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V1 i _ i i.o.\RniAN._ cii_iiii.ori ETo\_vN, PRINCE EDWARD _rsL.iND, .iotvni >1iico.'- _ ~

which I*

m authnm"_ . years, when the Emperor goes out into

_ °` _ the country, where it is practical]

"'g“m‘ the “prune d"`e°` limpossible to barricade all the roads' doiys though for the first' twenty years of the

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the malrsof theemplre IS mvested the a\'er2ii:eCliinauianhaveanopportunit ' 1' peuod She Shared her autbonty wmh ii Chi Ch`u. otlierwise known . _ _ _ _ 3

oxlGi-an ` ~' i éifitosret even a glimpse of his iiiiperial a

ls, fwc old wemeh? 'llhie hdgtilmin d

uiifl theoretically at'

il Louiitil l`he practi _master

of the laws is under the ' , ` . _ etiquette not even the members f th

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ofthe \ei~ko, or Cabinet. a body 1 ere li no a“ 0 ele( I .ary succegslon Grand or Privy Council are allowed to sce

.to the Chinese th t b l ftt -

¢°“Sm° of four members’ two:Emperortoappoinrf)ll1i?dw'ne;ixi§ee€;sor?ftliblii tl

andtuo 1.iii.ii~~ “ith the ayiumon the mm e me at_ f h burdensome, and to the Western mind

g y grg r ionoteiin- _ _ .

f we iiieiiil»er~ of the Great' _ . _ _ . ridiculous. A rewt manduin fo ' .< 0 fu u` “how dm It is t iperial family. As the hniperor coniinonly S < ¢ , I' in

o o _ _ i at

°“ U i i theycib t has anuuiber of wives and children the I ._ _ _ _

nothing is i one iy . ine practice Opens opportunity for im emiieig iiiipcrial master must leave his own palace t 110! H1 “U1 L a@C0F<lfU1C@ | amount of intrigue and CiiiCauei_y_ The at midnight or thereabouts, carried prob- sacred book~ L ii ler the L-lblneiy ably in a Sedan chair, and surrounded by

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General view of t-hefortifications. - __ ,» ~ i ' “ - ' - -' - I *I Sli? .. I-li: f; "~*{ _.ii '1¢jr`1\ ' i » 3 i

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imperial order putting the

osernnient in

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to hold the power as long as possible

charge of the empire, and married his cousin. But nevertheless the old Dow-

power. For forty years she has been tle practical dictator of Chinese affairs,

nother woman. Under the regulations of Chinese court

ie Emperor exceptunder conditions most

ance, who wishes to consult with his

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65, and 75cts. a pair.

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till keep your temper

we can tell you that the`re’< a way to make it eieier, that is to dress to gui

A COTTON WRAPPER _

now would be just right for this weather and they cost so little to ,_ You get a $3.2; one here, now for $2 00.

~' Then there ar h C ' t90 _ 1_2' _ ~ _ our while making ther; ;tetl1I:l:rii(i‘Ii1<?<§. a C , and 1.5C. Its no*

c g ' ii,

lf yon’ve a dollar to spare we'ed like you to spend it ‘ here, if pric

will coax you’ll find that for every dollar ycu spend, you’ll Save 5350. durin July the stock month _ ` -

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what Trade We Havel lWe’l| Hold 'What '-We“l'H'aveh’P-4 f li;

£ A We_’re, After- A ‘ i _ _-is 1 -;i - ,ii

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rem. it _ _ _ _

sss s _ _

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in 1861 they took steps to make the-r hold 3) Il H

w CHINA is GovERN1e1> L .sssssss s f

s=cure bv cutting oil' the heads of all the T ‘§'JfH

ppo ed them In Ie73 ¢=; \\__~J‘

Fung Chi came of age and married. Then .

the two old Empresses nominally re

I I _ Y D iii;-ed into the backgr_oiiii,d;But'Tung Chi- u . _ V C i

iii.-1 ciiirmii iii one iiiiiiici Knows, .ssis._:;i;.:i;;_‘:.1.s:;.zf;;d.:;.t:; ggi? fl 165 e£lS€

