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EXAMINER issued to-day is without
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“Drink” Question.
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No one for a moment doubts that the! great curse of the English-speaking peo-| ple is streng drink. ‘To such an extent has it power over us, that we are charged with being the most drunken nation, in| the sense of consuming more alcohol | than any other; and the charge, if we} mistake not, was brought forward by the Hon. Mr. Gladstone.
That the English-speaking people run up every year a bill which is out of all] proportions to our other bills, there is no denying; and the « normity of the bill, with the absence of reliable statistics from the continent, has no doubt led to the above statement, but that we have distanced everybody else in dissipation is no longer borne out by statistics.
We are to give our readers statistics which bave been accepted by the Gggernmenis of Great Britain and Germany as reliable, which, though it to diminish one iota the amount of liquor consumed by us, gives
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us our true positicn among other vations The source of our information is a pr per communicated to the British Government hy Consui- General Oppenheimer, on the * Drick Question in Germany,” which gives a large array of statistics, only in reference to Germany but to other contirestal countries. F that instead of being ahead of. we are happily behind a jarge portion of ihe continent in the consumption of Norway, France aod Austria are certainly below us in pirits and beer, although above us in wine; butin spirits the other coun- tries beat ns hollow. In 1876, the year between 1266 and 1882, when consump-
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tion of liquor was highest, Great Britain |
consumed 6 litres (that is 168 glasses) of | spirits per head of the population; but Switzerland consumed 7.: Holland 9.67, Belgium 9.7 North Germany
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10.4, Sweden 11.2, Russia 16, and Dep-|
mark 18.
But, leaving much of Herr Oppen heimer’s paper aside, as it refers largely to the beer-drinking, we shall look at the detaiis of the state of matters in other countries as given by him. We begin with Denmark, which has an unfortunate pre-eminence in intemperauce. For- meriy no restriction was put upon the mavufacture of spirits, and the result was an alarming amount of intemperance and other evils, of which, we are told, there is still evidence.
The average annual consumption of spirits per head for persons above twenty years of age is sixty-seven litres, or 1576 glasses, or nearly five glasses a day. With this fact iu the foreground, we are not surprised at such facts these which we find behind it. From 1871 to 1880 of the divorces granted twenty- three per cent. were due to intemperance; thirty per cent. of those who were ad- mitted iato the workhouse were persons reduced to poverty by the same cause: twelve per cent. of the lunatics, and twenty per cent. of the prisoners con- victed crimes had been drunken;
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were arrested in Vienva alone for being | drunk ; and in the Junatie asylums in| that city, of the patients iv the years from | 1871 to 1882, the proportion who had|
lost their reason through drink was 25.3
but also the means taken to repress the In Austria, Holland aad Switzer- temperance societies have been | to struggle with it; but in their and enthusiasm are far behind
land, formed pumber ourselves,
In Norway and Sweden legislation and private efforts have greatly reduced intemperance. Germany has done little or nothiog, and Denmark has done less.
On these figures no comment is needed beyond this, that they show the drink question to be one pressing everywhere tor immediate settlement; and _ that effective means of dealing with it is the education of the people to that standard in which they will not only see the evil but be able to deal directly with if.
The Subway Scheme
PHILLIPS IRVING'S SURVEY.
MR.
Senator How tan received to-day a chart —prepered by Mr. McKinlay,of the Public Lands Department—showing the results of the soundings lately made by Phillips Irving, Esq., in the Strai's between Capes Jourmain and Traverse. It appears that soundings were taken on four different lines. (a.) Feom Cape Jourimain to the pier at Cape Traverse, on which the deepest wator (for about 200 feet) is thir- fathoms, very gradually Jessen: ing in depth towerls each shore ; (b) between the same ; points, but crozsing the reef at Jourimain to the westward—the deepest water being 154 fathoms; (c) from Cape Traverse to a hole 17 fathoms deep (which bears west by north from Jouriman reef), and thence to Cape Jouriman; (d) direct from Cape Traverse to the end of Jouriman reef-—‘he sovn lings being the same as on the line marked (a).
