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“Speaking of Denver,” said my  friend 
Robbins,  “did I ever tell  you of  an  inci­
dent  in  my life which  occurred  out' be­
yond the  Missouri River  just  before the 
rebellion?  No?  Well, then,  as we have 
both  taken a long  walk, let  us  sit  down 
in  the  shade of  this  tree,  while I try to 
interest you. 
I do not  think I ever  hear 
the  word  Denver  without  a  cold  chill 
creeping down my spine, as the  perils of 
those  early days are  recalled.  To  begin 
as  I  ought, it  will  be  necessary to  give 
you, in part, a glimpse of a family secret, 
but, of  course, that  is  sub rosa.  It hap­
pened  a  long  time  ago  when  you  and 1 
were  boys,  or  rather  young  men,  and 
therefore  my wife  will  have no  serious 
objection.  You  will  remember  that  I 
lived  on  my  father’s  farm  near  Ashta­
bula, Ohio.  There came  into our  neigh­
borhood a young man about my own age, 
named Wellman, who  hired  out to  work 
on a farm.  He  told three  or  four differ­
ent  stories  about  his  previous  history, 
which, to  me, looked  very  bad. 
I  first 
saw  him  at  a small  party  at  the  farm 
house where  he was working.  He was a 
fine specimen of youthful manhood; good 
looking, genial, fairly well educated  and 
possessed of  one  grand passport into so­
ciety—he was a remarkably sweet singer. 
Almost every one was prepossessed with 
his  appearance  from  the  first.  There 
was  a  kind  of  mesmeric  attractiveness 
about Wellman, more especially when he 
sang, which was almost magical.  At one 
time, while singing an old  song, without 
anyone  being  aware  how  it  happened, 
the  entire  company  at  its  close  found 
themselves crowded close about him, and 
two-thirds of  them were  in  tears.  Such 
was the strange power  he seemed to pos­
sess over  his companions.  I  was at that 
time  waiting  upon a young  lady  who  is 
now  Mrs. Robbins—that  is, by  common 
consent, she  and I seemed to prefer each 
other’s society, although, perhaps neither 
of  us had a thought of  marriage.  Well­
man  was  at  work  on  a farm  adjoining 
her  father’s  and,  of  course, I saw  him 
often.  He was good company, our tastes 
for sports were quite similar and we soon 
became fond of each other’s society.  We 
both  liked  fishing with  hook  and  line, 
and, the lake being  near,  we spent many 
hours  together  in  that  pastime. 
I once 
suspected  that  he  had  been  a  young 
sailor, as  he  managed  everything  about 
a boat  so  well, although  he would  only 
admit being an amateur.  As if to verify 
my opinion, however, I was  one day vis­
iting  him in his  room, and, while chang­
ing his coat, he playfully barred one arm 
and exhibited  thereon a fine specimen of 
a  speckled  trout  in  all  its  beautiful 
shades  and  tints. 
‘You  see I was  born 
with  the  mark  of  a  fisherman,’ said  he, 
yet  I well  knew it was  done  with  India 
ink, and  by  a  skillful  artist.  Wellman 
and  the  young  lady also  saw each other 
almost daily, and it was not many months 
after he came  into  the  district, before  I 
saw  that  he  was  at  least  a  formidable

rival.  One  year  after  Wellman  came 
among us  my mother’s  brother  died, be­
queathing  me  $1,000,  and  at  once  my 
mother  manifested the utmost  solicitude 
regarding  such a sum  of  money  coming 
into my possession  while  yet a bachelor. 
She  begged  that  I  would  marry  that 
coming  winter,  and  when  I  asked  with 
much  astonishment,  ‘Who?’ she  replied, 
‘What  a  question, when  you  know  that 
every  one  expects  you  will  some  day 
marry  May  Sanders.’ 
‘Why,  mother,’
I rejoined,  ‘I suppose May prefers young 
Wellman.  He  is  lately paying more  at­
tention  to  her  than  ever.’ 
‘Now,  my 
son,’ answered  my mother,  ‘listen  to  me 
a moment, and  let  my  words  sink  deep 
into your  heart. 
I  fear  for your  happi­
ness  and  your  future  as  none  but  a 
mother  can,  and I am  also  solicitous for 
the welfare of  our  neighbor’s  daughter, 
whom 1 have  known  from  infancy.  Do 
not  allow  a  stranger,  whose  history  is 
unknown,  to  jeopardize  the  life  of  the 
best and  most  noble  girl in this  county. 
At least, make the attempt to carry away 
the  prize.  A  good wife  will  prove  the 
best counsel the world can  give you, and 
will save a man from a hundred  pitfalls. 
The co-operation and advice of  May will 
soon  double  your fortune and  your  hap­
piness, while, without her, I greatly fear 
that  your  uncle’s  money  may  prove  a 
curse to  you, instead of  a blessing.  Be­
lieve  me  when  I  say  that  I  know May 
Sanders far  better than  you  do, and  she 
prefers  you  to  anyone  else  and  will 
never marry any other.’

“To make a short story of this chapter,
I will  add  that  after  much deliberation,
I took my good mother’s advice, proposed 
to  May  and  was  accepted,  and  within 
two months after, we were married.  Be­
fore  the  wedding took  place, however, I 
found  I  had  made  Wellman  an  open 
enemy.  He  had  imagined  I  had  aban­
doned the  field and  that,  while  May was 
coy,  she  would  eventually  be  his,  and 
now  to  see  her so suddenly taken  from 
him  forever rendered  him  furious.  We 
had, heretofore, been  such  good  friends 
that my sympathies were aroused and he 
was an  object of  my pity. 
I  did not  re­
tort in kind, as he cursed me and accused 
me of perfidy, but  treated him  with gen­
tleness  and  compassion,  attempted  to 
reason  with  him and  bore  his  insolence 
in  silence.  Even  this  exasperated  him 
still  more  and, at last,  as he  left  me, he 
said: 
‘I am going away from Ohio.  We 
may meet again, and you  remember that 
while I shall  always  respect  the woman 
you  have treacherously  taken  from  me, 
I will darken her  home and  life by being 
8 thorn in your  side as long as you live!’ 
and he turned and walked  rapidly away. 
I never saw him alive again.”

*  *  *

“Now,” continued Mr. Robbins, “I will 
pass over  an  interval of  ten  years, dur­
ing  which  time  the  good  predictions of 
my  dear mother  had—if  possible—been 
more than  fulfilled.  At  this  time,  also, 
came  the  discovery  of  gold  at  Pike’s 
Peak,  Colorado, and  the  consequent  ex­
citement, followed  by emigration  to that 
then distant region.  Numb«» of familios

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went  from  Ashtabula  county and  many i 
with  whom  I  was  acquainted.  As  is | 
generally  the  case, the  exodus included 
all classes of  people.  Not  all, however, ! 
went  with  the  intention of  digging  for 
the precious metal.  Gamblers and thieves : 
were among the number who intended to 
ply  their  nefarious  callings.  Old  mer- 
chants were  thoughtful and  foresaw  the j 
necessity of  depots  of  supplies  for  such j 
a  multitude as were  turning  their  faces 
westward  so  far  beyond  the  borders  of 
civilization  and  in  a  land  of  savages. 
Iowa  and  Missouri  were  the  nearest 
sources  of  supplies  at  that  time  and 
everything  must  be 
transported  by 
wagons, frequently  over  the worst  kind 
of  roadways.  For  weeks  at a  time  the 
prairies west of the Missouri River would j 
be  seen  dotted  with  canvas-covered 
wagons, filled with  household  goods and 
provisions,  and  often a family of  five  or 
six  persons—generally  women  and  chil­
dren—crowded  in  beside. 
I  had a great 
desire to see  the country, and, if pleased 
with  the  climate,  to  engage  in  either 
farming  or  store-keeping.  While  the 
excitement was at its height  and covered 
wagons were almost daily passing through 
the county, bearing the rather determined 
inscription, rudely painted upon the can­
vas,  ‘Pike’s Peak or Bust,’ I was engaged 
by a firm in Southern Ohio to take charge 
of a train of  nine wagons—eight of  mer­
chandise and one of  baggage and  guns— 
all to  be  loaded  at  St. Joseph,  Mo., and 
drawn by ox teams  thence to the  base of 
the  mountains, near the  spot  where the 
city  of  Denver  now  stands.  Nearly  all 
this  merchandise  was  shipped  by water 
from Cincinnati via the Ohio, Mississippi 
and Missouri Rivers  to  St. Joseph.  The 
wagons were also shipped to that  city by 
the same  route.  Other  trains  were  also 
fitted  out  from  Sioux  City and  Council 
Bluffs, Iowa, and  Leavenworth and Kan­
sas City, although the last two were quite 
unimportant  towns  at  that  day.  From 
some of  these  points the  trains  had met 
with  opposition  from  the  Indians,  who 
were inclined to regard the influx  of  the 
the whites as a trespass  and to mean  the 
ultimate  abandonment of  their  hunting 
grounds;  and  they  were  disposed  to  re­
sist  the  immigration.  From  this  cause 
and their natural predilection as thieves, 
it became  necessary for the  emigrants to 
go  well  armed  and  in  companies  suffi­
ciently strong  in  numbers  to  resist  any 
attacks from  the  savages. 
I  refused  to 
allow my wife and child to incur the risk 
I  was  willing  to take  upon  myself  and 
left them  at  home.  With  such  a  large 
amount of merchandise—principally gro­
ceries—as  my  train  was  to  carry,  there 
was great  temptation  for  the  Indians to 
attack  us,  and  I,  therefore,  stipulated 
for  a  guard of  thirty-five mounted  men 
to  accompany me, besides the  teamsters, 
laborers and  servants who  went on foot. 
All  carried  the  best guns  then  obtaina­
ble, and  side  arms  were  also  strapped 
about the waist ready for instant use.

While  rendezvousing  at  St.  Joseph, 
rather early in the spring, we were obliged 
to  delay  starting  and  await  warmer 
weather,  that  the  growth  of  the  grass 
along the route might afford food for our 
cattle, as upon their good condition much 
depended, and it was impossible  to  car­
ry sufficient hay for  the  journey.  May 
20th, at daylight,  we crossed the Missou­
ri  River  at  St.  Joseph  and  began  our 
slow march westward, the  cavalry keep­
ing a little in advance of the train.  The 
weather  was all  that  could  be  desired

T TTTn  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

and,  with the excellent  condition of men i 
and animals, everything seemed to augur 
a  prosperous  journey.  We  purposely j 
made slow progress, that the cattle might 
not give out, and for several days in that 
level country we were hardly out of sight 
of the winding River.  The  eighth  day 
out,  during the  afternoon,  live  Iudians 
on horseback appeared, coming from the 
North, and signalled  us  that  they  were 
friendly and wanted  to talk,  and  I  gave 
orders  to halt the  train  and  have  them 
come in.  They evidently  knew that  we 
were loaded with  merchandise,  for, dis­
playing  quantities  of  silver  coin, they 
signified that they wanted  dry goods and 
tobacco. 
I made them  understand  that 
the boxes and packages of goods  belong­
ed to  others and  were not for  sale,  but 
that  I  would  sell  them  some  tobacco 
from our own supplies. This they seemed 
pleased  to  get and paid for it  in  silver. 
Finding they  were  hungry  and  having 
neither  food  nor  firearms  with  them,  1 
ordered them  supplied  with  bread  and 
meat, shook hands  with  them  and  they 
departed  in  the  direction  from  whence 
they came.  Their horses  rendered them 
subject to  suspicion, as the animals were 
evidently stolen from farmers  or  travel­
ers, but why they should  be  away  from 
camp with no arms,  except bows and ar­
rows.  we  could  not 
imagine,  and, 
having  no 
interpreter,  we  did  not 
find out.  They seemed  curious to notice 
and minutely examine  everything  about 
our wagons, and  the  particular  kind  of 
fire-arms we carried.  Having been fore­
warned of all  their  various  tactics  and 
deviltry, however,  I  ordered  extra  pre­
cautions with the guard as  we encamped 
that night,  yet  we  were  not  disturbed. 
The following day I  sent out  a  few  vi- 
dettes  with  orders  to  remain  about  a 
mile distant on our  flanks,  moving slow­
ly with us,  and to  keep  a sharp lookout, 
and report at sunset.  After we had halted 
for  the  night  and  were  preparing  to 
camp, they came in,  and  those upon our 
North  flank  reported  having  sighted  a 
few Indians at three different points  and 
at  different  times  during  the  day,  and 
their actions in attempting to  keep from 
sight excited suspicion.  All these  were 
apparently well armed.  The videttes on 
our left saw  no  one.  Deeming  precau­
tion the better part of  valor,  I  called  a 
general council of  all to obtain the ideas 
of the  majority,  and  to  determine  our 
action for the coming  night.  With  one 
accord, all  approved  of  making  strong 
preparations  for  defense,  and a  part  of 
the  program  was  left to  be  filled  in  as 
circumstances might require. The wagons 
were placed  some distance apart in a cir­
cle,  and  the  horses  and  oxen  brought 
within it, and strongly tethered.  A part 
I of  the  boxes  were  also  unloaded  and 
placed  between the wagons  to  serve  as 
shields,  in  case  of  attack.  They  were 
also slightly  raised  from each  other,  in 
order to afford  loop-holes  for  the  guns. 
The horses were left saddled and bridled, 
ready- for instant use; guards were placed 
around the  coral,  and  at  10  o’clock  we 
lay down  upon our  arms, to sleep  if  we 
could. 
It was between  2  and  3  in  the 
j morning when one of the guards touched 
me lightly and,  as 1 rose to a  sitting pos­
ture, motioned me to follow.  There was 
i neither a  clear  sky, nor  was  the  moon 
yet above the  horizon.  A  light  breeze 
I shifted  the  hurrying  clouds  and  occa- 
I  sionally  afforded  sufficient  starlight  to 
j distinguish  moving  objects  half  a  mile 
1 distant.  Pointing to the  Northeast,  the

guard directed my attention to something I 
which might have been a herd of buffalos, 
antelope or Indians. 
It was a dark mass | 
in very slow motion.  By  a  signal  pre­
viously agreed upon, our  outside guards 
moved closer to the  wagons, yet  still  in 
sight  from  the open  prairie,  and  every 
man  inside  was  aroused  and  upon  his 
feet in a moment.  It took but a few min­
utes  longer  to  be certain that  the  dark 
mass was  horses and men, and that  they 
were  creeping  upon  us  as  silently  as 
death.  While  we  yet  watched  them, 
they deployed to the right and left in two 
platoons, each  dropping  into  single file 
with  startling  military  precision.  By 
this time, they were  sufficiently  near  to 
be distinguished as Indians.  Upon count­
ing the horses, we were  gratified to  find 
that they  did  not  outnumber  us.  I am 
not a military  man in  the  broad  defini­
tion of the word,  but as I  felt  sure  that 
they supposed us off our guard,I was de­
termined  they  should  receive  the  first 
shock from us, before they came to  close 
quarters.  Another  signal  called  every 
outside man quietly with in the corral and 
all took their  places  with guns  present­
ed.  As the  treacherous  savages  moved 
down upon us, our animals  became rest­
less and the horses neighed.  Of  course, 
hearing this, the Indians knew we would 
be awakened and on the  alert, and  their 
mask of silence was thrown off instantly. 
With a yell which startled  our  animals, 
they wheeled to the  left  ready—true  to 
their Indian  tactics—to move in  a  circle 
around us, and quickly prepared to start 
into a run.  Had the night been less dark, 
we would not have allowed  them  to  ap­
proach as closely, but now we  could  see 
the outline of every man  and horse,  and 
the  instant  they  wheeled  their  horses 
broadside to us,and before many of them 
had  time  to  lie  down on  the  opposite 
side of their animals, as is  their custom, 
the signal to ‘fire’ was given.  The order 
was to aim at an Indian if he sat upright, 
but, if not, to kill or  cripple  his  horse. 
Being prepared, we were  too  quick  for 
them,  and took  them  by  complete  sur­
prise.  The onslaught proved a  slaught­
er.  Eleven Indians  dropped  dead  from 
their  animals  and  sixteen  horses  were 
either killed or  totally disabled. 
If any 
Indians were wounded, we  did not know 
it.  Before the  remainder  of  them  had 
time to do any  effectual  firing,  we  gave 
them another  volley,  killing  four  more 
and  wounding  many.  They  now  hur­
riedly withdrew  out  of  direct  range  of 
our guns and left their wounded to crawl 
off as best  they  could.  Looking  about 
us  we  found  four  of  our  men  badly, 
though not fatally,  wounded,  and a  few 
others with slight flesh wounds.  Our box­
es of  goods  had  evidently  saved  many 
lives.  As it would not be very long  un­
til daylight, their council was  necessari­
ly  brief  and  we  saw  preparations  for 
another attack.  This time  they  enlarg­
ed  the circle and kept  beyond  the  line 
of their dead, but they came  on more de­
termined than ever, and with their horses 
under full run.  Orders were now  given 
to aim particularly for their animals,  for 
if they were disabled, we would then hold 
the advantage.  Before we could do any 
effectual work, however, their  shots  had 
killed two of our horses and three of  our 
oxen,  and  wounded  more of the animals, 
but,as their horses commenced to flag,our 
shots told with sickening effect and eight 
more horses were added to their dead and 
more Indians were disabled.  Again they 
withdrew,  hurriedly gathering up a  few

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of  their  wounded,  avoided  our  parting 
shots, and left Northward.  We did  not 
venture from our  corral until after  day­
break.  We then found two wounded In­
dians, whom we thought with care might 
recover.  Two of their  wounded horses, 
yet alive, we had to kill. 
Judging from 
his dress, their chief lay among the dead. 
He was a middle aged man,  with  better 
features than  the  ordinary  Indian,  and 
wore a very good suit of buckskin  frock 
coat and breeches.  The coat 'was richly 
ornamented with silver  and  gold,  while 
the breeches had a  deep buckskin fringe 
on the outside seams, and lines of filigree 
work  in  porcupine  quills,  running  the 
entire length adjoining.  T.think  I  will 
appropriate this coat,’ said I,  ‘as the sav­
age will have no further  use  for  it,’  at 
the same time asking one  of  my  men  to 
assist me in its  removal.  Upon  taking 
it off we found  that  he  wore  no  under­
clothing beneath it.  Some  of  the  men 
also  removed his  breeches,  and  mocca­
sins of the same  material, as  mementos, 
and  as  they  finished and  the  body  lay 
upon its  back,  they  crossed  both  arms 
over its breast, to  leave  him  for  beasts 
or birds of prey.  Something  caused  me 
to watch them at their work, and, as  the 
arms dropped across each other, I startled 
the men around me by  the  exclamation, 
“My God! can  it  be  possible  that  1  see 
George Wellman dead before me?” There, 
upon the same right  arm, was  the  same 
beautiful  speckled  trout  I  had  seen  so 
many years ago, and around it  other ob­
jects of inferior work were  also painted. 
Tears  had  passed  and  he  may  have 
changed, for I  could  not  recognize  him 
by  anything  else. 
In  one  of  the  coat 
pockets, there was a package of gold coin 
of  something  over  $200  and 
in  his 
breeches pocket was some written memo 
randum in English, giving  the  name  of 
an  Indian  woman as his wife, but threw 
no further light on his history. 
I  gave 
the white chief a  military and  Christian 
burial,  fully believing he was my old and 
sworn  enemy,  and,  placing  the 
two 
wounded  Indians  in  a  wagon,  I  took 
them with  us.  For  a  long  time  they 
seemed  surly  and  would  talk  togeth­
er  in  their  own  tongue,  but  pay  no 
attention to us.  The following day,while 
we halted to rest,  I  approached our  two 
wounded enemies and offered them  food, 
which they accepted and voraciously ate. 
I pitied the poor wretches, and then held 
up a flask of whisky and said ‘fire-water!’ 
as I thought  a  very  little of this would 
strengthen 
in  their  sufferings. 
One of them looked on with stoical indif­
ference, but tears ran  from  the  eyes  of 
the  other  as  he  said  in  good  English 
‘For heaven’s sake,  captain,  give  me  a 
little to swallow, and some  to  bathe  my 
wound with, for I am  suffering  cruelly 
,  If one of our own  animals had spoken, 

them 

should not have been more surprised.  It 
is unnecessary to say that I relieved him 
as well as my means would allow,  as  al­
so his real Indian companion.  This man 
was a Missourian and  admitted  that  the 
name  of  their  dead  chief  was  George 
Wellman,  and  that  one-fourth  of  the 
band were  whites, while  the  remainder 
were Sioux Indians. 
‘Wellman,’ he con­
tinued,  ‘disguised as an ordinary Indian, 
and bare headed, was one of the five who 
first visited the train  on  the  eighth  day 
of your  journey  from  St.  Joseph.  He 
did this to make sure that you  were cap­
tain  of  the  train.  He  was  not  an 
Indian  chief, although  he  lived  among 
them and had a squaw  wife, but  he  was

chief of  our  band.  He  received  news 
from Ohio and I think knew every move­
ment of yours for years.  When he heard 
that you were to  have  charge  of  a  rich 
train  of  merchandise,  he  visited 
the 
mines and you can  imagine what kind of 
men he selected to share  in the booty we 
expected to obtain.  Wellman  gave  or­
ders not to take you  a  prisoner  and  we 
knew what that meant.  He was leading 
the second charge upon  the  train  when 
he fell with a shot through the body, but 
he  did  not  die  instantly. 
I  suppose  I 
am to  be put to  death  with  my  Indian 
companion, but shall plead  with  you  to 
save my life for  the sake of my wife  and 
children.’

“I took the two wounded men with me 
to the  settlement,  near  the  mountains, 
and, with  proper  attention,  both  recov­
ered.  Their lives were spared,  on  con­
dition that if ever again seen in  Denver, 
or found in any  thieving  or  murderous 
raids, no mercy would  be  shown  them. 
Wellman’s purse of  money  I gave to the 
Indian  agent,  with  the  memorandum 
found upon him to  deliver  to  his  wife. 
Her husband’s clothing I  would not part 
with. 
I know  that the  widow  received 
the money.  On  arriving at what is  now 
Denver, we erected a large and  substan­
tial  canvas  tent  for  a  storehouse,  in 
which  business was transacted for  more 
than  a year. 
I was employed as  an  as­
sistant in the care and sale of the  goods, 
but no large amount of money was  made 
for the company, as it will be remember­
ed that  thousands  abandoned  the  poor 
surface diggings the first  season and the 
few who remained were for  a  long  time 
poor, and it  was  only  after  agriculture 
was begun that the village began to grow 
in numbers  and  wealth.  Members  of 
that  firm—now  old  men—and  some  of 
their children are  now  prosperous  mer­
chants, either in or near the city  of Den­
ver.”

