co mene - Doctors now agree that ‘ n is curable. “ oe 2 > li 4 i? to- < 77 | ¢ rv , he first the ' 1] \ id- ; ee i \ r tnose ? oe <n ‘ } . > “*» 1 of « liver 1 a3 ' ‘ ay Pv peel " 1. \ iu mt t not , . = 5 . k . weight, and, 1f thin, ‘ t gain. Nothing r ‘cott’s Emulsion to ke you in good flesh. 8 4 $:. “ 5 co ae

Stamsnip Gey (Limited Provosed Sailings from VCNIREAL OUEBEC During Scason of 1899. EC22 PICTOU. N.S:

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Froa. Montreal From Ch’town

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do 13th Nov

) Neturuing will leave Pictou, N.S. every @'terrate Morday at noon, oD arrival of -‘raip« from Halifex and St. Jobn, ca)l- ing at Charlotretown, Summerside, Perce, Ga+ye. Mal Rey oi Father Point.

Sotjev ‘0 change ehould circumstance

equire it. CARVELL BROS, Agents

$ & City of Ghent PEFCRD & BLACK

eit ee : - ee eee SS. City of Ghent will sail from Chak

lottete wr every Friday at¥ o’cloc during

the secsen of J$¢9 for Halifax, calling at Sun merside, Port Hastings, Port Hawks- lury, Arichat, Canso, Isaac Harbor, Salmon iver, * heet Harbor, returning will leave Hlolitax every Tu sday at 6 pm making some calls. ‘lhe steanver has excellent passenger accumedations. Saloon amidships. Specia iow frei hts will be given this season kurth«rc inform ation apply to W W CLARK. Age Ch Town May 27 t!

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The Charlottetown Steam Nav- gation Co., Ltd.

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fTAMLERS....

Leave as below every day (Sua-

days excepted)

From POINT DL CHENE (on arrival of efteroon train from St. John) for Sum- wertid:, connecting there with express «rain for Charlottetown.

Frm SUMMERSIDE (on arrivel of pornirg train from Charlottetown (for Point Due Chene connecting with day tren for St. John.

Connecting at Moncton [with train for Canada and at S8t,Jobnu with steamers of International Line and D. A. R. steamers and ra|ways for United States and Canada

From PICTOU (on arrival of day train from Halifax) for Charlottetown.

Frora CHARLOTTETOWN, seven a. m., for Pictou, (connecting there with day train for Cape Breton and Halifax, at Halifax with C. A.&.P Line for Poston.

Through tickets to be bad at Grand TrunyCanadian Pacific, Intercolonial and P.E. I. Railweye, and on the Company’s

3 teem ¢1s connecting lines in United

F. W. HALES,

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The —.«‘

‘Transvaal War:

iN THE TRANSVAAL.

and P Words.

. : Ine Canadian reading GcTa i @ | tm i 5 I the a | 7 e cables trom: far-off Africa BEDE , ! *% 7 TY

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of nd The Dutch

O} eC I Alf maers are { ed Bb ers Hpecause 1 ce S( i neil farmers. Phe pronunciauons iven the letters in h wor re like those of

“oo.” for In- same sound

diy hthong

letance, in Dutch has the in Rome, While the ; pronouns ed by the Dutch as we ce “oo” in boot. The English

Dp nciatien. of these two dipathongs

s the reverse of that given them by those who speak Dut “ea ee the sound of “ow” in owl. The sound of “ui” is nearly like that of the English

“oy” in boy. The Dutch double “aa” ‘s the same as the English “a” in war; As there is no “y” in Dutch, its place ‘istaken by “ij,” which is sounded as | “y” in defy. If one, therefore, would pronounce Oom Paui properly he | would say it as if it were spelled “Ome | Powl.” The family name of General Joubert would, for the same reason, be | pronounced as if it were spelled “VYow- bert.” The word Boer is pronounced by the Afrikanders as it were of two | syllables ; the first long and the second short, thus, “Boo-er” The plural is ‘not “Boers.” It is “Boeren,” and it is | pronounced “Bo-ereh,” because the final “n” is slu red. Here are some of the Dutch words that are oftenest in | print in connection with the news of | the Transvaal, and their pronunciation |and meaning : | Ricemfontein (bloom-fon-tine)......

és éviebeeann ee Boer (hoo-ex).cccccscses socessoes Farmer Buitenlander (boy-ten-lont-er).... Foreigner Burgher (bahr-ker).. ...--+-+++++- Citizen Burgherregt (buhr ker-rekt)...... Citizenship Burgherwacht (buhr-ker-vokt).... 2... eeeees (er any ee Citizen soldiery Jonkkheer (Yunk-hare..++seee--+--- igiginet

Member of the Volksraad—gentleman Cie CONRA i coe case reeneesscaces Uncle EE a Ere TS Roodsheer (Rahds-hare)........+--- Senator Roodhius (Rahd-hoys)......In Senate House Rand (rahnt)scsceesseees eres Margin—edge Riess (eben pasdbebaceoe a «+ ss pe Staatkunde (staht-kuhn-de).......... Politics

