Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  23,  1885.

NO. 118.

HENRY KRITZER,

P R O P R IE T O R

NEWAYGO 

Koller M üls
“Crown  Prince”

MANUFACTURER  OF  THE

B P L A 3 V Ü .  

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ALWAYS  UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY. 
FINEST  GRADES  OF  WHEAT  AND 
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUll  A SPECIALTY. 
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR,  ROLLER  PRO­
CESS,  GUARANTEED  PURE.

The Tower of Strength.

Golden Seal Bitters,  a  perfect  renovator of 
the  system, carrying  away  all  poisonous  de­
posits,  Enriching,  Refreshing  and  Invigorat­
ing both mind and body.  Easy of  administra­
tion, prompt in action, certain in results.  Safe 
and reliable in all forms of liver, stomach, kid­
ney and blood diseases.  It is not a vile,  fancy 
drink, but is entirely vegetable. This medicine 
has  a  magic  effect  in  Liver  Complaints and 
every form of disease where the  stomach fails 
to do its work.  It is a tonic.  It will cure  dys­
pepsia.  It is an alterative and the best remedy 
known to our Materia Medica  for  diseases of 
the blood.  It will cure  Kidney  diseases,  Ner­
vousness,  Headache,  Sleeplessness  and  en­
feebled condition of the system.  The formula 
of Golden  Seal  Bitters  is  a prescription of a 
most successful German physician, and  thou­
sands  can  testify  to  their  curative  powers. 
Sold  by  Hazeltine,  Perkins  A  Co., wholesale 
druggists, Grand Rapid#, Mich. 
119
A R T H tlR  R.. ROOD,

ATTORNEY,

43  PEARL  STREET,  ROOD  BLOCK, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Collections  a  Specialty  !

W ^ I S T T E I D .
TO  CONTRACT  FOR 2,000 CORDS OF 
BASSWOOD  BOLTS  FOR  EXCELSIOR. 
ADDRESS  A.  DONKER,  383  BROAD­
WAY,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
ALBERT COYE & SONS
AW ITI1TGS, T EXITS

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

HORSE  AND  WAGON COVERS. 

W H O LESA LE  D EA LER S  IN  

Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc.

73  Canal Street, 

-  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

G IN SE N G  ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids,lit

STEA M   LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  DO OH,I FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CEICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at­

tended to.
PUT C R EE ¿ S M IT H
Boots, Shoes and Slippers

Wholesale Manufacturers

DETROIT,  MICH.

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¡ ^ “Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber 

Company..JgJ

Office  and  Factory—11,  13,  13  and  17 
Woodbruhjc street  West.  Dealers cordially 
invited to call on us when in town.
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

(Successor to P. Spitz,)

I, HALL t  CO.,
Fur  Robes.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

20  AND  22  PEARL  STREET, 

W e have the largest and most  complete 
stock of these goods in the state.
Japanese Goat Robes, Felt Lined.. .$  5  00 
Japanese Gray Goat, Plush Lined.. .$  7  50 
Japanese Extra Fur, Fancy Lined.. 
8  50
White Japanese Fur  Robes............. $  5  00
Dyed Black (imitation of bear)  Felt
L ined.............................................. $  9  00
Dyed Black, Plush Lined, or Black
Beaver Cloth Lined.........................$12  00
Extra  Large,  Extra  Fine  Fur,  Jet 
Black, Fancy Lined, this is  a very
fine  Robe.........................................$15  00

Black Center, White Border, or White 
Center and  Black  Border,  Fancy 

L ined....... .......................................$15  00

Horse Blankets.

Cheap Shapited  Blankets,  60c, 75c, 90c, $ 1, 
$ 1.25, $ 1.50, $ 1.75, $2, each.
Cheap Square, 90c, $r, $ 1.25,  $ 1.40, $ 1.50, 
$ 1.65, $ 1.75, $2, each.
Square  Wool  Blankets,  §2,  $2.50,  $2.75, 
$3,  $3-25»  $3-5°-  Sizes  70x78,  76x80, 
84x90.
Fine All Wool  Blankets,  $3.50,  $3.75, $4, 
$4.50,  $5,  $5.50,  $6,  $7, $8,  $10  each. 
Sixes, 76x80, 84x90, 90x96.
Discount to Dealers.  Mail orders will receive 

prompt attention.

GRANELLO,
MERCHANT
T ATTiO R ,

LEDYARD  BLOCK,

107 Ottawa St.

Suitings for Manufacturers,

Suitings for Jobbers,

Suitings for Retailers,

Suitings for Traveling Men, 

Suitings for Clerks,

AND

Overcoats for Everybody.

FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC  WOOL­
ENS  AND  WORSTEDS,  THE  BEST 
MANUFACTURED.  FINE  AND  SER­
VICEABLE  TRIMMINGS.

SUPERIOR  WORK  AND  THE  PROP­

ER  STYLE  FOR  THE WEARER.

ALL  AT  PRICES  THAT  WILL  IN­
DUCE YOU TO LEAVE  YOUR ORDER.

S ¡ fñ e Á t

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

Broken Down Invalids.

Probably never in the history of Cough Med­
icines  has  any  article  met  success  equal  to 
that which has been showered upon Dr. Pete’s 
35  cent  Cough  Cure.  Thousands  of hopeless 
eases of Coughs, Colds and Consumption  have 
yielded  to  this  truly  miraculous  discovery. 
For this  reason,  we  feel warranted In risking 
our reputation and money on its merits.  Sold 
by Hazeltine. Perkins &  Co.,  wholesale  drug­
gists, Grand  Rapids, Mich.
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Milwaukee  Star  Braid  Vinman.

Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, 
full strength and  warranted  absolutely  pure. 
Send  for  samples  and prices.  Also deafer in 
Sauerkraut.  Arcade,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

JO B B E R   O F

SO LE  AGENT  OF

F e r i Y i e n . t ' u . r n . ,

The Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Manufactured by Riverdale Diet. 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.fi.  HOIS k CO.,

No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapida.

Positively  at  whole­
sale  only.  Orders  by 
mail receive prompt at­
tention and liberal  dis­
count.

TO  T H E   T R A D E .
We desire to call the attention of the Trade  to 

our unusually complete stock of
SCHOOL  BOOKS,

School  Supplies

And a General Line of Miscellaneous 

Books, Stationery, Paper, Etc.

We have greatly increased our facilities  for 
doing  a General  Jobbing Business,  and  shall 
hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly.
We issue separate lists 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.

B a to n  &  L y o n

20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mioh.
Never  to  our  knowledge  has any medicine 
met with the success as  has  Golden  Seal  Bit­
ters.  It  combines  the  best  remedies of the 
vegetable kingdom so as to derive the greatest 
medicinal  effect,  and  is  making  wonderful 
cures.

JUDD  cHo  OO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE

And Full Line Winter Goods.

102(CANAL STREET.

THE  DEAD  BEAT.

The Power of the Boycott.

W ritten expressly for T h e  T radesman, 

From the New York  Sun.

m erchant’s so liloquy.
Past she sails arrayed in splendor,
Sealskin sacque and Lyon's fine,

Envious eyes and hearts attend her,

Gracious goodness!  don’t she shine? 

Wonder will she call this morning,
Or will some other business place 

Furnish silks for her adorning—
Bolts of ribbon—clouds of lace.

Ah ! my friend, did you observe her?
Yum-yum !  Don’t she cut a dash?
Let me whisper what she’s lacking—

A pocket sometimes blessed with  cash.

The sealskin was a Christmas present,

Bought of me a year ago.

Sixteen times bills been presented,

’TÌ8 not paid for yet, you know.
Last July she bought that velvet,

Husband would call soon, you see;
Perhaps he’s called a hundred places,

Has not called, as yet, on me.

She doesn’t seem to love us  lately,

Passes on the other side;

Let her do so.  If she doesn’t 
Call, she will not get denied.

g r o c e r ’s   s o l i l o q u y .

Whew !  There goes Mrs. Von Slasher,

I11 her seal and velvet dress,

Methinks she boasts an added flourish,
New dead-beat game on foot, I guess.

All her last year's groceries faded 

From my shelves like morning mist.

But the money for them never 

Left its impress on my fist.

Cool two hundred, I’m lamenting,

And may do so till I die,

Silks and velvets pay no grocers’

Bills, on that you may rely.

They’re the kind that swell in splendor, 

Tuose Von Slashers and their set.

They live well, always dress in fashion,

And never did they pay a debt.

Their very style  upholds their credit, 

Appearances deceive, you see,

But she’s got the last tnist groceries 

That she'll ever get from me.

A da L. J oh n so n.

Mechanical and Scientific Notes of General 

Interest.

Baltimore,  Toledo and  Philadelphia have 
added manual training to their public school 
course.

A  France-Russian  engineering  commis­
sion is prosecuting the  undertaking of  con­
necting the Volga and Don  rivers by canal.
A new means  of  operating rope railways 
for inclines is to utilize the  power of the lo­
comotive employed to draw the train on the 
level thus avoiding  the expense of  keeping 
a stationary  engine  in  operation  when the 
intervals between  its  use are  considerable.
M. Pasteur,  the  celebrated  French  medi­
cal scientist,  lias treated two severe cases of 
rabiu dog bite by his system of rabbit innoc- 
ulatou. 
In one case a lad  twelve years old 
had been  bitten  fourteen  times.  His  life 
was saved and in three months he had fully 
recovered. 
I11 the other a boy of fifteen the 
treatment was equally successful.

The addition of  two  stories to the height 
of the Cooper  Institute  a  few  years  since 
made  the  weight  to  be  sustained  by  the 
lower construction  too  great, so  that it has 
been  necessary to make  alterations and re­
pairs to the  extent of a quarter of a million. 
This  expense  lias  been  borne  by several 
wealthy philanthropists of New York.

Mr. George M. Hopkins, an attache of the 
Scientific  American, lias  been quietly com­
pleting his  inventions and  lias  organized a 
very strong  company called  the Inter-State 
Telephone  Co., which  it is  claimed will do 
more for the solution of the monopoly prob­
lem than  all  the litigation  with  which the 
Bell people  have  been fought so long. 
In­
stead of employing  the  “vibratory”  princi­
ple which the  latter  company claim to con­
trol,  Mr.  llopkins  employs  the “make and 
break  contact” principle,  as  in ordinary tel­
egraphy,  a positive  break  being  caused by 
each  vibration  of  the  voice  in  speaking. 
The great  advantage  this  system has  over 
the Bell is the ability of  transmitting effec­
tively on lines of  1,000  miles and upwards.

A  Slight  Inadvertence.

From the Detroit Tribune.

“Did you  hear  the  joke  on  Dr. Mulher- 
on?” asked  a neighbor of  the genial physi­
cian yesterday.

“About liis new arrival?” was the queried 

reply.

“No,  tills is more  recent. 

It  is said that 
the doctor,  in  making  out  a  certificate the 
other day,  inadvertently wrote his  name in 
the space left for ‘cause of death’.”

Warranted by Circumstances.

“See here, young  man,”  said  a father as 
he was  dressing  for  church,  “that  sort  of 
language  won’t  do.  Don’t  you  know  it’s 
swearing?”

“Yes, pa, but ma gave me your collar but­
ton to bring to you,  and  I’ve dropped it and 
can’t find  it.”

“Well, by the—the—er—ha—um—eternal 
liomspoons,  that  collar  button  must  be 
found.”

Paper and leather  may be  rendered  very 
pliable by  soaking  in  a  solution  of  1 part 
acetate  of  sodium  or  potassium  in 4 to 10 
parts of water,  and drying.

The Arabs still  continue to  obtain butter 
in the primitive fashion of  3,000 years ago. 
When  traveling they  milk  their  camels at 
dawn, and after their morning meal put the 
residue in a sheepskin bag and resume their 
journey.  The  jolting  received  en  route 
does the churning and butter is ready at the 
night encampment«.

The cigar  manufacturers,  Messrs.  Strai- 
ton & Storm, reopened their factory on Mon­
day after a lockout  of  about a month,  and 
therefore their great force of  operatives are 
now able once more to earn their living.

The remerkable thing  about  this  case  is 
that the factory was  not  closed because  of 
dullness of trade  or  dissatisfaction  among 
the  workmen.  “We  had  employment  all 
along  for  our  people,”  says  Mr.  Storm. 
“Out of two thousand  people  employed  by 
the firm,” writes  the  man  who was mainly 
responsible for the lockout,  “not three  per­
sons could find fault  with  the treatment  of 
their employers.”

The factory stopped work  because the la­
bor organization to which the operatives be­
longed had boycotted the goods of  the  firm 
in the New England States,  and  thus seri­
ously interfered with its business.  Messrs. 
Straiton & Storm,  as  a  measure of self-de­
fense, decided to  lock  out  their  workmen 
until the boycott against the  common inter­
ests  of  employers  and  employed  was  re­
moved;  and  at  last  it  is  removed through 
the exertions of  the  locked  out operatives, 
who have lost in wages because  of  it  about 
forty thousand dollais.

The  managers  of  the  labor  union find 
after investigation  that  the boycott  of  the 
tobacco manufacturers was  all  a mistake— 
that it ‘ ‘was put on their goods without any 
cause;”  and now the  mistake  is  to be  cor­
rected,  after it has caused a loss to the work­
men of forty thousand  dollars  and  to their 
employers  of  very  much  more,  perhaps. 
But boycotts where the union  has made  no 
mistakes as to the facts which have induced 
them are.going on all the time.

The product  of  a  lager  beer brewery  is 
boycotted until the proprietors  yield  to  the 
tenus imposed on them by discontented em­
ployes.  A  theater  is  boycotted  until  the 
manager agrees to  employ  only  musicians 
belonging to a regular  organization  of  mu­
sicians, and,  besides,  to  pay  8400  for  the 
expenses of  boycotting  him.  The  boycott 
on two other  theaters  has  just  been raised 
by orders from the labor union  because  the 
manager lias been starved  into  making  the 
concessions demanded by his musicians.  All 
business was lately  kept  at  a  standstill  in 
Galveston because a steamship company was 
boycotted.  Two  postmistresses,  one  in 
Massachusetts and one in Pennsylvania, are 
now boycotted because of objections to their 
appointment.  These  are only a few among 
many cases, but they serve  to  indicate  the 
tremendous and revolutionary  power  of the 
new force which organized labor has  begun 
to wield, and whose use it learned from dis­
satisfied tenants in Ireland.

In the ancient Athenian  republic Clisthè­
nes  devised ostracism as a  method  of get­
ting out of the way any  public  man  whom 
the people feared or distrusted.  If six thous­
and of the citizens voted  for  the  ostracism 
of a man,  he  was  compelled  to  withdraw 
from the city within  ten  days, and  remain 
in banishment at first for ten years,  and  af­
terward  for  five  years.  Even  Aristides, 
Themistocles and Cimon were  thus  quietly 
seat into exile.  But  the  modern  boycott, 
originally devised solely to  punish  employ­
ers and capitalists by injuring or destroying 
their chances of making money, seems like­
ly to become a political force even  more  ef­
fective than ostracism was in the old Athen­
ian republic.

A few weeks ago, for instance a Connecti­
cut correspondent described in the  Sun  the 
working of the  boycott  in  that  State,  and 
how the Knights of Labor have acquired the 
balance of political power by boycotting po­
litically candidates who are objectionable to 
them.  “There "is  no  question,”  he  said, 
“that the rise of this  new  spirit  of  menace 
on the part of labor is deeply agitating those 
at the head  of  the  Ansonia manufacturing 
interests,” and there is  no  doubt  that  Con­
necticut politicians are feeling  very  uneasy 
over the showing that the Knights of Labor 
made at the last  election;  and  all  business 
men  in  manufacturing  towns  know  well 
the  penalty  of  breaking  faith  with • the 
Knights.”

We see,  therefore,  that  there  are terrible 

possibilities in the boycott.

Distinction Between Broker  and Commis­

sion  Merchant.

A  produce  commission  merchant  is  not 
taxable as a “merchandise  broker,” accord­
ing  to  the  decision  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Common Pleas.  The court said:  “The ad­
mitted facts of the  case  are  that  the  busi­
ness of the appellant for  which he lias been 
thus assessed is of the following nature: He 
receives  fruits,  butter,  eggs,  poultry,  and 
various  other  kinds  of  country  produce, 
which are  consigned  to  him  from  distant 
points for sale,  takes  the  same  into his ex­
clusive  possession, has  the  exclusive care, 
custody and  control  thereof,  holding  him­
self  responsible  therefor  to  his  consignor, 
disposes of the same by sale and delivery in 
his  own name,  and  upon  accounting  with 
his consignor receives for his  compensation 
a certain percentage  of  the proceeds. 
It is 
apparent  from this statement of the charac­
ter of the business carried  on  by the appel­
lant that he is not a broker but a factor,  the 
difference  between  which  pursuits  is  well

defined by tlie  law,  as  well  as in the  com­
mon understanding of the people.  A factor 
and a broker are  both  agents.  A  factor  is 
employed either by a foreign  or home  mer­
chant,  or other person,  and is intrusted with 
tlie possession  and  apparent  ownership  of 
the goods to be sold by  him  for  his  princi­
pal.  A broker has not  the  custody  of  the 
goods of  his  principal.  He  is  merely em­
powered to effect  the  contract of  sale,  and 
when he has affected such sale he is functus 
officio.  A  factor  is  distinguished  from  a 
broker by being intrusted by others with the 
possession and disposal of goods.  A broker 
is employed  merely  in  the  negotiation  of 
mercantile  contracts.  He  is  not  intrusted 
with the possession of  goods,  and  does not 
act in his own name.  A  merchandise  bro­
ker is a commercial agent  who  makes sales 
or purchases for others.  His  business is to 
make contracts to be executed by other peo­
ple.  He receives 110  consignments,  has no 
custody of the goods,  no property  in tnein, 
no lien  upon  them,  and  as  a  general  rule 
never sees them.  The appellant’s  business 
is altogether a different business  from this. 
He is what is called  in  common parlance a 
produce commission merchant.  That is,  he 
is a factor employed to  sell  products which 
are sent to him for sale, with which lie deals 
as if he were  the owner,  in  which he has a 
special  property,  and  for  which  he  may 
maintain replevin and  trover,  or if  sold,  an 
action for the price.”

The Failure as Viewed on the Ground. 

Otsego Correspondence A began Gazette.

The  firm  of  Norton  &  Wolff  has been 
more talked about than have  all  tlie  other 
firms in town  the  past  two  weeks. 
I  am 
not very inquisitive,  but  have had a chance 
to talk with a  few  level-headed  men,  and 
this is my opinion in brief:  The firm  have 
assets to  about  835,000  and  liabilities  of 
860,000. * Up to eight weeks ago they iwere 
solvent.  Up to the  time  the  creditors  be­
came alarmed and pounced  upon  the  store 
and goods, they had  paid  all  their bills  as 
they matured, and  they  then declared  that 
they should,  in tin*  future,  have  money  to 
pay  their  bills  as  they  matured  or  they 
would have on  hand  the  goods  for  which 
the bills were  made.  This "was  probably 
true two  weeks  ago.  The  creditors,  for 
some reason,  were thrown into  a panic  and 
then the firm caught the same infection and 
all  scrambled  to  save  all  they  could for 
themselves.  Goods that creditors expected 
to find in the store were  not to be found  at 
this place,  Plaimvell,  or  Saranac,  and cred­
itors are probably not  wild  when  they  say 
the firm and a few  unknown 'mum  persons 
know where they are.  The  goods  are  not 
very likely buried or  drowned  and  by  and 
by  somebody  will  have  a  chance  to buy 
them.  Are Norton,  Wolff, and Lester hon­
est?  They have bought extravagantly large 
bills this fall;  in some  matters wild almost 
to craziness.  For  example,  a bill of  8200 
from Jennings & Smith,  of  Grand Rapids, 
for flavoring extracts. 
In  a  man  who  be­
lieved that trade was immediately  to revive 
and prices of all  goods  were  going to  rise 
10,  15, or 25 per cent,  in  ninety  days,  such 
acts would be  prudent,  although  the  firm 
never sold 840,000  worth  of  goods  in  any 
year.  As level-headed a man as there is  in 
this town has the theory  that  Norton  (who 
is really the firm)  is a little off mentally, be­
cause of losses that he has sustained outside 
of the store during  tlie  last five years,  and 
that is one solution  of  the  affair  that  tlie 
charitable can entertain that know how Nor­
ton's business has run lately.  That Norton 
has been too full of  business  troubles  out­
side of the store to know how the store was 
being run is tine. 
It  is  a  fact that  when 
Norton had  no  business  but  the  store  he 
made money fast and kept it.  All  of  thir­
ty firms  have  replevined  goods  from  the 
store.  Some attachments  have  been  made 
and chattle mortgages have been foreclosed, 
and many  lawsuits  will  arise  out  of  this 
matter. 
I predict that  five  years  will  not 
see them all  closed,  and  that lawyers  and 
courts will get more than 860,000 out of the 
job.  Goods have in a number  of  instances 
been taken out of the store  by replevin that 
the firm were never asked to give  up to  the 
claimants.  Of course,  this won’t hold. 
In 
some cases the claimant invoiced, called off, 
and appraised the goods,  and  his  attorney 
listed them and no one else had anything to 
say  about  them.  These  won’t  stick.  A 
butcher who never  clerked  in  a dry  goods 
store and did not know  delaine from linen, 
has appraised good s for replevin.  Much of 
these  proceedings  has seemed like a  grab- 
bag social.

Western Union Tactics.

From the Chicago Current.

In Chicago,  if a man  send a ten-word tel­
egram to,  say,  Washington,  from  the office 
of  the  Western  Union  Company,  it  costs 
him fifty cents. 
If he step across the street 
to the office of the£Mutual  Union,  which is 
the  same  rose  under  another  name,  the 
charge  will  be  twenty  cents.  Tlie  differ­
ence of cost may be on account of the super­
ior  black-walnut  counter  at  the  Western 
Union.  We  do  not  understand  that  the 
Western Union wires nm  through any  bet­
ter stretch of country than  the  wires of the 
1 Mutual Union.

V O L .  3.

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Insurance ani Law Office,

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ON  REAL  ESTATE. 

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Plug, Fine Cut and Smok­

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79  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Agent«  for a fa ll  line  of

S. If. Venal  & Co’s

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PL U G   TOBACCOS,
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BLUE  RETER,

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write to or see the

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71  CANAL STREET.

R O C S   CA2TDY.

DRYDEN & PALMER’S 
Unquestionably the best In  the  market.  As 
clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. 
Try a box.
Jolin OaulfiLeld.,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids.

WORD TO RETAIL &R0CERS
Ask your wholesale  grocer 
ir Talmage Table Rice.  It is 
jual to the best Carolina and 
sry much lower in price. 
ALWAYS  PACKED  IN 
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The Gripsack Brigade.

Good Words Unsolicited.

