Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-04

for it.
Theinferenceis unavoidable.
If the goods now in store are
what you are going to want,
now is the time to buy.
This is doubly true of goods
below current prices, unless
they are down for some defect.
But, when prices are down for
defect in the goods, we don't
consider them down at all. A
defective article sold at half
price may be the dearest thing
in the store.
Dress-stuffs, new enough to
be acceptable, staple enough
to be safe next winter, now at
half, two,thirds and three-quar-
tiers. Sounds strange on a
risingmarket. It's true though.
To specify a few:
Camel's-hair wide diagonal
37Hc; not ultra-fashionable,
very rough and hairy and soft;
42-inch; several staple colors
and black, a fair price would be
rs cents, as things are going
now in the midst of winter.
A very substantial cloth,
fairly smooth in texture but
rough in color, a series of mix
lures and dull-colored stripes;
it doesn't seem to be pretty,
and yet is decidedly popular,
possibly on account of its price;
50 cents-it began at 81.
The most substantial and
characteristic of all the Ameri-
can Homespuns, large twills of
alternating colors, 54-inch, 75c
began the season here at
81; at another large store in
town at $I.25, and kept its
price till we bought the whole
of the makers stock and put
it down to 75c.
Another 54-inch Homespun,
canvas woof, plain colors and
black, SO cents.
Camel s-hair large-twill
serge; yard-wide, worth SO
cents at least, SIZE.
Lupin's merinos, one grade
Ioc off from the price; two
grades I5c off; one zoe off
As to S5c a yard,
Lupin's dark-color cashmere;
the Csc grade for soc, and a
remnant of colors of soc for
37Hc.
Lupin's CSC nun's-veiling of
evening colors for soc.
Ladies -cloth-more than a
year ago we put down the
best dollar ladies' cloth we had
in the store to 75c, have kept
1t there ever since, sold tons
on tons of it, selling it now as
fast as ever.
After the end of the season
tor fashionable dress-stuff nov
elites every stuff of the sort
went down, some a little, some
much, some a quarter, some
three=quarters. Measured by
what has been taken off the
prices these are the cheapest
stutfs in the store. We don't
measure them SO. If you
want them, they are compare
lively next-to-nothing in price;
If you don't, they are good for
nothing, don't touch them.
Then there are little frag-
ments Of dozens of stuffs for
gotten by all except the sales
women; small in quantity, not
to be advertised because they
are disappearing every day.
Among them are many a bar
gain. Take the hint and hunt
them out, if you like.
Southwest, southeast and northeast from the
lmprovident man! Nothing
but weather will make him
clothe himself; not even wea-
Their if it comes too late; then
nothing but clothing for half
w Z udpC IL.
By the middle Marketstreet door.
Merino underwear, two for
one, So for 81. First-rate
merinos 81, shirt and drawers
ST apiece.
West of Arcade, sixth counter.
Good generous nioht.sbirt
rs cents. Another one equally
generous. Cash's embroidery
round the collar, cuffs, pocket,
and front, rs cents; that is,
nothing at all for being pretty.
West of Arcade, fourth counter.
Brown-mixed hal-hose, well
made and gusseted.
West of Arcade, NTH counter
What perfumer? BayIey for
Ess Bouquet; Atkinson or
Alfred Wright for White
Rose; Lubin or Alfred Wright
for Jockey Club; Pinaud or
Alfred Wright for Violet; AL
tired Wright for Mary Stuart
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