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Telephone 166 and 1030 for particulars. L. J. STEVENSON. Cc. E. BLOCK. WwW. P. ROOTS. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. & AND 7- PEARL STREET. PEACH-TREE JOE. I had mounted the corner of a grain- bin in the stable, and sat there swinging one foot and idly watching John, the master-of-horse, who was devoting an hour of leisure to my favorite mare. She blinked her eyes in the spring sunlight that streamed in across the stable floor, and lifted tenderly a fore foot that had once been lame. This foot was apt to draw attention toitself, as if former com- fortable rubbings were still remembered. I could not disguise the truth, as I looked at her, that she was no longer young, but I flattered myself that she might be good for many years yet. John brushed and smoothed her silky coat again and again, and carefully picked the few tangles out of her thin mane; flicked at her sharp ears, and then, holding her firmly by the nose, stood looking her full in the face with an ab- stracted air. At last she gently moved and glanced round at an imaginary fly. She was full of feminine subterfuges; none of the other horses appealed as she did to John’s gallantry, and she gained many attentions and advantages beyond her rightful currycombing and rubbing down. “There, there!’ said John, as if she could understand, ‘‘you know there isn’t a live fly in this stable; you wouldn’t feel a bee-sting through such a shock of winter hair as you’ve got on. I never saw them keep their winter hair so late as they do this year,’’ he added, looking over at me, and I nodded assent. He gave his currycomb a final tap, and leaned against the doorway. There were shining little pools of water on the floor near the stable-bucket, and an ad- venturous sparrow came hopping in. Sheila looked at him jealously, as she drank, and arched her neck and pointed her ears at him, as if she meant to frown disapproval. Then she thought best to lift a foot slowly, by way of distinct menace, and the sparrow fluttered away. I laughed, and she gave me a re- proachful glance. ‘“*Too bad if he drank up all that water and let you go thirsty,’’ said John. ‘*{ mean to ride her to-day,” I said de- cisively, ‘‘and she can have some brook- water’—to which proposition John agreed, after a moment’s reflection. He still leaned against the doorway, and I sat on the grain-bin. Beyond, in the garden, there was great activity. I could hear the ring of tools and the click-clack of shears in the shrubbery. Summer had come all at once after much dark weather. There was a young peach tree in full flower at the left of the stable door. ‘“*Those blooms always make me think of war-time,’’ said John. ‘‘Out in Vir- ginia the country is full of them, and I thought the first spring I was there they were the handsomest lever saw; but I got to classing them with powder smoke before I came away. The sight of a peach tree will bring those days right up fresh before me. Dear, dear !—’’ He did not look at me, and I made no answer. I hoped for one of those sim- ple thrilling stories of army life, which are more touching, or more exactly de- scriptive, than any studied reminis- cences. ‘*There’d be one day after another like this,’’ he went on; ‘‘none of your hinder- ing east winds after spring once got its mind made up. For my part, I always like any other part of the year full as well. We got out there in the early part of March, youknow. I hadn’t any busi- ness in the army anyway; I was under age, but 1 was bound to go to war with the rest of the fellows. I owned to a year and a half more than belonged to me when [ ’listed !” lhad often heard this statement and did not think it necessary to make any comment, but I thought in the brief silence that followed, how unwittingly the country boy of sixteen had been swept southward by that great wave of excitement, and I thought, too, of the flood of new experience which had gone over him. No wonder that the home- sickness and strange surroundings and unlooked for hardships had made him remember clearly that first spring in Vir- ginia. “There was a little peach tree just the size of this one that I sha’n’t forget in a hurry,” John said, as if he spoke only to himself. ‘It had just such a bend in the stem, and we used to be full of jokes about it, saying that we were going to stop right there until the fruit was ripe. There had been some kind of a little old house and garden just where our company was quartered, and some of the old-fashioned garden flowers and gooseberry bushes and things came up, but coming and going we soon trampled 7em out. Most of us was young fel- lows, green as grass; but you’d have thought ’twas old campaigners that re- membered back as far as Waterloo, to hear us scolding over tactics, and what McClellan ought todo. You see we went first to Washington, and then they lugged us over to Arlington Heights, and set us down in the red mud for a week, and then we got orders to go down Fredericksburg way. We used to talk the goodness all out of us before word came to move, and you never saw such a bunch of foolishnesss as those camps. We were hived together so thick that you could see clusters of lights, like towns, all over that low- rolling country, and the officers hadn’t learned their business extra well, and we knew it, and we dallied along awhile, and so ’twas. “We got to know each other, and fights came up, and lots of us got to chumming like young-ones. There were plenty of good, stout, knockabout men, dare-devils and high fellows’ that didn’t think of anything but fighting and fooling, and would as soon be there as anywhere, but that camp life came hard on some folks. I was think- ing just now of one poor galoot that was about roughed to death. don’t see how they ever came to ‘list him. His father’d died, and he’d got a mother ' NO. 578 and some little sisters, but he’d come to the front from high notions o’ duty and saving his country. Makes me feel bad to think him over, now lve got to be older and know something of the world, but I used to tease him long of the rest then, and be kind 0’ friendly with him at odd times when I could get him alone out in the shade of one of those crooked, rail fences. He’d set there and tell me about his folks by the hour. You never did see such a girl-faced fellow trying to _ play soldier as that was, and he was scary to match. ‘‘We used to tell him every day or two that we’d got orders to march, or that he was picked out to make a dash over into the enemy’s lines, and he’d turn just as white as sand and get all blue around his mouth. ’Twas a kind of nervous fit he’d seem to have, and he’d have to go and lie right down and get over it. The Captain used to tell us we’d better let him alone, but that only set us on the faster. We used to try and see if we could anyway man- age to get him mad, but he was so simple and pleasant ’twant worth while, and we learned to let him him alone pretty much. He’d run and get our pipes, or mend up our clothes, if we came in with ’em torn, as handy as a woman. They’d rigged us out in a lot o’ cheap contract stuff to go to war with. Then he had a pretty voice to sing, was real good company, and never seemed to fail us for a joke. “That little peach tree I was speak- ing about grew right in front of our ‘A’ tent, and I saw him crawl out one moonlight night and pick some of the blossoms and wrap them up in a news- paper. He’d know ’twas just the thing. he’d get laughed at for by day. I stepped out after him and put him under arrest, and says I, ‘Don’t you know word has come that the army must pick all the peach trees in the fall, and the peaches are going to be sold up North to help get money to carry on the war?’ He looked seared, and told me as solemn as could be that he wouldn’t do it again; he only wanted a little piece to send home to show his mother how for- ward the season was. So I said I wasn’t going to report him that time. He was a year older than I was, but some used to say I acted old enough to be his father.’’ “Whoa! stop gnawing that bucket now!’ and the mare looked up reproach- fully and gave a longing glance at her stall. I scratched a row of x’son the top of the oat bin with a nail that lay there. “What became of the poor lad?’ I asked at last. ‘‘They ought to have sent him home.” ‘He wouldn’t go,’? answered John with enthusiasm. ‘I always thought that he was seared out of his life. Plenty of big backwoodsmen died of nothing but homesickness, but nothing ailed him but terror. The greatest comfort in life while we were in camp that time was his little peach tree. He was naturelly | 5 RPE IRR RAN Nya Ln a aa eR ra 2 aboy of a farming turn, and he dug) round it and used to lug water for it, and he made a little fence out of sapling | stuff that he stuck down so we shouldn’t tumble on it when we were scuffling or! anything; or to keep off any mule that ; After- | | excuses to get home to their folks, and might wander by and browse. wards we left there and the Rebs were seattered about; we their lights by night, and we used to talk across and do trading on picket, and one time they sent word if we would stop fighting for an hour or two they would stop; ’twas while we were having a good smart skirmishing all along the lines. They all had plenty of tobacco, and were giad to give us any quantity of that fora little salt or whatever they wanted. After we had been chumming and trad- ing ap hour or so, we would set to and go to fighting again. “We weren’t quite so ready to go on picket by night as we had been, but we went all the same, and the Captain made no excuse, but poor old Joe was let off easy one way and anctier, and he got sick with chilis and went off to hospital. Everybody thought that was the last of him, but back he came. He surely did have pluck enough some ways, and the right kind, too, but any sudden sound of firing that went to our heads like drink, and made us hope something was going on, would take all the soldier out of Joe, and he’d drop right down in his tracks. He told me one night that ’twas some- thing that come over him quick, and he eouldn’t help it to save his life; he'd never been called a scary fellow nor a coward as he knew of, till he come out there. “Seems to me now, whenever I come to think it over, that there was dreadful foolish actions that first summer of the war down in Virginia. We all felt as if something had got to be done, but we didn’t ‘know just what, and the Rebs hung round, and we hung round, and orders wouid come for us to march off thirty or forty miles, and we wandered about like stray cattle, but ’twas pleas- ant weather and we liked it well enough. Somehow you don’t think so much about killing folks or any of those things that come to you afterward, but when those old band tunes would begin to rip the air, we'd all catch hold and sing and step right out along the road—well, ’twas like something that got into your head. “But that poor chap, quick as the word come to move, he’d go all to pieces, kind of frost struck, and the boys would teil him we were going into action and he’d try and step out in line, but he’d lag and lag, and I’ve seen him tumble right over and lie there on the grass. The Captain would stop, ’ve seen him myself—and pin a piece of paper to him with orders to let him pass, so when we’d get through the day’s scurry, along would come poor Joe looking in all our faces to see if we could see meant to twit him. “And at last we came round to the very spot where we’d camped the lougest in the spring—we’d lost a good many out of the company; we were on our way up to Harper’s Ferry. Everybody had been noticing that old Joe looked as slim as a spear o’ hay, and we told the captain and | some other of the officers that he ought | j the company was a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. { kept his blanket folded tight as any know whether he saw it, he was so far | body and was always trying to do a touch of work for the rest of us. He was bound he’d do what he cou!d, that poor boy was. Plenty of the boys was down sick of army life by that time and were complaining of their health to make ll thinned out. I sup- pose that the officers didn’t know what to do, and they had to hold on to every- thing that looked like a man. “I was wandering round one night while supper was cooking, and waiting till my turn came to go on picket. 1 had spoken for Joe to go with me; the cap- tain and I looked after him the best we could; Joe felt safer with me, I knew, and we were short of men. I saw him leaning up against a tree, and his head was dropping lie a sick bird’s, and I went over close to speak to him about picket duty, but he didn’t say anything, and reached out one of his hands to- wards me. “Chirk up, Joe,’ said I, ‘look how pleasant it is! and then I mistrusted something was wrong, and I sat down and put back his head to look at him. He was white as a piece of cloth and his eyes were glazing all over. ‘**1?m ’shamed,’ says he; ‘lL ought to have stayed right at home. I ain’t fit for a soldier—’ ‘*‘No more you ain’t!’ says lI. cbeer up, Peach-tree.’ ‘““s] wasn’t never called a coward,’ says he again. ‘I ajn’t afraid of any- thing myself, but 1 can’t make my body serve me. I don’t blame the boys for laughing. I could lay down an’ die of shame when I come out of those scares—’ ***You never had a fair smell of pow- der yet.’ I'd heard all this before and I didn’t know what else to say. “lve got to go right home, now,’ says he; ‘I meant to serve my time, if it killed me, but I’m all played out,’ and he let his head drop; but that minute there came the noise of firing, and I| heard the old bugle yell out. I started up, and the poor chap was on his feet before I was, his eyes blazing out of his head. ‘Come on!’ says he, ‘come on! I ain't afraid this time!” “He sung out just as pleased as if something was lifted right off of him and ran forward two or three steps— then stumbled and fell right over heavy on his face. I stopped and turned him over, and he was stone dead—just as if the lightning had struck him—” * * * * * * * John turned away, hesitated a minute at the stable doorway as if he was look- ing for some one in the garden; then he took the mare by the head and went quickly into the stall. I was oppressed by the silence—somebody must say something. “They ought to have sent such a poor fellow home,’ I insisted, stoutly, put John had quite regained his every- day manner. “We did send him home; we boys and some of the other companies helped. |’ Twas done handsome as if he had been the general himself.’’ The horses were munching in a row. ‘Come, to be discharged or go back to the hos-|L heard footsteps coming toward the pital, one of the two. *Twas no use for him to think he could serve out his time, — and alighted from my high seat | “There was that little peach tree just and if they gave him orders he’d have to. | preaking down with fruit on account of go whether or no, don’t you see? couldn’t more than craw! about, He | his tending it so much; but he front of us as we sat talking. "twas right in I don’t gone,” John added, looking at me and lowering his voice. ‘‘How soon do you want to go out?” (in a louder and per- fectly business-like tone.) “7 must see to your new saddle girth first, but every- thing’ll be ready when you are.” “Perhaps the rest of you served all the better, and that poor boy helped to save his country after all,” I said, lin- gering. “°T was this weather made me think of him,’’ John apologized; ‘the never was cut out for a military man, poor old Peach-tree wa’n’t. But he got home, and there he lays somewhere up coun- try, in one o’ those old, bushy burying- grounds. SARAH ORNE JEWETT. —_—> + > Kalamazoo—Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Conk- lin, formerly of Adrain, have opened an undertaking and embalming establish- ment at 310 West Main street. §. P. BENNETT FUEL & IGE GD. MINE AGENTS And Jobbers of ALL KINDS OF FUEL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. Headquarters for Over Gaiters dnd Leggins $2.50 per dozen and Upwards. Lam Wool Soles in 3 grades. 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Roasted Le cae eee ae @t Choice, H. P. is... @ 4% - poe ............ @6 FRESH MEATS. BEEF. PORE, oon ccna eens. cece 2 oe Fore quatters.......... -- 34@ 4% Hind quarters... . . 6 @7 Loins No. 3.. . 8 G10 meee... - 6 @e ee eee 5 @6 Chucks ...- «. -. 34@ 4% Pe i 8’ @3 PORK. Peeesee .. ... 8. eee, 7 Re ee 10 Shoulders ee oX% foarte... Ck. se. il MUTTON. Mitte ee ee fsause ..... ce . - 54@ 6% Caeehie .6 GM a mama) 4 sy ENG DUPLICATES OF oN GRAVINGS “TYPE FO RMS TRADESMAN Co., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. TE ~y § 4; MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. é A PUBLIC MARKET. Cogent Reasons in Favor of the Over- the-River Site. The special committee appointed by the Common Council to investigate and report on a market site seems to be hope- lessly divided on the subject. Thechair- man of the committee, Ald. Kinney, is in favor of the Comstock site. Ald. Kinney lives in the north end and is, naturally, anxious to locate the market as far north as possible. Ald. Gibson favors the Me- Connell site. Ald. Gibson resides out on Madison avenue. Ald. Wurzburg wants a bridge market. He is a grocer and does business not far from the central portion of the city. It would be inter- esting to know how these gentlemen will reach an agreement. At present there seeme to be little hope of it. Perhaps Aldermen Kinney and Gibson may com- promise on the bridge scheme; it would be the most sensible thing they could do. Chairman Kinney informs THE TRADESMAN that the Comstock site would cost the city $49,000, or $11,000 less than was stated last week. That is giving the city the land at the rate of $60 per foot front. Is there a business man in the city who would be willing to pay that amount for land in the vicinity of the proposed market site? It is not worth $40 a foot, and those who are urg- ing it as a market site ought to know it. As stated last week, it is not the inten- tion of the city to purchase a site at present, but only to lease the laud for a term of years. Mr. Comstock will lease his land to the city for ten or twenty years at an annual rental equal to 5 per cent. of the purchase price, or $2,400 a year. Atthat rate the city would pay $24,000 rent in ten years. Mr. Comstock claims that the land is worth, at the present time, more than he asks for it, and that it is increasing in value all the while. What it may be worth at the ex- piration of ten years it would be impos- sible to conjecture. Suppose, for a mo- ment, the city were to lease a market site for ten years: while it is true that the option of purchase would be included in the conditions of the lease, it must be borne in mind that such option will ex- pire with the lease, and if it be true, as claimed, that real estate is constantly rising in value, then the city must pur- chase before the ten years have passed or find the price raised. Such is the man- ner of real estate holders the world over. In the meantime, the city will grow; all the land desirable for the purposes of a market will have been taken, and the city will be forced to take the leased site at the owner’s price. Such is the pre- dicament in which the city will place it- self if a land site is leased for even ten years. This argument is applicable to any of the proposed sites and is irresisti- ble. On the other hand, if it be decided to build a bridge market, the site will cost nothing and room for enlargement is always available. The only objection to a bridge is its estimated cost, which City Engineer Collar puts at $473,000; but Engineer Collar has never got beyond the amateur period in his profession. His estimates are always high—out of sight, in fact. A better engineer than Mr. Col- lar ever will be, after careful calculation, estimated the cost of a 66-feot bridge from Lyon to Allen streets, with a con- necting bridge from the new structure to West Bridge street bridge, at $135,000. There is no reason to doubt the correct- ness of this latter estimate. Wm. T. Powers, a gentleman well acquainted with the cost of structural iron and steel, and who is in a position to know what the substructure of such a bridge ought to cost, gives it as his opinion that $135,- 000 would be found to be net much be- low actual cost. Is Mr. Collar’s estimate be discounted as were his figures on the cost of the Valley City and Oakhill cem- etery walls, it will bring the cost of the bridge down to about the proper figure. He estimated the cost of a 12-foot wall at $17,000. A 5-foot wall was built for $3,500. He was probably $4,000 off on the cost of a 12-foot wall. So long as Mr. Collar holds his present position, it would seem but right that the Board of Public Words and the Common Council should be influenced by his conclusions; at the same time, all his estimates should Jae FF WIDE. Naggghrn PROPOSED MARKET BRIDGE ~ Sr Spo Diititesgiee ep sTeP EPP UP TTT e eee giE oo oo et Si ae i Ps Na Wales uaN Bye. WAS WELL PREPARED. A Railroad Man Who Was Tried by the Punch. Supt. Agnew, of the C.& W. M. Rail- way, has the reputation of being very particular in the matter of employing train men, desiring only those who have had considerable experience in that branch of the service. The following is a conversation said to have been over- heard by an employe a short time ago be- tween Agnew and an applicant for a position as a passenger conductor: ‘*Where did you come from ?” ‘From General Manager St. John, of the C., B. & @.” ‘*What did you come here to do ?”’ “To learn to subdue my energies and improve the railroad service.’’ “Then you are a railroad man, 1 infer ?” ‘Lic above etching gives a tair idea of the proposed market bridge, which will extend from the present Bridge street bridge to a proposed bridge at Lyon street. The stone abutments of the Bridge street bridge will form the ice breakers for the new structure. Stone will not be used under the market bridge, instead of which steel caisons, filled with concrete, will be sunk to bedrock. down in line with the stone abutments of the old bridge. These will be put The bridge which it is proposed to build from Lyon street to Allen street will have abutments of masonry, except in the center, where two of them will be steel caisons, as under the market bridge. the river at this point is 472 feet. 125 feet wide. It is proposed to make the Lyon street bridge 66 feet wide. The width of The market bridge will be 1,100 feet long and be carefully scrutinized. His estimateof $473,000 would more than cover the cost of such a structure as he figured on, which was of the most expensive charac- ter, and entirely beyond the range of possibility or necessity. The proposed bridge is sufficiently strong for all pur- poses, and is adequately protected against all contingencies of flood and storm. It would not cost to exceed $150,000. Such asum, it is estimated, would give the city a market which would afford the neces- sary protection from the weather, pro- vide the needed facilities for doing busi- ness, and, in addition, be an ornament to the city. It is said that the financial condition of the city will not admit of such a sum being expended, neither at present nor for some time to come. To those who urge this as an argument against a bridge market, it should be an- swered that the market is not to be built for a year, nor for ten years, but for all time, and payment of the debt proposed to be ineurred should, therefore, be spread over a long term of years. Then, again, THE TRADESMAN isinformed upon good authority that a syndicate could be formed to build the bridge if the neces- sary franchise could be secured. A num- ber of capitalists have already talked the matter over informally and plans of the proposed structure have been made. That these gentlemen mean _ business there can be no doubt and that they know what they are doing is equally sure. They are not yet ready to make known their plans, but their standing in the business world, of which this journal is well assured, should entitle them to at least a respectful hearing, and until they are ready to meet the Council with a pro- posal, the matter of a site should be left undecided. ‘Tam sotaken by all railroad officials who know their business.”’ / ‘“‘How may I know you to be a railroad man ?’’ ‘“‘By looking over my letters and ex- amining me in the signal. Try me.” ‘‘How will you be tried ?” ‘“By the punch.”’ ‘*‘Why by the punch ?’’ ‘‘Because it is an emblem of honesty and the principal working tool of my profession.” ‘“‘Where were you first prepared to be a railroad man ?’’ “In my mind.”’ ‘“‘Where next ?”’ “Upon a farm adjoining the right of way.” ‘“‘How were you prepared ?” “By breaking upon a threshing ma- chine for six months, after which | went to town and sought admission to the trainmaster’s office.” ‘‘How gained you admission ?”’ “By three cigars placed in the open hand of the trainmaster’s clerk.’’ ‘‘How were you received ?”’ “Upon the gaze of the trainmaster, applied to my physiognomy, which was thus explained: As itis always a source of great pleasure to the trainmaster to receive company, I should drop in and chat with him a little while upon every possible occasion.’’ ‘“‘How were you disposed of ?” ‘“‘T was seatedin achair by the train- master’s desk and asked if I put my trust in the safety-coupling devices.”’ ‘Your answer ?”’ _ “Not if [know myself, I don’t.” ‘*What was then done to you ?”’ “JT was then led up and down the yard three times to accustom me to the noise of the trains, patcher.’’ ‘*How were you then disposed of ?”’ “I was seated upon a brake-wheel be- fore a train box and caused to take the following horrible and binding oath: I, Steve Sears, do hereby and hereun, most everlastingly and _ diabolically swear, by the Great Horn Spoon, that I wili always remit and never conceal any of the cash collected by me as conductor, and that I will not cut, make, use, col- lect or remit any cash fares less than those found in the regular tariff book. IL further promise and swear that I will not carry on my train free any railroad man’s wife, sister, daughter or widow, or permit any other conductor to do so, if can prevent it. I further promise and swear that I will freely contribute to all subscriptions circulated to buy my superior officer a ‘token of esteem,’ ete. so far as he may desire and my salary wiil permit; to all of which I most solemnly swear, binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my salary cut from year to year, all of my perquisites taken away and expended for sand ballast to put under the McKinley extension where the trains come and go twice in twenty-fours. So help me Bob Ingersoll, and keep my backbone stiff.” ‘““What did you then behold ?”’ “The trainmaster’s clerk approached me and presented me with a Bishop safety coupling knife, and instructed me to take it to the yard master, who would teach me how to use it.” ‘‘How are the Bishop coupling knives used ?’? “By sticking them in the left hip pocket with the blade turned up.” Mr. Agnew informed the applicant that he was satisfied he was a railroad man and asked him if he would be ‘‘off’’ or *‘from.”” “J will be ‘‘off’’? from here if you will give me a passenger train.’’ ‘*‘Have you any cigars ?’’ “1 have.” “Will you give them to me ?” “That is not the manner in which I got them and cannct so dispose of them.” **How can I get them, then ?’’ ‘‘] will match heads or tails for them.”’ ‘*T will go you—begin.”’ **You begin.” “No, begin cigars.”’ ‘*‘Board !” oA 199 "ALT f°? “All aboard! You're o. &. Come around again in the morning and I will arrange to send you on the hog train.”’ COUGH DROPS RED STAR Cough Drops are the cleanest, purest and then to the chief dis- yourself—you have the most effective drop in the market. Try Them. Made by A. ©. BROOKS _& Co., 5 and 7 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Port Huron—Chas. Grieb, Jr., of Grieb & Sen, grocers, is dead. Hillsdale—Wolf & Collins succeed Jobn | C. Wolf in the drug business. Menominee—Cate & Cate succeed H. | B. Cate & Co. in the drug business. Duck Lake—Leonard Monroe succeeds | Monroe & Andrews in general trade. | Port Huron—Chas. F. Brophy, of Bro- phy Bros., boot and shoe dealers, is dead. Harrison—J. (Mrs. J. O.) Shadbolt has removed her general stock to Hibbing, Minn. Lansing—Walter E. chased the grocery Schrock. Dryden—Smith & Farley succeed John S. Smith in the agricultural implement business Lamb—Houghton & Camwell, general dealers, have dissolved, Philip Camell has pur- F, Perry stock of J. succeeding. Dollarville—MecArthur & MeMillan, general dealers, have dissoived, John MeMillan continuing the business. Ontonazon—C. L. Hollopeter continues the cigar manufacturing business for- merly conducted by Francis & Hollopeter. Berlin—A. E. Mc Culioch succeeds R. MeCulloch in the drug, book, grocery and wall paper B. stationery, business. St. Johns—Hicks & Seaman, dealers in millinery and faney goods, have dis- solved. The business will be continued by Hattie L. Hicks. Grattan—E. E. Lessiter, grocer and hardware dealer, and Geo. Whitten, gen- eral dealer, have consolidated their stocks under the style of Lessiter & Whitten. Muskegon—E. R. Sunderlin & Son, grocers of the Eighth ward, have dis- solved partuership. The son, Fred A., will go to Casnovia, where he expects to embark in general trade. Belding—Holmes Bros. will close out their clothing stock and retire from busi- ness. Lyman W. Holmes will remove to Lansing Jan. 1 and take the position of Secretary of the Lansing Pant and Over- all Co., in which corporation Holmes Bros. are interested in the capacity of stockholders. Marshall—T. F. Giddings, receiver of the National City Bank, has sold a seven- twelfths interest in Eagle Block to M. Bb. Brewer for $5,300. The property known as the Bullard property was sold tu G. A. Bullard for $2,200. The selling of the above property will enable the receiver to close up the affairs of the bank and pay a5 per cent. dividend to the credit- ors of the bank. Detroit—The Michigan Alkali Com-' pany, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, ali of which is represented to have been paid in, has filed articles of association. The company is organized for the pur- pose of dealing in salt, limestone, min- erals, alkalis and all kinds of minerals, ete. There are 100,000 shares of stock, apportioned among the incorporators as follows: J. B. Ford, Jr., trustee, 99,996; Edward Ford, 1, and B. Ford, 1, of Creigh- ton, Pa., C. L. Ford, of Allegheny Pa., 1, and R. G. Emer, 1i of Detroit. Muskegon—The will of the late Andrew Wierengo has been filed for pro- bate, the petition being set for hearing | Oct. 24. The value of the estate, as esti- | mated for probate, is placed at a total of . | $35,000 real estate. It is thought that the property will overrun this figure and well informed people place it at nearer $100,- 000. By the terms of the will the mag- nificent wholesale business which Mr. Wierengo had built up here in the last ten years is to be closed out in a year and all the available assets converted into cash. The will provides for the pay- ment of $1,000 to Marie Wierengo, the mother of Mr. Wierengo and $500 each to his sisters, Mrs. Jennie Horn and Miss Josie Wierengo. The sum of $500 is to go to Mrs. Catherine DeHaas, Mrs. Wierengo’s mother, and $500 each to Mrs. Anna Kraai and Miss Nellie De- Haas, Mrs. Wierengo’s sisters. Andrew, the elder son, gets his father’s diamond pin and John Leslie, the younger son, his father’s diamond ring. The boys be- come the owners of the Hotel Wierengo property and the store block adjoining, when they shall reach the age of 25 years, respectively. The remainder of the estate goes to the wife, who is named as sole executrix. The boys, Andrew and John, are aged respectively 12 and 10 years. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Ironwood—Martin Kallender will cut 5,000,000 feet of logs this winter in the vicinity cf Ewen, for the Ketcham Lum- ber Co., of Chicago. He will also log for other parties in the same section. Muskegon—Hovey & McCracken will finish sawing about November 1. They will not log this season, and the running of their mill next year will depend on the price of logs, which now they con- sider too high. Crystal Lake—Josiah Horning, of Clare, and T. P. Horning, of Mt. Pleasant, have formed a partnership and pur- chased a sawmill here. The mill will be at once repaired and put in commission. It will cut hardwood chiefly, anda stock will be secured for it. Saginaw—The sawmills are on the home stretch of the season’s sawing, and owing to the accumulation of lumber on the mill docks, nearly all of the mills will shut down early. The output for the season will be considerably less than was the cut in 1893, which was 585,0000,- 000 feet. Detroit—The World Specialty Co. has filed articles of incorporation. The capital stock is $10,0000 and $2,000 paid in. The object of the company is given as the manufacture and sale of patented specialties. The incorporaters are George W. Childs, Jr., Walter G. Morley and 8S. Olin Johnson is Iron Mountain—Judge Stone has issued a decree in the Circuit Court for the sale ! of the plant and other real and personal property of the Upper Michigan Brewing Co. to satisfy the claims of the National Loan & Investment Co. and the Third National Bank of Detroit, amounting to $69,079.36. The brewing company has been in the hands of the receiver for a year. The sale will take place Jan. 2, 1895. Beaverton—The mill frame erected here by Seely, Eastman «& Phipps is ready for the machinery, and the latter is being set up. The saw and hoop machinery will be put in first and stave and heading machinery will be added later. Contracts have been let for the manufacture of 1,000,000 hoops to be de- livered prior to December 1. The saw mill will consist of circular, edger and ! | . : $85,000, $50,000 personal property and planer. The hoop machinery will be ‘operated days and the saw mill nights. A shingle mill is talked of to be added ‘to the plant another season. Muskegon—There is a visible quicken- ing inthe lumber trade, and were the prices only to advance a little we would begin to think trade might be of some good this fall. Buyers have been here recently and all seemed to get what they wanted. Among recent sales were 1,000,000 and 500,000 hemlock piece stuff. One man bought 300,000 feet of assorted pine piece stuff, the stock being shaped to suit his needs. He also took a cargo of inch assorted pine and hemlock. Another man bought a lot of pine piece stuff which was to run largely to small timber from 4x4 to 8x8, about 300,000 in the lot. Saginaw—October did not start in very energetically for the lumber trade, al- though there has been some slight im- provement. All along the line it is re- marked that the reason the Saginaw val- ley market has been dull, as regards the volume of business, is that prices have been asked for stock so much higher than sales have been effected at on Lake Su- perior that the people up there have sold the boards while they are still drying in the October sun on the mill docks of the Saginaw River. One old lumberman re- cently remarked that the day of the Sag- inaw valley as a wholesale market is over, that the bulk of the business in future will be done in the yards; and there would seem to be some force in the idea. The fact is that the stumpage has cost too much, in the opinion of many lumbermen, to permit them to sell as low as they do on Lake Superior. The average cost of stumpage of the lumber cut in the Saginaw district in the last ten years is about $7, while up in Lake Su- perior probably it will not exceed $3. Others assert that Saginaw valley lum- bermen are not satisfied with as narrow margins of profit as those at some other points, that they made money so rapidly a few years ago that they cannot come down to a closer business as to profits. a Don’t Carry it Too Far. E. P. Van Harlingen in Dry Goods Reporter. The matter of special sales, their use and abuse, is an important one, and one that is receiving a good deal of consider- ation just now. That they are of great advantage to the merchant, if planned judiciously, is beyond doubt, but there is a strong tendency to over-do the mat- ter and thus destroy much of the good that might otherwise accrue. We are speaking particularly now of the mer- chants in the smaller towns and cities. In a nut-shell, an occasional special sale, when one has new goods to introduce or old ones to clear out, is an excellent thing, but the advisability of constantly advertising special sales, with accom- panying special prices, with the inten- tion merely of pushing trade or distane- ing a rival, may well ve called into ques- tion. Avoid conveying the idea that it is necessary for you always to reduce your regular prices in order to do busi- ness. In order to compete successfully with aggressive rivals you should have prices down to the closest margin pos- sible to make a fair and just profit, and the heavy cuts be only made in rare and justifiable instances. People will not be misled by baits long; they will soon learn where they will save the most in trading in the long run and where the big spasmodic reductions are always made up by extra prices on other goods. —————- <> -8- <——-_-— John F. Reinke, formerly a market gardner on West Leonard street, has opened a grocery store at 200 Watson street. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Spies, Baldwins and Greenings are the leading varieties. There are a few scrubs but they don’t count. The supply of good fruit appears to be ample for allneeds. Dealers hold the best at $2@2.25 per bbl. Beans—Handlers pay $1.25@1.40 for country picked, holding hand-picked at $1.50. Bceets—Washed bring 30c per bu. on the mar- ket; unwashed 25c. Butter—Best dairy is held by dealers at 20c per lb. Creamery is worth 24c. Cabbage—Small heads are worth 25¢ per doz. on the market; large 30c. Cauliflowers—The market price is $1 per doz. for good, but they can be bought as low as 7c, while soma fancy lots bring as high as $1.25. Celery—Is now at its best and brings 10@1l5c per doz. Cucumbers—They are nearly out; 2c per bu. is still the price. Egg Plant—The supply is still good; the price on the market is 75c@#1 per doz. Eggs—Strictly fresh bring 15@16c per doz. Grapes—Niagaras, prime fruit, are sold on the market for 17¢ per 10-lb. basket. New York Con- cords bring 15¢c, but they are inferior to home- grown. Green Corn—Is still coming in. the market at 1c per doz, Lettuce—Grocers pay 10¢ per 1b Mushrooms—First-class bring ¢<0@50c per lb. Onions—Yellow Denvers and reds are heid by dealers at 0c per bu. Spanish bring $1.30 per box, Peaches—Smocks and Solways are about the only varieties left, and the supply is small and uncertain. They are held at $1.60. Parsley—Grocers pay 15c. Peppers—Red and green are in fair supply with good demand. The market price is $1 per bu. Pumpkins—Grocers pay prime. Potatoes—Through an inadvertence the price was put at55¢e last week It should have been 60c—the price at present. One can see a vastim- provement in the size and general appearance, as well as in the quantity, of the tubers brought to this market. It is still held by those who claim to be possessed of definiteinformation, that the crop of potatoes this year is not much more than half the average of former years. The same cause, droutz, has operated it is said, all over the continent, as in Michigan, to retard growth. There can be no doubt of this, butif, asin Michigan, tho drouth was broken soon enough to give the potatoes a chance to recover some of the ground lost, it may reasonably be sup- posed that the result will be the same in other States as in this, namely, a crop fully 40 per cent. larger than was anticipated. Anyway, predictions as to the condition of the crop were based upon reports made previous to the coming of rain. Would the prophets speakin the same strain now, is a question. Pears—Californias bring 82.25 per box. Quinces—Dealers hold them at $1.10. Radishes—Grocers pay 10c per doz. Spinach —Growers get «0c per bu. Sweet Potatoes—Dealers hold Jerseys at 80c per bu. Tomatoes—The supply still holds up. Dealers are billing them out at 40c per bu. Squash—Are held by dealers at 1c per Ib. Turuips—Washed are sold on the market for 30¢c per bu. Vegetable Oysters—Grocers doz, It is sold on 75c@#1 per doz. for pay 25@30e per Henry J. Vinkemulder, JOBBER OF Fruits and Wegetables, 418, 420, 445 and 447 So. Division St Grand Rapids. We have some very nice Red and Yel- low Onions. If you can use a carload can make youalow price. Quote you Fancy Yellow Onions at 48e per bu. Fancy Ked Onions 48¢ per bu. No. 1 Winter Apples $2 per bbl. No. 2 Winter Apples $1.75 per bbl. Faney Jersey Sweet Potatoes $2.75 per bbl. Cabbage 30 to 40e per doz. If you have any Fresh Eggs to offer, please quote us price. Favor us with your orders, they will always have our prompt and careful at- tention and benefit of any decline in prices. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. E. Graves, grocer at 1066 Madison avenue, is succeeded by Fred Rouse. Morhard & Rauser, meat dealers at 193 Broadway, have removed their business to 549 Ottawa sireet. Conrad Schneider has opened a grocery store at Horton’s Bay. Thel. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. Stein & Arnold, undertakers at 13 West Bridge street, have dissolved. The busi- ness will be continued by Jacob F. Ar- nold. John Allgier, grocer at 160 Clancy street, has sold his stock to John S. De- Groot, who will continue business at the same location. C. A. Birge, formerly engaged in the upholstering business here, has arranged to embark in the furniture and undertak- ing business at Hart. Cornelius Visser has removed his gro- cery stock from the corner of South East and Sherman streets to the corner of Fifth avenue and South Union street. Elverton C. Bemis, grocer on the cor- ner of Hall and So. Lafayette streets, has purchased the grocery stock of Jas. A. Harris, at 235 South Division street, and removed his stock to the latter loca- tion. John Caulfield has begun the erection of four stores on the corner of Grand- ville and Hughart avenues, with red brick and plate glass fronts. The build- ing will be 60x82 feet in dimensions and two stories high. Geo. W. Williams, meat dealer at the corner of Fifth avenue and South Union street, has removed to the corner of South Division street and Wenham avenue, and taken his brother into partnership, under the firm name of Williams Bros. The Champion Cash Register Co. has leased the second floor of the Peirce block, across the hall from its present offices, and is fitting the floor up for re- pair rcoms, warehouse and storage pur- poses. The front portion of the floor will be occupied by offices as fast as the work of the company requires the crea- tion of additional departments. ‘IT saw a novel sight the other day,’’ said Frank Jewell the other evening. ‘‘We were coming down through Minne- sota on the D.,S.S. & A. Railroad, and, not having had a chance for even a shot ata deer, we were watching for them along the track. We had almost reached the Wisconsin border when the headlight showed us a big buck standing beside the track. The locomotive passed him all right, but the step of the first coach struck him on the left side. The engi- neer stopped the train and backed up to where he lay. The blow had laid open his side for a distance of about a foot, ex- posing the heart andlungs. He probably never knew what struck him. He was put into the baggage car and divided among the train hands. He weighed fully 200 pounds. The engineer told me killing a deer on the track was a common occurrence. The headlight appears to dazzle them, and they make no effort to get out of the way.” MM. J. Clark vouches for the truth of the above story, and says he was on the train when it oc- curred. Readers need not, therefore, hesitate to accept it as a fact. The drug trade of Western Michigan has lately been honored by visits from one of the shrewdest salesmen who ever cressed the threshold of a retail store. The name of the gentleman is Theo. H. Johnson and he claims to represent the Novelty Plaster Works, manufacturers of the Mitchell plasters at Lowell, Mass. His principle business, however, appears to be the sale of certain formulas for the manufacture of glossy colored inks, which he claims to have originated, patented and copyrighted, and which he offers to sell at figures, varying from $10 to $800. He recently called on Ezra Ware, the Cherry street druggist, offering him the sole right to manufacture the inks from his formulas for $800. On de- murring to this offer, he reluctantly re- duced the price to $80, subsequently coming down by degrees to $10, at which figure the deal was closed, Mr. Johnson expressly stating that he had sold the formulas to no other person in the city. Greatly to Mr. Ware’s surprise, he sub- sequently learned that Johnson had pre- viously sold the same formulas to Wm. B. Knapp and Thos. A. Baxter, both of whom conduct drug stores on Wealthy avenue. The formulas appear to be all right and the inks appear to be all they are represented to be, but if any dealer purchases them with the idea that he is getting sole control of the goods, it would be well for him to disabuse himself of the idea, as such is not the case. Mr. Johnson is described as a most persuasive talker, and so fascinating in his manner that he could secure the consent of a wooden Indian to most any kind of a deal. Some of his transactions look a iittle shady to an outsider, but he may be able to explain them satisfactorily to prospective purchasers of his recipes. In this case, as well as in all other matters, THE TRADESMAN advises caution in deal- ing with strangers, unless they are satis- factorily vouched for by reputable parties. —_—— oh 2 em Purely Personal. W. J. Clarke, the Harbor Springs gen- eral merchant, was in town last week, in attendance on the annual convention of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S. C. G. Pitkin, the Whitehall druggist, was in town last week on his way home from Detroit and Brighton, where he en- joyed a ten days’ respite from business. E. D. King, in charge of the agency department of the Champion Cash Register Co., will remove his family from Milwaukee to this place and take up his residence on Paris avenue. J. M. Cassil, formerly with the Grand Rapids Veneer Works, has taken the po- sition of manager of the office force of the Champion Cash Register Co., com- prising three typewriters and seven clerks in the. mailing and correspondence de- partments. Mr. Cassilis an accountant of acknowledged ability and brings tohis new connection a fund of experience which will be of inestimable value to the Champion Co. —__ ++ The Drug Market. Opium is very firm and advancing. Cables report higher prices at the primary market. Morphia is steady at the late decline. Quinine is steady. Oil anise is scarce and higher. Linseed oil is firm and another ad- vance probable. Gripsack Brigade. M. J. Rogan, traveling representative for Moore, Smith & Co., of Boston, is now visiting the large towns of the State with his line of straw hats and will probably be in Grand Rapids for a few days be fore the end of the month. The Champion Cash Register Co. has engaged the following additional traveling salesman during the past week: J. R. Kersten, H. V. Hughes, M. MM. Hughes, Frank DD. Prindle and Frank FE. Mix. The latter gentleman was for many years in charge of the Northwestern agency of the Na- tional Cash Register Co. and _ has opened handsome headquarters at Min- neapolis. A St. Louis drummer, who was travel- ing in Texas, was very much surprised the other day to read in the papers that his wife, with whom he had always lived in perfect accord, and to whom he had transferred all his property, had sued for and obtained a divorce. He wrote to ask her why in the world she had taken such a step and she replied that it mistake. He hurried home to see about it and found that he was really divorced. It seems that his wife had employed a lawyer to petition the court to make her a femme sole, and on the same day an- other woman had employed him to get her a divorce. He got the two mixed up so that the court had divorced the wrong one. The unlucky drummer is afraid to go home to live until the decree of the court is annulled or he and his wife can be remarried. The lawyer is just now the butt of his professional brethren. Saginaw (E. 8S.) News: Saginaw Knights of the Grip have not forgotten the exceptionally good time they had when the annual convention was held in this city, and also the nice time they had at Detroit last year. The annual cation is held this yearat Grand Rapids December 26 and 27, and the local branch is even now preparing for the trip. It is expected that the turnout from this city will be exceptionally large, as Saginaw and Grand Rapids are on very good terms. A special train will be run to accomodate the party, and Bay City will be invited to join forces and make the party a happier one. The Grand Rapids traveling men are determined to outdo the hospitality of Saginaw if pos- was alla convo- sible, but admit that they must work hard to do it, for the meeting in this city is acknowledged to _ be the best the order ever held so far. At the meeting in December Saginaw will again offer to entertain the gather- ing in 1895, and there is a general understanding that, if the offer is made, it will be snapped up on the spot. > 2? The Grain Market. The market closed strong last week, owing to light receipts aud to the fact that exports increased about 1,000,000 bushels. The increase in the visible supply amounted to about 1,460,000 bushels. There has been no improve- ment, as yet, in receipts from first hands, as farmers are busy marketing their fruits and vegetables. The Government crop report for and up to Oct. 1 makes the amount of wheat raised in the United States about 40,000,000 bushels more than earlier estimates, which is probably nearer the mark than previous estimates. This, however, will not be burdensome when the amount of exports are taken into consideration and the amount fed to stock, which, it is claimed, is 18 per cent. of the crop in Michigan—a rather conservative estimate. These are bound to be factors in influencing prices in the near future. Corn, owing to the exceptionally fine weather, has declined some in price since last week and, taking the shortage of the crop into consideration, present figures are low. Oats have, also, dropped about 1@1%e since a week ago, but they may still be considered high, as we have a good crop —about 6,000,000 bushels visible than at this time last year. Receipts in this market for the week were, wheat, 73 oats, 2 ears. more corn, 5 cars, and Wheat receipts were better than for the previcus week but not up to the requirements of the mills if were running to their full capacity. Cc. G. A. Vorer. cars; they 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. i | ARDWARE FOR SALE—A NICE CLEAN stock, good opening and will inventory $ 50) to $2.000. Address ‘‘Hardware” care of Michigan Tradesman. 