According to the sonndings made by Mr. Irving, the bottom of the Srrait is neither very rough nor rocky, but sinks by regular gradations to the deepest point, and then rises again in the same way towards the opposite shore; and Senator Howlan salistied that itis eminently favorable for the carrying out of his great idea.
Sena'or Howlan leaves Charlottetown in a short time, for the purpose of explaining the features of his scheme to the people in the various sections of the Province.
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‘‘Seven Modern Wonders of the World.”
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Tuts was the subject of the lecture de livered by Joseph Cook last evening.
Rapid Communication is the first wonder to which Mr. Cook called attention. A man can now, by steamer and by rail,jtravel round the globe in eighty days, or in about the same space of time that Casar could, under the best management and with the fleetest horses, travel round his dominions; and by telegraph he can communicate with his friend in the Antipodes six times within an hour. This great rapidity of communi- cation is calculated to burst the cocoons of selfishness end insularity in which nations and men are too apt to wrap themselves, and to make the whole world kin,
The next wonder was the opening up of the Hermit Nations. Mr. Cook called at tention to the wonderful efforts put forth by Japan to throw off her old Eastern customs and to obtain the brighter light of Western Civilization, with its free schools, free thovght.and christianity; to the’ move- ments in a similar direction which are tak- ing place in the great Empire of China; and to the opening up of the Dark Continent.
From this wonder, Mr. Cook passed on
while 9,536 were treated for dipsomania and intemperance. Between 1871 and 1875 the percentage of suicides from drink was a fraction over thirty-six, a figure more than double what it was thirty years ago. Adding cases of azrest for drunkenness to those of conviction for crimes traceable to drink, the Danes give as many as seventy-four per cent. of prisovuers. In Holland, while the popu- lation from 1870 to 1878 increased eight per cent. the consumption of spirits in- creased forty-two per cent., or more than five times. The number of licensed houses grew by 10,000, so that in 1878 there was, to a population of 4,000,000, a drink shop for every ninety persons, including women and children. But legislative action was aroused, and a law was passed in 1881 which had the effect
of reducing the licensed houses from 40,009 to 33,000. Belgium is worse
than Holland. The increase of its popu- lation in the last forty-four years was fifty-seven per cent.; but the in- crease of its consumption of spirits was 50 percent. In 1880 it had 125,000 licensed Louses,wbich is one for every 44 of its inhabitants, or one for every grown-up man; and, as in Denmark, the mora: consequences have been deplor- able. In 32 years the suicides increased 45 per cent., and the lunatics 200 per cent ; while, according to the Inspector- General of Belgian prisons, four-fifths of the crime and social misery are due to the prevailing intemperance. Switzer- land, although thereis a vigoroas tem- perance sentiment in it, has iu its differ- ent cantons,2n immense number of small and large distilleries which produce an inferior spirit, and which are operating most injuriously. In the whole Feder-| ation the increase of public houses in the 10 years preceeding 1880, was 22 per cent., while the increase of the population was only 6.5 per cent. From 15 to 20 per cent. of the lunatics have been sent to the| asy'um by intemperauce. So great has | the evil grown that the Government has! asked the co-operation of the different | towns $> aid in repressive measures. In Austria, whose consumption of Spirits is less than ours, but which con-| sumes twelve times more wine, the evils | are also assuming alarming proportions, In 1880 no fewer than 6103 persons
to the prospective moral alliance of the natious. By the aid of rapid communication, icloser union among the nations and a | Federa‘ion of the British Empire are pos- | sible: and, under the influerces of the , Coristian Spirit which arej abroad, the time is coming when there will be no war— at least until after arbitration has failed to adjust the differences which may arise between nations;when the nations will combine to put down the slave trade and the liquor traffic; and when Great Britain end the United States wiil unite to prevent fighting in the North Atlantic.
Then Mr. Cook spoke of the wonderful advance of tree education and democracy in our day. The tide of democracy is rising allover the world. In the great cities of the United_States it has risen too high, for there mobs, invested with the right to vote, rule corruptly. But efforts.are being made by means of free schools, to which children are compelled to go, to raise and enlighten even the gmols—to educate them up to a proper appreciation of the evlls of rum and tobacce, and to improve every wan who is susceptible of improvement. In England the tide is now so high that the Lords have to stand on tip-tos to keep above it; and after Queen Victoria (whom may Ged bless) it is not likely the English people will endurea king if he be net a good man.
