VOL.

W m .  Brum meler
Tiniare,  Glassware  and  Notions.

Rags  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

JOBBER  OF

76  SPRING  ST. 
WE  CAN  UNDERSELL

, GRAND  RAPIDS, 
any  one  on  tinware.

Prices.

Something  N ew

Bill Snort

We  guarantee  this  cigar  the 
best  $35  cigar  on  the  market. 
Send  us  trial  order,  and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
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CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Twenty Y ears Experience.  References fui nished 
34 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Midis

if  desired.

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D ry  Goods

Importers and Jobbers of

STAPLE  and  FANCY.

Overalls,  Pants,
OUR  OWN  MAKE.

Etc

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

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De

K.  KNUDSON,

MERCHANT  TAILOR

And  Dealer In

Gents’ Furnishing Goods
Fine stock of Woolen  Suitings  and  Overcoat 
ings  which I will make to order cheaper than an 
other house in the city.  Perfect fit gnaranteer 

80 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids

GOUGH 
DROPS
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106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

(flap  Goffee  Roaster.

The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No. 1 
Roasters—capacity  35  lbs.—1  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for 
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48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

ROBT.  S.  WEST,
Raton,  L pn  X  Go,
A ltas, Dressing  Cases, Books
F a n c y

And a complete line of

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G oods.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

SEEDS!

If in want of Clover or Timothy, 
Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, 
or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of  Seed, 
send or  write to the

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W . T . 1  A M O R E A U X .

DMUND B. DIKEIBBN
M i  fiakcr 

THE  GREAT

s Jeweler,

44  G U M   8Y„

Irani Rapids,  -
" W a r r e n ’s

"Elixir  of  Life”

C igar

A p p le s,

Will be ready Sept.  1.

Price, $55 delivered.

Send orders at once to
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Cherryman  &  Bowen,

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5 South  Division St,

Telephone  1000. 

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(O riginally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.'
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab 
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rooms have been  especially  designed in accord­
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is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
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Our Normal Department is in charge  of  expen 
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apply to us.  Do not go  elsewhere  without  first 
personally  interviewing  or  writing  us  for full 
particulars. 
Investigate  and  decide  for  your 
selves.  Students may enter at any time.  Address 
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School,  19, 21, 23, 25 and  27  South -Division  St, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Principal. 

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AT  T H E

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CHICAGO.

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CAPITAL,

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ifake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

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OYSTERS  1NRLL STYLES,

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IN  AMERICA.

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DELICIOUS  QUALITY
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CEO. MOEBS & CO.,

92  Woodward Ave.,

DETROIT, 

- 

A l l e n  D u r f e e .

MICH.
- 
A. D. L e a v e n w o r t h ,

Allen  Durfee  & Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

(Formerly Shriver, W eatherly Sc Co.)

CO N TRACTORS  F O R

Galmixed Iron  Gornice,

PldmMüg X Heating Work,
Mantels

Dealers in

Pipes,  Etc., 
and  Grates.

W eatherly  &  Pulte,

Pumps,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

(Successors to  Steele & G ardner.) 

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S !

Manufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom' 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and 18 Plainfield  Ave.,  Grand  Rapids

fillers, Attention

We are making  a  Middlings 
Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
w ill save you their cost at least 
three times each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
less  power  and  less  waste) 
t.Via.n  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Co.,

B R IP   RAPIDS,  RICH.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  1,  1890.

NO. 328.

THE  COMMERCIAL  TRAVELER. 
His language is artless and  free,
And his fund of good jokes is  immense, 
His handshake is hearty and warm,
And his manners polite to intense.
His clothes fit him snugly and trim,
His hat is the latest thing out 

His necktie way up in the style.
And his face wears a genial smile.

He has the time tables by heart,
He calls his trade by their first i ames.

He is “chummv” at all the hotels,
And leaves copies of  all goods he sells.
His trunk is just packed with “big jobs,”
He throws out his pet little “baits;”
He’s determined to sell  his new man,
So he offers him all sorts of “dates.”

The trade never want any goods,
But, get a man started and then _

He's accustomed to slights and rebuff— 
He can scarce wait a day for his “stuff.

O, a jolly, bright fellow is he,
This tourist of commerce and trade,
Don’t call him a  “drummer,” forsooth 
He's a full band complete, on parade.
WHEN FATE WAS  KIND.

The waste  of  waters,  and  the  clouds 
and in  the  clouds  a  shadowy face  that 
looked  down with  an  elfin  gaze  upon a 
girl  who  stood  upon  one  of  the  sand 
the
cliffs with  which  Marshville  fronts 
sea.
A windy  and  warm  April  night  had 
succeeded  a  day of  rain  and  blue sky.
The southwest  breeze  swept  with  long, 
strong breath  over  the  land, and  out  to 
sea, as if it would  push  back  the waters 
that  still  kept  swashing in  across  the 
beach in a line of foaming gray.
Two hours  .ago  the  rain  had  ceased 
but the clouds were  still rising and driv 
ing over the clear, deep blue which April 
gives the sky.  A week-old moon was in 
the  western  heavens,  and  its  radiance 
seemed  to  prolong  this  twilight  hour, 
and  give  lovely  lights  to  that  face  of 
at
fancy which  Miss  Kester was  gazing 
in  the  clouds.  A  Titan  face,  with 
womanly smile, which1 held  her and shed 
the  warmth  of  a  good  omen  into  her 
heart, that had been waiting with smoth 
ered eagerness for three days past
Euth  Kester’s  figure  was  outlined 
sharply as it  stood  there,  and  it  caught 
the  eye  of  a  man  who  was  walking 
quickly along  the  road which wound  by 
the  edge  of  the  marshes.  He  stopped 
and gazed  intently for  an  instant  up  at 
the woman.  A  flush  passed  over  his 
face;  a flash came into  his eye.  He left 
the  highway  and  began  mounting  the 
sandy hills that lay between him and  the 
girl whom he saw.  There was nothing, 
to  his  mind, in  the whole  scene  about 
him  but  that  one  figure  of  a  woman 
straight  and  slim,  its  long,  close-fitting 
dark cloak and small hat  making  it  like 
a silhouette against  the  changing  back 
ground of sky.
Of what was she thinking ?  He knew 
so well  the  face  that’was  turned  from 
him;  a  clear,  soft  face, so  bewitchingly 
framed  in  darkest  hair,  and  with  ey 
whose  glance  was  bright  or  soft, 
changing mood should dictate.
Six  months  since  he  had  seen  it. 
Months of  exile,  which he  could  almost 
curse  now for keeping  him  from  happi­
ness.  But  he  had  endured 
them. 
Work, capacity  for  work,  enable  us  to 
endure  all  things;  and  when  we  work 
for the  one  beloved—ah !  that  makes  a 
difference.
His  footsteps  on  the  sand  made  no 
noise which the loud wind did not drown. 
His eyes burned deeper as he approached; 
a blaze  of  joy and  love was  in  them  as 
he  came  so  near  that  he  could  speak. 
But before his  lips  had  pronounced  her 
name  she  turned, not  because  she  had 
heard  anything but the wind  and water, 
but because  some  sudden  and  delicious 
beat had come to her pulses.
It was characteristic of them both that, 
in that  first  moment, they did  not  even 
extend their hands.
It  is  you,”  said  Ruth,  in  a whisper 
that Lane  saw rather  than  heard,  while 
their eyes were  eloquent with the happi­
ness of  meeting,  which  is  like  no  other 
happiness  in  the world, and which  does 
not  come  with  intensity many times  in 
life.
Then,  as their  hands clasped,  in  a mo­
ment Lane could  say,  in  that  light  tone 
which hints at  a  heart  that  could  sud­
denly be gay with love :
“You  should  have  expected  me  to­
night.  Why were you not  at home wait­
I  might  have gone to 
ing my coming ? 
the  house  and  not  found  you  had  not 
chance  led  me  this  way  across 
the 
marshes,  from whence  I  saw some  maid 
of  the  wind  and  the  waves  up  here 
among her kindred.  And I  pictured you 
in that sitting-room  of  Mr. Pond’s, with 
face  against  the  window,  staring  down 
the road,  saying to  yourself  sadly :  ‘He 
is  late.’ 
I  shall  know  better  another 
time.  Lucky for you  that  I find no tall 
cavalier by your side.”
With lightest  touch  he  put  his  hand 
beneath  her  chin,  and  raised  her  face 
that he might look  in  it  more  fully, his 
gaze of fire  softening  to  utmost  tender­
ness as her eyelids fell  after an instant’s 
meeting his gaze.
She  drew  back  a  little,  with  a  shy 
movement full of  bewitchment  for  him, 
and laughed  out  faintly, as  one  laughs 
who will not let the happy tears come.
“But you are not late,” she said;  “you 
are an hour  earlier  than  by any reckon­
ing I could have looked for  you;  and  in 
that  time  I  would  have  been  at  home 
watching for  your  coming  in  the  most 
proper and respectable manner.”
“And 1 have missed the sight of you at 
the window,”  he returned,  “just because 
I was so impatient that I  could  not  bear 
to lose an-  hour  in  Boston. 
I  found  I 
could take an earlier  train  that  stopped 
at  Sefton,  and  drove  over  from  that 
town.  Up at the head of the road there 
I  had  a  fancy to  dismiss  carriage  and 
driver and walk  the  last  half  mile  this 
way*.  Now I  know why I  did  so,”  tri­
umphantly  justifying  himself  for  what 
had seemed a freak to  him at the time.
The two lingered  a  moment longer  on 
the windy cliff, and then turned to buffet 
the  breeze  slowly,  following  the  road 
which led between marsh and  hills  until

Miss  Kester  fancied  that  this 

the  latter  ran 
joined  the  highway; 
through fields and  rocky pastures.
The hour grew cooler.  The moon, rid­
ing  higher  and  higher,  had  conquered 
the clouds,  and  they retreated,  in heavy, 
black masses, over  toward the northeast. 
The tide, going  swiftly up  the  sands  in 
ever-rising  waves,  sang 
that  diapason 
which is always the voice of Ocean.
Led on by timid questions, Lane talked 
earnestly about his  plans  for  their  fu­
ture, his  glorious  hopes,  his  eager  de­
light  in  imagining  the  home  he would 
make.  Often he would interrupt himself 
look intently in his  companion’s  face, 
and ask passionately:
“Do you love  me?”  And  she would 
whisper,  “Yes,” or would  not answer  at 
all,  only  return  his  glance,  not  even 
blushing, in the entire  self-forgetfulness 
of  that  moment  when  her  heart  re­
sponded to his with no  mist  of  maidenly 
timidity between them.
And once she smiled, clung closer to his 
arm, and retorted:
“No sir;  I do not love you in the least, 
m going to  marry you  for  the  sake  of 
money and position.’.’
kt which they both  laughed  as though 
her words had been witty.  Was  it not  a 
great  joke  for  her  to  say  that,  when 
Lane  had  money  and  position  yet  to 
gain ?
You have no idea  how I shall work,” 
exclaimed, throwing  back  his  head.
he
and
I  am  going  to  give  you  wealth 
place, and you may be sure no  man  ever 
had such an incentive to work as I  have.
My business is  twice  as  large  as  in  the 
ear before I knew you.”
“Do not your clients say they are look­
ing for  a man who  is  in  love  to  plead 
their case ?  Do they not say no man who 
lives on commonplace earth shall be their 
lawyer ?”
As  she  finished  speaking, and  before 
he could reply, a  figure which  had  been 
walking unobserved  toward them,  in the 
dense shade of  a  row of  pines, emerged 
into  the  moonlight  .but  a  few  yards 
away.
A woman, enveloped from head to foot 
in  a  soft, clinging  burnoose,  a  fold  of 
which she  had  thrown  over  her  head, 
where it descended in a  point  almost  to 
her  forehead, on  which  lay  half-curled 
light  hair,  above  long,  gray  eyes, that 
scanned the two with  a  gaze which  had 
evidently begun  several  minutes  before 
they had noticed her.
She walked  as  no woman  bred  in  the 
country ever walks—with a  pliant  grace 
that suggested  as  its  cause  cultivation, 
as well as nature.
lady 
looked at Lane  as  if  she  knew him  and 
expected to receive some sign of recogni­
tion  from  him.  Then  she  glanced  at 
Ruth,  and a suave and  lovely smile came 
to her face. 
She bowed  and  passed on. 
Lane  mechanically  had  raised  his  hat 
when his companion had bent  her  head, 
and his glance  at  the  stranger  had  be­
come more keen.
“You  did not seem to recognize  her,” 
remarked Ruth.
“Indeed,  no.  Why  should  I?  One- 
might as soon expect to see some brilliant 
tropical  bird  flitting  over  these  gray 
rocks as such a woman  as that.  Who is 
she ?  You seem to know her.”
“She  is  some  foreign  friend  or  ac­
quaintance of  Adelaide  Phillipps, and is 
visiting at Miss  Phillipps’ house.  You 
know  how  kind  our  singer  is,  or,  at 
least,  we who live near her  know. 
She 
invited me there to a  musical  party  last 
week because she  knew it would give me 
pleasure to  listen.  That  lady is  a  so 
prano who will make her debut next fall. 
She was kind  enough  to  notice  me, and 
I’ve met her  twice  since walking  on the 
beach.  Both times she spoke to me. 
It 
is curious;  when I am with her there is 
glance in  her  long  eyes which  both  re­
pels and  attracts  me;  but  her  smile  i 
very delightful;  so when I am away from 
her I  want to  be with  her  again. 
If  I 
were a man I should love her,  and should 
know  that  she  would  make  me  un 
happy.”
“But, being  a woman, you  may forget 
her  and  think  only of  me,”  said  Lane 
gaily, possessing  himself  still  more  se­
curely of  the hand on his arm,  and  add­
ing ;  “You did not tell me her name.” 
“Leonora. 
I’m never quite sure of her 
last name.  Arditi, I think.”
Lane  did  not  reply immediately.  He 
walked on in silence, some grave thought 
changing his face for  a  moment.  Ruth 
looked at him more  closely than she was 
aware, or  than she  had  intended.  She 
was thinking that it was so odd  that  the 
Signorita  Arditi  had  glanced  at  Lane 
with precisely the expression of  one who 
recognizes and expects to  be  recognized. 
But it was  her  prerogative  to  greet the 
man first.
Ruth  opened  her  lips  to  ask  some 
question, when Lane said abruptly : 
“Leonora Arditi, is  it?”  Then  here- 
lapsed into  deeper  gravity than  before, 
and  Ruth  scoffed  at  herself  that  she 
should  condescend  to any faintest  form 
of  jealousy  or  suspicion,  and  she  put 
such  thoughts  immediately  out  of  her 
mind, or she told herself  that she did so.
But, in  spite  of  all  her  efforts, there 
had come a slight coldness  to her aspect. 
Did  Lane  notice  it ?  Apparently not;
and that in itself was humiliating to her. 
What  woman  likes  to  have  her  mood 
change, and  her  lover  not  conscious  of 
that change.
They went  on  slowly,  the  wind  sub­
siding,  leaving a calm April night, which 
held  in  its  breath  sweetest  hints  of 
blooms and warmth to come.
Ruth  fancied  that  Lane  wbs  di* trait 
and absent,  and she  grew more and more 
silent.
They  passed  now  a  house  standing 
hospitably near  the  road;  a house  from 
which  a  scent  of  flowers  seemed  to 
stream,  whose  doors  were  open,  from 
whose windows  brilliant  lights  glowed. 
There  were  two  or  three  people  to  be 
seen  within,  and in the  brightly-lighted 
hall  was  the  figure  of  a woman on her 
knees by a large black  dog, her arm over 
his neck, while  her profile as she  looked

laughingly in at her guests in the parlor,
__   clearly seen  for  the  moment.  An
almost  swarthy  face,  with  heavy  dark 
hair profuse  on  the forehead,  plain, yet 
with that wonderful attractiveness which 
personality does  sometimes infuse into a
“It  is  Miss  Phillipps  herself,” whis­
pered  Lane, and in a moment  he  began 
to  sing,  under  his  breath,  “0 Mio Fer­
n a n d o and then broke off with a laugh, 
saying:
4 That is the last I heard  her sing,  and 
her  voice  gave  me  dreams  for  a  week 
In  a  different  tone,  he  said:
after.” 
4 Does she love Leonora Arditi ?”

“That I cannot tell  you.”
So anxiously did  Ruth  wish  to  make 
her  manner  precisely what it should  be 
that, as might have been expected, it was 
not natural.  What had come over them?
She had thought it would be unmixed joy 
when  Lane  should  come  to  her for the 
brief  time he could  spare  from his bus­
iness in a distant city.  And now she was 
growing  absolutely  angry.  She  kept 
silent until they had  left  the  house  be­
hind them and were coming near her own 
home, which was with an uncle,  who had 
been to her always  the  same as a father.
Flinging off all signs of her depression, 
Ruth  suddenly  became  gay  and  wordy 
with quips and  talk that glided here and 
there, touching  this  or that subject with 
a superficial  brilliance  that  made  Lane 
stare,  and that  went  cold to his heart, as 
she  had  meant  it  should  do.  She wa 
kind,  also.  There  was  nothing  with 
which Lane could  reproach her.  Where 
was the shy, sweet  glance  that had been 
his an hour ago ?  What did  this  mean 
He looked at her  in  perplexity.  But he 
had  nothing  to  guide him to an answer 
and there was his pride, which prevented 
him from  asking any question.  He felt, 
also, that he might as well  have  interro 
gated  a  soap-bubble,  so  elusive  she 
seemed.
He  stopped  until  9  o’clock  at  Mr 
Pond’s, sitting  with  the  family, talking 
calmly on a hundred, subjects,  carefully 
refraining  from  looking  fully- at  Ruth 
whose bubbling spirits had not yet begui 
to subside.  He  bade  her good-by in the 
same tone in which he  made  his  adieu 
to  the  rest.  He asked her if  she would 
drive  with  him  the next morning.  She 
thanked him, and  said she would go.
Then  he  walked  away  to  the  hotel 
where he was to lodge.  There was some­
thing  vicidhs  writhing and rising to life 
within him as he went  along  the  lonely 
road.  What  did  she  mean  by  treating 
him  as  if  he  were  a  mere  acquaint­
ance?—entertaining  him  with  that  in­
furiating  babble  that  he had once liked 
so well?  He liked it now;  but he wanted 
some glance, some  tone  for  him  alone, 
that  would  tell  him  he  was  the  man 
whom she loved.
“Was she going to keep  up this sort of 
thing?”  he  asked  savagely.  She  had 
eemed glad to see him at first.  Perhap 
she was playing with  him.  Did she like 
some  one  else?  There  were  alway 
people atMiss Phillipps’  when she was at 
home.  Was it some infernal fellow stay­
ing  there?  Not  once  did  it  occur  t( 
Lane’s  clear  masculine  mind to suspect 
it was anything in his own manner which 
had caused the change.
As  he  went  on, his-thoughts  altered 
their current, falling into an old channel 
of  anxiety.
He  passed  the head of  the road  where 
he had  seen  “the soprano,” as Ruth had 
called her.  He glanced down  its  empty 
length  and  recalled  the  form  and  the 
face seen in the low moonlight,  his coun 
tenance  growing  lined  and  set  as  he 
looked.
The  next  morning  he  drove  alon 
through the benign  spring  air,  hope and 
happiness again keenly alive.
If  Ruth  should  greet  him  with  that 
charming,  but  unsatisfactory  manner of 
hers, what should he do ?  On one thing 
at least,  he was iesolved—he  would  not 
bear  it  a  moment  from  her.  What 
w aste  the  precious  hours  when he had 
only so short a time to spend  with  her 
He would break down  any  petty barrier 
her  freak  caused  her  to  raise  between 
them.
Speeding along behind his  fleet  horse 
he  became  aware  of  a woman  walkin 
on quickly ahead of  him.  Although  hi 
eyes did not recognize her,  his  heart did 
and before  Ruth  was  hardly aware,  her 
lover  had  leaped from the carriage,  and 
was near her, his hat off, his face radiant 
from the clear flame in his eyes.
And lo !  she raised no barrier  between 
them.  There  was  her  love, shining  in 
her look and  trembling on her lips.  All 
his anxieties  fled  so  thoroughly that he 
could  hardly  believe  he  had  ever  felt 
them.
The  April  sun  encircled  them  in an 
atmosphere which, like  their love, prom­
ised even more  than it had  yet  brought.
He put her in the carriage, he sat down 
beside her; gathering the lines, and send­
ing off  his  horse  swiftly,  he  turned  to 
her.
“How  cruel  you  were  to  me  last 
night,” he  said, not  sadly in  the  least. 
The  morning  air  had  scattered  his un­
generous doubts.  “I even went so far as 
to  think  some  tenor  or  baritone  over 
yonder had sung too sweetly to  you.”
She laughed in a way that  thrilled him 
with  that  foolish  ecstasy of  youth  and 
love.  He fancied  he  could listen to her 
laugh  a  thousand  years.  You  see  how 
silly he was.  But it is a folly that, w hile 
it lasts, makes a man a god.
“Some of  them do sing so sweetly that 
you might fancy them to be those  angels 
of  heaven who once wooed the daughters 
of  men,” she  said,  with  an  earnestness 
not all  exaggerated.
Lane frowned, but said,  lightly :  “You 
ought to mean the soprani and contralti.” 
She tossed her head.
“Oh, no;  that is for  you to think.  The 
Signorita Arditi  has a cold this morning, 
and  is  hoarse  as  a  frog,”  she  ended, 
abruptly.
“The Signorita  has my respectful con­
dolences,”  replied  Lane.  Then,  sud­
denly :  “Have  you been to call on her?”

“I went  to  take a book  to  Miss  Phil­
I was hurrying  to  get  home be­
lipps. 
fore  you should come, sir,” meekly.
Not a cloud  marred  the  brightness of 
the  following  hours,  which  fled as such 
hours do.
At  night  Lane  was to go to Boston to 
remain until the next  night, attending to 
a case of  his, and  the  day after  he  was 
to leave her.
They  spent  the  day  together.  They 
walked miles over thé sand;  they sat and 
looked  off  on  the  sea  from  one  of  the 
cliffs.  The water was now gently ruffled 
by a faint blowing  west wind.  To them 
more  than  the  opulence of  midsummer 
was in air and sky and ocean.
When Lane left her that evening, Ruth 
wondered how she could ever  have  been 
disturbed as she  had  been  the night be­
fore.  She  was  then  a  little  idiot,  she 
told herself  in her own  room.  And how 
happy she  was !  So happy that  she  felt 
restless  and  caged  in  the  house,  and 
longed to be out of  doors in the  fragrant 
air. 
It was barely  8 o’clock.  She threw 
hat  and  cloak  and  went  out at the
front door, just  pausing  at  the  sitting- 
oom to say to Mrs. Pond that she should 
be back very soon.
She went  down  the  road in the  direc­
tion  taken  by Lane  on  his  way to  the 
station.  He  must  be nearly there  h o w . 
The  moon  was  riding  high.  She could 
see the white walls of  the  Webster Place 
shine  behind th.e great trees.  The house 
was shut now, for  none of  the  family as 
yet had come into the country.
She walked into the grounds through a 
small  gate,  and  strolled  slowly up  the 
approach,  listening  to  the  stir  in  the 
branches  above  her  head,  to that slight 
movement  that is not a wind,  but  seems 
the  motion  of  the  trees  themselves  as 
they stand together.
There  was  still  upon her the mood of 
an awe-struck  wonder that she should be 
so  happy  when  so  many women  in  the 
world could never know the  joy that was 
to  be  hers  through all tbe  years of  her 
life.  Was  she not to spend  those  years 
with Lane,  and  who  ever  loved as they 
loved ?
She  stopped a  moment beneath a tree, 
fancying that she inhaled the perfume of 
arbutus on a soft wind  that  came to her. 
With this thought in her mind, she turned 
her face more fully toward the wind, and 
aw a man  and  a  woman  coming  down 
from the direction of  the house, 
luvol- 
ntarily she  shrank  back  farther  from 
the path,  and  into  the  deeper  darkness 
made by the large tree trunk.
She knew the woman, it seemed to her. 
before  she  had  really seen her. 
It was 
the  Signorita  Arditi.  wearing  a  large 
bunch of  arbutus at her  belt,  and  carry- 
ng herself  with the  inimitable  swaying 
motion  which  Ruth  now  hated, for the 
man walking beside her  was  Lane.  She 
would  have  known  it  was  Lane,  she 
thought,  had she been blind.  They were 
not talking.  She did not hear them utter 
a word, and they almost directly reached 
the  entrance  when  Lane raised his hat, 
bow ed low,  and  hurried away toward the 
tation,  his  firm 
footsteps  sounding 
heavily on the damp gravel.
The  Signorita  stood  a  moment,  then 
she sauntered  slowly away, and Ruth re­
mained where she was for many minutes, 
trying heroically to adjust herself to this 
new attitude of  affairs.
Was it not despicable that Lane should 
have pretended not to know  the  Signor­
ita?  Never  again  would  she  mistrust 
her own  intuitions.  They had  told  her 
that the woman  had  looked  upon  Lane 
with  the  glance  of  recognition.  That 
conviction  had  brought  a  cloud  and  a 
chill to that  first  hour,  and she had been 
too  trustful  in  that  she  allowed  that 
cloud  to  be  dissipated,  that  chill to be 
warmed.
How  he  had  seemed to love  her  that 
day !  What tender  passion  had been in 
his  voice  and  eyes  when  he  had said 
good-by to  her  less  than  an  hour ago! 
And he h&d left her to meet  that  woman 
whom he had tried  to  make her think he 
did not know.
Ruth threw her head  back  with a for­
lorn pride.  At least she might be thank­
ful that she had learned his duplicity be­
fore  it  was  too  late.  Would  he  come 
back  to  her  to-morrow  night with that 
false  enthusiasm  on  his  face  and  vi­
brating in his voice ?
Well, she should  know  how to receive 
him.
She  stood  erect  there,  waiting  until 
the  the  lady  should  have  gone  far 
enough,  so that  she  would  not he likely 
to  see  anyone,  then  Ruth  walked  -out 
from  the place into the road, going with 
slow, steady feet in  the  direction of  her 
home.
What had  been  changed ?  There was 
the  sky with  its  white  clouds, and  the 
moon, seeming to disperse  them  on  her 
path.  Here was the brown  earth, grow­
ing warm and fragrant almost with every 
hour that hastened on the summer.
Ruth  walked  on,  bewildered  by  the 
horrible torture that made her heart beat 
so swiftly,  and  yet  with  such a strange 
kind  of  dullness.  She  tried  to  feel  a 
courage  that  should  match  the  firm, 
brave way in which she held herself, but 
every moment  made even the  semblance 
of  such a feeling more and  more  impos-

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AMONG THE TRADE.
GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

Wesley Dunn has engaged  in  the  gro­
cery business at Westminster.  The Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

Geo.  W. Davison  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  on  South  Division 
street. * The stock was  purchased at this 
market.

M. V. Wilson,  the Sand Lake druggist, 
uttered chattel mortgages to  the  amount 
of  $3,800 last  Saturday,  and  later in the 
day  four  Grand  Rapids  creditors—the 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  M.  H. 
Treusch  &  Bro.,  the  Lustig  Cigar  Co. 
and L.  S.  Hill & Co.—attached  the  stock 
on the ground  that  the  mortgages were 
fraudulent.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Cheshire—S. Bush & Son have engaged 

in the grocery business.

Harri son—M.  Dillon succeeds Dillon & 

C urtiss in the drug business.
B’“’ oomingdale—Ed. Wier  has  sold  his 

ge neral stock to Ed.  Merrifield.

Sparta—E.  H.  Norton  has  purchased 

the meat business of D. A. Reed.
East Jordan—R. G. Bruce has assigned 

his general stock to H. L. Page.
Hartford—L.  W.  Britton 

Giles Cook in the grocery business.

succeeds 

Bloomingdale—Lockard & Son succeed 

J. C.  Speicher in the grocery business.

Holland—John  G.  Smeenge  succeeds 
Mrs.  Q.  Huyzer in  the  grocery business.
Ann  Arboor—Wm. W.  Wines,  of  the 
dry  goods  firm of  Wines  &  Worden, is 
dead.

Ann Arbor—John W.  Hunt’s hardware 
stock  has  been  seized  on  chattel mort­
gage.

Evans—Wm. H. Morris  has bought the 
dry goods  and  grocery stock  of  Mrs. E. 
Leighton.

Muskegon —  John  S.  Timmer’s  dry 
goods stock has been closed  under  chat­
tel mortgage.

Springport—Cortright  &  Griffith  suc­
ceed H. J. Cortright in the dry goods and 
grocery business.

Rives Junction P. of I.  have  formed  a 
$5,000  stock  company  to  carry  on  the 
mercantile business.

Detroit—Chas. R. Brand & Co. succeed 
Brand & McCullough in the painting and 
decorating business.

Kalkaska—Pipp  Bros.  &  Martindale 
have added a grocery  and  supply  stock 
to their hardware line.

Alma—H.  L.  Lockwood  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Carpenter  Bros., who 
will continue the business.

Cadillac—John  A.  Gustafson,  of  the 
grocery firm of Olson  &  Gustafson, will 
open a hardware store at Lake City.

Reed  City  —  Roselle 

(Mrs.  Simon) 
Schack uttered  five chattel mortgages on 
her general  stock,  Saturday,  aggregating 
$4,700.

Hudson — Norman  Weaver  has  ar­
rangée  to build a brick  store, 24x61  feet 
in dimensions, for his drug  and  grocery 
business.

Cheboygan—The  Wertheimer  Bros.’ 
clothing  and  boot  and  shoe stock is ad­
vertised  for  sale  at  mortgage  sale  on 
January 3.

Bay  City—The  Economy  Shoe  House 
has been closed on an  attachment, at the 
instance  of  Geo. P. Gore & Co.,  of  Chi­
cago, whose claim is $1,600.

Cadillac—It  is  reported  that  W.  R. 
Dennis & Co.  have decided to discontinue 
their clothing  business  here, in the near 
future, and locate at Kansas City.

Coldwater—John  T.  Starr, one  of  the 
principal  hardware  merchants  of  the 
town, has sold out to David Allen  &  Co. 
Mr. Allen has been employed in the store 
for several years.

Rockford—A.  G.  Goodson,  who  has 
conducted drug  stores  at  Allegan, Kal­
kaska, Pierson and several  other  places, 
committed  suicide  by taking  morphine 
and belladonna one  day last week.

Muskegon—The loss of Christie  &  Co 
at their  recent  fire  has  been figured up 
and amounts to about $500, $400 on build­
ing and $100 on stock.  There will have 
to be a new  roof  put  on  and other con­
siderable repairs made.

Reed City—Nathaniel  Clark and T. V. 
Childs have formed a copartnership under 
the style of Childs & Clark and  will  em 
bark in the grocery business.  Both part­
ners  were  formerly  in  trade  here, Mr. 
Clark  having  been  one  of  the  pioneer 
merchants of the place.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Norrisville—Full roller process is being 

put in the flouring mill here.

Omer—A project  is  on  foot  to  estab 

lish a stave and heading  factory.

Addison—Leroy  T.  Smith 

succeeds 
Hasbrouck  & Smith in the lumber  busi 
ness.

Farwell—J.  W.  Gardiner  &  Co. will 
soon begin the  manufacture  of  hemlock 
shingles.

Fremont—W.  F. Pumphrey is succeed 
ed by Pumphrey & Burns in  the  lumber 
business.

