The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 7. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1890. NO. 329. Chas. Pettersch, JOBBER OF Imported and Domestic Cheese Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 161--163 West Bridge St., Telephone 123 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Raton, hyon & 60, JOBBERS OF Albums, Dressing Cases, Books And a complete line of Fancy Holiday Goods. EATON, LYON & CO., 20 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. RDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, hi CANAL SY., Grand Rapids, - Mich. Wm. Brummeler JOBBER OF Tinware, Glassware and Notions. Rags, Rubbers and Metals bought at Market Prices. 76 SPRING ST., GRAND RAPIDS, WE CAN UNDERSELL ANY ONE ON TINWARE. Something New Bill Srort We guarantee this cigar the best $35 cigar on the market. Send us trial order, and if not ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY return them. Advertising mat- ter sent with each order. Charlevoix Cigar Mfg Co., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. Daniel G. Garnsey, EXPERT ACCOUNTANT AND Adjuster of Fire Losses. Twenty Years Experience. Heferences furnished if desired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Go, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods STAPLE and FANCY. Overalls, Pants, Etc.,, OUR OWN MAKE. A COMPLETE LINE OF Pansy Crockery and Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed. dX 7 o DROPS Cook & Bergthold, MANUFACTURERS OF - SHOW GASES Prices Lower than those of any competitor. Write for cata- logue and prices. 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. Magic Goffee Roaster. The Best in the World. Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 Roasters—capacity 35 lbs.—I will sell them at very low prices. Write for Special Discount. ROBT. S. WEST, 48-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. W arren’s “Kinin of Late” Cigar Will be ready Sept. 1. Price, $55 delivered. Send orders at once to GRO. Y. WARREN & C0., Flint, Wich. 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Fehsenfeld & Grammel, (Successors to Steele & Gardner.) Manufacturers of BROOMS! Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials. 10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids. THE MERCHANT IN MUD. He stood by his high-piled counters, And the chimes were striking the hour; “Do, sol—do, sol,”’ ten thirty a. m., Rang out from the Waterman tower. “The eighteenth of December— And we hain’t sold a single doll!” Next day: ‘Here it’s the nineteenth— An’ we sha’n’t sell nuthin’ at all. “Ah! well do I yet remember, In the youth that now is sped, That the weather was ‘bleak December’ As the poet and almanac said. But these ere sloppy winters, With fogs an’ rains an’ mud, With grass growin’ green as a frog pond, An’ the cherries beginnin’ to bud, “Ain't fit for white folks to live in. This month’s first twenty days Have shown us Sol’s face but two times, An’ the rest has been rain and haze. The granger that started early, To avoid the holiday rush, Could get but a mile an’ a quarter An’ then got stuck in the slush! ‘*An’ what do the ‘signs’ discover? The goose bone is bad as can be! The squirrels are living in clover! The mushrats roost in a tree! Oh! woe to the Christmas slipper! Ob! woe to the album’s plush! God send a siroceo to dry up, Or blizzard to freeze up this slush! “An’ where is the weather bureau? An’ why has it turned its back On holiday debt-pressed shopmen, An’ mixed up the zodiae?”’ So wailed the water-logged merchant, Then, with upraised, prayerful paws, Fell dead !—on a cushion of invoices-- From premature Santa Claus! ———_—. +4 <> ___—__ A CASE OF INTERMIGRATION. If you are not gone for good, Mr. Ridenhood, it would be something to know where you are hiding at present.—Our Mutual Friend. One summer day in 1880I boarded a ferry boat at Detroit, with the intention of crossing the river to Windsor. It was a holiday, and the boat was crowded. I was standing, or rather leaning against the rail with a number of strangers, when a sudden movement of the crowd caused me to lose my balance and fall headlong into the water. Consciousness did not desert me immediately, for I re- member clutching at another unfortu- nate, who had shared my fall, and sink- ing with him. There was the rush of recollection so often described by those who have escaped drowning, and then, so far as scenes of earth are concerned, all was blank. Still I seemed to retain my individual- ity. It seemed to me I had left the green earth, and was somewhere far out in space. The silence was absolute, and I could see nothing. Unable to hear or to see or to feel—in fact, to exercise any of the senses of the physical life—I still was conscious of some presence near me. The sensation, if such it may be called, was unlike any I had experienced in life. The nearest approach to it was the unde- fined, uneasy feeling which sometimes at night will tell you, without light or sound, that you are noi alone. I had noticed it more than once in the course of my life,and being something of a dabbler in psychological puzzles had formed various hypotheses to account for the fact. Was it some bodily sensa- tion that told of the presence in the room? Was it the heat of the body; or some slight sound not recognized as sound but appreciated only by the men- tal state which was its effect; or was the impression gained through some other sense in a manner so subtle that the agency of the sense was not detected ? Or, on the other hand, was the cause not physical but psychical—was it some mys- terious power in mind which recognized, without the aid of sense, the presence of another ? These questions I had often pondered, and had found quite as fascinating and as useful as the owl of the fable found the old question as to which was created first, the hen or the egg. But now they assumed a new meaning, and the solution seemed to be offered. Evidently I no longer possessed a body. Any doubts I ever had felt as to the independent existence of the soul were resolved. I had no sensa- tion, and when I put forth the effort of will which usually produced the open- ing of my eyes, no vision followed. Neither could I lift an arm, nor perform any of the thousand actions of our every- day life. Surely I had left my body— abandoned it to death and decay. Yet the thought did not seem painful. In- deed, I was conscious of a new and strange freedom of thought which more than compensated for the loss of body and sense. Hampered no longer by the slow, clumsy movements of the material brain, I seemed to think with a marvel- ous facility, and to solve in a flash prob- lems which had puzzled me hopelessly before. Yet with it all I had no power of sense—no sight, no hearing, no feel- ing. For some time this state continued, and I reveled in this freedom and supe- rior knowledge. But suddenly there came over me a sense of constraint. My new powers of thought became clogged, and with this unwelcome confinement came anew the power of sense. An ef- fort of the will enabled me to move my eyelids, and at the same instant I heard some one say, ‘‘He is alive.’’ Slowly life and strength returned to my body. When at length I was able to raise myself and look about, I found I was lying in a house by the river-side. A physician was standing near with a gratified expression on his face. When he saw me move, he said, ‘*Well, sir, you have had a narrow escape from drown- ing, but you are all right now.”’ Looking around, my eye was caught by another form lying near whieh was slowly regaining consciousness through the efforts of a second physician. There was something very familiar in the whole outline, and even in the clothing of the prostrate form, but I could not decide what it was. So I finally lay back exhausted with the effort, and went to sleep. Some hours later I awoke and found the physicians gone and the stranger sit- ting on the edge of his bunk, rubbing his eyes and collecting his energies for further movements. The figure seemed more familiar than ever, and when at length he rose and turned toward where I was lying, an object caught my eye; which caused me to spring up and say: “Hello! What are you doing with my watch ?”? Then I stopped in amazement, for my voice sounded strangely thin and shrill—so unlike my own deep tones that I could hardly believe it was my voice. But my wonder was increased tenfold when my own voice of old replied, ‘Your watch! What are you thinking of ?”? And then he stopped as much sur- prised as I had been. Drawing it from his pocket, I noticed that he tried first a pocket on the other side, as if he ex- pected to find it there—he stared at the watch with a look of utter amaze- ment. I put my hand to my pocket where I earried my watch, and found it gone. But just as Iwas about to demand it again as my property, I felt something on the other side, and hastily drawing it forth, found a watch totally different from my own. ‘What are you doing with my watch ?”’ he cried. ‘And my coat—my suit—yes, my face, too.’’ “What? This is strange. You are enough like me in appearance to be my twin brother. But you have my suit, and I yours. How does it come ?’’ “Those stupid fellows must have ex- changed our suits when they redressed us. Yet I cannot see why they have done it. My garments are still damp.”’ “So are mine. This is the height of absurdity. We certainly do bear a re- markable resemblance to each other, and that would explain the exchange of suits; yet why should they remove our clothing and then restore it before it is dry ?”’ ‘Tt isa strange performance, certainly. I must have taken a coldin the water, for my voice never sounded so heavy be- fore.”’ ‘Nor mine so shrill. If it were a pos- sible thing, I should say they have given you my voice as well as my clothing. Were you on the ferry-boat ?”’ “‘Yes, but I didn’t see you there.”’ “JT was on board, but didn’t see you. If I had met you I certainly should have taken the liberty to speak, for I never met one whose resemblance to my- self was so striking—even to the scar over the left ear,’’ I added, as he turned his head for an instant. “Sear? Ihave no sear,’’ and he raised his hand to the place indicated, only to meet the indisputable evidence of the sear’s presence. ‘Worse and worse! How can I have got that? It doesn’t seem to be fresh,’? looking for blood marks on his fingers. “No, to all appearance it has been there for years. It is exactly where I have carried a similar one from boy- hood,”? and I put up my hand to show the scar. ‘‘WHat! It seems to be gone. 1 ean’t be wholly awake yet. Can’t you see it ?”’ ‘No, there is no scar—only a little bald spot on the crown, exactly like my own, if you will notice.’’ ‘What do you mean? I amno more bald than you are—why, how is this?” for, on touching the place named, I found a spot unmistakably bare and smooth. At the same instant my companion ran his finger through the thick hair which covered his head without a break, and finding no such baldness as he had de- seribed, stood there the picture of help- less bewilderment. ‘‘Pinch me, strike me, do something to rouse me. This is a strange dream—a dreadful nightmare,’’ he cried. “Your position is no more strange than mine,”’ I replied. “But let us re- exchange our suits. I feel strong enough now to go home.”’ “All right. But I do not understand this at all.”’ ‘‘No more do I.’’ We removed our outer garments, and found that the exchange was complete throughout. Exchanging we began to don our own vestments. “Why, howisthis? I can’t get into my own garments!’ exclaimed my com- panion in misery. I had been more successful, and stood entirely ‘‘clothed,’’ if not ‘‘in my right mind.’’ And, truly, there seemed to be grave doubts on the last point, for surely no man in his senses ever fell into such a succession of absurd catastrophes. “Your coat doesn’t seem to hang right,’? remarked my companion breath- lessly, as he endeavored in vain to but- ton round his neck a collar that wasa full inch too short. “You are mistaken, sir,’’ I replied. “This suit was made to order by my favorite tailor, and I never had a better fit.?? Saying which, I drew the garment in question together in front, intending to button it up, and show the smoothness of its set. To my horror, instead of the neat fit of the morning, it was over- lapped no less than four inches! ‘*Have I shrunk so far ?’’ I faltered. “Tf you have shrunken ‘I have swol- len,’? was the reply; ‘‘for I can do nothing at all with this coat.’? And truly, he was acomical spectacle, with his feet and ankles projecting from the tightly-stretched trousers which extended barely half way between knee and ankle, and his bare wrists protruded from the sleeves which threatened to split from the unwonted mass of muscle thrust into them. ‘‘We’ll have to yield,’’ he said at last, ‘sand make the exchange of armor. But how this has come about is a mystery too deep for me tosolve. Look here!’ he eried, his eyes starting almost from their placesin his brow. ‘‘These are not my hands !”’ “These are not my hands,’’ I echoed, staring at the small, white members which now held the place of my own strong, sun-browned hands. ‘‘Nor my feet! Are we mad ?” ‘You have my whiskers, too, while I am smooth-shaven.”’ Thad not noticed it before, but now the fact was self-evident. ‘willing to let it be so. Without daring to investigate further, for fear of provoking the Puck who seemed to be mocking us to some new freak, we resumed as quickly as possible the garments in which we had found our- selves clothed on awakening, and then, almost beside ourselves with wonder and fear at the strange transformation, we left the building. Walking up the street together, we passed a group of three or four men who were standing at the entrance to a bank. Just as we passed, one of them stepped forward and called, ‘‘Professor Jones !”’ My companion turned and said: “Oh, Mr. Brown, good afternoon. I did not notice you in the group.’’ The man, who was a stranger to me, stared at him in surprise and replied: “T beg pardon, sir. It was to your friend I spoke.’’, Then, turning to me, he said: ‘‘Professor, we were just speaking of the university. My friend, here—Mr. Robertson, Professor Jones—is a repre- sentative of an Eastern paper, and would like some information concerning the institution. As you are in all its secrets, I’ll just refer him to you, if I may.”’ “T beg pardon, but you are mistaken. I am nota professor, nor am I connected in any capacity with any university.”’ Mr. Brown smiled incredulously, and the reporter said: “‘T am sorry you have such dread of an ‘interview,’ but I promise not to abuse any confidence you may repose in me.”’ I was about to reply with a further disclaimer, when my companion, who had listened with impatience, broke in: “You seem to have confused our iden- tity in your mind, Mr. Brown. I am Jones, of the university, and this gentle- man I never met till to-day.”’ “This is a strange farce,’’? said Mr. Brown. ‘Surely I have seen Professor Jones often enough, in the class-room and out of it, to recognize him when we meet. I never knew him before to deny his identity.”’ “I do not deny it, sir. On the con- trary, I protest against being thrust aside and having my title given toa stranger.”’ Mr. Brown laughed and, turning to his companion, said: “Well, Mr. Robertson, I’m afraid you eannot gain much information from Pro- fessor Jones to-day. Iam sorry, too, for he could give you what no other could.’’ The two gentlemen bowed, and my companion, after a moment’s hesitation, as if he would make further protest, gave a haughty bow. and we passed on together up the street. On the wa; I met numerous acquaintances, and saluted them as usual, but, strangely enough, they seemed always to address my com- panion in reply, barely giving me a sur- prised glance. On the other hand, 1 re- ceived many a cordial bow from men who were utter strangers to me. At length we reached the hotel where- it chanced we were both stopping. I had come in late the night before, and taken a room there instead of going farther up town to the house at which I usually stopped when in the city. Professor Jones had two rooms, he told me, on the second floor, and had his wife and chil- dren with him. My room was on the same floor, two or three doors away, on the opposite side of the spacious hall. We went up the broad staircase together, and separated at his door with mutual congratulations. Hardly had he stepped inside when l heard a scream, and, before I had opened my door, a lady whom I had never seen before rushed out into the hall, looked wildly up and down its length, and then, seeing me, ran toward me and threw her arms about my neck, imploring me to save her from ‘‘that man,’’ who, she added, had ‘‘come into her room and in- sulted her.’’ ‘*What did he do ?”’ I asked. “Threw his arms about my neck, said something about a ‘narrow escape from drowning,’ and tried to kiss me—oh! keep him off, John, he’s coming at me again.’’ And, sure enough, my friend of the morning’s adventure had recovered from the paralysis of wonder into which the scene had thrown him, and was ap- proaching us with anything but a friendly expression of countenance. The lady clung to me more closely than ever, sobbing and entreating me to ‘‘keep him away.’’ To add to the embarrass- ment of my position, the occupants of other rooms near by were attracted by the uproar, and quite a crowd had gath- ered. These strangers were looking on with amused expectation of ‘‘a scene.’’ Meantime, I tried to disengage myself and explain matters, but the more I struggled the more tightly clung the lady, until I was fairly desperate. Fancy a youth just out of college in such a position—a lady no longer young clinging tightly to his shoulders, and claiming him as her husband, while a crowd of grinning spectators stood enjoying his perplexity. Moreover, my quondam friend with my suit and my face and hands was at hand, and his threatening looks were anything but reassuring. “Let go my wife,’’ he cried. “That is what Iam trying to do. Take her, and win my gratitude.”’ ‘““Mary, what does this mean? you mad ?”’ ‘Whoare you? I don’t know you at all. This is my husband.’’ And she clung more tightly than before. The situation was growing desperate. I could not prevail on the lady to release me by any arguments I could master. She was rapidly growing hysterical, and her husband was thoroughly angry. It was strange. The wife appeared old enough to be the husband’s mother, and it seemed incredible that the tall boy of sixteen, who now came on the scene and rushed to his mother’s aid, could be the son of so youthful a father. Still, asI was certain, morally and intellectually, that they were not my wife and son, as he claimed them as his, I was entirely At last I broke Are loose, with a desperate effort, rushed into my room and locked the door. As I fled, I heard the derisive laughter of some of the spectators, and even over heard one or two of the younger and less reverent comment on the scene somewhat after this fashion : ‘See the old one cut and run!’ ‘*He’s brave, isn’t he ?’’ “Ts he her husband ?”’ ‘Yes, [think so. At least Pve seen them together at table.’’ . ‘“‘Why, that is Professor Jones, of the university. This is a queer proceeding. He must be crazy for the moment.”’ “Who is this young fellow who pre- tends the lady is his wife ?”’ “TJ don’t know. He came in only last night. Inoticed him at breakfast, but not at dinner. Fine figure, hasn’t he ?’’ These last remarks were uttered in a low tone by persons standing near my door, and as they moved away at this point, [lost anything further they may have said. Alone at last, I tried to collect my thoughts, but was surprised to find that my nerves, which up to that day had been so strong and firm that no excite- ment or danger had sufficed to shake them, were quivering now, and that my whole body was trembling and twitching asinapalsy. The scene through which I had passed had been an exciting one, truly, and unusually trying, but even that and the plunge in the river were not enough to account for the entire prostra- tion which I felt. Utterly worn out, I gave up the effort, threw myself on the bed, and went to sleep. It was dark when I awoke. I lighted the gas, and finding my nerves seemed en- tirely steady now, sat down to writea letter. Iwas but newly engaged to be married, so itis not difficult to guess to whom the epistle was to be addressed. Sitting down, I took the pen and began, but hardly had two lines been written when anew marvel caused me to drop the pen from a nerveless hand and stare at the paper in stupid wonder. I had written the date line and part of the usual tender address, when something struck me as peculiar in the appearance of the writing. Looking more closely, I found that the character of my penman- ship had totally changed. Instead of the bold, somewhat irregular characters I had been wont to form, what I had writ- ten appeared in the finest and daintiest Italian script. In vain I attempted to write as usual. I could increase the size of the letters. but they never resembled the forms I knew so well. It seemed as if my hand—if it were my hand—had lost in a few hours its old habit and ac- quired another which ordinarily would require months of practice. For I be- lieve that one’s chirography is truly ‘“hand-writing,’? and depends for its character more on the exercise and cul- tivation of muscles than on any mental quality. However that may be, my writing was hopelessly altered. Despairing of success in writing—forI knew it would never do to send Marian a letter written in such a hand and signed with my name—I threw down my pen once more and began to exchange my water-spoiled clothing for a clean suit. I took down the black suit I had brought with me for ‘‘state occasions,’’ and put it on. But here again I met a disappoint- ment.. For, try as I would, the suit could not be made to fit. Every piece hung upon me in loose folds, so that I resem- bled a street boy in his gathered-up suit of men’s cast-off garments rather than a well-dressed young man. But all my wondering and staring did no good, and at last, with a hopeless sense of being the victim of a horrid nightmare, and with a half-hazy feeling of repentance at having ever been skeptical with regard to the old stories of fairies and genii, I donned the old suit again. As ladjusted the coat, I stepped for the first time before the mirror, to ar- range my tie and collar. Oh, horrors! that was not my face, nor my figure. In the morning when I had stood there last, I had been a stalwart, ruddy-faced youth, six feet tall, with thick, glossy hair, and only the faintest dawn of a moustache. And now—now there stared back at me from the glass, with round, wide-open, horror-filled eyes, a little, stooped figure with parchment-like skin, straggling whiskers and bald crown—the whole as utterly unlike what I had thought myself to be as one can well conceive. Thinking a trick had been played upon me, I burst open my valise and snatched from it the hand-glass I carried there. But it told me the same story. Weak, trembling, oppressed by a new dread of this mysterious presence, I sat and stared at the figure in the glass. It did not change. I dared not leave my room, for fear of meeting some one who would recall the my door said, so that I overheard it: *‘Queer case, isn’t it ?’’ ‘“‘Yes,’? answered another voice. ‘They’ ve arrested the young fellow who pretends to be Professor Jones. He is mad, evidently. He struggled so that it took two policemen to master him and take him away.’’ “TI wonder what the other—the true Jones—means by his conduct.”’ ‘J don’t know. Healways has hada great reputation. Possibly too much study has turned his brain.”’ “Poor fellow! I pity his wife. She has been in hysterics all the afternoon. There, you can hear her now.’’ “Yes. Will anything be done with him to-night ?’’ ‘No, I think not. They’ll leave him where he is till morning in the hope that he will come around all right.’’ ‘“‘Well, as you say, it is a strange case. I shall lock and bolt my door to-night. There’s no telling what may happen with a madman in the house.’’ The speakers separated, one entering the apartment adjoining my own, and the other going into his room on the opposite side of the hall. [CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE. ] \aA scene of the morning. Some one near . The Michigan Tradesman AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. The Wood Carriage Co. succeeds Ar- thur Wood in the carriage manufacturing business. Jay Marlatt is now located in his new store on Stocking street, between Third and Fourth streets. It is reported that negotiations are about concluded for the sale of the retail market of the Wm. Steele Packingoand Provision Co. to W. G. Sinclair. The transfer will occur about the 15th. The copartnership of Delbridge & Weeks, cigar manufacturers at 341 South Division street, has been dissolved by mutual consent, M. D. Weeks retiring. The business will be continued under the former style of J. K. Delbridge. The Grand Rapids School Furniture Co. has opened an office and salesroom at 34 East Fourteenth street, corner Broad- way, New York, which will handle the trade of the New England and Eastern States. E. W. Irwin, assistant superin- tendent of agencies, will have the man- agement of the branch house. The Wilson drug failure, at Sand Lake, has every appearance of being a steal. An appraisement of the stock by John D, Muir and F. D. Rice reveals stock to the value of $2,300, a portion of which was found secreted in closets and out-build- ings. The attaching creditors, whose claims amount to about $1,500, propose to fight the mortgages on the stock, which amount to $3,800, on the ground that they are fraudulent. One of the worst phases of the failure is the utter- ing of a mortgage for $8,000 on his two farms. near Rockford, to his wife, which was placed on record December 27. AROUND THE STATE. Harriette—Mr. Cole has added a line of groceries to his meat business. Jackson—E. Y. Hogle succeeds Geo. W. Watrous in the boot and shoe bus- iness. Cadillac—Chas. H. St. Clair succeeds St. Clair & Dandridge in the undertaking business. Tecumseh—John Whitenach, of the hardware firm of Whitenach, Bodine & Co., is dead. Three Rivers—Chas. Loudick & Co. succeed Avery & Myers in the meat mar- ket business. Jackson—G. W. Lombard succeeds Lombard & Rounds in the drug and bottling business. Greenville—W. G. Nelson succeeds Nelson & Crittenden in the book and stationery business. Gladstone—Van Atta & Cook, clothiers, have assigned. Liabilities, $15,000; as- sets about an offset. Muskegon — August Riedel succeeds R. P. Anderson & Co. in the produce and commission business. Blanechard—Mr. Decker, late of Lake- view, succeeds A. W. Stevenson as clerk in the L. M. Mills drug store. Sparta—The C. M. Shaw drug stock was bid in at chattel mortgage sale by Mr. Shaw’s mother, who will hold it un- til a purchaser can be found. Chelsea — G. P. Glazier’s warehouse burned on December 30. About 20,000 pounds of wool were stored in the build- ing. Loss, about $8,000; nearly covered by insurance. Muskegon—August Riedel has retired from the commission firm of C. C. Moul- ton & Co. The business will be contin- ued by the remaining partner under the style of C. C. Moulton Battle Creek—Geo. T. Chamberlain, the Hartford druggist, has purchased the M. L. Pierce drug stock and will place the same in charge of his brother, Fred Chamberlain, of Grand Rapids. Hamilton—H. Randolph and J. E. Young have retired from the milling firm of Harvey, Randolph & Co. The new firm, composed of John Harvey and P. H. Benjamin, will be known as Harvey & Benjamin. Detroit—The Roby Transportation Co., with a capital stock of $700,000, all paid in, has been incorporated by Geo. W. Roby, of Detroit, and L. C. Waldo and John Duddleson, of Ludington, for the purpose of running a line of boats on the lakes. Muskegon—The hardware stock of Peter Wierenga has been attached by the Gunn Hardware Co. on a claim for $251.- 83. The attachment is subject to two chattel mortgages, one for $500 being held by Foster, Stevens & Co. Detroit—Johnson, Nelson & Co. have filed articles of incorporation to engage in the drug business. The capital stock, paid in, is $47,000, of which Waldo M. Johnson holds 500 shares; William C. Johnson, 2,200; William C. Johnson, as trustee, 500; Edwin H. Nelson, 500; Wm. L. Baker, 500; Harry G. Baker, 400. Northport—A merchant here shipped 700 bushels of potatoes to a Cleveland commission house, early in the fall. A few days ago he received a letter from the Cleveland firm saying. that they had sold the potatoes and wanted $5 more than they realized from the sale to re- compense them. The merchant wrote that if they would only return his sacks he would fill them again; but he could not send them any money, as it took all he had to pay for the potatoes he had bought. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Hillsdale—Chas. Bach, of the carriage manufacturing firm of Allis & Bach, is dead. Cedar Springs—E. G. Carpenter & Co. will shortly change their grist mill to full roller process. Detroit—Ford H. Rogers, Horace M. Dean and Ford D. C. Hinchman have in- corporated the Detroit Varnish Co., with a capital stock of $5,000. Detroit—Burnham, Stoepel & Co., have renewed their special copartnership with David Whitney, Jr., under which Mr. Whitney contributes to the common stock $100,000. Lansing—Marple, French & Co. have merged their business—manufacturing and jobbing confectioners—into a stock company under the style of the Marple- French-McGrath Co. The paid in capi- tal stock of the corporation is $15,000. W. H. Marple will serye the establish- ment in the capacity of President, W. E. French as Vice-President and Fred H. McGrath as Secretary and Treasurer. West Bay City—January 1 closed up the firm name of Mosher & Fisher, which was one of the best known and most sub- stantial lumber firms on the Saginaw River. Hon. S. O. Fisher will continue business at the old stand, while Alfred Mosher, Sr., and Alfred Mosher, Jr., father and son, will set sail on the bus- iness sea together at Bay City, a very substantial firm financially, which will doubtless handle no _ inconsiderable amount of the pine product. Gripsack Brigade. Ed. Frick is laid up with ‘“‘La Grippe.”’ Wm. H. Downs is in Detroit this week, getting out his spring samples at S. Simon & Co.’s. Chas. Witham, the Saginaw traveler, was married a few days ago to Miss Mag- gie Saunders, of this city. A. A. Smith, the Lansing traveler, has engaged with Beecher, Peck & Lewis, of Detroit, for another year, covering the same territory as before. M. K. Walton, traveling representa- tive for Felix & Marston, is spending a week in the house at Chicago, getting out his samples for the spring trade. Ernest Stevens has severed his connec- tion with Jennings & Smith. He is suc- ceeded by Edwin N. Morgan, who will cover the same territory as Mr. Stevens. I. M. Clark & Son announce that there will be no further change in their road force at present. The territory formerly covered by ‘‘Dick’? Warner will be made by the other men. The traveling men of the city are re- quested to meet at Sweet’s Hotel Satur- day evening, January 11, for the pur- pose of making arrangements for the an- nual social party, which will probably be held on February 7 or 14. The horrible ‘‘roasting’’ accorded the Northern Hotel, at Big Rapids, at the convention of traveling men at Lansing a few days ago, would seem to indicate that the landlord of that extortion shop is about the most unpopular hotel man in the State. Geo. W. Stowits, who has traveled in years past for Allen Bros., Gourlay Bros. & Co., Stanley & Schroeder, and the Tower Clothing Co., has engaged to represent the Ohio Suspender Co., of Mansfield, Ohio. He will make Grand Rapids his headquarters, the same as be- fore, covering the entire State. The sympathy of the traveling fra- ternity will go out to Henry Dawley and wife in their great bereavement over the loss of their only child, a beautiful five- year-old daughter, named Cleo. She was attacked on Monday night with diph- theria and died on Friday: afternoon. The interment took place on Saturday afternoon. The Travelers’ Club has been organ- ized at Detroit, with a capital stock of $5,000, in $10 shares, and with the fol- lowing officers: President, M. B. Mills; First Vice-President, George L. Sampson: Second Vice-President, Thomas Sinclair; Secretary, M. J. Matthews; Treasurer, J. F. Cooper; directors, the foregoing officers and F. A. Gaylord, T. J. Paxton, T. J. Chamberlain and Thomas McLeod. The second and third floors of Swan’s building will be turned into finely equipped club rooms. Billiard, lunch, reception and reading rooms will be the features. >> _—$$_—_—_—— Bank Notes. Banking business at Climax was sus- pended on Monday until an expert from Detroit played the open sesame racket on a balky lock. The People’s Savings Bank, of Detroit, has presented $500 to S. B. Coleman, for “many years Cashier of the bank, who re- signed recently to become Treasurer of the National Loan and Investment Co. Driggert, Sacket & Co., of Chicago, have purchased the banking business of Nesbitt & Miller, at Schoolcraft. The name of the institution will hereafter be the Kalamazoo County Bank. The firm now owns twenty banks outside of the home bank at Chicago. P. of I. Gossip. P. of 1.—Part Injun. P. of I.—Promoters of Ignorance. Knapp & Rich, hardware dealers at Eaton Rapids, have signed with the P. Of toe. The P. of I. have placed a boycott on Trufant for sixty days, because none of the merchants there will sign their nefar- ious contract. Sparta Sentinel: ‘Some of the PF. L lodges report such arush of new mem- bers of late that they initiate them in squads of a dozen or so ata batch, and still there is occasionally a boy or a girl who has not joined.’’ Griswold & Cahill, the Hart hardware dealers, write: ‘‘We shall renew our sub- scription, as the paper has the right ring. The P. of I. now flourish and make loud noise in the land, but we predict their days are numbered The scales will fall from their eyes and they will have a chance to dig out the sand and see more clearly.”’ J. P. Berg, who holds a commission as P. of I. organizer for Grand Traverse county, recently instituted a lodge at Old Mission, but his reputation as a dead-beat was so thoroughly established that those who joined refused to pay the dues to him, rendering necessary the visit of a State officer. Berg was form- erly a German Lutheran preacher, but his license was taken away from him for good and sufficient reasons. Dorr correspondence Allegan Journal: ‘We see by THE TRADESMAN that the leaders of the P. of I. at North Dorr have been arrested for breaking into the school house, and we are informed, also, that they have played several under- handed pranks on innocent people on their way home at night; and one man says he has watched his property with a shotgun for several nights and says the man who attempts to damage his property again will do so at the peril of his life. If this is the end and aim of the P. of I. at North Dorr, they will soon reach the end of their rope.”’ Shelby correspondence Montague Ob- server: “It has been predicted by the opponents of the Patrons of Industry that that organization will not be a long lived one. Whether these prophecies will prove true or not, remains to be seen; but there are, even at this early day, tokens which, to the careful ob- server, would indicate weakness in their ranks. I refer to the, in some circles, proposed mode of raising money by amusements of an objectionable char- acter, with which to carry on their work. There seems to be adesire to pattern after certain societies who think that the object they have in view qualifies the means used.’’ A Fenwick correspondent writes as follows: ‘I am well pleased to see the interest you take in the trade and in ex- posing the P. of I. fraud. As I look upon it, it is the greatest fraud ever per- petrated on the farming community. We now have a P. of I. store in Fenwick. Thompson Bros. have entered into a con- tract for six months to sell for 12 per cent. and pay their own freight, but are not making a very large showing yet. I do not think it has hurt me as yet. ‘Fair dealing with all at one price’ is my motto, and I donot believe that any other way of dealing will do in this day and age of the world. I think the P. of i is ashort lived thing, as they are not united and will not hold together, and there is no foundation to the order. Keep on showing them up to the public, and I believe right will prevail in the end.”’ - Farm and Fireside: ‘Success in any co-operative movement among farmers, for the purpose of buying their supplies cheaper, depends nearly altogether on whether the cash or credit system is fol- lowed. The organization of farmers in Michigan, mentioned in former issues, adopted the spot cash plan, and to this can safely be attributed its success. It accomplishes much by doing away with the surplus of middlemen, but it does more by following the strict cash system. It is the keystone of the organization. But this particular organization has no monopoly of the plan. It can be adopted by any farmers’ club or neighborhood association. There is a cash market for farm products, and farmers should buy for cash. It is to the mutual advantage of the honest buyer and seller. The buyer gets more goods for his money, and the merchant runs no risk and does not try to collect his bad debts from his paying customers. It is the ‘dead beat’ that- gets left when the pay-as-you-go plan is strictly followed. Cash enforces honesty.”’ >_< Probably an Overestimate. It has been estimated that about twenty-five tons of quinine pills have been consumed in this country during the last two weeks. Philadelphia, according to the Record, eats in the course of the year 200,000,000 eggs, of which seven-eighths come from Jowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska, packed in refrigerator cars holding 144,000 each. Knew the Signs. ‘Ma, the minister is coming.”’ ‘What makes you think so? Did you see him ?’’ ‘No; but I saw pa take the parrot and lock it up in the stable.”’ Bogus Maple Sugar. i From the Toledo Business World. } With the advent of the season of buck-- wheat cakes, the annual crop of maple syrup makes its appearance. The fact, that it comes at least two months before} the spring run of sap does not seem to, occur to those who expect to find the; fresh syrup on sale at this time of the year, and the eager but ignorant appe-| tite is stimulated with all sorts of fancy | labels and pastoral illustrations of the, process of manufacture in the sugar} orchard. Too many of these, like} charity, cover a multitude of sins in the! way of adulteration, and the unsuspect- | ing public is induced to swallow all sorts of sophisticated compounds, many of ; which bear no more actual similarity to| the genuine article than a currycomb does to a honeycomb. The Dairy and Food Inspector of this, State has been giving special attention | to some of these bogus preparations, and} elaims to have found a shining illustra-; tion in the compound put up by a firm in| Detroit, Messrs. Williams Bros. &| Charbonnean. It is . branded : ‘Pure! Vermont Maple Syrup,’’ but the In- | spector says it is composed of two-thirds | glucose, and could profitably be sold at. one-third the price asked for it. The In-| spector has ordered it withdrawn from | sale, aad dealers who have it on hand and offer it to customers are liable to find ita troublesome commodity. Nothing) tempts to adulteration like such articles | as maple syrup, where the supply is lim- ited and the demand almost universal, and for this reason alone such articles ought to be subjected to a rigid super- vision. | j —<2<.____- Sick of the P. of I. Cortright & Griffith, general dealers at Springport, have given the P. of a thorough trial and find it to be a de- lusion andasham. ‘They have accord- ingly served the Patrons with the follow- ing notice: To the Patrons.of Industry and others whom ‘it may concern: It is now about seven months since H. J. Cortright signed the Patrons’ contract, during which time we have become thor- oughly convinced that it is impossible to make a contract that will compel people to trade at any particular store, and while we are bound to sell to all Patrons at uni- form prices, a great many members feel that they have a perfect rightto trade wherever they can find the biggest bait. Therefore, take notice, that on and after January 1 we shall mark our entire stock in plain figures, at the lowest liv- ing margins, and will sell all goods at one price to everybody. Hoping to merit the confidence of the community, and a liberal share of your patronage, we remain, Very respectfully, CorTRIGHT & GRIFFITH. ———_ >? Well Worth Hearing. With the exception of Stanley, the most famous explorer of the day is George Kennan, who endured the rigor- ous weather of Siberia for the sake of ascertaining the exact condition of the penal and political prisoners of Russia. How he managed to -evade detection at the hands of the Russian officials and finally succeeded in leaving the country with so many evidences of brutality and barbarity, is little short of miraculous. Those who have read his articles in the Century during the past two years will be glad to avail themselves of the oppor- tunity to hear his lecture, which will be offered at Hartman’s Hall on the evening of Jan. 16. Tickets to the lecture are only 50 cents, which ensures a large and appreciative audience. ————_—_—~. -2 <> Business is Business. Life Insurance Agent (out West)— What did Mr. Newcomer say ? Assistant—He wouldn’t talk with me at all; said he was too busy to think about life insurance. “Well, ’ll hang around his house to- night and shoot holes through his win- dows, and when he comes down town in the morning you be behind a fence in some vacant lot, and put a few balls through the top of his hat. Then, when he reaches his office, ll drop in and talk life insurance again.’’ ——--~>-¢ > Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail- road Co. will be held at the general; office, in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., | on Wednesday, March 5, 1890, o’clock p. m., for the election of thirteen directors constituting a board to serve for the ensuing year, and for the trans- action of such other business as may be presented at the meeting. J. H. P. HueHaARrt, Secretary. <2 Slightly Disappointed. A drummer had a little grip A very neat affair, And when out on a business trip He lugged it everywhere; His line was gems and jewelry, Of which he sold a pile; He moved in high society, And put on lots of style. While out upon the road one day, He lost his little grip— Some villain snatched the thing away And then gave him the slip. The robber thought his haul would bring At least ten thousand dollars, But,in it there was not a thing Save dirty socks and collars. i ———$<—_—— VISITING BUYERS. GH Walbrink, Allendale P Kinney, Altona E S Botsford, Dorr Notier& Verschuer,Holland Ezra Brown, Englishville J F Hacker, Corinth RB McCulloch, Berlin J V Crandall & Co.,Sand Lk W H Hicks, Morley Geo Meijering, Vriesland JJ Marr, Spring Grove S H Ballard, Sparta Hamilton & Mulliken, DenHerder & Tanis, raverse City Vriesland S MeNitt. Byron Center Cole & Chapel, Ada Blakeley Bros, Fife Lake W R Lawton, Berlin A W Fenton. Bailey Mills & Mills, Ashland D E Watters, Freeport C A Warren, Orono at tt: W Watson, Yankee Springs N Bouma, Fisher CH Smeed &Co., Heindel & Miller, TwinLake ; ew Richmond John Damstra, Gitchell | P Bresnaham, Parnell H Meijering. Jamestown { John De Vries. Jamestown |! John Smith, Ada } Smallegan & Pickaard, | Forest Grove G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove: Roscoe & Speicher, | Mancelona T Van Eenenaam, Zeeland Wm Black, Cedar Springs W MeWilliams, Conklin JS Dennis, Butternut N F Miller. Lisbon J Kinney, Kinney L’ Fowler, Lake Odessa J Raymond, Berlin F E Deming, Freeport S Sheldon, Pierson H Van Noord, Jamestown L Maier, Fisher Station Walling Bros., Lamont Coburn & (o., Petoskey Geo R Bates, Hart M J Butler, Sand Lake AMChur h, Englishville P Buwalda, Hamilton Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland C E Eddy, Grattan WmVerMeulen.BeaverDam Eli Runnels, Corning S$ J Martin, Sullivan § T McLellan, Denison Zeeland J R Harrison, Sparta { | DeKruif, Boone & Co., | t i CS Comstock, Pierson J Reddering, Drenthe Inaugurate an Employment Bureau. | At the recent convention of the Michi- gan Commercial Travelers’ Association the following resolution was adopted : | WHEREAS, It may occur that members | of this Association, being out of employ- ment, could be assisted to obtain posi- | tions through the establishment of a Bu- gill: reau of Employment or Commercial In- | formation in this Association; be it | Resolved, That it is the sense of this | meeting, and the Board of Trustees are | hereby requested to establish and main- | tain in the office of the Secretary of this | Association a Bureau of Employment or | Commercial Information for the benefit of its members, by providing suitable | pooks for record, to contain the names of manufacturers and jobbers, also a regis- ter for members of this Association in which to register their names, addresses, and references, by paying to the Secre-| tary the sum of fifty cents; such registra- | tion to be good for three months from | the date thereof, and renewable at the option of the member; the money re- ceived for such registration to be used only for the maintenance of said Bureau of Employment. I nn Niagara Falls in Art. The Michigan Central, ‘‘The Niagara Falls Route,”? has published a remarka- bly fine reproduction of Graham’s water- color of Niagara Falls. _< Begin the New Year Right. Those who need a set of new books with which to begin the new year would do well to write for Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger Sheet and Price List before pur- chasing elsewhere, as his ledger requires only one book for book-keeping. Gring- huis’ Itemized Ledger Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. therefore, ___—<_9<—__—_ 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. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. RR eee. 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- menttaken for lessthan 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. i he YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR STOCK OF goods for a farm, large or small, write to No. 563, 563 eare Michigan Tradesman. OR SALE—DRUG STORE-—STOCK INVEN'PORIES about $3,500; sales, $10,000 per year; good location; population of village, 4,000; easy terms. Address No. 561, care Tradesman. rr SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GRO- eeries, 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 = 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. _ feat WANT TO CONSOLIDATE STOCKS with a man who has a good trade; I have a stock of clothing worth $6,000 and thoroughly understand the business. Address, No. 555, care Michigan Trades- 555 man. 5 PER CENT. PER ANNUM—OWNER OF RETAIL ! grocery wishes to engage in exclusive wholesale business and desires to sell; now carrying $15,000 | LION COFFEE Merchants, YOU WANT THIS CABINET Are in use all over the land. often seen on the floor of the average grocer. varnished and put together in the best possible manner. cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws. Kvery Wide-Awake Merchant Thousands of Them Should Certainly Sell An Article of Absolute Merit. It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. a only in one pound packages. 120 one-pound packages. It does away with the unsightly barrels so Beautifully grained and Inside each * ON, YHE KING OF COFFEES. 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 o0Isen Spice Co. TOLEDO, OFLIO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. IF YOU WANT The Best ACCEPT NONE BUT © Silver Thread - Sauerkraut. Order this brand from your wholesale grocer stock; trade very good; profits as above; rent reason- able. Address, The West Coast Trade, Tacoma, Wash. 548 | I 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 Kapids and | Muskegon. O.F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich. | tienes 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 | re SALE—THE FINEST DRDG STORE IN THE city of Muskegon at 75 cents On the dollar; reasons | other business. C. L. Brundage, Muskegon Mich. | 520 i L ges SALE—A GOOD GROCERY BUSINESS HAVING | the cream of the trade; best location in the city; i 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. | = | SITUATIONS WANTED. | SS BY REGISTERED PHARMA- | cist, or would buy interest in desirable drug | business. Address 569, care Michigan Tradesman. 560 V ANTED—SITUATION IN DRY GOODS OR GRO- | eery store; four years’ experience; good refer- | ences. Address No. 562, care Michigan Tradesman. | 562 i 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 | ! } j | & Bro., Grand Rapids. AMPLE&S OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR \O retailers will be sent free to any dealer who will write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co.‘ Albany, N. Y. 564 FA, Wuraburg & Go., Exclusive Jobbers of DRY GOODS, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR, 19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 6-ftecaselike above The above offer is no snide work. We shall continue to turn out only the BEST of work, other cases at equally low prices. ARYMAN & GOMPANY, 63 AND 65 CANAL STREET, Grand RFapids, 8,00 6-ft case, square, with metal corners, same prise, “blinft” or @ All Mich. 3 ’ a8 GEO. H. REEDER, & Lycoming Rubbers 0 & and Jobber of Wn a‘ = © Medium Price Shoes. " £ Grand Rapids, Mich. WANTED, |THE DETROIT NEWS COMPANY, POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED |500xs, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, FRUIT, BEANS | PERIODICALS. | The largest and most complete line of above goods in | theS ate, at reasonable prices. and all kinds of Produce. | eall. ® Dealers are invited to Send for our circulars and price lists. OUR HOLIDAY LINE IS NOW COMPLETE. If you have any of the above goods te | Corner Larned and Wayne Sts., Detroit. ship, us hear made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL Bank, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapide. or anything in the Produce line, let from you. Liberal cash advancer | BE. W. HALL PLATING WORKS, ALL KINDS OF Brass and Iron Polishing AND Nickle and Silver Plating and Front Sts., Grand Rapids ‘S * \3\ 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. