oneness Rargain Day. BY LIZZIR YORK CASE, IN DETROIT FREE PRESS. “The original price was $2.50; selling to day for 50 cents,” says the clerk. Eager faces crowd around the long bar- gain tables; ladies almost battle with each other for the fabrics which lie piled upen them. “What is the price of this ? QA"How many yards are there in this piece {” **What was the former price ‘ Goods are pulled across the counters, held up to the light, examined with the finger, tossed from one to another. The clerk tries to keep the run of things, to answer the dozen questions, and wait upon as many customers at once, Fair brows are contracted, drawn and wrinkled. Every strained to the bargain tension. ‘ Female America is concentrating its ef- forts, morally and physically, on ‘‘marked down” goods You would think she was bound to life by no stronger tie than remnants. Certainly; Did we ever get a whole piece of anything! Life is all odds and ends, from happiness, Jove and friendship down, and most of them are damaged at that, faded and sviled by contact with the world, the flesh and the Well, get a bargain in remnants if you can. **] am all tired out,” said a little woman, coming home late to dinner, *‘shopping.”’ “| thought you had finished your shop- ping before Christmas,” answered the hus- band from behind his newspaper. **As if a woman ever finished her shop- faces are nerve i168 ping,” she replied: ‘‘and besides, this was | bargain day, and they had remnant sales in all the stores.’ “Well, to what extent have you beer cheated this time ?” he inquired. “Cheated |! Uh | as some one cleverly says, ‘I expect to cheat and be cheated.’ Why am [ an exception to human laws / Nevertheless when | have paid more fora thing than it is worth I feel like denounc- ing the shopkeeper for a rogue.” **And when you have paid less than the thing is worth /’ the husband asks. “Oh ! then | pat myself on the back and experience a blessed satisfaction.” “What shall it profit a woman if she gain the whole world at a bargain and lose her own soul?’ he misquotes, with mock serivusness, and adds: ‘*You have very ac- commodating conacience, my dear.” “I hope so,” she replies. ‘‘Conscience is well enough, but like other good things it can be carried too far. But seriously, I am not respovsible for this system of trade. I used to go intoa store, ask for what | wanted and pay the price.’ **Were you not regarded as a great cur- iosity by the shop keepers ?” **[ suppose so,” she laughs in reply. **But I have become demoralized, and now I ask how much the goods have been marked down, and do a little sum in mental arithmetic to see what I save by buying it. Even if it is a little out of style, or r *“r don’t need it,” he interrupted. ‘Or it doesn’t fit anywhere or anything, and is too much for ene and too little for an- other.” “Certainly,” she assents sarcastically. **I buy it anyhow, because it is cheap.”’ “I cannot blame you, as you are a result and not a decree. While it is necessary in trade to sell off odds and ends to make room for fresh stock, this regular bargain day business is demoralizing to the shopper, and in the end to the trade generally.” **Yos, it certainly develops the inherent love of a bargain which lurks in’ every hu- man breast and makes us never want tu pay regular prices again,” she says. “Mrs, Trovella is a veritable fact,’ re- marks the husband. ‘‘!t is only a question of degree.” **Yes,” anawered the wife, ‘‘l remember my Quaker mother was once beguiled into an auction in Philadelphia. She actually bought a pair of boots for father. The first time he wore them outdoors, the weather being moist, they melted away from his feet.” : “Well,” said he, laughing'y, “I must in- vestigate this bargain day system and see wh» ie responsible for it.” **T believe it is Paris,” she said. “Vohen I waa there the Bon Marche used to advertise *‘ occasions; making « rua on certain lines of goods, hosiery, handkerchiefs, etc., upon certain days. All the world follows suit.” “And all the world’s wife falls gracefully inte line,” he adds. “Ves, inank you ! feminine.” "Correct ! going round.” **] certainly am proud to be of so much con sequence, Itisa great thing to furnish so many wants, to keep alive so many industries. What a lackadaisical old world it would have been had Mra. Eve not set the fashion for clothés. I betieve I'll put my shoulder blade to the wheel, as Samantha Allen says, to write a book upon the subject “A sequel to ‘Sartor HLesartus, he sug a, “Carlyle says clothes have made men of us, and threaten to make screens of us. You will settle the subject of bargains, | suppose Let me give you a pointer.” “Oh { do, if you please, 1 am thoroughly in earnest and shall lead a crusade against bar om. You remember the little girl's composition on pins?" he asked, ‘Pins have saved the lives of a great many people by their not swallowing them.” “Oh, yea; I see the application; bargains have saved the money of a great many people by their not buying them ” “Exactly! You have it. Goahead. You wili probably oripple the trade of two contin. s ) Commerce, I believe, is Her keep its wheels wants “Well,” she said without noticing his last remark, “‘l am resolved to wait until I need a thing before 1 buy it.” “Ob, dow’t do that, my dear wife! Con sider! Wershall be left without any means of reducing the surplus if you only buy the thiegs