THE DAILY
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS. LETTERS TQ THE EDITOR.
\ ' pier of Tue Dairy | LETTER FROM REV. D. D. MOORE. ~——— f Mareh Oth, 1593 and March « . Sie : Bion ‘uneng Kabut, “The Hill of Mists,” Pen- ang, Rast Indies, - ‘ Sik,—Our Bishop having ordered me to sai th hills for a ¢ hang amd rest luring the ‘ | Db A heated season: my wife a i J] have hee: ‘ tiaarnee ut) residents of the “Crag Sanitarium.” Du 7 ‘ Hill of the Mists, for ses ral days. Thre: _— week more «of perfect rest re before us , \ pos ti Une does not tire of the work but he ma ‘ ‘ ‘ Saturday weary mit, and then after nearly three : mates vears of largely pioneering work, a holiday ii euch a8 this, In a mountain retreat in ( ri ! ‘ ‘| Malaysia. is vlorions as Il as restful ra hint? ts, arrested | Oy height above the «« i, nearly 2500 harged © ‘ feet, means a differences mperature of t tantes fourteen degrees. If one looks to the top > f Gun ny Kabut from ifs foot, th peak Prewxn ; If you vannot 1? 8een to he enve leped na cloud of mist. a} half holelay and which protrudes down so far as to resen)- Vl t P Phursda _ Boa ble the peak of a boy's cay Phe jutting | Wi ut 9.504 1 ut 2) portion of the cloud indicates ti ‘ where the mists pas- ke real -_ the varmer air and ure lis ipaterd The she wa “ Crag,” our home, is in the midet t} ' Halifax mistecap. It is bu tnpona solid eran t ! | iup ma . CK, about one hundred fee i liameter ! tha ‘ that sitx upon the crest of the hill. It put the water must not be imagined that this huge rock ; a eh ih th vany partof the hill presents a rough Med iy ahah Som img i on ~< brped appearance, for " eu of oe iain (acai ferns an Various sort of creeper: llumin ] ated with elegant blossoms tlow up and exam ' preparators down until the whol hill and rane ind pra their | lofty rock are a mase of living verd ! iz verdure Forest= crowd the hillsides in other places ined ; ie he . cities Ersneren trees shoot up more than a hun Pad these olin ‘ dred feet into the air, and these forest< ; val Tietriet of Kine’s Co abound in one almost impenetrable net ss cadens ak When work of rat an Creepers Long strands float ag toe age Sonsini lown from the Summits of great trees, fas- i has ie tening themeelves to the grounds On 5 tonching there, one finds fthem as tightly i ‘ alae ties etrung as the strings of a vielin, and when gy? Japan, will give struck they give furth pleasing vibrators unde tn thah eaten sounds lo thes yieantic harp the “pirits 6 the Firat Meth (f the wood may come and call forth Tit- ' lav eveniun ¢ ght anc musk For the pleasure of Canvdian F t evane interested in miseiona friend= I want to describe some of the ois more imteresting of Malavsean hill feat. il ures. Geologically, there is not very much KA vy Peas \ ‘ampie of the pes ntihis range to repay minute research warden of Mr. John Hearts, Phe formation is, for the most part, gran- | ¢ Ruston and Great George St: ite Sea shells are found on the highest vn Toe Examixer to-dav, which | peaks, indicating that where we stand the | hard to heat artz is be waters of the Straits once rolled. Beyond
Mr. He
rated for the excellence of the | this there are few traces of disturbance
e which he grows The numerous dee p ravines, the overhang
pee ing boulders, the disintegrated rocks mark
Cae Fastnuey \arounr Phe Chron- | rather the slow operations of nature; the rts that the steamer Fastnet,| beating rains, the eating rivulets, the aheile n r up Halifax harbor at 5 | moist atmosphere and the myriad living
k on Saturday morning, grounded on | vegetable wedges that are capable of split
S George's Island Her keel merely | ting hugest masses of tron-like rock Phe ud and she eame off about | granite is of rare value for architecture.
