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hill sides; and we could not help thinking | T 1E DAILY

of the labour expended in keeping these cultivated. Johannisberg, picturesquely | . situated, is celebrated for its wines, al- though only 40 acres in extent, and in good | years it yields an income of £3,000. |—————— : Rudeshiem, a little town with 2,300 inhabi- | The Week. tants, has the fuilowing legend connected | with its histury : It was during the time of) Ay evident improvement has been nade | the Crusades, that Brocmser, of Ruceshiem, | in the “‘ Railway Time Table.” Eastern) sharing the general enthusiasm, left his|"" Tw = Ta i ae e castle and started for Palestine. After per-; Trains now arrive in Charlottetown at 11. 40 forming great feats of valour in that} instead of 12.40; and persons residing in| country (his prowess must ha ve been very | county districts may reimein in Charlotte- | a oe ee Tae ee ore seed town and Summerside an hour longer than| a dragon) fortune deserted him, and he fell into the hands of the Saracens, pining | t ; oe ony in captivity seven long years. Weary of| have the greater pleasure in marking thisim- | confinement and anxious to escape, he made! nroyement, because it indicates a radi- | a vow to heaven that if he should ever re-) 0) pange in th turn to his own country he would ‘devote, ee aie his danghter’s life to the service of the Management. Ii indicates that the tail: | Lord.” ‘‘ Gisella,” said he, ‘‘shall take the | authorities are, at last, aware that the rad- | veil and in a convent pay my debt to) way isa public institution maintained for a oe — — this wneed the benefit of the publie, and that they are © escaped; anc fter encountering great, : : ‘

sjasiihe Souiieal tas Ta loved country. Dein j at last fain to yield to the demands of the ing his absence Gisella had grown up to be| public for all facilities which may be reason- a beantiful young woman, and was he- | ably granted. This gratifying change 1s, trothed to a young knight, handsume, good, dovbtless, due, ina great part, tothe recent brave and accomplished. Hearing of en, POO ct BO A Tipe de father’s vow the girl threw herself at his) 7° ” a feet, telling him how ardenily she was at-| Railway are Sow oh eee : tached to the young knight, and imploring; Although it was, last year, stoutly de- that she might be saved from the life to) nied thet the Northern Light could make

; © fathar le “ . “AEM. | ; ‘ “ which her father had doomed her. Broem-) round tr ips daily between Georgetown and ger answered her tears with curses, until at)

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lengih Gisella was so overcome with des- | Pictou, yet | we now know that the can. pair that she rushed to a window overlook- | The regularity and promptitude with which ing the Rhine and threw herself headlong) the foreign mails are now received and com- iato the water. Her lifeless remains were| munication kept up with the Mainland

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JANUARY 4, 1879.

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hey could under the old arrangement. We}

e spirit of the Railway

friends of the

Examiner, *

picked up near Hatton’s Tower. The! Rhine boatmen say that on calm nights the

ghost of the unfortunate maiden may siill|

be seen. Sometimes she sings a plaintive | air, which sounds like the moaning of the, wind. Near Bingen is the famous Monse or Fat- | ton’s Tower. The story is this : Hatw, Arch-| bishop of Mayence, refused.to let the starv- ing people of his diocese have any corn, although his own granaries weve full. Getting a number of them inte a barn, he set fire to it. When they cried out in agony, he Jaughed and said 14 sounded like mice. After commitiing this diabolical deed, his palace was so overrun with mice that he was obliged to take refuge in his tower on the Rhine. But even here they pursued him in such numbers that resist- ance was vain, and at length he was de- voured alive by them.

The ‘* Seven Maidens ”~-the name given to a cluster of rocks in the Rhine—were at one time, tradition says, seven beautiful countesses. After refusing many offers of marriage, these seven sisters promised, on a certain day, to choose their bridegrooms. But when the knights arrived at the resi- dence of the fair damsels,—the Castle of Schoneberg,—they found that the faithless girls had gone off in a vessel. Angry at their graceless conduct, the river god metamorphosed them into seven rocks, and there they stand tv this day.

