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Suir NEWS,

Yort of Chartotteiown,

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rNTRRED \ es } nee, Boudrat, Arichat; On \ » vVUnHers EMG Hardy, Mel na S ‘ Maryaret, Hume, Pic oF. sng . Pietou; Margie | Roa | » ae bu MA , Wenther- tos - York bie, » vias . \ Natweod, Tierney, George- tow! Ma Ker Tih, SVane Mar- i : . : wart #2 ' Ceto, Weatherbie, Sun rie R auch, Irving, Richi bs ardson, lL.ouis

is is the cradte in which ‘there grew

a philanthropic brain;

t would weke life new

r the muititudes that were racked with .

‘was : .ritla, as made, you know

By Ayes, 8 7° years ego.

Aver’s Sarsaparilla

was in its infancy half a cen- tury ago. To~<lay it doth “be- stride the narrow world like a colossus.” What is the secret of its power? Its cures! The number of them! The wonder cf them! Imitators have fol- lowed it from the beginning of its success. They are still be- hind it. Wearing the only medal granted to sarsaparilla in the World’s Fair of “1893, it points proudly to its record. Others imitate the remedy; they can’t imitate the record:

So Years of Cures.

S4ILING DATES.

From Ch’town.

about 14th Sept “ §625th Sept

From Montreal. Friday, 10th Sept. Tuesday, 21st Sept,

Monday. 4th Oct. “ $th Oct.

Saturday, 1th Oct. ‘20th Oct. Fridav, 29th Oct. “ Ind Nov. Thursday, 11th Nov. “ 15th Nov

The “Campana” is the only steamer carrying freight from this port to Montreal direct. We solicit for her the patronage of importers and _ ship- pers. Rates Reasonable and goods well cared for.

CARVELL BROS.,

aug 16—2awlmo Agents.

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NP COMPETE FOR THE

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EVERY MONTH

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See your Grocer fer particulars, or drop a

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LEVER BRGOS.. Limited, Toronto.

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uO LET.—The new and comfortable <« well-

Mg On Aliey =1. containing six rooms, bow

Sccupied by Mr. John McKenna merchant - €Xt low, possess on Ist Octover next, Can be {US} ected on application.

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SUPPLIES FOR MINERS GIVE OUT.

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MANY WILL TURN BACK

Fort Wrangle Third Letter,

Tue Duke or CLARENCE SpRatrs Alaska July 30, 1897.—Ten o’clock, and the sun is still shiping on the snow dappled hills and eal A | c 7 ; and peaks of Alaska. The huge black hills rightand lett areas Spotted as Jacob's Sieep canyons of snow pelter down almost to the water’sedge here in last dave duly Ve : aS)

July. We are passing from under the path ofthe sun. It is already cool, cold, a savor of frost in the air from

ot

away

the tields of suow about us, above us W . . ‘ . . } ’ ye are steaming upa biighty gorge, a

vast. still river, wide and dolorous, deep, as one might imagine the river o i Not a sound, not a sign of anything at «i! save the croak and shifting of eur own ship, or now and then aspiash of x young salmon breaking the glassy surface of the great river. Itis stmMpiv & great view, the

Deserted—Joaquin MOM r's |

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greatest of tide views It seems trom) Seattle |

up tothis point in the heart of South Alaska—a thousand Hudson views. with peaks and palisades sec and enriched with everiusting spow,

SNOW PEAKS AND BLACK FORESTS.

All the day that is behind us the snow

| peaks and black forests of Prince of Wales |

Istand lifted like the Sierras between us and the Pacifie,a continuous and unbroken chain. To the right snow and clouds aad snow lighted up the bleak steeps and peake, and blazed as the sun battled for supremacy as in some majestic-dream— awful, fearful as notof earth. One needs to coin new words, words that are brighter, bigger, keener than common werds to describe even a single day iu Alaska.

Even now, and lovg past 10 p. m., ‘the tired and vanquished sun reaches a sword of silver through the black fires of the west, and at last lies silently along the still waters at our feet in sign of reluctant surrender.

Sitka, the capital of Alaska, lies over yonder away out on the farther reach of an arm of land. seventy miles away. Juno, or Juneau, if you insist on a waste of ink, hes alittle further along up this mighty tide river. The Klondyke is now not nearly a thousaod miles tater on, and how eager the 498 souls on this ship. Some of them will not goto bed w night; many will not sleep

CRAZY FOR KI QNDYKE NEWS,

Strange, a pathetic scene tuok place a little time ago. In the mildest of all this stillness, solitude, might and majesty of Nature we met a steamer, the Alxi,ot Sao Francisco, coming right upon us out of the clouds and snow. She had come from Dyea, the nearest possible poiat for ships to the Mecca of all good gold huoticeg pilgrims. She came 6.:1aighi on as if to take us in ber arms. Seeing there was news, and good news, forall, she lay right alongside. Tue yreat ships g:@uad

their sides together. Our eager yold bunters came ev tue decks by the nun- dreds.

