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CHARLOTTETOWN AGENCY,

Savings Bank Department, —WILL BE—

OPENED IST NOVEMBER, 1883,

on and after which date DEPOSITS OF $5 AND UPWARDS, will be taken and interest at the rate of

Four Per Cent. Per Annum ALLOWED THEREON. For further particulars apply to

F. H. ARNAUD,

Oct. 30, 1883. AGENT.

EDWARD T. RUSSEL & C0., GENERAL

Commission Merchants,

NO, 284 STATE STREET, BOSTON.

Particular attention given to the sale of Fish and Produce of all kinds.

June 22, 1883.—6m

INSURANCE OFFICE.

Queen Insurance Company,

ENGLAND. CAPITAL, TEN MILLION DOLLARS,

Lancashire Insurance Company

CAPITAL, FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS

Insarance effected on all kinds of property at current rates. Losses settled promptly and equitably.

DESBRISAY & ANGUS, General Agente.

Office—-South Side Queen Square,

Ch’town, Sept. 15, 1882.

GEORGE TWEEDY,

ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,

Notary Pubiic, &c.

OF FICE— West Side of Queen Street, Char- lottetown, next door to Stevenson's Tm Shop. Jaly 25, 1883 —dy wkly 6m

~L. ARTHUR & CO., GENERAL

Commission Merchants, 121 ATLANTIC AVENUE,

(ROSS MARKET) BOSTON, MASS.

Eggs and Produce a Specialty,

April 20; 188% —~wkty tt

CHARLOTTETOWN,

RAILWAY HOTEL,

(OPPOSITE DEPOT), Charlottetewn, P. BR. Island.)

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Permanent and Transient Boarders accom. | modated } " }

J, BOLGER, Proprietor

Dee. 13, 1888.~eod

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OF FICES— O’Halloran’s George Street, Charlottetown 6ae Money to Loan.

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A. McNEILL, Auctioneer,

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. R. O’DWYER,

Commission aud General Merchant FOR SALE OF P, EB. 1. PRODUCE.

289, WATER STREET,

St. John’s, Newfoundland.

In connection with the above is Oapt. | English. who is well khaown in P. E. Island, who will take special charge of all consign-- | ments, and will also attend to the chartering ' of vessels for the carrying trade of P. E.1.

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STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE 60.

A T the 57th Annual General Meeting of

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held at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 24th of)

April, 1883, the following results for the

year ended 15th November, 1883, were re- ported :—

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Building, Great! for the Holidays.

Try BOREHAM for a pair of GOOD BOOTS

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Cotfee (superior), 25c, 30¢, |

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Molasses and Golden Syrup. | Extrajehoice Table. Raisins,

' Syrups,

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‘The annual revenue amounted

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yee an increase during the

year of 1,062,648 35

JOHN LONGWORTH,

Inspector of Agencies.

a KERR, Uh'town, Angust 3, 1883.

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Agent for Charlottetown.

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Sleigh Belle, Whips, Har- ness Oil,

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HENRY BEER.

| a continuance.

Charlottetown, Dec, 11, 1883.—taw and wky

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D. A. BRUCE,

MERCHANT TAILOR,

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N_ . 15, 1888.—3m eodjwkly

AS now on Land the LARGEST STOOK ever

shown by him, consisting in part of

Gvercoatings, Suitings, Underclothing,

HATS, FUR AND CLOTH CAPS, —AND—

EVERYTHING IN GENTS FORNISHINGS.

Ladies’ Brocaded Coating and Ulster Cloth,

VERY CHEAP. Those wishiog to have their Garments MADE TO after awhile, fell upon his knees and prayed

ORDER ean rely on gett We are offering our own m

160 PER CENT CHEAPER THAN THE

SAME QUALITY OF

Our object is not to make large profits. . favoring us with their patronage can rely on getting

IMPORTED.

the best value that can be had.

D. A. BRUCE,

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1883,

SIGN OF THE ELEPHANT.

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Feros BRrracsy.

ieniaioa By Charles Reade.

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CHAPTER XIX.

(Continued, )

‘We must be mad,’ he cried, ‘to die of ‘thirst with water all round us!’

His invention being stimulated by this idea and his own dire need, he eagerly scanned everything in the boat, and his ; eyes soon lighted on two objects, discon. nected in themselves, but it struck him he These |were a common glass bottle and Miss Rol. ,leston’s life-preserving jacket, that served her foracouch. He drew this garment over his knees, and considered it atten- tively; then untwisted the brass nozz‘e | through which the jacket was inflated, and so left a tube some nine inches in ‘length hanging down from the neck of the garment.