Staatsraad (stahts-rahd).....Council of State Siad (stot)... c00- +++ -s0 ccvecs ceccces Cy Stemmer (stemmer).....- Voter—election Transvaal (trans fahl)....+..Circular—valley Trek (treck)....+ «+ coves Draught—journey Trekken (treck-en)...... To draw—to travel Trekpaard (treck-pahrd...... Draught horse Uit (oyt)......-- eee. emer Pee Out—out of Uitlander (oyt-lont-er).......-+++ Foreigner Was) SERN. ooo scabs Ce ees ee ds cies Valley Vaderlandsliefde (fah-ter-lonts-leef-de)...... .. +. Love of one’s country—patriotism Veld (felt.... 20+ ececcers Field—open lands Veldheer (felt-hare)....General commandant Veldwachter (felt-vock-ter)..... Rural guard Volksraad (fulks-rahd).... ccccss--ss-sveeee .eeeeeeeeeLower House of Congress Vooregt (fore-rekt)...... Franchise—privilege Vreemdeling (frame-de-ling)........ Stranger Witwatersrand (vit-vot-ters-ront)..... . ... edere ee seeeeeeeesMargin of the white water Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic, is named in honor of its first President, Pretorius, who led the Dutch in the great trek, or journey out of Cape Colony sixty years ago, and into the Transvaal to escape the dominion of England. Johannesburg is easily translated into English as Johnstown. The term of Afri- kander is used to designate the Dutch from the other white people of South Africa,

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To Aid the Boers.

It is said that the British govern—- ment has received positive information

Defective eyes stunt the mind Can you expect fair progress in school or success in business if so handicapped?

Examination of children ‘or glasses is a special feature of our Optical Department.

G. F. Hutcheson, OPTICIAN AND JEWELER,

Charlottetown.

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ronunciation of Boer |

» AA MINI

CHAKIVOTLETUWN, NOVEMBER 4, ts

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| that a corps numbering about 1,000 Lised in Holland to

| has secretly been !

AMBITIOUS CITY AGAIN.

|Mr. Harry Bawden, Ont Cured of

of Hamilton,

Lumpago by

|

Dodds Kidney Pills | Hamilton, Oct. 16 Mr. Warry Baw- , den of this city corroborat ee reyor | printed recently relating to his cure of | | Lumbago by Dodd’s Kidney Pills “For eix yeare,” he sexe, *Jeuffered with Lumtagzo and Kidney Disease. 1 ried everything under the sun, but ab- solutely nothing I ever took gave me the | lightest relief. A’ friend advised re | about one year ago to try Dodd's I dney | Pills. I finally decided to do so, and pur- | chased one box and found relief. J used in all five boxes and am completely

cured.

The case has created quite a etir and there are found, too many warm, endorseret of Dodd’s Kidney Pills in this city.

help the Boers. Wea thy Amsterdam hely ‘ sand t money } rans- merchal s found t for trans ; sanment. 2 over 200 men are port equipment, a ' os Re ied (he remainder will faireaacy cis § ; hments as they ; . ichments as they stain ition, the rendez » Soll ‘ | vous ing K Poort, on the 4 neovaal-Portugues¢ 1 Ul where l the command nt has been instructed wha i do ! them ‘he men | ravel as returning ‘Transvaal citizens, nd it is not belie 1 that the Portu authori in prevent them from pr the railway to { frontiel An American Estimate. Colonel S. S Sumner, military at- tache of the United States at London,

who has been ordered to South Africa to witness the military operations there has, the Herald publishes, sent to Washington this statement of the pre- sent and prospective strength of the sritish army :—

Force now in South Africa : Regulars, 12,000 ;v olunteers, 14,c00 ; reinforce— ments to arrive before Nov. 1, 10,000 ; total force in South Africa by Nov. 1, 36,000.

Reinforcements contemplated : One complete army corps, divided thus: Cavalry, 5,535 ; infantry, 29,253 ; corps troops, including artillery, engineers, etc, 5,122; troops on line of communi- cation, 9,297 ; troops to be left at base, 2,832; total, 52,338. Contingents from Quensland, New Zealand, grand total 88,588.

Col. Sumner also sends an estimate of the Boer force, said to be the official figures of Commandant-General Jou-

bert. ‘These total 50,864 men.

ITCHING PILES...

Positively and permanently cured by Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment.

Dr. A. *V. Chase's Ointment is an absolute cure for pilés, and has never been known to fail to cure the worst forms of this disease which has baffled medical skill for ages.

This statement may sound rather strong to persons who do net know the superior merits of Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment, but it is per- fectly true, and heartily endorsed by the grate- ful testimony of thousands of men and women who have been cured by itafter years of suffer- ing, and after trying many preparations and consulting the best doctors.

Mr. H. Bull, Belleville, Ont., says: “I take pleasure in stating that after thirty years of suffering with Itching Piles, Dr. Chase's Oint- ment has completely cured me. _I tried every remedy that was advertised, with little or no benefit, but as I have told different persons affected as I was, Dr. Chase’s Ointment made a@ perfect cure.”

