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Elise was a little French-Canadian girl, brown of hair, eyes and skin. She did not, however, impress one as being dark, because her lips and cheeks were so red, her eyes were so full of dancing light, and her waving hair caught such sunny tints in every curve that the brown in ber skin was quite overpowered by all this brillianecy. She was small and grace- fully formed, and her quick, decided movements were full of health and vigor. She was beautiful, but wholly uncon- scious of her beauty. Her parents were poor habitants. When she was a little child her mother died, but her father soon provided a step- mother, who brought her up with sharp, industrious habits, and who, without be- ing exceptionally cruel, never wasted time in advising or caressing Elise into good behavior when a blow would settle the question so much more quickly, and, to her way of thinking, just as effectu- ally. She went with her father and mother regularly to mass, but was never sent to school. She received her first commun- ion at the proper age, and was properly prepared for it. Her step-mother as- sumed her part of the responsibility on the great occasion, and saw that she was suitably dressed. The new white robe and veil, the wreath of white flowers, the procession of little girls, the May sun- shine and May joyousness of bird, field and wood, and the strange sensation of veing an important person for that one day, she never forgot. She never had that sensation again until after many years, and then it was almost as brief. Neither of Elise’s parents could read, and they saw noreason why she should learn. Indeed, her intellectual life gave them no thought, and if it had, they would only have been bewildered. Her spiritual training they left chiefly to their priest; but he, poor man, had a large parish—he had much baptizing, marrying and burying to do, many masses to say, and, in short, so many souls to look after, that all had to shape themselves under a collective treatment, and rest on very elementary but respect- ful notions of religion. So Elise grew up. When she was six- teen her father died. Her step-mother— still a young woman—sold their little farm, and, after making with Elise an unequal division of the proceeds, went to ‘tthe States’? to work in a factory. The two parted company without regret on either side, and when the mother emi- grated, Elise, with forty dollars securely hidden in her little trunk, left her native parish and went to Quebec to becomea servant. When she came to us she had been nearly two years in the city, and, having lived in families where, in an indirect way, she had learned much of the polite world, we found her well trained and efficient, while she prided herself upon her superior manners and language. We used often to wonder what Elise might have made if she had been educa- ted; she was so bright and capable, so| Elise in the social scale, and evidently a adaptable and full of tact. one merry song after another in a fresh young voice which hinted at almost any scope. She never tried its full compass, but contentedly sang over and over the simple songs she had easily learned from others, often, though,improving upon both words and music. We listened and said Elise would perhaps have made a singer. And when, as we often allowed her to do, she would tell us some story of coun- try life, aiding her fluent speech with many expressive gestures and filling the recital with the most delightful mimicry, then we would say that Elise would have made a capital actress. Butno one of us ever thought that Elsie would makea nun. About her there was none of the holy fervor and gentle exaltation with which the cloistered ones seem always surrounded. She was gay, light-hearted, high-tempered and practical; and though she went regularly to church, she used to weep upon holy days—triste, because forced to be idle. Before Elise came to us her romance had begun. She had met her lover, and one day she hinted as much to me; and, upon my showing the interest which I could not help feeling, she was em- boidened to fly up to her room and bring me his photograph to look at. “But, Elise,’? 1 exclaimed, shocked that the elegant looking man whose pho- tograph I held should be an acquaintance of our little servant, ‘the looks like a gen- tleman.”’ “He is a gentleman, answered, proudly. “And how did you come to know him ?” She had met him a few months before when returning from a visit to her old home. They had traveled together in the country stage, had crossed the river together, and he had walked with her to the house of her friend, where she al- ways stayed when out of a situation. Monsieur was not, at all proud, al- though a gentleman, and by the time he said good-night they knew each other very well. Now often he joined them on their way home from church and they spent the evening playing cards. One Sunday night, when her friend had given a ball, he had come and danced, and, oh, he danced so beautifully! And at that ball he had said Elise danced like a lady and spoke French like a Parisienne, and that evening he had given her his photo- graph. Icould not get up much enthusiasm over Monsieur ——, but I said he was handsome and I hoped he was good. ‘*Ah, oui, madame, he is very good,’’ she exclaimed. She was so naturally shrewd, and by instinct such a respectable girl, that I did not feel obliged to warn her further. After this she was gayer than ever and sang from morning till nigbt. I was somewhat relieved, upon questioning her, to find that her hero was not quite a “gentleman,” but still was yastly above madame,”’? she All day we man of education and means. could hear her singing about her work | This dis- covery made me muck more reconciled to the acquaintance; for, considering Elsie’s unusual beauty and general charm of manner, it would not be so very im- probable that the hero was honest in his attentions to her. I was not, therefore, entirely unprepared for an announce- ment which Elise made the following month with many smiles and great satis- faction. Monsieur had asked her to marry him, and, as she had promised to do so, I would please look for ancther girl. She could not say just when they were to be married—Monsieur —— had not yet told her, but she would know soon. My congratulations were real, and I entered heartily into her plans; { even gave myself up to imagining our little damsel in a different sphere, and wonder- ing into what her quick-witted nature would develop itself. In the early part of the winter she asked for a few days in which to pay a visit to her country friends. Her lover had relatives in the same parish, and would take her there as soon as the sleigh- ing was good. Of course, I could only give her permission to go. At the appointed time she departed in high spirits for her friend’s house, where her lover was to meet her. A more radiantly happy face than hers I never saw. I remember it weil, because, when she returned, it had lost so much of its brightness. It wore a puzzled ex- pression, and, althongh she resumed her work with her usual willingness, she did not sing quite as cheerily as of old. I waited for her to tell me the cause of the change, and I had not long to wait. One morning, when I had finished giv- ing my orders for the day, she said, rather fretfully, as she busied herself about the room: “There is a great difference since I came back.”’ “In what ?”’ I asked. ‘‘In the kitchen, madame.” “Oh, well, Elise, you will not be here long. You must allow Georgine a little liberty in arranging the kitchen; she will soon take your place, you know,’’ I re- plied, laughing. Elise still looked worried. ‘‘And when are you going to leave me, Elise ?” *‘I do not know.” ‘I hope you have not had a quarrel with your fiance.” *‘No, madame.”’ She was silent for a time, and I was preparing to leave when she added: “I will not leave you just madame,’’ ‘Very well, Elise,’’? I answered; ‘‘you can keep your place as long as you wish.”’ That evening, as she was on her way to bed, she knocked at my door, and, finding me alone, asked if she might come in, as she had something to tell me, and at once reverted to the conversation of the morning. yet, ry re eee fb nd shin DU Et a ~ 4 , —s Tas MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Monsieur had told her not to tell any one, but—she was puzzled—she did not know what to think—and, per-| haps, madame would tell her, but would tell no one else, I promised to advise her as well as | could. She moved her candle from one hand to the other and stood thoughtfully lock- ing at the flame. “Sit down, Elise, and tell me what fs troubling you.” She took a chair near me, and, setting down her light, said, attera pause, in which she decided how to begin: **Monsieur finds we cannot be Married as soon as we thought—we shall have to wait—”’ “Well, that often happens; but you have your place here, so you have noth- ing to do but stay on.” “*‘But—Monsieur says we may have to wait long—and—he does not want me to work; he says he will pay my board with friends across the river, where | can sew upon my trousseau as much as | wish, and can have all my time to amuse myseif—but I do not know whether | wish to go; I do not like to be 80 idle.’ ‘‘And what is the trouble, Elise ?”’ “A long time ago he lived in the States and while he was there he—he—was married.” “But his wife is dead 2” I queried. *‘No, madame.”’ “Well, then, he cannot marry you.”’ ‘But his wife is not in Canada. The States are a long, jong distance from Quebec. He says it will not make any difference atter a while.” **But it will make a difference, Elise, you poor girl. Can’t you understand 2”? She looked troubled. “He says no one knows. He has never told his father nor even his con- fessor. The woman dves not know where he is; ke has not-seen her fora long time, and he will never tell any one.”’ **He is a bad man, Elise. I have been afraid of that from the first. Don’t let him deceive you. Don’t see him again.”’ “He is not bad, madame. If the woman lived in Quebec, then I know he would be bad, very bad, indeed, but she lives in the States.” ‘People are lawful and good in the States as well as in Canada,” | cried, with loyal indignation. ‘But, madame, he tells me that there a@ Man may marry, and, if he does not wish to, he need not live with his wife, and can marry again.” “That is if he has been divorced. But you Catholics do not believe in divorce, and, if this fellow has obtained oue, then he is a bad Catholie. Auyhow, he is a bad man.” This was too much. Elise might have forgiven my assertion that he was a bad map, but she cvuld not overlook the doubt of him as a good Catholic, and she cried out, with protest in red cheeks and flashing eyes: “It is ashame! Heis a good Catholic! He goes regularly to confession and to Mass every Sunday. I will not stay with you any longer.’’ **Where will you go?” “I will find Adolphe and tell him what you have said.” “You will Elise 2?” **He is not—that.” go to a married man, ‘‘No, madame, that would be a sin. That woman has never been in Quebec. You are cruel to me.”? And poor little Elise covered her flushed face with her toil-stained hands, and the tears began to fall in an angry torrent. I knew when the rain began io fall that the worst of the storm was over, and | quietly waited. She sobbed sadly for a time, then, gradually growing calmer, consented to listen while | argued the case with her. By very slow dezrees she beeame reasonable. Her natural goodness made a brave fizht with the most depivrableiguorance and stupid prejudice, aud at last triumphed. But it was pathetic to hear her exclaim in heart-broken tones: “Then [ can never, never be a lady. I must always bea servant until L marry sumeone who is also aservant! He was sO grand and handsome, and a gentle- man. Why have you made me give him up 7”? Then I tried to cheer her by promises of assistance in anything she wished to undertake, if she did not want to remain a servant, { told her of the things | thought her capable of doing. We taiked until there came a reaction to her xrief, and when, at a late hour, she bade me good-night, her face wore almost its wonted brightness. { had not been able lo get Ler to aspire beyoud the occupa- tion of dressmaker. After deciding upon that she at once saw herzelf providing vail and wedding dresses for happier girls than herself, and drew great con- sulation therefrom. In the morning all ner excitement was gone; she was sad and listless, with every now and then a shower of tears. ‘“Jh, madame, I was so happy! [ was happy all day when | thought whata for tunate girl 1 was to be loved by a gentle- man from the grand world. Wien | went out with him all my friends treated me as if I had been the queen—ah, it was so delightful !”? 1 pitied her and condoled with her, and added fuel to the flame of wrath which was beginning to show itselt against the offender. She begged to see h.m once more in order to reproach him as he deserved. I granted this request, vut I fear poor Elise was not as brave as she intended to be, and that her gentle- man lover was not at all frizhtened by her litile fury, for she came back from the interview utterly dispirited and beart-broken. He had been very, very angry with her for telling me, and had laughed at her when she threatened him with madame’s interference should he 1zain attempt to persuade her to marry him. There is a certain distinction in misery while it is new, but when it becomes an every-day affair that is gone. There is too much sorrow, perplexity and sin in the world to admit of their victim differ- ivg greatly from his or her fellow-mor- tals. So poor little Elise soon dropped back to her old level—not into her old place, however; that seemed never again to fither. The content she felt before the grand Monsieur came to he- wilder her with dreams of splendor and a changed estate never came again. She cooked, washed dishes and scrubbed, but, as she frequently told me, there was always “‘une grande difference.” Her work often drove her, and this fact added to her humiliation. With tears in her eyes she lamented to me over it. *‘Has he been divorced ?” Saturday evening never used to find her with anything but the most speckless | Kitchen: now—now—but madame knaw | Without being told that it was after mid- night before her work was really fio- ished. At last the time came when Elise could bear her present life no longer, and, after much talk and thought, concluded to become a sewing girl. I did not see her for several weeks after she left me, and when at last she came [| could scarcely believe that the tired, worn- luoking girl could be the blithe little songstress who used to fiit about our kitchen. The change extended farther than mere outward appearances; she was reticent and guarded when I asked her about her surroundings. I saw she was unhappy, aud thinking she, perhaps, re- gretted leaving me, but was too proud to tell me so, L said to her that when she was tired of sewing [ wanted her back in my kitchen, as she was sadly missed there. Even this little bit of flattery was uot responded to by her old gay smile. She thanked me, but said she could never come back now. During our interview 1 learned that she had rented a room in the house of an acqu intance and was boarding herself, as she found her earn- ings insufficient to pay her board. I at once told her to come regularly and get what was left from our table. The eagerness with which she accepted this fer couvinced me that ber hunger was sreater than her pride. As the bitter- ness of the Quebee winter grew daily more intense, she louked paler and more poverty-stricken each time [ saw her, vut she was still too proud to come back to me and her old associates, with a sense of failure upon her. One wretched day, just as the stiil eold was filling the steely air with the deathly chill of evening, 1 heard poor little Elise’s voice in the lower hall. {summoned her to come up to me, where [ sat alone before a glowing fire. “Come, warm yourself, Elise,’ [ said as she entered. She drew near the fire and spread out her cold hands, but had nothing to say except to reply to my questions. She glanced around the room and seemed to let the warm com- fort encompass her, and her now habit- ually sad face softened as her eyes grew dim with tears. ‘Elise, tell me what is the matter with you,’’ I entreated. “Nothing, madame—only—I wish I were dead.”’ “Oh, Elise! You must not wish that. Are you in any new trouble?” ‘No, madame, but all day I work (when I can get work), and often I am uungry—and | am too poor to have a fire —and at night lam cold. 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She did not come, however, and fearing she might be sick, I went in the afternoon to inquire at her lodgings. I was admitted by a poorly dressed woman, who led the way to the kitchen, which was the one warm room the house af- ‘forded. It was clean and tidy, like its mistress. She could have answered my questions in a few words, for she really knew very little of Elise; but she was voluble, unsympathetic, and full of in- sinuations. Elise had returned about dark, accom- panied by agentleman. They had talked long at the door, and when at last Elsie entered she had gone at once to ber room, where she remained some time, and then had come hurriedly down and had gone out without speaking to any one in the house. That was the last my informant had seen of her; she bad been up till midnight with a sick child, and so knew that Elise had not returned. In the morning she had gone to Elise’s room to see if anything had been stolen, but all of her property was safe. The girl had left all her best clothes in a bundle upon her bed. She had worn away a working dress. That was all she knew of Elise, and—with a shrug—all she wished to know; still, as 1 seemed inter- ested, if she could learn anything more | should be told. It was late the following winter before I heard anything more; then news came from an unexpected source. I was one;day;summoned to the parlor to receive two nuns. They had been sent, they said, by the Mother Superior, with the permission of their bishop, to invite me to witness the next morning the taking of the veil by several young girls. One of these had asked that I, as her only friend, might be present at the ceremony. Of course, 1 was curious to know who had thus singled me out to witness the sad spectacle of a young girl renouncing forever the world and its brightness, and I was told that her name was Elise ; Occasionally we hear thankfully of the death of a dearly-loved friend for whom this life seems to hold so much more tempest than calm. With such a feeling I heard of Elise’s death to the world. Often during the winter I had looked at the great cakes of ice riding up and down with the tide of the St. Lawrence and wondered if she lay somewhere beneath them. In spite of the insinuations of most of ber late companions, I could never feel that anything worse than death had befallen her. And now that I knew she was alive and secure in one of the fastnesses-of her religion, I re- joiced in a manner quite bewildering to my guests, who could scarcely under- stand how a Protestant could so heartily approve of Elise’s decision. Before it was light the following morn- ing | was on my way to the convent with afriend. The already deep snow had been added to during the night by a fall of several inches, that shrouded the faintly-burning lamps along. the way. Occasionally from a door would emerge a servant girl, who would flit along like a shadow toward one of the churches in which an early mass was already being said. Except for these, and a few habitants driving to market, and now and then a policeman returning home from his night’s duty, the old city slept peace- fully, its rest unbroken by any sound save the dull thunder of a snow-slide from some high roof. Even when, full of the excitement of our early walk and its cause, we reached the convent, no sign of life disturbed the death-like stillness which hung over everything. A freshly-shoveled path, Jeading to the main entrance, attested the fact that some one had been astir be- fore us. We pushed the door open and found ourselves in the corridor. It was warm, but as deserted as the streets. We were not wholly unfamiliar with the place, so we commenced a search, which was finally rewarded by the discovery of the chaplain, who sent an. attendant to find us placesin the chapel from which we could have a good view into the in- terior of the convent. Our coming was not too early, and we were only begin- ning to feel rested and warm, when, far off along a distant corridor, came the sound of girlish voices, in sweet, though monotonous, chant. Two by two came the convent charity girls, and after them, with the cross held high above their heads, came the procession of nuns, also chanting. Their somber habits and veils shrouded their forms heavily, and