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To Boston

COMMENCING MAY (Oth.

The favorite S. S. “HAUI- FAX” will leave Charlotte- 4own for Roston

Every Tuesday, at 1 p. m calling at Hawkesbury ard

Halifax. RETURNING

leave Boston every Saturday at noon.

Passengers leaveing Ch’*own Wednesday morning via Pic- tou, can make close connec- tion at Halifax with

S. S. “HALIFAX.”

Sailing Wednesday evening at 11

p- m.

Tickets for sale at stations P. E. I. Railway.

For further rates and all informa-

tion apply to H. L. Chipman, Canad tan Agent, at Halifax, or to W. W. CLARKE, Agent, Ch’town.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,

STEAMERS..... Northumberland & Princess

Leave as below every day (Sundays Excepted)

From POINT DU CHENE (on arrival of afternoon train from St. Jobn) for Summerside, connecting there with express train for Charlotietown,

From SUMMERSIDE on arrival cf morning train from Charlottetown) for Point Du Chene connecting witn day train for St. Jobn.

Connecton at Moncton with train for Canada aud at St. John with Steamers of

Taternational Line and Raiiways for United States and Canada. From PICTOU (on arrivalof day

traio from Halifax) for Charlottetown. From CHARLOTTETOWN, seven p.m. (loca!) for Pictou, (connecting there with day train for Cape Breton and Hali- fix, at Halifax with C. A. & P. Line for

Boston. F. W. HALES

Ch’town, P. E. I.

SECRETARY

PICKFORD & BLACK

LINE

HALIFAX & CHARLOTTE(OWN.

SEASON OF IS9S. $.8.CITY OF GHENT will sail from Charlottetown every Friday at 10 a. during the the season of 1°98, for Halifax, ealliog at Summerside, Port Hastings, Port Hawkesbury, Arichat, Canso, Isaac Harbor, Salmon River, Sheet Harbor; ecturaing will leave Halitaxevery Tuee-~ day at 6 p. m., making same calls. The Steamer has excellent passenger accom- modation. Saloon amidships. low freights will be given this season. For further information apply to W. W. CLARKE, Ageut

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Special

Ch’town, May 14, 1898

Farness Line of Sieamers.

Halifax to Great Britain

S. S. St. John City leaves Halifax for London 30th June.

This steamer has been fitted up with Cold Storage. Shippers of perish- abl- produce should apply carly.

W. Vi S480 4,) Agent

REFUSED TO BE KING,

MORE THAN ONE MAN HAS sistant

ROYAL HONORS.

Some of Those Who Have Declined to Wear a Monarch’s Crown— The Goiden Wreath That Was Offered to and Re- fused by Beaconsfield.

It is no mean distinction to have re- fused acrown. There is probably not one man in a million who would decline a kingdom if it were offered him, in spite of the restless nights and fearful days that are commonly supposed to be the lot of a king. Even Cromwell is said to have refused the crown of Eng- land more from fear of others than from avy other motive.

But there have been many men since Vromwell who have refused to wear a monarch’s crown. Thirty-five yeara ago, when the throne of Greece was va- cant, more than one great English statesman might have ruled over the destinies of that classic country, but the difficulties in the way were formidable. Mr. Gladstone’s name was freely men- tioned in connection with the crown of Greece, though, as Mr. Gladstone was a member of the government at the time, the proposal never took definite ehape.

The late Lord Derby, however, who had strong sympathies with Greece, was offered the crown and refused it, throw- ing away £50,000 a year and a king- dom. It was not the first time a man bad declined to sit on the throne of Greece, Prince Leopold, tbe father of the present king of the Belgians, hav- ing refused the crown when Greece was declared a kingdom in 1830. Prince Leopold’s reason for refusing the crown was that the proposed boundaries of the country were insufficient, the ex- clusion of Crete especially influencing his decision.

One of Queen Victoria’s sons, the Duke of Edinburgh, has also been offer- ed the Grecian crown. He was appealed to in the sixties at the time Lord Derby declined the crown, but was compelled to refuse the offer owing to the attitude of the powers, who strongly declared their opposition to Prince Alfred being crowned king of Greece. The thrane was then offered to the present king, on whose behalf it was accepted by his fa- ther, the king of Denmark.

Tbe crown of Austria-Hungary was refused in the middle of the century by the Archduke Franz Karl, the father of the present emperor. King Ferdinand I

LEANING TOWER OF PISA.

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ing From Nts Top.

