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Charlottetown, - : P. E. Island. Ratés oF SUBSCRIPTION : Six Months, - - - $2 50 Three Months, - - - 1 25 One Month, - - - 0 50

gear Advertising at most moderate rates.

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TIME TABLE NO. 16.

Summer Arrangement.

To take effect on the 28rd May, ‘1881.

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TRAINS GOING WEST.

STATIONS. | EXPRESS. , MIXED. MIXED,

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TRAINS GOING EAST.

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mene LB. ARCHIBALD,

Superintendent. Railway Office, Ch'town, May 21, 1581.

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JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.

BY Ahk DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Bzny. F. Grarrox, Story B. Lapa Harpert §f. Pare Late Commissioner of Patents.

PATENTS.

PAINE, GRAFTON & LADD,

Atterneys-at-Law and Solicitors of American and Foreign Patents,

412 Firrn Street, Wasutneton, D. C.

Practice patent law in all its branches in the Patent Office, and inthe Supreme and Cirenit Courts of the United States. Pamph-

lets sent postage.

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CHEAP CASH STORE!

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EARTZS OLD STAND, Opposite the Market.

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pPHE Subscriber would inform the purchasing public that he has opened in the above well-known Store a large and varied assortineut of Goods in the following lines :—

lardware, Stoves, Groceries. Earthen, Glass and Wooden Ware, Dye Stuffs, &., &e., Which he is prepared to sell to Cash Customers at a SMaLL ApvaNce on Cost.

Nails and Spikes, Iron and Steel, Paint (all colors); Boiled, Raw, Sweet, Lard, Machinery, Wool, Codfish and Kerosene Oils; Varnishes, Glass and Putty, Forks, Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Rakes, Rope, Hames, Whips, Chains, Hinges, Locks, Latches, Screws, Saws, Cutlery, Scales, Guns, Revolvers, Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Tea Trays, &., &e.

Teas, Sugars, Coffees, Molasses, Spices, Canned Goods, Salt, Rice, Split Peas, Beans, Barley and General Groceries.

FLOUR, OAT AND CORNMEAL.

FRUIT—in Layer, Muscatel and Valencia Raisins, Currants, Figs, Dried Apples, Almonds, Nuts, Dates, Oranges, Lemons, etc., etc.

GLASSWARE—in Lamps, Glasses and Shades, Tumblers, Goblets, Celery Glasses, Table Sets, Pickle and Preserve Dishes, Water Carvratles, ctc., ete.

WOODEN WARE— in Buekets, Brooms, Tubs, Washboards, Churns, Baskets, Seives, Measures, eic., tc.

EARTHEN AND STONE WARE—in Milk Dishes, Butter Crocks, Jars, Flower Pots, Molasses Jugs, Preserve Jars, Churns. ete., ete.

BRUSHES—in Whitewash, Paint, Varnirh, Sash, Marking, Tar, Scrubbing, Stove, Shoe, Bannister, Crumb, Window, Horse, Shaving, Hair and Tooth, etc.

STOVES—a large assortment daily expected from Fawecett’s Celebrated Foundry Sackville.

pay Please call and examine quality and prices. Goods delivered at Steamers, Railroads and private resideuces in the City free of charge.

HENRY BEER.

Charlottetown, May 27, 1881—2aw wkly

FIRE! MARINE! LIFE!

HORACE HASZARD, General Insurance Agent,

— REPRESENTING—

Commercial Union Fire Assurance Company, of London, Eng,, CAPITAL, £2,500,000 STG.

Western Fire Assurance Company, of Toronto, Ont, CAPITAL, $800,000.00.

British America Fire Assurance Company, of Toronto, Ont., CAPITAL, $500,000.00.

Sun Mutual Life & Accident Insurance Company, of Montreal,

CAPITAL, $500,000.00.

ty MARINE INSURANCE ALSO EFFECTED.

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Risks taken on all descriptions of Property at LOWEST RATES.

