Drop in ‘This Afternoon

| see our assortment of Pies.

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mut %es 15 and 20

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Apple and Mince 10c each. ghnuts 10c per dozea s of all kinds lOc per d in ’ lit plain und ’ i b<

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atisfactory. We keep every- hing in our line that is neces-

sary. j ({ HOUSEKEEPING The prices—well, that is wuat su we want you to see when you i te are looking at our goods.

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i P, O. Box 255, Ch’town

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Prince Edward Island Railway

On and after Monday, December 11th, a Oey 1899, the Express train due to depart 3 from Sammerside 800 p. m., for Char- 1 Sem iotietown, will until farcber notice depart | at 6.10, p m, instead, and the train due to leave Emerald at 3.50 p m, will be due to

j eave at 7.15 p m, for Cape Traveree.

i The above change is in consequence of Pat the earlier arrival of the Steamer North- rf amber/and, at Sunimerside,

yi oe G. A. SE ARP,

Hit Raiiway Office Supt.

My Ch’town, Dec 11,9) - ¢3i

ai ‘6 The most popular Ames pre-ent is a 4 fancy cup and saucer, We have tue best,

ie cheape-tand largest asicrimeot in the , eit —W. P. Colwill,

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Cheir lowness will surprise |

| below, Kverything wasin the utmost con ) fusion.” - It epeake well for (he officers and men |

DSCREMBRR LL. 1899. of the contingent that out of the confusion they brought discip!ine and order :

THE GOVERNMENT AND perial service, who is attached to the con. THE CONTINGENT. | tingent and who has perhaps more kauw-

ledge of Imperial troops than any officer -— on board, 1 asked bim what he thought

Cu ecious time that Sir Wilfrid L: of the fitness of the force f active se precious tins } ir ilfr su- | of the fitness of the fo: or active ser

“Speaking with an officer in the Im-

} rier lost at Chicago was frittered away at | Vice. He replied that during the first few ne expense of the comfort and fitness of days after the cont — vet ‘uebec he Fe regarded their chance of being abie to ’ aa contingent sent to South/take tie field in time to eee aciive ser ja » Richmond Smith, the Mont- | vice as uiterly hopeless. They were, he | ee Siar’s pbs. wr with the contirs | aid, little more than armed mob. The tremendous mprovemen noticeable | gent, gives a full description of the result| srr two weeks’ work upon the nnsteady ofthe government’s bad management and| decks of the ch'p, where only give ! equad drill was impossible, had induced } ‘ Undue and even criminal haste marks him » change his opin ow The bright | ¢ every move of the Governmeat | | intelligence of the men, and the enthusias in thie matter. The wisdom of hed tic manner in which they entered into the

epirit of their work, had worked 4

method chosen fur selecting both officers ‘ marvellous change.

| and men of the contingent is, to say the

least of it open to severe criticism, here have been apy 0 im ber of it . . . ‘ , -} TOW > yf his ar 2 (ra hered from the four corners of the stances during the voyS6* of tal . as nest Don inio: Within @ comparatively few | 2@3s and eothueiaem of the men. For ip

atance, an order was issued the other day calling upon all men in the ranks who tradesmen, that ie tailors, black- *+, to report to the

dar- many of them boast ng of no further qualifications for active military service | than their physical fitness, the continge :t | were | was one of the rawest levies that ever em-| smiths, carpenters, ¢ L burked upon atroopship bound for active | sergeants of the'r companies At first this pou ee. Amorg them were scores of | order was almost disregarded, and only 4 | men who had never handled a rifle or! few men reported as ordered. Captain ' done an hour’s drill before. Hurried to| Weeks, whois in command of the New

17 . 2. a Pos mn , , ale Quebec from all parts of the| Brunswick and Prince Edward Island i ‘ iW ins }country, on a few days’ notice, the| company, was personally aware that there liferent units which went to make| were several men in his company who were

| ap the contingent were in an utterly dis tradeamen, and who had cot obeyed the | organized state. Some of the companies | order to repor' He taxed the men he | wore very much over, and others very| knew about the matter. He was very | much under strength. They had never| promptly told by the men tbat they had | met each otber before, and had abagolutely | enlisted to fight, and net to work at their ne military training even in companiee,| trades. Extra pay and a oft snap so far ‘much less ia battalions. During the few | as drill was concerned was not what they days they were in barracks at the Ancient) were looking for. They absolutely re Capital before sailing, everything was| fused to work at their trades, either on chaos and confusion. Two weeks’ work | bourd ship or in camp,unless he gave them bad to be’ done in two days. The time} his word that they would not be taken off was occupied entirely in serving out uui-| the drilling and fight’ng strength of the forme, outfits and arms. There was no| regiment. No argument would induce me for drill; no tume for anything except! them t» change this decision. This was | the hurried preparations which were ne~| reported to clone] Otter,and the result ceseary to enable the'c utingent toembark.}| was that the men got the asturaoce that This was the torce which was marched | if there was any active work to be done through the streets of Quebec from the|they would bein it. They then turned Citadel and was hurriedly shoved aboard | in willingly and worked ct their trades. the Sardinian. It wasa little better than | Tuis ie but ove of many similar instances lan armed mob. The same mai hbaste| of the enthusiasm and esprit de corps of | marked the work of traneforming the! the different companies. | Sardinian into atroopship. The plan for jthe accommodation of the troops on Er

board may or may not have been the best NOTES AND COMMENT 8.

