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THE GUARDIAN. W1'1‘EOWN, P. E LFEBRUARY 2 1900.
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The returns from the Registrar
(l-sneral's Department in ()ntario for
1898 show that the llfrtll-l‘8t0 ill the
leading cities of that Province is
giegiily decreasing. In Toronto the
decrease is very marked. The city
had a population in 1889 of 139,452
and the number of births in that year
was 4,946. In I898 the p`-pul\ti0D
was 186.517 and the nnmber of births
4,l`2".'. With 47,000 more people ill
th, i-itv there were S24 fewer births
t¥i._n there were ten years before.
'faking rho 13 most populous cities
ef the Province the following facts ap-
pear: Population in 1899 was 350,
91N; number of births, 10.819;
population in 1888, 440.979?
number of births 9.211. Here we
have an increase of 90.000 in popu-
ation and a decrease of 1,708 in the
number of births. In other
words, in ten years the bErth~
rate of 13 Ontario cities taken to-
gether, had dropped from 31 per
thousand to less than 21 per thousand.
The latter figures are below the rate
in France, which is the lowest in
Europe. The birtlirate in England
in 1893 was 30.8 and ir: the United
States in the, census year 1890 the
rate was ab mt 31 per thousand.
Various causes operate to decrease
the birth-rate. among which are the
well-known factathat a larger number
ol' persons now remain unmarried
than was formerlythe case, and those
who marry do so as a rule later in
life- There are other causes, which
we need not discuss.
lil fares the land to hastsning ills
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Whupdahmlth accumulates and
men decay;
‘IIE CHAIN LETTER,
Wssse it stated in the Hontreal
Gazette 'that lisa Emily Gould of
that city has raised by the “chain
letter" plan $1.500 in ten cent con-
tributions for the benedt of the South
African Ooiitingents. The object is
an excellent one and the sum railed
may be dttingly described as hand-
some. Perhaps for so good an ob
ject extraordinary methods may bs
warranted, but we see one or two
serious objection to the chains letter
plan of raising money.
The method appears to be that the
person forming the Erst link in the
ohain gives 10 cents and byletterasks
offthree friends to give a like amount
and requests of each of them to solicit
three friends to dorhe same and so
on. It is quite clear that if every
person addressed in this way should
carry out the proposal in g00d faith,
it would involve an expenditure for
postage that would be equal to about
one third of the fund realised by the
beoelici ries. But many letters
will be sent which will
dicit no respinre, or at best
alettsr on which pastage musthq
paid, refusing to join the ahaiu. All
such cases must involve an actual less.
[tis easy to me that by making al-
lawanoa for such cases the collecting
I 010 by this method might involve
an Outlay of $5 for paper, envelopes
all stampato my nothing of valuable
tins consumed in writiagnpwards of N
a hundred letters.
We know of no other plan for
raising money which involves so largi
an outlay of money and labor for so
small a return. It is. however a plan
which may commend itself to the
Postmaster General as a means of
awdliag the revenues of his depart-
ment.
 
Statistics of the Transvaal have not
been readily obtainable, but some
figures have been furnished recently
by the Fnench consul at Prctoria.
According to this authority the im~
port trrde in past years was very
large for the number of the popula-
hfion. being .614,o72,8so io 1896,
£l3,553,880 in 1897 and `£l0,632,~
680 in 1898. 'lhe heavy falling off.
in the latter year was quite remark-
alle. How seriously the trade of the
eanntry must now ba alectedcan only
be imldved. It is only by the
00|-530s Bay route that trade with
the outside world 'n now maintained.
all other routes being blacked hy
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f-=u='rri DAY or 652
g Clearance S
British arming'
Dress Goods, black and colored, 25 per cent and 3‘,~of1`,
Linens and Towelings, 25 per cent olf.
All White Wear, made up, 25 per cent discount.
All Fur Goods, 33% off ~
liiolii
Bed Comforts and Blankets, 2 5 per cent olii \
Rugs. 25 per cent discount.