the stiff linen about their faces gave them a ghostly look, which was height- ened by the light from the flaring can dies which they earried. Still behind followed the candidates for final admis- sion to the community. Each downcast face was astudy; but one, of course, 1 scanned more eagerly than the others. Poor little Elise. Some months before she had made her first vows, consequently her dress was already that of a part of the sisterhood, and it served effectually to transform her. I cannot say that she faltered, for convent discipline allows no worldly sorrow or mourning. But, though she walked erect, and her step was firm and light, her eyes, when they met mine, told me that her soul drooped. Those pretty dark eyes had lost the sunny light which used to sparkle through her long lashes. Now they were filled with a starry light as if the poor child looked only Heavenward. The wild rose-bloom was gone from her face, and the lips, which once so readily curved into smiles, were fixed and tired. She looked long and steadily at me as she and the other postulantes advanced toward the altar where their vows were to be made. It waz a look of inquiry, and my eyes an- swered it. When it came her turn to speak, her vows were uttered in soft musical tones, and there was not a tremorin them. The life upon which she was entering held no great gloom for her. The narrow world which she was leaving had lost its brightness, and with- out sunshine she could not live. In the convent she would find hard work, since her lack of education debarred her from the pleasanter task of teaching; but she loved work, and the convent gave her a shelter, so she would be content. Its discipline would be accepted by a certain hard element in her nature, and her re- ligious duties, although irksome to her, would form a part of the sacrifices which she had been taught would be good for her soul. So, although she would no longer live, she would exist in safety, and that was all she asked. Her vows were made; she had received vanished, chanting, and Elise was dead Earth, air, fire and water. to the world. These they called elements or simple bodies, and in As is customary, each newly-made|all of them they saw strange things religieuse received her friends in the par- | lor after the ceremony was over, and I went thither with others. Elise, now Sister Saint Antoine, was waiting for me. Her hands, which would never again be clasped in hand of friendship or love, were meekly folded, half hidden by her cumbersome sleeves, and her face wore the conventional expression of the nun— not always the expression of the good, but that of the quiet, woman. An older nun sat near, and Elise spoke only of things in which neither of us felt the slightest interest. Our interview was short, and as she rose to withdraw she asked me to remain a moment, as the Mother wished to speak with me. A moment later an elderly nun came into the room, and after a few polite and graceful sentences, said: ‘“Sceur St, Antoine has this morning asked of me the favor of seeing you alone, in order to tell you what has passed in her life since last she saw you. It was so evidently the greatest wish of her heart that—as she is entering upon a life of sacrifice and self-renunciation—l have felt that it was fitting for her to be denied the pleasure, and so make an early sacrifice in accordance with her vows. In order, however, that no sus- picion may rest upon one of our com- munity, 1 have promised to tell you this much for her—she has always led a pure and honest life. It would doubtless have been a great pleasure for her to have told you this herself, but madame knows ours is not a life of pleasure.’’ The good Mother had, without doubt, made so wany sacrifices during her con- ventual life that ske did not at this moment feel it fitting to entirely sub- merge the woman in the nun and deny herself the pleasure of giving informa- tion, so she rambled on ip easy chat. She told me how upon that bitter winter night Elise had come, heart-broken and desolate, just as the convent doors were closing for the night, and begged them to take her in. Before they slept the whole life of the young girl was known to her, and she was convinced that it had been an honest though a light and gay one. The supplicant told her how, after her lover had left her at the door of her lodgings, she had flown to her room and prayed to the good St. Antoine to find for her the path in which she should hence- forth waik. Perhaps madame, being a Protestant, did not know that Saint Antoinede Padone never failed to find whatever was lost. He had found the path for the poor child, and it led to the convent. She had hurriedly gathered her worldly belongings together, and donning her poorest garments, in order to leave her landiady full value for her lodgings, had fled, leaving no trace be- hind her. And so Elise’s worldly life had ended. ANNIE HOWELLS TRECHETTE. ee The Men Who Were Curious. Some of them lived long ago when the world was young, before men_ had studied so deeply into it and about it, and their minds were filled with wonder and awe at the mysteries they saw all around them, some of which are plain enough tous now, but others remain mysteries still. To these men all things were plainly the nun’s kiss; the girls and nuns had' divided into four classes of matter: } which they could not understand. They spoke of the elements ‘‘warring’’? with one another when they saw fire in the form of lightring flash through the air, when the storm wind whirled up the dust from the earth, and the waters of the sea dashed furiously shore. against the But there were other changes, unceas- ing changes, more impressive even than the storm, though they were silent and slow. Why did the fire consume the wood and change it, apparently, into air; and why will it not burn when the air is shut off from it? Why does the tree decay and disappear from sight when it falis? Why is the water falling from the cloud more softand pure than that flowing in the stream, and why does sea-water leave a white salt when evaporated? Why is one plant a cure for disease, while another growing beside it is a deadly poison? Why do some bits of earth keep always bright and hard, while others soon grow dull and crumble away ? When innumerable questions such as these, which our boys and girls ask every day, were brought up in those days, there were none could answer. So these men of noble curiosity set themselves to observe, investigate and experiment on these secrets of nature, and were called Alchemists (people who look into hidden things), from an old Arabic word which means hidden or secret. it is claimed by many that this name was derived from a Greek word meaning juice of plants. If this is true itis still appropriate, for one of the first things the alchemists studied was the medicinal properties of plants that they might Know ‘‘all that was healing and sweet in field or wood,’’ for they were tbe physi- cians as well as the chemists of their times. There is something almost pathetic in the picture of these men in their plain garb, working patiently under all their disadvanatges, hoping against repeated disappointments, giving anxious days and sleepless nights to toil, ouly to find, in many cases, their labors fruitless. It makes one almost quiver to see how near they often were to some great truth —some fact that would throw a flood of light into their dim researches, but how often they missed it from the lack of some simple underlying principle of which they were ignurant. The want of suitable implements was also a great hindrance in their work. In- stead of the complete apparatus for con- ducting all sorts of experiments, which we have in our laboratories and work- shops now, their utensils were of the rudest pattern, and they had not the means for obtaining accurate weights and measures—an important part of scien- tific investigation. Notwithstanding all these obstacles men worked on year after year, life aft- er life, one taking up the thread where another dropped it, each generation gaining new light and leaving those who followed to profit, not only by their dis- coveries, but also by their mistakes, Great discoveries came slowly in the scientific world, and it was only at long intervais that startling revelations were made; but the unveiling of one mystery opened the way to many others, so that in the course of many hundreds of years a great confused mass of facts relating to natural science had become known, and the knowledge was often applied to use- ful purposes, which is art—knowledge applied to practice; but itis only within the last century or two that these dis- connected and scattered truths have been gathered up and united so as to form one clearly defined body, which is science—knowledge systematized. Time has changed the name alchemy, through some variations, to chemistry, as we now write it, but the science is still full of hidden riches, and the chem- ist is still the man who looks into its secrets. MarGaret E. Houston. 2 A GH SORIRERS CE Miveirocetae Riehio% Pins ey ene onsenen AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.. Quiney—H. ©. Barnes, of Barnes & Son, meat dealers, is dead. Mt. Pleasant—Wm. Taylor has opened @ new boot and shoe store. Otsego—Marcus Gregor will remove his dry goods stock to Lansing Jan. 1. Buchavan—S. A. Wood has purchased the tinshup business of M. Lyon & Co. Battle Creek—W. C. Pueips succeeds S. Puelps & Son in the grocery business. Bay City—Edward L. Tenny succeeds Tenny & Fires in the grocery business. Pittsfourd—Wormley & Long succeed Nickley & Woimley in the grocery busi- ness. Big Rapids—J. W. Blakeley & Co. suc- ceed J. W. Biakeiey in the grocery busi- ness. South Lake Linden—J. Hosking & Co. succeed J. S. Slonaker in the meat busi- ness. Weidman—J. A. Damvun has removed his drug stock trum Hubbardston tu this piace. New Haven—J. C. Bently has removed his grocery business trum Meade to this piace. Scottville—J. Alter has removed his Crockery stuck trum Ludingiun ww this piace. Three Rivers—Frank Bude has pur- Chased the fruit vusiness uf Bunatigiio & Larose. Fuiton—Bartshe & Siiburn have pur- Chased the harness vusiness of Frank Griggs. Detroit—Jas. Craig, of the firm ot Jas. Craig & Sen, whulesale fist deaiers, is aead. Hviiaud—Brink & Kool, dealers, have dissvived, Mr. Brink sue- ceeding. Kaiamazoo—Wellington Crymer has sold his grucery business tov J. A. Sprague. Detruii— Beach & Co., jewelers, have dissuived, Murgan Beacu coutinuing tue busiuess. Jackgun—L. G. Lockwood & Co. sue- ceed Kamage & Co. in the cval and woud business. Battle Creek—C. E. Biashfield sue- ceeds Biasuficid & Sterntieid in the gro- cery business. Fiat Kuck—S. S. Potter, of S. S. Pot- ter & Sun, furniture dealers and under- takers, is dead. Eaton Kapids—Smith & Crane succeed J.O. Smith in the agricuitural imple- ment business. Hart—Noret Bros, succeed E. A. Noret in the hardware and agricultural impie- ment business. Frankfort—Geo. L. Darby has re- moved his harness business from Guble- ville to this place. Fennville—Jonkman & Dykema have removed their clothing stock from Saug- atuck to this place. Rockford—W. W. Weed has removed to this place from Belding and opened a bakery and restaurant. Constantine—Raup & Hayman, grocery dealers, have dissolved, Arthur D. Raup continuing the business. McBain—Miller & Morsman arg suc- ceeded by Miller & Lodewyk in the cigar manufacturing business. Bloomingdale—E. J. Merrifield has rented his sawmill to Little & Bro. of Berlamont, who will remove their ma- chinery for cutting lath, pickets and hingles to this place. hardware IHE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Butternut—O. C. Martin, dealer in! hardware and agricultural implements, has been closed by his creditors. Port Huron—The notion and fancy 80vuds stuck belonging tou Edgar C. Buice | has been closed on chattel mortgage. Fenton—C. H. Fuster has opened anew shove store at Northville. He will spend his time between Fenton and Northville. Lowell—W. R. Blaisdell & Co. have purchased the hardware stock of L. F. Severy & Sun aud are rubpning both slures, Piainwell—Powers & Co. have sold their grocery stock to W. A. Lasher, ot Deitun, woo will continue the business at the same location. Jacksun— fue Manufacturers’ Shoe Co. will shortly muve intv mure Cumuudivus quarters lb tue buliding at present vccu- pied by Cuuk, Suniin & Keidner. Howard City—August bubrmau has puiChased Lhe stuck uf vuVvIs aud shues futiieriy owned by Hallock & Tuan and ue Wilt Cullinue Lue business as heretu- ture. Sarryton—Plato, Renwick & Co. have vpeued Lueir yeueral stuie bere aud ex- peel lu Colupiele Lueir sawmill su as tu Ueki) Upelalivus lo ils Lull Capacily in tlic spilng. Veitvii—Messrs. Titus & Thompson, Micuigau avelue vuvi aud slve Ucaiels, Have telhuved Lueir sluck auu fixtures tu Mayvilie. Lhey fepurt luat the change Has brought an improvement. Loweli—Tue C. G. Stove & Son dry Sv0ds SLucK Was bid i al assignee’s saie vy Margs Ruven, Frauk KF. King aud Gev. H. Furce, woe will coutimue the Musibess under Lhe styie uf Marks Kuven & Cu. draverse City—B. H. Kuse has re- moved lu Suerman and takeu PUssessiuL uf his vid Lardware vusiliess there. His sun, Sluugiitun Ruse, will cuntinue im charge Of the drug sture uf B. H. Kose & Sun here. Negaunee—Knox & Willner is the uame of @ bew shue firm at this place. ie stuck was removed trom Green Bay. Mr. Wiliner has several stores in Michi gan and Wiscunsin and will divide his lime between them. Freeport—Atter invoicing and sus- pending business fur ten days, W. H. Pardee conciuded that he did not wants. C. Woulett’s stock of general merchandise. Mr. Woolett thereupon resumed busi- hess again at the old stand. Traverse City—Frank Hamilton has merged his clothing business into a stock cumpany under the style of the Hamiiton Clothing Co. The incorporators are Frank Hamilton, Eva Hamilton, J. W. Milliken and B. H. Bracken. Dougias—H. A. McDunald has con- cluded not to remove his dry goods and grocery stock to Fennville after all. He had leased a store building and residence at that place, but circumstances over which he had no control compelled him to change his plans. Kalamazoo—When Aaron Zunder, manager of the West End grocery, opened his store last Friday morning he found that the place had been robbed. The thief had taken a window pane out with his jackknife and, reaching in, the spring was easily pushed back. One half dozen silver knives, forks and spoons, a large amount of coffee and two boxes of cigars were taken. It is evident that the large amount of petty thieving which has been reported lately is done by the same! On every vecasion the invader’ party. has neatly taken out a window pane and pushed back the spring. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Lakeview—The Stebbins manufactur- ‘ing Co. is erecting a new factory build- ing. 38x80 feet in dimensions and two} | stories high. Dowagiac—The Round Oak _ stove works will soon use electricity as eee power. The dynamos will be located at | a@ water power five miles away, the cur- rent to be carried by heavy copper wires to the plant, where it will also be used as a commercial lighting circuit. Muskegon—The Loescher Tannery Co. has sold $20.000 of its capital stock to | Chas. Junge, of Cnicago, thus increasing the capital stock from $75,000 to $95.000. The fresh capital will enable the company to complete its plant so as to begin opera- tions with a full force about Jan. 1. Cheboygan—Quay & Son have manu- factured 12,000,000 sbingles and shut down. The mill will be stocked for an- other season. The cut of the selton & Reid mill is estimated at 16,000,000 feet. The Cueboygan Lumber Co.’s mill will be operated until about the end of the month. Euwardsburg—The employes of the Michigan Furnace Cv., not having been paid for some time, quit work and at- tached a quantity of covk stoves the company had on hand. The company finally secured money and paid the wen, and work was resumed with a full force Monday. Bay City—Articles of association have been filed by the Alta Cooperage Co. Che object of the company is to manu- facture, buy and sell staves, heading, hoops and other cooperage stock. It will also carry on a mercantile business, buying and selling dry goods, groceries, provisions, hardware, boots and shves, and otber goods usually carried in a gen- eral store. The stock is placed at $10,000, divided into 1,000 shares. The following are the stockholders and the amount of stock each one owns: M. A. Trowbridge, Saginaw, 500 shares; P. L. Sherman, Bay City, 490 shares; Mrs. Hattie C. Sherman, Bay City, 10 shares. Manistee—Buyers of hemlock are lay- ing in all they can raise the money to pay for at present figures. A good many of the manufacturers, however, those who do not need the room, are convinced that hemlock is going to be good property next spring, and are holding onto what } Finest in the Land. The famous Anchor brand of oysters, with which Mr, F. J. Dettenthaler has been feeding the peovle for the past ten years, are oo the market this season in larger shipments than ever, and for Thanksgiving trade orders should be in- creased as early as_ possible. if, by chance, you have never tried them, send him a trial order to 117 and 119 Monroe Street. Fresh goods are received daily by express from Baltimore and the trade is supplied promptiy in bulk orcans. See quotations ib price current, _ OS The best remedy tor the dislike we feel tuwards avy Oue is tu eudeavor to iry aud du them a littie goud every day; the best cure for their disiike to us is to try aud speak Kiudly of them. > PRUVLUD Mannwa App es—The market is still strengthening, due to the fact that pour stuCa is pretty wuch ail worked off Faucy Junathaus command $4 per tbs. aud spys, Baldwins aud Greexings are in fairdemaud at s-. per bol. Beaus—still stiong -nd hard to get, owing to conutiuuance of damp weather, which interfers with threshing. Handlers Pay $..2541.s0 for cuuntry picked, ho.ding city picked at $1.s0p 4 cutter The demand is good, albeit butterine is Culting into the suie of the genuine, tukiug ils pince ailogether where it os not poussibie to obtain genuiue xouds. Daily commands isqg2ce, white creamery is in fuir dew ind at #3y25e, ac- coi ding tu quality, Beels—Not euvugh demand to establish price. Cabbage—The price rauges froin $3 per lus for beststuck dowu tu gi per ivy for Common. The crop in this vicinity turus out to be unusually la. ge. Cauliflowers—‘5e per doz. fur choice stock. Celery—Is held by deuiers at 124¢ per doz, Egg Plout—Tue marset price is $1.50 per doz. Eggs—Str.ctly fresh are very had ty get and readily Cou.mund 0c per doz. Picklers are be- ginuing tu take out their stock, holding at ! monthly and expen ses orcom. If offersatisfactory address at once . the counection. M. J. Rogan (Moore, Smith & Co.) is now making a tour of the principal cities of Illinois, at the conclusion of which he will go to Boston to obtain his felt hat samples. He will return to Kalamazoo for Thanksgiving and for the next six weeks will cover the principal cities of Michigan with his full line of samples. Geo. A. Reynolds, Treasurer of the Michigan Knizhis of the Grip, requests Tue TRADESMAN to state that the letter, recently published in this journal, stat- | ing that Saginaw Post had endorsed the (with particulars e¢ nce ning yourself. U. S Chemical Works, Chicago. 608 PLANING MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE j the North side Planing Mill, which is first- | class in every respect, or will receive proposi- | tior sto locate the business in some other thriv- ingtown. Correspondence and Inspection solic- ited, Sheridan. Bovee « ‘ o., Manistee, Mich. 613 EARLY NEW K#AR-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 Compeny. 100 Louis st... Grand Rapids. 