There are  forty  T.  P. A.  men  in  Jack- 

I.  S.  Boice,  dry  goods,  Hastings:  “Valua­

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A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23,1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers' Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Geo. B.  Dunton.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening 
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­

of October.
ing of each month.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

President,  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary,  C.  T. 

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.
f3T~  Subscribers  and others,  when writing 
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub­
lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this paper.
THE  “RED  STREAK.” 

Although  upwards  of  200  letters  of in­
quiry were sent  out  by T he  T radesm an, 
asking for information respecting  the  “red 
streak” in the Late Rose  potato,  less  than 
fifty  replies 
liave  been  received  up  to 
present writing.  These  are given in full in 
this  week’s  paper,  and  the  others  will be 
published as  they  are received,  from week 
to week.  Opinions  as  to the  cause  of  the 
blight  differ,  but  the  majority—including 
Prof. Beal,  an  established  authority on the 
subject—seem  to  favor  the  idea  that  the 
seed is  “running out” and  that  it is not ad­
visable to longer attempt to raise  Late Rose 
potatoes.  Prof.  Beal’s  letter  is  peculiarly 
suggestive and the  information  he  imparts 
will be particularly appreciated at this time. 
The readiness with  which  he  replies to all 
questions brought to his notice—and the avid­
ity with which other experts in the same insti­
tution hold themselves in readiness to assist 
in the promulgation of  correct  ideas—serve 
to assure the  tax-payers of  the State of  the 
value of  the  Agricultural  College  and  the 
experimental knowledge  incidental thereto.
Notwithstanding  the  attempt  of  several 
contributors to make it appear  that the loss 
incident to the “red streak” is unimportant, 
it is nevertheless  a  fact that the  defect has 
killed  the  shipping  demand  for  the  Late 
Rose,  thus  rendering  it  necessary  to  con­
sume the crop at home.  In localities where 
the  local demand is  small,  the only course 
left for the  farmer to  pursue  is to  feed his 
crop to his stock,  and  this  is  being done in 
hundreds  of  instances.  Based  on  a  more 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  extent  of  the 
blight,  The  T radesm an 
is  prepared  to 
maintain that its recent  estimate of the loss 
to the shippers and  growers of the  State at 
$50,000 was only about  half  the real  dam­
age, which  will  undoubtedly  exceed $100,- 
000.

Regarding the healthfulness  of  the pota­
to,  T he T radesm an is  not  yet  prepared 
to speak.  A local health officer claims that 
several severe cases of diphtheria are direct­
ly traceable to the use of “red streak” pota­
toes,  and T he T radesman has referred the 
matter  to  the  State  Board  of  Health, 
which body will make a thorough investiga­
tion of the  subject,  and  report  in accord­
ance with ascertained results.

T he T radesm an  will  continue the dis­
cussion  of  this  subject  for  some  time  to 
come, and  earnestly  solicits  the opinion of 
all who have anything  which  would add to 
the interest of  the discussion.

If the number of letters  of  inquiry  The 
Tradesman  is receiving from various parts 
of  the  State  is  any  criterion,  the  grocer 
movement is moving  forward  with a  clean 
sweep which is  bound  to  carry everything 
before  it. 
In  towns  where  organizations 
have already been formed,  good  results are 
noted  almost  from  the  beginning.  Every 
member of  the  Grand  Rapids  Association 
has already received sufficient returns to re­
munerate  him for  the  outlay  of time  and 
money involved in a year’s membership.

The  action taken  by  the Retail  Grocers’ 
Association  of  Grand  Rapids  at  the  last 
meeting,  providing for  the  exchange of de­
linquent debtor lists with other associations 
publishing  the  same,  serves  to  show  the 
dead-beat that  lie  will  be  shown  no more 
mercy  than  he  has  exhibited  toward  his 
creditor.  By  a system  of exchanging lists, 
the delinquent can be tracked  from town to 
town and  made to  pay  the penalty rightly 
attaching his  nefarious  practices.  “In un­
ion there is  strength.”

The  circular  to  the  drug  trade  recently 
issued by Powers &  Weightinan,  and given 
in full in this  week’s  paper,  is  worthy the 
careful consideration of every pharmacist in 
the  State.  The  suggestion  is  timely  and 
valuable and should receive the  attention of 
every local and  state  pharmaceutical  asso­
ciation  in  the country.

The  T radesm an  presents  the  compli­
ments of the season—a Merry Christmas and 
a Happy New Year—to its numerous friends 
and patrons,  and trusts that the close of 1885 
finds thorn richer  and  happier  than  a  year 
ago. 

•

The pharmacy law is  now  in  full  force, 
having gone into  final  effect  on  the  18th. 
The law cannot fail to result in  great  good 
to the trade and the public at large.

There are tldrty-four w holesale  and 2,065 

retail grocers in Chicago»

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

Wm. Morrnan has retired from the firm of 
Wm. Morrnan & Son, lime burners and deal­
ers.  The  business  will  be  conducted  by 
Samuel A.  Morrnan.

Ludwig Wintemitz will  remove  January 
1 from his present location in the Arcade to 
106 Kent  street,  where  he  will  keep  his 
stock of vinegar,  sauerkraut,  yeast  and im­
ported cheese.

E. B. Husted  has  purchased  a  desirable 
mill site on the line of  the  Grand Rapids & 
Indiana, north of  Leonard  street,  and  will 
remove his  planing  mill  from  Petoskey  to 
this place.  He expects to be in readiness to 
begin  operations  in  time  for  the  spring 
trade.

Curry  &  Holmes,  grocers  on  Stocking 
street, have  been  closed  on  a $750  mort­
gage held by the father of  the second mem­
ber of the firm.  John Caulfield  and  Clark, 
Jewell & Co.  hold  a  second  mortgage  for 
$400, on which they will  probably not real­
ize anything.  The unsecured creditors will 
also walk the gang plank.

A.  C.  Cutter,  for  the  past  eleven  years 
manager of the  lumber department of Han­
nah,  Lay & Co.,  has severed his  connection 
with that  firm and  engaged  in the  lumber 
business  on his  own  account  about  seven 
miles from  Traverse  City.  He  was  in the 
city last week and  purchased  complete dry 
goods and  grocery  stocks.  Spring & Com­
pany furnished the dry goods.

Rickard  Bros, have  sold  their  hardware 
stock on South  Division  street  to  a  man 
named Hill, who  has  removed  the stock to 
South  Haven.  The  boys  have  leased  the 
second floor of the  Judd  building, on Pearl 
street, and will put in new  machinery suit­
able for the manufacture of their  patent ex­
tension step ladder and other patented spec­
ialties.  The new  factory  will be  in opera­
tion about January 1.

An  enterprising  West  Side  grocer  has 
adopted  an  ingenious  method  of bringing 
his name before  his  patrons  on  Christmas 
day.  For two seasons  past  he  has  distri­
buted about $100  worth  of  glassware each 
Christmas,  and he has  made  arrangements 
to  repeat  the  operation  this  year.  The 
present is delivered to each family on Christ­
mas morning,  attached to a neat  card  bear­
ing  the  name  of  the  donor.  The  dealer 
says he finds that such a  practice  serves  to 
create a friendly feeling on  the  part  of  his 
customers out of all proportion  to  the  cost 
of the presents.  ______

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Jom Bros,  succeed Frederick  Jorn  in the 

grocery business at Sturgis.

II.  L.  Brown, druggist and grocer at New 

Baltimore,  has sold  out.

David  Long,  bazaar  dealer  at  Lansing, 

has been closed on attachment.

R. J.  Pinkerton succeeds Pinkerton Bros, 

in the drug business at Bancroft.

Sickles  &  Douglass  succeed  Douglass 

Bros,  in general trade at Ashley.

A.  D. Baughman succeeds Jas. Landon in 

the dry goods business at Charlotte.

Putnam Bros, succeed D.  L.  Smith & Co. 

in  the hardware business at Nashville.

Chas. Hecock succeeds Chas. Brown & Co. 

in the hardware business at Midland.

A.  C. Stetson,  general dealer  at  Stetson, 

has  closed out and removed to Colfax.

A. Anderson succeeds A.  Anderson & Co. 

in the boot and shoe  business at Cadillac.

M.  W.  Brainard  succeeds  Brainard  & 
Drury in the grocery business at Coldwater.
Margaret  M.  Campbell  succeeds C.  Key- 
ser & Co. in the hardware business at Monroe.
The general store of  H.  A.  Morrison,  at 
Ilarrisville,  has  been  closed on attachment.
Wilson & Eldridge is the name of the firm, 
who have bought out A.  C.  Boyes,  at Dow­
ling.

Jos. Brown has  concluded  to  dispose  of 
his grocery stock at Boyd’s  Comers and  re­
turn to Maryland.

Dr. J.  F.  Snydam,  druggist  at Alma,  has 
moved into a new  store  he  has  lately con­
structed at that  place.

Robert North has moved his general stock 
from Lake P. O. to Park  City, where he has 
re-engaged in business.

O.  A.  Cooper has retired from  the firm of 
Cooper Bros.,  grocers  at  Charlevoix.  The 
business will be continued by A. J.  Cooper.
John J.  Ileighes has  purchased  the  gro­
cery stock and fixtures of S.  W. Perkins, at 
Williamsburg,  and will  continue  the busi­
ness.

Peter Zalsman,  who has operated  a  gen­
eral store at Paris for  several  months past, 
has removed his  stock  to  New  Era,  where 
he has re-engaged in business.

A  Lakeview  correspondent  says  that 
“John E.  and R.  C. Hunter will  soon  open 
the fourth drug store here.”  John E.  Hun­
ter was formerly engaged  in the drug  busi­
ness on South Division  street,  this city.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Canada  parties  have  rented  buildings at 
Owosso and will manufacture  inside blinds.
Jas. M.  Baring,  who  recently  moved his 
sawmill to Lakeview,  has begun operations.
N. W.  Shautz,  shingle  mill  operator  at 
Remus,  has  put  in  a  sawmill  for  custom 
sawing.

W. J.  Bamart has  sold his  planing  mill 
at Bear Lake to  the  Hopkins  Manufactur­
ing Co.

Ovid’s buggy manufacturing business and j 
trade  are  both 

Lowell’s  cutter  making 
booming.

J.  O.  Button  has  leased  the  Hopkins 
Station sawmill and  will  put  the  same in 
operation as soon as the  repairs  now under 
way are completed.

Stiles  Bros.’  new  mill  at  Chase,  to  re­
place  their  mill  recently  burned,  is nearly 
ready for business.

The  St.  John  &  Thibout  Plow  Co.,  of 
Kalamazoo, has been incorporated under the 
style of the St. Johns Plow Co.

Rounds & Saxton, of  Farwell, have made 
arrangements to purchase the canthook han­
dle factory  of  Graham  &  Miller,  and  will 
put in a shingle machine.

FURNITURE  FACTS.

Mallett & Walker  succeed  Geo.  Fox  in 

the furniture business at St.  Ignace.

John C. Peters succeeds Bamum & Gould 
in the furniture and undertaking business at 
Owosso.

Walter  Maxim  and  Grant  Baker  have 
formed a  copartnership  at  Luther  and en­
gaged in the furniture business.

The Phoenix Furniture Co. will  establish 
a branch house in Chicago about January 1, 
locating on Wabash avenue, near Van Buren 
street.  Messrs. Nelson, Matter & Co. made 
a similar move about three years ago, cater­
ing only to the wholesale trade.  The Phoenix 
Furniture  Co.  will  look  after  both  the 
wholesale and retail trade.

Big Rapids  News:  A decided  change in 
the ownership and  management  of  the Big 
Rapids Furniture Co. will in all  probability 
take place by January 1.  J. G. Martz,  who 
controls  the  stock,  will  either  assume  the 
management of the  concern  or else  sell his 
stock at this  time.  William  Van Loo  has 
been manager of the company for years and 
may conclude to purchase  the  stock offered 
for sale.

STRAY  FACTS.

W. J.  Preece,  miller  at  Monroe,  has sold 

out to Stiles & Coux.

John Reed has purchased  Wm.  E.  Weav­

er’s meat market at Luther.

Robinson  Bros,  succeed  C.  C.  Wade  in 

the bakery business at Allegan.

W. J. Sills succeeds Colwell & Sills in the 

flour and feed business at Detroit.

Jas. Mathews  succeeds  Mathews  & Wil­

son in the  livery business at Cadillac.

W.  F. Vanderburgh,  banker  at  Roches­
ter, has allowed his paper  to go to  protest.
J.  II.  Cooke & Co.  succeed Evarts,  Wil­
liams  & Co.  in the  brokerage  business  at 
Detroit.

The banking firm  of  T.  J.  Tobey  & Co., 
of Adrian, will hereafter be known as How­
ell,  Baker & Co.

Wright  &  Lumsden  succeed  Wright, 
Lumsden &  Colby in  the lumber,  lath and 
shingle business at Alma.

The New Era  Lumber  Co.,  at New Era, 
has shut  down for  the  season,  having  cut 
7,500,000 feet,  mostly pine.

E.  W.  Miller,  of  Cadillac,  has  sold  his 
meat market to Fred.  Ernst and will build a 
two-story 22x80 hotel near the new C.  & N. 
E.  depot.

The farmers in  the  neighborhood  of Mo­
line  have  wisely  concluded  that a  cheese 
factory  is  the  proper  caper,  and  have  ac­
cordingly taken steps toward that end.

There 

is  more  lumbering  being  done 
around  Farwell  this  year  than  has  been 
done since W.  S.  Garrish’s demise.  About 
100,000,000 will be put into streams  and on 
the railroad this season.

A.  L.  Dennis,  of New Era,  has a contract 
to get out 20,000 railroad ties; 50,000 feet of 
hemlock  logs,  and  20,000  feet  of  red  oak 
lumber for furniture  for  Grand Rapids par­
ties.  He employs altogether 60 men.

The Ionia  County  Savings  Bank was or­
ganized last week  and  will  open  for  busi­
ness early in  January. 
Its  officers  are,  II. 
R.  Wagar,  president,  F.  H.  Dolan,  vice- 
president, J.  E.  Just,  cashier.  The  board 
of directors are  among  the  prominent  men 
of the county.  Capital stock,  $100,000.

The Detroit  Neivs of recent date contains 
the following:  “Sampson  & Drury,  Cadil­
lac hardware dealei'S, have made,  probably, 
the biggest sale ever  made by local  dealers 
in Northern  Michigan,  being  146 tons of 20 
and 30 pound steel rail,  with all the  neces­
sary fish-plates,  bolts  and  spikes  and  net­
ting between $7,000  and  $8,000.  The pur­
chasers  are  Cadillac  lumbermen.”  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  the  transaction  netted the 
Cadillac firm  only about $140.  A  profit of 
$7,000 on one transaction  is  most  too rich 
for the blood of a Michigan  firm.

Purely Personal.

W. A.  Stebbins,  formerly with the White­
hall Manufacturing Co.,  has taken the posi­
tion of book-keeper for the  West  Michigan 
Oil Co.

C.  C.  Wolcott,  formerly  engaged  in the 
hardware business  at  Nashville,  but now a 
banker at Larimore,  Dakota,  was  in  town 
last Saturday, the  guest  of  Dick  Sheeran.
Mr. and Mrs.  Geo.  B.  Eggleston,  of Wil­
son, N. Y.,  are  spending  a  few  days  with 
their  nephew,  Hub  Baker,  on  their  way 
home  from  an  extended  trip  through  the 
West.

F.  A.  Ganson,  formerly  of  the  firm  of 
Ganson,  Campbell & Co., sawmill  operators 
and general dealers at  Lumberton,  but now 
engaged in  the  grocery  business  at Lake- 
view,  is in the  city  purchasing new goods.
Jas. M. Boyd,  Jr.,  who  has  represented 
the Globe Oil Co.  in  this  city in the  capac­
ity  of corresponding secretary for  the  past 
eight  months,  has  resigned  to  accept  the 
position of manager of the Star Lubricating 
Oil Co.,  at  Cleveland.

Oatley Division,  No. 102, of the  Order  of 
Railway Conductors, will give their first an­
nual  ball  at  Rinquet  Hall  on  Christmas 
evening.  The Division  includes  nearly all 
the conductors running oüt of Grand Rapids, 
which  is  sufficient  guarantee  that the oc­
casion will he an enjoyable one.

son.

A.  F.  Peake  and  wife,  of Jackson,  are 
visiting  Leo.  A.  Caro  and  family  through 
the holidays.

Napoleon Bonaparte Chapman, represent- \ 
ing  Henry  C. Meyers,  the  New York cigar 
manufacturer was in town last week.

Algernon  Edmund  White  favors  T he 
T radesm an office with a photograph of his 
little one, about a year old,  who is destined 
to sit in the President’s  chair  at  Washing­
ton.

All the papers published in the interest of 
the  traveling  fraternity  are  received  and 
kept on file at The T radesm an office,  sub-1 
lect  to the  inspection  of  the  gripsack  bri­
gade at all times.

Jas. E.  Ireland has  engaged  to travel for 
Clark, Jewell & Co., the  engagement to be- ! 
gin  January  1.  He  will  cover  the  Lake 
Shore and other  territory  formerly  covered : 
by D. E. McVean.

Fred.  Bosworth,  a  Kalamazoo  traveler, 
recently fell through the trestle bridge  near 
the Grand Trunk depot  at Cassopolis,  soon 
after getting off  the  train  in  the darkness, 
and was severely injured.

Martin N. Moyer,  formerly general  trav­
eling representative for  the  Phoenix Furni­
ture Co., but for the past tliree*or four years 
with the Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. in the 
same capacity,  has resigned  the  position to 
take the general  management of the Wind­
sor Folding Bed Co., at Chicago.

Tue annual social party of the Grand Rap­
ids traveling  men, to  be  given  at  Armory 
Hall next Tuesday  evening,  promises to be 
the event of the  season.  All  the boys will 
be there,  and so will their wives and sweet­
hearts,  and unless T he Tradesm an is very 
greatly mistaken  there  will  be the  jolliest 
and handsomest crowd ever seen in the Yal-
ley City.

Tickets for the traveling men’s party,  and 
also for supper at the Morton House,  can be 
obtained at The T radesm an office, of Geo. 
II.  Seymour,  Wm.  II.  Downs,  Frank  II. 
White, W.  G.  Hawkins,  Chas.  S.  Robinson 
and others.  All who  have  sold  tickets are 
requested to report  to  Geo.  Seymour  Sat­
urday evening and again Tuesday  morning, 
in order that the  number  of  plates  needed 
at the Morton House may be determined.

As the new year approaches and the ques­
tion of engaging traveling  men for  another 
year presents itself,  the  matter  of  compen­
sation receives more  than  usual  considera­
tion.  A new rule is likely to be adopted by 
several firms,  viz:  To  add the  expenses of 
transacting business,  and interest on capital 
employed,  to the cost  of  the  goods,  and al­
low the salesman  fifty  per  cent,  of  the net 
profit.  This  is  an  equitable  division  and 
cannot fail to give satisfaction to  both mer­
chant and employee.  The salesman,  when 
he knows his  income  depends  upon the re­
sult of his labor,  will  study his  own  inter­
est,  and thereby the interest of  his employ­
ers,  by  pushing  the  profitable  goods  and 
maintaining  the  rates  on  the  leading arti­
cles.  To a certain extent  he is a partner in 
the business and can tell,  each day, what he 
has accomplished and  what the  net  results 
of his sales amount to.  The Eastern houses 
which have adopted this  plan report  that it 
has proven a success and materially increas­
ed the salaries of  men  who  are  competent
and industrious.

The Jackson Times thus  pays its respects 
to the grip carriers  of that place:  The job­
bing interest  of  Jackson is one of the most 
important features of the city.  A quiet and 
unpretentious  industry,  it  makes  no great 
display and its magnitude is scarcely known 
to the public or its  importance  fully realiz­
ed.  Over fifty  establishments  in  this  city 
do a jobbing  business,  and  their  traveling 
salesmen,  like the  four winds  of  heaven, 
cover all the territory  adjacent  to  the Cen­
tral City.  On every railroad running to and 
from  Jackson,  at  every  town,  village  and 
hamlet  within  a  radius  of  100  miles and 
tributary  to  Jackson,  these  capital, whole- 
souled commercial tourists,  full of  grit and 
eternal  sand,  and  the  enterprise  that  has 
made them  famous,  may  be found ready to 
make a sale,  They  are  the  very backbone 
of the  jobbing  trade.  They  study  the re­
tailer;  become  his  ardent  friend;  tell  him 
the latest  stories; post  him  on  all the new 
“gags;” smoke country cigars with him, and, 
indeed, are an  indispensable  adjunct in the 
world of business men.  Distinctively they are 
alike the life  of the  jobbing  trade  and  the 
Good Samaritan of  the retailer.  Jackson is 
a substantial commercial city,  and from her 
confines go out over a hundred gentlemen— 
Knights of the Grip —whose urbanity is pro­
verbial,  whose  cleverness  is  notorious  and 
whose capacity as salesmen are  justly cele­
brated far and near.

Nov. 6 the last spike of the Canadian Pa­
cific Railway was driven.  The road,  includ­
ing its branches,  is  said to  have cost $250,- 
000,000, and  much  of it  is in regions where 
there is  no traffic  to begin  upon.  The sale 
of lands  and opening new territory must be 
depended  upon  to  make  the  enterprise  a 
profitable one for a long time to come.

“ I was never  exactly buried  alive,” said 
an  old  clerk,  recounting  his  experiences, 
“but I once worked  a  week in a shoe store 
that did  not  advertise.  When  I  came out 
my hair was almost  as  white  as  you  now 
see it.  Solitary confinement did it.”

A retail grocer of  Barnesvile,  Ga., offers 
to allow any  of  his  customer  to  eat  any­
thing they want from his stocA  for  a  week 
for twenty-five cents a day.  O® young man 
who tried it  has  paid  a  $5 doctor’s  bill so 
far.

ble.”

Dibble Bros., general dealers, Burnip’s Corn­

ers:  “Valuable paper.”

Samuel Hale, general  dealer, Lee:  “I And it 
to be of more value than I at first anticipated."
Stitt Bros., general dealers, Stlttsville:  “We 
would not miss a number of your paper for the 
price of one year’s  subscription."

Spepard  &  Backman,  druggists,  Stanton: 
“We  find  The  T radesman  a  very  valuable 
paper and cannot well do without it.”

Maurice M. Houseman, attorney, Grand Rap­
ids:  “Itisap aper  that  every  merchant  and 
professional man in this section should  tuke— 
and read.”

Jas.  C.  Avery  &  Co.,  cigar  manufacturers 
and  jobbers,  Grand  Haven:  “We  find il  of

great value in our business and  could not well 
afford to be without it.”

W. F. McLaughlin &  Co.,  jobbers  of  coffees 
and spices,  Chicago:  “We  want  your  excel­
lent paper to come  regularly.  May  your en­
terprise grow and  prosper.”

