A Dangerous Season.

NATURE REQUIRES AIDIN THROWING Orr THE POISONS OF WINTER,

Close Confinement Leaves Old and Young Weak, Nervous and Often Despond- ent—Dr. Williaws’ Pills the Only Reliable Tonic.

At this season of the year young and old feel the need of some assistance from the medical world to help nature in her work of renewing and rebuilding the system after the trying months of winter. Teach- ers and students especially feel the effects of lorg moothsof mental toil that have been rendered more dangerous to health by hours of study in close, ill-ventilated rooms, and exposure to cold and storm, and chills from wet avd bedraggled skirts. The following leiter from a well known ladv t-acher in the west tells how she made wee of one of the most wonderful discoveries of the age with happy results.

“Every spring for the lasteight years I have sutlered from attacks of what the doctors called nervous proctration. The attacks were generally heralded bynervous headaches which lasted for three or four days, causing untold agony, palpitation and pein at the heart, loss of appitite and a general feeling that life is not worth hviag. Only those who have suffered in tnie way can imagine what [ endured or how great has been my joy to find that I bave |-arned of a means of escape from all those horrors. This won drous medicine, which dociors ac- knowledge to be a good tonic and of great b-nefit to weak people, was brought to my attention by a neice who had her- self been cured of a dangerous malady by thisremedy. She had become weak and unable to continue her studies, her blood turned to water and ber face lost every trace of its once fresh healthy color, and a general “breaking up” of her system enused her friends to fear thatshe was in the first stages of consumption. She became tired of hearing thoughtless people tell her how pale she looked, and seeing an advertisement of Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People she bought some in the bope that they might restore a little color to her cheeks She was surprised and delighted to fiad that sfter using them for a few weeks her face regained its bright healthy color and her strength and vitality also returned, and today she is perfectly strong and healthy. Knowing how I had suffered she strongly advised me to try them. I did so and instead of feeling “worn out” as ueual at thie season I feel stronger and better in every way than Ihave done for years. Those dreadful headaches and other distressing symptoms have entirely dis-

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“ Gratefully yours, “H.S. Keb.”

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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, APRIL 2), 1897

iS CRIME DECREASING?

English Observers Say There Is a Change For the Better.

There prevails a comfortable belief that the standing army of crime is steadily di- minishing and that, with theaid of school boards and reformatories, we are making sure if slow progress in combating the en- emies of society who fill our jails. Mr. Douglass Morrison, in a paper read before the Statistical society, tells us that this be- lief rests on no solid foundation, and that when the facts are analyzed it becomes highly doubtful whether there has been more than a nominal decrease of crime. There is no doubt that the figures general- ly quoted in support of the view which ev- ery one would fain believe do not substan- tiate it. The explanation of many of the facts which seem at first sight to justify optimism and self congratulation lies in a movement which influences, consciously or unconsciously, all persons administering the criminal law—the growth of a feeling of distrust of the efficacy of severe sen- tences and of a conviction as to their mis- chievousness in many cases and pity or tenderness toward a large class of crim- inals as the victims of circumstances.

Us has been said that Victor Hugo's pic- ¢a-e of Jean Valjean, the outcast with noble &stincts, who tries again and again to ex- tricate himself from a coil of misfortunes and who again and again succumbs in the struggle, profoundly influenced the admin- istration of the French criminal law, and for many years that spirit of pity and tol- eration which the French poet depicted in ‘*Les Miserables’’ has been everywhere in the air, and nowhere more than here. It is therefore right to caution the public against confounding the diminution in the number of offenders detained in prison in consequence of a wise mitigation of the se- verity of the criminal law with a corre- sponding decrease in the amount of crime. It is just possible, however, that $n avoid- ing one extreme Mr. Morrison has pushed his point too far, and has given counte- nagce to a despondent view as little justi- fied as the optimism which he condemns. In interpreting the only available figures the increased vigilance of the police is an element scarcely to be overrated. A scarcely less important element is that of publicity. Every offense is noted. The chances of detection are probably greatly increased in these days, when every house- hold becomes aware of the person ‘‘ want- ed’’ for any crime of magnitude. To know that crime generally is increasing or de- creasing is to know very little. It may mean no more than that certain offenses

against police regula'ions have increased

or diminished. The morality of the coun- try may be steadily rising though the con- victions for breaches of the education acts are increasing.

There is a sensible diminution of certain offenses most indicative of a licentious spirit. Property is respected more than it was, and some crimes connected therewith and productive of others—for example, re- ceiving stolen goods in some towns—bid fair to disappear. On the other hand, there is no sign of reduction in certain other crimes which appear to ceme in the train of material prosperity. The report we get is both of good and of evil. Of the real causes of crime and of the extent to which itcan be prevented by practicable meas- ures Mr. Morrison’s figures tell one little that is positive. More than 2,000 years ago Euripides expounded the theory of the criminal-ne under which Lombroso, Mar- ro and Ferri have lately labored. The Greek writer puts into the mouth of one of his characters the reficction that, where- as land naturally barren may yield a good harvest if the season be good and fertile land be sterile if the season be unkindly, men are always what they are—the good always good, eyen in the pinch of hard cir- cumstances, the bad always bad—the crim- inal-ne certain to be in the dock, however carefully the chaplain and the philanthro- pist look after him. What truth there is in this view, how far the standing army of crime consists of this element, how far of people not much worse disposed but less lucky than others, statisticians do not tell us. Perhaps they never will. But in that direction lies the interest of the present and still more that of the future.—London Times.