Aral—C. L. Crossette & Co. succeed the 
Otter Creek Lumber  Co. in the  manufac 
ture  of  lumber.

East Saginaw—Charles Lee has erected 
a planing  mill  near  the  site of  the one 
burned a year ago last summer.

Copemish—A stock  company has  been 
formed, with  a capital  stock of  $10,000, 
for the purpose of erecting and operating 
a flouring mill.

Lilley  Junction—J.  W.  Johnson  has 
sold his interest in the shingle mill to his 
former partners, Messrs. Nufer and Van- 
keuren, who will continue  the  business.
Belding—The  refrigerator  factory  is 
now engaged in manufacturing silk cases 
for the Richardson  Silk Co., about 40,000 
of  which  are  used  in  their  silk  trade 
yearly.
Owosso—The  Eureka  Cement  Co.  has 
been  organized  to  manufacture  a  ce­
ment leather belt fastening j ust patented 
by a  member  of  the  Estey Manufactur­
ing Co.
Bay City—Eddy, Avery  &  Eddy  have 
sold  every  foot  of  dry  lumber on their 
mill docks, and  have  only a few million 
feet of  green  lumber left on their hands 
unsold.

Menominee — A.  F.  Underwood-  and 
John S. Coman have withdrawn from the 
lumber  firm of C. H. Bradley &  Co., and 
have formed a partnership in the lumber 
business, under the style  of  Underwood 
& Coman.

Muskegon—The Muskegon Cracker Co. 
has  increased  its  capital  stock  from 
$12,000 to $20,000 and will use  the  addi­
tional  capital in the purchase of  ground 
and  erection  of  a brick  factory, 50x100 
feet in dimensions.

Leland—Negotiations  are  pending for 
the sale of the property of the  Iron  Star 
Furnace Co. to a  Toledo syndicate.  The 
furnace company is a Detroit concern, of 
which Senator McMillan is President and 
V. K. Moore Manager.

Saginaw—Haley & Covert, of Midland, 
are putting in 20,000,000  feet  of  logs  in 
Gladwin  and  Clare  counties  for  Rust, 
Eaton  &  Co., Nelson  Holland,  and  Ring 
& Merrill.  They have five camps in op­
eration in the two counties.

Bay City—Since 1879 the  shingle  mill 
of  J.  R.  Hall, at Essexville, hag produced 
about  400,000,000  shingles,  having  cut
Its  heaviest 
42.000. 
000 the past  season. 
output  was  52,500,000 in 1882. 
It is the 
most extensive  shingle  mill  in  Eastern 
Michigan.

Bay  City—The  output  of  Pitts  & 
Cranage’s sawmill shows a  reduction  of
4.000. 000 feet  as  compared with  that  of 
1888,  when it was 27,000,000. 
It  is  one 
of the  best working  mills  on  the river, 
and  is  receiving  considerable  improve­
ment  preparatory  to  active  operations 
next season.

St. Joseph—W.  O.  Packard  has  sold 
his interest in the  lumber  yards  here to 
his  partner, Capt.  J.  McDonald.  The 
stock amounted to  175,000  feet  of  com­
mon  lumber and a large supply of  high- 
grade 
lumber,  wood,  cedar 
posts, etc. 
Packard  &  Son  still retain 
their lumber interests  at Covert.

finishing 

Saginaw—The  new sawmill  of  S.  S. 
Wilhelm  &  Co. is  on  the  cars  at  West 
It will be located fifteen miles 
Branch. 
from  that  place,  on 
the  Hauptman 
branch, where the  firm  owns  15,000,000 
feet of timber, and has a contract to man­
the  Peninsular  Car 
ufacture  stuff  for 
Works, of Detroit. 
It will  be equipped 
with a band saw.
Detroit—The 

Ireland  &  Matthews 
Manufacturing Co., with  a paid up capi­
tal stock  of  $27,000, has  been  incorpor­
ated for  the  purpose  of  making  metal 
mountings and  trimmings.  The  stock­
holders  are  David  M. Ireland, F. J. Du- 
charme, Jeremiah  Dwyer, G. H. Barium, 
C. A. Ducharme, Francis M. Palms, John 
Dwyer, and M. B.  Mills.

Bay  City—The  ship  yard  business of 
Bay City has consumed  about  15,000,000 
feet of  lumber  and  timber, board meas­
ure, during the past  year,  and it is prob­
able  that  its  demand  on the timber re 
sources  will  be  greatly increased  here­
after.  F.  W. Wheeler & Co. have  lately 
increased 
from 
$350,000  to  $500,000,  and  the  yard  of 
James  Davidson  is  increasing  its terri­
torial  limits,  with  an  evident  intention 
of  extended operations.

their  capital 

stock 

East  Saginaw—With  few  exceptions, 
the cut of  the sawmills  has  been  equal 
to that  of  1888,  and  some  of  the  mills 
have  exceeded  their  record  of  the pre­
vious  year.  The  largest  mill cut so far 
reported at this end of  the  river  is  that 
of  Whitney &  Batchelor, 30,764,000 feet. 
In proportion to the cut of  the mills, the 
stock  on  the  docks  at  the  close of the 
season  is  larger  than one  year ago, but 
proportionately this is no greater than at 
other northwestern points.

Manistee—Suit  has  been  begun 

chancery by H. C. Tallman  against R. G. 
Peters for an accounting  of  the business 
of Butters & Peters,  at  Tallman. 
It ap­
pears that about ten  years  ago  Tallman 
came  here  from  the  East  and  entered 
into  partnership  with  Peters  at  the 
above-named  place,  others,  also,  being 
connected with the firm.  After  several 
years Tallman was  induced  to withdraw 
on the payment  of  a  certain  amount  of 
money, which  he  was  assured  was  his 
proportionate  share  of 
the  business, 
His  claim  is  that  another  party whose 
share was  about  equal  to  his was  paid 
about ten times as  much to retire  at  the 
same  time,  and  his  claim  will  be  that 
misrepresentations were used to influence

him to withdraw.  They are  now adver­
tising for  an  expert  to  go  through  the 
books, so as to prepare the case to go  be­
fore the court, and of  course  the amount 
claimed will  be  based  on  the  showing 
that  they find,  when  they  have  got  the 
report  of  the  expert  from  the  books. 
The mill was burned  several  years  ago, 
and was not rebuilt, and the place is now 
deserted.

Manistee—There  is  a  good  deal  of 
quiet  satisfaction  expressed  at the  fact 
that work has really begun  on  the  Man­
istee & Grand  Rapids  Railroad,  as there 
was  so  much  trouble  in  securing  the 
right of  way that  some  thought  the en­
terprise  would  be  abandoned,  for  the 
present, at least.  Rietz  Bros., it is said, 
wanted $30,000 for the  privilege of  pass­
ing  through  their  land,  and  Babcock & 
Ca.  placed  so  many restrictions  on  the 
company that it virtually amounted to an 
embargo, while  Stokoe & Nelson did not 
wish  the  road  to  pass  through  at  all 
Under  these  circumstances,  contracts 
could  not  very well  be  let, and  so  the 
company  decided  to  do  some  grading 
itself. 
In the meantime,  the  engineer in 
charge  will  be  looking  up a new  route 
around  the  properties of  the  objectors, 
and they will be  left  alone to their  own 
devices.  One  would  think that in these 
days, when rail trade is getting to be such 
a factor in the  lumber  business,  people 
would be glad  to  give  every encourage 
ment to a new line, but  apparently some 
people  in  this  city  have  not  as  yet 
awakened to the need of rail connections,

Gripsack Brigade.

W.  H.  Swan has been  confined  to  his 
house for a week  with an  attack  of  in- 
termittant fever.

D.  G. Crotty and  Henderson  &  Peter­
son,  of  Muskegon,  part  company  with 
the beginning of  the new  year.

Peter  Lankester  is  laid  up  with the 
influenza,  being the  first  traveling  man 
to succumb to the new distemper.

C. H. La Flamboy, formerly engaged in 
general  trade at McBrides, is now on the 
road for Geo. Hanselman,  the Kalamazoo 
candy  jobber.

J.  H. Brill,  a  Detroit  jewelry traveler, 
who has been  ill with  malarial  fever at 
St. Mark’s Home for  a  couple  of weeks, 
is  recovering.

Robert Hanna,  of  the  former  firm  of 
Sessions  & Hanna,  has  taken  the  posi­
tion of cigar salesman  for the Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman Co.

Dr. Evans is on the sick list this week, 
being  threatened with a run  of  typhoid 
fever.  His route is being covered during 
his illness by Robert Hanna.

M. M. Mallory has engaged to travel for 
the  Merchants’ Tobacco Co., of  Dayton, 
covering the entire State.  He will  start 
out on his initial  trip next  Monday, and 
anticipates a warm welcome at the hands 
of his old customers.

The  Wells-Stone  Mercantile  Co.  pre­
sented each of  its five salesmen with fine 
Howard  gold watches on Christmas  day. 
The 
lucky  individuals  are  Chas.  H. 
Smith,  Jas.  H. McDonald,  L. C. Packer, 
Geo. F.  Shaw and Jas. G.  Goodby.

Fred E. Angell,  formerly  on  the  road 
for  Ball,  Barnhart & Putman,  but  now 
identified  with L. Ladd,  at  Adrian, was 
married at Lawrence  on  December 18 to 
Miss Kate Johnston.  The happy couple 
have taken up their  residence  at 93 East 
Maumee street, Adrian.

‘Dick” Warner, for the past six  years 
traveling  salesman  for  I.  M.  Clark  & 
Son, has  purchased  an  interest  in  the 
Telfer  Spice Co.,  and  will  transfer  his 
allegiance to that house to-day.  “Dick” 
is a salesman  of  much  ability  and  will 
be  a  valuable  accession  to  the  Telfer 
company.

Purely  Personal.

S.  H. Ballard,  the Sparta  general deal­

er,  was in town Monday.

H.  L. Blanchard  is home from Kalkas­
ka,  and  is spending a week with  friends 
at Kinney.

Homer Klap has taken the  position  of 
collector  for  the  Singer Manufacturing 
Co.
Lester J. Rindge  is  recovering  from  a 
serious run of diphtheria.  He was able 
to  be out for the first time on Monday

Fred. D. Yale, of Cummings & Yale,  is 
visiting friends and  relatives in  Lansing 
through  the  holidays,  accompanied  by 
his wife.

Jas.  E.  Granger,  buyer  for  Stone  & 
Ordean, of Duluth, leaves  for  that place 
on  Friday,  having  spent  the  holidays 
with friends  here.  He will  be  accom­
panied  as far as Chicago by his  brother, 
Will E. Granger. 

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A Margin of Cheek.

Plumber—Sir,  honesty  is  printed  on 

my face.

Victim—1 don’t  dispute  it,  but  it has 

got a very wide margin.'

VISITING  BUYERS.

Wm B arker, Sand Lake
Jo h n  Sm ith, Ada
D B stocum , Rockford 
W H Struik, Forest Grove

L Cook, B auer 
W  H Hicks, Morley 
S MeNitt. Byron C enter 
C S Keifer, D utton 
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove H Thompson, Canada  Core 
C arrington & N orth,  T rent B akker Bros., D renthe 
N Bouma, Fish er 
J  Kinney, Kinney 
L M W olf, HudsonviUe 
E E Rice. C roton 
P e ter Beyer,  Sullivan 
J  N W ait, HudsonviUe 
W H W atts,  Bowne  C enter John D am stra, GitcheU 
C M W oodard, Kalamo 
E E H ew itt, Rockford 
Eli Runnels, C orning 
R B  Gooding&Son,Gooding  D  W Shattuck,  W ayland 
G ilbert Bros., G rant 
B arry A Co , Rodney 
Jo h n  Baker, Chauncey 
H A Dailey, Lum berton 
S H Ballard, S parta

Mas ton & H am mond,
Jo h n  De Vries.  Jam estow n 
J  R aym ond, B erlin
S A W att & Co., C larksville
J  Reddering, D renthe 
H J  Fisher, HamUton
DenH erder & Tanis,

Sam pson & D rury, Cadillac
W m DePree, Zeeland
J  F  H arvil, Hopkins
B F  Cooper, L uther

Grandville

Vriesland

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

Frank Heath has  signed the P.  of I.  at 

Sparta.

A  Millbrook  correspondent  writes: 
“The  P.  I.  excitement  doesn’t  run  as 
high as it did.  The new is wearing off.”
Saranac Local:  “ The  P. of  I.  Asso­
ciation does not make quite so much talk 
as it did. 
It  is  probably older  than  it 
was.”

G. V. Snyder & Co., the  Otisco general 
dealers,  write T h e T r a d esm a n that they 
will cancel their  contract with  the  P.’s 
of I.  on January 1.

F. W. Wurzburg, the Canal  street  dry 
goods dealer, has thrown  the  P.’s  of  I. 
overboard.  He took the trade as an ex­
periment,  and is not at all  pleased  with 
the  result.

A Bloomingdale  correspondent writes: j 
“The Patrons  of  Industry lodges in this j 
vicinity had delegates in  town  Saturday 
considering the question  of  establishing 
a store in this town.”

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

tw o  cents  a   word  th e   first  in sertio n   an d   one cent a  
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak e n  fo r less th a n  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent. 

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

F o r   s a l e - d r u g   s t o r e —s t o c k  

in v e n t o r ie s
about $3,500;  sales, $10.000 p er year; good location; 
population of village, 4,000;  easy  term s.  Address  No. 
501, care Tradesm an. 

561

• 

559

OR 8ALE—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  GRO- 
ceries.  boots  and  shoes,  hardw are  and  drugs, 
situated in good  tra d in g   p oint;  will  in ventory about 
$3.000;  sales fo r  p ast  th ree  years,  $42,000;  reason for 
selling^ ow ner has  o th er  business.  Address  No.  559, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

selling.  Address Thom as H oyiand, Howell. Mich.

w ater and steam  power, n e a r tw o  good  railro ad s; 
good tow n and doing good business;  good  reasons fo r 

F o r   s a l e —75-b b l .  f u l l   r o l l e r   m il l —b o t h  
WILL  SELL  OR  TRADE  PROPERTY  IN TRAVERSE 
WANTED—I  WANT  TO  CONSOLIDATE  STOCKS 

City, Mich., brin g in g  $40 m onthly  ren t,  fo r  gen­
e ra l stock  o r  special  line  of  m erchandise.  Address 
554, care Tradesm an. 

w ith a  m an w ho h as a  good trad e;  I  have a  stock 
of clothing  w orth  $6,000  and  tho ro u g h ly   understand 
th e business.  Address, No. 555, care  M ichigan  Trades­
m an. 

WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  HOUSE  AND  LOT  IN 

th riv in g  city  of  B attle  Creek  fo r  stock  of  dry 
goods, notions,  boots  and  shoes  o r  groceries.  H.  E. 
M erritt & Co., 666 W ealthy Ave., Grand Rapids. 

554

555

556

551

PER  CENT.  PER  ANNUM—OWNER  OF  RETAIL 
J  v   grocery wishes to engage in exclusive  wholesale 
business  and  desires  to  sell;  now  c arry in g   $15,000 
stock;  trad e very good;  profits  as above;  re n t reason­
able.  Address,  The W est Coast Trade, Tacoma, W ash.

548

518

T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
X   change fo r stock of goods, G rand R apids  city  prop 
erty , o r will sell on easy p aym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e  best o f soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  Q. F. Conklin. G rand Rapids, Mich._______

city  o f Muskegon a t 75 cents on th e do llar; reasons 

favorable term s, th e  F.  H. Escott d ru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street. G rand Rapids,  H azeltine & P erkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $4,000. 

For  sale—w e  o ffer  for  sa le,  on  ver y
For  sale—th e  finest  drug  store  in  th e
For sale—a  good  grocery  business having

th e cream  of th e trad e;  best  location  in  th e  city ; 
stock clean and well a sso rted ; th is is a  ra re  chance fo r 
any one to g et a  good  p ay in g   business;  poor  h e a lth  
th e only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  Kalam azoo,  Mich.

o th er business.  C. L. B rundage, Muskegon, Mich.

520

531

557

SITUATIONS WANTED.

business.  Address 560, care M ichigan Tradesm an.

cist,  o r  would  buy  in terest  in   desirable  d rug 

WANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
WANTED—SITUATION  IN  DRY  GOODS  OR  GRO- 

eery store;  fo u r  y ears7  experience;  good  refe r­

ences.  Address No. 562, care M ichigan  Tradesm an.
562

AfISCELXAN EOUS.

For sale—machinery—complete outfit  for

sawm ill and  hoop  facto ry ;  second-hand  engines 
and steam  pum ps; larg e stock of new  and second-hand 
wood  w orking  m achinery;  w rite  fo r  prices.  F.  B. 
W iggins & Co., M achinery  Depot, E ast Saginaw , Mich.

B egin  th e  new   y ea r  b v  discarding  the

annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  ad opting  in 
its place th e T radesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sam ple order, w hich will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., G rand Rapids.

WANTED—SEND  A POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF COU- 

pon Pass Book Co.,  A lbanyv  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of th e new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e   most-  com plete 
and finest  on th e  m ark et  and  ju st  w hat  every m er­
c h an t should have  prog 
country a re now using 1

A FR E E   TO  F.A .M .  Beautiful  Engraving  of  a  

graphic  ancient  M asonic  Scene,  also 
large 
illustrated  Catalogue of all th e  Masonic goods 
and  books.  Lowest nrices  in  N orth  America, 
Also grand new  illustrated w ork for Agents.  $50 
a   week  and  upw ards  net.  R E D D IN G   A   CO., 
731  Broadway, N ew   York.
ESTABLISHED  1870.

OHRS.  SCHMIDT  »  BROS.,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers in Foreign and3 

American

Granite and Marble]|| lüg

M ontants s  StaWary

Having erected a New Granite  Factory CZ3 
with the Latest Improved Machinery, w e d ] 
can  Guarantee all Work First Class  and CD 
Fill Orders Promptly.

WORKSHOP AND  POLISHING MILLS:

Cor. West Fulton  and  Straight Streets.  — i

OFFICE  AND SALESROOM:

93  Canal  Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

W H O L E S A L E
C arp ets,

O il  C lo th s, 

R u g s ,

C h in a   M a ttin g s 

D r a p e r ie s,

and

P a r lo r  S c r e e n s
Smith  It  Sanford,

Ottawa  and  Pearl  Sts.,  Ledyard  Block.

F. A  Wiirzhiirg  it  Go.,

Exclusive Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  St  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

T h e  T r a d esm a n  has in preparation a 
list of  dealers who  have  canceled  their 
contracts  with  the  P.  of  I., which  is 
about  twice  as  long  as  the  list of 
the 
merchants now catering to that trade.

The officers of the  North Dorr P.  of  I. 
lodge are under  arrest for  breaking into 
the schoolhouse at that place.  The order 
was  previously refused  the  privilege of 
using  the  schoolhouse  by  the  proper 
officers.

Allegan Gazette:  “The Patrons of  In­
dustry have made  but  little  headway in 
Allegan county,  so far. 
In  the  north­
eastern part, in Dorr and Leighton town­
ships, two organizations  have  been  per­
fected, but it is a credit to the general in­
telligence  that  only those who  are  not 
up with the times  engage  in  the  enter­
prise.”

Wayland Globe:  “We learn from some 
of the members of the local P. of I.  asso­
ciation  that  there  will  soon  be a store 
opened  here to be run on  the P.  I. plan, 
which  means,  if  we  are  correctly  in­
formed, that all members  of  the organi­
zation can buy whatever goods they wish 
at  10  per  cent,  advance  of  cost.  We 
imagine  that  when  farmers  commence 
trading at their P.  of  I.  store  they will 
be  surprised  to  learn  how  extremely 
low they have  been  buying  their  goods 
for  the  past  few  years.  There  are 
plenty  of  goods  sold  to-day  at  10  per 
cent,  above  cost and  below  that  even, 
and,  should  they be  obliged  to  pay 10 
per cent, margin on many classes  of  ar­
ticles,  they would  surely kick.  About 
the  best feature,  however,  we  can  see 
about the new  organization  is  the  cash 
system  that it must  surely bring  about, 
as when a P. I. trades, he will be obliged 
to  “plank down”  the money with every 
bill purchased,  which will enable the P. 
I. merchant to pay cash for  all the goods 
he buys.  There  are  but few farmers in 
this country who do  not  ask for  credit, 
and on  the  P.  I.  plan  they cannot  get 
goods on  time.  What  will  be  the  out­
come?  The  merchant  now  doing  busi­
ness,  (the most  of  whom  have farmer’s 
names on their  books,  aggregating large 
sums)  cannot certainly afford to lose the 
spot  cash  trade  and take up  with long- 
winded accounts.  The farmers will then 
be  obliged  to  borrow  money  to  carry 
them until  after  harvest,  if  they trade 
with the P.  of  I.,  paying the extra  per 
centage, thereby making their goods cost 
them about 8 or 10 per  cent,  more on the 
dollar. 
If  any  one  can figure  out  the 
scheme so it will be a benefit to the  poor 
farmer,  as  well as the  rich,  we  would 
like to hear from him.”

Jackson  Jottings.

The Jackson  Cracker Co. has enlarged 
its facilities so much  during the past six 
months that  the  capacity  of  the  estab­
lishment is nearly doubled.  Three men 
are  kept  constantly  employed  on  the 
road—C.  H. Minnie, on  the  Lake  Shore 
and Air  Line  and  Grand  River  Valley 
divisions of  the Michigan Central;  F.  H. 
Clay, on the main  line  of  the  Michigan 
Central  and  Grand  Trunk,  and  M.  J. 
Moore, who attends to the  wants  of  the 
city  trade.  Manager  Cottrell  feels  as 
much at home as if he  had  followed  the 
cracker  business  since  boyhood,  and 
keeps a warm welcome  on  tap for every 
caller.
Foote &  Jenks  keep  five  men  on the 
road, who are located as  follows:  C. C. 
Jenks,  Michigan  and  Indiana;  E.  F. 
Hough, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri; W. A. 
Hilton,  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania;  G.  F. 
Belknap, Wisconsin and Minnesota;  C. S. 
Fosselman,  from  the  Missouri  river  to 
the Pacific  coast.  The  firm  has  lately 
gotten out two  new perfumes,  “Trailing 
Arbutus” and “Golden Rod,”  which are 
evidently  destined  to  have a large sale.
S. A. Welling  is  now  represented  on 
the road by J. T. Herrington, who travels 
by wagon, and J. H. Campbell and L. W. 
Busby, who seek their trade by rail.
Baker,  Clark & Co. report a prosperous 
season in the  wholesale grocery line and 
look  forward  to  a  good  season  during 
1890. 

_

The  Annual  Social  Party.

The traveling  men  of  the  city are re­
quested to meet at Sweet’s  Hotel,  Satur­
day evening, January 4,  for  the  purpose 
of  making  arrangements for our  annual 
dance. 

Ge o.  H.  Seym our,  Sec’y.

L. M.  Mil e s,  Pres.

Portraits for the  Holidays.

Send  a  good  cabinet  photograph  to 
Hamilton’s  Art  Gallery, 79 Canal street, 
and get a first-class, life-size, crayon por­
trait  for  $10.  Correspondence solicited.
The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

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satisfaction.

IF  YOU  WANT

The B e st

ACCEPT  NONE BUT

S a u e r k r a u t *

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer

SHOW  CA8E8!

6 - f t  ea se lik e  a b o v e

6-ft  case,  sqilare, with  metal corners,  same  price.

The  above  offer  is  no  “ bluff ”  or 
snide  work.  W e   shall  continue  to 
turn  out  only  the  B E S T   of w ork.  All 
other  eases  at  equally  low  prices.

flEYMñN  i  COMPANY,

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET,

Grand.  Rapids, 

- 

-  Mich•

State  Agent

S i   GEO. H. REEDER,
CD  O 
O  5
e a  Lycoming  Rubbers
Medili Price Sloes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

and Jobber of

LIO N
COFFEE

M erch a n ts,

Y O U   W A N T   T H I S  C A B I N E T

Thousands  of  Them

Are in use all over the land. 
It  does  away  with  the  unsightly barrels so 
often  seen  on  the  floor  of  the  average  grocer.  Beautifully grained and 
varnished  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
Inside each 
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Every  Wide-Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

only in one pound packages. 
120  one-pound  packages. 
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

Packed 
Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

W A N T B n .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  yon  have  any  of  tbe  above  goods to 
ship, or anything in tbe  Produce  line, let 
ns bear  from yon.  Liberal  cash  advances 
made when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Commission Merchants
Reference: First National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

THE  DETROIT  NEWS  GOMPANY,

WHOLESALE

PERIODICALS.

BOOKS,  STATIONERY,  FANCY  GOODS, 
The larg est and m ost com plete line of  above  goods In 
the State, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers a re in v ited  to 
call.  Send fo r o a r circulars an d  price lists.
Corner Larned  and  Wayne  Sts.,  Detroit,

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  I3|NOW   COMPLETE. 

E.  W,  HALL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass!;and  Iron Polishing

AND 

*

Nickle and Silver Plating
andjFront Sts., Grand Rapid«

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ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT,

M ich ig a n   B u sin e ss  M en ’s   A sso cia tio n . 

„ 

President—C. L. Whitney, Muskegon.
First Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman,  Flint.
Beeood Vice-President—M. 0. Sherwood, Allegan. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W. Parker, Owosso.
Executive  Board—President;  Frank  Wells.  Lansing; 
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse City;  N. B. Blain, Lowell. 
Chas.  T.  Bridgeman,  Flint;  O.  F.  Conklin. Grand 
Rapids,  Secretary. 
_  _
Committee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rap 
itt;  Oren  Stone, Flint;  Wm. Woodard, Owosso. 
Committee  on  Legislation—Frank  Wells,  Lansing;
H. H. Pope, Allegan;  C. H. May, Clio.
Committee on Trade Interest»—Frank Hamilton, Trav 
erse City:  Geo.  R-  Hoyt,  Saginaw;  L.  W.  Sprague,
OsnnmnonTransportation—C. T. Bridgeman,Flint;
M. O. Sherwood, Allegan;  A. O. Wheeler, Manistee. 
Committee on Building  and  Loan  Associations—N.  B. 
Blain. Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs;  P. J. Con 
nell, Muskeg»».

Local Secretary—J as. H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official Organ—Th* Michigan Tradesman.___________
The following auxiliary  associations are oper­
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association •

Ma.  I —T ravers« C ity B . M . A . 

President. J. W.Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.

N o. 6 —A lb a   B.  M . A .

N o.  7—D im o n d a le  B . M . A . 

N o . 2—L o w e ll  B. M . A . 
N o. 3—S tu r g is B . M . A .

President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King. 
'  " 
President. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jom.
N o.  4—G rand  R a p id s  M .  A . 
President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
N o.  5 —M u sk egon  B .  M . A .
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President, John A. Miller;  Secretary, C. L. Whitney.
President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo.L.Thurston. 
' 
President, H. M. MarshaM; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No.  1 0 —H arb or S p rin g s B . M . A . 
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
President. H. P. Whinple; Secretary,D. E.  Wynkoop.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.______
President, H. B. Storte van t;  Secretary, W.  J. Austin.

N o. 1 1 —K in g sle y  B . M . A .
N o. 1 2 —Q u in cy  B . M . A .
N o. 13—S h erm an   B . M . A . 

N o. 8—E a stp o r t B . M . A .
N o. 9—L a w ren ce B .  M. A .

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N o.  1 9 —A d a   B . M . A .

N o  2 7 —D o rr  B . M .  A . 

N o. 2 6 —G r e e n v ille   B . M . A . 

N o. 3 7 —B a ttle  C reek  B . M . A . 

N o. 2 4 —M o rley   B .  M . A .
N o. 2 5 —P a lo  B   M . A .

N o. 3 8 —S c o ttv ille  B .  M . A .
N o. 3 9  —B u r r  O ak B . M . A .

N o. 2 0 —S a u g a tu ck   B . M . A . 
N o. 2 1 —W ay la n d  B . M . A . 

N o. 3 2 —C o o p e rsv ille B . M: A . 
N o. 3 3 —C h a r le v o ix  B . M . A . 

N o. 22—G rand  L ed g e B . M . A . 
N o  2 3 —C arson C ity B . M. A .

N o. 3 4 —Saranac B . M . A .
N o.  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A .
N o . 3 6 —Ith a c a   B .  M . A .

N o. 2 8 —C h eb oygan  B . M . A  
N o. 2 9 —F r eep o rt B . M . A .
N o. 3 0 —O cean a B . M . A .
N o . 3 1 —C h a rlo tte B . M . A .

N o.  14—N o. M u sk egon   B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. 
N o. 1 5 —B o y n e  C ity  B . M . A .
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President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
N o. 16—S and L a k e B . M . A . 
President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Rasco.
N o.  17—P la in  w e ll B . M. A . 
President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
N o.  18—O w osso B . M . A . 
president, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary.3. Lamfrom. 
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
President, lohn F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
President. A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke. 
‘ 
President. John W. Hallett;  Secretary. L  A. Lyon.
President, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond. 
' 
President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.
President. A. C. Satterlee:  Secretary. E. J. Clark.
President, E. 8. Boteford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
President, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Poser.
President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesehrough.
President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. 8. Houghtallng.
President, ThoB. J. Green;  Secretary, A. Q. Fleury.
President, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.
President, L. D. Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.
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President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.
President, 0. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.
President,  Chas. F- Bock;  Secretary,  E. W. Moore.
President. H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
' 
President, W. 8. Wilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.
N o. 4 0 —E a to n  R a p id s B . M . A . 
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.
N o. 4 1 —B r e c k e n r id g e   B . M. A . 
President, C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.
President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.
' 
President, Frank J. Luick ;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
President, D. E. Hallenbcck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
" 
President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham. 
President, Boyd Redner; SecretaryJW. J. Tabor._____
* 
President, A.  Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith._____
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis-______
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon. 
President, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. Vos.________
~ 
President, Frank Phelps;  Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
President, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
President, L. S. Walter; Secretan.G.S  Blakely.
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
N o. 6 0 —S ou th  B oa rd m a n  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretary, C. W. Mulholand.
President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell._________
President, C. W, Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom._____
President. Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.____
President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.
President. H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
N o. 6 9 —Scotts and  C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.
President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, Walter Webster.
President, M. Netsorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clutterbuck.

N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .
N o. 5 4 —D o u g la s B . M . A .
N o.  5 5 —P e te sk e y   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B .  M.  A . 
N o. 5 7 —R o ck fo rd   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 8 —F ife  L a k e B . M . A . 
N o. 5 9 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A . 

N o. 4 2 —F r e m o n t B . M . A .
N o. 4 3 —T u stin  B . M . A.
N o. 4 4 —R eed  C ity B . M . A . 
N o. 4 5 —H o y tv ille  B . M .  A.

N o. 6 3 —E v a rt B . M . A .
N o. 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A .
N o. 6 5 —K a lk a sk a  B . M . A . 
N o. 6 6 —L a n sin g  B . M .  A .

N o . 5 1 —C edar  S p rin gs  B .  M .  A . 
N o. 5 2 —G rand H a v e n  B . M . A .

N o.  6 1 —H a rtfo rd   B . M . A . 
N o. 6 2 —E ast sa g in a w  M . A . 

N o.  4 9 —L eroy  B   M .  A .
N o . 5 0 —M a n istee B . M. A .

N o. 4 6 —L e slie  B . M . A .
N o.  4 7 —F lin t  M .  U.

N o. 4 8 —H ubbard sto n  B . M . A .