H.  L.  Carter,  furniture,  Sand  Lake:  “Al­
though but little space is  devoted  to  my  line 
of business. T h e T radesman has  been  a wel­
come visitor in my store, and I hope and  trust 
you will continue to prosper.”

Alex. Barclay, cranberry  grower,  Whiteflsh 
Point:  “It would be useless for me to say any­
thing of its merits, for  it  carries  them  on  its 
face all the time.  But this I will say, that it is 
a  dignified,  respectable  paper,  and  the only 
one  in  America which devotes so much  of  its 
space  to  the  interests  of the cranberry vine. 
Hence, it is the duty of all growers to  support 
it.”

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STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY. 
Ono Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster. Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James VernQr, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary-»-Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas.V ern o r. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids 

March 2,1886.
Michigan  Stale  Pharmaceutical  Association.

,  _

O F F IC E R S .

Grand Rapids.

President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
First  Vice-President—Frank  J.  Wurzburg, 
Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. 
Secretary—S. E. Parkell,  Owosso.
Treasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—Jacob  Jossou,  Geo. 
Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W.  R.  Perry  and 
John E. Peck.
Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids 
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids, 

Tuesday, October 12, 1886.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

O R G A N IZED   OCTOBER 9,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

_

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—M. B.  Knnin,  H.  E. 
Locher and Wm. E. White.
Committee on Trade  Matters—John  E.  Peck, 
H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeuwen.
Committee  on  Legislation—Jas.  D.  Lacey, 
Isaac Watts and A. C.  Bauer.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November.
Next  M e e t i n g —Thursday evening, January 7, 
at  “The Tradesman” office.

„  

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.

Organized October, 1863.

O FFIC ERS.

President—Wm. Dupont.
First Vice-President—Frank Inglis.
Second Vice President—J. W. Caldwell. 
Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Salt-
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Wednesday  in  each 

month.

Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso­

ciation.
O F F IC E R S .
President—K. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F. A.  King.
Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey.
Board of Censors—Z.  W.  Waldron. C.  E.  Foot 

and C. H. Haskins.

Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  So­

ciety.

TEM PO RA RY  O FFIC ERS.

Chairman—Henry Melchers.
Secretary—D. E.  Prall.
Next Meeting—Wednesday, January 13,2 p. m.
Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.

O F FIC ER S .

President—I. F. Hopkins.
Vice-President—John Meyers.
Secretary and Treasurer—O. A. Lloyd.
R e g u l a r  Meetings—Second and  fourth  Friday 
Next  Meeting—Tuesday  evening,  December 

of each month.
29.

be found

The Lord H igh Executioner’s List.

Those who have  seen  the  “Mikado” will 
appreciate the patness of the following para­
phrase of the Lord High Executioner’s song:
As someday it may happen that a victim must 

For some tdund'ring pharmacist,
1 have another list

Of pharmaceutical  offenders  who  might well 
be underground:
Who never would be missed.
Who never would be missed.
There is our enemy the scalper, who sells  nos­
And sells adulterated drugs to make  up  what 
Whose store is fllled with placards and his win­
Saying “Sarsaparilla 60 cents,” a dime for “Liv­
He’s show bottles in his show window, and his 
But he never would be missed,
I'm sure he’d not be  missed.
There's theoily-tongued wholesalers, who with 

trums below cost,
he’s lost;
dows filled with bills,
er Pills.”
sign reads “Pharmacist;”

gelatin-coat pills;
I have them on the list.
I have them on the list.

here to-night.

it in the  pills;

They coat you well with “taffy,”  but  they put 
And they never would be missed,
I’m sure they’d not be missed.
And the wise young man from Yorkville, with 
Whose  wisdom,  like  his  quinine,  sells  “two 
And the Wolff in  Sheep’s  attire, who  invades 
And writes columns for  the  Rundschau  while 
And that learned  German  exile who is  now a 
They’d none of them be  missed,
I’m sure they’d not be missed.
There’s a lot of other fellows, but they may be 

a literary bent,
grains for a cent;”
the Quaker camp,
he burns the midnight lamp;
journalist;

So perhaps I’d best d-’sist,
Though 1 have them on the list.

am not right,

But one of you can wink at me  if  you think I 
And if they will be missed,
I’ll let them all exist.
There’s the isinglass importer, who is down on 
And never  takes  the customs  oath  but what 
And  the  man  who  tells  you  peppermint  is 
Or that the  drouth has withered it, and all the 
And the man who corners cubebs,  and swears 
Perhaps they might be missed,
But I don’t think they’d be missed.
There’s  the  Deutseher apotheker  who  plays 

Uncle Sam,
he says a d---- n;
ruined by the frost.
crop is  lost;
that none exists;

the violin;

The punning pharmacist,
1 have him on the list;

you in;

And the N. R. D. exponent who strives to bring 
He'd probably be missed;
In fact, they’d both be missed.
And the men who  in  the  summer  open  drug 
And for a drausrht;to “cool your coppers” have 
And  the  men  who  make  tooth  powder,  and 
And when you ask for Lubin’s, begin to praise 
And the druggist  politician,  who’s  likewise  a 
Do  you think they’d be missed?
I’m sure they’d not be missed.

stores by the sea,
the nerve to charge a “V ;”
those who make cologne.
their own;
pianist;

A.  P.  Emery,  of  Mendon,  one  of  the 
largest peppermint growers in Michigan has 
70  acres under  cultivation  and  proposes to 
make it 90 next season.  He has  tom down 
his distillery to make room for a larger one.
Order a sample package of Bethesda Min 
eral Spring Water  from  Hazeltine, Perkins 
& Co.  See  quotations  in  another  column.

Scarlet Label on Morphine Bottles.

Messrs. Powers «feWeightman have issued 
timely  suggestion  to  the 

the  following 
trade:

You are probably aware  that  the  legisla­
tures of Florida  and  Georgia have  enacted 
laws regulating the manner in  which pack­
ages containing sulphate  and  other prepar­
ations of  Morphia  shall  be  wrapped,  etc., 
when sold in their respective states.

In Florida, the bottles must be wrapped in 

scarlet paper.

In  Georgia,  a  scarlet  label,  with  white 
letters,  is  required,  as  well  as  a  scarlet 
wrapper.

The Georgia law is as  follows;
An act to prescribe the manner of  selling 
the sulphate and other preparations of mor­
phine in this State,  and for other  purposes.
Section 1.  Be it  enacted by  the  General 
Assembly of the State of Georgia:  That on 
and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  Eigh­
teen Hundred and Eighty-six,  it shall not be 
lawful for any  druggist  or  other dealer  in 
drags and medicines to  sell or offer for sale 
any Sulphate or  other  preparations of Mor­
phine, in any bottle,  vial, envelope  or other 
package,  unless same shall be wrapped in a 
scarlet paper or envelope,  and all bottles or 
vials used for the above purpose,  shall have 
in addition to  said  scarlet  wrapper,  a scar­
let label,  lettered  in  white  letters,  plainly 
naming the contents of said  bottle.

Section 2.  Be it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority aforesaid:  That anyone violating 
the provisions of the above  section, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor,  and on  conviction 
thereof,  shall be fined  not  less than ten nor 
more than fifty dollars,  at  the  discretion of 
the court,  for  each  and  every  violation of 
the preceding  section.
Be it further enacted:  That all laws and 
parts of laws in  conflict  with  this Act,  be, 
[Ap­
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 
proved Oct.  13,  1885.

Recent mistakes,  in  some  cases attended 
by most distressing  circumstances,  and  fol­
lowed even by loss of  life,  have  drawn the 
attention of druggists and  the  general pub­
lic to the necessity of additional  safeguards 
in handling morphia preparations.

The subject has been  discussed  by Phar­
maceutical  Associations  in  convention;  by 
the public press,  as well  as by journals and 
newspapers  specially devoted to drug inter­
ests; and,  as has already been stated,  action 
has been  taken  by the  legislatures  of  two 
states.

It is more than probable  that other states 
will enact laws of similar character to those 
now in force  in  Florida and Georgia,  and it 
will be of very great  importance to. dealers, 
as well as  to  manufacturers,  to  have laws 
harmonizing as closely as possible.

Should one state require a scarlet label with 
white  letters;  another  a  black  label  with 
white letters, another a green label, etc., the 
greatest confusion would  result.  Manufac­
turers and dealers alike would be  quite un­
able to regulate their supplies so as to meet, 
with promptness,  requirements  so  conflict­
ing in character,  while consumers  would be 
utterly at a loss to understand  why  an arti­
cle heretofore presenting a uniform  appear­
ance,  should be offered in various styles, and 
differing  so  greatly  from  what  they  have 
been accustomed to receive.

Hence we think it would be well  to  have 
brought to the attention of your State Phar­
maceutical  Association,  or  such  other  or­
ganization as you may deem proper, the ad­
visability of adopting a label  similar to that 
required  in  Georgia,  a  scarlet  label  with 
white  letters.  Such a recommendation,  ad­
dressed to the legislature  of  your  State  by 
so well advised a body  as you  State  Phar­
maceutical Association,  would  doubtless be 
adopted.

The Drug Market.

Business is good and collections fairly so. 
Quinine  is  very  much  depressed,  and  the 
German  article  has  declined  10  cents  an 
ounce.  Whether  the  American  manufac­
turers will  meet  the  decline  remains to be 
seen.  Pink root has  sustained a  consider­
able  advance,  in  consequence  of  scarcity. 
Other articles  in  the  drug  line  are  about 
steady.

No  Need of It.
The maid expects 
Her beau to-night. 
And fills the stove 
With anthracite. 
Because the air 
Is raw and damp, 
But quite forgets 
To fill the lamp.

John E.  Peck,  as a member of the Execu­
tive Committee of the Michigan State Phar­
maceutical Association,  has received a letter 
from Secretary Parkill, asking  his  opinion 
of the advisability of printing the  constitu­
tion  and  by-laws  of  one of the local phar­
maceutical  societies  in  the  published  pro­
ceedings of the Association.  Mr.  Peck  re­
plied that he was unqualifiedly  in  favor  of 
the project, on account of the value it would 
possess  to  druggists 
in  towns  where  it 
might be desirable  to  organize  similar  so­
cieties,  and T he  T radesm an cordially en­
dorses Mr.  Peck’s approval of  the measure.
L.  M.  Mills  and  M.  S.  Goodman  have 
formed a copartnership underthe firm name of 
Mills & Goodman and engaged in the gener­
al drug store and drug clerk  brokerage bus­
iness under the style of  the  Michigan Drug 
Exchange.  Under  this  arrangement,  per­
sons desiring to purchase or sell drag stocks, 
proprietors  wishing  to  engage  clerks  and 
clerks desiring  to obtain  situations,  can be 
supplied with the information at the dispos­
al of the Exchange on the payment of a cer­
tain stipulated fee.

The  Firmeuicli  Manufacturing  Co.,  of 
Peoria,  111.,  which  in  June  purchased  the 
plant of the late Glucose  Company, of Mar­
shalltown,  Iowa,  for a consideration of $65,- 
000,  has enlarged and refitted  the  same  for 
the  manufacture  of 
its  starch,  and  re­
moved ite headquarters from Peoria,  111., to 
Marshalltown,  Iowa. 
Jr

The “Boycotting” Folly.

From the Mechanical News.

We speak of it as a  folly  simply, though 
many people pronounce it an outrage.  Both 
the  name  and  the  thing  are  importations 
from abroad,  although  the  practice  here is 
of a somewhat milder type than the  foreign 
original. 
It does not,  except in rare  cases, 
take the form of  physical  violence,  but  ex­
pends its force in denunciation  and threats. 
There have been, it is true, dangerous strikes 
in this country,  amounting to riots  and oc­
casionally we hear of  attacks  upon persons 
and property by men of  various trades who 
conceive that this  is a  judicious  method of 
advancing  the  interests  of  labor  and  pro­
moting  the  general  prosperity.  Buildings 
are sometimes assailed,  material  destroyed, 
and workmen  who persist  in  acting  on the 
principle that half a  loaf  is  better  than no 
bread,  and  whose  families  are in  dire dis­
tress for want of that  half loaf,  are  stoned 
or cudgeled  into  a realizing  sense of  their 
mistake.  But boycotting, or cutting off the 
trade of an  establishment  which has  made 
itself obnoxious by refusing to  be governed 
by the regulations of trades unions, is a dis­
tinct and peculiar  feature of the warfare of 
“labor against  capital.”  As  we have said, 
it is  not  ordinarily  carried  so  far,  in  this 
country,  as an actual  breach  of  the  peace. 
It commonly takes the form of banners and 
transparencies  borne  in  a  procession,  ap­
pealing to the  lookers-on  to  “boycott  So- 
and-So’s beer,” to refrain from buying some­
body’s make of shoes,  to withhold their pat­
ronage from certain  newspapers,  and to as­
sist in confining to  infamy some  particular 
merchant or manufacturer, or foreman, who 
lias distinguished  himself by  resisting  the 
demands of the trade unions.  Examples of 
this  sort  are  constantly  seen  in  the  large 
cities,  and were  numerously  observed  in a 
recent labor parade in  New York.

Whether  the  firms  and  individuals  who 
are thus publicly denounced  and held up to 
execration,  and whose  business  an attempt 
is openly  made  to  destroy,  have  a  legal 
remedy  against  attacks  of  that  kind,  we 
need  not  here  consider.  The  important 
point in the case is that  the  cause of labor, 
or in other  words,  the  material  interest of 
every one who  depends  on his  wages for a 
living,  is the  chief  sufferer  from  the  pro­
ceedings we have described.  People are not 
kept away from stores or  factories where it 
is  profitable  for  them  to  deal,  by  any  of 
these  boycotting  appeals.  They  will  buy 
where  they  can  get  the  most  for  their 
money; and even the  boycotters are not ex­
ception to the rule when they have  full lib­
erty of choice.  As far  as public  sympathy 
is affected it is quite  as  likely to  be drawn 
toward  the  concerns  which  are  made  the 
objects  of  attack  as  toward  the  attacking 
party.  The  community  at  large  do  not 
trouble  themselves  to  inquire  closely  into 
the merits of  the  disputes  which  are  con­
stantly occurring between  trades  unions on 
the one side and manufacturing firms, print­
ing houses, breweries and  mercantile estab­
lishments on the other.  They assume  that 
in such cases,  as in ninty-nine  out of  every 
hundred on  record,  there  are  two  sides to 
the  question,  and  that  eacli  party  would 
gain  by  making  concessions;  and  as  to 
which is most to blame they are apt to judge 
by  observing  the  spirit  and  methods  in 
which it  carries  on  the  controversy.  The 
persons who carry  “boycotting” banners un­
questionably do more harm than good to the 
cause of labor by adopting that  kind of tac­
tics.

Trade unions are  perfectly  legitimate or­
ganizations,  but  coercion,  violence,  threats 
and  boycotting  are  not  legitimate  instru­
ments  for  the  attainment  of  their  ends. 
They cannot possibly succeed in any of their 
undertakings if they  defy public opinion or 
ignore the laws by which  society binds  and 
protects its members. 
If they could accom­
plish their purposes in  that  way,  it  would 
indicate  a  most  alarming  state  of  things, 
sinfce it would imply that  the restraints  on 
which the safety and welfare  of  every man 
depend—those of the trade-unionist as much 
as any one  else—had  lost  their  force,  and 
that all the conditions  are  ripe  for a  reign 
of terror.

L.  M.  MILLS.

M.  S.  GOODMAN.

MICHIGAN

DRUG

EXCHANGE,
Mills & Goodman, Props.

To the Drug Trade.

W e hereby announce to the tiade that we 
have  established  are  liable  bureau  for the 
dissemination of information relating to the 
purchase and  sale  of drug  stocks, as  well 
as  an  employment  bureau  for  clerks  and 
employers  desiring  the  services  of  exper­
ienced pharmacists.

Our  facilities  are  unsurpassed  and  our 
terms are as reasonable as could be expect­
ed,  considering  the  advantages  we  offer. 
For circulars and full particulars, address

MICHIGAN  DRUG EXCHANGE,

357  SOUTH  UNION  ST., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Advanced—Pink root, alcohol. 
Declined—Quinine, German.

AC ID S.

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

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60
40
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25
20

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SEEDS.

BARKS.

B E R R IE S ,

BALSAMS.

FLO W ERS.

AMMONIA.

EXTRACTS.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

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ITERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

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40
2  00 
50

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ...
do 

do 
do 

9  @  10 
30  ©  35 
34  ©  36 
60  ©  65 
3  @  5
11  ©  12 
10  ©  12 
3  @  4
52  @  55 
18
12  @  15 
12  @  16

Cubeb  prime (Powd 95c)...............
Juniper.............................................
Prickly Ash......................................

Carbonate................................ tt>
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
/q u a  16 deg or  3f............................
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................

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

Arnica...............................................   10  ©  11
25
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................

Acetic, No.  8....................................
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........
Carbolic............................................
Citric.................................................
Muriatic 18  deg...............................
Nitric 36 deg....................................
Oxalic...............................................
Sulphuric 66 deg.............................
Tartaric  powdered........................
Benzoic,  English....................$  oz
Benzoic,  German............................
Tannic..............................................

Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 fi> doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 fi)  boxes)...............
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Lgowood, )4s 
do 
do 
Logwood, 14s 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

15
5  @ 6
4  @ 4)4
15  @ 18
1 50
15
10
15
314®4  © 4)4
7  © 8
4 y,@ 5)4
10
6  © 7
14
25  @2 50
2 00
i 10
85
05
75
1  40
2 31
1 60
50
12
45
2)4© 3V4
3  © 4
45
4)4© 5
6  © 7
50
2 75 
2 00 
40 
2 GO 
00  @9 75 
2 30 
50
6  ®  7
10®  12 
2 50 
18
18 
4 00 
12

12
8
1  60 
60 
1  50 
1  76 
1 90 
1  75 
77  @  80 
20  ©  25 
18  ©  23 
18  @  20 
40 
45o
70
®  40 
15 
50 
24 
20 
12
1  10 
50 
45 
1  10 8
2  ® 3 
50 
60
14
15 
90
45  ®  70

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

60®  75
Aloes,  Bttrbadoes............................ 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).......... 
Ammoniac.......................................  
38©  30
75
Arabic, powdered  select............... 
Arabic, 1st picked.........................., 
85
75
Arabic,2d  picked............................ 
Arabic,  3d picked............................ 
70
55
Arabic, sifted sorts......................... 
25
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
Benzoin............................................  
55@60
35®  27
Camphor..........................................  
Catechu. Is ()4 14c, 14® 16c)............ 
13
35®  40
Eupborbium powdered.................. 
80
Galbanum strained......................... 
Gamboge..........................................  
80®  90
35
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
Kino [Powdered, 30c].....................  
20
Mastic..............................................
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $5 25)............... 
3 65
Shellac, Campbell’s ........................  
30
26
Shellac,  English.............................. 
Shellac, native................................. 
24
30
Shellac bleached.............................. 
Tragacanth......................................  30  @1 00

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in tt>  packages...........
Canary,  Smyrna.............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  20c).
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
Cardamon, Malabar........................
Celery...............................................
Coriander, Dest English................
Fennel..............................................
Flax, clean.......................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3)4)..................
Foenugreek, powdered..................
Hemp,  Russian..........* .................
Mustard, white  Black 10c)...........
Quince..............................................
Rape, English..................................
Worm, Levant.................................
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2
Nassau 
do 
do 
........
. . . .
Volvet Extra do 
do 
Extra Yellow do 
.......
do 
Grass 
do 
........
do 
Hard head, for elate use................
Yellow Reef, 
.................
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21; $  gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s .......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
Annatto 1 fi> rolls............................
Alum.........................................  $  a>
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
Annatto,  prime...............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
Blue  Soluble....................................
Bay  Rum, imported, best.............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
Beans,  Tonka..................................
Beans,  Vanilla.................................7
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue Vitriol  ....................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c).............
Cantharides,Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ...
Carmine, No. 40...............................
Cassia  Buds.....................................
Calomel.  American........................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lump..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ....................
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts..
cryst...
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform......................................
Cinehonidia, P. &  W........*............
Cinchonidia, other brands.............
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................
Cochineal.........................................
Cocoa  Butter........... r..........  ........
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 fl> box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear,  prime...............................
Cuttle Fisn Bone.............................
Dextrine...........................................
Dover’s  Powders............................
Dragon’s Blood Mass.....................
Ergot  powdered..............................
Ether Squibb’s .................................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s.............
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%).....................
Ergot, fresh......................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
Flake white......................................
Grains  Paradise..............................
Gelatine, Cooper’s..........................
Gelatine. French  ............................
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  cannot..................................
12  @  17 
Glue, white....................................  .
16  ®  28 
Glycerine, pure...............................
16  @  20
Hops  )4s and )4s..............................
25®  40 
Iodoform 
oz.................................
40
Indigo...............................................
85  @1 00 
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...
35  ©  40 
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co„ boxes
@1  00 
Iodine,  resublimed........................
4 00 
Isinglass,  American.......................
1 50
Japonica...........................................
London  Purple...............................
10  ®  15 
Lead, acetate...................................
15 
Lime, chloride, (H8 2s 10c & )4811c)
8
Lupuline...........................................
1  00 45 
Lycopodium....................................
Mace.................................................
50
Madder, best  Dutch
12)4©  13
Manna,S.  F ............
Mercury.......................................... 
60
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ $  oz  2 95@3 20
Musk, Canton, H., P. Sc  Co.’s ........  
40
Moss, Iceland............................$  ft
Moss,  Irish.....................................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 fl>  cans........
Nutgalls............................................
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
Nux  Vomica....................................
Ointment. Mercurial, J4d...............
Paris Green....................................
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
Pepsin...............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
Quassia............................................
Quinia. Sulph, P. & W........... fi> oz
Quinine,  German............................
Red Precipitate.......................$) lb
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................
Almond, sweet.................................  45  ©  50
Strychnia, cryst...............................
45
Amber,  rectified.............................. 
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  74
Anise.................................................  
2 00
Saffron, American.  .......................
50
Bay $   oz..... ...................................  
Sal  Glauber
2 25
Bergamont.......................................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
17)4©  19
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
Castor...............................................
2 00
Croton...............................................
Sal Rochelle.....................................
75
Cajeput............................................
Sal  Soda...........................................
Salic in...............................................
1 00
Cassia...............................................
35
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Santonin..........................................
75
Citronella.......................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
1 20
Cloves...............................................
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
1 20
Cod Liver, N. F....................... gal
Spermaceti.......................................
1  50
Cod Liver, best.........................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
6 00
Soap, White Castile........................
9 00
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
........................
Soap, G reen  do 
1 60
Erigeron...........................................
Soap, Mottled do 
........................
2 00
Fireweed...........................................
Soap, 
do  do 
........................
75
Geranium 
oz...............................
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
35
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Spirits Nitre, 3 F .............................
50
Spirits Nitre, 4 F.............................
Juniper wood..................................
2 00
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers, French.............
2 01
Sulphur, flour..................................
1 00
Lavender garden 
.............
Sulphur,  roll....................................
90
Lavender spike 
.............
Tartar Emetic..................................
1  75
Lemon, new crop............................
Tar, N. C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  $  doz
2 00
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .......................
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
80
Tar, 
pints in tin.............
Lemongrass.....................................
@  90
Olive, Malaga....................
Turpentine,  Venice................$  fi>
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
.......
2 75 Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
Zinc,  Sulphate.................................
1 25
Origanum,  No. 1............................
50
1 30 
Pennyroyal......................................
4 25 
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rose  $   oz.........................................
8  00
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50)
65
2 75 
Salad, 
gal.....................................
Savin.................................................
1 00 
4 50 
Sandal  Wood. Gorman..................
Sandal Wood, W. I..........................
7 00
60 
Sassafras...........................................
@7 00 
Spearmint.......................................
®5 00 
Tansy...............................................4  50
®  12
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10
Wintergreen.................................
2 35
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
3 GO 
Wormseed.......................................
2 00

Buohu, short (Powd 25e)................   13
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & )4s, 13c)...
Seuna,  Alex, natural.....................   18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Senna tinnì velli...............................
Uva  Ursi...........................................
Belledonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
Henbane...........................................
Rose, red...........................................

