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    THE Lb

    CARTER’ =
    Prince Edward Island Almanac

    For 1896, New Ready,

    Cc usual informaticn

    The Vote deelirei for cach Dis-
    griet on the Island at the last
    Pouinion General Eleciion

    The Vote declired fer each Dis- |

    trietat the last Lecal Election

    } Ev s Transpiring Throughout
    \ Octobe 1894, to

    is CENTS.

    BR. -

    corate Read. BOOM

    TERS

    viisis = 1 cer

    VOL 35.

    “ This

    is true Liberty,

    Single Oopies Two Cents

    CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, WEDNE

    SDAY, FEBRUARY 12,

    1896.

    NO 186

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    is is ! Friday morning from the
    “ + ‘2 ft is made ap of matier
    “ appeared in the Daily editions, and
    is ss Wee y newspaper—interesting
    u ie atest news,
    CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY, Lat 6
    bast \ , iay,5a cv 60m. p. @
    New &„ lay, 0.1m, on
    F 2 ny, Sh. 2.9m. p. m
    lev of Week Su | Sun High
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    i | Saturday 17 Di469iak $1
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    P. & Island Railway

    Onand after THURSDAY, 5th December,

    1895, Âą trains of this Raiiway will run daily
    (& lays excey ted) as follows .—
    Trains Outward. Trains 'nward.
    Read dowa. Read up.
    PM AM rR AG
    } .-Charlottetown..... 3210 1010
    ; 7% Loyalty Junction 25’ 9
    7 s Nor Wiltshire 24 95
    si7 Ht River 1 49 8 51
    ) s we aoe ane 115 817
    6 ) Emerald 107 8 08
    5 27 15 Freetown AZS 7 5A
    5 47 ........hensington ......12 33 733
    6m) Wi Ar { Livis © 7 00
    Sam nrsid3
    PM 1250 Lv /arloso AM
    Lii ove Ml IGOOUGChe. . 22.00. 0390
    la Wellington omy
    at . Port Hill 909
    BS4.... et . ere Y
    2 ee eee 7 34
    434 ........Aloertoa 655
    ; ccevcek gaa 6 00
    PM AM
    AM AM
    2 #......Charlottetown. ....]0%
    2%)....Royalty Junction. ...10 10
    BOD. cace neu ict: ccececee Oe
    $55 Ar) \ Ly 905
    > Mt Stevart
    im Ly) (Ar 850
    Ee Cardigan....... 73
    5 45 . Georgetown . 710
    a rm : 4 3
    4 .--„ ount Stewart..... 85
    4 . Morell 817
    i eer lg Serer 78
    5: Bear River 73
    t : Souris ; AO
    : ' AM
    eM AℱM
    O sci . Emeraid evesee 7 5
    ( .- Cape Traverse TU
    PM A

    Trains are run by Eastern Standard Time

    A. McDONALD Dp. POTTINGER,
    ~ tendent, Gen Mer Govt. Rys,
    2 town Moncton, N B.
    R v ff Dee 1, 1895.

    Reaver Line Steamers.

    WTinter Services.

    DIRECT SAILINGS BETWEEN
    7T fy W r
    ST, JOHN, N. B., AND LIVERPOOL.
    I m From
    Liv oO Steamer St Joho, NB
    s 7 ..Lake Ontario...Wed., Dec Z
    2 Lak+ Winnipeg «” n 8
    n ‘ Lak? Suverior fee eee.
    ‘ Lake (ntario sa Feb 5
    j Lake Winnipeg -“* wae.
    +...La Superior " Mar 4
    ’ - I . fintar ou ”
    Mat Lake Winnipfg Apr !
    2 Lake Superior ae
    FIRS) A BIN—$4) and $15. Round Trip,
    + ar is .
    “se ON¼ CABIN—To Liverpoo!, London-
    d ; ust and Glargow, > Round Trip,
    S$ > i »t, Bristoi or Cardiff, 3*
    Ke hel oh: “1
    si LAC -Te Liverpoo', London, Glas-
    gow ast, S21 : to Bristol and Cardiff
    oS g passengers by the Beaver
    i ! Iwi.h the uÂźe of bedding, and
    ‘ ki g± utensils, free of charge.
    Ir ; r ites issued at lowest rates,
    Vreg C: owest rates and to all
    ire t pe ia Canadaand Great
    Bri yt sof iading. Special
    e pro he cerriages of buiter,
    Cieese and 5 » freight
    ro r particulars as to freight or par-
    SA ZĂ© bps y lo
    D. & C. MacIVER, D W.C\MPBELL,
    Tower Balildings, Manager, 1% Hospital st,
    I rp Moonireal,
    TROP & SON, Agentr, St John, N P,

    % 7 ? OF Sek , ’
    FURNESS LINP.
    Regular Fortnightly Sailings between
    LONDON and HALIFAX. Under spe-
    eis nfract with the Dogiuion Govern

    ti
    S S. HALIFAX CITY, 3,000 Tons.
    . 8. 8T. JOHN CITY, 3,000 Tons.
    5.8 DAMARA, 2,500 Tone.
    June Furness Su amships are the finest
    on this route. All boats are Clyde built,

    wth saloon and sieepiag berths amidships
    least motion ia felt.
    . John City and Halifax City are
    electrically lighted throughout.

    Superior aceommodation for all kinds
    of Freight, Dairy Prodace, ete.

    wihere

    For information regerding sailing dates,

    ete., apply to
    FURNESS, WITHY & CO, Lep.,
    People’s Bank Building,
    Halifax, N.S

    Or W. „. Clarke, Passenger Agent,

    Charlottetown P. E. I. dec21

    IN CASE OF TWINS,

    An Effert to Clear Up a Diffleult Legal
    Point.

