Michigan  Tradesman

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  13,  1886.

NO. 121.

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YOL. 3.
Cutlers’ Pocket Inhaler
k And carbonate of Io- 
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for  Catarrh, 
"cure 
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Bronchitis,  Asthma 
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'   Y.  V  CJi  —even consumption 
—if taken  in season. 
It will break up a Cold at once.  It is the  king 
of  Cough  Medicines. 
It  has  cured  Catarrh 
when  all  other  remedies  had  failed.  Of  the 
many who have tried it, there is  not  one  who 
has not been benefltted.  This  is  the  only  In­
haler approved by physicians of  every school, 
and endorsed by t he standard medical journals 
of the  world.  All  others  in  the  market  are 
either worthless substitutes or fraudulent im­
itations.  Over  400,000  in  use.  Sold by drug­
gists for 81.  By mail, $1.25.

W.  H.  SMITH  &  CO.,  P r o p r ie t o r s , 

4X0  and  413  MICHIGAN ST., BUFFALO,  N. Y,
Do not delay in ordering 

a case of 
SILV ER  

SPOON

BA K ING

POW DER, 
The best selling scheme on 
the  market.  A  larpce  fine 
dish or pitcher given away 
with  each  can. 
Price, 
$ 7,50 per case  of  3  dozen.

ARCTIC  MANUFACTURING  CO., 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Sold by all Jobbers.

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Agents  for  a  full  line  of

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PIfTJG  TOBACCOS,
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E.  C.,

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BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER.
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Insurance a i Law Office,

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Sweet  16
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M ANUFACTURED  BY

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CHICAGO.  ILL.

R O C S   C A K D Y .

DRYDEN &  PALMER’S 
Unquestionably the best in  the  market.  As 
clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. 
Try a box.
Jo3b.n OaulfLelcL,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids

CLIMAX-

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HEDTINTAD.

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W I N D   MI L L .

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Ithasbeenin constant use 
for  15  years, with a  record 
equalled  by  none.  W a r ­
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unless the tower  goes  with 
It; or against any wind that 
does not disable substantial 
farm buiidings;  to be perfect;  to  outlast and 
do better work  than any other mill  made.
Agents  wanted.  Address Perkins Wind Mill 
& Ax Co., Mishawaka. Ind. Mention Tradesman
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Cool in
Summer.Wear
guaranteed

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to d   upwards.  Pre­
vent  Cold«,  Croup, 
and  kindred  ills,  lu 
adults  and children. 

LADIES

AND

CHILDREN:
How  to  make  a 
light summer shoe 
“do” for winter.
Mothers, do  not 
fall to  investigate 
this.

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

GRIND RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND  SEED CO.

71 CAXAL STREET.

PZXTCBJBS <& SM IT H
Boots, Shoes and Slippers

Wholesale Manufacturers

DETROIT,  MICH.

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Company.

Office  and  Factory—11,  13,  15  and  17 
Woodbridge street West.  Dealers cordially 
invited to call on ns when in town.

Golden  Seal  Bitters  is  meeting with grand 
success  whenever  used. 
It  is  an  article of 
great merit.  Every family  should  haye it  in 
the house.  It is the coming  family  medicine.

C. R O T S   <&  CO.,
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W l i i p s  c * 3  L a s l i o s

EDMUND B.  DIKEMANi

JEWELER.

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

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 

Rooks, 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
REM INGTON  TY PE  W R IT E R

For  Western  Michigan.

Baton & Lyon

20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Milwaukee  Star  Brand  Vinejars.

Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, 
full strength and  warranted  absolutely  pure. 
Send  for  samples  and prices.  Also deafer in 
Sauerkraut.  106  Kent St.,  Grand  Rapids.

JO B B E R   O F

JUDD  cfc  OO.,

And Full Line Winter Goods.

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE
102  CANAL  STREET._________
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W H O LESA LE  D E A LER S  IN

Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc.

73  Canal  Street, 

-  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

GZXTSBXTG ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, «rand Rapids, Mich.
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and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi­
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Money Refunded.

The true remedy has at last been discovered, 
It was long known in his practice as Dr. Pete’s 
Lung  Food for Consumption.  It is now called 
Dr. Pete’s 3a-cent Cough Cure.  It is the safest, 
the surest and the best.  No other Cough, Cold 
and Consumption remedy is half its equal.  We 
warrant It, and will ujpmptly ref uud the money 
paid for it if a  hencAfeial  effect  is  not  exper­
ienced by the time two-thirds of  the  contents 
of the bottle is used.  Sold  by  Hazeltine,  Per­
kins & Co., wholesale druggists, Grand Bapids, 
Mich.
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

(Successor to P. Spitz,)

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The Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Manufactured by Riverdale Diet. Co.,

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106 KENT  ST., GRAND RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Grocers  and  Bakers  who  wish  to  try 
‘FERMENTUM” can get  samples and full 
directions by addressing  or  applying  to the 
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A  DISASTROUS  PARTNERSHIP.

BY  H JA LM AR  H .  BO YEN SEN .

IV.

I regret  to  be  obliged  to  introduce  my 
reader  to a  courtship  a  step  lower  down 
than the  foregoing.  For  it  happened that, 
simultaneously  with  his  partner’s,  Truls 
Bergerson’s fancy gently turned in the same 
direction.  The enchantress to whose charms 
he succumbed was a  Norwegian cook,  nam­
ed Randie. 
If she had  any surname it was 
not generally  known;  but  that  was not of 
any consequence,  as it was one  of  the  first 
things with which her  husband  would sup­
ply her.  What chiefly appealed  to Berger-

muscle and her proficiency in cooking—a rare 
accomplishment  in  persons  of  her  class. 
She had received her  culinary  education in 
the house  of  the  famous  Mrs.  Judge Hal- 
land, who kept  the  grandest establishment 
in all  Northern  Norway,  and  whose meat 
puddings and fish  puddings had a  national 
renown.  There was a strict military regime 
in that  house,  and  Mrs.  Halland  had  no 
scruple in boxing the ears of her cook if the 
steak  was  burned  or  the  soup  too  salt. 
These practices  had  filled  Randie with ad­
miration,  though she herself had  often suf- 
ferred from  them; and  her  one  unquench­
able ambition was to reach a similar station 
of  authority,  in  which  she  could  exercise 
Mrs.  Halland’s magnificent privileges.  She 
set her cap deliberately for Bergerson, chief­
ly because he was reputed to be rich.  Hand­
some  he certainly  was  not, but  that was a 
secondary  consideration.  When  he  was 
slow in  responding  to  her  overtures,  she 
bggan to bombard  him with  delicate atten­
tions such as fish  puddings,« la  Mrs. Hal- 
land,  and  other  dishes  which  were  not 
known outside of  his  native  land. 
lie  re­
turned her favors with specimens of his own 
handicraft,  such as  a  spinning-wheel, reels 
for yarn,  and  cards  for  combing  flax  and 
wool.  These  gifts,  lie  shrewdly reasoned, 
would make her more valuable to him when 
lie should want her; for it would enable her, 
in  accordance  with  the  custom  of  Norse 
peasant girls,  to make their own  trousseau, 
from the raw  material up to  the  last stage 
of its completion.  He  paid her  occasional 
visits after working hours, and kept a strict 
account of the progress of her manufactures. 
When  he  thought  slie  liad  accumulated 
enough, lie built  a  modest  little  house  on 
one of his lots,  and after a preliminary visit 
to  the  parson,  invited  Randie  to  share it 
with him.

Although  the  firm  of  Bergerson &  Moe 
was now a considerable institution, employ­
ing  fifty men  or  more,  the  senior partner 
worked as steadily at his bench as if lie had 
been  a  common  journeyman.  He  took  a 
noiseless walk now and then in the sawdust 
and the shavings,  and  kept  a strict  watch 
over liis men. 
If he  caught  anyone  doing 
slipshod or  flimsy  work  he  was  instantly 
discharged.  Moe,  in the  meanwhile,  sat in 
the office, kept the books and made new de­
signs.  The  two  partners  were  on a  very 
friendly footing,  though they said  little  to 
each  other.  But  the  prosperity  to  which 
each  felt  that  the  other  had  contributed 
made them feel a  mutual respect in spite of 
little private criticisms which each made up­
on the other’s character.

wrath that she slammed the door uncermon- 
iously in her face.  There could,  of  course, 
be no mistaking that; it meant  war—war to 
the knife.

It was  a  severe  disappointment  to Mrs. 
Moe that James,  when this incident was re­
ported to him, refused the declare war. 
lie 
put his foot down  firmly on  this  occasion, 
and  demanded  that  no  hostile  measures 
should be  considered;  and  Antoinette  was 
made  to  promise  that,  however  trying  it 
might be to keep  the  peace,  she  would as­
sert her superiority  by ignoring the  insult. 
James was  really  so good  to  her  that she 
could well afford to  make a  sacrifice where 
his interests were concerned.  He submitted
to  the  process  of  “being
Americanized,” to which she systematically 
subjected him when they were alone togeth­
er.  She corrected his accent until there was 
scarcely a trace left of it; she  experimented 
with his  hair  uytil  she  hit  upon  a  way of 
parintg it that was both fashionable and be­
coming; and  she  trained  him  in  all  those 
superficial  arts  of  bowing,  entering  and 
leaving a room,  etc.,  which  her observation 
rather than her experience  had  taught her. 
She was determined he  should  be a gentle­
man in the narrowest  sense,  and  she found 
him an apt pupil.  A.  certain  dash of man­
ner was, somehow,  latent in him  by inheri­
tance,  and waited only for  the  opportunity 
to  make  itself  apparent.  He  carried  his 
head no longer as a petitioner, but as a com­
mander.  Wherever  he  went  his  free  and 
easy amiability made him friends; and busi­
ness  acquaintances began  to seek  him also 
in private.  His handsome wife, too (whose 
humble antecedents were rapidly forgotten), 
was  a  welcome  addition  to  social  circles; 
men flocked  about  her  and  did  homage to 
her beauty,  and  respected  her  for  the  tact 
she displayed in keeping them at a distance.

In the Bergerson  household  the passage- 
at-arms between the wives  of  the  firm  be­
came  a  formidable  event.  When  Randie, 
in her usual  slam-bang style,  reported  the 
affair,  with  many  embellishments,  to  her 
husband,  he,  for the first time in tlrcfr  tved- 
ded life, failed to agree with her.  He main­
tained that a reparation was due  Mrs.  Moe; 
and,  after long rumination, he  had the  un­
happy idea that they ought to give a party for 
her.  All his wife’s  chiding and  obstreper- 
,:s protestations  (breakages included) were 
pf no  avail.  Truls  would  and  must  have 
his party.  He was  as  obstinate  as  a mule 
when he had got anything Into his head, and 
Randie had to submit.  When the affair was 
broached to Moe lie get so hot about his ears 
that he had to blow his nose to hide his em­
barrassment.  He  saw  breakers  ahead- 
white,  tumultuous  breakers,  large  enough 
to  engulf  the  whole  firm  of  Bergerson  & 
Moe.  They were just then completing their 
new steam  factory,  and  had  within a  few 
months doubled their force  of  men;  every­
thing was  going  so  swimmingly  in a busi­
ness way that they could  less  than ever af­
ford to fall out over  petty personal  affairs, 
But to demonstrate this to his partner would 
be about as  hopeless  as  to  explain a quad­
ratic equation to a  Hottentot.  Bergerson’s 
brain was a very simple one-story structure, 
which could  house  but one  idea  at a time 
When he saw that Moe hesitated to accept his 
invitation, he grew  only  more urgent.  He 
had heard that  Moe  was  “playing it rather 
big,” as he expressed it;  but  lie was  deter­
mined to  show  that,  in  his  honest Norse 
way,  he was not afraid to  take a hand with 
him.  He  swore  to  himself  that  no  man 
should go home sober from his party.  Moe 
had by his American marriage become alien 
ated, both in  dress  and  manner,  from the 
good" old  Norwegian  style,  and  Bergerson 
began to chuckle  to  himself at the thought 
of reclaiming  him or making  him show hi 
colors.  The signature James K.  Moe,  with 
the Americanized first name and superfluous 
middle initial had been a sore trial to Truls’: 
Norse soul, and in a harmless and good-nat­
ured way he meant now to  pay  Jens up for 
these and other affectations.

Thus matters stood when Bergerson went 
to  keeping  house with  Randie; and  when 
Moe made a similar venture with the  young 
lady  of  ice  cream  antecedents,  content­
ment reigned supreme in the firm of Berger­
son and Moe.  The  first  cloud  upon  their 
matrimonial horizon  was  occasioned by the 
first formal call which Mrs. Bergerson made 
upon  Mrs.  Moe.  Mrs.  Bergerson,  in  her 
honest Norse  heart, had  looked forward to 
this event with pleasure,  as she expected to 
find  a  sympathetic  friend  and  counselor 
in the  junion  partner’s  wife.  She  had ar­
rayed herself in her home-made  finery,  and 
had  been  persuaded that  she  looked quite 
imposing,  until she  rang  Mrs. Moe’s  door­
bell and was  asked  by the  servant  for her 
card.  Poor Randie  might  with  equal pro­
When Moe saw that there was no help for 
priety have been asked for her coat-of-arms. 
it,  he  accepted  the  invitation  with  good 
It began to dawn  upon  her that  Mrs.  Moe, 
grace.  But the battle he had to fight in the 
perhaps,  wanted  to  insult  her;  but  she 
bosom of his family  (though  there  was  no 
bridled her wrath and seated  herself,  brist­
breakage)  was scarcely less severe than that 
ling  with  animosity,  in  one  of  the  large 
of Bergerson. 
It was only out of regard for 
chairs in the parlor. 
It was a perfectly pre­
the steam factory and the profit  it promised 
posterous parlor,  in Randie’s opinion; heavy 
that Antoinette  consented to  celebrate ^this 
silk  plush  curtains,  Axminster  carpet,  of 
feast of reconciliation.  It would have suited
a rich subdued tint,  spindle-legged chairs of
different  sizes,  which  seemed  only  to  be  her much better to give the vulgar Mrs. Ber-
gersou a piece of her mind—an effective piece 
waiting for a  signal  to  dance a waltz, and 
which she had all in readiness and was ach­
the figure of a naked man on the top of a carv­
ing  to  deliver.  But  since  peace  was  the 
ed stand.  When Mrs. Moe finally appeared, 
programme, 
such  ammunition  must  be 
attired in silk—actual silk,  at  five dollars  a 
kept,  tempprarily at least, iu abeyance.
yard—and with her heavy black hair banged, 
crimped and elaborately  dressed,  Mrs.  Ber­
gerson conceived such  a hatred of  her that 
she  would  have  given  fifty  cents  for  the 
privilege of treating her as Mrs. Holland did 
her  delinquent  cooks.  Mrs.  Moe,  on  the 
other hand,  though she put her visitor down 
as a  ridiculous  vulgarian,  was  at  pains to 
receive her, for her  husband’s  sake, as civ- 
ily as possible.  She was relieved, however, 
when the call was at an  end;  and  she  had 
a good mind  not to return  it.  But  James 
begged  her  so  earnestly  that  at  last  she 
yielded and went.  Mrs.  Bergerson  herself 
answered the  bell, but  when  she  saw who 
Hie visitor was  she  had  such  an  access of

It was a bitter  cold  day,  the  last  of the 
old year,  that Mr.  and Mrs. Bergerson made 
their debut as hosts and entertainers.  Ran­
die, dressed in a flaring red  satin gown  (she 
had overcome her prejudice against precious 
stuffs of  late), and  blushing  like  a peony, 
stood at her husband’s  side  and  wrung the 
hand of each  new-comer.  She  had a  cur­
ious bend in  her  back  which  recalled the 
days of her servitude; and Truls had exactly 
a similar stoop,  only  with  him it was more 
in the  shoulders.  Her  hair,  which  had  a 
pathetic look of artificial  disorder, did hom­
age to Mrs.  Moe; but it  was  scarcely a suc­
cess.  Gloves she had had the good sense to

discard, possibly because her size was not in 
the market.  Unlike her husband,  she could 
speak  a  kind  of  slangy  English,  with  a 
strong kitchen flavor,  lie was never at ease 
except  in  his  mother  tongue,  though  he 
knew a few indispensable phrases whihn, at 
a pinch,  might have passed for English.  In 
attire,  too,  he was as Norse as circumstances 
would  permit;  his  heavy,  grayish-black 
frock-coat  and  trousers  woidd  have  been 
useful in a  Polar  expedition; and  Ins large 
boots made made no concessions to the anat­
omy of the foot.

The  rooms  filled  up  gradually with  all 
sorts  and  conditions  of  Norsemen.  They 
were  mostly  tradesmen  and  small  mer­
chants,  and the only thing  that was Ameri­
can about them  was their  wives.  Not that 
they had  married  American  women; but it 
is a curious fact  that  in the  large  Western 
cities the women,  if  they have emigrated in 
their youth,  loes,  as a rule, their nationality 
sooner than the men.  Some of the younger 
of them even showed a strange  aversion for 
their native tongue,  and when  addressed in 
Norwegian would answer in  English.  The 
trouble  was  that  their  Norwegian,  which 
was generally a  peasant dialect,  would  be­
tray  their  origin;  and  they  were  neither 
democratic enough to be proud of it nor cul­
tivated enough to be  able to hide it in their 
adopted speech.

It was quite late when Mr.  and Mrs. Moe 
made  their  appearance.  They  paused  be- 
ore the host  and  hostess,  and  Moe,  with 
the easiest manner  in the  world, presented 
his  wife.  There  was  seinething  free  and 
unembarrassed in the way they both carried 
their heads, which displeased Bergerson.  It 
was  as if  they  were, taking in  the  whole 
company in general,  but no one in  particu­
lar.

Truls stared at them  in a  very  inhospit­
able manner,  twirling the curl over his right 
ear.

“Well, Bergerson, won’t you shake hands 

with my wife?” asked Moe,  lightly.

Thanks shall you have for last meeting!” 
said Bergerson in Norwegian, grasping Mrs. 
Moe’s hand, and shaking it until she was on 
the point of screaming.

Randie,  whose  complexion  by  this time 
matched her dress,  gave her husband a clan­
destine  nudge,  as  if  to  warn  him  not  to 
make a fool of himself.  But he rather prid­
ed himself on  the  neatness  of  his  speech, 
and was not to be discouraged.

“I tink ye have  saw  Randie  before,”  he 
continued  in  English,  “but  I  vill  tell ye, 
Randie is nice enough  veil ye know how to 
take her.  Her bark  is  vorse dan her bite.” 
“I am very happy to meet Mrs. Bergerson 
again,” replied  Mrs. Moe.  And she actual­
ly shook the  hostess’s  hand  with  her most I 
affable smile, and  moved  on  gracefully,  to j 
make room for the next arrival.

While  waiting for  the  dinner  several of 
the guests made little reconnoitering exped- 
tions into the dining  room,  and reported to 
interested groups of listeners what they had 
discovered. 
It  seemed  a  matter  of  enor­
mous consequence to  them  what they were 
going to  eat and  drink.  One  young man, 
by way of pleasantry,  had  secured  a bottle 
of Swedish punch, which  he had  concealed 
under his coat,  but showed  with expressive 
grimaces  to  everyone  that  passed.  The 
younger people whom he took into his confi­
dence  laughed  immoderately,  and  encour­
aged him in  his buffoonery.  Mrs.  Berger­
son, in the meanwhile,  had vanished, and at 
the end of half an hour  reappeared,  flushed 
and overheated, and invited the company to 
repair to the  dining-room.  This invitation 
was received  with  enthusiasm.  Some few 
who  prided  themselves  on  their  gallantry 
offered their arms to the ladies who blushed 
awkwardly and felt quite embarrassed at so 
much style;  but  the  great  majority, while 
admiring the  boldness  of  the  rest,  lacked 
courage to  imitate  them.  Each  selected a 
seat according to  his  own  inclination;  and 
thus it happened that Mrs.  Moe  found her­
self,  quite  unintentionally,  between  her 
husband  and  a  middle-aged  tanner  with 
cracked hands, molasses-colored hair,  and a 
strong  smell  of  leather.  When  all  were 
seated,  Mrs.  Bergerson,  apparently  over­
whelmed with embarrassment,  lifted up her 
voice and said:

“Be so good as to  put  up  with our  poor 

opportunity.”

It was a speech she  had  heard Mrs.  Hal- 
land make when she had dinner parties,  but 
she thought she should sink into the ground 
before she could persuade herself to utter it. 
She knew,  however, that  the  proprieties in 
Norway demanded that she should disparage 
herself and  her  table  in  order  to  give her 
guests an  opportunity  to  praise.  And,  as 
regarded her bill of fare,  she had nothing to 
be ashamed of. 
It  was,  indeed, unconven­
tional, and  there  was  too  great  an  abun­
dance of everything.  But  her  savory con­
coctions in the  way  of  meat  puddings and 
pies, fish curries, oyster tarts, etc., betrayed 
a refinement of art worthy of Savarin.  The 
guests were loud in the praise of  every new 
dish  they  tried,  recommended  it  to  their 
neighbors,  and  complimented  the  hostess: 
and  the latter,  forgetting  for  the  moment 
her changed  position,  was  so carried  away 
by  'their  commendations  (which,  indeed, 
touched her deepest  sensibilities)  that  she 
was  on the point  of  remarking  that  Mrs.

Somebody  had  said  that  she  had  spoiled 
every family  she  had ever  cooked  for; and 
that was a true word.  But she had just got 
into the middle of this  confession when she 
blushed,  stammered  and  broke  off.  The 
young man with the  Swedish punch,  whose 
career as a student had been cut short by his 
devotion to that  beverage, whispered to the 
lady at bis side:

“Naturam furca expellas, tamen  usque 

recurret.”

“What  does  that  mean?” 

the  lady in­
quired, archly.  “You musn’t  talk  French 
to me you know.  I understand  nothing but 
English.”

“It means,” the ex-student replied grave­
ly,  “that you may expel nature with a fork, 
but the fork will be sure  to show.”

She laughed  with  forced  hilarity  to con­
ceal  her  obtuseness,  she  did  not  see  the 
point.

[Concluded  next  week.l

Ladies as Commercial Travelers.

F ro m  th e  C hicago  H erald .

I met her  the  other  day and she is a # 

“There is a new racket on the road,” said 
a commercial traveler.  “It’s a female drum­
mer. 
dandy.  Of course she  travels  for  a Chica­
go house,  and she sells goods like a January 
thaw.  She has been  out so  long  now that 
she is as independent as  a hog on ice.  She 
sits in an ordinary  railway  car and charges 
up sleeping berths in her  expenses,  just the 
same as the  rest  of  us.  She  walks  to the 
hotels from  the stations and  charges up the 
hack  fares, just  as  we  do.  She  beats the 
landlord  down to 3 1 .5 0   a  day and  charges 
the house 32.50 in the regular old style.  She 
can take  care  of  herself  every  day  in the 
week,  and  she  knows  how  the  order up a 
bottle of  wine  and  work  it on the expense 
account,  too.  Why,  when  I  saw her  last 
she was a new silk dress ahead of  the firm, 
and by New Year’s proposed to have a seal­
skin sacque out of her  expenses.  And that 
isn’t all.  She lias half of the hotel clerks in 
the Northwest mashed on  her, and the way 
the  little  rascal  knocks  ’em  down  on  her 
bill is a  caution.  She  has a  regular  trick 
of staying over Sunday where one of her ad­
mirers  runs  the  house,  and  she  walks of 
Monday morning forgetting to pay the  bill. 
What does  she  sell?  That's  the  funniest 
thing about it.  You would think she would 
handle  jewelry or  millinery or  dry  goods, 
wouldn’t you?  But she doesn’t?  She sells 
gents’ furnishing goods,  and the young men 
who usually keep that kind of stores buy of 
her  as  if  they  hadn’t  seen  a  commercial 
traveler for six months.  And she is a dandy 
poker  player,  too.  She  handles  the  cards 
awkwardly,  and acts as if she didn’t known 
full hand from  two  pairs,  and  raises 32 on 
deuces, and nearly cries when t’other fellow 
j shows up three of a kind,  and  then gets ex­
cited in a big jack pot,  and  raises the open­
er and  bets  the  limit  and  raises  back ami 
scares t’other fellow out,  and slides into the 
deck a little pair of sixes or sevens or a bob- 
tail as innocent as  you please.  Bluff? Why, 
she  has a bluff on  her like  the  Wisconsin 
River.  She’s  a  daisy,  and  I  tell  you  it’s 
mighty lucky for the  boys that  there  ain’t 
any more like her  on the road.”

He Drew on the Czar.

H. II.  Honoré, Col. Fred  Grant’s  father- 
in-law,  who was very rich before the Chica­
go fire,  lost  most  of  his  property  thereby, 
and for a time had difficulty in  meeting  his 
ordinary  expenses.  Having,  according  to 
report, overdrawn his account 3*3,500 at one 
of the banks,  the cashier asked him, toward 
the close of the year,  to make it good.  The 
ex-millionaire vowed  he  could not.  “Give 
a check on anybody.”  Said the officer:  We 
want it mainly for the  benefit of the  book­
keeper, so that he can balance.”  “I’ll draw 
on the Czar of Russia,  if you like,” remark­
ed Honoré,  “though neither lie nor anybody 
else who  is  wortli  anything  is  indebted to­
me.”  “He’ll  do;  it’s  only  for  the  form’s 
sake,  you  know.”  The  draft  was  made 
and  happened  to  go  through  the  regular 
course of collection.  When  it  reached  St. 
Petersburg 
it  was  nearly  covered  with 
stamps,  indorsements  and  seals,  and  was 
finally presented to  the  Emperor.  He  de­
clared that he hail  no  recollection of II.  II. 
Honoré; but then,  as  he  was an American, 
he presumed  it must be all right,  and order­
ed it paid.

