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suitable for engraving
3 OTHER LINES-- Scarf
Pins Brooches, Rings Lock-
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Ivory Goods, Ebony goods
Chains Fobs Fountain Pens
Silverware and Hand Paint
ed China .
Call and inspect our stcok
Articles purchased from
us Engraved free
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PENDANTS- Solid Gold
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Get rid of the cold and
build new strength and
vitality at the same time by
taking _
HUGHES’
Palatahle
Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphaties
It is a general -tonic tha
agreeable to the tast
ures_ coughs and colds, and
ortifies you against further
ttacks _
Oc and 1.00 per bottle
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Walk Over Shoes
100 Pairs Womcn’s
40 Pairs Men’s
These goods were all pur‘
chased before the big prices
came and we are selling
them at the old prices Less
i0 per cent' DISCOUNT
Sale Lasts 10 Days
The Women’s include
_ laced and buttoned High cuts
` and Medium Gun Metal,
Patent and Brown Suede
The Men’s have a few
Buttoned and Patents and
they are all GENUINE
BARGAINS
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Soap with Care
lf inoro care were exercis-
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soaps, tlierc would he less need
for s-kin loiuls and kind-red pre-
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Boi-iiusc ot' its carefully h
anc-eil forniula and the fuct th
its mildly aiitisepticfiii not
lironoiiriced as to harm the mo
delicate complexion, instant
coniinends.
Rexall
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Each cake wrapped, th
cakes to the box.
Per Cake, 25..
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will deal where they get the best Service. We dJn’t blame
them for we do the same thing ourselves. 'l`his is one reason
we are not afraid of competition because we always aim_to
Satisfy our Customers.
We have the buying power and can give you unrivalled
service in our own. particular line
We sell every thing that’s good to cat.
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MEETING-Caledonia. Club meets
tonight at 8 p. m. 4671.
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Zl H 1| CONCERT TONIGHT- The y0l.l
on a 25C ____ 4568 lailles tra gostuigiez singing Englis
"=REE_ DEMQNS1-RA-r_|oN‘_La_ Ir sh an cotc ‘horusei-i. Zion Hal
dies who are not satislled with .the wmgm tickets 25°- 4568
appearance of their hair ho ld - __
Suu Ml_B_ _Wham Queen Hgtell' 0°" M551-|NG___ To our members of day or two last week. Dr. McPhuil
4543_2_24MM_ the Ecbectic Rebekah Lodge, No. 7
tel-day was lined $10 or thirty days
and another who failed to appear had
his $20 bail lbond forfeited, ,
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h, OF LOCAL INTEREST.-V- Rev. Dr.
| D. N. McPhall, of the Church of
_ Scotland, in Isle St. Vincent, (B. W.
I.`~, was li visitor in St. John for a
3 was for some time minister at Mount
______ Kensington. are hereby notified that stewart ip- E- I-)» and ua'-9' lu St-
¢_ 6_ S_' |5R|NcE EDWA _ h night of meeting is changed from Fri-
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car-ferry steamer, which left George? ¥{“y.n|§h" I? M‘;';d“y- Signed Car"
town at 'l o'clock yesterday morning, enne V' eco’ '15 sec"°ta"Y-
docked in Picton at 11 am. she hun . 4553-226M2i
fifteen curload of f iht, d tb' _""“
mall., S 'eg "“ e oi=li_i. To NovA sco'riA.- 'rho
___ Venerable Archdeacon Watson
of
senioushv ii.i_. -_ 'rho many K"-'5lP5i°“- IP- E- TJ- has been
friends .lin all parts of the province elected "cm" °f Plctml (N- 3-). in
are very sorry to hem. of the Sedona succession to the Rev. A. E. A
illness of M,-_ Daniel p_ Irving' ve,,_ drew. who has enlisted iii the artil-
non River Bplllge _and it ls the hope of lery for overseas service, This move
one and all that he; will smm have ,.e_ on the part of Mr, Watson may ne-
covcrcd from this severe attack of Cessltate his Y`e'SiSl\l1U0Il Oil l-he 21rCh~
illness.-Q deaconry of P. E. Island.
