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RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE NO. Il.
Winter Arrangement.
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30th, 1878,
Trains Going West.
STATIONS. No. 1. No.3
5 nn 2 Georgetown Dp 8.10 am} Uardigan oe
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Going West. Going East. i No.5 No.6 STATIONS. | Mixed. STATIONS. Mixed. | A.M. + P.M Souris Dp 7.00| MtStw’tJnc!Dp 4.40 Harmony ** 7,23'| Morell - 62 St» Peters | ‘ 8,42!|St. Peters | “ 5.54 oreil ‘* 9.13|| Harmony $... 9.33 Mt S’tw’t Jnc} ar 9,55||Souris ar 7.35
©. J. BRYDGES, WM. McKECHNIE, Gen. Sup. Gov. Railways Ch’town, Dec. 27, 1878.
p ne arh pres kca sp sj ap 61
14 JAN. i879. Tea, Flour, Tobacco,
FOR CASH ONLY.
Bbls. Choice Family FLOUR, 1 00 100 bbls. kiln dried CORNMEAL, 120 chests and half chests prime Vongou TEA, 140 packages TUBACCQ, consisting of Acadia Twist, Twin Gold Bar, Princess Louise, Choice Navy, Rough and Ready, Bird's Eye Solace.
NO CREDIT ' J. & T. MORRIS.
Jan. 14—2i
For Sale or to be Let, A NEW TWO-STORY (double tenement) HOUSE, sitnate on Douglas Street, about 200 feet from the corner of Queen and Douglas Streets. The property is situated in @ part of the City where real estate is increas- ing in value every year. For terms, &c., apply in Charlottetown to A. A. McLean, Esq., i t-Law, or to the Subscriber.
ALEX. MUNN. Southport, Dec. 24, 1878—1m eod
Supt. P. EI. R.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Jan. 6, 1879
DENTISTRY.
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‘‘Hard times” and
a0 money” is universal. Yet people lose their teeth, and in consequence their health.
Again, recent improvements have cheapened |
the cost of Dental material ;—considering which I have decided to reduce my prices, and for three months from the date of this I will make a sett of teeth for Ten Dollars. correspondingly cheap. More than this—I will use good material and guar- antee, in every case, a perfect fit. GC. L. STRICKLAND. 4, 1879
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Union Assurance Company,
NOLAND,
OF LONDON,
CAPITAL - - $12,509,000.
FP NSURANCE effected against Fire on all descriptions of Preperty throughout the
Island. && Low
losses.
PROMPT settlement of
HORACE HASZARD, Agent for P. E. Island.
Ch’town, Dee, 20, 1S78—
rates and
BROADWAY HOUSE,
BY MACKENZIE,
NHE former ‘‘City Hotel,” now the Broadway House, Ureat George Street, opposite the Catholic Cathedral, is now open for Permanent and Transient Boarders.
The rooms have been thoroughly renovated and newly furnished.
‘Lhe tables will be supplied with the best the market affords, and fares reasonable.
A suite of Rooms convenient for a small family, together with board &e., can be had in the Broatiway House.
Nov. 23, 1878—tf
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f ad g ~s y “y JAMES HOBBS, CABINET-MAZER, UPHOLSTERER, ETC, AS REMOVED from MecPhail’s Corner to the premises just vacated by Mr. JOUN STUMBLES, Prince Street, where, with increased facilities, he is prepared to attend to the wants of his customers with punctuality and despatch, and on reasonable terms. CARPETS cut and laid. Parnrine and Repairing neatly done. Picture Frames and Mouldings constantly on hand, or made up to order. All kinds ef Household Furniture made to order, cheap and good. New Pattern School Desks made at short notice... A first-class article. £3" Don’t torget the place: PRINQE STREET (mear the new Baptist Church in course of erection).. Charlottetown, Oct. 25, 1878—
RANKIN HOUSE, OHARLOTIEIOWN, P. B,
J.J. DAVIES - - - Proprictor
(Formerly of St. Lawrence Hotel, Picton).
in ati well-kaown Hotel is now open under the preséut naaagement; and, having been newly furnished throuchont, it offers every comfort:to the travelling public. Suit- able Sample Rooms for commercial gentlemen.
Oct. 15, 1878—3_m
QUEEN INSURANCE C0’, OF ENGLAND. CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING,
NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- ings, Merchandise and Produce. Also, on
Vessels on the stocks.
Special rates for isolated residences.
