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His trunk is just packed with “‘big jobs,” He throws out his pet little ‘‘baits.” He’s determined to sell his new man, So he offers him all sorts of “dates.” The trade never want any goods, He's accustomed to slights and rebuff— But, get a man started and then He can scarce wait a day for his “‘stuff.” O, a jolly, bright fellow is he, This tourist of commerce and trade, Don’t call him a “drummer,” forsooth He’s a full band complete, on parade. ~~ WHEN FATE WAS KIND. The waste of waters, and the clouds, and in the clouds a shadowy face that looked down with an elfin gaze upon a girl who stood upon one of the sand cliffs with which Marshville fronts the sea. A windy and warm April night had sueceeded a day of rain and blue sky. The southwest breeze swept with long, strong breath over the land, and out to sea. as if it would push back the waters that still kept swashing in across the peach in a line of foaming gray. Two hours ago the rain had ceased, but the clouds were still rising and driv- ing over the clear, deep blue which April gives the sky. A week-old moon was in the western heavens, and its radiance seemed to prolong this twilight hour, and give lovely lights to that face of fancy which Miss Kester was gazing at in the clouds. A Titan face, with a womanly smile, which held her and shed the warmth of a good omen into her heart, that had been waiting with smoth- ered eagerness for three days past. -uth Kester’s figure was outlined sharply as it stood there, and it caught the eye of a man who was walking quickly along the road which wound by the edge of the marshes. He stopped and gazed intently for an instant up at the woman. A flush passed over his face; a flash came into hiseye. He left the highway and began mounting the sandy hills that lay between him and the girl whom he saw. There was nothing, to his mind, in the whole scene about him but that one figure of a woman, straight and slim, its long, close-fitting dark cloak and small hat making it like a silhouette against the changing back- ground of sky. Of what was she thinking? He knew so well the face that was turned from him; a clear, soft face, so bewitchingly framed in darkest hair, and with eyes whose glance was bright or soft, as changing mood should dictate. Six months sinee he had_ seen it. Months of exile, which he could almost curse now for keeping him from happi- ness. But he had endured them. Work, capacity for work, enable us to endure all things; and when we work for the one beloved—ah! that makes a difference. His footsteps on the sand made no noise which the loud wind did not drown. His eyes burned deeper as he approached; a blaze of joy and love was in them as he came so near that he could speak. But before his lips had pronounced her name she turned, not because she had heard anything but the wind and water, but because some sudden and delicious beat had come to her pulses. It was characteristic of them both that, in that first moment, they did not even extend their hands. “It is you,’? said Ruth, in a whisper that Lane saw rather than heard, while their eyes were eloquent with the happi- ness of meeting, which is like no other happiness in the world, and which does not come with intensity many times in life. Then, as their hands clasped, in a mo- ment Lane could say, in that light tone which hints at a heart that could sud- denly be gay with love: “You should have expected me to- night. Why were you not at home wait- ing my coming? I might have gone to the house and not found you had not chance led me this way across. the marshes, from whence I saw some maid of the wind and the waves up here among her kindred. And I pictured you in that sitting-room of Mr. Pond’s, with face against the window, staring down the road, saying to yourself sadly: ‘He is late.’ I shall know better another time. Lucky for you that I find no tall cavalier by your side.”’ With lightest touch he put his hand beneath her chin, and raised her face that he might look in it more fully, his gaze of fire softening to utmost tender- ness as her eyelids fell after an instant’s meeting his gaze. She drew back a little, with a shy movement full of bewitchment for him, and laughed out faintly, as one laughs who will not let the happy tears come. ‘But you are not late,’’ she said; ‘‘you are an hour earlier than by any reckon- ing I could have looked for you; and in that time I would have been at home watching for your coming in the most proper and respectable manner.” ‘And I have missed the sight of you at the window,’’ he returned, ‘‘just because I was so impatient that I could not bear to lose an- hour in Boston. I found I could take an earlier train that stopped at Sefton, and drove over from that town. Up at the head of the road there I had a faney to dismiss carriage and driver and walk the last half mile this way: NowlI know whyI did so,” tri- umphantly justifying himself for what had seemed a freak to him at the time. The two lingered a moment longer on the windy cliff, and then turned to buffet the breeze slowly, following the road which led between marsh and hills until it joined the highway; the latter ran | through fields and rocky pastures. The hour grew cooler. The moon, rid- ing higher and higher, had conquered the clouds, and they retreated, in heavy, black masses, over toward the northeast. The tide, going swiftly up the sands in ever-rising waves, sang that diapason which is always the voice of Ocean. Led on by timid questions, Lane talked earnestly about his plans for their fu- ture, his glorious hopes, his eager de- light in imagining the home he would make. Often he would interrupt himself to look intently in his companion’s face, and ask passionately : “Do you love me?’ And she would whisper, ‘‘Yes,”’? or would not answer at all, only return his glance, not even blushing, in the entire self-forgetfulness of that moment when her heart re- sponded to his with no mist of maidenly timidity between them. And once she smiled, clung closer to his arm, and retorted : ‘No sir: I do not love you in the least. I’m going to marry you for the sake of money and position.” At which they both laughed as though her words had been witty. Was it not a great joke for her to say that, when Lane had money and position yet to gain ? ‘You have no idea how I shall work,”’ he exclaimed, throwing back his head. “J am going to give you wealth and place, and you may be sure no man ever had such an incentive to work as I have. My business is twice as large as in the year before I knew you.” ‘Do not your clients say they are look- ing for aman who is in love to plead [ their case? Do they not say no man who lives on commonplace earth shall be their lawyer ?”’ As she finished speaking, and before he could reply, a figure which had been walking unobserved toward them, in the dense shade of a row of pines, emerged into the moonlight but a few yards away. A woman, enveloped from head to foot in a soft, clinging burnovese, a fold of which she had thrown over her head, where it descended in a point almost to her forehead, on which lay half-curled light hair, above long, gray eyes, that scanned the two with a gaze which had evidently begun several minutes before they had noticed her. She walked as no woman bred in the country ever walks—with a pliant grace that suggested as its cause cultivation, as well as nature. Miss Kester fancied that this lady looked at Lane as if she knew him and expected to receive some sign of recogni- tion from him. Then she glanced at 2uth. and a suave and Jovely smile came to her face. She bowed and passed on. Lane* mechanically had raised his hat when his companion had bent her head, and his glance at the stranger had be- come more Keen. “You did not seem to recognize her,’’ remarked Ruth. “Indeed, no. Why should I? One) might as soon expect to see some brilliant tropical bird flitting over these gray rocks as such a woman as that. Who is she? You seem to know her.”’ “She is some foreign friend or ac- quaintance of Adelaide Phillipps, and is visiting at Miss Phillipps’ house. You know how kind our singer is, or, at least, we who live near her know. She invited me there to a musical party last week because she knew it would give me pleasure to listen. That lady is a so- prano who will make her debut next fall. She was kind enough to notice me, and I’ve met her twice since walking on the beach. Both times she spoke tome. It is curious: when I am with her there is a glance in her long eyes which both re- pels and attracts me: but her smile is very delightful; so when I am away from her I want to be with her again. if were a man J should love her, and should know that she would make me un- happy.’’ “But, being a woman, you may forget her and think only of me,’’ said Lane gaily, possessing himself still more se- curely of the hand on his arm, and add- ing: ‘You did not tell me her name.”’ “Leonora. I’m never quite sure of her lastname. Arditi, I think.” Lane did not reply immediately. He walked on in silence, some grave thought changing his face for a moment. Ruth looked at him more closely than she was aware, or than she had intended. She was thinking that it was so odd that the Signorita Arditi had glanced at Lane with precisely the expression of one who recognizes and expects to be recognized. But it was her prerogative to greet the man first. Ruth opened her lips to ask question, when Lane said abruptly: ‘Leonora Arditi, is it??? Then he re- lapsed into deeper gravity than before, and Ruth scoffed at herself that she should condescend to any faintest form of jealousy or suspicion, and she put such thoughts immediately out of her mind, or she told herself that she did so. But, in spite of all her efforts, there had come a slight coldness to her aspect. Did Lane notice it? Apparently not; and that in itself was humiliating to her. What woman likes to have her mood change, and her lover not conscious of that change. They went on slowly, the wind sub- siding, leaving a calm April night, which held in its breath sweetest hints of blooms and warmth to come. Ruth fancied that Lane wes distrait and absent, and she grew more and more silent. They passed now a house standing hospitably near the road; a house from which a scent of flowers seemed to stream, whose doors were open, from whose.windows brilliant lights glowed. There were two or three people to be seen within, and in the brightly-lighted hall was the figure of a woman on her some laughingly in at her guests in the parlor, was clearly seen for the moment. An almost swarthy face, with heavy dark hair profuse on the forehead, plain, yet with that wonderful attractiveness which personality does sometimes infuse into a face. ‘It is Miss Phillipps herself,’’? whis- pered Lane, and in a moment he began to sing, under his breath, ‘‘O Mio Fer- nando,”’ and then broke off with a laugh, saying: ‘-That is the last I heard her sing, and her voice gave me dreams for a week after.”?> In a different tone, he said: ‘ Does she love Leonora Arditi ?”’ “That [ cannot tell you.’’ So anxiously did Ruth wish to make her manner precisely what it should be that, as might kave been expected, it was not natural. What had come over them? She had thought it would be unmixed joy when Lane should come to her for the brief time he could spare from his bus- iness in a distant city. And now she was growing absolutely angry. She kept silent until they had left the house be- hind them and were coming near her own home, which was with an uncle, who had been to her always the same as a father. Flinging off all signs of her depression, Ruth suddenly became gay and wordy with quips and talk that glided here and there, touching this or that subject with a superficial brilliance that made Lane stare, and that went cold to his heart, as she had meant it should do. She was kind, also. There was nothing with which Lane could reproach her. Where was the shy. sweet glance that had been his an hour ago? What did this mean? He looked at her in perplexity. But he had nothing to guide him to an answer; and there was his pride, which prevented him from asking any question. He felt, also, that he might as well have interro- gated a soap-bubble, so elusive she seemed. He stopped until 9 o’clock at Mr. Pond’s, sitting with the family, talking calmly on a hundred, subjects, carefully refraining from looking fully at Ruth, whose bubbling spirits had not yet begun to subside. He bade her good-by in the same tone in which he made his adieux to the rest. He asked her if she would drive with him the next morning. She thanked him, and said she would go. Then he walked away to the hotel where he was to lodge. There was some- thing vicidus writhing and rising to life within him as he went along the lonely road. What did she mean by treating him as if he were a mere acquaint- ance 2—entertaining him with that in- furiating babble that he had once liked so well? He liked it now: but he wanted some glance, some tone for him alone, that would tell him he was the man whom she loved. ‘“Was she going to keep up this sort of thing 2”? he asked savagely. She had seemed glad to see him at first. Perhaps she was playing with him. Did she like some one else? There were always people atMiss Phillipps’ when she was at home. Was it some infernal fellow stay- ing there? Not once did it occur to Lane’s clear masculine mind to suspect it was anything in his own manner which had caused the change. As he went on, his- thoughts altered their current, falling into an old channel of anxiety. He passed the head of the road where he had seen ‘“‘the soprano,’’ as Ruth had called her. He glanced down its empty length and recalled the form and the face seen in the low moonlight, his coun- tenance growing lined and set as he looked. The next morning he drove along through the benign spring air, hope and happiness again keenly alive. If Ruth should greet him with that charming, but unsatisfactory manner of hers, what should he do? On one thing, at least, he was resolved—he would not bear it a moment from her. What! waste the precious hours when he had only so short a time to spend with her? He would break down any petty barrier her freak caused her to raise between them. Speeding along behind his fleet horse, he became aware of a woman walking on quickly ahead of him. Although his eyes did not recognize her, his heart did, and before Ruth was hardly aware, her lover had leaped from the carriage, and was near her, his hat off, his face radiant from the clear flame iu his eyes. And lo! she raised no barrier between them. ‘There was her love, shining in her look and trembling on her lips. All his anxieties fled so thoroughly that he could hardly believe he had ever felt them. The April sun encircled them in an atmosphere which, like their love, prom- ised even more than it had yet brought. He put her in the carriage, he sat down beside her; gathering the lines, and send- ing off his horse swiftly, he turned to her. ‘How cruel you were to me last night,’’ he said, not sadly in the least. The morning air had scattered his un- generous doubts. ‘J even went so far as to think some tenor or baritone over yonder had sung too sweetly to you.’’ She laughed in a way that thrilled him with that foolish ecstasy of youth and love. He fancied he could listen to her laugh a thousand years. You see how silly he was. But it is a folly that, while it lasts, makes a man a god. ‘Some of them do sing so sweetly that you might fancy them to be those angels | of heaven who once wooed the daughters of men,’’ she said, with an earnestness not all exaggerated. Lane frowned, but said, lightly: ‘‘You | ought to mean the soprani and contralti.”’ | She tossed her head. “Oh, no; that is for you to think. The Signorita Arditi has a cold this morning, and is hoarse as a frog,’’ she ended, abruptly. “The Signorita has my respectful con- knees by a large black dog, her arm over his neck, while her profile as she looked | dolences,’? replied Lane. Then, sud- denly: ‘‘Have you been to call on her ?”’ “TI went to take a book to Miss Phil- lipps. I was hurrying to get home be- fore you should come, sir,’’? meekly. Not acloud marred the brightness of the following hours, which fled as such hours do. At night Lane was to go to Boston to remain until the next night, attending to a ease of his, and the day after he was to leave her. They spent the day together. They walked miles over the sand; they sat and looked off on the sea from one of the cliffs. The water was now gently ruffled by a faint blowing west wind. To them more than the opulence of midsummer was in air and sky and ocean. When Lane left her that evening, Ruth wondered how she could ever have been disturbed as she had been the night be- fore. She was then a little idiot, she told herself in her own room. And how happy she was! So happy that she felt restless and caged in the house, and longed to be out of doors in the fragrant air. It was barely 8 o’clock. She threw on hat and cloak and went out at the front door, just pausing at the sitting- room to say to Mrs. Pond that she should be back very soon. She went down the road in the direc- tion taken by Lane on his way to the station. He must be nearly there now. The moon was riding high. She could see the white walls of the Webster Place shine behind the great trees. The house was shut now, for none of the family as yet had come into the country. She walked into the grounds through a small gate, and strolled slowly up the approach, listening to the stir in the branches above her head, to that slight movement that is not a wind, but seems the motion of the trees themselves as they stand together. There was still upon her the mood of an awe-struck wonder that she should be so happy when so many women in the world could never know the joy that was to be hers through all the years of her life. Was she not to spend those years with Lane. and who ever loved as they loved ? She stopped a moment beneath a tree, fancying that she inhaled the perfume of arbutus on a soft wind that came to her. With this thought in her mind, she turned her face more fully toward the wind, and saw aman and a woman coming down from the direction of the house. Invol- untarily she shrank back farther from the path, and into the deeper darkness made by the iarge tree trunk. She knew the woman, it seemed to her, pefore she had really seen her. It was the Signorita Arditi, -wearing a large bunch of arbutus at her belt, and carry- ing herself with the inimitable swaying motion which Ruth now hated, for the man walking beside her was Lane. She would have known it was Lane, she thought. had she been blind. They were not talking. She did not hear them utter a word. and they almost directly reached the entrance when Lane raised his hat, bowed low, and hurried away toward the station. his firm footsteps sounding heavily on the damp gravel. i The Signorita stood a moment, then she saunfered slowly away, and Ruth re- mained where she was for many minutes, trying heroically to adjust herself to this new attitude of affairs. Was it not despicable that Lane should have pretended not to know the Signor- ita? Never again would she mistrust her own intuitions. They had told her that the woman had looked upon Lane with the glance of recognition. That conviction had brought a cloud and a chill to that first hour, and she had been too trustful in that she allowed that cloud to be dissipated, that chill to be warmed. How he had seemed to love her that day! What tender passion had been in his voice and eyes when he had said good-by to her less than an hour ago! And he had left her to meet that woman whom he had tried to make her think he did not know. 2uth threw her head back with a for- lorn pride. At least she might be thank- ful that she had learned his duplicity be- fore it was too late. Would he come back to her to-morrow night with that false enthusiasm on his face and vi- prating in his voice ? Well, she should know how to receive him. She stood erect there, waiting until the the lady should have gone far enough, so that she would not be likely to see anyone, then Ruth walked -out from the place into the road, going with slow, steady feet in the direction of her home. What had been changed? There was the sky with its white clouds, and the moon, seeming to disperse them on her path. Here was the brown earth, grow- ing warm and fragrant almost with every hour that hastened on the summer. Ruth walked on, bewildered by the i horrible torture that made her heart beat so swiftly, and yet with such a strange kind of dullness. She tried to feel a courage that should match the firm, brave way in which she held herself, but every moment made even the semblance of such a feeling more and more impos- [CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE. |} Perfection Scale. The Latest Improved and Best. ee ae Does Not Reguire Down Weight Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter. For sale by leading wholesale grocers. \2 The Michigan Tradesman AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Wesley Dunn has engaged in the gro- cery business at Westminster. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. Geo. W. Davison has engaged in the grocery business on South Division street. - The stock was purchased at this market. M. V. Wilson, the Sand Lake druggist, uttered chattel mortgages to the amount of $3,800 last Saturday, and later in the day four Grand Rapids creditors—the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., M. H. Treusch & Bro., the Lustig Cigar Co. and L. S. Hill & Co.—attached the stock on the ground that the mortgages were fraudulent. AROUND THE STATE. Cheshire—S. Bush & Son have engaged in the grocery business. Harrison—M. Dillon succeeds Dillon & C urtiss in the drug business. B™~ oomingdale—Ed. Wier has sold his ge neral stock to Ed. Merrifield. Sparta—E. H. Norton has purchased the meat business of D. A. Reed. East Jordan—R. G. Bruce has assigned his general stock to H. L. Page. Hartford—L. W. Britton succeeds Giles Cook in the grocery business. Bloomingdale—Lockard & Son succeed J. C. Speicher in the grocery business. Holland—John G. Smeenge succeeds Mrs. Q. Huyzer in the grocery business. Ann Arboor—Wm. W. Wines, of the dry goods firm of Wines & Worden, is dead. Ann Arbor—John W. Hunt’s hardware stock been seized on chattel mort- gage. Evans—Wm. H. Morris has bought the dry goods and grocery stock of Mrs. E. Leighton. Muskegon — John S. Timmer’s dry goods stock has been closed under chat- tel mortgage. Springport—Cortright & Griffith suc- ceed H. J. Cortright in the dry goods and grocery business. Rives Junction P. of I. have formed a $5,000 stock company to carry on the mercantile business. Detroit—Chas. R. Brand & Co. succeed Brand & McCullouzh in the painting and decorating business. Kalkaska—Pipp Bros. & Martindale have added a grocery and supply stock to their hardware line. Alma—H. L. Lockwood has sold his grocery stock to Carpenter Bros., who will continue the business. Cadillae—John A. Gustafson, of the grocery firm of Olson & Gustafson, will open a hardware store at Lake City. Reed City — Roselle (Mrs. Simon) Schack uttered five chattel mortgages on her general stock, Saturday, aggregating $4,700. : Hudson — Norman Weaver has ar- rangee to build a brick store, 24x61 feet in dimensions, for his drug and grocery business. Cheboygan—The Wertheimer Bros.’ clothing and boot and shoe stock is ad- vertised for sale at mortgage sale on January 3. Bay City—The Economy Shoe House has been closed on an attachment, at the instance of Geo. P. Gore & Co., of Chi- cago, whose claim is $1,600. Cadillac—It is reported that W. R. Dennis & Co. have decided to discontinue their clothing business here, in the near future, and locate at Kansas City. Coldwater—John T. Starr, one of the principal hardware merchants of the town, has sold out to David Allen & Co. Mr. Allen has been employed in the store for several years. Rockford—A. G. Goodson, who has conducted drug stores at Allegan, Kal- kaska, Pierson and several other places, committed suicide by taking morphine and belladonna one day last week. Muskegon—The loss of Christie & Co. at their recent fire has been figured up and amounts to about $500, $400 on build- ing and $100 on stock. There will have to be anew roof put on and other con- siderable repairs made. Reed City—Nathaniel Clark and T. V. Childs have formed a copartnership under the style of Childs & Clark and will em- bark in the grocery business. Both part- ners were formerly in trade here, Mr. Clark having been one of the pioneer merchants of the place. has MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Norrisville—Full roller process is being put in the flouring mill here. Omer—A project is on foot to estab lish a stave and heading factory. Addison—Leroy T. Smith succeeds Hasbrouck & Smith in the lumber busi- ness. i Farwell—J. W. Gardiner & Co. will soon begin the manufacture of hemlock shingles. Fremont—W. F. Pumphrey is succeed- ed by Pumphrey & Burns in the lumber business. Aral—C. L. Crossette & Co. succeed the Otter Creek Lumber Co. in the manufac- ture of lumber. East Saginaw—Charles Lee has erected a planing mill near the site of the one burned a year ago last summer. Copemish—A stock company has been formed, with a capital stock of $10,000, for the purpose of erecting and operating a fiouring mill. Lilley Junction—J. W. Johnson has sold his interest in the shingle mill to his former partners, Messrs. Nufer and Van- keuren, who will continue the business. Belding—The refrigerator factory is now engaged in manufacturing silk cases for the Richardson Silk Co., about 40,000 of which are used in their silk trade yearly. Owosso—The Eureka Cement Co. has been organized to manufacture a ce- ment leather belt fastening just patented by a member of the Estey Manufactur- ing Co. Bay City—Eddy, Avery & Eddy have sold every foot of dry lumber on their mill docks, and have only a few million feet of green lumber left on their hands unsold. Menominee—A. F. Underwood and John S. Coman have withdrawn from the lumber firm of C. H. Bradley & Co., and have formed a partnership in the lumber business, under the style of Underwood & Coman. Muskegon—The Muskegon Cracker Co. has increased its capital stock from $12,000 to ¢26,000 and will use the addi- tional capital in the purchase of ground and erection of a brick factory, 50x100 feet in dimensions. Leland—Negotiations are pending for the sale of the property of the Iron Star Furnace Co. to a Toledo syndicate. The furnace company is a Detroit concern, of which Senator MeMillan is President and V. K. Moore Manager. Saginaw—Haley & Covert, of Midland, are putting in 20,000,000 feet of logs in Gladwin and Clare counties for Rust, Eaton & Co., Nelson Holland, and Ring & Merrill. They have five camps in op- eration in the two counties. Bay City—Since 1879 the shingle mill of J. R. Hall, at Essexville, has produced about 400,000,000 shingles, having cut 42,000,000 the past season. Its heaviest output was 52,500,000 in 1882. It is the