Is Business Wbat We Mase  It?

Written  for The Tradesman.

“How  is  business?”  said  I  to  a mer­
chant as I stepped into his store one day, 
and found him alone at his desk.  ‘ ‘Where 
are  all  your  customers?  Have  you 
driven them  out?”  He looked  up  smil­
ingly,  reached  out  his  hand  as  I  ap­
proached, and said,  “Shake.”

“You  ask  about  business,”  said  he. 
“It  is  fair—none  too good,  and  still  no 
reason  to  complain.  Business,  in  the 
I do not  an­
main, is  what we  make it. 
swer  your  question  from  conjecture. 
I 
do not  answer  it without  actual  knowl­
edge, and,  in  order  to  do  that, I  watch 
the figures. 
I was  just  looking over the 
past two weeks’ business as you came m, 
and I  know  exactly, not  only  what  my 
sales  have  been,  but—what  is  of  far 
more importance—what  my  profits  have 
been, and in  that  column  there is  every 
penny paid out for expenses, personal as 
well as general. 
I have been working in 
a store of  some kind ever  since  I can re­
member—of  course,  excepting  a  short 
time  at  school—but  1  never  was  given 
any  instruction  in  the  details  of  the 
business.  All this I was obliged to work 
out for myself  afterward,  and  at a great 
disadvantage. 
I  was  simply  a  clerk  to 
handle, mark, sell  and keep  goods in  or­
der.  This was all correct and proper, so 
far as  it  went.  For  years  this  was  my 
daily task, and when I desired to  go into 
business myself, with only a few hundred 
dollars  capital, I was  totally unfitted  to 
take charge of the business, and the only

V

wonder  is  that I was  not  added  to  the 
long list of  failures.  The  fact  is, I had 
only  learned  the  most  simple  part  of 
storekeeping, and was ignorant of the es­
sentials  to success.  I think  that a large 
percentage of  our  failures  in  the  retail 
business are  due  to this fact,  and I have 
wondered  many times  if  this  could  not 
be remedied.  We  have  commercial  col­
leges  in  the  country,  but,  from  what  I 
can learn, they are not  sufficiently  prac­
tical.  Banking is theoretically taught in 
some of  them in  all  its  details,  and  its 
graduates may step from  its  halls into  a 
banking  house, and  begin  work  in  any 
department. 
It  ought  to  be  the  same 
with those who are fitting themselves for 
the  future  merchants  of  the  country. 
We require lectures upon the buying and 
selling of  merchandise  in  all the details 
demanded  in  actual life.  Such lectures 
by  practical  merchants,  to  a  class  of 
young  persons  fitting 
themselves  for 
merchants, would  be  more  strongly  im­
pressed upon their minds and more  thor­
oughly comprehended  than from reading 
all  the ‘hand  books  to  merchants’  ever 
written.  Of  course,  few  men  can  sit 
down beforehand and make their figures, 
and be certain of exactly the outcome  in 
actual business.  There are always things 
he  cannot  foresee, but  he  can  approxi­
mate, and  come  near  the  truth. 
If  he 
has kept his figures of expenses, a weekly I 
or  monthly review will tell him whether i 
he  is  exceeding  the  bounds  or  not.  1 
have  formulated  a  system  at  last  by 
which  I  am  enabled  to  know in  a  few 
minutes at any time whether I have made 
or lost money during the past month—in 
other words, whether  my expenses  have 
exceeded  my  profits,  and  where.  With 
this  information  I  am  prepared to stop 
the leak.  One vital point is  often  over­
looked  by those  in  business—they  seem 
to forget that it is from the small margin 
of  profits alone  that  all  their  expenses 
must  come, and  that  the  moment  they 
exceed this their  capital  is  lessened and 
the foundation of their entire business is 
imperiled.  Almost  any one  can  simply 
buy and sell  goods, but to do it and save 
money  for years is quite a different  mat­
ter. 
It  requires knowledge  and  experi- 
rience to be certain of success.  Witness 
the failure of  the  grange stores all  over 
the country.  As others have said before 
in T h e T radesm an,  these  failures  were 
from a lack of knowledge of the business. 
There are many merchants who are doing 
business at a loss, and may have done  so 
almost from the  start, and do not  see  it. 
They do  not have the  time  or  the incli­
nation to examine  the details.  They are 
blinded  by the glare  of  such  an amount 
of  dollars  dropping  daily into  their till, 
and  joyfully say to  themselves,  ‘This  is 
business,  and  now  I  can  afford  this  or 
that luxury.’  As  a matter  of  fact, they 
are daily undermining  their  capital—re­
moving the  foundation stones from their 
business, and sooner or later it will crum­
ble  and fall about them.”

N otice  to  B uilders.

Proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  the  construction of  an  additional 
building  for  the  Akeley  Institute,  at  Grand 
Haven,  Mich., until 10 o’clock  on  the  12th  day 
of  May  1891.  The  plans and  specifications can 
be  seen  at  the  office  of  Hon.  Dwight  Cutler, 
Grand Haven, Mich., or at theoffice of Johnston 
& Johnston, architects, Muskegon, Mich.
The bids  will  be  opened  at  Grand Haven, at 
10  o’clock  a. m.  on  the  12th  day of  May,  1891. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  reserves  the  right  to 
reject  any and all  bids.  Address  proposals  to 
Rev.  J.  N. Rippey, Clerk  of  Board of  Trustees, 
Muskegon,  Mich ,  or  to  Hon.  Dwight  Cutler, 
Grand  Haven,  Mich.,  marked  plainly  “ pro­
posals.”

Use  “ Tradesman ”  eoupons!

WILLIAMS’

RootBeerExtM

and  Herbs.

I t Is a pure, concentrated  E xtract o f Roots 
It makes a refreshing, healthful  summer  bever 
Every dozen  is  packed  in  a  SHOW  STAND, 
which  greatly Increases the  sale, as it is  always 
in sight.

age at a moderate cost, for family use.

35-centsize only $1.75 per doz. 

,

3 dozen for $5.

For  sale  by  all  jobbers.  Order  a  supply from 
your  wholesale  house.  Show cards  and  adver­
tising matter are packed in each dozen.

H. F. HASTINGS,

M anufacturers’ Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

WE  ÄRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpeli,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

Send for Quotations.

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS

M a n u f a c tu r e r s  o f  a n d   J o b b e r s  in  

Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags,

Metals, Iron, Rnbber and Wiping Raga 

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.

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AMONG THE TRADE.

AROUND THE STATE.

Hillsdale—Freece  &  Co.  have  retired 

from the tea store business.

Corunna—E. Eveleth  has  sold  his dry 
goods and grocery stock to Wm. H. Cole.
Michigamme —C.  F.  Sundstrom  suc­
ceeds Sundstrum & Co.  in general  trade.
Standish—Peter  Snyder  is  succeeded 
by YanRiper & Oakley in the meat  busi­
ness.
West  Bay  City—H.  G.  Porter  &  Co. 
have removed their  grocery stock to Bay 
City.

Cheboygan — John  H.  Frawley,  suc­
ceeds  Frawley Bros,  in the grocery busi­
ness.
Saginaw—A.  G.  Wall  &  Co.  succeed 
Eaton, Potter & Co.  in the  sawmill  busi­
ness,
his dry goods and clothing stock to Julius I eapaejty.
Simon.

Marquette—Kassel  Oshlnsky  has  sold 

Manistee—Geo. Billings succeeds  Bill" 
ings & Webster in the  hardware  and tin 
business.

Hubbardston--- Cowman  &  McKenna
succeed  Cowman  &  Townsend  in  gen­
eral trade.

Belding—H. Shear,  of Kalamazoo,  has 
arranged to  open  a  confectionery  store 
in the new Bricker block.

Detroit—The  Novelty  Manufacturing 
Co. has been  organized  to  manufacture 
chairs and chair backs, with a capital  of 
$100,000, half paid in.  The shareholders 
are Cushman Bishop,  John  M.  Farland, 
Cass O.  Robinson  and  Charles  E.  Rich­
mond.

Port Huron—The Hollis Tack and Nall 
Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., will move a  part 
of its plant to Port Huron  in  considera­
tion of $100,000, either in bonus or  stock 
subscribed, and S. S.  Hotchkiss,  of  Col­
umbus, will transplant  a carriage  facto­
ry here for the modest sum of $10,000.

Saginaw—George  Fiege,  of  this  city, 
has gone to Gaylord  to  let  the  contract 
for the construction of a  sawmill,  stave 
and hoop mill  combined. 
It will be two 
stories high,  46x150 feet,  and  arranged 
especially for manufacturing  hoops  and 
staves  on a  large  scale.  The  sawmill 
will  have  a  band  saw  with  30,000 feet

Tawas — It  has  developed  that  Milo 
Adams, the logging jobber  who  commit­
ted suicide  last fall,  and  who  was  sup­
posed to have been moved to  the  act  by 
financial  embarrassment, 
assets 
amounting  to  about  $22,000,  of  which 
$8,000 was  cash  in  bank. 
In  addition, 
his life  was  insured  for  $8,000.  There 
will be a handsome balance  after paying 
all  debts.

left 

whether to be  occupied or not.  The pe­
tition  is  beiug  numerously signed,  and 
meets  general  favor  among  traveling 
men.”

It  was  decided 

last  evening,  and  was 

Jackson  Patriot  April  26:  “The  an­
nual meeting of Post  B., Michigan K.  of 
G.,  was held at  the Hibbard House  par­
lor 
the  most 
enthusiastic and best meeting  ever  held 
by the Post in this city.  The election  of 
officers for the  ensuing  year resulted  in 
the election of A.  F.  Peake as President. 
J.  H.  Russell, jr., and E.  L.  Fuller were 
chosen Secretary and  Treasurer  respect­
ively.  President  Peake  will  announce 
his standing committees at the next  ses­
sion,  which  will be  held  at  the Stowell 
House. 
to  hold  the 
meetings of the Post on the last Saturday 
in  each  month,  and  it  is  intended to 
make them of a social nature,  in order to 
bring about a better acquaintance among 
the  traveling  men  and  their  families. 
It is desired that every traveling man  in 
the city  attend  these  meetings. 
If  the 
enthusiasm  of  Post  B.  indicates  any­
thing, the probabilities are  that the next 
annual meeting of the State organization 
will be held in this city. 
In this connect­
ion, the  Patriot suggests  that  the  Mer­
chants  and  Manufacturers’  Association 
take  the  matter  in  hand and  give' the 
Knights of the  Grip  aid  and comfort in 
this laudable  undertaking.  The  unani­
mous sentiment of  the  meeting  was the 
wish and desire not  only  to  elevate the 
standing of  the traveling fraternity,  but 
to  make  the  Central  City 
the  head­
quarters  of  the  salesmen  on  the  road, 
whose  watchword  and 
tailsman  shall 
ever  be:  ‘Jackson,  My  Jackson.’”

Clean up the  Store  Front.

P etoskey,  April 30—If any one  thing, 
more than  another, demands  the  atten­
tion  of the merchant or tends  to  give  a 
more inviting appearance  to  a  place <of 
business,  it  is  absolute  cleanliness.  1 
speak  more  particularly  of  our  store 
fronts.  At this season of  the  year,  es­
pecially  in  the  country  villages,  mer­
chants are expected to take  prompt  act­
ion in this respect.  As the  frost  leaves 
the ground,  there  are  always  offensive 
emanations from partially  decayed  sub­
stances which have  accumulated  during 
the winter  and  there are also found  un­
sightly articles, carelessly ’thrown  near. 
These should  now  all  be  removed  and 
the walk in front kept well  swept.  The 
show windows of our  store  which  have 
only been cleaned at long  intervals  dur­
ing the past winter now demand  prompt 
and careful attention.  We  cannot  well 
perform too much work on and about our 
store fronts at  this  time.  Every  warm 
shower will assist  us,  but  the  hoe,  the 
shovel, the broom and  the  wheelbarrow 
are  all  required,  first  and  last,  if  we 
would entice and invite visitors. 
I infer 
that  the  visitor,  once  enticed  within, 
will be agreeably surprised at the  clean­
liness there. 
I have already seen  sever­
al neatly dressed ladies  raise  the  skirts 
of  their  dresses,  hesitate  a  moment 
on 
and 
down the  street,  then  make  a  bee  line 
for the cleanest looking store  front  and 
enter. 

crosswalk,  glance  up 

Grocer.

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A Handsome Volume.

Walter  Baker  &  Co. 

favor  The 
Tradesman  with  a  handsome  publica­
tion, entitled  “The Chocolate Plant  and 
Its Products,” giving a  complete history 
of the chocolate plant and it various pro­
ducts.  The letter press  and  engravings 
are in the highest style of the art and the 
volume as a whole is characteristic of the 
house which stands sponsor for the  pub­
lication.

FOR SALE, WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement* will be Inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  tor each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 86 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANGES.

____  __________  AND  MEN’S  FURNISHING
goods 'stocks  for  sale  In town of  1,800  people. 
Only clothing  store  In  town.  Trade  all  spot  cash. 
$2,500 a week  paid out  In  factories  every  week.  For 
particulars, address No.  236 care  Michigan Tradesman, 
Grand  Rapids.________________________________ __*3*

■ RUG STOCK—NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW 

hardwood  fixtures.  Excellent  location  on  best 
retail street  In  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  light 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory.  Just 
completed, $2,600.  On account  of  failing  health,  will 
sell  at  Invoice  or  for  $2,400  cash.  If  sold  by  March 
15.  Otherwise will hold it as an  investment.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  investigation  solicited.  Ad­
dress “F.,” care Haxeltine Perkins Drug Co.  City. 197 
FIRST-CLA88,  WEbL- ASSORTED 
■rare and building  material, situat­
ed at Port Huron.  Did a business of  $68,000 last  year. 
No old  stock or rubbish.  Will  invoice  about  $20,000. 
Proprietor  sick in  bed  and  unable  to  attend  to  the 
business.  Address Geo. M. Dayton, Lansing. Mich.  228

Fo r  sa l e—f in e   stock  o f  boo ts  a n d  sh o e s
I TOR SALE—COMPLETE DRUG  STOCK  IN  A  GROW- 

special  line.  No  old  goods.  Everything  desira 
ble.  Good  trade,  mostly  cash.  Excellent 
farming 
country. Address ’‘Shoes,” care Michigan Tradesman 214
ing village on good line  of  railroad,  surrounded 
by as fine farming  country'as  there  Is  anywhere  In 
Michigan.  Must quit the business  on  account  of  fall­
ing  health.  Address  No.  213  care  Michigan  Trades­
man.

,  thriving 

SALE—HALF  INTEREST  IN  A  GENERAL 
town.  Capital 
necessary,  about  $1.200.  addresB  No.  241, care  Mich- 
igan Tradesman.

street  In  the  booming  city  of  Muskegon.  For 
full  particulars  address No. 242, care Michigan Trades­
m an ^ _____________________________________ 842

FTOR SALE—VARIETY  STOCK.  LOCATED  ON  MAIN 
LTOR8ALE—WILL SACRIFICE A8TOCK OF GENERAL 
’ merchandise inventoried at $800.  Only store within 
three  and  one  half  miles.  Situated on C.  &  W.  M. 
Railway.  Good  store  building,  dwelling  and  barn. 
Reasons for  selling, death  of  proprietor.  Address  H. 
M. O.,  care Michigan Tradesman.  _____________232

I  TOR  SALE—BAKERY  AND  RESTAURANT  ;  GOOD 

business;  In  good  town;  plenty  boarders; good 
chance;  other  business  reason  for  selling.  Address 
box 238,  Dowagiac, Cass Co., Mich._______________283
DESIRABLE  LOCA-

OR  SALE—GROCERY  8TOCK. 
tion.  A bonanza to the rig! 

cer,  oare  Michigan Tradesman.

FTOR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK.  IN- 

ventorylng about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
try town of 500 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 
has other  business.  Address  No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
173
FOR SALE—A  COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK  AND  Fix­
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  8. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
124
Mich. 
WANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 

general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­

dress No. 26, oare Michigan Tradesman.___________ 26

SITUATIONS WANTED.

243

WANTED—  BY YOUNG  MAN. SITUATION AS BOOK- 
keeper,  assistant  book-keeper  or  collector 
Rest  of  references. Address  E. care  Michigan  Trades- 
man. 
TOtrANTED — SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED  A8SIS- 
v v 
tant pharmacist of four years’ experience.  Best 
of references.  H. Fox, 238 Jefferson St„ Grand Rapids, 
Mich. 
POSITION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
jur  years 
Box 1Î0, Bangor, Mich.

WANTED—POSITION IN STORE BY  A  SINGLE MAN 

who  has  had  fourteen  years  experience  in  a 
general  store;  can  give  A  No. 1 references.  Address
Dick 8tarling, Eastmanville, Mich.________________225
ANTED—SITUATION  BY  AN  EXPERIENCED 
hardware clerk.  Can  furnish No.  1  references. 

Address  Box  33,  Bangor,  Mich-______________ 239

245

MISCELLANEOUS.

Perspiring:  Feet.

The Pharmaceutical Era gives the fol­
1.  Wear low shoes,  wool  socks,  and

tirA N TE D — a   d r u g  c le r k  w it h   o n e  o r  tw o 
VV  years’  experience.  Registered  assistant  pre- 
fered.  Good  references required.  A  good  chance  to 
learn the business.  I. F. Hopkins, Muskegon, Mich. 240
man. who wants  steady  employment 
will  have  the preference.  Bend  references  from  last 
employer to box 1,204, Cadillac, Mich.______________280
For sale—twelve to twenty acres of land 
lowing recipe for perspiring  feet:
for summer  home.  Seven  miles  north  of Trav­
erse  City  on  the  East  Arm  of Traverse  Bay on the 
dust the feet over twice a day with iodoi; I Peninsula  ready  fitted  for  building.  C.  E.  Clapp, 
they will  soon  be  as  hard,  sweet  and ' Ar  e’ 
I' X)R SALE  OR  RENT—CORN ER  LOT  AND  5-ROOM 
comfortable as one could wish. 
_  ___________  _
1  house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found-
9  W a sh   flip   fp p t  Of  n iir lit  w it h   v a r y   a tion  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1.200.  Terms  to
"•  Wasn tne ieet at  nignt  W illi  vei J  | 
Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No
hot water, put on white cotton socks and | 187, care Michigan Tradesman__________ .______ 187.
immerse the feet thus covered in  methy­
lated spirit poured into  a  basin.  Wear 
the socks all night,  they  will  soon  dry 
in bed.  During the evening wear cotton 
socks  and  felt  slippers  and  keep  the 
socks  constantly  saturated  with 
the 
spirit.  In a week  the cure will be  com­
pleted.

XirANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST, WITH TWO 
or  three  years’  experience.  Must  be  able  to 
VV 
Address  No. 247, care Michigan
J ANTED—FIVE  SALESMEN  BY  THE  GEORGE  D.
wholesale  dealers  in  Hawkins  Great  Specific Cures) 
to represent them on  the  road.  Commencing on  July 
10th.  No  one  but  first-class  experienced  salesmen 
need  apply.  Good  positions  guaranteed  to  good 
salesmen.  Write  for  terms  to' George  D.  Hawkins 
Medicine  Company,  Hawkins,  Ml eh. 

044

Chesaning— C.  Moessner  and  B.  E.

Grand Ledge—W. E. Davis  is  moving 
his  drug stock into his new brick  store, 
which has just been completed.

Manistee—The  Union  National  Bank
Pratt  are succeeded  by Pratt  & Wiley in  0f Chicago settled its  claim  against  the
the boot and shoe business.
Manistee Salt & Lumber Co., which  fail­
ed in 1889,  at 30 cents,  at  which  figure 
the claims were bought up by a syndicate. 
There was a condition, however,  that  if 
the estate paid more  than  30  cents,  the
grocery  and  bazaar  stock  to .Alfred  J.  Bank should get a further share.  On the 
that  agreement,  the  Bank 
Curtiss, who will  continue  the  business,  basis  of 
Belding—Adam Wagner,  formerly  eu-  bnought suit against  the members  of the 
gaged in general  trade  at  Eastmanville.  syndicate  last  week,  and  lost the  case, 
will shortly embark  in the grocery  busi-  n  was claimed  the  Bank  had  failed  to 
ness here. 

Edmore—H. B. Morehead  has  sold  his

comply with certain conditions.

Clarendon—Jas.  Pritchard & Son have 

gay City—Thomas R. Cranage, of  this
opened a  P.  of  I.  store  on  their  farm  city,  has  been  elected President  of  the 
near this place.  The  stock was furnish-  Michigan Salt  Company.  Mr.  Cranage 
ed by the Jackson Grocery Co. 
is head of the large lumber and salt man-
Detroit—Anton Pulte,  the pioneer gro- | ufacturing firm  of  Pitts  & Cranage, and 
cer, has retired permanently  from  busi-  has been a resident  of  this  city  over  a 
ness and  William  P. Ratigan  will carry  quarter of a century,  actively  engaged in 
on his former business on Farmer street,  the production of  lumber  and  salt.  He
was Treasurer of the  Michigan  Salt  As­
sociation many years, and  when  that or­
ganization ceased to exist he was elected 
Treasurer of the new  company,  but  re­
signed  to  accept  the  Presidency.  Mr. 
Cranage is a gentleman of rare executive
Ithaca—Frank  E.  Merrill  has  sold  a  ability and stands high  in  business  cir-
cles.  Charles  A.  Rush,  a  well  known 
Saginaw lumberman, was elected  Treas- 

Coopersville—D.  C.  Oakes  has  pur­
chased  the  elevator  building  and  will 
run it  in  connection  with  his  banking 
business.  He contemplates  building  an 
addition of 24 feet on the  east  side  and 
otherwise improving the same.

half  interest in his  drug  and  stationery 
stock  to  J.  H.  McNall. 
The  new 
firm  will  be  known 
Merrill  &  urer of the Salt  Company, 
carried
McNall.  Mr.  Merrill 
for  six  years 
on  the  business  here 
without a vacation and  proposes  to  take 
a long rest the coming summer.

Gripsack Brigade.

has 

Henry F.  Treadway,  traveling  repre 
sentative  for  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.’s 
cigar department,  was in town over Sun­
day.

