-run........................ 11  00® 14  00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2............................
©16 OO
Maple, clear, fiooring.......................
@25 00
Maple, white, selected.......................
@25 00
Red Oak, log-run...............................
@15 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2........................
@20 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank.............
@25 00
@55 00
W alnut, iog-run..................................
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.......................
@75 00
Walnuts,  culls................................ .'
©25 00
Water Elin, log-run..........................
@11 00
14 00@16 00
@23 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark—The local  tanners  are  offer-
ing $5 per cord delivered, cash.
Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.59 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.

Bluing Paper.

introduced 

Indigo paper for use in the laundry is one 
into 
of  the  novelties  recently 
Germany  and  France. 
It is  simply  bibu­
lous paper soaked in a strong solution of in­
digo and afterwards dried. 
Its  advantages 
over ordinary indigo,  ultramarine,  and com­
mercial wash blues arc  that  the amount of 
coloring matter can be  most  accurately ad­
justed to the wants of the  consumer,  and it 
is in a form freely  soluble  in  water.  The 
idea is a good one,  and  one  that  our enter­
prising  druggists  will  no  doubt  quickly 
seize upon,  as there is no  patent  upon the 
invention, in America at least.

IM K
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DDK
IjtOlHERs
I n l a w s

G.S. YALE & BR0.,|
FLAVOTUSG  EITBICTS!

—M anufacturers o t—

BAKING  POWDERS,

BLUINOS,  ETC.,

4 0   a n d   42  S o u th   D iv isio n ,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN

If in Need of Anything  in  our  Line,  it J 

will pay you to get our Prices.

SH ERW O O D   H A lili. 

M ARTIN  E .  SW EET.

a t e n t f.e s  a n d   s o l e   m a n u f a c t u r e r s  o f

ESTABLISHED  1865.

J O B B E R S   O F

Wool Robes, 
For Robes,
Horse Blankets,
|  Write for Special Prices.

Nos. 20 and 22 Pearl st„ Grand Rapids.

CLIMAX-

PLUG TOBACCO

F.  IT.  -A.  D A M S   O O .'S

DARK  AROMATIC

Fine Cut Clew ini Tobacco is the very tot dart p is  on the M et.

G-rand. B ap id s ■
P E R K I N S   Sc  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

D E A L E K S   IN

N O S.  1 2 3   an d   1 2 4   L O U IS  ST R E E T .  G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL USE.

o. w. b l a in  &   co., Proince Coimissii
Fore p   a i  M astic  F ris, Santon  M atais, Etc.

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders Oiled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO.  1»  IO N IA   81.

pondence solicited.  APPLES AND  POTATOES  in ear lots  Specialties. 

-D E A L E R S   IN-

WMasala  H a iis s t o - M t   & E il’a Specialty.

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

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

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michigan

C H O I C E   B U T T E R .   A
CALIFORNIA  AND  OTHER  FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES.  Care­
ful Attention Paid to Filling  Orders.

  S P E C I A L T Y !  

M.  C.  R U SSELL, 48 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids.

T H E   G H A X T D   R

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

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

FANCY  PATENT  “ ROLLER  CHAMPION.”

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

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

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  C0„
H . L E O N A R D   &  S O N S .

FOR  THE  F-AJ - J - i t r a d e
LAMP  CHIMNEYS.

AMBER,  BLUE  AND  GREEN.

O ne  B a rrel  C o n tain in g

% doz. A Size Stand.  Lamps------ 1.50
% doz.  B “ 
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port a wife.

Do not marry until you are  able  to  sup­

Never speak evil of any one.
Be just before you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent,  if  you  would  be 

Save when you arc young to spend  when 

happy.

you are old.

Read over the above maxims at least once 

a week.

The observance  of  these  maxims  lifted 
Hon.  Stephen Allen to a position  of  honor 
and wealth among his fellow-citizens.

1  cannot  say  that  their  observance will 
lead you there; but I will say that  if  faith­
fully followed they  will  lead  you  to  pos- 
ess the profound respect  of  all  who  know 
you, and that in  itself  “is a consummation 
devout ly to be wished.

COUNTERFEIT  MONEY.

The Manner in which it is  Collected  to  be 

Destroyed..

From the New York Sun.

