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selling off Lamps at Bodd Reaers

i =e gocal and Other [tems, LETTERS To

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oa AsTRAKAN Tackets,~ A large stock selling bw at the London House,—-Harris X Stewart, | ‘ deel? 5i e «A Gyrsv TENT,” wih tins, at the sele in! : schoolroom, on Wedne sday

St. Pete rs evening.

ue : M. C. A. advertisement, and

READ the \ r disengaged for next Thartday

hold yourse ba night 5 sale,

Ifyou want to buy Utsefal Christ- nas Presents, buy a Lamp at Dodd

& Rogers:

- seort Act.—One new summons has been wun se

syed. 1% is for « acc mid offence, and is re- ge el.

tunable to-morrow.

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Reserve to-morrow evening for Come and spend **A night

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Lactt Re Sy, James Hail

with Dickeas.

Oss oF TUE ATTRACTIONS. = Fine Sate ia St. Pet y's Sch wolroom Wil begin at j wud continue throughout the evening,

o'ecl cK, p- m, Wade daily at the City

OATMEAL CARB! ; cel brated oatcauke.

a Steam Bakery, Gucks

Try it an? be happ) A & ©. Quirk, City : i? ker «lf $i Rery. ace it i Steam D 7 ue Kas CAKES We are now taking orders for Xmes and New Year cake Our custem- era will please ordel early A. ® C, Quirk, City Steam bakery. dect0 4i - _

Aprorstep Acprrorn —At the special meet. ing of the City Counc this morning, Mr. L. Miller was appointed auditor in the place ef Mr. H. M Lbavison rece ntly e pp inted vily cle k. Good eppriotment,

Notice —G. H. Taylor's Jc welry Store will remain open each evening during the holiday season. Fancy Sugar Spoons received to-day, te be given away to purchasers, as per advertisement of Saturday.

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Apsourxrep.—The cases against Dr. Baynes were further euquired into before R. R. Fitzgera'd, J. P. to-day. After tak- ing the evidence of several witnesses, a further adjournment until Monday next

was made. a

Pestic Mertine 1x Connection with Ep- worth Leacos.—Mr. B. D. Higgs will read a paper tu-night in the basement of the Method- ist Charch. Subject, “The Seett Act—tts place ia the Temperance Movemr nt in Can- ada.’

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Matts,—The epeeial train with 103 bags of mii matter and a number of passengers, ar- tived from Georgetown late last aight. A special train to connect with the Stanlev lett here for Georgetown at twelve o'clock stand- ard to-day,

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Lecrors.—Hon. Howlan, has kindly consented to repeat his lecture on “Ourselves,” in’St Patrick's Hal!, on Wed. nesday evening ucxt. The lecture wi'l be under the auspices of the League of the,Cross. Admission ten cents. We trust that there wil! be a fall house.

Senator

Writ Nor Lecrvre.—Word has just been received from Rev. Dr. McRae to the eftect that he will not be able to lecture in St. James Hall to-morrow evening, a8 was an- noanced, His place will be filled by the Rev. Mr, Carruthers, who will eutertain the andi- ence with a description of some of Dickens characters, and readings from the author to illustrate and support.

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Aneap Acaty.—A letter from the Sec- retary of the Dominion Artillery Associa- tion to Colonel Moore states that at its recent meeting the Association decided to disallow the protes: made against No. 2 Battery, G. A., of this Province, by Cap- tain OXley, of Halifax, thus sustaining the action of Lt.-Col, Irwin, Inspector of Artillery, in the matter of the examination of Captain Longworth, This decision sneans that the Governor-General’s prize for genera) efficiency, for the seventh con- recutive year, goes to No. 2 Battery. THE EXAMINER congratulates the Battery upon its phenomenal success.

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Tusy Were Disarporstep.—A somewhat remarkable, and what was, to the students, a rather emusing incident, happened at the University Medical College, New York, on Wednesday last. It is customary on the part of the anthorities, when a person dies uader suspicions circumstances and nothing !s known of himself or bis frien¢s, to hand the body over to the Medical College for the parpose of having an autopsy held, and the Faculty, when practicable, give the students the benefit of their investigations. Ono the date named, the Professor of Pathology had a sub- ject of this kiud, who was found iu one of the city parks the previous night with a ballet wound in his head. When the subject was stretched on the dissecting table before the class, and the students, all expectancy, were watching the Professor as, knife in hand, he was beginnivng bis work, the procee lings were brought to an abrupt termination by the entrance to the lecture room of the deceased man’s friends, who bad come to claiia the body, with authority to remove it, which they asecordingly proceeded to do. The disap.

inted students dispersed rather ungractous- i, to the strains of a well-known College song, modified to suit the oecasion. It turned out that the man, tired of the world, had takeu the old way of ridding himself of life’s cares by putting a bullet through his brain.