Lost  His  Grip.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

The  man who  has  lost his grip  deserves 
more attention than he usually receives.  He 
is  an  old  friend.  Everybody  knows  him. 
He is a man who lives, not from choice,  but 
from necessity,  on  a diet of  cold  shoulder. 
It seems impossible for a man who has com­
pletely lost his  grip to  regain  it.  He may 
be a steam engine in  breeches,  and a model 
of good  conduct  and  integrity,  but  his en­
ergy and  ability will go  for  nothing. 
It is 
useless for him to  assert  himself and make 
a decided stand.  The  tide  is against  him, 
and he  cannot  successfully  breast  it.  The 
fact that our unfortunate  acquaintance once 
had a grip  indicates  that  he at one time in 
his career possessed  some of  the  essentials 
belonging  to  the  make-up  of  a  successful 
man.  The explanation  of his hopeless and 
helpless  “flop”  involves  the analysis of the 
leading condition of success and failure.

A JOURNAL. DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile .and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY  13,1885.
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. 

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.
jagr-  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.

Some recent failures are, to say the least, 
a little peculiar.  When a man buys enough 
goods of a certain  kind  to  last  ten  years, 
does not pay for them, and soon after  fails 
there  will  always  be  a  suspicion  that  he 
knew that  he  was  going  to  fail  when  he 
bought the goods.

Look w'ell to  the credits of  your  custom­
ers.  You may not do quite  so  much  busi 
ness,  but it will  count  you  more  dollars in 
the end.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

son  &  Mynning,  grocers  at  Upper  Big 
Rapids,  and will continue the business.

The  general  store  of  Geo.  R. Shafts,, at 
Port Huron,  is now owned by Martin Bros., 
formerly with  Root,  Strong  &  Co., of  De­
troit.  Mr.  Shafts will  go  to  Los Angeles, 
Cal.

H. J. Marsh, the Marshville general deal­
er, claims that his store was recently robbed 
of 8100 worth of merchandise.  The officers 
are of opinion that Marsh  circulated the  re­
port as an advertising dodge.

A.  Young  &  Sons,  the  Orange general 
dealers,  write T h e   T r a d e s m a n   that  they 
have  sold  their  stock, store  and residence 
property  to  Hinds  &  Kilmartin, who will 
assume possession on May 1.  A.  Young & 
Sons will then devote their entire  attention 
to their banking business at Mancelona.

Breckler &  Lewinstein’s  dry  goods  and 
clothing stores at Bay City have been closed 
on seven mortgages.  Deputy U.  S. Marshal 
Conklin took possession on  an  attachment 
for J.  Y.  Farwell & Co., of Chicago.  This 
was resisted by  mortgagees  Schloss  Bros., 
of Detroit, who were  taking  an  inventory. 
Conkling smashed the front door and got in, 
and  now  holds  the  fort.  The end  is  not 
yet. 

______

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

The Challenge Com Planter Co., at Grand 
Haven, will engage  in  the  manufacture  of 
refrigerators.

A limited partnership has been formed be­
tween  P.  S.  Sherman  and  N.  Howland, 
under the name of P. S.  Sherman & Co.,  to 
manufacture  staves,  heading,  hoops,  lum­
ber, etc.,  at  Linwood,  just  south  of  Deep 
River.

STRAY  FACTS.

A new grist mill has just  been completed 

at Maple Ridge.

L.  L.  Fowler, gunsmith at Ludington, has 

IN  THE  CITY.

Bishop  &  Greenley  succeed  Moran 

assigned to O. J.  Graves.

Bishop in the livery business.

Fritz C. Jehle succeeds McLaren &  Jehle 
in the merchant  tailoring  business  at  110 
Canal street.

Perkins &  Hess  effected  a  sale  of 2,500 
hides to  one  house  on  Monday.  The  sale 
aggregated  813,000.

F. J.  Lamb & Co. have sold their portable 
engine and boiler to P. F. Covell, of Walker, 
who will use it to operate a feed mill.

Van Dertill  &  Van  Winsheyn  have  en 
gaged in the grocery' business  at the  corner 
of  Spring  and  Island  streets.  Cody,  Ball 
& Co. furnished the stock.

Jas. A.  Coye, the Broadway  groceryman, 
has purchased  a  desirable  building  lot  at 
the comer of Sixth and Scribner streets, and 
will erect a two-story frame store during the 
coming summer season.

Mr.  Sly, manager of  the  Petoskey  Lime 
Co.,  has invented a new hard finish and will 
engage in the  manufacture  of' the  same at 
the comer of Fulton and Ionia streets under 
the style  of the  Combination  Hard  Finish 
Co. 

________________

The  Transportation  Committee  of  the 
Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange 
has petitioned Commissioner Fink  to reduce 
the pool rate  from  New  York  to  this city 
from  75 to  70  cents;  in  other  words,  put 
Grand Rapids on the same basis as Jackson. 
The grounds taken in the memonial are that 
the present calculation is based on the mile­
age as  figured  via  the  L.  S.  & M.  S.  Rail­
way, before the Michigan Central came into 
the city and  before  the I).,  G.  II.  & M. be­
came a trunk line.  The Committee is quite 
sanguine that the concession  will be  secur­
ed.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

John W.  Free,  hardware  dealer  at  Paw 

Paw,  has sold  out.

removed to Stanton.

M. W. Kitchen,  grocer at  Sheridan,  has 

C. D. Bassett has opened a  new feed  and 

tobacco store at Marcellus.

O.  A.  House & Son,  grocers  at Mendon, 

have assigned to It.  E.  Fletcher.

J.  C.  Dingman, grocer at Owosso, has sold 

out to Lawrence,  Hamblen & Co.

Begole & Norton succeed Mary' L.  French 

m the grocery business at Chelsea.

C.  Brown succeeds  Brown  &  Slayton  in 

the grocery business at Middleville.

Win. Bates,  grocer  at  Sturgis  and  Burr 

Oak,  has been closed on chattel mortgage.

Goodenow & Beinan  succeed  McGuinnes 
& Co.  in the dry goods business  at  Albion.
C. R. Richardson  &  Co.  succeed Amelia 
Wetlierby in the boot  and  shoe business  at 
Niles.

Jolm F.  McBane  &  Co.  succeeds  E.  J. 
March in the dry  goods  business  at  North 
Adams.

J.  W.  Howry,  dry  goods  and  lumber 
dealer at  East  Saginaw,  has  sold  his  dry 
goods stock.

Frank Ilagerman succeeds  F.  B. Raynale 
<fc Co. in the drug  and  grocery  business  at 
Birmingham.

Ionia merchants,  having  grown  tired  of 
dead-beat customers, will  form a protective 
association.

Geo.  W.  Dennis,  book  and  stationery 
dealer at Sand Beach,  has been closed under 
chattel mortgage.

F. A. Rockafellow & Co.,  of Carson City, 
have purchased  the  grocery  stock of A. B. 
Martin,  at Ithaca.

James Hullinger,  formerly engaged in the 
drug business at Big Rapids, is now conduct­
ing a drug store at Kansas City.

Colley B.  Wisner  has  retired  from  the 
firm of Wisner & Page,  boot and shoe deal­
ers at Ionia.  The business will be continued 
by Wellington  C-  Page.

Chris. Mynning has bought out  Thos.  P. 
Mortenson’s interest in the firm  of  Mortem

H. O. Wilson,  restauranter  and baker at 

St. Joseph, has sold out.

Geo.  Hoyland  &  Son,  flour  millers  at 

Unadilla, have been burned out.

C. L.  King & Co.’s basket and butter plate
factory at Montague started  up on the 11th.
H.  R. Dickinson & Co., of Nashville, have 
commenced operations on a  65-barrel  roller 
process flouring mill.

The Second National Bank of Owosso be­
gun business on the 2nd,  and received 861,- 
105.35 on deposit the  first day.

It  is  stated  that „50,000,000  feet  of  the 
lumber now on dock  along  Saginaw  River 
will be handled by the car trade.

Upwards  of  8,000,000  feet  of  logs will 
this season be got  into  Grand  Lake,  Pres­
que Isle county, mostly  for Alpena parties.
D. B. Galentine,  W.  G. Williams, T.  H. 
Carruthers  and Ralph Falconer have organ­
ized a stock  company  at  Bailey  under the 
title of the Bailey Lumber Co.  The capital 
stock is 810,000.

Manistee Times:  R.  G.  Peters  has  pur­
chased a two-fifths interest in the  Stronach 
Lumber Company, trading  his  property  at 
Midland for the share of W. B.  Remington, 
of Grand Rapids.

Daniel  H.  Fuller  and  Victor  G. Beebe 
have been admitted to partnership in the firm 
of S. 51.  Isbell & Co., produce  and commis­
sion dealers at Jackson.  The firm i iame re­
mains the same as before.

W.  C.  Stevens has  purchased  a  part  in­
terest in the Locke &  Eastman mill,  at Ta 
was,  and the concern has  been  merged into 
a stock  company. 
Improvements  will  be 
made in the mill,  and a  large  cut next sea­
son provided for.

It is reported from Duluth that Ostarhout 
& Fox  are  making  arrangements  for the 
purchase of 60,000,000  feet  of  pine on  the 
south shore of Lake Superior, contiguous to 
Duluth.  This  pine  will  be  logged  for 
stocking the firm’s mill at Duluth.

Messrs,  Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. have re­
ceived  intelligence  from  Mr.  Bailey,  the 
Plainwell  druggist,  to  the  effect  that  the 
loss by his  recent  fire  was  comparatively 
small and that the interruption  to  business 
was only temporary.

The  Manistee  Advocate's  annual  state­
ment  of  the  lumber  record  of  that  place 
shows 199,975,221 feet of  log  run and com­
mon 
lumber, 
5,519.285 deals,  and  1,555,023  longitudinal 
railroad stuff, to have  been  handled during 
the season between April and December.

lumber,  24,381,907  select 

The Detroit, Bay City &  Alpena Railroad 
extension from Oscoda to Black  River,  Al­
cona county,  is  completed,  and  trains  are 
running through to  Black  River  regularly. 
The road  is  now  eighty-three  miles  long 
from Alger,  Arenac  county,  on  the Michi­
gan Central,  to Black River.  This road,  to 
some extent,  lets Alpena  out  of  the woods 
in the winter time.

East  Saginaw  News:  Some  capitalists 
from New York have  been  here during the 
fore part of  the  week,  who  in  conjunction 
with two prominent  East  Saginaw  citizens 
contemplate starting  a  private bank with  a 
capital of half  a  million  of  dollars.  They 
were negotiating for the  Weaver  &  Selig- 
man block,  comer  of  Genesee  avenue  and 
Franklin street.  A  proposition  was  made 
to Jacob  Seligman  to  consolidate  his bank 
with the proposed new one,  but this  propo­
sition he refused to entertain.

Good Words Unsolicited.

Negaunee:  “Nice and valuable paper.”

Philip B. Kirkwood, druggist  and  stationer,
F.L. Tucker, general dealer,Sumner: “A man

who can take it out of the post office and read | 
it and not pay for it has got more gall than the i 
Ovid cow.  What has become  of  Soli man  and 
Widder Spriggs?”

Lyman  Townsend,  grocer,  Howard  City: 
“Am well  pleased  with  the  paper and  think 
your price very cheap for the amount of news 
received.  It is a great help, especially to peo­
ple doing business with small capital.”

The Gripsack Brigade.

A. E.  Brownell,  of  the  American  Cigar 

Co.,  Coldwater, was in town last week.

A.  D.  Oliver,  representing  Armour  &

Co., of Chicago, was in town last week.

Jim  Derby,  representing  Spaulding  & 
Merrick, of Chicago,  was in town last week.
H.  L. Bassett,  traveling agent for Jno. P. 
Hier, of Saracuse, N. Y., was  in  town  last 
week.

H.  P.  Colegrove, representing E.  R. Dur- 
kee & Co., of New York,  was in  town over 
Sunday.
Hamilton Carhartt,  representing Hawley, 
Folsom & Martin, Philadelphia, was in town 
Monday.

J. E. Turney, with  DeGolyer  Bros.,  Chi­
cago, took in the Grand Rapids manufactur­
ers last week.

Geo.  P.  Gifford,  Jr.,  of  East Saginaw, 
State agent for Armour &  Co., was in town 
last week,  selling glue.

J.  H.  Parker has  sold a  Chandler & Tay­
lor 11x20 engine  and  boiler to J. A.  Haak, 
who will put in a sawmill.

F.  M. Keats,  representing F. F. Adams & 
Co., of Milwaukee,  paid  Grand  Rapids  his 
usual by-monthly call on Monday.

C. W.  Starr, of Owosso,  has signed  with 
the Drummond  Tobacco  Co.  for  the com­
ing year.  He will have charge of the Michi­
gan trade.

The First National  Bank, of  Ovid closed 
its first year  December  1,» and  recently de­
clared a dividend of 6 percent, on the year’s 
earnings.

The T. P. A. men of Muskegon  have  or­
ganized a local  society,  with  D.  G.  Crotty 
as president,  C.  C. Moulton  secretary,  and 
A. Wiegel  treasurer.

R.  P.  Bigelow,  of  the  grocery  firm  of 
Bigelow & Bigelow, at Owosso, has gone on 
the road for  C.  W.  Linsley & Co.,  of  De­
troit.  He was formerly connected with the 
same house.

Plainwell Independent:  Get C. B.  Lamb 
to tell you about his interview with the rep­
resentative of  Boston  eulchaw,  in  the City 
of Baked Beans.

Albert C. Antrim,  formerly with the Ala- 
bastine Co.,  but for  the  past  year with the 
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.,  has  gone  back to the 
old love,  and is at present  “doing”  (up) the 
Michigan trade.

Win.  H. Downs put in  last  week at  De­
troit,  posting  up  on  Root,  Strong  & Co.’s 
line.  He  is  similarly  engaged his week, 
but will start out on his  initial  trip for  the 
new house next Monday.

E.  H.  Smith,  formerly  on  the  road  for 
Simmons &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  has  en- 
gagedjo travel for  Mohl  & Kenning.  His 
territory includes all  the  lake  shore towns 
from East Saginaw  to  Erie,  Pa., including 
Detroit,  Toledo and Cleveland.

The  Detroit  subdivision of the Michigan 
division of the  Travelers’  Protective  Asso­
ciation was recently organized by  the  elec­
tion  of  51.  J.  5Iathews,  president;  J.  E. 
Langley, vice-president;  J. B. Joselyn,  sec­
retary, and John Broad, treasurer.  A com­
mittee was appointed to secure a permanent 
place of meeting  and  an  adjournment  had 
nntil January 16 to hear their  report.

Thomas B.  Threlkeld, 5Iichigan traveling 
representative for  Weisinger  &  Bate,  was 
recently married to 5Iiss Annetta J. Taylor, 
of  Rutland,  Ills.  The  bride  is  a  hand­
some and accomplished young lady  and the 
groom is known to the trade as a rising bus­
iness man.  The bridal tour will include the 
principal  Southern  cities, after  which  the 
happy couple will take up their residence in 
Chicago.

As a result of T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s  refer­
ence to Geo.  F.  Owen’s  financial  troubles, 
his  friends  have  rushed  to  his  assistance 
and contributed  a  sum  sufficient to prevent 
his relapse into bankruptcy.  A. S. Dutton, 
book-keeper for Brewster  & Stanton, sent a 
postal note for one  cent,  accompanying the 
remittance with  the following  explanation: 
“George’s  experience  of  1885  with 
the 
race  undoubtedly  explains  his 
canine 
straightened  circumstances and  induces the 
writer  to  contribute to  the  lessening of that 
advertising  account.”  Other  contributions 
were  made by  Chas.  W.  5Iansfield,  J.  H 
Parker  and  the  attaches  of  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n  office,  in consequence of which George’s 
pocket  now  bulges  out  with  a  receipt  in 
full.
A Northern  correspondent  relates an  m 
cident which  serves to illustrate the natural 
depravity to which some men are prone.  A 
farmer  having  brought  to town  a coop full 
of  fat fows,  to  grace  the  festive  boards of 
the  honest  citizens of  the  place,  deposited 
the coop on the sidewalk in front of  a meat 
market.  The  street was  filled  with  teams 
standing by the sidewalk,  and to the tail of 
one of  these wagons a  commercial  traveler 
attached  the coop containing the unsuspect­
ing fowls, by a stout strap which hung from 
the  tail  board.  The  owner  of  the  wagon 
presently came out of the market, and drove 
off, which  caused the  complete demoraliza­
tion of the coop, and considerable  astonish­
ment  to the  fowls  and  their  owner.  The 
latter,  at  last  accounts,  had  succeeded  by 
dint of  prodigious exertions,  in recapturing 
about half of the birds.

TH E  LOUNGER.

Anent  the  willingness  of  the  average 
Kentuckian to resort to  the use of fire arms 
on  the  slightest  provocation,  Capt.  Per­
kins, of  the  firm  of  Hazeltine,  Perkins  & 
Co.—beg pardon,  Hazeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.—tells a characteristic story.  Two gen-
^  stopping at the  Parker House,
Boston, when one of  them got into a qurrel 
with the clerk over his bill.  The elder gen­
tleman listened to the  discussion  until dis­
gusted, when he addressed  his friend as fol­
lows:  “Bob,  don’t  forget  you are a  Ken­
tuckian.  Pay the bill and  shoots  the man.”

11  &

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

John Whitbeck,  Fennvillle,
Frank Crane, Fennville.
John Crowner, St. Johns.
A. B. Steele, Advance.
Wm. Herdman,  Saranac.
H. Baker, Drenthe.
Geo. A. Sage. Rockford.
A. D. Ayers, Otia.
E. S. Fitch, W ayland.
Wm. Vermeulen. Beaver Dam.
H. C. Peckham,  Freeport.
A. Engberts, Zeeland.
Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland.
P. Wyngarden, Vriesland.
A. &L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
Hunter & Sargent, Saranac.
E. H. Foster, Fife Lake.
Frank  Rose, Mauton.
S. S. Dryden & Sons, Allegan.
Joshua  Colby, Rockford.
Emmet Hagadorn, Fife Lake.
L. K. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
Mr. Drury, Sampson & Drury, Cadillac.
C. Deming, Dutton.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
A. Patterson, Dorr.
D. T. Huston, Ludington.
H. B. Huston, Chase.
C. W. Skel linger, Rockford.
B. M. Hoag,  Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. 
John Kainps, Zutphen.
E. Sunderlin, Palo.
Cole & Chapel, Ada.
A. M. Church. Alpine.
J. H. Spires, Leroy.
D. R. Stocum,  Rockford.
E. F. Place, Grant.
Mr. Kellogg, H. M. Patrick Co., Leroy.
A. B. Gates, Rockford.
S. Cooper, Corinth.
Geo. F. Cook, Grove.
M. B. Nash, Sparta.
Jas. Barnes, Plainfield.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
Wm. McMullen, Wood  Lake.
S. P. Frost, Stanton.
Wm, Karstens, Beaver Dam.
Jos. Omler, Wright.
Stanley Monroe. Berlin.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
Thos. J. Smedley, Lamont.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Alex. Patterson, Dorr.
Wm. Patterson, Byron Center.
John H. Bucliment. Grandville.
Wm. Borst, Vriesland.
John Vitikermulder, Grandville.
Jas. Riley, Dorr.
Scovill & McAuley, Edgerton.
Forman & Aldrich, Lowell.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
Mr. Emery, Upright & Emery, Charlevoix. 
Mr. Leavenworth, Hannah & Lay Mercantile
D. Clelland. Coopersville.
Mr. Andre, Andre & Son, Jennisonville.
Gus Begman, Bauer.
John T. Snushall. Fife Lake.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
A. C. Barclay, Crosby.
Zunder Bros. &  Co., Bangor.
Jesse McIntyre, Fremont.
Dr. A. Hanlon, Sliddleville.
W. W. Peirce, Moline.
Hutty & Dickenson, Grand Haven.
Sisson & Lilley Lumber Co., Lilley P. O.
B. McNeal, Byron Center.
Dr. John Graves, Wayland.
A. W. Fenton & Co., Bailey.
E. C. Foote, West Carlyle.
Mr. Kerry, Williams & Kerrs, Reed City. 
Geo. P. Corneil, Corneil  Bros., New  Era  and
John J. Ely, Rockford.
Lyman Townsend, Howard City.
Geo. W. Hatch, Morley.
Hannah, Lay & Co., Walton.
Cutler & Wright, Morley.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Geo. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake.
Henry Henkel, Howard City.
Henry Strope, Morley.
Fred I, Nichols, Beli’s Siding.
Geo. Scribner, Grandville.

Twin Lake.

Co., Traverse City.

Fuller & Stowe Company.

The rapid growth  of  the job printing de­
partment  of  T he  Tradesm an  office  has 
caused it to assume such  proportions that it 
has  been  deemed  desirable  to  make  it  a 
separate business,  and  an  alliance has con­
sequently  been  made  with  W.  N.  Fuller, 
the well-known  engraver and  printer,  who 
will share the  responsible  duties attending 
the  management  of  the  new corporation. 
5Ir.  Fuller consolidates  his  engraving busi­
ness  with  the  concern,  which  has  been 
merged  into  a  stock  company  under  the 
title of the Fuller &  Stowe  Company, with 
$5,000 subscribed and  paid  up.  The office 
has been reinforced with new  machinery  in 
the shape of  an  Otto  gas  engine,  Babcock 
Standard cylinder press,  Gem  paper  cutter, 
router,  and a full assortment of all the new­
est faces of  type,  rendering  the  office  the 
most  complete  of  its  kind  in  the  State. 
Everything has been  selected  with  a view 
to turning out a class of printing which few 
establishments are capable of  undertaking.
Mr.  Fuller  needs  no introduction to  the 
business public of Western 5Iichigan.  The 
pioneer engraver of  this  section,  his  work 
has found its way  to  every  locality  in  the 
country,  and his services have  always  been 
in active  demand.  He  brings  to the new 
I company  a  wide acquaintanceship and  the 
reputation of an artist in so  far as the term 
applies to engraving and printing.

building,  in  th e   re a r  o f  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
office, where the proprietors  will be glad to 
welcome their friends at any time.

Purely Personal.

Christian Bertsch  and  wife  left for New 

York Saturday.  They sail on the 16th.

W. F. Gibson went  to  Chicago  Saturday 
night,  and  spent  5Ioiulay  on  South  Water 
street,  returning home Tuesday morning.

E.  J.  Savage,  the  Coopersville  cheese 
maker,  was in town Monday, on his way to 
Holland, N.  Y., where he will spend several 
weeks.

The report that Ed.  51. Metheany, billing 
lerk  for  Cody,  Ball  &  Co., contemplates 
ngaging in the plaster business is probably 
without foundation.

E.  Burt  Woodward,  formerly engaged in 
the hardware business  at  Kalkaska,  is now 
in the employ of  Jared  II.  Doughty,  hard­
ware dealer at 5It.  Pleasant.

5Irs.  L. Van Epps,  who has  conducted  a 
millinery establishment at Hudson for twen­
ty years past,  is in town for a few days, the 
guest  of  Mrs.  W.  T.  Stowe.  She  is  ac­
companied by her son,  Frank.

Capt.  C.  G. Perkins, of  Henderson,  Ky., 
has been in town several  days,  for the pur­
pose  of  drawing  his  dividend  from  last 
year’s  business  at  llazeltine,  Perkins  & 
Co.’s, and assisting  in  the  organization  of 
the llazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

51anistee has a philanthropist  in the per­
son of Chas. F. Ruggles,  a wealthy lumber­
man,  who each year gives every child in the 
town a  pound  of  candy  as  a  New Year's 
gift.  For this purpose  he  hires three halls 
which  accommodate about 2,500 young peo­
ple,  and thus dispenses his charity in an ec­
centric manner.

T ii e   T r a d e s m a n   acknowledges  the  re­
ceipt of a handsome  invitation  to the wed­
ding  of  Wm.  L.  White  and  Miss  Emma 
Blanche Ireland,  which  was  solomnized at 
Chicago  Tuesday.  5Ir.  White  is  a young 
gentleman of good  business  qualifications, 
with bright  prospects  for  the  future,  and 
his numerous friends wish him and bride all 
the success which is sure to attend them.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

In pursuance of the same  policy followed 
by other leading mercantile  establishments, 
Messrs.  Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.  have 
merged their business into a stock company 
with a capital stock of $150,000; $100,000 of 
which is subscribed and paid in.  The name 
of the new corporation will be the Hazeltine 
& Perkins Drug Co.,  and  the  business car­
ried on will be the same as that  pursued  by 
the old house,  the  manufacture and sale  of 
drugs and everything pertaining thereto.

