THE DAILY EXAMINER.

JANUARY 4, 1890. \ —Politicians in the States are discussing a proposal to take the decision of contested election appeals from partisan congressional committees and give it to impartial judges. Following in the wake of Canada ! —Colonel Garrick Mallory, a recognized authority on India traditions, religions and languages, says : ‘‘ After careful examina- tion, with the assistance of explorers and linguists, I reassert my statement that no body or tribe of Indians, before missionary influence, entertained, formulated, or had distinct belief in a single, overruling great spirit, or any being that corresponded to the Christian ccnception of God. gut I freely admit, with even greater emphasis, that an astounding number of customs of the North American Indians are the same as those recorded of the ancient Israelites,”

—The Montreal Gazette says: An oppos- ition paper has discovered a new reason for turning the Dominion Government out. It is that if Mr. Hitt’s or Mr. Butterworth’s commercial union bills are adopted by the United States, and Canada accepts them, the present ministry may not enforce them in their true spirit, or may even seek to abrogate them altogether. Since the days of the young woman who refused to mary a clergyman because of the proverb that says minister’s sons are iil-trained and she did not want trouble in her family, there has been no such logic-as this, not even in the Liberal press.

—Sir Julius Vogel, who has held high office in Queensland, contributes an article to the current number of the Nineteenth Century in which he touches upon the pos- sibility of Canadian secession from the Empire, and expresses the opinion that England would employ force to prevent the disruption. This conclusion prompts the Boston Traveller to the sensible and sound remark that ‘* England is much more likely to concede independence to Canada, if she wants it, than is Canada: to ask for it,” and that ‘* it is not the British lion that will prevent Canada being a na- tion by itself, but the inherent British ia- stinct that never in our day will cease to love and honor the British flag.”

— Four cheese factories in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, made 185,179 Ibs. of cheese last year. The total number of lbs. of milk used for the seison of months end- ing with Ovtober was 1,893,704; the aver- age price paid per 100 Ibs. was 763-5 cts; average number of lbs. of milk to lb. of cheese, 10 05 ; average price of cheese per 100 lbs. for season, $9.53; amount paid to

: patrons, $13,859.12; total cheese sales,

ry $17,562.70. About tio thirds of the sea- son’s make was disposed of to Mr. Charles H. Harvey, of Halifax and the balance ~shipped to England and Newfoundland, all of which sold for the highest market prices, every cheese being warranted.

— If recent advices from Washington are reliable the Navy Department has about abandoned the idea of building the 7,500 ton cruiser onthe plains contemplated by the act making appropriation for her ; and it is stated that Congress will be asked to increase her displacement from 7,500 to 8,500 tons, in order that she may be built after the plans of the new*English protect- ed cruiser Blake, which has brought forth so much favorable comment recently. If increased tonnage is authorized it is the purpose of the department to increase the size of the large guns as at first contemplat- ed from 11 to 12 inch, and so enlarge her secondary battery, to increase the size of the engine and otherwise bring her main features up to those of the Blake.

—The Boston Herald has a complete re- capitulation of the defaleations throughout the United States during the year 1889. The grand total of money embezzled from corporations, private firms and the United States Government is $8,562,753. This amount would be sufficient to meet the al- lowances to (Queen Victoria and the English royal family and the royal pensions for two years; itis greater than the total annual

* public revenue of the kingdom of Servia or the principality of Bulgaria, to say nothing of the minor German principalities and duchies. lt is also. greater than the tottl annual revenue of the republics of Hon- duras, Costa Rica and Salvador, or Colum- bia and Ecuador combined, The amount is also greater than the cost of governing either such important colonies as Tunis or Algeria by France.

Notes and Comments.