Losses settled promptly.
GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward Island June, 1S77—- :
E. @. HUNTER, Italian and American Marble,
Monuments, Tablets, Headstones,
Crexrre Tarte Tors, Borrav anp-ComMMopEe Tors, WasH Bow t Sass, &c., &c.
Prices to suit, and satisfaction guaranteed. ae Designs furnished on application. “Ga
Corner Hillsborough and Kent Streets, Char lottetown.
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, JANUARY
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W ritti ‘i for the Kvraminer. VWar-Song of a Welsh Bard.
OF P. E. ISLAND, i ABi CT th 3 CHARLOTTETOVEN. century, the people of Wales, uniting their ———_~-- | various clans under the leadership of
DIRECTORS: Ronert LonewortnH, Ese., Hon. L. C. Owen, VILLIAM Dopp, Esq., GEORGE R. Beer, Esa., Hox. H. J. CALLBEcK, Hon. L. H. DAvies, Wittam H. Fixpiey, Ese., Wa. McLean, Cashier.
AGENCY AT GEORGETOWN :
President.
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NO. 497.
Correspondence,
Sa" We do not hold ourselves responsible fo
. . ° e . oa 4? 2 a ie . becinning of the thirteenth | the statements or opinions of our correspondents.
fo the Editor of the Examiner. The writer was favored a short time
SIR,
;since with the perusal of a very interesting i little work entitled ‘**'The Great Pyramid.”
| Hope beat high in the bosom of the con-|The author—-the Rev. Wm. H. Wilson, an
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H. C. McLeop, Agent. SoLiciro DAVIES & SUTHERLAND | AGENTS :
: ‘ The City Bank. New York, he Bank of New York, N. B. A. Boston The Boston National Bank. Montreal, St. John lifax, Bank of Montreal.
Collections made in all parts of the Island on the most favorable terms.
Jan, 3, 1878—3m
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No. 35 Water St..
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Charlottetown.
Prince Edward Island Bransh
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NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE.
INSURANCE GO.
Subscribed Capital, -aid up Capital, -
$9,733,332.00 1,°216,666.00
CHIEF OFFICES-—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 ‘Threadneedle Street.
Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.
Fire Insurances effected on nearly every description of Property, at the LowgsT RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk.
Losses settled with promptitude and bber-
ality. : &. W. DEBLOISs, General Agent. Doc, 14. Di. CREAMER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hent Street, © aarlottetown, (Thrce doors from Dr. Johnson’s). ENTRANCE SIDE
Gct. lo —8m
bai BY DOOR, “%
WAGSTARE'S HOTEL,
= Subscriber having fitted up the Hotel
formerly known as THE RANKIN HOUSE,
in first class style, is now prepared to give comfortable accommodation to
+ fi : - aq Permanent and Transient Boarders. Tourists and others will receive every atten? tion at the Wagstaff’s Hotel. WM. WAGSTAFF,
May 25, 1878.
FRANK GOX, M.D. 0.M.,
inigy Wogan ecguch Physician, Surzeon & Accousheur. OFFICE APOTHECARIES Hatt,
Residence : Capt. Mutch’s, Water Street, next door to St. Lawrence Hotel.
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N. B.—Particular attention paid to diseases of the chest and stomrch.
Ch’town, Nov. 15, 1878—3m
Nitht Soil 4 8 iro Subscriber, having obtained the Con¥ tract to remove night soil from the City, no one else is authorized to do so. Night Soil only removed between 8 p. m. and 6 a. m.,—at 75 cents per hogshead. Payment to be made only to me. BS Orders left at the Police Station will be prompily attended to. DANIEL GORDON, Charlottetown Royalty, } 3m wed & th Nov. 13, 1878. {ne pat m & tues
Look Here!
THREE PRIZES IN. 12 MONTHS.
—ame 30
W G MUGFORD, sole Licensee for - City and Queen’s County, for Lam. bert’s Patents for Permanent Photographs Being composed of Indian Ink and Parchment, they CANNOT FADE.
Took ist Prize at Provincial Exhi- bition last Fall at Georgetown; Diploma for Excellency of Work at New Yerk«, Jan. Ist, 1878—-contesting with the United States and Dominion of Canada,—and
Ist Prize at Summerside, Oct. 3, 78.