554 ss rED— VERY DRUGGIST JUST starting I) bu-iness and every o e already started ty use our system of poi-on laels, What has cost you #15 you can now get for 31 "our- teen labels do the work of 113. Tradesman Company, Grand Kapids, en i ts incr os casas 2 ene ae eee Prete te os 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SIX LETTERS TO a CLERK--VI. A Permanent Situation. An Old Merchant in Hardware. Among ail clerks, my dear Tom, there is a feeling that, sooner or later, they are to be members of the firm and dving business tor themselves. That every young man should luok forward to this, Should use all his energy to push himseif into such a posttion, is very natural and all for the best, but you will not have to look far among the business houses on your street to see that, at the vest, the percentage of clerks who become mer- chants is not large. You will see gray headed men at work over the books aud among the stock, who are clerks, and who have been cierks all their lives. There are very plain reasons for this State of things. The largest houses In trade have not been built up by a firm composed of several men; even though there may have been several names in the firm, you wili find that there is one among them who really was as much director and master as if his partners were only so many Clerks. Aud instead of thinking to your- Self that these men must have been “soft”? to ailuw themselves to be thus controlied, you may put it down to their credit that they were wise enough toe let} the best man lead. A wise merchant wants just as few partners as he can Possibly vet along with. If he has genius for his trade he Can invent for the others to carry out, but oftentimes the carrying out can be dove much better by a clerk than by a partner. The chances are the pariner | had a scheme of his own fur doing the Same thing; he has been compelled to drop bis method and substitute this, and in his heart he will net be very sorry if | this plan shall provea failure. This is no uncommon feeling in business; the amount of friction constantly generated in business Partnerships is not under- Stood by anyone who has not had experi- ence of it. But when the merenant turns to aclerk and says: ‘“*£ want this done so and so,’”’ he Knows that the clerk wiil have an interest in doing it weil and in being successful, lest failure may be laid on him. Though an army Contains pum- beriess captains and colonels and Zeuer- als, there is but one commander-in-chief. Se in business; however well the ar- Taugement of duties among clerks and Ppartuers, there must be one mind among all that is supreme. itis in the nature of things that there Shall be wore clerks than merchants, aud while your constant aim is to push your- self up among the merchants, you should not overlvuok the fact that your place may be among the rauk of subordinates fur a great many years, if, indeed, it is put to be always there. And it you are to bea Clerk always, there are two Pulnts that mhust be .ovk--d after: first, that you shail be so tar proficient in svuur position that you can be sure of a steady piace; aud Next, that you Systematically save a part of your income fur a time of need or in- ability to work. The man Who is surest of steady em Ploy weut is not the one idea man; sucha Man is a peg ihat cau only tilia very Pecullar hole, aud he may seareb fur Mouths aud years for just such a situa- tivn as be has lost and even then vot fiud it. Say that you have bad charge of the Stock aud lose your place; you have been so lung at this work that you Kuow but little about selling gouds and nothiug about making bills or Keeping bovks. It you Were tu accept a situaiion at either of these latter two tasks, yeu could nut expect More salary than beginners usu- ally receive, aud you could not think of Sving lo work tor such pay, so you search through the city ‘or a huuse in need uf a Stock man and find none. Now the experience of every merchant is that while a man is pushed forward in Position and salary because he is uuusu- ally proficient in some one place, itis far Gllener the case that the man who ean fill Several places well is the most valuable in the store, and the one who is never al- lowed to be out of work fora very long time. If through some turn of the wheel he loses his position as stocKkmau he is ready for the first vacaney he finds, be it as salesman ur buvok-keeper. 1am aware Dry Goods Price Current. ONBLEACHED UOTTON?. oe. 7 | ‘* Arrow Brand 4\ eee 5%} ‘“* World Wide. 6 Scents 6A... 6 rie oc... 4% omer A... 6%/Full Yard Wide..... 6% CT ee Spsootwwe A 6% e SL > |Fonest Width...... . eS . 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Washington indigo. 6 “ © Golors. “Turkey robes. 7 blue, green, ‘“* India robes .. 7 red and orange .. 6 * plain Tky X¥ %& 7 terlin solids ....... 5%] “ i ’ ae - eee. ... 6 es - - ee: 8 8% ‘“ Fonlards ... 5%} Wartha Washington = 2... 2 Turkey red x. sen 6 Pe cue ce 9%| Martha Washington “ a, eee Turkey red.. ..... 9% ss “* 3-4XXXX 12 |Kiverpoint robes... 5 Cocheco fancy.. ... 5 |Wiadsorfancy .... 6% - ere... 5 . gold ticket ss XX twills.. 5 indigo blue. ......10% . ee 5 |Harmony......... - 4% TICKINus. Amoskeag ACA....i1%/A CA... 00000. 11% Hamilton N ....... 7 {Pemberton AAA....1 ne Ss Bee cae ” Awning..11 |Swift River ......"! 7% oer. Pearl River........ 12 ror freee... -- 19%) Warren ane Lenox Mills ....... 18 iConostoga .......... 16 COTTON 0 BRILL, hie, DB... Sulere A... 8 oot ++ -s+1 eee. 6&/NO Name. T% B ae cee Clifton, K . 7 |Topof Heap........ 9 DEMINS, Amoekeng....., .... 12 {Columbian brown..12 - Os: s. 5. 14 |Everett, blue........ if o brown .14 ' brown.....il AaGever. .... 11%/|Haymaker blue..... 7% Beaver Creek AA...10 o brown... 7% . Be... 2 Waleey........ ee . om... Laneeeer .....,.... 12% Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 |Lawrence,9oz...... 2% . blue 8% No. 20....12 “« datwist 10% ' No, 250....1¢ Columbian XXX br 10 “s No. 280.... 8 ' XXX b!.19 GINGHAMB, Amoskeag ..... a. Lancaster. staple... 5% “Persian dress 6+ e fancies 6 e Canton .. 7 - Normandie 6 ao ar... §4/Lancashire.......... 4% ' Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 4% . Angola. .10%/Monogram.......... 4% . Persian.. 7 |Normandie........ 6% Arlington staple.... 6%/Persian.... ........ 6% Arasapha fancy . 4\|/Renfrew Dress...... ver Bates Warwick dres 7%/Roxemont........... 6% ' staples. 6 (Slatersville......... 6 Centennial, ....... 10% /Somerset............ z Criterion oe yi receme ...... aa Cumberland staple. 5%|Toil du Nord....... 8% Cumberiand.... .... > preoem......-. 4 ua 4 ‘* seersucker.. 7% ee Ti erwick.... ...... 6 Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... 8 Bxposition.......... 7% . heather dr. 7% Geer 6% . indigo blue 9 arn. 6% |Wameutta staples... 6% enweod...... 7%|Westbrook.. : aes 5 . ee — Jobnson Vhalonel %/Windermeer.... .... 5 _ indigo blue 9\% oe |. 6% “ sephyrs.. 16 GRAIN BAGS. Ammoskony........... > eee... |... |: 13 ee ce American..... se ee THREADS, Clark’s Mile End....45 |Rarbour's..... ..... % oan, 0.8 P....... > (eens ... ...... 90 peayeks. 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored White. Colored wo 66. Ue = To Mh... 42 ac oe —s 6 38 43 2 40 a. 2. 44 2 36 ll 45 CAMBRICS, ee 4 [Edwards... _ White Star......... 4 |Lockwood. ._. Bid Gieve.......... ?. wees... ..... : é Newmarket......... © Brunswick ........ 4 RED FLANNEL, Pn Pet Wee Creedmore.......... reer e 2). Too ees... oo VRP re... Nameless...........27% se siipsic RK MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Blue, plaid. 40 |GreySRW....... Be ion ck 224| Western W ......... 18% er. BeorrP ... aoe s 6 oz Western ...... * iFinehing xy... 23% aon Be 224%|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 @9% ee 9 @10% > ----. &H@IN a eS 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black | GRAND RAPIDS, M)CH Bolsy and T Are Oa Draw up the papers, lawyer. And make ’em good and stout, For things at home are crossways, And Betsy and I are out. It’s only a very little thing That's a-partin’ of us two; Tinsist on usin’ Atlas Soap And she’s got to use it, too. And if she don’t I declare to you, I'm a-goin’ to git up and git; I've allus been boss of the roost at home, And I'm going to be boss yit. If Betsy don’t come to terms to-day, And git Atlas Soap at he store, I’m goin’ to leave without delay, And I'll not come back any more. Menufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich EATON, LYON & C0 NEW STYLES OF iee Solon 20 & 22 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDs. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. Headquarters for Over Goilers 0.0 Legging $2.50 per dozen and Upwards. Lond Wool Sole Duck and. Sheepskin Si pels. Mail ns your order an‘! we will ,uarantee Satistaction in both price und quality. THE MICHIGAN TRADHSMAN. that in some of the largest houses this js not very practicable, but [am a firm be- liever in the adage about the will finding away. Inasmall establishment there is no difficulty in getting posted in every department of the store, and I have yet to see the employer who was not willing that his men should thoroughly learn everything in the store to be learned. The salary of a clerk is at oree a curse and a biessing, according as he uses it. If he spends every cent of it, knowing he is going to have just so munch to spend. it is a curse; but if he guides his expend- itures so that he shall save mueh every year, then it is a blessing to him. for it enables him to regulate his wants. ‘There are men, men of mature years, men of families, who look upon a salary as a figure that they are expected to ex- pend year y; an increase of salary means an increase in expenditure, and though it would seem an easy matter to cut off some of these extras should the salary grow smaller, in reality it is by no means easy; when one has indulged in a luxury long enough he begins to consider ita necessity. I knew a man.who, on a salary of $900) a year, raised a family and bought and paid for a comfortable little home. A change in the firm he was with benefite: him by an increase in salary, and event- ually it reached the sum of $1.500 a year. One would think that if he had been able to live on $900 he ought to save a snug sum yearly on $1,500, but he did nothing of the kind; the increased salary allowed him to indulgeina horse, his wife in more expensive bonnets, and his daughter ina piano and music teacher, and the truth was he found it harder work to make both ends meet than he had in the old days. And when bs affairs were pro- bated last spring, hisentire property con- sisted of the house and lot he had paid for when he was working for $900 a year. There is another point in connection with the subject of this letter that I was in danger of overlooking, and it is this: no clerk is justified in doing that for an employer which will damage his own reputation. {donot refer to the little everyday affairs of trade wherein glib- ness of tongue leads a clerk to claim more for the goods than they can bear— no sensible merchant will ask or allow sueh service, but there are positions wherein merchants are sometimes so placed that the endorsement even of their clerk will bea help to them and bridge over the difficulty. Buta clerk swould hesitate to make a statement un- til he Knows exaetly what he stating, and thenif the truth will uot help his employer he can remain silen’; to make a false statement may temporarily help his employer but it will not help himself. fam reminded to speak of this because of an incident of very recent occurrence. A creditor asked a werchant for a state- ment ot his affairs and the statement was sent in the hand-writing of the head clerk, who personally vouched for its be- ing correct; it showed the employer to be solvent beyond doubt; but within thirty days of that time the merchant suspended payment and made another statement to his creditors, this) time showing himself insolvent by a large sum, and there had been no losses be- tween the first statemeut and this one. Now one of them was faise, and the last oue proved the correct one. Of course, the clerk had damaged his own reputa tion irretrievably, and had not benetited his employer. Anemployer has bo right to ask a clerk to do such work, and if he does ask it the clerk isa fool who accedes to the request. As my letters draw to a close, my dear Tom. | cannot help thinking that advice is practically of little use. Jf a young man is quick witted and has taught him- self to think, he finds out all these thingy for himself; if he is stupid and dull and bas no ambition, he will not accept ad- vice, though it came from one wuch bet- ter qualified to teach than | am. 2 — On payment of $300 a young man is ex- cused from miliary service in Spain. The other day a@ man wrote to the queen that he had already paid $3.000 for ten of his sons, and begged her to excuse as he had no more The queen granted the request. so is the other fourteen, money. Bypnotized into Buying Goods. A curious case has just been decided in a Rockford, Ill.. court, where hypnotism was set up as a defense against a suit for the collection of a note, and earried the day. It seems that a year or ~o ago Tim- othy Rvan, a peddler, stopped at the farm of Ferdinand Collins and sold Mrs. Collins a lot of goods, for which he took her note for $68, and went away. He was hardly out of the honse when Mrs. Collins realized that she did not want the things at all, and ealling her husband, made him go after Rvan and tell him to surrender the note and take his goods away. Ryan declined todo anything of the sort. Mrs. Collins did not open the package of goods, and when the note was presented for payment she refused to honor it. Ryan sued but the jury held that he had the woman hypnotized when she signed the note, and gave a verdict against him. ai HORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR. TICKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Original set of four - . - » a Omplete set often ~- > - - “ Order quick or lose the opportunity o' a lifetime to secure these souvenirs at : iominal figure. They will be worth te: imes present cost within five years. Tradesman Company. WE BUY Sundried and KEuaporated APPLES HASTINGS & REMINGTON, GRAND RaPIDs, M CH. PECK Ss = Pay the best profit.” Order from your jobber ® *9 STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep constantly on hand « 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 Loots and Shoes plete in every particular, also Felt 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, we are REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO is com- Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, wh: pay promptly and buy in full packages AUGURBS AND BIT2. dir. kes et ian ewe a 6 -— Jennings’ , genuine a. onde Jennings’, imitation .......... cae came ate soa AXES. First Pers 8. = Wee i eee acs 85 5f - Bronze Cadence eensoneas al Ut z B. SE ols orcas des eas os 6 50 ‘ D. 5. Steel ie cha ee cos eayes 13 10 BARROWS. dis, Cees 81200 14 OF ee bet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Lee eel, Shen email, Salen 4 Gly aia Sud 50&1t Carriage ee 2 TH Se eee cet Cece. uae 40410 Sleigh ee a Ce, 70 BUCKETS. Well, piain ..... ‘eeeacoue' Si lceg ec ieee. $3 5u Well.swivel......... etd iie aciwes occ ores. 490 BUTTS, CAST. Boy Cast Loose Pin. figured ....... .... . HAT Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint 40 --60&10 rors SO Pe i oe CS Oe a ci en. 4 Wrought Inside — Sewn SS ee ee ee 4 Wrought Brass.. se eae Cou 75 eee Ce 0&1 Oemme, Pare en... et el 70&16 Blind, ee 79 BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10 CRADLES. oe oes) eee eco e ecu es - 2. 49&10 CROW BARS, On ee perh 5 CAPS, Zty’s 1-10 eda oes sd lel. perm 45 oe 0. a t. Be ee cee ae = 3F qu kei cel ls ai le eyo we wie ° 60 CARTRIDGES, oe fee is oe oF ere dis. 2 CHISELS. din. Ce EO es "5 RIN ineket Framing ... "heer ORM "B&IN Wicitnitip Suinan 55 B10 ttchers’ Tanuged Pirmer................... 40 coMBs, dis. ree, POO 40 ee . 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12Q}12% dis, 10 COPPER, “lanished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 Saree, Feroe, fee). 26 ‘old Rolled, 14x56 oan toe... ... 23 ‘old Rolled, PS 23 Oe 22 DRILLS. dis. mores GG 50 Vapor aud strajent Shank .................. 50 Morse s Taper Shenk 50 DRIPPING PANS. Suaels Minen gor pote 8... 8% merge discs peor pound...... ......... 06 ELBOWS, woe, © eon Oia. oi. cle ‘Ios. net T% TO ANe 51 RO “ie. 4A EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, 818; —— =... ..... 30 {ves’, 1, 818: 2, $24; 30 25 sn gy, List. dis. Lcontiiglnic a EO 60£10-10 Ney 6010-19 CMM oe oe _—. : ed A en 6 ee ie Heer a Morsd Mage. wl, 80 GALVANIZED IRON. Vos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 Ast 12 13 14 15 17 Discount, 70 aEs. dis. itanley Rule and Level: Cas... . 50 ENOBs—New — dis, sor, mineral, jap. trimmings . 55 Yoor, porcelain, jap. trimmings... 55 Yoor, porcelain, plated trimmings . a 55 loor, porcelein, trimmings ................ 55 drawer and Shuiter, pesca. ........,.. i 70 LOCK8—DOOR. dis. tussell & Irwin Mfg. Co.” snow list ...... 55 Taory, Wecer G Coe... 55 ES iN edie 55 TOW 55 MATTOCES, (Gee Bee... - 816.00, dis. 6f-10 unt Bye le tale ee ule $15.00, dis. &-10 ee. $18.50. dis. 20410. AULS. fa, sperry & Co.’s, Post, ——. eG 50 MILLS. dis, ‘offee, Perec Cee. ee, 40 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s nen. 46 * ‘Lender, Perry & Cis:k’s............ & ‘* Enterpriee etek pepiace stele 30 MOLASSES GaTEs. dis. ‘tebbin’s Pattern. . Me ieeee sees ssc... oa wenbinteGennimg 6a tnterprise, self-rseasuring.... 33 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and — Se) Wate, OONG, ... oc... ws cy. Vire nails, ee oe te * Barrell x Peake dee sce cas ue PLANES. Rare Toe Oe ee fer |... ck te cae ’ciota Bench . oe ea Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy. Coen eee eee stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. - 50 PANS. Fry, eee eases ss wea ~ Ss Comment Seremes 8... BIVETS, Poa Ol A es el ce: 50—10 Copper Rivets and Burs.................... bu—10 PATENT FPLANISHED IRON. ‘tA’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ‘*B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken # 4c per pound extra, BABS MEK, meee OC os... to... 2 Kip’s.. : cee ss sees. 2 VerkcaG Piombs dig. 404&1° Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. Be list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES, —_ ceeree eS dis.60&10 ee eo ae pak ou r dos. net, Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 In. a 14 and — longer screw Hook and ize, 2 nee “th “sc o o a o oe ee ts SSI 7% po ee one e @ERs. dis. Sarn Door Kidder Mig. Co., Wood track... 50410 Coemon, eiti-friction ............0 00. 60&10 Ridder, woed tack l 4¢ ae HOLLOW WARE. RE ooh oee eyes coc... C . ener’ Spiders a 60&10 fray e@nameled. 060 |. .. 40816 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODs. weemapee Tin Ware... -new list . Tapanned Tin Ware..............” Franite Iron Ware ..... .... new lis > ies WIRE acon, dis, yee a 0 Pon Bee Talents Hook’s . ea 70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Byes. ee 70&10&10 Stanley Rule and Level Co." See eea oeeae — PES. Sisal, is _ and llerger bese aag 7 Manill : Ut 10 sg UARES. Steel and Iron..... 3 ecw ae vate eee Oewe 80 etree ues Ge SHEET IRON, 1 —_ Nos. 10 to 14.. : . om oe PO Eee 3 56 26) ee 4% (27 CT 355 280 Nos. 25 oa... s & 2 90 Ce 3 75 3 00 27 All sheets No. 18 and lighter. >: wide uot less than 2-10 onion n SAND PAP List acct, 19, °86 ve ll a tog ala 5¢ ASH COED. Silver Lake, White 7. au. 5 eee ri 5S ts White s......2” wistecennaed a ’ Cdl ES “ 55 “ White t CT oa Discount, 10, SASH WEIRD YS, Bee per ton $20 u Saws, dis. guiver Steal Dia X Guts, perésor..... 2 ‘uts, per foo 0 a Special Steel Dex X¥ Cuts ae a 50 a Champton i i Cuts, per foot.. 30 ampion an 1 Cuts, per feet... eotrie si x T Stee]l,Game .. _— Sate Onelda Community, Newhouse’s ‘ ' 42 Oneida Community, Hawley Norton's. -"f-10 10 meune COMM {5c per dos Mouse, delusion... $1.25 per dos WIRE. _ Poet eee. 0-10 aoueece See "5 coppers Maree... 7% Tee eee 62% Coppered Spriug Steal... 5D Barbed Fence, galvanised. -.. 21.22.77 2"""" 2 5S painted .. oT 2 10 a ae HORSE Warns, Mian, Ss on) -— Ge as Northwestern .... na dis. 10810 : HES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable. 1 wichalos Se 36 = Genuine .. 5p Coe’r Patent Agctenitaral, wrought., 75 Coe’s Patent, malleab} fo TLE eta LANEOTS, die i Bird Cagee BE Pumps, (stern. TF &10 Screwr. New T ist. ; -. 70&1 &10 Carters. Beda d Plate. ae Penvers, American Forks, hoes, rakes and all rteel goods esate METALR, PIG TIN. Pig gaa ee 2€¢ Pig Bars.. 2&¢ Jnty: Sheet. _ - pound. fi ponnd casks.. eee ee £% or OO aCe 7 BOLDER, . ae ee ee The prices of the many other qualities a solder {n the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. eee ir Bee - = 13 —MELYW GRADE. 10x14 IC, chareoal.. Se $750 14x2N IC, od bin 1X, _ 14x29 TX, . TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, eee te, Cueteee 75 14x20 [C, Deeg ene eee ea a 6 7 10x14 IX, ee. 8 25 14x20 1x, “ 9 25 Each additional X on thir grade $1.50. ROOPING PLATES 14x20 IC, _ WOO 14x20 [X, i ee eeae aus, 2x28 IC, : ee 14x20 IC, “ Alleway Grade.. 14x20 [3 2x2R Ic, “ “ “ 2x28 Ix “ os “ BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS, 14x28 * : - 814 64 14x21 [ «ass cues oe OO 4 a : 56 15, f for No 0 olen “se aiek:,.. 10 0 <§ Me ; A WEEKLY JOURNAL D&VOTED TO THR Best Interests of Business Men. Pablished at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE— TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payabie in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men, Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinned, except at the option of the proprictor. until #1] arrearages are vaid, Sample copies sent free to any address Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. 72" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisementin THe Micuicgan TRADESMAN, E, A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY NoW MBER 21, THE UNITED =sTATES AND JAPAN The great warin Asia must produce a profound effect upon the world, an in fluence far greater than the mere circum stances of the conflict would to the or- dinary observer seem to signify. It is not the mere incident that two Asiatic countries have engaged in a quar- rel, but the extremely significant fact that the vastest empire of the ancient world, a power which even the European nations regarded witb a certain awe, has been assaulted in its strongholds and ut- terly overthrown by another Asiatic na- tion which, in mere physical proportions, was as the smooth faced bey with his sling to the gigantic armor-plated Go- liath. Whatever may be the fate of China. the Western World cannot shut its eyes to the fact that the Pacific Ocean is to be henceforth dominated by one of tbe first military and naval powers on the Globe, and that power Is purely Asiatic. Japan, as a war power, is rapidly com- ing up to the front rank, and in civiliza- tion and modern development is con- Stantly advaneing. It will be, hereafter. no light matter to quarrel with the Island Empire. If the Western nations rather dreaded to assault China in her own ter riturial limits, they had no fear that China would ever cross the seas to at- tack them, and, trusting tu this inertia, they did not hesitate to make laws ex- cluding Chinese immigration. Hence- fori no such contemptuous treatment can be accorded Japan with impunity. When Japan shall come out of the war with China with the enormous prestige of having overthrown the Asiatic colos- sus, affairs on the other side of the Pa- cific Ocean will assume a character im- Mensely different from the condition of Stagnation in which they have been fora century past, aud no nation will be su much affected by it as will the United States. Tue sudden rise of a great military power, with a numerous and most ef- ficient navy controlling the chief com- mercial highways of the far East, is a fact that looms up so formidably before the United States that only the blindest fatuity can fail to recognize it. What are we going to do about it? CHIGANTRADESMAN THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The reply of statesmanship will be: Arm against the new power, and, at the same time, engage it in the closest com- mercial relation; gain its respect by be- ing able to meet it on any terms, and ce- mentits friendship by binding it with the golden chain of mutual international interest. The first step is to build the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal. This will control a trade that should be pushed with the most active and intelligent ex- ertions. Japan has a foreign trade of more than $100,000,000 a year, of which the United Kingdom and the British pos- sessions control something less than half. The United States is, of all nations, the most extensive consumer of Japanese products; but it is far behind the British in selling merchandise to Japan. Here, then, is a field for commercial enterprise; but it must be real enter- prise. No bogus business will do. The keynote to the entire undertaking is to build the Nicaragua Canal. EUROPE CONTI.UES IN CONTROL. The launching of a merehant steamer intended for the trans-Atlantic trade, at Philadelphia last week, was rendered memorable by the fact that the President of the United States participated in the exercises, and that the ship was chris- tened by the wife of the President. It is worth while to mention that this ship is said to be, with the exception of two others, the largest and most power- ful merchant steamer in the world, but that is a mere circumstance in this age of big ships. The really astonishing fea- ture in the entire transaction is that the construction and launching of a trading vessel should be a fact of such moment and rarity as that it has been made a matter of national importance. But it is a fact that the trans-oceanic commerce of the United States is all car- ried in foreign vessels, under foreign flags. With a few exceptions tae Ameri- can ship-owners have abandoned the and particularly the Atlantic Ocean, to foreign nations. The United States, with its thousands of miles of sea coast, with numerous sheltered bays and harbors and with its millions on hun- dreds of miilions in value of foreign ecommerce, has surrendered it all to foreigners. The United States flag is practically unknown in most foreign ports, and of all the national flags, per- haps without exception, itis most rarely seen flying at the peak of merchant ships. Ail the American grain, petroleum, eotton and other products carried to Europe is transported in foreign bottoms, as is all the merchandise brought hither from abroad. The vast amount of gold, or its equivalent, paid to foreign ship- owners for carrying American freights in the past thirty years would load a good-sized ship. In weight it would equal probably 2,000 tons. This is an astonishing statement to make concern- ing what ought to be the greatest com- wercial country iu the world. It fur- nishes the vastest amount of shipping business to all the others and pays them for carrying it. Itis such an extraor4i- nary fact that it requires explanation. The matter simple enough. The United States cannot make iron and steel ships as cheaply as can European na- tions, and, when built, it cannot operate them with equal cheapness. This is the entire fact of the whole affair. Ameri- can skill and industry cannot be sur- seas, is " passed in any country in the excellence of the ships built, butin the matter of | | obedience through the mediumship of |economy they cannot compete, simply | because of the disparity in wages be- ‘tween this and other countries. | As to the new ship over which so much parade has been made, that is the result of an arrangement made with an American line, which was allowed to bring in, free of duty aud sail under the American flag, two foreign-built ships on condition that two ships of equal tonnage should be built in this country. This is all that the present incident means. It introduces no new feature in the situation. continue to control the trade as formerly. Foreigners will THE GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE. Secretary Carlisle has at last issued the expected call for $50.000.000 of 5 per cent. to run for ten years, asking bids for the bonds from the gen- eral public. The amount of the new sue is the same as that of February last, but no upset price is fixed, although it is understood that the secretary will not accept any bid which does not offer at least 117.223, a premium which will place the new bond a3sper cent. basis. It will be remembered that the loan is- sued in February last was issued at 117.- 223. so that it was pratically a 3 percent. bond. It was not thought necessary to resort to this expedient this time, as itis believed that the preminms offered by the bidders will be more than suffi- cient to put the issue onas3 per cent. bonds is- on basis. That the demand for the bonds will be brisk is certain, as an offer has al- ready been made for the entire amount on a3 per cent. basis. The object of the new issue of bonds is, as everybody knows, for the purpose of restoring the gold reserve, which has been reduced to barely half its proper proportions, It is expected that the new bonds will produce more gold than the is- sue of February, for the reason that there is at the present moment no de- mand for gold for export, and the zen eral financial outlook is not such as to encourage the hoarding of gold in pri- vate hands. In February last the bond issue re- alized only $38.000,000 of gold, the bal- ance of the bonds being practically paid for in paper—that is to say, the neces- ary gold was withdrawn from the sub- treasuries by the presentation of paper for redemption, the gold thus withdrawn being used to purchase bonds. It is be- lieved that in taking the new issue little or no gold will be withdrawn from the sub-treasuries, so that the Government will realize practically the full value of the bonds in the precious metal which is so much needed to place the treasury on a thoroughly sound footing. MAINTAIN YOUR MANHOOD, When the Central Labor Union ad- mitted the members of the Liquor Deal- ers’ Protective Association, thus placing clerks, mechanics and artisans ou a level with saloon keepers and bartenders, THE TRADESMAN stated that such action was entirely in keeping with the inconsistent course of the Central Labor Union, as no possible reasoning could place dispensers of rum in the category of workingmen. Recent events, however, disclose the fact that the liquor men had a sinister pur- | Pose in seeking affiliation with the ranks of u ionism and that, in pursuance of that purpuse, they have designs on the is ‘bakers, butchers and grocers of the city, all of whom they propose to force into the boycott. When the liquor dealers have had a little more experience with the boycott they will realize, as the trades unionists do now, that the boycott a boomerang which builds up in- stead of destroys, for the reason that the patriotic portion of the American people invariably rush to the support of any man_or institution which has been at- tacked by such un-American methods. Tur TRADESMAN’S advice to the bakers, butchers and grocers is to stand aloof from the organization of the liquor men, as they can better afford to lose a little trade than submit their necks toa yoke at the expense of their manhood and per- sonal independence, Imitation is the sincerest form of flat- It takes brains to create, but re- quires very little ability to imitate. The people are quick to note the difference, however, and govern themselves accord- ingly in dispensing their patronage. tery. The Grain Market. We can report an advance in wheat of 2c per bu. during the past week. Re- ceipts at winter wheat points have been some better than the previous week, while receipts in the Northwest have been considerable which, of course, caused the strength. Another cause of Strength was the report that 200,000 bushels were worked for exports at different points. Farmers seem _ free sellers at about 50c, except in the imme- diate vicinity, and 1am inclined to the belief fhat farmers have not the amount of wheatewhich they are credited with. While there seems nothing in the imme- diate future to advance prices very much, it is the unexpected which generally happens and higher prices may shortly rule. Corn remains about the same. Theex- pectation of new corn movement in the near future keeps it down; otherwise, there would be an advance. Oats are kept up by the oatmeal syndicate. It is claimed they took 2,000- 000 bushelssfor May delivery; otherwise there would be quite a slump in them. Receipts of wheat during the week were 41 cars; corn, 10 cars; oats, 2 cars, which is less than the usual amount. G. A. Vorsr. ——“—@o 2 Ataspecial meeting of the directors of the Saginaw Valley & Marine Insur- ance Co., heid at Saginaw last Friday, a resolution was adopted authorizing the increase of the capital stock from $100,- 000 to $200,000 in order to enable it to do business in other states where its present capital is too small to comply with the law. The company’s business was shown to be very prosperous and a 10 per cent. dividend was declared payable Jan. 1. About 90 per cent. of the new stock has already been-taken by the present stock- holders. less, SDS HinGeanerr ce ea The Retail Grocers’ Association of Cin- cinnati has voted unanimously to request manufacturers of compressed yeast cater- ing to the trade of Cincinnati to abandon the present system of selling in bulk form, and place their goods for sale only in the tinfvil packages commonly used in olber cities. —_——-s ++ Nothing is impossibie. There are ways which lead tu everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means, TY aie. sn ocu at erties ednlsgsranadans nertoneas ackapaecagr ina daneinfecensemaamaneeenmanntaaiton THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOOD TIMES COMMERCIALLY. | crease in cotton fabrics used to the ex- A great deal has been said about the | tent of 210,000,000 yards. The enforced revival of business, but all persons who | economy has been much larger than is are posted know that a revival of busi-| assumed in the figures presented, and it | ness must await a revival of financial | js plain that, if times had been good in confidence, and that the confidence cf |the United States in the past two years, capitalists is a plant of slow growth. ithe large crops of wheat and cotton _This confidence, once established, would not have kept down prices as however, is sometimes lavished on the|they did. They would have been more most undeserving objects; but, having nearly used up than they are. met with a rude and fatal blight, the res- it is evident from any careful consid- toration of financial confidence to a high | eration of the facts that the country has place is slow and gradual. | suffered vastly more from the bursting of A great financial panic has the effect to | the enormous speculative bubbles of 1893 “knock all the stuffing” out of every pre-| than it has from excessive crops of wheat tentious scheme. Every commercial and pee cotton, or from any other cause. industrial undertaking which has no/| ‘The speculation was the invariable result solid foundation falls to pieces at the | of a number of years of business peace, very outburst of the storm, and if the! and, by consequence, of an excess of con- havoc could stop there, great good would | fidence on the part of financiers and cap- result. But business is so rampified and jtalists. The business world always de- connected that the work of destruc-) sires to see a period of active trading. tion extends to enterprises that are legiti Speculation is what is desired, and that mate in their scope of operations and js what is meant when good times are would in a quiet time be able to sustain | talked about. themselves, with the help they could Uniess speculation inereases the real fairly depend on; but in a stormy season | productive wealth of the country it does everybody becomes alarmed and is afraid | no good. The blowing-up of empty bub- to extend assistance. In this way the} bles may make a show of business, but it props are knocked out from under busi-| accomplishes nothing; but if it employs ness which is ordinarily safe, and so} men in producing articles which are use- ruin spreads like that wrought by a tor-|ful, and which finda place in the econ- nado, until there are left standing only|omy of life, then such speculation is the commercial establishments that are| good. Thereis no wealth which is not storm-proof. the product of human labor, of muscular It is just such a financial cyclone that! exertion, or of brainwork, or of both. has swept over the country, and the time | Anything of value which is thus pro- when it raged is too near for its horrors | duced is a contribution to the general to be forgotten and the effects of its ray-| stock of wealth, and if it be accom- ages to have been fully repaired. Nec-j plished and stimulated by speculative essarily, then, the revival of confidence | operations, then such trading is wise and has not yet made any very large advance, | beneficent. That is the test of good and, by consequence, the revival of trade} times. Any trading which has for its is making only moderate progress; but it| only result the transfer of wealth from is progress, and it will go forward surely | those who earned it to a lot of shrewd, and steadily until good times shall be | unprincipled sharpers is swindling, pure fully established. and simple. Good times must benefit the The low prices of wheat and cotton | majority. If this be not the result, the are, of course, most unfortunate for the| times are not good. vast agricultural interests of the coun- WHEREIN LIES THE DIFFERENCE? try; but they are results of excessive Why should not the Government stop production at a time when a financial | ¢raip-ropbing? disturbance had greatly diminished the When a lot of railroad hands go on a power of consumers to buy. Thus was| strike and obstruct interstate commerce, the consumption of these necessaries Cut} all the machinery of the United States off toa very serious extent. When the} courts is set in motion to prevent stop- American people are prosperous, they | page of interstate trade and travel, and live well; but, under the pressure of | to bring the obstructers to punishment. severe financial trouble, they were COM-j| More than this, if the railway strikers pelled to stint themselves. The extent) should proceed to violence, the military to which such enforced economy would| power of the Government is put in operate in a populous country like ours | requisition, the troops are sent out, and may be seen in the following: the obstructers are promptly shot down. Suppose that each inhabitant in the Everybody applauds, and the tovern- United States should be forced by pov-| ment is declared to have done its duty. erty to shorten his bread supply to the But when a gang of armed men stop a extent of one ounce a day, or half aj)railway train carrying interstate com- pound a week. That would amount) merce, and, after shooting a few of the for the whole population to a decrease of | railway people and blowing open the consumption of 35,000,000 pounds of|cars with dynamite, proceea to plunder bread a week, or 140,000,000 pounds aj the mails and express, it is immediately month. This would be just one item in} declared that the Government has noth- which the consumption of wheat would | ing to do with that; itis simply a matter be shortened; but there are many other | for the railway and express companies. ways, one of which is the use of starch, It is extremely difficult for plain peo- and another is the consumption of paste, | ple to see why the Government is bound both of which would be materially de-} to shoot down riotous strikers: and not creased in a bad time. robbers, and they are beginning to de- in the consumption of cotton the effect | mand that the Government, in asserting of the hard times is as plainly seen. if | its right to protect interstate commerce, each of the 70,000,000 people of the United States should be forced to econo-} well as against railway strikers. The mize, on account of the hard times, to the | demand should be pressed. Highway- extent of one cotton garment a year, and} men are entitled to no more consider- each garment should require three yards of cotton goods, there would be a de-' ingmen. ation than is given to anarchistie work-! | Fall ’94 i | Underwear, Overshirts, Hosiery, Socks, Kersey and Cotton ade Pants, Caps, Outing Shirts, Yarns, Flannels, Cotton Flannels, Skirts, Ginghams, Seersuckers, Satines, in black and fig- ured, Batts, Comforts, Blankets. Yotton and Woolen Dress Goods, We have received over 100 cases new fall prints in all the newest styles and colorings, prices from 33 to 51. Giveusa O°) } 4 4 eall. Prices always the lowest. P. Steketee & Sons, Grand Rapids, [lich. QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRICK SEARS CRACKERS and CAKES Currant Drop Cakes. Imperials, Cream Jumbles, Cream Drops, Have you tried our new wis? Cornhills, : Nonpareil Jumbles. Add a box or barrel to your next order. They are_ splendid Sellers and sure to \please. New York Biscuit Co., S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MUSSELMAN GROOKR 60, WESTERN MICHIGAN AGEN''s FOR AL TONG 0. $ GEDTOL UNE | SPRINGDALE (dairy) in 1 and 2 lb. rolls and tubs. | SPRINGDALE CREASIERY in 1 Ib. rolls, 2 Ib. prints and tubs. |GOLD NUGGET (fancy creamery) in 1 ib. prints. pe oie, shall protect it against train-robbers as) These goods took the lead in this market last season and we have ‘reason to believe they will maintain their supremacy the coming season. | MUSSLEMAN GROCER CO. CONE SE. E ee sia Fed as F TA Weill Beste Sika CR oe Le ais Toatastaslbbertassenbnnestnanpepdniadonmaedaaaimns anki % a 10 “VP ik} ronan nee enenn nan Tero Se seedeapsleieunendhapenpulmunonnscctsanuenclingstisinesiennnnasuleatnastiseineetthinisaianieiiieaiedinesantnenaiipianiaatay MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. Speculation and Financial Panics. The first historic financial panic in this country was that of 1837. Figures have beea given to show that these financial and industrial covvul- sions occur with a sort of regularity every ten years. They are set down for the years 1837, 1847, 1857, 1867. Then appears a break in the series until 1873, when the trouble was widespread and deep-seated. After that, in ten-year periods, came the panics of 1883 and 1893. Some fanciful people have tried to connect financial troubles with the sun spots, but such a theory cannot be en- tertained by political economists. They must seek for the causes in the physical conditions upon which the crops of food products and other necessaries