OUT OF 2,000 CLAIMS

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THE OCLAN ACCIDENT

/nsures ajainst all kinds tof accidents ; ind e, 2 its premiums are low, and it issues a

good Pal icy

AW. Brow

General Agent Charlottetown

THE DAILY EXAMINER.

APRIL 10, U897.

THE ESTIMATES.

Tue estimates of both Dominion and Provincial Goveraments are. liberal this year. But the qucstion is, where is the money to come from? And the answer is, out of the people’s pockets

We note that the Government organs report that $7,500 are to be expended upon a survey of the proposed Southern railway and that $9,000 will be expended upon the proposed Hillsborough bridge. These items are in addition io those already re- ported by Tue Examiner. We are glad to see them, and we hope that the money wil! be legitimately applied and not used to indirectly promote the re-election of the Peters Administration. Political log- rolling between the Dominion and Provin- eial Governments, such as we now see in Nova Scotia, is one of the evils which menace our Federal! constitution.

In the year ending 30th June, 1896,— the last year of the Conservative adminis- tratiou—the expenditures on account of consolidated fund amounted to $36,949,- 142.03; and next year they are to be, according to the estimates, $38,111,000. The amounts to be expended upon capital account will bring the total expenditures up to $44,607,000—not to sprak: of the supplementary estimates—which, we hope, will include sums providing for cold stor- age iu P. E. Island, and the subsidy of an ocean steamer to ply between this Province snd Great Britain. For the wix-and- a-half millions to be charged to €apital account, the country will,.. of. -conree, have to go into debt; aod their will be a deficit of $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 this year to be added tothat great sum, Ali this money the Government must borrow in England.

Turning to the Provincial estimates, we note that they amount to $306,301 09. This is exclusive of the fool item of “a aum sufficient” to bore for coal, which need not be taken into account. Last year the total expenditures (apart from paymeuts of road orders, etc., dated this year for work done last year) amounted to $287,631.27, and it is esti- mated tha! they will this year be $18,669.- 73 more. Last year we ran into debt to the extent of rearly $15,000, and this yeat we shall (unless our taxes are materially ia. ereased) ran into debt to the extent of $33,006. This is according to;the estimate, But remembering that this is an election year, and rememberi»g also the results of our last election year, the deficit is more likely to be $150,000.00.

Now, the questions for the peopleto con- sider are, can we afford theese additional burdens ? and is this what the electors were led to expect when they placed their confi- dence in the gentlemen who comprise and aupport the present administration ?

The records of expenditures by Hon. Mr. Sullivan and Hon. Mr. Peters are instructive and suggestive. We quote:

SULLIVAN GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE. BOA cscinnsdinns n-e0s coasdiandeecciene aun

SN ee ee 264 cee tore eee 257,228.03 ieee ee Sa,

.. 279,545.30 ee 266,317.75 .. 304,466.65

Be Gccsicones ee ee Rep ccocterns even

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SORT... ch coset dices SQRMAEAS FORE ee ee 279 939.40 OND. ducts ci eae PETERS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE. ve ts a a en Oe eee 283,303.57 aad Fetes | 337,415.36

Si ea desks Js cs, ee re 1896-—lees expenditures unac-

counted for and carried over 287,631.27 1397—estimated..........-+. 306,301.00

In the former case there was an average anuual expenditure of $272,821 54, and in the latter case there is an average annual expenditure of $304,564.14.

The people are now in a position to judge which party gave them the most satisfaction for their money.

Looking at the estimates of the Dominjon Government and the estimates of the Pro- vincial Gov rament,we see only the certain

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burdens to hamper the progress

prospect of increasing of country. el ctcrs w ho voted for these Governmenis in the hope that their burdens of taxation would be reduced must be oa» deep dis- appointinent.