Under the present arrangement  of  stock, 
Dr. C.  S. Hazeltine and Capt. C.  G.  Perkins 
each hold .$40,000 worth of stock and  II. B. 
Fairchild  and  J.  A.  Crookston  will  each 
vote on .$10,000 worth.  At a meeting  of the 
stockholders, held  at  the  office of the  new 
corporation on  Saturday,  Dr.  C.  S.  llazel- 
I tine,  Capt.  C.  G.  Perkins  and  II.  B.  Fair- 
I child were elected  directors.  At  a subse­
quent  meeting  of  the  latter  body, officers 
were elected as follows:

President—C.  S.  Hazeltine.
Vice-President—C.  G.  Perkins.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—11.  B.  Fair- 

child.

The  new  arrangement  will  enable  the 
house to extend its business  to  even  larger 
proportions than it  now  enjoys,  and other­
wise  work  to  the  advantage  of  both the 
house and its patrons.  The officers are men 
of experience and ability, who have brought 
the concern up to its  present  high standing 
and who will lose no opportunity to increase 
the field of their usefulness.

Olin  L.  Deming,  formerly  editor  of  the 
Chicago Grocer, has  purchased  an  interest 
in the American Markctnuin and that  pub­
lication  will  hereafter  be  conducted  by 
Lynch  &  Deming  under  the  title  of  the 
Grocer  and  Marketnutn. 
5Iessrs.  Lynch 
and Deming are both  gentlemen  of  ability 
and experience,  and  their  united endeavors 
will  undoubtedly  put  their  publication  to 
the front.

The newest idea of the inventor is a paper 
keg or cask,  adapted for  holding nails,  etc. 
The shell is formed of a piece of paper board 
notched  at  its  four  corners  and  bent  into
th e board be 
tw een  th e  notches being  overlapped  and  se
cured  together.  End  caps  are  made  to lit 
over the end when the keg is complete.

The office of the Fuller & Stowe Company
located  in  th e   th ird   floor  of th e   E agle  cylindrical  form ,  th e  edges  of 

FULLER & STOWE COMPANY,

Engravers and Printers

D o s i s n o r s

Engravings and Electrotypes of  Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, 

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading  Feature.

Address as above
49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich.
RINDGE, BERTSCH &  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS  AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

A.XTD

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

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

14 and 10 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

Detroit.

Lyon, Dunning & Co.,  hosiery and under­
ware  dealers, have  merged  their  business 
into a stock  company  under the title of the 
Lyon Bros.  Co.  The  capital  stock  of  the 
corporation is 815.000.  The  house  will re­
move from 99 West  Larned street to 95 Jef­
ferson avenue about February 1.
E.  H.  Doyle,  for  several  years  manager 
of Jacob Seligman’s  banking house  at East 
Saginaw,  has taken the position of Treasur­
er of the Louis Reed Cooperage Co., having 
purchased an interest in the business.
J.  F.  Zahm  &  Co.  succeed  Hallaran  & 
Zahm in the commission grain business.
Mogford & Birdseye,  butter and egg deal­
ers,  are succeeded by John 5Iogford.
Geo. R. Weaver,  tobacco dealer,  has  sold 
out.
Thos.  5Iears  succeeds  Mears,  Reusch  & 
Co.  in the galvanized iron  cornice  business.

Hersey.

Hall,  Maiming & Pollock have  purchased 
the  Berry  Mill,  near  Farwell,  and  intend 
moving it  near  Deer  Lake,  on  the  Luther 
branch,  where  they  have  purchased  some 
shingle timber and have taken a  job of cut­
ting several million feet of  pine  into  lum­
ber for  the Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co.
Oliver Seaman,  of  Big  Rapids  has  pur­
chased  the  Brown  shingle  mill on section 
nine,  Cedar township,  and is now  running. 
He has contraeteti his cut of  shingles to  A. 
C.  Beaver,  of  Fort  Wayne,  for 82.60 and 
81.30.
Mr.  Hall, of  Reed  City,  has  bought  out 
his partner’s interest in  the  Hall  &  Strong 
shingle mill, near  Ravenna.  He  has  con­
tracted his cut to A.  C.  Beaver  at the same 
figures.
Frank Vorce,  of Cat Creek, has  also  con­
tracted his cut to Beaver  at  a  little  better 
price.
Will L. Beardsley’s mill,  as usual,  grinds 
steadily on and his sheds are well filled with 
shingles. 

\

Muskegon.

Farquharson  &  Ross  propose erecting  a 
wood mill near the factory of  the  Simmons 
& Kinne Manufacturing Co.  theeoming sea­
son.  They have discontinued operations at 
the old kindling factory.
Assignee Billinghurst  will offer the prop­
erty of the 5Iuskegon Car and Engine Works 
at public sale on the 23d.  A  local  paper  is 
authority for the statement  that a syndicate 
has been organized for the purpose  of  buy 
ing the property, organizing anew company 
and operating the  works.
The Chronicle present  an  annual  review 
of the lumber cut and shipments of the mills 
located on 5Iuskegou  Lake,  which  has  the 
appearance of being generally reliable.  The 
results may be summarized as follows:

L u m b e r ................................551,333,917 
...................................130,191,225 
L a th  
S hingles 
.............................382,327,000 
Slabs (cords)....................... 
25,512

Cut fo r  1885.  O n h an d
127,303,910
31,006,225
10,000,000

 

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The  following  tabular  statement  shows 
the lumber cut by the 5Iuskegon mills  since 
1873 and «affords a means of comparison:
1873 
329,689,000
i
....................................307,200,000
8
1875  ..................................................................320,400,000
1876  ..................................................................296,800.000
1877 
327,300,000
i878‘. : : : : : : : : : : : : ...........................................388,991,000
1879 
............................................................ 504,555,000
1880 
.....................................................552,201,900
1881 
................................................................640,500,000
.....................................................648.^9*«»
1883 
1884  " 
...................................... 659,379,711
is® ::::::”....................................... 551,3^ ,91-

 

Negauuee.

Business  of  all  kinds  up here in  “these 
neck of woods” is fairly  good,  with  bright 
prospects  for  the  coining  summer. 
Just 
now everything points to  the largest output 
of iron ore for 1886 that  has  ever occurred.

P. B.  K ir k w o o d

Newaygo.

The condition of  trade  is  quite  seriously 
effected by the absence  of snow.
S.  5IcNitt,  who for the past year has been 
clerking  for  the  Newaygo  5Ianufacturing 
Co.,  severed his  connection  with  that  firm 
ast week.
The  vacant  office  in  Raider’s  block  has 
been taken possession of by Dr. J. B. Wood­
work,  who  will  fit  it  up  as a consultatioi 
room.
Geo. E. Taylor  is  disposing  of  the  rem 
nant of his holiday stock by lottery.

W a y l a n d .

Three new brick buildings will be erected 
here as soon as the  weather  will  permit  ' 
the spring.  E. S. Fitch will  put  up  a  one- 
story  building,  22x80  feet  in  dimension 
which  will  be  occupied  by  his  hardware 
stock.  Turner Bros,  will erect  a  structure 
16x80  feet  for  use as law offices, etc.,  and 
Chas. Ward will build a barber  shop, 16x40 
feet in dimensions.  Other important build­
ing enterprises are in contemplation.

Traverse  City.

J. N.  Broadfoot  is  buying  cord wood  in 
the vicinity  of  Empire  and  banking  it  on 
Lake 5Iicliigan.
Frank 5Iisener,  lately  employed in Han­
nah,  Lay & Co.’s grist  mill,  is  now  buying 
wheat for LeBar & Cornwell, Cadillac,  ship­
ping it to them by rail.
Hannah,  Lay  &  Co.’s  grist  mill  is  still 
running day and night to keep up with con­
stantly increasing orders.
J.  E.  Greilick’s saw  mill  has  shut  down 
for a few weeks,  for repairs.
The Traverse  City  5Ianufacturing  Co.  is 
running  on full  time  and  turning  out con­
siderable custom work.
The late heavy  fall  of  snow is just what 
was needed to liven up  trade.
Geo.  Davenport,  late  in  the  employ  of 
Despres  &  5Iontague,  has  gone  to  Grand 
Rapids to accept a  position  in a large hard 
ware  store.
D.  C.  Leach,  Secretary  of  the  Building 
and Loan  Association,  is  visiting  relatives 
in  Springfield,  5Io.  He  expects  to  be ab­
sent several months,  and during his absence 
T. T. Bates will act as Secretary for him
C. 51. Bell,  Albert Cross, Paul Snyder and 
Geo. E.  Banks,  of  this  place,  T.  fi.  West, 
of the Peninsula and Will  Steele, of North 
port,  have  left  for  a  winter’s  sojourn  in 
Florida.
C.  A.  Crawford  and  C.  51.  Wells  have 
gone te  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  for  a  pleasure 
trip of several weeks’ duration.
J. H. Chine,  who  sold  the  Front  street 
house about a year ago to L. A. Saxton,  has 
bought  it  back again.  He took possession 
January 11.

“You  are  growing  fat,”  said  the  West 
Lynner to his  grocer.  “How  much do you 
weigh?”  “Oh,  that  depends  on  business 
Some days I weigh  a  ton  and  some  days I 
don’t weigh much of anything.”

IDniqs él ¿Tftebicines

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARM ACY.
One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Y e a r s —James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbacb, Ann Arbor. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—J acob J esson.
T rea su re r—J a s. V ern or.
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids, 

March 2,1886.
Michigan  Slate  Pharm acettnl  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

President-H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
First  Vice-President—Frank  J.  Wurzburg,
Secmid'v^ce^President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. 
Secretary—S. E. Parkell,  Owosso.
Treasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—Jacob  J esson.  Geo. 
Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W.  K.  Perry  and 
John E. Peek. 
Local Secretary-Will L. White, Grand Rapids. 
Next  place  of  m e e tin g —At  Grand  Rapids, 
__________
Grand Rapids Pharm aceutical Society.

Tuesday, October 12, 1886. 

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_ 

ORG A N IZED   OCTOBER 9 ,1 8 8 4 . 

O F F IC E R S .

President—Frank J. Wurzburg. 
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
S e c r e ta r y —F ra n k  H . E sc o tt.
Trpflrii rer—Henry B. i  airchild.
Bowd  of  Censora- President,  Vice-President
BoardSo frTru?tees-The  President.  Wm.  H. 
VAn Leeuwcn, Isaac  Watts.  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L< White. 
u   t-i
Committee on Pharmacy—M. B.  Kimm,  H.  E.
Locher and Wm. E. White.
Committee on Trade  Mattcrs-John  E  Peck.
H. B. Fairchild and W m. H. V an Leeu  ui. 
Committee  on  Legislation—Jas.  D.  Lacey,
Isaac Watts and A. C.  Bauer. 
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in
Annual**Meetings—First  Thursday evening in
Next'Meetfng—Thursday evening, February 4, 
_______

at  “The Tradesman” oiface. 

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D etroit Pharm aceutical Society.

Organized October, 1883.

O FFIC ERS.

President—Wm. Dupont.
First Vice-President—Frank inglis. 
SecondVice President—J.W. Caldwell. 
Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. 
Assistant Secretary and Ireasurer  A. B. Salt-
Annual Meeting-First Wednesday in June. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Wednesday  in each 
_____ _______ __________
Jackson County Pharm aceutical Asso­

month. 

ciation.
O F F IC E R S .
President—R. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F. A.  King.

B.  Foot
A n n u a l M ooting— F ir s t Tliu raUay ¡ ii N^tyoniber 
R eg u lar  Meetings—F irst  T h u rsd ay   o f  each 
_________________________
Saginaw  County  Pharm aceutical  So­

m o n th . 

ciety.

TEM PO RA RY  O FFIC ER S. 

»

Chairman—Henry Melehers. 
i g S S S S S a a r ,  January 13,2 p.m.
Association.
luskegon  D rug  Clerks’

O F FIC ER S .

'resident—T. F. Hopkins.
'ioe-Prosident-John Meyers, 
ecretarv and Treasurer—O. A. Lioja. 
tegular Meetings—Second and  lourth  Fndaj 
0.,
of each month. 
text Meeting-Friday evening, January 2~.

Grand  R a p id s Pharmaceutical Society.
The regular monthly meeting of the Grand 
tapids Pharmaceutical  Society was held at 
'he T radesman office last Thursday even- 
nif.  After the usual  routine  business had 
een  disposed of,  President  Wurzburg in- 
roduced the subject  of  ultramarine blue in 
ranulated sugar  by  referring to  an article 
1 the  January  number  of  the  Druggists' 
circular  covering  the  principle  points in- 
olved.
Isaac Watts stated  that  more or less zinc 
¡■as also used in the  manufacture of granu- 
ited sugar, which rendered it  unfit for fine 
hemieal  purposes.  Havemeyer  admits 
iaving  used  zinc  for  a  number  of  years, 
nd defends the practice on the ground that 
lie poison is used in such limited Quantities 
,s not to be injurious.
In  response  to  an  inquiry,  President 
Vurzburg stated that the  use  of  ultrauiai- 
ne blue in sugar  could not  tail  to be more 
r less deleterious,  although  it is  probably 
,s harmless as any pigment which  could be 
ised.
Mr.  Watts asserted that other ingredients 
«sides ultramarum  blue  should be  elimin- 
,ted before granulated  sugar is fit for drug- 
;ists’ use.
The discussion recurring  to  the question 
if preparing  tinctures  from  fluid  extracts, 
»resident Wurzburg contributed  to the sub- 
ect by quoting the following extract from a 
iaper  read  before  the  Americon  Pharma- 
eutical Association by O.  A.  Wall:
That a fluid extract presents the full value 
if the  drug,  if  properly  prepared,  will be 
onceded try  everyone  who  has  had  much 
xperience  in  making  these  preparations. 
Vlien alkaloids or^other  ascertainable and 
.ssayable  substances  are  contained  in the 
[rug, an  assay  of  the  properly made  fluid 
xtract  should  yield  the  same  percent- 
ige as the crude drug  itself.  The fact that 
ome manufacturing,  as well as retail, phar- 
iiacists make inferior fluid extracts does not 
icutralize this general truth.
This much being conceded in regard to the 
heoretieally  perfect  fluid  extract,  it  is  a 
[uestion whether it is achieved in the actual 
luid  extract.  The  writer  believes  that a 
luid  extract  made  by  repercolation,  from 
resh and good drugs by a competent worker 
[oes  come  up  to  the  theoretical  require- 
aents.
Let us now  look at the  tinctures.  They 
,re much weaker preparations than fluid ex- 
racts,  but  resemble  the  latter  in  other re­
gards.  Some tinctures are absurdities ther- 
.peutically,  as for  instance  the  tincture of 
onium,  in which much of the proper action 
if the drug is  neutralized  by the  antidotal 
¡fleets of the  alcohol  in the same  prepara- 
ion, and all tinctures are  superfluous when 
luid extracts Me  at hand.  Physicians could 
inly be the  gainers if  they would use fluid

extracts instead,  adding alcohol  as a separ­
ate ingredient of the  prescriptions in  cases 
in which  its  use  was  indicated. 
In  other 
words,  no harm  would be  done if tinctures 
became obsolete, and were dropped from the 
Pharmacopoeia.

If  made by the retail pharmacist, they are 
usually made in  small  quantities; and as he 
cannot well buy less than two or three times 
as much drug as he  needs at a time,  and as 
lie does not  care to  make up  more tincture 
than he needs within  a reasonable .time,  on 
account of the cost of the alcohol, which be­
comes,  for  the  time  being,  dead  stock, he 
puts  away the  remainder  of  the  drug and 
uses it at long  intervals,  perhaps,  until all 
is consumed.  The last portion of the drug, 
in the mean  time,  lias  often  become  inert 
and  many  of  such  tinctures  are  therefore 
worthless.

Now, a tincture  made  by percolating 100 
grammes  of  a drug  with  enough  of  men­
struum to yield say 500 grammes of tincture 
cannot by any possibility contain more than 
wras also contained in the  drug.  But if 100 
cubic centimetres  of  fluid extract  also con­
tain  all  that is of  value  in 100 grammes of 
the corresponding  drug,  then a  mixture of 
100 cubic  centimetres  of  fluid  extract with 
enough  of  the  proper  menstruum  to make 
500 grammes of  tincture  must  be  identical 
with 500 grammes of tincture made percola­
tion.  According  to  the  conditions  agreed 
on, therefore,  the tinctures may be prepared 
from the corresponding fluid extract, taking 
care,  of  course to  make  due  allowance for 
the difference between weight and measures 
of different tinctures.

By making  the  tinctures  from  the  fluid 
extracts,  we  gain  the  advantage  that  we 
can work up all our crude drug  at once into 
fluid extracts, and by this avoid the deterior­
ation of it.

The unconscious common  sense of a mul­
titude often hits on  a right idea, even with­
out its being formulated into exact  thought 
by the individual; and  this  aggregate  com­
mon sense has  led  to  the  making of  tinc­
tures from fluid extracts,  in  spite of the un­
warranted remonstrauce  of some  few  who 
see nothing but  retrogression  in any depar­
ture from traditional pharmaceutical usages, 
no matter how  contrary  to  sense  the latter 
may be.  The Pharmacopoeia recognizes the 
principle in  the  case  of  tincture of  ipecac 
and opium,  and it is to be hoped will recog­
nize the superiority of the process by adopt­
ing  it  for  all  tinctures  of  vegetable  sub­
stances  from  which  fluid  extracts  can  be 
made.

Some have  objected  that  the  habit was 
encouraged in the interest of manufacturing 
pharmacists to increase  their  sales  of  fluid 
extracts.  To these it may be answered that 
no is compelled to buy his fluid extracts un­
less he finds  it to his  interest to do so; and 
the fact that  many  of  our  most  successful 
pharmacists  buy,  rather  than  make,  their 
fluid extracts,  shows at  least  that there are 
two sides to tiie question  as to  the  advisa­
bility of buying or making. 
In reality,  this 
view has absolutely  nothing to do  with the 
main question at issue, of  making tinctures 
from fluid extracts,  although  the  prejudice 
of some lias attempted  to  make the process 
appear as the wicked  invention of the man­
ufacturer.

Actual comparison  of  tinctures  made  by 
diluting  fluid  extracts  and  by  percolation 
from 
the  drag  itself  lias  shown  equal 
amounts of  solid  residue  and  equal effects 
therapeutically,  and the writer is convinced 
that the arguments  in  favor of  the process 
far outweigh any that  can be urged against 
it.

We have as advantages:  probable average 
greater  activity, on account of  less  chance 
of  using  deteriorated  drag;  less  stock  of 
drug necessary; less cost of  labor; less capi­
tal required to carry stock,  as a small quan­
tity of tincture only,  or  even  none of those 
more  seldom  employed,  need be on  hand, 
any that  is  prescribed  being  readily made 
extemporaneously if  desired:  less expendi­
ture therefore for stock bottles,  shop  furni­
ture, etc. 
If the  preparations  are  purchas­
ed,  as by many country physicians and phar­
macists is altogether done, we add saving in 
cost of packages and in freight,  etc.

Against these and  other  advantages is to 
be placed only the veneration for old habits, 
for the writer does not know one single val­
id argument  why  tinctures  should  not  be 
prepared by diluting fluid extracts, unless it 
is that the fluid extracts asrareparetl by some 
are not what they  should  be,  and therefore 
tinctures made from them will not be of full 
strength.  Admitting this,  it  simply argues 
that greater care should be  used in securing 
good fluid extracts,  for it is  just as improp­
er to use inferior fluid  extracts as to use in­
ferior tinctures.  Besides,  the use of  infer­
ior fluid  extracts is  more  than  counterb^- 
anced by the  use  of  the  shop-worn and in­
ert drags so often used in making tinctures.
In answer to the  first  part  of  the query, 
therefore, we  must  admit  the  propriety of 
diluting fluid extracts to make tinctures. As 
to the extent to which this may be done, the 
writer believes that  it  should be the princi­
pal process of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  leaving 
percolation as an alternate process,  as being 
moreapplicable and economical when making 
large quantities, as  by manufacturing phar­
macists who usually possess better facilities 
for obtaining fresh,  good  drugs at  any and 
all times.

Tinctures and wines may be  legitimately 
made  from  fluid  extracts,  likewise  most 
syrups,  when  they  can be made  that way, 
while the solutions of fluid extracts in water 
which generally  are  superior,  are  yet  fre­
quently so  different  from infusions and de­
coctions  in  strength,  and  occasionally  in 
mode of action, that  they cannot indiscrim­
inately be  used one  for the  other  without

the  expressed  consent  of  the  prescribing 
physician.

Wm. II.  Yan Leeuwen presented the fol- 
: lowing  alleged  prescription  for  a  case  of 
itch:

10 cents worth of aqua fortis.
10 cents worth reel precipitate.
10 cents worth quicksilver, 

j  Mix thoroughly and then mix with lard.
j  Mr. Van Leeuwen stated that he not only 
refused to  put  up  the  “prescription,”  but 
i advised his patron  to  tie a rope  around the 
I neck of the  physician  and  pull  one end of 
j  the rope over the  limb of a tall tree.

Secretary Escott  presented  the following 
letter from the  Secretary of  the Detroit so­
ciety:

D etroit, Dec.  81,  1885. 

i F. H. Escott, Sec’y Grand Rapids Pharmaceut- 
] 
ical Society:
D ear Sir—At  the  last  meeting  of  the 
! Detroit Pharmaceutical  Association  it  was 
resolved that the Secretary send out a circu­
lar to all the  local  societies  and prominent 
druggists in  the  State,  asking  them to use 
; their influence with their  representatives in 
i Congress in regard  to  the  abolition  of the 
j Internal Revenue Tax. 
j  Please bring it before your society and let 
! it receive your prompt attention.

Very truly,
F. W. R.  Perky,  Sec’y.

Dr.  H.  E.  Locher  moved  that  the  Secre­
tary communicate with the member of Con­
gress from this district  and ask  him  to use 
his influence to secure  the  repeal of the U. 
S.  Internal Revenue  law  as  affecting drug­
gists.

Mr. Van Leeuwen  asked what  object he 
had in  view  to  securing  the  repeal  of the 
law.

Mr.  Locher replied that he could not make 
§25 a year on his liquor sales,  and that he is 
money out  year  after  year.  Liquors  are a 
necessity in any drag  store,  but the present 
U.  S.  tax is unjust.

Isaac Watts stated that a  suggestion was 
made at the recent meeting of  the National 
Retail  Druggists’  Association  that  each 
member  communicate  with  his  member of 
Congress.  A  motion  to  that  effect  barely 
passed,  but it was  not  feasible at  present, 
although it was  thought  desirable  to  keep 
up the agitation.

Mr.  Locher said there were  other reasons 
why the motion should  prevail.  One is the 
erronous idea that druggists are liquor  deal- 
era, and that it  is annoying  to be classed as 
liquor dealers.  The State makes  a distinc­
tion in the form  of  the  license,  and  the 
government ought to do the same.  He wish­
ed  the  editor  of  The Tradesm an  would 
mention  the  matter  in  his  paper,  as  such 
notice would serve  to  correct  a  wrong im­
pression and set  the  druggist  right  before 
the world.

The motion was then  adopted.
Secretary Escott read letters from  the of­
ficers of the Jackson and Saginaw societies, 
stating that they would refer  the subject of 
prohibiting the  distribution  of  free sample 
bottles  of  proprietary  articles  to  their  re­
spective  societies.  President  Latimer,  of 
the Jackson organization,  wrote:  “I  quite 
agree with you that the free sample business 
is a nuisance.”

Isaac Watts suggested  the following sub­
ject  for  discussion  at  the  next  meeting, 
which  was  adopted: 
“Dangerous  com­
pounds—What are the explosive compounds 
which a druggist meets  with?”

The  Society  then  adjourned,  to  meet' 

Thursday evening, February 4.

A  man  was  recently  brought  into  the 
criminal courts of England on the charge of 
having poisoned  his  wife  with  colchicine. 
There w'as no  direct  evidence  in  the case. 
It  could  not  be  proved  that  he  had pur­
chased this drag,  and  the  prosecution  con­
fessed that they  were  not  familiar  with  a 
test for the  identification  of  colchicine,  so 
its  presence  could  not  be  detected in  the 
body of the victim,  and the prisoner was dis­
charged.

A notice of dissolution of partnership pub­
lished in a Minnesota  paper stated  that the 
dissolution was by mutual consent, and add­
ed that the  reason  therefor was that one of 
the partners was  “too  lazy  to  continue  the 
business.”

Order a sample package of Bethesda Min 
eral Spring Water  from  Hazeltine, Perkins 
& Co.  See  quotations  in  another  column.

L.  M.  MILLS.

M.  S.  GOODMAN.

MICHIGAN

DRUG

EXCHANGE,
Mills & Goodman, Props.

BARGAIN—Fine drugstore in north-westi rn 

Michigan, on  railroad, in  growing  town. 
Building for sale or rent on easy terms.  Fine 
chance  for  physician.  Stock  about  $2,000; 
buildings. $3,000.  Part on time.
1>RINCIPAL drug store in western Michigan 
on Lake Shore R. R.  Stock  about  $3,200, 
$1,000  cash,  balance  on  easy time if secured. 
Good paying store.  Good reason for selling.
■ INE  STOCK in western  Michigan  on  C.  & 
W. M. Railway.  Stock worth about $1,500. 
Good location.

TX7E  HAVE  several  competent  registered 
V?  pharmacists on our list and can  supply 
druggists requiring assistants  with  well  rec- 
omended assistants on very short notice.

MICHIGAN  DRUG EXCHANGE,

357  SOUTH  UNION  ST., 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Advauced—Arnica flowers, oil spearmint. 
Declined—Cocoa butter.
ACID S.