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

® 18 
2 50
6  ©  7
85  ©  90 
75©  80 
85 
28 
1 60 
78 
35
10
9
33
2 © 2)4
2 15
6 50
38
4
48
4)4© 5
14
17
9
11
14
26 © 28
30 © 32
35
3)4© 4
3© 3)4
60
2 70
1  40
85
25
55
7 © 8

Hoarhound........
Lobelia................
Peppermint........
Rue.......................
Spearmint..........
Sweet Majoram..
Tanzy ..................
Thym e................
Wormwood........

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

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

® 14
6
20
30
22
16
10
35
30
35
35

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

...40
...24
...35
.30

37 
2 25 
65

M AGNESIA.

4 00 
20

65

LIQ U O R S.

LEAVES.

do 
do 

do 
do 

IR O N .

O IL S .

HAZELTINE,m s 

i   co.

Wholesale

Druggists

OFFER  TO  THE  TRADE  THEIR  EN­

TIRE  STOCK OF

C O S T !

Until January  1,1886.

THE  LINE  INCLUDES

Odor Cases,

Collar and Cuff Boxes, 

Gents’ Dressing  Cases, 

Cut Glass  Bottles, 

Fancy Perfumes, 

Manicure Sets, 

Jewel Cases, 

Infant Sets, 

Work Boxes,

Game Boxes.

AT COST ! AT COST !

Until January  1st.

O IL S.

V A RN ISH ES.

Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
Model  Cylinder................................................... 60
Shield  Cylinder................................................... 50
Eldorado Engine................................................. 35
Peerless  Machinery...........................................30
Challenge Machinery......................................... 25
Backus Fine Engine...........................................30
Black Diamond Machinery................................30
Castor Machine  Oil.............................................6C
Paraffine, 25  deg.............................................. 15)4
Paraffine, 28  deg................................................. 21
Sperm, winter  bleached.................................1 40
Bbl  Gal
Whale, winter......................................  70
Lard, extra...........................................  55
Lard, No.  1...........................................  45
Linseed, pure  raw..............................  43
Linseed, boiled..................................   46
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........   70
Spirits Turpentine.............................   40
No. 1 Turp Coach.................................
Extra  Turp..........................................
Coach  Body..........................................
No. 1 Turp Furniture..........................
Extra Turp  Damar.............................
Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp........   ........
Bbl
Red Venetian............................  13£
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........  I4£
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  1S£
Putty, commercial..................  2)4
Putty, strictly pure..................  2)4
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  Faints.......
Swiss Villa Prepared  Paints..

.1  10© 1  20 
.1 60®1 70 
.2 75@3 00 
.1 00@1  10 
.1 55®1 60 
70©  75
Lb 
2© 3 
2© 3 
2® 3 
2)4© 3 
214® 3 
13®16 
53®60 
16@17 
6H©7 
6)4© 7 
@70 
©90 
1  10 
1 40 
1 20@1 40 
1 00@1 20

PA IN TS

POTASSIUM .

Bicromate................................ $  fi>
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 27c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prosiate yellow..............................

ROOTS.

Alkanet............................................
Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in )4s and 4 s __
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, true.........................................
Rhei, from select to  choioe..........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1........................ 110
Rhei, choice out  cubes..................
Rhei, choice cut  fingers................

12® 14 
40® 43 
25 
3 00 
28

®

a)
25 
17 
33 
12 
20 
35 
20 
10 
12
17 
20 
20
1  20 
30
18
26 
60
®1 60 
®1 20 
2 00 
2 26

A   M E R C A N T IL E   JO U R N A L ,  P U B L IS H E D   E A C H  

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BBO., Proprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95.

IEntered  at  the  PosUifflce  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

SecondrClass Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  23,  1885.

The Trsvaling Man.
His coat was fashionably cut,
To keep the snow-storm from his throat, 
His hat was of the latest mode,
His sample case was in his hand;

And buttoned to the chin.
And the caloric in.
His castors they were tan;
He was a traveling man.

The snow fell fast upon the road.
His thoughts were not upon the storm. 
When storms abound and crowd you most, 
To those at the domestic hearth,

The night was chill and wild;
But on nis wife and child;
You turn your thoughts who can
As did this traveling man.

His form was cold, but he felt not 
How is my wife?  How is my child?
He thought not of the stormy  night,
In fact, he was a typical 

The storm’s increasing chill.
On. are they well, or ill?
N or oP th e m orrow 's  plan;
Commercial Traveling Man.

All of his thoughts, by day or night.
How happy they, when pa at home,
Haste, haste the time;  hurry the day; 
Put down the grip and cease to be 

Were on his wife and child.
Fondly on him they smiled.
Quick, help me, so I can
A weary Traveling  Man.

Knights of the Road.

The good knight of the road to-day 
On old tradition tramples.
His pistols he has put  away..
Or carries them for samples.
Dame Fortune’s found in wilds no more; 
His ways have changed to suit her.
Black Bess has been discarded for 
A “thousand mile commuter.”

No more he stops the public coach,
No lady’s chair he rifles,
He does not stoop to purse cr brooch,
He’s far above such trifles.
With sample trunk well loaded down 
Hefsallles forth to plunder.
Attacks his enemy in town 
And skins him worse than thunder.

A Story with a Moral.

A merchant once 
Was penny wise,
And would not spend 
To advertise.
After death.
Upon his tomb,
A wag inscribed 
These words of gloom;
“His life was but 
A long suspense.
He died worth 
Four and twenty cents.”

MORAL.
If you would save. 
Economize;
But do not fail 
To advertise.

Meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association  of  Grand  Rap­
ids was  held at T he  T radesm an office on 
Tuesday evening, December 15, about twen­
ty members being in attendance.

Applications for membership were receiv­
ed from Geo.  T.  Bern is,  Holland  &  Hart­
man,  Albert W.  Bemis  and  Leonard Kipp, 
all of whom  were  elected  members  of  the 
Association.

Jos. H. Terrill  was  elected an  honorary 

member of the Association.

The  Committee  on  Entertainment  was 
given until the next regular  meeting to pre­
pare a report.

President Herrick requested the members 
to give more  attention to  the  dead-beat de­
partment.  Comparatively  few  lists  have 
been sent in, which is probably due more to 
unintentional neglect  than  to a lack of  ap­
preciation of the merits of  the system.  He 
related some of the  benefits  which are sure 
to  follow7  a  thorough  prosecution  of  the 
dead-beat  crusade,  and expressed  the hope 
that  no  member  would  ignore  a  question 
which  involves his best interests.

E.  A. Stowre presented the  following  res­

olution and moved its adoption:
Resolved—That  it  is  the  sense  of  this 
Association that the butchers of Grand Rap­
ids can better subserve  their  own  interests 
by  maintaining  their  present  organization 
and  not  identifying  themselves  with  this 
Association; but that the  term “buying and 
selling groceries  at  retail” be so  construed 
as to include those  dealers  in fish who  also 
handle canned goods and other  articles car­
ried in stock by retail grocers.

The resolution was  then  adopted  and F. 
J. Dettenthaler was elected a member of the 
Association.

E.  A.  Stowe  then  offered  tiie  following 

resolution,  which was adopted:

Resolved—That  wre  extend  the  hand  of 
good fellowship to the  butchers’ association 
of this city and the  various  retail organiza­
tions throughout the State,  and  that we re­
quest the exchange of  dead-beat  lists  with 
all organizations publishing the same.

A. J. Elliott moved the  appointment of a 
committee of  three  members to prepare  an 
article for the  constitution  defining the du­
ties  and  privileges  of  honorary  members. 
The resolution was  adopted and the  Presi- 
»■dent appointed as  such  committee  Messrs. 
Elliott, DeJager and Stowe.

The Treasurer reported 870.45 on hand.
The Association  then  adjourned to  meet 

Tuesday evening, January 5.

“Has a Special Mission to Fill.”

From the Mancelona Herald.

T h e Micigan  T radesm an  got right to 
the  front  with  a  sixteen-page  paper  last 
week.  T he T radesm an  has a special mis­
sion to fill,  and it is  needless  to add that it 
is doing its level best to fill it.

A small piece  of  rubber will  float on the 
surface of  water when  the  rubber is pure, 
and will sink if it contains impurities. Rub­
ber  must  be  pure  to  resist  the  action  of 
acids.  For ordinary use,  gas  tubes, etc.,  it 
must not necessarily be chemically pure.

O Y S T E R S . 

Eaton  &  Christenson

Are now in the market with 

their Famous

B I G   G U N
OYSTERS,

a&XTXTED  XXT  B A L T IM O R E   B Y

W .  R.  BA R N ES  <&  CO.
NELSON

MATTER

& C O

O TTIR.

SPEC IA L  SA LE

K Ñ I F E   T O B A G C O .

a   poti n i f f -

M , r . 0 „ i .   f a

p ^ K K ' F t

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I
Tobacco is packed in 30 pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough  and  Ready Clubs,  16 oz., 
full weight.  A case of 30 knives packed  on  the  top  of  each  butt.  The  butt  of Tobacco 
with case of Pocket Knives is branded “ Pen  Knives;”  the  one  with  Jacks,  “Jack  Knife.” 
The consumer gets a 16 oz.  Ping  of the  Finest  Tobacco  that  can  be  produced  by 

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purchasing a GOOD  KNIFE at 65 cents, well worth the money.

Big thing for the Consumer, equally so for the Retailer.  Send us your order.

W. J. GOULD & CO., Detroit, Mich.

IN

O F

FURNITUREF- Ji  DFTTFNTHALER>Jobber  of  Oysters.

J.  XX.  THOMPSON  <&  CO. 

M M l

Prices that w ill not only astonish but 

please all who are need of Furniture.

NELSON, MATTER k 00.
RINDG-E, BERTSCH & CO,

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

1RS  AND  WHOLES./

AND

AGENTS  FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

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

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
H E S T E R   Sc  F O X ,

MANUFACTURERS  AGENTS  FOR

S A W   A ITS C R IS T  M ILL M A C H IN E R Y ,

ATLAS““WORKS

IN D IA N A P O L IS .  IN D .f  U .  S .   A .
__________ M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O P

STUM ENGINES & BOILERS.

C arry  E n g in e s  a n d   B o ilers in S to c k  

fo r  im m e d ia te   delivery.

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

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TH E  “ RED  STREAK.”

Opinions of Experts in Various Parts of the 

State.

T he  T radesman'  herewith  presents  a 
series  of  letters  from  prominent  potato 
growers and shippers all over the State, giv­
ing their opinion as to the  cause  of  the red 
streak in the Late Rose potato,  and the loss 
incident to such defect:

Marshall,  Gallatin  &  Co.,  Nashville—In 
reply to yours of the  10th,  as to  facts,  it is 
hard to tell,  but the universal opinion is the 
sudden change  from  dry  to  wet  weather. 
The vines  were  partly  dead,  and  the  wet 
weather gave them a new and rapid growth; 
but it would be as  reasonable  to think they 
were running out.  Hope we will get better 
information through T he T radesm an.

Bert Tinkler,  Hastings—I  have  seen  but 
one  load  of  Rose  potatoes  which  were 
not  streaked  with  red  this  season,  and  I 
think the loss to Barry county fanners  alone 
will  reach  $5,000. 
I  bought considerable 
quantities of potatoes at a shilling a bushel, 
and thought I had a good thing, but I would 
like to find a purchaser nowr at ten cents.  I 
think the defect is  due  to  the fact that  the 
potato is “running out,” although I  am un­
able to explain the process.

Clias.  W.  Garfield,  Grand  Rapids—The 
whole  matter  is  a  mystery  to me. 
It is 
something that must be  considered by  men 
of  science  and  they  are  the  only persons 
wrho will be able to explain the phenomenon 
—and maybe they will fail to find the cause.
Frank J.  Lanib,  Grand  Rapids—Your re­
quest for my opinion  as to the  cause of the 
“red  streak”  in  the  Late  Rose  potato  at 
hand and in reply will state that I think it is 
simply  and naturally  a  degeneracy  of  the 
species,  caused  entirely  by  the  successive 
and  constant  planting of  the  one kind of 
seed in the same kind of soil year after year. 
That good  old  variety,  so  well  and  favor­
ably  known as the Peacliblow, degenerated 
and completely exhausted  itself in a similar 
though less disastrous  manner, and it  may 
be truly  said  that  of  all  such  is the  true 
course of nature!  To those  interested in the 
growing and handling of potatoes—and they 
have become one of the most important fac­
tors of commerce—I cannot  recommend too 
strongly the necessity  of  making  the most 
radical  changes in  regard  to  their  seeding 
and  soiling.  For  instance,  when  one  has 
been planting Rose  year  after year  let him 
try Burbanks  a  season  or  two,  and  w hen 
the soil is sandy let him try the  seed raised 
on clay and vice versa.  The farmers in the 
South get their  seed from the North,  and if 
the reverse were the  case  I think we might 
reasonably hope for some  decided  improve­
ments in both the quality and quantity, over 
the present system.

Jas. Richardson,  St. Johns—In  regard to 
Late Rose potatoes, I have been talking with 
some of the farmers about it  and they think 
the cause is a second  growth,  on account of 
too much rain  about  the  time  they  were 
ripe.

Dr.  Geo. W.  Crouter,  Charlevoix—My re­
ply to the “Late  Rose  Potato” query would 
not be  as  good  as  one  of  our  farmers. 
I 
have,  therefore,  turned  your  card  over  to 
Hon.  J.  S.  Dixon,  who  will  answer intelli­
gently.  My answer  would  be  that the red 
streak is found in about 50  per  cent, of the 
Late Rose,  and  that  the  loss  will be very 
small,  probably not more than 5 percent.  It 
seems to be due to a lack  of  vitality in  the 
seed,  as the potato matured very slow.  The 
crop is not satisfactory'  and the  seed is evi­
dently running out.

GeoW.  Woodward,  Shelby—Answering 
your card of the 10th,  I have  to say there is 
not much of the red streak in Rose  potatoes 
ltere.  I have had large experience in grow ing 
and  handling  Rose  potatoes.  The reddish 
look on tire outside and red streak inside are 
seen  only in  the  Late  Rose. 
In my judg­
ment, gained from  observation and compar­
ison, the inclination to red color and streaks 
is the direct result of late  planting  and im­
perfect seed, as small,  unripe  t ubers,  plant­
ed on new land,  seem to cause a red appear­
ance also. 
I think if  farmers  would  plant 
only good-sized potatoes that were ripe, cut­
ting  a  thin  slice  from  the  seed  end  and 
throw  it  away,  so  as  to  use  only  large, 
healthy eyes from the  body  and  stem  end, 
and plant as  early as  during  the  month of 
May on good clover  sod,  there would be no 
more talk of  “seed running out.”

W. T. Long, Vicksburg—I recently clipped 
an item from your  paper  entitled  “Trouble 
in the Potato  Market,”  complaining  of the 
way dealers  in  the  Eastern  and  Southern 
markets treat local  potato shippers; but you 
say nothing of the  Chicago  market.  Now, 
as I am a shipper,  I  would  like to  enquire 
if any shipper has had trouble with his cars 
of  potatoes  falling  short  in  the  Chicago 
market? 
I have  shipped a good many cars 
into Chicago  this  fall  and  they  invariably 
fall short from thirty to  130  bushels  to the 
car. 
I sent a man over to Chicago to inves­
tigate the  trouble  and  he  reports  that the 
commission merchants sell all  the  potatoes 
this fall subject to sorting and  that they go 
into a  car,  take  out the  best  and  largest, 
throwing the remainder on the ground.  He 
says potatoes lay around  the railway tracks 
in  Chicago  two  feet  deep,  and  that  the 
scalpers are hauling them off free of charge. 
Why should they quote  them  at  50  and 55 
cents  and  then  shrink  them  one-third,  if 
only worth 35 to 40 cents? 1 say,  quote them 
at this price and sell  them on  their  merits.
I think it a steal.

Le Bar & Cornwell, Cadillac—We are not 
aware that the  red  streak you refer to is of 
, any damage to the  potatoes,  only in  looks, 
as we are  using  them ourselves and cannot 
see as it hurts them in the least.

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10th inst., relative to  our opinion  as to the 
cause of red  streak in  Rose  potatoes,  was 
duly received. 
It  is  our  opinion  from all 
that we can learn  in  talking with  different 
parties that the cause of  this was the pecul­
iar season we had,  as the weather at certain 
times of  the season  was  very  dry and hot, 
later on  it  was  very  wet.  Then  the  frost 
came  early  in  some  sections.  Taking all 
the  différant  unfavorable  changes  of  the 
weather,  we  think  they  combined to bring 
about this peculiar condition of  the  potato. 
We hardly think that it can be that this par­
ticular variety of potato  has  deteriorated to 
the  extent  to  cause  this  streak,  although 
such may be the case.  Yet we think it was 
the  unfavorable  conditions  of the  weather 
which caused it.

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THE  “RED  STREAK.”
[Concluded from 5th paged

D.  C.  Leach,  Traverse  City—I  am  not 
able  to  give  any  information  in  regard to 
“red streak” in LateJRose potatoes.

Jas.  Campbell,  Westwood—Have* heard 
very little about red streak in Late Rose po­
tatoes  and  hayej made  no  enquiries, so do 
not know to  what  extent  it  exists  in  this 
locality.  Nor  have  I  any  idea  as  to  the 
cause. 
I bought two or three car loads last 
fall.  The party for whom I bought  did not 
object to Lateptose,  nor did lie say anything 
about red streaks.

John  Giles,  Lowell—The  red  streak
struck four-fifths of the Rose in this vicinity. 
It is generally attributed  to  the potato run­
ning out.

M.  C.  Russell,  Grand  Rapids—The  dis­
ease, or red  streak,  which  has  this  season 
so affected  ourf Rosei potatoes  as to)render 
that variety unpopular in many markets and 
effected a loss  in" value  of  fully  ten  cents 
per  bushel  in  most  markets,  is  a  matter 
about  which  there  is  considerable  debate 
and  variety  « ^ ’opinion.  Many  think  the 
chief cause to bejtlie  replanting of the seed 
year after year  and  consequent  exhaustion 
of the original virtues  and  fine  qualities of 
the tuber.  While thejabove  may  be one of 
the prime  causes  of  the  disease,  I think a 
very important  one  to  be  the  planting  of 
small potatoes  continuously,  and also  that 
the past season has been an unfavorable one 
for potatoes in this  State.  As  proof of the 
latter idea,  I  wish  to  say  that  in  several 
other states  the  Rose  potato  is  compara­
tively free from these red]jstreaks, and com­
mands  in Philadelphia  and other  markets 
from ten to  fifteen  cents  per  bushel  more 
than  our  Michigan  Rose. 
If  our  Rose is 
running out  here  why  is  it  not  in  other 
states where it has  been  raised  as  long as 
here?  I have found this red streak in other 
varieties beside the Rose. 
I think the chief 
cause is an unfavorable season in this State. 
However, I advise  potato  raisers to  secare 
pure Rose seed  from  Maine  or  some other 
Eastern State,  as  good  results  often follow 
the changing of seed  from one  state to an­
other.

Prof. W. J.  Real,  Prof,  of Botany,  Agri­
cultural  College,  Lansing—I  have  made 
some  inquiry  and  studied  potatoes  some. 
Red streaks  pervade  the  potatoes here and 
render them unsalable.  When  boiled, they 
crack  before  done,  and  come  to  pieces  a 
good deal,  but the red streaks still show and 
other  parts of the  potato  look  yellow and 
watery.  The taste is not bad.  On splitting 
a tuber, not far from the margin,  in  irregu­
lar lines is the outlines or  outside of  a red­
dish streak.  Inside of this throughout some 
tubers we find  more  or  less  red.  At  the 
eyes the streak extends to the surface.  This 
marginal line of red is along what would be 
the outside  of  the  pith  of  a potato—for  a 
potato is a real  stem  and has a  part repre­
senting pith,  one  part  jointly  representing 
the wood,  and  one  the  bark, 
including a 
corky layer  outside.  The  potatoes seen in 
this locality are  more or  less  decayed  this 
year.  On  looking  at a thin  portion of the 
red streak under a magnifying power of 500 
diameters,  we see some of the  cells contain 
granular particles of a reddish  brown color. 
These cells contain less starcli than some of 
the others,  and some  of  the  starch  grains 
are more or less decomposed.  Bacteria were 
also seen in large numbers, indicating incip­
ient decay in  several  specimens  examined. 
You ask  what is  the  matter? 
I reply the 
Rose red  has  “struck  in!”  perhaps.  The 
old  Meshaunak  had  faint  purple  streaks 
inside.  The  old  Merino  had  red  streaks 
more or less apparent, especially towards the 
last of its prominent use for food.

This has been a bad year for potatoes, and 
they show their faults.  Some  years  ago,  I 
experimented with some 350 sorts of potatoes 
for  some  years,  and  with  our  ordinary 
treatment many  of  them  dwindled  and  be­
came worthless, some failing entirely to pro­
duce a single tuber.

Most  likely,  with  plenty  of  potash  and 
vegetable mould,  we might  have  kept them 
up or  even  improved  them. 
I should  say 
this potato is on the decline, and must be re

placed  by  others. 
If  some  one  has  good 
nice  edible  potatoes—and  no  others  are fit 
for planting—he may  treat  them  just  right 
and keep the  Rose  some  years  longer;  but 
its day must come sooner  or  later. 
I  have 
just been looking over  some  wild  potatoes 
from Arizona and find a sharp purple streak 
inside the skin.  The inside  is white.  The 
corky layer is very thick.

