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During the week, the | steep streets of the little town were thronged by crowds of eager speculators, mine-owners, brokers and business men, who watched the bulletin-board for the latest quotations of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and in offices, saloons and hotel lobbies, discussed the market and exchanged reports and rumors con- cerning the condition of this or that mine. On Saturday eyening, the scene changed. Thousands of brawny miners then came up from the deep workings for their one breath of fresh air and day of leisure, and, as the greater number of these were Cornishmen, they gave quite anew and foreign aspect to the place. Miners, whatever their nationality, are superstitious. They live close to nature in her mysterious moods, and they ac- quire a peculiar tendency to belief in the supernatural. Mines are, at best, un- canny places, fuli of deep shadows and corners of impenetrable obscurity, full of queer echoes, the creaking and cracking of heavy timbers and the rush or drip of water, while in the deep workings, from one to three thousand feet beneath the surface of the earth, there is an ever- present sense of danger—danger from the immense pressure of the superin- cumbent mass of rock, and from fire, which, once started in those labyrinths of wood-lined passages,spreads with such appalling rapidity as to baffle and defeat even the utmost precaution and prepara- tion. So it is that the Comstock miners were given to superstition. They had many legends and traditions of fearful things seen in the deep workings, of spectral appearances, of mysterious voices and, more than all else, of supernatural warn- ings and premonitions prefacing disas- ters in the mines. An interesting vol- ume could have been compiled by any- one frequenting the favorite saloons of these honest, old-fashioned miners, for, on Saturday nights, they were in the habit of ‘‘swapping yarns,’’ and the story to be told here is one which was many a time told over pipes and glasses on these festal occasions. John Treloar and James Pennart were employed in the Yellow Jacket Mine, and, being close friends, they had ar- ranged so as to be in the same ‘‘shift,” a term nearly equivalent to the sailor’s ‘“‘watch” at sea. Treloar was the elder of the two— a sturdy, powerful, hand- some man of thirty, known and liked for his constant readiness to befriend his comrades. He was brave and gentle, modest yet resolute; a man of action, yet, at the same time, a man of senti- ment. His chum, Jim Pennart, was five years his junior, and was a contrast to Treloar in many ways. He was physi- cally robust but of lighter frame, good- looking, honest, frank, but possessing less decision and a timidity that was al- most morbid. Pennart had an intellect above the merely bodily toil by which he harbored | to be dissatisfied with his position in life. He was not considered selfish, but his was one of the natures which were formed to absorb rather than to dispense trust and affection. John Treloar’s lov- ing friendship was poured out upon him, and he accepted it as a perfectly matter- of-course manifestation. Had the op- portnnity occurred, he might have proved capable of self-sacrifice; as it was, he seemed merely to let himself be loved. Now, these two friends did what has severed many friendships—they fell in love with the same woman. Alice Min- ton was not a Cornish girl but of Ameri- can parentage and born in California. Left an orphan without means in her six- teenth year, she had quite naturally tak- en to teaching, and had presently ob- tained a position in one of the public schools of Virginia City, through the in- terest of an old mining friend of her father. She had met the comrades, Tre- loar and Pennart, ata ball, where both had danced with her, and whence both had walked to their lodgings in unac- customed silence. The truth was that Jack and Jim were equally hard hit, al- though neither thought, for a moment, that the other had been’ impressed by the pretty and engaging young teach- er. Before the mutual discovery oc- curred, moreover, both had become still more deeply entangled, and when, at last, the truth came to light, dismay fell upon each as they looked at each other. Treloar was the first to recover from the shock. His face was white and his mouth drawn and set, as he slowly said: ‘Jim, lad, do’st’ee care for her Iyer’ Jim, with pained eyes and trembling lips, made answer: ‘Jack! She’s just all there is to me!’’ Then silence fell again, and the two brooded, shielding their faces with their hands, no longer looking at each other. Treloar’s voice, low last almost whispered: ‘““Jim, lad, count me ning!’ Then a pause, difficulty: ‘‘Stand thou up to the boy! Vli do all I can for thee!’’ There was no more talk on the subject. Pennart accepted the sacrifice, after his manner, perhaps cheapening it for the quieting of his conscience, with the as- sumption that his friend really did not eare much for the girl. Treloar did not appear to feel the renunciation deeply, although he knew in his heart of hearts that he had missed the best that life could hold for him, and through even his modesty could hardly have failed to realize that Alice looked upon him with special kindliness. Butkhe kept his word loyally, and, when he found that, by con- tinuing to visit Alice, although with the single-minded purpose of advancing the wooing of his friend, he was only com- plicating matters by developing the girl’s liking for himself, he determined to keep away and thenceforth did so. Still, Jim Pennart’s suit did not prosper. Alice great- and strained, at out of the run- and evidently with rack, Minton was no coquette but a very can- Eile eek Oe So eae MEER Sette ates ae se 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. did and ingenuous girl. She did not dis- like Jim, and she did not realize that her feeling toward Treloar was more than one of strong friendliness. It was only as his absence became more marked that she caught herself pondering upon its possible cause to an extent that surprised her when she reflected upon it. Still, the full truth remained unsuspected by her, and, as Pennart’s visits became more frequent, a sense of habitude commended him to her, and she was in a fair way to be prepared for his offer of marriage, when something occurred which changed the situation tragically and definitely. All the workings on the Comstock Lode are lined and roofed with heavy framed timbers, from a foot to eighteen inches square. Even these massive beams often have proyed unequal to the tremendous strain upon them and, when they do not give way, it is found place them at intervals, their fiber being destroyed by the pressure. The great necessary to re- heat of the lower workings alse dries | these timbers, so that they become dan- inflammable; and sometimes has happened, the rock itself is ata very high temperature, mere con- tact with it may set the wood on fire. How the great fire in the Yellow Jack- et Mine started will never be known, for those who were alone likely to know the truth perished in that disaster. The foulest rumors gerously when, as were afterward spread to injure the superintendent of the mine, notwithstanding that he had risked his life in attempting to rescue the impris- oned men. It was the night before this disaster that John Treloar dreamed a dream. He thought he was down in the mine on the twelve-hundred-foot level, and that some serious accident—but he could not make out what—had happened. Whatever its nature, he found himself, with his mate, Jim, struggling to reach the shaft. As they labored through the passage, there was the sound of a heavy fall, and lo! the way was blocked before them by the collapse of the roof. And he dreamed that he and Jim set to work to dig them- selves, out, but that his own strength failed under the heat and foul air, and that Pennart had to drag him through the opening they had made. Toward the end, the dream became less distinct, and the last he remembered was a slowly broadening gleam of light, which, he thought, represented their approach to the shaft. Then he awoke. At breakfast he told his dream. His comrades did not like it at all but shook their heads, and one or two of them determined then and there that they would ‘“‘lay off’? and not ven-} ture to go down into the Yellow Jacket. Now, the strangest part of this strange story is that, on this same night, Alice Minton dreamed almost the counterpart of John Treloar’s dream, but with a dif- ference which can hardly be regarded as fortuitous. She, too, found herself in the mine and looking on in great agita- tion. At first, she saw only a crowd of excited miners, shouting and running | this way and that. Then she seemed to | float away from the crowd and into a! comparatively silent working, where two | men were frantically digging at a heap of rock and earth that filled the passage | in front of them. She looked and recog: | nized the two friends, but she could not | speak or make herself known to them. | Presently, a narrow opening was made | between the roof and the top of the! |; gine was |speed, and the cage was being almost | given, and it had broken out in the level |getfulness than foresight. | fallen mass, and then the men seemed to be talking, but she could not hear what | was said. After a pause, one of the men sank back upon the ground, and the other climbed the obstruction and made | his way through the opening. At this) moment, an intense longing to know which of them had escaped and which was left behind overcame her, but she was now unable to distinguish their faces. As she seemed to strain forward in order to see, acloud as of vapor or rolled along the dimly-lighted passage, obsuring the scene completely, and the girl awoke with a shudder, and the name of John Treloar upon her lips. Then she knew for the first time that the feeling in her heart toward this man was stronger than that of friendship. At the breakfast-table next morning she, too, told her dream, and those who heard it recalled and marveled at the story af- terward. For within twelve hours the great fire in the Yellow Jacket Mine broke out, and all Virginia City was thronging to the hoisting works, where the massive en- being worked at dangerous smoke hurled up and down the deep shaft, and the clanging of the signal-bells, the shouting of orders, the excitement of the miners and the piteous moans and cries of the women who had husbands, fathers, brothers below, combined to make a memorable and tragie scene. And now the smoke grew thicker in the shaft, and those who looked saw red points far down, showing that the fire was no longer confined to one level but had made its way in the dry timbers far and wide. So prompt and well-judged had been the action of the superintend- ent that three-fourths of the shift on duty below had been brought up, for the most part uninjured, although in some cases near to suffocation from the smoke and heat. But there were still twenty- seven men unaccounted for, and it was known that most of them had been inthe workings fartherest from the shaft. So long as these miners were below, it was necessary to continue forcing air down the mine, even with the certainty of in- creasing the fire. And now volunteers were called for to go down, at deadly risk, and search for the missing ones. The superintendent announced his in- tention of heading the rescue party, and, although he was not loved, the men cheered him for his pluck and pressed forward with characteristic gallantry and devotion to offer themselves for the peril- ous service. An attempt was made to clear the shafts of smoke sufficiently to prevent the suffocation of the men while descend- ing, and then the cage was lowered with such arush that old miners held their breath as they watched the great cable spin over the drum. Meanwhile, the dream had been fulfill- ing itself in the depths of the mine. Treloar and Pennart were, as_ usual, working together when the alarm was they were then in. They quickly ascer- tained that the way to the shaft was still open, and they started for it, side by side, retaining their tools more from for- They were within a hundred yards of the shaft, when Treloar haulted and pulled his mate back. As he did so, the ground and walls of the passage shook, there was a rending, grinding crash of timber, YOUR SPRING LINES OF Hammocks, Base Ball Goods, & Fishing Tackle Until you have seen our assortment. Our sales men are now on the way to call on you. EATON, LYON & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. J. L. 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But, while they had been working, the fire had been advancing in their rear, and sudden puffs of superheated air, whiffs of black smoke and an ominous rise in the tem- perature, accompanied by a sharp, crack- ling sound, growing constantly nearer, warned them that little time was left them for escape. At this moment, Pen- nart leaned exhausted on his pick and turned to Treloar, meaning to ask himif it were not best to stop work and try to free the passage over the pile of rock. To his consternation, he saw John slowly sinking to the ground, his face white, as if fainting. Pennart sprang to his side and would have saved him, but Treloar shook his head, and, after gasping for breath a moment, whispered rather than spoke: . ‘‘No, no, dear lad! It’s no use! I’m done for! Climb thou through the hole. See! The smoke is thickening, and an- other minute’ll block that way, too, for >twill hang under t’ roof an’ choke thee. Goodbye, dear Jim, an’ don’t worry over me!” And he sank against the timbers of the wall, panting heavily. The crisis of James Pennart’s life had come. In such circumstances, men’s minds work with lightning rapidity, and he took in the situation instantly, grasping clearly the duty that lay before Goria Cole 1s Superior 10 all Package Collees, GERMAN oe. him. That duty was to save his friend, no matter at what peril to himself. He knew perfectly well that John Treloar would have had no hesitation in such a case. He knew that there was just a chance of being able to thrust John through the hole, or to go through first himself and then drag him after. He felt physically capable of doing this, and yet something held him back. All his obligations to his friend rose up against his sluggish will. With them, unhap- pily, rose, also, a remembrance of Alice Minton’s preference for the man who now lay half unconscious before him. No definite purpose of evil crossed his mind, no definite feeling of jealousy; but the hesitation which paralyzed his moral nature deepened. All this reflec- tion, tedious as it is to represent it in words, occupied so few seconds that there seemed to have been hardly a pause after Treloar’s speech when his comrade answered: *‘Nonsense, John! You’re along way from being done yet. Lean on me, and we'll make the riffle together.” But, as he said this, James Pennart knew that the moment for action had passed. John Treloar’s eyes opened slowly, he moved his head so that he could look down the gallery, and, seeing a dense curtain of smoke pressing to- ward them, he once more shook his head and, with half strangled utterance, murmured: ‘‘Get, Jim, for the sake—of —Alice!’’ And his head sank upon his breast. Pennart hesitated no longer. 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Brows code Mr beer k, 22 at the sale of tt i - fm . —. —- oe ~ 3% - %4 7 J f . - - ste 2 2 Z as , «. _¥ FF « 5 . : - zi rue g D ~om , ; write FACTUKISG MATTER* ‘ : ring ‘ z - ~) = r er . o oo z. te ses r oe e Extract Co - - r = E r ze #5 go . ¢ ¥ a a Heer % e ea. €2 = 2 mortgag z é . ¥ t anne , i Mi é ha traded sé 2 ir. r gr { z a - r ag Z for . 4 z sve eg % . 62 is ng at ert _—F ¢ & Pleming Evart—Frank Young has moved his £ kd oe = etic we zr to a point on Doc © [auiert WwW. r z I this place, and has c °c x . Z sii ngle e ere z 2c ee Fast Jordan—The East Jordan Lum- - a+ $15 In- ter (y.’s sawmill and store were recently e totally wrecked by a boiler explosion. vi 3 eT WOE ' L $15.0 No insurance. es . “Bes 4 Saginaw—J. W. Howrey & Sons have e - ont in about 20.000.000 feet of logs in {> gian Ba which will come to Sagi- rf r i - ert ay r nanufactured. ' r Bay City—Taylor & Youngs are build- ng as g if on the middle ground at the south end of this city. It is near- . ai ' ol aca iron shed, and will be fully stocked for . = r ‘ eel sii f ewa Station—-Plato & Renwick . " have purchased the sawmill of Wm. Ma assigned, and r te operate it in connection with their Fr treet. west. t a a a Detroit—Brownlee & Co. are — r i 4X- asmall sawmill on the River Rouge, a1 : : vs janufacture telegraph —* cross ' " ‘ + et A imber yard will a ave erge “ ‘ a + a = 5 Aiit. iG Crystal Falis—The Illinois Steel Co., i in having secured possession of several cer < ‘ 11 his place, will operate them | a” z— < de fs W ave A i i | i to their greatest capacity, increasing the} & . umber of men by about 300. | oun + Prank Brow ar Lew a j : a ‘ ‘ “ee Escanaba—The Escanaba Lumber Co. | j I 2 » ¢ Rrown & FP er has been organized to manufacture and | *. 2 7 -~ -& <- as ch Wicemee santos ot | OClt lamber, by Jan. Lillie, Bankakee, U1: = 2 a oe = © yi " | " i os © D re James Bute and Alfred H. Butts, Esea-| * se S , ¥ < ' . _ on | “ “ ae of s } . naba. Capital stock, $50,000. r f t any Otsego—The Micuigan Manufacturing | h g t mone; manufacturer of pants and overalls, Allega Yeak * Ir « eed las merged its business into a stock Ar | ‘ ess the same style. The the corporation is $50,000. Arthur Hill Company, of nies city, and Pelton & Reed, of C te rafted to Pelton & Reed’s mill to be man- | # + ar wl ufactured. Oscoda—Henry A. Harmon, of the J reports to] claims and has $50,000 in ce He has received { property sold, and has $105,089 in such property lO Se) we 7 nei —A. P. Wait & Son are having | asmali lumber carriage built to order with a view of sawing up the small jack} and sap pine which abounds so pilenti- | fully in this locality, running from three | inches up to twelve and fifteen inches through, making it into bed slats and _ lath. have purchased 8,000,000 feet of | logs in Upper Michigan. They will be | The Peck Cash Register eittag, f Se ee The only Cash fF egister made with a Patent Combination Lock ‘ , fa rr ym ene r SeIY f - What People Think of It. John Ten Hope, Carpets and Drapery Gentlemen register for ab that Llike it chine and es with the A. R. PECK, *yracuse, N. Y. LOBDELL & GEIGER, Gen. Agents, 39 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. Write for illustrated and deseriptive catalogue. = Schilling Corset C0.s Greatest Seller On Karth! Eg Dr. > Cchilling’s FRENCH SHAPE “A” Ji veal Harp PREG | \ Li mehahor| | Send for Illustrated Catalogue. See price list in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., | Detroit, Mich. and Chieago, Il. er o~ _—— a pa = ma THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. I. R. Wilson, picture dealer, has sold out to Starling & Ackley. O. M. Anstead, dealer in dry goods at 59 Monroe street, will shortly remove to Decatur, Ill. E. P. Kidder & Co., dry goods dealers at 64 Monroe street, have sold out to F. | A. Wurzburg. | Chas. W. Graves has opened a grocery | store at Mulliken. Musselman & Widdi- | comb furnished the stock. S. A. Watt & Co. have purchased the Underwood grocery stock at the corner of Wealthy avenue and Henry street. Foster, Stevens & Co. have decided to take out the partition wall between their double stores, in the front end of the building, and put a large doorway in the center, in place of the two front en- trances now used. The change will im- prove the appearance of the store very materially. Ludwig Winternitz, who came to this city nearly eight years ago to take the local management of the Fermentum compressed yeast, and who was promoted to the position of State agent about four years ago, has been called to Chicago to take the position of Assistant to the Gen- eral Manager. The agency here will be managed hereafter by John Smyth, for several years assistant to Mr. Winternitz here, but for the past few months local manager of the Toledo agency. Mr. Winternitz will retain his property in- terests here and pay a regular visit to the Grand Rapids market every fortnight. ———_—_-- >. Gripsack Brigade. Robert S. Kirkup, traveling salesman | for M. E. Chittenden & Co., of Adrian, dropped dead in Hudson, Friday, of apo- plexy. Dr. Josiah B. Evans is confined to his house with pleurisy. His route is being | covered in the meantime by Geo. Wil-| cena eee liams. Chas. L. Stevens, the Ypsilanti traveler, isin town fora few days, the guest of Geo. F. He is accompanied by | his wife. F. D. Page, of Jackson, is calling on | trade of this eity in the | interest of DeLand’s sodas and baking | powders. John Cummins has leased a house at Traverse City and will remove his family to that place as soon as the weather is favorable. Jobn C. Bloom, a well-known traveling | mat and once a leading business man of 5 Owen. the grocery | house. | house, and stands for his house wherever | he goes. | drunk or act smart wherever he goes. Go as Julius Fecht & Bro., Emil seedtine| his attention to the office and cuikionie | charge of the men and output. Mr. Fecht and his pictures have become very well known to Michigan merchants, who will regret to part with the genial trav- eler. “I have known hundreds of commer- | cial travelersin my time,” said Geo. L. McGrew, President of the Travelers’ Pro- tective Association, ‘‘but I have never known one yet to make a success on the | road, or even remain on the road for any | length of time, unless he worked as hard for his employer as he would work for himself. I will say even more, and that | is, that I never knew a narrow-minded or | bigoted salesman to succeed. The re-} quirements made upon a salesman can never be appreciated until one becomes | a salesman himself. The suecessful | salesman cannot be ignorant, because the dealer will find it out at the very start; | he cannot be insolent, because his inso- | lence will be resented; he cannot be too | smart, because there is many a small | country dealer just as smart as he is. He must be a well-imformed, earnest, courte- ous gentleman at all times; and lam glad | to say, while speaking on this subject, | | } } | 1 that the old-style salesman we used to read about when we were boys is gone. The idea of the ‘‘drummer,” twenty-five | years ago, implied a man dressed in the flashiest style of clothes, of loud de- meanor, who demanded and got the best of everything where he went, and who | regarded morals as only of secondary | consideration. The people of a quarter | of aceutury ago thought that a drum- mer could not be successful unless he got on an oceasional ‘‘tear.’