» I r afterwards without anv dan possessing a beautiful silver white appear
ance, The rocks when disintegrated pass a away for the one part into a fine red siltz,
He Losry His Cake \ story is told of | and for the other into a whitish sand
sman from town who went up to the Upon these hills life isin exuberance. Fort Augustus tea and closed an enjoyable Thev are pulsating with life in myriad lay by purchasing a large ¢ ike. which he | varieties of form and loveliness This is
nded to bring home to hia family. | the Paradise of the botanist Here Mr But in getting ashore at the Ferry Wharf Curtis, the government botanist. has his he handel the cake to a friend to hold for | headquarters He has spent fourteen him. The friend let the cake fall into the | Years in the Malaysian hills and jungles, water and the poor excursioni-t had to} and ie perfectly enamoured of his field
Orchids are his specialty, and of these | a wonderful plants he is always discovering
Y esterday
s quantity of gas got
Gas Exe Losios afternoon, | Hew varieties Never a day passes but he
Gas Works,
finds some new species of plant life on the
on Old unnsel retort bench : “lige rocks or in the jungle of his te loved
ed, cansing a slight ¢ Xplosion A fire- mother nature i pick out for notice two | man named James McCabe, who was at absurd and beautiful specimens of our w k immedately in front of the retort at hill tlora Here is the rattlesia arnoldi, the time of the explosion, was verely | called by the Malays the devil’s siri box
You will not require a magnifying glass to rhe tlower
face aml neck, and his
irnt atwout the
view it bud is as large as
er, Thomas McCabe, foreman vf the ks, who was standiny a short distance | the head of a baby In bloom the flower iw t vy burned about the face isa yard or more in diameter Its cup had hix whiskers seorched will contain upwards of a gallon of water on It belongs to the fungoid tribe, being com Manrtne Nores The sehr. Congo, Cap- | posed of a thick, pulpy substance The taitr, McKinnon, arrived here trday from | color of the cup isadeep purple, the St. John’s, Nfid., and w take a caryo petal white with purple spots There ‘ e, shipped by Barrat Hendersor for | are two varieties One springs right out the same pla This makes Mr. Hender- | of the ground on a high stem, with no} rd shir at fron h branches or leaves; the other shows a leaf evetem radica This is a verv rare ; Ala Captair Maheft plant ' j m New York Yesterday | was walking through the vith 250 casks of kerosene oil on deck for | Government bungalow grounds with the N. Kh. & M. Rattenburv., and a ary f | head gardener, learning the names of his | hard caal for Clarkin Bros trees and plant-, when on passing along The schr. Nellie Reid, Captain Reid, | the side of the jungle adjoining, a most vith a eargo of hard coal and oil for Ca abominable smell greeted niv nostrils I Br . ari = ! New York this remarked on the near presence of some de- caving carcases, when he laughed and ~ said, “ Oh, that is the amorphylons » To lun Geoncerows Races The races at } amorphylons I found to be a wild tuber ( town on July 6th not having filled, | plant of the jungle When in bloom it the King’s County Exhibition Association | shows a fair, white, lily-like blossom, t the following premiums: For horses | larger than the Easter | ly, amd this e for 2.40 class prior to lat July, a radiant creature of the jungle, by a freak purse of 2100. Entrance for 2.40 clase, 10 | Of nature, emit a perfume of so feetid a be fp Pu r 2.40 class | quality that almo-t every dav, when the
led, 60 per cent. to first, 30 per | Governor is in the sanitarium on the hill, f with a bevy of
third he has to send a gardener
t. to second, and 10 per cent. to
For horses eligible for 3-minute class |toolies to hunt for these obnoxious plants prior to Ist July a purse of g60. All and destroy them One can perceive the ert . we at T o’cloeck Pp. mi. of the rotten oder at a mile’s distance Any of bale Other conditions same as for- | the clergy who read this note are at liberty j tied The 2.40 class will be | to Drummondize thereon as they mav feel
trotters or pacers lispored — Verv few varieties of large animals live lee Markey The attendar it t+ | inthis range of hills The wild pig lav’s market wae fair, with supply abounds Snakes are said to be plenty c side rather poor Inside, the SUbpps but I have only scen one, which squirmed idemand was good with prices as fol- off so abruptly that I could not be sure of vs: Butter (fresh) sold at from 16 to 18 | him, bat judved from his color and = erec- t@ to It | tion that he wae a cobra Many of these
