ALY EXAMINER

DECEMBER 26, 18°0.

Winter Communication.

We ventured the hope sume days ago that the Laader of the Opposition and his visiting frends would be en abled to form & tolerably definite and correct opimion cone cerning the disadvantages under which we and continuous communication P. E. Island and the Maioland. This hope has been fulfilled. Lf their health be not impaired as a result adventures and the'r exposure to

’ labor for want of regu'ar between

of their cold. everyone hero will rejoice that they, Fisher and Choquette,

every

Messrs. Laurier, have realized for once, the common winter experience of those who live here. They know now what it is to cross in the Stanley ; they know now what it 18 to have togo from Charlottetown to Georgetown from Georgetown to Charlotte-

from Charlottetown to

and then

town, and then Cape Traverse, in the endeavor to meet &n engagement on the other side ; and they know new what it is to cross fthe 8 rait by And knowing, they

cell Parliament and the

way of tho capes. will be able to

country all about it. —_++eee—______— A Suggestion.

Orner topics having been forced upon our attention, Tue Examiner was obliged to withhold nutil to-day a suggestion drawn from the letter of the Rev. James Carruth-

ers published on the 18thinst. Accounting

for the remarkable decrease of drunk: n- | = ; not, he

was yet infforce, im Act Mr

ness, whiie “* license’ the three years just before the Scott became the law of Charlottetown, Carruthers said :

‘‘In St. Dunstan's wat one cf the ablest temperance men ever seen ia Cha lottetown,— I mean Father Mefillivray. In St. Peter's was Rev. Mr. Hodgson, than whom none labored so earnestly and successfully. Hun-

As the Hon. D. Ferguson points out in the course of his excellent letter to THE Ex: wminer, the Leader of the Opposition tacitly admits that there will, under Unrestricted Reciprocity with the United States, be a tariff discrimination against Great Britain amounting to about twenty-two millions of tion will, in

dollars a year. The discrimins

the event of Unrestricted Reciprocity, certainly be much greater than Mr. Laurier admits that it will be. Mr. Laurier declares that he will

not resort to direct taxation. Consequently,

he must mske up the shortage of revenue

~

yy the application of higher duties upon such articles as are imported from Great This

shortage will, he says, on the authority of Sir

Britain and other foreign countries.

. —_ Richard Cartwright, amount to not more or nine millions of dollars a year.

will be little

than eight That is to say, the shortage more than the amount that is now collected on account of goeds imported from the States. But will not Unrestricted Reci procity tend to increase imports from the United States, and, pari pussu, to decrease imports from Great Britain and other coun-

will be of no value what-

tries ? If not, it ever to the United States! That it will divert trade from Great

Britain and other countries to the States is absolutely certain. The higher the tariff of duties imposed by Canada, the stronger

will be the tendency to trade more with

the States and less with Great Britain and the rest of the world. Mr. Laurier will no‘, he seys, impose direct taxation

must obtain the money that

will be required to make good the lust on account of unrestricted reciprocity with the States by the imposition of additicnal duties upon goods from Great Britain. Is it any wonder, then, that he feels con- strained to protest his loyalty to Great sritain,

me-

doth too much,

dreds signed the pledge, and the result of that movement was felt as never before por since. | That, Sir, not your license system, was the | cause of the figures jumping down from 737 to | 370. In saying this I am not alone, and lest I

should be accused of quoting from som: fanatical temperance man, I will again give you the Stipendiary’s official report. He says concerning the decreuse, ‘The increased power of punishment given me by the Domin- jon statutes, and the beneficial influence of the temperance movement, mainly contribute to this." That, Sir, is my explanation, and comes from a source which you, and every right-thinking man, must admit is free from temperance fanaticism.”

Mr. Carruthers’ explanation is, doubtedly, the right one.