All F lannelettes not marked in gre ticket subject to 25 p. c. discount
All made up _goods, “white” Sateen and Furniture Covering
2 5 per cent discount.
Cretons, zo per cent discount.
Eiderdovms, zo per cent discount.
Bed Tickings, zo per cent discount.
Grey Flannels, zo per cent discount.
Bed Covers, ro per cent discount. _
White Cotton, ro per cent discount.
Unbleached Sheeting, xo per cent discount.
Grey Cottons, net. Towelling marked sale price.
Table Napkins marked sale price. Prints, 5, 8, ro, rzc.
...MENS LIS'l‘..l.
Night Dresses, 25 per cent oil.
Hen’s Underwear, 25 5 r cant oil' °
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Tweeds and Worsteds, 25 and § off. V
Men’s Collars, Shirts and Scarfs, 25 per cent oif.
Sweaters. 25 per cent oif.
Braces and Fancy Gents’ Studs, Collar Buttons, 25 p cod'
All Fancy Shirts, 3', oh -
Why we call it “Store News.”
We generally avoid the useo_f the word “advertisement,".because in its later
significance it savors of solicitation. And to solict you to come or to buy
are thin that we never do
andl ve the rest to you. We don’t
you will come in. If it dosen’t, we are
egretful, but resigned.
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On this principle, you can under-
stand why weitry to make the news as
economically interesting as we possibly
can. The facts must do their own talk-
ing-consequently they must be forcible.
A bad bargain is the very worst thing we
could give you for our own interests So
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We try to put the facts before you,
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and we don’t lie. Here is the r ° ‘ ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ ' ° ‘ ' ‘ ' ' ’ ° ° ‘ °
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Heavy Unblesched Table Damask Block design 62 _ Damask Honey Snails
| in. wide at . . . . . .
.. ...... . . . . . . . . . .
.. 38|; Heavy Fine Blmellad pie
'Unbleached Table Damask Fern design 56 in. Table Damask Ivy di 33
Full Bleached all pure Linen Table Damask 52 in Heavy Fine Bleaclled pure lf“
wide at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 33 mask Maple Leaf design 68 D.
Full Bleached all pure Linen Table Damask hose Heavy Fm; FQ” Big M
Bud design 60 m. wide at . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 3g Finish Table Damagk uk
Fine Bleached all pure Linen- Table Damask lnaf aign 72 ig, Hg
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_ widest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 . . . . . . .
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we make them good, quite as much for our own benefit as for your-s. H¢‘VY U°b1°*°h°d T‘bl‘= D*m°'k Bl°°k d“i8° Flllilll TIN! Ullllli Fill
Hereuewme-_ 58in. wide at.... . .'. ug at .
Hoovy Hnfnioooooo 'robii'  °   Emo Fin ifoll
Cloverdesv 60
Gloves. Black andColorcd Kid 'r “L  '- "° “"*’“'
Igroovynnfnioooooarobionomooxnoioiifloii eslnwiinat .
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Heavy Unbleached Table Damask Daisy  58 W
IAdiea’Kang'rooSkin4claspfancyback$l.50,sizes5}.6},6§. i, ill- 'B9 Ut----°~--~-°°°  ~ge»~~  EIU!
Bloor eiovoo, ooioiod oiioohiog, bouoooo ood noon, oiooo 6;, 6;, 6;, HM ljhlf Blgwhel '1‘=\>1° Dems* Shwmk ' Fhlih
regularprics$l.50. desrgn64 m.   "Q, ddp 73
snoko1ovo»,':otodlooiog.$1.25, sims; 6. 6; 125 I
Biker 4 noooa,°5,', .io¢o1o=° ..