N o . 6 7 —W a te r v lie t  B . M . A . 

N o. 6 8 —A lle g a n  B . M . A . 

N o.  7 0 —N a sh v ille   B . M. A .
No. 71—Ashley  B.  M.  A.
N o.  7 2 —E d m o re B . M. A .
N o,  7 3 —B e ld in g  B . M . A . 
N o. 74—D a v iso n   M .  U. 

N o . 78—C aled on ia  B .  M .  A . 

N o.  7 7 —S ou th   H a v e n   B .  M .  A . 

N o.  7 5 —T ecu m seb   B .  M .  A . 
N o. 7 6 —K a la m a zo o  B . M . A . 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.
President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
President, 8.8. McCamly;  Secretary,  Chauncey Strong.
President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.
President, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary, J. W- Saunders. 
N o.  79—E a st J o r d a n  and  >»o.  A rm   B . M . A . 
President, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C. Madison. 
N o . 8 0 —B a y  C ity an d   W .  B a y   C ity  R . M . A . 
President,F. L. Harrison;  Secretary. Lee E. Joslyn.
President. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.
President, B. 8. Webb;  Secretary, M. E. Follaaty.
President, L. P. Wilcox;  Secretary, W. R. Mandlgo.
President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. 
President. J. M. Bee man;  Secretary, C. H. May._____
N o . 8 6 —M illb ro o k  a n d   B la n c h a r d   B . M .  Ä . 
President. T. W. Preston;  Secretary. H. P.  Blanchard.
N o .  8 7 -S h e p h e r d   B .  M .  A . 
President, H. D. Bent;  Secretary, A. W. Hurst.

N o. 8 1 —F lu s h in g   B .  M . A .
N o.  8 2 —A lm a   B   M .  A . 
N o . 8 3 —S h erw o o d  B . M . A . 
N o . 8 4 —S ta n d isti  B . M . A . 

N o. 8 5 —C lio  B . M . A .

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

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The following are the P.  of  I. dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:

E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk.

Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle,  L. T. Lochner.
Almont—Colerick & Martin. 
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Belding—L. S. Roell.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
Blanchard—L. A.  Wait.
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B.  Loomis,  A. Y. Ses­
sions.
Casnovia—Ed.  Hayward, John  E. Par- 
cell.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucns,  B.  A. 
Fish.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P. Lock, F. H. 
Goodby.

ens &  Farrar.

Ketchum.
Jas. Croskery.

Chester—P.  C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—Nixon &  Hubbell.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E. F.  Shaw, Stev­
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson,  J.  B. 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son.
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil- 
zinski, Brown & Sehler.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imiay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent  City—R. McKinnon, M. L. Whit­
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co.
Lakeview—H. C. Thompson.
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
McBride’s—J.  McCrae.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep- 
per & Son, Jno. Butler.  Richard  Butler, 
John Fletcher.

nings.

ney.

& Son, F. H. Cowles.
Lee.

Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs. H. S.) Knight.
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J. W.) Pattison.
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H. E. Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Remus—C. V. Hane.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman  &  Blanchard, 
Frank E. Shattuck & Co.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole &  Haynes, Frank Heath.
Springport—Powers & Johnson, Court- 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  & 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson; 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

right & Griffith.
Co.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.

R e su lts  o f O b serv atio n .

A  prominent  merchant  of  Western 
Michigan  wrote  the  salesman of  a lead­
ing  wholesale  dry  goods  house  of  Chi­
cago for the effect of  the P. I.’s on trade, 
and received the following reply:
In  regard  to  the  movement,  in  your 
section,  of  the  Patrons  of  Industry, I 
have to say that, during  the  agitation of 
the trade  problem of  this order in Iowa, 
some  years ago, the same tactics all over 
the  State  were  pursued  that  are  now 
being  contemplated  in  your  town, and, 
as a rule, those  merchants  who paid for 
their patronage at a uniform  profit of  10 
per  cent,  above  cost  of  merchandise 
made  a  great  mistake  in  so  doing. 
If 
they  lived  up  to  their agreement, they 
were all the time  suspected of  not doing 
so, which was quite as disastrous to their 
reputation  as  if  they had  actually done 
so, while a large portion of the merchants 
took advantage of the device to get a larger 
per cent, of  profit. 
It created  great dis­
satisfaction and  eventually destroyed all 
the  confidence the farmers  had  had  in­
stilled  into  their  minds by the lodges to 
which they belonged,  and  broke  up  the 
order  completely as  far  as  the  trading 
feature was concerned.  Eventually these 
merchants lost all the trade of the Patrons 
of  Industry.  Their  trade  that  did  not 
betong to this order  left them at once, as 
they felt dissatisfied that these merchants 
had two prices—one price  for  them and 
another,  a  lower  price,  for  families  of 
this  order.  Where  the  P.  I.’s  have 
started stores and happened to get honest 
managers, they  have, in a few instances, 
been  quite  successful,  but  there  have 
been  many,  many  more  failures  than 
successes, even  when  the  business  was 
managed by themselves.
My method would be to talk  to the de­
luded farmers in the following strain :
Gentlemen,  I  will  sell  you  goods  on 
their merits  just as  low  as  they  can be 
sold and do an  honest  business. 
If  you 
believe  that  you  can  get a merchant to 
deal  honestly  with  you  at  10 per  cent, 
above actual cost, then  trade  with  him. 
If  some  merchant  accepts  their  propo­
sition,  then  buy  some  cheap goods—or 
goods  cheap—and  warm  him  up  for  a 
year  or  so, and  you  will  oust  him, as 
sure as fate.

A Wife’s  Generosity.

She—George, you will  have to give me 
$12 to pay the grocer’s last bill with.
I 
He—Why,  how’s  that,  my  dear? 
thought  1  always  gave  you  money 
enough.
She—Well, you see, dear, I had to take 
the  grocer’s money to pay for that hand­
some umbrella I gave  you Christmas.

THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  DESERT.
In one of  your issues some time  since, 
in an article  upon  “The  Great American 
Desert,”  attention  was  called  to  the 
opinions  of  wise men of  the  past  con­
cerning  the  impossibility of  populating 
or  cultivating  it,  and  how  the  present 
condition  of  that  territory  contradicts 
all of  the  preconceived  notions  of  men 
regarding it

There is a great  contrast  between  the 
opinions  of  forty  years  ago  regarding 
that  section  and  the  facts  of  to-day. 
The latter  dissipate  all  of  the  philoso­
phies and reasoning of  that day.  Then 
it  was  an  arid  desert,  having  little 
growth  except  sage  brush  and  buffalo 
grass,  and it was not without reason that 
men thought it would  remain  unproduc­
tive.  But as the  population was driven 
to the confines of civilization, and a little 
beyond, the  hardy and venturesome  pio­
neer found,  as  the  soil was  turned  up, 
that it was followed by rain.  Accepting 
this as an indication  that  providence  in­
vited  further  emigration, it was  contin­
ued  until  almost  the very western  bor­
ders of Kansas are as  fruitful in grain as 
any State  of  the  Union.  The  people 
were scarcely able to understand why the 
rain  kept  pace with  advancing  civiliza­
tion,  and 
scientists  were,  perhaps, 
equally perplexed at the phenomena, and 
none conceived of the soil’s  latent  fruit­
fulness.

A  few  years  ago  the writer  passed 
over  a large portion of Western  Kansas, 
while  soldiers  were  yet  quartered  in 
their  forts, and the  Indian trail was  yet 
fresh  in  the  burning  sand, and  where 
every indication was against even  an  at­
tempt at cultivation.  A  few months ago 
he  fouud 
that  same  country in  great 
prosperity,  showing  the  continued  ad­
vance of population and cultivation;  for 
where  all  was  dreary  wastes  then  the 
land is now covered with beautiful farms 
and  dotted here and there with  pleasant 
villages filled with thrift  and driving en­
terprise.

A glance  at  the  country farther west, 
and east of the  Rocky Mountains,  brings 
from  almost  every traveler  the  remark 
that “it can never be  cultivated.”  But 
a survey of  the  sandy land  and  the  re­
membrance of  the character  of  the land 
east  of  it shows the two to be  the  same. 
The  original  products, sage  brush, wild 
poppy, heliotrope, caftus,  buffalo  grass, 
of the two sections  are the same.  Lying 
between  the  Rocky and  Wasatch  range 
of mountains  is  a  country of  the  same 
character;  the same may be  said  of  the 
Utah Valley, which has become  so beau­
tiful under  the  cultivation  of  the  Mor­
mons.

Now,  if the eastern part of Kansas and 
the  Utah Valley  can  be  so well  devel­
oped, why may not these  two sections  of 
unoccupied  territory ?  Principal! y  be­
cause the  population  has  not  advanced 
far enough to make  the  experiment. 
I 
predict that  in  the  years  yet  to  come 
these  practically  uninhabited  sections 
will be as beautiful as the others.

The early settlers  of  Kansas were  en­
couraged to  further  progress  by the  ad­
vancing rains.  The Mormons had learned 
that, wherever sage brush grew abundant- 
i ly, cereals could be successfully cultivat­
ed.  Each,  therefore,  was encouraged by 
natural conditions.  The same conditions 
j  being in existence in the  unoccupied ter- 
I ritory, renders the same success possible, 
t and the  success of  the  past  will  invite 
| the  experiment  as  the  population  ad­
vances westward.

The mere suggestion of  such a thought 
| meets the objection that habitation is im­
possible,  because of  the extreme dryness 
> of  soil  and  atmosphere;  but  if  the  ad­
vancing cultivation is continually contig­
uous  to  former habitations, it is reason 
able  to  suppose  that  the  operation of 
| natural  laws, which  formerly  produced 
success, will continue to follow the turn­
ing up of  the  soil,  and  render  this  un 
I productive  region  pleasantly  habitable 
for man.
Suppose, however, this  proves untrue, 
How then can this broad territory east of 
the Rocky Mountains ever be watered by 
irrigation ?  Such an undertaking  would 
be very great, but  the  advantages of  the 
surface of  the  land  and  the  altitude of 
the mountain  streams  invite it.  Grant 
ing  the  necessity to exist,  great  as  the 
cost  would  be,  it  would  be a profitable 
undertaking for the government to damn 
these  streams,  and  by canals  carry the 
water to  different  sections of  the plains, 
and  collect it in  reservoirs  from  which 
the  land  could  be  watered  in all direc­
tions.  There  is  enough  water  flowing 
from f the  Arkansaw  to  water  all  the 
southwestern  portion  of  this  country, 
not  to mention  like  advantages  farther 
north.
Greater canals have been built in other 
countries, and even in the United States, 
than would be here required, and  under­
takings  equally  great  have  many times 
been successful.

The section lying  between  the  moun- 
tains|isj[equally susceptible of  irrigation 
to pave the way for civilization.

But why such theorizing ?  The Amer­
ican  government  cannot  afford  to  have 
such  vast  territory  lying  waste  within 
her dominion.  The  increase  of  popula­
tion will after  awhile  demand it for cul­
tivation.  The  present  system  of  land­
lordism  in  the  United States is so great

as to prove a great  detriment to the final 
progress of  the  country.  Perhaps not a 
majority but a very great  number of  the 
farmers  of  America  are  renters,  and 
landlordism  prevails  to  too great an ex- j 
tent.  These  Americans  will  demand 
homes, as well as foreigners coming  into 
eur land.  These cannot  be  procured in 
the  occupied  country under  the present 
rule  of  extensive  landlordism.  A  na­
tional law may prohibit aliens from hold­
ing such vast quantities of  land  as  they 
now  hold, but  citizens of  America  may 
hold any quantity suitable to their finan­
cial  condition.  Hence  a  preparation 
must  be  made  for  future  population. 
Calculations  based  upon  past  ratios of 
the increase of  our population show that 
in  seventy  years  the  negro  population 
will be 50,000,000, about eight  times  the 
present  number.  Granting  the  white 
population  to  be  44,000,000,  the  same 
ratio  of 
increase  will  give  a  popula­
tion  of  372,000,000,  being  a  total  of 
422,000,000.  What shall be done with all 
this  people,  unless  these  lands  of  the 
Great West can be brought  into  cultiva­
tion ?

It is a great  problem  for  solution  by 
the government,  and  one  that is rapidly 
approaching,  and  the  time  ^is  coming 
when,  by  the  laws  of  nature  favoring 
former  advancement  of  civilization, or 
by the  art  and  ingenuity of  man, these | 
desert  lands  must  be made to  yield the 
comforts  of  civilized  life;  and  though 
not  in  the  nature  of  a prophecy,  yet I 
predict that the time is not a century dis­
tant when all the  desert  lands of  Amer­
ica will be turned  into  fruitful and pro­
ductive  farms  and  thriving  cities  and 
villages.  Putting  this  Great  American 
Desert in a condition for  the  occupation 
of  man  is, therefore, a question  worthy 
the thought of  statesmen  and  scientists.

W.  S.  H o o per.
H o ly h ead   In ste a d   o f  Q u een sto w n .
From the New Tork Shipping List.
A. bar at the  mouth of  the  river  Mer­
sey, upon which  there is barely ten  feet 
of  water  at  mean  low  tide,  has  long 
proved  a  serious  inconvenience  to  the 
shipping  trade of  Liverpool.  All  large 
zessels  arriving  off  the  mouth  of  the 
river on the last half  of  the  ebb tide are 
obliged to anchor  and  submit to a delay 
of  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hours, which, 
in  these  days of  large  ocean  steamers, 
increased speed in ocean  travel aud con­
stant  efforts  to  cut  down  the  time be­
tween the two  great  Atlantic  ports, has 
become  not  only  an  annoying  delay to 
passenger traffic, but  has  also  proved a 
real menace  to  the  prosperity of  Liver­
pool as a seaport.  So  far  as  the  mails 
are  concerned,  the  delay has  been  ob­
viated to a great  extent by landing  them 
at Queenstown  and  forwarding  them by 
rail to Dublin, thence  by steamer  across 
the Irish  Channel to Holyhead,  and then 
by rail to London,  but  this  plan  has its I 
objections,  because of  the  increased cost j 
of  transportation.  To overcome all these j 
difficulties,  the  proposal  to  utilize  two I 
other ports has  been  seriously discussed 
from time to time, either of which would 
solve  the  problem,  but at the expense of 
Liverpool.  One  of  the  proposed  plans 
is  that  Milford  Haven  should  be made 
the terminus of  the  Atlantic voyage, the 
harbor affording  ample  facilities for the 
largest steamers and  being  accessible in 
all  conditions of  the  tide;  the  other  is 
that  the  steamers  should  go  direct  to 
Holyhead and there  land  the  mails and 
passengers, and thence  proceed to Liver­
pool  for  the  discharge  and  loading  of 
cargo. 
It  is  not  our  purpose  to  enter 
into a discussion  of  the  merits  of  these 
two proposals.  Neither  of  the  two har­
bors mentioned  are  obstructed by a bar, 
and  both  have  moderate  railroad facil­
ities  which  afford  direct  and  quicker I 
communication  with  London, .but  once 
inside  the  bar at the mouth of  the Mer­
sey,  there  is  no  port  in  Great Britain j 
possessing 
transportation,  dock, 
warehouse and other  shipping  facilities I 
that are to be found in Liverpool.  Rail­
roads from all the principal manufactur­
ing  .districts  center  there,  and  for  this 
reason alone it would be difficult to wrest 
from  that  port  the  supremacy she now 
enjoys as a great shipping port, but there 
is a disposition to find a more rapid tran­
sit for mails  and  passengers,  and  hence 
it is not surprising to learn from a recent 
cable dispatch that  the  English  govern­
ment  has  under  consideration a scheme 
for landing the American  mails at Holy- 
head 
instead  of  Queenstown,  thereby 
obviating  the  necessity of  making a call 
at  the  latter  port,  which  is so often at 
present attended with delay.  By making 
this change,  it is claimed that  the  mails 
would reach London  much  quicker than 
they do  now,  thereby  saving  the  post- 
office  about £60*000 a  year in the cost of 
transportation. 
It  is  reported  that  a 
tentative 
test  of  the  advantages  thus 
claimed  for  this  route  will  be  made 
shortly,  and it is further  intimated that, 
if  successful  with  respect  to  mails,  it 
may result in the  landing of  passengers, 
also.  It is rather surprising, under these 
circumstances, that  no  earnest effort has 
been  made to deepen the  channel of  the 
Mersey.  Engineers  have  successfully 
remedied  the  same  difficulties at Sandy 
Hook  and  the mouth of  the Mississippi, 
and competent authorities  say that a lib­
eral  outlay  of  money is  ali  that  is  re­
quired  to  make  Liverpool  equally  ac­
cessible.

the 

C lean in g   Oil  B a rrels.

A representative farmer writes :
The question is  asked  if  coal  oil  bar­
rels can be  cleaned  for  meat. 
I  have 
used them for  fifteen  years with  perfect 
success.  Knock out the head,  set fire to 
a piece of paper and put it in the  barrel. 
The fire will burn with a loud roar.  Roll 
the  barrel  around  so  it  will  burn  out 
even, and when it  is  burned  one-eighth 
of an inch deep, end the barrel up on the 
open end;  the fire is instantly quenched. 
If it is  not  charcoaled  one-eighth  of  an 
inch deep, turn in  about  a  pint  of  coal 
oil, roll around until it is  spread all over 
the inside, then  fire  again. 
Scrape  off 
most of the charcoal and wash it out. 
It 
is not necessary to burn  over  one-eighth

I will  guarantee  there will 
inch deep. 
never be the slightest  taste of coal oil  in 
the meat. 
I have used these barrels  for 
ham, pork, beef, lard, and  honey..  Old 
musty or tainted barrels I  treat the same 
way by using a pint or so  of  oil.  Have 
treated linseed oil  barrels the same way.
What  to  Say  "When  You  Sell  a  Silk 

Handkerchief.

“Now, if you will excuse  me, I take  it 
that, having bought  these  silk  handker­
chiefs,  you  will  have  to  send  them  at 
some time to the laundry. 
If you  are  a 
bachelor you can’t  help it  if  your  laun­
dry ruins them, but if  you are a married 
mau and have a  servant, thump this idea 
into her head—that  a  silk  handkerchief 
should never be put into a tub with other 
clothes.  Tell her  to put  them in luke­
warm water, to rinse  them two  or  three 
times  in  clear,  cold  water  without  any 
blue;  wring them out, fold and roll them 
tightly in a cloth, but do not let them get 
dry before ironing. 
It is a simple thing 
to remember, and you will  find that your 
handkerchiefs will  remain  soft  as  they 
are now if this rule is observed.”
jDry  G oods#
Prices  Current.

U N B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

Atlantic  A............. •  7%
Atlanta A. A.......... .  6%
Archery  Bunting.. .  4%
Amory.................... .  7%
.  5%
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Berwick  L............. •  6%
Blackstone O, 32... .  5
Chapman............... .  4
Cohasset A............. •  v%
Comet.................... .  7
Clifton CCC......... •  6%
Conqueror XX...... .  5
Dwight Star........... •  VJ4
Exeter A................ .  6%
Full Yard Wide__ •  034
Great Falls E ........ .  7
Honest Width........ .  6=K
Hartford A............. •  5%

Integrity  XX...........
King, E F ................
“  E X ................
“  EC, 32 in ......
Lawrence L L.........
New  Market B........
Noibe R ...................
Newton...................
Our Level  Best......
Riverside XX.........
Sea Island R...........
Sharon B  ...............
Top of the  Heap__
Williamsville..........
Comet,  40 in ...........
Carlisle  “ 
..........
New MarketL,40in.

B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

Blackstone A A.
Beats All...................4%
Cleveland.............   7
Cabot.........................7%
Cabot,  %.................   634
Dwight Anchor......   9
shorts.  854
Edwards..................6
Empire....................  7
Farwell...................  734
Fruit of the Loom..  834 
Fitchville  ..............7%

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I First Prize.
Fruit of the Loom %.
Fairmount...............
Lonsdale Cambric..
Lonsdale.................
Middlesex...............
No Name.................
Oak View......   .......
Our Own.................
Sunlight..................
Yinyard..................

H A L F   B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

U N B L E A C H E D   CANTON  F L A N N E L .

...  7%IDwightAnchor— .  9
. . .   7 %

Cabot.................
Farwell.............
Tremont N ...... . . . .   6 % Middlesex No.  1... .1 0
“  2... .11
Hamilton N......
. . .   6 %
“  3... .1 2
L ......
. . .   7
“  7... .1 8
Middlesex  AT..
. . .   8
...  9
X ....
.1 9
“  
No. 25 ...  9
B L E A C H E D   CANTON  F L A N N E L .

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  

“ 
“ 
“ 

8 . . .

“ 
“ 
“ 

...  7 % Middlesex A A...... .11
Hamilton N ......
“ 
2...... .1 2
Middlesex P T .. ...  8
“ 
A O ...... -1 3 %
A T ..
...  9
4 ...... .1 7 %
...  9
X A ..
“  
5...... .1 6
“ 
X F ..
. . . 1 0 %
CO RSET JE A N S .

Biddeford......... ....  6 N aumkeag satteen ■  7 %
Brunswick.......
■  6 %

P R IN T S .

“ 

“ 
“ 

Allen, staple...........  6

fancy...........  6%
robes...........  6%
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   6% 
American shirtings.  5% 
“  —   6%
Arnold 
long cloth B. 10% 
“ 
“ 
“  C.  8%
century cloth 7
“ 
“  gold seal...... 10%
“  Turkey red.. 10%
Berlin solids............. 5%
“  oil blue.......   6%
“  green —   6%
“ 
Cocheco fancy........  6
madders...  6 
“ 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6% 
staple...  6 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  6% 
Merrimack D fancy.  6%

“ 

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“ 

“ 

Merrim’ck shirtings.  5% 
Repp furn .  8%
Pacific  fancy.......... 6
robes............   6%
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  6%
greys.......... 6%
solid black. .6% 
Washington Indigo.  6% 
“  Turkey robes..  7%
“  India robes___ 7%
“  plain T’ky X %  8% 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................... 6
Martha Washington
Turkey red X ......   7%
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........  9%
Riverpoint robes__  5
Windsor fancy..........6%
gold  ticket 
Indigo blue.......... 10%

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T IC K IN G S .

D E M IN S .

Amoskeag A C A ....13%|Pearl  River............ 1234
Hamilton N .............7%lWarren.......................14
Amoskeag............... 13% IE verett.....................12%
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15  Lawrence XX........... 13%
Andover..................11% (Lancaster................. 12%
t
Glenarven...............634 I Renfrew Dress..........8
Lancashire..............  6% Toll du Nord........... 10%
Normandie..............8  j

G IN G H A M S. 

Peerless, white....... 18%|Peerless,  colored.. .21

c a r p e t   w ’a r p .

GRAIN  BAGS.

Stark........................20  I Georgia.................... 16
American................17  Pacific.......................14
Valley City..............16  ¡Burlap...................... 11%

T H R E A D S .

Clark’s Mile End__45 Barbour’s............. ..88
.......45 Marshall’s ............ ..88
Coats’, J. & P.
...... 22%
Holyoke.........
K N IT T IN G COTTON.

No.  6  ..  ..33
“ 
8........ 34
“  10........ 35
“  12.........36

White. Colored.
38 No.  14........ 37
39
“  16........ 38
“  18........ 39
40
“  20........ 40
41
C A M BRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

.......434¡Kid Glove.............. ••  4%
Slater.............
White Star— __   454 ¡Newmarket.......... ■ ■  434
R E D   F L A N N E L .
...... 32% T W...................... ..22%
Fireman........
Creedmore__ ...... 27% F T ........................ -.32%
Talbot XXX... ....... 30
Nameless........ ...... 27% Buckeye............... •32%

J R F , XXX.......... ..35

M IX E D   F L A N N E L .
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40 Grey S R W.......... -.17%
........22% Western W .......... -.18%
Union R ........
Windsor........
........18% D R P ................... -.18%
Flushing XXX.... -.23%
.......21
6 oz Western..
...... 22% Manitoba............. ■  23%
Union  B ........

D U C K S .

Severen, 8 oz.. ........  9%|Greenwood,80Z.. ..11%
Mayland, 8oz. ........11 West  Point, 8 oz.. • ■  9%
Greenwood, 7% oz..  9%

White, doz.............20  I Per bale, 40 doz.
Colored,  doz...........25 

|

W A D D IN G S.

S IL E S IA S .

Slater, Iron Cross...  9
“  Red Cross___  9
“  Best  ..............10%
“  Best AA........ 12%

Pawtucket.............. 11
Dundie...................   9
Bedford..................10%

Coraline.................69 50|Wonderful............$4 75
Shilling’s ...............  9 00|Brighton.. 
.......  4 75

C O RSETS.

SE W IN G   B IL K .

Corticelli, doz......... 85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

per %oz  ball........30

twist,doz..42 
50yd,doz..42  j
H O O K S  A N D   E V E S— P E R   G ROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White..10  INo  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“  2 
..20
“  3 
..25

..12  “ 8 
..12 
I  “  10 

P IN S .
No 2—20, M C
50 
‘  3—18, S C ........... 45 

|No 4—15, F  3%.
|

.40

No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“  4 
.23
“  6 
..26

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

COTTON  T A P E .
..15  “ 10 
..18  I  “  12 
SA FE T Y   P IN S .

N o2.......................28 

|No3......................... 36

N E E D L E S — P E R   M.

A. James..................1  50] Steamboat................  40
Crowely’s................ 1  35 Gold  Eyed...............1  50
Marshall’s...............1  00|

5—4....2 25  6-4. ..3 2515—4 .... 1  95  6—4...2 95 

T A B L E   O IL  C LO TH .
“ 

...3 10

“ ....2  10 

COOPER TOOLS

"We  e n d e a v o r  

to  c a r r y  

a sso r tm e n t.

a  fu ll

F o ster,  S te v e n s   & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

HAJRDWÆR B .

Prices  Current.

T hese  p rices  are  for cash  bu/yers,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy in  fu ll  packages.

AUGURS AND RIT8. 

dls.

60
Ives’, old style  ............................................. 
Snell’s .................-.......................................... 
60
Cook’s ............................................................  
40
25
J  ennlngs’, genuine........................................ 
Jennings’,  Imitation.....................................50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................C 7 00
D.  B. Bronze............................   11  00
S. B. S. Steel.............................   8  50
D. B. Steel.........................  
13 00
dis.

BARROWS. 

Railroad........................................................8 14 00
Garden....................................................net  30 00

“ 
“ 
« 

bolts. 

dls.

Stove................................................................ 50&10
75
Carriage new list........................................... 
Plow.  ............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe..................................................... 
70

BUCKETS.

CAPS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

Well,  plain.................................................... 8 3 50
Well, swivel........................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...............66*10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60*10
Wrought  Table.............................................. 60&10
Wrought Inside Blind................................... 60&10
Wrought Brass..............................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s...............................................70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’s ........................................... 
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 
40
Grain......................................................  dis. 50*02
Cast Steel..............................................per lb  4%
Ely’s 1-10..............................................per m  65
60
“ 
Hick’s C. F ........................................... 
“ 
G. D ...................................................... 
35
Musket.................................................  
“ 
60
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 
Rim Fire, United  States......................... dls. 
50
Central  Fire............................................ dls. 
25
Socket Firm er...............................................70*10
Socket Framing.............................................70*10
Socket Comer................................................ 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................ 70*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 
dis.
combs. 
Curry,  Lawrence’s .................... 
40*10
Hotchkiss.............................
CHALK.
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12% dls. 10
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
26
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........................ 
24
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................  
24
25
Bottoms............... 
40
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
Paper and straight Shank............................. 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank..................................... 
40

 
drills. 

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

dls.

dis.

“ 

 

DRIPPING PANS.

50

14 

12 

dls.

dls.

HINGES.

ELBOWS.

............. 

13 
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Small sizes, Ber p ound.................................  
07
6%
Large sizes, per pound.................................  
Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................doz. net 
70
Corrugated...................................... dls. 20&10&10
Adjustable......................................................... dls. 40*10
30
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826........................ 
Ives’, 1,818;  2,824;  3, 839  ............................. 
25
Disston’s ........................................................ 60*10
New  American...............................................60&10
Nicholson’s ................................................... 60&10
Heller’s ........................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 
50
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
List 
18
dls.

GALVANIZED IRON

files—New List. 

Discount, 60

HOLLOW WARE

'HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s—  
Maydole  & Co.’s ................................................ dls. 25
Kip’s ................................................................ dls. 25
Yerkes & Plumb’s..............................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40&10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................ dls.60&10
State............................................ per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4%  14  and
3%
10
%........... .............net
%........... — ...... net
8%
34.........................net
7%
%........... .............net
7%
70
...........dls.
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................   60&10
Kidder, wood tra c k .............  
40
Pots................................................................. 60*05
Kettles.............................................................60&05
Spiders........................................................... 60*05
Gray enameled..............................................  
50
Stamped  TlnW are......................... new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list 33% *10
Au Sable................................dls. 25*10©25&10&10
Putnam..................................... dls. 5*10*2%&2%
Northwestern....................................  dis. 10*10*5
dls.
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap, trimmings.................  
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
55
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ............................  
55
 
Branford’s .....................................  
55
55
Norwalk’s ...................................................... 
dls.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
70
Adze Eye................................................816.60, dls. 60
Hunt Bye................................................815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s....................................... 818.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................  
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__ 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s.................. 
40
“  Enterprise...............................  
 
25

LEVELS. 
MATTOCK8.

knobs—New List. 

mauls. 
mills. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HORSE NAILS.

HANGERS. 

. i  □ 

dlS.

dlS.

 

 

 

M OLASSES  G A TES. 

Stebbin’s Pattern...........................................60A10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................66A10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25

d lS .

N A IL S
Advance above 12d nails.

F E N C E   A N D   B R A D S.

50d to 60d................................................. 
25
10
iod..........................................................; 
8d and 9d.......................................................  
25
40
6d and 7d...................................................    "  
4d and 5d.......................................................  
go
3d.................................................... ...’.  100
....................................................................   1 50

F IN E   B L U E D .

CASE ING AND BOX.

 

50
12d to 30d  ................................................. 
go
iod............................................................... ;; 
8d to 9d  ..........................................  
75
 
6d to 7d....................................................... ’ 
90
4d to 5d....................................................... ”  
10
3d........................................................................150
%  Inch..........................................................
Si  “ 
1% and  IX inch............................................  
2 and 2% 
“ 
2% and 254  “ 
3 inch.............................................................. 
3% and 4%  Inch............................................  

..........................................................   2 25
j  35
..........................................  1  15
...........................................  1  go
85
75

COMMON BARBEL.

CLINCH.

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

planes. 

dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..................................40@10
Sciota  Bench.......................................... 
\  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy..........................40&10
Bench, first quality......................................... j Kp
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood. . . . . . .  20A10
Fry,  Acme................; ............................dls. 
00
70
Common,  polished.................................. dls. 
50
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs..............................   ’ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

rivets. 

Broken packs %c per pound extra.

FANS.

"dls.

ROPES.

dlS.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, % Inch and larger..............................   n%
Manilla..........................................................
Steel and Iron...............................................  
Try and Bevels.............................................. 
M itre.............................................................. 

75
go
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
83 00
3 00
3 10
3 15
325
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.......................................84 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ......................................  4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24........................................ 4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26......................................440 
No. 27.................................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86......................... .............dls. 40A10
50
Sliver Lake, White  A...............................list 
Drab A .........................  
 