B 

Gladwin—Wagar & Pfeifer have begun

basket  of  chips

the removal of their shingle mill to Taft. I,  —~~~  7  J,

Byron S.  Davenport is  as smiling  as  a 
over  the  satisfactory
Evart  Thos. Ruby has sold his shingle  recor(j he made,  in point of sales, during 

mill to Chas. B. Sellinger & Son,  of  Big  April.
Rapids. 
John  Payne  has  gone  to  Vicksburg,
Vassar  Frank Miller started his  saw- j  where he will  spend a  couple  of  weeks 
mill last week.  He has 4,000,000  feet of
on  the parental  homestead  in  hopes  of 
logs to cut.
completely regaining his health.

Farwell—Edgar  Rounds is  building  a 
Detroit Free Press:  “Wallace  Frank­
shingle mill  here,  which  he  expects  to
lin,  of  Grand  Rapids,  is  at  the  Hotel 
have in operation by  the  middle  of  this  Cadillac.  Mr.  Franklin  is  circulating  a 
month, 
petition  in  favor of  the  passage of  the
Vanderbilt—M.  D. Olds,  who is engag-  bill  now  before  the  Senate  requiring 
ed in the  manufacture of  staves  at  this  sleeping  car  companies  to  leave up un­
place,  contemplates  starting  a  similar  sold upper berths, the practice now being 
| for  the  car  porter  to  take  them  down
enterprise at Cheboygan. 

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

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5

Clothing  and  General  Store  Mer­

chants:

It cannot be disputed that

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Henry  Lucas  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  the  corner  of  Hall  and  Clark 
streets.  The Lemon & Wheeler Company 
furnished the stock.

Gerrit Roseboom has opened a  grocery 
store at the  corner  of  Coit  avenue  and 
First  street.  Musselman  &  Widdicomb 
furnished the stock.

C.  A.  Hawkins  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Fre­
mont streets  to  J.  L.  Oliver,  who  will 
continue the business.

Murphy  &  Co.,  meat  dealers  at  223 
South  Division  street,  have  dissolved. 
The business will be continued under the 
style of Bergin & McGee.

A. Burton & Co. have embarked in the 
shingle business near Otia and  put  in  a 
grocery stock. 
It was furnished  by  the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.

VanKuiken & Co. have engaged in  the 
grocery business at the corner  of Alpine 
avenue and Tenth street.  The stock was 
furnished by Musselman & Widdicomb.

The Olney & Judson .Grocer Co.  began 
doing business Monday in its  new  quar­
ters at  the  corner of  Ottawa  and  Louis 
streets,  next  door  to  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
office.

B. Doyle & Son, who were  burned  out 
in  the  recent  fire  on  South  Division 
street, have resumed the grocery business 
at the corner of South Division and Green 
streets.

John  Q.  Cressy  has  engaged  in  the 
manufacture of cigars at 827  South  Div­
ision street.  He has engaged  Roy  Mor­
ton to represent him in  the  capacity  of 
city salesman.

The  master  bakers cheld  a  meeting 
last  week  and  decided  to  advance  the 
price of the  5  cent  loaf  of  bread  to  6 
cents.  Other sizes of bread will pe  fur­
nished at the old prices for the present.

T. R.  YanWert  has  retired  from  the 
firm  of  Verplanck  &  VanWert,  meat 
dealers at the corner of Madison  avenue 
and Hall streets.  The business  will  be 
continued  by' the  remaining  partner, 
Peter Verplanck.

Frank  A.  Taylor,  who  had about con­
cluded  to abandon  the  mercantile  busi­
ness at Coral,  has stocked  np  again  and 
resumed business with his old-time ener­
gy.  The Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  fur 
nished the groceries and Edson, Moore & 
Co. the dry goods._________

The Osterhout & Fox  Lumber  Co.  cut 
its last log at its Deer Lake mill on April 
30, having produced 200,000,000 feet dur 
ing the past eleven years.  The company 
has 15,000,000 feet  of  lumber  on  hand 
which it  will  probably  take  a  year  to 
closeout.  When this has  been done and 
the mill is  removed to  some  other  loca 
tion, Deer Lake as a  village  will  proba 
bly pass into history.

Preparations  for  the  annual  grocers 
picnic are already under way, indicating 
the  most successful  event  of  the  kind 
ever held in the  city.  North  Park  will 
probally be chosen as the place for  cele 
brating the event.  Those who have  any 
suggestions to offer in  the  premises  are 
requested  to  communicate  with  A.  J. 
Elliott,  who will act in behalf of the gro­
cers,  or  Jesse  S.  Valentine,  who  will 
represent the clerks, a

Purely Personal.

A.  S.

Doak  is  able  to  be  about  the
house and  hopes to start  out on the road 
again next Monday.

Clay Summers, of Sheridan, has  taken 
a clerkship in  the  store  of  John  W.  S. 
Pierson &  Co., at  Stanton.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder  has  returned 
from a  visit  to  his  produce  customers 
along the line of the G. R. & I.

W. A. D. Rose,  who has logged for the 
Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co.  during the 
past five years,  was in town  a  couple  of 
days last week.

D. Carleton, of the firm of  Williams & 
Carleton,  manufacturers  of  Williams’ 
root beer extract at Hartford, Conn.,  was 
in town a couple of days last week.

Eugene Klein, who sold his drug stock 
on  West  Bridge  street  several  months 
ago and identified himself  with  the  De­
troit Novelty  Manufacturing  Co.,  is  no 
longer connected with that corporation.

Charles  Monroe,  who  has  faithfully 
served the Osterhout & Fox  Lumber  Co. 
as buyer for its Deer Lake general  store, 
is the owner  of  a  section  of  hardwood 
and hemlock timber land  near that place 
and contemplates putting in a small mill 
to convert the timber into  lumber.

Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine went to  Luther 
last Thursday and placed himself  under 
the wing of Druggist Osborn the day fol­
lowing.  The  result  was  fifty-one  fine 
trout,  with an aggregate weight of thirty 
pounds.  The Doctor is  warm  in  praise 
of  Mr.  Osborn’s  ability  as  an  en­
tertainer and  angler  and threatens to re­
peat the Luther visitation in the near fu­
ture.

H. F. Hastings took  Samuel M. Lemon 
and S. A. Sears out to his  farm in Grand 
Rapids township  last Wednesday for the 
purpose of  giving Mr. Lemon  an  oppor­
tunity  to  demonstrate his skill with  the 
plow. 
It  is understood  that  the exhibi­
tion  was  a  highly  interesting  one—for 
the  spectators—and  that  no  one  will 
hereafter dispute  Mr.  Lemon’s  claims to 
superiority in this respect.

S. T. McLellan,  general  dealer,  post­
master  and  railway agent  at Dennison— 
whose  fatal  illness  was  referred  to  in 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   of last  week—died  on 
on April 27.  The  deceased  was  a  man 
of generous impulses and excellent char­
acter  and  his  demise  will  be  sincerely 
mourned wherever he was known.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
management of his daughter,  Miss Susie 
McLellan.

the 

Im p ro v em en t o f T om ato C atsup.
Amid  all 

trickery  of  business, 
certainly one  staple  article  of food  has 
improved  greatly.  This  is  tomato  cat­
sup.  Time  was,  and  not so  long  ago, 
that if the  average  consumer  had  seen 
how  tomatoes  were  treated  in the can­
neries  he would  never  have  touched 
canned tomatoes  or  catsup  again.  The 
canneries did business only a few  weeks 
in  the  year,  at  harvest  time,  and em­
ployed whatever  help was  at hand—the 
very  riffraff  of  creation.  Tramps, idle 
colored  folks,  paupers,  and  the  very 
wreckage of society congregated in these 
factories,  and  each  establishment  was 
a terror in  the community where  it  was 
situated.  A t that time the  skins  of the 
tomatoes were ground  up along with  the 
pulp and no care was  taken to produce a 
nice compound.  Capital  and  pride  are 
now  enlisted in  the  business,  and  pre­
pared tomatoes  are  now fit to eat, if one 
buys  the  standard  brands  put  up  by 
reputable canners.

Gooding—W.  H. Heath has  closed  out 
his hardware stock and retired from bus­
iness.  He has taken up his residence  Id 
Sparta.

Wholesale

Clothing fflaniMilrers

----- O F ------

Rochester,  N. Y.,

l u a m   CONNOR,

Have  had  for  nearly 30 years  past and 
have  to-day one of  the largest  trades  in 
Michigan;  and  why?  Because  the  mer­
chants  who  handle  our  line  know  that 
when a customer  visits  their  store  they 
can rely upon  good goods and  materials,
and a perfect fit.  Our  goods  are made so well  and our  prices so equitable that we 
fear  no competition, not  even  from  manufacturers  making  inferior  garments  to 
catch the merchants with low prices.
W e  com m ence  A pril  1st,

M arshall,  Mich.

C L O S IN G   O U T

Our entire  line of  Spring and Summer  Goods at great  bargains and  prefer to offer 
the same to the general trade  rather than to one or two  large houses. 
It  will  pay 
you to write our  Michigan agent, William Connor, who resides  at  Marshall, Mich., 
to call upon you and look at these

GREAT  BARGAINS  IN

Hen’s,  Youths’, Bop’  and  Children's  Clothing

William Connor will  be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand  Rapids, on  Thursday and  Friday,

May  14 and 15.

sUMMER  WASH  GOODS:

CANTON  CLOTH, 
BRANDENBURG  CLOTH, 
B.  C.  SATINE,
EXPORT  SATINE,
SERGE  SATINE, 
CASHMERE  SATINE,
A.  F.  C.  GINGHAM, 
SONORA  GINGHAM, 
AMOSKEAG  GINGHAM,

OUTING  FLANNELS, 
PRINTS,
WIDE  BLUES, 
SHIRTING,
LYON  SERGE, 
ARMENIAN  SERGE, 
SEERSUCKERS, 
CHALLI,
LAWNS.

OUTING  SHIRTS,  SUMMER  UNDERWEAR,  PANTS,  HAMMOCKS.

STRAW  HATS.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

“ 
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Women’s Button Newports in Dongola, Grain and Glove Grain.
Lace or Tie Dongola  Newport in plain or patent tip.
Russet Lace Newport in plain or patent  tip.
Misses’ and Child’s Newport  Ties in Black or Russet.
A Nice Line of Ladies’ Fancy and House Slippers.
Men’s. Bovs’ and Youths’ Canvas Bals.
Bav  State  Tennis  Shoes,  the  best  line  for  the  money  in  the  market.  We 
7  keep them  in  stock  in  Men’s  and  Boys’  Bals  and in Men’s,  Boys’, Youths’ 

Women’s, Misses’ and Child’s Oxfords.

We would be pleased to show them to you or quote you prices.

RINDGE, BERTSCH&  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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n^f-TTH  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N  «

DEM INS.

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Amoskeag..............12)4
9 oz...... 14)4
brown .13
Andover..............11H
Beaver Creek A A... 10 
BB...  9
“ 
CC..*.
it 
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  8)4 
“  d a twist 10)4 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue.......7Sf
brown... 7M
Jeffrey.....................11)4
Lancaster................12)4
Lawrence, 9 os.......13)4
No. 220....13 
No. 250....11)4 
No. 280.... 10)4

GINGHAM S.

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fancies —   7 
Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   6)4
Manchester............   544
Monogram..............  6)4
Normandie............... 7)4
Persian...................   8)4
Renfrew Dress....... 7)4
Rosemont................. 6)4
Slatersville...........  6
Somerset...........—   7
Tacoma  ...................7)4
Toil  duNord......... 10)4
Wabash.................... 7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick...............   8)4
Whittenden............   644
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  644
Westbrook..............  8
........ 10
Windermeer........... 5
York..........................644

Amoskeag................ 7)4
“  Persian dress 8)4 
Canton ..  8)4
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AFC........ 12)4
Arlington staple —   6)4 
Arasapha  fancy —   444 
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial............   10)4
Criterion................10)4
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland............. 5
Essex........................4)4
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......8)4
Exposition............... 7)4
Glenarie.................  6)4
Glenarven................ 644
Glenwood.................7)4
HamptOD...................6)4
Johnson Ghalon cl  %
indigo blue 9)4 
zephyrs— 16 
Lancaster,  staple...  644
Amoskeag............... 16)4 ¡Valley City...............15)4
Georgia..................15)4
Stark.......................20
14)4
American............... 16)4 Pacific

G RA IN   BAGS.

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TH R EA D S.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J.&P........45  Marshall’s............88
Holyoke..................22)4l
K N ITTIN G   COTTON.
White. Colored.
38 No. 14
6 ..  ..33
16
39
8 .......34
18
40
10 .......35
41 M 20
12 .......36

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

No.

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Voigt,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Manufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Challies,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready for inspection.
Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed.

48, SO and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

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-  MICH.

A W N I N G S

A N D   TENTS.

Flags  Horae and  Wagon  Covers.  Seat  Rhade»,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COTE, 
It  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogne.

Telephone  106.

B E D   FL A N N E L .

C A X BBIC8.

..12
..18
..19

Slater......................   4)4
White Star..............  4)4
Kid Glove...............  4)4
Newmarket............   4)4
Edwards...................4)4
Fireman..................32)4 T W
Creedmore.............. 27)4 FT
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................ 27)4
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ..................22)4
Windsor..................18)4
6 oz Western...........21
Union  B .................22)4
Nameless......8  &  9)41 
...... 8)4@10  I 

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Washington..............4)4
Red Cross.  ............   4)4
Lockwood................ 454
Wood’s..................   4)4
Brunswick............  4)4

.............. 22)4
............*1)4
JR F .X X X ............35
Buckeye................. 32)4

Grey SR W .............17)4
Western W  .............18)4
D R P ...................... 18)4
Flushing XxX.......23)4
Manitoba................ 23)4

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

Brown.9) 410) 411) 412) 4

Slate.
9) 4
10) 4
11) 4
12) 4
Severen, 8 oz.
Greenwood, ' 
Greenwood, 8 oz.

DOM ET  FLA N N EL.

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9  @10)4 
12)4
Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

CANVASS  AND  PAD D IN G ,
13
15
17
20

934 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20
D U CK S.

...  9)4 West  Point, 8 oz ...10)4
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10 oz ...12)4
...10)4
«..9)4 Raven, lOoz......
...13)4
...13)4
......
...11)4 Stark
W AD D IN G S.
...25
...20

Per bale, 40 doz. ..97 50

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SILESIAS.

Slater, Iron Cross...  8  ¡Pawtucket.............. 10)4
Red Cross....  9  Dundie..................   9
Best.............10)4 Bedford................... 10)4
Best AA......12)41 Valley  City............. 10)4

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SEW IN G   S IL K .

Cortlcelli, doz.........75  (Corticelli  knitting,

twist, doz. .37)4  per )4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz.. 37)41
HOOKS  AND  EYES— PK R  GROSS.
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I No  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“ 8 
.20
.25
••  10 
|No 4—15  F 3)4........ 40

No  1 Bl’k & White..l0 
“  2 
-12
«  3 
..12
FIN S .
No 2—20, M C.........50 
‘  3—18, S C........... 45  1
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k.,20 
“  4 
.23
■<  6 
.  26
|No8........................36
No 2..........................28 

COTTON  T A P E .
..15 
“ 10 
-18  I  “  12 
SA FETY   F IN S .

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NEEDLES—FEB  M.

COTTON  TW IN ES.

TA B L E   O IL  CLOTH.

A. James.................1 501 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s.................1 35[Gold Eyed............. 1 50
Marshall’s............... 1 00
5—4....2 25  6-4...3 2615-4... .1 95  6—4.. 
“ ....2 10  “  ...8 101
Cotton Sail Twine
Crown....................12
Domestic...............18)4
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol...... .............13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L ......................13
Alabama.................  654'iMount  Pleasant  ...  6)4
Alamance...............  6)4 Oneida....................5
Augusta'.................  7)4 Pyrm ont................  554
An sapha...............   6  Randelman............ 6
Georgia...................6M Riverside..................  6)4
G ranite..................  5*  Sibley  A.................  6*
Haw  River............   6  Toledo.....................  6
Haw  J ....................  6  |

.28 Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply— 17 
3-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7)4 
Powhattan  ..  ........ 18

P L A ID   OSN A BU RG 8.

Spring  Season 1891.

If  You desire to  sell

Carpets  by  Sample

Send for

Circular  and  PriC8  List.

Sui & Santi,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

J.&P.COATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

FOR

TOTE,  BLACK  ABB  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Use.
P.  STEKETEE  & SONS.

FOR  8AIJE  BY

Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.Arrow Brand 5H
Adriatic.................7
World Wide..  7
Argyle  ....................  6)4
LL............... 5
Atlanta A A..............  6)4
Full Yard Wide...... 6K
Atlantic  A............. 7
Georgia  A................614
H............. 644
“ 
Honest Width.........654
“ 
P ............. 6
Hartford A ............ 5
D........  ...  644
“ 
Indian Head...........  7)4
“  LL..............   544
King A  A................. 6)4
Amory......................  7
King EC.................6
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Lawrence  L L ........  5)4
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5)4 
Madras cheese cloth 644
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Newmarket  G........6
Black Crow............ 6)4
B........  5)4
Black  Rock  ...........7
N.........6)4
Boot, AL...............   7)4
DD....  5)4
Capital  A............... 5)4
X ...... 7
Cavanat V..............5)4
Chapman cheese cl.  344 Noibe R- -............... J,,
Clifton  C R ............ 5)4 Our Level  Best........6)4
Comet....................... 7  Oxford  R  
  —   6)4
Dwight Star............  7)4 Pequot....................  7)4
CliftonCCC...........6)4 S o lar....................... 6)4
(Top of the Heap....  7)*

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BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

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A B C ......................8)4|Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon...................8  Glen Mills._.............  7
Gold Medal.............   7)4
Amsburg.................7
Green  Ticket......... 8)4
Art  Cambric..........10
Great Falls..............  6)4
Blackstone A A......  8
Hope......................... 7)4
Beats All.................. 4)4
Just  Out........44|@ 5
Boston................... 12
King  Phillip...........744
Cabot........................7)4
OP......7)4
Cabot,  %.................  644
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10)4
Charter  Oak...........  5)4
Conway W..........  7)41 Lonsdale......  .  @ 8)4
Cleveland.............. 7  Middlesex..........   @5
Dwight Anchor......  844 No Name.................  7)4
“ 
shorts.  8)4 Oak View............... 6
Edwards.................   6  Our Own.................  5)4
Empire 
.................7  Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell...................  744 Rosalind...................7)4
Fruit of the Loom..  854¡Sunlight................... V*
Utica  Mills.......... 8)4
Fitchville  ...........7
“  Nonpareil  ..11
First Prize..............6)4
Fruit of the Loom X- 8
Vlnyard..................  8)4
White Horse.........  6
Fairmount..............  4)4
“  Rock-----  -  .  8)4
Full Value..............654
Cabot......................  754¡Dwight Anchor...... 9
Farwell...................8  |
TremontN..............  5)4
Hamilton N............   6)4
L............ 7
Middlesex  AT........  8
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No.’».'.'.!  9
BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FL A N N EL.
Hamilton N ............ 7)4
Middlesex P T..........8
A T ........  9
X A........  9
X F ........ 10)4

Middlesex No.  1— 10
2....11
3.. 
7 .. 
8.. 

UN BLEA CH ED   CANTON  FL A N N E L .

H A LF  BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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a fter  the  adv enturess.
How  a  Confidential  Clerk  Saved 

Employers  a  Loss.

His

I  was  a  young  lawyer,  and  had  the 
reputation  of  being  shrewd,  and  I  do 
honestly believe that  had  1  remained at 
the  bar  I  might  have  been 
fairly 
successful. 
I had  no  idea  of leaving it 
until Brown,  of  Brown,  Smith  & Jones, 
came to  me  and  said:
“As you  know,  old  Foss, our confiden­
tial man is dead.  We think it better to fill 
his place with a  young  man, and I have 
come to offer  it to you.”
The firm had a private bank, and dealt 
in stocks. 
It also did considerable insur­
ance,  placed  loans,  bought  mortgages, 
shaved notes,  and  made money  in other 
dignified and  respectable  ways. 
It  had 
been  doing  business  for  twenty  years, 
and was  rated  conservative  and  sound.
The only curious thing  about  the firm 
was the  trio  composing  it.  Brown  was 
an old  bachelor  of 50.  He was  tall,  an­
gular, and homely,  and  the only woman 
whom he could endure was his landlady. 
Smith was five  years  older and  married, 
but had no children.  He was  short, fat, 
and  tacturn, never  speaking  to anybody 
when he  could  help it.  His wife  never 
went into  society  and  Smith  never  en­
tered a church.  Jones  was  a little man, 
almost small enough to be called a dwarf, 
but with  an  awful  dignity  about  him. 
He was over 40, a  single  man,  but  was 
popularly 
to  be  “looking 
around.”  There were rumors that  some 
one  had once  called  him the “Napoleon 
of the  West,” and if he  had any  partic­
ular  weakness,  it was  that of attending 
Thursday evening  prayer  meeting.  No 
business  matter,  no  matter  how  im­
portant,- could prevent hi* regular  atten­
dance, although he took no active part in 
the exercises,  and  was  never  known to 
contribute a  dollar to the church.
Having accepted  the post, I  found  my 
duties to be almost numberless. 
I open­
the  mail,  sorted  the  letters,  and 
ed 
attended to the correspondence.  I “check­
ed” on the cashier, verified  all  balances, 
investigated  all  risks,  hunted  up  the 
standing of  all  would-be-borrowers  and 
to a great extent had charge of the entire 
business. 
In less than a  week  I  found 
that each one of the firm  had  his official 
peculiarity,  as  follows:

supposed 

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PR IN T S .

D R ESS  GOODS.

CORSET  JE A N S.

“  mourn’g 

chair,  > Argentine  Grays.

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C A R PET  W A R P.