We pass St. Goar, crowned with the ruined castle of Rhinfels. At Bornhofen are the remains of Liebenstein and Stern- felsa—castles which have each their melon- choly legend.

burg, in good preservation, is used

asan asylum for old soldiers. Stolzenfels has been lately restored as it wasin the Middle Ages. Coblentz, situated at the junction of the Rhine and Moselle, is one of the finest Rhemish cities. On the op- ite side is the fortress of Ehrenbreitsen. The scenery here is very fine ; but we must hurry on past pretty islands, ruined castles and towers, unt:] we reach Bonn, where the t musician, Beethoven, was bern. In 1845 the King and Queen of Prussia, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, with their at- tendents, came to this city to witness the unveiling of Beethoven’s statue. After the ceremony Prince Albert went to the Uni- versity to see the old masters under whom he had studied. He was for two

a pupil in the college.

And now, Dear —-—, I must say adieu,

with * *.

I remain yours, etc.,

Special Notices.

Buy your Flour at Beer & Gof’.

Cattrornia Honky, very choice,--in the comb and strained,—at ‘‘The Confectionery.”

Wuaere can you get the best Boots and Shoes for the least money? At Gass’

Tur best and cheapest place to get your Sleizhs repaired ard painted, is at P. H. ‘Trainor’s, 52 Kent Street.

Sieicus, Sirigus—Cheap and good, at P. H. Tratvors, 82 Kent Street, opposite Rock in Heuse—dec 28, lw eod

“Tir best and cheapest place to have your Sleighs repaired and painted, is at P. H. Trainor’s, 82 Kent Street, opposite Rocklin House—Iw eod

No glucuse or terra alba in the Candy ar “The Confectionery ’-—it is all pure sugar : and Kennedy don’t retail Candies at 25 cents a pound. He asks a good price for a pure article.

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Sales Agents of the Daily Exayine:

Tue Daity EXAMINER is for sale every. ») en the trains east and west, and at the follow-

ing places .—- HL. A. Harvis, Charlottetown. A. D. Haszarp, = "T, O'CONNELL, “ ,T. L. CHAPPELLE, 8. T. N&LMES ”

G. A. AITKEN, Ceorgetown.

D. SurHertann, Souris East.

A. McAvrtay, Head St. Peter's Bay. D. Eeay, Mount Stewart.

H. Beer, Sane’ Gro. O’Netit, Halfway House.

Morton J. Hears, County Line Station. Epamunp CampPpEtt, Prince County Book-

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'and the mails have now to wait there, some- |

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ee a Alberton. i. BILL, WD, Arsyzavx, Tignish.

Three, and so on till the last ward of the City,

i leave little te be desired in that respect by '

the people of this Island. An improvement in the connection at Georgetown has, how-

4h oy ‘

ever, been suggested. When the Northern) hour or more, until the evening |

. ! train arrives from Charlottetown. Tt will;

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immediately se seen that, as it is, the ar | rangement is not perfect. It has been sug- gested that a train be im waiting to bring the mails and passengers right on as soon as the Northern Light -arrives. lf this were done they would arrive in Charlottetown about half-past eight or nine. Then instead | of the special train leaving at half-past five, let it leave at half-past nine or ten—giving | passengers for the Mainland a chance to get the latest mails before they leave—-and let the passengers go on board the Northern Light immediately upon arrival at George- town. The night special could return asa regular train the following morning. It has heen suggested that this would be an im- provement upon the present disconnected arrangement; and it, at least, seems worthy of attention and of a trial.

The new Governor-General earned the gratitude of the poor by his generous Chtistmas donations; and he seems to have gained the good will of those around him who are well off by his refined courtesy on New Year's Day. His speech on “ the Schools of Canada” merits the praise be- stowed upon it by the Canadian Press.

In England every industry still remains depressed; and the poorer orders of the people are suffering terribly. The weather, too, has been very severe. Questions poli-} tical remain in statu quo, and there has* been no change in Afghanistan.

A review of the work done by the United States Congress previous to the holidays presents a favorable showing as compared with former Congresses in the same time. Both sides were animated with a desire to get through all the work they could, so as | not to necessitate an extra session next spring. ‘The appropriation bills are far! under way, and other matters have received that amount of attention which seems to insure a clean docket suv far as important subjects are concerned at the end of the session. Still, several important tepics, which it was predicted would be disposed of before this, still remain for consideration. Among those are the Texas Pacific Rail- road Bill, the Edmunds’ Electoral Bill, and the Geneva Award bill. The first of these is still pending in the Senate, where its enemies, the Central Pacific Railread ring, are making gigantic efforts to keep it an- considered. They fear that if it passes the Senate early in the session, it will go through the House promptly, and their aim is to stave off consideration until it is too late. The Texas people say that this is impossible, since the bill must come up in regular order within a few days, and wil] pass by a handsome vote. The Edmunds Electoral bill has passed the Senate, but it will be opposed in the House by another of somewhat similar purport, prob- ably, and nobody can predict the result: he Geneva Award Bill still hangs fire in the House, and will provoke further con- trovers; between the friends of the insur- ance companies and the direct individual losers. It looks as though this is one of the subjects that would have to be re- mande | to the succeeding Congress.