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. 7 er—H. W. Parker, Owosso. Executive Board—President; Frank Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. Chas. T. Bridgeman, Flint; O. F. Rapids, Secretary. : Committee on Insurance—O. F. Conklin, Grand Rap ids; Oren Stone, Flint; Wm. Woodard, Owosso. Committee on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing; H. H. Pope, Allegan; C. H. May, Clio. : Committee on Trade Interests—Frank Hamilton, Trav erse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw; L. W. Sprague, Greenville. ‘ Committee on Transportation—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint; M. C. Sherwood, Allegan; A. O. Wheeler, Manistee. mmaaétee on Building and Loan Associations—N. B. Blain, Lowell; F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs; P. J. Con nell, Muskege?. Local Secretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wells, Lansing; B. Blain, Lowell Conklin, Grand The following auxiliary associations are oper- ating under charters granted by the Michigan Business Men’s Association’ No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. | President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. Cine eS No. 2—Lowell 8. M. A. President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King. No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. _ No. 4—Grand Rapids M. A. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, ¥. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B. M.A. | President, John A. Miller; Secretary, C. L. Whitney. No. 6—Alba B. M. A. President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, F. H. Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. No, 9—Lawrence B. M. A. President, H. M. Marshal; Secretary, J. H. Kelly. Sannin nts sett em ST err No. 10—Harbor springs B. M. A. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson. President, W.<- + No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. hee cn ld nea No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon. No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. ; President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin. No. 14—No. Muskegon B, M. A. President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. a No. 15—Boyne City B. M. A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. eee ee No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco. neces cits No. 17—Plainwell B. M.A. __ President, Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M, A. President, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary, S. Lamfrom. oe ee rst etm No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 20—saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe. No. 2i— Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. No. 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, John W. Hallett; Secretary, L A. Lyon. No. 24—Morley B. M. A. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No. 25—Paio 8B. M. A, President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. No. 26—Greenville 13. M, A. President. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary. E. J. Clark. No 27—Dorr #.M. A. President, E. 8. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. No. 28—Chebeoygar B. M.A President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlette B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—Saranac B. M. A. H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P.T. Williams. No. 35--Bellaire B. M. A. President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E, Densmore. Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. 4. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M. A. President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 —-Burr Oak B. M.A. President, W. S. 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. No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, Frank J. Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. Sn ——— No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W- H. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A. President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. 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. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary,jwW. J. Tabor. No. 49—Leroy B M. A. President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers ; Secretary, wW.C. Congdon, No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, A. S. Kedzie; Secretary, a ». Vos. No, 53—Bellevue B. M. a. President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. No. 54— Douglas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, Cc. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M.A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A. President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. No. 5%7—Rockford B. M. A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake RB. M. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretar ,€.S 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, 8. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M.A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No 62—EKast Saginaw M. A. President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand. No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. EB. Bell. No, 64—Merrili B. M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. A. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No. 67—Watervliet B. M. A. President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. H. Merrifield. No. 68—Allegap B. M.A. President. H. H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B.M. A, President, Wm. Boston; Secretary, Walter Webster. No. 7i—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; 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. President, 8. 8. McCamly; 33 Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross. No. 78—Caledonia B. M, A. President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. No. 79—fart Jordan and So. Arm B. M.A, President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. Cc. 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. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. No. 82—Alma B M. A. President, B. 8. Webb; Secretary, M. E. Pollasky. No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A. President, L. P. Wileox; 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. 86—Millbrook and Blanchard B. M. A. President. T. W. Preston; Secretary, H. P. Blanchard. Ne. 87—Shepherd B. M. A. President, H. D. Bent; Soncotary. A. W. Hurst. The Insurance Record for the Past Year. The year of 1889, aside from its enor- mous conflagrations, brought with ‘it many changes to the fire insurance field. The following companies were organized and commenced business during the year: Paid u capital. Amsterdam Fire, New York, N. Y..---- $ 200,000 ‘Associated Manufacturers, Moline, Tl. Mutual Denver, Denver, Col........-.2.--++-+++ 200,060 General Fire, New York, N. Y.......--- Mutual German-American, St. Paul, Minn...... 100,000 Indiana Millers’, Indianapolis, Ind...... Mutual Omaha Fire, Omaha, Neb Parkersburg, Parkersburg, W. Va i Phoenix of North Dakota, Minot, N. D.. 100,000 Prudential Fire, Boston, Mass......-..- 200, State Mutual, Hyde Park, Ill.........- +. Mutual St. Paul German, St. Paul, Minn......-. 200,000 Texas Fire and Marine, San Antonio... 120,000 United Underwriters’, Atlanta, Ga...... 150, Poth oi oe $1,320,000 The following companies ceased to do business during the year: Paidu capital. Amoskeag Fire, Manchester, N. H...... $ 50,000 Atlantic F. & M., Providence, R.1 ..... 200,000 Capital Fire, Nashua, Ne ce 50,000 *Fairfax Fire, Alexandria, Va.......--- -+s+205 Guaranty Fire, Great Falls, N. Bc... 20,000 Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn...... ------ 100,000 Indian Head, Nashua, N. H ...-.--...--- Mutual *Kanawha F. and M., Grafton, W. Va... .-..-.-. Mascoma Fire, Lebanon, N. H......---- 25,000 Merchants’, Lonisville......---.---+-++- 10v,000 Mobile Fire, Mobile, Ala..... ...-..---- 190,000 Nashville Commercial, Nashville, Tenn 100,000 *Oshkosh Mutual, Oshkosh, Wis..-. ---. Mutual *Security Fire, Spokane, Wash........-- Mutual *State Fire. Armiston, Ala..........--.-- Mutual *Topeka, Topeka, Kan..........++-++---- Mutual Wecel $ 745,000 *Failed. Others re-insured. The following increase and decrease in capital occurred during the year: INCREASE. From. TO: Albany, New York.....--.- $ 200,000 $ 250,000 Falls City, Louisville...... 100,000 200,000 Firemen’s Fire, Boston.... 300,000 400,000 Springfield F. & M., Spring- eld; Mass... 2... =. 1,250, 00 1,500,000 St. Paul German.......-.... 200,( 00 300,000 mncredse 20)... $2,050,000 $2,650,000 DECREASE. From. ‘Te. Current, New Orleans..... $ 400,000 500,000 Net increase, $500,000. The gain in insurance capital for the year is: By new companies.......--..-+--++++++: $1,320,000 By increase of old capital.......-.-.---- 500,000 ° tess ineresse.0 $1,820,000 Less retired and failed capital...... 745,000 Net increase for year.... .....---+-- $1,075,000 The following companies are in process of organization: American Union, Chi- eago, Lll.; Aurora Mutual, Aurora, II1.; Chicago Mutual, Chicago, Ill.; Danbury, Danbury, Conn.; Farmers’, Merchants’ and Manufacturers’, Peoria, Ill.; Illinois Manufacturers’ Mutual, Rockford, Ill.; Michigan Business Men’s Insurance Co., Grand Rapids; Interstate Fire Associa- tion, New Orleans, La.; Mercantile Fire, Kansas City, Mo.; Merchants’ and Bank- ers’, Chicago, IIL; Merchants’ and Manu- facturers’, Seattle, Wash.; Metropolitan Mutual. Aurora, lll.; Mutual Artisans’, Muscatine. Iowa; Mutual Fire Associa- tion. Tacoma, Wash.; Mutual Fire, San Francisco. Cal.; New England. New Britain, Conn.; Orehard City Mutual, Burlington, Iowa; People’s, Buffalo, N. Y.: People’s, Washington; Phenix, Kan- sas City, Mo.; Sioux Fire, Sioux City, Iowa: Winnebago, Oshkosh, Wis. ——» oe —_—_ Defending Michigan Bark. N. B. Clark in Shoe and Leather Review. Inote that the Shoe and Leather Re- porter for December 5 contains the fol- lowing: “An analysis of the hemlock bark of various sections, made by Dr. H. E. Sturcke. the chemist, shows the follow- ing relative strength, or presence of tannic acid: Wisconsin, 6 per cent.; Michigan, 7.25; Ohio, 7.25; Canadian, 7; Alaskan, 7.30; Pennsylvania, 8.50.”’ Ihave been interested in the hemlock bark question for several years, and have witnessed a great many tests as to the relative value of bark from the different sections, and from what I know of it, will have to take issue with Dr. Sturcke. He may have arrived at the above result by using inferior and thin bark from Michigan and a No. 1 article from Penn- sylvania. He can arrive at the same re- sult in favor of Michigan and against Pennsylvania, by taking samples of our medium or heavy bark and samples of thin bark growing on light soil pine lands of Pennsylvania. I claim, and can prove, that bark taken from the same kinds of land, of the same average heft, and cured in the same way, will not show 1-10 per cent. difference; if anything, it will be in favor of Northern Michigan, as against the best Pennsylvania. 1 have handled both kinds. Dr. H. E. Sturcke, being Vice-President of the American Extract Co., with factory in Pennsyl- vania, has had opportunity to procure first-class samples of Pennsylvania bark. > Grasshopper Soap. According to aHamburg correspond- ent, an ‘‘epoch-making’’ invention has been made in Spain. A Mr. Juan Her- nandes has taken out a patent on a pro- cess for making soap from grasshoppers— a soap which is said to surpass all pro- ducts heretofore made in fineness of fatty substance. Inasmuch as in Spaiu and other Southern European countries, to say nothing of Central Asia, grasshop- pers are in some years destroyed in quantities of thousands of hundred- weight, we may expect a ready and prac- tical utilization of the invention, and to hear soon of Spanish Grasshopper Soap, especially as the process of extracting the fat, and its simultaneous purification, is said to be a very simple one. >_> There are 7,000 diamond cutters out of work in Amsterdam alone. Ata meet- ing of more than 1,000 of them recently held there M. Van Praag attributed the want of work chiefly to the high prices of raw diamonds, and next to the ten- dency of jewelers to trade in raw dia- monds instead of devoting themselves to their preparation for the market. The speaker counseled either the establish- ment of a workingmen’s company, with 500 grinding stones and a capital of 500,000 florins, or the transfer of the trade to London, where the dealers in raw diamonds and the owners of the dia- mond fields were living. > -. Manistee Democrat: ‘‘The Business Men’s Association will hold a meeting at the Tug Com- pany’s office, Monday evening, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and also take action upon the early closing of the stores during the next three months.” 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, | KE. 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, Fi, Goodby. Chester—P. C. Smith. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell. Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Conklin—W ilson McWilliams. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. East Saginaw—John P. Derby. Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F.. Shaw, Stev- ens & Farrar. Fenwick—Thompson Bros. 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 Beries, 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. Lake 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. 2ichmond—Knight & Cudworth. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sand Lake—Brayman Frank E. Shattuck & Co. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sparta—Dole & Haynes, Frank Heath. Springport—Powers & Johnson. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Trufant—lI. Terwilliger. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. Breckenridge. White Cloud—J. C. Townsend. Williamston—Thos. Horton. ———<—_____— Powdered Milk. From the American Dairyman. The idea of reducing cows’ milk toa dry powder, and shipping it in this con- dition all over the world, seems to have first originated with Dr. Krueger, a Swiss savant, and under his management a company was organized to make milk powder in Switzerland. It is claimed that miJk in this form is much better than canned or condensed milk: for one reason, it has no sugar in it. It is well known that condensed milk cannot be used in many departments of cooking on account of this sugar, and this also makes it objectionable for use with very young children, not that sugar itself is injurious to babies, for .it is always put into their milk, we believe, but it is better that this sugar be put in fresh at the time of preparing milk for the child. How far this powdered milk will an- swer these objections remains to be seen. One thing is certain, the powder would be much better for transportation and more handy to have in the house than either plain or condensed milk, provided it, is. a* suceess. It looks somewhat dubious as a complete substitute for plain milk, not only on account of neces- sary expense, but we do not find any kind of food capable of being thoroughly dried and afterward made over with water so as to closely resemble the orig- inal article, and we never expect to see itdone with cows’ milk. Nature hasa way of mingling these things that thus far man has not been able to closely im- itate. J. Be. & Blanchard, ———_——>-__—_—_ The Wool Supply of the United States. The Boston Commercial Bulletin’s an- nual telegraphic canvass of the wool supply in the United States shows a heavy increase over that of last year. The detailed and classified reports from the markets and the growers show a total supply in dealers’ hands of 70,000,060 pounds of domestic and 15,000,000 pounds of foreign, against 50,000,000 pounds of domestic and 17,000,000 idends at $340,461,331, | $316,730,680 in 1888, anet gain of $23,- | 730,651. if the dividend payments of all incorpora- INCREASED DIVIDENDS. The Interest and Dividend Disburse- ments Ahead of Last Year. From the New York Tribune. : There is little doubt that the coming | month will witness the heaviest corpora- | tion disbursements on account of divi-| | | ‘denis and interest in the history of the | ‘country. There has been a large increase this year in the issue of railway bonds and securities of various industrial cor- /porations, while in a number of cases ‘inereased dividends have been declared ‘to stockholders. subject presents a compilation of figures |. An authority on the showing that the interest payments for 1889 by railway and cognate corporations will amount to $238,370,242, against $210,- | 389,281 in 1888, an increase of $27,980,961, while the dividend payments will foot up | to $102,091,089, against $106,341,399 in 1888, a decrease of $4,250,310, leaving the total disbursements for interest and divi- compared with It may be questioned, however, tions in 1889 have not been considerably in excess of the previous year, and it isa gratifying fact that, in the case of the railways, in nearly every instance, the dividends paid this year have have been derived from actual profits received after a liberal expenditure out of earnings for the improvement of the physical condi- tion of the property and additions to its equipment. In the foregoing figures, the interest payments in January, 1889, are set down at $46,786,714, and the dividend payments at $15,745,045, a total of $62,407,279. These payments were eonsiderably in ex- cess of any previous January for which records were kept. They indicated an inerease over January, 1888, of about $17,000,000 in round figures. It is diffi- cult to measure closely the exact increase which January, 1890, will show over the same month of 1889. The estimates of bankers vary considerably, and are doubtless somewhat influenced by the particular amounts paid out by their firms or the organizations of which they are officers or directors. These prelimi- nary estimates range from 10 to 25 per cent. as the increase next month over a year ago, with the chances pointing to the larger figure as likely to be shown to be the more correct when complete re- turns are made up. There is to be noted, however, a growing disposition on the part of railway companies and manufac- turing corporations, in making new bonds to place the semi-annual interest payments at some other periods than January and July. It is a tendency encouraged by many bankers and trust companies, for it is obvious that a more general distribution of these disburse-: ments through the year would conduce to the greater convenience of the paying agents, besides reducing toa minimum the friction caused by a necessary collec- tion of moneys at financial centers just previous to the great semi-annual out- pourings. To some extent it is believed that this change will tend to keep down the amount of January disbursements, but its influence as a factor in the gross amount will be overwhelmed by the in- crease in the number of interest-bearing securities now in the market. In regard to payments on account of ponds, the re-organization of the debt of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway will add to the total figures. The fixed charges of this company have been cut down from $9,075,769 to $5,629,- 390. But only a comparatively small amount of the various odd issues of the Atchinson bore interest payable in Jan- uary and July. The payments that fell due on January 1, 1889, were about $1,200,000 in round numbers. On Jan- uary 1, 1890, the semi-annual interest on the new 4s will be payable in Boston and lat the Union Trust Company here, and while it cannot be determined just how much money will be disbursed, there is due on that date about $2,300,000, an in- crease of fully $1,000,000 to the gross amount of interest payments of the com- ing month. . + Inthe matter of dividend payments, there will be some important increases. The extra dividend of thirty-four per cent. in the Western Union Telegraph Company’s stock will readily come to mind, and this will give $600,000 more to the stockholders than was received at this time a year ago. Then the Vander- bilt extra dividends, although payable on February 1, are fairly chargeable to January statistics. The extra % per cent. on New York Central will add to last year’s record $447,142; the extra 1 per cent. on Michigan Central and Can- ada Southern will add $391,382. It is not improbable that the coupons paid by railroads and nearly related corporations in January will reach $57,000,000, and the dividend payments $18,000,0u0, mak- ing a total of $75,000,000, or an increase of $13,000,000 over January, 1889. In addition to these disbursements are the government and State payments on bonds. The interest coming to the holders of government bonds necessarily lessens with the steady reduction in the national debt. The interest payments due January 1 on these securities, how- ever, will amount to about $8,000,000. If to these amounts be added the large pay- ments on manufacturing and industrial securities and the municipal interest pay- ments, it does not seem too liberal an es- timate to place the grand total of money obligations of this sort falling due in January, 1890, at from $100,000,000 to $110,000,000. But, however statisticians arrange figures, there is a concensus of opinion that the coming month will empty into the laps of investors more money than the country ever before poured out in the same way. In previous years private banking firms were more freely used than they now are for the distribution of interest to bondholders and dividends to stock- pounds of foreign in 1888. The New| wool market of the country. ports of clothing wool cent. ——_—4—~<—- i Good Words Unsolicited. Ledge: “I would feel lost without your paper. every week.” holders. The business has grown so York and Philadelphia stocks are less | large and the work has become so bur- than those of last year, but Boston shows; densome that the machinery is now in an increase of 11,000,000 pounds of do-| the hands of trust companies and banks mestic wool, and most of the smaller | almost altogether. They receive pay for markets follow the lead of the chief | their labors, which are greatly increased _The im-/ by these duties. : coming from} porations in many cases pay their own abroad show a decline of nearly 75 per’ obligations and The great railway cor- duly advertise. them. _ The banks pay their own dividends, and ithe manufacturing and miscellaneous ' corporations themselves announce where A. B. Schumaker, grocer and druggist, Grand | their interest and dividend dues may be collected. In many cases the payments | of corporations are made in more than ! one city for the convenience of creditors and investors. ————___—~. +> __—_ An Unappreciated Partner. Bilkins—How is business, Wilkins ? Wilkins—Can’t make it go. At this rate Pll be bankrupt in another month. I don’t seem to have any head for bus- iness. Bilkins—No, you haven’t; but you have a good stand, and if you’ll promise to keep hands off and let me run things, V’ll go in with you as partner. Wilkins—Done. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Guest of Mr. Wilkins (ten years after) —What a magnificent place yon have !— everything that wealth could buy or heart wish! You have been wonderfully prosperous, Mr. Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins (sadly)—True, but after all I get only half the profits of my great establishment. I just tell you, my old friend, the mistake of my life was in tak- ing in a partner. The Bank of France has at the present $250,000,000 in gold in its cellars. Dry Goods. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Adtiantic Ao). co : - 7ig\Integrity XX.......- 5% Atlanta Ay Ac... @e King, He. .:.. 25... 6% Archery Bunting... 444) ‘‘ x ~s. O68 Amory... <..-.-. 25 ae Joe me Beaver Dam AA... 5%|LawrenceLL....... 5% Berwick i.......-. -- 644|New Market B...... 5% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Noibe R.-..........-. 5% Chapman...... ..--- 4 (Newton ....:..- 2 Gag Cohasset Av. ..::.,.- 714\Our Level Best..... a Comet... --... .--. q Riverside SENS ce. 4% Chine CC. --..-- 6%'Sea Island R........ 6% Conqueror XX...... S Sharon 5... <.....-: 6% Dwight Star.......-. 74|\Top of the Heap.... 7%4 Wxcer A 0205 oe: 6%4| Williamsville. ...... < Full Yard Wide..... 6%{|Comet, 40in......