—The Russian engineers sent to ex- amine the Canadian Pacific Railway say: ““We have obtained many valuable hints. We like your Canad*fa life very much. Your towns sprine gup so quickly, and the whole Gentry has an air of enterprise’ about it. It is 0 different irom Russia. There every- thing is very conservative. This country could Open commerce with Russia for machinery. In Siberia we have mineral wealth, but no machinery to open it up. We have very few manufactories in Russia. When the projected’ road in Siberia is finished Russia will have, between railroad and water, direct communication from St. Petersburg to the Pacific ocean, a distance of 5,000 miles. Three divisions of railroad will be built connecting with navigable . Streams, one being 1,200 miles long, one 500 and the other 700,”

—At a meeting of the directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, held on the 30ch ult., statements of the results of working for the year were submitted, which, estimating for the month of Decem-

er, showed net earnings for the year above working expenses of $6,029,000, affording “& surplus above fixed charges for the year of $2,250,000, which, added to the surplus from last year, would make.a total surplus fee OF $2,576,000 at the close of the present ‘year. The questi idend

was considered, and it was clare a Suplementary dividend of one per Beant, payable Feb. 17th, with the regular one and a half per cént. half yearly divi- , dend from the annuity fund in the hands of 4 the Dominion Government, making a total ior the half year of two and a half per cent. with the intention of continuing a similiar half yearly supplementary dividend until | expiry of the annnity in 1893, earnings per- mitting, and of accumulating further surplus earnings as a dividend reserve: fund. The success of the creat Canadian Railway Com- ‘pany is wonderful. Tis gross earnings for e year will reach $15,000,000, and the fa ore. ae. an increase © former of $1,800,000, and a the latter of $320,000, eee

lon of an extra diy decided to de-

THE DAILY EXAMINER,

Sister St. Thomas,

AN INCIDENT OF THE SMALLPOX VISITATION OF 1885, IMPARTED BY A LADY VISITOR

a. TQ THE CITY HOSPITAL,

‘ :

BY MRS. A. D. ‘MACLEOD.

Bright beauty of northern winter ! The sun, with its tenderest glow, Gilded the haze of the housetops, Warm-tintod earth’s mantle of snow, °

Flashed forth the crystalline branches, Bedazzling of jewelry rare;

Rich set in radiance of splendor, Choice pearlets of nature’s own wear.

Dark night with its gloom had faded, Fair morning its glory unfurled;

Yet stirred not the solemn silence Witir the hum of a waking world.

Unheard was the sound of labor,

Mute, hushed was the voice of the street; Only the tread of passers-by,

Who stayed not their hastening feet.

Only half whispers, curt replies To eager questions, doubtful given; For hearts were awed with sudden fear, For dearest ties of earth were riven.

Soft cloudlets afloat on the blue,

Pure wreaths of the shimmering snow, Re-uttered, in language sublime,

Phe breathings of unwonted woe.

Alas, for the dreamings of life !

Though heard not the roll of the drum, Nor witnessed the ensign of war,

A merciless tyrant had come.

Strife is no strife ill-divided

When man fighteth frail brother-man; But war is a war unequal

When giant force leadeth one van.

What marvel that mortals shrunk back, That science e’en held bated breath ;— Over the lights of our dwellings There hovered the angel of death.

The flags which drooped from the windows, And waved in the winterly sun, Signalled fierce battle was raging, But told not of victory won.

They were no flags of our nation,

No tri-colored red, white and blue; Heralds of hope, or of freedom,

Gleamed not in their pale, saffron hue.

Inside the new oped lazar-house,

W bere sick and dying, plague-struck, lay, Skill sought to baffle foul disease,

Yet still the dismal blight made way.

Sore lack of helpful, nursitg-hands Was keenly felt within those walls;

Since selfish dread had closed the soul To lucre’s bribe, or mer cy’s calls.

Had closed the soul of all save those Whose life is but to do His will;

Who fear not Afric’s burning sands, Nor Javan swamp, nor Iceland chill,

Three Sisters, vowed to charity, Out of the well-trained city band; Skilled nurses they, and fit prepared,

Came forward as with life in hand.

