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We have onhand

stag); of Glass Fruit Jars

in Pint, quart and 2 quart sins, selling cheap. ,

Special prices in doaeh

1018- `r~%_ milk' C0lll0LLl & 00.

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'niisisa soap which is very|~ gghly recommended. I Will wash everything washable, 'hm everything cleanable, and

Liiitiiotliing.

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' cnsm.orrs'rovviv1'fni¢eE`§6"vVXiifl§i.l”T.f"_flé“`?f.§”1’.

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Honey and

is ,_

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Lubfioni is me mon. Tonic to an vm: chem..

’1'h:iB¢ird Co., Ltd. Gsntlemf-..,_W.. _ _ _Sail “D006 “Don your Wim: or

_ e I! nm Winn Gunnar. I1' I always the same. THOS. P.' TRUE.

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Then you want to have their ¥ `

photos taken right sway to get them _ in time fotimss. . The avedicu if you would raiser

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7° 'Per ¢ake_ sinless method. _ ' fu B5o.

& Soni “33f§iie§i;‘§fi'»15‘3¥»’

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_,__ WANTED.

--- ~ ` _ We are buyers of

Ameeting ofthe Liberal Elecvors »

....1 R.,..., ...ref Hides, Eggs,

in the Kindergarten Hall on `

evening. the sand instant Purk and

hour of 7.30 o’clock to ap- _

he we-'e from an pon-i - .P0'uItry'.. -_ s

division in the City and Royalty, ` ` '

the Convention to select

f.. ... .... ...M JOHN HOPKINS,

. -. i Manufacturer of,Beef and Pork

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5.

11 dai ‘ °°=v'=1==f _ sr. John. N. ia.

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harlottetow n,_

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the of is o'elock.aooI.

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lc then dzstion, and slso for

Candi-‘lates to contest

of Commons at the

to send ive delegates

QCII

tbe Polling Districts,

respective Polls at

of delegates. 1

repre tation is earnestly__

ssnjiium access.

Prestdeol, Wat Queen!-

GEDRGF FORBES!

President, East Queens. _

'P 41 D '

_roam if wiznn.

., Secretary.

i ss Bagszhagss

Wholesale dealers in

Es¢abliehed`i867.

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’s __

Sonvention of the Liberal part y

'S County is hereby called to the Kindergarten Hall in _

24lll , l|l_Sl. g

Y ’ _f

The Man . -_ Who Wants a '

ihmlllnemher

or needs my repuringasne c should not forget tbatj we ~ have the facilities for turné ing out work equal to any in Canada. Let us give you

an estimate. _ _

Bruce Stevan & Co.

' Imcndsrs, Englnecfl. Machinists and Boilermakers, Steam Navigation 0o’s Wharf, Charlottetown,

i>_._ n. island. A ilione ns. _

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s invf im;

CHILDREN? '

IF YOU-‘ONLY KNEW' ' ' Wliel-your¢wellStockcdstorewas_

goingto burn dosvn,yonfcould waittoinsureuntil theweek be- . f°f°»b‘1f _ 1 _

u

THE DRAGON.

9*- °¢°f¢¢’» _Autopsies-Did _Inch lu- _ _

stars lI_:xlst?-'-'Authorities Ars Buch Divided in Their Dosorlptio 1°. The dragons was _a most important

_ Bmmal in ancient and"'rnediaevnl na- _ tural history. 'Until comparatively re- ‘ cent times. says The of India _

no scientist eirer`tliought‘ ot questisi. ‘

ing the existence of this most ior~ `

midable of beasts. The annals of Winchester for 1177 gravely state

that “in this year dragons were seen -

oi many in England." Gesner, Pro- _ _ Iessor of Natural History at Zurich, ..._._~._.,=,. _ _ ~ _ _ __ -l V _ .`-~ .» ._ J’ ~.__ s_ . AGrsnd igfmm gives a detailed description of the -

dragon, while A1drova.ndus,_ in his

“History of Serpents and Dragons,” *_ ' ‘ f »' Fw. _ _.~ _T _ New Yéfk naw £*i£ published in 1640, devotes fifty pages 1. ' _ '~ _ - - ' _' i_ _ _ l ment 0fR.b

_to the monster, discoursing upon its -_ -- ' ` i ._ __ _ _ fDif!erentiae, Forma et Descriptifo, ..=-'far _>"' we _ _ = *Wm b¢ GIVE] m’ m“”w

,H0res, ,Locus, Antipathia., and Usus _ - _ ‘ _

in Medicina.