“ 55
White  B ...............................   “ 
50
55
Drab B...................................  “ 
White C.................................  “ 
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot......  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.................................... 
 

Solid Eyes..............................................per ton 825
H and.........................................26@25&5
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60A10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...........  
70
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .... 
Hotchkiss’....................................................  
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ................................... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... $1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...............................................   67%
Annealed Market...................................... 7D<&10
Coppered Market......................................   62%
Tinned Market..............................................  g$£
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................  
50
Plain Fence........................................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................83 45
painted.......................................  2 80

dls.
35

wire. 

“ 

wire goods. 

dls.

wrenches. 

Bright........................................................70*10410
Screw  Eyes.............................   ............. 70*10*10
Hook’s ......................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.............................. 70*10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine.............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,.....................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................75*10
so
Bird Cages....................................................  
Pumps, Cistern.........................................  
75
Screws, New List........................................... 
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American...................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dls.

dls.

METALS,

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large........................................................... 26c
Pig Bars.............................................................. 28C
Duty:  Sheet, 2%c per pound.
660 pound  casks..................................................gw
Per pound...................................................... " '6%
%@%.................................................................... 16
Extra W iping................................................... 43^
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  of
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson.........................................per  pound  14%
Hallett’s........................................ 
i i g
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................|  g 00
g 00
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
7 75
14x20 IX, 
7 75

 
Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.

”  

 
 

 

10xl4IC,  Charcoal.........................................8o5 40
14x20 IC, 
5 40
10x14 IX, 
g
14x20 IX, 

 
 
..............   ........................

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

14x20 IC, “  Worcester.................................  5 00
“ 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
...........................  7 00
“ 
20x28 IC, 
..........................  11  50
“ 
14x20IC, 
“  Allaway  Grade................  490
0 40
“ 
“  .  “ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
10 50
“ 
“ 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
“ 
“ 
18 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX......................................................... 812
14x31  LX.........•.......................................... 
13
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 
m n. 1, 
14x60LX,  “ 

Per pound.... 

“  9 

^
09

 
 
 

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ROOFING PLATES

The Michigan Tradesman

Ofllci&l Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  W ESK L Y   JO U R N A L   D EVO TED   TO  T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Wolderine State,

E.  A. STOWE St  BRO.,  Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Bates made known on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapide  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  1,  1890.

REMOVE  THE  DUTY  ON  SUGAR.
Pure white granulated  sugar is selling 
to-day in England at wholesale  for  four­
teen shillings  sterling  per  one hundred 
and  twelve  pounds, or  three  cents  per 
pound.  This price yields a profit to the 
manufacturer  and the wholesale  dealer,. 
Granulated  sugar  can  be  purchased to­
day in England at  retail  for  four  cents 
per pound, or thirty pounds  for one  dol­
lar.  The same quality of sugar is selling 
in  this country at about seven cents  per 
pound  at wholesale, and eight cents  per 
pound retail.  The  duty on  granulated 
sugar when  imported  is  three  and  one- 
half cents  per  pound, so  that  the  con­
sumers of sugar  in this country are  pay­
ing the Sugar Trust the  price  of  refined 
sugar in England, three cents per pound, 
plus the duty, three  and  one-half  cents, 
and such profit  as  the  Trust  sees  fit to 
exact.

At the present moment  the price made 
by the Sugar  Trust  is  less  than “it  has 
been for  some  time  past—first, because 
the press  has  created  a  strong  public 
feeling  against  it;  second,  the  courts 
have rendered important  decisions  ques 
tioning its legality.

For the greater part  of  the time  since 
the  Trust  has been  organized it has ex 
acted the cost of  refined  sugar  in  Eng 
land with duty,  cost of  importing,  and a 
profit added.  One-half  cent  per  pound 
covers the entire  cost  of  converting  96 
degrees  centrifugal  sugar  into  granu 
lated  in  a  refinery having  all  late  im 
provements,  including  interest on  capi 
tal,  wear and tear  of  plant, labor, coop 
erage, etc.

The duty on the raw sugar  required to 
make 100 pounds  of  granulated sugar is 
In fixing the price  of  granulated 
$2.40. 
sugar, 
the  Sugar  Trust  adds  the  full 
duty on imported  granulated,  viz., $3.50 
per 100 pounds. 
It is,  therefore,  exact 
ing from the consumers  in  this  country 
$1.10 per 100 pounds over the profit made 
by the English refiner.

We  consumed in this  country in 1886 
2,677,845,840 pounds  of  sugar, on which 
the  refiners  at  $1.10  per  hundred 
ceived $29,456,303  over  the profit of  the 
refiners in England on the same  amount.
The Sugar Trust certainly has no valid 
claim on the consumers of sugar for pro­
tection.  They have  exacted  during  the 
last  year  more than the value of  all the 
refineries ift the country over a fair profit 
on the cost of  refining.  The cost  of  re 
fining  96  degrees  centrifugal  sugar  is 
less  than  10  per  cent,  on  the  present 
wholesale  price  of  refined in this  mar 
ket.  The percentage of  labor employed 
to value  of  product in  refining is there 
fore,  very  small,  consequently  the  in 
terest of  the artisan class in refineries is 
limited.

In  1842,  Louisiana  produced  140,000 
hogsheads of  sugar, in 1886 145,968 hogs­
heads,  a gain in production of 4 per cent 
in  forty-four  years.  We  consumed  ii 
1861 363,819  gross tons,  in 1886 1,195,466 
gross tons,  a gain in twenty-five  years of 
over 300 per cent. 
In 1861  we  produced 
27 per cent, of  our  consumption, in 1886 
11  per  cent.  Surely  a  protective tariff 
has  utterly failed  to  stimulate  produc­
tion or to reduce the price to a fair profit 
on the capital, skill  and  labor  required 
in  production.  There  was  collected as 
duty  on  sugar  and  molasses  in  1887 
$58,030,799, or $1 per  head  of  the  pop­
ulation.  Revenue  reformers  denounced 
the  salt  duty  as  oppressive,  but  made 
little  complaint  against  the sugar duty. 
The  revenue  derived  from  the duty on 
salt in 1887 was $675,982, or a trifle  more 
than one cent per head.

ready for shipment  all the sugar we con­
sumed  in  1886. 
If  they were  all  em­
ployed 300 days in the  year at  $1.50  per 
day  on  the  average  the  wages  would 
amount to  $4,500,000.  The  cost of  the 
product at an average of  seven cents per 
pound retail to the consumer is $187,449,- 
000.  The  wage-earners’ share  is  very 
small  indeed—less  than  2%  per  cent. 
We are more dependent to-day on foreign 
producers for our  sugar  supply than we 
were  twenty-five  years  ago.  There  is 
not any reasonable ground  for  believing 
that  we  can  ever  compete  with  South 
America  and  Cuba  in  producing  raw 
ugar. 
If, however, we desire to encour­
age sugar production in  this country,  let 
us  pay direct to the planter a  handsome 
bounty, say  of  three  cents  per  pound; 
such a bounty would have cost us in 1886 
$9,000,000.

Assuming  that  our  consumption  of 
sugar for the future will not be less than 
it was in 1886 (it will be greater), in  ten 
years the  Government  will  collect  as a 
sugar tax $580,307,990.
Ten years’ bounty to sugar  planter.. .$  90,000,000 
Cost of labor for ten years in refineries  45,000,000 
Value of all refineries in the country..  25,000,000
Total............................................... $160,000,000
As will be observed,  the  consumers  of 
sugar could buy the refineries and destroy 
them,  pay all the employes  in  the  refin­
eries full wages for ten  years  for  doing 
nothing, pay the sugar  planters a liberal 
bounty for  ten  years,  and  then save in 
ten  years  $420,307,990  as  compared  to 
our present sugar tax.

Removing the duty from  sugar  would 
undoubtedly  very  largely  increase  the 
consumption.  This means an increase in 
the tonnage of our railways;  any impor­
tant  addition  to  the  railway  tonnage 
admits of a reduction  in freight charges 
An increase in our consumption of  sugar 
would  tend  to  develop  our  trade  with 
South  America.  Placing  sugar  on the 
free list will prevent  any general reduc 
tion of the duty on  other  staples  which 
we  can  and  should  produce  for  many 
years to come.

It is to be hoped that before the present 
session  of  Congress  closes  the party in 
power will have given the wage-earner  a 
free breakfast table.

A man  died  in  Chicago the other day 
at  the  age  of  110.  What a fierce  hold 
upon life  he  must  have  had.  A  man 
who  could  live  to  be  110  in  Chicago 
could without difficulty live  to  be  1,010 
in any place where life is agreeable.

“Women  will  soon  go  into  business 
just the same as  men,” exclaims a worn 
an’s journal.  Yes,  and  then  we  shall 
probably see such signs as these :  “Smith 
& Daughter, Dealers in  Fine Groceries;’1 
“Brown,  Jones,  Robinson’s  Daughters 
General  Dealers  in  Hides  and  Pelts.’ 
And why not,  if  the  sons  of  Smith  and 
Robinson  can  capitalize  their  relation 
ship to their  sires,  and  constitute  them 
selves a business entity ?

The  irritating  claim  which  is  con 
stantly put forth  in  behalf  of  figures— 
that  they  won’t  lie—seems  likely to be 
disproved at last in Chicago,  where four 
postoffice clerks are trying to account for 
a daily loss of  money in the retail stamp 
department. 
course,  everybody 
knows  that,  in  reality,  figures  will  lie 
like fury whenever  they get the  chance 
but it is very hard to  catch  them  at  it 
If  our Chicago friends succeed they will 
be entitled  to  public  gratitude,  and  to 
have their salaries raised on New  Year’ 
Day.

Of 

The  Crocks  Get Mixed.

“Look  here,  Mr.  Higginbottom,” said 
the  grocer,  by way of  a  joke, to the  old 
farmer,  “I  found 
this  stone,  which 
weighs five pounds,  in the  bottom of  the 
last crock of  butter I bought of  you.” 
“Lucy, concam her picter,  this is your 
fault!”  rejoined  the  man,  as he turned 
to his wife.
“ ’Tain’t,  neither!  You  handled  the 
crocks!” .
“But  you  must  hev  mixed  ’em  up 
down cellar.”
“No, I didn’t, though the gal  probably 
did.  She’s  just that keerless.”
“Wall, Smith,  I’ll  allow  fur  it.  The 
crocks got mixed.  This  was  the one we 
were  going  to  send  to  the  preacher’s 
j donation party,  and I’ve been horn swag- 
gled  out  of  a clean  dollar. 
I orter hev 
put a label on it.”

Made  Rich by  the  Thimble.

The  Treasury is full  to  over  flowing; 
There is a rich  family of  the  name of 
we  are  burdened  with  the surplus;  we 
Lofting  in  England,  whose  fortune was 
are  compelled  to  prevent  locking  up
founded  by  the thimble.  The first ever 
seen  in  England  was  made  in  London 
money in  the  Treasury and thereby pro­
less  than  200  years  ago,  by  a  metal 
ducing a financial  crisis,  to  purchase  4 
worker  named  John Lofting.  The use­
per  cent,  government  bonds due in 1907 
fulness  of  the  article  commended  it  at 
at 127  (at this  rate  they  yield  less  than 
once to all those who used the needle, and 
Lofting  acquired a large  fortune.  The 
2J^  per  cent,  interest),  while  we  are 
j implement was  then  called  the  thumb- 
sending our railway bonds and other cor­
j bell, it being  worn  on  the  thumb when
porate  securities,  bearing  5,  6, 7  and  a j jn USG) an(j jts shape  suggesting  the rest 
the  name.  This  clumsy  mode  of 
per cent,  interest, to Europe  and  selling j of 
Is  this  good I utilizing it was  soon  changed  however, 
them  for  less  than  par. 
into  “thimble,”
policy ?

but the  name, softened 
remains.

Sugar is  the only very important  arti-
cle  of' consumption  the  production  of 
which our fiscal policy has entirely failed 
to  promote. 
It  is  a  pure,  healthful, 
nourishing, heat-producing  food  for  old 
and young. 
Its  importance  in connec­
tion with our  fruit  industry can  hardly 
be over-estimated.  Twenty-five  pounds 
of granulated sugar for $1 in this climate 
would be of inestimable value  to all who 
labor for their daily bread.  Tobacco  is 
a  curse  to  mankind—sugar  a  blessing 
and a necessity.  Ten thousand men with 
the latest appliances will refine and make

A  Treacherous  Memory.

Smith—What  are  you  loafing  around 
town at this time of  night for ?
Brown—’Fraid to go home.  Wife  told 
me to be sure  and  remember  something 
and I’ve forgotten what it was.
Smith—It wasn’t dry goods  or  grocer­
ies, was  it?
Brown—No.
Smith—Baby  food,  tacks  or  theater 
Brown—No.  But  I’ve  just  thought 
Smith—What was it ?
Brown—She wanted  me  to  remember 

tickets ?
of  it.

to come home early.

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

Proceeding's  of 

the  Second  Annual 

.  Convention, at Lansing.

The second  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Knights of the Grip  convened 
at the Council Chamber,  Lansing,  Friday 
forenoon,  December  27.  The  meeting 
was  called to order  by President  Peake, 
who called on Rev.  Mr. Jordan  to invoke 
the divine blessing.
Secretary Mills read the minutes of the 
previous  convention,  which  were  ap­
proved.
On  motion  of  J.  W.  Palmer,  W. J. 
Richards was appointed time-keeper.
John  J.  Bush was  appointed  reading 
clerk, and was escorted to  the desk by S. 
H.  Row.
President Peake announced the follow­
ing special committees :
Constitution  and  by-laws—S.  H.  Row, 
C. S. Kelsey,  A.  A.  Howard.
Resolutions—F.  E.  Bogart,  J. W.  Pal­
mer, Geo.  F.  Owen.
Credentials—Henry Mart,  Frank  Clay, 
Frank Mosher.
"Rules  and  order  of  business—L.  J. 
Koster, W.  K.  Walker,  J.  F. Carleton.
On  motion  of  J.  W.  Palmer,  all 
peeches during the day were  limited  to 
two minutes.
A request  for  the  privilege  of  using 
the name and monogram of the organiza­
tion as a cigar label was  received from  a 
Coldwater  cigar  manufacturer,  and was 
laid on the table for the present.
The proprietor  of  the  opposition ’bus 
line at Au Sable and  Oscoda was given a 
hearing,  when the matter was referred to 
the ’Bus Committee.
Thos.  McEwing  moved  that  a vote  of 
thanks  be extended the Northern  Hotel, 
at Big Rapids,  for its  splendid accommo­
dations  and  cheap  rates.  The  motion 
was  so  manifestly ironical  that  it  pro­
voked a  storm  of  applause, and was  re­
ferred  to the Committee on  Resolutions.
Several letters of  regret were read,  in­
cluding one  from  the  proprietor  of  the 
Everett House, at East Saginaw, request­
ing the convention to accept the gift of a 
case of wine.  The  donor was  thanked, 
and on motion of  C.  S.  Kelsey, the  gift 
was courteously declined.
The meeting then  adjourned  until aft­
ernoon.

A F T ER N O O N   SESSIO N.

The  afternoon  session was  called  to 
order by  President Peake in Representa­
tive  Hall, when Rev.  Washington  Gard­
ner implored the grace  of  the Almighty. 
The President then  read his  annual  ad­
dress,  as follows:
It is a pleasure and  satisfaction for me 
to render to  you an account of  my stew­
ardship,  and if the same meets with, your 
approval,  1 shall  be  amply paid  for  the 
time and work I have  given  the  associa­
tion.  Michigan,  in  severing its connec­
tion with the National  T. P. A., has lost 
nothing and gained much.
On  February  8,  1889,  Michigan  Di 
vision had only seventy-two  members  in 
good standing  out  of  a  total of  1,250 
The causes for  this great  reduction,  you 
all are fully acquainted with, and  I shall 
not mention them. 
It  is of our present 
association that I wish to speak.
On  February 9, some  fifty commercial 
travelers met in room 73, Hudson House, 
and  there  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
Michigan Knights  of  the Grip,  and  each | 
man started  out  to  make  it  a  success. 
The aim of  its promoters was to make  it 
an  association  to  which  every commer­
cial traveler could  ally himself,  were  he 
a member of other  organizations  or  not. 
Our aim was to aid  and benefit our mem­
bers,  and  in  a way not  antagonistic  to 
our sister association, the Michigan Com­
mercial  Travelers’,  and  I  am  happy  to 
say we have their assurance of  our  good 
intentions, and I  hope  to see  that same 
feeling continue as long  at the  two asso­
ciations exist.
Our  first move was to get our  commit­
tees  organized  and  at work, and  I am 
sure  that  no  association  of  commercial 
travelers  can  show as  great  amount  of 
in 
work  accomplished 
less  than  ten 
months as the committees  of  the  Michi­
gan Knights of the  Grip. 
In this work, 
the  Vice-Presidents  have  been  a  very 
important factor,  and  shows  the wisdom 
of having a  head  to  each  congressional 
district, for they have taken charge of all 
legislative  matter,  and  done  their work 
well.
Under the charge of our reliable chair­
man,  Geo.  F.  Owen, matters  appertain­
ing to  the Railway Committee  have been 
attended  to  and  our  interest watched. 
If any concessions  are  to  be had, Owen 
is the man who can get them.
Of the Hotel  Committee’s work, it is  a 
pleasure for me to speak.  At its  head is 
the  energetic  D.  S.  Haugh,  of  Grand 
Rapids, and  it  is  from  this  committee 
that we have received much  of  our pres­
ent benefits, as his report will show. 
It 
remains  for you to retain those  benefits. 
Let each member  make  it  his  personal 
duty to see that  it is  not  abused.  The 
hotel  man  who  values  success  recog­
nizes that the commercial  traveler is  the 
most  important  factor  he  has,  and  in 
nearly all  cases  is  willing  to  do  us  a 
favor. 
I wish  to thank  the Hotel Com­
mittee  for  the  thoroughness  of  their 
work,  and the hotels of Michigan for  the 
benefits  they have  given  to our  associa­
tion.  You  have  the  list  of the hotels 
granting us these concessions, and please 
remember them on your  trips.  Do  not 
patronize them  only when  you waut  the 
benefit.  That  is not fair;  but stand  by 
them  at  all  times,  for  they  are  our 
friends, and you can in  no way so  easily 
strengthen  our  association  as  by  sup­
porting the work of our  committees,  and 
I would recommend that  you incorporate 
in our  by laws  a  resolution  making  it 
compulsory  under  suspension,  unless 
good reason is given for not doing so. 
It 
is the duty of every member  to  stand by 
the  obligations  of  the  association,  and 
unless you do so. you  might just  as well 
disband and  have  no  organization. 
If 
the obligations entered  into do  not  meet 
with  your approval, come to the  annual 
meetings and endeavor to  modify or  cor­
rect  them, or present your  objections  to 
the  Board  of  Directors,  who  have  the 
power to annul  or  accept  all  contracts. 
It is an established  fact that the member 
who is always  criticising  the  officers  of 
every association or  their  official actions 
are drones  themselves, and  never  ready 
to work, but  always  ready to  take  the 
full benefit of all  concessions.  That  is 
my knowledge of past associations.  Let 
us guard against them.  The  place  for

The march  through  the  mud  was  in 
keeping  with  the other features  of  the 
It  attracted  the  attention 
programme. 
of  the  by-standers and furnished no end 
of fun for the boys who delight to follow 
the elephant on the occasion of  a circus, 
but no useful purpose  was subserved by 
such a tramp.
The  reports  of  the  officers  and com­
mittees,  made at the afternoon  meeting, 
evinced a vast amount of circumlocution, 
but  not  enough to conceal the fact  that 
little genuine  effort  had  been  made by 
any one but  the  chairman  of  the  hotel 
committee—and I am  disposed  to  ques­
tion the good taste  of  that committee in 
pursuing the course it has.
Until toward the end  of  the session, I 
applauded the hospitality of the Lansing 
boys  every time  the  subject  was  men­
tioned,  when  I  was  astounded  to  see 
them  put  in  a  bill for  the  decorations 
gotten up in our  honor.  Not  less  sur­
prised  was I to see a bill chucked  under 
our noses for the services of  messengers 
during  the  convention.  As I had previ­
ously  pa<d  $2  for  the  privilege  of  a 
seat for myself  and  wife at the banquet 
table,  I  next  looked for  a  bill for  the 
band which furnished dubious music dur­
ing the day, but this  was not done in my 
presence, nor  was I asked  to  contribute 
to  this fund in  a personal  way.  Surely 
the  big-hearted,  hospitable 
traveling 
men  of  Lansing are to be condoled with 
in neglecting to re-imburse themselves in 
this particular  also.
When  I  come  to  speak  of  the “ban­
quet,” I confess myself  unable  to do the 
subject  justice. 
I have  endured the ex­
actions  of  Niagara  Falls  hackmen; 
I 
have even stopped at the Northern Hotel, 
at  Big  Rapids,  but  I never  was  duped 
quite so cleverly as  to  give  up  $2 for a 
cold  collation  which  any  respectable 
caterer would have been glad to serve for 
fifty  cents a  plate,  but  which  was  not 
served  at  all  on  this  occasion. 
It was 
the crowning act of  a day  given  over to 
plunder  and  extortion,  and  deserves  to 
be set down in the  records of  the travel­
ing fraternity as little short of infamous. 
But for the pleasant speeches later in the 
evening,  the  cordial  reception  at  the 
Capitol  and  the  very  enjoyable  dance, 
my wife and I would  have  gone home so 
indignant that nothing  could  ever  have 
prevailed  upon us to make  another  test 
[of  Lansing  “hospitality.”
I sincerely hope  that  any  city  which 
bids for the meeting  hereafter will show 
a little more of the true  spirit  of  hospi­
tality  and  exhibit  less  greed  than  our 
Lansing friends  did  on  the  occasion of 
which I complain.  Charging for decorat­
ing  the  city  is  bad  enough,  and  com­
pelling  visitors  to  pay  for a banquet is 
an unheard of  proceeding;  but  charging 
$1  apiece  for a banquet  which  did  not 
materialize is the  grossest  discourtesy  I 
ever  experienced.

Kn ig h t  of  t h e  Gr ip .

A  boy  can  imagine  almost  anything. 
He can lug an old  shotgun  about all day 
without  firing at a living  thing,  and  be 
under the impression  that  he is having a 
howling  good • time;  but  all  attempts to 
induce a boy to imagine that he is killing 
Indians  when  he  is  sawing  wood have 
been  futile.

gon.

sego.

Huron.

THE  BANQUET.

A N O T H E R   ACCO UNT.

Shortly after  adjournment, the travel­
ing men  and  their  ladies  proceeded  to 
Armory Hall,  to  participate  in  a “ban­
quet,” according to the programme.  The 
hall  was  there,  the  decorations  were 
there, the tables and  dishes were  there, 
but the food appeared  to have an affinity 
for  the  ante-rooms,  as  very little  of  it 
got to the hungry horde in the main hall. 
At  the  conclusion  of  the “repast,” the 
party returned  to  the  Capitol, where  a 
reception was  given  by Governor  Luce, 
after which  dancing was  indulged  in at 
the armory until a late hour.

The following account  of  the  conven­
tion is from the pen  of  a  representative 
member of  the  Knights, who  has  done 
much for the success of the organization, 
and who will  probably continue  to work 
in the traces. 
In publishing his commu­
nication,  T h e  T r a d e sm a n wishes  it  to 
be understood that it expressly disclaims 
any  responsibility for  any of  the  state­
ments made:
I am  not  much  of  a “kicker,”  as  my 
friends will assure  you, but  I  am  thor­
oughly disgusted  with  the  meeting  of 
commercial  travelers  at  Lansing  last 
Friday.
In the first place, I  am  surprised  that 
the  hotels of  the city should have  made 
I 
no extra preparations  for  the  event. 
sat in  the  dining-room  of  the  Downey 
House  fully  forty  minutes  before  the 
head waiter deigned to send  an  infernal 
lunkhead to take  my order. 
In  the  in­
terim,  I  glanced  around  the  room  in 
search of some  decoration  or  some  evi­
dence  of welcome, but  there were  none 
to be  seen.  Disgusted  with  the  half- 
cooked  and  uninviting  trash  finally set 
before  me,  I  repaired  to  a  restaurant 
and finished my dinner in silence.______

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—L.  M. Mills, Grand  Rapids.
Secretary—J. J.  Bush,  Lansing.
Treasurer—Geo. C. Cooper, Lansing.
Board  of  Directors—L. J. Koster, De­
troit;  Geo.  F. Owen, Grand  Rapids;  A. 
A. Howard, Coldwater;  W. J. Richards, 
Union City;  C. F.  Ballard,  Lansing.
Vice-Presidents  were  elected  as  fol­
lows :
First district—J.  H. McCauley, Detroit.
Second district—Ira  C.  Mason, Adrian.
Third  district—Wm. Rounds, Jackson.
Fourth  district—Geo.  E.  Bardeen,  Ot­
Fifth district—J.  F.  Hammell,  Ionia.
Sixth district—J. D.  Derby, Lansing.
Seventh  district—Frank  Mosher, Port 
Eighth district—R. P. Bigelow, Owosso.
Ninth  district—D.  G.  Grotty,  Muske­
Tenth  district—J. W. Califf, Bay  City.
Eleventh  district — H.  H.  Heineman, 
Negaunee.
Rev.  Washington  Gardner  was  re­
elected chaplain for the ensuing year.
Lansing was selected as  the next place 
of  meeting, the  time  to  be  fixed by the 
Board of Directors.
After votes  of  thanks  had  been  ex­
tended the President  and  Secretary,  the 
meeting adjourned.

1 and received  the  signatures of  175 hotel 
proprietors.
We recommend  that  our  members, so 
far as they can  consistently  do  so,  pat­
ronize  those  hotels  which  favor  us  in 
tHis respect.
received  no  complaints 
We  have 
against  any  hotel,  which  leads  us  to 
think  that  the  standard  of  Michigan 
hotels  is  higher  than  that of  any other 
state.
We  recommend  that  any  violation of 
our hotel agreement be promptly reported 
to  our  Committee,  together  with  dates 
and  names  of  parties,  as  it  is essential 
for the future prosperity of  our  associa­
tion  that  we  protect  all  contracts  and 
obligations entered into.
On motion of J.  H. McCauley, a vote of 
thanks was tendered those  hotels  which 
granted the concessions.
Geo.  F. Owen, of  the Railway Commit­
tee, reported as follows:
Your  Committee  on  Transportation 
would report that  their  duties  have not 
been very onerous.  There  have been no 
grievances come to us, nor have we asked 
for any concessions, except reduced rates 
for this convention,  which  were  respect­
fully declined, claiming  that as they had 
refused  concessions  to  other  organiza­
tions,  it  would  be  impossible  to grant 
ours.  While  we  may  feel  that  we  are 
entitled to favors  not  granted,  we think 
that  by  standing  together  firmly  as 
brotherhood,  when  the  time comes  our 
power  will  be  felt  by  the  Inter-state 
Commerce  Commission  and  concessions 
made to the  fraternity, which pay to the 
railroads millions each  year,
As  to  the  railroads  of  Michigan, we 
have found the officers  universally cour­
teous and always  have  manifested a dis­
position  to  do  everything which was in 
their  power  to  do,  without  materially 
compromising themselves.
As to the  reduction  of  railroad  fares, 
the opinion of  the  Committee is that  we 
would  prefer  better train service than a 
reduction in the fare to the  detriment  of 
the  service 
While we have accomplished but little, 
our faith  is  strong  in  the  idea  that to 
accomplish  the  most  good, we can only 
do it by the hearty co-operation of  every 
traveling man in Michigan and by a thor­
ough organization.
Geo.  C.  Cooper,  of  the  Employment 
Committee, reported as follows :
Your  Committee  on  Employment 
spectfully report  that they have received 
letters for situations from  ten persons as 
follows:  E.  M. Parks.  Hudson;  John W 
Califf,  Bay  City;  C.  W.  Smith,  Grand 
Rapids;  J. K. Burr,  Linden;  D. E. Me 
Clure,  Chicago;  A.  J.  Apgar,  Grand 
Rapids;  C. H. Hinman, Battle Creek;  D, 
E. Thomas, Bay City:  Warren S. Travis, 
Alpena;  H. W.  Chester,  Chicago. 
Five 
of the  above  did  not  even  say they are 
members  of  our  association,  and  one 
signs T. P. A.  Each  one  has  been  an­
swered,  and,  whenever  your  Committee 
have known  of  a  place, due  notice  has 
been given  them.  A  large  number  of 
applicants are  unknown  to  your  Com­
mittee,  and we  do not feel that we  have 
the authority under  our  by-laws to  rec 
ommend parties  under  the  signature  of 
our  association.
To make  this  Committee  of  influence 
and help,  we would  suggest that a regis 
ter  book  be  kept, giving  the  name  of 
each  applicant, also  his  references,  and 
the  names  of  those wishing  men; 
that 
every  member be  requested  to  forward 
the chairman the names of thosenvishing 
traveling  men;  also, that  all  members 
wishing positions  give  their  full  name 
and  address, also  the  number  of  their 
certificate  and  references.  We  would 
also  suggest  that  an  advertisement  be 
placed in the  State  organ,  as  prominent 
as possible,  and a  local  notice  inserted 
calling  the  attention  of  the  merchants 
and manufacturers to the same.
We believe  this  association  to  be  for 
the benefit  of  the  employers  as well  as 
the  employed,  and  a  fraternal  feeling 
should be established  for  the  benefit  of 
all.  When members of  this association 
ask  for  employment,  we want  to  know 
their record,  so we can recommend them 
and  whenever  we  find  one who  cannot 
be recommended  by this  association,  we 
do not want him in our association.
A telegram  was  read  from  the Presi 
dent of the Michigan Commercial Travel 
ers’  Association,  stating  that  it  would 
be  impossible for his convention to  con 
elude its labors  in  time  for  him  to  at­
tend the Lansing meeting.
On  motion  of  Geo. C.  Cooper, a  con 
gratulatory  telegram  was  ordered  for 
warded to the  sister  convention  in  ses 
sion at Detroit.
The  Committee  on  Resolutions  pre 
sented the following  report:
Resolved, That we  return  our  sincere 
thanks to  the  various  persons and com 
mittees of  Division A,  M.  K. G., of  Lan 
sing,  whose cordial reception  and  enter 
tainment will  surely  make  for  them 
warm corner in  the  hearts  of  all  K. of 
the G.,  and  stamp  them  as  the  prince 
of hosts.
To the  hotel  proprietors  of  Lansing 
who gave each one the  best in the  house 
at the liberal reduction of  50  per  cent, 
spot cash.  —
To  the  ’bus  and  carriage  lines who 
very  kindly  offered  the  use  of  their 
carriages gratuitously for  the  entertain 
ment of our ladies 
To the citizens of Lansing  in  general, 
who welcomed us so  cordially, we return 
our  thanks.
A special  vote  of  thanks  is  due  Mr. 
Elliott, of Au Sable, who established and 
operates a ’bus line in  the  best  interest 
of  the  traveling  public,  and  we would 
recommend  that  our  members, so far as 
possible,  give him their support.
We regret the inability of E. R. Egnew, 
of  Mt.  Clemens,  to  be  present  with  us, 
on account of the sickness of his brother, 
and extend to him our sympathy.
That  our4sympathies  be  extended  to 
J.  H.  Brill,  a member of  our  association 
from  Detroit, who  is  lying  sick  at  St. 
Mark’  Hospital, Grand Rapids.
10 oz. BURLAP
Geo.  F. Owen  moved  that  the  charm 
offered as a prize to the  person  securing
¡Sd'iX * S S R i'S  = 5 2 £   83  Monroe  and  10,12,  14,16  *  18  Fountain  Sts.,
to be given  to  the  person  securing  the 
largest number of  new  members  during 
the coming  year.
W. R. Foster moved that  the charm be 
given to the Secretary, and that hereafter 
no prizes of  any  kind  be  offered  to  in­
crease the membership.
L. M.  Mills  moved  as  an  amendment 
that the charm be given to the President, 
which was adopted.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
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WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS  ON

