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Send for sample card and prices. Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co., STATE AGENTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NO. bi “ANDY RICK’S HANDY TRICKS.” Andrew Rick was in trouble. He was very much in trouble. The trouble was all the greater because it was such a little one. It is much easier to stop the barking of a dog than the singing of a mosquito, and Mr. Rick resented his state of mind because he knew it to be entirely unworthy of him. It was this way. He stood at the head of his party in Quantico county. His elevation to that autocracy had been en- tirely creditable to his political abilities. Less than fiye years before, as the new sheriff, he had come to the county seat from the obscurity of Ricktown. With him he had brought Colonel Marcellus Bodson, a gray-haired partisan who, in a lifetime of office-seeking, had let his aspirations sink from Congress through all the grades of political possibility to the humble duties of a deputy sheriff. It was his last chance, and he took it, partly because Andrew Rick insisted, and largely because he needed the in- come. This was sad, because the Bod- sons were people entirely unworthy of their poverty, especially the daughter, Miss Julia Bodson. When the bosses tried to defeat Rick, because they thought him the sort of man who could be put aside, Rick, with the active assistance of Bodson, utilized the popular sentiment against the bosses and turned the tables. So up came Rick. It was the happiest moment of his life. He could never for- get the joy that filled him when he saw himself chosen unanimously a chairman of the county committee. He was the clerk of the court now, and his income was nearly $4,000, and there was really no reason why the exhilaration of his first victory should not have continued. But—there are always buts even in poli- tics—it did not last. He soon found out that the throne of a boss was not an easy chair padded with roses. It had thorns. Safety, he discovered, lay in getting all he could and then getting out, and thus it was that he began to lose sleep. Ricktown needed a railroad. For years Andrew Rick had failed to recognize this fact, but now he saw it clearly. It need- ed it because it would increase the price of real estate. The fact that Andrew Rick owned a large part of this real estate may also have a parenthetical im- portance. To get the road, it was neces- sary to secure from the Legislature a charter, and with it legislation author- izing Quantico county to indorse the bonds. A man must be in the Legisla- ture to work it, and therefore Erastus Crawley, a good gray patriot, who also owned Ricktown land and who was in Andrew’s confidence, was nominated. Mr. Crawley professed great reluctance about accepting a place on the ticket, and Mr. Rick told the people that he ap- preciated Mr. Crawley’s unselfishness in bowing to his party at the sacrifice of his personal preferences. The voters swal- lowed it all, and Mr. Crawley was elect- ed. Everything went well, and the rail- road scheme was being so quietly man- aged that it promised perfect success. But it so happened that the smoothness of its progress had a bad effect on the political ambitions of Mr. Crawley. He had been in office before. Ths school in Ricktown district needed a new teacher. In an unhappy moment Mr. Crawley told Mrs. Crawley that he could get it for their daughter Mary. After that the idea took possession of Mrs. Crawley, mind, body and soul, and Mr. Crawley was sent off to town to see about it. He found Andrew Rick in an unguarded in- terval, and he went back home with the promise of the boss that his daughter Mary should have it. This was the trouble. Ordinarily An- drew Rick could have managed it. But circumstances alter cases. Miss Julia Bodson, the daughter of Colonel Marcel- lus Bodson, had quietly applied for the position on her merits, without the for- mality of first seeing the boss. She was young, and charming, and gifted, and Miss Mary Crawley was not any of these. To make the case worse, Andrew’s wife Jane had always been anintense admirer of Miss Bodson. When it was known that Miss Julia wanted the place, she be- gan to talk aboutit and to sandwich it between the mouthfuls of Andrew’s meals. This made Mr. Rick unhappy, and his appetite began to fail. *“‘You know, Andrew,’’ Mrs. Rick would say, ‘‘I never bother you about offices, because I don’t think women ought to have any business with politics, but I do hope you will get that school position for Julia. She is the brightest girl in the county, and she needs it and everybody wants her to have it!”’ That was the trouble again. body did want her to knew it. In his way Mr. Rick was a good man. He was trusted, and his business career had been without dishonor. People said that if there was profit to be got out of anything he generally got it—bnt then that was more of a merit than a failing. These same people sometimes said he was tricky in politics, but they expected that, and in a measure forgave it. A man in a rural community can do a great many things, provided his neighbors say “he is a good man in his home.” This could be asserted of Andrew Rick with entire truthfulness. There was never a better husband. He delighted in making his wife happy, and whenever the con- versation reached a time or subject when he could not say yes, he generally put on his hat and took a walk. That was why he left the house and started down town. He went at once to Paul Reed’s office. Reed was his ablest lieutenant. He had come to him, so to speak, from his predecessor. He always respected him because he was one of the few men who seemed tu be serving the party without wanting pay or office. He took his usual chair, and in a few minutes conversation had drifted to the Legislature. “T see you got a favorable report on your railroad bill,” said Reed. ‘‘I re- ceived a printed copy to-day. Every- thing is there and it is allright. When Every- have it, and he ch telnet ehhh aah ton ase eth asa wes Gea OR Tol Bik, ahd ee uae ke i ade el MLSE aia A aA Sl sets Ee RE Mah on cles, Peale hed ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ee Ne ee ee pt “a ee ie ee a ee eed getting $1,000 apiece for building lots carved out of that $20 an acre farm of yours.”’ Andrew laughed and said, ‘‘It’s a good thing for the county, isn’t it? It will add to the taxable basis, won’t it?’’ “Of course, of course, and, incident- ally, it may increase the bank accounts of Andrew Rick and Erastus Crawley.” There was another laugh, but Andrew grew 2 little red in the face. He liked Reed, but he did wish that he would be a little less personal. ‘“‘By the way, Andrew, I wanted to see you about a matter. They are going to appoint a teacher for the Ricktown school next week, and Miss Julia Bodson wants it.’’ Andrew’s cheerfulness sank. **] don’t suppose there’ll be any trouble about it,’? Reed went on. ‘‘She is a charming young woman, too good by far for the work, but 1 suppose she needs it, and she ought to have it. I wish you would see that itis pushed through at once.” Andrew shifted uneasily in the chair. He tried to collect himself. He waited so long that Reed asked, ‘‘You’ll do it, won’t you?” Andrew stammered. ‘‘Reed,’’ he said, “P?yve promised it to Crawley for his daughter Mary.” ‘*The devil you have!’ ‘| had to do it.” pleaded Rick. ‘“‘Crawley’s wife is set on it, and unless Mary gets it I’d never hear the end of it, and Crawley wouldn’t have any more peace as long as he lived.” Reed quickly comprehended the situa- tion. He took up a paper knife and tapped onthe desk as if to emphasize his thoughts. ‘‘Look here, Rick.” he said, ‘‘you are going too far, and it’s about time that one of your friends gave you a little plain advice.”’ Andrew looked atthe young man in amazement. ‘I speak plainly,” continued Reed, ‘“‘because you need plain speech. You are getting the idea that you are bossing this county, and are looking upon the offices as belonging to you for personal distribution. You get flattery and abuse, and you take both as tributes to your power. You are making a mistake, and unless you draw in your reins a little you will soon reach the end of your rope.” ‘“‘Reed,’’ said Andrew, ‘‘keep your coat on and talk sense.’’ ‘“‘Well, I will,” replied Reed. ‘You have said once or twice lately that you’re tired of putting up with Bodson. You think you have done too much for him. Now, the truth is, you have used him in your work, and now that he is old and poor and is drinking more than he ought to you want to visit all his weaknesses on his family.’ *‘Reed, you’re going too far,” said Rick with emphasis ashe arose. ‘*When the place was promised to Crawley, I didn’t know Julia Bodson was an appli- cant.”’ ‘“*That explains things, but it does not excuse you. You had no business to promise a school position. Such places ought to be given on merit alone.” “Oh!” exclaimed the manager, with some contempt in his voice, ‘‘you’re turning civil service reformer, are you?” “It’s not a question of reform; it’s a matter of justice.” “You can’t run politics on theories,” the road is built I suppose you will be said Andrew, standing in front of the desk with both hands in his trousers’ pockets. ‘‘You can’t distribute offices like prizes in a spelling bee. You can’t manage a party like a sewing society, but you can talk beautifully how the thing ought to be done and lay down opinions that are as lovely as a sixteen-year-old in anew gingham frock. I know men in this country who are not able to raise a crop of black-eyed peas, who think they can run the United States Government better than the President, the Supreme Court and Congress all put together, and believe they ought to be drawing $5,000 a year for setting on goods boxes and talking about the weather. What has Bodson done for this country? What, except to swash around and speechify and get into debt? You’ve got to judge a man by what he’s done and by what he does, and you’ve got to Jet him manage his own affairs.” “But the party’s affairs are not one man’s affairs.’’ “Yes, they are, if the party places him at the head of its management, and I defy you or anybody else te say that I have not tried to do the best I could. I’m not going to let up business princi- ples now and run into sentiment. When 1 make a promise I’ll stick to it, and what’s more, I’m going to depend on you to help me out. You drew up that rail- road bill for us!’’ “I will not help you out in this school appointment,’’ replied Reed with consid- erable deliberation; ‘‘and the sooner you get old Crawley to release you from this pledge the better it will be for you and the party. As for the railroad bill, I don’t care a continental whether you get it through or not.”’ Andrew stood in silence. He walked to the fire and meditated, and looked to the ceiling and yawned. ‘*Well,”’ he said, as if tired of the con- versation. ‘‘l’]] see whatI can do. I guess lll go home and go to bed.” -. = * The next morning, which was Satur- day, Mr. Crawley, on his way home from the Legislature, which took a recess un- til Tuesday, called at the house of Mr. Rick. The two gentlemen went at once into executive session. “The bill is all right,’’ sgid Crawley. ‘*‘] have promised to vote for things for near about everybody in the Legislature, and they are going to run our railroad through in return. Politics are just about as they were twenty years ago when I was there—the same old game of you vote for my bill and Pll vote for your bill, you tickle me and I’ll tickle you.” ‘Don’t let them put you off tuo long,’’ said Mr. Rick; ‘‘their promises might not keep.” “That’s all right,’? said Mr. Crawley “The bill is safe.’’ Then Mr. Crawley moved his chair a bit closer and asked, ‘‘How about that little appointment for my daughter?”’ “T don’t know,’ said Mr. Rick ambig- uously. ‘*Ain’t it all right?’’ “Yes, Ithink it is. But you know Julia Bodson has applied, and to tell you the truth she’s got a mighty strong senti- ment back of her.” ‘I don’t care if she has,’’ Mr. Crawley broke in vigorously. ‘‘You promised my daughter the place, and you’ve got to give it to her.”’ “Don’t you see,’? expostulated Mr. Rick, ‘‘’m doing all I can? But look Purity. Quality. Price. ; Three characteristic feature of our good swhichmakethem » ¢ 4 popular and profitable to handle. WE ARE THE PEOPLE in our line. pre +i < THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. ees . |S TATOES. * POTATOES. °. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty’’ for many years and have , + a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the best ser- vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. ny - Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. a i WM. H. THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, : 166 So. Water St., Chicago. 4 4 5 THE ACME HAND POTATO PLANTER. - Simple, Durable, Practical. 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If Mary should have to give way to Julia Bodson, Vd just as well buy a lotin that ceme- tery which we are going to build when we get our railroad to Ricktown.” **T know all that,” said Mr. Rick, ‘‘but it’s a very ticklish position for me, and will he very foolish for both of us if we go to jeopardizing our railroad by a fight over a little school appointment.” “It’s not that at all,’? said Mr. Craw- ley. ‘‘There isn’t a bit of danger. You’re just afraid of Bodson; that’s what you are. Now why don’t you act sen- sible? Drop Bodson. You’ ve done enough for him, and if you’ll keep on trying to drag him along he’s going to drag you down. He’s a fool and you know it, and since he took to drink in his old age he’s worse than a fool. No man ever makes anything by backing a fool. Drop him, Andrew, drop him, and let him shift for himself.” This sounded hard. Mr. Rick felt that it was hard, but it did seem to be busi- ness-like. He had wanted to say some- thing of the sort himself, but he couldn’t doit. Now it eased his mind to know that someone else had said it for him. Saturday was a busy day at the court house. Usually Mr. Rick had his hands full, attending to his business ventures. He left the work of the office to his deputy. Late in the afternoon he en- tered the office, and found Colonel Mar- cellus Bodson in a demoralized condition —also the work. It made him angry. He had the ideas of a man who had pros- pered on temperance. He abhorred drunkenness. The more he thought about it, the worse his humor became. There was no one in the room but the twomen. Mr. Rick suddenly stepped to the front of the desk on which Colonel Bodson was resting his weary brain. In crisp, clear-cut English he told the Colonel what he thought of him. “This sort of thing must stop,” he said. “For three Saturdays the books have not been kept up, and it can’t go on any longer.” It required several minutes to arouse the Colonel. When he did get awake, he was vigorous and belligerent. ‘*Then why don’t you come in here and help?’’ he asked. ‘‘If it hadn’t been for me, you would never haye been clerk; but I am your deputy, and therefore you must draw $3,000 a year, while I get a miserable $600 and do all the work. I want you to understand that I’ve got as much right in this office as you have.” Mr. Rick was nettled. He turned a shade paler, and his fingers clutched ner- vously at the leaves of the book. He did not reply at once, for he objected to a seene. He had expected the Colonel to cower at his reproof. “If you want the books fixed, yow had better help do it,” added the deputy ag- gressively. ‘‘You haven’t done an honest days work in this office for a month.” Mr. Rick’s courage was not of the phy- sical sort. At this attack he prepared for a retreat. But before he could get himself started, Colonel Marcellus Bod- son, under the stimulus of his condition, advanced again in heavier array than ever. “TI want to know,’ he said, ‘‘what you mean by trading a school appointment for Crawley’s vote on that crooked rail- road bill of yours, and cheating my daughter out of her rights?’ His voice was thick, but his anger was unmistakable. As he spoke, his clear- ness of mind seemed to increase. He arose and steadied himself by holding to the desk. Although physically uncer- tain, he was intensely in earnest. *‘T am waiting for an explanation,’’ he added with dignity. Mr. Rick was totally unprepared for this turn in the interview. As quickly as he could, he asked the Colonel to go home and come back Monday and settle it then. ‘*No, I won’t,” said the Colonel. ‘‘We’ll settle it now—man to man.’’ “Then there is only one way,’’ ex- claimed Rick, summoning all his courage. ‘‘Leave the office.’’ ‘‘Not before you pay me what you owe me.” ‘“‘You have overdrawn your account, and I don’t owe you a cent.” ‘*You’ve tricked me, and used me,” ex- claimed Mr. Bodson, holding up his hand, “and now you want to cheat me.”’ ‘*] repeat, you’ve overdrawn your ac- count.” The conversation was rapid. Each was under great excitement. Suddenly Bod- son plunged toward Mr. Rick. Heseemed to have lost his balance, but Andrew be- lieved it to be an intentional advance. They were near the entrance, and Mr. Rick met the movement by grasping his deputy under his arm. Before he could strugyle, he pushed him out of the office and locked the door. When Mr. Rick sat down he was trem- bling from his head to his feet. Perspi- ration was standing on his forehead. He had never been in such a mess before. He would have given $1,000 to be out of it then. But it was not his fault. He saw that clearly; and yet he knew people would talk. “It?s always this way,’’ he muttered to himself. ‘‘When one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong.” It did go wrong with a vengeance. He looked through the side window. People were hurrying toward the front of the court house. He locked the safes and closed the shutters. His nerves were still rebelling, but he felt cooler when he turned the key in the door and started home. He drew near the outer vestibule of the court house. Suddenly he saw men holding an improvised stretcher, on which was the prostrate form of Colonel Bodson, from whose face blood was flow- ing. Somehow his heart suddenly grew sick. Even the explanation, ‘‘The Colonel fell down the steps and was stunned—that’s all,’ did not reassure him. He offered to help, but he was not needed. As soon as he could, he went miserably towards his home. * * He entered the house, staring as if he scarcely recognized it. But when he passed on into the sitting room, he came to himself as if from a shock. Sitting near the window was Miss Julia Bodson, chatting with Mrs. Rick and praising the fancy work which she had just completed. Mr. Rick stammered “Good evening,” but he was plainly not himself. Suddenly his wife looked up and exclaimed: ‘For mercy’s sake, Andrew, what ails you?’’ ‘‘Nothing,’’ he said, ‘‘only tired—noth- ing at all.” “I know there is,” she asserted deci- sively. ‘‘You are as white as a ghost. You look as if you’ve got a chill—doesn’t he, Julia?”’ ‘Indeed you do, Mr. Rick,’’ said Miss Julia, ‘‘and Iam afraid that Mrs. Rick will have to try her new remedy for the ague, which she has been telling me about.”’ Mr. Rick attempted to smile, but it was a ghastly failure. “IT must be going now,’ said Miss Bodson. ‘I suppose father has gone home?”? This to Mr. Rick. ‘*Yes,”’ said My Rick, ‘the has gone.” She arose, and was about to say good- bye, when Mr. Rick looked at her and said, as bravely as he could: ‘‘Miss Julia, you must not be alarmed, for it is not serious, but your father met with an accident, and—’”’ ‘*How?”’ she asked breathlessly. ‘“‘He fell and cut himself—that’s all. It was not serious.’’ Miss Bodson started towards the door. “One moment, Miss Julia,” said Mr. Rick. ‘‘The Colonel forgot to draw his salary today, and maybe you—I mean he’ll need it. He might want some things.’’ “Thank you, Mr. Rick,’”’ said the girl with candor, ‘‘we shall need it. Now good-bye.”’ They had not observed Mrs. Rick. She had put on her hat and shawl, and when Miss Bodson started she said: “T am golng with you, dear. Andrew, you’ll find the supper on the table.’’ An hour afterwards Mrs. Rick returned. The supper was untouched. “IT do think that some of these town folks have the least sense of any people I ever knew,’’ was her first sentence. “They were crowding in that room enough to suffocate anybody, especially aman who had been ina faint. The doctors were away and it did seem that nobody understood just what ought to be done, and so I had to order them all out —all except Mr. Reed and Julia!’’ “Ts he much hurt?’ asked Mr. Rick. ‘After washing off the blood and smoothing out his hair, Mr. Reed and I got the bleeding stopped and wrapped his head up in bandages and got him to drink some hot coffee and eat a little piece of toast, and all the time he was thanking me, and I was telling him not to mind that, for his folks would be glad to do the same for us, and he said they certainly would, and—no, he ain’t much hurt; he’ll be all right soon.” Sunday and Monday were days of tor- ture to Mr. Rick. It was noised around that there had been a fight between the two men, that Colonel Bodson had been discharged and knocked down; all sorts of rumors were flying over the town and through the county. Mr. Rick refused to discuss the matter, except to deny that there had been any physical diffi- eulty. To his callers Colonel Bodson stated that the differences between Mr. Rick and himself were purely personal, but that they were of such a nature that he would not return to his duties as dep uty clerk. (Continued on page 18.) Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. Jno. A. Covone, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres, J. A. S. VeRprIER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T.J.0°Brien, A. J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A.S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Millior Dollars. Established 1868. HM. REYNOLDS & SON, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building Papers, Carpet Lin- ings, Asphalt Ready Roofing, Tarred Roofing, Felt, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Resin Asphalt Roof Paints, Mineral Wool for deadening purposes, Asbestos products, car, bridge and roof paints. Elastic roofing Cement, Ete. Practical Rooters In Felt, Composition aud Gravel, Warehouse and Office Cor. LOUIS and CAMPAU Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich. Wm. Brummeler & Sons, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Placed and Stamped Tinware Phone 640 260 S. Ionia St.,. GRAND RAPIDS. NET PRICE LIST,OF SAP PAILS PER 100. Ic x 1 quant... 58... $17 = | — oo 8 eee 22 50 1 19 1 gal. I C Syrup Cans, per 100... 10 25 These goods are full size and are guaranteed not toleak. The pails are made almost straight flaring enough to pack conveniently. In lots of 500 we willallow 5 per cent. off above prices. Terms, 30 days net. Send for price list of general line of tinware. BURNED QUT. But will be unning again by MAY Ist. EVERYTHING NEW. Lasts and Patterns the Latest. SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH, Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 682 Jefferson ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. ee ee er eee od eee ia. Ticket eavans eke Saeed fea nso abd PuaNL WA.s aetedneacoms aT Raa cach bs FLY. Be TiAl oa Bh leak eek Pale ee arta bea ea ee al ees Sa eed THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Palo—John Galloway will shortly open a new grocery store here. Blaine—Newberry Bros. succeed Myron Jefferson in general trade. Detroit—O. L. Howard has sold his grocery stock to Albert Jeffrey. Macomb—H. Schipper succeeds A. Van Hoe, Sr., in general trade. McBain—G. W. Storry is succeeded by Storry & Ward in genera! trade. Hastings—S. E. Phillips sueceeds Phil- lips & Preston in the grocery business. Kalamazoo—Lamb & Roediger succeed Geo. A. Lamb in the furniture business. Metamora—O. Moses & Son succeed Dayton A. Travis in the furniture busi- ness. Mt. Pleasant—Leahy & Donaghue suc- ceed L. M. Winters in the grocery busi- ness. Wise—Jas. D. Loomis has removed his general stock from Rosebush to this place. Lawrence — Kelly & Bowen succeed Julius H. Kelly in the hardware busi- ness. Hudson—Kirkup & Rooney, grocers, have dissolved, John Rooney continuing the business. Coldwater—Brown & Burrows, furni- ture dealers, have dissolved, A. R. Brown & Co. succeeding. Kalamazoo—W. A. Randall succeeds Randall & Nichelson in the fruit and con- fectionery business. Deckerville—West & Laughran suc- ceed J. West & Farley in the agricultural implement business. Gagetown—Jas. Gage is succeeded by A. A. McKenzie in the furniture and undertaking business. Pomona—G. H. Spencer has sold his stock of general merchandise to G. E. Dye, late of Nessen City. Eseanaba—Geo. Preston is succeeded by F. &. Johnson in the drug, news and stationery business. Slocum’s Grove—C. E. Mills succeeds Ira A. Woodward in general trade and the shingle business. Bay City—H. J. Goldsmith has re- moved his clothing stock from West Bay City to this place. Muskegon—Peterson, Chapel & Co., hardware dealers, have dissolved, Peter- son & Damm succeeding. Hubbardston—J. A. Damon has pur- chased the F. A. Holbrook drug stock and will continue the business. Capac—E. B. Fuller, doing business under the style of Fuiler Bros., has sold his general stock to W. O. Fuller. St. Louis—F. N. Humphrey succeeds Humphrey Bros. in the hardware and agricultural implement business. Kalamazoo—Purdy & Dibble ‘succeed W. A. Purdy in the grocery business at the corner of Parsons and Edwards streets. Owosso—Edward M. Johnson has pur- chased the old brewery building from M. L. Stewart, and will utilize the building as a bakery and candy factory. Coral—Abram Shook has been admitted to partnership in the general merchandise establishment of D. L. Shook, and the new firm will be known as Shook & Son. Eaton Rapids—T. J. Waddell has pur- chased Wm. Rogers’ interest in the meat business of Rogers & Manning. The new firm will be known as Manning & Wad- dell. Marquette—George McDonald has sold | the entire cut of his sawmill at Three Lakes to Eastern parties. The lumber will be shipped through all rail as fast as dry. Traverse City—D. D. Paine, who went to Pueblo, Col., last October for his health, died at that place on Monday. His wife and daughter were with him. Mr. Paine had been in the furniture busi- ness in this village since 1887. Middleton—J. M. Trask, who was as- sociated with the Nelson-Barber Co., at Ithaca, for over ten years, has purchased an interest in the general merchandise firm of Naldrett Bros. The new firm will be known as Naldrett Bros. & Co. Muskegon—The drug store of Padley Bros. was closed April 14 by S. H. Las- ley, administrator for the Ferdinand Weller estate, which holds a chattel mort- gage of some $3,500 on the stock. The action was taken on a petition from Fred Brundage, who holds notes to the amount of $2,700 from Padley Bros., and endorsed by the late Ferdinand Weller. Mr. Brundage set upin his petition that Pad- ley Bros. were selling out their stock without replenishing it. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Cedar Springs—J. H. Worden succeeds Worden & Nickerson in the sawmill business. Romeo—Wellington Jersey is succeed- ed by Hare & Murdock in the fiouring mill business. Trout Creek—The Trout Creek Lum- ber Co. is about beginning work on the construction of a logging railway, six miles long. East Tawas—The East Tawas Stave Co.’s mill is finished and the mill will begin the manufacture of staves and heading this week. The company will also erect a hoop mill. Onekama—The Onekama Lumber Co.’s sawmill started on Monday of last week. This company has a full supply of logs on hand, and, as more can be brought in by rail, a full season’s run on hemlock and hardwoods is expected. Au Sable—The Au Sable & Northwest- ern Railroad, owned by Loud & Sons, is to be extended to Lewiston, the new lumber town on the Twin Lake branch of the Michigan Central, and work will begin this week. There is only eight miles of road to build. Watervale—Leo F. Hale is adding 200 feet to the length of his dock, which will give him sufficient depth of water for any vessel to load there. He has started his shingle mill for the season and ex- pects to have all his lumbering enter- prises in full operation by June 1. Saginaw—G. B. Wiggins will not re- build his planing mill here which was burned last season, but will erect a plan- ing mill in connection with his sawmill on the Gladwin branch of the Michigan Central at Highwood. He has banked 5,000,000 feet of logs which will be cut at this mill. Manistee—About all the sawmills here are now making sawdust again. Both of the Peters mills started April 4, the Can- field mills on the 6th, the Eureka on the 10th and Canfield & Wheeler’s and Sands’ on the 13th. The Filer mill is so crowd- ed with salt that it cannot start until some of the surplus is shipped. Coleman—Farault & Williams, of To- Jedo, have purchased J. H. Peters’ head lining mill here. The price was $14,500, and they also paid $18,000 for stock and other property. They own 17,000 acres of hardwood land in this vicinity and will put up a sawmill and hoop mill to operate in connection with the head lining mill. Cadillac—The Cummer Lumber Co. ex- pects to finish cutting its pine timber in Missaukee county by July 1. It is ex- pected that the company’s sawmill in Har- ristown will be replaced by anew double band mill which will manufacture lum- ber for Blodgett, Cummer & Diggins. The three band mills of Cobbs & Mit- chell at Cadillac are all in operation. Saginaw—C. K. Eddy & Son will start their sawmill April 19. Some improve- ments have been made in the method of handling the lumber from the mill to the yard, and the entire product of the mill, about 20,000,000 feet, will be handled in the yard trade. Heretofore from 10,000,- 000 to 12,000,000 feet has been sold in cargo lots. The firm has not a foot of unsold lumber on the mill dock. ———~ 4 << The Hardware Market. Trade continues in very gratifying vol- ume and there is general activity in all parts of the State, both jobbers and retail- ers doing a very satisfactory business. While there is an excellent demand for nearly all kinds of hardware, there is special activity in seasonable goods. Builders’ hardware is also moving in large quantities, with a good demand; also heavy hardware. In several lines there is difficulty in obtaining goods as fast as called for, and the market in some branches shows an improvement in tone, with slight advances in quota- tions. Wire Cloth—Jobbers have advanced the price to $1.50 per 100 feet by the full roll, and $1.75 where cut to length. Even thus early it is now very scare, as, despite the increased output by the factories, the demand has exceeded al! anticipation and stocks have been run off rapidly. Cut Nails—The new card of advances on cut nails has now gone into effect and they are the sameas wire nails. The base, or price, for 60d nails is $1.55, with the regular advance for other sizes. Wire Nails—The market is in excel- lent condition and prices are very firmly held, $1.80@1.85 being the present quo- tation. Barbed Wire—There is a heavy de- mand for barbed wire, and shipments are with difficulty made by manufacturers as promptly as desired by their custom- ers. The price is firm at $2.40 for painted and $2.80 for galvanized, with higher prices in prospect. Carriage and Machine Bolts—In keep- ing with other lines, bolts are very firm,(75 and 10 discount now being quoted. Rope—lIn sympathy with the condition of the hemp market, prices for manilla and sisal rope are slightly lower. Sisal now commands 8% @9c. Window Glass—An advance of 5 per cent. has been made on all grades of widow glass, 80 per cent. to 80 and 5 being now the extreme discounts made. Agricultural Tools—Everything in the line of garden rakes, forks, hoes, ete., are very scarce. The manufacturers find it impossible to provide ahead a sufficient stock to take care of their orders and the result is everybody has to be incon- venienced. ee 0 - Caught by Chicago Thieves. From the Shelby Herald. A. E. Souter has been in Chicago this week in the interest of a number of po- tato shippers who had made consign- ments to Miles & Warner. He found the firm out of business, thoroughly irre- sponsible and uncollectable; in fact, the members of the firm were under arrest for embezzlement upon the complaint of a Lansing man. The experience of Oceana county people in shipping po- tatoes on consignment to two or three snide commission houses will make it difficult for solicitors hereafter to get produce unless they have the cash to hand over when the stock is weighed. It will, no doubt, affect the shipment of fruit on consignment this season. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted unuvcr 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—TWO-STORY FRAME +1°RE building and dwelling at Levering,a tiuri ving Northern Michigan town. Property well ce::ted, Will sell cheap or exchange for city property. A. M. LeBaron, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 702 OR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY sTOCK ON one of the best business streets of the city. Stock and fixtures will be sold at inventory «al- ue, with profitable cash trade and good will thrownin. For full information apply to E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St , Grand Rapids. 7m . OR EXCHANGE—I WISH TO EXCHANGE hotel and furniture for stock of merchen- dise. Hotel doing the best businessin Northe u Michigan. Electric lights, steam heat; in fact, all modern improvements. Or will sell furni- ture and lease the property. Address, Hotcl McKinnon, Cadillac, Mich. 698 OR SALE—SMALL DRUG STOCK, CLEA‘ and well selected, excellently located fo business on main thoroughfare in this city. Ad dress No. 697, care Michigan Tradesman. 6!” OR SALE-STOCK OF GROCERIES FOF cash; also store building and lot, includin two dwelling houses, on time. Address No. 69 eare Michigan Tradesman. 691 OR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY STOCK an«. fixtures. Will sell together or separately, ac desired. Cheapfor cash Chas. E. Williams, 6. Carrier street, Grand Rapids. 693 OR SALE OR TRADE FOR CLEAN STOCK groceries—Handle factory. Plenty of cheap timber. Good shipping facilities. Good chance right parties. Address No. 683, care Michigan Tradesman. 683 O EXCHANGE—FOR STOCK OF CLOTH- ing or boots and shoes, two good hard timber farms of eighty acres each. Thirty-five and seventy acres improved. Title clear. Address Thos. Skelton. Big Rapids. 680 LEGANT OFFER—IT’S NO TROUBLE TO find drug stocks for sale, but you generally “find a nigger in the fence.” I have an elegant drug business for sale; stock about $4,000; bright, clean and oldest established trade. Prominent location; brick building; stone walk; rent mod- erate; city 30,000; reasons for selling made known. Suit yourself about{terms. Address quick, John K. Meyers, Muskegon, Mich. 670 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK IN boot and shoe, hardware, dry goods or general store by young man who has had three years’ experience in general store. Best of ref- erences. Address Sherman Wightman, Monroe Centre, Mich. Til ANTED—SITUATION IN DRY GOODS or general store by young man with two years’ experience. References furnished. Ad- dress H, Lock Box 41, Vernon, Mich. 695 ANTED—@CLERKSHIP OR MANAGER by registered pharmacist with ten years’ experience, and Al references. Address No. 710, Tradesman. 710 ANTED—POSITION IN HARDWARE store by young man of nineteen who has had one year’s experience. Wages reasonable. Bertrand Collins, care Wm. Morrison, Grand Rapids, Mich. 05 ANTED—POSITION AS» BOOK-KEEPER by steady young man, with family. Un- exceptional references furnished and satisfac- Se Address C. E. Weaver, Adrian, ch. 690 MISCELLANEOUS. OR SALE—%5,000 STOCK OF BOOTS AND shoes in good town of 1,500. Only stock in town. All new goods. I wish to sell, not trade. Object, ill health. Don’t answer unless you mean business. Address No. 712 care Michigan Tradesman. 712 OR RENT—STORE WHERE THERE IS A good opening for a druggist. Rent low. Enquire at Michigan Tradesman office. 