most extensive shingle mill in Eastern Michigan. Bay City—The output of Pitts & Cranage’s sawmill shows a reduction of 4,000,000 feet as compared with that of 1888, when it was 27,000,000. It is one of the best working mills on the river, and is receiving considerable improve- ment preparatory to active operations next season. St. Joseph—W. O. Packard has sold his interest in the lumber yards here to his partner, Capt. J. McDonald. The stock amounted to 175,000 feet of com- mon lumber and a large supply of high- grade finishing lumber, wood, cedar posts, ete. Packard & Son still retain their lumber interests at Covert. Saginaw—The new sawmill of S. S. Wilhelm & Co. is on the cars at West Branch. It will be located fifteen miles from that place, on the Hauptman branch, where the firm owns 15,000,000 feet of timber, and has a contract to man- ufacture stuff for the Peninsular Car Works, of Detroit. It will be equipped with a band saw. Detroit—The Ireland & Matthews Manufacturing Co., with a paid up capi- tal stock of $27,000, has been incorpor- ated for the purpose of making metal mountings and trimmings. The stock- holders are David M. Ireland, F. J. Du- charme. Jeremiah Dwyer, G. H. Barlum, C. A. Ducharme, Francis M. Palms, John Dwyer, and M. B. Mills. Bay City—The ship yard business of Bay City has consumed about 15,000,000 feet of lumber and timber, board meas- ure, during the past year, and it is prob- able that its demand on the timber re- sources will be greatly increased here- after. F. W. Wheeler & Co. have lately increased their capital stoek from $350,000 to $500,000, and the yard of James Davidson is increasing its terri- torial limits, with an evident intention of extended operations. East Saginaw—With few exceptions, the cut of the sawmills has been equal to that of 1888, and some of the mills have exceeded their record of the pre- vious year. The largest mill cut so far reported at this end of the river is that of Whitney & Batchelor, 30,764,000 feet. In proportion to the cut of the mills, the stock on the docks at the close of the season is larger than one year ago, but proportionately this is no greater than at other northwestern points. Manistee—Suit has been begun in chancery by H. C. Tallman against R. G. Peters for an accounting of the business of Butters & Peters, at Tallman. It ap- pears that about ten years ago Tallman came here from the East and entered into partnership with Peters at the above-named place, others, also, being connected with the firm. After several years Tallman was induced to withdraw on the payment of a certain amount of money, which he was assured was his proportionate share of the _ business. His claim is that another party whose share was about equal to his was paid about ten times as much to retire at the same time, and his claim will be that misrepresentations were used to influence him to withdraw. They are now adver- tising for an expert to go through the books, so as to prepare the case to go be- fore the court, and of course the amount claimed will be based on the showing that they find, when they have got the report of the expert from the books. The mill was burned several years ago, and was not rebuilt, and the place is now deserted. Manistee—There is a good deal of quiet satisfaction expressed at the fact that work has really begun on the Man- istee & Grand Rapids Railroad, as there was so much trouble in securing the right of way that some thought the en- terprise would be abandoned, for the present, at least. Rietz Bros., it is said, wanted $30,000 for the privilege of pass- ing through their land, and Babcock & Ca. placed so many restrictions on the company thatit virtually amounted to an embargo, while Stokoe & Nelson did not wish the road to pass through at all. Under these circumstances, contracts could not very well be let, and so the company decided to do some grading itself. In the meantime, the engineer in charge will be looking up anew route around the properties of the objectors, and they will be left alone to their own devices. One would think that in these days, when rail trade is getting to be such a factor in the lumber business, people would be glad to give every encourage- ment to a new line, but apparently some people in this city have not as yet awakened to the need of rail connections. >_< ____ Gripsack Brigade. W. H. Swan has been confined to his house for a week with an attack of in- termittant fever. D. G. Crotty and Henderson & Peter- son, of Muskegon, part company with the beginning of the new year. Peter Lankester is laid up with the influenza, being the first traveling man to succumb to the new distemper. C. H. La Flamboy, formerly engaged in general trade at McBrides, is now on the road for Geo. Hanselman, the Kalamazoo candy jobber. J. H. Brill, a Detroit jewelry traveler, who has been ill with malarial fever at St. Mark’s Home for a couple of weeks, is recovering. Robert Hanna, of the former firm of Sessions & Hanna, has taken the posi- tion of cigar salesman for the Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co. Dr. Evans is on the sick list this week, being threatened with arun of typhoid fever. His route is being covered during his illness by Robert Hanna. M. M. Mallory has engaged to travel for the Merchants’ Tobacco Co., of Dayton, covering the entire State. He will start out on his initial trip next Monday, and anticipates a warm welcome at the hands of his old customers. The Wells-Stone Mercantile Co. pre- sented each of its five salesmen with fine Howard gold watches on Christmas day. The lucky individuals are Chas. H. Smith, Jas. H. McDonald, L. C. Packer, Geo. F. Shaw and Jas. G. Goodby. Fred E. Angell, formerly on the road for Ball, Barnhart & Putman, but now identified with L. Ladd, at Adrian, was married at Lawrence on December 18 to Miss Kate Johnston. The happy couple have taken up their residence at 93 East Maumee street, Adrian. ‘Dick’? Warner, for the past six years traveling salesman for I. M. Clark & Son, has purchased an interest in the Telfer Spice Co., and will transfer his allegiance to that house to-day. ‘‘Dick’’ is asalesman of much ability and will be a valuable accession to the Telfer company. —_—>> -<—___—_ Purely Personal. S. H. Ballard, the Sparta general deal- er, was in town Monday. H. L. Blanchard is home from Kalkas- ka, and is spending a week with friends at Kinney. Homer Klap has taken the position of eollector for the Singer Manufacturing Co. Lester J. Rindge is recovering from a serious run of diphtheria. He was able to be out for the first time on Monday. Fred. D. Yale, of Cummings & Yale, is visiting friends and relatives in Lansing through the holidays, accompanied by his wife. Jas. E. Granger, buyer for Stone & Ordean, of Duluth, leaves for that place on Friday, having spent the holidays with friends here. He will be accom- panied as far as Chicago by his brother, Will E. Granger. ——_—_—_—~ -4 << A Margin of Cheek. Plumber—Sir, honesty is printed on my face. Victim—I1 don’t dispute it, but it has got a very wide margin. oo 2 _ VISITING BUYERS. L Cook, Bauer Wm Barker, Sand Lake W H Hicks, Morley John Smith, Ada S MeNitt, Byron Center D R Stocum, Rockford CS Keifer, Dutton W HStruik, Forest Grove G@Ten Hoor, Forest Grove H Thompson, Canada Cors Carrington & North, Trent Bakker Bros., Drenthe N Bouma, Fisher Maston & Hammond, J pope A Kinney L M Wolf, Hudsonville EE Rice. Croton J Raymond, Berlin Peter Beyer, Sullivan SA Watt & Co., Clarksville J N Wait, Hudsonville J Reddering, Drenthe W H Watts, Bowne Center John Damstra, Gitchell CM Woodard, Kalamo J Fisher, Hamilton Grandville John De Vries. Jamestown E E Hewitt, Rockford DenHerder & Tanis, Eli Runnels, Corning Vriesland RB Gooding&Son,Gooding D W Shattuck, Wayland Gilbert Bros., Grant Sampson & Drury, Cadillac Barry & Co , Rodney Wm DePree, Zeeland J F Harvil, Hopkins B F Cooper, Luther John Baker, Chauncey HA Dailey, Lumberton S H Ballard, Sparta P. of I. Gossip. Frank Heath has signed the P. of L. at Sparta. A Millbrook correspondent writes: “The P. I. excitement doesn’t run as high as it did. The new is wearing off.’’ Saranac Local: ‘‘ The P. of I. Asso- ciation does not make quite so much talk asitdid. It is probably older than it was.’’ G. V. Snyder & Co., the Otisco general dealers, write THE TRADESMAN that they will cancel their contract with the P.’s of I. on January 1. F. W. Wurzburg, the Canal street dry goods dealer, has thrown the P.’s of I. overboard.. He took the trade as an ex- periment, and is not at all pleased with the result. “The Patrons of Industry lodges in this vicinity had delegates in town Saturday considering the question of establishing a store in this town.”’ THE TRADESMAN has in preparation a list of dealers who have canceled their contracts with the P. of I., which is about twice as long as the list of the merchants now catering to that trade. The officers of the North Dorr P. of L lodge are under arrest for breaking into the schoolhouse at that place. The order was previously refused the privilege of using the schoolhouse by the proper officers. Allegan Gazette: ‘‘The Patrons of In- dustry have made but little headway in Allegan county, sofar. In the north- eastern part, in Dorr and Leighton town- ships, two organizations have been per- fected, but it is a credit to the general in- telligence that only those who are not up with the times engage in the enter- prise.’’ Wayland Globe: ‘‘We learn from some of the members of the local P. of I. asso- ciation that there will soon bea store opened here to be run on the P. I. plan, which means, if we are correctly in- formed, that all members of the organi- zation can buy whatever goods they wish at 10 per cent. advance of cost. We imagine that when farmers commence trading at their P. of I. store they will be surprised to learn how extremely low they have been buying their goods for the past few years. There are plenty of goods sold to-day at 10 per cent. above cost and below that even, and, should they be obliged to pay 10 per cent. margin on many classes of ar- ticles, they would surely kick. About the best feature, however, we can see about the new organization is the cash system that it must surely bring about, as when a P. I. trades, he will be obliged to ‘plank down’”’ the money with every bill purchased, which will enable the P. I. merchant to pay cash for all the goods he buys. There are but few farmers in this country who do not ask for credit, and on the P. I. plan they cannot get goods on time. What will be the out- come? The merchant now doing busi- ness, (the most of whom have farmer’s names on their books, aggregating large sums) cannot certainly afford to lose the spot cash trade and take up with long- winded accounts. The farmers will then be obliged to borrow money to carry them until after harvest, if they trade with the P. of I., paying the extra per centage, thereby making their goods cost them about 8 or 10 per cent. more on the dollar. If any one can figure out the scheme so it will be a benefit to the poor farmer, as well asthe rich, we would like to hear from him.”’ re Jackson Jottings. The Jackson Cracker Co. has enlarged its facilities so much during the past six months that the capacity of the estab- lishment is nearly doubled. Three men are kept constantly employed on the road—C. H. Minnie, on the Lake Shore and Air Line and Grand River Valley divisions of the Michigan Central; F. H. Clay, on the main line of the Michigan Central and Grand Trunk, and M. J. Moore, who attends to the wants of the city trade. Manager Cottrell feels as much at home as if he had followed the eracker business since boyhood, and keeps a warm welcome on tap for every ealler. Foote & Jenks keep five men on the road, who are located as follows: C. C. Jenks, Michigan and Indiana; E. P. Hough, [linois, lowa and Missouri; W. A. Hilton, Ohio and Pennsylvania; G. F. Belknap, Wisconsin and Minnesota; C. S. Fosselman, from the Missouri river to the Pacific coast. The firm has lately gotten out two new perfumes, ‘Trailing Arbutus’’ and ‘‘Golden Rod,’’ which are evidently destined to have a large sale. S. A. Welling is now represented on the road by J. T. Herrington, who travels by wagon, and J. H. Campbell and L. W. Busby, who seek their trade by rail. Baker, Clark & Co. report a prosperous season in the wholesale grocery line and look forward to a good season during 1890. The Annual Social Party. The traveling men of the city are re- quested to meet at Sweet’s Hotel, Satur- day evening, January 4, for the purpose of making arrangements for our annual dance. Gro. H. SEymour, Sec’y. L. M. MILts, Pres. >_> —___——- Portraits for the Holidays. Send a good cabinet photograph to Hamilton’s Art Gallery, 79 Canal street, and get a first-class, life-size, crayon por- trait for $10. Correspondence solicited. The P. & B. cough drops give great satisfaction. A Bloomingdale correspondent writes: | FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. ‘Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—DRUG STORE—STOCK INVENTORIES about $3,500; sales, $10,000 per year; good location; population of village, 4,000; easy terms. 561, care Tradesman. OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GRO- c@éries. boots and shoes, hardware and drugs, situated in good trading point; will inventory about $3,000; sales for past three years, $42,000; reason for selling, owner has other business. Address No. 559, eare Michigan Tradesman. : 559 yo SALE—75-BBL. FULL ROLLER MILL—BOTH water and steam power, near two good railroads; good town and doing good business; good reasons for selling. Address Thomas Hoyland, Howell, Mich. Address No. 561 ILL SELL OR TRADE PROPERTY IN TRAVERSE City, Mich., bringing $40 monthly rent, for gen- eral stock or special line of merchandise. Address 554, care Tradesman. we WANT TO CONSOLIDATE STOCKS with a man who has a good trade; [have a stock of clothing worth $6,000 and thoroughly understand the business. Address, No. 555, care Michigan Trades- man. 555 ANTED—TO EXCHANGE HOUSE AND LOT IN : thriving city of Battle Creek for stock of dry goods, notions, boots and shoes or groceries. H. E. Merritt & Co., 666 Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids. 551 5 PER CENT. PER ANNUM—OWNER OF RETAIL grocery wishes to engage in exclusive wholesale business and desires to sell; now carrying $15,000 stock; trade very good; profits as above; rent reason- able. Address, The West Coast Trade, Tacoma, Wash. 548 HAVE SEVERAL FARMS WHICH I WILL EX- change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids city prop erty, or will sell on easy payments; these farms have the best of soil, are under good state of cultivation, and located between the cities of Grand Rapids and Muskegon. O.F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich. re SALE—WE OFFER FOR SALE, ON VERY favorable terms, the F. H. Escott drug stock. at 75 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Price, $4,000. 531 OR SALE—THE FINEST DRUG STORE IN THE eity of Muskegon at 75 cents on the dollar; reasons other business. C. L. Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 5 OR SALE—A GOOD GROCERY BUSINESS HAVING the cream of the trade; best location in the city; stock clean and well assorted; thisis a rare chance for any one to get a good paying business; poor health the only reason. Address S. Stern, Kalamazoo, Mich. 518 SITUATIONS WANTED. BS sede gedaan BY REGISTERED PHARMA- _ cist, or would buy interest in desirable drug business. Address 560, care Michigan Tradesman. 560 \ ANTED—SITUATION IN DRY cery store; four years’ experience; good refer- GOODS OR GRO- ences. Address No. 562, care Michigan Tradesman. 562 MISCELLANEOUS. OR SALE—MACHINERY—COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR sawmill and hoop factory; second-hand engines and steam pumps; large stock of new and second-hand wood working machinery; write for prices. F. B. Wiggins & Co., Machinery Depot, East Saginaw, Mich. 557 EGIN THE NEW YEAR BY DISCARDING THE annoying Pass Book System and adopting in its place the Tradesman Credit Coupon. Send $1 for sample order, which will be sent prepaid. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. ANTED—SEND A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COU- pon Pass Book Co., Albany, N. Y., for samples of the new Excelsior Pass Book, the most complete and finest on the market and just what every mer- chant should have progressive merchants all over the country are now using them. 437 FREE TO F.A.M. Beautiful Engraving of graphic ancient Masonic Scene, also Jarge illustrated Catalogue of all the Masonic goods and books. Lowest prices in North America, Also grand new illustrated work for Agents. $50 a week and upwards net. REDDING & CO., 731 Broadway, New York. ESTABLISHED 1870. CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., Manufacturers and Dealers in Foreign and J American Granite and Marble!g === BN or sf) Yy ESS IF YOU WANT The Best ACCEPT NONE BUT Silver Thread Sauerkraut. Order this brand from your wholesale grocer 6-ftcase like above bY lf i 6-ft case, square, with metal corners, same price. The above offer is no We shall continue to turn out only the BEST of work, snide work. “bluff” or All other cases at equally low prices. HRYMAN & GOMPANY, 63 AND 65 CANAL Grand Rapids, STREET, Mich. MonUments an Statvary ge Having erected a New Granite Factory with the Latest Improved Machinery, weC__ can Guarantee all Work First Class andl Fill Orders Promptly. WORKSHOP AND POLISHING MILLS: Cor. West Fulton and Straight Streets. —j OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 93 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, = MICH. WHOLESALE Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, China Mattings Draperies, and ParlorScreens Smith & Sanford, Ottawa and Pearl Sts., Ledyard Block. FA. Wursburg & Go, Exclusive Jobbers of DRY GOODS, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR, 19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. z® GEO. H. REEDER, z Lycoming Rubbers re & — — of = © Medinm Price Shoes. * 2 Grand Rapids, Mich. Merchants, YOU - WANT THIS CABINET Thousands of Them Are in use all over the land. It does away with the unsightly barrels so often seen on the floor of the average grocer. varnished and put together in the best possible manner. Beautifully grained and Inside each eabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws. Kvery Wide-Awake Merchant Should Certainly Sell ION, THE KING OF COFFERS. An Article of Absolute Merit. It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. only in one pound packages. 120 one-pound packages. Packed Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere. Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. WV oolson Spice Co., TOLEDO, OHIO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapide. THE DETROIT NEWS COMPANY, WHOLESALE STATIONERY, FANCY PERIODICALS. The largest and most complete line of above goods in the State, at reasonable prices. Dealers are invited to eall. Send for our circulars and price lists. OUR HOLIDAY LINE ISQ3NOW COMPLETE. Corner Larned and Wayne Sis., Detroit. K. W. HALL PLATING WORKS, ALL KINDS OF Brass.and Iron Polishing AND Nickle and Silver Plating and,Front Sts., Grand Rapids BOOKS, GOODS, ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—C. L. Whitney, Muskegon. First Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint. Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. —E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. r—H. W. Parker, Owosso. Executive Board—President; Frank Wells ang) Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowe Chas. T. Bridgeman, Flint; 0. F. Conklin, Grand Pio ids, a — ttee on Insurance—O. F. Conklin, Grand Rap Ont C Oren Stone, Flint; Wm. Woodard, ” Owosso. Committee = legislation Frank Wells, Lansing; H. H. Pope, — ay oO. Oanmaibtes ae 2A ae zr aa rr No. 35—Bellaire B. M. 4 President, a = , Hemstreet; Seeretary,, C. = Densmore. oe. 36—Ithaca B. Me AL President, O. i Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. Neo. 38—Scottville B. M. A President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. uaa: . 39 —Burr Oak B. M. A. President, Ww. 8. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary C.J. Rathbun. o. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, eons. Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, = B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. “a o. 45—Hoytville B. M. President, D. <. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. ra Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. -M.Gould. No. 47—Flint M. U. President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. —— Boyd Redner; Secretary {W. J. Tabor. o. 49—Leroy B M. A. excites. A. Wenzel; Secretary, Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretar Grannis. No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon. No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, a 8. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. wos: No, 53—Bellevue B. M. President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. a No. 54—Dougias B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. - Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. A. President, ~ w. Drake; Secretary, ces. Chapman. o. 5%7—Rockford B. M. A. President, ee G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake RB. M. A. President, L. 8. Walter; Secretar; ,€.@ Blakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8S. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M. A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. a No. 62—East saginaw M. President, ‘Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C. W. Pe cueae No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Ne, 64—Merrill B, M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, aa G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom. o. 66—Lansing B. M. A. President, Fran Wells; Seeretary, Chas. Cowles. 6%7—Waterviiet B. M. A. President, 2. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. L Merrifield. o. 68—Allegan B. M. 4 President, = r Pope; Secretary, E. T. cia: No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No, 70—Nashville B. M. A, President, Mie Boston; Secretary, Walter Webster. . 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, Py ne Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A, No, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. No. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M, A. Presieene: 8. S.McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. o. 77—South Haven B. M. A. ime E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Voiney Ross. No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, J. 0. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. Ne. 79—EHast Jordan and so. Arm B. M.A. President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L.C. Madison. _ No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R. M,A. President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Lee E. Joslyn. No. 81—Flushing B. M. A. President, L. = Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. . $2—Alma B M. A. President, B. = Webb; Secretary, M. E. Pollasky. No. 83—Sh-erwood B. M. A. President, L. P. Wilcox; Secretary, W. R. Mandigo. No. 84—Standish B. M. A. President, P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. No. 85—Clio B. M. A. President, J. M. Beeman; Secretary, C. H. May. No. ose ee. and Blanchard a M. A. t. T. W. Preston: Secretary, H. P. Blanchard. . 87—Shepherd B. M. a Ne @ President, H. D. Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst. The P. of I. Dealers. The following are the P. of I. dealers who had not cancelled their contracts at last accounts: Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Wehle, L.-T. Lochner. Almont—Colerick & Martin. - Altona—Eli Lyons. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Belding—L. S. Roell. Big Rapids—W. A. Verity,A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk. Blanchard—L. A. Wait. Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Brice—J. B. Gardner. Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce & Son. Capac—H. C. Sigel. Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses- | sions. Casnovia—Ed. Hayward, John E. Par- cell. Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish. Charlotte—John J. Richardson, Daron & Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby. Chester—P. C. Smith. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell. Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Conklin—Wilson McWilliams. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. East Saginaw—John P. Derby. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, Stev- ens & Farrar. Flint—John B. Wilson. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. Fremont—Boone & Pearson, Ketchum. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wil- zinski, Brown & Sehler. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. Hesperia—B. Cohen. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Hubbardston—M. Cahalen. Imlay City—Cohn Bros. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—R. McKinnon, M. L. Whit- ney. inks Odessa—Christian Haller & Co. Lakeview—H. C. Thompson. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jen- nings. McBride’s—J. McCrae. Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep- per & Son, Jno. Butler. Richard Butler, John Fletcher. Mecosta—Parks Bros. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight. Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. Morley—Henry Strope. Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son, F. H. Cowles. Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. Lee. North Dorr—John Homrich. Ogden—A. J. Pence. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Onondaga—John Sillik. Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. Remus—C. V. Hane. Richmond—Knight & Cudworth. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sand Lake—Brayman & Blanchard, Frank E. Shattuck & Co. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sparta—Dole & Haynes, Frank Heath. Springport—Powers & Johnson, Court- right & Griffith. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Trufant—l. Terwilliger. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. Breckenridge. J. C. Townsend. Williamston—Thos. Horton. eeeed >.