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| that might have been adopted, but even Sa '

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as it was, sufficient time was not allowed —It is no longer Ruch John McDonald to have the vessel transformed into] y, :. ¢ " It is Huge Jon

even agmwakeshift troopship. Through ees,

want of time and proper |

| supervision, necessary facilities for the i

| comfort avd good heslth of the troops —<Aitoraey General McKinnon is not were lacking. Whosoever the fault, this! digging for coal these days ;—-he’s at other

, the Sardinian eailed from work now!

> ebec a full week befcre she was ready; — Perhaps General Gatacre will be more od even at the moment of her departure careful in future. A bad begioning

| whe was still in the hands of the carpen- | may result in @ good ending.

tere. It is quite safe to say that the con- —The Patriot Rooster is taking a rest

liton in which she left Quebec was such New London, Tigiisb, Mavitoba, nota

—Tne Patriot claims two winter steamers. Where are they ?

nuch is certain

» _ : — ete ole - tno “ . ‘ ‘ oe groceries Our stock : Ene | that, had she attempted to ssil from a crow! Be‘fast and Mur-ay Harbor, next. and fresh and guaranteed to be | British port she would not have beep al :

—The Manitoba victory has been called “a political Omdurman”—to be followed, ere long, by the fa!l of the Kalifa, bim-

| lowed to do 80 with troops aboard. For | instance, some of the most importsnt offi- | cers of the regiment did not receive their os |appvintments until a few days, andin self | ;

| some ca-ea a tew hours, before the ship — The Pate! Q&KS for aséivrgie case of sailed. Toe result was tbat the impcr-| corruption. How dors the meat contracts

}tant duties those officers had to | cuit its ideas of purity, also the dismissal perform were not performed et all. Aj ot McKenzie frcm ferry wharf?

} striking instance - this was the appoint —The people of Belfast* and Murray | ment of the § quartermaster, Mejor Deni~} Harbor are as much in duty bound to

sop, who had only a few‘days notice. In| vindicate the political decency of Canada the case of a regiment embarking on a| as those ot Manitoba. Let them turn the tro rs for active service, the position | rascals out. of quartermaster is one of the utmost —In view of the oft repeated as+urance mportanee Upon him devolves the and boast cf the Liberalat treat teer luty of attending to the stores and the] «, itled the Manitoba chool Quea- superintend ng of their being loaded upon tion,” >the Guardian’s attempt to reeurrect the vessel. Major Denison was appointed so late that he was unable to personally eupervise the loading of the stores. Nor does it appear that his duties were per- formed by any one else. The resuit was that when tbe Sardinian eniled from Que bec no one kKvuew what the stores wereor = ~. ° where they were stowed. Perishable election deal 1 delicacies for the troops hed been lowered —Remember how the Conservatives into the varions holds both in Montreal] treated the Hon Benjamin Davies; and then ud Quetec without eupervision, and in think. how the Liberals treated the Rev. many cases were useless when discovered Denald McNeil', — firet reducing his by the quartermaster in his hunt through small salary and tnen summarily dismiss- the ®cargo after the vcyage wee begun. ing him after twenty-five years of honest Tbe embarkation was like everything elee, service. it 1 —The cold weather of Manitoba will

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it is ridiculous.

—How isthe Farqubareon License Act workiog in Charlottetown? How many prosecutions have three been under thei weli-paid inepector ? Has the Premi given the word to “go slow” as auoth

[t was done in a mad burry and without any of the sy-tem employed in embarking knock the election fever out of Messrs troops in the Imperial service. When Laurier, Tarte&Co. We may therefore the contingent was ioarched on board coant on another session, and all that the neither the officers nor the men had any present incumbents can “take out of the

lea where their quarters were. Thev thing.” Then, a3 Mr. Doeley puis it, ) Were simply shoved un board and packed «‘No encore.”

We Have

Just Received

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& CobblerSea t -R6CKkOPS, Of} FORIOUR XMAS TRADE ihese gocds have advanced ldper cent over last years | ar ices— but we were lucky enough to buy early —before the p vance—so cur stock is clean and new-~and are marked at jast year’s prices,

Home Makers

THE DalLY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, DECEMBER. , 1899

We are Out

To-

Morrow

Half-Price

Sliechtly broken.

OFFS CIVSSCSTSESS SSSS HASSLES SSS VS ISOS PSOE MH GOSS TESS SSHSSSHESSHASOSSHSGEESECSESES Beet

for Amas Trade THIS 1§ A STORE F!

Your wife, your sister, your aunt, or any ter can get suited here ‘mith a Xmas present,

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ANTA (CLAUS

Says Ova Toys ARE Best.

dl Ile ll Hats in Window Half-Price

Wonderful Bargains in Toys. Prices have fallen over a precipice at the BIG STORE,

AT “rT

Woo!len stockings, 35¢ for 25c Ladies’ woolen underwear Men’s $1.00 gloves for 75c 200 men’s caps for 25 cents. 300 pairs braces for 25c. Meén’s woolen shirts, All ladi2s’ felt hats in western window

HALF PRICE.

Special Handkerchief Sale Special Silk Hdkf. Sale

Men’s woolen pants $1.00. 300 boys’ suits $1.25 and $1.50. 89 men’s ulsters, $5:75, worth $7.50.

MENS BEAVER OVERCOATS $6.00 and $8.50

D, and S. Breasted,

Jas. Paton & Co..

The Big Store,

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‘OM NOW TILL XMAS i

SLIGHTLY SOILED

Half

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