Silenced the Court.

‘Being something of an expert,’’ said the colonel at the club the other evening, **I went to Colorado shortly after the war to testify in a case where a friend of mine was trying to defend his rights in an im- proved quartz crusher. I found him ata cross between a hotel and a boarding house, where there were a number of con- genial spirits and where the nightly avousement was a private game of draw. I sat in and was somewhat surprised that the judge before whom my friend’s case was to come up the next day not only played, but acted as banker. I had a fair run of luck, while the judge invariably held those tantalizing hands that are too big to lay down and not big enough to win on.

‘*When it came to cashing in, mine was the last stack of chips to be presented, and the judge was just $50 shy. I laughingly tossed a blue chip to him, told him to place his private mark on it, and that he could redeem it upou presentation. My friend kicked me under the table, but I didn’t look upon the venture as half bad, even if I lost.

‘*The very next day I got mixed up with the lawyer on the other side and told him in rather a direct way that he was rascally enough to want me to perjure myself. The judge rebuked me, and I was rash enough to tell him that in the east judges had sand enough to protect a witness when he was being abused. In less time than I can tell you I was fined $50 for contempt. Reaching from the witness chair up be- hind the pulpitlike arrangement at which he sat, 1 placed the blue check on the judge’s knee, and at the ‘same time dis- claimed any disrespect toward the court. He promptly remitted the fine, but put the check in his pocket. My friend won his case.'’— Detroit Free Press.

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IN A LONDON THEATER.

A First Night as Seen by the Artist C. n. Gibson.

A London audience is brilliant. Ey- ery one is in evening dress, and the an- dience is often more entertaining than the play. This is especially true ona first night. At such times the pit is watched most anxiously by the manage- ment, as the success of the piece gener- ally depends on its verdict. It Has of- ten occurred to me, when I have seen people on a stormy night forming a line on the pavement outside the pit en- trance, taking it all seriously enough to stand there for hours before the doors were opened, that by letting them in- side, the management might improve their spirits and they in their turn might be more gentle.

And it has also occurred to me when I have seen a stout man standing in the aisle fumbling for a sixpence or a shill- ing in pockets that probably only con- tain a bank note and a goldpiece that the management might further improve the spirits of its audience by doing away with women ushers, and by sell- ing the programme at the same time it sells the seat, for it is hardly fair to the first act of a play to make it over- come the fretfulness caused by annoying attendants before it can hope to amuse. But the second act is sure to have a fair start, and if the play is good from there on it will have no reason to complain of the audience. —C. D. Gibson in Scrib- ner’s,

Killed the Devil.

A burglar recently met with his de- serts in a dramatic manner. In the neighborhood of a place called Hunts- burg, near Oldenburg, two little boys, aged respectively 8 and 12, were left by their mother at home to take care of the house. A man with blackened face and in black attire suddenly entered and announced himself to the scared little mites as his satanic majesty. ‘‘I am the devil. Where do you keep your money?”’

They instantly pointed toward the massive trunk where the modest wealth of the parents was treasured up. While, however, the murky looking impostor was ransacking the chest, the younger of the two boys whispered to his broth- er, ‘‘Go and fetch the gun and shoot the devil dead. ’’

The brother jumped at the idea, fetch- ed the loaded weapon,*crept up to the unsuspecting thief and lodged the whole charge in his back. He fell back dead. —London Telegraph.

Uncailed For Indignity.

‘“*That’s what I call an insult to the whole human race.’’

‘*What is?’

The first speaker pointed to a North Side butcher’s window, where, under an array of calves’ livers, hung this sign, ‘‘Get Your Brains Here.’’—Chi- cago Tribune.

The majority of grown people, as well as the children, in ancient Rome rarely lighted a candle unless at dawn. The bedtime in Rome, Athens, Egypt and other parts of the Mediterranean shore was between 7 and 9 o’clock in the evening, according to the season.

Englishmen who have resided in Guernsey for a year and a day are com- pelled to serve in the local militia,

New Mexico and Consumptives.

“It is a shame for physicians to send consumptives to New Mexico to die,’’ said Dr. William Owens, an educated, full blooded Choctaw Indian. ‘‘It is one of the grandest and most healthful climates in the world,’’ he added, ‘‘but physicians wait until it is too late before they let their patients obtain the benefit of it. More than 50 percent of the people from the north who go to New Mexico are dying with consumption before they leave home, and some only last a few weeks—some- times days—after arriving. These same people, if sent there at the proper time, would gain much benefit from the climate. The majority of them make their head- quarters along the Rio Grande and in San- ta Fe and Silver City.’’—Washington Post.