The fulfilment of ancient prophecy and the wonderful spread of Christianity in the Nineteenth Century were the two last wenders of Mr. Cook’s lecture.
At the close, the Rev. J. Carruthers stepped forward, and in afew warm, com- mendatory sentences, conveyed the thanks of the people of Charlottetown to Mr. Qvook for the great lessons taught in his two lectures. His Worship the Mayor pre- sided at both lectures.
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Fatal Boiler Fxplosion.
TWO MEN KILLED.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred at Vin- cent’s Mill, West Devon, Lot 10, on Tuesday morning, the 3rd instant, by which a young man, named Lynch, was instantly killed, and the owner cf tie mill, William Vincent, received injuries from which he kas since died. What can be learned of the dreadful accident is as fol- lows :— Lynch was an inexperienced hand, and undertook to run the engine. It is supposed that he had a heavy fire under the boiler, and that the boiler then only contained a small quantity of water. When it became heated he commenced to pour cold water into it. This caused a terrible explosion.
The mill was completely de-
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molished and Lynch’s body was mashed into jelly, becoming totally unrecognizable. Mr. Vincent’s shoulder, arm, upper and lower jaws, were broken, and his skull was badly fractured. He only lingered a short time ofter the accident. Two of sons and another boy
before the explosion occurred. They had a narrow escape, as the splinters of the mill flew areund them in all directions. Had they been in the mill they would all have been killed. Two pieces of the boiler, weighing upwards of four hundred pounds, were carried four hundred yards from the site of the mill,
The explosion is the worst that ever took place in the west end of the Island.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
(SreciaL Despatcues TO THE EXAMINER, } CANADIAN NEWS.
The Last Spike—Smallpox—Ter- rible Murder, etc.
Orrawa, Nov. 5.
Mr. Van Horne drove the last spike of the C. P. R. to-day a short distance east of Kamloops.
There were forty-seven deaths smallpox in Montreal yesterday.
The meeting of the Cabinet this after- noon lasted till nearly seven o’clock.
Toronto, Noy, 5.
The Anglican Church is following the example of the Presbyterians regarding the augmentation of ministers’ stipends. A committee of the Anglican Synod of Toron- to Diocese have just issued a circular, appealing for subscriptions for that object, the amount required being $16,000. The standard is to be raised as follows :—Cler- gymen who have ministered in the Diocese for fifteen years and upwards, $1,200; ten years and upwards, $1,090; five years and upwards, $800 - in addition to parsonages, if any.
A young German farm hand employed by Levi Weber, farmer, rear Galt, was mur- dered this afternoon. The murderer is supposed to be a young Englishman, John Calvin Ravier, who used tv work on th; same farm. Kavier bas been arrested. No motive can be assigned for the crime,
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Continued War Preparations. Lonpon, Nov. 26 The Turkish Government have contracted for a supply of white head torpedoes with which its ironclad squadron will be equipped at an early date.
Strength of the Turks.
ConsTanTINOLe, Novy. 5.
The total strength of the Tuzkish troops, now mobilized, is 350,000 men. Great camps are being formed on the Bulgarian, Servian and Greek frontiers.
The Balkan Conference.
ConsTANTINOPLE, Nov. 5,
The first meeting of the Balkan Con- ference took place to-day.
Servia Preparing.
Vienna, Nov. 5.
King Milan continues to prepare for war. :
The Cholera.
Maprip, Nov. 5.
The cholera has nearly died out here. One death reported from Bilboa yesterday.
Aquatic. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 5. Conley won the race with McKay to-day by two boat lengths.
An Artist Dead.
Lonpon, Nov. 5. Robert Thorburn, A. R. A, the noted miniature painter is dead.
Weather Bulletin.
Probabilities for the next 24 hours fo: the Waritime Promnces.
Toronto, Nov. 6.--10 a. m.