“ •What becomes of the counterfeit money 
that is surrendered or  seized  from  counter­
feiters?”  was  the  question  put  to  Chief 
Drummond of the Treasury  Secret  Service. 
The question was prompted by the  story  of 
two  errand  boys,  Johnny  Sharrats  and 
Harry Kelly,  of West New Brighton, Staten 
Island,  one  of  whom  was  tempted  a  few 
days ago to steal §515 of counterfeit national 
bank  notes  which  he  saw lying  in  a  desk 
drawer  of  his  employer,  a  United  States 
Commissioner,  and supposed was good,  and 
which  he  and  his  companion  subsequently 
passed on tradesmen in this city and at Coney 
Island.

Chief Drummond said that it was unusual 
for any one to have possession of counterfeit 
money in large or small  sums  except  coun 
terfeiters and the lawful United States  cus 
todians.  Tradesmen and others might liav< 
possession  of  one  or  two  bills  or  coins 
which have been passed on them,  and which 
they retained as curiosities,  but if they kept 
a  collection  of  spurious  money  in  their 
drawer  their  motives  would  be  apt  to  be 
mistrusted.  The law and the Treasury reg 
ulations are very strict about the possession 
of  counterfeit  money  when  the  possessor 
knows it  to  be  such.  When  curiosity  col­
lectors keep the money in scrap  book  or  in 
other ways,  they are liable to  arrest  on  the 
charge of having counterfeit  money in then- 
possession.  So  stringent  is  the  law  that 
even imitations of Uncle Sam’s notes or coins 
for the purposes of advertising are forbidden.
The  secret  service  officers  collect  once  a 
month  all  the  counterfeit  money  from  the 
United States officials who  have  temporary 
charge  of  it  as  evidence.  The  money'  is 
locked up in a safe,  and  every  six  months, 
if  no  longer  needed  as  evidence  against 
counterfeiters,  it  is  forwarded,  along  with 
what is seized  in  bulk,  to  Custodian  Rock, 
of the Treasury Department, for destruction. 
The money is inventoried and described, and 
receipts are kept of all  that  is  surrendered. 
The bills are macerated and the coin is melted 
down in the  Treasury  mill  at  Washington.
The secret  service  was  not  aware  of  the 
existence  of  the  §515  in  the  office  of  the 
United States Commissioner who was robbed 
or it would have confiscated it. 
In the past 
eight  years,  the  officers  have  sent  about 
§500,000  counterfeit  money  of  all descrip­
tions to Washington.  The  biggest  amount 
was captured in the Brockway  case.

crowd who  can. look down in that hole,  and 
examine what comes out of it and say there 
is no God, no Creator of this universe,  he is 
a fool.”  Suppose I had  said  that;  suppose 
any minister  had  said  it;  the  reply  would 
have been,  “Give us  a rest,  we  pay  you  to 
preach  on  Sunday,  but  not  all  the  week 
long.”

in 

I was interested in that man, for I thought 
he  was  walking 
the  right  line,  and 
watched carefully his work for a few  days; 
in a towp a  few  days  before  I  learned  he 
had spent the night in the hotel in whipping 
out in debate  all  the skeptics in  the  town; 
the next  night  in  a  different  town,  he  sat 
down and carefully read the  latest  book  on 
science; the  next  night  I  found  him  in  a 
minister’s study getting  down the best com­
mentaries  on  God’s  word,  looking  up  and 
studying the  difficult  passages  of  Revela­
tion.  Suppose  you  turn  the  five  hundred 
thousand  commercial  men  in  the  United 
States 
intelli­
gence  like  that;  where  would 
the  un­
righteousness of the world be in the  twelve 
mouths to come?  Can  the  church  do  any 
better  in  her  spiritual  work  than  to  pray 
that there may be more  men  in  your  class 
like this; five hundred thousand commercial 
travelers in the United  States,  and they  do 
more traveling,  see  more  people,  than  any 
five million you can pick out of  our popula­
tion. 
If they  are  a  power  for  good,  they 
are a wonderful power for good; if they  are 
a  power  for  evil,  they  are  a  wonderful 
power for evil.

loose  with  a  spirit  of 

There is not  a  man  but  who  likes to  be 
prayed for by a man or  woman  that  he  re­
spects  sincerely  in  their  Christian 
life. 
Lord Byron,  skeptic and infidel as  he  was, 
said,  when  he  heard  of  a  good  Christian 
lady praying  for  him:  “I  would  rather 
liave  the  prayers  of  that  saint  that  the 
united  reputation  of  Alexander,  Charle­
magne,  and Napoleon Bonaparte.”