In spite of this, it is no mean

.task to _attempt to describe the ana- tomy of the dragon, for _the more ` _ one peers* into the musty mediaeval literature on the subject the 'greater _

becomes one’s bewildermcnt

confine its legs to two

blemofevcrythingthatwashcfrribls, " "i

in the world.

and a wo

V " in >Dlsz\\lsr.‘~

li M'il‘l1e reinarks of a.

trate inesentencing a yi? Hug- . _ e _ __ 5 _ garian valet to imprison _t for V D _ _W ._ .m,m»' Caulrhw-_I - , robliing hilelnployer have T' ._ _ _ Q-_ii ‘; ;_;_.._ ____ _,_ ._- Wm' '

ed interest in the foreign servant _‘ . _ ` ` "

question in England.

of robberies. s

l also -burglars. ' _

enum ..a-.-.~»___.

_CHAMBI-:mi.=\lN=s <3

_ Themany remarkable " cures; of and

.SUP <‘*f¢Cf¢d_ by this preparation, have made__it_ famous oreij a.la|fg,e _part gzivigfzedgygrlgl; It can always be depende_di`ipon`and is "pleas- -ant to take. it not only cures colds and grip, but _counteractsi any tendent§y"'_toward'1_‘pi1¢;;; monw.. lt contains no opiii_in~,__¢_i,r` other harm. ful SUUSUIHCS and may- be given _a baby as vor1lidently__a_s_tQ " _ _ _ __ __

. ' Scarcely any _two authors agree, on ,~-the .»£o1°»m_ oi _the fell-monster. Some denyxhat it wings, others would

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,,,,,.,,,_,,,,,,,,,,_' - ’ _ To cometowhen you want anything _ _

inthe hardware iinel we buy aim;

However, a good specimen o! a ._ _ fro* ith' E L i ' ” it V ' dragon would seem to have been a \ 1 m e manmfaqurers and ‘

beast about the size of a, sheep, en- _ h h _ _ . h _ _ _, __

` cased in a coat of scales which shone l ; ¢ ea 1- t ,an ` ' Quse ' ’

‘like silver. Ilts back was serrated _ ' pe ` y m the qty'

like a saw. t possessed a long tai , Q ,.,..._,_ - _ _ ._ ._ _ a pair of bat-like wines. four heavily __ :__ “_ Try us. .Wholesale and retail.

clawed feet, a wolvine head. the JM" ’ _. _ _ _ _

ot which were armed with Very f°l'° A _ ` _ i; _;_' ' _

midsble f°°'¢h- TM t°”H“° W" b”"' l . ' 1 ` _ ' -iii" _ i S11

ed, and' tire and fury issued from the _,_ ‘ _ _ ' _ ' ' _ ‘ ' “- ' '

monster’s mouth, and the head bore ‘ __' __ D _ _ _ l _

a. crest. ‘f _ ’ ' _ 1 _ ~ 1 ’ '

Dragons were the most wicked and '_ _ ' f" " ' " f ~

vindictive of creatures. They seem - f it ` ' ._ _. »_ -_ _.

always to have been in a towering _ _ _~ _ .,_. ._ _ _

rage, ' and spent the greater portion '

of their time in rushing up and down _ _ the earth destroying everything that ~ ' __ -' _

_ ~_~~;v_-rg .'_.i-L-_-' r 2' :__.i .~'hi2)!i`._3§'»Tii1 _ /

came- in their path. Their appetites were voracious. Small wonder then » » . _ _

Celestial Ideas. _ -

In China. and Japan, however, the 7 _

dragon seems to have been a most _ _ ‘ _ _ .

amiable creature, _belonging evidently ' _

to another species. In those coun- ` D ` _ - _ _ ~ tries the “bob-tailed -dragon" is held S

in great veneration. The Indian dra- ». r I ' _

gon, true_to the traditions of the ' < °

gorgeous East, was supposed to bear ' tW00°5Uf0 the 231105: emvsiwhu `

s. carbuncle on- its head; the _natives

used to steal this gem from the ani- __ 1 _T S P

mal when dead. The origin of dra- _ I

8`°DS_ WHS B- diSPuted Point amen! D ». . A -_ _ . , _ _ . mediaeval natumiists. some main- _ w-31 cover. And on~a,good_surfsc_e it cover more thanthst. tained that these animals were gen- . ‘ Y . ` . ei-ated by the neat or india; others f N9 P2111* will C10 b¢F$F¥»<=»*~F_“l»‘€¢'Y were of the opinion that the volca- < ' 4 easy _ wading qmlmgs' ' 193%; !l°€S df Ethiopia. used to belch forth _ cov.-8.1-ing ». _ _` ' ' J" _ the monsters. One scientist, John » .y _wea1', and _NVQ

