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THE GUARDIAN, CHARI OTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, APRIL 26, l9J1. ,

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the Chililrcn'.= Coiiiplniiits whore Griil'lt»hs‘. Menthol Linimont is an \‘or_\° valuable. Don`t

_ load your r-hild'_~ stonmisli with cough mix- .: tures. they wont do any good. Just rub Grit-.

flth~° Lhiinienr. on the throat and chest night and morning. :ind the coughinginin.ediiitcly, becomes uiuiicr. It is pleasant to use

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, we have a large supply of all

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Prices right as usual.

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A lllll NEWSTURE

You will find everything you require in the

drug line.

Prescriptions and special

Remedies. prepared with the best goods obtainable-cheap

S tr than any house in the business-

We run our business in the interest of the

people.-No division of profits with Doctors.- Xt is your interest to deal with

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Prowse Block - nyside

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1 eeds . '

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arming Implements A

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Assets $40,000,000-

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Life Companies in existence. Policies

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and settle same before the 10th of

Ha All accounts not settled b

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that date will be handed to our Solid-’

5, g itor for collection.

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Phone 125.

is now the order of the day-`

THE GUARDIAN

An Independent _L<;urnal, untrammellei and fearless; aiming to Just, impartial, Reliable. Newsy,

seeking at all times to further the best interests of-the people, and recognized therefore as

The 2E’eoI>1e’m Paper.

Piiblislicd at its offices, New Prowse Block,

North side Post otiice, ut the following rates, payable in advziiiccz- _ 1 Moriiiiig l~2dition_ dnily (except Sunday) one month :gcc per \'r, _ _ _ .__ ._ .. ....,» . . . . ._ $3.00 Senii-weekly 1-fdition (Wed. Si Sat.) per _venr $1.50; iii ndvniicc , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .$1.25 Weekly Editioii (\\'ednesday) per year $1.25 in advance.. ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . ...$i.oo

Branch Offices

have been established at the following places where subscriptions may be paid, news iirnish- cd, advertising, job work and other biisiiiess

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traiisattc .- 5nnimer>~ide_ Currie‘s Bookstore-J. B. C. Baker

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Alberton, Alberton Bookstore-G. S. Muttart,

Agent. '

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901.

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Tl-IE BRITISH NATIONAL DEBT.

Down to the time ot the Revolut on cf

1688 the British national debt may be said to have had no existence, the total be`ng under two thirds of a million pouncls.King William added to the debt nearly sixteen millions during the 12 years of his reign. At the end of Queen Anne's reign 38 mil- lions had been added. Under the first

George the debt decreased slightly, but George the Second, in a reign of 33 years left the country more involved by 87 mil- lion than he found it. ,During the lirst 12 years of George III the debt was again de- creased by l0 millions and at the time of the revolt of the American colonies it was under 130 millions ($&0,0iI),000) an amount which heightened all the political econ- omists of the day.

The cost of the American war added 21

millions sterling to the permeneut debt.

An effort was made to reduce the amount

were paid oif. Then began the French re- volutionary war, and with a short inter. val of so-called peace, resulting only from exhaustion, it lasted till Napolen was sent to St. Helena in 1815. During these 23 years money was borrowed in the most

extravagent manner. The average price of £111) three per cent stock was und fr £58. After all this borrowing at seem'ngly ruulnous rates the national debt in 1816

stoodat over £900,000,llJ0.It was then equa ti £45 per head of the popnlati in of the United Kin zdom.

Astrenuaus edbrt' was then inside to

reduce the debt, and within a few years 103 millions were paid off. From 1817 till Queen Victoria came to the throne a period of 23 years, there was a yezuly re- duction of from one to five millions, with

the exception of 1833 in which the aboli- tion of slavery had increased the debt.

The Crimean war added 39 millions, so

that in March 1857 , the total was £358,918,443. ln 42 years thereafter over

200millon°, or nearly a quarter of the

entire n itional debt-, was paid off and the inteie it charge greatly reduced. 9 In 1899 the gross total of the liabilities of the United Kingdom, funded and unfunded was £ii35,fJ4),Q63.

` But it is to be observed that while the

debt had been thus reduced the population, wealth and resources of the Kingdom had so increased that the reduced debt came to be but a fraction of the burden that

was felt in 1815. The population was then not more than 18 millions, and is now about 41 millions. With the added wealth it is fair to assume that the Kingdom could carry with as much ease a. debt five times as great as was borne in 1815, and it is to be presumed would make sacrifices to that extent should the Empire be now or hereafter compelled to undertake another struggle for existence.

In his interesting sketch of the origin of

the national debt, Macaulay, writing,l'lfty years ago remarks:-“A long experience justifies us in believing that England may in the twentieth century be better able to

i_ p. , payadebt ofsixteen hundred millions than ll § she'is at presentable tobcar her present , ` /A ` J ""3//”"""ii`J/`

` load ’ “But, be this as it may ” to quote 0*". 'ight and left P°W¢f in HOUR-

U, i A ’ cleaning. -

Kumfort Headache Powders are made

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to cure headache and they do it, orso many people wouldn’t use them. Four in a packet 10c. One usually does the

-work.