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

AM MONIA.

Carbonate................................ IPlb  15  ©  18
14
Muriate (Powd. 22c)......................... 
A qua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
3  ©  5
Aqua 18 deg or  4f............................ 
4  © 
6

BALSAMS.

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

BARKS.

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

B E R R IE S ,

40@45
40
1  75
50

11
18
13
14
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

©1  00
Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  05c)........... 
6  @  7
Juniper............................................. 
Prickly Ash......................................  50  ©  60

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 fl> boxes, 25c)... 
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............  
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 fi> doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 lb  boxes)............... 
Lgowood, V4s 
................ 
do 
Logwood, 
................ 
do 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............  
Fluid Extracts—25 33 cent, off list.

FLO W ERS.

27
37V1
12
13
15
14

A rnica.............................................  12  ©  15
Chamomile,  Roman....................... 
25
Chamomile,  German..................... 
25

GUMS.

Aloes,  Barbadoes............................ 
60®  75
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
50
Aloes, Soeotrine (Powd  60c).......... 
Ammoniac.......................................  
28©  30
90
Arabic, powdered  select............... 
Arabic, 1st picked..........................  
90
Arabic,2d  picked............................ 
80
75
Arabic,  3d picked............................ 
Arabic, sifted sorts......................... 
55
25
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
55@60
Benzoin............................................  
25©  27
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is (Vi 14c, bis 16c)............ 
13
35©  40
Eupborbium powdered.................. 
80
Gafbanum strained......................... 
80®  90
Gamboge........................................... 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
35
20
Kino rPowdered,30cl...................... 
Mastic..............................................  
1  25
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd $5 25)............... 
3 50
30
Shellac, Campbell’s......................... 
26
Shellac,  Engljsh.............................. 
Shellac, native................................. 
24
30
Shellac bleached.............................. 
Tragacanth............  .......................   30  @1  00

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

Hoarhound.......................................................25
Lobelia...............................................................25
Peppermint.......................................................25
R u e................................................. f................40
Spearmint........................................................ 24
Sweet Majoram................................................35
Tanzy................................................................ 25
Thyme...............................................................30
Wormwood.......................................................25

4 00 
20

©

IR O N .

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

LEA VES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c).................
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & Vis, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Senna tinnivelli...............................
Uva  Ursi...........................................
Beliedonna.......................................
Foxglove...........................................
Henbane..................:......................
Rose, red...........................................

LIQUORS.

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

1 75

 

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

1  50 
45
2  00 50
2 25 
Vi®  19 
2 00 
75
35

1  00 
1 20 

1 20
1  50 
6 00 
9 00 
1 60
2  00 
75

M AGNESIA.

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

OILS.

45

Almond, sweet.................................
Amber,  rectified..............................
Anise.................................................
Bay $   oz.........................................
Bergamont.......................................
Castor...............................................
Croton...............................................
Cajeput............................................
Cassia...............................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella........................................
Cloves..............................................
Cod Liver, N. F....................... 33 gal
Cod Liver, best........................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Erigeron...........................................
Fireweed...........................................
Geranium  $   oz...............................
Hemloek, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers, French.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new crop.......................
Lemon.  Sanderson’s.......................
Lemon grass......................................
Olive, Malaga....................
Olive, “Sublime  Ita lia n ...............
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rose  $  oz.........................................
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 50)
Salad, 
gal......................................
Savin.................................................
Sandal  Wood, German..................
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
Sassafras...........................................
Spearmint.......................................
Tansy..............................................4 00
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10
Wintergreen.................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
Wormseed.......................................

do 
do 

POTASSIUM.

Bicromate.................................9  9>
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 27c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow..............................

ROOTS.

Alkanet............................................
Althea, out.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in bis and Vis....
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 26c).................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap,  powdered.............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 16).............
Liooride, extra select.....................
Pink, true........................................
Rhei, from select to  oholce..........1 00
Rhei, powdered E. I ........ ..........1 1 0
Rhei, choice cut  cubes................
Rhei, ohoice out fingers...........

do 

SEEDS.

SPONGES.

do 
do 

Serpentaria..............................
Seneka......................................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras........
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican............
Squills, white (Powd 35c).......
Valerian, English (Powd 80c)__
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)..
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...........
Bird, mixed in lb  packages........
Canary,  Smyrna.....................  
.
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c)
Cardamon,  Aleppeo....................
Cardamon, Malabar.....................
Celery.......................................
Coriander, nest  English.............
Fennel...........................................
Flax, clean....................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3)4)...............
Foenugreek, powdered...............
Hemp,  Russian...........'................
Mustard, white  Black  10c)........
Quince..........................................
Rape, English...............................
Worm, Levant.............................
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage... 
do 
Nassau 
do
Velvet Extra do 
do
Extra Yellow do 
do
dc
Grass 
do 
Hard head, for slate use.............
Yellow Reef, 
.............
M ISCELLANEOUS. 
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) 33 gal.. 
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. re
Anodyne Hoffman’s ...............
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution. 
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...
Annatto  1 lb rolls....................
Alum.........................................  $  a
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c).......
Annatto,  prime.......................
Antimony, powdered,  eom’l.
Arsenic, white, powdered__
Blue  Soluble............................
Bay  Rum, imported, best............
Bay Rum, domestic, H.t P. & Co.’
Balm Gilead  Buds..................
Beans,  Tonka..........................
Beans,  Vanilla.........................
Bismuth, sub nitrate.............
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)...............
Blue Vitriol  ............................
Borax, rettned (Powd  12c)__
Cantharidcs, Russian  powdei
Capsicum  Pods, African.......
Capsicum Pods, African  pow 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  .
Carmine,  No. 40............................
Cassia  Buds..................................
Calomel.  American.....................
Chalk, prepared drop..................
Chalk, precipitate English........
Chalk,  red  Angers.......................
Chalk, white lump.......................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ................
Colocynth  apples.........................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts
cryst.
do 
Chloral 
Chloral 
do Scherln’s  do  .
Chloral 
do 
crusts
Chloroform.............................
Cinchonidia, P. &  W........ ..
Cinchonidla, other brands__
Cloves (Powd 23c)....................
Cochineal.................................
Cocoa  Butter..........................
Copperas (by bbl  lc)...............
Corrosive Sublimate...............
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list. 
Cream Tartar, pure powdered 
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box
Creasote....................................
Cudbear,  prime.......................
Cuttle Fish 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 60off 
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis..
Glue,  ca nnet...............................
Glue, white....................................
Glycerine, pure............................
Hops  V»s and J4s..........................
Iodoform 
oz..............................
Indigo............................................
Insect Powder, best  Dalmatian. 
Insect Powder, H.. P. & Co„ boxe
Iodine,  resublimed................
Isinglass,  American...............
Japonica.............................
London  Purple.......................
Lead, acetate............................
Lime, chloride, (&s 2s 10c & )4s 11c)
Lupuline..................................
Lycopodium............................
Mace....................................
Madder, best  Dutch...............
Manna, S.  F.............................
Mercury....................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s.
Moss, Iceland............................^ lb
Moss,  Irish...............................
Mustard,  English....................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 tt>  cans.
Nutgalls....................................
Nutmegs, No. 1.........................
Nux  Vomica............................
Ointment. Mercurial, V$d.......
Paris Green..............................
Pepper, Black  Berry.............
Pepsin.......................................
Pitch, True Burgundy...........
Quassia  ....................................
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W............
Quinine,  German....................
Red  Precipitate.......................
Seidlitz  Mixture.....................
Strychnia, cryst.......................
Silver Nitrate, cryst...............
Saffron, American.  ...............
Sal  Glauber.............................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.............
Sai  Nitre, medium  cryst.......
Sal Rochelle..............................
Sal  Soda....................................
Salicin.......................................
Santonin..................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..
Soda Ash  [by keg 3cl.............
Spermaceti...............................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s ..
Soap, White Castile................
................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
.................
Soap, 
do  do 
.................
Soap,  Mazzini..........................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F .....................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F.....................
Sugar Milk powdered.............
Sulphur, flour..........................
Sulphur,  roll............................
Tartar Emetic..........................
Tar, N. C. Pine, Vi gal. cans  33 doz 
Tar, 
Tar, 
Turpentine,  Venice................ 33
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand 
Zinc,  Sulphate....................

quarts in tin
pints in tin___

do 
do 

12014
40@43
25 
3 00 
28

1 .iU 
Capitol  Cylinder.......................
4 25 
Model  Cylinder.........................
8 00 
Shield  Cylinder.........................
65
2 75
Peerless  Machinery..................
1 00
Challenge Machinery...............
4 50
Backus Fine Engine................
7 00
Black Diamond Machinery__
55
Custor Machine  Oil..................
@9 00
Paraffine, 2»  deg.......................
©4 25
Paraffine, 28  deg.......................
12
Sperm, winter bleached..........
2 35
3 50 Whale, winter............................
2 00
Lard, extra.................................
Lard, No.  1.................................
Linseed, pure  raw....................
Linseed, boiled.........................
Neat’8 Foot, winter  strained..
Spirits Turpentine....................
VARNISHES. 
No. lTurp Coach.....................
Coach  Body...............................
No. 1 Turp Furniture...............
Extra Turp  Damar..................
Japan Dryer, No.  1 Turp........

20
25
17
33
12
Bbl
20
Red Venetian............................ Hi
35
20 Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........
IX
10 Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........
IX
Putty, commercial.................. ÜX
©  12
Putty, strictly pure..................
2V?
17
Vermilion,prime  American..
20
Vermilion, 'English..................
20
1  20 Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly  pure............
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Lead, white, strictly pure.......
18
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60 Whiting,  Gilders'.....................
@1 50 White, P&riB American............
©1 20 Whiting  Paris English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  Taints......
Swiss Villa Prepare»  Faints..

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OFFER  TO  THE  TRADE  TIIEIR  EN­

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Diatite,

Florence,

Odor Cases,

Collar and Cuff Boxes, 

Gents’ Dressing  Cases, 

Cut Glass  Bottles, 

Fancy Perfumes, 

Manicure Sets, 

Jewel Cases, 

Infant Sets, 

Work Boxes,

Game Boxes.

Until January  1st.

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A.  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

15.  A.  STOWE  &  BBO., Proprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95,

i Entered,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapid*  as 

Secondrdass Matter.1

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY  13,1885.

RETAIL  GROCERS’  ASSOCIATION.
The Most Interesting and Profitable Meet­

ing Ever  Held.

The regular semi-inonthly  meeting of the 
Retail Grocers’ Association,  held on the 5th, 
was attended by about  thirty representative 
grocers.  Applications for membership were 
received from John Cordes, Mrs.  Jacob Rit- 
zema,  Rademaker  &  Konkle  and  M.  P. 
Hedges,  all of whom were elected  members 
of the Association.

The  Committee  on  Entertainment  was 

given until the next meeting to report.

The special Committee on Honorary Mem­

bers reported as follows.
Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Associa­
tion:
Your  special  Committee  on  Honorary 
Members beg leave to report an amendment 
to  the  constitution,  and  unanimously  rec­
ommend  its  adoption.  From  all  we  have 
been able to  ascertain  in regard to the sub­
ject,  we  conclude  that  honorary  members 
have  the  right  of  speech  on  any  and  all 
questions,  but no vote.

A.  J.  E lliott,
Martin C.  DeJ ager,
E.  A.  Stowe, 

article  I.

Section 2.  Any  suitable  person  may  be 
elected an honorary member of this Associa­
tion on a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members 
present at any regular  meeting,  such mem­
ber to be exempt from the payment of mem­
bership fee, dues and assessments.

On  motion  of  Jas.  A.  Coye,  the  report 
was accepted and the Committee discharged.
The amendment was  laid  over for adoption 
at the next meeting.

Chairman  Elliott,  of  the  Committee  on 
Rooms, presented a lease for  the rooms for 
the ensuing year for the approval of the As­
sociation.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Coye,  the 
lease was  referred  back  to  the  Committee 
with instructions to revise the same and ex­
ecute it in the name of the Association.

Actuary Stowe read  the  names of all dt 
linquents thus far  reported to  the Associa­
tion,  100 in all, and thus ascertained the ad 
dresses  of  several  persons  whose  present 
whereabouts  were  heretofore  unknown 
The reading of all names reported in the in 
terim will be made a regular feature of each 
meeting hereafter.

President Herrick stated that the reading 
of  the  list  disclosed  information  which 
would  be  of  direct  monetary  value  to his 
firm,  and Vice-President Walker  expressed 
similar sentiments.

E.  A.  Stowe presented  the  following let­
ter from  Smith  Barnes,  of  Traverse  City, 
and moved the adoption of the accompanying 
resolution.
Your very kind invitation to place myself 
in an embarrassing position before the clear­
headed retailers  of  your city  I have  placed 
on file as  one  of  the  compliments  that oc­
casionally  come  to  one  during  a  business 
life.
I need not say that I am very much inter­
ested in everything relating  to  business re­
form,  and should  you signify  your wish to 
receive  a brief  screed  to be read before the 
retailers’ association of Grand liapids I will 
endeavor to send you  something in the near 
future. 
I think the old habit of purchasing 
eggs tlie one remnant of business dishonesty 
ingrained into  the  community by  centuries 
of use.
Resolvetl—That  Smith  Barnes,  general 
manager of the  Hannah  &  Lay  Mercantile 
Co.,  be invited to address  this  Association, 
either personally or by letter, on the subject 
of “Eggs by Weight” at his earliest conven­
ience,  and that the matter be made the spec­
ial order of business for that evening.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.
E. A.  Stowe moved the  appointment of a 
committee to  wait  on  the jobbing  trade of 
the  city  and  solicit  signatures  to  a  paper 
containing an agreement not to sell at retail, 
the agreement and signatures to constitute a 
“ Roll of Honor.”

Jas.  A.  Coye  moved  as  an  amendment 
that the  matter be taken  in  charge  by the 
Arbitration Committee,  which was adopted.
Jas.  A. Coye  suggested  that  the  grocers 
in each ward resolve themselves into a com­
mittee to secure pledges from the  nominees 
for aldermen in their respective  wards rela­
tive to the  abatement  of  the  peddler  nuis­
ance.
W.  C.  Harper  asserted  that  the  grocers 
■ought to begin work before the nominations 
were made,  that  the  time  to  strike was at 
the caucuses.  Candidates are free  to make 
pledges after  they  once  get  a place  on the 
ticket,  and are  equally  free  to go  back on 
their pledges after election.

Milo G.  Randall  said  that  lie  knew  the 
sentiment  of  the  Common  Council  well 
enough to assert that any petition presented 
to that body  by  this  Association  would  be 
treated with respect.  The Council will cor­
dially co-operate with the Association in the 
suppression of the nuisance.

Jas. A. Coye moved  tliat  the Law  Com­
mittee be requested to draft a resolution for 
the approval of  the  Association expressing 
its views relative to the huxtering business, I 
and that after  adoption  it  be  presented  to 
the Council by Alderman Richmond.

In answer to  an  enquiry,  Mr.  Richmond 
stated that the present city license levied on 
huxters  is 815  per  year, but  that only two 
persons had taken out licenses.

Wm.  Karreman stated  that  the State law 
on the subject was inoperative, as there was 
no  penalty  attached  for  violation  of  the 
statute.

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FR ED .  D.  YALE.

D A N IE L  LY NCH .

SUCCESSORS  TO

FRED. D. YALE  & CO.
CHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
Bakini Powders, Extracts, Birap,
GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re­

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

AND  JOBBERS  OF

ceive prompt attention.

40 and 42 South Division St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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Referring  to  the  sentiment  set  forth in 
| iarge letters on the  wall to  the  effect  that 
I  “Intemperance  has  slain  more  than  war, 
i  famine  and  pestilence,”  Mr.  Coye  face­
tiously remarked  that  the  sentence  should 
be paraphrased so as to read,  “The peddling 
nuisance has slain  more  grocers  than war, 
famine and pestilence.”
I  M.  C. Goossen  stated that  the  milk ped­
dlers were beginning to carry around butter 
and eggs  in their wagons.

Milo G. Randall said  he  knew of several 
milk men who peddled  vegetables as  well.
Mr.  Coye’s resolution  was then  adopted.
W.  C.  Harper suggested  that the employ­
ers of delinquents be notified, when the lat­
ter refuse to pay their debts,  that  they may 
be given an opportunity to  assist  the trade 
in the collection of bad accounts.

Treasurer Harris reported a total member­
ship  of  62,  and  total  receipts  of  877.50. 
Cash on hand,  875.45.

The Association  then  adjourned,  to meet 

again on Tuesday evening,  January 19.

Since the siege of Paris  in  1870,  the con­
sumption  of  horseflesh  has  gradually  in­
creased there.

The Missouri  Cremation  Society  has 400 
members, twenty-five of  whom are women.

COOPERAGE.

“ 

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“ 

“ 

*" 

HEADS.

STAVES.

Quay, Killen &  Co.  quote  as follow 
at  Grand liapids.
Red oak flour bbl. staves.............M  6
Elm 
............. M  5
White oak tee staves, s’d and j’t.M  30 
White oak pork bbl.  “ 
“  M  is
Tierce, dowelled and circled, set—  
Pork, 
“  —
Basswood, kiln dried, set..................
White oak and hickory tee, 8f’t.  M 11 
White oak and hickory “  1141 t.M  1U
Hickory  flour  bbl.........................M  6
Ash, round  “ 
“  .........................M  ®
Ash, fiat racked, 654 f t ................ M  3
White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M  1
White oak pork barrels, machine..
White oak lard  tierces....................  1
Beef and lard half barrels.............
Custom barrels, one  head...............  1
Flour  barrels....................................
Produce  barrels...............................

BA RR ELS.

H O O PS .

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00® 5 75 
00031 00 
50@30 00
15®  16
12@  13
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50®13 00 
00® 11 00 
50® 7 50 
25® 7 00 
50® 4 00
00®   1  10 
«0® 1  90 
20® 1 30 
75®  90
00®   1  10 
30®  37
23®  25

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO,  have 

Sole Control of our Celebrated

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it. 

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MICH

GRAND  RAPIDS,

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

tine, Perkins k Co.
HENRY  KRITZER,
PROPRIETORNEWAYGO 

Roller M ills
“Grown  Prince

MANUFACTURER  OF  THE

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B H A N n .

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

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
e n g i n e s
From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made  for 
Complete Outfits.

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

DEALERS i n   .

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN. 

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

At  M a n u fa c tu re rs ’  P ric e s .

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

HOUSE  &  STORE  SHADES  MADE  TO  ORDER. 

■w,  C,  D e n iso n ,

88,90 and 92 South  Division  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

A Simple Cure for Dyspepsia.

Probably never in the history of Proprietary 
Medicines lias any article met success equal to 
that which  has  been  showered  upon  •olden 
Seal Bitters.  Why, such has been  the success 
ot this discovery, that nearly  every  family in 
whole neighborhoods  have  been  taking it  at 
the same time.  Golden Seal Bitters  combines 
the best remedies of  the  vegetable  kingdom, 
and  iii  such  proportions  as  to  derive  their 
greatest medicinal effect with the least disturb­
ance to the whole system.  In fact,  this  prep­
aration is so well balanced in its action  on the 
alimentary canal, the Liver, the  Kidneys, the 
Stomach,  the  Bowels,  and  the  circulation of 
the Blood, that it brings  about  a  healthy ac­
tion of tlie  entire  human  organism  that can 
hardly be credited by those who have not seen 
the remarkable results that have  lollowed  its 
use.  Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.,  whole­
sale druggists, Grand Ilagids, Mich. 

123

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

N elson  Bros.  &  Go.

JENNINGS’

Flavoring*  E xtracts!
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co.,

GRAND RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

J.  EL  THOMPSON  A  CO.

BEE  SPICE  MILLS.

WHOLESALE  GROCERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

0 2 3  

1 ! Teas, Coffees & Spices,
i  The  Celebrated  Butterfly  Baking-  Powder,
I 

Dealers in Tobaccos, Cigars, Etc.,

m a n u f a c t u r e r s   o f

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59  JEFFERSON  AVENUE, 

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DETROIT,  MICH.

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PE1CE-C1M N Ï.
F.  J.  pTeÍ TENT HALER.  Jobber  of  Oysters
KNIFE  T O B A C C O .

t/C/r/csyS" J
Tobacco is packed in 30 pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough  and  Ready Clubs,  16 oz., j 
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.  Plug  of the  Finest  Tobacco  that  can  be  produced  by 

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 & GO., Detroit, Mich.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

ST A N L EY   N .  A LLEN ,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  SO

cum

Orders by Mall and Express promptly at­

tended to.

W ID E  BROW N  COTTONS.

CHECKS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .23  ¡Pepperell, 10-4........25
Androscoggin, 3-4. .21  ¡Pepperell, 11-4........2754
Pepperelt,  7-4......1654 Pequot,  7-4............. 18
Pepperell,  8-4......20  Pequot,  8-4............. 21
Pepperell,  9-4......22!41 Pequot.  9-4............. 24
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Caledonia,  X, o z...10
Prodigy, oz............. 11
Economy,  oz..........10
Otis Apron............. 1014
! Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis  Furniture.......1014
!  Park Mills, No. 60. .11 
York, 1  oz...............10
!  Park Mills, No. 70..13 
York. A A, extra oz. 14
|  Park Mills, No. 80.. 13
Alabama brown__ 7  ¡Alabama  plaid.....  7
I Jewell briwn..........954' Augusta plaid..........  7
j  Kentucky  brown.. 1054 Toledo plaid............7
:  Lewiston  brown...  954¡Manchester  plaid..  7
:  Lane brown........... 954 New  Tenn. plaid.. .11
| Utility plaid...........   654
1  Louisiana  plaid....  7 
| Avondale,  36........   8}4|Greene, G  4-4 
.  ..  554
; Art  cambrics, 36. ..1154 Hill, 4-4......................754
| Androscoggin, 4-4..  854 Hill, 7-8....................  69£
I Androscoggin, 5-4. .1254 Hope,  4-4.................. 6*54
i  Ballou, 4-4...............  654 King  Phillip  cam-
j  Ballou, 5-4...............  6 
brie, 4-4.................1154
1  Boott, 0.4-4...........   854 Linwood, 
|  Boott,  E. 5-5...........   7  ¡Lonsdale, 
Boott. AGC, 4-4.......  954 Lonsdale  cambric.1054
----------- 1—  GB,4-4...  954

BLEACHED COTTONS.

OSNABURG.

4-4.  754
4-4.794

e, AA 4-4. 
X. 4-4__

>n, 45........... 14
rille,  4-4.......8
11.4-4............954
ork Mill, 4-4.1054
>rsey,  4-4__8
et.  P. M.C..  754
.11 
of the West, 
nestic, 
lontas,  4-4...
.  754
ight Anchor,4-4.  9
ville, 7-8.......
.  654 
rol, 4-4.. 
.  9
ria, AA........
lit of Loomi 4-4 ..  85¡
lit of Loom, 7-8..  75<i Woodbury, 4-4....... .  554
lit of  ttie  Loom, Whit insville,  4-4.. .  754
ira brie. 4-4........11 ¡Whitinsville, 7-8... .  654
.1054
d Meda 
.1054
id Meda
ilded Age

1,4-4..  ..  69í 1 Willis

Bitta, 4-4.......
unsvilie, 36..

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Poeab
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BTLKSIAS.

PRINTS.