Davio Wuison’s O_p Stanp, Cu’Tows. Oct. 5, 1S75—3m law
HIE place to get your Printing done is a
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quered nation ; and the enthusiasm of the time found vent in the martial songs of the | bards.
ascribed words like in spirit to these ] :—
As an eagle, when fierce breast, A l ] is sovereic eve contre ts ] a sn } ind bis sovereign eye.confronts the sun no more, .
When. his maddened spirit rages with unrest ; ‘That the wings should fail which bore him east and west,
That the strength should bow which never bowed before And he shuts the
eyes, :
And his darkling spirit wrestles wild within, And he hurries to be gone from sight of skies To his eyrie where the sheltering mountains
rise,
To the lonely shrouded darkness he would
Win ;
cruci light out from his
And the> meaner prey (juail no more before his fiercely conquering flight Close they crowd him on his faitering home- ward way, For they know he has no power to smite or slay, And his soul is might, —
birds that range the air for
shamed to feel his fallen
Se our helpless people, when the Saxon came, Pouring in upon us sea-like from the sea, So we shank before them, sick at soul with
shame, And our wounded spirits burnt with angry flame,
And we sought the hills where life is large and free! But as eagle, when the fever slowly dies And its burning fangs are loosened of their hold, Feels once more his proud, victorious spirit rise, Longs once more to brave the bright and boundless skies, Plunges down the deeps of air, serene and bold, —
So once more, O sacred country of my heart,
O beioved of the souls that see thy light,
From thy sick sleep in the mountains thou dost start,
And like dreams at dawn ‘of day thy woes
depart, And from thy fair eyelids downward falls the night.
O, Llewellyn, lord of Snowdon, ckief of Wales, Cry the call to battle, lead us, make us free-— Let us burst full on the Saxon as he fails, Like the chainless winds of winter on the vales, Like a long pent torrent charging to the sea. For a thousand voices call us if we hear— All the souls of our dead sires that cry to save, All the songs of our snow-bosomed maidens dear ;— Summoning tongues of winds storin the ear, And the clamoring ocean calls with every wave.
and waters
O thou lovely land, we hear thee and obey— And we rise at thy behest, thou tameless sea ! Full and fetterless as thine our wrath makes way. O our country, can thy childern say thee nay ? Surely life was given that we might die for thee. apt’ uacsirdesiihilll alll ish
Why Women are Extravagant.
Millions of dollars are spent in this couatry annually in the purchase of tawdry trash— perishable things that have no intrinsic value
and that go to swell the contents of the refuse
barrels at each spring and fall cleaning. Al- ways there is some new craze. Either it is
lace-making, or crocheting, house decorations, or Some article of persoual oraamentation that is entertaining the idle women of the land. They know no more about the real value of the time wasted or the real value of the trumpery manufactured than they do about the interest or money investments in Kurope, or the cause of the famine in India. Are they to blame? What has been done to give them just ideas of finances? liow many have ever been entrust- ed with funds beyond the household require- ments of the day or the season? The childish indifference of the average woman to the busi. ness affairs’of men is beyond doubt mortifying to many sensible men wao recognize how their own interests suffers inconsequence. Butnoreal good results from this state of affairs, for men generally do not encourage the study of finan- cial matters in women, and dislike abeve all things a woman who has decided taste for such things.
lf the women cf to-day were all posted re- garding the cause of panics, knew the errors that had been committed by those who have the making of laws, and appreciated the real causes governing disasters in finances, think you there would be as many shoppers as there are? It is a poor compliment to the sex to be- lieve that there would. They would exhibit practical business qualifications if there were aged for them. But too many have been reared in the wrong school to expect much of the whole body. Too many have had the train- ing similar to that of the young wife whe, when her husband protested against her ex- penses and mentioned the extreme hard times, replied : ‘‘No more of that, if you please, John ; father ding-donged it into my ears up to the day that I married, and he never failed to give me alland more than I wanted.” It is from jast such injurious treatment that women suffer, and men, too, to-day, and if anybody wants to help humanity and make
times easier, the primary lesson is s ted in the above acknowledgment. Brooklyn
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Lipiscopal minister of Hull, England--deals in some rather remarkable statements, which, if
true, cannot fail to arrest the attention of
‘To some such soldier-poet might be | Christians of all denominations throughout
| the werld.
ition of the Pyramid, and, quoting from other
fever burns his| explorers, he proceeds with a full description | of the various chambers and passages con
Having made a personal explora-
a in this immense monument. By intr : astromony and mathematics, he is able to&s- certain a vast amount of information, included in which is the age of the Pyramid and the distance of the sun from the earth; but his great point seems to be the fixing of the dura- tion offehe world, which he arrives at by a series of calculations, based on the dimensiors of the different chambers in the Pyramid, in ‘* Pyramid inches.” 1t would be trespassing tco much on your valuable space to enter into the details of his different calculations. The time arrived at by the learned author for the consummation of this important event (the end of the world) is the year 1881, and, as he seems to be socorrect in his other calculations, it is a matter of great importance, not only to your correspondent but to the world at large, that there should be some reliable information to contirm this important statement.
