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McMullen D. E. Waters Jno, Patton, Jr. Wm. Alden Smith HARVEY & HEYSTEK, Wholesale Dealers in Wall Paper ——- AND — Picture Frame Mouldings. Also a complete line of PAINTS, OILS and BRUSHES Correspondence Solicited. Warehouse, 81 & 83 Campau St. 74 & 76 Ottawa St, GRAND RAPIDS, SEEDS! Write for jobbing prices on Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard Grass, Red Top, Blue Grass, Field Peas, Beans and Produce. C, AINSWORTH 76 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, PIKE’S PEAK. Reminiscence of Early orado. Written for THE TRADESMAN. ‘Speaking of Denver,” said my friend Robbins, ‘‘did I ever tell you of an inei- Days in Col- dent in my life which occurred out’ be- | yond the Missouri River just before the rebellion? No? Well, then, as we have both taken a long walk, let us sit down | in the shade of this tree, while I try to interest you. I donot think I ever hear the word Denver without a cold chill ereeping down my spine, as the perils of those early days are recalled. To begin as I ought, it will be necessary to give you, in part, a glimpse of a family secret, but, of course, that is sub rosa. It hap- pened a long time ago when you and I were boys, or rather young men, and therefore my wife will have no serious objection. You will remember that I lived on my father’s farm near Ashta- bula, Ohio. There came into our neigh- borhood a young man about my own age, named Wellman, who hired out to work onafarm. He told three or four differ- ent stories about his previous history, which, to me, looked very bad. I first saw him at asmall party at the farm house where he was working. He wasa fine specimen of youthful manhood; good looking, genial, fairly well educated and possessed of one grand passport into so- ciety—he was a remarkably sweet singer. Almost every one was prepossessed with his appearance from the first. There was a kind of mesmeric attractiveness about Wellman, more especially when he sang, which was almost magical. At one time, while singing an old song, without anyone being aware how it happened, the entire company at its close found themselves crowded close about him, and two-thirds of them were in tears. Such was the strange power he seemed to pos- sess over his companions. I was at that time waiting upon a young lady who is now Mrs. Robbins—that is, by common consent, she and I seemed to prefer each other’s society, although, perhaps neither of us had a thought of marriage. Well- man was at work on a farm adjoining her father’s and, of course, I saw him often. He was good company, our tastes for sports were quite similar and we soon became fond of each other’s society. We both liked fishing with hook and line, and, the lake being near, we spent many hours together in that pastime. I once suspected that he had been a young sailor, as he managed everything about a boat so well, although he would only admit being an amateur. As if to verify my opinion, however, I was one day vis- iting him in his room, and, while chang- ing his coat, he playfully barred one arm and exhibited thereon a fine specimen of a speckled trout in all its beautiful shades and tints. ‘You see I was born with the mark of a fisherman,’ said he, yet I well knew it was done with India ink, and by a skillful artist. Wellman and the young lady also saw each other almost daily, and it was not many months after he came into the district, before I saw that he was at least a formidable NO. 398 rival. One year after Wellman came among us my mother’s brother died, be- queathing me $4,000, and at once my mother manifested the utmost solicitude regarding such asum of money coming into my possession while yet a bachelor. She begged that I would marry that coming winter, and when I asked with much astonishment, ‘Who ?’ she replied, ‘What a question, when you know that every one expects you marry May Sanders.’ will some day ‘Why, mother,’ I rejoined, ‘I suppose May prefers young Wellman. He is lately paying more at- tention to her than ever.’ ‘Now, my son,’ answered my mother, ‘listen to me a moment, and let my words sink deep into your heart. I fear for your happi- ness and your future as none but a mother can, and I am also solicitous for the welfare of our neighbor’s daughter, whom I have known from infancy. Do not allow a stranger, whose history is unknown, to jeopardize the life of the best and most noble girl in this county. At least, make the attempt to carry away the prize. A good wife will prove the best counsel the world can give you, and will save a man from a hundred pitfalls. The co-operation and advice of May will soon double your fortune and your hap- piness, while, without her, I greatly fear that your uncle’s money may prove a curse to you, instead of a blessing. Be- lieve me when I say that I know May Sanders far better than you do, and she prefers you to anyone and will never marry any other.’ ‘To make a short story of this chapter, I will add that after much deliberation, I took my good mother’s advice, proposed to May and was accepted, and within two months after, we were married. Be- fore the wedding took place, however, I found I had made Wellman open enemy. He had imagined I had aban- doned the field and that, while May was coy, she would eventually be his, and now to see her so suddenly taken from him forever rendered him furious. We had, heretofore, been such good friends that my sympathies were aroused and he was an object of my pity. I did not re- tort in kind, as he cursed me and accused me of perfidy, but treated him with gen- tleness and compassion, attempted to reason with him and bore his insolence in silence. Even this exasperated him still more and, at last, as he left me, he ‘I am going away from Ohio. We may meet again, and you remember that while I shall always respect the woman you have treacherously taken from me, I will darken her home and life by being a thorn in your side as long as you live!’ and he turned and walked rapidly away. I never saw him alive again.”’ else an said: ‘‘Now,’’ continued Mr. Robbins, ‘*I will pass over an interval of ten years, dur- ling which time the good predictions of imy dear mother had—if possible—been |more than fulfilled. At this time, also, |eame the discovery of gold at Pike’s | Peak, Colorado, and the consequent ex- | eitement, followed by emigration to that then distant region. Numbers of families 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN went from Ashtabula county and many , with whom I was acquainted. As is | generally the case, the exodus included all classes of people. Not all, however, went with the intention of digging for the precious metal. Gamblers and thieves were among the number who intended to ply their nefarious callings. Old mer- chants were thoughtful and foresaw the necessity of depots of supplies for such a multitude as were turning their faces westward so far beyond the borders of civilization and in a land of Iowa and Missouri were the sources of supplies at that time everything must be transported by | wagons, frequently over the worst kind of roadways. For weeks at a time the prairies west of the Missouri River would be seen dotted with canvas-covered wagons, filled with household goods and | provisions, and often a family of five or savages. nearest and six persons—generally women and chil- I had a great desire to see the country, and, if pleased | dren—crowded in beside. with the climate, to engage in either | farming or store-keeping. While the| excitement was at its height and covered wagons were almost daily passing through the county, bearing the rather determined inscription, rudely painted upon the can- | vas, ‘Pike’s Peak or Bust,’ I was engaged by a firm in Southern Ohio to take charge of a train of nine wagons—eight of mer-| ehandise and one of baggage and guns— all to be loaded at St. Joseph, Mo., and | drawn by ox teams thence to the base of the mountains, near the spot where the city of Denver now stands. this merchandise was shipped Nearly all by water | from Cincinnati via the Uhio, Mississippi | and Missouri Rivers to St. Joseph. The | wagons were also shipped to that city by | the same route. Other trains were also fitted out from Sioux City and Council Bluffs, lowa, and Leavenworth-and Kan- sas City, although the last two were quite unimportant towns at that day. From | some of these points the trains had met | with opposition from the Indians, who | were inclined to regard the influx of the| the whites as a trespass and to mean the | ultimate abandonment of their hunting | grounds; and they were disposed to re- sist the immigration. From this cause and their natural predilection as thieves, it became necessary for the emigrants to go well armed and in companies suffi- | ciently strong in numbers to resist any | attacks from the savages. I refused to} allow my wife and child to incur the risk I was willing to take upon myself and left them at home. With such a large amount of merchandise—principally gro- | ceries—as my train was to carry, there was great temptation for the Indians to} attack us, and I, for a guard of thirty-five mounted men to accompany me, besides the teamsters, therefore, stipulated laborers and servants who went on foot. All carried the best guns then obtaina- ble, and side arms were also strapped about the waist ready for instant use. While rendezvousing at St. Joseph, rather early inthe spring, we were obliged | to delay starting and warmer weather, that the growth of the grass along the route might afford food for our eattle, as upon their good condition much depended, and it was imposslble to car- ry sufficient hay for the journey. May 20th, at daylight, we crossed the Missou- ri River at St. Joseph and began our slow march westward, the cavalry keep- ing a little in advance of the train. The await | shields, in and, with the excellent condition of meu a prosperous journey. We purposely made slow progress, that the cattle might not give out, and for several days in that level country we were hardly out of sight of the winding River. The eighth day out, during the afternoon, five Indians on horseback appeared, coming from the North, and signalled us that they were | friendly and wanted to talk, and I gave | train and have them They evidently knew that we were loaded with merchandise, for, dis- playing quantities of silver coin, they orders to halt the come in. signified that they wanted dry goods and | understand that tobacco. I made them the boxes and packages of goods belong- ed to others and were not for sale, but that I would sell them some tobacco from our own supplies. This they seemed pleased to get and paid for it in silver. Finding they were hungry and having neither food nor firearms with them, | ordered them supplied with bread and meat, shook hands with them and they departed in the direction from whence they came. Their horses rendered them | subject to suspicion, as the animals were evidently stolen from farmers or travel- ers, but why they should be away from camp with no arms, except bows and ar- rows, we could not imagine, and, having no interpreter, we did not find out. They seemed curious to notice and minutely examine everything about our wagons, and the particular kind of fire-arms we carried. Having been fore- warned of all their various tactics and deviltry, however, I ordered extra pre- cautions with the guard as we encamped that night, yet we were not disturbed. | The following day I sent out a few vi- dettes with orders to remain about a mile distant on our flanks, moving slow- ly with us, and to keep asharp lookout, and report at sunset. After we had halted for the night and were preparing to camp, they came in, and those upon our North flank reported having sighted a few Indians at three different points and at different times during the day, and their actions in attempting to keep from sight excited suspicion. apparently well armed. The videttes on our left saw no one. Deeming precau- tion the better part of valor, I called a general council of all to obtain the ideas of the majority, and to determine our action for the coming night. With one accord, all approved of making strong preparations for defense, and a part of the program was left to be filled in as circumstances might require. The wagons were placed some distance apart in a cir- cle, and the horses and oxen brought within it, and strongly tethered. A part of the unloaded and placed between the wagons to serve as ease of attack. All these were boxes were also They were also slightly raised from each other, in | order to afford loop-holes for the guns. The horses were left saddied and bridled, ready. for instant use; guards were placed around the coral, and at 10 o’clock we lay down upon our arms, to sleep if we could. It was between 2 and 3 in the morning when one of the guards touched me lightly and, as 1 rose to a sitting pos- ture, motioned me to follow. There was neither a clear sky, nor was the moon yet above the horizon. A light breeze shifted the hurrying clouds and occa- sionally afforded sufficient starlight to distinguish moving objects half a mile | guard directed my attention to something and animals, everything seemed to augur | which might have been a herd of buffalos, antelope or Indians. It was adark mass in very slow motion. viously agreed upon, our outside guards | moved closer to the wagons, yet still in sight from the open prairie, and every man inside was aroused and upon his | feet in a moment. It took but a few min- utes longer to be certain that the dark mass was horses and men, and that they were creeping death. While we upon us as silently as yet watched them, platoons, each dropping into single file with startling military precision. By this time, they were sufficiently near to be distinguished as Indians. Upon count- ing the horses, we were gratified to find that they did not outnumber us. I am not a military manin the broad defini- tion of the word, but as I felt sure that they supposed us off our guard,I was de- termined they should receive the first shock from us, before they came to close quarters. Another signal called every outside man quietly with in the corral and all took their places with guns present- ed. As the treacherous savages moved down upon us, our animals became rest- less and the horses neighed. Of course, hearing this, the Indians knew we would be awakened and on the alert, and their mask of silence was thrown off instantly. With a yell which startled our animals, they wheeled to the left ready—true to their Indian tactics—to movein a circle around us, and quickly prepared to start into arun. Had the night been less dark, we would not have allowed them to ap- proach as closely, but now we could see the outline of every man and horse, and the instant they wheeled their horses broadside to us,and before many of them had time to lie down on the opposite side of their animals, as is their custom, the signal to ‘fire’ was given. The order was to aim at an Indian if he sat upright, but, if not, to kill or cripple his horse. Being prepared, we were too quick for them, and took them by complete sur- prise. The onslaught proved a slaught- er. Eleven Indians dropped dead from their animals and sixteen horses were either killed or totally disabled. If any Indians were wounded, we did not know it. Before the remainder of them had time to do any effectual firing, we gave them another volley, killing four more and wounding many. They now hur- riedly withdrew out of direct range of our guns and left their wounded to crawl off as best they could. us we found four Looking about of our men badly, though not fatally, wounded, and a few others with slight flesh wounds. Our box- es of goods had evidently saved many As it would not be very long un- til daylight, their council was necessari- ly brief and we saw preparations for another attack. This time they enlarg- ed the circle and kept beyond the line of their dead, but they came on more de- termined than ever, and with their horses under full run. Orders were now given to aim particularly for their animals, for if they were disabled, we would then hold the advantage. effectual work, however, their shots had lives. shots told with sickening effect and eight ; more horses were added to their dead and ' more Indians were disabled. Again they weather was all that could be desired| distant. Pointing to the Northeast, the | withdrew, hurriedly gathering up a few By a signal pre- | “Urniture they deployed to the right and left in two | Before we could do any | killed two of our horses and three of our | oxen, and wounded more of the animals, | but,as their horses commenced to flag,our | | | | | | | | } | | | a Nelson, Matter & Co.’s Styles New, Cheap, Medium and Expen-» sive Large Variety. Prices Low. F. J. BARBER. A.C. MARTIN. BARBER, MARTIN & CO. GENERAL (Jommission [jerchants FOR THE SALE OF Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Prvit, and all Kinds of Covntry Produce. 191 South Water Street, CHICAGO. Grand Rapids Electrotype Co., ELEGTROTY PERS STEREOTYPERS, And Manufacturers of Leads, Slugs, Brass Rule, Wood and Metal Furniture, 6 and 8 Erie St., GRAND RAPIDS. BEACH’S New York Goffe Rooms, 61 Pearl Street. Each for all dishes served from bill of fare. Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS., “Gxiixn Ravibs.” Five Cents 2 i «4 anette in - ~ ‘ a i 6 on tts” elie, as ua «4 ee anette ~ agg A a bm 4 of their wounded, avoided our parting shots, andleft Northward. We did not venture from our corral until after day- break. We then found two wounded In- dians, whom we thought with care might | recover. Twoof their wounded horses, yet alive, we had to kill. Judging from | his dress, their chief lay among the dead. | He was a middle aged man, with better features than the ordinary Indian, and wore a very good suit of buckskin frock coat and breeches. The coat ‘was richly ornamented with silver and gold, while the breeches had a deep buckskin fringe on the outside seams, and lines of filigree work in porcupine quills, running the entire length adjoining. ‘Lthink I will appropriate this coat,’ said. I, ‘as the sav- age will have no further use for it,’ at the same time asking one of my men to assist me in its removal. Upon taking it off we found that he wore no under- clothing beneath it. Some of the men also removed his breeches, and mocca- sins of the same material, as mementds, and as they finished and the body lay upon its back, they crossed both arms over its breast, to leave him for beasts or birds of prey. Something caused me to watch them at their work, and, as the arms dropped across each other, I startled the men around me by the exclamation, ‘“My God! can it be possible that I see George Wellman dead before me?’’ There, upon the same right arm, was the same beautiful speckled trout I had seen so many years ago, and around it other ob- jects of inferior work were also painted. Years had passed and he may have changed, for I could not recognize him by anything else. In one of the coat pockets, there was a package of gold coin of something over $200 and in his breeches pocket was some written memo randum in English, giving the name of an Indian woman as his wife, but threw no further light on his history. IL gave the white chief a military and Christian burial, fully believing he was my old and sworn ehemy, and, placing the two wounded Indians in a wagon, I took them with us. For a long time tbey seemed surly and would talk togeth- er in their own tongue, but pay no attention to us. The following day, while we halted to rest, I approached our two wounded enemies and offered them food, which they accepted and voraciously ate. I pitied the poor wretches, and then held upafiask of whisky and said ‘fire-water!’ as I thought a very little of this would strengthen them in their sufferings. One of them looked on with stoical indif- ference, but tears ran from the eyes of the other as he said in good English, ‘For heaven’s sake, captain, give me a little to swallow, and some to bathe my wound with, for lam suffering cruelly.’ If one of our own animals had spoken, I should not have been more surprised. It is unnecessary to say that I relieved him as well as my means would allow, as al- so his real Indian companion. This man was a Missourian and admitted that the name of their dead chief was George Wellman, and that one-fourth of the band were whites, while the remainder were Sioux Indians. ‘Wellman,’ he con- tinued, ‘disguised as an ordinary Indian, and bare headed, was one of the five who first visited the train on the eighth day of your journey from St. Joseph. He did this to make sure that you were cap- tain of the train. He was not an Indian chief, although he lived among them and had a squaw wife, but he was chief of our band. from Ohio and I think knew every move-| long list of failures. He received news | wonder is that I was not added to the | he visited the) ment of yours for years THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. When he heard that you were to have charge of a rich train of merchandise, mines and you can imagine what kind of | men he selected to share in the booty we} expected to obtain. Wellman gave or- ders not to take you a prisoner and we | knew what that meant. He was leading | the second charge upon the train when he did not die instantly. I suppose I am to be put to death with my Indian companion, but shall plead with you to save my life for the sakeof my wife and children.’ “TI took the two wounded men with me to the settlement, near the mountains, and, with proper attention, both recov- ered. Their lives were spared, on con- dition that if ever again seen in Denver, or found in any thieving or murderous raids, no mercy would be shown them. Wellman’s purse of money I gave to the Indian agent, with the memorandum found upon him to deliver to his wife. Her husband’s clothing I would not part with. I know that the widow received the money. On arriving at what is now Denver, we erected a large and substan- tial canvas tent for a storehouse, in| which business was transacted for more than a year. I was employed as an as- sistant in the care and sale of the goods, but no large amount of money was made for the company, as it will be remember- ed that thousands abandoned the poor surface diggings the first season and the few who remained were for a long time poor, and it was only after agriculture was begun that the village began to grow in numbers and wealth. Members of that firm—now old men—and some of their children are now prosperous mer- chants, either in or near the city of Den- ver.”’ >> ->-<--—_—__—_—— Is Business What We Mage It? Written for The Tradesman. ‘‘How is business?” said I to a mer- chant as I stepped into his store one day, and found him alone at his desk. ‘‘Where are all your customers? Have you driven them out?” He looked up smil- ingly, reached out his hand as I ap- proached, and said, ‘‘Shake.’’ “You ask about business,’’ said he. ‘It is fair—none too good, and still no reason to complain. Business, in the main, is what we make it. Ido not an- swer your question from conjecture. I do not answer it without actual knowl- edge, and, in order to do that, I watch the figures. I was just looking over the past two weeks’ business as you came In, and I know exactly, not only what my sales have been, but—what is of far more importance—what my profits have been, and in that column there is every penny paid out for expenses, personal as well as general. I have been working in a store of some kind ever since I can re- member—of course, excepting a short time at school—but I never was given | in the details of the, any instruction business. All this I was obliged to werk out for myself afterward, and at a great disadvantage. I was simply a clerk to handle, mark, sell and keep goods in or- der. This was all correct and proper, so far as it went. For years this was my daily task, and when I desired to go into business myself, with only a few hundred dollars capital, I was totally unfitted to take charge of the business, and the only | The fact is, I had | | only learned the most simple part of | | storekeeping, and was ignorant of the es- sentials to suecess. I think that a large | percentage of our failures in the retail | | business are due to this fact, and I have | | wondered many times if this could not | | be remedied. We have commercial col- | leges in the country, but, from what I | can learn, they are not sufficiently prac- he fell with a shot through the body, but | tical. Banking is theoretically taught in | some of them in all its details, and its | | graduates may step from its halls into a) | banking house, and begin work in any & It ought to be the same| /” department. | with those who are fitting themselves for | the future merchants of the country. | We require lectures upon the buying and | | selling of merchandise in all the details | Such lectures | to a class of | actual life. merchants, fitting demanded in by practical young persons themselves for pressed upon their minds and more thor- oughly comprehended than from reading all the ‘hand books to merchants’ ever written. Of course, few men can sit down beforehand and make their figures, actual business. There are always things | | mate, and come near the truth. or monthly review will tell him whether have formulated a system at which I am enabled to knowin a few minutes at any time whether | have made | other words, whether my expenses have exceeded my profits, and where. With the leak. One vital point is often over- looked by those in business—they seem of profits alone that all their expenses must come, and that the moment they exceed this their capital is lessened and the foundation of their entire business is imperiled. rience to be certain of success. the failure of the grange stores all over the country. As others have said before business at a loss nation to examine the details. They are blinded by the glare of such an amount of dollars dropping daily into their till, that luxury.’ are daily undermining their capital—re- moving the foundation stones from their ble and fall about them.”’ —_—__——>--—>_-- Notice to Builders. Proposals will be received by the Board of Trustees for the construction of an additional building for the Akeley Institute, at Grand Haven, Mich., until 10 o’clock on the 12th day of May, 1891. The plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Hon. Dwight Cutler, & Johnston, architec ts, Muskegon, Mich. The bids will be o ened at Grand Haven, at The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject a and all bids. Rev. Muskegon, Mic i or to Hon. Dwight Cutler, Grand Haven, Mich., marked plainly “ pro- posals.”’ Use ‘Tradesman’? coupons! merchants, would be more strongly im- | he cannot foresee, but he can approxi- If he} | has kept his figures of expenses, a weekly | he is exceeding the bounds or not. 1) last by | or lost money during the past month—in | this information I am prepared to stop) to forget that it is from the small margin Almost any one can simply | buy and sell goods, but to do it and save | money for years is quite a different mat- | ter. It requires knowledge and experi- | Witness | in THe TRADESMAN, these failures were | from a lack of knowledge of the business. There are many merchants who are doing , and may have done so} almost from the start, and do not see it. | They do not have the time or the incli- and joyfully say to themselves, ‘This is | business, and now | ean afford this or | As amatter of fact, they | business, and sooner or later it will crum- | Grand Haven, Mich., or at the office of Johnston 10 o’clock a.m. on the 12th day of May, 1891. | Address proposals to | Rippey, Clerk of Board of Trustees, | 3 | BEST WIAs 7 PROEREDS CA mma it Ae ty } | | | | | is 1% GALLONS USPL LEWDID oLo FASHION ~2#00F BE EF iy) ‘WILLIAMS’ Root Beer kxtrack and be certain of exactly the outcome in | It isa pure, concentrated Extract of Roots and Herbs. It makes a refreshing, healthful summer bever age at a moderate cost, for family use. Every dozen is packed in a SHOW STAND, | which greatly increases the sale, as itis always |} in sight. 25-cent size only $1.75 per doz. 3 dozen for $5 5. . i For sale by all jobbers. Order a supply from | your wholesale house. Show cards and adver | tising matter are packed in each dozen. H. F. HASTINGS, Manufacturers’ Agents, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. aying bards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS j SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, Grand Rapids. 19 So. Tonia St., SAP BUCKETS AND SNVO dOYASOHTIAVA Send for Quotations. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS Manufacturers of and Jobbers in | Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags, Metals, Iron, Rubber and Wiping Rags 264 So. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS. | Telephone 640. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Hillsdale—Freece & Co. have retired from the tea store business. Corunna—E. Eveleth has sold bis dry goods and grocery stock to Wm. H. Cole. Michigamme—C. F. Sundstrom suc- ceeds Sundstrum & Co. in general trade. Standish—Peter Snyder is succeeded by VanRiper & Oakley in the meat busi- ness. West Bay City—H. G. Porter & Co. have removed their grocery stock to Bay | City. Cheboygan — John H. Frawley, suc- ceeds Frawley Bros. in the grocery busi- | ness. Saginaw—A. G. Wall & Co. succeed | Eaton, Potter & Co. in the sawmill busi- ness, Marquette—Kassel Oshinsky has sold his dry goods and clothing stock to Julius | Simon. Manistee—Geo. Billings succeeds Bill” ings & Webster in the hardware and tin business. Hubbardston—-Cowman & McKenna succeed Cowman & Townsend in gen- eral trade. Belding—H. Shear, of Kalamazoo, has | arranged to open a confectionery store in the new Bricker block. Chesaning— C. Moessner and B. E. Pratt are succeeded by Pratt & Wiley in the boot and shoe business. Grand Ledge—W. E, Davis is moving | his drug stock into his new brick store, which has just been completed. Edmore—H. B. Morehead has sold his | grocery and bazaar stock to.Alfred J. Curtiss, who will continue the business. Belding—Adam Wagner, formerly en- gaged in general trade at Eastmanville, will shortly embark in the grocery busi- | ness here. Clarendon—Jas. Pritchard & Son have opened a P. of I. store on their farm near this place. The stock was furnish- ed by the Jackson Grocery Co. Detroit—Anton Pulte, the pioneer gro- cer, has retired permanently from busi- | ness and William P. Ratigan will carry on his former business on Farmer street. Coopersville—D. C. Oakes has pur- chased the elevator building and will | run it in connection with his banking business. He contemplates building an addition of 24 feet on the east side and | otherwise improving the same. Ithaca—Frank E. Merrill has sold a half interest in his drug and stationery eek to J. . McNall. The new firm will be known as Merrill & MeNall. Mr. Merrill has _ carried | on the business here for six years | without a vacation and proposes to take | a long rest the coming summer. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Gladwin—Wagar & Pfeifer have begun | the removal of their shingle mill to Taft. | Eyart—Thos. Ruby has sold his shingle | mill to Chas. B. Sellinger & Son, of Big | Rapids. Vassar—Frank Miller started his saw- mill last week. He has 4,000,000 feet of logs to cut. Farwell—Edgar Rounds is building a shingle mill here, which he expects to} have in operation by the middle of this month. + Vanderb:iIt—M. D. Olds, who is engag- ed in the manufacture of staves at this place, contemplates starting a similar | enterprise at Cheboygan. | 'staves ona large scale. | will have a band saw with 30,000 feet | financial Detroit—The Novelty Manufacturing Co. has been organized to manufacture chairs and chair backs, with a capital of $100,000, half paid in. The shareholders are Cushman Bishop, John M. Farland, Cass O. Robinson and Charles E. Rich- mond. Port Huron—The Hollis Tack and Nail Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., will move a part of its plant to Port Huron in considera- tion of $100,000, either in bonus or stock subscribed, and S. S. Hotchkiss, of Col- | umbus, will transplant a carriage facto- ry here for the modest sum of $10,000. Saginaw—George Fiege, of this city, has gone to Gaylord to let the contract for the construction of a sawmill, stave and hoop mill combined. It will be two stories high, 46x150 feet, and arranged especially for manufacturing hoops and The sawmill capacity. Tawas—It has developed that Milo Adams, the logging jobber who commit- | ted suicide last fatl, and who was sup- posed to have been moved to the act by embarrassment, left assets amounting to about $22,000, of which $8,000 was cash in bank. In addition, his life was insured for $8,000. There will be a handsome balance after paying | all debts. Manistee—The Union National Bank | of Chicago settled its claim against the | Manistee Salt & Lumber Co., which fail- ed in 1889, at 30 cents, at which figure | the claims were bought up by a syndicate. There was a condition, however, that if the estate paid more than 30 cents, the Bank should get a further share. On the | basis of | byought suit against the members of the that agreement, the Bank syndicate last week, and lost the case. It was claimed the Bank had failed to comply with certain conditions. Bay City—Thomas R. Cranage, of this city, has been elected President of the Michigan Salt Company. Mr. Cranage | is head of the large lumber and salt man- |ufacturing firm of Pitts & Cranage, and has been a resident of this city over a | quarter of a century, actively engaged in | the production of lumber and salt. He | was Treasurer of the Michigan Salt As- sociation many years, and when that or- | ganization ceased to exist he was elected | Treasurer of the new company, but re- signed to accept the Presidency. Mr. Cranage is a gentleman of rare executive | ability and stands high in business cir- i cles. Charles A. Rush, a well known Saginaw lumberman, was elected Treas- urer of the Salt Company. oO Gripsack Brigade. Henry F. Treadway, traveling repre- | sentative for Sprague, Warner & Co.’s | cigar department, was in town over Sun- | day. Byron S. Davenport is as smiling as a |basket of chips over the satisfactory | record he made, in point of sales, during April. John Payne has gone to Vicksburg, where he will spend a couple of weeks on the parental homestead in hopes of completely regaining his health. Detroit Free Press: ‘‘Wallace Frank- lin, of Grand Rapids, is at the Hotel | Cadillae. Mr. Franklin is circulating a | petition in favor of the passage of the | bill now before the Senate requiring | sleeping car companies to leave up un- sold upper berths, the practice now being for the car porter te take them down ! | whether to be occupied or not. The pe- tition is being numerously signed, and |meets general favor among traveling | | men.” | Jackson Patriot April 26: ‘‘The an- nual meeting of Post B., Michigan K. of |G., was held at the Hibbard House par- | lor last evening, and was the most | enthusiastic and best meeting ever held by the Post in this city. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted in the election of A. F. Peake as President. J. H. Russell, jr., and E. L. Fuller were chosen Secretary and Treasurer respect- ively. President Peake will announce his standing committees at the next ses- sion, which will be held at the Stowell House. It was decided to hold the meetings of the Post on the last Saturday in each month, and it is intended to make them of a social nature, in order to bring about a better acquaintance among the traveling men and their families. It is desired that every traveling man in the city attend these meetings. If the enthusiasm of Post B. indicates any- thing, the probabilities are that the next annual meeting of the State organization will be held in this city. In this connect- ion, the Patriot suggests that the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association take the matter in hand and give’ the Knights of the Grip aid and comfort in this laudable undertaking. The unani- mous sentiment of the meeting was the wish and desire not only to elevate the standing of the traveling fraternity, but to make the Central City the head- quarters of the salesmen on the road, whose watchword and tailsman_ shall ever be: ‘Jackson, My Jackson.’ ”’ —— oe 2 Clean up the Store Front. Prroskey, April 30—If any one thing, more than another, demands the atten- tion of the merchant or tends to give a more inviting appearance to a place of business, it is absolute cleanliness. 