iviAii. soA'rs. __ Notwithstanding UP-T0~DATE JOB PRINTlNG.’l‘he
the stormy weather of yesterday tha- Guardian has- installed' at considerble
mail boats made crossings. both ways expense a modern up-to-date Multi-
at the Capes. The noats from"1‘0r. graph Printing Service for the benefit
mentine- brought 47 Sucks or mall and of the patrons of our Job Printing De
three passengers. They ,landed at purtmeiit. This machine will print Let
Traverse at 12.15. The boats from ters, Forms, Announcements, State
the 'island' slide landed at Tormentiiic ments, Circulars, etc., that are so dlf
at 1.30 p.m. The mail arrived in the ferent to the ordinary printing that
City fl'0rn Cape Traverse' at 5.40 p.m_ makes them much more effective. This
"*- Work is perfect facsimile of Type
BATTERY CHANGES.- A Plctou writer, afless' than a tenth of the cost
"Willie" jll fl Siege battery in _England See advertisement in this issue. -Send
says: For _some ren.-son or other the asample order und get acquainted with
niiinbers' ot the Canadian 'batteries this modern printing service. Address
“V” I0 be Cllflllged ugaln. We came Job Printing Departnient, Charlotte-
over as No. 8. but were given the Im- town Guardian, (‘.hurlottetown.
pcrial number oi' 273. Now we are - -
to he No. 9 Canadian Siege battery PROFITABLE LECTURE.- On
Willie the I’. -E. I. battery which the evening of Friday, Feb. 16th, Mr
anie over as No. 5 is now to be No. Francis J. Praught delivered a very
This will likely cause ii slight con- interesting lecture to u large and up
usloii in regard to mails. There may. preciative audience in the Earnscliffe
G 11 g0od reason for the change but school-house, his subject being “Civil
seems uiinecessary' to us. Picton izption " Al -the close of the lecture a
IVUCMG. vote of thanks was moved by Mr.
Francis Mu-teh ivlio said he had heard
r SPLENDLD ’ ENTE_RTAlNMlENT. Mr. Prauglrt lecture on several or
l`_l\e` Young Pe`ople’s Dramatic Club casions in the past and hoped to
of lryon, gave ii highly amusing have that pleasure again in the near
cliai'acte_r sketch" entitled, “The future. Mr. A. S. Young in second
\0\1Ilg_Vl|121g€ D0Ct0r." in the hall at _ing the motion said that nothing can
Victoria, on Monday evening, Feb. hold the attention of an audience like
_19th. ‘The weather' and roads being or-igiiiallty and declared tha; Mr
in their tuvor, the hall was well filled, l’i‘aught's lecture, from start to fin
mill 11 good suini of money was realiz- ish had been stamped with this char
eil in aid' of the Red Cross societies actcristie and that everv sentence
Of Victoria and Tryon. Mr. -Walter gave evidence of deep tlioiiglit.
M. 'Lea acted as -chairinaii, in his -
usiiail pleasing manner, while the P. E. I. DAIRYMEN TO ATTEND _
order throughout the e'venin'g was ex- COURSE.-Mr. F. ’l‘. Morrow, Dairy
cellenl. _Between acts the audience liispector, leaves on March lst for
was' deligteil with solos hy' Mrs. J, Truro, N.S., to assist at the Classes.
\V.A Wiiiils-or. Misses Mary Inman, in Cheese' and Butter niaklnl.; and
Elsie llowatt, Helen Reid and Mr. General Factory management to he-
VV. l\l_. Lea, also a reading entitled held at the Truro Agricultural (lol
“The Sea ils ills, and England lege. These classes are to be con-
Guards lt,” by Miss Neavy Myers. ducted' by two of the best practical
The fo-llowing is the setting of the men in (lanada._Mr. G. ll. Barr, Cliief
slcetchz- ACT 1,- Mrs, (‘.i'aiie's- ot' the Dairy Division. who will be in
nest parlor being turned into c doc- charge of the Cheese Course. and Mr
toi"s oilicc_ A('.'1‘ 2,- Dr. Young in iliac Robertson, ot’ Belleville, Ont.
ollice. ACT 3,- An acc'ide'nt_ Scene 1, butter-making ins'ti‘ueror. The inajoi'-
- A call, Scene §l,__ Night in nlllcl-__ ity ot' the makers. in this province ex-_   
;§;uin`; Mr5_ Ware’ “L D0or'wmow); a. weck’s visit with ner. brother, l\ii
- - la etin
Catan-h_(7ur_e fails to cure. Send for circulars was a welcome visitor here this week
n.