VISITING   BUYERS.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
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orders with the various houses:

Can a Farmer Handle Tobacco?

A patron  of  Tub  Tradesm an  enquires 
whether a farmer can sell tobacco to his help 
without  paying  a  special  tobacco  license. 
The  question  is  fully  and completely  an­
swered in Section 3, of the Act  of March  3, 
1883, which is consequently  reproduced  en­
tire:
“That  hereafter  the  special  tax  of  a 
dealer in manufactured tobacco shall not be 
required from any  farmer,  planter  or  lum­
berman who furnishes such tobacco  only  as 
rations  or  supplies  to  his  laborers or em­
ployees in the  same  manner  as  other  sup­
plies are furnished  by  him  to,  them:  Pro­
vided, That the aggregate of the supplies of 
tobacco  so  by  him  furnished shall not ex­
ceed in quantity one hundred pounds in any 
one special tax year; that is,  from  the  first 
day of May in any year  until  the  thirtieth 
day of April in the next year: A nd provided 
further,  That such farmer,  planter  or  lum­
berman shall not be,  at the time  he  is  fur­
nishing such supplies,  engaged in  the  gen­
eral business of selling dry goods, groceries, 
or other similar supplies  in the manner of a 
merchant  or  storekeeper to others than his 
own employees or laborers.”

' 

118*

i n t i

land.

Haven.

ville. 
land.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

I or  less  inserted 
!5 cents per week, 
Advance  pay-

The potato  crop  is  short  in  Minnesota, 
j and  many  Michigan  potatoes  are  finding 
; their way thither.

Attention  is called  to  the  advertisement 
; of  the  Chicago  Weekly  Herald,  which  is 
! admitted to be one  of  the  largest  and best 
| newspapers ever  issued  for  one  dollar per 
| year.

Advertisements of 25 word: 
in this column at the rate o f! 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks 
ment.
[7ANTED—A situation in retail  drug store, 
\ \ T  ANI 
fine years’  experience.  Best of  refer­
VV  Ni
ences given.  Address,  P. O. Drawer 14, How­
ard City, Mich. 
___ 119
I>ARTNER WANTED—A  general  merchant 
doing a good business in a thriving lumber 
town desires a partner with two thousand dol­
lars  capital.  For  particulars  address,  “Part­
ner,” care the Tradesman. 

R. Osterhoff, Ferrysb arg.
Bassett & Snyder, Cedar Springs.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
C. B. Winslow, C.  B.  Winslow  &  Co.,  Grand 
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
F. R. Hayward, Casnovia.
C. Henry LeBar, LeBar & Cornwell, Cadillac.
L. B. Chapel, Cole & Chanel,  Ada,
H. H. Herrenden, Kent City.
Jacob Barr, Grand Haven.
J. Frank Clark, Big Rapids.
T. WT.  Preston,  Mil (brook.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
( ’. L. Howard. Clarksville.
E. Campbell, Baldwin.
Geo. F. Richardson, Jamestown.
L. A. Paine. Sparta.
Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin.
Chas. W. Peters, Bangor.
H. H. Moore, Lakeview.
H. C. Peckham, Freeport.
Calvin Durkee,  Lakeview.
Geo. H. Force,  Morley.
Dr. A. Hanlon, Middlcville.
S. Bitely, Lilley P. O.
H. B. Irish. Lisbon.
M. A. Teachout, White Cloud.
F. R. Thatcher, Ravenna.
R. Gannon, White Cloud.
The flour mill burned at the late great fire 
W. H. Beach, Holland.
D. Clellard, Coopersville.
! in Mishawaka,  Ind.,  not far from the Mich- 
John Cole, Fremont.
Geo. JJ.Sisson, Sisson &  Lilley  Lumber Co., j  jgan  state  line,  was  built  in  1836  by  one
Lilley P. O 
Taylor,  an  Englishman,  and  was  the first 
John Crispe, Plainwell.
H. A. Crawford, Cadillac.
that  ever  turned  water  in  the  ttt.  Joseph
D. Clelland, Coopersville.
Jas. Toland. Ross.
Lee Deuel, Bradley.
Frank  Bredeway, Drenthe.
Peter Wyngarden. Vriesland.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
I. J. Quick. Allendale.
W. F. Stuart. Crofton.
Hewett & Tetft, Rockford.
Wm. Black, Cedar Springs.
H. M. Patrick. H. M. Patrick Co., Leroy.
Geo. Tompsett, Edgerton.
Geo. W. Bartlett.  Ashland.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
Col born & Carpenter, Caledonia.
A. C. Barkley, Crosby.
Jacob VanPutten,  VanPutten  &  Sons,  Hol­
G. C. Willey. Summit City.
A. tV. Blain. Dutton.
John Cole, Fremont.
Lon. Pelton, Morley.
Mr. Daniels, manager M. J. Bond, Wood Luke.
H. A. Goodyear,  Hastings.
F. A. Ganson, Lakeview.
Barry & Lewis, Ravenna.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
I.  J. Leggett & Co.,  Paris.
Dr. John Graves,  Wayland.
D. D. Harris, Shelbyville.
Dr. I). B. Kilpatrick,  Woodland.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
W. W. Peirce, Moline.
C. J. Burch, Howard City.
A. M. Harrington,  Freeport.
L. Perrigo, Burnip’s Corners.
J. R. Dibble. Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.
M. V. Wilson. Sand Lake.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
Fred F. Taylor, Wood Lake.
G. C. Baker, LeBarge.
J. J. Wiseman, Nunica.
Mr.  DeVoist,  Watson  &  DcVoist,  Coopers- 
Jas. Moerdyk, Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zee- 
E. P. Gifford. Gifford & VanDrezer,  Saranac. 
A. C. Cutter, Traverse City. 
Mr.Colborn.Colborn & Carpenter, Caledonia. 
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
S. H. Ballard, Sparta.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
Geo. A. Estes, Tustin.
A. L. Dennis, New Era.
Norman Harris.  Big Springs.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
Robert North, Park City.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
Miss K. L. Kinney, Maple Hill.
Geo. F. Cook. Grove P. O.
Corneil & Griswold, Griswold.
Jas. Barnes, Austerlitz.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
H. M. Freeman, Lisbon.
Stanley Monroe, Berlin.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
B. M. Denison, East Paris.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Alba Handle Co., Alba.
Geo. Scribner, Grandville.
Andre & Son, Jennisonville.
Jas. Grannls, Six Corners.
Mrs. John Stephenfleld, Middleville.
H. M. Harroun, McLain.

itants  with  only  two competitors.  Best 
location  in  town.  Will  sell  partly  on time. 
Address Stephen Sears, care Wm.  Sears & Co., 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
117
I7M~)R  SALE—Or  exchange  for stock of mer- 
’ 
clmndise, groceries, dry goods,  or horses, 
wagons, sleighs, cash or something else, a two- 
story frame double store.  Can  be  rebuilt for 
hotel.  Situated in a  fast-growing  village.  A 
good chance for some one.  Address "Z.” care 
T he  T radesman. 
I T'OR  SALE—136 acres of timber land, mostly 
1  maple and beech, within 114 miles  of Kal­
kaska.  Will exchange for stock  of  boots  and 
shoes, dry goods and groceries.  The  land lies 
nearly level, and is traversed on the  back end 
by a brook trout stream.  Steam  mill  within 
14 mile, and good roads in every direction.  Ad­
dress, “Kalkaska,” careTnETRADESMAN.”  12tf
17011  SALE—The  font  of  brevier  type  for- 
1  merly used on T he Tradesm an.  The font 
comprises 222 pounds, with  italic,  and  can  b^ 
had for 30 cents a pound.  Apply  at the office.

DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
medium............................... 
“ 
lig h t.................................... 
“ 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
do.  medium............................... 
light.....................................  
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  O R  P L A IN .
Hams, heavy....................................................   9ft
“  medium.................................................  9%
“ 

Mess, Chicago packing, new..............................11 00
Mess, Chicago  packing......................................10 00
Clear, short pork, Chicago  packing.......... 12 00
Back, clear snort cut, Chicago  packing.. .12 50
Extra family clear, short cut...........................11 50
Clear, A. Webster  packer, new....................... 12 25
A. Webster packer, short cut...........................12 00
Extra pig, short cut...........................................12 00
Extra  clear, heavy.............................................12 75
Clear back, short cut......................................... 13 00

I70R  SALE—Bakery in a city of 12,000 inhab- 

The  Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co. 

I 
lig h t...........................................  ........ 10
[ Boneless Hams...............................................10
Boneless Shoulders.........................................  614
Breakfast  Bacon............................................  7ft
Dried Beef, extra quality............................. 9
Dried Beef, Ham pieces... .*......................... 11
Shoulders cured  in sweet pickle.................. 6
I Tierces 

Business and  collections  are  both good. 
Sugars have  declined  since  last  week,  but 
local jobbers think  they will go back to the 
old figures, as most of the refineries are shut
down for  the  holidays  and  the  supply  of  30 and 50 ft Tubs '.I'.!'.!” .!*.!’.!’..’...
manufactured  sugar  is  likely  to run some-  50 ® Round Tins, 100 cases............
what short before they start up again.  New  ^   pallgi 4 pail8 in case.............
Orleans yellows have  put in  an appearance  3 ft Palls, 20 in a case...................
during the  week, and  are  selling freely  at  JoV p I K in a c“ e'.. 
5M@5%  cents  in  hogsheads and  about % I 
cent  higher  in  barrels/  A  tare  of  12  per  Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 lbs..........  9 25
cent,  is allowed on all full packages.  1 hese 
sugars are desirable goods to buy during the  pork sausage 
next  two  months
advanced another ft  cent and  domestic sar 
dines are up 1 cent.  Brooms  are on a ram­
page—without reference to a woman  at one 
end of  the  handle  in  this  case—in  conse­
quence of a  heavy  advance  in  the  price of 
broom  corn.  As  the  latter  is  sure  to  go 
higher,  on account of a great scarcity,  a still 
further advance in the price of the manufac­
tured article is looked for. 
, 

English  currant  have  Ham  Sausage....................
I Tongue  Sausage...............
Frankfort  Sausage..........
Blood  Sausage.
Bologna, straight............................................
Bologna,  thick.................................................
Head  Cheese....................................................

and in good  demand.  Oranges  are  higher  ~~ 
and active.  Lemons are a shade  lower, with 
a good demand for this  season  of the year.

Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling
1  John
prices as follows:
Candy is firm  and active.  Nuts are steady  presh  jjeef  sides
.........................  4ft@  6*4
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters..................  6  @654
Dressed  Hogs.........................................  4 ft®  6
Mutton,  carcasses.................................  @4
Veal.........................................................   8  @9
Pork Sausage.........................................  6ft@ 7
Bologna................................................... 6ft©  7
Fowls........................................................  6  @  7
Spring Chickens....................................  7  @  8
Ducks  ....................................................   @13
Turkeys  .................................................   @11

In half barrels...............................................   3
In quarter barrels.........................................

Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

The Grocery Market.

SAUSa g e - f r e s h   a n d  s m o k e d .

FRESH  MEATS.

quote  as  follows:

PROVISIONS.

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

!!!!!!.**.!!.**.!! 

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

b e e f  i n   b a r r e l s .

5ft
5%
5ft
6ft
6ft
614

LARD.
• • • • •

P IG S ’  FEET.

6%
6%
6ft

7ft
714

__ 

„

W.  W.  Peirce,  of  Moline,  writes  The 
T radesm an,  denying that he  made a com­
plaint against his competitors, and referring 
the editor to Revenue Collector Davis.

Mr.  Davis informs T he T radesm an that 

Pqirce made  no  specific  complaint  against i Part cured...  814® 8% 
the persons who  subsequently paid a penal-  Dry hides and 
ty for violating the  revenue  laws,  but  that 
he asserted  that  others  at  Moline  beside I 
himself  had  violated 
the  law.  On  the 
strength of this  “pointer,” the Collector in­

stituted an  investigation  which  resulted in J 

8  @12

kips

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows: 

Green__ $  lb  @

H ID ES.

Calf skins, green
or cured__
Deacon skins,
^ piece.......20

@10
@50

SH E E P PEL TS.

FU R S.

W OOL.

Old wool, estimated washed $11b........  @25
Tallow........... ..........................................  4  @ 414
Fine washed $ f t  24@27|Unwashed...........  
2-3
Coarse washed... 18@22|
Bear........................................................1 00@12 00
Fisher  .................................................... 2 00@6 00
Red Fox...................................................  25@1 00
Grey Fox.................................................  25@1 00
Martin............................. 
25@1  00
M inx........................................................  05@  60
Muskrat, winter tan..............................  05@  06
Otter........ .............................................. 4 00@5 00
Raccoon................................................... 
6@  “
Skunk....................................................     10@1  00
Beaver,  $1  lb..........................................1 50@2 50
Deer, <£  1b...............................................   10@  80

kits  .......................................   @

** 

 

 

the fining  of  the parties Peirce  was aiming | 
at.  The difference between  T he  T rades- j 
m an’s statement  and  the  fact of  the  mat­
ter is the same  as  the  difference  between 
tweedledee and tweedledum.

Order a sample package of Bethesda Min­
eral Spring  Water from  your  grocery  job­
ber.  See quotations in another column.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

a x l e   g r e a s e .

dines, Saginaw and Manistee salt.

Advanced—Brooms, currants,  domestic sar­
Declined—‘Sugars.
These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.
Frazer’s.................  901 Paragon..........• •••180
Diamond  X ...........   60 Paragan26ft pails.1 20
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 50|Fraziers,25 ft pails. I  25
Thompson’s  Butterfly, bulk........................   25
6orl01bcanB........  27
ft, 4 doz. in case...  95
ft, 2  “ 
...195
J. H. Thompson & Co.’s Princess, Ms..........1 25
“  Ms..........  2 25
Is............4 25
“ 
“ 
bulk.......  28

BA KING  PO W D ER.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
*• 
•• 

“ 
“ 
“ 

«• 
«• 
» 

“ 
*• 

“ 

“ 
“ 

•• 
1 
“ 
“ 

BLXJINO.

CANNED  F IS H .

Arctic, ft ft cans..............................................

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

m 
“  M 
1 
“ 
“ 
4 

....1  40 
....2  40 
..  12  00 
....7 50

.................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
Silver Spoon, 3  doz.................................
Dry, No. 2...........................................doz.
45
Dry, No. 3...........................................doz.
Liquid, 4 ............................................doz.
65
Liquid, 8 .............................................doz.
Arctic 4 ............................................ V  gross 4 00
Arctic 8  ..........................................................   8 °o
12 00 
Arctic 16 .................................................
.  2 00 j 
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.......................
.  3 00 ! 
Arctic No. 2 
.......................
.  4 00
Arctic No. 3 
.......................
...175
No. 1 Carpet............2 50|No.  2  Hurl...
No. 2Carpet........... 2 25 Fancy  Whisk
...100
No. 1  Parlor Gem..2 75 CommonWhisk....
No. 1 Hurl...............2 001
...... I  15
Clams, 1 lb  standards....................
...... 1 75
Clams, 2ft  standards....................
......2 00
Clam Chowder,  3 lb.......................
...... 1  15
Cove Oysters, 1  lb  standards.......
....  1 90
Cove Oysters, 2  lb  standards.......
...... 1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.......................
...... 2 PO
Lobsters, 1 ft star..........................
...... 2 90
Lobsters, 2 ft star..........................
.......1  10
Mackerel,lft  fresh  standards...
___3 50
Mackerel, 5 1b fresh  standards...
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 1b................ 5 25
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard............................5 25
Mackerel, 3 lb broiled.................................. 3 35
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river.......................1
30 
Salmon, 2 1b Columbia river.......
..1 45 
Salmon. 1 1b  Sacramento...........
..  8 
Sardines, domestic fts................
15
Sardines,  domestic  Ms...............
Sardines,  Mustard  Ms.................................  J®
Sardines,  imported  Ms.  ............................  H
Trout. 31b  brook.......................................   * 50
CANNED  FR U IT S .
.......  90
Apples, 3 ft standaras...............
.......2 30
Apples, gallons,  standards.......
.......  95
Blackberries, standards............
.......  80
Cherries,  red  standard.............
.......1  00
Damsons......................................
...... I  40
Egg Plums, standards 
............
...... 1 40
Green  Gages, standards 2ft —
.......2 40
Peaches, Extra Yellow.............
75@1 95
Peaches, standards....................
.......1 50
Peaches,  seconds....................................
.......1 75
Pineapples,  Erie....................................
.......1 50
Pineapples, standards............................
.......1 45
Quinces ....................................................
...  .1 10
Raspberries,  extra.................................
CANNED  F R U IT S —C A L IF O R N IA .
Lusk’s.  Mariposa.
00 
1  85 
1  85 
1  85

Apricots.............
Egg Plums..........
.2  10 
.2  10 
Grapes.................
Green Gages.......
.2  10 
.2 65
Pears....................
Quinces......................................2
Peaches..................................... 2 55
CANNED  VEGETA BLES.
......d ¿0
Asparagus, Oyster Bay....................
.  90@1  10
Beans, Lima,  standani....................
......  so
Beans, Stringless, Erie..  ...............
.......1  65
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked..........
.......1 05
Corn,  Trophy....................................
.......  90
“  Red Seal..................................
“  Excelsior.................................
.......1  00
.......1  75
Peas, French......................................
.......1  60
Peas, Marrofat, standard................
.......  70
Peas, Beaver......................................
.......  85
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden.......................
.......  90
Succotash, standard.........................
.1  05@1  10
Tomatoes, Trophy.............................
.......1  05
Tomatoes.  Hillsdale.........................
....  1 05 
Tomatoes,  Adrian.............................
.......1 05
Tomatoes, Three Rivers..........
Michigan  full cream............................11 @12
Half skim__
........................................5 @  6
Skim .............
CHOCOLATE.
.......36iGerman Sweet.
Boston..........
.. .38 Vienna Sweet  .........23
Baker’s ........
Ruukles’ .......
CO FFEE.
Green Rio__ .  9@1’3  1 Roasted  Mar... 17@18
. 17@27  ! Roasted Mocha.28@30
Green Java...
| Roasted Mex... @16
. 23@25 
GreenMocha.
,10@15  Ground  Rio__ 9© 16
Roasted Rio..
Roasted Java ,23®30  I

...........9 @1014

.......... 361

CH EESE.

. 

CO FFEES—PA CKA GE.

100 fts. 60 fts.

McLaughlin’s ............................. 13)4
............................. 13)4
Arbuckle’s  .
V2 cent less in 300 ft lots.

CORDAGE.

.. 1  25 
|72foot Cotton.
72 foot Jute ..
..1 0 0   ¡60 foot Cotton.
60foot Jute..
40 Foot Cotton ... 1 50  ¡50 foot Cotton.

..2 25
. .2 00
..1  75

13ft
Ì3;'«

CRACKERS.
' .

' .
' .
F IS H .

x x x ' . ' . ' .

.
5 per cent, off in 10 barrel lots.

................sm

Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth......................85@90
Cod, whole....................................................   @'r>
Cod, Boneless................................................. 5M@6 M
H alibut...........................................-............ 11@12
Herring M  bbls................................................. 2 75
Herring, Holland, domestic........................85@95
Herring,  Scaled.............................................18@22
Mackerel, Penny bbls.................................4 75@5
Mackerel, shore, No. 2, M  bbls..................5 00
“ 
...........   80
“ 
................   70
No. 3, M bbls...............................3 50
“  12 ft  kits...........................  62
..........................   55
“  10  “ 

“ 
“  10  “ 

Shad, M b b l........................................................2 50
Trout, M  bbls..................................................... 4 00

12 ft kits 

» 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 

“  12 ft  kits............................................   70
“  10  “ 
 

FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

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

White, No. 1, M bbls......................................... 6 06
White, No. 1,12  ft kits...................................... 1 00
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.................................  85
White, Family, M bbls...................................... 2 25
Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  40
4 oz..........................................1 50  2  50
“ 
6 oz..........................................2 50  4  00
“ 
8 oz..........................................3 50  5  00
“ 
No. 2 Taper........................... 125  150
“ 
.......................... 1 75  3 00
No.  4  *r 
“ 
“  M pint  round........................4 50  7 50
..................... 9 00  15 00
1 
» 
“ 
“ 
No.  8.......................................3 00  4 25
“ 
No. 10 .......................... 
4 25  6 00
FR U IT S— DOM ESTIC.
Apricots, 25 ft boxes.............................   @  25
Cherries, pitted, 50 ft  boxes................   @  15
Egg plums, 25 ft  boxes.........................  @  20
Pears, 25 ft boxes..................................   @  25
Peaches,  Delaware, 50 ft boxes..........  @  28
Peaches, Michigan.................................  @12V4
Raspberries, 50 1b boxes.......................  ®  25

 

F R U IT S —FO REIG N .

K E R O S EN E  O IL .

@ 32
Citron......................................................
6ft@ 7
Currants,  new.......................................
@ 15
Prunes, French,60s...............................
Prunes, French, 80s...............................
@ 10
@ 05
Prunes, Turkey.....................................
@4 00
Raisins, Dehesia....................................
@3 25
Raisins, London Layers.......................
@2 75
Raisins, California  “ 
.......................
@2 70
Raisins, Loose Muscatels, new...........
@2 25
“ 
Raisins,  “ 
old.............
@12 y,
Raisins, Ondaras, 14s...........................
Raisins, 
“ 
28s— ....................   @  12
Raisins, Sultanas,  new.......................  @10M
Raisins, Valencia..................................   @103i
Water White........12 ft  | Legal  Test..............11)4
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square........................1  00
Grand  Haven,  No. 200,  parlor.....................1 76
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor.....................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round........................1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2..................................................1  00
Oshkosh, No.  8..................................................1 50
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8 
square.......................... 100
............................150
do 
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 7M, round...........................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
do 
............................ 150
Black Strap...................................................15® 19
Porto  Rico.....................................................28@30
New  Orleans, good......................................38@42
New Orleans, choice.....................................48@50
New Orleans, fancy.................................... 52@55

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

M bbls. 3c extra.

OATM EAL.

Steel  cut................ 6 OOlQuaker, 48  fts------2 85
Steel Cut, H bbls.. .3 00 Quaker, 60 fts....... 2 50
Rolled  Oats........... 3 OOlQuaker bbls........... 6 00

P IP E S .

M barrels

Medium.
Small.
Imported Clay 3 gross...........
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 grow
Imported Clay, No. 216,2H gross........
American  T. D.......................................
Choice Carolina.......BftiJava  .................
Prime Carolina......5ft ¡Patna................
Good Carolina....... 5  Rangoon...........
Good Louisiana......5  ¡Broken...............
DeLand’s pure....... 5ft|Dwight’s ...........
Church’s  ................ 5ft!Sea  Foam.........
Taylor’s  G. M_____5ft;Cap Sheaf.........