Red, White, Pink,  Grey  and 
Blue Flannels, in all weights 
and prices.  Also  Domets, 
Canton  Flannels,  Bleached 
Browns and Colors.  Blan­
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WE  SELL

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every member  to  raise  his  objections is 
at our meetings,  and there only.
Passing on to the next  Committee, the 
Relief,  we  find  here  a  large  field  for 
work.  Chairman  Hoagland  has  had  a 
great  responsibility in  the  work  of  ap­
pointing a suitable member in each place 
of  importance,  in our  State,  whose  duty 
is to  visit and care for our sick members, 
and I am thankful that  their duties have 
been in name  only.  Under  this  head, I 
would recommend for  your consideration 
at this  meeting  the renting of  a room at 
the  different  hospitals  of  our  State, 
where our sick members can be cared for 
free of  expense  to  them,  providing  the 
rent  does  not  exceed  our  means,  and I 
trust  you  will  give  this  matter  your 
careful consideration.
Regarding the ’Bus and  Baggage Com­
mittee,  all  members  are  directly inter­
ested in,  and its genial  and  enterprising 
chairman,  H. L. Peck, has  already saved 
the  association many dollars,  as  conces­
sions  granted  him  will  show. 
I  trust 
you will see here a point for showing our 
strength and supporting the  work of  the 
committee. 
Geo. C. Cooper,  chairman  of  the  Em­
ployment Committee, has already secured 
several of  our  members  good  positions, 
and it is from this committee  that  much 
good may be accomplished.  As  soon  as 
the employer of  traveling  men  sees and 
thoroughly understands  our  objects and 
aims, he  will  want  to  look  to us to fill 
any vacancies he may have.
The  financial  standing of  our associa­
tion  is  very  gratifying.  We  have  no 
debts,  and,  after  furnishing  the  Secre­
tary’s office  with  the  necessary require­
ments,  we find a nice little balance to our 
credit;  and we trust  you will  appreciate 
the  economical  manner  in  which  the 
affairs have been  conducted,  and a  large 
part of  the  credit is due our worthy and 
able Secretary,  L. M.  Mills.  He has been 
an earnest worker  and  has  always  had 
the  best  interest  of  the  association  in 
view.  Few of  you realize the  enormous 
amount  of  work  there  is  in  starting a 
new association’s books and attending to 
all the other details connected therewith. 
In this  work. Mrs.  Mills  has  had  much 
to do, and to her  the  Michigan  Knights 
of  the  Grip  are  deeply indebted for the 
promptness  and  dispatch  of  the  Secre­
tary’s office.
As I stand before you at the end of the 
first  ten  months,  and  look  back  over 
them,  1 can,  indeed,  say I am  proud  of 
the Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip. 
Its 
record  as  a commercial  travelers’  asso­
ciation has  never  been equaled.  To-day 
we  stand,  strong,  thoroughly organized, 
and ready to fight and demand the rights 
that belong to commercial men.
We  are  recognized by all  associations 
of  our kind in America.  We  have  been 
asked to co-operate in matters of national 
importance,  and  in  such  matters  will 
always be found ready to assist  and  aid, 
if  they are  just and for the  best interest 
of  commercial men.
I am to-day proud that I am a commer­
cial man—proud that  I  am  a  Michigan 
man—and feel honored that I am a mem­
ber of the Michigan Knights of the Grip, 
and I want to thank the press  of  Michi­
gan for  the  manner  in  which  they are 
educating the  public  regarding our pro­
fession.  Twice  within  the  last  three 
months  I  have  seen  this  paragraph  in 
two of our leading dailies:
“Commercial men are no longer ‘drum­
mers.’  The ‘drummer’  is a being of  the 
past and exist, only in the minds of those 
who are thoughtless  or  who  wish to de­
press, not elevate, mankind.”
We  are  raising  the  standard  of  our 
profession,  morally as  well as mentally, 
and  propose  to  show  the  world  our 
strength  and ability.  There is no more 
potent a factor in the commercial  world, 
aside from  capital,  than the representa­
tive commercial  traveler  of  to-day, and 
when I hand  to my successor  this  gavel 
to wield for the best interest of our asso­
ciation,  he  will  have  the  pleasure  of 
knowing  that we are not encumbered by 
debt or internal dissentions, and  I  trust 
and hope that each and every one will en­
deavor to keep them from our ranks, and 
I shall  look  to  you to aid me in making 
this,  or  first  annual,  harmonious  and 
fruitful,  and that all  your  deliberations 
will be for the best interest of  our  asso­
ciation;  and I ask  you to bear  with  me, 
as this is new  work,  and  on any point I 
do not  see  my way clear,  I shall  appeal 
to you for decision.
Secretary  Mills  presented  his  report, 
showing the total membership to  be  965. 
His financial report was as follows :

R E C E IP T S .

692 members for 1889....................................$346 00
“  1890....................................  130 00
260 
Dues from 84 members................................   42 00
“ 
3 honorary  members...............   3 00
Total.............................  . ■................... $521 00

“ 
“ 

D ISB U R SE M E N T S.

Sundry accounts.............................................. $179 88
Cash sent to Treasurer....................................  301 59
Cash on hand...................................................   39 53

Total...................................................... $521  00
The report was accepted.
Treasurer Cooper  reported  receipts of 
$301.59  and  disbursements  of  $168.13, 
leaving a balance in his hands of $133.46. 
Accepted.
The  Board of  Directors  reported  that 
it  had  examined  the  accounts  of  the 
Secretary and Treasurer and  found them 
correct.
Reports  from  Vice-Presidents  were 
then received, as follows :
First district—J.  H.  McCauley.
Third district—J.  W.  Palmer.
Fifth district—J.  F.  Hammell.
Seventh district—Frank Mosher.
Ninth district—D. G. Crotty.
The  other  Vice-Presidents  were  not 
present and failed to send in a report.
S.  H. Row presented  an amendment to 
the constitution,  which  was  referred  to 
the special  committee on revision of  the 
constitution.
The  Board of  Directors  presented  the 
following recommendation:
The  Board of  Directors  would  recom­
mend that we vote a certain amount from 
our  treasury to  Secretary  Mills,  as  we 
consider that his pay  has  been  entirely 
too small  for  the  amount of  work done. 
This  is  simply  a  recommendation,  and 
we  hope  that  this  honorable  body will 
take some action.
On motion, the  salary of  the Secretary 
was  fixed  at $100.
Reports of  committees  being  then  in 
order,  D.  S.  Haugh,  of  the  Hotel  Com­
mittee,  reported as follows:
Gur agreement as to the wives of mem­
bers was circulated  throughout the State

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Alfred  J. 

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS.

,

The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  1,  1890

WHEN  FATE  WAS  KIND.

[C O N T IN U E D   FROM   F IR S T   P A G E .]

sible.  She  felt  that  fierce,  absolutely 
physical  pain  in her  heart  which  some 
natures  know,  and  which  seems  some­
thing separate from mental pain.
Some wild, vague  idea  that  he might 
explain came to  her, but  she  rejected it 
It was paltry and  mean  that 
instantly. 
he should  have  concealed  his  acquaint­
ance with that woman. 
It was cowardly 
that  he  should  meet  the  Signorita and 
not appear to recognize her.
“She  may  resent  that,”  said  Ruth, 
aloud.
Seized  by a  sudden,  furious  desire  to 
tell him instantly how she  despised  him 
and herself for  ever  having  loved  him, 
she turned  and  ran  swiftly toward  the 
station,  in the hope that she  could  reach 
there in  time  to  hurl  a  fiery word  that 
should scorch him,  and take  some of  the 
hotness from her own heart.
He  had given himself time for  a word 
with  the  Signorita:  there  could  not  be 
many minutes left.  Later she might re­
cover her dignity;  but  now she flew over 
the  road impelled  by this rash  impulse. 
She was  close  to  the  track  and within 
sight of the little station when  the  train 
came.
She  shrank  a  step, then  stood  still, 
palpitating from  head to  foot, her white 
face  and  flashing  eyes  hardly  looking 
like the face and eyes  of  mortal woman.
The cars,  with their  lights,  slid by her 
slowly, after they had stopped.  She was 
sure she saw Lane walking through, hav­
ing  just  entered.  The  sight  of  him 
wrought a sudden  change  in  her.  She 
grew  quickly weak, and  turned  to  lean 
against  the  fence  under which  she  had 
crept a moment before in  her  hot  haste. 
She trembled, tense no longer.
Why see him ?  Why reprove him  for 
duplicity ?  That  must  be  his  nature, I 
which  she  in  her  blindness  had  not | 
known. 
If  he  could  act  thus,  words 
would  be  poor  things.  Let  him  be 
happy. - She would  not annoy him.  She 
had never meant to  reproach him for not 
loving her as  she  had  thought.  There 
had  been upon her  that almost  irresisti­
ble  impulsion  toward  utterance  which 
comes  nearly  always  at  least  once  in 
strong emotion, but  it  had  passed  now.
It was weak to talk. 
She  could  refrain 
from  words. 
She  walked  homeward 
with  apparent  calmness,  going  by  the 
singer’s house and  pausing  to  listen  to 
the  high,  piercingly  sweet  tones  of  a 
voice that was singing  a  pathetic ballad. 
The open windows  allowed the  sound to 
come plainly to her.  She knew who was 
singing. 
It  was  the  new7  soprano,  the 
woman who had just, parted  from  Lane.
A  tempestuous  fury came, as  suddenly 
as  tempests do come, into  Ruth’s  heart. 
She had in her then  to  rush  in  and  kill 
the  owner  of  that voice. 
She  experi­
enced  a  terrible  wish  to  see  that  girl 
lying  dead  before  her,  deprived  of  all 
power ever to  sing, ever  to  move  again 
across a room with that  devil’s  grace  of 
hers.  A moment later a horror of herself 
that  she  could  have  had  such  a  wish 
made her turn and run, not pausing until 
she was at the  door  of  her  home. 
She 
went quickly to  her  room,  and, early  as 
it was, she  mechanically  undressed  and 
lay down within  her  bed, with  that feel­
ing that  henceforth  she  had  nothing  to 
fear.  She had received that innoculation 
for agony which would  make it  impossi­
ble  that  she  should  ever  suffer  very 
much more from  any cause. 
She  could 
go  through  life  fearlessly  now.  But 
that  fact was singularly devoid  of  com­
fort to her.
She  lay with  her  eyes  wide  and  dry, 
hearing  with  keenness  every  outward 
sound of  the quiet  country night.  At 9 
her aunt came  to  her  door  and  opened 
it  to  make  sure  that  she  was  there; 
then Ruth heard the  locking  of  the  out­
side doors, and in ten  minutes  the house 
was quiet.
She  heard  now  the  peculiar  sound 
which told  her  the  tide was  coming  in; 
that  long,  booming  noise, as  the  hours 
went by, grew louder  and  more  decided. 
It was to her a night which no years  and 
no events could ever obliterate  from  her 
memory.  As  hour after hour went  by, 
her  eyes  kept  their  wide  and  burning 
look which saw nothing.  Sometimes she 
tried to close them, but it was not  in her 
power to  keep  the  eyelids  down: 
they 
flew  open  as  if  they  were  something 
apart from her.  Not  until morning did 
there come a sense of exhaustion.
When  she heard  her uncle making the 
fire for breakfast  she  compelled  herself 
to rise  and  help  about  the work  as was 
her custom.
“Bless  the  child!”  exclaimed  Mr. 
Pond,  as he looked up  from  his  pan  of 
ashes, in answer to her “Good-morning.” 
“I hope you are  not  sick.  You  are  as 
white as a sheet.”
“I am  well,”  she answered,  “but 1 did 
not sleep much.”
“Take a stiff cup of  coffee;  it will  set. 
you up,” he  advised.
Her aunt  glanced  at  the  girl  and did 
not speak.  But she was peculiarly gen­
tle to her niece all that  day and,  without 
appearing to do so, kept  her  continually 
employed.
Ruth  had  gone  up-stairs  to  do  some 
piece of work  at  about  5  in  the  after­
noon.  Her  aunt came to the open  door 
and  announced that  someone was  below 
who wished to see her.
The girl could  think  of  but  one  per­
son—Lane—but he  had  not  intended  to 
come  until  dusk,  and  she  had  also  re­
solved not to see him again. 
She  could 
spare herself that wrench,  at least.
Mrs.  Pond’s  kindly  gaze  was  upon 
Ruth, who asked quickly who it was.
“That woman  with  the  foreign  name 
who is visiting Miss Phillipps.  She says 
they are all going  away to-morrow.”

Ruth stood up very straight.
“I  do  not wish  to  see  her.”  she said 
coldly.
Mrs. Pond came  close  to  her  and  put 
her hand on Ruth’s arm.
“ 1 do not wish to know what  is  troub­
ling  you, my dear,  but  do you not  think 
it would be  better  for  you  to  go  down 
and try to seem  as  usual ?”  she  added, 
after a pause.
Ruth  was  irresolute  for  an  instant, 
then she went  toward  the  door, saying, 
with a slight and disagreeable laugh :
“Really,  there  is  no  reason  why  I

“And  now I must go.” 

should not see her,” and  she  entered the 
room below with her head  upborne,  and, 
in spite of her efforts, something unusual 
and repellant in her manner.
Leonora Arditi rose  and  came  toward 
her with  outstretched hand, her graceful 
draperies falling about  her  more  grace­
fully  than  ever, Ruth  thought.  Ruth 
put  her  hand  out,  being  just  enough 
then  to  know  that  this  woman  could 
hardly have  wittingly  done  her  any in­
jury, whether or  not  she  possessed  the 
will to do so.
Did Ruth  exaggerate  the  strength  of. 
attractiveness, nay, of a sort of seductive 
power  in  that  face  so  smilingly near, 
with  heavily-shaded  eyes  and  dazzling 
skin and lips ?  But it was not her face, 
it was herself,  of which  her face was the 
exponent.
Thus near  her,  the  simple  girl  could 
not wonder that a man should  be  drawn 
beyond his power to resist.
“I came over a  minute  this  afternoon 
because we  leave  early in  the  morning, 
and I was  afraid  I  should  not  see  you 
again,”  said  Leonora,  with  her  little 
foreign accent  and  her  slight hesitancy 
in selecting her words.  But  she  never 
chose  the  wrong  word, never  made  use 
of an incorrect  idiom, though  sometimes 
she was obliged to  think what  seemed  a 
long time before she spoke.
“The whole  party of  us went  to  Ply­
mouth  the  day before  yesterday.  Ah ! 
you  should have been in  the woods with 
us where  the  arbutus  grows.  You  do 
not  see anything but  dead  leaves,  while 
you are ravished by the odor.  You pusb 
away the leaves, you come  upon  a  clus­
ter;  you  follow right  along, you  gather 
more than you can carry;  you are drunk 
with the fragrance;  you cannot go away. 
See,  I  have  brought  you  some.  My 
friend’s house is full of them.”
She held up a  large bunch of  the flow 
ers and Ruth took  them. 
She  had  de 
tected their perfume as  soon  as  she  en­
tered  the  room.  She  thanked  her  and 
put her face down on the blooms.
In  a  moment 
the visitor  said,  “I wish  to  remind  you 
that you have  promised to  come  to  Bos 
ton to the opera in November.  When  I 
make my debut I want to see your ardent 
face;  it will  inspire  me. 
1  shall  send 
you three  tickets—one  for  your  uncle 
for  your  aunt,  and  for  yourself.  The 
seats shall be where  I  can  look  at  you 
I  shall  be  Marguerite,  and  Signorita 
Phillipps will be  Siebel.  You  like  my 
voice, do  you  not, my dear  friend ? 
saw  your  eyes when  I was  singing  the 
other night, and after  that  I  sang  only 
for .you.”
“Yes, I  like  your  voice,”  said  Ruth 
betrayed into speaking fervently.
Yes;  I knew it.  And now good-bye.’ 
Two  arms  encircled  Ruth 
tightly 
some vague  perfume  mingled with  that 
of  the  arbutus;  soft  lips  touched her 
own, then Leonora had  gone  out  at  the 
door,  and  Ruth  stood  alone,  looking 
down at the  flowers  in  her  hand with 
bewildered  glance. 
She  was  feeling 
rather  than  thinking. 
She was  under 
that pleasant influence "Which  the Italian 
had had for her  susceptible  nature since 
she had first seen her. 
She  soon  asked 
herself  more  distinctly  how  much  she 
ought to  blame a man for recognizing all 
that power as she had  done, only with 
man’s brain  and  heart.  Her own brain 
began to reel as  she  thought. 
She was 
grateful when her aunt entered.
“Is  she  gone  already?”  Mrs.  Pond 
asked.
“Yes,”  absently.
Ruth advanced toward  the  elder  lady 
“Take them,” she said;  “they are too 
T j sweet.”
For the next  hour  Ruth  kept  herself 
1 very busy;  then  it  drew  near  the  time 
] for the  train  which  she  expected would 
bring Lane.  She became more and more 
j  restless.  How could she see him ?  She 
i  did not care for  any explanation. 
Per­
haps sometime  she would  care,  and long 
for a word, even  if  it  should  not  be all 
that  she  could wish. 
She was  not  old 
enough to learn what elder  people  know 
—that  their  idols  must  perforce  have 
feet of  clay, and that  she  must  forgiv 
the vagaries of poor human nature.
At last she brought her shawl and hat, 
and then stood  hesitating  a  moment  at 
the door of the  kitchen where Mrs. Pond 
was getting supper.
She 
could go  through  no  such  ordeal  now 
She  should  say horrible  things  to  him 
Let  him  go  back  to  the  far-away city 
where  his  life,  away from  her,.awaited 
him.
She opened the  door quickly;  her aunt 
looked round, and, quiet  as  she  usually 
was, she now uttered an exclamation and 
came to the girl’s  side.
Ruth,” she  cried,  “what  is  the mat­
ter ?  Can I not help you ?”
“It  is  not a matter 
The girl sniiled. 
for help,” she said drearily. 
“I  am go­
If  Mr. Lane comes, tell him  I 
ing out. 
have  gone to walk, but you do not  know 
where, nor when I shall return.”
“ But do you not  know that I   shall  be 
anxious?” said Mrs. Pond reproachfully. 
Then she  said  earnestly,  “I  think  Mr. 
Lane is a good man.”

She was too weak  to  see  Lane. 

and held out the flowers to her.

Ruth  only assured  her  there  was  no 
cause for anxiety,  and was  stepping  out 
at the door,  but  her  aunt  followed  her 
and said impressively:
“Do not trifle with  him.  That  is un­
worthy of you,  and unjust to him.”
Ruth was going  down the path. 
She 
looked  back to say in  a very clear  tone, 
“Oh, no;  1  shall  not  trifle with  him.” 
And then she  reached the road  and  hur­
ried away in the dusk.
Having turned the corner  and  reached 
the  highway  which  would  lead  to  the 
marsh  road,  she  walked  a  short  dis­
tance  on  it,  and  then,  afraid  that  she 
might meet  some  one,  she  climbed  the 
fence  into  the wide, flat  fields  that  ex­
tended 
toward  the  marshes,  and  that 
somewhat 
them,  only  the 
fields  were  dry.  Bayberry  shrubs,  so 
tall as almost to be trees, grew in clumps 
here and there,  and Ruth  plunged into  a 
thicket of  them, their  pungent  perfume 
rising strongly from the shaken branches. 
But  she  did  not  linger. 
She was  in 
haste,  though she knew not why. 
It was 
that feverishness  of  unhappiness which 
pursued her.
She  brushed  through  the  bayberries, 
and went on over  the  coarse  grass  that 
was now fast growing  damp, for  a “sea- 
turn” had come up with  the  hour.  An 
east  wind, gently blowing, was  bringing 
with it a clinging  and  blinding  mist, of 
which Ruth did not  think, save dimly to

resembled 

her that she could  be  lost. 

be grateful for  the  coolness  on  her  hot 
cheeks.
She had lived by this shore since child­
hood.  She had  run  about  here in  sun­
shine and  storm, and  it  never  occurred 
In  fact, 
her  knowledge of  all localities here  had 
now become a  sort  of  instinct with  her, 
and  there was  hardly  more  danger  in 
thsft way for her  than  there would  have 
been for a dog, which would  have  found 
its way  home  unerringly. 
She  would 
have gone as heedlessly on had  she  been 
happy instead of being miserable.
One place only in  those vast  fields  of 
salt grass she always avoided with a hor­
ror which  had  been  instilled  into her 
from infancy.
There was one place,  marked along its 
edges at intervals by white posts,  where 
the bog  sucked in all that came to it and 
told no tales ever  after.  Not more than 
score of acres, but deceitful, deadly.
It  was  rarely  that  the  marsh  was 
crossed after  dark, save on the outskirts 
nearest  the  village;  and  even  in  the 
night  the  white  posts  could  be  seen, 
unless  the  darkness  was  more  than 
usually  dense.  A  fence  around 
the 
dangerous  place  had  often  been  dis­
cussed  by the  town,  but  not for  many 
years  had  anything  happened  there. 
Even the  cattle  shunned  the  spot  with 
that  mysterious  knowledge  which  be­
longs to them.
Ruth went more slowly now.  The salt 
scent  in  the  air  was  indescribably  re­
freshing to her,  and she  liked  the  mist 
with  its  luminous  but  opaque  moonlit 
brightness.
A  mood  that  was  more  calm,  more 
reasonable, came upon her as she walked 
more  and  more  slowly  over  the  fields. 
She heard the whistle of  the engine that 
was  bringing  Lane  to  Marshville. 
It 
sounded  far  away,  for  the  east  wind 
swept all sounds of the land from her.
Should she go back?  Should  she  see 
him  and  listen  to  his  words?  How 
would  he  look?  What  would  he  say? 
She  wished she did not love him so.  By 
the time she was thirty,  forty,  would she 
still  love  him?  What a dreadful future 
to confront!
Though her mind  was  hesitating  and 
questioning  whether she  should  return, 
her  feet  keep  going  on  farther  and 
farther, as if  without her volition. 
Suddenly she stood still and said aloud:
“I will  go back.  I  will  make  sure  I 
do not  misunderstand.  Surely my life’s 
I  will  hear 
happiness  is  worth  that. 
what he has to say.”
Before  she  turned,  she  listened  in­
tently to the waves, being able from long 
acquaintance, to judge with sufficient ac­
curacy where  she  was;  for  she knew by 
the sound if  they were washing near the 
cliffs, or rolling  up  on  the  open  beach, 
and how far off  they were. 
If  she kept 
the roar, dulled by the intervening cliffs 
behind her,  and a little to her  right,  she 
would finally come out  on  the  road  not 
far from Deacon Ide’s house.
She  went on a few  yards in the direc­
tion she  had  chosen,  knowing  that  she 
was  very  near  the  dangerous  bog,  but 
not  thinking  much  about  it  until  she 
came upon one of  the white posts.  Now 
she knew she was right in her conjecture 
to  her  locality,  she  began  to  run, 
leaving  the  post  at  her  left.  Having 
once decided  she  would  see  her  lover, 
she became  possessed with the fear  that 
she would be too late, that he would have 
gone, and she  should  miss him  in  some 
way.  A thousand  chances  rose  up  be­
fore her mind,  any one  of  which  would 
prevent her  meeting  him.  Having fled 
from  all possibility of  explanation,  she 
now could not go fast  enough to meet it.
Was that a shout  that  stayed her fleet 
footsteps?  A shout from  behind her at 
her  left?  Poised  to  start  again  she 
listened.  Yes,  it was a cry,  for  it  was 
now  repeated,  hoarsely, 
imperatively, 
but with a familiar tone in the voice that 
went far in the first instant  toward  par­
alyzing  her.  But only for  the  instant. 
She  went  back  toward  the  post  that 
showed whitely in the mist.
She  clasped  it  and  hung  forward, 
straining  her  eyes  to  see  in'  that  fog 
which looked  so  light,  blit  which  was 
like a curtain hung a few yards from her. 
She cried out shrilly:
“Who called?”  and no one would have 
known her voice.
“Here!  Help!  I  am  sinking!”  came 
the  answer,  just  beyond in the fog, but 
too far away for her to see.
Hoarse,  strange  as  that  tone  was,  it 
was still like the voice of  Lane.  Did he 
not  know  better?  Why  had  she  not 
warned him?  How could she help  him?
An hour ago,  and she would have said 
it had been better for her if he were dead. 
Now,  in  one  burst  of  torture  her  soul 
pleaded for  his life.
“Let him live,  though I never see him 
again!  O  God,  let him live,  though he 
loves me no longer!”
Not  these  words, not any words, only 
a confused sense  of  this  prayer  in  her 
brain  which  was  rapidly running  over 
every shadow of a chance for her to help. 
Her first impulse  was  to  rush  in  there 
beside him.  But she knew  there  would 
then absolutely be no  way for her to aid 
him;  she also  would  then be as helpless 
as he.  Not to die  with him,  but to save 
him.  She was frenzied.  She  could  not 
do anything  at  the  moment;  she  knew 
that positively.  She  must  go for help. 
Two men with wide board or plank;  yes, 
that  would  do.  Up  there  at  Deacon 
Ide’s,  if  he  were only at home,  and his 
son;  and she could  help  too.  She  had 
the strength of a lion.
“Only keep up!”  she  shouted,  1  will 
bring help in a minute!”
Did  her  feet  touch  that  long,  sharp 
grass, or did she skim over the top of  it? 
And  yet to her her feet were like lead.
She burst  into  the  quiet  sitting-room 
at Deacon Ide’s.  Thank  heaven,  there 
were 
She 
grasped  her  throat;  she feared  at  first 
she  could  not  speak  for  the  beating 
there.  But her words came,  and the two 
men,  alert  and strong,  understood  her. 
Before  she  had  finished  speaking  they 
had  a  lantern  and  were  in  the  barn. 
What if  they should find no plank?  But 
they did;  they  found  two  wide  boards, 
and  were  vaulting  the fence  the  other 
side of  the road as men  move who know 
the danger.
On  the  marsh  Ruth  kept side by side 
with them swiftly though they ran.
She told on which  part  of  the  marsh 
the man was.  She had not  said  it  was 
Lane.  Her tongue refused to pronounce 
that name,  as if  she could thus avert his 
j  fate.
1 
“Only let him live,  though he be false

the  deacon  and  his  son. 

coffee!”

Ain’t they goin’ to be no beans in the 
“Most decidedly not, sir!”
“For chicory,  nuther?”
I  give  you  my 
“Never,  gentlemen; 
word for it.”
The  crowd  seemed  nonplussed  for  a 
moment, and the leader held a short con­
sultation, at the end of which  he  turned 
and said:
“Say,  stranger, we’ve  concluded  that 
you  air  a  suspicious  character.  But 
first let  me  ask  you  if  your  cigars  are 
goin’  to  be  loaded—with  cabbage,  you 
know?”

“Not while 1 -----”
“That’s all we wanted to  know.  We 
gin you twenty-four hours to leave town, 
an’ you  better  leave.  When  we’re  in 
need of angels  we’ll  drop  you  a  postal 
card.  Good day, stranger,” and the dep­
utation filed out.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

@22 00

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 00@16 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  
Black Ash, log-run....................................14 00@16 00
Cherry, log-run..........................................25 00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2................................ 60 00@65 00
Cherry, Cull.........................................   @12 00
Maple, log-run..........................................12 00@13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run..................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 
@20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring.........................  @25 00
Maple,  white, selected........................  @25 00
Red Oak, log-run...................................... 20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...............................26 00®28 00
sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, 
Red Oak, V sawed, regular.......................30 00®32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................  
@25 00
Walnut, log ru n ...................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll................. :...................  @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 00@13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run..................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................................... 17 00@18 00
White Oak, J4 sawed, Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00
Crockery  & Glassware

L A H P   B U R N E R S .

6 doz. in box.

No. 0 Sun...........................................................  45
No. 1  “  ...........................................................  48
No. 2  “  ...........................................................   70
Tubular.......................................  
75

 

lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

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First quality.
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TCXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun......................................................... 1  90
No. 1  “  ...........................................................2  00
No. 2  “  .............................................. ............ 3  00
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.........................................2 15
2  25
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
3  25
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.........................................2 58
2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
73
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.....................3 70
No. 2  “ 
................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................1  25
...  ..................1  50
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.........................................1  40
No. 2 
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160

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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Butter Crocks, per gal.................................  
Jugs, J4 gal., per doz.....................................  65
.....................................  90
...................................  1  80
Milk Pans, H gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)—   60 
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“  90c).  ..  78

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fruit  jars—Per  gro.

Mason’s, pints..............................................  i  9 50
quarts............................................   10 00
^-gallon............................’...........  13 00
...................................  12 00
54-gallon.....................................   16 00

Lightning, quarts 

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to me!”  was the continual beseeching of 
her heart.
The  men  shouted.-  Nothing  replied. 
Ruth stood as a women  of  marble might 
have stood.

“Why  have  you  quarreled?” 

Deacon Ide turned to her.
“You are sure there was someone here?” 
“Yes,” dully.
“In this part of the bog?”
“As near  as  I  can  tell,  not far from 
this post.”
She  must  keep  her  senses  that  she 
might reply.
“Put down  the  plank,”  said  Deacon 
Ide to his son.
“I weigh  less,  I will go,”  said  young 
Ide.
He stepped on the board  with the lan­
tern in his hand;  when he had  gone  the 
length of  it, he put  the other  down and 
took up the one he had just used.
Perhaps he went  a  hundred feet  that 
way,  then  the  two  waiting  heard  him 
utter a horrified  word.  He looked back.
He is dead,” he said,  “I can see only 
a hand above  the  ground.  He was dead 
before we reached  here.  Ruth  did  not 
hear him until near the last.”
Ruth  heard  these  words;  she  heard 
Deacon  Ide  say  some  fierce  sentence 
about the danger  of  such  a  place,  and 
add  that  the  man  must  have  been  a 
stranger.  Still a townsman  might  have 
been  bewildered by the fog.  For  Lane 
the marsh had a charm  of  which he had 
often spoken to Ruth.
She did not linger.  She  walked away 
from the two men and  toward her home. 
Mingled  with all else she felt,  she had a 
strange sense as if  she were a murderer. 
She  was sure that  Lane had come out to 
meet  her,  knowing  her  love  for  the 
marshes;  so that  when her  aunt rose up 
quickly at  sight  of  her face,  she  knew 
the words she would speak.
Have  you seen  Mr.  Lane?  He went 
to the marsh to find  you.”
Ruth  stood  clinging to the door which 
he had half shut on entering.  She must 
speak.  Mrs.  Pond  was  staring  at  her 
with increasing alarm.
she 
asked,  sternly. 
“When  you  are as old 
as I am,  you  will  know  that nothing is 
worth a  quarrel.”
“Oh, be still!” cried out the girl.  “He 
is dead.”
The  elder  woman  went to Ruth,  put 
her arm about her,  and  guided  her to a 
chair.  She asked no questions,  she said 
nothing;  she knelt down by her, keeping 
her within her  arm.
In a few minutes  Mr.  Pond  came  in, 
and  his  wife  repeated  the fatai  words 
her  niece  had  spoken,  adding  nothing 
more.
Mrs. Pond  was  afraid  some  neighbor 
might enter.  She  whispered  to  Ruth, 
“Come into the other room.”
The girl followed her  in,  sitting down 
and folding her  hands  before  her.  She 
had that look of having done with every­
thing which is doubly piteous  when seen 
on a young face.
It  may  be  an  hour  went  by  thus. 
them  spoke.  There  was 
Neither  of 
nothing to say.
Then Mrs.  Pond  heard  voices  in  the 
room they had left;  some  one had  come, 
She looked  at  Ruth,  but she apparently 
heard nothing.  Mrs. Pond was  growing 
frightened.  What  should  she  do  with 
this statue of a girl?
She went up to  her  own  chamber for 
salts and camphor,  though she knew she 
did  not  need  them;  still  she  must  do 
something.
As she closed the door  behind her, the 
sitting-room door opened
Something in that  sound  reached  the 
sense  of  Ruth.  She  turned,  rose,  and 
moved, as  if  in a spell,  toward the man 
standing there.  He  was looking  at  her 
with eyes of inextinguisable love.
Not  yet  was she glad.  She knew this 
was the vision of the man she loved.
Was it a vision that  clasped  and  held 
and kissed her  with such  ardent human 
passion?