In St. Nicholas, John Ward writes of “The Bell Towers of Italy.’’ Mr. Ward says of the most famous of them all:

isa seeps like a sleeping city, as she lies\0 gyfietly and silently along the two orders of the river Arno. She fell asleep several hundred years ago, after she had struggled valiantly for her in- dependence and had won renown during the fleree contests between the Giuelphs (partisans of the pope) and the Ghibel lines (partisans of the emperor). Though Pisa has long since forgotten the days of ber greatness, the world cannot fur- get them when it looks upon that won- drously beautiful group of four marble white buildizgs standing apart in the sacred corner—the cathedral, the bap- tistery, the campo santo (or burial ground), and, what interests us most of all, the remarkab!e campanile, so well known as the ‘‘leaning tower.’’ This famous tower was built in 1174. Its construction is peculiar. Thereis in the center a hollow brick tube or cylinder; around this plain round tower the archi- tects built eight stories of open galleries, with beantiful, slender columus cf white marble supporting semicircular arches. ‘he general effect is one of great delicacy and lightness, a fairylike tower of wonderful grace. The summit

know, the tower leans 13 feet out of the perpendicular and looks as if it would surely fail over at any moment, but, as the center of gravity is still witbin its base, it is as safe as if it were erect. The foundations were prob- ably imperfectly builé at the start, for the tower began to lean before it was half finished, and we can see where at one point the builders tried to bring it back as much as possible to the vertical line by making the columns on the low side higher than the others. The walls, too, are strengthened with iron bars. Fancy the consternation of the arcbi- tects when they saw their beautiful tower leaning over and its foundations sinking in thej:round! It requires very steady nerves (o curry us to the top, and we find oursclyes clingivg to tbe wall when we are ov the leaning side.

Thia is woat Charles Dickens says about the tower in bis ‘‘Pictures From Ituly:’’ ‘‘In the course of the ascent to the top the inclination is not very ap- parent, but at the summit it becomes so and gives one the sensation of being

abdicated in December, 1848, the throne |

then descending in the ordinary course to Archduke Franz Karl. The arch- duke, bowever, declined the crown,

which he handed over to his son, who >

still wears it.

Another crown which has been more than once refused is the crown of Rou- mania. When Roumania was declared a kingdom, it was settled that the throne should descend to Prince Lzeo- pold, the eldest brother of the then reigning king. The prince, however, voluntarily yielded his rights to the crown in favor of his son, Prince Wil- helm, the renunciation being registered in the senate in October, 1880. Prince Wilbelm remained heir apparent for eight years, but toward the end of 1888 he formally refused to accept the crown and his brotber became heir apparent, being now Prince of KRoumania. The prince bas since married Princess Marie, uu granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Not many years ago a nephew of the great Napoleon died in exile, after re- fusing a crown. Prince Napoleon, nick- named ‘‘Plon-Plon,’’ son of a brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, was invited to sit on the throne of Roumania as the first king of that country, but he declined the offer, believing at the time that he might ascend the throne of France. So the bird in the hand flew away and the bird in the bush was never caught. The man who had hoped to be crowned king of France died out of that country in solitary exile. He had sacrificed one crown in the bope of receiving another and lost both.

Early in the present century Ferdi- nand VII renounced the crown of Spain in favor of his father, who again refused it in favor of Napoleon. The great con- queror had to face a nation in arins, however, and never took the throne.

The story of Lord Beaconsfield's gold- en crown provides us with another in- stance, though there was no throne with this strange crown. The man in whose brain the idea of crowning Lord Bea- consfield originated is now dead, but as long as he lived he never recovered from the blow of Lord Beaconsfield’s refusal of his tribute. Tracy Turnerelli receiv- ed subscriptions from 50,000 people to- ward his gold laurel wreath, but in June, 1879, when he formally offered the crown to his idol, it was refused. — Philadelphia Times.

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FUR SALE 0% TO LET.

That well known business Hotel oo Richmond Street, near the market.

This Hotel conta‘ns about twenty good rooms and shop, all in good repair. Good stabling for thirty horses, with large yard in eoanection,

Avply to

| than 12,000 pounds.

in a sbipthat has heeled over through the action of an ebb tide. The effect upon the low side, so to speak, looking over from the gallery and seeing the abaft recede to its base, is very sta. tling, and I saw a neryous traveler hoid on to the tower involuntarily after glancing down, as if he had some idea of propping it up.’”’

When we reach the summit, we must not forget that this wae where the great astropomer Galileo watcbed the stars, experimented on the fall of bodies and studied the law cf gravitation. Here, too, in the upper story, hang the six bells, the largest of which weighs more The beil founders of Pisa had a wide reputation for cast- ing bells of beautiful tone, sonorous and harmonious. They lavished on them all their art and their taient.