-.. 8% Great Falls E....... Vo Cerise: & 22s. 7% Honest Width....... 6%|New MarketL,40in. 7% Harttord A. - 2... -.-.< 5% BLEACHED COTTONS. : Blackstone AA..... S )iest Pree: 23... < Beats AN... 414|Fruit of the Loom %. 8 Cleveland ...... .-- 7 |\Fairmount........-- 4% Capel... ....-.. <--- 744|Lonsdale Cambric..10% Cabot, %.-2..52-4.-: Gui Lonsdale. ...... -... 8h, Dwight Anchor..... 9 (Middlesex: ... =... 54 ce «¢ shorts. 8%|No Name............ 7% Hawards..<......... 6 jek View... .-... 6 Hempire:..........--- 1 (Our OW). o. 6... 5% Warweil. <2. =. 5.6.2: Tene 2 4% Fruit of the Loom.. 8%|Vinyard...........-. 8% witehvilie ........--- Th, HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Cabot. :.-.2...2... 7%4| Dwight Anehor: ....: 9 Merwetk..2.502 .-2.. ve AI UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, Tremont No... 5: 5%4(Middlesex No.1... 76 Hamilton N...-.-.-. G4! ‘ “_ 2. - he oo c e See Middlesex AT...... 8 . <2. 8 oo Me 9 Se a. Wo. 25.--. 9 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilton N....-...- 714|Middlesex AA...... il Middlesex P T...... S| 2s: 12 uid AP 9 : A Oso: 13% . mA 9 . so 17% " eS 1044} e o...0 4. 16 CORSET JEANS. Biddeford.........-. 6 |Naumkeag satteen.. 7% Brunswick. .... ..-. 6%|Rockport.......--.. 6% PRINTS. Allen. staple: .....:- 6 |Merrim’ck shirtings. 5% “ Panes .-..--- 6%) Reppfurn . 8% . RODGS...: 6... 61%4|Pacific fancy........ 6 American fancy....6 | ‘‘ robes......... 6% ‘American indigo.... 6%4|Portsmouth robes... 6 ‘American shirtings. 514|Simpson mourning... 6% Arnold cee = GS - SEOVS 2... 6% “long cloth B 104 m solid black. 6% . “ “©. 8%|Washington indigo. | “ Turkey robes.. 7% ** century cloth 7 “India robes.... 7% gold Real... 10% «“ Purkey red..10%| ‘‘ plain T’ky X % 8% Berlin solids’....... 544) ae Ol PEC. ..-- 6%| “ Ottoman Tur- “© green .... 644) keyred........... Coeheco fancy.....-. 6 |Martha Washington . madders... 6 Turkey red %..... T% Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington Hamilton fancy. ... 644) ‘Turkey red... 5... 9% staple... 6 |Riverpoint rebes.... 5 Manchester fancy.. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 “ new era. 6%} rg gold ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6%} indigo blue....... 10% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A....13%|Pearl River......... 12% Hamilton N......-.- Tie Warten... 5. .......- 14 DEMINS. Amoskeag.......--- 13%4|Everett........ ..-.. 12% Amoskeag, 9 02Z..... 14 |Lawrence XX. ...... 138% Andover-......:.-.-- di4|Laneaster.-........- 12% GINGHAMS. Glenarven.... .-.-.. 6%|Renfrew Dress...... 8 Laneashire.......-.- 6%4|Toil du Nord........ 10% Normandie......--. 3) CARPET WARP. Peerless, white...... 18%4| Peerless, colored. ..21 GRAIN Bags. Starck. 2.3... DO iGeoreia- 4... .0.. 2 <. 16 Aymerican..... -..... 17 |Pacifie....-.-....... 14 Valley City .........- 16. teurlae 2) 6s. 11% THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour’s eee cee Seek 88 Coated a F.....-: B jMarsialls..-. ......- 88 45 Holyoke........-....- 2244 KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. | White. Colored. 6. 22s 38 a 2 No. Ne, 14: 30 2 & oe 390.40) 16. Ss 43 19...2:35 40 | ps cant 44 12 ae 41 i Ce ecae 40 45 CAMBRICS. Slater 4 (Mae Glove... 0... .. 4% White Star.....-..- 4% |Newmarket......... 4% RED FLANNEL. Hireman o... <<. igen Wee co co 22% Creedmore.... ...-.- 27% le oe See NE a ce 32% aipot XXX... 30 oe Nameless...... .-.-- 2744|Buckeye.... ........ 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Pinon 8.2... 216i Western W ......-.- 18% Windsor: 15. ° 5 ...-- 1844|D R P............... 18% 6 oz Western........ 21 (Flushing XXX... |. 23% Gnicon 5... ..:...-<- ote MaBItODe. .- 2500.40. 5 2344 DUCKS. Severen, 8 0Z........ 914| Greenwood, 8 oz....11% Mayland, 80z....... 11 |West Point, 80z.... 9% Greenwood, 744 0z.. 944) WADDINGS. Witte, dos...:....- 20 |Per bale, 40 doz....87 25 Colored, doz. -..-... 25 | SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross....9 {Pawtucket.......... 11 ss Red Cross... 9 | Pande... .. 2. 9 a. Beat: -. >: 2. - 1034) pedtera. 2... .- 10% . Best AA..... 12% CORSETS. Coraline... 2.222... $9 50/Wonderful........ $4 75 Shuling’s.........-- 9 06|Brighton.. ........ 475 SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz: .....: 85 {Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. .42 per %oz ball...... 30 50 yd, doz..42 } HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No 1BI’k & White..10 [No 4 BI’k & White..15 Sa “cc iS “ <¢ “ce . 20 oe 3 ae sf 12 oc 10 “cc .25 PINS. No 2-20, M C....... 50 [No 4—15, F 3%...... 40 cS 4 BO 45 | COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 oe = 23D. 1s) 10 fe 23 = 6 " “IS io . oo SAFETY PINS. ING Sof ste OS INOa-. oo. csc ie. 36 NEEDLES—PER M. A. JaMES.......-006- 1 50|Steamboat CS et c.., 60 Growely s,s. 2). i 25'Gold Kyed.......:.. 1 50 Marshell s..-:.. 02.55: 1 00) TABLE OIL CLOTH, 5—4....2 25 6—4...3 26|5—4....195 6—4...2 9% 1 ee a oe COOPER TO We endeavor to carry .a full assortment. 10 and 12 Monroe 8t., Foster, Stevens & Co., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HARDWARE. Prices Current: MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stebbins Pattern 6 60&10 SSRN GOT os oe ca ag owe .- .60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring.................. NAILS Advance above 12d nails. FENCE AND BRADS. These prices are for cash buyers, who = OC SS Oey Cen LEM maa 25 pay promptly and buy in full packages. ; = AUGURS AND BITS. dis. 40 Ives’, old style .........--.--.-- 20-0 e+ ---e ee 60 60 Bnelee 1 60 1 00 Cooks: 2.62 40 150 Jennings’, genuine......-...-----+ ee etree eee 25 FINE BLUED. Jennings’, imitation ..........-..----.--++++ 50&10 = street ete e ttt e eee eee tees rete ee ee en eees 1 00 oe cia ; ree eer 1 = First Quality, 8. B. Bronze............+----- OO aes oe. i 2 Beene. 2s... 28s 11 00| 194 to 304 enn ee - oo 8 Sige 2 8 50] 45 ee 50 . DO eee ................. 13 00 aaa e ee = BARROWS. — aan ee FRET eT eae B 14.00 | 404 05d... eee eee teeter eee es 10 are ee net 30 00] 3d..... erst teeter ee eee 1 50 onus ae —— COMMON BARREL. i. i i aks gn ston gl es ela a bth ck SE a Cee ee ee 2 WB Carriage new list........-.---+--++eeeeeeee es 75 CLINCH. va NE a es eee ne eee aii i isc and (4 ten ae 1 35 Sleigh shOC...... ...----eseeeeee eee e seer ces OO ea 1 15 BUCKETS. ps dag ee ee 1 00 ee ie. a & Well, swivel........- Seugee Cis B. - Lai dtiasan ig BUTTS, CAST. fs. Cast Loose Pim, figured........ .........-.--70& PLANES. dis Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.........- 6606104 Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy ....-........ ae 310 Wrought Loose Pin........--.---+++e+ seer ee CRS) SEIOGR BO as @60 Wrought Table...........----.2.-ere eee e eee: 60610 | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............. 40@10 Wrought Inside Blind..............---+++-++ 60610 | Bench, first quality...........0..0.seec eee eee. ee tee ete ee ena se oes Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .... 20&10 ind, eG a aE ee 70&16 PANS. Blind, Parker’s........-.-../--.--++--------- WOO) Bry, AG€me..... ee dis. 60 Blind, Shepard’s ........-----+++ee seer ee eee 701 Cossmon. polished... 1. dis. Ve BLOCKS. ve RIVETS, dis. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85..-....---- 49 | Iron and Tinned... .....-....-..--s-seesee 40 ea sicis Copper iivets and Burs. .....0......00. 2.0. 50 Grain ' dis. 5002 Sane PATENT FLANISHED IRON, ee prio ga eee : ie fe —— s — ea Nos. 24 to 27 10 2 3. - ood’s pat. planished, Nos, 25 to 27... 9 2 @ast Sieel 6.2. ee... perh 4% Broken packs 4c per pound extra, CAPS. ROPES. Ely’s . .. .. per m 65 | Sisal, + ine and larger ,............-...... 11% a ee “ = oa. 13% Te oe ce ce mee ' 5 SQUARES. dis. MRGRCe 620 ss Gel Sacer ane fen " 5 CARTRIDGES. Try and Bevels........,......-++-+++4- ree 60 ie ice. Ul ee rie a a nar arn nner 20 Rim Fire, United States..........-.----- dis. 50 ee eer Gat ee dis | 25) Com. Smooth. Com PebeD die, | NOS: 10 0 14... --.-sesetee cee 8420 «683 10 cea ee ee ie 70&10 i od Ct a eae = : 10 Sackot Mrarnine. 002006226) 2s os Oa OS 420 3 = CE OL OCOTHER. (6060s) ee aa 70&10 | Nos. 25 to 6 ....... a Ree ET" 3 a Socket Slicks ....... ees aemed twee asminlcett ee ree 3 45 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.......-.....------ i 40 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches 6 . wae COMBS. aur wide not less than 2-10 extra MITy, L@WTENCE’S..-..-.--- +2 eee eee eee SAND PAPER. Hotenkishk .......---. piesa oral Tint seek, 19, 8005. lk. dis. 4010 : SASH CORD. White Crayons, per gross......-... 12@12% dis. 10} Silver Lake, a eo list 350 COPPER. is A eS. . Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 28 Wane Bo... . 5D ° 14cc 14556, 14x60 .:...... .- oe 26 Broo Bo e 55 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... .........-- 25 Witte © oo. if 35 Cold Rotied, (454800000000. Jl.) 6 Discount, 10. q oe ee 27 : SASH WEIGHTS. DRILLS. dis. Solid MvOG per ton $26 =: - ee cee eee 40 Hand SAWS. neu aper and straight Shank................-.. 40 uN Saas git netses tsetse cence 5 Morse’s Taper Shank................- ce 40 u Se cal inel Oe Spe per oe oa : Special S x X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 J. : DRIPPING PANS. : S ecial Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30 Small sizes, ser pound ..... oe eee oF Champion and Electric Tooth X Large sizes, per pound.............-+. -+++- 6% Cots, fer T0008 ees, ELBOWS. i 4 ere dis. ne 4 Mane Bi os kee hemes mee Ti a rae 2 an ns aot ts 60&10 Corrugated .............+- dis. 20&10&10 | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ........... Rag dis, 40&10 | Oneida Community, Hawley @ Norton’s.... 7 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Hotchkiss oa ctttt ett et tet ee eee eee tees 70 Clark’s, small, 318; large, oe 30 PS & WwW. Mie Co's ...2 a Free’, 1, G8; 3, OM; SO... 8... 25 | Mouse, choker 3-0 3-600... 18¢ per doz. see tues bak dis Mouse, delusion...... eee $1.50 — ‘ : : : RE. 8. ee eee 65 ee 04:10 Annealed Re 7 Heller's adc cele oo oS Sisi-e eels 6 aie dems eee Sa a aie! a 50 Coppered Mayket. Se Heller’s Horse Rasps... Se ES! ous. 50 Oe ee aa Ane aesntash teen 62% Copperea Spring Steer... 50 ea Se nas a ee Barbed. Fence, aire ygag Oe Re 4 00 List a. no a oS ao “_— Discount, 50410 si Cee ee ET ay 70&10&10 GAUGES. 8. Seraw tues ee Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ......-.- Ge ie ee oeI0 es ees HAMMERS. Gate Hooks and Byes. 3... ts tk 70&10&10 aydole & C0.'8......-.--++ -ereceeee ers dis. 2% : ' WRENCHES. dis. a a cones! greene ot F asa aeewgh 's Adjustable, nickeled......./...... 30 se oie . Gis, GOTH GOMUINE oo co ae 50 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......-......... 30¢ list 60 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel. Hand... .30c 40410 ; Coe’s Patent, malleable. dice eit a 15810 Gain (hesk’n, £88 dis.60&10 ; Bird Cages .... ee a ES per doz. net, 2 50| Pumps, Cistern............. Oe gg — and Strap, to 12 in. 4%.14 and — 7 — eee sues aoe eeeeee oe. 50: Oe eee ee pees rs asters, bed and Piste...........:......50 Screw Hook and Eye, eas met © 101 Desmpers, Alpericam. |... c.f. . ~~ _ c = Se ea = rie Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65 ke ee METALS, Strap aa Poo ie aa... 7 HANGERS. dis. Pig Large gana Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track. ...56&10 | p; a ee se eas Geen eae e eae ae 26¢ ——. QnteIMGWOH 200.6... ae 60&10 img aN a ee ey - Be Kidder, wood gece sree 40! Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound. ee 60 GM) pOUNG CHARS ss. cee ecau cee 6% Kettles. 0.20. 00.00--. le eee Cree rinses! 7 ON oo oak oe nce ee cle oa 60 i Gray enameled...........-.----.-see seer eee 40&10 qos AO ee ise HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. The prices of ‘the ‘many other " qualities Stamped Tin Ware So ee es wea new list nen avenge beach earsigpe: ee by peivate Goaa sepete Tron Ware ©... new listsé%at0 |" Be ANTIMONY. HORSE NAILS. COORGOR. -- 050.26. o tc cas a eS Se dis. a PIB S. oe ~_ Truthful. Customer—I bought a piece of calico from you the other day, sir, and you said the colors were fast. Clerk—I remember it, madam. ‘Well, when I wet the calico the colors came out at once.” “Certainly; I knew they wouldn’t be slow about it. Did you come for more.” Tested by Time AND NOY FOUND WANTING, THE FAMOUS Jaxon Gragker Continues to lead all other brands on the market. MANUFACTURED BY JACKSON CRACKER C0., Jobbers of Confectionery and Cigars, Cheese and Nuts, JACKSON, MICH. AYNE COUNTY 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 papeee without charge. All communications and inquiries will have prompt attention. January, 1890. Ss. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. FIT FOR A Gentleman s TABLE: All goods bearing the name of Thurber, Whyland & Co. or Alexis Godillot, Jr. 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. THE MOST RELIABLE FooDpD For Infants and Invalids. Used everywhere, with unqualifi success. Not a medicine, but asteam-| cooked food, suited to the weakest istomach. Take no ether. Sold druggists. In cans, 35c. and upw: OOLRICH & Co. on every li b abel. 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. We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are pre consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, suc H. M. BLIVEN, Manager. ared to quote prices at any time. We solicit as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc. 63 Pearl St. PEREINS & HESS ‘ DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. A. E.. BROOKS &@’ oo. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Candies. The Only House in the State which Puts Goods Up Net Weight. No Charge for Packages. CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, = GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Michigan Fire and “Marine Insurance Co. ORGANIZED 1881. CASH CAPITAL $400,000. CASH ASSETS OVER $700,000. LOSSES PAID $500,000. D. Whitney, Jr., President. The Directors of ‘“The Michigan”’ Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y. are representative business men of our own State. Fair Contracts, Equitable Rates, Prompt Settlements, Insure in “The Michigan.’’ P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE eS DRY GOODS, WE ARE HEADQUARTERS ON Red, White, Pink, Grey and Blue Flannels, in all weights and prices. Also Domets, Canton Flannels, Bleached Browns and Oolors. Blan- kets, Comforts, Bed Robes. SELL WE STARK, AMOSKEAG, HARMONY, GEORGIA, VALLEY CITY; PACIFIC, 10 oz. BURLAP 83 Monroe and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS, Putnam Candy Co., HEADQUARTERS FOR FLORIDA ORANGE LEMONS, NUTS, ETC. WM.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manvfactvrers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. ~ ONCE MORE!, And on a Grander Scale than Ever. Our great and genuine sale of Une-Quarter | 1-4 Commences on THURSDAY MORNING, DEG. 26, And will continue until the entire balance of our fall and winter stock is disposed of. This will be a 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 (34) off. from which we deduct 4% off. Our usual low prices are all marked in plain figures, We positively intend to make this the grandest sale we ever had, as the Proprietor leaves for Europe on January 27, and is determined to clean up stock previous to his departure. » - WW. WURZBURG. Canal St. and Crescent Ave. “Our 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 Our Leader Cigars, OUr Leader Smoking, Our Leader Fine Cut, Ovr Leader Baking Powder, Our Leader Saleratus, OUr Leader Brooms, WHICH ARE NOW LPADEHS . IN FACE 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. 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. Telfer Spice Company, IMPORTERS OF TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES. : 1 AND 3 PEARL STREET. eo ee \343. The Michigan Tradesman | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY &8, 1890. VAN NORE’S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. The Van Nores were present at the) creation of the world. Some people say they made it; but one really knows bet- | ter than that. If it had not been for} their unaccountable Ararat was a Jew, and their unutterable contempt for the race of Spinoza and Mendelssohn, of Heine, Auerbach and Disraeli, they would not have hesitated to conceive that the family name of the patriarch was Van Nore. At any rate, you may understand that the Van Nores were an immensely an- cient family, so old as to be really worm- eaten. In the dust of the Van Nores there were soldiers and statesmen, and even a less regarded author or two; in this century there was nothing at all to speak of. If, however, any one Says their family tree was like one of those old, wide and deep-rooted fir-trees some- times seen, with but a single gnarled and lichened branch left of all its forest glory, the best part of it underground, you can see that the person is no friend of the Van Nores, but one whose eyes have been hurt by the dazzle of their splendor, who has been forgotten at their banquets, looked at with astony glare upon the streets, or, possibly, knocked down and bruised and ignored by their fast horses. O Being immensely ancient, immensely distinguished, and also immensely wealthy, it goes without saying that the Van 'Nores thought immensely well of themselves. They never soiled their garments by contact with the crowd; they bought their pictures and statues straight from the manufacturers before they had been profaned by the vulgar gaze; -they would have liked the gold they spent cast with a Van Nore device and the die broken. They could not hope to keep all the knowledge in the uni- verse to themselves: but they did not care so much for that—there were always tutors and chaplains and all that to be had, after the custom of certain of the South Sea Island chiefs, who maintain a Fila-oma, or Talking Man of Knowledge. If, once in a while, they allowed them- selves to come before the public in a matter of suffrage, it was not altogether without the sensation of some wicked scribe who has written the Sacred Name with unwashed hands, and, being usually defeated, they relapsed into a more pro- found contempt of the people than be- fore, and talked glibly of the advantages of a monarchy, althongh not without an undercurrent of feeling that in the event of amonarchy the Van Nores would be monarchs. They intermarried, of course, only with families of a pedigree and assumption one degree less than—it could not be more than, and could hardly be equal to—the Van Nores. Judge, then, of the bewildered and amazed wrath of the Van Nore family, when the son of the house, the heir of the name, the last of the name, the only male Van Nore left to go down the ages with the weight of the family illus- triousness upon his shoulders, married a young girl in the West, unknown, ob- secure, poor, and a Jewess ! Nore Van Nore had a sister older than himself, a dark and imposing creature with the Van Nore nose; he had a sister younger than himself, pallid, bloodless, with her mother’s delicacy of feature, and with nothing about her but her haughtiness to distinguish her from the herd of young women; he had one Van Nore cousin, alittle apple-blossom hardly coming up to the family requirements; he had four Van Nore spinster aunts, who, if they quarreled among themselves like birds in a wood, presented an un- broken phalanx of family integrity to the public, and who, with the idea that they had the manners of duchesses, really gave some_ reason to believe them directly descended from the Patriarch, they looked so extremely like the wooden women in the children’s toy arks. His father embodied all the dig- nity, pomposity and grandeur of all the Van Nores before him, as if he were the flame of their ashes; he had but one gift, and that was a faculty for satirical speech, which he exercised with im- punity upon his wife—his wife, the line of whose descent was so long that it had worn to a colorless, attenuated thread in her, a thin, pale, languid woman, of whose condition it expressed little to say she dared not call her soul her own, be- eause, in looking at her, or looking through her, rather, it was not clear that she had a soul—a woman without intel- lect, without individuality, and almost without vitality. Into this assemblage Nore Van Nore had dared introduce a person absolutely without a grandfather, and whose grandfather, had she had one, would have been named Shacabac ! Mr. Van Nore and his household would entreat this vile and vulgar intriguer, who had thrust herself upon them, and had thought to lift herself by pulling them down, as she deserved. In their heart of hearts they had a complete, if inarticulate, consciousness that no one could have married the bridegroom in question for any other purpose. And Nore Van Nore received a letter of re- pudiation from his father, disowning and casting him forever into the outer dark- ness of the world of people who were not Van Nores. And who was Nore Van Nore? He was a young man of twenty-six years, » whose mental processes had mastered the rudiments of learning to such an extent that he could read the newspaper and could make change. All attempts to cultivate those mental processes much further had failed; if he entered the university at last, it was because tutors and proctors and family influence, a for- tuitous chance, and perhaps money, all wrought together. Entrance was all, however: before the first term closed, Mr. Van Nore had private but author- itative information that unless he wanted expulsion for stupidity approaching im- becility he had better withdraw his son. In a hot and self-righteous fury, Mr. Van Nore turned the tables and expelled the university. He withdrew his son with a wild show of anger and scorn for faculty. curriculum, endowment and eareer. ‘‘They have graduated no man who comes to anything in the last twenty- five years!’ he said. And, that the matter might be the sooner forgotten, he belief that the; builder of the ark that rested on Mount, | gave Mr. Nore Van Nore a purse anda traveling companion, and dispatched | him to the far West. It was probably | ; but acase of retarded development; per- -haps he would do a little exploring and | discovering; when he should return, the affair would have quite blown over, and ‘he would marry him to some maiden who had been so well brought up that she would ' feel herself taking a proper place among | dominations, princes and powers by mar- rying a Van Nore of any caliber. All the same, he did not fail to make his wife’s ‘life a burden to her by sarcasms on her feeble wit that had been strong enough to adulterate the strength of the Van | Nore, while the very sense of his son’s lineapacity, thus forced upon him, was another argument against the woman who would marry an imbecile for the sake of climbing into his rank and posi- tion. It was not altogether to be wondered at, then, if his wife did not fully sympa- thize with him in this extremity, and if, being of an affectionate disposition, so far as she had anything toimpart, having imparted that also to her son, she wrote a little surreptitious letter—she who had usually not a thought nor a deed nor an emotion of her own: ‘‘My DARLING Boy—I send you all my love. Any wife you choose to marry will be the dear daughter of your mother.”’ That was the letter written so secretly; it meant volumes to her; it meant vol- umes to her boy. She was frightened to a trembling ghost of her ghost-like self when she stopped the carriage and asked the footman to drop-it in a street box, for she felt that if her husband knew it, it would not be impossible for him to blow out her flickering flame of life alto- gether, or stamp its feeble spark into the earth. He never had struck her, but she never knew what he might do yet. The father’s letter, when it came, was not at all unexpected by Hero Van Nore, nor was the mother’sasurprise. She was a girl of twenty, ‘‘divinely tall and most divinely fair.”?> Her superb mould- ings would have fed asculptor’s eye with rapture, her superb coloring would have driven wild another than Titian; the great braids upon her head seemed made of strands of spun gold; she wore them like a crown, as became a daughter of the royal tribe of Judah. She was un- doubtediy a Jewess; but as Miriam, as Deborah, as Susannah may have done, she had the large beauty of that Clytie in her sunflower whom some think to be Isis in her lotus. She waited in her father’s shop and she sold Mr. Van Nore a pair of gloves there. He had given his purse some time since to his traveling companion and he was waiting in this little place until he should receive afresh remittance from his father. When he saw Hero, he had something else to wait for. He hung around the shop corners and when she went home he followed her. Vera incessu patuit dea— she stepped as if the earth were air; he said to himself that it was because his heart was under her feet. He knew in- tuitively that she would not give him a second look. What were the Van Nores out here in the wilderness? He was able to see, for all his deficiency, that she was on a higher plane of being than his own. But if he could not hope, he could at least suffer; he could gaze at the star he might not win. He bought another pair of gloves. Ah, heavens! to feel the touch of those pointed fingers of hers, as they stretched the kid from side to side of his hand! The next day he bought another pair. Before he was through, he had bought the whole stock of gloves in the shop. Of course, this attracted her attention and she made some inquiry concerning him. —**You had better go away,’’ she said, when he came in again. ‘‘You do not need gloves, or ties, or any of our goods. You are making yourself ridicu- lous.”’ _ “Ihave nothing to do with it,’ he re- plied. ‘‘I was made so when I was born.”’ And so one word led to another, and in the course of time he had told her his story, which somehow seemed full of wrongs— the story of a rather feeble-minded youth who had been snubbed and brow-beaten and ill-used by a disappointed father from his birth. Her heart was stirred with pity; she let him come to the house. Hope bounded within him. If the star should fall from the sky to his arms! He wrote his father—lI forgot to say that he could write—that he wanted his influence to help him marry the most lovely, the most virtuous, the most brilliant of women, who waited behind the counter of her father’s little Jew-shop. The answer to this letter made his hair stand on end. Cold, sneering, vindictive, cruel, threatening—what should he do but show it to her? Her blood would have been cold and thin stuff had that not made it boil. ‘‘Iean never go back to him,’’ said Nore. ‘‘I never will go back to him. It is the last blow he shall strike me.”’ ‘Would you be happier here in the shop helping me?’’ she asked. ‘‘Beyond measure!’ he cried. So she told him to see her father that night. She meant about the situation; he meant about a wife. And her father, in as good and strong contempt as Mr. Van Nore himself could feel, ordered the fellow from the house. “The worthless varlet!’ cried the old man. ‘Can he earn his salt? What do I care for his name and his family and his entailed moneys—the dog of a Chris- tian! He can have them all; but he can’t marry my girl to on idiot!’ ‘‘He is not an idiot, father,’’ said Hero. ‘There is more in him than any see,’’ and she calmly canvassed the subject. ‘“*He has been made to look up till he does not know how to look straight ahead. Some day he will assert him- self—’ . ‘*You?’? said her father. believe you care for the lout! When you have sweethearts to fill a regiment! When you can marry any man in the county!’’ *¥ don’t know,’ she said. “dam sorryfor him. I care to have him happy —he has had so much unhappiness.’’ And at that moment they heard a groan outside, and they ran to the door to pick up Nore Van Nore, helpless and just returning to consciousness, with a broken leg. Hero installed herself as his chief at- tendant. In the long hours of patient pain, in the devotedness of his silent worship for her, something stirred her heart that was not pity. Heaven knows what it was! There are some strong “Your -f natures that must wrap themselves about the weak. The first time that he could stand upon his feet again they were mar- ried. And then Nore Van Nore went down to help her wait behind the count- er in the shop where she consulted him and referred to him and honored him till she was likely to make others share the strange respect she had for him. “He is singie-hearted,’’ she said to one of her old lovers in that primitive com- munity, who felt the right to make some outspoken complaint; ‘the is upright; he is unselfish. He is kind to the fly on the wall. He loves me and no other. What more do 1 want ina husband? He suits me. And as for his religion, what does that signify when, at any rate, we both worship the same God?’ A year from that time Hero did not go to the shop much; she had a little son— and not such a very little one either—a bouncing. magnificent boy, with his mother’s colors and eyes, full of life and joy and spirit, and quite the most re- markable baby inthe world. And so, when the child was six months old, it seemed to Nore Van Nore, in his happi- ness, that he was wrong to deprive his family of the blessing of knowing of such a blessing, and he wrote home for the third time, but this time to his mother. This was shaking the red rag in the face of the bull. Mr. Van Nore trampled up and down his wife’s sitting-room awhile, reared and stamped and snorted and bellowed, and not till he had reduced her to tears for having brought such a son into the world, and had pursued it till she gasped for breath and had to have the maids and ether and hot bottles, did he subside into silence and thought. That this son of a beggarly shop-girl of a Jewess should be the Van Nore! Never, never, if he had to put out the light of all the Van Nores at once! Joce- lyne, his eldest daughter, should marry young De Vere, and he should take the name of Van Nore. For a sum of money Nore should break the entail and re- nounce his name, taking instead that of his low-born wife. And so Jocelyne’s son, who was a foregone conclusion in Mr. Van Nore’s mind, should be the great Van Nore to come. He had a satchel packed within an hour and he slept that night, for the first time in his life, in a vulgar-sleeping car, always be- fore having left the train at nightfall rather than be one of the promiscuous canaille sleeping a common sleep. Days and nights and days and nights of this wretched contiguity. It was a hard ex- perience for Mr. Van Nore. He added it all up against his son. And the selfishness of the modern traveler did not tend to increase his appreciation of his kind. His kind?: Not the least bit his kind! Mr. Van Nore was more than ever persuaded that he was a superior integer of the race—marking, perhaps, one of those points of progress from which one development steps toa higher. At last he stood in the presence of his daughter-in-law. A shapeless little greasy Jewess, sell- ing old clothes—or a stately young god- dess assuming a human smile? One con- vulsive sensation thrilled across him of pride in Nore’s taste at least, souring instantly to anger to think that taste was all. And then he opened the sub- ject. : “No, father-in-law,’’ said Hero firmly, despite his wincing, and after the fashion of speech in use among her people. ‘‘No, father-in-law; we do not want your money. Nor will we surrender our name; it is our name by all right and law thatit is yours. And, as for your grandson, we have no power to forswear his birthright for our mess of pottage.’’ It was a will as strong as his own that opposed him. Storming was of no use here. He. left the house without an- other word, and left Hero dancing her crowing boy in the broad transfiguring sunbeam, looking up proudly at her husband, yet foundly, to see if really she and the boy compensated to him for all he had lost. An hour afterward Mr. Van Nore was brought back to his son on a stretcher; two trains had collided, and he was among the killed and wounded.. An artery had been severed, and before a physician could reach him he was bleed- ing to death. When, at length, the flow was staunched, he lay fainting and sinking away. ‘‘It is almost hopeless,’’ said the surgeon. ‘‘There is little blood left in his body.”’ The sight of his dying father had changed the current of Nore’s irate feel- ing. ‘If I could but give him mine!’ he cried. ‘It would do him small good,” said the doctor, looking at the pale and spindling fellow with an anatomist’s contempt; and from him the glance traveled to Hero, standing near in her abundant life, with the dancing boy in her arms, still fol- lowed by the sunbeam. Hero read the glance ina moment and had given the child to her husband. ‘‘Here, Doctor,’’ she said, baring an arm that Hebe, carrying life and nectar to the gods, might have lifted. ‘*-Do you know whatit means for you?”’ said the doctor. ‘‘And for your child, perhaps? Loss of strength, it may be of health—’’ ‘‘T know it is my husband’s father, my child’s grandparent,’’ she said slowly. “If my blood can save him, it is right that he shall have it.?? And when she came to herself after her first fainting fit, save for fatigue and languor, she did not know that she felt much the worse, and her father-in-law was smiling at her with luster in the eyes that she so lately saw nearly set in death. Strange and awful moment to Hero! She had given life to this man. She had gone behind the veil of death and dark- ness and worked with the forces of crea- tion. There was a bond between her and him such as there could be between no other people in the world. For half a fainting heart-beat she thought she had made him; for half as long again he thought she had. She felt her heart irradiate with a tender warmth toward her husband’s father. She fell on her knees beside him and kissed his hand. ‘“‘Oh, my father,’’ she said, ‘‘you must forgive us, for we love you!’’ As for Mr. Van Nore, I never saw any- body happier than he was, some weeks afterward, on his way home with his party. His son accompanied him, with the nurse of a superb, rosy baby folded in white, fleecy wools, and a lady, stately as any princess ought to be but seldom is, with her black bear-skin robes about her. ‘‘She is very teachable,’’ thought Mr. Van Nore. ‘‘A month of our life will give her all the savoir faire she needs. Her tact is inestimable.’”’ And then he wondered if she could hold her own with Jocelyne. ‘‘My grandson, the furure Van Nore,’”? he said to every acquaintance he came across, and they all seemed to be traveling on various portions of that trip. ‘‘Hero, my dear. My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Van Nore. My daughter-in-law. A great addition to our circle, Lassure you. An old family, an old family. We—we are not exactly, so to say, related, but we—we—we have some of the same blood in our veins!’ HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. About Salesmen and Their Methods. From the New Jersey Trade Review. - There are a few persons whose ability to sell things is so superior and remarka- ble that it may properly be called genius. Like poets, they are ‘‘born, not made,”’ and they are above rule, or a law only unto themselves. There is something about their personality which, so to speak, ‘‘catches on.’? They can instant- ly adapt themselves to all sorts of peo- ple, and seem able to please, convince, and persuade those whom they encounter, no matter how diverse their character- istics may be. This faculty of influencing others is not in any large degree derived from in- tellectual attainments, and still less from moral excellence; it exists in virtue of some innate quality in the mental and physical make-up, accompanied by a quick insight into human nature and motives. Men so endowed look into the corners of another’s mind, follow its windings and see clearly before him the special considerations which incline or lead him to the wished-for conclusion. They avoid discussion which may lead to controversy by quietly parrying objec- tions with pertinent facts, and with few words give to abstract generalities the fitness and force of concrete arguments in support of the main proposition. Yet the possession of these qualities in a marked degree is sometimes counter- balanced by a lack of others which are necessary toa broad and well-balanced business man. However this may be, we cannot adopt the talent, nor should we imitate the ways of those so gifted. A well known writer says, ‘‘Be what thou art and become what thou canst,’’ and with some general principles woven in with experience, we common mortals can get along better to do things after our own fashion. Aside from the men of genius, the dif- ference in selling ability will be seen to lie less in great wisdom than in common sense, energy, courtesy, patience and tact. If there be any grand secret, it will be found somewhere in that vital quality called force of character, rather than in excellence of character, for men of the most virtuous principles are often far less effective in selling goods than others whose morals are objectionable. Yet, as arule, the most honest, pains- taking and persistent are in the long run the most successful. ‘‘We used to think,’’? said one of the foremost mer- chants of Chicago, ‘‘that a salesman should bea good talker, very sprightly and quick-witted; but we have learned from experience that reliability, good sense and staying qualities are better.”’ One introduces himself as arepresenta- tive of a house; his address is respectful and pleasant, and the merchant glances over his samples, and listens to his argu- ments respecting styles, qualities and prices, put forward in the usual manner, from the manifest standpoint of self- interest and desire to effect a sale. At length the merchant says, ‘‘I am glad to make your acquaintance, but trade is dull and collections slow, and I don’t feel like buying to-day. I will keep your card, however, and when you are in town again, touch in and we may give you an order.’’ The next day, perhaps, another sales- man calls with similar goods and prices. But, somehow, he gets nearer to the mer- chant. His talk is quiet, sensible, not stereotyped, and it interests him. He seems to enter into the practical spirit of the merchant’s business, to realize his hopes and his struggles, and to appre- ciate his prudence. He touches upon details, and everyday results stand clearly out. He makes it plain that goods must be bought or they cannot be sold; yet he does not try to sell him more than he thinks it prudent for him to buy. In short, his suggestions and recommenda- tions are characterized by an_ intel- ligent interest in the welfare of the man he is dealing with; he aims to do as he would be done by, and he shows it. The result is, he goes away with an order, and leaves behind him a customer and friend. In such things lie, the difference between salesmen, both in wholesale and retail trade. It stands to reason that a salesman will succeed best with a line of goods for which he has a natural affinity or liking. For example, a man with a mechanical bent is probably better adapted to the sale of mechanical appliances than bon- net trimmings. And a person with strong literary or artistic tastes may nat- urally be expected to put more heart into the work of selling books, pictures, or art goods than into pushing stoves or lumber. These instinetive preferences are, in some cases, so strong that resolution and long training cannot overcome them; and, despite the fact that we are more or less the creatures of circumstances, they do often shape the destinies of a young man by insensibly drawing him towards a pursuit for which he is best qualified by nature. Again, some salesmen are _ better adapted to large transactions, while oth- ers feel more at home in small ones, where the percentage of profit may be greater. Some succeed better in first sales, while others get on more slowly at the start, but retain their trade more firmly. There are salesmen who can sell quan- tities of goods if permitted to cut or scale down prices, but who are only moderately successful if restricted to standard prices. Some appear to be nat- urally in better favor with certain classes; it may be with the young or with the old, with men or with women, the educated or the ignorant. Some can bet- ter recommend goods because of their cheapness, others because of excellence in quality. Articles may appeal either to the judgment, taste, fancy or imag- ination of both seller and buyer. Observing merchants recognize and ap- preciate these facts. In the house of John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, where seventeen hundred salesmen and saleswomen are employed, it is found that when a person who has failed in one department is transferred to another, a sudden and permanent improvement in effectiveness is often shown. And their experience in this direction has proved eoneclusively to the minds of the firm, that the fitness or adaptability of the individual to the thing he sells should be considered. Similar opinions are held by a great many employers of salesmen. The largest wholesale grocery firm in Chicago says: ‘We have frequently taken men from the road into the office and trans- ferred men from the office to the road, with advantage all around. But admitting that one of the first requisites for success in any pursuit is to be satisfied with it, it must not be for- gotten that most men are discontented with their lot in life, and prone to think their neighbor over the fence has an easier and pleasanter time of it. The desire for change may spring from a mis- taken idea, a longing for novelty, or from sheer laziness. Each case can only be decided on its merits, but hard work and persistence generally ‘‘get there’’ in time, and ‘‘frequent transplanting weakens growth.’’ >_< ————- Fading of Goods in Store Windows. A continental exchange, referring to the evil of fading or bleaching of many kinds of colored articles when exposed in the store windows, says that this fading or bleaching is bronght about only by the white rays of the sun’s light, and where it occurs it shows that the glass is more or less perfectly colorless. It is found that if, instead of such colorless glass, the window panes consist of glass which is slightly yellow, the bleaching or fading process is prevented. Where the glass is colorless and cannot be re- placed by slightly yellowish-tinted glass, the desired effeet may, it is said, be produced by simply giving the panesa coating of copal varnish. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: . Duc ciceee 13 Bonewend. tog fun Coo. 22... 00@15 00 Biren, log run: 15 00@16 00 Birch, NOM: PONG Soo fe @22 00 Bisek Ash loc-run.. |. ..2 2.2.22... 14 00@16 00 Cherry, log- POM se as 25 00@40 00 Cherry, NOd. b ANG 20s 60 00@65 00 @norry- Cul 2.0.5.7. ooo @12 00 Maple, log-run ......-. aa ..-12 00@13 00 Maple, soft, log-run oc ..-11 00@13 00 maple, Nos. 1 and2..2...2..2 <2... . @20 00 Maple, clear, fooring..........-.....- @2 00 Maple, white, selected......... Soe eeee @25 00 Re Oak, fog Cam 20 00@21 00 Red Oak, WO8, 40H S. 26 00@2x 00 Red Oak, 4% sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00 Red Oak, Sawed, resuler.... -.2....- 30 — 00 Red Oak, No.1, step eee 00 Walnut, log POR. es @55 00 Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2 @75 00 Walnuts, eull ..-.-. @25 00 = Elm, Tepe cc es: 12 00@13 05 Wate O50, los run. 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, log-tumn:..-........ 52... 20 00 White Oak, log- PHM. 17 00618 00 White Oak, 4% sawed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00 A.D. Spangler & Co WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FRUITS mo PRODUCE And General Commission Merchants. EAST SAGINAW, MICH. We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and produce and solicit correspondence with both buyers and sellers. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF Uysters << .i—— Salt Fish. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED. Lemon & Peters, WHOLESALE GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR Lautz Bros. & Co's Soaps, Niagara Starch, Amboy Cheese, GRAND RAPIDS. EDWIN FALLAS, JOBBER OF Batter, Egos, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Froits, Mince Meat, Nuts, ite. Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast. Butter and Sweet Potatoes Going Like Hot Cakes. Let your orders come. Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Go,, JOBBER OF FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty. 3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. ANEW COUNTRY! IN THE PINE, HEMLOCK ANG HARDWOOD & Districts of Wisconsin and Mich- igan is opened by this new ma through route to the East. BS SPECIAL ADVANTAGES Ste PARTIES WHO Erect SSSA W-ULLLS and FAC- TORIES, Mill machinery transported FREE. Choice farming lands cheap—mostly on time. Railway ©om- pany pays cash for ecordwood. For mapsand infor mation address LAND DEPARTMENT “soo” Railway, Minneapolis. Minn. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 17, 1889. TRAINS GOING NORTH. ae Leave. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:10am Traverse City Express............. 9: 20 am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 3:15pm 4:10pm rons Ciera ee cies 8:50 pm Oadiling (iixed). ooo... 635... ote 30 p m Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10am ina 4:10 p m train. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnatl TEXproas... :....cscccsees Fort Wayne Expross............... 11:45am CincimiaGl Express. :.-............ 5:30 pm From Mackinaw & Traverse City..10:40 p m SPrGr COMUING oo oc ci eos acacia 9:35 am Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. and arriving from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in- cluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7::0 a.m. 7:1ba 12:50 p 6:00 p BBE and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for Mackinaw City. South—7:15a. m. train has chair car and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 10, 1889. D Moon ceccccccscccesesnccccceccosscccesccuce 8: “48 pm Li eaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. CO. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. tMorning Express................. - 50 p m 1:00pm i ‘ 4:20pm 7:00am 7:30 am GOING EAST. +Detroit Mxprees.. o.oo. <5... 55 6:50am roti ee Ot i ee a ee a 10:10 am 10:20 am PVeminige MEBTORGs o.oo... sce s cece 3:35 pm 3:45pm SNighG Wepress. o.oo othe cuses ce 10:30 pm 10:55 pm tDaily, 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 aoe sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a. Through railroad tickets and ocean ‘cheaensiay tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D., G. Hs & MR’. 7 offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. Ss. 8. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Jno. W. coun 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. M., and connections at Toledo with evening trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin- | nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi- | nent points on connecting lines. A. J. PaisLEY, Gen’l Pass, Agent. 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 Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS. Alfred J. Brown, WHOLESALE FOTeL OPTUS, Nats, Dates, Figs 16 and 18 North Division Street, Grand Rapids. = Good. -BueiiPass Book 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 Coupes, per hundred See oe aes $2.50 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS? ee ee oc oa, tow eG 3.00 | Orders for 200 or over....... 5 per. cent. $10 s* See age e 4.00 - eee ee eek ea 10 $20 £ Oe ae ae 5.00 ts o2000). ho aie 20 wis SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS, E. A. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids. GROCERIES. Wool, Hides, Pelts and Furs. The past week has been light in sales of wool, without change in prices. All hands have been taking account of stock to know the outcome of the past year. The continued warm weather does not help the cloth trade, and manufacturers refrain from buying wools to put into them, at an apparent loss, as they claim no advance in price can be obtained on the present outlook. The stocks of wool are not large. Prices are higher in for- eign markets than they are here. Prices here are not up to cost of wool when purchased, but dealers are tired of hold- ing, and will let go from time to time, in order to close the trade and be recon- ciled toa loss. While the market is held firm, prices are no higher. Hides are weak and lower all round. Light hides sold freely at 44ge for full cured in car lots—a price lower than ever known in this country—while heavy weights fell off 4@e all around, in sympathy. The quantity is sufficient for all wants, and tanners have no trouble in getting orders filled. On the other hand, the leather trade is and has been good. The shoe trade is large, and large stocks of leather have been paid for by insurance. Again resources are so great with the large accommodations that stocks are ample. Tallow is in fair request at low prices and large stocks. No advance in price need be looked for. On furs, there is no market to quote from, and all prices given must be con- sidered nominal. Our markets at the East are demoralized, and stamped into the gutter. There have been no salesfof, or use for, fur gar- ments thus far this winter, with a large collection of raw skins. All dealers re- duce prices and buy cautiously. >_< — Purely Personal. W. R. Keeler is still confined to his house by illness Warren , Watson, general dealer in Yankee Springs, was in town Monday. J. S. Dennis, general dealer at Butter- nut, was in town several days last week. Andrew = Wierengo, the Muskegon wholesale grocer, was in town one day last week. David ,Holmes, buyer for the West Michigan Lumber Co., at Woodville, was in town over Sunday. L. J. Rindge has entirely recovered from hisZlate attack of diphtheria, and has resumed work at his desk George A. De Lano, the Allegan grocer, and Miss Elizabeth Jenner, of the same place, were married last Thursday by Rev. E. A. Harvey. It was reported last evening that Wm. Steele. President of the Steele Packing and Provision Co., was not expected to live through the night. Frank Hamilton, the Traverse City merchant, who has been in town several days, for Boston to-day. He is accompanied by his niece. Geo.fP. Fuller, President of the Fuller Bros. Manufacturing Co., of Kalamazoo, was in town one day last week and filled the jobbing trade full of washboards. Wm. J. Murphy, of the drug firm of Amberg & Murphy, will spend next Sun- day in thecity, the guest of Cornelius Crawford. He will be accompanied by his wife. Fred Chamberlain has resigned his position as pharmacist for J. C. West & Co., to take the management of a drug stock at Battle Creek, recently purchased by his brother. leaves ——- s____ Utilizing the Sun. Recently, experienced engineers have been earnestly endeavoring to make a more direct use of the sunbeam. Their purpose has been to harness some of the light whichis daily poured in profusion onagreat part of the earth’s surface, and set it to work to turn their machines. Several French engineers have experi- mented with their solar engines, as they are called, and with sufficient success to make them applicable for certain indus- trial purposes in Algeria. In 1882 one of these machines was tried in Paris, and with the power obtained, a Marinoni press was run for several hours, printing fifty copies per hour of a newspaper which was appropriately called the Sun Journal. During this time the sun was not very hot, and was frequently covered by cloud. ————_—@2 2 _—_—_— The Grocery Market. Sugars are a trifle firmer, but the slight advance is likely to be followed by a corresponding decline as soon as Sev- eral cargoes of raw sugar, now afloat, ar- rive. Spreckles’ sugars are now in the hands of Broker Hastings and present a fine appearance. They are sold from 1-16 @4c below the Trust prices. Molasses are a little higher, buyers being unable to watch prices at which they bought six weeks ago. Peanuts are higher and advaneing. : —————— +. > __—_ A London Bread Trust. A company is in process of formation, if not already closed, to control the price of bread all over the city of London. lt or its projectors have secured nearly 300 old established bread shops, a big bakery and three steam flour mills, the net profits on which are stated to have ex- ceeded $450,000 per annum, and it is ex- pected this income will be largely in- creased by raising the retail price of the staff of life to all consumers who are unfortunate enough to be at the tender mercy of the ‘‘union.”’ prices | A RUINOUS INVESTMENT. Written for THE TRADESMAN. “There’s going to be a rise in flour,” Quoth crafty Mr. Brown, Who kept a one-horse grocery in A one-horse country town, “And I'll lay in a car or two, Although I’m feeling poor, . For flour’s a-going to make a jump, Of that I’m very sure!” So Brown bought up a big supply And stored it in his loft, And thought that for a paying “snap” He’d something pretty ‘‘soft.”’ He took the papers every day And read the markets o’e-, And thought tiie prospect was the. best He’d ever had before. A day or two with joy he saw That flour was on the rise, But being certain that it would It gave him no surprise; He thought that in a week or two The price would reach the top, And didn’t for a moment think The thing would take a drop. But, sad to say, smart Mr. Brown Had made a great mistake In thinking that the price of flour Would rise without a break; It took a sudden tumble, and, Without a single stop, Clear down below his buying price Descended with a flop. Nor did it once go up again, As poor Brown prayed it would, It went down to the bottom notch And there it stayed for good. This left him in a sorry plight, For cash was scarce, indeed, And so he sold out at a loss To ease his pressing need. Since that event, his neighbors say, It makes Brown awful sour To mention in the slightest way His mammoth deal in flour. His loss was great, it broke him up, And sad things came to pass; He shut up shop and went to work At raising garden ‘‘sass.”’ FRANK B. WELCH. Time to Call a Halt. From the National Grocer. It is pretty generally conceded, even by those who are engaged in the busi- ness, that peddling is not only undigni- fied, but mean. The principle is con- demned by every fair-minded man of business, whether he is affected by it or not. One thing is sure, that itis heartily condemned as a nuisance, and in many eases as an outrage by the housewife. Bad, however, as peddling is, it is not the only evil that is at present afflicting the trade. Sampling may be considered one of them, and not very distinctly re- moved from peddling. There are, of course, circumstances, perhaps, under which sampling may be permissible, but under all conditions it is infinitely better that it should not be resorted to. In the first place, it more or less demoralizes the consumers—makes them expect too much. But this is not all by any means, for in some cases it appears to be carried to an extent that is neither justifiable nor consistent. Thereis upon the boards of the elevated road a request to every- body to send for a free sample of Quaker Oats. Itis well known that Quaker Oats have sampled the citiesof New York and Brooklyn once. Yet this firm appears to still hanker after supplying the pub- lic with a free breakfast, at least so far as oatmeal is concerned. There are more than one or two reasons why this company should not persist in sampling. In the first place, it is a well-known and staple article, therefore cannot be ex- cused for sampling under the plea that it is a new article, and the public are un- acquainted with its merits or demerits. Then, again, the grocers have been liberal enough to allow many of their windows to be used by this company to advertise its wares by means of a large gnd ungainly sign. It is, therefore, necessary that this samp- ling of Quaker Oats should cease at once and for all time. If the firm find an- other brand of oats is becomlng popular, let it push its goods, and not reduce le- gitimate consumption, and, therefore, the profit of the grocer, by free distribu- tion. The grocer has, of course, the power in his hands if the nuisance does not drop. In the first place, let him oc- cupy the space now taken up by the un- gainly Quaker Oat sign with pushing some article that will be more profitable tohim. Take the sign and put it into the cellar or burn it, and see if a good announcement about coffee or tea. occu- pying half the size, will not be four times as profitable. The way to settle the question is easy and effectual. Let us suppose, for instance, that every well- established proprietary article should eommence free sampling. What would be the result? The grocer would be in the soup, exactly the same as if every firm were to commence peddling. This sampling is an evil, and should be pro tested against by all associations. The rights of the trade must be protected. We have no patience with those who say that sampling is necessary. As we have said before, the largest trades in the world have been built up without it, and those who have adopted it have never been friends of the retailer. An evil like this is likely to grow, and the sooner action is taken to stop its further spread the better it will be for legitimate trade and traders. ————_—> > P. of I. Pleasantry. The Newaygo Tribune notes the fol- lowing: * The members of Newaygo lodge of Pa- trons of Industry watched the old year out at their hall last Tuesday night, and, we understand, had a very enjoyable time. lt is fortunate that the Patrons of In- dustry celebrated the event this year. If they had waited until next year, there would have been no Patrons of Industry within athousand miles of Newaygo. A county correspondent of the Allegan Gazette remarks : Arthur Baird tried to give a buzz-saw the Patrons of Industry grip last week and is now minus two fingers. A good many Patrons have already come to the conclusion that it does not pay to ‘fool with the buzz-saw,”’ and they will all come to that conclusion be- fore long. The Irving correspondent of the Free- port Herald remarks: The order is growing rapidly every- where and if they keep on at the present rate, before the autumn eaves fall again, the farmers of Michigan will be one solid body of Patrons; and then wait and see who will go to the Legislature and to Congress—whether it will be the bank- ers and lawyers or farmers. There is an impression abroad in the land that the great trouble with all legis- lation is that our legislative bodies con- tain too many scheming lawyers and ignorant farmers and too few eareful and conservative business men—men, capable of considering questions of public im- port ina broad and comprehensive man- ner. Itis for lack of this very element in the law making assemblies that is due so much class legislation and such a large volume of inefficient legislation which is annulled by courts of final resort. The worst enemy the farming interest can have is a representative who antagonizes all other interests in the thought that he is thereby subserving the aims of his constituents. Such a representative is not only without influence, but is a source of annoyance to those who wish to use their positions for the advance- ment of the people as a whole. ———————_ > 4 Didn’t Owe Him a Cent. A gentleman who rode down the street with a West Side feed and commission dealer, the other day, was surprised to hear him utter a low, chuckling laugh as he paused to let a pedestrian have a chance for life on the crossing: ‘‘See that man 2”’? he asked; ‘‘the one with the light suit ?’’ “Yes: what about it?” ‘‘Nothing, only he thinks he owes me $4 or $5, and he don’t owe me a cent.”’ ‘‘How is that ?’’- “He used to trade with me, and on every order for feed or oats he gave me he would be twenty or thirty cents short. Of course, that was nothing, and he ‘would pay me the next order.’ But the next order he was short again, and so on. It was his little game to beat me. I sat up nights and studied hard in the rules, and finally beat the game.”’ “How: ‘Why, before delivering his order lL opened the sacks and took enough oats to cover his shortage and squared his account. Now he has quit trading with me and goes around the block for fear I will ask him to pay up. But he don’t owe me a cent, and he is just as welcome to trade with me as ever.”’ —_—_——_—_——< > <____—- Not Up on Anatomy. Lawyer—‘‘You were present when the man was shot, were you?”’ Rafferty—‘‘Oi wuz, sor. hotel office.”’ Lawyer—‘‘You saw the man shot in the rotunda, did you?’’ Ratferty—‘‘Be Hivins, Oi didn’t notice if it hit him in the rotunda or not.”’ It was in the The United Commercial Travelers of America. Detroit, Dec. 30,1889. Editor Michigan Tradesman: At the close of the annual convention of the M. C. T. A., held in this city on Dee. 27, a preliminary meeting was called for the purpose of organizing a subor- dinate council of the U. C. T. of A. The order is a secret one, and among its objects are the uniting, fraternally, of all commercial travelers of good moral character, the establishment of an acci- dent indemnity fund, and the elevation of the moral and social standing of its members. C. L. Young, the National Organizer, who had been invited here from Columbus to present the objects of the order, presided at the meeting, which resulted in the instituting of a council known as Detroit Council, No. 9, with twenty-five charter members, as follows: J. W. Ailes, A. F. Campau, Geo. B. Bal- lard, E. E. Davis, A. H. Doty, G. W. Edson, J. H. Frink, W. V. Gawley, T. J. Haywood, S. H. Hart, F. B. Hare, H. W. Johnson, J. T. Lowry, F. Manymant, A. Manymant, M. J. Matthews, John A. Murray, H. A. Marks, L. A. Randall, Sam Rindskoff, E. R. Strong, E. C. Stone, L. Williams, J. T. Smith, Geo. L. Samp- son. The following gentlemen were elected officers for the first term: Senior Counselor—J. T. Lowry. Junior Counselor—M. J. Matthews. Past Counselor—J. H. Frink. Secretary—S. H. Hart. Treasurer—Geo. L. Sampsen. Conductor—E. C. Stone. Page—Geo. B. Ballard. Sentinel—H. W. Johnson. Executive Committee—John A. Mur- ray, Samuel Rindskoff, E. E. Davis, Geo. W. Edson. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and all present were much impressed with the principles promulgated by the order. We look for arapid growth, as I understand Mr. Young expects to form councils at Grand Rapids and Saginaw. We hope soon to greet many of our fel- low travelers as members of the brother- hood of the U. C. T. of A. S. H. Harr, Sec’y. ————————»>o_____ Curing Lemons. Methods of curing lemons are quite numerous, but the following, from the Pomona Progress, has the appearance of novelty and, perhaps, merit: D. S. Davenport, of Pomona, has long been experimenting in the preparation of lemons for packing, and we believe he has found the best, cheapest and easiest method for curing the fruit yet devised. His plan is to pick the lemons when they are just beginning to turn yellow. The fruit is then put in boxes, about the size of wooden soap boxes. "The lemons are placed in layers, with a layer of dry bar- ley or wheat chaff between them. A few slats may be nailed across the top of the boxes, but they should not be closed. That is all there is of it. The fruit sweats and the chaff absorbs the moisture. In some processes for curing lemons the sweating is forced, and the moisture is allowed to remain upon the lemon skin, to the detriment of the color and juice of the fruit; but by Mr. Davenport’s process this is obviated. In five or six weeks the lemons are ready for packing. Mr. Davenport finds that the color of lemons cured by his process is excellent, the fruit is hard and juicy, and he is able to keep and ship the fruit for weeks longer than by any other process of cur- ing. ———_—> Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y. Steam Heated and Electric Lighted Vestibuled Trains between Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis. Electric Lighted and Steam Vestibuled Trains between Council Bluffs and Omaha. Finest Dining Cars in the world. Free Reclining Chair Cars between Chicago and Omaha. - Fast Mail Line between Chicago, Mil- waukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. Transcontinental Route between Chi- eago, Council Bluffs and Omaha, or St. Paul. Great National Route between Chicago, Kansas City and St Joseph, Mo. 5,700 miles of road in Illinois, Wiscon- sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, South and North Dakota. Everything First-Class. First-Class People patronize First-Class Lines. Ticket Agents everywhere sell Tickets over the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. Eor full information address Harry Mercer, Michigan Passenger Agent, 90 Griswold street, Detroit. ——————>_-<__— It pays to handle the P. & B. cough drops. Heated Chicago, For Sale by Leading Wholesale Grocers. * | $2.75 per bbl., PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Dealers hold winter fruit at #2.%@ Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for ae and $1.50 for picked, = ding at $1.75 per Beets—40c per b Butter—The market is dull and stocks are accumulating, prices being no better than they were during the fall. Buckwheat Flour—#4.50 per bbl. for New York ock. Cabbages—f5@6 pe oa ook or full cream commands 2e Cider—9@10e pe r gal. ne barrels, $1.25; produce barrels sto Cranberries Cape Cod readily command $11 @$12 per bbl. Bell and Bugle are in good de mand at $12 per bbl. Bell and Cherry are held at $11 per bbl. Dried Apples—New evaporated are held at 8@ ne and new sundried at 5@5c. ggs—Jobbers aes 16@18c for fresh and hold at saan. Pickled -and cold storage stock com- mands about 17@18¢e Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.35 per bu. ; medium, $3.75. Timothy, $1.50 per bu Honey ’_ Quiet and slow sale. lean comb com- mands 15c per lb. Onions—Dealers pay 5(@55c for clean stock, holding at 65@70e. Pop Corn—4e per lb. Pork—Buyers pay 4c, skipping out at 440. Potatoes—There is a fair shipping demand buyers paying 30@32c here and at the principal buying points throughout the State. Squash—Hubbard, 2c per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys and Muscatine stock are out of market at present. Illinois stock commands $4@#4.25 per bbl. Turnips—30c per bu. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. MGRS BOW. 2.00600 SoS Ce ea oe 10 00 hare CAL, 2 oe es as eee eee 10 2 Extra clear pig, short cut.................-- 12 00 Wire clear; heavy... -..--. 05... 25s ee 12 00 Clear fat back <0 224.2: .-..-. se. a 11 50 Boston clear. short cut... ..:.200.. 222... 12 00 Clear back. snort CHb- 3.2.2.5 2c. a soe 12 00 Standard clear, short cut, best........-....- 12 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average 20 1G.) 2: oo aera ce 9 ‘ >) AG SPN 9% “ - ie to V4 the oo . Be NG ee oa aie se on Some sine | BOS UOMEIOCAS. 2.00... oe ee bs Breakfast Bacon, boneless..................-- on Dried beef, ham prices Seok gees a eat Sates Long Clears, BeGg@ 2 bi Briskets, maces. eee ee ee ea oe 6% - Wiehe ee 64 LaRD—Kettle Rendered. IOTOCK coe ee eo as | eas eee wees ene ee 1% NT oe a cet ewtecnee bese toe Me i. Pine ee a 7% LaRD—Refined. WCPO oo ac es newer meee pane 36 and 50 li Tube oc. B34 3 1b Pais 20 in & ease... - 7.2. 32... 6% 5 lb. Pails, 12 in a Case.............. Sues Scene 6% 10 Ib. Pails, G in 8 Case. ee 6% 20 Ib. Pails, MA GC ORNG ee ae coals cinae os 636 Bei. Cause... 066520523 ec ae 6% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............-.- 7 60 Extra Mess, Chicago packing..............-. q = Boneless, rump butts..............-2-2--e0-- & 7 SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Saiaeee. 6 se 6 ian Sash. . oe ce os s,s 12 Tongue Sausage. .-.......- Pt ce ci 9 Frankfort Sausage. .....:--..-..--...---------- Blood SAUKGLO. 8. 2 5 oo se ea as 3 wie wow > 5% Boloena, straight... 2.2... ss... ee. 5% Bologna, thick =. -. <5 ..:.-.- 5% Head CHeECE. 6. so oo ane nee oe 5% PIGS’ FEET. dy Ball PAEPOIS, cs ss es 3 25 In quarter barrels..........-...-..---..-...-.- 2 00 TRIPE. dn Ielf barrets.....-.- -. 2... 3 00 In quarter barrels..........--.---.-... +.+-4- 2 00 at Se el ee q FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Weer: CArGeee 2-622 i le oe 4 6 ‘hind quarters...........-..----+-- 5 @6% ‘fore * 8%4@ 4 Wiha ee oS @ 8 PIG oe cs ee es @ 6% i. TOMOTICS os ae es @10 HOGS eee 44@ 4% Pork ions ee @ 6% (c (SRGRIGCTS: 65500 265. jt clu eo @ 4% Bologna .. se sone @5 Sausage, blood or head. . @ 5 PVOr 2) 3. . ial @ 5 i Mranictort. 2222s) @8 Mullion. ...5-- 5. ee es ... 64@ 7 OYSTERS and FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. W hitefish Se ga ig oa os eae ieee @9 . INORG. ccc i0s cas cee ice @8 : @9 Heddies oe a. @7 oysTERS—Cans. Wairhaven Counts. .<..-......---5.+-... @35 MIR GER cee eos, cua eee cae 22 @27 eS os oo Gy ANMGRGES 00 22 oo @18 AVEO, ccs eee ode ele @16 WON OLIUOR. occ occ ieee nies ae ale @14 OYsTERS—Bulk. Standarga 2: .5...2-.. 6225 ec @#1 15 Solocts --.. @ 1 50 Clas et cs @1 50 SGriIOS (oe oe @1 50 Seallops... 12-2 .c5 6s 5. 3. ete wa 3 @1 50 Horeeradise.. 0 52. , Shell oysters, per 100.. 50 ‘_ Claman, ' CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK, Standard, 25 Ib. boxes Does a once eee 9 Twist, a eae cece br Cut Loaf, 25 Se er area Sain cg ae oe 10% MIXED. Royal, 5 Ib. pails .. ee i Mth ls oe 8% Extra, % tb, PAE ccc e yt 10 200 Ib. DbIS...........--. eee ee ence eee ee 9% cack Cream, 25 1D. pails... cc... 46. 11% FANCY—In 5 Ib. boxes. Demon Prope... 3... 12 ort PODS oo os eos oe re aw cies ee wen 13 Peppermint Drops.............- see 14 Chocolate Prope.) 6.00. 6.o2 6. oles 2. 14 H. M. Ghoenlate TORR) 500566 ol 18 Gas re ee a oe, 10 Pacoriee Breps.. =... 2. eee oe 18 A HE iiecoriee Props... . 2... 2222s ee... 14 Lozenges, OE as a one ws 14 printed.. oc eo Traperiais.?...-- 2. .... Soa. 1.14 Miottaes. 22 ee sa. ts 15 reuer BP 200 ee = Molsakes bac... So Ee a a ee ides inno Mace Creams)... -.. 2. Pint Creams. 2.3.2. 3 kk ie Diecoruted CrOnws 2 es 20 Bare HOCK. et ce 15 Poa Atmonds 2 22s 22 Wintercreen Berries... 2... ts. a 14 FaNcy—In bulk. Lozenges, plain, = so fe eae 12 “ printed, = ee . Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. Arctic, % Ib. cans, 6 doz... 45 ee a eg ee ee eee - th oS ea . Sih 4 ee Absolute, 4 = cans, 100s..11 75 is sib. ** Sts..10- 00 cg 1lb. “ 50s..18 %5 Telfer’s, is _ cans, doz.. = oe ‘ “ “ee cok 50 Acme, 4 ib, cans, 3 dos... = mip. ho ee ee ss 1 co So be - 30 e UE cua ae 20 Red Star, : _ cans, 45 %l 85 he 1 1b . 1 50 AXLE GREASE. EUSOE Bol les coe $2 60 Ae es 1% MAING Se oe es oe 1 60 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in Case... 80 Desa ee %5 American. 2 dos. in ease... 7 BLUING. Gross Arctic Liq, 4 Of... 3 40 RG ee soe oases 7 00 fs . Pt 10 0U * i 8-0z paper bot 7 20 = Pepper Box No. 2 3 00 . “ee “cc “e 4 4 00 “ “cc oe oe 5 8 00 BROOMS. NO. 2 ee se 1 70 IG ee 1 90 Ne SeCarpet.... 2 oo ce: 2 00 Ge sic: 2 PilorGem. ee 2 60 Common Ww hisk Lee ae 90 Pace 1 00 OPP te 3.25 Warehouse... .: =) J... 2... 2 BUCKWHEAT. Kings 100 1h. eases 2:- ... 55. 4 50 S60 Ib eason: .) 8: 3 85 BUTTERINE Dairy, BOG PACKCE:.. ..: 12% WORMS eo cot oe 13 Creamery, solid — . 13% rolls 4 CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes... ..-...- 10% Star, 40 eee ac I% ee 12 Meat ee 26 CANNED Goops—Fish. @lains. 1 Ib. Little Neek. --.. 12a Clam Chowder, 3 ib.. < cia 10 Cove Oysters, 1 Ib. stand. -E 10 2 lb. se 90 Lobsters, : = picnic cceseees 1 40 Sage a 2 65 as 1 *b. Star eeea csc 2 00 2 1b. Siar... t. .3 00 Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85 5 Stand... ...- 1 20 3 Sy ee 2 00 - 31b.in Mustard...2 85 zi 3 1b. soused. 7...<- 85 Salmon, = Columbia... ..1 80 Alpalea 80 Sardines, domestic tee go. 5 eee @ 9 Mustard %s...... @9 ee imported 48. 104@ 16 me spiced, %%s.. 10 Trout, 3 ib. prook)..0 150 CANNED GoopDs—FTuits. Apples, gallons, stand. Blackberries, stand......... 90 Cherries, red standard...... 1 20 _ Pane ss. 40 Pesmsees 6c. 6. tc. 2: 15 Hee Plums, stand..-.....--. 16 CROURECEFICS .. 0. ss 1 00 Grapes 22262 c 6 Green Gages: ..............- 18 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 70 Se 1 45 o ree. ; 15 PCars. 65. ee 25 Pinemapies ...2 2:2... .. 1 5G 50 Gumiegn 2.) 2.4 1 00 Raspberries, extra... 5... is MOG oo as 1 40 Seaebenion Be oa ce cia = 14 WHortleperries.......-....... 75 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... Beans, Lima, stand......... 85 . "Green Limas.. @1 0 See ee oso @ 9 © Strmpress, Brie. .....- 90 “ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, Archer’ Ss Prophy....... 1 00 Morn’g Glory.1 00 cas s Early Golden.1 00 Peas, Prenea... 0.0.05... 1. 68 ‘* ‘extra marrofat. . @1 % i SOAKCG..2:0.5........-. : June, Stang... 0... 27. 1 40 . c) gifted oS. 1 55 “ French, extra fine... .1 50 Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2 1b Pumpkin, 3 1b. Golden...... 1 Ov Succotesh, standard........ 90 Stas es as 1 10 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. = 00 Good Enough95@1 00 . Ben Har 95@1 00 e stand br.. 95@1 00 CHEESE. Michigan Full Cream 114@12 Sap Sago.........--... 16 @16% CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet... .......-.. Premiuira.. 2: .2:...-.....- 35 CocOR 2 tei. co. 38 Breakfast Coeoa:..-..-.-. 48 POOH ec oo Saat 37 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, ee oes 2 ee a 35 Spence... 30 CHICORY. T% —— Rio, fair ae SOO css. 184%4@20 PERG. cas. @21 “ fancy, washed...19 @22 . golden eed 20 @23 % @22 Mexican & Guatemala 19 @23 Peaperry. ....-:.---.-- @23 Java, Interior eva ceca 2 @25 a Mandheling.. @29 Mocha, genuine....... "3 @27 To ascertain cost of roasted age. cOFFEES—Packag PaGH: 2 toe. Pieaawi. - 52. ss... Chocolate Drops, in goes ee es Sole eis es 12 Gum Drops, = OME 6% ES Soe ees 5% Moss Drops, in ee ee 10 OOS oe 9% Sour Drops, = RN tenes 12 Imperials, = PMID acess cea octaves se 11 WEDINS Coe ere es 10% FRUITS. Oranges, SS choice oie Soap ee @3 (0 ee & gee ee 3 50@3 75 mic . golden THSEeIS, .... .- 2 75@3 00 Lemons, Messina, ‘choice, SA ae .3 00@3 25 oe . Oe SMe saa @4 2% = * faney, Jee... 62.245 .5 @4 00 . - : WOO es. 4 50@4 75 - Malagas, choice, ripe......... @2 50 Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy AGVOPS. ..... 14 15 : choice = 25.2. 11 @12% e CROICO. 7S FRG oie. anes ee oo Dates, frails, OO ee ce see ee @ 4% 1g fratis, BO ID... neces ees @ 5% Fard, 10-Ib. box Doce eevee cane eens @10 . | ae alee ser Pag aarp ng 8 ie Persian, 50-1D. POR... 3.0. <2. 5. 6 @7% NUTS. Almonds, Wartseone. 225.006.5630. 3. RURCQe 3 oS ye. co . Calitonuea. 0... Biss 1) Se ES 2 eee Walnuts, GHYENRODIC.: 3. 5. ese eas; ss Calformia. 5.2 2+:- 6 ebOR ss es Se oe 6 of OPAVALY. oy eo cas 6 i PASCHIk 6.2 s os % BOstgH. 2 os oo sao 8 (ey Soda. =. 62... Se ee 6% S Geile eek ee 6 City “Oyster, se 6 ( 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure...........