SALERATUS.

R IC E .

Me less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................
28 Pocket.................................................
100 3 1b  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, M bu. bags...............
Rock, bushels.........................................

SAUCES.

Parisian, M  pints..................................
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................
Pepper Sauce, green ............................
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................
Halford Sauce, pints............................
Halford Sauce, M pints.........................
Whole.

Ground. 

SPICES.

@5 75 
@3 25 
@7 00
25@3 00 
@2 25 
@1  85 
@  90
@6
. . . . . 6
5ft@5ft
3ft@3ft
......5ft
......6)4
......5ft

2 30 
2 25 
2 50 
98 
1  60
1 55 
80
2 80 
80
28

@2  00 
@  75 
@  90 
@1 35 
@1 70 
@1 00 
@1 30 
@3 50 
@2 20

SUGARS.

STARCH.

Pepper................16@25  IPepper.
Allspice..............12@15|  Allspice..
Cinnamon__ ___ 18@30 Cassia__
Cloves  .................15@25j Nutmegs
Ginger............... 16@20  Cloves  ...
Mustard...........  15@30j
Cayenne............ 25@35:
Elastic, 64 packages, per box......
Cubes....................................   .......
Powdered.........................................
Granulated.  Standard...................
Confectionery A .............................
Standard A.......................................
No. 1, White Extra  C.....................
No. 2, Extra C..................................
No. 3 C...............................................
No.4 C...............................................
No. 5 C...............................................
New Orleans  Yellows.....................
Corn,  barrels  ................................
Corn, M bids.....................................
Corn, to gallon kegs.......................
Corn, 5 gallon kegs..........................
Corn, 4M gallon kegs......................
Pure  Sugar, bbl............................. .
Pure Sugar, M bbl...........................
Pure Sugar  5 gal kegs...................
Japan ordinary.............................
Japan fair to good.........................
Japan tine........... ............................
Japan dust.....................................
Young Hyson..................................
Gunpowder....................................
Oolong............................................
Congo...............................................

SY RUPS.

TEA S.

TOBACCO-

@19
.......  8@10
__ io@n
...... 60® 65
...... 16® 18

........   5 35
...  @ 7«
©7-69 
©7-18 
@ 6% 
...  @«5s
..  6M@ 6J4 
..  6  ®  ÖJ4 
..  5%@ 6 
.  5M@ 5%
...  5M@ 5%
..  5%@ 5*
24®28 
26#30 
@30 
30® 31 
30@31 
23®28
25®:#) 
@150
..........15®20
..........25@30
..........35@45
..........15@20
..........30@50
..........35@5U
..  33@55©KC 
........25@30

... 

bbl.......................................   @4 00

Hominy, 
Jelly,in301b  pails.................................  4Vi© 5
Pearl  Barley...........................................2%@ 3
Peas, Green  Bush.................................  @135
Peas, Spilt  Prepared............................  @ 3M
Powder,  K eg.........................................  @3 00
Powder, M  Keg.....................................   @1  75
Sage  ........................................................  @  18
Sauerkraut, bbls....................................  @5 00
M  bbls...............................  @2 75

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CANDY.  FRUITS AND  NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :

STICK.
Standard, 25 ft boxes..............................  
Twist, 
................................  
Cut Loaf 

do 
do 

 

8M@9
9@ 9M

10M@11

M IXED

Royal, 251b  pails.....................................   @  9
Royal, 200 ft bbls.......................................   @8M
Extra, 25 ft  pails........................................10@10V4
Extra, 200 ft bbls.......................................9 ® 9V4
French Cream, 25 ft pails........................   @12M
Cut loaf, 25 lb  cases...................................12M@
Broken, 25  lb  pails.....................................I0®I0M
Broken, 200 ft  bbls..........................................  o® 9ya

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Lemon  Drops..........................................   12@13
Sour Drops..................................................13®14
Peppermint  Drops...................................14@15
Chocolate  Drops...............................................15
H M Chocolate  Drops.................................... 30
Gum  Drops  ..................................................... 10
Licorice Drops................................................. 20
A B  Licoriee  Drops........................................13
Lozenges, plain..............................................   jg
Lozenges,  printed................  
16
Imperials..........................................................15
Mottoes.............................................................15
Cream  Bar..................................................13@14
Molasses Bar..................................................... 13
Caramels.....................................................18@20
Hand Made Creams...........................  
»0
Plain  Creams....................................................17
Decorated  Creams...........................................26
String Rock................................................ 14® 15
Burnt Almonds............................................   22
W intergreen  Berries.................................  .  15

 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

Lozenges, plain  in  pails.......................  ®12M
Lozenges, plain in  bbls........................   ® li
Lozenges, printed in pails....................  ©12M
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.................... 11M@12
Chocolate Drops, in pails......................12V4@13
Gum  Drops  in pails.................................7  @7M
Gum Drops, in bbls.........................................  g® ¿M
Moss Drops, in  pails............................,‘io  @1014
Moss Drops, in bbls.........................................  9
Sour Drops, in  pails...................................".. .12
Imperials, in  pails......................             !i2‘4@13
Imperials  in  bbls.......................... 
..1 1   @12
Bananas  Aspinwall.............................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................
Oranges, Florida............................ !.  .3 50©3 75
Oranges, Rodi  Messina................../ . .   @4  oil
Oranges,  Naples....................................
Lemons,  choice.................................. /   @4  00
Lemons, fancy............................. .  . . . .  @4 50
Figs, layers, new,  fl ft..........................14  @17
Dates, traits  do  ....................................  @  4
Dates, 54 do  d o ........................ . 
®  5
Dates, skin..............................................
Dates, M  skin.................................. . . .
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft................ ..  @11
Dates, Fard 50 ft box f) ft............. ....  0M®U>
Dates, Persian 50 ft box «¡¡) ft...............  h>4®  9
Pine Apples, !)  doz............................

FRUITS

PEANUTS.
'do  ..
do  ..

do 
do 

—FINE CUT—IN PAILS.
Choice 
e__ 35|U uderwood’s Cai iper 35 Fancy 
agle67|Sweet  Rose....... ...... 45 Choice White, V a.do.......
.......04 i Meigs & Co.’s Stu nner38 Fancy H  P„  Va  do  ..........
.......50 Atlas................... .......35
N UTS.
.......601 Royal Game....... .......38 Almonds,  Tarragona...
Ivaca.............
.......65|Miile Ear............ ...... 65
.......60 Fountain............ .......74 Brazils..... 
.............
.......60 ¡Old Congress__ ...... 64 Chestnuts, per bu........
__ 66! Good Luck......... .......52 Filberts, Sicily........
Barcelona................
.......60! Blaze Away.......
....35
.......65! Hair Lifter......... .......30 Walnuts,  Grenoble...
Marbo.......................
.......701 Governor........... .......60
French....................
.......70jFox’8 Choice__ ....  63
California...............
.......45j Medallion........... .......35
.......491 Sweet Owen....... .......66 Pecans,  Texas, H. P..................

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“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

The Meigs........
Red  Bird..........
State  Seal........
Prairie  Flower
Indian Queen__
Bull  Dog...........
Crown  Leaf......
Matchless.........
Hiawatha..........
G lobe................
May Flower......
Hero..................
Old  Abe.

........  4¿fin  5
@  5ft
5@ 5ft
........  5 4© 6
........18 @19
........17 @18
........ 9 4® 10
@2 00
........ 12 @12ft
........11 ©12
©14ft

©12
........11 @13
.9  ®  10 
@4 50

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

two 
five 

Knife, single  butt.............................. .  ©50 
@49
lots....................
“  ........................
©48
Rum......................................................
©40
Money....................................................
@48
Red  Fox...............................................
@48
Big Drive..............................................
@50
Seal of Grand Rapids........................
@46
Durham...............................................
@46
@48
Patrol...................................................
Jack  Rabbit.........................................
@46
Snowflake............................................
@46
Chocolate Cream.................................
@46
Nimrod..................................................
@44
@40
E. C........................................................
Spread Eagle.......................................
@38
Big Five Center..................................
@35
W oodcock  .......................................... ...  @46
Knigntsof  Labor...............................
@46
Railroad...............................................
@46
Big  Bug...............................................
@32
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12.............................
@46
Black Bear..........................................
@37
King 
..................................................
@46
Old Five Cent Times..........................
@38
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft..........................
@62
Parrot  .................................................
@46
old Tim e..............................................
@38
Tramway............................................
@46
Glory  ...................................................
@46
Silver Coin..........................................
@46
Buster  [Dark]....................................
@35
Black Prince [Darkl..........................
@35
Black Racer  [Dark]..........................
@35
Leggett & Myers’  Star.......................
@46
Climax.................................................
Hold F ast............................................
@46
McAlpiu’s Gold Shield.......................
@46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads.  ...
@51
Cock of the Walk  6s.......................... ..  @37
Nobby Twist.......................................
@46
Crescent..............................................
@44
Black  X ...............................................
@35
@40
Black  Bass...............................
Spring..................................................
@46
Cray lin g ..............................................
@46
Mackinaw...........................................
@45
Horse Shoe..........................................
@44
Hair Lifter..........................................
@38
D. and D., black..................................
@36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield....................
@46
Ace  High, black.................................
@35
Sailors’  Solace....................................
@46
2c. less in four butt lots.

65

SMOKING

(cloth).............................. 25 Railroad Boy......

Old Tar.....................................40] Sweet Lotus...................
Arthur’s  Choice.......................22| Conqueror...................
Red Fox....................26!Grayling....................
Flirt...............................................28 Seal Skin...................
Gold Dust................ 26jRobRoy......................
Gold  Block................................30 Uncle  Sam...................
Seal of Grand Rapids  Lumberman...........
Tramway, 3 oz...................40 Mountain Rose..................
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35 Home Comfort........
Boss  ...........................15 Old Rip.....................
Peck’s Sun.................18 Seal or North Caro-
MinersandPuddlers.28)  Lina, 2  oz...............
Morning  Dew........... 25jSeal of North  Caro-
Chaln............................................22 
Peerless  ............. . 
.24jSeal of North Caro-
Standard.....................................20 
Old Tom..................... 21 Seal of North  Caro-
Tom & Jerry..............24| 
lina, 16 oz boxes...
Joker...............................................25 Big Deal..................
Traveler................................... 35 Applejack..................
Maiden....................... 25 King Bee, longeut..
Pickwick  Club.......... 40 Milwaukee  Prize...
Nigger  Head................................... 26 Rattler...................
Holland......................22 Windsor cut plug...
German...............................................16 Zero  ...................
Solid Comfort.....................30 Holland Mixed..................
Red Clover...............................32 Golden Age...................
Long Tom................................ 30 Mail  Pouch..................
National....................26 Knights of Labor...
Tim e...........................261 Free Cob Pipe 

lina, 4 02..................
lina, 8oz...................

.30
27

SHORTS.

Cocoanuts, $) 100.

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

OYSTERS.

New  York  Counts.......................................
F. J. D. Selects.........................................
Selects..................................
f. j . d ......................................
Standards  ...........................................................
Favorites..........................................
Mediums  .......................................
Primes............................................
Selects, by bu 1 k.......................... .......” ” 
1
Standards, by  bulk...............................i  Öü@l
Shrewsbury shells, 
100...............................1
New  l’ork  Counts, $   100...
................ 1  40
Cod  .......................
......  
©12
Haddock........................
......   @8
Mackerel...............
...... 12  ©14
Mackinaw Trout..................
.......  @7
Perch,  dressed............................
.......  @6
Sm elts................
.......10  @11
Whiteflsh....................................... .......  @7

FRESH  FISH .

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark—The loeal  tanners  are  offer­
ing $5 per cord delivered, cash.
Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50®1.60  $   ft 
for clean washed roots.
Rubber Goods—Local jobbers are authorized 
to offer 40 and 5 per cent, off on standard goods 
and 40,10 and 5 percent,  off on second quality.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Choice  winter  fruit  is  in  good de­

mand at $1.75©$l,90.

Beans—Local buyers pay 90c@$1.25 $  bu. for 
unpicked and hold city picked at  $1.60@1.80 $  
bu., and country picked at $l.40@$1.60.

Butter—Michigan creamery is easy at 25@28. 
Sweet  dairy  is  very  plenty  and  easy at  16c, 
while old packod readily commands  5@8e.

Butterine—Creamery packed commands 20c. 
Dairy rolls are held at 14@15c and solid packed 
at 12®14c.

Cabbages—In fair demand  at $6@$S ¥  100.
Cheese—The  best  grades  of September, Oc­
tober and November make are selling  at 11*4.,

Cider—10c $) gal. and $1 for bbl.
Celery—20@22c $) doz.  bunches  for  Kaluma- 

zoo or Grand Haven.

Cranberries—The  market  is  well  supplied 
with  both  cultivated  and  wild  Michigan and 
New  Jersey  berries,  which  command  $2© 
2.25  ’p  bu.  for choice.  Cape  Cod are held at 
$7.50 $  bbl.

Eggs—Fresh are worth 20c,  and  pickled  are 

moving slowly at 16@18e.

Honey—Choice new  in comb  is firm  at  14c.
Hay—Bailed is active and firm at $16 per ton 

in two and five ton lots and $14 in ear lots.

Hops—Brewers pay 8@10c fl  ft.
Onions—Home-grown. 70c $  bu. or $2 $  bbl.
Pop Corn—Choice new commands  2J4c  V  ft 

and old 3c 

ft.

Potatoes—Burbanks  command  40c.  Late 
Rose ure in only occasional demand at 10c less, 
on account of the “red streaks.”

Poultry—Fairly  well  supplied.  Fowls  sell 
for  6V*@7c;  chickens,  7@8e;  ducks,  13c;  aud 
turkeys, 11c.

Squash—Hubbard, quoted nominally at lc $) 

“ 

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“ 

SN U FF.

VINEGAR.

Baltimores $2.50.

Turnips—25c (P bu.

G R A IN S  AND  M IL LIN G   PRODU CTS.

ft, although very little is moving.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command $3.50 and 

Mayflower....................................... 231 Hiawatha.22
Globe............................................22 Old Congress.23
Mule Ear.................... 22|
Lorlllard’s American Gentlemen.......  @  75
Maccoboy............................  @  65
Gail & Ax’ 
..........................   @  44
Wheat—No change.  The city millers pay  as 
Rappee.................................  @  35
follows:  Lancaster,  90;  Fulse,  87c;  Clawson, 
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..........................   ©  45
Lotzbeck  ...............................................   @1  30
87c.
cider.  8@12
Star brand,  pure 
Star brand, white 
wine.  8@12
Bath Brick imported............................ 
95
do 
American............................  
75
1 00
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
do  No.  2...................................... 
1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
7  80
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   15@25
Candles, Star..........................................   @12)4
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C..............................  @80
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................  @35
Gum, Spruce...........................................  30@35

Rye—48©50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, $5.75 $  bbl. 
in  sacks  and  $6  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.75  $  
bbl. in sacks and $5 in  wood.
Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  f) ton.  Bran, $13 
H ton.  Ships, $14 V ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton. 
Corn aad Oats, $30 $  ton.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 44©45c  in 100bu. 

Oats—White, 38c in small lots  and 33@34c  in 

lots and 38@40c in cartots.

F elix..........................  

MISCELLANEOUS.

car lots.

1 25

do 

Ibarbware.

Hardware Notes.

The  Egyptian  hoe  was  made  of wood. 
The handle was  about  three  feet long  and 
was mortised to the blade and tied  into  the 
same by thongs.

Percussion caps were invented  by Joshua 
Shaw  in  1814,  and  a percussion lock  was 
patented some eight years later.  They were 
not adopted by the United States army until 
1842.

Double-bitted  axes  are  found in the  In­
dian  mounds  all  over  the country.  They 
are made with  a  groove  around the  center 
for lashing onto the handle,  with a hole  for 
inserting the helve and with a socket for the 
same purpose.  The double-bitted  form  was 
used also by the  Scythians  and  Egyptians, 
and seems to have  been  the  oldest form  of 
this useful tool.

According to the regulations of the Ameri­
can Master Carbuilders’ Association the dis­
tance between the  parallel  sides  of a  bolt- 
head and a nut  for  a  rough  bolt should  be 
equal to one and a half diameters of the bolt 
plus one-eighth of an inch.  The thickness 
of the head should be equal to  one-half  the 
distance between their  parallel  sides.  The 
thickness  of  the  nut  should equal  the  di­
ameter of the bolt.  For a finished bolt  the 
thickness of the bead should be the same as 
that of the nut.  The distance  between  the 
parallel  sides  of  a  bolthead  and  nut,  and 
the thickness of the nut should  be  one-six­
teenth of an inch less for finished work than 
for  rough.

Are Gas Stoves Unhealthy ?

From  the Sanitary News.

CATRIDGES.

C H IS ELS.

A very convenient article of housekeeping 
has just been  attacked  in this  country and 
in  England. 
It  is  claimed by  those  who 
write on the subject that the burning of coal 
oil and gasoline in  the  stoves  arranged for 
cooking liberates  large  volumes  of  carbon 
dioxide gas,  the removal  of which from the 
kitchen atmosphere is not provided for. 
In 
England,  Mr.  Henry  Masters  attacks  the 
ordinary  gas  stoves for the  same  reason.
It  is undoubtedly true  that the  burning  of 
gas or oil stoves liberates more carbon diox­
ide than is the  case  with  apparatus  for il­
lumination,  and while all  houses are poorly 
I enough ventilated,  the addition of this large 
quantity of the dangerous gas is undesirable 
and unhealthy to persons who  are so unfor­
tunate as to be obliged to endure the atmos­
phere of kitchens.  There is  another source 
of danger from the same cause in the opera- 
| tion of gas engines  in  the  same  room with 
operatives, without  some means of  hooding 
and carrying away the products of  combus- I Cold Rolled, 14X48...
tion.  The  odor  of  burnt  gas  is  always | Morse’s Bit  Stock.......
strongly noticeable in an apartment where a 
gas engine is in  operation. 
It  may  yet  be 
necessary for the  manufacturers of gas con­
suming implements to  provide  some means 
for ventilating the rooms or spaces in which 
they are used.

Curry, Lawrence’s. 
Hotchkiss  .............

Brass,  Racking’s....................
Bibb’s .....................................
B eer.................................:...
Fenus’....................................
C O PPER .
Planished, 14 oz cut to size..
14x52,14x56,14 x60...............
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x00.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full  packages.

AUGERS AND  BITS.

BOLTS.

BELLS.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

..........dis 

Ives’,  old style......................................... dis60&10
N.  H. C. Co................................................dis60X10
Douglass’...................................................dis60X10
Pierces’ .....................................................dis60X10
Snell’s ........................................................dis60X10
Cook’s  ............................. 
dis40X10
Jennings’,  genuine..................... ..........dis 
25 I
Jennings’, imitation.................... ..........disöOXlO 1
40 ì
Spring...........................................
...$   13 00 j
Railroad.......................................
Garden.......................................... ..........net 33 00 1
Hand............................................ dis  $ 60X10X10
Cow............................  .................
60X10 j
. dis 
Call...............................................
30X151
dis 
Gong.............................................. . dis 
25 1
Door, Sargent.............................
60X10
.dis 
Stove.............................................. .......dis $ 
40
Carriage  new  list.......................
80
.......dis 
Plow  ............................................
.......dis  30X1C  1
Sleigh Shoe..................................
..  ..dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts...............
.......dis  60X10
Cast  Barrel  Bolts.......................
.......dis  60X10 !
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs..........
...... dis 
60
Cast Square Spring.....  ............
.......dis 
60
.......dis  60X10
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob...
.......dis  60X10
Wrought Square........................
.......dis  60X10
Wrought Sunk Flush.................. .......dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated K.nob
Ives’  Door.................................... ........ dis  60X10
Barber .........................................
.......dis $ 
40
Backus.........................................
.......dis  50X10
Spofford.......................................
.......dis 
50
Am. Ball....................................... ........ dis 
net
Well, plain..................................
............. $  3 50

BUCKETS.

BRACES.

BUTTS. CAST.

1

Cast Loose Pin, figured............. ........ dis  70X10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed ...... dis  70X10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  6ÜX 10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint. .dis 60X10
Wrought  Loose  Pin.......................... .dis eux 10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.......... .dis 60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned.......... .dis 60X  5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped....................................... ....... .dis 60X  5
Wrought Table.................................... .dis 10X60
Wrought  Inside  Blind....................... .dis 10X60
Wrought Brass....................................,. dis 70X10
Blind, Clark’s.........................................dis 80X10
Blind, Parker’s.................................... .dis 80X10
Blind,  Shepard’s................................. .dis
70
Ely’s 1-10................................................per m $ 65
60
Hick’s C. F...........................................
G. D......................................................
35
Musket.................................................
60

CAPS.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. X Winchester  new  listSOXlO
Rim  Fire. United  States........................dis50X10
Central Fire............................................. dis40X10

Socket Firmer....................................... dis
Socket Framing................
Socket Corner....................
Socket Slicks..................... .
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer. 
Barton’s Socket Firmers.. 
Cold.....................................

75&10
75X10
75X10

PATENT FLANISAKD IRO N .

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 
9
“B” Wood’s pat. planished. Nos. 25  to 27 

Broken packs 4c ¥  ft extra.

HOOFING  PLA TES.

RO PES.

SQUARES.

1C, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.................5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............7 00
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ 1100
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne...........   14 00
Sisal, 4  In. and  larger...............................
..  84 
Manilla...........................................................
.  15
Steel and Iron.................................'__ dis
70X10
50X10
Try and Bevels...............................1... dis
Mitre  .................................................... dis
20
SH EET IRO N .Com. Smooth.
Com. 
Nos. 10 to  14..................................$4 20
$3 00 
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   4 20
3 00 
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   4 20
3 00 
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................   4 20
3 10 
Nos .25 to 26 ..................................   4 40
3 10 
No. 27 ..............................................  4 80
3 30
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30 inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SH EET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, 
ft............................ 
In smaller quantities, $   ft..................... 
No. 1,  Refined........................................... 
Market  Half-and-half............................ 
Strictly  Half-and-half............................ 

6
64
12 00
14  50
18

T IN N E R ’S SO LDER.

TIN   PLA TES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

 

TR A PS.

rates.