----- 354
....1954 
...  1054

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

...... 17 
iMasonville TS........... 8
Crown...........
...... 1254 Masonville  S...........10
No.  10...........
.......10  ¡Lonsdale...........
954
Coin...............
..16
.......15  Lonsdale A .......
Anchor..........
....... 
Nictory  O........
Centennial... 
.......8  Victory J ............
Blackburn ...
.......14  Victory  D.........
Davol.............
.......1254  Victory  K........
London..........
.......12  Phoenix A .........
Paconia........
........................ 10  Phoenix  B........
Red  Cross
Social  Imperial....16  ¡Phoenix XX ...
Albion, solid...........554¡Gloucester................554
Albion,  grey...........6  Gloucestermoum’g.554
Allen’s  checks........554 Hamilton  fancy— 554
Ailen’s  fancy......... 554 ¡Hartel fancy.............554
Allen’s pink.............55% Merrimac  D..............554
Allen’s purple..........554 Manchester..............554
American, fancy... .554¡Oriental  fancy........554
Arnold fancy.  ........6  ¡Oriental  robes.........654
Berlin solid.............  5  Pacific  robes........... 6
Cocheco  fancy........5  ¡Richmond.................6
Cocheco robes..........654 Steel  Kiver............... 554
Conestoga fancy.... 6  ¡Simpson’s ................ 6
Eddystone...............6  ¡Washington fancy..6
Eagle fancy............. 5  Washington  blues.  7
Garner pink............. 5541
Appleton  A, 4-4__   654¡Indian Orchard, 40.  8
Boott  M,4-4........... 694 Indian Orchard, 36.  754
Boston  F, 4-4..........  754 ¡Laconia  B, 74.........1654
Continental C, 4-3..  654 Lyman  B, 40-in....... 1054
Continental D, 40in  894 Mass. BB, 4-4............69£
Conestoga W, 4-4...  654 Nashua  E, 40-in....  854
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  554 Nashua  R, 4-4.......... 754
Conestoga G, 30-in* 6  ¡Nashua 0.7-8..........  694
Dwight  X, 3-4........   554¡Newmarket N ........ 654
Dwight Y, 7-8..........594 i Pepperell E, 39-in..  7
Dwight Z, 4-4..........  694 Pepperell  R, 4-4....  754
Dwight Star, 4-4__ 7  Pepperell  0,7-8-------654
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9  ¡Pepperell  N, 3-4—   654
Enterprise EE, 36..  5  Pocasset  C, 4-4.........694
Great Falls E, 4-4...  7  Saranac  R...............  754
!  Farmers’ A, 4-4.......6  Saranac  E.................  9
i Indian  Orchard  4-4 7541
Amoskeag.............  754  Renfrew, dress styl 9
j  Amoskeag, Persian 854 Johnson  ManfgCo,
!  Bookfold.............1254
Bates.......................  754 Johnson  ManfgCo,
Berkshire.............   654  dress  styles........1254
i Glasgow checks....  7  Slaterville, 
dress
styles....................  754
' ” ’-  754 
Glasgow checks, f’y 
j White Mfg Co, stap 7 
checks,
Glasgow 
8  ¡White Mfg Co, fane 8 
royal  styles........
¡White  Manf’g  Co,
!  Gloucester, 
new
7541  Earlston.................854
standard  .............
754 Gordon......................7
Plunket..................
8  ¡Greylock, 
dress 
I Lancaster...............
7941  styles  ...................1254
! Langdale..
Androscoggin,7-4. .21'  ¡Pepperell.  10-4....... 2754
Androscoggin,8-4..23  ¡Pepperell,  11-4.......3254
Pepperell,  7-4........ 20  jPcquot,  7-4........ •• -21
Pepperell,  8-4........2354 Pequot,  6-4.............. 24
Pepperell,  9-4........25  ¡Pequot,  9-4.............. 2754

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

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

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HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A, 4-4.......7*41Lawrence XX, 4-4..  7
Atlantic  H ,4-4.......7 
¡Lawrence  Y ,30....  7
Atlantic  D, 4-4.......  654 Lawrence LL,4-4...  554
Atlantic P, 4-4........   554 Newmarket N........ 654
Atlantic  LL, 4-4__ 5  Mystic River, 4-4...  554
Adriatic, 36.............   754 Pequot A,£-4..........
654
Augusta, 4-4...........   654 Piedmont,  36.:-----
i  Boott  M, 4-4...........   694 Stark AA, 4-4........
!  Boott  FF, 4-4..........  794 Tremont  CC, 4-4....
9
I Granite ville, 4-4—   594 ¡Utica,  4-4................
I  Indian  Head,4-4...  7  VVachusett,  4-4.......754
:  Indiana Head 45-in.1254, Wachusett. 30-in...  694

TICK IN G S.

Amoskeag 
A m oskeag 
j  Am oskeag 
j  A m oskeag

“ 4-4. .19  ¡Falls, XXX...........
A ....... 12  Falls,  BB............... .1154
B....... .1154 Falls,  BBC, 36....... .1954
C....... .11  ¡Falls,  awning....... 19
D....... .10^¡Hamilton,  BT, 32. .12
E....... .10  Hamilton,  D........ .  954
F ........ .  954¡Hamilton,  H........ .  954

fancy.

GLAZED CAMBRICS.

Amoskea„,
Premium  A, 4-4
¡Methuen AA..........12
Premium  B.............io
Methuen ASA........1654
E x tra  4-4..................... 16
¡¡Omega  A, 7-8......... 11
E x tra  7-8..................... 14}
Omega  A, 4-4.........13
Gold Medal 4-4.........15
i ¡Omega ACA, 7-8... .14 
CCA  7-8.................... 12!
¡Omega ACA ,4-4 — 16
CT 4-4........................... 14
Omega SE, 7-8....... 24
RC 7-8........................14
Omega SE, 4-4....... 27
B F 7-8...........................16
Omega M. 7-8....... 22
A F  4-4...........................19
Omega M, 4-4.........25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
ShetuckcfSS&SSW 1154 
Cordis  AC A, 32....... 15
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 1, 32....... 15
Shetueket,  SFS 
.. 12 
| Cordis  No. 2............ 14
Stock bridge  A.
I Cordis  No. 3............ 13
Cordis  No. 4..........ill54|Stockbridge  trncy.  8
Garner....................5  ¡Empire  ....................
Hook set..................  5  ¡Washington...........   41£
Red  cross...............  5  Edwards..................  6
| Forest G rove.......... 
|S. S. & Sons............  5
American  A ........18 001Old  Ironsides.........15
Stark A ...................2254. Wheatland...............21
i  Boston....................  6?4 Otis CC....................1054
i  Everett blue......... UV*  Warren  AXA.......... 1254
I Everett  brown......1354 Warren  BB..............U54
Otis  AXA..............1254¡Warren CC............... 1054
I Otis BB...................11541 York  fancy..............1254
Manville......
Masgn ville..
Red  Cross...
Berlin..........
i Garner....................  7541
!  Brooks....................50 
| Eagle  and  Phoenix
|  Clark’s O. N. F.......55 
|  Mills ball sewing.30
i J. &P.  Coats..........55  Greeh  &  Daniels...25
;  Willimantic 6 cord.55  Stafford..................25
Willimantic 3 cord.40  Hall & Manning— 35
j  charleston ball sew 
Holyoke..................25

6  ¡8. S. & Sons........
.  6  ¡Garner...............
W IG AN S. 
.  754 Thistle Mills......
,.  754 ¡Rose....................

P A P E R   CAMBRICS.

SPO OL COTTON.

GRAIN  BAGS.

DENIMS.

«

ing thread........... 30  I

CORSET JE A N S .

!  Armory..................  654|Kearsage.................. 754
i  Androscoggin sat..  754 Naumkeagsatteen. -754
1 Canoe River...........   6  ¡Pepperell  bleached  754
| Clarendon...............  654¡Pepperell sat..........854
:  Hallowell  Imp.......  694 Rockport.................. 654
i  Ind. Orch. Imp.......  654¡Lawrencesat..........754
Laconia..................  754 ¡Conegosat.................654

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

Ohio White Lime, per  bbl...................  
I  00
85
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
1 30
1 30
Akron Cement per  bbl........................  
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl....................... 
1 30
¡'Car lots 
..................... 1 05®1  10
j  Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  30
1 76
Stucco, per bbl................................... 
| Land plaster, per ton......................... 
3 50
! Land plaster, car lots........................  
2 50
| Fire brick, per  M.............................. f25® 136
: Fire clay, per bbl..............................  
8 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, ear lots. .f5 75@6 00 
Anthracite, stove and nut, ear lots..  6 00®6 25
Cannell, car lots..............................   ®6 00
Ohio Lump, car lots.........................3 10®3 25
Bloesburg or Cumberland, ear lots..  4 50®5 00 
* Portland Cement.................   .........  8 50@4 00

COAL.

SPRING  &

COMPANY,

T

THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF
 O
 O  B
PLUG  TOBACCO.

Offered in this Market are  as follows:

 . A .   C

  C

W HOLESALE  D EA L ER S  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

OIL.  CLOTHS

ESTO-,  ETO.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

Peter Cooper’s Illustration of Usury.
Mr.  Cooper was always a careful and pru­
dent business man.  He  was always oppos­
ed to the methods of  many merchants,  who 
launched out  in extravagant  enterprises on 
borrowed money,  for which they  paid exor­
bitant rates of  interest.  Once,  while  talk­
ing about a  project  with  an  acquaintance, 
the latter said he  would have to borrow the 
money for six months, paying interest at the 
rate of three per cent,  a month.

“Why do you borrow for so short a time?” 

Mr.  Cooper asked.

bills for longer.”

“Because  the  brokers  will  not negotiate 

“Well,  if you wish,” said Mr.  Cooper,  “I 
will discount your note at that rate for three 
years.”

“Are you in earnest?”  said the  would-be 

borrower.

“Certainly  I  am. 

I  will  discount  your 
note for $10,000 for three years at that rate. 
Will you do it?”

“Of course I will,” said the merchant.
“Very well,” said Mr. Cooper;  “just sign 
this note for $ 10,000 payable in three years, 
and give  me  your  check  for $800,  and the 
transaction is complete.”

“But where is the money for me?”  asked 

the astonished  merchant.

“You don’t get  auy money,”  was the re­
ply.  “Your interest for  thirty-six months, 
at three per centum  per  month  amounts to 
one hundred and eight per  centum,  or $10,- 
800;  therefore,  your  check  for  $800,  just 
makes us even.”

The force of  this  practical illustration of 
the folly of paying such an exorbitant  price 
im-  the  use  of  money,  was  such  that  the 
merchant  determined  never  to  borrow  at 
such runinous rates,  and he frequently used 
to say that  nothing could have so fully con­
vinced him as this rather humorous proposal 
by Mr.  Cooper.

Religion  vs. Trade.

“Yes, Mr. Goodman,” said  the  grocer to 
the minister who had dropped  in for a little 
chat,  “as you say,  life is  short,  but eternity 
is long. 
It behooves  us all  to so shape our 
course in this world that we may inherit the 
blessings of the  world  to come.  With me, 
sir,  honesty in business  is not a policy,  it is 
something more than  that,  something high­
er,  something—”

“Pleasejmister,” asked acliild with a shawl 
over  her  head,  “has  you  got  enny  next 
year’s maple sugar?”

“Well,  sissy,” hesitated the grocer with a 
very dubious  look  in  the  direction  of  the 
dominie,  “it’s a  trifle early  in the  season, 
yet,  but I may have a little  on hand.  How 
much do you want?”

Eight  Dollars  a  W eek.

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  mad—steam  chests,  cylinder 
cover  and  crank  pin—banged with  a ham­
mer or  something.  Oh,  but  I’ll  fire  him! 
Yes,  lie’s a goner.”

“Colonel,  what  wages  do  you pay tills 

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.

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  i t ”

‘ ‘Well, by the—the—er—lia—urn—eternal 
hornspoons,  that  collar  button  must  be 
found.” 

______

Branching Out.

F rom  the New Y o rk  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.

Business  Rivalry.

Creditor  (to  bankrupt)—What  do  you 

expect to pay?

Bankrupt—I hope to be able to pay twen­

ty cents on the dollar.

Creditor—But your rival  across  the  way* 

who failed last year,  paid thirty cents.

Bankrupt—Did he?  Then I’ll pay thirty. 

I can meet him every time.

One of the serious faults  that ought  to be 
overcome in  the  scroll  sawing  machine  is 
that edges  are  rough  and  uneven,  and  the 
lines  often  irregular  and ill-shapen.  This 
can be largely overcome by greater care and 
skill.  Among the requisites for smooth and 
uniform work are^hat  the  work should  be 
held so firmly that it cannot vibrate with the 
saw,  and  that  the  work  should  be  moved 
steadily, that  in  curved  work  the  blade is 
not twisted.  The hole the saw goes through 
should be twice the size of the saw.  When 
two pieces are to  be sawed,  they  should be 
nailed  tightly on  the  outer  edges  to  keep 
them from sliding, and do one inside sawing 
first

Forged  checks  on  the  George  T.  Smith 
Middling  Purifier Co.,  of  Jackson,  are fly­
ing around that  city,  and  a  nervousness is 
manifested by the firm  as well  as  by  local 
merchants.

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

- 

-

-

2c less in  orders for  1 0 0  pounds o f any one brand.

FINE  CUT,

-  
- 
- 
- 

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

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

-

- 
2c less in   6  pail lots.

-

SMOKING.

ARTHUR’S  CHOICE, LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
-
SEAL  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  -
2c  less in  1 0 0  pound lots.

- 

- 

.48 
# 0 °  
.46
.38 
.46
.46 
.35
.38 
.46

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

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

These brands are sold only by

A rth u r M e ig s  & Co.

Wholesale  Grocers,

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

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Manufacturers of

PURE  CANDY i

ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES 

USTu-ts,  E t o

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices  in  Car  Lots. 

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

We are prepared to M e Bottom Prices on anytlinpe handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N .
W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A g en ts  f o r

AMBOY  CHEESE.

The Well-Known

J. S. Farren & Co.
OYST-ERS

ARE  TH E  BEST  IN  MARKET.

PUTNAM  & BROOKS

WHOLESALE  AGENTS.

COMING  to  (RAND  RAPIDS

I N

CAR  LOADS!

0.  W.  Archer’s Trophy Corn,
0. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn,
0. W. Archer’s Early Bolden Prep Corn

EVERY  CAN  BEARING  SIGNATURE  OF

The  Archer  Packing  Co.

3 7 ,39 & 41 Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

o h U jI iI o o t h b ,  i l l .

GRANELLO,
MERCHANT
TAIL0E,

LEDYARD  BLOCK,

107  O tta w a  St.

Suitings for Manufacturers,

Suitings for Jobbers,

Suitings for Retailers,

Suitings for Traveling Men, 

Suitings for Clerks,

AND

Overcoats for Everyliody.

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.

id ik a u  Dairymen s  Association.

Organized at  Grand  Rapids,  February 25.  1885.
President—Milan Wiggins. Bloomingdale. 
Vice-Presidents—W.  H.  Howe,  Capac;  F.  C. 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P.  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F.  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
Warren Haven, Bloomingdale;  Chas.  E. Bel­
knap,  Grand  Rapids;  L.  F.  Cox,  Portage; 
John Borst, Vriesland;  tt. C. Nash, Milliards; 
1).  M.  Adams,  Ashland;  Jos.  Post,  Clarks­
ville.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand 
Rapids.
Next Meeting—At Kalamazoo, February 16,  17 
and 18.
Membership Fee—$1 per year.
Official Organ—T h e Mic h ig a n  T r a d esm a n.

TIMETABLES.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

Arrives.

GOING  W EST.

Leaves. 
6:25 a m
tSteamboat  Express.
tTh rough  Mail.............. __10:40 a m 10:50 a m
tEvening  Express........ ...  3:40 p m 3:50 p m
♦Limited  Express.......... ...  8:30 p m 10:45 p m
11:00 a m
+Mixed, with  coach.......
f Morning  Express.............   1:05 pm 1:10 p m
tThrough  Mail............... ..  5:00 pm 5:10 p m
tSteamboat Express —  
7:10 a m
tMixed............................
♦Night Express...............__  5:10 a m 5:35 a m
in .  £ aa[;u ;90
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.

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  ♦Daily.
irllS S c I lg d o  

D. P o t t e r , City Pass. Agent. 
G e o . B. R e e v e , Tralfic Manager, Chicago.

...10:40 p m

l u tu i i^   m t? 

it. 

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
tMail.........................................9:00 am   4:80 p m
tDay  Express........................13:35 pm  9:25 p m
♦Night  Express....................10:40 pm   5:45 am
Muskegon Express.............   4:20piu  11:20 am
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without extra charge  to Chicago  on 
1:00 p. in., and through coach  on9:15 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. &  P. M.  trains  to  and  from  Ludington  and 
Manistee.J. H. Ca r pen ter,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  Mul l i k e n ,  General  Manager.

_

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Express............................... 7:15 pm  
Mail...................................... 9:50 am  

Arrive.  Leave.
7:30 am
4:00 pm

All trains daily except Sunday.
leaving  at 4 p. m. connects at 
The  train 
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 Moure street and depot.

Through  tickets  and  berths 

J. W. McK e n n e y , Gen’l Agent.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING  SOUTH.

Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30 a m 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac  Ex  4:10 pm 
G’d Rapids &Trav. City Ac.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  5:05 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Way i e Ex.. 10:30 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m 

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves.
11:30 a m 
5:05 pm 
7:00 a m
7:15 a m 
5:30 pm 
11:45 p m

SLE EPIN 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. in. has  Wood-
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pi'ass. Agent.

m

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central.
.......6:00 a m
♦Detroit Express............................
.......12:45 p m
tDav Express.................................
.....10:40pm  
press..........................
.......6:50 a m
way f reight..................................
.......6:00 a m
♦Pacific  Express...........................
....................  3:30 p m
tM ail...............................................
.................... 10:35 p m
tGrand  Rapids  Express...............
.....................  5:15 a m
Way Freight..................................
♦Daily.
tDaily except Sunday.
Atlautio  and  Pacifie
Sleeping  cars  run  on 
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. in. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at  10:35 p. m.

Chas. H. Norris.  Gen’l Agent.

Detroit, Maokinao  & Marquette.

Trains connect with G. R. & I.  trains  for St. 
Ignace, Marquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving Grand Rapids at 5:00 p. m., arriving at 
Marquette at 2:05 p. in. and|5:3U p. m.  Returning 
leave  Marquette  at 7:00 a.  m.  and  1:40 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.

W.  ALLEN, 

STORE  SLANG.

Tiaverse City Business Men’s Association.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

<5roceries.

B E T A IL   GROCERS’  ASSOCIATION 

OF  GRAND  RA PID S.

OR G A N IZED   NO VEM BER  10,  1885.

„  

_  

President—Erwin J. Herrick.
First Vice-President—E. E. Walker.
Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Coye. 
Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson.
Treasurer—B. S. Harris.
Board of  Directors—Eugene  Richmond,  Wm. 
H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A. Hydorn  and 
W. E. Knox. 
Finance  Committee—W. E.  Knox,  H.  A.  Hy­
dorn and A. J. Elliott. 
Room Committee—A. J. Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­
mond and Wm. H. Sigel.
Arbitration Committee—Gerrit H. DeGraf, M.
J. Lewis and A. Rasch. 
Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Govern- 
ber.
Regular  meetings—First  and  Third  Tuesday 
Evenings of each month.
Next  meeting-Tuesday evening, Jan. 19.
Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.

.  _

„

,

OFFICERS.

„  

.  _  

President—H. B. Fargo.
First Vice-President—Wm. B. Keift.
Second Vice-President—A. Towl.
Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer.
Financial Secretary—John DeHaas.
Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen­
zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A.  Towl  and 
,
E.  Johnson. 
Finance Committee—Wm.  B. Kelly,  A.  Towl 
and E. Johnson.
Committee  on  Rooms  and  Library—O.  Lam­
bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie.
Arbitration  Committee—B.  Borgman.  Garrit 
Wagner and John DeHaas.
Complaint  Committee—Wm.  B.  Keift,  D.  A. 
Boelkius, J.O. Jeannot,  R.  S.  Miner  audL. 
Vincent. 
„   ....
Law Committee—H. B.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  Keift 
and A. Towl.
Transportation Commit tee—Wm. B, Keift, An­
drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each month. 
_
Next meeting—Wednesday evening, Jan. SO.

_ 

TH E  PEDDLER  NUISANCE.

A  Consideration  From  a  Sanitary  Stand­

point.

From the American Analyst.

The  question  of  how  far  peddlers  and 
street venders of all kinds interfere with the 
rights of storekeepers  by  being  enabled  to 
undersell them,  not  having  any  store  rent 
to pay, or their infringing upon public rights 
by obstructing the streets  and sidewalks,  is 
not within our province, but there is  a  very 
important sanitary view to be taken.  Ped­
dlers and  street  venders  seldom  have  any 
established custom,  and  as  they move from 
place to place,  only look for transient trade. 
Consequently  the  policy  of  not  cheating, 
which would  prevent  a  return,, of the  cus­
tomer at another time,  is'not an  element of 
influence with them. 
If they can only  sell 
their wares they  are  satisfied.  Their  low 
rate  of  business  expenditure  being  well 
known, they are  extensively  patronized  by 
those who look for bargains  under the false 
impression  that  they  are  enabled  to  sell 
cheaper  than  storekeepers  under  much 
heavier expense.  Again,  it  is  erroneously 
supposed  that  because  they  only  carry 
enough stock to last for a part of a day, that 
the goods they offer  are  fresher  and better 
than those sold  by  storekeepers,  who,  be­
cause they  have  the  means  of  caring  for 
their perishable goods,  are supposed to have 
only stale  goods.  Another  great  error  is 
the supposition tiiat all the  women who  go 
about with one or two baskets  full of vege­
tables,  fruit,  butter  and  kindred  things, 
bring  these  fresh  from  the  farm or track 
garden.  All  these  are  mistaken notions. 
The majority of peddlers  and  venders  buy 
only  the  very  cheapest  and  poorest stuff 
after the grocers,  who  buy  the  best,  have 
had their pick.  It is a common sight around 
any wholesale  market  to see street venders 
waiting for the grocers to drive away, when 
they swoop down upon  the leavings, which 
they  obtain  at  a  nominal  price.  Though 
they buy  cheap  and  correspondingly  poor 
goods, they do  not  sell  at  any low  figure, 
but  having  only  a  limited  stock in trade, 
which they  must  sell  in  a  few hours,  and 
then remain  in  enforced  idleness  for  the 
greater part of their time,  are compelled  to 
charge a  much  larger  percentage  of profit 
than the storekeeper,  who  lias a very large 
stock in constant demand and  facilities  for 
selling at all  hours.  When  the  peddler’s 
stock,  originally  poor  and  none  too fresh, 
continues to decay or spoil,  he has no means 
of preserving the same or  preventing spoil­
ing.  The fallacy of fresh butter or vegeta­
bles,  right from  “our  own  garden,”  is  too 
well known to need any  further  reference. 
We once knew a man who managed to  earn 
a large amount of money by dressing  up  as 
a farmer and  selling  roll  butter,  made by 
his wife,  in the city,  from  partially  rancid 
firkin  butter,  bought  at  a  low  price,  by 
washing the butyric acid out  with milk and 
working the butter over.  We have only to 
call attention  to  the  facts  developed  by  a 
visit to Washington  Market,  where  we  re­
cently  saw  decomposed  poultry,  decaying 
vegetables,  strong  game,  partially  rotten 
fruit, and many other similar things bought 
up  by  peddlers,  who,  after  slightly  and 
superfically  fixing  up  these  various  pur­
chases,  sell  them  on  the  streets  at prices 
proportionately much higher and with poorer 
measure,  than better and fresher  goods  are 
sold by storekeepers.  As these venders are 
generally only patronized  by  the poor,  and 
the latter are thus not only  robbed  of  tlieir 
money, but of their health,  is  it not the du­
ty of our  health  officials  to  closely  watch 
these people? 
Iu  fact,  under  all circum­
stances,  would it not be  best to end the  en­
tire nuisance by law? 
Surely, there  is  no 
part of large cities which is  not abundantly 
supplied  with  stores,  which can  be  better 
watched and which are responsible.

“ Eggs by Weight.”

There should be a large attendance at the 
next meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Associa­
tion as the programme includes  an  address 
by Smith Barnes on  “Eggs  by  Weight,”  a 
subject with which he is thoroughly familiar, 
as Hannah, Lay & Co. hate bought and sold 
eggs by weight for twenty years.

Its  Origin  Found  in  the  Peculiarities  of 

Shoppers.
From the New York World.

If the women who spend so much of their 
time in shopping  day  after  day  only knew 
how much  they jeopardize  the  positions  of 
the  clerks  by  not  buying,  perhaps  they 
would not spend so much  time in overhaul­
ing box after box of goods simply to see the 
latefct fashions and  without  the least inten­
tion  of  buying.  The  employer  or  floor­
walker is supposed to know if the lady,  who 
has been for the last half-hour  looking over 
a box of laces,  intends  buying or  not.  He 
does not know that the laces are  only being 
looked at  to  see  the  newest  patems,  or to 
consume  time  while  waiting  for  a  friend. 
The same thing  has  occurrred  during  the 
day,  and,  perhaps,  on several days previous 
—ladies leaving  the  counter  without  buy­
ing.  The proprietor then gets the idea ihat 
the clerk is not  smart;  he has  seen a num­
ber during the past week leave  her counter, 
and when the clerk  receives  her  pay envel­
ope on  Staturday  night  she  finds  in  it a 
short note saying  her  “services are no lon­
ger required.”

The people that take  up  the  time of  the 
clerks without buying are  called “skanks,” 
and if any lady when shopping should over­
hear the work  “skank”  used  from  time to 
time by the clerks that  are  near  to the one 
who is waiting on her,  she  may  take it for 
granted  that  she  is  not  regarded  by  the 
clerks as a probable purchaser.

To  “swap” a clerk is  to  leave  him with­
out buying,  a  great  many  “swaps”  during 
the day exposing him to a discharge.

To  “gouge”  is  for  one  clerk,  at the ap­
proach of a customer to  the  counter,  to run 
ahead  and  wait  on  her  before the  other 
clerks.  To  have the  reputation of  being a 
“gouger” is not an enviable tiling.
The Tomato Pack of 1885.

i 

The annual review by the American Gro­
cer of the progress  of  the  tomato  canning 
industry in 1885 has just been published.  It 
shows  a  heavy  decrease  in  the output  of 
these goods during the past year as compar­
ed  with  1884.  The  total  pack  this  year 
amounted  to  1,434,006  cases of two dozen | 
tins  each,  against  2,021,177  cases in  1884 j 
and 2,943,579 cases in 1883.  The following 
table gives the production by  states  for  the | 
years 1885 and 1884:

Cases, two 
dozen tins each.
1884.
1885.
Maryland, Virginia and Penn-
507,020
" sylvania.......................... .408,212
529,582
New Jersey............................... .352,650
75,4<)0
New  York................................. .102,700
80,175
Iow a.......................................... .  85,325
174,800
California................................. .  59,117
91,000
Indiana  .................................... .  68,400
77,000
Delaware.................................. .  63,117
65,000
.  64,500
M issouri..................................
75,500
Ohio............................................ .  63,000
89,450
Kansas and Nebraska............. .  53,120
.  30,106
112,000
38,000
Michigan.................................. .  26,800
59,550
.  24,264
Massachusetts........................
8,280
.  12,933
Connecticut............................
37,600
.......................... .  9,762
Illinois 
Totals................................. 1,434,006 2,021,177
The chief event in the trade this year was 
the failure of  the  red  seal  combination  in 1 
Maryland, which, while being  a  disaster  to 
Harford county, was regarded  as  quite  ad­
vantageous to the trade at large.  The large 
decrease shown in the total  production dur-1 
ing the past three years is stated  to  be  due 
to various causes.  One is that  the  quality 
of the goods lias not been advanced and tiiat 
while the cost of packing has been cheapen­
ed  it  lias  been  at  the expense of quality. 
The competition of other canned v^Ketables 
lias also tended to reduce the  consumption, 
while the  general  depression  in  trade  has 
had its effect upon this industry as on others. 
I11 summing up the prospects of the  coming 
year, the Grocer says:  The year  1885 closes 
with  the  statistical  position  exceedingly 
favorable;  stocks  in  the  hands  of jobbers 
are light;  the pack  lias  been  small—all  of 
which gives the market a firm tone.

