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-' __. _,the war, would surely have brought grave disorder A -

. _ _ : I y _ . " _ ' ' _ f `

' __ ‘H _ _ __ ____ I-adhered' to the volunteer system and under it a magni

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- 'I ..'W."_lloNn.\1, _l.fi.\'t'.\iii' 8, i9i7.

| |‘ __Y_A__;_~_w¢_~_~5,\»_-_-_-;;;,-_-_»;;_~:;_;-;:::::.1 _ J. _ :V .'-'S-'fr-'-‘-'-`-`-` f-`~`-`

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ted. ‘ »

f' i_r1i'“iti`II`ii:"`i~I_6_§i*`ii|iitiitt_Gl bars

glmugli 1-1-‘aiher \\ inter has scarcely establi

added several more minutes to the morning and e

‘days of spring and summer. But the lengthening

then the cold begins to strengthen," and this wil

be those imniedidtely 'around our shortest day, 22nd day oi' December, but the heat that had accti

*iq _ rung.

_ so much sgrhliat iilwill far ahead of us wit ‘_ the next it-iv weeks that we shall liave but little ad

l it-ration of the genuine winter weather even in the i

; .

_ii - oi :i sun daily rising higher in the heavens., \\'h:it

ning. we shall enjoy, if enjoyment we may call it

`§ _lune when the winter is slioiildering hack the increas

I = ing warmth nf the coming' sinpnier, _-‘\nd so sum

blends with winter and winter with summer as

displaciiig each other we see the impossibility of iiirilizitely ilroppinga habit. _ _

` lviir reiornis are niodihcd by our past man iii' living as the june summer is i

_iliiied and often made disagreeable by-

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5_1 lingering habit of w.inter,_as the uinter of early git iinary is made unseasonrible and disagreeable by

ty of ovcrcotnin'g. "2 "J ' ' i

ri-iiisal oi' summer _to relinquisli its grip. But we le

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» As the gciiial_\_vai1rith of summer gradually' ov

» ' come~ the drearl€sf'winter, so the warmth of a

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refer directed purpose will overcome the most harmful lia-iL"5l few l'¢3fS. 'f0U“<l lhfmsflvfs 0PP05°d l0 3l"“l'~`~‘

liii ; or, as the rnild and gentle summer gives way

' -_urly winter, so may the kiiidlyhabit fail under

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`_:f‘ . _ _persistent chilling of ttncongenial influences. -><»c--

0'?-_ 1. react; Ann run suits

fi 1 light back, ll' von seek quiet dais and downv nights., 7 few enemies and a lot of good-natured comrades

ll , ' short, if you put your own personal pleasure foreni 2-then choose the life of_acquiesccnce. You li

ig only to be as tolerant of your fellow man's misde

» One way to live is to be acquiescent; the other, ti; _ » 1 _

I ',' compl§§_Bi1'n)i,°‘_ tl'[§$ti_.`di_e evils'and itijiistices which b

lg siifferiiig. That fis the feather-bed lifef The other f_ bed ni' nettlcs. It brings no calmness of spirit, 'wreaths of fiatreryjno hail-fellow-well-met greet

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summon. ».-.c-ax...-». l=rsuu.¢i.--rr.; <

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.-.,; life face to face, to strike liloivffor blovtyjgbreeds n

mics and w' _ . still,_one is misunderst even by one s lriendsf 'I`o'stee'l*llneself to-fight w the rewards seem all for the acquiescent-‘-that is l

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its 1hiU“l;iivorntior_i" from the soltimns of a ?\ 5, York ntlwspapef: . - _ If Cod, inakgimesbitterl Let me rage _ _ Ag:iinst",t_l_i_e_,§_riielties of this age- "“ .\`ot gently would I bear my scars;

I am not meek; I hate the bars

" That strive to keep me in my cage.