_ _Acflordiiigily they selecteda cousin of Tung J ' , M ' ‘ Q `

_ ' Chi, Tsaitien, who was only 4 years old, ‘ ' '

vernmciii oft liiiia is more or less _~ Massive “mis and the even more thus ensuring that they would remain 1 “

stef! and i" "‘m`°“"‘l°"l “ml “ml” , forniiilable barriers of Oriental etiquette ‘ as agents for 8’ number of years' I” 0"'

plicaticiiis iiiiiiiyiliiiiiiiiregigcciriisgdic- i Simi him Oii- eniireiy from the rest of the ;)l;)tovr;isaic;ll;ii;llmai.ltertir(iiore bindilnizd the

ominay 1 ~' uc ,. _ - - yaopeasaci of _ . . _

but the Hiiiperor spendshis life ';u0trli(; “,\O`r:§?p;I;;1I:o(;c;;s;‘;l:;p£; 50;? one of the dead and gone emperors, and Dprlng this Wear/h9f~ WG kl'l0W tih&li ll'S hard tO WOl‘k OVBI'-l$hO EPO all

e sealed walls of the Forbidden ' visit one of the palaces in the vicinity the the twowornen settleddown to rule China `

not one Cliinflnlfm l" R hundred ‘streets along which he and his retlnue as they pleased' In 1881 the older of the has ever looked upon the iiii-fwiiipassaie Cieaied ,md ireshiy paved two Empresses died, leaving the present

fao¢0f'=`°"e" _"e""‘i" °f its exi* while the houses and other buildings Dowager t° assume Supreme "'“'5h°1`itY- AEM” in spite of the absolute ‘along thelinearebarricaded andthe fronts In 1889 Tsaiwen’ the present Sgureheid ofthe nioiiiircliy, there is, ac- c0._.,,i.ed “.iihhiii,eiim,S’SO,imt no vuigar Emperor, crime of age, formally took

w the Chi11f‘>'<=l11};\'. 11 iiodii' Caltied ‘eve may look upon the greet Lord of the

ch a yuenf or Oar( O u he Sun as heis carriedalong’ in a magnificent _ . .

s independent ofthe Sur. lsedan chain Oqiy once in 2 num,” r of ager has never, really relinquished hir

_ THEN YOU NEED _ 4

Eine _of that nice white underwear. We are asking very little for it now,bi-:cause e biggest trade in that line is over, the odds and ends are going very cheap

OUR STOGKIHGS

for summer wear are very thin and cool to the wearer but dont think tha I

they won’t wear because they are thin, thin material generally Wears. best, sure to when its our stockings. The prices are very thin too- 10, 15, 25, 35, 45,

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Wider way Butter Beans, “wily New Potatoes, coo

make you cool to

"Nl-ll nch Marrow Squash, Uvod Beets, new Turnips,

Cauliflower, Spinach,

bt ll di ' I

Bllish, Green Pegg, Ripg iiilaevemore good tiiian all t oc er me canes

luehroons and SJAW _ The use of Dr. Piei_'ce’s Pieasant Pellets

W, “ii repiemsh our Stalin does not begat the pill hflbit.

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wife and Empress of the former Emperor,

of Revenues, which has and who bore, according to Chinese cust ncial matters om, the title of the Empress of the East- of Rites and Ceremonies, ern Palace. The other was the mother

charge of enforcing the laws of Tung Chi and the second wife of the s of the empire late Emperor, with the honorary title of

Hilitary Board Empress of the Western Palace. It is this Boardof Public \\ orks Woman who still is the real head of the

Criminal Jurisdiction Chinese government and who is known board which makes tothe world as the Dowager Empress.

at Tien Tsin Whepathegi-w'o women seized the reins of

in authority with these is the ' i oi Foreign An-aiu, or Tsang ii_ _ Pandora, so runs the myth, let all the which il ii ills of_ life out of her box to prey upon

