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NOT JUST UP-£0-DATE HAT

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THE LATEST OF ENGLISH

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P. S.—Bargains in all kinds ot Clothing to-night.

McKAY

AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURE ALWAYS ON HAND

PHOTOGRAPHING A SHOT,

Eye Dont’s.

DON’T attempt to read in a reclining posture.

DON’T read with the light shining in your face. somes from behind.

DON’T use glasses without having your eyes properly examined,

DON’T forget that I am qualifiad +o do this for you.

G F HUTGHESON, Jeweler & Optician

sUEEN STREET.

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Herring, Herring

Large, fat Herring in half barrels, barrels and quarter barrels, from Sydney, ow Bay, Madalene and Arichat We will warrant every package we sel], or refund the money For sale wholesale and retail by

CRANT & Co,,

Queen Street, Charlottetown

BOSTON

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INTERNATIONAL SS. CO.

THE ELEGANT STEAMSHIP “S87. CROIX,’

(2,000 TONS.)

Charlottetown to Boston about 30 hours. Summerside to Boston about 28 hours Route 1.—Leave any point on the line of P. E. I. Railway by Morning Train Tuesdav or Saturday, reach St. Johu via Summerside and Point du Chene at 4 p. m. m. direct for Boston. Arrive there

Leave St John by Steamship St. Croix at 4.30 p. at noon next day.

Roure 2.—Leave the Island on Tuurspay, reach St. John same evening and oon- nect with the Friday Morning Steamer for Boston, via Coast Service,

Send for Folder and information to nearest Ticket Agent, or to

C. F. LAECHLER, Agent, 7

E. A, WALDRON, Ge = Agent, Boston, Mass.

Wonderfal Experiments In Determining the Time of a Flash of Electricity.

Recent achievements in the moving photography that has produced the ani- matograph, biograph, cinematograph and other representations of motion are not mere wonderful than the lately per- fected photography of the flying bullet. Professor C. Vernon Boys, F. R. S., has worked on this seemingly unsolvable problem with great success, as have also two Italian artillery officers.

In the course of a lecture on the sub- ject, Mr. Boys demonstrated that the ordinary notion that an electric spark is instautaneous was quite erroneous and stated that the light of the two ends of the ordinary electric spark lasted a lit- tle less than the one-hundred thousandth part of a second. It was, of cout, in- stantaneous to our senses, but to tests which could measure accurately to the oxe-hundred millionth part of a second the electric spark was anything but in- stantaneous, This spark wus no good for taking the photograph of a flying bullet, as the lecturer showed by exhib- iting one of his attempts, which made quite a blurred picture.

Mr. Boys then proceeded to explain the steps which he took in order to re- duce the length of time of the electric spark. To this end it was essential that the terminals should be made of copper, platinum or some metal whieh did not produce readily an ignitible vapor, and the electric current must not be driven through wires at all. He used a very thick, broad band of copper, not more than two inches leng, whieh reached around the edge of the plate, so that the electric current had not more than three or four inches to go altogether. He explained by diagrams how he had effected his object and shortened the time of the spark to about one-thirteen millionth of a second, or about 100 times quicker than the ordinary flash.

To give the audience some idea of the inifinitesimal fraction of time, he said the time ocoupied by the spark as re- duced by bis apparatus was proportion- ately as much less than a second asa second was less than five months, and during that time a bullet fired from a magazine rifle could not travel more tban one five hundredth part of an inch. By this simple contrivance he was able to get a brighter and shorter spark and all that was necessary to make a good and sharp picture.—New Yerk World

Victoria Cafe

Great George St.

Scene of attraction during these hot days.

Nice drinks of all kinds to refresh the tired and weary.

Nice Lunches, beautitul strawberries

and cream, JOHN P. JOY

VictorR1A CAFE Gt George St.....

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' THE RETIRED BURGLAR.

Caught Through « Contrivance Made For Another Furpose.

‘‘Why, say,’’ said the retired burg)ar, “I got caught once im the very simplest sort of way. I stepped over a doorsill in- to a room one night raising my foot rather high, as I always did, whether I had on rubber shoes or not, so as not to scrape my foot on the doorsill and set it down smooth and easy inside. But the instant I bore my weight on that foot the floor under it gave just a little bit. But it was plenty.