618 OR SALE—AT A SACRIFICE, A WELL selected stock of groceries, hardware, drugs, crockery. notions, ete ,in a thriving rail- road village of 250 people. Owner wishes to go into other business and offers entire stock at %5 cents on the dollar for cash. Address No. 619 eare Michigan Tradesman. €19 IR SALE—A FULLY EQUIPPED SHINGLE mill Perkins machinery, haying a capacity of 45,00) shingles per day, now in operation. Situated on a good strcam and in a cheap shingle timber district. First-class Huvett & Smith dry kiln in connection. Will sell cheap for cash. Good chance for mill man with some money. Reasons for selling given to one who means business. Morse & Schneider, Seney, Mich. 620 AY JILL PAY CASH FOR STOCK OF CLOTH- ing if price is right. Address Box 11¢6 Cadillac Mich. 616 | WOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—HOUSE, LOT and barn in town of 2.590. The house is a large, roomy, twostory building. Five bearing fruit trees on the premises. Good water in con nection. Cost #2,0°0. Will sell very cheap or exchange for farm property. What have sou? Address No. 615 careMichigan Tradesman. “615 rt SALE OR EXCHANGE—ONE THIRTY acre fruit farm in Oceana county about half way between Hart and Shelby, with 500 fruit treesabout four years old. Will sell for cash, or exchange for stock of dry goods. Ad- dress Lock box 29, Hart, Nich. 614 NV EN TO SELL BAKING POWDER TO THE + grocery trade Steacy employment, ex- perience unnecessary. $75 monthly and expen ses orcom. If offer satisfactory address at once with particulars concerning yourself. U. S. Chemical Works, Chicago. : 608 HOICE FARM OF 160 ACRES, DEEP SOIL living water, in Diekinson county, Iowa, to exchange for stock of goods or other property. Give full description—quality, quantity and value—in first letter. O. F. Conklin, 26 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 597 REAT OFFER—FINE STOCK OF WALL paper, paints, varnishes, picture frames and room mouldings for sale. Reason for sell- ing, death of proprietor. Good paying business in a very desirable location. All new stock, in- voicing from $2,500 to $3,000. Address Mrs Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids. F61 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, stone 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 address B. W. Barnard 35 Allen street, Grand Rapids. Mich. 55o | PLANING MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE . the North Side Planing Mill, which is first- classin every respect, or will receive proposi- tions to locate the business in some other thriv- ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ited. Sheridan, Boyce & (o., Manistee, Mich, 612 EARLY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER for sale at a great reduction from cost- Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best on the market. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 564 j ANTED—POSITION AS CHEMIST OR drug clerk by assistant pharmacist. Grad- uate of Pharmacy School, Michigan University, degree Ph.C. M. F. Nichols, 228 East Bridge | St., Grand Rapids. 617 os WANTED 8Y A PRACTICAL kK commercial book-keeper. Speass German fluently and understands dry goods and grocer ies. References. Address No, 609, care Michi | gan Tradesman. 609 SITUATIONS WANTED. 6 "a -_ FF , 7, ie” m ¥ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. > REPRESENTATIVE RET -@ : | Ee ci Goods Price Current. | ee iA C. Sengenb a Felli dt | Amoakeag wees -++-12 [Columbian brown..12 | genberger, the Wellington Flats | a BLEACHED COTTONS. ‘ Goce. ....4 everett, Miue........0 | " Grocer. i driatic Sues ‘* Arrow Brand 4% ' brown 14 ' brown. ....i Grand Rapids is always ready and ¢ { FA i -- 5% “World Wide. 6 An jover --1%/F Haymaker blue..... 7% ! vay ady and anx- | Atlanta oe . Ei .. 4% Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... 7% ious to welcome any man who comes aoe -...... --- OM Full Yard Wide — 5% EB... 9 \Jaffrey. <1 hone ¢ ee ve ' . 6% Georgia A....... oo A Lancaster ...... ..12% 1ere to engage in legitimate trade and to : at ape aa Boston, 1 Mfg Co. br.. 7 |Lawrence, 9oz......12% | make this citv his h i 8 ae =o ------- 5 if lue 844 cr 0, 22)....12 MAKER ™ e city his home. The latest ac a . 4%| Indian Head 5% | ‘“ datwist 10% wo quisition to the ranks of the business 6% King A A........... 6% | Colu mbfan XXX br.10 i : 6 | s a : : ng... 4 ee Xxx bi.19 i for | } re} men of the city is Casper Sengenberger, A.. 4%)Lawrence LL. 4% | GINGHAMS, or both merchant and con- late of Joliet, Ill. Mr. Sengenberger Tt “; ae aa Amoskeag Lancaster, staple. .. By, | sumer. Quick seller for was born in Baireuth -avaoria the h 5% S... 5 UT Persian ‘dr ess Be] fancies 6 : . orn in Baireuth, Bavaria, the home > ts oo 6% ” = mn, 7 | se Normandie 6 | merchant and wears slowly oO agner and the site of the great Wag-|~ . 5% - DD.... 5 fn FC...... §4/Lancashire......... 4% | . *¢ c ce i yuaetaie 7 eo Sag ' 5 a oa | i Teazle...10%| Manchester. 4% | for housewife. To what . ner theater, in 1860. His father died | Chapman cheese cl. 3% Nolbe ... i | S Angola 10% Monogram 4% . re ref . when Casper was 4 years old, and | Clifton CR......... 54¢|Our Level Best.....6 | cl Persian.. 7 |Normandie She | can we reler except Atlas a. se I 9 : 9 : f ia, and, i‘ 2 : bx ce = s | = ae — ‘e i o% | Soap > after attaining his seventh year. h be- | 2 ‘ eq a... - Arasapn ance a ifre re woes Com | _ é gan t “1 : livi i TH cr Cliftor CCC... -+ 5% $ solar : 6 j B ates Warwick dres 744 Rosemont seeeeees OW nee gan to earn his own living. here was | op ofthe Heap....7 | ] staples. 6 Slatersville .... 6 little he « a, BLEACHED oo re | Centennial......... 10%4/Somerset......-....- 7 Manutactured only by ae ent : tend ee : eee a - Washington... § oo. 1d stapi gc large no ag he could and did run errands and did many | 2 on —« =1-....8 seem... ...... 2 F umberland staple. 54%/Toll du Nord...... 84 - ee = ngpreomin a (a agg dagen 334 en. -%| HENRY PASSOLT ther odds and ends of work that were -.+...00 (Green Ticket... Sr nny 4} “seersucker.. 7% ' aT ’ i oe __ | 4 7ulOre 1), es on... 4. pa Warwick.. ' 6 within the scop f chtlive a a $|Great Falls.......... 6 (lo agent ig ithin tk pe of ability. When| ey aaa. cca zig | Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden.. 8 : ‘. 10 years of age he was brought to this | Boston ....°-2.-.....12 Just Out... 4% 5 | Bxposttion.......... “heather dr. 7% SAGINAW, MICH ae Se foli in | vabot CC Sx King Phillip imag 7% | conic ee en nena BM . indigo blue 9 a oe liry, going firect to wolet, Ii., | Cabot ...... 6% a 7% i wlenarven.......... 6% |Wamsutta staples... 6% where he has resided ever since , | Charter Oak... 11! 5% Lonsdale Cambric..10 | Glenwood........... 7%4|Westbrook.......-. 8 - : - he ha re ided ever since. He | Conway W..... . 7% |Lonedale...... 8 | Hampton........... Re i T} T} worked at anything he could get to doj Cleveland ...... 6 Middlesex... .. @ 4% | Jobnson halon cl | Windermeer......-. 5 | & ¢: a Dwight Anchor. 8 \No Name 7 ‘* Indigo blue 944/York .... oe until he was 17, when he secured a situ- se ‘ shorts 8 c ut ce i ss zephyrs 16 ad & \ i ation in a dry goods store, where he 7 atet nos Our Own 534 eT Gare Bass, F ee ce oo. ’ EE apie, eee T |Pric de of the West...12 Amoskeag. .....-..18 (Geers ee ah: NEW STTLaS OF in six months. The following six | —*? well........---... 7 Rosalind a 7 > | Stark... veer + LOW)... eee eee ee " months were spent as a clerk in a ger | oe = e he Loom. ‘ns ee ea ssererceees 4% American. eo to he eee on oe eee on , ni L v u as 2 a £en-; t AID cree oe 6 FUG i. ++ Ole : af > . ‘ 4] THREADS eral store. » then went into a grocer} First Prize.... _. ‘ “Nonpareil ..10 : ore He ™ n V t into . groce ry Fruit of the Loom %. 7%|Vinyard.. } Lr Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbours...... an store, as clerk, where he remained six | 2°) irmount......---- - White Horse........ 6 erie &P....... 45 |Mershall’s ... ......0 l Lo So i Pull Volue........-- i . 8% eons... ._. years. Twoof his friends being about HALF BLEACHED COT an 5 ing % a E TONS. / KNITTING COTTON. to open a grocery store, Mr. Sengenber- | | Perwall a Dwight Ancher..... White. Colored. White. Colored ger was engaged to put the store inte ee. No. 6 .. ..33 38 jNo. 14.......37 42 4 i : : rT Unbleached. { Bleached. 8 ' se jf 16.......38 43 shape for business. Four years later he | Housewife A....... 5% Housewife Q.. 6% i Ss = eee ' : “ 2 : oe ge 5 purchased the interest of one of the ‘ 2 ot 4s Re. ca m3 CAMBRICS. cies partners. Later this business was dis- : oe : T aa Slater........--. +++. 4 {Edwards -- 4 uv 5 : ‘ EFT “ 20 oe White Star...... - = toeekwoea..... ... & . ® posed of and Mr. Sengenberger started ; 7 ce 10 | Kid Glove .......... 4 |Wood’s.... +++ | the ‘Spot Cash Grocery.’? His observa- in : . ne ooo ' ; : ' a 1% RED FLANNEL. tions as aclerk and his experience as a i 1... | Yo..+.-. 1258 | Fireman UIT v.. 22, ‘ sae _ . ty ire oe oo <1 ee dealer had led him to see the evils of the (= oe ee ee KPT veer BM ‘ pie j ! 7 want albot XXX.........30 |JJRF, th 3 credit system, and he determined to do ‘ . a "40% Nameless...... ....-27% ge --+- See 20 business on a strictly cash basis or not a — | ome re & 22 Monroe St., to do business at all. His partner in the P. 14%] ~-sethog 3 en Sxl ao o —t RAND RAPIDS cn . i tern Wo... ..... 38 new venture was J. Fred Wilcox, gen-| peeriess, white es ge colored. ..18 son wen Ben... 2 Fi ee i 188 Peerless, \ be some oe... a oz Western....... 2 ushi oe : eral agent for the United States for Carl) ps ooris colored — White Star..........17 | Union B ween DRY “er th Avoid the Pnboerey .......... ee ** eolored . i r Co Upmann, of New York, and H. Upmann, DRESS GoODs. . Namel 8 @ 9% FLANNEL. Curse f C edit Hamilton ib (N , ‘ Nameless..... 8 @ 9} vse 9 @I0%] YU ? se of Havana, Cuba, head of the largest i — Piseers : |Nameless...... or sunt | it “ 9 oe 0 re 1 tobaceo and cigar house on the island.|,, aa i Slate meen. mink ee ranerns. Black ee once c eure 6% | “ ae Slate. Brown. Bi late rown. ac The tirm name was C. Sengenberger & | ¥ameless ae a ie : = 9% = 9% | 1/ % 10% 1 | : i : ae a 104 O% 1944) 11% 13 114 PP Co. They did business for nearly fou: ia : 7 11% 11% 11% 12” - 12” CA U ON ORSETS. 21 ge Baie oF years in a single store, and then moved oe ie 88 eens : 84 50 12% 12% — 20 20 ‘ \ Schilling’s.. ...... 9 @iErignton.. . . Z oe ( ) into a large double store in one of the | Davis W aists .... 900 macmat a "900 ee ci a7 West Point, 8 oz....10% B OKS * Sa i i Grand Rapids..... 4 50jAb vic yiand, 50z.....-- +4 | c 10 oz ...12! best locations in the city. The store was| ’ conser — a i “15 00 Gommewaes, 26 Ox.. Séiitaven, i00s......... ise — up in moeevent —_ the fix- en Ta aoe 7% ee ae © oo a THREE GRADES: ures alone costing $8,000. Mr. Sengen- : y egir a aos. ..... . - ma +0 OZ,.... oe 5 OB... we oe 2% ia , 5 BidGerord.....-....- 6. iCone w 8. berger had the entire management of the | Brurswic ooo a. 1 sagen business, Mr. Wileox’s ‘other ae cc “phere "oe ce ex oes & ee = oe hati = Tradesman, — . 1CQA > sts . olored, an Lo ‘ ° o&FSe ® employing all his time. The business Alien = reds. . 54 capae ms fancies.... 5% . ects Sikes ae Superior re oe aim sa aa........ de Robes.. i : 5 ‘ > I emarkable growth, the total sales} « pink & purple 5% Charter Oak fancies 4 | Sater, gh neg [Pawtucket.... -++--.10% U j in 1890 being $76,640, while in 1893 they} , Sie chain: 5%] DelMarine cashm’s.5%| ie ~ shen ea tose 2 niversal, were $164,300, with not a doliar of credit ee om i mourn’g 5%} « an * ae nla mai «staples ...-.. : Y 5 Best AA.....12%4) ae % accounts. The hard work and close ap- a [ 3%| ee eee Be cee ee ae wd — i oo th 0 plication to business, together with the cesiua fency....5 | we rober 5 G........ .-- 8%! alarial climate, were ook Ee Americanindigo... 4%! s ain SEWING SILE. _ arial onate, w ere too much for Mr. Sinerlean shirtings. 3% | Hamilton oa : Corticelli, doz....... 65 (Corticelli Eniiting, Senge nberger and, early in the present | Argentine Grays... 6 stanie.... § twist,doz..374/ per %oz ball......20 Manufactured only by year, he a compelled to lay aside all reteset) Shirtings. . : /Maneh hester fancy.. 5 78. on. ee work and devote his time and attenti rnold — . q new era. 5 HOOKS AND EYES—-PER GROBS. * ’ to regaining his health He “we oe — ee % : ero fancy. 5 No 1 BYE & White..10 No 4 BY k& W hite..15 TRADESMAN COMPANY, £z g his health. as lec “long cloth B. 9 |Merrim’ck shi i. 12 |" over the greater portion of the United i nf ac - 7 ei a a "2 0 a 10 “ “— _ Grand Rapids, Mich. © States in quest for health, « as > oo ary clo a jFectic fancy........ PINS. fi nun pean RCRA so far ae that ig sito = ", gold seal. -_-. 10%) | * robes. wee teeee 5% No 2-20, M C.......50 [No 4—15 # 3%......40 “agp genom il the > is once more “« green seal TR 10%) Portsmouth robes... 6 * 8-18,8C........ - | / DS? able to re-engage in business. As the i yellow seal. Rep: Simpson mourning.. 5 c COTTON TAPR. climate of Joliet would not permit him « oo 11%) | s wreye 5 | No 2White& BI'k..12 |No - Pe. 20 to return to that city, where so many a oe Rane 10% Washin as black. ; “ é “ i o 2 $ a Ev i i i years of his life have been passed, he colors. C Tarkey co x savery F ii i nen - seeds is oe by ia was compelled to seek anew location and Be engal blue, green, ‘s India robes....7 | Nog F. INS, ! mi ee w loce =. | et ee ee 83 Clover, Time anew home. A visit to this city, made seril n — i 5% — ‘ae : “ 1 . ‘a nn 2ey ‘ res yx j } . . 1 a ‘ sce gy age impressed him with : oil yrocec 7 ' ae Fea. A. James....... nef 40\Steamboat 0 Hung: arian, Millet, 1 idea of the city’s importance as a «“ Cee 6% | Crowels’s. .185|Gold Eyed.......... : ; S 2 ae aa i ‘ oe. > . or os ce hana came oo . ae | oy Martha Washington ; Marshall’s........ ..-1 O0|American....!2. | ; = Red T op, Blue Grass, when the time arrived for him te choose c oe Marthe aaninigton 5—4....1% he iggy ‘—o ? es el ie Seed Corn, Rye, another business home, he determined te i it urkey red., . % a ie [ oT -..% 30 1 ’ L ) si sé :. 9 3 come here and look over the ground. The | Cochecs fa: ax 5 ar a omg il ox Cotton Sail =o ee — ml "Ac ~ 3 : ‘ : ae io 3 . 28 1 a — his location in Grand Rapids. . —.-. : ‘ rs gold ticket ae. ” —- nen was nf oH Beans, Ete. e has leased the east half of the ground i wilis.. 5 | indigo blue. ..... 10% | Domestic ...........18% vs daha ! floor of the We sllington Flats and is fit- alee “nome. a a oe a a5 Berth Star si 20 " a haere Hees: te ane eee OF ing i in a style which wi al po C : ristol ..... ..--.13 |Wool Standard 4 piy 3. stati i ting it upin a style which will make it sovemonn 8 CAA A ly 11% | Cherry Valley...... 15 ae pisit 7% samples, stating quantity, and we one of the finest retail grocery stores in| ee “Tn a Pemberton | sae 4 eee 18% rill o wi i i ee i Avil — ane § goo - a PLAID OSNABURGS will try to trade with you. We are ac is ei : : . vtec eees i ae ; sg a = = —— opposition is evi- an og _ "se ao oe Alamance.. . 7 col Pleasant... 6% headquarters for egg cases and egg ence of his ability and staying qualities, | Lenox Mills ....... n Augusta | a X 7 = q ying qué 28, | Lenox Mills .... 7 ee oe tte Serene 4... ....., : . rs and there is no reason why he should not — a — Aeapbe. tm Pendens... ; o or make a name and a place for himself in mm. Retiree ox ng 9 2 ee Granite... ss... - aa CTR eu W T LAMBREAUX C0 ag rod ny the Valley City. ic. ee a ee aWebridgesst, a. stones OC JOUMCRONRG. ol. oes GRAND. RAPIDS,: MiCH tet nS Sam en rrr aE ST I ST I ETT THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 SIX LETTERS TO A CLERK---IV. Moral Anchors Which Young Men Should Hold By. An Old Merchant in Hardware. Don’t turn away from my letter, Tom, because I have headed it like a trade dic- tionary; I am not intending to write an essay on ship anchors, their uses and value, but I want to write about the moral anchors which every young man should heave out, once in a while, on his course, not to prevent his progress, but to keep him from falling out of the right track. The boy who stays in the town where he was born and bred and still has his parents’ watchful care over him will find it a tolerably easy task to keep on the right course, but when he goes to a strange place, and if that place is a large city, with the temptations and allure- ments that are found in nearly every eity, he will find that it requires no small amount of force of character to keep him on the right track. Youth is full of desire to see and have a part in all that goes to make up life. While the boy has been at home, he has felt the eyes of friends upon him so closely that he has avoided much that he would like to see. The good things of the world have been brought to him until they have lost their value, while the other side of life has been carefully kept from his sight. When he is away from all control, perhaps unk: own to a person in the city except his employers, he de- termines to see all sides and corners of life. If there are but two or three clerks in the store with him, there is sure to be among them one who can gratify his cur- iosity by tales of the under side of life, and as he gets acquainted at his board- ing-house he soon hears his cronies dis- cussing and dilating upon matters of which he has yet to learn the alphabet. But there will be plenty of opportunities for him to learn the whole book. Searce- ly anight but some one will suggest a trip or a walk that will lead him a little nearer to the ground that has been for- bidden him, and as his acquaintance ex- tends so do his opportunities for seeing what he ealls ‘‘life.”’ If | were writing a sermon or drawing amoral lesson, | might stop here and speak of the hollowness of all such pleas- ures as this young man is anxious to taste; but 1 am not attempting a sermon, and am looking at a young man’s life only as it may affect his business career. Now I cannot write that a young man who takes a step downward in life is surely lost, because 1 do not believe it; but I do believe that it is very easy rid- ing when you are going down hill, and the farther down you get the harder it is to stop. And solcome to my anchors. l advise you to put out, here and there, anchors that will help you to keep on the right course. And the first of these might be to select a church where you will attend, if not regularly, at least with some degree of regularity. I do not say that you must not do anything more than simply go to church once in a while; you can go as often as you please after you have decided where you will attend. Going to this church, you will soon get acquainted with some of the members, and through them with others, and then you will feel at home there, and the people will have an interest in you. And the time may come when you will go there carelessly, just because it is your habit to go there of a Sunday, and you may hear a sermon that will appeal personally to yourself, and your whole life may be changed by it, until your past life will be a shame to you and your future be better and brighter because of your resolutions formed that day. Or it may be that no such high motive shall ever enter your heart, and you may go on from Sunday to Sunday simply from habit, but the nod of welcome from those you meetis pleasant to you, and the hearty hand-shake from pastor or deacon makes you fee! more of a man. And an hour may come when you will be held back from evil just by the thought that you will lose the respect of these good men, and then you will feel that this anchor holds you on your course. Another anchor will be getting ac- quainted with good women. It is easily doue by a young man whose name is without reproach. Some of your brother clerks have sisters and will be willing to make you acquainted; your employers will be glad to see you calling upon their wives; your church will have sociables and opportunities where you can extend your acquaintance among the ladies, and you should avail yourself of these. In all this I am not advising you to be with the girls; you will do this without ad- vice, but my advice is to make friends of the women. Women who have passed young girl- hood appreciate attention from young men. Girls accept these attentions as a matter of course, and as being homage to which they are justly entitled, but wom- en accept them at their value and feel kindly toward those who offer them. One can sit with a company of girls for a month and know no more about life as it really is, than if he had sat before a cage of canaries, but a woman’s instincts tell her what a young man needs, and he cannot spend an hour with her without learning something that it will be well for him to remember. Another source of strength to any young man is the love of reading and of good books. This is a taste that can be cultivated, and will be asource of infinite pleasure through all the years of life whether one is rich or poor, clerk or merchant. The man who reads has a fund of pleasure todraw upon whenever there is danger of time hanging heavily on his hands. He need not yawn about billiard rooms, nor hang around saloons because the hours are so dreary: he can turn to a book and enjoy the company he finds therein. I count the love of read- ing as one of the accomplishments that ought to be cultivated in every family. Most men set altogether teo light a value upon it, and in some households a hun- dred dollars are expended on a party with less thought than one dollar is used for good reading. If children are not encouraged to read, itis a taste not so readily learned in after life, and one of the surest anchors that parents can give to their sons as they send them out in the world is this one—a love for books. lam afraid that some of our friends, my dear Tom, will read this letter and blame me for not writing on a higher plane, and perhaps they would be right; but 1 have written for those who need it, those who are liable to be drawn into the temptations of life; others who will not be so tempted are not in need of anchors. elle lal The Courts Must Decide. Secretary Carlisle has concluded that he cannot decide satisfactorily the vexed questions arising out of the wool sched- ule, and says that the matter will have to be settled by the courts. Hesays that the department will adhere to the posi- tion taken by the board of appraisers that the McKinley bill rates stand on wool, and that all hair of animals must go as wool. Importers can file protests, and thus protect themselves until the eourts give a decision. If the decision be against the government, the difference of duty collected will be refunded. —~<>-o-<—————————— Ose Tradesman Coupon Books. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. SUGURS AND BITS. dis. ee -. 60&10 MT ee 40 Jennings’, genuine oa eek oes ae i 25 Pennine, tees 50&10 AXES. Firat Quality, S @ Beeee.............. $5 50 ¥ D. = Bronze ee 11 00 . a 6 50 ' oe A 13 00 BARROWS. dis. ee lel ga 812 00 14 00 Conn ..... he ees ee bet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. ee eee ee 50410 Carriage 0 75&10 ee eee tee, --40&10 Sleigh se... 70 BUCKETS. (I $350 Werleerve.. 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cues oases Pin, Geared. ....... ............. 7&1" Wrought Narrow, bright 5astjoint 40 66.810 Weouges Peone Pin. 40 Wrought Table........... cs . a Wrought — Blind... nie. a. a Wrought Brass............ ee eee cele oe 75 | eee, Cigre es ... 8... 70&10 | Blind, Pareers............ ae 70&10 | Blind, Bo 70 BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10 CRADLES. ee .. 49&10 CROW BARS, oo per® 5 CAPs. ee. perm 65 HeaszCcy. by 55 Ee ' 35 Musket eee ay 60 CARTRIDGES, aU 58 Comite: Oro... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. GN e 75810 oer eee 75810 ae ied 75&10 SOG 75&10 Butchers’ Tanged Mirman 00, ace. 40 coMBs. dis. Cures, Dawremee eg... ll. 40 eee 25 OHALE, White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 ox Cut tosize... .. per — 23 14x5 = eee fee... 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........... 23 Cold Rolled, ee 23 OC 22 DRILLS. morec's Bet Stocme. 1... Taper and straight Shank. - De 4 DRIPPING PANS. Sensi! Gime, Ser pOUMG ...................... Large sizes, per pound.. ELBOWS. a. © ween Cia .................. dos, net % 51 eg i din, 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, 818; nee. a... 30 Ives’, 1, 818: 2) Ae 25 FILES—New List. dis. Ce 60&10-10 Now Amermecan |. wl. 60&10-10 imemene 60&10-10 Heller's. ..... Bene de ceee cee tae cae 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps” eo 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 2%; 25 and 2; 27 28 List bi 13 14 15 16 iw Discount, 70 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ._ 50 KNOBS—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ........ oo. Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.. oe oe 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings . 55 Door, porcelvin, Co . 55 Drawer and Shutter, percemmin...... 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s 55 Ct ee 55 aes... 55 MATTOCKS, ee Wee ww. io ueues 816.00, dis, 60-10 ee ee 25.00, dis. 60-10 eee... $18.50, dis. 20&10. AULS. dis, Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ae ec 50 MILLB. dia. Coifes, rormcrs Coe... ....... 40 PLS. & W. Mie. Co.’s Malleabdiles.. 40 “- Lender, Versy GClork's........... 40 _ Stowe «<.... 30 MOLASSES GATES. dite. Cw ee - +. 60G10 Gecwon @ GCEMIENG. 2... ok coos - 68410 Enterprise, self-measuring.... . . 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. oe eee eee. 1 35 a Rae eee 135 ee — Base O65 2 35 45 45 50 60 z 90 ee 12 _ 1 60 meee. 1 60 Case a. 65 ovosece es dh ‘ a. 6. eee. 90 Finish 10 ee eee ee, 7 “ 90 CO 10 Ciemi0........._.. a = 3... 80 ss Ee 90 Barrell %.... : Dae ws 1 %5 “PLANES. diz. Obie Tool Co.s, fancy ............... G4 Sciota Bench.. a p50 Sandusky Tool Co 0.8, fancy.. ee oe eee ee : 40 EE Ee aa Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s wood. . ---.50&10 PANS. wee, Ao... dis.60—10 Common, Snel. ae dis. 70 BIVETS. dis. bronaeG Seamee.............. 50—10 Copper Rivewiand Burs.................... 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘A Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to ‘a 5 20 “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken a 4c per pound extra, HAMMERS, Maydole & Co.’ Gis. 5 | ee ee die. 5 | Yerkes & Plumb’s.... dis. 4&1 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. ...--. £00 Hat 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Ste eel. Hand. .30e 40&10 HINGES. Gese, Clark's, 2.2.2 ......... ——............. Screw Hook and Strap, ‘to longer con Screw Boo rand Eye. } 4 ve .- is.60&16 Ye . iH i (a a ih i M...-.. 20. ; e % trap and T.. ee eee ol HANGERS Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood trae Champion, snii-triction.... aca ace Bidder, wood track ............... HOLLOW WAREZ. Oe ee Kettler. . ... b0&10 Ce 60&10 Gray SAS HOUSE FURNISHING aooDs. Stamped Tin were... .... ..... -new list 72 Japanned Tin _Ware.. oe , oo. 25 Granite Iron Ware ...... . new lik 2t WIRE goons. dis. eee 70&10&10 Screw a Oe eae cen vance eas. Ae a H 704&10&10 Gate moa and Eyes.... 70%10&10 LEVELS, dis.7) Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... ROPES. Stsal, ee eat nee... i . a Manilla......... _. i BOUA RES dis, eee SRG ren... CL... ' %&10 Try and Bevels........ ee Gi Mitre... Lowe eo. _ Pe ‘The chter, Yo. i8 and wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, All she sete 2 over 30 inches Rie ace. 10 ee 5f SASH CORD. Silver Lake, White A. ca list 3 DrabaA.. ' SE - White B ‘ 5G . Pree el cy 5F . wWeeee es 70 Discount, 10, SASH WHIGHTS, Rene Eee per ton §20 SAWws dis, _ ae... 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Guts, perfoot,... 7 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per font.... 50 ‘* Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fost 30 ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth X Cate, per Toot........ eed acces 30 TRAPS, ‘dis. oer Game GO&1 Oneida Community, Newhonse’s . 49 Oneida ee ——— & * Nor ic n’ 8. .7¢-10 10 Mouse, choker.. | 5¢ per dos Mouse, delusion... . | ' a 25 per dos “WIRE E. dis. Bright Market.... ........ 70-10 meuewoe MOENee "7 Coppcrea Maree. ww Tinned Market.. ‘ 62 Coppered Spring Steel. oe 3 Barbed Fence, galva anized. a 2 . Pee HORSE NAILS AG Oe diz. 40&10 Putnam.. Se dis. 05 Northwestern............ Lee. in. 10810 WRENCHES, dik, Baxter’ 8 Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coe’s Genuine .... eee. Bi Coe’s Patent Agricultural, Wrought, a 75 Coe’s Patent, malieable i. MISCELLANEOUR. die me Coen Mele. 5 Pumps, Cistern. 75&10 oe ee dle ele ° ‘ Screws, New L Awe .. 0.81 &10 Casters, Bed a .d Plate.......... a Dampers, SOeR Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel. gocds esdele METALS, PIG TIN, ae Berge... 26¢ io IL ZINC, Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound. C0 pound Casmy.............. 2... 6% fy: ee SOLDER. Se ee 16 ee v The prices of the many ot ther quai! lifes of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition, ANTIMONY. one aa eee ee oe .- per pound Hallett’s. wee 13 TIN —MELYN @RADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal ee eee ce, &7 50 14x20 IC, Se ioxis IX, . eet ete. oe 14x20 IX, ce 9 2 Each siaditional X on this grade, | \%. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 16x14 IC, Charcoal . eee 75 ce sc, Ce 10x14 IX, . ete e et ce eee cc, oe 14x20 TX, ee _ = Each additional X on this grade $1.50, ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, “ Woereetier.......... & 5 14x20 IX, . — . 8 56 20x28 IC, . - ccd cebe sce edue cg oe one 14x20 IC, ™" sitowey Grede........... €6 14x20 TX ' - eee eee 7 50 20x28 IC, ° . . . Re 20x28 IX, . . ee 15 56 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. OO Si4 = tone, TE......... 5 ee ele edeumee cen cues 15 0 iar’ for No. ee Boilers, a pound.. 10 00 ' a WEEKLY youRNaL DAVOTED TO THR Best Interests of Business Men. 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The announcement recently made pub- lic that Alexander III, Czar and autocrat of all the Russias, is afflicted with mor- tal sickness, must be taken with some degree of allowance, because the phy- sicians, like all other sorts of people, sometimes make mistakes. It is not always true that the cases of the sick are eerrectly diagnosed. Nevertheless, it should not be thought strange that, under the circumstances under which the Czar has lived fer the last dozen years and more, his health should be disordered. He ascended the throne of Russia in 1881, and since then lived virtually the life of a prisoner condemned to death. Cut off from all healthful freedom by the constant menace of a band of assassins organized to destroy his life in the most summary way, he does not eat a morsel of food, or drink from a cup, until he is assured that no poiscn is present. There are men, and women, too, and the female nihilists are the most formidable, who constantly seek to blow up his palace, to derail the train on which he travels, and to murder him in church or on the street. Death threatens him in publie places, or in the bosom of his family, in his bed- room, at his meals, in the midst of his diversions, at imperial work and while engaged in his devotions. It is only for a brief moment that this auto- cratic ruler can free himself from the impending menace of murder. The nervous strain upon a man con- demned to such a life is enormous, and no courage, or fortitude, or intrepidity, can be proof against such continual as- saults. The pressure upon the mind un- der these circumstances must react powerfully upon the physical vitality, and in time the constitution will break down under the pressure. It makes little difference just what bodily organs are specially affected, their manifesta- tions ouly testify to the general break- down of the entire constitution, physical and mental, and the extraordinary strain placed upon it. The doctors are right in prescribing a seriously he has his complete retirement from all responsi- | bilities of government and an absolute | retreat from the scenes where danger | threatens. But where shall he go? THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | tested with the emotional madmen who | thirst for an opportunity to make them- selves notorious by the perpetration of sensational murders. They are every- where, and they would ask no better means of becoming objects of general curiosity than the opportunity to murder this wretched Czar, broken down by disease and fleeing from greatness, so that he may find in retirement a little real rest which possibly awaits him only in the grave. Itisa high price to pay for any honor, even the diadem of an autocrat and the imperial purple. MORE GOLD EXPORTS. Although the balance of trade, between the United States and Europe, is nominally in favor of this country, it is, so far as practical results are concerned, against us. Although the grain crops have been coming to market for several months, and cotton is moving, there have been no imports of gold, nor has any of the large amount of the yellow metal ex- ported last summer been recovered. The exports of grain have been very light this season, and cotton, though moving freely, is relatively so much cheaper than in former years, that it takes a much great volume of the staple to pay our debts abroad than formerly, Asa result of these causes, there has been much less exchange making in this country to offset the balance against us on the other side of the Atlantic, hence there has not only been an absence of imports of gold, but exchange has come so near the gold shipping point as to have occasioned during the past week some fear of arenewal of gold exports. While we have been shipping less grain abroad than formerly, and our cot- ton is bringing much less money, we have been importing freely sugar and coffee and many other articles, the con- sumption of which has been stimulated by the recent reduction in the tariff taxes. London, instead of being a free purchaser of American securities, has been a seller, hence the stock market has not aided in balancing the merchandise account. Added to the causes enumerated as having prevented gold imports and likely to cause an early renewal of the export movement, is the fact that Austria is again in the market as a purchaser of gold for currency purposes, To what extent this will figure in the gold move- ment is matter for speculation merely, but itis worth recalling that Austria’s demand for gold played an important part in the drain on this country summer before last. as The recent decision of Judge Harlan, overruling the celebrated injunction of Judge Jenkins, restraining the employes of the Northern Pacific Railroad from striking, has been hailed by trades un- ionists everywhere as a ‘‘great victory for organized labor.” It is difficult to see upon what such a claim is based. It is not denied that, in so far as Judge Jenkins’ decision denied the right of em- ployes to strike, either as a body or sin- gly, when such a striking would cripple the property or prevent the operation of the road, Judge Harlan’s decision is a re- versal of it. At the same time Judge Harlan declares it to be illegal for em- ployes to combine or conspire together for the purpose of raising wages. While conceding the right of one individual to quit the service of another, the learned employe stops at that point—he has no right to interfere with anyone who may be willing to take his place. Since it is vital to the success of a strike that the strikers’ places remain vacant, it will be seen that Judge Harlan’s delivearnce ac- tually deprives the labor agitator and walking delegate of their vocation. Workingmen may leave their employ- ment, but henceforth the unionist dis- turber must ply his trade outside the factory and workshop and in darkness and secrecy. This was really the stone of offence to unionists in Judge Jenkins’ decision, for no one doubted for a mo- ment that workingmen had a legal and moral right to leave their work when no contract was violated by their leaving. The success of a strike has depended ab- solutely upon the success of the strikers in preventing their places being filled. This has been accomplished in the past by cajolery, by intimidation, by incen- diarism, and by bodily assault and mur- der. Judge Harlan has declared that when a workman leaves his employment, while he has exercised his inalienable right in so doing, beyond that he must not go. Let unionists beware of the wrath to come in case they violate the spirit or letter of Judge Harlan’s deci- sion, for honest people are becoming weary of the rioting and murder usually resorted to by union men the moment they go out on strike and will exert their influence to compel the proper of- ficers to do their duty and put down all disorder with a strong hand. In a suit brought recently by Geo. W. Lueke, a non-union clothing cutter of Baltimore, against Clothing Cutters’ As- sembly, K. of L., the plaintiff was awarded $2,500 damages. The union had demanded his discharge and refused to admit him to membership. It is in order now for trades union organs and some papers which are not trades union organs, and for the bum jawsmiths who contro! the unions to asseverate that the courts are opposed to honest (?) work- men. Lucke was driven from his em- ployment by the union named for no other reason than that he was a non- union cutter, for which terrible offense he was not to he allowed to earn a liy- ing for himself and family. What mag- nificent courage these union gentlemen display—a mob against one man! What hnmanity—the helpless wife and children of their victims may starve or beg, it is allone to them! What eloquent expo- nents and advocates of the American doctrine of equal rights for all men—the man who will not submit his neck to the heel of the union tyrant is to be beaten, maimed or murdered, it is little matter which! It begins to look as if the tables are to be turned and that ‘‘damages”’ are to be assessed against the unions, which have hitherto had everything about their own way. Governor Rich has taken another oc- easion to give the business public a slap in the face. John F. Murray, of Detroit, declined to act as a member of the In surance Policy Commission, and Samuel H. Row, of Lansing, has been named in his place. Ex-Governor Luce conceded that this position should be held by a representative of the business interests of the State, but the present Executive is too good a friend to corporations to con- sider the needs and requirements of the There is not acountry which is not in- judge makes it clear that the right of the business public. . Canadian and American Methods Con- trasted. James McQuarrie, of Hamilton, Ont., spent a few hours in town some days ago. Mr. McQuarrie is a clerk in the large re- tail grocery store of W. H. McLaren in the ‘‘Ambitious City.’? He reports trade as fair and promising. In company with a TRADESMAN reporter he called on sey- eral of the leading groceries of the city and was both surprised and delighted at their appearance and general air of ac- tivity and prosperity. The differences between the grocery trade of the two cities, especially in the lines carried, were noted by Mr. McQuarrie, who said: ‘*You carry many kinds of goods that we consider belong to other lines of trade. For instance, I see you have a full line of vegetables. We sell nothing in that line but potatoes; the rest are left to the green grocers. We do not handle fruits, either, with the exception of ap- ples. The green grocers take care of them, also. Your line of baked goods would do credit to a bakery; we leave all that to the bakers. Bread is delivered to the people direct from the delivery wagons of the bakeries, as is much of their other products. Our stock consists of what may be called straight groceries; we have no ‘side lines.’ I don’t know what our people would think of us if we were to add some of the lines you carry over here and which appear to be as much a part of a regular grocery stock as sugar or tea. They would probably regard us as monopolists and treat us accordingly. We are an old-fashioned people living in an old-fashioned town and are not much given to change, so we are not likely to give them an opportunity to regard us in that light. This is my first visit to Grand Rapids and I am surprised at the busy aspect which business generally wears. It is the biggest little city I have ever seen.”’ A visit to some of the wholesale houses followed, and Mr. McQuarrie gave it as his unqualified opinion that no city in the State equals Grand Rapids in the matter of facilities for serving the retail trade. The well-appointed, finely fur- nished offices, the neatness and cleanli- ness which characterize them generally, are something unknown in the wholesale grocery tradeelsewhere. Mr. McQuarrie was assured that his opinion of Grand Rapids and her mercantile establishments was shared by all who come within her gates. The gentleman carried back to his Canadian home a good opinion of the thrift and enterprise of the people of our city. He will be a welcome visitor at any time. a a eg Men Against Oxen. Few people know that a man, bulk for bulk, is stronger than an ox, but it ap- pears that is the case. The matter was tested the other day at the Cumberland county (Maine) fair, a feature of which was a contest of a yoke of oxen against an equal weight of men. A drag was loaded with granite blocks, weighing in the aggregate 4,959 pounds. The yoke of oxen, that made the trial, weighed 3,220 pounds, and twenty men, allowing 160 pounds to the man, were set against them. The men took hold of the drag first, and easily walked off with it, cover- ing a distance of 95 feet in two minutes. The oxen at their trial made but 85 feet in the same length of time, and the men were declared winners. -_-—»>>_oo_——_——_—— Andrew Carnegie has been giving some more of his American money for public libraries in Scotland. It was only $2,500 this time, and the library is at Jedburgh. Oe sop ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. RESERVE FORCES OF A NAVY. The British Government, which is ever alive to every available means of strengthening its naval establishment and increasing the efficiency of its ships, has now under consideration a scheme to enlist tweaty-six of the largest of the subsidized merchant vessels of the size and speed of the fast ocean greyhounds in a special reserve force, which, not taking them from their ordinary peace avocations, would keep them ina _ better state of preparation for war. It is proposed to man them with crews taken from the royal naval reserve, which would be uniformed and thoroughly drilled, and thus made ready for immediate service in the event of war. The royal naval reserve consists of about 24,000 men belonging to the mer- chant marine. The men of this force are given a specified period of training each year, and from the ranks of this force the regular navy would be promptly recruited in the event of war. As the regular naval establishment has not nearly sufficient men to man all the war ships in the British navy, the calling into active service of the ships held in reserve would necessitate a draft on the naval reserve forces. The British Government sets the utmost store on this reserve naval force, and steps areconstantly being taken to increaseits numerical strength and effi- ciency. The plan outlined above is the latest move in this direction, and as it appears to be entirely feasible, it will; no doubt, be adopted. The United States frequently endeavored to imitate the British naval reserve force, and it has already succeeded in enrolling a num- ber of merchant ships as auxiliary eruisers in the eventof war. The Navy Department now has fully forty fast steamers belonging to the merchant marine on its list which could be utilized, in the event of war, as fast cruisers. To this list belong the large ships New York and Paris, and the new vessels now being built for the American Line will also belong to the naval reserve. The attempts to create a naval re- serve force from the merchant marine have proven failures, however, largely owing to the liberal percentage of for- eigners in the merchant service. A foree of an entirely different sort has been created, nevertheless, known as the naval militia. This special service has been very succesful, and is looked upon by the Navy Department with high favor. Although this body of militia is not drawn from the ranks of the merchant marine, it has developed capabilities of acquiring considerable proficiency in the duties likely to be exacted of it, and the esteem in which it is held by naval officers is increasing from yeat to year. The numerical strength of this force is now 2,500 men and there is every reason to expect that it will be double that within a few years. What is now needed more than any- thing else to increase the efficiency of our navy is an increase in the number of enlisted men in the regular naval force. There is not a sufficient complement of men to man all the ships now in service, and some of the vessels are compelled to get along with crews depleted con- Government has siderably below the usual complement. Congress should at once provide this additional force of enlisted men, as the pressing interests of the country actually demand it. Wherein the Country Store Can Com- pete with the City Merchant. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. Many stores in small and medium sized places are complaining at the present time that all their trade is going away from them to the large cities; that whenever people have anything to buy that amounts to anything, they get on the cars and go to some large place, where ' i i : ; they can have a larger selection, and plying between New York and Liverpool | . . while | where they suppose they can get better prices. How to counteract this evil and keep the trade at home is a matter worthy of great consideration. It is impossible, in all cases, to do this. There are some- times people who, under no circum- stances, could be induced to buy at home, even if the home merchant gave them better values than they could get else- where. This is a necessary evil which must be endured; but outside of a very few the great majority of people can be induced to trade at home if they can get the same advantages that they canin the cities. Now the question is, how to give them equal advantages with those which may be had in the city. In the first part, the country merchant is not able to carry just as large a stock as the city merchant, but he can see to it that his goods are ali new and fresh, and that the stock that he does carry is well adapted to the wants of the people whose trade he wishes to secure. The fault with the majority of stores in small places is not that they cannot get all the better home trade, but that they do not try to keep the things which this class of trade calls for. The country store, to make asuccess in this day, must be just as alive and just as progressive as its larger city compet- itors. Its methods and its style of doing business must be liberal and up to date. Again, it must make closer prices, if necessary, in order to keep the home trade. The country merchant can afford to make a less profitif he can win this extra amount of trade. It is better for him at the present time to do a large business on a small, reasonable profit than to do a small business on an ex- orbitant profit; and the only way in which he can compete with the city mer- chant is to make the price low and de- pend upon the quantity of his sales for profit rather than upon a large profit upon a few articles. Anotber method which the country store might adopt is that of being more accommodating to its home customers than it has ever been in the past. If the country merchant finds that the ladies in his town are in the habit of going to the city to buy dress goods, why not make it a point to do this forthem? Letthe peo- ple know that, in the event that he has nothing in his stock that they wish, he will undertake any commission which they may wish to give, and purchase the goods for them at some large city store. This will save them the trouble of going to the city and will bind them more closely to the home store than if it al- lowed them to gothemselves. There are hardly any large retail stores in the cities which would not be glad to co-op- erate with the country merchant in sup- plying his customers. They will be pleased to send him samples and allow him a commission en any sale which he may effect. Then, when he finds that any of his patrons are contemplating going to the city to buy goods, let him inform them that he can save them the trouble and will secure them a line of samples of such goods as they may desire, and show them the styles and save them all the trouble of buying. Even, if necessary, he might offer to divide his commission with them, thus making them trade with him on all oceasions, and not only mak- ing a small margin himself which would cover his trouble, but also giving them the idea that he can sell cheaper than even the city merchants do. It is by watching all these points and showing a progressive up-to-date spirit that the small stores in the country wili have no trouble in doing their share of business. ——_—_—_——-- Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Par a < gers Preset: 94 x sal ores a . me zee “CRESCENT,”’’ “ROY AL.’’ These brands are Standard and have a National reputation. Correspondence solicited. VOIGT MILLING 69., PAILUING Co, Mm Proprietors oft the. 2 * qescen 3 b Rolle. 