The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,  1890.

NO. 329.

p iers, Attention

W e 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) 
than  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Co.,

BRIP  RAPIDS.  MICH.

THE  MERCHANT  IN  MUD. 
And the chimes were striking the hour; 
Rang out from the Waterman tower, 
And we hain’t sold a single doll!”
An’ we sha’n’t sell nuthin’ at all.

He stood by his high-piled counters,
‘•Do, sol—do, sol,” ten thirty a. m.,
“The eighteenth of December—
Next day:  “Here it’s the nineteenth— 

“Ah!  well do I yet remember,
In the youth that now Is sped.
That the weather was ‘bleak December’ 
As the poet and almanac said.
But these ’ere  sloppy winters,
With fogs an’ rains an’ mud,
With grass growin’ green  as a frog pond, 
An’ the cherries beginnin’ to bud,
“Ain’t fit for white folks to live in.
This month’s first twenty days 
Have shown us Sol’s face but two times, 
An’ the rest has been rain and haze. 
The granger that started early,
To avoid the holiday rush,
Could get but a mile an’ a quarter 
An’ then got stuck in the slush!
“An’ what do the ‘signs’ discover?
The goose bone is bad as can be!
The squirrels are living in  clover!
The mnshrats roost in a tree!
Oh!  woe to the Christmas slipper!
Oh!  woe to the album's plush!
God send a sirocco to dry up,
Or blizzard to freeze up this slush!

“An’ where is the weather  bureau?
An’ why has it turned its back 
On holiday debt-pressed shopmen,
An’ mixed up the zodiac?”
So wailed the water-logged merchant, 
Then, with upraised, prayerful paws, 
Fell dead!—on a cushion of invoices— 
From premature Santa Glaus!

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

S e e d   S to re,

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W.T.LAMOREAUX.

A p p le s,

P o ta to e s,

O n io n s.

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS, Wholesale  Dealers, 
FOURTH NATIONAL BAH

CHICAGO.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  F ierce,  Vice President.

H. W, N a s h ,  Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  ßoffee  Rooms,

61  Pearl  Street.

OYSTERS  IK JLLSTYLES,

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

(Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.) 

CONTRACTORS  FOR

Galvanixed Iron  Cornice,

Dealers  in

Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAJPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH

(Successors to  8teele & G ardner.) 

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S l

Manufacturers of'

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and 12 Plainfield  Ave.,  Grand Rapids.

A  CASE  OF  INTERMIGRATION.
If you are not  gone  for  good, Mr. Ridenhood, 
it would be  something  to  know where  you  are 
hiding at present.—Our Mutual Friend.
One summer  day in  1880 I  boarded  a 
ferry boat  at Detroit,  with the  intention 
of crossing the river to Windsor. 
It was 
a holiday,  and the boat was crowded. 
I 
was standing, or  rather  leaning  against 
the  rail with  a  number  of  strangers, 
when a sudden  movement  of  the  crowd 
caused  me  to  lose  my balance  and  fall 
headlong into  the water.  Consciousness 
did not desert me immediately,  for  I  re­
member  clutching  at  another  unfortu­
nate, who had  shared  my fall, and sink­
ing with  him.  There was  the  rush  of 
recollection  so  often described  by those 
who have escaped drowning, and then, so 
far as scenes of  earth  are  concerned, all 
was blank.
Still 1 seemed to  retain  my individual­
ity. 
It seemed to me I had left the green 
earth,  and  was  somewhere  far  out  in 
space.  The silence was absolute, and  I 
could see nothing.  Unable to hear or to 
see or to feel—in fact, to  exercise any of 
the senses of the physical life—I still was 
conscious  of  some  presence  near  me 
The sensation,  if such  it  may be  called 
was unlike any 1 had experienced in life 
The nearest approach to it was the unde 
fined, uneasy feeling which  sometimes at 
night  will  tell  you,  without  light 
sound,  that you  are  not  alone. 
I  had 
noticed it more than  once  in  the  course 
of  my  life,.and  being  something  of  a 
dabbler  in  psychological  puzzles  had 
formed  various  hypotheses  to  account 
for the fact.  Was it some  bodily sensa 
tion  that  told  of  the  presence  in  the 
room ?  Was it the heat of  the body;  or 
some  slight  sound  not  recognized  as 
sound  but appreciated only by the  men 
tal state which was its  effect;  or was  the 
impression  gained  through  some  other 
sense  in  a  manner  so  subtle  that  the 
agency of  the  sense  was  not  detected 
Or, on the other hand,  was  the cause not 
physical but psychical—was it some mys­
terious power in mind which  recognized 
without the aid of  sense, the presence  of 
another ?
These questions I  had  often pondered 
and had found  quite  as  fascinating  and 
as useful as the  owl  of  the  fable found 
the old question  as  to which was created 
first, the hen or  the egg.  But now they 
assumed a new meaning, and the solution 
seemed to be offered. Evidently I no longer 
possessed  a  body.  Any  doubts  I  ever 
had felt as to the independent existence of 
the soul were resolved. 
I had no sensa 
tion,  and when I put  forth  the  effort  of 
will which  usually  produced  the  open 
ing  of  my  eyes,  no  vision  followed 
Neither could I lift an  arm, nor  perform 
any of the thousand actions of our every 
day life.  Surely  I  had  left  my body- 
abandoned  it to death and  decay.  Yet 
the thought did not  seem  painful. 
In 
deed,  I  was  conscious  of  a  new  and 
strange freedom  of  thought which  more 
than compensated  for  the  loss  of  body 
and sense.  Hampered no longer  by the 
slow, clumsy movements of  the  material 
brain, I seemed to  think with  a  marvel 
ous facility, and to  solve in a flash prob 
lems which  had  puzzled  me  hopelessly 
before.  Yet with  it  all I had no power 
of sense—no  sight, no  hearing,  no  feel­
ing.
For  some  time  this  state  continued 
and  I reveled in this freedom and  supe 
rior  knowledge.  But  suddenly  there 
came over me a sense of  constraint.  My 
new powers  of thought became  clogged 
and  with  this  unwelcome  confinement 
came anew the power of sense.  An  ef­
fort of the will enabled  me  to  move  my 
eyelids,  and  at the same  instant I  heard 
some one say,  “He is alive.”
Slowly  life  and  strength  returned  to 
my body.  When at length I was able to 
raise  myself  and look  about, I  found  I 
was lying in  a  house  by the  river-side. 
A  physician was  standing  near  with  a 
gratified expression on his face.  When 
he saw me move, he said,  “Well, sir, you 
have had a  narrow escape  from  drown­
ing, but you are all right now.”
Looking  around, my  eye  was  caught 
by  another  form  lying  near which was 
slowly regaining  consciousness  through 
the efforts of a  second physician.  There 
was  something  very  familiar  in  the 
whole outline, and even  in  the  clothing 
of the  prostrate  form, but  I  could  not 
decide  what  it  was. 
So  I  finally  lay 
back exhausted with the effort, and went 
to sleep.
Some hours later  I  awoke  and  found 
the physicians gone  and the stranger sit­
ting on  the  edge  of  his  bunk, rubbing 
his eyes  and  collecting  his  energies for 
further movements.  The figure seemed 
more  familiar  than  ever,  and  when  at

VOL.  7.

Chas.  Petterseh,

JOBBER  OF

Imported and Domestic Cheese

Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 

161—163 West Bridge St.,  Telephone 123 

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Eaton,  Lyon  X  Bo.,

JOBBERS  OF

And a complete line of

F a n c y

H oliday

Goods.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20  &  22  Monroe  St^,  Grand  Rapids.
W m.  Bruixinieler
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

Rags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

JOBBER  OF

76  SPRING  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS, 

WE  CAN  UNDERSELL  ANY  ONE  ON  TINWARE.

Prices.

Something  New

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
ter sent with each order.

CharlBiioix  Gipr  M’f’o  Go,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  0.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Tw enty T ears E xperience.  References furnished 
24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

AND

Voigt,  B u m o M e ie r  &  Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of

D r y   G o o d s

STAPLE  and FANCY.

Overalls,  Pants,  Etc.,

OUR  OWN  MAKE.

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

FaMy  Crockery  and

Fancy Woodenware

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De­

troit prices  guaranteed.

r / K D  
drops
Gook  ä  Bergthold,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Prices  Lower  than  those  of 
any competitor.  Write for cata­
logue and  prices.

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

(flap  Goffee  Roaster,

The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No. 1 
Boasters—capacity  35  lbs.—I  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for 
Special Discount.

ROBT.  S.  WEST,

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

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

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

THE  GREAT

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

Allen Durfee & Co.,
FUNERÄL  DIRECTORS,
EDMUND B.DIKEMN
Wald fJaker 

s Jeweler,
44  GÄNÄL  8Y„
fM ,
Brand Rapids,  ■ 
W  a r r e n ’s

"Elixir of  Life”

C igar

Will be ready Sept.  1.

Price, $55 delivered.

Send orders at once to

GEO. T. WARREN Ä  CO., Flint, licit

Cherryman  &  Bowen,
Undertakers  and  E m balm s

IM M ED IA TE A T T EN T IO N  G IV E N  TO CA LLS D A T  O B  N IG H T .
5 South  Division St

Telephone  1000. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Lady assistant  when  desired.

W noi  Mi Phi Iran  BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY
nBSi  JiUGniy dii  a n d  n o r m a l school.
(O riginally Lean’s Business College—E st’blished 8 y ’rs.;
A  thoroughlv  equipped,  permanently  estab 
llshed and pleasantly located College.  The class 
rooms have been  especially  designed in accord­
ance with the latest approved plans.  The faculty 
is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  The 
best of references  furnished  upon  application 
Our Normal Department Is in charge  of  experl 
enced teachers of established reputation.  Satis 
factory  boarding  places  secured  for  all  who 
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 
West Michigan Business University and Normal 
School,  19, 21, 23, 25 and  27  South  Division  St 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

A. E. Yebex,
Sec’y and Treas.
Learn  Bookkeeping,  Shorthand,  EIg,

J. U. Lean, 

Principal. 

AT  THE

Corner Ottawa and  Pearl Streets. 

Send  for Circular.

Playing Gards

WE  Ml  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  L p h ,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

IN  AMERICA.

"Ben  Hilr.”

BETTER  THAN  EVER.

EXQUISITE  AROMA. 

DELICIOUS  QUALITY
10c  each, three for 25c,

For Sale Everywhere. 

G E O .   M O E B S   &   C O . ,

92  Woodward Ave.,

DETROIT, 

- 

- 

MICH.

length he rose and  turned  toward where 
was  lying,  an  object  caught  my  eye 
which caused me to spring up and say : 
Hello!  What are you  doing with my 
watch ?”  Then I stopped in amazement, 
for my voice sounded  strangely thin and 
shrill—so  unlike  my  own  deep  tones 
that  I  could  hardly believe  it was  my 
voice.
But  my wonder was increased  tenfold 
when  my  own  voice  of  old  replied, 
Your watch!  What  are  you thinking 
of ?”  And then he stopped as much sur­
prised as I had been.  Drawing  it  from 
his pocket,  I noticed that  he tried first  a 
pocket  on  the  other  side,  as  if  he  ex­
pected  to  find  it  there—he  stared  at 
the watch with  a  look  of  utter  amaze­
ment.
I  put  my hand  to  my pocket where  I 
carried  my  watch,  and  found  it  gone. 
But  just  as  I was  about  to  demand  it 
again  as  my property, I  felt  something 
on the other side, and  hastily drawing it 
forth,  found  a  watch  totally  different 
from my own.
What are you doing with my watch ?” 
“And my coat—my suit—yes, 
he cried. 
my face,  too.”
What?  This  is  strange.  You are 
enough like me in appearance  to  be  my 
twin  brother.  But  you  have  my suit, 
and I yours.  How does it come ?”
Those  stupid  fellows  must have ex­
changed  our  suits  when  they redressed 
Yet  I  cannot  see  why  they  have 
done  it.  My garments are still damp.” 
So are mine.  This  is  the height  of 
absurdity.  We  certainly do  bear  a re­
markable resemblance to each other, and 
that would explain the exchange of suits; 
yet why should they remove our clothing 
and then restore it before it is dry ?”
It is a strange performance, certainly.
I must have taken a cold in the water, for 
my  voice  never  sounded  so  heavy  be 
fore.”
If it were a pos 
sible thing, I should  say they have given 
you  my voice  as well  as  my  clothing. 
Were you on the ferry-boat?”

Nor mine so shrill. 

Yes. but 1 didn’t see you there.”
I was  on  board, but  didn’t  see  you. 
If  I  had  met  you  I  certainly  should 
have  taken  the  liberty  to  speak, for  I 
never met one whose  resemblance to my­
self was  so  striking—even  to  the  scar 
over the left ear,”  I added, as  he  turned 
his head for an instant.
“Scar ?  I have no scar,” and he raised 
his hand  to  the  place  indicated, only to 
meet  the  indisputable  evidence  of  the 
scar’s  presence. 
“Worse  and  worse 
How can  I  have  got  that ? 
It  doesn’ 
seem  to  be  fresh,”  looking  for  blood 
marks on his fingers.
“No,  to  all  appearance  it  has  been 
there for  years. 
It  is  exactly where  I 
have  carried  a  similar  one  from  boy 
hood,”  and  I  put  up  my hand  to show 
the scar.  “WKat! 
It seems to be gone 
1 can’t be wholly awake yet.  Can’t you 
see it ?”
“No, there  is  no  scar—only  a  little 
bald spot on the  crown, exactly like  my 
own,  if you will notice.”
I  am no  more 
“What do you mean? 
bald than  you  are—why, how is  this ? 
for,  on  touching  the  place  named, 
found  a  spot  unmistakably  bare  and 
smooth.
At the same instant my companion ran 
his finger through  the  thick  hair which 
covered  his  head without  a  break, and 
finding no such  baldness  as  he  had  de 
scribed, stood there the picture  of  help 
less bewilderment.
“Pinch ma, strike me, do  something to 
rouse  me.  This  is  a strange dream—j 
dreadful nightmare,” he cried.
“Your  position  is  no  more  strange 
than mine,” I replied. 
“But  let  us re 
exchange onr suits. 
I feel strong enough 
now to go home.”
“All  right.  But I do not understand 
this at all.”
“No more do I.”
We removed  our  outer  garments, and 
found  that  the  exchange was  complete 
throughout.  Exchanging  we  began  to 
don our  own vestments.
I  can’t  get into 
“Why, how is this ? 
my own  garments !”  exclaimed  my com 
panion in misery.
I  had been  more  successful, and stood 
entirely “clothed,” if  not  “in  my right 
mind.”  And, truly, there seemed to  be 
grave doubts on the last point, for surely 
no man in his senses ever  fell  into  such 
a succession of absurd catastrophes.
to  hang 
right,” remarked  my companion  breath 
lessly, as  he endeavored  in vain to  but­
ton round  his  neck  a  collar  that was 
full inch too short.
“You  are  mistaken,  sir,” I  replied 
“This  suit was  made  to  order  by  my 
favorite  tailor,  and I never had a  better 
fit.”  Saying which, I drew the garment 
in  question together in  front,  intending 
to button it up, and show the smoothness 
of its set.  To my horror,  instead of  the 
neat  fit  of  the  morning,  it  was  over 
lapped no less than  four inches !

“Your  coat  doesn’t  seem 

“Have I shrunk so far ?”  I faltered.
“If you  have  shrunken Y  have  swol­
len,”  was  the  reply;  “for  I  can  do 
nothing  at  all  with  this  coat.”  And 
truly,  he  was a comical  spectacle,  with 
his feet and ankles  projecting  from  the 
tightly-stretched trousers which extended 
barely half way between knee and ankle 
and his bare wrists  protruded  from  the 
sleeves which  threatened  to  split  from 
the unwonted mass of  muscle thrust into 
them.
“We’ll have to  yield,” he  said at last, 
“and make the exchange of  armor.  But 
how this has come about is a mystery too 
deep  for  me to solve.  Look  here!”  he 
cried,  his eyes starting almost from their 
places in his brow.  “These  are  not my 
hands!”
“These  are  not  my hands,” I echoed, 
staring  at  the  small,  white  members 
which  now  held  the  place  of  my  own 
strong,  sun-browned  hands.  “Nor  my 
feet!  Are we  mad ?”
“You  have  my  whiskers,  too, while I 
am smooth-shaven.”
I had  not  noticed  it  before, but  now 
the fact was self-evident.

Without daring to investigate  further, 
for  fear  of  provoking  the  Puck  who 
seemed  to  be  mocking  us  to  some new 
freak, we  resumed as quickly as possible 
the garments in which we had found our­
selves clothed  on  awakening,  and  then, 
almost beside ourselves with wonder and 
fear  at  the  strange  transformation,  we 
left the building.
Walking  up  the  street  together,  we 
passed a group of  three or four men who 
were standing at the  entrance to a bank. 
Just as we passed, one  of  them  stepped 
forward  and called,  “Professor  Jones!” 
My companion turned and said:
“Oh,  Mr.  Brown,  good  afternoon. 
I 
did not notice  you in the group.”
The  man, who  was a stranger  to  me, 
stared at him in surprise and replied:
I  beg  pardon,  sir. 
It  was  to  your 
friend I spoke.”.
Then, turning to me, he said : 
“Professor,  we  were  just  speaking of 
the  university.  My  friend,  here—Mr. 
Robertson,  Professor  Jones—is  a repre­
sentative  of  an  Eastern  paper,  and 
would like some  information  concerning 
the  institution.  As  you  are  in  all  its 
secrets,  I’ll  just  refer  him  to  you,  if  I 
may.”
“I beg pardon,  but  you  are  mistaken.
I am not a professor, nor  am I connected 
in any capacity with any university.”
Mr. Brown  smiled  incredulously,  and 
the reporter said:
“I am sorry  you have such dread of an 
interview,’  but I promise  not  to  abuse 
any confidence  you  may repose  in  me.”
I was  about  to  reply  with  a  further 
disclaimer,  when  my  companion,  who 
had  listened with  impatience,  broke in : 
You seem to have  confused our iden­
tity  in  your  mind,  Mr.  Brown. 
I  am 
Jones, of  the university, and this gentle­
man  I never met till to-day.”
This  is  a  strange  farce,”  said  Mr. 
Brown.  “Surely I have  seen  Professor 
Jones  often  enough,  in  the  class-room 
and out of  it, to recognize  him  when we 
meet. 
I never knew him before to deny 
his identity.”
“I  do  not  deny  it, sir.  On  the  con­
trary, I protest against being thrust aside 
and having my title given to a stranger.” 
Mr. Brown laughed and,  turning to his 
companion, said:
“Well,  Mr. Robertson,  I’m  afraid  you 
cannot gain much  information from Pro­
I am sorry, too,  for 
fessor Jones to-day. 
he could give  you what no  other could.” 
The  two  gentlemen  bowed, .and  my 
companion,  after a moment’s  hesitation, 
as  if  he  would  make  further  protest, 
gave a haughty bow. and  we  passed  on 
together  up  the  street.  On  the  wa>  I 
met numerous acquaintances, and saluted 
them  as  usual,  but,  strangely  enough, 
they  seemed  always to address my com- 
paniou in reply,  barely giving  me a sur­
prised glance.  On the  other  hand, 1 re­
ceived many a cordial bow from men who 
were utter strangers to me.
At length we  reached  the  hotel where- 
it chanced we were both stopping.  I had 
come in late the  night  before,  and taken 
a room there  instead of  going farther up 
town  to  the  house  at  which  I  usually 
stopped  when  in  the  city.  Professor 
Jones  had two rooms, he told  me, on the 
second floor, and had his  wife  and  chil­
dren  with  him.  My  room  was  on  the 
same floor, two  or  three  doors away, on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  spacious  hall. 
We went up the broad staircase together, 
and  separated at his  door  with  mutual 
congratulations.
Hardly had  he stepped  inside  when 1 
heard a scream,  and,  before I had opened 
my door,  a lady  whom I had  never  seen 
before  rushed  out  into  the hall, looked 
wildly up and down its length, and then, 
seeing me, ran  toward me and threw her 
arms  about  my  neck,  imploring  me  to 
save  her  from  “that  man,”  who,,  she 
added, had “come into her  room  and in­
sulted her.”

“What did he do ?”  I asked.
“Threw his  arms  about my neck, said 
something  about a ‘narrow  escape  from 
drowning,’  and  tried  to  kiss  me—oh! 
keep  him  off, John, he’s  coming  at  me 
again.”  And, sure enough, my friend of 
the  morning’s  adventure had  recovered 
from the paralysis of  wonder  into which 
the scene  had  thrown  him, and was ap­
proaching  us  with  anything  but  a 
friendly expression of  countenance.
The lady clung to me more closely than 
fever, sobbing and entreating me to “keep 
him away.”  To  add  to  the  embarrass­
ment  of  my  position,  the  occupants  of 
other  rooms  near by were  attracted  by 
the uproar, and quite a crowd  had  gath­
ered.  These strangers  were  looking on 
with  amused  expectation  of  “a  scene.” 
Meantime, I tried to disengage myself and 
explain matters, but the more I struggled 
the more  tightly clung  the  lady, until I 
was  fairly  desperate.  Fancy  a  youth 
just out of  college  in  such a position*—a 
lady no longer  young  clinging tightly to 
his  shoulders,  and  claiming  him  as her 
husband,  while  a  crowd  of  grinning 
spectators stood enjoying  his perplexity. 
Moreover, my quondam  friend  with  my 
suit and my face  and hands was at hand, 
and his threatening  looks  were anything 
but reassuring.

“Let go my wife,” he cried.
“That is what I am  trying to do.  Take 
her,  and win my gratitude.”
“Mary,  what  does  this  mean ?  Are 
you mad?”
“Whoare  you?  I  don’t  know  you at 
all.  This is my husband.”  And she clung 
more tightly than before.
The situation was  growing  desperate. 
I could not prevail on the  lady to release 
me  by  any  arguments  I  could  master. 
She was  rapidly growing  hysterical, and 
her husband was thoroughly angry.
It was strange.  The wife appeared old 
enough to be the  husband’s  mother, and 
it seemed  incredible  that the tall boy of 
sixteen, who  now  came on the scene and 
rushed to his  mother’s  aid, could be the 
son of  so  youthful  a  father.  Still,  as I 
was  certain,  morally and  intellectually, 
that they were not  my wife  and  son,  as 
he  claimed  them  as  his, I was  entirely 
-willing  to  let  it  be so.  At last I broke 
loose, with a desperate effort, rushed into

my room and locked the door.  As I fled,
I heard the  derisive  laughter of  some of 
the spectators,  and  even  over  heard one 
or two of  the  younger  and  less reverent 
comment  on  the  scene  somewhat  after 
this fashion;

It  was  dark when I awoke. 

“See the old one cut and run !”
“He’s brave,  isn’t he?”
“Is he her husband ?”
“Yes, I think so.  At  least  I’ve  seen 
them together at table.”
“ Why,  that  is  Professor Jones, of  the 
university.  This  is a queer  proceeding. 
He must be crazy for the moment.”
“Who  is this  young  fellow  who  pre­
tends the lady is his wife ?”
I don’t know.  He came  in  only last 
night. 
I noticed  him  at  breakfast,  but 
not  at dinner.  Fine  figure, hasn’t he ?” 
These last  remarks  were  uttered in a 
low  tone  by persons  standing  near  my 
door,  and  as  they  moved  away at  this 
point, I lost  anything  further  they may 
have said.
Alone  at  last,  I  tried  to  collect  my 
thoughts,  but  was  surprised to find that 
my  nerves,  which  up  to  that  day had 
been so strong and  firm  that  no  excite­
ment  or  danger  had  sufficed  to  shake 
them,  were  quivering  now, and that my 
whole body was trembling  and twitching 
as in a palsy.  The scene  through which 
I had  passed  had  been  an exciting one, 
truly,  and  unusually  trying,  but  even 
that and the plunge in the river were not 
enough to account for the entire  prostra­
tion  which  I felt.  Utterly  worn  out, I 
gave up the  effort, threw  myself  ou the 
bed, and went to sleep.
I  lighted 
the gas, and finding my nerves seemed en­
tirely steady  now,  sat  down  to  write a 
letter. 
I was  but  newly  engaged to be 
married,  so it is  not  difficult to  guess to 
whom  the  epistle  was  to  be addressed. 
Sitting down, I took the pen  and  began, 
but hardly  had  two  lines  been  written 
when anew  marvel  caused  me  to drop 
the pen from a nerveless  hand  and stare 
at  the  paper  in  stupid  wonder. 
I had 
written  the  date  line  and  part  of  the 
usual  tender  address,  when  something 
struck me as peculiar in  the  appearance 
of  the writing.  Looking  more closely, I 
found that the  character of  my penman­
ship had totally changed. 
Instead of the 
bold,  somewhat  irregular  characters  I 
had  been wont to form,  what I had writ­
ten appeared in the  finest  and  daintiest 
Italian  script. 
In  vain  I  attempted  to 
I could increase the size 
write as usual. 
of  the letters, but  they never  resembled 
the forms I knew so well. 
It  seemed  as 
if  my  hand—if  it  were  my  band—had 
lost in a few hours its old  habit  and  ac­
quired another  which  ordinarily  would 
require  months  of  practice.  For  I  be­
lieve  that  one’s  chirography  is  truly 
“hand-writing,”  and  depends  for  its 
character more on  the  exercise  and  cul­
tivation of  muscles  than  on  any mental 
quality.  However  that  may  be,  my 
writing was hopelessly altered.
Despairing of  success in writing—for I 
knew it would never do to send Marian a 
letter written in such a baud  and  signed 
with  my  name—I  threw  down  my pen 
once  more  and  began  to  exchange  my 
water-spoiled clothing for a clean suit.  I 
took  down  the  black suit I had brought 
with me for “state occasions,”  and put it 
on.  But  here  again I met a disappoint­
ment.  For,  try as I would, the suit could 
not  be  made  to  fit.  Every  piece  hung 
upon me  in  loose folds, so that I resem­
bled a street boy in  his  gathered-up suit 
of  men’s cast-off  garments  rather than a 
well-dressed  young  man.  But  all  my 
wondering and staring did  no  good, and 
at  last,  with a hopeless  sense  of  being 
the  victim  of  a  horrid  nightmare, and 
with a half-hazy feeling of  repentance at 
having ever been  skeptical  with  regard 
to  the old stories of  fairies  and  genii, I 
donned the old suit  again.
As 1 adjusted  the  coat, I  stepped  for 
the  first  time  before  the  mirror,  to ar­
range  my  tie  and  collar.  Oh, horrors! 
that was not my face, nor  my figure. 
In 
the morning when I had stood there last, 
I  had  been  a  stalwart,  ruddy-faced 
youth, six  feet  tall,  with  thick,  glossy 
hair,  and  only  the  faintest  dawn  of  a 
moustache.  And now—now there stared 
back at me  from  the  glass, with round, 
wide-open,  horror-filled  eyes,  a  little, 
stooped figure with  parchment-like skin, 
straggling whiskers and bald crown—the 
whole’  as  utterly  unlike  what  I  had 
thought  myself  to  be  as  one  can  well 
conceive.
Thinking a trick had been played upon 
me, I burst open my valise  and  snatched 
from  it  the  hand-glass  I carried  there. 
But it told  me  the  same  story.  Weak, 
trembling,  oppressed by a new  dread of 
this mysterious presence, I sat and stared 
at  the  figure  in  the  glass. 
It  did  not 
change.
I dared not leave  my room, for  fear of 
meeting  some  one  who would recall the 
scene  of  the  morning.  Some  one  near 
my door  said, so that I overheard i t : 

another 

answered 

“Queer case, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” 

voice. 
“They’ve arrested the  young fellow who 
pretends  to  be  Professor  Jones.  He is 
mad, evidently.  He  struggled  so that it 
took  two  policemen  to  master him and 
take him away.”
“I  wonder  what  the  other—the  true 
Jones—means by his conduct.”
“I don’t know.  He always  has  had a 
great  reputation.  Possibly  too  much 
study has turned his brain.”
“Poor  fellow!  I  pity  his  wife.  She 
has been in hysterics  all  the  afternoon. 
There, you can hear her now.”
“Yes.  Will  anything  be  done  with 
him to-night ?”
“No,  I think  not.  They’ll  leave  him 
where he is till morning  in the hope that 
he will come around all right.”
“Well, as  you say, it is a strange case. 
I shall  lock  and  bolt  my door to-night. 
There’s no telling what may happen with 
a madman in the house.”
The  speakers  separated, one  entering 
the apartment adjoining my own, and the 
other going into his room on the opposite 
side of  the hall.

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P.  o f  I.  G ossip.

.

P. of  1.—Part Injun.
P. of  I.—Promoters of  Ignorance.
Knapp  &  Rich, hardware  dealers  at 
Eaton  Rapids, have  signed with  the  P. 
of I. 
The P. of  I.  have  placed  a  boycott on 
Trufant  for  sixty days, because none of 
the merchants there will sign their nefar­
ious contract.

Sparta  Sentinel:  “Some  of  the  P.  I 
lodges  report  such a rush of  new  mem­
bers of  late  that  they  initiate  them  in 
squads of  a dozen  or  so  at a batch,  and 
still there  is  occasionally a boy or a girl 
who has not  joined.”

Griswold & Cahill, the  Hart  hardware 
dealers, write:  “We shall renew our sub­
scription,  as the paper has the right ring.
The P.  of  I.  now  flourish and make loud 
noise  in  the  land,  but we  predict  their 
days are numbered  The scales will fall 
from  their  eyes  and  they  will  have  a 
chance to dig out the  sand  and see more 
clearly.”

J. P. Berg,  who holds a commission as 
P.  of  I.  organizer  for  Grand  Traverse 
county,  recently  instituted  a  lodge  at 
Old  Mission,  but  his  reputation  as  a 
dead-beat  was so thoroughly established 
that those who  joined refused to pay the 
dues  to  him,  rendering  necessary  the 
visit of a State  officer.  Berg  was form­
erly a  German  Lutheran  preacher,  but 
his license was  taken away from him for 
good and sufficient reasons.

" 

° 

From  th e Toledo Business W orld.

B o g u s  M aple  S u g a r.