1 speak more particularly of our store fronts. At this season of the year, es- pecially in the country villages, mer- chants are expected to take prompt act- ion in this respect. As the frost leaves the ground, there are always offensive emanations from partially decayed sub- stances which have accumulated during the winter and there are also found un- sightly articles, carelessly ‘thrown near. These should now all be removed and the walk in front kept well swept. The show windows of our store which have only been cleaned at long intervals dur- ing the past winter now demand prompt and careful attention. We cannot well perform too much work on and about our store fronts at this time. Every warm shower will assist -us, but the hoe, the shovel, the broom and the wheelbarrow are ail required, first and last, if we would entice and invite visitors. Linfer that the visitor, once enticed within, will be agreeably surprised at the clean- liness there. I have already seen sever- al neatly dressed ladies raise the skirts | of their dresses, hesitate a moment on a crosswalk, glance up and | down the street, then make a bee line} for the cleanest looking store front and | enter. GROCER. a Perspiring Feet. The Pharmaceutical Era gives the fol- lowing recipe for perspiring feet: 1. Wear low shoes, wool socks, and dust the feet over twice a day with iodol; they will soon be as hard, sweet and comfortable as one could wish. 2. Wash the feet at night with very hot water, put on white cotton socks and | immerse the feet thus covered in methy- ‘lated spirit poured into a basin. Wear the socks all night, they will soon dry in bed. During the evening wear cotton socks and felt slippers and keep the isocks constantly saturated with the spirit. Ina week the cure will be com- | pleted. A Handsome Volume. Walter Baker & Co. favor THE TRADESMAN with a handsome publica- tion, entitled ‘‘The Chocolate Plant and Its Products,” giving a complete history of the chocolate plant and it various pro- ducts. The letter press and engravings are in the highest style of the art and the volume as a whole is characteristic of the house which stands sponsor for the pub- lication. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. SNAP—CLOTHING AND MEN’S FURNISHING _ goods stocks for sale in town of 1,800 people. Only clothing store in town. Trade all spot cash. $2,500 a week paid out in factories every week. For particulars, address No. 236 care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 236 Te STOCK—NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW hardwood fixtures. Excellent location on best retail street in Grand Rapids. Expenses very light and trade steadily increasing. Low inventory, just completed, $2,600. On account of failing health, will sell at invoice or for $2,400 cash, if sold by March 15. Otherwise will hold it as an investment. A genu- ine bargain. Personal investigation solicited. Ad- dress “F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co. City. 197 ge SALE — A FIRST-CLASS, WEuL- ASSORTED stock of hardware and building material, situat- ed at Port Huron. Dida business of $68,000 last year. No old stock orrubbish. Will invoice about $20,000. Proprietor sick in bed and unable to attend to the business. Address Geo. M. Dayton, Lansing, Mich. 228 OR SALE—FINE STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES special line. No old goods. Everything desira ble. Good trade, mostly cash. Excellent farming country. Address “Shoes,” care Michigan Tradesman 214 OR SALE—COMPLETE DRUG STOCK IN A GROW- I ing village on good lin» of railroad. surrounded by as fine farming country/as there is anywhere in Michigan. Must quit the business on account of fail- ing health. Address No. 213 care Michigan —" man. ee SALE—HALF INTEREST IN A GENERAL stock located in a thriving town. Capital necessary, about $1,200. address No. 241, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 241 vo SALE—VARIETY STOCK, LOCATED ON MAIN street in the booming city of Muskegon. For full particulars address No. 242, care Michigan Trades- man. 242 | ps SALE—WILLSACRIFICE A STOCK OF GENERAL IT’ merchandise inventoried at $800. Only store within three and one half miles. Situated on C. & W. M. Railway. Good store building, dwelling and barn. Reasons for selling, death of proprietor. Address H. M. G., care Michigan Tradesman. 232 SALE—BAKERY AND RESTAURANT ; GOOD business; in good town; plenty boarders; good chance; other business reason for selling. Address box 238, Dowagiac, Cass Co., Mich. 233 Ss SALE—GROCERY STOCK. DESIRABLE LOCA- tion. A bonanza tothe right man. Address Gro- cer, care Michigan Tradesman. 246 ve SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK, IN- ventorying about $1,200, situated in good coun- try town of 500 people. Reason for selling, proprietor has other business. Address No. 173, care Michigan Tradesman. 173 OR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX- tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a — Address for particulars 8. P. Hicks, — Mich. ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad- dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26 SITUATIONS WANTED. \ ANTED— BY YOUNG MAN, SITUATION AS BOOK- keeper, assistant book-keeper or collector Rest of references. Address E. care Michigan Trades- man. 243 \ YANTED — SITUATION BY REGISTERED ASSIS- tant pharmacist of four years‘ experience. Best = — H. Fox, 238 Jefferson 8t,, Grand — Mich. 4 V ANTED—POSITION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist, four years practical experience. Address Box 170, Bangor, Mich. 229 V ANTED—POSITION IN STORE BY A SINGLE MAN who has had fourteen years experience in a general store; can give A No.1lreferences. Address Dick Starling, Eastmanyille, Mich. 225 V ANTED—SITUATION BY AN EXPERIENCED hardware clerk. Can furnish No. 1 references. Address Box 33, Bangor, Mich. 239 MISCELLANEOUS. \ TANTED—A DRUG CLERK WITH ONE OR TWO years’ experience. Registered assistant pre- | fered. Good references required. A good chance to learn the business. I. F. Hopkins, Muskegon, Mich. 240 We EXPERI£NCED HARDWARE CLERK. A married man, who wants steady employment will have the preference. Send references from last employer to bor 1,204, Cadillac, Mich. 230 OR SALE—TWELVE TO TWENTY ACRES OF LAND for summer home, Seven miles north of Trav- erse City on the East Arm of Traverse Bay on the Peninsula ready fitted for building. C. E. Clapp, Archie, Mich. 238 NOR SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND 5-ROOM house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- ation and soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to | suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address = 187. 187, care Michigan Tradesman. ee ae ee oe PHARMACIST, WITH TWO ; or three years’ experience. Must be able to ee good references. Address No. 247, care — 24 radesman. JANTED—FIVE SALESMEN BY THE GEORGE D. Hawkins Medicine Co. (Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in Hawkins Great Specific Cures) to represent them on the road. Commencing on July _ No oe ao ——— salesmen need apply. Good positions guarant 'o salesmen. Write for terms to George D. Hawkins Medicine Company, Hawkins, Mich. R46 ; eae ' skid RES shane # sete i — imeem THE. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. | | | Henry Lucas has opened a grocery | store at the corner of Hall and Clark streets. The Lemon & Wheeler Company | furnished the stock. Purely Personal. | | A. S. Doak is able to be about the} house and hopes to start out on the road | again next Monday. Clay Summers, of Sheridan, has taken |aclerkship in the store of John W. S. | Gerrit Roseboom has opened a grocery | Pierson & Co., at Stanton. First street. furnished the stock. C. A. Hawkins has sold his grocery stock at the corner of Third and Fre- mont streets to J. L. Oliver, who will continue the business. Murphy & Co., meat dealers at 22: South Division street, have dissolved. The business will be continued under the style of Bergin & McGee. A. Burton & Co. have embarked in the shingle business near Otia and put in a grocery stock. It was furnished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. VanKuiken & Co. have engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Alpine avenue and Tenth street. Thestock was furnished by Musselman & Widdicomb. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. began doing business Monday in its new quar- ters at the corner of Ottawa and Louis streets, next door to THe TRADESMAN office. B. Doyle & Son, who were burned out in the recent fire on South Division street, have resumed the grocery business at the corner of South Division and Green streets. John Q. Cressy has engaged in the manufacture of cigars at 827 South Div- ision street. He has engaged Roy Mor- ton to represent him in the capacity of city salesman. The master bakers cheld a meeting last week and decided to advance the price of the 5 cent loaf of bread to 6 cents. Other sizes of bread will pe fur- nished at the old prices for the present. T. R. VanWert has retired from the firm of Verplanck & VanWert, meat dealers at the corner of Madison avenue and Hall streets. The business will be continued by “the remaining Peter Verplanck. partner, Frank A. Taylor, who had about con- cluded to abandon the mercantile busi- ness at Coral, has stocked up again and resumed business with his old-time ener- gy. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. fur- nished the groceries and Edson, Moore & Co. the dry goods. The Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co. cut its last log at its Deer Lake millon April 30, having produced 200,000,000 feet dur- ing the past eleven years. The company has 15,000,000 feet of lumber on hand, which it will probably take a year to close out. When this has been done and the mill is removed to some other loca- tion, Deer Lake as a village will proba- bly pass into history. Preparations for the annual grocers’ picnic are already under way, indicating the most successful event of the kind ever held in the city. North Park will probally be chosen as the place for cele- prating the event. Those who have any suggestions to offer in the premises are requested to communicate with A. J. | store at the corner of Coit avenue and | | | Henry J. Vinkemulder has returned Musselman & Widdicomb | from a visit to his produce customers | | along the line of the G. R. & I. Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co. during the past five years, was in town a couple of | days last week. | | | W. A. D. Rose, who has logged for the | | | | | | | ul | D. Carleton, of the firm of Williams & | Carleton, manufacturers of Williams’ | root beer extract at Hartford, Conn., was | | in town a couple of days last week. | Eugene Klein, who sold his drug stock | on West Bridge street several months | ago and identified himself with the De- | troit Novelty Manufacturing Co., is no longer connected with that corporation. Charles Monroe, who has faithfully served the Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co. as buyer for its Deer Lake general store, is the owner of a section of hardwood and hemlock timber land near that place and contemplates putting in a small mill to convert the timber into lumber. Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine went to Luther last Thursday and placed himself under the wing of Druggist Osborn the day fol- Yo Clothing and General Store Mer- chants: It cannot be disputed that ichael Kolb & Son, Wholesale _ Glothing Manufacturers ee 1 ' ‘ x \ A Rochester, N. Y., Ati Have had for nearly 30 years past and have to-day one of the largest trades in Michigan; and why? Because the mer- chants who handle our line know that when a customer visits their store they ean rely upon good goods and materials, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich, and a perfect fit. Our goods are made so well and our prices so equitable that we fear no competition, not even from manufacturers making inferior garments to eatch the merchants with low prices. We commence April Ist, CLOSING OUT Our entire line of Spring and Summer Goods at great bargains and prefer to offer the same to the general trade rather than to one or two large houses. It will pay you to write our Michigan agent, William Connor, who resides at Marshall, Mich., to call upon you and look at these lowing. The result was fifty-one fine trout, with an aggregate weight of thirty pounds. The Doctor is warm in praise of Mr. Osborn’s ability as an en- tertainer and angler and threatens to re- peat the Luther visitation in the near fu- ture. H. F. Hastings took Samuel M. Lemon and S. A. Sears out to his farm in Grand Rapids township last Wednesday for the | purpose of giving Mr. Lemon an oppor- tunity to demonstrate his skill with the plow. It is understood that the exhibi- tion was a highly interesting one—for the spectators—and that no one will hereafter dispute Mr. Lemon’s claims to superiority in this respect. S. T. MeLellan, general dealer, post- master and railway agent at Dennison— whose fatal illness was referred to in Tue TRADESMAN of last week—died on on April 27. The deceased was a man of generous impulses and excellent char- acter and his demise will be sincerely mourned wherever he was known. The business will be continued under the management of his daughter, Miss Susie McLellan. i oe ili Improvement of Tomato Catsup. Amid all the trickery of business, certainly one staple article of food has improved greatly. sup. Time was, and notso long ago, that if the average consumer had seen how tomatoes were treated in the can- neries he would never have touched canned tomatoes or catsup again. The eanneries did business only a few weeks in the year, at harvest time, and em- ployed whatever help was at hand—the | Tramps, idle | very riffraff of creation. colored folks, paupers, and the very wreckage of society congregated in these factories, and each a terrorin the community where it was | situated. At that time the skins of the tomatoes were ground up along with the pulp and no care was taken to produce a nice compound. Capital and pride are now enlisted in the business, and pre- | pared tomatoes are now fit to eat, if one buys the standard brands put up by reputable canners. At Gooding—W. H. Heath has closed out This is tomato cat- | establishment was | | GREAT BARGAINS IN | ‘Men's, Youths’, Boys’ and Children's Clothing | William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, on Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15. DS : i ‘QUMMER WAS | | | | } CANTON CLOTH, OUTING FLANNELS, BRANDENBURG CLOTH, PRINTS, B. C. SATINE, WIDE BLUES, EXPORT SATINE, SHIRTING, SERGE SATINE, CASHMERE SATINE, A. F. C. GINGHAM, SONORA GINGHAM, AMOSKEAG GINGHAM, OUTING SHIRTS, SUMMER UNDERWEAR, PANTS, HAMMOCKS, STRAW HATS. P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS. GRAND RAPIDS. SUMMER SHOES. 2 a 2 LYON SERGE, ARMENIAN SERGE, SEERSUCKERS, CHALLI, LAWNS. Women’s Button Newports in Dongola, Grain and Glove Grain. mi Lace or Tie Dongola Newport in plain or patent tip. Russet Lace Newport in plain or patent tip. | Misses’ and Child’s Newport Ties in Black or Russet. | A Nice Line of Ladies’ Fancy and House Slippers. | Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ Canvas Bals. | Bay State Tennis Shoes, the best line for the money in the market. } sé We keep them in stock in Men’s and Boys’ Bals and in Men’s, Boys’, Youths’ Women’s, Misses’ and Child’s Oxfords. } | We would be pleased to show them to you or quote you prices. , “i : : a | i : Elliott, who will act in behalf of the gro- | his hardware stock and retired from bus- | ' i " cers, or Jesse S. Valentine, who will! jiness. He has taken up his residence in | Sparta. represent the clerks. ¢ GRAND RAPIDS. robe pet bette ho ap hae CTE HERE ORE SM REE. sam tet arena hd a de pinta it Maagnncanilpsaren tite 6 cas on A A EA ANA PR NTA THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AFTER THE ADVENTURESS. How a Confidential Clerk Saved His | Employers a Loss. I was a young lawyer, and had the reputation of being shrewd, and I do} honestly believe that had I remained at the bar I might have been fairly suecessful. I had no idea of leaving it until Brown, of Brown, Smith & Jones, came to me and said: ‘“‘Asyou know, old Foss, our confiden- | tial man is dead. We think it better to fill | his place with a young | man, and I have | come to offer it to you.’ The firm had a private bank, and dealt in stocks. It also did considerable insur- | ance, placed loans, bought mortgages, shaved notes, and made money in other | dignified and respectable ways. It had | been doing business for twenty years, and was rated conservative and sound. The only curious thing about the firm was the trio composing it. Brown was an old bachelor of 50. He was tall, an- gular, and homely, and the only woman whom he could endure was his landlady. Smith was five years older and married, but had nochildren. He was short, fat, and tacturn, never speaking to anybody when he could help it. went into society and Smith never en- tered achurch. Jones was a little man, almost small enough to be called a dwarf, but with an awful dignity about him. He was over 40, a single man, but was popularly supposed to be ‘‘looking around.” one had once called him the ‘‘Napoleon of the West,’? and if he had any partic- ular weakness, it was that of attending Thursday evening prayer meeting. No business matter, no portant, could prevent his regular atten- dance, although he took no active part in the exercises, contribute a dollar to the church. Having accepted the post, I found my duties to be almost numberless. I open- ed the mail, sorted the letters, and attended to the correspondence. I ‘‘check- | ed” on the cashier, verified all balances, investigated all risks, toa great extent had charge of the entire | business. In less thana week I found that each one of the firm had _ his official | peculiarity, as follows: Brown would never open the mail. Smith would never answer a letter. Jones would never sign a check. The street called them ‘‘conservatives,” but the street never met them in the private office, and consequently did not know of their oddities. The morning programme was a very funny one. I reached the office at 8:30 sharp. At ex- actly 8:40 Jones camein. At 8:45 Smith entered. At 8:50 Brown appeared. The last man of the firm name was the first to appear. As each entered he hung up his hat on his own parttcular hook, sat down in his own particular chair, picked up his own daily paper, and none of them ever reeognized each other by as much asa bow. At9:30I1 had the mail opened, they laid aside their papers, and the business of the day came up to be discussed. It took mea couple of years to fall into the ways of these strange men, but in spite of their eccentricities they were very kind to me, and trusted me almost without limit. Everything had run along very smoothly, and nothing whatever had happened to break the routine, a clear sky. Our private offices were arranged sothat I occupied the first, which was alsoaconsulting room. Then each of the firm had a private office back of that, and each retired to it when not otherwise engaged. One forenoon, at 11 o’clock, while 1 was alone in the front office, a lady entered. It was rarely that a woman had any business with us be- yond the teller’s window, and I was considerably surprised at “en presence of this one. She was about 25 years old. handsome as a picture, and I soon had reason to declare to myself that her manners were fascinating, She took my breath away by inquiring if Brown was in. so far as the legends of the office went, he had never yet been interviewed by a woman, and I hesitated to reply to her direct question. ‘“‘T have business of importance with His wife never | There were rumors that some | matter how im-| and was never known to | hunted up the| standing of all would-be-borrowers and | when something dropped from | s . i DEMINS. Dry Goods Price Current. | ag... teveswnnien rown.2 | VOIOT Harpolsheimer & C0 a - Everett, ee . 