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His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, and Geo. E. Full, Esq., were among the passengers in the Stanley yesterday.

Mr, L. H. Davies, M. P., left Georgetown for Pictou in the Stanley to-day, to meet Hon. Mr. Laurier at St. John. 3

The sad death of Miss Edith W ilson aroused a deep feeling of sympathy i this city, for many people knew her and admired her for her gentle and amiable character. On next Wedneeday she was to have been married; but death, who lixs ell seasons for his own, stepped in and claimed the young life. At her own request she was laid out in her wedding dress, avd so was buried. The funeral took place this afternoon and was attended by « large number of citiz-ns who thus pail their last tribute of respect.

Mr. L. A. Bruce teft this afternoon for Philadeipbia where he will engage in the Teadymade clothing business, going on the road for Messrs. Wannamaker & Brown, one of the Ligest houses in the trade. THE x- AMINER wishea Mr. Bruce every success. —

A Bangor pyper reports “A charming

reception” at the residenee of Hon. Wil ism

H. Strickland, of that town, and svys that

“ Miss Charlotte Strickland, of Cha lottetown,

P. E. 1., who has been visiting at the :esidence

of Dr. Strickland, oa Essex street, leaves for to-night.”

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THE EDITOR,

My attention has been called to _ that the intimation of my with- trom the discussion of the teimper- quesion in the columns of your paper, and the interpretation you were pleased to put upon that action, has led toa misunderstanding which, [ think, in justice to myself, demands an explanation. I therefore desire to correct that impression and to put mattersin such a tight that no ove wil suppose that “I have been wounded in the fight,” or have * shown the white feather,” oram unable to meet | the figures appearing in Tue Examiner. |

{ lait down a line, along which I thought | the question of the hour might be discussed | with profit to all parties. It remaine | | with you to say whether you would accept | or reject it, or suggest another line. You, however, did neither one or the other. | Youronly anewer was that I ** assumed | too much.” IT asked that you give the; facts and figures of the consumption of ; liquors, and the arrests for diunkenness, | under the License system and under the’ Scott Acr, side by side. Your reply to. that was a lot of tigures on the one side accompanied by a statement that to all this | yeu must add half as much more; and. then, in @& later issue, you served us with the Criminal Statistics of the Dominion of |} Canada for the past ten years. These | figures nay have been interesting to wus; | they may have been interesting to the. liquor seiler, as showing what the traflic is} capable of doing, viz, of turning over in} ten years some 100,000 drunks; but the| question b-fore us at present is not what is! done in the Dominion, buat whether the! Scott Act or the License system has re- | stricted the liquor traflic most effectually in| this city.

The points submitted up to this date you refused to touch, and there was nothing for me to do but withdraw when there was nothing to iscuss. and it was the with- | drawal, and the little badinage, which t|

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very well understood, that has led to the misrepresentations. Now, sir, I never ssid, as you made me doin a late i-sue,

that the figures I submitted ‘‘ might be trae or they not,” and you must have known when you made the statement, that it was not correct. 1 made that statement in reference to the assumptions made by you, when you took the Custom Huse ligures returns, and tu them added one half more. Any figuresI have given, I have done my best to have as correct as possible, and I will now put it within your power to correct, or reject them, or show the public that they have no place except In my OWN jinagiMation.