I n a u g u ra te   a n   E m p lo y m en t  B u re a u .
At the recent convention  of the Michi­
gan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association
following resolution was adopted:
__

With the advent of the season of buck-
wheat cakes, the  annual  crop  of  maple 
Ihe  fact 
svruD  makes its  appearance. 
that it comes at least two  months  before |  W h e r e a s ,- It may occur  that  membe  s 
the spring run  of  sap does  not  seem to  of this Association, being out oj  emplc^- 
occurto  those  who  expect  to  find the j ment, could be  assisted  to  ob am  po  - 
fresh syrup on sale  at  this  time  of  t h e   , tions through the establishment of  a Bu-
reau of Employment  or  Commercial  In 
year, and the  eager  but  ignorant  appe­
formation in this Association;  therefore,
tite is stimulated with all sorts  of  fancy 
labels  and  pastoral  illustrations  of the j he it 
Resolved, That it is  the  sense  of  this ; 
process  of  manufacture  in  the  sugar 
Re
nj  mauv  ul 
llirau,  u„v  _ieeting,  and  the Hoard of  Trustees  are 
these,  like | meeting, and  the Board of  Trustees  are 
orchard. 
Too  many  of 
a  multitude of  sins in  the j hereby requested to establish  and  main-
charity, cover
tain in the office of  the Secretary of  this 
way of adulteration, and  the  unsuspect­
Association a Bureau of  Employment  or 
ing public is induced to swallow all sorts 
Commercial Information  for  the  benefit 
of  sophisticated  compounds,  many  of 
of  its  members,  by  providing  suitable
which bear no  more actual  similarity to
the genuine  article  than  a  currycomb j books for record, to contain the names of 
manufacturers and  jobbers, also a regis-
does to a honeycomb.
The  Dairy and Food  Inspector of  this j ter for members  of  this  Association  in
The  Dairy a 
1 which to register their  names,  addresses,
oMKUMUKiu  &i»***fi  special  attention 
State has been  giving
Secre-
to some of these bogus  preparations,  and  and references,  by paying  to  the  Secre- 
claims to have found  a  shining  «lustra-  tary the sum of fifty cents;  such registra 
tion in the compound put up by a firm in  tion to be  good  for  three  months  from 
Detroit,  Messrs.  Williams  Bros.  & j  the date  thereof, and  renewable  at  the
C harbonnean. 
th e  m oney  re-
Vermont  Maple  Syrup,”  but  the  In -  ceived for such  registration  to  be  used 
spector says it is composed of  two-thirds 1 only for the maintenance of  said Bureau
glucose,  and could  profitably be  sold  at 
one-third the price asked for it.  The In­
spector  has  ordered  it withdrawn  from J 
sale, and  dealers who  have  it  on  hand j 
and offer it to customers are liable to find | 
it a  troublesome  commodity.  Nothing 
tempts to adulteration  like  such articles 
as maple syrup,  where  the supply is lim­
ited and  the  demand  almost  universal, 
and for this  reason  alone  such  articles 
ought to be subjected  to  a  rigid  super­
vision. 

The  Michigan  Central,  “The  Niagara 
Falls Route,” has published  a  remarka­
bly fine reproduction of  Graham’s water- 
color of Niagara Falls.  A limited num­
ber  will be furnished the  public at  fifty 
cents each, which is much less than their 
commercial  or  artistic  value,  but  not 
more than two copies will  be sent to any 
one address.  Send postal  note or money 
order for  the  amount to  O.  W. Ruggles, 
General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent, 
Chicago, 111..

is  branded  “ P u re  |  option  of  th e  m em ber; 

^ _____
Sick of the  P.  of I.

N ia g a ra   F a lls  in   A rt.

of Employment.

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

It 

_

Cortright & Griffith, general  dealers at 
Springport, have  given  the  P.  of  I.  a 
thorough trial  and  find  it  to  be  a de­
lusion  and a sham.  They have  accord­
ingly served the Patrons with the follow­
ing notice:
To the  Patrons  of  Industry and  others whomit 
may concern:
It is now about seven months  since  H. 
J. Cortright signed the Patrons’ contract, 
during which time we have  become thor­
oughly convinced that it is  impossible  to 
make a  contract that will compel  people 
to trade at any particular store, and while 
we are bound to sell to all Patrons at uni­
form  prices, a  great many members  feel 
that  they have  a  perfect  right to  trade 
wherever  they can find  the biggest  bait.
Therefore,  take  notice,  that  on  and 
after January 1 we shall  mark our entire 
stock in plain  figures, at  the  lowest liv­
ing  margins, and will  sell  all  goods  at 
one price to everybody.
Hoping to merit the  confidence  of  the 
community, and a  liberal  share  of  your 
patronage, we remain,

Very respectfully, 

Co r tr ig h t  & Gr if f it h .

W ell  W o rth   H earin g .

With  the  exception  of  Stanley,  the 
most  famous  explorer  of  the  day  is 
George Kennan,  who  endured the rigor­
ous  weather  of  Siberia for  the  sake of 
ascertaining the  exact  condition  of  the 
penal and political  prisoners  of  Russia. 
How he managed  to  -evade  detection  at 
the hands  of  the  Russian  officials  and 
finally succeeded in leaving' the  country 
with so many  evidences of  brutality and 
barbarity, is little  short  of  miraculous. 
Those  who  have  read his articles in the 
Century during the  past  two  years will 
be glad to avail themselves of  the oppor­
tunity to hear his lecture,  which will be 
offered at Hartman’s Hall on the evening 
of  Jan.  16.  Tickets  to  the  lecture  are 
only 50 cents, which  ensures a large and 
appreciative audience.

B u sin ess  is  B u siness.
Life  Insurance  Agent  (out  West)— 
What did Mr.  Newcomer say ?
Assistant—He  wouldn’t talk  with  me 
at  all;  said  he  was  too  busy  to  think 
about life insurance.
“Well, I’ll hang  around  his  house to­
night  and  shoot  holes  through his win- j 
dows,  and when he comes  down  town in J 
the  morning  you  be  behind  a  fence in 
some  vacant  lot,  and  put  a  few  balls 
through the top of  his hat.  Then,  when 
he reaches his office,  I’ll drop in and talk 
life insurance again.”

B egin  th e   N ew   Y ear  B ight.

Those who need a set of new books with 
which  to  begin  the  new  year would do 
well  to  write  for  Gringhuis’  Itemized 
Ledger Sheet and Price  List  before pur­
chasing  elsewhere,  as his ledger requires 
only one book for book-keeping.  Gring­
huis’  Itemized Ledger Co., Grand Rapids,
Mich. 

_____  

m

P o rtra its   fo r  th e   H o lid ay s.

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 

satisfaction.

FO B  SA LE,  W A N TED ,  ETC.

'^ A d ^ rS se m e n ta ^ iriirb e ^ ttse rte T u n d G rT h ir^ a d fo r 
tw o  eentB  a   w ord  th e   first  insertion  an d   one cent a 
w ord  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th a n  *5 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

563

t f   y o u   w a n t   t o   e x c h a n g e   y o u r   s t o c k   o f
_L  goods fo r a farm , larg e o r smaU.  w rite  to   No.  563, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

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 y ear; good location; 
population of vUlage, 1,000;  easy  term s.  Address  No.
561, care Tradesm an. 

____________________561

OR SALE-CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  GRO- 
ceries.  boots  and  shoes,  hardw are  and  drugs, 
situ ated  in good  trad in g   p oint;  w ill  in ventory about 
$3,000;  sales fo r  p ast  th ree  years,  $12,000;  reason fo r 
selling, ow ner has  o th er  business.  Address  No.  559, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an.

F OR  SALE—T5-BBL.  FULL  ROLLER  MILIr—BOTH 

w ater and steam  power, n e a r tw o  good  railroads; 
good tow n and doing good business;  good  reasons fo r 
selling.  Address Thomas Hoyland, Howell. Mich.  ^

WANTED—I  WANT  TO  CONSOLIDATE  STOCKS 

w ith a  m an who has a  good tra d e ;  I have a  stock 
of clothing  w orth  $6,000  and  th oroughly  understand 
th e business.  Address, No. 555, care  M ichigan  Trades-  | 
m an.
K r \   PER  CENT.  PER  ANNUM—OWNER OF  RETAIL 
O U   grocery wishes to engage in  exclusive  w holesale  | 
business  an d   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.  \

555

T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX-  ( 
1   change fo r stock of goods, Grand R apids  city  prop  I 
erty , or will sell on easy p aym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e  best of soU, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin. G rand Rapids, Mich.
________ OFFER  FOR  SALE,  ON  VERY
_ 
favorable term s, th e F.  H. E seott d rug stock, a t 75
Canal street. Grand Rapids,  H azeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $1,000. 

C, L. B rundage, M uskegon  Mich. 

OR  SALE—THE  FINEST  DRUG 
city of M uskegon a t 75 cents on

Fo th er business.
F o r   s a l e - a   g o o d   g r o c e r y   b u s in e s s   h a v in g
the cream  of th e trad e;  best  location  in   th e  c ity ; 
stock clean and well assorted; th is is a  ra re  chance fo r 
an y  one to  g e t a  good  p ay in g   business;  poor  h e a lth  
th e only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  K alam azoo,  Mich.

STORE  IN  THE  I
j

______________ 531
th e dollar; reasons

____________  

SITUATIONS WANTED.

business.  Address 569, care M ichigan Tradesm an.

cist,  o r  would  buy  in te rest  in   desirable  drug 

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

cery store;  four  years*  experience;  good  refer­

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

560

MISCELLANEOUS.

N o tice  to   S to c k h o ld e rs.

F o r  s a l e - m a c h in e r y —c o m p l e t e  o u t f it   f o r

saw m ill and  hoop  facto ry ;  second-hand  engines 
The annual meeting of the stockholders 
and steam  pum ps; larg e stock of new and second-hand  I 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Rail­
wood  w orking  m achinery;  w rite  fo r  prices.  F.  B. 
W iggins & Co., M achinery  Depot, E ast Saginaw , Mich.
road  Co.  will  be  held  at  the  general 
office, in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., 
B e g in   t h e   n e w   y e a r   b y   d is c a r d in g   t h e
annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  adopting  in 
on  Wednesday,  March  5,  1890,  at  1
--- 
.  its place th e T radesm an C redit  Coupon.  Send  $1  fo r
o’clock D.  m., for the election of  thirteen  sam ple order, w hich .win be sen t  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe
directors constituting  a  board  to  serve  _^ a m pi .ics  o f   t w o   k in d s   o f   c o u p o n s 
f o r  
for the ensuing year,  and  for  the  traus-  ¡o   retailers w ill be  sent  free  to  any  dealer who will 
action Of such Other  business  as may be I  Write fo r them  to  th e  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book .Oo.‘
presented at the meeting.

------------------ „  , 

Albany, N. Y.

- 

The Michigan Tradesman

AMONG  TH E  TRADE.

G R A N D   R A P ID S   G O SSIP.

The  Wood  Carriage  Co.  succeeds  Ar­
thur Wood in the carriage manufacturing
business.  __________  

Jay Marlatt is now located  in  his new 
store on Stocking  street, between  Third 
and Fourth streets.

.

It  is  reported  that  negotiations  are 
about concluded for the sale of the retail 
market  of  the Wm.  Steele  Packingoand 
Provision  Co.  to  W.  G.  Sinclair.  The 
transfer will occur about the 15th.

The  copartnership  of  Delbridge  & 
Weeks, cigar manufacturers at 341 South 
Division  street, has  been  dissolved  by 
mutual  consent,  M.  D. Weeks  retiring. 
The business will be continued under the 
former style of J.  K.  Delbridge.

The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
Co. has opened an office and salesroom at 
34 East Fourteenth  street, corner Broad­
way, New York, which  will  handle  the 
trade  of  the New England  and  Eastern 
States.  E. W. Irwin,  assistant superin­
tendent of  agencies, will  have the  man­
agement of the branch house.

The Wilson drug failure, at Sand Lake, 
has every appearance  of  being  a  steal. 
An appraisement of the stock by John D# 
Muir and F. D. Rice  reveals  stock to the 
value of  $2,300, a  portion  of which was 
found  secreted in closets and  out-build­
ings.  The  attaching  creditors,  whose 
claims amount  to  about  $1,500, propose 
to  fight  the  mortgages  on  the  stock, 
which amount to  $3,800, on  the  ground 
that they are  fraudulent.  One  of  the 
worst phases of the failure  is  the  utter­
ing of  a mortgage for $8,000 on  his  two 
farms, near Rockford, to  his wife, which 
was placed on record December 27.

that  if  they would only return his sacks 
he  would fill them  again;  but  he  could 
not  send them any money, as  it took  all 
he had  to  pay for the  potatoes  he  had 
bought.

M A N U FA C TU R IN G   M A TT ER S.

Hillsdale—Chas. Bach, of  the carriage 
manufacturing firm of  Allis  &  Bach, is 
dead.

Cedar  Springs—E. G. Carpenter  & Co. 
will  shortly change  their  grist  mill  to 
full roller process.

Detroit—Ford  H.  Rogers,  Horace  M. 
Dean and Ford  D. C.  Hinchman have in- 
orporated the  Detroit Yarnish Co.,  with 
a capital stock of $5,000.

Detroit—Burnham, Stoepel & Co., have 
renewed their special copartnership with 
David  Whitney,  Jr.,  under  which  Mr. 
Whitney  contributes  to 
the  common 
stock $100,000.

Lansing—Marple,  French  &  Co. have 
merged  their  business—manufacturing 
and  jobbing  confectioners—into a stock 
company under the style of  the  Marple- 
French-McGrath  Co.  The  paid in capi­
tal  stock  of  the  corporation is  $15,000. 
W.  H. Marple  will  serve  the  establish­
ment in the capacity of  President, W. E. 
French as  Yice-President  and  Fred  H. 
McGrath as Secretary and Treasurer.

West  Bay  City—January 1  closed  up 
the firm name of Mosher & Fisher, which 
was one of the best known and most sub 
stautial  lumber  firms  on  the  Saginaw 
River.  Hon. S. O. Fisher will  continue 
business  at  the  old stand, while Alfred 
Mosher,  Sr.,  and  Alfred  Mosher,  Jr., 
father  and  son, will  set sail on the bus 
iness  sea  together  at  Bay  City,  a  very 
substantial  firm  financially,  which  will 
doubtless  handle  no 
inconsiderable 
amount of  the pine product.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

Harriette—Mr. Cole  has  added  a  line 

of  groceries to his meat business.

Jackson—E.  Y.  Hogle  succeeds  Geo.
W. Watrous  in  the  boot  and  shoe bus­
iness.
Cadillac—Chas.  H.  St.  Clair  succeeds 
St. Clair & Dandridge in the undertaking 
business.

Tecumseh—John  Whitenach,  of 

the 
hardware firm  of  Whitenach,  Bodine & 
Co., is dead.

Three  Rivers—Chas.  Loudick  &  Co. 
succeed Avery & Myers in  the meat mar­
ket business.

Jackson —G.  W.  Lombard  succeeds 
Lombard  &  Rounds  in  the  drug  and 
bottling business.

Greenville—W.  G.  Nelson  succeeds 
Nelson  &  Crittenden  in  the  book  and 
stationery  business.

Gladstone—Van Atta &Cook, clothiers, 
have assigned.  Liabilities,  $15,000;  as- 
'sets about an offset.

Muskegon — August  Riedel  succeeds 
R. P. Anderson & Co. in the produce and 
commission business.

Blanchard—Mr.  Decker, late  of  Lake- 
view, succeeds A. W. Stevenson  as clerk 
in the L. M. Mills drug store.

Sparta—The  C.  M.  Shaw  drug  stock 
was  bid  in  at  chattel  mortgage sale by 
Mr.  Shaw’s mother, who  will  hold it un­
til a purchaser can be found.

Chelsea — G.  P.  Glazier’s  warehouse 
burned  on  December 30.  About  20,000 
pounds of  wool were  stored in the build­
ing.  Loss, about  $8,000;  nearly covered 
by  insurance.

Muskegon—August Riedel  has  retired 
from the commission firm  of  C. C. Moul­
ton & Co.  The business will  be contin­
ued by the remaining  partner under  the 
style of C. C. Moulton 

Battle  Creek—Geo.  T.  Chamberlain, 
the Hartford druggist,  has purchased the 
M.  L. Pierce  drug  stock  and  will place 
the  same in charge of  his  brother, Fred 
Chamberlain,  of  Grand  Rapids.

Hamilton—H.  Randolph 

and  J.  E. 
Young  have  retired  from  the  milling 
firm of  Harvey, Randolph  &  Co.  The 
new firm, composed of  John Harvey and 
P.  H. Benjamin, will be known as Harvey 
& Benjamin.

Detroit—The Roby Transportation Co., 
with a capital  stock of  $700,000, all paid 
in,  has  been  incorporated  by  Geo.  W. 
Roby, of  Detroit,  and  L. C. Waldo  and 
•  John  Duddleson,  of  Ludington,  for  the 
purpose  of  running  a  line  of  boats  on 
the lakes.

Muskegon—The  hardware  stock  of 
Peter Wierenga has been attached by the 
Gunn Hardware  Co. on a claim for $251.- 
83.  The attachment  is  subject  to  two 
chattel  mortgages, one  for  $500  being 
held by Foster, Stevens & Co.

Detroit—Johnson, Nelson  &  Co.  have 
filed articles of  incorporation  to  engage 
in the drug business.  The capital stock, 
paid  in,  is  $47,000, of  which  Waldo M. 
Johnson  holds  500  shares;  William C. 
Johnson, 2,200;  William  C.  Johnson,  as 
trustee, 500;  Edwin H. Nelson, 500; Wm. 
L. Baker, 500;  Harry G. Baker, 400.

Northport—A merchant  here  shipped 
700 bushels  of  potatoes  to  a  Cleveland 
commission  house,  early in the fall.  A 
few  days  ago  he  received a letter from 
the  Cleveland firm saying, that they had 
sold the  potatoes  and  wanted  $5  more 
than  they realized from  the  sale  to  re­
compense  them.  The  merchant  wrote

G rip sa c k  B rig a d e .

Ed. Frick is laid up with “La Grippe.’ 
Wm.  H. Downs is in Detroit this week 
samples  at 

spring 

getting  out  his 
S. Simon & Co.’s.

Chas.  Witham,  the  Saginaw  traveler, 
was married a few days ago to Miss Mag 
gie Saunders, of this city.

A. A. Smith, the Lansing  traveler, has 
engaged with Beecher, Peck  & Lewis, of 
Detroit, for  another  year,  covering  the 
same territory as before.

M.  K.  Walton,  traveling  representa­
tive for Felix &  Marston, is  spending  a 
week in the house at Chicago, getting out 
his samples for the spring trade.

Ernest Stevens has severed his connec­
tion with Jennings & Smith.  He is suc­
ceeded  by  Edwin  N.  Morgan, who will 
cover the same  territory as  Mr. Stevens.
I. M. Clark & Son  announce that there 
will be no  further  change  in their road 
force at present.  The territory formerly 
covered  by  “Dick” Warner will be made 
by the other men.

The traveling men  of  the  city are  re 
quested  to meet at Sweet’s Hotel  Satur­
day  evening,  January  11, for  the  pur­
pose of making arrangements  for the an­
nual social party, which will probably be 
held on February 7 or 14.

The  horrible “roasting” accorded  the 
Northern  Hotel,  at  Big  Rapids, at  the 
convention of  traveling  men at  Lansing 
a few days ago, would  seem  to  indicate 
that  the landlord of  that extortion  shop 
is about the  most  unpopular  hotel man 
in the State.

Geo. W.  Stowits, who  has  traveled  in 
years  past  for  Allen  Bros.,  Gourlay 
Bros.  &  Co.,  Stanley  &  Schroeder,  and 
the Tower  Clothing Co., has  engaged  to 
represent  the  Ohio  Suspender  Co.,  of 
Mansfield, Ohio.  He will  make  Grand 
Rapids his headquarters, the  same as be­
fore, covering the entire State.

The  sympathy  of  the  traveling  fra­
ternity will  go out to Henry Dawley and 
wife in their great  bereavement over the 
loss of  their  only child,  a beautiful five- 
year-old daughter,  named Cleo.  She was 
attacked  on  Monday  night  with  diph­
theria  and  died  on  Friday*  afternoon. 
The  interment  took  place  on  Saturday 
afternoon.

The  Travelers’  Club has  been  organ­
ized  at  Detroit,  with a capital  stock of 
$5,000, in $10  shares,  and  with  the fol­
lowing  officers:  President,  M. B. Mills; 
First Vice-President, George L. Sampson: 
Second Yice-President,  Thomas Sinclair; 
Secretary,  M.  J.  Matthews;  Treasurer,
J.  F.  Cooper;  directors,  the  foregoing 
officers and F.  A. Gaylord,  T. J. Paxton, 
T. J. Chamberlain and  Thomas McLeod. 
The  second  and  third floors  of  Swan’s 
building  will  be 
into  finely 
equipped club  rooms.  Billiard,  lunch, 
reception and reading  rooms  will be the 
features.

turned 

B a n k   N o tes.

Banking business  at  Climax was  sus­
pended  on Monday until an expert  from 
Detroit played the open sesame racket on 
a balky lock.

The People’s Savings Bank,  of Detroit, 
has  presented $500 to  S. B. Coleman, for 
many years Cashier of the bank,  who  re­
signed  recently to  become  Treasurer  of 
the National Loan and Investment Co.

Driggert,  Sacket  &  Co., of  Chicago, 
have purchased  the  banking business of 
Nesbitt &  Miller,  at  Schoolcraft.  The 
name of the institution will  hereafter be 
the Kalamazoo  County Bank.  The firm 
now owns twenty banks  outside  of  the 
home bank at Chicago.

Dorr correspondence  Allegan Journal: 
“We  see  by T h e  T r a d esm a n  that  the 
leaders  of  the  P.  of  I.  at  North  Dorr 
have been arrested  for  breaking into the 
school house, and we are  informed,  also, 
that  they  have  played  several  under­
handed  pranks  on  innocent  people  on 
their way home  at  night;  and  one  man 
says he has watched  his  property with a 
shotgun  for  several  nights and says the 
man who attempts to damage his property 
again  will do so at the  peril of  his  life.
If  this is the end and aim of  the P.  of  I. 
at North  Dorr, they will  soon  reach the 
end of  their rope.”

Shelby  correspondence  Montague  Ob­
server:  “It  has  been  predicted  by  the 
opponents  of  the  Patrons  of  Industry 
that that  organization will  not be a long 
lived  one.  Whether  these  prophecies 
will  prove  true  or  not,  remains  to  be 
seen;  but there  are, even  at  this  early 
day,  tokens  which,  to  the  careful  ob­
server,  would indicate  weakness in their 
ranks. 
I  refer to the,  in  some  circles 
proposed  mode  of  raising  money  by 
amusements  of  an  objectionable  char 
acter. with which to carry on their work 
There  seems  to  be  a desire  to  pattern 
after  certain  societies  who  think  that 
the object they have in view qualifies the 
means  used.”

A  Fenwick  correspondent  writes  as 
follows :  “I  am  well  pleased to see the 
interest  you  take in the'trade and in ex 
posing  the  P.  of  I.  fraud.  As  I  look 
upon it,  it is the greatest  fraud ever per­
petrated  on 
the  farming  community 
We now have a P. of I.  store in Fenwick 
Thompson Bros, have entered into a con 
tract  for  six  months  to  sell  for 12 per 
cent,  and  pay their own  freight, but are 
not making a very large  showing  yet. 
do not think it has hurt me as  yet.  ‘Fair 
dealing  with  all  at  one  price’  is  my 
motto,  and  I  do not  believe  that  any 
other way of  dealing  will  do in this day 
and age of  the world.  1 think the P. of I 
is a short  lived  thing,  as  they  are  not 
united  and  will  not  hold together,  and 
there  is  no  foundation  to  the  order, 
Keep on showing them up to  the  public 
and I believe  right  will  prevail  in  the 
end.”

Farm and Fireside: 

“Success in any 
co-operative  movement  among farmers 
for the purpose of  buying their supplies 
cheaper,  depends  nearly  altogether  on 
whether the cash or  credit system is fol 
lowed.  The organization  of  farmers  in 
Michigan,  mentioned  in  former  issues, 
adopted the spot cash plan,  and  to  this 
can safely be attributed  its  success. 
It 
accomplishes  much by doing  away  with 
the  surplus  of  middlemen, but  it  does 
more by following the strict cash system. 
It is  the  keystone  of  the  organization. 
But this  particular  organization  has  no 
monopoly of the plan.  It can be adopted 
by  any  farmers’  club  or  neighborhood 
association.  There is a cash  market  for 
farm products,  and  farmers  should  buy 
for cash. 
It  is  to the mutual advantage 
of  the  honest  buyer  and  seller.  The 
buyer  gets  more  goods  for  his money, 
and the merchant runs no risk  and  does 
not try to collect his bad  debts  from  his 
! paying  customers. 
It is the ‘dead beat’ 
that- gets  left  when  the  pay-as-you-go 
plan is strictly followed.  Cash enforces 
honesty.”

P ro b a b ly  a n   O v erestim ate.

It  has  been  estimated 

that  about 
twenty-five  tons  of  quinine  pills  have 
been consumed in this country during the 
1 last two weeks.
Philadelphia,  according  to the Record, 
eats in the course of  the year 200,000,000 
eggs, of  which  seven-eighths  come from 
| Iowa, Kansas,  Minnesota and  Nebraska, 
packed 
in  refrigerator  cars  holding 
144,000 each. 

_  ______
K n ew   th e   S igns.

“Ma, the minister is coming.”
“What makes you think so?  Did you 
“No;  but I saw pa take the parrot and 

see him?”
lock it up in the stable.”

L IO N
IGOFFEE

M e r c h 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 a®d 
varnished  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
Inside each 
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Every  Wide - M e   Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE KING OF GOFFERS,

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

»  only in one pound packages. 

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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

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

VVoolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

IF  YOU  WANT

The B est

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Sauerkraut,

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer

SHOW  GI8ESI

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

6-ft  case,  sqifare, with  metal Gomera,  same  priße.

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

HEYMRN 1 ßOMPÄNY,

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET,

Grand  Rapids,

Mich,

J. H. P.  Hu g h a k t,  Secretary.
S lig h tly   D isa p p o in te d .

A drummer had a little grip 
A very neat affair,
And when out on a business trip 
He lugged it everywhere;
H is lin e  w a s g e m s a n d  je w e lry ,
O f w h ic h  h e  so ld  a  p i le ;
He moved in high society,
A n d  p u t o n  lo ts o f sty le .

H e  lo st h is  little  g rip —
A nd th e n  g a v e  h im  th e   slip .

While out upon the road one day,
S om e v illa in   s n a tc h e d  th e  th in g  aw a y  
The robber thought his haul would bring 
•  At least ten thousand dollars,
But .In it there was not a thing 
Save dirty socks and  collars.

V ISITING  BUYERS.

Vriesland 

New Richmond 

P Kinney, A ltona
G H W albrink, Allendale 
N otier & Verschuer, H olland |
E S Botsford, D orr 
J F  H acker, C orinth
E zra Brown,  Englishville 
J  V C randall & Co.,Sand L k J
R B McCulloch, Berlin 
Geo M eijering, Vries land  ■
W H Hicks, Morley 
S H Ballard, S parta
J  J M arr, Spring Grove 
DenH erder & Tam's,
H am ilton & Muiliken,
Traverse City 
Cole & Chapel, Ada 
S McNitt. Byron C enter 
W R Lawton,  Berlin 
Blakeley Bros , Fife Lake 
Mills & Mills, Ashland 
A W F enton. Bailey 
C A W airen, Orono
D E W atters, F reeport
w  WatFon, Y ankee Springs N Bouma, F isher
Heindel & Miller,TwinLake 
C H Smeed & Co  .
John D am stra, Gitchell 
H M eijering. Jam estow n 
P  Bresnaham , P arnell 
John De Vries.  Jam estow n 
J  S Dennis, B u ttern u t 
John Sm ith, Ada 
N  F Miller. Lisbon 
Sm allegan & Pickaard.
J  Kinney, Kinney 
I,"Fowler, Lake Odessa 
G Ten H oor,  F orest  Grove 
J  R aym ond, Berlin 
Roscoe & Speicher,
F  E Deming, F reeport 
Mancelona
S Sheldon, Pierson 
T Van E enenaam ,  Zeeland 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n 
W m Black, Cedar Springs 
L Miner; Fisher Station 
W M cWilliams, Conklin 
W alling Bros., L am ont 
DeKruif, Boone & Co.,
Coburn & Co.. Petoskey 
Zeeland
Geo R Bates.  H art 
J  R H arrison, S parta 
M J Butler, Sand Lake 
P  Buwalda. H am ilton 
A M C hur  h,  Englishville 
H erder & Lahnis,  “
W mVerM eulen.BeaverDam Eli R unnels, C om ing 
S J  M artin, Sullivan 
8 T McLellan, Denison
C S Comstock, Pierson 
J  Reddering, D renthe

Zeeland  C E Eddy, G rattan

Forest Grove

F, R. W tlriM ri  X

Exclusive Jobbers of

DRY  60QD8, HOSIERY, 

NOTIONS, UNDERWERR,

19  &  91  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

WANTED.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any  of  the  above  goods t«. 
ship,  or anything in  the  Produce  line, let 
ns hear  from  you.  Liberal cash  advances 
made  when  desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s

157 South  W ater S t.,  CHICA GO. 

Reference:  F i r s t   N a t i o n a l   B a n k ,  Chicago. 
Mi c h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapide.

GEO.  H. REEDER,

S t a te   A g e n t

and Jobber of

Lycoming  Rubbers
Medium Price Sloes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
DETROIT  NEWS  COMPIMY,
STATIONERY,  FANCY  GOODS, 

WHOLESALE

PERIODICALS.

BOOKS,
The larg est and m ost com plete line of  above  goods In  A ,  
th e S  ate, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers are in v ited  to 
call.  Send fo r o u r circulars and p rice lists.
Corner Larned  and  Wayn©  Sts.,  Detroit.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  IS  NOW  COMPLETE. 

E. W, HILL PLITING WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

Nickle and Silver Plating
and Front Sts., Grand Rapide

A n  U n a p p re c ia te d   P a rtn e r.

Bilkins—How is business,  Wilkins?
Wilkins—Can’t  make  it  go.  At  this I 
rate I’ll be bankrupt  in  another  month.
I don’t seem to  have  any head  for  bus­
iness.
Bilkins—No,  you  haven’t;  but  you 
have a good stand, and  if you’ll promise 
to keep hands off and let  me run  things, 
I’ll go in with you as partner.
Wilkins—Done.  A friend in need is  a 
friend indeed.
Guest of Mr. Wilkins  (ten  years after) 
—What a magnificent  place yon have !— 
everything  that  wealth  could  buy  or 
heart wish !  You have been wonderfully 
prosperous,  Mr.  Wilkins.
Mr. Wilkins  (sadly)—True,  but  after 
all I get only half the profits of  my great 
establishment. 
I  just  tell you, my old 
friend, the mistake of my life was in tak­
ing in a partner.

The Bank of France has at the present 

$250,000,000 in gold in its cellars.
Dry  Goods•
Prices  Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A ... 
Atlanta A. A.

Beaver Dam  A A.
Blackstone O, 32. 
Chapman............
Comet.................
Clifton CCC.......
Conqueror XX...
Dwight Star........
Exeter A.............
Full Yard W ide.. 
Great Falls E —  
Honest Width....

Beats All...........
Cleveland........
Cabot.................
Cabot,  %...........
Dwight Anchor. 
sho
Edwards............
Empire..............
Farwell.............