? The drum- mer now is essentially a gentleman in all that the word means. He must bea gentle- man in conduct as well as in appearance. No bumming and no tearing around are tolerated for one moment by a reputable In short, the traveling salesman isa perambulating merchant; he travels from place to place, representing his The better class of salesmen will with or excuse the drummer who thinks it is his duty to get not associate where you will, I doubt if you can find a more intelligent, a more moral or amore trustworthy class of men than you will find in the ranks of the traveling sales- men.” —=— > --- The Grocery Market. There is now no season for doubting that Spreckles’ Philadelphia refinery is in the possession of the Sugar Trust, the Associated Press positively asserting Fire & Marine Insurance 60 Kalamazoo, died suddenly one day last} : : ety | that the property has been turned over ek f rT re of a blood vessel. | i : i week from the rupture © ' | to the Trust for aconsideration of $7,000,- Hp was yrnenighiy selan G. A. . |000, payable in Trust certificates. The ames N. Bradford is endeavoring to) : ; | Associated Press also asserts that the i 3 4 2 trave men | : ib / — eee = ra nsperite ‘ ” if | Franklin refinery (Harrison, Frazer & Co., > yé ages ¢ ess sake aS : 7 ey as ma ad aan of of Philadelphia) was turned over to the summer resort. s bea: y of | i i i Trust Thursday for a consideration of water is situated four miles from Neway-j ! =10,000,000, one-tenth cash and the re- go and is unexcelled in point of beating, | $10,000 : bathing and fishing facilities. Mr. Brad- ford has a number of lots fronting the | mainder in Trust certificates, but the | local broker of the Franklin refinery con- tinues to receive consignments from ie > ars very favorable | eu lake, which - = aa eG | Philadelphia, giving ground for the be- terms to those who wi savin | lief that the deal has not yet been act- Emil Fecht, who has been with John) yaiy consummated. J. Bagley & Co., of Detroit, for a full) ‘The market is firm and strong, without quarter of a century—having spent Sev-| any change in price. enteen years on the road for the hous) ‘phe p. J. Sorg Co. announces an ad-| in this State—has concluded to remove | Vance on “Joker” plug on April 11 from to Ottumwa, lowa, and take an tateress | as aah aneien dex geen in the cigar manufacturing business of ——_s>eo>——-— his brother. ‘The pew firm will be known | Use Tradesman Coupon Books. GHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF gS & TEM Horse and Wagon Covers, BUPTER & EGGS We will pay as follows this week for all consignments of fresh butter and eggs f. o. b. Choice Dairy Butter, 20 Fresh Eggs, - ~ 10 If you have any of above goods at these prices, please drop us a ecard, stating the amount, and we will inform you how to pack and where | to ship JOBBERS OF ‘TUCKER, COADE & PARKER, | Hammocks and Cotton Ducks SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich. 127 LOUIS ST, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1868. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Wholesale Dealers in MICHIGAN Organized 1381. BUILDING & SHEATHING PAPERS, PLAIN AND CORRUGATED CARPET LININGS, ASPHALT AND COAL TAR PREPARED ROOFING, BEST GRADES ASPHALTUM & FIRE PROOF ROOF PAINTS, COAL TAR AND COAL TAR PITCH, ELASTIC ROOFING CEMENT, ROSIN & MINERAL WOOL, ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF SHEATHING, ETC, PRACTICAL ROOFERS In Felt, Composition and Gravel. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. Cor. LOUIS & CAMPAU STS., EUGENE HARBECK, Sec’y. Grand Rapids, Mich Fair Contracts, Ranitable Rates, Prompt Settlements. The Directors of the ‘‘ Michigan” are representative business men of our own State. 17 Years of Development HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUTOGRAPH REGISTER. Which makes, automatically, a fac-simile dupli- cate and triplicate, while making original bills, receipts, orders, checks, ete. The original is given to the customer, the duplicate to the cash- ier, and the triplicate is rolled up inside as a record, and can be taken out at any time for ex- amination, It is absoluteiy incorruptible, al- ways ready, and does not permit dishonesty or earelessness. It is alike a protection to the cus tomer, the salesman and the merchant. HESTER & FOX, AGENT FOR THE las Engine Works, Indianapolis, Ind. MANUFACTURERS OF Plain Slide Valve Engines with Throttling Governors, Automatic Balanced Single Valve Engines. Horizontal, Tubular and Locomotive BOILERS. Engines and Boilers for Light Power. Upright Prices on application. 44-46 S, Division St., Grand Rapids, Do You Desire to Sell Carnels au Lace Cortains By Sample? These Machines are rented, not sold, and the saving in cost of Each 20,000 bills Pays the Rental. SUITABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS. Send for a Full Descriptive Pamphlet Showing Different Styles. CHICAGO Antographic Register C0, 154 Monroe St., Chicago. W. Vernon Boots, Cras. P. Stevens, Pres'’t. gec’y and Gen. Mgr Send for ovr Spring catalogue - SMITH & SANFORD, Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. How to Increase Trade. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette. Most merchants are presumed to be in- terested in the question of how they may increase their trade. vass the matter of increasing profits, but, as Rudyard Kipling would say, that is another story. It is considerable that a merchant, in an isolated district, may enjoy a monopoly of trade there and get all the money that there is to spend in the community; and. yet, it would be strange if he did not endeavor to work some immigration scheme, so as to bring more purchasers to his store. It may therefore, be laid down as a general proposition that all merchants are con- cerned in the increase of trade. Observation would seem to indicate that the three following factors have been present in the minds of those who have been seeking a solution of this problem: Quality of goods, price of goods and terms of sale. If merchan- dise is of good quality, if prices are as low as a similar grade of goods can be bought for elsewhere and if the terms of credit are equally favorable, why should one merchant fail and another succeed? Yet that this is the case is too well tested to admit of doubt. Itis not quality, or price er terms, singly or collectively, that increase trade A man, traveling from this city, is doing a tremendous business. On e very trip he cuts into the business of rival houses and enlarges his sales. The firm which employs him adds hundreds of dollars to his salary annually, and that voluntarily. But the goods thus sold are no better than those which they have displaced, the prices are no lower and the terms are the same; furthermore, it is not because this traveling man is ‘a hustler,” for he confesses that he puts forth less effort each trip, and only ‘‘makes the motions” of going after trade. Here is a problem which cannot be solved by the rule of three—quality, price and terms. The secret of success in life lies in knowing how to please people, and this salesman possesses this knowledge in large measure. Personal friendship, or personal popularity, is the foundation of his remarkable success in inereasing trade. The successful merehant must create among his customers an interest in him- self, personally. Of course, by enlarging his stock and ac dding new departments, he ean, in most cases, increase business: but the steady growth, so much to be desired, comes ouly with the increasing popular- ity of the firm. Now the query becomes pertinent, ‘“‘How may this personal friendship be acguired?’’? And it must be confessed that it cannot be acquired by rule. The political faculty, which makes its pos- sessor pop ular above his fellows, is not the heritage of allmen. This much, how- ever, may besaid: Small natural endow- ment, with thoughtful attention, will accomplish more than larger endowment neglected. Agreeableness wil! outweigh argument, and the man who does not pos- sess this quality has not the instinets o a successful merchant. Moreover, while integrity and scrupulous attention to every duty are indispensable in clerks, these qualities alone fall far short of the requirements for a desirable salesman. Suavity is essential. The whole atmos- phere of the establishment must be pleas- ant and friendly. The three factors— quality, a terms—are not to be over- looked and are well enough in their way; — the personal popularity of a rival ill more than offset them all. Trade will increase as popularity grows, and popularity will grow with the knowledge of how to please people and make them your friends. Customers load will not be attracted by complaints of hard times and small profits. They are always complimented to have the proprietor speak to them, if he does so cheerily. They like a mer- chant who is not so busy rushing after a profit that he is surly with buyers. The sunny, hopeful merchant isthe one who has friends and whose business is on the increase. Personal friendship is the determining factor in many of the business trans- actions of life, and it is the magnet that wins and holds trade. They may also ean- | the fact that this alleged combination is The Alleged Ribbon Trust. From the Dry Goods Economist. During the week there has been some talk in the daily papers about a contem- plated ribbon trust, but were it not for supposed to be in the hands of a firm that have had remarkable success in some other combinations, it would not be re- garded seriously by the trade. For that matter, no one who is in a position to be well informed has any idea that a trust will be or can be made. The prime essential for one of these combinations is simplicity of product, and such conditions of manufacture as make large capital essential. Neither of these conditions applies in the ease of rib- bons. Under the general name is em- braced an infinite variety of manufacture, necessitating a similar variety of ma- chinery and facilities. Then again, to manufacture ribbons, even on a consid- erable scale, requires merely a limited capital. It is this very circumstance which has always been a drawback to the industry as a profitable branch of manufacture. Any attempt to make an arbitrary limit to the output, with a view to raising prices, would invariably be checkmated by a host of new manufac- turers, who would enter the field in- stantly if a trust succeeded in bringing prices above the level of a living profit. No doubt a large number of feeble and struggling firms would like to unload their machinery and other property upon an unsuspecting and sanguine syndicate of capitalists, but we doubt if capital eould be induced to engage in sucha precarious enterprise on the large scale that would be necessary even to take the first step in regulating production. Best Six Cor - POR Machine or Hand Use, FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions bhadwick’s Thread. Guaranteed Equal to any Thread onthe Market, 40 CENTS PER DOZEN. Carried in all Numbers, White and] Black. W. H. DOWNS, SOLE AGENT Grand Rapids, Mich. Dry Goods Price Current. 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Cumberland staple. 0% oat Go Nord....... 10% Cumberland........ ae...) ....,..., 7% eee. 4 ‘* . seersucker.. a ce el, TI Werwick.... ...... 8% Everett classics..... 844) Whittenden......... 6% BXPOSuOR.......... 74 ** heather dr. 8 Glenarie.... soos Or ** indigo blue 9 Glenarven.... ...... 6%|Wamsutta —- ox Gronwood........... 7% Westbrook tee eke aaaeoe.... . ...... — ©. 16 J esc Vhalonecl % idieieitt mien ores 5 - indigo blue 944) York..... © sephym....6 @RAIN BAGS. sates hohe eu -16% Rives |! - a... . 19% |Geor, 5 ia. oom FeOO 4... 6.55. 14% THREADS, Clark’s Mile End.,..45 |Barbour's........... 88 meer, 2. af ....,.. - (Merenalrs.... .....- 88 Holyoke. cee ee 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. a 6... oe -— ee M...... 42 C ae 39 r 43 . ie el 44 - 2... ot 40 45 CAMBRICS, a , @eoeee,.......... 4 Wane Geer,........- 4 iLockwood.... .. so mon Geere.........., © weoes............ 3% Newmarket......... 4 (Beauewiek ........ 4 RED FLANNEL, PITOman...... .+..- NE ees se eee 22H Creocmore.......... de 32% Tees RAE... ..4.., ee ey rss ee 35 Reee........,.- BIR IUOEOTO.... 00 co 0s 82% MIXED FLANNEL, a & Blue, aie -40 aoe w......... 17% Union &... 22% oe TE rice eras 8% Wewer....-. °18%|D el os eee 18% 6 oz Wesatern....... => iPinehine XXx...... 23% Union B voces ee MI. ca... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ons . @ 9 " ~-sse 9 OO .. 4%@10 a" Les 12% pat AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.{/Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 944} 13 13 10% 10% 10%) 15 15 15 11% 11% 114%4]17 17 7 12% 12% 12% = 20 20 DUCK Severen, 8 oz.. - 9% West Point, oo. -10% Mayland, Sos.......306 oc ....0 Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% iia oe. :......, 13% Greenwood, os....11s¢isterk “ ......... 13% Doswn, § on......-.. 10% |Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. White, doz.. -.-25 |Per bale, 40 doz....87 50 Colored, I ! 20 SILESIAS, Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket..........10% Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie.............. - va PO i es Meyeimemrere.... .... .... 10% . pes AA..... oe APN cos cans 10% EE Me. seas 10% Seca e ee aie SEWING SILKE, Corticelli, doz....... % (Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. .37% 50 yd, doz. .37% per %oz ball...... 30 HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROS: No eee = No 4 BI’k & ‘White. 2 o ; ay ie ee 10 co —_ NB. No 2-20, MC.......50. “NN 4-15 F 3% ceases 40 - S18 80.00. 45 | COTTON TAPE, No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k.,20 “cr 4 “ wa “ 10 “ \ 23 rs ” —— |" 2 ' ae SAFETY PINS, mee 28 |No3 . 86 NEEDLES—PER M. A. James ie erege 1 40|\Steamboat.... ...... 40 coer s....... .... 1 35|Gold _ee.......... 1 50 earenall’s........,.. 1 00} =e OIL CLOTH, --..225 6—4.. - --195 6—4...2 % ‘eo te 10 COTTON TWINES, Cotton Sail Twine.. TOON kc cee oo 18 ee 12 Rising Star 4-ply....17 pone .........,- 18 3-ply....17 BGR... 4.2... 5... 6 ieorth Gtar.........- Bristol . a “spind Valley. ieee 15 ese eee ee 18% PLAID 08 Ae... .... 6 20 Wool Standard 4 oli TOWNOMAN ......... NABURGS Mount Pleasant.... 6% ie ee 5 oe 5% Handelman......... 6 Riverside 1 oo epee Bi... aos 6% ‘oledo.... écscee 6 st et rn : : — See ae - : aeration oe ; : eA: tit THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Be Distinctive. Hardware Price Current. HAMMERS, | oH f ROPES. One of the secrets of success in busi- Sort MONT. +---. «+--+ ----+------- -~ + te ret eernn ere ness, quite as much as in literature, poli-| These Prices are for cash buyers, who Yerkes & Piisabis ey ipipaniayie | ae a oo CE a h i oe ay promptly and buy i s, | Mason’s Solld Cast Steet ..80¢ list 60 PS rae ties, or social life, is to be a little | P*Y PromPNY y in full packages. | Biackemith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... 30c 40&10 Try and Bevels....... wee 6 different from anybody else; to avoid the } . AT oee ae eee dis. HINGES PON sas tale tare ” ‘ a ee a eae Olek. 195 ' dis.60&10 | SHEBT IRON. commonplace, and to fill some special | Cook’s............ 0.0... ..ee ee eeee ee eter ees 40 | State ae per doz. net, 250 Nos. 10 to 14 — oe em iche i ife of ne SORE POO i 25 | Serew Hook and — Riven, to 2 in a | | eee ae ene sc vecee cree ees BE 05 2 95 niche in the life of the day. Jennings’, tniftation 0. sl 50&10 a. — - a vio 3% a ae ca ogae Has your store an individuality—any- AXES. Screw Hook and Eye, %.................net 10 | Nos. e310 34 ee ; os ; - thing to distinguish it from its neighbor | Fist Quality, S. B. Bronze........ TE as a 7 a a = 32 en on : : r a 7 D, ronze ee ‘“ ss “ ae crcers teers) : eS... 44 3 35 across the street, or around the block? i . a 50 | strap and T..... lecpenat oo = ‘2 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 nes That was shrewd criticism which a trav- ” te cy ; ~~ a gaND PAPER, eler passed upon the stores in a certain | Raflroad............. 0.66. sees eee eee es 8 14 00 ematen. xiager fe Co Wood en. "Boao ere an nn: when ee ts een ee met 30 00| Kidder, wood track -...........--- -.++:+ 40| Silver Lake a, Lene list 50 : ' i BOLTS. dis. HOLLOW WARE. i ‘6 = es might swap stores over night and not| stove, ......cc.0ccccse-.css0eceeseeceeeeeee Bato | BOs co scvesnetasertensenetessntens a6 “50 know the difference in the morning. | Catage new list............-...-.---.--+--- 70&10 Spider: eee ue sseos+on | L Drab Bi... .-...-eeeeeee eee BS age ate OEE EE et oe eA ‘“ Wee es 35 Have a distinctive character to your stock | Sleigh shoe...... ........--. esse eeeeeeee eee 10 Tn 9-2-0 -s vane noe -+-- 40610) Discount, 10. / _ a Sa \ HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. SASH WEIGHTS. and to your store, and let this individ- uiak ie eet Stamped Tin Ware... 0.000.021... -new list 70) See Te a per ton $25 uality be in the line of genuine excel- Well, Seal ee Se a ee § xce i ~ © Ol Granite Ieee Wee ............... “new list iireaid, hy a .............. ) lence, rather than mere singularity. BUTTS, CAST. dis. Bright WIRE GOODE. 7 aa S Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 a Pe ' a Cast Loose Pin, figured........ .c.c.-s0s0-: 70d ane... ok. 70 10 10 | nt Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50 Me rely being different from others will Wrought anata, triad Sent iellad vse 60.810 —— a TOR10810 | | ‘ Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 not of itself make the desired impression, | Wrought Loose Pin..........0..-..000.c00005 odio | 2° weeeeeeees 70G10G10} 0 Cham jon and Electric Tooth X hg ’ | Wrought Table... 60810 Gate Hooks and Eyes... Pieces ieereeee! «Cul, per Tome... 30 but to be different by being superior in | Wrought Inside Blind....................--- 604210 LEVELS. dis. | — Gis. Si i i eee 5 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.... mi eieel Game ........................ nce es important directions will certainly turn Blind, Clark's CA EN LAN 70&10 KNOBs—New List. dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 the key in the lock of success. 2. -. $5 | Oneida Community, Hawley # Norton's... 70 i i ' Blind. Shepard's 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 | ogee, Coemer... ........._.....,.. 18¢ per doz Is there any merit which in the eyes EEE Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. . ... 56] Mouse, delusion.................... @L50 per dom ae ies oe ee : BLOCKS, Door, porcelvin, trimmings............. bas 55 WIRE. gt 1e community is identified with and | Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain......... 1 ae Se. ee represe oe eho? ee LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Annealed Market.. epresented by yout store? Is it famous i CRADLES. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new lst ....... 55 | Coppered Market . aha Gana as the most beautiful store, as the most ee Gis. 50&02 Sa OO 55 | Tinned —— ete eee ae eee ae we a se i a f CROW BARS. ew erect scenes SS | Copperea Sprme Steer... 50 convenient, as the one where the clerks iin per® 5 eee 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized.................. 3 10 are the most attentive or intelligent, waa ia e Eye pecniapanien $16.00, dis. 60 | as: ee id a . | Fe oo ek cok wate ss wnewec en seae 8 AILS. where the prices are lowest, where the =e ree -.-. perm = aes eee m -$15,00, dis. 60 a CE dis. 40 Ll i : ee ee ) PA nc a wwe cece ee poten ce ete CHUM, AUN RER. |S CRUUION i ti ow we wm delivery is most prompt and satisfactory, |G D-....-.----------csrrete 35 ia AULS. — — | Northwestern ME ats: 10810 where the styles are the newest, where | — Na 60 | Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ‘handled Teac ee eee dis. : r i ’ CARTRIDGES. MILLS. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... — 30 there is the least delay in getting change | Rim Fire....... ..... a 58 Coffee, Parkers Co.’8........ ...... oo. 40 Coe’ s Genuine. ete ees 50 ont wikia Uhees aeeds ols oil rn dis. 25 1 P. 8. & W. Mtg. Co.'s Malleables.... 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricult: ural, wrought,. a 75 } ases, goods are market a Landers Porry & Cie \K’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable..... .. -15&10 . i Ni / ue : ve CHISELS, 8. ° mterprise «........ a MISCELLANEOUS. dis. in the plainest manner? Or, in these MEE ee ee 7010 MOLASSES GATES. dis, | Bird Cages .......... Le 50 particulars and others, is there nothing | Socket Framing...............-....s++eeee0e 70&10 | Stebbin’s Pattern...........--.2---.+--se eee 60610 | Pumps, Cistern............ vee . : te distineatek 144 halt a die SocketCorner................ 11s... 01s... 20a10 | Stebbin’s Genuine. . See Ue eens + ass ae Cen | RIG er We ee Ce NE 70&10 o distinguish it from half a dozen com- | socket Slicks ........................... "'*"eo@10 | Enterprise, self- measuring........ ls. .... 95 | Casters, Bed a d Plate.. - a petiters? Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ Ce NAILS Dampers, American. ... ' ra caus. dis, | Steel nails, base........--.. ss... ........1 85 | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel g 6r&10 q If there is no such special merit to], ewes, Suen ee Wire nalls, base... oe ces sod 00 METALS. : t momrenee @ .............. ic ane. Advance over base: Steel. yire. | your store, seek by every legitimate ee ieee 25 | 60.... ek, . as VPage Bare... ...... pape ects nla 260 anaes to catdblish a tem : i i CHALK. OE 28¢ sili ali sh . oe aston for Te White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@ 121% dis. 10 20 , oe mercantile superiority. Study the salient oorven ei pound. ' . EE Ea features of the best stores, not so much | Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 35 Per pound. saath OO “ a i na fi 6 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ........... 