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no misc -‘alle g

` R. Steamer Montfordh _

NnwYoax,pee.f28-'(Speo'l|.i,)lq'h| fm, tossed about and .thc crew had given n-

the Sydney, C. 1_8., sehooner the Josisl,|10pes when 'the Barcelona came in sight. Cold"-wood, musing from Duhon" “um S_'l'. Joins, Dec. 23.-(Special.) -’I‘lla_ C

Giriyin November is at last learned.

The Germ an -steamer _Barcelona arriving bbdey inirlss the story or n thrilling rescue at sea of the Onlderwood's erew when the schooner was a mass of flame

from the waterline to the main truck.

The Bhmlona sfghted the Cnldemwd Kensole and White were swept overboard _

November 27, three days out from Bslti. niore. The schooner had met a succession df h°lWY8alel and the pumps gave out.

Wateriogged ’. and helpless she was _

c»ls§Tv._gf@lllilllooile. schoesercalueoauif saves, , By German Stea_mer-`Two=Seamel`r.SWepl l O3/¢tboard__ and Drowned 'From P.

P. R. steamer Mdntford from Llverp0ol

arrived here today attervery royh weath-

er on the passage across.

During an especially rough time when four days out. two monsters ot the ore_v_»_',_ both _ young men respectively named

by a huge weve. _ It we impossible owing to the storm _ to make any attempt _ to rescue them and

they were never seen agsi-ni U _ -_

ADVANCING T

RUSSIANT

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Muxnlm, Dec, 24.-(Special.)-Russian'

volunteers on the night of November 21st . oeeupied the Japanese trenches opposite their positions. Three trenches were eva-‘

coated byithl ups with scarcely a fight. The victors discovered in one trench a

box of wine and biceult with a letter politely asking the Russian soldiers to l

accept it "from disturbing neighbors." __ __ The Russians today succeeded in ad- vancing tho position of their siege guns

four miles south._ _ _

This was accomplished in_the face of a- heavy Japanese artillery fire which, how- ever, did little injury, only two'belng .

wounded »

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l=mNcE STREET c-Losluc.;

The upper door at Prince Streot yester-'

diy massed in Miss James' room. A very

ie _ _ _ _.ei .re_citationsT,_ diei8gh'lii 'tiiiae eerois`!wss` ‘slic- oessfully ciri‘fild`th'roug|l. The room was nicely decorated, theslnlzing excellent. On thesPrincipal's floor the_'stndents were massedfin his rcom.It. being'Authors Daythe exercises were devoted to essays on and excerpts from Dickens. English- folk song' is all but a fad of the schocl‘s~

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iIHiiI-.illllli-S Mllllil -A

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.

Voinntarles from- the Messiah. Anthem, There is the Kingdom, Gaul. -

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lsulun, cANADA §A*rfUi€bliY. Deeside-ER 24.1904

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T|’lE OFFICERS, FOR |904' "OF THE 'FRUIT 'GROWER_S’ ASSOCIATION. '

John Johnstone, Vice Pres. C. R. Dickie F. L. Haszard John Newson ‘ _F_._G. Bovyer A. E. Dewar, Qecy-Trees. John Robertson A. J, M¢Fedyen Rév. A. E. Biirke, B.D., Pres. Edward Bayfield . John Annear James Ramsay

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Photo by Gnuvin, Gcntzel &: C0. '

Manila, .Deer Zi. - (Special)-The Pulli-

Carol, Cometo the Manger. _ jamsss have )mbuscaded and killed, at

lnssss _

ll’_illiIPPiili‘S

I iliifilllil ELiE’il

_ Tris: Returning 0f}lcer's Ccurtwas in Session a_‘l day yesterday Mr. Morson for Candidate McCourt arguing strongly .thst

music instructor. On the musical pro- R0“°rt°’7 s°’°' Km' °t Kings’ Elm" `U°1°l'Bl‘ 511 *fl-‘° "mud °f S“‘“‘"` “ l1°“t°“` icertain of Mr. Cumlniskey’s votes be over

gram we noted-‘-_‘A song to the oak". and

music from Ilohehgrln and, as a Christ mae pontributlon Adanfs beautiful “Oantlqus de Noel".