B tore duing so I want to correct your figures. You give us a solid mass of figures “from the crimiual statisiics of the Domin- ion; you may not kaow, sir, that these are

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not always reliable. You may depend upon the Customs returns, as the number! vf gallons and the amount of duty must | eorrespond, but ths others, either from | misprints, or for sume other cause, are not to be depended upon, Take the figures you submit for the province of Nova Scotia These give a population of 449,465. Sup- pose that the popalation of Halifax is 40,- 009, you then Knve a population outside the city of 449,465. Now you give as the number of arrests forthe whole province 657, and those in the city of Ha.ifax alone as 509, leaving 148 arrests to be divided among a population of 449,445. To my); ceriain knowledge, there were arrested 1n } Pictoo County alone, curing 1889, over one hundred, leaving 48 arrests to be divided among 400,000 people. Do you fora mo- ment suppose that these figures anything like show how matters really stand? I do

not, and Ido nvt believe that any one in Charlottetown, who il: carefully go over the figures

will accept them: But come nearer home. In the figures given for this Island, you set down, for example, that in the year 1833 there were 244 arres‘s fur drunkenness; bat if you will run over the books in the police court, yoa will find that in that year the number for Charlottetown "lone was 259 or six more for the city than the returns show fur the whole province. It was because of these and similar inwecuracies, that [did not take these statements as my basis; and I leave it with the public todecide between us whether your test or mine is the more acc lrate.

In your issue of the ifth you say; ‘‘Mr.

Carruthers has not let us iato the secret of the source of the figures which he has sub- mitted. We accept them only and simply because they are presented by the Rov. James Carruthers.” Sir, I have nothing to conceal; and if ycur intention is to test the correctness of them, I will tell you where and how it may be dune.

The figures, which J submitted before the Jast election, were as follows :

Gallons Consumed.

Year. OE as Sena 6 eee 106,796 WO Gy 66k bieie se teenre 176,555 BI isc incest ois 156,183

These figures, with the assistance of Mr. Lydiard, I obtained from the Customs. I[ am not sure that they represent the whole amouni, because the fire which destroyed the buiding burned most of the papers; but one thing ia certain, and that is that the fire did not add to the ameyst, so that the figures may be taken as the lowest, not the highest, amount for that year. ‘As to the arrests for drunkenness, | su’ + mit the figures I gave at the last election, with the addition of the arrests from then

until now. They are as follows :

RTE rie Sa5 so cede Ae 7i2 ES ae ce ee. te, B89 NOT ois oc vv ce chee seaene tes 134 BOIS . isk cons 0008 0 Reet oe 370 We waa oe aon eee es 235 eae eee rs eee 258 LO 8 rs nies ane oodeses 19% Ot nad coed beds see ORS Ne gba eescomeen ta 250 Bee. 66 wa ne éeewe o cee ee eee 230 ]885 a > va ee 60 Oe ee +5 weer 285 SON |, cy ae Wee nee eaie . 300 SO... . ie bck ce ees teas 213 SO. ceucees caceeeeere es 262 1850 6600 cabaesadsses 306 ;

Sir, I invite your attention to an analysis | of these figures. You wiil see that during the three years under the license system the number of arrests were 2130, and, that ' for the ten years under the Scott Act, that: is from 1879 to 1889, there are only 2754, or, if you take them another way and add}

tovether the arrests for the years 1879,

1880 and 1881, the total does not equal by

2 the arrests for 75 alene, and that 1882, ' 1383 aa 1884 does not equal by 39 the

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arrests for the year 1877 system was in operation.

'f» Meve than that, when yi u ccime to the

years when the arrests for drunkenness in- crease, and you enquire into the cause, you will discover that when the liquor elemeut

entered the City Council for the purpoee of | frustrating the enforcement of (he Act, the |

increase of drunkenness and the increase of that party in the Council ran side by side. L agree with you that there has been an increase of drunkenness of late, but you seem to forget the fact shown by the figures that the increase goes along with the. in- Operativeness of the Act, and that in turn appears when the majority of the Council

are the liquor men.

It is not a very pleasant thing to go over the records of the police court; but if you will do so, you will tind that net only the advancement of temperance sentiment amongst us, but the awful havoc made under the license system, compelled the people to welcome any change, for, in the year 1877, from the moath of June till the month of December in the same year, there were arrested in these seven mouths, no less than 495 for drunkenness, and 58

for assaults, or in all 533, and such was the | a : : state of the city that we required no less |

than 16 policemen, 1 “marshal and 1 bailiff to keep the peace; while under the Scott Act all that we need is a force of five, and sometimes six, with the Marshal. It may suit your purpose to try to show that we are the wost drutken city in the Dominion. Once, perhaps, it might have been said, when we had a license system, and with a

population a little over 9,000, in the space

of seven months, 553 people were arrest- ed for drunkenness and assaults, but that time is gone, and I hope, for ever. That Tut FXaMiner should fight for its retern, in the face of these figures, ergues a peculiarity cf mivd which to me is unaccountabl>. That you, sir, a known prohibitionist, should plead for us to step back agin into that dark age, is more ten a surprise to me.