4 se lil; y i Si tila 2) “WHITE ROSE,”’ Grand Rapids, Mish. QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRIGK SEARS CRACKERS and CAKES { Have you tried our new goods? \ Add a box or barrel to your next order. They are_ splendid sellers and sure to please. Currant Drop Cakes. Imperials, Cream Jumbles, Cream Drops, Cornhills, Nonpareil Jumbles. New York Biscuit Co., S. ae SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 10 BUSINESS AND LIFE. A man returning to some great mod- ern metropolis, after an absence of two or three decades in some distant and un- progressive land, would hardiy recognize the place, though it had been the home ef his youth. What would strike him most at first would be the altered aspect of the city’s external life—the increase ef its population and area, the growth and rushing hurry of its business ac- tivity, its mechanical advance in many directions. His amazement would give place to admiration as fast as he could be made to understand the ways and means of all this prodigious material de- velopment, representing a seemingly complete mastery over the secret forces of nature and an industrial organization of the utmost complexity. A merchant prince of our time, at work ina counting room, the walls of which are covered with maps of every quarter of the globe, eonversing thrcugh a telephone with agents and customers in every part of his own and of neighboring cities, in- formed by a telegraphic apparatus, which clicks at his elbow, of the arrival of his shipments in foreign ports, and of the fluctuation of prices in the markets of Chicago, New York, Liverpool, Cal- cutta and Shanghai, presents an amazing embodiment of material power and pros- perity, in touch with all the world, triumphing over time and space, con- stantly and instantly informed of every change that affects his interest anywhere on the wide battlefield of commerce. No intelligent observer can contem- plate such a spectacle without some feel- ing of enthusiasm. But presently the philosophic mind will ask itself whether these obvious changes on the surface of civilization are the mostimportant which have taken place in the last hundred years. What the deep thinker would rather know is what changes have taken piace in opinion, in sentiment, in that practical philosophy which is translated in the conduct of individuals and the government of society. What men call business is not life; it supplies, for the most part, merely the means of living. When the merchant leaves his office and goes home at the end of his day’s labor, he retires from business for a while and enters a realm of more intimate rela- tions. He is husband and father, not merchant, there. If you ask him, he will tell you that he lives there, although his place of business is over yonder, in the midst of the city’s uproar. It may be that his house is beautified with pictures and statuary, things which only money can buy, and which only successful business men or their heirs can own, but they have been made by artists who cherished ideals beyond the demands of physical subsistence. The rich man’s daughters have, perhaps, been reading poetry and novels during his absence, j | pompous ‘‘functions’’ and dress parades, , answered the planter, centemptuously, feeding their young minds with stories | of love or romantic adventure, dwelling | in air castles, living in imagination. His sons are at college, occasionally, at least, occupied with those great problems of human origin and destiny which nearly | all the sciences suggest. His wealth has | removed them from the struggle in whieh | he passes so great a part of his days, and afforded them an opportunity to discover the mystery and to seek the meaning of life. it may be that the thoughts and dreams of his children are somewhat strange to him: but in his home he lives, nevertheless; he lives in his affections a tHH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. : life that extends to the depths of his na- ture. Whataman really thinks, what he believes, is vastly more important to ty him than any or all of his material possessions. The real life consists in WESTERN MICHIGAN AGEN''S FOR thought and feeling. ’ . The sculptor finds it difficult to impart ideal grace and dignity to a figure clad ; in the fashionable attire of the day. He} as prefers the simpler drapery of antique | SPRINGDALE (dairy) in 1 and 2 Ib. rolls and tubs. dress—a Greek cloak or a Roman toga. | ‘ So it seems to us, a less luxurious) SPRINGDALE CREASIERY in 1 lb. rolls, 2 Ib. prints and tubs. society, less magnificently housed, with | NUGGET (f " : j ancy creamery) in 1 lb. prints. a code of etiquette less elaborate and ar- {GoLD ( y ) P tificial, might be quite as attractive. We can imagine a community wholly igno- These goods “took the lead in this market last season and we have rant or careless of the mechanical inven-| +e4son to believe they will maintain their supremacy the coming season. tions and swift business methods that MUSSLEMAN GROCER{CO. distinguish our age, which might be in advance of us in respect to the happiness of its people and everything that con- cerns the culture of intellect and charac- ter. The civilization of such a commu- B d nity would be expressed in a higher re- al ges gard for justice and neighborly kindness, in a completer exemption from the con- flicts of rapacious selfishness, and ina a ipa profounder realization of the significance CONVENTIONS, of life, because its simplicity affords it DELEGATES, more time to live. The protest that from COMMITTEES. j time to time is heard from high quarters against the passion for luxury and dis- The Largest Assortment of Ribbons 7) play which is so general nowadays shows and Trimmings in the State. that some glimpse of this possibility is TRADESMAN COMPANY. beginning to make a serious impression upon thoughtful minds. When society has grown weary of the dull round of its it may turn at last to plainer living and 9 higher thinking, if only for relief from | a QO4 the ennui of a rapid existence. FRANK STOWELL. —_—_—__>--—— . i Just What He Saw. Underwear, Overshirts, Hosiery, Socks, Kersey and {Cotton- __ he country store of the.sunny south} ade Pants, Caps, Outing Shirts, Yarns, Flannels, Cotton is the rendezvous for all the viilage ih : ‘ © i a j inhabitants, large and small, black and Flannels, Skirts, Cotton and Woolen Dress Goods, white, where the news is circulated and + CO oe i the jokes perpetrated. A group of Ginghams, Seersuckers, Satines, in black and fig- ured, Batts, Comforts, Blankets. loungers were seated ina store of this kind, when a coffee-colered coon with sloping shoulders and ears at right “ : angles to his head, shuffled through the} We have received over 100 cases new fall prints in all the d Hello, P rr di oorway. ‘Hello, Pompey!” said one of nN it ‘ : so f 23 > ec 8 the loungers. “You're looking just like| #eWest styles and colorings, prices from 3} to 5}. Give us’a that lion | saw this morning.’’? Lion!’’| a<¢ 1e rave , said Pomp, with his hair on eud, ‘‘where call. Prices alw "se the lowest. is he?’’ ‘tin Jake Smith’s livery stable.”’ “Sho! what'd he look like?” *‘Oh, he had legs and body and long ears.’’ “Dat P. Steketee & Sons, i wasn’t no lion. yo’ poor white trash,” ' i returned the darky, disgusied. --Dat was Grand Rapids, Mich. a jackass.”? ‘**Well, you look just like him,’’ answered the lounger, with a grin. Pomp saw the joke, though he didn’t tike it to be on him. Just then a neighboring General Stam pede planter entered the store, and the negro saw achance to repeat the jest at an- a other’s expense. ‘*Morning, Massa John- i vn son,” said he; ‘‘yo’ look just like dat e lion 1 saw yest’dy.”’ -‘Where did you see ( : f ( ; d t a lion, you fooi?”’? was the courteous re- u rse O re I ° sponse. ‘Down Massa Smith’s lib ry stables. Had legs an’ body au’ long ears.” Hundreds of merchants are now abandoning the “That wasn’t a lion,” said the planter. i , ‘ < “Den what was it?” asked Pomp eagerly. old-time credit system and discarding the pass book : “Why, a looking-glass, you black coon,” for the cash and coupon book system, which en- » ables the dealer to avoid all the losses and annoy- ances; inseparably connected with the credit busi amid a general roar of laughter. a rt Lettuce, radishes. and like small veg- etables are cultivated all winter long in southern Georgia by a simple device that ness. would be effective in mild winters much further north. A frame of wood enelos- ing rich earth is placed in the garden, and seeds are sown from iime to time. If you are a victim of the credit business and desire to place your business on a cash basis, send When a cool night comes, a frame bear- to us for a catalogue and samples of our several ‘ing a sheet of coarse muslin is placed : bad fh : i over the growing plants, and thus they kinds of coupon books, which will be forwarded are protected from frost. Now and then : : ice the thickness of a cent forms in the free on application. ; night, but the vegetables so covered es- cape injury. Tradesman Company, etl <_< ———__ Use Tradesman. Cowpon Books. GRAND RAPIDS, [IICH. " THH MICHIGAN PRAUVEHS ILA. at FURNISHED HEADS FOR RENT. Too Much Shouting ard Not Enough Thinking the Cause of Many Ills. Heads for rent have never been ararity, but perhaps are not so common now as of yore. Their searcity is not what it ought to be, but with what can be spared it is a comfort to know that the list is being sbortened. ln the American section of medern his- tory this is an age of education. Of arithmetic and syntax, of the map of the world and the mountains of the moon, of history, politics and science, of cosmic laws and the happenings in our own country and the suburbs of the equator aod the poles, we carry more under our modern hats than could be found under the domes of ancient libraries. We live in an age of mental activity in which all things living and dead, past, present and to come, the biography of an antediluvian skeleton, the anatomy of a house fly, the decimals that constitute the filaments of a dollar and the laws that reguiate the waltzes of the Atlantic, are as accessible and common as are our finger nails and noses. We find news- papers and books where but a few years ago they would have been as unintelligt- ble as Sanscrit to the average man, and where a boy who could read was as rare an article as a third horn or a fifth leg on a calf. What we know, what we are studying to know and what we have forgotten would probably keep a steam printing press in perpetual motion. Our school houses are our boast and our graduates, both in pantaloons and petticoats, a fam- ily pride. Of professors, artists, orators, statisticians, clerks and stenographers, there is no end. If any far-off citizen of Mars, looking on the western hemisphere of its neigh- boring planet, should think that its pop- ulation knows nothing, that gentleman in the distance would make a greater mistake than he would by emigration. It is said, and said with strong justifi- eation, that many of our follies, such as needless strikes, organized boycotts, our efforts to make a paradise out of paste- board, and our making chopping blocks of non-union men’s heads, are due en- tirely to the ignorance of the masses. It is, however, a fact that our gravest dangers and some of our most monu- mental follies are chargeable not so much to the empty heads carried under hats as those that can aptly be described as ‘furnished apartments.” A political fraud, as arule, is by no means au ignoramus. An agitator is not usually a man who cannot read. A demagogue is not necessarily illiter- ate, nor is the man who lays out the boul- evards of a New Jerusalem in Dakota or elsewhere a gentleman who cannot sign or spell bis name. The fact is that brains, bonds or real estate, can be made an ar- ticle of commerce and it is as certain a fact that they are soused. In catching a fish it is the man who knows how to do it that can fill his bucket. With all our boasted intelligence and our warehouse stock of graduates, itis a question whether we are not run- ning more into nervous filaments than into common sense. We suffer from a national itech for ex- citements and when the biood boils the average man becomes simply a soup bone. like money A politician with his eye on a Con- gressional salary knows just where to tickle a crowd to make the ballot box laugh with a majority. ,A Jingo who can inflame public senti- ment with imaginary wrongs and with fond regard for a private friend, who will make money out of gunpowder, can inoculate a nation with war vaccine. A so-called labor leader can lead a hundred thousand men by the nose who, if they did their own thinking, would never trust a coach and four to a blind driver. Here lies one of our gravest dangers. We think too little and shout too much. There are too many heads to rent and some men would as soon do their own washing as do their own thinking. Personal convictions, based on sober judgment, cannot be counted by noses. Opinions are borrowed as we borrow umbrellas, and it not a mile from the truth to say that on both sides of every question the man who thinks for himself and has the backbone to abide by his honest convictions is the missing man in an average crowd. FrED WoopRow. Un oat dll eee Where Some Corporations Mistake. From the New York Shipping List. it is announced that as a result of the recent concentration of business inter- ests the seven wine houses embraced in the California syndicate will dispense with a number of clerks, traveling agents and accountants hitherto employed. The reduction in expenses through the con- solidation is estimated at $75,000 a year. The syndicate or associatiou was organ- ized with the object of controlling the wine output of the State through con- tracts with the grape growers and wine makers. Similar quently been made, Make a announcements kave fre- The economical feature of every consolidation in the var- ious industries was made the strong drawing card for stockholders, and big dividends were promised in some in- stances from the saving in expenses alone. Three other so-cailed trusts started out with this idea, but had to be reorganized to protect their creditors. There was nothing wrong with the idea of economizing by abolishing some de- partments and concentrating all the work of the others under one supervision —in fact, it was a very good business stroke. But the unfortunate companies in mind made the fatal mistake of clos- ing the spigot and opening the bung- hole, by increasing the salaries of the officers to an aggregate amount far in excess of the total saved by consolidat- ing departments. We have known offi- cialis to have their salaries increased from $5,000 to $40,000 per year each, not because they performed any additional duties, but beeause they assisted to or- ganize the amalgamated firms, and held stock until the price reached a _ satis- factory figure, when the high salaried officers condescended to sell out to the confiding and credulous public, but still retained their positions. In times of financial distress the salaries have been cut in half, and in some instances two-thirds have ween lopped eff, to save the corporation from Wall street wreckers, but when new men come into the management with a hurrah, the high salaries are restored with some- thing added. The wine combination of the Pacifie Coast may avoid the pitfalls pointed out here by working in the interest of share- holders, instead of robbing them by means of an official conspiracy to take all the profits in salaries. pio There is $134,000,000 invested in bank- ing in the State of Massachusetts, about half of this being in Boston institutions. Sixty national banks in Boston at the last comptroller’s call showed a capital- ization of $54,000,000; a surplus of $17,- 000,000; undivided profits, $5,250,000. SPDR RE PRE ES FPR WFR PPE SEE PEAS It Has No Equal_——_-. We know it because we sell more each year. The Jobber sells more! Retailer sells more ! Consumer buys more! Babies cry for more, and more mothers write us stating that the | Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk Is unequalled as a food for infants. It Pays to Handle Such Goods The The The THEM ALL Fer Quotations See Price Columns Be Sure and Get Them. Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocers and 12 SPECIALTIES AND GENERALITIES. Money-Making Points Anniicable “to Any Business You sell regulars because you have to. You sell irregulars because there is extra profit in them. : Soap, molasses, sugar, castor oil, pare- goric, ginger, are regulars, for folks must have them. In regularstock is regular profit. The antique excuse, ‘Just out, have some to-morrow,”’ has driven away many aregular customer, and kept many a fam- ily from becoming customers. Complete business cannot be run with- out complete siock. The grocer, the druggist and everybody else in trade, must supply instantly any regular line of goods, if they propose to do regular business. People won’t wait for things they wear, eat and drink. eral business is upon general stock. The foundation of extra profit, the great out-reacher for new trade, is built upon special offers of special goods, or of some older goods made to appear to be specials. Regular customers ties. Irregular buyers will not only buy speciaities, but through them become regular buyers. Women and men have a natural appe- tite for bargains and mark-down sales. The fascination of buying at less than cost is with you and everybody. The man or woman who says he or she is not influenced by a mark-down, inten- tionaily or unintentionaliy, denies a self- evident fact. Specialties may consist of mark-down goods, shop-worn goods, damaged goods, out-vf-seasun goods, or any unsalable ar- ticle of any kind, and odds and ends will buy special- The foundation of gen-| vie MICHIGAN Hundreds of people who won’t buy regulars will buy specialties whether they want them or not. The Thompson door-plate buyer is in your own, and in all other towns. She hasn’t any daughter, but she may have a daughter who may marry a Thompson. There are people who will pay more for bargain goods than they will for the same goods soldas regulars, but of course it is not policy to advertise bargains at regular prices because there are compar- atively few people innocent enough to be so completely fooled. The bargain counter must be as honest as the others. Bargain methods are as legitimate as the regular ways of selling regular stock. There are odds and ends every where. These can be lumped into depart- | ments, and sold for as much money as can | be obtained for them. The best salesman should be behind the special counter, a man who knows how to tell the truthin aconvincing way, who is scrupulously honest, because hon- esty in bargains nowadays is as essential as the bargains themselves. Let each thing stand out as a specialty by itself. Don’t lump.articles together. Let everything of a kind be with its kind. Give them plenty of elbow-room. Be careful not to have your specialties interfere with your regulars. If you have astock in a certain line, don’t handicap the sale of that stock by selling something substantially as good at a much reduced price. A little judgment will keep your spe- cialties from interfering with your regu- lars. Your fundamental profit regulars. Your extra profit is in your specialties. is in your TRADESMAN GRINGHUIS’ ITEMIZED LEDGERS Size 8 1-2xi4—Three Columns. NE ey sent ass 2 00 3 oe 240 — i ak wa 4 ‘ 0 . . 8a 5 . 600 * Lecco ca te ieee meee ae ae 6 ' 480 ee eel beeen oe 4 00 INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK. 80 Double Pages, Registers 2,830 invoices. ..$2 00 TRADESMAN COMPANY, Agents, Grand Rapids, - - - Mich. Established 1868 H M. Reynolds & Son. Building Papers, Carpet Linings, Asbestos Sheathing. Asphalt Ready Roofing, Asphalt Roof Paints, Resin, Coal Tar. Roofing and Paving Pitch, Tarred Felt, Minera] Wool, Elastic Roofing Cement. Car, Bridge and Roof Paints, Oils. Practical Roofers In Felt, Composition and Gravel. Cor. Louis and Campau Sts., Grand Rapids C. W The Leading Nickle Cigar Made inthis Market. The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) ‘CHICAGO ; ids and Detroit. | pg train, Sept. 23, 1894. AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv. G’d — Cees : 25am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicago .... 25pm 6:50pm *6:45am RETURN ING ‘ekOM CHICAGO. Tay. CONae. cs, 3 8:15am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. @’d Besides. ...... 3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am TO AND PROM MUSKEGON, Lv. Grand Rapids: 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm Ar. Grand R. 9:i5am 3:05pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids.. 7:30am 3:15pm AY. Menigee........ 12:20pm 8:15pm Ar. Traverse City 1:00pm 8:57pm Ar. Charlevoix Ar. Petoskey Trains arrive from north at 1:00 pm and *10;06 pm. 3:15pm 11:10pm 3:45pm 11:40pm PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor cars leave for Chicago 1:25pm. For north 3:15pm. Arrives from Chicago 10:35pm. From north 1:pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chi- cago 11:30pm. Arrive from Chicago 6:25. | *Every day. Others week days only. } DETROIT Sept. 23, 1894 LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar. Detroit .............11:40am 5:30pm 10:40pm RETU oe FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit. . . 7:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. -. 12:40pm 5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly.GR 7:40am 4:45pm Ar. G R.12:35pm 10:55pm TO AND FROM LOWELL, Ly. Grand Rapids ....... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar.from Lowell.<........ 19:4)pm 5:15pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap Parlor car to Saginaw on morr- Trains week days only, GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t, I ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. which are liabie to go out of the market, Work them both for more profit. Made by lexproved Machinery EASTWARD. ae sas Saree Cee wi 3 ‘ F ae PAAR act ee ee Sees fT No man knows why it is that certain must get in by the mouth. When the For Grand Haven and ene, :+10:05 p. m. 4 or which the dealer tinds unprofitable to Ley (rains Leave \tNo. i4/tNo. 16|tNo. ae ai carry as regular stock. a |- BS About 10 per cent. of every stock con- To Keep Out the Devil. oe : ; G’d Rapids, Lv) 6 45am!1020am| 3 25pm) "11 00pm Ss sists of unsalable goods, that is, goods} Every well-bred person, when he| his Cigar is made with Long Mixed eee ee i 12 Ital i ee for which constant demand has stopped, | yawns, put his hand over his mouth, but Filler, Sinzie Connecticut Bind Owens) ...... Ar) 900am] 1 20pm! 3 0Spin 3 10am and which consequently cannot easily be} not many of them know how the custom i c een — K. Saginaw. -Ar|10 — 3 Spm 8 00pm] 6 40am sold at regular prices. | came to be considered the proper thing and Sumatra Wrapper. fe as 10 05am 3 45m 7 Oopm 5 sam Good money was paid for these unsal-|to do. The fact seems to be that it isthe Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pmj 550pm!| 8 50pm|/ 7 30am able goods, and most storekeepers would | survival of a superstitious habit, origin- Sold at $35 per 1,000 Pontiac ......Ar)1058am) 305pm) 8 25pm) 5 37am prefer the money to the goods—even less|ating in Europe in the middle ages, or Detsott,....-.- Anis a Soe: Ses Tee money than the goods cost. before. In those days it was commonly By§the Manufacturer, WESTWARD. * No man can tell why acertain brand of | thought in Europe that the devil was al- For Grand Haven and Intermediate E soap, just as good as auother, will not} ways waiting about for an opportunity G. : J h 347 South Division Si. Points .«--......-+----sc0ee-- -+-. *7200 a. m. ee sell in a certain community. to take possession of a man, and that he 0 1800, Gri ae For Grand Hay en and emis i. z ace m, 4 Ee ema ic) E people will buy a certain kind of ginger, and will not buy any other, when one is just as good as another. There is no use butting against fact. lf Smithville people wiil drink vanilla soda, and care nothing about orange and pineapple, the druggist must sell vanilla, even if he have a barrel of orange syrup on hand. Take down those fifty boxes of soap, as good soap as ever was made, and partic- ulariy advertise it. Put two or three boxes inthe window. Make people think it is your specialty. Don’t tell them you have had it on hand five years. Simply present it as something special, and tell the truth about it. Make it the soap of the store, and in a few days you will have to order some more just like it, for there won’t be any left. Anything that is gocd, no matter what the prejudice may be against it, can be sold with a reasonable amount of adver- tising, if it be properly presented and in- troduced as a specialty. Perhaps you have a thousand cans of tomatoes, and for some reason people won’t buy them. They are just as good tomatoes as any, and very likely they are put up by the same canner who puts up & more popular brand. Get a mallet, dent the cans here and there, rip off part of the labels, make them look as if they had had a hard time of it, but be careful not to injure the contents. You have been getting twelve cents a can for them. Mark them down to nine. You only paid eight, and you had better have a profit of one cent than no profit at all. It doesn’t do any harm to have a bar- gain counter in full blast all the time. You can always keep it full, for you can draw from regular stock if necessary. ; person whom he had selected as his vic- tim did not open his mouth wide enough for the purpose within areasonable time, the devil made him yawn, and while his mouth was stretched wide jumped down his throat. So many eases of this kind occurred that the people learned to make the sign of the cross over their mouths in order to scare away the devil. The peas- antry in Italy and Spain still adhere to this method, but most other people have dispensed with the cross sign, and keep out to devil by simply placing the hand before the lips. It is a most remarkable survival of a practice after its signifi- eance has perished. a He Appeals to the Burglars. J. C. Emmett, general dealer at Liberty, Ind., has had his safe ruined several times by burglars, who got nothing but their trouble for their pains, and he has posted on it a notice informing intending robbers that there is nothing inside but books and papers. Thenotice tells them the combination of the sate and asks them to inspect the contents if they choose, but to please lock the safe after- ward, for fear of fire. a a nt A Bargain. ‘Where did you go this summer?” asked one business man of another. ‘*‘We boarded in the country.” ““Was it expensive?”’ “Not very. We got a good deal for our money. My wife got the rheuma- tism, my boy Tommy got his leg broke, and little Mamie got poisoned with nightshade, and all we paid was $5 a week apiece. 2 Ose Tradesman Covipon Books. Telephone 1205. . *9 STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep cunstantly on hand a full and complete line of these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our line of Leather Eoots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, also Feit Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, weare REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. _MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falis Route.’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Arrive. BPs -m......- Detroit Express . cen : 30am ....*Atlanticand Pacific..... ee - New York Express... 6 00pm aily. “AU others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping Cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie ex press trains to and from Detroit. : Parlor — me foe Detrott at 7:00am; re urning, leave Detroit 4: m arrivin eaten tess oan Pp gat Grand Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains eest over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. Atmguisrt, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation. tDaily except Sunday. *Daily a arrive from the east, 6:35 a. m., 12:60 , 4:35 p.m. and 10:00 p. m. ‘Trains arrive from the west, 6:40 a. m., 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 10:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No.1] Parlor Car No. 15 Wagner Parior Buffetcar No. 81 Wagner, Sleeper. Jas. CAMPRELL. City i‘cket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana, TRAINS GOING NORTH. For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw For Traverse City and Mackinaw......... For Cadillac and Saginaw.. io ee as cae esas Oe icc bene 6: For Kalamazoo and Chicago... For Fort Wayne and the East dsc casos gic aceon For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. RB. Ly Grand Rapids........ 