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Tue Court for hearing the appeals from the recent City assessmeat will be opened bx fore R. R. Fitzgerald, Esq., on Monday next, the jth inst; Four hun appeals are to be aeard. Those from Ward Une will be first } heard, then those from Ward Two; next

} . : ‘ . i ties Prey Vv ie S yniy for this cit 43 Light arrives at Georgetown, her passengers | '°S, from vhich the supply for thi y%

jthe ‘spring of 1877, 25,000 bushels, the

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ospeotinig Newspapers, Eto., Gor taining Writing.

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e le > »st | Uron payment of twelve cents at the Pi |

Office this morning we received from the peas Letter Office a packet containing an old a AMINER, a letter froin one of our whiiom sn» sricbers and the following note :— ‘©A written enclosure having been disc v- | ered fraudulently concealed in a newspaper | packet addressed to you under the witlin en- velope, the Postinaster General requests cuek you will be good enough to warn your ery | spondent to desist from a practice so hu proper | and illegal. An offence of the nature m ques. | tion is declared by Statute to he an anapmated, punishable by a penalty of not_ less than ten | and not exceeding forty dollars im eaca case,

Persons had, therefore, better not their Jotters in newspapers.

—- Oo Oe -——— “A Potato Bonanza.” ‘‘wHE ORIGINAL BLUE-NOSES ” FILLING THE HOLES IN THE NEW YORK CROP.

‘‘The original Blue Noses have been } coming lately to the city from Prince Hd- ward Island,” said Mr. John Nix the other day. ‘*See whut fine big fellows” he con- tinned, dexterously balancing a choice specimen on the end of his thumb. ‘‘Notice how well filled out they are, and the eyes so little and flat.” John Nix & Co., of No. 388 West street, are the largest potato im-! porting firm in this city, and Mr. John Nix is popularly supposed by Washington Mar- ket men to know all that is worth knowing about the vegetable which has made his; fortune.

‘¢ New York potatoes are scrubby, gnarly and poor this season, and our light crup has been a big bonanza for the Kanucks,” he said. ‘* You see, the season has been un- usuatly dry until within the last few weeks, and the potato fields in the northern coun-

commonly obtained, have sufiered very much. Small potatoes and few in a hiil, as } the saying goes. We export very few pota-| toes, but consume millions of bushels yearly | in this city end Brooklyn. This season we are getting some from Maine, but our prin- cipal supply is brought from Prince Edward Island.”

‘* What kind of potatoes is imported most largely ?”

‘* Well, ordinarily, more Early Rose po- tatoes are sold than any others. They fetch the highest price, and the people seem to fancy them most. As this potato isa fa- vorite, it is cultivated extensively in the northern counties of the State; but as the crop failed this year we were obliged to im- port Nova Scotia potatoes. Some Early Ruses are grown on Prince Edward [sland, but the main crop is the Mercer or the old Blue Nose Potato. Some people are in- clined to turn up their noses at the Blue Nose, but 1t is a capital potato for all that; cheap, too. Why Blue Noses are sold now for $2 a barrel, and Early Rose cost from $3 to $3.25. The Jackson Whites cost about the same as the Early Rose, and the Prolific and Peerless somewhat less, about $2.75 a barrel. Just compare these pota- toes. The Blue Nose, you see, is as large or larger than any. ‘The skin is thin and the color light brown, with a shade of pink. It is lighter colored than the Early Rose, which has a deep pink shade. The Jackson White is round and dusky white. The Black Snakes and Coppers, also Nova Scotia potatoes, are very dark colored. Here’s rather a pretty potato from Nova Scotia, the Silver Dollar, so called from its like- ness to the coin. Then we have Sixes and Pink Eyes and the Peach Blow, Jenny Lind, Garnet Reds, Garden Chili, God’s Riches and others less common.”

