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FEBRUARY 27, 1889.

Notes and Clippings.

—An Ottawa despatch is going the round of the newspepers to the effect that Premier Sullivan, of P. E. Island, is to be raised to the bench of the Supreme Court of that Province, in place of Judge Hensley, who is likely to be made Lieutenant-Governor. The despatch is from Opposition sources, and may be taken for what it is worth.

-Charles Dudley Warner: ‘* Nothing is to be more dreaded for its effect upon the morals of the people of the United States than any war with any taint of conquest i it. ° ° * * As to unrestricted trade, Sir John Thompson, the very able Minister of Justice in Ottawa, said in a recent speech that Canada could not permit her financial centre to b shifted to Washington, and her tariff to be made there; and in this he not only touched the heart of the difficulty of au arrangement, but spoke, I believe, the prevailing sentiment of Canada.”

~The Empire: ‘With thoi playful treatment of truth and fairness, the Grit journals are accusing the ‘ Tories’ of attempting ‘to unseat Dr. Robertson for curing asailor of diphtheria.’ Of course Tories are very heartless in the eyes of Grits, who are suffering agonies through being kept out of office, but we imagine they would hardly object to Dr. Robertson curing sailors of any disease or performing any other actof charity. The question was not whether Dr. Robertson was a bene- factor to others, but whcther he benefited himself, not only in one case, but in several, by taking money from the Government, which is prohibited to members of Parlia- ment. We know the Grits hold that such laws should not be considered to apply to men of their party, but only to Tories. They need not, however, falsely accuse those who think differently of taking pleasure in human suffering.”

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~The Agriculturist reports that ‘‘ quite a boom ia building is reported from Alber- ton. The rate-payers of the town in meet- ing convened the other day, decided to build a $2,500 schoo] house on the site of the old one. Messrs. Myrick & Co. have lately purchased the land near Rogers’ store, whereon to construct a large store and warehouse. Mr. B. Rogers is also gutting out the lumber for a large building to occupy the site of the store burat down a few years ago. Rev. Father Burke and Mr. Harris, architect, were up last week seeing to the work going on in his church, and preparing plans for the construction of » large vestry and the interior finish of the Catholic church at St. Mark's, Lot 7. If wuilding isa sign of the times, they are ving well up west. Then the work on the harbor, for which the Dominion Govern- ment have appropriated $2,000, will give a good deal of employment.”

St. James’ Hall.

Or the many pleasing entertainments in St. James’ Hall, one of the most pleasing was given last evening. The readings by Rev. James Carruthers, the talented and versatile pastor of St. James’ Church, were capital ; and the music, both instrumental and vocal, was on the whole very good. We intended making no distinction, but cannot refrain from congratulating Mrs. Roome upon her felicitous selection of the song ‘Oh! Why left I my Hame,” and her rendition of it. The audience was large and varied, and there was something onthe programme to please particularly everyone present.

Personal,

Cardinal Newman celebrated his 88th birth- day on the 3ist inst.

Oscar Wilde has published an essay entitl- ed, The Decay of Lying.

Belva Ann Loskwect has signified her in- tention of attending the inaugural ball,

Mr. R. C. Goff returned from a business trip to the Upper Provinces yesterday.

(;abriel Damont is at Niche, Dakota, and it is said intends visiting Wirnipeg shortly.

Prince Rupert, eldest sen of Prince Lud- wig, of Bavaria, and heir to the throne, is in- sane.