Now, the suggestion of Tar Examiner is that the same kind of a *‘ temperance move- ment” be begun,—say, at the beginning of the new year,—and that Mr. Carruthers be its leader. Let Mr. Carruthers buckle on his armor as did the late Rev. George W. Hodgson. We feel sure that he will be heartily and ably supported by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. Father Mc- Eilmeel is already doing, in a quiet, un-

un-

ostentatious way, a very good and perman- ent work jor temperance among the youth of St. Dunstan's congregation. The Rev, Fred. E. J. Lieyd has placed his services *‘absolutely at the disposal of the temper- ance workers of Charlottetown.” Every other clergyman, of every other denomin- ation in Charlottetown, may be counted upon to join Mr. Carruthers in a movement similar to that which was so eminently suc- cessful in those license years. If a “*temperance movement” were succegsful then, atemperance movement ought, ac- cording to the reasoning of the Rev. Mr. Carruthers, to be much more successful now; for Mr. Carruthers would, as the leader of the movement, stand upon the vantage ground gained by means of the operation of the Scott Act in all these subsequent years.

If we might presume tu indicate a plan of campaign, THe Examiner would sug- gest that a beginning for the movement may easily be found. Enquiry at the Sti- pendiary Magistrate’s office will establish the fact that by far the largest proportion of Scott Act witnesses are young men. These young men were boys when the Scott Act went into operation. Conse-

quently they have learned to drink and to swear (dare we say falsely) since the Scott Act went into operation. has acquired a reputation for ability to influence young men. A wards the reclamation of the young Seott. Act witnesses would be one in which he could lead with success—one in which his efforts would, without doubt, be blessed. After the young men have been reclaimed, their services might be enlisted in the crusade and the battle fought out on other lines.

aoe youre

—The returns of the shipments of Nova Scotia coal to the St. Lawrence shows the pleasing increase of 25 per cent. over che business of previous years—a total increase of 121,796 tons over least year's sales. These figures do not represent the coal sent by Pictou and Cape Breton mines elsewhere by rail or water. Taking the whole year, it has been the most prosper- ous in the coal miniog history of the province. Regardless of the fact that for several weeks the mines at Springhill were closed by strikes, the output for the year reached the highest poiut in its history. Ten years ago the total output of coal from the Nova Scotia mines was about one mil- lion tons ; this year it will be deuble that

quantity. Last year it was 1,755,106 tons and in 1878 it was 693,511 tons. These are eticouraging facts in our national

progression,

K. b. «, is Guaraniced,

Mr. Carruthers}

movement to-:

“The lady thinks.” lf the Oppposition Party did not feel

protesy

that their latest policy would operate to the great injury of the trade of the Mother Country they would not be impelled to make such loud and frequent expressions of their loyalty. Oniy professed free traders would take an active part in the promotion of the most gigantic scheme of protection of which the world has ever heard ; only lip loyalists would take part with those who are striving for an opportunity to deal a

staggering blow at the trade of the old land.

Police Court. SENT UP FOR BURGLARY—ROBERTS IN

OF FIRE- DRUNKS,

TROUBLE AGAIN—CARELESS USE ARMS—A BATCH OF CHRISTMAS A colored lad named Thomas Byers was this morning arraigned on a charge of bur- glariously entering the grocery store of Mr. Percy Crawford, corner of Puwnal and Euston Streets, on the night of the 24th

inst. The witnesses examined were Mr. Crawford, Mr. John Johnson and Mrs. Crosby. Mr. Juhnson, who lives in the

rear of the store, said that about midnight on Wednesday he heard a neise as of glass breaking in the neighborhood of. the shop window, and proceeded to investigate. He went outside and saw that one of the glass panes in the door of Me. Crawford’s shop had been broken, and that there was so1e- one in the store. He called to the person inside to come out, and a few minutes’ later Byers jumped out through the hole in the glass of the door and ran off. Johnson tracked him to the residence of Mrs. George Crosby on Lower Spring Park Road, where be was captured by the police. As soon as Byers got inside the store it appears he took off his coat and laid it on the flor, and in his hurry to get out he left it behind him. Inthe pockets of the coat were a pair of mitts and a briar root-pipe, which Byers admitted belonged to him

Mr. Crawford testified to closing his store for the night about eleven o'clock, and some time Jater being informed by Mr. Johnson that it had been broken into. He did not miss anything from the store, as Mr. Johnson’s early appearance on the scene had evidently frightened Byers off before he had time to make away with anything.

Mrs. Crosby said Byers came into herhouse some time after tweive o'clock on the night of his arrest, and that Mr. Johnson came in after him with a hatchet in his hand. She also testified to his subsequent arrest.