Southwest and southesst winds; partly cloudy weather, no decided change in temper- ature,
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICK Charlottetown, Nov. 6, 1885,
Highest Temperature yesterday, (read at
midnight)..... +ndoghbi bes ee done or « AR Lowest Temperature yesterday, (read at
midnight) ...... ioneeees see Lowest Temperature this morning....... 329 Temperature this morning,at 8 o'clock. . .37.1 Temperatnre thia afternoon atl o'olock 4),8
PIANO TUNING.
R. WM C. HAWLEY, late of Boston,
A has arrived in Charlottetown, and begs leave to solicit patronege. Added to con- siderable outside experience, Mr. Hawley has had the advantage of several months’ work in the extensive manufactory of Messrs. Vose & Sons, of Boston, where he studied carefully, Tuning and the details of Piano Construction, and is preparel to execute orders for Tuning, Regulating, Voicing, lKepairing, &c. His terms will be found reasonable,jand he guar- antees his work. The following extract speaks foritself: “** * * We can safely recommend him to parties wanting a first- class man and one who can safely be entrusted with the various branches of piano tuning.— Vosr & Sons.” Orders for Organ Tuning and Repairing also received. Address: Care Rocklin House. Ch’town, Nov. 6 —-tf
ATICIION.
To be Sold _by Public Auction, on TUESDAY,
the 10th day of NOVEMBER, at the wr of 3 o'clock, p. m., the old Schoolhouse and 2nd at conten. adjoining the English Church. Terms at Sale.
BY ORDER OF TRUSTEES. Southport, Oct. 31—2i sat fri
WOVEMBER 6,
Bis Elsthing Sale
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L. HE. PROWSEHE’S.
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tse CLOTHING ever shown iv Charlottetown at
L. E. PROWSE’s.
Seven Thousand Dollars’ ($7,000) worth of CLOTHING, selling from 25 to 75 per cent I i t
less than regular prices, a & Puowers. } its UNDERUCLOTHING, selling very fast at oer) Poet r L. E. PROWSE’S. FUR CAP3! FUR CAP3! in great variety, selling from $1.15 up, at
: , "3 L. E. PROWSE’S. Blankets, Comfortables, Wincey, Fiannels, Fleecy Uottons, &c., offerel at very low
fi t rt L. E. PROWSE’S.
Dress Goods, Black Cashmeres, Merinoe:, Wool Squares, Muffs, Gloves, Hats, &c., as cheap as can be found in the city.
ALL ARE REQUESTED TO CALI and see my stock of CHEAP GOODS, before buying elsewhere.
L. E. PROWSE,
Sign of BIG HAT, 74 Queen Strect. Ch’town, Nov. 6th, 1885.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Lambswool Un- derclothing, Scotch Hosiery for Boys, Girls, Misses & Ladies.
WEEKS «& CO.
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Flannels, Blankets. Comfortables, a splendid range for Winter, at
WEEKS & CO.
20:
CORSETS! CORSETS!
Best American Corsets 1000 pairs now showing. New makes, wonder-
ful prices! Every lady ought to see them. WEEKS «& CO,
Ch’town, Oct. 31, 1885.
TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
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A discount of 20 per cent from the above rates will be made to lessees of instruments.
Written messages will be delivered in Charlottetown within city limits; from all cther receiving offices within a quarter of a mile from said offices.
Special rates will be made for delivering at greater distances, All communications and messages must be prepaid.
The Company is prepared to lease Telephone Instruments in Charlottetown and Sum. merside at established rates, and to treat with persons requiring private or toll lines.
For further information apply to the Subscriber, at Charlottetown
ROB ANGUS;
MANAGER. Ch’town, Oct. 19, 1885-—lyer eod
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Immense Bargains! Great Attractions ! Cheapest ever offered in the city.
My New Establishment is now complete. Has every convenience! Great Facilities ! Perfect Arrangements! In fact, it is as near perfection as possible, enabling me to produce at the smallest possible expense.
Please call and get Bargains.
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THE LANGASHIRE INSURANCE
OF BNGLAND.
$ 13.000,000 $200,000
Insurance effected in the above well-known Fire Insurance Company at lowest current rates.
