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Prince Edward. Island RAILWAY.
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TUESDAY, December 2nd, 1879, “TRAINS GOING WEST. _
No. 5 Mixed.
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Georgetown ..... ‘Dp 8.20 a. m. Gardigan.........| “$46 “
Mt Stew’t June... Dp 10 = uf Reyalty Jnnctien au a ” .0 a.m. Charlottetown... Dp 800am/Dp 3.00pm Reyalty Junction; ‘* 8.22 ‘* | ** 3.23 ** Worth Wiltshire. ‘' 9.14 “ | ‘* 4.15 * Manter River....| “ ss = . == ra County Line. . mtyTine.....{ “10. 7 "| 618° Kensingten...... 10.65 ** “nee * Ru id Ar 11.30a mAr 6.30 pm Mmimerside..... Dp 1.30 p m Wellington.... :| ** 2.19 ‘ Port Hill ....... “ 3.00 * O'leary........ “ 417 Alberton........ “o LaS Tignish ......... 7 6.16 * TRAINS GOING EAST. “Nos, 2 and 4, No, 6, Stations. Mixed. Mixed. ee ‘Dp @30am am oo g* | PREY. 000 o beds 3 62 * Pert Hill ........| 8 9.40.“ Wellington ......| ‘* 10.22 “ 8’ , id Arli.l0am ees: Dp 2.30pm|Dp 7.30am Kensington...... * 3.05 | ** 8.05 County Line.. ..| ** 3.43 “ | “ 8.44 “ Bresdalbane.....; ** 3.63 ‘** | ** 8.54 “* Hunter River....| ‘* 4.30 “ “12 North Wiltshire..} ‘‘ 4.46 “* “+ 943 * Royalty Junction’ *‘ 5,37 “ | * pa « Charlottetown... . Ar = a Ar 11,00 am Royalty Junetion - = - ; 4 " Mt. Stw't Jane ** Dp. 4.16 “cc Cardigan... 52...) ** 5.35 * Geopectown..... Ar 6.00 p mi
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STATIONS, es Depart 7.15 a. m. " NE o>... 20 caeee aa. * te os 8.55..** NG, cskeus bs oe a
Mt. Stewart Junction. Arrive 10.10 a. m.
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Nt. Stewart Junction. | Depart 4.16 p. n ins +s cbQate- <o 458 “ eee... . J. 6 12: oe s.. 6a; * a os on on ks | Arrive 7.10 ‘ ALEX. MACNAB, Sup’t and Engineer,
Railway Offiee, Chtown, Nov. 28, 1879. —pat pres h ane sp 8} kca pio 61 ;.
COAL. COAL.
OR SALE, at the Gas Works, and | Koughan’s Scales, a quantity of Round Magna Coal, at $3.50 per ton. is Coal gives a great heat, and being al- most free from sulphur, is suitable for either Grates or cooking stoves. - 27, 1879—city papers 6i
MACLEAN & MARTIN
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Newson’s Building, Opp. Post Office,
Charlotietoun, P. EB. I. A, A, McLEAN. D. C. MARTIN. Pere 18, 1979. —extaw
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Prince Edward Island Branch
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KORIH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE.
INSURANGE GO.
Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00
CHIEF OFFICES—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street.
Nine-Tenths ef the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years, The Tables of Rates are moderate.
Fire Insurances etlected on nearly every description of Property, at the -LowgsT RATES ef Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk,
Losszs settled with promptitude and liber-
ality, G. W. DEBLoIs,
General Agent.
Dee. 14.
QUEEN INSURANCE CO'Y.
OF ENGLAND,
CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Dogs, steros effected on all kinds of Build-
ings, Merehandise and Produce, Also, on essels on the stocks. Special rates for isolated resicences. Loases settled promptly.
GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank),
Agent for Prince Edward Island June, 1877—
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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ANY OTHER TIME. W. R. BOREHAM
Has on hand, and coming, per steamer North- ern Light, alarge stock of Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Over- shoes and Slippers, all styles and prices to suit allages and pockets. Coie along to
W. R. BOREHAM,
South Side Queen Square. Dee. 23, 1879.—-3mostaw
Bones. Bones.
HE undersigned will pay fifty centa Cash rewt. for all bones delivered at the Bone Mill, in the Royalty. No quantity less than one cwt. (112 lbs) taken. FRED. W. HYNDMAN, Agent,
Ch town, Dee. 1, 1879
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FYNHE SHOP on Upper. Queen Street, now occupied by Simon W. Crabbe. Posses- sion given the lst June, 1880. ARCH’D. WHITE. Ch’town, Dec. 22,1879.—taw pat pres ne her lm
Cheirograph or Lethogram
“MAN be made for 50 cents by sending 35 C cents in stamps to P. O. Box 126 Yar- mouth, N. §S., and by return of mail you will receive a receipt for making tablet and ink from which you can get over one hundred
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Canadian Pacifie Railway.
Tenders for Roljing Stock.
NYENDERS are invited for furnishing the
Rolling Stock required to be delivered on
the Canadian Pacific Railway, within the
next four years, comprising the delivery in each year of about the following, viz :—
20 Lecomotive Engines. 16 First-class Cars (a proportion being sleepers) 20 Second-class Cars, do. . 3 Express and Baggage Cars. 3 Postal and Smoking Cars. 240 Box Freight Cars. 100 Flat Cars 2 Wing Ploughs. 2 Snow Ploughs. 2 Flangers. 40 Hand Cars.
THE WHOLE TO BE MANUFACTURED IN THR DomINION or CANADA and delivered on the Canadian Pacitic Railway, at Fort William, or in the Province of Manitoba.
Drawings, specifications and other informa- tion may be had on application at the office of the Engineer-in-Chief, at Ottawa, on and after the 15th day of MAROH next.
Tenders will be received by the under- signed up to noon of THURSDAY, the Ist day of JULY next.
By Order, - F. BRAUN, Secretary. Derr. of Rattwars & CANALS, [fe 16, oaw
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It is pleasing to noi and unfairness of the iot does not meet with the approval of @ven those papers which agree with it in Lecal and Demin- ion politics, On Saturday we quoted from the Argus, in condemnation of the Patriot’s unfairness in reporting the St. Peters’ meeting. We have now much pleasure in noting the manly words of the Summerside Journal of Thursday last, in reference to the Patriot's attack on the Indian Commis- sioner. We differ from our Western con- temporary in Dominion and Local politics ; but, while we always find him a vigorous and vigilant opponent, we must admit that he seldom violates the laws of honorable journalism. We have often heen upbraid- ed by well meaning, though mistaken friends, because we have not met the Pat- riot with his own weapons. The outspoken comments of the Argus and Journal are the best vincdieation of our refusal to an- swer a fool accerding to his folly, er to en- gave in too close a contest with a literary chimney-sweep, We are sorry we have not space to copythe Jovrnal’s article entire. He says :—
‘The truth is, the Patriot has been very unfortunate in its choice of am occasion for airing its vanity and shewing its independ- ence in this instance. We have no great objection to a paper making pretensions to independence previded it be°careful to select subjects and occasions which will} injure the veputations of no one. But when it stepszentsi i respe Fjournalism and publishes groundless aceu- sations against a public ofticer in order to reach its ambition—as in the case tmder consideration—we cannot remain silent.
: Before presenting a case to the public, the facts should be ascertained. To circulate misrepresentations and falsehoods for mercenary motives is an unenviable occupation; and the journal that is guilty of doing it may, for a time, win the ad- miration of office-seekers, wire-pullers, and political humbugs ; but all honest, moder- ate and right thinking men will regard such contemptible taetics beneath the dig- nity of arespectable journal. «- * ° It may, however, suit the Patriot to vilify a gentleman who got his appointment through the influence of the Acadian sup- porters of the Reform party because it has an antipathy to that nationality ; but we can assure it that it is doing its party a great deal more harm than good.”