000 26 35 SOLDER i in your own community, for that might | cola Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... ........... 23 40 | OY... eee cee ee eee ee eee es TT lead to imitation, which is never really | Gold Rolled, 14x43... mH 23 50 | Extra Wiping ... i. : / : Bottoms . tea eee aee eee 25 65} The prices of the many other qualities of successful, but of the establishments that “DRILLS. "dis, 90 | solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands have wo ir way ; Maracas Bil Stocks |. 6.8... : 50 1 50 | vary according to composition. ve won thet ay to the top - the Taper and straight Shank. ..........---++++- 50 a ety great centers of trade by a genius for | Morse’s Taper Shank............--..-...5.- 50 Sie tercee ss i i i " ¢ Qliett's..... hy 13 apprehending and satisfying the people’s | | ais Datrrrx PANS. ‘se i 00 ice _TIN- —MELYN GRADE. ' ‘ sn a a / _, | Suaall sizes, ser pound ............-......04. 25 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal...... : aa demands. See what features can be best | Large sizes, per pound...... ......... -.... 8% 1 00 | 14x20 IC, adopted in the special circumstances of ELBOWS. 125|10xi4Ix, * ui eu. ‘our sty ‘om. 4 piece, 6 In. a et ‘ 6 eee dana 1 15 Lelia, your own community, and have the}] > I 6 scestreses sie Gis BOS | BS CUMMEREN.... -u-----00e-- seen ons ees 85 75| Each additional X on this grade, at } cn Cor: tagated 0.6... eee eee sees sess esses ll af 8 Seg -.1 00 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. courage to inaugurate them in your own | Adjustable. .....................-.--...- ls, 40410 LC 1 15 1 00 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal .......... ee business. EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Barrell % Oe ee ee 75 - 50 aaa Ic, eee tae ee ee 6 75 a te aul) G60: lanes OO. .. PLANES. dis. = . eee... In most cases the expense need not be oat — bare 3 pe eras = — — =—* a ph — ) IX, we ra os a access ae 9 25 4 i i" ce ete n tas enon l ach additiona on this grade $1.50. poncangnessiti but eecemiy the cost be a FiLes—New List. - Sandusky Tool Co.’ a tanec oe oo ROOFING PLATES more or less, it shou roperly ¢ MOG ee ee ae ieneéb fret quality.............--...+..-.-.- 4 > S Scoomer.......... 6 50 . ” . Prop erly be added New American................ .60&10 | Stanley Rule and ‘Level Co.'s, wood. . .... &10 | 14x20 = 4 Cl . § co to the capital of the store, for an estab- —— TE 60&10 PANS. Saat, aq neces 13 50 _ : a ne Oe Soi Wev, Acme. ............................. dis.60—10 | 14x20 IC ‘© Allaway Grade... 6 00 lishment can have no better capital than | qejier’s Horee Rasps.............-.-2. 6-266 50 | Common, oe ee dis. 70|14x20IxX, “ “ ee 7 50 a well-es lished re ion ¢ -ertai ZEI , RIVETS. dis. par be i i : 12 50 a well-established reputsion Mongeeraia; = eeeey ote om and 28: Sr 9g | WOmanG, Tinned... 2... ..-------20reeer ser: Sinan, * * . 15 60 individual lines in which a sound judg- _ _! ~~ ” a 26; oo = Copper Rivets and Burs............---..+++ 50—10 we x SIZE TIN PLATE. > i toonee oC : . T Wikeeieh AA 4 PATENT FLANISHED IRO eee . 814 00 ment and intelligence enter as the de-| Discount, 60 ia die soar Woots sont eames Nos. “34 to27 ' =e 20 vee 56 1X, for N ee i 15 termining factors. Once ge o » - |B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos, 25 to 27... 2 4x56 or No. — ers, | _ get out of the) oaniey rule and Level Co.’s. _-sseeses 80] Broken packs 4c per pound extra. 14x60 1X, “ p pet pound 10 ordinary rut into a special atmosphere of | ———— RR ee _ your own, and you have escaped the severest conditions of competition. 9 A y Prompt Settlement of Small Accounts. Large accounts being a part of the reg- ular machinery of trade, are, as a matter gy of course, well looked after; they have fe ee their time to fall due; their importance | / 2» is too great, yet it is only by the aggre- a gation of a multituede of small ones that these are provided for. Small accounts have no time of maturity, they are pay- able at ‘‘any time;’’ they remotely re- Mo. 2—Actual Size. al sped s semble what are called debts of honor—| 3: = © 33 ‘more honoredin the breach than the s 926 observance; the debtor never thinks| 2 ;Feg that it can be any inconvenience to the| ™ 3 © 2 2 We are agents for this Spout andocarry a full creditor to wait for such a trifle, he will : Se 2 stock. @& get at it some day when he has time, and Oo 3 8 a thus resolves and resolves, and the debt} @ & ens We alsochave the ANCHOR SAP SPOUT. S continues to keep bad company with the| @ <22992 Pox : : oe aq - many like it on the books of nearly every Assia é T dealer in the land. & —_—_————S > & e Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons. FO ae ee ie ek LE ee 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman )ficial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 1600 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY — THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Vear, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. (= When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE Micnican TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1892, CHARACTER IN BUSINESS. Matthew Marshall, one of the brightest and most logical writers on financial questions, delivers a dissertation on the Richmond Terminal this week. which THE TRADESMAN does not use, owing to the little interest the subject possesses to Michigan business men. While this is true of the article, as a whole, the conclusions of the writer embody gener- alities worthy of thoughtful delibera- tion. He says: So long as the debtor preserves its or- ganic unity it can take care of its debts, but if it is broken into fragments by revolution and civil war its power of levying taxes and collecting revenue is destroyed and it becomes bankrupt. The money markets of the world demon- strate the sentiment of investors gener- ally in this respect. When it looked as if the rebellion of the Southern States would be successful, the bonds of the United States fell abroad to forty cents on the dollar; and those of many South American republics are selling nearly as low to-day, as the result of the instabili- ty of their governments and the immi- nence of their collapse. If prudent in- vestors in national loans consider the possibility of national disruption as an element in estimating their value, so should investors in stocks and bonds of great railway systems consider the prob- ability of a like catastrophe. The whole thing comes back to what I have so fre- quently insisted upon, that the character of the managers of a corporation is one of the most important elements in the value of its securities, just as the character of the ruling eitizens of a nation is the con- trolling element in determining the amount of credit to which it is entitled. Mr. Marshail every investor wil! do weil to echo. touches a keynote that The character of a borrower is an important factor, and yet most men only look at dividends, promises and securities, with little reference to the reputaion of the Dishonest juggling with proverbial in men in control. men are It is that the and the Gould control depresses quotations of a railway. Shrewd adepts ir finances. railway circles Vanderbilt control improves have found by long experience not to trust the glit- tering inducements held out by wreck- investors ers. Itis the same with corporations as individuals. The borrower who is honest bends his full and faithful dis- charge of all obligations; the dishonest borrower is bent only upon his selfish energies to the | nterests, and if an opportunity to swin- | dle his creditors appears, he is swift to take advantage of it. He even conspires |to produce such @ chance. One studies ;to meet his obligations, the other to ;evade them. Is not this a factor to be | considered by the lender, independent | of the apparent security? No less a commercial authority than | the Journal of Commerce recently recom- | mended the abolition of legal processes to collect debts. While this would be a more violent innovation than THE TRADESMAN would be willing toapprove, there is no denying the fact that such a condition would not be without its ad- yantages. Business would then be done upon honor and honesty would count for more than it does to-day. Losses would be less frequent, as scoundrels would be less suecessful in securing credit by making misleading showings of assets. Before investing in any enterprise, take a good look at the men at the head of it. If you believe that they are per- sonally untrustworthy or unscrupulous, put no money into schemes which they control. J.C. Martin, a druggist and grocer at Uniontown, Ky., has assigned, although his liabilities are only $7,000 and his stock is estimated to be worth $30,000. Thecause of the assignment is a suit against him as a Louisiana lottery agent in 1890. It appears that a man named Richardson bought a certain ticket. It won $3,750, but Martin, being informed of that fact by telephone, went into the country to work his customer. He told Richardson that the drawing had not yet come off, and that he had given him num- ber so and so, which belonged to another person, The eountryman thereupon handed over the winning ticket to Martin, in exchange for another one. When Richardson discovered that he had been “eross roaded,” he brought suit. The defence was the gambling actplea. The court held that, after the lottery company paid the money upon the ticket, it be- came a circulating medium and was sub- ject to litigation, and the gambling act could not then be pleaded. The jury brought in a verdict giving judgment for $3,750, on the ground that Martin fraudu- lently obtained from Richardson the ticket which won thatsum. The ease, therefore, goes on record as a curious precedent. The evident gratitude with which the supplies sent inthe steamship Indiana, that was unloaded at Libau, were re- ceived by the Russian authorities and the starving peasants is a sufficient re- ward to those who were ins.rumental in sending the food. The humane work was continued by sending the Missouri with a load of flour from New York, and the constant petition for further aid made by the chairman of the Russian famine relief committee ot the United States should, and unquestionably will, result in still more substantial contribu- tions. The grocery trade of Grand Rapids will join with Tur TRADESMAN in deploring the removal of L. Winternitz from this city to a larger field of usefulness at Chicago. During Mr. Winternitz, resi- dence at this market, he has established areputation for honorable dealing and aggressive business methods which are a passport to success anywhere. j will give good satisfac- The amount of space given by a great many newspapers to pugilists, and which is virtually free advertising for them, seems to us to be worse than wasted. For where there is one ‘‘sport” who reads noth- ing but such news there are fifty readers who carenothing for it. Of course,all read- ers in these enlightened times admire an athlete and are ever ready to lend aid to the advancement of athletic sport, know- ing that it is healthful and beneficial to both body and mind, and gives innocent amusement to thousands of admirers. The compensation in the one case is money, which soon slips from the profes- sional, while the amateur receives his medal, to which he can always point with pride, with the satisfaction that comes from the invigorating results of proper indulgence in manly exercise. But we have entirely too much of prize fighting, and a halt should be called to this debasing practice. The great Standard Oil Trust was form- ally dissolved at a meeting of the cir- tificate holders in New York one day last week. But there is good reason to be- lieve that the Standard millions are yet in existence and that the Standard Oil Company is still doing business at the same old stand. When some men discharge an obliga- tion, you can hear the report for miles around. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, aud Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO.,, Mtrs. DETROIT, MICH. Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. Hout pay freight From Boston and New York on Shoe Dressing when you can buy it of HIRTH & KRAUSE at > he: Manniactrers’ Prices, GILT EDGE, GLYCEROLE, RAVEN GLOssS, ALMA, [Large size]. A Rug with each gross, $22.80. Shoe Stool with two gross. An assorted gross of the above dressing, $22.80. HIRTH & KRAUSE, GRAND RAPIDS. (lover and Timothy Seed. Now is the time to buy CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED for your spring trade. We have a good stock and for THIS WEEK will sell you FOR CASH In five bag lots or over as follows: Prime Clover, - - - $6 75 No. 2 ' - - - - 5 75 Timothy, - - - 1 50 Bags extra at market price. W. T. LAMOREAUX & C0, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO. Spring Goods, We have the best lines for style and service in factory and jobbing goods to be found anywhere. We solicit your inspection. We carry the Bay State Tennis Goods, doable ce- mented this year, and they tion. Men’s Tennis Bals, 75, net Boys’ io ‘a Men’s Boys’ New prices on rubbers after April 1. Boston, 50 per cent. Bay State, 0& 10 per cent. Prices guar- anteed until December 1. See us before placing fall orders. e ont, a “ a Uranges, Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, Figs Dates, A Full Line always Carried by THK PUTNAM GANDY 60. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. WHOLESALER VS. RETAILER. In expatiating upon the sphere of the retail merchant and the discharge of those duties attendant or incumbent up- on his position, I feel that this article should yield cognizance to the wide and varied range of views and expressions held and uttered by the numerous class which may be listed under the title of retailers. As much as possible, I will be thus governed, but must, of course, speak principally from the experiences | and knowledge of the retail grocer, that being my avocation. In order to properly treat my subject matter, I have deemed it necessary to descant somewhat on the relation of the retail merchant to each of the four classes which may be said to form the personnel of his business sphere, viz., employes, fellow-retailers, wholesaler or manufac- turer, and customers or consumers. None the least of the annoyances and embarrassments that occasionally, one might say frequently, harrow the placid money-making flow of the average re- _tailer’s business arises from the lack, at least among grocers, of trained and ca- pable assistants. This very apparent evil is, in a large measure, due to the absence of inducements that would urge the adoption by the ordinary youth or young | man of a grocery clerk’s career. In fact, there exist, instead of allurements, con- | ditions that are virtually repellent and that seem almost inseparable from busi- ness methods. Long hours, laborious work, scant remuneration, and a meager prospect of future relief from his thral- dom are the certain outlooks for too; many of this class of toilers. Add there- to the deplorable necessity imposed upon _so many of them to surrender their Sun- day rest and recreation to the inexorable demands of either avarice or public sel- fishness, and the repellent conditions are numerous enough and strong enough to appear insurmountable. To the employer who recognizes these drawbacks, the evil influences of which extend even to himself, must occur the reflection as to what remedy can be ap- plied. Ordinarily, the law of supply and demand influences this, as other matters; hence, one almost forgets these deter- rent influences when, in response to a want advertisement, he is besieged with importunities for the vacant positions by those whom stern necessity forces to the application. Endeavoring, in some de- gree, to answer this introspective query, l can find a possible relief in a recog- nition of those prevalent disadvantages, a general determination to ameliorate them by a well-concerted effort in behalf of those who suffer from them, and a proper presentation to the public of their too often needless or thoughtless re- quirements. The retainal of a suit- able profit on all transactions and the judicious curbing of the selfish exactions of careless customers would, in my judg- ment, materially aid in realizing this second emancipation, and so improve the relations between employer and clerk that there would ensue a new interest and a proper zealous regard for each other’s welfare. To outline the feeling that should pre- vail between retailers of similar or even | dissimilar classes of merchandise is ar- | rogating to one’s self a questionable privi- lege: however, I cannot but feel some interest would attach to the defini- | tou of a method by which relief might be had from the unreasoning and often that | vindictive caprices that dictate the poli- cies of too many merchants, and I will accordingly express my views on this issue. The correction of such caprices tion of the advantages offered by asso- ciations such as are operating at present in many of our cities. 1 believe that in them lie the means, used, by which may be eradicated many good that may be thus accomplished I can bear practical and reliable testimony. chant to another; —that should prompt the conveyance 0 information, when necessary and real, from one fellow-merchant to another, that a present or prospective customer is apt to prove undesirable or unworthy of credit, and thus save the dealer from subjection to a fleecing process that un- fortunately is not redressible under our | present peculiarly constructed—and, in this regard, certainly unjust—laws. It lis here that associated enterprise can exercise, and must exercise, a power and | protective influence that evento the most | prudent merchant is not indispensable. | It may be urged that, through the struggle for ‘‘place and pelf’’ in which all are engaged, it would, be manifestly unjust to fetter the industry, talent and | technical knowledge of one or more in- | | dividuals with the manacles of thriftless- | iness, idiocy or ignorance of others who, with whom they come in business con- tact. While a bold application of the “survival of the fittest’? doctrine may have in this a forceful application, it must be conceded that occasions often call for a modification of so harsh a the- ory, and that modification can be best reached and best adapted through the agency and influence of retail organiza- tions. The vexing problem of jobber versus manufacturer is one whose solution may be received with perfect equanimity by the retailer, as his positiongin the con- troversy is, if anything, neutral, or rather that species of neutrality which stands ready and willing to be benefited by either of the contestants; I will, therefore, leave the discussion of this issue to those I deem more directly interested, and pro- ceed to the consideration of the question, ‘‘Manufacturer or Wholesaler versus Re- tailer.” There are, of course, salient points of difference between the former two classes | in their wholesale character, but, as the | retailers’ supplies are drawn directly or | indirectly from both, I will, for my pres- | them as one in| ent purpose, consider their relation to the retail merchant. In the days when men were governed by “divine right” principle, there seemed around the person of the often purse-| | proud, always patrician-like wholesaler. Of late, there has beer in their case a} gradual dissipation of the encircling ‘*di- vinity that doth hedge a king,’’ and the} ‘humble retailer is becoming the recipi- may be found in the successful utiliza- | when judiciously | of the faults and uncharitable ideas that) underlie or give birth to the asperities | and reckless dealing which characterize | so many retailers; and to the particular | There is in this connectionea further | and a vital duty owing by one retail mer- it is as yet but par-| tially realized and as partially fulfilled. | 1 refer to the duty—the imperious duty | Facts Talk Louder Than Words!? 3,487,275 SOLD IN 1086, 3,509,675 SOLD IN 1887. 5,092,350 SOLD IN 1888. | 0,690,025 SOLD OO. v0, 000 SOLD 6,983,207 Sc by accident ef circumstances, are tempo- | rarily engaged in a similarity of occupa- | tion, and, consequently, it may be urged, are entitled to some ethical consideration | from their associates or from merchants | to be a reflex of that regal halo east | | | | | | | Ou This is not an ordinary monument, but a TABLE of EXACT FIGURES, showing the monumental success of our celebrated BEN-HUR (10e or 3 for 25e) These Cigars are by far the most popular in the market to-day. Sold by leading dealers all over the United States. RECORD BREAKERS (The Great 5e Cigar.) MADE on HONOR. Ask for them. GEO. MOERS & CO, Manuiactarer', DETROIT and CHICAGO. The Calamity at once two are sold in bulk ie ee what merchants need in the store, to suit all classes of TOLEDO, - - © WANA Aas SOMETHING TO OF COURSE YOU WANT vA POINTER—°* LIVEN UP TRADE! Then Harken Not to ORDER Weailer but a case of ION COFFEE Coffee is sold in Write Your Jobber for Quot WOOLSON SPICE ROASTERS OF High Grade Coifees, OHIO. Lion Coffee, O. D. Java and Standard Maracaibo are our lead - ing brands, and all we ask of merchants is to vive them a trial. 