Leo b name, d la.:-edtn d to » =. . '. _ _ _ be a hsifbrifi. ii eeifieubetwgen rffzzgis __ ., __i¥h¢§9P¢ P539 P’-mf *°'°’;‘°~. .¢A!l!§!§'S%.‘€?§.FP"?£*‘F*?°“i.-#>;'_=if ff; lf' if' `? JY.. #‘1~If>~you"wantfto paintinglct us

ALIEN gsrooos ssirviinrs. ;~ 5; _f,,,p;y._ We

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London lllliltrato lah Hal! in I r i I A i! 1

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According to the Westminster mag- . _

istrate these aliens obtain employ- ment often _ without references, and g they are-_able to run away -whaievu' _ they' choose. .and are difficult to ` trace. The result is a_ great increase

A SEVER

_._ :~iisv` »~ .

__ ._ animnossibilitg. ,Ai

_ During the last two years London police courts have had to deal with a. considerable indux of these foreign ' criminals, male and female, who ob- .tain footholds in -private houses as - domestic servalnts, and either ran- ssckl their employers’ premises them- selves or admit confederates who are

i.

/miie-r .f,1i‘;'¥'* .- ` ` "' ‘W for the Wiley ever’bffer,ea_

'I'-he oflicials at one of the nort_.i_i~

ern imetropolitan courts yestexiisy recalled acase where a- German ser- _ vant girl had been convicted for ad-I

. No us We harethein iii our Xmas trade th

ave a larger die. ldyrof wateheg

See our own special

niitting two male' compatriots, who ,_ practicalhy looted _the basement. In ‘§f_=é

' this case the girl had _been engaged

with the fullest »cha.ra1:ter, so that _ her employer can hardly have been "

accused of contributory negligence;

On the other hand, the _head of a _gorge west. end employment agency _ declared that the foreign servants L who turned out -badly were on1y‘»_ a_ _very small percentage ot theever- increasing numbers that iinxl places

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Island produce, *_ B _ ,___ ____ _ Pittstreet, _i "T '_ _ __ __

_ Syd»¢y.eB»_i

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cup of Tea.

by all the

A choice Blend of Coylcll.

and china Teas,in inch ____ _ _

8.8 (0 IDSUTG

wuQueen8t.Ch’t_nl.

makes a quick fire.

burns steadily and

_gives an intense heat_.___

m me W_s,_'u¢ A

Cameron, of Halifaxi

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country They arelargeenougli Wil¢l\ it lS'DCSll’0y¢d _ _iw0f%ig_ whtiiis 1sdy,_it is mis

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P° t°°S- ey are' g’ ‘ the present,” and no insurance f_1vf)’;k‘;:l’P§’§s;l‘§`éney_°h;'ié generally

havetheinmed ttgpsigglf Jxi likeenrs. _ _ ,ar _more so.b€;.é ani he _,Z1 e:1w?;

o givesa aC - E H ‘B E EB 1_;io__i__-¢_ conten .- ~ _s. a. _sf . _

me. how my P R.},.......i.g 1»i.....a .fnaeofé 31;; °;,§;¢”°1“em “_ .°,1°“”°° *° ‘°°

Canadian. Quebec._ '-3 D E3 _ pe_ ` ` ;.

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& Creighton _- r = ff: _mS»,,,1a.i»i.__,.__,,i¢,§,,;,»f_;.ii; we

;from the ' ` ; -' `

Civil war of the seventeenth have recently been picked up

rocks below Dartmouth

W8! $3 oi here ly to

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$5

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4'- f-1‘_'l

having been washed up bythe _ gale Tliesa

of various' but evidently 15s}ek7jo`1i_‘oyer;. two hundred years? from tlie__sliape,ci_ths _bul-,i letsflsnd the _osi_tion' in.~.wh1ch were found, --must have beenilrf

‘ sod-.nq=Rock<.;:'csst1evf."_mia ___

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Here, t-he Benn Pitmausystcmt

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Sir Arthur Sullivan. ofgltmh

House fs. .__ __

Tuesday and Wednesday"

Evenings JANUARY iztn and iam.

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