Mr. Nix chipped off the end of a Blue Nose on the top of a barrel, and continued :

‘** You see the light pink circle, with irre gular rays, in this potato? Most potatoes have distinctive marks, and this marks the Blue Nose. The pink is only a harmless coloring matter and without perceptible teste, but fastidions people prefer their potatoes of a uniform color throughout. A boiled Blue Nose or Black Snake is really as eatable as a boiled Jenny Lind or Early Rose, but the name is not as sweet. John Hughes is the principal exporter of potatoes on Prince Edward Island. He lives at Charlottetown, on the southern coast. He ships to this city half a million bushel: sometimes in a season. Then there ar Montgomery and Stafford at Summerside, atown onthe northwestern coast. They shipped on tho steamship Flamborough, in

largest cargo, it is said which was ever brought to this city. They are shipping potatoes this season on a smaller steamship —the Secret. Sailing vessels are used prin- cipally as transports, however. There are about ninety schooners now engaged in carrying potatoes from the island. Each schooner ,can carry from 5,000 to 6,000 bushels. On last Thanksgiving Day twenty- five vessels arrived, and fully that number are aow unleading at different piers. All carry the potatoes in bulk. The cost of transportation is from 15 to 20 cents a bushel.”

‘‘How long can ‘the potatoes be kept sound and fit for eating ?”

‘Several months if they are stored in a dry, cool place. Heat and muvisture spcil them. Sometimes a schooner is twenty- five days in making the trip from Prince Edward Island, and if the vessel leaks some of the potateces will be injured. They will decay and a phosphoric gas will be pro-! duced.” .

‘There is astory which is cited by Alf:ed | Smee, the English chemist who died a weck | or two agv, that an officer on guard at Strasburg brought out the garrison one night thinking that the barracks were on fire on account of the light emitted by a heap of potatoes. Was such a mistake pos- sible ?”

“Well, it might be, for wet potatoes in the hold of a vessel sometimes shine quite brightly. Phosphoric potatoes don’t burn as many people as hot potatoes, though. If anybody wants either sort it is a good time now to lay them in, for they will not be so cheap again this season.”

Leb ete pet ens

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CLEARANGE SALE

DRY GOODS |

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From this Date.

DECEMBER 29, 1878,

“FOR CASH ONLY,

AT A DISCOUNT OF FROM

20 to 25 Fer Coent.,

FOR OE MONTH,

—THE-—

Following Goods !

French Merinos, French D-laines, French Cashmeres, French Twiills, Parmnattas, Henrietta Cloth, Persian Cerds, Brilliantines, Lamas, Lustres,

a, tla A A Sie ania tht hy teow as LN RET Ee a IROOM - sonata

DENTISTRY.

ire SHE cry of ‘‘Hard times” and ‘No money ” is universal. Yet people lose ‘their teeth, and in consequence their health. | Again, recent improvements have cheapened the cost of Dental material ;- considering which I have decided to reduce my prices, and for ‘three months from the date of this I will 'make a sett vf tect for fen Dollars, | Parts of setts corr -spondingly cheap. More |than this—I will use g sot material and guar- lantee, in every case, a perfect fit. I am not an itinera:it Dentist, hit one of twenty years y ore ©. L, STRICKLAND.

| Cr'town, Jan. 4. 1879—

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SPEGIAL NOTICE.

& LL CITY ACCOUNTS due Ist January, not paid before the 20th inst.. will he

sued for at next City Court,

A. A. BALDWIN & CO.

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Chi’to. }, Jan. ‘

' Provingial formal School.

WHE FOURTH TERM of the Normal | § School will begin on the SECOND VPURS2AYV of Jounary (14th inst.) All in- tending candidates «are requested to make application at vice.

i JOHN HARPER, Principal.

Ch’town, Jen. 3--2i

CAPEL'S ESTATE.

Russel Cords, MEETING of the Creditors of this

FANCY URESS GiODS! tht uu i Anglais Merinos, Balmoral Crapea, Crapes, Dress Ciotiis, Manile Cioths and

Ulster Cloths, Plain, Cheeked, Faney and Striped

WINCEYS!