The literary programme embraced the following excerpts. ' - Dinner st Bob Cratchit s by Emma Beer. The recitation was cleverly done, the spirit oi' flllidor a` 'presclence of similar

good old “John Peel". part ofthe bridal

pud-:linga soon to come Iwere in the res si

oiter's;inind for not a point was missed mrdtrlner aniaudienoe like the pudding bubliledbvsr, -T , . _

Mabel~ Loiikworth told the story of_

tenderly sketched. Should these bright little essayistii study peopiens they study the character uhderdltoussien I fear some" ot uswould- ` ako unddr their analysis;

Little Penh 'lla vglnsoineness was very ilu-_

its us`sf\il’l6ac`Uni(wlict chapter. or chsr~

useful lessoni) at Leah Mullen's hands. A

_ Evening. M

Anthem, Harb, what mean :-- Bartlett. Dust, Light at Eveutide, Msseagni,

Anthem, Gloria, 12th Mass-Mozart. 5"‘l““°“ is “ld t° b°'°rm°”l‘ imeut'

Abbot in command of the scout has re- likely |¥l0~H¢l'\1l»lnY- `

GRACE CHURCH. q

Invocation-Glad Tidings--_Hu_gg. Anthem, Angels from thirrealms, Ros- _ ni.

issee M. and B. Down. °

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_ Evening. ,_

cerel, christmas- on-el; salts. "° Canticle, The Lord is my Shepherd, Fos-

ie ,,- _ zlolv CHURCH.

uonsruvc also nvmmlu aivrnlns. ‘C The Heavens declare the Glory of God, ` M

tind85 men of the 38th' company of

tive scouts.

Two thousand Pulajamcse, it is report- d th eaten the town cf Dolores and the

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ested that assistance; be sent him.

mv. T. 1T_.Fo1le.ien yell/may received handsome donation ot ten. tor the poor nl Horace Hsszard.

THR Minto reached Georgetown last I

` - night at il o'clock'al1d mail reached the

Anthem, Lift your hearts and Voices, city W 831 The ,Facial returned at 10 t o .

lottetown Light and Power Co. pre- `& their popular Superintendent,

eeierlsihereititllelleilb thee lisinfs its by can-lee vincent. Bernard Celiesh_»l=._ with ° h“"d';°;:i_:

Behold I 1,,-lm. you Gnd riding., by ring. in tokenot -their appreciation o

Lss'i' evening the employees of tho

selection tiff# Doinb|y`¢,Sc_n hy Myrtle James Giibut. l!ii1lll\§°U1°Di°~

Stanley was a meritorious piece of de clamatlcn. Theetsry of Little Nell was psihelieul-#isis by Helen moore. rlle death _of Lit e__Ne1l was sympathaticslly

readlQjGlAMPeake. After an inter- mission otso _ he rollicking Sam _Weller put in aiwgitharance thro' the lips of‘ Maud M'cLeanl` This number had but ons fault-it wid much too short. Then ensued sirlleiolioinioliens me ny Helen Nortm. The; students cleverly seise' on eelfientusstelsc or me seo work. The diction of all till essays was ol a hill! standard., , _ '

In addressing the students at the close oi ilieir iisogclnteresting mgnmme the

“li|\rrderlng_-eh-e Innocents" lost none of

speakerw _ complimented the' stud-'

ents on t_lis‘I:‘mit of iookingat the intent of tlmip. ' ' '

In the gravel- reeeingb ine swims felt-asus house uisae in_:Z°;snsiierl;_t;;li lntlieiiplsieri ‘isps-pi " ut rlsenssv

niol'g_w`l_,N The lDd!kdf,»d|d‘lt$ winruisis “T sea-ensures-heysl glad io ne .Y __Lthecrsmsi.ie_l>°ssibili- tie- were : - 'f ' '

Kindly w ` were then _extended by

_ fog bshclt-' he #Hand

himself. the -stnusilu éofilisliy- L

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lsonlmto slaves ii

The Anthem. Celestial by _Adams will

The services at Zion Church willbe es T 'Ili' lllhii “°"° E“"‘t“°° P““d7 fm"

yckiiiib College Toronto, Ewen and

31* Jgupgg UHURUE ‘iss cKenzie,Flat River, from Dalhou

g y iss Carrie Holman, Suinlflerside

besunc- by"l`liss Edna Ho`tbard,_ and the .

The Anthems Sweet is thy Mercy Lerd by Bai-nhy, and "Sln|r0 Heavens" by I

taken by Mies May Stewart, Mr. Camp-

'rhe choir- will ue-under t_lie_;{lil~eetien. or ' Prof. H. A. Tsntbn, organist and choir

ulnmorrr 'suse inns an. .