depend, and in the political situations which in- fluence to a great degree the course of trade. ‘ Financial panics are not confined to any one nation, as was formerly the case; but any great commercial and in- dustria! distress in one country is felt in all those which have intimate business relations with the sufferers. Any con- ditions which produce speculation in business and cause a general inflation in trading are sure to result in a panic if the speculation be carried to excess. It has been said that financiai panics are always preceded by good times. This is not necessarily so, unless active speculation may be considered good times. This speculation is often based on something which is wholly unrelia- ble and unreal. Some of the most ex- cessive speculation the world has ever seen was a mere gigantic bubble, with- out any solid foundation. The John Law Mississippi scheme, and the Earl of Oxford’s South Sea bubble, both in the earlier part of the eighteenth century, not to speak of the Dutch tulipomania of @ century earlier, may be cited. All that is necessary to get up a fever of speculation is to gain publie confi- dence in some scheme, which may have no solid foundation in legitimate busi- ness, but which people are attracted to. and itisdone. Whether it is to develop mines where there is no valuable min- | eral wealth, or to build a great city at a/| place where there is no need for one, } makes no difference. Once get public attention aroused,and men seem to lose all sense and judgment and to plunge head- long into a sea of wild and extravagant trading. Such speculations in our own times were the building of great smelt- ing furnaces in regions where there were neither coal nor ore, the construction of railroads across wastes and deserts, and other like projects. Once started, these bubbles go on ex- panding until finally it becomes impos- sible to keep up the delusion, and then it bursts, to the astonishment of every- body. If the capitalists of the country would discountenance all wild and ex- travagant trading, they could put a wholesome check upon it; but they do not, because, in all probability, they are making money out of the mad rush for wealth on the part of misguided people. The reason that these speculative crazes come about once in ten years is that it takes about that length of time for men to recover the confidence that was lost in the panic. Of course, much in trade depends on confidence. Just as soon as capitalists are willing to put out their money __ freely, : speculation springs up. The crash of 1893 was the collapse of the flush times that had pre- ceded the bursting of the bubble. A partisan Republican will attribute the panic to the ascendency of the Demo- eratic party, while a Democratic parti- san will be equally positive that it was due to an era of extravagance on the part of the Republican party. Leaving parti- sanship aside, however, I honestly be- lieve that these financial revolutions will occur anyway, under apy political sys- tem. A profligate and spendthrift govern- mental financial policy, of course, stimu- lates to speculation; but thatis not the only cause of it. The desire of men to become rapidly rich is the_ real eause, and a fever of speculation is al- ways ready to break out just as soon as conditions will permit. These condi- tions are cniefly that the last panie shall be far enough in the past to have been in a measure forgotten. Men who gam- ble are always ready to play, If they have no money, they are condemned tu abstain from their favorite pursuit; but just as soon as supplies are replen- ished the game begins again. FRANK STOWELL. Mines of Soap. Few people know that soap is found in natural mines in California. These mines are on the shores of Owen’s lake, and are accounted for by a scientist who has re- cently investigated them, as follows: The water of the lake isstrongly impreg- nated with borax and soda. In the water a curious species of grub breed by mil- lions. These grubs go through their various transformations and finally emerge as short-winged, heavy-bodied flies, very fat and oily. They live but a few days, dying and falling into the lake in such numbers as to be frequently washed ashore in layers more than a foot thick. The oily substance of the dead flies blends with the alkali of the borax and soda, and the result is a layer of pure soap, corresponding in thickness to the drift strata of the dead flies, a foot deep of the flies making a layer of soap nearly an inch thick. These strata, repeated year after year, have formed the cele- brated ‘‘soap banks of Owen’s lake,” where a large foree of men have been constantly employed for a number of years. Ce ‘“*How to make home happy’ is a fav- orite subject with writers of twaddle for women. The whole subject man be given in a few words. Let the husband stop drinking and the wife stop scolding. That’s about all that is wanted. SAY ‘HEX ALL “It’s as good as Sapolio”’ when they try to sell you their experiments. Your Own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Is it not the public? The manufacturers by constant and judicious advertising bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand other articles. for & se ax CONDENSED Mii fe $8 (Sear ena ee x “AGLE BRAN >A $s Sige —— ee ee theNew YorK ConvENse? i ee } ee we} ‘Will boa, ie signature, ©80006000000%90990000 ©0900 0000006048060990000 veirp MN ONS . wn SESERVEDMILK WINES sit | "tional protectionageis** ji PP hac Bord 0.) TENEWyaoe GopacuceDMIL* YORK CONDENSED A S71 HudsonStreet ‘New Yorks —= —— idee '® | jobbers to carry (Se@wwowwwr - a WO er we we ee ~ ~wew ett www ote e OO OOS C988 SES 956900000 9085060550985999985052090S 09650890988 09655505 00800606 O09E S008 : THE GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED IIILK is a staple article ; sold every- where, and as an infant food has no equal. All reliable dealers sell it and it is a good stock for Prepared and guaranteed by the THE NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK COMPANY IT HAS NO EQUAL omen. e SSC SSSESIGOCOEDSOC CEOS EHOEECOCOOSCOESEEESOES KAA ROC ZOSOSSOSOERSACAZAASHABAASARARAMS For Quotations See Price Columns. ea CCOO00OS 090000000008 9680 80000038080906000000000808 TARE ABHA ADAG PLOHHROSSRAOA~ANAMAAOSOOCSOOO8 0800000068 JOBS IN RUBBERS! * ig7 WRITE FOR NET PRICE LIST BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE. SOSSSUVOSCHSOTODOOSOOWHHHODE Just the thing for A LEADER. Address G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich. VFL, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE. Hard Lessons Which Must Be Learned. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Were it not for the schoo! of experience we would become careless pupils, indeed, and our knowledge of the laws which govern the activities of our existence would be of small aecount. It was a great school in which our first parents were first placed. The playground of that sehool was the first, last and only earthly paradise that ever existed, and the lessons taught in that school were short and simple, and the schoolmaster was the Great Eternal Himself; yet the knowledge acquired in that sehool did not add to the wisdom of the progenitors of our race. They were taught simple facts pertaining to the laws of their be- ing aud the direful effects that would follow a violation of those laws; yet the teaching was in vain, simply because the great truths taught were not demon- strated facts in the minds of the pupils. The instruction was given, but them none the wiser; the lessons were taught, but they were not learned. Not until the briny drops of sweat were wrung from the heated brows of our first parents by the dictates of stern necessity, and the withering sting of decay and death was felt in their souls, did these instructions crystallize into genuine knowledge. Thus it has always been, and thus, doubtless, it will always be. To be in- structed is one thing, to acquire knowl- edge in a sense of knowing is quite an- other thing. Weare entertained in the lecture room, but we learn in the school of experience. We _ reverence the preacher, admire the moralizer and re- spect the exhorter; but when we hear the admonitions of necessity in the school of experience, we obey. Then it is we work out the problems of life and con- vert what erstwhile had impressed us as mere speculative theories into axiomatic truths. Knowledge acquired in this way makes us wiser; but the lessons are hard and the taskmaster shows no mercy. How many of us are taking lessons in business and domestic economy in this school of experience at the present time? The great army of young business men whu hold down clerical positions at the present time, and that other great army of young business men who have lost their hold during the past eighteen months, made their debut into the busi- ness world since the panic of 1873; there- fore, they are taking lessons in the school of experience, for the first time, on the value of competency, the dangers which lie in the wake of indifference and ques tionable habits, and the bitter fruits of im providence and foolish extravaganee. And then there is a great multitude of older business men who are floundering in the valiey of humiliation to-day because they forgot the lessons learned in the school of experience in times past and gone. It serves them right; they ought to have known better. The seed of wis- dom was good and it sprouted; but it fell on rocky soil and the birds of returning prosperity soon plucked it out by the roots. ‘These forgettul ones must learn the lesson of business economy over again. Were it not for protracted depressions like the present, the science of domestic economy would never command so much as a passing thought from the masses generally. | his cake by eating it, it made | constant and profits plentiful, the Amer- ican ear is deaf to all economic expostu- lations and remonstrances. To curtail living expenses or forego current amuse- ments for the sake of laying up some- thing fora possible time of need is anti- American. It savors too mueh of old world conditions where times of need are of common occurrence: but ip this Ame?- ica of ours, where fortunes are made ina day; where a railroad map issued to-day will be incomplete to-morrow; where the boundless praries beckon the home seeker to come and money and witbuout price; where the manufacturer’s market is constantly ex possess without panding; where the werchant’s source of trade enlarges and bis customers become more humerous as the general develop- ment progresses, and where the income of the wage-earner is more princely in proportion than in anv other land—the man who discevers that be cannot keep | and makes practical Knowledge thus use of the acquired would be voted out of the ring as a sort! | Of a two-for-a-nickel noneutity. When wages are high and | While | the sun of prosperity is shining we do} not need the hay of laid-up earnings, and so we bask in the sunshine and make ne | hay. We become so dazzled with the | brilliancy of its rays that, somehow, we get the notion intoour heads that because the sun does shine it always will shine. But the sun did go down about a year | and a half ago, and the most of us have | been running around ever since trying to borrow a littie hay of our neighbors to| help us out. How short-sighted we were. Expe- rience has taught us this and we shall never forget it. We are not building railroads now; we are appointing re- ceivers, instead, to wind up the affairs of companies operating many of thuse we already have. We have no more virgin boundless prairies beckoning for the home-seeker; they have been measured and parcelled out, and their virginity, tou- gether with Uncle Sam’s right of dispo- sition, has been lost forever. The manu- facturer’s market has reached its limit of expansion, and the merchart’s source of trade has been reduced in value and his customers have been reduced in number by increased competition. Wages, which were high and supposedly constant, have either been cutin two or stopped alto- gether, and profits have disappeared. We have ceased to be a nation of easy money makers and liberal money spend- ers. The question of the hour with un- skilled labor is, how the old proverbial wolf is to be kept from the kitchen door, while the people generally are very much exercised in devising ways and means to make both ends meet. No one pretends to be making any money. Now, what are we doing? Willi the past seventy-seven weeks of our lives, with those yet to follow, remain a mere blank jin our existence? Will this long night of depression, to the extent of its duration, virtually shorten our lives by reason of its neutralizing effect on our efforts to make money? If to live is to make money then this portion of our lives will, indeed, remain a blank; but life is en- cumbered with other duties. We must not only labor to obtain wealth; for by so doing we may miss the means‘ of ob- taining a common livelihood. If wealth be our only aim there is no risk we will not incur in our efforts to reach the cov- eted goal, not even excepting that of hav- ing our families stranded on the shifting “SFABLISHED 1865 ANYTHING IN THE CANDY? We Are the People. The Putnam Candy Co. FIRST PRIZK BRAND GONDENSKD MILK. QUALITY ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED. WAY OF Prepared by Michigan Condensed Milk Co., at its factor- ies at Lansing and Howell. drawing their milk supplies finest dairy region Natural long experience, thorough knowledge of the trom the in the country. sdvant business and the latest and most approved methods and make FIRST PRIZE the most perfect milk prepared in Europe or america. ages, machinery combine to saciameaee > RANSING (i No matter what price you pay, you cannot buy a better article. Our other brands are, DARLING, STANDARD and LEADER. See quo- tations in Price Current. MARSHALL BROTHERS, General Sales Agents, 39 W. Woodbridge St, DETROIT, MICH _— ste ae Get our prices when you want the Best Fruit. ‘‘Stag’’ Brand is a Favorite. The Putnam Candy Co. Queen Flake Baking rowder Has No Superior = But Few Equals THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING PONDER SOLD AT THIS PRICE 6 oz. Can, 1octs. 1ib. Can, 25 cts. Manufactured by NORTHROP, on & CARRIER, LANSING, MICH. - ~ LOUISVILLE, KY. In countless homes they find a place Bring smiles of joy to every face. Put up with care—and with delight, The dealers say ‘they're out of sight.” Sold by all wholesale dealers in Grand Rapids and by The Putnam Candy Co. IF YOU BUY OF HEADQUARTERS, YOU ARE CUSTOMERS OF THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, 12 sands of penury and want. Who among | the numerous readers of Tuk TRADESMAN | does not know of families who have been thus stranded on account of hazardous undertakings? These unlucky ones} would not now be taking such bitter les- | sons in the school of experience if they | had known that acquisition of wealth is not the first, last and only duty of life. They would have known that a ’substan- tial provision to meet the demands of a common livelihood during such times as we are at present experiencing was aj} greater duty than the acquisition of wealth at any hazard. Being impressed | with this first and foremost duty, the wage-earner and the profit winner would not lay all on the altar of pleasure, or | part with the uttermost farthing of ac- | cumulated earnings to gratify appetites | and desires which are wholly fictitious | and which can never be appeased or sat- isfied. Imaginary wants are the ‘will o’ the wisps’’ of good times. They are en- tirely harmless if we understand their nature and leave them severely alone; but if we mistake their true significance and run after them, we will waste our Substance in the chase and never succeed in grasping the phantom. When times are good we close our ears to every warn- ing note and keep up the chase, never dreaming of a possible obstruction in the way. ‘‘The more we have the more we want’’ is a true saying and one especially applicable to this country. The money winner wanted his first thousand, but he wants his fiftieth thousand with a degree of feeling filty times more intense than the first; or, in other words, after acquir- ing fifty thousand, he feels the want of an additional fifty fully as much as he felt the want of the first thousand. In the pursuit of pleasure, in persona! adurn- ment, and in the equipment of our homes, the same tendency 1s observed. Our desires in these matters increase in the same ratio that the means of gratifi- cation increase. The gratification of a present desire breeds two new oues; and so it is that in times of prosperity Amer-! ican genius is taxed tu the utmost in de- vising ways and means to meet this ever- increasing and never-tu-ve-satisfied de- mand for something new. This American tendency to prodigality has received a check. The experience is new to the present active generation of business men. The people generally are taking lessons in the school of expe- rience. It is not of their own choosing; if it were, the lessons would never be learned and the people would not be made wiser. When the task is ended the people will not be richer, but they will be wiser. E. A. OWEN. ——.jQo--—___—— Faithful to Death. Eddie Martin, of Crittenden county, Ky., gave up his life the other day rather than betray a friena. A mob of some fifty men were looking for Bill Goode, a troublesome citizen of the county, forthe purpose of getting him out of the way, and they called up Martin in the night, knowing kim to bea friend of Goode’s. The mob told Martin that they were come to hang him, but that they would let him off if he would teil them what he knew about Goode, and disclose his where- abouts. Martin replied: ‘If those are the only terms, gentlemen, let the hang- ing proceed. Bill Goode has been my friend, and [ will sbield him.’”? The mob took him at his word, and presently his lifeless body was swinging to the branch of a tree, a sacrifice to friendship. eB Gse Tradesman Coupou Books. Se ee ae ee “2 bi Hy The Largest WALTER COCOA and | y CHOCOLATE | IN THIS COUNTRY, have received from the Judges of the World’s Columbian Exposition 5 The Highest Awards (Medals and Diplomas) on each of the following articles, namely: BREAKFAST COCOA, PREMIUM NO. | CHOCOLATE, GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE, VANILLA CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, For “ purity of material,” “excellent flavor,” and “uniform even composi- tion.” SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BakeR & Co,, DORCHESTER, MASS. COUGH DROPS RED STAR Cough Drops are the cleanest, purest and most effective drop in the market. Try Them. Made by BAKER & CO. A. Ts. BROOKS & COo., 5 and 7 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. — IF YOU WISH AN — Engraving of Your Store, siniiliin ias Send us a photograph and tell us what changes you may wish in the view ar- rangement of signs, etc. (we can make any changes), and it will surprise you at how low a price we can make it and do the finest work. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, [ich. ELECGROTYPES DUPLICATES OF 2 NGRAVINGS TYPE F RMS TRADESMAN CO.,_ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. MICHIGAN TRADESMALTE > we The Leading Nickle Cigar Made inthis Market. The Only Brand in the State (outside of Vetroit) Made by Improved Machinery. | This Cigar is made with Long Mixed | Filler, Single Connecticut Binder | and Sumatra Wrapper. Sold at $85 per 1,000 ; | By the Manufacturer, i 347 South Division St. Eisenia elie CHICAGO _ Sept. 23, 1894, AND WESIr MiCHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G’d Rapids.. . 7:25am 1:/5pm *11:°0pm Ar. Chicago 1:25pm 6:50pm *6:45am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO Ly. Chicago s:15am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G’d Rapids. .......3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am TO AND PROM MUSKEGON, Lv. Grand Rapids 7:25am 1:25pm Ar.Grand K. 9:i5am 3:85pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. 5:30pm | Lv. Grand Rapids. 7:30am = 3:15pm Ar. Manistee... 12:20pm) =8:15pm Ar. Traverse City 1:00pm 8: pm Ar. Charlevoix 3:15pm 11:1l/pm Ar. Petoskey 3:.5pm 11:40pm Trains arrive from north at1::0 pm and *10:00 pm. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS, Parlor cars leave for whicago 1:25pm. For north 3:lspm. Arrives from Chicago 10:35pm. i irom north l:pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chi- cag: 11:30pm. Arrive from Chicago 6.25. *Every day. Others week days only Sept. 23, 1894 G. J. Johnson, Telephone 1205. | Grand Rapids, | Nich. Established 1868 H. M. Reynolds & Son. Headquarters for } Straw Board, Building Papers, Carpet Linings, Asbestos Sheathing, Asphalt Ready Roofing, Asphalt Roof Paints, Resin, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Tarred Felt, Mineral Wool, Elastic Roofing Cement, Car, Bridge and Roof Paints, Oils. Practical Roofers In Felt, Composition and Gravel. Cor. Louis and Campau Sts., Grand Rapids GRINGHUIS’ ITEMIZED Size 8 1-2x14—Three Columns. ~ ae, 000 tees... #2 00 3 ce 240 o aa + oe 4 wy — * ol a. 5 *“ a 30 6 ii 480 . tte cn see ce ae INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK. 80 Double Pages, Kegisters 2,830 invoices. ..82 00 TRADESMAN COMPANY, Agents, Grand Rapids, . - Mich “© CURE, NO MUSTACHE, PAY. NO PAY. OANDRUFF CURED. i" cans Comeracts tc grow bair on the head ‘ace with ¢thoss who can cali at my offics or + the office of my agents, provided the head is not glossy, or the pores of the sca!p not closed. Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there isnocure. Call and be examined free of WO - charge. If you Cannot call, writeto me. State | "Se exact condition of the scalp and your occu: | 27sOm PROF, G. BIRKHOLZ, Tt Beat Ro Teryple. Crornaa MICHIGAN CENTRAL “*T se Niagara Falis Route.’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 27,1894.) Arrive. Depart roam... ....- Detroit Express ........ 7 00am 5 30am ....*Atlanticand Pacific. ....1 20pm opm ..... New York Express 6 00pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleepiag cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am: re- turning, ieave Detrojt 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication ‘made at Detroit with all through trains ee st over the Michigan Cen- tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. Atmguist, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation, DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R, GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids - 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar. Detroit.............11:40am 6:30pm 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT, Ly. Detroit............. 70am i:1 pm 6:00omn 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 ES 1¢:40pen G:i6nen ~....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. Trains week days only GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. & MIL- EASTWARD frains Leave tNe. 14) to. lo} Tw. 15/*No. Gd Rapids, Lv 6 45am/1: 20am| 325pm/11 00pm A hota... Yr, 7 40am/11 25am} 4 27pm /1z 35am St. Johns ...Ar}| 825am/121ipm/ 520pm! 12am Owoss)... Ar) 900am| 1 20pm} 6 05pm} 3 :0um E. saginaw..Ar/10 50am] 3 45pm} § 00pm} 6 40am Bay City. ...Ar|11 32am] 435pm)/ § 37pm!/ 7 15am Mint ....... Ar)}10 05am 3 49pm) 7\5pm| 54 am Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pm] §50pm/ 8 50pm} 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar]10 53am 3 05pm| 8 25pm) 5 27am Detroit.......Ar|i1 50amj 405pm)/ 925pm} 7 0vam WESTWARD. For Grand Haven and Intermediate Pomme *7:00 &. m. Muskegon..... 11210 Db. me. Mil. and Chi. +4.55p. m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Traius arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:60 pm... 4-3 pm. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m. 3:15 Pm. and 9:10 p. m. Kastward—Nv. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet Car, No. 18 Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No.1) Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar No.1 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL, City [*cket Agent. For Grand Haven and “ ““ “ “ rand Rapids & Indiana TRAINS GOING NORTH Leave going North For Traverse City, Petuskey and Saginaw. er Sears Oe Per eee For Petoskey and Mackinaw........ ... TRAINS GOING SOUTH Leave going i South. or CO a 6.50 a.m, For Kalamazoo and Chicago......... .... -2:1) p.m For Fort Wayneand the East................ 2:15 p.m. ee Ca *5:40 p.m For Kalamazoo and Chicago................ *11:40 p. m Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Ly Grand Rapids........ 6:50am 2:15pm 11:40pm Be TIN 6 vices cce 2:00pm 9:00pm 7:10am through Wagner Buffet Parlor 2:15p m train has Car and coach, 11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car | and Coach. | Lv Chicago 3:30 p m 11:30 Arr Grand Rapids 9 ah 7:20 ma 3 30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car. 11:30 p m train daily.through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive ,am 2am 100pm 1:'5pm *:40 pm 20pm 5 O.L. LOCK Woon: General Passenger and Ticket Agent. KNGRAWING. in Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles, TRADESMAN co., Grand Rapits, Mich. PHOTO WwooD ee THE MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Ass2- ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Eik’s Hall, Monday evening, Nov. 19, President White presided. A. Brink, chairman of the Committee on Oil, reported that a careful investiga- tion of the matter led him to believe that the charge of peddling lodged against S., S. & T. could not be sustained. as the title to the peddling wagons formerly used by S..S. & T. had passed toa man named Cummings, although he had se- cured S., S. & T. to the amount of his in- debtedness. It was stated that the Independent Oil Co. was a creature of the Standard Oil Co., and the Secretary was instructed to pursue the investigation in this direction and report progress at the next meeting. J. Geo. Lehman expressed the opinion that the oil trade was ‘*busted,’’ so far as the grocers were concerned. and that the latter might as well have a little fun over the matter. Mr. Brink stated that S., S. & T. stood ready to discontinue the sale of oil to peddlers whenever the Standard Oil Co. would do the same. The low prices made on flour by several grocers was discussed at some length, culminating in the adoption of a resolu- tion instructing the Secretary to commnu- nicate with the city millers, enquiring if they would be willing toadopt the rebate plan in the sale of flour; and. if so, what discount in the shape of a margin they would be willing to allow the trade. The question of a permanent market site was then discussed at some length. J. Geo. Lehman favored the over-the- river-site, on the ground that it would be a eonnecting link between the East and West sides. Jniius J. Wagner com- mended the proposed site between Bart- lett street and Wealthy avenue, 300x660 feet in size. which can be purchased for $70,000. Ed. Winchester suggested the purchase of a couple of blocks between Canal and Kent streets, north of New- berry street. The main advantage of the latter site is that it is not near enough to a street car line to be hampered thereby. The subject was then laid on the table for future discussion, and the meeting adjourned. a The Stove Dealer’s Lament. From the New York Sun. **We are expected to prevaricate some,” said the retail stove dealer. ‘lt is abso- lutely necessary if a man would succeed. If you don’t you lose your trade. Now, this is the worst time of the year for us. It’s all on account of the weather. If there is one coid day we are suddenly in- vaded by an army of women all wanting their stoves repaired. Some want new brick, others want to swap an old stove for a new one, while many want grates of all descriptions. We don’t keep such things in stock, and if they are not ready when you promised them (and they are not) there is trouble. You don’t want to lose their trade, so you tell them you had to order the bricks from Pennsylva- nia, Or that they are all out of that kind of grate at the factory. “The women ask hundreds of foolish questions: ‘Why does the smoke come out of the doors? What’s the best kind of coal to use in that stove? Will that stove bake bread on the bottom?’ and things like that. Most of these people have not used their stovesall through the summer. They have been using gas stoves. Their stoves get clogged up with soot. The grate cracks and the brick falls out. It keeps me in hot water at the beginning of every fall and it takes me the rest of the season trying to square myself with my eonseienece.”’ nna na Last year 6.090 000,000 glasses of whisky were consumed in the United States, which, at ten cents a glass, amounts to $609.000.000, and averages 100 drinks a year apiece for every man, woman and child in the United States. But there are some people who get a good deal more than their share. —_—— it would not be quite accurate to say that the besetting weakness of the Amer- ican people is that they are too much de- | voted to money making, but such a state: | Ment would not be far frum the truth. | WILLIAM CONNOR Will be at Sweet's Hotel, Grand Rapids, on Friday, Nov. 23, and again on Friday, Nov. 30, for the last time with his fall and winter samples, among which may be named a nice selection of Paddocks and Kerseys and Melton Overcoats, from 45 to 52 inches long—ulsters, single and double breasted suits, ete. PROVISIONS, The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: PORE IN BARRELS. —,. Cl... Short cut .... ede ee &xtra clear pig. whore ont. 0 Extraciear, heavy ... . Clear, fat back ... Boston clear, short cut . Clear back, shortcut. ... Standard clear, short Cm. Seek... BAUSAGE. Pork, links Bologna Liver Tee Cee ee Summer Pree LARD. Bewle Menderes .. MN cece ca cee Cs 5 Comengne ......-........ a eumoae |... 73 Cotusuet i 6% Kid Pins, ye advance. 2rlb. pails, ae 10 Ib, : Ss tb, “ he “ om “* fé r BEEF IN BARRELS, &xtra Mess, warranted AW !bs........ oo Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 71% Sones, ump 10 Ov SMOKED mEATS—Canvassed or Plain, Hams, average eee 9% ieee got 9% ao " Po i0 eee ee i - eee RY Shoulders eae a ee on sreakfast Bacon boneless Le Dried beef, hamoprices. i... ....... 103 our” DRY SALT MEATS Long Clears, heavy....... Briskets, medium 7% Fat Backs Half barrels... .. Quarter barrels. its SEES Attend the ae Grand Rapids Business College 2 Business or a Shorthand and Type- writing Educ tion. Its GRADUATES are always in demand. Catalogue address A. S. PARISH, Grand Rapids, Mich. The Heat-Light The Mechanical Marvel of the Age. For 30 per cent. Discount to the trade, ‘puBis pus WaT “JBaT] OO IOJ L$ SN pues ‘uMO} ANOS JOJ LOUDTR 9} YsTa nod jy PRICE, WITH STAND, $10. Sold only by W.S. & J. E. GRAHAM, Grand Rapids, [lich. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET. Ys! yf #13" th — Stump before a aBlast. . Fragments afte after a Blast. rf STRONGEST AND SarEsT FxPLosivE KNOWN TO THE ARTS. > POWDER, FUSE, CAPS, Electric Mining Geaia. AND ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING. FOR SALE BY THE HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, Cuyahoga Building, CLEVELAND, Onc. For Sale By EOSTER, SIEVENS & CoO., JOBBING AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. From A New York Standpoint. HERCULES, [HE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK ANNIHILATOR. Note what a leading grocer of the Eupire State thinks of Genuine Cleaned Greek Currants: GOODS DELivEeRED PROMPTLY CHARLES H. ROSS. GROCER, Ann &. +... Ads nas te i oa : ia ‘7 oe 2 = ee —— ae] Lf ae Va F D2~ Ae i Lleare LEY 322 ACEP P01 . ] 4 ae AZ Soe1 xd fe ot 4etr.t, © . Hl & eZ Ez4y fom i c : i S —<__ — f Sold by Musselman Grocer Co., Olney & Judson Grocer 30., 1. M. Clark Grocery Co., Hawkins & Co. {3s For Quotations see Price Current. Badges (OP gusse: CLU ss, TRADESMAN COMPANY. CONVENTIONS, e i 14 ea THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs# Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach An Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, tonia. Three Years—C.A Bug bee, Charlevoix. Four Years—S. EF. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F.W.R. Perry Detroit. President— ¥red’k W_R Perry, Detroit. fecretary—Stanley FE. Parkill, Owosso. Wreasnrer—Geo Gundrum. lonia. Ooming Meetings—Grand rapids, Jan 8. Michizan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President— A. B. Stevens. Ann Arbor. Vice-President-—A. F. Parker, Detroit_ Treasurer—W. Pupont, Detroit. Secretay—S. A. Thompson. Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmacentica) Society President, Walter K. Schmidt; Secretary. B. Schrouder Antiquity of Counter-Prescribing. That counter-prescribing is not a phe- nomenon sensational in its novelty, t' ose who read medical journals must be only too well aware. I[t is a hackneved and thread-bare subject, from which the druggist may well pray to be delivered; but few realize the antiquated character of the ‘“‘chestnut.” In re-perusing but recently a poem on which our eyes have not rested for many a year—Pope’s Es- say on Criticism—we were struck with the keen observation of the gifted hunch- back: “So modern notheraries taught the art Br 4ecrto-’s bills to play the doctor’e part, Pold in the practice of mistaken rniles, Prescribe apply end cal! their masters fools.” In those davs the offending ’petheeary seems to have added insnit to injury—to have levied on the dortor’s patronage while depreciating his skill. In our time there may be a few counter-pre secribers who think they ‘know it all,’ who make odious comparisons, and criti- cise freely the capacity of various med- jieal men; but our prescribing druggists have learned a lesson in decency, if not in policv—at all events they are not wont to ‘‘eall their masters fools.”’ Thue we find in full blast one hundred eighty vears ago*® an abuse which stil! clamors fora remedy. Will the remedy be fortheoming a hundred years hence? Or is counter-prescribing, like poverty. to be always with us? One thing is certain, and the med- jeal profession must reeognize it sooner or later, viz: that in a vast number of eases it is absurd to hold the pharmacist acconntable for counter-prescribing. Nothing short of wild horses will drag the average layman toa doctor when he wants a corn-cure, a liniment for a brnise, a piece of court-plaster, a dose of Hunyadi, or his grandmother’s prescrip- tion for acold. In cases of emergency, too, the pharmacist has a perfect right to render what service he can within bounds of reason. To suppress counter-pre scribing, zealous missionary work must be done with the public. To bowl at the druggist will no more prove effective, in a large category of cases, than to seek the suppression of speculation by closing the boards of trade; the proposed remedy is inadequate. Bring all the pressure in the world to bear on the druggist—with entire success, we will say. Let us sup- pose all counter-prescribing in the phar- macy effectively suppressed. Who will be the gainer? The physician? By no means. The incorrigible public will simply seek other oracles for its minor * During the seventeenth century, however, there aro-e ® warm‘ ontest between the physic- jans and the apothecaries—the furner accusing the latter of usurping their province and the latter continuing and justifying the usurpation until the dispute was fina ly set at rest by a judgment of the House of Lords in 1703, when it was decided that the duty of the apothecary consisted not only in compounding and di-pens- ing, but also in directing and ordering the reme- dies employed in the treatment of disease.— Encyclopedia Britannica. Pope's Essay on Criticism was written in 1711. ills—the clergyman and the amateur pre- scribing crank who is never so radiant as when permitted to dose a _ confiding brother. The persistence of the abuse—and that counter-prescribing is abused, we admit —should admonish the would-be reform- ers of its deep-seated character and the folly of applying superficial remedies. Counter-prescribing, in plain English, is the resultvof a genuine, widespread de- mand begotten by the penuriousness or stupidity of those who decline to consult the doctor. These people will not, and cannot be made to, pay the fee. Let us by all means argue with the druggist and show him that by aggressive counter-prescribing he is working mis- chief to his customers and is at the same time estranging the physician. Let us try to hold the practice within bounds. But let’ us also recognize that the drug- gist is its creature, not its creator, and that underany conceivable circumstances the medical profession must suffer from amateur prescribing until human nature is very radically transformed. —_—_ oo Oe Standard of Education for Apprentices At the last meeting of the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association considerable discussion centered about the proposi- tion thata preliminary examination in the general branches of education be im- posed on each applicant for a pharma- cist’s or assistant’s certificate before per- mitting him to undergo the usual technic- al or scientific examination; that a gram- mar-school education or its equivalent be demanded of each applicant at the out set. The idea is to raise the standard of general education and intelligence among those licensed to practice pharmacy, and to weed out at once the illiterate who cannot spell correctly or write decently. Those who pass triumphant through this first sifting may then essay the examina- tion in purely technical subjects. Indi- rectly, such a course would raicre the standard of general education among the apprentices admitted to the pharmacy. The idea is accordingly a sound one; and if its execution be only enforced, gvod eannot fail to result. A system of ex- amination which shall serve as a species of educational fishing-net, retaining the fit and rejecting the fry, will do much tu put an end toan evil which is injuring American pharmacy more than an) other. Thechild is father of the man: the ’prentice is parent of the pharmacist. And what sort of offspring can be ex- pected from the raw, illiterate, un trained, callow beings—the bottle wash- ers, errand boys, druggists’ ‘*devils’’— whence in days gone by pharmacy has drafted its recruits? Is it from these hewers of wood and drawers of water that we are to get material for the com- bination of professional skill, alert in- telligence and business enterprise which ought to characterize the modern drug- gist? Looking squarely at the condi- tions of apprenticeship as they formerly prevailed, and yet prevail with melan- choly frequency, acandid man must won- der how pharmacy has fared so well— how it has escaped the general deteriora- tion which a pharmaceutical croaker might have reasonably expected. Con- sidering the number of able, bright men developed from this chaos, we actually have reason to be thankful. It is high tribute to the native talent and energy of the untutored American lad. But the time is now ripe for drafting , the pharmaceutical candidate from a. ar aan it aa nt more elite corps. And the least require- ment that can be made is the possession of a grammar-school education or its equivalent. For our own part, indeed, we heartily favor even a higher standard. but we realize that reforms of this sort must creep bofore they walk. ‘We-ally ourselves with any moyement, slow or speedy, bold or tentative, so long as the right direction is indicated. But we feel satisfied that the measure proposed. should it meet with the favor of the Michigan Board and be embodied ina practical method, is but an earnest of further progress; and much will be left to desire until the dawning of the day when a high-school education or its equivalent shall be demanded of every voung man who presumes to ask a cer- tificate as registered pharmacist or as- sistant pharmacist. es The Microscope in the Pharmacy. Were this subject far more familiar than it really is, we should yet venture to exhort every pharmacist to buy or bor- row a microscope, to learn how to adjust the delicate and wonderful instrument. and then to pariake frequently of the feast which it offers eve and brain. What a wonderful world opens to him who has this key to the storehouse of Nature’s tiny treasures! What a wealth ‘of pictures— of curious outlines, of peculiar forms and eolors—in these minute particles! When our amateur tires of Nature’s canvases he beholds in a drop of ditehwater such a menagerie as Barnum never dreamed of; every particle of liquid teems with life, and the ceaseless, silent, grim struggle for existence which domi- nates all nature is seen with such vividness that only the wearied eye recalls the flight of time. The use of the microscope has so many attractive features that its study is not labor, but a never-ceasing pleasure. Aside, too, from its employment as a means of entertainment, the pharmacist may use the instrument with great profit in his profession. One ofits most prac- tical applications is the microscopical examination of drugs. No surer or quicker method for detecting adultera- tion is to be found; every leaf, bark and fiber bears its peculiar ‘*trademark,’’ and the microseope reveals it plainly to the initiated. The examination of chem- icals, tablets, pills, precipitates in fluid products, the identification of crystals— all present so many practical and profit- able fields for study. Aside from these uses of the micro- scope, it may be made to serve as an in- dependent source of income for the drug- gist who has a little ingenuity, a little education outside of drugs, and a large amount of application. Frequently the physician desires to have a microscopical examination of urine, which he takes to someone known to have experience in the use of the microscope. Or it may be water, milk, beer, canned meats or other articles of foods, which have aroused suspicion. A further enumeration would make this article too long. We content our- selves with cautioning the wouldbe mi- croscopist that the skill necessary to ex- amine urine, food, etc., cannot be ac- quired in a week or a month: but ‘any- one of good education and perseverance can gain it in time, and the work can be diversified by much sei ntific play. Of course, a preliminary course in aaa Nie Se ON acai tan nb of immense service in this as in all branches of scientific work. The cost of the outfit need not be heavy; for the kind of work described, the ordinary student’s microscope with half and three- quarter inch objectives would be amply sufficient. The accessories, consisting of a microtome, or even arazor, and a few glass slides and covers, would add very little to the expense. eG i a a Isn’t Afraid of the Dreaded Inyasion of His Business. A New York grocer, who is evidently not in sympathy with the poliey of the Retail Grocers’ Association in its fight on the department stores of Gotham, writes the following pungent letter to the New York Sun: The members of the Retail Grocers’ Association are prov- ing that they are possessed of very poor business capabilities. If the dry goods houses feel like going into the grocery business, all the opposi- tion, threatening, and baby talk of the Association won’t stop them. Of the two it will help them, as it is a first-class advertisement for the dry goods men. Now, here are the facts: No dry goods house can drive a live, up-to-date grocer out of business. It is a mistake to think the dry goods houses are run- ning grocery departments to advertise themselves. That is nonsense. grocery business is for making money. They may sella few things cheap, but that will deceive no one but amateur housekeepers. Any good grocer can, on the whole, supply groceries cheaper than the dry goods men, for the simple reason that he is under less expense. Take my word for it you ean get more goods and better goods for a five dollar bill from a live grocer than you can at any bargain house ip this town. What the members of the Association want to do is to take the cobwebs out of their eyes, clean their stores up and make them look attractive, print signs for their goods, abolish the credit busi- ness, and look out for themselves and not their opponents. The dry goods men may start soap fac- tories, packing houses, or baby farms if they wish, but they can’t scare a live grocer. —_ or -9- ~ 480 ss - 2a “ S ~“ tao as Pcl Flake. oz cans tdoz “ oz 4d0z oa 6408 mn * @dos mm teen ne Red Star, Ny cans eee % b .