“News! News! What is the news from Klonkyke ?”

Not the ghost of news from there, cool or bad. Thourands had gone forward and down the great river Yukon, but not a single one had returned. A good siga, peroap-, but 1 was as if questioning tie aead. And they wereso few and so se- served and faint of speech aud action compared to our own great big~hearted aud open-handed men begging for news from the gold fields that it was as if we had landed «on Cheron’s thip and demane dt e secrets of his dead. Oaly one bit of ue+s did they have to tell, and that was dulefu! enough. Nota bitof bacon or bread at the trading posts ahvad of us, aod the Kioudyke, where there are plenty of iO ne price, away over fon Juueau, on and op, hundreds of miles bevyoud the glittering mountains of the snvw before us.

NO OUTFITS AT THE POSTS.

Mea k.oxed each other in the tace, for many of tue miners in their haste forward had boaght no supplies at all, but expect- ed 10 outfit at the posts and the the mouatains, and that is why some will not sleep to-night. They will have to tura back or wait for the traders’ ships to come from far away. It would seem that more

men have gone into the mines by this mountain route than had been believed.

Yet, think how many are coming. We head that ships by the score ial been chartered, and every berth taken in them by the time we were seiting out. They will be along here the next wee or the next, and likely enough Jots of them, like some of our boys, will have no sup- plies at all, and then? Uf course, there can ve no suffering. There is plenty in the loads of the more provident, and these waters are always open and ships go Up and down all the year. It is rot like finding this state of things on the other aide of the mountain, but it may make delavs fora number of bold good men, who bave neither patience nor money to § pare. CjAt the site of — ss afier a Russian

of Fort Wrange]—named Governor who founded it

| long ago—we find the few stores also short

of supplies, every man baving loaded him- self with supplies and pushed over the pass to the mines, leaving tbe storesem pty.

| The fever is high, and the faith in the | mines is yreat, and themen whom I spoke | to laughed at the idea of any inconvenience | attending a want of supplies at Wrangel LIKE OLD TIMES AT WRANGEL.

| “Reminds us of old times,” said the | captain of the new steamer, “for you must know thet gold mines in Alaska is no new thing. The river putting in here at Wran - gel was once a very rich stream. Twenty | years ago it was populous with miners,

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and much gold was washed from its bed acd banks. In fact, the Russians mined gold in Alaska more than a hundred years ago and not many years after ils dis- covery by Bering in L741. Iu working the heavy hydraulic mines not far from Sitka the American miners give you undisputed evidence that the ground bad been worked very thuroughly long years before.

! tind a grear many new facts as I go forward, concerning the mines, both old and new, bere in Alaska. Kor example, L tind that the famous Treadwell mine, with the largest stamp mill in the world, Is, evev with all its millions vutpat, far the that

frown being the best paying mine in world, or even in Alaska. I find there are mines almost within a stoue’s throw of the Treadwell, paying many times as much to che stamp as the Tread- well, ALASKA THE RICHEST PART OF THE GLOBE. I also find that Alaska is by far the rich- est part of the Globe, having goid ard silver to the ma», woman aud child,

more

death. | much more than any other political divis-

on of the earth. And, as Horace Greeley once said of Nevada: * [is mouatatns should be a great place for gold and ¢il- ver, as they do not look as it they could be used for anything elee.” We have not as yet

met either of the

| alleged terrors of Alaska—rain and mos

| | quitoes.

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‘ would not coalesce with

If we excep? a little spurt and duash of hail and snow that slid down out of a white cloud that euveloped us for an hour on the 25th, we have had nothing at all but the bluest of blue skies. As for mosquitoes, we have not seen or heard any thiug of ths sort—although the eager min- ers are each and all equipped with a roll of mosquito netting. We have noi suffered from anything in the way of weather. We hide away io the shade aj] day. We would suller from the heat if we did not, being more tban usually warmly clad in prepara- tin for the work before us. Bat thus far the climate reminds me of that of Wiscon- sin. Midday is as hot as midday in the streets of Loston, I should say.

Ot course, I could give you the exact figures from the thermometer in the meas- ures of heat and cold as taken hourly by ctlicers of the ship; but you may or may not know that you get but a poor idea in this way. A day as cold as a Dakota day of like thermometer measure in Florida is widely different from the same measure in the humid South. An hour of certain tolerable Dakota weather, dry and crisp, would be utterly intolerable in moist Oregon.

NO REINDEER OR DOGS YET.

