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FEBRUARY 25, 1887. What's to be Done Now?

In the past eight years, extraordinary pro

gress has been made in the opening up and

development of the country. Had ‘*the progressive policy ” better be continued, or will the Government be acting the wiser

part if they now pause and give the coun

trv time to take breath before entering

upon additional great enteprises nec essita

ting an increase of the public debt The Canadian Pacitic Railway having been built, and the construction of the

short line of railway provided for, the only

National obligation which remains to be

fulfilled is that of affording efficient and continuous communication between this Province and the mainland. But this is a

comparatively smal] affair. The surpluses

of two or three good years will cover the ex-

pense of it, even if the Government should

construct the work; and, if a company

takes hold of it, the yearly outlay of the

Government will, according to Senator Howlan, be little if at all vreater than

it is at present. The Cape Breton railway and the railways required in Nova Scotia haaatelle.

are a mere Indeed, we see no

cause for materially adding to the burdens of the the

term upon which we have just entered ; and

people during Parliamentary

we think the interests of the Party, as _ well

as of the country, will now be best pro

moted by the adoption of a strictly Con- servative financial policy.

The development of a northern country than that of

sunnier climes. The growth of the north- a

must necessarily be slower

erns nations of Europe was much slower

than that of the southern nations; but the

greatness of the southern nations was the

more enduring. Itis not unreasonable to conclude that as it has been in Europe, so While the

ment must keep pace with the requirements

it will be in America. Govern- of the times and open up highways for the people, and fulfil its obhgatione, it should

be careful not to outrun the natural and

substantial progress of Canada.

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An Interesting Fact.

that, recent contest, the Liberal-Conservative candidates polled a

Ir is an interesting fact although

badly beaten in the much larger vote than on any previous oc-

which | they were almest completely successfial the

vote stood :

casion. As compared with 1878 in

1878. 187.

PORO. . £.00: S808 Fergueon...... 3611 Brecken . 3102 Campbell ......3405 Hackett...... 1655 Mode’ és064.. 2771 Howatt .. 1605 Lefurgey....... 2593 Macdonald... .2264 Macdonald ....2397 Muttart ...... 2077 Muttart...... 2356

In 1882, Brecken poiled 3478, Jenkins

3471 ; Hackett, 2246, Rogers, 2076; Mac. donald, 2023, Muttart, 1933; and in the partial election of 1884, Dr. was 3428.

In view of the fact that all our candidates were beaten, and that in Queen’s County the names of hundreds of voters were left off the list, these figures show that our vot- ing population is increasing very rapidly.

Jenkins’ vote

Editorial Notes,

Tne Patriot's heading to its.telegrain of yesterday was :-—‘‘ Parties now stand : Liberals, 99; Government, 103.” But in the body of its despatch is the statement : ‘““Government’s majority will not be over twenty.” (!)

— The London Times advises that no time be lust in effecting a settlement of the fisheries dispute. It says the Canadians as well as their neighbors must be prepared to waive some of the rights for which they have been stickling.

—In the Parliament just dissolved the strength of the two parties was as follows :

Lib-con. Grit. Maj.

CED. kc ok iediddscue 58 34 24 Quebec os ee 17 31 NE OD i, os ob vos he 16 5 ll New Brunswick.......... 10 6 4 Prince Edward Island.... 3 3 0 ak Sy 4 l 3 British Columbia, ........ 6 0 6 145 66 79

-—- The form in which our latest despatch of yesterday was inserted was wrong; for it included the representatives of British

Jolumbia and the Northwest as among the elected supporters of the Government. The elections have not yet taken place in British Columbia and the Northwest; but British Columbia and the Northwest are certain to return Liberal Conservatives,

and so were included in the despatch by |

our correspondent.

French Patriarchs.