The author also boldly asserts that this im- mense wonument was reared by a man, ora combination of men, under the direct inspira- tion of the Almighty. It would, therefore, seema watter of great interest, not -only to scientific men, but to men of all classes and creeds, to ascertain, if possible, the correct- ness of his writings.
The object of this present writing, Mr. Editor, is to ask if you will kindly throw open your columns to any one among us interested and sufficiently acquainted with this subject, who would give the benefit of their knowledge to your readers, among whom is a
Docsrer.
Ch’town, Jan. 21, 1879.
——_p— Potato Growers.
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To the Editor of the St. John Dailg News : Srr,—‘**P. E. Island Potato Growers” are thus described in the ‘* New York World.”
** Rather a poor class—shiftless and. ignor- ant Kentucks. Men, women and children work together in the fields. Some live in houses patched with mud, or barren hillsides or shelves of granite. The windows are com$ monly broken and the empty panes are stuff with old hats, rolla of rags, old quilts, carpets and bundles of all descriptions. Others are better off, and have houses built of timbers, squared and notched together and caulked with moss and oakum. You may remember the visit of the man who wrote the ‘‘ Sparrow Grass Papers’ to the hut of one old man, whe regretted that he had no rum or brandy or whisky to offer his guests, and could say noth- ing but but ** Very poor peep’ here, very poor peep’ here, and very old sometimes.’ ”’ F
Our neighbors in the ‘‘Gem of the Gulf” will hardly know themselves by tho foregoi description, which contains possibly a grain o truth, inasmuch as there are some poor dis- tricts on the Island (as well as in New York), wherea window pane may he supplemented by a variety of articles; but where the ‘*Granite Ledges” are, upon which these houses are built, is a question, I may say, quite unanswerable, and only shows that the writer goes by sound and and not by sight, fer P. E. L. is hardly to be aceused of ite hills, Why, ‘‘ you can hardly find a stone to throw at a dog.” As to the farmers, they may appear primitive in many of their ways, especially to the eyes of a New Yorker (to whom, possibly, the sight of a cow would be a novelty), but they are far from being ignor- ant or shiftless. ‘here are very few native Islanders who cannot read and write well. Some of the old settlers may be deficient in ‘* book learning,” but try them on some of the topics of the day ; try if you can get ahead of them on a bargain, and you wiil find out whether they are ignorant. If there is any place where 100,000 people are any better off or, on the whole, more mtelligent and thrifty than the population of P. EF. Island, I do not know where it is.
Lo go through P. E. Island from end to end in July, when everything is in full luxuriance and bloom, or in September when the green fields are alternated with the golden hue of the ripening grain and not be struck with the thoughts ‘‘how lovely,” or ‘“‘truly this is the land of plenty,” is I think impossible. Visit the average farmer in his home, and if you do not find him kind hospitable to a degree, and intelligent. too, then my experience must be exceptional,
Of course it is not all sunshiue in P. E, Is- land, any more than anywhere else ; and there will be ignorance despite free schools and poverty, despite the rich lands—but it is a strong evidence of prosperity when the farm. ers are buying up their lands from the pro- prietors—notwithstanding the bulk of the land was leased on very favorable terms and for long periods, say from 99 years to 999 (the latter a favorite lease.)
It is wrong to condemn a population in two words “ignorant and shiftless’” without fully knowing whereof one speaks and without tak. ing time to enquire from a reliabie source or inspecting for one’s self.
Yours, A.
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IF See See Jones had put in the nine wells that have failed in the city (as per report by City Marshal), they would be all “— now, the same as Uwen Connolly’s, Thos. Keasley’s, Paul Lea’s, McKinnon & McLean’s, and 200 more that he has put in. The best is the cheapest in the end. Address C. C. Jonny, Box 163.—sm 2w
Catirornia Honey, v choice,—in the
comb and strained,—at ‘‘ The Confectionery.’