............. 8
.................9
 
G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless.............. 16
............... 18

Middlesex A A........11
2.............12
A O...... 13)4
4....... 17)4
6....... 16
Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity, colored...21
colored__20)4 White Star.............. 18)4
“  colored..21
Integrity.................18)4l 
Nameless................20
Hamilton 
......... 25
......... 27)4
.........30
......... 32)4
......   .35
Brown would never open the mail.
Corallne................$9 50|Wonderful............ 84 50
Smith would never answer a letter.
Schilling’s ............  9 (»¡Brighton................4 75
Jones would never  sign a check.
Naumkeag satteen  7)4
The street called them “conservatives,” 
Armory..................   634
Rockport.................6)4
Androscoggin......... 7)f
but  the  street  never  met  them  in  the 
Conestoga............... 634
Blddefora...............  6 
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private  office,  and  consequently did not 
Brunswick..............6)41 Walworth
know  of  their  oddities.  The  morning 
Allen turkey  reds..  534¡Berwick fancies  ...  V*
programme  was  a  very  funny  one. 
I 
robes...........  5)4 Clyde  Robes...........  5
reached the  office at  8:30 sharp.  At ex­
purple 6)4 Charter Oak fancies 4)4
cashm’s. 6
...........  6 DelMarine 
actly 8:40 Jones  came in.  At 8:45 Smith 
6
pink checks.  5)4 
entered.  At 8:50 Brown appeared.  The 
staples........5)4¡Eddystone  fancy...  6
last  man  of  the 
firm  name  was  the 
chocolate
shirtings...  434 
American fancy—   534; 
rober  ...  6
first to appear.  As each entered he hung 
American indigo—   534; 
sateens..  6
up his hat on  his  own  particular hook, 
American shirtings.  4)41Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
sat  down in  his  own  particular
6 
5)4
| 
picked up his own  daily paper, and none 1 Anchor Shirtings...  4*  Manchester  fancy 
fancy..  6
....  6)4
Arnold 
of them ever recognized each other by as j Arno 
; Merrimack D fancy.  6 
...  6 
Arnold  Merino 
much as a bow.  At 9:30 I  had  the mail 
long cloth B. 10)41 Merrim’ck shirtings. 4)4 
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Repp fura.  8)4
“  C.  8)4| 
opened, they laid aside their papers, and  | 
century cloth  7  ¡Pacific fancy..........6
« 
the business  of  the  day  came  up to be i 
“  gold seal......10)4 
robes............  6)4
discussed. 
It took me a couple of  years 
“  green seal TR 10)4 \ Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal. .1054¡Simpson mourning..  6
to fall  into  the  ways  of  these  strange | 
serge.............11)4 
“ 
greys..  ...  6
men, but in spite  of  their  eccentricities 
“  Turkey red.. 10)4 
solid black.  6
they were  very  kind to  me, and trusted 
Ballou solid black..  5  Washington indigo.  6 
“  colors.  5)4  “  Turkey robes..  7)4
“ 
me  almost  without 
limit.  Everything 
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes—   7)4 
had run along very smoothly, and nothing 
red and  orange  ..  5)4|  “  plain T’ky X 3k  8)4
whatever  had  happened  to  break  the 
Berlin solids...........5)4  “ 
“  X. . .10
“  oil bine....... 6)4!  “  Ottoman  Tur-
routine,  when something  dropped  from 
«  green__ 6)4]  key red.................. 6
« 
a  clear  sky.  Our  private  offices  were 
“  Foulards ....  5)41 Martha Washington
arranged  so that  I  occupied  the  first, 
“ 
Turkeyred 54.........7)4
«  %  .........   9)4 j Martha Washington
*• 
which was also a consulting room.  Then 
*•  4 4......... 10  !  Turkeyred...........  9)4
“ 
each of the firm had a  private office back 
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12  ¡Riverpoint robes—   5
of that, and each  retired  to  it when not | 
Cocheco fancy........6  Windsor fancy............6)4
“  madders...  6  I 
otherwise engaged.  One  forenoon, at 11 
indigo blue...........10)4
“ XXtwills..  6)41 
o’clock, while I  was  alone  in  the  front 
“ 
solids..... 5)41
It was rarely that 
office, a lady entered. 
a woman  had  any  business  with us be­
..12)4 
|A C A...............
Amoskeag AC A.... 13 
..16
Hamilton N ............7)4 Pemberton AAA
yond  the 
teller’s  window,  and  I  was 
York....................... 10)4
D............ 8)4
considerably surprised at the presence of 
Swift River............   7)4
Awning.. 11
this one.  She  was  about  25  years  old. 
Pearl  River............12)4
Farmer....................8
Warren................... 14
handsome as  a  picture,  and  I soon had 
First Prize..............11)4
Lenox M ills.......... 18
reason  to  declare  to  myself  that  her 
manners were  fascinating,  She took my 
Atlanta,  D..............   654 ¡Stark  A
Boot........................   654 No  Name  ...
breath away by  inquiring  if Brown was 
I Clifton, K................7)4|Top of Heap
in.  bo far as  the  legends  of  the  office 
went, he had never yet been  interviewed 
Simpson..................20
by a woman,  and  I hesitated to  reply  to 
................. 18
.................16
her direct question.
Coechco................. 10)4
“I have  business  of  importance  with

Imperial.................10)4
Black................9@ 9)4
.....................10)4

r e d « .....  7 

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gold  ticket

COTTON  D U L L .

TIC K IN G S.

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Hardware Price Current.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  full  packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dig.

60
Snell’s ........................................................... 
Cook’s ..........................................................  
40
25
Jennings’, genuine......................................  
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10

AXES.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................I 7 50

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D.  B. Bronze...............................  12 00
S.B.S. Steel........................ 
  8 50
D. B. Steel...................................  13 50

BARROWS. 

 
dlS.

Railroad......................................................$ 14 00
Qarden.................................................. net  30 00
dls.
Stove............................................................ 50&10
Carriage new list.......................................... 
70
Plow...... ............................................a ___40*10
70
Sleigh shoe................................................... 

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain..................................................I 3 50
Well, swivel.................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60&10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass......................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................7Q&1G
70
Blind, Shepard’s .......................................... 
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17,’85................ 
40

BLOCKS.

 

 

Grain......................................................dis. 50*02

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

65
60
35
60

50
25

Cast Steel............................................ p er»   5
Bly’s 1-10 .:............................. ••.......... perm 
Hick’s C. F .......................................... 
“ 
G. D .....................................................  “ 
Musket................................................  “ 

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire...........................................dls. 

chisels. 

dis.

Socket Firmer.............................................. 70*10
Socket Framing............................................ 70*10
Socket Corner............................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 70&10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..................  
 
dls.
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s ....................................... 
Hotchkiss...............................'•...................  
25
White Crayons, per gross..............12@12)4 dis. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

 

COPPER.

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Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound
14x52,14x56,14x60.......................
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms..............  ....................................  • 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..................................... 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse's Taper Shank...................................  

drills. 

dis.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
Large sizes, per pound................................  

25
25
27
50
50
50

07
6)4

elbows.

dlS.

dis.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated......................................dis. 20&10&10
Adjustable.............................................dls. 40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 826 ....................... 
Ives’, 1, «18;  2, «24; 3, fee............................ 

30
25

piles—New List. 

Disston’s .......................................................6O&10
New  American.............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s ........................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
50

 

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
List 
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dis.

13 
gauges. 

Discount, 60 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 

14 

28
18

50

insisted 

through 

there  he 

She  went  to 

him,”  she  continue,  "and  desire to  see 
him in his  private  office. 
It is  the  first 
one on  the  left,  I  believe.  Pray  don’t 
trouble  yourself to announce  me.” 
on the left, I believe.  Pray don’t trouble 
yourself to announce  me.”
the  door  and  rapped. 
Brown opened  it,  aud  when  he saw her 
standing 
turned  pale  and 
staggered back.  She entered, and closed 
the  door  behind  her,  and  was closeted 
with  him  a  full  hour. 
If  I  was dum- 
founded  a t. this  action. 
I  was  almost 
paralyzed at  his  conduct  as  they  came 
out.  He was actually bowing and smirk­
ing,  and  trying  to  be  gallant—he  the 
man  who 
that  his  landlady 
should  never  employ  a  female  servant 
unless she  was  a  hunch  back  or cross­
eyed!  He  followed  her 
the 
room, and out to  the  door  of  the bank, 
and when  he  returned  he  was  smiling 
blandly, and his  lips  were  moving  as if 
talking  to  himself.  He  didn’t  say  a 
word to me. 
If  he had I  could not have 
replied  to  him,  as  I  was  completely 
knocked out.
After  that  day  I  noticed  a  marked 
changed in Brown.  He seemed  to  thaw 
out—to take more interest  in life;  and  I 
caught onto the fact  that he was writing 
private letters to some  one.  One day  he 
added to my astonishment by  calling  me 
into his private room  and inquiring  if  it 
wouldu’t be a good  thing  for us  to  pick 
up a silver mine out in Nevada,  providing 
we got a low figure and a sure thing.
The  next  astonishing  circumstance 
happened a  week  later. 
I  was  out  on 
the street at 11:30,  an  hour  when  every 
man of the  firm  was  invariable  closeted 
with  himself,  and  I  suddenly  cau ght 
sight of  Jones  going  into a  hotel.  Be­
lieving  myself  to be  the  victim  of  an 
optical delusion, I soon  followed,  and  as 
I looked about the office the  clerk  bee k- 
oned to me  and  said:  "Room  44—Mrs. 
Temple—silver  mine!”  She had been  to 
the office to call on Brown,  and  now  she 
had probably sent word  to  Jones  to  call 
on her. 
I would  have bet  a  hundred  to 
one that Jones wouldn’t have gone,  even 
to  close  a  deal  in  which  there  was  a 
sure profit  of $10,000, but  there  he  was 
sure enough, and I began to feel  annoyed 
and  uneasy.  1  was  at  the  office  when 
Jones  returned, 
later.  He 
not only had  a grin  on  his  face,  but he 
felt so good that  he  actually  whistled a 
bar  or two of a  popular air.
If anything further was needed to con­
vince me that things  were  at  sixes  and 
sevens in the  house  of Brown,  Smith & 
Jones the conduct  of Smith  furnished it. 
On a certain Wednesday morning  he was 
twenty-eight  minutes  late.  As  if  this 
were  not  enough,  he  came  in  looking 
flustrated and excited.  An  hour  later a 
boy brought a note which I carried to his 
room. 
It was  addressed  in  a  woman’s 
hand,  and  within  twenty  minutes  after 
receiving it he  left  the  bank,  evidently 
to keep an appointment.  He  had hardly 
gone  when  Jones  came  out  to me  and 
began to discuss business matters.  This 
had never  happened  before,  and  I  was 
regarding him with surprise and astonish­
ment when he observed:
“If  we  could  pick up  a  silver  mine 
known by insiders to be  worth a  million 
dollars,  and  get  it  for  about  $30,000, it 
might be a good  investment,  eh?”
I mumbled something in  reply,  and he 
took three or four turns  across the  room 
and  disappeared  into  his  private  office. 
At  1 o’clock  Smith  came  in.  He  had 
forgotten his usual  dignity  of entrance, 
and  he  was  so  absent minded  that  he 
hung  up  his  coat  on the  wrong  hook. 
He  fidgeted  and  then observed:
"1 have had an offer of mining property 
which  promises  great  things.  Did  you 
ever  hear  of  the  Queen  Anne  mine  of 
Nevada?”
I replied that  I  never  had,  and after 
sitting in a deep study for awhile he also 
retired.  He had  evidently  been  to  see 
Mrs.  Temple,  also.  Mrs.  Temple,  then, 
was a  woman  who  had a silver  mine to 
dispose  of.  Of  all  men  in  the  world 
whom  I  should  have  hesitated  to  ap­
proach  were  the  three  comprising  our 
firm.  Of  all  people  liable  to  succeed 
with  them a  woman  would  be the very 
last.  1 couldn’t make it out. 
It  seemed

two  hours 

[CONCLUDED  ON  FIFTEENTH  FAG*.]

HAMMERS.

 

 

 

dls.

diS.

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HINGES.

dis.
dis.

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HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

WIRE GOODS. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

 
HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s.......................................die.  25
Kip’s......................................................... dls.  25
Yerkes *  Plumb’s..................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand— 80c 40*10 
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ........ 
dis.60&10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4)4  14  and
longer........................................................  3)4
Screw Hook and  Eye, )4..........................net 
10
“  %......................... net  8)4
“ 
“  M......................... net  7)4
“ 
“  %.......................  net  7)4
“ 
Strap and T ............................................  dis. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track —  50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
40
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
60
Pots............................................................... 
Kettles..........................................................  
60
Spiders  ........................................................  
60
Gray enameled................  
40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware............................... new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware......... .......................... 
25
Granite Iron W are....................new list 33XA10
dig.
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10410
Hook’s..  ................................................ 70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
levels. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s 
70
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ....................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
55
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ...........................  
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................... 
 
55
Adze Eye.............................................. «16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye.............................................. «15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s.  ................................... »18.50, dis. 20*10
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry*Cl»'  k’s ................. 
“  Enterprise 
.................................... 

50
40
40
40
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
26
Steel nails, base................................................1 90
...2 30
Wire. 
Steel.
Base 
...........Base
e o ......................................
10 
..................................... ...........Base
50 
20 
.........................  ...... ...........  05
40 
20 
............................ ........... 
an 
10
30 
15
3 0 ....................................... ........... 
35 
15
16....................................... .......... 
35 
.................................... ........... 
15
1*2 
40 
10 
20
..................................... ........... 
50 
ft 
.................................. ............   25
65 
7 * 6 ................................... ............   40
90
....................................... ............   60
4 
1  50
............ 1  00
2 00 
a 
..................................1  50
2 00
Fine 3................................. ............ 1  50
90 
............   60
1  00 
8............................... ............   75
1  25 
....................... ............   90
6 
1  00 
...........  85
1  251
8............................. ............ 1  00
1  50 
6  ............................ ............ 1  15
75 | 
Clinch; 10........................... ............   85
90
8............................ ............ 1  00
1  00
6............................ ............ 1  15
2 50 
Barrell X............................ ............ 1  75
dis.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sciota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

Finish 10............................

Advance over base:

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

PA T E N T  P L A N ISH E D   IRO N .

“ 
« 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

NAILS

PLANES.

rivets. 

-   - 

diS.

PA N S.

Broken packs )4c per pound extra.

dis.

ROPES.

8
dis.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, )4 Inch and larger.............................  
Manilla.............. 
Steel and 
Iron............................................ 
Try and Bevels............................................  
Mitre............................................................ 

......................................   11)4
squares. 
75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
«3 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... «4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21............................. 
4  20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26..........................  
..4   40 
No. 27 ...............................................   4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86...................................... dis. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A................................   “ 
White  B..............................  “ 
DrabB.............................. 
White C................................  “ 

50
50
55
50
  “  55
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

wire. 

saws. 

traps. 

Hand........................................ 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton «25
20
70
50
30

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

30
dis.
Steel, Game...............................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...........  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
...  70
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion.............................. «1.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market......................................... 70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market........................................   62)4
50
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................ 
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..........................  3 40
painted...............................  2 80
Au Sable.............................. dis. 25&10@25*10*05
dis. 05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern................................ 
dis. 10*10
dis.
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........................................  
"5
Screws, New I <st........................................  70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
40
Dampers, American..................................... 
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.......  
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dls.

“ 

METALS,

PIG TIN.

6%
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.................................................... 
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pound.
600 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound.................................................... 
)4@)4.................................................................. }6
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by nHvate brands 
vary according to composition.
antimony
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett's......................................  
13
TIN—MELYN GRADS.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................I 7 50
7  50
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9 25
“ 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
9 25
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal........................  
“ 
14x20 IC, 
“ 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 

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

Each additional X on this grade, «1.75.

  «6  50
6  50
8 00
00

Each additional X on this grade «1.50.

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester..........................  6 50
“ 
..........................  8 50
........................   13 50
“ 
“ Allaway  Grade....................  
5  75
“ 
“ 
7 25
“ 
12 CO
“ 
“ 
“ 
15 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14X28  IX............................................................ «14 CO
14x31  IX......................................................... 15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, [ ^  pound 
10
14x60 IX,

 
 
 

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We  have  taken  hold of  this  line  of  goods  w ith  our  ac­
customed  energy  and  shall  carry  a  full  assortm ent  of  the 
best  makes.  We  shall  be  glad  to  give  full  inform ation  and 
prices to any  one  desiring to  secure an agency.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Firm.

Wool Unchanged—Hides Quiet—Tallow 
Woolen manufacturers are paying good 
prices  for  wool  suitable  for  duplicate 
orders  of  cloths.  Such wools  are  hard 
to  find.  They  have  used  territory with 
Australian  largely  as  to  use  fleece will 
not  make  the  same  goods.  All  grades 
are  in  small  lots,  with  stocks  badly 
broken and  not what  is wanted.  Manu­
facturers  prefer  to  wait  the  new  clip, 
rather than buy beyond immediate neces­
sities.  The fleece not  being desirable, it 
is neglected and lower, but strongly held, 
under the belief that manufacturers must 
soon  buy  it.  The  whole  trouble  is  in 
the cloth trade, which shows no advance.
Hides are  quiet,  under a light  supply. 
Tanners have  exhausted  their early sup­
ply and  want  stocks, but  will  not  will­
ingly  pay  any  advance,  from  the  fact 
they cannot realize on their leather.  The 
demand  is  good, if price  is  satisfactory. 
They are higher west than east.

Tallow is in light  supply, firm in price 
and in good demand.  The price is higher 
than  soapers  can  pay and  give  them  a 
profit. 

_____

_ 

Supplanting the Old  Method.

F r o m  t h e  N o r th w e s te r n  L u m b e r m e n .
Lumbermen who conduct general stores 
or supply stores  for  their  men,  in  con­
nection with their  mills  and  camps,  are 
rapidly abandoning the  use  of  the  pass 
book and substituting  therefor  the  cou­
pon system, which has come into general 
use during  the  past  half  dozen  years. 
The Tradesman Company, at Grand Rap­
ids, has made a  specialty of  this class of 
work,  having  had  special  machinery 
constructed for that purpose, and having 
many of the largest lumber  firms  in  the 
country  as  customers,  such  as  Hall  & 
Buell,  N.  Holland  &  Co.,  the  Chicago 
Lumbering  Company,  Louis  Sands, 
White, Friant & Co., Buckley & Douglas, 
etc.  The  Tradesman  Company  makes 
three  regular  stock  coupons,  but  cus­
tomers ordering in quantities can  secure 
specially printed or engraved designs.

The Barbed Wire Market.

“The barbed wire situation is decidedly 
interesting,” remarked S. F.  Stevens the 
other day.  “We placed  our orders  with 
Pittsburg and Cleveland  manufacturers, 
as  usual,  but  have  received  very  few 
shipments,  as  yet,  from  either  place. 
The  Pittsburg  manufacturers  suffered 
much loss from  high  water  in  January 
and February and are so far behind with 
their  orders  that  they  can  hardly  see 
their way out.  The Cleveland  manafac- 
turers  have  been  compelled  to  curtail 
their output,  owing to  the  strikes in the 
coke regions. 
In consequence of our be­
ing unable to get our stock,  as anticipat­
ed, we have been compelled to cancel or­
ders for over eighty tons of wire,  placed 
with us by our  customers.”
Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  The 
T r a d e s m a n  office during  the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentleman  in  trade:

F. A. Rockafellew, Carson City.
Geo. McKee, Alto.
A. Purchase, South Blendon.
J. J. Neuman, Dorr.
O. D. Blanchard, Casnovia.
A. DeKruif, Zeeland.
W. Barker, Mishawaka, Ind.
Elijah Ransom, Lake Ann.
J. Vandenberg, Chjppewa  Lake.
Whalebone  Out of Sight.

Advices from New York are to  the  ef­
fect  that  whip  whalebone,  which  sold 
two years ago at $3 a  pound  and  a  year 
ago at $6, is now quoted at $10  a  pound, 
at which price it is almost  impossible  to 
find any amount of stock.  The advance 
will undoubtedly  necessitate another ad­
vance in  whalebone  whips  in  the  near 
future. 

_____

_ 

Muskegon—Thos. Bates,  for  the  past 
two years  engaged  in  the  lumber  and 
coal busineas at Grand Rapids,  has  pur­
chased the clothing stock of J.  D.  Sheri­
dan.

Don’t  Get  Down  on Your  Knees!

8

MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of Michigan B asine« Men’»  Aggoclatlon

a   w k k k l t   jo u r n a l   d b v o t k d   t o   t h b

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.
The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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 Rapids Post Office. 

E.  A. STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  6,  1891.

its 

the 

to  which 

standards.  Take 

DISGRACEFUL  HERO  WORSHIP.
Now  and  then 

that  portion  of  the 
community which  complacently  regards | 
itself  as  qualified  to  judge  concerning 
good  manners and good taste  finds itself | 
confronted  by  some  overwhelming  evi­
dence  to  the  effect  that  a  very  large 
proportion of its fellow  citizens does not 
recognize 
the 
constantly-recurring  instances,  for  ex­
ample,  of  famous  criminals—famous 
locally,  that  is.  Almost  every  Friday 
brings  its 
reports  of  executions,  and 
every  succeeding  Sunday  sees  what 
amounts to “a lying in state” and a state 
funeral, 
neighboring 
inhabitants throng,  and all the details of 
which  are,  with  due  embellishments, 
recorded in the contemporary press.  But 
this is  not  all.  Prior  to  his  execution 
the  criminal  has  probably  been  made 
the recipient  of  favors  which  many an j 
honest,  gentle,  industrious  man  would 
blush to receive.  Women  visit  him  in 
prison—young, pretty  and  well-dressed 
ones,  too.  They  bring  him 
flowers. 
They  do  not  shrink  from  placing their 
hands in his,  perhaps  through the  bars 
of his cell-door,  but more likely  in some 
room which the  accommodating  warden | 
places at the disposal of his distinguished 
lodger. 
It  is  uot  long  since  we  read 
how  the  divorced  wife  of  a  criminal 
under  sentence  of  death  visited 
the 
condemned  man  in  company  with  her 
more  recently-acquired  husband  and 
children, and even  suffered her  innocent 
little ones to be kissed by  the  murderer. 
Dozens  of  instances  of  disgraceful  ad­
ulation  are  fresh  iu  the  public  mind, 
and  it  is  only a  few days  since  a  quiet 
New  England  town  turned  out  almost 
en  masse,  and  had  a  genuine  sen­
sation  in  the  funeral  of  a  worthless 
ruffian  who,  deservedly  no  doubt,  met 
his  death  at 
the  hangman’s  hands,  in 
consequence  of  a  murder  committed 
while under the  influence of  drink.  At 
least,  it is  a  redeeming  feature  of  this 
last  case  that  drunkenness  was  not 
held by the jury to be a sufficient plea in 
extenuation of the offense. 
It  is  prob­
ably safe to assume that  this  unhealthy 
appetite for  making  much  of  notorious 
desperadoes  is  mainly  characteristic  of 
the  class  that  does  not  habitually 
litera­
read 
the 
this 
ture,  but 
that 
is  not 
quite  infallible 
is  evident  from  the 
way in  which Washington  society  occa­
sionally pets the Indian  chiefs  who  are 
brought red-handed  from  the  plains  to 
see their “Great Father.”

current 
rule 

best 

Hero worship  is  by  no  means  to  be 
condemned,  but the choice  of heroes is a 
fair test of natural depravity  or  the  re­
verse.