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Some walk across this earthly stage

ln p&ce-and chains . '. . I fling my gage

» God, make me bitter!.... . . . .._

rv *Am

fi l iiioiilij find»'4>ca<e_‘ix;,tlie,printo_d page,

. nd learn content from chilqiand sage, And love from woman-but limo .wars V

Must clothe himself.in.,t,he dflrior of Mars. '

Thai, for the battles Iiiiifst wige, _

,J God, make me bitter! i '

Of course bitterness against all life curdles its

» sessor. But to cultivate bitterness aga

wrongs and oppression is one way to lessen the bi

~» sm.. . .__ I--.1-s.-.env

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of _seeing the stars yourself. _

_C011 _ _

1-si-xi;-_

Sir Robert Bordeifis to be commended says

,to the labor

would that while

wbe_

_ , _ _ - >' ‘ P i' h""-“ll °“‘"__’§___"S °'_Tmh'; m"“al."°"` __The fe“ n;'““`il3ut if the war is to last 5 long time, and if Canada ies ni' :idditi l su g t, morning an evening,

Already the days are perceptibly lengthening

idiially lead us through the wintry storms to the ba

da

ing twilight, and these, sunlight :ind twilight, will gra-

.reiiiind us of the old adage ".\s the days begin to leng-_,give it their cordial Suppon _

ee

iinniediaielv before us. Naturally it our temperat

brought more closely to our attmition during the w

were goveriid by the _sun alone our coldest days should ,fn that end mug; be fat-ed b0|d| »' whenever the med

m

ll *lated since _lune when the sun was at its farthest po _ 'north :ind most directly overhead, required con-

'-iiiderable pushing back. This process is underw now and is`b_eing carried out with considerable vigo

m

, (ffl lost of wintry weather when winter should he begi I X _

liabit~, good or had. blend the one with the other. Sit finer :ind wiiiter are each a habit and in their manner

:im , . . . _

_ _ _ , _ _ _ _ . about whether Roumzinia’s intervention was wisely #-3 al i. from these seasonal changes the infinite possib

SVC

. 4 ;':i~ of your. own blunders; to look \\ ith inipertura

ring] is ii'

from conteiiteil dri ftvdrs. Anything but that. _To

ing (or seems at.ihe moment to breeditiothing) but gm

We

F. didicult task. But the right one sometimes. A _<3 modestly concealed under the name of_“Morric," sends;

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9°" 'bl' which the law. can be evaded and smuggling in these "lst _days is an extremely risky business.

“CF The annual value of the im rt f I' ’ 'J

ness of life -for others. And that is the surest means `.3]¢,_ |,¢¢r§_ ,_-;¢__ with 2 sma" |033 ns;a?,uf;,T:3:;',;¥':f;.

“lin”

¢l\¢ wbiw _ . _

an mmm of .ot_lier_articles will help to offset this shortage, and hu ‘ muh. ,me m"_ _p,¢g,',;,, ,Hy that ni a_very few years _there will be a re-adjustment some bright., mann to iieiiver. n, not "ng _which will more than compensate for the loss, *°‘°°*" '¢‘"*““* “’ ‘°

lfaith that under the volunteer system Canada could

_ if rom time to time obtain all the men needed for her 3 'livar service. 'l`hat hope and to some extent that faith Shed remains to-day' .\'obod wants toni ulsor service

‘3"°‘linds that the number of slackers is so large that tire ‘°"`|raiiks of the battalions for active service cannot be

____ _‘filled in the old way, conscription may then be possibfe,

5 |and many who would not have assented to it before, Y5_aiid would not assent to it to-day, will then be ready to

I be' Britain and her Allies must win this mar, Canada kspnust do her pan to the fullest extent. Whatever is ".r¢,i\ecc`ssary-_even ii' it be conscription-towards attain-

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the” a,.¥s¢5_ _ .t

_ FATE 0F IWUMANIAN

ay

iitt

ur, The fate of Roiimania, for the present at least, ap- hin pears to be sealed. The whole country, practically, is til-lnow tinder the feet of the Tcuton invaders. There acefltas been :i good deal of criticism in connection with* Wi' this phase of the war. It will be remembered with