Byers ssid he had nothing to say to the charge, and His Honor sent him up for trial at the next session of the Supreme Court.

Albert Roberts was convicted of a second violation of the Canada Temperance Act and fined $109 or two months imprison- ment.

A young lad named Ambrose Atkins, arraigned for discharging firearms within the city limits, said he didn’t mean to do any harm—that he merely fired in the air over a fellow’s head to seare him off. His mother said the revolver was her property, that she kept it to keep people away from her premisca as ‘‘she had no man.” His Honor said he did not think that ina city having such an efficient police force as Charlottetown it was necessary fer Mrs Atkins to keep such a weapon about her premises, and intimated that he would take charge of it tor her. His Honor then lectured the lad and ordered that he be discharged. Mrs, Atkins thanked the magistrate for his kindeess and left the court with her boy in tow.

Six drunks were also disposed of. One was fined 330 or 30 days imprisonment with hard labor; two $3 or 14 days, and three others $2 or 8 days.

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MoxtreaL Scuoors.—The 5,447 pupils at tending the Montreal echools of the Protest- ant commissioners last year paid in fees the sum of $45.259, This is at the rate of $5.40

er pupil per annum. Montrealis a long way

rom having free schools. _——_@———__——

REMEMBER to-night at Kensington Hall,

6.30 is the hour and 20 is the price.

'Z eS | |

Some of the Facts.

:.-—-I[n common with seme others & whom | have spoken of it, L was sorry t see a second letter addressed to you, ampli- and signed *‘James Carruth ‘ of either does skill of

SIR

fying the first, ers.” The underly.ng tone not enhance one’s upinion of the writer as the leader of a cause.

Mr. Carruthers expresses surprise tha! you are guided by policy and prudence. 1 do not feel surprise at his surprise, for the Seott Act party, of which he is the mouth. piece, appear to be guided by neither pru dence nor policy. ‘Ll am Sir Oracle, you know; and let no Anti-Scotian open his

the

mouth, for I refuse to secept what he thinks.” Perhaps ic would be more bene- ficial to the advocate’s cause to exhibit

more prudeace and policy and less preten- tion.

Divested of all bombast, the question to be voted by the citizens on the 8th proximo is Simply, ‘Shall the Scott Act be laid aside ind some better means be adopted for ad- vancing the cause of temperance!’ Mr, Carruthers, with a vehemence that has a good deal of grotesque profanity in it, says in effect that the Scott Act is an eternal principle and solemn obligation between God and man (!) and must be discharged without fear of nan! What does this par- oxysm mean? Is it mere rant? or is lie really frightened at somebody /

However unpleasant and urgallant it may be to say so, there is too large a proportion of clergymen and women in the ultra-totsl ibstinence party. Neither of these ‘‘ re- spectable” classes can by any possibilty know what the world is made of outside their nurseties and meeting-houses. To neither class would we, uvder any circum- stances, lock for incisive logic. The lovely sympathies of the one, and the narrow and somewhat bumptious training of the other, mislead them. ‘Some men drink,” is their line of argument: therefore, all men drink, and have to be restrained by the Seott Act, and mething but the Scott Act ; q. e. d.: thia is Carrutherian logic, but net logicians’.

Before going further | must notice en un- gracious dig that the militaut Mahdi gives you below the belt. ‘* We all position,” he says, **that you tovk-at the recent election, and we know the reward.” Insinuation (to say the least of if) is un- generous, and weakens the side that uses it.

The rev. gentleman says, in effect, that he will not take any man’s werd for any- thing unless it supports its own Views. Naturally. But does he not see that he thereby forms his opinions on imperfect information? He says the Scott Act has lessened intemperance,—that 1s to say, as far as he knows. Would it surprise him to learn that the administration of that Act is directly responsible for having fastened on this country the abhorrent crime of private drunkenness? It has gangrened what was merely a pimple on the body politic into a corroding ulcer. climate of north latitude, so long will they take stimulan(s on their journeys, the tears and prayers of their wives and pastors to the contrary notwithstanding. Before the Seott Act was imposed, this fillip to diges- tion was taken openly and moderate'y. at hotels, vwbere any . excess . would have brought disgrace and would have been promptly put down, It happens that I, myself, am not particularly avid of exhilar- ants, of barrooms as Mr. Carruthers himself does, but as a matter of deep public interest,’ 1 have sought information from reliable sources, and can boldly bring forward the charge that the Scott Act has fastened on our people a debasing habit of private tippling that far, very far, out- woighs any good effects that prohibition hss produced in rescuing notorious drunkards from the gutter. Mr. Carruthers may travel in railway trains and steamboats on | his missions of benevolence, and never see | avy drinking. . But ask the train and_ steamboat hands how many flasks of pojson- | ous alcohol are’in passengers’ pockets and |