~ oe 1b ae Telfer’s, ‘ * cans, dos. nt % Ib 1th. ° oe Our, Leader \% .beans..... % ih canz...... “ 1 lbcans BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. ee 8 PEG... 2. we cee vee 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, : = ovals oe 77 Go ¢ 9 0 . oe eee ... 2... e 2 sifting box. as a - ee ~ 1 oghall . ewes Mexican Liquid, dine, box... BROOXS, ao. 2 Karl — oe No 1 ae No. 2 Carpet. No. i Parlor ae. Common Whisk. Fancy r : CO ee = gros toro» eQonee on w= on BRUSHES. Stove, No. 1... sad - SRRASRK Palmetto, goose............ CANDLES, Hotel, > boxes.. Star. : peaiies Lo cesehbiceueeecs = Wicking OANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, oA 12 oe, 1 90 aac! Chewécer. eee, 3 ib. 2 ve _— Standard, 1 Cae Eerie i Star, 1 Ib.. “ 2 lb et Ib. 21b Macksre! Standard, . o Ib Mustard, 2 ib Tomato Sauce, 21b.. Soused, 2 lb Salmo... Columbia River, flat.... ... ity a“ talls pink... Misoey's, Gais.......-. —. American - At Imported Mee.. 2 Mustard Xs. Boneiess Brook 3, ib...... Fruits, Appies, 3 lb. standard York State, gallons... Hamburgh, “ Apricots, | Five oak. ...... . os Co i ees ere... Blackberries, FL& W Red.. Pitted Hamburgh . oe =a ..... hal Erie 1 Damesons, ‘Ege Pinms and Green 1 35 California. 1 25 Gooseberries, Common ' aes 3 Peaches. Thad ES 1 Ls et yf 1 50 Ces bene es 160@ Monitor — Domestic . “e Rises. Pineapples, Common. Johnson’s sliced...... - erated..... Booth’s sliced Lees siece C ereeed.. .... ne Common .. Red Black Hamburg....... trie. black Strawberries. wee... Hamburgh ae... eran Whortleberries, Blueberries ........ Corned beef Libby" Pe 2 20 Roast beef Armour’s....... 23 Potted ham, eo... 1s uo ‘ 70 VT cas 1% " : PPicceecss: Oe - chicken, & Ib....... 8 Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringless....... 1% French style..... 2 00 ee 1 45 15 ooo 70 Lewis Boston Baked........ 111 25 Bay State Baked... 1 25 World’s Fair Baked........ 1:5 recmechamod. ..-............ 95 r Purity Honey Dew: Morning Glory Soaked Peas. Hamburgh teaneetied cee cue. 1 _ early June . ... S Champion Eng.. _ Fine pois _— sifted ‘niin s Early lossom.. French CHOCOLATE. Baker’s. German Sweet.. Premium Breakfast Cocoa.......... CHEESE, NT ce oe cs a IORI eon os Sconce ee Oe ie a Saas. Roawerers 1. .. 2. Sap Sago.. Schweitzer, imported. domestic .... eee sete ee ew wees CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint. 25 bottles. . : Pint dee Se Quart i doz bottles Triumph Brand. Half pint, per Gee cs, Tok, oe OME. nc ant, per Moe 4... 2... CLOTHES PINS. . 40@45 COCOA SHELLS. ee Oe Less quantity ... ... @3% Pound packages ...... - 6%&@7 COFFEE. 5 gross boxes...... Maracaibo, Re 23 ee Java, SUOOIOE cS Private Growth Mandebling . M eee Aree Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age, Package. MeLaughlin’s XXXX.. i Bunola an Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... Extract. Valley City 4 gross........ Felix - Hummel’s, foil, gross. .... " tin en CHICORY. ¢! OTHES LINES. Cotion, SS ---- oe. BRSASER 1000, oe “ Steel ee.. .... CUNBENSED ‘MILK. 4"dos. in care. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s — Gail Borden Eagle..... ... First Prize....... .--. ...-- 8° 5O Standard.. Leader.. CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XxX.. So seymour XXX, cartoon... 54 Family XXX 5 Family XXX, cartoon...... 5% Salted YT eee 3 50 Sete ME es 8 = Fe a 2 25 Worcester. oe Ib sacks eaig Uo vies .. 8410 2 10D et A er te Se ee So) ie. OGL. « 8 1b sacks.. linen acks. a Common Grades. 100 3-Ib. BUCKB.......... 2... 82 10 Oe ee 1 90 28 10-Ib. ag ad es eae 1 % 56 lb. dairy in drill” bags. a oh. * - “ 16 Ashton. 56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks.. 75 Higgins. 56Jh. dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Kock. SG 2h. MOONE. cs 22 Common Fine. “i a TS oa Manistee ... eee eee 90 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs. in box. PONE ac. 3 30 WOO oc ec es 315 Dwight’s.... .. 4 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 02., 41¢).. 39 Gren Turtle. ....... " 30 Three Black Crows.. 27 J. G. Butler's Brands. Something Good...... 38 Out of Sick... ...:.. 24 Wilson « McCzeulay’s Brands. Goole Howe. ........-.. 43 Happy Thought.. : 37 Mesemete............- 32 ik concn 31 ee GOs 4. tea ee 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, i os .......... = Golden Shower............. Huntress bes iees OE “9530 American Eagle Co.’s —— Myrtle mee Le colton ay eens Stork .. 3 Se - iS 14 han Pa ee ee Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands. Benner. os... :: tee teee 16 Banner Cavendish..... -36 ORT EG 3 cl 30 Honey MR cc ipcccstd j Gold Block..... eee 30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, : Peerless...... a 26 OO cine scee eon 18 Ge es ce ole 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands. Dawesee..... 3... 4u Leidersdorf’s Brands. ee 26 Hele Sais. ... 5.5... +3. BO Bd COVE in5 4. ci. 504s

Calfskins, areon...... & @6 Oured....<. 6 @7% Deacon ekine........... lw Gs No. 2 hides %& off. PELTS. ShearMire. 5 BB Ww Eee oo... 25 @ 50 WOOL. oe... ....... 12 @is Unwashed . e& @i2 MISCELLANEOUS. ee oe ie, 4@ 4 Grease butter ........ 1 2 Dae ee ........., .: 14%@ 2 Cimsene :..........., Sea S GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 52 No. 2 Red (60 1b. test) 52 MEAL, We ee 1 40 Granniaved,. ..........- 1 05 FLOUR IN SACKS. bi wie OD en osee- 95 WRG cc... 1 45 ee 1.6 Whi cee NO rn Re EST : 2u ee hawk on 1 40 be ti to usual cash dis- co atl in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS, ess Car lots “nue Bran... Se we $1. vv Screenings .... 12 00 13 00 Middlings..... 16 00 i7 +0 Mixed Feed... 23 C0 24 0U Coarse meal . 22 23 00 CORN. Car lots.. a Less than car lots.......... Si OaTs. Car lots ... eae Less than car lois. eee ees. 35 No.1 Timothy, ox lots....10 No. 1 on lots...... 11 00 FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: RESH FISH Weems... 610 Trout . Cie nea @s Black Bass...... ‘ 12% SS @15 pers or Herring.... @5 Weegee... 6... sn. @i0 Fresh Ska per lb.. 20 MN or ne ccc oaks oc ue 10 No. 3 Promeret..... 2. <: @i0 aE @9 Smoked White... ... @ 8 Red Snappers..... heen 15 Columbia River Sal- BE os eee ess 12% Manone... 6... 18@2 eager a Fairhaven Counts. @32 P. 2. 2. Solects....... 28 —o cieatee saeyucs @25 Pe De Pic ese sie ctcc eves 23 ARs io lols 2) Sie es a tel I ee et, 15 OYSTERs—Bulk. et sae iss 2 20 Extra Selects..per gal. 1 65 RN io cu eens... 1 50 Anchor Standards.... 110 BeOePOR 6a... 1 00 1 50 1s 1 2 SHELL eooDs, Oysters, per, a. i 2@1 7% ams, . %@1 00 CROCK EKY AND GLASSWARE LAMP BUBNERS. No.0 Sun.. 40 Oe 4> ee 65 I a cs. ! Mule, 50 Ce ee 60 ee ee EEE ee 50 ee 125 LAMP CHIMNEYSs.— doz. in box. Per box. me Gham... 1 ee 1 88 No.2 * 2 70 First analtte, No. Sun, erimp toy : wrapped and labeled.. 2 10 = 1 cae 0. se ow “ ‘ “e “oe 3 25 XXX Punt. — 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 60 No. it No. “ te s “cc “ “ec . L Pear! top. — ago, wrapped aud laveied 3 70 47 No. 2 Hinge. ‘ . . 4 3g Fire Proof—Plain ™ No. t, Sun, p ain bulb ee 349 No. 2) 44: La a Bastic, No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per dus No. 2 © No. 1 crimp. per doz No. 2 “e se Rochester. No 1 ime (65¢ doz) ae ene «oy o. ime ( (¢@ doz). 3 79 No. 2 flint (“Ue doz).. 43 Electric. No.2. lime (70e doz) ee 27 No. 2 flint CG 4 <0 Miscellaneous, Junior, flint.. “ge Nutmeg . 15 INuminuator Bases. 1 00 Barrel I iota, 5 9 7 in. Poreetain shades. 1:@ CO OCR Ee oO Mammoth Chimneys for Store Lumps. : Doz Box No. 3 Rochester. lime . ] 3 4.0 No. 3 Rochester, flint. «25 4 8u No. 3 Feuri top or Jewel gl’s.} x5 5 No. 2 G obe Licandes. lime...1 75 5 10 No. 2 G.obe Ineandes. Hint,..2 00 5 x5 No. 2 Pearl glass. in 2 10 610 OIL CANS. Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout. . oa 1 3a: galviron with spout. eet . =o 2 gal galv iron with spout 3 50 3 gal g-lvi on with spout... a 5 00 5 gai Eureka or Rogers, with spout. 6 5 © sa) hureka with faucet 7 00 Seeisavecn AW oo eo 5 gal Tilting Cans, ao ne cmeaee cl. 1010 5 gal galv iron Nacefas.. a yO Pump c ans, o gal Home Role |. |. 10 70 5 gal Home Rule. eee a 2 00 oe CONC 1216 oe COORONG -13 50 5 gal Pirate — i 10 50 ANTERN GLOBES mo 6 » Tubular, ‘Cases I du 12. CRON co oe 45 No. 0, eo 45 No 0, . bbis . a 40 No. 0, - buli’s eye, cases 1 doz each.1 ov LAMP WICKS, No. 0), ee BE cies ee ee le 20 No.1, Le aan aie a Cede ee ae } “ cee Mananeth, per ESE aD eh Oi RiaRe an a 75 JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top. 4 Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box 0).. 64 Mg CC BBL doa ¢€bb! 35)... ... 2 ~~ * Gc * “bom, © box (hou 00). 1 80 ..* m* “be * din (bb! 35).. cons ae STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, 1 to6gai.... 06 . % gal. per doz.. 60 COR MRA eee 77 “ 1004 gal., Pere 07 Miik Pans, 72 Sul. per fox Dieu wadiy a ticy 60 “ eee oes 72 STONE WARE—BLACK GLAZED, Detter Crocks, i ¢nd2eal 6% Milk Pans, * gal. per doz... tae ewasel cus 65 ae 7 OI'LLs, The Standard O11 Co quotes as follows: BARRELS. OG ec aky eo eka 8% 2 W. W. Mich. Headlight..... eae 7 | @ 6% Sinee Gane a @ 7% ee @36 ee ec 13 @21 IlIack, sero teat... os 5... 12 Pimck, Cond tee... Lc: 10 FLOM TANK WAGON, Eocene.. z XXX W. W. Mich. Headlight. 5 If you want: to buy or sell a stock of mer- Wants Goluma 3% sarsanmonan through invite COE- our Wanis Column. ENG TRADESMAN Co. DUPLICATES OF SINGLY — “TYPE FOR RMS QuANTITY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 18 Should Men Want To Live a Century? It is not usual for human beings to live 100 years, but it is still a fact occasion- ally met with. Many prominent physiologists have held that human beings are entitled by the facts of their contormation to a cen- tury of life; but to secure such longevity they must so live as to husband instead of, as is too often the case, exhaust their vital powers. All sorts of sensual ex- cesses and debauchery necessarily exer- cise a most injurious effect on the human coustitution. Some men are old and de- crepid ai 40; others are vigorous and show no signs of physical failure at 60. it is a question if a man wishes to con- centrate the experience of all the possi- bilities of life in afew years, or prefers tu distribute them through as long a period as possible. Certainly the latter course is much the wiser, since there is nothing more productive of despair, and the wretchedness that comes from it, than to realize that all power to enjoy life is gone, while other peuple quite as old or older are still pussesseu of health and vigor. Undoubtedly, what is called fast liv- ing must be considered one of the most serious causes of bodily and mental fail- ure. Many of the people whose break- ing health is attributed to overwork are really the victims of over-indulgence. Nevertheless, excessive application to business or study is decidedly injurious to the physical and also to the mental constitution. Whatever course of life wears out the tissues of the body and Overtaxes the nerves, without allowing opportunity for sufficient rest and re- cuperation will, if persisted in, work per- manent injury to the health. And here comes in the question of athletic exercises. They are good only to a moderate degree. Ali that is de- sired is to develop the bodily powers to a fair degree of their capabilities. But ii is easy tu acquire permanent injuries by excessive exercise. Moreover, all facul- ties, both bodily and intellectual, should be trained symmetrically. It is not fo: the highest good of the race that its men and women should be athletes and noth- ing more. A sound mind in a sound body means that the body and mind should both be worthy, the one of the other. Probably, next to unbridled debauch- ery and physical violence and bodily dis- ease, worry and anxiety exert the greatest influence in shortening buman life. There are people who are oppressed with anxieties from which they cannot escape, and these break their rest aud destroy ail pleasing repose. Take- savage people, the American Indian in his wild state, for instance. He exists in perpetual anxiety. He lives in a constant stateof war. His enemies are not only desirous to rob him, andeven to kill him, but they are almost always on the alert to do so. He must be always on the watch, or, if he sleeps, it is as the wild beast does, with one eye open. But the necessary and unavoidable troubles of life are not the only causes of worry. There are people who ought to be entirely without any ordinary anx- ieties. They are all rightin their busi- ness and social relations. They have no cause for concern about their finances. They have no formidable enemies, if, in deed, they have any; their friends are faithful, and they have enjoyed a fair measure of worldly prosperity and favor. But they are miserable because things are as they are. Not that it would make them happy to have achange. The hap- piness of such people is in being misera- ble. They are, for the most part, re- formers. They want to change all that is in the world and out of it. They want to force their opinions upon every- body, and particularly on those who are already contented and satisfied, aud who do not want any change. Thus it appears that many of the ills which contribute to wear out the human constitution must be charged to individ- uals themselves. But if so many people are spe dthrifts as to their worldly goods, it is not strange that they should be just as prodigal in making away with their physical resources. But the measures to be taken for pre- serving the health do not all turn on moral and sentimental grounds. Accord- ing to the physiologists, the processes of growing old are largely assisted by the food and drink people consume. The lime and other earthy salts, which are so necessary to the young for the pro- duction and maintenance of the skeleton and bony parts of the body, become in age no longer needed in the quantities -upplied, and they finally tend to stiffen the joints, clog the circulatory system and impede the action of the heart. It is proposed, then, that the aged should abstain from food rich in earthy con- stituents, and confine themselves to others not dangerously endowed. Of course, the matter of diet has not escaped the attention of medical men in any age, and it has been made the sub- ject of the most elaborate and extreme observation by some. Theorists have taught with great earnestness that man is not properly an omnivorous animal, able to eat every sort of food; and they have attempted to demonstrate that he should confine himself wholly to vegeta- vle fare. All fish, meats, butter, milk and animal substances are forbidden by the vegetarian creed. Man is told that the olive, cotton seed and nuts will furnish all the oils and grease needed; while grain will give him muscle, sugar will furnish carbon to keep up his tempera- ture, and fruits will refresh him. The vegetarians cannot, with any kind of consistency, forbid, in moderation, wine, veer, and spirits, since they are of vege- table origin. But the juicy steak, the delicious fish, the savory ham, and that morsel of gustatory delight, the oyster, will still exert their influence over civ- ilized man, despite all the allegations of the vegetarians against them. It is common for the advocates of veg- etable diet to point to the horse, the ox, and the elephant as examples of the Strengthening power of an exclusively vegetable fare; but man’s destiny is not to be an ox or an elephant, nor even to be a giant. The world’s greatest men were not marvels of bodily strength, but examples of the highest intellectual and spiritual force. In every way it is bet- ter to be a man limited to threescore years and ten than to be an elephant and live for centuries. Moreover, it is the business of men who have serv-d their time to get out of the way and give those who come after them a chance. Every man is entitled to his opportunity. That is divine justice, and it fills every demand, so far as a beginning in life is concerned. RapDIx. semaeeetlar Ntcemerr Use Tradesman Coupon Books. WHO 13 Wilifeel better now that election is Business will take a sudden K over. start—a scoot! Are you ready for the rush? If not, probably you had better send for descriptive matter, setting forth the merits of the most perfect cash register ever invented. Our advertising matter is not based on fiction or theory, but states facts in a matter-of-fact manner and is so plain a child can understand it. It will convince you that our register is the Only Register Which Registers and that we are the only institution in the country catering to the needs Sh. : : : a of the legitimate trade in the cash register line. We make all the registers we sell. We own and operate our own factory and, from present indica:ions, we shall soon be the largest manufacturers of regis- ters in the world—and the world is a large place. Although our register has been on the market only two years it is al- ready Triumphant Over All Others, as it is universally conceded to be the only machine which enables the merchant to keep an accurate account of the sales of each clerk or an item- ized record of the transactions of each department, or both. Although young in years, our register has met with the largest meas- ure of success ever attained by any machine of the kind, having been adopted and recommended by a larger proportion of the better class of merchants than any other register ever introduced. Let it be understood— once for all—that we do not cater to the saloon trade, as our machine is not adapted to the uses of liquor dealers, being invented and constructed solely with a view to serving the regular merchant in the most acceptable manner. INDIANA HEARD FROM. GEO. H. ANDREWS, —DRUGS AND STATIUNERY— Autbu.y Biock. , Muncie, Ind., Oct. 24, 1894. CHAMPION CASH REGISTER Co., i Grand Kapids, Mich. GENTLEMEN:—Tue **Champion” is doing the business successfully and does all you Claimed tor it. : 1 can tell at a glance every transaction that has taken place, the amount of the sale: of each cierk, the number of times they went to the drawer and what they went there for. : The pd. in and pd. outs are a specially good feature and the ‘‘Champion’’ takes care of them ail. , The Champion’? has taken the placeo a $200 key machine and 7 books, which 1 used to get a detailed acct. of my business. Yours Resp. Gro. H. ANDREWS. ==" Merchants desiring to inspect our register are requested to drop a card, so that one of our agents can call when in the dealer’s vicinity. It will nothing to see the machine and have its merits explained. Manufactured only by "9 Good Rapids, Mic. nike paansbacak ye 3 pesngsba 2 x 5 ° = } “EE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. = THRIFT AND ECONOMY. Economy is not parsimony, although it is often falsely so called, and by many considered disreputable. It is a most commendable virtue, and should be most sedulously cultivated. It is not always a gift, and is as often acquired as inher- ited. Itis the result of care, thought, industry and unceasing watchfuluess, and is, indeed, one of our highest duties. Itis not only a ‘‘gathering up of frag- ments, that nothing be lost,” but it is also a seeing that there are few frag- ments to be thus taken care of—the oppo- site of wastefulness and extravagance— and it is only the mentally weak who af- fect to despise so excellent a quality. A thrifty, economical person can make one dollar go twice as far as a heedless, unthoughtful person will. Poverty need not go hand in hand with careless waste and shiftlessness, though it generally does. If ever thrift and good manage- ment are needed, it is where money is scarce. Never ‘‘put your best foot for- ward”’ at the expense of self-respect. It may take a great deal of courage to say, ‘“*‘{ cannot afford it,” but it is nobler far than to hide behind subterfuges, or go to unwarrantable expenses to cover up ub- desirable poverty, whose most galling sting is the fancied necessity of ‘keeping up appearances”—of sailing under false colors and aping the expenditures of more affluent neighbors. Many whose good sense in other matters is indisputa- ble wear out body and brain in the insane struggle to keep up a style in household expenses and dress which is utterly be- yond their means, and which blinds no- body to the true state of affairs; or, if it, indeed, blind a few, it is so transparent to others as to result only disastrously to themselves. lt is not the thrifty, economical class who, to-day, are paralyzing all branches of business with their insane demands upon ‘‘capital.” The men and women who ‘gather up the fragments’’ are not of the howling mob who fight under the red flag and devastate and destroy legit- imate avenues of labor by their brutal onsiaughts upon the very hands that feed them. It is not in their homes that dis- content and anarchy are bred. The power which employs idle hands finds in their ranks no material to build upon. They bave no time nor inclination to **fly to the evils they know not of.’