AN  ASSURED  SUCCESS.

the past week, those who still  refuse  to 
close their doors at  7 o’clock  being  con­
fined to a few surburban  grocers  whose 
trade cuts an  insignificant figure in com­
parison with those  dealers who meet the 
clerks’ demand.  With only  an occasion­
al exception, the dealers announce them­
selves as pleased with  the  innovation 
in fact, the movement owes its  origin  to 
the grocers themselves,  although it  was 
carried into execution by the  clerks.

In view of what has been accomplished 
in this city,  The  T r a d e s m a n   suggests 
that the grocers and clerks  of  the  other 
cities of the State unite on this question, 
to  the  end  that  the  7  o’clock  closing 
movement  be  made  general  all  over 
Michigan.  The T r a d e s m a n   does  not 
wish it to be inferred that  it  favors  the 
organization  of  trades  unions  and 
the 
adoption of such  un-American  weapons 
as the boycott to  effect  this  reform,  as 
the friction and ill feeling necessarily at­
tendant  upon  the  “walking  delegate” 
method largely mitigates the good results 
secured.  In no case where the work has 
been  undertaken in good  faith  and  the 
co-operation  has  been  cordial  between 
proprietors and clerks has the effort fail­
ed in accomplishment.

What is really  wanted  in  the  discus­
sion of the labor question is a  good  deal 
of simple common sense.  It is profound 
ly absuid to upbraid  a  man  simply  be­
cause he has acquired or inherited wealth. 
The  idlers in  an  old  Yorkshire  village 
saw a stranger walking down  the  street 
one  day,  and  the  question  was  asked, 
“He’s t’  new  parson,” 
“Who  is  he?” 
said  one  of  the  group. 
“Well,  then, 
heave half a brick at him,” was the quick 
response.  Yorkshire lads didn’t like par­
sons, especially  “Methody parsons,” and 
it was enough for a man to  be  a  parson 
to get half a brick heaved at him on gen­
eral  principles. 
In  the  same  manner 
there are foolish men who regard the fact 
of the possession  of  wealth—no  matter 
how  acquired—as  in  itself  a  sufficient 
reason for fierce condemnation.

The  Chicago  Grocer  intimates 

that 
Grand Rapids dealers are  handling  imi­
tation coffee.  All the grocery jobbers at 
this market recently received samples  of 
the bogus berry, but the  doubtful  honor 
of  introducing it to the  retail  trade  be­
longs  solely  to  a  New  York  salesman 
whose  house  is  not  over-scrupulous  in 
regard to the character of its goods.

In order that the advertising favors  of 
its patrons may not encroach on its usual 
amount of reading matter,  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n  dons a cover this  week and will ap­
pear in this form so long as the advertis­
ing  patronage  warrants  the  additional 
outlay involved.

Mr. Lemon Challenged.

A t jste r l it z,  May  2.—I  am  informed 
that Samuel  M. Lemon,  a wholesale  gro­
cer, of  Grand  Rapids, claims  to  be  the 
champion plowman in Kent Co.  I  am no 
novice with the  plow myself and  hereby 
challenge the gentleman named to a con­
test  at  any place  or  date  he  may name, 
permitting him to select both ground and 
plow desired.  1 am also willing to wager 
$5 on the result.
I  hope to be  favored by an  acceptance 
of this challenge through  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n  of next week. 

J a s .  H e y d l a i t f f .

The  Hardware Market. 

B u t  B u y  a K IN G   S H O B   S

PRICK  IN  BLACK, WITH  PLUSH  SEAT, ONLY  *5.

B I R T H   &  K R A U S E ,
R E D T h e   m o st  effectiv e  C o u g h   D rop  in

SOLE  AGENTS,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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A. E. BROOKS & C 0 .^ -/  D  '-*"-*-* 
The  Finest  Line  of  Gandn  in  the  8tate. 

Grand Rapids, Miefa, 

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The early closing movement inaugurat-

Iron and  nails  are  very  weak. The
ed by the Grand Rapids grocers on April  glass market is strong,  the  advance  an- 
20 has gained additional  strength during * nounced apparently being permanent.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

T h e  L a r g e s t  S to re ! 

T h e  L a r g e s t  S t o c k !

71

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O FFIC E S,  S A L E S R O O M   &  W A R E H O U S E

OF  THE

ÎO
Drugs  Medicines»

Stale Board of Pharmacy.

One  Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Three  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Five Years—George Gun drum, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—S. E. Parkill,  Owosso.
(Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, Sept. 1;  Lansing  Nov. A
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

Meetings  for  1891—Ann  Arbor,  May  5;  Star  Island 

President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Win Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.________
Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 

June, September and December.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.______

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

President  C. S. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

What Preparations of the U. S. Pharm- 

the Retail Pharmacist ?

acopoea Should be Prepared by 
It is not intended in this article  to  ex­
plain what medicines could  be  prepared 
by the retail pharmacist,  had he the nec­
essary appliances, nor is it  designed  for 
such  pharmacists  who,  having  a  large 
trade in  pharmaceuticals  and  prescrip­
tions,  could  afford  the  manufacture  of 
many  preparations  which  the  average 
pharmacist could not; but is intended for 
pharmacies  doing  from  ten  to  twenty 
thousand dollars yearly, and using  spar­
ingly,  if  at  all,  official  preparations. 
There has been much written  to  exhibit 
how much could be saved by the pharma­
cist in manufacturing his  own  fluid  ex­
tracts, solid extracts, etc.,but the  half— 
the other half—has never been told.
I may venture the opinion,  that out  of 
every ten retorts purchased  by the retail 
pharmacist, not three have  been  put  in 
active use; not that the  pharmacists  did 
not possess  the  required  knowledge  of 
their  application,  but  simply  the  end 
did not justify the  means.
Aside from the fact that the  manufac­
turer is a necessity, that he does so much 
to advance the science of pharmacy,  and 
has the  same  right  to  a  living  as  our­
selves,  notwithstanding all this, there  is 
nothing made,  nor  any  satisfaction  re­
ceived  by the  home  manufacture  of  so 
many  preparations  often  suggested  by 
pharmaceutical contributors. 
It may be 
illustrated theoretically, but “the test of 
the pudding is in the eating.”  It is sure­
ly an exhibition of  egoism  for the  new- 
fledged  pharmacist to  represent  to  the 
public that  he  posseses  more  skill  and 
honesty in the manufacture  of  pharma­
ceutical preparations  than  those  manu­
facturers who have given such  their  at­
tention and study for the past ten, fifteen 
or twenty years, and who possess  facili­
ties entailing  the  expenditure  of  thou­
sands of dollars.  They are paid for their 
pains,  we  must admit, but not in a ratio 
to the service they  render  the  advance­
ment of pharmacy.  Physicians, again,  I 
believe, would  rather prescribe the  pro­
ducts of  a  reliable  manufacturer,  than 
those of the retail  pharmacist, reports to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding. 
It  has 
been  urged  that  the  retail  pharmacist 
manufacture all his own galenical prepa­
rations,  so that he  may  learn  the  more 
fully the mode of their  preparation  and 
positively know of  their  purity.  Well, 
if he is a veteran herbalist, and possesses 
and understands the use of a microscope, 
he may succeed in knowing that his prep­
arations are pure; but  how  many  retail 
pharmacists possess these qualifications? 
As to learning by  practice  the  strength 
and mode of preparation of pharmaceuti­
cals,  why not  continue  further,  to  the 
manufacture and  purification  of  chemi­
cals, for the same reason?  The pharma­
cist can easily learn by  close application 
the strengths  and  procedure  of all  the 
important  classes  of  galenical prepara­
tions,  but  he  must  never  rely  on  his 
memory  when  preparing  any  of  them, 
but should consult the  Pharmacopoeia or 
the original formula.  When  Pharmacy 
Boards  require  the  constituents—and 
weight of each—entering  into compound 
tinctures, solutions, etc., they are surely 
calling down the  wrath  of  their  appli­

cant.  The subjoined list, in  my  belief, 
includes all the preparations of the U. S. 
Pharmacopoeia that  can,  with  satisfact- 
j ion, and the appliances  ordinarily found 
in the class of drug stores referred to, be 
prepared by the retail pharmacist.  This 
list may be extended for certain pharma­
cies using more than the ordinary amounts 
of certain preparations, but with smaller 
pharmacies it necessitates  the  handling 
of so many substances  and appliances to 
be ready to make the  preparations,  that 
the finished  product  can  be  purchased 
cheaper, aud in such small  quantities as 
are desired:

All the vinegars:
Diluted acetic acid,

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

hydrochloric acid,
nitro hydrochloric acid,
nitric acid,
phosphoric acid,
sulphuric acid, 
Nitro-hydrochloric acid,
Aromatic sulphuric acid,
Benzoinated lard.
Dilute alcohol,
Purified aloes,
Dried alum,
Iodized starch.
Mass of copaiba.
“  mercury,
Clarified  honey,
Honey of rose.
All the Official Mixtures.
All the Official  Mucilages.
Official pills may be prepared ad libitum, 
but considering their cheapness and  fine 
finish, they, with few  exceptions, can be 
purchased more satisfactorily.

glass plaster.

papers,

comp.,

Isin­

Potassa with lime.
All the Official Powders.
All the Official Waters excepting:
Water of ammonia,
Stronger water of ammonia,
Chlorine  water.
Solution nitrate of silver.
All the Official cerates.
Cantharides  and  nitrate of  potassium 
Flexible and styptic collodions, 
Confection of rose,
Decoction of  cetrarea and  sarsaparilla 
Elixir of orange.
All the Official  Plasters except: 
Hydrated oxide of iron,
Dried  sulphate of iron,
Glycerites of  starch and yolk of egg, 
Mercury with chalk.
All the Official infusions.
Lemon juice.
All the Official Liniments.
Sol. arsenious acid,
“  acetate of ammonium,
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“  citrate of iron and quinine,
“  nitrate of mercury,
Comp. sol. iodine,
Sol. cit. magnesia,
“  pepsin,
“  subacetate of lead,
Dil. sol.  subacetate of lead,
Sol. of potassa,
“  arsenite of potassium,
“  cit. potassium,
“  soda,
“  chlorinated soda.
Granulated citrate of magnesia.
All the Official Spirits except:
Sweet spirit of nitre,
Spirit of ammonia,
Whisky and brandy.
Syrup,

iodide of arsenic and mercury,
lime,

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acacia,
citric acid,
garlic,
althaea,
almond,

orange,

“ flowers,

with iron,

lacto-phosphate of lime,
phos., iron, quinine and strych.,
hypophosphites,
“ 
krameria,
lactucarium,
senna,
tar,
wild cherry;
rhubarb,
rose,
rubus,
raspberry,
sarsaparilla comp.,

“ aromaticum,

Tt-TW  MICUTGLAJNT  TRADESM AN

comp.,

THEN AND NOW.

In days of old when knights were bold,
The man who failed his lot bewailed,

Ana barons held the sway,
And tried his best to pay.

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Syrup  squills,
senega,
senna,
tolu,
ginger,

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All Official  Tinctures.
Triturate of elaterium.
All Official Troches.
All Official Ointments but:
Nitrate of  Mercury.
All Official Wines but:  •
White and red wine.
Cha r ter Oa k,  Iowa.

F. V.  Kn ie st.

The Coupon  Plan a Failure.

From the Bulletin of Pharmacy.
There has  now been  opportunity for a 
very  general  expression  of  opinion  on 
the  part of  retailers as to  their views of 
the  practicability of  the coupon  plan of 
preventing  cutting, but  it  would appear 
from a review of  the sentiments of those 
who  have  declared  themselves  on  this 
subject, that there is as yet little unanim­
ity of opinion.
M.  N.  Kline,  Chairman  of  the  Con­
ference Committee, states  that the views 
of  the retailers  are characterized  by the 
same  confusion of  tongues as  existed at 
the time of the building of  the Tower of 
Babel.  He  answers  the  objections  that 
have  been urged against  the adoption of 
the  coupon  plan, and  very emphatically 
points  out that  upon the retailers neces­
sarily depends the  fate of  this  proposed 
plan, as it is certain that proprietors will 
not  care to adopt  so  radical a change  in 
their business  methods, and  one  involv­
ing  retail  distributors in so much  extra 
trouble and  outlay,  unless they can have 
positive evidence that a majority of sucn 
dealers  desire  it,  and  will  heartily  co­
operate  with  them  in  putting  it  into 
operation.
That this evidence  is  not  forthcoming 
at  present  is  clearly  shown  by the  fact 
that at a meeting  of  the  sub-committee, 
appointed  to  execute  the  coupon  plan 
April  3d, it  was  determined  to take no 
further steps towards  carrying  this plan 
into  operation.  This  action  was  taken 
in  part on  account of  the  fact that  the 
retail trade  have manifested so much in­
difference or opposition  to  the  plan,  im­
pressing the  committee with the  convic­
tion that even if  the way were otherwise 
clear for attempting the control of prices 
in  the  way proposed, it would  be  ques­
tionable  whether  the  effort  would  be 
attended with success. 
It appeared from 
letters addressed to members of the Com­
mittee, as well as those which  have been 
published  in  pharmaceutical  journals, 
that retailers as a class  are not  prepared 
to  accept  the  proposed  conditions. 
In 
this state of  things it is obvious  there is 
not much prospect the plan, in its present 
form,  will  be  attempted,  and  it  is  by 
some  well  advised  parties  considered 
probable  that the  attempt will  be aban­
doned.
Thus  endeth  the first  lesson in the at­
tempt  of  manufacturers  to  establish 
uniform prices for their products.

Two Hints to  Smokers.

the  right  side 

A  well-known  tobacconist  says: 

“If 
you are a smoker and don’t  own  a  cigar 
case,  carry  your  cigars  in  your  upper 
vest pocket, on the left, with  the  mouth 
end  downward.  The constant motion of 
your right arm  is  sure  to  crush the  to­
bacco and loosen the wrapper.  If the  ci­
gars £be  on 
the  result 
is more readily attained with  the  match 
end down.
“If you have let  a  cigar  go  out,  and 
are not  too  fastidious  to  smoke an  ‘old 
soldier,’ do not  pull in the last puff,  but 
blow it through  the burning end.  In this 
way  the  nicotine 
is  expelled,  which 
would  otherwise  gather  at  the  mouth, 
and  prevent  the  cigar  from  having  a 
rank taste.”

The Drug Market.

Alcohol  has  declined  2c.  per  gallon. 
Gum  opium  and  morphia  are  steady. 
Quinine  is firm.  Gum  camphor  is  very 
scarce  and  higher.  Sanderson’s  oil  of 
lemon  has  advanced.  Lycopodium has 
declined.

But now, bedight In garments bright,
Without a thought of shame,
His property he hides away 
In some one else’s name.
New Implements of Slaughter.

The  present  age  has  given  its  mind 
with  earnestness to the  invention of  im­
proved  implements  of  destruction.  At 
the  first glance  this  seems  to  be a cruel 
and  inhuman  business;  but,  on  being 
informed  that  the  more murderous  the 
weapons  of  war  the  greater the  proba­
bility  of  continuous  peace,  we  become 
reconciled  to  the  more  modern  imple­
ments  of  warfare  and  accept  them  as 
Christian  persuasions  to  international 
amity  and  friendship. 
In  like manner, 
thousand-pound  cannons 
that  propel 
their  enormous  missiles  through  triple 
plates of  iron as  readily as the  thimbled 
finger  of 
the  seamstress  pushes  her 
needle  through  the  finest  silk,  become, 
when  viewed  from^ this  philanthropic 
standpoint, the  gran'd  pacificators of  the 
day.
We are told that the  facilities for com­
mitting wholesale homicide which modern 
science  has so kindly  provided  preclude 
the  possibilities of  long  wars hereafter; 
that all  future  hostile  struggles on land 
and  sea  must  be “short,  sharp and  de­
cisive.”  Such is the  theory of  the  phil­
osophers;  but whether it is correct or not 
time alone can determine. 
In comparing 
the  battles of  late  years with  those  of 
antiquity, we do not find that the slaugh­
ter  in  modern  combats  has  been  pro­
portionately greater than in the  conflicts 
of two thousand years ago. 
If the arith­
metic of  history is to  be relied  on, more 
men  were “wiped  out”  in  some  of  the 
fierce  engagements of  the  barbaric  and 
semi-barbaric  eras, and  also  in  the  old 
Napoleonic  battles, than  in  any  of  the 
recent encounters in Europe or Asia.
The  truth  is  that  as  the  weapons of 
warfare  become  more and more  deadly, 
the means of  evading and  escaping their 
awful  impact  correspondingly  increase 
and multiply.  Defense, as well as attack, 
has  the  resources of  science  at its  com­
mand;  and  as it is  quite as  important to 
men to save their own lives as to take the 
lives of  their  foes, protective ingenuity 
and  destructive  ingenuity  progress  on 
parallel  lines,  and  neither  gets  much 
ahead of the other.

Over-Activity.

Full exercise of the brain is  favorable 
to health and  longevity,  and  prolonged 
brain-work  is  not  necessarily  injurious 
when unattended  by  hurry,  anxiety  or 
excitement.  Where  the  n^rve-force  is 
limited, the effect of  over-activity is dan­
gerous, but in the young aud strong it  is 
not injurious.  There are certain occupa­
tions which  are  very  wearing,  such  as 
bank-tellers  and  locomotive  engineers. 
Then  the  speculator  often becomes  a 
wreck through the tension on his nerves; 
also the politician.  Take a  book-keeper 
using one part of the brain day after day, 
dealing with nothing but figures year af­
ter year; he becomes tired,  listless,  and, 
after a while, incapable  of work.  Give 
him a vacation or a trip to the mountains, 
and he quickly recovers,  in fact,  the oth­
er brain cells are called into use.  Ameri­
can business  men,  as  they  grow  older, 
do not  reduce  the  nervous  expenditure 
to correspond  with  its  natural  decline. 
Business and domestic troubles wear up­
on the nerves.  Cramming  in  schools  is 
very bad in its results.  The brain of the 
child suffering from over-study  robs  the 
blood of  the  elements  provided  for  the 
growth of  the  body.  As  a  result,  the 
child  is  stunted,  although  the  parents 
may have been fine  animals.

Drue Store for Sale at a Bariain

On  long  time  If  desired, or will  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  Stock  clean  and 
well assorted.  Location the best In the city. 
I wish to retire  permanently from  the drug  bus-
iness. 
Opp. New Post Office. 

c   L   B R U N D A G E ,

117 W. Western Ave. 

Muskegon,  Mich.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

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Wholesale P rice  C urrent•

Advanced—German quinine, gum camphor, Sanderson's oil lemon. 
Declined—Alcohol, lycopodium.

Aceticum.....................  
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1 00
....................  
30
Boracic 
Carbollcum.................   23® 35
Cltrlcum......................  55® 58
Hydrochlor..................  3®  5
Nltrocum  ................  10® 12
Ozalicum....................   11® 13
Phosphorlum dll........ 
20
Salley licum ............... 1  40@1  80
Sulphurlcum.............  154® 5
Tannicum.................. 1  40@1  60
Tartaricum...................  40® 42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg................3)4®
20  deg..............  5Vi@
Carbones  ....................   12®
Chlorldum...................  12®

A N ILIN E.

Black...............................2 00@2 25
Brown..........................   §0@1 00
Red.............................   45®  50
Yellow............................2 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po.  ’  10............. 1  20@1 30
Junlperus..................... 
8® 10
Xanthoxylum..............   25® 30

BALBAMUM.

Copaiba........................  60® 65
Peru............................  @1 30
Terabln, Canada......  35®  40
Tolutan........................  35® 50

C O B TEZ.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................
Cinchona F la v a .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.............  20
Prunus Vlrginl....................  J*
Quillala,  grd.......................  14
Sassafras  ............................
XJlmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

K ZTBACTUM .

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®
Haematoz, 15 lb. boz 

po...........  33®  35
11®  12
is................   13® 14
vi g...............   14® 15
14s...............   16® 1”
F E B R U M .

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Carbonate Preclp........  @  Jfj
Citrate and Qulnia—   @3 50
Citrate  Soluble........  @  80
Perrocyanldum Sol —   @  50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l ......... lVi©
pure............   @

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Arnica....................... 
;®
Anthemls..................   20®  25
Matricaria 
......  25®  30

FO LIA .

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Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

...................  20®  22
nlvelly....................  25®  28
Alz.  35®  50 
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Salvia  officinalis,  >48 
and  Vis....................  12®  15
Ura Ural...................... 
8®  10
Acacia,  1st picked....  @1 00
  @ 
2d 
“ 
»0
....  ®  80
“ 
3d 
.  “ 
sifted sorts...  @  65
•«  po........  75@1 
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 

g u m m i.

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“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®
**  Socotrl. (po.  60).  ®  '
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 J4s,
16) .............................  
@
Ammonlae.................  25®
Assafcetlda, (po. 30)...
Benzolnum.................   30®
Camphor»...................  52®
Eupnorblum  po  ........  35®
Galbanum................... 
<®3
Gamboge,  po..............  80®
Gualacum, (po  40)  .. ■  ®
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @
Mastic.......................   @
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @
Opll,  (po. 3 50)...........2 25®2
Shellac  ......................  23®
“ 
bleached........  28®
Tragacanth................  30®
hbbba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium.........................
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia.................................
Majorum.............................   „
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  ™
Thymus,  V..........................   25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennlng5.  35®  36

Cubebae...................10 50@U  00
Ezechthitos...............   90@1  00
Erlgeron..................... 1  90@2 00
Gaultherla..................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   ®  75
Gossipii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Juniperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonls...................... 2 50@3 00
Mentha Piper...............2 90@3 00
Mentha Verid............. 2 50®2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............1  00®1 10
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive........................... 1 00@2 75
Plcis Liquida, (gal..35) 
10® 12
Rlclnl..........................1  04@1 20
Rosmarinl............  
75®1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succlnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras.  .................  45®  50
Sinapls, ess, ounce—  
® 65
Tlglli..........................   @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   ®  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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PO TASSIUM .

BiCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.....................   37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
hlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
yanlde......................  50®  55
Iodide.........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass Nitras, opt......  
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

R A D IX .

Aconltum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  15®  20
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentians. (po. 15)......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
®  35
(po. 40)................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po.................. 2 50@2 60
Iris ploz (po. 35®38)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  pr..................   35®  40
Maranta,  548..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel  ...........................  75@1  00
cut......................  @1  75
pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sangulnaria,  (po  25)..  ®  20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Slmllaz, Officinalis,  H  ®  40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ..................   10®  15.
22®  25
Zingiber  j .............. 