    Isaac Ringel and Isador Wels recent-
    lowing communica-
    ion to the New York Times:

    ‘A man having an estate valued at
    830,000, died. He left surviving hima
    wife, who was al

    lv addr ssed the fol

    yout to become a moth-
    er. If she should have a boy she was
    to get one-third of the estate and the
    boy two-thirds. If she should have a
    girl the woman was two-thirds
    and the girl one-third. Now, she had
    a boy and a girl. What was
    each one’s share, equally divided?”
    Judge David McAdam, when gsked

    his opinion, said:

    +
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    T
    + ret
    t get
    to ge

    twins

    ‘The condition upon which the will
    nded did not happen, and the de-
    ceased must be held in law to havedied
    intestate, and his estate must Li
    posed of precisely as if he had made
    will. If the widow were to take
    third and the boy
    vould be nothing left for the
    irl took one-third and the widow
    , there would not be two-
    1e boy. Nor could that dif-
    avoided by holding

    lep
    tl px

    be dis-
    no
    one-

    iy
    Piri.

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    hirds for ti

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    ficulty be that,

    under the circumstances, the boy could
    get but one-third, for this would not
    satisfy th

    e intention of the deceased.
    ‘To demonstrate tl
    widow had given birt}

    Lis,

    Suppose the

    1 to triplets, all

    boys or girls., how could the three join
    with the widow in taking one-third

    each, There would

    enough to go around.

    be thirds
    To hold that the
    widow took one-third and the boy two-
    thirds would be the girl,
    1 the deceas d had expressed his
    intimation that the child to be born,
    whether male or female, shovld be pro-

    vided for.
    i . the statute provides that

    Besides
    aiter-born children left unprovided for
    will are not affected by it, and

    +
    not

    to disinherit

    whe

    by the

    1s to them it is precisely the same as if
    the pareht had died intestate. Smith
    vs. Robertson, 89, N.Y., 555: Luce vs.

    ,
    ire

    Burchard, 78 Hun., 587; 2 Edm. R.S.,
    p. 65, 19\. Where the main pr
    visions of a will may be upheld by re-
    quiri the beneficiaries to make up
    the interest of the after-born Âą hild,that
    course may be adopted. Mitchell
    Blain, 5 Paige Ch. R., 588),

    ‘*In this case, however, the will de-
    pen led for its operation on the possibil-
    ity of the mother having a child cap-
    able of inheriting--not two children.
    lf the contemplated event did not hap-
    pen the will could have no legal effect

    The portions of the will are

    whatever.
    a “aay
    so connected as not to admit of separa-

    sec. )-

    no
    ist

    Vs.

    tion without subverting the intention
    of the testator; hence, if part becomes
    inoperative, it fails altogethe: Prac-
    tically there were two other known
    poss ties not provided for, viz.. twins
    and triplets. In respect to these possi-
    bilities, one actually happened. The
    will as a consequence fails, and the law
    furnishes one in its place, by which the
    twins share e mu ily in the father’s es-
    tate. subject to the mother’s legal rights

    as widow.”

    The Author ef “Th

    Maple Leaf,”

    k in the ( s” in one of
    lage there 1 ght } een, on su
    holding between his knees a curly-
    headed yout! The minister was cate
    chising him as to his Sunday school
    attendance and his knowledge of the
    Bible, and found him very proficient.

    ‘And he has made a poem,tco,” said
    his Sunday school teacher, the resident
    minister, who was also present. ‘‘He
    has putit to the music of ‘Scots Wa
    Oe

    **Let us here you sing it, Alexander,”
    said the visiting minister

    And the vouthful poet sang it with
    his boyish simplicity and power, as if
    touched with Divine inspiration.

    The minister put his hands on the
    boy’s curly pate, and spoke the pro-
    phetic words:

    *Ye'll be weel ken’d yet afore ye

    dee.”

    And the mother, after the manner of
    Seotch folk, treasured the saying in
    her heart, and encouraged little Alex-
    ander in his poetical and musical creat-
    ings.

    That minister was the celebrated
    Scotch Divine, Dr. Norman McLeod,
    then ona visitto this country, and
    that youth was afterwards author of
    Canada’s national song.—Canadian
    Magazine.

    With Unexpected Blessings.

    “Tf we had only to demand from God
    just what we desire, and in the way
    andthe time that suits our pleasure,
    then we would be snatching
    scepter and trying to rule the ruler of
    the universe. Did you ever know a
    child that ruled its parents without
    ruining itself? And if it spoils our
    children to have their own way, I am
    sure that it would be for our ruin if
    we could bend God to all our wishes,
    If this be our ‘expe: tation’ from God
    then the we abandon it the
    better, God keeps all His promises,
    but He has never promised to let you
    andme hold the reins. He answers
    prayer, but in the way and at the time
    that His infinite wisdom determines.
    Some prayers are not answered at
    once: more than one faithful mother
    lins gone to her grave before the child
    for whose conyersion she prayed has
    giyen his heart to Jesus. Some prayers
    are answered in a way so unlooked for

    God’s

    sooner

    that the answer is not recognized.
    Eternity will ‘make it plain’; for

    many petitions are answered according
    to the intention, and not according to
    the letter of the request ; the
    blessing granted has been something
    different from what the believer ex-
    pected. Jacob, when he blessed the
    sons of Joseph, laid his right hand on
    the son who stood at his left side. So
    God sometimes takes off His hand of
    blessing from the thing we prayed for
    and lays it on another, which is more
    for our good and His own glory. He
    often surprises His people with unex-

    cted blessings; and heaven will have
    abundance of such surprises,”—Rev.
    Theodore L, Cuyler,

    Inland Steam Navigation Co.