4 5 8 eT COTTONS. ” a 1 oo | Adriatic bal escapes | “ Arrow Brand 5% | Andover...........+ 11% Haymaker plue..... 1% Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy mae 6% “ World Wide.. 7 | Beaver. Creek AA.. .10 brown... 7% | Atlanta Ee $% Ei... oe . 9 |Jaffrey........-.---- ‘11% | DRY GOODS, Atlantic a... Full Yard Wide..... te Lancaster........-.. 12% 2 6x Georgia A.......... i Boston Mfg co. + Lawrence, 90z...... 13% NOTIONS, | _ 4 ea Honest Width....... 6% plue aM No. 220....13 . o....... :. ox Hartford A ......... 5 “« da twist 10% . No. 250....11% CARPETS, | . LL as os Indian Head........ 74 | Columbian X pe br.10 . No. 280... .10% ee Rigg 8 A 6% XX bl.19 CURTAINS. —— 4 - yen EC.. Baers e GINGHAMS. eaver Dam -- 4|Lawrence LL...... 5% | il | Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth 6% | | Amoskeag aoe ae o ena ais - Manufacturers of Black Crow........- - 84 |Newmarket G...... CC a L hi 6% . ee eee mG Comes .. a." Boot, AL 7 1 “ N 6% | AvC...... -12%|Manchester......... 5% If 8, ants, wer 6. | Capital oo 4 “ DD... 5% | Arlington staple.... 6% Monogram......---. 6% | | Covenat V.._...-._. | “ , 7 | Arasapha fancy.. 434 Normandie......... a 2 | | Glitk =e chive se | ang F Seal ious saa Bx | ee cw i 8H Se 7%| Elegant Spring Line of Prints, Ging- ae. ee in | Onteuatel..---- sg monmnans---------- 6%\|hams, Toile Du Nord, Challies, White | Dwight Star......... 7) Peek... 7% | ee ras = Somerset eae 8 |and Black Goods, Pereales, Satteens, eee TS ae wee oo 1 —_ aa. Serges, Pants Cloth, Cottonades and | Fae OF ie TD. --- T8 | re. ons oens ne 4% Toll du Nord --- 10% | H dy for inspection BLEACHED COTTONS. | Si... 3. ass 7 osiery now ready 10 i p ° oe - 84|Geo. Washington... 8 ge —" eersucker.. 7 Chi d Detroit Prices Guaranteed, | Amazon......+---+-- 8 |Glen Mills.......... 7 ome “. a eae T.. 1% nicago and De . - wee eee EERO wo. sss SOLE tee Seeeee 2 \A Mabon oo - ee a He Glenarie a Ox ee 634 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. ; Um. ook ‘Beats all---- a 6%|_ indigoblue 9 |G@RAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. | Boston . ae eee Oat. 4X%@ 5 Hampton..... .....- % Wamsutta staples... 6% | Cabot..... _—. 7%4)\King F Paup........ % Jobnson ee cl ¢| Westbrook cone eee ee 8 Beek! a , AWNINGS Charter Oak........ _ a Cambric- 1034 “« zephyrs.. “16. *|windermeer sees nees ox (Gao F....-.._ 7%4|Lonsdale.- @ 8% | Lancaster, staple... 6%|York..... .-----++-- a: sone | Cleveland oes Ro Nemes. oe @ t% GRAIN BAGS. : Dwight Anchor..... 8%| o Name.........--. 7 : ee 15 rma, Oa lew 0 | RRR RPS Meo Bs | Rdwards, ........... cr One... y ce ene z eens ee the West... .12 Anes... 16%4|Pacific ..... .. 14% Ce ae... 7% THREADS. | Fruit of the Loom.. 8% Sunlight.........-.-- 4% | Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......---- 88 | Fitchville .......-. 7 |Utica Mills.. . 8% | Coats’, J. & P....... 45 |Marshall’s.......... 88 | First ee ee - Hs i — oe MY Holvone............- 22% | Fruit of the Loom jimgera............. | Fairmount..... ..... 444\W hite ae. ee 6 RAISTING COTTON. Full Vaiuo.......--- 6% Rock.. . - 8% White. Colored. White. ea HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. No. .. 2 38 No 1s. .... oe 4 | Cabot et ax Dwight Anchor..... 9 c = ss - = rl > Lee — = | Werwol....... ..... a ns UNBCEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. _S..- SP oe UF Umbrellas, Giled Ciothing, Wide ‘Cotton “Docks, ot. | ——_ — a Middlesex No. - 1 CAMBRICS. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. age sri os ‘ ac Sister. ...... -.-...-. 4\%|Washington. . ..... 44| CHAS a COYE 11 Pearl Street. | Middlesex AT. : “ ‘ s ag = White Star......... 414|Red Cross........... 44 Telephone 106. | ‘“ 7. “ oo Kid Glove...........- 4%4|Lockwood.... .....- 4% ‘“ uo oS aah Newmarket... Te 44 ests emcee 44 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Edwards. . - SA SFanewiG --- G4 8 i 8 1891 | Hamilton N......... 7s4)Middiesex A A......11 RED FLANNEL. pring season ‘ | Middlesex P ..... aa By | lie ow B24 IT We nee seve sess | fel | Greedmore......---- wv ie i. 8s : 4.....-1T% | Talbot XXX.......- 30 JRF, XXK......... % : a See | Nameless.........-- ee i CARPET WARP. MIXED FLANNEL. If You desire to sell Peerless, white...... 18 |Integrity, colored.. i colored. . —_ \White Star.......-.. 18% | mes & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey SRW......... 17% | Inbeerity.......-.. 4 “ eolored..21 oe n.......-.-.. 224%| Western W .......-- 18% pins GooDs. | he oe, ioe + the a ory oan oe Car ets Sam le _ ...20 |6 oz Western........ ushing XXX...... — : — . Q5 cise 22%|Manitoba........... 23% — 10% , a 27H | DOMET FLANNEL. | ggguanie pt eae” | Nameless ..... 8 @9%4| 9 @10% Send for eT 7 | Rip nl Fo a * s s Cees. ..........- on SP sects +. eae ke — Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black. Circvlar and Price hist, Sates s........-. 9 O0|Brighton.. ........ 4% 9 944/13 13 13 CORSET JEANS. | 108 10% wie = a Heumkeog satteen.. 7% | 11% oe ieee 20 20 20 Androscoggin....... %714|Rockport........-.- 6% | 2% 3 ‘i Biddeferd.........-. 6 amneant ae 6% | DUCKS. Brunswick. . 6%|Walworth wenes core 6% | Severen, § 0z........ 9%4|West Point, 8 0z....10% PRINTS. | Mayland, Goe...--.. 10% 00z....12% Allen — reds.. 5x Berwick fancies. . % Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9%! ies ri aa 13% 5 ote ;\Clyde Robes........ 5 | Greenwood, 8oz....114|Stark “ .........134 ” pink : purple oi Charter Oak ‘anm's. 4% wADDINGS. - ae... es 6 |DelMarine cashm’s. 6 “pink checks. 5% mourn’g 6 | White, doz.......-- 25 - bale, 40 doz... .87 50 GRAND RAPIDS. _ staples .....- 5% Eddystone fancy... 6 | Colored, d0z.....-.-. o shirtings . 44 c hocolat 6 SILESIAS. — fancy... - “ pecs g : Slater, = Cross... 8 paeeetet oo 10% ‘American shirtings. 4% Hamilton fancy. 6 . = — 3 ei pees gins nin se Argentine Grays... 6 staple .... 5% 12 an hh ai 12i|Valley City......... 10% Anchor Shirtings.. = Manchester ancy..6 | — aA--o > lay flat Arnold S . new era.6 | SEWING BILE. Arnold Merino. . : 6" Merrimack D fancy. 6 | Corticelli, doz......- 7% {Corticelli knitting, s ‘long cloth B. 10% | Merrim’ck shirtings. 44 | twist, doz..37%4| per oz ball...... 30 “ 8 - Repp furn . 8h | 50 03a, doz. .37% “century cloth 7 Pacific eee... un 8 AND EYES—PER GR «gold seal..--10% ae. 6% | N Br & White, 10 [No 4 Bk & White.. 15 ip ‘* green seal TR 10% Pemmenath robes... 6 | No : "12 8 “29 | COR cea nag seal..10% Simpson mourning. - ta “s “ “ | “ a oon... 6 | ‘ 3 a 10 | . _ Turkey red red... _ solid black. 6 . Ballou solid black :% Washington indigo. 6 | No 2—20, M C....... a0 N° 4-15 F 3%...... = | } “ eolors. 5%, ‘ Turkey robes.. 7% « 3—18,8 C........ | LA) Bengal blue, green, “ India robes.... 7% | red and orange .. 5%) ‘“ plain T’ky x x, 8% | No : White & BI’ *. 2 No "8 White & BI’k..20 S po Berlin —_— nee a 5% | we r 2 Siu...» 6% “* en —" Y $ ' “is i . -_— | . co een . - key re 6 SAFETY PINS. | r = ards . : Martha Washington ee eS 36 e red LL. 2 turk ween oo. 7% | | ” . % Martha Washington NEEDLES—PER M. . © 26 10 | Turkey red........ 96 | | A. James. CU Ga! 1 50|Steamboat.... ...... He SIX-CORD “ S4NKKK 12 |Riverpoint ae | Crowely’s......- ---- 1 35\Gold Eyed.......... 1 60 | { Cocheco “con _ ; Windsor — eee bx | | Marsha) iY oe. 1 00) | ers. gold ticket | TABLE OIL CLOTH. | - xx twills.. oy indigo blue....... 10% 5-4. 20 6—4...3 BiS—4....1%6 6—<4...26 - eolsds........ 5 —— 2 TICKINGS. COTTON TWINES. Amoskeag AC A....i3 |AC A.......... .12% to otton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua. et IN Hamilton . ne -- Tl eens: 2 AA -_— 7 ane eon oe = Rising Star 4 ply. = — %| Yor 10% RRP -o n+ s+ | WHITE BLACK AND COLORS, aie 8 |Pearl River......... 12% | Bristol . ..13 |Wool Standard 4 plyli% ’ Tio Freee... .....- in| oe. .......-.... 14 | Cherry Valley.. as = Powhattan .........15 FOR Lenox Mills .......- 18 [a8 .: LK. Corton, DRILL. PLAID OSNABURGS. U — D.....--.-- a ee seteeees 8 Alabama Ne m sestaane Pleasant.... 64 | Hand and Machine sé. — eh lh Le : Se en 64 | One: oeeeresenens 2 | Chfton, Te 7%|Top of Heap.......- 10 | Augusta. TK Pyrmont . sans OO FOR SALE BY SATINES. | Ars sa hia. ees 6 Randelman .. cia ecw 6 Simpson oe eee 2) Weepertal........ .... 10% | Georgia.......... -. ong a She pee oe 5% ad 18 [Bluck.-......... 8@.9% | Granite .... 2 Sag|Stbley Aes cco OO ONS eee ee ws | iee J ver... 2 2 Bes eecccnc us a | ‘ a | cones ea ciel 10%| a i iH FEBS oe] 7 oh. ‘ a 4 4 ze _ nahin aE. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. him,’’ she continue, ‘‘and desire to see him in his private office. Itis the first one on the left, I believe. Pray don’t trouble yourself to announce me.” on the left, I believe. Pray don’t trouble yourself to announce me.”’ She went to the door and rapped. Brown opened it, and when he saw her standing there he turned pale and staggered back. She entered, and closed the door behind her, and was closeted with him a full hour. If I was dum- founded at this action. I was almost paralyzed at his conduct as they came out. He was actually bowing and smirk- ing, and trying to be gallant—he the man who insisted that his landlady should never employ a female servant unless she was a hunch back or cross- eyed! He followed her through the | room, and out to the door of the bank, and when he returned he was smiling blandly, and his lips were moving asif talking to himself. He didn’t say a word tome. If he had I could not have replied to him, as I was completely knocked out. After that day I noticed a marked changed in Brown. He seemed to thaw out—to take more interest in life; and lL caught onto the fact that he was writing private letters to some one. One day he added to my astonishment by calling me into his private room and inquiring if it wouldn’t be a good thing for us to pick up a silver mine outin Nevada, providing we got a low figure and a sure thing. The next astonishing circumstance happened a week later. I was out on the street at 11:30, an hour when every man of the firm was invariable closeted | with himself, and I suddenly caught sight of Jones going intoa hotel. Be- lieving myself tobe the victim of an optical delusion, [ soon followed, and as I looked about the office the clerk bec k- oned tome and said: ‘‘Room 44—Mrs. Temple—silver mine!’ She had been to the office to call on Brown, and now she had probably sent word to Jones to call on her. I would have bet a hundred to one that Jones wouldn’t have gone, even to close a deal in which there was a sure profit of $10,000, but there he was sure enough, and I began to feel annoyed and uneasy. I was at the office when Jones returned, two hours later. He not only had a grin on his face, but he felt so good that he actually whistled a bar or two of a popular air. If anything further was needed to con- vince me that things were at sixes and sevens in the house of Brown, Smith & Jones the conduct of Smith furnished it. On acertain Wednesday morning he was twenty-eight minutes late. As if this were not enough, he came in looking flustrated and excited. An hour later a boy brought a note which I carried to his room. It was addressed in a woman’s hand, and within twenty minutes after receiving it he left the bank, evidently to keep anappointment. He had hardly gone when Jones came out to me and began to discuss business matters. This had never happened before, and I was regarding him with surprise and astonish- ment when he observed: “If we could pick up a silver known by insiders to be worth a million dollars, and get it for about $30,000, it might be a good investment, eh?’’ I mumbled something in reply, and he took three or four turns across the room and disappeared into his private office. At 1lo’clock Smith came in. He had forgotten his usual dignity of entrance, and he was so absent minded that he hung up his coat on the wrong hook. He fidgeted and then observed: | | | mine | Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash bwyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis, CO Se ee 60 ee 40 meres MOWMIEO, oo... cst. , 25 Oeiminen, Wibeton .:...........-.......... 50&10 AXES. Pit Guan. S. @ Hromee...-............. $750 . mB Wrooee.................. 12 00 . mo © So sie... .. 8 50 . mB tere 13 50 BARROWS. dis. ee ee 8 14 00 ee net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Stove saderaectea nice nee ae Cc arriage new list. ee ec eee ca ee cee eae. ae hn oe eee ee 70 BUCKETS. Well ee $3 50 Wal eee... 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Looes Pin, Geured........ ............. 0& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.. bese coeess 60410 Wrought Loose [| 60&10 Wrought Table... bees cee tee ae 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind..... ots ce... oe Wrouent Drase............... See ceee eee S 15 Bite Core i 70&10 Ditom, Poveers.............-.. a. 70&10 Hitne, Socpere ss 11.52... .. 1... ee. vl BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 | CRADLES, Graie 2). ws. its. dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Ee perb 5 CAPS. Hig e110 .:...........7........2 ye per m 65 =" ae 60 a. es... “ 35 | wane ee tee cece eee es eee . 60 CARTRIDGES. Ce 50 Cosine! Fire. .....-.. 2... dis. z CHISELS. dis. Backoe Pinmer .....-.. 70&10 ee 70&10 Gagkeeccewer 5... eee cues ce Butchers Tanged Firmer..................- 40 COMBS. dis. Corry. Lawreneene.......................... 40 EE eee 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER. er 2 on cut to sise...... per pound 30 Pe, Pee... 28 Cold Rolled, ee 25 Cold Rolled, . ...... een acee 25 a . 27 DRILLS. dis. Morse’s Bit Stocks.................-....-.. 50 Taper and straight Shank......... 50 Morse’s Taper Shank.. es 50 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, ser pound . eee ce ae 07 Large sizes, per pound.. se es 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, Gin.................-- doz. net 75 Cabeaeenen |... 5... dis. 20&10&10 Adtemeeeee ......-..2...-...... 2... dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, Oi: lerpe GM. ...........-... 50 Ives’, 1, G18; Z, G4; 5, Ge ..........--..-...- 25 FiLEs—New List. dis. Minis... ee ee 60&10 (OO eee Pe ng isc e a ce ce ns soo se a 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps. . 4 ee 50 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2 and 2%; 27 26 | List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ..... i 50 “‘] have had an offer of mining property | which promises great things. Did you | ever hear of the Queen Anne mine of) Nevada?” I replied that I never had, sitting in adeep study for a while he also retired. He had evidently been to see Mrs. Temple, also. Mrs. Temple, then, was @ woman who had a silver mine to dispose of. Of all men in the world whom I should have hesitated to ap- proach were the three comprising our | people liable to succeed | firm. Of all with them a woman would be the very last. 1 couldn’t make it out. [CONCLUDED ON FIFTEENTH PAGE.) and after | It seemed | HAMMERS. ROPES. Maydole Se dis. 25 a, it ien ane leer & Mee... ee ss ew eee ee is mo ee ee eee steak eres a 2 Vorken & Piumbe 200 dis. 40&10 d SQUARES 8. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30¢ list 60 | — -_ Fae wees tetas eee t eerste eens ees 75 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30¢ 40&10 | | Mitre a a A vee - 7 Rime rstresrn eee ie) nes antes ras hast esheieret Ci COA ES dis.60&10 SI eae ae ee. per doz. net, 2 N ) . a ; S i k a st to 12 In. 4 4 a wi .........+.............. oe $3 10 crew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 an De ey 420 3820 ee 3% | Nos. 18 to 21.. 420 3 20 Serew "Hook and Hye, %.....-..---.--+-- net 10/ Nos. 2 to 24 4 20 3 30 | Ba ‘ i mh a BB ever ee eres — 6 | Nos. 25 to 26 ........ 4 40 3 40 n i iL _ ee aa te No. 27.. 4 60 350 ieee a mt a, sheets No. i8 and a ‘over 30 inches SS . - | wide not less than 2-10 extra ANG is | ee val Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., ‘Wood track....50&10| List acct. 19, 86... tag iene dis 50 Champion, anti-friction...................- ~ | : aAgH CORD. i ; Kidder, wood track ........ ee eee ees -- 40) Silver Lake, White A. ae ee | Peabo A... a 55 Pees... Saas 60 | “ white Ek. le 50 ee 60 | se Drab B.... ‘“ 55 Sees ... ....- ll . 60 | “ wee oe 35 Gray enameled..........-......-...-. ....40&10| Discount, 10. i oo ' HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. | SASH WEIGHTS. ee —— -new list 70 | Sal vee, per ton $25 Japanne were.................... 25 | SAWS. dis Granite Iron Ware . a new list | . OG “20 WIRE GOODS. | Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 Bee 70840810 | ' oer jal Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. 50 Riareme MOGs... 3... 5.11.8... 70&10&10 | . eC ——, -g = Cuts, per foot. 30 Hook’s 5. 70&10&10 | C C ampion anc ectri¢ Tooth X Gate Hooks and Eyes.. Le. 70&10&10 | Cus ver toe... 30 LEVELS. dis. TRAPS. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s : 20 | Steel, Game.............-.....-.. 60810 KNoBsS—New List. dis. | Oneida C ommunity, Newhouses .......... 35 Door, 2 minoesl, , jap. trimmings ............-. 55 | = comme Hawley &Norton’s.... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings...........- 55 | Mouse, choker ee 18e per doz. Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. . Sey eeee. 55 | Mouse, delusion...... . "81.50 per doz. Door, porcelvin, trimmings.............-..- 55 | WIRE. dis. Drawer and Shutter, porccramm........... 70 | Peete Tea eee ee. 5 LOCKS—DOOR. Gia | Beeeeied Waree.........................,., 70—10 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 | ¢ Yoppered Market. ede eee ee x0 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’S..............-++:- 55 | a Market..... Dee i ee ee wee ce wa a 55 | Coppered Spring ‘Steel. .. 50 a 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized. ete eee cece eee ae MATTOCKS. painted ........ oo oe eee Be $16.00, dis. 60 | HORSE NAILS. Hunt a ee eee ese 815.00, dis. 60} Au Sable......... . dis, 2510@25410405 Hunt’s.. ca Be eee ees $18.50, dis. 20&10. | Eotmem ee ‘ dis. 05 MAULS dis. Ore wemcsm.....-................ is. 10&10 Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............... ‘so | WRENCHES, dis, MILLS. dis. | Baxter's —, uiencieg.............. 30 Coffee, Pareera Con. ....... ............... 45' Co@e Génagme.......-.............. beeen 50 P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 | Coe’s Patent — wrought, a 7 ‘© 6Landers, Ferry & Clr .k’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable. as --+ - tO < Bitewe §...... -.....-.-.... “ 25 | aes MISC ELLANEOUS dis. MOLASSES GATES. s. | Bird Cages ..............-. ----- oe ee Bu hin 6 Petiere................ _.. 