Queen Victoria went incognito into one of 
the small towns of  her  kingdom; she  went 
on the Sabbath day to the church; the minis­
ter did not know that  the Queen was in  his 
presence; but,  as was his  custom,  he  made 
an  eaniest  prayer  for  the  welfare  of  his 
Queen.  She went afterward and made her­
self known  to  Norman McLeod,  for  such 
he was, who afterward  became the  Queen’s 
chaplain.

We cannot do better for ourselves,  or  for 
the world,  than  to  make  frequent  prayers 
for this class of our fellow men.  Your con­
stant aim  is  to  make  your  appointments; 
you mark out where  you  will  be  Monday, 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Friday, 
and Saturday,  of  this  week  and  of  every 
week;  and you keep  your  appointments  if 
it is at all possible.  Have you ever thought 
that God has  marked ,out  an  appointment 
for every day and every  hour in  your  life? 
that you  should  try  to  meet  his  appoint­
ments as well  as  the  appointments of  your 
house  or  the  appointments  you  make  for 
yourself?  it  is not  always  your  fault  that 
you do not meet  God’s  appointments;  it  is 
sometimes the fault of  the  man  you  trade 
with; for he  will  trade  on  Sunday. 
It  is 
sometimes the fault of the  house you repre­
sent.  There are houses that send  men  out 
as their agents and  say,  “Don’t you rest  on 
the  Sabbath;  travel 
from  one  town  to 
another,  or if you find  a customer that  will 
buy,  why,  sell to him; don’t let  one-seventh 
of your time go to waste.”  Let me say such 
% house as that never  prospered  in the  his­
tory of our country,  and it  never will  pros­
per,  and it is  just  that  it  should  not  pros­
per.

A dog was blown to pieces lately at Pem- 
brey, Carthmartlienshire,  under the  follow­
ing circumstances;  Several scientists  were 
making experiments of  dynamite in a  barn 
among  the  Welch  hills.  The  charge  of 
dynamite, with a five minutes’ fuse attached, 
was thrown  into the water; and  the  power 
of the explosive was judged by  the  volume 
of  water  forced  up  by  the  concussion. 
While  the  operations  were  proceeding,  a 
sportsman,  accompanied  by  his  dog,  ap­
peared on the scene; and  as another  dyna­
mite charge  was thrown  into  the lake,  the 
animal instantly sprang into the water  and 
seized 
the  explosive,  which  it  quickly 
brought ashore.  The sportsman shouted to 
his dog to drop the substance,  but  the  ani­
mal ran in the direction  of  its  master  and 
the experimentalists,  who immediately fled, 
and the dog was only  kept at bay  by a con­
tinuous shower of stones.  The charge ulti­
mately exploded, and  the  poor  animal  was 
shattered  to  atoms,  its  master  and  friends 
narrowly escaping with  their lives.

Rubber1
BOOTS1

— WITH —

DOUBLE  THICK 

BALL

Ordinary Rubber Boots 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The CANDLE 
Boots are double thick 
on  the  ball,  and  give
DOUBLE WEAR.
3fost economical rub­
ber Boot in the market. 
Lasts  longer than  any 
other  boot,  and 
the
PRICE NO HIGHER.^ 
Call  and  ex­
amine  the 
goods.

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

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

In the summer of 1852,  when  the  steam­
boat Henry  Clay  was  making  her  way  up 
the Hudson River,  she  exploded,  and  sank 
to the bottom of the river; there were  many 
men drowned at that time.'  There was  one 
man  drowned who was  famous in  the  city 
of  New  York;  that  man  was  the  Hon. 
Stephen Allen;  a man who became  opulent 
in the commercial world,  a man who was at 
one time Mayor of the  city  of  New  York; 
and  when  his  body  was  taken  from  the 
Hudson  River  and 
the 
pockets searched,  here was what was fonnd 
in that man’s pocket; they had been his con­
stant companions  from the hour he  entered 
business life:

identified,  and 

Keep good company or none.
Never be idle.
Always speak the truth.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Keep your own secrets,  if you  have  any.
When you speak to a person look  him  in 

the face.