    _— +e

    The Annual General Meeting of the
    Inland Steam Navigation Company will
    be held in the room (up-stairs) in Mr
    John McEachern’s Building, corner of
    Queen aud King Streets, on THURSDAY,
    the 20th inst., at 3 o’clock, p. m.

    L, C. OWEN,
    Secretary.

    .
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    that une p'ace to have
    your WATCH RE-
    PAIRED PROMPTLY

    and as it should be
    done is at

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    Great George Street,
    NEAR QUEEN SQUARE.

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    ate six persons, nicely upholstered, light

    enough for one horse. Apply at this
    office tf—jan21

    ~ FAMILIAR HYMNS. ~

    “ONE SWEETLY SOLEMN THOUGHT.’

    Phoebe Cary.

    In a rustic rural home in the Miami
    Valley, about eight miles north of Cin-
    cinatti, there lived a happy couple and
    their two-daughters, Phoebe and Alice.

    The poor but courented and very
    happy. ‘Pheir worldly po:sessions always
    limited, ecralenily crew less, till the girls
    said “they wep hrough the streeis be-
    cause of the poverty

    \lice early attracted attention by her
    literary coueributions to various maga-
    4 Cs und peri wlicals While Phoe! 2,
    with her poetry, was destined to drive the
    wolf of want from the door of the id
    home where he had laid undisturbed
    fuli many a year

    They moved to New York citv when
    Phoebe was about twenty five years of

    age, and soon becume knownas women of
    more than ordinary talents. They joined
    the Church of the Pilgrims, and two years

    afterwards the Church of the Stzangers.
    Here they found « good friend in Dr
    Deems, to whom they both return thanks

    for help and encouragement and kind
    vords for and to them

    What School scholar, fond of
    reading, pay a tribute to the
    memory of the anthors of such stories as
    “Hager, xn Story of ‘To-day,’ “Clovernook
    Children,” ‘‘Pictures of Country Life,”
    “The Bishop's Son,” ‘Snow Berries,” and
    many others from the pen of these gifted

    sisters

    Sry
    au

    nelay

    will not

    The soon after their arrival in
    New York, had as their companions and
    friends the best im the city, and
    were courted and made very much of by
    oth the lhterary and musical celebrities
    of the day, but they found their most con-

    sisters,

    society
    ’

    xenial work among the poor of the city ;
    as Phoebe used to say, she never could for-
    ce: her earlier days, and evermore the
    poor seemed nearer to her than the rich.
    The following incident respecting one of

    her hymus has its trathfalness vouched
    for by an eye-witness of great veracity —
    Col. Russel H. Conwell, of Boston ; While

    v-siting China he was intensely anxious
    tohauve an insight into the heart of its
    social life, and for this purpose visited,
    u.oug other places, the gambling dens.
    In cne of these be found two of his Ameri-
    enn countrymen, one a young manaid

    e viher in middie life. While the older
    me was shuffling the cards the younget
    one, lia low tone, Was humming a hymn.
    Che older one threw the cards down say-
    tiny

    “Harry, where did you learn that
    nynan ?

    What hymn

    ‘Why, the one you have just been sing:
    il

    They min avswered that he was
    \ aware that he had been singing a
    iymu. The older one then repeated some
    rf tl lines which were familiarized to
    him by being the evening hymn often
    suag in the Christian home of his boyhood

    “Oh,” said the one, “I learned

    younger

    that hymn at Sunday School years ago.”
    ‘Come, Harry,” said the elder one, “here
    is what I have stolen from you. As for
    me, as Gol sees me, and gives me
    strenuth, | have shuffled my last card,

    piiying my last game, and

    glass of liquor.

    drank my last

    ‘I am nearer home to-day
    Than [ever have been before’

    And whatahome it will be if I continne
    he lifethat I have been living ? Nearer
    home, hearer home, nearer home to-day,
    than I ever have been before. Give me
    your wl, my boy, and say that for your
    mn rs sike, and for the sake of your old
    Sunday School teacher who taught you
    t ! you will quit this infernal
    Diusitress

    This hymn has done more toimmortal
    ize her name than any or all of her othe:

    productiois. It was composed when the

    iuthor was but eighteen years old. while
    on a visit to afriend. Having attended
    tac rch in the morning and hearing:
    sermouon “Heaven a home,” frora the
    ‘ “In my Father's house are many
    mansions,” ol her return she went direct-

    er room and put into to rhyme the
    5 i ( he sernion

    ? re ( y died at Newport on the
    3 day of July, 1871, and while her re
    mains e be lowered into their best
    restlig-plice, the immense concourse
    gathered there sang her own sweet hymn
    known as “Nearer Home.”

    Yes, we shail all love to know Pioebe
    Cary there, and thank her for this hvmu
    so tll of heavenward aspirations, She
    taught us all to sing amid our ecare-
    burdens and our crosses,

    “One sweetly solemn thought
    Come rand oer;
    Iam nearer home to-day
    Than IT ever have been before.”

    tome ove

    Women as Magnets,

    **You don’t believe thess stories about
    women being human magnuets,do you?’’
    Dora ask J.

    ‘Some of them are mighty attractive,
    Divid sait, looking at her keenly.