6:50am 2:15pm I TNS oo coieanas 2:00pm 9:00pm 7:10am 2:15p m train hasthrough Wagner Buffet Parlor Oar and coach. 11:40 p > train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car ate Vv cago 3 = = 11:30p m — Rapids 9:8 : 7:20 0 ma :30 pm has through Wagner Bute Parior Car. ll: “spe m train daily,through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leare. From Muskegon—Arrive 7:15am 8:25am 1:00p m = = %:40 pm Ca o.u. Lock WOOD" General Passenger and Ticket Agent. NGRAWING st Rnildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articies. PHOTO wood TRADESMAN CO Grand Rapids, Mich. pretense spear ror erent THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 13 A LATER ADAM. Every change in our social or indus- trial conditions produces its special type of man. The original Adam was a creation; the later gentleman is an evo- lution. He grows out of his environ- ments. He may be open to criticism and by no means void of sins and follies, and when he ripens into maturity as the type of a class we are very likely to condemn the apple but to spare the tree. The two, however, are as closely and natur- ally related as is an acorn to an oak, ora gooseberry to its native bush. We are apt to overlook this fact in dealing with those who are strictly representative men in our industrial and commercial life. They may not be what they ought to be, nor, indeed, what we want them to be, but from top to bottom, and in a vital and thorough sense, they are just what we made them. They are bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh. The monopolist of to-day, with all the vices and evils belonging to his mercantile sovereignty, the stuff of which he is made and the spirit that vivifies it, has nativity in the age that produced him. In fact, he is as much a product as he is a sinner, the difference between him and the smaller fry being that he carries under one hat what a thousand others have only in the shape of mince-meat. The man is simply a type of a system. To reform this gentleman we must begin by reforming ourselves, and it is just here where the cure of some of our industrial and commercial diseases must commence. It is very’ easy, and, in fact, quite the fashion, to raise our voices against the cupidity and despotism of monopolies and corpora- tions, and at the same time be ready to seize the biggest egg on the table for our own breakfast, and compel a sick wife to take in washing to pay for our own beer. The difference in such a case between a monopolistic monstrosity and ourselves is one of size and not of spirit. He can swallow a Jonah and we choke at asprat. In dealing with such men let us not forget the conditions that make them a possibility. When the industries of the world were on a smaller scale, and the means and the markets thereof narrower, it was not possible to mobilize either men or money as it is to-day. The pendulum swung in a smaller clock. If an employer was tyrannical or bilious the reach of his whipcord was limited, and if he was avaricious and greedy there were but few trees from which to shake the persimmons. These pea-in-a-thimble conditions have passed away; the pea may be as small, but the thimble in some cases would make a hat for the planet. That this power is abused is no surprise, for to have power and not abuse it is one of the rarest of human virtues. Of course, in this age of so-called equal rights, personal freedom, and a consider- able amount of paper religion, it is not in fashion to be without some respect for law and humanity. If there is any iron in our souls it must have a velvet skin, and if we are Shylocks in business we must inclose that gentleman in Samari- tan cloth. Hence the later Adam. He builds towns, endows libraries and do- nates to charities, and yet in a business sense his soul would find hotel accomo- dations in agooseberry. He loves money and the world loves him because he has it. Heis the god of the crowd, not for what he is, but for what he has. We have evolved this type of man in an age where the sinner and the saint are con- siderably mixed up. It is not his money or his power that makes him a wart on the public body—it is the abuse of these things and blindness to their responsi- bilities; the larger the tree the broader the shadow. FRED Wooprow. > - 8 << ___—_ The Grocer of the Future. John T. Burgess in National Grocer. Those of our readers who remember the condition of the grocery trade thirty years ago, will recall a wide difference to what it is to-day. But there are many living to-day who can go back even further than that—not perhaps entirely with their own personal remin- iscences, but from what they know from contact with the older men of their earlier associations. In the past the grocer was much more a slave of the public than he is to-day, and his work was of the mest exacting character. He had to prepare every- thing. Packages of any kind were en- tirely unknown and even his sugar had to be mixed and ground by _ himself. Sugar refining was of the crudest char- acter, and it was not an uncommon thing fora grocer to find a shipment of West India white sugar one solid cake, so hard that he had difficulty to break it with a hatchet sufficiently small to be ground in this mill. This was a tedious process and it caused no end of trouble and hard work. It was no easy task to turn the handle of those old-fashioned sugar-mills with such stuff to grind. Again, there were not only no cubes, but there were no machines to cut loaf sugar, it all having to be done with an ordinary hatchet. A dreary long job and one that was in no ways inspiring. There were no bag makers and the grocer had the edifying job of making them in his spare moments. And there were fewspare moments in those days of long, long hours. It was one con- stant slave from morning till night. All this has been changed and the grocer uf to-day can buy almost every article ready to hand to his customers. Bad as we regard the life of the modern grocer, he is blest, nay, doubly blest, in comparison with his predecessor of long ago. But we are not so much concerned in this article with the grocer of the pres- ent, although he has our sympathy, good will and best wishes. It is to the grocer of the future that we would like to say a word. What shall he be, and what rank shall his business take? To a large extent, indeed, almost everything depends entirely upon himself. He will be what he himself makes. He will be the framer of his own fortune as it were, and the more intelligence, practical common sense, he brings to bear on his business, the higher rank it will take. Cannot you all see the drift of modern progress? [t is in the direction of brains and not of drudgery. In all cases the merchant who is ahead of his times in a practical sense is the man who in all eases wins out. The grocery trade is by no means an exception to the rule. It is not reason- able or natural that it should be. The dingy, dirty old grocery must pass away just as all old useless methods and systems have done before: It hardly matters what way we turn, we see that the progressive man or mer- chant is gradually forging ahead. As ‘the stage-coach has been superseded by the express train, so is the old fogy in business dying out. If you must live and prosper in these times you must keep abreast of them. There must be no method followed simply because of its age. This test, or rather standard, must never be considered worthy of a moment’s consideration. The inevitable battle of the grocer is the one of brains over matter. Work with your head and not with your hands. The succesful grocer of the future will not be the one who can grind the most sugar, but the one who ean, by his tact and his ability, transact the most business at the least expense. Brains must direct and guide the ship. The change is gradually going on on all sides. Its force as time proceeds will become quicker impelled by the force of circumstances. The question, then, with all who are engaged in the business is not only to be in the race, but tobe init to win. There must be no compromise. Suchathingis impos- sible. There must be no turning to the right or to the left, but a steady, earnest effort to constantly improve the work. The machinery must be kept clean, in good order and well oiled. No oppor- tunity must be allowed to slip by where an improvement can be made. In short, the one idea which should be constantly kept to the fore is the everlasting use of your head instead of your hands. A great reward awaits those who can not only realize the conditions, but who can have the ability and the force of charac- ter to take advantage of them. It rests with each individual to act his part. —~- 8 <> The Grocery Market. Sugar (Edgar)—Refined sugars are without quotable change, but slight de- lays attend deliveries of some of the lower grades. Production continues light, but sufficient to supply the exist- ing demand, which, while improving steadily, has not yet reached a point necessitating increased working capacity. Buyers evidently prefer to supply their moderate requirements from hand to mouth, and more or less exchange trade is reported in the larger cities, but the stocks of soft sugars are extremely light and the trade in grades other than gran- ulated has increased materially. The re- fined market is firmly held and, unless some decided change takes place in the raw situation, we see nothing to warrant any further shading of the list; but there is so much of uncertainty in the preseut outlook, that conservative investment will doubtless be the rule for some time to come. Bananas—The local market supplied with a good grade of is well fruit which is held at reasonable figures. De- mand continues to be light. Lemons—Sell slowly in a small way. Good stock is secaree and the new crop will not be in much before Dee. 1. Sorrentos, 360 size, bring $4.50 while fancy Maioras are worth $7 per box. Oranges—Shipment from Florida are slow in getting wuuder way, as the fruit does not color as fast as it was expected to. The first car for our market left Jacksonville Oct. 12, and will be here about next Saturday. A few boxes now in market are selling for from $3.50@4, according to size. New Figs—Are now with us and open up very fine. The stock does not average quite as large as in former years, but the quantity is just as good. Prices as quoted will be somewhat lower after the markets get filled up more. Cocoanuts—Are held firm at prices quoted. The stock is new, clean and in every way desirable. Oatmeal—Quotations have been re- duced by both manufacturers and job- bers. Fish—Mackerel and scaled herring are both lower. ernie Sharp Advertising. A German perfumery manufacturer who does a large business in Italy evi- dently knows something about advertis- ing. Not long ago he published a notice offering to pay for good short stories in Italian, the most important condition be- ing that the writer should puff ‘tin the most delicate manner possible” the won- derful merits of his perfume. It is said that he has received more than 1,000 manuscripts, many of them by the first writers of Italy. Signor Montegazza is named as one of the writers, Mercantile Friendship. From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter. In many towns the envy and rivalry be- tween merchants are such as to really hold back the progress of the town and reaet on the merchants themselves. Fair, above-board competition is always to be expected, but backbiting and the making of derogatory remarks regarding one merchant by another is sure to be boomerangical in its nature, and to ren- der co-operation in matters of mutual in- terest impossible. The influence of the mercantile elements in a community is always strong, and united effort can fre- quently bring about many needed im- provements by bringing pressure to bear on the town or village council—matters of hitching posts and watering troughs, the securing of better train service from country points, Saturday or occasional special railroad rates, are points in in- stance. Frequently matters such as the time of closing can be settled easily by concerted action if the proper spirit ac- tuates merchants iu their relations to each other, while otherwise much unnec- essary trouble and injustice to both clerks and employers must ensue. —_—_—» +> Financial Juggling. S. B. Gorham, assignee of the defunct C. W. Chapin & Co. banking house, at Stanton, has sent the creditors a state- ment which is not calculated to enhanca his reputation in their eyes. He shows eash receipts of $5,365.69 and expen- ditures of $3,777.74, leaving a balance on hand of $1,585.95. Out of this sum he wishes $1,000 for his own services as assignee, $2,500 for attorney fees and $556.15 for expenses of attorney. The account comes up for allowance in the Montcalm Circuit Court Oct. 29 and, if the creditors are not on hand to protest against the allowance of such accounts, THE TRADESMAN will be greatly disap- pointed. a Jackson Jottings. JACKSON, Oct. 183—Jas. Greenwood has opened a grocery store at 206 West Trail street, the former location of Frank C. Wood. Charles A. Ham succeeds C. A. Ham & Co. in the dry goods trade. W. H. Wynans has moved his grocery stock from South Mechanic to East Main street, near Summit avenue. Frank C. Wood has moved his stock of groceries to Port Huron. Cc. Brown will put in a stock of gro- eeries in the store lately occupied by Travis & Son at the corner of Fourth and Franklin streets. ——___—~>-___—_—— Hides and Pelts. Tanners still refuse to take hides at the prices recently made by dealers. They do not like the idea of ‘‘high hides and low leather,’’? as one of them put it the other day, and, as a consequence, the market is dull and spiritless; but dealers are slowly cutting prices down to where the tanners can do business and the situation may improve. See price current for quotations. ——$—$$_ Travelers are occasionally puzzled by the now frequent addition of the words “dark room’’ to the advertisements of hotels and boarding-houses. So numer- ous are the photographers, amateur and otherwise, who now travel about the country provided with kodack and camera that the provision of a dark room for the purpose of their pastime, or profession, as the case may be, has become a feature with many hotels. Itis sometimes only a shed or out-house, rendered absolutely light-proof, and provided with ared light for the use of the photographer, and a little water with a cistern for containing it. Some hotel-keepers have at hand for these customers some of the stock chem- icals they require, the general use of the dry plate rendering such dangerous poisons as are scheduled under the sale of drugs act unnecessary for the produc- tion of the photographs. BF : a Nene ee ae Poa a oe ae Maes et ned @ RK ee a en laat See yr r acne _ ten te oe dak MT ane crea ate hae fa eg SE Ee A : § ve 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs# Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. President—Fred’k W. R. Perry, Detroit. fecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. ‘Vreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Lansing, Nov. 7 and 8. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President— A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretay—S. A. Thompson. Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical] Society President, Walter K. Schmidt; Secretary, B. Schroude PHARMACEUTICAL BACTERIOLOGY. The impression prevails that medical men alone should interest themselves in bacteria. It is assumed that the subject contains nothing of interest to pharma- cists. It requires no prophet to foresee that this attitude is not likely to be main- tained very much longer. The indica- tions are that Pharmaceutical Bacterio- logical Laboratories are a certainty of the future, and that they may exceed in vast- ness and importance those now conducted by the medical profession. As yet we have only hints of what is in store for us. Here and there a rift in the cloud that obscures the future from our vision lets through an illuminating beam of light. It is said in Holy Writ that ‘‘that which hath been is now and that which is to be hath already been.” In the vast labora- tory of nature long before man had syn- thetized a single remedy or combined, secundum artem, a single pair of syner- gestic remedies, plants had done the same. Yes, and more, it can now be maintained with a formidable array of evidence that the aim of such ecombina- tion was precisely that of the pharmacist and physician when a remedy is com- pounded for a patient. In both cases the overcoming of pathological disease germs was the ultimate result and the object aimed at, if there was any aim. The resins, the essential oils, the tannins, the alkaloids, the glucosides, the bitter prin- ciples are all so many bacteria killers or inhibitors devised by plants or produced by the direct action of bacteria them- selves, that in the economy of nature serve to give immunity to plants against the ravages of other organisms. As if quinine was not enough to shield the true cinchonine and other synergists that accompany it, with morphine is com- bined codeine, narceine, and a host of other alkaloids having analagous effects. ‘The life history of these plants casts a flood of light on this subject, and if we had anything like a perfect genealogical history of any genus there can be but little doubt that it would fully confirm all we are able to infer from the imme- diate data at our command. In the ecin- chonas we have more material on which to base an inference in this respect than any other. Their habitat isa region of perpetual fog and drizzle. For months a ray of sunshine seldom, if ever, reaches them. The region is utterly unfit for human habitation and intermittent and remittent fevers are the penalty paid for a temporary residence near them. Now, the fact so thoroughly established that plants are as frequently the victims of the parasitism of micro-organisms as are animals, placed beside the fact that their home is such an ideal one for micro-or- ganisms, would naturally lead us to think that if these trees owe their immunity to some chemical secreted by them we should be able to discover it. gNow let us add the further fact that quinine and these other alkaloids they secrete are powerful antiseptics, and do destroy just such germs either out of or within the body, and the conviction begins to grow upon us that something like a purpose is manifested in this arrangement. But on reasoning further we learn more. These alkaloids are always found in the very part of the plant where the attack of the germs would be most likely to oecur and when occurring would prove most injur- ious to the tree. Why is there not a good supply of these alkaloids in the wood or in the corky layer of the bark? Why are they in the very part of the bark where, a priori, we would expect them to do the most good? Now let us add another fact. The yield of these alkaloids is always greatest the greater the damage from such invasion. The season of maximum for fog and drizzle is the season of max- imum yields of alkaloids and especially of quinine, the most powerful one. What is quite remarkable, too, in this connection is the fact that the cinchona tree seems to have the power of anticipat- ing the bacterial invasion by the very method that we would be likely to use in anticipating it. The increase of alka- loids evidently occurs prior to the inva- sion of the germs and following the ad- vent of the conditions which make their invasion possible. The eutting off of their sunshine by fog is their signal for an increased supply of alkaloids and es- pecially of quinine. In India, where cinchonas are now cultivated and where fogs are not so common, they cover the bark of the trees with cotton and shield them from direct sunlight to increase their production. The dark, warm and damp forests where heavy growths of pine abound would surely prove mias- matic but for the good office of the pines themselves. They load the air with germ destroying terpenes, the oxidation of which gives forth a rich supply of ozone. These vestiges of the primitive world tell us of their struggle against disease germs and survival by virtue of this protection. It seems a rather singular fact that when plants or animals do not produce destructive agents by which to vanquish bacteria, they are sure, sooner or later, to bring into existence a product de- structive tothemselves. When we pause to think that ‘“‘the mill will never grind with the water that is past,’’ nor the fire burn with the carbon dioxide produced, we see it is a universal fact in nature. The germ that runs sugar down into al- cohol soon perishes in that alcohol. Fol- lowing it comes the vinegar gerni, giving us acetic acid in sufficient abundance to stop its own activity. Next follow one by one other germs to carry the changes farther and farther down the hill, till in every instance they work their own de- struction or at least cessation of activity. Each of these products, final to some definite species of germ, is an antiseptic to that germ and, therefore, a medicinal agent for the subjugation of that germ when it becomes pathogenic. It took us a long time to learn that all our alcohol, wines and liquors were the products of germs. Even when “mother of vinegar’? was handed from house to house and manufacturer to manufacturer they did not for centuries suspect that they were handling germs. Many drug- gists do not yet know that ergot is the product of a disease germ. It is only lately that we have discovered that we owe our nitric acid, saltpetre, sweet spirit of nitre and all our nitrates and nitrites to the useful labors of humble bacteria. Much of our ammonia, some of our benzoic, hippuric and buyric acid we owe to their kind offices. As our knowledge of micro-organisms widens our respect for their pharma- ceutical and chemical skill increases. Within a year Dr. Carl Wehmer has reported the fact that he has isolated a species that converts sugar into citric acid so that 11 pounds of sugar will produce six pounds of the erystalized acid. The cost of such conversion is so trifling that it is searcely worth consid- ering. A discovery like this will work little short of a revolution. Sugar is cheap and the acid is bound soon to be sold for little if any more than the yrice of the cheapest sugar. Of course we will have to wait till the patents run out for such a consummation. When we pause to consider the fact that in the plant world the cells build up the countless numbers of organic compounds from simple carbonic acid, water and nitrogen compounds, and when we further consider that the bac- teria are isolated cells capable of dupli- cating much of or all such work we can gain some idea of the possibilities that lie before us. We have to supply them with the raw material for their. food and without money and without price they will do the rest. We only need to isolate the special kinds in relatively pure cultures and set them to work. When mixed, one kind undoes the work of another, so that no useful re- sults occur. Prof. Conn of Wesleyan University has lately isolated the special bacterium that produces the essential ether to which is due the rich flavor of our highest quality of butter. Follow- ing his directions the buttermaker can now at will produce a ripened cream possessing the highest, richest aroma of prime butter. If we have successfully produced one such product who ean say where the end is? The highly prized aromas of wines and liquors, the rich flavors of fruits and flowers may all be within our power to preduce in the same manner. If we can call these pigmy workers to our aid in making alcohol, acetic and citric acid, why not other acids, other alcohols and other or- ganic compounds? We have found that through the magic of their power cer- tain leguminous plants are able to draw from the atmospheric nitrogen their necessary Supplies of that re- fractory gas. May we not utilize their services in a similar manner? Will not our pharmaceutical chemists of the fu- ture supply these same bacteria with what the leguminous plants provide them and on a vast scale procure our nitrates, nitrites, ammonia and am- monium compounds, at the same time giving to the farmers all they need to en- rich the soil of their farms? All the rich mines of Goleonda never contained such wealth as is promised in this direc- tion. Man first learned of the winds as his foes but soon he harnessed them and they became his friends. At a later date he gained power over fire and in the conquest found he had a mighty agent to do his bidding. Still later and the lightning that he so long dreaded as the bolts of heaven, came within his grasp and we are beginning to realize the maj- | esty of such a victory. Now he has just begun the conquest of the most di- rect force he has ever had to fight—the microbes—and if our vision is not dis- torted he will find here a power second to none of the rest in the benefits it can bestow upon him. Rosperr G. Eccies, Px. G. M. D. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. §eely's Lemon,’ (Wrapped) c_ Doz. Gro. loz. $ 90 10 20 2oz 120 12 60 200 2280 3 00 33 00 Seely's Vanilla Wrapped) 4 oz, 6 oz. Doz. Gro. 1oz.