? With them the ‘‘gush” of the so-called ‘‘labor- ing man’s friend’’ is regarded as so much “‘twaddle,”’ or the wily cant of the vote- seeking politician, and, sooner or later, it proves to be the truth. The outcome of the battle for ‘‘some- thing for nothing’’ is not encouraging to the man or woman depencent upon daily tuil for the bread they eat. Yet the blow will fall heaviest upon the wasteful and weak-minded. Economy and thrift will help to carry many over the chasm; but the ‘easy come, easy go” class will surely feel the full weight of the hard times, which their own acts have brought upon them. The thousands suf- fering from enforced idleness through no fault of their own must eat and wear clothes, as well as the hundreds who still have employment. Competition— for men will not willingly starve—will force wages lower and lower, while cap- ital stands aloof, watching the unsettled condition of affairs, fearing to streteh forth its hand, lest it, too, be dragged into the maelstrom swirling at its feet. The outlook has been dark indeed; to Many it is still so, though the business sky seems brightening, and many a poor laborer who laid down his tools aud re- grettully walked away from his well- paid employment, through his allegiance to some union, is now gloomily con- templating the coming days, helpless to provide for the dear ones at home, and would gladly accept the position he aban- doned, even with a reduction of wages. lt were well if all sought profit by the teachings of the hour. One of its great- est jiessons will be the necessity for a Careful expenditure and wise economy of the lessened income, which the laborer must surely share with his employer. Thrift and frugality—not higher wages and fewer hours—will alone insure to him that peace and contentment which belong by right to helpful industry and honest toil. NeLium Warts McVEY. mt ak eG Sie or en ae Boston, [Mass Same got Te RS tag $ tlie is ress.“ pou eee Niki? Katamazoo, Mich., October, 1894. Dear Strs:—It is with pleasure I inform you, that I have made a two years’ engage- ment with the popular and old established house of Moore, Smith & Co., of Boston, Mass. This concern has the reputation of being live, progressive dealers who carry an immense stock, and can fill all orders promptly. Moore, Smith & Co. positively buy everything they handle outside of their own manutacture for spot cash. They are therefore not afraid of compe- tition. One of the best testimonials Moore, Smith & Co. have is the fact that it is seldom they lose a customer. They always ship goods equal to th ir agent’s samples, for proof of which, I can refer you to some of the best and largest vealers in the trade, who have handled their goods more than twenty years. In conclusion, I trust you will not place orders for Spring Hats or Straw Goods, before looking over our line. Thauking you for past favors and hoping for a con- tinuance of the same, I am Yours very truly, Mr. Rogan will be in Michigan from Dee. 1 to Jan. 10 and will be at the following central points during December: Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Jackson, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Port Huron, Saginaw, Fiint, Lansing, Owosso. He will be pleased to pay the expenses of any dealer wishing to look over his line of goods at any of the above places. A postal addressed to M. J. Rogan, Kalamazoo, Mich., will! find him at any time. Entertaining Her Big Sister's Beau. ‘*My sister’ll be down in a minute, and says you’re to wait, if. you please. And says I might stay till she came if l’d promise her never to tease, Nor speak till you spoke to me first. Bat that’s nonsense, for how would you know What she told me to say if I didn’t? Don’t you really and truly think so ? ‘“‘And then you’d feel strange here alone! And you wouldn’t know just where to sit; For that chair isn’t strong on its legs, and we never use it a bit. We keep it to match the sofa. But Jack says it would be just like you To flop yourseif right down upon it and knock out the very last screw. ‘‘Spose you try! I won’t tell. You’re afraid to—Oh, you’re afraid they would think it was mean ? Well, then, there’s the album—that’s pretty, if you’re sure that your fingers are clean. For sister says sometimes I daub it, but she only says that when she’s cross. There’s her picture. You knowit! It’s like her; but she ain’t as good looking, of course ! This is mz. {t’s the best of ’m all. Now, tell me, you’d never have thought That once | was little asthat? It’s the only one that could be bought— For that was the message to pa from the photograph man where I sat— That he wouldn’t print off any more till he got his money for that. ‘What? Maybe you’re tired of waiting? Why, often she’s longer than this; There’s all her back hair todo up, and all of her front curls to friz. But it’s nice to be sitting here talking like grown people, just you and me; Do you think you’ll be coming here often? Ohb,dv! But don’t come like Tom Lee. “Tom Lee? Her last beau. Why, my goodness! He used to be here day and night, Till the folks thought he’d be her husband; and Jack says that gave him a fright. You won’t run away, then, as he did ? for you’re not a rich man, they say, Pa says you’re poor as achurch-mouse. Now are you? And how poor are they ? “‘Ain’t you glad that you met me? Well, I am; for I know now that your hair isn’t red; But what there is left of it’s mousey, and not what that naughty Jack said. But there, | must go. Sister’s coming. But 1 wish I could wait, just to see If she ran up to youand kissed you in the way that she used to kiss Lee.’’ a3 4 if 4 GRE ee Balad PULLS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis- --Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence NEW YorK, Nov. 17—Trade in grocery jobbing circies is taking on new lite every day. We see an increase in the amount of gouds going out, and if no more hands are employed, the old ones are having much more todo. The feel- ing of confidence is growing rapidly and we find in almost every store a more cheerful feeling than we have noticed for a long time. Considerable comment has been heard in the market regarding the action of the Retail Grocers’ Association, of Brooklyn, which at a recent meeting passed resolutions, the tenor of which was that the members. discriminate against the manufacturers and grocery houses which sell goeds to the depart- ment stores. The retailers do net mind fair competition, and itis not that that they complain of. They object to de- partment stores making a leader of and selling below cost certain grocery arti- cles, in order that they may derive a large profit on articles suld in other de partments. It is a question that will have to be settled before long, and, presumably, by the retailers themselves. lt is claimed that many of the articles sold through the medium of these stores are adulterated. This being the case. the retailers have only to educate the public up to that fact, and the evil will be stopped. The Board ef Health may also take a hand in the matter, for the question of adulterated goods is becom- ing a serious one, and, should analysis prove that goods deleterious to public health are being sold, an end will soon be put to it. Judge Stiner will be declared an ex- pert before long upon the question ot feminine attire. Recently a number of cases have come before him which have dealt with the quarrels of dressmakers and bootmakers with their fair clients, and the Judge has shown a disposition to enter into the details of the squabbles so thoroughly that he has frequently had his picture in the papers, and bas been guyed to some extent by bis legal friends. But his decisions have never been dis- puted or quarrelled with, and he cer- tainly goes into the question before him with great thoroughness. One of the most notable scenes in his court room was that where an actress tried ona lot of stage boots, tights, and similar para- pheinalia under the very eye of the Judge. He examined the fit and work- mauship of all the articles which the ac- tress tried op, and went into the matter so extensively that the actress went away convinced that the Judge was her friend for life and that she had won the case. But the Judge vindicated himself by giv- ing a decision against her after all. The other day a dressmaker sued a woman for the price of a waist, which the latter said did not fit her. The Judge had the defendant put the waist on then and there, and poked about persistently until he discovered just where the garment did not fit, and became possessed of all the secrets of dressmaking, as far as the op- posing counsel could show. There is a fair jobbing trade in coffees and quotations remain firmly beld at the recent advance of Rio No. 7 to 15%@ 158e. The total stock here and afluat is 486,712 bags, against 476.735 last year. The activity which characterized the refined sugar trade last week has almost disappeared and apathy has taken its place. Deliveries are reported slow, even of granulated. Quotations remain at 43gc. Teas are dul] and all sorts are at buy- ers’ command. In some offices it is thought the present war may have a de- cided effect on next year’s prices; but China seems to have men enough to at- tend to the tea business, as well as the war. sorates will not be apt to mate- rially appreciate. Rice is fairly well held, although trade is not all it might be. Some firmness is noted on Japan, as shipments to the Pa- cific coast have been restricted, if not completely shut off. Domestic, prime to choice, 5@5i¢c. Molasses is dull and the cold weather does not give the market any life. There ! CLERKS’ COLUMN. is a fair demand for domestic syrups. | The Clerk of To-Day Is the Merchant of Quotations remain as for some time past. | Canned goods, which have so long been in the dumps, are meeting with de- cidedly better demand, and from all points come reports of improvement. Orders are not so much larger, but they are very frequent, and take in all va- rieties of fruits and vegetables. There is said to be a large amount of trash on the market which works in a most detri- mental manner. Asan evidence of the great prosperity of the canned goods deal- ers and their friends, it is reported that a! party of twenty came over from Balti- more the other day to the horse show, and next day went to Delimonico’s to breakfast. The meal began at noon, and lasted some four hours, at an expense of $25 each, or $500 in all, which was “‘whacked up’’ by one of the party under whose care the other nineteen were. Canned goods in dry goods stores are occupying a large amount of discussion; and, while canned goods will probably continue to be sold there, itis very cer- tain that a mighty strong feeling is be- ing developed against the sale of liquor in the bazars, even though the bottles be placed in corset boxes. One has a sort of **shuddery” feeling to see the throng of women around the liquor counter, and the feeling is not Jessened by the reflec- tion that they would get it elsewhere if not here. Dried fruits, both foreign and domes- tic, are meeting with better d2mand daily, and this is true of nuts, owing. probably, to the near apprvuach of the holidays. ‘The butter market is firm under lighter receipts and 26c is the quotation tor best Western grade. This is rather more than is obtained for the best State, which is worth 25c. The cheese market is stronger and a more confident feeling is stronger all aroupd. Small full cream State i3 worth lle, and large do. 103e. Best Western eggs command 23 @ 24c, with a strong feeling among holders. For other than the best, however, demand is light and supply ample. Apples are in generous supply and prices are low, unless for the very best varieties of hand-picked. JAY. 2 New Rulings by the Board of Pharmacy. Stanley E. Parkill, Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Pharmacy, was in town last Friday as a witness in the prosecution brought by the Board against Henry Aldrich for violation of the phar- macy act. The defendant was found guilty and was fined $10 and $12.64 costs, which was paid by his employer. Two new rulings have been promul- gated by the Buard, as follows: Candidates must file their applications with the Secretary apd must furnish af- fidavits showing that they have had the practical or college experience required before taking the examinuiion. Applica- tions for examination and blank torms for affidavits for practical or coliege ex- perience may be obtained from the Secre- tary. Commencing with the Grand Rapids meeting, the writing, grammar and spell- ing, as shown in the candidate’s paper, will be taken into consideration in mark- ing percentages. This step is taken in compliance with a resolution passed by the State Pharmaceutical Association at its meeting in Detroit last summer. The Board will hold examinations dur- ing the coming year as follows: January 8, at D :troit. March 5, at Grand Rapids. June 24, at Detroit (Star Island). August, at some poimt in the Upper Peninsula. | November 5, at Lansing. ———“- -> 2. The Drug Market. There are no changes in prices to note. Gum opium is dull but unchanged. Morphia and quinine are steady. Gum assafetida is in a very firm posi- tion and extreme prices are probable. To-Morrow. Owosso—Sianley E. Parkill. Secretary of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, es- timates the number of drug clerks unem- ployed in this State at 150. Owosso—John Brooks, formerly with Cc. C. Duff, but more recently behind the counter for W. S. Hunt, has united his fortunes with the new grocery firm of Paris & Son. Grand Rapids—D. F. Beverly, formerly manager of the Grady & Faulhaber dry goods store on Broadway, has taken a cierkship with C. F. Sears, the Rockford general dealer. Ludington—H. N. Morse, the writer of unique advertising matter, and formerly manager of the Busy Big Store, has gone to Chicago aud Milwaukee in search of larger fields for bis genius. Evart—Mrs. G. N. Bruce passed the ex- amination for registered pharmacist at tne recent meeting of the State Pharmacy Board, at Lansing. Mrs. Bruce passed the registered assistant examination at Grand Rapids last March, thereby com- pleting buth examinations within eight months. Manistee—Harry Spicer, who clerks for the book and stationery firm of Somerville & Wood, recently met with an accident which will lay him up for a week. He was on a step ladder in the store, when in some manner he slipped and fell to the fluor, receiving painful in- juries. Jackscn—Charles Hodgins, book- keeper for the wholesale grocery firm of Howard & Svlon, bas disappeared. He had served a term at the State Prison for forging an order on a house for which he was traveling, and was sent up from Len- awee county. His employers say that the only shortage they can find is one of $15. They cannot imagine why he went away. — Purely Personal. L. G. Ripley, the Montague druggist, was in town last week and supplemented his orders for holiday goods given loca! jobbers a few weeks azo. M. S. Seovilie, the Jive Kalamazoo grocer, was in town Monday. Samuel Pettingill, the Petoskey grocer, has been in town several days, accom panied by his wife. Mrs. E. M. Campbell, wife of the genial general deaJer at Parkville, was in town last week as a delegate to the Sunday School convention. From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during tbe past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Mrs. J. H. Manning, Lake P. O. C. H. LaFlamboy, MecBride’s. H. Sisson, Central Lake. Hannah & Lay Mere. Co., Traverse City. Whipple, Mack & Co., Midland. Frank Smith, Leroy. Thos. VanEenenaam, Zeeland. C. G. Pitkin, Whitehall. Den Herder & Tannis, Vriesland. H. Brownyard, Lake P. O. C. Mast, Fremont. T. P. Stowe, Howell. S. Pettengill, Petoskey. T. H. Atkins, West Carlisle. J. L. Felton, Burnip’s Corners. Cc. P. Parkill & Son, Owosso. Parker & Fleming Co., Jackson. —____~> -e Thought She’d Get One. “No, ma’am,”’ said the grocer, making a great clattering among his tins. ‘“‘L have coffee pots and tea pots, but there isn’t such a thing as a ‘jack pot’ in the store.” ‘l’m so sorry,” wailed the young wife. ‘*You see, we haven’t been married long, and my husband’s mother has al- ways cooked for him, and, when I heard him talking in his sleep about a ‘jack pot,’ i just thought I’d get one, for he men- tions it so often he must be used to it. Could you teli me what they cook in it?’’ “Greens, ma’am,” said the grocer. And he sent her to the tin store in the next block. OE A man who has never died has been writing to prove that death is not pain- ful to those who die. % OYSTERS * I am keeping down prices notwithstanding theadvance. Order at once for your Thanks: giving trade. Solid Brand, Extra Selects, percan. .... . 8 26 Solid Brand scletts per COM ... ....5.925).. 24 oll Grand, & F., oer cam. ......... os 20 S lid Braud. Standards percan............ 2 Daisy Grand “cies. Her Can ............., Daisy Brand, Standards, per can ........... 16 Dairy Grand, Favorites, per can............ 14 Shin $08 (CF OAL... | tase nee oS Extra Seemeds OOF CO) i ieee ects 1 00 Oysters fine and cans well filied. Th Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices, Mrs. Withey s Home Made Jelly, made with gr-en apples very fine: 0 3 0-Ib pail pe eee esky ees. 7 Oe, NE ee cee ec oT 55 Bee ow 45 Mrs Withey’s Condensed Mince Meat, the best male. 5c per doz. 3doz in case: Mrs. With-y’s bulk mince meat: Or oul per te 6 OO i a i i eee. 64 RE PROM, CE Bs eve ee en eee 6% Pare Cider Vinerer. per galion.............. lu Pure Sweet Cider, per gallon.......... a = Pine Dairy Butter, Pee okek we ce. se 20 Fresh Eggs, per doz ee | New Pickie«, medium, barrels... -........ 5 00 wew Pies ee. 4 te Wel. oe tee 3:0 New Sauer Kraut, barrels........... owe 2 New Sauer Krent,' 4 barrels... ......-...... 2 50 EDWIN FALLAS, Oyster Packer and Manufacturer, VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE, Grand Rapids, Mich. — md Steel Ranges are fast sup- erseding the Cast Range. Dur- ing this exhibit expert range salesmen direct from the fae- tory will be on hand to show up their good qualities. 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