    Dora blushel.

    “IT don’t mean that,’’ sho
    mean their doing such great
    lif ing half a dozen men and
    tricks. Do you believe €t?’

    ‘Wel, I don’t know, David
    tivily answered; **l saw a woman to-
    day—she wasa’t mors than tive feet
    high, and slizht at that—Il saw her just
    lift a inger~it was right in the street
    crowds of people around her—she raised
    her finger and—and——”’

    **Well, for pity’s sake, what?’’ exclaim-
    ed Dora, 1mpatienaly, *‘Don’s Le so long
    about it.’’

    ‘I don’t go so far as to say she had
    el-ctrical powers,’’ David pursued,calm-
    ly, *‘L won’t undertake to explain what
    it was, but this much I can vouch for,
    for I saw it with my own eyes—the mo-
    ment she raised that little .fingar—it
    had a dainty pink nail on it—a_ heavily
    loucted street car that was passing came
    to an instant stop.’’

    Lust Dora, with heightened color, de-
    clared that if another woman lived who
    was married to so mean a mand, ail she
    had got to say was that she pitied her,
    —New York Recorder.

    said; ‘*]
    things—
    all those

    reflee-

    Tire Punctured by a Snake.

    The other day a bicycle rider was coast
    ing down a hill at Pulaski in the western
    part of Pennysl ania. He saw a big
    snake lying directly in his path. The
    motions of the snake confused the bicy-
    clist, and he was compeiled to run over It,
    As the front wheel struck the serpent his
    fangs shot out, and the bicyclist had not
    gone far, so he says, when the front tire
    collapsed, An examination disclosed the
    fact that the snake's fangs had punctured
    the tire. A Middlesex physician examin-
    eithe snake,which the young man con-
    sidered a trophy, and lent corroboration
    to the story by discovering minute partic-
    le: of vulcanized rubber in the teeth.

    omimion Coal Company, Ltd

    The undersigned having been appo inte
    «le selling Agents in the Province o
    Prince Edward Island for the above Com
    pany, are now prepared to issue orders for
    Round, Slack and Run of Mines, and will
    seep a, Stock of each Mine’s Coal on hand
    to supply customers at lowest prices.

    PEAKE BROS. & CO.,
    Selling Agents.
    25, 1894-— if

    {

    OCZS YOUR CHILD EAT DIRT?

    A Carvieus Habii
    the Very Young.

    Which Prevail. Among

    Dirt-cating is a more common habit
    among children than most Âź-onle would
    imagine. A very interesting paper on
    this curious habit is contributed by Dr

    |

    ODDS AND ENDS.

    “We have no use for bear stories,” said
    the editor. “Our readers demand some-
    thing spicy.”

    “Well,” said the man, “this story 18

    about a cinnamon bear.” —Spots Afield.

    John Thomson to a recent number of the |

    Edinburgh Hospital Reports, After eiv-
    ing some account of the habit as observed
    by travellers indifferent parts of the
    world and by agriculturists amoug un-
    healthy young animals, he states that the
    dirt has a well defined hygienic value,
    and is eaten by children for medical pur-
    poses. ‘The physical ailing which brings
    on the appetite for dirt is in most cases
    annem ia, or *‘ bloodlassness,’’ which simply
    means arunning down of the sytem. In
    these cases, Dr. Thomson thinks,the habit
    might be formed from an instinctive
    craving for earthy salts. such as iron and
    lime, just as a cat or dog, when needing
    a little ‘‘physic,’’ will eat a blade op so of
    grass. .

    In some tests mace by the doctor to
    prove the soundness of his theory, he
    placed a number of children ina room
    eentaining loose wall plaster and cinders.

    These substances contain lime and iron
    salts. The children, who were about
    three years of age, were observed from

    time to time munching on alump of the
    stuff picked up from the floor. One child
    varied the pastime by pushing the hearth
    brush into the ashes and then licking the
    duat off it as a great delicacy. This habit
    is common enough among idiots and im-
    beciles, but none of Dr. Thomson's cases
    was suffering from mental disorder.

    As a cure the children were placed for
    a time in the hospital, where they under-
    went no treatment beyond a forced absten-
    tion from their pecuilar diet. After afew
    days they had apparently lost all appetite
    for dirt. Dr. Thomson does not think
    that small amounts of ‘‘dirt’’ eaten by
    children will doany harm of itself, but
    the yzreat danger is that they will get
    hoid of something poisonous or of some
    parasite which, once entering the stomach,
    will reverse the operation by feeding off
    his host.

    A Drop of Water.

    Water that is now in the ocean and in
    the river has been many times in the sky.
    ‘he history of a single drop taken out of
    a glass of water is really a romantic one,
    says a writer in the ‘‘Museum.’’ No
    traveler has ever accomplished such dis-
    tances in his life. That particle may have
    reflected the palm trees of corm islands
    and have caught the sun’s ray in the arch
    that spans a cloud ciearing away from
    the valleys of Cumbc*land or California.
    It may have been carried by the Gulf
    Stream from the shores of Florida, or of
    Cuba, to be turned into acrystal of ice
    besile the precipices of Spitzbergen. It
    may have hovered over the streets of Lon-
    don and have tormesd a part of murky fog
    and have glistenel on the young grass
    blade of April in Iri-h fields It has : een
    lifted up to heaven and sailed in great
    wool- packed clouds across the sky, torm-
    ing part of a cloud mountain echoing

    yith thunder. It was hung ina fleecy
    veil many miles alove the earth at the
    close of .ong seasons of still weather. It
    has descended many times over in show-
    vrs to refresh the ear h and has sparkled
    and bubbled in mossy fountains in every
    country in Europe. And it has returned
    to its native skies, having accomplished
    its purposa, to be stcred once again with
    electricity to give it rew !ife-producing
    qualities and equip it as heaven’s mes-
    senger to earth once more.