t= yx pound; eggs at fron | | After a few gets rid of the
s per dozen; fowl at from 55 to 60 | snakes are quite harmless
eents per pair; straw berries, W | , at from years living here , One quite
iXNte 20 cents per quart; strawberries, | snakieh feeling which first possesses Olie yarden, at 25 centa per quart Outside, | on threading the jungles. One hill ser- hav sold at from 95 cents to $1.00 per | pent is really to be dreaded This is the ewt: oats at from 42 to 43 cents per bushel; | ferocious Hemadryad, which will pursue | atoes at 20 cent per bushel: mackerel } and attack In size he resembles the st from 4 to 5 cents each. Cod and lot- | python, but the hemadrvad is a much i at weual mr | more terrible creature He kills both by
; > | cruxhing and by poison of the most deadly
Bev.es The Methodist | extract. Moreover he is fearfully active,
Mawata reh at Bear Rivet
well filled | being able to outrun the swifte<t aninial,
N.S... was
vith a deepty interested audience at an | swimming over streams, Springing over i hour on Tuesday morning last, the | rocks, and darting up the loftiest trees, wion being the merriagé of Miss Mary C.} and all with lightning-like rapidity Chis Vroom, da iwhter of J. D. Vroom, Esq ~ to beast, more like the devil in re put than
R R P. Alexander, of P. E. Island. ! any vicinity of
other, has been seen in the
performed by Rev Joe the Government bungalows
' er ny yu-
ti fhe church was beautifully decor. The insect life of the hills ie a wonder- sted for the oecasion After the ceremony | fal subject All day and all night long Mr. and Mre. Alexander left for Prince Ed- | the air is kept vibrating with the thousand
vard Island via Halifax From the Island tones of inseet melods The legions of they » te Japas , where M Alexander | beetles and crickets never cease their engage missionary work The } tiddling. Clouds of mosquitoes, from the happy iple have the best wishes of Tne! little “striped tiger” with its shrill EXAMINER war-trumpei, to the great black —— ‘ jungle ty pe, incessantly chant their blood-
Barrisy Assocation The P. EL. 1. | thirsty ‘refrain Brron’s “shrill cieala”’ Baptist Association will convene with the | from, the plated stousach pours out un Baptist Church of this city on the &th cessingly its strident melody Hold one
st 10 a. m.. and will continue about
til the Lith. In
Im S€=~ | of hitth
an i
these chaps,
a half in length, close
yreen
all about one hun about an inch
ind twenty-five delegates are expec ted, | to vour ear and in a moment your head is esxenting the churches « the Island, | ready to burst with the plentitude of @40 foreign mission, elca- plereing senna As soon as our evening
ministers and ministerial lamps are lighted a motely crowd of insect visitors pour in through the open | shutters Gorgeous mothe, the devoted | matter I | grasshopper family, and small; | favor fl armies of ants advance to view the of the | biscuit tin, and threaten to carry off the tes would kindly hand their names | ju-jube bottle entire. A acout or two
M 1. W. Sterne. with the number thev | | in from the resplendent Wednesday most noticeable,
“ ng to take,
f and aid boards, as well as a number ' other
have the
frown the provinces 1 he rirreittes who
ier it a
great arye would cons) great w ih can ace mimodate any sailing armies of fireflies, but
} comes hefore
j |
barring of course the misquito,
_ ihere on the wall or on the hed ’o r ! ‘OT ’ ‘OT ! curtains is that comical hypoerite the |
* | “praying mantis” (or prophet). lie belongs
2 ‘ » grass tribe, is
Aitches are not scarce, as thie heading | distinctly to the grasshopper wae
| almost two inches in length, light green in
ght lead you to suppose, but that won- | olor, big flat pink eyes adorn the sides of lerfu! line of 2%. pure Sitk Gloves are his head. His neck is absurdly elongated, |
being one third the length of his body. | His feet are all behind, but in front he has | two long arms, which while resting on his
sing very searce indeed. Hundreds of
heen sol they are exactly
what you need for hot days. Perhaps lin a most prayer like attitude. Hence his name, the “praying mantis. But the mantis isa consummate hype |
hand and meet your idea of a perfect Sum- | crite. A mosquito approaches the prophet,
there is a& pair remaining that will fit vour |
| remarking reverently _ . asks an interest in such devout prayer, BEER BROS. | and jx informed that he has it already, for
Weather Bulletin.