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f“ what high hopes the entry of Roumanfa into the war ' m was hailed by the Allied press. .\lany looked upon it

er' as the ttirning point and, through it, saw the end of the _ 0____|\var. Events have proved the fallacy of these hopes.

m_‘\\'hile there is much that is not tindcrstooil and while of the misfortune that has befallen otir belated ally is de- i,,,.lpiorable, it appears that the blame for it does not in

‘any way attach to thc Alliesl The London Times,

nerycommentiiig editorially on the situation says: now "liiforiiiatioii about the Roiiinaniaii campaign is lllflinainly arriving from enemy sources, ‘but the causes _l‘1': of the recent reverses are iiowiibecoming plain. The thclquestions at issue are not disposed of by discussions

ili-l . , _

timed. The root oi the matter is deeper. Peasant-

cr_ armies, not intired to war, and lacking the stern ex- e" perieiice the Bulgarian peasantry has undergone in the

m_ of veterans. T hcywere deficient in heavy guns, and the,`\heir higher coniinand made strategical mistakes, in

` :idilition to being misled about the intentions of Bul-

garia. The Roumanian troops have fought with thc greatest courage, especially' the Second Army in ilie neighborhood of the Torzburg and Prcdeal passes; but cvery army, not excepting that of Germany, has had to _buy its experiences dearly in this war, and in that res-

in pect Roumania has only shared the common lot of :ill 0Sl, 'the belligerents." "

10

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;‘,‘j Piioiiiiiiriori in Nun.

On New Year's Day, as soon as the clock c:-_:ed

striking out\the Old Year, the whole Island of New- foundland went dry. A prohibition act then becoming _efl'ect_ive, stopped the import, manufacture, or sale of intoxicating liquors,of every ki;1d.withiii_5the colony.

-all is now _I¢git'l`t1iat¢ly_ impossible to obtaiiilitny alcoho-

l1¢-`%'-lic compound within the colony, except for mediciiial, tl. manufacturing, or sacramental purposes, find in order

_to prevent evasion of the law a long list of patent me- dicines has been placed under the ban. __ The Druggists association of thelsland, having pe- titioned the legislature, not to put upon it the obliga-

c\v»tion of carrying stoclrs of liquors and dispensing the

.Same Oll the pfCSCripti0n of tbctors,~theigoverninent has provided for St. _lohn's a public controller through _whom medicinal prescriptions will be filled and sup- plies obtained for manufacturing, while provision is _made whereby the various churches can have their _Dim agencies for importing wine for sac- ramental uses. Elsewhere on the Island physicians or - magistrates will bc the local custodians of the supplies required for _these purposes. - - ~ In St. _]ohn’s, fifty saloons went out of business. As

'there are virtually only two routes by which goods come into the Island, St. ]ohn’s on the east coast 'and Port Aux Basque on the' west, it is believed that it -Will bt comparatively easy to prevent infractions of ~ the law. Few countries in the world are in a better position to enforce a prohibitory law than Ye Ancient . ,Colony. Smuggling will be practically the only mifans

00,'

the _ t,.

‘land b¢¢fS. has been about $250,000 a year, and oii all the compounds the colony levied a very high tax, so that -tlirduty obtained therefrom was about $4oo,ooo . a year. _ ' tht; -Th# ll10¢l Mrious effect-which the new policy is ex- ¢¢.' _pected to have is on the ordinary colonial revenue, but of the belief is expressed that the increased consumption

_ . __ )¢,i(_i‘-3--._-__.___._ _ wo_onlg.oalykaow_._ _ __ .