‘S as members 8' the mankind, but shut thecover soon enough

ofthe Grand or Privy Council tg Prevent the esiiape of hope, _ Hope

f°" We mYSf¢l'l0US E¥I1P€l`01'~ he remains to every sirierer but it is on y hislife in the Forbidden City, into an ignis-fatuus unless it takes on some

portion of which no man may ¥3U8`ib1;if°l;’m- The h°P°h°f51§§Ce(;;'ei?;)§

eve one w o

Ther; hilives, surrounded by the 522330’ biiedinlg lungs’ obstinatg and

‘mis arem and bytheenormous iingedng ooaiiiy bronchitis oi,

m 8000 to 10 on 'HWS ailments, whic , if neglected, or unskil-

iiuge oi aii the Ci, ii officers of two Women’ one of them. the principal usual hour at which audiences are granted A =

tina

fully treated lead on to consumgtion. That ho becomes a practical an tan

FRESH New isle fhiisarhe it if ‘*2°“~°3

of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov- ery. Such a hope is reasonable because thousands of men and women emaciated and weakened by disease have been made sound and well by the use of “Golden Medical Discoveryf’ _

Sick people are invited to consult Dr.

R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y._ by letter. All letters are carefully and considerately

_ _ read and answered. Each letter is held

as a sacred confidence and every answer is inailed_iii a plain enveiope without any printing upon it. Write without fear and without fee.

“I was taken sick in july IHS! yet?

and was not able to do any _kind work mini November." wntes Mr- A Noel W_ Oi-vin’ of Lguglgy, AIKCD C0., S. C. “ Had been coughing up Small. hard lumps of phlegm for ii about a year before I was taken down. I then called

on a doctor, who attended ~

me for two mouths. and said that orit-

thought it was __ » , -

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wrote to for `_"' ~,-_ '_' '°“' ‘°°°”°' ° #la

Doctor §ien_:e’s ggiffery, which I sincerely believe has done

` accustomed to take lessons in English

half of my lei! lunK i wg; gone, and ad-

vised me to leave .

my home (Charl¢S°

ion, s.c.). and \ '

tothe country, p _ '

5:: did iioi say » i what son of dis- _ \i i ease 1 had. I \, _ ii consumpli0v.lll4 '

SUP: of the above on - " “" ‘

lltornoon, inguding lsomizl Ti-oops Via Canada.

as I e guppy B J --' _ mgeqimi to me demand i- Loudon, July_9.-'-The_ hadtilnii-Daltydhals

been in communicationwit t e ana 19-

01' is likely to be left- .Pacific railway regarding the transit 0

Saturday afggi-H095 from " troops via. Vancouver to China. Nothin

__ is settled as yet.

fri & eat

f ; to say that Putnam’s Painless Corn Ex- 81 tractor never fails. It makes no sore spot

_ _ ra-phy_

_ _ 1 the Intel! ,>deeignb.j ' ' » _

seveaboards of administrators, manner in which the present Emperor * h°W11“3 mob °f f°u°W°"S- At' the §“` Y Uur CARBON PQRTRAXTS all-5' unn'v\]]9d_

is presided over by a China Tsait’ien,caine to the throne is an example itrdnce °f the Purple 01' Forbidden City _ Ou; gqgiqmgrg are ai] deiigjifai ' ` _ I J°\li1§’ TMSC b08»1'dS have in Doint. i the great main’ "f° mfwter how exalted 1"’ ‘ - Be sure and' visit the leading studio. 4 .