I] ask you carefully to consider these figures, to consult the anthorities I have given, and, if the figures are wrong, correct them. Al- though my time is taken up, yet, in the in- terests of the temperance party, I will attend to anythi gin your columns which I think calls for attention. As the idea has gone abroad that I gave up the discussion because { was unable to meet the figures you published, L have furnished the other dailies with a copy of this letter, and I think it due to you, for the courtesy you have always shown me, to accquaint you of the fact.

JAS. CARRUTIERS.

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ews Notes.

Cholera is disappearing from Tokio, Japan, and influenza has reappeared.

A Russian prince of the imperial family was recently hell under arrest eight deys for travelling without « passport.

A heavy snowsform visiied Harrisonburg, Va., on Sunday night, and the weather is intensely cold.

A London despatch saves: Mr. Partiell has sent a despatch to M:iwaulkee, Wis., declining an offer of $15,000 for 100 lec- tures.

It is rumored in ecclesiastical circles that Mgr. Langevin willishortly resign as Bishop of the Rimouski diocese and retire from active life.

The London Times’ finincial article says it will probably be necessary to assist New York banks to cope with their difticulties with gold from London.

Evidently potatoes are very dear in some parts of the United States, ‘tas dear :s

' oranges,” at Washington, for example, ac-

cording to the statement of a Washington paper.

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Fell asleep, at 12 Gurney Street, Boston Highlands, Dec. 6th, 1890, Mila, infant daugh- ter of N. J, and Priacilla McDonald, aged 2 months and 11 days.

DYSPEPTICURE the Specific for Dyspepsia.

Thousands of bottles of DYSPEP- TICURE have been sold during the rast few years without any advertise- ment whatever. It is now well known in nearly every part of the Maritime Provinces, and many orders have been filled for Quebec, Mass., and Maine. DYSPEPTICURE not only aidsDiges- tion, but positively cures Indigestior and Chronic Dyspepsia; this quality of CURING the disease explains its large and spreading salewithout having been brought to the notice of the public.

DYSPEPTICURE may now be obtained from all Druggists. Price per bottle, 35 cents and $1,00 (the latter four times size of former).

An important pamphlet on DYS- PEPTICURE promptly mailed, free, to any address.

CHARLES K. SiiORT, St. John. New Brunswick.

Hon. Hr. Laurier’s Visit.

HE HON. WILFRED LAURIER, M. P., Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, will address a

Mass Public Meeting

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MARKET HALL, CHARLOTTETOWN, ON THE EVENING OF Mondiy, 222d December, instant, on the Pub‘ic Questions of the Day.

Mr. Laurier will be accompanied by several Prominent Members of the House of Com-

mous, who, it is expected, will also deliver addresses. Pe Tickets will be issued from all Stations on the Reilway to Charlottetuwn on the 22nd inst., the day of the mecting, good to return next day. ‘the doovs will be open at 7 p. m., and the chair wi'l be taken at 8 o’clo k, sharp. THOMAS W. DODD, President Liberal Asseciation. H. C. MACDONALD, Secretary Liberal Association.

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Charlottetown, December 15, 1899.

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Endorsed by the best authoritics in the world

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Nearly 14,000 in use and good sccounts given of them. Over 40 years of honest business.

WILLIS PIANO & ORGAN C@., Maceachern’s Buildisg, Lower Queen St.

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K. BRACE is selling off his large stock LX. of CROCKERY. Everything marked down from 10 to 30 per cent. for One Month.

Great Bavgains for Xmas!

Everybody shoul] call and see prices. Goods shown freely, Dolls and Teys for hundreds of good Boys and Girls, and a Moustache Cup forthe Young Men. The best and cheapest Groceries in the County. Confectionery, Raisins, Currants, Spices, Canned Straw- berries, Blueberries and Clams,

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NOTICE.

Co eee baving any claims against

the Steamers ef the Black Diamond Line, will please present the same on or before the 20th inst., at the office of

PEAKE BROS, & CO., Agents,

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_ df you want Bie Bareains in Reefers, Overcoats, Suits, fur Caps, Robes, &c., Prowse Bros. are selling at startlin

low prices. leave your cash with

ROWSE BROG.,

Come along an

THE WONDERFUL CHEAP MEN,

* 136 and 144 Queen Street, Charlottetown.

