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“JULY , 1897

GRANT AND THE TAILOR.

The Declaration of atieeeuitiliciin Signed by Him at West Point.

W. K. Van Bokkelen of 135 Cambridge race, Brooklyn, gives the following ac- count of she ‘*Declaration of Independ- c e at West Peint. The declaration read:

‘‘\ve, the undersigned, do hereby agrce hat we will purchase nothing from John

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have already ordered or what is absolutely mecessary, the reason being supposed manifest to every one. April 15, 1845.’’ Mr. Van Bokkelen is one of the few

gurviving signers. He says:

‘“Jchn De Witt in 1843 and previous to |

that was a storekeeper at West Point, fur- nishing at regulated prices the clothing required by the cadets, not only for use at the academy, but also for outfits when graduating, consisting of undress uniform pnd civilian suits.

“In April, 1843, unbeknown to the an- thorities, one Earl, a prominent Boston tailor, visited the Point and solicited or- ders from the members of the class to graduate in June. Many gave orders, as his prices were much lower than De Witt’s. This coming te the knowledge of the au- thor‘ties by information given to them by De Witt, Earl was required to leave the Point and the class was forbidden to have any inore transactions with him, so that those having ordered their outfits from

_Earl were compelled to wait the final day

of Jeaving the Point before getting the outfit.

‘This so outraged fhe members of the class that they held an indignation meet- ing which resulted ir the signing of the pafer mow become a matter of record in the war office, ljttle tninking at the time “that it would be hrought to the genera) notice of their country.

“The original agreement not to have any transaction with De Witt was left in the hands of Cadet George Stevens, who beca*ne lieutenant in the First dragoons. When the army of General Taylor was en- tering the olty of Matamoras by the upper ford or crossing, which was narrow and covered by water only about three feet deep. LAeutenant Stevens’ horse shied tc the left into deep water, taking his rider with him, and his foot being entangled in the stirrup caused him to be drowned. The writer, being on the spot, saw him go down. His body was recovered, and in time his effects fell into the hands of his Srother, whe found among them the orig- final, which was by him forwarded to the War Gepartznent.’’—New York Sun.

LONELY PLACE.

L. Diecert Isle With Ninety-four Fnhabit- ents In the South Atlantic.

Anybody who feels an inclination tae tend « really quiet life should emigrate te Sristan da Cunha, an island, or, to be quite aeeurate, three islands close together, in the seuth Atlantic, so far away from anywhere that really they are quite out of the world. The group was discovered and named by the Portuguese away back in the time when Portugal was something more than a name on the map, but now, of course, it belongs to England, having bec* apprepriated by her, in 1816, one day when she didn’t happen to be busy grab- bing stray bits of land more valuable than this one. For awhile some soldiers were kept there because of a vague suspicion that Tristan da Cunha might be made the base of eperations in the interest of St. Helena’s terrible guest. After Napoleon’s death the whole garrison departed except a cornoral and twe companions, who had ataste fer solitude and asked to be left behind. Slow!y the population grew, at first from wrecks and afterward in the ordinary way, and now there are 94 people on the island, divided into 16 families.

According to a recently published blue beok, the celeny is an abode of complete peace and moderate happiness. The people bare no money and no private property. There are no: doctors, lawyers or clergy- men on the island, and yet health, safety and piety prevail, and such few needs as the soil does not supply are met by traf- ficking with an eccasional whaler. Once @& year an Evglish warship visits the is land, distributes a few newspapers and letters and goes away again.

The only serious calamity that ever overtook the islanders was when, during our civil war, the Shenandoah landed 40 Federal prisoners there, and left them to be fed or starved, as the inhabitants saw fit. This sudden demand on their resources came near destroying both hosts and guests, but they managed to struggle through the difficulty. The islanders are good to shipwrecked mariners, and the only charge brvught against them is that they sell extremely tough poultry to cap- tains calling there fer fresh provisions aad try te get:as much cloth for old geese as for young ones. Peter Green, aged 88, governs the island, his claim to authority apparently being based on the fact that nobody is 89. His only duty is to look wise, and he performs it conscientiously and well.—New York Times.

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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JULY 22, 1897 s

An Idano Sapphire.

An Idaho miner breught a stone to—

the miners’ burean which was pro-

uownced a sapphire of the purest water | The gem was |

and the largest ever seen. nearly a cube, being about I'g inches thick, 144 inches wide and 2 inches long. It was much water worn, show- ing plainly the pebbly conformation gradually assumed by gems found in the beds of mountain torrents, the edges being very much rounded. This is the first sapphire of any size discovered in Idaho. They are frequently “and in Montana, and some very fine stones have come from there. The owner of this stone is operating placer mines in Idaho, and the stone was found in the tailings and preserved on account of its bright blue color. News of the find reached New York, and an agent of Tiffany, after examining the stone, of-

fered $3,500 for it. The owner decided that if it was worth that in the rough

if Was probably worth much more and is now on his way to London, where he expects to realize its full value.

The stone is almost perfect, the only blemish being a fracture on one side ex- tending less than one-eighth of an inch into the Tay lor, who bas a long experience in handling gems, says that in his opinion it is the largest known sapiiee in the world, the weight being 208 carats. Sapphires are valua- ble according to their purity, perfectly clear gems bringing high prices, the that of diamonds, creased per carat in proportion to the @eight of the stone.—Denver Republic- | an.