NDTBS

» -Y lui Y. 2;.-

was once ln'Alglers

iolunteer system, and then, with the support ot nearlvt

____ all public men who had previously resisted the con- ""pscription policy. a measure of compulsion was adop-

So it may possibly be in Canada. Representative

‘ public men of all parties have hitherto gone on record against conscription. All have expressed a hope and a

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G' I upon the country Britain at that stage very properlyl “ii ii T I I ' ' _ ` _

0...' ‘_ 3 ficent army was organized, in an atmosphere of free-U ~ ` S '

,filom which could not have Surrounded any ,0rga\1iz.a- iii' _.___ _ _ . __ _ _ _. _ __ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ - ._ _ ._ _ i ' ition for compulsory service. lt was right that this vo- .|ii_»{"b‘Jof¢' `ci_irt»tfiiiu. ` slr. ana __ _ _ , , _ .- -

' 'rendu '

_,tub 'UD W' H’ *F *Y _ioiiieer system. simia be ima to its fiiiiesi eximi be gzhfswfg D- l§f_¢_=_l-gfflingfolvntv _ . ,_ _ will-be devoted this week to information regarding the ` “ ' fore the uesti of ‘on lsi i I dm` ted ` _ ~ ‘ 'T

~ _ _ __ , q on c ipu on was a it to con- mm -m,m_ cum, _

` °"|'¥ f="N-. ::7‘l,:‘.‘”‘ “°-""°'“ °" ” siileration. But there came a time when the need for =::ihwtb!:.rtii wiittchhetheir oiiii Willis;

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_--ii)-»'_ -' _’_T-' ‘ _' - 'additional mencouldnolougerbeprornptlymetbydie95”* "°°*""‘¢ ""°"""’”“"°°

IOM

The letter ls neatly and artistically

got up. beln¢~wi-ltten on o rlcb paper In letter form. and glvcs evidence or T a thonglitfuluesg on the part of tlie authorities of that llttle town which mlglit well be studied by many other communities from which men have gone to do their blt.

l~‘ollowlng"ls a copy ol the letter, a

compliment to the authorities ot-.the little town ol’ Carman and ii much an preclated souveulr for the father and mother of o_ sou who doubtless deserv- ed siicli recogiiltlou at the bands of his fellow tuwnsmeu:

Cl-ll'tlS1'llA8 GREETINGS.

. .Christmas 1916,

To Mr, and Mrs. C. D. McClure,-

We. so representatives of the re~

sldents ol' the Town ol Carman and the hluniclpallty of Dufferin, extend to you Christmas greetings and our best wishes for a prosperous and bap- py .\'eir Year.

Though we know that you are an xlously watching the course of events nt' the front. on account ol your loved ones there. yet we teal that you must be proud ot thc-so who have gone and so nobly offered their services. voluntarily, in the defence of the Empire and ot humanity.

We, as you, are looking forward to

and hoping for an early peace which \vlll_ bring n happy re-unlou ol famllles, and satisfaction and consolation to our nation and allles.

F. BRIDGE; Acting Mayor,

~ _ . TH08. HARRISON, Reeve

Tllli-Kl'lCllEllEll l.EGEllD

Roal lon, Numoriot and Worker, Hld- den by Silence

The lute Earl Kltclieusr al driver

ot mon and hater of women is the principal ln many iitorles, but there an m many strange llttle lldea to his bt; nature and so many deuuit. con- tradictions ln bln character that only a variety of otorlei about htm can make the Slrdor, the volunteer ol_ 1870, ,the creator- ol, the new- ormlel, llve split. The Kiltcheuer legend is nlnuly lu existence uid lt lb llliu- tntod with colmtloan ltorles. 'Hts character had to be legendary for ticlturnlty bid the real lun. Ou his vfilt to America several years-ago, lt wn sold tlmt.'Lord Kitchener made o-very favorable lmprenlun. not by

what be sold bw bln astonishing power of sayin; tb.l.ii| md bil im-_ nrtiiniiis iisiiiqpbi-_ Hv'e»iua» be llloothtiji n.. crowd ,ond yet not feel un- coiilarmblql i __ - Noiwbsrowu the news of Klfchon- er‘| trazlc end received with more deep consternation and lonow than lu the Cimtidlnn camps lu England. where several times be undertook i.-he inspec- tlon ot,lorces sont. overseas. A week before his dsatb_lil| Lordship enter- tained u_lar¢e party ol’ wounded sol- dlers at-bln benutllul residence lu Broome Park. Included were`a num- ber, of Canadians, with several of whom be shook bands and chatted lenlally. The general lmpresalon of Kitchener helix; an unbendlnl mtirtln~ ot ll dlbmlssed by those who, like tho Canadians referred to. have inet .him ln lemt-prlviicy. '