The New Brunswick papers report that Rev. J. Kirby has declined the call to

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Proressor FREaM contributes to Bell's Weekly Messenger and Farmer's Journal an article which will be‘read with interest by all farmers who have turned their attention to the important subject of fertilizers. le says that phosphate of lime and nitrate of soda can never be rivals, for while they are both indispensable in the practice of pro- gressive farming, the action of each is com- plementary to that of the other. But there is a very important commercial standpoint from which these two fatmultar fertilizers may be regarded; and it concerns the high- ly significant question as to what propor- tion of his outlay the farmer may reason- ably expect to get returned to him in each case. Suppose, foa example £20 to be spent on phosphate, and the same amount on nitrate, and these purchased manures are applied to the soil, will the full value of the expenditure be in each case secured / In general terms, this question may, the case of phosphate be answered in the affir- mative, whereas in the case of nitrate it will, as farmers are well aware, depend en- tirely on cireumstances. Nitrate of soda applied to the soil is speedily dissolved, and unless a growing crop 1s present to take it up in_ solution, it 38 washed out in the drainage waters and irrevocably lost. Even in the presence of a growing crop,"& heavy fall of rain will wash some of this expensive fertilizer out of the soil. The Rothamsted experiments have demonstrated nothing more clearly than that the nitrates in the soil are sub- ject to serious loss by drainage. On the other hand, they have proved, equa'ly in- dubitably, that the phosphates in the soil experience little and frequently no loss in this way. These facts, so completely estab- lished by Sir John Lawes and Dr. Gilbert at Rothamsted, have received confirmation in the investigations of Herman von Liebig and the late Dr. Voelcker. Any excess of nitrate applied to tho soil beyond that needful for the immediate re- quirement of the growing crop, meets with the same fate as that which is applied in land carryingno crop at all; it is washed away in the drainage waters, directly these pass through the soil in sufficient volume. Phosphates behave quite differently, and though they may be in a soluble condition, they appear to enter in fixed combinations in the soil, whereby they are placed beyond the risk of depletion by the drainage waters. Phosphorus, in fact, is taken out of the soil by the growing plants only, whilst nitrogen in the form of dissolved nitrates, if not at once assimilated by the plants, becomes the victim of the drainage waters and is carried away by them. It has been experimentally proved that phosphates can still influence the wheat crop more than thirty years after theirapplication has been discontinued, whereas nitrates cou'd not thus influence the crop even in the next season after that of their application. Hence there is always a risk lest some of the money sunk in nitrates, which are themselves sunk in the soil, should be lost ; with phosphates this is impossible. The application of phos- phates to the soil adds to its fertility, and they are stored up till che plant requires them. The application of nitrates will stimulate the growing crop to make greater demands upon the phosphates and other minerals of tbe soil, but this action can only take place within certain limits, beyond which any application of nitrate is injudicious and wasteful. In the soil, nitrates are evanescent, whilst phosphates ‘come to stay,” and though the latter may be inadvertently applied in excess—that is, in greater quantity than is required for cucrent needs—they nevertheless remain in readiness to migrate into the plant at any future time. In most soils phosphorous is naturally present in exceedingly small proportions, and as no crop can grow in the absence of phosphorous, the application of phosphatic manures is absolutely necessary. The ex- ports from the farm in the shape of wheat, barley, oats, and even hay and straw, and in the form of meat and milk and cheese, constitute an incessant drain upon the feeble phosphatic reserves of the soil, and as phosphates are returned to the soil in farmyard manure to only a very slight ex- tent, a supply of what may be termed arti- ficial phosphates has become absolutely indispensable. Not only is this the case in the highly-farmed acres of Britain, but it is equally true of the exhausted wheat lands which years ago were the virgin soils along the Atlantic sea-board of North America.

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Marshal Passmore ana Constable McKinuon } The same is equally trueof Australia and Wine qneerted the prisoners Hill and Callaghan | South America, and consequently the de- to Dorchester Penitentiary, returned home] mand for phosphates isone that is bound

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Ten Thousand Dollars a Year.

Robert Burdette the humorist who has re- cently so we learn become a parson, once said to a young boy, ““There’s nothing like know. ing your own business clean through my boy whether you know anything else or not.”

Vanderbilt pays his cook $10,000 a year, He might have known how to cook fairly well

and known a@ little of a thousand and one other useful employments, but he could not have gotten ten thousand a year salary for all of them.

He gets that because he knows thoroughly how to cook, andit would not make a cent’s difference in his salary if he thought the world was flat and went around its orbit on wheels. The cream always rises to the top and stays.