1-lb. packages, never in bulk: the other The combination of al] three 1x tions or Address > WINTERNITE RESIDENT AGENT, 106 Kent Sr., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ts aaah aaa acids lela thi acest clcs ix. chomi ani hina alain set ia aia ikea ial ‘ ri pith ah HR RC DA LO AS OEM pte ce a a mara ee beds iabe somes wis REACT isa Rit At, BARNES it Pan SH ROSIE ie SHADE: Re ANGE Ne a ren are medies 10 ent of a little more consideration and | fellowship, so that, to-day, there has been formed in many instanees a bond of personal friendship which, welded to business interests, forms a link well nigh indissoluble. ~ In determining the deli- cate adjustment of an endangered special interest which may be sought on aceount of some supposed encroachment on the presumed rights of either class, there must exist a proper recognition of the limits whieh embrace the legitimate sphere of the wholesale and retail mer- chant. One ef the existing abuses which be- gets grave dissatisfaction with the re- tailer is a frequently indulged practice of wholesalers selling in small quantities to the consumer. While it is possible that a plausible explanation might be submitted from those engaged in such praetice, I would say to retailers that the remedy rests entirely with them. The exercise of a unified and unmistakable determination on the part of the latter to leave the offender the alternative privi- lege of either an exclusive wholesale or or retail business would possibly result in a cessation of the aggravating policy, or at least an upholding by the quasi- wholesaler of such an advance at retail over the wholesale price as would afford the marginal protection to which the re- tailer is entitled and thereby result in| allaying the sting of so wrongful a eom- petition. I would favor and contend for a re- striction rather than extension of the retailing of goods by wholesalers or man- ufacturers; and retail merchants, as far as consistent, should jealously protect the domain of retailing from further en- ecroachment in that direction. That they | have this power I believe; that they may properly but judiciously employ it is possible and, in fact, undeniable. I will now touch upon a feature of the duty owing by the wholesaler or manu- facturer to the retail merchant, and it is | one that I hope will, in the ceive open and pronounced consideration. future, re- Retail merchants may unite to extend to one another protection against the dis- honest consumer, but they are almost powerless to check the depredations that committed their may be upon and common business interests prosperity by a reckless or unscrupulous fellow-merchant thinks life should be to sell goods 10 per cent. be- who that his only aim in low cost and finally settle with his credi- Although I think too highly of the business acumen of our tors at 10 cents on a dollar. fully believing in their potency. wholesale merehants to suggest how this wrong may be righted; but I state that it that should be is time some means, carefully ex- ercised, devised whereby the honest, 100-eents-on-the-$1 retailer should be relieved of such cankerous, immoral and fraudulent competition. The most important and most intimate ue . i of the retail business rela- merchants’ tions are those necessarily existent be- tween the vendor and the consumer whose -ustom he , and whose interests solicits he is engaged at all times in serving and | protecting. The resultant task is by nc means inarduous, nor is it one that ad- mits of partial attention, as the success or failure of the merchant is dependent upon the manner in which it is aequitted. While in sumers are many cases the mass of con- exacting and thoughtless in their demands upon the patience, intelli- gence and facilities of retailers, there is, |just dealing from the retail merchant, it | supplied and the prompt and complete liquidation of all assumed and lawful in- | return on the part of the consumer. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. , nevertheless, ample place among them for the establishment of a mutually es- timable and profitable relationship which in time, makes room for the exercise of | an influence which manufacturers would do well to fully recognize, and to whose twin demands they should faithfully cater, viz., on the one part, ‘‘Satisfaction to the consumer,” on the other, ‘‘Allow- ance of a fair margin of profit for the retailer.”? To acquire the former is a necessity; to withhold the latter would be an injustice and a folly. While buyers in general are perfectly able to discrim- inate for themselves as to the quality | and value of goods they purchase, there | is, unquestionably, a certain amount of | attention given to, and reliance placed | For Bakings of All Kinds Use Fleischmann & 0. 8 upon, the recommendation or disapproval | of the seller. It is this confidence in his | integrity and judgment which the retailer should sedulously strive to deserve and foster, as it may prove a potent factor in | controlling and utilizing the good will and consideration of the manufacturer. To those who buy and those who sell on the cash principle may be spared the pos- sible rupture of relations such as have | been alluded to, and, while it is perfectly true that the consumer may properly require polite attention, prompt service, truthful representations of wares and may as properly be asked, ‘‘What return should be given for the fulfillment of those required obligations?’ I would say that a cheerful recognition of the services rendered, of accommodations debtedness would be but a reasonable é 8 Unrivaled Compressed Yeast, SUPPLIED | . Special attention is invited to our | | YELLOW LABEL FRESH A LY | which is affixed to every cake | of our Yeast, and which serves i TO DISTINGUISH To Grocers Everywhere. Our Goods from worthless Imitations. ° P&B OYSTERS Ph We close this department of our business, for the present season, Saturday, April 2d. We thank the trade in general I remember, when a boy in my native | country, I was passionately fond of sleigh- | ing, or, as we call it, coasting. On the| outskirts of the town where I lived was a hill, long and sloping. Here on every | possible occasion were wont to gather | the lads, yes, and sometimes even the | lasses, for the pleasure of sleigh riding. | The keen enjoyment of the sport still | comes back to me, and memory yet vivid- | ly pictures the oft-repeated scene—the | glistening, tempting highway, the brac- | ing atmosphere, the moonlight-dooded, heavens, the hedges, frosted branches, star-besprinkled iridescent in their with the reflected clearness and beauty | of the Queen of Night and her glittering | attendants, the jostling, | astral eager, happy throng of coasters, the ring of| their langhter, the ery of their derision at some ditched unfortunate, the shout of their approval at some exceptionally swift traveler or daring steersman, as the human-freighted sled shot onward in its lightning-like velocity—yes, and also the covetous, unsatisfied glances, the re- guests for favors fic a those who were not the even a coasting makeshift, whom they may yield comparison, stand possessors of and who, like so many for out in the cold of misfortune, shivering, sometimes And now I can see the onward sweep of many Ah! The sud- piling of a steel shod soliciting, sometimes defiant, pitied, almost always despairing. revelers. A smash up! den dozen struc- tures, the sudden commingling of a dozen pairs of legs and arms, the painful bump- heads, the hurtful ing of some of the bruising of afew ribs! How illustrative of so many of our business collapses— the failure of someone to keep the route, balance, the resultant en- who may be too} to retain his tanglement of those for the liberal patronage given us, and we hope our efforts to merit it will be the means of again securing your orders when the next season opens, September 1. THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO. 5000 Sold, Patented 1887. Why Wanted. It’s the original of its class. It’s the favorite with Druggists, Clothiers, Shoe Stores, Hatters, Gro- cers, Hardware Dealers, General Merchants, Bak- ers, Butchers, Millers, Ho- tels, Dairymen, Laundries and in fact every retail dealer who wants correct methods. 3 - Write us this'day forjde- ‘ scription and prices. ». State and local agents wanted. | and Investigate the Amer ican Cash Regis.er before purchasing. You will probably say as this party does: DEAR Sirs: We will say that for our business we greatly prefer your ‘Desk Cashier” to the National, even at the same price, for every business selling bills of goods, or odd number sales your Desk Cashier is preferable to the National, not considering price. We are so well pleased with it that with our three Desks we consider our Cash sys tem almost complete. — Yours truly, Cuas. RueDEBUscEH Co., Genera] Merchants. le, Wis, AMERIGAN CASH REGISTER G0), 9¢7 tow! ts swe, Ghicag, FREEING & BESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MiLL USE. closely following him, and, before a turn ean be made or a saving effort attempted, are unwilling participants in the unfor- tunate mishap! These reminiscences, gentlemen, come back to me to-night, and from them I venture to trace a timely analogy. have heard on one side the cry of a gold- empanoplied mortal, ‘The public be damned!’ We hear quibble, But I feel that, in our relations to the! world of consumers, we are very much | Before | like the coasters of my boyhood. us lies the inviting highway of public service and public opinion, beyond it lies the goal of renown and compensation, and he who would gain that goal must be guided by the steering pin of industry on the right hand and that of integrity on the left; here the judicious push, there | the timely pressure, while, with sharpened vision and tense-strung sinews, we go gliding forward to the limits of our journey. Dare for one instant to stay the passage, dare to thwart the onward | force that impels you, dare to disregard the occasional unevenness or surface winding of the hillside, a sudden catas- trophe overwhelms you, and it is luck indeed if you escape a lasting memento as the result of your ignorance or fool hardiness. Public opinion, the sumers’ opinion, we should respect; their good will we should cultivate. Once started in its pursuit, it is not prudent to leave behind the guiding pins, it is not | advisable to dash forward uncontrolled | or uncontrollable. To whatever class we may belong, gen- | Let | tlemen, let us use the right path. us employ with force and discretion the steering pins alluded to; then the journey will be safe, the passage pleasant, the ending gloriously successful. ALEXANDER McCABE. _—_—> - << Habits of a Successful Man of Busi- |} ness. His conduct is regulated by a sacred regard for the principles of justness. He is strict in keeping his engagements. He does nothing hastily or carelessly. He does not signs or his business. He leaves nothing to memory which would be more safely committed to writ- | ing. He preserves all important letters re- ceived, filing them with precision and care. He keeps copies also of the essential | portions of his own correspondence. He keeps a memorandum book in his pocket for current matters. He keeps everything in its place. He will not become a security with- proper out prudent consideration of the circum- | stances. He is prompt and decisive with his capital. He prefers short credits to long ones, and cash to credit at all times, either in buying or selling. He is always at the head of his busi- | ness, well knowing that if he leaves it, it will leave him. He is constantly examining his books, and sees through the whole affair as far | as eare and attention will enable him. A Curious Lock. A Norwegian farmer has devised a eurious lock in which the bolt is released bya strokefroma pendulum bob. The pendulum, invisible from the outside, is moved sufficiently by blowing sharply | several times through a hole in the door, but the puffs of air can be given at the proper time only by swinging a key pendulum, previously adjusted, to vi- brate in unison with the lock pendulum. oOo Advertise in The Cheesemaker. We. on the other the | “The public be humbugged.” | con- | unwisely reveal his de- |! ee | A STOREKEEPER’S RIGHTS. |He Cannot Refuse to Sell Nor Turn People Out of His Place. | A store is a public place where per- sons may enter and remain a sufficient time to buy or sell such articles as are usually bought or sold there, and to | transact such other business as is inci- | dent to such buying and selling, subject, however, to such reasonable rules as the owner has prescribed for the manage- ment of his business. But a store is not | a publie place for all purposes; itis pub- | lic only for the purposes for which it is established. A storekeeper has no right, except for good cause, to forbid any person to enter his store who wishes to trade there in an |orderly manner. A person once forbid- |den to enter a store without justifiable cause may, nevertheless, continue to en- | ter it to buy or sell such articles as may ibe usually bought or soldthere. His en- try will not make him a trespasser, al- though fordidden to enter, unless such }entry is made under circumstances cal- culated to create a breach of the peace. | By keeping his store open, a storekeeper |extends a general and a continual invita- ;tion to every person wishing to trade |there to enter and occupy his store for | that purpose. Persons who come into | his store by his invitation cannot be ex- |cluded without cause, or be made tres- passers at his pleasure. A person ex- cluded from a store without sufficient cause may recover of the storekeeper | such damages as he may have sustained thereby. Buta storekeeper may forbid such persons to enter his store who | tend to use it for purposes other than those for which it was established. He | may also order persons lounging therein |or otherwise improperly using his store to leave it forthwith. When so ordered, | if they refuse to obey, such persons will | become trespassers. A storekeeper is bound to sell his ar- ticles of merchandise to any person who | offers, in good faith, to buy them and |tenders to him the price demanded, un- less such proposed purchaser has vio- | lated some reasonable rule prescribed by ithe storekeeper for the management of lhis business. This principle does not} ‘apply toa liquor dealer, for he is never | | bound to sell liquor to a drunken man, | ‘or to a minor who has not the written | ' consent of his parent or guardian. >—> |A Lawyer Beats an Express Company. | | After two years litigation a Wisconsin ‘lawyer wins a case against the Wells- |Fargo Express Co. He demanded some property of them, consigned to him, and | offered to pay the freight but there were | C. O. D. charges. He assured them he | did not owe the parties a dollar but could not get the property. The case was commenced in a justice court, brought to the Superior Court and has just been de- |eided by the Supreme Court in favor of the attorney and he gets his property. It seems the goods were his own but had | been stolen from his hotel while in the | West. The thief then sent them C. O. D. to him, after extracting numerous arti- graph. sponsible, as it should know its patrons and have their address and whereabouts when articles are sent C. O. D. The company’s only remedy now is to deliver up the goods, pay the C. O. D. charges to the thief and then turn around and pros- ecute. ee i eee |A Good Business For the Deaf and Dumb. | From the Pall Mall Galette. | Some little while ago Miss Mary Day, one of the oldest established of the lady | | typewriters, started the experiment of | taking deaf and dumb persons as pupils. | ; |The novel idea has turned out very suc- |eessful; as according to Miss Day, deaf | | j}and dumb people, whose touch is very} | skilful, make excellent typewriters; and, alarge part of typewriting being tran- scribed from manuscript, their affliction is no disadvantage—rather the contrary, as no time is consumed in needless gos- sip. Dumb girls, according to all ac- counts, make excellent dressmakers; so that the field ofemployment for these per- sons is rapidly becoming widened. TRADESMAN. NNOUNCEMENT PIF PIF IFPI PPP PPP LPL PP We have removed our Manufacturing Department to the new building which we have erected solely for our own street, but seven blocks distant from use at 330 and 332 Lafayette Avenue, on the same the new Post Office building, and easily reached from our store by the Con- gress and Baker, or Fort street cars. of Our specialty in manufacturing will be a high grade Ladies’ Fine Shoes Hand-'Turned, also Men’s and Women’s Goodyear Welt and Machine Sewed, and Misses’ and Children’s in Machine Sewed. In “Low Cuts,” both Hand-Turned and Machine Sewed. we are showing one of the most desirable medium priced lines now offered to the trade. Sample orders will have prompt and personal attention. H: S: ROBINSON “x2 COMPANY: DETROIT, MICH General Agency of the CANDEE RUBBER CO. Wi _ L Most Reliable House, established 35 years. |a practical tailor, personally superintends the manufacturing department, and has | the reputation of: making the best fitting garments and most select choice in styles, Box 346, WILLIAM CONNOR, ‘Clothing and General Store Merchants will do well to Inspect the Line of Michael Kolb & Son, ng Mantacturers ROCHESTER, N. Y. Marshall, Mich, The senior member of this firm being cles, among which was his wife’s photo- | patterns and designs, adapted for all classes of trade and sold at such low prices, The Court held the company re-/| and upon such equitable terms as not to fear any competition, and within reach of all. William above firm in Michigan, begs to announce that the trade can secure some Closing Out Bargains for Spring and Summer trade which will be sold at astonishingly prices. Mr. Connor also takes pleasure in calling attention to his nice line of Boy’s and Children’s Clothing as well as to great selection of Men’s Suitings, Spring Overcoats and Pants, all closing out to the trade at marvelous- y low prices. Largest line of Prince Alberts and Cork Screw Cutaways in fancy and plain. Mail orders promptly attended to, or write William Connor, Box 346 Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you to show you our full line, and he will supply you with the leading merchants’ printed opinions as to the honesty of our goods and prices Connor, representative of low his aca ha i iad a ot ues SS ania 0. CAG THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Taking the Stock of a Hat Store. | Written for THE TRADESMAN Now is the season when he who com-| poses squibs and funny paragraphs for | the papers generally has something to| say about spring bonnets and incidents | connected therewith, quite oblivious, ap- parently, of the fact that the male biped | ‘“homo,’? when wearing his ridiculous | head gear made of pasteboard covered | with black silk, would be properly a far more fruitful source of merriment. Of | all the different articles of apparel for | man, this top-hamper alone does not aim to conform to the outline of that part of | the body which it covers. It may, there- | fore, be justly called ill-fitting, and it is | but a natural consequence that, to non- votaries of fashion and others who wear | the prescribed uniform or not, just as they see fit, a ludicrous element lurks in the plug hat, in the many anxieties it en-| genders and in the tender solicitude with which it is caressed by its uneasy and, perhaps, unhappy owner. Be he ever so careful and weatherwise, a sudden rain | storm, an unforeseen squall, plunges him into the depths of misery. When he has to wear it ‘‘off”? in a crowded place, see how deftly he carries it before him as | if to call attention—*‘See my new hat,” | or, ‘allow me to introduce my best tile.” And. when calamity does come, what is sadder than a crushed hat! Some time ago, the people were regaled, by the newspaper correspondents in Washing- | ton, by a description of how an eminent statesman put a period on a lively dis- eussion of the McKinley bill by flatten- ing out his new cylinder hat with a blow | of his fist! Could emphasis be greater? Barbaric people like the Indians or wild negroes take very kindly to this/ kind of headdress, while there is an an- tagonism to it shown by large portions of | every civilized people on the globe. In| Germany, the phrase, ‘hut antreiben” | (that is to say, to drive on the hat), is a| well-known expression, although the | dude must be very offensive before it is | put into practice. However, I have seen it related that a countryman who came} hundreds of miles to view the procession | at the coronation of the King of Russia, stood wedged in tightly in the Berlin | crowd, unable to move hand or foot, and | could not comply with frequent requests from those behind him to take off his hat, which obstructed their view. A mighty | fist smote the offending cylinder and} drove it down on its owner’s shoulders. | He heard as from afar the march of the| passing soldiery, the crash of drums and | military music, the hurrahs and shouts | of the multitude. When he at last got} his hands free and passed his hat up over | his’ ears and nose, the show was over | and he could do nothing but turn home- | ward. “Thou art so near and yet so| far!” Connected with the foregoing subject, | | was, during the late war, witness of an exceedingly funny episode. I was, at| that time, a member of Company A, 72d illinois Infantry, which formed a part of garrison at Vicksburg. General lfenry Slocum commanded the depart- went, and took the larger part of the yarrison, including the above regiment, out for a walk through the surrounding country. The heat was extreme—Au- pust—and the roads fot deep with dust as fine as flour. No ene in ordinary life imagine the quantity of dirt which accumulates on a svldier’s person in a march of this kind. the were filled nearly can | marching twenty-two miles, we entered, |everyone was preparing to resume the | Company A, detached the night before. |General Slocum bend down nearly to the | they called. On the second or third day out, after late at night, the town of Port Gibson, Mississippi. I had been temporarily de- tached from my company, and had, there- fore, a good chance ‘“‘to see ourselves as others see us,’’ as will shortly appear. My Company A was designated as head- quarter guard for Genera! Slocum. They | left the public square where the regi- ment lay and camped in the vicinity of the General’s quarters. Next morning at daybreak, there was a smart skirmish across aswift bayou by some rebel cav- alry who were bound to see us home dur- ing the whole trip. After breakfast, march. General Slocum and staff halted in the public square where my regiment was drawn up, waiting to be rejoined by A drum and fife sounding in a side street announced its coming. Presently, I saw mane of his horse, and most of the mem- bers of his staff acted as if unable to be- | stride their horses any longer. The cause of this great hilarity was just com- ing around the corner. Company A ragged, dirty as if the men had been tak- ing a dust bath, from the Captain march- ing at the front to the two negro cooks carrying their camp kettles in the rear, were adorned with brand-new, shining black silk hats! They had camped during the night in a hat stere, and both the proprietor and his clerk were out when | | i | Possibly they were ex-| changing shots with our rear guard | across the bayou; anyway, they were out their stock of tiles. Wma. MoHRMANN. ee ne Dont’s For Business Women. Don’t talk about your employer’s af- fairs to others, Don’t be afraid of making yourself | useful. Don’t be afraid of working too hard. Don’t be afraid to ask for a holiday. Don’t be afraid to work overtime. Don’t be contented with your attain- ments. Don’t be discourteous. Don’t be inattentive. Don’t be late. Don’t be ‘‘sensitive’—which is noth- ing more than conceit. Don’t be untidy in your appearance or work. Don’t waste time. ‘ Don’t wear much jewelry. Don’t chew gum in the office. Don’t fail to be ambitious. Don’t fail to be systematic. Don’t fail to study your employer’s business interests. Don’t fail when correcting the mis- takes of others, to give the impression that the mistakes are not due to igno-| rance, but a press of business. Don’t forget that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Don’t giggle. Don’t laugh or talk loudly. Don’t read novels in business hours. Don’t talk about personal affairs. Don’t try to be a society woman, if necessity compels you to be a wage- earner. —_— 2 > | itis a fact worthy of remembrance that, what we get through difficulties, we get most thoroughly and retain longest. One | COLUMBIA learns as he grows older that into all attainments and success a question enters which we eall cost. In other words, we | have had to give something for them— time, toil or money. t any rate, either one has given it, or someone else has | given it for us. A king once asked a} great mathematician for some easy method whereby his boy could obtain a knowledge of mathematics. But he was told, *‘There is no royal road to mathe- maties.’