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

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@ 15
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is.................... 
4®
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon.................. 1  00@1  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........  4 Vi®
Cydonlum..................   75@1  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dipterlx Odorate....... 2 00@2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L lni............................ 4  @ 4V4
Uni, grd,  (bbl. 3Vi)...  4  @ 4Vi
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian —   3Vi@ 4Vi
Rapa....................
Sinapls,  Albu............   8®
Nigra...........  11®

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S PIR IT U S.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. 
D. F. R  ...

2 00@2 50 
1  75@2 00 
1  10@1  50
Junlperis  Co. O. T .... 1  75@1 ■
1 
Saacharum  N. E ........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 
Vini  Alba................... 1 

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25@2 00
25@2 00

75@3 50

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

1  40

00®5 50

Absinthium................ 5 
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
A nlsl............................1 
Aurantl  Cortez.........   ®2 50
Bergamll  ...................3 
Callputl......................  90@1  00
Caryophylll.................1 
Cedar...........................  35® 65
Chenopodll...............   @2 00
Clnnamonll................ 1 
15@1 20
Cltronella....................   _@ 45
Conlum  Mac................  35® 65
Copaiba  .....................1,20®1  80

70@1 80
75®4 00
20@1 25

SY R U PS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  56
Rhel  Aram..........................   50
Slmllaz  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg.........................  50

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 20@3 45 
C. CO.......................2 10@2 35
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristlca, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nuz Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcis  Llq, N.  C., Vi gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcis Llq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  85
PII Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5) —   @  3
Piz  Burgun...............   ®  7
Plumb! A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  bozes  H
4 P . D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quasslae.................... 
8®  10
Quinta, S. P. & W ......  33®  36
S.  German— 22  @  28
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv.  @ 33
Salacln.......................1  80@1  85
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50

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“  G.......................  @  15

@  25 
Seldlltz  Mixture........
@  18 
Sinapls.......................
®  30
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .  12®  13
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb................. 
lVi®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash....................3Vi@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
‘  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 29).........................  @2 39
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............  3  @4
“  Roll..............  2)4® 3 Vi
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae..............  45®  50
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph...............  
7®  8

Bbl.
Whale, winter...........  70
Lard,  extra...............   56
Lard, No.  1................  45
Linseed, pure raw —   56

Gal
70
60
56
59

Llndseed,  boiled  —   59 
Neat's  Foot,  winter
strained...............  
50
Spirits Turpentine—   43 Vi

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FA IN TS.

bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............1*  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__lit  2@4
“ 
Ber........1)4  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2)4 2Vi®3
“  strictly  pure......2Vi  254®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .......................... 
13®16
Vermilion,  English—  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7)4
“  w hite...............   @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  2Q@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................166@1 70
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Fum .......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................   70®  76

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SWISS  1ÍILLR  PREPARED  PRINTS.

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We »re Sole  Proprietor» of

Weatìierlu’s  flicliipn  Catarri Remedí.

We Bave in Stock and Offer s  M l
WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES, RUMS.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction. 
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive chem.  Send in 

trial order.jtaltine S Perkins Drug Co

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TIN C TU R ES.

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Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
P .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafœtida............................  0
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
Co..........................   50
Sangulnaria........................   50
Barosma.........   .................  50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor.................................. 1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
4*  C o..........................   60
Guaica................................   50
ammon....................  60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nuz  Vomica.......................  50
Opll.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deoaor . ....................... 2 00
Aurantl Cortez....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Khatany  .............................   50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan........................  
60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

Æther, Spts  Kit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3

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ground,  (po.

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Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrin..................   @1  40
Antifebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  ®  66
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Vis
11;  )4s,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
@1  40 
po............................
@  25 
Capslcl  Fructus, af  ..
@  30 
@  20 
I po.
13®  14 
Caryophyllus, (po.  18)
@3 75
Carmine,  No. 40.........
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @ 20
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetaceum..................   @  45
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  70
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  & W  15®  20
German 3)i@  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .....................  
60
Creasotum...............   @  50
Greta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................  
5®  5
“  preclp.............. 
9®  11
“  Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  28®  30
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............  
6®  7
Dextrine.............  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  8
Ergota-jpo.)  60 .........   50®  65
Flake  White......   12®  15
Galla..................   @  23
Gambler.....................   7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...  40®  60
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Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerina..................17  @  25
Grana ParadisI...........  @  22
Humulus...............  25® 
55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @ 90
  @  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  CO
Ammonlatl..  @1  10
Unguentum.  4£@  65
Hydrargyrum............   @ 70
Ijhthyobolla, Am. 
.1  25@1  50
Indigo..................   75@1 
00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 7£®3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin................  50® 
55
Lycopodium........   42® 
45 i
Macis  .........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
27 i
Liquor Potass Arsinltis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2® 
Mannla,  S .F ....... 

drarg Iod...........   @ 

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T E T E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

12

GROCBRIB&.

Short  Talk  with  a Philosophic  West 

Side  Merchant.

Written for Th e  Tradesman.

Two bushel baskets of  eggs  were each 
side of the open door, as I entered a neat 
store on Alpine avenue a  few  days  ago. 
It was in  a well-settled part  of  the city, 
with neat and comfortable  residences on 
almost  every  lot  for  nearly  a  mile  in 
every  direction  and  comparatively  few 
stores for that extended  area.  The  val­
ley has a rich,  dark soil,  and the  family 
gardens,  now  being  cultivated,  must 
save many a dollar  to  their  owners.  A 
more beautiful street for a  drive,  in  the 
near  future,  will  not  be  found  in  the 
city.  Straight as  an  arrow,  it  extends 
northward  for  miles  onto  the  rising 
lands in the  country,  until the  gray line 
of its track meets the blue horizon.

“What  is  the  price  of  eggs  in  this 
part of the city?”  1 asked,  as  an  oppor­
tunity  offered to talk  with  the  bustling 
proprietor.

“Fifteen cents,”  was the reply.
“You  seem,  then,  to  possess  an  ad­
I  rejoined;  “you  can  ex­
vantage,” 
amine  the  contents  of  the 
farmer’s 
wagon as he passes your door on bis way 
to market and obtain  your  goods  fresh, 
and, perhaps,  at a less  price.”

“No, sir,  there  you  are  mistaken.  1 
cannot purchase an  article  of  a  farmer 
at as low a  price  as  I  can  on  Canal  or 
Monroe streets.  Why?  Because the old 
farmer is like his  cow  that he turns into 
a good clover  pasture.  She starts  in  on 
a  run  as  soon  as  he  opens  the  gate, 
snatches a bite  from  the  tall  clover  on 
each  side  of  her,  but  keeps  moving 
straight toward the  farther corner of the 
lot, and never stops  until she gets there. 
Then she  turns  about,  looks  back  and 
commences feeding.  No difference what 
price  I offer for butter,  eggs and vegeta­
bles, he ‘guesses’  he  will  go down town 
first and then, if he can’t get  as much  as 
I offer,  will return and  let  me  have  the 
produce—which has not been  materially 
benefitted by the round trip.

“Eggs are  retailing  for  two  or  three 
cents  a dozen more nearer  the  center of 
business,” I  remarked.  “Why  are  you 
retailing for still less?”

“Don’t you see the difference in the ex­
pense of my doing business?” he replied. 
“Few of those people  own their place of 
business. 
I own my store  and  lot,  and 
they  are  paid  for.  Myself  and  family 
manage the store.  My  lights,  while  not 
electric, are  good and far  cheaper  than 
theirs. 
I use kerosene and plenty  of  it. 
My store expenses are barely  interest on 
the  property.  No  rents  for  store  or 
house—no  clerk  hire—no  stealings—no 
losses.  See?  Why should I not sell less 
than they?  I do.”

“That being the case, your  immediate 
neighbors,  I infer,  are your patrons, and 
you should also draw  trade from quite  a 
distance on every side.”

“Not all my neighbors are my patrons, 
there  are  various  reasons  why. 
and 
First, as you have probably noticed,there 
are many other stores of this kind in the 
vicinity,  all  competing  for  this  trade. 
Within this area of nearly a mile  square 
is a large village by itself,  having  a  far 
less number of stores than  most country 
towns of this size.  That is in our favor, 
and while two  miles  will  take  most  of 
these people to the center of trade,  they 
cannot afford to go unless  a  saving  can 
be made.  Their time is too  valuable  to

permit it on purpose, and, granting  that 
a portion of them work  on the east  side, 
that  does not help the  matter,  as  their 
time is all occupied in labor and in going 
and  returning.  Some  member  of  the 
family can  do  the  marketing  to  better 
advantage here.  Second, there are some 
people here who, like  the  farmer’s  ani­
mal, and the majority of mankind, imag­
ine that something  obtained a  long  dis­
tance  from  home,  will  be  better  and 
cheaper, and it takes  them some  time to 
learn their  mistake.  Third,  a  few  be­
come indebted  to  me,  and  leave  me be­
cause I want my money.  Fourth, others 
want credit and, knowing that means loss 
to me, I am—in  many  cases—obliged  to 
refuse, and I lose them, for  a  time,  but 
the sensible ones, who pay  or  intend  to 
pay, soon find that the  same articles  are 
always as low in  price  here,  and  some 
kinds of goods always  a  little  less  and 
the slight gain in price to them,  with  all 
the convenience, they seem to appreciate 
and thus my business is increasing.”

“You  find some merchants in  this  vi­
cinity moving  away,  you say,”  and  the 
man shrugged his shoulders, smiled, and 
looked wise.

“Yes,”  he  continued,  “I  admit  that 
some fail  in  business  here,  as  well  as 
elsewhere, but, my friend,  if  you  could 
know what 1 do—and  he hesitated a mo­
ment—well, there  are  good  reasons  for 
it, and I could have  told  them  long  ago 
what would  happen.  No capital—goods 
gone  and  not  paid  for.  See?  It  only 
takes a short  time  to  close  up  such  a 
business.”

“I was never in  this  part  of  the  city 
before,”  said  I,  “and  I  notice  new 
buildings  and  better  ones  going  up  on 
every hand.  Will not other stores cause 
a greater division of trade?”

“My several  years  of  experience  has 
been 
reverse,”  was  the  reply. 
“As a number of  other  business  houses 
and  factories  open  around  me, 
I 
found  it  attracted more  to  this  part of 
the city and my sales increased. 
I  have 
done  more  each  year,  and  expect  my 
trade, with good management,  to contin­
ue  to increase constantly.  Yes, you may 
say that  there is  a  healthy  and  perma­
nent growth of the city in this direction, 
for the street we are on  leads  to  one  of 
richest farm regions around  Grand  Rap­
ids.” 

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Additions  to  Last  Week’s List.
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   has had its  attention 
called to the following omissions  in  the 
list of traveling men  who  reside  in  this 
city but represent outside  houses:

Cincinnati.
Creek, N. Y.

J.  P. Visner, E. J. Gillies & Co.,  N.  Y.
M. B. Draper, Queen City Varnish Co., 
J.  L. Wheeler,  Simeon  Howes,  Silver 
Geo.  R.  Merrill, B. T. Babbitt, N. Y.
Martin B. Millpaugh,  Billings,  Clapp 

& Co., Boston.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars  are  without  material  change. 
While granulated is lower  than it was  a 
month ago, yellows are Jic higher.  Corn 
syrup continues to advance and the man­
ufacturers’ boast  that they  will  yet bill 
their product at 35c bids fair to  be  real­
ized.  Pickles have gone off 81, which is a 
great surprise all along  the line, as deal­
ers had been led to expect  higher prices.
For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas, spices, etc., see  J. P. Visner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich., general  representative  for  E.  J. 
Gillies & Co.,  New  York City.

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—So meagre are the offerings, that there 
is really no market.
Beans—The  market  is  firm.  Handlers  are 
offering  $1.80  per  bu.  for  country  picked  and 
holding city picked at $2.25@$2.30.
Butter—The supply  is  not over large.  Hand­
lers pay 16@18c and hold at 18@20c.
Cabbages—Old stock is about out of market.
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Eggs — The  market  holds  steady  at  13c,  al­
though as high  as  12*4@13c is paid  by cold  stor­
age men and picklers who are  anxious to secure 
stocks before the advent of warm weather.

Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Lettuce—13c for Grand Rapids Forcing
Onions—Scarce  and  firm.  Dealers  pay  $1.40 
for all offerings of choice, holding at $1.65.  Ber­
mudas are in good demand at $3per crate.

Parsnips—4uc per bushel.
Potatoes—The  market  is  flat,  owing  to  the 
large  amount  of  poor  stock  which  has  been 
foisted on the principal  markets during the past 
month.

Radishes—40c per dozen bunches.
Strawberries—$3.50 per case of 34 quarts.
Squash—l*4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in small 
Turnips—30@35c per bu

demand at $4.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PO R K   IN   B A R R ELS.

Mess,  new...................................................   13 00
Short c u t.....................................................   13 00
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  14 50
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat hack.............................................  14 25
Boston clear, short cut................................   14 25
Clear back, short cut...................................   14 50
Standard clear, short cut. best...... .......... 
14 75

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage...................................................  7
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................................. 9
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................  754
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight.............................................1 5
Bologna,  thick.........   ..................................   5
Headcheese................................................... ” 5

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lard. 

Family. 

lard—Kettle Rendered.
Tierces.................................................  
ni.-
Tubs.................................................... 
501b.  Tins........................................................; 8H
Corn-
pound.
6«
6U
7u
734
7
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6*»

Tierces......................................6% 
0 and 50 lb. Tubs.....................63!£ 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case............. 744 
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case...............7% 
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case...............7*4 
301b. Pails, 4 in a  case..............7 
50 lb. Cans.................................6% 
B E E P   IN   BA R R ELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........................  9 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing............................  9 00
Boneless, rump butts.....................................
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................10
16 lbs.....................................!l0>*
12 to 14 lbs............................... 10M
picnic...................................................  71A
nest boneless..........................................¿¡4
Shoulders........................................................  gag
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...........................   8J£
Dried beef, ham prices.............................. 
10*4
Long Clears, heavy.........................................   g&
Briskets,  medium...........................................
light................................................

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass..........................................  7*4@  syr
“  hindquarters...................................9  @10
“ 
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fore 
loins, No. 3..................................   @13
“ 
ribs............................................. 
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rounds.........................................   @
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tongues...........................................11  @12

Bologna.................................................   @ 5*4
Pork loins..............................................   @10*4
“  shoulders............... ......................  @ 514
Sausage, blood  or head.........................  @ 5^4
liver 
...  @&!4
Frankfort................................   @754
Mutton...........................................  ....   @10
Veal.......................................................   4  @ 54

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FISH and OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

F R E S H   P IS H .

Whitefish...............................................   @10
Trout......................................................  @ 9
Halibut..................................................   @18
Ciscoes...................................................  @ 5
Flounders..............................................  @ 9
Bluefish..............  ................................   @12
Mackerel...................................   .........   @25
Cod.........................................................  @12
California salmon.................................   @20

oysters—Cans.

Falrhaven  Counts................................   @40
F. J. D. Selects......................................   @35

SH ELL  GOODS.

1  50 
1  00

Oysters, per  100. 
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It paysto illustrate your  business.  Portraits, 
Cuts  of  Business  Blocks,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
graphs.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

CANDIES. FRUITS and NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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Full  Weight. 
Standard,  per  lb .............................   6*4
..............................6*4
Twist  . ..............................6*4
..............................7*4
............................. 7*4
M IX ED   CANDY.
Full Weight.

“  H.H....
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Boston  Cream  ..
Cut  Loaf...........
Extra H. H........

Bbls. Palls.
7*4
7*4
7*4
9*4
8*4
8*4

f a n c y — I j i 5 lb. boxes. 

f a n c y —In b u l k .
Full Weight. 
...............................10*4
1............................. 11

Bbls.
Standard........... .........................  6*4
Leader................ ..........................6*4
Special..............
Royal................. .......................... 7
Nobby................
.........................7*4
Broken..............
.........................7*4
English  Rock... .......................... 7*4
Conserves......... .......................... 7
Broken Taffy__ .......................... 7*4
Peanut Squares.
Extra.................
French Creams..
Valley  Creams..

Palls.
7*4
7*4
8
8
8*4
8*4
8*4
8
8*4
9
10
10*4
13*4
Bbls. Palls.
Lozenges, plain. 
11*4
printe<
12*4
Chocolate Drops.
12*4
14
Chocolate Monumentals...................
Gum Drops........ ...............................5
6*4
9
Moss Drops........ ............................... 8
Sour Drops........ ...............................  8*4
9*4
Imperials........... ...............................10*4
11*4
Per Box
Lemon Drops...................................................56
Sour Drops......   .............................................55
Peppermint Drops...........................................65
Chocolate Drops..............................................70
H. M. Chocolate Drops................................... 90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops................................................... 1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...................................... 80
Lozenges, plain............................................... 65
printed...........................................70
Imperials.,......................................................65
Mottoes............................................................75
Cream Bat....................................................... 60
Molasses Bar...................................................55
Caramels....................................................15®17
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@9O
Decorated Creams............................................. 1 00
String  Rock....................................................70
Burnt Almonds..................................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries...................................... 65
California,  128....................................... 
150..................................... 
176-2 0-226.........................  
300-240.......
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3 50
3 50
4 00
Messina, choice, 360 .............................  5  25@5  50
@6 005 50
6 00

fancy, 360.
choice 300............................
fancy 300..............................
O T H E R   FO R E IG N   FR U IT S .
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers__
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18@20
@16
@12*4
@ 10
@ 8
Persian,50-lb.  box......................4  @6

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“  50-lb.  “
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Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @17(4
Ivaca.....................................   @17
California.............................   @17(4
Brazils, new..........................................  @ 7%
Filberts..................................................  @11
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @15
“  Marbot...................................  @12
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Table Nuts, No. 1..................................  @14
No. 2..................................  @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................  15@17
Cocoannts, full sacks...........
P E A N U T S.
Fancy, H.  P., Suns
Fancy, H.  P., Flags
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.

@4 00 
@ 5&
“  Roasted  ..................   7  @7*4
?8  .............................  @ 5*4
Roasted...................  7  @7*4
@4*4 
■  6  @6*4

Chill.......................................   @

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Messinas, 

ORANGES.

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OILS.

The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as follows :

Water White.....................................
Michigan  test...............................
Naptha...................................................
Gasoline............................................
Cylinder................................................27  @36
E ngine..................................................13  @21
Black, 15 Cold  Test........  ....................

@ 9
<a  8*4 
@  7*4
“  9*t
@ 9*4

THOS.  E.  WYKES,

WHOLESALE

Marblehead  and  Ohio  White  Lime, 

Buffalo, Louisville and Portland 

Cements, Fire Brick A Clay.

Agent  for  the “Dyckerhoff” imported  Portland 
cement, the best cement in the  market  for side­
walks.  Also buy and sell  Grain  Hay, Feed, Oil 
Meal, Wood, Etc., Clover and Timothy Seed.

W A REH O U SE  AND  MAIN  O FFIC E  :

Cor. Wealthy Ave. and Ionia on M. C. R. R. 

BRANCH  O F F IC E :

Builders' Exchange.

How  to  Keep  a  Store.
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bus! 
ness,  Location.  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising. Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great interest to every one in trade.  $1.60.
THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids.

A P P L E   B U TTER .

Chicago goods..............754@8

A X L E   GREA SE.
Frazer’s.

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Wood boxes, per  doz.......  

80 j
3 doz. case...  2 40
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per gross...... ¿00 1
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25 lb. pails,.........................  1  00
75
15 lb.
Aurora.
60 
Wood boxes,  per  doz........
1  75 
3 doz. case...
per  gross___
6  00

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50 
Wood boxes,  per doz  ......
3 doz. case...
1  50 
per  gross___
5 50
25 lb. pails.........................
90
B A K IN S   PO W D ER .
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 
45 
85 
2  “  ....
54lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 
1  “  ....
1  10 
bulk.........................
10 
Teller’s,  hi lb. cans, doz.. 
45 
85
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1  50 
Arctic, hi tt> can s..............
60
1  20
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2 00
40
cans.........
80
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......... .  1  50

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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

hi lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 

hi 
“ 
1 lb  “ 

Red Star, M 

54 »   “ 
1  lb  “ 
BA TH  B R IC K .

“ 
“ 

2 dozen in case.

“

“ 

8oz 

BLU IN G .

English............................ ..  90
Bristol............................... ..  70
Domestic.......................... ...  60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..  ........ .  4 OO
“ 
............ .  7 00
“  pints,  round......... .10 50
.  2 75
“  No. 2, sifting box.. 
.  4 00
“  No.3, 
“  No. 5,
.  8 00
1 oz ball  ............... .  4  50
" 
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl........................ .  1  75
........................ .  2 00
No. 1  “ 
.  2 25
No. 2 Carpet...................
.  2 50
No. 1 
......................
“ 
Parlor Gem....................... .  2 75
90
Common Whisk...............
............... .  1  20
Fancy 
Mill.................................. .  3 25
Warehouse....................... .  2 75
BU C K W H EA T  FLOUR.
Rising Sun..........................5 00
York State........................
Self Rising....................... ..4 50

“ 

B U T T E R IN E .
Creamery.

Dairy.

Solid packed....................
1354
14
Rolls................................
Solid packed....................
11
Rolls................................
1154
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............ .  1054
Star,  40 
............ .  1054
Paraffine.......................... .  12
Wicking............................ .  25

CANDLES
“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

P IS H .
Clams.

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb..................1  10
“  2  lb..................1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.....................2 30
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb................... 1  10

21b ..........................2 10
Lobsters.

“ 

Star,  1  lb............................ 2 50
“  2  lb.............................3 50
Picnic,lib...........................2 00
21b...........................3 00
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...................... 1  20
2  lb.....................2 00
Mustard,  3 lb......................3 00
Tomato Sauce,  31b.............3 00
Soused, 3 lb......................... 3 00
Columbia River, flat........... 1  85
tails............1 60
Alaska, 1  lb......................... 1  35
21b ...........................2 10
Sardines.
American  14s...................   5@ 6
54s.....................7@ 8
Imported  14s.....................11@12
Hs.....................13@14
Mustard  Ms.........................  @ 9
Brook, 3 lb............................... 2 50

Salmon.
“ 

Trout.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

2 25
2 50
2 35
1 10

F R U IT S .
Apples.

4  00

Cherries.

Blackberries.