Kltclienor's wu a grim, lxcoixle

humor. . "What ls your taste ln' balr plan?" be once asked a doudlied ot- tleor. But bln chlet cbaractcrlltlc was lndustry and around his work and bln letting others to work centre moat of the Kitchener iitorlen. Htl capacity for work was amazing. lt was chnriic- torlstlc ot him that his tlriit question' when he entered the War- Olllce an Secretary for War was: “ll there ri bed in the bulldlng." "No, slr." re- pllod an ofllclal. “Then get one," bald Lord Kitchener. Dui-ln( the South African wiir he seldom had more than three or four hours' sleep is day, rlllng regularly at 4 or 5 o'cloclr in the mem- tiig mdworklng bard until night. Tlioqc who knew Lord Kitchener in hl|__boylio_od any that be curly display- ed that tacltumlty forwhtch he was' celebrated 1.br_o bout till llte.-and n trout talent l0r“:¢\_ir¢l__!_l_il_on ted iiim to Uttar the Royal Engineers ln 1871 upon the completion of bln course at Woolwich." " ll‘| no talker; not 'lm," llli 3 Coekuy non-commissioned ot~_ _door of llm once. and added. " 'E1

All mol and li’lco.” .

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V. 1. Lennon. .'~

¢~é¢~i-'o'oioo`4-oooooeoo

'-»ji_r' vii: knew ,elicit oi-nut. '

It we only Itiow each otlin, it wo

only understood.

We would ellertlti one moths! no

ol brothers abou -

liliid ld/ __

We would bravely -»tAnd»to|et_i_t., or

togotlior bravvlly toll.-_ ‘

lt we only know each other no tho Po-

. .ther KM/w ni all.

use

O

lt we only knew each other. we would __ know enough to know _ ‘hilt auch brother and n&'»l|tof

Which mme :tier mint deliver- lt

ll we

That

ot,bor-could we

lllift

~\lio0ooot.;A.m Arboiir,t.bo|h||!y

M M N N M 'mi Patriotic Fund' I

Kindly follow lt each day, ` ,

_ Next _week and the week following will be Patriotic weelto ‘

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in Charlottetown. You will be called upon tocontribute _either personally or by envelope.

Make your contribution a worthy one and in thin _why ,

your appriéclation ot the LIBERTY you enjoy under the

I tk

British Flag ` i

Weimust either Fight or Pay

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Just beyond stands God our Father lu t

Jn llls lovlug',~tende'r mercy-, tltecplng J

__ ` ' sEi.ec1'En. i

T PlUll6 UP MATERIALS .

Hero are tho latent tllurou ot French

munitions productions that the censor will pall: The French army on Fobrli- ary 1, 1916, poiisellod twenty-tliroe tlmiu an many heavy (ima ui ii.t tho beginning of the war. It poisoned odallyoutputottbirtytlmoaoamlny obollb lor the "polx|i.iito qulnzo" guna. It poooosled an output ot 44 tlmos no molly lholln for llrgor guns. The powder factories had twenty-three dmoo tlie,cspa'clty they-had st the ltsrt. The French btoclt of munitions i not only keep: up comfortably with -tho tori-the expenditure but lncrouoii dolly. - I

Hockty Shri Enllli

The Zlltb Bodmuit ot North Bay,

0lt.,lhon1dbooliloto\>¢ott.lieworld ll hockey, numbering many NJ-IA. playin, including three of the cham- Mou Cmodlom. on its motor, and o loot. at (ood amateur players. The hdlent liielndod Jlok Wblkor. the turner Toronto star who Jumped to