? Neither is there one to desira- ble success. Important to Grocers and Bakers | FERMENTUM The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast We respect honest competition, but deprecate unscrupulous methods in trade and meet all prices made by illegitimate competitors. Special attention given to out-of-town-trade. Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. [. WINTERNITZ, State Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich Telephone 566. 106 Kent St. Agents Wanted? | We can give you exclusive territory on a large line of Bicycles. Send for catalogue. Our line includes the: CLIPPER VICTOR PARAGON RUDGE IROQUOIS KITE PHG@NIX TELEPHONE GENDRONS OVERLAND and all the LOVELL DIA- Western Wheel Works MOND Line. Also others too numerous to mention. Wholesale and retail dealers in Bicycles clists’ d Rubber and Sporting Goods, Mill and Fire Department Supplies. , CT __ STUDLEY é& BARCLAY, The Finest Quality and Best Article for ‘ eneral Cleaning known in the World. Sold by all wholesale grocers, or orders may be sent direct to the factory. The New City of Lake Ann. LAKE ANN, March 26—You ask me to write something for your paper about the new city of Lake Ann, and I hereby comply with your request. The new city sprung into existence | shore of the| This lake | sheet of water some two} four months ago, on the lake after which it is named. is a beautiful miles wide and four miles long, being the head of Platte river. of fish. Small farms dot the shore here and there, showing that the farmer has | pitched his tent in this northern region; but the lumber interest is the principle occupation of the people. The soil is an average Northern Michigan soil and pro- duces well under favorable seasons, but | last year was, to say the least, ‘ta seorch- er.”? The dry weather was so long con- tinued that vegetation got such a severe setback that only small amounts of grain were raised. Potatoes, however, are plentiful and very cheap. Four months ago, Buckley & Douglass, of Manistee, bought the site and platted a fine village here. Being located fourteen miles from Traverse City, in a southwesterly direc- | from any | other town of any size, they had an idea that this would become a place of some | tion, and twenty-two miles importance, and, therefore, have been willing to lend aid to any man of enter- | prise who might wish to locate here in| This lib- | erality on the part of the company has fact, the | This is Wm. | any manufacturing business. secured one man who is, in mainspring of the town. Habbeler, proprietor of two sawmills, also a large barrel factory which is about ready to start up. Mr. and has furnished employment to all who desired to work, thereby making money matters easy here this winter. We also have one other mil! here with a} capacity of about 5,000 feet per day. The boom in building for the cold months has been universal, there proba- bly having been fully fifty buildings erected up to date. Not a day has passed | but what the ring of the hammer could | be heard, and, with the advent of warm weather, we look for increased activity in building, and expect the rattle and bang of hammer and saw will be like the roll of musketry at the Battle of the Winderness. Everybody is anxious to be first, and the rush is likely to be too great for the good of the new city; a word of warning | is, therefore, in place. Let no dealer get his head turned towards the booming town with the idea of making large profits on sales, for goods are sold at ruinously low rates. Asa sample of the prices at which our dealers now sell, will quote: Water white kerosene oil, 8c per gallon; sugar, 4 to 434 and 5c per pound; pork, 6 to 8c; flour, $4.30 to 4.80 per barrel; fine eut tobacco, as low as 20e per pound; raisins, 6c; dried blackberries, 7c; hay— very best—$15 per ton; feed, $1 per hun- dred pounds, and prices on everything else cut in proportion. In the line of general merchandise, the town is well supplied, and no room would be found in that line without cutting the trade so| that a living could not possibly be made. The dealers are working trade bears no profit. A hardware store would do well here, and a furniture dealer would find an opportunity for profitable investment. A harness shop is badly needed, also a shoe shop and a wagon shop. These pay the investors, and they welcomed by all. would be Be it remembered that the country is | only partly settled, that dealers have to| depend largely on the village laborers for trade and that only as the village and country develop can more than a certain number of dealers do a profitable busi- ness. We expect to see a fine village here in the near future, but would ad- vise all to come and see for themselves before making any arrangements for lo- cating here. _—_————— Mr. Connor’s Next Date. Wm. Connor, clothing salesman for Michael Kolb & Son, will be at Sweet’s Hotel on Friday, April 8. The water is as; clear as crystal and teems with all kinds | Habbeler has | purchased some ten million feet of logs with all the | strength they possess, but one-half of the | industries would | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Another Combination Declared Off. | The Northwestern Manufacturer’s As- | sociation, which was formed a few years |; ago by the manufacturers of Fleisch- mann, Fermentum, Vienna, Red Star, Queen City, Riederberg, Spielman and Knipschild compressed yeast, has been | declared off for the present, so that there is now an open market everywhere. ‘‘War to the knife’? has been declared in several markets and the indications | point to a campaign of extermination, in which some of the smaller manufactur- ers are likely to disappear from the field. Yeast is now sold in Chieago at 5 cents a pound and 5 cents per dozen cakes in tin foil, and itis not unlikely that equally low prices will be made at the Michigan agencies before long. The dissolution of the Association ap- | pears to be due to competition among the members, as outside competition has | cut no figure to speak of. >> Purely Personal. John Mellema, the Muskegon grocer, | was in town one day last week. Fred H. Ball put in Monday at Allegan in the interest of the Ball-Barnhart-Put- man Co. Chas. S. Brooks is seriously ill with malarial fever, with typhoid symptoms. His route is being covered in the mean- time by Seneca Rademaker. Heman G. Barlow has gone to Mt. | Clemans, and the latest intelligence from | him is to the effect that he is rapidly re- | covering from the rheumatism. H. V. Hughes, formerly engaged in the grocery business at East Saginaw, is 'in town for a few days. Mr. Hughes |may conclude to locate at this place. 2 Card from Mr. Winternitz. GRAND RAPrIDs, March 28, 1892. | To My Friends and Patrons: | Having been called to Chicago by the |Fermentum Compressed Yeast, I take this means of thanking my friends of the trade for the hearty patronage accorded me the past eight years, assuring them i that l appreciate it highly and shall al- | ways hoid them in grateful remembrance. | [regret that I have not been able to | pay all my friends a farewell visit, but | assure them that I shall visit the Grand | Rapids market every two week, when I |shall improve the opportunity to renew | the many pleasant friendships which have grown out of our mutually agreea- | ble business relations. Wishing you all the success you richly | deserve, I beg leave to subscribe myself, | | Your Friend, L. WINTERXITZ. | oe -2- <> | Country Callers. | Calls have been received at THE | TRADESMAN office during the past week | from the following gentlemen in trade: G. J. VanDuren, Holland. W. S. Root, Tallmadge. Lever & Lever, Newaygo. D. Gardner, Luther. a > Some People Do. Do what? Know a good thing when they see it. For those who use Gringhuis, Itemized Ledger certainly have a good thing, for they save time and labor and many disputes. Would you like a short form of double entry? If so,we guarantee our Customers, or Itemized Ledger, with a general Ledger, and our columned Cash Book for retail business, not to take over 15 minutes’ work each day, to keep posted up. Send for sample sheets and price list. GRINGHUIS ITEMIZED LEDGER Co., 403 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ’Tis Spring in the South. There’s a lazy, lollin’ feelin’ in the deep an’ dreamy days, The wind a kiss is stealin’ from the violets in the ways; An’ now the red woodpeckers are drummin’ more snd more, But the best of all is checkers by the village grocery store. Ah, me! there ain’t no sayin’ what fun is in that game, When a feller gets to playin’ till he mos’ fergits his name! Though one good sign of springtime is tax-sales on the door, The surest sign is checkers by the village gro cery store! —Atlanta Constitution. ee A Hint from Jay Gould. The secret of success is often stated to consist in nothing more than doing things in a first-rate way, no matter what the business may be. Jay Gould, the great railway king—or railway wrecker, whichever you choose to call him—threw out a hint of this sort a few days ago, when he happened to be in one of his talkative moods: “There is a woman out in Idaho, on the Union Pacific, who keeps a famous eating house. She made a reputation on a certain kind of cheese. I heard of it and stopped there. She gave me the nicest haunches of venison, even in sum- mer, and the nicest pies and cakes I had eaten in a long time. She gives her cheese to the Indians, who are very fond of it, and they, in turn, keep her sup- plied with venison the year round. No other house can get such venison. I stopped there a day or two just for that delicious meat, cheese and pastry. That lady is making money. And there used to be in Springfield, Mass., a hotel called the Massasoit House, famous all over New England for its waffles. When I was a young manl went up there and will never forget those waffles and the maple syrup they had. That hotel and its reputation kept the Boston and Albany, a rather slow road, in popular favor.’’ | \ OD d i , cations by which with one hour’s work (your own) you transform your useless cheese safe into a handsome store fixture. Last pound of your cheese then remains fresh and salable as first one cut. None to throw away. Doubie your sales. T B. LATOUCHE, Reference any comm’l agency. (Merchant), Ashland, 111. For 50¢ (stamps) I mail you specifi- 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 advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—OLD-ESTABLISHED GROCERY business, stoek, fixtures, etc., in hustling city of Muskegon. Reasons for selling, other business. A rarechance. Address Lew W. Cod- man, Muskegon, Mich. 456 Yr SALE—OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF GEN- eral merchandise at Chippewa Lake, con- sisting of hats, caps, boots and shoes, men’s fur- nishing goods, hardware, crockery and groceries. Having finished our lumber operations, we offer the above stock for sale cheap for cash or on time with good security. Will sell this stock as a whole or any branch of it. Enquire of Chip- ewa Lumber Co., Chippewa Lake, Mich., or of I. P. Wyman, See’y, Grand Rapids, Mich. 449 A BARGAIN—ULEAN STOCK OF MDSE., drugs included; also store for sale or rent; reason for selling death of one of the firm. Ad- dress Mrs. L. Curtis, Stockbridge, Mich. 448 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A LUMBER mill of 25,000 feet capacity in Michigan, with 800,000 feet of custom logs on the yard, Price, $2.000. Also a farm of 80 acres with 30 acres cleared. Price, $1,00). Would exchange for merchandise or hearse and undertaking goods. Address No 446, care Michigan Tradesman. 451 TIOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FLOUR MILL machinery for nearly a complete mill, good as new. Someisnew. Will sell dirt cheap or exchange for dry goods or most anything. A bargain forsomeone. H.S. Towner, 93 Fremont street, Grand Rapids. 417 OR SALE CHEAP—AT LISBON, MICH., A of store—an old established business. Enquire of Eaton, Lyon & Co.,or Stuart & Knappen, rooms 15,16 and 17, New Houseman Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. 463 OR SALE—ESTABLISHED JEWELRY BUS- iness, stock and fixtures. at Evart, Mich. No opposition. Reasons for selling, owner de- ceased. Splendid opportunity. F. P. Atherton, Reed City, Mich. 420) HREE HOUSES AND LOTs IN Dif FERENT parts of town, $1,100, $1,600 and $3,200 re- spectively. } commissions. drug stock all complete and favorable lease | If you buy of me you are paying no | ani ao " W. A. Stowe, 100 Louis street. 444 | Address No. 461, care Michigan Tradesman. 461 45 Sages SALE OF EXCHANGE—A LUMBER mill of 25 M. feet capacity, in Michigan, with 800 M feet of custom logs on the yard. Price, $2,000. Also a farm of 80 acres, with 30 acres cleared Price, $1,000. Would exchange for merchandise, or hearse and undertaking goods. Address No. 446, care Michigan Trades- man. 446 VYNHIS IS NO FICTION—I HAVE FOR DIS- posal, if I can find the right persons with from $1,000 to $5,000, two excellent, long-estab- lished and good paying businesses—both cloth ing and gents’ furnishing goods, Easy terms of payment, if-accommodation is required for part payment. None but principals treated with. Ad- dress in first instance, William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. 447 OR SALE—A CLEAN GROCERY STOCK, doing a good business. Reason for selling, poor health. W. L. Mead, Ionia. Mich. 305 Te SALE—GOOD NEW STOCK OF BOOTS and shoes in best town in Michigan. Cause of selling, ill health. Address No. 383. care Michigan Tradesman. 383 YOR SALE— TWENTY-FIVE ACRE FARM in Putnam county, Florida. Ten acres under cultivation Four acres in orange trees, lemons and limes, grape fruit. citron, pomegranates, quinces, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, figs, guavas, mulberries, strawberries, persimmons, dates, palms, olives, pecans, walnut, ornamental trees, etc. Two story cottage, barn, buggy house, horse, buggy, cart and farming tools. Place has been cultivated six years. Will sell for $2,500 cash. A. H. McClellan, McMeekin, Fla. ryyOo A MAN WANTING A FIRST-CLASS business, dry goods and boots and shoes, located in a town of 2,00, situated in a good agricultural district anda first class manufac- turing town. one of the best in the State of Mich- igan; store one of the finest and best location; will sell store building or rent for term of years: stock invoices from $10,000 to $11,000; will sell stock at its actual worth; stocks nearly all new and in first-class order. Any persons meaning business and wanting to do business in this lo- cation please address N. W. Mills, Otsego, Alle- gan Co., Mich. 458 | age SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE FOR stock of clothing, dry goods, and boots and shoes, two-story brick block, which rents for M75 annually. Best locationin town. Address No. 412, care Michigan Tradesman 412 Vy ANTED—TO EXCHANGE GOOD PAYING city real estate or timbered lands for stock of merchandise. Address No. 402, care Michigan Tradesman 402 OR SALE—STOCK OF MERCHANDISE AND store furniture of the late George Keech, of Centerville, Mich. Stock consists of drugs, paints, oils, glass, lamps, clocks, silverware, books, stationery, wall paper and curtains. Will rent store for term of years. W.Ss. & RE Fletcher, Administrators. 442 OR SALE CHEAP — WELL SELECTED drug stock — New andclean. Address F.A Jones, M. D. Muskegon, Mich. 391 SITUATIONS WANTED. BY REGISTERED Vy TANTED—SITUATION drug or drug and a; in a general store. Sixteen years’ experience in pharmacy. Best of references. Address A D. C., Box 37, North Muskegon, Mich. 445 w4 NTED—POSITION AS AN ASSISTANT pharmacist. Good references. Address No. 462, care Michigan Tradesman, 462 MISCELLANEOUS. R SALE CHEAP—A FIRST-CLASS (Tufts) soda water fountain and complete outfit. Only used about seven months. For terms ad- dress F. D. Hopkins, Alba, Mich. 4-4 NOR SALE—GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. K. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids 370 OR SALE—OR WILL TRADE FOR STOCK of merchandise, part or whole of 2 800 acres good farming land in Alcona county, Mich. Ad- dress Westgate & Paterson, Alpena, Mich. 465 I oO YOU USE COUPON BOOKS? UF So, DO you buy of the largest manufacturers in the United States? If you do, you are customers of the Tradesman ‘‘ompany, Grand Rapids. por SALE—TWO HUNDRED ACRES LAND (160 IM- proved), located in the fruit belt of Oceana coun- ty, Mich. Land fitted for machinery, good fences, large curb roof barn with underground for stock, horse barn and other necessary farm buildings. New windmill furnishes water for house and barns. Eight- een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees, two years old, looking thrifty. Price, $30 per acre, or will exchange for stock of dry goods. If any difference will pay cash. A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark 341 QVOR SALE—ABOUT 100 POUNDS OF NON- pareil type, well assorted as to figures, fractions and leaders. Just the thing for a couniry paper for use in tax sales and general work. Laidin two cases. Will sell for 25 cents per pound and $1 per pair for cases. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 359 OR SALE — BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- ed with native oaks, situated in gool residence locality, only 200 feet from e.ectric street Car line. Will sell for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis S 354 V FILL PAY SPOT CASH, 50 CENTS ON THE dollar, more or less, for clothing, dry goods, etc. J. Levinson, Petoskey. Mieh. 459 EGISTERED PHARMACIST WANTED — Apply to Van I. Witt. Lake City, Mich 460 NOR SALE—NEARLY NEW YOsT TYPE- writer. Reason for selling, we use a Bar Lock and consider it superior in every respect. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis street. So PHARMACIST who has $500 in ready cash to purchase a half interest in well-established drug store in good town. surrounded by excellent farming country. Present proprietor is not registered. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. “State Board of Pharmacy. Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. James Vernor, Detroit. Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor George Gundrum, Ionia. 3. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan. cob Jesson, Muskegon. as. Vernor, Detroit. Treast ure r—Geo. Gundrum, Tonia. ® Meetings for 1892—Star Isiand (Detroit), Marquette, Au ag 31; Lansing, November 1. One Year— Two Years- Three Year: July 5; Michigan State .P harmeaceutical Ass’. Pre sident— H. G. C pleman, Kalamazoo. Parkill, Owosso; L. ry Detroit. Detroit. , Detroit. Pauley, St. ‘W. Strir nger, Detroit; C. eting—Grand Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and 4. t J ohn D.} Muir. Grand Rapids r "harmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of Marck June, September and December, Grand Ra ‘“ Drug Clerks’ ———- resident, F. pp; Secretary, W. C. Smit Oetroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, F i Ro yhnert; Secretary, J. P. - Rheinfrank. — Mus kegon Drug Clerks’ Associaticn. President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. The Ceeremetol Traveler i in History. You make me feel something to-night like the old darkey who said: ‘‘I allus likes it when I stumps my toe, ’cause it allus feels so good when it’s gettin’ well.” My reception has been so pleasant that it reminds me also of another story. There was an illiterate man who hada son in college—one of these colleges, you know, where they have a minstrel show —J mean a glee club—a tug of war, a boat club and are branded with a cigar and all that aud where they stay at home once a month and read books. The boy wrote a — : to his father, who couldn’t read. The old gentleman took the letter to the village blacksmith, who was a gruff, rough man, to read. The black- smith read it and said in his way: ‘‘He him some grew very **| shan’t give him a cent. through the best he can.”’ As he went out of the shop he met the village clergyman who noticed his anger and enquired the cause. The old gen- tleman told him that his son had written him a saucy letter demanding money. The clergyman insisted that he must be wrong and asked to see the letter. He read it to the father, in his soft, gentle way, as follows: ‘‘Dear Father. I am very sick and need some money: won’t you please send me some.’’ *‘Oh!’’ said the father, ‘“‘if that’s the way he writes, why Pll send him money right away.” So you see, gentlemen, a great deal is in how you hear a thing. If the scientists are to be trusted, there must have been an immense amount of traveling done by races and individuals which has left no trace in history at all. They tell us, these scientists, that man probably emerged from monkeydom some- where in Central Asia; that he began to realize his human responsibilities any- where from 200,000 to 500,000 years ago. In such rough calculations science doesn’t venture to specify particular days in the month when human history began to be, but, like the weather prophets, leaves you a satisfactory margin upon which to come and go. Now, if man began his history in Asia, some representatives of the race must have traveled immense dis- tances for ages before they kept any satisfactory accounts of the transaction. For instance, in this country, man must have crossed what is now known as Behring Straits and wandered south over the immense reaches of country which streteh from Alaska to Patagonia, and communication between those who traveled and those who remained or stopped on the way must have been cut completely off: for when the Spanish came to South America they could not find the slightest evidence that the Peru- vians, who had gotten pretty well up in the world, knew of the existence of the Mexicans to the north of them, while all those fellows south of the Argentine Re- public had had time to forget all the civ- ilization they ever knew. They had for- gotten how to even wear clothes and go to church or do any kind of manual says he’s sick and you send money.’’ The old gentleman fiery and said: Let him get a by Rev. John Snyder, of St. Louie, at the annual banquet of the Western Commercial Travelers’ Association. J. Wurzburg, Grand Ré —_ | , | labor except highway robbery and other | |such light forms of employment. But | we search in vain for any slightest hint | |of why these ancient races left their | original homes and traveled so far away. | ness competition—because in those days unveracity which was gotten up for his especial benefit—some piece of statistics, for instance,that would make even a Chi- cago drummer pale with envy. And ‘then when he attempted, in the way of It is highly probable that they did not | leave the old homestead beeause of busi- | our modern form of business competition | didn’t exist. Their methods were very isimple. The chief or king took all he wanted and the other fellows fought over | the remainder. The more they killed, | the fewer to divide among. Maybe they came in search of food or | to find some new people to fight with, or, | what is more probable, they were crowd- ed out of the old home, the weaker by ithe stronger, and obliged to find new | stands for business; for monopoly | seems to be as old as creation. Anyhow, | the matter seems to be shrouded in thick | darkness. If that eminent French | scientist who has just gone to Central | Africasucceeds, by his new patented pro- cess, in opening up communication with the aristocratic monkeys that inhabit that region, he may find that they have records that will throw light on this subject. One thing seems to be certain. this period of extensive traveling (whether commercial or otherwise, we cannot tell) had passed by, it was fol- lowed by what we may eall a stay-at- home epoch. People practically gave up traveling. Nations and races settled down to the cultivation of the domestic virtues. Each race or nation grew and propagated its own characteristics. Pro- vincialism flourished. Separate lan- guages, separate social customs, separ- ate religions sprang up. The idea of human brotherhood and relationship grew weak and decayed. Then it may be said the commercial traveler appeared in his- tory. And, remember, I put every man under the head of the commercial tray- eler who is the medium of exchange by which people get and give any sort of wealth. You may say that is a broad definition. But it is not too broad, be- cause there are kinds of wealth which money can’t buy, and which are more needful to aman’s happiness and wel- fare than anything that money could buy. And the first sample cases did not contain groceries or boots and shoes. They contained religion, education, lit- erature and art. And in those days it meant a great deal more to be a commer- cial traveler than it does now, be- cause, as soon as aman stepped outside of his own territory, he took his life in his hand. ‘To be a stranger was to be an enemy. Nowadays no commercial man is really personally in danger of his life —unless, perhaps, he be a lightning rod After man. In those days they cut a man’s throat. Now they only cut under his prices. Now you take away a competi- tor’s reputation; then they took away his life. Now a man says: ‘‘Oh, yes, that baking powder looks well enough, but put iton the stove and it will smell so of ammonia that you can’t stay in the same township with it. Our baking powder is not only pure, but we give with each can achromo that Michael Angelo coukin’t tell from one of his own works.’’ In the old days they said toa commercial man: ‘‘Can you claim rela- tionship with us; do you go tothe same church and vote with the same political party?” If his answers were not satis- factory, his firm permanently lost track of him. Viewing the traveling man from a higher plane than is usually done, we may say without irreverence and in all seriousness, that Abraham was a com- mercial traveler. He carried into that unknown West a type of religion higher and grander than any that mankind had known; a religion that finally elevated and instructed the future more than all other human forces and institutions com- bined. And so we may say of Herodotus, called by some the Father of History, and by others the Father of Lies. He surely was a true type of the commercial trav- eler. He went through the cities of Greece and the Orient, bartering historic information. Sometimes he got cheat- ed. He would swap a good slice of real historic information for a piece of gaudy legitimate trade, to pass it off on the next community, they would abuse him like a trust company; nay, they couldn’t let him get out of their sight without the | danger of every stranger getting hold of | him and filling him to the brim with facts that weren’t worth 2 cents on the $1. Now, the modern commercial trav- eler has advanced beyond that. Nobody can get him full [laughter] of false in- formation and manufactured historical facts. In order to avoid that he manu- factures the facts concerning his busi- ness for himself, and the country mer- chant plays the part of Herodotus. And so we can come down the ages until the stream of time carries us irresistibly to that great race that bears the name of Abraham’s children, that wonderful Jew- ish race. It is an amazing fact that while the Hebrew religion and polity seem constructed with a view to the en- tire separation and isolation of this peo- ple from the rest of the world, they be- came the greatest commercial travelers in history—a nation of drummers, so to speak. Just think of it! Among all the master races of Europe and down to the remotest corners of this continent we find a religion which the Jew first car- ried in his heart and in his Bible to the nations of the world. The great cities of the Roman Empire were filled with Jewish commercial travelers a century or two before Paul, true to his Jewish instincts, carried the gospel to the seat- tered children of his own race. The Dark Ages came to Europe largely be- cause the nations sat down in provincial isolation; made no wholesome exchange of intellectual products between people and people. But the Jew had no dark ages. Hecarried the best he knew or could learn from nation to nation. And his rabbinal schools shone with the best light the age could command even when they greamed in the midst of darkness. And when the great reformation broke like a tempest over Europe, and the peoples were stormily shaken together, the dis- seminators of the books that voiced the religious and intellectual awakening of Europe were the commercial travelers, who, often at the risk of their lives, car ried these precious volumes at the bot- tom of their packs and sold them to a people hungry for knowledge. But the greatest commercial traveler of modern times was, perhaps, Chris- topher Columbus himself, who really opened that territory which you yearly invade with your goods and your anec- dotes. You gentlemen of the road really owe a great debt of gratitude to Chris- topher. Withcut his efforts on your be- half, you might be cutting each other to pieces in some restricted territory in Europe unsuited to the scope and magni- tude of your genius. Butthere are some romantic illusions about Christopher which I consider it my duty to dispel, as an impartial historian. Some few years ago the Catholic church made up its mind that it would canonize Christopher —make a saint of him; so they began a postmortem examination of Christopher’s record to see whether his moral charac- ter would stand the strain of such an honor. Now, you know, when they in- tend to make a saint of a man, they in- quire not only into his orthodoxy, but as to his personal record. Christopher was sound enough as to his religious views. They said he was like the old man of whom it was said that he was a Chris- tian but wasn’t always working atit. I am afraid that some commercial trans- actions in which he was’ engaged wouldn’t stand the light. When Chris- topher set cut to discover this country he had some pretty high terms for a mere traveling man. You would have thought he was a member of the firm. He wanted to be made Admiral first be- fore he had earned a cent of commis- sions. Then he wanted to be Vice-Royal of all the lands he discovered. Besides this he said he must have ten per cent. of all the property they should buy or steal in the new world; and if they didn’t like the terms, why, they could go and discover America themselves, for he wouldn’t stir a foot. I don’t think this was modest or scientific. Suppose one of you travelers should say that you wouldn’t stir a peg on your route unless the firm should give you the title of Colonel, promise to secure you the nomi- tion for Governor of the State of Texes and give you ten per cent. of all the house made in a year. As my youngest boy says, they would probably ask you what kind of nerve tonic you used. I think these simple facts about Chris- topher should be known, especially as they are going to make sucha fuss over him next year at Chicago! If time per- mitted, I might go on and speak of an array of noble and stately men who have shed luster upon your noble profession— of Captain John Smith and Ponce de Leon, and those Spanish commercial travelers who went into Mexico and Peru. To be sure, their main purpose was to carry the Christian religion, with allits blessings, te the benighted hea- then. But they made the heathen pay a pretty heavy price for this religion in the shape of the precious metals! I might speak of Ananias, who has such conspic- uous mention in the Book of Acts! But I can’t stand here praising you all night. Other speakers must have a show. Let me say, as I close, dear friends, that men often fail to estimate the marvelous part which your profession has played in civ- ilization. The mere interchange of ma- terial commodities between nations—dis- figured as that interchange is sometimes by greed and selfishness—has widened the horizon of the human intellect and enlarged the sway of the humane quali- ties of the soul. You have been the torch bearers of civilization. In discov- ering these common needs of man to which commerce ministers, you have helped to realize the common brother- hood of the race. Remember this: As you push your energy and enterprise into new territories it may be your for- tune to touch communities where the re- fining influence of education and the up- lifting power of religion may not have kept pace with the busy feet of com- merce. If you are honest, and pure, and temperate, those communities will get a better notion of the power of religion to make true manhood than they would get from 100 missionaries who are not called to know your daily fight with the score of temptations that beset every traveling man who is earnest in his noble voca- tion. ~~ A Crazy Tramp’s Wild Actions. A crazy tramp entered a drug store at Racine, Wis., and demanded that he be given some morphine. A refusal caused him to send a bottle crashing through a show case. He also kicked holes in the panes of two more show cases. The damage will amount to $40. The tramp was arrested. —__—~ -4 <> The Drug Market. Opium is weak and lower. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is dull but un- changed. Citric acid is advancing. Borax is lower. i The Lord never intended grief to spread; you can cry in secret, but you can’t enjoy a joke alone. Do You Want Dyes That satisfy your customers? That net you a good profit? That are in fact “Perfection?” GuUshing's Perfection Dyes. All our goods will be delivered carriage paid either by mail or express. DEALERS’ WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 1 doz packages, m 80 6 doz packages, “ 20 3 12 00 One gross in in with advertising aueie, $9 All goods delivered free. Send cash with order, and address all orders to B. A. ALMY, Middleville, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PEGK BRO be va ~—— sate THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | 15 2 Morphia, S. P. & W. r thats 05 | Seidlitz Mixture..... @ 42 45 Wholesale Price Current. : 2H SNCS [sina er ~ woeeel a © C opt. oe @ | rained - ) Advanced—Citric acid. Declined—Opium, borax. Moschus Canton... .. 40 ~~ Maccaboy, De |SpiriteTurpentine.... 44 50 oe vi | Moses ie 7@ 75} Vo Q@ 3} Di bbl. Ib ox Segee (po 20).. @ 10 Snuff, ‘Secish, De. Voes @ 35 i I alsin ee i | Os. Sepia 18@ 20; Soda Boras, (po. 11 10@ 11| Red Venetian - id YQ3 ACIDUM, — rials He ale sas = TINCTURES. — Saac, H. & P. D. i Soda et Potass Tart 27@ 30) Ochre, yellow ¥ B4 Benzolcum German.. 60> 6s | Etigeron ..............2 25@2 50 | Aconitum a 60 | picts Lig, <6. 5 wr a ‘ae 5] Putty, commere Daranhe ? 30 | Gaultheria 2 00@2 10] vss 50 eis a, NC., 4 ga @2 00 an a. a ee ad) “strictly pure Tae 3 PERF See ce cece usece a a Geranium, ounce... “= Aloes. oe St aaa 8 2 # sn a 344Q : q aa ; y, va i on 3 * a dea 550 > Gentet, tem. ea Anes 50S S a and a myrrh. AAD 60 | Picis Liq., a = a Peay aap 2 nilion Prime Amer ; iy a eee oreres . ‘ I Hedeoma ee en 4 A HI 50 Arn ca. i 50 | eeoes Or — i ie U a Byaroenioy c.g 8 | Hedeom 1 On BO] AIM eee ne Bara gg | Mra ow O lie 1 Ca 10@ 12 La meio ve Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 | ES "Nigra, (Do, 22)... @ ‘ * gg or bbl oe in 20 | Limonis . . trees RB T@SB 2% Benacin.. [ce . Pix Bur aa $ , ? ch sapere? i 1@1 70 | Mentha Piper.......... 275@3 50/, 1D. ve eee e ee een eens re ing ah galteyis CUM .....+-+++. a 38 @! 70 aan et “a oa ies... 50 | | Flumbi Acet cn - 14@ 15] _ Less 5e gal., cash ten See 40e1 60 | Morrhuae, gal. "1 el 20 | ere ee i. — — —_ 9 a @ 50|Cantharides.... 000000202277 75 | —— no oxes H Sulphur, Subi OreRrtcual...........- 38 | Olive : go@? 75 | Capsicum .... oe 50 | Ce., dox..... @1 3 . — AMMONIA. Picis Liquida, (gal..35) 10@ 12| Ca peer a a4 come es... = = aoe ae cies dll 08 2 Me ec eae vice oo) Se a : : “2 deg ce 3% > 4 foment on 1 Bl Cee 1 00/ Quinia, 8. P. & Wo... 31@ 36 Theobromae 38 Gt Carbone Sree "Pa 14 | Rosae, ounce.......... GAR ee CRN 50 S. German....20 @ 30| pare eaiph 7? akan en tl eee. ae Cee 50 | Rubia Tinctorum..... img 14) Bt Supe Chioridum ............ li Oey a . Ce . 60} Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 28 Uo ANILINE. Santal ___._. COMMS SO} Saleen 1 90@2 00 RT Black 2 00@2 25 | Sassafras... . : j ti 50 | Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 ee “oie re Sinapis, ess, ounce. a oie ei ae wl. 12@ 14) Whale, winter... a re 2 ieee Se Ta 10@ 12] Lard, extra Yell ee "2 50@3 00 Thyme CO en RG Ce SS @ 15] Lard, No. 1.... 1 56 | Jay ee ets ee opt | oe. a Ge leceeae 50 Linseed, pure raw 39 42 rury. BACCAE, Theobromas........... 15@ | ¢, at Doses eeeee eee scenes = Cubeae (po. 80)...... 80@ 9) POTASSIUM mM amon E—* —————eeeee ane —_ oun ee teetee eee om = BECO ee ee 50 anthoxyium........-. on Bichromate .. cee es. en 1 a a vy . Bromide a. ctu eee SO ee GEO... . + 7 fp MUM. fad . ee eee ‘ — i le coe a oe | 7 j J A A j v J , i j N j Y —-: oo ‘@l 30 Cc ‘nlorate, (po. 16). ecu 18@ 20} Ferri Chloridum............ 35 - a Reyeneae...... a eR a oe Terabin, Canada — 2 Se ee 0 on Tolutan . so-soeeeee SO 50 Pubianas aieees, PUO.. Dee out meviwe....... sl... 50 CORTEX Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15] Nux Vomiea................ 50 oa ae Poetass Nitras,opt..... 8@ 10 —.... 85 2 Abies, Comedian. ......... a Focaes Tiitras......... “ © 3) oe oc i “ Sees wee weet e eee ees 18 Prussiate .. oo. 286 30! ‘ Deodor. Soe Yr PA eaougun is atropurp........ 30 ee Bs, “++ 15@ 18) auranti Cortex... 2.2... 8 ul , Myrica Cerifera, Po. oo 20 RADIX. Quassia ee 50 Prunus Virgini.. -eeeree 13) ACOnItarn wos.» 0@ 2] Rhatany ................ --- 50 and Jobbers of aia ee 14] Althae................. 25@ 30| Khel. teereere eres 5O Emponters Sassafras ...... i .. Misnthoa 12@ 15| Cassia Ac utifol- edie = ye Arum, eo eae a ten @ Co... Vad Ulmus Po (Ground 12). n - et 200 Wy SerpenseriA ll. ae EXTRACTUM. 10 12 Toluten es 60 . ul Habra 16a a) Oren ............ . & —— ag &@ 18) Valerian |... a oe Haematox, 15 lb, box @ 35| Veratrum V erlde. Oo : tg ot 15@ 2 MISCELLANEOUS, m % oeeree “ - co 5 " Spts Nit, or... — 28 ERRUM ‘PF. Tae l 2 . oad Carbonate oie weteee @, 15 a ‘ round, (po. CHEMICALS AND Citrate and Quinia @3 Sv po.. | et 2... 2 ' ae 0 3@ Citrate Solubie........ @ w i _@a 1 ———— ) a @ wW ao 1 751 An oni, po. a . | Solut Chior oe @ i \ we 5 é et PotassT. 55qh & Sulphste, com’ ----- 14@ 2 . @B tel Anton .._.... J we pare... .. @ 1 25) @ | Antifebrin.... @ 2 LORA : 35@ Argent! Nitras, ounce ( Be p = i ... 48@ %O| Arsenicam........ 5@ 7 7 Arnica ........ - a oe lis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 i Sees... 1.4... wD 3 ‘ M @ i Biemuth &. N...... 2 10@2 2 Matricaria eevee OQ BI Sef] ; ..-.-» 10@ 12] Calcium Chior, 1s, (4s FOLIA. Foot) a @ 9 DEALERS 1k 200) 75 oo @ 35} Cantharides Russian, i Suen ae utifol » Tin i oo = = aed > nivell ¥ 2D 28 _ German e 20 Capsici Fructus, aa : @ 2 & . z i " . Salvia officinalis, 4s sicily eat 18@ 2 i B po. Q@ ~» = a> . Ci “a a... Te B= " Caryophyllus, (po. 7 12@ 13 SS . > Ue Cie ee uisum, (po. 20). . @ 15) Carmine, ae b3 15 § s ; AY um (graveleons) 270, 22 | Cera Alba, S. &F... - DB SS be ce eaiaaeiatie ie P g | Cera Flava........ ._. se Aca Ba PO OOME ... ss +e. wate Agente fer the Oeicinewtu: R a Ta. Th Calci Carbo Carbon Carbona Absinthiui Auranti Cortd Bergamil ..... Cappull ...... 7 oe ewes Chenopodii ....... Cinnamonii Citronella .....:..., Conium oo aig Copaiba . a THE MICHIGAN, TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The q uotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. s a APPLE BUTTER Salmon. CHEESE. 5 | Columbia R ive er. Mat.... ...1 8 | Azeboy- a. @ noves coe nverers 5% | . oe. .... ..1 7% | Herkimer Ce @\3 ), 20 or 30 Ibs.... 6 | Alaska, ie 1 45| Riverside ............- @ ; | 2 lb . 2 10 Allegan @ AXLE GREASE. | Sardines. oe crete = Graphite. i American 48 - 4a@ 5 | Edam . @1 0 gr. Cases, per gr 8S 50 | +48 64@ 7 | Limburger a @10 = on Imported 348 @1: | Pineapple Le @% ~ j ‘ > ir 4 | Mustard = 7@9 | Roqueto ne Fe @% 3% | Boneless ap | Sap Sago........ ..-.. a2 31% Trout : Schweitzer, imported. @30 | i ' domestic @i5 | - oh ; 36 50 | Brook, 3 1b renal 2 50 CATSUP. 7 00 | FRUITS. | Half pint, common..... . oo 10 50 Apples. Pint os 1 vO % | 3 Ib, standard........ 85 | a " .1.50 _ York State, gallons. 2 40} Half pint, fancy........-.-- 1.25 ‘ | Hamburgh, “ 2 50 | eee . 2000 BAKING POWDER. Apricots. | Quart el 3 00 Acme core Onk....... » : 2 CLOTHES PINS. 4 Ib. cans, 3 doz 45 pee Crus.... 2 00 | 5 gross boxes...........-. . 40 2 ib > « : 4usk’s ne 2 50 ag Heeraad i 90] COCOA SHELLS. Blackberti Bi} bage..... @3 B. & W La 90 pe ——, @3% Cherries. Pound packages 6%@7 Red... i. ee Pitted Hamburgh 1% COFFEE. Ww hite 1 2 GREEN Erie 12] “Rio. Damsons, Egg Plums and Green | Fair : 16 Gages. Good a e..... — @1 25 | Prime 18 California. 1 70 | Golden. 20 Gooseberries. Peaberry ' 20 Common : 1 10 Santos Peaches Fair 18 Pj Good .. me: | : Max¢ oor... 18 -< doz - 1 50 | Peat c S — eaberry » [See HW hepa ard a 1 40 fae oe 1 33 | California 2 2 Mexican and Guatams’ ighPRICE’s me = e« 1 90 Monitor 1 35 | Fair.. 8 9 47 | Oxford ae 1 25| Gdo - = ) 2 47 orerees L a 300 } c ‘RE AM 1s Zz 3% Pears Fancy... BAKING Woz 47 | Domestic. ‘i Maracr nica tg ay | Riverside........... 210| Prime... Powper 5-] 1 60 Pineapples, Milled wey, B20 oxy mm ANS 10-10 41 80 | Common 1 30) > Johnson's sliced 2 50 | fnterior nt 40 grated 2 75| Prive a Quinces. Ma’ 1 50 |) COmmen a 1 10} 8, doz 45 Raspberries, ca Red ’ © | Black Hambur : —— Brie. black.. 8. 6 4 £0 9 onl. Strawberries iG : > on | aeWrence <4 toveipions ein taal ay | Bamburgh BATH BRICK. | 2 dozen in case, pin 90 Wh 70 } Common wor. & W Gross | Bluebe c | | | | ! | FARINACEOUS GOODS. | Farina. | 100 Ib, Kegs..-.--ceceee 4 Hominy. “Universal.” | Barrels a aa 3 % $ 1, per hundred. _ 83 00 | Grits .....--- seen ree e ences 4 2 ; > nn vee 3 at Lima Beans. " | 8 eee 5 00 | Dried sg ke i lt 4 $10, ok 6 00 | Maccaroni and Vermicelli. $20, se eaiea oi 7 00 | Domestic, 12 1b. box. 55 Above prices on coupon books Imported.....-..------ “104 44.@11% om aa ane vg following | Pearl Barley. uantity discounts 200 or over. 5 per cent, TB. oe on eee 3 @4 500 ‘ . i Peas. 1000“ ae i Bc le eewee oe 1 40 COUPON PASS BOOKS. ey eee 5 00 {Can be made to represent any Sago. a denomination from #0 « dow n. A te an, chet ate rere tees “ 20 books. . il 0 | ast India. eee ae o% uth ak eee ee at rs w heat. — 3 00 | | Cracked a 5 ee el 4 5 | Ce a a EE ee FISH--Salt. — CT ee soe Bloaters. B bee ne 1 10 CONDENSED MILE. Cod. 4 doz. in case. ee 4 Eagle “— 7 40 | Whole, Grand Bank... 6 @6% — *. g 25 | Boneless, bricks ...... 7%@8 | Gennine Swies......--....- § 00 | Boneless, strips.. 74@8 American Swiss... ..--+++- 7 00 Halibut. CRACKERS. Smoked oe seeseeees 12 Butter. erring. nn Seymour yy. i Scaled.....cceesecccess 18@W Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6% Holland, bbis......-.- 11 00 Family XXX. i. a e age “ore 85 Family XXX, “Gartoon...... 6% Round shore, a bbl.. 3 25 | Gaited RMR...) ...)-. 4. Ean bbl. 1 35 | Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% Mesherel. Kenosha .. 7% | No. 1, % bbls. 90 lbs........ 11 00 | Boston. .... 