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Jousn J. ARSNEAUX, Tignish.

— A COE LT LE OECD EOL AI Ee OR ne i

DAILY HKXAMINER,

THE

-~ .

DECEMBER 17, 187

Cutting Down.

reported last evening that, In vier ‘

’ ee kd ¢| ed times and the depleted state of}

} ‘neial finances, the Attorney Gen-

tne Provil

‘ ; : . ‘4. 82 eral. Secretary and Commissioner of Public Works have determined to cut down their

allowance.

own sala below the statutory

} Ls | A 34 » This is perfectly proper. ihe «Attorney Creneral has madea handsome sum out of the Fishery Commission. During his ab- ‘ Ra : . SFehada : _ his nav as Crown Cliicer was running sence his pay as Crown Ulucet g

on; and another professional gentleman was

paid out of the public funds for doing his r a iainanie work. He can now afford to be geverous,

The Pro-

vincial Secretary has managed to make a

in view of the impending crisis.

handsome profit out of the Asylum supplies, . } nartnrieant

which, added to his salary as a Gepat tmental

officer, has rendered the last few months of

° @m.: ° 4 . agent ter} le and ha IDV his official existence comfortable ana happy.

, ae es — sear ; He, too, may well make a slight remission

of the spoils for the sake of appearances. In virtuous intentions, even the Ccmmis- sioner of Public Works would like to ap- pear conspicuous, and follows the praise- worthy example of his colleagues. We have little faith, however, in the sincerity If the re_

port is correct—which we are inclined to

of these professions of economy.

doubt—this affectation of retrenchment is made only as a blind to conceal wilder ex- travagance and yore grasping selfishness in the future.

Since the above was written, we learn that the report referred to is incorrect. The allowances of some of the subordinates are to be reduced; but the salaries of the head

of departments will remain as at present. |

Messrs. Davies, Stewart and Dodd will dis- play their anxiety for a policy of retrench- ment by paring down the pay of the under- strappers, and leaving their own untouched. Just what any one might expect. i Lord Derby. —

Lord Derby occupies a somewhat singu- lar position ow ‘the Afghan question. Es- sentially a peace man, he resigned his seat in the Cabinet rather than sanction the measures of protection for Turkey and British interests in the East which Earl Beaconsfield pruposed, the fear of an Anglo- Russian war being ever present to his mind. Accordingly, Lord Derby is generally classed with Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright as belonging to the peace-at-any-price party. And yet in June, 1877, when Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the noble Earl himself warned Rugsia in regard to her action in Eastern Asia. He notified the Czar that if Russia extended her borders to Tver, Eng- land would make a corresponding advance. Such a movement he declared should be prevented at any sacrifice, because the next step would be to Herat, which lies about two hundred miles distant. That warning caused Russia to postpone her annexation scheme for the time being ; but, since the British forces have entered Afghanistan, the proposal has been revived. If Lord Derby deemed it necessary to take action at the prospect of Russia moving towards

~} whose total is

Opinion of the Hanlan Club.

! | American

CANADIAN SHARPNESS LOOKING UP.

Iianlan is said to have changed owners. [he reasons for this new deal are 'stated in the Spirit of the Times :—‘‘Ed-

vard Hanlan was in the spring of 1875 a

‘oer

thus |

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS

WHOLESALE.

j

irst-class sculler. He might not have been |

ible to beat, but he could certainly easily |

utrow any other man, and, unless inter- rupted by sickness or accident, his seasons’ work could not help being a series of suc- cesses. A handful of shrewd speculators h a member-

7 , ¥ 7 “7 ’ # } organized the Hanlan Cinb, with ‘ J ; Usui iiniver of

‘ +} , . ’

ship roll, ineluding the reputable citizens. But the rea! sisted only of the half dozen betting men

} } ClLuoD COnR-

who worked the pools at every regatta.