Silk Velvets, Velveteens, Black Silks, Colored Silks, Fancy Silks, Ladies’ Skirts, Corsets, Ties, Fancy Wove Goods,

SHAW Lis,

ONE HALF PRICE, RIBBONS, Artificial Flowers and Feathers |

ONE HALF PRICE. Ladies’ Ulsters, Ladies’ Jackets and Mantles, Blue Serges (all wool), Scarlet Flannels, Wool Scarfs and Ties, Umbrellas, Jeans, Tickings, Shirtinge. Ladies’ Cloth znd Hid Gloves, Ladies’ Skating Gloves. Brussels Carpets, ee 7 2-ply Scoteh ‘ S-ply Seoteh “ Union “ - 4-4 Hemp * 6-4 Felt ? 4-4 Felt " 5-8 Stair . 2-4 Stair " Felt Crumb Cloths, Linen Crumb Cloths, Stair Damask, Curtain Damask, Curtain Reps, Table Damasks and Table Linens, Toilet Covers, Blankets,

Counterpanes & Bed Covers.

CURTAINS!

In Muslin and Lace—Very Cheap. Damask, Turkey, Cloth and Felt TABLE COVERS !

OIL TABLE CTOTH, FLOOR OIL CLOTH. Buff, Green and White

Window Hollands. Ladies’ Fur Muffs,

from Fifty-six cents, |

in Musguash,

Monkey, Badver, Chinchilla,

Imitation Seal, Grebe. Imitation Mink and Mink. Men’s Made Clothing, Hats, Fur Caps, &c.

Shirts, Underclothing, and a variety of articles too numerous to mention.

J.D. MASON & CO.,

Charlottetown, Deo, 30, 1878—

-| posals taken foreach or all of above.

Histate will be held at Messrs. Palmer & McLeod's office, in Charlottetown, on Mon. day, ihe Gth imsf., at 12 o'clock, noon (sharp), when an offer of composition, to be then made, will be paid if secepted by the

creditor, ANN CAPEL, Administratrix. Ch’town, 4th Jau., 1879—h

Merchants Bank

OF P. E. iSLAND, CHARLOTTETOWN.

DIRECTORS: Ronert Loxawortn, Esq., President. Hon. L. C. Owen, WixiuraM Dopp, Ese., Gsorce R. Brer, Esg., Hon. H. J. CALLBEcK, Hon. L. H. Davies, Wittam H. Finpiey, Ese,

Wa, McLean, Cashier. AGENCY AT GEORGETOWN : H. C. McLuop, Agent. Soricitors: DAVIES & SUTHERLAND, . AGENTS :

London . ‘ : ‘ The City Bank. New York, The Bank of New York, N. B, A. Boston ‘The Boston National Bank.

Montreal, St. John and Halifax, Bank of Montreal. Collections made in all parts of the Island on the most favorable terms. Jan. 3, 1878—3m

Prince of Wales College,

HE Classes in the Prince of Wales College will be re-opened on MONDAY, the 6th January instant, at 10 o’clock, a. m,. J. LONGWORTH, Hon. Sec’y, &e. Charlottetown, 3rd January, 1879—pat h ne

INOTIC EH.

és DVERTISER” desires to buy used

4 copies of ‘‘Contemporary Review,” ‘* Littel’s Living Age,” ‘‘Ilustrated London News,” and ‘‘ Pall Mall Gazette ” for the year 1879. Copies to be clean, perfect, and de- livered on arrival of next paper. Lowest pro-

Apply

at EXAMINER Office. Jan. 3—3i

INO'TIC#EH.

UR Bua ESS, from this date, will be conducted strictly on the CASH SYSTEM.

MACHACHERN & Co.,

‘‘ITALIAN WAREHOUSE,” Jan. Ist, 1879—city pa lm

ST. PETERS SCHOOLS

WILE RE-OPEN

Monday, the Gth inst, AT 10 A. ws.

For terms, etc., apply to GEO. W: HODGSON, Grafton Street, Ch’town, Jan. 2—5i .

PRINGE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY.

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SPECIAL TRAIN, in connection with i<o the Winter Steamship Northern Light, ‘beginning December 24th, 1878, will ran as | under :-—

' Leave Charlottetown, 5.25 p. m.; Mount | Stewart, 6.37 p. m.; arriving * Georgetown, lade p- m.

On arrival of Nothern Light from Pictou, @ |Special Train will leave Georgetown for Char- _lottetown.

These Trains will stop at Royalt Junction, Little York, Bedford, Seah ee Peake’ Baldwin’s and Cardigan, only to take on ‘leave off pas:engers, and will run only to con- ‘nect with trips made by the Northern I BRIDGES ca M

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