    Glorifying God,

    When we speak of glorifying God it
    must ie understood that the expression
    dues not imply that any creature can add
    to the essential excellence and glory of
    the Divine character. Jt only denotes
    that we perceive somewhat of this excel-
    lence, that we recognize the relations in
    which we stand to tlim, and that we are
    drawn to love, admiration, gratitude and
    obedience which the perception of this ex-
    cellunse ought ever to inspire. All this
    inc!u les an assimilation tothat which we
    thus admire and love, and a reflection of
    the glory which we adore in character
    and life, as the moon shines in the bor-
    rowed light of thesun. Inthis way, the
    expression, glorifying God, seems to be
    used in Scripture, Thus, when Jesus calls
    on His disciples to let their light so shine
    before men that they may see their good
    works and glorfy thcir Father who is in
    heaven, He plainly means that they should
    so live that others may beled by what
    they see in them to the exercise of love to
    God, to admire His perfections, and sub
    mit to His will.

    From Hand to Shoulder,

    Thirty years azo J. B. Garrison, of
    Plant City, Fla., a machbioist, ran a
    small sliver of steel into his right band
    at the base of the thumb, The wound
    was treated and finally healed,the doctor
    saying that the stecl had been expelled.
    But ever since that time Garrison has
    suffered with severs painsin his right
    arm, which he attributed to rheumatism.
    Last week the pains became very acute
    in his right shoulder. He went to the
    doctor and the doctor drew from just
    under the skin of his shoulder the steel
    sliver that entered his hand in 1865,

    The Length of Life.

    The Dublin Journal of Meatcal Sciences
    quotes an interesting statement mase by
    tir Benjamin W. Richardson concerning
    the duration of life. He thinks that if
    the ages of the two parents and of the
    four grandparents be added together and
    divided by six, the ageofthe case in
    point will be told with an average varia-
    tion of not more than two. If the ages
    of the parents are high, the off-spring
    tonds to improve on them; if low (say an
    average of 40 or lower), the life of the off-
    spring will probably be shorter,

    Great River, Great Country.

    The River Danube is 2,600 miles in
    length, and it flows through countries
    in which 52 different languages and dia.
    lects ara spoken. The Missouri
    beats that by 1,500 miles, and though a
    good many language; are spoken in this
    country, if aman were to start in a canoe
    near the source of the Missouri river, and
    to float to where i's water; empty into the
    Gulf, and speak toa manon every mile
    of the way, the chances ave ten to one
    thit in every case he weald be answered
    in the English tongue.

    Vi hat it Costs to Clean a City.

    Col. Waring’s estimates for keeping
    New York’s streets free from dirt during
    1896 were considered the other day, and
    the sum of $3 020,715 was allowed and
    putin the budget. Col. Waring asked
    for $3,187,052, divided as follows: Sweep-
    ing, $1,402,310; carting, $903,472: final
    disposition, $503,890; administration
    $220,440; rentals and contingencies, $106,-
    940; snow and ice, $49,000; new stook,
    €10,000; total, $3,187,052

    Commercial Travellers.

    Wm. Golding, commercial traveller
    130 Esther St., Toronto, savs:—For 15
    years I suffered untold misery from Itching
    Piles, sometimes called pin worms. Many
    and many weeks have I had to lay off the
    road from this trouble. I tried eight
    other pile ointments and so-called remedies
    with nc permenent relief to the intense
    itching and stingine, which irritated by
    scratching would b'eed and ulcerate. One
    box of Chase’s Ointment cured me
    completely.

    river -

    IT DOKS THE BUSINESs,

    If you want to know what Miller’s
    Emuision of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil
    will do for a consumptive patient ask one
    who has tried it. Ask anyone who has

    i; used it in lung troubles of any kind. What

    they say about Miller’s Emulsion shall be
    its recommendation. It is the finest pre-
    paration of its kind in the world, and is
    worth its weight in gold to a consumptive
    sufferer, whom it will raise from a bed of
    sickness to health and s'rength of body

    and mind, giving a new _ lease
    of = life. Thousands __ testify to
    the value of Miller’s — Emu'sion.
    Miller’s Emulsion is the great nerve

    strengthener and blood maker, acd cures
    Coughs, Co! ls, Bronchitis, Scrofula and
    all Lung affections. In big bottles, 54,
    and $1, at all drug stoves.

    Miss O’Fianaghan— Well, how be’s ye
    this meri n, Pa ?

    Pat McCarthy—Sure, I’m that wake
    that ye’ll be comin’ to me wake before the
    end of the wake.

    A Prominent Londoner,

    Loxpon, Or,
    Chase’s Ointment is an invaluable rem-
    edy for Itching Piles and in my own case
    [ would par $50 per box for it if it conld
    not be otherwise had.
    Joun PeppIcoms,
    160 Sydenham St.

    “In case cf war with England, colonel
    wi']l you enlist ?’

    “No,” replied the colonel sadly. “I
    fear my day is over. Only yesterday I
    fired at a man and missed him, and at ten
    paces, too.”

    Counterfeits

    A few yearsago agreat discovery was
    made.

    Unprincipled persons are trying to prey
    npon and dupe people who are led to ask
    for kidney treatment.