0! government divided among In 1801 Tung Chi, then a mear infant rank must dlsmlss ms eswrt' *nd descgnd __ ~. _ _ , __ _ '

was made Eiiipe,.0i._ During his img from his chair. Inside the imperialgateshe G. °

Board of Civil Appointments minoritv the governmentwas in the hands must Win; ‘H all attitude °f humility- The Queens and Grafton Sii3_ Chimwm - _ _

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by the Emperor is 4 o‘clock in the morn ing After that time and before 6 o’clock the Emperor, in the old days before the Dowager Empress put a stop to it, was

and other foreign languages, and it is said WOuldll,t “Explode”

that his tutors had more influence with him than any of his constitutional advis-

Y0ll ?

ers. When the amiable old Empress took Maud Muller’ °“' 8' Summefs dayi

charge of affairs for the second time she ff;

rch ed along on the broad highway;

wheel a worthy Welland Vale

banished these tutors from the Empireand Th else she’d never tell this tale.

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set a price on their heads. The whole Chinese empire is divided in-

to eighteen provinces, eaqh ruled by a

Governor General, who is responsible dir- #EXIF

ectly to the Emperor for the entire ad- B311; as he S oke gig auto reared

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w up, ans lol it disappeared. ’ d Maud said, a.s_she watched his plight, ianks. Judge. You're really out of sight."

rninstration, political, judical, military Bie

and financial. Each Governor General isp nfl!

assisted by a. council and by a number of minor officials, such as the treasurer. the

J dge steamed by, and said: “My

dear,

There’s room for you; come, jump in

here l ~

automobile’s built for two--

ine, and for a each like you.”

RHYIYI

Jenny.

Jenny pedals neatly,

Glidi down the s

ng t

Jenny sm es so sweetly

Jenny is discreet.

Lithsoaie as a fairy,

Pink as the wild rose,

Golden hairso airy,

Streaming as she goes

Drives dull care away

Were I with her cyclin What a. joyful day l

On h_er Cleveland flying

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V S, S, |-||||f|| will leave Charlotti

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lliiimmlng

town at NOON on FRIDAY, an S .Lt Bftlll Mill!" every -WEL'

een, l N ESDAY at 9 a.. m. for Boston via. . Ha.wk_esbury and Halifax.

Paisséfngers leaving Charlottetown

via Picton, make close connection as Halifax from Boston Tuesdays and Saturdays. __ ~ ii wi

The s. s.m1if»x_ alien* Freight

and Passengers for_-Hawkesbury

_’ Halifax. ' P' C " 3 ' . Tickets for sale at Stations P. E. I.

Railway.

S“‘”°}“‘“iSS‘°“°’».“”“.”"_§.‘?§‘*f§’?' “bfi”-_ July. August September. October. we 1h° Fourth _F°f,°i°“°f»=» "fs “<1 =1l_i=1f°rm~

cellor. Each province is ivi e into e best h i __ _ _ __ . ation A i to

partments, ruled by prefects, and . each _h W _ee mg 'g°;"'hs _We have Bicycles YW to sell Will make PP W. W. CLARKE department into districts, with a. distric 9 pflce 33 15 WWW- ' _ ii _ _ Aga” chw*’n _ ruler over each. Each town and villagel _ .3 °.

has also its seperate 8`0vernment, with a M Wri \t 0 i Ltd H. L. CHI1€;li.:N!,.

Captain Drey__fi1s Improving.

~ _ _ C " ,June 21 exiejourlieal. _

Captain Dreyfus, who is still staying at

the Villa Hauterive, at Coligny, near Geneva, is described by a correspondent who hasjust seen him as having under-

"gone a wonderful improvement in arrest-i iancesincehe landed in France about a _ F tvvelvemonth ago. He is no longer viii and thin, a veritable wreck, and the yie-

itilre of melancholy. On the contra ry, he ihgs grown much stouter, has a. heal tb) loolor, and seems really gay and light-

J hearted.

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AN EXTENDED EXPERIENCE. _ i

Writes a. well-known chemist, permit s me

;‘ in the flesh, and consequently is painl ess.

‘ ’ f0 ti t t Putnam’s Corn ex- 12.(f.::\tbx{oil1ow]§€° sadegliy medicine dea. lcrs

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bias, hartfords have had a. large sale in Charlottetown,

We are still receiving the above daily.

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-Repair supplies-Second Hand Wheels, _

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