Planet Chaff.

Archibald—Some astronomers say that Mars is signaling some other planet.

Mary—Maybe that is why Saturn has her ring of lights—to show that she’s en- gaged.—Harper’s Bazar.

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Extreme Provocation.

**Did you strike this man?’’ asked the court sternly.

**T did, but he made the first assault. ’’

**How was that?’

“Struck me for $10.’’—Detroit Free Press.

Additional Information,

‘*Maw, I know why freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell*’’

‘*Well, Tommy?’’

***Cause she couldn’t pronounce his name!’’—Chicago Tribune.

Knew What Was Coming. McKinley’s Secretary—Here’s a letter from an old school chum of yours, He

says that— McKinley—What office does he waut? —New York Journal.

Located.

Hunter—Say, boy, was my dog fight- ing with that beast of yours?

Boy—Bet yer life he wuz, mister!

Hunter—Do you know where he is now?

Boy—yYep. He’s inside er my dorg!— New York Journal.

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A By-law for allowing a Rate of Discount on the Assessments on Real Estate and Personal Proper-

ty in the City of Charlottetown for general civic purposes for the current year ending the thirty-

first day of December A. D. 1897,

Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Charlottetown as follows:—

Ist. A discount at the rate of Two and One- half Per Cent shall be allowed to all taxpayers who shall, on or before the Fifteenth day _ of July next, A D 1897, pay to the City Clerk, at his office, the taxes severally due by them for the current year on Real Estate and Personal Property for civic purposes.

[Sed.] W. E. DAWSON, ayor of the City of Ch’town H. M. DAVISON, City Clerk. april 15th —dy2w

A By-law for levying and specify- ing the rate of assessment on Real Estate and Personal Proper- ty in the City of Charlottetown for general Uivic purposes under Statute 61 Victoria, Chapter 12,

Be it enacted by the City Council of the City o1 Charlottetown as follows:—

ist. The rate of assessment on Real Estate torgeneral Civic purposes under said Statute, for the year commencing the first day ot Jan- uary, A D 1897, and sous the thirty-first day of December, A D 1897, is hereby specified and fixed at the rate of one per centon every dol- lar of the value of Rwal Estate, as assessed by the Assessors of the said City of Charlotte- town in the General Assessment Book and Valuation Roll of all Real Estate and Person- al Property liable to taxation in said City, and of ali persons liable to pay Poll Tax therein, made and duly returned by them on the fourth day of March, A D 1897

znd, The rate of assessment On Personal Property tor such general Civic purposes, for the year commencing the first day of January, A D Is87, and oneent the thirty-first day oi December, A D 1897, is hereby specified and fixed at the rate of one per cent on every dol- lar of the value of Personal Property as as- sessed by the Assessors of the said City in the said General Assessment Book and Valuation Roll, made and duly returned by them as

aforesaid. [Sgd ] W. E. DAWSON, Mayor ofthe City of Ch’town H. M. DAVISON

april 1F—dy 2w City Clerk.

A By-Law for Levying and Specify- ing the Rate of Assessment on Real Estate and Personal Pro- perty and Poll in the City of Charlottetown for a Waterworks Fund, under Statute 50th Vic- toria, Chapter 8.

Be it enacted by the City Council of the City oft Charlottetown as follows:—

Ist, Therate of Assessment on Real Estate fora Waterworks Fund under said Statute for the year commencing the first day of Jan- uary, A D 1897, and ending the thirty-first day of December, A. D. ‘897, is hereby specified and fixed at the rateof one-eighth of one per cent on every dollar of the value of Real Es. tate us assessed by the Assessors of the gaid City of Charlottetown in the general Assess- ment Book and Valuation Koll of all Real Es- tate and Personal Property liable to taxation in said City, and all persons liable to pay Poll Tax therein made and duly returned y them on the fourth day of March, A. D. 1897.

2nd. The rate of Assessment on Personal Property for such Water Works Fund for the year commencing the first day of January A D 1897, and ending.the thirty-first day of December, A. D , 1397, is hereby specified ‘and fixed at t: e rate of one-eighth of one per cent onevery dollar of the value of Personal Pro r-! ty as assessed by the ¢ ssessors of the said City in the said General Assessment Book and Va- luation Roll, made and duly returned by them as aforesaid.

3rd. ‘The amount of Poll Tax to be paid by every person returned by the said Assessors in said General Assessment Book and Valu- ation Roll as liable thereto for such Water works Fund under said Statute, for the year commencing the first day of January, A. D. 1897, and ending the 3ist day of December,A D 1897, is hereby specified and fixed atthe sum of Ten Cents (l0c) on the poll of every person SO assessed and returned as aforesaid.

(Sgd.)

W. E. DAWSON, Mayor of the ae ofCh’town }j H. M. DAVISON, City Clerk. City Clerk’s Office, , Ch’town, April j5, 1897.

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