Columlba church. Klrklilill, (Ont). be-
e fore' going to St. Vincent.
REMAINS COMING .HOME.-- The
remains of the 'lute Louis C. Robert-
son, who died in London, Out., left
that city yesterday for _ the Island.
The funera-l of which notice' will be
given later, will take place from the
residence of Mr. H. A. Robertson,
Alexandria. nephew of the deceased.
Mr. Robertson, who was 75 years of
age, and at the time of his death
engineer for the London Foundry Co.,
was born in Pownal, P. E. I. He
left the island 36 years ago, Prior to
that he was captain of the -steamer
Heather Beld. Three of his brothers,
none of whom survive him, were also
sen. captains.
MARY PICKFORD W|NS.- The
Brooklyn. Eagle’s big contest to do-
cide the most popular actor or ac-
tress in moving pictures today, has
just been' finished, and was won. by
Miss Mary Pickford, who headed the
list with over 37,000 votes.; 'Phd
Eagle says' that the surprise of the
contest was the poor` showing made
by_Char1ie Chaplain, who received
only seven thousand votes_. Chaplain’s
poor showing, says _the Engle", is at-
tributed to his questionable methods
of trying to amuse, and declares that
the public are getting tired of the
"rough stuff.”
CALL TO P. E. l.-Rev. A. D.
McKenzie, of St. Luke's church,
Montreal, has been extended a hearty,
and unanimous call to the congrega-
tion ot Brookfield, Hansville and
Hunter River P. E. il.) Mr. McKen-
zie oii graduittion from McGill Uni-
verslty and Montreal Theological
College, went as missionary to
Ilritisli Guiana, but was compelled to
return in the' course ot' a year or so
on account oi his health. l-le accepted
a caill after a. time to Moose Rivet'
(Out). and later in St. Luke's Mon--
treiil. A unique' feature of the pres-
ent call is that it comes t`i'ofin the con-
gregation in which he was born and
lireil.
AT GRACE CHURCH.- The ser-
vice iii _Grace Church on Sunday e'ven»
lng~last was ot' a very iiinpresslve ami
profitable nature. The pastor, Rev.
_ Mr. Littlcjohns, took for his subject
“Heaven nn Earth," choosing as his
text, Matt. il, 10.- “Thy Will be
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1 GET llll) UF HUMORS
Scene 3,- lvlorning ln nfl-mg, ACT 4_ pcct to attend the courses. each ol' _
-Dr. Ynnng and bride receiving which will contliiue for two weeks.
guests at wedding reception.' Char- The Bill-'$91' COUFSS' DeS‘l“5 0" Mlmill
actors: Di'. Young. (the new doc- 7th, and lasts until the 21-st, and the
tor), Malcolm Magnonnld; M,-5, Cheese Course will be from March
(franc, (ine lloclofs lalldlmlyy Mr§l_ 21st to April 3rd. Milk-testing will
Jnclg l-lownll; Ml-g_ la,-D5l_ (sympn. be carried on under- the direction of
ihotio neighbor), Mrs. Rich Lord; Mr- 1'. W- McDougall. vt' Siisfiex.
Mr. Brief, (lawyer), .lack Patterson; *i*
Penelo e Knowin . tver' learned . ..
Wlnnie'pSmith; Boglinda Cllhger, (vei')y EARNSCL‘FFE,N.(j)TE€"`l:e 
sentimental), Mi-.-i. ini. Hiiior; Juno ‘,f‘_’"‘ _d°’“,*l °“"fl‘“l‘°.e,t fi,°f 
(Trane, (trained nurse), Helen Reid: hi -“lu” Joy-n ITr;ll'g'_ts m teld ‘“f,’,\
Silas Goldbones, (Ja.ne’s' rejected “€_’°e9 ‘wfnai y'“°m:{wnl§ °“‘_l1.;,.‘_
siiitor), Fred Leard; Solomon Wise- :lo €_ nf wdmng w le. alrnslillu
acre. (8. patient), Austin Toombs; ’qi'°lwh° M5010?" trotgeisf lhmj ffl); L _
 Simon Grabbe, (ii patient), Mar- mel Clgvgctnio ag( its ta et:_ota(\)1IIle;0v:__
i.:uret. MacDonmld; Mr. Simon Grubbe, YB D At n tl ___e Mrs_ Robert
. , . _ l ay new mon i
(ii patients husband). Edwin Hiller; na ._ __ _
gmmel Lovejoy' (H Dmeim) Ausnp Jenkins returned home yesterday fiorri
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_ _ _ Henry Young. At their st me g  
Mm' Austin T°°mbS' Mr' Sofuelf the Earnselilfe Red' Cross decided to I
luelindms menm’ Hartford Wood adopt a prisoner of war ln Germany.