“ 

“ 

Integrity XX........... 5*
.  634 King, E F ................
634
“  E X ................
654
.  4M
•  7M “  EC, 32 in ...... 534
.  5% Lawrence L L......... 534
•  634 New  Market B........ 53»
.  5 Noibe R .................. 554
.  4 Newton................... 644
.  734 Onr Level  Best...... 7
.  7 Riverside XX.......... 454
•  634 Sea Island R........... 654
.  5 Sharon B  ............... 654
•  734 Top of the  Heap__ 734
..  634 William8ville.......... 7
..  6% Comet,  40 in ........... 834
.  7 Carlisle  “ 
........... 734
734
..  654 
..  534
kCHEE
..  8 First Prize.............. 7
..  4 34 Fruit of the Loom % 8
.  7 Fairmount.............. 434
• ■  734 Lonsdale Cambric.. 1034
• •  654 Lonsdale................ 834
..  9 Middlesex.............
554
s.  854 No Name...............
734
6
..  6 Oak View..............
..  7 Our Own...............
534
Sunlight................
434
Vinyard.................
834
..  8% 
..  734

New MarketL,40in.

COTTONS.

HALF  BLEACHED  C4TT0NS.

Cabot.......................  734|DwightAnchor.
Farwell................... 75íl

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

“ 

Tremont N ..........
Hamilton N........
L.........
Middlesex  AT...
X......
No. 25.
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Middlesex No.  1— 10
“  2....11
“  3....12
“  7....18
“ 
8....19

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

Hamilton N ......
Middlesex P T ..
A T .. 
“  XA..
X F ..
“ 

Middlesex A A........11
2 .............12
A O........1334
4....... 1734
5....... 16

9 
9
1034

“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
CORSET  JEANS.

............   6  INaumkeagsatteen..  7H
Biddeford 
Brunswick..............6*|Rockport.....................6*

PRINTS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Allen  staple...........  6  IMerrim’ck shirtings.  5*4
“  Reppfum.  8H
fancy.............  OK 
robes...........6V4 Pacific  fancy............ 6
robes..........  6lA
American  fancy—   6 
“ 
American indigo—   6V4 Portsmouth robes...  6 
American shirtings.  5341Simpson mourning..  634
greys..........634
Arnold 
solìdblack.  634 
Washington indigo.  634 
“  Turkey robes..  734
“  India robes___ 734
“  plain T’ky X 34  834 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................  6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34........ 734
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........  934
RiveTpolnt robes__  5
Windsor fancy..........634
gold  ticket 
indigo blue..........1034

“  —   634
long cloth B.1034 
“  C.  834
century cloth 7
gold seal...... 1034
Turkey red. .1034
Berlin solids...........   534
oil blue........  634
“  green —   634
Coeheco fancy........  6
madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  634 
staple...  6 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  634 
Merrimack D fancy.  634

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TICKINGS.

Amoskeag AC A ...,1334|Pearl River.............1234
Hamilton N .............  734Warren.....................14
DEMINS.
1334 iEverett....................1234
Amoskeag.
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15 Lawrence XX........ 1334
1234
Andover..................1134 [Lancaster

GINGHAMS.

Glenarven............. -  6« I Renfrew Dress
Lancashire..............  634 Toil du Nord...........
Normandie..............8 

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Peerless, white.......1834|Peerless,  colored.. .21

CARPET  WARP.

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Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association.

Muskegon.
President—C. L- W hitney, Muskegon. 
Brldgeman, Flint.
First Vice-President—C. T.
Boóond'vice-President-M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W. Parker, Owosso. 
executive Board—President;  Frank  Wells.Lanrfng, 
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City;  N. B.Blajn, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgeman,  Flint;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand 
Rapids, Secretary.
Conklin,  Grand  Rap
Committee on Insurance-^)
Committee  o n   L e g is la tio n —F r a n k   WeHs, 
it  ii  pane  AUe&r&n; C. H. May, Clio.
Committed on Trade totereste-Frank Hamilton, Trav 
erse City: Geo. R.  Hoyt,  Saginaw;  L.  w.  Sprague,
Committee on Transportation—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint, 
M. C. Sherwood. Allegan;  A. O. W h e W e r.  Majiistee.
Oommattee on Building  and Loan  Associations—i,"  ’
Blain, Lowell; F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs,  F. J. Lon 
nell.  Muskeg?».
Local Secretary—Jas  H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official Organ—T h b  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .______________
The following auxiliary  associations are oper­
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association-

No.  I —Traverse City B. M. A. 

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

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No. 8—Cowell  it. M. A.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.

No.  4—Grand  Bapids  M.  A.
No.  5—Muskegon B. M- A; 

President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King. 
President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn.__
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President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
President. John A. Müler;  Secretary. C. L. Whitney.
President. F. W. Slo&t; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin._____
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Wldger.-------
President, F. H. Thorsten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.

No. 7—D im ondale B. M. A.
‘  No. 8—E astport B. M. A.

No. 6—A lba B. M. A.

No. 9—Law rence B. M. A. 

N o .ll—Kingsley B. M. A. 
No. 13—Quincy B. M. A.
No. 13—Sherm an B. M. A.

President, H. M. M arshaR; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. 10—H arbor Springs B^M. A.
President. W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.__
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President. H. P. Whlnple; Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop.
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President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
President, H. B. Stnrtevant;  Secretary, W. J. Austin.
No  14—No. Muskegon B. M. A. 
President, S. A. Howev: Secretary, G. C. Havens. 
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President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. 
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President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco
P resident. Geo. H.  Anderson; S ecretary. J. A. Sidle.-----
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P resident. W arren P. W oodard; Secretary, S. Lam from . 
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P resident, D. F. W atson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe.------
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President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.------
President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.
President, John W. Hallett; Secretary, L  A. Lyon.----
P resident, J. E. Thurkow ;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

No. 15—Boyne City B. M. A.
No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A.
No. 17—P lainw ell B. M. A.
No.  18—Owosso B. M. A.
No.  19—Ada B. M. A.

No. 33—Grand  Ledge B. M. A.
No. 33—Carson City B. M. A. 

No. 30—sangatnek B. M. A.
No. 31—Way land B. M .A .

No. 24—Alorley  B.  M. A.
No. 25—Palo 1Î- M. A, 

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No  37—lio rr B. M.  A. 

No. 20—G r e e n v i l l e   K. M. A.

President. H. D. Pew ; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. 
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President. A. C. S atterlee;  Secreta ry , E. J. Clark.
President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. Q. Dozer.
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebroagh.
President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. 8. Houghtalmg
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Flenry.
President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
President,  L.  D.  B artholom ew ;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

No. 38—Cheboygan B. M. A 
No. 29—F reep o rt B. M. A.
No. 30—Oceana B. M. A.
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. 
No. 33—Coopersville B. M. A. 
NoT33—Charlevoix B. M. A. 

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President. H. T. Johnson;  S ecretary ,P . T. W illiams.

P resident, H. M. H em street; S ecretary, C. E. Densmore.

No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.
No.  35—B ellaire  B. 31. A.
No, 36—Ithaca  B,  31 • A.

President, O. F. Jackson;  S ecretary, Jo h n   M. Everden.

No. 37—B attle Creek B. AI. A. 

President,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  E. W. Moore.

P resident, H. E. Svm ons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

No. 38—Scottville B.  AI. A. 
No. 39 -B u rr Oak B. AI. A. 

President, W. S. W Uler; S ecretary,  F . W. Sheldon.

No. 40—Eaton R apids B. A4. A. 
P resident, C. T. H artson; S ecretary, W ill Em m ert.
No. 41—B reckenridge  B. AI. A. 
President, C. H.Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.
President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbnn 
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President, F ran k  J.L u ic k ;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. 
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President, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. 8m lth.
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, Q. A. Halladay. 
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President, W m. H utchins; S ecretary. B. M. Gould.

No. 42—F rem ont B. AI. A.
No. 43—T ustin B. AI. A.
No. 44—Keed City B. AI. A.
No. 45—H oytville B. AI. A.

No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.
No.  47—F lin t  AI.  U.

P resident, W. C. Pierce;  Secreta ry , W. H. Graham,

No. 48—H uhbardston B. AI. A. 
P resident, Boyd Redner; Secretary,pV . J. Tabor.
No. 49—Leroy  B  31. A.  " 
-Manistee B. Al. A.
No. 5 0 - ----

P resident,  A.  W enzel!; Secretary, F rank Smith.

President, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C.  Granm s.
No. 51—Cedar Springs  B.  AI.  A. 
No. 52—G rand H aven B. Al. A  

P resident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W . C. Congdon.

President, F rank Phelps;  S ecretary, A. E. Fitzgerald^

President, Thomas B. D ntcher;  Secretary, C. B. WaUer, 

President, A. S. Kedzle;  Secretary, F. D. Vo
No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A. 
, B. AI. A.
N o . 54—O o u g la L   J R —
N o .  55—P e t o s k e y   B. AI. A.
No. 56—Bangor  B.  AI.  A. 
No. 57—Rockford  B. M. A. 
No. 58—Fife Lake B. AI. A. 
No. 59—Fennville B. AI. A. 

President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
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President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
President, L. S. W alter; Se c re taij ,G.S  Blakely.
President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardm an B. AI. A. 
President, H. E. H ogan; Secretary, S. E. Nelhardt.
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President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, Jas. H  .Moore;  S ecretary, C. W.  Mnlholand.
President, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. K. Bell._______ _
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President, C. W. Robertson ; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

No.  61—H artford  B. AI. A. 
No  62—East haginaw AI. A. 

No. 63—h v a rt B. AI. A.
No. 64—M errill B. AI. A.
No. 65—K alkaska B. AI. A. 
No. 66—Lansing B. AI.  A. 
No. 67—W atervH et  B. AI. A. 

President, Alf. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.
President, Frank W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. H. Merrlfleld.
President. H. H.  Pope:  Secretary, E. T. YanQstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. AI. A. 
President, Lym an C lark; Secretary, F. S. WjUlson.
President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, W alter W ebster.
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck.

N o . 70—N a s h v i l l e  B..B4. A, 
No. 71—Ashley  B.  AI.  A,
No. 72—E<1 more B. AI. A.
No, 73—B e l d i n g  B. AI. A. 
No. 74—Davison  AI.  U. 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. W ebster.

No. 68—A llegan B. AI. A. 

President, J.  F. C artw right; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.

No. 75—Tecum seh  B.  AI.  A. 
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. AI. A. 
No.  77—South  Haven  B.  M.  A. 

President, S. B.McCamly;  Secretary.  Channcey Strong.

No. 78—Caledonia  B.  AI.  A 

P resident, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Yolney Ross.
President, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary. J. W. Sannders. 
Arm  B. Al. A. 
No. 79—K sit Jo rd an  and  No 
President, Chas.
Dixon;  Secretary, L. C. Madison.
No. 80—Bay City and W.  Bay  City  B. AI, A. 
P resident,F . L. H arrison;  Secretary. Lee E. Joslyn.

P resident,B . 8. W ebb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.

P resident. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary. A. E. Ransom.

N o . 81—Flushing B.  M. A. 
No.  82—Alma  B  AI.  A. 
No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A. 
No. 84—Standish B. M. A. 

P resident, L. P. W ilcox;  Secretary. W. R. Mandigo.

No. 85—Clio B. M. A.

President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
President. J. M. Beeroan;  Secretary, C. H. May.____ ___
No, 86—Alillbrook and Blanchard B. AI. A. 
President. T. W. Preston:  Secretary.  H.  P.  Blanchard.
No. 87—Shepherd B. AI. A.
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President, H. D. B ent;  Secretary, A. W. H urst.

i T he In su ra n c e  Record, fo r th e  P a s t Y ear.
The year of 1889,  aside from  its  enor­
mous  conflagrations,  brought  with  it 
many chauges to the  fire insurance field. 
The following companies were organized 
and commenced business during the year:
Paid  up 
capital.
Amsterdam Fire, New  York, N. Y...... $  200,000
Associated Manufacturers, Moline, HI..  Mutual
Denver, Denver, Col............................... 
aoo,uto
General Fire, New  York, N. Y ..............  Mutual
German-American, St. Paul, Minn.......  
JOU.Otu
Indiana Millers’, Indianapolis, Ind........  Mutual
Lumbermen's Mutual,  Chicago.............  Mutual
Omaha Fire,  Omaha, Neb  . . . ...............- 
oO,uuu
Parkersburg, Parkersburg, W. V a.... ...Not givn 
Phoenix of North Dakota, Minot, N. D..  100,000
Prudential  Fire, Boston, Mass..............  ajo,uuu
State Mutual, Hyde  Park, 111..............-•  ^gjtual
St. Paul German, St. Paul, Minn.... —   200,000
Texas Fire and Marine, San  Antonio.. 
120,OW
United Underwriters’, Atlanta, Ga........  150,000

business during the year:

Total..................................................
The following companies ceased  to  do 
Paid up 
capital. 
50,000
Amoskeag Fire, Manchester, N. H ... 
Atlantic F. & M., Providence, k. i  ......   SW*®
Atlantic F. & M., Providence, R. I  ..
ou.imi
Capital Fire, Nashua,  N. H ................... 
♦Fairfax Fire, Alexandria, V a... .................
20,WX)
Guaranty Fire, Great Falls,  N. H.........  
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn................... 
iuu,uuu
t o ®
Mascoma  Fire, Lebanon, N. H..............  
i
Merchants',  Lonisville...........................
Mobile  Fire, Mobile, Ala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   H®.«" |
Nashville Commercial, Nashville, Tenn  100,000
♦Oshkosh Mutual, Oshkosh, Wis............  Mutual
♦Security Fire, Spokane, Wash..............   Mutuai
♦State  Fire. Armiston, Ala.......................  Mutual
♦Topeka, Topeka, Kan.............................     Mutual
............................................................$  745,000
♦Failed.  Others re-insured.
The following increase and decrease in 
capital occurred during the year:

INCREASE.

ens &  Farrar.

Ketchum.
Jas. Croskery.

Chester—P.  C.  Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—Nixon &  Hubbell.
 a n f f i ’Grafton; W. YÜ !  “ ^ 1   C o u klin-W ilson^M cW illiam s
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E. F.  Shaw, Stev­
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
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.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent  City—R. McKinnon, M.  L. Whit-
Lake Odessar—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.

To.
$  250,000
200,000
400.000
1,500,000
300.000
$2,650,000

nings.

DECREASE.

From.
Albany, New York............ $  200,000
Falls  City, Louisville........  100,000
Firemen’s  Fire, Boston—   300,000
Springfield F. & M., Spring-
field, Mass........................  1,250,100
St. Paul German.................  200,(00
Increase...................... $2,050,000

Tli©  P .  o f I.  D e alers.

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m e n ts  A h e a d   o f  L a s t  Y ear.

T he  In te re s t  a n d   D iv id en d   D isb u rse- 

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

& Son, F.  H. Cowles.
Lee.

The following are the P.  o.f  I.  dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts :
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. Far- 
cell. 
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P. Lock, F. H. 
Goodby.

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. 
Riverdhle—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. 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  & 
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J. C.  Townsend. 
Williamston—Thos.  Horton.

From the New York Tribune.
There is  little  doubt  that  the coming 
month will witness  the heaviest corpora­
tion  disbursements  on account  of  divi­
dends and interest in the  history  of  the 
country.  There has been a large increase 
this year in the  issue  of  railway  bonds
and securities  of  various industrial cor­
rr a v irtu e   itlH  11 c t r i  ».1  PftF-
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porations,  while  in  a  number  of  cases 
increased  dividends  have  been declared 
to  stockholders.  An  authority  on  the 
subject presents a compilation of  figures 
showing  that  the  interest payments for 
1889 by railway and cognate corporations 
will amount to $238,370,242, against $210,- 
389,281 in 1888, an increase of $27,980,961, 
while the dividend payments will foot up 
to  $102,091,089,  against  $106,341,399  jn 
1888, a decrease of $4,250,310, leaving the 
total disbursements for interest and divi­
dends  at  $340,461,331,  compared  with 
$316,730,680 in 1888, a net  gain  of  $23,- 
730,651. 
It may be questioned, however, 
if the dividend payments of all incorpora­
tions in 1889 have not been  considerably 
in excess of the previous year,  and it is a 
gratifying  fact  that, in the  case  of  the 
railways,  in  nearly  every  instance, the 
dividends paid this  year have have been 
derived from actual profits received after 
a liberal expenditure out of  earnings for 
the improvement  of  the  physical condi­
tion of the property and additions  to  its 
equipment.
In the  foregoing  figures,  the  interest 
payments in  January, 1889,  are set down 
at $46,786,714, and the dividend payments 
at  $15,745,045,  a  total  of  $62,407,279. 
These payments were considerably in ex­
cess of any previous  January  for  which 
records  were  kept.  They indicated an 
increase  over  January,  1888,  of  about 
$17,000,000 in round  figures. 
It is diffi­
cult to measure closely the exact increase 
which January, 1890, will  show over the 
same month  of  1889.  The estimates of 
bankers  vary  considerably,  and  are 
doubtless  somewhat  influenced  by  the 
particular  amounts  paid  out  by  their 
firms or the organizations of  which  they 
are officers or directors.  These prelimi­
nary  estimates  range  from  10 to 25 per 
cent,  as the increase next  month  over  a 
year ago,  with  the  chances  pointing to 
the larger figure as  likely to be shown to 
be the  more  correct  when  complete re­
turns are made up.  There is to be noted, 
however, a  growing  disposition  on  the 
part of  railway companies and manufac­
turing  corporations,  in  making  new 
bonds to place  the  semi-annual  interest 
payments  at  some  other  periods  than 
January  and  July. 
It  is  a  tendency 
encouraged by many  bankers  and  trust 
companies, for  it  is obvious that a more 
general  distribution  of  these  disburse­
ments through the  year  would  conduce 
to the greater convenience of  the paying 
agents,  besides  reducing  to a minimum 
the friction caused by a necessary collec­
tion of  moneys  at  financial centers just 
previous  to  the  great  semi-annual out­
pourings.  To some extent it is believed 
that this change will tend to  keep  down 
the  amount  of  January  disbursements, 
but its influence as a factor in  the  gross 
amount  will  be  overwhelmed by the in­
crease in the number of  interest-bearing 
securities now in the market.
In regard to  payments  on  account  of 
bonds, the re-organization of  the debt of 
the  Atchinson,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe 
Railway  will  add  to  the  total  figures. 
The fixed charges of  this  company have 
been cut down from $9,4)75,769 to $5,629,- 
390.  But  only  a  comparatively  small 
amount of  the various odd issues of  the 
Atchinson bore interest payable  in  Jan­
uary and July.  The  payments  that fell 
due  on  January  1,  1889,  were  about 
$1,200,000 in round  numbers.  On  Jan­
uary 1, 1890,  the semi-annual interest on 
the new 4s will be payable in Boston and 
at the  Union  Trust  Company here,  and 
while it cannot be  determined  just  how 
much money will  be disbursed,  there  is 
From  th e Am erican D airym an.
due on that date about  $2,300,000, an in­
The  idea of  reducing  cows’  milk to a 
crease  of  fully $1,000,000  to  the  gross 
dry powder, and  shipping it in this  con­
amount of  interest payments of the com­
dition all over  the  world, seems to have 
ing month.
first originated with Dr. Krueger,  a Swiss 
•  In the  matter  of  dividend  payments, 
savant,  and  under  his  majiagement  a 
there will be some  important  increases 
company  was  organized  to  make  milk 
The  extra  dividend  of  thirty-four  per 
powder in Switzerland. 
cent,  in  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
It is claimed  that  milk  in this form is 
Company’s  stock  will  readily  come  to 
much  better  than  canned or  condensed 
mind, and this will give $600,000 more to 
milk;  for one  reason, it has  no  sugar in 
the  stockholders  than  was  received  at 
it. 
It is well known that condensed milk 
this time a  year ago.  Then the Yander 
cannot be used  in  many departments  of 
bilt  extra  dividends,  although  payable 
cooking  on  account  of  this  sugar,  and 
on  February  1,  are fairly chargeable  to 
this also  makes it objectionable  for  use 
January  statistics.  The  extra  %  per 
with very  young children, not that sugar 
cent, on New York  Central  will  add  to 
itself  is  injurious  to  babies,  for  .it  is 
last  year’s  record  $447,142;  the  extra 1 
always  put  into  their milk, we believe, 
per cent, on  Michigan  Central and  Can-; 
but it is better  that  this sugar be put in 
ada Southern  will  add  $391,382. 
It  is 
fresh at the  time of  preparing  milk  for 
not improbable that the  coupons paid by 
the  child.
railroads and nearly related corporations 
How far this  powdered  milk  will  an­
in  January will  reach  $57,000,000,  and 
swer these objections remains to be seen. 
the dividend payments  $18,000,000, mak­
One thing  is  certain, the  powder  would 
ing a total of  $75,000,000, or  an increase 
be  much  better  for  transportation  and 
of $13,000,000 over January, 1889.
more  handy to have  in  the  house  than 
In addition to these  disbursements are 
either plain or condensed  milk, provided 
•the government  and  State  payments  on 
it  is  a  success. 
It  looks  somewhat 
dubious  as  a  complete  substitute  for 
bonds. 
The  interest  coming  to  the 
holders of government  bonds necessarily 
plain milk, not only on account of neces­
sary  expense,  but  we  do  not  find  any 
lessens with the steady reduction  in  the 
kind of  food capable of being thoroughly 
national  debt.  The  interest  payments 
dried  and  afterward  made  over  with 
due  January 1 on  these  securities,  how­
ever, will amount to about $8,000,000.  If 
water so as to closely resemble  the  orig­
inal  article,  and  we  never expect to see 
to these amounts be added  the large pay­
ments on  manufacturing  and  industrial 
it done  with  cows’  milk.  Nature  has a 
securities and the municipal interest pay­
way of  mingling  these  things  that thus 
far man has not  been  able to closely im­
ments,  it does not seem  too liberal an es­
timate to place the  grand total of money 
itate.
obligations  of  this  sort  falling  due  in 
January,  1890,  at  from  $100,000,000  to 
T he W ool  S u p p ly   o f th e   U n ited  S ta te s.
$110,000,000.  But, however  statisticians 
The Boston Commercial  Bulletin’s an­
arrange figures,  there  is  a  concensus of 
nual  telegraphic  canvass  of  the  wool 
that  the  coming  month  will
opinion
supply in  the  United  States  shows  a 
empty into  the  laps  of  investors  more 
heavy increase  over  that  of  last  year. 
money  than  the  country  ever  before 
The  detailed and classified reports  from 
poured out in the same way.
the markets and the growers show a total 
In  previous  years  private  banking 
supply in  dealers’  hands  of  70,000,000 
firms were  more  freely  used  than  they 
pounds  of  domestic  and  15,000,000 
now are for the distribution of interest to 
pounds  of  foreign,  against  50,000,000 
bondholders  and  dividends 
to  stock­
pounds  of  domestic  and  17,000,000 
holders.  The  business  has  grown  so 
pounds of  foreign  in  1888.  The  New 
large and the work  has  become  so  bur­
York  and  Philadelphia  stocks  are  less 
densome  that  the  machinery  is  now in 
than those of last year, but Boston shows 
the hands of trust companies  and  banks
an increase  of  11,000,000  pounds  of da
mestic wool, and  most  of  the  smaller j almost altogether.  They receive  pay for 
markets  follow  the  lead  of  the  chief I their labors,  which  are greatly increased 
wool market  of the  country.  The  im-  by these duties.  The great railway cor- 
ports  of  clothing  wool  coming  from j porations  in  many cases  pay their  own 
abroad show a  decline  of  nearly 75  per j obligations  and  duly  advertise  them, 
| The banks pay their  own dividends,  and
cent. 
j the  manufacturing  and  miscellaneous
j corporations themselves  announce where
A. B. Schumaker, grocer  and  druggist, Grand j their interest and dividend  dues  may be
collected. 
In many cases  the payments 
Ledge:  “I would feel lost  without  your  paper 
of  corporations  are made in  more  than
every week.”

G ood  W o rd s  U nsoU cited. 

H.  C.  Breckenridge.

P o w d e re d   M ilk.

•   ■—-------------  

--------------— 

Co.

•:

From.
Current, New  Orleans......$  400,000

To.
300,000
Net increase, $500,000.
The gain in insurance  capital  for  the 
ear is:
By new  companies.................................
By increase of old capital......................  5uu,uuu

Gross increase...................• •• •.........
Less retired and failed  capital........  745,000
Net increase for year....................... $1,075,000
The following companies are in process 
of organization:  American  Union,  Chi­
cago, 111.;  Aurora Mutual,  Aurora,  111.; 
Chicago Mutual,  Chicago, 111.;  Danbury, 
Danbury,  Conn.;  Farmers’,  Merchants’ 
and Manufacturers’, Peoria, 111.;  Illinois 
Manufacturers’  Mutual,  Rockford,  111.; 
Michigan Business  Men’s Insurance Co., 
Grand  Rapids;  Interstate  Fire  Associa 
tion,  New Orleans, La.;  Mercantile Fire, 
Kansas City,  Mo.;  Merchants’  and Bank­
ers’, Chicago,  111.; Merchants’  and Manu­
facturers’, Seattle, Wash.;  Metropolitan 
Mutual, Aurora, 111.;  Mutual  Artisans’, 
Muscatine,  Iowa;  Mutual  Fire  Associa­
tion, Tacoma, Wash.;  Mutual  Fire,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.;  New  England.  New 
Britain,  Conn.;  Orchard  City  Mutual, 
Burlington,  Iowa;  People’s, Buffalo, N 
Y.;  People’s, Washington; Phoenix, Kan- 
City,  Mo.;  Sioux  Fire,  Sioux City, 
Iowa;  Winnebago, Oshkosh,  Wis.
D efending  M ichigan  B a rk .

X. B. Clark In  Shoe and L eath er Review.
I note  that  the  Shoe and Leather  Re­
porter  for  December 5 contains  the  fol­
lowing :
An analysis of  the  hemlock  bark  of 
various  sections,  made  by  Dr.  H.  E. 
Sturcke', the chemist,  shows  the  follow- 
relative  strength,  or  presence  of 
tannic  acid:  Wisconsin,  6  per  cent.; 
Michigan,  7.25;  Ohio, 7.25;  Canadian,  7; 
Alaskan, 7.30;  Pennsylvania, 8.50.”
I have  been  interested in the hemlock 
bark question for several years, and have 
witnessed a great  many  tests  as  to  the 
relative value of  bark  from the different 
sections,  and  from  what  1  know  of  it, 
will have to take issue  with Dr. Sturcke. 
He may have arrived at the  above  result 
by  using  inferior  and  thin  bark  from 
Michigan  and a No. 1 article  from Penn­
sylvania.  He can arrive at the same re­
sult  in  favor  of  Michigan  and  against 
Pennsylvania,  by taking  samples of  our 
medium  or  heavy bark  and  samples of 
thin bark growing on light soil pine lands 
of  Pennsylvania. 
I  claim,  and  can 
prove, that  bark  taken  from  the  same 
kinds of  land, of  the same  average heft, 
and cured in the same way, will not show 
1-10  per  cent, difference;  if  anything, it 
will  be  in  favor of  Northern Michigan, 
as against the best Pennsylvania.  1 have 
handled  both  kinds.  Dr. H. E. Sturcke, 
being  Vice-President  of  the  American 
Extract  Co.,  with  factory  in  Pennsyl­
vania,  has  had  opportunity  to  procure 
first-class samples of  Pennsylvania batk.

G ra ssh o p p e r  S oap.

According  to  a Hamburg  correspond­
ent,  an  “epoch-making”  invention  has 
been  made  in  Spain.  A Mr. Juan Her 
nandes  has  taken out a patent on a pro­
cess for making soap from grasshoppers 
a soap which is said  to  surpass  all  pro­
ducts heretofore made in fineness of fatty 
substance. 
Inasmuch  as  in  Spaiu  and 
other  Southern  European  countries,  to 
say  nothing  of  Central  Asia, grasshop­
pers  are  in  some  years  destroyed  in 
quantities  of 
thousands  of  hundred­
weight,  we may expect a ready and prac­
tical  utilization of  the  invention,  and to 
hear soon of  Spanish  Grasshopper Soap, 
especially  as  the  process  of  extracting 
the fat, and its simultaneous purification 
is said to be a very simple one.

There are 7,000 diamond  cutters out of 
work  in  Amsterdam  alone.  At a meet­
ing of  more than 1,000 of  them recently 
held there M.  Van  Praag  attributed the 
want of  work  chiefly to the high  prices 
of  raw  diamonds,  and  next to the  ten­
dency of  jewelers  to  trade  in  raw dia­
monds instead of  devoting themselves to 
their preparation for  the  market.  The 
speaker counseled  either  the  establish­
ment of  a  workingmen’s company, with 
500  grinding  stones  and  a  capital  of 
500,000  florins,  or  the  transfer  of  the 
trade to  London,  where  the  dealers  in 
raw diamonds and the owners of  the dia­
mond fields  were living.

Manistee  Democrat: 

“The  Business  Men’s 
Association will hold a meeting at the Tug Com­
pany’s office, Monday evening,  for  the  purpose 
of electing officers for the ensuing year, and also 
take action upon the early closing of  the  stores 
during the next three months.”

COOPER TOOLS

W e   e n d e a v o r  

to  c a r r y  

a sso r tm e n t.

a  fu ll

Foster, S tev en s  & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

GRAND

RAPIDS,  MICH.

H A R D W A R E .
Prices  Current.

MOLASSES SATES. 

Stebbln’s Pattern........................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25

dlS.

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

These  prices are  for cash buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.
AUSUBS AND BITS.
60
Ives’, old style  ..............................
60
Snell’s..............................................
40
Cook’s ..............................................
25
I Jennings’, genuine.........................
..50&10
j Jennings’,  Imitation......................
. 8  7 00 
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............
. . .   11  00
D.  B. Bronze.............
S. B. S. Steel................................  8 50
D. B. Steel...................................  13 00

BARROWS. 

dlS.
* 
»  <*>
dlS.
...................... 50*10
Stove...........................................
...................  
75
Carriage new list........................
Plow...............................................................40&^
Sleigh shoe....................................................

BOLTS. 

AXES.

50d to 60d.
lOd...........
8d and 9d. 
6d and 7d. 
4d and 5d.
3d.............
2d.............
4d... 
3d... 
2d...
12d to 30d
10d ...........
8d to 9d  .. 
6d to 7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d.............
%  inch.

BUCKETS.

FINE BLUED.

CASEINS AND BOX.

25 
10 
25 
40 
60 
1  00 
1  50
1  00
1  50
2 00
50 
60 
75 
90 
10 
1  50

 

1 15
1 80

 

 
dis.
 

BUTTS, CAST. 

BLOCKS.
CBADLES.
CROW BARS.

40
..  dis. 50&0S 
.per lb  434

Well,  plain....................................................® **  59
Well, swivel............................................. 
 
