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FOR 1895 Vei IV. Begins Becember, 1894

A splendidly illustrated life of

NAPOLEON,

will be

feature of which

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of Napoleon, showing him from youth to

also portraits of his family and

contemporaries, and pictures of famous in all nearly

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PHILADELPHIA, PA.

dec 7

50 YEARS

For the ‘ast 50 years Cough Medicines have been coming in and dying out, but during all this time

SHARP’S BALSAM OF HOREHOUND Never left the Front Rank for Curing

CROUP, COUGHS AND COLDS.

All Druggists and most Grocerymen sell it. BQ” 25 cents a bottle.

Proprietors, St. John, N B. nov23—d

Mechanical Drawing, &e

The undersigned is prepared to give evening lessons in Mechanical and Indus- trial Drawing; to make Plans and Specifi- cations for Patents, Copying, Blue-print ing and Draughting in general. L. W. MACDONALD,

Land Surveyor and Draughtsman.

Nov 21—

Dominion Coal Company, Ltd

The undersigned having been appointed sole selling Agents in the Province of Prince Edward Island for the above Com- pany, are now prepared to issue orders for Round, Slack and Run of Mines, and will keep a, Stock of each Mine’s Coal on hand to supply custom rs at lowest prices. PEAKE BROS. & CO., Selling Agents. Charlottetown, May 25, 1894—1tf

SELL

only the BEST,Z which is

Woodill's

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Powder,

nd you lack no custom rs to

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Coail Coal:

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! t are taking our | reduced prices.

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Charlottetown, December 12, 1894.

We desire to thank our many friends and customers for the very liberal patronage given us during the past year, and especially during \ ‘The year’s trade has been

hope that by fair dealing and prompt atten- tion to meet a continuance of the same.

Wishing you the compliments of the season, we are, yours truly,

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For Christmas !

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Skaters, Attention !

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CHILD WIVES OF INDIA. |

LOVE SOMETIMES LASTS LONG IN HINDOO HOMES,

Ceremonies for Four Days—An Interest-

ing Article on the Marriage Cus-

toms of the Country — Single Life |

Prohibited.

To cive a fair idea of Hindoo women and | narriage customs I must go far back to the ancient times and see how and why cus- toins changed, writes a native of India in he Forum. There was a time when the llindoo lady was educated and when there were no child-marriages. Some of the | *Upagfishads,”” speculations on philosophy, were written by There are books | writtcn by ladies also on mathematics and ther abstruse subjec re, Of course, they ; lid not write sensatiMial novels, but thes were taught music and dancing—dancing, wot jumping, hopping and skipping round | ihallin the arms of strangers. . There ild-marriages at that time, and ¢ lady had liverty to select a hus and herself

It seems that the system did not prove a “ood one in the warm climate, where women develop very early, and it was {| mneed, andthe giving of the daughter | vy the father is the prevailing method at ;

nresent

ladies.

were no Ga

‘ youn }

The Brahman has to get hisdanghter

married before she attains puberty. This custom has crept into religion. The Hin

doo religion strictly forbids single life for | woman or man; especially must the wo minh be married

this rule, if a Brahman’s / ‘attains puberty before marriage | s disgraced, he loses his caste will marry the girl. Thus, hen a poor man has more than one } danghter it isa misfortune for him. The iiindoo father himself has to find outa table husband for his daughter, so he oes toa gentleman who t makes inquiries about the family, the property, the health and education of the by Then he asks the father of the boy to | rry his son tohiscaughter. The father and the amount } d according to the means of + asks for it, and not of the [ tan who gives it; that is to say, if the 4

Owing to

the son asks for dowry, ‘ this is fixe

the man who

father of the boy is very rich, he asks | thousands of dollars. }

'The marriage ceremony is conducted } i this: The party of the bridegroom '

comes to the place where the bride lives |) and stops in a big house or a temple. The | bride’s father has to arrange for all this. | ‘Che bride’s father has to look to the com- | forts of the whole party. They are to be 1 tre .ted On the evening of the | ointed day the bridegroom rides on an

or in a palaquin, and 2) ng procession is formed. ‘Torches and flower gardens made of wax and paper are carried on their shoulders. Nautch girls conee before the bridegroom. Band music is played and fireworks are set off. Itisa bo antiful sight to see this procession.