10x14, Charcoal...............................  5  75
IC, 
10x14,Churcoal...............................   7 25
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................  6 25
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  ................  
7  75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  5  75
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal......  .....................   7 25
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal..............................   8  75
1XX, 
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  10  75
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal.............................  12 75
20x28, Charcoal...............................  15 50
IX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................   6 50
DC, 
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................   8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal............................   10 50
| DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........................  12 50
| Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1  50  to 6 75
Hooting, 14x20,1C.........................................   5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX........................................  0 75
I Rooting, 20x28, IC.........................................   11 00
Rooting,  20x28,  IX........................................  14 00
Steel, Game......................................................
Onaida Communtity,  Newhouse’s ..........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60& 10
Hotchkiss’
. .60X10
S, P. X W.  Mfg.  Go.’s ........
...............60X10
Mouse, choker....................
........ 18c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion................
....$1 50 $  doz
W IR E .
Bright Market.....................
...  dis60XlCX5
Annealed Market...............
.......dis 
70
Coppered Market...............
.......dis  55X10
Extra Bailing.....................
...........   dis  55
Tinned  Market..................
..............dis  40
Tinned  Broom....................
............$ f t   09
Tinned Mattress................
............¡pib  8%
Coppered  Spring  Steel__
..dis 40®40X10 
Tinned Spring Steel...........
... ..dis 37%
Plain Fence...............................................¡p 1b 3%
Barbed  Fence...................................................
Copper............................................... new  list net
Brass..................................................new  list net
Bright...............................................dis
70X10X10
Screw Eyes.......................................dis
70X10X10
Hook’s .............................................dis
70X10X10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...................dis
70X10X10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine.........................................dis 
60
Coe’sPatent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75X10
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................dis 75X10X10

W IR E GOODS.

W RENCHES.

...dis 
. .dis

40X 10

6060
40X10
60

.¡P  ft

ELBOW S.

EX PA N SIV E  BITS.

__ dis
__ dis
__ dis
doz net  $.85 
...dis  20X10 
...dis  %X10

I Taper and Straight Shank..,
f Morse’s Taper  Shank.....................
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................
Corrugated.......................................
I Adjustable.......................................
Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2. $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.
American File Association List...
... dis 
. ..dis 
Disston’s ..........................................
New  American.................................
...dis 
Nicholson’s.......................................
...dis 
. .dis 
Heller’s ............................................
Heller’s  Horse Rasps.....................
.. .dis
GALVANIZED IR O N ,
22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
Nos. 16 to 20, 
14 
List 
15 

60X10
60X10
60X10
60X10
30
30&10
28
18
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 6O@10. 

files—New List.

12 

20

13 
GAUGES.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.............. dis 

50

HAMMERS.

 

 

HOES.

H IN G ES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

Maydole & Co.’s .....................................dis 
25
Kip’s .......................................................dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s...............................dis  40X16
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel......................30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40X10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..................... dis  60X10
40
Kidder, wood  track..............................dis 
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3..............................dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4%  14
3%
and  longer.............................................. 
Serew Hook and Eye,  %  ...............  . net 
1014
Screw Hook and Eye %...................... net 
8%
Screw Hook and Eye  %...................... net 
7%
Serew Hook and Eye,  %....................net 
7 %
Strap and  T ....................................... dis 
65
Stamped Tin Ware................................... 
Japanned Tin  Ware...................................... 
Granite Iron  Ware.......................................  
Grub  1...............................................$11 00, dis 60
Grub  2...............................................   11  50, dis 60
Grub 3.................................................  12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings. .$2  70, d 66%X10 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings 3 50, d 66*aA;10 
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings.....................................list,10  15, dis 6614
70
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list,111>5, dis
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain....... • dis
70
Picture, H. L. Judd X  Co.’s............. ..  d
40
Ilcm acite.......................... ................. .dis
50
Russell X Irwin Mfg. Co.’s  new listdis  6614X10
Mallory,  VVheelnr X  Co.’s..............dis  6616X10
Branford’s .......................................... dis  6616X10
Norwalk’s  ......................................... dis  6616X10
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....................dis  70
M ILLS.
.dis 40X10
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s .......
Coffee, P.S.XW. Mfg. Co.’sMalleables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, Ferry X  Clark’s ........dis 
60
Coffee,  Enterprise..................................... dis  25
Adze  Eye..................................... $16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye..................................... $15 00  dis 
60
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 X 10

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

Common. Bra  and Fencing.

N A ILS.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

BirdCages.......................................  40X10
Pumps,  Cistern....................................dis  70X10
Screws, new  list............................ 
80
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate........ disSOXICXIO
Dampers, American.....................  
33%

tUM  BEE, I.ATU  AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f. o. 

b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch..................................per M $44 00
Uppers, 1%, 1 % and 2 inch........................   46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 1%, 1% and 2  inch........................   38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch................................   30 00
Shop, 1 inch.................................................  20 00
Fine, Common, 1%, 1% and 2 inch...........   32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 OO
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., 20feet..........................  17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16  feet.....  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,  14 and 16  feet.....  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet
13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........................
14 00 
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........
11  00 
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................
12 00 
No. 2 Stocks, 8 In.,  20 feet........................
13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  all
widths and  lengths..........................8 00®  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ............................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................
27 00 
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths........................
15 00 
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............
12  00 
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................
12  0q
No. I 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 16ft............
10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
36 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................
29 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1,common.. 
17 00 
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common.... 
14 00
Beaded Ceiling», 6 in. $1 00 additilnat.
35 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..
Dressed Flooring, 4in., C..........................
26 00
25
16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or a in., No. 1  com’n 
25
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com’n 
14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
( XXX 18 in. Stundurd  Shingles... ........  
310
-{XXX 18 in.  Thin............................ ........ 
3 00
| XXX 16 In........................ .............. ........ 
2  75
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles... ........  
175
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.................... ........  
1  40
Lath  .................................................. .  1  75@ 2 00

30

WOODEN WARE.
Standard  Tubs, No. 1.....................
............. 7 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 2....................... .............6 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 3....................... .............5 00
Standard Pails, two hoop................ .............1 40
Standard Pails, three hoop............. .............1  65
White Cedar, three  hoop  ............... .............2 00
Dowell Pails....................................... ............. 1 90
Dowell Tubs, No. 1............................ .............8 00
Dowell Tubs, No. 2............................ ............. 7 00
Dowell Tubs,  No. 3.......................... .............6 00
White Cedar, No. 1............................ ............. 7 50
White Cedar, No. 2............................ .............6 50
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes........... ............. 2 00
Butter Ladles.................................... .............1 25
Rolling Pins....................................... .............1 00
Clothes Pounders.............................
Clothes Pins....................................... .............  65
Washboards, single.......................... .............175

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

Itig  R a p id s .

About two years ago  J.  W.  Fear 11s  sold 
Henry  Flynn  his  general  stock  of  goods, 
about  $7,000,  at  100  cents  on  the  dollar, 
which  was  dear  at  50  cents.  Aside  from 
groceries  the  stock  consisted  of  crockery, 
mostly seconds and culls,  clothing, hats and 
caps,  boots and shoes, dry  goods,  millinery 
goods and auction  goods.  Flynn has  been 
getting hard up, Fearns holding a contract on 
the  stock  for  his  interest,  which  now is 
about 8800.  W.  1>. Robinson &Co.,  of De­
troit,  have  a  claim  of  81,241,  and  have  a 
second mortgage  and  John  Cauliield  has a 
first mortgage.  Abont  a week  ago he took 
possession of the stock and has placed  a re­
ceiver in the  store.  The stock  and fixtures 
not covered by Fearns’ claim  invoiced some 
81,200, with  liabilities  about  the same,  ly­
ing  between  Robinson  and  Cauliield,  be­
sides  some  small  debts.  Flynn  has  some j 
81,800 in accounts on  his books,  which are ] 
not  collectible,  although  he  will  probably 
collect some  of  them  in  time.  Caulfield’s 
representative  asserts  that  it  was  only  a 
question of  time—that  Flynn  couldn’t pos­
sibly pull  through,  as he couldn’t very well 
pay a dollar when  he  hadn’t but  fifty cents 
with which to pay it with.  Flynn is a very 
honorable  man  and  would  like  to pay 100 
cents, but  can’t  possibly  do  it. 
lie  asked 
Cauliield to  do  just  what  he  is  doing and 
will do all  that  lies  in  his power to  make 
things right.
F.  W. Joslin will  spend New Years with 
his family in Big Rapids, 
lie has a part of 
his goods packed for  shipment  to Big Rap­
ids,  and will  open  again  in  his old  stand 
sometime in January.  South Carolina is no 
place for him.
Mr. Tubs,  who  has  five  million  feet  of 
pine to saw for F.  S.  Robbins,  at Turnbull’s 
Siding, has his mill up  and  enclosed.  The 
C. & W. M.  Railway  has established  a flag 
station  there,  and  will  leave  and  receive 
freight there.

B y ro n  C e n te r.

A  thirteen-year-old  boy  recently  pared, 
cored and  sliced sixty  bushels of  apples at 
McNeal’s fruit  evaporator  from 8 o’clock in 
the morning until 5 at night.  Beat it if you 
can.

D e tro it.

A  receiver  has  been  appointed  for  the 
Granger Engine Works.
W.  E.  Armstrong  &  Co., carpenters  and 
builders,  have assigned to T. P.  Sheehan.
M. C.  lluyett & Co.,  lumber  and planing 
mill operators, have covered  their  property 
with mortgages and allowed their  paper  go 
to protest.

J a c k s o n ,

R.  G.  Ward  has  opened  a  meat  market 
in the  building  adjoining  his  grocery  store 
on Page avenue.
Thos.  A.  Wilson has been elected a direc­
tor in the Union  Bank,  vice  Janies  O’Don­
nell,  resigned.
A.  D. Fuller will  retire  from the firm  of 
Fuller,  Barnard  &  Smith  on  January  1. 
The  firm  name  will  then  be  Barnard  & 
Smith.

L akoview .

E. R. Saxton has added a line of boots and 
shoes to his dry goods stock.
L.  L.  Fuller  has  closed his planing  mill 
here and gone to Big  Rapids,  where he  has 
bought and is operating another mill.
John E. & R. C. Hunter will  soon  open  a 
drug store  here,  making  the  fourth  one  in 
town.  Four  drug  stores  ought  to  fur­
nish poison enough for  a  town  of  1,000 in­
habitants.
Beckler & McLachlin have added  a  stock 
of clothing.
T. S. Fairfax, formerly in  the  hotel  busi­
ness at Kalamazoo, has  rented,  refurnished 
entirely new, and  opened  to  the  public  the 
Globe Hotel.  This  is  the  most convenient 
house in town, and Mr.  Fairfax proposes  to 
run a free ’buss to every train.
Business is quite dull here  at  present,  al­
though the mills are all running on full time 
since snow came.

M a rc e lla s .

It is not unlikely that a  creamery  will be 
started here, as the project  is being actively 
canvassed.
The greatest need of this  community is a 
first-class grist mill.
Local shippers are handling dressed poul­
try to the extent of two tons a week.

M uskegon.

The Heap’s Patent Earth Closet Co. starts 
out under  favorable  auspices  and  will  un­
doubtedly  develop  into  a  large  industry. 
For the present,  the  company  will  confine 
its  special  eiforts  to • Michigan,  Indiana, 
Ohio and Illinois,  but expects to ship goods 
all over the  United States.  W.  W.  Barcus 
is manager of the corporation, which augurs 
well for its future snccess.
Torrent & Ducey  have  sold  the  old Farr 
Lumber Co. mill to  the  Ducey Lumber Co. 
for about 818,000.
Secretary Jesson sent about out 3,000 cer­
tificates to the druggists of the  State on the 
18th.  The postage used aggregated 860.
The “bazaar” recently  established  in  the 
Mason  block  by  Maj.  Wright,  of  Grand 
Rapids, has  been  closed  under  a  chattel 
mortgage, given on the 16th of December at 
Grand Rapids by EvaL. Wright to  Creyton 
J. Post, of the same place.  The  stock  will 
be sold under the mortgage on the 22nd inst.

Otter  Lake.

The  peavey  handle  factory  belonging  to 
the estate of Jonas McAlpine has been  sold 
to E. C. Atherholt, of Mayville, and  will  be 
moved to that place.
J.  Gilligan,  of  Otisville,  has  moved  to 
Flushing, and goes into  the  hotel  business.

Petoskey.

The article on  the  VanLeuvens  in The 
T radesman of last  week  struck a respon­
sive chord in the heart  of  every honest citi­
zen  of  Petoskey.  Those  members  of  the 
Van Leuven family who  have  sojourned in 
Northern  Michigan—and  four  or  five  per­
sons have  figured  as  the  head of  the busi­
ness at this  place  within  a  period  of  five 
years—have  impressed our people  as decid­
edly shady persons—men whom honest peo­
ple generally would do  well  to give  a wide 
berth.  Cass Van Leuven came to Petoskey 
from Milford in 1879  apd  epgaged  in  busi­
ness in his own name.  In 1882 lie gave four 
chattel  mortgages  to  Jiis  four  principal 
creditors,  aggregating  85,160.88,  and  sub­
sequently sold out to a J Relative, leaving the 
remainder of his  creditors  in the lurch.  F. 
Z.  Van Leuven,  an  uncle to Cass, bidin the 
mortgages and for  a  time  appeared  as  the 
nominal owne*.  Then the  property passed 
into the hands tf   a cousin,  Niram U.  Van 
Leuven,  who conducted  the  business  with­
out marked success for a time and then sold

out to the  wife  of  Cass  Van Leuven, Mrs. 
M. J. Van Leuven.  Of the  events  of  the 
past month  T he Tradesm an  lias  already 
infonned  its  readers.  Manager  Cass  Van 
Leuven has been  buying  as  many goods as 
possible—more,  in fact, than  the legitimate 
demands of trade would warrant.  Then he 
issued the following  chattel  mortgages,  fil­
ing them  in  the  order  named:  Mrs.  J. J. 
Van  Leuven,  82,040;  Miss  Myra  Millard, 
8500;  Edson,  Moore  &  Co.,  83,946; A.  S; 
Gage & Co.,  82,000.  Men  who  know Van 
Leuven,  and those who are acquainted with 
the peculiarity of his family,  are  free to as­
sert that the  failure  is  the most  deliberate 
steal ever consummated in Petoskey.

Shelby.

Patou & Andrus  expect  to  handle  a mil­
lion feet of  pine  and  hardwood  during the 
coming year and Wheeler Bros, have already 
contracted  over a million  feet of  hardwood 
logs.

Traverse City.

The  farmers  are  taking  advantage  of 
the splendid roads  by  bringing  in logs  for 
Hannah,  Lay & Co.  and  the  Traverse  City 
Manufacturing Co.
The  Central  House  has  again  changed 
hands. J.  II.  Clune  retires  and  Pascal La- 
bonti assumes the proprietorship.
C.  L.  Lockwood  is  taking  contracts  for 
the Deering  Harvester  Co. throughout  the 
surrounding country.
Mrs.  W.  S.  Backer  has  removed her boot 
and shoe stock to the building  formerly oc­
cupied by the Eagle House.

“ Large and Deserved Success.”
From the American Furniture Gazette.

Tiik  Michigan  T radesm an,  of  Grand 
Rapids, under the  able  direction of  Mr.  E. 
A.  Stowe,  has now large and  deserved suc­
cess. 
It  lias  proven  of  marked benefit to 
the commercial interests  of  Grand  Rapids, 
and has been correspondingly  supported  by 
the live merchants of that city.  The growth 
of T he T radesm an’s advertising patronage 
frequently compels an  enlargement  to  six­
teen pages, making it  the  largest  commer­
cial paper published in Michigan,  as well as 
one  of  the  ablest  and  best  edited.  Mr. 
Stowe,  who  is  a  conscientious  and  hard­
working  journalist,  is  to  be congratulated 
upon the success of his paper.

TIME TABLES.

3:50 pm

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING W EST.

GOING EA ST.Arrives. 

Leaves.
■(•Steamboat  Express.......... 
6:25 am
■(Through  Mail.....................10:40 a m  10:50 a m
■(Evening  Express................3:40 pm  
♦Limited  Express...............   8:30 p m  10:45 p m
■(•Mixed, with  coach...........  
11:00 a m
■(■Morning  Express..............  1:05 p m  1:10 p m
■(■Through  Mail....................  5:00 
tSteamboat Express.......... 10:40 p m
tMixed............................................. 
♦NightExpress....................  5:10 am  
•(■Daily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
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.

p m 5:10 p m
7:10 am

5:35 am

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
tMail.........................................9:00 a m  4:30 pm
tDay  Express........................12:35 p m  9:25 p in
♦Night  Express.................... 10:10 p m  5:15 a m
Muskegon Express..............   4:20 pm   11:20 am
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night trains. 
Through  parlor  ear  in  charge  of  careful at­
tendants without extra charge to  Chicago on 
1:00 p. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.  m. and 
10:40 p. m.  trains.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
Express.................................   4:20 pm   7:30 pm
Express....................................8:00 a m  10:50 a m
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. X  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.

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Arrive.
Express...............................7:15 p ra
Mall...................................... 9:50 a m
All trains daily except Sunday.
The  train 

Leave. 
7:30 a m 
4:00 p in
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 be secured at  Union Ticket office, 
67 Monre street and depot.

Through  tickets  and  berths 

J. W. M c K e n n e y , Gen’l Agent.

Grand  Rapids  A  Indiana.

GOING  SOUTH.

GOING  NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves.
Cincinnati X Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati X Mackinac Ex.  9:30 a m  11:30 a m 
Ft. W a y n e  ¿¿Mackinac  Ex  4:10pm 
5:05pm
7:00 a m
G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 
G. Rapids X Cincinnati Ex. 
7:15 a m
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  5:05 pm   5:30 pm 
Mackinac X Ft. W ayL e Ex.. 10:30 a m  11:45 p m 
Cadillac X G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m 

sleepin g car arrangements.

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at 5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for  Petoskey 
and  Mackinac.  Train leaving at 11:30 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw 
City.
South—Train leaving at 5:30 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.
Michigan  Central.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

D EPA R T.

♦Detroit Express...........................................   6:00 am
+Dav  Express..........................................12:45 p m
press...................................10:40 p m
W ay freight............................................  6:50am
♦Pacific  Express............................................. 6:00 am
•(Mail................................................................. 3:50 pm
■(■Grand  Rapids  Express........................10:35 p m
Wav Freight......................................................5:15 am

A R R IV E .

tDaily except Sunday.  *Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Express.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m.,and  Boston 3:05  p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at  10:35 p. m.

Chas. H. No r r is.  Gen’l Agent.

Detroit, Mackinao  & Marquette.

Trains connect with G. R. & I.  trains  for St. 
Ignace, Marquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving Grand Rapids at 6:00 p. m., arriving at 
Marquette at 1:35 p.m. and6:10 p.m.  Returning 
leave  Marquette  at 7:80 a.  m.  and 2:00 p.  m., 
arriving  at Grand  Rapids  at 10:30 a.  m.  Con­
nection made at Marquette with the Marquette, 
Houghton  and  Ontonagon  Railroad  for  the 
Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper Districts.
Gen’l Pass. *  Tkt. Agt., Marquette, Mich.

E. W. ALLEN,

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

w id e   b r o w n c o t t o n s.

F IN E  BROW N  COTTONS.

‘ 
BLEACH ED COTTONS.

Pepperell, 104........25
Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Pepperell, 114........2714
Androscoggin, 84.. 21
Pequot,  74.............18
Pepperell,  74........1614
Pequot,  84. a ........21
Pepperell,  84........20
Pequot,  94.............24
Pepperell,  94 ........2214
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Caledonia,  X, oz.. .10
Prodigy, oz..............11
Economy,  oz..........10
Otis Apron..............1014
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis Furniture.......10%
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
York, 1  oz............... 10
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
York. AA, extra oz. 14
Park Mills, No. 80. .13
OSNABURG.Alabama  plaid.........7
Alabama brown__ 7
Augusta plaid........   7
Jewell Lriwn..........9%
Toledo plaid............  7
Kentucky  brown.. 10%
Manchester  plaid..  7 
Lewiston  brown...  9%
New  Tenn. plaid.. .11 
Lane brown........... 94
6*
“  -  
Louisiana  plaid—   7  Utility plaid..
Avondale,  36........   8% ¡Greene, G  4-4 
.  ..  54
A rt  cam brics,36...llvi'Hill,-44....................  74
Androscoggin, 44..  84, Hill, 7-8....................  6%
Androscoggin, 64.. 1241 Hope,  44.................. 6%
Ballou, 44...............  64 King  Phillip  cam-
Ballou, 5-4...............  6 
brie, 44.................114
84 Linwood,  4-4........   74
Boott, 0 . 44 
7  I Lonsdale,  44...........7%
Boott,  E .5-5...
9 4 ¡Lonsdale  cambric. 104
Booti, ÀGC, 44
Langdon,GB,4-4...  94
Booti, R. 34..........  54
Langdon, 45........... 14
Blackstone, AA 4-4,  7 
Masonville,  44.......8
Chapman, X, 44—   6
Maxwell. 44...........   94
Conway,  44........... 7
New York Mill, 4-4.104 
Cabot, 44................ 6%
New Jersey,  44—   8 
Cabot, 7-8................   6
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  74 
Canoe,  34...............  4
Pride of the West. .11
Domestic,  36..........74
Pocahontas,  44___ 74
Dwight Anchor, 44.  9
Slaterville, 7-8........   64
Davol, 44...............  9
Victoria, AA..........9
Fruit of Loom, 44..  84 
Woodbury, 44.......... 54
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  74 
Whitinsville,  4 4 ...  74 
Fruit of  the  Loom,
Whitinsville, 7-8___ 64
..  6% Wamsutta, 4-4....... 10%
Gold Medal, 4-4..
Gold Medal, 7-8... ..  6 Williamsville,  36.. 10%
Gilded Age.......... ..  8%
SI LESI AS.
.17 Masonville TS....... 8
Crown..................
.12% Masonville  S........ 10%
No.  10..................
Coin..................... ..10 Lonsdale............... 9%
Anchor................ ..15 Lonsdale A........... 16
Nietory  O.............
Centennial..........
Blackburn .......... ..  8 Victory J ...............
..14 Victory D.............
Davol...................
London................ ..12% Victory  K.............
2%
Paconia............... ..12 Phoenix A ............. 19%
Red Cross........... ..10 Phœnix  B ............. 10%
.5
Social  Imperial.. ..16 Phoenix X X .......
PRINTS.
.5%
..5% ¡Gloucester...........
Albion, solid.......
Albion,  grey....... ...6 G lou cestermourn g . 5 %
Allen’s  checks... ...5% Hamilton  fancy..
.5%
• b%
Ailen’s  fancy__ .. .5% Hartel fancy........
.5%
Allen’s pink........ .. .5% Merrimac D..........
Allen’s purple— ...5% Manchester..........
• 5l/i
American, fancy. ...6% Oriental  fancy__ ..5%
Arnold fancy....... ...6 Oriental  robes__ ..6%
..  5 Pacific  robes........ ..6
.6
Coeheco  fancy......5 Richmond.............
Cocheco robes__ .. .6% Steel River........... -.5%
Simpson’s ............. ..6
Conestoga fancy. ...6
Eddystone.......... ...6 Washington fancy ..6
Eagle fancy........ ...5 Washington  blues 7
Garner pink........ ...5%
Indian Orchard, 40.  8 
Appleton  A, 44—   64
Indian Orchard, 36.  74
Boott  M, 4-4............. 64
Laconia  B, 74.........164
Boston  F, 44..........  74
Lyman B, 40-in.......104
Continental C, 4-3..  64 
Mass. BB, 44..........  64
Continental D, 40in 84 
Nashua  E, 40-in___ 84
Conestoga W, 4-4...  64 
Nashua  R ,44........   74
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  54 
Nashua 0,7-8............64
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6
Dwight  X, 34........   54 Newmarket N.
Dwight  i,7-8..........  54!Pepperell E, 39-in..  7
Dwight Z, 4-4..........6 4 ¡Pepperell  R, 4 4 ....  74
Dwight Star, 44—   7  Pepperell  O, 7-8—   64 
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9  ¡Pepperell  N, 3 4 ....  64
Enterprise EE, 36..  5  1 Pocasset  C, 44.........64
Great Falls E, 4-4...  7  Saranac  R...............  74
Farmers’ A, 44.......6  Saranac  E.................  9
Indian  Orchard  1-4 7 4 1
Amoskeag.............   74|Renfrew, dress styl  9
Amoskeag, Persian 84 Johnson  ManfgCo,
Bookfold............. 124
Bates.......................74|Johnson ManfgCo,
dress  styles........124
Berkshire.............
64
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks—
styles....................  74
Glasgow checks, f’y  74 
White Mfg Co, stap  7 
Glasgow 
checks,
White Mfg Co, fane  8 
royal  styles........  8
White  Manf’g  Co,
Gloucester, 
new
r%
Earlston...............  84
standard .............
74 ¡Gordon......................  7
Plunket..................
8  [ Grey lock, 
Lancaster...............  8
sty le s...................124
Langdale................ 74
.21  ¡Pepperell.  10-4__ .27%
Androscoggin,
.23  ¡Pepperell,  11-4__ .32%
Androscoggin, 84.. 23 
.20  ¡Pequot,  7-4........... .21
Pepperell,  74 
.22% Pequot,  84............ .24
Pepperell,  84 
.25  ¡Pequot,  94............ .27%
Pepperell,  94
BROW N  COTTONS.
.  7% Lawrence XX, 44. .  7
.  7 
¡Lawrence  Y, 30... .  7
,.  6% Lawrence LL, 44.. .  5%
..  5%iNewmarket N ....... .  6%
¡My6tic River, 44...  5%
5 
74|Pequot A, 44..........  74
6 4 1 Piedmont,  36............64
6%JStark AA, 44............74
7%|Tremont CC, 44___ 54
iWachusett,  44.......74