As with individual avocations so it is with every branch of business, or every class of goo ls or article of use or necessity, they live the life of the butterfly and ere forgotten as soon as something else appears that is new, or else they become so firmly fixed in the minds of thousands that they become a part of life itseif.

We were forcibly impressed with the above idea from a remark made by a gentleman in our office a few days since. He said, ‘‘ Any article of merchandize that has been on the market since 1810, and still sells like the old Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, must have ex- traordinary merit.” The manufacturers, I. 8. Johnson & Co., Boston, Mass., have in their office and will send to any one, testimonials from old people who have used it in their family, when young, and whose children’s children have used it many years, This is not at all remarkably when we think of the

amount of good this remedy will do; thous- ends of cases of pneumonia and consumption have been a by using this remedy for iuternal inflammations, such as colds, coughs, cavarrh, bronchitis, as well as cramps and

pains innumerable. Itistotally unlike any

other remedy used,and calledJiniment. It was

: oe. mistake ever caliing it anything but

, vhuson'’s Anodyne. Theinformation on the

arge four pave wrapper around each bottle is

worth much to every family. Johnson & Co. send a pamphlet free to any one, containin

y 3 . } . . ; “m — le information upon diseases an ure,

to undergo a steady increase.

It may be calculated from certain figures given by Sir John Lawes and Dr. Gilbert, that a bushel of wheat with its proportion of straw contains about three-quarters of a pound of phosphoric acid, which is the form in which phosphorous exists in phos- phates. In England alone was grown last year about 68,000,000 bushels of wheat, which therefore must have abstracted from the soils as much as 61,000,000 Ibs. of phosphoric acid. N early 23,000 tons of this precious ingredient taken up in one year by the English wheat crop alone! If & similar calculation were made for all the crops, the annual drain upon the very re- stricted phosphatic supplies within the soils would be found to be very great.

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English Church History. Srx,—I beg to disclaim any intention of forcing Rev. Mr. Lloyd into a discussion on English Church history. 1 merely ex- pressed my doubts in regard to the accur- acy of the assertions contained in your re- port of his lecture; and 1 still believe—in short, | know—it is impossible for any one to maintain the ground taken by him. He has a right to refrain from replying to any criticism; but his lecture when published became public property, and any one who

pleased was at liberty to review it. With regard to my signature, I may state that while [ do not deem it advisable

to come out over my own signature, the facts I might furnish would be none the less true. *,%

Receipt Wanted. Sir,—AsI am aware that among your numerous readers there must be many who are versed in chemistry, ete., would some gentleman or lady kindly oblige me with a receipt for softening hard water for cleans- ‘ing purposes. I have tried borax aud also ammonia, to no avail. All the water in the wells in this part of the Island is of such a nature as to render cleanliness, which truly comes next to Godliness, a most difficult matter. Kine's County.

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DOMINION PARLIAMENT.

THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.

on Karmers.

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Orrawa, Feb. 22.

The debate on prohibition was resumed last night after recess, and some stirring speeches were made for and against the adoption of Mr. Jamieson’s motion, Mr. Taylor's motion to give compensation to those engaged in the liquor trattic, called forth indignant speeches from the temper- ance advocates, wko claimed that it would be highly improper to do so. It would, they said, be more righteous to compensate those who were injured by the effects of the traflic. Mr. Freeman, of Liverpool, N.8., made a strong appeal in favor of prohibition, snd asserted that the Maritime Provinces were in favor of that measure. When Mr. Taylor's amendment was voted down, Mr. Mills, of Bothwell, moved that the question be submitted to a plebiscite, to be taken at some convenient time when it would not interfere with the ordinary business of the people. This amendment received no show, only thirty-five voting in favor of it. Mr. Wood’s amendment, set- ting forth that prohibition should be adopt- ed when the country was ripe for it, was carried by a good majority. Before the committee appointed to con- sider frauds on farmers, evidence was given showing how these are perpertrated. One Mr. Brown, of Wellington County, Ont., was eXamined to-day. He said that an elderly man had driven up to his house in a buggy one day and asked him to act as agent for the Iron King Pump, offering to make him a present of one of them, if he sold eleven others to his neighbors at $15 each. The farmer signed what purported to be an agreement to show the company that he had consented to act as an agent, A short time afterwards the poor farms was surprised to see a dozen of these pumps delivered at his farm, and a demand was made on him for $105. This he refused to pay. Being threatened with law proceed- ings the poor farmer was induced to sign a note for the amount. This so preyed on his wife's mind that she has been sick ever since and has had to pay large amounts to doctors. On the vote on Prohibition last night Messrs. Davies, Welsh and McIntyre were not to the front. Messrs. Perry, Yeo and Robertson voted against the amendment of Mr. Wood. Orrawa, Feb. 23.