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TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids & Indiana 

In  effect Not. 17,1889. 
trains  coins  north.

Arrive.

Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................
Traverse  City  Express.....................   9:80 a m
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................ 3:15 p m
From  C incinnati..................................8:50 p m
CadiUac  (Mixed)...................................
Through coaches fo r Saginaw   on  7:10 a  i 
m  train .

coins  south.
Cincinnati  Express...........................
F o rt W ayne Express......................... 11 :46 a m
C incinnati  Express...........................  5:30 p m
From  Mackinaw & T raverse C ity..10:40 p m
From  CadiUac.........................................  9:55 a m
Train leaving fo r C incinnati a t 0 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   Cincinnati  a t 9:20 p. m., ru n s daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daUy except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  Service:  N orth—7: :0 a. m. 
and 1:10 p. m. tra in s h ave  sleeping and p a rlo r cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  has c h air c ar 
and 6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c ar  fo r  Cincinnati. 

7.15 a  m 
12:50 p m 
6:00 p m

Muskegon, Grand Rapids St Indiana.

In effect Nov. 10,1889.

Leave 
Arrive.
7 00 a  m ......................................................................10:15 a  m
11:15a m .......................................................................  3:15pm
5 :1 0 p m ......:...........................................................  8:15pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later. 
T hrough tickets and full  Inform ation  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  a g en t  a t  depot, o r 
Geo. W.  M inson, Union  Ticket  Agent.  07  Monroe  St., 
G rand Rapids, Mich.

C. L. Lockwood. Oen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

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Arrives.
.12:50 p m
I  tM om ing Expres*............................. 12:50 p m
4:10 p m  
!  (Through M ail.....................................1:10 p :
j  (G rand Rapids  Express...................10:40 p
.10:40  p m
6:40 a  m
!  *Night E xpress....................................6:40 a m
(Mixed..................................................
G O IN G  E A ST.
'  (D etroit  Express.
.10:10 a m
(Through M ail...............  
10:10 a
3:35pm
(Evening Express...............................3:35 p
.10:30 p m
•N ight  Express..................................10:30 p m

Leaves.
1.-00 p m
4:20 p m
7:00 a  m 
7:30 a m
6:50 a m
10:20 a  m
3:45 p m
10:55 p m
(Daily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r aU points  East, arriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  h as  p arlo r  car  D etroit  to 
G rand  Rapids.  N ight  express  has  W agner  sleeping 
sar to D etroit, arrivii 
Through  railroad 
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sleeping
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J a s . C a m p b e l l , Citv Passenger Agent. 

secured 

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Toledo,  Ann Arbor & Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor &  North  Michigan  Rail- 
, wav from Owosso Junction.  Sure  connections
above point with trains of D .,6. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincìn 
nati, Pittsburg, CTeston, Orville  and  ail  promi 
nent points on connecting lines.

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Ruth  shrank 

She drew back.
“It is  you,” she said, gravely.  “I am 
It  is  you.  Oh!  I  have 
not  mistaken. 
suffered!  But it cannot be you!”
She began to tremble, but she crept yet 
closer to him.
“It  was my brother,”  said  Lane,  his 
voice not  quite steady. 
“He resembled 
I  had  never  seen  Leonora 
me  much. 
Arditi,  but she  knew me that  night  be­
cause I was so like  Mark. 
I  was  going
to tell you about it when I came back. 
I 
saw him in Boston  to-day.  He had  just 
learned that Leonora  was  here,  and  he 
was mad to see  her.  He  came  out  this 
afternoon  before  I  came. 
I  have  just 
left  her,  after  hearing  what I did from 
Deacon Ide.”
“Did she love him?”  whispered  Ruth.
“Love him?”  savagely.  “He was one 
of the men who believed they were loved 
by her.”
She  was 
thinking of  the kiss  Leonora  had given 
her a few hours ago.
Whether  the  man  who  died  in  the 
marsh  were  Lane’s  brother or not, that 
brother was never heard from again.
Not to this day has  Ruth felt  that she 
could  humiliate  herself  sufficiently  to 
tell Lane that she had suffered  anything 
in regard to him and Leonora.
It  was  one chilly day in the following 
November  that  Ruth  brought from  the 
postoffice an envelope  which  had  about 
It  held  three 
it the  odor  of  vervain. 
opera  tickets  and a dainty note in long, 
slim  hand  writing,  saying 
that  the 
writer  should look for a face that should 
inspire  her  on  her  debut  the  night  of 
I the 20th.
“She will lack that  inspiration,”  said 
Ruth.  And  then,  as she  thought  about 
the Italian girl,  again to her imagination 
came  that  peculiar  presence  that  had 
such suspicious  power in it.

inwardly. 

M a r i e   L o u ise  P ool.

No  Angels in Theirs.

Early last  summer  a  New  Englander 
moved out  to  a  small  town  in  Arizona 
and  announced his  intention of  opening 
up a first-class grocery.  He had a num­
ber of  bills posted up, dwelling  particu­
larly on  the  fact  that  the  business was 
to be square and above  board. 
Just  as
lep-
utation  of  citizens  waited  on  him  and 
asked  the  new-comer  if  the  statements 
on the placards were made in good faith.
“You  mought as well  give us the  hull 
truth  about this  thing,” said the leader.
You m ean  to  say there  hain  t  goin  to j 
be no water in the vinegar?”
“That’s what I  mean, sir!” replied the 
stranger,  a  little  surprised.  “Nor  no 
sand in the  sugar!”

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GROCERIES.

Wool,  Hides,  Pelts,  and  Furs.

Wools  do  not  change  in  price  mate­
rially.  They are strongly held, as a rule, 
but enough is  being  sold  by those wish­
ing to close out for  the  year  to keep the 
mills running.  Worsted goods are in de­
mand at advanced prices, creating  a  de­
mand  for  combings  and  delaines  for 
combing.  The holidays have broken into 
trade materially.

Hides  are  quiet  at  the  low prices— 
lower than have been known  since  1857, 
and then the  low  price was  only in  iso­
lated localities.

Pelts are in  fair  demand, to  keep  the 
pulleries running.  They are  scarce, but 
are being pulled at a loss.

Tallow is dull and  low, with  large  of­
ferings.  Chicago packers  have again of­
fered large blocks of stearine.

Furs  are  low, dull  and  uncertain, on 
account  of  the warm weather  extending 
all over this and foreign countries.

The  Butter Business.

“Do you  take  butter?”  is  a  question 
that  constantly  confronts  the  country 
merchant,  and there  is none more troub­
lesome  to  him, writes  the  Commercial 
Bulletin.  He is forced to answer in  the 
affirmative, for he  generally accepts it in 
trade. 
If his questioner would only sup­
ply the  word “good”  in  his  question  it 
would relieve the merchant a little.  The 
barter in  butter  has  brought  the  store 
article in  disrepute, for  the  reason  that 
consumers have come to believe that it is 
the  exception  when  a  really  choice 
piece of  butter  can  be  purchased  in a 
barter stock.  The makers of  barter but­
ter are generally poor butter makers, but 
they fail to realize this too  often,  and are 
offended if they are not  offered  as  much 
at least as the quotations for good butter 
call for. 
It will be found good policy to 
encourage poor butter makers as little as 
possible.  Give them to understand that 
they must make good butter.

From  a  New York  Standpoint.

From the American Grocer.
T h e  Mic h ig a n T b a desm a n  has  done 
very creditable  work  in  its exposure of 
the Patrons  of  Industry.  Recent  issues 
of  that  journal  have  contained  articles 
giving  the  origin  of  the  plan, its  orig­
inators, principles, etc.
We  agree  with  T h e T ra desm a n that 
the  sturdy good  sense of  the  rank  and 
file of  the farmers of  this country would 
never permit their being led into so ruin­
ous  a  pitfall  as  the  P. of  I. organizers 
are  endeavoring  to  precipitate.  The 
farmers have not forgotten the history of 
the  Grangers,  an  organization  which 
originated  at  Washington  in  1866,  and 
which grew so rapidly that in 1874 it had 
a membership of  a millon.  They  estab­
lished commission  houses for the sale of 
farm products,  and later attempted to do 
away with  retailers  and  all middlemen. 
That was the rock upon which the organ­
ization was wrecked.
St.  Louis  Flour  Mills  and  a  “Trust.”
The owners of  the  flour  mills  of  the 
St.  Louis district, says  a  special  to  the 
Philadelphia Press, are  deliberating  the 
question of forming  a  trust.  The  mil­
lers 
there,  December  21,  were  very 
much exercised over a  report that five or 
six of the leading local flour  mills  are to 
be combined  into  one  large  stock com­
pany  and  placed  under  one  manage­
ment.  The  success  of  the United Ele­
vator Company, composed  of  eleven ele­
vator  companies  which  pooled 
their 
properties  and formed a joint concern  a 
few month ago,  suggested the idea to the 
millers, some of whom have been earnest­
ly  at  work  on  the  scheme  for  several 
days.  The estimated  total value of  the 
nineteen  mills controlled in St. Louis  is 
in the neighborhood of  $2,675,000, and  a 
stock company composed of  all  of  them 
would  probably be  capitalized  at  about 
$3,000,000 in round figures.

Bead Your Trade  Paper.

He is  a  wise  merchant,  or  buyer,  or 
salesman,  who makes it his duty to read, 
from week to week, or month  to  month, 
reliable trade journals.  He  will find it 
time well employed.  Know as  much  as 
he may, he will discover  in  these  pages 
something that will give  him  better  and 
later information. | He moves in a certain 
channel of trade,  but the journal extends 
its  influence  and  gathers  its  news  in 
many of them.  More than this,  it is not 
information intended to influence an indi­
vidual, but given  for  the  benefit  of  the 
mercantile  public.  A man who throws 
away any opportunity to obtain this kind 
of news is not gifted with even  the  wis­
dom to serve his own interests.

Will  Regret  It.

Mrs. Simpson—So your servant has run 
off.  How foolish in her to leave a  good 
home like this.  Don’t  you  think she’ll 
regret it ?” 
Mrs. Sampson—Yes;  my husband went 
with her.

CD

Straw  Binder.

The Illinois State Grange  offered  $10,- 
000 for a device to bind grain with straw. 
Out of forty competitors one was awarded 
the prize, but he  declines  it, having  re­
ceived  larger offers for his machine  and 
patents.

Better  than  Peanuts.

A Philadelphia  doctor  says  that  pea­
nuts,  used  in  moderate  quantities,  are 
good  for  brain  workers.  Very  likely, 
but the best specific for  brain workers is 
brains and plenty of  ’em.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars are weaker and lower.  Canned 
goods  are weaker,  and are likely to  sus­
tain declines in several  lines  before  the 
end of January.

The  Peanut  Supply.

The demand for peanuts has trebled in 
the  past  few  years,  and  the -crop  has 
never  been  sufficient  to  supply the de­
mand.

The  Birth  of a  Dollar Bill.

this 

It is an interesting sight to see how the 
government  turns  out  day  by day tons 
and tons of crisp, new bank  notes or  sil­
ver  certificates—to watch  the  silent  en­
gravers etch  the  steel, the  shirt-sleeved 
plate printers take  the  impressions, and 
the careful messengers  carry off  the  fin­
ished bills by the cart-load.  When Con­
gress has  ordered  the  issue  of  a  new 
series of notes, the first  step  in  the  bu­
reau is the preparation  of what is known 
as the model.  This is generally a hand­
some  pen-and-ink  drawing  of  the  pro­
posed bill,  and is submitted finally to the 
Secretary of  the  Treasury  for  his  ap­
proval.  Nothing  about  the note is left 
to mere chance.  The  banker  does  not 
regard  money  from  a  purely  artistic 
standpoint.  He wants  the denomination 
to be plain and distinct, and he asks  that 
the figure of  the  note  be  placed  in the 
upper  right-hand corner, in order to  fa­
cilitate  counting.  The  model  having 
been adopted, the  next  step  is  the  en­
graving of the plate.  The room in which 
this work is done is  a large,  well-lighted 
apartment on the ground floor. 
It must 
not be supposed for  an  instant  that  the 
entire  face  of  a  note  is  engraved  by 
one man.  The portrait goes to one,  the 
vignette to another,  the  lettering, script, 
and border to others, and so  on  until  no 
less than twelve men are at work. 
It is 
a  long and tedious task, requiring  great 
care and  accurate  skill.  No  less  than 
six weeks’  time  is  necessary for  the  en­
graving of a portrait like  that  of  Secre­
tary Manning.  The steel used is all  im­
ported  from England, and is a  remarka­
bly fine grade.  Engravers  all  over  the 
world use  English  steel,  and  have  done 
so for a century.  When, at  the  end  of 
many months  of  careful  engraving,  the 
various portions of the  note are finished, 
an impression of  each  section  is  taken 
upon a solid plate of steel.  Each  sepa­
rate part  is  placed  in  the  position  it 
would occupy on the note,  and when  the 
transfer is finally accomplished,  the  face 
of the new bill appears  in  perfect  form. 
The plate is hardened,  and across its  en­
graved  surface  is  passed  a  soft  steel 
roller.  The depressions of the plate ap­
pear on the  roller  as  a  raised  surface, 
and  when  the  little  cylinder  has  been 
hardened it is a perfect die. 
It, in turn, 
is rolled by tremendous pressure  upon  a 
plate of soft steel.  The  power  exerted 
to force the fide lines of  tlue die  into  the 
steel is so great that a thin  bit  of  paper 
placed on  the  plate  leaves  a  deep  im­
pression,  and  a bit of  lint, scarcely visi­
ble to the naked eye, forms a rough scar. 
A fly-speck under this  pressure  makes  a 
deep hole in the  metal,  and  particles  of 
dust must be carefully removed lest they, 
too,  leave their imprint.  This  transfer 
process  not  only allows  any number  of 
plates  to  be  made, but  is  an  excellent 
guard against counterfeiting.  Each face 
and each reverse of  a  note, being  taken 
from the same die, are exactly alike. 
In 
no  other  way  could 
result  be 
reached.  No  engraver,  be  he  ever  so 
careful,  could  reproduce,  without  the 
variation of  a  hair’s  breadth,  any work 
of his hands. 
Four  impressions  of  the 
die  are made  upon  a  plate,, so  that the 
faces or backs  of  four  notes  are always 
printed at the  same  time.  The  plate, 
after  being  hardened,  is  finished. 
It 
costs the government, from  its inception 
to  its  completion, between  $1,500  and 
$2,000  in  actual  outlay  for  labor  ex­
pended upon  it. 
From  the  engraving 
room  the  plate  goes  up-stairs  to  the 
printers.  There are  about 200 of these, 
and each will take from 600 to  1,000  im­
pressions daily.  All the  late  issues  of 
bank notes require  but two  impressions, 
one each for  the  back  and  face.  The 
currency  of  1875,  however,  required 
three, because in  the  center  of  the  re­
verse  side  was  an  elaborate  historical 
picture printed in  black.  No one knows 
exactly why these  pictures were  printed 
on these notes,  unless  it was  an  artistic 
device.  At  any rate,  these  bills cost  a 
good deal more than  the  others,  and  the 
experiment  has  never  been  repeated. 
Eventually they will  disappear.  When 
the sheet of  notes  has  been  printed on 
both sides, with  numerous  examinations 
and countings in between, it  goes  to  the 
numbering division.  The work  of  num­
bering  is  done  entirely by women, who 
operate  fifty-six  machines  which 
the 
government owns.  Each  note  is  num­
bered in a neat figure printed in blue ink, 
and of the $1 silver certificates  over  40,- 
000,000 have  been  numbered  since  they 
were first issued in 1886.  The machines 
will number  as  high,  as  99,999,999, and 
some of these days a $1 bill will bear this 
array of  figures, when the  machine will 
start  in  anew on a fresh series, starting 
at the very beginning with  the  figure  1. 
The sides of  the  sheet  are  trimmed by 
machinery, and it is  an  interesting  fact 
that not even  the waste  margins  can  be 
removed from the  building.  A  fine  of 
$5,000 and  imprisonment  is  the penalty 
for having this paper in one’s possession, 
and a memento of a visit to the bureau is 
pretty costly at that  figure.  When  the 
sheet  is trimmed it  represents four  per­
fect  notes, except that they lack the  red 
seal.  This  used  to be added in the bu­
reau, but now it is put on  in  the  Treas­
ury  Department.  When  this  seal  is 
printed on the note,  the  latter is  perfect 
currency,  representing  the  coin  of  the 
realm.  No  one  can  imagine,  without 
actual observation, the perfect system of 
checks which has  been  devised  to  pre­
vent theft.  A sheet of paper is counted 
no less than fifty-two times  from the mo­
ment  it  enters  the  building,  worth  a 
fraction of  a cent, until  it  leaves, bear­
ing,  perhaps,  four  notes,  each  of  the 
value of $10,000.  The  counting is done 
by ladies, and  from  long  practice  they, 
have become most proficient.  An expert 
can  easily count  900  packages  of  100 
sheets each during the  day and not make 
a mistake once a  month.  There  is  one 
lady, in  particular,  who has  never  been 
known to make a mistake. 
She is  such 
a perfect human machine  that  nearly all 
the  officials  would  be  willing  to  take 
oath to  her  count without  even  looking 
within the package.  Each  stage of  the 
count  is  marked  by  the  initials  of  the 
counter, and  even  the  messenger  who 
ties up the bundles  puts  his  own  name 
on the outside.  The  same care is taken 
of  the  plates  that  is  bestowed on  the 
sheet.  Each plate,  when taken from  the 
time-locked vault, has the initials  of  the 
printer  engraved  upon  it, so  that  each 
sheet is  a witness  to  his work.  Every 
die, or plate, or piece of  steel, no matter 
how small or  insignificant  it may appear 
to be, is locked up at the close of the day 
and receipted for. 
In  another vault  in

the  second  story  every  bit  of  printed 
paper, complete  or  incomplete,  is  also 
locked up after everything  has  been  ac­
counted for. 
Should  anything be miss­
ing,  the  doors  remain  open  until  the 
missing sheet is found.

The Condition of Trade.

From the New Y ork Shipping List.
Holiday  week  is  scarcely expected to 
develop active trade in  any  department, 
and  the  record  of  the  past  three days 
shows  that  quietude  has  characterized 
business circles in this city.  The demand 
for merchandise  has  been  restricted by 
the usual  seasonable  influences, such as 
stock taking,  the closing of accounts and 
the  general  desire  to  put  off  further 
operations until the new year has opened. 
Then,  again,  the  mild  temperature that 
has prevailed  all  over  the  country  has 
<iurtailed  business  to some extent, espe­
cially  in  the  distributive  movement  of 
what are termed winter  goods,  which in­
cludes  a  great variety  of  manufactures 
especially adapted for the  low  tempera­
ture that brings snow and ice as  well  as 
fuel  for  household  consumption,  but 
while trade  has  languished in these spe­
cial lines there has  been  unprecedented 
activity in the movement of produce, and 
in this way the month of December leaves 
its mark as one of the most active months 
of the closing  year. 
Freight blockades 
are still reported from  the West,  and the 
railroads appear to be overburdened with 
the traffic that is pressing for transporta­
tion.  The  iron  trade  still  maintains 
its  position  as  one  of  the  most  active 
and prosperous industries,  and  the  only 
uncertainty  in  the minds  of  buyers  as 
well as sellers is  whether  the  enormous 
production of crude  as  well  as  finished 
material will be sufficient  to  supply  the 
actual requirements of consumption dur­
ing the first half of the new year.  Thus 
far  conservatism  has  characterized  the 
great expansion  of  business  during  the 
past six months, but  it is now a question 
whether the same speculative spirit  that 
has  prevailed  in  England will  not  be­
come an important  factor  in  the  future 
course of trade.  The  monetary question 
is still the  most  conspicuous  feature  of 
the  stock  market,  and  the  fear  of  a 
“squeeze” before  the  January disburse­
ments have  been  adjusted  is  the scare­
crow that warns even professional traders 
to exercise caution.  As  a consequence, 
an atmosphere of  almost  stagnation  has 
characterized the stock  market from day 
to day, and values have fluctuated within 
the  narrowest  limits,  notwithstanding 
the exceptional condition  of  the railroad 
industry.  Money continues  to rule firm, 
with an indication that banks  are  not  in 
a position to recruit  their resources until 
at least the  interior  affords  some  relief. 
One of the  compensating  advantages  of 
the mild winter experienced  thus  far  is 
the fact that it has  permitted of unusual 
out-of-door  activity,  especially in  build­
ing  operations,  and  the  railroads  have 
escaped  the  expense  of  keeping  their 
tracks clear,  as well as  the  loss  of  traf­
fic  from  heavy snow storms.  The  sea­
son is in many respects  phenomenal,  but 
the  closing  year  has  been  one  of  ex­
ceptional  prosperity  to  the  country  at 
large.

Some  Points  on  Runaways.

When, you  see a runaway  coming,  do 
not try to check him by a rush  from  the 
opposite  direction  or  the  side, for  you 
will  be  immediately  knocked  down  by 
the collision, but, instead, prepare  your­
self  for  a  short  run  with  the  horse. 
Measure with  your eye  the distance, and 
start for the run while he is  yet some dis­
tance off, perhaps  ten  feet in the case of 
fair to medium runaways.  You  may de­
pend upon his  keeping in a straight line, 
for  a  really  frightened  horse  is  half 
blind  and  would  not  veer  for  a steam 
engine.  He will  go  straight  ahead  till 
he  smashes  something.  So  do  you  get 
close to  the  line on which he is rushing, 
and,  as  he  passes  you,  grab  the  reins 
near the saddle.  Gather the reins firmly, 
and then, leaning  backward as  you  run, 
give  them a powerful  yank.  You  may 
be  able  to  brace  yourself  somewhat  as 
you give this  yank,  half  sliding on your 
feet.  The strong  jerk on the bit tells the 
horse  that  he  again  has a master,  and 
prepares him  for  the  final  struggle.  A 
step or two forward  after the first  yank, 
do it again.  This is the finishing stroke. 
It  never  fails  when  given  by  a  deter­
mined  man.  The  horse 
is  on  his 
haunches.  Keep a firm hold on the reins 
until  you grasp the horse by the nostrils, 
and hold him so until he is pacified.

Easily  Explained.

“Tommy,  it  seems  to  me  that  your 
trousers are  rather slick for a  new pair. 
Is it some of your pa’s work ?”

“Yes.”
“Did he do it with his slipper ?”
“No, he did  it when he  used  to wear 

them.”

It pays  to  handle the  P.  &  B. cough 

drops.
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DETROIT,  MICH.

500,000 TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS 

Issued by cities, counties, towns  and school dis­
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ties  about  to  lame  bonds  will  find  it to their 
advantage to apply to this  bank.  Blank  bonds 
and  blanks  for  proceedings  supplied  without 
charge.  All communications and inquiries will 
have prompt attention.

S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

January, 1890. 

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Cranberries—Cape  Cod  readily  command  811 
@812  per  bbl.  Bell and Bugle are in  good  de 
mand  at  $12  per  bbl.  Bell  and  Cherry  are 
held at 811 per bbl.
Dried Apples—New evaporated are  held at  8® 
8)4c  and new sundried at 5@5)£c.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 17@18cfor fresh and hold at 
20@21c.  Pickled  and  cold  storage  stock  com­
mands  about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, 84.35 per bu.; 
medium, 83.75.  Timothy,  $1.50 per bu 
Honey—Quiet and slow sale.  Clean comb com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 5C@5Sc  for  clean  stock, 
bolding at  65@70c.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 4)4c. 
Potatoes—There  is  a  fair  shipping  demand 
buyers paying 30@32c here and at  the  principal 
buying points throughout the State.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes-Jerseys  and  Muscatine stock 
Illinois  stock 

are  out  of  market >at  present. 
commands 84@84.25 per Dbl.

Turnips—30c per bu.

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PORK  IN BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new................... 
10  00
 
Short c u t.................................. 
10 25
Extra clear pig, short  cut.............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  12 00
Clear, fat  back..............................................   11  50
Boston clear, short c at.................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs.............................  
 
16 lbs........................................  9%,
12 to 14 lbs.................................10
picnic....................................................   6
best boneless.........................................   8X,
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................  8%
Dried beef, ham prices....................................  8
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  6J4
Briskets,  medium............................................  614
lig h t................................................... 614
Tierces..............................................................   714
Tubs...................................................................  7)4
501b.  Tins.........................................................   7}4
TIptppr 
30 and 50 lb.' Tubs 
3 lb. Pails, 20 In a  case.....................................  614
5 lb. Palls, 12 in a case......................................   6%
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   654
20 lb. Palls, 4 In a case......................................   6%
501b. Cans................... ....................... i............. 614
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.......................................  8 75
Pork Sausage.......................................................6)4
Ham Sausage.....................................................12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage...................................................  514
Bologna, straight..............................................  514
Bologna,  thick..................................... 
  514
Headcheese............................ 
514
 
PIGS1  PEST.
In half barrels.......................................  
 
In quarter barrels.....................................  
.2 00
In half  barrels...................................................3 00
In quarter barrels..............................................2 00
In kits................................................................  75

SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.

BEEP  in  barrels.

lard—Refined.

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
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Beef, carcass...........................................  4  @ 6
hindquarters................................   414@  6
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fore 
loins...............................................  7  @ 8
ribs..............................................  @614
tongues........................................   @10
Hogs......................................................... 4J4@ 414
Pork  loins.............................  ................   @ 614
shoulders........................................  @414
Bologna...................................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood  or head.........................   @ 5
liver.............. ...........................   @ 5
Frankfort.................................   @714
M utton....................................................614@ 7_

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F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

PBESH  PISH.

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oysters—Cans.

Whltefish.................................................  @ 9
smoked.....................................  @ 8
Trout.......................................................   @ 9
Halibut....................................................  @20
Haddles...................................................   @ 7
Fairbaven  Counts..................................  @35
Selects...... .............................................. 22  @27
F. J.  D.’s .................................................  @20
Anchors...................................................  @18
Standards................................................  @16
Favorites.................................................  @14
Standards............................................. 
@81  15
Selects.................................................. 
@1  50
Clams.......................................................  @1  50
Scrimps....................................................  @1  50
Scallops...................................................   @1  50
Horseradish^...........................................  @  75
Shell oysters, per 100...............................1  00@1  50
..............................   @  75

oysters—Bulk.

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

pancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
 

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................   9
25 
Twist, 
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Cut Loaf, 25 
 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. pails.............................................  9
2001b.  bbls.........  ....................................814
Extra, 251b.  pails............................................. 10
2001b.  bbls......... ...................................   914
French Cream, 25 lb.  palls..........................  1114
Lemon Drops.....................................................12
Sour Drops..................  
13
Peppermint Drops............................................. 14
Chocolate Drops................................................ 14
H. M. Chocolate Drops..................................... 18
Gum Drops........................................................ 10
Licorice Drops................................................... 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................ 14
Lozenges, plain........................ 
14
printed.............................................15
Imperials...............  
14
Mottoes.............................. ; . . . . .......................15
Cream Bar..........................................................13
Molasses Bar.....................................................13
Caramels.....................................................16@18
Hand Made  Creams......   ................................ 18
Plain Creams.....................................................16
Decorated Creams.......................................    .20
String  Rock.,....................................................15
Burnt Almonds................................................. 22
WIntergreen  Berries........................................ 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12
in bbls....................................11

printed, in pails...............................1254
in bbls................................ 1154
Chocolate Drops, In pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in palls.........................................   654
inbbls............................................  554
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
inbbls............................................  954
Sour Drops, in pails..........................................12
Imperials, in pails.............................................11

inbbls...............................................1054
Oranges,  Florida,  choice......................   @3  (0
Ex.  “ 
....................   @3  25
fancy,  ......................3 50@3 75
golden russets..........  @2 75
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360................3 00@3 50
300.............. 4 25@4 50
fancy,  360................   @4  00
300................   @4  50
Malagas,  choice, ripe..............  @3 00
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Dates, frails, 50 lb ...................................  @ 454
54 frails, 50 lb..............................   @554
Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................  @10
...........................  @ 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................   6  @ 754
NUTS.

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Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........14  @15

Almonds, Tarragona.  ...........................  @17
Ivaca......................................   @16
California...............................  @16
Brazils......................................................  @12
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................   @16
California................................1454@15
Pecans, Texas, H. P ................................  9  @13
Fancy, H. P., Bells....'..........................   @854
“  Roasted....................  @10
Fancy, H. P., Suns  ..........................  
  @854
“  Roasted.....................  @10
Choice,  H. P.,  G ..................................  @ 7J4
“  Roasted........ ............  @  9

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FRUITS.

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Arctic, 54 lb. cans, 6 doz... 

“  54 lb. 
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541b. 
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51b. 
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75
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Absolute, 54 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10 00
50s..18 75
45
Teller's,  54 lb. cans, doz.. 
85
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Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz__  
75
541b.  “ 
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1  “  ....  3 00
1 lb.  “ 
bulk..........................   20
45
85
1  50

Red Star, 14 lb. cans, 

54 lb.  “ 
1 lb 
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AXLE GREASE.

BATH BRICK.

Frazer’s....................................82 60
Aurora......................................  1 75
Diamond.................................... 1 60
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
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American. 2 doz. in case... 
Gross
bluing. 
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3  40
54 pt...............   7 00
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8-oz paper bot  7 20
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Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00
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BUCKWHEAT.