Good company and good  conversation are 

the very sinews of virtue.

Good character is above all things else.
Your character cannot  be  essentially  in­

jured, except by your own acts.

If any one speaks evil of you let your life 

be so that none will  believe him.

Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.
Ever live  (misfortunes  excepted)  within 

your income.

When you retire to bed  think  over  what 

you have been doing during the day.

Make no haste to be  rich,  if  you  would 

prosper.

chance.

Small and steady gains  give  competency 

with tranquility of mind.

Never  play  at  any  kind  of  game  of 

Avoid temptation,  through fear  you  may 

not withstand it.

Never run into debt unless you see a way 

to get out again.

Earn money before you spend it

Barlow’s Patent

1

Send for Samples and Circular.

Barlow  Brothers,
O Y S T E R S !

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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

T ? . X I  A . N T D

BALTIMORE OYSTERS
On and after Sept. 1st., wc will  be  prepared 
to  fill  all  orders lor this well-known brand ot 
Oysters, canned fresh at the packing-house in 
Baltimore.  No  slack-filled  or  water-soaked 
goods handled, 
li. F. Emery will attend to tho 
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 Fish anil Oyster Depot,

37  C anal  St., G rand  R ap id s,  M ich .

S.A.WELLING
mm
FISHING  TACKLE

WHOLESALE

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NOTIONS!
PANTS,  OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SHIRTS, 
LADIES’  AND  GENTS’  HOSIERY,  UNDER 
WEAR,  MACKINAWS,  NECKWEAR,  SUS­
PENDERS,  STATIONERY,  POCKET  CUT 
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK­
ERS’  SUNDRIES,  HARMONICAS,  VIOLIN 
STRINGS. ETC.

Particular  attention  given  to  orders  by 
mail.  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.

2 4   P e a r l  S treet.  G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

fiti

Less 10 per cent.
Barrel 35c.

TRIMMINGS  FOR  ABOVE.
x% doz. No.  i  Sun Burners............55
............8°
14  doz. 7 in. Ilium. & shade, com 3.50
Box 25c.

doz.  “ 2  “ 

“ 

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

The Great Stump and Rock

•50

$6.55

.65

Second Quality.

No. 1 Engraved  Sun Chimney........per doz 
N"”  SUN  CHIMNEY.
I Anchor. Star, or Diamond Brand, which means 
| No. 0 Sun Crimp  top........................ per doz 
.26
I No. 1 Sun Crimp  top.......................................... 27
I No. 2 Sun Crimp  top.......................................... 42
Leader Chimneys.
W arranted Pure Lead Glass.
No. 1 Crimp top, hand  m ade..........per doz 
.60
.................................................................90
No. 2 
No. 2 Plain 
“  moulded................................ 80
All  boxes  charged  at  Cost.  Every style of 
Chimneys in stock.

Strongest and Safest Explosive Known 

to the Arts,

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

CONS,  A 1M T I0K  & M IN I)  TACKLE,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

99

This new brand of cigars  (to retail at 5 cents)  we put  on  the  market  guaranteeing 
them to equal, if not excel, any cigar ever before offered for the price.  W e  furnish  500 
“Gutter Snipes” advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them.  W e want 
one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale.

MANUFACTURED  BY

Geo. T. W arren  & Co

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NO. 537  ASSORTED  BARREL

Fine Decorated Base Table Lamps.

i  ASSORTED COLORS  CENTERS.
1  doz. Assorted in  Barr.s-1, net................5-00
1  doz. Trimmings in Box....................... 3-5°
$8.50

RICH  GOLD  LIBRARY  LAMP.

WITH  PRISMS.

Send .for our Illustrated Catalogue, show­
ing  this  line  and  every  other department 
we have.  The  most  complete  Catalogue 
published.  W ill be ready in about ten days.

THE  EMPRESS  GLASS  OIL  CAN.
The finest OH Can made.  Please don’t com­
pare this can with some in the market.  Pack­
ed 1 doz in box, per doz. 3.85.  No charge for box.