“I don’t suppese I think any quicken than electricity, but I certainly knew what Was coming before I heard the sound of the bell. Still, the bell was in the next toom, and, of course, it took a little time, some small fraction of a second, for the sound to get where I was. There was a broad plate set into the floor just inside the door and covered with the carpet. Pressure on that plate connected some electric wires and set a bell ringing.

‘Well, I didn’t stand there any longer than I could help. I jumped back and started along the hall on the way out. To get out I had to go past the door of the room where the bell was ringing. Just as I got to it Hhero was a man came boune- ing out of that room and turning in my direction, and he collared me, and we whanged and banged around there in the hall for awhile, knocking down more or less plaster and things, and finally I’m blest if he didn’t get the bulge on me, and get a few turns of clothesline round me, that some of the folks had brought up.

“Of course the most important thing

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it was interesting about the electrical ap- paratus. You know, I’d been surprised,

even then, to hear the bell ring in another -

room instead of in the same room where the plate was. I should haye thought if anybody wanted a contraption of that sort in his own rooni he’d have wanted the bell there teo. But it seems it wasn’t a bur- giar alarm at all. They had a young son there that was a somnambulist; used to get up and walk around in his sleep nights, and they didn’t always hear him, and they wanted to. So they put this plant in, so that lre couldn’t get out of his room without ringing a bell, and they put the bell in theold man’s room’’—New York Sun.

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Druggists Early Clo sing

We the undersigned druggists of this city, hereby agree to close our several places cf business, at 9 p m. every sight excepting Saturdays, until the end of Sep>

GEO. E. HUGHES, A. W. REDDIN, Wm. R. WATSON,

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, REDDIN BROS,

S. W. DODD. The above goes into effect on Monda evening, Aug. 9th. y

For Sale or To Let.

That centrally situated 3 story brick building on the corner of Queen and Dor- chester Sts, business stand and dwelling house, suitable for wholesale or retail These premises are well adapted. Apply to

MRS. 0. CONNOLLY, Owner Or to John McKenna, Queen St. Aug2—3wks

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PROVINCIAL - EXHIBITION

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RACES, 1897,

To be held at CHARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY, WEDMES DAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY,

SEPTEMBER 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th, |

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All Animals and articles for Exhibition

must be entered at the office cf the Secretary, Cameron Block, Charlottetown, on or

before Sacurday, 18th September.

HORSH RACES $1500 - - - Premiums - ~~ $1500

FIRST DAY,—22ad SEPTEMBER, 1897,

eer eee NE Ca i ie ae Sovahesdsteotenesepncqnceus 150 ( Reb NG AA Socigtics sia, a PGs dw dbgdin 0% 5 & KNebenteke 6 2% a veeee Free far All, open to Canada snd the United States.....ccrcccosscceossvecescscee © 300,00

SECOND DAY—23rd SEPTEMBER, 1897.

Three Minnte Class............... 0 | Bie CR ih coat dS a Be Free for All, (Pacere). ..........+.

SOP Oe OOO SOP EL CTECESES CO Oe reese

Entries close 14th September. No horse barred by record made after Ist Aug.,

COP POCS OED OCLOEL OC ODELCOOORESEO CS SORcoeeocooos oe

1897. For further partioulare see Prize List, to be had on application to the Secretary. All communications to be addressed to the Secretary. :

BENJAMIN ROGERS, President. Ch’town Aug 14th—law wky2i all isld prs.

A. B. WARBURTON, Secretary,

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GRAND PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION

Halifax, September 26th, to October ist, 1897.

Goid. Silver and Bronze Medals

The largest amount ever offered in prizes in any Exhibitioa in the Maritime Proyinces.

In addition to the grand Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, -ione have been arranged for every day and night.

The Spectacular Seige of Sabastapol every evening,—the most gorgeous and realistic effects every produced in Canada.

An unequalled half mie track tor speed com petition.

., _ Exhibits carried at exceedingly lov rates, Very cheap excursion tickets on al railways and steamboats.

Full particulars later. Apply for prize lists. eatry furms, ane all information to

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