> — Results of Observation. A prominent merchant of Western | Michigan wrote the salesman of a lead-| ing wholesale dry goods house of Chi-| cago for the effect of the P. I.’s on trade, and received the following reply: In regard to the movement, in your section, of the Patrons of Industry, I: have to say that, during the agitation of | the trade ‘problem of this order in Iowa, | some years ago, the same tactics all over the State were pursued that are now) being contemplated in your town, and, as arule, those merchants who paid for | their patronage at a uniform profit of 10) per cent. above cost of merchandise made a great mistake in so doing. If they lived up to their agreement, they were all the time suspected of not doing so, which was quite as disastrous to their reputation as if they had actually done so, while a large portion of the merchants Js. Bs. took advantage of the device to get a larger: per cent. of profit. It created great dis- satisfaction and eventually destroyed all | the confidence the farmers had had in- | stilled into their minds by the lodges to | which they belonged, and broke up the order completely as far as the trading feature was concerned. Eventually these merchants lost all the trade of the Patrons of Industry. Their trade that did not betong to this order left them at once, as they felt dissatisfied that these merchants had two prices—one price for them and another, a lower price, for families of this order. Where the P. IL’s have started stores and happened to get honest managers, they have, in a few instances, been quite successful, but there have been many, many more failures than successes, even when the business was managed by themselves. My method would be to talk to the de- luded farmers in the following strain : Gentlemen, I will sell you goods on their merits just as low as they can be! sold and do an honest business. If you believe that you can get a merchant to deal honestly with you at 10 per cent. above actual cost, then trade with him. If some merchant accepts their propo- sition, then buy some cheap goods—or goods cheap—and warm him up for a year or so, and you will oust him, as sure as fate. 1 e A Wife’s Generosity. She—George, you will have to give me $12 to pay the grocer’s last bill with. He—Why, how’s that, my dear? I thought 1 always gave you money enough. She—Well, you see, dear, I had to take the grocer’s money to pay for that hand- some umbrella I gave you Christmas. THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT. In one of your issues some time since, in an article upon ‘‘The Great American Desert,’’ attention was called to the opinions of wise men of the past con- cerning the impossibility of populating or cultivating it, and how the present condition of that territory contradicts all of the preconceived notions of men regarding it. There is a great contrast between the opinions of forty years ago regarding that section and the facts of to-day. The latter dissipate all of the philoso- phies and reasoning of that day. Then it was an arid desert, having little growth except sage brush and buffalo grass, and it was not without reason that men thought it would remain unproduc- tive. But as the population was driven to the confines of civilization, and a little beyond, the hardy and venturesome pio- neer found, as the soil was turned up, that it was followed by rain. Accepting this as an indication that providence in- vited further emigration, it was contin- ued until almost the very western bor- ders of Kansas are as fruitful in grain as any State of the Union. The people were scarcely able to understand why the rain kept pace with advancing civiliza- tion, and scientists were, perhaps, equally perplexed at the phenomena, and none conceived of the soil’s latent fruit- fulness. A few years ago the writer passed over a large portion of Western Kansas, while soldiers were yet quartered in their forts, and the Indian trail was yet fresh in the burning sand, and where every indication was against even an at- tempt at cultivation. A few months ago he fouud that same country in great prosperity, showing the continued ad- vance of population and cultivation; for where all was dreary wastes then the land is now covered with beautiful farms and dotted here and there with pleasant villages filled with thrift and driving en- terprise. A glance at the country farther west, and east of the Rocky Mountains, brings from almost every traveler the remark that ‘‘it can never be cultivated.”’ But asurvey of the sandy land and the re- membrance of the character of the land east of it shows the two to be the same. The original products, sage brush, wild poppy, heliotrope, ca@tus, buffalo grass, of the two sections are the same. Lying between the Rocky and Wasatch range of mountains is a country of the same character; the same may be said of the Utah Valley, which has become so beau- tiful under the cultivation of the Mor- mons. Now, if the eastern part of Kansas and the Utah Valley can be so well devel- oped, why may not these two sections of unoccupied territory? Principally be- cause the population has not advanced far enough to make the experiment. I predict that in the years yet to come these practically uninhabited sections will be as beautiful as the others. The early settlers of Kansas were en- couraged to further progress by the ad- ' vancing rains. —The Mormons had learned that, wherever sage brush grew abundant- ily, cereals could be successfully cultivat- | ed. Each, therefore, was encouraged by | natural conditions. The same conditions | being in existence in the unoccupied ter- | ritory, renders the same success possible, ‘and the success of the past will invite ‘the experiment as the population ad- vances westward. The mere suggestion of such a thought i meets the objection that habitation is im- possible, because of the extreme dryness of soil and atmosphere; but if the ad- vancing cultivation is continually contig- uous to former habitations, it is reason- able to suppose that the operation of natural laws, which formerly produced success, will continue to follow the turn- ing up of the soil, and render this un- productive region pleasantly habitable for man. Suppose, however, this proves untrue. How then can this broad territory east of the Rocky Mountains ever be watered by irrigation? Such an undertaking would be very great, but the advantages of the surface of the land and the altitude of the mountain streams invite it. Grant- ing the necessity to.exist, great as the cost would be, it would be a profitable undertaking for the government to damn these streams, and by canals carry the water to different sections of the plains, and collect itin reservoirs from which the land could be watered in all direc- tions. There is enough water flowing | from fthe Arkansaw to water all the ; southwestern portion of this country, |not to mention like advantages farther inorth. Bet" Greater canals have been built in other countries, and even in the United States, than would be here required, and under- takings equally great have many times been successful. The section lying between the moun- tains¥is;equally susceptible of irrigation to pave the way for civilization. But why such theorizing? The Amer- ican government cannot afford to have such vast territory lying waste within her dominion. The increase of popula- tion will after awhile demand it for cul- tivation. The present system of land- lordism in the United States is so great as to prove a great detriment to the final progress of the country. Perhaps nota majority but a very great number of the farmers of America are renters, and tent. These Americans will demand homes, as well as foreigners coming into eur land. These cannot be procured in the occupied country under the present rule of extensive landlordism. 2. Holyhead Instead of Queenstown. From the New York Shipping List. A bar at the mouth of the river Mer- sey, upon which there is barely ten feet of water at mean low tide, has long proved a serious inconvenience to the shipping trade of Liverpool. All large zessels arriving off the mouth of the river on the last half of the ebb tide are obliged to anchor and submit to a delay of from twelve to fifteen hours, which, in these days of large ocean steamers, increased speed in ocean travel and con- stant efforts to cut down the time be- tween the two great Atlantic ports, has become not only an annoying delay to passenger traffic, but has also proved a real menace to the prosperity of Liver- pool as aseaport. So far as the mails are concerned, the delay has been ob- viated to a great extent by landing them at Queenstown and forwarding them by rail to Dublin, thence by steamer across the Irish Channel to Holyhead, and then by rail to London, but this plan has its objections, because of the increased cost of transportation. To overcome all these difficulties, the proposal to utilize two other ports has been seriously discussed from time to time, either of which would | solve the problem, but at the expense of | Liverpool. One of the proposed plans | is that Milford Haven should be made the terminus of the Atlantic voyage, the harbor affording ample facilities for the largest steamers and being accessible in all conditions of the tide; the other is that the steamers should go direct to Holyhead and there land the mails and passengers, and thence proceed to Liver- pool for the discharge and loading of eargo. It is not our purpose to enter into a discussion of the merits of these two proposals. Neither of the two har- bors mentioned are obstructed by a bar, and both have moderate railroad facil- ities which afford direct and quicker communication with London, but once inside the bar at the mouth of the Mer- sey, there is no port in Great Britain possessing the transportation, dock, warehouse and other shipping facllities | that are to be found in Liverpool. Rail- roads from all the principal manufactur- ing .districts center there, and for this reason alone it would be difficult to wrest from that port the supremacy she now enjoys as a great shipping port, but there is a disposition to find a more rapid tran- sit for mails and passengers, and hence it is not surprising to learn from a recent cable dispatch that the English govern- ment has under consideration a scheme for landing the American mails at Holy- head instead of Queenstown, thereby obviating the necessity of making a call at the latter port, which is so often at present attended with delay. By making this change, it is claimed that the mails would reach London much quicker than they do now, thereby saving the post- office about £60,000 a year in the cost of transportation. It is reported that a tentative test of the advantages thus claimed for this route will be made shortly, and it is further intimated that, if successful with respect to mails, it may result in the landing of passengers, also. It is rather surprising, under these circumstances, that no earnest effort has been made to deepen the channel of the Mersey. Engineers have successfully remedied the same @ifficulties at Sandy Hook and the mouth of the Mississippi, and competent authorities say that a lib- eral outlay of money is ali that is re- quired to make Liverpool equally ac- cessible. i et Cleaning Oil Barrels. A representative farmer writes: The question is asked if coal oil bar- rels can be cleaned for meat. I have used them for fifteen years with perfect suecess. Knock out the head, set fire to a piece of paper and put it in the barrel. The fire will burn with a loud roar. Roll the barrel around so it will burn out even, and when it is burned one-eighth of an inch deep, end the barrel up on the open end; the fire is instantly quenched. If itis not charcoaled one-eighth of an inch deep, turn in about a pint of coal oil, roll around until it is spread all over the inside, then fire again. Scrape off most of the charcoal and wash it out. It is not necessary to burn over one-eighth inch deep. I will guarantee there will never be the slightest taste of coal oil in the meat. I have used these barrels for ham, pork, beef, lard, and honey., Old musty or tainted barrels I treat the same landlordism prevails to too great an ex- | , treated linseed oil barrels the same way. way by using a pint or so of oil. Have —_—_—>> What to Say When You Sella Silk Handkerchief. ‘“‘Now, if you will excuse me, I take it that, having bought these silk handker- chiefs, you will have to send them at some time to the laundry. If you are a bachelor you can’t help it if your laun- dry ruins them, but if you are a married man and have a servant, thump this idea into her head—that a silk handkerchief should never be put into a tub with other clothes. Tell her to put them in luke- warm water, to rinse them two or three times in clear, cold water without any blue; wring them out, fold and roll them tightly in a cloth, but do not let them get dry before ironing. It is a simple thing to remember, and you will find that your handkerchiefs will remain soft as they are now if this rule is observed.”’ Dry Goods. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Atiantic A...::3..:. 74 |Integrity XX........ 53 Atianta A. A... 23. 6% King, E - VE a era. 6% Archery Bunting... 44 LL ae ieee 6% APBOLY 2.5 oe Wg | Ee. Sin... .. 5% Beaver Dam AA... 5%|LawrenceLL....... 5% Berwick. U. .-....-: 64%|New MarketB...... =< Blackstone O, = 7 NOG Fee socc.5 505 6. 5% Chapman..... sie Newton: .:..:. <.- -- Gag — AS. 4 Our Level Best..... % Comet oo. 66 cS) oc. Riverside XX....... 4% Clifton COCs 2. dig Sex Iisiand BR. ....... 6%4 Conqueror XX...... 5 eee Soc... 534 Dwight Star......... 744|Top of the a « C4 aeeeter Accs oo. 6% Wi liamsville. . oe Full Yard Wide..... 6%|Comet, 40in........ 8% Great Falls E....... 7 |Carlisle “ ....... Ts, Honest Width....... 6%|New Market L,40in. 7% Hartiord A... 25.2. 54% BLEACHED COTTONS. Blackstone AA..... § jBirst. Prizes... ..... < Beate All. oo: 4¥%4|Fruit of the Loom %. 8 Cleveland... |. 4 (HeermOune 5. 2 A Canoe. 2s os Ss. 7%| Lonsdale ee -10% Cabot, % 5525... 6% Lonsdale.. oJ.e. oes Dwight Anchor es Middlesex.......... 534 shorts. 83 io Mamie... 2.0. 5... Th Edwards. . Oak View... 3.2... 6 demipite: <2 0255.0 22. f Our Own...) 2. .: 5% Harwer...: 222 ce: Wee Sunlight... .-...... 4%] Fruit of the Loom.. 8%|Vinyard............. 8% Fitehvilie...2.: 2... Th, HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Capel... 2225.7 5.: = Dwight Anchor..... 9 Parmer... 222) 5: [1% UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Tremont N:..5 2... 5% Middlesex No. ©. 10 Hamilton We eis cass 6% B.Sc Et fess ee < Sec ke Middlesex AT...... 8 ef ee . ea 9 : Bo ae - No: 2%... 9 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilton Noo: 5... a Middlesex A - cola Middlesex fees ae Ae: 5 - A é: MAL 9 * . x eo 10% < CORSET JEANS. Biddeford .:.. .....-. 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7% Brimbewiek. -. 2)... . Gig Roeekpart. 2.05. 0 2... 6% PRINTS. Allen, staple. ...... - 6 ——= shirtings. 5% . Piney. +... 6% Reppfurn . &% oh TOUCR. =... 6% Pacific faney Bea ss American fancy.... 6 POUCA. 022... ou Americanindigo.... 6% Pacimadete robes... 6 American shirtings. 54 |Simpson mourning.. 6% Arnold - 6% . Greys .; =. 6% “ long cloth B. = oot black. 6% . 8% Washington indigo. 8% “« . century cloth 7 7 - «Sold seal... 5: 10% “Turkey red. — ee ' Berlin solids. . BG ft Turkey robes.. 74% India robes.... 7% plain Teky x % a? “oil blue...... bi “ Ottoman aa ce Seen. 8% ReOyre@. 2023. o. 6 | Cocheco fancy... Martha Washington madders. . s Turkey red %..... % Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington Hamilton fancy. G4) Turkey red.:.....- 9 85 staple .... 6 |Riverpoint robes.... 5 Manchester ancy.. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 new era. 64 gold ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6%} indigo blue....... 10% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A....13%4|Pearl River.......... 12% Hamilcon.N...-..--: MieeW BELO ee 14 DEMINS. AMOsKGae... 55. 5..- Joweieverett.......- :.... 12% Amoskeag, 9 0Z..... 15 lawrence ioe te oucue aes a ers, Ferry PRN oo. ec a. 40 | 14x56 IX, for SS PCO PEING 2 ks ec casa ck ot ks 251 Ne oT t per pound. 09 \23 The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E, A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1890. REMOVE THE DUTY ON SUGAR. Pure white granulated sugar is selling to-day in England at wholesale for four- teen shillings sterling per one hundred and twelve pounds, or three cents per pound. This price yields a profit to the manufacturer and the wholesale dealer. Granulated sugar can be purchased to- day in England at retail for four cents per pound, or thirty pounds for one dol- lar. The same quality of sugar is selling in this country at about seven cents per pound at wholesale, and eight cents per pound retail. The duty on granulated sugar when imported is three and one- half cents per pound, so that the con- sumers of sugar in this country are pay- ing the Sugar Trust the price of refined sugar in England, three cents per pound, plus the duty, three and one-half cents, and such profit as the Trust sees fit to exact. At the present moment the price made by the Sugar Trust is less than it has been for some time past—first, because the press has created a strong public feeling against it; second, the courts have rendered important decisions ques- tioning its legality. For the greater part of the time since the Trust has been organized it has ex- acted the cost of refined sugar in Eng- land with duty, cost of importing, and a profit added. One-half cent per pound covers the entire cost of converting 96 degrees centrifugal sugar into granu- lated in a refinery having all late im- provements, including interest on capi- tal, wear and tear of plant, labor, coop- erage, etc. The duty on the raw sugar required to make 100 pounds of granulated sugar is $2.40. In fixing the price of granulated sugar, the Sugar Trust adds the full duty on imported granulated, viz., $3.50 per 100 pounds. Itis, therefore, exact- ing from the consumers in this country $1.10 per 100 pounds over the profit made by the English refiner. We consumed in this country in 1886, 2,677.845,840 pounds of sugar, on which the refiners at $1.10 per hundred re- ceived $29,456,303 over the profit of the refiners in England on the same amount. The Sugar Trust certainly has no valid claim on the consumers of sugar for pro- tection. They have exacted during the last year more than the value of all the refineries in the country over a fair profit on the cost of refining. The cost of re- fining 96 degrees centrifugal sugar is less than 10 per cent. on the present wholesale price of refined in this mar- ket. The percentage of labor employed to value of product in refining is there- fore, very small, consequently the in- terest of the artisan class in refineries is limited. In 1842, Louisiana produced 140,000 hogsheads of sugar, in 1886 145,968 hogs- heads, a gain in production of 4 per cent. in forty-four years. We consumed in 1861 363,819 gross tons, in 1886 1,195,466 gross tons, a gain in twenty-five years of over 300 per cent. In 1861 we produced 27 per cent. of our consumption, in 1886 11 per cent. Surely a protective tariff has utterly failed to stimulate produc- tion or to reduce the price to a fair profit on the capital, skill and labor required in production. There was collected as duty on sugar and molasses in 1887 $58,030,799, or $1 per head of the pop- ulation. Revenue reformers denounced the salt duty as oppressive, but made little complaint “against the sugar duty. The revenue derived from the duty on salt in 1887 was $675,982, or a trifle more than one cent per head. The Treasury is full to over flowing; we are burdened with the surplus; we are compelled to prevent locking up money in the Treasury and thereby pro- | ducing a financial crisis, to purchase 4 per cent. government bonds due in 1907 at 127 (at this rate they yield less than 216 per cent. interest), while we are sending our railway bonds and other cor- porate securities, bearing 5, 6,7 and 8 per cent. interest, to Europe and selling them for less than par. Is this good policy ? / Sugar is the only very important arti- cle of consumption the production of which our fiseal policy has entirely failed to promote. It is a pure, healthful, nourishing, heat-producing food for old and young. Its importance in connec- tion with our fruit industry can hardly be over-estimated. Twenty-five pounds of granulated sugar for $1 in this climate would be of inestimable value to all who labor for their daily bread. Tobacco is a curse to mankind—sugar a blessing and a necessity. Ten thousand men with the latest appliances will refine and make ready for shipment all the sugar we con- sumed in 1886. If they were all em- ployed 300 days in the year at $1.50 per day on the average the wages would amount to $4,500,000. The cost of the product at an average of seven cents per pound retail to the consumer is $187,449,- 000. The wage-earners’ share is very small indeed—less than 21 per cent. We are more dependent to-day on foreign producers for our sugar supply than we were twenty-five years ago. There is not any reasonable ground for believing that we can ever compete with South America and Cuba in producing raw sugar. If, however, we desire to encour- age sugar production in this country, let us pay direct to the planter a handsome bounty, say of three cents per pound; such a bounty would have cost us in 1886 $9,000,000. Assuming that our consumption of sugar for the future will not be less than it was in 1886 (it will be greater), in ten years the Government will collect asa sugar tax $580,307,990. Ten years’ bounty to sugar planter.. .$ 90,000,000 Cost of labor for ten yearsin refineries 45,000,000 Value of all refineries in the country.. 25,000,000 Wothke ee $160,000,000 As will be observed, the consumers of sugar could buy the refineries and destroy them, pay all the employes in the refin- eries full wages for ten years for doing nothing, pay the sugar planters a liberal bounty for ten years, and then save in ten years $420,307,990 as compared to our present sugar tax. Removing the duty from sugar would undoubtedly very largely increase the consumption. This means an increase in the tonnage of our railways; any impor- tant addition to the railway tonnage admits of a reduction in freight charges. An increase in our consumption of sugar would tend to develop our trade with South America. Placing sugar on the free list will prevent any general reduc- tion of the duty on other staples which we can and should produce for many years to come. It is to be hoped that before the present session of Congress closes the party in power will have given the wage-earner a free breakfast table. Aman died in Chicago the other day at the age of 110. Whata fierce hold upon life he must have had. A man who could live to be 110 in Chicago could without difficulty live to be 1,010 in any place where life is agreeable. ‘‘Women will soon go into business just the same as men,”’ exclaims a wom- an’s journal. Yes, and then we shall probably see such signs as these: ‘‘Smith & Daughter, Dealers in Fine Groceries;’’ “Brown, Jones, Robinson’s Daughters, General Dealers in Hides and Pelts.’’ And why not, if the sons of Smith and Robinson can capitalize their relation- ship to their sires, and constitute them- selves a business entity ? The irritating claim which is con- stantly put forth in behalf of figures— that they won’t lie—seems likely to be disproved at last in Chicago, where four postoffice clerks are trying to account for a daily loss of money in the retail stamp department. Of course, everybody knows that, in reality, figures will lie like fury whenever they get the chance, but it is very hard to catch them at it. If our Chicago friends succeed they will be entitled to public gratitude, and to have their salaries raised on New Year’s Day. The Crocks Get Mixed. : ‘‘Look here, Mr. Higginbottom,’’ said the grocer, by way of a joke, to the old farmer, ‘I found this stone, which weighs five pounds, in the bottom of the last crock of butter I bought of you.’’ ‘‘Lucy, conecarn her picter, this is your fault!’ rejoined the man, as he turned to his wife. +? Pain’ t, crocks !”’ “But you must hey down cellar.”’ ‘No, I didn’t, though the gal probably did. She’s just that keerless.”’ ‘Wall, Smith, [11 allow fur it. The icrocks got mixed. This was the one we were going to send to the preacher’s donation party, and I’ve been horn swag- gled out of aclean dollar. I orter hev put a label on it”? " neither! You handled the mixed ’em up Made Rich a By ae Thimble. There is arich family of the name of Lofting in England, whose fortune was ‘founded by the thimble. The first ever seen in England was made in London ‘less than 200 years ago, by a metal worker named John Lofting. The use- fulness of the article commended it at once to all those who used the needle, and Lofting acquired a large fortune. The implement was then called the thumb- bell, it being worn on the thumb when in use, and its shape suggesting the rest of the name. This clumsy mode of utilizing it was soon changed however, but the name, softened into ‘‘thimble,’’ remains. —___—~._9 <> A Treacherous Memory. Smith—What are you loafing around town at this time of night for? Brown— Fraid to go home. Wife told me to be sure and remember something ‘and I’ve forgotten what it was. Smith—lIt wasn’t dry goods or grocer- ies, was it? Brown—No. Smith—Baby food, tacks or theater tickets ? Brown—No. of it. Smith—What was it? Brown—She wanted me to remember to come home early. But [Pve just thought KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP. Proceedings of the Second Annual . Convention, at Lansing. The second annual convention of the Michigan Knights of the Grip convened at the Council Chamber, Lansing, Friday forenoon, December 27. The meeting was called to order by President Peake, who called on Rey. Mr. Jordan to invoke the divine blessing. Secretary Mills read the minutes of the previous convention, which were ap- proved. On motion of J. W. Palmer, W. J. Riehards was appointed time-keeper. John J. Bush was appointed reading elerk, and was escorted to the desk by S. H. Row. President Peake announced the follow- ing special committees: Constitution and by-laws—S. H. Row, C. S. Kelsey, A. A. Howard. Resolutions—F. E. Bogart, J. W. Pal- mer, Geo. F. Owen. Credentials—Henry Mart, Frank Clay, Frank Mosher. Rules and order of business—L. J. Koster, W. K. Walker, J. F. Carleton. On motion of J. W. Paitmer,-. all speeches during the day were limited to two minutes. A request for the privilege of using the name and monogram of the organiza- tion as a cigar label was received from a Coldwater cigar manufacturer, and was laid on the table for the present. The proprietor of the opposition ’bus line at Au Sable and Oscoda was given a hearing, when the matter was referred to the ’Bus Committee. Thos. McEwing moved that a vote of thanks be extended the Northern Hotel, at Big Rapids, for its splendid accommo- dations and cheap rates. The motion was so manifestly ironical that it pro- voked a storm of applause, and was re- ferred to the Committee on Resolutions. Several letters of regret were read, in- cluding one from the proprietor of the Everett House, at East Saginaw, request- ing the convention to accept the gift of a ease of wine. The donor was thanked, and on motion of C. S. Kelsey, the gift was courteously declined. The meeting then adjourned until aft- }ernoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon session was called to order by President Peake in Representa- tive Hall, when Rev. Washington Gard- ner implored the grace of the Almighty. The President then read his annual ad- dress, as follows: It is a pleasure and satisfaction for me to render to you an account of my stew- ardship, and if the same meets with your approval, I shall be amply paid for the time and work I have given the associa- tion. Michigan, in severing its connec- tion with the National T. P. A., has lost nothing and gained much. On February 8, 1889, Michigan Di- vision had only seventy-two members in good standing out of a total of 1,250 The causes for this great reduction, you all are fully acquainted with, and I shall not mention them. It is of our present association that I wish to speak. On February 9, some fifty commercial travelers met in room 73, Hudson House, and there laid the foundation of the Michigan Knights of the Grip, and each man started out to make it a success. The aim of its promoters was to make it an association to which every commer- cial traveler could ally himself, were he a member of other organizations or not. Our aim was to aid and benefit our mem- bers, and in away not antagonistic to our sister association, the Michigan Com- mercial Travelers’, and I am happy to say we have their assurance of our good intentions, and I hope to see that same feeling continue as long at the two asso- ciations exist. Our first move was to get our commit- tees organized and at work, and I am sure that no association of commercial travelers can show as great amount of work accomplished in less than ten months as the committees of the Michi- gan Knights of the Grip. In this work, the Vice-Presidents have been a very important factor, and shows the wisdom of having a head to each congressional district, for they have taken charge of all legislative matter, and done their work well. Under the charge of our reliable chair- man, Geo. F. Owen, matters appertain- ing to the Railway Committee have been attended to and our interest watched. If any concessions are to be had, Owen is the man who can get them. Of the Hotel Committee’s work, it is a pleasure for me to speak. At its head is the energetic D. S. Haugh, of Grand Rapids, and it is from this committee that we have received much of our pres- ent benefits, as his report will show. It remains for you to retain those benefits. Let each member make it his personal duty to see that itis not abused. The hotel man who values success recog- nizes that the commercial traveler is the most important factor he has, and in nearly all eases is willing to do us a favor. Iwish to thank the Hotel Com- mittee for the thoroughness of their work, and the hotels of Michigan for the benefits they have given to our associa- tion. You have the list of the hotels granting us these concessions, and please remember them on your trips. Do not patronize them only when you want the benefit. That is not fair: but stand by them at all times, for they are our friends, and you can in no way so easily strengthen our association as by sup- porting the work of our committees, and I would recommend that you incorporate in our by laws a resolution making it compulsory under suspension, unless good reason is given for not doing so. It is the duty of every member to stand by the obligations of the association, and unless you do so. you might just as well disband and have no organization. If the obligations entered into do not meet with your approval, come to the annual meetings and endeavor to modify or cor- rect them, or present your objections to the Board of Directors, who have the power toannul or accept all contracts. It is an established faet that the member who is always eriticising the officers of every association or their official actions are drones themselves, and never ready to work, but always ready to take the full benefit of all concessions. That is my knowledge of past associations. Let us guard against them. The place for every member to raise his objections is | at our meetings, and there only. Passing on to the next Committee, the’ Relief, we find here a large field for work. Chairman Hoagland has had a great responsibility in the work of ap- pointing a suitable member in each place of importance, in our State, whose duty is to visit and care for our sick members, and I am thankful that their duties have’ been in name only. Under this head, I would recommend for your consideration at this meeting the renting of a room at the different hospitals of our State, where our sick members can be eared for free of expense to them, providing the rent does not exceed our means, and I trust you will give this matter your careful consideration. Regarding the ’Bus and Baggage Com- mittee, all members are directly inter- ested in, and its genial and enterprising chairman, H. L. Peck, has already saved the association many dollars, as conces- sions granted him will show. I trust you will see here a point for showing our strength and supporting the work of the committee. Geo. C. Cooper, chairman of the Em- ployment Committee, has already secured several of our members good positions, and it is from this committee that much good may be accomplished. As soon as the employer of traveling men sees and thoroughly understands our objects and aims, he will want to look to us to fill any vacancies he may-have. The financial standing of our associa- tion is very gratifying. We have no debts, and, after furnishing the Secre- tary’s office with the necessary require- ments, we find a nice little balance to our credit; and we trust you will appreciate the economical manner in which the affairs have been conducted, and a large part of the credit is due our worthy and able Secretary, L. M. Mills. He has been an earnest worker and has always had the best interest of the association in view. Few of you realize the enormous amount of work there is in starting a new association’s books and attending to all the other details connected therewith. In this work. Mrs. Mills has had much to do, and to her the Michigan Knights of the Grip are deeply indebted for the prompiness and dispatch of the Secre- tary’s office. As I stand before you at the end of the first ten months, and look back over them, l can, indeed, say Iam proud of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. Its record as acommercial travelers’ asso- ciation has never been equaled. To-day we stand, strong, thoroughly organized, and ready to fight and demand the rights that belong to commercial men. We are recognized by all associations of our kind in America. We have been asked to co-operate in matters of national importance, and in such matters will always be found ready to assist and aid, if they are just and for the best interest of commercial men. I am to-day proud that I am a commer- cial man—proud that I am a Michigan man—and feel honored that I am a mem- ber of the Michigan Knights of the Grip, and I want to thank the press of Michi- gan for the manner in which they are educating the public regarding our pro- fession. Twice within the last three months I have seen this paragraph in two of our leading dailies: ‘Commercial men are no longer ‘drum- mers.’ The ‘drummer’ is a being of the past and exist, only in the minds of those who are thoughtless or who wish to de- press, not elevate, mankind.’’ We are raising the standard of our profession, morally as well as mentally, and propose to show the world our strength and ability. There is no more potent a factor in the commercial world, aside from capital, than the representa- tive commercial traveler of to-day, and when I hand to my successor this gavel to wield for the best interest of our asso- ciation, he will have the pleasure of knowing that we are not encumbered by debt or internal dissentions, and I trust and hope thateach and every one will en- deavor to keep them from our ranks, and I shall look to you to aid me in making this, or first annual, harmonious and fruitful, and that all your deliberations will be for the best interest of our asso- ciation; and | ask you to bear with me, as this is new work, and on any point I do not see my way clear, I shall appeal to you for decision. Secretary Mills presented his report, showing the total membership to be 965. His financial report was as follows: RECEIPTS. 692 members for — cee aime pice $346 00 Ce ENDS Siclaca sp cee eceiniain wide sic eee 130 00 Dues from 84 somees Ue oa oe aa 42 00 “ S honorary members...:.....- 3 00 Otero ee a $521 00 DISBURSEMENTS, Sundry secounts. <6 5. $179 = Cash sent to Treasurer. uc. .0- 2.05.22... 301 59 iat Of GARG co ee 39 53 ORE ee ee $521 00 The report was accepted. Treasurer Cooper reported receipts of $301.59 and disbursements of $168.13, leaving a balance in his hands of $133.46. Accepted. The Board of Directors reported that it had examined the accounts of the Seeretary and Treasurer and found them correct. Reports from Vice-Presidents then received, as foilows: First district—J. H. McCauley. Third district—J. W. Palmer. Fifth district—J. F. Hammell. Seventh district—Frank Mosher. Ninth district—D. G. Crotty. The other Vice-Presidents were not present and failed to send in a report. S. H. Row presented an amendment to the constitution, which was referred to the special committee on revision of the constitution. The Board of Directors presented the following recommendation : The S8oard of Directors would recom- mend that we vote a certain amount from our treasury to Secretary Mills, as we consider that his pay has been entirely too small for the amount of work done. This is simply a recommendation, and we hope that this honorable body will take some action. On motion, the salary of the Secretary was fixed at $100. Reports of committees being then in order, D. S. Haugh, of the Hotel Com- mittee, reported as follows: @ur agreement as to the wives of mem- bers was circulated throughout the State were and received the signatures of 175 hotel proprietors. We recommend that our members, so far as they can consistently do so, pat- ronize those hotels which favor us in this respect. We have received no complaints against any hotel, which leads us to think that the standard of Michigan hotels is higher than that of any other state. We recommend that any violation of our hotel agreement be promptly reported to our Committee, together with dates and names of parties, as it is essential for the future prosperity of our associa- tion that we protect all contracts and obligations entered into. On motion of J. H. McCauley, a vote of thanks was tendered those hotels which granted the concessions. Geo. F. Owen, of the Railway Commit- gon tee, reported as follows: Your Committee on Transportation would report that their duties have not been very onerous. There have been no grievances come to us, nor have we asked for any concessions, except reduced rates for this convention, which were respect- fully declined, claiming that as they had refused concessions to other organiza- tions, it would be. impossible to grant ours. While we may feel. that we are entitled to favors not granted, we think that by standing together firmly as a brotherhood, when the time comes our power will be felt by the Inter-state Commerce Commission and concessions made to the fraternity, which pay to the railroads millions each year. As to the railroads of Michigan, we have found the officers universally cour- teous and always have manifested a dis- position to do everything which was in their power to do, without materially compromising themselves. As tothe reduction of railroad fares, the opinion of the Committee is that we would prefer better train service than a reduction in the fare to the detriment of the service. While we have accomplished but little, our faith is strong in the idea that to accomplish the most good, we can only do it by the hearty co-operation of every traveling man in Michigan and by a thor- ough organization. Geo. C. Cooper, of the Employment Committee, reported as follows: Your Committee on Empleyment re- spectfully report that they have received letters for situations from ten persons as follows: E. M. Parks, Hudson; John W. Califf, Bay City; C. W. Smith, Grand Rapids; J. K. Burr, Linden; D. E. Me- Clure, Chicago; A. J. Apgar, Grand Rapids; C. H. Hinman, Battle Creek; D. E. Thomas, Bay City: Warren S. Travis, Alpena; H. W. Chester, Chicago. Five of the above did not even say they are members of our association, and one signs T. P. A. Each one has been an- swered, and, whengver your Committee have known of a place, due notice has been given them. A large number of applicants are unknown to your Com- mittee, and we do not feel that we have the authority under our by-laws to rec- ommend parties under the signature of our association. To make this Committee of influence and help, we would suggest that a regis- ter book be kept, giving the name of each applicant, also his references, and the names of those wishing men; that every member be requested to forward the chairman the names of those*wishing traveling men; also, that all members wishing positions give their full name and address, also the number of their certificate and references. We would also suggest that an advertisement be placed in the State organ, as prominent as possible, and a local notice inserted, calling the attention of the merchants and manufacturers to the same. We believe this association to be for the benefit of the employers as well as the employed, and a fraternal feeling should be established for the benefit of all. When members of this association ask for employment, we want to know their record, so we can recommend them, and whenever we find one who cannot be recommended by this association, we do not want him in our association. A telegram was read from the Presi- dent of the Michigan Commercial Travel- ers’ Association. stating that it would be impossible for his convention to con- clude its labors in time for him to at- tend the Lansing meeting. On motion of Geo. C. Cooper, a con- gratulatory telegram was ordered for- warded to the sister convention in ses- sion at Detroit. The Committee on Resolutions sented the following report: Resolwed, That we return our sincere thanks to the various persons and com- mittees of Division A, M. K. G., of Lan- sing, whose cordial reception and enter- tainment will surely make for them a warm corner in the hearts of all K. of the G., and stamp them as the prince of hosts. : To the hotel proprietors of Lansing who gave each one the best in the house at the liberal reduction of 50 per cent., spot cash. — To the ’bus and earriage lines who very kindly offered the use of their carriages gratuitously for the entertain- ment of our ladies. To the citizens of Lansing in general, who welcomed us so cordially, we return our thanks. A special vote of thanks is due Mr. Elliott, of Au Sable, who established and operates a’bus line in the best interest of the traveling public, and we would recommend that our members, so far as possible, give him their support. We regret the inability of E. R. Egnew, of Mt. Clemens, to be present with us, on account of the sickness of his brother, and extend to him our sympathy. That our*sympathies be extended to J. H. Brill, a member of our association from Detroit, who is lying sick at St. Mark’ Hospital, Grand Rapids. Geo. F. Owen moved that the charm offered as a prize to the person securing the largest number of new members be held as the property of the association, to be given to the person securing the largest number of new members during the coming year. W. R. Foster moved that the charm be given to the Secretary, and that hereafter no prizes of any kind be offered to in- crease the membership. L. M. Mills moved as an amendment that the charm be given to the President, which was adopted. pre- Election of officers resulted as follows: President—L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids. Secretary—J. J. Bush, Lansing. Treasurer—Geo. C. Cooper, Lansing. Board of Directors—L. J. Koster, De- troit; Geo. F. Owen, Grand Rapids; A. A. Howard, Coldwater; W. J. Richards, Union City; C. F. Ballard, Lansing. Vice-Presidents were elected as fol- lows: First district—J. H. McCauley, Detroit. Second district—Ira C. Mason, Adrian. Third district—Wm. Rounds, Jackson. Fourth district—Geo. E. Bardeen, Ot- sego. Fifth district—J. F. Hammell, Ionia. Sixth district—J. D. Derby, Lansing. Seventh district—Frank Mosher, Port Huron. Eighth district—R. P. Bigelow, Owosso. Ninth district—D. G. Grotty, Muske- Tenth district—J. W. Califf, Bay City. Eleventh district —H. H. Heineman, Negaunee. Rey. Washington Gardner was re- elected chaplain for the ensuing year. Lansing was selected as the next place of meeting, the time to be fixed by the Board of Directors. After votes of thanks had been ex- tended the President and Secretary, the meeting adjourned. THE BANQUET. Shortly after adjournment, the travel- ing men and their ladies proceeded to Armory Hall, to participate in a ‘‘ban- quet,’’ according to the programme. The hall was there, the decorations were there, the tables and dishes were there, but the food appeared to have an affinity for the ante-rooms, as very little of it got to the hungry horde in the main hall. At the conclusion of the ‘‘repast,’’ the party returned to the Capitol, where a reception was given by Governor Luce, after which dancing was indulged in at the armory until a late hour. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The following account of the conven- tion is from the pen of a representative member of the Knights, who has done much for the success of the organization, and who will probably continue to work in the traces. In publishing his commu- nication, THE TRADESMAN wishes it to be understood that it expressly disclaims any responsibility for any of the state- ments made: Iam not much of a ‘‘kicker,’’ as my friends will assure you, but I am thor- oughly disgusted with the meeting of commercial travelers at Lansing last Friday. In the first place, I am surprised that the hotels of the city should have made no extra preparations for the event. I satin the dining-room of the Downey House fully forty minutes before the head waiter deigned to send an infernal lunkhead to take my order. In the in- terim, I glanced around the room in search of some decoration or some evi- dence of welcome, but there were none to be seen. Disgusted with the half- cooked and uninviting trash finally set before me, I repaired to a restaurant and finished my dinner in silence. The march through the mud was in keeping with the other features of the programme. It attracted the attention of the by-standers and furnished no end of fun for the boys who delight to follow the elephant on the oceasion of a circus, but no useful purpose was subserved by such a tramp. The reports of the officers and com- mittees, made at the afternoon meeting, evinced a vastamount of cireumlocution, but not enough to conceal the fact that little genuine effort had been made by any one but the chairman of the hotel committee—and lam disposed to ques- tion the good taste of that committee in pursuing the course it has. Until toward the end of the session, I applauded the hospitality of the Lansing boys every time the subject was men- tioned, when I was astounded to see them put in a bill for the decorations gotten up in our honor. Not less sur- prised was I to see a bill chucked under our noses for the services of messengers during the convention. As I had previ- ously patd $2 for the privilege of a seat for myself and wife at the banquet table, I next looked for a bill for the band which furnished dubious musie dur- ing the day, but this was not done in my presence, nor was I asked to contribute to this fund in a personal way. Surely the big-hearted, hospitable traveling men of Lansing are to be condoled with in neglecting to re-imburse themselves in this particular also. When I come to speak of the ‘‘ban- quet,’’ I confess myself unable to do the subject justice. I have endured the ex- actions of Niagara Falls hackmen; I have even stopped at the Northern Hotel, at Big Rapids, but I never was duped quite so cleverly as to give up $2 fora cold collation which any respectable eaterer would have been glad to serve for fifty cents a plate, but which was not served at all on this occasion. It was the crowning act of a day given over to plunder and extortion, and deserves to be set down in the records of the travel- ing fraternity as little short of infamous. But for the pleasant speeches later in the evening, the cordial reception at the Capitol and the very enjoyable dance, my wife and I would have gone home so indignant that nothing could ever have prevailed upon us to make another test of Lansing ‘‘hospitality.’? I sincerely hope that any city which bids for the meeting hereafter will show a little more of the true spirit of hospi- tality and exhibit less greed than our Lansing friends did on the occasion of which I complain. Charging for decorat- ing the city is bad enough, and com- pelling visitors to pay for a banquet is an unheard of proceeding; but charging $1 apiece for a banquet which did not materialize is the grossest discourtesy I ever experienced. KNIGHT OF THE GRIP a A boy can imagine almost anything. He can lug an old shotgun about all day without firing at a living thing, and be under the impression that he is having a howling good-time; but all attempts to induce a boy to imagine that he is killing Indians when he is sawing wood have been futile. Putnam Gandy Uo. 13, 15 AND 17 SOUTH I[ONIA ST. BLIVEN & ALLYN, Sole Agents for the Celebrated ~ “BIG F” Brand of Oysters. In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS. Wemake a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time. We solicit consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, ete. H. M. BLIVEN, Manager. 63 Pear] St. TRH SINS & BESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GEAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. We carry the VEBY BEST double or single bit, hand-shaved ax handle ever made. Houseman Block, ~ - Grand Rapids, Mich. ry. SIRKETI EE & SONS, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, 88 Monroe and 10, 12, th r k 18 WE ARE HEADQUARTERS ON Red, White, Pink, Grey and Blue Flannels, inall weights and prices. Canton Flannels, Bleached Browns and Colors. kets, Comforts, Bed Robes. Also Domets, Blan- Were SELL STARK, AMOSKEAG, HARMONY, GEORGIA, VALLEY: CIry, PACIFIC, 10 oz. BURLAP Fodntain Sts GRAND RAPIDS. Putnam Candy Co., HEADQUARTERS FOR FLORIDA ORANGES, LEMONS, NUTS, ETC. The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1890 WHEN FATE WAS KIND. [CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.] sible. She felt that fierce, absolutely physical pain in her heart which some natures know, and which seems some- thing separate from mental pain. Some wild, vague idea that he might explain came to her, but she rejected it instantly. It was paltry and mean that he should have concealed his acquaint- ance with that woman. It was cowardly that he should meet the Signorita and not appear to recognize her. “She may resent that,’? said Ruth, aloud. Seized by a sudden, furious desire to tell him instantly how she despised him and herself for ever having loved him, she turned and ran swiftly toward the station, in the hope that she could reach there in time to hurl a fiery word that should scorch him, and take some of the hotness from her own heart. He had given himself time for a word with the Signorita: there could not be many minutes left. Later she might re- cover her dignity; but now she flew over the road impelled by this rash impulse. She was close to the track and within sight of the little station when the train came. She shrank a step, then stood still, palpitating from head to foot, her white face and flashing eyes hardly looking like the face and eyes of mortal woman. The ears, with their lights, slid by her slowly. after they had stopped. She was sure she saw Lane walking through, hay- ing just entered. The sight of him wrought a sudden change in her. She grew quickly weak, and turned to lean against the fence under which she had crept a moment before in her hot haste. She trembled, tense no longer. Why see him? Why reprove him for duplicity? That must be his nature, which she in her blindness had not known. If he could act thus. words would be poor things. Let him be happy. She would not annoy him. She, had never meant to reproach him for not loving her as she had thought. There had been upon her that almost irresisti- ble impulsion toward utterance which comes nearly always at least once in strong emotion, but it had passed now. It was weak to talk. She could refrain | from words. She walked homeward with apparent calmness, going by the singer’s house and pausing to listen to the high, piercingly sweet tones of a voice that was singing a pathetic ballad. The open windows allowed the sound to come plainly to her. She knew who was | singing. It was the new soprano, the woman who had just, parted from Lane. A tempestuous fury came, as suddenly as tempests do come, into Ruth’s heart. She had in her then to rush in and kill, the owner of that voice. She experi-} enced a terrible wish to see that girl lying dead before her, deprived of all power ever to sing, ever to move again across a room with that devil’s grace of hers. A moment later a horror of herself that she could have had such a wish made her turn and run, not pausing until she was at the door of her home. She went quickly to her room, and, early as | it was. she mechanically undressed and | lay down within her bed, with that feel- ing that henceforth she had nothing to fear. She had received that innoculation | for agony which would make it impossi- | ble that she should ever suffer very much more from any cause. She could go through life fearlessly now. But that fact was singularly devoid of com-} fort to her. She lay with her eyes wide and dry, hearing with keenness every outward sound of the quiet country night. At9 her aunt came to her door and opened it to make sure that she was there; then Ruth heard the lecking of the out- |; side doors, and in ten minutes the house was quiet. She heard now the peculiar sound which told her the tide was coming in; that long, booming noise, as the hours went by. grew louder and more decided. It was to her a night which no years and no events could ever obliterate from her memory. As hour after hour went by, her eyes kept their wide and burning look which saw nothing. Sometimes she tried to close them, but it was not in her power to keep the eyelids down: they flew open as if they were something apart from her. Not until morning did there come a sense of exhaustion. When she heard her uncle making the fire for breakfast she compelled herself to rise and help about the work as was her custom. “Bless the child!’ exclaimed Mr. Pond, as he looked up from his pan of ashes, in answer to her ‘‘Good-morning.’’ *‘] hope you are not sick. You are as white asa sheet.’’ *‘T am well,’’ she answered, ‘‘but I did not sleep much.’’ “Take a stiff cup of coffee; you up.’’ he advised. Her aunt glanced at the girl and did not speak. But she was peculiarly gen- tle to her niece all that day and, without appearing to do so, kept her continually employed. Ruth had gone up-stairs piece of work at about 5 noon. Her aunt came to the open door and announced that someone was below who wished to see her. The girl could think of but one per- son—Lane—but he had not intended to come until dusk, and she had also re- solved not to see him again. She could spare herself that wrench, at least. Mrs. Pond’s kindly gaze was upon Ruth, who asked quickly who it was. “That woman with the foreign name who is visiting Miss Phillipps. She says they are all going away to-morrow.’’ Ruth stood up very straight. “J do not wish to see her,”’ coldly. Mrs. Pond eame close to her and put her hand on Ruth’s arm. ‘*] do not wish to know what is troub- ling you, my dear, but do you not think it would be better for you to go down and try toseem as usual?’’ she added, after a pause. Ruth was irresolute for an_ instant, then she went toward the door, saying, it will set to do some in the after- she said i See, I have | friend’s house is full of them.”’ |for your aunt, and for yourself. | other night, and after that I sang only ! own, then Leonora had gone out at the | she had first seen her. | bring Lane. with a slight and disagreeable laugh: ‘Really, there is no reason why I should not see her,’’ and she entered the room below with her head upborne, and, in spite of her efforts, something unusual and repellant in her manner. Leonora Arditi rose and came toward her with outstretched hand, her graceful draperies falling about her more grace- fully than ever, Ruth thought. Ruth put her hand out, being just enough then to know that this woman could hardly have wittingly done her any in- jury, whether or not she. possessed the will to do so. Did Ruth exaggerate the strength of; attractiveness, nay, of a sort of seductive power in that face so smilingly near, with heavily-shaded eyes and dazzling skin and lips? But it was not her face, it was herself, of which her face was the exponent. Thus near her, the simple girl could not wonder that a man should be drawn beyond his power to resist. ‘‘T came over a minute this afternoon because we leave early in the morning, and I was afraid I should not see you again,’’? said Leonora, with her little foreign accent and her slight hesitancy in selecting her words. But she never chose the wrong word, never made use of an incorrect idiom, though sometimes she was obliged to think what seemed a long time before she spoke. “The whole party of us went to Ply- mouth the day before yesterday. Ah! you should have been in the woods with us where the arbutus grows. You do not see anything but dead leaves, while you are ravished by the odor. You push away the leaves, you come upon a clus- ter; you follow right along, you gather more than you can carry; you are drunk with the fragrance; you cannot go away. brought you some. My She held up a large bunch of the flow- ers and Ruth took them. She had de- tected their perfume as soon as she en- tered the room. She thanked her and put her face down on the blooms. “And now I must go.”?’ In a moment the visitor said, ‘‘l wish to remind you that you have promised to come to Bos- ton to the opera in November. When I make my debut I want to see your ardent face; it will inspire me. 1 shall send you three tickets—one for your uncle, 1 The seats shall be where I can look at you. I shall be Marguerite, and Signorita Phillipps will be Siebel. You like my voice, do you not, my dear friend? I saw your eyes when I was singing the for you.”’ “Yes, I like your voice,’’ said Ruth, betrayed into speaking fervently. Yes: Iknewit. And now good-bye.’’ Two arms encircled Ruth tightly; some vague perfume mingled with that of the arbutus; soft lips touched her door, and Ruth stood alone, looking down at the flowers in her hand with a bewildered glance. She was feeling rather than thinking. She was under that pleasant influence Which the Italian had had for her suseeptible nature since She soon asked herself more distinctly how much she ought to blame a man for recognizing all that power as she had done, only with a man’s brain and heart. Her own brain began to reel as she thought. She was grateful when her aunt entered. “Ts she gone already??? Mrs. Pond asked. “Yes,’? absently. Ruth advanced toward the elder lady and held out the flowers to her. “Take them,’’ she said; ‘‘they are too sweet.”’ For the next hour Ruth kept herself very busy: then it drew near the time for the train which she expected would She became more and more restless. How could she see him? She did not eare for any explanation. Per- haps sometime she would care, and long for a word, even if it should not be all that she could wish. She was not old enough to learn what elder people know —that their idols must perforce have feet of clay, and that she must forgive the vagaries of poor human nature. At last she brought her shaw! and hat, and then stood hesitating a moment at the door of the kitchen where Mrs. Pond was getting supper. She was too weak to see Lane. She could go through no such ordeal now. She should say horrible things to him. Let him go back to the far-away city where his life, away from her,.awaited him. She opened the door quickly; her aunt looked round, and, quiet as she usually was, she now uttered an exclamation and came to the girl’s side. ‘Ruth,’ she cried, ‘‘what is the mat- ter? Can I not help you ?”’ The girl smiled. ‘‘It is not a matter for help,’’ she said drearily. ‘‘I am go- ing out. If Mr. Lane comes, tell him I have gone to walk, but you do not know where, nor when I shal! return.’’ ‘* But do you not know that I shall be anxious 2”? said Mrs. Pond reproachfully. Then she said earnestly, ‘I think Mr. Lane is a good man.”’ - Ruth only assured her there was no cause for anxiety, and was stepping out at the door, but her aunt followed her and said impressively : “Do not trifle with him. That is un- worthy of you, and unjust to him.”’ Ruth was going down the path. She looked back to say in a very clear tone, “Oh, no; 1 shall not trifle with him.’’ And then she reached the road and hur- ried away in the dusk. Having turned the corner and reached the highway which would lead to the marsh road, she walked a short dis- tance on it. and then, afraid that she might meet some one, she climbed the fence into the wide, flat fields that ex- tended toward the marshes, and that somewhat resembled them, only the tields were dry. Bayberry shrubs, so tall as almost to be trees, grew in clumps here and there, and Ruth plunged into a thicket of them, their pungent perfume rising strongly ffom the shaken branches. But she did not linger. She was in haste, though she knew not why. It was that feverishness of unhappiness which pursued her. She brushed through the bayberries, and went on over the coarse grass that was now fast growing damp, for a ‘‘sea- turn’? had come up with the hour. An east wind, gently blowing, was bringing | with it a clinging and blinding mist, of | which Ruth did not think, save dimly to! be grateful for the coolness on her hot cheeks. She had lived by this shore since child- hood. She had run about here in sun- shine and storm, and it never occurred to her that she could be lost. In fact, her knowledge of all localities here had now become a sort of instinct with her, and there was hardly more danger in that way for her than there would have been for a dog, which would have found its way home unerringly. She would have gone as heedlessly on had she been happy instead of being miserable. One place only in those vast fields of salt grass she always avoided with a hor- ror which had been instilled into her from infancy. There was one place, marked along its edges at intervals by white posts, where the bog sucked in all that came to it and told no tales ever after. Not more than a seore of acres, but deceitful, deadly. It was rarely that the marsh was crossed after dark, save on the outskirts nearest the village; and even in the night the white posts could be seen, unless the darkness was more than usually dense. A fence around the dangerous place had often been dis- cussed by the town, but not for many years had anything happened there. Even the cattle shunned the spot with that mysterious knowledge which be- longs to them. Ruth went more slowly now. The salt scent in the air was indescribably re- freshing to her, and she liked the mist with its luminous but opaque moonlit brightness. A mood that was more calm, more reasonable, came upon her as she walked more and more slowly over the fields. She heard the whistle of the engine that was bringing Lane to Marshville. It sounded far away, for the east wind swept all sounds of the land from her. Should she go back? Should she see him and listen to his words? How would he look? What would he say? She wished she did not love him so. By the time she was thirty, forty, would she still love him? What a dreadful future to confront! Though her mind was hesitating and questioning whether she should return, her feet keep going on farther and farther, as if without her volition. Suddenly she stood stilland said aloud: “JT will go back. I will make sure I do not misunderstand. Surely my life’s happiness is worth that. I will hear what he has to say.”’ i Before she turned, she listened in- tently to the waves, being able from long acquaintance, to judge with sufficient ac- curacy where she was; for she knew by the sound if they were washing near the cliffs, or rolling up on the open beach, and how far off they were. If she kept the roar, dulled by the intervening cliffs, behind her, and a little to her right, she would finally come out on the road not far from Deacon Ide’s house. She went on afew yards in the direc- tion she had chosen, knowing that she was very near the dangerous bog, but not thinking much about it until she came upon one of the white posts. Now she knew she wasright in her conjecture as to her locality, she began to run, leaving the post at her left. Having once decided she would see her lover, she became possessed with the fear that she would be too late, that he would have gone, and she should miss him in some way. A thousand chances rose up be- fore her mind, any one of which would prevent her meeting him. Having fled from all possibility of explanation, she now could not go fast enough to meet it. Was that a shout that stayed her fleet footsteps? A shout from behind her at her left? Poised to start again she listened. Yes, it was acry, for it was now repeated, hoarsely, imperatively, but with a familiar tone in the voice that went far in the first instant toward par- alyzing her, But only for the instant. She went back toward the post that showed whitely in the mist. She clasped it and hung forward, straining her eyes to see in that fog which looked so light, but which was like a curtain hung afew yards from her. She cried out shrilly: ‘Who called?’ and no one would have known her voice. ‘Here! Help! I am sinking!’ came the answer, just beyond in the fog, but too far away for her to see. Hoarse, strange as that tone was, it was still like the voice of Lane. Did he not know better? Why had she not warned him? How could she help him? An hour ago, and she would have said it had been better for her if he were dead. Now, in one burst of torture her soul pleaded for his life. ‘“‘Let him live, though I never see him again! O God, let him live, though he loves me no longer!”’ Not these words, not any words, only a confused sense of this prayer in her brain which was rapidly ranning over every shadow of a chance for her to help. Her first impulse was to rush in there beside him. But she knew there would then absolutely be no way for her to aid him; she also would then be as helpless as he. Not todie with him, but to save him. She was frenzied. She could not do anything at the moment; she knew that positively. She must go for help. Two men with wide board or plank: yes, that would do. Up there at Deacon Ide’s, if he were only at home, and his son; and she could help too. She had the strength of a lion. “Only keep up!’ she shouted, I will bring help in a minute!’ Did her feet touch that long, sharp grass, or did she skim over the top of it? And yet to her her feet were like lead. She burst into the quiet sitting-room at Deacon Ide’s. Thank heaven, there were the deacon and his son. She grasped her throat; she feared at first she could not speak for the beating there. But her words came, and the two men, alert and strong, understood her. Before she had finished speaking they had a lantern and were in the barn. What if they should find no plank? But they did: they found: two wide boards, and were vaulting the fence the other side of the road as men move who know the danger. On the marsh Ruth kept side by side with them swiftly though they ran. She told on which part of the marsh the man was. She had not said it was Lane. Her tongue refused to pronounce that name, as if she could thus avert his fate. “Only let him live, though he be false > to me!’ was the continual beseeching of her heart. The men shouted. Nothing replied. Ruth stood as a women of marble might have steod. Deacon Ide turned to her. “You are sure there was someone here?”’ Yes,’ dully. ‘‘In this part of the bog?’’ “Asnear as I ean tell, not far from this post.”’ She must keep her senses that she might reply. “Put down the plank,’’ said Deacon Ide to his son. “JT weigh less, I will go,” said young Ide. He stepped on the board with the lan- tern in his hand; when he had gone the length of it, he put the other down and took up the one he had just used. Perhaps he went a hundred feet that way, then the two waiting heard him utter a horrified word. He looked back. ‘He is dead,’’ he said, ‘‘I can see only a hand above the ground. He was dead before we reached here. Ruth did not hear him until near the last.”’ Ruth heard these words; she heard Deacon Ide say some fierce sentence about the danger of such a place, and add that the man must have been a stranger. Still a townsman might have been bewildered by the fog. For Lane the marsh had a charm of which he had often spoken to Ruth. She did not linger. She walked away from the two men and toward her home. Mingled with all else she felt, she had a strange sense as if she were a murderer. She was sure that Lane had come out to meet her, knowing her love for. the marshes; so that when her aunt rose up quickly at sight of her face, she knew the words she would speak. ‘Have you seen Mr. Lane? to the marsh to find you.’’ Ruth stood clinging to the door which she had half shut onentering. She must speak. Mrs. Pond was staring at her with increasing alarm. “Why have you quarreled?’’ she asked, sternly. ‘‘When you areas old asIam, you will know that nothing is worth a quarrel.’’ “Oh, be still!’ cried out the girl. is dead.’ The elder woman went to Ruth, put her arm about her, and guided her toa chair. She asked no questions, she said nothing: she knelt down by her, keeping her within her arm. In a few minutes Mr. Pond came in, and his wife repeated the fatag words her niece had spoken, adding nothing more. Mrs. Pond was afraid some neighbor might enter. She whispered to Ruth, ‘‘Come into the other room.’’ The girl followed her in, sitting down and folding her hands before her. She had that look of having done with every- thing which is doubly piteous when seen on a young face. It may be an hour went by thus. Neither of them spoke. There was nothing to say. Then Mrs. Pond heard voices in the room they had left; some one had come. She looked at Ruth, but she apparently heard nothing. Mrs. Pond was growing frightened. What should she do with this statue of a girl? She went up to her own chamber for salts and camphor, though she knew she did not need them; still she must do something. As she closed the door behind her, the sitting-room door opened. Something in that sound reached the sense of Ruth. She turned, rose, and moved, as if in aspell, toward the man standing there. He was looking at her with eyes of inextinguisable love. Not yet was she glad. She knew this was the vision of the man she loved. Was it a vision that clasped and held and kissed her with such ardent human passion? She drew back. “It is you,’’ she said, gravely. not mistaken. It is you. Oh! suffered! But it cannot be you!’ She began to tremble, but she crept yet closer to him. ‘It was my brother,’’ said Lane, his voice not quite steady. ‘He resembled me much. I had never seen Leonora Arditi, but she knew me that night be- cause I was so like Mark. I was going to tell you about it when I cameback. I saw him in Boston to-day. He had just learned that Leonora was here, and he was mad to see her. He came out this afternoon before I came. I have just left her, after hearing what I did from Deacon Ide.”’ “Did she love him??? whispered Ruth. ‘“‘Love him?’’? savagely. ‘‘He was one of the men who believed they were loved by her.’’ Ruth shrank inwardly. She was thinking of the kiss Leonora had given her a few hours ago. Whether the man who died in the marsh were Lane’s brother or not, that brother was never heard from again. Not to this day has Ruth felt that she He went . ‘He eer ain I have could humiliate herself sufficiently to tell Lane that she had suffered anything in regard to him and Leonora. It was one chilly day in the following | November that Ruth brought from the | postoffice an envelope which had about it the odor of vervain. It held three. opera tickets and a dainty note in long, | slim hand writing, saying that the writer should look for a face that should inspire her on her debut the night of the 20th. ‘‘She will lack that inspiration,’’ said | Ruth. And then, as she thought about) the Italian girl, again to her imagination |! came that peculiar presence that had such suspicious power in it. MARIE LOUISE POOL. —_—____— +. No Angels in Theirs. Early last summer a New Englander’ moved out to a small town in Arizona | and announced his intention of opening | up a first-class grocery. He had a num- ber of bills posted up, dwelling particu-' larly on the fact that the business was to be square and above board. Just as’ he was getting ready to open shop a dep- utation of citizens waited on him and asked the new-comer if the statements ; on the placards were made in good faith. | “You mought as well give us the hull truth about this thing,’’ said the leader. | ‘“‘You mean to say there hain’t goin’ to be no water in the vinegar?’’ “That’s what I mean, sir!’’ replied the stranger, a little surprised. ‘‘Nor no sand in the sugar!”’ ’ ' Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton ' nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi- ‘‘Ain’t they goin’ to be no beans in the coffee!’ ‘“‘Most decidedly not, sir!’ ‘“‘For chicory, nuther?’’ ‘Never, gentlemen; I give you my word for it.’’ The crowd seemed nonplussed for a moment, and the leader held a short con- sultation, at the end of which he turned and said: “Say, stranger, we’ve concluded that you air a suspicious character. But first let me ask you if your cigars are goin’ to be loaded—with cabbage, you know?’’ “Not while | ——’’ “That’s all we wanted to know. We gin you twenty-four hours to leave town, an’ you better leave. When we’re in need of angels we’ll drop you a postal ecard. Good day, stranger,’’ and the dep- utation filed out. HARDWOOD LUMBER, The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood, oe-run 262) 13 00@15 00 WirGly JOG Tai oe Sos sey 15 “— > waren, Nos: i and 20. es ec @23 Misee Asn loe-fae 6.255. es cs 14 00@16 00 Cherry tor ran. 3 cs, 25 00@40 00 horrs, NOs t and 202122 00@655 00 Cherry. (tle... .... 5: @12 00 Maple, log-run ...... 12 00@13 00 Maple, soft, log-run......-. 11 00@13 00 Maple, Nos. 1 and2........ Ge @20 00 Maple. clear, foortpg. --o 2... 5.5. @25 00 ame White, selected = =u... 5. @25 00 mea Oak. lop-ran 32 os ce 20 00@21 00 Hed Oak, Nos. band 20.0.0 - 55... 26 00@2k 00 Red Oak, 4 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00 Red Oak, 4 sawed, regular............ 30 32 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank............ 5 00 Weingut. 102 fUR 260... @55 00 Wealnat, N0s:.) and 2.0000 os. @%5 00 Wealmtie. CON oes ee ek @2 00 Grey Mig ioe yum. ss 8... 12 00@13 05 White Aco, log run 2. ee 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, lop-run-(-: ooo 20 00@22 00 Wise Oak login oo 17 00@18 00 White Oak, 4 sawed, Nos. 1 and 2....42 00@43 00 Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS, Wo @ Spi Sec ee 45 ee ee 48 CO 70 WW oo ee ee eS is _ LAMP CHIMNEYs.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. avo. 0 Sup. 2-2... : se 90 ee 2 00 ee 3 00 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top.... No. + “ “ce “ i No. 2 oc “ec “ee i XXX Flint. Wo. @ Sun. crap top. 2220.0. 2 58 No.7 ** = eee es 2 80 No. 2 * - Be ee geal gt ceulis dice Coc Oe Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 3 70 No.2 * . oy ae eee 4 70 No. 2 Hinge, “ es Oe eee e ee Geue 47 La Bastic. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz: ---..--.:.. 13 No.2 * as = oe 50 We. 1 Crimp per dae. ...5 5... 1 49 No.2“ ees ae ee ee 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Batter Croeks, per eal: ooo... 2 cose 06% gues, 56 Sal pereen. 27.2). 65 - f SO ea eas eee 90 . " Se eee eno See 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed oe oo (OO “cs ac 4 oc oe ( “ce 90¢ ae 78 FRUIT JARS—Per gro. MasOINR, Dinkse so & 9 50 . Quarts .--5...35 oe 16 00 4 a6 OANION, eee oes ee 13 00 LignGnine, QUATER.. 0. oo. oe 12 00 me Pe ON 16 00 Begin the New Year Right ! By using the “Complete Business Register,” the best arranged book for keeping a record of Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures, ete. Call at “The Tradesman” office and inspect the books. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. R Seer ae aie TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 17, 1889, TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:10am Traverse City Express............. 9:20am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 3:15pm 4:10pm rene CUGiAte ee. elec sos 8:50 p m Cadsime (iirc)... 6:30 pm Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10 a m and 4:10 p m train. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnatl Mxprees.......2:.- 2.5: 7:15am Fort Wayne Express............02 11:45am 12:50 pm Cincinnati Exprees.......<2.2-.+-- 5:30 pm 6:00 p m From Mackinaw & Traverse City..10:40 p m Brom Cadguiac. .uc. . 1c ccn es cc cee ees 9:55am Train leaving for Cincinnati at6p. m. and arriving from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in- eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7::0 a.m. and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for Mackinaw City. South—7:l5a. m. train has chair car and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 10, 1889. | Leave Arrive. FOO OR io eine oe chose tigers Sansiewersceteer coon 10:15 a m BRED Oho on dc ov ecco cccccsesescscesccensdsccescoee 3:45pm BAO Dee cic cc ccc devciscatscuccecsecdos 8:45 pm Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. Through tickets and full information can be had by ealling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or Geo. W. Manson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Cc. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEsT. Arrives. Leaves. ¢Morning EXpress.........sssseee- 12:50 pm 10pm +Throdgnh Mail. -.....:..- eoseces £20 DM 4:20pm +Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm *Night Express. ......- .ccseeeess- 6:40 am 7:00am PASOG, ois ooo cece cece es cesses eee 7:30am GOING EAST. +Detroié Maxpress..... 3... <2... 2.5. 6:50 am +ihrough Mail... ...- 2. 65s eee 10:10 am 10:20am +E-vening Express..............-<« 3:50 D™ 3:45 pm *Night Express........-.<+-++---+- 10:30 p m 10:55 pm +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. next day. Grand Rapids express has parlor car Detroit to Grand Rapids. Night express has Wagner sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a, m. Through railroad tickets and ocean steamship tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D., G. H. & M.R’y offices, 28 Monroe 8t., and at the depot. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit. Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern. For Toledo and all points South and East, take the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and connections at Toledo with evening sip for incin- nent points on connecting lines. - A, J. PAISLEY, Gen’l Pass. Agent Lemon & Peters, WHOLESALE GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, Amboy Cheese, GRAND RAPIDS. EDWIN FPALLAS, JOBBER OF Batter, Eggs, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Fruits, Mince Meat, Nuts, ite. Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Ful! Blast. Going Like Hot Cakes. Butter and Sweet Potatoes Let your orders come. Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Frvitand Produce bo, JOBBER OF FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty. ‘ 3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. ° MOSELEY BROS. —WHOLESALE-—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produce. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Petateoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS. Alired J. Brown, WHOLESALE Foreign Prats, Nuts, Dates, Figs, 16 and 18 North Division Street, Grand Rapids. Good-BuyeriePass Book the Adopt the Tradesman Gredit Govpon Book, And you will find the saving of time to be so great that you will never permit the use of another pass book in your establishment. The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in the market, being sold as follows: $ 2 Coupons, per hundred.........- $2.50 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS: $5 ba CE ee a ce acer « 3.00| Orders for 200 or over....... 5 per eent, $10 ay fe eee un sees .. 4.00 m oo a a die 10 " $20“ eee 500) © +1000 en ieene 20 SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS. E. A. STOWE & BRO,, Grand Rapids. PF. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF Salt Fish. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED. \25 GROCERIES. Wool, Hides, Pelts, and Furs. Wools do not change in price mate- rially. They are strongly held, as a rule, but enough is being sold by those wish- ing to close out for the year to keep the mills running. Worsted goods are in de- mand at advanced prices, creating 4 de- mand for combings and delaines for combing. The holidays have broken into trade materially. Hides are quiet at the low prices— lower than have been known since 1857, and then the low price was only in iso- lated localities. Pelts are in fair demand, to keep the pulleries running. They are scarce, but are being pulled at a loss. Tallow is dull and low, with large of- ferings. Chicago packers have again of- fered large blocks of stearine. Furs are low, dull and uncertain, on account of the warm weather extending all over this and foreign countries. —>-_ 9 The Butter Business. ‘Do you take butter?’ is a question that constantly confronts the country merchant, and there is none more troub- lesome to him, writes the Commercial Bulletin. He is forced to answer in the affirmative, for he generally accepts it in trade. If his questioner would only sup- ply the word ‘‘good’’ in his question it would relieve the merchant a little. The barter in butter has brought the store article in disrepute, for the reason that consumers have come to believe that it is the exception when a really choice piece of butter can be purchased ina barter stock. The makers of barter but- ter are generally poor butter makers, but they fail to realize this too often, and are offended if they are not offered as much at least as the quotations for good butter call for. It will be found good policy to encourage poor butter makers as little as possible. Give them to understand that they must make good butter. —————> From a New York Standpoint. From the American Grocer. Tue MicHIGAN TRADESMAN has done very creditable work in its exposure of the Patrons of Industry. Recent issues of that journal have contained articles giving the origin of the plan, its orig- inators, principles, ete. We agree with THE TRADESMAN that the sturdy good sense of the rank and file of the farmers of this country would never permit their being led into so ruin- ous a pitfall as the P. of I. organizers are endeavoring to precipitate. The farmers have not forgotten the history of the Grangers, an organization which originated at Washington in 1866, and which grew so rapidly that in 1874 it had amembership of a millon. They estab- lished commission houses for the sale of farm products, and later attempted to do away with retailers and all middlemen. That was the rock upon which the organ- ization was wrecked. (a2 Oe _ —_—_ St. Louis Flour Mills and a ‘‘Trust.” The owners of the flour mills of the St. Louis district, says a special to the Philadelphia Press, are deliberating the question of forming a trust. The mil- lers there, December 21, were very much exercised over a report that five or six of the leading local flour mills are to be combined into one large stock com- pany and placed under one manage- ment. The success of the United Ele- vator Company, composed of eleven ele- vator companies which pooled their properties and formed a joint concern a few month ago, suggested the idea to the millers, some of whom have been earnest- ly at work on the scheme for several days. The estimated total value of the nineteen mills controlled in St. Louis is in the neighborhood of $2,675,000, and a stock company composed of all of them would probably be capitalized at about $3,000,000 in round figures. —_——— +4 Read Your Trade Paper. He is a wise merchant, or buyer, or salesman, who makes it his duty to read, from week to week, or month to month, reliable trade journals. He will find it time well employed. Know as much as he may, he will discover in these pages something that will give him better and ~ later information. {He moves in a certain channel of trade, but the journal extends its influence and gathers its news in many of them. More than this, it is not information intended to influence an indi- vidual, but given for the benefit of the mercantile public. A man who throws away any opportunity to obtain this kind of news is not gifted with even the wis- dom to serve his own interests. a ne Will Regret It. Mrs. Simpson—So your servant has run off. How foolish in her to leave a good home like this. Don’t you think she’ll regret it ?”’ fo Mrs. Sampson—Yes; with her. my husband went oe Straw Binder. The Illinois State Grange offered $10,- 000 for a device to bind grain with straw. Out of forty competitors one was awarded the prize, but he declines it, having re- ceived larger offers for his machine and patents. eR A tle Better than Peanuts. A Philadelphia doctor says that pea- nuts, used in moderate quantities, are good for brain workers. Very likely, but the best specific for brain workers is brains and ny of ’em. —— oe The Grocery Market. Sugars are weaker and lower. Canned goods are weaker, and are likely to sus- tain declines in several lines before the end of January. os += The Peanut Supply. The demand for peanuts has trebled in the past few years, and the -crop has never been sufficient to supply the de- mand. The Birth of a Dollar Bill. It is an interesting sight to see how the government turns out day “py day tons and tons of crisp, new bank notes or sil- ver certificates—to watch the silent en- gravers etch the steel, the shirt-sleeved plate printers take the impressions, and the careful messengers carry off the fin- ished bills by the cart-load. When Con- gress has ordered the issue of a new series of notes, the first step in the bu- reau is the preparation of what is known as the model. This is generally a hand- some pen-and-ink drawing of the pro- posed bill, and is submitted finally to the Secretary of the Treasury for his ap- proval. Nothing about the note is left to mere chance. The banker does not regard money from a purely artistic standpoint. He wants the denomination to be plain and distinct, and he asks that the figure of the note be placed in the upper right-hand corner, in order to fa- cilitate counting. The model having been adopted, the next step is the en- graving of the plate. The room in which this work is done is a large, well-lighted apartment on the ground floor. It must not be supposed for an instant that the entire face of a note is engraved by one man. The portrait goes to one, the vignette to another, the lettering, script, and border to others, and so on until no less than twelve men are at work. It is a long and tedious task, requiring great care and accurate skill. No less than six weeks’ time is necessary for the en- graving of a portrait like that of Secre- tary Manning. The steel used is all im- ported from England, and isa remarka- bly fine grade. Engravers all over the world use English steel, and have done soforacentury. When, at the end of many months of careful engraving, the various portions of the note are finished, an impression of each section is taken upon a solid plate of steel. Each sepa- rate part is placed in the position it would occupy on the note, and when the transfer is finally accomplished, the face of the new bill appears in perfect form. The plate is hardened, and across its en- graved surface is passed a soft steel roller. The depressions of the plate ap- pear on the roller as a raised surface, and when the little cylinder has been hardened it is a perfect die. It, in turn, is rolled by tremendous pressure upon a plate of soft steel. The power exerted to force the fide lines of the die into the steel is so great that a thin bit of paper placed on the plate leaves a deep im- pression, and a bit of lint, scarcely visi- ble to the naked eye, forms a rough sear. A fly-speck under this pressure makes a deep hole in the metal, and particles of dust must be carefully removed lest they, too, leave their imprint. This transfer process not only allows any number of plates to be made, but is an excellent guard against counterfeiting. Each face and each reverse of a note, being taken from the same die, are exactly alike. In no other way could this result be reached. No engraver, be he ever so eareful, could reproduce, without the variation of a hair’s breadth, any work of his hands. Four impressions of the die are made upon a plate, so that the faces or backs of four notes are always printed at the same time. The plate, after being hardened, finished. It costs the government, from its inception to its completion, between $1,500 and $2,000 in actual outlay for labor ex- pended upon it. From the engraving room the plate goes up-stairs to the printers. here are about 200 of these, and each will take from 600 to 1,000 im- pressions daily. All the late issues of bank notes require but two impressions, one each for the back and face. The currency of 1875, however, required three, because in the center of the re- verse side was an elaborate historical picture printed in black. ~No one knows exactly why these pictures were printed on these notes, unless it was an artistic device. At any rate, these bills cost a good deal more than the others, and the experiment has never been repeated. Eventually they will disappear. When the sheet of notes has been printed on both sides, with numerous examinations and countings in between, it goes to the numbering division. The work of num- bering is done entirely by women, who operate fifty-six machines which the government owns. Each note is num- bered in a neat figure printed in blue ink, and of the $1 silver certificates over 40,- 000,000 have been numbered since they were first issued in 1886. The machines will number as high as 99,999,999, and some of these days a $1 bill will bear this array of figures, when the machine will start in anew on a fresh series, starting at the very beginning with the figure 1. The sides of the sheet are trimmed by machinery, and it is an interesting fact that not even the waste margins can be removed from the building. A fine of $5,000 and imprisonment is the penalty for having this paper in one’s possession, and a memento of a visit to the bureau is pretty costly at that figure. When the sheet is trimmed it represents four per- fect notes, except that they lack the red seal. This used to be added in the bu- reau, but now it is put on in the Treas- ury Department. When this seal is printed on the note, the latter is perfect eurrency, representing the coin of the realm. No one can imagine, without actual observation, the perfect system of checks which has been devised to pre- vent theft. A sheet of paper is counted no less than fifty-two times from the mo- ment it enters the building, worth a fraction of a cent, until it leaves, bear- ing, perhaps, four notes, each of the value of $10,000. The counting is done by ladies, and from long practice they have become most proficient. An expert ean easily count 900 packages of 100 sheets each during the day and not make a mistake once a month. There is one lady, in particular, who has never been known to make amistake. She is such a perfect human machine that nearly all the officials would be willing to take oath to her count without even looking within the package. Each stage of the count is marked by the initials of the counter, and even the messenger who ties up the bundles puts his own name on the outside. The same care is taken of the plates that is bestowed on the sheet. Each plate, when taken from the time-locked vault, has the initials of the printer engraved upon it, so that each sheet is a witness to his work. Every die, or plate, or piece of steel, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear to be, is locked up at the close of the day and receipted for. In another vault in is the second story every bit of printed paper, complete or incomplete, is also locked up after everything has been ac- eounted for. Should anything be miss- ing, the doors remain open until the missing sheet is found. ——q@6»-- 2 The Condition of Trade. @-om the New York Shipping List. Holiday week is scareely expected to develop active trade in any department, and the record of the past three days shows that quietude has characterized business circles in this city. The demand for merchandise has been restricted by the usual seasonable influences, such as stock taking, the closing of accounts and the general desire to put off further operations until the new year has opened. Then, again, the mild temperature that has prevailed all over the country has curtailed business to some extent, espe- cially in the distributive movement of what are termed winter goods, which in- cludes a great variety of manufactures especially adapted for the low tempera- ture that brings snow and ice as well as fuel for household consumption, but while trade has languished in these spe- cial lines there has been unprecedented activity in the movement of produce, and in this way the month of December leaves its mark as one of the most active months of the closing year. Freight blockades are still reported from the West, and the railroads appear to be overburdened with the traffic that is pressing for transporta- tion. The iron trade still maintains its position as one of the most active and prosperous industries, and the only uncertainty in the minds of buyers as well as sellers is whether the enormous production of crude as well as finished material will be sufficient to supply the actual requirements of consumption dur- ing the first half of the new year. Thus far conservatism has characterized the great expansion of business during the past six months, but it is now a question whether the same speculative spirit that has prevailed in England will not be- come an important factor in the future course of trade. The monetary question is still the most conspicuous feature of the stock market, and the fear of a ‘squeeze’? before the January disburse- ments have been adjusted is the scare- crow that warns even professional traders to exercise caution. As a consequence, an atmosphere of almost stagnation has characterized the stock market from day to day, and values have fluctuated within the narrowest limits, notwithstanding the exceptional condition of the railroad industry. Money continues to rule firm, with an indication that banks are not in a position to recruit their resources until at least the interior affords some relief. One of the compensating advantages of the mild winter experienced thus far is the fact that it has permitted of unusual out-of-door activity, especially in build- ing operations, and the railroads have escaped the expense of keeping their tracks clear, as well as the loss of traf- fic from heavy snow storms. The sea- son is in many respects phenomenal, but the closing year has been one of ex- ceptional prosperity to the country at large. ——— Some Points on Runaways. When. you see arunaway coming, do not try to check him by a rush from the opposite direction or the side, for you will be immediately knocked down by the collision, but, instead, prepare your- self for a short run with the _ horse. Measure with your eye the distance, and start for the run while he is yet some dis- tance off, perhaps ten feet in the case of fair to medium runaways. You may de- pend upon his keeping ina straight line, for a really frightened horse is half blind and would not veer for a steam engine. He will go straight ahead till he smashes something. So do you get close to the line on which he is rushing, and, as he passes you, grab the reins near the saddle. Gather the reins firmly, and then, leaning backward as you run, give them a powerful yank. You may be able to brace yourself somewhat as you give this yank, half sliding on your feet. The strong jerk on the bit tells the horse that he again has amaster, and prepares him for the final struggle. A step or two forward after the first yank, do it again. This is the finishing stroke. It never fails when given by a deter- mined man. The horse is on his haunches. Keep a firm hold on the reins until you grasp the horse by the nostrils, and hold him so until he is pacified. ————— >_> Easily Explained. “Tommy, it seems to me that your trousers are rather slick for a new pair. Is it some of your pa’s work ?’’ **Yes.’? ‘Did he do it with his slipper ?’’ ‘‘No, he did it when he used to wear them.”’ ——_» > It pays to handle the P. & B. cough drops. AYNE eG SAVINGS BANK, DETROIT, MICH. 500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued by cities, counties, towns and school dis- tricts of Michigan. Officers of these municipali- ties about to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply to this bank. Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and inquiries will have prompt attention. January, 1890. S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. FIT FOR A Gentleman s TABLE: All goods bearing the name of Thurber, Whyland & Co. or Alexis Godillot, Jr. Tested by Time AND NOY FOUND WANTING. THE FAMOUS Jaxon Gragker Continues to lead all other brands on the market. MANUFACTURED BY JACKSON CRACKER CO.,, Jobbers of Confectionery and Cigars, Cheese and Nuts, JACKSON, MICH. A.D. Spangler & Co WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FRUITS avo PRODUGK And @eneral Commission Merchants. EAST SAGINAW, MICH. We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and produce and solicit correspondence with both buyers and sellers. Now is the Time to SabScribe TO THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW Arrangements have been made for the coming year which will maintain for the REVIEW its unrivalled position among periodicals, and render it essential to every reader in America who desires to keep abreast of the times. FROM MONTH TO MONTH TOPICS OF COMMANDING IN- TEREST IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN THOUGHT AND ACTION WILL BE TREATED OF IN ITS PAGES BY REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS, WHOSE WORDS AND NAMES CARRY AUTHORITY WITH THEM. The forthcoming volume will be sig- nalized by the discussion of questions of high public interest by the foremost men of the time, notably by a controversy on Free Trade and Protection in their bear- ing upon the development of American Industry and Commerce, between the two most famous living statesmen of England and America. THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE AND HON. JAMES G. BLAINE. This discussion, embracing the most important contributions ever made to an American periodical, will begin in the January number. It is a significant fact—as showing the unparalleled popularity and usefulness of this periodical, and its wide influence upon public opinion—that the circula- tion of THe NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW is greater than that of all other American and English Reviews combined. Subscription Price, Postage Prepaid, Five Dollars a Year. The North American Review 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York. WHOLESALE MAN A. B BROOKS &@ CQ. UFACTURERS OF Pure Candies. The Only House in the State which Puts Goods Up Net Weight. CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, No Charge for Packages. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Dealers hold winter fruit at %2.25@ $2.75 per bbl., Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for un exes and $1.50 for picked, ~ ding at $1.75 per Beets—40c per Butter—The kee is dull and stocks are accumulating, prices being no better than they were during the fall. Buckwheat Flour—#.50 per bbl. for New York stock Cabbages—35@86 pe Cheese—Fair aol Sot full cream a 104@11%c. Cider—9@10¢ per gal — arrels, $1.25; produce barrels T unbanion —Cape Cod readily command = @$12 per bbl. Bell and Bugle arein good de mand at $12 per bbl. Bell and Cherry are held at $11 per bbl. Dried Apples—New evaporated are held at 8@ 8%c and new sundried at 5@5c. Eggs—Jobbers pay 17@18c for fresh and hold at 2@2ie. Pickled and cold storage stock com- mands about 19¢. Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.35 per bu.; medium, $3.75. Timothy, $1.50 per bu Honey—Quiet and slow sale. Clean comb com- mands 15c per Ib. Onions—Dealers pay 5(@55c for clean stock, holding at 65@70c. Pop Corn—4c per Ib. Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 4c. Potatoes—There is a fair shipping demand buyers paying 30@32c here and at the principal mae — throughout the State. Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb. Sweet Potatoes— Jerseys and Muscatine stock are out of market at present. Illinois stock commands $4@§#.25 per bbl Turnips—30c per bu. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. SACHS: WOW. oss se 0 00 ROPE CUE 2 ee 10 25 axtra clear pig, short cut... .....12..-.... 12 00 extra Cicer, BOM 50) oe ee ao. 12 00 lear tee POeko eee 11 50 Boston Clear, sore €ub. .- 2... 2. 12 00 Clear back. short cut... 12 00 Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 12 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average ee es ie 9% a “ 12 te 14 Ibe... es 10 o MORN os eel oe Set oe 6 a Rt DONCIESS. oes loc ceo. 8% Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................--. 8% Dried beet ham prices. 2: oo. ce es. 8 Long Clears, heavy : Briskets, medium. Hee es 6% LARD—Kettle Rendered. PRRGROCH 5 ee oe 1% NR eee ee he cere ed suc. 7% BO ID. Tis. oo eo, ee ee cle cee s 7% LARD—Refined. PURPOSE ac ceca ese aee ones 6 a0 able SO tn Tue. 6% 3 1b: Pats Sis & Case... oo os oe 6% Bip. arn ted S Cake ss 6% a0 1D: Padis..G it & Case. 206.8. 6% 20 tp. Pails: 499 8 Case... 63, BSD COME. 265 ee a ss 6% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.........-...-- 7 00 Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 00 Boneless; rump OGbS.. 2250s 5. ls & 7% sausaAGE—Fresh and Smoked. MPEN SUI ee eo ecw aou cs 6% De oo ee ee ee 12 PRORPHG SARNBEG. oo cose wee tg oecete 9 Wismurere sisiaee 8 BlOOd SamRage ee a 5% BOLO RR, RUAIONIG oo cc 5% Bolooms: Giese ce 5% PICHE CRCONG oe ao se 5% PIGS’ FEET. in Halt Pocrole ooo a 3 2 inquarter Darren. 2 cs 2 00 TRIPE, In half barrels... In quarter barrels ee aeeces ene vis) FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, IPRPERSB oe ee 4@6 hind quarters ee eee ee 44@ 6 — ore ee. 34@ 4 . NOMS 1 @ 6 Ce aes ee @ 6% ee SOMPGCR ee @10 Mees ee 44@ 4% Fock TOUR os @ 6% te SROMIGCTS. 25200 c. eel. @ a4 BOMewe ee. @5 Sausage, blood or head.. @5 o WyGrs oe oe @ 5 a =a ee coe eee @T% Mutton . eee eceece! a ONG ei OYSTERS and FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. MVHIGCHAH @ 9 smoked. Dee eats aie @8 (ECONIG ee ec @9g Halibut... os @20 Piaddiog 900 @i7 OYSTERS—Cans. Waimrhaven Couns... 66s... @35 BelGGIS 66 2. ee es 22 @27 Wo Doe ee. @20 MOREE ee @18 Standards.......... Bo eee ee ee eco eas @16 Mavories. -- (2. s,s @14 OYsTERS—Bulk. Seumcards. ee @81 15 Selec. 2 ee @ 150 Olam ee oe @1 50 SCFUMDS 2.58 ee et @1 50 Seaigpe cas = 50 Morsoradigiis i 75 Shell oysters, per 100.......... ae 1 oog 50 Craze, Oo ceee ce case atne deca @ % CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK. Standard, 25 lb. 2 Ca eee cue ca 9 Twist, 25 Cut Loaf, 25 s Ro al, 25 1b. pails .. 2 200 lb. bbls... Extra, bid % ib, oe 10 ee. 9% French © an 25 Ib, patie. ..3°. 8. 11% Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Remon Prope: oo... eee ee a a 12 Siti ROMS 13 Peppermiine Prope. ce 8s 14 CRGCOINIe PROPER se ss 14 TE ot Checoimic Drops... 5... se 18 UE POS ee ee es Ce 10 DACGrICG UIGRR ee 18 A S eieariee Drops. 5-2... oe oe. 14 Lozenges, Bee ee 14 prmee . 15 GROIN a ae 14 OER ee ee. 15 POt Es ee oo aes 13 MGIeSren ar 8 ee ec se 13 CArnIAGi ee 16@18 Hane wade Creag. 3. oo. cs. 18 iat ORO 16 Decorated Creams. oes 20 String Rock... ... Burnt Almonds... Wintergreen Berrie Fancy—In bulk. Lozenges, plain, = WEIS ee 12 i Oe ba = printed, = = eee cre ds oees cc case 12% c PAS occ cetaceans 11% Chocolate Drops, in aa So ee ee Gum Drops, > Rie eS se "6y OS 54 Moss Drops, in DAM 10 We ee 9% Sour Drops, in Re ee 12 Imperials, oe MES 11 Pe BS oe a eo 10% FRUITS. Oranges, as choice ae ee ca @3 (0 - . takes. es 3 50@3 75 - oo golden FUSHGGS. -.:. - @2 75 Lemons, Messina, chekce. SR ela seh 3 00@3 50 # ef ee SOs cic. aco. 4 25@4 50 fe = fancy, Soo. 6.2.2... @4 00 tt - DO cocci sc: @4 50 te Malagas, choice, ripe......... 00 Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 14 @15 os CHGIOG a occa ce 11 @12% ORONO @ aso. oo a a Dates, frails, LR | SU en ete ee aa ene @ 4% fr ails, BO Te ois 5 5c ek pase @ 5% Fard, 10-Ib. box ee es ase pa Saas @10 “ ee a cane @8 e Persian. S0-1b box: 3.2. 6 SS NUTS. Almonds, Warreeone. 0s cs wee @l7z WC cee cco ys @16 a Osiitormia <2). ss @16 Re ee ae aay @12 Walnuts, Grenoble. @16 - California. 144%@15 Pecans: Texas) Ho Pio os ccs aas @13 EANUTS Fancy, H. P., Bells... ..0... 020 -0eeeeee @ 84% t Roasted ooo cee eae as @10 Fancy, H, P., RE os ace cae @ 8% eo "Rosbied peer ae coe ee @10 Chore, BoP Gor es a, @ 7% es $0 00 JROGRUOE.... 5. capa bce @9 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash bwyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. Arctic, % Ib. cans,6 doz... 45 ae ee ee a ag ie ee ot ee 1 ib oe ee oe “ 5 Ib. “ce 1 “ a a. 00 Absolute, 4 = cans, 1008. He .-10 00 : 7 “fe Boe. -18 7% Telfer’s, % 1. cans, doz.. ] se a> “ “ee og 5O Acme, : Wb. cans, : = 4 = = * i. a i - - 30 Ly ace 20 Red Star, ss - cans, 45 85 che . iP re 1 50 AXLE GREASE. PRSOT Boe oo onc cas ee o's #2 60 PRONE oe coc eis iS Diamonds. 5.20020 esc. 1 60 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 rine 2 15 American. aren in case. 70 BLUING. “Gross Arctic Liq, OR ES sas ct 3 40 % Lo 200 “cc “ = b + 10 = - . -OZ paper ot 7% s Pepper Box No. 2 3 00 «é “ oc “ 4 4 00 se oe iat “c 5 8 00 BROOMS. No. a ee eee 1 70 Bee Sees 1 90 No. : Carpet Sa Soe eee 2 00 eee eee 2 elec ere ee a 2 60 Conmnon: Whisk. ... 2...) .: 90 Fancy eee 1 00 Se ss 3 25 WarenGus@ 2.02305 2% BUCKWHEAT. Kings SOU i). CQRCR oS. oS. 4 50 80 Th: Cases: 2s. 3 85 BUTTERINE Dairy, Solid packed.... <.. 12% POMS. 3c. oo. 3 Creamery é — packed.... 13% rolls 4 CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes Boas pews 10% peas ee ee 3% Paraqme . - 2... 12 Wren 25 CANNED G00Ds—Fish. Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck..... 1 20 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib. ;...<... 210 Cove Oysters, 1 lb. —- i. ae 2 Ib. ts Lobsters, 1 Ib. picnic Bote eues 1 40 2 1p oe 2 65 9 1 ib. Star 2 00 " 23. SSE... .3 00 Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85 lb. st tand Sod eas co 1 20 re to =. ........ 2 00 . 3 Ib. in usta 2 8 . 3 1b. soused.. -2 85 Salmon, = Columbia.. ..1 80 Ib. Alaska... <2 80 Sardines, domestic Ys... 8 1£8..:...@ 9 Ss Mustard %s...... @ 9 - imported \s...10%@16 e spiced, 10 BGR coe k Trout, 3 1b. broo CANNED GoOODS—Fruits. ee gallons, stand. ..... 22 ckberries, stand ok 90 Cherries, red standard...... 1 20 “pitted 1 40 Wieamnsene 0.1 Ss... 115 ee Plonim, stand.:. 2... ..: Ls Gooseberries .->) |. 2... 2: 1 00 ee ess i oo cs oe Green ape oa. 15 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 70 cc eeeonda bt 145 . BiG os 1 Peete - 3) 2. 8 1B Pineapples .. 50 RpPEIGO 3c ~.1 OO Raspberries, extra..... ot tp - OG ee: 1 40 Straw Perrics ..- =. oe se 13 Whorticperries....-. 5... -... w3 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... Beans, Lima, stand......... 85 Green Limas. . @1 06 cc: SGHTISE. .:- 3. @ 9 * Stringiess, Erie... . 90 ‘* Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1 Corn, Archer’ S Trophy... 1 Morn’g Glory.1 Early Golden.1 Peas, Preneh. 20:1... 2 extra marrofat. .. “© soaked ss June, stand... e “sifted “6 sé Pot bb * Heench, extra fine... . Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2 Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 1 Succotesh, standard........ Squash Tomatoes, Red Coat.. 95@ Good Enough95@1 00 95@1 00 - Ben Har ... 7 stand br.. 95@1 00 CHEESE. Michigan Full Cream 114@12 Sap saeco... ..-. 2... 16 @16% CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet.. .......... 23 Peetu... 2. . 2s 0... S.,- 35 OCR. eta. 38 Breakfast Cocoa.......... 