Le Courrier du C oe : the patriarchs of the P publishes a list o

Montmagny, from which it appears that at the present moment 40 persons, a]

dians,have reached the age of 80 and upwards. The census of 1851 shows that the parish at that time had a population of 3,162 souls. The oldest inhabitan’ is Jean Baptiste Thi- bault, aged 96. A correspondent adds that this venerable gentleman has seventeen child- ren, all of them living, and all of them grand- fathers or grandmothers. Old France, which is trying hard to found a colonial empire, should take alesson from Lower Canada in the art of producing colonists.

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CONCERNING THE RESULT.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS!

(Sf. John

Sun.)

Again the solid common sense of the people of Canada has been put to trial and has stood the test. The government of Sir John Macdonald has been requested to retain the control of the public affairs in

Canada for a third consecutive term, The national policy has been sustained, and the people of Canada have given their vote in favor of

one law for all races and equal justice to all sections of the country. At the time of writing it appears that every province with the exception of the smallest, Prince Edward Island, has given a Liberal-Conservative majority. In Ontario the government has about held its own. From (Quebec, Mr. Blake has received a part of the price of his? speech and vote on the Riel question, but he has apparently failed to get a majority from that province. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia maintain their record, and though Prince Edward Island has gone solid for the Grits, the Maritime Provinces elect a majority on the Government side. The western provinces will elect two or three Independents and perhaps two straight Opposition candidates, but their contingent will be almost selid for the administfation. It is a triumph for progress, liberty and fair play, as against retrogression, sectionalism and _ political littleness. It is a grand triumph for the grand old man of Canada.

( Halifax Herald. )

The elections in the cities of Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Three Rivers, Winnipeg and Hali- fax, and nearly all the chief towns east as well as west of the Ottawa River, show how fully the Government retains the confidence of the great centres of wealth and intelli- gence throughout the Dominion :

Yesterday wasa great day for Canada. It settled the fiscal policy of Canada. It insured good government for the country for the next five years. And it gave the repeal agitation in Nova Scotia its eternal quietus. For these mercies the people of Canada may well give thanks.

A Famine Breeder.

THE WONDERFUL AND INSATIABLE APPETITE

OF AN INDIAN BOY.

A special from Martinsville says :

‘‘Henry Flowers, a 14-year-old boy of Jefferson Township, this county, is one of the most peculiar specimens of humanity that has ever come to light in this section. He came to town last Saturday, as is his usual custom, and was taken to the Mansion house of this city by two prominent citizens, who bargained with the landlord to furnish the boy.a square meal for 55 cents, they wishing to satisfy their curiosity as to his abilities as an eater. ‘They did not have long to wait until their fondest hope of getting the joke upon the landlord was realized. He ate six pieces of light bread, two pieces of corn bread, two large pieces of beef, roasted with gavy; two large slices of roasted pork, four large potatoes, one dish of beans, one dish of slaw, two dishes of hominy, one dish of parsnips, and two pieves of pie. After eating his pie he called for a bow] of oysters, and was informed tha’ they were not on the bill of fare for that day. He then went to Dr. Blackstone's to eat again, and his meal there consisted of seven potatoes, three slices of bread, each six by eight inches; two slicesof roast beef, two cups of coffee, one dish of tomatoes, one dish of butter beans, and two pieces of pie. As is usual with him his hunger was not yet satis- fied. He went from Dr. Blackstone’s to one of the city bakeries, there purchased ten cents’ worth of cheese and crackers and ate

condition.

** The boy is very lean and gf iess than the average height for-his age, being only about three feet igh, and weighing but 40 pounds. His skin is thick and yellow, his cheeks hol- tow and sunken, and his eyes give an unmis- takeable proof of his constant hunger, which he evinces on all occasions. Seldom, if ever, does one encounter such an appetite, and it is a wonder where he stows away so much food. No physicians here can satisfactorily diagnose his case.”

_— ne <3 oi —— A Rejected Lover's Crime.