Atlantic  A, 44.......
Atlantic  H, 44..
Atlantic  D, 4-4..
Atlantic P, 44...
Atlantic  LL, 44—
Adriatic, 36.............
Augusta, 44...........
Boott  M, 44...........
Boott  FF, 4-4..........
Graniteville, 44—   5%, Utica,  44........
Indian  Head, 44...
Indiana Head 45-in.124]Wachusett.  30-in...  64 
Amoskeag,  ACA... 124¡Falls,XXXX...........184
Amoskeag  “ 44..19  ¡Falls,XXX..............154
Amoskeag,  A .......12  Falls,  BB..................114
Amoskeag,  B ........114 ¡Falls,  BBC, 38.........194
Amoskeag,  C........11  ¡Falls,  awning.........19
Amoskeag,  I)........104 Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Amoskeag,  E ........ 10  ¡Hamilton,  D.............94
Amoskeag, F..........  9%iHamilton,  H..........94
Premium  A, 4-4__ 17 
¡Hamilton  fancy...10
.16  ¡Methuen AA..........12
Premium  B.
...16 Methuen ASA....... 16%
Extra 44...........
.. .14%¡Omega A, 7-8........ 11
Extra 7-8...........
...15 Omega A, 44........ 13
Gold Medal4-4..
...12% Omega ACA, 7-8... 14
CCA 7-8.............
...14 Omega ACA, 44... 16
CT 4 4 ................
.. .14 Omega SE, 7-8....... 24
RC 7-8................
..16 Omega SE, 44....... 27
BF 7-8................
...19 Omega M. 7-8....... 22
AF4-4................
...14 Omega M, 4-4........ 25
Cordis AAA, 32.
... 15 Shetucket SSXSSW11%
Cordis  ACA, 32.
Shetucket, S X SW 12
...15
Cordis No. 1, 32.
Shetucket,  SFS 
. 12
Cordis  No. 2— ....14
Cordis  No. 3__ ...13
Stockbridge  A __ 7
Cordis  No. 4 — ...11% Stockbridge frncy 8
...  5 Empire  ................
Garner.............
...  5 Washington.......... 4%
Hookset...........
...  5 Edwards................
5
Red  Cross........
S. S. & Sons............ 5
Forest G ro v e ...
GRAIN BAGS.
..18 00 Old  Ironsides....... 15
American  A ...
.  .22%¡Wheatland............ 21
Stark A .............
...  6%Otis CC.................. 10%
Boston.............
...13% Warren  AXA....... 12%
Everett blue...
...13% Warren  BB.......... 11%
Everett  brown.
Otis  AX A____ ...12% Warren CC........... 10%
Otis BB............. ....11% York  fancy.......... 12%
Manville..................6  IS. S. & Sons...............   6
Masgnville.............   6  ¡Garner......................6
Red  Cross...............  7 4 'Thistle Mills............
Berlin.....................   7%iRose.........................  8
Garner....................741
Brooks.................... 50
Clark’s O. N. F.......55
J. & P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord.65 
Wllllmantic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew
ing thread........... 30

Eagle  and  Phoenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Greeh  &  Daniels...25
Stafford.................25
Hall & Manning__ 25
Holyoke................. 25

W IDE  BLEACHED  COTTONS. 

styles.................... 

DOM ESTIC  GINGHAM S.

GLAZED  CAMBRICS.

PA P E R   CAMBRICS.

SPO OL COTTON.

TIC K IN G S.

W IGANS.

DENIM S.

dress

CORSET JE A N S .

Armory..................  64|Kearsage.................  74
Androscoggin sat..  74 Naumkeagsatteen.  74
Canoe River...........   8  Pepperell  bleached  74
Clarendon...............64 Pepperell sat............84
Hallowell  Imp.......6%jRockport.................... 64
Ind. Orch. Imp.......6 4 ¡Lawrence sat............74
Laconia..................  7%|Conegosat...............  64

“ 

“ 

COAL  AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS 
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
1 00 
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl....................
85 
Ohio White Lime, car lots....................
1  30 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl..................
1 30 
|  Akron Cement per  bbl.........................
1 30
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl...........:.........
........ f ...........1  05@1  10
Car lots 
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  30
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
1 75
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 50
2 50
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
Fire brick, per  M.................................. $25 ® $36
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, ca / lots.. $5 75@6 00 
Anthracite, stove ana  uut, c&r lots..  6 00®6 25
I  Cannell,  car lots............. . . J . ........ 
<3*6 00
Ohio Lump, oar lots..........J............... 3  10@3 25
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@6 00 
I  Portland  C em en t........,:...  .......  3 50@4 00

COAL.

The Hardware Market.

Business  and  collections  are  both  fairly 
satisfactory.  The  price  of  nails  remains 
steady at $2.50,  although  there  is  no large 
buying,  the futures of values being regarded 
as too uncertain.  The number  of  Western 
machines  in  operation  is  increasing  very 
slowly,  but those now at work are relieving 
the  market  considerably.  The  makers  of 
cheap cast goods such  as  butts,  locks,  etc., 
have  withdrawn  quotations  and ¿virtually 
advanced prices.  A  firmer  feeling in  com­
mon carriage bolts, machine bolts, nuts  and 
washers is reported.  The manufacturers of 
common  carriage  bolts  are  in  many  cases 
withdrawing  their  extremely  low  quota­
tions,  and in others making slight advances 
in their price;  so  that  the  lowest  figure at 
which  these  goods  can  now  be  bought  is 
not quite so low as it was a short  time ago. 
The manufacturers  of  strap  and T  hinges 
have reduced the discount  from  10,  5 and 5 
to 5 per cent.  Other  articles  in  the  hard­
ware line are about steady,  although a firm­
er tendency is plainly discernible.
Eight  Dollars  a  Week.

Hello,  Colonel! this is ’a  cool  [day 

what

makes you look so hot?”

“Hot! 

I could  thaw  ice with  a  glance. 
Just come from our engine room—been look­
ing at engine—bought little over a  year ago 
—$2,000—battered—abused—I’d swear,  but 
you’re pious..  The  blamed  chump!—makes 
me  fighting  mail—steam  chests,  cylinder 
cover  and  crank  pin—banged with  a ham­
mer or  something.  Oh,  but  I’ll  fire  him! 
Yes,  he’s a goner.”

“Colonel,  what  wages  do  you pay this 

ruthless destroyer?”

“Wages?  Eight dollars a week, by thun­

der!  Paid him that for—”

But I cut  off,  smiling,  while  my  friend 
shook with emotion  from  center to circum­
ference.

BA SKETS.

8d 
2% 

The Cooperage Market, 

(  lOd 
6d  4d
2 
1%
$1  25  1  50  1  75  2 00 

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

lied oak flour staves  and basswood  heads 
are in better demand and  prices  are  firmer. 
No.  1  heads  are  stiff  at  4J^@4>£c  per  set, 
and sales of red oak staves have  been made 
to Eastern parties at an advance over quota­
tions for choice stock.

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  advaneq..........................................  
3 00
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  1  75
Finishing 
Size—inches  f  3 
Adv. ^ keg 
Steel Nails—Same price as above.
M OLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  .......................... ..........dis 70
Stebbin’s Genuine.......................... ..........dis 70
Enterprise,  seif-measuring.......... ..........dis 25
The total loss by fire in the United States 
Sperry X Co.’s, Post,  handled....... ........ dis
50
and Canada during  November was  $7,500,- 
Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent............. ...... dis60&10
50
Zinc, with brass bottom................
000,  $1,000,000 less than  that of  November 
........................dis  50
Brassor  Copper... 
1884, and $4,400,000  less  than  that of  No-
.......per gross, $12 net
Reaper...
vember,  1883, but $350,000  more than aver-1 Olmstead’s ...........................................  50X10
age November  loss  in the  last  ten  years. 
Ohio Tool Co. '8, fancy.................................dis  15
Sciota Bench.................................................dis  25
Three million five hundred thousand dollars, 
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.....................dis  15
Bench, first quality................................. dis  20
or nearly 47 per cent, of  the total  loss,  was 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood— dis20X10 
consumed in eight fires.
Fry, Acme............................................... dis 50X10
Common, polished.............................   . .dis60X10
Dripping...................................................V ft 
6
Iron and Tinned.................................... dis 
40
60 i White wood,  log-run
Copper Rivets and  Burs.. .................dis

Anyone who  is in  a  position  to get out 
staves in tough second-growth  white oak or 
ash can secure a contract by addressing Tub 
Tradesm an office.

for dry stock:
  ©13 00
Basswood, log-run..................... 
Birch, log-run.......................................16 0J@20 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @25 00
Black Ash, log-run.............................   @13 00
Cherry,  log-run....................................25 0G@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2..........................   @55 00
Cherry.,  cull.......................................... 10 00@12 00
Maple,  log-run........................... 
  14 00® 16 00
Maple, soft,  log-run............................12 00@14 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @18 00
Maple, clear, flooring.........................  @25 00
Maple, white, selected....................., 
@25 00
Red Oak, log-run........ .................. 
@15 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and2.........................:*>  @20 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank............... 
@25 00
W alnut, log-ruii........ ......................... 
@55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @75 00
Walnuts,  culls....................................   @25 00
@13 00
Grey  Kim, log-run.............................. 
White Ash,  log-run................... 
14 00@10 00
@23 OO

The furniture factories  here  pay  as  follows 

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

BIVSTS.

PLA NES.

O ILER S.

MAULS.

PANS.

 

SO M ETH IN G  N S W

Ousliman’s

MENTHOL INHALER

Designed Expressly for Inhaling Menthol.
A superior Remedy for the immediate relief 
of Neuralgia,  Headache, Cararrh, Hay Fever, 
Asthma,  Bronchitus,  Sore  Throat,  Earache, 
Toothache,  and  all diseases of the throat  and 
lungs.
Affords quick relief  and  effects  permanent 
cure by continued use.  Every druggist should 
order some in the next order to H AZiSLTINJfi, 
PERKINS  &  CO.,  W holesale  Druggists, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Ask their traveler to show you one the  next 
time he calls.

“If is not what we  pay for  a  thing,  but 
what  ice  realize  from  it,  that  determines 
the economy of Us purchase.”

This Space is Taksn by

T.  XX.  XTEVX2T  <&  CO.

PITTSBURG,  PA.

SEE

Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.

EDMUND  B.  D1KEMAN,

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything ve handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N ,
CO.,
F.  J.
Diamond Brand Fresh Oysters

D. D. Mallory & Co.

LAM B  &

WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR  THE

In Cans or Bulk.  Write for Quotations.

8  and  10  South  Ionia  Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich.
O. W. BLAIN & CO..
Foreign  a i  Domestic  Fruits, Southern  Vegetables, Etc.

We handle on Commission BERRTES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO.  ii  IO N IA   ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

-DEALERS  IN -

SEND  FOR PRICE-LIST TO

Nos.  122 and  124 Louis St., Comer Fulton,

G-rancL R apids, Micli.

Wholesale Grocers,

AG-ENTS  FO R

KNIGHT  OF  LABOR  PLUG

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

Sample Butt.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

OYSTERS

BVhen  in  want  of  a  good  brand  of  OYSTERS, 

i't fail to  get  the  famous  PATAPSC0,  which  is 
iranteed both as to quality and price.  Sold only 
by  W.  F.  GIBSON  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
GENERAL  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,  and 
dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE,  JELLY,  MINCE 
MEAT  and  PAPER  OYSTER  PAILS.
Jelly, Mince IMIea-t Etc.

T

QK

T
I
a

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.

APPLES!
EARL BROS., Commission Merchants
!
Ü W A R R EN ’S   GRIP.”

157  S.  WATER  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL

Reference—First National Bank.

J E W E L E R

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

MICHIGAN.

J
Perfumes!
Special  Odors.
Fleur he lis,
Puritan Boipet

H1 1  Ylam,

Jockey 01,

ALSO  A

FX JL_ iI_ i  L I N E
Regular  Odors!

OF THE

PUT UP  IN

1, 2 and 4 oz., i  pound and 

pound glass stopped 

bottles.

E  LEONARD & SONS,
H OLID AY  GOODS

16  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Of Every  Description. 

Assorted Case Children's Tin Toys No. 3.

No.  138  Horse and  W agon.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Whol. Price 

Retai
Each.
05
10
10
îü

Warranted all of the best  manufael are, bright  colors, and good sellers at  the  prices  named 
Price.
Total. 
60 
1  20 
60 
1  00 
1  20 
1  50 
60 
1  50 
50 
60 
J  OO 
1  00 
1 00 
1 09 
1 00 
1 00
50 
1 00 
60
$17 65

A  small  assortment  at low prices, showing FIFTY  PER CENT clear profit..
Total,
32
1 doz.  Assorted Animals on Wheels, No. 39................................................. 
45
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1  “  Assorted Horse and Cart, No.  13354................................................... 
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54  “  Large Animals  Assorted. No.  404 ...................................................... 
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1-6“  Bell Toys,  No. 405.................................................................................. 
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54  “  Locomotives,  No. 401........................................................................... 
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1-12“  Kitchens, complete, No.  50.................................................................  
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1-6 “  Stoves, with Furniture, No. 3 
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No charge for case-

A.  L.  TUCKER,

ion  M erchant,

167 South W ater St., CHICAGO.

WE  HAVE  STANDING  ORDERS  FOR  LARGE  AND  SMALL  LOTS  OF  AP­
PLES  AND  POTATOES,  AND  CAN  PLACE  SAME  AT  ALL  TIMES  TO  THE 
ADVANTAGE  OF  CONSIGNORS.  WE  ALSO  MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BEANS, 
DRIED  FRUITS  AND  CRANBERRIES,  AND  ARE  IN  A  POSITION  TO  COM­
MAND  THE  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICE  ON  SUCH  ARTICLES.

THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF
O
  O   3 3   . A . C   G
P L U G

Offered in this Mark

are  as follows:

-

-

-

-

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

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

- 

-

-

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

F I N E   C U T .

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

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

- 

- 

-

2c less in 6 pail lots.

S M O K I N G .

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

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

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

Tit for Tat.

She was the belle of Stryker flat,
They got so elose together that 

And he the village grocer;
They couldn’t set no closer.

The birds were singln’ in the  tree 
The kiss he gin her startled me—

An’ they was sparkin’ under;
’Twas like a clap o’ thunder.

He slipped his arm aroun’ her waist 
Them cheeks o’ yourn is cherry paste—’ 

An’ sez to her:  “I’m thinkin
Sez she, “You’ve been a drinkin’.”

“Them frizzes, too”—he wiper his  eyes- 
“Is some new-fangled caper.
The kind I see ’em advertise 
In the religious paper.”

She bit her lip till it was blue,
It must ha’ raised a blister,
Then sez;  “I hain’t no worse'n  you— 
You sand your sugar, mister.”

A  Middleville  Merchant  on  the  Cartage 

Question.

Middleville,  Dec. 21,  1885. 

Is it just? 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Dear Sir—Is it right? 

Is it 
fair  between  man  and  man?  These  and 
other  questions of  like  import  continue to 
crowd themselves on my mind  every time I 
receive a bill of goods,  and  glancing  at the 
bottom the ominous  word  “Cartage” meets 
the eye with  a  steady  stare  that  would do 
justice to the dusky native who stands guard 
in front of some of the tobacco stores.

Again I would ask, why is it there?  Are 
not the  wholesale men of Grand Rapids do­
ing well enough so they can alford  to  deliv­
er their own goods to the  depot the same as 
other dealers do?  Let us see for a moment. 
Let us compare  the  wholesale  trade  of  to­
day  with  that  of  ten  years  ago. 
In 1875 
Grand  Rapids  contained  four  wholesale 
houses  with  a capital  of  about  $100,000. 
To-day what have we?  Nine  houses repre­
senting  about  $500,000.  Ten  years  ago 
their annual  sales  were  $800,000. 
In 18S4 
they  readied 
the  enormous  figures  of 
$2,925,000,  an  increase  that few cities  can 
equal  and  none  excel.  This  is  the  pride 
and  boast  of  the  jobbing  trade  of  Grand 
Rapids.  Does this  look  as though the job­
bing business was on the decline, and need­
ed this little  prop,  “Cartage,”  to sustain it?
Again,  let us look at the  financial  condi­
tion of the men engaged in the jobbing trade 
and compare their  past  and  present  condi­
tion witli that of  the  retailer,  even  of their 
own city,  surrounded as it is  by the best of 
fanning  country  and  teeming  with  manu­
facturing interests which  cannot  but  make 
her one of  the  finest cities  in the  State for 
the retail merchant.  There is  not a  jobber 
in Grand Rapids who commenced ten  years 
ago, but has accumulated a nice competency, 
unless,  perchance,  he has  squandered  it in 
drinking  or  gambling;  even  though  they 
have  been  obliged  to  pay  large  salaries, 
with a  long  list  of  expenses  attached  that 
would sink  the  best  retail  house  in Grand 
Rapids.

What can we say  for  the  retail  trade  of 
Grand Rapids?  Look  them  over for a mo­
ment  and  find  the  successful  ones—those 
who  have  been  able  to  accumulate  some­
thing for their old age.  They are  not young 
men,  yet  in  the  prime  of  life,  but  men 
whose gray hairs  show a life  of  toil—men 
who commenced years ago  and by close ap­
plication  to  business  and  strict  economy 
have  been  able to  lay  by  a small  share of 
this world's goods. 
If this  is the condition 
of the  retail  merchant  in  one  of  the  best 
business  centers,  how  fares  the one doing 
business in  some  country  town,  where  he 
has  to pay  freight  and  cartage  from  the 
depot to his place  of business?  For  exam­
ple, John Jones  is doing  business  in  some 
town twenty-five or thirty miles from Grand 
Rapids.  He sends for a small bill of  goods, 
say five barrels  of oil, two  barrels of  sugar 
and enough other stuff  to  make $100 worth 
of  goods.  What  does  it  cost  him  to  get 
them laid down?
5 Bbls Oil @ 54c............................................... 2 70
2 Bbls  Sugar....................................................   72
I Bag Coffee, 100 
lbs......................................  15
3 Bbls Crackers  ©145.......................:............   20
4 Doz. Baskets @40.........................................  18
5
1 Box Groceries............................................... 
Total.....................................................$4.00
Making a total of 4 per  cent,  on  a  bill of 
$100.  Now,  add to this 1 per cent, for cart­
age to the depot and you have 5 per cent, to 
add to the first cost of the  goods. 
Is it any 
wonder that we  rebel  against  this  last  act 
of the jobber,  against  which  we have no re­
dress  unless  we  quit  dealing  with  them, 
which I have no doubt  many  will do rather 
than submit?

I would like to hear from  the  jobber giv­
ing his reasons for the present combination. 
Is the jobber less able  to  deliver  his  goods 
to the depot  than  the  Jetailer  is  to deliver 
his in  small  parcels  free  anywhere within 
the corporation?

Let us hear from the other side.

Yours Respectfully,

E.  C. Whitney.

Branching Out.

From the New York Sun.

Commercial traveler (to Dakota grocer)— 

Anything else  you think of?

Grocer—Guess that’s all this time.
Commercial  traveler—How’s  your  stock 

of soap?

Grocer—I’ve never  kept  it.  You  might 
add to the order  a couple  of  boxes  of soap 
for a sample,  and I’ll see how it takes.

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

FLINT.  MICH.

G-eo. T. W arren  & Co
W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A sents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37,30 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

X

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

- 

- 

-

These brands are sold only by

A rth u r M eigs & Co.

Wholesale Grocers,

Who warrant the same to be unequalled.  We guar­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right  in 
every particular.  We cordially invite you, when  in 
the  city,  to  visit  our  place of business,  77, 79 and 
81 South Division Street.  It may save you  money.

t

A  dog  belonging  to  a  Cincinnati  shoe 
dealer chews tobacco, using up about a quar­
ter of a ten cent plug every day.

A Tawas gentleman sent  25  cents  in re­
ply to an advertisement which promised him 
information  how  to  make  $50  a  week  at 
home  on  a  capital  of  $1.  He  received  a 
printed slip bearing these words:  “Fish for 
fools as I do.”

Perfumers,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