No. 2 Hurl................................  1 70
1  90
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.............................  2 00
2  25
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem..............................   2 60
Common Whisk.................  
90
Fancy 
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M ill.....................................  3 25
Warehouse......................... 2 75
Kings 100 lb. cases................... 4 50
“  80 lb. cases..................... 3 85
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rolls.........................   13
Creamery, solid packed__   1354
r o l ls ................14
CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................ 1054
954
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
<2
Wicking..............................  
25
canned 600DS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb............ 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand__1  12
21b.  “  __ 1  85
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  40
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-2  1b.  “ ........2  
65
1 lb.  Star..................... 2 00
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2 1b. S tar...........  .3 00
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
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1 lb.  stand.............1  20
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2 00
2 lb. 
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31b.in M ustard...2 85
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31b.  soused...........2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .1  80
1 lb.  Alaska............ 1 80
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Sardines, domestic  54s........  
5
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54s........ @9
“  Mustard 54s........   @ 9
imported  54s... 1054@16
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10
Trout, 3  Id. brook........... „
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand......... 2 25
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries, red standard........1  20
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pitted......................1 40
3 25
Damsons.............................. 1  15
Egg Plums, stand................1  15
Gooseberries........................1  00
Grapes ..................................
Green  Gages........................1  16
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  70
seconds.................. 145
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Pie 
Pc&rs 
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Pineapples..................i  20@1  50
Quinces................................1  00
Raspberries,  extra.............. 1  75
red....................1  40
Strawberries........................1  25
Whortleberries.....................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand........  85

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“  Green  Limas__   @1  00
“  Strings................  @  90
“  Stringless,  E rie ....;..  90
“  Lewis’Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Early Golden. 1  00
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Peas, French........................ 1  68
“  extram arrofat...  @125
“  soaked.....................  80
“  June, stand..................1  40
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“  sifted....................1  55
“  French, extra fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden........1  00
Succotash,  standard...........   90
Squash..................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  96@1  00
Good Enougb95@l  00 
BenHar  ...  95@1  00 
stand br__   95@1  00
CHEESE.
Michigan Full  Cream 11%@12 
Sap Sago.......................16 @1654
German Sweet............... 
23
35
Premium........................  
Cocoa.............................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa...........  
48
Broma................................ 
CHSWTNG  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
200 
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk......................................  6
Red.......................................   754
Rio, fair........................17 @19
“  good.!.................. 1854@20
“  prime...................   @21
“  fancy,  washed... 19  @22
“  golden...................20 @23
Santos...........................17 @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry...................... 20 @23
Java,  Interior..............20 @25
“  Mandheling___26 @29
Mocha, genuine........... 25 @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

coffee—Green.

CHICORY.

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coppees—Package.

100 lbs
Lion.......................................24*4
“  in cabinets................... 24J4
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX__ 2154
Durham................................ 24
Thompson’s Honey  Bee— 26
Tiger...............24
Good  Morning.....................2454
Valley City.........................  
75
Felix...................................   1  10
Cotton,  40 f t..........per doz.  1  25
1  50

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CLOTHES  LINES.
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50ft.......... 
60 f t...........  
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80 f t........... 
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CREAM TARTAR.

CRACKERS.
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Eagle..................................   7  50
Anglo-Swiss.......................   6  00
Kenosha Butter..................  8
Seymour 
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Butter...................................  6
“  family.........................   6
biscuit........................  7
Boston........  ........................  8
City Soda..............................  8
Soda......................................  654
S. Oyster.............................   6
City Oyster, XXX.................   6
Picnic...................................6
Strictly  pure......................  
Grocers’..............................  
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   5  @6
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Apricots, 
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Blackberries“ 
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Nectarines  “ 
Peaches 
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Plums 
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Raspberries  “ 
In drum......................   @23
Inboxes......................  @25
DRIED FRUITS—Currants.
Zante, in barrels........  @ 6

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dried fruits—Citron.

evaporated__   @854

in less quantity  @  654

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DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

dried fruits—Raisins.

Turkey........................  454@  5
Bosna  .........................  5*4@ 6
California...................  9  @10
Valencias....................  @ 854
Ondaras......................   & 954
Sultanas...................... 12  @1254
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  @2 50
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.2  10@ 
Lemon......................... 
13
Orange........................  
14
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl.................3 50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported......   @ 954
Pearl  Barley..............   @ 25S4
Peas, green..................  @1  10
Sago,  German.............  @654
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...  @654
Wheat,  cracked..........  @ 654
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60

“  split.....................  @ 3

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills
2 oz. Panel, doz.
85
1  25
“ 1  40
4 oz. 
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“ 2 25
6 oz. 
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“ 1  00
No. 3,  “ 
1  60
No.  8,  “
2 75
4 00
“ 4 50
No.lO,  “ 
6 00
No.  4, Taper,  “ 1  60
2 50
)4 pt,  Round, “ 
4 25
7 50
1  “ 
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15 00
F IS H —-SALT.
Cod, whole.................   5  @  6
“  boneless..............   734@ 8
H alibut.....................  95i@10
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 
gibbed.............. 
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2 75
12 00
“  kegs, new  @  75
22
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl  12 00 
12 lb k it..130
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Trout,  54  bbls.............4 00@4 50
**  10  lb.  kits..................  60
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls............5 25
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10  lb. kits......   80
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gun  powder.

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L A M P  W IC K S.

K egs..........................................5 25
Half  kegs..................................2 88
No. 0...................................  
30
No. 1..................................... 
40
No. 2....................................   SO
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
Black  Strap......................  
23
Cuba Baking..................... 22@25
Porto  Rico........................ 24@35
New Orleans, good........... 25@30
choice........ 33@38
fancy..........45@48

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P IC K L E S .

R O L L E D   OATS

OATM EA L.
Muscatine, Barrels............. 5 7b
Half barrels...... 3 00
Cases........2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5  75
Half bbls..  @3 00 
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test.....................  934
Water White.........................1034
Medium......................5 00@5  25
54 b b l.......... 2 75@3 00
Small,  bbl...... ...................... 6  25

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Clay, No.  216............................. 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  3.............................  40
Carolina head............... . ......654
“  No. 1........................ 534
“  No. 2................554@
“  No. 3........................ 5

Jap an ............................. 554@654
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket....................................1 95
60 
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100 
Ashton bu. bags..................  75
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Warsaw “  *  “ 
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.54 bu  “ 
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seeds.

DeLand’s,  pure.....................5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf............. 5
Dwight’s ................................ 5
Taylor’s ..................................5
Mixed bird...........................  454
Caraway................................ 10
Canary.................................   4
Hemp.....................................  4
A nise.....................................854
Rape.......................................434
Mustard..................................754
Jettine, 1 doz. In  box............. 75
Scotch, in  bladders............. 37
Maccaboy, In jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

SH O E  P O L IS H .

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spices—Whole.

Alien B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior.................................3 30
Queen  Anne.........................3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German...................3 00
Old  German..........................2 70
TJ. S. Big  Bargain..........— 2  00
Frost, Floater.......................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy........... 3 36
Happy Family,  75.................2 95
Old Country, 80..................... 3 30
Una, 100................................. 3 65
Bouncer, 100..........................3 15
Allspice................................  9
Cassia, China in mats............8
Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls........ 40
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
Zanzibar..................20
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy....................80
“  No.  1....................... 75
“  No.  2........................70
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 18
“ 
w hite...  .26
“  Bhot......................... 20
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice................................ 15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon.................... 42
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Cloves,  Amboyna................ 32
Zanzibar................ 25
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Ginger, African....................1254
'•  Cochin.................... 15
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Jam aica................ 18
Mace  Batavia.......................90
Mustard,  English................ 22  -
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and Trie..25
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................... 80
Pepper, Singapore, black__21
“  white...... 30
Cayenne......... :...25
Herbs & Spices, small......   65
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STA R C H .

Mystic,  64  pkgs.....................4 48
barrels.  ..  ..............  6

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Ginger Snaps..............  
854
Sugar  Creams............. 
854
9
Frosted  Cream s....... 
854
Graham  Crackers......  
Oatmeal  Crackers....... 
854
Boxes................................. ..5)4
Kegs, English.........................444

SODA.

TEAS.

j a p a n — Regular.

i m p e r i a l .

g u n p o w d e r .

SUN CURED.

YOUNG HYSON.

BASKET  FIRED.

F a ir...............................14  @ie
Good.............................18  @28
Choice........................... 84  @29
Choicest........................30  @34
F air-.............................14  @15
Good..................;....... 16  @20
Choice........................... 24  @«8
Choicest........................30  @33
J £ Ir.............................  @20
Choicest................. 
@35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40 
Common to f a ir.......25  @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fancy............. 75  @86
Common to fair........... 20  @35
Superiortofine.............40  @50
Common to fair............18  @26
Superior to  fine........... 30  @40
Common to fair........... 25  @30
Superior to  fine........... 30  @50
Fine to choicest........... 55  @65
F a ir.............................. as  @30
Choice........................... 30  @35
B est............................. 55  @65
Tea  Dust......................   8  @10
S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x18 and 8x18........  37
Reception, 28-5x12,16 oz. . . . "36
Vinco, 1x6, 454 to  B>...........  
30
Big5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz....".34
Wheel, 5 to lb ......................   37
Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz__ ....... . ,¡¡5
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good................  
37
Doable Pedro....................... 37
Peach  Pie......................... ...  ST
Wedding  Cake, blk. ...’.”...‘."3 7
“Tobacco” ............................... 37

ENGLISH BREAKFAST

TOBACCOS—Plug.

OOLONG.

t o b a c c o s —Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Hiawatha...................  
Sweet  Cuba................ 
# 2, per hundred............. 

gg
37
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPON8.
2 50

Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over................5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 gr.....................................  7
50gr......................................   9

 
 
VINEGAR.

10 
20 

“
“

•1 for barrel

YEAST.

“ 

“ 

p a p e r .

splint 

TWINES.

WOODENWARE.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Baskets, market....................  

Fermentum,  Compressed. 
Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  754
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................  4
Sage.....................................  is
PA PE R  & WOODEN W ARE 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw  ......................................160
“  Light  Weight...............200
Sugar..................................... iso
Hardware...............................244
Bakers.............................-  ou
Dry  Goods............................. 6
Jute  Manilla......................... 8
Red  Express  No. 1........... ,  5
No. 2...........   .4
48 Cotton.............................  22
Cotton, No.  2................. .’” .80
“  3.................... ” 18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 40
No. 5 H em p......................... ie
No. 8 B..................................17
Wool.................................’ ’  8
Tubs, No. 1.............. ...........  7 25
2 15
“  No. 2.........................   6 25
“  No. 3.........................   5 25
1  60
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
60
Bowls, 11 inch....... ...........   1  00
.....................  1  25
13  “ 
“ 
.....................  2 00
15  “ 
.....................  2 75
17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
40
“ 
bushel..................  1  50
“  with covers  1  90 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75 
“ 
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“  No.3 7  25
“ 
“  No.l  3  50
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 5 OO
“ 
GRAINS and FEE D 8TUEES
New. Old.
W hite............................   78  78
Red...............................  
78  78
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Straight, in sacks..............  4  20
“  barrels............  4  40
Patent  “  sacks..............  5 20
“  barrels............  5  40
Bolted................................  1  00
Granulated........................  1  10
Bran...................................  10  00
Ships..................................  11  00
Screenings........................  11  00
Middlings.........................   12 00
Mixed Feed......................   14  50
Coarse meal......................   14  50
Small  lots.........................   38
Car 
“  ..........................  33
Small  lots............................. 30
Car 
“  ............................. 26
N o .l..................................  @40
NO. 1...................................  1  10
1  05
No. 2................. 
No. 1..........  
10  00
No. 2..................................   9 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows:
Green..........................  3)4© 4)4
Part  Cured..................  @  4
Full 
“ 
Dry..............................   5  @ 6
.................  5  @ 6
Dry  Kips 
Calfskins,  green.......3  @ 4
cured.......4)4@ 5
Deacon skins..............10  @20

MILLSTUFFS.

BARLEY.

WHEAT.

FLOUR.

HIDES.

MEAL.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

 

 

)4 off for No. 2.

Wholesale Price  Current.

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash bu/yers who 

pay prom ptly and buy in  fu ll packages.

4)4®  5

FELTS.

“ 

FURS.

Shearlings..................10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Mink, dark...................   40@1 00
pale....................  25@ 60
Raccoon........................  80@ 90
Skunk...........................   80@1 00
Muskrat........................   15@ 20
Fox, red.......................1  25@1  50
“  cross.........................2 00@5 00
“  grey.......................  40@ 70
Badger........................  75@1  00
Cat, wild.......................  50@ 75
Fisher.........................4 00@5 00
Lynx...........................3 00@4 00
Martin,  dark...  ........1  25@3  00
pale  & yellow  60©  75
Otter,  dark.......................6 00@8 00
Wolf.................................. 2 00@3 00
Bear......................... 15 00@20 00
Beaver.............................2 oO@6 00
Oppossum......................  15@ 20
Deerskins, per lb........  15@  25
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins 
only.
W ashed.............................2S@30
Unwashed.......................   12@22
Tallow........................  3  @3)£
Grease  butter.............3  @ 5
Switches......................  1H@ 2
Ginseng............................2 00@2 75

MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL.

“ 

@ 8 

© 754 
© 754

@ 554 
© f34

IX2
2 35 
2 35
...2 90 
..4 45
@27
@29
30®38

SU G A RS.

“ 
“ 

Cut  Loaf.....................
Cubes.........................
Powdered...................
Granulated, H. & E.’s.. 
Franklin..
Knight's...
Confectionery  A........
No. 1, White Extra C.
No. 2 Extra  C.............
No. 3C, golden...........
No. 4 C, dark..............
No. 5  C........................
SA L  SO D A .
Kegs............................
Granulated,  boxes......
14
Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox... 
14
Hand, 
28
Silver Thread, 15 gallons. 

3  “ 
S A U E R K R A U T .
“  .
“

SA PO L IO .
“

38 

“ 

SY R U PS.

“ 

Corn,  barrels...................
one-half barrels...
Pure  Sugar, bbl..............
“ 
half barrel...

strength, and so much of  its dam’s tract- 
ability as to be suited for draft purposer. 
When  killed, the  net  weight of  its car­
cass exceeds that of  a buffalo’s, while the 
meat is better.  Such a carcass has been 
known to weigh as much as 1,100 pounds 
net. 
Its  robe  is  much  more  valuable 
than the bugalo’s, for  its  fur, instead of 
being  chiefly  bunched  at  the  mane,  is 
evenly distributed  over  the  hide, and is 
mnch finer in quality—its  present  value 
being from $60 to $75.  A buffalo crossed 
with a half-breed  cow  produces  an  an­
imal quite  as  hardy as  its  sire, but not 
quite  so  large.  Experiments  of  much 
interest  are  in  progress  with  various 
strains of  domestic  cattle,  the  outcome 
promising to be,  perhaps,  only  less  im­
portant than the  original  domestication, 
and  subsequent  molding,  of  horses  and 
cattle from their primitive wild forms.
How  Sauerkraut is  Adulterated.
From  th e P o rtlan d  Press.
Mr.  Henry  Dennis  has  an  order  for 
1,000 cases of  sour  corn  to  go  to  New 
York for sauerkraut.

T H E   ¿ ¿ C O S T  R E L I A B L E  F O O D  
For In fan ts a n d  Invalids.
1 succe88.  Not a  medicine, b u t a  ste a m - 
U sed   every w h ere.  w ith   u n q u alified  
co o k ed   fo o d, su ite d   to   th e   w eak est 
Sold  by 
sto m ach .  Take  no  other. 
d ruggists.  I n   c a n s, 35c. a n d  u p w ard . 
WQOLBICH  &  C o . o n   ev ery  label.

IG E I
00D

Drugs 0  Medicines»

State  Board  of  Pharmacy.

One T e a r—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Year»—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
T hree Year»—Stanley E. P ark lll, Owosso.
F o u r  Y ears—Jacob  Jessoa,  Muskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es Vernor, D etroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jess on, Muskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, Detroit.
T reasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
9  M eetings during  1890—G rand  Rapids, M arch 4 and 6; 
S tar Island, July l and  2;  M arquette,  Aug.  13  and 14; 
Ten sin g , Nov. 5 and 6._______________________________

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Asa’n.

President—F ran k  Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Seo’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs. 
T hird V ice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. D etroit.
Next M eeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

of Septem ber,  1890.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident. J. W. H ayw ard,  Secretary, F rank H. Kscott.
Graad Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 

P resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

P resident, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.

M u s k e g o n   D r u g   C l e r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H oyt.

Anecdotes  of the  First  Vanderbilt.
A correspondent furnishes  the  follow­
the 

ing  characteristic  anecdotes  of 
founder of  the  family of  millionaires:
It is a well-known  fact  that for  years 
Commodore Vanderbilt sailed a schooner 
and in it took daily a cargo of  green gro­
ceries  to  the  New  York  market.  ^ The 
shrewd way in which he  became skipper 
of  his first craft is  thoroughly character­
istic. 
It seem that at1 the age of  sixteen 
he  had  developed  a strong  affection for 
rowing, sailing and  other  water  sports. 
An  old  Staten  Island  fisherman  had  a 
sail-boat which he offered to sell for $100, 
and he thought  that if  he could only be­
come  the  owner of  this  particular  boat 
he  would, indeed, be happy.  He hadn’t 
the  money,  however,  and,  as a last  re­
source, applied to his mother.
“Neilly,”  she said, “you see that eight- 
acre  lot  out  there.”  pointing to an un- 
promising-looking stony field.

“Neilly” said he did.
“Well, if  you  will .plow,  harrow  and 
seed that lot,  you shal'l have the $100.” 
“Neilly”  induced  several  boys of  the 
neighborhood,  by  promises  of^ jolly ex­
cursions, to turn in and  help  him. 
In a 
week they had the job done, and the $100 
was paid over.  “Neilly” then  beat  the 
owner of  the  boat  down to $95, and pur­
chased  the  craft  at  that  price.  The 
Commodore to the end of  his days  never 
ceased to regret  that  on  his first sail he 
broke a hole in the boat’s  bottom  that it 
cost $5 to repair. * *  *
At  one  time,  while  living  on  Staten 
Island, the Commodore  had  an  exasper- 
atingly balky horse.  He  never  could be 
sure that the brute  wouldn’t stop  in the 
middle of  the road, and he often  walked 
in preference to taking chances  with the 
animal.  One day he started out and  had 
driven only about  half  a mile  when  the 
beast came to a dead  halt.  An energetic 
belaboring, backing  and  sawing  had no 
effect and the Commodore  turned around 
and  went  home.  He got a bag of  lump 
sugar and again  started  out, leading the 
horse  and  feeding  him a lump at  every 
few steps.  This he continued  until  the 
place where the horse balked was passed, 
after which  he  got  in  and  had no diffi 
culty in driving to his  journey’s end.  In 
telling the  story afterward, he said :  “I 
have tried the  same  course of  procedure 
with women, and  it  has  always  proved 
effective.”

* *  *

A lady once remarked  to  the  Commo 
dore,  “I  dare  say,  many,  wealthy  New 
Yorkers  would  be  happier  if  they had 
pockets  in  their  shrouds, in which they 
could carry to the next  world the wealth 
they accumulate in this.-”
“Ah,  no,”  replied  Mr.  Vanderbilt 
“If  shrouds  had  pockets, the strife and 
turmoil on Wall street would be increased 
fourfold. ’ ’_____  

_____

_ 

In  contrast  with  the  earlier  appear 
ances,  the latest news  from Brazil seems 
to give indication  of  an unsettled condi 
tion of affairs.  Late  advices  from  Rio 
are  to  the  effect  that  there’  is, in  and 
about that city, a considerable undercur­
rent  of  discontent  with  the  change  of 
government  that  has  taken  place,  and 
some observers who  have  lately"left the 
ground express the opinion that  there  is 
trouble  ahead  of  the  republic.  That 
there is some  basis  for  these  views ap 
pears  clear  from  the  fact that the gov 
ernment has within a day or  two  issued 
a decree providing for the trial  by  mill 
tary  tribunal  of  all  persons  found en­
deavoring  to  corrupt  the  allegiance  of 
the soldiers  or  contriving  or  proposing 
any measure for  active opposition to the 
republic, and that an opposition  journal 
was suspended on Tuesday last.  Official 
cables from Rio to the Brazilian legation 
are,  as  might  be  expected, to the effect 
that rumors  of  trouble  are  exaggerated 
or unfounded.  The constituent assembly 
will not meet until  November  15,  1890, 
the anniversary of the revolution.

The  task  undertaken  by  the  Census 
Bureau is even now an immense one, but 
there is in many quarters a disposition to 
increase it.  Propositions  to  extend the 
limits  of  the  investigation  are  coming 
from different  organizations  throughout 
the country, and some  of  them  will  be 
heard from  in  Congress. 
In addition to 
the impolicy of  loading  the bureau with 
a vast mass of work which it is unreason­
able to expect can be done well,  there is 
the  objection 
investigations 
asked for  will call for a vastly increased 
appropriation.  This  objection  may not 
be regarded as of  very great importance 
by Congressmen  who  are  anxious to re­
duce the  surplus by any means, but it is 
one of  which account will  be  taken  by 
the country.  The census  in  its present 
shape is sufficiently extensive as  well as 
expensive.  The  Census  Bureau  will 
have enough to do to carry out  well  the 
plans  already  undertaken  without  ex­
tending  the limits  of  the  investigation 
any further.

that  the 

The Drug:  Market.

There  are* no  changes  to  note in the 
drug market this week, on account of the 
annual  inventories  now  being taken by 
the  jobbing trade of  the country.

Yassar—Geo. Burgess  has sold his liv­

ery business  to  E.  A.  Bullard.

POSSIBILITIES  OF  MIND. 

these  are
mathematics,  mechanics,  all  tnese  are I 
mathematics,  mechanics,

Domestication of the  Buffalo.

 

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BA CCA E.

A N IL IN E .

AM M ONIA.

c o r t e x .

b a l s a m u m .

EXTBACTTXM.

.......................

The rapid development in .11 branches  g

Cubeae (po. 1  60............1 85©2 00
Ju n ip eru s.....................
X antnoxylum . . . . . —   25®  30

Peruiba. ■ ■ ■ ■ "::: - •: • • • •  70@ i^
Terabin, Canada  .........  45© 50
T o lu tan ......................... 
***

B lack...............................2 00®2 25
Brow n.......................
u ed 
..........................   45® 50
Y ellbw ........................... 2 5003 00

Aqua, 16  deg................ 
jj
Carbonas  .......................  JJ®  J®
C hloridum .....................  
I2®  14

Abies,  Canadian...................   18
Cassiae  ...................................
Cinchona F la v a ...................   ¿jj
Euonymus  atropurp............
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............
Prunus V irgini.......................  “
Quillaia,  g rd ..........................   J*
Sassafras  ............ ..................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

Aceücum.....................  JJ»,
Benzoicum  German..  80@1
Boracic 
C arbolicum ...................  40©
C itricum .......................  50®
H ydrochlor.................. 
3©
N itro cu m .......................  W®
Oxalieum.....................  13@
.............
Phosphorium  d ll.........  
Salicylicum ................. 1  40@1
IX®  5
Sulphuricum.
Tannicum .......................1 f)@l
Tartaricum .....................  40®» «

! I m K l ^ S  Sneer““ ! what  are
of industry and learning, during the past  ^ ^ r^ ^ ^ r u s “S k w a rd  to d ii ¡ bis  good  and  bad points ?  First of  all, 
mediitSy behind it, its  he is hardy, not  liable to disease,  and on
century, has  been  accompanied by a no-  and sure y 
 th7secrete  of  the plains of  the American and Canadian
tion  of  corresponding  growth  that  the 
S
behiJi.  How far this j Northwest  he  can  forage in deep  snow
human  mind  is  destined  eventaaUy'to  
J  
cou;se,  impossible 1 and live in the open air ail  winter  long.
overcome all difficulties  and ^  make the, 
existence of all truths its own knowledge. | may  pr 
it is the nature of  His  meat  brings  nearly as  good a price
This  imnression  has  affected  even  the , even  to  conjecture.  «  is me nsiure ui 
wm.*h  .«9,s to fun:
as beef.  His  robe  is  worth  $25 to $40; 
very le a r X k ta  greater ^ l e s s  degree, I all truths to be thus clouded  in  mystery 
and his head, taxidermized, thanks to the 
and among those who  cannot  appreciate I until disclosed.
decorative  tastes  of  sportsmen,  fetches 
From a consideration  ef  the  infinitely 
the magnitude of the task it  has  become 
as  much  as  a  robe, or  even  more.  So 
a D o s i ti v e   conviction.  The  manner  in | large,  it is a natural step  to  that  of!  the
much for the credit side of  account, now 
which this idea has been acquired and in  infinitely  small. 
J S iiS S e   to
for  the  debit.  The  buffalo  is a strong 
have borrowed from their intelligence^ to
what way it overestimates the true prov-! have borrowed from their 
:J  °
brute, and of  a  temper at times so fiercfe 
aid their senses.  Microscopes, exceeding 
ince of the mind, is a subject  worthy  of j 
that  his  domestication is a task  not sel­
all  previous  ones  in  power,  have  been 
consideration.
dom  accompanied  by  decided  hazard. 
successively  constructed,  each  in  turn 
Whatever  exists  may,  as  regards  its 
Ordinary  fences  are  as  gossamer  to  a 
revealing wonders not even suggested by
relation to the human  mind,  be  divided 
its  predecessors.  Here,  too,  we find a j buffalo  bull,  especially during  the' j™" 
into the known and unknown,  of  which 
limit  to  conception-a  conception  that j table  years  when  he  is  past  his prime
the  latter  may  be  subdivided  into  the 
and finds  himself  less  attractive than of 
falls short of our knowledge.  There are 
knowable and the unknowable.
Still the example of  well-behaved 
organisms so exceedingly small  that  the j yere 
As these words are ordinarily used, the 
domestic  cattle,  with  which  buffaloes 
mind cannot perceive  them  save as they 
’ 
knowable may  become  the  unknowable 
readily amalgamate,  is very effective.  It 
appear  to  the  aided  eye.  Under  the 
by  mere  lapse  of  time,  or  distance in 
is not, however,  in  mere  domestication, 
microscope, the  creature’s  parts may be 
space, e. g., it is now impossible  to state 
but in  cross-breeding  that  the  buffalo’s 
clearly  distinguishable,  when 
to  the 
with certainty  whether  the  tradition of 
value consists. 
In pairing a buffalo bull 
naked eye ten thousand  such  would  not 
the founding  of  Rome  by  Romulus and 
and domestic cow, the young are brought 
be discernible.  Yet the microscope, too, 
Remus is true in its  amusing  details,  or 
forth without any unusual  percentage of 
like its elder  brother, discovers, with its 
whether, at our remove, anything like an 
loss being sustained.  The offspring com-
keen eye, the word  “Unknown,” only in
accurate judgjnent of  the present  condi­
It
letters smaller and  smaller,  but  always  bines  good  points of  sire  and  dam. 
tion of  European  affairs can by any pos­
plain  always  italicized. 
.  has  nearly  all  its  sire’s  hardness  and
sibility be formed.  On  the  other  hand, 
From what  has  thus  far  been said, it 
the  unknowable  may  become the know- 
will be observed that there exists an inti­
able,  and known by the  arrival  of  time 
mate  relation  between  perception  and 
now future,  or  by  bodily translation to 
conception,  viz., that, as regards the ma­
the scene of action.
terial  world, we have  no  conception  of 
As philosophically employed, the mean­
anything not the object of the-senses.  It 
ing of these words is quite different.  By 
is true, we may conceive of  things never 
knowable  is meant that which is, was, or 
seen, even of things  that  never  existed, 
ever  will  be  within  the  power  of  the 
but  for  their  physical attributes, what­
human mind to discover, and by  the  un­
ever they may  be,  we  must refer to our 
knowable  the  simple  negative  of  this, 
perceptions for help and material.
though this term is sometimes  restricted 
To our senses we  certainly owe all our 
to infinity, which it,  in  this,  sense  also, 
data for our speculations, inventions and 
distinctly  comprehends.
discoveries in the world of  matter.  As 
Infinity is, properly,  of space, time and 
has  been seen, these data are, and  must 
number.  To these,  if the scientific theory 
continue to be, limited  in number, what­
of imponderable ether pervading all space 
ever aid our senses may receive from the 
be accepted as true, I see no  reason  why 
inventions  of  our  intelligence. 
Sight 
we should not admit to this trio a fourth, 
alone has  received  any  substantial aid.
namely, matter.  But  as  the  first  three 
There are substances  tasteless and odor­
only are universally recognized  as  such, 
less  to  us  which  are certainly not so to 
it will be just as well to  confine  my  re­
the higher grades  of  the  lower animals.
marks to them.
Our hearing must likewise be very defec­
Of these, the first two, space and time, 
tive.  Even  feeling, upon which we de­
are in some sense dependent  upon  num­
pend so confidently, failed to  apprise  us 
ber  for  our  apprehension  of  their  im­
of the earth’s movements,  and  left  it  to 
mensity.  To  any distance we may have 
the  mind’s  intelligence  to  discover the 
in mind we add  itself  as  many times as 
mechanism of the universe.
we choose, or we may multiply again and 
By  sense-perception  we  take  cogni­
again  until we have a trillion  times  the 
zance  of  the  external  world;  by  con­
unit,  with  which,  as  another  unit, we 
sciousness we are  made acquainted with 
may proceed multiplying forever without 
the  internal, i. e,, with  the  soul.  ^  The 
having so much as moved toward the end.
soul  can  know  itself  only  to a limited 
So with time, we arrive at the same awful 
degree;  it cannot know  its  essence,  for 
conception of  infinity, only taking a dif­
to  do  so  it  must  exceed  itself.  Yet, 
ferent unit,  as the nature of  the  subject 
though  it  is  true  that  the  soul cannot 
requires.
embrace itself with the arms of its spirit­
This inability  of  the  human  mind to 
ual conception,  it  may  make  its opera­
apprehend  the  infinitudes  stamps  it as 
tions a subject for  entertaining and use­
finite. 
If finite, it  does  not  necessarily 
follow that whatever falls short of infinity 
ful reflection.
Every man is his  own best intellectual 
must lie within the domain of  the  mind.
philosopher.  He  may  be  guided  and 
On the  contrary,  we  can,  for example, 
assisted  by  the  reflections  of  Herbert 
form no accurate conception of even very 
Spencer, Sir William Hamilton and others 
small  distances.  The  greatest  we can 
of the same note, but to the court  of  his 
have any exact notion of, and apply men­
own consciousness must  the final appeal 
tally as a unit of length, varies, possibly, 
of truth or falsehood be made.  His  own 
in different people,  just as our estimates 
convictions are best  known  to  himself, 
of the apparent size of the moon do.
It is true we  can  speak  and  think of 
and  for  him  they  are  incontrovertible 
distances incomparably larger than these.
authority.
The  wondrous  extent  of  knowledge 
We may speak of billions of miles between 
star and star, but we have not,  and  can­
that the gates of  our senses have opened 
not have, a definite conception  or  image 
to the mind has been dwelt  upon.  Con­
of such.  Let us suppose that the greatest 
sciousness  throws before us as wide  and 
distance  which  we  can represent to the 
delightful  a  field.  Unfortunately  for 
mind  is twenty miles, i. e., the  diameter 
most  of  us,  the  rush  of  time  and  the 
of our field of view. 
If now we attempt 
pressure of more  important  matters has 
to enlarge this by the addition of its own 
robbed us not  only  of  the  opportunity, 
length,  we  shall  find  our  imaginations 
but of the capacity for  self-study.  Hur­
strive in  vain  to  conceive the sum, and 
ried by material necessities, we gradually 
the  merging  of  the  two  into  the  first 
become  neglectful  of 
the  luxury  of 
formed image  follows.  Were  this  not 
thought for thought’s sake.  We affect to 
true, the  sun,  moon  and  stars ought to 
despise those who delight  in  metaphysi­
appear  to  us  in  their true magnitudes, 
cal speculations and frequently denounce 
just  as  terrestrial  objects,  with  whose 
them as  mere  dreamers.  How strange 
actual  dimensions  we  are  familiar, ap­
that the mind should be adjudged inferior 
pear of the natural size,  no  matter  how 
to matter as a subject of human thought!
far they may be removed.  A  moment’s 
By consciousness and sense-perception 
consideration of  the law of  the  relation 
only are we brought into direct communi­
of the distance of objects to  their  visual 
cation  respectively  with  the  psychical 
angle  will,  I  am  sure,  make this quite 
and physical  worlds.  Upon such facts 
clear.
as  these  furnish,  reason  operates  by 
The limits of human knowledge, as far 
analysis, abstraction, generalization  and 
as we can judge, are  characterized  by  a 
induction. 
It is the complement of both 
singular  indefiniteness,  and  indefinite 
the other  faculties,  and these three, zeal­
ness  has  always  seemed  to  me to bear 
ously laboring in harmony, mutually aid­
quite a close resemblance  to  infinity,  in 
ing and supplementing  each other,  have 
one respect at least.  Neither has distinct 
given  us  all  we  know.  Of  these,  the 
bounds, the latter having none whatever, 
greatest  is  reason. 
It  has  taught  us 
the former none plainly discemable.
things we cannot see, that we cannot even 
Let me illustrate  my meaning  by  two 
conceive.  With  no  other  compass  to 
instances, and, first, of space.
guide it than that all truth  is  consistent 
A view  of  the  sky on a hazy morning 
with itself, it finds  the secret cables that 
will reveal to the eye no heavenly  body, 
bind truth to truth, and formulates them 
yet we have the same impression of look­
into systems distinguished  by  clearness 
ing into infinity, of the immensity of  the 
and comprehensiveness.  But here again 
infinite,  as when our telescope  reveals  s 
our  knowledge  gained,  and  yet  to  be 
tiny  point  of  light,  at  whose  vast dis­
acquired, is  clouded by an indefiniteness 
tance our solar system must seem a mere 
of outline and  extent.  Reason,  too, is 
molecule of the Milky Way.
finite.
Stand where we may 
Such  is  the  mind’s  characteristic, 
between  the  cradle  and  the  grave,  we 
always growing, yet  ever limited within 
seem to ourselves at  an  infinite  remove 
a field whose bounds none can determine, 
from  each  of  them.  The most careful 
none  can  ever  know.  To  the  human 
retrospect fails to disclose our beginning 
mind collectively such bounds are drawn; 
no intuition warns us of  our dissolution 
to  the  individual  the  lines  are  drawn 
Our knowledge  of  the  transitoriness of 
much closer.  It may be that the capacity 
life  is  derived  from  without,  not from 
of the individual will  at  last  determine 
within. 
If  it were possible,  at his very 
the  extent  of  our  knowledge  in  each 
birth,  to  isolate  a  man  from  all  other 
direction,  since  the  acquisition  of  the 
life,  animal  and  vegetable,  so  that  he 
fundamental  knowledge  necessary  may 
might  not  see  their  beginning, growth 
exhaust a lifetime ere the point be reached 
and decay,  he would grow gray in fancied 
where original  investigation and further 
immortality,  and  death  would  overtake 
acquisition might be possible.
him in profound surprise.  To conceive 
The mind’s kingdom is strictly confined 
his  own  beginning  would  be as impos­
to  this  life.  We  know, and can know 
sible to him as the conception of  that  of 
nothing of the Undiscovered Country.
the universe,  and  how  naturally  would 
Whatever worlds  and  knowledge may 
he assume himself co-eternal with it.
be in store  for  us  when  our  psychical 
If, now,  we  should  seek  to  penetrate 
nature  shall  have  casF  off the clogging 
the haze with the  naked  eye,  or  with a 
chysalis  of  our  earthly being and those 
telescope,  we could not see beyond a very 
baser conditions that now  chain  us,  we 
limited distance,  but  as  the  mist fades 
must be content  to  live  in ignorance of 
the  vision  is  enlarged.  Yet, with  the 
until death shall draw the somber curtain 
clearest atmosphere  and  the best instru­
aside. 
ments human ingenuity has so  far  been 
able to construct, there is still the undis­
covered world beyond, and  each  succes­
sive  improvement  in  the 
instrument 
simply paints the  word “Unknown”  up­
on a more distant curtain.
So with life.  Whether we consider the 
individual or the race, there  is  first  the j 
authentic, then the  legendary, and  back j 
of that—a blank.  Decipherers of strange 
languages are indeed  throwing more and ; 
more light upon these  ancient mysteries, 
but there remains ever a dark region into l 
which no human’eye shall  ever  success-] 
fully peer.  This  truth  is  applicable to' 
all  branches  of  human  knowledge  and 
speculation  a'ike.  Medicine,  geology, ’