THAN EVER

Are to be had This Week at the Bazaar Store.

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SMAS CARDS! XMAS CARDS!

Over 5,000 New Plain and Boxed Cards to select from. Als, a fine stock of Card Boxes, trimmed with Plush, Silk and Satin—something new.

Our Piush, Leathe, Izzano and Oxidized Silver Goods will be found in every conceivable shape.

Ladies’ and Gents’ Dressing Cases, Ladies’ and Gents’ Cuotf and Collar Boxes. Ladies’ Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Work Boxes and Jewel Cases. Gents’ Shaving Cases, Ladies’ Work Baskets, Albums, Satchels, Purses, Mirrors, Toilet Brushes, Combs, Easels and Mirrors, Candlesticks,

We have but one word to say for our Albums ani Plush Goods :— - SENT PRICES WE DEFY COMPETITION. en eer eae ona e

China, Glass and Crockeryware.

LAMPS (Hall, Parlor and Library), VASES, TOILET SETS, CUPS and SAUCERS, Jugs, Candlesticks, Card and Fruit Baskets, Tumblers and Goblets, Shaving Mugs, Finger Bowls, Ink Bottles, Ink Stands, Toilet Bottles, Vinegar Bottles—Cheap ! Cheaper !! Cheapest ! ! ! a

(o)———— SLEIGHS, PUNGS AND SLEDS.

SELLING AT COST, TO CLEAR :—Our Stock of Two Hundred Sleds. See

ONIONS !

25 BARRELS RED, 015 “ YELLOW.

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PLAlIOS, ORGANS,

Sewing Machines.

our 30 cent Sleighs and be surprised, The Best only 60 cents. npenenD

Fost OYS! TOYS!

; It is an acknowledged fact that the BAZAAR STORE has got the Finesz Steck of TOYS, and at the LOWEST PRICES, of any House in Town. Whole- sale orders filled carefully and promptly. Everything New, Strange and Comical.

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Voy Books o Every Description,

Including Boys’ and Gils’ Own Annual, Young America, Chatterbox, Chatter- well, Delightful Story, ete. Small Toy Books by the thousand, at prices unheard of. Also, a few fine Works of Art, costly but at terrible reductions. ILLUS- TRATED XMAS PAPERS, with Supplements.

N. B.—Before purchasing your Xmas Presents, cal! and hear the prices at the BAZAAR STORE. We don’t ask you to buy; the goods sell themselves.

Doves wae” “ ; wow ‘

HE CHEAPEST AND BEST sold low

and on easy terms at

MILLER BROTHERS,

rev28 Queen Street, Charlottetown.

NOTICE TO PAY.

LL PERSONS indebted to the subecriber

AK are requested to pay their accounts

before the 15th day of December next. All

accounts remaining u»paid after that date will be placed in the Court for collection.

J. B. MACDONALD. .

Ch’town, Nov. 25, 1890 -eod tl 15th

WANTS, LOST, FOUND &¢

eee this city, on Saturday evening, a Silver Watch and Chain. Owner can have same by proving property and paying expenses. Apply at this oilice. dec'd

BAZAAR STOR: QUEEN ST.

Charlottetown, December 10, 1890,

WINTER, I89i.

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al Hard & aria

Arrived=A Full and Complete Stock of Everything in Our Line.

ERVANT WANTED.—Wanted, a good gen-| era] evervant. Must have good references | aud be thoroughly trastworthy. Apply at st Paul’s Rectory, Charlottetown. lw pd-— sane

GENTS wan‘ed immediately, in Town and) A Country, to canvass subscribers for the} “Catholic News,” New York, the best ‘‘atholic ; paper in America. Subscription, $100 a year.) Twenty per cent. paid to Agents. Write imme | diately to the “Catholic News,” 1% Barclay , treet. New York, for samples and outfit.

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O2T.—Between Brighton Road and Queen)

Sireet, this afternoon, a Driving Whi, Finder will pi-ase leave it at this office, { dect5—2i pd

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ARRIAGE BUILDERS! —We intend clraring out our Ee entire stock of Carriage Goods, and give up the trades For the coming season we will sell, at Specially Reduced Prices for Cash, HARDWARE and CARRIAGE GOODS. Term

Short. Prices Low for Cash.

NORTON & FENNELL,

Charlottetown, Dee, 9, 1890---2aw and wy City Hardware Store.

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