This is certainly a plain and strong con- demnation. The only reply the Patriot is able to make is, that the Jowrnal has been abusing it !!
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Free Scheols in Ontario.
The Misister of Education for the Pro- vince of Ontario states in his report for the year 1879 that : —
The total receipts for all Publie School pueposes for the year 1878 amounted to $357,321, showing. a decrease o: $175,863 as compared with the receipts at the pre vious year. The total expenditure amount- ed tu $2,889,347, a decrease of $184,142. The receipts are made-up of Depository payments eut of the Legislative grant for the purpose, $15,756; county, municipal grant,$872,354; trustees’ assessments, $1.- 405,686; and ether sourees, $694,984. The expenditures wero for teachers’ salaries, $2,011,207; for Bepesitery purchases, $42,- 507; for sites and buildings, $413,392; and for rent and repairs of school-houses, $422,239.
The tetal number of children of school age, five to sixteen, was 492,650, a de- crease of 2,444. The number of the same age attending schools was 467,433, a de- crease of 1,808. The number of pupils of other ages at schoo] was 21,582. ‘The total number reported as not attending any schvol for four months during the year is 27,415. The average attendance was 224,- 588, an increase of 7,404.
During 1878 there were in operation throughout the Province 4,990 schools, taught by 9,473 teachers, the latter num- ber being an increase of 5 over that of the preceding year. Of the teachers 3,060 are males and 2,413 females ; the former show- ing an increase of 40 and the latter a de- crease of 30.
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The Speaker of the House of Represent- atives in Louisiana accidentally let his pistol fall ffm his pocket during a session of that body. The shock discharged the weapon, and now tlie Attorney General of the State has filed an information against the Speaker for carrying concealed weapons.
A Stscutar CorncrpeNce.—Mr. John Blair, of Onslow, -whose death we chronicled a few days ago, was born on Feb. 3rd, 1793; married Feb. 3rd, 1814; and died Feb, 3rd,
@reawa, 7th Febrauny, 19. wh jane 58
1880. — Truro Sun.
EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1880.
Corresponocenee. Si eto n= bane dont ace To the Editor of the Eraminer.
Siz,—Among literary occupations and
observation of peculiarities in the best authors, parallel or analogous passages in different authors, passages in which the same subject or theme, treated differently, may be like one melody with different ac- companiments. If 1 were a scientific musician, or had at my finger’s ends the musical ideas in my brain, | could com- pose such music to certain passages, both of prose and verse, as would, | think, cem- mand some attention. Take Sir Walter Scott's description of the eve of the battle of Prestonpans. Vich Jan Vohr and his adopted -brether, Edward Waverley, leok- ing down at the English and German camp: “Hark! The Engiish are setting their watch. Theroll of the drum and shrill ac- companiment of the fifes, swelled up the hill—died away—resumed its thunder—and was at length hushed. The trumpets and kettle drums of the cavalry were next heard te perform the beautiful and wild point of war appropriated as a signal for that piece of nocturnal duty, and then finally sunk upon the wind witha shrill and mournfal cadence. The Highlanders, ‘thick as leaves in Vaiombrosa,’ lay stretched in profound repose. ‘How many of these brave fel- lows will sleep more soundly before to- morrow night, Fergus,’ said Waverly with an inveluntary sigh. * You must not think of rHat, answered Fergus; ‘You must think only of your sworn, and by whom it was given. All other reflections are now Too Lave.” O! That | had the scientific knowledge of harmony and melody, pos- sessed by csrtain gentlemen in this very town, to note down music worthy of the above prose passage, which certainly is as true poetry asits auther every wrote ! Take the following from ‘‘The Laird of the Isles : “Pair Edith heard the Southron shout, Beheld them turning from the rout, Heard the wild call their trumpets lent, In ‘notes ‘twixt triumph and lament,” The frat sample, certainly, is the better . he two, although the latter also
is excellent. Pope, Dyrden and Scott have described military enthusiasm under very different circumstances and periods. Take Pope, to begin with :— *“‘As when the first bold vessel dared the seas,
High on thelstern the Thracian raised his
strain,
And Argo saw her kindred trees
Descend from Pelion te the Main. Transported demi-gods stood round, And inen grew heroes at the sound,
Inspired by glery’s charms ; Each chief the seven-fold shield displayed, And half unsheathed his shining blade, While seas and rocks and skies rebound,
Toc-ws! Toarms! Tearms!