When, shame to tell, their proffered aid Was scouted; reason urgeth why ? Search not dim aisles of bigotry, Sift thou thy soul for just reply.

Oh, narrow-bounded prejudice ! Hedged round of a christian name. Thou low, dim burning altar light,

Unlit of celestial flame.

Right royal blood in honor’s cause, Red stains the patriot battle field ; Thou slay’st thy myriads for nought, God in the conscience may not yield.

Thou! blind and selfish prejudice ; Vile, murky source of endless strife ; Know that a world reviving faith Doth blossom into fruitful life.

I.

Still raged the dreaded pestilence, And siill the quiet stars of night Beamed down upon the obsequies Of those who perished in the fight.

’Mid comfort of our peaceful homes, We heard the rattle of the car

Which bore the vanquished from the scene. Of bloodless, but relentless war.

For them no sacred bell was tolled, Nor rose the chant of plaintive psalm ; Yet through deep mists shone guiding light From cruel cross, to blissful palm,

Within the City Hospital,

With satchel in her willing hand,. She waited, as a soldier waits,

Intent to hear his lord’s command.

She knew that fickle human aid

When sought at risks is sought in vain i That in no human breast exists

Will to encounter death or pain,

“And can’st thou think to go?” I said, “* When all thy purposes of good

Were balked by callous ignorance, Close-linked with base ingratitude.”

She looked mé calmly in the face,

A shade, which noted sad surprise Stole o’er her placid countenance,

And spake from out her gentle eyes,

Her answer echoes{down the years, Illumes the hall in which she sat,

Breaks through all cant of class or creed ;— “ Those sick must not suffer Sor that,”

Just then a messenger was hailed ; To God, and to their mission true, Firm-souled, went out to meet the plague She and devoted sisters two.

Emblazoned in archives of light

Those names which no wordling may hold; Whilst their star, in our nether sky,

Shines forth in a circlet of gold.

With practised eye, and tender hand, With quiet mien, and noiseless tread,

They grappled with the dire disease, Or soothed the suffrers’ dying bed.

They listed, with a Patient mind, The longings of the exiled one ;

Or treasured, for a mother’s ear ; The last faint accents of her son.

Yea, all along that tardy night, Black with the bitterness of woe, They toiled in unison with those Whose skill and courage foiled the foe.

Fame proudly vaunts her hero dead Ambitions tools, in glory’s van ;

Thrice worthy he of lasting wreath, Who lives for God, and dies for man.

Ah me! for the silent martyr Whose tireless feet so surely trod

The pathway leading on and up Towards the city of our God.

The poison draught fn brightness of Spring’s earl de Sister St. Thomas bowed uae rigs

And passed from her Jabors for aye.

J know that, *yond the swelling gur,

entered her blood ;

Sito Waael tit ttdelees, trankgull eh,

Where faith finds anchor nigh its source, And storms of time are heard no more.

I know that, robed in spotless white, Her pure soul on Mount Zion stands ; And yet I see her as she sat With satchel in her willing hands.

Ho, peerless crown ! Ho, fadeless palm ! Bright land where ransomed spirits be ;

True love to God, with love to man, Ensures a blessed eternity.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

SHIP NEWS.

London, Dec. 30—Barkt Erema, Walsh, for Charlottetown, P. E. I. from Liverpool; arrived at St. Michael’s, Dec. 20th, with bul- warks, stanchions and sails gone foreyard sprung, topsides leaking badly. A survey

Peake, Calais, Me. é . Halifax, Jan. 2—Ar. schrs. * Petit, Reviere, White, Montague, Midway Belle, Grand Riv-

No Prohibition.