He now applied his breath to the tube, and the jacket swelling rapidly, proved that the whole receptacle was air-tight.

He then allowed the air to escape. Next |he took the bottle and filled it with water from the sea; then he inserted, with some difficulty, and great care, the neck of the bottle into the orifice of the tabe; this done, it detached the wire of the brass noz- 'zle, and whipped the tube firmly round the neck of the bottle,

‘Now, light a fire,’ he cried; ‘no matter what it costs.’

The fore thwart was chopped tip, and a fire soon spluttered and sparkled, for ten eager hands were feeding it: The bottle was then suspended over it, and in due course the salt water boiled and threw off vapor, and the belly of the jacket began to heave and stir. Hazel then threw cold water upon the outside to keep it cool, and while the men eagerly watched the bub- bling bottle and swelling bag,*his spirits rose, and he took dccesion to explain that what was now going on under their eyes, was, after all, only one of the great! processes of Natufe, done upon a small) scale,

‘The clouds,’ said he, ‘are but vapors drawn from the sea, by the heat of the sun. These clouds are composed of fresh water, and so the steam we are now raising from salt water will be fresh. We can’t make whiskey, or brew beer, lads, but thank Heaven we can brew water, and it is worth all the liquors ten times sold.’

A wild ‘hurrah!’ greeted these words.

But every wovel experiment seems doomed to fail, or meet with some disaster. The water in the bottle

the bottle burst suddenly with a loud re- port. That report was followed by a pite- ous wail,

Hazel turned palo at this fatal blow, but recovering he said:

‘This is unfortunate, but it was a good servant while it lasted. Give me the baler; and Miss Rolleston you can Jend me a thimble?

The tube of the life-preserver was held over the baler, and out trickled a small quantity of pure water, two thimblefuls apiece.

Even that, as it passed over swelling tongues and parched swallows, was a Heavenly relief; but alas! the supply was exhausted,

Next day hunger seemed uppermost, and the men gnawed and chewed their tobacco pouches; and two caps that had been dressed with the hair on, were divided for food.

None was given to Hazel or Mies Rolles- ton, and todo the poor creatures justice, this was the first partiality the sailors had shown.

The lady, though termented with hunger, was more magnanimous. She offered to divide the contents of her little medicine chest, and the globu'es were devoured in a moment.

And now their tortures were aggravated by the sight of abundance. They drifted over coral rocks at a considerable depth, but the water was so clear that they saw five fathoms down.

They discerned sinall fish floating over the bottom ; they looked like a driving cloud so vast was their number; and every now and then there was ascurry among them, and porpoises and dog-fish broke in and feasted on them. All this they saw, yet could notcatch one of those billions for their lives. Thus they were tantalized as well as starved,

The next day was like the last, with this difference, that the sufferers could no longer endure their tortures in silence.

The lady moaned constantly; the sailors groaned, lamented and cursed.

The sun baked and blistered, and the water glared.

The sails being useless, the sailora rigged them as an awning, and salt water was constantly thrown over them.

Mr. Hazel took a baler and drenched his own clothes and Miss Rolleston’s upon their bodies. This relieved the hell of thirst in some degree; but the sailors could not be persuaded to practice it.

* In the afternoon Hazel took Miss Rolles- ton’s Bible from her wasted hands, and read aloud the forty-second psalm.

VOL 14.—NO. 23.

—~ a a a age

The night that fedowed was darker than usual, and, about Midnight, a hand was laid on Helen Rolleston’s shoulder, and a voice whisp red:

‘Hush! say nothing. thing for you.’

At the same time, something sweet and deliciously fragrant was put to her lips. She opened her mouth and received a spoon- ful of marmalade. Never did marmalade taste like that before. It Cissolved itself like ambrosia over her palate, and even relieved her porched throat ia some slight degree by the saliva it eacited.

Nature could not be resisted: her body took whatever he gave. But her mind rebelled.

‘Oh, how base I am!’ said she, ead wept.

‘Why, it is your own, said he, soothingly; ‘I took it out of your cabin expressly for rou.”

‘At least oblige me by eating some your- self, sir,’ said Helen, ‘‘or’ (witha sudden burst) ‘I will die ero I touch another morsel!’