Cast Loose Pin, figured........ 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...............60&10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................
Wrought  Table..............................................
Wrought Inside Blind................................... 60&i.
Wrought Brass.......  .....................................
Blind,  Parker’s ...............................................7(*si„
Blind, Shepard’s ......................
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 
Grain............................................
Cast Steel......................................
Ely’s 1-10..............................................per m
Hick’s  C. F ...........................................
G. D .....................................................   „
Musket.................................................
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list..
Rim Fire, United States......................... dis.
Central  Fire............................................ dis.
Socket Firm er................................................70&10
Socket Framing...............................................“¡“ lU
Socket Comer........................................................10
Socket Slicks..................................................70&10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 
^9
Curry,  Lawrence’s ........................................ 
Hotchkiss...................................................... 
"
White Crayons, per  gross........ — 12@1234 dis. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
26
25
Cold RoUed, 14x56 and 14x60........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................  
25
27
¡-Bottoms.........................................................  
40
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
Paper and straight Shank............................. 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank.........................*.......... 
40

CHALK.
COFFER.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

DRILLS. 

combs. 

dis.

dlS.

dis.

“ 

DRIPPING PANS.

GRAIN  BAGS.
[Georgia..................16
...20 
__17  Pacific..................... 14
__16 
¡Burlap....................1134

Stark.................
American..........
Valley City........
Clark’s Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour’s ...
Marshall’s.
Coats’, J. & P ..........45 
Holyoke...

THREADS.

i
.22341
KNITTING  COTTON.
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14...
16...
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

..33
...34
...35
...36

6  ..
8...
10...
12...

...37
...38
“ 
*•  18... ....39
“  20... ....40

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Slater.........
White Star.

__  434 ¡Kid Glove...............   434
...  4341Newmarket.............  434
BED  FLANNEL.
...3234 T W ......................... 2234
F T -.......................-.3234
J R F , XXX............. 35
Buckeye.................. 3234

Fireman...
Creedmore.............. 2734
Talhot XXX............30
Nameless................ 2754
Grey SR W ............. 1734
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Western W  ............. 1834
Union R ..................2234
D R P .......................1834
Windsor..................1834
Flushing XXX........ 2334
6 oz Western.......... 21
Union  B ................. 2254 Manitoba................. 2334

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Severen, 8 oz...........  9541 Greenwood, 8 oz.... 1134
Mayland, 8oz......... 11  West  Point,8 oz....  934
Greenwood, 734 oz..  9341

White, doz..............20  I Per bale, 40 doz.... 87 25
Colored,  doz...........25 

|

DUCKS.

WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

(Pawtucket..............11
Slater, Iron Cross.. - ■ 9
IDundie...................   9
,
Red Cross—   9 
Best..............1034Bedford...................1034
Best AA...... 12341

“ 

CORSETS.

Coraline.................*9 50|Wonderful............84 75
Shilling’s ...............  9 00)Brighton............... 4 75

SEWING  SILK.

Corticelll  knitting, 
per 34oz  ball........30

Corticelli, doz......... 85
twist, doz.. 42 
50 yd,doz..42 
HOOKS AND EYES—FEB GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White.,10
..12
..12

(No  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“ 8 
-.20
“  10 
..25

No 2-20, M C. 
‘  3—18, S C..

PINS.
|No4—15, F  334........40
...50 
j 
...45 
COTTON  TAPE.
No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
No  2 White & Bl’k.. 12 
“  10 
.23
“ 4 
-.15
“  12 
..26
..18
“  6 
SAFETY  PINS.
....28 
|No3..

.36

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No2.

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James..................1  S0> Steamboat................  40
Crowely’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed................1  50
1 Marshall’s.............. 1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4...3 2515—4__ 1  95  6—4. ..2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

“ ....2  10 

...3 101

13 
gauges. 
hammers.

07
654

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Small sizes, ser pound.................................  
Large sizes, per  pound.................................  
Com. 4  piece, 6 in .............................doz. net
Corrugated........................................
Adjustable..............................................dis.  40&10
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826........................ 
30
Ives’, 1,818;  2, 824;  3,830 ............................. 
25
Disston’s ........................................................... 60* J*
New  American...............................................60<slu
Nicholson’s ................................................... 60&10
Heller’s ........................................................... 
50
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
28
18
15 
List 

piles—New List.  . 

GALVANIZED IRON

dlS.

dis.

14 

12 

Discount, B0&10

dis.

50

 

 

 

dlS.

“ 
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“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s......................
Maydole  & Co.’s .......................................dis.
Kip’s ..........................................................dis.
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dis. 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 ................................ dis.60&10
State............................................ per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 434 -14  and
longer.........................................................
Screw Hook and  Eye, 34................................... net 10
“ 
« 
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“  %...........................net  834
“ 
34...........................net  734
“ 
................... net  734

HORSE NAILS.

HOLLOW WARE

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Strap and T ........................................................ dis. 70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50*10
Champion,  antl-frictlon..............................   60*10
40
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
Pots............................... 
60
Kettles............................................................  
60
Spiders........................................................... 
60
Gray enameled............................................... 40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware......................... new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 3334 *10
Au Sable................................dis. 25&1O025&1O&O5
Putnam...........................................  
0?
dis. 10*10
Northwestern.............  
 
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......
RuBsell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
MaUory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ................
Branford’s .......................................
Norwalk’s .........................................
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .........
Adze Eye.......................................... 816.60, dis. 60
Hunt Bye.......................................... 815.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s  ...................................... 818.50, dis. 20*10.
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .................................... 
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry  & Clark’s................  
40
“  Enterprise.........................................  
25

levels.
MATTOCKS.

MAULS. 
mills. 

locks—DOOR.

dis.

dis.

dis.

i 

 

COMMON BARBEL.
.................................................   2 25

CLINCH.

 

 
 

 
 

“ 
“ 

85
75

dis.

t l a n e s. 

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

1*4 and  134 inch.................................................   1 35
2  and 234 
234 and 234 
3 inch.............................................................. 
334 and 434  inch............................................  
4 ,JU
70&
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................»............40@10
Sciota  Bench.................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy..........................40@10
Bench, first quality.......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............20*10
Fry,  Acme.............................................. dis. 
60
Common,  polished................................. dis. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
Copper Rivets and Bare................................ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
Broken packs 34c per pound extra.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

k iv e t s. 

PANS.

dis.

ROPES.

dis.

SQUARES.

Sisal, 34 inch and larger..............................   1134
Manilla  .........................................................  1334
75
................ 
Steel and Iron... 
60
................ 
Try and Bevels.. 
................ 
20
M itre.................
SHEET IRON.
Smooth. Com.
Cm
83  10
...84 20
Nos. 10 to  14..............................
3  10
...  4 20
Nos. 15 to 17..............................
3  20
...  4 20
Nos.  18 to 21..............................
3 25
...  4 20
Nos. 22 to 24 ......................................  4 20
..  4 40
3 35
Nos. 25 to 26...........................
...  4  60
3 45
No. 27......................................
over 30 Inches
All  sheets No. 18  and  ligh 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER.
List accL 19, ’86....................................... dis. 40*10
SASH CORD.
Silver Lake, White  A...............................list 
50
Drab A..................................  “ 
55
White  B...............................   “ 
50
Drab B..................................   “ 
55
35
White C...... .........................    “ 

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“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

dis.

wire. 

saws. 

traps. 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cats, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.............................................. 

Solid Eyes..............................................per ton 825
H and..........................................25@25&5
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
35
70
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s .... 
Hotchkiss’...................................................... 
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ................................... 
70
Mouse,  choker.....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion................................81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market...............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................   70'
Coppered Majket..........................................   60
Tinned Market.............................................   6234
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...........................  4 00
painted................................  3 40
Bright........................................................70*10*10
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
Bird Cages....................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern.........................................  
75
50’
Screws, New List........................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American...................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

wire goods. 

WRENCHES. 

dlS.

dis.

dlS.

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METALS,
PIG TIN.

7

ZINC.

26c
28C

SOLDER.

Pig  Large...................................................... 
Pig Bars.........................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 234c per pound.
660 pound  casks......... .................................    634
Per pound...................................................... 
34@34....................................................f.............16
Extra W iping..........................  
1334
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder m the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson..............................; .........per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................  
13
TEN—MBLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal..........................................8660
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on thlB grade, 81.75.

“ 

 
 
 

 

10xl4IC,  Charcoal....................................... 8 6 00
14x20IC, 
........................................   6 00
7 50
 
10x14 EX, 
14x20 IX, 
 
7  50

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

 
 
 

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ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
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“  Worcester................. i  ....  6 00
“ 
.......................  7 50
.....................   12 W
“ 
“  AUaway  Grade................  5 25
“ 
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6  75
 
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The Michigan Tradesman

Official Orgran of M ichigan Business Hen’s  Association.

A   W EE K L Y   JO U R N A L   BE V O T E D   TO  T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Woliferine State.

E. A. STOWE  &  BRO., Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates 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 8,  1890.

THE  BRAZILIAN  SITUATION.
While matters in  Brazil have not been 
moving with so much  smoothness as  the 
friends  of  the  new republic would  de­
sire, there is  no  evidence  that  the pro­
visional government has  lost its grasp of 
affairs.  The  chief,  General  Fonseca, 
who was said to be  dying,  was  not  crit­
ically ill,  and  the  Minister  of  Finance, 
Barboza, has sent  out a dispatch making 
a very fair explanation  of  some  of  the 
points on which there had been criticism, 
among the rest the  fixing  of  so  distant 
a date as November  next for the election 
of a Constituent Assembly.  The  inter­
val, it seems, is not  so great as was used 
on  a  corresponding occasion  under  the 
imperial government, nor is it more than 
is necessary under the  circumstances, in 
a country so large  and  so  sparsely peo­
pled as is  Brazil.  As  to  the  decree  in 
relation to the naturalization of  foreign­
ers, it appears that they need  not be nat­
uralized  if  they  prefer  to  retain  their 
present allegiance.

forward. 

No  doubt  European  governments, ex­
cepting  those  which  are  republican, or 
substantially that, would like to see Bra­
zil fall into anarchy, and recede from the 
path on which her  present  leaders  pro­
pose to move. 
Just  as  much  on  the 
other  side  it  is the  disposition,  as  it  is 
the interest, of this  country to hope that 
the  revolution  may  go  peacefully  and 
successfully 
The  United 
States will  not  be  too  hasty in  action 
while there remains  a  reasonable  doubt 
whether popular government  is really in 
preparation at Rio, and whether the Bra 
zilian  people  will  sustain  it, but  as  > 
counterweight  to European intrigues  of 
royalists, imperialists  and  aristocrats, it 
might be the duty of our republic to give 
its word of  encouragement  and  support 
earlier than  otherwise would  be  neces 
sary or appropriate. 
It would be a great 
mistake for the United States  not  to  es 
tablish itself as the  close  friend  of  the 
people  of  Brazil 
in  their  republican 
movement, for  aside  from  the principle 
involved, it  is  certain  that  in  the long 
run  tree  government  will win.  How 
ever we may have  respected Dom Pedro, 
his rule is ended, and the  chapter of  im 
perialism  closed.  The  accounts  from 
Rio  agree  that, whether  the  immediate 
future shall be quiet  or  disturbed,  there 
will be some sort of  popular government 
maintained.

The winter overcoat seems to be a back 

number.

The great strikes in Belgium  are  now 
Eollowed by famine  among  the  workinj 
people,  and  breadriots  are  impending 
it  seems  strange  and  unfortunate  that 
King Leopold,  who is doing so much for 
humanity abroad,  cannot  do  something 
to alleviate the troubles  and the wretch 
sdness of his own people at home.
■Congress  is  to  be  called  upon to ap 
jropriate several  million  dollars for the 
sducation of  the blacks of  the  Southern 
states.  Some  of  this  money  could  be 
lsed to advantage in educating  the  illit 
irate farmers of  Michigan who persist in 
dentifying themselves  with  every swin 
He which is brought to  their attention— 
patent  rights,  Bohemian  oats or P. of  I

Welcome the coming,  speed  the  part 
ng year!  It is with but few regrets that 
ve see 1889 take its departure. 
It was 
•ear of  calamities, disasters,  and disap 
sointments for the most part.  No doubt 
t  brought  us  gains,  which  the  future 
vill  disclose,  but  which  the  present 
nostly  hides.  Altogether  the  best  of 
:hese gains  we  can  recognize  has  been 
;he  collapse  of  so  many  of  the  Trust 
jonspiracies,  slain  not  by  the  statutes 
Put by economic  law.  Even this,  how 
3ver, has resulted  in  a  general  depres 
sion in the markets,  which  will prevent 
the  country  from  reaping  at  once  the 
benefits of  what  appears to be the  most 
solid revival of  our  industries  that  has 
been enjoyed since 1880.

The  charge  brought  by  Capt. O’Shea 
gainst Mr. Parnell  derives  no  credibil- 
ty from the record  and  character of  the 
ocuser, who is a political  adventurer  of 
he  worst  type.  And  while  it  is  true 
hat  many circumstances  seemed to give 
t the air of plausibility—almost, indeed, 
o  leave  scarcely any room  for doubt of 
ts truth—there will be some  regard paid 
o  the  fact  that  Mr. Parnell  defies  his 
iccuseTS  and  boldly  challenges the pro- 
luction  of  their  evidence  against  him. 
This  repeats,  so  far,  the  case  of  the 
iorged  letters;  in  that, too,  it  was  his 
irm  position  of  denial  and  defiance 
ivhich gave  the  public  confidence in his

clearness.  Undoubtedly,  should  he  fail 
in exculpation,  as Sir  Charles  Dilke did, 
may  be a grave  matter  as  to  its  in­
fluence  on  his  leadership  of  the  Irish 
people.  They  have  never  inclined  to 
tolerate  offenses of  that character,  after 
the easier fashion of  England.

A  NEW   SCIENCE  WANTED.

W ritten f o r  T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

More  than  anything  else, at the pres­
ent time, does the world need a science of 
distinguishing  the  real  from  the  sham 
that  department  known  as  human 
nature.  Every man  who  is  at  all  sus­
pected  of  possessing  a  grain  of  good 
nature, or a drop of  the “milk of  human 
kindness,”  is  besieged  more  or  less  by 
calls  from  the  unfortunate,  soliciting 
help in time of  trouble and that peculiar 
kind of  misfortune which knows no balm 
for broken hearts but ready money in the 
arious  kinds of  alms-giving  known  to 
civilized communities.  It is noticed that, 
in spite of  the  literally  unrivaled  pros­
perity  of  this  nation  during  the  past 
half-century, affording opportunities—all 
there is of  liberty in the  fullest  sense of 
the term—such as were never before in all 
the  history  of  nations," through  all  the 
annals of  mankind, still  the  throngs  of 
the  poor  and  needy seeking alms are in 
nowise diminished,  and it is evident that 
no imaginable increase of man’s product­
ive powers, with liberty to live free from 
the curse of  the  lower  wants,  can  alle­
viate  the 
in  many 
phases  of  vagrancy,  especially  of  the 
most “respectable” kind, where  the sub­
jects are clad in broadcloth  and silk,  the 
evil seems  to  have  increased a hundred 
fold by just  those  conditions  which  all 
former  generations 
supposed  would 
effectually  banish  poverty  and  trouble 
from the world.

trouble. 

Indeed, 

Increased  liberty  that  has  decreased 
the  cost of  living  beyond  all  that  was 
even  imagined  by the  wise  men  of  the 
past has only increased  the  misfortunes 
and  intensified  the  wants  of  a  certain 
very numerous  class of  society;  and this 
element,  from  the  common  tramp  and 
begger“ down  to  the  most dangerous of 
society’s  enemies—the  upper  tens  of 
vagrancy,  who  are  seeking to victimize 
the kindly disposed and the unwary—are 
constantly increasing in numbers as time 
goes on, until men’s hearts are  becoming 
hardened  against  all  unfortunates,  be 
thejr good or bad.

Is it possible ever to distinguish the real 
from the sham in the field of human weal 
and woe ?  It is believed that there is an 
almost  infallible  rule by which  the  be­
nevolent  can  protect  themselves  from 
impostors.  The  following  facts  in  the 
premises may be well  worth  considering 
by those who are-anxious to bestow their 
good-will offerings in the right place. 
It 
is  noticed  that  in  every  great  public 
calamity—of  fire,  flood,  or  epidemic— 
where  hosts are reduced  to extremity by 
unavoidable  misfortune,  those  who  are 
most unfortunate and worthy of receiving 
assistance are  always  the  most  shrink- 
ingly sensitive and  backward  in  letting 
their wants and woes be known, and that 
they  often  prefer  extremest  physical 
hardship  to  publicity,  and  have  to  be 
searched out by benevolent  givers, while 
the least unfortunate and most unworthy 
are  first  and  foremost  in  urging  their 
claims for relief.

In view of the fact of the great number 
of  applicants  for  bonuses in the various 
forms of  alms-seeking, through  personal 
appeals to men’s  feelings  or  by begging 
letters, it is well to remember  that those 
who  oftenest  appeal  to  the sympathies 
are  ever  least  entitled  to  sympathy. 
There is hardly any imaginable condition 
of  want  and  woe  that  can  drive  this 
character to ask  for  sympathy from  his 
fellow-beings, and the  greater  the  need 
and  the  worthiness  of  the  subject,  the 
more  impossible it is for  him  to  appear 
before those of  whom  he has  no right to 
seek assistance  and ask for help.  There 
are  certainly  laws  of  man’s  emotional 
nature,  as  clearly demonstrable as math­
ematics, or  other  departments of  nature 
and  human  experience, and  these  laws 
manifest themselves in the  most positive 
manner  in  morally  healthy subjects, in 
times  of  great  misfortune  and  intense 
sorrow,  as  well  as  at  the  opposite ex­
treme of emotion—great  joy and love.

From these  most  self-evident facts we 
are  able  to  demonstrate  with  positive 
certainty that, if  the  professed emotions 
of  the  average  beggar,  even  in  most 
angelic guise, were the  genuine  sorrows 
of  a really virtuous  and worthy subject, 
it would be utterly impossible for them to 
put on those appearances  before  strang­
ers, or  people outside the  circle of  near­
est friends, and  solicit  the  soothing ap­
plication of  a money balm to their lacer­
ated hearts, for, in a really sensitive and 
worthy  soul,  those  emotions  which are 
felt  the  deepest  are  the  impulses  that 
cannot  be  publicly professed, and must 
be borne in secret, where no eye but that 
of  the Omnipotent  Healer of  Spirits can 
penetrate.

And here is another  almost  infallable 
test as to the character  of  the applicant 
for help outside  of  strict business rules: 
Let him  Of  whom favors  are asked,  by 
those  who have no  right to special  bon­
uses,  perform  the  mental  operation  of 
putting himself  in  another’s  place  and 
reflect  upon how  it  would  seem  to  be

caught soliciting such favors of strangers, 
or others  where there is a  question as to 
the  proprieiy  of  the  action. 
It  will 
then  be  instantly  perceived  that,  as 
hardly any possible  contingencies  could 
drive an honest man to ask special favors 
under such conditions,  the one who thus 
solicits  help  must be a sham. 
It is seen 
that  genuine  manhood  cannot ask such 
favors as are solicited by this  vast  army 
of “unlucky” ones, in the guise of saints; 
and,  where  there  exist  deep,  strong 
emotions  such  as  appear  through  the 
professions  of  genteel  swindlers,  with 
their tears and  pathetic  appeal to men’s 
sympathies,  it  is  just  these  very emo­
tions that  cannot be professed and acted 
out in public  when  hearts are  touched. 
There cannot be a more  positive  demon­
stration of  the fact of  the existence of a 
certain law  of  the  emotions, in morally 
healthy subjects,  and on the other hand, 
the total  absence  of  what we may term 
emotional  health in the lapsed  elements 
of  human  nature;  and it is  certain that 
vehement  and  pathetic  shows  of  deep 
sorrow and great worthiness of receiving 
special  personal favors,  where  particu­
lar pains are taken  to  appear  as  signu- 
larly unfortunate and deserving,  indicate 
a total absence of the spirit that prompts 
sensitive  souls to deep  and genuine feel­
ing. 
It is true  that there may be excep­
tions to all general rules,  and it is better 
to  be  deceived  and  swindled  by  ten 
genteel  shams  than  to  turn  away  one 
genuine  case  of  real  need  and  moral 
worth;  but  there  need be but  little  ap­
prehension  of  turning  away  angels  in 
disguise, for the  genuine  species cannot 
appear in public  parading  their  special 
worthiness  and  peculiar  martyrdom  in 
the cause of virtue.

The specialists in the fine art  of  dead­
beating—actors in the drama  of  respect 
able  swindling — always  overdo  their 
work and act the part  of  worthy  unfor­
tunates,  through  affected  pathos,  with 
tears  and  agonized  outbursts  of  well 
simulated  sorrow  and  refinement.  Let 
this self-evident rule be once  understood 
as a scientific fact, and  the  professional 
saintly  vagrants  will  be  at  once  un 
masked, for their own words will condemn 
them,  and  their  schemes  will  become 
transparent at once.

Again, I say, let  the man who receives 
begging letters, couched in elegant terms 
of artistic supplication  and genteel—and 
often religious—sentiments, or  one  who 
is subject  to  personal  importunities for 
help, mentally  exchange  positions  with 
the applicant for aid.  Let him who has 
ever felt the weight  of a single deep sor 
row  or  misfortune—and  few  are  those 
who are exempt—imagine  himself as ap 
pearing  before  those  who  can  have no 
special  interest  in  his  welfare,  laying 
bare  his naked heart, pulsating with  all 
the  agonies  of  bereavement,  and  then 
requesting the gift or  loan  of  money as 
the one elixir  of  life  and  healing balm 
for a bleeding  heart  and  broken  spirit 
There is no mistake about  it,  when  the 
A B C of man’s healthy emotional nature 
is once understood, these artistic beggars 
will  have  to  either  reform  or  commit 
suicide, for it is  positively demonstrated 
to any one  who  gives  4;he subject a mo 
ment’s reflection that those who are really 
in need and who are at the same time the 
most worthy of receiving assistance from 
the benevolent  are  not  those  who hunt 
for the generous giver in public thorough 
fares and proclaim their woes  and  their 
virtues from the  housetops,  but the very 
reverse of all this. 
It is  those  who  are 
rarely found,  even by  the  most  diligent 
and skillful searchers, who are  as  much 
ashamed of  letting their actual condition 
be known and of  disclosing the secret  of 
their  virtuous  need  and  overburdened 
souls as are the shams  of  revealing  the 
actual  condition  of  their  lapsed  moral 
natures.

Thus, I have merely pointed  toward 
subject of immense and vital importance 
a field in which more  profound  thinkers 
would do well to start their plows.

Ch a s.  H.  Ba rlo w

A   M atter  of Econom y.

“Lots of time will be  saved  by  letter 
writers this year,”  said a very busy mer 
chant the other day.  He had improved 
breathing spell in his  working  hours  to 
scribble all over a piece of scratch paper 
the dates 1889 and 1890. 
“See here,” he 
continued, pointing  with  his  pen at the 
paper. 
“Do you know that I  can  write 
1890 much  faster  than  1889, although  I 
have had the advantage of a year’s  prac­
tice with the latter date? 
It is only  the 
difference  of  a  fraction  of a second, of 
course, but when you  add together those 
fractions  of  seconds hundreds  of  thou­
sands  of  millions  of  times,  they  go  to 
make  up  a  very  respectable  period  of 
time—perhaps  a  century  or  so,  in  all. 
We  haven’t  had  such  an  easy  date  to 
write as 1890 since  the  year  1860.  Ail 
the dates  from  1870  to  1889  have been 
awkward  for  penmen.  Try  it  a  few 
times  and  see  how  easily  you  can put 
1890 on paper.  Then next week you will 
wonder why you will  persist  in  writing 
the awkward 1889  and  scratching it out 
again.  But you’ll do it all the  same.”
A dvocating  B etter W agon  Roads. 
From  th e  M anistee Dem ocrat.
T h e  Mic h ig a n  T ra d esm a n  has  of 
late  devoted  much  attention  to  good 
It holds that  “the enormous  in­
roads. 
crease of  railroads has resulted in a pro-

portionate neglect of ordinary railways.” 
The average  country road is not  what it 
might be  and it is not maintained  in  an 
economical manner.  More  depends  on 
the common  country road,  aiding in the 
development of the city that most people 
are  aware  of.  Every load  shipped  on 
cars or  boats  was first  drawn by a team 
on an ordinary road.  Good roads  would 
raise in value, at once, farms  now at the 
lowest possible value.  T h e  T ra d esm a n 
thniks  a  re-action  in  favor  of  good 
country roads  has  set  in. 
It  is  to  be 
hoped T h e  T r a d esm a n is a true prophet.

Truthful.

Customer—I  bought  a piece  of  calico 
from  you  the  other  day,  sir,  and  you 
said the colors were fast.

Clerk—I remember it, madam.
“Well, when I wet the calico the colors 
c%me out at once.”
“Certainly;  I knew  they  wouldn’t  be 
slow about it.  Did  you come for more.’
T ested   b y  T im e
NOT  FOUND  WANTING.
Jaxon Gracker

THE  FAMOUS

AND

Continues to lead all other brands on the 

market.

MANUFACTURED  BY

JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.,
Jobbers  of  Confectionery  and  Cigars, 

Cheese and Nuts,

JACKSON,  MICH.

DETROIT,  MICH.

500,000' TO  INVEST IN  BONDS 

WAYNE  COUNTY  SAVING8  BANK, 
Issued by cities, counties, towns  and school dis­
tricts of Michigan.  Officers of these municipali­
ties  about  to  isme  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. 

FIT  FOR

A Gentleman's

T A B L E ;

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  Whyland 

&  Go.  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

Begin the  New  Year  R ig h t!
By using the “Com plete  Business  R egister,’’ 
the best arranged  book  for  keeping a record of 
Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures 
etc.  Call at “The Tradesman” office and inspect 
the books.
E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO.,  Grand  Rapids.

T H E  M O S T  R E L I A B L E  F O O D  
.  For Infants and Invalids.
[Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
| success.  Not a medicine, but a steam* 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  ter, 
[druggists.  In  cans, 35c. and upward. 
WooMic^i^oneyCT^Jabd.

BIIVBN   &

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

“BIG  F   Brand  of  Oysters.

■ DEALERS IN

In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS.  Wemake 

a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.  We solicit 

consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.

NOS.  122  and  124 LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

63  Pearl  St.
H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager.
P E R K I N S   8a  H E S S
Hides, Purs, Wool & Tallow,
A.  E.  BRO O K S  &  CO.,
Pure  Candies.

WE  n a h r Y  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE-___________

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

The  Only  House  in  the  State  which 

Puts  Goods  Up  Net  Weight.

No  Charge  for  Packages.

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  8T„

H ip  Fire  ani  Marine Insurance Co

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

ORGANIZED  1881.

CASH  CAPITAL  $401),060.

CASH  ASSETS  OVER  $700,000.

LOSSES  PAID  $500,000

D.  Whitney, Jr., President. 

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

The Directors of  “The Michigan” are representative business men of 

our own  State.

Fair Contracts,

Equitable

Rates.

Prom pt

Settlements,

In s u r e   in

€6 T h e   M ichigan . 99

P .  S T E K E T E E   &  S O N S ,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS  ON

Red, W hite, Pink, Grey  and 
Blue Flannels, in all weights 
and prices.  Also  Domets, 
Canton  Flannels,  Bleached 
Browns and Colors.  Blan­
kets, Comforts, Bed Robes.

STARK,

W E  SELL

10 oz. BURLAPBaos
P u tn a m   C andy Co.,

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AMOSKEAG, 
HARMONY, 
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HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand  Rapids.

And  on  a  Grander  Scale  than  Ever.

ONCE  MORE!
ne-Qilarter  1-4  0 PP

Our great  and  genuine  sale of

\

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Commences  on

THURSDAY  MORNING,  DEG.  26,

And will continue  until  the  entire  balance of 

our fall and w inter  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 % 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.

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,

OUr  Leader  Smoking,

Olir  Leader  Fine  Gill,

Olir  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Olir  Leader  SaleralUs,

Odr  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S 

IN  FACT

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.

I.  M .  C T A .R K   &  SO N .

M0LB88E3I

W e  have  received  large  shipments  of 
molasses, direct from the  planters  in  Louisi­
ana, which we are offering to the trade at our 
usual low  prices.

Telfer  Spice  C o m p an y ,

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS,  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

A » T   C T R F R 'T

preciate  these  facts. 
In  the  house  of 
John  Wanamaker,  of  Philadelphia, 
where seventeen  hundred  salesmen  and 
saleswomen  are  employed,  it  is  found 
that when a person who has failed in one 
department  is  transferred  to  another,  a 
sudden  and  permanent  improvement  in 
effectiveness  is often  shown.  And their 
experience  in  this  direction has proved 
conclusively  to  the  minds  of  the  firm, 
that  the  fitness  or  adaptability  of  the 
individual to the thing he sells should be 
considered.  Similar opinions are held by 
a great many employers of salesmen.  The 
largest wholesale grocery firm in Chicago 
says: 
“We  have frequently taken men
from  the  road  into the office and trans­
ferred men from the  office  to  the  road, 
with advantage all around.
But  admitting  that  one  of  the  first 
requisites for success in any pursuit is to 
be satisfied  with  it,  it  must not be for­
gotten that  most  men  are  discontented 
with their lot in  life,  and prone to think 
their  neighbor  over  the  fence  has  an 
easier  and  pleasanter  time  of  it.  The 
desire for change may spring from a mis­
taken idea,  a longing for novelty, or from 
sheer  laziness.  Each  case can only be 
decided on its merits, but hard work  and 
persistence generally “get there” in time, 
and  “frequent  transplanting  weakens 
growth.”

F ading  o f  G oods  in  Store  W indow s.
A’ continental  exchange,  referring  to 
the evil of  fading  or  bleaching of  many 
kinds of  colored  articles  when  exposed 
in  the  store  windows,  says  that  this 
fading or bleaching is bronght about only 
by the white rays of  the  sun’s light,  and 
where it occurs it shows  that the glass is 
more  or  less  perfectly  colorless. 
It  is 
found  that  if, instead of  such  colorless 
glass, the window panes  consist of  glass 
which  is  slightly  yellow, the  bleaching 
or  fading  process is  prevented.  Where 
the  glass  is  colorless  and cannot be re­
placed by slightly yellowish-tinted glass, 
the  desired  effect  may,  it  is  said,  be 
produced  by simply  giving  the  panes a 
coating of  copal varnish.