Srr,—As the annual civic election again approaches, the monotonous wail of the prohitionist rises as usual toa howl. __

Have we not heard enough of this whin- ing about the non-enforcement of the Scott Act ? Itis time for these people to acknowledge that they. have gone too far with their one idea. Not satisfied with shutting their own mouths against one of. the good things that God has given for man’s use and enjoyment, they have at- tempted to put a padlock on the lips of their neighbors. The attempt has been— as it deserves to be, and, in a free country, ever will be—a miserable failure.

That intemperance is a great evil, and the cause of much crime, cannot be de- nied. That the temperate use of wines, beers and liquors is sinful or hurtful, or a thing which the state has any moral right to prohibit, I do deny.

It is one thing to enact a_prohibitory law ; but a very different thing to enact it against the feeling of a large part of the people.

Let stringent license laws be obtained ; let early closing and shutting on Sundays be imperative ; and let selling to minors be strictly forbidden. :

er; Catmunda, Graham, Cardigan; Enterprise, Cleversby, Georgetown.

MARRIED.

At the parsonage, Cornwall, on the Ist inst., by Rev. D. Davies Moore, A. M., Wm. Morris Chowan, of Highfield, to Rebecca Jane Sellar, daughter of Joseph Sellar, Esq., Highfield.

At the residence of the father of the bride, on the 2nd inst., by Rev. D. Davies Moore, A.M., George Crewys, of Kingston, to Hannah Howard, youngest daughter of Samuel How- ard, Esq., Cornwall.

New Goods.—Received some nice overcoat- ings per S. S. Stanley. Soldcheap. McLeod & McKenzie. dec26

ELECTRICAL.

HAVE JUST RECKIVED an additional sur. I ply of Annunciators, Gas Lighting Apparatus, Medical Batteries for Nervous and Rheumatic Persons, ‘ Victor” Bells, *‘Samson” Batteries, Ornamental Bronze Buttons for ‘‘the big front door,” Learner’s Telegraph Outfits.

All general Electrical Appliances kept on hance» Work guaranteed.

FRED. E. MORRIS,

Corner of Queen and Water Streets.

These will be laws whose observance wlll be seen to, not by luke-warm, half-hearted spies and informers, but by the licensed dealers themselves in their own interest. Three-fourths of the dens which now abound in the city and suburbs will be shut up ;,respectable people will not be driven into back yards and holes in the wall to get a‘glass of liquor ; the perjury and_ill-feel- ing which has been developed under the Scott Act, as under no other statute that I know of, will be done away with, and the moral barometer of the community will go up with a jump.

Maddened by the evils which they see | rising from the intemperate use of liquor these mét~have.rushed to the conclusion that the use of liquor miist~ be. altogether prevented.

This policy is like that of the man Sam Weller tells us about who cut off his son’s head to cure him of a tooth-ache.

Usz, Nor ABusE.

3

—We are indebted to Mr. J. W. Hodg- son, Customs” broker, for the following statement of exports for Queen’s and King’s Counties during the month of De- cember,—.

Poratoxrs,— - ; $ 9,648

Colonial.... 39,398 bushels. Foreign ....109,848 « 25,293 “| Oats,—

Colonial... .§34,843 bushels. 4 a

Foreign .... 17,803 6,04! Mzats,— = *

Colonial... . 2,667

Foreign ..., 4,521 Fisu,—

Colonial... . 120

Foreign .... 902 Horszs, Cartrz, Surrp, &c,—

Colonial... . $ 2,080

Foreign .... 3 ~ 2,994 Eeas,—

Colonial. ... 30 doz. 6

Foreign .... 20,017 “ 4,162

MISCELLANEOUS, —

Colonial...) 847 Foreign.... \ 3,059 Total 5s ae 974,29 8

—Satisfaction with the prompt delivery of the mails is now freely expressed. The gentlemen in the post office are to be con- gratulated on the promptitude and celerity they have displayed in the past week.