    Some of the methods adopted by imitat-
    ors are as follows:

    First—To imitate the size, color and
    shape of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and sell
    them by count.

    Second—To put them up to appear very
    nearly the same and to be offered at the
    same price.

    Third—To hook on the word “kidney”
    in naming cathortic pills so as to increase
    sales of mere physic.

    F„ourth—To givea name so near to
    Dodd’s that unwary people may be deceiv-
    ed and think they are getting Dodd’s,

    Look out for such dodges. When you
    want kidney medicine you want the best.
    And ought not to be the subject
    trick.

    So beware.

    She—And if | should refuse to marry
    you, then what ?

    He—Then all the doubt and fear that
    has been on my mind for months would
    be removed, and I should be happy.

    A Railway Manager Says:

    “In reply to yonr question to my chil-
    dren object to taking Scott’s Emulsion,
    I say No!on the contrary, they are fond
    of it, and it keeps them pictures of
    health.”

    sicilieincialabeaiin tein

    ‘Madame Hulda does not sing as well
    as she did three years ago.”

    “She does not. What a shock it must
    Le when a singer discovers she has lost
    her voice !”

    “It is still more shocking when she does
    not discover it.”—Fligende Blaetter,

    “Which do you prefer —fact or fiction?”

    “Oh, the former by all means. Fiction
    nowadays is much too matter of fact !”
    400,000 Free Samples given away in Eignt

    Months

    Chase’s Kidney-Liver P:lls are the only
    kidney pills known with sufficient merit
    to guarantee the proprietors in giving
    away huodreds of thousands of sample
    pacages free. Ask your druggist for a
    sample if your kidneys or | ver is deranged.

    Mrs. Brecarbrick—This dinner service
    has been in the family for more than 100
    years.

    Mrs. Homespun — Mercy! Well, I
    thought I was saving, but youTbeat me all
    to nothing.

    British Empire League.

    Loxpoy, Jan. 29.—The lord mayor of
    London, Sir Walter Henry Wilkins, pre-
    sided to-day at the inaugural meeting ot
    the British Empire league, formed to con-
    tinue the work of the Imperial Federation
    league. Sir John Lubbock, bart F. R. S.,
    M.D., for London un‘versity, explained
    the objects of the league. Tbe Duke of
    Devonshire was elected president. Among
    the speakers was Richards Dobell of Que
    bec, who referred to the Joyalty ot Canada,
    acd said that the formation of the British
    Empire league would be hailed with great
    satisfaction in the dominion.

    Gouds Sellers —-Pink Pills and Hood’s
    Sarsaparilla must be in great demand, so
    Reddin Bros seem to think, as they receiv-
    ed last trip of Stanley, 1 Hood's
    Sar-aparilla and 6 gross of Pink Pills Se

    gross

    their adver ment.
    —_-—- —cem..-_ —
    Chase's K. & L, Pills {Cure Dyspepsia
    For the last eight years I have been a

    suflerer from constipation and dyspepsia
    —I tried dozens of d fferent medicines,
    but nothing gave me relief until I used
    Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pill-, which
    cured me.
    Jares Hearp,
    Wood viile, Ont.

    AT STITTSVILLE!

    The Town's Leading Merchant Laid Up

    Rheumatism jin various forms is one of
    the most common diseases there is,
    It arises generally from impure blood
    and a broken down system. In_ the
    limbs it is painful; in most of the in-
    ternal organs dangerous, and in the
    heart usually fatal,

    The experience of Mr. S. Mann, the
    well known general merchant of Stitts-
    ville, is interesting :

    “Last winter | was badly afflicted
    with rheumatism. I decided to try
    Dr. Chase’s Pills. To my surprise. i

    got immediate relief, and before I had
    used one box my affliction was gone.

    “J was also troubled with bilious-
    ness for years, and at intervals of three
    or four weeks would be lajd up with a
    severe headache and sick stomach. Since
    yeing Chase’s Pills I have not had an
    attack of either.

    “J may add that Dr. Chase’s Oint-
    ment for piles and skin diseases in just
    as effective as Dr. Chase’s Pills for blood
    troubles. I have a clerk who suffered
    terribly from bleeding piles. He tried
    Chase’s Ointment and in a few days was
    completely eured.”

    Al! dealers and Edmanson, Bates & Co,,
    manufacturers, Toronto. 25e,

    Chase’s Linseed and Turpentime for
    colds, bronchitis and consumption. Syre
    eure, 25 cents. ab

    for any ;

    | around

    LONDON FCOD ADULTERATIONS.

    All Sorts of Tricks Manufacture Sale

    able Comestibles,

    to

    **I don’t know why it is,’’ says Profes-
    sor Alfred W. Stokes, the well-known
    London analyst, ‘‘but the average Lon-
    don householder will insist oa having
    milk of « nice yellow cream color. Now,
    only the Channel Island cows yieli yel-
    low milk, but what of that? There isa
    demand; the supply shall not fsil while
    there is a comparatively harml-+ss color-
    ing matter valled anotto which looks like
    red ink, and a few drops of which will
    make a gallon of fresh milk the color
    beloved of the Londoner.’’