-..- 38 iGrocera’ (> ci. es 24 DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. Apples, sun-dried..... 5 @6 dy erensie®-- @ 8% Apricots, ne “15 @16 Blackberries” =... :---. 5 Necturines “= 5.2... s+s. 14 Peaches ec etna 14 Plums Se ae eed Raspperties © .22.. +. 28 DRIED FRUITS—Citron. et GPO ooo sea ey Tia PORCH il aes a os @25 DRIED FRUITS—Currants. Zante, in barrels...... @6 c in less quantity @ 6% DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. SWEET GOODS. FPOEMOW social eens +s 4%4@ 5 [x DOGG eos iis sous sue 6 Ginger Sriepe.... 36... 8% UstOrnie. oo ces @10 . Sugar Creams......... 8% DRIED Sons diene Frosted Creams....... 9 Valencias. ... 2... ..... % Graham Crackers..... 8% Ondaras............... 94@ 9% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% CUI 2, coco 12 @12% SODA, London Layers, ca ORR ee ts ees vce duces 54 TORRE oc. 53 oo 250@2 75 Kegs, haath i ee 4% London Layers, for’n. @ EAS. Muscatels, California.1 85@2 35 DRIED FRUITS—Peel. Lemon. oie, 13 S Oneness So 14 g gp FARINACEOUS GOODS. CTOTCONG cas 34 Farina, 100 Ib. kegs......... o4 SUN CURED. Hominy, yer bit... a. O08 BOE ee ey 4 @15 Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.. OS G00G ooo ca. io 16 @20 “imported... @ 0 Chiles es 24 @28 Pearl Barley... . ....:. @ 2% Cnoleest....50....5...; 30 @33 Peas, alg ot i @1 10 BASKET FIRED. Sie @3 Pe ee @20 Sago, German......... ig G4 Chole, -@2 Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl.. @ C4 Chgicest... 3... @35 Wheat, cracked....... @ 6% | Extra choice,wireleaf @40 vi ermicelli, import.. @10 GUNPOWDER. domestic... @60 ‘Common to fair....... 25 @35 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Jennings’ D.C. Lemon Vanills Choicest fancy........7% @8 2 oz. Panel, doz. 1 25 IMPERIAL. 402. —o 4o 225 Common to fair....... 20 @3% 6 Oz. iL 2 325 Superiortofine........ 40 @50 No. 3, “100 1 60 YOUNG HYSON. No. © ae 400’ Common to fair....... 18 @26 No.10, . ** 450 6 00 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 No. 4 Taper, “*.. 1 @ 2 50 OOLONG. ¥% pt, Round, ‘* 4 25 < GO. Commnon to fair... . ... 25 @30 1 . < 3 30 15 00 Superior to fine....... 30 @50 ; FISH—SALT. Fine to choicest....... 55 @65 Cod, WhoIs. 23... 5 @6 ENGLISH ——, OM OICOR Co 3050. 74%@ 8 @30 PASELOAIG 255555 9%@10 @35 Herring, ——— % bbl.. 2 75 55 @65 es bbed.. 275 Tek ek 8 @10 . ieltandl “pbls.. 12 00 TOBACCOs—Plug. E a f kegs,new @ 75 S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands. Sealed ........ 22) Nimrod, 4x12 and 2xi2...... 7 Mack. sh 'S, No. 2,% bbl 1200 Reception, 2 2 2-5x12, 16 oz 1.36 L ; . lb kit $ pe oe 1x6, 4% to oa g ng 20 | Big 5 Center, 3x12, i2 oz....... Trout, 3 bsyger™ eee 4 00@4 50 Wheel. 5 to a = oe Pe 20 1b.) Kits... . 60 | Trinket, 3x9, Sons White, No. 1 i gb os 25 Jas. G. Butler & Co.’ 's Brands, BO oes Somethi a i chi: ois REINS GOOG... 6... oo, 37 . Family, *y bbls.... .2 50 37 + We 50| W catia Cake. bik... ii... 37 Kees GUN POWDER. a, “Tobacco” : oe eco a eae 5 25 TOBACCOs—Fine Cut. Half kegs.. 2 88 D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. on LAMP WICKS, Hiawatha -:.....0..... 62 y+ = i ees S01 Swoet Cuba... -. 37 7 Teo. ee eee eee eee ecto eee 40 TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS. Gs 50 2 per hundred Sat aces 2 50 LICORICE. ee aed 3 00 PUTE. «- .- 2-2 eee ee eee eee ee ee 8 4 00 Calabria ee ee oe 25 | $20, “ “ 560 Sicily...........- eee 18} Subject to the following dis- Black Sta eee nnn 23 7, WUE ee ee ecw ew aces ww 200 7 Cube Dakine. "Toone oe or over... cae per cent. Porto Rico.. ws. s+. 24@35 i} 1000“ oes New Orleans, ened... 25@30 VINEGAR. choice...... 338@38 | 40 er........ : 7 a faney Ane Eiiee ee 9 One-half barrels,3c extra Sifortarcel OATMEAL, Muscatine, Barrels .. ...5 75) Fermentum, Comuceascl i talf barrels... ----3 00 | MISCELLANEOUS. __ Ss = esate a 2 15@2 25 | Cocoa Shells, bulk........ TH Muscatine, Barrels... . @5 Te i side ampeaccine oan 2 Half bbis 3 00| i me ahaetaaaattiney 5 i — wees 2 15@2 25! PAPER & WOODENWARE Michigan ea es ‘urtiss ea a Water While... ........ a1 le PICKLES, | Saree Medium............ .. 5 50@5 95 | wight Weight.... ..... a % bbl........ Se eee 180 Small, bbl. LO eee ee 2% WM ls BOP Make 2% ities: _ibry Goede. 6c... ee Clay + fal gout ee tae 1 ues Meee... cee 8 7 2c ee RO CREB es ‘ Mma lk ee one NO. 2.2.0.2 +++. Carolina head... 0.2.00. 000 Midtwme —- as No. 1.....-..---....-5% | Cotton, No. 2....... 0 ae ; ein ah de 54%@ | se 6 18 No.3. siya ei ices as Ste Papen ce ee 54@6% | No. oe aia ce = aves: a 6 — = = Bob Siege ‘ olar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 27 - oe sua = POCKEt.... 0. + +e esses ees 1 95 | wate Ke 7 00 a el ee 6 00 ce TO cee ose, 5 00 Ashton bu. bags ees 75 | Pails, No . 1, two-hoop.. 1 60 ee as Rootttseteesse: S| “No.1, three-hoop.... 1 75 oe a wien 35/ © lothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 60 uu setece cress 20 | Bowls, Hien, 1 00 SALERATUS, | iB “4 1 25 DelLand’s, pure. ...........: eee ee 2 00 Chureh’s, Cap Sheaf.........5 | ‘ ae ea nN 2 %5 ed Beagrie dee 5 | assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 as trite a ee eg “ 45s, 17s and 19s 2 75 1 teed thd... ....2..- a fo Catmway.).. 4-72...) . |... a & with covers 1 90 ee Oe ee eee eee a “ willow el ths, No.1 5 %5 2 Es es a “ No.2 6 25 Anise eee eee ese 8% | « ‘ No.3 7 25 IN i es ame wale . 4% | “ splint No.1 3 50 Mustard.. u ae ae ‘ No.2 4 25 ' SHOE POLISH. | se - No 3 5 00 Jettine, 1 doz. in box.:..... -75| GRAINS aa FEEDSTUFFS SNUFF. | Seoteh, im bladders.........37 } aia Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 | White —_ ~— 3 French Rappee, in Jars..... ea 8 Li eae | Red......-..-.-.0.- +++ . Detroit oan os Reanda, All wheat —- 60 Ib. test. oa ee 33015 : 5 Queen Anne................ 3 85 ai i 2 saa oe : = German Family... .......... _! Patent “ sacks........ 5 20 Mottled German............ 3 00} “ ‘* barrels 5 40 Old German 2 70 | a ee U.S. Big Bargain.. a Botted 200 vee 1 00 Frost, Floater........... ..-4 3 75 | Granulated.. 410 Cocoa Castile ...........-.. 3 00 | | MILLSTUFFS. Cocoa Castile, Fancy........ SSO rea 10 00 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. VOM cl cee ee 11 00 Happy Family, 75. 1.2 Oh | Serpenines 2.0.0.6)... SE Old Comntry, 90:........-.... "3 30 MGs 8s. 2 Una, 100.. ou ..6 Oot Mixed Wee@........2.0..0. 14 60 Reaseer, 100... 5 ......5.... 2 15 | Coarse meal..........:..00 1% 00 sPicEs—Whole. CORN. A IBICG o | Saigk lote..... 1-5... 3. . ao Cassia, China in mats. oe | Car tle, 32% . Bataviain bund....11 | OATS. Saigon in-rolls...... | Sell let ioe Cloves, Amboyna...... 26 | Car es ce eyes ec enece 26 “| Zenraper.:... -...:.. 2 i RYE Mace Batavia -...: ....... oS uno @40 Nutmegs, fancy............- Se i BARLEY ce ee CE ia, 1 10 ee, eR OTe eee eer ae 1 05 Pepper, Singapore, binek....28 } HAY. white... 36 PNOe. ee sy 10 00 fc GhOt 0 s Nee ae 9 00 PERCE gr momen In Bulk. | Allspice eek ew eae 15 | HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Cassia, Batavia............. 20 | Perkins & Hess pay as fol- > si and Saigon.25 | lows: a Selo 4a | HIDES. Cloves, Amboyna. ......-.-- 2 | Green -..-...-..... 5. 34%@ 1% oe ead | Pare Gured. 0550242. @4 Ginger, African.. Pie ce 4@4% Cochin.. | ay steers, extra. sf Jamaica . eee Ne suc olla a eae 5 @ 6 REO PMV IE oo. oon tonne we 0 | Dry Hie ioe c 5 @6 Mustard, English anes 2 I | Calfskins, green... .. 3 @4 and Trie. .25 eured...... 44%4@ 5 + ——— ....27 | Deaconskins.......... 10 @20 Mutmese. NO. 2 ..1.....-.... so | ¥% off for No. 2. Pepper, Singapore, Dlack....21 |} PELTS. WHEtC. .... oO. | Shbartines |. ..50...... 10 @25 ° Cayenne........... 25 | Estimated wool, per b 20 @28 Herbs & Spices, small..... 65 | A full 10 per cent. off the fol- large... .- 125 | lowing prices: vs STARCH. FURS. Mystic, 64 pkgs.. 4 48| Mink, dark............ 40@1 00 barrels... .<....... of VEG... ac sece.s Se OP SUGARS. j RBCCOON, 6.0 cei Sus 8@ Cau Teebis.2 os... .. @s | Sa ud eee 80@1 00 Gubes 000 ts @ 7% | Muskrat.- seeeees 15@ 20 Powdered. 0. 52. @ 7% | Fox, red.......-...+... 1 25@1 50 Granulated, H. & E.’s.. 64%@6 81; “‘ CTOSS...-..--..--- 2 00@5 00 Franklin.. 6%{@6.81|} ‘‘. grey..------.-.--- 40@ 70 “ Knight's. o 6. - Badger Scag aoe aes 75@1 00 Confectionery A.... 6.56@ 6 | Cat, reid 75 No. 1, White Extra C..6@ 6ig | Wighe®......-, 535-3. 4 00@5 00 Né. 2 Extra ©... @ 5% EPS onc, eae eee an oe : 00@4 00 No. 3C, golden.. Se gatees @® 5% | Martin, dark. Cee wae we 1 25@3 00 No. 4 C, Gar. >... 2: O Ra Me NOS © @ 4% | Otter, aur. lacus’ 1) SAL SODA. < a “ Te ieee ei an oe 34 ¢ - ‘ Reaver 2 p0@E 00 Granulated, eee ewe ae 2 Oppossum. cee: oe 15@ 20 Deerskins, per Ib...... 15@ 25 Kitchen, 3 doz. i pGx....: 2 3 Above prices for No. 1 skins Hand, 3 et 2 35) only. SAUERKRAUT. : WOOL. Silver Thread, 15 gallons....2 90' Washed.. ...........+-- 25@30 . = 30 “ 2 4 46 | Unwasted..:2.. ...:...,. 12@22 SYRUPS. MISCELLANEOUS. Corn, barrels.......------- @27 | Tallow ...........-+++- 3 @ 3% « ” one-half barrels.... @29| Grease butter......... 83 @5 Pure Sugar, bbl........ : | Switehoe cess) oo 14@2 @& half barrel.... Ginseng.......... ....2 00@2 75 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. i Sec’d Vice-President— Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer— Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; 2. 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 Hops Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, Ww. F. Jackman. Se Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. ———o A Galenical Barbecue. I amadrug clerk. That means, in our burg, that I get up at 6:30 3. DL, sweep out the store, dust bottles and show cases, have fifteen minutes for breakfast, half an hour for dinner and eat my supper while waiting on cus- tomers; through the day] seli stationery, groceries, hardware, second-hand cloth- ing and an oceasional bottle of patent medicine—this latter warrants me in calling myself a drug elerk. I intended keeping this celebration for Christmas, but as my twenty-first birthday fell on the 5th of this month, and I considered it of more importance to me than Christ- mas. I decided to combine the two dates and celebrate my arrival at manhood’s estate in royal pharmaceutical style. 1 received permission from my em ploy- ers, Messrs. Casea, Rasagrada & Co. to use a vacant room over the store and pro- ceeded forthwith to issue my invitations for a grand ‘‘round up.” There were eight boys in our village whom I could crowd under the appella- tion of “drug clerkse’ ‘First, there was my fellow clerk, Spatula Tompkins; then Sandalwood Smith and M. Graduate Jones (by the way, the only ‘‘graduate’’ in the county), assistants of ‘‘Bill’’ Shears, the barber, who sells bay rum and hair re- storers; next came Tom Ginfizz and Jerry Cocktail, bartenders at the ‘“sPurgatory,’’ our leading hotel, where they make a first-class ‘bitters’? and refer to their bar work as ‘‘dispensing,’”’? and last, but by no means least, Io and Bin, the two sons of Dr. Cl. Hydrarg, our local Aisculap. The short time left me before the even- ing of the 5th was spent, with the aid of Spatula, in decorating the banqueting hall, making a table, and securing q. s. of mortars, evaporating dishes, graduates and medicine spoons. At last the evening arrived, and with it my guests, decked in their ‘other’’ clothes. and each one, as is the custom in our locality, bringing something which would add to the enjoyment and general hilarity of a birthday ‘“‘blow-out.” For instance, the Hydrarg boys brought the old man’s pet skull as an ornament to deck the board in true Egyptian style. Sandalwood Smith brought a demijohn of ‘hard cider,’? and Graduate Jones a dozen clay pipes and a pound of tobacco; while Ginfizz and Cocktail carried half a dozen conical shaped packages which were destined to exert a peculiar influ- ence upon the party and cause me to ex- perience at once the mingled pleasure and pain of a full-fledged manhood. After receiving the congratulations of my friends and bidding them a hearty wel- come, we sat down at a table which I am pleased to say the boys greatly admired. Before each guest was amortar, an evap- orating dish, a graduate, a spatula and a medicine spoon. In the center of the table was big 14-inch mortar filled with hot punch, and arranged around this with studied carelessness were the differ- ent gifts which thoughtful friends had sent me. Among them, I might mention a Waterbury watch from Mrs. Cascea and a beautiful yellow and scarlet ~ necktie from Miss Rasagrada, on whom my affec- tions are somewhat pasted. At the end of the table, opposite me, I had placed the skull and filled every crevice in it with cigars. Amid a running fire of raillery and good fellowship, soup was served in mortars and partaken of with medicine spoons. Then the way was comfortably cleared for the reception of the heavier viands by a graduate full of blackberry wine, the gift of Miss Casca. But why worry you with details! Suffice it to say that the many specimens of wholesome and palate tickling edibles sent by my kind friends were tucked under our vests in a remarkably short time. and then one and all began to cast interrogatory glances at the aforesaid conical packages. This led to a careful and critical examination of the contents. * * * * * * Somehow I cannot clearly remember the actual results of that examination. I only know that I was awakened by a not very gentle hand and was almost blinded by the strong glare of sunlight which was poured through the uncurtained win- dows. Heavens! whata sight met my gaze when I finally began to take in the details of my surroundings. Lying, half on a table and half on a couple of chairs, with one elbow in the punch and using my new tie as a pillow, was Sandalwood Smith: Ginfizz and Spatula lay under the table. locked in amore than brotherly embrace. Spatula’s coat was ripped from tail to collar, while around his arm he wore the bosom and collar band of Tom’s shirt. Graduate Jones was propped up in one eorner of the room with an eight-inch wedgewood mortar upon his head. (Graduate was the only man whose head was normal for four days afterward, but his neck was swelled badly. I suppose he had to ‘‘swell’? some place, and the mortar prevented him swelling where we did.) Jerry Cocktail! lay on his back, under the window, with a broken spatula in one hand and the skull in the other; Io. Hydrarg was leaning against the wall with a mortar between his knees, in which he had been triturating my new Waterbury with a wine bottle; at my feet and clasping them tightly was poor Bin, while I bad been using one of his feet as apillow. The foregoing details 1 took in at a glance, for the rough hand which awakened me was attached at one end to * the person of Mr. Casca and at the other to the collar of Bin’s coat, which I hap- pened to be wearing at the time. It was already past 9 o’clock, so 1 proceeded to rouse the rest of the ‘“‘gang’’—no easy task. Lean assure you. How 1 ever got throtgh that day is a mystery tome. I have a distinct recollection, however, of finding a feather pillow much too hard | for my head that night, and of sincerely | thanking Heaven-ere I fell asleep that a) twenty-first birthday was a solitary event | in a man’s lifetime. 4 Minor Matters of Interest to Druggists. SIMPLE ELIXIR. The following formula will in all | probability prove satisfactory. The mix-! ture should be allowed to stand a few days, in order to blend the flavors: ° Gil cassia te Ext. vanilla. -...-5 60 --- 3... es - 14% drms Menke oe ee oe fiozs Siar os ee ne ee eae on 4 ozs Water, g. s. to make..........-..+++-+++- i pb The quantity of extract vanilla can be modified according to the taste and the quality employed. Enough should be used to render obscure the harsh flavor of cassia. SULPHUROUS ACID. Sulphurous-acid gas is best generated by the action of sulphuric acid on copper clippings, with the aid of heat. Lhis method requires the use of double the quantity of sulphuric acid that the official method does, but the quality of the gas and the rapidity with which itis gener- ated more than compensates for the extra amount of acid used. GRAIN WEIGHTS. Undoubtedly the best grain weights are those made from aluminium wire. They are more easily and quickly distinguished from one another than any other form, and less likely to confuse than fiat weights having the denomination stamped on the face, often faintly, and liable to be obliterated by constant use or cor- rosive action. VITRIOL. The word Vitriol is from the Latin vitrum, meaning glass, and was applied by the ancients to erystallized ferrus sulphate, or green vitriol, from the glassy character of its erystals. The sulphates of many of the other metals were afterwards, for the same reason, given the name of vitriols. MEASURING PERCOLATES. A very convenient method of measur- ing any required amount of percolate is to measure into a bottle of appropriate size an equal volume of water. Place the vessel upon a level table, and mark the surface of the liquid by means of an edge of a triangular piece of paper pasted upon the outside of the bottle. A triangular piece of paper should al- ways be used, as its form precludes doubt as to whether the liquid should come to the top or bottom edge of the mark. ELIXIRS FROM FLUID EXTRACTS. The National Formulary, published by authority of the American Pharma- ceutical Association, authorizes the em- ployment of fluid extracts in the prepar- ation of twenty-four elixirs, one liquor, three mixtures, seven syrups, three tinctures, and two wines. This is indicat- ive of an inclination on the part of edu- cated pharmacists to take advantage of the convenience of this method when the occasion will warrant it. SAPO VIRIDIS. i : We have never regarded the absense of green color in this soap as important. The National Dispensatory says: ‘‘The adoption by the U. S. P. of the antiquated term. sapo viridis, is unfortunate, since soft soap, even if made from green-hemp- seed-oil, will become brown-yellow, un- less artificially colored.’’ LITHIUM BENZOATE—ERROR IN FORMULA. Having had occasion to refer to the formula for this salt, on page 930 of the National Dispensatory, we note that lithium benzoate is directed to be pre- pared by heating 100 grs. of lithium car- bonate with about 300 grs. of salicylic acid os The unsuspecting pharmacist is apt to be misled by this misprint, on account of the similarity in the general character of Salicylic and Benzoic acids, and we therefore caution our readers to make a correction in their dispensatories. FUNK’S CREAM OF ROSES. This preparation can be closely imi- tated by digesting one drachm of -gum tragacanth in seven fl. ozs. of water, for three or four hours straining through muslin while warm, and adding one fluid ounce of glycerin, the resulting mixture to be perfumed with extract of white rose, and colored light pink with carmine. ae The Drug Market. Opium, quinine and morphia are un- changed. Chloroform has advanced. Cuttle bone is higher. Gum guaiac is very scarce and firmin price. Chlorate potash is lower. English vermillion is higher. Linseed oil has advanced. Ox- alic acid is lower. The Trust has an- nounced its price for white lead at 74 cents, with rebates, as follows: Three tons and less than ten tons, 4 per cent.; ten tons and less than twenty- five tons, 6 per cent. Flint glassware has advanced. H. H. Warner & Co., Limited, have ad- vanced the price of their ‘‘Log Cabin’’ remediesto the former prices, as follows: One dollar goods, $7 per doz.; 50¢ goods, $3.75 per doz.; plasters, $1.50 per doz.; liver pills, $1.40 per doz. The Inventor of the Soda Fountain. According to the Druggist’s Circular, the inventor of the modern soda fountain is anative of Bellerica, in Massachusetts, who removed to Lowell, in the same State, where, in 1855, the brothers Amos W. and Gustavus D. Dows were associated in business as retail druggists. Seeing the necessity of something more eonvenient to inerease the trade in soda refresh- ments, the two ‘‘put their heads togeth- er,”? and after a short time announced to their customers that they had “ice-cold soda”? on draught. The apparatus first constructed was a very crude invention, but in 1861 G. D. Dows patented a shaver consisting of a galvanized iron box, with a propelling screw in each side arranged with bevel gears, and operated by a crank on the outside of a large marble box containing the syrup cans, cooler, ete. G. D. Dows soon after started the manufacture and sale of his apparatus in Boston. The demand for summer drinks was supplied mainly by lemonade and fermented hop beers. His efforts to improve this class of beverages led to carbonated drinks. His were the first marble soda-water fountains ever used in America, and they became so popular that he could not supply the demand for them. The first fountain made under his patents was used by A. W. Dows & Co., at Lowell, and the ice-cutters were manufactured for many years in Lowell, by Frank S. Perkins. ————_s_. The Purification of Glycerin. Recent investigations have shown that all the patents taken out in Germany for the purification of glycerin up to the end of 1888 have been allowed to lapse, a proof that none of these processes have been able to stand the test of practical experiment. The problem how to free glycerin from impurities in a manner at once cheap and practically useful is, therefore, unsolved, and offers a tempt- ing opening for chemical investigators. Wholesale @ Price Current. Advanced—Chloroform, Cuttle Fish Bone, Linseed Oil, White Lead, Red Lead, English Vermillion. Declined—Oxalic Acid, Chlorate Potash, Chlorate Potash (po). ACIDUM. Carp. ee 1 15} Antipyrin: oc... 2. 1 35@1 40 t Nepieum: 0 ee s@_ 10 | Chlorate, (po. 18)...... 16@ 18) Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 68 Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 ——— Ce uae an 50@. 55 qe eee Sooo cee 5@ 7 Boraie «ee. 0000 30 | Lodide... nr aon? OG? | Biamuth ON... 2 1002 3) Carbolicum ...... 40@ 45] 50° catego pure.. © 3s | Calcium Chior. ia. G4: 10G@2 20 Citricum .......- 50@ 55 Sane fe Sen, orga s 10 oo re 1s, (48 Hydrochlor ..... 3@ 5 ae - a @pt.:... &@ ee init 2) bee ee @ 3 Nitrocum .....-- 10@ 12 Pr ass cn POS ccc wcces- an 98 antharides Russian, . | Oxalicum .......-- 10@ 12 ake Go eS ees b@ 18 Goaicl Feo a so ee oe @1 75 Phosphorium aio. 29 | Sulphate po.......---- pS! 1 ruc is, Gf... @ 18 Salicylicum ra ae stale 7 = . RADIX. “ ‘ a 8 = Seer 4@ go | Aconitum ............- 20@ 25| Caryophyllus, (po. 28) 23@ 25 Tannicum.....---+---- 1 40@ Alghac 25@ 30| Carmine, No 40 % Tartaricum.....--++++- 4g | Althae.-....---------- 39 30] Sore Alba, 8&3... 006. 50 AMMONIA. a POs ceo a se a Wleye soos os 28@ 30 R MRIRIHS sos eee ONAN, oe 40 Aqua, . = ce = : Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12| Cassia Fructus........ g 15 ieee oe ie ee @ 10 Chloridum .....---+++- 12@ 14 y a ey ee ae @ = ANILINE. Hellebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 20 . re squibbs a @1 00 Black -oo+e-s eves 000 2 ong 2 | nal, Pos o-oo" "9 dugg? 2D | Chondrus cc aN. 3S oa ono s 45@ 50 es plox (po. 20@22).. 18@ - Cinchonidine, P. & W 15@ 20 cc cc an 2 50@3 aiipe, pe: ..-----..-.- 2a . German 10 TEGOW co settee yee . = Maranta, 148.....-...- @ 35| Corks, list, dis. per ~~ BACCAE. Podophyllum, po....-- = = Po el See ee @ 60 ce ao. 1 O...-1 85@2 00 Rhei oo aerate ees = = Son ae ‘6 oc @ 50 Sumiperts «= -- e200" ae ee ee ee @ 5 Xanthoxylum ...------ spigelia ae 48@ a. ee 8@ 10 BALSAMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 25) .. @ 2 PUMDE. foc @ 8 Copaiba .....----+++++- 70@_ 75 | Serpentaria.......--.-- 40@ 45 Crocus eee eae oe 35@ 38 PET... 22... +-26----2-* @1 30 | Senega ........-+.- +++. 65} Cudbear............... @ # Terabin, Canada ....- 45@ = Similax, aaa, 2 . a a ee 8s@ 9 BH cect ree sce 45@ . PMG oe 1 12 -_ Scillae, (po. 35)......+. ae. a CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Feeti- Emery, all numbers. @ 8 Abies, Canadian..... 18] dus, po.......-. -... 35 pO el. @ 6 Cassia .....-------scsee eee: 11 Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) _@ 25} Ergota, (po.) 45....... 40@ 45 Cinchona Flava ....- Se German... 15@ 20| Flake White.......... 2W@ 15 Euonymus atropurp. 30 Zingiber Beeee eee en ees 10@ 15) Galle 2. @ 2 Myrica Cerifera, po.- 90 | Zingiber j..-.-...-.- 25| Gambier............... 8s@ 9 Prunus — poate = aii ey gee eae @ = illaia, grd......--- sae oA ee 40@ ae Oe eee aica coins 12 | Anisum, (po. 20):. .- @ 15| Glassware flint, 75 & 10 per Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 — (graveleons) .. 1‘. 2 PP arg. box 70 less ord ds p rowal cls. EXTRACTUM. @arui. (po. 18) -.--:.-. - &@ 12 — Wealte.-.- 2.” ae - Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 2@ 2 |Cardamon........----- 1 00O@1 25| Glycerina ............. R@ B ee 4 = rr aero eee sue = a eis @ 15 Haematox,15lb. box.. 11 2 | Cannabis Sativa....... 4Q@ MiohaS. os. 25@ 40 oe ig... coo. 183@ 14|Cydonium.... .....--- 75@1 00; Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ 9 rn 1,8. 