Patterns

and between 1784 and 171!! over 10 mllliolie-1

and new prices -all oi or our store this spring-if. you re 4

quire naw furniture or bodd n it is here for vou at a. less

Macaulay a.gain,“those who so confident ly predicted that she (England) must sink, first underadebt of fifty millions, then under a debt of eighty millions, then underadebt of one hundred and forty mil ions, then under ii debt of two hundred 'and forty millions, und lastly under a debt of eight hundred (really £9J0,( 0,i,00() millions were beyond all doubt under a,twofold mistake.

They greatly overrated the pressure of the burden, they greatly underrated the strength by which the burden was to be borne."

Itis well to bear in mind this remark-

ably accurate forecast, and the widely different conditions which exist taday as compared with 85 years ago in forming ii ajudgment upon the increase of debt

caused by the Boer war. The pessimistic view taken by Sir William Harcourt and other members of the Opposition is not a sound one. Regrettable as has been the cost of the war and the addition 'to the

taxation and debt of the country, it was inevitable, and will not clieck‘ the on- ward progress of the Empire. Indeed lt will be fortunate if within a quarter cen- tury to come the nation ls not called upon W “Nike lI1\l<=h Rroiiter sacrifices to main-

tain lier honor and safety than have been suffered within the past few years, The

cost of the Boer War is but a trifle com-

pared with that which the American Re

public endured less than 40 years ago. Yet, from that struggle, the most bloody and costly in the worlds history, .~_i full and complete recovery has been made_

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The British forces in Africa according

to a. recent return make a total of 204,949 officers and men. These are made up as follows:

British Regulars _ 141 British Volunteers, &e , 3,-fig Oolonials 282,”

The_total number of oflicers ls 7iBl.

died of wounds or disease during the was has b9¢U 12.9@. The number actuallp l-iiniea in barns wan inns more time oiié

'°f°\U`fh Plrt of the total. The

part of the Colonials mentioned are f,-bm 0°” C°l°°Y md Null. the balance

(about one quarter) being from Australia and New Zealand,

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'.l‘here’s a greater demand made on the

strength ofthe mother when nursing than at any other time. She has just gone through

_ the s h o c k and

1 1 strain of materni-

->, , ,, .° .ty, hervitalityisat its lowest and the

' food she eats must

nourish two lives.

The natural re-

sult is that the in o t li e r l o o k s

_ a r o u n d fo r _ a

“ tdnic, ” and gen- erally iinds her t o ii i c i t h

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I i’ ’ on y gives t e H. \\ \ \/Y//ff mother no real

‘ ”’ ' strength but is an

injury to the child.

It is the concurrent testimony of women

who have used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription, tliat it is the most perfect pre- paration for motherhood and all its func- tions which has ever been discovered. It Wepares the way for baby’s advent, giving the organs of birth vigor and elasticity. It ' establishes such a condition of health that nervousness, anxiety and morning sicknex are unknown. With this condition comes ii healthy flow of nourishment for the child, which enables tlie“*mo_tlier to gratify the fondest instinct of maternity. `

“Two years ago I used two bottles of Doctor

Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, and in »Ap'ril I nice baby was born, before the doctor came,” writes Mrs. Katie Auliker, ot‘7 Pat Stree't',Al1i- ance, Ohio. “-Ieraanotveryelék. Babyisiiow 14 months old and wekha 3° pounds. Now I expect another about August, and I am again taking the ‘Favorite Preecdptioii' and feel very we . _Several neighbors are usin51Dr. Pierce’s medicine throng my telling em

about it. One lady says, ‘before commencing Dr. Pierce’a Favorite Prescription I had to vom :.~rf.,..if~~ iifzcri :mi is rs n u , vom . It has done the same thing for me. It is a (?§~ send for women." .

No alcohol in any form, is contained

in “ Favorite Prescription," neither opium nor other narcotics. This cannot truth-

fully be said of any odier medicine espe- cially designed or women and sold through druggists. ` '

Sick women are invited to consult Dr,

Pierce by letter, free of all charge. Every letter is treated as strictly private an sacredly coundeiitial, and all replies are enclosed in plain envelopes, bearing no

Ki-inted ‘matter whatever. Address Dr.

V. Pierce, Bufalo, N. Y.

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For your silver.

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For your furniture.

Two articles of more than ordinary m rit. ,

e We sell a lot of each. gi You cannot do without such articles.

We want you to try these. -

Both are easy to use.

Both give great results.

Sold only by

50118-

PFIGB th in you can get it elsegvhere for-Send your repairs

aft.