$150 16 20 200 21 60 3 75 40 80 5 40 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred, 2 oz. 4 oz, 6 oz. Correspondence Solicited SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, [Mich HEADACHE e E C K ' S POWDERS Pay the best profit. - Order from your jobber WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR. TIGKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Original set of four - * - . = 25¢ Complete set often = < = = = 50c Order quick or lose the opportunity of a lifetime to secure these souvenirs at a nominal figure. They will be worth ten times present cost within five years. Tradesman Company, GTyStOl Springs Water & Fuel Co, Jobbers of COAL, COKE and WOOD, 39 Monroe 8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Correspondence solicited with outside dealers. “Oo CURE NO MUSTACHE. “O) 1PAY NO PAY. CRXDORUPE CURED. ‘ws ate Cobiracts te grow bair on the head sve Wilk tbOSs who can call at my cffics or *« she ofhce of my agents, provided the head is ot glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there isnocure Call and be examined free of charge. If you cannot call. write to me. State the exact condition of the scaip and your occu- 880m PROF, G. BIRKHOLZ, L Keown il Misecaae Temple, Cuucase THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Wholesale Price Current. Advanceé—Opium, Oil Anise. Declined—Turpentine. AOCIDUM. ; ee ooo eed nei . TINCTURES. 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Q % « Bd GBP CMMndrum........... 19@ 14] Centraria.............. @ 10 “ = nore. @ ~*~ Cetaceum..... @ 4 a 60@ 8 Cannabis Sativa. 4@ : < Chloroform - 80 68 Aloe, Berb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60 icone i 12 aquibbe Qi 2% Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12 Diptorix Saauae 2 40@2 60 | Chloral Hyd Crat... .. 1 25@1 50 Socotrl, (po. 60). @ 80 Woeniculum. @ 15|Chondras........ 20@ 25 Catechu, is, (8, 14 44s, @1 Foenugroek. po.. 6s 8 Cinehontaine, F & '= = ee ec 3ie@ 4 erman Ammonise ........---- 55@ 60 — liat, dis. per Assafestida, (po. 30) .- — = Lint, oe seb | = i. é nt See eeu = i caeaes-- OO ee a > a Sa a. ae PharlarteGanarian... oe 7 crt Cob -. 2 Euphorbium Po -..--- 35D 10] REPS Aiba ll, 7 8] PEER. 5 5 Galbanum.....--.----- @2 50 ? Nigrs...... 11@ 12] “ a. @ 11 Gamboge, po......---- W@ i - ae...... 6@ §& Guaiacum, (po 35) - @ 3 ee Crocus . cS 35@ 40 Kino, (po 1 75)... @i 75 Frumenti, W.,D. Co. -2 00@2 50] Gudbear........ @ 24 — a $ = nee... ; - = Capri Su. a 5@ 6 Quit tpe 8 10@3 40) _2 30@2 40 | Juntperis Go. 0: PI GE a eS ShelJac cae nnn 35Q #2 -1 75@3 a Emery, 8 numbers.. @ bleached..... 33@ srum N. E......1 75@2 ee @ 6 Tragacenth Lake tecae 40@1 00 Spt ooeint Galll.. a foe 20 Ergota wyiPo2 “ao. 30@ 35 HERBA—In ounce packages. vies — ceues - = = Flake ra 7 2@ 15 ie seeeee Bice . @B Absinthinm .....---.-+---0-+ 3 Gambier... 7@8 Eupatorium .....-------+++ = SPONGES. Gelatin, Cooper @ 60 Lobelia. Ber dames illen ances | Florida sheeps’ wool, slot Prenen. ae f eyes comes : carriage Guissaa 1 ii Mentha = beens toe = Nassen sheep’ “wool fo vf ee nt, by box 80. eae vee " er nn eee ieee en as = Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Brown. Ree ceees: 9@ 15 Tanacetum, V....----------- wool Garriage....... 1 10 Whi 18@ 2 Thymus, V....-.------25---- 1 sh: Glycerina .. 14@ 2 Extra yellow sheeps’ Grana Paradisi @ 2 MAGNESIA. Carriage ............- 85 lemamiens 5Q 55 Coletnet, Pat. Lee ae ~ 60 — wool Car- 65 | Hydraag "Chior Mite. @ 75 rbons’ at... 20@ 22] riage ..............-. Carbonate, K. & M.... 20@ 25| Hard for slate use. o . gare 2a Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for sla 140| ‘ ese vous @ Wi _ strained........... 70 Moachus Canton. ae @ 40 | Snot, accaboy, De SpiritaTurpentine.... 33 40 ’ on wt to ................ 35 Nix Vomica, (po 0). @ io | nuff Scotch, De, Voes 3 235 Paints. bbl. “mn meee... ks. 15@ 18| Soda Boras, (po.i1). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% Pe a Saad, H. & P.D. Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 | Ochre, yellow oe a. 204 Sieg ete ses weeene Soda Carb............. 1%@ 2 ec, 1% 2@3 Picts Liq, NwC., % gal on — — ewes @ 5 “—. ——e.- .2%4 2%@3 ee a a See 4 strictly pure.....2% 2 Picts Liq., =— @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... — 2 — ties ie a — ee @ 85/ Spts. EtherCo........ 55} ican .................. 13@16 Pil Metenee. (po. 80).. @ 50] “ Myrcia Dom..... 2 00 Vermilion, English.. 65@70 Piper Nigra, (po. =. @ 1 “ Myreia imp... .. @2 50 | Green, Peningular..... 13@15 Piper Alba, aia $5). @ 3 © Vini Rect. bbl. bead, red......... ees Burgun. a = . 253@2 63 e mie. Pint Aeck |... era be gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white S Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 log 20 Strychnia Crystal..... 40@1 45 White B Gilders’...... @Q% ea boxes Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3 | White, Paris American 1 & fF. D. Co., dos..... @1 25 Ren... . 1.2 @2%| Vn iting, Paris Eng. Pyrethrum, pv........ 0@ 20 ‘Tamesinds ........... 8@ 10 cme... 1 40 Quas ee Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30| Universal Prepared ..1 00@1 15 uinia, 8. Pew... “siagso'g Theobromae .......... 45 @ 48| Swiss Villa Prepared | German... 22 a Waa ® 00@16 00 Paints ..... 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum 14 | Zinci Sulph. 7@ VARNISHES. accharum Lactis pv. bBo 14 N i... 2 10@2 25 ors. oa eee --- 0@ 50 Bb]. Gal} Coach Body...........2 75@3 00 12@ 14] Whale, winter .. 70 1 No. 1 Tarp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 10@ 12) Lard, extra.... SO 85 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 @ 15| Lard, No. 1 . & 45 | Japan — No. 1 Linseed, pureraw.... 54 ci fut... bee eau 70@75 EVERY DRUGGIST knows how inconvenient “ it is to keep his pills in drawers or cigar boxes, necessitating the handling of the entire lot to find the kind wanted at each sale, and also when ordering new stock. Being out of sight of customers they never suggest a sale of themselves. The Mills Pill Case does away with all the above objections, and offers many new attractive features to the trade. Has 24 and 40 separate compartments, hold- ing from 4 to 1 dozen boxes each. Easily filled. Protected from dust and pilfer- ers. Always in sight. showcase, counter or shelf. more than ordinary drawers. sold, and the next drops into the same place. addition to every drug store. Glass front and rear. Increases sales. You can see at a glance how stock is. You draw a box out of opening at rear bottom, when It?s a very useful and ornamental Can be placed on Costs no Finely finished, complete and securely packed for shipment, and made regularly at following prices: No. 1, 40 compartments, Natural or Antique Oak.............- $6 50 No. 3, 24 compartments, Natural or Antique Oak............... 5 00 No. 2, 40 compartments, Imitation Cherry, Walnut, Mahogany OF EDONY. ....ccercercccn cece ere ecccceceests ceeeeeccenees 5 50 No. 4, 24 compartments, Imitation Cherry, Walnut, Mahogany Be ec ec ee dae 4 00 or Ebony. eveee ee ee Made Special on Orders, in all Popvlar Woods, Finishes and Sizes to Match Store Interiors. For Sale By HAXELYINE & PERKINS DRUG OO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. eth ithe wat eacalgeettee ate er ae Ce ot a tat eae be Rea MA 2 Me HER ae ae Baked aii ah een ae tev ng a te Secedasll i 16 OCR TY Fri The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who “have poor credit. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. greatest possible use to dealers. s sail a CURT! IN |. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE. doz ¢ a... CU Jastor Oil. oo. oe eee... 50 st 75 Se Pacacon .. ........ ross 6 00 0 50 00 EO 00 FePO UA a BAKING POWDER. Acme. - — "5 a 1 60 ae 10 Arctic yb cans 6 doz case. 55 % b 4 doz . -_. . 1m “ 2eoz - 20 cm 1 doz i 9 00 ae Flake. a * ve hl CC... 45 So“ t005 ~* 60 oz ** 4doz ' 80 ma” th C.---. 12 Ss ~*~ tio 2 00 oo” ido | 9 00 Red Star, i es cans 40 “ (bs C % b ; 1 4 Telfer’s, % ib. cans, doz 454° = ce 85 ” ~ ‘-- oO Our Leader, \ .b cans 45 i ib Cans...... wD ' 1 lbcans 1 50 BATH BRICK, 2 dozen in case. i Eaglish ee 9% a 30 Domestic... TO BLUING, Gross Arctic, 4 > ov als. ' ~$ 60 No. 2 No. . pints, a “« Wo. 2, sifting box.. a 3, C +4 No. 5, 6 - ieee... Mexican Liquid, 4 oz | a v Bus. ..... BROOMS, Sc. 2 Burl.. - 190 No.1 one eee eeee eens 2 00 —— — e 15 2 9 beet cg ea Common Whisk............ Fane oe . a Warehouse........ . 2 & BRUSHES, Stove, No. a 1 10. i “ “ Rice Root Scrub, 2 row .. Rice Root Scrub, 3 tow .- Paimetto, goone............ CANDLES. Hotel, = Ib. wuts 10 Star, g aoaieee pee kecwene 16 Wicking 24 CANNED GOODS. Clam Little Neck, ib. _._ 2 1 oO cn. Che wer Standard, 2icb...... 2 26 Cave Oysters, Standard, 1 ib. 7 2} ix aii Star, 1 ~...... fe... Picnic, 1 ss .. 21b. 2 90 Mackerel. Standard, t a 110 a so. Mustard, 31 a Los 2 Tomato Sauce, 21b... re Soe... Salmor. Columbia River, fiat. oe boi, cena 1 65 Alaska, ~-- oe 1s i. = Kinney’ : a. _. catien American = a seaies a = bck ae 6@7 ao |... 21 Trout. Brook 6, i. ..... £ 50 Fruits. Appies. S tb. standard......... 1 20 400 York State, — Hamburgh, . «0 — ots. Live oek....... ia 1 46 Cae ee. 1 40 ae. 1 50 Overland . 1 0 Blackberries. ray .. ee 99 Cherries, —....... 1 10Q1 25 Pitted Hamburg a... White P 1 50 a .... ids Dsmsons, Exe Plums and Green tages, ——...,. C 110 California. i> Goose be ‘tries, Common 123 Peaches. 1. 1 10 Cowes 1 50 Saeperd’s ....... ia 1 50 California... . is Monitor ! Oxford omate _ Booth? 8 sliced. @ ae... @2 % Quin ices, Common . Raspb mee 1 10 Black , Hamburg i 1 46 Erie. black 13 Strawberries. Lawrence ..... ' 13 a 1 Erie. 1 20 7c rapin 1 OF Whortleberries, Bineperrios ........ Bam burgh ‘striz 1 15 French 2 00 cla Limas 1 & Lima, green ‘ - soaked Hamburgh Livingston Soaked Peas. Hamburgh marrofat. ' early June. |. Champion Eng.. pororererey — oO petit pois.... 40 - fancy sifted .. $0 Pe 65 Barris standard........ 75 VanCamp’s marrofat.......1 10 ' early June..... 1 30 Archer's Early ‘Bl osso’ 1 3 French es Pee 194321 Erie ee ee ease ee 75 Squash, eee 165 Succotash. ere a, 1 49 ee RK Boney Der Erie — ol Tomatoes Hancock ... Bx Pisiur Ki alips : un ‘ Hamborg....... ee. Gallon . CHOCOL ATE. Baker’ 8. German Sweet... .........- 23 Freeman... ...... 37 Breakfast Cocos 8 CHEESE, Amboy... a 1134 Aree... 11% Lenawee....... eu 11% vee ...... . 11 Gold Medal...... 10% i 8@9 eee... 12 Rdam 1 6 Leiden 21 Limburger : @i5 Peeeseere............. a4 Roguefort.... O35 ee eee. i co S20 Schweftrer, 'mported. @23 - comestic @i3 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Balf pint, 25 bottles Pint Quart } dc Triumph Brand. CO ee 2 wt a3 zt bottles Halt pint, per doz. .........1 35 Frnt, co tes. ............ oo Weert, per Gos ..... ......3% CLOTHES PINS, 5 gross boxes...... .-. 40@4 COCOA SHELLS. ib bee... oe 3% 65 GT COFFEE Green. Rio. eS ae 19 21 ooecn......|............. aT ........ Santos, Par... ._ ole ree 22 Peaberry .... 23 Mexican and Guatamala. eee 21 7... 2. ae ay 24 Maracaibo rae... os. Java er. p) Private Growth............ 3 Mandehling ae - 8 Mocha, —a.....Ll an ee Roasted. To ae cost of roasted coffee, add Ke. per Ib. for roast- id 15 pe: r cent. for shrink- age, Package. WeLaughlin’s XXXX.. z1 36 Be ——..... 21 86 Lion, 60 or 100 ID. Cane.... 28 30 Extract. Vv —~ ; City & STOSB........ 5 — 1 15 Hummer’ m, fol, erom...... 1 65 ' tin rr. oo CHICORY. Por... 5 —.. 7 CLOTHES LINES, Cotton, 40 ft....... per dos. 1 2 C Be ec cee . 140 . r....... " 1 60 i eis....... . 1% aere....... C 1 90 gute 60 ft . 8 - 2 ft- 10 CREDIT CHECKS, = any one denom’ mM... 83 00 — 5 00 200 ae as “a : 8 00 Steel aa. |. v5] © —— MILK. 4 doz n Case, N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s —— Gail Borden — on 7 40 Crown. ..... oo 6 25 Daisy. ee ee 5 75 Champion........ a ore... 42 Dime ..... a Peerless evaporated cream. 5 75. IGANCONDENSEDM! LANSING MICH (Cs Qmasti eee Pint Peise....... .--.......36 ow Dares... ...... Reem 5 eeer 3 60 CRACKERS. Butter, Seymour XxXxX.. ne 5 seymour XXX, cartoon. .. 5 Family XXX i. - Family XXX, ‘cartoon. ooo Ser eae 8 Salted XXX, cartoon ..... 5% Kenosha a enews... ss 7 Butter biscuit. oe Soda morn, Me... 5% en, Me -. 1% Doon, reees.......,...... Oe Crystal Wafer ee Long Island Wafers ......11 Oyster, Outer XEn. ee tapeaee ee eee 5% Farina i nn Lee ek 6 CREAM TARTAR, Strictly oure..... 30 Telfer’s Absolute.......... 30 Grocer®’.... . L5H DRIE D FRU ITS, Domestic, Apples. Sundried. sliced in bbls. S . quartered ‘ 5M% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes a Apricots, California in bags.. ... 10 Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries. In boxes.... aes Nectarines. a... i. eee... .......... Peaches. Peeled, in bowes........ Cal. evap. aoe r in bage...... Pears. California in bags..... Pitted Cherries, ee cu, 50 lb. boxes - - se eee ene . Prunelles, 30 lb. boxes..... Raspberries, i erro... oan DOMOR.....,........ a Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes. Ce oo 5 Loose Muscatels in 1 Bags. 2 er own . 4% 3 4% , , Foreign Currants. Patras, bbls... a. Vostizzas, 56 Ib. cases 3% 1 SIWVENN NAA ANTIWAR a | SENUIN "4 | q SINE, GREE BEST ‘QUALITY a. 'MPORTED ano CLEA NED By GRAND Raping v TT CLEANING C0.. 2 —_ 36 1-1b cartoons.. Lo . 25 Ib. boxes, buik....... 4 50 Tb. boxes, bulk..... 2 Sultana Raisins. a i, oeetoens.....,...... 11 Peel Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes = Lemon . 25 ' Grange “ 25 “ a Raisins. ira, 29 ib. boxes.. az na, a - oo as encte . eh Prunes. California, 100-120.......... 6 s 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 5X e 80x90 i] 6% oe 7x80 ‘a 634 - 60x70 “ ee... ee ee ENVELOPES, XX rag, white, No. 1,5% $i 35 9. 2,6% 1 y J i. 6 1 No 2,6 1 U Manilla, white os ......... ee) peu ee Coin (EE 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS, Farina, ih ee... 3a flominy. Barrels .... “oe -- 300 I i 3% Lima Beans, a 4 @4% Maccaroni _ sem. Domestic, 12 Ib Imperted... 00... ... 10%@1l Pear! Barley. oe. ce. oe Peas, —— 135 nr Pre ............ 3 Rolled Oats. Schumac her, bbl.. 5 0 My bbl... . se Monarch, bbl ._. Ss Monare h. -=2e2 Quaker, ~ Sago. 4K ia... CS Wheat. eer... 3% FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Nerneee....... .... Cod. coorwes cared...........- 4% Georges genuine......... 6 Georges selected......... 6% Boneless, bricks.. ...... oo Boneless, strips. . %@d Halibut. ae es 11@12 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 6) bbl 8 00 Rorweemn .............. Round, * bhi 100 Ibs Line 32 * 40 1 69 Scaled. a 16 Mackerel No.1, 100 lbs... cis --10 50 aie... 4°0 No. 1, 10 Ibs. i No. 2, 100 lbs. No. 2, 40 Ibs. “i 2) id Ibs ar “10 Ibs one ah ew wo mie Sardines, Russian — eee eee aa eee 55 NO. : a bblk., tt tbe be eal 4 50 no, i i bel, oie... 2 16 No kits, a cones 60 ao 7,67) tte... 51 Whitefish, No.1 family 4 bbls, aa - 87 2 2 50 14.3 80 12s ib ib. kits et leeuee ae & 40 ae ee » os MATCHES, Globe Match Co.’s Brands, Colmatts Parior........... Be 25 Roe Bele... 00 Diamond Match Co,’s Brands. re Occ aes cca 1 65 oo ARR Rr 170 -oeeee....... se ae eect partor..... cheat de 4 00 FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. doz 2 0s s 6 402 1 50 Regular Vanilla. doz 2oe..... $1 20 4 08..... 2 40 XX Grade Lemon, _os..... 1 so..... 3 XX Grade Vanilla, 2ce..... $1 75 ©On..... 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. ~~ 202 regular _— 75 1 20 4 - v1 50 2 00 6 0 ° one OO 3 00 oy Sop... 7 35 2 00 No. 4 taper........1 50 2 50 Northrop’s Lemon.’ Vanilla. 2 02 oval taper 3 1 10 3 0z 1 20 1% 2 oz regular | ° 85 1 20 4 Oz c 1 60 2.25 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s, - eee 25 oe ee 1 90 Carter Kegs.......-....... 1 10 11) eons... ...........,... 30 i i> Game... .... 18 pees ee aees aoe 43 Half a 22 40 Quarter kegs.. .... -i= i> cans ...... ._ = Eagle Sail ne. egs i ol 11 00 oe eee. 8 5 7% mater hees....... ......- 3 00 i ee... 2... 66 ERBS. Sage... ise oss ohsceus ae BO oc ecee tins ee ook 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. te 50 JELLY. oe. 6 - - 53 88 30 25 12 10 Condensed, en 12 oe. ......... 2 25 MINCE MEAT, Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 75 Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case....3 00 MEASURES, Tin, per dozen. 1 galion eee a oer aee...,............ Lae erst aa 70 Fint . . oa 45 Half pint .... 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz, Demitem |... 6c, 7 00 Pelt mation ..........:...: 4 75 ou: 3 75 re Ca oe MOLASSES, blackstrap, Sugar houss.........-... .- 14 Cuda Baking, Ordinary . ‘ hie 16 Porte Ritu, cree ........ sie. 20 Fancy . 6 New Orleans. Pee ee 18 MO ere 22 Extra good..... idee 27 EE RE 32 Pee oe a 40 Half barrels 3c.extra THE MI CEI G AN TRADESMAN. 7 PI Bar CHL re ES Half Ja, 18 count . Ba is, 600 ount. onset, oe ' a ¢ 10 bis, 1300 cou a Ch . 0 ce Clay,,N PIP a 3 Deland’ ou ke 4 » nO. ES. 50 wi ‘lg :in-b : Co T. D. 216. i Ta SOD anos... ox. b, No. full eon. re “ig a ae oF ons esecce s ie recent 3 30 = . POTASH. see he = ieiae tee aE 3 15 Fair JAP TEA T 3 3 ac ¢ ae AN 8 B 48 AS : 1 E 330 jon. ee —— cans SH, ~osl a s F ‘ XTE 3K Good «4... egul ee Salt. in Case ie N. M. 8 ‘co ae, RACTS, r Cholee. AEN sia | nn Q N.S : 26. «« i nu | It Co.’s..... ‘ FM : 20 doz. 1 — Sena be = | 7 Ww Ce : a. 0s a J et | a 'O _ > seen va easy | fest ee |e ODENW EB a — estic. 3 00 : ee M. 1 at 14 40 “ Good seteeenes Foc eae G4 is ts No: 3 a ARE 4 Bro No. 1es. 0. 26 RM dos. i Cholce...... su canatee @iz2 | ie : aeome : kz Baie . 2 OZ ‘h e.. “ue ae { ‘ = on SO Beseeceeceeecey Ro M.2 Fe : 16 D ole ee scence : aiy | =, santa 6 ow aes 6 COCO. — 9 20 ust. ee see e Gay, | Be rv No. two ore a 0 Japa caremning 5K 2 reg as 60 gro oe bee Bx j vis, 1 1, ri hoop.. i ‘ 50 in. No. ces 5 oz.. L cond 95 5 Fai ae . Ce 1 inet hree-h D. 450 The G Java - Te i Lemon ona “ — 4 it O34 ee Ao Gop... 1 30 wanes ae . PROV oe 2 dor <6 dx. ee ial? O18 BS a 13 | Mes srollows: VIsiONS. cerenesieeantentons san at 1 i. 800 « trac feteceneeiens -18 19 cess teteaee ae ; ckin pos freee ee “ ‘ hoice, “* 220 te ‘ 90 — sag pect i: onl Allsp’ w PICE oR 5 SOA <. Comm pn wirel . : 25 z yr dees ro eva ie Cal ice hole S. vere 4 All La - --10 50 xtr: on to NPOW eat ‘ ogee 1 $0 xtra “lear pig. s eres ARR isinn ssi, Chin: Sifted ” = i B. ite. ‘ aoe — DER. ‘ si cteetaa ce 2 40 Clear, clear, Pig, shett ET zs. Co in m i - ri ost finest. oF, oo g b Ml : osto tt nee en oa re ‘ oo ae ——* ntry, sle . far nest ae “s he DUS. . C! on a Vy po i 8 aaa Th h 80 y’s Co ne a will hoop = 35 ole ce ig “Tamara — Saigon mais. in. 9% - zheer, 00 — — aaa oe ow el’th e115 Clete back per 15 M ’ a und... o% ax, 1 ye 8. Go to ea - “ » is, N a fet ard aa ort € oo 4 @ 15 0) ace Zan oyna olis 15 Cc Pr a 3 20 Sema ee ‘ = oo , clea nort cut... Le 5 25 Mace ualgia Ln 32 Ivory, 1 octor & G a : 30 naaetaree MPERIAL. 28 a plint . x5 — li ur, short a) i * 1 4609 16 08 atavia. Cane 22 ry 1 cI am i oo CG o fiz ar... . i 5 solog nks rt cut. pont al @ / Ieee waves 10 eae ble Jom: y ne. - = 7 25 Liver... i. pn aaa et 16 5 Pe oe ee 1% Leno 10 on... 0 i sapere an HYE INDUB % LIVER. seesee ee 15 15 @ ™ pper, Si fe Mottie ae no 3 45 rior to — co. 25 wae. sia oo. @ 16 % ‘“ Sees lottled Germ seseeees NED 6 75 Fai eae fae). ig ¢ Tu re 75 Head ¢ a ct : shot ‘Za ‘Geta 220002. 4 0 ae LISH “I30 Gao bs, Ne tees ume fcoatian ne mene — ano Sin oS 3 0 —T oe BREAKF oH ee Frankfu ee 7% Cassia, Ba round in B -20 Foon here gman B ae nOlee eee ae No ier Pia ‘ ee oH , Batavia. wii ™ ox lots, desi coed | vam st Bes No 2 wes ies Oval, “10 50 Kettle I ceneaereeh 6% oe aa 0 ubeed | es 24 @B No. Beseesesees. : srang mers 8i4 Cloves cal “Seigien” 15 es | a ess oa TOBAC 40 @50 No ae 2 50 is I uni endered... a nt 6 , Amboyna. aigon.2 8 m ir ota _ P. f cos : ie 60 2 : DULY nese ee wa si a 5 Ginger Za —— ov — “25 erican run as 85 pei Lorills ine Ba . Uniy W aoe ou 70 2 10 Cottolene... 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It was Mr. Elliott’s intention to ship the dog to Iowa to his (Mr. Elliott’s) father, who is a respectable dealer in boots and shoes out there and deserved better treatment at the hands of his son, who never re- ceived anything but kindness from his father. Elliott routed out the express agent at Grandville and told him he had a dog he wanted to ship. The agent came out and when he saw Joe he said: ‘‘Are you going to send that dog by ex- press?’ “Yes; why?” ‘I think you had better send him in a refrigerator car. I am afraid he’!! spoil if you send him by express.” ‘‘What makes you think so?” *“‘Because he has a bad look now.’’ Elliott sat down on a truck to rest after that and Joe dropped his caudle appen- dage and never raised it again. Mr. Elliott had taken the precaution to send out a slatted box in which the dog might be transported to his destination. This box was brought out, the door in the end opened, and Joe was invited to enter. He walked around the box, peered in at the opening and turned a leok of mourn- ful enquiry upon his master. ‘‘Yes, Joe,”’ said Mr. Elliott, in a lachrymose tone, “You’re right. It’s hard, old boy, but there is no help for it. If you didn’t have so much reputation we could keep you in Grand Radids; but there isn’t room there for you and your reputation. Out on the prairie, perhaps, you will have room to throw yourself. I hope so, anyway. Come, old fellow, get in,” he added, as the whistle of the midnight train sounded in the distance. Without a word Joe walked into the box and lay down, the door was shut and fastened, and the box properly labeled The train pulled in and stopped, the box was placed in the express car, and the train was soon thundering on its way again. Mr. Elliott stood where the dog left him, buried in thought. Joe had gone. The only dog he had ever loved had passed from his sight—perhaps forever—torn from his embrace when he was just be- ginning to learn his worth. Suddenly, without warning, he continued to stand there, until the return of the agent, when, heaving a sigh that made the very air vibrate and concealing his emotion under his macintosh, he left the place. Going to the hotel and ordering bed and breakfast forone, he retired, to forget his sorrow in the embrace of Morpheus. In the meantime Joe was speeding to- ward the home of Uncle Horace Boies and the badger, sometimes called Iowa. His destination was Marion, Linn county. He appeared strangely silent and pre- occupied during the journey. The ex- press messenger tried to rouse him, but without avail. His mind was evidently not on his surroundings. Was he think- ing of his master, who was sorrowing with a sorrow which refused to be com- forted ? Perhaps his mind was dwelling upon the stirring events in which he had mingled, or the history which he had been chiefly instrumental in making. Or did he mourn, like the Macedonian con- queror, because, having vanquished the world, there remained no more worlds to conquer? On this point deponent hath nothing to say, for, during the en- tire journey, Joe preserved a dogged silence. Marion was reached in due course, and on the platform stood Mr. Elliott, Sr., and George Lake, better known as George Washington Lake, from an annoying habit he has of always telling the truth. When the box was brought out of the car and the door opened, Joe stepped out upon the plat- form with an air of resignation which impressed the beholders as being very well done. Something ailed Joe. He seemed weary, and his air was listless; but still there was something about him which protected him from the vulgar familiarity of the rabble which thronged the platform. There was a certain dis- tingue air about him which prevented anyone from taking liberties with him. When Mr. Elliott saw Joe he was not favorably impressed; but it was other- wise with Mr. Lake. Joe was just the dog he had been looking for. Now, be it known to a curious public that Uncle George Lake was superintendent of the Marion stock-yards; a position which, at times, will try a man’s temper and nerves as nothing else will; a fractious pig or a steer on a rampage may be a great aid to digestion, but it won’t im- prove a man’s chances of getting to heaven. Lately Mr. Lake had been hav- ing a terribly profane time of it. Never had hogs been so hoggish or cattle so cantankerous. Life had been a contin- uous nightmare with horns. Here was a chance for relief. Joe would help him out. He knew by the dog’s general ap- pearance that he could take the twist out of a hog in a little less than no time. So, noting Mr. Elliott’s hesitation, he ap- proached him and said, ‘‘Bad looking pup, ain’t he?” ‘‘He is,” replied Mr. Elliott, ‘the looks asif his moral and re- ligious education had been neglected. | wish Will had kept him in Grand Rapids; he could not hurt that town.’’ ‘Look here,” said Mr. Lake, ‘‘I’11 tell you what Vll do. I need just such a dog as he ap- pears to be, and I’11 take him over to the yards and keep him there. I think i can use him,’? he added grimly. It was finally arranged that Joe should go to the stock-yards. Mr. Lake fastened a string to the dog’s collar and led him away, fol- lowed at a respectful distance py a crowd of small boys. On reaching the yards he was taken into the office and Mr. Lake waited with some impatience an opportunity to put his new assistant at work. It came in the course of half an hour orso. A big porker, weighing about 300 pounds, had got into a corner and refused to move, showing fight when an attempt was made to move him. “Never mind,’’ said Mr. Lake confi- dently, ‘‘I have a persuader here which will move the biggest pig in the yards.”’ Joe was led out and when near the pig the rope was taken off, and he was told to “‘sick’em.” Hedidn’t. The pig saw Joe first, and with a grunt that loosened the fish-plates on the railway track, he ‘“‘charged.’?’ When Joe heard that grunt he gave vent to one yelp of dismay, turned tail and incontinently fied. He fled so fast that the wind blew him loose from his hair; out of the gate and down the street, making his way out into the prairie, running for dear life. if he had kept up that rate of speed for a few hours he would have reached the Rocky Mountains. When found, finally, he was about two miles out on the prairie. Nearly all his hair was gone and he wore an air of the deepest dejection and de- spair. He was taken back, and, when near the stock yards, showed so much terror that he was taken to Mr. Elliott’s home. Mr. Lake did not like the idea of taking the dog back. It would not look right. So, on the way over, he constructed the story about Joe killing the pig. There was not a word of truth in it. The dog did not touch the pig. He had no thought uf injuring the pig, and if he has his way he will never again look upon a pig. In the telling of that one story G. W. Lake broke the record of a lifetime and from henceforth remorse must be his meat by day and his drink by night. As for Joe, from that time on- ward he was a changed dog. He has not lifted up his head since, so to speak. He has been whipped by every cat in Marion, and there is not a dog in the town, big or little, which has not walked all over him. Joe is, indeed, changed; his once proud spirit is broken; he is no longer monarch of all he surveys; in fact, he is not now in the surveying business. He has been sent into the country in the hope that the country air and rural fare may do something for him, for he is in a very bad way. His western trip has not panned out as well as was hoped for. His master started from Grand Rapids last Saturday for lowa. He: had borne the separation as long as he could. Per- haps a sight of his master may do Joe good. Mr. Elliott was asked, just as he was about to start for the ‘west, how he accounted for Joe’s fear of the pig. He said he thought Joe’s dislike of pork was hereditary. The dog’s grandfather was ewned by a Hebrew. SEER eee dil ee The English Pharmaceutical Society is contemplating taking steps to have the sale of carbolic acid restricted, on account of the numerous poisonings with it. The Society thinks that it ought to be de- clared a poison, to be sold by chemists only. —_—— Oo Use Tradesman. Coupon Books. BUY RIGHT ——___) The Cel CLEANED GRE and the CLEANED SUL PREPARED ONLY GRAND RAPIDS FR WHEN BUY ebrated EK CURRANTS TANA RAISINS BY UIT CLEANING CO. IMPORTED ano CLEANED py — RAPIDS ——— Scere J es tes hese currants are prepared from CHOICE NEW FRUIT ported from Greece. im- Being carefully Cleaned and as- READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE and require no further preparation. sorted, they are Cleaned eurrants cost in reality less than uncleaned,because dirt and stones weigh more than Fruit. Try Them. _Front \ Vi view. - Cc oe - Back View. oN ee | cme, On Ask your jobber f for them and take no others claimed tc to be just as good. N. B. See that your Package of Currants are the same as the above fac simile. (a¥~ For Quotations see Price Current. 'BAKII HAS .NO. SUPERIO 1G "THE. ONLY HIGH G 607.CAN “10 2" p EW EQU BUT F ADE BAKING| ae OLD-AT THIS PRICE ILB.CAN 25° MANUFACTURED BY __ NORTHROP, ROBERTSON,& CARRIER LANSING £7/ 6H, LOUISVILLE Ki MEN OF MARE. H. Montague, Manager of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co. Perhaps it is not too much to say that a majority of the more prominent busi- ness men of Michigan are natives of the old Empire State. Being the most pop- ulous State in the Union, as she is one of the oldest, her sons have followed the course of the setting sun, seeking new fields of usefulness and new avenues to wealth. Asarule, they have been men of sterling worth, who have given strength and dignity to the State of their adoption. Among the large number of New York’s sons who have made Michi- gan their home is Herbert Montague, Secretary and General Manager of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.’s exten- mercantile business in Traverse He was born at Sacket’s Harbor, sive City. August 29, 1849. Four years after this important event in his life, his father took the family and journeyed westward, stopping in Ohio, where they remained two years. Again the stakes were pulled and their faces once more turned toward the West. On reaching Milwaukee, the few articles of household furniture they had taken with them were put into a wagon, the oxen were yoked to it, and the family started for their destination forty-three miles distant. It was a slow, tedious journey, but, like all journeys, it came to an end at last. A small log cabin was hastily erected and the family settled down to life in the woods. The dreary isolation of their position can be better imagined than described. Enough to say that they were far re- moved from schools and churches and their nearest neighbor was miles away. On all sides of them was the almost vir- gin forest, whose ‘‘dim aisles’? resounded by day to the sturdy blows of the fron- tiersman’s axe, and by night to the howl- ing of wild beasts. Here for thirteen years the family resided, when the father determined to make another move. Crossing the Lake to the eastward they entered the State of Michigan, settling at Old Mission, Grand Traverse county, ona farm of 214 acres. Herbert, who had never enjoyed robust health, fol- lowed the family to Michigan in a few months and for two years assisted his father on the farm. Finding his health partially restored, he began to cast about | ; . u old trunk, battered and weather-beaten, . | occupies an honored place in Mr. Mon- itague’s home and is one of his most | treasured possessions. him for some different occupation. applied to Hannah, Lay & Co., Traverse City, and sueceeded in securing a situation. Here he ‘‘cleaned lamp chimneys, swept floors, held bags for the of | years ago passed to the Beyond, and to i whose wise counsel and judicious teach- boys—in fact, did anything there was to| jing he ascribes whatever of success he be done.’? Later he was promoted to a) THE MIOHIGAN TRADESMAN. clerkship in the grocery department, | which position he occupied for about ten years. He then went into the office | to acquire a knowledge of the details of | the business, which could not be had be- hind the counter. After a year and a| half of close study he was given charge | of the grocery department, doing his own buying. Three years ago, Mr. Smith} Barnes, Manager of the business, died, | and Mr. Hannah was elected to the posi- tion. The work of management, how ever, fell to Mr. Montague, and a year | later the Board of Directors elected him Secretary and General Manager, and since that time he has had entire charge of the business. Short as is the above sketch of a suc- cessful business man, it is yet pregnant with significance. A green country lad, whose boyhood and youth were spent in| the wilds of Wisconsin, a lad with abso- lutely no business training, applies for a situation,at21 years of age, to the head ofa great mercantile house; at 43 years of age he is chosen General Manager of the busi- ness, which in the meantime had been greatly extended. Atthe time Herbert Montague entered Hannah, Lay & Co.’s employ, he found a number of young men there who had already been in the establishment several years. How does it happen that to-day he is found at the head of the business, while they have never been heard of? The reason is not not far to seek. Wher he was about leaving home to take his humble place in the big store, his godiy and now sainted mother said to him: ‘‘Remem- ber, my boy, that every young man may make himself indispensable to his em- ployer. Do so, and you will succeed.” These simple yet wise words became his watehword and are the secret of his suc- cess. He made himseif indispensable to his employers and his advancement was sure and steady. But such a character as Mr. Montague’s could not be formed out of a simple phrase, however true and wise. During all those lonely years in the forests of Wiseonsin his mother was his only mentor and teacher. An edu- cated Christian lady, she early instilled into the minds of her children the prin- ciples of truth and righteousness, which have ever since governed their lives and | made them what they are. Herbert had | his lessons each day, and each night mother and son knelt in prayer beside the little leather-covered trunk which held the family wardrobe. ‘That little Round it cluster | tender memories of the mother who eight | has achieved. culo ze cas . ars a 6B TASH nis gO SH RECS, aor CRAND AAPIDS, MICH 0, io i" cRand AAPIDS, MICH O,= A OO os S rae Seu eye os — ES Champion In Reality as Well asfin Name! All other cash registers take a back seat when entered in competition with the CHAMPION, the Latest and Best Regis- ter ever put on the market. One of Many Voluntary Testimonials. GRAND RaApips, Mich., Aug. 1, 1894. CHAMPION CASH REGISTER Co. GENTLEMEN—We have been using for some time past your Champion No. 9, and are pleased to say it fills the bill. We are enabled to keep absolutely correct account of each one of our clerks, and a detailed account of all our sales. Also, we are especially pleased with your method of keeping the ‘‘Paid in’’ and ‘Paid outs.” It supplants everything else that has been brought to our notice. Tuum Bros. & SCHMIDT. 12 Merchants desiring to inspect our Register are re- quested to drop us a card, so that one of our agents can call when in the dealer’s vicinity. It will cost nothing to see the machine and have its merits explained. Manufactured only by Champion Gash Register bo. Grand Rapids, [lich. Se remnant TE Bie tne eh rethink converse Shins ee ee ae Pema ateE eee tt. MA.» sncememeninceme pm ' : , d } 20 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence New York, Oct. 13—The coffee market is said to be unsatisfactory. Holders cannot maintain the high prices which they have obtained for some time and every day develops new weakness. Quotations of Brazil No. 7 are nominal, and it is quite likely that not over 14%¢ could be obtained. Dealings have been very limited and few buyers are in the market. European markets are cabled lower, and the primary markets in Brazil are well supplied. There are 450,000 bags afloat, against 391,000 last year. Mild grades are in light request and rates are weaker, in sympathy with Bra- zils. Some Interior Padang sold at 221¥e, but this is regarded as outside price. Foreign sugar is almost ‘‘in sight,” but it has not been purchased in any great quantities, although it is said that a good many buyers are holding off, hoping to purchase it. The demand for grauulated is dull and the supply is so large that it seems as though a further drop would be inevitable very soon. Quotation for granulated here at writing is 47-16ce. The tea market is dull and quotations are practically unchanged. Supplies of some sorts are growing smaller, but no one seems to be eager to purchase. Molasses is steady and the stock of old is rather low. Itis likely to hold until the new arrives, however. Prime to choice New Orleans, 18@23c. Rice is well held and some very re- spectable sales in point of volume have been made. Not much foreign here, and market not abundantly supplied with any sort. Canned goods show little movement and the whole line is meeting with a quiet reception. Purchases are of a hand-to-mouth character, and no one is anxious to carry more than a ‘needful present” supply. Dried fruits are in light request, and rates for some kinds of California kinds are lower here proportionately than in California. The producers on the Coast have made some concessions. Butter took a slight drop during the week, and demand was stimulated to more activity. For best State and Pa., 24@243¢e have been paid; Elgin, 25e; Western firsts, 20@23c. Cheese shows a little more demand and dealers are hopeful, but quotations are no higher, and, in fact, are fractionally less than a week ago; this for the higher grades; for the grades below the market are duli and to an extent demoralized. Eggs are in large accumulation and, while really fresh goods are firm, the general tendency is downward. State are worth 22e and for fancy Michigan perhaps a fraction more than 19¢ might be obtained. : The wines sold in the big dry goods stures are distinguished by a profusion of labels, more gorgeous and varied than any circus posters ever turned out in this or any other city in the world. The wines which are supposed to come from the champagne districts are labelled ‘‘champagne”’ in very large letters, and are put up in regular champagne bottles, covered with gold and silver labels of ex- traordinary garishness. Thetops of the bottles are covered with tin foil or with sealing wax, after the fashion of genuine champagne. The price of these gor- geous-looking bottles of wine—if the mild liquid which they contain can really be called wine—varies from 27 to 71 cents a pint. The display of bottles is always impressive. People interested in the prices of wines and liquors should look about in these dry goods establishments, if only for amusement’s sake. At one big store on Sixth avenue whisky which is plainly labelled ‘20 years old,’ and which is guaranteed by the clerk to be as good as any other whisky in New York, is offered at 64 cents a bottle. People who have been paying $° and $4 a bottle for cognac, under the impression that that is the market price for this invalu- ble aid to digestion after dinner, should look into a big Broadway establishment, where the best French cognac, beauti- fully done up in pink tissue paper, can be bought for 55 cents a bottle. The THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. clerk in this place was asked who pur- chased the gorgeous bottles, and he said, ‘‘Women, mostly. I think they buy it be- cause the bottle look kind o’ sporty and gay on the sideboard. I don’t think they drink it,”’ he added, thoughtfully, ‘be- cause they often buy a second and third time.” The 20,000 Columbian half dollars re- ceived at the Sub-Treasury last Wednes- day and given in exchange for gold found a ready market in this city, and at noon yesterday the last coin had been disposed of. The souvenirs, for the most part, were exchanged in small quantities rang- ing from $10 to $20, the purchasers being mainly coin collectors. The Treasury officials have requested the Treasury De- partment at Washington to forward a fresh supply. Trade is somewhat interfered with by politics, and the local campaign is one of the most lively and interesting for years. All things considered, the volume of trade is fair, and, perhaps, all that could be expected. Retailers are doing well and grocers areina comparatively happy frame of mind. JAY. oe Meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association. JACKSON, Oct. 4—The regular business meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association was held Oct. 4. Ex-Presi- dent D. S. Fleming was called to the chair, in the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents. The Committee to whom was referred the matter of purchasing desk and furni- ture and securing a room for meetings and office use reported that they did not consider it necessary to procure a safe at the present time; that they had purchased a good desk, writing table and chairs, and asked that their purchase be ap- proved and a warrant ordered for the payment, which was adopted. In regard to room for office and meetings the Com- mittee reported that they had visited sev- eral locations, but had not found a place that they could recommend. The committee on tke salary ef the Secretary reported that they favored pay- ing the Secretary for his services last year and recommended that he be paid an annual salary, to begin with the fiscal year. On motion, the resignation of the Fi nancial Secretary, which was tendered in July, was accepted and the duties of the office added to the duties of the Re- cording Secretary. The Auditing Committee were in- structed to examine the books and ac- counts of the Treasurer and Financial and Recording Secretaries. A committee was appointed to visit |. N. Branch and ascertain if the room over his store could be secured for office and meeting purposes. M. M. Whitney was instructed to dis- pose of a barrel of flour to the best ad- vantage for the Association and report at the next meeting. The sugar card and the cutting of prices by members of the Association and others was discussed at length. On motion, a committee of three, consisting of the President, Secretary and H. H. Neesley, were appointed to interview persons who are in the habit of cutting prices. W. H. Portsr, Sec’y. ——qqxoc--. oa _ Evidently Meant for Commerce. From the Indianapolis Journal. ‘‘No,’’ said Mr. Haicede, ‘I ain’t goin’ to pay no $10 for this suit. It’s second- hand.” **Vat?” shouted Mr. Achheimer. ‘I say it issecond-hand. Second-hand close is them that has been wore, ain’t they? An’ didn’t I have to wear the suit when I tried it on?”’ “Vat a pity,” said Mr. Achheimer, in admiration, ‘‘vat a pity it vas dot you vas brought up to be a farmer. You got a pizness head dot vas simbly owit of sight.”’ qo Oa Future of the Wierengo Establishment. MUSKEGON, Oct. 13—The employes of the wholesale grocery establishment of the late Andrew Wierengo are endeavor- ing to enlist outside capital in a proposi- tion to merge the business into a stock company, with a capital stock of $50,000, to continue the business conducted so | successfully by the founder. IN LINE FOR ACTION. Committees Appointed to Arrange for December Convention. At the regular monthly meeting of Post E, Michigan Knights of the Grip, held at Elk’s Hall last Saturday evening, it was decided to lease Lockerby Hall for the meetings of the annual convention in December and the Lockerby banquet hall for the banquet on Wednesday evening, Dec. 26. Jas. B. McInnes moved that the Chair- man appoint an Executive Committee of five members, of which the Chairman of the Post shall be chairman, to assume the general management of the annual convention and delegate the detail work to sub committees, to be designated by the Executive Committee. The motion was adopted and the Chair- man named as such Committee J. N. Bradford, W. F. Blake, Henry Dawiey, L. M. Mills and Jas. B. Mclnnes. L. M. Mills was seleeted to act as Sec- retary of the Committee. THE SUB COMMITTEES At a subsequent meeting of the Execu- tive Committee, the following sub com- mittees were appointed: Finance and Soliciting—Geo. F. Owen, Chairman; H. B. Fairchild, Milton Fitch, Chas. Findlater, Chas. S. Brooks, Manley Jones, J. B. Orr. Invitation—P. H. Carroll, Chairman; E. C. Groesbeck, W. R. Foster, E. N. Thorne, W. Y. Barclay. Entertainment, Program and Banquet— B. G. VanLeuven, Chairman; F. M. Ty- ler, W. L. Freeman, H. L. Gregory, E. E. Stanton, G. F. Rogers, W. H. Pipp. Reception—J. A. Gonzalez, Chairman; W. H. Goodspeed, V. A. Jobnston, John Grotemat, S. V. DeGraaf, W. F. Wurz- burg, A. E. McGuire, D. E. MecVean, J. B. Evans, D. McWhorter, D. S. Haugh, H. A. Hudson, W. H. Jennings, C. Craw- ford, Frank Conlon, W. S. Canfield, F. E. Chase, H. N. Brandon, John Cummins, E. P. Dana, Frank Miles, W. A.-Van- Leuven, C. 1. Flynn, F. H. White, M. M. Mallory, Geo. F. Schumm, Capt. W. H. Sheller, John M. Shields, J. A. Massie, A. J. Quist, C. B. Parmenter, J. H. Rose- man, J. P. Reeder, J. E. Kenning, Ed. Huyge, E. H. Poole, W. F. Bowen, G. C. Oswald. Transportation—J. T. Flaherty, Chair- man; B.S. Davenport, A. S Doak, Peter Lankester, Sam. R. Evans, Badges—C. L. Lawton, Chairman; Jud Houghton, J. F. O. Reed. Decoration—E. E. Woolley, Chairman; Jos. Finkler, E. Kuyers, Henry Snitzeler, G. W. Stowitts. Music—W. E. Richmond, Chairman; J. A. Morrison, E. P. Andrew. Printing—A. D. Baker, Chairman; E. A. Stowe, F. W. Hadden, Geo. J. Hein- zelman, F. M. Atwood. Hotels—M. H. N. Raymond, Chairman; N. B. Clark, J. M. Fell, Harry vr. Win- chester, A. J. Cozzens. A meeting of all the committees is called at Elk’s Hall, Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p. m., sharp, and the chairmen of the several committees are requested to report progress as far as possible. J. N. BRapForpD, Chairman. L. M. MILLs, See’y. Executive Committee, >_> _____ From Out of Town. Calls have been received at Tue TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: J. W. Milliken, Traverse City. Thurston & Co., Central Lake. Julius Steinberg, Traverse City. Ross & Cooper, Charlevoix. D. Gale, Grand Haven. D. L. Worthington & Co., Mendon. J. W. Runner, Shelby. C. G. Pitkin, Whitehall. Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. J. L. Felton, Burnip’s Corners. Jos Raymond, Berlin. A. E. Me Culloch, Berlin. SS Rusiness men wil] have themselves to blame if trade is allowed to grow slack again. Let every individual and every house sell all the goods they can without regard to any of the other issues which are thrust upon them. Keep the wheels of the business of this great country in motion for a short time, replenish stocks, distribute goods, start consumption—and presently the weak and doubtful move- ment will be accelerated into a natural and powerful activity which will give permanent prosperity. WE BUY SuUndried and Evaporated APPLES HASTINGS & REMINGTON, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MOORE, SMITH & C0, 240 Devonshire St., BOSTON. We beg to inform the trade that we will be represented in Michigan and the West the coming season by rir. M. J. Rogan, (As the Successor of Mr. Viets.) Mr. Rogan expects to visit you soon with an unusually attractive line of STRAW HATS, both as re gards quality, style and price. We are giving especial attention toaline of EXTRA FINE STRAWS FOR MEN, among which will be the ENGLISH FINISH SPLITS; also, a line of CHILDREN’S GOODS, su- perior to anything on the market. A postal to Mr. Rogan at Kala- mazoo will at any time secure his immediate response. Taking this occasion to thank you for past favors, we hope to continue to merit your patronage and confi- dence. Respectfully yours, MOORE, SMITH & CO. Mr. Rogan will be at Sweet’s Hotel soon with nearly 500 samples of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Hats. Both styles and orices will be found O. K. % OYSTERS Solid Brand, Extra Selects, per can$ 28 Solid Brand, Selects, per can......, 26 Solid Brand, E. F., per can........ 22 Solid Brand, Standards, per can.... 20 Daisy Brand, Selects, per can...... 24 Daisy Brand, Standards, per can... 18 Daisy Brand, Favorites, per can.... 16 Best Baltimore Standards, per gal 1 10 The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices. Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made with green apples, very fine Se 1 00 oD 65 Mrs. Withey’s Condensed Mince Meat, the best made. 85 cents per doz. 3 doz. in case. Mrs. Withey’s bulk mince meat: A071) BAe, DEE PR 6 Rote Pane per 614 0-20 pale, por 64g Pure Cider Vinegar, per gallon.... 10 Pure Sweet Cider, per gallon...... 12 Fine Dairy Butter, per pound...... 20 Fresh Egos) per Goz..... |... 2... 17 Fancy 300 Lemons, per box........ 4 50 Extra Choice, 300 lemons per box.. 4 00 Extra Choice, 360 lemons per box.. 3 50 Choice 300 Lemons, per box....... 3 50 Choice 360 Lemons, per box....... 3 50 EDWIN FALLAS, Oyster Packer and Manufacturer. VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE, Grand Rapids, Mich. Are You Selling Muskegon Bakery Grackers (United States Baking Co.) Are Perfect Health Food. There area great many Butter Crackres on the Market—only one can be best—-that is the original Muskegon Bakery Butter Cracker. Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use. Muskegon Toast, ALWAYS Nine Ro\val Fruit Biscuit, ASK Other Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR Ieed Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER Great Jelly Turnovers, FOR Specialties Ginger Snaps, MUSKEGON Are Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S Muskegon Branch, CAKES and Mlik Luneh CRACKERS United States Baking Co. LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, Muskegon, Mich. *, Hunting Season iS upon us agents for all We g Ammunition. are the leading lines of Guns and Winchester, Marlin, Remington and Colt’s Guns always in stock. We shall try and keep our assortment complete, and hope to secure the trade of Western Michigan on this line of goods, ” OSTERZT EVENS & CG: MoT Ce Oysters OLD RELIABLE ANSHOR BRAND All orders receive prompt attention at lowest market price. See quotations in Price Current, RF. J. DETTENTHALER. 117 and 119 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Reduced Prices on Mammoth Store Lamps. Mammoth Banner. 20 inch Tin Shade 14 inch White Dome Shade Sas... 2 50 2 7 ae. 3 ie 3 00 Globe Incandescent. a. 2 io 3 00 Nees ee 3 00 3 20 Mammoth Rochester. Pease) 3 75 3 00 Meee 3 00 3 25 Mammoth Pittsburgh. ea 3 00 3 25 j / 3 2 > oO 4 No. 06229 Mammoth Rochester. Complete with spring extension and 14 inch white dome shade (like cut) } SE 4 50 / _—......LCtt:.CUC a TD Mammoth Chimneys. by box Open Stock Rochester Lime. ................. © 20 doz. 1 50 doz. mc enecter Filet. ...........:..... 1 40 Li Incandescent Lime........ oe L 30 eg incang@escent Fiimt......._...__.. 1, is | a No. 05229 Mammoth Rochester Warning! To Merchants and Dealers throughout the United States and Territories Using Scales. The trade are warned against using any infringements on WEIGHING AND PRIGE SCALES and COMPUTING AND PRICE SCALES, as we will protect our rights and the rights of our General Agents under Letters Patent of the United States issued in 1881, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1891, 1893 and 1894, and we will prosecute all infringers to the full exten I g t ot the law. The simple using of scales that infringe upon our patents makes the user liable to prosecution, and the importance of buying and using any other COMPUTING AND PRICE SCALES than those manufactured by us and bearing our name and date of patents, and thereby incurring liability to prosecution for infringement, is apparent. Respectfully, The Computing Scale Co., DAYTON, OHIO, U. S. A.