7 Be. 1, kits, 10 lbs... la Butter biscuit . 6% Family, % bbis., 100 Ibs.... 5 50 Soda. Kits, 10 Ibs.......- 7 1s, cx Sardites. i —<— = Russian, kegs....--....-- 45 ' Soda, Duchess : 8% Trout. -ystal Wafer.......-. 10 Ne. 1, rf bbis., 100Ibs........6 50 vtion Flakes. . 10 No. 1, Kits, 10 Ibs.....------- 90 Oyster. Whitefish. " XX. 6 No. 1, % bbls., 100Ibs.. .-8 00 8 | No. 1, kits, 10 1 Eh 1 10 "e--sees 3 Family, % bbls., 100 Ibs ... 3 50 AR. ' tits 10 lbs. = 30 —— tee iy FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’ D C. Lemon. Vanilla % 25 ao 1 50 2 00 0} | | | | | | | | ROLLED OATS. Barrels 180.. @4 40 Half bbls 90. @2 30 PICKLES. | Medium. | Barrels, 1,200 count.......- - 00 | Half parrels, 600 count.... 2 50 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count.. 4 50@5 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 2 75@3 60 PIPES, Clay, a 1 % 'T D, fulicount........ & i We 8. ......-----<% lo POTASH. 48 cans in case. ee 4 00 | | Penne Gait Oo.4........-. 32 ROOT BEER Williams, per -.... ...1 = 8 doz. case... 5 00 RICE. Domestic. Carolina head.........----+-+: 7 r me. i. .-. eee ' i @ 5 PO ieee race enone Imported. Japan, No. 1.... .... -.+.--+ 6 r a ee 5% Java....+- Lect cue @ cee cen cnee nee eees 5 SAUERKRAUT. Silver r Thread, Sapa $4 50 Me ce cs 2 25 SPICES. Whole Sifted. Allspice ce Cassia, China in mats...... 8 igs Batavia in bund....1 . Saigon In rolls...... 35 Clov es, Amboyna.....-. a8 Zanszibar..... 13 Mace Batavia....... .. a Nutmegs, ae ee No. 1. ae » a 65 Pepper, singapore, black....15 white "25 . a lf... _- Pure Ground in Bulk. Allspice ...........-------+-- 15 Cassia, Batavia Se ee 20 and nen 25 ” saigon . oe .oo Cloves, Amboyna. 30 “ ZAnStDer . te .20 Ginger, — 15 Yochin. .18 , cies 20 *tacre Batavia.....---------- 80 ‘ard, Eng. and — 2 Trieste.. 27 . No.2 ie 'gapore, black a "Pac ks ges. we AB “a 1S $4 155 84 155 4 155 | 1 Se 1 55 r 55 i | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 17 Solar Rock. SWEET GooDs. Seotten’s Brands. WASHBOARDS. ores Bulk. | _ DEERSKINs—Per pound 56 Ib. sacks...... . --.... 25] Ginger Snaps.......... g | Zemo,....---- 0+... - eee 22 — Mediums, per gal. $1 00} Thin and green ........ . 10 Saginaw and Manistee. Suger Creams......... g | Hiawatha,............ 37 — : on 1 60 | Long gray... ....-----0022 05. Common Fine per bbi..... 90 | Frosted Creams....... g | Valley City ......-..-. 34 clams 7 ae 125|Gray ......... nal aitsa ne | aatenarus Graham Crackers.... Sie t Finzer’s Brands. Shrimps sain 1 25 Red and blue a . Oatmeal Crackers.... gy, | Old Honesty...-...--. 49 Scallops ane 1 75 Packed 60 lbs. in box. : : : Jolly Tar........-..... 32 OYSTERS—Cans. Os. Oe %83 30 0 Middleton’ s Brands. Fairhaven Couuts... @35 The Staudard Vil Co. quotes ieee... Se TEAS. Here It Is...........-. 28 F. J. D. Seleets ... @0 as follows, in barrels, f. 0. 6 eee... .. Ct... Se — Old Style... st hf ——....... .. ' @2%5 Grand Rapids: Taylor’s .....--- 3 00), — . |das.@. Butler & Co.’s Brands. | Fo. vcsecee, @@) |W. W. Headlight, 150 i Fair ........ poset. @1% Something — i 28 | Anon ......-.... 20) fire test (old test) SOAP. Good bese aar cen as eens . @20 | Toss Up. ek 26 | Standards ..... .. @is Water White LAUNDRY. Choice....... ..--- 24 @% | Outof Sight. . 25 | Favorites...... oe eiG | Napiha ........ “ Rs —— & Chute mene: ae eee ae = a Pri iv ate Brands. | Cn Gasoline vee, We Oe........... oi" : ‘ @is Sweet Mand.......-... -— | i‘ylinder 24 sow, 1 M008 .......... . 5 SUN CURED. L. & W. $id as 26 ch a per MA ..... 1 2@1 a Rugine ee Mono, 100 12 02 1. 385 | mes. @it Smoking. qe -- 75@1 0) Biuek. 25 to 30 deg German Family, i tb ee eee a Bou... 12% Ee a cen SD Bitib..... S10 ces eee Galanin Cihelee..-...-..--- 13 HIDES, PELTS and FURS POULTRY. hae Castile, 75 1 tb LS OG eee ae Warpath . NT 14 Local dealers pay as follows Marbled, 75 1 1b _ i Gae....., es + ee PE cess... ee Perkins & Hess pay as fol | for dressed fowls: Savon Improved, 60 1 D.. _2m ae -- +710 @I1z King Bee. _ oe lows, prices nominal: Spring chickens 12 @13 Sunflower, 10010 0z........ 2 7% BASERT FIRED. ila Dried... cee 17 k | HIDES E oe oes +L @R Oe, 10010 ee ee 18 @eo i Nigger Head................ 23 Single. | Green . lS co eys -verseee 14 @IS Golden GOite |... S Menon... :..... @25 | Honey Dew..........--.---+ Siti eo eg | Beane Cured... oo @4 ucks sotees 13 @l4 Moonomical. 9) 2ib.... ... 2 i Choteet........-... -. @35 alg Bick........-.. ..... SE ea TE @ 4% | Geese 3,12 @14 Standard, 30 21b ... 2 35| Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 | Peerless... oe eg Ae elise see cea 5 @6 Live Broilers 144 to 2 rr an ost Gee i. Wises Brands. . @UNPOWDER oe a ei 1 00 | Kips, green TS ae each tt! 0 E> a Country, 80 i-th ...... Set alg i u Uncle Sam.. Li leeeee se | emo 1101. Sured.........-.. @ 1%] PAPER & WOODENWARE Good Cheer, Ott a go | Common to fair....... 25 @35 Tom and Jerry. Tas 25 Wefhance...... ee oe Calfskins, green...... 4@5 r 2 " White Borax, 100 3 Ib...... 3 60 | Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 DUIGe PING... ..cccesesees. -« 30 HAGAN Double eae ae cured......5 @ 6% PAPER. Proctor & Gamble. Choicest fancy....... % @s85. | Yum Yum.......... 32 | Wilson...... Se —— sking...... ...10 @30 ne 1“ oe Concord ......- . 280 ey @2 | Red Clover.......... Joe | USastnaw 00.) 2 2: 2 hides \& off. Rockfalls weeen sees Ivory, 10 02... .... ..--+. 6 75 ce ee 32 liv Oia PELTS wg bhp a i a ’ 7 fai 23 @30 Mival....... Loe Hardware a 4 09 | Common to fair... ...% Mandmade..............-.-- Me Ua eels 0 CL a ae | i ; Lomas ie cee ee eres ees 365] | IMPERIAL. BOG 2.1... 8... ew ecie eens = SS lereseene. Se ee ....-50 @1 50) Dry Goods a a ottled German..... ... 3 15} Common to ray. ...... 23 G 26 - Es ne Lyte weal | oe 34 CC eee 3 v0 | Superior oogne........ 30 @35 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS a aeek |... owl... 2 Washed - 20 @25 | Red # cu spall i : TOILET. VouNG HYEON. tcc Peat Mi 2 25 v a ............. Go | ae xpr i. be) Snow, 1006-02 __......... EN id oa i 18 @26 WHEAT. 5 ett Unwashed ....... ....10 @20 * No 2 4%, Cocoa Castile, 24 Ib........ 3 00] Superior to fine.......30 @40 | No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) Se ae MISCELLANEOUS letein. .. ma os Silverine, 100 12 0Z.-0.2+--- 3 50 ENGLISH BREAKFAST ner as eal "gi forbarrel. ee at 34@ 4 | Cen Wek dese +2 3S " ny 5 $1 for barrel. Grease butter ........ 1 ee ea "46 BO Oe ce £0) Wake ee ee ae , ; ‘ B..-+ +. = 16 Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz.... 2 50| Choice..............--- 24 @ Bolted... ........---.----. 120] Bulk “a oa cc 30 — LRT 2 bee 50 | Sea Island, assorted 3 hand, 3 doz....... eS 40 @50 Granulated. . vescessees 140] Beer mug, 2doz incase... 175]. he . i | No. 5 Hemp ....-..-..--. -+-15 Fowsh Fakes, 1008... 5 Straight, in msi 450 | YEAstT—-Compressed. FURS. | a Ce re 7 . La 2 OO ee : | 2} E. | SUGAR. TOBACCOS. . ——* be eet ne 4 = | ——— . —_—: = Outside prices for No.1 only. | Tubs, a arsenate 6 es ee ine Cut. atent ‘* sacks a " i i ae | B..-+ es — oan a. Screen eee g an — sae ae ' “ Berresm........ 5 60 - sear wena per = cakes... 15 | Badger ...... ......... 50@1 00) ip No. 3. --- 5 00 Powdered woe in @ 4% Pails unless otherwise noted. | Graham “ sacks.... ... 210} CA eee ree ecg is atin iy toad weet testes +e .| Pails, - : two- hoop. 1 35 : ai _ e 2 50 | ee O0@Z 0 ' 2e 1 6 ee A L 3 a% ee rake. cL 34 _ MILLSTUFFS. Saw | FISH and OYSTERS. Cat, wild aa 00 50 | 1C “lothespin 8 aa eu 50 ats... : @ 7 MeGiity......... .... 24 ee 16 00|. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as; ‘‘ house............ 10@ 25} Bowls, en ee White Extra Cc. oe @4.18 C 2. DPS. ... +s. 22 Coreen. .............., 16 | follows. ae 4 00@E6 00 | ' a .1.2 ee Oe @ 4% Little Darling. Leteeues 22 Middlings...... a oe FRESH FISH Woe voe............... 1 00@1 50; 3 _2@ Cc. ie a ig bbl.. a | ised Weed... ....... 17 00 | Whitefish ............ 8 @10 « epoue........... 300001 “ W .............. 2 7 Yellow ee A ‘3x2 33, | 1791 becamgee rotate 20 | Coarse meal..... ae oe | oat actrees TS @° os grey...-. a = - assorted, 17s and 198 2 50 oa) ts be... ..---.- 19 / alibu oe ae 5 war... Sec eeua ee 2 00@3 C o 8,178 and 19s 2 7 Xie tua bbs. a 8. Me advance — Valley City... os 33 * valooiminaa " Ciscoes 2 2s Martin, dark. _..---) O03 GO) G ask ets, market...... = ena eee en — Car lot 43 SYRUPS. Mandy dt 27 oo a cae tone ca 5 | Blosies. ae a , pale & yellow 50@1 00) shipping b ushel.. 12 Corn Meangea ........... 20 www Qg—0wT=°0°06C=°°' r uefis Lie ee Ce Min - oo 40@1 10} ' full hoop i= Harcels....... eT 23 Plug. oaTs. Mackerel.............. 15 @2S | Muskrat............... @@ 15) ‘* bushel ... : 1 50 aris... 25 3 Car lots 34 Te ...........-.- -... Ge | Oppossum.. a. 15@ 30 | ° wi illow er ths, No.1 5 75 aye Pannen rae a - , rT 9@e9 . ao | heen thas carlo 01.) 3 California salmon... @15 | Otter, dark. ....--5 00@8 00 | No.2 6 25 Fair enn wat = sone 8. 6 | No. 1 Pickerel......... @9 | Raccoon.......-.---.-- 25@ 75 | “No.3 725 ee 95 | Nobby Twis 38 =e ee a. @ 8 | Sank. ea i 7" oplint “Nou 3 oo SS eee : Zz ‘ No. 1 Timothy, car lots....13 00 Smoked White ....... @ 8 Worr........ -c.cae . CGS GO) . i ' No.2 4 2% Choice 30; Oh My 29 sige he en eee tee - No.1 ° ton lots .14 90 | Bloater, per box...... } | Beaver castors, Ib.....2 00@5 00 | . - ‘ No.3 5 0c We Affirm That And Poor Goods Good Goods Make Mar Business. S Business. Grocerymen: Are you entirely satisfied with your sales of High Grade Coffees‘ Are you sure that you are selling the best to be obtained? Hillside Java is a scientific combination of Private Plan- tation Coffees, selected by an expert, and from whieh it is possible to make a beverage that will please you. Cup qualities always uniform, and is a trade winner wherever introduced. Do you sell it? Roasted and Packed only by THE J. M. BOUR CoO., 140 Summit St., Toledo, O., also Detroit & New York. We are represented i in Michigan as follows: Eastern Michigan, P. V. Hecuier; Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana, M. H. Gasser; Western Michigan, Thos. Ferauson |‘ Old Fergy’’|. 18 WRONGLY INFORMED. Action of the Knights of the Grip on the “Green Seal’ Cigar. DETROIT, aoe 17, 1892. Detroit Cigar Manufacturing Co., Detroit: DEAR Sirn—Being ow med that you propose doing away with traveling sales- men, 1 beg to be informed as to the facets in that re , as it has been proposed to me to x the matter before our next meeting, March 19. 1 wish to have the facts properly represented and propose to give you an opportunity to defend ye iilon Of your interest. | understand you have recently iet one of your o st aud best men go, and your only € was t ou proposed to sell your goods without the use of tray- eling salesmen. Your failure to respond to above com- mu V * considered prima faci g of the matter, as * correct, and will ordingly. give the matter your ion, | remain, sincerely, W. V. GawLey, Sec’y and Treas. Post C., Knights of the Grip. MR. MC LEAN’S REPLY. T, March 18, 1892. »f the : Srn—Yours of that you are to do away the 17th at hand, informed that we with traveling sales- ‘harged one of giving sell | traveling men and have recently disc . ‘ . Eke } our Odes aviest Saie-mMen, as an excuse that we proposed to our goods without the aid of salesmen. In reply to above, I desire to say that we haye made no such proposition. Our past experience has taught us that such | a position i is not practical. In regard to the gentleman referred to | as having been discharged under that wish to say that the gentleman rot di I simply told tl had decided not to send him | out on the road again (for reasons mu- ily understood), but that he could have his former position in the house, occupied for eight years pre- | vious to going on the road for us. After | scharged at all. which he a consideration of the matter, he | co «di to seek another traveling posi- tion, which he was not long in finding, ol known integrity secured him the first vacancy he encountered. We had two other travelers, besides the | gentleman referred to, who continue with On March 1 we placed Mr. Geo. M. | S son, representing us east and south Cleve — Obio, and have since en-| gaged Mr . F. Smith, of Port Huron, to nt usin Michigan, or, at least, a part of Michigan, commencing April 1, we are considering the advisability | sutting on an extra man in the west | ha Lower Peninsula, and un- do hall do so by the 1st of May, | al The above - facts will show you that, in- | of dispensing with our three trav- | elers, we are increasing our force to five. Trusting that the foregoing statement | of facts may be satisfactory to you, 1 Respectfully yours, JNO. MCLEAN, Manager. stead remain, March 23, 1892 DETROIT, Litor -Enciosed please find a copy written by me to the parties iressed, and also enclosed find response to same. I was t our last regular meeting, on » furnish the Detroit Free roit papers and the with a copy of rrespondence. P} look the matter over and give the same what pub- licity you think advisable. W. V. GAWLEY, Treas. Post C., K. of G. >> > Good Words Unsolicited. the co ease See’y and Allan F. Littl] and general deale . Aar I per since the first aes r+} . if } i for life.” Ferris & Welton, general dealers, Holton: “We need your paper every week in order to do busi- ness understandingly, as should every other | well-regulated merchant,” | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | John Gray, grocer, Shipshewana, Ind.: “I | think itisa good paper.” H. 8. Tenny, grocer, Stimson: “I could not get along without it and do not wish to lose a single number.” G. Hirschberg, general dealer, Bailey: ‘‘Be sure and not omit sending me THe TRADESMAN regularly, ss I would be lost trying to do busi ness in Michigan without it.” _— >. _——_—_____- $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to curein all its stages, and thatis catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical frater- nity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giv ing the patient strength by build- zy upthe constitution and assisting nature in leing its work. The proprietors have so much | fai ith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F, J. CHENEY & CO., tS" Sold by druggists, 7c Toledo, O. aud Syrop aus, 1 ( Paper Packed Screw. WRITE FOR PRICES Wm Brimneler Sons Manufacturers and Jebbers of Pieced & Stamped Tinware, 260 8. IONIA ST., TELEPHONE 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton St.,Grand Rapids SUHLUSS, ADLER & C0, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pats, Shirts, Overalls ——AND—— Gents Fornishing Goods. 184, 186 & 188 JEFFERSON AVE., DETROIT, MICH. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—In good demand and firm at present quotations. Russets, Baldwins and Greenings easily —— $2.50 per bbl, while Spys are firmly held at $2. i Beans — Without material change, either in price or demand. Jobbers pay about $1.20 for country stock and hold city picked pea or me- dium at $1.60 per bu Butter— No particular change from a week ago. Jobbers pay 18@20c for good to choice dairy and hold same at 21@28c. Factory creamery is in fair demand at Be. Celery—25c per doz. Cabbages—50.@60e per doz. Cranberries — Repacked Cape Cod arein fair demand at # 50 per bbl. Dried Apples—Sundried is held at 44%@5e and evaporated at 64%@i7c. Eggs—Jobbers pay 10@1lic and hold at 12@13c. From present indications, the dealer who pays the producer over 9c adozen during the next week gets left. Honey—1l4c per lb. Lettuce—Grand Rapids Forcing is in fair de mand at 20¢ per Ib. Ouions—Green are in fair demand at 35¢ per dozen bunches. Dry stock is in small demand and supply, commanding 60@s8ve per bu. Pieplant—10c per Ib. Potatoes—No change in the market, producers having come to the conclusicn that no higher | prices may be looked for this season. Radishes—40c per doz. bunches. Squash—Hubbard, 1c per lb, Sweet Potatoes—The ‘market isa little higher, choice stock now readily commanding #%3.50 per bbl. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS, ae eee a, ca io Jee ee 11 £0 Extra clear pig, ork cae 14 00 meee chee Wey... Clear, fat ME 13 50 ome Chome, MOE CHE... 23 50 acer eee ree. 14 (0 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 14 00 SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. es ee 7% er ee 9 Tongue Sausage..... eee cede ee eeu ceca ae Peres Cs oo 7 ee 5 Deere, weretemt................. eae risecs © eer ee 5 eee eee... 5 LARD—Kettle Rendered See 8 to oe weee............. GRANGER ie ae ee 7% oe Onees............., oe 7% ho ee eee pe Ty 10 ee 8 . 5 C—O , . 84 2 + ee ee LARD. Com- Family pound eee one aE 54% oem’ GO th, Tubs... 22... 6 5% Bib. Pate, ine caee.......... 6% 6% Sib. Fatin, 12 ina case........... 65 65g 10 Ib. Pails, Sin aGeee.......... 6% 6% 20 Ib. Pails, 4in a case. «soa 6 Ess ---6 5% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............. . 6 Extra Mess, Chicago packing....... See 6 50 oe 9 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average 20 = ee cee eee as 9 ee 934 : o 12 = 14 ee 10 eee 6% [ aoe 8% ee 6% Breakfast Bacon, — eee 8% Dried beef, ham prices.. a Long Clears, eee . 6% Briskets, mene TE OE oe Ke ee 7 FRESH MEATS. Swift & Company quote as follows: a ee 5 @6 - oe quarters oe 6%@ 7% . SS a @ 4% _ we ee 8. @ 9 ' — LL. 8 @8% . eee 5 @6 ni eee @ oimean, 9, ee @ 4% Pork loins.. r @ 7% ee @6 Sausage, a meee... @ 4% ee @ 4% ' Sais eee @7 Mutton ...... ee be secre lekbuaeus.. @9 doe a iis 7 @8 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails, —— oer Te. 6 7 Pee eo 7 e "Ewlat a 6 7 Boston Cream........... 20 Ib. cases 8% MO EN ieee esd ces 7 8 Rita 0 .cases 7 8 MIXED CANDY. Full Weight. Bbis. Pails. Pe cin ee tee. soe e 7 ee ee 6 7 ce a A cad eS 7% oe 7 8 English Rock.... 7 8 Conserves .... co. 7 8 i baskets 8 Peanut Squares. i 8 9 Cw ae 10 Valley Creams......... eee 13 Midget, 30 lb. bask Pew Se Modern, _ ee _3 weinet— in bulk. Full Weight. Pails. Lozenges, Soe... 10 i ee li Chocolate 5 ec 11% Chocolate renee Deedes cbse ich eeu cee 13 Gum Drops.. fee (ocebseucuucdcuecccs | Se ene 8 oa EE Pere 10 rancy—tin 5 lb, boxes. Per Box. Rew tee... 55 RE ie cee erat eed eeewadaa 55 Peecereral Pwore........-- os 60 Re ete da ct cee ues 65 i B.C eorase Titoee................... .90 Ae ‘ -40@50 Ee ee 1 00 Be oe Orees.......................... 80 Poe ee ce. 60 _ ooaee... ............. 65 eres... eee oe 60 ae me MOM ee a 55 Molasses Bar hee aoe. ap oo Hand Made Creamed, 85035 hth iy pepe nag ne Decorated Creams. bee ebeae eae a a String Rock eee oe ee Burnt Almonds.. ee ..1 00 Wintergreen NRE NEE 60 CARAMELS, No. 1, wrapped, 2 Bre Boees..........._..... 34 No. 1, 3 " aye eee ~~ a No. 2, _ 2 eee 28 YO. ' 3 C as eects. 2 se 5 lb. boxes.. eee cee cd csce ees ek Oe ORANGES. Floridas, fancy-150-176-200............. @3 75 ' coca ie. @3 00 ' ruseets -150-176-216............ @3 50 ’ TACs 4... . 2... a . Californias, meee. "2 25@2 50 eee Messinas, Coetes Bee... oe @3 50 ii Pe @3 25 LEMONS. Messina, choice, 3 @3 50 ancy, @4 0 = choice 300,... @3 50 o fancy ¢ @4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, eg TE NE 12 @l4 10% .. “« extra ee eg . ee Dates, Fard, 10-1b. box Sige ephs ee eee a cys aa ' pie, 50- Ib, tox... NUTS. Almonds, ——— ee oe ee @i16 ee @15 . California Pees eud dome etee eae O16 oe Oe @i% te @i2 Walnuts, Grenoble. eee @14 eed a: tt OER Sa @ . We i cee @10 Table Nuts, oer............... . 0. @i2% cep fe @11% einen tee SF... 11 @i4 Ceeeemets, ull eeeRe......-...... ..... @4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, in, P., SE EAI Ae ee @ 5% . Roanted gee. @ tT Fancy, i. P., en @ 5% = moeted...... sie cenes @T%* Choice, o. Ps Pee 6 @ 4 = Moested....... @ 6 CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS —OR— PAMPHLETS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. Vegetable Seeds BROWN’S 24 ano 26 Noarrtu Division Street. PLANTS, TOOLS, ETC. NEW CROP. EVER YTHING FOR THE GARDEN. Send for our beautiful Illustrated Catalogue MAILED FR Clover and Grass ede Seed Corn, Onion Sets, and Seed Potatoes. All the Standard Sorts and Novelties in SEED STORE, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, TWENTY YEARS ON THE ROAD. | enjoying the music for an hour or so, as] CHAPTER IV. It was during one of my trips West, while in Chicago, that I had invited the buyer of one of my principal customers to dine and spend the evening with me at some place of amusement. our dinner and a bottle of wine, after which we adjourned together to my room | in the hotel to enjoy a cigar and talk business for an hour before going out for the evening. While thus engaged, there came a tap at the door, and, bid- ding my visitor come in, I was surprised at seeing another dealer in the same line as my friend, in fact a business competi- tor. He had called on some little matter relating to his order, and I handed him a, cigar and asked him to remain, explain- ing that we were going out for some sort ef amusement later in the evening and we would be glad to have him accom- pany us. To identify my two custom- ers, as I do not want to expose their real names, we will call the first ‘Smith’ and the other ‘‘Brown.” Brown con- sented to join us, and, as I had to senda telegram before starting, | excused my- self for a few minutes, leaving Smith and Brown together in my room, with the door slightly adjar. Returning quietly in a few minutes, I stopped at the door and heard Smith say- ing, ‘Yes, we will go up to No.——State street, where McGinnes keeps the Bril- liant saloon,and we will get him full,and then give him ‘the grand laugh.’”’ ““Yes,”? said Brown, ‘‘lowe him a grudge for getting me half full six months ago and selling me twice as much as I need- ed, and I would like nothing better than to help carry him to the hotel to-night chuckful.”? ‘‘Ah, ha!” said I to myself, “TI see your little game, gentlemen, and, if lam not mistaken, the next time you try to get a New York drummer full, you will be glad to let out the job.” Return- ing to the hotel office, 1 wrote the follow- ing note: ‘‘Mr. BARKEEPER:—My friends expect to get me full to-night, and I ex- pect to disappoint them. As there is more money for you in two full men than in one, fill a special bottle with cold tea for me, and I will take tea straight every time. Refuse this and I refuse to stay.”