He Had No Reason to Complain.

From the New York Independent.

He  was  complaining  in  the  most  bitter 
manner about the size of his  gas  bill,  when 
the fat, bald-headed man in the corner of the 
car remarked:

“I have burned  that  same company’s gas 
for thirteen  years,  and  never  had  to com­
plain.”

“Ever change your meter?”
“Never.”
“How often have you had it tested?”
“Not a single time.”
“Well,  well!  Never  overcharged  you?”
“No.”
“And you are perfectly satisfied?”
“Perfectly.,”
The fat man  got  off at  the  next  corner, 
and  the  other  observed  to  his  left-hand 
neighbor:

“Who do you suppose he is?”
“Oh,  I’ve  known  him  for  years.  He’s 
the president of the gas  company you men­
tioned!”

The Grocery Market.

Business and collections, are  fairly  satis­
factory.  Sugars  are  comparatively  quiet. 
Jobbers have increased the broom quotations 
25 cents a dozen and  salt  to SI  per  barrel. 
Other articles in the  grocery  line  are about 
steady.

Candy  is  firm  and  steady,  with fair de­
mand.  Florida oranges  are in good request 
and firm in  price.  The quality is generally 
fine.  Lemons  are  steady,  with  good  sup­
ply.  Foreign nuts are steady.  Peanuts are 
higher  and  the  market  is  very  firm,  with 
prospects of still  higher  prices in  the near 
future.

Any one who lias facilities forgetting out j 
beech, birch or  maple  dowel  rods,  %, 7-10 
and )4 Inch in  diameter,  can  secure a con­
tract by addressing this office.

T raverse  City,  January 6,  1886. 

Editor Michigan  Tradesman:

Dear Sir—Knowing you would be inter­
ested in the progress of  the Business Men’s 
Association of this place,  I thought I would 
write regarding it.  At our regular meeting 
held last evening  we elected  the following 
officers for the ensuing year:

President—Frank Hamilton.
First Vice-President—D. E.  Carter.
Second Vice-President—F. Friedrich.
Secretary—C. E.  Lockwood.
Treasurer—J. T.  Beadle.
Our  Association  has  been  running  now 
one year and we have  72  members enrolled 
on our books  and  we  are  in a  flourishing 
condition.  Harmony and  good will prevail 
among the members.

Yours truly,
C.  E.  L o ckw o o d,  Sec’y.

Hides, Pelts and Furs.

Hides are lower and weak.  Pelts  are  in 
fair demand.  Furs  are  unchanged, except 
mink, which  are  weak.  Wool  is firm  at 
present  quotations.  Tallow  is  dull  and 
weak.

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment. 
________________________
SITUATION WANTED—By a man of long ex­
perience in mercantile business,  to  man­
age  a  general  store  or  lumber supply store. 
Can  furnish  unexceptional  references,  Ad­
dress, XXX, care T h e T r a d e s m a n. 
12Itf
TTTANTED—A clothing salesman in  a  retail 
W  
store—general store man  preferred.  A 
good situation for the right man in  a  town of 
moderate  size.  Address,  stating  age, exper­
ience, references, etc., “A,” care  T ra d esm a n.

122

r>HY 5ICIAN WANTED—A good regular phy- 
ian, who can  come  recommended,  can 
a good  location, good  pay, little  oppo- 
in  splendid farming and fruit growing 
which can be obtained by renting prop- 
retiring physician.  Address,  W. Ryno, 
¡51 Gold St., Grand Rapids, Mieli.  121tf

YX7ANTED—A  man  of  experience  wants 
VV 
to  buy  an  interest  in  a  paying  mer­
cantile  business  and  take  an  active  part  in 
conducting the same.  References exchanged. 
Address with description of  business, M.,  this 
office.__________ ____________________ I«*
IX)R  SALE  OR  RENT—Store in  the  livliest 
’  manufacturing  town  of  2,000 population 
in the State.  Splendid  opening  for  grocery, 
drug or clothing business.  Possession  given 
March 1.  For further particulars, address Lock 
Box 116, Muskegon, Mich. 
119tf
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
llîtf
ner,” care the Tradesman. 
IT'OR  SALE—Tlie  font  of  brevier  type  for- 
:  merly used on T h e T r a d esm a n.  The font 
comprises 222 pounds, with  italic,  and  can  bs 
had for 30 cents a pound.  Apply  at the office.

PROVISIONS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as follows:

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

Mess, Chicago packing, new.............................. 11 25
Mess, Chicago  packing......................................10 25
Clear, short pork, Chicago  packing.......... 12 00
Back, clear short 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

5%
57s
57»
6?»
6%
6%

DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
medium............................... 
“ 
“ 
lig h t.................................... 
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
do.  medium............................... 
light.....................................  
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .
954
**  medium.................................................   9-74
lig h t......................................................  9?»
“ 
Boneless  Hams............................................... 10
Boneless Shoulders.........................................  654
Breakfast  Bacon............................................  774
Dried Beef, extra quality..............................  9
Dried Beef, Ham pieces..................................1054
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle.................. 6

Hams, heavy........................................  

 

LARD.

Tierces  ..................................................... 
30 and 50 ft Tubs.....................................  
50 ft Round Tins, 100 eases.....................  

LARD  IN   T IN   P A IL S .

20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case....................... 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................. 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.............................. 
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case.............................. 

674
674
67»

7
754
7%
734

B E EF IN  BA RRELS.

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........   9 25
Boneless,  extra..............................................13 50

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

Pork Sausage...................................................
Ham  Sausage...................................................
Tongue  Sausage..........................................
Frankfort  Sausage.........................................
Blood  Sausage.................................................
Bologna, straight............................................
Bologna,  thick....................................  ..........
Head  Cheese....................................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

In half barrels........ ......................................  3 75
In quarter barrels.........................................

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 
prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides..................................   454®  654
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................  6  ®  654
Dressed  Hogs.........................................   474®  5
Mutton,  carcasses.................................  ®  4
Veal............................................ :...........8  @9
Pork Sausage.........................................   654®  7
Bologna...................................................  654®  7
Fowls.................................. ....................6  @  7
Spring Chickens....................................  7  @  8
Ducks  ...........*.......................................   @13
'Dudleys    ................................................  @11

HIDES, PEETS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

H ID ES.

Green__ *p ft  @ 7  ICalf skins, green
Part cured...  854®  874  or cured....  @10
Full cured__ 9  @  954 ¡Deacon skins,
Dry hides and  * 
$  piece.......20  @50

kip s............  8  @12  I

SH E E P PEL TS.

Old wool, estimated washed ft ft........  @25
Tallow......................................................  4  @ 454

WOOL.

f u r s .

Fine washed $  ft 24@27|Unwashed...........  
Coarse washed... 18@22|

2-3

Bear........................................................1 00@12 00
Fisher  .................................................... 2 00@6 00
Red Fox...................................................  25@1 00
Grey Fox.................................................   25@1 9®
Martin.....................................................  25@1 00
M ink............................................... .. 
05®  50
Muskrat,  winter....................................   05®  06
kits  ........................... '.........   @  2
O tter........................................., ...........4 00@5 00
5®.  76
Raoooon.......................... .......................  
Skunk............. .................................. .  10@1 00
Beaver,  ®  ft.................................... ...1 50@2 60
Deer, $   ft...............................................   10®  30

“ 

Hominy, <p bbl. .. . .................. .
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails.......................
Pearl  Barley.................................
Peas, Green  Bush.......................
Peas, Split  Prepared............................
Powder, Keg..........................................
Powder, 34  Keg......................................
Sage  ........................................................
Sauerkraut, bbls....................................
“ 
Vt  bbls...............................
CANDY.  FRUITS  AND  NUT 
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows : 

STICK.
Standard, 25 1b boxes............................
I Twist, 
.............................
Cut Loaf 
MIXED

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

do 
do 

Royal, 25 ft  pails...............................
j  Roy air200 1b bbls...............................
I Extra, 25 1b  pails...............................
Extra. 2001b bbls...............................
French Cream, 25 lb pails................
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases..........................
Broken, 25  ft  pails............................
Broken, 2001b  bbls............................
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES. 
Lemon  Drops............................  .....
I Peppermint  Drops..........................
Chocolate Drops...............................
H M Chocolate  Drops.....................
Gum  Drops  ......................................
Licorice Drops........... ......................
A B  Licorice  Drops.........................
Lozenges, plain.................................
Lozenges,  printed............................
Imperials...........................................
Mottoes..............................................
Cream  Bar.........................................
Molasses Bar......................................
Caramels............................................
Hand Made Creams..........................
Plain  Creams....................................
Decorated  Creams............................
String Rock.......................................
Burnt Almonds................................
Wintergreen  Berries.....................
FANCY—IN  BULK.

Lozenges, plain in  pails..................
Lozenges, plain in  bbls...................
Lozenges, printed in pails...............
Lozenges, printed in  bbls...............
Chocolate Drops, in pails..............."
Gum  Drops  in pails...............
Gum Drops, in bbls................
Moss Drops, in  pails................
Moss Drops, in bbls.............. ” I! *'
Sour Drops, in  pails................ * ’ * *"
Imperials,in  pails...............!!"!!!!
Imperials  in bbls....................
FRUITS
Bananas  Aspinwall........................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls..........
Oranges, Florida........................
Oranges, Kodi  Messina.......
Oranges,  Naples...................!.!.!!
Lemons,  choice.......................
Lemons, fanev....................
Figs, layers, new,  ^ ft........
Dates, trails do  ..................
Dates, 34 do  d o ..................
Dates, skin............................
Dates, 34  skin....................!!..!!.
Dates, Fard 10 ft box f)  lb... ’ ’ ’ ‘ *' ‘
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ip ft.......
Dates. Persian 501b box ¥  ft! 
"
Pine Apples, <¡9  doz................. ...!!!
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw  <p  ft.....................
do  ......... !'.".!"!'
Choice 
Fancy 
d o ........!!.!!.!!
Choice White, Va.do  ..............”
Fancy H P„  Va  do  ...........!..!.!!!
Almonds,  Tarragona.....................
..!!!!!
Brazils...........................................’
Chestnuts, per bu...............'!!'.!'.!!.'!
Fil herts, Sici ly.................
Barcelona.............
Walnuts,  Grenoble................. !!!!!!
Marbo.................. !.!'.!!.".!
French.................... !."!!'.!!
California...................*.!!!
Pecans,  Texas, H. P .........!!.'.!!..!!
Missouri.............
Cocoauuts, 
loo................. !!!!.!!!!

NUTS.
Ivaea................. 

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OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthalcr quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.
New  York  Counts..................
F. J. D. Selects........................................
Selects  .........................
f . j . d ...................!!.!!!.'.!!.'!"!"
Standards  ...............................................
Favorites..................... ...........................
‘Mediums  ..................... !!.'!!!.'!!.!.........
prim es..........................;;;;;;;;;.............
Selects, by bulk................ .
Standards, by  bulk.......... ....................j
Shrewsbury shells, ^  100 ' ................
Princess  Bay  Clams,  $1 100...... .......
New  York  Counts, $  
100......... !.!!!.!
„  „ 
FRESH  FISH.
Cod  .........................................
Haddock............. ....... ...........................
M ackerel..................................................I
Mackinaw Trout......... !.!!!...... 
.
Perch,  dressed........................... ...........
Sm elts..............................  ................... 1
Whiteflsh.................. !’

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark— The local  tanners  are  offer­
ing $0 per cord delivered, cash.
Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.59©1.60  *$  ft 
for clean washed roots.
Rubber G6ods—Local jobbers are authorized 
to *, 
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©$1,90.

Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@$90  fi  bu.  for 
unpicked  and  bold  ordinary  hand-picked  for 
$1.10@$1.30.

Butter—Michigan creamery is easy at 25@28. 
Sweet dairy is  in sharp  demand and firm at 16, 
while old is dull at 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@$8  100.
Cheese—The  best  grades  of September, Oc­
tober and November make are  selling  at 1134.

Cider—10c $  gal. and #1 for bbl.
Celery—20@22c  doz.  bunches  for  Kalama­

zoo or Grand Haven.

Cranberries—The  market  is  well  supplied 
with  both  cultivated  and  wild  Michigan and 
New  Jersey  berries, which command  $ 1.75® 
$2  (p  bu.  for choice.

Eggs—Fresh  are  firm  at 20c,  and  pickled 

are moving slowly at 17@18c.

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

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

Hops—Brewers pay U@10c $)  ft.
Onions—Home-grown, 70c $  bu.;or $2 $  bbl.
Pop Corn—Choice new commands  234c  $1  ft 

and old 3c (P ft.

Potatoes—Burbanks command 42@43c.  Late 
Rose  are  in  only  occasional  demand  at  30c 
on account of the “red streaks.”

Poultry—Fairly  well  supplied.  Fowls  sell 
for  634@7c;  chickens,  7@8c;  ducks,  13c;  and 
turkeys, 11c.

Squash—Hubbard, quoted nominally at lc <p 

ft, although very little is moving.

Sweet Potatoes—Jersey8 command $4.50 and 

Baltimores $3.50.

Turnips—25c (P bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUQJCS.

Wheat—No change.  The city millers pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  90;  Fulse,  87c;  Clawson, 
87c.

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

lots and 38@40c in carlots.

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

car lots.

Rye—48@50c *p bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 *p 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  >p ton.  Bran, $13 
<p ton.  Ships, $14 <p ton.  Middlings, $17 $  ton.. 
Corn and Oats, $20 $)jton.

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PICKLES.
Medium..................................
14 barrels................
Small.......................................
P IP E S .
Imported Clay 3 gross...

2 1 6 ,3  g r o s s .............
216,234 g r o s s ........... 

@5 75 
@3 50 
@7 00
25@3 00
@ 2  25
@ 1  85
@ 9 0

Prime Carolina. 
Good Carolina..

R IC E .

.634! J a v a .............. . . . .   @ 6
. 5 3 4 'P a t n a ...............................H
.5   { R a n g o o n ___ . . .  .5*4®6>4
.5  
___33i@ 334

¡ B r o k e n .

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure........514 ¡Dwight’s ...........
Church’s  ................ 514 Sea  Foam.........
Taylor’s G. M..........514¡Cap Sheaf.........

14c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................
28 Pocket.................................................
1003 ft  pockets.......................................
Saginaw or  Manistee............................
Diamond C.............................................
Standard Coarse....................................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags__
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  hags........
Americun, dairy, 14 bu. bags...............
Rock, bushels.........................................

SAUCES.

SPICES.

SUGARS.

STA RCH.

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

Parisian, 14  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, 14 pints.........................
Whole.
Ground.
@19
Pepper................
16@25|Pepper.............
12® 15 Allspice...............  8@10
Allspice...............
Cinnamon...........
18@30| Cassia...................10@11
Cloves  ................
15®251 Nutmegs  ............60@65
Ginger ................
16@20 Cloves  .. „ ...........16@18
Mustard...............
15@30 
25@35|
Cayenne  .............
Elastic, 64 packap
...  5 35
res, per box__
Cubes  ..............................................
@  774 
Powdered.......................................
@  77£ 
Granulated.  Standard__ .’...........
@7  18 
Confectionery A ............................
@  674 
Standard A ......................................
@ 674 
614® 614 
No. 1, White Extra  C....................
No. 2, Extra C.................................
6  @  614 
No. 3 C.......: .....................................
574® 574 
No.4 C..............................................
574® 534 
No. 5C..............................................
514® 5-
New Orleans Yellows............................  534® 574
Corn,  barrels  ...................................
24@28 
Corn, 14 bbls.......................................
26@30 
Corn,  tO gallon kegs..........................
@30 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs............................
30®3l 
Corn, 434 gallon kegs.........................
30@31 
Pure  Sugar, bbl.................................
23@28 
Pure Sugar, 14 bbl.............................
25@30 
Pure Sugar  5 gal kegs.....................
@1 50
TEA S. ......................15® 20
Japan ordinary... 
Japan fair to good...
.........................25@30
Japan fine..................
.........................35@45
Japan dust................
......................... 15@20
Young Hyson...........
.........................30@50
GunPowder...............
.........................35@5U
Oolong.......................
...................33@55@6C
Congo.........................
.........................25®30

SY RUPS.

TOBACCO

F IN E  C U T - IN   P A IL S .

Dark AmericanEagle67|Underwood’s Capper 35
The Meigs.................64 Sweet  Rose.................45
Red  Bird...................50 Meigs & Co.’s Stunner38
Stato  Seal.................601 Atlas....................
Prairie Flow er........ 65 Royal Game.......
Indian Queen............60 Mule Ear............
Bull  Dog....................60 Fountain............
Crown  Leaf...............06 j Old Congress__
Hiawatha..................65¡Good Luck.........
G lobe........................ 70j Blaze Away.......
May Flower..............70 Hair Lifter..........
H ero.......................... 45 ¡Governor...........
Sweet Owen...............66 Fox’s Choice__
Old  Abe. 
.................49,Medallion..........

PLU G .

“ 
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two 
five 

lots...................... 

Knife, single  butt.................................  @50
.  @49
“  ..........................   @48
Rum.........................................................   @40
Money......................................................   @48
Red  Fox...................................................  @48
Big Drive.................................................   @50
Seal of Grand Rapids............................  @46
Durham...................................................  @46
Patrol...................................................  .  @48
Jack  Rabbit............................................   @46
Snowflake...............................................   @46
Chocolate Cream....................................   @46
Nimrod....................................................   @44
E. C...........................................................  @40
Spread Eagle...........................................  @38
Big Five Center......................................  @35
Woodcock  ..............................................  @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 Time.................................................   @38
Tramway.................................................   @46
Glory  ......................................................  @46
Silver Coin..............................................  @46
Buster  [Dark].......................................   @35
Black Prince I Dark]..............................  @35
Black Racer  [Dark]..............................  @35
Leggett & Myers’  Star..........................   @46
Climax.....................................................  @46
Hold F ast...............................................   @46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield..........................   @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 121b  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s ..............................  @37
Nobby Twist............................... *..........  @48
Acorn......................................................  @46
Crescent.................................................   @44
Black  X .............. 
@35
Black  Bass..............................................  @40
Spring......................................................  @46
Grayling.................................................   @46
Mackinaw................................................  @45
HorseShoe........................... 
@44
Hair Lifter..............................................  @36
D. and D., black......................................  @36
McAlpin’s Green  Shield.......................  @46
Ace  High, black....................................  @35
Sailors’  Solace.......................................   ©46

70

65

5

 

 

 

2c. less in four butt lots.

 

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE  GREASE.

BA K IN G   PO W D ER.

Frazer’s ................. 
90| Paragon  .................1  80
Diamond  X ...........   60|Paragan25ft pails. 1 20
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 50|Fraziers,25 lb pails. 1  25
Thompson’s  Butterfly, bulk...................  25
6 or 10 ft cans..  271
U. 4 doz. in  case...  95
“ —1 95
34» 2  “ 
J. H. Thompson & Co.’s Princess, Ms..........1 25
54s.......... 2 25
Is.. 
bulk...

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“ 

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Arctic, H ft cans.

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BLU IN G .

CA NN ED  F IS H .

CANNED  F R U IT S .

“  % 
“ 
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4 

“ 
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BROOMS.

..........................  70
.............................................. »j«
........................................,2 40
.......* .................................  12 00
Silver Spoon, 3  doz.........................................7 50
Dry, No. 2............................................ doz. 
25
Dry, No. 3............................................doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 oz,........................................doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz......................................... doz. 
65
Arctic 4 oz.........................................IS*  gross  4 00
Arctic 8  oz...........................................................  8 00
Arctic 16 oz....................................................   12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box................................   2 00 1
Arctic No. 2 
3 00 j
Arctic No. 3 
4 00 ;
No. ICarpet...........2 75 No.  2 Hurl................200
No. 2 Carpet...........2 50 Fancy  Whisk...........100
No. 1  Parlor Gem. .2 90 CommonWhisk—   75 
No. 1 Hurl...............2 25
Clams, 1 ft  standards........................................118 j
Clams, 2ft  standards................................... 1 75
Clam Chowder,  31b......................................3 00
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards,...................1  15
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards....................  1 90 
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic......................................1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft star.........................................2 00
Lobsters, 2 ft star.........................................2 90
Mackerel, lft  fresh  standards..................1  10
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards..................3 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft................ 5 25
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard...........................5 25
Mackerel, 3 1b broiled...................................3 25
Salmon, 1 1b Columbia river.............................1 55
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river............................ 3 30
Salmon, lf t   Sacramento............................ 1 45
Sardines, domestic 548................................. 
9
Sardines,  domestic  54s.............................. 
15
Sardines,  Mustard  54s.................................  12
Sardines,  imported  54s...............................   14
Trout, 3 ft  brook.........................................   4 50
Apples, 3 ft standards.................................  90
Apples, gallons,  standards.........................2 30
Blackberries, standards.............................   95
Cherries,  red  standard........................... 85@1  00
Damsons.............................................................1 00
Egg Plums, standards 
.............................. 1  40
Green  Gages, standards 2 ft.............................1 40
Peaches, Extra Yellow.................................... 2 40
Peaches, standards............................1  75@1 95
Peaches,  seconds..........................................1 50
Pineapples; Erie........................................... I 75
Pineapples, standards..................................1 50
Quinces..........................................................1 45
Raspberries,  extra...................................... 1  10
Lusk’s.  Mariposa.
Apricots......................................2 25 
2 00
Egg Plums...................................2 10 
1 85
Grapes......................................... 2 10 
1 85
Green Gages............................... 2  10 
1 85
Pears............... 
2 65 
2 25
Quinces....................................... 2  75 
2 25
Peaches......................................255 
220
CANNED V EG ETA BLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay................................3 25
Beans, Lima,  standard.........................  90@1  10
Beans, Stringless, Erie..  ....................... ...    80
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked..................... 1 65
Corn,  Trophy................................................1 05
“  Red Seal..............................................  90
“  Excelsior.............................................1  00
Peas, French...............•.................................1  75
Peas, Marrofat, standard............................ 1  60
Peas, B eaver............... 
70
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden..................................   85
Succotash, standard....................................   90
Tomatoes, Trophy.................................1 05@1  10
Tomatoes.  Hillsdale.....................................1  05
Tomatoes,  Adrian......................................  1 05
Tomatoes, Three Rivers..............................1 05
Michigan  full  cream............................. 11  @12
Half skim................................ 
Skim .......................................................... 5  @ 6
CHOCOLATE.
Boston...................... 36IGerman Sweet........... 25
Baker’s .....................38j Vienna Sweet  ........... 23
Runkles’ ................... 351
Green Rio........  9@13  I Roasted  Mar... 17@18
Roasted Mocha.28@30 
Green Java.......17@2’
Roasted Mex...  @16 
Green Mocha.. ,23@25
Ground  Rio__ 9@16
Roasted Rio__ 10@15
Roasted Java . ,23@30

CANNED  F R U IT S — C A L IF O R N IA .

9  @1014

CH EESE.

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CO FFEES— PA CKA GE.

McLaughlin’s  ............................. 13& 
Arbuekle’s  .................................. 1314 
34 cent less in 300 ft lots.

100 fts.  60 fts.

13?»
13?»

CORDAGE.

2 foot J u te ....... 1  25  172 foot Cotton —  2  25
60 foot Jute.......  1  00  60 foot Cotton....2  00
40FootCotton__ 1 50  150 foot Cotton— 1  75
CRACKERS.
X ...............................................  
 
X X X ...................................................................514

5 per cent, off in 10 barrel lots.

F IS H .

Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth......................85@90
Cod, whole.....................................................  @5
Cod, Boneless.............................................5!4@614
H alibut.........................................................11@12
Herring 14  bbls............................................2 25
Herring, Holland, domestic.......................85@96
Herring,  Scaled............................................18@22
Mackerel, Penny bbls.................................4 75@5
Mackerel, shore, No. 2,14 bbls..................5 00
...........  80
“ 
“ 
...............  70
No. 3,14 bbls...............................3 50
“
12ft  kits............................  62
“  10  “ 
..........................   55
Shad, 14 b b l.................................................. 2 50
Trout, 14  bbls............................................... 4 00
 
White, No. 1,14 bbls....................................6 00
White, No. 1,12  1b kits................................ 1 00
White, No. 1,10 1b kits.................................  85
White, Family, 14 bbls.................................2 25

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

“ 
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121b kits 

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Jennings’2 oz.....................