1. ee) Pompe, Cisters. ol ~~ Siepbin’s Genuine..................... toe eee mee 4 Screws, New [ ist. oo 70&10 Enterprise, self-measuring............------ 25 | Casters, Beda d Plate. : 50810610 NAILS | Dampers, Ore 40 Stocl madis, base.......-.... Oe cee 1 90| Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..... 65 Wire be Dee... ..-. ....-..-. .....-... 2 30} META Advance over base: Steel. Wire. | PIG TIN. eo, Base Rae rie bares... a... Base q0; Pig Here... 2... ce 28¢ 40 05 20 | ZINC. ss... 10 20! Duty: Sheet, 24c per pound. 20 15 30 | 680 pound casks................-........-+-. 6% a... 15 36) Per pound.......--.-......---.......... .... 7 ee ee 15 35 | SOLDER 10 20 a ioe eee e eee eee 16 cece eke ae oe 25 50 | Extra Wiping .... . ee 40 36; The prices of the ‘many ‘other qualities of 2. 60 90 | solder in the market indicated by private brands ee 1 00 1 50| vary according to composition. =... 1 50 2 00} ANTIMONY ee we es 1 50 2 00 | Cooks#on............ : ...per pound 16 aes 60 90} Hallett’s...... “ 13 ' Se 1 00} TIN—MELYN @BADE. . ce. 2... .lhUm 1 25} 10x14 IC, Charcoal.. . ee eceeee se 7 oe Finish 10. ee 85 1 OO} 14x20 IC, ' a a es 7 50 ee ease e ceeenn ce cee men 1 00 . Site a ta 9 2 . eo 1 50} 14x20 IX, . oo a. UU 85 %5 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. " Se . .... 1 00 90 | TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. - 6... 1 15 1 O01 10n141C, Charcoal ............... a. $6 50 Barrell % Se ye oe . ed eee ee 6 50 PLANES. dis. | 10x14 . ne L tesnee 8 00 Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy ..............-.-.---. QA} 1420 IX, eee ae 00 Cte Boece... @)| Each additional X on this grade $1.50. Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.............---+ @4 | ROOFING PLATES Hosen, frat quality. .....................--.. @60 | 14x20 IC, - Worcester pace eedaa oss ._ €o Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10 = a : bi cua cea a 5 PANS. 20x28 IC, r +. oe Hey, Agme.......................... . dis.60—10 | 14x20 IC, . Allaway Grade 57 Common, polighed.............-..-..... dis. i 70 | 14x20 nay gee e = RIVETS. 8. 20x28 IC, ba . c a 2¢ iin ae Ties... 40 | 20x28 IX, ' ' . ee 15 00 Copper Rivets and Burs.. : : 50 | een BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. cn PATENT FLANISHED IRON. [ieere EX. bee nisl Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 7 10/201 14e38 EX, le ‘B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 20 | 14x56 IX, for No. 8 8 Bollers, ri er pound 10 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. 14x60 TX, ‘ : i, = Crk best makes. We We have taken hold of this line of goods with our ac- customed energy and shall carry a full assortment of the shall be glad to give full information and prices to any one desiring to secure an agency, offAS NS fesging Grand Rapids, Mich. 8 eM NEPA ey A SR THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State. The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable | strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1891. DISGRACEFUL HERO WORSHIP. Now and then that portion of the community which complacently regards itself as qualified to judge concerning | good manners and good taste finds itself eonfronted by some overwhelming evi- | dence to the effect that a very large proportion of its fellow citizens does not | the | tendant upon the “walking delegate” Take for ex- recognize its standards. constantly-recurring instances, ample, of famous locally, that is. Almost every brings its reports every succeeding Friday Sunday sees what amounts to ‘‘a lying in state’’ and a state funeral, to which the neighboring inhabitants throng, and all the details of which are, with recorded in the contemporary press. But this is not all. Prior to his execution the criminal has probably been made the recipient of favors which many an honest, gentle, industrious man would blush to receive. Women visit him prison—young, pretty and well-dressed ones, They him flowers. They do not shrink from placing their hands in his, perhaps through the bars of his cell-door, but more likely in too. bring in some room which the accommodating warden places at the disposal of his distinguished lodger. how wife of a criminal under sentence of death visited man in company recently-acquired husband children, and even suffered her innocent the divorced condemned with more little ones to be kissed by the murderer. | Dozens of instances of disgraceful ad- ulation are fresh in the public mind, and it is only a few days since a quiet New England town turned out almost en masse, and had a genuine sation in the funeral of a worthless ruffian who, deservedly no doubt, met his death at the hangman’s hands, in consequence of a murder while under the influence of drink. least. itis a redeeming feature of this last that drunkenness was not held by the jury to be a sufficient plea in extenuation of the offense. It is prob- ably safe to assume that this unhealthy appetite for making much of notorious sen- case desperadoes is mainly characteristic of the class that does not habitually read the best current litera- ture, but that this rule is not quite infallible is evident from the | way in which Washington society occa- sionally pets the Indian chiefs who are | brought red-handed from the plains to | see their ‘‘Great Father.’’ Hero worship is by no means to be condemned, but the choice of heroes is a the re- fair test of natural depravity or verse. AN ASSURED SUCCESS. The early closing movement inaugurat- ed by the Grand Rapids grocers on April 20 has gained additional strength during criminals—famous | secured. of executions, and | + . | co-operation has been cordial between due embellishments, | It is not long since we read | the | her | and | committed | At} | the past week, those who still refuse to | close their doors at 7 o’clock being con- | fined to a few surburban grocers whose | trade cuts an insignificant figure in com- parison with those dealers who meet the |elerks’ demand. With only an occasion- al exception, the dealers announce them- selves as pleased with the innovation— in fact, the movement owes its origin to the grocers themselves, although it was | carried into execution by the clerks. In view of what has been accomplished | in this city, Tue TRADESMAN suggests | that the grocers and clerks of the other cities of the State unite on this question, to the end that the 7 o’clock closing movement be made general all over Michigan. THe TRADESMAN does not wish it to be inferred that it favors the organization of trades unions and the | adoption of such un-American weapons as the boycott to effect this reform, as the friction and ill feeling necessarily at- | method largely mitigates the good results In no case where the work has been undertaken in good faith and the proprietors and clerks has the effort fail- ed in accomplishment. —— TT What is really wanted in the discus- sion of the labor question is a good deal of simple common sense. It is profound- ly absurd to upbraid a man simply be- | cause he has acquired orinherited wealth. |The idlers in an old Yorkshire village | saw a stranger walking down the street one day, and the question was asked, “Who is he?” ‘He’s t? new parson,” lsaid one of the group. ‘‘Well, then, heave half a brick at him,” was the quick ; response. Yorkshire lads didn’t like par- sons, especially ‘‘Methody parsons,” and | it was enough for a man to be a parson |to get half a brick heaved at him on gen- leral principles. In the same manner / there are foolish men who regard the fact |of the possession of wealth—no matter /how acquired—as in itself a sufficient reason for fierce condemnation. The Chicago Grocer intimates that | Grand Rapids dealers are handling imi- | tation coffee. All the grocery jobbers at | this market recently received samples of | the bogus berry, but the doubtful honor | of introducing it to the retail trade be- longs solely to a New York salesman | whose house is not over-scrupulous in | regard to the character of its goods. | In order that the advertising favors of | its patrons may not encroach on its usual | amount of reading matter, Tur TRADEs- | MAN dons a cover this week and will ap- | pear in this form so long as the advertis- ing patronage warrants the additional outlay involved. AUSTERLITZ, May 2.—I am informed that Samuel M. Lemon, a wholesale gro- cer, of Grand Rapids, claims to be the champion plowman in Kent Co. 1 am no | novice with the plow myself and hereby challenge the gentleman named to a con- test at any place or date he may name, | permitting him to select both ground and plow desired. | $5 on the result. | mAN of next week. Jas. HEYDLAUFF. ——_ > + The Hardware Market. Iron and nails are very weak. ‘a market is strong, the advance an- nounced apparently being permanent. lam also willing to wager I hope to be favored by an acceptance of this challenge through Tur TRADEs- | | | | | ‘Yhe Finest Line of Gandy in the State, Wool Unchanged--Hides Quiet--Tallow Firm Woolen manufacturers are paying good prices for wool suitable for duplicate orders of cloths. Such wools are hard to find. They have used territory with Australian largely as to use fleece will not make the same goods. All grades are in small lots, with stocks badly broken and not what is wanted. Manu- facturers prefer to wait the new clip, rather than buy beyond immediate neces- sities. The fleece not being desirable, it is neglected and lower, but strongly held, under the belief that manufacturers must soon buy it. The whole trouble is in the cloth trade, which shows no advance. Hides are quiet, under a light supply. Tanners have exhausted their early sup- ply and want stocks, but will not will- ingly pay any advance, from the fact they cannot realize on their leather. The demand is good, if price is satisfactory. They are higher west than east. Tallow is in light supply, firm ia price and in gooddemand. The price is higher than soapers can pay and give them a profit. et Supplanting the Old Method. From the Northwestern Lumbermen, Lumbermen who conduct general stores or supply stores for their men, in con- nection with their mills and camps, are rapidly abandoning the use of the pass book and substituting therefor the cou- pon system, which has come into general use during the past half dozen years. The Tradesman Company, at Grand Rap- ids, has made a specialty of this class of work, having had special machinery constructed for that purpose, and having many of the largest lumber firms in the country as customers, such as Hall & Buell, N. Holland & Co., the Chicago Lumbering Company, Louis Sands, White, Friant & Co., Buckley & Douglas, ete. The Tradesman Company makes three regular stock coupons, but cus- tomers ordering in quantities can secure specially printed or engraved designs. The Barbed Wire Market. “The barbed wire situation is decidedly interesting,’’ remarked S. F. Stevens the other day. ‘‘We placed our orders with Pittsburg and Cleveland manufacturers, as usual, but have received very few shipments, as yet, from either place. The Pittsburg manufacturers suffered much loss from high water in January and February and are so far behind with their orders that they can hardly see their way out. The Cleveland manufac- turers have been compelled to curtail their output, owing to the strikes in the coke regions. In consequence of our be- ing unable to get our stock, as anticipat- ed, we have been compelled to cancel or- ders for over eighty tons of wire, placed with us by our customers.” a Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: F. A. Rockafellew, Carson City. Geo. McKee, Alto. A. Purchase, South Blendon. J. J. Neuman, Dorr. O. D. Blanchard, Casnovia. A. DeKruif, Zeeland. W. Barker, Mishawaka, Ind. Elijah Ransom, Lake Ann. J. Vandenberg, Chippewa Lake. a coe aad ce Whalebone Out of Sight. Advices from New York are to the ef- fect that whip whalebone, which sold two years ago at $3 a pound and a year ago at $6, is now quoted at $10 a pound, at which price it is almost impossible to find any amount of stock. The advance will undoubtedly necessitate another ad- vance in whalebone whips in the near future. ll — lpr Muskegon—Thos. Bates, for the past two years engaged in the lumber and coal busineas at Grand Rapids, has pur- chased the clothing stock of J. D. Sheri- dan. Don't Get Down on Your Knees! ae eae But Buy a KING SHOE STOOL. PRICE IN BLACK, WITH PLUSH SEAT, ONLY $5. HIRTH & KRAUSE, SOLE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. RED The most effective Cough Drop in STAR aEBRooKs&. co OUG The | Grand Rapids, Mich, the market, quickest and pays the Sells the best. them, DROPS Try saphena maaan ARs At MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Largest Stor = The Largest Stock! = J rices The Lowest 2 SS PENA TE SEE PE ELT RE SS FIA EER LI SS ELL SERN NIE LTE TEES EME EIT OFFICES, SALESROOM & W AREHOUSE ‘ OF THE _ BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN-CO. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ine ae | Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. | Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor | Five Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. } President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. | Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. | Meetings for 1891—Ann Arbor, May 5; Star Island (Detroit) July 7; Houghton, Sept. 1; Lensing Nov. antl | | Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ase’n. President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw. Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. | Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit. Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891. | | i Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. | President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H.Escott | Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, | June, September and December. | Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. | resident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W.C. Smith. | Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. | Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President C.S. Koon; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. What Preparations of the U. S. Pharm- acopcea Should be Prepared by the Retail Pharmacist? It is not intended in this article to ex- plain what medicines could be prepared by the retail pharmacist, had he the nec- essary appliances, nor is it designed for such pharmacists who, having a large trade in pharmaceuticals and prescrip- tions, could afford the manufacture of many preparations which the average pharmacist could not; butis intended for pharmacies doing from ten to twenty thousand dollars yearly, and using spar- ingly, if at all, official preparations. There has been much written to exhibit how much could be saved by the pharma- cist in manufacturing his own fluid ex- tracts, solid extracts, etce.,but the half— the other half—has never been told. I may venture the opinion, that out of every ten retorts purchased by the retail pharmacist, not three have been put in active use; not that the pharmacists did not possess the required knowledge of their application, but simply the end did not justify the means. Aside from the fact that the manufac- turer is a necessity, that he does so much to advance the science of pharmacy, and has the same right to a living as our- selves, notwithstanding all this, there is nothing made, nor any satisfaction re- ceived by the home manufacture of so many preparations often suggested by pharmaceutical contributors. It may be illustrated theoretically, but ‘‘the test of the pudding is in the eating.”’ Itis sure- ly an exhibition of egoism for the new- fledged pharmacist to represent to the public that he posseses more skill and honesty in the manufacture of pharma- ceutical preparations than those manu- facturers who have given such their at- tention and study for the past ten, fifteen or twenty years, and who possess facili- ties entailing the expenditure of thou- sands of dollars. They are paid for their pains, we must admit, but not in a ratio to the service they render the advance- ment of pharmacy. Physicians, again, I believe, would rather prescribe the pro- ducts of a reliable manufacturer, than those of the retail pharmacist, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. It has been urged that the retail pharmacist manufacture all his own galenical prepa- rations, so that he may learn the more fully the mode of their preparation and positively know of their purity. Well, if he is a veteran herbalist, and possesses and understands the use of a microscope, he may succeed in knowing that his prep- arations are pure; but how many retail pharmacists possess these qualifications? As to learning by practice the strength and mode of preparation of pharmaceuti- cals, why not continue further, to the manufacture and purification of chemi- cals, for the same reason? The pharma- eist can easily learn by close application the strengths and procedure of all the important classes of galenical prepara- tions, but he must never rely on his memory when preparing any of them, but should consult the Pharmacopeeia or the origina! formula. When Pharmacy Boards require the constituents—and weight of each—entering into compound tinctures, solutions, etc., they are surely calling down the wrath of their appli- cant. The subjoined list, in my belief, includes all the preparations of the U. 8. | Pharmacopeeia that can, with satisfact- /ion, and the appliances ordinarily found in the class of drug stores referred to, be prepared by the retail pharmacist. This list may be extended for certain pharma- cies using more than the ordinary amounts | of certain preparations, but with smaller pharmacies it necessitates the handling of somany substances and appliances to be ready to make the preparations, that | the finished product can be purchased cheaper, and in such small quantities as are desired: All the vinegars: Diluted acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, nitro hydrochloric acid, ag nitric acid, phosphorie acid, sulphurie acid, Nitro-hydrochlorie acid, Aromatic sulphuric acid, Benzoinated lard, Dilute alcohol, Purified aloes, Dried alum, lodized starch. Mass of copaiba. sti mereury, Clarified honey, Honey of rose. All the Official Mixtures. All the Official Mucilages. Official pills may be prepared ad libitum, but considering their cheapness and fine finish, they, with few exceptions, can be purchased more satisfactorily. Potassa with lime. All the Official Powders. All the Official Waters excepting: Water of ammonia, Stronger water of ammonia, Chlorine water. Solution nitrate of silver. All the Official cerates. Jantharides and nitrate of potassium papers, Flexible and styptic collodions, Confection of rose, Decoction of cetrarea and sarsaparilla comp., Elixir of orange. All