Capital Government Deposit,
Apply for quotations to
& SS. URQUHART,
Authorized AGENT for Prince Edward Island,
Offre : Brown's Brick Block, Queen Square. Charlottetown P. E. I., Oct. 2—8mo eod
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PROVIDED a eufficient ; toes offer hy the 15th BER, instant, the
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will be placed on the berth at C arlottetow for New York. Freight low, . *
For further particulars apply to
WM. WELSA. Ch'town, Nov. 4th, 1885—4i w fri mon w
juantity of day of NGVEy.
LECTURE. |
Lagat DR. MeRAE, of St. John, N B will lecture under the auspices of the Young Men’s Literary Association of St. James’ Church, in
ST. JAMES HALL,
On
Tuesday Ev’g Next, 10th inst,,
ON
“Science in Relation to Thought and Fact During the Century.”
Chair taken at 8 o'clock, 7.30. Admission, 15 cents, Nov. 3—ti date
CIGARS
One Case (10,00%) CIGARS, Fresh Steck,
Bought at a bargain.
market for 5 Cents One hundred per cent. profit to Retailers Wholesale only at
THE APOTHECARIES’ HALL, DESBRISAY’S CORNER. Ch’town, Nov. 3—eod wky i
pf. (SUND RIL,
THARK GIVING DAY.
BXCURSION Return Tickets, at one first-class
fare, will be issued to and from all Stations on this Railway, by Afternoon Trains on Nov, lith inst., and by all trains on THANKSGIVING DAY, Nov. 12th, good to return up to and on 16th Nov., 1883,
Doors open at
The beet Cigar in the
JAMES COLEMAN, Superintendent. Railway Office, Ch’town, Nov. 3, 1835. —pat eod tlllth wk prs li
10 SHOEMARKERS.
FRES@ Stock cf SHOE.FINDINGS, specially selected in England, jast re- ceived, and will be sold Cheap es u nal, M. MeQr Lib, Lower Queeu Stree’, Oct. 22—2wk cod wky Im>
WANZER
SEWING MACHINES
7: HE Latest and Most Improved Patierns
Selling at Low Prices MILLER BROTHERS,
QUEEN STREET.
Ch’tewn, Oct, 5, '85—Ilmo eod wky
WANTS, LOST, FOUND, de. \
wages.
ANTED,—A smart Chamber Maid and Cook, at the Osborne House, Sod
ty
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a large silver Watch, The finder will please
nové li pd
OST Yesterday, A with monogram leave at EF xaMINER ollfice,
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scriber—ANGUS George Strect.
ARE FOR SALE—A dark Mare, 4
years old, is offered for sale by the Sub-
GaLtant, Upper Great nov6 3i pd
NOR SALE—Two pure young Leghora Roosters (brown). Apply at this ~~ ov
— - -—-———— - --- -—- n<etreanescemmnnataay casemate Y OTE—For the convenience of ladies sod = gentlemen weniing something handsome
in Xmas Gifts, J have imported samples of handsome Dressing Casee, Ladies’ Jewel and Work Boxes, Gents’ Shaving Cases, Ladies Jompanions, &c., from which they can select for the next few days in time for the holi- days.—D. O'M, Reppiy, JR. nov 4
iaciae el ANTED—A competent Workman to take charge of the woodwork in —<— factory. Apply to Younker & Offer. ®
F¥YW0O or three Boarders can be aceon I dated at Miss STEewarT’s, corner
no2 pa
Great George and Kuston Streets,
O LET —A House in good repair, on King
Street, rear Pownal. Possession given
Ist of November. Apply aé Exasixen ofc ee
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mv os ae EE KARFUL--For the next ten days Stove Pipe at Auction Prices at Henry D. Wadman’s, 55 Pownal Street.
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OR SALE—A balance of 16 barrels of
F Cement, to clear, at $3.25 ; goo re
a ‘aypy attics tt _
OARDERS—Two or three gentlemen oF lady Boarders may fiod comforts
accommodation by applying to Mrs. Williem
Kenuedy, Brick House, Hillsborough Paik. sept? t
rg°O LET—A large Warehouse and ~~ in rear of the cubscriber’s store —W, W ollner. octi2 2aw 3 Bean mai NOR SALE.—500 loads nice dry koe Wood; 300 Joads Hardwood, at . Yard, corner of Prinze and Fitsrey uM Delivered in any part of the apy I ;