? TothisI pinned a $5 bill and, folding it into a small compass, put it in my pocket and returned to the room. My friends being ready. we started, stopping on the way at the hotel bar, where, to avoid suspicion, I took whisky in regular form with my companions, at the same time saying: ‘‘Well, gentle- men, you will have to be masters of cere- monies to-night. Where will we go?” Says Smith, ‘‘How would vou like to go up to The Brilliant? I am acquainted there, where we can have billiards, sup- per, drinks and a royal good time.’’ “Just what I would like,’’ says I, and off we started. Arriving at our destination, | was in- troduced to the bartender, Smith saying with a wink, ‘‘My friend is a New York traveling man, and we all want to have a nice evening with you.’’ Shaking the bartender by the hand, I managed with a quiet wink to slip the note into his hand. As we were taking seats, I heard him remark, ‘‘I will have to fill up my bourbon bottle.’’ As he re- turned with the bottle filled with tea, I knew Ihad won. ‘‘Well,’’says he, ‘‘what will you take, gentlemen?” My friends both ealled for ‘‘sour mash,” while I ex- pressed a preference for Bourbon. After We had had | | well as four or five rounds of drinks, I | | noticed that my friends were watching | me closely, as though expecting to see | me ‘tunder the influence” Finally, more or less. one of them remarked, ‘tHow is it you do not feel as jolly as you ought with five or six drinks?” Says I, ‘‘Gen- tlemen, I always drink the same thing over and over. Never mix, and you will be all right. Let us try a game of billiards.’ Billiards it was for the drinks. On the next round my friends began to look weary and wanted seltzer and ginger ale, but, seeing me still taking liberal doses of supposed Bourbon, Smith says to Brown, with a wink, ‘‘We’ll fetch him yet, but, suppose we should get full, too, who would take us home?” It was now past midnight, and a faint suspicion began to find its way into the muddled heads of Smith and Brown. They immediately retired for consulta- tion, the result of which was that both suddenly remembered that they had ‘‘promised their wives to be home early,” so, compromising the matter with one more round of drinks, I secured the ser- vices of a cab and, placing my two friends therein, I drove each to his home. On our arrival at Brown’s house, he was so tired that we had to assist him to get his night key from his pocket. Unlocking his door, we put him to bed on the floor in the front hall, and, spring- ing the door, we rang the bell, when we soon heard Mrs. B. delivering a curtain lecture on ‘‘The Evils of Intemperance.” As we proceeded to Smith’s home, he in- sisted on holding his head out of the cab window to watch the ground for some- thing he had lost. Disposing of my friend and returning to my hotel, I went to bed with a cool, clear head. Thenext day I called at the business places of my last night’s companions to see the re- sults. Smith had sent word that he was Jaid up with a sick headache; Brown had a severe bilious attack, and neither showed up until the following day, when it is needless to say that I secured two of the best orders which I had taken that season, prices, terms, ete., not being questioned in the transaction. It may not be well known to the read- ing public, but it is to the drummer and those who depend upon him for their that there are certain states and cities whose merchants are so very narrow-minded and contracted in their business views that they practically clog the wheels of commerce in their own cities, by enacting laws compelling the drummer to either take out a license or abandon his profession in these particu- lar localities. Richmond, Virginia, is one of the cities where this unlawful extor- tion is carried to excess, and a set of de- tectives (several grades lower than ward politicians) are supported there by re- ceiving one-half of the fees and fines ob- tained by the arrest and prosecution of traveling men. It was during the winter of 1877 that I was called to Richmond, to contract with a merchant there for a large supply of stationery, ete. By his advice I ex- pressed my samples to his oftice, and, traveling simply as a tourist, I arrived, put up at a hotel and after breakfast sauntered out to the store of my cus- tomer. Being ushered into his private office, I considered myself safe and opened up my samples and entered into the matter of business on which I had business, THE MICHIGAN TRADESM4 — 19 BANANAS Season now Well Opened. Buy Them of THE PUTNAM CANDY 00. Dela You Want a Gut of For use on your Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Etc.‘ ances mae és 2® We can furnish you a double column cut, similar to above, for S10; ora single column eut, like those below, for 36. = Leman a, ES? == - 2 ‘ sf es 7 Ee e meee! ret ee ea eal bata ego o peumggaaas | < ry} se § aS ol H ee c mes ee Ng j In either case, we should have clear photograph to work from. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE ONLY Right Package for Butter. Parchment Lined Paper Pails for 3, 5 and 10 lbs. LIGHT, STRONG, CLEAN, CHEAP. Consumer gets butter in Original Package. Most profitable and satisfactory way of marketing good goods. Full p: articulars free. DETROIT PAPER PACKAGE CO., DETROIT, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. While thus sista there came come. a rap at the door, by the merchant, was suddenly forced open, and | knew in a moment that I was a victim of a pair of Richmond **spotters.”’ The merchant expostulated and I raved, but it was all tono purpose. My Northern cut had given me away, and 1 could only make the best of it. While which, being unlocked | parleying with the detectives, a sudden | imagine what was required. Had the idea struck me, and, calling the mer- chant aside, I told him I thought I could beat them at this game, and I preferred that he should not go on my bond unless I requested it; fuse to do so, and, placing myself in the hands of the detectives, I told them to proceed with their dirty work. I was then escorted to the Mayor’s office and asked by his Honor if | knew the penalty of selling goods in Richmond without a Upon admitting my ignorance, informed that license and amounted to $221.50, which I truthfully told him 1 did not —— “fem, Ser.” have to go to jail.” I was expecti in. I arese license. the costs have said he, Here was the place get my fine work said, “Your Honor, I don’t want to go to jail, and | think that, even the house is the one of the their line in the will see me “you will ng to and if I have not the cash, Ican arrange matter to your satisfaction. My ‘New York Stationery Co., United States, out of this. a sight draft on them for the amount.” ‘“*That is very well,” said he, ‘‘but, do 1 know that your draft will be ored.’’ Here I pretended to be struck, but, suddenly recovering myself, I said, ‘‘If you will telegraph my and they I will give you how house, I will pay for the message, and they will wire you whether they will accept my draft.” in fact, | asked him to re- | “ay salary to be reduced, or my expense account to be dissected? In vain did 1) road had lost many of its sweetest charms for me. I had just finished one of my most suc- cessful trips, and was taking a week’s vacation at the seashore, when I was suddenly called home by a letter re-| questing my attendance at a meeting of the officers of the company to be held the | next day. | There was no explanation of | ‘CAPITAL, a why I was wanted, but the order was to | be on hand without fail. I firm failed? Had one of my large West- ern customers gone into bankruptcy? Had someone invented a slander against my personal character that was to cause my discharge from their employ? Was puzzle my brain over the problem, and so worried was I that I passed a sleep- less night, and awoke with my usual |large appetite completely evaporated. I was | In a nervous state of fear and wonder, |I proceeded to report to my employers. and could not | On arriving at the store, I found the offi- cers in session. Inquiry of the clerks produced no satisfactory explanation of | the proceedings. At last, I was summoned into their presence and was met at the door by the President, who took me kindly by the most responsible houses in | -|ly prosperous, and, as it is the settled j hand, and said: ‘“‘My dear boy, we have sent for you because we have decided to >| make some changes in the management | of this business. It has been exceeding- | conviction of all of the officers that ou hon- | /suecess is, in a great measure, due to your fidelity to our interest on the road, it has been unanimously agreed that each stockholder shall assign to you ten per cent. of his stock, which has been | transferred to your name, making you |an equal partner: and, as a further as- This proposition was accepted and the | | services, we hereby tender you the posi- message written. Promptly , “Ve s, we draft for the amount ing the draft, I filled it out quired sum, receiving my license. I then returned to my customer. Being now safe from harm, work and put in a big day stationers of Richmond, came the electric answer named.”’ the sey- among procuring | will honor his | Produc- | for the re- | I went to} surance of the confidence we place in | you, and to partially reward you for your | tion of general manager of our business. We now wish you success.” To say I was taken wholly by surpriseis to put the case mildly, but the modesty I had acquired during my experience on the road was not sufficient to prompt me to decline the honor thus conferred, and, |expressing my thanks as best 1 could, I eral large and profitable orders and com- | pleting my day’s work in time the evening train for New York. first station outside of Richmond graphed my house, draft of to-day. Reasons by mail.”’ 1 had written them a fuli explanation of , 1 tele- “Do not accept my to take | At the | the affair, which I knew would reach} New York as soon as the draft. Since} then I have shunned the city of Rich- mond, and it is probable that somewhere | dishon- . which the author- in the archives of that city isa ored draft for $221.50 ities to a they tortion. of Richmond New York would have did not dare court to recover, been convicted * * * As time brings all things so must it bring this article. to an end, bring | else | of ex- | } States. accepted the trust, and have since guid- ed our business ship through the rough- est seas of commercial life. Although I take an occasional trip over tke old ground, I have practically retired from the road; but I often look back on my past, and I shall always consider my brightest days those in which I experi- |enced “the trials and tribulations of a | commercial traveler.”’’ IMPORTANT To Commercial Trav- elers and Merchants: Notice is hereby given that the American Casuaity Insurance and Security Co., of Balti- more City, Maryland, is furnishing the most lib- eral accident policy, affording more protection for the money than is given by any other com- pany or assoc iation doing business in the United Its policy is short and simple, is free from all — tionable and unnecessary clauses and conditions, and isan absolute contract se cured by acash capital of $1,000,000. with over | | $500,000 surplus, hence there are no contin- | gencies as to amount to be paid the insured or 1 had been several years with the New| T York Stationery Co., a variety of and time acknowledg I had built up a trade of my own, where lalways had the preference, price and quality being equal. I had reached an had passed through experiences which forbid me to age where I began to think of a business | Ottawa-sts. future, and the | of my own in the near ed to be a good salesman and | hi s beneficiary, asin all association certificates Those w ishing the best policy issued, should call | up telephone 1003, . address space | mention, | was | . R. FREEMAN, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. PARENTS—Give your children a knowledge | of Book-keeping, ee Typewriting, etc. IT WILL BE FOR THEM | came SA Vi MONEY. | Educate them at the Grand Kapids, Mich., Busi- | ness College, Ledyard Block, corner Pearl and Visit us. For catalogue address A. S. Parish, successor to C. G. Swensberg. Mention this paper. could not | i FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeeEtTT, President. S. F. AsprxwaL1, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. $300,000. Transacts a generai banking Dusiness Makea Spectaity of Collections. Accounts of Conntry Merchasts Solictted. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. eee... 45 ae Cl. 50 Se a 8 O_o 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. —Per box. 6 doz. in box. _eee............ Soe a ar sot OS ae 270 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp CO) cee 2 3 0.1 2 40 iy, 2 se “ee “ 3 40 XXX Flint. oe eee ee... 60 No.1 - 80 No. = 7) 7) “oe 8e Pearl top. No. : Sun, wrapped a1 and labeled 2 3 70 —s. lll elm Te 4 70 No. 5 iiiner, - a eee mee 470 La Bastie No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 1 2 ee eee eee ke 1 50 No. i erimp, per. im ee 135 ee ee a ae 1 60 LAMP WICKS. No. ?, POT BTOBS.....-2---2. sree sees sere ere eees 23 No. y Saas ee ea 28 No 2, a 38 No. 3, ° 75 Mammoth, per a % STONEWARE—AKRON. BuiserCrocks, 1 endGeail................. 06% Jugs, i gal., per, doz SS an 75 2 ee eenciecnenraaemn _ & Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 10, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. — — Leave going North For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 5 ry : m 7:05 am | For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am | For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00pm 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Kalamazoo and Chicago. 8:35 p m a Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. For Cincinnatl. .........cccccees 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 2:00 pm For Cincinnati 6:00 pm For Chicago. 11:05 p m From Sagina . pm Trains leaving 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive. am 10:10 a m 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:40 pm 9:05 p m SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH : 11:30 am train.—Parlor chair car Gd Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. ae 30 p m train.—Sleeping a Grand pids to Petoskey and Mackina SOUT Bot 700 am train.—Parlor chair oo Grand pids to Cincinnati. 10: 30 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. i Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids ™ 30am 2:00 pm 11:05 p m Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 pm 6:50 am 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10pm 10:10 p m Arr a Rapids 2:00 pm 8:35 pm 5:15 am 0 pm through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m 3:1 train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich LOCKWOOD, O.L General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... ia 25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m, | Ar. Toledo at ..... a a en VIA D., @. H. & M. | Ly. Grand Rapids at..... a 50 a, m. and 3:45 p. m. AE, Poe Me, ..| 455.5. 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. Return connections equally as £ a W..H. Bennett, General Pass, Agent, Toledo, Ohio. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “‘ The Niagara Falis — EPART. ARRIVE ace TERE PONE. 50 ccc cc nscecccucccces 73 00 am 10:00pm i bksdddeencsnecorcecinsees 705am 4:30 pm a MECPONS, <0. ccc ewes ccccese ess 1:20pm 10:00 . m *Atlantic. & Pacific Rapeeds......... 10:30pm 6:00am New York Bxpross.....cccccee seoves 640pm 12:40pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Elegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at 7 a. m., reti irning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Brieas, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALmQussT, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. MUNSON, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W.Rueciss G.P. & T. Agent., Chicag O. TIME TABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT ES Yaw ea Zs EASTWARD. Trains Leave |tNo. 14/tNo. 16 tNo. 16/"'No. 82 Gd Rapids, _ 6 50am/}1> 20am) 3 25pm |10 55pm a Ar| 7 45am/11 25am| 4 27pm |12 37am St. Johns ...Ar| § 28amj12 i7pm| 5 20pmn| 1 55am Owosso ...... Ar| 908am)} 120pm) 6 65pm) 3 15am E. Saginaw..Ar/10 45am| 35pm) 8: 0pm! 8.45am Bay City --- aa 30am} 3 45pm) 8 45pm} 7.20am Flint . ..Arj10 05am} 340pm) 7€5pm) 5 40am Pt. Huron. LAr| 11 55am} 6 00pm! 8 50pm/ 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar|10 53am 305pm) 8 25pm) 5 37am Dewots....... Ar|11 50am| 4 05pm) 9 2: 7 00am WESTWARD. |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13 Trains Leave Ga Rapids, Ly........ Ga Haven, Ar..... Nuwxkeesa *....-. 6 7 bam 1 00pm] 5 10pm 8 35am) 2 10pm} 6 15pm Se gE a *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Trains arive from the i 6:40 a. m., 12:30 a. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. Trains arrive from "the west, 10:10 a, m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No, 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. Ben FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City ‘ain Agent. 3 Monroe Street. 1} | } | i \| | c AC JAN’Y 3, 1892. CHICAGO So AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y¥ GOING TO C HIC AGO Lv.GR’D RAPIDS oon Spm ys 235 Ar. CHICAGO oe 5:15pm RETURNING F ROM — 1c AGO. Ly. CHICAGO ... 9:00am ‘Spm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm B strom *6:10am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST. JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS. Ly. Grand Rapids. 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm Ar. Grand Rapids -*6:10am 3:55pm 10:10pm For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only. TO AND FROM MU-KEGON, 9pm *7:05am in, G.E..... 10:00am 12 05pm 5:30pm 8:30pm AP, 1 10:Stem 3pm Geopm ....... TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITY AND ELK RAPIDS, Ly. Grand Mapids..... ..... 7:25am 5:17pm Ar. Grand Rapids.... -11:45am 9:40pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Between Grand Rapids and C hicago—Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave Chieago 11:15pm. Drawing Room Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 12:05 pm; leave Chicago 4345 p m. Free Chair Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 9:00 am; leave Chicago 9:00 a m. Between Grand Rapids and Manistee—Free Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids 5:17 pm; leaves Manistee 6:50 a m. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R. R. JAN’Y 3, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. GR’D RAPIDS..... 7:15am *1:00pm 5:40pm Ay. DOP... ....,.. 12:00 m *5:1hpm 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Lv. DETROIT.......... 7:00am *1:15pm 5:40pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....11:50am *5:i5pm 10:15pm To and from Lansing and Howell—Same as to and from Detroit. TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T, LOUIS, Lv. Grand Rapids.. penoscccs Coane Sioa Av, Grand Weetds.........:..-.; 11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R. Lv. Grand Rapids........ 7:15am 1:00pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell.......... 11:50am 5:15pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Between Grand Rapids and Detroit — Parlor cars on all trains. Seats 25 cents Between Grand Rapids and Saginaw—Parlor car leaves Grand Rapids 7:05 am; arrives in Grand Rapids 7:40 pm. Seats 25 cents, *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the cents [stamps lars to J, COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, No. 375 Whitney Block, DETROIT, - MICH. for particu- Soh gta nebiihigg gs ase ps or aa cle Tee wh tray ee wi ioe " ae ‘ —— ss ie. BIER: +. * Hess ign pho er RE pith p orbs 5 Sispa Na sha sate i STANDARD OIL CO.,P. STEKETEE & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Tiluminating and Lubricating — NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPYY GARBON & GASOLINE BARRELS. SAGINAW MANUFACTURING CO., SAGINAW, MICH.’ Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards. a (ric ys ~ § | Red Star a | Shamrock 1 Ivy Leal GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, PETOSKEY, Solid Zine, | Wilson Saginaw Defiance ) es [iin Sa Ss Surface, = | Wilson | Saginaw ieee j Defiance 4 i Rival Surface, Le | i hie if “Ha il i) Le wi Bahn Al on ah Hi ‘il a fi; ae BE na We ie ol fi Ma ay ti = a nh te i i Hi “ial SM thd oa Ht ai a a Hi! My lf ith We hl ay ih aM 4 === = i | which they belong. Send for cuts and price-list before order- "SURFACE Dovble Zine Single Zine The above are all superior =) Washboards, in the class to WHOLESALE DRY GOODS & NOTIONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids Storage & Transier Co,, init Winter St, between Shawmut Ave, and W. Fulton St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. General WarehoUsemen and Yransfer Agents. COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES. Dealers and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Threshers, En- gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons. Buggies, Wind Mills and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete. Telephone No. 945. J. ¥. F. BLAKE, Sup’t. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons. We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & GO, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Grand Rapids. T. S. FREEMAN, Agt, Grand Rapids, Mich : Voigt, Herpolsheimer 4 CO, 48, 80, 82 Ottawa St, H. LEONARD & SONS, : GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturer's Agents for Oil and Gasoline Stoves. No Charge for Cartage! : 3 Burner GAME OIL STOVE Has 3 four-inch wicks, iron reservoir. Net per doz., $21, boxes 00. 1 Burner GAME OIL STOVE — Has 4 inch wick, iron reservoir. 2 Burner GAME OIL STOVE Net per doz., $7.50. Has 2 four-inch wicks, iron reservoir. Boxes 00. Net per doz., $14, boxes 00. STYLE OF NOS. 1 and 5 GEM. STYLE OF 1, 2 or 3 GEM. os N _ : ; Net eac N j No. 1—2 3-in. wicks, tin a _ No. 1 double Gem has 4 three-inch wicks, = - 3 00 catiaieieies na tases oc Ot ago "165 NOS «4 four-inch wicks, : “ i - 415 4in. wick, tin reser., net per doz., 7 20 ms24 * 2 00 Dance #0. Boxes 00. Boxes 00. : - (Gj 3 Burner JUNIOR GASOLINE STOVE. i 2 Burner JUNIOR Gasoline Stove. . 2 Burner Junior, net each, 33, crate 20c. 3 Burner Junior, net each $4. crate 20¢. Mail us your orders!? i Burner Junior, net each $2, crate 20c. Above prices are rock bottom!