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Office—Corner of Queen and Lower Water Streets. Charlottetown, April 4, 188 |—-tf -

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NONE CHEAPER !

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J. B. MACDONALD

IS DAILY OPENING LARGE QUANTITIES OF

Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.

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ALL THE LATEST STYLES IN

HATS, BONNETS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS AND FLOWERS,

All the Novelties.of the Season.

Queen Street, Charlottetown.

Ch'town, May 6—pat pres.

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| FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.

St. John’s Lodge, No. 1, meets 2nd Tuesday,

Water Street.

Victoria Lodge, No, 2, meets 4th Wednesday, Water Street.

King Solomon Lodge, No. 9, meets Ist Mon- day, Water Street.

Wednesday, Water Street. TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES,

Prince Edward Division No. 1, 8S. of T., meets every Wednesday, Queen Street.

Victoria Division Neo. 4, 8. of T., meets every Monday, Queen Street.

Y. M. C. A. Division No, 102, S, of T., meets every Thursday, Y. M, C. A. Building.

St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society, meets every alternate Sunday evening, in St. Patrick’s Hail.

New Dominion Section No. 2, Caiets of Tem- perance, meets every Friday, Queen Street,

CHARITABLE SOCIETIES,

Benevolent Irish Society, meets quarterly, in St. Patrick’s Hail.

Sunday at noon, in St. Patrick’s Hall. INDEPENDENT ORDER ODD-FELLOWS.

St. Lawrence Lodge No. 8, meets every Mon- day, Queen Street.

Wildey Lodge No. 27, meets every Friday, Prince Street.

Port la Joie Encampment, meets Ist Wed- nesday, Queen Street.

LITERARY SOCIETIES.

St. Joseph’s Literary Society, meets every

alternate Sunday, in St. Patrick’s Hall. ROYAL ARCANUM.

Prince Edward Council No. 132, meets every

alternate Tuesday in Y.M.C. A. Building.

Old Iron, Old Rope, Old Canvass, Old Zine, Old Brass, Old Copper, Old Lead, Old Pewter, Kerosene Oil Barrels, at

H, COOMBS’ Store. June 18—3i law, wky pat 3i

BEEF! BEEF! HE subscriber has on hand Sixty Barels

good BEEF, which he offers for sale cheap for cash,

—ALso— 1,500 New Mackerel Barrels—a good article. OWEN CONNOLLY.

HERRIEG. HERRING,

es eee about the first week in July, 1000 barrels Fortune Bay Herring in bulk, Parties wanting the above would do well to secure all or part as soon as possible.

GEO. COOMBS, Water Street.

BARGAINS

GASH GUSTOMERS

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All Classes of Goods,

As I am anxious to reduce my Stock.

R. W. TREMAINE,

June 1, ’81. 83 Queen Stret

BRITISH

WAREHOUSE

Queen Square.

W* have opened and are now showing the largest and cheapesi stock of

June 29, ’81.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

DRY GOODS

Ever offered by us to the Public.

Complete in Every Department

Selected by Gne of the Firm on the Very Best Terms,

We offer them at unusually low prices to all who may favor us with a call.

w® A superior article ef TEA always on

hand. W. & A. BROWN & CH, May 30, 1881.

PB. Island Pottery.

ou above Company has on hand a large quantity of

MILK PANS, FLOWER POTS, BUTTER CROCKS, ‘BEAN POTS, MOLASSES JARS, PRESERVE CROCKS

and other Ware which they offer at Wholesale @nly. Samples can be seen at the office of the undersigned—Corner Queen and Water Sts. s@ No sales at the Works.

Every description of Ornamental Flower Pots, Garden Vases, etc., made'to order Also, Bone Dust for saie. FRED. W. HYNDMAN, ‘May 21, ’81—2aw

SDAY, JULY 12, 1881.