Now for Sir Walter Scott. Lady of the Lake ;”’
‘“‘He paused : the word the vassals took,
With forward step. and fiery look ;
On high their naked swords they shook,
Their clattering targets wildly strook, Then, with a murmur low,
Like wave, advancing in its course,
That far to seaward finds its source,
And on the beach expends its foree,
Burst with loud roar their answer hoarae, ‘Woe to the traitor! Woe!’
Ben Arr’s grey scalp the ascents knew ;
The famished wolf from covert drew ;
The meuntain eagle screamed from far ;
They knew the voice of Alpine’s war ! ”
Vide ‘' The
In this eminently scholastic community, ‘* Alexander’a feast’ is probably familiar to most young ladies and gentlemen. I sho id not like to attempt to read it aloud, for it requires a Demosthene or a Cicero to do justice to it; therefore let us refer it, through the ‘‘reading beoks,” ‘ad beniqnos lectures;’ and, by way of relief to the reader's mind, after so much geod poetry, we will give an absurd parody of Pope by himself.
‘‘ When fitst our little vessel dared the seas,”
‘‘High on the stern’? our Piper ‘‘raised his strain ;’
He filled the sheepskin ‘‘ with a whistling breeze,”
‘* And touched the tender stops” with might and main.
Ladies in ecstasy sat round; we all delighted in ‘‘ the sound,”
For festive purpose met ;
One of our band due caution gave,
‘«Tempt not too far far the treacherous wave!”
‘* Be sure you do not run the boat aground !”’
‘*Take care you dont upset.”
The Bathos, attacked by Martinus Scrib- ierus, could scarcely exceed my reduction of Pope’s magnificent Ode, and Milton's ‘‘ Lycidas.”” Music and poetry should be worthily conjoined ; either of the two is better to be single and alone, than to be unworthily matched. When the two, in perfection, are superadded to heroic action, the effect is beyond the power of ordinary description. Imagine the gallant Lord Hill at the battle of Arroyo del Molino, at the head of the Highland Brigade, whose pipes I believe for the first time since the unhappy year of 1746, had been permitted, and were, by Lord Hill, ordered to animate his men, and to make them invincible by the well known tune and immortal verse of
‘* Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye waking yet !
Or are ye sleeping, I wad wit,
For Charlie’s drums gang row dow dow !
To arouse Johnnie Cope in the morning.” | remain, Sir, your obed’t servant, Vica DHoMNU:L NAN ORD.
Postscript.—I must say one word more on.
“ Alexander's feast.” In those parts of it
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|which may, in some degree, parallel pass- _ages in Pope’s Ode te Music, Dryden appears ‘(very appropriately to his subject) to have ‘inhaled the spirit of the highly educated, | but nevertheless more than half-savage | Macedonian barbarian, Pupil of Aristotle,
__..._ | amusements, not the least pleasing is the | (Alessandro dieeva speso &e! &c.) (1 wish
the epithet which I have applied to Alex- ander could be translated into one long German word, which would make the utter- er pause in the middle of it, to recover breath, rather than the elassic elegance of Athens, or the calm stern grandeur of Sparta. Leonidas was indeed worth a thousand Alexanders, and’ Dieneces worth a dozen of Parmenio. Miltiades and Mara- thon, -Themistocles and Salamis ; how low does Alexander, with all his victories, sink beneath these names!