FLA VO RING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.  Vanilla. 
....$) doz.l 00  140
4 oz..................... .................1 50
2 50
6 oz..................... .................2 50
4 00
8 oz..................... .................3 50
5 00
1 50
No. 2 Taper....... ................ 1 25
.................1 75
3 00
No.4 
....
7 50
................ 4 50
34 pint  round.. 
................ 9 0O 15 00
1 
No.  8.................. .................3 00
4 25
................ 4 25
6 00
No. 10...............
25 ft boxes........... .................. @  25

FRUITS—DOMESTIC.

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SMOKING
Old Tar.
....4 0 , Sweet Lotus....... .......32
Arthur’s Choice __ 22, Conqueror......... .......23
Red Fox
.  32
Flirt__
Gobi Du i t ..............
....26;Rob Roy............. .......26
Gold  Biock........ ___ 30  Uncle  Sam......... .......28
Seal of Grai 
11 ber m an..............25
(cloth)..
IroadBoy..............38
Tramway, 3 
...... 40j Mountain Rose...........18
Ruby, cut Ci
aish 35' Home Comfort.......... 25
Boss  ..........
.......lójOld Rip........................55
Peck’s Sun.
.......18 Seal 01 North Caro­
Miners and Puddlers.28
ina, 2  oz.................48
Morning Dew........... 25 Seal of North  Caro-
@  25 
Chain..........................22 
lina, 4oz
.46
®  28
Peerless  ....................24|Seal of North  Caro-
@1234 
@  25 Standard........... __ 201 
lina, 8oz...............
.41
Old Tom............. __ 18{Seal of North  Caro-
Tom &  Jerry__ __ 241 
.40
lina, 16 oz boxes..
©  32 Joker..................
7)4®  734 Traveler........... __ 35j Apple Jack..............
.24
@  15 Maiden............... __ 25 King Bee, longcut.
.22
@  10 Pickwick  Club.. __ 40|Milwaukee  Prize..
.24
434®  05 Nigger  Head__ __ 26|Rattler....................
.28
@4 00 Holland............. __ 22Windsorcut plug..
.25
.16
@3 25 German............. __ 16|Zero  ........................
@2 75 Solid Comfort... __ 30; Holland Mixed.......
.16
Red Clover........ __ 32 Golden  Age............
@2 80 
.25
Long Tom.......... __ 30|Mail  Pouch............
@  90
@  13 National........... __ 26!Knights of Labor..
.30
.27
@1234 T im e.................. __ 261 Free Cob Pipe.........
@1034 
SHORTS.
@11 
22
__ 231 Hiawatha...............
@1 00 Mayflower........
.23
Globe.................. __ 22{Oid Congress..........
Mule Ear....................22|May  Leaf...................22
.1134

SNUFF.

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VINEGAR.

Mis c e l l a n e o u s.

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

Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......  @  75
Maccoboy............................  @  55
Gail & Ax’ 
@  44
Rappee.................................  @  35
Railroad  Mills Scotch..........................   @  45
Lotzbeck  ...............................................   @1 30
Star brand,  pure  cider.................................8@12
Star brand, white wine...............................  8@12
Bath Brick imported................................. 
95
American............................  
do 
75
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
100
1 50
do  No. 2.......................................  
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
7  80
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............   15©25
Candles, Star...........................................  @1234
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C..............................  @80
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................  @35
Gum, Spruoe.........................................i  30@35

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

1  25

do 

...1  00 
...1 50 
...1  00 
...1 50
.15® 19 
,28@30 
.38®42 
.48@50 
.52®55

.......8 26
.......2 50
..... 6 00

FRUITS—FOREIGN.

Apricots,
Cherries, pitted, 50 ft  boxes...............
Egg plums, 25 ft  boxes.......................
Pears, 25 lb boxes........•.......................
Peaches,  Delaware. 501b boxes........
Peaches, Michigan...............................
Raspberries, 50 1b boxes.....................
Citron....................................................
Currants,  new.................................. .
Prunes, French,60s.............................
Prunes, French, 80s..............................
Prunes, Turkey....................................
Raisins, Dehesia..................................
Raisins, London Layers.....................
Raisins, California  “ 
.....................
Raisins, Loose Muscatels, new..........
Raisins, Muscatels, 10 ft boxes..........
Raisins, Ondaras, 14s..........................
Raisins, 
28s— .....................
Raisins, Sultanas,  new.......................
Raisins, Valencia................................
Raisins, Imperials, 10 ft  boxes..........

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KEROSENE  OIL.

MATCHES.

Water White........1274  | Legal  Test..
Grand Haven,  No.  8, square— .....
Grand  Haven,  No. 200,  parlor..........
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor..........
Grand  Haven,  No. 7,  round.............
Oshkosh, No. 2.....................................
Oshkosh, No.  8.....................................
Swedish.................................................
Richardson’s No. 8  square................
................
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 734, round...............
Richardson’s No. 7 
................
Black Strap..........................................
Porto  Rico............................................
New  Orleans,  good.............................
New Orleans, choice............................
New Orleans, fancy............................

MOLASSES.

do 
do 

14 bbls. 3c extra.

OATMEAL.

Steel  c u t ...........5 25
Steel Cut, 34 bbls.. .3 00 
Rolled  O ats........3  00

Juaker, 48 fts 
Juaker, 60 fts 
Juaker bbls..

a r t   o f   w o r k .

A Few  Pertinent  Suggestions  for  Toilers 

W ith Brain and Muscle.

The secret lies in keeping  the machine in 
order.  To  do  this,  observe  the  following 
rules:

First—Amuse yourself.  This  is the first 
principle of good, hard work.  And the sec­
ond is like unto it.

Second—Don’t  work  too  much. 

It  is 
•quantity  not  quality  of  work  that  kills. 
Therefore.

Third—Work only in the daytime.  Night 

Ipplllp

I

New York Board of Pharmacy.

The following is the set of questions used 
by the New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy,  at 
the last examination day.  No  future  sets 
of questions will be  given  in  print, but  by 
consent  of  the  Board  this  is published in 
order that applicants  may  have  a fair idea 
of the character of the examination.  Chem­
istry,  materia  medica,  doses,  toxicology, 
and pharmacy are the subjects of the written 
examinations, while an oral  examination in 
prescription  reading  and 
recognition  of 
drugs is usually given in addition.

CHEMISTRY.

was made for sleep.  And

Fourth—Loaf on Sunday.  Six days work 
earns the right to go-a-fisliing, or to church, 
or  to  any  harmless  diversion  on  the  sev­
enth.

Fifth—Go to work  promptly but  slowly.
A late hurried start keeps you out of health 
all day trying to catch up.

Seventh—Feed  regularly, 

Sixth—When you stop work forget it.  It 
spoils the brain to simmer after a hard boil.
largely  and 
slowly.  Lose no meal; approach it respect­
fully and leave it gratefully.  No more  can 
be  got  out of a man than is put into him.

Eighth—Sleep  one-third  of  your  whole 
life.  How I hate the  moralists  who croak 
over time wasted in  sleep.  Besides,  sleep 
is on the whole the  most  satisfactory mode 
of existence.

Ninth—Don’t  abuse  tobacco.  Enjoy  it, 
but not in an  unconscious  habit.  Burn no 
incense  thoughtlessly  on  the  altar of  this 
god of good digestion and peace of mind.

Tenth—Keep  whiskey  for  emergencies. 
Like religion,  it  is  too good  for  every day 
nse,  and should be respected  accordingly.

1.  State sources from  which the follow­
ing  are  obtained;  their  synonyms,  and 
which  are  the  pliarmacopoeial:  Alcohol, 
amyl alcohol,  methyl alcohol, and  ethyl  al­
cohol?

2.  State the purposes for each of the fol­
lowing  tests  for  subnitrate  of bismuth  in 
the United States Pharmacopoeia.  It should 
dissolve in nitric acid  (q)  without  efferves­
cence;  (b)  without  leaving  any  residue.
The solution in nitric acid  should yield  (a) 
no  precipitate  with  dilute  sulphuric  acid;
(b)  no  precipitate  with  solution  of  silver 
nitrate;  (c) no precipitate  with  solution  of 
barium nitrate.

3.  What gas is given off  when  you  mix 
sulphide  of  antimony  with  hydrochloric 
acid?

4.  What if it should be a fraudulent sul 
phide of antimony  consisting  of  powdered 
coal and chalk?

What gas is given off on adding muri- 

atic’acid to black oxide of manganese?

6.  How would you recognize each of the 
gases  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  three 
questions?

Eleventh—Focus your brains as you would 
a burning glass.  Butter  enough  for a slice 
won’t do for a loaf.

Twelfth—Keep  empty-headed  between 
times.  Mental  furniture  should  be  very 
select.  Useless  lumber in  the  upper story 
is worse  than a pocketful  of  oyster-shells. 
Leave your facts on your book-shelves where 
you can find them when  wanted.  A walk­
ing encyclopedia  cannot  work  for  want of 
room to turn around in his own head.

Thirteenth—Don’t 

tax  your  memory. 
Make  a  memorandum  and  put  it  in  your 
pocket.  Every unnecessary thought is waste 
of effective force.

Fourteenth—Don’t  believe  that muscular 
exercise counterbalances head-work.  Brain 
and muscle ax-e bung-hole  and spigot of the 
same barrel.

Fifteenth—Don’t hide your  light under a 
bushel.  Not that the light is of any special 
consequence, but  you  might set  the bushel
on fire. 
hard work. 
and most manageable sort of genius.

Sixteenth—Pin your faith to the genius of
It is the safest,  most  reliable, 

.

To Remove  Clinkers.

To remove clinkers from the stove,  sprin 
kle common table salt  on  the linings  when 
the stove is cold.  Use plenty of  it.  Build 
a moderate fire—wood  and  coal—and  in  < 
day or two the clinkers will be  gone.  Thi 
is a sure remedy,  and  within  the  reach of 
all,  and  does  away  with  the  liability  of 
cracking the  lining  by  tiie  use of hamme 
and chisel.  Clam  shells are used only  for 
the salt in them.

Copper in  1885.

Montana  furnished  55,000,000  pounds of 

copper in 1885.

Arizona  produced  during  the  year  188i 

19,000,000 pounds of copper.

Copper was exported during the  year 188! 

to the amount of 70,000,000  pounds.

Michigan is  crediteli  with  producing (56 
000,000 pounds  of  copper  during  the  year 
1885.
The production of copper for the year 188 
is given at  140,000,000  pounds  fine copper
The home consumption  of  copper  during 
to  85,000,000 

the  year  1885  amounted 
pounds.
The production of  Chili  copper  last year 
is estimated  to  lie  5,000  English  tons  less 
than in 1884.

Our  exports,  including  the  re-export  of 
copper from foreign ores, were about 5,000,- 
000 pounds greater in  1885 than In 1884.

MATERIA MEDICA.

1.  What is cocaine?
2.  What is atropine?
3.  What is strychnine?
4.  What is opium?
5.  What is musk?
6.  What is ergot?
7.  What is boneset?
8.  What is wormseed?
9.  Name  the different  kinds  of bucliu, 

their  habitation,  etc.

their habitation,  etc.

10.  Name the different  kinds of saffron, 

11.  What is balsam copaiba?
13.  What  is  oil  of turpentine?  Where

and how is it obtained?

TOXICOLOGY  AND  DOSES.

1. 

(a)  State  the  dose  of  amyl  nitrite
and (b) mention  two  methods  of adminis 
tering it.

(a)  What is  Vermillion? 

(b)  What 
article called for by the United States Phar­
macopoeia has the same  chemical  composi 
tion;  and  (c)  how is that article used medi 
cinally?

(a)  State the dose of  scammony;|(b 
what preparation  from  it  is official  in  the 
United States, and  (c)  what is the dose  of 
that preparation?

4.  Give the dose  of  phosphide  of  zinc; 
(a)  in  troy  weight;  (b)  in  metric  terms 
using  figures;  (c)  in  metric  terms  using 
words.

5.  What are the names  and  proportions 

of the ingredients of dover’s  powder?

7. 

6.  What  substances  should  be  admin­
istered in case of poisoning by corrosive sub­
limate?

(a)  State the dose of oil of tansy;  (b) 
For what criminal  purpose  lias  it been  oc­
casionally administered?

8.  Name  properties  that  would  enable 
you  to  distinguish  between  the  mercurial 
chlorides in powder  form?

(a)  What is the  dose  of  chloral;  (b) 
What is the  principal  symptom  of  poison­
ing by this substance?

9. 

10. 

(a)  State the dose of wine of  opium 
in minims, 
(b)  How  many milligrams  of 
opium does the dose  you  have  given repre­
sent?

PHARMACY.

1. 

In wliat  respect  does  the  Pharmaco­

poeia differ from the  dispensatories?

2.  Name six official ointments.
3. 

(a)  What amount of morphine should 
(b)  What  amount should 

opium contain? 
tincture of opium contain?

4.  By what  method  is  benzoic  acid  ob­

An improved method of tanning—namely, 
with  soap  and  oil,  together  with  carbolic 
acid—has been brought to notice by an Aus­
tralian inventor.  The skins which have been 
limed in the ordinary manner also haired and 
prepared if for the  production of sole leath­
er,  are placed in a tin  bath  consisting  of a 
mixture of ten  gallons  of  water,  in  which 
200 pounds of soap  are  dissolved,  and con­
taining one gallon of carbolic acid,  in which 
the skins are left until they have become con­
verted into leather.  This  process,  it  is as­
serted,  may be  considerably  accelerated  by 
adding a pint  of  fresh  carbolic  acid  to the 
tanning fluid from time to time.  For a soft­
er leather the raw,  limed,  and haired  skins 
are for one or two days  placed in a  mixture 
of four parts  carbon  bisulphide  and one  of 
carbolic acid, and then washed.

The question of  a  “black-list” which was 
taken to the  Texas courts  a few weeks ago 
by a  workman  who  could  not  get  a  place 
•  because he had been  “black-listed” by a rail­
road company,  is being  fought out  by  pub 
lie opinion  at  Belleville,  III.  The  grocers 
of that place have  formed a  mutual  protec 
tive association,  agreeing  not  to cut prices, 
and  that  no  merchant  in  the  association 
shall sell goods to  anyone  who is posted by 
another for  not  paying  his debts.  A  man 
who is shut off from buying  his usual  fam­
ily  supplies  because  he  refuses  to  pay  an 
old bill of SI.20  has  published  a  pamphlet 
about the situation,  a grand local hullabaloo 
lias been raised,  and some  grocer,  with  an 
eye for business, may be  expected lo  draw 
out of the pool for thé  sake of catching the 
trade of the pamphleter and his friends.

tained?

rived?

5.  From what sources is benzoic acid de­

6. 

Iu what official preparations is benzoic 

acid directed?

7.  What  physical  differences  exist  be­
tween  liquid  ferri  tersulphatis  and  liquid 
ferri subsulphatis?

8.  State the pharmaceutical and remedial 

use of each.

9.  Name twelve United  States  pharma­

copoeia! preparations yon have  made.

10. 

.Give  the  United  States  Pharmaco­
poeia names far: 
(a)  Dover’s  powder;  (b) 
hive syrup;  (c)  Tully’s  powder;  (d)  Mon 
sel’s  solution;  (e)  Fowler’s  solution;  (/) 
Iceland  moss;  (g)  ginger;  (h)  chamomile 
flowers;  (t) calomel;  (J) tartar emetic.

11.  What tests would you  apply  to  two 
powders, one containing cream of tartar, the 
other bicarbonate of soda, so that you might 
identify each?

12.  What ingredients  enter into tincture 
cinchonse  compositum;  citrine  ointment 
spirit (essence)  peppermint;  seidlitz  pow 
ders;  compound cathartic pills.  Give United 
States pliarmacopoeial names  of each of the 
last five preparations.

(An oral examination In pharmacy is also

required.)______^ 

______
To Close Out the Stock.

“See  hier,  fadder.  Dot  celebrated  Dr. 
Hammond says  dot  in  a  tousand  years all 
mankind will be bald.”

“My  gracious,  my  son,  ish  dot  so? 

I 
guess maly be veil ve better mark our schtock 
of coml>B down.”

How  a

Commercial  Man 

Got  Cheap

Drinks.

From the Toronto Commercial Traveler.

“Barney”  B4.  was  at  one  time  a  well 
known traveler  on the  W.,  G. B.  & G. W. 
railway.  He  was  of  bibulous  habits  and 
largely at the expense  of  others.  Not long 
ago he met a few  travelers at  his hotel and 
with  great  elation  told  them  he  was on a 
new  racket  and  would  show  them  how  it 
worked.  He gave  them  some  instructions 
and waited until a new arrival appeared.

I say,”  said  Charlie,  coming  at once to 
the point,  “we’ve had a little discussion here 
and want your  advice.”

“Well,  what is it,” inquired the man.
“We were  arguing  that  more  men said, 
‘Will you have something?’ than ‘What will 
you take?’  Now,  for instance, what do you 
say?”

“ ‘Oh,  I  say, 

‘Will  you  have  some­

thing?’

“Of course  we  will!”  shouted  the gang, 
and before the man could recover they rush­
ed him to the  counter  and  he  paid  for the 
drinks.

It was voted a  great  invention  and  they 
got ready for the next victim.  He came in in 
a few minutes and Charles caught:

“I say,” he began,  as  before,  “we’ve had 
a little  discussion  here  and  want  your ad­
vice.”

“Anything  I can do  for you call on me,” 

answered the new man politely.

“Well,  we were  arguing  that  more men 
say, 
‘Will  you  have  something?’  than 
‘What will  you take?’  Now,  for instance, 
which do you say?”

Neither.”
Neither?” questioned  Charles,  knocked 

crooked by the reply.

“That’s what I said,” replied the man. 
“Well,  what in thunder do you say?”
“I alway say,  ‘Thanks,  I  don’t  care  if I 

do.”

Charles  had  to  “set  ’em  up”  for  seven 
men,  and the  gag  was  incontinently  ruled 
out.

The Meanest Man on Earth.

“Do you want to know who,  in my opin­
ion,  is the smallest man on  earth?” asked a 
Chicago traveler.

Of course they all looked assent.
“Well,” said he,  “Ed.  Smythe told about 
him the other day,  and I know the man.  Ed 
had his samples open at  the  Moody  House 
and called on the  man.  Yes,  he  would go 
look  at  them,  he  wanted  a  few  German 
goods.  He went there,  looked the cards all 
over (Ed. has three trunks), made a slieetful 
of memorandums,  and said  he  would write 
out an order.  Ed.  called  around ahout six 
o’clock in  the  evening.  There  were  two 
chairs on the office;  the  hog  sat ill one and 
had his feet in  the other; he  was reading a 
newspaper and kept  on  reading; Ed.  stood 
around patiently, as  any man  can afford to 
be patient if he is going to get an order. 
In 
the course of half an  hour  a friend came in 
and wanted to know of the hog if he wasn’t 
ready to go somewhere.  He jumped lip and 
pushed his  books in  the  safe,  talked to his 
friend and ignored  Ed.  After a  while Ed. 
said: 
‘Have you made out  your order,  Mr. 
‘No sir;  I’m not going to give you any 
B?’ 
order. 
I don’t intend to buy any more from 
your  house,’ and  he walked  into  Ed,  in a 
way that  he  evidently  thought  would im­
press his friend  that he  was  a  wonderful 
cuss.  Ed.  is a good-natured fellow, and bus­
iness is  business;  he  didn’t  open  on  him 
then,  but  he  got  even  before  long. 
I  tell 
rou  the  smallest  man  in  the  world,  the 
meanest  dog  in  the  kennel,  the ^dirtiest 
whelp I know,  is the fellow  who  thinks its 
brave to abuse a drummer when he has him 
in his own store.”

Took  Him  All  Off.

From the Detroit Free Press.

‘All!” said Smith,  a commercial traveler, 
to a group  of  friends,  “I was  witness  to a 
sight  just  before  leaving  Chicago.”  And 
then he told how he had seen a poor German 
emigrant  with  his  wife and family of eight 
yellow-haired  children,  how he had become 
interested  in  them,  and  had  learned  that 
they  had  left  tlieir  native  land  to  seek a 
home in  the Northwest.  He  was  touched 
witli the  tenderness of  the father,  and saw 
him purchasing apples for the children.  All 
the family except the father had taken seats 
on the train, and he was just making change 
on the platform for his small purchase when 
the train began to  move  out of  the station. 
He made a rush for it, slipped, and then, be­
fore the eyes of  the  poor  family and  other 
horror-struck  passengers,  his  head  was 
taken off by the cars.

Smith’s  friends were  much  affected, and 
it was  decided  to  take  up a purse  for the 
poor widow and fatherless children, and this 
was speedly done and a  neat sum presented 
to Smith  to be  forwarded.  He, with tears 
in his eyes,  said:

“My  friends,  I thank  you, but I can con­
ceal it no longer.  That  train  took off  the 
rest of the man,  and he still lives.”

Smith will  not  travel  this  week.  He is 

laid up for repairs.

A Singular Co-Incidence.

From the American Bar.

Directory canvasser:  “And  your  occupa­

tion,  please?”

bacco.”

coincidence; 
shoes.”

dence?”

Householder:  “Manufacturer of  plug  to­

Directory canvasser:  “Bather  a  singular 
the  man  next  door  makes 

Householder:  “ How  is  that  a  coinci­

Directory  canvasser:  “The  explanation 
is simple.  He  makes  shoes,  and  is  there­
fore a shoemaker.  You  manufacture  plug 
tobacco, ergo you are a chewmaker,  too.”

No inquest

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for cash, buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

PA TEN T FLAN1SAKD IR O N .

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

Broken packs %c $1 

HOOFING PLATES.

extra. 

 

 

BELLS.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

a u g e r s  a n d  b i t s . 

b a l a n c e s.
BARROWS.

j ic, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................5 50
disOO&lO ! IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne............. 7 00
IC. 20x28, choice  Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............  14 00
Sisal, H In. and  larger..................................   854
Manilla............................................................   15
Steel and Iron................................ 
  dis  70&10
Try and Bevels.......................................dis  50&1O
Mitre  .....................................................dis 
20
Com. 
Com. Smooth.
$3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
3  10 
3 10 
3 30 
nches

$4 20
Nos. 15 to  17..................................   4 20
Nos. 18 to 21..................................   4 20
Nos. 22 to 24..................................   4 20
Nos .25 to 26 ..................................   4 40
No. 27 ..............................................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   fl>............................ 
In smaller quausities, <gi  lb................ . 
No. 1,  Refined........................................... 
Market  Half-and-half............................ 
Strictly  Half-and-half............................ 

Ives’,  old style________ ___
N.  H. C. Co................................................disSO&lO
Douglass’...................................................dis60&10
Pierces’  .................................... 
disOO&lQ
Snell’s ........................................................dis60&10
Cook’s  ............................ 
dis40&!0
Jennings’,  genuine...................................dis  25
Jennings’, invitation................................dis50&10
Spring......................................................... dis 
40
Railroad........................................................$ 13 00
Garilen......................................................net 33 00 | Nos. 10 to  14
Hand..............................................dis $ 60&10&10
60&10
Cow.................................................... dis 
30&15
Call....................................................dis 
Gong................................................. dis 
25
Door, Sargent.................................. dis 
6G&10
Stove......................................................dis $ 
40
Carriage  new  list................................dis 
80
Plow  ......................................................dis  30&11
Sleigh Shoe...........................................dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts........................dis  60&10
Cast  Barrel Bolts............................... dis  60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs...................dis 
(¡0
Cast Square Spring............................ dis 
60
Cast Chain............................................dis  60&10
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob.............dis  6O&10
Wrought Square..................................dis  60&10
Wrought Sunk Flush......................... dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush..................................................dis  60&10
Ives’ Door.............................................dis  60&10

All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30 

6
654
12 50
15 00
16 50

TINNER’S SOLDER.

TIN  PLATES.

BOLTS.

BRACES.

Barber.................................................. dis $ 
40
Backus.................................................. dis  50&10
Spofford.................................................dis 
50
Am. Ball................................................dis 
net
Well, plain...................................................$  3 50
Well, swivel.................................................  
4 00

BUCKETS.

BUTTS. CAST.

' 

f /«non  Din 

Cast Loose Pin, llgured......................dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis  60&10 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  60&10
dia  flll.&IA
Wrought  Loos«  Pin........... ................dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Piu, acorntip...........dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, j spanned...........dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped................................................ dis  60& 5
Wrought Tab le.....................................dis  10&60
Wrought  inside  Blind........................dis  10&60
Wrought Brass.....................................dis  70&10
Blind, Clark’s........................................dis  80&10
Blind, Parker's.....................................dis  80&10
Blind,  Shepard’s ..................................dis 
70

CAPS.

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

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  new UstSO&lO
Rim  Fire, United  States.........................dis50&10
Central  Fire.............................................. dis40&10

CATRIDGES.

CHISELS.

Socket Firmer...................................... dis  75&I0
Socket  Framing...................................dis  75&10
Socket Corner...................................... dis  75&10
Socket Slicks........................................ dis 
75
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer..................dis 
40
Barton's Socket  Firmers....................dis 
20
Cold........................................................ net

Curry,  Lawrence’s................   ............dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  ............................................ dis 
25

Brass,  Racking’s.................................  
60
60
Bibb’s .................................................... 
B eer.............................................................  40&10
Fenns’.........................................................  
60

 
 

COMBS.