Toronto, July 4, 10 a, m. Moderate to fresh south to west winds,
mer Glove Call and see
| is not the mantis actually praying’for his | j little friend. The mosquito is lost in ad- | | miration. He approaches nearer, when | ghe praying arms fly forth, the little friend i in their embrace, and alas! is carried to
partly fair, warm weather, some thunder | the mouth of athe mantis, and learns too that this is a voracious prever on
shower. tate
i appearance of
) study such photographs of
} and riding
and
his devotion. He Clothing ;
KXAMINER,
flesh habit of patting the mantis inside bed curtains to
OSA MITO
rid them of the rHOmEg EL
pest
[ close with a reference to our h caves, The goa, or cave, in eveay associated more or less with romance a superstition. L hav i ft non Mh
ut nit | =? th Lient.-Colons Planket,
rare R. A Mrs. Plankett and Mrs. Moore. |
the lesser of these caves For son lis tance down the hillside we purs “la that row jungle path, and ata tur t t sud
denly upon the cavern’ appeared very dark with mur : being outsaple
was erected a Chinex«
people come and pray, believing tha Chie spirits have their almale uw the mountain under huge o erlapping rocks and in rocky caverns such as this. Colonel Plunket and J jeft ir party i harge of rontle man whe had aceor panied ms, and plored further into the cavern. We
huge crevices in every direction, and by iropping stones into them learned that ¢ openings extended to a d pth fat
our feet The result of om explorat
was that we determined the cave to have been formed stumply by .the actio f th
monntain rains and torrents
the earthy filling between great rocks, many of which were left resting UPON OnE another, and so forming these vast cave recesses in the hill. We were standing be- tween some of the granite rif f the hil
from which all the dissolved by the conune The other cave
said to be
we si an abode of jx YY, OF Date
pents and ey i} Spirit=; that ho man dare enter and hope to see the sweet light any more; that a Malay on
rope about his waist, and presently to the
horrified cor sternation of thors vhy held the other end the rope became slack and } When pulled in there was no man on it; not
was the bold « xplorer ever seen again. The Colonel and I must beware our fate
D. D. Moor) THE CORRECT POSITION. Sir —The
that duri
a vreal Hiproven it
Writer
‘ is much plea ed to observe ne the past few week-= has taken pli ‘ in the appearance of some of your cyclists Previous to that there seemed to bx a great deal of stiffness and awkwardness in their position, doubt, to the hand bars and saddle being altogether 1 © high fa fanlt, by the way,
lottetown.) Phis, besides giving
an ungainly seat also gives a min
owing, no
pecnhar to Char
the reer
ot power, and strangers coming
mun ¢ from the larger Canadian and Americau cities notice it very much Having myself
seen parades in Montreal, Boston New York, &c., the “poker swallowed ” some of the riders here struck me as being very peenliar, as were a rider to turn out in that position in the cities mentioned he would be ww down as coming from the rural districts. To riders as have not had the opportunity of visiting these places, the writer would say, known riders as may be within vour reach, and du not depend altogether on the pressed
such
well
freely Cm”
opinion of would be authorities
whose experience is purely loca}
B. H
EXCELLENT WHEELMEN.
Sir,—l hope our wheelmen will profit
by the advice so opportunely offered by our
and we t} knowti mechanical expert on wheel construction The idea of our parading the streets with humps on backs like squirrels on rails. I am
ingenious townsiman
young men their sure
| they will not continue this practice when
they realize that the position is very un- graceful, i to the health (being liable to produce ungainly deformities),
injurious
mechanically wrong. See a recent article in the Lancet under the heading Ky rnesis
Lashed By a Woman, Mrs. John Cartwright. of Windsor, Ont., heard that George Curtis, the Ferry Company, had been making un-
an employe of
complimentary remarks about her. She met Curtis on the street one night and pulled a raw hide from under her dress
and began plying it vigorously over the
head and shoukliers of her alleged defam-
| e After satisfving herfwrath she allowed
on his way with a warn- Mrs. Cart- handled
Curtis to proceed ing not to repeat the offence wright is a powerful woman and the w hip like a cowboy
MARRIED.
At Brockton, Mass., on. June Léth, by Rev. Father Givnn, Mr. James B. Place, of Brockton, to Mary E., second danghte: of John Cullen, J. P., of Alexandra, Lot )
USE SKODA’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and Nerve Remedy
vy
Necessary for the cure of disease, It is also necessary that all drugs should be absolutely pure,othe wise their action cannot be depended on. We handle only the purest Drugs
Chemicals, and guarantee their purity.
A. 8S. JOHNSON, Cor Kent and Pring
and
e Streets.
BRUCE'S GREAT SALE
$ FUDDISHINS, CUSIOM & R
The Chinese are in the
: i ‘ eve r blinded vith the %, ris tropical) orbare it ait a as. Sosa [> ew minutes we weréable 1 ‘ we ae at 8 x ‘ «pitite « ivarly At one’ side f the ypening nee Here then
BIC
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Cf
PURCHAS
JULY 4, 1893.
The Great Tea Party
ALON WILL Bi
TUESDAY,
OF THIS SE
HELDAT
Scotchfort Station
<<?