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PROFESSOR ROBERTSON’S CIRCULAR,

Proresson Roperrson has issued a

circular letter tothe tharebolders and

patrous of the Dairying Companies io

Prince Edward Island. © He refers to the successful issue Of Jast year’s operations for the

factories in Prince Fudward Is'and for the

and the outlook cheese

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coming season is as good as it has been ai any time since they were established, and that the present market conditions po:nt toa steady and active demand for cheere and butter during the coming searca, Then be adds ;—

“Tam directed by the Honorable tel Minister of Agriculture to state that the Depariment will withdraw from the com- wercial respons'b lity, and from the actual management of all ihe cheese factories and creameries in Prince Edward Island, after the end of April of the present year. The Department will continue two travel ling instructors in cheese-making and batter-making, to visit all the factories on the Island frequently and regularly. T: ey will give instruction and advice to the several cheese-makers and butter makers, aud report on the factories and qnalit of the cheese and butter to he directors,’

Professor Robertson acknowledges the generous assistance and co-operation that

he bas received frum shareholders, pa:rons and public generally aad points to several improvements which he says

should be planved for and enthusiastically worked for. Tuese are (1) an increase and improvement in beef, bacon and ham trades ; (3) the application of cold storage metbods tothe handling of poultry and egg*, with great increase in their produc- tion and improvement of the quality as supplied to the ultimate consumers ; and (3) direct and regular steamship communi- cation the Island and Great Britain.

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OBITUARY.

Tt is wish feelings cf sadness, we are called upon today to chronicle the death of Mre. Phil‘p Riley, of Dundas, which occurred last night at the P. E.1. Hospital. About two weeks ago a dangerous cancer- ation was removed from her vreasi. Re- cover.ng from this Operation, she seemed to be progressing. favorab'y and hopes were entertained for her recovery up til Wednesday night, when a reaction set in which resulted fatally. She leaves a hus- band, four sons and twodaughters, besides a large circle of other relatives and friends. But they mourn not as tho-e without bope, for she died a3 she had lived, a consistent and trne follower of Jesus Christ, being a member of the Fresbyterian Church of Dundas. Her many deeds of kindness to the needy and afflicted will] receive in Hesven a most gracious reward. In all respects she was a faithful wife and a de- voted mother, and possessed qualities of mind and heart which endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. Her re- mains, accompanied by her son, depart this afternoon by the eastern train for Dundas.

(Guardian and Patriot please copy )

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

— As its answer to the complaint of the public that nothing is being done in the Legitlature or ia Parliament, the Patriot asks: “ Has the Tory daily organ of this city forgotten the delays of business caused hy the diasensions in the Tory Government duriog the first months of 1896?” The delays referred to by our contemporary presaged the downfall of the Tory winis- try. Are we toinfer that the Patriot expects a like result of the delays and dissensions of which we now complain ?

)xperience proves. the merit of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It cures all forms of blood diseases, tones the stomach, builds up the nerves.

As acompliment to the Emperor Wil- liam when he visits Russia, the Czar will make all his public speeches in German, following the example of Alexander II. of Russia on a similar oceasion.

DAILY

THE ABYSS OF SPACE.

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BY A BANKER, If we tuke a section of a photographic Pray

court cf the stars as produced ty the

camera attached to any of the large astro- nomical telescopes st cur observatories: we find that the wouole surface cf the chart is th ck'y stud led with sters in inconeeiv- if we then

able an countess mulitiude;

‘sepot 1» ¢ tion of the star-chart) of the save portovusf he Leavens, taken by the reaptie apparat sat tle cbeetvatery on

Mount Llamtlton, that count'ers profusion if bri} ‘ant points is insmensely multiplied; vid ftheskhillofcur wanuatactures were eqraltotie task cf constructing a lens of doulbl+ that size doubtless the entire chart sould preseut absolutely no blanks

ovesight was as penetrating and far--eeing asthe cogleevecf the carmcrs, atd:d by

neh cs iint,oaaclesr midnight sky tke terr.ble abyss cf endless space would be almost completely shut our from cur vision by the infinite pha'anx of scintillat- ing heaven ly bodie:; some tew resplendent- ly brillian , tome effulgent with flashing rays of gl ttering and varied hues, tome pr odica'ly losing their lustre, and anon at etated in ervals regaining it, while the vast majo iy would be removed such an illimitab e and incalculable distance that they would appear but as mere points of light crowded togetber as thickly 8 sand upon the seashore. And if one coald in imagina‘ion be transported to the most distant cf those starry points and still look upward, probably the spectacle would be the same— stars in boundless end appalling multitude, a never-ceasing (to finite com- prebension) brilliant array, prodigious aud amazing.