The arrest of Elisha Greig, at Nashville, Tenn., on the 16th, revealed a plot to com- mit arson and murder. On Sunday night the residence of Jesse Nolan, a farmer, was burned, and the inmates, Miss Mattie Orment and Mrs. Hamlet, barely escaped cremation. Wednesday night Greig made a confession of having set fire to the house. He said he had been hired by a farmer, Jim Bulleyjack, to burn the place. Bul- leyjack had planned, he said, to burn Miss Orment, who had rejected his offer of mar- riage. The plan was to catch her, if she escaped burning, and murder her. They | took a rope along to drag her to the river ‘and throw her body in. After they set the fire, both got frightened and aroused the ladies, who were alone, Mr. Nolan being in Nashville. The men ran off before the ladies, who had barely time to get out, could see who they were. Bulleyjack has disappeared, but the police are after him.

cicadas

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Captain A. W. Gregley, of Arctic explora-

French-Cana- |

tion fame, has been appointed to the posi- tion of head of the United States Signal | Service, rendered vacant by the death of | General Hazen. He has also been pro- ‘meted by the President to the rank and

The appoimt-

| pay of brigadier-general.

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THE ELECTION. |LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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them, and at last aecounts he was in his usual

its interests.

Eulogistic.

Sir,—-I was much pleased to read the eulogy passed on Mr. James Palmer in yes- terday’s issue of your paper. I have no doubt he deserved it, and the only fault | find with your correspondent is that he

does not thank our Masonic brother for making Mr. Palmer such an agreeable agent, Yours, Xc., Warp Two. After the Battle. Srx,—The Grits in this county think they

have gained a victory. It may be a_ vic- tory in their eves, but if they consider the interests of the Island, they must look upon the result of the elections here as something worse than a defeat. They have placed themselves in a very ridiculous position be- fore the provinces of the Dominion, and as a consequence the interests of this Province will sutfer. blind as not to see that John’s ernment would be susiamed, but to satisfy their party prejudice, they have even proy- ed themselves ready to sacrifice the material prospects of the Island. The French Circulars and other contemptible devices by which they attained their ends here, are not at all creditable to them, and although the object of the circulars was exposed in the columns of your paper,nevertheless, they had their effect in the tirst district of this

Sir (roy

County, and probably in parts of Queen’s County.

Again it is currently reported here that some of the money sent from Piits-

bure and Chieago to influence the result of the election, found its way to Grit emissar- ies in this county, thereby enabling them to carry out the better their schemes of bribery and corruption, since we entered Confederation the Grits of this Province have been noted for the with which they endeavor to work against The Conse} vatives, on the have fought hard to guard Island in its rights; to stimulate its material interests, out increasing the taxes of the people. As shown by their actions in the late elee- tion, the Grits of this Province, true to their political antecedents, have practically told Sir John that they want no Subway. They have told our local Government. sub-

hand, the

ne oUner

and direct taxation, as they have frustrated the efforts of the men and party who have

ten years. This would seem to be what the result of the election of the 22nd indi- cates,

ed upon us. Inthe meantime the Liberal Conservatives here have confidence in Sir John and his party, that they will do al! in their power as fairminded statesmen, in the interests of this Province. The Liberal! Conservatives of this Province have, there- fore, on the whole, reason to congratulate

themselves that their grand old Chieftain, '

Sir John Macdonald and his party will rule the destinies of this Dominion for the next five years, and at-the end of that term will

of the electors of this Dominion; and then let us hope the age of circulars and foreign gold having passed, and our people’s minds

own interest, we in this Province shall not

tives to represent us at Ottawa. Prince County. Feb. 24, 1887. ae, :

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The Duke ef Argyle’s Book.