Donation the two McN|moi~o bullion, one of whom eaptalned the

'Ne 'votoi-ui; md Duncan. of Van-

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

r Qi 1

(From the London Dally Telegraphi)

The V. C., stlll sparingly bestowed

ls an honor more gloriously gained than ever; and at each appearance rf! 8 new llst ol’ awards one may well think _ with a smlle ol tho days so ' short -.to time ago. when serious attention used to.be paid to those discerning persons among us who were_wcut to announce to the world, lncludlng Germany, that weiwers a degenerate people, with the old root of valor no longer lu us. lt ls often sald. and every wearerlof the V. C.. knows lt to be ii tact, that _lt ls earned A hundred tlmeé _without ’ recognition for every time that lt. ls bestowed. The taclturn private who.l when asked how he won hls V. C.. answered that “the colonel was look-

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ln few

WIND

ontolttie

nwellpllyftll

laid it was he lad so

'the shadow of Hls throne. ll

mate! upon Hts own. ' i il

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_ .es-1 4 ___ ers; _nes

ng bla way" expressed the conscious- ess of the army at large on the sub- ect; and General Gordon went ag far ii to disapprove of the lnstitutlon al- ogcilier. on the ground that there as nothing to choosn in the matter

_ ~--_ of bravery among all those who were

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iii io wear the Queen's uulforiti. But that was counsel of perfection; and ilici-e iii no doubt that the riirlty _fof the distinction utlils to lts lltltmdor, even ln the eyes ol’ those who 1 best knew hc-w mitch true heroism goes

iinrelnarked and i uurewarded ._

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'What Ex-President: `

Theodore Roosevelt Said

- "Life Insurance increases the _-stability of ~ the business world’ raises _the moral _tone and ~~p_uts‘_a premium upon those habits of thrift and savingwhlch are so essential to the welfare _oft people asabody

We have policies of Insurance' to' meet

requirement and wouldfbe glad of an opportunity to be of service to you and yours. _ I ~ `

“llyndman & Company, Limited-

_Q Managers for P.E.I. __ ~

. . ' _ \

Qalndlou; Gordon Keats, ot Tonm- t

UU; “Gol|llo" Prodlorl. of Wanderers lhl Canadiens: Jock lurks. tba Quo-

'-'-~ - i Fox Pills Dressed hy Tanlun

Read the testimonial ven herewith. .I can name

numerous companies individuals, who have me dress all their pelts, and find that it pays tlim hand- somely. 1 > ~ _ . _

My work received' t_he classification, “Perfect” last

year. Don’t you it will pay to have yours come under that classification this year_?_ - _ _

Drop me a card at once, advising bow many P0ltS

you wish me to prepare. f'

What a Responsible Member of the For llreeder’s Association Has to Say :-- ;-_f

Summerslda, Nov. 23rd, Mill.

TU WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. V

ln January 1916 one of my rrlends shipped _to Cblooro .two

Silver Fox polls. they had not ban properly drellod Ind the Chicago dealer offered a very low price for them. my friend or- dered tho dealer to return tliein. when they came to bond .they were in bad shape. I took than polls to Mr. .Iorvlo P 'Danton ot Summerslde to have them flxed iip._ When hh-btougbt ,llibm buckitbey were so much lmproved that one coiiltl ‘bu-dly bollevo them to be the same iiklna.' I-lid the sltlns been. ploperly lumdl- ed at nrst l feel siire ii much (renter prlce would hive been ob- ' tained. The Chicago offer for the two skliin was $890.00 the prlce obtollned by lin Mclauro ot the l-‘ur Sole# .Board was

,$800.00 for the name two polls, _ _

(Blmeil) _ '

_ l.»F. STEWART, ~’

\ i, '\ ‘ Box 886. Charlottetown. '

_ WANTED ‘io nur-4-_ if

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