He rowed according to their instructions, | kent behind at certain stages, puiled fast o1 islow as he was told to do, kept his mouth ishut and proved a faithful servant; and

|having as nearly a sure thing as can hap- | pen in sporting matiers, they won amounts enormous. One of his back- ‘ers has boasted that Hanlan has, at differ- ‘ent times been instructed to stay behind for a certain portion of the race to help the i betting ; that he has been directed to win \hy only a certain distance; and when, on one occasion, he started to paddle home a little faster, telegrams were sent up the course and Hanlan signalled to hold back ; ithat a match made for $2,000 was adver- 'tised as for $5,000, to give it a fictitious importance ; and that on the Kennebecasis the turning buoy was secretly moved half a mile up stream for the purpose of robbing those who had bet on time.” On this the New York ‘‘Sun” remarks: ‘‘After all, Courtney may be a white lamb compared with these double-deck Canadians.”

;

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Dr. Jobnson said he hked a good hater, and because Dr. Johnson said this, many people who would be astonished were they classed as weak-minded, have thought ita

ness of the heart.” But this passion, like all others when indulged in, lowers the man, and will cause him who might other- wise be noble and generous, to stoop to the pettiest, the most infamous devices to in- jure the person hated. But when it is suffered to have its unbridled way it never fails to bring its retribution. In private life it excites fear and abhorrence; in public life it saps the foundation of public con- fidence. How can any nian’s judgment be trusted who is bound to condemn whatever is done by another, be it right or wrong? The greatest man the world has had in every walk of life, seem to have heen in- capable of hating even those whe would have or who had injured them. They thus spared themseives much waste, for every ‘emotion takes something from our reserve of vitality, and made on their contem- poraries an impression of calmness and magnanimity, which is itself no small power. It is clearly in tne interest of the people that men who play public parts in (obedience to private resentments, should be discouraged and put down. It is rather |hard that the safety or peace of a whole ‘country should be endangered because an irascible and ambitious man is bilious; that a whole continent mayhap shall pass through a baptism of blood because a powerful dema- gogue will make a speech when he should take a blue pill.—Mail. ———_--——- > << o—_ —__ -—

An anecdote illustrating President Lin- coln’s quaint and ready humor is now told for the first time by an lowa gentleman. It runs thus: ‘There wasa travelling lectur- er before the war known as ‘ Green, the Reformed Gambler,’ who was quite a char- acter in his way, and at the opening of the hostilities he joined the Union army. He was so badly wounded as to be a cripple for life, and one day repaired to the White House to ask Mr. Lincoln for an appoint- ment in the Commissary Department on the score of his injuries. He was afraid the President might not know him, and, to re- fresh his memory, said : ‘I am the man who used to be known as Green, the Reformed Gambler.’ ‘Oh, yes,’ replied Mr. Lincoln, with his accustomed readiness, ‘1 know you. I suppose a great many more people have heard of you than would ever have heard of me if I had not been elected President cf the United States; and with this the man got his appointment.”’

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Oats shipped from Summerside and out- ports in Prince County, from Ist May to 12th Decembe r, 1878 :—

Tver, a place of no present value, but pro- spectively important, how can it be consid-| ered: unwise or improper for Lord Beacons | field to oppose the domination of the Czar | in Afghanistan, and, by strengthening the| Indian frontier, defeat Russian intrigue ?! Surely prompt action was needed when the) Ameer refused to receive an English mission | at Cabul, although a Russian mission had} been sent there in violation of an estab- | lished arrangement, and the Czar’s troops | were manceuvring on the Afghan frontier. |

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Commercial Relation With France

j

The Montreal correspondent of L’Lvene-

jacress the

respectable thing to indulge in this ‘* mad- |

CASH

FOR

OR GOOD PAPER.

SUGAR, CURRANTS, RAISINS, RICE,

BAKING-S

Sole Leather, Manilla. CARVELIL:

| Kerosene, CR OE ee | {

| Charlottetown, Dec. 17 —pat si

——_=

i

| JUST RECEIVED

200 BOXES Gi

Figs, Dates, Grapes, Choice

RAISINS VERY iCH

Fresh Currants,

Flour and

ee (a

We Sell Wao.esaLe and RETAiL—cHEAP.