‘tho bride’s father greets the bridegroom. presents him with a new dress, a cocoanut, and many other things, and returns to his house. Then again the procession moves } on, By the side of the bridegroom walks his sister with a silver lamp, and all the ladies lead the procession, the gentlemen following. In some parts of India the ladies sing marriage When the bride ‘room comes near the door the father of the bride again comes to receive him. He presents him & cocoanut and promises to sive him his daughter in marriage. This promise is the betrothal. Then he takes the hand of the and escorts lim to a seat which is raised in the dle of the eanopy, and ‘Chis raised seat is made beautiful, having enail ornamental pillars and a charming arch and a small dome overhead. The ~vyhole canopy is illuminated. On the right of the groom sit all the ladies; on the left Land all the gentlemen are seated on The Nautch girls, in two yartics, dance before the ladies and gent lemen. The bands play, and when the ap pointed time arrives (the time of the mar- raze must be observed to a second, and, therefore, there is alwaysa great deal of bustle among the ladies to adorn and make the bride ready), the bride is escort ed and brought before the bridegroom by her mother and sister. She stands in the presence of the bridegroom, who also stands, and a yellow piece of cloth is held between them. Meanwhile rice (colored ivd) is distributed in small quantities to allthe guests assembled to Le yady to throw it on the pair in token of their bless-

pe

as guests. 24

el. phant ora horse,

songs.

bridegroom,

seats

cushions.

Then the yellow cloth is removed, and the bride and bridegroom stand face to fic Then the father of the bride stands near and repeats the Sanskrit sentences, which mean: “The bridegroom is not de formed, has not lost caste or has not been polluted, and is healthy. To him I give my daughter in the presence of God, fire and the priests.”’ The bride’s father says:

“My daughter is healthy; she has a beother. She is not of the same family as tie bridegroom. This, my daughter, I

give to Protect her as her father ne.”

Then the bridegroom promises: ‘In re ligiou, in money, conjugal rights and in salvation I will never leave her.’ This prise is made three times and he knows tuat he now has a wife, and that he must "ove and take care of her. And he does *Lis sacredly when, later, he lives with

Aftcr this the sacred fire is kindled, nu..| the bridegroom's and the bride’s scarfs are tied together with a knot. The bride- xroom takes the hand of the bride and «walks seven times around the fire. Thisis ealled “the seven All the while the pr.ests chant the Vedic mantras. There are many minor ceremonies after this, and they continue for four days. On the fourth

iay the bridegroom takes the bride to his louse with the same pomp as when he came for her. The young pair ride to- gether, the wife sitting on his left side. ‘Tae bride stays there one night with her mother-in-law, and returns to her parents. After some months she is sent back to her husband’s house for a few months. Whuiie l.\ ng there she occupies her mother-in law’s or sister-in-law’s room. She does not even speak to her husband. The utmost modesty is to be observed by a Hindoo |} She must not talk loudly or |

you,

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steps.”’

woman.

a Pe Ce a —————

has a son. He a *

MOUNET-SULLY.

the Celebrated French Acior.

The features of Mounét-Sully are familiar to Canadians, as the great actor, during his \merican tour, played to delighted au- in this country. Mounet-Sully i.mies the passions to the life, and there is subtlety, an intellectuality in his delinea- ‘ons which places him in the front rank of eat p'ayers. Monnet-Sully is a patron of

ie famous “ Vin Meriani,? and it is thus at great actor speaks of it: —* When we nic ft, we sing, are gay, we love, we ain of the fnture, of glory, of the infinite.

s Fagst, thing can be better for strength- ening than ‘Vin Mariani.” And this is i@ universal testimony, that this famous i¢ Coca Wine nourishes and strengthens

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AN DOLATRY—FRENCH TREATY. LOD MAKING WINES. rhe public have recognized the fact that the day ha: passed that they should pay r labels or brands-~-BRANDOLATRY i coon be a thing of the past. This is sven hy the enormous daily increase of < now famous wines,—all guaranteed (andl imported direct from the vine- ‘is of krance. We challenge the trade -veral tu prove that the brands we are az at $3.00 and $4.00 are not the ‘quad of these they have been and are now ~-ilwg at double the price, Ifyour dealer ws not keep them. write for particulars id price list to the Bordeaux Claret Com- uv, 3) Hospital Street, Montreal,

THERMOMETERS.

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MY CUSTOMERS

Every goods to the

amount of

ONE DOLLAR OR MORE

will receive a handsome thermometer. Call early, as they will go like ho cakes.