York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh,  “ 
....
Apricots.
Santa  Cruz...................... 
Lusk’s.............................. 
Overland........................  
P. &  W............................  
1  20
Red............   .-............ 
Pitted Hamburg.........  
1  75
W hite......................... 
1  60
E rie................. :......... 
130
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................  @1  60
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  10
P ie............................. 1  60@1  75
Maxwell.................... 
2 25
Shepard's................... 
2 25
California.................. 2 60@2 75
Domestic....................  
1  25
2 25
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common.....................  
1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 60
grated........ 
2 85

Peaches.

Gages.

Pears.

“ 

Quinces.
Common.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red.............................  
l  30
Black  Hamburg.........  
1  50
Erie, black................. 
l  40
Strawberries.
Lawrence................... 
1
Hamburg.................... 
2 25
Erie............................  
1  65
Whortleberries.
Common.................... 
1  40
P. &  W....................... 
1  25
Blueberries...............  
1  30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.........2  10
Roast beef,  Armour’s ........ 1  75
Potted  ham, 54 lb...............1  10
“  54 lb.................  65
tongue, 54 lb ............1  10
54 lb ............  65
chicken, 54 lb............  95

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

M EATS.

“ 

V EG ETA BLES.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Hamburg  stringless  .........1  25
French style...... 2 25
Limas................. 1  40
Lima, green........................1  30
soaked.....................   90
Lewis Boston  Baked..........1  35
Bay State  Baked.................1  35
World’s  Fair...................... 1  35
Hamburgh..........................1  25
Tiger:...................................1 00
Purity.................................1  10
E rie.................................... 1  15
Hamburgh marrofat...........
early June..........15 0
champion of  En-
land  ................................

Corn.

Peas

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

Tomatoes.

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Hamburgh  petit  pois  ........1  75
fancy  sifted  __1  90
Soaked................................   65
Harris  standard..................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early June........ 130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1  35
French..................................... 1 80
French..............................17218
Erie.....................................   90
Hubbard...................................1 30
Hamburg  ............................ 1  40
Soaked................................   85
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 60
Hamburg.............................
Van  Camp’s..............................1 10
No. Collins................................1 10
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Hancock...................................1 05
Gallon..................................... 2 75
CHOCOLATE— B A K E R   S.
German Sweet..................
Premium..........................
Pure..................................
Breakfast  Cocoa..............
Bulk....................................   454
Red......................................7
Fancy Full  Cream__11  @12
Good 
....10  @1054
Part Skimmed............  8  @9
Sap Sago.......................   @22
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Swiss, imported........  24@  25
domestic  __  15@  16
Limburger..........................   15
Rubber, 100 lumps............... 35
Spruce, 200 pieces................40
Snider's, 54 pint........................1 35
pint.................. 
2 30
quart.......................... 3 50
CLOTHES  FIN S .

CHEW IN G   GUM.
200  “ 

CHICO RT.

5 gross boxes  ......................40
Bulk................................  @4
Pound  packages...........  @7

COCOA  SH ELLS.

C H EESE.

(UTHTiP

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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

COFFEE.
G REEN .Rio.

Santos.

Fair.................................  . .2054
Good....................................21
Prime..................................2154
Golden................................2254
Peaberry............................ 23
Fair.....................................2054
Good................................... 21
Prime................................. 2154
Peaberry  ............................2254
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair.....................................22
Good................................... 23
Fancy..................................25
Prime................................. 2254
M illed.................................24
Interior.............................. 25
Private Growth..................26
Mandehling.......................29
Imitation........................... 25
Arabian.............................. 2

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

RO A STED .

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
FA CKAGE.
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX....25Q
Lion....................... 
........2554
in cabinets  ................26
Durham...............................25
Valley City......................... 
75
Felix..................................   1  15
Hummel's, foil...................  1  50
t i n ....................  2 50

EX TRA CT.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

CLOTHES  LIN E S.
50 ft..........  
“ 
60 ft..........  
“ 
70 ft........ 
“ 
“ 
80 ft........ 
60 ft.........  
“ 
72 ft-....... 
“ 
CONDENSED M ILK .

Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  251
1  40 i
1601
175
1  90
90
100
Eagle.................................   7 40
Crown  ...............................  6 50
Genuine  Swiss...................8 CO
American Swiss.................7 00

COUPONS.
“Superior.”
“ 
“ 
•“ 

 
 
 
“Tradesman.”
 
 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

$  1, per hundred...............   2 50 j
$ 2, 
$5, 
*10, 
*20, 

....................  6 00

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ “ 

 
 

 

 
 

10 
“

............ 20 
CRACK ERS.
“ 

*  1, per hundred...............   2 00 I
“ 
*2, 
“ 
*5, 
“ 
*10, 
*20, 
“ 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.............. 5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter..................   754
Seymour 
554
Butter....................................554
“  family...........................554
“  biscuit.........................654
Boston....................................754
City Soda............................... 7*4
Soda.....................................6
S. Oyster............................... 554
City Oyster. XXX.................  554
Strictly  pure......................*  30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TA R TA R .

 

FLAVORING EX TRA CTS.

HERBS.

LICORICE.

JELLIES.
LAMP WICKS.

Jennings’ D C.
75 
“
1  00 
“
1  50 
“
...2   00
“  
“
...3 00
“ 
GUN  PO W D ER .

Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box
1  25
3 oz 
1  50
4 oz 
2 00
6 oz 
3 00
8 oz 
4 CO
Kegs
.5 50
Half  kegs...........................3 00
Sage.....................................15
Hops....................................25
Chicago  goods............  454@5
3 00
..................  30
N o ....... 
4 00
No. 1....................................  40
5 00
No. 2...................................  50
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
2 50
3 OP
Condensed,  2 doz...............1  25
4 00
5 00
No. 9  sulphur..................... 2 00
Anchor parlor.....................1 70
No. 2 home..........................1  10
Export  parlor.....................4 25
*
16
19
19
23
17
20
26
30
36

Sugar house....................  
Ordinary..........................  
Prim e............................... 
Fancy............................... 
F air..................................  
Good................................. 
Extra good.......................  
Choice.............................. 
Fancy...............................  
One-half barrels. 3c extra

m o l a s s e s . 
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

New Orleans.

MATCHES.

LYE.

“

OATMEAL.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

California Evaporated.

Sundried....................   @1154
Evaporated............... 14  @1454
19 
Apricots.
10 
Blackberries...........
18
Nectarines..............
Peaches!.................
2017 
Pears,  sliced...........
19 
Plums......................
13
PruneB,  sweet.........
PR U N E S.
@  9 
Turkey....................
Bosnia.....................
@10 
French....................
@11
P E E L .
18 
Lemon.....................
18
Orange....................
CITRON.
@18
In drum...................
In boxes..................
@20
CURRANTS.
Zante, in  barrels........
@ 554 
In  54-bbls......
@ 5% 
@ 5%
in less quantity 
r a i s i n s  —California
Bags...........................7
London Layers, 2 cr n 
3  “
fancy.
Muscatels.2crown  ...

** 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

3  “
Foreign.

2  10 
2  20 
2 35 
1  60 
1  75
7 M 
@ 854

FA RIN A CEO U S  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

Maccaroni and Vermicelli

Valencias...................
Ondaras..................... 8
Sultanas.....................16  @1
40
100 lb. kegs................... 
4
Barrels...............................3 ’
G rits..................................
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
6
60
Domestic, 12 lb. box—
Imported......................
11
Pearl Barley.
Kegs............................. -354@3M
-.1  20
Green,  bu............  ....
.6 50
Split, bbl......................
5
German.......................
5
East India....................
Wheat.
5
Cracked............... . 
..
FISH—Salt. 

Sago.

Peas.

Bloaters.

“ 
“ 

Cod.

Yarmouth....................
Whole.......................... .6 @654
Bricks.......................... .6 @8
Strips...... .................... .8 @9
Halibut.
Smoked......................
Herring.
Scaled.........................
Holland,  bbls............
kegs............
Round shore, 54 bbl...
“  M  bbl..
Mackerel.
No. 1, 54 bbls. 90 lbs__
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs 
kits, 10 lbs....

1054
24
11  00
75
2 75
1  50
.12 00
.  1  25

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

Fancy...................   3 50@4 00
Russian,  kegs....................
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90 lbs...........4 75
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90 lbs...........7 00
No. 1. kits, 10 lbs.................  80
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs........3 00
kits, 10  lbs.............  50

Whitefish.

“ 

“ 

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels 200.................  @7 25
Half barrels ;00.................... @3 75
Half  bbls 90..............  @3 75
Barrels  180.................  @7  25

ROLLED OATS.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count........... $6 50
Half  barrels, 600 count__  3 75
Barrels, 2,400  count  ..........10 00
Half barrels, 1,200 count ...  5 50
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25

“  T. D. full count...........  75

PIPES.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head........................7
“  No. 1........................6
“  No. 2...............   @5

Imported.

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1..........................65»
“  No. 2...........................554
Java....................................
Patna..................................

ROOT BEER.

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size..........................1  75
3 dozen.............................$ 5 CO
Barrels................................ 4 00
Half barrels........................ 2 50

SAUERKRAUT.

SAPOLIO.
“ 

Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.  ...  2 50 
Hand 
......   2 50
Snider’s  Tomato.................2 40

SOUPS.

3  “ 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
Batavia in bund__ 15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................25
Zanzibar..................15
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
'  “  No.  1.......................75
“  No. 2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
“ white...  .25
shot.........................19
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice.............................
Cassia,  Batavia.................
“ 
and  Saigon
“  Saigon..................
Cloves,  Amboyna..............
Zanzibar..............
Ginger, African.................
“  Cochin..................
Jam aica...............
“ 
Mace  Batavia....................
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste.
“  Trieste.................... ¡w
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
“  white...... 30
“ 
“  Cayenne..................25
Sage..................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

“ 

Ms  Ms
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger, Jam...............   84  1  55
“  Af...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper......................  84  155
Sage.............................  84

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf....................  @  55s
Cubes.........................  @ 554
Powdered..................   @514
Granulated.................@ 4.81-7»
Confectioners’ A....... @ 4 69-%
White Extra  C...........  @4.56
Extra  C......................  @4.44
C ................................   @4%
Yellow.......................  @ 4M
Less than 100 lbs. Me advance

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“ 
.brass  “ 

Tea, 2-3>,  tin  scoop.........* 6 50
.........  7 25
“  5-lb,  tin  scoop.........   8 75
.........   8 75
“ 
Grocers’, 11-lb, tin  scoop.  11 00
“  brass  “  ..  12 25
“  ..  13 25
brass  “  ..  14 75

“ 
“ 
“ 

22-lb, tin 
STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

20-lb boxes..........................  6!4
40-lb 
6M
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ......................  6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
654
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  4%
Barrels................................   4%
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

soap.

S N U FF.

 

SODA.

SAL  SODA.

Old Country, 80........................ 3 20
Uno, 100....................................3 50
Bouncer, 100...................— 3 00
Boxes....................................5M
Kegs, English....................... 4%
Kegs...................................  1M
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................  454@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary.................................. 354
Hemp..................................... 454
Anise....................................13
Rape................................... 6
Mustard.................................754

SEED S.

SALT

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

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“ 

“ 

“ 

Warsaw.

100 3-lb. sacks......................... *2 40
2 25
60 5-lb 
“ 
2810-lb. sacks.........................2 15
2 00
20 14-lb.  “ 
34 3-lb  cases..........................   1 50
50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
..  25
281b.  “ 
35
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
18
281b.  “ 
.. 
56 lb. dairy  bags...............  
75
66 lb. dairy  bags................  75
56 lb.  sacks.......................   27
Saginaw and Manistee.
Common Fine  per bbl...... 
95
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .554
Dwight’sCow..........  ...........554
Taylor’s .............. 
...........5M
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf............554
pure........................ 554
Golden Harvest.................... 5

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock. 1

SA LERA TU S.

“ 

SY R U PS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.................................31
Half bbls..............................33
Amber..........................23 @25
Fancy drips..................28 @30
SW EET  GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
7
Sugar Creams............  
854
Frosted  CTeams.........  
8
Graham Crackers...... 
8
Oatmeal  Crackers—  
8
SHOE  PO LISH .
Jettine, 1 doz. In  box.............75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

 

SUN C U RED .

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
D ust.............................10  @12
F a ir..............  
  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust............................. 10  @12
F air............................. 18  @20
Choice........................   @25
choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair...........25  @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy............ 75  @85
Common to  fair.......... 23  @26
Superior to  fine...........28  @30
Fine to choicest.......... 45  @55
Common to  fair.......... 23  @26
Superior to fine............30  @35
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @40
F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best............................ 40  @50

EN G LISH   B R E A K FA ST.

YOUNG  HYSON.

GU N PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

noted.
60
34
24

“ 

“ 

TOBACCOS. 
Fine Cut.
Pails unless otherwise
Hiawatha..................
Sweet  Cuba...............
McGinty....................
54 bbls.........
Little  Darling...........
54 bbl..
1791.......................
1891,54  bbls...............
Valley  City................
Dandy Jim .................
Searhead..  ...............
Joker.........................
Zero............................
L. & W.......................
Here  It Is..................
I Old Style....................

Plug.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

VIN EG A R.

Smoking.

yeast—Compressed.

1 3
Old  Honesty.............. 
4 >
33
Jolly Tar....................  
Hiawatha.................. 
37
84
Valley City...............  
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Toss Up..  ..............................26
Out of Sight  ..........................24
Boss..................................... 1254
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..........................   .20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew.........................24
Gold  Block................ 
  28
Peerless............................... 24
Rob  Roy..............................25
Uncle  Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerrp.....................2>
Brier Pipe............................30
Yum  Yum...........................32
Red Clover...........................30
Navy....................................32
Handmade...........................40
Frog....................................33
40 gr.......................................8
50 gr......................................10
Tin foil cakes, per doz...........15
Baker’s, per  lb........................30
PAPER & WOODEN WARE 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw 
................................. iv
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar..............................254
Hardware..............................25%
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods...................  554@3
Jute  Manilla...............   654@8
Red  Express  No. 1............   5
, No. 2............... 4
T W IN E S.
48 Cotton............................  25
Cotton, No.  1.......................22
“  2.......................18
Sea  Island,  assorted........ 40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool..................  
7
Tubs, No. 1.........................700
“  No. 2.........................  6 00
“  No. 3.........................5 00
1  50
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
50
Bowls. 11 inch...................   1  00
13  “  ....................   1  25
“ 
15  “  .................... 2 00
“ 
17  “  .................... 2 75
“ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
“  bushel...................  1  50
5 75
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“  No.3 
“  No.l 3 50
“ 
“  No.2 
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 

 
W OODENW ARE.

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

splint 

P A P E R .

“ 

“ 

 

7 26
4 25
5 00

“ 

RY E.

M EAL.

FLO U R .

W H EA T.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
W hite........................  
1  05
Red.............................  
1  05
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  1  70
Granulated.......................  1  80
Straight, in  sacks............  5 60
“  barrels...........  5 80
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks............  6 60
“  barrels...........  6 80
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...........  2 25
Rye 
“ 
...........  2 25
M IL L ST U FFS.
Bran....................................»0 00
Screenings.......................  18 60
Middlings.......................... 21  00
Mixed Feed......................  29 50
Coarse meal......................  28  50
Milling................................   80
F eed...................................   60
Brewers, per  100  lbs........... 1  25
Feed, per bu.......................  60
lots.......................  76
Small 
Car 
“  ........................   73
Small  lots............................61
Car 
“  .............................59
No. 1.......................................  13 00
No.2......................................  12 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
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lows  :
Green........................   4  @5
| Part Cured.................  @5
Full 
5 
Dry..............................  6 @7
Kips,green.................4  @5
“  cured.................   5 @6
Calfskins,  green........   5 @6
cured........  6 @ 8
Deacon skins.............. 10 @30

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| Shearlings...................10 @25
| Estimated wool, per lb 20 @28
|  Washed............................ 20@30
Unwashed......................10@22
Tallow...................... B35i@ 454
Grease butter  ...........1  @2
Switches....................  154@ 2
I Ginseng.....................2 59@8 00

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T H E   M IC H XG -A JN T  T R A T iE S M ^ JS T .

H ow  C an tb e   A v erag e  M erch an t J u d g e  

o f th e   P u rity   a n d   S tre n g th  

o f  S a lt? *
The  propounding  of 

this  question 
should elicit  no  surprise,  since in  look­
ing  over  the  advertisements  of the  salt 
manufacturers and dealers  we  find  that 
nearly all of them claim to have the pur­
est aud best.  When such a claim is made 
by  all, it is evident that there  is  a  mis­
take  somewhere,  and  the  dairyman  is 
forced to the  conclusion  that,  with  one 
exception,  these  men  are  either  them­
selves deceived or desire  to  deceive  oth­
ers.  Such being the case,  if  the  dairy­
man thinks it important  that  he  should 
have the purest, he must be able to make 
a test in order  to  satisfy  himself  as  to 1 
which be should use.
When all are thus claiming to have the 
purest and strongest, it  is natural to  in­
fer that the great trouble  with salt is  its 
impurity aud lack of strength.  Certain­
ly the former is a matter well  worthy  of j 
attention.  One of the chief uses  of  salt! 
is  as a preservative,  and, if  contaminat-1 
ed,  instead of  doing that for which it  is I 
designed, it is evident it may destroy the 
very thing for  the preservation of which 
it is employed.
But while such results may not follow, 
yet others may occur which it  is  desira­
ble, if possible, to avoid.  Thus  an  arti-1 
cle may not be destroyed,  but  be  deter­
iorated  in  value.  For  instance,  butter | 
may be  put  up  and  sold  apparently  all~ 
right,  but when shipped some distance to 
market becomes more or less rancid. 
In 
such  a case it is evident  that  the  agent 
used as  a preservative has  not  done  its 
work properly,  and  if,  in  consequence, 
the butter,  while still  marketable, deter­
iorates in value  one,  two, or more  cents 
per pound, a serious loss is entailed.  In­
directly, therefore,  this  reaches the dai­
ryman,inasmuch as an impure or improp­
er preservative may  injure or totally  de­
stroy.his  market.
Shrewd men  in  their  greed  for  gain 
have not been slow to recognize and take 
advantage of this fact.  As I  write there 
lies on  my  table  an  advertisement of  a 
New York  concern  announcing a  butter 
preservative made  by compounding  salt 
with certain  ingredients  to  increase  its 
preserving capacity.  What these  ingre­
dients are they do not  state.  For  aught 
the public know the compound  may con­
tain chemicals that are very injurious  to 
health.  Admitting the impurity of their 
preparation, they urge its sale on the sole 
ground that it will do  the  work  of  pre­
servation for which it is  intended.  The 
danger that may  lie  hidden  in  any such 
compound, made by unprincipled and ir­
responsible men, is obvious. 
It is  some­
thing  that  should not be allowed.  The 
public have a right  to  know  with  what 
their  food  is being adulterated.  There 
is  a  point  where  even  liberty  in  this 
country should  cease  and  protection  to 
the  citizen  be  demanded,  and  it  does 
seem as if the government in such a case 
should interfere and compel the publica­
tion of the  formula on which it  is  made 
or prohibit the use of such a preparation.
The importance of a  good preservative 
is also appreciated  by our British  custo­
In contracting for meats and oth­
mers. 
er products of  this  country  on, a  large 
scale it is customary for them to  specify 
that the same shall  be  cured  with  En­
glish  salt.  The  reason  for  this  is  ob­
vious.  They  understand  that  notwith­
standing its  impurities the  English  salt 
will do the  work  of  preservation  satis­
factorily,  and it is necessary for  them to 
have the products,  which will  be  a long 
time in  transit,  properly  cured.  That 
this discrimination against American salt 
is not warranted by the facts,  I fully  re­
cognize,  because some  American  salt  is 
not only purer,  but actually  better  than 
that of the old world.  Nevertheless, the 
prejudice  exists and the  position of  our 
English cousins is  instructive,  as  show­
ing the importance with  which  they  re­
gard a perfect preserver.
Closely allied with the question of pur­
ity is  the matter of  strength.  Properly 
viewed, strength and purity  go  hand  in 
hand. 
If you have pure  chloride  of  so­
dium, it must  be  as  strong  as  can  be, 
since every  atom or particle of  anything 
else must displace an equivalent  amount
•Paper  read  at  the  annual  m eeting of the Miohlgan 

Dairymen’s Association by O. F. Moore, St. Clair.