AND FO IGE

ARRIVE,

RAISINS,

IN LAYERS, MUSCATELS AND VALENCIAS. —~ALSO—

Prunes, Nuts, Oranges, Leimons, Green

Confectionery,

EAP BY THE BOX.

(CAdal, AD: DeLee

Tea Siore.

Ocrn TEA is very choice.

BHER & GORE.

Charlottetown, December 12, 1878.

CHAPPELLE'S

ALVIANAC

1879!

A Becided Improvement on any Work of the kind yet Published.

MODERN, ACCURATE, SUTHENTIC, ONLY i2 CENTS. | GET A COPY.

WHOLESALE &

Theo. L. Chappelle,

|

RETAIL.

QUALITY. VALUE. New Brunswick, 19,894 bus. $6,609 Nova Scotia. 23,416 7,513 Great Britain, 354, 298 129, 547 South America, 21,197 10,087 b. W. Indies, 6,700 2? 656 Newfoundland, 4,500 1,350

Bush. 427,005

yt Ant bOvudi

a catenins

The banker Oppenheim, of Cologne, en the reputation of being more waggish than is conventionally the case with capitalists. | The other day, on scanning the visitors’ | book at a watering place hotel, he came entry, ‘R. de Frankfort.’

* tue Mee T hd > |} $157,762

| | | 4 { i | !

ment says, that M. Lefaivre, who came up|‘ Who’s that ? he demanded of the hotel-|

up here to confer with Sir John A Me Donald on the subject of our existing com mercial relations with France, has been f.: three years giving his attention to the sub- ject, and has elaborated a scheme which ex. presses in five or six articles the opinions) of those best informed on the subject. They| are said to comprise the following articles :) 1. Canadian bottoms to be put on the same) footing as English, with regard to the navi-| gation laws ; 2. Abatementcf the Can:dian| duty upon French wines, and particularly | clarets and brandies; 3. Reduction of duty| upon articles under the Treaty of Paris. ; This correspondent also adds that the Mar- quis of Lorne, becoming aware of M. Le | faivre’s mission, asked for parSca’ars of the matter, and expressed the intention of taking a lively interest in bringing the pro- positions to a snecessful issue.

mt en AE! ty RN

;

) between Great George and Prince streets.

keeper. ‘The great banker Rothschild, of | Frankfort,’ was the answer. ‘Ah! tres’

ien,’ exclaimed Oppenheim, and, seizing a:

pen, he scribbled underneath, ‘O. de Co-! tion may be held to decide whether the Elec-

logne.’ sideetneiiialh hills Switzerland and Belegium in the heart’! of Europe, have always so far maintained | their independence as to be able to offer) asylums to political refugees. Now the | most powerful coptinental governmen's are | pressing Switzerland to deny the right of | asylum to the Socialists. This may prove | a serious business. —_——~ > Kent Srreet.—Toys, Christmas Cards, | etc., 2nd also afew Fireworks for sale at | Kent Street Book and Stationery Store, | |

Dec. 12—10i S. T. Nermes.

a

| where they may be seen by parties who desire

85 North Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Dec. 17—3i tue th sat

Dramonp Booxksrorg, } '

HE next Mail for Great Britain will be) closed at this Office on WEDNESDAY, |

the 18th instant, at 9 o'clock, p. m. A. A. MACDONALD, Postmaster. Post Office, Charlottetown, } 17th Dec., 1878. § li '

NOTICH |

(QNHE Petitions to the Governor-General of | Canada, in Council, praying that an Elec-

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tors of Charlottetown are favorable to the adoption of the provisions of the Canada Temperance Act, 1878, have been deposited for public examination in the office of the tegistrar of Deeds for Prince Edward Island, | in Charlottetown, pursuant to the said Statute, |

to examine tiem.