The Pasquareccia (the Paschal be)l), the most fan.ous of the Pisan bells, the one which was tolled when criminals were taken to execution, is ornamented with a figure of tbe Virgin and the de- vices of Pisa and has a rich, full tone.

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The grounds of the (Chariott>town Amateur Athletic Association. Ltd., are bow open and ready for use The bicycle track has been more heavily graded and made much faster, the grounds levelled, and a splendid Lawn Tennis ¢ ourt built.

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Hot days are collar wilters, but pever mind, we've got a variety of styles in, those all linen collars to sell at 2 for 28c. Fancy Silk String Ties, Fancy Silk Bows, Fancy £ilk Ties with lace ends,

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use Of members. Bicycling, runniag, jumping, tennis, Foot-ball, Qudits, &e.

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Tickets $3.00. Boys under 17 and ladies $2.00. For sale ty directors and at Reddin

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Dividend Notice.

Mercaant’§Bank or P. E. I. Ch’town, May 30, i898 Notice is hereby given that a half-yearly dividend, at the rate of 8 per cent avoum, on the Capital stock of this Bank,

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weather wear, at a very ¢:ol price. :

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ATHLETIC MEET

WILL BE HELD

On the Beautiful Grounds of Si. Dunstan's College, on

DOMINITOMN

FRIDAY, IST JULY, 1898.

An ‘Cration will be delivered in the large rink on the grounds by M., J. F. QUINN

The following isthe program and Pr ze

1. One Mile Bievcle Race (under 16)— 1st prize, siiver me- dal, Geo. Gardiner; 2ed, bicycle lamp (Miller Bros,) 3rd

bievele boots (A. E. McFacbern)

1 2, Running Broad Jump—lst prize, silver medal, (Mr W. ' J. O°R ley, of Singer Sewing Machine Co ;) 2ud bex cigars, J Bruce Payue, Granby, P. Q. 100 Yard Dash—lIst

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prize, go'd medal

Chard & Jackson, Montreal,) 2ud,° silver medal

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5. Putting Shot—1st prize, silver Medal (Moore & MeLeod)

| 4 1 Mile Bicycle Race ‘opes)—Ist prize, siiver medal, (Dodd & Rogers;) 2nd, bicycle pants (Ja= Calder)

2nd, silver medal

Co., Montreal;) 2nd, silver medal (John McLeod & Co)

| | 6. Pole Vault—Ist prize, gold inedal (S. B. Townsend & 7. } Mile Flat Race (under 16) -Ist prize, silver medal,

2nd, silver medal.

8. 4 Mile Flat Race—Ist prize goid medal (Grace & Gast- , enguay, Halifax;) 2nd, box cigars (J M Fortier, Montreal.)

9. Sack Race—Ist prize, *tox cigara (J. Bruce Payne,

bas been declared payable at its banking | Grauby; P. Q.,) 2nd, silver medal.

house, on and after July 2nd, next. The Transfer Books will be clo-ed from 17th June, to second July next; both days ivclus’ve.

By order of the board.

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No secon! prize unless three entries. Dancing Booths with the best of Music. Swings and other means for a good day's fun. Special trains and boats will be arranged for

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10. Hop, Step and Jumy—lIst psize, silver meds, gd, 4 Davics;) 2nd, silver mounted revo'ver (Fennel & Cheudiet)

lt. Hurdle Race—ls«t prizs, gold medal (A. Keith & Son Halifax ; 2od, silver medal.

12. Running High Jump—lst prize, goid medal (Prowse Pros.); 2ud, silver medal.

13. | Mile Fiat Race Lst prize, gold medal (Jae Gallagher of Manchester, Robertson & Allison, St. Jolin |; Zod, gold medal (Jas Waddel!) of Royal Eletric Co.)

14. Fat Men’s Race—Ist prize, Lat, jeet of pipes cased (Leddin Bros); 2nd , pipe (Dodd’s Medical Hal!.)

15. Hook and Ladder Team Bac Me com posed of six men to a team. A prizeto each man of the winning team, presea by A.N Large, Chief of the Fire Brigade.

16. Tne risa Jig Day er will be presented with a hand- some quadruple silver plate tea set and tray by (A. W. Myers ef Myers Bros, Jewellers)

17. THe Best Hicniaxyp Fruixnc Dancer will be presented with *# handsome gold watch by Jas Paton & Co.

18. The Best Indian Club Swinger—let prize, silver me* dal—value $5.

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Fniry fee, 50c

VY. T. PAYNE, Sec etary Comm ttee.

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