$+ 0+ "ThE person who stole the silk handkerchief from the young man on Government Pond on Friday, 3d inst., will do well to leave it at THE EXAMINER office at once, as he is well known. jan4 li

morning a few copies of the Christmas number of the Montreal Star. jan4 li

ee Mr. Terlizzick received by express this |

Ch’town, Jan. 4, 1890.

Charlottetown Board of Trade, ANNUAL MEETING.

HE General Quarterly and Annual Meet-

ing of this Corporation will be held at

the Board Room, this city, on the Evening of

WEDNESDAY, the 8th of January, at 8 o'clock.

J. MACEACHERN,

jan4—tl mtg Secretary.

Charlottetown Board of Trade,

A LL members in arrears to this Corporation for fees and dues are respectfully re- quested to make immediate payment. J. MACEACHERN, Secretary.

dec23—tl jan 8

ALL THE

Popular Patent Medicines

Se As

AS. JOHNSON'S DRUG STORE,

—CORNER OF—

Kent and Prince Streets.

dec31—Ly eod Theos BRAN @ STORE AND TO ARRIVE:—Ontario

N I Roller Mills Bran, excellent quality, selling low.

AULD BROS.,

dec4—3m 2aw dy & wky ECLIPSE BAKERY. PLACE to buy your Bread is at

‘HE

T D. STEWART’S, where you will get it Fresh Baked every day and of best quality,

Atso—Tea.Buns, Bath Buns, Currant Buns, Parker Hotse-Rolls, Drop Cakes, Hermit Cakes, Jelly. ish, Cream of Tartar Biscuit, ; Cornmeal ( ees, every evening steaming hot. | Please “give us a all. Special rates to Hotels and Boarding Houses.

Remember the place—WATTS’ OLD [Stand Kent Street.

dec2—tf —~

LOTH!

TS CHARLOTTETOWN the month of Janu Dress Goods, Home make at cost.

All desirous of purchasing and Boys, are invited to exam

These goods are offered Atso—Five Hundred Pairs our own make of Cloth, which

Chgridttetown, Jenuary 4 S01

DEPOT, before their Ann ary, offer their immense stock spuns, Druggets’and Flannels of their own

make room for New Spring Patterns

CLOTH!

——(x) ——_

GENUINE MARKED DOWN SALE

——_FOR———

THIRTY DAYS ONLY.

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WOOLEN MILLS CLOTH ual Stock-taking, will, during of Tweeds,

Heavy Winter Goods, for Men

ine our stock.

at the present low prices to

of Custom

will be sold low.

|

-Made Pants, from|

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1890.

——FOR—

A Little

foney.

Our Stock of Goods must be reduced before Stock-taking, and we are therefure making a bold bid for trade by offering prices that make a Bargain-hunter’s paradise, Profits are lost sight of, as stocks must be reduced.

appeal to your pockets. Call and see them. few of our Specialties for this Month’s sale.

to call and secure some of Prince Edward Island.

Se JUST THE C0003 YOU WANT.

REMEMBER, we are offering a large, fresh Stock of SEASONABLE GOODS which we want to turn into Cash. The Prices and Goods will make a tempting

We cannct enumerate, but mention a

ED >> Fashionable Winter Dress Goods, ee Ulsters, =e Fur Goods of all kinds, = Sack and Ulster Cloths, = Table Linens, =e Blankets, Counterpanes,

——AND A MAGNIFICENT STOCK of——

eD canrers and OIL CLOTHS,

, dackets and Dolmans,

Table Covers,

WEE We want everyone who reads this advertisement

the greatest Bargains on

is What is

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dec2—3m 2aw (tues sat) wky

Cutters, Pointers, ing Horses, Sho

MARI

Charlottetown, Dec, 2, 1S80—dy Qaw wky

IN RED WRAPPERS,

Called For.

ee

DiAMOND <> POTASH

IS ALL THE RaGH

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P. E. ISLAND SOAP WORKS,

Clippers, Rock-

Vvels, &c., &c.,

CHEAP AT

K WRIGHT &

CO’S,