B1:ko1:i::,`1iri|Jnom:i°noiti', ci,i6l.s1.25.Pm°i -N ll"-y°Hh°~b=v°°=qPlw°<125¢f>381-Slquthmnrahrprlc
--L1” °f   °IS°°UNTS--A clean Sheet Movement of
80 in. English Plain Sheeting for . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 25c
80 in. Extra Heavy English Plain Shooting lor. . 27c
80 in. “ Fine ‘_‘ Soft Bound Thread
Shoetingfor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
........ 26c
81 in. Extra Heavy Twill Sheeting for........ -246
81 in.Heavy Soft Thread English Twill for. . . . 28c
72 in.Plain Shooting fo r . . . . . . . .
. , . . . . . . . .
. . 196
80in. “ “ “ . . . . .
... . . . . . . .
.... 27c
72 in. “ “ " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 28°
42 in. Circular Pillow Qnton for . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 13°
The above pieces have been reduced 25 per centt
Twenty dozen Disabled '1‘owels,but not through soaking.
Their selling power is oripled by 'T v  U-ly Otliled
oo aio aooblo ooo. 11.3 |;_,oo  so
fo moi. sox Liooo. *f M '
P' The following isour clearfdg  bn pai reli-
able stock taken from reserve. We Uuuld l\0t buy at
the following prices: -
Heavy Huck Oatmeal design Irishlinen Towels -_
18x36 . . . . .
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..-$1.44
This llnwel is well worth 506 adoasn more.
22 x 40 Hookrowoi wishraot ooloi- border.. . . 81.92
Thi Towel is generally sold at 22c each.
24 sz 46 Hack Towel fast border fringed
 . . . . .
... $2.40worth83
widest .... . |’¢ FmaBlsanhndall)Ia
Unbleacbed Table Dmaak Pansy design 54 in. IAM# C2 ig
wide at . m Finnslminll
Half Bleached Table Damask Wild Rose design Lillyd th amy
52 rn. wideat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. sg FilleBlHclledp\l'lI§
Unbleached Table Damask Colored B0rdel.’ 50 ill. milk 
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do at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .' . . . . .
. . Fine Bleaclld
Unblianached T bl D 21C P.”
a e amask Fern and Rose design DNB Bl
56 in, wide at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 21c Fllll Bl&chd PIN
Half Bleached Table Damask Clover Leaf design mask ha(
56 in wide at Fine Bl had
Rc ‘dana
B1wkGi,es,7 dl ' 5 5 5 hr $100 Hotelkeepersandthrrftyhouvwiveswilldowelltoinspectdmrlotbsfors
Bloor olive, 6 :iid ix; 3 si 6, si £1” £2 sroo, 2_3 dag. moo sioooooa Liooo Doom; 'robio Nopkioo, Ho-mod, Irnh
Bloor Glovoo, 'moo ouiohiog, 4 bowoo, iogoloo pfioo soonno 5;, 6, 6;. ,i I ls PM* P* dw; 726 96°. $1 0_8- 81-18. 81-32-
Croom az! Wluto woohiog Gloves, oolorod nitohiog, oioo 5;, 6, 6;; ||9 FW Blf°°b°‘i L'°°° D;1:.°l:;1';bl° lilpkms. unzagegi gzpsaoggasllty and
regular price' l.2'. f*°l'“*°~ °°°'°°t\°“‘l P“°°""' PU” P" W- »
Fon olovooar .rod iooiox, .no 6;. 6, 6;, 7, oogoiof poioo si 25. 8% aligns. f‘i»1B;;»;l;ei§u;,£.uih Liooo Dinan 'ratio nguoi aaomnpunf-.
The bove allgood serviceable G1 ` t odd and 5"” X ' ' °
he cleared? The`;°go at } odi They are oiil?inli.‘he.arliovo simz;m lim"  dgg. Fine Blnached  Damask Table Napkins, guaranteed pure Irish Haan la
Thereareover300pairainthelot. ,t°m‘i°'”°‘*‘»P”°°P°"d°'-'2°50-
|3 dgz Extra Heavy Fall Bleached Double Damask Tabla Napkins. guaranteed para
patterns sazeixi pnceperdoz.$3and8350
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livery Department Discounted. New Lists Every lay.
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