Harsh.

Ihtroit. Pustet. Kyrie, Gloria,

Cr~edo,_Sancths. f .

_ frthh tile Feist Kalb ` 0lol'tUi'y. ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ` ‘ ‘

gill Nets-ibuami Iiamliiilotte ~

mmunion, from I_?astet. - - -

BT. PETEFB OATHEDRAL. ~

'His decorations of St. Peters

not elaborate but

cially interesting. The music inoludes~- \w

IVINIIG SIRYICI- W

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Tours, will be sung. The solos _wiilfbe 'th

holland L.W_C°0,k» _ _

h l b tio of Holy Communion at

anthem :rum were snepllerus' by ,,°'°l°°° '° "

_ 9 elpgk will he Cruickslmnks complete

Vincent, wlll'be sung by full choir. 5

There were Shepherds by B. Tours. - 'A`mj,,,, 'the p,;|,,n3_g,-9 by the express

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ting ln E. nei.\~Ths Post Communion ilibe “I am the Living Bread". The iliee of Evensong”wil1‘bes\lnz 00 Tl\lliH` i,1v|.1_ ,music and-Bennc_tt's Settins f°l' ._ m“nm¢_mg,__§nd_.Nunc' _Dlmltis has

been chosen for the Canticles. The hymn"

d organ music . will, of course. be

_eppropnlsiefcr the fesiivnl.

V Q, ` , r \ Thtrs will also be especially prepared

master. Christmas music in all the other churches.

. sr. 'nt"TNs1l.sl~l's_o.i1'iiilili1‘¢'sr.. ,,-- , __ ,__ r___:_,-

Sfiiiille ‘ii -&- -Cure: your

r-.-ASTHMA. -

store

uled principally on the ground thatvoters

gi:-_:lied votes where their land was situat- _ instead of at their place of resideno3.° ,- The objections were overruled howe r and Hon. J. H. Cummiskey was declared elected by majority of 2. There will

' Cured His Mother of Rheumatism-_

“ My mother has been a sufferer for

- airy years from rheumatism," says W. H. Howard of Husband, Pennsyivanla._ “At times she was unable to move at all while at all times walking was pain_ful._ presented her with a bottle of Chamber- inin`s Pain Balm and afterl a few appll¢a‘ lens sho decided it was the most wonder-

°1°°l- fulpaln reliever she had ever tried, in

fact, she is never without it now' and_is at all times nblc to wa‘k. An occasional lippllcation of Pain -Balm keeps away the pain thntshe was formerly troubled with." For sitio by all drngglsts.

THE MIDNIGHT PROBS

`Hlgh northeast and northwest winds fair and deciderllycolder. Local snow finrries Sunday fair and vel'y cold. _ TBR thermometer at 4 this morning registered 14 above zero.

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A WORD OF GOOD COUNCIL.-When

daysarebleak and nights are long and cold, keep Perry Davis' _Painkiller in the ouse. It is your faithful friend, as it was your parents' friend. External and internal use. -

Dill ldeaa About-Christmas. Even as late as 1753 there was some doubt as to the exact date ot»Chi-lst- mas, the old count bringing 'lt;to the iith of January, the nevrcount giving ns the 2iSth,of-December, whichiis.“tlle day. .wo celebrate." In Devonshire, England, it is believed that if the sun shines at noon on Christmas day a plentiful apple crop may belooked for in the following year.-Nationalrllium trated' Magazine.

Ileijlorlfa Christina Dinner... ` Dcscon`Johnson gib s'dinnsr_

At he cabin Chrlstxas day: ' 1 :Agios preacher, slr e deacons-

Nary deacon staynwayi

An' hit shoiy did look scrumptious

When dey gotide table cot-

cn si. mess 'tie key - ° .ll .'.1i’.’;.‘.’.t'."i.- ....ii‘.-ti.. '

Den de preacher ax ds blessin', ' des burly lmb got dun en de shsril bus' de do' -in. An' Bs-'er Johnson tuck-an' nsni

Deals slierll lick he c M. . An' he says tes Me :aww _ P*Well,Alrsee 'nmkccldcdnoalg

ill Tlafllcll.-isllsl

. Orrsws, Dec. Zi.-(Special.)=0ne of he five Canadian murderers will need no

lurther consideration from the Depart-

lrlent of Justice. l John Kay, the fifteen year old West- lnlnstor, B. C., wait’ sentenced to hang .flennery lata for killing li nstlvp hunter- lor the latter's rifle and pistol, il dead in New Westniinster jail from tuberculosis.

slxlv MEN ls PElill.