the Official Plasters except: glass plaster. Hydrated oxide of iron, Dried sulphate of iron, Glycerites of starch and yolk of egg, Mercury with chalk. All the Official infusions. Lemon juice. All the Official Liniments. Sol. arsenious acid, ‘* acetate of ammonium, iodide of arsenic and mercury, << Time, ‘* eitrate of iron and quinine, ‘+ nitrate of mercury, Comp. sol. iodine, Sol. cit. magnesia, ‘* pepsin, subacetate of lead, Dil. sol. subacetate of lead, Sol. of potassa, ** arsenite of potassium, cit. potassium, “< aeoda, ** chlorinated soda, Granulated citrate of magnesia. All the Official Spirits except: Sweet spirit of nitre, Spirit of ammonia, Whisky and brandy. Syrup, Isin- sé ae acacia, citric acid, ' garlic, sy althea, almond, orange, - ae flowers, . lacto-phosphate of lime, phos., iron, quinine and strych., hy pophosphites, with iron, ' krameria, - lactucarium, - senna, - tar, . wild cherry, “ rhubarb, ” . aromaticum, - rose, Ht rubus, . raspberry, sarsaparilia comp., Syrup squills, - ey comp., senega, senna, tolu, ginger, All Official Tinctures. Triturate of elaterium. All Official Troches. All Official Ointments but: Nitrate of Mercury. All Official Wines but: ° White and red wine. ae oe se oe F. V. KNIEST. CHARTER Oak, lowa. he se The Coupon Plan a Failure. From the Bulletin of Pharmacy. There has now been opportunity for a very general expression of opinion on the part of retailers as to their views of the practicability of the coupon plan of preventing cutting, but it would appear from a review of the sentiments of those who have declared themselves on this subject, that there is as yet little unanim- ity of opinion. M. N. Kline, Chairman of the Con- ference Committee, states that the views of the retailers are characterized by the same confusion of tongues as existed at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel. He answers the objections that have been urged against the adoption of the coupon plan, and very emphatically points out that upon the retailers neces- sarily depends the fate of this proposed plan, as it is certain that proprietors will not eare to adopt so radical a change in their business methods, and one involv- ing retail distributors in so much extra trouble and outlay, unless they can have positive evidence that a majority of suen dealers desire it, and will heartily co- operate with them in putting it into operation. That this evidence is not forthcoming at present is clearly shown by the fact that at a meeting of the sub-committee, appointed to execute the coupon plan April 3d, it was determined to take no further steps towards carrying this plan into operation. This action was taken in part on account of the fact that the retail trade have manifested so much in- difference or opposition to the plan, im- pressing the committee with the convic- tion that even if thé way were otherwise clear for attempting the control of prices in the way proposed, it would be ques- tionable whether the effort would be attended with success. It appeared from letters addressed to members of the Com- mittee, as well as those which have been published in pharmaceutical journals, that retailers as a class are not prepared to accept the proposed conditions. In this state of things it is obvious there is not much prospect the plan, in its present form, will be attempted, and it is by some well advised parties considered probable that the attempt will be aban- doned. Thus endeth the first lesson in the at- tempt of manufacturers to establish uniform prices for their products. Two Hints to Smokers. A well-known tobacconist says: ‘‘If you are a smoker and don’t own a cigar case, carry your cigars in your upper vest pocket, on the left, with the mouth end downward. The constant motion of your right arm is sure to crush the to- bacco and loosen the wrapper. If the ci- gars {be on the right side the result is more readily attained with the match end down. ‘Tf you have let a cigar go out, are not too fastidious to smoke an soldier,’ do not pull in the last puff, blow it through the burning end. In this way the nicotine is expelled, which would otherwise gather at the mouth, and prevent the cigar from having a rank taste.” ———~> The Drug Market. Alcohol has declined 2c. per gallon. Gum opium and morphia are steady. Quinine is firm. Gum eamphor is very searee and higher. Sanderson’s oil of lemon has advanced. Lycopodium has declined. and ‘old but THEN AND NOW. In days of old when knights were bold, And barons held the sway, The man who failed his lot bewailed, And tried his best to pay. But now, bedight in garments bright, Without a thought of shame, His property he hides away In some one else’s name, > = Yellow Reef, for slate 1, ox Rubram @1 (0 Carbonate, Jennings... § i BE se cee eu cae 4 1 40 i nein a a a | We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. Absinthi a 5 00@5 50 SYRUPS. H i aeee @ 70 | We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction. Amygdaise, Duic... "-° @5@ 75 | Accacia ................---.- 50|Tehthyobolla, Am. -1 25@1 50 All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive them. Sendin a Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 ON ieee een cues a , 5@1 00 | trial order. ‘ ee cece ees ees: t Wet OO toeeae..................-.--- 60 | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 T%@3 85 : Auranti Cortex....... @2 50 | Ferri Iod.. ceetesuce con OU] ROGEtOMe.....---...... @A 70 i 4 Hersam .......---.-- 3 75@4 00} Auranti Cortes. oe eae 56 | Lupulin . La 50@ 55 ee 90@1 00} Rhei Arom..........- .----- 50 Lycopodium - beac eae ee 42@ 45 ' Caryophylii . Sane ‘1 20@1 25 | Similax “Officinalis es oe ae OO) Mace .........-..._..- 80@ 85 4 OO ceca ceases 35@ 65 . i Ce,..... 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- rT ; aoe wae £0 | tanuesPomssAzdnids 106 13| —— a | a 50 | Magnesia, Sulph (bbl : [oie oe 2@ 3| GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Deine OE esse 50 enuin, a... ..... 50@ 60 f 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERIES. Short Talk with a Philosophic West | Side Merchant. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Two bushel baskets of eggs were each | side of the open door, as I entered a neat | store on Alpine avenue a few days ago It was in a well-settled part of the a, with neat and comfortable residences on almost every lot for nearly a mile in every direction and comparatively few stores for that extended area. The val- ley has arich, dark soil, and the family gardens, now being cultivated, must owners. A in the in the save many a dollar to their more beautiful street for a driye, near future, will not be found city. Straight as an arrow, it extends northward for miles onto the rising lands in the country, until the gray line of its track meets the blue horizon. ‘“‘What is the price of eggs in this part of the city?’’ L asked, as an oppor- tunity offered to talk with the bustling proprietor. ‘Fifteen cents,’’ was the reply. ‘““You seem, then, to vantage,”’ I rejoined; ‘‘you can ex- amine contents of the farmer’s wagon as he passes your door on his way to market and obtain your fresh, and, perhaps, at a less price.”’ ‘‘No, sir, there you are mistaken. I eannot purchase an article of a farmer at as low a price as I can on Canal or Why? Because the old farmer is like his cow that he turns into She starts in on the gate, Ss possess an ad- the goods Monroe streets. a good clover pasture. run he opens snatches a bite from the tall clover on each but keeps moving straight toward the farther corner of the lot, and never stops until she gets there. Then she turns about, looks back and commences feeding. No difference what price I offer for butter, eggs and vegeta- bles, he ‘guesses’ he will go down town first and then, if he can’t get as much as I offer, will return and let me have the produce—which has not been materially a as soon as side of her, benefitted by the round trip. ‘“‘Eggs are retailing for two cents a dozen more nearer the business,” I remarked. ‘‘Why retailing for still less?’’ ‘‘Don’t you see the difference in the ex- pense of my doing business?’’ he replied. “‘Few of those people own their place of business. I own my store and lot, and they are paid for. Myself and family manage the store. My lights, while not electric, are good and far cheaper than theirs. [I use kerosene and plenty of it. My store expenses are barely interest on the property. No rents for store or house—no clerk hire—no stealings—no See? Why should I not sell less than they? I do.”’’ “That being the case, your immediate neighbors, I infer, are your patrons, and you should also draw trade from quite a distance on every side.” ‘‘Not all my neighbors are my patrons, and there are various reasons why. First, as you have probably noticed,there are many other stores of this kind in the vicinity, all competing for this trade. Within this area of nearly a mile square is a large village by itself, having a far less number of stores than most country towns of this size. That is in our favor, and while two miles will take most of these people to the center of trade, they cannot afford to go unless a saving can be made. Their time is too valuable to or three center of are you s08S€S8. | permit it on purpose, and, granting that } | | @ portion of them work on the east side, that does not help the matter, as their | time is all occupied in labor and in going and returning. Some member of the | family can do the marketing to better | advantage here. Second, there are some | people here who, like the farmer’s ani- mal, and the majority of mankind, imag- ine that something obtained a long dis- tance from home, will be better and cheaper, and it takes them some time to learn their mistake. Third, a few be- come indebted to me, and leave me be- cause I want my money. Fourth, others want credit and, knowing that means loss to me, lam—in many cases—obliged to refuse, and I lose them, for a time, but the sensible ones, who pay or intend to pay, soon find that the same articles are always as lowin price here, and some kinds of goods always a little less and the slight gain in price to them, with all the convenience, they seem to appreciate and thus my business is increasing.”’ ‘You find some merchants in this vi- cinity moving away, you say,” and the man shrugged his shoulders, smiled, and looked wise. ““Yes,’? he continued, ‘I admit that some fail in business here, as well as elsewhere, but, my friend, if you could know what I do—and he hesitated a mo- ment—well, there are good reasons for it, and I could have told them long ago what would happen. gone and not paid takes a short time business.”’ *‘f was neverin this part of the city before,”’ said I, ‘tand I notice new buildings and better ones going up on every hand. Will not other stores cause a greater division of trade?’’ ‘“*My several No capital—goods for. See? It only to close up such a years of experience has been the reverse,’ was the reply. ‘““As a number of other business houses . and factories open around me, I found it attracted more to this part of the city and my sales increased. I have done more each year, and expect my trade, with good management, to contin- ue to increase constantly. Yes, you may say that there is a healthy and perma- nent growth of the city in this direction, for the street we are on leads to one of richest farm regions around Grand Rap- ids.”’ : —————~ -¢ Additions to Last Week’s List. THE TRADESMAN has had its attention called to the following omissions in the list of traveling men who reside in this city but represent outside houses: J. P. Visner, E. J. Gillies & Co. M. B. Draper, Cincinnati. J. L. Wheeler, Simeon Howes, Creek, N. Y. Geo. R. Merrill, B. T. Babbitt, N. Y. Martin B. Millpaugh, Billings, Clapp & Co., Boston. ee Queen City Varnish Co., Silver oo ~ The Grocery Market. Sugars are without material change. While granulated is lower than it was a month ago, yellows are 4c higher. Corn syrup continues to advance and the man- ufacturers’ boast that they will yet bill their product at 35e bids fair to be real- ized. Pickles have gone off $1, which is a great surprise ail along the line, as deal- ers had been led to expect higher prices, _— o>... For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner, 304 North Ionia street, Grand Rapids, Mich., general representative for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York City. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—So meagre are the offerings, that there | is really no market. Beans—The market is firm. offering $1.80 per bu. for country picked and holding city picked at $2.25@82.20, Butter—The supply is not noo large. Hand- lers pay 16@18e and hold at 18@20e. Cabbages—Old stock is about out of market. Carrots—20@25c per bu. Eggs— The market holds steady at 12c, al- though as high as 124%@18c is paid by cold stor- age men and picklers who are anxious to secure stocks before the advent of warm weather. Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb. Lettuce—i3¢ for Grand Rapids Forcing Onions—Scarce and firm. Dealers pay $1.40 for all offerings of choice, holding at $1.65. Ber- mudas are in good demand at $3 per crate. Parsnips—4uc per bushel. Potatoes— The market is flat, owing to the large amount of poor stock which has been foisted on the principal markets during the past month. Radishes—40ce per dozen bunches. Straw berries—$3.50 per case of 24 quarts. Squash—1c per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in small demand at M@ Turnips—30@35c per bu PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. moe, bee, 8 ee Sees oes... 13 00 rire Clear pie, Short out................ -. 14 50 eet Cee, a eo... 14 25 Boston clear, short cut..... ie, oe Cooee OOn, ee Oe... 14 50 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 14 75 sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Wonuhodl caw gt coches eee a el Nae . victim. (00 7 Tongue Sausage.......... 9 reese oe 7% eee 5 Bologna, straight... 5 one oe... kk 5 oo Se a 814 EE £4 - eee ee 8% LARD. Com Family. pound meee a... oa 6% Cane ib. Turme.............. 6% 3 1b. Pails, 20 in a case. 74 5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case. . 7% 10 Ib. Pails, 6 in a case.. 7 70 >. Pails, din & Caee.......... a 6% ge 6% 64, BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.............. 9 06 xtra Mens, Chicago packing................ 9 00 ee SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average “iad say ee CG 10 s EN 10% . . “ce lt earache 10% . iio | 7% : ee 84 Shoulders..... thee eben cu acs c es ae Breakfast Bacon, el, 8% Dried beef, ham prices.. tee ounce. oa Cee eee NP 6% i €% 7 ee EE Cans aac tn 5% FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: OO, ee THD 8% = mand quarters..................... 9 @10 ao... a 6 @7 CC A eB @i3 7 @11% . meee, ....,... --....... 1, @ se oe he I eee ec, @ 5% eee @i0% [Ce @ 6% Sausage, blood or head.. @5% ” OO cs Lisl @ 5% ' Preeerees........-..,...5,..... @ 7% ape en a " @10 eal. co dntesiesecerscopeces ss. © 1,056 FISH and OYSTERS, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. cee @10 ec @ 9 Pe ic @18 CO ee ue ee @5 ees. @ 9 eo shes et @12 a ae tele nc @25 ee @12 California ee a Qw OYSTERS—Cans. Palreaven Counis..................., > @40 a weer, os. @35 SHELL GOODS. : = Oysters, per —...... 4.2... ..5.. Clams, 2 ENGRAVING It paysto ese nepmragg? business. Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. | Handlers are CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: : STICK CANDY. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. 6% 7 | —e , a as % | hh ey cpg tee eee y 6% 7% - "Ewist bal Pele We Vow oye baad 6% 7% Roe See. 94% 6 to... T% 8% eee ee, oo 7% 8% MIXED CANDY. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. OE cc. oe coc eee us 6% 7% oaks begins esas ee 6% 7% ee a 8 TN aa oie oie i snc ok soca acc se 7 8 eee ce %% 8% eee % 8% Mase Boeek....... %% &% Coe 2 8 Deen wee ok... 7% 8% Peeere cower... ...............- 9 eo 10 Prem Oe. sk tc 10% Valley Creams.. 13% FANcY—In ‘bulk. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. Lozenges, TIN eevee 10% 11% = ee es 12% Reereee Bere sc _ Chocolate Monumentals............. ee 5 AM — ee... ..................,. 8 9 ae ee. 8% 91% eee 10% 11% FaNcy—lIn 5 lb. boxes, Per Box. tees Pee... os 55 is ae eh ce . 55 Peppermint Drops -65 Chocolate Drops........ 7 Ee. oe Creare rome... -......... cee. 90 ee Oe 40@50 ae peek. 1 00 Looe See... 80 Loaenges, ee ee 65 Breen... ... ss... ce ce 70 es... 65 ie ae eta ees ewe pee a 7 I ae oak co cece ce esc ecy 60 eee ee........ .........--_...... .-, 55 — sll a. 15@17 ee ee Cee... &5@95 ree eee... 80@90 Dae ee 1 00 ee eee... Oe eae 70 eee i 1 00 een eee... 65 ORANGES. Ceres, Pe 3 00 - 3 50 r 3 50 Messinas, “ 4 00 Messina, ee, _.............,... 5 25@5 50 fa: @6 00 va 5 50 “ 6 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 18@20 choice eae @16 “ce “ se ~~... @12% . Fard, 10-lb. box ei es @10 _ ee @ 8 - Seatian ih See 4@6 NUTS. Almonds, Terres... @17% I ici es ee ete, @i7 ’ oo eu @ii% Perea, EW cs... te es @%% Filberts . @il1 Walnuts, Grenoble. @15 ei @12 . Pk oer eeae coe cle @ Table Nuts, = 1 Pe eee ee eee ee @i4 a @13 Pecans, Texas, “AL. Boece Ll 15@17 Cocoanuts, OG ORORM............. 2-2. @4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., CU @ 5% 7 momen ............. 7 @%™% Fancy, H. P., wee. @ 5% oe Moneted....0... 7 @%™% Choice, Bg, Ps Extras.. ne ea na @ 4% “ Roasted........ 6 @6% 2 | Black, “8 COG TORS. ,.000-.... 000005 eee | OILs. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows: Water White.. @9 Michigan test. eee @ 8% Pee a @7% te ag Oe @ 9% C oe ancuee ee ae 27 @36 i eee ae 13 @21 @ % THOS. E. WYKES, WHOLESALE Marblehead and Ohio White Lime, Buffalo, Louisville and Portland Cements, Fire Brick & Clay. Agent for the “Dyckerhoff’’ imported Portland cement, the best cement in the market for side- walks. Also buy and sell Grain. Hay, Feed, Oil Meal, Wood, Etc., Clover and Timothy Seed. * WAREHOUSE AND MAIN OFFICE: Cor. Wealthy Ave. and Ionia on M,C. R. R, BRANCH OFFICE: Builders’ Exchange. How to Keep a Store. By Samuel H. Terry. A book of 400 pages written from the experience and observation of an old merchant. It treats of Selection of Busi ness, Location, Buying, Selling, Credit, Adver- tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships, etc. Of great interest to every one in trade. $1.50, THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 18 APPLE BUTTER. uinces. | Chicago goods............ 74@8 | Common i. aneurin 1t10\c CLOTHES LINES. a FLAVORING EXTRACTS. scaLEs—Perfection. Old Honeasty.......... = octon, 40%....... per doz. 1 25) Jennings’ DC | Tea, 2 5 33 GREASE. | Raspberries. to 50 ft. Pr 140 8 . | +ea, 2-1, tin scoon. .....6 6 50) dolly Tar.............. 33 issue PO evaamanen 12 i —.— a Oi Lemon. Vanilla | _ ‘ bees | 723) Hinwats. ... ... 