A. (W. ll£llllll|,.-Nl. ll.

The number of olllcers and men killed nr-

Ottawa ls to have a new hotel, the fin-

est ln Canada, to cost. including the' furn- ishings s1Iioo,oo0. it win stand 'near nie Dufferin Bridge and will add one more to the splendid piles which adorn the federal apital.

People who have occasion to come to

the City by way of the Southport ferry, or

to drive out of the City by that route, are compelled to pass by on the roadside and ‘ even on the ferry wharf, long piles of manure of the sort most offensive to hu- man nostrils. Such forms of nuisance

would hardly be tolerated in a. barbarots country, but are here permitted -to be rc: peated from yeai-_to year. Whoever have the authority to rectify such matters 7 whether Supervisiors, Legislature or Government, should attend to this mat- t er at once.

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THE iHAC§lNG - COUGI-I

One of the meanest' things to get rid of is ii hacking cough. There isapparently no, cause tor it. No soreness, no irritation at tirst; but the involuntary eifort of the muscles of the throat to get rid of some- thing is almosteonstant. Of couse, with many cough is s. habit, but it le a bad hub ` lt, and should be stopped. When you re- alize this and try to stop lt. you Und you can’t for by that time there is an actual irritation, which will never. get better without treatment.

It is acurious thing that nearly all

treatment for cough actually makes the cough worse, Then, too, most medicines forcoiigh have a had affect in the stomach This is especially true of so-called cough remedies that contain narcotic, The true treatment for cough is one that heals the irritated surface. This is what Ad- amson’s Botanic Cough Balsam does _It protects the throat also while the heal- ing process is going on. \Vhen this I remedy was first compounded our old men were young boys, and all this time it has been doing a steady work of heal- ing throats, The most obstinate hacking cough will quickly show the effect of the .

balsam. People who have been tr ing \ for years to reak up the mean llttle cough, will _find asure friend in this old time soothing compound made from the barks and gums of trees. All drugglsts

Madam you are invited to|

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if Every person who have attended Clear-ivrlig Ssle ot boots and shoes hge;

welcome' ” '

yours ;atiProwse Bros. li.

Trunks and Valises.-If you want

good Trunk and at the same time buy ntareasonable price. J. B. Macdonald &‘

il FU

Come to Paton. & Cds

See adv. of Canned Goods and Jams and

Gi and display of Carpets at

Pawn & Cir. to-night.

Special prices all this Week

Paton &: Co’s carpet display to-night. A - Ladies! If you want Lace. Cui tain s during, house ,clean-` ing we ask you to visit . our, .Curtain room. We’il sell you Lace Currains cheaper tiian ou b h h

Paton Co’s big carpet-

display _to-night. ‘Everybod _ -' '~ "

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y ever. oug tt emfor be fore 'Zoc up. Sentner McI.eo.l

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lio wer seeds, imported from the*great seed growers of Eng- land and United Statesi Our “20th Century lnixture” if Sweet Peas is the best of the new kinds carefully blended. Price 100 per dcz.

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APRIL 29th &'30t

This excursion affords a splendid n

out of town buyers to visit Ch’town and

Spring purchases while the stocks are

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' We extend to all visitors a cordial

visit our st-ore where you will see the finest Millinery, Dry Goods and Tweeds in Ch lowest prices. .

THE MILLINERY 'LEADERS'-.'i'

sell Adanison‘s Botanic Balm . 25oents.. . A l C I ,A O'

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Paton & .Go’.s carpet ~ope;ii$;,_ A K Sole for

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- The Christy Hats are best - _ - `* i p Donit forget in Please. Get- Our.Spring Cloths in the latest novelties and neeeat'

are daily uriviag.

Calland make your selections for-Spring Suit, fredii

and select stock.

Co’s is the right Place to R0. 262i. l ghltest style, pf-.st worh:\;IfNf!‘lP °"‘dFP°°`¢"°°

, so see our args sicc Gents’ urnishings,

opening ‘of Carpetsito- _l J & A

giiiirlisygciigonsupply while they lasgt- I MERCHANT 'PAILOR

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in Lawn Grass, we make our own mixture, and. can point to the best lawns in the city as evidence of its excellence. White Clover can be added f desired. Price of Lawn Grass 25c par lb,

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to look over o-.ir s‘ock.A*s’ire have the largest and best

' in town' it will pay you to do ao. ,After-_ hfnsef cleaning t l want sai`netl_iing,_iii our line for that cdrner bracket or th

Come and see ataoy rate.

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Are *W0 111151188 Whioh 20 l for toward ‘making homes attractive G ii _

your hotbed rsadv, then come to our Seed store and we will sell you

THE- BEST. THE BEST THE BES'l`~

in Vegetable Seeds, Beet, Car- rot, Cabbage- Onion. Lettu°G» Radish, Tomato, Beans and Peis,Phil»\delptiia Onion Sects, Si1verskin,Red and Iezlovi easier to grow O;ions from sets tlian seed.

1 No belt er seeds than ours, no matter whether the price be twice as high or the praise twice as eifusive; _ '

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