- ST. Joml’s, Nfid., Dec.,l9-_ Several sohooners belonging on this Island and which were driven. off by the .gale of Sunday, December 11, are still unreported.. 'l’h'eir crews number flirty' men and is fear' ed they have been lost. The schooner Klondyke, which went ashore on Caps St. Mary's, yesterday, is atotll wreck. Her crew is safe.

' CURED KIDNEY DISEASE. lMl\s. Falla Hrl.l.s_, Walton Bt., Port Elope, Ont., states:-‘ I was troubled for oma time with kidney disease and thoufhl tried a great many different med cines never succeeded in obtaining relief until I began the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pils. By the regular use of this preparation lor a. tinie I ls com- pletely cured of kidney disease."

SOLD HORSES $ 2 -EACH

Wsnssw, Deo. li)-On account of the

sonrity of bay the peasants sf till :Viesula districts are compelled to sell their horses as low as Q2 apiece. The poor Jews in order to comply with the rite rlqulring fish on the table onllhiday are buying fish heads from the restaurants.

nn. ll. Ti. c'ils"s`£'s 25

- cimlnllll cu_sE 0-.

-_ ;~,;=af..:°:.':.:1':.‘.:l::°:.e . es: ilie steel; - mm" :VF df lr In tl!

__ tiers.-l.‘l°i»a hsgaeyhhig

. limes Co.. Toi-‘;sie'e°s ‘Sm

Order your Belly, Roses and Clrnatlons

for Christmas from Jas. Tait, Jr., Brigh- am, .' I d 8|

Choice' Malaga Grapes, M cent! per lb., st Jno. Connolly k Co's. I2 d Si

‘ Special Christmas discount on watches-v E. W. Taylor. Cameron Block. _ _ 23 dai ,

-¢_».._-wa-» _.e

[Cartel-'s big Fancy Goods and 'Ky Bs- rear is a busy place these days. Hundreds ot happy cpetomers leave here every day laden with Jilst the H0091! they wanted to , sit. st .inet the price lllsy vented taper., bs one of them. Come esriy. Yea will re»' eelve-prompt and eenxteoea sitcatioa. No

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STI JOHN, Dec. itil.-_(Bpecial.) -Filed Galbraith ngedlzeh llmlreinen on the G. -`P., R. met with chori-lille death this .iter- noon.

He was making a coupling in Rodney

Wharf yard between acer of deals and a box car and failed to _*back out in time.

J lm/TTED To DEATH. BETWEEN Two cslzsi.

With Top of Head Crushed Oifiwiliie Msliiiigg' '

A Coupling -Bralieman Lives Over An

Hour- Sad Death of a_ i’opu|a_r‘

~ Man. '

The projectingdeal ends caught him and the whole upper portion of his head wil crushed of'fag`:Llas_t the box osrc. The wonderful part is that he lived all

hour and ten minutes after the accident, He was n very D0Dular young msn and his death is deeply regretted.

GOVERNNIEN

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Vlc'roal.i, Decemberf 81.-The force at

Esquin_1ault,averaglng eighty expert mech- anics, and who received three months'

notice of dismissal on Friday, are now joining ellergeticaliy the local agitation for a Canadian navy, ss well as -mainten- ance to be assumed by, Canada. The still- ject was debated in detail It s moytlog of [he executive of _the Esqulmalt liberals, Ralph Smith,\(. P.,cousli_lg from Nanaimo to attend., He made the public announce- ment that Sir Wilfred Laurier had given positive assurance that__ Canada would shortly embark on a naval construction programme, starting with three ilral.-class cruisers to be builtin Canada, this being added to the training ships of the Atlan- tic, the Great Lakes and the IE’s.oi_hc. Pitb- ic opinion here favours the practioabii- ty of the new national naval plan. ` Mon-rlmsn, Dec. Zi.-“ It is impossible

not toobservs," observes Le Natioaaliste, in connection with, Earl Gl'°Y`B l.l\l_!!i4?ll1 , that at the same time, the sncceesorof Lord Minto is installing himself at Rideau