THE

purchaser of

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i’ (George E. Hughes,

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Dec 15—mon wee fri & wy 6m

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~2cle and laugh in thestreets. The young ir thus religiously married, love each } HOLIDAY FANGY FOODS ot

ier from childhood, and that love be- comes stronger when developed and is | everlasiing,

Whey the gir] becomes of age the wife and husband live together.

lu India the woman is brought up from childhood in the mildest way possible, and is taught the home duties—to love her hus- hand and to obey him. Sometime—I will

ty in one case out of a million—there is a disagreement, and the wife goes to live with her parents; but such cases are very, very few; I might almost say there is no such case. Of course the widow has not the privilege of remarrying, except in the lowest classes, but the man can marryagaln,

Att DISEASES of the blood are cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which by its vitatizing, enriching, and alterative

effects makes only PURE BLOOD.

“On with the dance, let joy be uncon- fined.” The classes at Terpsichore Hall will be re-opened for the remainder of the season on Monday the 7th inst.. at the usual hour. Miss Burris’ c!asses_ in

music for piano and violin will be opened same day. ig nt Eels os

Is Going at a Sixty Mile Clip.

COME AND GET SOMETHING ont of our CHOICE STOCK at such a low

price.

HASZARD & MOORE

decl8

AT CRAPAUD.

A. W. WADMAN, of Charlottetown started the Undertaking at Crapaud last spring. All kinds of Caskets, large and small, and all small prices. Ladies’ and Gents’ Robes at small prices. A first- class Hearse and Horses. Draped Stools for the Caskets will be furnished with drapery. Funerals will be promptly at- tended to by Mr. A. Wadman, Crapeud. Orders for Embalming, if wanted, will be attended to at once by A. H. Wadman Charlottetown. dy sat wy ly—oct26

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VOL 34.—NO. 158

WHERE WOMEN HAVE SUFFRAGE

InaGreat Many Sayatthe rolls

Countries They Have a

The countries of the world where wo men already have some suffrag: |: al aren of over 18,000,000) squa } an their population is over 350 (KeoOx, iP ical Progress enumerates the fol)

In Great Britain : elective officers except members of parlia ment.

In France the women teachers elect wo men members on all boards of education

In Sweden women vote for all elective officers except representatives; also, in directly, for members of the house of lords.

In Norway they have school suffrage

In Ireland tue women vote for the har bor boards, poor law guardians, and in Belfast for municipal officers.

in Russia women householders vote for all elective officers and on all local mat ters.

In Finland they vote for all elective officers.

In Austria-Hungary they vote,by proxy, for all elective officers.

In Croatia and Dalmatia they have the privilege of doing so in local elections in person.

In Italy widows vote for members of parliament.

In the Madras Presidency and the Bom bay Presidency (Hindoostan) the women exercise the right of suffrage in all muni cipalities.

In all the countries of Russian Asia they can do so wherever a Russian colony set tles. The Russians are colonizing the whole of their vast Asian possessions, and carrying with them everywhere the “mir,” or self-governing village, wherein women who are heads of households are permitted to vote

Women have municipal suffrage in Cape Colony,which rules a million square miles.

Municipal woman suffrage rules in New Zealand, and at parliamentary elec tions.

Iceland. in the North Atlantic, the Isle of Man (between England and Ireland) and Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific, have full woman suffrage.

In the Dominion of Canada women have municipal suffrage in every province and also in the Northwest Territories. In On tario they vote for all elective officers ex- cept in the election of members of the legis- lature and parliament.

In the United States twenty-eight states and territories hare given women some form of suffrage

School suffrage in granted to women in

women Vote IT

degrees is Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michi gan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp- shire. New Jersey, New Yerk, North Dak- ota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Ver mont, and Wisconsin.

In Arkansas and Missouri women vote, by petition, on liquor license in many cases.

In Delaware suffrage is exercised by wo- men in several municipalities,

In Kansas they have equal suffrage with men at all municipal elections.

About fifty thousand women voted in 1890. In Montana they vote on all local taxation.

In New York they can and do vote at elections. The question of the constitutionality of the law is still un- decided, They vote also in many places in this state on local improvements, such as gas and electric street lighting, paving, sewerage and municipal bonds.

In Utah women voted until defranchised by the * Edmunds law,”’ when they prompt- ly organized te demand its repeal.

In Pennsylvania a law was passed in 1889 under which women vote on local improvements by signing or refusing to tign petitions therefor

In Wyoming women have voted on the same terms with men since 1870. The con vention in 1889 to form a state constitu- tion unanimously inserted a provision securing them full suffrage. This consti- tution was ratified by the voters at a election by about three-fourths majority. Congress refused to require the disfranchisement of women and ad- mitted the state July 10, 1890.