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
Bireh, 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, Chll.........................................   @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
Red Oak, a  sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, 5  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 60@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, 

sawed, Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00

 

Tie Michigan Tradesman

W ED N ESD A Y . JA N U A R Y   8,  1890.

and 

also 

that 

VAN NORE’S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. 
The  Van  Nores  wefe  present  at  the 
creation of  the world.  Some  people say ! 
they made it;  but  one  really knows bet- j 
ter  than that. 
If  it  had  not  been  for 
their  unaccountable  belief 
the 
builder of  the ark  that  rested on Mount 
Ararat was a  Jew,  and their  unutterable j 
contempt  for  the  race  of  Spinoza  and  j 
Mendelssohn,  of  Heine,  Auerbach  and j 
Disraeli, they would  not  have  hesitated 
to conceive that  the  family name of  the 
patriarch was Van Nore.
At  any rate, you  may understand that 
the  Van  Nores  were  an immensely an­
cient family, so old as to be really worm- 
eaten. 
In  the  dust  of  the  Van  Nores 
there  were  soldiers  and  statesmen, and 
even a less  regarded  author  or  two;  in 
this century there  was  nothing at all to 
speak  of. 
If,  however,  any  one  says 
their  family tree  was  like  one of  those 
old,  wide and deep-rooted  fir-trees some­
times seen, with but a single gnarled and 
lichened  branch  left  of  all  its  forest 
glory,  the  best  part of  it underground, 
you can see that  the  person is no friend 
of  the  Van  Nores, but  one  whose  eyes 
have  been  hurt  by  the  dazzle  of  their 
splendor,  who has been forgotten at their 
banquets,  looked  at  with a stony  glare 
upon  the  streets, or,  possibly,  knocked 
down  and  bruised  and ignored by their 
fast horses.
□ Being  immensely  ancient,  immensely 
distinguished, 
immensely 
wealthy, it goes  without  saying that the 
Van  Nores  thought  immensely  well  of 
themselves.  They  never  soiled  their 
garments  by  contact  with  the  crowd; 
they bought  their  pictures  and  statues 
straight  from  the  manufacturers before 
they had  been  profaned  by  the  vulgar 
gaze;  .they  would  have  liked  the  gold 
they spent  cast  with a Van  Nore device 
and the die broken.  They could not hope 
'  to  keep  all  the  knowledge  in  the  uni­
verse  to  themselves;  but  they  did  not 
care so much for that—there were always 
tutors  and  chaplains  and  all that to be 
had,  after  the  custom of  certain of  the 
South Sea Island  chiefs,  who maintain a 
Fila-oma, or Talking Man of  Knowledge. 
If, once in a while,  they  allowed  them­
selves  to  come  before  the  public  in  a 
matter of  suffrage, it was not  altogether 
without  the  sensation  of  some  wicked 
scribe who  has  written the Sacred Name 
with unwashed hands, and, being usually 
defeated, they relapsed  into a more  pro­
found  contempt of  the  people  than  be­
fore, and talked glibly of  tjje advantages 
of  a monarchy, althongh  not  without an 
undercurrent of  feeling that in the event 
of  a monarchy the  Van  Nores  would be 
monarchs.  They intermarried, of course, 
only  with  families  of  a  pedigree  and 
assumption  one  degree  less  than—it 
could not be more than, and could hardly 
be equal to—the Van Nores.
Judge,  then,  of  the  bewildered  and 
>  amazed wrath of  the  Van  Nore  family, 
when  the  son of  the  house, the  heir of 
the  name, the last of  the name, the only 
male  Van Nore left to go down  the ages 
with  the  weight  of  the  family  illus­
triousness  upon his shoulders, married a 
young  girl  in  the  West,  unknown, ob­
scure, poor, and a Jewess !
Nore Van Nore had a sister  older than 
himself,  a dark  and  imposing  creature 
with the  Van Nore  nose;  he had a sister 
younger  than  himself, pallid, bloodless, 
with  her  mother’s  delicacy  of  feature, 
t  and  with  nothing  about  her  but  her 
haughtiness to distinguish  her  from the 
herd of  young  women;  he  had  one Van 
Nore cousin, a little apple-blossom hardly 
coming  up  to  the  family requirements; 
he  had  four  Van  Nore  spinster  aunts, 
who, if  they quarreled among themselves 
like  birds  in a wood,  presented  an  un­
broken  phalanx  of  family  integrity  to 
the  public,  and who, with  the  idea that 
they  had  the  manners  of  duchesses 
really  gave  some 
reason  to  believe 
them  directly  descended 
the 
I  Patriarch,  they looked  so extremely like 
the wooden women in  the  children’s toy 
arks.  His  father  embodied  all the dig­
nity, pomposity and  grandeur of  all  the 
Van Nores before  him, as if  he were the 
flame of  their ashes;  he had but one gift, 
and  that  was  a  faculty  for  satirical 
speech,  which  he  exercised  with  im 
punity upon his wife-^his  wife, the  line 
of  whose descent was so long  that it had 
worn to a colorless, attenuated  thread in 
her,  a  thin,  pale,  languid  woman,  of 
whose condition it expressed little to say 
she  dared  not call her soul her own, be 
*  cause,  in  looking  at  her,  or  looking 
through her, rather, it was not clear that 
she had a soul—a woman  without  intel 
lect,  without  individuality,  and  almost 
without  vitality. 
Into  this  assemblage 
Nore  Van  Nore  had  dared  introduce a 
person absolutely without a grandfather 
and whose grandfather, had she had one 
would have been named Shacabac!
Mr. Van Nore and his household would 
entreat  this  vile  and  vulgar  intriguer, 
who  had  thrust  herself  upon them, and 
k  had  thought  to  lift  herself  by  pulling 
them  down,  as  she  deserved. 
In their 
heart  of  hearts  they  had  a  complete 
if  inarticulate,  consciousness  that  no 
one  could  have  married the bridegroom 
in question for any other  purpose.  And 
Nore  Van  Nore  received a letter  of  re 
pudiation from his father, disowning and 
casting  him  forever into the outer dark 
ness of  the  world  of  people  who  were 
not Van Nores.
And  who  was  Nore  Van  Nore?  He 
,  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-six  years 
whose mental processes had mastered the 
rudiments of  learning to such  an  extent 
that  he  could  read  the  newspaper and 
could  make  change.  All  attempts  to 
cultivate  those  mental  processes  much 
further  had  failed;  if  he  entered  the 
university at  last, it was  because  tutors 
and  proctors and family influence, a for 
tuitous  chance, and  perhaps  money, all 
wrought  together.  Entrance  was  all 
.  however;  before  the  first  term  closed 
»  Mr. Van Nore  had  private  but  author­
itative information that unless he wanted 
expulsion  for  stupidity approaching im 
becility he had  better  withdraw his son 
In  a  hot  and  self-righteous  fury,  Mr 
Van Nore turned the tables and expelled 
the  university.  He  withdrew  his  son 
with a wild show of  anger  and  scorn for 
faculty,  curriculum,  endowment  and 
career.  “They have graduated  no  man 
who comes to anything in the last twenty 
that  the 
matter might be the sooner  forgotten, he

h  five  years!”  he  said.  And, 

from 

gave  Mr. Nore  Van  Nore a purse  and a 
traveling  companion,  and  dispatched 
him  to  the  far  West. 
It was probably 
but a case of  retarded development;  per­
haps he would  do a little  exploring  and 
discovering;  when he should  return, the 
affair would have quite  blown  over, and 
he would marry him to some maiden who 
had been so well brought up that she would 
feel herself  taking a proper place among 
dominations, princes and powers by mar­
rying a Van Nore of any caliber.  All the 
same,  he did not fail to make  his  wife’s 
life a burden to her by  sarcasms  on  her 
feeble wit that  had  been  strong enough 
to  adulterate  the  strength  of  the  Van 
Nore, while  the  very  sense  of his son’s 
incapacity,  thus  forced  upon  him, was 
another  argument  against  the  woman 
who  would  marry  an  imbecile  for  the 
sake of climbing  into  his rank and posi­
tion.
It was not altogether  to  be  wondered 
at,  then, if  his wife did not fully sympa­
thize with him  in  this extremity,  and if, 
being  of  an  affectionate  disposition, so 
far as she had anything to impart, having 
imparted that also  to  her son, she wrote 
little surreptitious letter—she  who had 
usually  not a thought nor a deed  nor  an 
emotion of her own:
My Darling Boy—I send you all my 
love.  Any wife you choose to marry will 
be the dear daughter of your mother.” 
That was the letter written so secretly; 
it meant  volumes  to  her;  it  meant vol­
umes to her boy.  She was frightened  to 
trembling ghost of  her  ghost-like  self 
when she stopped the carriage and asked 
the  footman  to  drop ‘it  in a street box, 
for she felt that if her husband knew  it, 
it  would  not  be  impossible  for  him to 
blow out her flickering flame of  life alto­
gether, or stamp its feeble spark into the 
earth.  He never had struck her, but she 
never knew what he might do yet.
The father’s letter, when  it came, was 
not at all unexpected by Hero Van Nore, 
nor  was  the  mother’s a surprise. 
She 
was a girl of twenty,  “divinely  tall  and 
most divinely fair.”  Her superb mould­
ings would have fed a sculptor’s eye with 
rapture, her superb  coloring would have 
driven  wild  another  than  Titian;  the 
great braids upon her  head seemed made 
of strands of  spun gold;  she  wore  them 
like  a  crown,  as  became a daughter  of 
the royal tribe of Judah.  She  was  un­
doubtedly  a  Jewess;  but  as  Miriam, as 
Deborah, as  Susannah  may  have  done, 
she had the large beauty of that Clytie in 
her  sunflower  whom  some  think  to be 
Isis  in  her  lotus. 
She  waited  in  her 
father’s shop and  she sold Mr. Van Nore 
a pair of gloves there.
He had given his purse some time since 
to his  traveling  companion  and  he was 
waiting in this little place until he should 
receive a fresh remittance from his father. 
When  he  saw  Hero, he  had  something 
else  to  wait  for.  He hung around the 
shop corners and when she went home he 
followed her.  Vera incessu patuit dea— 
she  stepped  as  if the earth were air;  he 
said  to  himself  that  it was because his 
heart was under her feet.  He  knew  in­
tuitively that she would not  give  him  a 
second look.  What were the Van Nores 
out here in the wilderness?  He was able 
to see, for all his deficiency, that she was 
on a higher plane of  being than his own. 
But  if  he  could  not  hope,  he  could at 
least suffer;  he could gaze at the star he 
might not win.  He bought another pair 
of gloves.  Ah, heavens!  to feel the touch 
of those pointed fingers  of  hers,  as they 
stretched the kid from side to side of  his 
hand!  The next day he  bought  another 
pair.  Before  he  was  through,  he had 
bought the whole stock  of  gloves in the 
shop.
Of course, this attracted her  attention 
and she made  some  inquiry  concerning 
him. 
“You had better  go  away,”  she 
said, when he came in again. 
“You  do 
not  need  gloves,  or  ties, or any of  our 
goods.  You >re making yourself ridicu 
lous.”
“I have nothing  to  do with it,” he re­
plied.  “I was made so when I was born.”
And so one word led to another,  and in 
the course of time he had told her his story 
which somehow seemed full of  wrongs— 
the story of a rather feeble-minded youth 
who had been snubbed  and  brow-beaten 
and  ill-used  by  a  disappointed  father 
from his birth.  Her  heart  was  stirred 
with pity; she let him come to the house, 
Hope bounded  within  him. 
If  the star 
should fall from the sky to his arms!  He 
wrote his father—I forgot to say that  he 
could write—that he wanted his influence 
to  help  him  marry the most  lovely,  the 
most  virtuous, 
the  most  brilliant  of 
women,  who  waited  behind the counter 
of  her  father’s  little  Jew-shop.  The 
answer to this letter made his hair  stand 
on  end.  Cold,  sneering,  vindictive 
cruel,  threatening—what  should  he  do 
but  show  it to her?  Her  blood  would 
have been cold and  thin  stuff  had  that 
not made it boil.  “I can  never  go back 
to him,”  said  Nore.  “I  never  will  go 
back to him. 
It is the last blow he shall 
strike me.”
“Would  you  be  happier  here  in  the 
shop helping me?”  she asked.
“Beyond measure!”  he cried.
So she  told  him to see her father  that 
night.  She meant  about  the  situation 
he meant about a wife.  And  her father, 
in as  good and strong  contempt  as  Mr, 
Van  Nore  himself  could  feel,  ordered 
the fellow from the house.
“The  worthless varlet!”  cried the old 
man.  “Can he earn  his salt?  ^ h a t  do 
I care for  his  name  and  his family and 
his entailed moneys—the dog of  a Chris­
tian!  He can have them all; but he can’1 
marry my girl to on idiot!”
“He is not an idiot, father,” said Hero, 
“There  is  more in  him  than  any see,” 
and  she  calmly  canvassed  the  subject, 
“He has been  made  to  look  up  till  he 
does  not  know  how  to  look  straight 
ahead.  Some  day he  will  assert  him 
self—”
believe you care for the lout!  When you 
have  sweethearts  to  fill  a  regiment 
When  you  can  marry  any man  in  the 
county!”
“I  am 
sorry for him. 
I care to have him happy 
—he  has  had  so  much  unhappiness.’ 
And at that  moment  they heard a groan 
outside,  and they ran to the door to pick 
up  Nore  Van  Nore,  helpless  and  just 
returning to consciousness, with a broken 
leg.
Hero installed herself  as his  chief  at 
tendant. 
In  the  long  hours  of  patient 
pain,  in  the  devotedness  of  his  silent 
worship for  her,  something  stirred  her 
heart that  was not pity.  Heaven knows 
what  it  was!  There  are  some  strong

natures that must wrap themselves about 
the weak.  The first time  that  he  could 
stand upon his feet again they wefe mar­
ried.  And  then  Nore  Van  Nore  went 
down to help her wait behind  the count­
er in the shop  where  she  consulted him 
and  referred  to  him  and  honored  him 
till she  was likely to make  others  share 
the  strange  respect  she  had  for  him. 
“He is  single-hearted,”  she  said to one 
of  her  old  lovers in that primitive com­
munity, who felt the  right to make some 
outspoken complaint;  “he is upright;  he 
is unselfish.  He is kind to the fly on the 
wall.  He loves me and no  other.  What 
more do 1 want in a husband?  He  suits 
me.  And as for his  religion,  what does 
that signify when,  at any rate,  we  both 
worship the same God?”
A year from that time  Hero did not go 
to the shop  much;  she had a little  son— 
and  not  such a very little one  either—a 
bouncing,  magnificent  boy,  with  his 
mother’s colors and eyes, full of  life and 
joy and  spirit,  and  quite  the  most  re­
markable  baby in the  world.  And  so, 
when the child  was  six  months  old,  it 
seemed to Nore  Van  Nore, in his happi­
ness,  that  he  was  wrong to deprive his 
family  of  the  blessing  of  knowing  of 
such a blessing,  and  he  wrote home for 
the third time, but this time to his mother.
This was  shaking the  red  rag  in  the 
face of the bull.  Mr. Van Nore trampled 
up  and  down  his  wife’s  sitting-room 
awhile,  reared and  stamped and snorted 
and bellowed, and not till he had reduced 
her to tears for  having  brought  such  a 
son into the world,  and  had  pursued  it 
till  she  gasped  for  breath  and  had  to 
have the maids and ether and hot bottles, 
did he subside into  silence  and thought.
That this son  of  a  beggarly shop-girl 
of  a  Jewess  should  be  the  Van  Nore! 
Never, never,  if  he  had to put  out  the 
light of all the Van Nores at once!  Joce- 
lyne, his eldest daughter,  should  marry 
young De Vere,  and  he  should take the 
name of Van Nore.  For a sum of money 
Nore  should  break  the  entail  and  re­
nounce his name,  taking  instead that of 
his low-born  wife.  And  so  Jocelyne’s 
son,  who  was a foregone  conclusion  in 
Mr.  Van  Nore’s  mind,  should,  be  the 
great  Van  Nore  to  come.  He  had  a 
satchel packed  within  an  hour  and  he 
slept that night, for  the first  time in his 
life, in a vulgar-sleeping car,  always be­
fore  having  left  the  train  at  nightfall 
rather than be  one  of  the  promiscuous 
canaille sleeping a common sleep.  Days 
and nights  and days and  nights  of  this 
wretched  contiguity. 
It was a hard ex­
perience for  Mr.  Van  Nore.  He added 
it  all  up  against  his  son.  And  the 
selfishness  of  the  modern  traveler  did 
not tend to increase  his  appreciation  of 
his kind.  His kind?’  Not  the  least  bit 
his kind!  Mr. Van  Nore was more than 
ever persuaded that  he  was  a  superior 
integer of  the  race—^marking,  perhaps, 
one  of  those  points  of  progress  from 
which one development steps to a higher. 
At last he stood in  the  presence  of  his 
daughter-i n-la w.
A shapeless little greasy  Jewess,  sell­
ing old clothes—or a stately  young  god­
dess assuming a human smile?  One con­
vulsive sensation  thrilled  across  him of 
pride in  Nore’s  taste  at  least,  souring 
instantly  to  anger  to  think  that  taste 
was all.  And then  he  opened  the  sub­
ject.
“No, father-in-law,”  said Hero firmly, 
despite his wincing, and after the fashion 
j of speech in use among her people.  “No, 
father-in-law;  we  do  not  want  your 
money.  Nor  will  we  surrender  our 
name;  it  is  our  name by all  right  and 
law  that it  is  yours.  And, as for  your 
grandson,  we have no power to forswear 
his birthright for our mess  of  pottage.” 
It was a will as  strong as his own that 
opposed him.  Storming was  of  no  use 
here.  He  left  the  house  without  an­
other word,  and  left  Hero  dancing  her 
crowing  boy in  the  broad  transfiguring 
sunbeam,  looking  up  proudly  at  her 
husband, yet foundly,  to see if really she 
and the  boy compensated  to  him for all 
he had lost.
An hour afterward Mr. Van  Nore  was 
brought back  to  his  son on a stretcher; 
two  trains  had  collided,  and  he  was 
among  the  killed  and  wounded..  An 
artery had  been  severed,  and  before  a 
physician could  reach him he was bleed­
ing to death.  When,  at length, the flow 
was  staunched,  he  lay  fainting  and 
sinking away.  “It  is almost  hopeless,” 
said the surgeon.  “There is little  blood 
left in his body.”
The  sight  of  his  dying  father  had 
changed the current of  Nore’s irate feel­
ing.  “If I could but give him mine!” he 
cried.
“It would do him small good,” said the 
doctor, looking at the  pale and spindling 
fellow  with  an  anatomist’s  contempt; 
and from him the glance traveled to Hero, 
standing near in her  abundant life,  with 
the dancing  boy  in  her  arms,  still fol­
lowed by the sunbeam.  Hero  read  the 
glance in a moment  and  had  given  the 
child to her husband.
“Here,  Doctor,”  she  said,  baring an 
arm that Hebe, carrying life  and  nectar 
to the gods, might have lifted.
“Do you know what it means for you?” 
said the doctor. 
“And  for  your  child, 
perhaps?  Loss of  strength, it may be of 
health—”
“I know it is my husband’s  father, my 
child’s  grandparent,”  she  said  slowly. 
“If  my  blood  can  save  him, it is right 
that he shall have  it.”  And  when  she 
came to  herself  after  her  first fainting 
fit, save for fatigue and  languor,  she did 
not know that  she  felt much the worse, 
and her father-in-law was  smiling at her 
with luster in the  eyes that she so lately 
saw nearly set in  death.
Strange  and  awful  moment  to  Hero! 
She had given life to this man.  She had 
gone behind the veil  of  death and dark­
ness and worked with the forces of  crea­
tion.  There  was  a  bond  between  her 
and him such as there could  be  between 
no other people in the world.  For  half 
a fainting heart-beat she thought she had 
made  him;  for  half  as  long  again  he 
thought  she  had. 
She  felt  her  heart 
irradiate  with a tender  warmth  toward 
her husband’s  father.  She  fell  on her 
knees beside  him  and  kissed  his hand. 
“Oh, my father,”  she  said,  “you  must 
forgive us, for we love you!”
As for Mr. Van Nore, I never saw any­
body  happier  than  he was, some weeks 
afterward,  on  his  way  home  with  his 
party.  His  son  accompanied him,  with 
the nurse of a superb,  rosy  baby  folded 
in white, fleecy wools, and a lady, stately 
as any princess  ought  to  be but seldom 
is, with her  black  bear-skin robes about 
her.  “She is very  teachable,”  thought

“I  don’t  know,”  she  said. 

“You?’*’  said  her  father. 

“You? 

Mr.  Van  Nore. 
“A  month  of our life 
will  give  her  all  the  savoir  faire  she 
needs.  Her tact is inestimable.”  And 
then he wondered  if  she  could hold her 
own with  Jocelyne.  “My grandson,  the 
furure  Van  Nore,”  he  said 
to  every 
acquaintance  he  came  across,  and  they 
all seemed  to  be  traveling  on  various 
portions of that trip.  “Hero,  my  dear. 
My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Van Nore.  My 
daughter-in-law.  A  great  addition  to 
our circle, I assure you.  An old family, 
an old family.  We—we  are not exactly, 
so to say, related, but  we—we—we have 
some of the same blood in our veins!” 
H a r r ie t   P r e s c o t t  S p o f f o r d .

successful. 

A bout  Salesm en  and  Their  M ethods.
From  th e New Jersey Trade Review.
There are a  few persons whose  ability 
to sell things is so superior and remarka­
ble that it may properly be called genius. 
Like  poets, they  are  “born, not  made,” 
and  they are  above  rule, or  a  law only 
unto  themselves.  There  is  something 
about  their  personality  which,  so  to 
speak,  “catches on.”  They can instant­
ly adapt  themselves  to all  sorts of  peo­
ple,  and  seem  able  to  please, convince, 
and persuade those whom they encounter, 
no matter  how  diverse  their  character­
istics  may be.
This  faculty of  influencing  others  is 
not in any large degree  derived from  in­
tellectual  attainments,  and  still 
less 
from moral excellence;  it exists in virtue 
of some innate quality in  the mental and 
physical  make-up,  accompanied  by  a 
quick  insight  into  human  nature  and 
motives.  Men so endowed look into  the 
corners  of  another’s  mind,  follow  its 
windings and see  clearly before  him the 
special  considerations which  incline  or 
lead  him  to  the wished-for  conclusion. 
They avoid discussion which may lead to 
controversy  by  quietly  parrying  objec­
tions with pertinent  facts, and with  few 
words give  to  abstract  generalities  the 
fitness  and force of  concrete  arguments 
in support of the main proposition.
Yet  the  possession of  these  qualities 
in a marked degree is sometimes counter­
balanced  by a lack  of  others  which  are 
necessary  to a broad  and  well-balanced 
business  man.  However  this  may  be, 
we  cannot  adopt  the  talent, nor should 
we  imitate  the  ways of  those so gifted. 
A well  known  writer  says,  “Be  what 
thou art and become  what  thou  canst,” 
and with some  general principles  woven 
in with experience,  we  common  mortals 
can  get  along better  to  do things  after 
our own fashion.
Aside from the men of  genius, the dif­
ference  in  selling ability will be seen to 
lie less in great  wisdom  than in common 
sense,  energy,  courtesy,  patience  and 
tact. 
If  there  be  any  grand  secret,  it 
will  be  found  somewhere  in  that vital 
quality called  force  of  character, rather 
than  in  excellence of  character, for men 
of  the most virtuous principles are  often 
far  less  effective  in  selling  goods than 
others  whose  morals  are  objectionable. 
Yet,  as a rule,  the  most  honest,  pains­
taking and persistent are in  the long run 
the  most 
“We  used  to 
think,”  said  one  of  the  foremost  mer­
chants  of  Chicago,  “that  a  salesman 
should be a  good  talker,  very  sprightly 
and  quick-witted;  but  we  have  learned 
from  experience  that  reliability,  good 
sense  and  staying qualities  are better.”
One introduces himself as a representa­
tive of a house;  his address is respectful 
and pleasant, and the  merchant  glances 
over his samples, and listens to his argu­
ments  respecting  styles,  qualities  and 
prices, put forward in the usual manner, 
from  the  manifest  standpoint  of  self- 
interest and desire to effect  a  sale.  At 
length the merchant says,  “I am  glad  to 
make  your  acquaintance,  but  trade  is 
dull  and  collections  slow,  and  I  don’t 
feel like buying to-day.  I will keep your 
card, however, and when you are in town 
again, touch in and  we  may give you an 
order.”
The next day, perhaps,  another  sales­
man calls with  similar goods and prices. 
But, somehow, he gets nearer to the mer­
chant.  His  talk  is quiet, sensible, not 
stereotyped, and  it  interests  him.  He 
seems to enter into the practical spirit of 
the  merchant’s  business, to  realize  his 
hopes  and  his  struggles, and  to  appre­
ciate  his  prudence.  He  touches upon 
details, and everyday results stand clearly 
out.  He makes it plain  that goods must 
be bought or they cannot be sold;  yet  he 
does  not  try  to  sell  him  more than he 
thinks it prudent  for  him  to  buy. 
In 
short, his suggestions  and  recommenda­
tions  are  characterized  by  an 
intel­
ligent 
the  welfare  of 
the  man  he  is  dealing  with;  he  aims 
to  do  as  he  would  be done  by,  and  he 
shows  it.  The  result  is, he  goes  away 
with an order, and  leaves  behind  him  a 
customer  and  friend. 
In  such  things 
lie,  the  difference  between  salesmen, 
both in wholesale and  retail trade.
It  stands  to  reason  that  a  salesman 
will succeed best with a line o*f goods for 
which he has a natural  affinity or liking. 
For  example,  a  man with  a  mechanical 
bent  is  probably better  adapted  to  the 
sale  of mechanical appliances than  bon­
net  trimmings.  And  a  person  with 
strong literary or artistic  tastes may nat­
urally  be  expected  to  put  more  heart 
into the work of  selling  books, pictures, 
or art goods than  into  pushing stoves  or 
lumber.
These  instinctive  preferences  are, in 
some cases, so strong  that resolution and 
long  training  cannot  overcome  them; 
and, despite the fact  that we are more or 
less the creatures of  circumstances, they 
do often shape the destinies  of  a  young 
man by insensibly drawing  him  towards 
a pursuit  for  which  he is best qualified 
by nature.
some  salesmen  are  better 
Again, 
adapted to large  transactions,  while oth­
ers  feel  more  at  home  in  small  ones, 
where  the  percentage  of  profit  may be 
greater.  Some  succeed  better  in  first 
sales,  while  others get on more slowly at 
the  start,  but  retain  their  trade  more 
firmly.
There are salesmen  who can sell quan­
tities  of  goods  if  permitted  to  cut  or 
scale  down  prices,  but  who  are  only 
moderately  successful  if  restricted  to 
standard prices.  Some appear to be nat­
urally  in  better  favor  with  certain 
classes;  it may be with the young or with 
the  old, with  men  or  with  women, the 
educated or the ignorant.  Some can bet­
ter  recommend  goods  because  of  their 
cheapness, others  because  of  excellence 
in quality.  Articles  may  appeal  either 
to the  judgment,  taste,  fancy  or  imag­
ination of  both seller and buyer.
Observing merchants recognize and ap-

interest 

in 

W i .

F .  «/.  D E T T B N T H Æ E B R ,

JOBBER  OF

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  See  Quotations  in Another  Column. 

CONSIGNMENTS OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

Lemon  &  Peters,

WHOLESALE

GROCERS.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Lautz Bros•  &  Co.’s   Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

Amboy  C h e e s e ,

G R A .N D   R A ,B ID S .

E D W IN   F A L L A S ,

Bitter, E m , Fairfield Cheese, Foreip Fruits, lace Meat, Nats, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

A.D. Spangler <& C o

W H O L E S A L E   D E A L E R S   IN

FRUITS bnd PRODUGE

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

We buy and sell all kinds of  fruit  and 
produce and solicit  correspondence with 
both buyers and  sellers.

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast.  Butter and Sweet Potatoes 

Going Like Hot Oakes.  Let your orders come.

Office  and  Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Grand Rapids Frilit and Proddce Co.,

JOBBER  OF

B O R B IG N   B R U IT S .

Oranges,  Lemons  and  Bananas  a  Specialty.
3 NORTH IONIA  8T., GRAND RAPID8._______________________

A NEW COUNTRY!

IN  THE  PINE,  CEDAR, 

by 
ro u te   to 

HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD
Districts of Wisconsin  and Mich- 
th is  new 
th e  East, 
eOIAL  A D V A N TA G ES 
PARTIES  W HO  E re c t 
W - H IL L S  
FA C - 
TO  li IE S .  Mill  m achinery 
tra n s p o rte d   F R E E .  Choice 
farm ing lands cheap—mostly on time.  R a ilw a y   Com ­
p a n y  p a y s c ash   fo r c o rd  wood.  For  maps and  infor- 
m ation  address  L I N »   D E P A R T M E N T   “ Soo”
R a ilw a y ,  M inneapolis.  M inn.

e n d  

TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  Sc Indiana.

In  effect Roy. 17,1889.
TRAINS  SOINS  NORTH.

A rrive. 

Leave.
7:10 a m
11:80a m
1:10 p m
5:30 p m
Through coaches for Saginaw   on  7:10 a  m  and 1:10 p 

Traverse C ity A M ackinaw................ 
Traverse  City  Express......................9:80 a m  
Traverse C ity A M ackinaw................3:15 p m  
From  C incinnati..................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)...................................  
m tra in .

. 

s o u te   SOUTH.
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................11:15 a m  
Cincinnati  Express...........................6:30 p m  
From  Mackinaw A  T raverse C ity..10:10 p m
From  C adillac.........................................9:55 a  m

7:15 a m
18:50 p m
8:00 p m

T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   Cincinnati  a t 9:80 p. m., ru n s daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s d aily 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 hav e  sleeping and p a rlo r cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  h as c h a ir car 
and 6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c ar  fo r  C incinnati.

Muskegon, Grand Rapida A Indiana.

In  effect Nov. 10,1880.

Leave 
Arrive.
7 00 a  m .......................................................................10:15 a m
11:16am ......................................................................  8:15p m
5:10 p m .......................................................................  8:15 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later. 
Through tick ets and fall  in fo rm atio n   can be had by 
caUing upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t  depot, o r 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  A gent.  07  Monroe  St., 
G rand Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
D etroit, Grand H aven & M ilw aukee.

G O IN G  W B 8T .

Arrives.
tM orning E xpress............................ 12; 50 p m
tThrough Mail............................... 4:10 p m
tG rand R apids  Express...................10:40  p m
•N ight Express............................................6:40 a m
tMixed..................................................
G O IN G  BA ST.
tD etroit  E x p re ss............................
tT hrough Mail...................................10:10 a  m
fEvening Express............................ 3:86 p m
*Night 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 
3:46 p m 
10:66 p m
fDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  c a r  to  D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r all points  E ast, a rriv in g  in  New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  has  p a rlo r  car  D etroit  to 
G rand  Rapids.  N ight  express  has  W agner  sleeping 
c a r to  D etroit, arriv in g  in  D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
a t 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J as. C a m p b e l l . City Passenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

secured 

b erth s 

J no. W. Loud, Traffic M anager, D etroit.

and 

c a r 

Toledo,  A n n   Arbor  Sc  N orthern.