    1Âą 18 both instructive and amusing to
    follow the evclution of the milk de-
    scribed by Protessor Stekes—who, by
    the way, has been protecting London-
    ors agairst adulterated food for the last
    twenty-eight vears. First of all, the
    farmer adds his quota of water. Then
    ihe farmer's man, who takes the pails
    and c@urns to the station for convey-
    ance to London, may plunge the vessels
    into a brook in order to cool tha milk
    quickly, and in this Way. more water
    rets im, not to mention smal! fishes,
    which Prefessor Stokes ha; foand alive
    and weil in milk churns. Then come
    the railway servants who occisionally

    take a long pail at the contents of the
    churns when vhey are unteked for
    official inspection during the journey

    to Lonion. Of course,the most obvious

    way io conceal such pilfering is to add
    more water; and this is done with fine
    generosity. A prosecniion fur tbis
    very cffensa was recorded recently.

    Then come the wholesale dealer, the re-

    tailer, and perhaps the servants. The
    giailer occasionally extracts the cream
    and adds such preservatives as borax

    and boracic acid, Vader thess circam-
    stances it is intere=ing to no e that the
    lactometer wlerewith the rcsiute honse-

    ho'der provides himself regis:ers ‘‘ good
    milk.”’
    The «xcuses given by farmers and

    others for adulterated milk are ingenious.

    Vhe churns have been left out in the
    rain, or the cooler may have leaked, or
    the lump of ice was too large. One
    Cealer swore positivily in court that
    he did not put a single drop of water
    into the milk. He did net. He poured
    the milk into a certain quantity of

    water specially prepared for it.
    Professor Siokes says than even fruit
    is tampered with. Strawberries are dip-
    ped into a solution of analine dye, mel-
    ors are flavored with injected
    with a syringe,and coarse oranges turned

    essenc3

    into”~‘*Malta blood’’ by a somewhat
    fimilar procass.

    Alum and potatoes still find their
    way into bread, and roasied bread and
    groubpd beans fiequentiy supplement
    chicory as ingredients i) tinned coffee.
    TLe smart Londoner who purchases
    freshly roasted eoffee beans, and waits
    to see them ground, probably never

    dreams that the requisite quantity of

    chicory is already placed ia the mill.

    The Waist Line,

    In the matter of dress if must bea
    great satisfaction to be aman. Theres
    is so much comfort in the thought that
    one can go to one’s tailor with a cheque,
    or the promis» of one—which is just as
    good if it hasn’t been given too ofteu—
    and thers confide in a man of unbiissed
    judgment who knows the correct thing
    to wear and gives it to you Then,
    after you have got it, you can posses:
    your soul in peace for several months,
    knowing that if rou were correctly cross-
    ed at the commencement of the season
    you will remain so until your suit be-
    gins to look shabby.

    What a contrast is this calm serenity
    of mind to the turmoil and doubt whic

    racks 2 woman’s brain from the how
    she begins to ‘‘shop’’ fer her new gow
    until it is worn out! She wants t«

    be the first to bring ‘‘out’’ a new fashion:
    then if nobody follows her lad, is
    harrassed with doubts for fear she has in
    troduced a style thas nobody admire
    and has inate herself appear eceen'ric.
    On the other hand, if too maiy adopt it
    she grows tired of it beciuse it has be
    come common,

    Hers we ave, for instance,
    lection of round waists, made of varion
    materials, and for various occasions. A‘
    the beginning cf the season this was en
    tirely correct. Thers were threats cf some
    thing different, but Wasn't any
    thing definite about them, and most ct
    us had our waists round,
    they are comfortable and con:eniont, and
    we liked them.

    Frenc) women, however, for some un
    accountable reason, s°e 2 to have a proj
    udice against the dividing line betwee
    bodice and skirt,and they take every op-
    portunity to dispense with the ‘string
    the waist,’’ and make an un
    broken line from bust to hip--ths lin
    which is considered by artists to be one
    of the most beautiful in the human fig
    ure. French dress.nakors, thersfore, ex
    ert all their influence to bring in the
    close-fitting jacket, to take the place cf
    the full round waist. They have suc-
    ceeded in establishing the princ-ss dress,
    which is a step in the same direction,

    she

    witha col

    there

    made because

    and by the time spring rolls around we
    shall be making our dresses wit]

    basques and jackets which will prepare u
    nicely for the inevitable jacketed duck
    suit cf the summer girl.

    But that wey cff,
    thoug the big shops are teginniog
    exhilit their spring aad sun.mer gi
    we bave no idea of «starting cur summe
    outfit just yet.Âź@At present we are about
    to plunge into the of amusements

    is a long and

    t

    ods

    seu

    and new gown swhich we sabandonc
    when we began to get ready for the
    hoiidays. There are numerous theate
    wuists and bail dresses to be made for
    tie places to which they are worn
    Nearly ail the tew wrists have soni
    sort of jacket frir , «f cither the mili
    tary cut with sharp 7 iis at the waist
    cr the now popular Lovis XVI. style

    A jacket cf silk br.ieide, wih s:iff

    fronts that stand s raight cut |] ke doors
    when not buttone!, is the newest thing
    fur a theater waist. There are two o1
    tarze large fancy buttors cf the minia
    ture type op one side with buttonholes
    to co-respond on the other. Undersea‘!
    is a lace or mull front which does not
    stop at the waist but hangs several inch-
    es below. This laca front do2s rot
    bag, blouse-fasiion, as was formerly the
    correct tiing, but fits the fizure and is
    not very full. The back is slightly rip
    pled over the faintest sugyes:ion of
    bustle.

    The bustle is biding its time, but is get
    ting ready for the summer jacixet. It
    consists now of three pleats cf crinoline
    starting at the back of the belt and flar
    ingtotire bottum of the skirt. It is
    more like a boop skir! tian a bustle,and
    gives a very desirable flare tothe skirt,
    It is very useful as it can be used under
    any skirtand removes the necessity of

    using more than u iow inches of crino-
    line or hair*clotb,
    —

    — 2e+ere as

    An Otp Anp West Triep Remepy.