In the senate of the United States, Feb, 7, 1889, a reported in favor of amending the federal constitution so as to forbid states to make sex a cause of disfranchisement Congress adjourned, however, on March 4 following, without reaching the subject.

various

Connecticut,

school

spec ial

select conm:nittee

Vawning as a Remedy, Yawning, though contrary tothe canons , is undoubtedly very bene ficial tothe individual, Muscles are brought into play during a yawn otherwise would never obtain any exercise at all, and its value as a sort of natural massage is considerable. The rat which move the lower jaw and the breath ing muscles of the chest are the first ones used during the process of gaping, then the tongue is rounded and arched, the pal ate tightly stretched, and the uvula raised The eyes gene rally close tightly toward the termination of the yawn, the ears are slightly and the nostrils dilated heard in the ear

of sro “i societ v.

good which

iscles

raised The crack proves that the aural membranes are also stretched and exercised, something impos sible by any process but a yawn. It recently been recommended by some doc tors that sufferers from catarrh should make a practice of yawning six or seven times a day and good results will follow. it is also considered valuable in inflammation of the palate, sore throat and earache.

sometimes

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Sober Enongh to See That,

It was a party, and it had reached that stage where the “invisible spirit of wine” makes itself decidedly visi ble. One of the party was one of the kind that carry well a heavy load and even when fully cargoed present but few evi dences to the eye of such a condition, Another was of exactly the opposite na ture. one of those individuals who when in their cups look it, smell of it, and are alternatedlylJaughing and crying, aggres sive and affectionate. The quieter looked the noisier over while the latter was mak ing an unpleasant exhibition of himself and remarked to a neighbor:

“How—hic—how much a drunken drunkard disgusts a sober drunkard!’’— Boston Courier.

convivial

“Two Veet on the Fender."

Dr. Holmes, several years ago, asked a friend: ‘‘What is your idea of happiness?” And the prompt answer, ‘Four feet on the fender,” gave him great satisfaction. Some time later, perhaps a year or more, this friend found Dr. Holmes in his study, sitting alone by the fire, looking not very happy. To the visitor's solicitous greeting came the reply: “Only two feet on the fender.”

Where a Good Name Is Usefal.

Mamma—My daughter, choose a good name above riches.

Belle—But | prefer it below riches every time—on a chegk, a

A Miss Agnes Jones, aged twenty-one, representsthe New Womaa of Kansas. She had secured a plot of land in Chero- kee, but while away visiting her parents last month it was annexed by one Sam Bartell. On her return she called on the gentlemar and pistols were drawn, with the result that Mr. Bartell lived only five minutes more, and Agnes regained posses- sion of her plot and had good reason to congratulate herself on having practiced pistol shooting.

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| Hood’s Cured

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Others Failed scrofula ‘n stan Dectealion ae | Cone Now.

Sangerville, Maine.

‘C. L. Hood & Co., Loweil, “Gentlemen :—I feel that Ic

in favor of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. For five ul

I have been troubled with scrofula in my bee

and throat. Several kinds of medicines whic

I tried did not do me any good, and when I com-

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large burches on my neck so sore that / couid

Hog Ag Serstis (* 2 : f ~ par : E 1000 P clifes not bear the slightest touch. When I had taken one bottle of this medicine, the sorennns hu’ gone, and before I had finished the secand (16 bunches had entirely disappeared.” Bus Nc tR {3 TWoOOoD, Sangerville, Maine.

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Sanitary Engineer.

Having for a number of years worked in the United States with an experienced Plumber, will now furnish first-class work and jobbing of all kinds at short notice.

TESTIMONIALS—Arthur Johnson, Esq., Druggist, Revere Hotel, ete.

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EPPS'S COCOA

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“By athorough knowledge of the nat- iral laws which govern the operations of ligestion and nutrition, and by a careful spplication of the properties of well-select «4 Cocoa, Mr. Epps provided for breakfast and supper a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution nay be gradually built up until song enough to resist every tendency to disease Sadek of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there isa weak point. We may escape many a tatal shaft by keeping ourseives wl! foru fied by pure blood and a properly nour'eh od frame.”—Civil Service Gazette.

Made simply with boiling water or milk, Sold only in packets, by Grocers, labeile thus,

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Cemists, Lond n England.

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