Have you any cash ? Let'us have it. We'll pay you for it by selling you anything in the PERFUMERY and TOILET line at a big discount off usual prices. Christmas is at hand; you want Presents for your Wives, Daughters, Cousins, and Sweethearts. We have only high-class Perfumes, but we mean to sell them'cheap. Times are hard ; you must make your money go a long way. and get poll value for it. Look in my Window and note the GREAT REDUCTION in PRICES. Perfumes that we usually sell at 4s 61 a bottle (and worth that price too, because they are the very best money can'.buy) are now 3s; 2s 6d Perfumes we are selling at Is 6d; 6i Perfumes, three for Is. On and after February 1, 1896, the Government put an extra duty of 10s a gallon on Perfumery, so now [is your'time to buy good goods cheap. DEEP SEA TREASURES. Some SPONGES are worth their weight in silver. To a'casual observer a3d slate sponge and ass surgeon's sponge may look alike. The size may be the same and the appearance similar, bnt the difference is there—in fineness, firmness, and durablitv/ (There's another thing, too. Cheap Sponges oome from the shallow, exposed reefs. Fine ones are procured by deep diving in the tropio seas. Sharks are abundant in those parts. If you want a good, true-value Sponge come in and believe what we tell you—you will have to trust someone. Having a Buyer io. London who purchases everything we require direot from the Manufacturer, we are in a position to give you full value for your money, and we do it. Our DRUGS are the FINEST and our PRICES are the LOWEST. Our SUNDRIES, TOILET REQUISITE, SPONGES, FEEDERB, ELASTIC STOCKINGS, GASOGENBS, SPONGE BAGS, SPBAYS, etc., etc., are all of the Highest Quality. Call and test our Prices. MARSHALL' S~PHARMACY (Next Messrs G. and T. Young's, Jewellers), P™iqw»>»>™;



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