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1919
FHE
ST,
CROIX
AVIS
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and
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and
Holidvys excepted)
by
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meatter
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26th
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the
Post
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at
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un-:
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Aet
ors March
3.
1879
Contridution
o this paper
will be glad-
ly recerved
wh2n
the same
deals
with mat-
ters of geneiral
interest,
dnd
is
accompa-
nied
with
the
cuthor’s
name,
as
a quar-
antee
of goo
! faith.
The editor
cannot
be
responsible
jc - theg views of his correspon-
dents
no- docs e %(‘(‘(,’.\'B'lrilyendorsethem.
Says
the
7rimidad
Guardian
in a
re-
~ent
aumber:
*
Ano.hord
o aiseworthy effort to establish
the
manutaciure
lceally
of an article
in
general
use
is
to
be
found
in
the
announceent
that
the well known firm
o:
Ciemens.
yers
and
Cleaners,
have
started
the production
of
inks
for
writ-
ing
jurposes.
The
colours
now
on
the
marx :t are
biack,
blue-black,
blue,
violet
and
red.
Sample
botries
of
these
ink
h?\'i.‘
hoan
&
nt
0
the
oHice
of
the
Trinidad
Guirdian
and
tests
whici
we
have
made
s:
»w them
to
be good
qu ‘l!ii_v
writing
fuid:
of
clear
tone.
ever
fHow.
and rapid
dry
ing properties..
'ne
red
ink
migh:
with
zdvantage
be strengthened
in colour,
but it
has
the good
point of be-
ing withou! rt= stickiness
usually (oundin
this variety.
vlessrs.
Davidson
ahd
Todd
are
the
sole
distriburors
for Trinidad and
Tobazo
of
Messrs.
€lemen’s
inks which
are
<Hlde in
two ounce
and
six een
ounce
botiles.—The
Dominica Guardian,
Sept.
18N,
‘
Like everything
else
rum.s
beceming
quite
a luxury
in
these
parts.
Here in
Dominica, wh=>n the writer
was
a youth a
pint of rum could
be got tor 44d.
In those
days the
"‘mountain dew’’ was as eommon
as
water.
Upon
his retarn
from
Bricish
G\ina
in
1884,
one
- could
get
an
“*Eugene’”’ then
the
best’'
among
¢oHm-
mon
stuff, for
six
pence.
In
the
dayvs
immediately
7 ~2ceding
the war, this same
stuff
was
se
iing
at
9d.
ver pint bottlc:
but
now
jt
is
one
shilling.
But thisis
nothing
to be compard
with the increase
in
tne
price of rum in some
of the other
colonies
near by. Demerara,
for instapnce,
the
price
of rum used
to be 40 cents per
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them
how
to get
WL
more ytars of wear from their
paint
jobs.
That's
why
we
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always recommend
D v r
The
Guaranteed
Y e
T
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OE Lead and Zinc Paint
:
Fewer
Gallons—Wears
Longer
,
It contains
no whiting,
silica,
china
clay or
other
such
stuff.
It
is
made
of
the
same
pure
ingredients
that
the
old-time
painter
used:
Pure
White
Lcad,
Pure White
Zinc,
:
Pure
Linseed
()l
INa nothingels
Devoe
1s
mixed
by machinery,
1000 gallons
at
a time.
That
makes
it absolutely
uniform in strength,
.
color and
covering capacity—always
takes
fewer gallons,
too.
Let
us show
you the
real
economy
of paint-
ing
Devoe
paint.
Will be
glad
to send
:
yoycopy
of
the practical
booklet—*‘Keep
Appearances
Up and
Expenses
Down.’’
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HIGGINS
YREDERICKSTED,
ST. CROIX
VIRGIN ISLANDS
vg%o
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:
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{iPAENT' DEVOE PAlNT.____
gallon in pre-war
davs
but this price
has
‘
advanced
to $2 per gal.,
plus the duty
of
|
$3 and storage
rate
of 16 cents
a
month.
Thus
a hogshead
of 55 cals.
whi~h
used
M
!
to
cost,
including
duty
$191.40,
is now
|
selling
at
$342
50,
an advance
of slsl.
10.
Still the people drink
rum as
bhefore.
[bid.
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