4s Broma....... Spc ona co. 37 CHEWING GUM. Hubber, 100 limps. ...... .... 25 . WOO eke 35 SpPHe@G se: 30 CHICORY. Bik 022s 6 i ee 7% COFFEE—Green. Mio fair: 2000 7 @19 = ae 2 ee 18%@20 ae AO oa @21 - ancy, washed...19 @22 i eS 20 @23 SeMmege ooo 17 @22 a @23 Peaperry ..-.........- 20 @23 Java, Tatler Se 20 @25 “* Mandheling....26 @29 Mocha, genuine....... 25 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %¢e. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. oonreee See 00 lbs EAOW, es es 244 cf Gapimets ooo. 3. 2434 McLaughlin’s XXXX....2%44% Do 24 Thompson’ s Honey Bee... .26 Bieer. |. -:...: 24 Good Morning............:- 24% COFFEE EXTRACT. et (5) 3 pa EE oven ee ee 75 Poe... 1 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft....... per doz. 1 2 ° Sott...:._. - 1 50 re Geit...- >. ey 1 60 o wate... .... 2 00 a 80 ft e 2 2 Jute Or... ..-. ms 1 00 es ie fe ie s 1% CONDENSED MILK. WAPIO oc das 7 50 Anse Swiss... 8 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter. -.-.-.-.... 8 Seymour ‘ 6 Baier 6.62... ae ot SSIS oso ss 6 oe PNG ee e, - Boston 8 Caeysogs.. 2... 8 So ae ea ee 6% SO cscs ss ees 6 City Ognter, SX... 6 PE a os See ee 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure... .. -...-...... 38 Croeers .- 24 DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. Apples, sun-dried..... 5 @ - eo @ 8% Apricots, che @16 Mipeevcrres =... 2; 7 Precrinee oe es 14 Peaches See ae 14 Plums ee Bg cs MARDNOFTION 9). 4202. Ga 28 DRIED FRUITS—Citron. ae Ca a Tn GEOS. oo csc ek @25 DRIED FRUITS—Currants. Zante, in barrels...... @ 6 - in less quantity @6% DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. SWEET GOODS. eheg 4%4@5 | X xxx tas os 54@ 6 Ginger Snaps.......... 8% OTOP, f65 05. 9 @10 Sugar Creams.. a 8% DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. ' Frosted Creams....... 9 Weeneies. ss... 58. @ 8% Graham Crackers..... 8% P ne manse pea dia wets 1s Suen Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% EBA os ois s owes soDA, — Layers, oar” WOSON oot ct cee le 5 ornia. SOO Kers, Mueling.. ooo London Layers, for’n. @ . . * Muscatels, California.2 10@ TEAS, si DRIED FRUITS—Peel. sJAPAN—Regular. ae Ue ioe FARINACEOUS GOODS. Choice secccece «th QW Farina, 100 ae — Sooo aes 04 Choicest. 30 Hominy, pec bbs... 50 ‘wom. Oe Macaroni, dea ibs bo. © Weir... so. oe - imported Loe Ot Ge 16 @20 Peart Barley... 20.3: Qt Chere oo. 24 @28 Peas green... 6. @1 10 Choicest.... eas, Excem.....-.----- Ql 10 Choloest.....--......-. 30 @33 dese a oa see @ a ae BASKET FIRED. poate Fees uae eas 2 Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl.. QO Cheee i. i oss Wheat, cracked.. @ G4 Choicest..... 00.0.5... @35 Vermicelli, “mit @10 | Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 GUNPOW FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Common to fair. De @35 Jennings’ D.C.Lemon Vanills Extra fine to finest... 50 @65 2 02. Panel, doz. 12% Choicest fancy.....:.. 7 @ss 4 oz. o 1 40 2 25 : IMPERIAL, 6 02. : - 2 25 3 25 Common to fair.......20 @35 No. 3, e a 1 00 160 Superiortofine........ 40 @50 Noir i . 2% 4 00 ’ YOUNG HYSON. ae 2 te = ; 50 6 00 Common ce fee. 3... 18 @26 i Bt, "Round, ca : 2 = Superior to fine. teeeee 30 @40 i : OOLOoNe, 8 50 15 00 Common to feie 3. 25 @30 Cod, whol FISH—SALT. Superior to fine....... 30 @50 oO - ole. @ 6 Fine to choicest....... 55 @65 pane oneless- ne xe waa ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Herring, round, bbl.” 275 Choice... 2200000000003) Gas etee oes mae ONG @65 “Holland, bbls. 1200 Tea Dust............77°3 OM : ts kegs, new @ = — youu acon Sealed ........ enable &C Mack. chs No. 2, % bbl 12 00 Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x aT oe i in i 12 Ib Kit. 1 30 Reception, 22- Brie 16 sg er 36 Trout, iZ ae si 4 00g 50 a ie Dee veoeess = ee 2 Woes [ok 12 Oe. 34 White, No. ie 2 5 25 Trinket, 3x9, 9 oa.000 2020110735 ae : 12 : Saat 1 - Jas. G. Butler . Co.’s Brands. a ee MOOG c Family, ‘4 ihe -2 50 Double Pedro eas de a sue oes a Ea pte Pescara oe 50 ae 37 Recs ee 25 “Tobacco” sedan ietsnl z Half psa ep oe ee 2 88 . romaccos—Fine Cut, e en 0 er Seale es cous 30 naa —s eee SoS ee uD = Sweet Cuba 37 Oe TRADESMAN CREDIT CO ee LICORICE “ : 2, per hundred es ae ae Hn ea et 18 $20, - Oo aden oe 5 00 eat jae or ocoubiect to the following dis- oe See se oe New Orleans, good -..25@30 1000 ‘ ee ‘ : = oi sana 33@38 40 VINEGAR, One-half barrels Se extra D0 er 202 3 OATMEAL, “a farbarel 9 7 Muscatine, Barres 2... . 5% YEAST. : — barrels ead 3 00 Fermentum, Compressed. . a- a : ™ Cocoa a ee, Muscatine, poerpoee e _ =< pails pean eee. = a eo 2 18a Be Oat ceeeeeete 15 Michigan ton. ee ee 914 — & WOODEN WARE Water wie ee Curti ica sect jn - Pl iss Co. quote as fol- —,. oa 00@5 25 6 bbl - as 75@3 00 Straw .. oT base icisiia asain s « 160 Small, ma ati 62 sug aight Weight. 2°20. = Cae “"iiig go Sugar ........--0. 2... Seu age eae Hardware Se as lay, OOS PAG ee a Le eee eee bh fee. +5 Dry Googe 6 Cob, No. 3. 40 oute Manta 8 Sa aL MI | Red Express NO, Foo. 5 Carolina head...........<.... 6% | NO. 2.2.6.0 0s. 4 : No. eae eee “ a NOB... 54@, Cotton, No. 2.0.0 ae om Se ae Japan a 5%4@6% ' Sea Island, assorted...” 40 Common Fine per bbl....... 80 No. 5 Hem mp oe ees eee 16 Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks oy — - pee oa cee ee cua” 17 8 pocket.......... 1 95 ee ae ae 8 sec "2 00 i WOODENWARE, Ce eee ae 3 15 Tubs, No. LS ve SS 7 3 cid ie bags oc... 7 “ No. 2.. -- 62% mane Wl was ee 5 QW Warne (6 35 | Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 60 “ %bu “ 20 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 %5 eae 7 Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 66 : sot Bowls, 11 inch DeLana s, pare... ... 20.0... Do ere oe ge cgas se - 100 Church’s, Cap Sheaf......... 5 | oes “ 1 2 PWN oe > I “ 15 ee 2 00 Piviers. i Sop es 2% eee | assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 Mixed bird.......... jaicact 4% | 15s, 17s and 198 2 75 Cariwar ee 10 | Baskets, market............ 40 Canary A bushel ............ 150 Me 50g ‘owe uth covers 1 90 BMMO sc aL | Ee ee Ripe Be) a No.2 6 25 Monasrd oe. 7, | te : “No.3 7 2 SHOE POLISH. i ‘s splint ss No.1 3 50 Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... Gey i No.2 4 25 : a poNUEP. i No.3 5 00 scotch, in. bladders... .... | e panna Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS French Rappee, in Jars..... a WHEAT, SOAP, oi New. Old. Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. - io fo aloe a ea Z 78 SPOT 3 30 | Red................... —— —_— re 3 85: Rr wheat bought on 60 ip. test. roan family... .... 6... { FLOUR. a eo 3 00 | Straight, in sacks......... 4 20 Orme 2 70 | ~ Dereele.....: 440 U.S. Big Bargain.. oo 2 00 | Patent “ saeme:.......): 6 20 Brost, Wloater. (2) .5.005) 1. 3 % | ce Deereis. 20... 5 40 Cocoa Castile .............. 3 00 | MEAL, Cocoa Castile, Fancy........ 3 36 | Bolted.) oc 1 00 Alien B. Wrisley’ a Brande, | Granulated... 3.0650. 2. 1 10 py amity, 70.0.0. 625: 2 95} MILLSTUFFS. aut Country Le eee eu cece 3 30| Bran......-....--+-++ 200... 10 00 ee Ss ae eee 11 00 Bouncer, 1000000005000) 04) 3 15 | Screenings ................ 11 00 apices__Whole. | IO ee 12 00 Witeniee ky 9 | Mixed OCG. cs es 14 50 Cassia, China in mats....... 8 | Coarse SHORE Si ee ae “« ~ Batavia in bund....11 | g arian “ Saigon in rolls...... 49 «(| Small lots See ces ase. 38 Cloves, Amboyna........... 96 | CAT wettest eee eee 33 Zanzibar.. 1D |g OATs. Mace Hats go | mall lots Sees cmen eee scc ue 30 Nutmegs, — Le igo) Cae sett t eter eee RB No. a i rig o No. = | 70 Pret es @40 Pepper, Singapore, — BLEY PR ne eee es 1 10 c ma 20 | Oe ee a 1 06 sicatinie eteeieaal in Bulk.) | 4. aa Abepive ce 15 | RO 1 silat mists eta eh tami 10 00 Cassia, Batavia. - ee 20 Ge ea cs 9 00 a 2a Sea ee | HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Cloves, — ee 32 | Perkins & Hess pay as fol BeOS 8. 2 | lows: Ginger, African... sc... 12% | HIDES, Cokin 15 | Cid 3%@ 4% ni ORCS ss . aa} Part Cured... i... @4 Mace Bativia.....:......... oo 1a 44@ 5 Mustard, English bien cicuce: 22 | WY. ee ee 5 @6 and Trie. .25 | Dry Kipe 4000 30s 5 @6 cenit ae = | Calfskins, — aa os _- 4 PONG So ce cs | jared... 5 Pepper, Singapore, black....21 | Deacon skins.......... 10 @2 a witkte..... = | 4 off for No. 2. s SVORNE. 057... p { PELTS, Herbs & Spices, small..... 65 | Shearlingsy. 0 c05 0.000. 10 @25 a ee 125 | Estimated wool, per bh 20 @28 8 | FURS. Mystic, G4 PEER. 3... 6... 4 48 Mink, MP 40@1 - berets. (2... 6 | pale. is aoe SUGARS. | Raccoon... 80@ ub Hosts oe 3 @8 | Skunk.. 80@1 ae @ 7% | Muskrat......2.2.2.... b@ § Powdered .:..-..... @ 7% | Fox, red.......-....... 1 25@1 50 Granulated,H. &E.’s.. @6%| ‘ Cross............. 2 00@5 00 “ Mrankin.: @ 6m |“. Shey. eee. e cL 40@ 70 “ Knight's... @ 6% | Badger................ 75@1 00 Confectionery A...... @6.56 | Cat, wild.............. 50@ 7 No. 1, White extra C. 6 @ 6%} No. 2'Extra C.... .... @ 5% | Ly No. 30, golden.. eae @® 5% | Martin, dark... ...... 1 25@3 00 No. 4C, dark...... ... Dy “ ‘pale & yellow 0@ % Nase @ 4% | eae MAR ls 6 00@8 00 Le WO ee ae 00@3 00 i ee 15,0020 00 Granulated, boxes.......... 2 eats ey teehee saroni0 | Debrakins: per ib 1838 oo er as in box wtees : = Above prices for No. 1 skins seeee 0 oi SAUERKRAUT. gi WOOL, Silver Thread, 15 — 2 00 | Washed... ............... 25@30 38 oo 2 abd UNWERBOG. oc. ce 12@22 SYRUPS. MISCELLANEOUS. Corn, Darrols,.. 2... .... @Q2i | WOUIOW Coss ccc ceca @ 3% ‘© one-half barrels.... @29;} Grease butter......... 3 @5 Pure Sugar, ee. ene 28@36 | Switches .............. 1%@ 2 half barrel....30@38 | Ginseng.......... ....2 0O@2 7% Drugs & Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. ? Meetings during 1890—Grand Rapids, March 4 and 5; Star Island, July land 2; Marquette, Aug. 13 and 14; Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detreit. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; Ez. tT. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, East Saginaw; Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detroit. Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Anecdotes of the First Vanderbilt. A correspondent furnishes the follow- ing characteristic anecdotes of the founder of the family of millionaires: It is a well-known fact that for years Commodore Vanderbilt sailed a schooner and in it took daily a cargo of green gro- ceries to the New York market. The shrewd way in which he became skipper of his first craft is thoroughly character- istic. - It seem that at the age of sixteen he had developed astrong affection for rowing, sailing and other water sports. An old Staten Island fisherman had a sail-boat which he offered to sell for $100, and he thought that if he could only be- come the owner of this particular beat he would, indeed, be happy. He hadn’t the money, however, and, as a last re- source, applied to his mother. ‘Neilly,’’? she said, ‘‘you see that eight- acre lot out there.’’ pointing to an un- promising-looking stony field. ‘“Neilly’’ said he did. “Well, if you will plow, harrow and seed that lot, you shall have the $100.’’ ‘“Neilly’? induced several boys of the neighborhood, by promises of jolly ex- cursions, to turn in and help him. Ina week they had the job done, and the $100 was paid over. ‘‘Neilly’? then beat the owner of the boat down to $95, and pur- chased the craft at that price. The Commodore to the end of his days never ceased to regret that on his first sail he broke a hole in the boat’s bottom that it cost $5 to repair. At one time, while living on Staten Island, the Commodore had an exasper- atingly balky horse. He never could be sure that the brute wouldn’t stop in the middle of the road, and he often walked in preference to taking chances with the animal. One day he started out and had driven only about half a mile when the beast came to a dead halt. An energetic belaboring, backing and sawing had no effect and the Commodore turned around and went home. He gota bag of lump sugar and again started out, leading the horse and feeding him a lump at every few steps. This he continued until the place where the horse balked was passed, after which he got in and had no diffi- culty in driving to his journey’s end. In telling the story afterward, he said: roe have tried the same course of procedure with women, and it has always proved effective.”’ t+ & & A lady once remarked to the Commo- dore, ‘“‘I dare say, many. wealthy New Yorkers would be happier if they had pockets in their shrouds, in which they could carry to the next world the wealth they accumulate in this.’’ . “Ah, no,’? replied Mr. Vanderbilt. “Tf shrouds had pockets, the strife and turmoil on Wall street would be increased fourfold.”’ ———————2~> - a In contrast with the earlier appear- ances, the latest news from Brazil seems to give indication of an unsettled condi- tion of affairs. Late advices from Rio are to the effect that there is, in and about that city, a considerable undercur- rent of discontent with the change of government that has taken place, and some observers who have lately left the ground express the opinion that there is trouble ahead of the republic. That there is some basis for these views ap- pears clear from the fact that the goy- ernment has within a day or two- issued a decree providing for the trial by mili- tary tribunal of all persons found en- deavoring to corrupt the allegiance of the soldiers or contriving or proposing any measure for active opposition to the republic, and that an opposition journal was suspended on Tuesday last. Official cables from Rio to the Brazilian legation are, as might be expected, to the effect that rumors of trouble are exaggerated or unfounded. The constituent assembly will not meet until November 15, 1890, the anniversary of the revolution. >_< The task undertaken by the Census Bureau is even new an immense one, but there is in many quarters a disposition to increase it. Propositions to extend the limits of the investigation are coming from different organizations throughout the country, and some of them will be heard from in Congress. In addition to the impolicy of loading the bureau with a vast mass of work which itis unreason- able to expect can be done well, there is the objection that the investigations asked for will call for a vastly increased appropriation. This objection may not be regarded as of very great importance by Congressmen who are anxious to re- duce the surplus by any means, but it is one of which account will be. taken by the country. The census in its present shape is sufficiently extensive as well as expensive. The Census Bureau will have enough to do to carry out well the plans already undertaken without ex- tending the limits of the investigation any further. ——- o > - The Drug Market. There are no changes to note in the drug market this week, on account of the annual inventories now being taken by the jobbing trade of the country. oO Vassar—Geo. Burgess has sold his liv- ery business to E. A. Bullard. POSSIBILITIES OF MIND. The rapid development in all branches of industry and learning, during the past century, has been accompanied by a no-, tion of corresponding growth that the human mind is destined eventually to overcome all difficulties and to make the. existence of all truths its own knowledge. This impression has affected even the, very learned in a greater or less degree, | and among those who cannot appreciate | the magnitude of the task it has become | a positive conviction. The manner in | which this idea has been acquired and in | what way it overestimates the true prov-! ince of the mind, is a subject worthy of | consideration. Whatever exists may, as regards its relation to the human mind, be divided into the known and unknown, of which the latter may be subdivided into the knowable and the unknowable. ; As these words are ordinarily used, the knowable may become the unknowable by mere lapse of time, or distance in space, é. g., it is now impossible to state with certainty whether the tradition of the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus is true in its amusing details, or whether, at our remove, anything like an accurate judgment of the present condi- tion of European affairs can by any pos- sibility be formed. On the other hand, the unknowable may become the know- able, and known by the arrival of time now future, or by bodily translation to the scene of action. As philosophically employed, the mean- ing of these words is quite different. By knowable is meant that which is, was, or ever will be within the power of the human mind to discover, and by the un- knowable the simple negative of this, though this term is sometimes restricted to infinity, which it, in this. sense also, distinctly comprehends. Infinity is, properly, of space, time and number. To these, if the scientific theory of imponderable ether pervading all space be accepted as true, I see no reason why we should not admit to this trio a fourth, namely, matter. But as the first three only are universally recognized as such, it will be just as well to confine my re- marks to them. Of these, the first two, space and time, are in some sense dependent upon num- ber for our apprehension of their .im- mensity. To any distance we may have in mind we add itself as many times as we choose, or we may multiply again and again until we have a trillion times the unit, with which, as another unit, we may proceed multiplying forever without having so much as moved toward the end. So with time, we arrive at the same awful conception of infinity, only taking a dif- ferent unit, as the nature of the subject requires. This inability of the human mind to apprehend the infinitudes stamps it as finite. If finite, it does not necessarily follow that whatever falls short of infinity must lie within the domain of the mind. On the contrary, we can, for example, form no accurate conception of even very small distances. The greatest we can have any exact notion of, and apply men- tally as a unit of length, varies, possibly, in different people, just as our estimates of the apparent size of the moon do. It is true we can speak and think of distances incomparably larger than these. We may speak of billions of miles between star and star, but we have not, and can- not have, a definite conception or image of such. Let us suppose that the greatest distance which we can represent to the mind is twenty miles, i. e., the diameter of our field of view. If now we attempt to enlarge this by the addition of its own length, we shall find our imaginations strive in vain to conceive the sum, and the merging of the two into the first formed image follows. Were this not true, the sun, moon and stars ought to appear to us in their true magnitudes, just as terrestrial objects, with whose actual dimensions we are familiar, ap- pear of the natural size, no matter how far they may be removed. A moment’s consideration of the law of the relation of the distance of objects to their visual angle will, I am sure, make this quite clear. : The limits of human knowledge, as far as we can judge, are characterized by a singular indefiniteness, and indefinite- ness has always seemed to me to bear quite a close resemblance to infinity, in one respect at least. Neither has distinct bounds. the latter having none whatever, the former none plainly discernable. Let me illustrate my meaning by two instances, and, first, of space. A view of the sky on a hazy morning will reveal to the eye no heavenly body, yet we have the same impression of look- ing into infinity, of the immensity of the infinite, as when our telescope reveals a tiny point of light, at whose vast dis- tance our solar system must seem a mere molecule of the Milky Way. Next, of time. Stand where we may between the cradle and the grave, we seem to ourselves at an infinite remove from each of them. The most careful retrospect fails to disclose our beginning, no intuition warns us of our dissolution. Our knowledge of the transitoriness of life is derived from without, not from within. If it were possible, at his very birth, to isolate a man from all other life, animal and vegetable, so that he might not see their beginning, growth and decay, he would grow gray in fancied immortality, and death would overtake him in profound surprise. To conceive his own beginning would be as impos- sible to him as the conception of that of the universe, and how naturally would he assume himself co-eternal with it. If, now, we should seek to penetrate the haze with the naKed eye, or witha telescope, we could not see beyond a very limited distance, but as the mist fades the vision is enlarged. Yet, with the clearest atmosphere and the best instru- ments human ingenuity has so far been able to construct, there is still the undis- covered world beyond, and each succes- sive improvement in the instrument simply paints the word ‘‘Unknown’’ up- on a more distant curtain. So with life. Whether we consider the | individual or the race, there is first the authentic, then the legendary, and back of that—a blank. Decipherers of strange ; languages are indeed throwing more and | more light upon these ancient mysteries, but there remains ever adark region into which no human’eye shall ever success- fully peer. This truth is applicable to all branches of human knowledge and speculation alike. Medicine, geology, | mathematics, mechanics, all these are capable of indefinite improvement; and, though that curtain “‘Unknown’’ is slowly and surely being thrust backward to dis- close what is immediately behind it, its darkening folds conceal the secrets of mysterious worlds behind. How far this may proceed is, of course, impossible even to conjecture. all truths to be thus clouded in mystery until disclosed. It is the nature of , | Domestication of the Buffalo. Regarding, then, the buffalo as an an- ‘imal well worthy conserving, what are | his good and bad points? First of all, he is hardy, not liable to disease, and on the plains of the American and Canadian Northwest he can forage in deep snow and live in the open air all winter long. His meat brings nearly as good a price ‘as beef. His robe is worth $25 to $40; | and his head, taxidermized, thanks to the From a consideration ef the infinitely decorative tastes of sportsmen, fetches large, it is a natural step to that of the ‘as much as a robe, or even more. So infinitely small. In this, too, mankind | much for the credit side of account, now have borrowed from their intelligence to for the debit. The buffalo is a strong aid their senses. Microscopes, exceeding | brute, and of a temper at times so fierc® all previous ones in power, have been 'that his domestication is a task not sel- successively constructed, each in turn 'dom accompanied by decided hazard. revealing wonders not even suggested by | Ordinary fences are as gossamer to a its predecessors. Here, too, we find a buffalo bull, especially during the irri- limit to conception—a conception that table years when he is past his prime falls short of our knowledge. There are | and finds himself less attractive than of organisms so exceedingly small that the yore. Still the example of well-behaved mind cannot perceive them save as they | domestic cattle, with which buffaloes appear to the aided eye. Under the readily amalgamate, is very effective. It microscope, the creature’s parts may be | is not, however, in mere domestication, clearly distinguishable, when to the but in cross-breeding that the buffalo’s naked eye ten thousand such would not| value consists. In pairing a buffalo bull and domestic cow, the young are brought be discernible. Yet the microscope, too, | 0 like its elder brother, discovers, with its | forth without any unusual percentage of keen eye, the word ‘‘Unknown,”’ only in i lo 4 [ letters smaller and smaller, but always | bines good points of sire and dam. It plain, always italicized. ‘has nearly all its sire’s hardness and strength, and so much of its dam’s tract- ability as to be suited for draft purposer. When killed, the net weight of its car- cass exceeds that of a buffalo’s, while the meat is better. Such a carcass has been known to weigh as much as 1,100 pounds net. Its robe is much more valuable than the bugalo’s, for its fur, instead of being chiefly bunched at the mane, is evenly distributed over the hide, and is much finer in quality—its present value being from $60 to $75. A buffalo crossed with a half-breed cow produces an an- imal quite as hardy as its sire, but not quite so large. Experiments of much interest are in progress with various strains of domestic cattle, the outcome promising to be, perhaps, only less im- portant than the original domestication, and subsequent molding, of horses and cattle from their primitive wild forms. ———» -<—.—____———- How Sauerkraut is Adulterated. From the Portland Press. Mr. Henry Dennis has an order for 1,000 cases of sour corn to go to New York for sauerkraut. SPROUL Plumbing, SUSPENDED! Steam and Hot Water Heating, Brooks’ Hand Force Pump, In- stantaneous Water Heater, Hot Air Furnaces, Mantels, Grates and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Ete. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Plumbers’ Supplies. 184 Rast Fulton St, Head of Monroe, Telephone No. 147. 21 Scribner Street, Telephone No. 1109. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. THe MOST RELIABLE FOOD Used everywhere, with unqualified success. Not a medicine, but asteam- loss being sustained. The offspring com- || cooked food, suited to the weakest} stomach. Take no other. Sold by druggists. In cans, 35c. and upward OOLRICH & Co. on every label. i 7% For Infants and Invalids. From what has thus far been said, it| = will be observed that there exists an inti- : iz mate relation between perception and Wholesale Price Current. conception, viz., that, as regards the ma- terial world, we have no conception of anything not the object of the senses. It ACIDUM. c Aztipyrin 66560000203. 1 35@1 40 is true, we may conceive of things never | aceticum ...... ..---- 10 Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 68 seen, even of things that never existed, | Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 : Arsenicum ............ 5@ 7 : 2 x Hormele 6 ,. 30 Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 but for their physical attributes, what-| Go tpolicum ........--- 40@ 45 | Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 33@ 3 | Bismuth 8. N......... 2 10@2 20 ever they may be, we must refer to our | Citricum ..........---- 50@ 55 | Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 Calcium Chlor, is, (%s perceptions for help and material. Hydrochlor .........-- 3@ 5 | Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10) 11; 34s, 12)...... A os Witrocum 10@ 12 Potaus Mitras. 025: .4.- 7@ 9}| Cantharides Russian To our senses we certainly owe all our Oxalicum ee 13@ 14 Preaseisee =o... 2.552. 5-- 2B@ 28 po ee ee ee @1 75 = for our a ropa = Phosphorium Gi cael = Sulphate pO... 6. 15@ 18 Capsici Fructus, =. : $ = discoveries in the world of matter. s | Salicylicum .........