686 POT CASH FOR WOOD—SEND FULL PAR- ticulars as to price and kind of wood. Ad- dress M E. Lapham, 481 East Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich 704 OR SAL E—-FIRST-CLASS SODAWATER fountain and complete charging apara- tus, of Tuft’s make. For particulars address F,. D. Hopkins, Alba, Mich. 703 OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, boots and shoes and groceries, located in best town in Michigan. Rent low. Stock wil nvoice about $2,500; will take part cash, balance) wellsecured. W.E. Thorp, Hart, Mich. 706 ANTED—POSITION AS CLERK IN GEN- eral store. Two years’ experience, and best of references as to character and ability. Address No. 707, care Michigan Tradesman. 707 ANTED—AN EXPERIENCED BUTTER- maker, Apply to C. M. Northrop, Lake- view, Mich. . Poo oe evr re» ~~ ~_ GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Paddock & Toby succeed A. Bunnell in the grocery business at 600 South Divi- sion street. Geo. Orr has purchased the grocery stock of John Price at 1066 Madison ave- nue and will continue the business. H. E. Finch has purchased the grocery stock of Jones & Babcock at the corner of Weaithy avenue and Henry street. Ss. Bolles & Co. will shortly remove their ~-holesale cigar stock from Pearl strec’ to the store in the Kendall block at t! corner of Monroe and Park streets. Joba Allgier and R. W. Pritchard have formed acopartnership under the sty. of Allgier & Pritchard and opened ab tand shoe store at 196 Kast Bridge stre: t. ' -e Gauthier grocery stock, at 561 and 563 Cherry street, has been purchased by H M. Liesveld, who will continue the b .ness at both locations until fall, when bh. will remove his stock from his present s.ore at the corner of Cherry and East streets to the Gauthier location. *’. J. Parker, of the former firm of cker, Coade & Parker, has leased »und floor space in the store of Bunt- 1.z & Davis and the office above their » ace of business, and engaged in the a indling of butter, cheese, eggs, poultry aid egg case supplies, under the style of «x. Jd. Parker & Co. mm Frank Vidro is building a two story rick store building at 184 Stocking wtreet, which he hopes to have completed y midsummer. It will be occupied by \. Vidro with his grocery stock, when 1e willdevote his own double store at 186, 188 and 190 Stocking street entirely «0 his dry goods stock. The wholesale price of granulated sugar to the Grand Rapids retail trade last week was $5.30 per 100 pounds. The retailers’ price was 6 cents a pound or eighteen pounds for $1. The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.’s local manager came out with a card in the newspapers, offer- ing twenty pounds for $1. The cut ap- peared to excite little interest on the part of the consumer, but the wholesale and retail grocery trade took advantage of the opportunity and kept a steady stream of buyers purchasing granulated in dollar packages, as the cut in price put the staple below the wholesale price—17 cents a hundred below the cost to the jobber laid down in Grand Rapids, in fact. Some of the jobbers succeeded in getting several barrels of granulated in this manner and several of the retail grocers managed to get enough to supply their regular trade for several days. A peculiar feature of the episode was the overweight given by the A. and P. people, nearly every package containing upwards of twenty pounds, the overweight rang- ing from one to eight ounces on each package. ti le “@ripsack Brigade, F. L. Anderson, Western Michigan representative for the Rogers Shoe Co., of Toledo, was in town last Saturday. F. H. White, who has been confined to his house most of the time for the past month, has so far recovered as_ to be able to resume his regular visits to the trade. C. M. Woodard, formerly on the road for Barlow Bros., but for the past three THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. months with the Globe Company, of Cin- cinnati, has returned to his old position with Barlow Bros. Gus Oswald, city salesman for A. E. Brooks & Co., was married April 10 to Miss Mary Frey at the family residence at the corner of Plainfield avenue and Coldbrook street. Fred E. Morley, junior member of the former firm of Morley Bros., gen- eral dealers at Cedar Springs, has engaged to cover the trade of the Upper Peninsula for the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. and will take up his residence at Marquette. He has closed out his boot and shoe business at Rapid au South Dakota. A local post of the midis Knights of the Grip was recently organized at Traverse City by Geo. Gane, Vice-Presi- dent, and J. L. McCauley, Secretary, of the State organization. The post starts out with twenty-two charter members and the following officers: C. M. Beers, President; L. M. Pemberton, Vice-Presi- dent; A. L. Bachant, Secretary and Treasurer; Riley Sweers, Sergeant-at- Arms. Frank L. Kelly, who has been confined to his house since Feb. 2 by dropsy and stomachal trouble, is now able to retain and assimilate nourishment, in conse- quence of which he expects to be able to get on his feet again in a short time. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., his employers, have sent him a check for his regular salary each month, which is certainly a very commendable thing for them to do under the circumstances. a Purety Personal. Summer Wells, of the I. M. Clark Gro- cery Co., spent several days last week in the Upper Peninsula. A. H. Cleland, who has served as book- keeper for the Giant Clothing Co. for the past year, has resigned his position, and will spend the summer in his father’s store at Coopersville, unless a more lucra- tive opening presents itself. John W. Ver Hoeks & Co., the Grand Haven general dealers, celebrated the tenth anniversary of their starting in business April 13. The firm has built up a large and satisfactory trade, and de- serves the congratulations of its friends. B. M. Adams, son of G. O. Adams, the Dushville general dealer, has been spend- ing several days in the city, looking over the various points of interest. It is his first visit to this market and his initial impressions. have been pleasant beyond expectation. C. Billman, general dealer at Solon, was in town last Thursday on his way to Central Indiana with several carloads of potatoes. ‘He predicts that the Manistee & Northeastern Railroad will build aspur from its main line to some Lake Michi- gan point in Leelanaw county this season, but thinks it an open question whether the branch starts from Solon or Lake Ann. Geo. H. Reeder has returned from Bos- ton and Lycoming, where he placed orders for fall stocks of shoes and rubber goods. Mr. Reeder is strongly of the opinion that the dealer who delays placing his order for rubber goods until after July 1, in all probability will not get any rubbers in time for the fall trade, as the members of the rubber trust seem disposed to manufacture only for present wants and assert that they will not an- ticipate the needs of the trade in the least degree. La Grippe may attack but cannot overcome those protected | by fresnent nse of CUSHMAN'S MENTHOL |NHALER. It destroys the microbes lodged on the mucous membranes and arrests progress of the disease. Unequalled for COLDS, SORE THBOAT, CA- TARRH, HEADACHE and NEURALGIA. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffing coughing and headache. Continued use com- pea the cure. Sold by all druggists 50 cents. egistered mail 60 cents from H, D, CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr. ThreecRivers,oMich.,jU. S. A. 5 | Free— CANS_Free IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD CUP OF —_ F _ READ T HIS. ves not always imply rage, for Javas planters aka Of these Savas ar ’ r full strength, her produce the perfection of a c The Dramonp Ja taken hot from cylinder preserved until used, Coffee preciate a fine article selon ned, “The Proof of the Pudding is Ask- ing for More.” SMOKERS ONCE SMOKERS AL- WAYS OF THE CELEBRATED Ben - Hur, The great 10¢c Cigar, and FRecord Breaker, The Great 5c Cigar. Made on Honor. Sold on Merit First-Class Dealers Everywhere. GEU. MOEBS & U0. MANUFACTURERS, DETR OrT. Ch te Dutch Process. No Alkaties Bre) 2 — OR Qther Chemicals are used in the preparation of ale MW Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa, which is abselutely pure and soluble. A description of the chocolate plant, and of the various cocoa and chocolate preparations man- ufactured by Walter Baker & Co. will be sentfree toany dealeron application. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. vER FOR IF. No charge for cans. “No returning cans. Cans given away with our finest Coffees—the best in the world. Get what you can for cans and re- duce prices. Ask for an explanation of our new system in handling roasted Coffees. EDWIN J. GILLIES & C0, New York. J. P. VISNER, Agt., 129 Canal St., Grand Rapids, F. H. WHITE, Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of PAPER AND WOODENWARE, 125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich. INDUCEMENT TO THE RETAID DRvueGaistrs AND GENERAL StToREs. Do You Sell DIAMOND YEA? We want one live dealer in evéry city and town to handle and push the sale of Diamond Tea, the great remedy for Constipation, Sick Headache and Liver and Kidneys and we offer the following induce- ment: To every dealer who will send us an order for 3 doz. 25¢ size packages of Diamond Tea at $1.90 per doz., which amounts to only $5.70, we will send free of charge an additional 1 doz. packages, be- sides sufficient sample packages to sample your whole town. By stamping your name on each pack- age you will thus receive full ben- efit of the advertising. It will pay hustlers to take ad- vantage of this offer, before their competitors get ahead ef them. DIAMOND TEA CO. DETROIT, MICH. Diamond Tea is sold by all whole- sale druggists. eT err ae atti etimeend kere a. Reels Moen tet Rae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. For humanity sweeps onward; where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas, with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crack- ling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn. —James Russell Lowell. —_———_—_—__——>o<—__—_— A Reprehensible Practice. From the Confectioner’s Journal: In this pushing, driving age many practices are often resorted to to secure trade which are entirely at variance with the golden rule of ‘‘doing to others as you would wish them to do unto you,”’ besides being unprofitable from a purely selfish point of view. One of these prac- tices, and not the least pernicious either, is that of dividing profits with a custo- mer in order to secure the trade of a com- petitor. Besides accustoming people to a scale of prices which is entirely incom- patible with reasonable profit, thus de- moralizing trade, it is the baneful source of competitive strife which often leads to the most extravagant limits, and ultimately to all kinds of adulterations and sophistications, from which traders and customers are alike sufferers. In all classes of business especially in the large cities and towns, are to be found picayune dealers and manufacturers who have no reputation at stake, and very little money, but who are willing to do business on a small margin, or even at costor below. These guerillas are to be found everywhere, and are pests where- ever they are, but itis a great mistake to fight them with their own weapons, as you enable them to be your masters from the moment that you consent to fol- low their lead. This undercutting is rarely resorted to except by men who have neither capital nor reputation at stake, whilst you have both to protect. Asa rule, it is always the best thing to ignore these pests altogether, and try to hold your trade intact by keeping up the quality of goods you sell and prices in harmony with that quality. This kind of competition is never very long-lived, and it is always the most profitable course tolet these desperadoes do the fighting whilst you simply lookon. You may suffer some loss for the time being, but it will be far less as a passive spec- tatorthan asan actual slugger. This is one of the many cases where the old axiom comes in, and itis applicable in business as in morals: “Of two evils ehoose the least.’ —-- > Be Honest With Your Customers. There are some persons who believe in paying alittle more for an article and getting a good thing, believing in the end that itis cheaperto do so. There are merchants who, when they get hold of a customer, will tell him that the cheaper article is just as good as the higher priced one, and all the while they know it is not. No merchant has the right to deceive his customers. ‘‘That’s too dear,’’ the customer says. Very well, let the cus- tomer see the cheaper article, but let him know at the same time that it is not as good as the first, and, if possible, show him the difference, and then let him decide for himself. You may say, “You ean goto other places, and they will tell you one is as good as the other, but they are not equally as good; because, if they were, we would charge the same for each.” We know it to be true that customers like to be treated in this manner, and soon the merchant gets a class of trade that all the advertisements of his competitors cannot take away from him. Time and time and again I have heard persons say: “I al- ways trade with Mr. Blank. He is so reliable, and has never sold me a poor thing yet.” There are today men in every line of business which competition can- not effect. Why? The reason is simple enough. Those merchants have dealt honestly with their trade, and their trade knows it, and you couldn’t get them away witha derrick. You may not be- lieve, it but it is true all the same. 2 Use Tradesman Coupon Books. ood urr DEMINS. Dry G 8 Price Cc ent. oskeag ci. eee 12% rai brown.. Ts ‘ Adrietie __. 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It may be a sweeping statement, but there is not a university, in the true mean- ing of the word, upon the continent of America to-day. There are several insti- tutions of learning which are called uni- versities, while, in fact, they are noth- ing of the kind. Such an institution with such a name should be able to train a young man or young woman for any position or business in which they may desire to engage. It should be within the reach, as to cost, of any person in any walk of life. If it does not meet those requirements it is not a university. It may do thorough work as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. It may give its students a thorough train- ing in its several departments, but only a small moiety of the population are in a position to take advantage of it, because the great majority of the people have not the necessary means. There is not acol- lege or university in the country that gives a training for any calling outside of the so-called professions, if we except those devoted to special pursuits, such as the agricultural colleges. The mechanical trades are entirely ignored. Sentiment has been largely responsible for this latter condition, however, for manual labor has been thought to be degrading, and the man who works with his hands was supposed to belong to a lower strata of society than the man who used his brains more and his hands less. The university of the future will train young men and wovnen for any vocation, while developing them mentally to the fullest possible extent. Distance will be no obstacle to the youth who desires an education, for by a system of correspoud- ence the benefits of the university may be extended to the remotest hamlet in the land. Now there is an iron-clad curriculum of studies, any departure from which our college faculties seem to regard as acrime. The university of the future will give to each student only such studies as he can do justice to, consider- ing his means and mental capacity. In other words, the benefits of a university training will be extended to every person of both sexes in any section of the coun- try who may desire to take advantage of it. This is ‘‘university extension,” and if our government undertakes the erec- tion of a national university, as men- tioned in last week’s TRADESMAN, its scope and purpose should be no less than is outlined above. DANIEL ABBOTT. A i EARNED! ‘puta penny postal 2as- ___Often saves ; many DOLLARS. It ee Garon Porn, ‘twill pay you you ‘ite efi to: (atonal Bok, Kopel: 167-169 FirtH AVE.CHICAGO. Famous QUIGK MEA Gasoline Famous Stoves. The Most Popular New Process Stove Made. Secure the Sale. VANDERVEEN & WITMAN, Agents for Western Michigan, 106 Monroe 8t., GRAND KAPIDs, MICH Telephone 336. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO,, Mfrs. |: DETROIT, MICH. Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western +Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. DODGE Independence Wood Split Pulley THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! THE BEST! HESTER MACHINERY CO., 45 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPID. oo. BROS. SHOE 00., JOBBERS OF Boots and Shoes, | Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agentsfor 158 & 160 Fulton 8t.,Grand Rapids, The Lansing Woodenware C0. will open up about April 1, in the City of Lansing, Mich., and would like to correspond with all manufacturers of goods Address F. P. MERRELL, Ithaca, Mich. in that line. How to Keep a Store. By Samuel H. Terry. A book of 400 pages written from the experience and observation of an old merchant. It treats of Selection of Busi ness, Location. Buying, Selling, Credit, Adver- tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships, ete, of great interest to every one in trade. $1.50. THE TRADESMAN CO., Ag’ts. Grand Rapids, Mich. KALAMAZOO PANT & OVERALL CO, 221 E. MainaSt., Kalamazoo, Mich. Chicago salesroom with" ‘Silverman & Opper, orner Monroe st. and Fifth ave. Our specialties: Pants from $7.50 to $36 per doz. warranted not to rip. Shirts from $2.50 to 815 Use Tradesman Coupon Books. per doz. oo line now — Samples sent on approva t Y: 3) nt ; ttt i é tHtH MICHIGAN LRADEHSMAN. 11 TOLD OF THE TRAVELER. His Troubles and His Travels. His Trials, The commercial tourist is a fixture, as well as a factor of the great commercial axle on which business in these latter days revolves. Who is it who does not know the drummer? Who is it who has not laughed at his yarns, listened to his lies, and wept over the pathetic tale of the man whose home is any hostlery wherein Fate may chance to toss him? And where is the country lad who has not gazed with longing, envious eyes at the drummer, and sighed for a sample ease and a mileage ticket, that he, too, might go forth into the great busy world with the air of a conquering hero, and sell goods and be a drummer? But once let the lad leave the sequestered vale, wherein nestles the country store, pack his little grip, and enter upon his new life in the role of a commercial tourist, and if he does not discover that Mr. Drummer’s pathway often diverges far from the metaphorical garden of roses, then I know not whereof I speak. When the traveling man bobs into the store of his country customer, full of new stories and new lies, and sings his oft sung song, extolling the virtues of his wares, their wondrous cheapness and marvelous splendor, he appears a happy man in- deed; butis he? He fails to sell a bill, and his expenses are accumulating, and the thumping of a heavy heart is sadly out of tune with the bon homme air with which he would cajole and capture his intended customer. He may have in his pocket a letter from his house notifying him that his trade is not holding up, and that unless it improves they will have to call him ia, but he must wear a benign smile on his face, even though he wears such a letter in his pocket. He fairly talks old Skinflint’s arm off, but old Skin- flint is obdurate and he sells him no goods. Heis too early or too late, and is $10 out of poeket and nota dime in, and yet he must come up smiling and take his medicine, and, be it said to his credit, he does it, and does it well. But he does not always live in his bad streak. He does sell bills. Big bills and little bills, good bills and bad bills, and then he is happy, and the smile he wears is not a mere facial fraud, but wells up in one continuous fiow from his soul, for drummers have souls, even though the average heathen who makes life a bur- den to him, has been known to remark to the contrary. The country merchant is as happy to get rid of a drummer with- out buying a bill as the drummer is’ in having made a sale, and these two, who could not live the one without the other, are eternally and infernally at war. If the man of the grip and sample case is to be believed, the rural merchant needs a big stock of his line, and if you are to accept Mr. Merchant’s statement, he does not require a thing in the world, and it is on the compromise as they split the difference that the two exist. The drummer who only makes ‘‘elec- tric light towns” enjoys a continual pic- nie, so to speak, when his lot is com- pared to that of his less favored brother, whose trade takes him to the small ham- let and country store away from the rail- road. Not long ago I was inveigled by a genial traveling representative into tak- ing a drive into the country, he having no difficulty in convincing me that a buggy trip across a long stretch of pine barrens would be great sport. I believed him then—now we are no longer on speaking terms. The trip agreed upon, the necessary arrangements were soon made, and we set out from our rail point in high spirits. We lumbered along all day, my companion selling a few bills, while I amused myself as best I could. Night and rain caught us at a backwoods hotel, where we arranged for a night’s lodging. We were assigned the bed room off the parlor, with special privi- leges as to the latter room, which con- tained the regulation outfit of the coun- try hotel, including the cheap colored print of ‘‘Mary and Her Little Lamb;” the girl with the lap full of roses, labeled ‘‘Spring Time,’’ and the demure brunette who is supposed to be chill and cheerless ‘‘Winter.’? Ah! surely such a one cannot have been a drummer. We had supper, a most frugal meal, and the young men of the house came in to entertain us and make us wish they were dead, but as a breakfast by candle light was ahead of them, and they knew it, they failed to linger long, and once alone, it was a race to see who would get to bed first. The great feather bed over in the corner looked most tempting in- deed. Covered with a snowy spread, it looked so nice that I longed to get into it. It seemed just ready to embrace me in a great warmth of welcome, and I hastened to embrace it in turn, but by the shades of my forefathers that bed was the great- est fraud ever perpetrated on a tired traveler. Putting one foot on the high edge of the bed rail, 1 made a great dive for the center, and I landed plump on the slats. LIrolled over, and asif by magic the feathers seemed todisappear. At last I managed to imprison a handful or two *twixt my tired anatomy and the bed slats, and waited the coming of my com- panion, who fared not half so well as I. How those people ever managed to blow that bed up is a mystery I have yet been unable to solve, and 1 fear it will go sounding down the ages like the undis- covered arts of the necromancers of old. Bright and early next morning we were on the porch performing our morn- ing ablutions and were ushered into breakfast. The family was assembled before us, the old man of the house, weazened and scrawny, the mother of the family, full of pride and conscious- ness, and sons and daughters galore. The morning meal was on the board, smoking hot, and even the fat biscuit and black coffee, the yellow-legged chicken and fried eggs looked inviting and even appetizing. family were standing as we entered, but took that asa mark of respect to their distinguished visitors, but 1 was soon to be undeceived. I reached for my chair, which sat with its back to the board, but was stopped by the eldest son and heir, who informed us that we had left the I observed that the | land of the heathen and fallen in among | Christian people, who always knelt in prayer before the morning meal. The old gentleman at once began to get down on his knees on the floor, and rested his arms on the seat of his chair. He was followed by the family in solemn proces- sion, and I looked at my companion and he looked at me, and we both gazed in awe atthe kneeling group around that solemn board. My chum’s knees com- menced to weaken and I saw he was going to join his host and humble him- self in prayer (for even drummers can pray), so 1 joined him, and when all New Prices RED STAR Baking: Powder. ARCTIC MANUFACTURING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Medidm Priced but Strictly High Grade Bicycles. SEE QUOTATIONS. READ THE LIST. $155 125 115 100 A—— Kclipse, QV) New Mail, Majestic, Waverly, _ We fully guarantee every one. We want acEnTs in unoccupied ter- ritory at liberal discounts. Write us for a free ticket on a Majestic bi- cycle which we will give to the holder of the 101st ticket out of the box at a drawing to be held May 30th, 1893. PERKINS & RICHMOND, 101 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. YOU WANT A Cheap Fine Cut, But it must be Up in Quality. ery GOLD MEDAL The Price is away down, but the quality is “out of sight.” all — arnhar PatmanCo. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. } and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS 12 THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. were in proper posture the head of the house lifted up his voice in tearful prayer. He prayed long and he prayed loud, and the pine floor got harder and harder. He prayed for everyone he had ever heard of and a great many he had never heard of, and as he continued I could see the thin rings of smoke which rose from the chicken dish grow thinner and thinner, and finally disappear in the atmosphere near the ceiling. At last, weary and worn, we were permitted to arise, partake of a cold breakfast, and pay for our entertainment at the rate of $2 per day, with no extra charge for the prayer. Such experiences are common in the life of a drummer, yet he is said by some thoughtless persons to be a heathen, and knows not of heaven, but this is an un- truth and injustice to the traveling sales- man, for what he knows not of, and is not willing to swear he knows all about, must be a poor thing indeed. We continued our trip, full of adven- tures, and finally got back to civilization alive, but all my illusions as to the glorious rest of a buggy trip far from the shriek of the locomotive whistle, the rattle of the car over the pavements of the city and hurrying, of hundreds of feet and busy hum of voices of great communities, I had left far behind me, and I was satisfied that the life of a drummer leads him far from the ways of play and pleasure. Seated around a hotel stove, and spin- ning yarns, a drummer is a whole-souled, devil-may-care cuss, whom everybody loves, and whose very good humor is con- tagious, but hustling for business on a buggy trip he is a mournful wretch id | Sell From oho fe he he eh } what you whom one would scarcely recognize in the whilom entertainer of the hotel lobby. But he has his pleasures as well as his troubles. Some of them have been known to relate a true narrative, and all of them are remarkable for their ability to metamorphose a lie so that it will so closely resemble the truth as to pass cur- rent for the genuine article. There is no barometer known to man which tells the true state of trade like a drummer’s face, even though he lie like a dog, and swear he has just seld the biggest bills ever dreamed of. The wealth of information these genial, wholesale fellows possess is a matter to marvel at. The energy they display in meeting competition is most surely worthy of all praise, and while there are among them black sheep, such characters are few and far between, and loyalty to one another is the drummer’s most lovable characteristic. An under- hand advantage—a small _ trick—is enough to read a man out of the drum- mer’s social camp the instant he is dis- covered, for the great majority of travel- ing men are an ornament to any com- munity and a credit to any profession. Hunt McCAces. —_—_——_—_—_—_>o->_—— Unpardonable Offenses. Certain sins of ommission and commis- sion there are for which there is neither forgiveness nor absolution. A woman will forgive the man she loves for squandering her fortune, de- stroying her peace of mind, dishonoring the name he has given her, but woe unto him if he forgets to kiss her good by when he goes down town in the morning. He may take off his coat, roll up his sleeves, take a week off for it, buy flowers, bon bons, theater tickets, be so good and penitent that he doesn’t know himself and has to be introduced to his mirror every morning—he can’t make that right until the crack of doom. She never forgives and forgets that, even if she says she does. Another unpardooable sin is to spell a man’s name wrong. You may tread on his toes, steal his umbrella, cheat him, give him the wrong points on the races, but don’t spell his name wrong if you de- sire him for a friend. A woman never forgives a man for criticising her perfume; a man hates the fellow who runs down the brand of cigars he likes. A woman may forgive the man who puts his umbrella down where it will drip all over her in the car; she never forgives the woman that sits down next to her with a dress that spoils hers. A little woman rather likes to be called a pussy or a chicken by a big, good- natured man, but she never forgives him if he calls her a cat or an old hen. She never forgives the woman that coaxes her servants away by offering them better wages, or the woman who knows her age and tells it, or the woman the man she likes admires or praises, or the woman who always looks a little finer, dresses a bit handsomer, does things a shade better than she can _ her- self. We all know that woman and hate her, while we smile into her eyes and kiss her goodby, acknowledging ourselves her inferior. No woman sits down and bewails her inability to wear the Astor diamonds or to rival the famous beauties of the world, but it is the woman who buys one more gown than we can afford, who keeps two servants when we have only one, who fades our pinks with her roses and dulls our charms with her graces whom it is hard to forgive as we would be forgiven. ——_—>--- <> The Starting Point to Millions. Among the self-made millionaires of California is the President of a bank in San Francisco, whose story of the way in which he made his first dollar is inter- esting. “‘I had come over a poor boy from Ger- many, and went to Los Angeles, where I had a cousin then living. I got ajob SESE S SESS SESE SESE SESSEESEFEEEEESE SES WALL PAPER Merchants can make 30 to 50 per cent. selling wall paper on our plan, which is to Samples. We Ship Goods same day order is received, so you need buy only and make sell © NO INVESTMENT. % Be $5.000 to play rack | Merchants. } $06,000. Our Sample Books contain over 400 patterns and represent a stock of We ask $5.00 for sample books including a nice dis- and when you have sent orders amounting to $50.00 we : Refund the [loney paid for samples and Rack. We will send a few samples from these books free, with full particulars to You can make $6.00 to $12.00 every day this spring selling our wall paper. ALFRED PEATS, Wall Paper Merchant 136-138 W. Madison St., CHICAGO. 30-32 West 13th St., NEW YORK. in a store to sweep out and actin a ca- pacity of general utility. I was engaged at the rate of $25 a month and board, or about 95 cents a day. ‘Never shall I forget the first few jingling coins that were paid me. The exultant feeling of independence and the satisfaction that I was doing so well put and kept me in good humor. Thatto me was a handsome compensation. It wasa great deal more than a boy of my age— 16 years old— could get at my old home beyond the ocean. Llet the money ac- cumulate until I had $200, and then I bought an acre of ground with it. “That acre I have to-day, and my Los Angeles residence is on it. It is just diagonally across from the Westminster Hotel, near the post office,and since then lhave been offered, instead of $200 originally paid, $200,000. Ll worked three years for my employer, and during that time in addition to saving money right along from my salary, | paid $5 a month and attended a night school. ‘“‘At the end of three years I had enough to start in a small way ina of my own. I stuck tothis until when I went into banking. Our was the first one incorporated in Cali- fornia south of San Francisco. It is about thirty-five years since I acquired my first dollar. Its acquisition has af- forded me more satisfaction than any of the sums acquired since, no matter how large. **T encourage my children, even the lit- tle ones of five or six years, to save their pennies, and whenever they got a little money have opened aczounts for them at the savings banks. The first dollar is a good one to invest properly, and when it is soinvested causesmuch pleasure. It is good, however, to have liberality go with business discretion. ‘*No period of my life has been so grat- ifying to mein a substantial way as when I was sweeping the store for the first dollar I ever had, attending the night school and casting about to see what I should do,not only with the ‘orig- inal dollar, but those which came along after it at that time.” sand store 1868, bank Hobie fe he ef ofp Be ole offe of oe of & bos bb 45S 4445455554456 445555445S55454 + | THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. THE SPIRIT OF SPECULATION. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Speculation is the bane of trade and of tradesmen. It is destructive of those finer sensibilities by which right is dis- tinguished from wrong in business trans- actions; it is brutalizing in its tendency and utterly vicious in its results. No man can enter upon a career of specula- tion, without casting honor and honesty to the winds, for he must live and prosper by preying upon his fellows, and build his fortune upon the ruin he him- self has wrought. He is but one re- move from the highwayman who de- mands his victim’s money at the muzzle of a revolver. The speculative mania is found not only on the Wall streets and stock ex- changes of the country; it affects all classes alike, from the humble laborer who earns but a dollar a day to the millionaire who counts his earnings by the hundred thousand. The latter may speculate in ‘‘futures,’? and stocks, and bonds, while the former ‘‘draws’’ on baking powder, or soap, or tea. The ob- ject of both is the same—to get some- thing for nothing, or with as little labor as possible and in the shortest possible time. One result of this mania for specula- tion has been to lead men to despise the ordinary methods by which money is to be accumulated. These are too hum- drum and commonplace, too slow for the times in which we live. Hard, plodding, honest work, in the office or shop, and its sure result—a solid competence and honorable reputation—have been dis- carded for the rapid, if risky, methods of the wheat pit and stock exchange; and the good name, which, we are told, is ‘rather to be chosen than great riches,”’ is despised for the sometimes odorous, always shady, reputation of the broker or operator. Another and very important phase of this subject—important because its per- nicious effects are felt all over the land— is found in connection with the retail grocery trade. It is the ‘‘gift enterprise,” the ‘something for nothing’’ craze in an- other form. Gifts with tea, and coffee, and soap, and baking powder; in fact, with almost everything sold ir the ordi- nary grocery, is the order of the day. Some customers believe that the grocer who cannot offer his customers some- thing in the way of a ‘“‘gift’’ is ‘‘not init” with his neighbor who can, albeit his goods are undoubtedly of better quality. But he gives nothing, so this class of people pass his door and go to the man who does; but when the quality of these prize goods is considered, it seems strange that people with brains can be so de- luded. There may be some exceptions, but they are generally trash. Take the gift coffee as an example; it is the vilest stuff imaginable, and not worth carrying out of the store, yet it is bought and used— solely because a gift goes with it. It is the same with other articles. The result of this kind of ‘‘business’’ is that the people, many of them, have acquired the habit of buying an inferior quality of goods, to the detriment of legitimate trade and honest goods. Moreover, many people now imagine they have a right to a gift with the goods they pur- chase, and to see them running from store to store in search of ‘‘gift goods’’ would be ludicrous were it not such a pitiful illustration of the weakness of human nature. It is a species of specu- lation which naturally appeals to people of moderate means; the articles ‘‘given’’ having a flashy appearance, seem de- sirable to those who have not the money to purchase articles of substantial merit and greater cost. The goods themselves are generally worthless and unfit for use. Dealers should discourage this kind of business by every means in their power; show up the quality of both goods and gifts, and educate the people up to buy- ing good goods at honest prices. Money would be saved in the end by all con- cerned and legitimate trade be greatly benefitted. DANIEL ABBOTT —_——- << East Bay Lumber Co. Mitchell & Mahan, who have been en- gaged in the lumber business at East Bay since 1866, have merged their busi- ness into a stock comdany under the style of East Bay Lumber Co. The cap- ital stock is $25,000, all paid in, divided among the following stockholders in the amounts named: CO eee $11,040 oe 2,000 ee Ee 4,430 OO Oe ———————— 4,430 eg ee ee ee 3,100 The Directors are Jas. E. Mahan, Wm. Mitchell and Wm. H. C. Mitchell, and the officers are as follows: President and General Manager—Jas. E. Mahan. Vice-President—Wm. Mitchell. Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. H. C. Mitchell. The corporation acquires the property of the old firm, consisting of over 2,000 acres of land, containing 4,000,000 feet standing pine, 1,000,000 hemlock, 500,000 eedar, sawmill, and about $4,000 worth of lumber already cut. aii 9 <> —- Monthly Meeting of Post E. At the last meeting of Post E, Michi- gan Knights of the Grip, Wm. Kortlander donated a water color painting as a pedro prize, which was accepted with a cordial vote of thanks. On motion of Mr. Gonzalez, L. M. Mills, Ben Van Leuven, C. L. Lawton, Geo. F. Owen and R. B. Hanna were ap- pointed a committee to circulate a peti- tion among the business men of Grand Rapids, requesting the State Board of Directors to select this city as the next place of meeting. Mr. Groesbeck, chairman of the Com- mittee on Hall, reported the engagement of Elk’s hall for a year at an annual rental of $40. The report was accepted. Mr. Stowits moved that each member be assessed 50 cents per quarter for gen- eral expenses, which was adopted. On motion of L. M. Mills, the Presi- dent, Secretary and Board of Directors of the State organization were invited to be present at the next meeting of the Post, which was adopted. In case the invitation is accepted—and in all prob- ability it will be—the meeting of May 13 will be held at 2:30 in the afternoon, so that the visitors may take the late after- noon and evening trains home. ——____—>-+<— The Drug Market. Gum opium is decidedly firmer, on ac- count of the unfavorable weather for the growing crop. Quinine is steady. Morphine is unchanged. Sugar of milk has declined. Short buchu leaves are lower. Balsam of Peru has advanced. African ginger is steadily declining. Alcohol has declined 2c, the present schedule being as follows: ee el oe a BE BAWUONE, 6. one cess vce hts e ces cou oe cons 2.28 10 DONO. 0a cns coe scweg ee sacnecesweessescons 31 B wallONs.:... 22. .ccccccencccces seen ccorereees 2.33 All less 5¢ per gallon for cash in 10 days. cS as DECMANG Brg ravine Gt: — * | | Store Buildings for Stationery. Headings for Stationery. * Portraits, Patented Articles, Etc. The TRADESMAN COPIPANY, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Are You Going to the W orld’s Fair? [fso, you want this Harvard Leather Bag. Leather lined, frame leather bound, latest improved patent fastening. We will make you a present of one. Write for particulars. {C jark_. Hy Grocery —< ay Co. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—O. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Five Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit., Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Vice-Presidents—l. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks, Morley. urer—Wm. H. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit. ttee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Basgett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. Next place of meeting—Some resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank H. Escott. HOW TO FIT TRUSSES. Were any one of us to talk with adozen different druggists on the subject of truss fitting and selling, we should probably find their opinions about equally divided regarding it. Some would say that they like it, that they find it an interesting, in the main a pleasant, and a fairly profit- able branch of their business; others would pronounce it a nuisance—-more bother than it is worth. This difference of verdict may be due somewhat to the differences in the druggists in matters of taste and in mechanical skill, but I think it is due principally to their different modes of conducting the business. The first requisite to successful truss fitting is to have a clear conception of what a hernia is. To be able to recognize the various forms of rupture, and to know in each case in just what direction to apply pressure in order to reduce the hernia, and also to hold it most securely and at the same time most comfortably to the patient. There are published various anatomical charts which illustrate the subject. A person may gain a very good knowledge of it by studying Gray’s Anatomy. In their catalogue of 1889, I. B. Seeley & Co. give a chapter on hernia, illustrated to some extent, which is well worth reading. Not least import- ant is that part of the chapter which treats on ‘‘Affections often Mistaken for Hernia,’’ and also the other part of the chapter, which discusses ‘‘Symptoms of Hernia often Mistaken for those of Other Affections.’’ The second requisite to successful truss fitting is a good outfit. No man can do good work without a good place to work in and agood assortment of good tools to work with. Under the head of outfits I would place firstof alia suitable room, where one is retired, not subject to interruptions, where things are neat and clean, comfortably warm, and where trusses and tools are or can be arranged conveniently at hand. One works at a decided disadvantage when he takes his customer behind the prescription case, or down cellar, or into a back room among barrels and boxes, subject to constant in- terrnptions, and where it is so cold that the patient in his exposed condition soon becomes uncomfortable and impatient. Next in order comes a good assortment of trusses. By a good assortment I don’t mean that one should try to keep some of every kind and style that are made, and buy every new-fangled, double-geared contraption that comes along. He should select a few good styles, which by ex- perience he knows that he can do good work with, and then have a full assort- ment of sizes of these kinds. As to what is the best truss to keep, good judges would no doubt give different opinions. One thing certainly is true, that no one truss is the best truss for all cases. Were a new man in the business, just putting in a new stock, to ask me to ad- vise him in making a selection, I should say to him, Get a few elastic belt trusses, a few soft kid-finished, light spring, French pattern, including infant sizes, and then get the greater part of your stock in hard-rubber covered trusses. Of the different styles of hard- rubber trusses I would select the ones shown in Seeley’s Catalogue as Figures 3, 5 and 6 (‘‘Hood’s’’). I think very highly of the Hood pattern; it seems to me to obtain the lifting pres- * sure, resembling that which one exerts when hoiding a rupture on himself by his fingers on the same side, the nearest of any truss that I have ever used. The “Crossbody’’ style worked wellin the few cases of femoral hernia which I have ever had. For inguinal hernialI do not consider it as good as the other styles mentioned. The best way to store trusses is in boxes, with a cut showing the style of truss which each box contains pasted on the outside of the box and the sizes distinctly marked on it. The boxes should be arranged on shelves, where the marks can be readily seen. Next to the trusses themselves one should have avise and a good pair of large pliers, to be used in bending and twisting springs. A No.8 vise is suffi- ciently large, screw driver, tape meas- ure, alcohol stove for warming hard- rubber trusses, matches, etc., should all be in their places. And the outfit is not complete without a chair in which a pa- tient can be gradually let down flat on his back and gradually be brought up again toa sitting position without any action on his part. Such a chair is bet- ter than a couch, because when neces- sary to fit a truss to a person lying down, the straining required in his rising is apt to throw everything out of place. A cheap surgeon’s chair answers every pur- pose. Inthe absence of sucha chaira eouch is infinitely better than the floor or even some boxes. With your room, your trusses, your vise, chair, etc., allin good shape, the next question is how to handle your pa- tient? This is frequently a compound and a complex question. If I could do just as I would like with a patient, I should examine him, make up my mind what kind of a truss is best for his case, take a hard-rubber truss of that pattern, fitit to him, paying no attention to his suggestions, being sure to have it stiff enough to hold him, and then tell him to come again aftera few days. Then, on his coming in, if I thought that I could weaken the spring so as to make it more comfortable for him and still keep the rupture secure, I would do so. That would be comparatively simple and easy work; but, as a rule, we can’t doit in that way. The customer is apt to have ideas and whims, to ignore which will offend him and leave him dissatisfied, no matter how good work you may do on him; while to yield to which will insure poor results. A man who has worn a truss is apt to think that he understands the truss question and knows what he wants better than anyone else can tell him. And even a man who has never worn a truss is apt to have preconceived ideas which heis slow to relinquish. The question then, how to handle your patient, is a double one—not merely how to treat his rupture, but how to manage him. Or, as one truss fitter expressed it, ‘‘how to fit his head as well as his rup- ture.’”? I don’t suppose that surgeons or eminent truss fitters are troubled with this first question, but with the average druggist it is the most troublesome ques- tion in the whole truss fitting business, and, therefore, we will now give it first attention. When a man has worn a certain kind of truss and wants another just like it, if you happen to have that kind it is usu- ally best to give it to him, and practic- ally let him fit himself, even though you may know that it is not the best truss for his case. You might exhaust yourself persuading him to take the kind that you know to be best for him, but most likely you would do him no kindness. Ten chances to one he would bring it back to you after a few days pronouncing it a failure, and his poor opinion of your ability as a truss fitter would be estab- lished forever. Most men wear their trusses too low; they do not understand that the aperture is above the tumor. If you place the pad where it should be, the first thing that they do is to shove it down outof place. Itis the truss fitter’s duty to explain to them the anatomy of the parts and why the pressure should be placed higher than they suppose, and, if possible, ‘‘educate them up” to wearing the pad where it belongs. In cases where the patients are not at- tached to a truss which they have been wearing, but still are disposed to follow their own idea, make their own selection of atruss and dictate how they want it adjusted, I say o them pleasantly, ‘‘I think 1 know a great deal better than you do what your case requires. If you will permit me to select your truss and fit itto you, and if you will wear it where I place it, I will guarantee that it will suit you or I will take it back and refund the money to you.” When a pa- tient proposes to take one or more of my trusses home and try them, I say, ‘‘No, you may select your truss and fit it to yourself here, and if you desire I will as- sist you, but I take no chances on your truss fitting. You must pay for the truss before you take it home, and after you take it home you must keep it.’’ After a little firm but kind talk of this sort the patient will usually put himself in my hands. In talking that way toa patient I mean just whatI say. I will not let any man take my trusses home and try them. If they don’t fit, he doesn’t know how to make them fit, and he is almost sure to bring them back, soiled more or less. I have then had my trouble and the damage to my trusses all for nothing. I will take my chances on my own truss fitting, and the patient must take his chances on his. On this point it pays to be independent and posi- tive. In cases where a person is strenuous fora belt truss, either because he has been tortured by a poorly fitted spring truss, or for any other reason, if I think that a belt truss will serve him fairly well I follow his preferences. As to the best trusses for women my experience is limited. Two lady phy- sicians have been in the habit of coming to me for trusses to fit their lady patients with; they have frequently described the cases to me and have asked my advice. From that experience I have formed the opinion that, while a woman may face the music and have a tooth pulled with less ado than a man (and dentists tell us such is the case), when it comes to a pro- tracted discomfort they have less pa- tience and endurance than a man; more- over, they ferm opinions from the looks ofatruss. If a truss looks hard and un- comfortable it will hurt her when she wears it, and if it looks nice, soft, and comfortable, she will find it comfortable. Therefore, for women I would select neat, soft, kid covered French patterns, with as light springs as possible. So much on the management of a cus- tomer. We will now consider briefly the matter of adjusting the truss. Exactly how to adapt a truss to each individual it would be impossible for any one to ex- plain without a clinic of variety of cases, but certain general instructions may be given: First. Insist on exposing the patient sufficiently to have a fair chance at him. Working under several layers of cloth- ing, from undershirt to overcoat, and among a tangle of suspenders, etc., is too much like cutting a man’s hair with his hat on. Take off coats, let down trousers and pin shirts up out of the way. If the patient wishes to wear the truss over his underclothing he can do so; after you get it fitted, the thickness of the clothing will probably make no difference with the set of the truss, but fitting over a shirt is blind work. Have the patient stand up straight with his heels together, and bearing his weight equally on both feet, reduce the hernia while in that posi- tion if it can be done easily. If that is not easily done, select the truss which you are to use, put your patient on the chair, reduce the hernia, hold it with your fingers while you bring him back on to his feet, then put on the truss and re- move the fingers. In some very bad cases it may be impossible to remove the fingers and adjust the pad without letting the rupture partially escape. In such cases put the truss on him, get the rear adjust- ment all right, them put him on his back, lift up each pad, reduce the rupture, put the pad in place, then carefully bring him on to his feet. Then sit down in front of him, have him cough and change positions; if it escapes, watch and see just where it escapes. If it is possible, be sure to have the hernia completely re- duced before the truss is put on. Some- times in an old hernia certain growths or adhesions have taken place which render a complete reduction impossible. What- ever can be returned to the abdominal cavity without materially lifting the spermatic cord should be held there. Be sure to have the truss completely holding him before you let him go. A truss that is pinching an intestine which has partly, even in a small degree, slipped by it is a very uncomfortable and often a very harmful truss. For that reason it is better to have the spring too stiff rather than too weak. It is better to say to a patient, ‘I think this spring is stiffer than you will need it permanently, and after you have worn it a few days, if you will come in, I will slack it up,’’ than it is to say to him, ‘‘I want to make it as easy as possible for you; I will try a limber spring; if it doesn’t hold you, I will make it stiffer.’”’ If it fails to hold him he is liable to consider you a failure and to want to try some one else. So on the start, whatever else you do or fail to do, be sure, if possible, to establish the fact that you can hold him. At this point I would emphasize again the importance of keeping a full assortment of sizes, it is too bad to fail of a perfect job just be- cause you have to use a truss which is a size too large or too smal!. Keep a record of every truss that you fit; it will be of service to you in many ways. Rupture in infants. It is sometimes almost impossible to put onto the little fellows trusses which will be comfort- able, or which will keep in place. I think that as a rule a spring truss is better than a compress, and that a soft, leather-covered French pattern is the best. A hard-rubber truss would be cooler and more cleanly, but it is more apt to slide out of place. The following device has worked well in some light cases: Take two corn or bunion plasters, stick their gummed sides together and stick them onto a piece of adhesive strip. The plasters make a good compress with the hole in the middle; place the com- press on the hernia and fasten it in place with the strip. This should be changed quite frequently, and each time the strip should be fastened to a new place. If more pressure is needed an additional bandage can be attached to the compress and passed around the body. Sometimes a person coming to the druggist for a truss brings along his phy- sician to superintend the matter. As a rule, physicians are not practical truss fitters. I have found that the most satis- factory way in such cases is simply to tender the physician the use of your room and your assortment of trusses and leave the case entirely in his hands. If he declines your tender, as most likely he will, he will be careful not to interfere with your work to make any suggestions that will embarrass you. H. G. Cotman. _ oO Toots From Ram’s Horn. The heart is the largest thing in the world, because it takes more than the world to fill it. The world is full of people who want to do good but -they are in no hurry to commence. When we get to heaven we will all find that we have had something to do with building it. One of the saddest sights upon which angels have to look is the life of a lonely child. Whether we get to heaven or not is to be decided by what we love, not by what we know. If you want to have power to lead oth- ers, learn to control the man who wears your own hat. The woman who paints her cheeks and the man who dyes his whiskers never fool but one person. Fear to die until you have done some good that will always live. The man who worships a golden calf is burning incense to himself. The strongest man in the werld is the one who can best control himself. There is nothing easier to believe than a pleasing lie about ourselves. Empress Josephine Face Bleach Is the only reliable cure for freckles and pimples. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., GRanpv Raprps, Micu.,, Jobbers for Western Michigan. > 4 » I * -<« " * y ye a rs r ~ ~ a» — ae sy - 4 é ia o> ~ a § ° 2 -» at me Sl THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Balsam Peru gum opium, gum opium po. Declined—African ginger, alcohol, sugar milk ACIDUM. oe: Toieweseuse ‘a son . = TINCTURES. 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Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Secsseue tesneqcumas @2 00 Soda Carb............. 1%@ 2 Pils Liq, N.«C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5 eek cena @2 00 — Bom. ............ eee & Piels Liq., quarts . @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2 oe... @ 85} Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ 55 a ocr (po. 80) .. @ 30 = Myreia Dom..... @2 2 Piper Nigra, (po. _ @ 1 Myreia Imp... .. @3 00 Piper Alba, (po ¢5) .. @ 3 . ini Rect. bbl Pix Bur, oem Ts a eee eee eee 33 Pram Aces... .... Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Pulvis eens et opli..1 10g! 2 Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 Pyrethrum, boxes H — omy Ore uoue. 24@ 3% aP-), Ce., Com-.... @1 25 iad a pie coca. 24%@ 3 Temerinds............ Pyrethrum, py...-.--- 16@ 25 | merebenth Venice... uinia, S$. P sw... 29@ 34 Theobromae .......... 45 @ 48 -? rman 218 30 eee 00@16 00 Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14 memes Pelle 8 7@ 8&8 — Lactis pv. 2@ 22 Seinen... 1 = = OILs. Sengule Draconis..... Bbl. Gal eo Me cua ce i i Whale, winter........ 70 70 See esses aise 10@ 12/ Lard, ee mw 11 - x i @ 15 Lard, OS 65 7 Linseed, a raw. 51 54 Lindseed, boiled . 54 5? —_ Foot, winter . naeteseaieas. Lo oe PAINTS. bbl. Ib. Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 MOE ic... 1 2@3 Putty, SS -- 24 2%@3 * atrict mare... 2% 2%@3 — Brim e Amer- m ee 13@16 Vomion, English.. 65@7 Green, Peninsular... OQ teem ree... Kk. 6%@7 ro We, 6%@7 Whiting, white Span... @z White B Gliders’ ...... @9 White, Paris American a Whiting, Paris Eng. oun... 30 elas Prepared Paint1 20g! 4 Swiss Villa Prepared Pate... 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES, No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 mutee Tare... ites we Conmem Bogy........... No. 1 Tarp Furn...... t oot 10 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 ~~ Dryer, No. 1 a 70@75 HAAELTINE & PRK DRUG Importers and Jobbers of DRUGS CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils 2 Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Celebratea SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. Full Line of Staple Drug: We are Sole Preprietor: of nists Sundries Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. WHISKIES, BRANDIES, We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. TINE & PERK x HAL NS Send a trial order- DRUG C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, ee ne ee ae ache ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE a. zZ gross as ............. 6 00 Castor Oil. chscee aa 9 CO Diamond.. ._- 22 OO 80 9 00 a 8 00 Paragon . 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme +. cans, . doz.. . ab . i eo. 1 60 Bulk. oo. 10 Arctic oe a 60 b 1 20 ~ * Cl 2 00 » * ll Fosfon. 5 Oz, cans, 4 doz. in case. _ 16 ° ...2 0 Red Star, 14 ‘® cans. 40 y% 75 4S ie Telfer’s, % ib. cans, doz. 45 . _ | = ' -_ ‘oe Our Leader, 44 lb cans.... 45 i) Cams... .. 7 1 Ibeans i128 Dr. Price's. per doz Dime cans.. 9 to - 12 ' 24 wit 3% oe r 11 40 “- we “« 2a® * 2 BATH BRICK. 2 _— in Case. English . 90 a so eee... .......4-..-. —_ BLUING Gross Arctic, ‘ oz ovals Sa 400 Oz ‘ 7 00 ' ints round... e 10 50 o 2. , sifting x... 2% = No. 3, . 400 - Fas 8 00 a eee 450 Mexican Liquid, 4 oz 3 60 ae 6 80 BROOMS, Ao. 2 Hurl a _12 —s..hlU 20 2 Carpet. . .-e- No — 2 50 Parlor Gem.. coe. — Whisk a. 90 1s Ware —. ie. 382 RUSHES. Stove, No. = -123 i.e . . 4 no. oe Rice Root Serub,2 row.... 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.... 1 25 Palmetto, goose.. . 180 BUTTER PL ATES. Oval—250 in crate. me Lo 60 —_— eS 70 _— ........ 80 TO Boose. jew noe oe 100 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10 ee eee 11 eee 24 CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, id aay 1 20 1 90 eins oie: Standard, 21b.. ee Cove Oysters. Standard, > Se 1 00 > 1 85 Cmca Star, 7... 250 " 2 i 38 50 eee oe... 2 06 hag 2 Ib. eo Mackerel, Standard, 1 ig ‘se _ 1 2 a 2 10 Mustard, cae 2% Tomato oo 21b 2% Soused, 2 -- i 2 25 Salmon. Columbia River, —_.... 2 ee... 8 Ree Oe... 5. 14 is oo cen ce Biseers, Bee.....-..-.-... 1 95 ‘dines. . .- -64%@ 7 . 10@11 Cae 15@16 @s 21 Trout. I avin sees neseesd 250 They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the Fruits, Apples. 3 lb. a os York State, galions.. Hamburgh, * oom oe Apricots. iaveéak....... 1% Santa Cruz.. me 1% ae 1% Ceres... 1% Blackberries. —o................ 95 Cherries ae. 10Q1 20 Pitted ee - "i 175 White ‘ee 1 50 Erie 1 20 Damsons, Beg Plums and Green Se 110 Cc euia. a 1 70 Gooseberries. ee 12 Peaches. a 123 os en oe ........,.,.. 1 65 California....... 2 20 Monitor 1 6 Pe Pears. ee... 1 20 Siveeeee............. 210 Pineapples. eee... a. 00@1 30 Jobnson’ 8 sliced...... 2 50 grated..... 2% Booth’s sliced. oe 2 50 a4 grated...... : 2% Quinces. Om... 1, 110 Raspberries. ea CE 130 Black Hamburg.. 150 Erie, black . : 1 30 Strawberries. Lawrence ...... 13 Hamburgh ee a Erie.. ee 12 Terrapin . eee eee 1 10 co anaamnaae Blueberries . . 1 00 ieee Corned beef, Libby’s.......2 10 Roast beef, Armour’ 1-3 Potted ham, a Kes oe cek oe eee 80 e tongue, ~ Ib. oo . Ib.. cones 85 " chicken, % Ib....... % Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringleas.......1 2 French style..... 2 2 . foe 1 35 Lima, green. ee ee 7% Lewis Boston Baked........ 135 Bay Diete Baked............ 1 3 World’s Fair Baked........1 35 PR Rs oo is cree oie nus 100 retone Hamburgh ..... i Livingston Eden . ou BO cs ee a a ‘ —— a 150 Morn a ED occ occu. ae... 5 Peas Hamburgh marrofat........ 13 : early June...... Champion Eng..1 50 —_ om....... 17 ancy sifted....1 90 oe ES ET, 75 ears eee... coos 7 VanCamp’s marrofat....... 1 10 o early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 French. i 15 — ‘Mushrooms. ' ooe..... Ey Pumpkin, ee oo ae quash. Pee o.oo oes se... ic. 1% Succotash. Hamburg ee see i 40 Soaked sare Gia cai 85 Boney Tew... . 22... -.1 50 ee ee 13 Tomatoes. me ic Buocisior ........ be ee, 123 oe. ae 1 eee 1 40 Galen .......-. et cdia sumeke 3 CHOCOLATE, Baker's. 23 37 43 Riverside one ME icc s se es @12% ie ooetee ede on @il Drie oe eee os oa 11 a... 100 Leiden . oe 23 oe ........... @10 ares... ss. @25 Rogue! ort. ae @35 Sch WN a B22 ae, imported . @24 domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. ar pint, 25 = ee 27 nt a oe ae 1 doz bottles 5 Triumph Brand. Half pint, per dos. ......... 1 35 oo es... ...... 450 Quart, foe oe... - -.6 © CLOTHES PINS. SerOes DORRS...........- COCOA rr oe ee... Less quantity. ~~. ee Poun packages. 6%@7 COFFEE, Green. Rio. Santos Fair. . ee Good . 22 ee 23 go 24 Mexican and Guatamala, ” ee... 2 ee... ..... ke Java, ere. is 3... 25 Private Growth........ : Mandehiing ........ Mocha, ee ee 28 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- SSaa 7H age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 22.80 oe oe ee ee Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case. Extract. Valley City % BTOSS........ Felix : Hummel’s, om. gross... oe ae CHICORY. EE Pe ae CLOTHES LINES, Cotton, 40ft....... per dos. - er... e “a 60 ft “ . oe ss a Jute eer... ..,. “s sg = ...., $s CONDENSED MILK. 4 ~~ in case. eo - coos eee = at American Swiss. . St, pee banieed:........,. 8 3, “ “ 8 3, $ 5, $10, $20, “Universal.” DW 09 09 DD dO 223838 > Om Co GO 20 sseses SN ogee 8 1, per hundred.......... 83 00 8 2, Yr ee, 3 50 $ 3, ea ees 4 00 $5, ” . 50 $10, ede ee 6 00 $20, eS a 7 00 Above prices on cou n books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 or over. = per cent, «= (ia Noe * 20 “ COUPON PASS BOOKS, Can be made to represent any enomination from $10 down. | We SON... uc. 8 100 ee 2 00 — S.C hl. 3 00 Be wba sdes cu nas ee 6 25 a 10 00 oe Ce, 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’ eS $3 00 1000, 5 00 — © bg ee 8 00 Gece: PUREE................. 5 CRACKERS. Butter. poe ae... ........ Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6% eee fee... 6 Family fo cartoon...... 6% es Salted xR, canteen :..... 6% a . oe — meer biscuit . . OK Soda, aa cee... lL Gece, e . it Raisins. Ondura, 29 ib. boxes. Sultana, 20 . Valencia, 30 “ Prunes. California, OTe). ;......., 10% 90x any ib. bxs. a4 * in less —- 10 Gis @7 . 80x: 12% . 70x80 sl ‘13% - 60x70 - « ao" ; ; Silver . ied 14@15 eee 9% French, 60-70... 13 Po keecsocis ck 12 - Oe eee eee ” OE isc ok 10 ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. ee 0 Oe. $1 75 No. 2, WU ci ee ek al cues 1 60 a es 1 65 No. 2) Ce 1 50 XX wood, white. es... ........ 13 No. 2, 3 1 Manilla, white. _ ee 1 00 SS ri i. 95 Coin. as. ll... FARINACEOUS GOODS, Farina. 100 Ib. kegs. .-....-..--- 3% Hominy. Ce ee -- 300 a 3 50 Lima Beans. csi ces 4% Maccaroni and Vermicelli. peas. 12 Ib. box.. = oe ....-.....__.- -10%@i % Oatmeal. Barrels 200.. Secaee OO Half barrels 100........... 250 Pear! Barley. ae. . 2% Peas coven, WH... ie... 2 00 pore - were ........-.> 23,@3 Rolled Oats. eae oe... .......- @4 50 @2 38 Balt or .......... Sago 4% act] India pikes eae. 5 Wheat. Cracked... .....+ ees 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters, Teraouws.... 58... ss 1 40 Cod. a... 3% Whole, Grand Bank..... 5% Boneless, bricks.. ...... @8 Boneless, strips.. ....... g Halibut. Sienee 104%@l11 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 6 . - . 2. 1 “ce a7 “oe “ 9 00 es... 12 00 Round, a 100 ibs peas . 85 OO TON vos c ec veni ee 95 Sardines. mused, teee.......... 65 Trout. 1% Rim. Wb... ....- 6% oe Oe... ae 3 00 No. i, Rak, 0 ee. cu. 85 oe. £9 eee.............. 70 Whitefish. Family No.1 % bbls, » lbs ae $8 00 $5.00 a. 345 225 4 ~ Kits Siesdwacts fa 95 65 ae ee ao eeiicakaue EXTRACTS. Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Regular Vanilla. XX Grade Vanilla, Jennings’ D C. Sanae. am 2 = ae. vis) 30: 00 1 50 os . 1.1 50 2 60 6 oz . 2 00 3 00 8 oz = 3 00 4 00 GUNPOWDER. Austin’s Rifle, eee: |... 3 50 kegs...... 290 " Crack ‘ hot, kegs ..3 50 kegs 2 00 e Club feast - <2 ‘ oe Me “ = 50 HERBS. ec eee Coe eee 15 TR. oo oe Cease ey ey 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55 8. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 50 JELLY, oo eeeee......--- %) 30 oe 77 95 30 25 12 LYE. Condensed, : ee 12 a, A: 2 2 MATCHES. ae. 5 Oeeee.......-.-.--.. 1 65 oe Saree... ............. 170 PG, BN oes oes pieced 110 Buon weriet..... -........ 400 MINCE MEAT. 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz.. 95 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. Bes See a Gigngen aie $1 75 Hor an wince a4 ok, 1 40 ~“y ete ie 7 ae 45 Half we... 8. 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. ee i, 7 Eee oon .......:....:... 295 eo 3% Me suc cece ee 2 2 MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Peer EE. 8. 42. 14 Cuba wane Oeereeey . 4... .... 16 Porto Rico. EIS .. cs csin pabiewccuece 20 ee one ae 30 New Orleans, a oie oie bees eile 18 ees .. 4... ees tes aee nese 22 PR Gos eicdtes 5 cs ry ae ee 32 Fancy.. One-half barrels, 8e extra, PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @é6 50 Half bbis, 600 count.. @3 %5 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 8 00 Half bbis, 1,200 count 4 50 PIPES, wy FO, Tin ions ben ves 1 = 7. 0, Teil ccoom....:... Cob, M8 1 35 POTASH, 48 cans in case. ee cia ee 400 Pere Ga CoN... .....- 3 25 RICE, Domestic. Carolina MOM i ce 6 me 4. 5 No. 2 4% esti... wre ens acciaseeen 3 Imported. OM, TO Eos coca ees es; 6 Re Pee. . 2 Mic ctee esac es. ts. 5 Pee i 5 Pia ~ FH ?.= \ ” we a ' 4 > | ~~ » § PES ( rH 6S 7 | ro? » \ ae ' 4 o _ 7 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SPICES, Whole Sif‘ed. Oe nn cei ew _ Cassia, China in mats...... « ” Batavia in bund... Ab _ Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, eo a 22 Mir. = Mace sateen sl ade haw ae Nutmegs COT. 5 No. 1 beuaiad big No. 2 Pepper, en — .~ ” a 16 Pure Ground in Bulk, Allspice .. bouts ces ie Cass! a, Batavia... en and "Saigon 25 . oie ie eee ee Cloves, Amboynsa........... 22 Meerer ose 18 Ginger, —— Da cera tees = hee cece ee ’ Somnaen Peigecee ce Fs mee Sees... ... .......5.. Zt Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. 2 “ Westie, Fae oe 2 baa % epper, Singapore, blac men a M Sage.... ..20 “Absolute” in Packages, 148 KS ae... ........... 84 155 —_ & 155 Meee oc... 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica...... 84 155 . OreGn ........ 4 13 woes... & 155 Le ES EN 84 155 Sage...... eves coos SF SAL SODA. ee. oe Granulated, boxes. : SAUERKRAUDT. Gold Medal.........-- @8s % SE . I oie ee i, @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 6 i ee SE eee 10 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp. Russian....... 4% Mixed Bird........... 5M Mustard, white....... 10 ME eevak ccci ce ne oak 9 cases oo. on am 6 Cuttle bone........... 20 STARCH. Corn. 20-Ib boxes pies e pees snes cece 6 ee ee. 5X Gloss. Tip pecmmers. ............... 5% Te du uenceues 5% 6-Ib Oe eg 6 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 4% Oe 5% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... bs 9] french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, ee a ees eon eu en Shy oe Magee... ...... 2. 4y SALT. 100 3-Ib. sacks.......... ...82 2 i. * |. cc oe 28 10-lb. sacks 1 85 eee a. 2% Ss2> Ghee... 1 50 : = a in — bags.. = 32 18 cee 56 = dairy in drill bags. oe oo ee ann 56 Ib, dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56}, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. 56 lu. sacks.. a. Common Fine. OIE oon 6 ics cee 85 ieee c.g. oe cs. 85 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Church’s DeLand’s Dwight’s. : ot ee cc 5 SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, Dic sees 3 50 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-lb......3 % Proctor & Gamble. Commer... ..*.-..- POS OO. ts ccs 6 75 Cee wick 4 00 a. 3 90 Mottled German........... 3 60 ro es!) ee ee 3 25 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands, American Family, wrp d..84 00 plain... 2 94 N.K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands. ee KOM 5 oie a asl. 4% RO Or COTE. cx no's ss: 2 85 me Pere... ...... 3 50 Lautz Bros, & Co.’s Brands. Be 400 Cotton Oil... - 6 00 WEAEOOIIOS. 20. .... 0+. oe © co cn Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 ae - —% on 2 50 SU The snag prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual costin New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for freight.: The same quotations will not apply toany townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 36 cents, but the local quotations will. perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. Cut Tee, co... 6-34. cee ae Pt i bees eee ann 5 61 ie eS 5 30 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 42 Cubes ...... Se XXXX Powdered.......... 5 98 Confec. Standard A.. ....5 3% No. 1 Colman A.......... ~ ae No. & Empire A ..... -.... 5 11 me. Oe. 5 05 ee cee 4 98 mee... 4 92 mee 8 2 2. 4 86 me We 4 80 NG e..:.. 4 36 SYRUPS. Corn. Half bis. ieee eee Pure Cane. RG coos i 19 ee 25 eee a 30 SWEET GOODS. Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Sugar Creams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% VINEGAR. ees... 7 @8 S0e@F. 2.8 | 5. eo... 8 @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bulk, per gal Sid aety eeccs 30 Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1% YEAST. Oe 1 00 Wraredre ..............,....8 MOM OGM... es 1 00 Ce a ee 75 TON ok es cee 90 TEAS, saPan—Regular. ee @i7 CS ES @w Coenen se. 24 @26 eS ee 382 @34 — 10 @12 SUN CURED. Pee el, @17 eee ce: @20 Cotes... 24 @2xe ee 32 @34 es 10 @i2 BASKET FIRED. Oe 18 @20 ee @% Chores. .......... @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 @UNPOWVER. Common to fain....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @85 OOLONG. @26 Common to fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 @2%6 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. eke cutee cane cc 18 2 Te 24 @28 PRONE ico ec nese eee 40 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted ee @30 Can Cam. .....-........ @27 Mollie Biy............, 27 ~@24 Unelo pen...-......... 21 @22 Tae... <.4...... 60 Sweet Cuba......... : 34 Migcraty «.-........... 27 46 DIS... ... 2 29 24 23 28 SOR i ccc cas : 23 eee 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, Spesrnead ............ 38 Oamer 430... . 29 Nobby Twist.. elas caeseces 39 Scotten’s Brands, Gs go pent ee. cc ee. 26 Hewaeins......... ripping bushel.. 1 25 each, per I 56@5 00 ee ee ee i, full hoop 1 35 Live broilers less than PAPER. willow cl’ths, Not 1 5 5 ai eae oer dos....2 602 00; Straw ...... ............... 1% ; i 6 2 —- panes mo | ideiford |... a . “No.3 7 2 out . 2.8 ae eg SOR 8. ec. 23 : splint No.1 3 50 Halibnt.. mie | Merdware. 236 i iL : No.2 4 25 Ciscoes or Herring. 6 Vee 23% No.3 5 0 Bluefish.. Gio | Dry Goods............. 5 @ |, eee ee Fresh lobster, per Ib. | duro Manilia........... @b% Pails nes sees Ow) Cod.. ....2.210 @12 | Red Express No. Le... ee... 5% | Tubs, 4 doz... No. i Pickerel......... S : os... 1... 4% POULTRY. Smoked White... ... @10 t TWINES. Local dealers pay as follows: Winnan Haddies........ 10 48 Cotton.. Sci ol i x0 DRESSED. Red Snappers... 12 | Cotton, No.1. ao ia aga TD Columbia River Salmon 20 seeeld MGMOUS.... ose ce. 16 @18 Ms, 15 | Sea Island, assorted...) Oe I oc No.5 Hemp . <. «15 }Chicken..... . 13 @15 oOYsTERS—Cans. No. 6 15 pave | Fairhaven Counts.... @40 i / Wd. D. Selects....... Gas WOODENWARE. ChICRens,.............15 Gam Selects .... @2 7s 1 Ce eee ie eae 7 Ont Powis. ..... 11... 2... 10 @il aoe @3 Le 6 00 | Turkeys...............10 @14 7 Stendaredae ........... @20 No. 3 Le ewes aa oe So [emer 8. 11 @13 PROVISIONS. = a The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | Bering Tock. reams. Cy ae 7 >. quotes as follows: Bane Minin ge PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen Bee 60 Se ee ee ene nc oes 17 5 CARAMELS, Short eT : 20 oD No. 1, weegeed, 2 Aik Sie. 34 Extra clear pig, short cut.............. Le =? 1, C i 5i eeire Clear, DeaVy.....................--.-- No.3 2, i 7 i ed ae ed deece a oe Oe TAG ON i oie ele cee eee Oe Oe St 3, EP PT aetna ae Boston Clear whort ent...) -... 2... 8... 21 59 | Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.......... oe Clear back, short cut. ese et eyed os Ae ee cc u BANANAS. ml Standard clear, short cut. best... ....... 22 00 Wadena Dette tee tee ee cena eee veeee JE aie ae sausagE—Fresh and Smoked. ae en 2 W@2 OO 10% ORANGES. CO EE * | Wigraes fees 2... 50@3 50 OPGMITIG SATIBGRO. 28. ee ce we enn sees we 9 Mesias, ie... @3 2: Ryans ers Soreeee .......-.....-. 9% . DU. oe, ce eter eee ees Bidee nemeeee....... ........................, 7 LEMONS. ee 6 Messina, choice, 360.... @3 50 Recess fancy, 360.. Bs 00 Hine Capers. so... cece oe 7 : choice 300. ete. oF so LARD. ' SANGY OG kk, Kettle Rendered... ........ce.seecensecee noes 11% OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Grancer es. ii Figs, fancy lay ers, 6b.. a @12% ee 8%4 ee @i2 RAINE oe bg se ete doce epee ite saa we 8 . extra oe, @14 50 lb. Tins, 4c advance, “ a @15 20 Ib. pails, ye Dates, Fard, 10-1b. box ane @7m% 10 Ib. mG.“ SN ee ey @ 6% Sin, © « me : ‘Persian, 50-lb, box.. 4%@ 5% Sih | 6 6b . NUTS. BEEF IN BARRELS. Almonds, ‘Tracers eee eee aa @19 Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 9 00 us ee Ta Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 9 00 Brazils, new. ce @ 9% Boneless, rump butt eo 14 50 Filberts ae eT @1l% SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, Grenobie @13% Hams, average 20 IbS.........--.---+- ae 13%, i ae settee teeter ee L ee 13% Ca veteeee ceeeersresee ll QIB ir “ 12 to 141 .. Se Table Nuts, fancy.. ee aoe @13% “ pienie oe oe . os engi vetsretesereee — QIQ Cees ecans, Testes, HU: f., ..... ' --12 @l4 hieatienn. wonaeas - ca | . A ioe Cocoanuts, full sacks.--2 22 @4 2 Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................--. 13 tn O P. a PEANUTS. Dried beef, ham prices...............--- 12086 | anys ieee Sioa "Seabee os Done Clomrm Heeye.................--..--.---. F a P F ORBEEM....-....--.. @ % Briskets, = Se aie ancy, H. 1. aa tocerer recess @8 ee ul oasted @% 7 Choice, H. P., Extras.. @ 6% * Roasted.. @ 8 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Pails. Standard, per Ib......... 6% T% e a 6% T% ” ame 5... 6% 7% Boston Cream ........... 8% Cut Loaf........-.....- : 8% ivirs F. F........ . .. oe MIXED CANDY. _ Pails. PO oe ose ee es ee 7 ee 6 7 Roe eo 6% 7% De oe caine wou de yale 2 8 English meen... 7 8 OO og onc gs een ce wees cts z 8 Begecn Tacy.............. baskets 8 Peanut Squares............ 8 9 French po naeragen eee 10 Valley Cream ie oumaes, Ta 13 Midget, 30 Ib. Ib. baskets. Cracks Bee ese cea ae 8 NE 8 Fancy—In bulk Patis. Lozenges, ie aa 10 Ee ee 11 CHOGGTEEG DPODE. «5. one ene snes ee rene cone 11% Chocolate Monumentals..................+.- 13 CS , 5% ie res... we 8 ee EE ee 8% ee 10 Fanoy—lIn 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Eemen Pepe... 88... 55 RN i icc sere c nw es sadees sues 55 Peete EO ec ee 60 ee Ee 65 Bw Cees Ieee... ...-...-..t. -. 90 eee 40@50 Licorice ps ee Eee eee... 2... 80 Lozenges — Fee oes caper ees eens Imperials...... OCbOGR......5.- Cream Bar..... Molasses Hand Made Creams.. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, FRUIT JARS, ie ee ee aa De cee ees pease reteee esse ssa oa. Eee s Rubbers. . ee LAMP BURNERS. WG OS coe cc, 45 Ce 50 wae ee. oo Tubular. ee LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. No, @San...........- No.1 c Deca eee deeds cease eee eer eee cee to eaaa oe. 2 90 First quality. No. : Sun, crimp top ees eeec cere es cae 2 2 Ce ee ne ee a 2 40 “a S “ “ec “ 3 40 XXX Flint. Wo @Sun. cramp top..-..... 0.21... ae No. 1 ss ' TE 2 80 nad * “ DF eee ee ee 3 86 Pear! top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled be eeeeey aca 3 70 well Tee 4 70 No. 2 ‘oo se r . ' -4 88 La. Bas _ san, ‘plain bulb, per doz. 1 25 ee cred dig pee 1 50 No. i orimp, perdoz Dee Fics eeenicuss cag cuscc ch e iu ic acces eed 1 60 LAMP WICKS. No. 0, per, (BEOBS.. 2. eee eee eee eee eter eres 23 ee 28 = 2, Ll 38 ee ec ey Th Maramoth, Ge OO ee 7 STONEWARE—AERON. Butter ee 06 . M6 Gal. per GON... ... 2.1.5... 60 Sues, 4 Wal, per Gem... 70 « tto4 gal., per gal.. i Mik Pans, * gal., per | dos.. = a daaiabecas GLAZED. Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal... ...... 1. ose: ij Milk Pans, % gal es oa ios eu case eed, woo 65 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a Early Tuesday morning Mr. Rick met Mr. Crawley. The Honorable Erastus was on his way to a train that would take him to the State Capital. ‘“‘You are the very man I want to see,”’ he exclaimed. ‘‘What’s all this I hear about Bodson? Discharged, is he? What in tarnation were you thinking about, to quarrel with him now?’’ ‘“‘Why, Erastus,” gasped Andrew, ‘‘you were the very one to tell me to do it.”’ “‘Consarn it all,’’ replied the old man hotly, ‘‘there are more ways of getting a man out of your house than kicking him down the steps.” “I didn’t kick him,’’ retorted Mr. Rick, warming up. ‘I did’t even discharge him. He discharged himself.”’ “It’s all the same. Why did you let him doit? You know that bill comes to a vote to-morrow, and you’ll bust up everything. Why in thunder didn’t you make him hold on?’’ Mr. Rick was exceedingly wroth, but the ruling passion was stillstrong. ‘‘You attend to the bill,” he said, ‘‘and [ll at- tend to this.’’ Mr. Crawley wasin a hurry, but he tarried long enough to add with great earnestness, ‘‘For the Lord’s sake, fix it up somehow!”’ Whatever his other faults may have been, Mr. Rick was a man of action. He took the dilemma by the horns. He went to see Mr. Reed. Heno longer dic- tated; he entreated. “Paul,”? he said, with unwonted hu- mility, ‘“‘if you will get me out of this, there isn’t anything in the world that I won’t do for you.” ‘All right,’? replied Reed sententi- ously. ‘‘Get out of it.’’ “But how?” ‘“‘Ask the commissioners to vote for Miss Bodson, and invite the Colonel to come back into your office.’’ **You know that I can’t dothat. I’ve promised Crawley, and I must keep my word. Colonel Bodson is welcome to take his place again, but the school posi- tion—” “Well,” interrupted Reed, “I’m just revising a nice little editorial that is to come out in the Quantico Weekly the morning the commissioners meet to elect ateacher. I happen to own a large part of that great organ of popular opinion. Here itis. Itis headed, ‘Andy Rick’s Handy Tricks,’ and it is full of salt for your wounds,” Mr. Rick took the proof and slowly read it, as if it were a death sentence. “You wouldn’t do that?’’ he implored. “Oh, yes, 1 will, unless you agree to certain things. When is that bill to be voted on?” “Crawley said he’d get it through to- morrow.’’ ‘‘How is your health?” “All right.’’ “There is where 1 differ from you. It seems to me that you are going to be ill for afew days. Do you feel any symp- toms?’’ Something began to dawn on the mind of Rick, and he said he didn’t know; he was not positive either way. ‘‘Well, you do look as if you need rest. You will, therefore, please get sick to- night and be sure that you do not show yourself until Sunday morning. In the meanwhile it will be well for you not to hinder you convalescence by thinking of school appointments.” ‘*Reed, you don’t intend—” ‘‘Never mind what I intend. I'll save you if you'll do as I say; but if you don’t get sick and stay sick, ‘Andy Rick’s Handy Tricks’ goes into the Quantico Weekly Saturday morning.” Mr. Rick did not arise from his bed the next morning, and his indisposition continued throughout the day. Late in the evening a telegram came announcing the passage of the railroad bill. He felt like celebrating, but it was out of the question. Then came the hardest part of it all—the enforced confinement dur- ing the rest of the week. “I hardly know what’s the matter with Andrew,’’ said Mrs. Rick to Miss Julia Bodson, who had called to inquire for him, bringing with her a dainty pudding for the invalid. ‘‘Sometimes I think it’s his liver, and then again I believe it’s nervous prostration. He says ail he needs is rest, but the doctor has given him a lot of medicine which seems to be doing him good.”’ Not even the artless Jane knew that the medicine was promptly administered out of the window; and the old gardener who found a lot of pills on the ground is still speculating as to what variety of seed they were. + « * Saturday came. The contest was to be settled and the contestants were in town. With Mr. and Mrs. Crawley was Miss Mary ina new dress, tight shoes and abundant ribbons. She was trembling in the expectation of the honor. Mr. Crawley rushed to the house of Mr. Rick, but was informed that he could not be seen. He came back mumbling words with the odor of brimstone. The commissioners met. Paul Reed was there. The first vote taken resulted in four for Miss Julia Bodson and one for Miss Mary Crawley. Just after the election was announced a letter was sent to the board, and in it Miss Bodson thanked the gentlemen for their kindness and regretted extremely that the circum- stances were such that she could not ac- cept the honor. Then, the election of Miss Mary Crawley followed. Reed went up to explain matters to the invalid. ‘‘It was this way,” he said, “Miss Bodson applied for the school place before I asked her to be my wife, and as long as she had applied she was too proud to be defeated, and I honor her for it and did all I could to help her cause. Andrew, I’m glad to see you looking so much better.” “I knew all along,” putin Mrs. Rick, “that when you got to fighting for Julia, it wouldturn out this way. You couldn't help falling in love with her. I must say that I’m glad that both of you had pride enough to make her win. But, my! Wasn’t old Mrs. Crawley as mad as a hornet, to think that a Bodson had beata Crawley, even though Mary did get the place!’ Later in the evening Andrew grew strong enough to dress himself and go down stairs. He picked up the Quantico Weekly. There was no editorial in it on ‘“‘Andy Rick’s Handy Tricks.” Lynn R. MEEKINS. a ee We sometimes think we need more grace, when all we need is more rest. No man believes the Bible to be true who is not trying to be true to the Bible. Had the woman who gave the two mites been trying to see how many tick- ets she could sell for the concert in the temple to help repair the roof, it may be that she would not have attracted the Lord’s attention. Pra | > we @ >< ’ ¥ a he >» ~*~ FOR ‘ . , THE 1 a * r= ? e 4 > ¢ > “7 7% Write your name and address upon a postal card, mail it a d+ to the Traprsman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., and you will receive by return mail samples and price list of its several | styles of coupon books, which are the most comprehensive, ; concise and convenient system ever devised for the handling ey. “A a of credit transactions in any mercantile line, or for reconciling i the unrest of cash customers where both cash and credit sales t are made indiscriminately. a at | Sh-a These books are now in use by over 25,000 retail merchants in all parts of the country and in every case they i are giving unqualified satisfaction, as they enable the dealer to avoid all the losses and annoyances incident to the pass book .. = I and other antiquated charging systems. i a We were the originators of the coupon book system and r@ are the largest manufacturers in the country, having special L ~~ Ft machinery for every branch of the business. If you wish to ( deal at headquarters, you are our customers. ca '. es x» be : * GRAND RAPIDS, MIcH. ‘ | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. t9 Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. President, A. J. Elliott; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official ‘Organ—MicuicaN TRADESMAN. Jackson Grocers’ Union. President, D. S. Fleming; Sec’y, O. C. Leach. Grand Haven Retail Grocers’ Association. President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin. A DREAM. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Footsore and weary with the trials and perplexities of life, I lay me down upon a grassy knoll and fell into a deep sleep. And, asI slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed I was spirited away and set down in a strange place which seemed to bea desolate plain, out of which rose a precipitous mass of earth and rocks. The sides were steep and craggy, and the summit, which was ata great elevation, was level, broad, and had the appear- ance of a luxuriant tropical garden. It was an enchanting scene, and I gazed long and earnestly at the giddy height. Soft music came to my listening ears as I sat upon that dusty plain. I saw men sitting upon richly cushioned divans be- neath vine-clad bowers of Edenic love- liness, while others were reclining upon couches of ease in cool and shady nooks. Great clusters of luscious grapes hung over their heads, and the costliest of ori- ental rugs were at their feet. And, as I looked, I beheld a beautiful female fig- ure come from the center of the garden, bearing golden trays laden with the most delicious fruits and the juices thereof, and these she placed at the feet of her favorites. A bedlam of sounds proceedéng from the base of the mountain attracted my attention, and I beheld there a great multitude of men engaged in a frantic attempt to scale the mountain and enjoy the enchanting garden above. For a short distance the mountain sides were covered with climbers, while at the foot thousands were pushing and struggling ina mad scramble to find the easiest places to make the ascent. I noticed particularly that nearly all of them, be- fore they reached a certain altitude, re- linquished their hold and fell back to the ground, to try some other place. I no- ticed, also, that asmaller number gained higher levels before falling back, and, as I looked, I saw one reach the summit. He seized the golden rail with one hand, and the female figure caught him by the other and helped him over the balus- trade into the garden, where she placed a laurel wreath upon his brow anda golden scepter in his hand. I observed that those who fell from high altitudes very seldom rose again so high. AsI looked still closer, 1 saw the ladders which extended from the ground to the summit. They were attached to the rough and uneven surface, following the irregular indentations and projections of the mountain sides, making the ascent hazardous and extremly difficult. My curiosity was now fully aroused, and I longed for an explanation of the strange scene. And, as I sat and won- dered, an old man appeared before me. And he opened his mouth and spoke, saying: ‘Harken unto me, O, man, and I will give you an explanation of the strange scene you are beholding. This is a pic- ture of mercantile life. Yonder high and scraggy mass of earth and rocks that looms and frowns upon us is the mountain of mercantile life, up whose steep and_ slippery sides every man must climb who would reach the beautiful garden of ease and comfort which you observe located at the top, and which represents the rock-sup- ported plateau of wordly success. The beautiful female you saw gliding so grace- fully about among the bowers of that en- chanting eminence, serving those to whom she is so especially devoted, is the Goddess of Fortune. She carries in her golden girdle the ponderous keys which unlock the great storehouse of nature represented by the mountain before you. This charming goddess is said to bea fickle jade. She frowns upon the strug- gling masses clinging to the rocks below, while she is devotion itself to all who reach the sacred enclosure. She will not extend a helping hand to any man until he has grasped with firm hold, by his own indomitable pluck, the lower rail of that enclosing balustrade. Then her scorn gives place to the sweetest of smiles, and she crowns him with the laurel wreath of victory, and invests him with the golden scepter emblemat- ical of the power and influence which ever accompany the acquisition of world- ly success. “Those winding, twisting, frail look- ing ladders extending up the rough and uneyen sides, now following some deep depression where they are lost to view, now extending over some sharp project- ing rock—those represent the various branches of business; and although the difficulties encountered by the climber, in making the ascent, vary in each case, the sum total of the difficulties met by way of any one ladder does not vary materi ally from that of any other. This teaches you that, as capital always tends to an equilibrium in profits, one kind of business pays in the long run as well as another. It also teaches you that, as ‘There is no royal road to learning,’ neither is there a cushion-seated hy- draulic elevator running up the moun- tain side of business life to the pinnacle of success. ‘“*You will observe that the masses who swarm the base are worn out with fret, worry and the loss of energy. They rush hither and thither looking for ele- vators which do not exist. They mount a ladder with careless indifference as to their clim bing capacities, and when the first difficulty is encountered the major- ity of them relinquish their hold and drop to the ground, to try some other ladder. Others reach higher points be- fore loosening their hold. But it mat- ters not at what point the white feather is shown, the vacillating aspirant for Fortune’s favors must drop to the ground; he may not step from one ladder to an- other and maintain his point of altitude —he must descend to the place of begin- ning. Every ladder must be mounted at thebottom. This teaches you that the experiences gained in any one line of business are helps in that business only, and that, when that business is surren- dered, the experiences go with it.” ‘‘How is it,’? quoth I, '‘that one so wise as you should wander, in your old age, on this dusty and desolate plain? Why are you not reclining on a bed of roses on that proud eminence yonder, where the ambient air is redolent with the fra- grance of delicious spices, and where sweet music greets the ear?”’ The old man heaved a heavy sigh, and, pointing his bony finger at the surging multitude, he said: “T.ook there! My life was spent in I was too that tempest of excitement. timid to rise above the common level. I was too unsteady of purpose—too vacil- lating to cling tenaciously to one under- taking. I was tooimpatient to reach the top, and the first difficulty encountered drove me back to search for other lad- ders whereby I might sooner make the ascent. I advanced and retreated; seized and let go; dropped this and took up that; climbed and fell, until advancing years and wasted energies sounded the death knell of all my hopes and aspira- tions. ‘Return, now, to the practical world of consciousness, and, when you again buckle on the armor, remember what you have seen and heard. * * * * * * When I awoke from the dream, I went on my way, feeling that I, too, had been tattered and torn by the sharp angles of the rocks protruding between the bottom rounds of those ladders. E. A. OWEN. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Instance Co. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Wayne County Savings Bonk, Detroit, Mich. $500000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued by cities, counties, towns and school districts of Michigan. Officers of these municipalities about to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply tothis bank. Blank bondsand blanks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and enquiries will have prompt attention, This bank pays 4 per cent. on deposits, compounded semi-annually. 8. D.ELWOOD, Treasurer. GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS., Sicssp ere” MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’ (Taking effect2Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) Arrive. Depart Op m........ Detroit Express ........ 6 55pm oo Mixe a a. © Oa a 10 00 2m hee eee Day Ex ress ........ 120pm 6am..... *Atlantic and Pacific..... 10 45pm 1 pe be Lee New York Express...... 5 40pm aily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55 a m; re- turning, leave Detroit 4:40 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:00 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen fral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) Tickets on sale at Union Ticket Office, 67 Mon- roe street and Union Depot. TOLEDO NORTH MICHIGAN RAILWAY. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee R’ys offers a route making the best time be- tween Grand Rapids and Toledo. Time Table in effect January 29, 1893. VIA D., L. & N. a Y. Lv. Grand Rapids at..... 7:10 a, m. and 1:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo ~ Coosa 1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m ot H, & M, R’Y. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a, m. and 3:25 p. m Az. Toledo a6.......... ds 10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m — connections equally as good. . Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. JAN. 22, 1893 DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN BR, R. GOING TO DETROIT. is. © @:.....:.. 7:10am *1:25pm 5:40pm ae ee ..-...........-:. 11:35am *5:30pm 10:35pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Iv. DRE. .....-.-.--- 7:45am *1:30pm 6:05pm anG &................ 12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:10am 1:25pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell..-...-..- 12: Sop S:25pn ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn- ing tr Other trains week days only. train. *Every ~“s EO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 29, 1893. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrivefrom Leave going South. North. For Traverse City and Saginaw 6:45am 7:20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 7220p m 4;15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10 pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 p m Train arriving from south at 6:45am and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. ee Cee nn 6:30 a m 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. _ 0:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. | 11:50am 2:00 pm or Cleon ks, 5:15 pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm I, oo ick s cc lees cs 11:50 a = a ooiisaeecscc, 10:40 p Trains leaving south at 6:00 pm an ii: 20 p. m. runs daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVIOE. NORTH 7:20am train has Parlor Car to Travers City. 1:10 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:10 Pp m train.—Sleeping ca Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Sour — am train.—Parlor chair car Grand 3 to Cincinnati. tox 05 @m train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. m train .—Wagner Sleeping Car oe to Cincinnati. m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car apids to Chicago. Grand 11320 Grand Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 p m 11:20 pm Arr Chicago 3:55pm 9:00pm 6:50 am 10:05 a m train through Wagner vases Oar. 11:20 p m co daily, oo Wagner Sleeping Oar. Lv Chicag: 05 am 3:10 pm 11:45 p m Arr Geaan Rapids 4: 20 pm 8:35 pm 6:45 am 3:10 p m through ‘Waser Parlor Car. 11:45 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 6:55 am 10:00 a m 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9:05 p m Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m, ar- riving at 10:20 a m. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:46 pm. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, —— Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. i LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WES? MICHIGAN R’Y. NOV. 20, 1892 GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv.GRD RAPIDS.....-. 8:50am 1:25pm *11:35pm Sr. CHICAGO. ......... 3:55pm 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Lv. CHICAGO.......... 9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am TO AND FROM om HARBOR, AND 8T JOSEPH Iy.¢G a ........ §:Sdam 1-2opm ...... *11:35pm An GR. -*6:10am 3°55pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, ix, G4 8....... 8:50am 1:25pm 5:35pm 8:45pm ae G. A... .:..... 10:45am 3:55pm 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. is Ce... 7:30am 5:35pm Ar. Mapwiog ............. “32! 15pm 10:29pm Ar. Traverse City . ee eee, te 12:35pm 10:59pm ‘Ae, Coeeievees —.-. —¢ . The Judas Hair. For many centuries vulgar prejudice in Europe has associated red hair with villainy, untrustworthiness and deceit. A collection of proverbs published in 1512 says: ‘‘Proud are the short, un- trustworthy the red haired,’’ while a French proverb, known to be over 500 years old, says: ‘‘Salute a red-haired man, or a bearded woman, at thirty feet off with three stones in thy fists to defend thee if need be.” From very ancient times all pictures of Judas, the betrayer of Christ, were painted with great shocks of red hair, falling well down on the shoulders. This and the fact that the Judas of the miracle plays was always provided with red hair worked the ig- norant classes of the middle ages up to such a pitch of superstition that in many places it was actualy unsafe for a red- headed person to appear in public. Things came to so seriousa pass that several writers of the sixteenth century felt it incumbent on them to write in defence of fiame-colored locks. Says one of them: ‘‘A brave head, covered with red hair, is nothing else but the sun in the midst of his rays, yet many speak ill of it because few have the honor to beso.” The adjective, ‘‘Judas- eolored hair,” and many similar al- lusions are often met with in writings of the older authors. In ‘‘As You Like It,” Rosalind says of Orlando, ‘‘His very hairis of that dissembling color,’’ to which Celia replies, ‘‘“Something browner than Judas’.” —————— 4 a How to Detect Poisonous Cheese. FAIRFIELD, Mich., April 19.—Is there any way to determine if cheese be poison without eating it? Can it be tested with some kind of paper? What kind? How? Where can the paper be procured? A. A. B. Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, who discovered the active principle of cheese poison and named it tyrotoxicon, recommends the use of blue litmus paper for the detec- tion of poisonous cheese. He says that if a piece of litmus paper be applied to the freshly cut surface of a cheese, and the moisture therefrom immediately gives the paper an intensely red appear- ance, the cheese may well be regarded with suspicion. While all new or green cheese feebly and slowly redden blue litmus paper, only the poisonous cakes give the intense and instantaneous re- action. If the cheese is dry, a bit of it may be moistened with water and the paper then applied. Blue litmus paper may be obtained at any drug store. oO The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is strong and the demand enormous, giving ground for the belief that still higher prices will shortly rule. The shortage of the Cuban crop is now estimated at 20 per cent., instead of 22 per cent., as set forth in an earlier estimate. Dealers can make no mistake in buying sugar, even at present quota- tions, as the market is bound to go higher by the time the fruit season is reached. Syrup—Corn goods are now within 4c of the lowest price ever known at this market. Fish—Whitefish and herring are lower. Other lines are unchanged. Coffee—Brazilian grades continue to de- preciate in value, and package manufac- turers have declined their quotations \e. eel eerin The Dry Goods Market. American prints are %e cheaper. Dress cambrics are 4{¢ cheaper. A.C. A. ticks are 4¢c lower. Bleached and brown cottons remain the same. Dress goods which retail at 25@50c are scarce in cer- tain shades, such as reds, tans and blacks. Pattern lengths of prints sell well, both in light and dark assortments. —_>> 24a Chas. C. Kritzer, President and Gen- eral Manager of the Kritzer Milling Co., at Newaygo, has “relinquished the man- agement of the business and removed to Grand Rapids to take a position as office assistant for Butterworth & Lowe. The management of the Newaygo business now devolves upon Will H. Kritzer, who also occupies the position of Secretary of the corporation. oe The most miserable man in the world is the one who can’t enjoy his pleasures for fear they won’t last. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Baldwins and Spies are each 25 cents higher, the former being now held at #3.75 and the latter at $3.50. Russets still command 2,75. Beans—Handlers pay $1.75 for country-picked and hold at $2. City hand-picked are quoted at 10@25c above these figures. Butter—The scarcity continues. Jobbers find no difficulty in getting 28c for choice dairy. Cabbage—Fine stock commands #1 per doz. but fair stock isin the market at 50 @ 75c per doz. Cider—13@15c per gallon. Cranberries—Practically out of the market. Eggs—Dealers pay ‘3% and hold at 15c. Pick- lers and cold storage men are offering as high as 1334,c and competition among the latter for cold weather eggs may send the price up 4%@Xc higher. Honey—White clover commands 16c per Ib. dark buckwheat brings 13c. Lettuce—Hot bed stock commands i4c. Hot house stock is firmly held at 15¢ per lb. Maple Sugar—Handlers pay 8 @ 9c, holding at 10@ 11c per Ib. Onions—Lower and weaker, has dropped to $1.25 per bu. Parsnips—40c per bu. Pieplant—4c per lb. Potatoes—The market is weaker and about 5c per bu. lower, buyers having reduced their pay- ing price to 55c. Radishes—35c per doz. bunches. Spinach—75c per bu. Strawberries—Lower, commanding $2.40 per case of 24 pints. Tomatoes—$4 per 6 basket crate. Turnips—So cheap and plenty as to be practi- cally unquotable. Bananas—Higher in the East and the market is firm, while the local market is glutted and dealers are selling away below the market. Oranges—Lower on account of large stocks. Lemons—Firm and higher. The selling price MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, ROCHESTER, N. Y. The oldest firm in the city of Rochester. ESTABLISHED 36 YEARS. Mail orders promptly attended to, or write our Michigan representative, Wil- liam Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., who will show you our line, and if we don’t happen to have what you want we will thank you for the opportunity you gave us in sending for him. f We always guarantee excellent fits and WILLIAM CONNOR. well made garments. William Connor will be at SWEET’S HOTEL, FRIDAY, NEXT, APRIL 21st, and two following days. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This is the time of year a little heat is necessary. —_—s PERFECT Oil Heater Supplies it, saving the building of firé in your stove or furnace. Ctalaogue and Price List furnished on application. prosten TEVENS & GC: M i OR «4 » | « ay se | higan Bark ck Lumber Co., If you have any beans and want tosell, - > ¢ we want them, will give you full mar ket price. Send them to us in any si quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 oe bushels daily. | ¥ e " Ww. i. LAMOREAUZ C@G., i i a 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St.,. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. N.B. CLARK & G0 icc a aa + Gracker Chests. Glass Covers for Biscuits. Tr ~ ~ 2s ie | ie = | a» | @ 5 | 18 and 19 Widdicomb Building. We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1893. Correspondence solicited. ~ < - BARCUS BROS i i ? ae MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAK “j - = ' a @ . Fr f sas _— “+ ©. s pailes by =~ — by none. Sa saws are made - the bert, steel - ae HESE chests will soon | UR new glass covers are by far the ul workmen, and all saws warrante urnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the te a 3 ay 1 >, list price of new saws. All kinds of pay for themselves in the handsomest ever offered to the > wr breakage they avoid. Price $4. trade. They are made to fit any Ss rR s 2 of our boxes and can be changed from «w O@ © aw epairing one box to anotherina moment They si = er ge ces Sor aia a will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay ; ne as cheap as can be done consistent with good wor umber saws fitted up ready for use . s Try ince ice : m a without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. Write tor prices and discounts. for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN. NEW NOVELTIES. Lo és We eall the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO, a WHOLESALE ~~. Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks b= We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live . pa Geese Feathers. be Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. I z OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. + Voigt, Herpolsheinar & C0, “Grong Rapids.” Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESAEE DEALERS IN * fa Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, a} a Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, «5° 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. CINNAMON BAR. CREAM CRISP. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS. ORANGE BAR. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. This is bound to be one of THE W. BINGHAM CO., Cleveland, 0., Have had such flattering succes in handling our Bicycles that they have bought our entire output for 1893. They have taken up all negotiations pending for the purchase of cycles, and we respectfully solicit for them the good will of our friends. THE YOST MFG. CO., TOLEDO, OH1LO. New Goods! New Goods! New Goods. Every Department is full to the brim and running over with our New Spring Selec- tions. See our New Patterns in Glassware—they cannot be seen elsewhere—and prices are Cuti Cut! CUT. 15009 £PaTTERN Vee rp Selling Agency for the The ‘**‘ Rosemary” Assortment. NEW GLASSWARE This is the lowest priced pattern of Glassware on the market to-day. Send for Price List. The assortment contains: 1 Dozen 4 pce. Sets. 1-4 Dozen Salvers, heavy, 9 in. > * Pitchers. 1-4 . . Ss 10 in. Tumblers. 1-2 * Oils, as Celeries. 1-2 ** Bread Plates. i * Berry Dishes, 8 in. 1-4 ‘“* 7 Covered Com ports. } Berry Nappies, — in. 1-4 "8 a | Covered Honey Dishes. 1-6 7 + Bowl, OH. tid. . Comports, 4 in, 1-6 Ss aa “ i -. * 8 in. Oblong Dishes. 1-6 * 27 Open Bowl, H. fic. cs * Molasses Cans. 1-6 “2 “ * . 2 = Pickles. ed rine he ed PN BE ae Te ————— ey ! Grand Rapids Vapor Stove. | Y—) | Its many New Features make this the . . “Leader. This Year. Is there an agency for this Stove in your town? If not, write us for catalogue and discounts, and you will see that we offer you the Best, Simplest, and most Powerful Stove ever offered for double tbe price we are introdacing it at this season. All sizes and styles are made but we cannot give the exclusive sale on an order for “Juniors” only. Russia Iron Ovens now on hand, cut expressly for this Stove. We have placed thousands of these Stoves and Ovens in the largest cities in the state, and our advice is TO ORDER THEM EARLY. Every mail proves our statements by such letters as this, just received from one of the best hardware dealers in Michigan: “If you can keep me supplied, I can sell one hundred Grand Rapids Vapor Stoves. ” H. LEONARD & SO 184 to 140 East Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ft ~