COCKS.

COPPER.

14 00

rates.

TRAPS.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal...............................  5  75
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................................   7 25
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................   6 25
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................  7 75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  5  75
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal...............................  7 25
IX, 
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal...... .......................   8  75
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  10  75
1XXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  12  75
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal...............................  15 50
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  6 50
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 
Roofing, 14x20, IC.....................;  ................  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ............................................   6 75
Roofing, 20x28, IC..............................................  11 00
Roofing, 20x28,  IX ........................ 
Steel, Game.....................................................
Onaida Communtity,  New house's...........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’ ............. 1.......• .............................60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s...................................60&10
Mouse,  choker........................................18c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 50 $  doz
Bright Market...................................... dis60&10&5
Annealed Market.................... 
dis 
70
Coppered Market...................  
dis  55&10
Extra Bailing............................................   dis  65
Tinned  Market..................................................dis 40
Tinned  Broom..........................................<|j} ft  09
Tinned Mattress.......................................§  ft  854
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.................................dis 3754
Plain Fence............................... ...............sp ft  354
Barbed  Fence..................................................
Copper................................................new  list net
Brass................................................... new list net
Bright............................................... dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes....................................... dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ..............................................dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes....................dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine.......................................dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coo’s  Patent, malleable..................dis 7J5&10&10

WIRE GOODS.

WRENCHES.

WIRE.

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps,  Cistern....................................dis  70&10
Screws,  new  list.......................................   75&10
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate.................... dis50&10&10
Dampers, American.................................  40&10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..60&10&5 
Copper  Bottoms.................  
19c

 

 

 

12 

DRILLS

k NORA 
KNOBS.

HINOES.

ELBOWS.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

files—New List.

14x52,14x56.14 x60................. 

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES.

GALVANIZED IRON,
22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 
14 
15 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... $  ft  28
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..........................   19
Cold Rolled, 14x48.............................................1854
Morse’s Bit  Stock..............................dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank.................dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank.......................... dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net  $.85
Corrugated.............................................dis  20&10
Adjustable.............................................dis  14&10
Cl fir’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.  dis 
20 
25 
Ives’. 1. SIS 00;  2. $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
American File Association List........dis  60&10
Disston’s ................................................dis  60&10
New  American......................................dis  60&10
Nicholson’s.............................................dis  60&10
Heller’s ................................................. dis 
30
Heller’s Horse Rasps...........................dis  30&10
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
18
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60@10. 

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co.  quote f. o. 
b. cars as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $44 00
Uppers, 154,154 and 2 inch........................   46 00
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Seleets, 154,154 and 2  inch.........................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................... 
........   30 00
Shop, 1 inch.................................................  20 00
Fine, Common, 154, 154 and 2 inch...........   38 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 n0
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet........................   17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.........................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet..........................   17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.........................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.........................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet....................  
  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........................   14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet........................   13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  all
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00® 9 00
A and B Strips, 4 o r 6 in ............................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................  27 90
No. 1 Fencing, all  length
15 00 
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet........
12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet..........................
12 On
No. 1 Fencing. 4  inch..........................
15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch..........................
13 n0 
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.......
20 00 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B...........
18 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C................ ,  
14 50 
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common.
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear.....................  20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft............  10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..  17 00
  14 00
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.
35 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear.
26 00 
16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. I  com’n
14 00
x  ............................................. $11 00, dis 60  Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com’n
.............   11 50, dis 60 I Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
3 10
( XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............  
XX X 18 in.  Thin 
3 00
........  
2 75
j XXX 16 in.
....... 
1  75
No. 2 or 6 in. C.  B 18 in.  Shingles....
1  40
......  
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.....................
1 75® 2 00
Lath  .................................................. .

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 
50
25
Maydole & Co.’s ....................................dis 
Kip’s ......................................................dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s...............................dis  40&lt
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel..................... 30 c list 40
Blacksmith's Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Ml'g. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.................... dis  60X10
Kidder, wood track.............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3.............................dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  454  14
354
and  longer.............................................. 
Screw Hook and Eye,  54  .................. net 
1054
Screw Hook and Eye %..................... net 
854
Screw Hook and Eye  \
.....................net 
754
Screw Hook and Eye,  %....................net 
754
65
Strap and  T ........................................dis 
Stamped TinW are.................................... 
30
Japanned Tin  Ware........
25 I  Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C...
Granite Iron  Ware..........
HOES
Grub  1
Grub  2 
Grub 3 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .  12 00, dis 60 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings. .$2  70, d 66J4&10 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings 3 50, d  66*3 &10 
Door, porcelain, plated trim­
mings..................................... list,10  15, dis C6J4
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list,1155, dis 
70
70
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain.......... dis 
40
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ....................d 
Homacite...........................  
dis 
50
t
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s  new listdis  66&&10
Mallory,  Wlieelnr  &  Co.’s..............dis  66J6&10
Branford’s .......................................... dis  66^&10
Norwalk’s  ......................................... dis  66J£&10
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...................dis  70
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ............................dis 40&10
Coffee, P. S.&W. Mfg. Co.’sMalleables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  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 & 10

WOODEN WAKE.
Standard  Tubs, No. 1....................  
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. J................................................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
1 25
Butter Ladles............................. 
Rolling Pins..............................V....................1 00
Potato Mashers...............................................   75
Clothes Pounders................................................. 2 25
Clothespins......................................................  65
Mop Stocks.............................................................1 25
Washboards, single.............................................. 1 75
Washboards, double.............................................2 25
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

lOd to  60d....................  ..................... $  keg $2  50
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
35
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv...............................................  
75
3d advance......................................................   1 50
3d fine  advance.............................................   3 00
Clinch nails, adv.............................................  1 75
8d  6d  4d
Finishing 
Size—inches  J  3 
154
Adv. W keg 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
MOLLASSES GATES.
Stebhin’s P attern...................................... dis  70
The furniture factories here  pay  as  follows 
Stebhin’s Genuine...................................... dis  70
for dry stock:
Enterprise,  self-measuring......................dis  25
Basswood, log-run......................................@13 00
Birch, log-run..................................... 16 OJ@20 00
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled...................dis  50
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @25 00
Black Ash, log-run..............................  @13 00
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent....................dit60& i0
Cherry,  log-run..................................25 00@35 00
Zinc, with brass bottom.............................dis  50
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2..........................   @55 00
Brass or  Copper......................................... dis  50
10 00@12 00 
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net  Cherry,  cull.......
14 00@16 OO
Olinstead’s .................................................   50&10  Maple,  log-run
.12 00@14 00
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................ dis  15 Maple, Nos. 1 and 2...............................  @18 00
@25 00
SciotaBench.................................................dis  25 Muple, clear, flooring.........................  
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................dis  15 Maple, white, selected........................ 
@25 00
@15 00 
Bench,'flrstquality............................. 
@80 00 @25 00 
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.........................
Stanley Rule*and Level Co.’s, wood— dis20&10 
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank...............
@55 00 
W alnut, log-run..................................
Fry, Acme............................................... dis 50&10
@75 00 
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................
Common, polished.............................   . .dis60&10
@25 00 
Walnuts,  culls..................................
6
Dripping............................................ > • • TP fi> 
@13 00
Grey  Elm, log-run..............................
White Ash, log-run.........................14 OO@10 00
Iron and Tinned............................. dis 
40
White wood,  log-run.......................  @83 00
Copper Rivets and  Burs................ dis 
60

1  lOd 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

|  Maple, s o ft,  log-run.................. . 

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

dis  20 | Rod Oak, log-run

LEVELS.
MILLS.

MAULS.
OILERS.

locks—door. 

tule and Le

MATTOCKS.

BASKETS.

p l a n e s . 

RIVETS.

NAILS.

7 00

PANS.

254 

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OUR  CLUB.

IV.

The  hall  was  ablaze  with  light,  for  in 
honor of this, our first ball, four extra kero­
sene lamps were burning.  On  one  side  of 
the  hall  was  a  small  platform  on which 
was  seated the  orchestra,  which  consisted 
of three colored men.  On the other side  of 
the hall was a large sheet of paper tackedjto 
the wall which had thereon the  dances  and 
took  the  place  of  a  programme. 
In  the 
north end of the hall was a banner on which 
was inscribed our monogram  and  the  word 
“Welcome,” done  by  the  artistic] hand  of 
our honored president. 
I 11 the south end of 
the building was a bench and a pail of water 
and a dipper for the thirsty ones, while just 
back of the hall was  Summer’s  drug  store, 
which  accommodated  those  who  thought 
water  injurious,  and  kept  open’ houseiall 
night to dispense prescriptions at  ten  cents 
per  prescrip.  At 
the  ticket]  window, 
smiled the genial face of our beloved brother, 
Residue  Johnson,  j   At  the door, with  the 
determined  mien  of  a  professional  ticket 
taker,  shown forth  Mr.  DeBottom. 
In  the 
check room was our  worthy  fellow-citizen, 
Mr.  Farmer,  his;; spectacles  firm  on  his 
Grecian nose and  a  “ten-cents-here’s-your- 
check”  look  on  his  face.  Mr.  Snow,  Mr. 
Bund and myself were  the  highly  honored 
and  envied  trio,  who  with  badges  and 
bouquets 011 our bosoms acted as  floor-man­
agers.  Nine  o’clock  struck  in  the church 
tower  across  the  river  before the dancing 
began, but it began,  and with  forty couples 
on the floor and twenty dollars in the treasury 
the first success of the season was at  hand. 
Oh, the joy of  the  occasion!  Old  married 
men who had not been in a ball-room in  ten 
years  capered about like little lambs on the 
green (the above in lots at  greatly  reduced 
rates on account of overstock).  Mr.  Snow, 
whose face was suspiciously  red,  and  who 
“never could bear water,” was  smiling  in a 
benevolent manner on every one.  Mr. Bund, 
whose  breath  was  suggestive of cardamon 
seeds, nodded his head in time to the music. 
“Ladies  to  the  right,” turn, turn, tee,  turn, 
turn; “swing the gent you first meet," turn, tee, 
turn, turn, turn. How the words rang out, how 
happy we feel!  But 0I1 the next  day!  Old 
limbs unused to the  exercise,  groaned  with 
twinges of  pain;  heads  not  accustomed  tq 
being swung  around  in  the  “mazy  waltz” 
and gay “military” ached in sympathy with 
backs lamed from too much dancing.  Never 
will I forget Mr.  Snow with his  No.  12 feet 
kicking up in  the  military, or  Mrs.  Snow, 
her little pug nose  red with the violence  of 
the  exercise  off  in  a  corner,  telling  her 
neighbors about this one and that one, whom 
she disliked,  for never was there a gossip in 
the world like little  Mrs.  Snow.  And  over 
in  that  corner  stood  three  or  four of  the 
men, listening to the rehearsing of some old 
story.  At twelve the dance  was  over,  the 
fun was done,  and we went home to ponder 
over  the  folly  of  people  who  will  pay  a 
dollar to do more hard work than you could 
hire  them  to  do  for  ten  dollars^ and then 
call it fun. 

Coal E ra.

The Hardware Market.

Business  and  collections  are  fully  up to 
expectations. 
Inquiry  is  more  persistent 
and manifests  an  earnestness  which  is  its 
best feature as signifying a demand back of 
it.  The orders booked have been almost en­
tirely  spontaneous,  very  little  effort to se­
cure  trade  having  been  made.  Traveling 
men are just  beginning  to  start out,  and a 
fortnight  may be  looked  to  to put a differ­
ent  face  on  affairs.  As  regards  values, 
there is apparent an undertone of great firm­
ness.  Holders have lost the  anxiety to sell 
which was the main feature of the market a 
few  weeks  back,  while  buyers  have  to  a 
large extent thrown off their apathy and ex­
hibit  more  readiness  to  take  hold.  The 
week has witnessed but few actual  changes 
in the figures prevailing,  but there has  been 
quite a number of withdrawals of quotations 
preparatory  to  advances,  and  a  general 
stiffening on the subject of  concessions and 
favors.  Brass kettles have advanced 2 cents 
in price.  The  manufacturers  of  locks and 
knobs  have  gotten  out  a new  list,  with a 
new  schedule  of  discounts.  A new  list on 
hatchets is also out.  Bar iron has sustained 
a sharp advance,  shovels  and spades are up 
5 per cent,  and  cross  cut  saws are  tending 
upward.

The Honest Farmer’s Apples.

From the Baltimore Times.

And now the honest farmer packs 
This is the top row of his sacks

His apples up for town.

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BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

CUSTOM— PRESENTM ENT  OF  D liA FT S.
Evidence  of  the  usage  and  custom of a 
bank as to the presentment of drafts for ac­
ceptance and payment is  admissible  to cor­
roborate the testimony of a cashier as to the 
presentment  for  acceptance  of a particular 
draft,  according to the  decision  of  the  Su­
preme  Court  of  the  United  States  in  the 
case  of  the  Knickerbocker  Life  Insurance 
Co. vs.  Pendleton.

PA BTN E RSIIIP— JOINT OWNERSHIP.

Where three parties owned and ran a saw 
mill jointly, on  the  agreement  that  one of 
them was to  conduct  the  operations  of the 
mill, pay all its expenses from the proceeds, 
and divide the  net  profits  equally  between 
himself and the other two,  the three jointly 
owning the property from which the income 
was derived,  the Supreme Court of  Georgia 
held that this  constituted a partnership  be­
tween them.
MUNICIPAL  BONDS— DUTY  OF  PURCHASER.
Purchasers of  municipal  securities  must 
always take the  risk of  the  genuineness of 
the official signature  of  those  who  execute 
the paper they  buy,.according  to the  decis­
ion  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  in  the  case  of  the  Merchant’s  Ex­
change National Bank  vs.  County  of  Ber­
gen.  By “genuineness  of  the  official  sig­
nature” is meant the  genuineness, not  only 
of the signature itself,  but also of the official 
character of him who makes it.

BANKRUPTCY— FA ILUR E  TO  ACCOUNT.
When one is intrusted with the offects  of 
another to dispose of them for the benefit of 
the latter,  and  to  account  to him therefor, 
the mere fact that he  who  was so intrusted 
has failed to account does  not  create a debt 
which is exempted from a discharge in bank­
ruptcy, under  section  5,117 of  the Revised 
Statutes  of  the  United  States,  for  fraud, 
embezzlement,  or as being a debt created in 
a fiduciary capacity, where there is no proof 
showing that in appropriating  the  property 
or  proceeds  it  was  done  wrongfully  and 
fraudulently and  with  a  fraudulent  intent 
at the time.  So held by the Supreme Court 
of Georgia.

EXEMPTION— NECESSARY  W EARING  A P ­

PAREL— WATCII.

A  watch  may  constitute  a  portion  of 
“necessary  wearing  apparel”  within  the 
meaning of a statute of exemptions, accord­
ing to the decision of the  Supreme Court of 
Oregon in the case of McClung vs.  Stewart. 
The  court  said:  The  question  whether  a 
watch  is  a  necessary  article  of  wearing 
apparel,  and as  such  exempt,  seems  from 
the decisions to depend upon the  particular 
facts  or  attendant  circumstances  of  each 
case, such as  the  value  of  the  watch,  the 
condition and business  of  the  debtor,  etc., 
and has been  differently decided  under dif­
ferent circumstances.  *  *  *  It  is prob­
ably true  that  a  watch  is  ordinarily  worn 
for  convenience  than  as a  mere  luxurious 
ornament.  But to  determine  whether it is 
one or the other,  necessary or  luxurious,  as 
an  article of  dress or  apparel,  the  value of 
the watch is  allowed  to  have a  controling 
influence in determining  the result. 
If the 
value of the  watch  be  unreasonable,  or too 
much money be  invested  in it,  the  law  re­
gards it,  as  justice  to  the  creditors  would 
require, rather as a luxury than a necessity, 
and under our statute  this element of value 
would necessarily become an important fac­
tor,  as the exemption of  wearing  apparel is 
limited to  $100.  *  *  *  Upon  the ques­
tion whether  a watch is a  necessary article 
of wearing apparel  the  authorities are con­
flicting.  Upon the whole our own judgment 
inclines us  to the opinion  that  the  phrase 
“necessary wearing apparel”  as used in our 
statute may include in it a  watch of moder­
ate  value  without  doing  violence  to  its 
meaning.  We are  not,  therefore,  prepared 
to say that a watch of moderate value is not 
a necessary article of  wearing  apparel  and’ 
as such exempt  when  It  is  made to appear 
affirmatively that the watch  and  other arti­
cles of apparel  selected  or  reserved do not 
exceed the amount limited by the statute.

GUARANTY— APPLICATION  OF  PAYM ENTS.
Certain advances were made by a Charles­
town (S. C.)  firm to a firm in  Williston up­
on  the  following  guaranty:  “Charleston. 
S.  C.,  February  3,  1881.  Messrs.  E.  II. 
Frost & Co.—Dear  Sirs: 
In  consideration 
of your agreeing to advance to Messrs. John 
A.  Weathersbee,  Ashley  M.  Weathersbee 
and Martin F.  Weathersbee,  doing business 
at Williston,  S.  C.,  under  the firm name of 
A   M.  Weathersbee  &  Co.,  not  exceeding 
the sum of  seven  thousand  dollars and in­
terest,  I hereby guarantee to you the repay­
ment of the sums advanced and commissions 
as  agreed,  etc.  Yours  respectfully,  A.  J. 
Weathersbee.”  Upon  the  delivery  of  an 
aeditional guaranty  given  by the same per­
son for the sum of $1,500,  further advances 
were made aggregating in all $8,500.  After­
wards  large  advances  were  made  by  the 
Charleston  firm  to  the  Williston  firm,  for 
the purpose  of  buying  cotton,  which  was 
shipped to the  former,  but  these  latter ad­
vancements  were  without  the  guaranty of 
A  J.  Weathersbee.  When  the cotton was 
shipped no directions  were  given  except to 
hold for a better  price.  Nothing  was  said 
about applying the  proceeds  at  that  time, 
nor until a large amount, nearly $10,000 had 
been advanced  and a large  quantity of cot­
ton had  accumulated,  when  A   M.  Weath-

the  guarantor,  after 

ersby & Co.,  by direction  of A. J. Weath- 
ersbee,  wrote to  the Charleston firm direct­
ing them to sell  the  cotton  at once and ap­
ply net proceeds to credit of amount indors­
ed by A. J. Weathersbee.  The  Charleston 
firm declined to make the application direct­
ed and declined  to make  further  advances. 
Upon a suit brought by the  Charleston firm 
against 
judgment 
against  the  Williston  firm,  the  Supreme 
Court of  Sonth  Carolina  held (Frost  et al. 
vs. Weathersbee  et  al.)  that  the  guaranty 
above referred to was limited to $8,500,  and 
was not a continuing guaranty in  the  sense 
of securing  any eventual  balance,  and that 
the guaranteed debt was not paid by the di­
rection of the debtors to apply the  proceeds 
of the cotton in the hands  of  the  plaintiffs 
to the payment of the  same,  leaving unpaid 
the advances  made  to  purchase the cotton. 
The court said:  A debtor  owing two debts 
to the same creditor has a right, on making 
payment to direct its aplication.  If the debtor 
has  given  no  directions  the  creditor  may 
make the application at his pleasure.  In this 
case no  instructions  were  given  when  the 
shipments  were  made,  except  to  hold  for 
better  prices.  No  instructions  whatever 
were given at the time as  to the application 
of the proceeds. 
In  the  absence  of  these 
the creditor had the  right  to  make  the ap­
plication.  Besides,  the  arrangement  as to 
the purchase of cotton  amounted  to  a  con­
tract that these  advances  were  made upon 
the condition that  they  should be  paid  out 
of the sales  of  the  cotton.  A  factor  who 
advances money for the  purchase  of  goods 
has a general lien upon them to secure such 
advances.  The  plaintiffs  had  the right to 
apply the proceeds  of  the  sale,  first, to the 
advances  made  in  purchasing  the  cotton, 
and  then  the  balance  in  liquidation  pro 
tanto of the guaranteed debt.

RET11ESDA  MINERAL  WATER.

H. F. Hastings quotes as follows;

“ 

“ 

Barrel,  43 gallons.............................................8.50
Half  barrel, 30 gallons.....................................5.00
Cans,  10 gallons................................................2.50
Carbonated, cases  50 quarts.........................7.00
100  pints.......................... 8.50
This water will be  supplied  to  the  trade  by 
any wholesale drug or grocery house in Grand 
Rapids.
AK.THTTB. R . ROOD,

ATTORNEY,

43 PEARL  STREET,  ROOD  BLOCK, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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cheapest system  for  simplifying  business  on 
the  market.  Customers  can  send  their ser­
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no  danger  or  discrepancies, as  by the record 
which is kept on inside covers, amount of each 
sale  is  recorded.  All  books  are  numbered 
when so’d, and when not paid for in  advance, 
are secured by note, one of which  is  in  every 
book.  Every Coupon has engraved  signature 
of the merchant,  together with the card;  cov­
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their  size makes them desirable to the custom­
er  as  well  as  the  cashier.  As  they are now 
made the smaller numbers below the five cent 
can be  detached, same as the larger ones, thus 
obviating the necessity of a punch and  stamp.
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This Baking Powder makes  the  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY IT and be convineed. 
Prepared only by the

Arctic Manufacturing Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

f

W T I fl ttfl B u tte r ’  E g g s >  P °P   C o r n -
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Green and Dried Fruits,

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN'

Write me for prices. 

POP  COHN  A   SPECIALTY-

W .  T.  ZiOXTG,  V IC K SB U R G ,  M IC H .

CHOICE  B U T T E R   A   SFSC IA X -TY ! 
CALIFORNIA  AND  OTHER  FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES.  Care­
ful Attention Paid to Filling  Orders.

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

E.  IF1 .A. Xj Hj -A. S,

tin  &  Commission-Blitter  &  Em  a

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

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

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

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, M ichigan

WM.  F.  SIMMONS,;

WHOLESALE

PINE  AND  HARDWOOD  LUMBER,

And Dealer in Pine Land.  Correspondence solicited with parties having either to sell. 

OFFICE,  58  MONROE  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Wholesale  Grocers,

A G - E N T S   F O R

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JOBBER  OF

ALASKA  WITH  CRESCENT  IIEEL  PLATE.

Wears three times as long; anri keeps from slipping.

The Trade Supplied with Arctics, Alaskas and Sandals with 

. 

the Crescent Heel Plates,

Agent for Woonsocket, Wales-Goody ear and Meyer 

Rubber Companies.

86 Monroe  St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich..

CUKTISS,DUNT0N & CO.
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THE  ELKHAET  PAPER  PAIL,

THE  BEST  PAPER  PAIL  MADE.

O IL   T A N K S ,

1,  2  AND  3  BARRELS.

DIAMOND  and  KING  Oil  Cans.  “GOOD-ENOUGH  OIL

Cans,  all Sizes.

51  and 53 Lyon St., Grand Rapids.

F. J. LAMB & CO.,
F r u i t s ,  V e g e t a b l e s ,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

B u tte r. Bl&sis, C h eese, E tc.

8 and IO Ioni* St, Grand Rapida, Mich.

SPECIAL  ATTENTI^«  GIVEN  TO  FILLING  ORDERS.

J

CLARK,

JE W E L L

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

&  CO.,
ELASTIC  STARCH!

SOLE  AGENTS  FOE

It requires  no  cooking.  Makes  collars  and  cuffs 
stiff  and  nice  as  when  new.  One  pound  of this 
starch will go as far  as  a  pound  and  a  half of any 
other  starch  in  the  market, and  all  we  ask  is  an 
order for a trial box of

Elastic Starch.

We have in stock  a  fine  line  of Foreign  and  Do­
mestic  Dried  Fruits,  Raisins,  Prunes,  Currants, 
Peaches,  Apples,  Plums,  Cherries,  Apricots,  Figs, 
Dates,  Etc.  W e  are  sole  agents  for  “ COMMON 
SENSE ” Cigar, the best five cent cigar in Michigan, 
I. M. C., the best ten cent cigar in Michigan.

CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.

HZESTEPt  Sa  FO X ,

MANUFACTURERS  AGENTS  FOR

S A W   AXTD G R IST  M ILL M A C H IN E R Y ,
Send for 
Catalogue 

&   E N G itiE   p

f H

 
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and 
Prices

Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock

for  immediate delivery.

Planers, M atchers, M oudlers and all kinds of W ood-W orking M achinery, 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

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

and become convinced of their superiority.

W rite  for  Prices.

130  OAKES STREET.  GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

o. w. b l a i n  &   co., Produce
Foreip  anil  Domestic  Fruits, Southern  Vegetahles, Etc.

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO.  »  IONIA  ST.

pondence solicited,  APPLES AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

-DEALERS  IN-

PERKINS  &

SEND  FOR PRICE-LIST TO

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

Grranct R a p id s , M id i.

L.  A.  TUCKER,

Commission  Merchant,

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  TOlTHE 
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.

ii W ARREN’S GRIP.”

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

F L IN T .  MIOEC.

G e o . T . 'VFa r r e n  &  C o
.  APPLES!

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

EARL BROS., Commission Merchants,

Riferirne#—Tiro National Bask.

157  S.  WATER  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL

