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Just emerging into a dark cornfield from still darker woods, a young man, his clothing drenched and mud-stained, his face haggard and desperate, and his whole attitude as he leaned heavily against the rail fence telling of utter ex- haustion. He was worn out. For more than two hours he had been flying for life over a country imperfectly known to him, though familiar to his pursuers. More than once he had been compelled to retrace his steps when every moment was precious and every step through the yielding mud required an effort. Worse yet, there was no possibility of throwing the followers off the trail. Every step left its plain impression, to be followed as fast as horse conu!d trot, and capture meant sure and swift death—no wonder he was desperate. Turn which way he would, Gilbert Hazelton could see nothing before him but speedy and disgracefuldeath. Never to see the sun again, nay, not even a friendly face! Was this the end of the bright hopes with which he had kissed his mother good-by only two_ short months before? It seemed like a far- away dream now. He had lived ages of fear and agony since then, gone through unspeakable humiliation and dread. He had been accused of murder, tried for his life, found guilty and sentenced to death. His letter to his friends must have miscarried, for they had not come to his relief. Poor and alone among strangers, who persisted in believing him identical with the tramp who had mur- dered poor David Westford, Gilbert had yet fought bravely for his life. Some few had been convinced of his innocence, and his lawyer had suceeeded in obtain- ing a new trial, in which new witnesses might at least prove an alibi. But when this word went abroad, the townspeople were furious. They had seen more than one undoubted criminal escape through some technicality. Were they now to see the murderer of poor David Westford escape through the easily bought perjury of some worthless com- panions in crime? They vowed it should not be. Last night at dusk groups of stern-looking men stood before the jail talking grimly together, and a whisper in the air warned the Sheriff what was com- ing. The jail was old and rickety. He could not defend it, and his resolve was quickly taken. In the early dusk the prisoner was sent out by a side door, un- der charge of the Sheriff’s son, while the Sheriff himself remained to make sure mob violence did not make a mistake and seize some other victim. But treachery earried the word to the mob, and they were soon in hot pursuit of the fugitives. In this emergency the boy, who was firmly convinced of the prisoner’s inno- cence, released him, demanding only a promise to rejoin him at a place ap- pointed, and himself turned back to throw the pursuers off the trail if possible. Gilbert fully intended to keep his promise, but in the darkness he missed his way, and the bloodhounds in the rear caught his trail. Now for two hours, which seemed two eternities, he had been running for life, and the unknown country and horrible mud had completely exhausted the little strength that two months of confinement and terrible anxiety had lefthim. Noth- ing but utter desperation could have driven him another rod. But when a shout came faintly from the rear he pushed forward witha great effort across the strip of cornfield, through the fence, and out on a well-traveled road. To one less utterly worn out this would have given a glimmer of hope, for here at least the mud had become liquid ooze, which retained no footprint. The pur- suers would not know which way to turn, and must watch both roadsides to see that he did not turn aside. But he was too tired to use the advantage, and when, after running a few rods, he slipped and fell, he lay there a full minute, too ut- terly exhausted to rise. What was the use, when his utmost endeavors could only put off death for a few moments? Why not take one moment for rest and thought before the end came. A farmhouse stood a quarter of a mile farther on, and as he lay there panting, exhausted, waiting only for death to overtake him, his hopeless glances fell upon its light. How placid and peaceful looked the lamp, shining serenely through the parted curtains! Doubtless a happy family were sitting around it, father and mother, sturdy sons and pretty daughters, laughing and talking, and never dieam- ing of the dark tragedy enacting so near. Would they care if they did know? Would they come to his aid if some in- stinct should tell them? And then he suddenly scrambled to his feet, resolving to make one last effort for his life. He would struggle on to the farmhouse, and appeal to the quiet family circle. They might give himconcealment. It was but death if he failed, and it would be no less if he did not try. It took all the strength this last faint hope gave him to carry him to the gate and uv the cinder walk, whose hard, dark surface would betray no footstep. Yet his heart failed as he reached the door, and leaned, utterly exhausted, against the doorpost. “If l only knew there were women in- side! A woman would be merciful. But it may be some stern old farmer, who will only order me off and set the dogs on me.’’ The window was but a step away. He erept to it, and looked between the cur- tains. A plain, neat farmhouse kitchen, and two women, evidently mother and daughter, sitting by the table before the fire, the mother sewing, the daughter reading aloud. No one else in sight, yet Gilbert gave a smothered gasp and fell back in despair. NO. 56: ‘David Westford’s mother and sister! That settles it.’’ He had seen both faces at the trial— the elder, sad and patient under its sil- very hair; the younger, pure, pale, and clear-cut, thrown into strong relief by the dark eyes, long jet lashes and heavy black braids. He stood there still, hopeless and help- less, when there came a sudden break in the clear voice ceased reading. within. The girl had He looked in, and saw her pick up a piteher and come toward the door. A moment more and she had come out, all unconscious of the man so near, gone straight to the pump, on which the lamplight shone, and was fill- ing her pitcher. Nerved by desperation, Gilbert stepped toward her. “I will appeal to her. Why shouldn’t I? I did not kill her brother. She may pity me. She is a woman, and they are half Quakers 1 have heard,” he muttered —and aloud, ‘“‘Miss Westford, help for God’s sake.” The clanking of the pumpceased. The girl looked around with a startled air. ‘‘Who spoke ?” she demanded. ““A fugitive, utterly exhausted with flight from a bloodthirsty mob. They are close at my heels. I can’t go farther, and 1am doomed unless you have pity and give me help or concealment.’’ ‘*‘Who are you?’ she inquired, and with a dreadful sinking at his heart he gave his name, ‘‘Gilbert Hazelton.” She uttered a sharp ery and looked away where the distant lanterns were gleaming through the cornfield—the pur- suers On his track. “{ must ask mother,” she said, and snatching up her pitcher swept past him into the house. He heard her quick voice, and Mrs. Westford’s startled outery, and in very desperation followed her in. The old mother met him, white-haired and venerable. ‘‘So thee ean seek shel- ter here, of David Westford’s bereaved mother?” she said, bitterly, wonderingly. “Why not, I never harmed him,” he urged, desperately. you or ‘*As true as there is a heaven above us, I am inno- eent of what is laid to my charge. It will be proved when my friends come. Dut that will be too late unless you help me.” “But I do not know it Westford wavered. ‘‘Thee speaks fair, but do not all criminals the same? A trial was given thee and thy innocence was not prove?. Why should I save the murderer of my boy?’’ Gilbert fell into a chair, too exhausted to stand. ‘*You will know when it is too late if you refuse me aid. Madam, will you risk it?—risk feeling that you might have saved an innocent man, but instead let him go to his death?” now,’’ Mrs. “Ernestine,” cried the old mother, pit- eously, ‘‘what ought we to do? How ean we risk a life-long remorse, or how can we risk letting David’s murderer go free to break other hearts as ours are broken? What does thee say?”’ —— Ettone chveseatarPeants ae ee hae oh age me grte i © iH : ee tee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The girl stood in the open door, her glances alternating between the pleading face of the fugitive and the lanterns com- ing along the roadside. “We must decide quickly, mother,’’ and her clear voice quivered with feel- ing. ‘He may be innocent. It hardly seems as though a guilty man would come here—to David’s home—for shelter. And if we are accessory to his death—mother, it is murder for them to take the law into their own unauthorized hands. Our choice lies between one man, who may or may not be a murderer, and a score who will surely be if we do not hinder.” “Then thee says save him?” Mrs. West- ford asked doubtfully. “] dare not refuse it, you?” The old lady hesitated, then, a corner cupboard, took out a pair of handcuffs—retics of the days when David had been deputy sheriff and earned the enmity of tramps held them toward Gilbert. “If thee will put these on, may haye no fear from thy violence when we will conceal thee mother. Do opening and evildoers—and that we the mob are gone, safely, and when the search is over send thee back to thy lawful guardian. That is all. I cannot place myself and my daughter at the mercy of one who may have none. Will thee consent?” She was only prudent. Gilbert bowed silently and extended his hands. It was his only chance for life, and it would be the height of folly toobject. Yeta faint color came into his face as the cold steel snapped on his wrists, rendering him helpless—yet scarcely than fatigue had already made him. The hesisation of both was over now. Ernestine bade him remove his muddy shoes, while she swiftly closed the door and drew down the blinds, and the mother hurried into another room. Thither Ernestine beckoned him to fol- low, pausing only to thrust the shoes out of sight. At the door she turned. room,’’ looking keenly ‘““Come in!’ Did she think he would draw back? Guilt itself would hardly have done that pow, with the pursuers so near. “If David can see, | know he is will- ing,” Gilbert answered quietly. It was a small, plainly furnished room. Mrs. Westford had drawn the bed from the wall and thrown back the last breadth of carpet, revealing a tiny trap-door. At his entrance she opened it, and motioned him down. “It is only four feet. You can drop that far,’’ said Ernestine encouragingly. ‘There is no outer door. You will be quite safe.’’ Her mother smiled sadly. frightened fugitives have slept there in more so **It is David’s into his face. ‘*“How many safety! But that was years ago—before the war. Thee need not fear. Now— but stay, thee must be faint. i will bring thee food and drink.”’ She hurried away, and he swung him- self down. It was not very easy, with his manacled hands, and Ernestine helped him. His heart thrilled at the touch of her cold, trembling fingers. “She shrinks from my touch. She thinks my hand stained with her brother’s blood,’’ he thought bitterly. But another glance at the pure, pale face relieved him. She was listening anxiously, and said with hurried kind- “There is an old bed down there. while 1 hoid the light down. ness, Look, There! Even half an hour’s rest will help you. But you must eat and rest in the dark, for this cellar extends under the kitchen, which is carpetless, and has cracks in the floor. Here comes mother.” Very hurriedly Mrs. Westford passed the well-filled dish and pitcher to him, reporting the mob almost before the house. “Cover up, quickly, Ernestine. going to wake Harry.” Ll am That was her youngest son, still sleep- ing soundly upstairs. She hurried away, and quickly lowered the trap-door and pushed back the bed. Shut down in the darkness, Gilbert groped his way to the old bed, and sank down on it in utter exhaustion. He could do no more, be it life or death. He heard the girl’s quick steps, the clos- ing door, the louder steps directly over- and spur of lamplight down through a crack. She was in the kitechen—and there were stern voices indistinctly to be heard without. Ernestine heard them more plainly, and stood with clasped hands and pale face, praying silently, but oh, so earnestly, that the innocent, if he were innocent, might be saved, when her young brother came rushing downstairs just as there came a thundering knock at the door. Mrs. Westford had told him no more than that a crowd of men with lanterns were approaching, and it was in perfect good faith that he flung open the door and angrily demanded their business. They soon satisfied him. “The tramp that murdered your brother is at large, and we are hunting for him. We have looked all up and down the road, for we know he came this way, and it looks mightily as if he had slipped into your premises and hidden somewhere. Your folks will have no ob- jection to our searching, I reckon?”’ “Not a bit. I don’t think he would trnestine head, a slender came back eateh him and hang him to the nearest tree,’”’ the boy answered fiercely. The fugitive, plainly hearing every word, shuddered, but he had no idea how many times that old house had been searched in vain for hunted souls, or he would not have feared. Harry knew the seeret of the long unused cellar, but never dreamed that his mother and sis- ter could know anything of the hunted tramp-murderer, and so had no idea that he could be in the house. So the out- buildings and premises were thoroughly searched, while Ernestine and _ her mother looked on with pale, quiet faces and wildly beating hearts, and the fugi- tive lay and listened in the darkness. Then the men rode on, grumbling and cursing the Sheriff for letting the pris- oner escape. Harry fretted a never guessing that his every word reached the ear of the man whom he} would willingly have surrendered to his | murderers, and then went back to bed. and Gilbert actually fell into a doze, from which Mrs. Westford’s call aroused him. up. Ernestine, in cloak and hat, stood | waiting. ‘Mother thinks it best that you should | said simply. soon.’’ stop here, but if he did 1 hope you'll little, | Silence settled on the old farmhouse, light | soft | Half asleep, he made | his way to the trap-door, and was helped | be back in safety before daybreak,” she} **f cau drive you over very | “I hate to let thee go, dear,” her mother said anxiously. “It is only for an hour, mother,” reas- sured the girl; ‘‘and we can hardly trust Harry. He is only a boy, and so impet- uous and bitter.”’ Mrs. Westford sighed. ‘‘It seems to be a duty—and surely our Father will not let thee suffer for doing thy duty. Well, go. My prayers shall go with thee. But be careful, child.” The light wagon and bay pony stood at the door. The prisoner was helped into the back seat and Ernestine sprang in before. The big watch dog followed at her call and curled up under her seat, and Gilbert felt that, however kindly these women might feel, they were not disposed to run any useless risks. “Good-by, mother. Don’t fret.’? was Ernestine’s parting word, and Mrs. West- ford’s earnest ‘‘May God protect thee” showed her uneasiness. Yet she added a kindly word to the prisoner. ‘‘And may He bring out the truth! I hope we shall see thee free before all the world right speedily.”’ Then they drove away in the darkness. Ernestine spoke little; her heart beat too fast. She half apologized for taking the dog. “The roads would be so lonely, coming back,’’? an apology which he readily ac- eepted. Could he resent her prudence when she had given him his life? But he could n_t help being intensely thank- ful that the dog had been asleep in the barn when he approached. Their trip was about half done when lanterns gleamed ahead, and wheels and voices were heard approaching. ‘‘The mob!’ was his first thought, and Ernest- ine whispered hurriedly, ‘‘Down under your seat till they pass!” then witha sudden joyful change in tone and man- ner, “Oh, it is the Sherif! Thank heavens!’’ The Sheriff it was, looking anxiously for his charge, but with little hope of ever seeing him again alive. Ernestine turned quickly. ‘“‘Your wrists, please,’ and the mana- cles fell off. ‘‘There! Youneed not tell that part unless you wish. It was only— but you understand. Mother had a right to be cautious, you know.” And then the sheriff was hailing them, and as much surprised as delighted to find his prisoner in such hands. ‘The transfer was soon made, and with a kindly word of farewell Ernestine has- tened back to her anxious mother. At the new trial Gilbert Hazelton had no difficulty in proving his own identity, and was triumphantly acquitted. Of all the warm hand-clasps and congratula- tions he received, none gave him more pleasure than those of Mrs. Westford and her daughter. “You must come and see us,’’ Ernestine said blushing. ‘tl know we were not over-polite to you, mother and i: but come again, and you will find that we can be civil.” And he did come—not once, but many times—and at last carried Ernestine away as his bride. ApDA E. FERRIS. _—- _> >_> ve It is the money that we don’ t need that gives us the most worry and anx- iety. S. & WW. The Leading Nickle Cigar Made inthis Market. The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) Made by Improved Machinery. This Cigar is made with Long Mixed Filler, Single Connecticut Binder and Sumatra Wrappcr. Sold at $35 per 1,000 By the Manufacturer, G. J. Johnson, Telephone 1205. 347 South Division St. — — To the Retail Shoe Dealer Our line is complete in Socks, Ete. for your fall and now and get the best to save money. winter Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Felt Boots, l trade. 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We renounced forever, it may be said, the privilege of which the great powers of Europe have long availed themselves, of 30 combining the collection and dis- bursement of the national revenues and the borrowings and the payings of the Government with the transactions of private citizens as to conduct the busi- ness, not only with greater economy but with the least possible disturbance of the ordinary course of affairs. So long as the operations of the Govern- ment were comparatively inconsiderable the evils of this separation were not very great. Not until the civil war en- tailed upon us the necessity of providing for a sudden and enormous increase of expenditure did the insufficiency of the present system become apparent, and force the Government into supplement- ing it with an irregular use of the fa cilities afforded by the banks. The en- actment of the National Banking law was a further effort to create for the benefit of the Government institutions which should at the same time serve its citizens. The provision allowing na- tional banks to act as depositories of the internal revenue on its way to the Treasury diminished, in a measure, that congestion of the surplus of national in- come over national expenditures, which in 1888 and 1889 became so troublesome and it was useful as far as it went, but no corresponding provision was made for the opposite emergency in which we now find ourselves of a revenue unequal to the demands upon it. When the Government has more money than it can spend it can leave some of it on deposit in national banks, but it cannot, in a time of need like this, obtain from those institutions, nor even from the public, a temporary loan of the amount that it requires. Added to its other liabilities, it has outstanding $900,000,000 of paper money and silver tokens which it is obliged by law to keep at par with gold yet it can procure the gold needed for the purpose only by the courtesy of the banks. These banks, again, are thou- sands in number, each independent of the other, and only a few are willing to agree to act in concert in the matter. Within the last month a considerable alarm has been occasioned by the reduc- tion of gold in the Treasury. While it has fallen to a low point, it will prob- ably be still further reduced before the summer is over. Some bankers consider $50,000,000 as a danger line the passing of which might possibly occasion a panic, but this is a purely arbitrary limit. A year ago $100,000,000 was the magical sum required to insure public confidence, and, in fact, the run on the Treasury began while its gold reserve was considerably more than that amount. Now that the issue of paper money under the Sherman act has been stopped, there is no reason why $10,000,000 should not be as good for practical purposes as $100,000,000 or even $200,000,000. No-; of last summer. EH MIOHIGAN TRADESMAN. body wants oie for use in this country, that, if the entire ordinary business vi and if the Treasury should refuse to, the national executive should have to furnish it for export, the only result | stop for want of funds, great inconven- would be that it would be bought in the} market at asmall premium, as it is in France when it cannot be had at par from the Bank of France. To be sure, the panic of last year was precipitated by the fear of just this suspension of gold payments by the Treasury, and of a consequent premium on gold, but it was not due to this cause alone. Other con- ditions aided to produce the catastrophe, the principal of which was an intlated vol- ume of credits resting upon a false founda- tion. Since that intlation and the continued outpour of paper money under the Sher- man act have ceased to operate, there is no food for a panic now if anybody were silly enough to start one. The best way for the banks to help the Government is to cease their efforts to obviate the evil consequences of its present faulty financiering. Congress having refused to grant to Secretary of the ‘Treasury the authority to borrow money with which to meet the deficiency in the national revenues, he has at- tempted, by all sorts of questionable expedients, to tide over the emergency, and thus to demonstrate that, after all, he does not need the power he has asked for. He has delayed the payment of claims that ought to be paid; he has sus- pended, as far as possible, the execution of work ordered by law, and he has per- verted the authority given -him by the Resumption act to procure means for re- deeming in coin the legal tender notes into one for borrowing money for current expenses. In this last high-handed pro- ceeding he has had the support of the financial institutions of New York City, but they very properly hesitate to repeat their action. Now, also, he asks for gold with which to replenish the useless hoard of the metal in his vaults, and some of the banks are indirectly supply- ing itto him. It would be much wiser for them to leave him to his own re- sources, and if those should prove in- sufficient he should be told to apply to Congress for help, and put the respons- ibility of a refusal to give it to him upon that body. At a moment when the Bank of England holds $194,000,000 of gold and the Bank of France $356,000,- 000, an application from our Government for aloan from European capitalists of $50,000,000 or $100,000,000 at 3 per cent. would be sure to be granted, if only the bonds could be made specifically pay- able, principal and interest, in gold coin of the present standard of weight and fineness, and not in ‘‘coin’’ merely, as the Resumption act specities, and which leaves the door open for payment in silver. The impression prevails that just as something terrible would happen if the Treasury reserve of gold should be much further impaired, so the stoppage of the customary currency disbursements by the Government would be an appalling catastrophe. This was the argument used last January to force from unwill- ing bank officers subscriptions to the illegal $50,000,000 loan then put out by the Treasury, nominally in pursuance of the Resumption act, but really, as every- body knew, for general purposes. It was said that even the appearance of bankruptcy on the part of the Govern- ment would bring on a financial disaster and complete the ruin began by the panic it is undoubtedly true | ience would result. We could not well | afford, for example, to suspend the col- | leetion of customs and of _ internal revenue, the payment of interest on the public debt, the transportation of the mails, the sessions of the Federal courts, and the operations of the Government machinery in general, but there are many things which cost money but are not altogether indispensable. If, for example, the salaries of Representatives and of Senators should not be paid for a few months no citizens besides those immediately affected would make much complaint. Certainly, if the payment of pensions were confined to those only who absolutely needed them, a large sum would be saved and nobody would be harmed. Already many expenditures for pubie works ordered by Congress have been restricted within narrow limits, and it would be easy to carry the process a little further and stop them altogether. The Secretary of the Treasury, it ought to be remembered, is an executive and nota legislative officer. His duty is not to provide revenue, but only to disburse it according to law. If he is not furnished with the means pecessary to do the things required of him he has simply to report the fact and await further instructions, just as the cashier of a mercantile concern would report to his employers that he had not on hand the money necessary to make the pay- ments ordered by them, and leave them either to provide more money or to coun- termand their instructions. In_ the present case, the Secretary of the Treas- ury has repeatedly informed Congress that the national revenues were not coming in fast enough to meet the pay- ments he has been directed to make, but as yet they have not acted upon the matter. If now he should say to the Government creditors who could best afford to wait that he had no money for them, he would do no more than his duty, and the odium of national bank- ruptey would fall, not upon him, but upon the party in power, who have by their neglect failed to avert the catas- trophe. Certainly, it is no part of the function of the banks to help him, and the sooner they peremptorily refuse to attempt it the sooner will Congress be likely to act. MatrrHew MARSHALL. lp A Swiss Picture of America, It is a little unfortunate that so many foreigners visited Chicago last year and earried off from these their impressions of what America is. Here is the idea formed by a gentleman who was prom- inently connected with the Swiss ex- hibit: ‘‘America is a land compared with which Europe is only a peninsula; the United States forms a country compared with which the European kingdoms are pigmies. America is the land of un- measured distances and dimensions; the land of dollars and electricity; the land where the’ prairies are more extensive, the rivers mightier, the waterfalls deeper, the bridges longer, the lightning expresses faster, the catastrophes more terrible than in any other country in the world. It is the land where ina single railroad accident—and one oceurs every few days—more people lose their lives than in Europe in a whole year. It isa land where the houses are higher, the ‘jailbirds’ more numerous, the rich richer, the poor poorer, the millions greater, the thieves more daring, the murderers more shameless, the educated fewer, the teeth more generally false, the corsets narrower, the diseases more deadly, corruption more general, the 3 suiuiuets Warmer, the winters colder, the fires hotter, the ice thicker, time more precious, the men more nervous, than in any country in our pastoral Europe. It is the land where the old men are younger and the young men older, the negroes blacker, the whites more yellow, than in any other place.” aan — 2 <> It Was a Shanatineie. The marriage of Cadet Lang, a mem- ber of the graduating class of West Point, and Miss Kenkle, the daughter of an en- listed man in the garrison, has developed a most disgraceful state of feeling among the future defenders of the country. The girl is said to be pretty, modest, re- fined and well educated, and Lang mar- ried her on the day that he graduated. Immediately he and his bride were cut dead by all the members of the class. They claim that he has disgraced himself by marrying ‘‘beneath him.” They would not have blamed hii for seducing the girl, but marry her! That was not conduct becoming an officer and a gentle- man! It appears that these young fel- lows, who are all of them but charity students, educated at the expense of the taxpayers of the country, imagine that they belong to quite a different order from the other people of this country. Typewriter Supply Office. Hb. ROSE, Manager. STATE AGENCYcFOR THE Ne The Edison Mimeograph—The Simplex Duplicator—Ty pewriter and Mimeograph Supplies of all kinds. Mail orders re- ceive prompt attention. Y.M.C. A. Building, Grand Rapids, Mich NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE NO PAY. NO PAY. DANDRUFF CURED. 1 wil! take Contracts to grow hair on the head or face with those who can call at my office ot at the office of my agents, provided the head is not glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there is no cure. Call and be examined free ot charge. If you cannot call, write to me. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu ehion. PROF. G. BIRKHOL = 191] Masc cic Tem i WX mony Have you seen our ‘*‘Sunbeam’’ line of Machine Sewed Children’s and Misses’ Shoes ? Dongola Patent Tip, Heel or Spring. 6 to 8 @ 65e—8% to 114% @ T5ce—12 to 2 @ 90c. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Davison—Chas S. Moss succeeds & Green in general trade. Mecosta—Calkins Bros. sueceed C. W. Calkins in the furniture business. Fairfield—Walter H. Grandy succeeds Grady & Grady in the meat business. Fremont—Morris O’Dell succeeds Mas- ser & Groff in the restaurant business. Blissfield—Chas. H. Lamb succeeds Lamb & Baluss in the grocery business. Greenville—A. O. Legg has purchased the flour and feed business of S. M. Moon. Ionia—A. W. Hewitt succeeds A. L. Crawford in the bakery and restaurant business. Macon—Randal!l & Cavanaugh are suc- ceeded by Cavanaugh Bros. in the meat business. Clinton—Jos. Breese & Bro., millers, have dissolved, J. H. Breese continuing the business. Utica—Sweitzer & Stevens succeed Sweitzer & Haines in the grocery and drug business. Moss Lapeer—Alex. R. Bellaire has pur- chased the bakery business of A. G (Mrs. J. C.) Evans. Greenville—Jas. Callaghan succeeds Callaghan & Miller in the harness and agricultural implement business. Detroit—The style of Jas. L. Buchanan & Co., furniture dealers, has been changed to Sullivan, Buchanan & Co. Lisbon—C. L. Harrison his drug stock to Chas. W. Williams, for- merly engaged in the drug Clarksville. Lennon—Dr. Van Liew and John Me- Caughna have formed a and will shortly open a drug and grocery store at this place. has sold business at copartnership Hastings —Hiram Rogers has sold his furniture stock to George E. Rowe, late of Grand Rapids, who will continue the business at the same location. Detroit—Samuel H. has pur- chased the interest of his partner, of the firm of Jones & Halpin, dealers in wall paper, paints, etc., and will continue the business. Jones Remus—Com Smith annouuces his intention of retiring from the hardware business, on account of ill health. He has been engaged in business’ here twelve years. Ross—Freeman G. Hall and Thos. H. Atkins, general dealer at West Carlisle, have formed a copartnership under the style of Atkins & Hall and opened a grocery store here. Bb. Desenbvberg & Co. furnished the stock. Belding—W. Andrew Duttand A. G. Benes have formed a copartnership and engaged in the drug busipess here under Mr. Dutt was formerly engaged in the drug business at Chicago. Mears—J. W. Robinson, formerly en- gaged in general trade at Ferry, formed a copartnership with Reese T. Morris under the style of Reese T. Morris & Co., and opened a grocery store at this place. Andrew Wierengo fur- nished the stock. the style of the Belding Pharmacy. has MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Grand Marais—Locke & Stevens have removed their sawmill from East Tawas to this place. Benton Harbor—The Lumber Co. shipment of 3enton Harbor lately received a single 2,800,000 feet of lumber. There were eight boats in the fleet, the freight bill was $5,800, and the cost of unloading $2,000. Saginaw—Green, Ring & Co. have started their sawmill, cutting on 10,000,- 000 feet of Canada logs fer Merrill & Ring. C. K. Eddy & Son have also started their mill with a full crew. Trout Lake—Stickney & McPherson, who are lumbering near this place, are building camps on Mud Lake, near Au Train, and will cut 10,000,000 feet of logs during the summer and fall. Rose City—The French Lumber Co. is shipping cedar for paving to the eastern market from this place. The shingle miil of this company has shut down for a few weeks owing to the dull market. Ludington—The C. N. Taylor Lumber Co. has had built a steamer named the Helen Taylor, which will be used asa ferry across Marquette Lake. The boat was built by Duncan Robertson, at Grand Haven. Muskegon—Hovey & McCracken have purchased from Matthew Wilson the logs and log marks owned by him. In- cluded are the logs put in by Mr. Wilson last winter, amounting to between 2,000,- 000 and 3,000,000 feet. Cadillac—The Oviatt Manufacturing Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, has purchased the Cadillac Veneer and Basket Works of Gardner & Gerber. The new proprietors will assume control of the works as soon as a satisfactory agreement can be con- cluded with the Improvement Board. Marion—The Dewey Stave Co. is put- ting $15,000 into a plant bere. The mill will have a cutting capacity of Staves and 11,000 heads daily. It is ex- pected that the plant will be ready for The com- pany Owns 1,800,000 feet of logs now lay- ing in the river waiting for dressing. Muskegon — The steambarge A. R. Colborn was recently unloaded of 335,- 000 feet of lumber, and tbe same day was reloaded with 250,000 feet of lumber and 600,000 shingles. Besides being a quick of cargoes the incident presents the novelty of Muskegon as both a port of shipment and receipt of lum- ber. Mt. Pieasant—The Mt. Pleasant Lum- ber Co. is one of the few concerns that report a decent trade. The company’s mill is cutting about 40.000 feet a day, on a single circular, pine, hemlock and bardwood, southern Michigan and Ohio being the market. The company has a capital of $40,000 and will cut about 7,000,000 feet this season. L. Shafer, at Mt. Pleasant, is cutting 30,000 pine and cedar shingles a day. Muskegon—More lumber was shipped out of Muskegon this June than in the corresponding month last year. The hemlock market is reported very dull, the activity being mostly in pine, with a slightly brightening call fer piece stuff. The demand is mainly for dry material and but little of this season’s cut has been touched, with the result that dry is running low and green mounting up un- til a sixty or ninety days’ sun shall elim- inate the dampness. Alpena—This city made a good invest- ment when the spool works were built. Besides spools, floats, pulleys and corks contracted for, which will keep the factory busy for several months, a con- tract has been taken to manufacture a | large quantity of pail handles, and two new machines for this purpose have been ‘added to the outfit. These machines operation in about two weeks. transference 33,000 | will turn out 40,000 pail handles a day. They are made of birch that is not good enough for spools, and a large quantity of timber that has hitherto been of no use will now be utilized. For the pail handles the wood is first sawed into bolts and is then cut into blocks three and three-eighth inches long and an inch square. These blocks are placed in a spout of the first machine, which seizes the blocks at the rate of 55 a minute, bores a hole the entire length about the middle of the block, and shoves them down a spout. The bored blocks are then taken to the second machine. The man in charge places them in a spout one at a time, and the machine does the rest of the work. It takes hold of each block, planes it the required shape and drops it into a box beneath, at the rate of 53 a minute, ready for the pail makers. This factory is running full capacity, and the other day a shipment of 1,000 pul- leys was made to Jersey City. The spool contracts are also large. a A The Wheat Market. During the past week wheat has been on the down grade, owing to a combina- tion of causes. The great strike at Chicago restricted cash business very materially; exports showed only 1,700,000 bushels, as against 3,971,000 bushels for the corresponding week last year; exceedingly fine harvest weather, and, where threshing has been reported, it is to the effect that the yield is above earlier expectations and the quality very Foreign reports also show that France will this year go out of the list of wheat importing nations, as she will have a surplus for export herself—sc that the prospect for an advance in the near future is rather slim. The Govern- ment crop reports are to the effect that we will have a 414,000,000 bushels crop this year, which, with the visible supply at about 55,000 000 bushels, will give us a fair stock of wheat, especially as we can hardly expect to export as much the coming season as we did during the past. Exports for the past year amounted to 165,000,000 bushels; for the previous year the exports were 195,000,000 bushels. This shows a material and startling decrease in our exports, the reason for which has often been given under this head. We should, however, take into consideration the amount of wheat fed to stock, which will be greatly increased during the coming season if the present low prices continue. Locally, the movement has been very slow, as farmers have plenty of work to do which pays them better than hauling wheat to market at 52 cents per bushel, so they keep what they have in their granaries. Receipts by rail during the week were, wheat, 39 cars; corn, 15 cars; oats, 2 ears. Corn and oats have followed wheat in its decline. The fall in oats, especially, has been sharp, being fully 10 cents per bushel in the speculative markets during the week, and it is even expected they will go still lower, as new oats are being offered freely farther south. Cc. G. A. Vorer. —— —~> © => Change at Wolcottville, Ind. John Beach, boot and shoe dealer, has purchased the drug stock of A. D. Hav- ens and removed the stock to one side of his store. Mr. Havens will return to his former home, Coleman, Mich. > oo. Do not endorse for a man to whom you would not willingly lend your money. fine. PRODUCE MARKET. Prices have been seriously affected by the railroad strike, and the prospects are that, by the time this reaches the readers of THe TRaDEs- MAN the consequences will be much more seri- ous. which come from outside the State, may be cut The supply of potatoes, and of all articles off entirely and the result may be a vegetable famine. Prices as quoted may mean much or little, according to whether the strike has or has not the anticipated effect. Apricots—Rorals, $1@1.‘0 per 4-basket crate. Beans—Dealers pay g1.65 for hand-picked, holding at #2. Beets—The market is almost glutted. grown bring 15@20c. Butter—Best dairy, 13@14c; creamery, 16@l7c. Cabbage—Home grown hold the market and are in good supply at 35@50c per doz. Cherries—The week closed with the market almost bare. Good brought $2 per bu. The crop is reported to be not very heavy and they are not likely to be much lower. Home Cucumbers—Scarce and higher. Bringing 35@ 40¢ per doz. Carrots—15¢e per doz bunches. Eggs—The usual summer egg famine is not far off. The price is going up. Dealers now pay 12c, holding at 13c. Greens—Are out of the market. Honey—White clover, ; Buckwheat, Onions—Californias have disappeared. Louis- fanes now hold the market at $3.£0 per bbl. or $1.20 per bu. Potatoes —Early Ohios are held at 82 per bbl.; bulk stock, 70¢ per bu. The supply at present is good. Peas—Are unchanged at $1 per bu. Peaches—Californias are held at $1.19 per 29 Ib box. Pineapples—Small, $1.25; large, $1.50 per doz, Squash—Crook-neck are held at 75c per box of 25 Ibs. Tomatoes—Are held at $1.75 per 4-basket crate. Watermelons—Are down to $20 per hundred, @30e or -5 apiece. Berries—Red raspberries, 15¢ per qt.; black* 12%e per qt. Black berries, $4 per bu.; Straw- berries, 8@lic. Henry J. Vinkemulder, JOBBER OF Fruits and Wegetables, 418, 429, 445 and 447 So. Division St Grand Rapids. I handle all kinds of Fruits and the Grand Rapids market every morning to select Produce, being present on the freshest and choicest stock. I solicit correspondence and mail orders, agree- ing to give same my personal attention. {employ no traveling salesmen and am thus bill prices, besides guaranteeing quality. enabled to goods at lower SBED UGKWHEAT Choice Stock, $1 PER BUSHEL. W. T. LAMOREAUX 60,, GRAND RAPIDS. & % e ¢ Sew, a 4) 6 - f . | ul \ A 7 a Y - _« (Th vt » bf 4 3 ft Co mo , GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Geo. Richards succeeds Richards & Huff in the flour and feed business at 528 South Division street. Eaton, Lyon & Co. have sold the L. Pauly drug stock, at St. Ignace, to R. A. Fervice, formerly clerk for Paul V. Finch, the Canal street druggist. Geo. H. Kykendali and Jno. Young have formed a copartnership under the style of Kykendall & Young and em- barked in the furnace business at 46 East Bridge street. Frank A. Collins has retired from the firm of A. J. Quist & Co., tobaceonists at 319 South Division street. The business will be continued by the remaining partner under the style of Anthony J. Quist. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. is no longer in the hotel business, having sold the Commercial House property, at Sar- anac, to John Cutler, proprietor of the Davis House, at Lowell. This property was taken in the payment of a judgment obtained by the Ball Co. against Rose Rudd, of the former firm of Holmes & Co. Brooks & Co. A. E. have leased the basement and first, fourth and fifth floors of W. 8S. Gunn’s block (formerly oecu- pied by Gunn Hardware Co.) on South Ionia street and will take possession of the premises Aug. 1. Additional ma- chinery will be purchased by Brooks & Co. and their capacity considerably en- larged. The annual parade of the fire and po- lice departments Saturday was highly creditable, but few people have any idea how much it costs the city to maintain these departments each year. The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners have made up their budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, asking for $100,000 for the fire department and $98,000 for the police department. Wm. N. Rowe, Manager of the Valley City Milling Co., states that he and Mr. Swensberg each propose to subscribe for $100,000 of the capital stock of the cor- poration in which the business will be merge@ in a few months. In order to give sufficient time to perfect all arrange- ments, the filing of the incorporation papers will be deferred a few weeks. The plan contemplates not only the pay- ment of the company’s obligations but a sufficient increase of capital to corres- pond to the increased capacity of their Valley City Mill, which was last year en- tirely rebuilt and its capacity increased one-third. Mr. Rowe states that, instead of paying 7 per cent. dividends on the eapital stock of $350,000, he confidently expects to be able to declare 5 per cent, semi-annual dividends (equivalent to 10 per cent. per annum), although this basis may be considerably augmented in pros- perous years. Only a quartette of fruit wagon li- censes have been issued so far this year, and thirty-three vegetable licenses. The trouble is with the bonds. The The men who would take out fruit li- censes are unable to procure bondsmen, consequently their applications are hung up in the City Clerk’s office. The men of means who were behind the fruit peddlers last year seem to be shy of the busi- ness this year. There is some danger of THE MICHIGAN a suit for damages, and they are not dis- posed to take any chances. The vege- table men, for some reason, do not seem to meet the same difficulty, as about the same number have taken out licenses this year as last. This would seem to indicate either that they have better friends or are more reliable. However that may be, the vegetable men are ‘‘in it’ this year and the fruit men are not. Cannot that eminent ‘‘friend of the poor man,” Ald. Shaw, do something for them? Or are the vegetable peddlers the only worthy poor in that statesman’s estimation? This is the opportunity of Ald. Shaw’s political career and he should not fail to take advantage of it. another. It is safe to say that, if the bond provision had not been added to the license sched- ule, the city would have been overrun with peddlers this year, as it was last. Now, however, so far as can be ascer- tained, only a very small portion of those engaged last year as fruit peddlers have any inteution of taking out licenses as they know they cannot secure bonds. The number of fruit licenses issued far this year is four, as against ten to the same date last year. From this it will be seen that the bond provision is a benefit, not only to the city, but to the peddlers themselves. The fact that few have taken out licenses relieves the city of what, under the old system of promiscuous licensing, was fast becom- ing a nuisance, and returns to legitimate dealers much of the trade which they had lost, and also relieves the police de- partment of a large amount of unpleas- ant work. The few peddlers who re- main in the business will be benefitted by the inability of the majority to obtain licenses, as it leaves a wider field for them to operate it. Altogether the sit- uation is encouraging and, if it had not been for the assininity of the License Committee, the whole peddling business would have been brought nearer to a common sense basis. i — Lip lp The Grocery Market. Whclesale grocers generally are mak- ing a vigorous kick against the recent action of the P. J. Sorg Co. in reducing the commission allowed the jobbing trade frum 8 to6 per cent. They claim that the reason given for the change— that jobbers are not maintaining the established price on Sorg’s goods—does He will never have such so S50 not apply to all jobbing centers and that unless the margin is restored to the old basis, aggressive effort will not be made in the future to hold the sales up to the present standard. Sugar—The market is unsettled and lower, probably due to the uncertainty over the outcome of the tariff. Several changes have occurred during the week, granulated having declined 18 pence, while some grades have suffered no change. In the language of a local prophet, ‘‘One man’s guess is as good as another’s.” Cheese—The market isa little stronger and higher than a week ago, Lenawee county makers and handlers having ad- vanced their prices 4c. Oranges—A few 96s, California, and 200s, Naples, are about all there are in market at present, and these are from cold storage, and are not very desirable. Of course, there will be a few fancy Rodis for first-class trade, but they will be high. Not much of any account will be seen until Floridas begin to move in October. TRADESMAN. Fruits—Currants are a little firmer, but no change has been made in quota- tions. Bananas—The market is about bare, as the railroad strike has made it to impossible to get freight from the South. Prices going up, as with everything else that comes via Chicago or Cincinnati. Lemons—Are in good supply so far, but if the strike holds there will be none next are to be had in a short time. The price, too, has been affected, and will be still more affected, by the same cause. This market is fairly stocked, and figures in our market columns are unchanged. Fresh Meat—L. F. Swift & Co. Nelson Morris & Co. report very little of anything on hand. The strike has made it impossible to get anything from Chi- cago and, unless the strike comes to an end in a few days, the market will depending entirely on local supply—a not very pleasant prospect, and which means that the public must go without meat, or turn to for their supplies. Hogs—Receipts for last 120,000, a decrease of 31,000 from the corresponding week a year ago. ‘The falling off was undoubtedly due to the strike, which has, so far, tied up nearly every road entering Chicago. Prices have not yet advanced, however, as neither packers nor dealers show much disposition to take advantage of the situation. Stocks in local dealers’ hands are fair, but cannot stand a very long siege, as the shortage of fresh meat wil! undoubtedly cause a run on_ hog products. and be salted stocks week were —- - <- The Hardware Market. General Trade—During June trade has been quite good. More especially has this been so in seasonabie goods. With the coming in of July, the tendency is to restrict buying in all lines. Wire Nails—Prices remain about stationary, and, while the coal and coke strike is over, the mills have not, as yet, been able to get a supply of fuel and nails are not yet plentiful enough to warrant any lower prices. Our impres- would be, however, that when manufacturing is in full blast again the present advance will be hard to main- tain. Barbed Wire—The demand has let up, but the recent advance in price is still on. We may look, however, for lower price. Window Glass—At this time of the year all factories close down and the ad- vanee in price usually comes with it. All reports indicate that the stock of glass is light, and, should there be much of ademand, much higher prices would rule. We quote 80 and 20 per cent. discount in single and double by the box. Wire Cloth—Is in great demand and stocks are not heavy. The price is held firm at $1.75@1.65, according to quantity ordered. Agricultural Tools—The demand for sion forks, rakes, cradles, ete., is good. Seythes and snaths are also moving freely. We quote the following prices: Wood brace cradle eovscee O17 00 per doz, Wie * ee de i clca aaa mu" ° No. 1 wire bow rakes.............. Loe° No. 1 wood bow rakes..t......... a" «© Meme Shire 2. 6c sci... Boe ©. Chopper seston. ................. 24a ™ Harpoon hay forks..... Lope ie a we 90 each Wood hay fork pulleys........... 1 % per doz. 0 “ a a io ”.lhlU Hartz steel hay fork pulley ..... 225 “* “ et Wm. Fowler, general dealer at Kalamo, was in town over Sunday. | | | | The Wool Market. No one in the East has any money to invest in wool with the present outlook which is extremely gloomy. ers are because Local offered, buy- taking what is simply to refuse. Wool at a lower figure than it brings at present would they do not care be a curiosity. Prices are unchanged. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one Cent a word for each subsequent insertion No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. ee SUSINESS CHANCES OR RENT—MEAT MARKET IN CONNEC t tion with Jarge grocery. Right place for right man. Established trade. Henry J. Vinke- mulder, Grand Rapids i 560 \ J ANTED—1TO BUY A SHINGLE MILL FOR cash, Must be in good order and cheap Address Morse & Schneider, Seney, Mich. 557 _ BUSINESS CHANCE—FOR SALE OR EX. change for farm or city property in or near Grand Rapids, the Harris mill property situated in Paris, Mecosta, Co., Michigan, on the G. R. & I. Railroad. consisting of saw and planing mills sto-e and 39 acres of land a good water “power, 22 foot fall, side track into mill, plenty of hard: wood timber. This is a good chance for anyone wishing to engage in any kind of mill business For further particulars addres B W. Barnard. 35 Allen street, Grand Rapids Mich. 559 | ws LESMAN WANTE D—EXPERIENGCED kK crockery and house furnishing goods sales- man. H. Leonard & Sons. ca 555 A GOOD LARGE GENERAL STOCK OR boot and shoe stock can be sold for cash if cheap. Address box 327, Stanton, Mich. BB ANNING FACTORY WANTED—A PARTY _ With some capital and who understands the business, to build and operate a canning factory at Grant, Newaygo Co., Mich. For particulars write to H. C. Hemingsen, Village Clerk, Grant Mich. i | psa V JANTED—WELL-SEASONED RED OAK and black ash. Address ‘‘Manufacturer.” care Michigan Tradesman, 554 OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES, HARD- ware, drugs, crockery, notions, etc.,in small growing Northern town on railroad and nav igable stream. Address No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman. 556 QVOR SALE—A WELL EQUIPPED MACHINE shop in Detroit, Michigan. Good tools suitable for building or repairing heavy or light machinery. Good business location and low rent. Suitable terms to responsible parties. Par ticulars from Charles Steel, Administrator box «6, Wyandotte, Michigan. 647 7 SALE—FINE BASERY, RESTA URANT ice cream parlor and soda fountain in one of the best locations in a good lively town in Northern Michigan. Twenty years established. Population 6,000 to 7,000. Good chance fora smart man. Address No. 648, care Michigan Tradesman 648 | aap SALE—DRY GOODS STOCK IN ONE _ Of the busy manufacturing cities of Lower Michigan. Best locationin town. Ad@re:s No 645 care Michigan Tradesman. 645 y J ANTED TO EXCHANGE—TWO-HORSE _engine, upright boiler, good as new, for electric Redner Bros., Battle Creek Mich. 643 | HO WANTS A NICE, CLEAN, WELL-ES- tablished and good paying dry goods and notion store, in one of the best locations in the city, at a great bargain; good reason for selling. Write or call at once. Address Ne. 635, care Michigan Tradesman. 635 man. motor RUG STORE FOR SALE—INVOICING _ $1,600, 2500 down; balance on time. Good business. Low expenses. Address Book- keeper, ¢ and 6 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, 640 OR SALE—sTORE BUILDING AND dwelling combined at Levering, Mich. First-class place for a general dealer. A. M. LeBaron, Grand Rapids, Mich. 636 OR SALE—CLEAN DRUG STOCK IN A : thriving town in Northern Michigan on C, & W. M. Ratlway. Address No. 639 care Michi gan Tradesman. 639 WOR RENT—THE STORK FORMERLY OC- cupied by E. J. Ware, druggist, corner Cherry and East streets Also meat market, east end same building, with good ice box. John, Dunton, old County building. 618 oo MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE the North Side Planing Mill, which is first- Class in every respect, or will receive proposi- tions to locate the business in some other thriv- ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ited. Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613 OR RENT—EXCELLENT LOVCATION FOR grocery store. No other grocery within four blocks. High and dry basement under store. Come and see for yourself. J. W. Spooner, 6 Arcade, Grand Rapids. 609 SITUATIONS WANTED. A RELIABLE DRY GOODS AND SHOE salesman desires position. Is capable of taking full charge of stocks or occupying posi- tion of general manager. Address F. A. M., care Michigan Tradesman. 58 ANTED—POSITION BY YOUNG MAN OF six years’ experience in shoes and dry Speaks English and German. Refer- Address No. 551, care Michi: goods. ences furnished. igan Tradesman, 551 PECK’S *fowprns Pay the be t profit. Order from your jobber 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Rare Advice to Boys by an Able Au- thority. Artemas Ward in Fame. “Boy wanted!” Two short words! Much depends on how you read them. A boy is wanted, but that is notall. A heart, a will, a brain, a soul is called for and the applicant may answer the call earnestly or carelessly. A boy was wanted, and the great merchant handed one bright but quiet looking boy who applied a_ business letter which he had just written and asked him to copy it with a pen. The merchant’s letter had the word, ‘‘sepa- rately’’ in it, spelled s-e-p-e-r, Dut the boy wrote it s-e-p-a-r, and fearing that ue might pe misjudged, he pointed out the difference he had made. The mer- chant laughed, but the quiet boy was so sure that a dictionary was consulted, and he got the place. That boy was Thomas Tileston, afterwards one of the mer- chant princes of New York. To hold your place, put purpose in your work. Your schooling will be past; make this a new line of education. If you consider it a slavery, it will be so. If you will make it a stairway by which to ascend to better things, it will be so. Lift your work up and you will mount with it. ‘‘Seest thoua man diligent in kis business. He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.’’ Do not measure your work by the wages. A bookmaker at the races is better paid than aclerk in a bank, and a bartender gets more than a shipping- clerk, but they are paid more only be- cause their positions are undesirable. Work cannot in all cases be measured by the wages. Twe opposing pickets in the late war were chaffing one another. It was an [rishman who was on this side. ‘‘What are you fighting in the Yankee army for, anyhow?” asked the Con- federate. ‘‘I’m fighting for thirteen dollars a month, and I belave you’re fighting for eleven,’’ was the reply. Don’t read trash. The dime-novel boy who jumps up from adream of Indians, of love, of ransoms and of pirates, to do plain office duty, is rarely a success. Life is real, life is earnest, and the best way to work in it is to get your own living and do your duty in whatever place it has pleased God to put you. If you are preaching at one end of the world’s great cathedral, or playing the organ at the other end, with your whole soul. be your work to be a poor missionary or, on the other hand, to be a promoter of great rublic works. Do either veell, and do not think that by merely despising the world’s honors that you will merit the favor of heaven. It may be idleness, not piety. One of the greatest preachers of the day said: ‘‘Whenever I hear a young man despising the world’s honors, I know that he is afraid of the world’s work.” Put some excitement into your work. Do you know that the world is betting on your success or failure? Two-thirds at least say that you will not succeed. The other third, including your relatives and friends, have their money up that you will. Then don’t get tired. A lazy little boy said: ‘‘Pa, haven’t I sawed enough wood to-day? I’m tired!” ‘Tired!’ exclaimed the father. ‘‘Why I bet your mother ten cents that you would have the whole pile sawed before supper.” ‘You did!” shouted the boy, as he grabbed the saw, and spat on both hands, ‘‘You bet ten cents on me? If the saw holds out, dad, Ill win the money.” Itis easy to work the muscles when the mind is enlisted in the service! Do not sit idle and wait for orders. Try to find some work todo A boy sat at his desk drumming with his idle fingers. ‘‘l can tel you what tune you are playing,’’ said the manager. The boy drummed on and asked, ‘‘What am I playing?’ ‘‘You are playing the fool,’’ was the reply. FLIECfROIYPES ENGRAVINGS: TYPE FORM®, SINGLY OR | TRADESMAN CO.. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. quick do your work) It may in the end | Dry Goods P riee Current. paps 2 ie COTTON “ Adriatic a Brand 4% Argyle * World Wide. ; Atlanta AA.. . Atlantic a. Full Yard Wid We cee ck 6%|Georgia A. = Dee cee 5 |Honest Width...... _ i Hartford A - 1... ...., 4%|Indian Head........ o% ee meee o As... ....... 6% Archery Bunting... 4 |KingEC.... 5 Beaver Dam AA.. 4% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 Lawrence LL...... 4% Madras cheese cloth ox 5% peace Cree. ........ 6 Newmarket basued Diack Mock ........ 5% ce 7 ' Bis 6% a 5% ' DD.... 5 Loreees F-.-....,.. 5% ni -..... 6% Chapman cheese cl. 3%|Noibe R............. coe ee... 5%|Our Level Best..... 6 Cee. od. Carers M........... 6 wees Ceme......... SEs... -.... 7 Clittn CCC........ Caeee. 2a... , |Top of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS Ae. 4... 8% |Geo. Washington. i ee. em Salis. ......... 7 eee... Gold Medal......... ™ Art Cambric........ 10 Green Ticket....... 814 Blackstone AA..... 7%4|Great Falls.......... 6% ee All............ le a 7% ae. 12 . mt... 4%@ 5 toaeel........- -s a Ring Phillip as oe 7% Cabot, % - ee a 7 Charter Oak.... ... 3a Lonsdale Cambric- -10 owes W.......... i Lonsdale...... @ 8 Cleveland . a Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor. / 8 oe peeee.....,.-.... 1% shorts 8 —— — Decetke ce 6 Edwards. . 6 rrr 5% ae... ........ 7 Pride of "the West...12 Per 7 eee. .....,..... 7% Fruit of the Loom. § (Sunlight............. 4% Paiohviiie ...... ... 7 Utes Milis......... 8% Taos Poe... -....- 6 = Nonpareil ..10 Fruitofthe Loom %. 7%/|Vinyard............. 8% Patrmount..... ..... i White Horse........ 6 Pull Value.......... —. wee... . oe HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. og LE 6% Warqell....... ,-..- a Dwight Anchor..... 8 CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife - ee ob Housewife g oe 6% ' i re ie 7 vs Co 6 iD 3 cn 7% “ “a 6% 6 7. er " ........ 7 4)... 9% ‘ Po z ' Fs 10 ‘ a ™% “ Ww.. 10% ' ek ae 7% - 2 ce 11% “ . Le a a 12% “ J... ae “ - 13% ‘ K . Ng - | 10 ‘ eo 10% - 2. ae 11 . a 21 “ - 14% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......37 [integrity colored. ..18 colored ne“ |White a 7 Integrity .. — * colored .19 DRESS GOODS. eee CC... os S eeeee...... .--..00 ' ae ee 25 a ace .10% ” -. ie ee G G@ Cashmere...... 20 + i oe Nameless .........- 16 e .. ” ose oe _ . oe CORSETS. Coraline. ...........89 50/Wonderful ig 50 Sebiiting’s.. ...... 9 0O|Brighton.. . +2 Davis Waists..... 9 00|/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. Armory ... — enna. 7% Androsco gin. pide wee im Rockport. moe Oe Biddeford. ........- Cc onestoga. ee oe 7% Brunswick. “ bi Walworth ...... ove OE RINTS. Berwick fancies.... 5% Allen turkey « reds.. 3 c ~ & purple 5% u ' pink checks. t+; . staples ...... 5 ee shirtings... 3% American fancy.... 5% Americanindigo... 4% American shirtings 33% Argentine Grays... 6 Anchor ee: | Arnold r Arnold Merino 6 long cloth B. : a ‘6 Gentury cloth 7 7 * gold seal. ....10% ‘* green seal TR 10% “yellow seal..10% - oe... 11% * urke; red..10% Ballon solid black. ** colors. -— al blue, green, and orange... 8 54%/Clyde Robes........ Charter Oak fancies 4 %|DelMarine cashm's. mourn’g Eddystone won AR chocolat _ a. a sateens.. | Hamilton fancy. 5% sta 5% Manchester ‘ancy. 5% new era. 5% Merrimack D fancy. 5% Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 ' Rep —- - Pacific fancy o% Pestana robes. . Simpson mourning.. : 8% 5% ee 5 writs % _ solid black, 5% Washington indigo. 6% Turkey robes.. % “ India robes.... 7% e plain Tky x % 3 Berlin WE cocoa ce “ on hine...... 6 " aa = “ green... 6 ~~ “ Foulardsa ... 5% martha ae « - = _ 7 Fine “ = - 9%| Martha aahingtoa " oe 0 a hipaa ck 9% ' * 84XXxXx * Riverpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco — enon Windsor fancy...... 6 mad 5 gol ket ” xx conte... indigo blue....... 10% - ee. coe 5 perey......... . ICKINGS. Somtaeg AC A. ATZIACA.. - 1% Hamilton N ope eee 7 |Pemberton AAA....16 eines eee York. 10 8 e Awning..1i1 El 8 Swift River......... ream Baver......... Warren..... First Prisze.. Lenox Milla... .... 18 COTTON Atianta, ee 6% ecu deen sul 6% curton, mo. 7 ee ie No Name Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag...... ..-12 {Columbian brown. .12 . San. .... 14 |Everett, blue........ 12% - —- 14 - brown. ....12% Andover..... —_ Haymaker bine. .... 7% Beaver Creek AA.. brown... 7% BB. Me osc... 11% _ Co.. LADOMEOe? .......... 12% Boston, Mfg Co. br.. Lawrence, 90z...... 13% blue a o No. 220....13 “* datwist 10% . No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 ' No. 280....10% XXX bi1.19 GINGHAMS, Amosioas....... .... Lancaster, staple... 5 * Persian dress a fancies . 7 Canton .. 7 Normandie 7 . iRP..s.5- &%|Lancashire.......... o Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5X . Angola..10%|Monogram.....-.... 6% Persian.. 7 |Normandie......... 7 Arlington staple.... 644/Persian............. 7 Arasapha fancy.... 4%|/Renfrew Dress...... T™% Bates Warwick dres 7%}Rosemont..........- 6% . staples. 6 |Slatersville......... 6 Centennifal......... Wy somorsst............ , AO oc et gr ee 5s aon 7% Cumberland staple. a io Gu Nord. .....- oy Cumberiang.... .... wee... ....:- 7% Me ca ss a ‘ss seersucker.. " oe hee a eee Te ern... .s.... Everett classics..... 8%/|Whittenden......... Exposftion.......... Tg “heather dr. 7% aeeee............ Oe “ indigo blue 9 Gienerven.........- 6%|Wamsutta staples... 6% owe. ........ T™% Westbrook Pica es eee 8 eee... . s,s... Se Fe. . Jobnson vhaloncl %/Windermeer.... .... Eee Dime Pi tOre..... -......... 6% i zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS, Amoskeag.. 13 (Georgia ... 13% A EE a ee er AeereOee..-.. ..-.-. Oe Eee sc THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......... % Cer, 7. &f....... More e.... ...... 90 Holyoke. Let cacineen ou 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. = — mm S&S... = - ie M......- " 5... -—shlhlU. — 3 . 2... ee a ' SS... 4 ew 36 41 sc 40 45 CAMBRICS. ee 4 {Edwards e 4 White Ster......... 4 |Lockwood... 4 ca .......... 4 (Wood's.... 4 Newmarket......... 4 |Brunswick . 4 RED FLANNEL. Peremen...... -..... Oe ee 2% CBGNAOOD.... ...--.aeekee Bei 5 we Wale Ra.........0) Ome, Be... cos Fs 3] Nameless...........2744jBuckeye.... ........a8% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid. -40 eran W.........%% ees 224%|Western W ......... 18% Wiaeee...... ...,.. oo 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... 23% colon &..........,. 224%4|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless..... 8 @9 oc 9 @10% eT 8%@10 ‘ a 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9% 934 /10% % 10% 10% 10% 10%/|11% 11% 1K 11% 11% 1144/12 12 12 12% 12% 124/20 20 20 pUCKB. Severen, 8 oz.. .. 9%|West Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, 8oz.......10% “ Oox ...12% Greenwood, 7% ox. Oe maven, 1008......... 13% Greenwood, § os.. ..11%|Stark |“ ae Boston, § os......... 10%| Boston, 10 ae 12% WADDINGS. White, dos......... 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....88 50 Colored, dos........ _ were ©” (lL... 7 50 SILESIAS, Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket..........10% mee Crem.... 9 Tovaeeee.............. 9 C Boones nee 10% Bedford. i se = Bost BA..... ars valley ea 10% Bicisiee ae ee boy oe 10% "SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 85 (Corticelli penne, twist, doz. .4¢ per Koz ball .....30 50 os doz. .40 OOKS AND EYES—PER Goss No 1 BI’k “& _White.. = {No : BYk& White. t) 20 ” 3 ' 12 . 10 ' 25 No 2—20, M C.. Hasna -a...... " & 22,8 C....-... No 2 White & Bk. 12 “No 3 White & BI’k..20 “ 4 us an “ce 10 o 2 23 - & ” it" = - a AFETY PINS. ee. ie 28 — besa ou 38 noes. M. ‘i. een suas 40|\Steamboat.... ...... 40 Crowely’s....... .... i wlaold Eyed 200 .150 Marsha Is ee o--k COLAmeOrican........ ...1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 64... ----1 65 6—4...2 30 COTTONT WINES. Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14 eS 12 Rising Star4-ply....17 Pee. 18% 3-ply....17 Dae oc ee tren See ...,.... .. 20 ..138 |Wool standard 4 plyit% Bristol Cherry Valley... IXL ..15 |Powhatta 18% PLAID OSNABURGS iO... 5 1. s .... 6%{[Mount Pleasant.... 6% Alomenes........... a 5 IRD 2... 5 2s ha oe 7% a 5% * .s eee. --- oe -: 6 oa? - oo ‘ 5% ney A Ae Cees 61g oO i ee sis 5 Otis checks . 7a WE HAVE MADE H. SGHNEIDER 60,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Distributing Agents for the Old Reliable Kk bB CIGARS. AMERICAN CIGAR CO. EATON, LYON & CO U 7 9 lonely 20 & 22 Monroe &t., GRAND RAPIDS. LADY'S GENUINE : VICI : Plain toe in opera ‘an opera toe aa Cc. 8. need D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather SHOE, Stock Send tip, $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. A NEW IDEA You will remember that Goliah was very much surprised when David hit him with astone. He said that such a thing A good many retail grocers are in the same had never entered his head before. predicament as Goliah was before he rubbed have never gotten acquainted with the merits of the best selling brand of soap on the It is called ATLAS and is up against David—they market. manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, SAGINAW, MICH. yr THE HABIT OF FORGETTING. Written for THE TRADESMAN. While memory is an important faculty to every one who follows commercial pursuits, it may be left in abeyance at certain times to actual advantage. It is well if one can remember faces, so as to better maintain acquaintance with a large list of customers. That is a gift by which many ordinary politicians attain popularity, especially when com- bined with suaviter in modo. It is, of course, necessary always to keep in mind the variations in prices, in order to secure profits or to avoid loss. There are times, however, when the habit of forgetting can be indulged both safely and profitably. Business is too often allowed to absorb all the energies of one whose shoulders bear the load of responsibility as proprietor in a trade of moderate dimensions. The case is made worse when outside speculations are added, which increase the risk and excite the mind with alternate hopes and fears. In the necessary effort connected with buying and selling itis not easy to es- cape the pressure of thought that fol- lows one into the hours devoted to the recuperation of wasted energy. Too many business men have no relaxation of mind or body outside of sleeping hours. Even then the brain is busy with images evoked by the worry of daily traffic; and dreams, like angry clouds sure foes it is no rolling through space, are the of mental and physical rest. wonder that so many break down in health or fail in business; and the mental wrecks are sadder if not more numerous than the physical. The habit of thinking wears on the tissues of the body no less surely than does severe manual labor. Each faculty of mind or body needs some con- trasting counterpart to fill out the highest measure of its usefulness. Memory wearies, but forgetting rests the mind. Labor wastes muscular energy. Rest strengthens and restores. These are natural alternates that preserve a proper balance to all parts of human organism and promote healthy growth. The business man, therefore, if he would be the absolute monarch of his own personal realm, should see to it that he keeps the equipoise of his faculties continually assured. When relief from the cares of each day arrives he should have the power to put them entirely out of sight with his memorandums and ledgers. By totally forgetting them for a season he will be able to enjoy to the utmost all that is to be gained by rest. No one can realize fully the benefit of asummer’s vacation until he gets into the habit of forgetting all the disagree- able littles of weariness that have made that vacation necessary. Unless he can do this in vain are spread for him the verdant glories of the season. Vain is pleasant companionship, cheerful con- versation or picturesque scenery. So long as his thoughts are at home with his business, the body may as well be there, also. Whatever pastime or occupation that will most effectually drive away recol- lections of business details is the best for him to pursue. If either can be fol- lowed in company with those composing his home circle, there is additional ad- vantage; but even a jaunt to some sylvan resort, witha few of his confreres in trade, will be productive of good results if he will get into the habit of leaving THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. behind all that has gone with time irre- coverable into the wake of the past and interest himself with the cheerful aspects of the present. To one who was once a summer guest for a few weeks I apologized for not being able to furnish him drives through the surrounding country, so as to make his visit full of incidents worth remem- bering. His reply gave mea clue to the condition of many who live inthe whirl of active city life and do not often enjoy the luxury of an annual vacation. Said he: **You are doing me the truest kind- ness I could ask from any host. Worn out, as | have been, with brain labor, the quiet of your home is inexpressibly soothing and restful. At the same time it is the best mental tonic for my case. [ have incident enough the year round in the busy rushing life of the city. Although my work as proof reader is one remorseless grind, forgetfulness is what I want now and every week of it is better than a month with gay crowds at public resorts.” There are times in the experience of most every one having dealings with the public, when the habit of forgetting smoothes the rough places or helps to surmount them. Many ‘‘stings and arrows’’ in the shape of disagreeable comment, harsh complaints, boorish incivility, or slights and unkind allu- sions born of prejudice are occasionally met, that if allowed to rankle in memory will produce deplorable results. To for- get them is the wiser course, since by so doing one may be saved future regrets, and, perhaps, in some cases restore broken friendships. Itis well to forget one’s blunders—the sooner the better—because nothing is gained by remembering them. Even bad investments (if absolutely hopeless) had better be consigned to the tomb of oblivion. Enough of them will remain to make of each a useful lesson for future guidance. S. P. WHITMARSH. Ah — Alp The Utility of Grocers’ Signs. Peddler (in grocery store)—I’ve got some signs [ am selling to some store- keepers right along. Everybody buys ‘em. Here's one: “If You Den’t See What You Want, Ask for It.’’ Merchant—Think I want to be both- ered with people askin’ fer things I ain’t got? Give me one readin’: Ef You Don’t See What You Want, Ask For Something Else.” We knew an old grocer down East who was a believer in the last named. ‘‘Got any ten-penny nails??? we heard a cus- tomer ask him one morning. ‘‘No re- plied the old man, ‘‘but ve just opened a barrel of corking good cider vinegar,” and he sold some. You can’t always tell what your customer wants by what he ealls for. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITs, dis. Me — Ee ee NO Ee = Jennings’, Ee ee 50&10 AXES. First Quality, ee 8 6 50 D. bg oie ce ix 00 : ee a 7 50 . DP Se = 50 BARROWS. Meee... i i... 812 00 a ‘00 ee pet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. ee eae 50810 Gactnas Mew Ge 75&10 ee a ae deep ed 40&10 See eee eg. Le... a... 70 BUCKETS. eo eee eee ee, $350 ar eee... s,s... 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. ge ae ee 70&10 Wought Narrow, bright 5ast joint 40..... 66410 1 Webiae ied Pin. a Wrought Table ee ee ees) 49 | Wronght Instde Blind... | Wrought Brass.. a I a 75 | i es 70&10 Blind, rowers... .... ee aa os oa a 70 | BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... .....G0&10 | CRADLES. | Cae. 41810 | CROW BABS, Cast Steel...... ae - ere 6 CAPS. Ely’s 1-10 eet eee eee geeet ee cuece es. ee Ee 65 ee ee 60 c?..... ee oe. 35 —-< = «3. . 60 CARTRIDGES wee ee. sl... besos 59 Central Fire . Gin. 25 CHISELS. dls. ee Ne ec eeeetce es »» 75810 Socket —-. Ee 75810 Socket Corner. . eae «++. 75810 Socket Slicks . .--%9810 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.. . 40 COMBE, dis. Cee, Dereneesn |... ...............,. ; 40 SECC cn . 2 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis, 10 , COPPER, Planished, 14 on cut tosize... .. perpound 28 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 . : - 26 Cold Rolled. 14x56 and 14x60 — 23 Cold Rolled; ee... 8. 23 as... 22 DRILLS. dis. Moen Oe fio... 50 Taper and stretent Shank................... 50 Pores eer eee... : 50 DRIPPING PANS, eel Geeen, Ser penne 88... 8% Large sizes, ie ley 06 ELBOWS. Com. 4 _—* oe ee dos, - z Corrugated . aoe. ee. mn 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18: larce, O26............... 30 Ives’, 1, $18: 2, 824; 3,830 . dees 4 25 FILES—New List. dis. ec 60.&10-10 New Ameiicay .... ................... Chee ie Peeegeere ....... .. ...........-.... eee a ede eeu ee ce asec pen 50 Setter 6 Moree Mame. s§. ....-.-.........., 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 2; 27 28 ae eas 14 15 6 i Discount, 60 -10 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNoBs—New List. dis, Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porcelurm, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, Saneataiin Ses eeeicaenas 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. C = anew tat ....... 55 Mallory, ——— _ Co.’ 55 Branford’s . 55 a 55 MATTOCER. Po . 816.00, dis. 60-10 a. |... $15.00, dis. 6C-10 Miaew. 1... 2. te. . $18.50, dis, 20410. MAULS, diz. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handied............... 50 MILLS. dis. Coffee, ramen Ce. Cj#.. 40 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s = 46 . toate erry & Cio s............ 40 Wee SC§ ik ce ec. 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Ce ee 6010 i ee a, —_— Enterprise, self-measuring............ “as 25 Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. CC 1 40 Wire nails, base.......... . 149 -.... a Base Base 50. . 10 40. 25 30. 25 ress 35 me te... 45 Oe ec ee ec oes 45 - 50 i 60 se oes nh co ae es sce ce nee 7 Be cess a 12 7... 1 60 Ee 1 60 — ss... 65 : oe ee 7 oe 6 a (ee 1 r 2... 90 7 6 i ., 1 10 outnens to a 7 eS 80 m © ....................... 90 Barrell %...... es oe oe 12 PLANES. dis. Ohio Tool = Pa Pee gs eee ca ss oe Qw Se eee B50 cenauiicy Tool oo oeer........-........ @40 eet te at, se @40 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. 50&10 PANS. wee, A. as. dis. = Common, polished...... dis. RIVETS, — Iron and Tinned........ 50—10 Copper Mivots and Burm... ........ 202.0. 50—{0 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. A” Wood's —— nee Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood ed, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken coals ‘Boee per ceed extra. | Maydole & Co.’s. Kip’s | Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3 : HAMMERS. din. 2e dis. 2h dis 4010 She list 60 .. 80e 404810 Yerkes & Plumb’s . Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand HINGES, wae .. G18. 60&16 State : “per ‘do. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and ‘Strap, to 12 In _ 14 and longer ie 8% Screw Hook and Bye, ig. i “net 19 %y ..met 8% . . . %. ..net 7% : . ay ests gees ea seus. .. net ™% Strap and T -