We must dispel the old notions of rein- deer and Santa Ciaus, asthey have come down to us in picture booke of the "past. We have not yet seen anything of reindeer, Santa Claus or smiling little dugs in har- nese with tossing tails wraggling oigh up io the air. The only dogs, except a few very small and ugly ones, are those along with us, And they are cross, lop-eared, ugly and sneaking to look upor, wi-h their tails between their legs and with # cross and sullen iook in the eye.

Alas! how we are smashing our ideas. Some dust, some dust, in ali our ideas, aud, alas! tor the day when we must see this same dust spilling out. The vegeta- ton along here ws a perfect surprise. I see plan's as high a3 my Knee in every garden, and a garden in every Indian dooryard. Cabouage, turuips, tremenduus- ly large leaves of luttuce, aud onions.

Yesterday I attempted to take a walk at the outskirts of a village—all the villages up here are post cflices, and, as the Mexico is tue mail steamer, we miust stop at each one of the posts aud remain some tume—and on stepping otf the plank sidewalk I sank almost to my Knees iv rich soil and muist mosses. I threw oui my hands and caught a clump of bushes aud found my hand stingipg from nettles, Tbe nettles were higher ihau my head, al- though, not a hundred yards up the steeps of snow, some that had laid there, maybe, a thousand years. Anyone who knows any- things about eoil cau see how rich it must be bere in Alaska to send up suck rank vegetation here right on the edge of the

snow. Ihave seen a great many wid flowers, also tame ones, along here from

the dooryards of cificere and Indians alike. INDIANS LIKE CHINAMAN.

As for the Indiaus, they look something like Chinaman, especially the woman,par- ticularly about their eyes. They are snort fat, but far from repulsive to look upon. They are very ciean,and said to be to sume extent Cirisuavs both in practice and pro- fession. [beir towns are quite as orderly as those of the white men; their houses look the same, and but for the totem poles you would not kuow the difference. They are the most peaceful of all Indians, and by far the most industrious and civilized have ever encountered. For example, some of Father Duncan’s famous com- munity on Annette I-land bec_me dissat s- tied with the management of affairs lust year and went apart by themselves aud built asaw mill, and without a hand or word of help from any white man. They operate the mill entirely, seli lumber, send in bille, collect them and go right along. It is said they are getting rich. I have not found any of them in skins as in the picture books. ‘’pey are dressed, and well dressed, too, just like white p’ople either in Bostoa or New Orleans. Some of the children are barefooted, but as a rule, the youngest of them have shoes. I have not yet seen a pa'r of moccasins Or askin of any sort. Nor have we as yet encountered a single beggar.

Pallid faces indicate pale thin blood. Rosy cheeks show the pure, rich blood resulting from taking Hood’s Sarsapariiia.

Party lines are still noticable in the United States. The “Silver” Populists the “Silver” Democrats in Ohio, and the “Gold” Re- publicans would not endorse the “Gold” Democratic tickets in Kentucky.

Tue Weartuer — Moderate to fresh south and south west winds, fair and moderately warm.

er 3anpd Concert.—The Citizen’s Band frrnished the music for a promenadeconcert 02 Queen Square last night. ccaneenetpemenee

EnGiveers—The Charlottetown Engi- neers will meet for drill at the Drill Shed | at 7.30 this evening in uniform. Arrange- |

ments will then be made for Company | target practice. | ee es |

Souris Notes.—MVr. Albert MeDonald, ° of Sours, left yesterday morning for | Boston. The frienda of Conductor John Me- | Donald, intend giving him a banquet} i

tonight, previous to his removing to town,

Ella D. Arbuckle, Pictou, Idella Riggs, !

Ch’Town, W. P. Revnolds Halifax, are |

regiscered at the Sea View. aitlianis

Tue Conan. —The steamer Coban arrived |

thie morning from Montreal with agereral |

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cargo and a number of passengers for t!e round trip. She leftat2p. m. for Ss. |

Jonn’s, Nfld., with a general freight, con- si-ting of 148 sheep, 22 head of cattle, L | horse, 20 bags of potatoes and 324 barrels: of flour; and one passenger from this port, Mr. A. F. Gammond.

Tae Inpiana AFLoat.--The battleship Indiana left the dry dock, Halifax, about | 10 o’clock on Wednesday, passing out safely, clean and with two good coats of, paint. She anchored in the stream and. began taking on 800 tons of coal. The battleship will not likely sail before Thursday and then either for Portlard or Bar Harbor as ordere 1 by Admiral! Sicard.

Po.ice Court.—Robert Wakeling, Pete McInnis and Alex Darrock each fined $5 or 30 days for fighting on Great George and Euston streets on Aug. 7th. James| Whaelon was fined $2 or 10 days for} being drunk, The case of two young men charge! with being disorderly and engage- ed in a fight was adjourned until Monday. One of the above young men charged with another assault by a different party on the 12th inst. This case was also adjourned until Monday. , Margaret Buchenaon oa eomplaint of PF? BE. Foster, charged with assault was fined $2. Fine allowed to stand over. James Manning, ef Halifax who has been in the Hospital lately and now in a helpless state was ordered to be sent ba:k to Halifax to-morrow.