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

A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’l Pass.  Agent.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

------WHOLESALE------

F r u its,  S eed s, O y s t e r s « P r o d u c e .

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will be 

20,28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

Alfred  J.  Brown,

WHOLESALE

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

Bood-BußiPass Book
Tradesman  Gredit  Goiipon  Book,

Adopt  the

And you will find the saving  of  time  to  be  so 
great  that  you  will  never  permit  the use of 
another pass book in  your establishment.

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modern in 

the_market, being sold as follows:

$  2 Coupons, per hundred.................$2.50
3.00
$ 5  
$10 
4.00
$20 
5.00

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S U B JE C T   TO  T H E   F O LLO W IN G   D ISC O U N TS:
Orders for  200 or over...........5 per eent.

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“  500  “ 
“  1000  “ 

............10 
.......2 0  

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SEND IN SAMPUR  ORDER AND  PUT YOUR BUSINKSS ON  A CASH  BASIS.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BR0., 

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Grand  Rapids.

Written fo r The  Tradesman.

A  RUINOUS  INVESTMENT.
“There’s going to be a rise in flour,”

Quoth crafty Mr. Brown,

Who kept a one-horse grocery in 

A one-horse country town,
“And I’ll lay in a car or two,
Although I’m feeling poor,

For  flour’s a-going to make a jump,

Of that I’m very sure!”

So Brown bought up a big supply 

And stored it in his loft,

And thought that for a paying “snap” 

He’d something pretty “soft.”

He took the papers every day 
And read the markets o’e-,

And thought the prospect was the.best 

He’d ever had before.

A day or two with joy he  saw 

That flour was on the rise,

But being certain that it would 

It gave him no surprise;

He thought that in a week or two 
The price would reach the top,
And didn’t for a moment think 
The thing would take a drop.

But, sad to say, smart  Mr. Brown 

Had made a great mistake 

In thinking that the price of flour 

Would rise without a break;
It took a sudden tumble, and,

Without a single stop,

Clear down below his buying price 

Descended with a flop.

Nor did it once go up again.

As poor Brown prayed it would,
It went down to the bottom notch 

And there it stayed for good.
This left him in a sorry plight,
For cash v as scarce, indeed,

And so he sold out at a loss 
To ease his pressing need.

Since that event, his neighbors say,

It makes Brown awful sour 

To mention in the slightest way 

His mammoth deal in flour.

His loss was'great, it broke him up,

And sad things came to  pass;

He shut up shop and went to work 

At raising garden “sass.”

F r a n k   B .  W e l c h .

Time  to  Call  a  H alt.

From  th e N ational G rocer.
It  is  pretty generally conceded,  even 
by those  who are  engaged  in  the  busi 
ness, that  peddling  is not only undigni 
fled, but  mean.  The  principle  is  con 
demned  by  every  fair-minded  man  of 
business,  whether  he is affected by it or 
not.  One thing is sure, that it is heartily 
condemned as  a  nuisance,  and in many 
cases  as  an  outrage  by the  housewife. 
Bad,  however,  as  peddling  is, it is not 
the only evil that is at  present  afflicting 
the trade.  Sampling  may be considered 
one  of  them,  and not very distinctly re­
moved  from  peddling.  There  are,  of 
course,  circumstances,  perhaps,  under 
which sampling may be permissible,  but 
under all conditions it is infinitely better 
that it should not be  resorted to. 
In the 
first place,  it  more  or  less  demoralizes 
the consumers—makes  them  expect  too 
much.  But this is not all by any means, 
for in some cases it appears to be carried 
to an  extent  that  is  neither  justifiable 
nor consistent.  There is upon the boards 
of  the  elevated  road a request to every­
body to send for a free sample of  Quaker 
Oats. 
It is well known that Quaker Oats 
have sampled the cities of New York and 
Brooklyn once.  Yet  this  firm  appears 
to still hanker  after  supplying the pub­
lic  with a free  breakfast, at least  so far 
as  oatmeal  is  concerned.  There  are 
more than one or  two  reasons  why this 
company should not  persist in sampling. 
In the first place, it is a well-known  and 
staple  article,  therefore  cannot  be  ex­
cused for sampling  under  the plea  that 
it is a new article, and the public are un­
acquainted  with its merits  or  demerits. 
Then,  again, 
the  grocers  have  been 
to  allow  many  of 
liberal  enough 
to  be  used  by  this 
their  windows 
company  to  advertise 
its  wares  by 
means of a large ffhd  ungainly sign. 
It 
is, therefore, necessary  that  this  samp­
ling of Quaker Oats  should cease at once 
and for all  time. 
If  the  firm  find  an­
other brand of oats is becoming  popular, 
let it push its goods, and  not  reduce  le­
gitimate  consumption,  and,  therefore, 
the profit of the  grocer, by free distribu­
tion.  The  grocer  has,  of  course, the 
power in his hands if  the  nuisance  does 
not drop. 
In the first place,  let him oc­
cupy the space now taken  up by the  un­
gainly  Quaker  Oat  sign  with  pushing 
some article that will be  more  profitable 
to him.  Take the  sign  and  put  it into 
the cellar or  burn  it, and  see  if  a  good 
announcement about coffee  or  tea. occu­
pying  half  the  size, will  not  be  four 
times  as  profitable.  The way to  settle 
the question is  easy and  effectual.  Let 
us suppose, for instance, that every well- 
established  proprietary  article  should 
commence free  sampling.  What would

be the result ?  The grocer would  be  in 
the  soup, exactly the  same  as  if  every 
firm were to commence  peddling.  This 
ampling is an evil,  and  should  be  pro­
tested against by all  associations.  The 
rights  of  the  trade  must  be  protected. 
We have no patience with  those who say 
that sampling is necessary.  As we have 
said  before,  the  largest  trades  in  the 
world have been built  up without it, and 
those who  have  adopted  it  have  never 
been friends  of  the  retailer.  An  evil 
like this is likely to grow, and the sooner 
action is taken to  stop its  further spread 
the  better it will be for legitimate  trade 
and traders.

P.  o f I.  P leasantry.

The Newaygo  Tribune  notes  the  fol­

lowing :
The members of  Newaygo lodge of Pa­
trons of Industry watched  the  old  year 
out at their hall last Tuesday night, and, 
we  understand,  had  a  very  enjoyable 
time.
it  is fortunate that the Patrons of  In­
dustry celebrated  the  event  this  year 
If they had waited  until next year, there 
would have been no  Patrons of Industry 
within a thousand miles of Newaygo.

A county correspondent of the Allegan 

Gazette remarks :
Arthur  Baird tried to give a  buzz-saw 
the  Patrons  of  Industry grip  last week 
and is now minus two fingers.
A  good  many  Patrons  have  already 
come to the conclusion  that  it  does  not 
pay  to  “fool  with  the  buzz-saw,” and 
they will all come to  that conclusion be­
fore long.

The Irving  correspondent of  the Free­

port Herald  remarks :
The  order  is  growing  rapidly  every­
where and if  they keep on at the present 
rate, before the autumn leaves fall  again, 
the farmers of Michigan will be one solid 
body of  Patrons;  and  then  wait and see 
who  will  go  to  the  Legislature  and to 
Congress—whether it will  be  the  bank­
ers and lawyers or farmers.
There is an impression  abroad  in  the 
land that the great trouble with all legis­
lation is that our  legislative  bodies con­
tain  too  many  scheming  lawyers  and 
ignorant farmers and too few careful and 
conservative business men—men#capable 
of  considering  questions  of  public  im­
port in a broad  and comprehensive man­
ner.  It is for lack of this very element in 
the law making assemblies that is due so 
much  class  legislation  and such a large 
volume of  inefficient  legislation which is 
annulled  by courts of  final  resort.  The 
worst  enemy  the  farming  interest  can 
have is a representative who  antagonizes 
all  other  interests  in  the  thought that 
he is thereby subserving  the  aims of  his 
constituents.  Such  a  representative  is 
not  only  without  influencé,  but  is  a 
source of  annoyance  to  those  who wish 
to  use  their  positions  for  the advance­
ment of  the people as a whole.

Didn’t  O we  Him  a  Cent.

A gentleman who rode down the  street 
with a West  Side  feed  and  commission 
dealer,  the  other  day, was  surprised  to 
hear him utter a low, chuckling laugh as 
he  paused  to  let  a  pedestrian  have  a 
chance  for  life  on  the  crossing:  “See 
that man?” he  asked;  "the one with the 
light suit?”

$4 or $5,  and he don’t owe me a cent.” 

“Yes;  what about it ?”
“Nothing, only he thinks  he  owes  me 
“How is that ?” •
“He  used  to  trade  with  me, and  on 
every order for feed or  oats ' he  gave me 
he would be twenty or thirty cents short. 
Of  course,  that  was  nothing,  and  he 
‘would pay me the next order.’  But the 
next order he was short again,  and so on. 
It was his  little  game to beat me. 
I sat 
up nights and  studied  hard in the rules, 
and finally beat the game.”

“How ?”
“Why,  before  delivering  his  order  I 
opened the sacks  and  took  enough  oats 
to  cover  his  shortage  and  squared  his 
account.  Now he has quit  trading  with 
me and goes around  the  block for fear I 
will  ask  him  to pay up.  But  he  don’t 
owe me a cent,  and he is  just as welcome 
to trade with me as ever.”

N ot  Up  on  A natom y.

Lawyer—“You  were present when the 
man was shot, were you?”
Rafferty—“Oi wuz,  sor. 
It was in the 
hotel office.”
Lawyer—“You saw  the  man  shot  in 
the rotunda, did you?”
Rafferty—“Be Hivins,  Oi didn’t  notice 
if it hit him in the rotunda or not.”

The  United  Commercial  Travelers  of 

America.
De t r o it,  Dec. 30,1889. 

Editor  Michigan  Tradesman:
At the close of  the  annual  convention 
of  the  M. C. T.  A., held  in  this  city on! 
Dec. 27, a preliminary meeting was called 
for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a subor­
dinate  council  of  the  U.  C.  T.  of  A. 
The order is a secret one, and  among  its 
objects  are  the  uniting,  fraternally, of 
all  commercial  travelers of  good  moral 
character,  the  establishment of  an  acci­
dent  indemnity fund,  and  the  elevation 
of  the  moral  and  social standing of  its 
members.  C.  L.  Young,  the  National 
Organizer,  who  had  been  invited  here 
from Columbus to present  the  objects of 
the order, presided at the meeting,  which 
resulted  in  the  instituting of  a  council 
known  as  Detroit  Council,  No. 9, with 
twenty-five charter members,  as follows: 
J. W. Ailes,  A. F. Campau,  Geo. B.  Bal­
lard,  E.  E.  Davis,  A.  H.  Doty,  G. W. 
Edson, J.  H.  Frink,  W. Y. Gawley, T. J. 
Haywood,  S. H. Hart,  F.  B.  Hare,  H. W. 
Johnson,  J.  T. Lowry,  F. Manymant, A. 
Manymant,  M.  J.  Matthews,  John  A. 
Murray,  H.  A.  Marks,  L.  A.  Randall, 
Sam Rindskoff, E.  R.  Strong,  E. C. Stone, 
L.  Williams, J. T.  Smith,  Geo.  L.  Samp­
son.
The following  gentlemen were elected 
officers for the first term:
Senior  Counselor—J. T. Lowry.
Junior Counselor—M. J.  Matthews.
Past Counselor—J.  H.  Frink.
Secretary—S. H.  Hart.
Treasurer—Geo. L.  Sampson.
Conductor—E. C.  Stone.
Page—Geo. B. Ballard.
Sentinel—H. W. Johnson.
Executive  Committee—John  A.  Mur­
ray,  Samuel  Rindskoff,  E.  E.  . Davis, 
Geo. W. Edson.
The meeting was  an  enthusiastic one, 
and  all  present  were  much  impressed 
with  the  principles  promulgated by the 
order.  We look for a rapid  growth,  as I 
understand  Mr.  Young  expects  to  form 
councils  at  Grand Rapids  and Saginaw 
We  hope  soon to greet many of  our fel 
low travelers as members of  the brother­
hood of  the U. C. T. of  A.

S.  H.  Hart, Sec’y.

Curing:  Lem ons.

Methods  of  curing  lemons  are  quite 
numerous,  but  the following,  from  the 
Pomona Progress  has the appearance of 
novelty and, perhaps, merit:
D.  S.  Davenport, of  Pomona,  has long 
been  experimenting  in  the  preparation 
of lemons for packing,  and we believe he 
has found the best,  cheapest and  easiest 
method for curing  the fruit  yet devised 
His plan is to pick the lemons when they 
are  just beginning to turn  yellow.  The 
fruit is then put in boxes,  about the size 
of  wooden soap  boxes.  The lemons are 
placed in layers, with a layer of  dry bar 
ley or wheat chaff between them.  A few 
slats may be nailed across the top of  the 
boxes,  but  they  should  not  be  closed 
That  is  all  there  is  of  it.  The  fruit 
sweats and the chaff absorbs the moisture, 
In some processes for  curing  lenions the 
sweating is forced, and  the  moisture  is 
allowed to remain upon  the  lemon skin 
to the detriment of  the  color  and  juice 
of  the  fruit;  but  by  Mr.  Davenport’ 
process  this  is  obviated. 
In five or six 
weeks the lemons are ready for  packing 
Mr.  Davenport  finds  that  the  color  of 
lemons cured by his process is excellent, 
the fruit is hard and juicy, and he is able 
to  keep  and  ship  the  fruit  for  weeks 
longer than by any other process of  cur 
ing.

C hicago,  M ilw aukee  &  St.  P aul  R’y
Steam  Heated  and  Electric  Lighted 
Yestibuled Trains between  Chicago,  St 
Paul and Minneapolis.
Electric  Lighted  and  Steam  Heated 
Vestibuled  Trains  between  Chicago 
Council Bluffs and Omaha.

Finest Dining Cars in the world.
Free  Reclining  Chair  Cars  between 
Chicago and Omaha.  -
Fast Mail Line between  Chicago,  Mil 
waukee, tst. Paul and Minneapolis.
Transcontinental  Route  between  Chi 
cago, Council Bluffs  and Omaha,  or  St. 
Paul.
Great National Route between Chicago, 
Kansas City and St Joseph,  Mo.
5,700 miles of  road in Illinois, Wiscon 
sin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Missouri,  South 
and North Dakota.

Everything First-Class.
First-Class People patronize First-Class 
Lines.
Ticket Agents everywhere sell Tickets 
over  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee,  and  St. 
Paul Railway.
Eor  full  information  address  Harry 
Mercer,  Michigan  Passenger  Agent,  90 
Griswold street, Detroit.
It pays  to  handle the 

P.  &  B. cough

drops.

GROCERIES'
Wool,  Elides,  Pelts  and Furs.

The  past week has been light in  sales 
of wool, without change  in prices.  All 
hands have been taking  account of stock 
to know the outcome  of  the  past  year. 
The  continued  warm weather  does  not 
help the cloth  trade,  and  manufacturers 
refrain  from  buying wools  to  put  into 
them, at  an apparent loss, as  they claim 
no advance in price can  be  obtained  on 
the present outlook.  The stocks of wool 
are not large.  Prices are higher  in  for­
eign markets than they are here.  Prices 
here  are  not  up  to  cost  of wool when 
purchased, but dealers  are tired of hold­
ing, and will let  go  from  time  to  time 
in order to  close the trade and be  recon 
ciled to a loss.  While the market is held 
firm,  prices are no  higher.

Hides  are weak  and  lower all  round 
Light  hides  sold 
freely  at  4%c  for 
full  cured  in  car  lots—a  price  lower 
than ever known in  this  country—while 
heavy weights fell off 
aW around,
in sympathy.  The quantity is sufficient 
for  all  wants,  and  tanners  have  no 
trouble in getting orders  filled.  On the 
other hand, the  leather  trade is  and  has 
been good.  The shoe trade is large, and 
large stocks of  leather  have  been  paid 
for by insurance.  Again  resources  are 
so  great with the large  accommodations 
that stocks are  ample.

Tallow is in fair  request at  low prices 
and large stocks.  No  advance  in price 
need be looked for.

demoralized, 

On furs, there is  no  market  to  quote 
from,  and all prices  given must  be  con 
sidered nominal.  Our  markets  at  the 
East  are 
and  prices 
stamped into  the  gutter.  There  hav 
been no  sales [of, or  use  for, fur  gar 
ments thus far  this winter, with  a  large 
collection of raw skins.  All dealers re 
duce prices and buy cautiously.

Purely  Personal.

W. R.  Keeler  is  still  confined  to  hi 

house by illness.

Warren ^Watson,  general  dealer 
Yankee Springs,  was in town Monday.

J.  S. Dennis,  general  dealer at Butter­
nut,  was in town  several days last week
the  Muskegon 
wholesale  grocer,  was  in  town  one day 
last week.

Andrew ¡j  Wierengo, 

David ^Holmes,  buyer  for  the  West 
Michigan Lumber Go.,  at Woodville, was 
in town over Sunday.

L. J.  Rindge  has  entirely  recovered 
from his|late  attack  of  diphtheria, and 
has resumed work  at his desk.

George A. De Lano, the Allegan grocer, 
and  Miss  Elizabeth Jenner. of  the same 
place,  were  married  last  Thursday  by 
Rev. E. A. Harvey.

It was reported last  evening that Wm. 
Steele, President  of  the  Steele  Packing 
and  Provision Co., was  not expected  to 
live through the night.

Frank  Hamilton,  the  Traverse  City 
merchant,  who has been in  town  several 
days,  leaves  for  Boston  to-day.  He is 
accompanied by his niece.

Geo.|P.  Fuller,  President of  the Fuller 
Bros.  Manufacturing  Co., of  Kalamazoo, 
was in town one day last  week and filled 
the  jobbing trade full of  washboards.

Wm. J.  Murphy, of  the  drug  firm  of 
Amberg & Murphy, will spend next Sun­
day in the^city,  the  guest  of  Cornelius 
Crawford.  He will  be accompanied  by 
his wife.

Fred  Chamberlain  has  resigned  his 
position  as  pharmacist for J. C. West & 
Co., to  take  the  management  of  a drug 
stock at Battle Creek, recently purchased 
by his brother.

Utilizing  the  Sun.

Recently, experienced  engineers  have 
been  earnestly  endeavoring  to  make  a 
more direct  use of  the  sunbeam.  Their 
purpose has been to harness  some of  the 
light  which is daily poured in  profusion 
on a great  part  of  the  earth’s  surface, 
and set it to  work to turn their machines. 
Several  French  engineers  have  experi­
mented with their  solar engines, as they 
are called,  and with  sufficient  success to 
make them  applicable for certain  indus­
trial  purposes  in  Algeria. 
In  1882 one 
of  these  machines  was  tried  in  Paris, 
and with the power obtained,  a Marinoni 
press was run for several hours, printing 
fifty  copies  per  hour  of  a  newspaper 
which was  appropriately called  the Sun 
Journal.  During this time  the  sun was 
not very hot,  and was frequently covered 
by cloud.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars  are  a  trifle  firmer,  but  the 
slight advance is likely to be followed by 
a corresponding decline as  soon  as  sev­
eral cargoes of raw sugar, now afloat,  ar­
rive. 
Spreckles’ sugars are  now in  the 
hands of  Broker  Hastings and present  a 
fine appearance.  They are sold from 1-16 
@%<s below the Trust prices.  Molasses 
are a little  higher, buyers  being  unable 
to watch  prices  at  which  they  bought 
six weeks ago.  Peanuts are  higher and 
advancing.

A  London  B read  Trust.

A company is  in process of  formation, 
if  not already closed, to control the price 
It 
of  bread all over the city of  London. 
or its projectors  have secured nearly 300 
old established bread shops, a big bakery 
and  three  steam  flour  mills,  the  net 
profits  on  which  are  stated to have ex­
ceeded $450,000  per  annum,  and it is ex­
pected  this  income  will  be  largely  in­
creased by raising the retail  price of  the 
staff  of  life  to  all  consumers  who  are 
unfortunate  enough  to  be  at the tender 
mercy of  the “union.”

F o r   S a le   b y   L e a d in g   W h o le s a le   G rocers.

PRODUCE MARKET.

K.75  per bbl., 
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*1.50 for picked, holding at *1.75 per bu.

Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  *2.25®
Beans—Dealers  pay  *1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—The  market  is  dull  and  stocks  are  ___________________ __
accumulating, prices being no better  than  they  Arctic, % lb. cans, 6  doz..
were during the fall. 

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pay 'promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

Wholesale Price  Current.

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

1034@1134c.

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Buckwheat Flour—*4.50 per bbl. for New  York
Cabbages—*5@*6 per 100.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, *1.25;  produce barrels 
25cCranberries—Cape  Cod  readily  command  *11 
@*12  per  bbl.  Bell and Bugle are in  good  de 
mand  at  *12  per  bbl.  Bell  and  Cherry  are 
held at *11 per bbl. 
Dried Apples—New evaporated are  held at  8® 
834c  and new sundried at  5@53£c.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 16@18c for fresh and hold at 
19@20c.  Pickled  and  cold  storage  stock  com­
mands about  17@18c
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, *4.35 per bu.; 
medium, *3.75.  Timothy,  *1.50 per bu
Honey—Quiet and slow sale.  Clean comb com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 5t@55c  for  clean  stock, 
holding at  65©70e.
Pop Com—4c per lb.
Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 434c.
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 *4@S4.25 per bbl.

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Turnips—30c per bu.

PROVISIONS.

P O R K   IN   B A R R E L S .

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

l a r d — Kettle Rendered.

s m o k e d   m e a t s — Canvassed or Plain.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.  ....................................................  10 00
Short cut  —  ..................................................   10 25
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy.........................................  12 00
Clear, fat back...............................................   U 50
Boston clear, short cut.................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................   9
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16 lbs........................................  93£
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12 to 14 lbs................................10
Eicnic....................................................   6
est boneless...........................................  834
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  854
Dried beef, ham prices....................................  8
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  634
Briskets,  medium............................................   634
lig h t........................................  ......   634
Tierces...............................................................   734
Tubs....................................................................  7V4
501b.  Tins.........................................................  734
Tierces......................................................•........6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs........................  ..................  634
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.....................................  634
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case......................................   634
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   634
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...........   ........................  694
50 lb. Cans.....................................:....................634
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs.......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.......................................   8 75
Pork Sausage.....................................................  6
Ham Sausage..................................................... 12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage...................................................  534
Bologna, straight..............................................  534
Bologna,  thick.................................................   534
Head Cheese.............................................'• —   534
In half barrels.... .............................................. 3 25
In quarter  barrels.............................. ■............. 2 00
In half  barrels.......................................................3 00
.2 00 
In quarter barrels.
.  75
In kits............

s a u s a g e —Fresh and Smoked.

l a r d —Refined.

B E E P   IN   B A R R E L S .

P IG S ’  P E E T .

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Beef, carcass...........................................  4  @6
hindquarters................................  5  @634
fore 
334® 4
loins...............................................  @  8
ribs................................................  @  634
tongues........................................   @1°
Hogs.........................................................  434® 434
Pork  loins................................................  @ 634
shoulders........................................  @ 434
Bologna...................................................  @5
Sausage, blood or head..........................  @ 5
liver..........................................   @5
Frankfort.................................   @8
M utton.....................................................   634® 7

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P B E S H   P IS H .

O T 8 T E R 8 — Cans. 

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whitefish...............................................
smoked................................... .
Trout......................................................
@20 
Halibut...................................................
@ 7
Haddies...................................................
@35
Fairhaven  Counts
.......22  @27
Selects...................
........  @20
F. J.  D.’s ..............
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Anchors................
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Standards.............
@14
Favorites.
@*1  15 
Standards. 
@  1  50 
Selects.  .. 
@1  50
Clams
Scrimps....................................................  @1  °0
Scallops...................................................   @1  50
Horseradish................................................  @ 75
Shell oysters, per 100.............................. 1  00@1  50
..............................   @  75

o y s t e r s —Bulk.

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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ST IC K .
Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................   9
25 
Twist, 
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Cut Loaf, 25 
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Royal, 25 lb. pails.............................................  9
2001b.  bbls........   ..................................834
Extra, 251b.  pails............................................. 10
2001b.  bbls.............................................  934
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails...........................   1134
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

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printed, in pails...............................1234
inbbls................................ 1134
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in pails.........................................   634
inbbls...................................... 
  534
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
inbbls...........................................  934
Sour Drops, in pails..........................................12
Imperials, in pails.............................................11

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inbbls...............................................1034
Oranges, Florida,  choice.......................  @3  (0
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fancy, 
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golden  russets..........2  75@3 00
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Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360 ................3 00@3 25
300................   @4 25
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300.....................4  50@4 75
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“  Malagas,  choice, ripe..............  @2 50
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........14  @
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“  choice, 7 lb.....................................  @
Dates, frails, 50 lb ...................................  @ 434
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34 frails, 50 lb..............................   @ 534
Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................  @10
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Almonds, Tarragona..............................  @17
Ivaca.............. .......................  @16
California...............................   @16
Brazils......................................................  @12
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................   @16
California................................1434@15
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................   9  @13
Fancy, H. P., Bells.................................  @ 8J<
“  Roasted......................  @10
Fancy, H. P., Suns  ................................  @83«
“  Roasted  ....................  @10
Choice,  H. P.,  G.....................................  @ 7h
“  Roasted......................  @  9

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34 lb- 
341b. 
lib. 
51b.

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341b.  “ 
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AXLE GREASE.

45
75
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..  2 40 
...1 2   00
Absolute, 34 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10 00
50s..18 75
Telfer’s,  34 lb. cans, doz..  45
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85
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Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz—   75
341b.  “ 
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1  “  ....  3 00
1 lb.  “ 
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45
85
1  50
Frazer’s............................... 82 60
Aurora.................................  1  75
Diamond............................... 1  60
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
 
American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Gross
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3 40
“  34 Pt.............  7  00
“  1 pt..............  10  00
7 20
“  8-oz paper bot 
Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00
“  4  4 00
“  5  8 00
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...........................  1  70
..... .....................   1  90
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet........................  2 00
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
Dairy, solid  packed—   ...  1234
Creamery, solid packed—   1334 

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CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................ 1034
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
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Wicking.............................. 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb..................2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  10 
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  40
2  lb.  “ 
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1 lb.  Star..................... 2 00
2  lb. Star.................3 00
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
1 lb.  stand..................1 20
2 00
2 lb. 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
3 lb.  soused...........2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  ..1  80
1 lb.  Alaska............1  80
Sardines, domestic  34s........
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imported  94s...1034@16
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Trout, 3 Id. brook.............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.  -----2 25
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries, red standard.........1  2T
pitted..............— 1  40
Damsons...............................1  15
Egg Plums, stand.................1  15
Gooseberries........................ 1  00
Grapes .................................
Green  Gages........................ 1  1
Peaches, ail  yellow, stand.. 1  7
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“  P ie............................115
P pflT fl 
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Pineapples..................i  20@1  50
Quinces................................ 1  00
Raspberries,  extra...............1
red...................1  40
Strawberries........................ 1  25
Whortleberries.....................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand.........   85

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Strings..............   @  90
“  Stringless,  Erie......  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... 
“  soaked.....................
“  June,  stand..................1  40
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“  French, extra fine...  .150 
Mushrooms, extra fine...
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.........1  00
Succotash,  standard.......  ““
Squash..................................1
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1 
Good Enough95@l 
BenHar  ...  95®1
  95@1
stand br 
C H E E S E .

Michigan Full  Cream 113£@12 
Sap Sago..................... 16  @1634
CHOCOLATE— B A K E R ’S.
German Sweet..................
Premium............................
Cocoa.................................
Breakfast  Cocoa..............
Broma................................
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk......................................  6
Red.......................................   734
coffee—Green.
Rio, fair.......................17

C H E W IN G   GUM .
200 

C H ICO RY .

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good..................... 1834@20
prime...................  @21
fancy,  washed... 19  @22
golden..................20
Santos..........................17
Mexican & Guatemala 19  _
Peaberry.....................20  @23
Java,  Interior.............20  @25
“  Mandheling— 26  @29
Mocha, genuine..........25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

coffees—Package.

 

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C O F F E E   E X T R A C T .

C R A C K E R S.
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

100 lbs
Lion......................................2434
“  in cabinets................... 2494
M cLaughlin’s  XXX X--- 24J4
Durham...............................24
Thompson’s  Honey  B ee....26
Tiger...............24
Good  Morning....................24
Valley City.........................
Felix...................................1
C LO TH ES  L IN E S .
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1
1
“ 
50 f t.......... 
1
“ 
60 f t..........  
70 f t.......... 
2
“ 
2
80 f t.......... 
“ 
60 f t.......... 
1
“ 
7 2 f f ........  
“ 
1
C O N D EN SED  M IL K .
....  7
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss....................... 6
Kenosha Butter..................  >
Seymour 
1
Butter...................................  1
“  family...........................J
“  biscuit........................
Boston...................................  1
City Soda..............................   ;
Soda......................................  1
S. Oyster..............................   1
City Oyster, XXX...............     1
Picnic...................................
Strictly  pure......................
Grocers’..............................
d r i e d   f r u i t s —Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   5  ©
“ 
evaporated....  @
Apricots, 
Apricots,
Blackberries “
Nectarines  “
Peaches 
“
Plums
....28
Raspberries  “
D R IE D   F R U IT S—Citron.
In drum............  .......   @
In boxes......................  @25
d r i e d   f r u i t s —Currants.
Zante, in  barrels........  @
in less quantity  @

“  — 15  @16

CREAM   T A R T A R .

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d r i e d   f r u i t s — Prunes.

d r i e d   f r u i t s — Raisins.

Turkey........................  434®  5
Bosna..........................  534@ 6
California...................  9  @10
Valencias..................  
@834
Ondaras......................   934®  934
Sultanas......................12  @1234
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.....................   2 50@2  75
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California. 1  85@2  35 
D R IE D   F R U IT S—Peel.
Lemon.............................. 
13
Orange.............................  
14
FA R IN A C E O U S  GOODS.
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl.......................3 50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box....  60
@  934 
Pearl  Barley..............
@ 234 
Peas, green..................
@1  10 
@ 3 
“  split.....................
Sago,  German.............
@ 634 
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l...
@ 634 
75
Wheat,  cracked..........
@ 634 
ermicelli,  import__
@10 
@60
domestic...

imported.

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FLA V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S.

Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills 
1  25
2 25
3 25 
1  60
4 60 
6 00 
2 50 
7 50
15 00

~  
* 
oz. Panel, doz.  85 
“  1 40
“ 
2 25 
“
oz. 
“ 
k. 3,  “
1  00 
’. 8,  “ 
“
2  75 
i.lO,  “ 
“
4 50 
l.  4, Taper,  “ 
1  60 
4 25 
pt,  Round, “
8 50 
F IS H
SA LT.