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House of Commons Oratory.

mons has increased, is increasing ought to be diminished is admitted by all. The difficulty lies 1n finding a rem- edy. The greatest offenders are the oc- cupants of the two front benches. are so exhaustively wise that their speeches, however they may smack of wisdom, do not smack of brevity. There seems to be an unwritten law that when a minister has spoken for an hour the speech of the ex-minister who an- sewers him must run to about the same length. Others, however, not on these benches are given to ermulous)y imitating those who are. I often see it stated that the house of commons is degenerating into a mere debating society. This is just what it is not, and the first step for improvement would be that debat- ing speeches should replace set speech- es. Nowadays they are made urbi or- bique. If the city and the world do not get them in the full, owire to compres- cfon im ordinary oportiug, they are served up verbatim to constituents in the local papers. Rules for goed speak- ing it is easy to indite, and then to show what is bad by making a speech. With this proviso I should say that a

house of commons speech ought not te |

travel over the entire controversy unless it be w preliminary setting forth of the arguments for or against a proposal, but should rather be a reply to any ar- guments used by the previous epeaker that have not before been put forward. For this ten minutes should be amply sufficient.—London Truth.

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| the illicit ‘remarkably high in the | bave That talking in the house of com- | and i the | beeu carried on ithe Government. The They }increase the

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CANADA’S SMUGGLERS.

Influential Men and ithe Way They Are Piling up Fertunes,

Quvenec July 20.—The recent increase in the duties imposed by the Canadian Government upon the importation of spirituous liquors ha« given a fresh im- petus to bmuggling so extensively carried on in the Gulf ot St. Lawrence, as well as to the illicit manufacture of alcohol in the mings In the very heart of this city a

few days ago a large ilicit etill was found in full operation in “the upper part of an old house,and now comes the pews that a group of similar stills has been sit zedat Stoneham, some twenty miles from Quebec, away up in tLe mountains, where the vield of contraband whiskey was so large that it meant a loss of revenue of $500 a “day.

Whiie some seizures are being made on

shore, the pirates of the gulf have practically everything their own way, With the steam cruiser Constance

continualiy on the leokout for the smugglers, and with lines of telegraph along both the north and south shores of the river and gulf, the Governrment is thus far quit’ powerless to check the evil. of the smugglers’ operations may be gained from the fact that notwithsaidiag the higher duties upon alcobulic liquors, and tne certainty that there is 00 decreases ia their copsumptuiop, the diminution in the revenue from this source amounts to several thousands of dollars a day. Many that some ofthe officials ere in collusion with the prineip'e smuggiers, whose chiefs are known leacing business | chants who

men in Cuebec—mer have made large fortunes in industry, hold their heads, comunity, and been honored by the Government with cfiices of emolument under the Crown. This belief is strengthened by fact that no prosecutious have ever ugainst these people by increase in the l:quor duties simply enables these men to profits upon their illegal (transactions.

Within the last year or two the emug- methods. The wines, brand es, etc., come from Freuch ports to the island of ‘St. Pierre Miquelon, in the Gulf of Si. Lawrence, and that island, being a French has no import duty to pay. Large quaniities of Jamaica rum and other West | ludian liquors are brought from Trinidad, Bermuda and Jamaica. Cheaply dist: led white whiskey made from American corn is taken to St. Pierre by New England fishing vessels on their way to Newfound- laud or the gulf for cargoes of fixh. Thia is the cheapest and lowest grade of the contraband goods at present received at St.

, Pierre, ‘hough a very low grade of French

uleoho! now finds its way there. Large American carrying schooners call at Sr. Pierre for cargoes of |.quors, and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence transfer them toa pumber of smaller crafte,

After cargoes have been transhipped into smaller vessels they are landed ard concealed in out-of-the-way places along the shore of the gulf until an opportunity offers of bringivg them in smal] quantities to the city in river boats below their ordin- ary cargoes of fish, firewood or farm produce. Thus when seizures are made they sre usually emall ones, while the profit of the smugglers is eo large that they can well afford to lose one cargo out of every three leaving St. Pierre.

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BIG CLAARA'NCH SAL

of Boys’ Clothing. We are going to make the price xceedingly low to effect a speedy sale.

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Prices reduced on Poys’ Cotton Blouses Prices Reduced on Boys’ Galatia Blougeg

Prices reduced on Boys’ Serge Sailor Suits, Prices reduced on Boys’ Galatia Sailor Suits, Prices reduced on Boys’ Tweed Sailor Suits. Prices reduced on all Boys’ Clothing. and a Big Discount off Boys’ and Men’s Staaw Hats,

Stock alt new - No old goods of any kind. Come and share in the bargaius,

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Only want to remind you of two attractive lots of Shirt ists at a clearing price. No 1 is a good dark cotton white collar, regular, 98e at 6Se ; wih

No. 2 isa black cotton waist, with black and white collars and, cuffs, worth $1.15, clearing at "796. Better be quick.

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Cool Summer Coats, $1.00 up. Cool Summer Underwear. Cool Summer Suits.

Cool Summer Trousers,

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