14@ 15| Chenopodium ........ 10@ “ Cor Be BO . eo 16@ 17 | Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 Ox Rubrum @i1 00 FERRUM Foeniculum..... Ceeaee @ 15 es Ammoniati.. @1 10 ‘ : Foenugreek, po..... {te $ * Unguentum. 45@ 55 Carbonate Precip....-- OS Plies... 4 @ 4%| Hydrargyrum......... @ 9 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50|Tini, grd, (bbl.4 )... 44@ 4% | Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 25@1 50 Citrate Soluble......-- @ 80) Lobelia...........----- ee ee 75@1 00 Ferrocyanidum Sol... @ 50| pharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4% | Iodine, Resubl........ St 85 Solut Chloride......-- oO ite 6@ 7) Jodoformn. 2... 1... @4 7 Sulphate, com’l.......14%@ 2 Sinapis, Albu......--- So 9) Lupulin 85@1 00 ws puré.......-- @ 7 ‘ ets fo 11@ 12| Lycopodium .......... 5 60 5@ paae ee Macis ................. 85 . i SPIRITUS. Liquor Arsen et Hy- Arnies ).. 1.2.2 -.a5° 14@ 16) Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 rare Od. 2 cel. @ 2 Anthemis ......----+-- 30@ 35 & Dp FRc. 1 75@2 00} Liquor PotassArsinitis 10@ 12 Matricaria ...... ----- 30@ 35 ee 10@1 50| Magnesia, Sulph (bbl FOLIA. Juniperis Co. O. T 1 (oa eas ee ciacels 3 : sé coe nig, SE 45@ 50 BarOsme oe epee 10@ !?) saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00] Morphia, S. P. & W...2 65@2 90 Cassia Acutifol, Tin’ 7 9g | Spt. Vini Galli........ 17m@650| “ SN.Y.QE& Oy a Se 50 | 1 2 001 CC Coll ey. 2 65@2 90 : gue Nini Alba........-:..- 1 25@2 00} Moschus Canton...... @ 40 Salvia officinalis, 48 : Myristica, No. 1 60@ 7 and 48 cee elacieie eee > 10@ 12 SPONGES. Nux Vomica ‘(po 20). @ 10 Ura Drei. ..:...-----=-- 8@ 10 ica sae al io 32 oe ela — “carriage. poo e ee Sy 25@2 50 — Saac, H. & P. D. pe ecacia, ist pic soe Nassau sheeps’ woo ee ee = 7 ce oa ee a a eareinee see 2 00 _— Lig, N. C., % gal “ 3d 6s Sony @ 80 Velvet extra sheeps’ Prete Li ee ee @2 00 “ sifted sorts... _@ 65} wool carriage....... 1 10| Picis Lig., quarts ..... @1 00 “ PO .....- see @1 00 Extra yellow sheeps’ Pil Hyd pints ....... @ Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60} carriage........-...- 85} 5; ee (po. 80).. @ ““’ Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12) Grass sheeps’ wool car- Poa (po. 22).. @ “ Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50] riage .........--.---- 65 Pie B 2, (pogs).... @ Catechu, 1s, (48, 14 48, a Hard for slate ogee 15 Paar cae seteeeee eee ; 2 poesia TL, ag B0| Gee” eet ceee---e 140 Bulvia Ipecac ot opi 1 10@ 2 Assafoetida, (po. 30)... _@ 1 Ss ee = Benzoinum..:....--:-- 30@ 55 SYRUPS. wa - Co., doz..... @i § Camphore......---- .. 45@ 47] Accacia ........ 59 | Pyrethrum, pv........ 30@ Euphorbium po .....- 35@ 10| Zingiber ..... 50 | Quassiae .............. 8@ Galbanuin. ./....----- @ 80} Ipecac........ 60 ee = Ws. a2 | Gamboge, po.---.----- 95 | Ferri Iod......- 50| pubia Ti erman.... 33@ Guaiacum, (po.50)..... @ 45| Auranti Cortes. 50 — a inctorum..... 12X@ , Kino, (po, 23).--.-++-+ @ 20! Rhei Arom......... 59| Saccharum Lactispy... @ 35 Mastic oa S = Similax Teemele. -. . Saeeaie ooo ag 2 25@2z = : Myrrh, (po 45)....---- } - * Oo > S Vraconis..... 40@ Opii, (pe. 5 10)..-..--- 3 55@3 60 | Senega .........-+-+- 50 cabo Wr e+ -------s GAO Sficliae cues 25@ 35 | Scillae...........--- 50 | Sapo, W....-.-..-2---- 12@ 14 ‘© pleached...... 2B@ 30 i Oo tlie. 50| § M..-.---e--e-+-+. 8@ 10 Tragacanth ......-.+-- 2@ i Toluten .2...0-..-2.-- 50| a5 ee oe @ 15 HERBA—In ounce packages. Proved Vite... 2.25.2... 2 50 “ae ween ee g = css cae oe eee cee = TINCTURES. : = ope @ 30 | Eupatorium .-.---+--""""""! 95] Aconitum Napellis R....... oc Ue Majorum ....-. .-+-+-2s+eee: 28 a ff. - Snuff, Scoich, De. Voes @ 35 Mentha Piperita.......----- SE | ON oe es et Soda Boras, (po. 12}... 1@ 12 fe AE ieee selene > 25 ’ and myrTh........++-- 60} Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 Bue "7 39 | Arnica -...-.-.-------+ e+e 50 Soda Garb 0 2@ 2% Tanacetum, V.....-----++++- 22 | Asafcetida........---+--+++-- 50| Soda, Bi-Carb......... 4@ 5 Thymus, ia 25 ——— as = Seda; Ash.) 00.7... 3@ 4 MAGNESIA. ea ee ee ae 3 Calcined, Pat.......--- 55@ 60) Sanguinaria...........---.-. 50| ""° Myrcia Dom... @2 00 Carbonate, Pat ......- 2@ 22| Barosma ....--..---.--+++++ 50; “ Myrcia imp... .. @2 50 Carbonate, K. & M.... 20@ 25) Cantharides...........------ | << Wini Rect. bbl. Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36 | Capsicum .......--..--++--+- ae sen Tans oLEUM. ee = ae Be gal., cash ten days. Absinthium. .......-- 5 00@5 50 | Castor .....-.- ++ +++ +++ 220s 1 00 inure. ae eae Amygdalae, Dulce... -- 450. 75 Catechu.............---...-- 50 ce a 24@ 3 - Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Cinehona -....--..-----+--++ Oita ee Anisi ..........-.------ 1 90@2 00 : - Ceo... 60| Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 Auranti Cortex......- _ @2 50 | Columba ......-. 6-6. see e+es 50] Theobromae 50@ 55 Bergamii .......---+-- 5 90@3 00 | Conlum :..:.-..-+-.-2..---- OAS ce 9 00@16 00 Cajiputi ...--------+++- 90@1 00 | Cubeba.........--.-2-+ +++: 50| Zinci Sulph.......... 7@ 8 Caryophylli...... ---. 1 Shai | Divitalis ois. 50 See te a ' Cedar .....-.-...--++-- mi Go TreDe 6... 2. s+ ee 50 OILs. : Chenopodii ......-.--- @i ts Genttaw oso. 50 : Bol. Gal Cinnamonii ......... Sees ML A es 60 | Whale, winter........ 70 70 Citronella ........-..-- @ 5) Guaica ......-26.0. eee e eee 59 | Lard, extra........... 55 60 Conium Mac........-- 3@ 65| “ ammon.............. 60 — - aoa > = Copeibe 260.55. 2.054. Shai OO | Zingiber .-..-. 2... .- 50 Tindac Agente 2c! OO 63 Cubebae........---.. 16 00@16 *) | Hyoscyamus ............---- 50 | Lincseed, boned .-.- 66 Exechthitos........-.. (NGI 00 | Todine esos noon 75| Neat’s Foot, winter . + Brigeron ......- ee. 20@, cf Colorless, .... 2... -- De ce es eS Gaultheria ..........-- 2 20@2 30 | Ferri Chloridum............ 35| SpiritsTurpentine.... 0% 55 Geranium, ounce..... _@ 7 | Kino ..... 202 eres cere eee 50 a , PAINTS. bbl. Ib. Gossipii, Sem. gal..... Hig 7b) Vepehes. 2 le ee 59| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 | Hedeoma ......-...--- 2 10@@ 20 | Myrrh. sess sseeceeeee ao} Ochre, yoow See. ;Jambperd oo eesoeesce- SMBS OO | Nur Vomlcae-v- 00 TITII gh] Putty, commercial ...24 2408 Eimonis.-::./..-.-+--. 1 50@i 89; “ Camphorated........... 50 strictly pure..... 2% 2%@S Mentha Piper.........- @ ila 2 eodor. 3.60... 2 00| Vermilion Prime Amer- = — es 2 _— iAnrantl Corte. o.oo 50 Vernitiog. a 13@16 , Morrhuae, gal........- 80@. WIGRRIG oo aoa oh oe feos eee 50 2 oe 5@80 | Myrcia, ounce........- @ oO | BaNiany (oct sot 50| Green, Peninsular..... 70@75 ORG: eects as “1 00@2 75 Pe es 50| Lead, red........-.---- GH i Liquida, se mot = Cassia Acutifol..........--- = wit ee. on CPD a ee ( ‘ fe OO eka os per et ce ali Rosmarini......... %5@1 00 | Serpentaria ............-.--- 59 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @% Rosae, ounce.......... @6 00 | Stromonfum................. 60| White, Paris American 100 Suceint Co ene oe. pn = Tolutan Soe a aa 60 ee Paris Eng. os Saplee = 2.000 i 5. BiCTTON Gs ke a ee OE ee ee ey : ‘Santal ...... .------+-8 50@7 00 | Veratrum Veride........-... 59 | Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1 4 Sassafras. ..........-- » 5D Swiss Villa Prepared | oe ess, ounce.... @ 6 MISCELLANEOUS. 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LIQUOR & POISON RECORD COMBINED. Acknowledged to be the Best on the Market. EK. A. STOWE & BRO, arxnv Raids GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BRO 4 Wholesale Druggists, GRAND RAPIDS ey aay me eh a eee aes a cloL aA nen aaah Oe REDS cone LL once oe ee eas aaa s Sas eee iba ists Ro GRAND RARIDS MICH. The Michigan Tradesman A CASE OF INTERMIGRATION. [CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. ] I had heard enough to convince me that my only safety layin flight. But safety from what? Flight whither? If this were not all a fearful nightmare, if I really had become so changed in form and appearance, it would be useless to seek my friends, for they would not recognize me. How could they know me if I came to them not as a young man in my own proper person, but as a middle- aged professor, my very antipodes in every respect. On the other hand — the thought startled me as it came up—could I per- sonate the man whose form I had unwit- tingly assumed ? Could I go to the uni- versity, assume his position and relations, and be what I seemed—Professor Jones ? Plainly, that was impossible. In the first place, I had not his knowledge. Hisdep artment was one in which the deepest knowledge and most earnest re- search were requisite. The stooped shoulders and bald crown were evidences of the severity of their rightful owner’s studies. I was a recent graduate from college, and, while I had stood well in my class, was no more competent to fill the place of such a man than to regulate the universe. In our study of mental science the various views of mind and matter and their relations had been presented and discussed by one professor and the class. The general idea of materialism had struck my fancy, and with the pseudo- independence of youth, I had revolted from the orthodox camp and joined those whose efforts are directed to the banish- ment of mind from the universe. I maintained that thought was merely the action of the brain-matter under what we rather vaguely called ‘‘the laws of its being,’’ and that memory and knowledge consisted simply in acquired habit of action. My theories were deeidedly upset by this day’s experiences. If that view were the true one, and if, by some in- explicable freak of the ‘laws of nature,” I had, as everyihing seemed to indicate, become possessed—you see I cannot ex- press the idea without the use of terms implying an entity separate from the cor- poreal existence—become possessed of this man’s body, then I must have be- come essentially this man. Since the body is the man, when the body became mine—or myself—I must have acquired with it the brain, and hence the power of thought and the knowledge which were its own. But the fact was very different. While there was now no doubt in my mind—that awkward admis- sion again—that this was the professor’s body, I found that no effort of mine could make me seem other young graduate. My own meager experience of life and men was all 1 could recall, and there was | no glimmer of the profound learning and ! large experience which I knew the pro- | The fact seemed to be | that I had acquired his body, and with it | its aches and pains, as a sharp twinge of | fessor possessed. rheumatic pain now reminded me, but nothing more. ehange there had was all on his side. mental been, the advantage lhad the feebie worn-out body, while he had the vigor- | ous, cultured mind, and with it a youth- ful, perfectly healthy body. How utterly | unfair it was tome! But wait a moment. Was his position the ideal one I thought ; His wife and children never could; it ? recognize him in his new form. In fact, if he should ever attempt to claim them | and his old position, his actions would be | viewed as those of a maniac, and most} probably he would end his life in an | asylum. Then, perhaps, some time a friend of mine might see him in my body, and mourn me as having met a fate worse than death. In fact, who knew but that the morning might see me ar- rested for some impossible crime of fam- ily-deserting, and finally locked up asa madman ? The thought made me spring to my feet. Clearly it would not do to attempt a personation of Professor Jones, even if 1 could bring myself to disregard the moral and religious training of my early years so far as to impose upon his friends in such a manner. I let down my valise from the window, slipped out a private door, and left the hotel. In spite of my conviction thatit would be useless, I determined to visit my home. Stepping from the train, I met at the station one of my most intimate friends. I forgot my misfortune, and rushed up to him with the exclamation: ‘How are you, old fellow?’ only to be met with astare and the chilling re- ply: ‘You must be mistaken in your man.”’ Too disheartened to say more, I walked up the street to my father’s house, and there, once more forgetting, I hurried into the room where my mother and sis- ter were sitting, and greeted them as I was wont to do. How different the re- ception from what I had hoped! My sis- ter fainted, and my mother, a woman of great courage and firmness, faced me with tke question : ‘*Who are you? mean ?’’ ‘Why, mother, don’t you know me ?”’ And I sank into a chair and covered my face with my hands. ‘Mother! Know you! No, sir, I do not. You must be intoxicated. Leave the room immediately !’’ Seeing the uselessness of further ap- peal, I withdrew. Determined to make one last attempt, however, I waited within sight of the gate till my father and my brother came home. I confronted them and told my story with breathless eagerness, appealing to them to lead me in and convince my mother of my iden- tity. “Oh, father, do not cast me off!’ I cried. “Why, father,’’ said my brother, ‘‘he is as old as you are!”’ ‘Yes: the man must be crazy, poor fellow,’? answered my father, and they turned away. This was too much to bear, and, throw- ing myself before them, I said: “No, Iam not mad. Iam the victim of the strangest calamity. I seem to have lost my own body and to have en- tered another. I cannot tell you so you will understand, but I am truly your son. Oh, do take me in to my mother ?’’ What does this than the) In the exchange, if ex-| development of a boy, with a! “I never saw you before. Move on, or T’ll have you arrested.”’ His manner convinced me that furthe1 entreaty was useless. I returned to the station, and there took the first train that passed. It chanced to be one bound for the North. Before we had traveled many miles the idea occurred to me to visit Ann Arbor. It was nearly dark when I stepped off the train. I wandered aim- lessly toward the university grounds. At length a quick moving, energetic young man overtook me and said: ‘‘Good-evening, Professor. going to the concert to-night ?” ‘What concert?’ {f asked. been out of town.’’ “Oh,:so you have. This is a concert given by some of the students.”’ “J fear I shall have to miss it. My work has accumulated in my absence.”’ “JT am sorry, for you would enjoy it. But here is your house. Good-evening.”’ So this was my house. I looked at it with interest. A _ fine, roomy brick dwelling, set far back from the street in a spacious yard. Well-paved walks led from the gates to the entrance, while all was shaded by magnificent old oaks and lindens. After a moment’s hesitation, I walked up to the great double doors and rang. The door opened and a servant greeted me as ‘‘Professor,’’ and, adding that Mrs. Jones was in the library, left me alone in the hall. Here was another quandary. I was not especially anxious to meet Mrs. Jones after the scene in the hotel, yet I did not care to seem ignorant of the ar- rangement of my own house. I went for- ward boldly, and opened a door, through whose keyhole a bright ray fell into the dimly-lighted hall. It chanced to be the right door, for there, sitting beside a large writing-table, was Mrs. Jones. Her face wore an anxious, worried expression, as she sat with her elbow on the table, supporting her head in her hand. On my entrance she sprang up, and, simply exclaiming, ‘‘Oh, John!’ stood still in her place. Not knowing what else I could do, I advanced toward her, and in an instant had her, weeping quietly, in my arms. No reference was made to the unhappy hotel scene, for all she said was: “T?m so glad you have come back.”’ “Tam glad to be with you again, my dear.’’ The words nearly choked me, for I was no adept at deception; but they seemed to satisfy her, for she took my arm and said: | ‘Now, you must see the children. | Charlie! Maude! Papa is here.’’ | The two children, the boy I had seen iin the hotel anda bright little girl of twelve, came flying in. Maude kissed ime and nestled in my lap, but Charlie | gave me his hand rather coldly. ; We. had a pleasant tea together, al- ' though during its progress | had to be on imy guard constantly, lest some careless word should show how little I knew of what was so familiar to themall. In fact, if I had felt any doubt before, 1 was thoroughly convinced then of the utter impossibility of playing in real life the part of the man whose person and name had been thrust upon me so strangely. | When tea was over I retired to the | library, desiring to be left alone, on the plea that [ was very busy—even reject- ing Mrs. Jones’ offer to sit with me and help me with my papers—and there waited till all was quiet in the house. | Then, extinguishing the lights, I slipped At the railroad station I | took a south-bound train for—anywhere. f still had. ene ‘resource. nized by friends, claimed by strangers, and cast off by my own parents, I was so lonely and wretched that I determined | to risk allin one last appeal to Marian. Are you “T have ‘out cautiously. | It was evening when I approached the house, and Marian was sitting alone, as I had found her often before, on the vine- ‘sheltered porch. She was humming a | bright little air, of which we both were i fond, and was so busy with her thoughts that she did not notice my approach till jmy foot touched the step. Then she i started up with an exclamation of alarm. ;} Mindful of my reception at home, I | had studied beforehand how I should ad- | dress her. Instead of startling her by speaking to her as I should have done in my Own proper person, I simply said: ‘*This is Miss Harper ?”’ ‘Yes, sir,’? she answered. business with me ?’’ ‘Tt is,’? wasmy reply. ‘‘Please listen to me patiently.”’ Then, after a moment’s pause, I added: ‘‘Miss Harper, do you remember a cer- tain June evening a year ago ?”’ “There were thirty June evenings a year ago. Which one do you mean ?’’ “The one of all the thirty which you have most cause:to remember. You were with George Palmer that night, and he told you a secret.”’ ‘Who are you? What do you know of George Palmer and his secrets ?”’ “Be patient and hear me out. You listened to his secret, and told him yours in return. Through all the year your life has been brighter because of that interchange of secrets. Am I right ?’’ ‘‘You have no right to speak so to me. You are impertinent. If you have bus- iness with me, state it, or I shall call my brother.’’ “Only one word more. You saw George here a week ago. He was a fine, manly fellow, and you gloried in his manly strength and beauty. Suppose some change had come to him, how would you receive him ?’’ “You frighten me. What change could come to George—to Mr. Palmer ?’’ “Suppose an accident had marred his beauty and shorn him of his strength; suppose him to be, if it were possible, little and feeble and ugly, with a thin, piping voice, instead of his own deep bass, what would you say to him ?’’ “Such a thing is impossible. You are making sport of me.”’ “But suppose it were possible—sup- pose it were true, Marian?’ I cried, seizing her hand, unable longer to re- i “Ts your press the great heart hunger that gnawed me. ‘‘Marian, don’t you know me ?”? “Knew you? No, sir, I donot. Let me go. How dare you touch me ?”’ ‘‘Marian, give me a minute, only a minute. 1 am- George, your lover, and no one else. Some unlucky fate has dis- guised me so that my dearest friends cannot recognize me. My face, my fig- ure, my voice—all are changed; yet my mind and heart are the same, and you, Marian, must say whether I am to be a man again or forever a friendless out- east. I am telling you true, my loved one. Tell me you know it.’’ “Your words—but bah! words? Anyone can use them. are mad. I must leave you.’’ With a despairing cry I threw myself forward as she attempted to pass in at the door, and caught her in my arms. She struggled and screamed for help, and in the midst of it her brother came. He was a powerful man, and in an in- stant [I was powerless in his grasp. Holding me fast he demanded an ex- planation. When I refused to speak, Marian told the story forme. He laughed good-humoredly, and said: “Oh, it is evident he is a harmless madman! Still, it will be safer to have him locked up.. [ll hand him over to the officers.’’ I was dragged away, and never since have I been free. I hear the guards say J am mad, and, though I know it is not true, I cannot make them listen to me. Perhaps it is best. If L were free I should have no friends, for all who were my friends refuse to know me now. How did it come about? You have seen that already. We were drowned, or nearly drowned, in each other’s arms. In returning to life we—by ‘‘we’’ I mean our lives, spirits, souls, call them what you will—exchanged bodies. That is the whole secret. A fearful exchange it was for us both! I have never heard of my friends since that day. Once, in a paper I was permitted to read, was a notice of my own death, which had occurred in a distant asylum. To the notice was added a remark upon the ‘‘strange hallucination’? which had led me to imagine myself Professor Jones, the great linguist. I kept my secret after that, and to this day no one knows that I am living here, a sane man buried among madmen, and that it was Professor Jones’ spirit which was re- leased by the death of my body. H. M. KINGERY. ———__—>>_—_——_ Past and Present Prosperity. From the New York Shipping List. Whatever the cause, there is no gain- saying the fact that the year 1889 has been a year of exceptionally, if not alto- gether unprecedented, activity and pros- perity. If there be an exception, it is to be found in the lesser degree of activ- ity in the purely speculative arenas and the decline and bursting of some of the trust bubbles which have of late years fastened themselves like barnacles upon commercial enterprise, their pernicious influence in some instances having ex- tended over wide fields. ‘‘Competition is the life of trade’’ is an axiom trite, yet true, and as applicable now as at any time in the history of commerce, and whatever is calculated to destroy cempe- tition, and thereby enhance the cost of living, is by common consent regarded with disfavor and its destruction as cause for congratulation rather than regret. Legitimate business has seldom been so active the year through as during 1889. The yield of crops has been immense, and facilities for transportation taxed to the utmost in the movement of cotton, corn, wheat and flour. Hence, though prices have ruled uniformly low—in some cases lower than ever before—the pro- ducer has received large returns in the aggregate and has been enabled to make more liberal purchases, so that the beneficial influence of large crops has been felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. Some branches of What are You : : trade which had rested in a state of ¢om- Unrecog- | parative lethargy for years have awak- ened to a condition of activity and thrift greater than ever before experienced. This is especially the case with the iron industry, the activity in which is phe- nomenal. Thus the year just closed has been one of general and exceptional prosperity up to its very close—and there is every indication that the com- ‘mercial activity of 1889 will extend into and be even more remarkable in 1890. The outflow of merchandise from every sea-port city, so active through the last year, is unchecked. Cotton and corn and flour,as well as the thousands of manufact- ured articles, are stillin demand abroad, giving remunerative employment to the tonnage of the nations, while the various railways connecting the East and the West are choked with grain, etc., the en- tire rolling stock of the great railway systems being inadequate to meet the de- mands made upon them. Moreover, the Pan-American Congress, it is contidently expected, will be the means of opening up new fields for American produce and manufactures, so that the future would seem to give promise of equal if not greater activity throughout the varied ramifications of American industry than even the past year. In view of these facts, if speculation languishes, and Wall street remains in the same condi- tion of quiet and unthrift that has ob- tained for some time past, it may prove to be advantageous to legitimate trade by diverting capital from the purely speculative to the various fields of American industry which continually in- vite the co-operation of capital and cap- italists. —_————_—» > The Seasons. In spring and summer, it is true, And likewise hoary winter, too, The sun controls this earthly ball; But one who reads the Scripture knows That ancient volume plainly shows *Twas Eve, alas! who caused the Fall. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS, iG. @ Mee So 45 a ee ee ee Nets 48 ee ee eee Loess ee ria ee Does eee a. 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. Wl 1 85 ee Ns 2 00 Ne a 3 00 First quality. No.0 Sun, Comp top) 50066 2 25 MOOT: & e cee Boe lees ca ee Noe? 7 pg are isiepes ie RC Ape en NI EE sae 3 40 XXX Flint. 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