-- ee iu e aay 5 has been seen, these data are, and must oni arm a a ro < Aconitum 3.0020 .3.2 20@ 25; Caryophyllus, (po. 28) og 25 continue to be, limited in number, what-| Tartaricum..........-- 40@ 43 | Althae................- 25@ 30| Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 ever aid our senses may receive from the pee i aie ouiek ari oe ne = ee eae S.&F..... 50@ 55 inventions of our intelligence. Sight), ga ap 5 | Celmmm SM SO] Comoe "6 0 alone has received any substantial aid. |~ Cie aoe 6 | Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12) Cassia Fructus........ J 18 deg.. ae Glychrrhi is 16@ 181C 4 @ 15 There are substances tasteless and odor-} Carbonas ..-----+++--- 11@ 13 ats ee )-. 16@ —— ae @ 10 lc in as ek sk not so io | Coan... etaceum ............. @ 35 ess to us which are certainly not so to = DO) 26 oe. @ 45| Chloroform ........ ... 45@ 47 the higher grades of the lower animals. ANILINE. se — Ala, po.... on = we a « — i @e 6o . ae es ee a nula, PO.....-.....00- ora Creat: : Our hearing must likewise —— wig Ipecac, po............. 2 00@2 20 Chondrus., Sees oe 20. Ke tive. Even feeling, upon whic we de- Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 18@ | Cinchonidine,P. & W 15@ 2 pend so confidently, failed to apprise us Jalapa, Pr.....--.-.--- 2@ 30 oe German 4@ 10 of the earth’s movements, and left it to Podemeiioan a ie = pir list, dis. per the mind’s intelligence to discover the) nese (po. 1 60...---- 1 85@2 00 | Rhei.........066. +++ T@100 Creasotum ............ . = mechanism of the universe. Ss 8@ 10] “ CUt....---.--eee nt > Creta, (bbl. 75) @ 2 z : oe cee o a By sense-perception we take cogni- Xanthoxylum ....----- >@ Spigelia Se 48@ 53\" “ so gg 33 2 zanee of the external world; by con- BALSAMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 25 @ 2 © Bobra.. @ 8 sciousness we are made acquainted with — ane gr con — é Comes Pa - = the internal, i. ¢., with the soul. The/ perabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50 | Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| CupriSulph..... 22...) a 9 soul can know itself only to a limited | Tolutan .....---------- 45@ 50 ‘ oa ; a M ; = = ee eee 10@ 12 a : iB “ Cillae, (po. 35)......-. - ee app os te). degree; it cannot know its essence, for CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Fosti- Sct at aoa = : to do so it must exceed itself. Yet, | anies, Canadian........---- a hee a @ 6 though it is true that the soul cannot | Cassiae ......------- .-- 11] Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) @ 25| Ergota, (po.) AB 0@ 45 embrace itself with the arms of its spirit- Cinchona Flava ....--- Se German... 15@ 20| Flake White.......... 12@ 15 hs : s Euonymus atropurp.. oo | Zinipiber A... 5... 10@ 15] Gala @ 2 ual conception, it may make its opera-| wyrica Cerifera, po... 20 | Zingiber j.......... 22@ 25| Gambier............... 8@ 9 tions a subject for entertaining and use-| Prunus yee oe = a tear gee fee @ # i uillaia, grd......---++--++--+ ° = TORCH... 2. gor eine Sie best intellectual eeeaicas Cocca eer ee R Anisum, (po. 20).. -. @ 15| Glassware flint, 75 & Piped . Bes = ae ~ a cd a Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 Apium (graveleons) .. 10@ - rent by box less philosopher. e may be guided an ae ee ae = lu —— ey 9@ 15 assisted by the reflections of Herbert eavesraises Clabes si tb Geateenen.. aS eel ee oO 13@ 2% Spencer, Sir William Hamilton and others | %7°%C abre--- 33@ 35| Corlandrum.....-..... a acum remad oe = of the same note, but to the court of his | Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 11@ 12] Cannabis Sativa....... SQ. 4] Humilue. 3. il 25@ 40 own consciousness must the final appeal . = eeteeeees pes - : eas seseeees “ot S Hydraag Chlor Mite... @ of truth or —— a — He at ‘ eae 16@ 17 Dipterix Odoraie ie 1 ra 85 a BER, SSS = = convictions are best known to Hhimselt, FERRUM. deniculum........... : Ammoniati.. @1 10 and for him they are incontrovertible] carbonate Procip...- @, 18|Lint wees ess: 4. 44) Hydrargyrum nn. 9. 8 authority. Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 lini, grd, (bbl.4 )... 44@ 4% Ichthyobolla, Am.....1 25@1 50 The wondrous extent of knowledge | Citrate od g Sp | Lobelia......--- aus 3 401 ndiee | 75@1 00 dict tho ate oF cat sober: hese opeaca ee eg een ee ee to the mind has been dwelt upon. Con-| Sulphate, com'l.......1%@ 2] Sinapis, Albu.l....... 8@ 9] Lupulin..-... 2. ooo. eos 00 sciousness throws before us as wide and - pure...------ @ 7 < ee 11@ 12| Lycopodium .......... 55@ 60 delightful a field. Unfortunately for FLORA. SPIRITUS. dacis eect eee sen 80@ 85 most of us, the rush of time and the| Arnica... .....-- 14@ 16) Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 = ean ee @ 2% pressure of more important matters has i settee ve mo = . D. F. R.....1 7%5@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 robbed us not only of the opportunity, | M@car ee ‘iseness 2 — 50| Magnesia, Sulph (bbl but of the capacity for self-study. Hur-| , rate -< i a 1 75@3 50| Mannia, S. F i aa 2 ried by material necessities, we gradually | Garcia Acutifol, Tin- Saacharum N. E 1 75@2 00| Morphia, S. P. & W...2 65@2 90 oa : : ? Spt. Vini Galli.. 1 75@6 50 S SN. YY. 6. become neglectful of the luxury of] nivelly...... --.. i B® = Vini Oporto 125@2 00! ©€.Co 2 65@2 90 ‘cc ‘sc ie) See: Be ee ve eo WI pee ewe me mw eer eees “A thought for thought’s sake. We affect to fe ee ae 35@ viet a 1 25@2 00| Moschus Canton... 40 despise those who delight in metaphysi-| “anda yg......... —. 10@ 12 pica Myristica, No.1....... 70 cal speculations and frequently denounce | Ura Ursi......-------+- 8@ 10 : oS = ae onien, (po 20).. @ 10 them as mere dreamers. How strange G@UMMI. gps _. 25@2 50 Pepeilt Sane, &P- D. » that the mind should be adjudged inferior | Acacia, ist picked.... @1 00) Nassau sheeps’ wool Co to matter as a subject of human thought! cr oe a page Sn 2 00| Picis Liq, N. C., % gal : : ‘“ di “ ae @ 80 Velvet extra sheeps’ doz settee e ee eee 00 By consciousness and sense-perception “ gifted sorts... ; 2, 65 wool carriage....... 1 10| Picis Lig., ag Ce @1 00 only are we brought into direct communi- PO... -- woo Extra yellow sheeps’ : pints ....... @ 70 cation respectively with the psychical Aloe, Hae’, (po. S) — bd ich Geen epee 85) bir Bee? lS and physical worlds. Upon such facts} « Surette 80). @ 50 eo — 65 Piper Aiba, (oe. g 33 o ? : = BIRR ooo Seccwces anne 2 = 7 Paces as these furnish, reason operates by —. 1s, (48, 14 48 a4 Hard for slate use.... % a _——: Ss wZ v analysis, abstraction, generalization and ioe 25@ 30 — —— 1 49| Pulvis Ipecac et opii.-1 1001 20 induction. It is the complement of both | Assafcetida, (po. 30)... _@ 15 Pyrethrum, boxes H the other faculties, and these three, zeal- a nag CE A = . 3 SYRUPS. es pdt a oe — = ow ae : - aiq_| Camphor®......-.-+-+- CCRC 1 » PV........ ously laboring in harmony, mutually aid Euphorbium po .....- oo Wi 7ingiper .......5....-.....- 50 | Quassiae .............. 8@ 10 ing and supplementing each other, have | Galbanum. .......---- @ Si tecac 60| Quinia, S.P.&W..... 2@Q 47 given us all we know. Of these, the | Gamboge, en seeee = - Memitod 2022.03) 50] pubia ao 45 greatest is reason. It has taught us SS @ ® oe See eaten ae = Saectenaa Laan _— = things we cannot see, that we cannot even Meshes @1 00| Similax Officinalis.......... 60] Salacin................ 2 2@2 35 conceive. With no other compass to} Myrrh, (po 45)....---. : @ = 5 fe eer ck 50 a eons wees 40@ 50 guide it than that all truth is consistent | OPH, (Pe. 5 10)-------: eel Po ea ae ot with itself, it finds the secret cables that “ pleached...... 23@ 30 ee ee ee we 10 bind truth to truth, and formulates them | Tragacanth ........--- 30@ 75) Tolutan ........-....-.------ 50 aanee ae - @ i into systems distinguished by clearness} HERBa—In ouncepackages. | Prunus virg......-..-------- 50) Sinapis..... = g is and comprehensiveness. But here again ——— ee eee = TINCTURES. Cope @ 30 } TIUEE, . ec cceos es a ee ee en ae | a eT 2d, is s SIOTMID 25... e ee ee ee Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes of outline and extent. Reason, too, is | Mentha geese = oe : — Borsa, (po. 12). ug iz finite. ae er eee eae oda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 : : i ee Bae es 90 | APIMCR 2 cs owen ease as 50 Such is the mind’s_ characteristic, | Tanacetum, V 22 | Asafoctida..............-.--- 50 ee ee os 24 always growing, yet ever limited within | Thymus, V.......----------- 25 a cia cela = Sada, Ashe 3@ 4 a field whose bounds none can determine, MAGNESIA. ee 59 | [Oda Sulphas......... @ 2 none can ever know. To the human | Caloined, Pat.......... 55@ 60|Sanguinaria................. 50 —. ne Tomes 50@_ 55 ind collectively such ds awn: | Carbonate, Pat.......- Mig. 2 | Barosma 6. oe 6 cece, Pol ID at echo @2 0 mind collectively such bounds are drawn; | Garhonate, K. & M M@ | c Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50 eee oe Sade , K. sete BitnerIGes (00 | « Ving R to the individual the lines are drawn | Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36] Capsicum ..........---.----. S| sa ni Rect. bbl. BE much closer. It may be that the capacity Gardamon Vo SF oe a See J H OLEUM. ce ess 5c gal., cash ten days. of the individual will at last determine | a psinthi 5 00@5 50 CO... 6. eee sere eee 75| § ae ystal..... ae 10 : sinthium. .......-- CaStOP ..-. 30.0 - nse ss wees 1 00! Sulphur, Sub the extent of our knowledge in each) Amygdalae,Dulc... .. 45@_ %5|Catechu.........c.cc. 0000+ oe ee 24@ 3% direction, since the acquisition of the | Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Cinehona ...........-.00-++- i Gem 4 fundamental knowledge necessary may et “ae Columba agian seen ee - Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 exhaust a lifetime ere the point be reached | Bergamii ...........-- waa ae 50G_ 55 where original investigation and further | Cajiputi .--.....-..---- Sit 66 | Gahoha.... 8.85 Meena 9 00@16 00 "€ O } 2 : : Zanet Sulph: 22. :.- %@ 8 h a Caryophylli ........... 1 35@1 40 | Digitalis .... 50 acquisition might be possible. ae 35@ 65 | Ergot 56 ous. The mind’s kingdom is strictly confined | Chenopodii ..... . @1 % | Gentian .. 50 ee Bbl. Gal to this life. We know, and can know ace a -1 35@1 “0 + oo 60 harry ange treo eee = s nothing of the Undiscovered Country. i ax Spe Gilad, Noi... 5 Whatever worlds and knowledge may =< _— tees nse 7 oun . a Dee oe 50 ee oa = . as u ee. ...: F OSC YANNIS .55......-..7. 2. 50 2 Orie be in store for us when our psychical | pyechthitos. .--. 90@1 00 Sane Cee ee ee 75| Neat’s Foot, winter nature shall have cast off the clogging | Erigeron ...........-.- 120@1 30} “ Colorless............. 75| , Strained ............ 69 chysalis of our earthly being and those ee ee ee — = = Chloridum............ 35 ee 4 = : eye * eranium, ounce..... 7 MG oe ee . . . baser conditions that now chain us, we | Gennit'Som gel... 500, 1 | hobelig. sls 50 sted Venetian nn..---14 208 must be content to live in ignorance of | Hedeoma ............. 2 10@e 20] Myrrh i 50 Ochre,\yellow Mars....1% 2@4 until death shall draw the somber curtain | Juniperi......-...----- 50@2 00 | Nux Vomica................ 50 Ber...... 1% 2@3 aside Gro. H. LEPPER ——— See ee nae ‘enue Cp ee 85 — 2403 ; ig : imonis .:-...--...--.- Gamphorated....... ee BO a See ure ..... —__—~._2<.____ Mentha Piper.......... 2 10@2 2%} eames ea. 2 00| Vermilion rime Amer- The Beet Will Beat a ps ? SOS o ——_ eres: = Vermilion, Rugiish e Ors : i: SA ie cle MSHI oot oe ee oe ee From the Omaha Republican. a Rh 50 Hhatany Soe ee Ne ae oO a oe seeee ouare Newspapers which are sneering at the A aca bape ch ipleioi aun niece 00@2 ee REE So ee eee oe 50 sr a Ti Sey pee 2 : Picis Liquida, (gal..35) 1 12 i 3 WEG. ooo, 64%@T Republican’s efforts in aid of the beet | Ricini = ee ‘ . coos ‘ mo 36 eG ce _ Whiting, white Span... eat sugar industry will see the day when the | Rosmarini......... 75@1 00 | Serpentaria .............-.-- 50 al ; —, i @0 manufacture of sugar from beets will be | ROS ounce---------: wn cial = Whiting, Paris ‘Ens. looked upon as one of Nebraska’s lead-! Sabina .122221222/2221!_ 90@1 00] Valerian... - oo 6-0. “S07. go] _ CHF ........--.- 0... 1 49 ing industries. MM 28. ok, 3 ast 00 | Veratrum Veride............ 50 ee teed 20@1 4 r A ee MISCELLANEOUS. POUR oc. ee 1 00@1 20 ’ VARNISHES. The Sos oe de Grand ee wear ang a et a = amr ae — . : Alumen aaa ian 2%4@ 3%| Extra Turp...... ec liad : 7 a S '. “* Se sociation will be POTASSIUM. Wie a seas 3@ 4| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 held at the residence of the President, ee Leste ss gone _— a .. pe accus forsee = = ts seme ret 55@1 60 : : cee PIG HPORIROS 205 cy... ntimoni, po.......... apan er, No. Frank D. Kipp, on Thursday evening. Bronude. .. 2.52... HO f et Potass T. 55@ 60 or seas alae ase 70@ 75 POLISHINA (TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) The Best Furniture Finish in the Market. uvy} 19qjO Auisseiq eoug wig Bujes Aq wi ud’ esodmy 0} 10[vep OY} FupAolye 10g Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold in any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury by Freezing. All others worthless after frees ing. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKING CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Hil. LIQUOR & POISON RECORD COMBINED, Acknowledged to be the Best on the Market. 100 Louis St., Special Polishina Polishina Polishina Polishina ware Stores. Organs and Hard Woods. Twenty-five Cents. furniture look fresh and new. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. FOR SALE WHOLESALE HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG 6O,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. K. A. SYOWE & BRO, craw Raribs CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address ly adapted for Pianos, p li hi will remove grease and dirt, and OLiShiNa win adda lustre which for beauty | PPO K BROG,, Wholesale Drageists, and durability cannot be excelled. ey GRAND RAPIDS. is clean and easy to use, as full directions accompany each bottle is put up in LARGE BOTTLES. and is sold at the moderate price of LECTROTYPERS mb kg a Ano wana tate tants RO Lt ea ae ‘ WOODS. METAL FURNITURE cert coer La OSE x he Ca ae is the Best Furniture Finish in the market. Try it,and make your old is for sale by all Druggists, Furni ture Dealers, Grocery and Hard HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of -pRUGS—— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, Dealers in Patent Medisines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Sole Agents for the Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. ey We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. We have in stcck and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Rums. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Ca., Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same ceive them. Haxeltine & Perkins Drug Go. day We ree Send in a trial order. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. » Om DD Bi st Novelties in PertUmery, Comprising many New Shapes in Bottles, Brass Stands, China Stands, Glass Stands, Wicker Stands, from Jennings & Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. ALL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. “be Michigan Tradesman MC. tT. A. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Pion- eer Organization. From the Detroit Free Press, Dec. 28. Cleland Hall is a quiet apartment, principally devoted to the mysterious ceremonies of the various secret societies which assemble there at intervals. Itis quite probable the sober precincts re- eeived a shock of surprise yesterday morning. The janitor had barely opened the doors, through the peep-holes of which cabalistic passwords are wont to be whispered, when a cyclone of anima- tion and enthusiasm rushed in and took possession. Cigars were smoked and jokes cracked in the ante-rooms, where the trembling candidates for initiation are imprisoned previous to the solemn rites, and, in fact, the 200 keen, wide- awake men who entered the hall yester- day morning appeared oblivious to all else except that they, representing the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Asso- ciation, were in annual meeting and were there for business. And it was refresh- ing to observe the business-like way in which they transacted their business. There was no waste of time or energy. President J. T. Lowry called the meet- ing to order, and read a brief annual address, in which he congratulated the ’ Association on its advancement in the past and bright future. The report of the Secrétary and Treas- urer showed that the Association has been in existence fifteen years, having been organized January 17, 1874. Dur- that time there has been paid to bene- ficiaries of deceased members the sum of $110,525. - During the past year five death losses were paid, two being taken from the reserve fund. There is now on deposit to the credit of the Association: eserve find... 05... . .$24,823 82 General fund. : 1,006 00 Advance dez ath” assessment. 2.500 00 Total. ee - $28,329 82 The present membership is 528, and the average cost per $1,000 for insurance a year to the members is less than one percent. Financially, and as to mem- bership, the Association is in a flourish- ing condition. The business of the morning consisted of the adoption of a number of amend-/|* ments to the constitution. One of these provides that the Secretary-Treasurer be elected by the Board of Trustees, who shall devote his entire time to the affairs of the Association and efforts to increase the membership. T. J. Haywood, of Ypsilanti, moved that the country be given three members on the Board, which was voted down. A recess was then taken until 2 p. m., and a Mr. Young of Columbus, addressed he delegates on a plan of accident insur- ance, which he advocated. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—E. H. McCurdy, Detroit. First Vice-President—E. R. Strong, De- troit. Second Vice-President—George Sey- mour, Grand Rapids. Third Vice-President —Charles A. - Muma, Ann Arbor. Fourth Vice President—Frank E. Jones, Flint. Fifth Vice-President — Myron E. Wright, Port Huron. Board of Trustees—Two years, J. T. Lowry, Thomas Macleod, J. C. Pontius; on reserve fund, D. D. Cady, John Me- Lean. A collection was taken up for the pur- pose of purchasing a banner to be ear | ried by the Association when it parades. The entire delegation rose, grasped hands, sung Auld Lang Syne, and then adjourned for a year, when they will again meet in Detroit. —— 2 <—_— A Trick in Selling Tea. “J don’t mind telling you how I do my business, as I sell only to grocery houses or people who sell tea,’’ says a man in Stoves and Hardware. “You! know there’s tricks in ali trades, and that little teakettle and my other things here are what help me work one of the finest tricks in the tea business. Whenl strike a place I want to sell to, I fix up my little lamp, put on my teakettle and clean my cups as clean as they can be. Then I ask the groceryman to bring mea ‘sample of the best tea he has in the house, and I ask him what he pays for it. If he says sixty cents, ltake from my case a sample of tea I can sell ata big profit at sixty cents. I weigh just ex- actly, on my little scales, the same amount of his tea and of mine, and I put his in one cup and mine in the other. By that time my little kettle has boiled; and I pour in just the same amount of water in each cup, and in a little while I have made a small cup of tea from each sample. ‘When that grocery-keeper comes to taste the tea from each cup, and gets the aroma up his nostrils, he is dead sure to say mine is the best tea, if he knows anything about tea at all, and ten to one I make a good sale to him before I leave. Now, there wouldn’t be much of a trick in that if my tea was always the best, but that don’t ‘make any difference; the ’ trick is to make mine the best, whether it is or not. If you know anything about making tea, you know it mustn’t be boiled, but it must be made with boiling hot water. When my kettle is boiling I first fill up the cup with my tea in it, then, as if I had just thought of some- thing, I set the kettle down on the counter, and get that buyer interested in showing him something, for a courle of minutes or so, and talking to him about it. Then I fill up the other -cup, but by that time, my kettle is so thin and small, the water ain’t near as hot as it was at first. So his tea, not being made with boiling hot water, don’t amount to much, and he can’t help but say my tea is the best of the two. After that it ain’t much trouble to make a sale if the man wants tea. So you see that little tea- kettle is a pretty valuable thing to me, if it is small.’’ —__»>?-*>__—- Number, Not Size, He Wanted. Mr. Quiverful—I want some children’s boots. Shopkeeper— Yes, sir. ‘“Twenty-six.”’ ‘‘Twenty-six !’ We haven’t got ’em! ‘Well, I can’t do with less—lI’ve got thirteen children !’ What number? ONCE MORE! And on a Grander Scale than Ever. Our great and genuine sale of (ne-Quarter ||-4 Commences on THURSDAY MORNING, DEG. 26, And will continue until the entire balance of our fall and winter stock is disposed of. = This will bea grand opportunity to all of our customers, as . nothing will be held back. Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Comfortables, Silks, Satins, Dress Goods of all kinds, Cloths, Cassimeres, Dress Flannels, Skirts, Shirting Flannels, Table Linens, Napkins, Damasks, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Embroideries, Ribbons, Woolen Hoods, Fascinators, Leggins and Fancy Goods of every description, all go at the uniform discount of One-Quarter Our low prices are all marked in plain figures, (24) off. usual from which we deduct ¥% off. We positively intend to make this the grandest sale we ever had, as the Proprietor leaves for Eufope on January 27, and is determined to clean up stock previous to his departure. EF. WW. WUBRZE re Canal St. and Crescent Ave. : “Cur header Goods. Having stood the test of time and the battle of competition and come off victorious, we have no hesitation in recommending to the trade our line of ‘This way, sir, please.’’ Our Leader Cigars, Our Leader Smoking, OUr header Fine Cut, Our Leader Baking Powder, Our Leader Saleratus, | QUr Leader Brooms, | ' 1} | | WHICH ARE NOW LHADE RS 1M 2a In hundreds of stores throughout the State. If you are not handling these goods, send in sample order for the full line and see how your trade in these goods will increase. I M. CLARK & SON. WHO URGES YOU TO HREEP SA POLIO‘? THE PUBLIC! By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas- ers to the store, and help sell less known goods. ANY JOBBER WILL BEGLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS. Putnam Candy ©o., creat PRB OYSTERS WM.SEARS & CO. Cracker Manvtactvrers, 87, 89 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. Packers of the well FADED/LIGHT TEXT HESTER & FOR, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY ZBL ATLAS tit INDIANAPOLIS, IND., we S.A; MANUFACTURERS O: Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock § for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery - Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Samp: Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. Write for Prices. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, Mich og FROM WATER FREE Fy, e DIRECTIONS We hav cooked the cornin this can sufficienth should be TAoroughly Warmed.‘ uot cooked adding piece ot 004 Buiter (size of hen’s egg) and gil. i fresh milk (preferable tO waver.) ' Season to suit when on the table. None Lr Se genuine unless bearing the signature o/ | c Davenport Cannirg Qo, .ADavenport, Ia. On oo EN aT ruis EN° Putnam Gandy Go, 13, 15 AND 17 SOUTH IONIA DETROIT SOAP CO., Manufacturers of the following well-known brands: MOTTLED GERMAN, SUPERIOR, HENIX, QUEEN ANNE, ROYAL BA CZAR. TRUE BLUE, MASC Ni j OTTE, CAMEO, AND OTHERS, For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current. quantities, address, > Sal f WwW. G. HAWKIN S, LOCK BOX 173. ree nAND aabrhe. “NEW MOLASSES! We have received large shipments of molasses, direct from the planters in Louisi- ana, which we are offering to the trade at our usual low prices. For quotations in larger Telicr Spice Company, IMPORTERS OF TEAS. t AND 3 COFFEES PEAKL AND STREET. Rindge, Bertsch & Co., MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. SPICES. We earry a full line in stock and guarantee terms and prices as good as any house selling the line. Correspondence solicited. 14 AND 16 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, 12, MICH K. 6. STUDLAY, Wholesale Dealer in Rubber Boots and Shoes Manufactured by GANDEE RUBBER CO. Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. A Commo TELEPHONE 464. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. all Paper and Window Shades House and Store Shades Made to Order. NELSON BROS. & CO. 68 MONROE STREET. No. 4 Monroe Street, S. K. BOLLES: E. B. DIKEMAR Ss. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. "TiJSa eS We will forfeit $1,000 if the “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of excellent quality, equal to more than the aver- age ten cent cigars on the market. Ionia Pants& Overall Co. E. D. Voorhees, Manager. MANUFACTURERS OF Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, kte. Warranted Not to Rip. Fit Guaranteed. Workmanship Perfect. Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these goods enables him to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade. Samples and prices YHE WALSH--DK ROO MILLING GO, HOLLAND, MICH. Daily |Capacity, 400 Bbls. BRANDS: SUNLIGHT, DAISY, PURITY, MORNING STAR, IDLEWILD, DAILY BREAD, ECONOMY. SPECIALTIES: Graham, Wheatena, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Bolted Meal, Rye Meal, Wheat Grits, Buckwheat Grits, Pear! Barley, Oat Meal, Rolled Oats. Correspondence The Belknap Wagon and Sleigh Co, Mich. Solicited. Grand Rapids, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS IN Road Logging setive SLAIGHS, Pleasure SEND FOR CATALOGUE. SHAFTING, HANGERS, AND PULLEYS A SPECIALTY. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT: jons jor eCurta 0. Send Specificat . Oo. Estimates Lefor Ls LANE & BODLEY ¢ 2 to JOHN ST., CINCIN®S * Ais HIMES, COAL JALWAYS ON TRACK READY FOR Shipper and Retail Dealer in Lehigh ValleySoal6o,'s Office, 54 Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich, COAL IN CAR LOTS SHIPMENT. WM. R. KEELER & CO., Wholesale Confectioners, 412 SOUTH DIVISION STREET. TELEPHONE 92-3R. THE ABOVE COMPANY’S We wish to announce to the.trade that we are prepared to meet all competition in our line, which comprises a full line of confectionery, fruit and nuts. We also carry. the Finest Line of Christmas Goods in the City. Do not forget that we are agents for Rueckheim Bros.’ Penny Goods, which are the best goods made, although sold at the same price as other makes. Mail orders sent on application. IONIA, MICH. promptly attended to. + a