Twenty-seven petitions were laid on the table of the House of Commons yesterday, among them one from the fruit growers and gardners of Ontario, praying the House to consider the advisability of re-imposing the duty on fruits and nursery stock, remov- ed last session, and of increasing the duty on all vegetables, including melons, to 30 per cent, ad valorem.

Reports from committees were received and thirteen private bills wert received and read the first time. Some changes were made in the select Committees, after which the House went into Committee of Supply, to consider the items for legisla- tion.

After recess, on motion of Mr. Shanley for the third reading of the bill to incor- porate the Alberta Railway and Coal Com- pany, as discussion arose, and the hour al- lowed for private bills having elapsed, the matter dropped.

The Committee of Supply then re-

sumed, and items for arts, agricul- ture and statistics were passed. On the item for expenses in connection

with experimental farms, an interesting debate arose on the samples of wheat fur- nished to farmers by the Central Experi- mental Farm, last spring. The samples of wheat sent out by the Farm were attacked by Mr. Mulock, of North York, and were defended by Mr. Davin, Mr. Daly and others of the Northwest members. Mr. Davin spoke of a wheat called ** Jouquet,” that had given great satisfaction in the Northwest last year, ripening nineteen days earlier than Red Fife. The general opinion was expressed that experimental farms were calculated to afford great bene- fits to the agriculture of the Dominion. The Ladoga wheat has been favorably re- ported on by those who grew it; but fuller information will be given in a few days, when Professor Saunders’ report will be submitted. The Minister of Agriculture defended his administration of the Experi- mental Farm, and appeared most desirous of giving every information on all subjects brought up by the Opposition.

The committee on frauds on farmers had two sessions yesterday, and, | understand, have secured valuable evidence showing that the wheat sold to farmers at $15 per bushel had been bought for $1. This committee is doing good work in exposing the manner by which farmers are swindled: Stringent legislation against all such frauds will likely be passed this session. Tree pedlars are also to receive attention, and these gentle- men in future will practice fraud on farmers at the risk of serving in the penitentiary. In the Senate, five bills for divorce have been submitted and read the first time. Some interesting revelations are contained in the evidence, which is now being taken before a select committee.

1 paid a visit to the Library this morning, and was greatly interested in the many in- teresting objects to be seen. The octagon room, 11 which the Library is placed, is

one of the handsomest in America. A marble statue of the Queen occupies the centre of the room. _Hand-

some paintings adorn the walls, and thou- sands of books fill the shelves. The floor is of polished wood, laid in narrow strips of different colors, and all the fittings are most elegant. Here a book worm could live and die in peace.

Next week is expected to be an exciting one. Mr. Cook’s motion on Irish affairs will likely come up, and Sir Richard Cart- wright has given notice that he will ex- plode another bombshell in the Govern- ment’s ranks on Tuesday next.