St. Vinceat de Paul Socicty, mects every

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The Lobster at Home.

ner for June with a very interesting arti- cle on the ** Lobster at Home,” which is admirably illustrated. As, at present, lobster fishing is one of the greatest in-

Alexandra Royal Arch Chapter, meets 3rd dustries of this Province, it may not be

amiss for us to republish a few quota- tious from Mr, Bishop’s clever article :—

THE LOBSTER’S HOUSE.

' In spring the lobster, who has passed the winter months in deep water, returns again inshore. He has found the deep water both tranquil and warm, while the shallower expanses near land have been

_ troubled to the bottom by furious gales, aud chilled by the drifting ice. Thirty fathoms is a very fair depth for his win- ter home, while in summer the trap in 'which he is geverally captured gathers 'in a goodly number if sank in a depth of five fathoms, or even less. A few lob- sters burrow in the mud, and in a man- ner hibernate, but the ordinary aspect of those taken in winter shows that their habits at this time differ little from what they are at any other. The migratory impulse seizes upon all about the same momen, aud they come in regular col- umns, the stronger members in the front, the weaker ir the rear ; and, though there is hardly a more quarrelsome animal, whether at large or in a state of captiv- ity, than the lobster, they postpone, for the time, the manifestation of their habi- tual temper.

THE FEEDING GROUND.

A straight line of coast furnishes but a limited area of feeding ground for the lobster, even should it contain the desir- able kind of food. The bottom in such a coast gradually shelves for a moderate distance, but presently drops off into deep soundings. An indented coast is most ad- vantageous, and as a consequence of this the coast of Maine has become the best fishing ground iu the world.

THE TYPICAL LOBSTERMAN,

The ‘l'ypical lobsterman lives at the bottom of acharming and remote cove. The shores rise in bold, gray crags, bat he has a strip of sand on which to veach his boat. He is a fisherman in ~ other branches, and a farmer as well, for lob- steriug need uot take the whole of any one’s time. His buildings, seen at the top of arising ground,are weather-beaten, gray and red. At the shore he

has fish-houses, a great reel on which nets are wound up, and in a cleft of the rock smokes

a large iron kettle, wherein is brewing a decoction of tar and rosin for water- proofing the rope work of his lobster traps.

THE TRAPS.

The traps themselyes have the appearance of a pile of mammoth bird cages. The structure is four feet long, two feet high, with a semi-ciacular sec- tion. It is made of slabs, with wide in- tervals between, to afford the proposed victim a clear view of the baits arranged on a perpendicular row of hooks within. A door opens in the centre top, through which access is had for preparing the baits and removing the contents. The trap is sunk to the bottom by a ballast of stones, and a billet of wood at the other end of the rope serves as a buoy. The ends are closed only with tarred rope netting, and in one end there is a circular opening of considerable size. The bait used is a cod’s head, or sometimes a row of cunners.

FISHING IN WINTER.

The occupation presents its most pic- turesque aspect in winter, when the fish- ing is in deep water. The lobsterman then with his dory filled with a pile of the curious cages, which he has taken up for repairs, or is going to set in new places, ventures far out to sea, often at no little personal risk. Sometimes a particularly violent gale will drive the traps with it and wreck them on the breakers.

THE BUSINESS DIMINISHING.

It is claimed that the average size, as well as. the profits of the business, is being sadly diminished by the industry with which the pursuit has been lately followed up. The shores teem with traps and the competition is so fierce, that whereas a lobster man once made four or five dollars a day, he now regards bim- self lucky, if he makes but one.

THE LOBSTER’S AGE.