Civic. To the Editor of the Examiner.
Dear Srx,—In recent issues of your paper, complaint has been made against the City Council, respecting the treatment of the late Fire Wardeus, and they are gener- ally blamed for all that has gone wrong; or, like the Indian’s dog, they get no pay, and ‘more kicks than coppers. Now, sir, as this citizen sees it, they had no alternative, when tlie Chief and Wardens resigned, but to appoint others. Of course we are all sorry to lose the services of the late Board; but if they chose to retire, there is no kelp for it. Now, itis more than hinted that at least some of them were glad of a chance to leave, fer, at the best, theirs wusa thankless task. As it is, we havea new Board, all of whom—as well as our brave firemen—are anxious to give satisfaction ; and, considering the small amount of re- muneration received, they are entitled to praise rather than censure. Now, sir, itis a well known fact that the ordinary Civic receipts do not and wiil not meet the or- dinary expenditure, and the official record goes to prove that fact. The present Council are about as economical as any ef their predecessors; in fact, if anything, they are economizing in some cases to the verge
some of the aceéituts are pared down. As one of the unfortunate taxpayers, I reall
‘can’t see, without remodelling the whole
machine, how the expenses can be material- ly reduced. I believe it can be remodelled; but the purpose of this article is to deal with the existing state of things. Now, sir, as tho revenue must be increased, your readers will naturally ask how. ip the first place, [ would dispose of all the city property not bringing in revenue—for in- stance. the lots at Spring Park, if not sale- able, rent them. The same will apply to the lots ai the head of Queen street. The Pownal Wharf property should be rented at once, as in the hands of the city it isa good deal of a white elephant. It earned last year, the large sum of $96 wharfage, and $300, from whieh deduct the wharfing- er’s charges, as, of necessity, aman must be on hand to look after it. As far as the real estate is concerned, my plan is to either selliit or have it earn something. ‘There is some moveable property, say the fire bell, that had better be sold, lout these are small matters comparatively. Our Assessment Law needs re-organizing. Property should be assessed at its value, with a dfsceunt for unproductive or unimpreved property, say land not built on and held for sale. I would have no exemptions if the power can be obtained. Tax church and state alike. The assessment should be laid on the property; and the owner, in fee simple, should pay the tax at the City Hall. This would save the cost of a colleetor. The amendment could be so framed that the tenant sheuld pay the landlord instead of the collector. A discount should be allow- ed on all payments made in the first quar- ter of the current year, and the elections should be held in January. All personal property yielding a return, should contrib- ute-—say, invested funds, the protection and care of which has or does add te the expenditure of the city. In some cities a license to do business is charged, aid I would propose in a general way to equitably tax, for city purposes, every interest that is directly or indirectiy benefitted by the city expenditure. Only those should vote who contribute to city funds, and while every taxpayer should have a right to vote, the amount of taxes paid should regulate the number of votes;so that those whe have to pay the piper should control the expenditure. [| might go on te supply arguments to sustain my propositions, but it would only tire the patienco of your readers. The subscriber is alive to the fact that any re-adjustment of taxation would increase his private taxes; but something must be done, and the seoner the better. Yours, &c., Henry Coomss.
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‘*There is nothing,” said little Mr. Bark- ingdale, who was jumping at the top hook in the hat rack with his new silk hat, ‘There is nothing he panted, with another desperate jump—‘‘succeeds’—and up he went again—“‘like,” and he made a jump that a kangaroo weuld have envied—‘‘like”’ —he shouted as he slapped his hat fairly over the hook, and held on to the brim just a second too long, tore it clear off, pulled the hook through the side of his hat, and then, as the whole hat rack came over top him and he thrust his head through the mirror in the middle of it, he roared in desperate and legitimate conclurion— ‘‘suc- cess!’ And all the rest of the guests seemed to think that way, tee, for the enthusiasm was tremendoug
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