Senator Howian has returned from Kings- tou, and is actively engaged in his duties in the Senate. He has the original model of the steamer from which the Stanley was constructed, and should get credit for put- ting the Government on the track of ob- taining her.

it is reported that Judge Hensley wili te

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the next Governor of P. E. Island, although

others are said to be fishing for the posi- tion.;

Mr. Perry has given notice of an enquiry of the Ministry : Has the Department of Public Works received a petition praying for a Breakwater at Summerside, Prince Edward Island? If so, is it the intention of the Minister of Public Works to order a survey of the contemplated work immedia- ately ¢

Nothing further has been done in Dr. Robertson's case. It appears that the mat- ter would not have come up, only the Dr. made a second demand for his bill of $5, claiming that he had not been paid ; aud then the fact was discovered that the medi- cal gentleman, who received payments for attending sick mariners at Montague, was also a member of Parliament.

The weather is very cold to-day, the thermometer registering 17 below zero.

W. C. DesBrisay is attending diligently to his duties as a Sessional Clerk, and causes a favorable impression of the food supply in P. E. Island. Some imanufac- turers are enquiring about the advantages

for manvfacturing in that Province. G. F. O.

LOBSTER FACTORY FOR SALE,

Codroy, Newfoundland.

UILDINGS (two years old), Baths, Boiler and all necessary appliances.

1200 LOBSTER TRAPS, 400 CASES CANS, &e., &c.

Will be sold eheap. Apply to JOHN P. CHETWYND, Halifax, Or McDOUGALL TEMPLETON, St. John’s, Newfoundland. feb27—dy 2w

Mortgage Sale.

Te be sold by Public Auction, on SATURDAY, the ‘'wenty-third day of March next, A. D. 1889, at the hour of Twelve o'clock, noon, in front of the Court House at Souris Kast:

LL (that tract, piece and parcel of land, ber’- ditaments and premises, situate, lying and being on Township Nureber Forty-five, in King’s County, in Peince Edward Island, being bound- ed and deacribed as fol'ows, thatis to say :— Commencing on the eastern side of Souris Line Road, atthe southern boundary of Hector Me- Donald’s farm, being the northern boundary of forty acres of land held by Patrick McDonald and running thence east along said line for the distance of one hundred chains tothe eastern boundary of the said Hector McDonald’s jana ; thence north for the distance of four chains ; thence west by a parallciline tothe aforesaid main road, and thence along the said road southerly tothe place of cpmmencement, con- taining an area of forty acres of land, a little more or less, together with the Buildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging. The above Lands and Premises are sold under and by virtue of a power of sale contained in an Indenture of Mortgage dated the Twentieth day of October, inthe Year of our Lord One Thou- sand Kight Handred aed Kighty-nine, and made between John C. Campbell, and Annie Camp- bell, his wife, of the one part, and Alexander Gillis, of the oiher part. Dated this 27th day of February, A. D. 1889. JOHN 8. MACDONALD, Assignee of Mortgagee. feb?7—2i law

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Courtald’s Crapes. Balmoral Crapes. Grape Cloths. Black French Merinees. Black French Cashmeres. Black Hindoo Cashmeres. Black Henrietta Cloths. Black Serges.

Black Dress Cloths. Crape Laces.

Crape Friages.

Dull Jet ‘Trimmings.

A FULL LINE OF ABOVE GOODS AT * LOWEST PRICES.

STANLEY BROS.,

BROWNS BLOCK.

Ch’town, Jan, 4

TENDERS.

DEPARTMENT OF Pustic Works, February 21, 1889.

“EALED TENDERS will be received st ss this Department up to

Thursday, the 7th of March, 1889,

from any person or persons willing to contract for

Repairs to Prince Street Ferry Deck,

according to plan and specification to be seen at the Public Works Office, Charlottetown. The names of two good and sufficient securi- ties must accompary each Tender. The Department is not bound to accept the lowest or any Tender. Tenders must be marked Prince Street Ferry Dock.” JNO. WM. MORRISON, Secretary of Public Works, feb23—dy wky

WEN sabes ” * \ JILL be received at the office of the '__Connolly Estate, up to noon on THU RSDAY, the 28th inst., for the imme. diate completion of Two Stores and Ware- rooms in the building formerly occupied by the late Owen Connolly, on Queen Street, in Chariottetown, according to plan and speciti- cation to be seen at the office of the estate. The Trustees do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. A. A. MACDONALD, | -W,. W. SULLIVAN, +;Trustees. i

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F. PETERS, Ch’town. Feb, 25, 1889—-ti 28t

WEDNESDAY FEBRUAL

BI Y 27, 1889.