*¢ Ti
Efave just received the Sixty Three Thousand Yards of Print , On a Cotton, Grey Cotton and Ginghams. One of the largest Purchases ee me fm Gos on
BE. island.
ever made on PB.
below regular value, and will be sold at Wonderful Bargains. THe HARD COLD CASH HAS DONE
ers shall get the benefit of it.
For which we will allow the hig
The goods have been bought for
Georgetown to Perth, inclusive OO
Brudennel to 48 Road, : i
Baldwin’s to Mt Stewart. ..One singk IT. Our custome yerrciinw selkisk, inclusive. be Masie and Meet eae
Lot 40 and rmediate to Seot
Clean Wool Taken in Exchange for Those Goods or Clothing, *)oSss sss
hest prices. The Farmers will get accor cht YS
best price in fature for their Wool. [Saloon will he furniched with Tem
housands of Bargains ....
Our Store has always been the best place for Bargains, and we will see that everybody who calls on us gets fair, square treatment, Look at a few of the Bargains,
PRIN COTTONS,
GREY COTTON, worth 16 cts., for 12 cts. GOOD FELT HATS for 25 cts. Heavy Factory All-wool TWEED, 50 cts., worth S& cts.
The Balance of our Summer Clothing has got to be sold. member we buy our Clothing mach cheaper than any house in the City, and can afford to sell cheaper, AND WILL DO ITE. Our profits have not got to be divided between three or four partners, therefore, do not necd to make a big profit out of our customers, in order to declare
Sports w ave a pportamity
ner Tables, 50 cents—to tx laud «7 the
vrounds
Should the day prov infavorabie, th Tea will be held on the first fir lay low jny
AUGUSTINE A. MACDONALD
secretary of ( Liles
3. 1893—wky
Great Premium!
CHAMBERS’ ENCYCLOPEDIA
WILL BE GIVEN
from cts, up. worth 25 p.c. more
WITH
THE DAILY EXAMINER
For One Year For
$6.00.
Baking Powers,
Re-
a large dividend at the end of the year, to make it sati-factory to outsell or | partners.
on any line of goods we handle.
'
Don't make any mistake. It’s
petitors, but ‘tis our object to see that the Farmers of P, E. Island get the highest possible prices for what they have got to sell.
‘an always count On us to give them
of July.
PROWSE BROTHERS, =
The Farmers’ Boys and
tNe only Perfect Writing Mach-
ie
Lhe,
COMMENCES TO-DAY.
Prices are cut to the very lowest in Shirts, Ties.
Charlottetown, July 4, 1893—tu th
} feet, the creature devoutly folds and erects | Collars, Underwear,
also in Custom-made Clothing.
“a
Hosiery, Hats, Readymade
Call early.
~D. A. BRUCE. |
Our great sale will last all the month ©
Wonderful Cheap Men.
BULLETIN NO 10, |
Cream of Tartar Powders
WOODILL’S GERMAN
not our object to hurt our com- vi
Creaw of
fora
lartar Powders containin (MMONIA:
ROYAL,
Princess rm “OO SUCH OFFICIAI n Xietlen the GOVERNMENT ANALYs? or Onrarto
THOMAS MACFARLANE, Chief Analy d Kever it Ih py ‘
The farmers any 1iformation as regards prices .,,
lola
Ottawa
The Dominion
HORSE DIRECTORY
| PROMOTED BY THE DOMIN
ION GOVERNMENT.
FEES for tt R tr id Horses in t ‘ uiin { ents per hors \ entri ‘ mr | i Ho te traced i er that Lage der ¢ re t the ¢ for circulation at the Ws Ue Fair
lst Septem ber neut
Apply for Entry Forms, ete., for th Ee Island Dp partment of the
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ine. The Ribbon, the Shift Key and other vutiquat- ed devices discarded,
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THE NEW YOST. combines the life-long experience of jhe inventor, 5. W. N. Yost, who invented the “ Remington” in 1873. the “ Caligraph” in 1880, and the * Yost” in 1889; the latest and best improvements have beer, added during 1892, making the New Yost an ideal, perfect typewriter. The New Yost prints direct from steel type; its work is never blurred, but is clern cut and beautilu], The alighment is absolutely perfect and permanent The paper is an ideal success, the best ever applied to a typewriter. The line spacing absolutely perfect. Send for Illustrated Catalogue to IRA CORNWALL, General Agent for the Mart- time Provinces, 154 Prince William St.. St. John. -
Second-hand Remington, Caligraph and other machines for stile thea)
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