valises 7? Whiskey bottles are now as com- mon travelling equipment as hair} brushes. Every traveller, except Mr.

Carruthers, knows this. Of course the fact does not come under his eyes, for his} white necktie prevents passengers from | pulling out their pocket-pistols and pre- senting them at his head; but these con- cealed weapons are all the same hidden awav in almost every second man’s bag- gage. The fact is lamentable, alarming and incontrovertible, and cannot be too loudly repeated, that the operation of the Scott Act is fastening on our people tho damning habit of private drinking. As Mr. Carruthers ** prefers facts,” this is a humiliating fact with which he is possibly unacquainted.

It is most deplorable, bet only too ap- parent, that the party who are clamoring so violently for the retention of the Scott Act look on the ther half of their fellow-. citizens as enemies. Isthis just? Viitue does not dwell altogether on the Scott Act

side. In the ranks of the constitutional opponents of the Act are. certain- ly quite as many men of - social

standing and high personal character as are to be found among the supporters, By what right do the Scott Act partisans, as mouthed by Mr. Carruthers, assume that these good citizens are less in favor of temperance than they are themse!ves? . Must no one be allowed to differ from the Scott Actors as to the best means of advancing the desirable cause? No man with a stake iu the city hut must feel the evils of intemperance in our midst, and must be anxious to find the best and most practical way of removing it. That best way—as shown by ten years’ experience of of its working—is not the Scott Act. Nor dves such a letter as that of the rev pastor, who cairies the cam- paign banner, strengthen the impression that it is the best. On the contrary its tone ‘is strangely at variance with that of an epistle of another Christian pastor, one Paul of Tarsus, who is reputed to have said, according to the new translation of a letter of his to a Church in Asia, ‘“‘Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger, and clamour and railing be put away from you.” This isthe same person, I believe, who wrote to a friend ‘‘ be no longer a water-drinker, but take a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine cften ivfirmities,” But of course, if the legislation framed by poor old Senator Scott is ‘‘an eternal principle, and solemn obligation between God and man,” no more need be said. Crry, Weather ifulletin.

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ToRON ‘6. Dec. 23.—10 a. m.

Fair and cold to day, followed to-morrow by strong winds or gales from the eastward,

know the!

So loug as men live in a!

f JUST OPENED—A Magnificent Stock of New Goods.

eumatpnnenec

and know as little of the interior}

Sideboards.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER

attribute the success of our Fur Department to

QUALITY, and WARIETY,

PRICE

stock low, and everyone satisfied,

A SOUVENIR

AS

of our unprecedented success, we purpose

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‘at prices so

IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE.

low as to cause an

TERR PITS

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26. 1890.

and now the end of the year has arrived with sales doubled,

NEXT SATUR-

‘DAY commencing a sale of Odds and Mnds still remaining,

Boas, Capes, Collars, Muffs, Caps, Fur-Lined Cloaks, ete.

ESELES EROS.

GREAT SENSATION

BAZAAR COMPANY’S STORE

—$——{x )——$_—— What frem tie Best Makers in the World!

Sets. Inkstands, from Bohemia ; 2 Leather Goods, Books and Cards from Great Britain ;

a Tremendous Spread of Xmas Goods, selected | op.

E CAN SUPPLY YOU with Caps and Saucers, Rose Jars, Biscuit Boxes, Cheese Dishes, Butter Dishes, Albums. imported direct from Germany ; Vases, Toilet Tumblers, Wine Glasses, Purses, Toys, from France ; Plush Goods, Mirrors, Games

and good Toys from the United States ; and last, but not least, Presbytcrian and

Methodist Hymn Books,

‘week and next. Largest Steck! Eowest Prices!