87 Wood boxes, per doz...... 80 | Black Hamburg....... 1 50 | Peeeees ‘7 = olding box. 75 1 25 | " 5-b, tin scoop..... .- & 7, Valley City ..........- 24 rm “~ Meu 2s ive. black. 0 |! 1 40 | i 90 7. a vl 00 1 50 Hl brass eae 8 75 | Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. “ “ per gross..... 2 00 | Strawberries. 90 | 6 oz a : .o 2 00 Grocers ’ 11- tb, tin scoop. 11 00) Something Good a ‘ Ko. motes L : i : ‘ | Tass “* 2 20 Oss P...... ce seiey sce 25 Ib. pail 1 F00{L 1 ico of 3 00 | a. ‘ 12 25| Toss I : See % | Bambi 2 oF | L 3 00 4 C0} : 22-1, tin “ . 13 3% | Outof Sight _ ie | Aurora. Le 1 65 la POWDER, 3 — =e Smoking, Wood boxes, = igo. ..... 60 | lo Whortleberries. | Half kegs Oe 3 _ eee Calon gis Cheiee. 0... = 3 doz. case... 1 75 | Common .............. Se eee ee ee es 5 cae olonel’s Choice............ 13 “ “ per gross... 6 00| i & W 125 | Sage HERBS, | ie boxes a 634 ¥ EPOCH 1... 14 ueberries | 5 LS tee oe _.. o sanner Wood b ip sioeat MEATS. 7” 4 COUPONS | aamieeees JELLIE 1-Ik k 325 "| Hing Bee. 1 oxes, per doz ..... | Puig {ES : BS. ..-.. oe 5 ric , fon a” 4 50 Corned beef, Libby’s....... 2 10 | “Superior.” __| Chicago goods......... 44@5 | 3 _ = a eee a i. i 7 per gross. 1. 5B 50 | oo beef, Armour’s....... 1 75 | : x a hundred... reeves 250) : LAMP WICKS. i: | 6-Ib . 6: , | Honey Dew oo witb, | Potted nate, 4 Sy 101 5, “ ‘ cee ‘> = - 30 0 and 50 Ib. boxes .. 4% | Gold Block..... | OO) ep epee ees 1 gig) Ea NO. 1... ee eee eee eee ee 40 @nvels. .....-........... as: | Peeriegs.......... so 2 BAKING FOWDEE. | . tongue, % 7 TT =. m eae ae ca ee 50 SNUFF. "owl Rew 0 me 35 Acme, % lb. cans,3doz... 45 ae 1% Lao eS ’ aaa a | LICORICE. Scotch, in bladders Teele Sap o8 “ mine se.) eet chicken, 4 Ib: Bee. 95 Tradesman.” | a. beteesseetees--...... Se) MeGeaboy, In jars. Tom and Jerrp..............% . 1 Ib. eee VEGETABLES, ® i, per hundred..........- 209 | Calabria..................... 25) french Rappee, in Jars. ie OM | be me... 10 | Beans. 2 ela 250! Sicily... ---4>-*-- + é SOAP. Wik Weise 3 Telfer’s, * Ib. cans, doz.. 45 | Hamburg stringless ....... 13/85" * eee Sie ue Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. aelaiee : a 2 French style.....2 25 810, “ “ a a So 25 aml dante a ee ee ibe . - 4 = c Eimas.... 0.5... 1 40 L Se 00 | ww MATCHES. no, 100 de aie ce On| SORE Imade.......... PRO Arctic, is cams... ...... | Lima, green.................1.30| Subject to the following as. | No. 9 sulphur.............-. 2 00 | Bouncer, 100. ""3 00 | Frog or IE NU 1 = “ teal in eevee | Anchor PerOr........... ...5 @ SODA. a 1 ® of 2 09 | Lewis Boston Baked........ 135| 200orover......... 5 per cent. | | BS ONG. -- «+++ onan as 1 10/ Boxes .......... vevee sees e DMM | 40 gr ro “ eG 9 60 Bay State Baked............ aoe Soe 10 eat a. titsi‘(‘(‘(#‘CN(O: a 28) Meee Bieiien................ 4% | 50 gr i eu ice . Red Star, : » cans........ an | Worla’s Wate.) 1 35 | 1000 “ ay echoing . SAL SODA. “ YEAsST— Compre “i RG £0 Corn. arate “ ; a. Kegs. . : 1% | ‘Tin foil poe per doz. d. ‘ 4 Hs oe, ing | Hembtrgm .......... on : | Sugar house . i 16| Granulated, boxes.......... 2 gl oe ae 5 hietatc AON 150 igeri.. nig : 00 a Butter 00.) ae pa Cuba Baking. sy hanes. ' Baker's, per Ib................3 3 . ee eymour ‘ oe min | OLeimeey. .... e “4@ 6 7 2 dozen in case. — ee dhl ——— ‘4@ 6 PAPER & WOODENWARE Ensiich Ee ec he a aa ag Se See ee ei Se a a PAPER. Bristol, ---.---- 0-02 -++.-+-+- 0 | Hamburgh marrofat .. 5 : Bee 6% | Fancy .......--.. eee 23} Hemp........ i i co oo oe we Se a : oo es 74 | New Orleans. Aes ....... 3 | 1OWB: ““BLUING. ge : early June.......15 0| City Sod £4 | wai . . Te etic 7 ' champion of En- er See eo Oe ee 17| Rape ................-...--4- 6G | Sew |... ......... ae = ovals.......-.. = ee ey snip aa - go ET 6 — a een ey Oe | Markie 2 ee Hamburgh petit pols ..... 2 wz | S. Oyster ......... w+... 5% | Extra good......--........ 26 | SALT eee Ee Pa “ ie ees 50 fancy es cs op | City Oyster. XXX........-... 5M | Choice ......---- esses eee 30 Diamond Crystal. Hara “ No.3) 1S a 00 BOewee 65 | CREAM TARTAR. Paney.....--- --.-.... w0-- 36 | 100 3-Ib, sacks $2 40 | Bakers oe ne ‘sé No.5 “ . 8 00 Harris stands me %> | Strictly ee. 30 | ee = Ib 25) Dry Goods. ............ 54@! *“ ios Ball a 450 | 22 Camp's Marrofat 1 10 | Telfer’s Absolute.......... — : BS 10-Ib. sacks.....- 2+... 2 ee ee 62@8 a Early ee 4 eagle emer jo@is | Barrels : 200...... @7 25|Wi14tlb. * wsse++s++++- 2.00} Red Express No. 1. Her No. 2 Hurl BROOMS. : aie s Early onecan 4 ae Half barrels :00.. .-.- Ga 6 a 3 lb cases . 150 2. LULU 4 ee 1ivreeh a a : | ROLLED OATS 56 Ib. dairy in linen bags 50 TWINES MR oe sen icon cies ns 2 00 Meee ce DRIED FRUITS. | Half bbis 90........ @3 75 | 28 lb. LL Os | aS Cette No. 3 2 Carpet oe 2 25 ae ae 17918 | Apples. | Barrela 160... _....... @7 2 ioe Warsaw. Cotton, No. Le 22 oe 2 56 Pumpkin. oe @11%% | PICKLES. 56 Ib. dairy in linen bags 35 ee Patlor Gem. Cease ae « 7 cs... on | Evaporated ........... 14 @1454 ad Medium. a 2a | & “ / 18 _ Island, assorted....... 40 : mm. rhisk............ 90 Squash. | California Evaporated. sae hud oe ay oe Ashton. vo. 5 Hemp ............. +. 18 ay 5 Le abe 1 30 | Apricots............... 19 Half barrels, 600 eount.... 3 % | 56 1b. dairy bags.. "5 No. . Wy ee. 3 25 Succotash, | Blackberries 10 Small. fo Higgins. Wee 7 ae 276 Vitae 1 40 | Nectarines ............ ig | Barrels, 2.400 count ..... 10 00 | 56 Ib. dairy bags. 03 WOODENWARE BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. ee Ge Pewehew 20 Half barrels, 1,200 count... 5 50 Solar Rock. Tubs. N OODENWARE., Mia ee 5 00| Honey Dew.............--..1 60 | Pears, sliced.......... 17 nl i a. sores. | Te No. 3 York State CE GRA a Hamburg LN a Ce 19 Cc lay, on — ee cee 1 | Saginaw and M: wnistee. t « Wel : bees ee 4 50 To x5 | Prunes, sweet.. ...... ; ull count. 5 | Common Fine per bbl. 95 i a Van Onis, matoes. sel , Sweet on 13 Cob, No. 3.... i 125 | | ll li P. ails, No. 1, two- hoop.. 1 80 BUTTERINE. fan CaMp’s...--++..-... +++. | PRUNES. | ct h’ uy No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 % toate Hh Onn 1 10| Turke 9 RIC z. nurch’s, Arm & Hammer...5%% | qjothespins. 5 gr. boxes F Solid packed... . 134% | Hamburg .......-..... 1 30| Bos “ef @ Domestic. | Dwight’s Cow. ....... 115M Bowls, it inch. oe Solid + See {Z| oe... ------ ---- @10 | Carolina head................ 7 | Taylor's. Lee ee rr re 1 00 ee oe sa reer sr "3 95 rencn ...... oer @u _ Lee oes 6 | DeLand’ s Cap [Shea |)... 6 is oe 1 = ec oincxcygaxsanye. ya a wl Rie et! vas ca xt oa w PEEL. “cc Yr ° ~ oe Z ae ete we eee ee Solid packed....:.... 11 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. Lemon 18 | Broken... pHRMAANONN a sent _ a a. seeee Ls settee rete eee ne t cn... 2 ies E : oe 5 eee a 11% Premium. = ca = Orange..... cio. Le 18 , Imported. | | Golden Hh agree me ’ — tts ‘nd i 2 50 mee 8 =—ti(i‘(‘ét 8... --.... : japan Net, 6h, | Corn. H nel S27 Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.......... 10% | Pure........ See ina eres es See 5% | Barrels........ Tee , ee hihi ee Star, Breakfast Cocoa... 40 | In boxes...........-... EO Te be 33 bushel ............ 50 ike Uiaeenanns alk CHICORY. dis ae eee | Pure Cane. “ willow or ths, ae 2 = LN : En _ 4% | Zante,in barrels...... @5% ROOT BEER. | Armiber 0000000000) a qos a | ee ee ee Ca oe oe rr @ 5% Williams’ Extract. | Fancy drips G30 wan a CANNED GOODS. CHEESE, “ inless quantity @ 5% | 25 centsize...... 1 SWEET GOODS. — eau FISH. Fancy Full Cream. 1 @i2 RAISINS —California. ¢dGosen..... ...85 GO| Ginger Snaps.. i ” ae 4 25 Clams. Good 10 @1c% London I eal . 7 a SAUERKRAUT. a Creams. teeteee . 8% nn Little Neck, d Tek, 1 10| Part Skimmed.. .ondon Layers, 2 er’ n 2 10} Barrels. ‘ ......4 00 | Frosted Creams....... 8 an ¢ Ib 7 2 ir Sea uae . : ve “ 8 °. 3 2 20/| Half barrels... 2 50 Graham Crackers. . 8 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS Maia Chowder. Edam .. @I 00 | y4, : : oa fancy. 2 = SAPOLIO. | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 _ WHEAT. Standard, Sib... .........) 2 30 | Swiss, imported | 24@ 25 ascatels, “Crown ... 160/ x 5 esting age ite 1 05 2 Ss, Imported ...... 24@ 2 re {tchen, 3 doz. in box _-, 2001 de 5 5 Co ve Oysters. “ domestic | ae ; 3 16 ’ ao Jottie. 1 don. th bee...... .% | Hed..... Standard, 1 lb. , eee 1 10 | Limburger - 15@ 16 Foreign. Hand --- 250] TEAS. All wheat bought on 60 lb. an — coterie am oo i. Valencias. ee : 7% Guiden’s T SOUPS. : | saran—Regular. a Lobsters. Rubber foo ps. ‘ Ondaras. . veveeeeee 8 @ 8% Snider’s Tomato... . .....2 40} pair, @17_ | Bolted... ................. 170 Star, 1 Ib ee 2 50 ’ F wae a ce eee 16 @li SPICES Good . Dace. @20 Granulated... sttte eee eees - 1S MEN a 501s an Liber tee asia a FARINACEOUS GOODS. i cut | helee. 0. 26 FLOUS. Picnic, t tb. voters"? pruce, — oe 40 100 “ Farina. ae Whole Sifted. i Choicest on Straight, in SaCen ....... 5 60 a "3.00 cee SUP. a 4 Allayeee.”............... .-10 | Dust barrels. 5 80 “or Snider 8, % pint........... : Hominy. Cassia, C china in mats...... 7 SUN CURED. Patent eacks......... 6 @ Standard, 11b...... .....+-. 120 7 = oe veer eR 30 | | Barrels ...... cease 290 «” Batavia in bund. ... | Fair . ca Le c Parnes. 6... 6 80 ceo 2 00 quart.... ee Q Saigon in —_ ee 35 leagga 0 Graham packs... 2 2 Mustard, 3 CS. 3 oo}. CLOTHES PINS. Lima Beans. Cloves, Amboyna.. oo «| €mcied,......._-....- 24 @2 Rye . i 2 2 Tomato Sauce, 31b........ Te an |B enOnS DORR # | Dried... ___...........- “« Zanzibar..... ...... 15 | Choicest. 32 @ oe : b4 MILLSTUFFS Sen Ste 3 00 COCOA SHELLS. Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Mace Batavia....... a“ .80 na i... | .10 @iz Bra cnet ‘ Salmon. Bulk. @4_ | Domestic, 12 1b. box. 60 | Nutmegs, fancy.............80 BASKET FIRED. a Be eats oo re Columbia River, flat... ...1 85 Pound packages. . @i. | Eaported.2. 0... 11 ONO. Lees eee ees (nian is a Eafe ‘talls.. ..1 60 — | ul Pearl Barley. ' No. 2 -65 | Choice.. Le cca Weed 0 Se Ge Alaska, J Ib Se ee 15 COFFEE i GS-eee eee Bagg AOR Pepper, Singapore, black....15 | Choicest. . Coun ued... @ 50 ee ee ee ee ‘ _ r r | eas. " 25 e - - ' R Yr : cig) : " GREEN. LGvece Bao... .. 1 20 +) Wee 9 Extra choice, wire leaf “i Tigi a aie Rio | . 1 GUNPOWDER. Milling 80 American 4s ns 5@ 6| Fair : sii Spit, Opl..... aaeeaten nites 6 50 a i? Grow i in Bulk, | | Common “ — * a aa = ee ee ee OA Sago. spice 2 il | ee es eed Imported + eeeymesne ates 3 Good. eksnsiee een inal saa | Geran 5 | Cassia, Batavia. . 20 | | Gholeest —- oe BARLEY. ee i‘ “13gi4 —_ at 2i% | East India.....-.....-++---. 5 mwtims oo oer Brewers, per 100 Ibs........1 25 preustare We.........-.-... @9 86 sei bhi ameiaettielcia on eee Wheat. . weigon ............. 35 OOLONG. Weed, per ba... 60 peanut, Peaberry aicerat cin y See 5 | Cloves, ——— ae 30 Common to fe. 23 @26 a CORN, i 2 | — = | Superior to fine 28 @30 Sma ots le, 76 , — 50 —_ ec au | FISH--Salt Ginger, Afrtean 5 | to choicest. . 45 @55 | Car .. a ‘ ¥ a a 2 . : : > ATS Apples. Pe 21% Bloaters. se co” aa 48 : lw Small lots.. aie j Sesh tine oalkeae s 00 | Peab 21% | Jamaica oe 20 | Common to fale... 28 ee aa aes 61 »gallons.... 4 ( eaberry .. ioe | Meme el. Maca Botayia..............- 80 | Superior tofine........30 Car vee eee eee ee eee BO ne: oa pexiosn ‘and Guatamala, | ‘od Mustard, Eng. and Trieste..25 | silastic i HAY pricots. air. ae ee a Ce eee rieste........-.... a7 | YOUNG HYSON. _,_—| No. 1..... i . 13 00 eae Cruz.......- 225) BM es ese ne sect) SN 6 @8 | Nutmegs, No.2............. 2 Common to fair....... 18 @% | No.2 . 12 00 a) 2m) Veney............ 25 : 2 Pp Superior to fine......-. 30 @40 nena Ans 23 Ma : (See & @9 epper, Singapore, black. .. .20 be ae é ais aracaibo. ea ae “Halibut. rc weite..... ..30 ao ENGLISH re ea HIDES, PELTS and FURS. . Ck ee a ae weak a cee wie wo “n'a /§ st ) . Cepenne........... 25 ME ee tas cee ae an Perkins & Hess pay s fol ae... 1 10| Milled ao 10% | 24 G2 roe a | Herring. : a 90 | Choice...........------ 24 @28 | lows : Cherries. ‘as tenes ‘Java, i‘ bSeakee i 24 | “Absolute” in Pac kages. ia... ee oe ' HIDES. teeeecees ce eeneees A) we tet eee tee RO | Holland, bbls 11 00| 14s igs | mu Green ..... a ae 5 Pitted Hamburg. 1 % | Private Growth.......... 26 | et "5 | eee oes. 84 155] TOBACCOS. Part ¢ ured.. ee g 5 > adeeb apeeanee sein : = re ea: 2-7 Round shore, % bbl... 2 75 | —e beaets cee, GE ESB Fine Cut. Full ee oS oe Deed en cues keh es J i \% bbi.. 1 50} Cloves.........--....-. 84 1 55 Pails 18 srwise I ne... q Damsons, Egg — and Green Lene ee a 25 “Mackerel” | Ginger, ae 84 155 Pails unless otherwise — Kips, ereoen ..... ..... 4 g 5 Arabia 2 | Peawetee .......-..- 60 I @ asia vaca Arabian. pe cae 2 i 1, % Dole, SO lbe........ 12 00 init a a a . : 55 | Sweet Cuba... en 34 ce eee. 5 @6 eel dea oe Ne. i, Kits, ‘wlbs........... 1 | See _——< 8 55 | MeGint oo 24 | Calfskins, green. -5 @& i Gooseberries. To ascertain cost of roasted | Family, ! 5 bbis., 90 lbs..... | Pepper ......... 84 1 55 fy oh 22 _ cured...... 6 @8 OMNEROR ue ceca. 1 10 | Coffee, add \%e. per lb. for roast- «”” Fits, 10 Ibs.......- | Sage....... 84 | Little a... 29 | Deaconskins.......... 10 @30 Peaches. Ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- Pollock. | aa «“ "ie Hh. ») No, 2 hides 34 off. Pie Diese chal 1 1 7 | &R ili Wi ics 3 50@4 00 | SUGAR. ce, 20 PELTS. aes. haere seine 2 2% tdiianiatiitinte xxx M on. | Cut eS @ 554 | 1891, 4 Dis ee. 19 SHCArHNSS........-+... 10 @2% mee i 2 = occa aa oi ussian, eons eee | Goes seas ; by | | ance . iy.....-....- 33 Estimated wool, per b 20 @28s teen eee e eee 60@2 rr oe nwacred ............ @ S| Dandy Jim..........-- 2 WwooL. Pears. In cabinets ........-.. 26 | No. 1, % bbls., 90 Ibs........ 4 % | Granulated............ @ 4.81-% Plug. Washed.. .-.20@30 Domestic 1 25 | Durham.. 25 7 ; 0G) cine gaia lee ate a ' No. 1, kits, 10 Ibs. eee ai cae | Confectioners’ A......@ 4 69-34 Seareeed........-. _, 39 | Unwashed a. . 10@22 ‘Pinespi os 2 waive XTRACT. J i . Whitefish. | White Extra C. ... 4.56 24 MISC ELLANEOUS. eects Pp a peer :. eel ete. ; = + 1, iter 10 420 lbs... +: pan ce... ne ~— oe | Walle i... BAe 4% mmo Prensa a eens 4 oS ee ae 436 | 26 Grease butter......... @ 2 Johnson’s sliced Lee 2 60 Family, } ¥% bbls., 90 lbs...... 3 oD | Wa ts @ 4% | Here It Is.. a 2 VSwttOhee cl. KO 2 grated...... kits, 10 Ibs......... 50] Less ean 100 lbs. %c advance | Old Style............-. St | Gingenmg......-... . .2 59@s 00 Amen pelt i fame ne: ; j Ue ees ae emcees mar 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. How Can the Average Merchant Judge lof salt. of the Purity and Strength of Salt? * The propounding of this question should elicit no surprise, since in look- ing over the advertisements of the salt manufacturers and dealers we find that | | If the foreign ingredients be sulphate of lime, sulphate of magnesia, chloride of calcium, or chloride of mag- 'nesium, there is just as much less salt as nearly all of them claim to have the pur- | When such a claim is made by all, it is evident that there is a mis- take somewhere, and the dairyman is forced to the eonclusion that, with one exception, these men are either them- selves deceived or desire to deceive oth- ers. Such being the case, est and best. if the dairy- | man thinks it important that he should | have the purest, he must be able to make atest inorder to satisfy himself as to which he should use. When all are thus claiming to have the purest and strongest, it is natural to in- fer that the great trouble with salt is its impurity and lack of strength. Certain- ly the former is a matter well worthy of attention. One of the chief uses of salt is as a preservative, and, if contaminat- ed, instead of doing that for which it is designed, it is evident it may destroy the very thing for the preservation of which it is employed. But while such results may not follow, yet others may occur which it is desira- ble, if possible, to avoid. Thus an arti- cle may not be destroyed, but be deter- iorated in value. For instance, butter may be put up and sold apparently ally right, but when shipped some distance to market becomes more or less rancid. In such a case it is evident that the agent! used as a preservative has not done its work properly, and if, in consequence, the butter, while still marketable, iorates in value one, two, or more cents per pound, a serious loss is entailed. »In- directly, therefore, this reaches the dai- there is of these other chemical com- pounds present—in other words, there is a loss of sodic chloride on which its strength depends and it is, consequently, just so much the weaker. Unfortunately, such a thing as an ab- solutely pure salt does not exist in na- ture. The method of its formation pre- cludes this. posits of rock salt in this and other coun- tries were formed when the continents were submerged and the ocean waves swept over what is now the rock forma- tion, Salt Lake. Here is a body of water with- out an outlet. less than the amount of evaporation. water, the tendeficy of the lake is to be- come more and more salt. The drainage brings in a steady supply of whatever is soluble in water from the surrounding country and, at first sight, it would ap- pear as if such matters would be all mingled together in the deposits. How- ever, such is not the law of nature. Ow- ing to the inereasing density, deposits must occur, but all precipitated at the same time. In fact, the sulphate of lime, being insoluble in a saturated brine, and, later, by an increasing density of the water, cloride of sodium is deposited. Thus is formed a layer of gypsum and, above that,a layer of salt. Other ingre- |dients have their points of density at deter- | which deposition occurs, so that to some | extent nature performs the work of sep- ryman,inasmuch as an impure or improp- | er preservative may injure or totally de- stroy his market. Shrewd men in their greed for gain have not been slow to recognize and take advantage of this fact. lies on my table an advertisementof a New York concern announcing a butter preservative made by compounding salt with certain ingredients preserving capacity. What these dients are they do not state. ingre- For aught the public know the compound may con- | tain chemicals that are very injurious to health. Admitting the impurity of their preparation, they urge its sale onthe sole ground that it will do the work of pre- servation for which itis intended. The danger that may lie hidden in any such compound, made by unprincipled and ir- responsible men, is obvious. It is some- thing that should not be allowed. public have aright to know with what their food is being adulterated. There is a point where even liberty in this country should cease and protection to the citizen be demanded, and it does seem as if the government in such a case should interfere and compel the publica- tion of the formula on which it is made or