Side: fuex' Brown' ldocton' Iigqyd A valuable six~year-old horse belong-
Qwrdl ' Tm" Brave’ (s°ldieI)‘ oy” ing to Mr. J. Mclnnisldied recently.-
Efordyi Joh" Br°°k`s' (v°CahBt)’. Tm" Miss Loretta Doyle is spending a very
]`°‘"5 Mrs' Bmoks' (v°ca'“Bt)‘ Mrs' .i pleasant holiday with friends ‘in Vil-
Tom Fen; Sarah Large' (Mrs‘ Gold' lage Green.-One of the most pleas-
h°"e'5)' Grace W°°dS”lde' ant features of the last 'public gath-
ering in the Eurnscliffe school was
’l‘hcre is more Uatarrh in this section ot the glengmglggifgrlxegntg;h5?1};ié`;Ir6f]i?]:;:_l
country than all other diseases put together and m'an The combination or the scholar
for vearsitwas supposed to beincurablo. Doc- and 'the genuemau makes an ideal m_e_
tors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly siding omcel. for a public meetimg__
failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced Her friends are very. pleased, to be `
it incurable. Calnrrh isalofal disease. greatly able to report that that very eSum_
influenced hy constitutional conditions 'and able may Mrs Bene Match is very
thereforerequiresconstitutionaltreatment.Hall's much imbroved in health 'she has
"*"“""h ("“"" "‘“"“f“°“"°d by F'J°Che“ey& suffered vcrv much during the past St0CI{
V0" T"'”d°' Ohm' ia” °°"sm“"°"”l remedy” year or two 'but now we all hope that °
taken intemally and acts lhruthe Blood onthe the w0`_s'_ i`q over and that She Wm '-
Mucous Surfacesof thi System. One Hundred ere long bé restéred to heunh and '_-"
DollararcwardisofferedfornnydasethatHall's “length again _Mr Lee H Young
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Humor: in tlio blood oauno inter-
nal derangemcnts that afect tho
wholo aystem, as well as pimples,
boils and other eruptions, and are
responsible for the readiiiesa with
which many people contract disease.
For forty years Hood 's Sarsapnf
rilla has been more successful than
any other medicine in expelling
humors` and removing their inward
and outward edeetii. Get Hood’l.
No other medicine ash liko it.
BEER &  5
We have one ofthe
nicest assortment to
be found in the city.
va porated Apples.
Evaporated Peaches.
Evaporated Apricots
BEER & GOFF
Evaporated Prunes.
Full range now in
F.J CHENEY & C0.._Toledo. Ohio. l .
Sold by driiggists, 75c, ' Y -_ -
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“SEAL BRAND” COFFEE.
la K. I and 2 pound tlno. Wholo-ground-puivorizod-‘also ilno ground
for -Porcolatora. Novor sold in hulk. _ '
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Done on Earth as it is in Heaven.”'
The mission of Christ on this earth
was besides redeeming man to es-
tablish the prlnicples- of true Godli-
ness in men here, thus insuring it
Heaven on Earth. The bringing of
God into ull earthly enterprises
would give to earth the Heavenly at-
tributes. Of more than ordinary ln-
teresl was the musical part of the
service. The Sunday School orches-
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general and hearty,
bone solo
present. M
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your automobile, or your Ii
piano, or even your home ' -‘
but you will never Want to
change the COFFEE, when _ _
once you taste .thellelectable  i
flavour of Chase 8: Sanborn’ `
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tra. assisted the choir. Le'd by _those
the congregatlonw singing was
A be-
autifully rendered vocal solo
was given by Misc Berthd Car-
ter, also art' excellent trom-
by Mr. A.