If we are to accept the theory of a veteran lobsterman, the lobster may at- tain to the age of a man. The first shedding of a shell, he tells us, occurs at the age of five years. After this, he con- fesses his inability to fix the periods of removal. The mother is often surround- ed by baby lobsters a few inches in length, who take refuge under her tail in case of danger, and sometimes the little ones are seen stranded on conch- shells, into which they have crawled near the shore. At the end of the third year, the young are perhaps four inches long, and at the end of the fourth hardly more than six. At such a rate of progress it appears that some- thing in the neighborhood of five years must elapse before they attain the length

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of eight or ten inches, at which size they are first found ina soft condition. Our

Wim H. Bisnor furnishes Scrib-|!obsterman’s theory of longevity is based

upon his observation of this slowness of growth. HOW THE LOBSTER APPROACHES THE TRAP. The lobster, on approaching the trap (set for his inveiglement, sees the dull,

big eyes of the cod’s head in the trap stare sagely out at the bloodless victim. The bead-

like optics of theJobster, in the flurry of this cold temptation, peer cunningly in. As to the attractiveness of the morsel there can be ne doubt, and the way to reach and take possession of it through the passage in the net-work seems ample. With a few deft strokes he is within. Why does he not return in the same way? Whoever understands the defec- tive logical processes of the lobster’s mind can alone explain, It does not oe- cur to him to turn around, and as to going out forward, the great claws, now spread out, render it difficult, though the opening is in no way more contracted than before. Nor does the fate of one de- ter the entrance of others. When the trap is lified, it contains from one to a dozen of all sizes,

IN THE FACTORY.

The factory generally opens at one end, close to the water. Two men bring in the squirming loads of lobsters from the «mack on a stretcher, and dump the mass into coppers for boiling. At intervals the covers are hoisted by ropes and pulleys, and dense clouds of steam arise, through which we catch vistas of men, women and children at work. Two men approach the coppers with stretchers and scoop nets, and they throw rapid scoop-fulls. done to a searlet, backward over their shoulders, The scarlet hue is seen in all quarters—on the steaming stretcher, in the great heaps on the tables, in scattered individuals on the floor, in a large pile of shells and refuse seen through the open door, and in an ox-cart load of the same refuse, farther off, whith is being taken away for use as a fertilizer.

The boiled lobster is separated,on long tables, into his constituent parts. The meat of many jointed tails is thrust out with a punch. A _ functionary called a “cracker” frees that of the claws by a couple of deft cuts with a cleaver, and the connectin arms are pass- ed on to be picked out with a fork by the girls. Inanother department the meat is placed in the cans. The first girl puts in roughly a suitable selection of the several parts. The next weighs it, and adds or subtracts enough to complete the exact amouut desired (one or two pounds.) The next forces down the contents with a starap invented especially for the pur- pose, The next puts in a tin cover with blows of a little hammer. Then a tray is rapidly filled with the cans, and they are carried to the solderers, whe seal them tight, except for minute openings in the covers, and put them in another tray, which by means of a tackle pully is then plunged in bath chaldrens, in order that the cans may be boiled until the air is expelled from their contents through the minute openings. Then they are sealed up, and are boiled again for several hours when the process of cooking is complete.

IN THE PACKING ROOM,

In this room the cans are cleaned with acids, painted athin coat of green to keep them from rusting, painted with labels displaying a highly ornamental scarlet lobster rampant against a blue sea, and placed bythe gross in pine boxes to await the arrival of the Com. pany’s vessel, which cruises regularly from factory to factory, collecting the product. On * loaf-days” the hands oc- cupy themselves with making the neat eans which it is their ordiaary business to fill.

THE SOLDERERS.

The solderers, eachjwith his little sheet- iron furnace, bristling with tools, on the table beside him, and the white light of one ofa long row of windows playing over him give the idea of alchemists. The solderers are paid from twelve to fifieen dollars per week, ordinary mem from sever to ten, and the girls no more than three and a half, yet, even at this price a respectable class of female labor is engaged. The mivor employes are generally gathered from the neighborhood. The more skillful are ‘brought io for the season, and have suc- cessful engagements at differeut ports. Thesolderers are in particularly active demand, owiug to the extent to which the business of canning has been extend- ed, and seem to have in their vocation a substantial means of livelihood.

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