A London correspondent received to-day—-the eve of publication

the last sheets of the Duke of Argyll’s uew

work, ‘Scotland Past and Present,’ an

octavo volume cf 350 pages, embellished |

with striking views of remarkable localities in the highlands. The object of the wo@k is to prove the continuous development of Scottish life threugh the reign of mind in government and law. The Duke attempts to vindicate the Scottish landlords against the attacks of Crofter agitators. He main- tains that the right of exclusive use of land is in its very inception a fruit of the mind and affords the oniy fulcrum on

which the mind can exert its higher powers ° over the increase of the earth during the | peaceful ages which follow as results of |

duke— |

conquest. In this connection the forgettmg Henry George’s contest for the Mayoralty of New York—asserts that George, as a Californian, is one of a small group of men, less than a quarter of the population of London, who claim exclusive use of the whole state of California, impos- ing their own condition upon the admission of other men, but drastising them-

selves the individual appropriation of land and recognizing it as the foundation of their prosperity. But the

duke is no blind devotee of capital. *‘It is not true,” he says, ‘‘that the wages of labor come only from realized capital. Muscular labor has the right to vindicate its own in- herent contribution to value. help no value can be embodied and no capi- tal can be gathered. Wages come out of work, and muscular labor has a rightful share to a stipulated extent in the ultimate value to which it contributes.

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A New Mackerel Biil.

he United States Senate has passed the | following bill: ** That tor the period of five ears from and after the first day of March,

and well merited. It is also a compromise | j2s8, no mackerel, other than what is with those who have been agitating for the |;nown as Spanish mackerel, caught be-

separation of the service from | for while the new chief is an

_tainments and experience, and it

-Jatter qualifications that the change was ad- vocated. The appointment is also appliud- ed by the Presidents friends as beins i the strict line of civil service reform. «: General was next in rank in the bureau to General Hazen, and had worked long eueogh with him to understand fully the methods of the service.

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Amid so much that is transitory in this, | planetary system of ours, it is pleasant to!

the a 'tween the first day of March and the first d | 20 t army oOfiicer} day of June, inclusive, of each year, shall arish of St. Thomas de he is at the same time a man of scientific at- | ea beciote: into the United os: bai : was for! janded upon its shores. Provided, however, | the purpose of securing a person with the! that nothing in this act shall be held to ap-

| ply to mackerel caught with hook and line

'ffom boats and landed in sail beats, or ,intraps and weirs connected with ihe j shore.”

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| Myr. Scott, with $15,000,000, says he

does the work of five men every day. For Mr. Scott’s sake, at least, we should hasten thé adoption of the cight hour systsim.

H. W. Longfellow is a defeated candidate

learn from the scientists that the sun will | for alderman of the {i/th ward, Philadelphia,

about 10,000,000 years tu come,

by any owe maintain its present standard of leat for, The Psalms of Life is his only evnsvlation

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1887. LECTURE SHH! .2

EV. DR. O'RYAN, Professor of Philosophy. Vv of St. Dunstan’s College, will deliver a Lec: | ture in the .

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skier ai 2 | Sunsser: “CHRISTLANLTY AND ITS FOUN: | DEK.

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SEEDS FOR GARDEN

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stantially that they are prepared for local | assisted in warding off taxation these last |

But Jet us hope there is a spark of | patriotism still left amongst us, and that! we will yet have an opportunity of remov- | ing the stigma which the Grits have fasten- !

be returned with the renewed confidence

having become calm enough to study their '

send six Grits but six Liberal Conserva- |

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Ch’town, Feb. 19, 1887—eod & wky

AND FARM.

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NOTE, LETTER and FOOLSCAP PAPERS, in all kinds of qualities and prices, : ranging from the very cheap to the,best English Vellums.

We hereby give notice that

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A Large Stock of SCHOOL STATIONERY, SCHOOL BOOKS, &e.

Feb. 23, 1887 ~ 3i in and Prices. os

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City Clerk’s office up to noon on: FUESDAY, ist MARCH

next,froin persons willing to contract for the erec- tion of a brick building for the use of the Fire Department, cic.

Pians and SpeciGcations to be seen at Messrs, Phillips & Chappell, architeets,

A certified check equal to five per cent of con- tract must accompany each Tender.

The Council do not bind themselves to accep the lowest or any Tender,

By order. A. H. MacPHERSON. City Clerk.

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BROWN’S BLOCK, QUBEN SQUARR. Ch’town, Jan. 27, 1887.

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