Absinthium................. 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dole........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8  00@8 25
A nisi.............................1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex..........  ©2 50
Bergamii  ................... 2 80©3 00
Caryophyili................. 1  35@1 40
Cedar  ..........................  35©  65
Chenopodii  ...................   @1 75
Cinnamonii...........  -.1 35@1  40
Citronella...................   ®  75
Coninm  Mac..............   35©  65
  90©1  00
Copaiba................. 
Cuoebae...................16 00@16 50
Exechthitos.......   90@1 
00
Erigeron......................1 20@1 30
Gaultheria.................. 2 20@2 30
Geranium,  ounce......   @
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50@
Hedeoma  ................... 2 10@2  20
Juniperi........................  50@2 00
Lavendula..................      90@2 00
Limonis....................... 1  50@1 80
Mentha Piper...............2 10@2 25
Mentha Verid............. 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal...............  80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce................  © 50
Olive................................1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10@
R icini...............................1  24@1 36
Rosmarini............. 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce. 
  ......   ©6 00
Succini........................  40©
Sabina........................  90@1  00
Santal  ........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  50©
Sinapis, ess, ounce —   ©  65
Tiglu...........................  @1  50
Thym e........................  40©  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas................  15©  20
  15©
BiCarb.............. 
Bichromate................  13©
Bromide......................   37©

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @1  00
2d 
....  @  90
3d 
....  ®  80
sifted sorts...  @  65
p o ........  75@1 
00
60 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60).. -  50©  “  
12 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ©
50
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 )4s,
1
16).............................  ®
30 
Ammoniae..................  25©
15 
Assafcetida, (po. 30)... 
<©
55 
Benzoinum..................  50@
47 
Camphor®...................   45©
Euphorbium  po  ........   35©
10
Gafbanum...................
0©  95 
I Gamboge,  po— ..........  80©
©  45 
Guaiacum, (po. 50)....  @
©  20 
Kino,  (po.  25).
©1 00 
M astic...........
©  40
Myrrh, (po  45)____
Opii,  (pc  5  10)........... 3 55@3 60
Sheliac  . .....................  £5®  35
bleached........  28©  30
Tragacanth................   30©  75

From  th e O m aha Republican.
Newspapers  which  are sneering at the 
Republican'8  efforts  in  aid  of  the  beet 
sugar industry will see the day when  the 
manufacture of  sugar from  beets will be 
looked  upon  as one of  Nebraska’s  lead­
ing industries.

GlycyTrhiza  G labra...  24@  25
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
Is ...............
“ 
“  Hs..........
“ 
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FEB B T7H .
Carbonate Preclp.......
Citrate and Q uinia...
Citrate  S o lu b le.......
Ferrocyanidum Sol...
Solut  C hloride..........
Sulphate,  com’l ...........D4®

The first annual banquet of  the  Grand 
Rapids Drug Clerks’  Association will  be 
held at  the  residence  of  the  President, 
Frank D. Kipp, on Thursday evening.

Absinthium..........................  25
Eupatorium.........................   20
Lobelia..................................  25
Maiorum..............................   "8
Mentha  Piperita..................  23
“  V ir..........................  25
Rue.............................  
  30
Tanacetum, V ......................   22
Thymus,  V...........................   25

Calcined, Pat..............  55©  60
Carbonate,  P a t ..........  20©  28
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20©  25
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35©  36

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A rnica.............. 
J4©
Anthémis...................   «0©
M atricaria..................  3°®

Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
UraUrsi......................  

and  He.....................  10©

...... •••••■••  10@
...... 
g g

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

©  15 
@3 50 
©  80 
©  50 
©  15 
2 
7©

Drue:  Clerks’  Banquet.

The  Beet  Will  Beat.

Geo. H. Leppeb.

Next,  of  time. 

PO T A SSIU M .
 

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14©
16©

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Carb.............................  12©  15
Chlorate,  (po. 20)........  18©  20
Cyanide......................   50©  55
Iodide.........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  33©  3; 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  
8©  10
Potass Nitras..............  
7@  9
Prussiate.....................  25©  28
Sulphate  po................   15©  18

R A D IX .

 

Aconitum...................   20@  25
Althae..........................  25©  30
A nchusa............ 
15©  20
Arum,  po....................   @  25
Calamus......................   20©  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......   10©  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 50).....................  @  45
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15©  20
Inula,  po.....................  15@  20
Ipecac,  po..................2 00@2 20
Iris  plox (po. 20©22)..  18©  20
Jalapa,  pr...................   25©  30
Maranta,  Xs..............   @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
R h e i.........................   75@1  00
cut......................   @1  75
pv........................  75@1  35
Spigelia......................   48©  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentaria..................  40©  45
Senega........................  60©  65
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ©  40 
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10©  12
lymplocarpus,  Fceti-
  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
Zingiber a .............. 
  10©  15
22®  25
Zingiber  j ..............  
SE M E N .

dus,  po.............  

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Anisum,  (po.  20).
Apium  (graveleons)
Bird, I s ......................
Carui, (po. 18)........... 
Cardam on...........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum .................   10©  12
Cannabis Sativa.......... 3)4© 
4
ydonium .....................  75@1  00
Jhenopodium   ............  10©  12
D iptenx Odorate......... 1  75@1  85
Foeniculum .................  
©   1*>
Foenugreek,  po........... 
8
6© 
L in i............................... 4  ©  4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) . ..   4)4©  4)4
Lobelia..........................   35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
6©  7
R a p a .............................. 
Sinapis,  A lbu.............. 
9
8© 
W   N igra............   11©  12

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Frum enti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R ........1  75@2 00
..1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
............1  75@3  50
Saaeharum  N.  E .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli.............1  75@6 50
Vini O porto....................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  A lba...........................1  25@2 00

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage...................2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ...............
2 00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage..........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ........................
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ...........................

1  40

SY R U PS.

Accacia................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................  50
Ipecac...................................   60
F errilo d ..............................   50
Aaranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........  50
Senega.................................   50
Sciliae...................................   50
Co..............................   50
Tolutan................................  50
Prunus virg..........................  50

T IN C T U R E S .

Aconitum Napellis R ..........  60
F .......  50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh..................  60
A rnica.................................   50
Asafcetida.............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............   60
Benzoin................................  60
Co...........................   50
Sanguinaria..........................  50
Barosma..............................   50
Cantharides..........................  75
Capsicum .............................   50
Cardamon.............................  75
Co..........................  75
Castor................................... 1 00
Catechu................................  50
Cinehona.............................  50
Co..........................  60
Columba..............................  50
Conium................................  50
Cubeba.................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot.....................................  50
G entian................................  50
Co.............................  60
Guaica.................................   50
ammon.....................  60
Zingiber..............................   50
Hyoscyamu8........................  50
Iodine...................................  75
Colorless...................   75
Ferri  Chloridum..................  35
K ino.....................................  50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................   50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
O pii......................................  85
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor.............................. 2 00
Auranti Cortex..................       50
Q uassia................................  50
R hatany..............................   50
Rhei..  ..................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................   50
50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stramonium.........................   60
Tolutan................... .  .......  60
V alerian..............................   50
Veratrum Veride..................  50

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

cent, by box 70 less

1)4).............................. 

Anti pyrin................... 1  35© 1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  68
Arsenicum.................  
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N .............2 10®2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  *s,  12)..............   @ 
.9
Cantharides  Russian.
po............................
@1  75 
Capsici  Fructus, af...
©   18 
©  16 
B po.
©  14 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
23©  25 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75 
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
50©  55 
Cera  Flava.................
28©  30 
Coccus ........................
©  40 
Cassia Fructus...........
©  15 
©  10 
Centraria.....................
Cetaceum...................
®  35 
Chloroform................
45©  47 
__
squibbs.. 
@1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  75
Chondni8...................   20©
‘  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15©
20 
German  4© 
10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........................  @
Creasotum.................   @
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........   ©
“  prep....................  
5©
8©
“  precip.................  
“  Rubra.................   @
Crocus........................  35©
Cudbear.......................  @
Cupri Sulph................ 
8©
D extrine..................... 
io@
Ether Sulph................  68©
Emery,  all  numbers..  ®
po................  ©
Ergota,  (po.)  45 ..........  40©
Flake  White..............   12©
G alla...........................  ©
Gambier......................  
8©
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @
French...........  40©
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
Glue,  Brown..............  
9©
15 
White................  13©
25 
Glycerina...................   22©
25 
Grana Paradisi...........  ©
15 
Humulus.....................  25©
40 
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  ©
90KO
“ C or____  ©
®i oo 
Ox Rubrom 
Ammoniati.. 
® 1   10 
Unguentum.
45©  55 
Hydrargyrum............. 
_
“  80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... l  25@1  50
Indigo...........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75®3 85
Iodoform.....................  ©4 70
Lupulin........................   85®1 00
Lycopodium................  55© 60
a c is...........................   80© 85
iquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................   ©  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10©  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2©  3
Mannia,  S. F ................  45© 50
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 65©2  90
C. C o....................... 2 85@2 90
Moschus  Canton........  ©  40
Myristica,  No.  1..........  60© 70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................   28© 30
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co................................  @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., H gal
doz  .............................  @2 00
Picis Liq., q u arts......   @1 00
pints..........  @  70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1 8
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   ©  35
Pix  Burgun................  ©  7
Plumbi A eet..............   14©  15
Pul vis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......
@1  25 
Pyrethrum,  pv...........
30©  35 
Quassiae.....................
8©   10 
Quinia, S. P. & W ......
42®  47 
S.  German__
33©  45 
Rubia  Tinctorum......
12©  14 
Saccharum Lac tis pv.. 
35
Salacin...................... 2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draconls......   40©  50
Santonine  .....................  @4 50
Sapo,  W ......................   12©  14
8©  10
G........................  ©  15
Seidlitz  Mixture........  ©  25
Sinapis........................
opt...................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes........................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
11©
Soda Boras, (po. 12).  ,
_
Soda  ét Potass T art... 
Soda Carb...................   2© 2)4
Seda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4©  5
Soda,  Ash...................  
3©
Soda, Sulphas.............  @
Spts. Ether C o...........  50©  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   ©2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  ©2 50
“  Vini  Reck  bbl.
2 05).........................   @2 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl................2%@ 3)4
Tamarinds................... 
8©  10
Terebenth Venice......   28©  30
Theobromae...............   50©  55
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph................. 
7©  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70 
70
60
Lard,  extra................  55 
Lard, No.  1................  45 
50
62
Linseed, pure raw __   59 
Lindseed,  b o iled __   62 
65
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................   50 
69
55
Spirits Turpentine—   50)4 
lb.
bbl. 
Red  Venetian.............. 154  2@3
Ochre,»yellow  Mars__ 13£  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial— 2X  2)4©3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  6X@7)4
“  w h ite..................6X®7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’ ........  @90
1 00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  48
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.......................1 00@1  20

Roll................ 2)4© 3

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“  4 F ..  30©  32
Alumen........................2)4® 3)4

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ground,  (po.
7).............................. 
Annatto......................   55©  60
Antimoni, po..............  
et Potass T.  55©  60

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No. 1 Turp  Coach.......1  10@1  20
Extra Turp..........*>...1 60©1  70
Coach  Body...............’.2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Forn........1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar— 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
tu rn   ........................   70©  75

Wholesale Drice  Current•

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AMO

J P l u m b i n g ,

Steam and  Hot Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling,  Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Plum bers’  Supplies.
184 East Filltan  St., Head  ot Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.

21  Soritmer  Street,

Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
-  MIGH.
p O I s I S H I N A

(T R A D E   M A R K   R E G IS T E R E D .)

The Best Furniture Finish, in the  Market 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

O nliohinQ   will  remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
rOlloIllIld will add a lustre which for  beautj 
and durability cannot be excelled, 
rinli a h in a   is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as  full 
rO llo u lU d   directions accompany  each  bottle
n n lio h in o   is  Put  UP  In  LARGE  BOTTLES. 
rO llo M n a   and is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
t»„i 1 -L {„ o  is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
rOllolllua market.  Try it,andmake your old 
furniture look fresh, and new.
Dnli o h ino  is for sale  by all Druggists, Fum) 
rO llS u in a   ture  Dealers,  Grocery  and  Hard 
ware Stores.

BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.

FOB  SALE  WHOLESALE

MXELTINE i PERKIP DRUB CD.,

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

J E T T I NK

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Soar  or  Mold In 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after free* 
ing.  See quotation.  MARTGLL BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

COMBINED.

Acknowledged to be the

LIQUOR It POISON  RECORD
Best on the Market.
100  Louis  St.,
.  A .  o  1 UII Ji  a   DKU.i g r a n d  r a p i d s
GXXTSSXTG ROOT.
We p ay th e  highest
We p ay  th e  h ig h est price fo r it.  Address 
GRAND  RAPÌ sf*

E f   own urn  J,  DBfl 

PECK BROS.,

Wholesale

n I f f i T R o T Y P f R S

AÍS«5 LEADS S «  B «ASV Ru L e
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wbookM CTAt  Furniture
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HAZELTINE

&  PE R K IN S 

DRUG CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

- D R U G S - -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent  Medieines,  Paints,  Oils,  V anM B a.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Oelebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W hlslsies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W in es,  B um s.

We are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Co, 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

W e sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
W e give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Guar­
Ail orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re­

antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ftoltiiiB 1 Perkins  Drug  Bo.,
Novelties  in  Perfumery,

O  T3   "Pi TT TD
y   j   j r c   »  j   H i   Ju v .

Comprising many  New Shapes  in  Bottles, Brass Stands, China Stands,

Glass  Stands, Wicker  Stands, from

J ennings  &  Sm ith,

Grand Rapids, Mich•

ALL  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY.

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THURSDAY  MORNING.  DEG. 26.

O N C E   M O R E !

Our great  and  genuine  sale  of

And  on  a  Grander  Scale  than  Ever.

Commences  on

And  will  continue  until  the  entire  balance  of 

our  fall  and  winter  stock is  disposed  of.

This  will  be a grand opportunity to  all  of  our  customers,  as 
nothing  will  be  held  back.  Ladies’,  Misses’  and  Children’s 
Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Comfortables, Silks, Satins, Dress Goods 
of  all  kinds, Cloths, Cassimeres, Dress  Flannels,  Skirts, Shirting 
Flannels, Table Linens, Napkins, Damasks,  Carpets,  Oil  Cloths, 
Underwear,  Hosiery,  Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Embroideries, 
Ribbons, Woolen Hoods, Fascinators,  Leggins  and  Fancy  Goods 
of every description,  all go at the uniform discount of One-Quarter 
(%) off.  Our  usual  low  prices  are all marked in plain figures, 
from which we deduct J4 off.  We positively intend to make this 
the grandest sale we ever had, as the Proprietor leaves for Europe 
on January 27,  and is determined  to  clean  up  stock  previous to 
his departure.

F.  W .  W U R Z B U R G ,

Canal  St.  and  Crescent  Ave.

“Olir Leader }) Goods.

Having stood the test of time and the  battle  of  competition  and 
come  off  victorious,  we  have  no hesitation  in  recommending  to  the 
trade our line of

Our Leader  Cigars,

Olir  Leader  Smoking,

Olir  Leader  Fine  CUt.

Odr  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Olir  Leader  SaleraWs,

Olir  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S  

IN  FA C T

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

send  in  sample  order  for  the  full  line and see how your 

trade in these goods will increase.

<&>

he Michigan Tradesman

M.  C.  T.  A.

Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Pion­

eer Organization.

From the Detroit Free Press, Dec. 88.
Cleland  Hall  is  a  quiet  apartment, 
principally  devoted  to  the  mysterious 
ceremonies of  the various secret societies 
which assemble  there at intervals. 
It is 
quite  probable  the  sober  precincts  re­
ceived  a  shock  of  surprise  yesterday 
morning.  The  janitor had barely opened 
the  doors,  through  the  peep-holes  of 
which  cabalistic  passwords  are wont to 
be whispered,  when a cyclone  of  anima­
tion and  enthusiasm  rushed in and took 
possession.  Cigars  were  smoked  and 
jokes cracked  in  the  ante-rooms, where 
the  trembling  candidates  for  initiation 
are imprisoned  previous  to  the  solemn 
rites, and,  in  fact,  the  200  keen, wide­
awake men  who entered the hall  yester­
day  morning  appeared  oblivious  to  all 
else  except  that  they,  representing the 
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Asso­
ciation, were in annual meeting and were 
there for  business.  And it was  refresh­
ing to observe  the  business-like  way in 
which  they  transacted  their  business. 
There  was  no  waste of  time or energy. 
President J.  T. Lowry  called  the  meet­
ing  to  order,  and  read  a  brief  annual 
address, in  which  he  congratulated the 
'  Association  on  its  advancement  in  the 
past and bright future.
The report of  the Secretary and Treas • 
urer  showed  that  the  Association  has 
been  in  existence  fifteen  years,  having 
been  organized  January 17, 1874.  Dur- 
that  time  there  has  been  paid to bene­
ficiaries of  deceased  members the sum of 
§110,525.  During  the  past  year  five 
death losses were paid,  two  being  taken 
from the reserve fund.
There  is  now  on deposit to the credit 
of  the Association :
Reserve  fund...............................................124,823 82
General fund...............................................  1,006 00
Advance death  assessment.......................   2,500 00

Total.................................................$28,329  82
The  present  membership  is  528, and 
the average cost per §1,000  for insurance 
a year to  the  members  is  less  than one 
per cent.  Financially,  and  as  to  mem­
bership,  the  Association is in a  flourish­
ing condition.
The business of  the morning consisted 
of  the adoption of  a  number of  amend­
ments to the constitution.  One of these 
provides  that  the  Secretary-Treasurer 
be elected by the Board  of Trustees, who 
shall devote his entire  time to the affairs 
of the Association and  efforts to increase 
the membership.
T. J.  Haywood,  of  Ypsilanti,*  moved 
that the country be given  three members 
on the Board, which was voted down.
A recess was  then  taken until 2 p. m., 
and a Mr. Young of Columbus,  addressed 
he delegates on a plan of  accident  insur­
ance, which he  advocated.
Election of officers resulted as follows :
President—E.  H.  McCurdy, Detroit.
First Vice-President—E. R. Strong, De­
troit.
Sey
Second  Vice-President—George 
mour, Grand  Rapids.
Third  Vice-President — Charles 
Muma, Ann Arbor.
E.
Fourth  Vice  President—Frank 
Jones, Flint.
E.
Fifth  Vice-President  —  Myron 
Wright, Port Huron.
Board  of  Trustees—Two  years, J.  T. 
Lowry, Thomas  Macleod, J.  C.  Pontius; 
on  reserve  fund,  D.  D. Cady, John  Mc­
Lean.
A collection was taken  up for the pur­
pose of purchasing a  banner  to  be  car­
ried by the Association when  it parades.
The  entire  Relegation  rose,  grasped 
hands,  sung  Auld Lang  Syne, and  then 
adjourned  for  a  year,  when  they  will 
again meet  in Detroit.

A Trick in  Selling  Tea.

“I  don’t  mind  telling  you  how  I  do 
my business,  as  I  sell  only  to  grocery’ 
houses  or  people  who  sell  tea,”  says a 
man  in  Stoye-s  mid  Hardware. 
“You
know  there’s  tricks  in  all  trades,  and 
that little teakettle  and  my other things 
here are what help  me  work  one of  the 
finest tricks in the tea business.  When I 
strike  a  place I want to  sell to, I  fix up 
my little  lamp, put on my teakettle  and 
clean  my cups as  clean  as  they can  be. 
Then I ask the grocerymau to bring me a 
•sample  of  the  best  tea  he  has  in  the 
house,  and I ask him what he pays for it. 
If  he  says  sixty  cents, I take  from  my 
case a sample of  tea  I  can  sell  at a big 
profit  at  sixty cents. 
I  weigh  just  ex­
actly,  on  my  little  scales,  the  same 
amount  of  his  tea  and  of  mine,  and I 
put his in one cup and mine in the other. 
By that time my little kettle  has  boiled,' 
and I pour in  just  the  same  amount  of 
water in each cup, and in a little  w’hile I 
have made a small cup of  tea  from  each 
sample.  When that grocery-keeper comes 
to taste the tea from  each  cup, and  gets 
the aroma up his nostrils,  he is dead sure 
to say mine is the  best  tea, if  he knows 
anything  about tea at all, and ten to one 
I make a good sale to him  before I leave. 
Now, there wouldn’t  be  much of  a trick 
in that if  my tea  was  always  the  best, 
but  that  don’t  make any difference;  the 
trick is to make  mine  the  best,  whether 
it is or not.  If  you know anything about 
making  tea,  you  know  it  mustn’t  be 
boiled, but it must be made  with boiling 
hot  water.  When  my kettle is boiling I 
first  fill  up  the  cup  with  my tea in it, 
then,  as  if  I had  just  thought of  some­
thing,  I  set  the  kettle  down  on  the 
counter,  and get that  buyer interested in 
showing  him  something,  for a coup le of 
minutes or so, and  talking to him  about 
it.  Then I fill up the  other *cup, but by 
that time,  my kettle is so thin and small, 
the water  ain’t  near  as  hot as it was at 
first.  So' his tea,  not  being  made'  with 
boiling hot water, don’t amount to much, 
and  he  can’t  help but say my tea is the 
best  of  the  two.  After  that  it  ain’t 
much trouble  to  make a sale if  the man 
wants  tea.  So  you  see  that  little  tea­
kettle is a pretty valuable  thing  to  me, 
if  it is small.”

Number,  Not  Size,  He  Wanted.

boots.

Mr. Quiverful—I want some children’s 
Shopkeeper—Yes, sir.  What number? 
“Twenty-six.”
“Twenty-six !”  We haven’t got ’em I 
“Well, I can’t  do  with  less—I’ve  got 
thirteen children!”
' “This way, sir, please.”

HESTER  <Ss  FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents fo r

SAW  AND GHIST MTLXi MACHHTER7
S end  for 
C atalogue 

ATLAS S E

ano

M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O P

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U-  S. A.
STEAM ENGINES 8 BOILERS.,
f Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock j 

for  immediate delivery.

IS»»;;

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Workinp- Machinery 

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

And  Dodge’s  Patent  Wood Split Pulley.  Large stock  kept on hand.  Send for Samp> 

Pulley  and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for  Prices. 

44. 4« and 48 So.  I»ivision St.. «RANT)  RAPIDS.  Ml«?»'

ÈI

D IR E C T IO N S

W e H avr co oked th e  c o m  in  th is can 
S h o u ld   be  Thoroughly 
sufficient!.' 
Warmed', n o t co o k ed ) ad d in g   piece  oi 
jrood B u tter ( size o f  h e n ’s egg) a n d  giL

g en u in e unless b earin g  th e sig n atu re u

D&venjort Csnakg Oo.
. »Davenport, la.
A T   T H IS   e íTo

O a

E.  G. 8TUDLEY,
iltnam  ßandu  Bo.

13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

jL Common

Idea.

DETROIT SO A P  CO,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

__________

PHOENIX, 

SUPERIOR, 

MASCOTTE, 

CAMEO J

TRUE  BLUE, 

AND  OTHERS. 

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 

Q6EKM  ANNE,  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL,  BAR,  CZAR,
________________ 

W. G.  HAWKINS,  L«oKMiSr\?3r.w“*^Sff,«ip,D8.
MDLASS T7A.

quantities,  address,

Ü

W e   have  received  large  shipments  o f 
molasses,  direct  from  the  planters  in  Louisi­
ana,  w hich  w e  are offering  to  the  trade  at our 
usual  low  prices.

T elfer  S pice  C o m p a n y ,

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS.  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

I  AND  3  PFAKL  STREET.

R in dge,  B e rtsc h   &  Co.,

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

THE  WAL8H-DE  R00  MILLING  GO,,

12.  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

HOLLAND,  MICH.

We carry a full line in stock and  guarantee  terms and prices as good as any house 

Two Yea r s ^  
T est. 

^

WÊmm

Wholesale  Dealer in

R u b b er

Boots and Sloes

Manufactured by

BflNDEE  RUBBER  CO.
r Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue  and 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TELEPHONE  464.

Price List.

m¡¡e*i jjgS j  0 T 0
Mill:  ELEVATORI

3NALSH  IDE ROO MIUISGCQ.

■Vil. l 'fi.

fStANDARD ROLLER M.LLS |

A -

Daily | Capacity, 

400  Bbls.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,
DAISY,
PURITY,
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

Graham,

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena, 

Rye Flour, 

Buckwheat Flour, 
Bolted  Meal, 
Rye Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat  Meal, 

Rolled Oats.

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
N E L S O N   BRO S. &  CO.,

House and Store Shades Made to  Order.

68  MONROE  STREET.

S.  K.  BOLLES:

E.  B.  DIKEMAN

S .  K .  B o lle s  &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C ig a r  D e a le r s.

Correspondence  Solicited.

Tke Belknag Wapi and Sleigk Co.

Grand  R a p id s ,  Mich.

s  m

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

R oa dLogging

D e liv e r y

P le a s u r e

/

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

SHAFTING, HANGERS, 
FIRST-CLASS 1« EVERY RESPECT-
IB  PULLETS UEECUUL  ♦
I B I  LANE & 8GDLEY GO.

Send  Specifications  ion  Estimates  before  Cu it a tUr.g.

2  to 4 3  JOHN  ST.,  CINCINNATI.  O.

M

A.  H I M E S ,

Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

Lehighl/allegGoalGo.’s i 

A

(  )  A  I

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

A   J L   A a J
THE  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  GOAL  IN  CAR  LOTS J  ALWAYS  ON  TRACK  RBADY  FOB

SHIPMENT.

WM.  R .  KEELER  cfc  C O .,

W h o lesa le  C o n fectio n ers,

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET.

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

We wish to announce to the.trade that we are prepared to meet all competition in 

our line, which comprises a full line of confectionery, fruit and nuts.

We  also  carry  the  Finest Line o f Christmas Goods in  the City.

Do not forget that we are agents for Rueckheim Bros.’ Penny Goods, which are 
the best goods made, although sold at the same price as other makes.  Mail orders 
promptly attended to.

I.  M.  C L A R K   &  SON.

WHO  U RG ES  YOU

TO  K E E P

« T O S S   U P ! ”

THE  PXJBUjIO!

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods in 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  W ithout effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W ILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

P u tn am   Candy Co.,
P  S B  OYSTERS
W M . SEARS & CO.,

Packers of the well

known brand of

Grader  Manufacturers,

37 , 3 9   an d   41 K en t St.,  G rand  R ap id s.

W e  w ill  forfeit  $1,000  if  the  “TOSS  U P’ 
Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than  the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

Io n ia  P a n ts  & O v e ra ll Co.

E. D.' Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Fanis,  Overalls,  Goals,  JaGkeis,  Shirts,  Ete.

Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of  these  goods  enables him 
to turn out a line especially adapted to the  Michigan  trade.  Samples  and  prices 
sent on application.

IONIA,  MICH.

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