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Hail, Canndals the colony before which she British sdmiralty and war, ofilce are placing the imperlslistic problem in an ea- pccially concrete manner by threatening

ggrecaii the North Atlantic slluadmn and

e Halifax and Esquimalt garrlsons." Quebec, Dsc. 21.- The steamer Mon- ualm,tlle new government ice l$`reaker.had 'hcr first real test reeeptly. '_i.‘l:|e_steamer left Quebec and sailed up river until she struck fields of ice eight inches thick. Through these -she pieughed at » is 13 knot speed. passing the Narrows at the

ihaudier which were choked withice as

r as Bt. Augustines. , When Cape Ronge was reached the ice was packedas a solid muse. The Mont- Cfllm llB0 Clit through this apparently without dlmculty. In some places the ice was almost a foot thick, ,Tile minister of marine, who was on l>°Hrd.il well pleased with the ice~breaker which he expects to lengthen the Si Lawrence season of navigation two months ea_ch year. - '

ill-iiHliE WlS! .

BilliilMi UP

Wcnnfeceived yesterday in confirmation

of previous intelligence of the passing of the supposed schooner Ivanhoe 100 miles east ot Bermuda said she was bottom up wsterlogged and abandoned. The vessel

sighting her was the Norwegian ship clinton ior Mefhlll, soeilsno. \

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'B_ai.1.svii.l.n, Dee. lil-Rev. Monsignor, .lenses J. Fs.rrel_ly, the veteran priest of llhishity, yesterday announced `his rsslg iistion. The news caused the deepest ser- T row among his flock, to whom he had been ministering for 85 years. He has been lx priest 53 yesrs,and three years ago celebrated hlsjubilee.He said he was get- ting too old to undertake the great work ot erecting another church.

-.__ _ A Christmas sfo-al _

"Christmas candles" is a good clti

time game. A lighted candle is placed upon a table. The player is blindfold- ed and stationed with his back to the candle, about s toot from it. He's theh told to take three steps forward, turn around three times, then to walk four steps toward the candle and blow it out. His attempt to do so will prob- ably be_as amusing to the audience ss disconcerting to himself.-Country Life In America.

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'~ Vacancy.

’l'here's Christmas smiling in the ily.

. 'l'here'a Christmas in the crepe, 1`hsrs's Christmas in the sttohta naar ly,

Therc'l Christmas in the bhaac.

!t'a Christmas, Christmas everywnefa

No matter when you igok,

lava when you gale ‘dt ` mild dltalt

into Your Docketbocw

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leceelcraresescrlssaea.

0! the climbing varieties of roses, Crimson Rambler, Reina luis Hu. i-lem, Gardenia. Ares nevsr.ss all ei elle simon varieties or Lei-s'l2alli-'

ance hybrid swestbricrs 5 charming fence or aeresn §ysy

vigorously. _ _ _

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` WEEKOF PRAYER-

, The committee of the Bible :Society

with the Ministerial Association met yes terdny and arranged for the week of prayer meetings as follows.

Monday night, Jan. I.-Grace Church,

Rev. T. F. Fullerton and Rev. R. W. Ste-

Rcv. W. W. Lodge.

Wednesday night,Jan. 4-Baptist Church Rev. Wm. Dobson.

Thursday,ni|;ht,.-Tau. 5-Eirst Methodia Bible society meeting, Rev. W. H. Sedge- wlck and Rev. Woodroofs. Friday night, J nn. 6, St. James -Rev. Mr. White. _ ' ~ Saturday night,'Jan. 7, ChristlanChu.roh,

Evangelistic meeting. _ __

clllcllco li4lsxETs.

cameo. one-se t4-lip¢eisli- lea.Cl`Pa 46) Hay. can, 0|: “ Whssrlli ' “ when us ~ Perl: slam “ Peer slum

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Your Confidence ilecpecied.

` We are not selling $10 chairs and sofas, as we value them, for $7.W,because-iirst, if we actually did this' we would lose money; second-because ws are selling the best values l3_they are marked in our stocks ever cro ded into a store. We have put no fictitious value and away up U`"Uk¥<l Prices on thde articles so we could advertise a tremendous reduction ill prices, but have bought our good; low

“Hd M0 Dllssing them x to you at s small let-live profit tant is b aging ns the busi-

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Suddenly at Hazelbrook, on Dec. 28rd Leonard Wood, Sr., in the 88th year of his age

[Funer l Sunday st twm]

Order your Holly.'Rosol and Carnations for christine. ri-om Jes. tele, Ji-.. Bi-igs

rings, chains, ste, t. very rgqmgb priees.- W. W. Wellzlti lid 1

Rink Tickets for sale at the

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