Dr. Chase's Ointment has a record of cures. unparalleled in the history of medicine, It is guaranteed to cure any case of piles. For sale hy all dealers, or Eimansom, Bates & Co, Toronta

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reseosee O2@O'S3EB 0 GO AT

MASON’S STORE

You can get the latest Canadian and American newspapers received by mail each night.

Drop io if you want a paper or magazine or book torsad. Frait, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigers etc. when you’re passing this wey.

R. H. Mason

W hite’s Caramels and Snowflake

Chacolates <=

Can be had at any of the following firs. class store

T. J. Morris D. L. Hooper

W. Pickard & Co. W. A. Hutcheson W. F. Carter Stewart & Gates Sanderson & Co. Beer & Goff

J.D. McLeod & Co

This beautiful little 4 FREE! Lady's Watch for§ selling 3 doz. of ‘ our full-sized Linen Doylies at 10 cate sate aoe, Latest se. and tiest designs; sell at sight. No Sfoney Required. Simp! write and we ylies Sell them, return money, we mail watch free. es |

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returnabie. LINEN DOYLEY CO. ‘ REPT. C TORONTO

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Little faith is put in the many imitations cn b waket, the verdict being that the riginal isrthe best.

The Malay language is epoken by more than 40,000,000 persons. It is enid to be easy to learn and it has a’most no grammar.

Minara’s Liniment for sale

everywhere,

a Ale “AIT Next to opium in power are certain kinds of grasses, notable among which is hemp, which causes intoxication and anasthesia.

ee

Minard’s Liniment cures Dandruff.

At present Australasia is the largest producer of wool inthe world, with Rus» sia second, the Argentine Republic third,

and the United States fourth. O5o,

OR. A. W. GRASE’S GATARRH CURC ...

ig sent direc: to the «eveased parts by the Improved Blower.

Heals the ulcers, cl ars the air Passages, stops dropings in the _ throat and permanantly cures 4 ——— and Hay Fever. Blower

*e. A dealers, or Dr. A. W. Chase Mediaine Ce.. Torcnta and Bufialo.

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_ The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eve,

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HIS OWN FREE WILL

Deak S1re,—I cannot epeak to strongly of the excellence of MIN.jRD’S LINI- MENT. It is THE remedy in my house- hold for buras, sprains, etc., and we would not be without it.

It is traly a wonderful medicine. Jonn A, MacpenaLp,

Publisher Irnprior Chronicle.

All the emery io the world comes from the little is'and of Naxos, near Greece.

Minard’s Liniment Relieves Neu- algia. Nota single peony, halfpeany or farth~-

ing has yet found its way back to the English mint.

Rheumatism Can't Exist

When the kidneys are kept heaitky and vigors by the use of A. W.Chafe’s Kiduey- Liver Pills. Jtis Uric Acid le*t in che blocd by defective Kidneys that causes rheumatism

Dr a. W. Chase’s Kiéney- Liver Pills make the Kidneys stroug and active in their work of filtering the bieod, and thIs removes the os of theumatism, One pill a dose, 25 cents a box.

London policemen have been fordid- den to wear tan shoes on the ground that they are too stylish.

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Active Man Wanted.

To read this advertisement and then give Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor a trie]. It never fails to cure. Acts in twenty-four hours apd causes neither pain nor discomfort. Putnam’s Corn Extractor extracts corns. It is the best

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The screw of an Atlantic liner revolves something like 630,000 times between Liverpool and New York.

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PLANT LINE.

EXCURSIONS

CHARLOTTETOWN TO BOSTON AND RETURN FOR

$11.00

Good for 30 Days.

Commencing Oct 3rd, the well known &.S. Halifax leaves Charlottetown every Tnesday nt noon for Boston, via Hawkes~ bury and Halifax.

From Halifax—Every Wednesday at 11 pm. Passengers ticketed via Pictou on Wednesdays.

From Boston every Saturday at noon

Tickets for sale at Stetions on P

Railway. For tickets, rates on freight an all information apply | H L CHIPMAN, W W CLARKE, Supt, Halifax. Agent

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This Garment ‘‘ Made to order” by a Tailor though perhaps “‘not to fit” would be $17.60.

SHOREY’S CLOTHING is

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JAS. PATON & CO.

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What kind cf a boot you will get for fall weard We cannot crowd all our different styles of boots inty the window—jast drop in and say I want to eee chat boot ar euch and sach aprice.

The

McQUATID’S

LOWER§QUEEN STREET

BOOT & SHOE'ST ORE.

Dress Skirts Under Skirts Blouses New ‘Lot to Hand To-day

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LONDON HOUSE

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Grain & Comission Merchants Buyers & Receivers of Grain, Produce, ete.

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_ We will receive oats in bulk at our elevator, unload, bagé weigh and deliver from store at 11 cents per bushel, including ten days storage. We will also make sales, collect and remit

at a small commission.

all goods stored with us,

GUNN & CO., Limited,

19 to 22 Campbell! Road,

Reasonable cash advances made on

Oct 30th—dy8i, wy3i HALIFAX, N ——— ro a

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—ALSO~—

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General purpose and other plows in Spriog Tooth Harrows. We have a large stock to be cleared out this fall cheaper than ever, at

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