A. A. MACDONALD, Chairman of Committee. Charlottetown, 16th Dec., 1878—2i law h2i

PARLOR BRACKETS

jj" RECEIVED—cheap. J. NEWSON,

Nov. 22—Im

| FANCY LINED COAL VASES | {

RELIABLE ~

i | -FrOR- |

FANCY HELMET COAL SCOOPS,

CALVANIZED AND BLACK DO. |

COAL TONGS, SHOVELS, POKERS,

FIRE IRON STANDS.

All at a Large Discount to clear.

BEER & SONS.

FUR GOODS.

MUFFS, BOAS, CAPS,

‘1878

|

ODA. TOBACCO,

8&C.

BROS.

SEC.,

oys!

in great variety, and OSPECLKDC

2):

rn 4,

! H et amaet D DSSS ORNS The Best Stock ever imported for the Christmas Trade, ai

BREHNER BROTHERS.

Dec. 16,78. 31 arg era 2i

DECORATE YOUR HOMES

WITH

ARTIFICIAL VINES

THE LATEST NOVELTY.

We have received several varieties, such as:—ENncLisH Hotty, MISTLETOE, GERANIUM, Ivy, MapLe, &c.

BREMNER BROS.

| GHRISTMAS

NOTE & ENVELOPES,

AND OVER

200 Designs

Christmas Gard,

Including the New CANADIAN WINTER SCENES, for sale by

BREMNER BROS. Dec. 16, ’78. 23

Promenade and Heavy Wool SCARFS, MUFFLERS, CLOUDS, White & Col’d. Remainder offered at low figures.

. BEER & SONS. | WOOLEINS.

Blue & Black Beavers, Whitneys, Presidents, Moscows, Worsteds, Tweeds, Suitings.

A Choice Collection—-made up to order at |

we BEER & SONS. | LADIES’ SACQUE CLOTHS,

PLAIN AND FANCY. Balance of Stock offered at extra discount. | !

BEER & SONS.

y 7 have received the chief part of our | PALL STOCH, and can confidently |

j | } }

call attention to LARGE IMPORTATIONS, |

IVMIAIL. NO 3 ICE, ms SUGARS,

-IN-

FRUITS, SPICES & GENERAL GROCERIES. | We are also ia receipt of Full Line, in | REFINED & COMMON IRON, SLEIGH-SHOEING STEEL, | SPRING, CAST, and BLISTER DO. Paints, Colors, Oils, Gold Leai, Transfers, Varnishes, ete. A Large and Well-Assorted Stock of WOOD STUFES,

FOR SLEIGH & CARRIAGE BUILDERS,

BEER & SONS. |

Ch’town, Dec. 13, 1878—

SMOKED SALMON,

Very Delicious, at | BEER & GOFEH’s. |

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Bi ,,7B2 DAILY EXAMINER, for the latest news—local and telegraphic

CHOICE BALDWIN APPLES,

Cheap by the Barrel, at BEER & GOFF’S.

Christmas Sale!

—IX THE-

LECTURE ROOM

-—OF THE—

METHODIST CHURCH,

Wednesday, the 18th instant,

——:0:

CHILDREN’S SALE OPENS AT 2 O'CLOCK.

‘efreshment Table provided.__Admission 10 cents ; children half price. 20: At 6 o'clock,

A PUBLIC TEA,

at 25 cents.

Dec. 16- 2i

DRIED SHOKED BEEF, A FRESH LOT, VERY NICE, AT

BEER & GOFF’.

a

Christmas lxamination

Of the City Schools

JILL be held on FRIDAY, the 20th inst., at 10 o'clock, a.m. The usual routine work of the schools will be carried on by the Teachers in their several De ts. The parents of the pupils and the citizens generally are respectfully invited to attend. By order. ISAAC OXENHAM, See’y of City School Board. Office of City School Board, / Charlottetown, Dec. 16th, 1878, \ 3i

ce tea OR a SADC TO