‘I feelthe threat Miss Rolleston; but I do not need it, for I am very, very hungry. But no; if I take any, 1 must divide it all with them, But if you will help me unrip the jacket, I will suck the inside—after you, ©

Helen gazed at him, and wondered at the man and at the strange love which had so bitterly offended her when she was sur- rounded by comforts;but now it extorted her respect.

They unriped the jacket, and foand some moisture left. They sucked it, and it was a wonderful and incredible relief to their parched guilets.

The nextday was a fearful one. Not a cloud in the sky to give hepe of rain; the air so light it had only just moved them along; and the sea glared, and the sun beat on the poor wretches, now tortured into madness with hunger ana thirst.

The body of man, in this dire extremity. can suffer internal agony as acute as any that can be inflicted on its surface »y the knife; and the cries, the screams, groanr, prayers aud carses, intermingled, that issued from the boat, were not to be dis- tinguished from the cries of men horribly wounded in battle, or writhing under some terrible operation in hospitals.

Oh, it was terrible and piteous to see and hear the boat-load of ghastly victims, with hollow checks, and wild-beast eyes, go groaning, cursing, and shrieking loud, upon that fair, glassy sea, below that purple vanit and glorious sun.

Toward afternoon the sailors got to- ether, forward, and left Hazei and Miss

lleston alone in the stern. This gave him an opportunity of speaking to her con- fientially. He took advantage of it, and

I have got some-

had been reduced too low by vaporism, and ‘ said

“*Miss Rolleston, I wish to vonsult you. Am I justified in secreting the marmalade any longer? There is nearly a spoonful apicce,’

‘No,’ said Helen, ‘divide it among them all. Oh, if L only had a woman beside me to pray with, and cry with, and die with— for die we must |’

‘I am not so sure of that,’ said Hazel, faintly, but with a cool fortitude all his own. ‘Experience proves that the human body can subsist a prodigious time on very little food; and saturating the clothes with water is, I know, the best way to allay thir.t. And women, thank Heaven last longer than men, wader privations.

‘I shall not last long, sir,’ said Helen. ‘Look at their eyes.’

‘What do you mean ?’

‘I mean that those men there are going to kill me !’

(To be continued. )

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The average of human life is increasing.

In 1846 there were no postage in the United States.

The most acceptable presents for timid men—Presence of mind.

It is said there are 100,000 persons in Japan engaged in making fans.

The Emperor of China eats with gold- tipped ivory chopsticks, and sleeps on a Ningpo bedstead, carved and decorated with ivory and gold, the same which the Em.- perors Khang Hsi and Chien Ling used in the last two centuries.

In the whole Russian Empire of nearly 100,000,000 persons there are only 776 journals and pericdicals of all kinds. Eighty-two of these are Government gaz- ettes, and forty-four are organs of the official ecclesiastical authorities.

Victor Hugo is in excellent health, but suffers from ennui. His deafness, which he does not like to show or to confess, isolates him. Strangers are not welcome visitors, though courteously received. It is neces- sary to say something to them, and so to betray the single infirmity from which the poet suffers.

A Winnipeg despatch says it is stated there that owing to the inability of the Canada Pacific Railway to raise money to carry on the enterprise Hon. D. A. Smith, member of the ayndicate and a large share-

When he had done, one of the sailors asked him to pass the Bible forward. He did so, and in half an hour the leaves were returned him—the vellum binding had been cut off, divided, and eaten.

He looked piteously at the leaves, and,

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He rose, and with Miss Rolleston’s con- sent, offered the men the leaves as well.

‘It is the Bread of Life for meu’s souls, not their bodies,’ said he. ‘Bat God is merciful; I think he will forgive you, for

All your need is bitter.’

Cooper replied that the binding was man’s, but the page's were God's; aud, either for this or another more obvious reason, the leaves were declined for food.

All that afternoon Hazel was making 4 ‘sort of rough spoon out of aj fragment of 72 Queen Strest, Charlottetown. ‘wood.

holder of the Hudson Bay Company, is endeavoring to bring about a fusion of the land inverests of the Canada Pacific Rail- way andthe Hudson Bay Company, and expects to be able to raise money on the security of Hudson Bay lands. What con- firms the impression mentioned is that the manager of the company’s business in Win- nipeg has been asked to resign, and it is hinted that C. J. Brydges, land com- missioner of the company, will also be re- moved, as he has announced himself in opposition to the scheme.

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