of  salt. 
If  the  foreign  ingredients  be 
sulphate  of lime, sulphate of  magnesia, 
chloride of calcium, or chloride  of  mag­
nesium, there is just as much less salt as 
there is  of  these  other  chemical  com­
pounds present—in other words, there  is 
a  loss  of  sodic  chloride  on  which  its 
strength depends and it is, consequently, 
just  so much the weaker.
Unfortunately, such a thing  as an  ab­
solutely pure salt does  not  exist  in  na­
ture.  The method of its  formation  pre­
cludes this.  Undoubtedly  the  large  de­
posits of rock salt in this and other coun­
tries were  formed  when  the  continents 
were submerged  and  the  ocean  waves 
swept over what is now the  rock  forma­
tion,  To understand the method, we may 
observe what is transpiring  in the  Great 
Salt Lake.  Here is a body of water with­
out an outlet.  The inflow from rivers  is 
less than the amount of evaporation.  As 
the latter only removes a  relatively pure 
water, the tendency of the lake is  to  be­
come more and more salt.  The drainage 
brings in a steady supply of  whatever is 
soluble  in  water from  the  surrounding 
country and, at first sight,  it  would  ap­
pear  as  if  such  matters  would  be  all 
mingled together in the deposits.  How­
ever, such is not the law of nature.  Ow­
ing to  the  increasing  density,  deposits 
must occur,  but  all  substances  are  not 
precipitated at  the same  time.  In  fact, 
the sulphate of lime,  being  insoluble  in 
a saturated brine,  is  first  thrown  down 
and,  later,  by  an  increasing  density  of 
the water, cloride of sodium is deposited. 
Thus is formed a layer  of  gypsum  and, 
above that,a layer of salt.  Other  ingre­
dients  have  their  points  of  density  at 
which deposition occurs,  so that to some 
extent nature performs the work  of sep­
arating the various  materials,  which  the 
running water  is  constantly  bearing  to 
the lake.  However, the separation is not 
perfect as the quantity of the water supply 
is by no means constant. 
In a wet  sea­
son, of course, there  is  more water  sup­
plied and less evaporation than in  a dry 
one.  Consequently, after depositing salt 
for a time, the water  may  become  suffi­
ciently  diluted  by  the  inflow  to  again 
hold gypsum in solution.  Owing,  there­
fore, to this  variation in the  volume and 
consequent  density  of  the  water,  the 
various materials are deposited not  only 
in layers,  but  often  intermingled  even 
in  the  same stratum.
This is one source  of  impurity  aud  it 
suggests that salt in a  natural  state,  in­
stead of being pure, is very  far  from  it. 
Obviously when the method of formation 
is considered it must be patent  that  salt 
deposits as formed in nature are liable to 
be contaminated by the addition of all the 
soluble material of the soil through which 
flow the rivers  that  empty  into  such  a 
lake.  Of course, if the  influx  of  water 
exceeded the  amount of evaporation, the 
lake  would  rise  until  it  overflowed  its 
banks, found an outlet and soon freshen­
ed itself.  The reverse of this being true, 
the water, though subject  to  variations, 
yet on the whole diminishes in volume, be­
comes saturated and  deposits  its  ingre­
dients.  While the  person  who  follows 
this method of  formation  and  considers 
the  varying  conditions  liable  to  occur 
must see that a  chemically  pure  salt  is 
not produced, yet he must also see that a 
wide  diversity  in  the  natural  deposits 
must exist.  In other words, some of the 
natural formations would be much purer 
than others.  Of  course,  the  rock  salt 
would be the purest natural product, yet 
even that is far from pure and varies ma­
terially in different localities.
Another source of impurity is found in 
the  absorbing  power  of  salt.  Sodic 
chloride, as is well known, is a powerful 
absorbent.  For  this  reason  when  it 
comes in contact  with  anything  else  in 
solution it will  take  up  and  unite  with 
this until the point of saturation is reach­
ed.  If,  then, you were able to  make  an 
absolutely  pure  brine  and  allow  it  to 
come in  contact  again  with  impurities, 
they  would  immediately  combine  and 
your salt be again impure.
The brine used  in  making  salt  is  ob­
tained either by boring wells into porous 
rock that is in some  way  connected with 
salt deposits over which water  has  pass­
ed or else by finding a natural bed of salt. 
These beds of salt are  found  in  various 
depths from the surface and in some cas­

es, as, for instance, in  Iberia, Louisiana, 
they  occur  of  such  thickness  as  to  be 
quarried.  In Livingstone county, N. Y., 
it is found at the depth of 1,000 feet where 
the salt is  obtained  by  mining,  a  shaft 
being sunk—though wells are  also bored 
—into which water is allowed to flow and 
dissolve the salt  when  it  is  pumped  to 
the surface  in the  form of  a  brine. 
In 
other parts of New York, the salt rock is 
found  at depths of 1,000 to 1,400 feet,  in 
Canada at from 600 to 1,600, in Kansas at 
from  600  to  700,  in Cleveland, Ohio, at 
about 8,000, in  Manistee  and  Ludington 
at  about 2,000, ambon the St. Clair River 
at 1,600 feet. 
It may also be noted, that 
as showing the  extent  of such  deposits, 
that the celebrated bed at  Wielitzka, Po­
land,  is  500  miles  long,  twenty  miles 
broad, and 1,200 feet thick,  and contains 
salt enough  to  supply  the  entire  world 
for thousands of years.
Brine  wells  are  found  in  nearly  all 
parts of the country,  but in  only  a  few 
places is the brine from such  wells  util­
ized for salt making.  The reason that it 
is not thus used is that it is very impure, 
having come long distances from the salt 
beds through porous rock which was near 
to all kinds of chlorides of calcium, mag­
nesium, and other things  detrimental  to 
salt.
The salt beds now found in this  coun­
try are of  comparatively  recent  discov­
ery, although they have  been  known  in 
England for many years.  The purity  of 
the salt obtained from these beds depends 
largely upon the water used in dissolving 
the rock, as also the care taken in casing 
the wells so as  to  keep  out  the  impure 
brine which is  always  found  above  the 
salt  beds. 
If pure water can  be  obtain­
ed for solution and kept uncontaminated, 
there will be  no impurities in  the  brine 
except  those  found  in  the  salt  itself. 
These  impurities  are  generally  of  two 
kinds—sulphate  of  lime  and  vegetable 
matter; at least, these are the ones which 
are most common and, indeed, are always 
present.  The  vegetable  matter  can  be 
removed by settling the brine  after  it  is 
made,  but  the  gypsum  can  only  be  re­
moved by heat unless a chemical is used. 
When this is  done,  it  is  only  removing 
one ingredient by adding another and the 
latter might be much the worse.  The use 
of chemicals  in  salt  making  is  an  ex­
tremely  dangerous matter—dangerous in 
this, that the  reagent  added  may  be  of 
such  a nature as to entirely spoil  an  ar­
ticle which the salt is  intended  to  save, 
to say nothing  of  the  deleterious  effect 
which the chemical employed might have 
on health.
Summing up briefly and partly by way 
of recapitulation we desire  to emphasize 
these  facts:

1.  That all salt brine is impure.
2.  That brine from brine wells is very 
impure.
3.  That  the purity of the brine  made 
from beds of rock salt  depends upon  the 
construction of the  well  and  the  water 
used for making  the brine.
4.  That  every  present  known  brine 
contains calcic sulphate.
5.  That to remove the  impurities is  a 
very difficult matter, especially the chlor­
ides and sulphates of lime and magnesia.
6.  That heat  alone  is  the  only  safe 
way to remove gypsum.
7.  That calcic sulphate,  while  it  may 
weaken, will not injure salt, as  chloride 
of calcium and chloride and  sulphate  of 
magnesia do,  so  far  as  its  preserving 
power is  concerned.  This  is  evidenced 
by the fact  that  the  English  salts  con­
tain large quantities of sulphate of  lime, 
and yet those like the  Ashton  and  Hig- 
gings have been for  many  years  proven
[ good as preservers.
8.  That  calcic  sulphate  in  salt  will 
not keep it  soft  as  chloride  of  calcium
I and chloride  and  sulphate  of  magnesia 
do.
9.  That salt will absorb  bad odors  as 
well as moisture and other impurities.
10.  That pure salt is the best  and on­
ly proper  preservative  for  butter,  that 
foreign ingredients mixed  with  this  are 
dangerous and that  butter  flavors  are  a 
humbug.
11.  That  absolutely  pure  salt  will 
harden under  certain  conditions.  How 
to prevent this, without  adulteration,  is 
not clear,  For  table purposes, the hard­
ening  may be avoided by  mixing  starch

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“Let  her wait until I  can  run  over to 
our bank and  return.  Mr.  Haspeth (to 
the teller), please delay payment  until a 
trifling  irregularity  can  be  arranged.” 
Jones called  to  me  and  ran after me, 
but I did not stop or  answer.  On  arriv­
ing  at  our  bank  I  found three  letters 
addressed to me from parties in  Nevada. 
I took  time  to  read  only  four  or  five 
lines of each, and then, calling on  Smith 
and  Brown  to  follow,  hastened  to the 
other bank.  We had a lively  row,  I can 
assure  you.  The  letters  addressed  to 
the bank made the mine  out  to  be a big 
thing, but those from my friends stamped 
it as a fraud. 
It was  finally agreed that 
the  check  should  be  returned  until 
further investigation could be made, and 
that afternoon  the adventuress  skipped, 
to be heard of no more.
I do not know how the partners settled 
it  among  themselves,  but  I  know they 
had a private  meeting,  lasting  over two 
hours.  Perhaps  each  . one  of 
them 
candidly  admitted  that he  had made  an 
ass  of  himself,  and  promised  better 
things  in  future.  All  1  know  is  that 
when  the  meeting  broke  up  affairs  in 
the bank of  Brown,  Smith  &  Jones re­
sumed their  old  time  routine,  and the 
only  allusion to  the  affair  was  made  by 
Jones,  who  said:  “Mr.  Whitebeck,  I 
am instructed  to  inform  you  that  your 
industry  and  attention  to  business  has 
not  escaped  our  observation,  and  your 
salary  for  the  next  fiscal  year  will  be 
$2,500.”

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Cocoa

from which the excess of 
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4. 

with the salt, but  this  would  render  it 
it unfit for use in preserving butter.
With these facts in  miud  we  can  see 
that no salt is chemically pure  and  that 
purity, as applied to  this  commodity,  is 
a relative term.  One  salt  can  only  be 
spoken of  as  pure  by  comparison  with 
others and in some cases  this  difference 
can only be made manifest  by  quantita­
tive analysis.  This is, of course, beyond 
tne reach of the average dairyman.
That  it is  important  to  judge  of  the 
purity of the  salt  used  is  evident  from 
what has already been said.  Fortunate­
ly, in many cases, this can be done.  The 
mode of so doing is  not  so  difficult, but 
that  a  person  of  good  intelligence  can 
readily  acquire  it.  For  such  purposes 
we would suggest the following:
1.  The color of the salt should be con­
sidered.  Pure salt is white without odor, 
aud the presence of dark material or col­
oring matter of any kind is an indication 
of impurity.
2.  Pure salt kept for some time under 
changing atmospheric conditions absorbs 
moisture and hardens.  When a salt fails 
to act in this manner, it may be  inferred 
that there is some impurity present which 
prevents the haruening process.
3.  Pure  salt  is  perfectly  soluble  in 
water.  A salt that will not thus dissolve 
is impure.  A test may  be  made  in  this 
matter by putting salt in water and shak­
ing the mixture. 
If the  solution  is  not 
perfectly transparant,  but  clouded, or  a 
residue be  left  behind,  which  will  not 
dissolve, then  it  may  be  asserted  that 
impurities  are  present,  and  that  these 
impurities  are  the  part  which  fails  of 
solution.
If  salt  be  dissolved  in  distilled 
water  and  chemically  pure  chloride  of 
ammonium with caustic ammonia aud an 
excess of carbonate of ammonia be added 
to  this  solution  a  precipitate  will  be 
formed by  heating,  owing  to  the  small 
quantity of lime present  in  all  salt. 
If 
the solution be  passed  through  a  filter 
paper so  as to remove the  precipitate  it 
will again become clear. 
If more ammo­
nia and phosphate of soda be  now added 
to this solution, a pure  salt  will  remain 
clear,  but a salt rendered impure  by  the 
presence of  magnesia  will,  on  rubbing 
the sides of the vessel  with  a  glass rod, 
become clouded or a precipitate be form­
ed.  Though requiring the use of chemi­
cally pure reagents, this test is  not  very 
difficult to  make  and  is  absolute,  inas­
much as it settles the presence or absence 
of the magnesia in any appreciable quanti­
ties to a certainty.  As  magnesia  is  the 
most common deleterious impurity occur­
ring in salt,  a method for its detection is 
certainly desirable.
5.  Bromine is another  impurity  of  a 
harmful  character  sometimes  found  in 
salt.  This may be detected by placing  a 
solution of salt with binoxide of mangan­
ese in a  beaker  and  covering  the  same 
with a watch glass on the  under  side  of 
which is a paper moistened with a starch 
paste and sprinkled with dry starch. 
If 
this preparation be warmed, the bromine, 
if present, will be set  free and  by  com­
bining with the starch  impart to the  lat­
ter a yellow color.
6.  If a solution  of  sodic  chloride  in 
pure  water  be  concentrated,  this  salt 
crystallizes in cubes or sometimes in  oc­
tahedrons the size of  which depends  up­
on  the  rapidity  of  evaporation.  Thus 
where the solution is rapidly concentrat­
ed fine cubes will form, but if the evapo­
ration be slow, larger ones  would result. 
Advantage  might  be  taken  of  this  by 
those who use a microscope.  Thus, hav­
ing  dissolved  and  allowed  the  salt  to 
crystallize, 
they  might  examine  these 
crystals.  Of course,  the  cubes  and  oc­
tahedrons would represent  the chemical­
ly pure sodic chloride, while the crystals 
of a  different  form  would  indicate  the 
other  ingredients.  By  comparing  the 
relative quantity of these and using prop­
er  care 
to  avoid  being  misled  by 
broken fragments and  salt  not  in  crys­
tals, one could judge as to the  purity  of 
the salt, and, in addition, to this a  skill­
ful microscopist might detect  other  ma­
terial when present with as  great  a  de­
gree of certainty as can  be  done  by  the 
most careful chemical analysis.
Besides  these,  other  chemical  tests 
might be given or  spectrum analysis em­
ployed.  However, the above are all that

are likely  to  be  available  to  the  great 
mass of  salt  consumers,  other  methods 
being too recondite or involving the use of 
too large a number of chemical reagents. 
A law providing for a government analy­
sis of samples from the various manufac­
turers and for having  the  same  printed 
would serve a useful  purpose in protect­
ing the consumer by enabling  him to  se­
cure without trouble and with a  certain- | 
ty a relatively pure salt.

AFTER  THE  ADVENTURESS.

(Continued from seventh page.)

infatuated  with  her. 

to me that  the  natural  order  of  things 
had  been  reversed.
Before the week was out Jones escorted 
Mrs.  Temple to  the theater,  Brown bad 
taken her out for a drive, and there were 
well-founded  rumors 
that  Smith  had 
sent her a bouquet. 
I then set to work to 
find  who  Mrs.  Temple  was.  No  one 
could give  me  any  information  beyond 
the  fact  that  she  was  the  widow  of a 
Nevada  mine  owner,  aud  that  she had 
come East for the  purpose  of  disposing 
of  some  mining  property.  She  had 
charts  and maps and diagrams  of  lands 
and mines, and seemed to be  well posted 
as  to  the  business  on  hand. 
It  was, 
however,  the  general  impression  that 
she was a sharper or adventuress,  with a 
man behind her  somewhere,  and  it was 
further 
told  me  that  Brown,  Smith, 
and Joues.  individually and collectively, 
were 
I  always 
wonder  why  she  did  not  attempt  to 
secure my assistance  in  her project,  but 
she  probably  either  mistrusted  that  I 
suspected her or  she  thought  she could 
work her  cards  without  my  assistance. 
While each of  the  three  partners  knew 
that  each  of  the  others  had  been  ap­
proached on  the  same  subject—that  of 
buying the mine—neither  of  them knew 
that the other had been  done  for by her 
fascinating ways. 
I have  the  strongest 
grounds for  stating  three  separate  and 
distinct  beliefs:
First—that  Jones  expected  to  marry 
her.
Second—that Brown expected to marry 
her.
Third — that  Smith  had  become  so 
infatuated that he  would have run away 
with her, leaving wife, business, and all.
Well, the proposition to buy her  silver 
mine came up  at  the  business  meeting 
one morning.  There was  nothing in the 
looks  or  words  of  either  party to lead 
one  to  mistrust  that  he had  ever  met 
her  or talked  it  over  before. 
It would 
have been  proper  to  send  some  expert 
out  to the  mine to  investigate  and  re­
port, but she had given them  the  names 
of parties to write to, and it  was  agreed 
that if reports  were  favorable  the  deal 
should  be  closed.  I now  for  the  first 
time learned of the location  of the mine. 
I had not only been on the site and knew 
the mine to be worthless, but had friends 
there who would  attest  the fact.  Under 
direction  of  the  firm,  I  wrote  to  the 
address given  by  Mrs.  Temple.  Acting 
on  my  own  judgment,  I also  wrote  to 
disinterested  parties.
While  waiting  for  answers  to  these 
letters,  Brown suddenly  asked  the  two 
other members of the firm to congratulate 
him, as he  had  decided  to get  married. 
They  had  hardly  done  so  when  Jones 
announced that  he  had  also  determined 
on the same step.  Smith couldn’t follow 
suit, having a  wife already,  but  he flush­
ed up and looked  confused,  and  seemed 
about to  declare  that  he  was  going  to 
elope, but  caught  himself  and  stopped 
short.
Ten days had  elapsed,  and answers to 
my  letters  were  expected  every  day 
when  I  was  sent  to  town  a  hundred 
miles  away on business  which  detained 
me two days.  Returning at 10 o’clock on 
the morning of the third,  I  caught  sight 
of  Mrs.  Temple  entering  the  Second 
National Bank,  where  our  surplus  was 
on deposit, and  on  which  all  checks of 
over $1,000  were  drawn. 
It  struck  me 
that  the letters written  in  the  name of 
the firm  had  arrived  and  the  deal  had 
been closed during my absence. 
I follow­
ed her in,  and my  fears  were  realized. 
Indeed,  Jones  came 
in  after  me  to 
identify  her. 
It  was  make  or  break, 
and as she presented  the  check 1 said to 
Jones:

GEO.  N.  SMITH  SAFE  CO.,

DEALERS  IN

FIRE  AND  BURGLAR  PROOF

- S A F E S  -

V a u lt  a u d  

lla n k   W o r k   a   S p e c ia lty . 

L o c k s 

C le a n ed   a n d   A d ju ste d   E x p e r t   W o r k  

D o n e .  S eco n d  lia n d   sa fe s 

in   s to c k .

FIR E   PROOF 

STEAM   PROOF 

BU RG LAR  PROOF 

W A TER  PRO O F

Movers and Raisers of wood and brick build­

ings, safes, boilers and smoke'stacks.

OFFICE  A N D  SALESROOM  :

157 and 160  Ottawa Si. 

Tel.  1173. 

G R A N D   R A PID S.

IMITATION  IS  THE  SlNCEREST  FORM  OF  FLATTERY” ---- THAT  THE  GEM
Freezer is  recognized as  THE  BEST  is  pr o v e n  by th e   way  our
COMPETITORS  ARE  IMITATING ITS  GOOD  QUALITIES  AND USE  IT AS  A 
STANDARD OF COMPARISON  WHEN TRVING TO SELL THEIR OWN GOODS.
We  c laim  f o r   t h e  GEM  n o t h in g  t h a t   c a n n o t  b e  f u l l y   p r o v e n .

WE
LEAD,
OTHERS
FOLLOW.

Do  n o t   b e
IMP08ED  UPON 
BY THOSE WHO 
MAY TRY TO 
SELL  YOU

o t h e r   F r e e ­
z er s BY TELL­
ING YOU  THEY
a r e  
G e m ,  a n d if yo u   c a n ’ t  g e t  it  fr o m   y o u r   r e g u l a r  jo b b e r   w r it e t o   u s a n d  w e ' l l
TELL  YOU WHERE  YOU CAN  GET IT  OR  QUOTE  YOU  PRICES AND DISCOUNTS.

J u s t   t h e   s a m e  a s  t h e   G E M   ”   in s ist  o n  h aving t h e  

J u s t  a s G o o d "   o r  

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HE HI S  S
P E R K I N S   <&
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  188 and  184 LOUIS ST It K EX, GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. 

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T K A lH E S M A JS T ,

Charge Sustained and Man Discharged.
T h e  T radesm an  is  in  receipt  of  a 
communication from John  Damstra, gro­
cer at  27  North  Waterloo  street,  com­
plaining that the  driver  of  one  of  the 
Standard Oil Co.’s tank wagons sold a con­
sumer five gallons of oil  in  front  of  his 
place of business on April 28.

Enquiry at the  office  of  the  Standard 
Oil Co.  disclosed the fact  that  the  com­
plaint had already been filed at the office 
by Mr.  Damstra aud that a careful inves­
tigation  of  the  matter  had  resulted  in 
the  summary  dismissal  of  the  driver 
from the company’s  employ,  the  charge 
against  him  having  been  found  to  be 
true.  Manager Bounell asserts  that  the 
instructious given to his  drivers are that 
no  oil  is  to  be  sold  consumers  under 
any circumstances  and  that  any  viola­
tion of this rule will  always be punished 
by instant dismissal.

S to ck in g s  of  H um an  H air.

The  Anthropological  Department  of 
the Smithsonian Institution has  received 
from Dr.  Macgowan  a pair of  stockings 
manufactured from  human  hair.  They 
are  worn  by  fishermen  over  cotton 
stockings (being too rough  for the naked 
skin) and under straw shoes as protection 
against  moisture.  Hair  unsuitable  for 
textile  purposes 
from 
barber’s  shops and  sent  to  a  part of the 
province for manuring rice fields, which, 
it would seem, are deficient in silica.

is  collected 

The  D octor  W ho  S ucceeds.

A physician  who  understands  human 
nature, who plays with the baby,  makes 
friends with the children,  and listens  to 
the woes of the  good  wife  and  mother, 
says a medical journal,  is  the  fellow  to 
whom  the  master  of  the  house  most 
cheerfully pays the largest bills. 
It isn’t 
the medicine that’s  bottled  up,  but  its 
the comfort and consolation that are  un­
bottled that mark the broad line between 
an unsuccessful aud a popular physician.

D iam ond 

C r y s t a l   S a l t !

Why pay tariff  on  English  salt when  you  have  better  goods 
made in  your own  State ?  There  is  no  better salt in the  world 
than the  D ia m o n d  C r y st a l and  we sell it 50 per cent,  cheaper 
than  imported,  and  guarantee  it  to  give  better  satisfaction. 
Particularly  nice  for  dairy  purposes.  Refer  to  anyone who 
has  ever  used  it.  Put  up in  56  lb.  linen  and  28  lb.  cotton 
sacks,  20,  28,  00  and  100  pocket  barrels and  cases  holding  24 
3-pound  packages.  SUPPORT  MICHIGAN  INDUSTRIES.

OLNEY  X  JUD80N

See quotations in Grocery Price Current.

GROCER  CO..

Agents for Western Michigan.

E . WJN'TERNI'TZ, 

Agen Kent St.,

Grand. Rapids.

Hot  weather is near at hand,  when  dealers and bakers must have  fresh  yeast. 
In  buying “Fermentum,”  you  invariably secure  the  best  results, as  it  is  always 
fresh and reliable, having  long taken the lead  over all competitors.  The wants of 
the Grand Rapids and Western  Michigan trade are supplied  from the headquarters 
in this  city. 
If  there is a dealer or baker  who is not  familiar  with  the  merits  of 
our yeast,  we want to hear from him in the way of a sample order.

■Compressed yeast-

Jt.JUNKER GoeA#!^

SmépsfL

WO  D E A L E R   E V E R  LOST  A  CUSTOMER  BY  SEL LIN G   HIK

THE  FRAZER

ALWAYS  UNIFORM. 

OFTEN  IMITATED. 

NEVER  EQUALLED. 

KNOWN  EVERYWHERE.  NO  TALK  REQUIRED  TO  SELL  IT.

Cood C rease M akes Trade.

Cheap C rease Kills Trade. 

One Pound Decorated Tins

1  DOZ.  IN  A  CASE.

FRAZER HARNESS SOAP
FRAZER HARNESS OIL
FRAZER  MACHINE OIL