Gaudet. These, as welll! as the other
parts of the service, were thoroughly
enjoyed by the lliirgq congregation
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The Chamois Antelope
The chamois antelope is
almost extinct, ye_t the name
clings to soft pliable skins
which b e c a m e popular
under the name of
cmwiois skins o. ci-ihmoi
vssrs
The so-called chamois
skins are really carefully se-
lected and dressed lamb,
sheep or goat skins, They
are none the less valuable
on this account, _
_ You _are more interested
in ggtting the best--quality
gs] s ins that can be procur-
i  _ is Mmm; golgtinctas
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We have_ chamois skins,
and chamois vests in a
variety of sizes and styles-
apprgpriate for any use to
rlluc you may wish to put
em
Prices range up to $3.25
Johnson & 'Johnson
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Newspaper Counte
5; is kept well supplied with the
 best maghzlnes as lN1bllS\\€d.
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English, Canadian and Amorl-
~ ein.. Aliso the Canadian and
_ Amiorlcan newspapers, contain-
/ ing the latest wal' news and
other items of interest, right
up-to-date. _
The Iodloo are cordially invit-
oil' to call and look over our
splendld range of Faohlon
Books. Our Fashion Depart-
ment is provided with chairs.
Spring Faohlon Bpoko are now
in.
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MeCALL’S PATTERNS.
are the`8tandard of tlga World.
` We are sole agents in Charlotte-
town. A big range of the latest
eroltlona in the Faohlon would
always ln stock. Now Stylla re-
ceived each month.
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TRICKS OF MAIL ORDER
- TRADE
_ “How can the Guardian make out that
it is cheaper to buy at home when we have
the facts before us? We are clubbing to-
gether to send $10.00 from our boarding
house to get a parcel from a mail order
house, and we find we can get cotton thread
at l2c, whereas we haveto pay 18c here.
What do you make of that?" _
This is a sample of the criticism our last
week’s articles brought out, and on, the
surface it seems unansvverable. But is ii:?.
Let us see.
We admit at once that there are certain
lines prominently advertised by the mail
order houses considerably below the cost
of production, or what it would pay to
handle at a profit. '
But these are merely the little sprats
dangled temptingly to catch the whale.
If the iriail purchaser could merely send
for these sprats, he, or she, would be con-
siderably in pocket provided the freight
were paid. ,
But the freight is not paid, unless an or-
der of $10.00 or over is sent.
This means one -of two things. The pur-
chaser must buy something he probably
does not want, to make up the
order, - which is extravagance and
waste, or go hunting round to
get somebody to join with him in making up
the order.
In the lattercase he is acting as the un-
paid traveller _or agent of the Mail Order
House. If a local merchant were to offer*
him 10 or 15 per cent. commission to turn
in similar cash business he would probably
turn up his nose at it..
Is that not so ?
Next time you think of sending $10 or
$40 or $50 or $100 to a Mail Order House
for a joint order collected from your neigh-
bors, calculate what your services are
worth, and then ask what commission the
local merchants would allow you on the
same cash order. _
If the local merchant cannot offer you
equal or better terms then by all means
send your money out of the province.
Just two examples of the whole theory
which may be verified:
An Islander' bought a belt from a Mail
Order House, for which he paid 98c and
thought he had made a bargain. He show-
edit to a friend and asked him what it was
worth.
“Fifty cents,” said his friend. ‘f ‘
“Nonsensel” "' ` ` "
“No, see I paid fifty cents for my one,”-
and showed him an identical belt he was
wearing.
The Islander was skeptical, but his friend
took him to the shop where he made the
purchase, and satisfied him that he had
paid 48 cents too much for his bargain.. »
Again: A lady writes,-“I would not
have believed that ~ (mentioning
a mail order house) could over-charge un#
til I had personal experience. I got my
undervests from them regularly until one
day I happened to be in a store and priced
some, and would you believe it, they were
from fifteen to twenty cents cheaper, and
- (mentioning mail order house),
would make poor seconds.”
The Guardian is prepared to subst`anti-
ate both these instances. ` _
Now, dont’ you see how it pays the Mail
Order House to advertise below cost one or
two conspicuous lines in every-day use?i
Give the Local Merchants 50 per cent.
of the $600,000 which you send awa , and
it will come backto you a hundred foId I ,J
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