Cod, whole.................   5  @6
boneless..............   794® 8 
H alibut.....................  934@10 
Herring,  round, 34 bbl.. 
2 75
gibbed.............  
2 75
12 00 j
Holland,  bbls.. 
“  kegs, new  @  75 
Scaled 
*22 >
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 34  bbl  12 00
.......................12 Jb k it..l  30 !
..1  20 !
Trout,  34  bbls.............4 00@4 50 i
“  10  lb.  kits..................  60
Rite,  No. 1, 34 bbls............5 25
“ 
“ 
121b. kits.......100
934
101b. kits.......  80
“ 
“ 
“ 
Family,  34  bbls........ 2 50
“ 
kits..............   50

10 

“ 

“ 

G U N   P O W D E R .

K egs..........................................5 25
Half  kegs..................................2 88

LA M P  W IC K S.

L IC O R IC E .

30
o. 0..................................... 
40
0.1..................................... 
No. 2.................................... 
50
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

M O LASSES.

One-half barrels, 3c extra

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SW E E T   GOODS. X XXX
Ginger Snaps........
834
Sugar  Creams.......
8349
Frosted  Creams...
Graham  Crackers.
834
Oatmeal  Crackers.
834
SO D A .
Boxes............. ...................... 534
Kegs, English........................4J£

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

IM P E R IA L .

SU N  C U R E D .

G U N P O W D E R

YOUNG  HY SO N .

B A S K E T   F IR E D .

F a ir............................... 14 @16
Good..............................18 @22
Choice............................24  @20 |
Choicest.........................30 @34
F a ir...............................14 @15
Good............................. 16 @20
Choice............................24 @28
Choicest........................ 30 @33
F a ir.............................  @20
Choice.........................   @25
Choicest......................   @35
| Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
; Common to la ir........... 25  @35
j  Extra fine to finest.... 50  @65
;  Choicest fancy.............75  @85 <
Common to  fair........... 20  @35
Superior to fine.............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...........56  @65
! F a ir..............................25  @30
j
j
I  Choice.......................... 30  @35
Best..............................55  @65
Tea  Dust.....................  8  @10
S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12............37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........ 36
Vinco, 1x6, 434 to  B>................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
Wheel, 5 to  B>..........................37
Trinket, 3x9, 9  oz....................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................... 37
Double Pedro..........................37
Peach  Pie................................37
Wedding  Cake, blk................ 37
“Tobacco” ...............................37

tobaccos—Plug.

E N G L IS H   B R E A K F A S T .

OOLONG.

“ 
“ 
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tobaccos—Fine Cut.

62
37
TR A D ESM A N   C R E D IT  COU PO N S.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
Hiawatha...................  
Sweet  Cuba................ 
* 2, per hundred................  2 50
3 00
“ 
* 5, 
“ 
*10, 
4 00
“ 
*20, 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.  ............5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 gr......................................   7
50gr......................................   0

 
10 
.............20 
V IN E G A R .

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*1 for barrel

oid. m  

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R IC E .

SALT

P IP E S .

Y E A ST .

P A P E R .

T W IN E S.

P IC K L E S .

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

34 b b l........... 

Fermentum,  Compressed.  .

Muscatine, Barrels..................5 75

OATM EA L.
Half barrels.......3 00
Cases........2  15@2 25  Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............   7*
_  __  Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................  4
R O L L E D   OATS
O L L E D   OA TS 
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5 75»|
Sage....................................   15
Half bbls..  @3 00
Cases........ 2  15@2 25
PA PE R  & WOODEN W ARE
Michigan  Test.....................  934
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote 
as  fol-
Water White........................ 1034
lows:
Straw ...........   ............... ...... 160
Medium............................5  50@5 95
“  Light  Weight__ ...... 200
3  40
Sugar............................ ...... 180
Small,  bbl.............................6  75
Hardware..............................234
34  bbl................. *___3 85
Bakers...................................234
Dry  Goods.................... ........6
Clay, No.  216........................1  75
Jute  Manilla.........................8
T. D. full count...........  75
Red  Express  No. 1................... 5 ^
Cob, No.  3.............................  40
No. 2.............4
Carolina head........................ 634
48 Cotton.............................  22
No. 1........................ 534
Cotton, No. 2........................20
No. 2.......... .-.. .534®
“  3........................ 18
No. 3......................... 5
Sea  Island, assorted..........  40
Jap an ......................        .534@634
No. 5 Hemp......... . 
...16
No. 8 B..................................17
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
W ool....................................   8
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket..............................1  95
Tubs, No. 1.........................   7  OO
.............................. 2 00
60 
“  No. 2........................... 6  00
.............................. 2  15
100 
“  No. 3................. 
5  OO
Ashton bu. bags..................  75
1  60
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
..................  75
Higgins  “ 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
Warsaw “ 
........ ».......   35
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
.
60 
.................   20
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
.....................  1  25  w
13  “ 
“ 
.......................2 00
15  “ 
“ 
17  “ 
.....................  2  75
“ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
“ 
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 00
GRAINS and EEEDSTUEFS
W H E A T . New.
...................  78
78
................... 

DeLand’s,  pure..................... 5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf..............5
Dwight’s .................................5
Taylor’s.................................. 5
Mixed bird...........................  434
Caraway...............................10
Canary..................................   4
Hemp......................................  4
Anise. . ..................................  834
Rape........... '........................  434
Mustard..................................734
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box............. 75
Scotch, In  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

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

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W O O D EN W A R E.

SH O E  PO L IS H .

SA L E R A T U S.

splint 

S N U F F .

S E E D S .

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M EA L.

FL O U R .

CORN.

M IL L S T U F F S .

“  ..........................  3234

78 w
W hite..
78
Red......
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
in  sacks............. 4 20
1  Straight,
“  barrels........... 4 40
5  20
“  sacks.............
! Patent
“  barrels........... 5 40
1  00
Bolted..
Granulated........................  1  10
Bran....................................  10 OO
Ships...................................  11 00
Screenings.........................  11 00
..3 30  Middlings.........................   12 00
Mixed Feed......................   14  CO
Coarse meal......................   14  00
Small  lots.........................   38
Car 
Small  lots............................30
Car 
“  ............................ 26
N o .l.................... .............  @40
No. 1...................................  1  10
No. 2...................................  1  05
No. 1........................ 
  10  00
 
No.2.............................  
  9 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkfns  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green.........................   334@ 434
Part  Cured.................   @  4
Full 
..................  4  @434
Heavy  steers, extra...
Dry...............................  5  @ 6
Dry  Kips  ...................  5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green........   3  @ 4
cured........  434® 5
Deacon skins...............10  @20

RYE.
BARLEY.

HIDES.

OATS.

HAY.

“ 

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34 off for No. 2.

PELTS.

SO A P.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

Superior.............................. 3 30
Queen  Anne.......................3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German................ 3 00
Old German........................2  70
U. S. Big  Bargain..........—  2 00
Frost, Floater.....................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy......... 3 36
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 
Happy Family,
Old Country, 80.
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 
WT 
w hite...  .26
shot..........................20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice...............................15
Cassia,  Batavia..................20
and Saigon.25
Saigon................... 42
Cloves,  Amboy na...............32
“  Zanzibar..................25
Ginger, African..................1234
“  Cochin..................... 15
Jam aica.....  ...........18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................90
Mustard,  English................ 22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste..................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
“ 
“  white...... 30
“  Cayenne...................25
Herbs  & Spices, small....  65
large...... 1  25

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SU G A R S.

FURS.

“ 
STA R C H .

Mystic,  64  pkgs........................ 4 48

Shearlings................... 10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28 
A full 10 per cent, off  the fol­
lowing prices: 
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
I Wolf............................2 00@3 00
I  Bear......................... 15 00@20 00
i  Beaver....................... 2 oO@6 00
I  OppoBSum....................  15©  20
I  Deerskins, per lb........  15©  25
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins 
only.
I  Washed..............................25@30
j  Unwashed.......................   12@22
Corn,  barrels....................   @27 1  Tallow ........................  3  @ 394
one-half  barrels—   @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl................28@36
“ 
30@38

barrels.................... 6
Cut  Loaf.....................  @8
Cubes.............................  @734
Powdered...................   @ 734
Granulated,H. &E.’s..  63£@6 81 
Franklin..  6J£@6.81
Knight’s...  654@6.81
Confectionery  A........6.56®  694
No. 1, White Extra C.  6  @ 634
No. 2 Extra  C.............  @  5S£
No. 3C, golden...........  @534
No. 4 C, dark..............   ©  F34
No. 5 C ......................   @ i%
Kegs.............................  
13£
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......   2 35
Hand, 
......   2 35
Silver Thread, 15 gallons— 2 90 
....4 45

Ist,  R
Grease  butter.............3  @  5
Switches.....................  134© 2
Ginseng.......................2 00@2 75

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MISCELLANEOUS.
V 

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sapolio.
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half barrel 

SA L   SODA.

WOOL.

S Y R U PS.

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with  bevel  gears,  and  operated  by  a 
crank on the outside  of  a  large  marble 
box containing  the  syrup  cans,  cooler, 
etc.  G. D. Dows  soon  after  started the 
manufacture and  sale  of  his  apparatus 
in  Boston.  The  demand  for  summer 
drinks was supplied mainly by lemonade 
and fermented hop  beers.  His efforts to 
improve this  class  of  beverages  led  to 
carbonated  drinks.  His  were  the first 
marble  soda-water  fountains  ever  used 
in America,  and they became so popular 
that he could  not supply the demand for 
them.  The  first  fountain  made  under 
his  patents  was  used by A. W. Dows & 
Co., at Lowell,  and the ice-cutters  were 
manufactured for  many years in Lowell, 
by Frank S.  Perkins.

T he  P u rificatio n   o f G lycerin.

Recent investigations  have shown that 
all the patents  taken out in Germany for 
the purification of  glycerin up to the end 
of  1888  have  been  allowed  to  lapse,  a 
proof  that none of  these  processes  have 
been  able  to  stand the test of  practical 
experiment.  The  problem  how  to  free 
glycerin  from  impurities in a manner at 
once  cheap  and  practically  useful  is, 
therefore,  unsolved,  and  offers a tempt­
ing opening for chemical investigators.

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CORTEX.

ACIDUM.

V IT R IO L .

a m m o n ia. 

b a l sa m u m .

th o u g h t 

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

i iir lu ’t   h a v f l  I 

of Septem ber,  1890.

Aqua, 16  deg.

S IM P L E   E L IX IR .

j  Black 
, 

G R A IN   W E IG H T S .

*  - - - - - -  

SU LPH U R O U S  A C ID .

r e c to r’s  G rav e  C alling. 

TOLD  BY  AN  UNDERTAKER.

G ro te sq u e   In c id e n ts o f th e   F u n e ra l  Di-  h ad  another  husband 

should be placed  in  th e  ground  perpen 
A  year  and  a h alf la te r  she 
dicularly. 
to  bury,  and  his 
| coffin w as  placed  side  by  side  w ith   th a t
'etN"'V  ,Ai 
k ilv  wifenTo'
"1 have  m et w itb  a  thousand  aad   one  husbands  to  bury,  an d  « d aily   . h e n   No.
5 was  placed  under  the  sod,  no  more 
space had been taken  than is usually oc­
cupied with one grave.  She said it saved 
trouble,  because she  really had  only one 
grave to attend to  now,  whereas  if  they 
had been buried in  the  ordinary manner 
she would have had five.”

—  

T he  In v e n to r o f th e   S o d a   F o u n ta in .
According to the  Druggist’s  Circular, 
the inventor of the modern soda fountain 
is a native of Bellerica, in Massachusetts, 
who  removed  to  Lowell,  in  the  same 
State, where,  in 1855, the brothers  Amos 
W. andGustavusD. Dows were associated 
in business as retail druggists.  Seeing the 
necessity of  something more  convenient 
to  increase  the  trade  in  soda  refresh­
ments,  the two  “put their heads togeth­
er,”  and after a short time announced to 
their  customers that  they had  “ice-cold 
The  apparatus first
soda”  on  draught.
■ H   I  
Some  people, too,  want  their  constructed  was a very crude  invention,
but in 1861 G. D. Dows patented a shaver 
consisting of a galvanized iron box, with
“Very often people want to  be  buried  a propelling  screw in each side arranged 

M EA SU R IN G   PE R C O L A T E S.

V M c ^ r^ fd e n ^ F 8 MDlY sdorf, L ansing. 

A  G alenical  B a rb ecu e .

E L IX IR S   FR O M   F L U ID   EX TRA CTS,

‘I remember another case of a " “ a

th e  w idow er,  having  e x - i ^ ^ .....................

Cubeae (po. 1  60......... 1  85®2 00
:::  25©  30

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;  S ecretary, 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 , 
sident, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H oyt.

President,

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 . 
President. J. WPH ayw ard,  Secretary, F ran k  H. E scott.
G r a n d  R a p i d s   D r u g  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n .  

didn’t  have Myrica  Cerifera, po.............
DO.................
i S

gec’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, Berrien Spr n g   . 
T hird V ice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit. 
p   m
Executive Com mittee—O. A. B ugbee,1Cheboygan;  E. T. 
W ebb, Jackson-,  D. E. P rall,  E astS agm aw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J. J. C r o ^ - .D e t e o j t  
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

Aceticum  ...................... 
8® J®
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
..................... 
®|
Carbólicum..................  40® 45
Citrieum ......................   ®2®
Hydrochlor 
10®
Nitrocum  .
Oxalicum .
P h o s p h o r i u m   a i l
Salicylicum................1 40@1  80
Sulphurieum..............  
5
Tannicum...................1  40@1  60
Tartaricum..................  4U(®  M

The  word  Vitriol  is  from  the  Latin 
vitrum, meaning  glass, and was  applied 
by  the  ancients  to  crystallized  ferrus 
sulphate,  or  green  vitriol,  from 
the 
glassy  character  of  its  crystals.  The 
sulphates  of  many of  the  other metals 
were  afterwards, for  the  same  reason, 
given the name of vitriols.

D r u g s  0  M e d ic in e s .

S t a le   B o a r d   o f   P h a r m a c y .

One Year—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  A rbor 
Two Years—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
Three Years—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
F o u r  Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
F ire  Y ears—Jam es V em or, D etroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V em or, Detroit.
T reasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo, 
f  M eetings d uring  1880—Grand  Rapids, M arch* and 6, 
S tar Island, July  l and  2;  M arquette,  Aug.  13  and 14; 
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

M ic h ig a n   S t a te   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n .

Sulphurous-acid gas is  best  generated 
by the action of sulphuric acid on copper 
clippings, with  the  aid  of  heat.  This 
method requires the  use  of  double  the 
quantity of sulphuric acid that the official 
method does, but the quality  of  the  -gas 
and  tfie  rapidity with which it- is gener­
ated more than compensates for the extra 
amount of acid used.

Undoubtedly the best grain weights are 
those made from aluminium wire.  They 
are more easily and quickly distinguished 
from one  another  than  any other form, 
and  less  likely  to  confuse  than  flat 
weights having the denomination stamped 
on the face,  often  faintly,  and liable to 
be  obliterated  by  constant  use  or  cor­
rosive  action.

The  following  formula  will  in  all 
probability prove satisfactory.  The mix 
ture  should  be  allowed  to  stand a few 
days, in order to blend the  flavors:
Oil cassia...................................................„
Ext. vanilla..............................................S3™®
Alcohol..................................................... |   “ °zs
Water, q. s. to make................................. 1  Pl
The quantity of  extract vanilla can be 
modified  according  to  the  taste and the 
quality  employed.  Enough  should  be 
used to render obscure  the  harsh  flavor 
of  cassia.

A very convenient  method  of  measur­
ing any required amount  of  percolate  is 
to measure into  a  bottle  of  appropriate 
size an equal volume of water.
Place  the  vessel  upon  a  level  table, 
and mark  the  surface  of  the  liquid by 
means of an  edge  of  a  triangular  piece 
of paper pasted upon the  outside  of  the 
bottle.
A triangular piece  of  paper  should al 
ways  be  used,  as  its  form  precludes 
doubt as  to whether  the  liquid  should 
come to  the  top  or  bottom  edge  of the 
mark.

j the person of  Mr. Casca  and at the other 
to the collar of  Bin’s  coat,  which I hap­
pened to be wearing at the  time. 
It was 
already past 9 o’clock, so 1  proceeded  to 
rouse  the  rest  of  the “gang”—no  easy
task,  1 can  assure  you.  How I ever got. 
. 
throfigh  that  day is a mystery to me. 
I  odd fancies and  curious  notions  during 
the  undertaking 
have  a distinct  recollection,  however, o f; my  connection  with 
finding a feather  pillow  much  too  hard  business,” said  a  prominent funeral  di- 
for mv head  that  night, and of  sincerely  rector to a reporter the other day. 
In- 
thanking  Heaven.ere 1 fell  asleep that a ; deed,  I think it is safe to say that ninety,- 
twentv-first birthday was a solitary event j nine  out of every hundred persons  have 
- 1 and express a preference of some kind or
in a man’s lifetime.
i  another  as to the disposition to be  made 
t  of their bodies after  death. 
Sometimes 
M inor M a tte rs o f In te re s t  to  D ru g g ists.
! their  requests  are  complied  with,  and 
I sometimes  they’re  not.  Generally  the 
1 j preference relates only to some minor de­
tail, either of  the coffin, of the  grave, or 
of the  burial  ceremony. 
Some  people 
want  a  plain wooden  coffin—mahogany, 
walnut, or  ebony.  Some  want  a  metal 
casket.  Some want their casket covered 
with black cloth;  some with white.  The 
desire for  a  certain  style  of  handle  is 
often  expressed,  and  women  are  fre­
quently  concerned  about  the  lining— 
wanting it of a  color  to  suit  their  com 
plexion.
coffins large and roomy
actly. 
in a particular spot, and  give express in-  ■_ 
structions as  to  the  direction  in which 
the grave is to lie and  how deep  it  must 
be.
quiet, private  funeral, while  others  are 
uneasy until  promised that they will  be 
given a grand and costly burial.
“All  these  are  matters  that  can  be 
easily  attended  to,  and  they  generally 
are.  But there  are  requests  made  by 
people  in regard to  their obsequies  that 
are extraordinary, and, in some instances, 
ridiculous. 
I’ll  tell  you  about  a  few 
cases  that  have  come  under  my  own 
notice.
There was  an  old  lady  died  a  few 
^ ears ago who  had  had  a  new and very 
costly set of teeth made  just  before  her 
3®
last  illness.  When  she  learned  th a t, Lft 
4®
boiJ®s  _YYY..Y.  n@ 
death was imminent, her greatest lament 
seemed to be that she  should never have ; Qjjloridum...............  12®
Fi-
an o p p o rtu n ity   to w ear those  teeth  
b
e U
 
n ally  a  b rig h t 
stru ck
................... 2 00@2 25
and,  calling  her  husband  to  her 
bed-'B row n'..:.....................  80@10®
side,  she  begged him  to  have  h e r  lips  so ;  Red..............................   g ®   ^
th a t  h er  frien d s : Yellow........................2 50@3 oo
arranged  afte r  death  
would be  able  to  see  and  admire  her 
beautiful teeth.  The old  man promised, 
and almost with her dying breath she re- i 
minded him of it.  We were  summoned  Xanl 
y 
to perform the necessary duties after her j
70®
pgr*"* 
@13®
death,  and 
re ru ........ 
46®  KA
plained the matter of  the teeth,  declared ! Terabin, Canada  ......   45®
45®
that his wife’s  request  must  be  carried j  Tolutan 
out.  He  had  promised  and  could not 
think of deceiving her.  We did  the best 
Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Cassiae 
-.....................  11
we could.  The result was  rather  start-
F la v a ..................  18
ling, but the teeth  showed, and  the  old j  ^uonymus  atropurp.........   3®
___________ o n   too 
m an  w as  satisfied,  so  we 
Prunus Virgini  ...................  155
an y th in g  to say,  of course.
e
i
aged single  man who  had  been  a  great | uimus Po (Ground 12).......  10
dresser—a  regular dandy, in  fact.  He 
left directions that he  should  be  buried 
in the last suit of  clothes he had bought.
As he was a man of  considerable wealth, 
and had left some very generous bequests 
to  his  friends, they decided  to  comply 
with his  request,  and  his valet was  told 
to bring the suit.  When he returned  he 
carried the loudest suit of  clothes I  ever 
saw. 
It was of plaid two or three inches 
broad,  and  green,  blue  and  yellow  in 
color.  With  it  came  a  shirt  covered 
with pictures of ballet  dancers  in  every 
conceivable  attitude,  and  a  necktie  to 
match.  The  appearance of these unex­
pected articles  caused  some  consterna­
tion, but the  dead  man’s  friends  finally 
decided  to  let  him  have  his  way, and 
Barosma 
.......•  •■••••
bury him as he had requested.  The body 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin
n i v e l l y . •  ^
was accordingly robed in  the flashy shirt 
and suit,  a dog-head  pin  stuck  into  the 
Salvia  officinalis,  34s
tie,  a  single  eye-glass  placed  over  the 
and  34s.....................
staring eye,  and the dandy was ready for 
UraUrsi......................
his last resting place.
OUMMI.
i  Acacia,  1st  picked...
@1 oo
“Sometimes people want things buried 
@  90 
...
2d 
with them.  A lady whose principal fort- j 
@  80 
3d 
...
une  consisted  of  her  many and  costly j 
®  65
sifted sorts...
p o ..................  75@1  00
jewels,  made  a  great  stir  among  her ■ 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60). 
friends  and  relatives  by  requesting  in ,
Cape, (po.  20). 
her will that  she  should  be  ornamented j 
____  „
Socotri, (po.  60)
with  all  of  them when  fin ally   prepared j  Catechu, is, (34s, 14 34s 
for the  gravev  She  had  provided,  too,  | 
YYZYYl 
that unless this was  done not one of  her | Assafoetida, (po. 30)...
friends should  receive a penny from  her  Benzoinum...............
estate.  Here  was  a  quandary,  but  the j ^£orbiuin po........
matter was finally settled  by placing  the j  oalbanum........
iewels upon  the  corpse, and  then,  after j  Gamboge,  po 
it had remained a few days  in  the vault, ’ ftnR,a™m-ir 
removing  them.
“I was once called upon to bury a man 
who had at some previous period chopped 
off one of his great toes. 
Just  as  1 was 
about  to  screw down  the  cover  of  the 
casket,  his weeping  widow came  to  me 
with  a small jar,  and  said that her  hus­
band had expressly desired  her  to  bury J j™g“ ® 
this with him. 
I looked at it and found ,  Majorum 
that  it was  the  missing  toe, neatly and 
carefully preserved in alcohol.
“I never buried any one who had made 
his own coffin, but 1  have heard  of  such 
Several  times, however, I  have 
cases. 
sold  people  their  own  coffins,  and, in 
some  instances,  two  or  three  years  or 
longer before  they died.  Sometimes  the 
boxes were  left with  me  until  needed, 
and sometimes they were  taken home  at 
Absinthium................5 00@5 50
once.  The most  peculiar  case  of  this
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
k ind I  ever had  w as th a t of  an  a rtist w ho  Amydalae,Amarae....8 00@8 25 
@2  50
lived  in  a  couple  of  room s  by  him self 
over in the western part of  the city.  He 
3 80®3 00
had plenty of money, and his rooms were 
elegantly furnished,  but all  in  the  most 
somber colors.  One day he came to  me 
and ordered a coffin made. 
It was to  be 
black inside and out,  and was to be large 
enough for  him  to  lie  in  comfortably. ; 
Another thing he was  explicit about was 
that  it  was to  be lined throughout with , 
I  made  it and sent  it • 
spring cushions. 
to his rooms as he directed. 
Four years 
later  1 was called to bury him. 
I  then 
found that  during  all  that  time  he had 
used his coffin  for a  bed—sleeping  in  it 
always—and he had  left  a  request to be 
buried in it.  He said he had grown used 
to it,  and did  not  think  he would  sleep 
well in  any other.
“1 once had  a  man who was  about  to 
die send for me and order  a  coffin.  He 
was  a very  small  man—not  more  than 
four feet  high—but  he  said  he wanted 
! his coffin six  feet  long. 
‘The  law,’  he 
I said,  ‘gives  every man six feet of  earth,
I  and I’m going to have my full share.’
,  . 

I  am a drug  clerk.  That  means,  in 
our  burg,  that  I  get  up  at  6:30 a. m., 
sweep  out  the  store,  dust  bottles  and 
show  cases,  have  fifteen  minutes  for 
breakfast, half an  hour  for  dinner  and 
eat  my  supper  while  waiting  on  cus­
tomers;  through the day 1 sell stationery, 
groceries,  hardware,  second-hand cloth­
patent 
ing  and  an  occasional bottle  of 
me  in 
medicine—this  latter  warrants  me 
I intended
calling myself a drug clerk, 
keeping this  celebration  for  Christmas, 
but as my  twenty-first  birthday  fell  on 
the  5th  of  this month,  and I considered 
it of more importance  to me than Christ­
mas, I decided to combine the  two  dates 
and celebrate  my  arrival  at  manhood’s 
estate in royal  pharmaceutical style.
1 received permission from my employ­
ers,  Messrs.  Casca,  Rasagrada  &  Co. to 
use a vacant room over the store and pro­
ceeded forthwith to  issue my invitations 
for a grand “round up.”
There were eight  boys  in  our  village 
whom I could crowd  under  the  appella­
tion of “drug clerks.”  First, there was 
my fellow clerk, Spatula Tompkins; then 
Sandalwood Smith and M. Graduate Jones 
(by the way, the only  “graduate” in the 
county), assistants of  “Bill” Shears, the 
barber, who  sells  bay  rum  and hair re­
storers; next came Tom Ginfizz and Jerry 
Cocktail, bartenders at the “Purgatory,” 
our  leading  hotel,  where  they  make a 
first-class “bitters”  and refer to their bar 
work  as  “dispensing,”  and last,  but by 
no means least, Io and  Bin, the two sons 
of Dr. Cl.  Hydrarg,  our  local jEsculap. 
The short time left me  before  the  even­
ing of  the 5th was spent,  with the aid of 
Spatula,  in  decorating  the  banqueting 
hall,  making a table,  and  securing q. s. 
of mortars, evaporating dishes, graduates 
and medicine spoons.
At last the evening arrived,  and with it 
my  guests,  decked 
in  their  “other” 
clothes,  and each one,  as is the custom in 
our locality,  bringing  something  which 
would add to the  enjoyment and general 
hilarity of a birthday  “blow-out.”  For 
instance, the Hydrarg  boys  brought  the 
old man’s pet  skull  as  an  ornament  to 
deck the board  in  true  Egyptian  style. 
Sandalwood  Smith  brought  a  demijohn 
of “hard cider,”  and  Graduate  Jones  a 
dozen clay pipes and a pound of tobacco; 
while Ginfizz and Cocktail carried half  a 
dozen  conical  shaped  packages  which 
were  destined  to exert a peculiar  influ­
ence upon the  party and cause me to ex­
perience  at  once  the  mingled  pleasure 
and  pain  of  a  full-fledged  manhood. 
After receiving the congratulations of my 
friends  and  bidding  them a hearty wel­
come,  we sat down at a table which I am 
pleased to say the  boys greatly admired. 
Before each guest was a mortar, an evap­
orating dish, a graduate,  a spatula and  a 
medicine  spoon. 
In the  center  of  the 
table was big 14-inch mortar  filled  with 
hot  punch,  and  arranged  around  this 
with studied carelessness were the differ­
ent  gifts  which  thoughtful  friends had 
sent me.  Among them, I might mention 
a Waterbury watch  from Mrs. Casca and 
a  beautiful  yellow  and  scarlet  necktie 
from Miss Rasagrada, on whom my affec­
tions are somewhat pasted.  At  the  end 
of the table, opposite  me,  I  had  placed 
the  skull  and  filled  every  crevice in it 
with  cigars.  Amid  a  running  fire  of 
raillery and  good  fellowship,  soup  was 
served in mortars and  partaken  of' with 
medicine  spoons.  Then  the  way  was 
comfortably cleared for the  reception  of 
the heavier viands by  a  graduate full of 
blackberry wine, the gift  of  Miss Casca. 
But why worry you with details!  Suffice 
it  to  say  that  the  many  specimens of 
wholesome  and  palate  tickling  edibles 
sent  by  my  kind  friends  were  tucked 
under  our  vests  in  a  remarkably short 
time,  and then  one  and all began to cast 
interrogatory  glances  at  the  aforesaid 
conical packages.  This led to a careful 
and critical examination of the contents.
Somehow  I  cannot  clearly  remember 
the actual results of that examination.  I 
only know that I was awakened  by a not 
very gentle hand and was almost blinded 
by the  strong  glare  of  sunlight  which 
was poured through the uucurtained win­
dows.  Heavens!  what a sight  met  my 
gaze when I finally began to  take  in  the 
details of my surroundings.  Lying, half 
on a table and half on a couple of chairs, 
with one elbow  in  the  punch and using 
my new tie as a pillow,  was  Sandalwood 
Smith;  Ginfizz and Spatula lay under the 
table,  locked  in a more  than  brotherly 
embrace. 
Spatula’s  coat. was  ripped 
from tail to collar, while around his arm 
he  wore  the  bosom  and  collar band of 
Tom’s shirt.
Graduate Jones was propped  up in one 
corner of  the  room  with  an  eight-inch 
wedgewood  mortar  upon  his  head 
(Graduate was the  only man whose head 
was normal for four days  afterward,  but 
his neck was  swelled  badly. 
I suppose 
he  had to “swell” some  place,  and  the 
mortar prevented him swelling where we 
did.)  Jerry  Cocktail  lay  on  his  back, 
under the window,  with a broken spatula 
in  one  hand  and  the skull in the other; 
Io.  Hydrarg was leaning against the wall 
with  a  mortar  between  his  knees,  in 
which  he  had  been  triturating my new 
Waterbury with a wine bottle;  at my feet 
and clasping  them tightly was poor Bin,
while I bad been using one of  his feet as  band’s repeated  and  frequent  absences, j  dead  friends.
a pillow.
_______ r.f  p ror  w as  that  of  a  VOimff  WldOW  who
in at a glance, for the rough  hand which j icine is  guilty  of  illegal  practice  of
awakened  me was attached at one end to I pharmacy.