you need; and what is to become of ad vanced civilization 7” *‘I¢ will become still furthered advanced,” said she. “Moreover, I am resolved that when I have a dollar to spend I will spend it like a queen, and that my life and my raiment shall be as much as possible whole and har- monious, off of one piece; that 1 will not cheapen aad bargain, and piece and plan, and so bear about me, phywical'y and morally, the matks of the same. I shall relax the tension of my mental elbow, devitalize, let go, as the Delsarte disciples say, and—”" As she stops for breath the incor:igible huse band adds : “So shalt thou be kept ever fresh and— green.” —_— —@He- Hawker'’s Liver Pius cure all stomaci ills. They assist digestion, regulate the bowels and fiver, tone the stomach aud purify the blood, eae THE DAILY EXAMINER. - Judge Waxem’s Proverbs. Gittin’ rich and bein’ ‘onest ain’t twins | in Polliticks. i The Goddess of Libberty is this nation’s | ant, fer she is our Uncle Sam's wife, and | has been sinse 1776. A hundred thousand dollars will buy most anything in polliticks. Pattriotism loses its vircher when it is used to raise money on. The ‘onest politician don’t have to put up a sine. The Amerikan eagel can crow in mighty near every forrin langwidge. Pollitikle scandals are biles on the body pollitick. ae - Hawxker's Liver PILL, contain no mercury, are purely vegetable. safe sure and effective. Do not gripe, small, easy totake, Sold every- where, — see -——-—— j She—Why, Charlie, what a pile of let- ters. Billets doux, 1 suppose / He—Not at my time of life, my dear; billies overdue. Mr. Henry Theakston, Secretary Y. M C. A., Halifax, says: ‘*I have used Putt- ner’s Emulsion for simple and obstinate cough and general debility. In every case it has given the utmost sacisfaction. I recommend it as a family medicine.” What, she asked, should be an artist’s highest ambition / To paint a picturs so good that the frame won't attract the most attention, replied | the practical young painter. ——_—_—__- —— Tuey are Satisractory.—Everybody’s Pills give satisfaction to the user, and that is one reason for their large sale. Try a box. Price 25 cts. Alice—Before we were married you al- ways said something nice about my new dresses. Herbert—I could affurd to then. it is all I can do to pay the bills. Now USE SKODA'S DISCOVERY, the great blood and nerve remed Husband—Wife, hand me out my Sunday coat. Wife—But, my dear, this is not Sunday ; ‘it is only Saturday. | Husband—I know it is only Saturday, ' but I’m going to attend a fashionable dinner and it will be Sunday before I get back. qumetemnipcemmenite | USE SEODA’S DISCOVERY, the great | blood and nerve remedy. ! What lovely repose of manner Miss Top- notch has. She— Landlady—Goodness! 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It relieves the little sufferer at once ; it pro- duces oatural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as “‘ bright as a button.” Itis very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allaya all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best-known remedy for diarrhea, whether: arising from teething or other cases. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for ** Mrs. Vinsloe’s Soothing Syrup,” and take no other kind. lyr _—_—_——_———_ o°+O+¢ oe ——__—_—__———__—_——=" E Local Notices Great reduc’ion of 25 per cent in a lot of men’s boots.—Goff Bros. jwo 31 Our white goods sale commences on Wed. nesday next, Feb Ist. Low prices, big variety and best value io the city. Try us for ali white goods.—W A Weeks & Co, = j«n30 2i Gentlemen’sa patent and kid dancing shoes at Goff Bros. jandl Oar sheetingsand pillow cottons are marked very close. Oae case of these goods received last week, imported purposely for our white goods sale commencing on Wednesday next, Fels lst.—W A Weeks & Co, j+n30 2i Discount Sale.—Beer and Goff opened to-day 1 case English willow market baskets, which arrived too late for Xmas trade, and in order to clear them out quickly, they are allowing a cash discount of 20 per cent. off the regular prices. Feb. 2 3i. If you want s nice serviceable market basket, now is the time to get one cheap at Beer & Goff's. Feb, 2 3i. Children's Suits to hand, cheap.—Al- though we are busy in White Goods, we are still looking after our Clothing depart- ment, Ladies will Jo we'l to visit our Readymade Clothing department before purchasing any clothing. We wili save you money.—James Paton & Co. Feed.—Cracked grain, bran, oil c.ke, stock food, calt meal, flax seed, &c, for sale cheap at Geo. Carter & Co’s, Market Squaro. feb2 lw During our 30 days’ sale in winter clothing we have placed on sale 2,000 yards of fine alle wool imported tweeds, price $1.10 to $1.25, now seliing for 50c a yard. Don't loose this chance of getting cheap tweeds-—- McKay Woolen Co. j26 dl0i w4i FINE all wool tweeds, imported 2000 yards, price $1.10 te $1.25, will be sold at 50c per yard. Come before the best patterns are taken. -McKay Woolen Miils. Splendid all wool blankets at McKay Wool- n Mills. }26 d 10i w 4i McKay Woolen Mills —Please note we sell clothing made from cloth of our own manu. facture at our own mille. No tenement house goods ia this stock. 126 dl0 i w4i Ladies’ Dolmans.—We have a tew, prices from $9 to $13, which we are sacrificing at $3 ¢ O.1G] “ S Yih ‘ » ’ . 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