prohibit the use of sucha preparation. is also appreciated by our British custo- mers. In contracting for meats and oth- er products of this country on,a large scale it is customary for them to specify that the same shall be cured with En- glish salt. The reason for this is ob- vious. They understand that notwith- standing its impurities the English salt will do the work of preservation satis- factorily, and it is necessary for them to have the products, which will be a long time in transit, properly cured. is not warranted by the facts, cognize, because some American not only purer, but actually better than that of the old world. Nevertheless, the prejudice exists and the position of our English cousins is instructive, as show- ing the importance with which they re- gard a perfect preserver. Closely allied with the question of pur- ity is the matter of strength. Properly viewed, strength and purity go hand in hand. If you have pure chloride of so- dium, it must be as strong as can be, since every atom or particle of anything else must displace an equivalent amount salt is "Paper read at the annual meeting of the ane Dairymen’s Association by O. F. Moore, St. Clai arating the various materials which the | running water is constantly bearing to | the lake. However, the separation is not | | perfect as the quantity of the water supply |is by no means constant. In a wet sea- | son, of course, there is more water sup- { As I write there | to increase its | plied and less evaporation than in a dry one. for a time, the water may become suffi- | |ciently diluted by the inflow to again | hold gypsum in solution. Owing, there- fore, to this variation in the volume and | consequent density of the water, the | | various materials are deposited not only | The | in layers, but often in the same stratum. This is one source of impurity and it| suggests that salt in a natural state, in- | stead of being pure, is very far from it. Obviously when the method of formation is considered it must be patent that salt deposits as formed in nature are liable to be contaminated by the addition of all the soluble material of the soil through which flow the rivers that empty into such a lake. Of course, if the influx of water exceeded the amount of evaporation, the lake would rise until it overflowed its intermingled even | | banks, found an outlet and soon freshen- ed itself. The reverse of this being true, the water, though subject to variations, yet on the whole diminishes in volume, be- _proh on. | comes saturated and deposits its ingre- The importance of a good preservative | dients. While the person who follows this method of formation and considers the varying conditions liable to oceur must see that a chemically pure salt is not produced, yet he must also see that a wide diversity in the natural must exist. natural formations would be much purer than others. Of course, the rock salt would be the purest natural product, yet even that is far from pureand varies ma- | terially in different localities. That | this discrimination against American salt | i the I fully re- Another source of impurity is found in absorbing power of salt. chloride, as is well known, is a powerful absorbent. For this reason comes in contact with anything else in solution it will take up and unite with this until the point of saturation is reach- | ed. If, then, you were able to make an absolutely pure brine and allow it to} come in contact again with impurities, they would immediately combine and | your salt be again impure. The brine used in making salt is ob-| tained either by boring wells into porous rock that is in some way connected with salt deposits over which water has pass- ed or else by finding a natural bed of salt. | These beds of salt are found in various depths from the surface and in some cas- Undoubtedly the large de- | To understand the method, we may | observe what is transpiring in the Great | The inflow from rivers is | As | the latter only removes a relatively pure | substances are not} is first thrown down | Consequently, after depositing salt | deposits | In other words, some of the | Sodic | when it | es, as, for instance, in Iberia, Louisiana, they occur of such thickness as to be quarried. In Livingstone county, N. Y., it is found at the depth of 1,000 feet where the salt is obtained by mining, a shaft being sunk—though wells are also bored —into which water is allowed to flow and dissolve the salt when it is pumped to the surface in the form of a brine. In other parts of New York, the salt rock is found at depths of 1,000 to 1,400 feet, in | Canada at from 600 to 1,600, in Kansas at from 600 to 700, in Cleveland, Ohio, at about 3,000, in Manistee and Ludington at about 2,000, anc on the St. Clair River at 1,600 feet. It may also be noted, that as showing the extent of such deposits, that the celebrated bed at Wielitzka, Po- land, is 500 miles long, twenty miles broad, and 1,2v0 feet thick, and contains salt enough to supply the entire world for thousands of years. Brine wells are found in nearly all parts of the country, butin only a few places is the brine from such wells util- ized for salt making. ‘The reason that it ;is not thus used is that it is very impure, | having come long distances from the salt | beds through porous rovk which was near | to all kinds of chlorides of calcium, mag- |nesium, and other things detrimental to | salt. |try are of comparatively recent discov- ery, although they have been known in England for many years. The purity of the salt obtained from these beds depends | largely upon the water used in dissolving | the rock, as also the care taken in casing the wells so as to keep out the impure brine which is always found above the |salt beds. If pure water can be obtain- | ed for solution and kept uncontaminated, | there will be no impurities in the brine | except those found in the salt itself. These impurities are generally of two | kinds—sulphate of lime and vegetable matter; at least, these are the ones which are most common and, indeed, are always |present. The vegetable matter can be | removed by settling the brine after it is |made, but the gypsum can only be re- | moved by heat unless a chemical is used. | When this is done, it is only removing | one ingredient by adding another and the | latter might be much the worse. The use |of chemicals in salt making is an ex- | tremely dangerous matter—dangerous in | this, that the reagent added may be of such a nature as to entirely spoil an ar- | ticle which the salt is intended to save, | to say nothing of the deleterious effect which the chemical employed might have on health. Summing up briefly and partly by way of recapitulation we desire to emphasize these facts: 1. That all salt brine is impure. 2. That brine from brine wells is very impure. That the purity of the brine made from beds of rock salt depends upon the construction of the well and the water used for making the brine. 4. That every present known brine contains calcic sulphate. 5. That to remove the impurities is a | very difficult matter, especially the chlor- ides and sulphates of lime and magnesia. 6. That heat alone is the only safe way to remove gypsum. 7. That calcic sulphate, while it may weaken, will not injure salt, as chloride of calcium and chloride and sulphate of magnesia do, so far as its preserving power is concerned. This is evidenced by the fact that the English salts con- tain large quantities of sulphate of lime, and yet those like the Ashton and Hig- gings have been for many years proven | good as preservers. 8. That calcic sulphate in salt will |not keep it soft as chloride of calcium and chloride and sulphate of magnesia do. 9. That salt will absorb bad odors as well as moisture and other impurities. 10. That pure salt is the best and on- ily proper preservative for butter, that | foreign ingredients mixed with this are | dangerous and that butter flavors are a | humbug. | 11. That absolutely pure salt will | harden under certain conditions. How to prevent this, without adulteration, is not clear, For table purposes, the hard- |}ening may be avoided by mixing starch | The salt beds now found in this coun- 2 oo. A. D, SPANGLER & C0., GENERAL Commission Merchants And Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Produce. We solicit correspondence with both buy- ers and sellers of all kinds of fruits, ber- ries and produce. SAGINAW, CUTS FOR E. Side, MICH. ADVERTISING. Send us a photograph of your store and we will make youa Column Cut for $6. 2-Column Cut for $10. Send a satisfactory photograph of your- self and we will make a column Portrait for $4. THR TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. + PENBERTHY INJECTORS, The Most Perfect Automatic Injector Made, HESTER & FOX, Sole Agents, GRAND RAP(D3, ICH, For Portable or Stationary Engines, 1 to 500 Horse Power, Portable or Station- ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, Boxes, Wood-working Machinery, Plan- ers, Matchers, Moulders, etc., call on Ww. C. DENISON, Manufacturers’ Agent, 88, 90, 92 So. Division St,, Grand Rapids, Estimates given on Complete Outfits, with the salt, but this would render it it unfit for use in preserving butter. With these facts in mind we can see that no salt is chemically pure and that | purity, as applied to this commodity, is | a relative term. spoken of as pure by comparison with others and in some eases this difference can only be made manifest by quantita- This is, of course, beyond | tive analysis. tne reach of the average dairyman. That itis important to judge of the purity of the salt used is evident from what has already been said. Fertunate- ly, in many cases, this can be done. The mode of so doing is not so difficult, but that a person of good intelligence can readily acquire it. For such purposes we would suggest the following: 1. The color of the salt should be con- sidered. Pure salt is white without odor, and the presence of dark material or col- oring matter of any kind is an indication of impurity. 2. Pure salt kept for some time under changing atmospheric conditions absorbs moisture and hardens. When a salt fails to act in this manner, it may be inferred that there issome impurity present which prevents the harnening process. 3. Pure salt is perfectly soluble in water. A salt that will not thus dissolve isimpure. A test may be made in this matter by putting salt in water and shak- ing the mixture. If the solution is not perfectly transparant, but clouded, or a residue be left behind, which will not dissolve, then it may be asserted that impurities are present, and that these impurities are the part which fails of solution. 4. If salt be dissolved in distilled water and chemically pure chloride of ammonium with caustic ammonia and an excess of carbonate of ammonia be added to this solution a precipitate will be formed by heating, owing to the small quantity of lime present in all salt. If the solution be passed through a filter paper so as to remove the precipitate it will again become clear. If more ammo- nia and phosphate of soda be now added to this solution, a pure salt will remain clear, but a salt rendered impure by the presence of magnesia will, on rubbing the sides of the vessel with a glass rod, become clouded or a precipitate be form- ed. Though requiring the use of chemi- cally pure reagents, this test is not very difficult to make and is absolute, inas- much as it settles the presence or absence of the magnesia in any appreciable quanti- ties to a certainty. As magnesia is the most common deleterious impurity oceur- ring in salt, a method for its detection is certainly desirable. 5. Bromine is another impurity of a harmful character sometimes found in salt. This may be detected by placing a solution of salt with binoxide of mangan- ese ina beaker and covering the same with a watch glass on the under side of which is a paper moistened with a starch paste and sprinkled with dry starch. If this preparation be warmed, the bromine, if present, will be set free and by com- bining with the starch impart to the lat- ter a yellow color. 6. Ifasolution of sodic chloride in pure water be concentrated, this salt crystallizes in cubes or sometimes in oc- tahedrons the size of which depends up- on the rapidity of evaporation. Thus where the solution is rapidly concentrat- ed fine cubes will form, but if the evapo- | ration be slow, larger ones would result. Advantage might be taken of this by those who use a microscope. Thus, hav- ing dissolved and allowed the salt to crystallize, they might examine these crystals. Of course, the cubes and oc- tahedrons would represent the chemical- ly pure sodice chloride, while the crystals of a different form would indicate the other ingredients. By comparing the relative quantity of these and using prop- | er care to avoid being misled by broken fragments and salt not in crys- tals, one could judge as to the purity of | the salt, and, in addition, to this a skill- ful microscopist might detect other ma- terial when present with as great a de- gree of certainty as can be done by the most careful chemical analysis. Besides these, other chemical tests might be given or spectrum analysis em- ployed. However, the above are all that One salt can only be | THE MICHIGAN TRADE SMAN. | are likely to be available to the great |Inass of salt consumers, other methods | being too recondite or involving the use of | too large a number of chemical reagents. | A law providing for a government analy- \ sis of samples from the various manufac- | turers and for having the same printed | would serve a useful purpose in protect- ing the consumer by enabling him to se- cure without trouble and with a certain- ty a relatively pure salt. | AFTER THE ADVENTURESS. (Continued from seventh page.) to me that the natural had been reversed. Before the week was out Jones escorted Mrs. Temple to the theater, Brown had taken her out for a drive, and there were well-founded rumors that Smith had sent her a bouquet. I then set to work to find who Mrs. Temple was. No one could give me any information beyond the fact that she was the widow of a Nevada mine owner, and that she had come East for the purpose of disposing of some mining property. She had charts and maps and diagrams of lands and mines, and seemed to be well posted as to the business on hand. It was, however, the general impression that she was a sharper or adventuress, with a man behind her somewhere, and it was further told me that Brown, Smith, and Jones, individually and collectively, were infatuated with her. I always wonder why she did not attempt to secure my assistance in her project, but she probably either mistrusted that 1 suspected her or she thought she could work her cards without my assistance. While each of the three partners knew that each of the others had been ap- proached on the same subjee at of buying the mine—neither of them knew that the other had been done for by her fascinating ways. I have the strongest grounds for stating three separate and distinet beliefs: First—that Jones expected to —" her. Second—that Brown expected to marry her. Third — that Smith had become so infatuated that he would have run away with her, leaving wife, business, and all. Well, the proposition to buy her silver mine came up at the business meeting one morning. There was nothing in the looks or words of either party to lead one to mistrust that he had ever met her or talked it over before. It would have been proper to send some expert cut tothe mine to investigate and re- port, but she had given them the names of parties to write to, and it was agreed that if reports were favorable the deal should be closed. I now for the first time learned of the location of the mine. I had not only been on the site and knew the mine to be worthless, but had friends order of things there who would attest the fact. Under direction of the firm, I wrote to the address given by Mrs. Temple. Acting own judgment, Lalso wrote to parties. on my disinterested While waiting for answers to these letters, Brown suddenly asked the two other members of the firm to congratulate | him, as he had decided to get married. | They had hardly done so when Jones announced that he had also determined on the same step. Smith couldn’t follow | suit, having a wife already, but he flush-| ed up and looked confused, and seemed about to declare that he was going to elope, but caught himself and stopped short. | Ten days had elapsed, and answers to | my letters were expected every day when I was. sent to town a hundred miles away on business which detained me two days. Returning at 10 o’clock on the morning of the third, I caught sight of Mrs. ‘Temple entering the Second National Bank. where our surplus was on deposit, and on which all checks of over $1,000 were drawn. It struck me} that the letters written in the name of the firm had arrived and the deal had been closed during my absence. I follow- ed her in, and my fears were realized. Indeed, Jones came in after me to identify her. It was make or break, and as she presented the check 1 said to Jones: ‘Let her wait until [ can run over to our bank and return. Mr. Haspeth (to the teller), please delay payment until a trifling irregularity can be arranged.’’ Jones called to me and ran after me, but I did not stop or answer. On arriy- ing at our bank I found three letters addressed to me from parties in Nevada. I took time to read only four or five lines of each, and then, calling on Smith and Brown to follow, hastened to the other bank. We hada lively row, I can assure you. The-letters addressed to the bank made the mine out to bea big thing, but those from my friends stamped itasafraud. It was finally agreed that the check should be returned until further investigation could be made, and that afternoon the adventuress skipped, to be heard of no more. I do not know how the partners settled it among themselves, but I know they had a private meeting, lasting over two hours. Perhaps each .one of them candidly admitted that he had made an ass of himself, and promised better things in future. All I know is that when the meeting broke up affairs in the bank of Brown, Smith & Jones re- sumed their old time routine, and the only allusion to the affair was made by Jones, who said: ‘‘Mr. Whitebeck, I am instructed to inform you that your industry and attention to business has not escaped our observation, and your salary for the next fiseal year will be $2,500.” > 2 <> Good Words Unsolicited. First State Bank paper.”’ J. H. Murtrie & Son, druggists, Three Rivers: “We are much pleased with THe TRADESMAN.” of South Haven: Good E. J. Sherwood, general dealer, Sheridan: ‘I think a great deal of your paper, as it often helps me in regard to prices. I am always anxious to receive it.”’ T. Kingsford & Son, manufacturers of starch, Oswego, N. 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