Yet though apparently almost touehing, stars are each removed from the other, distances which to our limited powers are in moet cases incalculable, and from any one of them the view of the starry ho-ts would be precisely the same as is the view of the firmament from our earth. To give some conception of the distances of neighbouring stars, that which is coa- sidered to be the nearest star to the earth, Alpha Centaur’, ix so far removed that although light travels 192,000 miles a recond, 1,600,000,909 mil-s a day, a ray would require 33 years toreach us, while from the bright star Cepella no less than 72 years would elap-e before a ray of light travelling at that prodigious pace would flash to this earth. Even double stars, as they are called, are very far apart, that in the constellation of the Swan being reckon- ed to be 100,000,000 miles distant from its Close companion.

Avd each one in all those untold myriads isa vast, self-light-giviog, and heat-giving ‘Un; multitudes of them being greatly larver in size than our sun (assum-

the bulk of that star is ca'c slated to be 125 times greater than that of our luminary), aud all of them without doubt tbe centre of a pianetary system, surround- ed by worlds.to @#hich tuey impart the necessary light and. heat | ,required to support life; pot all of them, however,vet habitable; for even in our Own solar syst msome.of the planets are not yet in a sufficiently mature state to render it possible for beings constituted as we are io live upon them. Jupiter, for instance, will not attain to the present condition of the earth for. perbans millions of years, and the destiny of Neptune is calculated to be at present less than that cf sea water. But we may assume that in the courre of the ages they will all become habitable, and inhabited by intelligent being ; probably beings Jike ourselves; for as we are created in the image of the Creator of the whole, it is a fair conclusion that the inhabitants of other worlds wil] a!so be in the same form.

But of all that stupendous and mighty host of world, that amazing and astound- ing display of the overwhelming power and majesty of the Omnipotent Creator, this little, insignificant earth of ours must ever, thronghout the long cons of eternity, remain the one spot in God’s Universe upon which must be centred the entranced interest of the inhabitants, present and future, of the entire array, and of the ten thousand times ten thousands of the angelic hests. For on this hallowed spot, He, the great Creator, made the one Atone- ment, by the sacrifice of Himself, which will avail thronghou: the ceons as & sub. stitutionary punishment of the sins of each and eyery inhabitant, who will but choose to accept of it, of doubtless of each one of all that mighty and astounding assemblage of worlds, existing and toexist.

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are the favorites this season. A whole flower garden on one hat,”

Americavs. Our Miss Malone will be pleased to see you. ”

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Ladies’ Hats, Flowers, Blouses, Shirt Waists.

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A Snap in Boneless Fish

Having a large ‘stock of Boneless Fish on hand, and wishing to reduce it at once, we nave decided to make a big reduction in

You can buy complete our store for $11.00 and $13.00—7 pieces each.

ter ones up to $75.(0.

Hardwood Bedroom Suits at Bet-

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them easily the best value on the market.

Mark Wright & Oo., Ltd.

HOME MAKERS.

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the price. For a few This is first-class stock, : packers, and we guarantee -

) ANNUAL FANCY SALE

days we will offer a put up only a few weeks every box of it.

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30 tb. Box Boneless Fish for 95¢ Paper's | BEER & GOFF ST. JAMES’ CHURCH

AA2z2L 4 2 db WILL. HOLD THEIR SB2222= Ferre Annual Fancy Sale aud Tea —ON A fine,assortment of American and Canadian Wall Papers : now in stock. For Prices and quality we will not be beaten, Thursday ’ oon 22nd —IN 2

Have a look at our stock before purchasing elsewhere.

McMILLAN & HORNSBY

QUEEN STREET

ST. JAMES’ HALL

Doors open at 2.30 o’clock in theffafier- noon. Tea froni5to 8o’clock — Admission 16c. Tea Tickets, 25 cents

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