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GREAT SALE OF

HOUSE FURNISHINGS.

| | | | | Most Attractive) GreatClearance | Grand Chance, Genuine, Down. to buy Cotten “isht Serious, Wonderful Low

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Sale of House

Farvishings inaants in every! (Goeds at Special

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Carpet Department. Curtain Department.

Prices.

6,000. 300.

Over Six Thousana Yards of Choicest Car-| Over Three Hundred Pairs of Cutains— ose newest patterns, personally selected Nottingham, Calais and Scotel k roin leading English and Scotch manufac- Se : Se tureis. The Largest and Finest Stock on the derful value, Prices from Sc. to $8.50 per Is'and. Spocial inducements now offered to| pair. Ex jucsite patterns in White Cream and

Large variety of Rugs to Golden Brown. A few paivs of Winter Cur-

Cash Customers. suit Carpets. tains remaiuing, will be sold at a bargain.

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80. Linens Eighty Rolls ENGLISH FLOOR OIL. | " Department. CLOTH, superior quality.

When Linen Goods were at the very lowest | price we made heavy purchases in Table Vamasks, Napkins aud Towels, and are now

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Thirty Bales New English, American and Canadian WALL PAPERS and BORDER-

ING ~, choice new designs, al! prices

offering our large stock at special prices, Housekeepers will tind this the opportunity of the year to purchase new supplies.

* ° Cotton Goods. Embroideries. Before the recent heavy advance in Cottons| Qyr new stock of EDGINGS, INSER

we made large purchases at lowest prices ; | and having received some Twenty Cases and | Bales per 5. S) ‘‘ Stanley,” we are now offer

TIONS, FLOUNCINGS, &c., is now open, and customers wii: find many lines of wruseal

ing these goods at wonderfully low prices, value, Sheetings (English and Canadian), Pillow FLANNEL EMBROIDERIES at very

Cottons, White and Grey Cottons, Tickings, Towellings, Ginghaims, Drese Prints, Satteen Prints, French Cambrics, &c., *ce. In every line Special Bargains.

much under usual price to clear.

TORCHON LACES and LACE EDGINGS of all kinds, very cheap.

EARLY INSPECTION INVITED.

Everything Marked in Plain Figures.

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No Long Credits or Discounts, as“P¥ices are entirely too low for either.

BLACK SIL GOQUls.

Before the recent heavy advance in Silks, we purchased a large stock from the cele- 2 ’ 4 » ee . brated House of ARBELOYL & CO., Lyons, and are now oticring this, tue Largest

Stock we have ever shown, at special prices. BROS.

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Every Yard of Gur “Golden Year Sif@” Guaranteed,

Biack Cashmere *ilk, Biazek Gros Grain Silk, Black French Faille, Black “..tin Duchesse, Black “atin De Lyons, Biack a'oses Silk,

Black Merveilicux,

Biack Surah, Biack Tricotin, &c.

Special Prices Now Given to Cash

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Customers.

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BLACK DRESS GOODS.

_ The demand for our MOURNING GOODS is unprecedented, being offered at prices we cannot possibly duplicate next summer. the time to secnre

Many lines are now Now is, withont donbt,

BLACK FRENCH MERINOS, BLACK HENRIETTA CLOTHS, BLACK FRENCH SERGE, BLACK PHANTOM CHECK, BLACK FOULEE,

BLACK FRENCH CASHMERES, BLACK COSTUME CLOTHS, BLACK FANCY CASHMERE. BLACK PHANTOM STRIPE, BLACK AMAZON CLOTHS,

And a Superior Stock of Courtauld’s and Evans’s Crapes,

? The Largest Stock of HIGH-CLASS MOURNING GOODS ever imported by us. Every requisite of FAMILY MOURNING at low prices, BEER BROX,

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