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Scorrism Gatnerninc.—At eight o’clock this morning the members of the Cale- donian Club “all tartan’d and plumed” left their room: on Queen Street, and headed

by their pipers and the band of the 82nd j

Battallion, marched to the railway station where they took a special train to Sum- merside. The tiain consisted of nive cars. A large number of people went from Charlottetown and two more cars had to be added to the train to accommudate the people who were waiting atthe different stations eu route. The games are taking place at the Summerside Driving Park this afternoon.

Up to half-past two o’clock the follow- ing events have been decided.

Putting heavy stone. —'st D J McDonald Ch’town; 41 feet; —2nd .D Clark, Grand River, 38ft 8in; —3:d Wm McLeod, Tyne Valley, 35ft 8in.

Running bigh juamp—L MeDonald, and D McVonald, Ch’town; tied at 5ft din.

Throwing heavy bammer.—Ist D Clark Grand River, 20d—D J McDonald Ch’town; 3rd Jas McEachern,Ci’.own. Thrown Yift Tin,

Running broad jump.—D J McDonald

‘h’cown, D McDonaid, Chtown; 18ft 3ir.

Three mile bicycle race— lst H Mabon, 2nd, ® Cook, 3rd, Reg Stewart, all of Ch’town.-~Time 8.14.

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PERSONAL.

Mr. Chester W. LePage, of Toronto, is visiting Charlottetown.

Mr. ard Mrs. J. A. Maskell, Cambridge, Mass. are visiting the Island.

Lord ard Lady Aberdeen went to Toronto yesterday to receive the British Association.

Lord Lister, the dist nzuishe! English physician, is in.Toronto to a‘tend at the meeting of the British Association.

Mr. W. J. Gates, Worthy Associate of the National Division, General Superinten- dent of Youog People’s Work, and Chair- man of the Agency Committee of the Grand Division of Nova Scotia is visiting our Island Home.

Arrivals at Clitf Bouse: James Waddell, Mrs J Waddell, Nora Waidell, Maggie Mc¥Kachern, Wm Martin, Bertie McCallam, Renjamin Rogers, jr, Ch’town, Mrs Bessie Hastings, Chas Hasting, Boston; W Fenety, A Fenety, New Gla-gow,N 8; Ma R H Mason, R H Mason, HO Brehaut, H H Brown, Albert Snelgrove, H Harvie, D McKenzie, C W Hyndman, James Taylor, | Fred Taylor, A P Large, Mrs A P Large, Mrs John McLeod, Walter P Taylor, Char- lottetown,.

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THNDERS Tenders for the construction of a brick and stone church, to be erected at Mount Carmel, P. E. I. for Rev. P. P. Arsenault, will be received up to Augusi 23rd 1897, at the Architect’s office. Plans and Specifications to be seen at | the undersigned’s ofilce.

R. P. LEMAY, Architect

Ch’town, Aug 10—dy246 rat

LOST.—A few days age, a flat steel key. | Apply at this fice. Aug l7tf

LO3T.—A White Curlv Dog. The tour ;j will please leave same at this Cffice and be re | warded, augl7

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on P.E.T, | This is what a gentleman in Ottawa has to say about “Prince Ed- ward Island —Illus- trated,” « copy of which he sent for some time ago. Every cay we receive or- ders from abruad, If you have any friends away from home, you should send them the book. It describes the Island thorough- ly, is profusely illu-- trated, got up in the best style, and the price 1s 25c¢ a copy. May be obtained at all the bookstores, or done up in wrappers ready to mail, at this

THE EXAMINER OFFICE, wee QUEEN STREET..... °

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RACES AT AVONDALE.

There will bearace for horses in the 2.38 class anda green race at Prairie Track (one of tke best tracks on the Island),Avondale, Lot 49, on THURSDAY, Angust i9. A libera: purse will be pro- vided.

Refreshments on the grounds. Admit- tance 20 cents; boys half price; ladies free. Races will begin at 1 p. m. sharp.

Entries will close August 15th at 6 p m. Ifthe dey is not *avorable the races

_ will be held ca the Saturday following.

JOSEPH FRASER,

aug6 Avondale, Lot 49.

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August Duliness

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Is unknown here, t hough the dog days are supposed to ve the dullest of the year

We Make it Lively

by offering phenomenal values in

Biouses

These prices are below the cost of production.

Blouses formerly sold at $1.25 and $1.40, now

* Blouses furmerly sold at 80c and 90c, now d0c,

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few Bicycles we will sell them at next year’s prices.

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REFRIGERATORS DODD & ROGERS &

HARD BRICK

30,000, suitable for uny special outside work.

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