See our 15 cent Cup and Saucer. only 15 cents per pair.

School Books and Stationery from ** this Canada of Ours.” LARGAINS

this

Prettiest Goods !

Get a pair of the prettiest VASES in town Now, come right along tothe BAZAAR STORE and get your

Presents for your friends, and you may rest assured that what you have bought will

please both you and the persons to whom you give it.

Charlottetown, December 19, 1:99.

BAZAAP, COMPANY.

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Chairs

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Picture Hraming, ete.

Locking Giasses and Parlor Sct=, very good, than ever offered. Chamber Sets !

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Mverytiing and inspect.

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Charlottetown, Dee

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ets 55 ee . :

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‘Fablas, Lounges, Sofas, 9 9 ‘heflionicrs, Bookcases,

Wiirrors, cheaper Chamber Sets!

Houschold Furnt- Cheapest !

x SOLIN NEWSON, SOUTE SIDE OF QUEEN SQU&RE,

THE POST OFFICE.

OPPOSIT!

Soon aecetnneeentaino ailment —

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We guarantee to

prices before placing orders.

more EScoks

with snow or rain.

¥ % £ =e eee | <r) cae : 2 pais jd ite Rk ORS a ta Stal oe ae ii Mri ca 2 ue a

nov22

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ORDER

2 make BLANK BOOKS SY per cent. cheaper than any Other firm on P. E. Island. Get Spe- cial Reductions on Sets of three or

PTAYLOR & GILLESPIE,

hign of the Big Beok, J. D, McLeod’s Cerneri

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NEW YEARS |

The Balance of Holiday Goods

——AT THE—— -——WILL BE SOLD——

At Cost:

SELECT YoOouR

NEW YEAR'S GIFTS

AT ONCE.

THEO, L. CHAPPELLE, Diamond Bookstore and Bazar, Charlottetown, Dec. 26, 1890—3i

Stray Bulls, —

YM bag e have been on my premises, since November, 1890, two small Bulls, ey. dently strayed from their owners. If not — called for before the 7th of January, they will

be sold by Auction.

A. W. BRUCE,

dec28—dy li wky li Red Point.

Copy of Nories Naviga- tien. 33

Cepy Ship Masters’ As. sistant, in good order,

On sale at JOHN GOOMBS’ PRINTING - OFFICE, Queen Stroet. li pd—dec26

WINTER CROSSING

HE WINTER ROUTE between Cape Traverse and Cape Tormentine is now

Passengers and Luggage at the regu- lar rates. Sunanante = tind this route very much the cheapest Passengers eccom- modated in the very best manner.

CAPT. GEORGE IRVING, dec26—3m eod wky

TUESDAY,

December 30th.

Lristmas Concer

inane

EPWORTH LEAGUE

——AND—— SUNDAY ‘SCHOOL

—OF—

Methodist Brick Church.

An attractive Programme has Leen pre- pared. Fuil eS later. dec20—a t

Y.M.CA |

Annual Meeting.

"WYHE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Members of the Young Men's Christian Association will be Leld in the Hall of the Association, Queen Square, Char- lottetown,

On Monday, 29th December, AT 7.30 O'CLOCK, P, M.,

for the purpose of receiving the Report for the past year, electing an Exeostive Com- mittee for the ensuing year, and the transac etion of other important business.

CHARLES PALMER, President.

R. M. BARRATT, Secretary.

From Boston to Souris. 8. S. COILA

ILL receive Freight at Boston 08 SATURDAY, 27th inst., railing for Soviis direct, ice and weather permitting.

D. FARQUHARSON & SON. Ch'town, Dec, 24, 1890—dy

WANTS, LOST, FOUND ae

dec?0—dy

WANTED TO PURCHASE —A Single nar ing Sleigh or light Double Sleigh. Must in pose order. Apply to G. H, TaYLoR.

me ANTED.—A good servant for general bouse-

work. High w to a suitable person.— Mrs WM. WEEKe, Brighton, decld

WANTED TO EXCHANGE. —A a—_ ng e Tr a v g Box he iply to G, H. Favior. dect?

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