    Mrs. Winsloe’s Soothing Svrup ha
    beed used for over fifty years by millions
    of mothers for their children while teeth
    nig, with perfect snccess. It soothes the
    child, softens the gums, allays the pain,
    cures the colic, and is the best remedy for
    Diarrhoea. Is pleasnt to the taste. Sold
    by Druggists iu every part of the world.
    Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value ie
    incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mre.
    Wins'oe’s Soothing Syrup, and take 20
    ther kind —m. w. f. wkly—l y

    IN THE MORNING,

    WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T CHARLES G. D,

    ROBERTS.

    The enn is rising over
    At his command t}

    Tantramar;
    the darkne- s fled away;
    The marshes catch h
    At the bright presage o tl

    issmile,and o fulare
    € coming day.
    there broad ‘and tle
    be bolink,
    Warmed with the

    From meals

    sunsline, pourel his

    That all the thir-ting souls of men may
    drink

    The promise ef the childhoodof the
    day.

    This is our country’s morning; al the
    dawn

    The! ght of God the darkness drove
    away

    Acd all the jand knows that the night is
    gone,

    And feels the promise of the perfect

    day

    The poets of the morn are
    Into their hearts God’s
    its way;
    The hope-inspiring chorus sweeps along,
    And Canada r jeices in the day!

    B.A. W.

    i ~~ ee

    glad with song;
    sinile has won

    ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL

    On the evening of the 4th inst., a very
    successful entertainment and social was
    beld iu the Hall at Rolo Bay, in aid of
    the funds of St. Alexis’ Church. There
    was a crowded audience, and upwards of
    $100 was realized. The opening address
    by Mr. Timothy McDonald, teacher, was
    to the p int, and brimfal with wit and
    bumour. The readings of comic selections
    by the same gentleman, kept the audience
    in a continual roar of laughter. The sing
    ing of Mrs. Fraser of St Peter’, as
    evinced by great applause and several
    encores, was much admired, as also.was
    the violin playing by Mr. Jerome Chais-
    con, and the organ accompaniments by
    Miss Mary McDonald, ef Souris. The
    parish choir won new laurels for itself by
    he excellent manner in which it rendered
    the several choruses on the programme.
    One of the most enjoyable featurss of the
    entertainment was a serio-comic drama, in
    which seven characters took part. The sale
    of refreshments towards the close was
    ably conducted by Mr. George Morrow and
    the Hon. Thomas Kickham. The beaut:-
    ful decorations of the Hall and the ex

    cellent manner in which everything was
    managed reflects credit upon the commit-
    tee of management, Messrs. Frank Mur-
    pby, Charles McKinnon, John McKinnon,
    Jerome Chaiszon and Patrick Campbell.

    The Souris Bra-s Band voluntarily ten
    dered their rerviees. “In soft Lydian
    airs” they discoursed sweet music at in
    lerva's, and fully sustained their reputa-
    tion as first-class instrumentalists. Teir
    performances more than once suggested
    those beautiful lines of Milton : —

    * And ever against eating cares,
    Lap me in +oft Lydian airs ;
    [n notes with many a winding bout
    Of linked sweetness long drawn out ;
    With wanton heed, and giddy cunning,
    Che melting sounds through mazes run-
    ning ;

    niwisting all the chains that tie
    The hidden soul of harmony.”

    4
    Mail Contract.

    Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Post
    master-General, wil] be received at Ottawa
    until noon on FRIDAY, 20th March, for
    the conveyance of Her Majesty’s Mails, on
    a proposed contract for four years, six
    times per week each way, between Lans
    jowne Hotel and Searletown, from Ist
    July next.

    The conveyance to be made ina suitable
    vehicle.

    The Mails to be conveyed via Carleton
    avd North Carleton.

    Printed notices containing further infor-
    mation as to cond.tions of proposed con
    tract may beseen, and blank forms of
    tender may be obtained, at the Post Offices
    of Lansdowne Hotel, Carleton, Searletow:
    and at this office.

    F. pe ST. C. BRFCKEN,
    Asst. Post Office Inspector.
    Post Office Inepector’s Oflize,
    Charlottetown, P. E. I.,
    llth February, 1895. 3i

    told W
    Silver A
    Nickel
    Steel
    Plated
    Good
    Cheap S.

    For price of Musical Box
    see window.

    E.W. TAYLOR,

    CAMERON BLOCK,

    jan] 7

    Wteh,
    Rings,
    Chains.

    G.H. TAYLOR,

    North Side of Queen Square.

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    “2

    Dominion Blend Tea
    REGISTERED-

    "SELLING AGENTS :
    Beer & Goff, Charlottetown.
    Stewart & Gates, Charlottetown.
    R. T. Holman, Summerside.
    J. H. Myrick, Tignish.
    A. McKinnnon, Colman.
    Albt. Craig, Emerald.
    Cyrus Morris, Bradalh a- «
    A.J. McLeod & Co. Stanley Bridge.
    Feehan & Egan, Mount Stewart.
    Sterns Bros., Souris.
    McLean & Cameron, Crapaud.
    Ever.’ householder should give Domrion
    Buenv Tea atria). It has great etrengt:.
    fine flavor and is delicious in the cup.

    Ch’town, June 20—w 1 yr.

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Title
Examiner -- 1896-02-12 -- Page 01
Date Issued
1896-02-12
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English
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