Bergamil  ..........  
Caryopbyiii..................... 1  35@1 40
C edar.........................   35@  65
Chenopodii................  ©1  <6
CinnamoBii.....................1  35@1 40
Citronella......................   ®
Comuni  Mac..............  35©  60
Copaiba......................  90@1  00
Cubebae...................16 00@16 50
Exechtbitos................  90@1  00
Erigeron.......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultberia.......................2 20®2 30
Geranium,  ounce......   ©  75
Gossipi!, Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ................... 2 10®2 20
Juniperi......................   50@l! 00
Lav.endula.................   90©2 80
Limonis........................... 1  50@1 80
Mentha Piper................... 2 10®2 25
Mentha  verid..................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal.............  80@1  00
Myreia, ounce.............  ©  50
Olive................................1  00©2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini .......................... 1  24@1  36
Rosmarini............. 
75@1  00
I Rosae, ounce..............   @6 00
;  Succini..........................  40@ 45
Sabina..........................  90@1 00
j  Santal  ........................3 50@7 00
I  Sassafras.....................  50®  55
Si napis, ess, ounce—   @  65
Tielii 
.  ................  @1 50
I frequently have  people try to  drive  Tifym^ ....................  40©  50
‘_  ’ 
, ®
opt  ............ 
Theobromas................  15®
POTASSIUM.
BiCarb........................  15®
Bichromate................  13@
Bromide......................   37®

We have  never  regarded  the  absense 
of  green color in this soap as important 
The  National  Dispensatory says:  “The 
adoption by the U. S. P. of the antiquated 
term,  sapo  viridis, is unfortunate,  since 
soft soap, even if made from green-hemp 
seed-oil, will become  brown-yellow,  un 
less artificially colored.”
L IT H IU M   B E N Z O A T E — ER RO R  IN  FO R M U LA
Having had  occasion  to  refer  to  the 
formula for this salt, on page 930  of  the 
National  Dispensatory,  we  note  that 
lithium  benzoate is directed  to  be  pre 
pared by heating 100 grs.  of  lithium car 
bonate with  about  30£  grs.  of  salicyl 
acid
The unsuspecting  pharmacist is apt 1 
be misled by this misprint, on account < 
the similarity in the general character i 
Salicylic  and  Benzoic  acids,  and  we 
therefore caution  our  readers to make 
correction in their dispensatories. 
f u n k ’s  cream  of  roses.

a pharmacist’s wife who,  daring her hus- j bargains with  me  for  caskets  for.  their
About  the  best  case  of
The**foregoing  details I took | manages the officlne  and  dispenses med- { economy in  that  line  I  ever  had, how- 
ever, was  that  of  a  young 
gave  orders  that  her  husband’s  coffin

The  National  Formulary,  published 
by authority  of  the  American  Pharma 
ceutical  Association,  authorizes  the  em 
ployment of fluid extracts  in the  prepar 
ation  of twenty-four elixirs, one  liquor, 
three  mixtures,  seven 
three 
tinctures, and two wines.  This is indicat 
ive of  an inclination on the part of  edu 
cated pharmacists to  take  advantage  of 
the convenience of  this method when the 
occasion will warrant it. 

Opium,  quinine and  morphia  are  un­
changed.  Chloroform  has  advanced. 
Cuttle bone is  higher.  Gum  guaiac  is 
very scarce and  firm in price.  Chlorate 
potash  is lower.  English vefmillion  is 
higher.  Linseed oil  has advanced.  Ox­
alic acid is  lower.  The  Trust  has  an­
nounced its  price  for white  lead  at 7 M 
cents, with rebates, as  follows:

Flint glassware has advanced.
H.  H.  Warner & Co., Limited, have ad­
vanced  the price  of  their “Log  Cabin” 
remediesto the former prices,  as follows : 
One  dollar  goods,  $7  per  doz.;  50c 
goods, S3.75 per doz.;  plasters, $1.50 per 
doz.;  liver pills, $1.40 per doz.
T he  M aiden’s  P ra y e r.

1
30 
15 
55 
47 
10 80 
95
Guaiacum ,* (po. 50)  ...  @  45
|
‘“»foi::::::::*
»
Shellac  ..  ................  25®  K
bleached........  28®  30
Tragacanth........... . • •  30®  75

¿
“ 
HERBA—In ounce packages.

This  preparation  can  be  closely imi 
tated  by digesting  one  drachm  of -gum 
tragacanth in seven fl. ozs.  of  water,  for 
three  or  four  hours  straining  through 
muslin while warm, and adding one fluid 
ounce of  glycerin, the resulting mixture 
to  be  perfumed  with  extract  of  white 
rose, and colored light pink with carmine.

Young  Miss  Wilgus—Where  are  you 
going, papa?
Rev.  Mr. Wilgus—To  the  temperance 
meeting.  We  intend  to  inaugurate  a 
movement to save the  young men of  the 
country.
Young  Miss  Wilgus—Try and  save  a 
real nice one for me, will you, papa, dear?

24®
33®ll®
13®
14®
16®

e x t r a c t u m . 
Glycyrrhiza  G labra...
po........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is............
34»..........
34s ..........
FEBBUM.
Carbonate Precip.----
@   15 @3 50
Citrate and Quima —  
Citrate  Soluble........  w
¡0
Ferrocyanidum  S o l—  
Solut  Chloride...........  @
Sulphate,  com’l ..........1H®
.................  @
pure.

Three tons  and  less  than  ten  tons, 4 
per cent.;  ten tons and  less than twenty- 
five tons, 6 per cent.

Mentha  Piperita........
“  V lr.............. .
Rue.............................
Tanacetum, V ...........
Thymus,  V ................
M A G N ESIA .
Calcined, P at.............
;  Carbonate,  P a t ........
;  Carbonate, K. &  M...
, Carbonate, Jenning5.

The Paris court has  just  decided  that 

T he  W ife  M ay  N o t  D isp en se.

Arnica ... 
Anthémis  . 
Matricaria

_  m iegw uis ,u o . 

55®  60 
20®   22 
20®  25 
35®  36

T he D ru g   M a rk et.

Absinthium. 
Eupatorium

SAPO  VIRIDIS.

syrups, 

f L  a   K n o f   n o c o   A t

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g S

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10®   12

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OLEUM.

f l o r a .

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25®

4   k n n l  

50®

35®

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Antipyrin...................1  35® 1  40
Carb.............................  12®  15
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ®  68
Chlorate,  (po. 18)........  16®  18
Arsenicum.................  
5@  7
Cyanide......................   50®  55
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Iodide......................... 2 80@2  90
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 2 10®2 20
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  33®  3.‘ 
Calcium Chlor, Is,  04s
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
11; 348,  12)............
„ 
® 9
Potass Nitras, opt......  
8®  10
9  Cantharides  Russian,
Potass Nitras..............  
7®
po........................
@1  75
Prussiate.....................  25®
@ 18
Capsici  Fructus, a f...
Sulphate  po................  15®  18
® 16
@ 14
Bpo.
23® 25
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
@3 75
Carmine,  No. 40..........
50® 55
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
28® 30
Cera Flava.................
® 40
Coccus ........................
@ 15
Cassia Fructus...........
Centraría.....................
@ 10
@ 35
Cetaceum...................
50® 55
squibbs .
©1  00
50@1  75
20© 25
Chondrus...................
15® 20
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W 
German 
4® 10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
@ 60
cent  ........................
Creasotum.................
@ 50
© 2
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
5® 5
“  prep...................
“  precip................
8© 10
“  Rubra................
© 8
35@ 38
Crocus  ........................
Cudbear......................
@ 24
8© 9
Cupri Sulpb................
10® 12
Ether Sulph.
68® 70
fi  n
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®
13®
Glycerins...................   22®
Grana Paradisi...........   ®
Humulus.....................  25®
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
“  Cor  ....

Aconitum...................   20®
Althae.........................   25®
A nchusa.....................  15®
Arum,  po....................
Calamus......................   20@
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 50).....................  ®  j™
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po.................... _ 15®  20
Ipecac,  po...................2 00@2 20
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  28
Jalapa,  p r...................   25®  30
Maranta,  54s..............   @  85
Podophyllum, po........  15®  ¿8
“  cut......................   @1  75
...................   75©1  35
— >  53 
1  20
45 
65 
®  40 
@  20 
%   12
©  35 
®  25 
“   20 
15 
25

,v 
Spige?ia 
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @
Serpentaria..................  40®
Senega.....................—  60@
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 
M  ®
Scillae, (po. 35).........   10®
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)
German...  15©
Zingiber a ...................   10®
Zingiber  j ..............  
22®
SEMEN.
Anisum,  (po.  20)!. 
..  @
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®
Bird, Is..................... 
4®
Carui, (po. 18)............. 
8®
C a rd a m o n ........................ 1  00@1  25
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa..........334® 
4
Cydonium...................  75®1  ®®
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate....... 1  75®1  85
Foeniculum................  ®  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
L in i.............................4  ®  434
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  434® 434
Lobelia........................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   334® 434
R apa...........................
Sinapis,  Albu............. 

cent, by box 70 less
White........... 

6®

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8®
Nigra...........   11®

“ 

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®  80
“ 
Ox Rubrum  @1  00
“  Ammoniati..  @1  10
“  Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.............  @  80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... 1  25®1  50
Indigo.........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 7E®3 85
Iodoform.....................  @4  70
Lupnlin......................   85®1  00
Lycopodium..............   55®
M acis..........................  80®
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod..................  @
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10® 
Magnesia,  Sulpb  (bbl
134)...........................   2®
50
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45®
Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 65©2  90 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o...................... 2 85®2 90
40 
Moschus  Canton........
70 ©  10 
Myristica, No. 1..........
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..
30®  32
Os.  Sepia.....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.............................
@ 2  00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., 34 gal
doz  ..........................
® 2 00 ®1 00 
Picis Liq., q u arts......
@  70 
pints.........   ©
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @
®  50 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  ®
®  18 
Piper Alba,  (po £5)__   ®
®  35 
Pix  Burgun................  @
7
Plumbi A cet..............   14®  15
Pulvis 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
SaccbarumLactispv..  @  35
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  .  ..............   @4  50
Sapo,  W ......................   12®  14
“  M........................ 
8®  10
“  G........................  @  15
Seidlitz  Mixture........  ®  25
Sinapis..................... 
  @  18
“  opt...................  ®  30
Snuff,  Maeeaboy,  De
V oes........................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
ll®   12
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  « 
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®  33
Soda Carb...................  
2® 234
Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4®  5
Soda,  Ash...................  
3@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............  ®  2
Spts. Ether C o ...........  50®  55.
@2  00 
@2 50
@2  15
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl...............234®  334
Tamarinds.................  
8@  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Tbeobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla...................... 9 00@16 00
7®  8
Zinci  Sulph................ 
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70 
70
Lard,  extra................  55 
60
58
Lard, No.  1................  45 
63
Linseed, pure raw —   60 
66
Lindseed,  boiled  —   63 
Neat’s  Foot, winter
strained.................   50 
69
Spirits Turpentine—  
'1034  55
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars— 134  2@4
Ber.........134  2@3
“ 
Putty,  commercial— 234 234@3
“  strictly  pure...... 234  3 34@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English.... 
75@80
Green,  Peninsular......  
70®75
Lead,  red.....................  @734
“  w hite................  @734
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
1  00@1  20

“  Myreia  Dom......
“  Myreia Imp........
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl
2 05).........................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

Ron.............  234® 3

Paints.............. 

paints. 

OILS.

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VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach........1 10@1  20
Extra Turp...................1 6C@1 70
Coach  Body.................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn......... 1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Daihar— 1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 __
70®  75

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R ...... 175@2 00
 
Jnniperis  Çp. O. T ....1  75|1  75
Saacharum  N.  E ......... 1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............ 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto................. 1 
Vini  Alba.................... 1 

1 

25@2 00
25®2 00

10@1 50

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage...................2 25®2  50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................
2  00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage..........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage...................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
65
riage  ........................
75
Hard for  slate  use—
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
1  40
u se ...........................

SYRUPS.

Accacia................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac...................................   60
Ferri  Iod..............................  50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  58
Rhei  Arom...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co............  50
Senega.................................   50
Scillae...................................  50
“  Co..............................   50
Tolutan................................  50
Prunns virg..........................  50

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TINCTURES.

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Aconitum Napellis R ..........  60
F .............   50
Aloes................................. 
  60
and myrrh.................   60
A rnica.................................   50
Asafoetida.............................  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....................................   58
G entian................................  50
“  Co............................   60
Guaica.................................   50
“ 
amnion.....................  60
Zingiber..............................   50
Hyoscyamus........................  50
Iodine...................................  75
Colorless...................   75
Ferri  Chloridum.................   35
K ino....................................   50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................  50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
Opii  ..................................
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor......................... 2 00
Auranti Cortex.....................  50
Q uassia................................  50
Rhatany. — ........................  50
Rhei......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............   50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stromonium......
:::  6o
Tolutan...........................
...  50 
V alerian.........................
...  50
V eratrum V eride............
MISCELLANEOUS.

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Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
u 
Alumen........................234® 334
ground,  (po.
3®  4
 
Annatto......................   55®  60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55©  60

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rUllolllild directions accompany  each  bottle
Do1i obi n 
is  Put  UP  iu  LARGE  BOTTLES 
rOllSIllUa  and is sold at the moderate price ol 
Twenty-five Cents.
Boll obi no  is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
rOllSIllIla market.  Try it, andmake your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
B n lio b in o   is for sale  by all Druggists, Furni 
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I must leave you.”

P ast  and  P resen t  Prosperity.

Plainly, that  was  impossible. 

what  was  so  familiar  to  them all. 

The Michigan Tradesman

CASE  OF  INTERMIGRATION.

(C O N T IN U E D   PBO M   F IB 8 T   P A G E .)

I  am  telling  you true, my  loved 
cast. 
one.  Tell me you know it.”
“Your  words—but  bah !  What  are 
words?  Anyone  can  use  them.  You 
are mad. 
With a despairing  cry  I  threw myself 
forward as she  attempted  to  pass  in  at 
the  door, and  caught  her  in  my  arms. 
She  struggled  and  screamed  for  help, 
and in the midst of it  her  brother  came. 
He was a  powerful  man,  and  in  an  in­
stant  I  was  powerless  in  his  grasp. 
Holding  me  fast  he  demanded  an  ex­
planation.  When  I  refused  to  speak, 
Marian told the story for me.  He laughed 
good-humoredly, and said:
‘Oh, it  is  evident  he  is  a  harmless 
madman!  Still, it will be safer to  have 
I’ll  hand  him  over  to 
him locked up. 
the officers.”
I was  dragged  away, and  never  since 
have I been free. 
I hear the guards say 
I am mad, and, though  I  know it  is  not 
true, I cannot  make  them  listen  to  me. 
Perhaps  it  is  best 
If  1 were  free  I 
should have no  friends,  for all who were 
my friends refuse to know me now.
How did  it  come  about?  You  have 
seen  that  already.  We were  drowned, 
or nearly drowned,  in each  other’s arms. 
In returning to life we—by “we” I mean 
our  lives,  spirits,  souls, call  them  what 
you will—exchanged  bodies.  That is the 
whole secret.  A fearful exchange it was 
for us both!
I have never heard of  my friends since 
that day.
Once, in  a  paper  I was  permitted  to 
read,  was  a  notice  of  my  own  death, 
which had occurred  in a distant asylum. 
To the notice was added  a  remark  upon 
the  “strange  hallucination”  which  had 
led  me  to  imagine  myself  Professor 
Jones,  the  great  linguist. 
I  kept  my 
secret after that, and to  this  day no  one 
knows that I am living  here, a sane man 
buried among  madmen, and  that  it was 
Professor  Jones’  spirit  which  was  re­
leased by the death of my body.

“I never saw you before.  Move on, or 
I’ll have you arrested.”
His manner convinced  me that further 
entreaty was  useless. 
I returned  to the 
station, and there took the first train that 
passed. 
It chanced to be one  bound  for 
the North.  Before we had traveled many 
miles  the  idea  occurred  to  me  to visit 
Ann  Arbor. 
It was nearly dark  when I 
stepped off  the  train. 
I wandered  aim­
lessly toward the university grounds.  At 
length a quick  moving,  energetic  young 
man overtook me and said :
“Good-evening,  Professor.  Are  you 
going to the concert to-night ?”
“What  concert?”  I  asked.  “I  have 
been out of  town.”
“Oh,  so  you  have.  This  is a concert 
given by some of  the students.”
“I  fear I shall  have  to  miss  it.  My 
work has accumulated in my absence.”
“I  am  sorry, for  you  would  enjoy it. 
But here is your house.  Good-evening.” 
So this  was  my house. 
I looked  at it 
with 
interest.  A  fine,  roomy  brick 
dwelling, set far back  from  the street in 
a spacious  yard.  Well-paved  walks  led 
from the gates to the  entrance, while all 
was  shaded by magnificent  old oaks and 
lindens.
After a moment’s  hesitation, I  walked 
up to the  great  double  doors  and  rang. 
The  door  opened  and a servant greeted 
me as “Professor,” and, adding that Mrs. 
Jones  was  in  the  library, left me alone 
in the hall.  Here was another quandary. 
I was not especially anxious to meet Mrs. 
Jones  after  the  scene in the hotel, yet I 
did  not  care to seem  ignorant of  the ar­
rangement of my own house.  I went for­
ward boldly, and  opened a door, through 
whose keyhole a bright ray fell  into  the 
dimly-lighted  hall. 
It chanced to be the 
right  door,  for  there,  sitting  beside 
large writing-table, was Mrs. Jones.  Her 
face wore an anxious, worried expression, 
as she sat with  her  elbow  on  the table, 
supporting her head in her hand.
On  my entrance  she  sprang  up,  and, 
simply  exclaiming,  “Oh,  John!”  stood 
still in her place.
Not  knowing  what  else I could  do, I 
advanced toward her,  and  in  an  instant 
had  her,  weeping  quietly,  in  my arms, 
No reference  was  made  to the unhappy 
hotel scene, for all she said was :

I  had  heard  enough  to  convince  me 
that  my  only  safety lay in  flight.  But 
safety from what ?  Flight  whither ?  If 
this were  not all a fearful  nightmare, if 
I really had  become so changed  in  form 
and  appearance, it would  be  useless  to 
seek  my  friends,  for  they  would  not 
recognize me.  How could they know me 
if  I came to them not as a  young  man in 
my own  proper  person, but as a middle- 
aged  professor,  my  very  antipodes  in 
every respect.
On  the  other  hand  —  the  thought 
startled  me  as it came  up—could I per­
sonate the man  whose form I had unwit­
tingly assumed ?  Could I go to  the  uni­
versity, assume his position and relations, 
and be what I seemed—Professor Jones ?
In  the 
first  place,  I  had  not  his  knowledge.
Hisdep  artment  was  one  in  which  the 
deepest knowledge  and  most  earnest re­
search  were 
requisite.  The  stooped 
shoulders and bald crown were evidences 
of  the severity of  their  rightful owner’s 
studies. 
I was  a  recent  graduate  from 
college, and, while I had stood well in my 
class, was  no  more  competent to fill  the 
place of  such  a man  than to regulate the 
universe.
In  our  study  of  mental  science  the 
various  views of  mind  and  matter  and 
their  relations  had  been  presented and 
discussed by one  professor and the class.
The  general  idea  of  materialism  had 
struck  my fancy,  and  with  the  pseudo­
independence  of  youth,  I  had  revolted 
from the orthodox camp and joined those 
whose efforts  are  directed to the banish­
ment  of  mind  from  the  universe. 
I 
maintained  that  thought was merely the 
action  of  the  brain-matter  under  what 
we rather vaguely called  “the laws of its 
being,”  and that memory aDd  knowledge 
consisted  simply  in  acquired  habit  of 
action.
From  th e New Y ork Shipping List.
My theories  were  deoidedly  upset  by 
Whatever  the  cause,  there is no gain 
this  day’s  experiences. 
If  that  view 
saying  the  fact  that  the  year  1889 has 
were  the  true  one,  and if, by some  in­
been a  year of exceptionally, if  not alto­
explicable freak of the “laws of nature,”
gether  unprecedented, activity and pros 
“I’m so glad  you have come back.”
I had, as  everything  seemed to indicate, 
perity. 
If  there  be  an  exception,  it  is 
“I am glad  to  be  with  you  again,  my 
become  possessed—you  see I cannot ex­
to be found in the lesser degree of  activ 
dear.”  The  words  nearly  choked  me, 
press  the  idea  without the use of  terms 
ity in the purely speculative  arenas  and 
for I was no adept at deception;  but they 
implying an entity separate from the cor­
the decline  and  bursting of  some of  the 
to  satisfy  her, for  she took my
poreal  existence—become  possessed  of | seemed 
trust  bubbles  which  have of  late  years 
this  man’s  body,  then I must  have  be-! arm and said
fastened  themselves like barnacles upon 
“Now,  you  must  see  the  children, 
come  essentially  this  man.  Since  the 
commercial  enterprise,  their pernicious 
body is the man, when  the  body became  Charlie !  Maude !  Papa is here, 
influence  in  some  instances  having ex­
The  two  children,  the  boy I had seen 
mine—or myself—I must  have  acquired 
tended  over  wide  fields.  “Competition 
with it the  brain,  and  hence  the  power  in  the  hotel  and a bright  little  girl  of 
is  the  life of  trade” is  an  axiom  trite, 
of  thought  and  the  knowledge  which j twelve,  came  flying  in.  Maude  kissed 
yet true,  and as applicable now as at any 
were  its  own.  But  the  fact  was  very j  me  and  nestled  in  my lap,  but  Charlie 
time  in  the  history of  commerce,  and 
different.  While  there  was  now  no i gave me his hand rather coldly, 
whatever is calculated to  destroy compe­
doubt in my mind—that awkward  admis-  We  had  a  pleasant  tea  together,  al 
tition,  and  thereby enhance  the  cost of 
sion again—that this was the  professor’s  though during its progress I had to be on 
living,  is  by common  consent  regarded 
body,  I  found  that  no  effort  of  mine j my guard constantly,  lest  some  careless 
with disfavor and its destruction as cause 
could  make  me  seem  other  than  the  word  should  show  how little I knew of 
for  congratulation  rather  than  regret. 
young  graduate. 
In
Legitimate business  has  seldom been so 
My own meager  experience of  life and I fact,  if  I had felt any doubt before, 1 was 
active the  year  through  as  during 1889, 
men was all I could recall,  and there was j thoroughly convinced  then  of  the  utter 
The  yield  of  crops  has  been  immense, 
no glimmer of  the profound learning and j impossibility of  playing  in  real  life the 
and facilities for transportation  taxed to 
large  experience  which I knew  the pro-  part of  the man  whose person  and name 
the  utmost  in  the  movement of  cotton, 
fessor possessed.  The fact seemed to be : had been thrust upon me so strangely, 
corn,  wheat  and  flour.  Hence,  though 
that I had acquired his  body, and with it  When  tea  was  over  I  retired  to  the 
it“5  prices have ruled uniformly low—in some
its aches and  pains, as a sharp twinge of 
library, desiring  to  be left  alone, on the j £ages  lower  than  ever  before-the pro­
rheumatic  pain  now  reminded  me,  but
plea  that I was  very busy—even  rejecfr- 
ducer  has  received  large  returns in the
nothing  more. 
In  the  exchange,  if  ex­
ing Mrs. Jones’ offer to sit  with  me  and 
aggregate  and  has  been  enabled  to 
change  there  had  been,  the  advantage 
help  me  with  my  papers—and  there 
make more liberal  purchases, so that the 
was  all  on  his  side.  1 had  the  feeble 
waited till all  was  quiet  in  the  house. 
beneficial  influence  of  large  crops  has 
mental  development  of  a  boy,  with  a 
Then, extinguishing the  lights, I slipped 
been  felt  throughout  the  length  and 
worn-out  body, while  he  had the vigor­
out cautiously.  At the railroad station I 
breadth of  the  land.  Some  branches of 
ous, cultured  mind,  and with it a youth­
took a south-bound train  for—anywhere.
trade which had rested in  a state of Com' 
ful, perfectly healthy body.  How utterly 
I  still  had  one 
resource.  Unrecog- J parative lethargy for  years  have  awak 
unfair it was to me !  But wait a moment.
nized  by  friends, 
claimed by strangers, | ened to a condition of  activity and thrift 
Was his  position  the ideal one I thought 
and  cast  off  by  my  own  parents, I was 
greater  than  ever  before  experienced. 
it ?  His wife and  children  never  could 
so lonely and wretched that I determined 
This is especially the  case with the  iron 
■recognize him in his new  form. 
In fact, 
to risk all in  one  last  appeal to Marian. 
industry, the  activity  in which  is  phe­
if  he should  ever  attempt to claim them 
It was evening  when  I  approached  the 
nomenal.  Thus the year just closed has 
and his old position, his actions would be 
house, and Marian was sitting alone, as I 
been  one  of  general  and  exceptional 
viewed  as  those  of  a maniac,  and  most 
had found her often before, on  the  vine- 
prosperity  up  to  its  very  close—and 
probably  he  would  end  his  life  in  an 
sheltered  porch.  She  was  humming  a 
there is  every indication  that  the  com­
asylum.  Then,  perhaps,  some  time  a 
bright little air, of  which we  both  were 
mercial  activity of 1889 will extend  into 
friend of mine might see him in my body, 
fond, and was so busy with her  thoughts 
and  be  even  more  remarkable  in  1890. 
and  mourn  me  as  having  met  a  fate 
that she did  not  notice my approach till 
The outflow of  merchandise  from  every 
worse  than  death. 
In  fact,  who  knew 
my  foot  touched  the  step.  Then  she 
sea-port city,  so active  through  the  last 
but  that  the  morning  might  see me ar­
started up with an exclamation of  alarm.
year, is unchecked.  Cotton and corn and 
rested for some impossible crime of  fam­
flour.as well as the thousands of Manufact­
Mindful  of  my reception  at  home,  I 
ily-deserting,  and  finally locked  up as a 
ured articles, are still in demand  abroad, 
| had studied beforehand how I should ad­
madman ?
giving remunerative  employment  to  the 
Instead  of  startling  her  by 
dress  her. 
The  thought  made  me  spring  to  my 
tonnage of the nations, while the various 
speaking to her as I should  have done in
feet.  Clearly it would  not do to attempt 
railways  connecting  the  East  and  the 
a personation  of  Professor  Jones,  even i my own proper person, I simply said: 
West are choked with  grain, etc., the en­
if  I could  bring  myself  to disregard the 
tire rolling  stock  of  the  great  railway 
moral and religious  training of  my early 
systems being inadequate to meet the de­
years so far as to impose upon his friends 
mands made upon them.  Moreover, the 
in such a  manner. 
I let down  my valise 
Pan-American Congress, it  is confidently 
from  the  window, slipped  out a private 
expected, will  be the  means  of  opening 
door, and left the hotel.
up new fields for American  produce  and 
In spite of  my conviction that it would 
manufactures, so  that  the  future would 
be  useless,  I  determined  to  visit  my 
seem  to  give  promise  of  equal  if  not 
home.  Stepping from the train, I met at 
greater  activity  throughout  the  varied 
the  station  one  of  my  most  intimate 
ramifications of  American  industry than 
friends. 
I  forgot  my  misfortune,  and 
even  the  past  year. 
In view of  these 
rushed up to him  with  the  exclamation:
facts, 
languishes,  and 
if  speculation 
“How  are  you,  old  fellow?”  only  to 
Wall street remains  in  the  same  condi­
be met with a stare  and  the  chilling re- 
tion of  quiet  and  unthrift  that  has ob­
ply:“You must be mistaken in  your man.”
tained for some  time  past, it  may prove 
to be  advantageous  to  legitimate  trade 
Too disheartened to say more, I walked 
by  diverting  capital  from  the  purely 
up  the  street to my father’s  house, and 
speculative 
the  various  fields  of 
there,  once  more  forgetting,  I  hurried 
American industry which continually in­
into the room  where my mother  and sis­
vite  the co-operation of capital and  cap­
ter  were  sitting,  and  greeted  them as I 
italists.
was  wont  to  do.  How  different the re­
ception from what I had hoped !  My sis­
ter  fainted,  and  my mother, a woman of 
great  courage  and  firmness,  faced  me 
with the question:
“ Who  are  you?  What  does  this 
mean ?”
“Why, mother, don’t  you  know  me ?” 
And I sank into a chair  and  covered my 
face with my hands.
“Mother!  Know  you!  No,  sir, I  do 
not.  You  must  be  intoxicated.  Leave 
the room immediately!”
Seeing  the  uselessness of  further  ap­
peal, I withdrew.  Determined  to  make 
one  last  attempt,  however,  I  waited 
within  sight of  the  gate  till  my father 
and my brother came home.  I confronted 
them  and  told my story with breathless 
o eagerness,  appealing  to them to  lead me 
in  and  convince my mother of  my iden­
tity.
“Oh,  father,  do  not  cast  me  off!”  I 
cried.
“Why, father,”  said  my brother,  “he 
is as old as you are!”
“Yes;  the  man  must  be  crazy,  poor 
fellow,”  answered  my father, and  they 
turned away.
This was too much to bear, and, throw­
ing myself  before them, I said:
I am  the victim 
“No, I am  not  mad. 
of  the  strangest  calamity. 
I  seem  to 
have  lost  my own  body and to have en­
tered another. 
I cannot tell  you so you 
will understand, but I am truly your son. 
Oh, do take me in to my mother ?”

“This is Miss Harper?”
“Yes,  sir,”  she  answered.  “Is  your 
“It is,” was my reply.  “Please listen to 
Then,  after a moment’s pause, I added: 
“Miss Harper, do  you  remember a cer­
tain June evening a  year ago ?”
“There  were  thirty  June  evenings a 
year ago.  Which one  do  you  mean ?” 
“The one of  all  the  thirty which  you 
have  most  cause • to  remember.  You 
were with George Palmer that night, and 
he told  you a secret.”
“Who  are  you?  What  do  you  know 
of  George Palmer and his secrets ?”
“Be  patient  and  hear  me  out.  You 
listened to his secret, and told him yours 
in  return.  Through  all  the  year  your 
life  has  been  brighter  because  of  that 
interchange  of  secrets.  Am I right ?” 
“You have no right  to  speak so to me. 
You  are  impertinent. 
If  you have bus­
iness with me, state it, or I shall  call my 
brother.”
“Only  one  word  more.  You  saw 
George here a week ago.  He was a fine, 
manly  fellow,  and  you  gloried  in  his 
manly  strength  and  beauty. 
Suppose 
some  change  had  come  to  him,  how 
would you receive him?”
“You  frighten  me.  What  change 
could come to  George—to  Mr. Palmer?” 
“Suppose an accident  had  marred  his 
beauty and  shorn  him  of  his  strength; 
suppose  him to  be, if  it were  possible, 
little and  feeble  and  ugly,  with  a thin, 
piping voice, instead  of  his  own  deep 
bass, what would you say to him ?” 
“Such a thing is impossible.  You are 
making sport of me.”
“But  suppose  it were  possible—sup­
pose  it  were  true,  Marian ?” 
I  cried, 
seizing  her  hand, unable  longer  to  re­
press 
the  great  heart  hunger  that 
gnawed  me.  “Marian, don’t  you  know 
me ?”
“Know you?  No, sir, I do not.  Let 
me go.  How dare you touch me ?” 
“Marian,  give  me  a  minute, only 
I  am  George, your  lover, and 
minute. 
no one else.  Some  unlucky fate has dis­
guised  me  so  that  my dearest  friends 
cannot  recognize  me.  My face, my fig 
ure, my voice—all are  changed;  yet my 
mind and heart  are  the  same, and  you 
Marian, must say whether  I  am  to  be  a 
man again  or  forever  a  friendless  out

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No. 1  “ 
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