THE DAILY EXAMINER.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. -

ISLAND. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1889.

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VOL. 25.-NO. 94.

Che Daily Examimer

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Only Direct Line Without Change.

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The Staunch and Commodious Steamships

“Carroll” and “Worcester,”

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end Charlottetown for Boston EVERY THURS- AY, at Six o'clock, p. m.

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Men’s Rubber Coats, Men's Rubber Coats, Men’s Rubber Coats.

Ready-Made Clothing, Ready-Made Clothing, Ready-Made Clothing.

New Carpets, New Carpets, New Carpets.

New Flannels, New Flannels, New Flannels,

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cLEOD & McKENZIE, Star Merchant Tailors, Have entered upon their Semi-Annual Season of giving Rare Bargains.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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Letter from M-. Andrew Leslie.

ae ae ae . | Sim,—As this is not near so fishy an ar-

® ticle as either of the other two that you | In reference to graded schools, the sup-

, were kind enough to publish for me, I trust you will do the same with this, and not ‘consign it to the waste basket, that terror _to evil-doers that do not sign their name at | the end. | Some of this, whatever it may be worth, :is like some more of our best human inten- tions, just in time to be too late; that is, in ‘not being seen until after our annual school | meetings, when votes are given to re-elect \trustees, for building, repairing and other- \wise maintaining schoolhouses, supple- |mentary salaries, etc., etc. These votes, ‘in my humble opinion, are of far more im- | portance than votes given on that fanatical ‘affair, called the Scott Act. The cause of | temperance has certainly done much good, {but not by coercion. Indians or negroes ‘may stand that, but not us. The northern | European is the smartest man ever pro-

‘duced by the world, and has always been/schools, Prince County is far ahead of this,

remarkable for his extreme thirst for alco- holic drinks. Thank God, that kind of thirst appears to be considerably diminish- ‘ed, but perhaps after a few more gener- ations, their smartness may diminish with their thirst. But to our tale, Trustees should be men of some ability—honest, earnest, and anxious about the education of youth; and they ought to be candidates for the position, and not shoved in, being unwilling towork. Good, willing, working trustees are a great help in schoo] matters, and their ready attention encourages teacli- ers. There formerly were tive, now three. But only one elected annually, and allowed a per centage, of course, on coilections, would work far better, if for no other reason than that he would be far more personally responsible.

School trustees are only a kind of agency appointed and employed by their neigh- bors, every one of whom is a partner in the business, and whose advice is never far to seek. -I know it is a troublesome office, because | have been in it before now for nigh twenty years, and have found that three are petter than five; but one would work better still, and would, no doubt, be looked upon as more respectable after a while. As many of the parents as possible should certamly attend the semi-annual examinations, if for no other reason than to show their interest in the work. When anyone does attend it is an unexpected pleasure to themselves and teacher.

Building new schoolhouses in many dis- tricts to auit present requirements is often a difficult matter—in districts especially where the Celtic element is strong. Where a new schoolhouse is required, or otherwise expensive repairs recommended on the ex- isting one, the noise at that meeting is often serious. In fact, a stranger’s attend- ance would surely lead him to think that about half the men there were either half mad or half drunk. But after a year or two at that the thing becomes quieter and

the work begins to goon. What a pretty show for a district a govd-looking school- house is, walls whitewashed, roof coated, 9 with well-kept grounds, and banking re-

At prices we have not hitherto offered, in order to make room for our

FALL IMPORTATIONS.

This step was unavoidable, and as a consequence you may anticipate rare plums.

HOURS—FROM SEVEN TO SIX.

McLEOD & McKENZIE.

Charlottetown, July 31, 1889.

E"or Thirty Days

GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE Of Boots and Shoes.

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moved in time.

For running expenses the thing is better done, because there is less todo, but too often very carelessly carried out by the trustees, and the teacher don’t see them often enough.

The supplementary clause is—unless in the graded schools—the very best clause in our present School Act, because it’s mostly meant as an encouragement to teachers, which is much wanted. Our teackers, as to number and the duties required of them to be efficient, make them individually and collectively, to a considerable extent, res- ponsible for the welfare of the rising gener- ation. Suppose two children attending school, whose father has been in favor of voting a supplement, and other two whose father has been opposed to such a measure. Now, human nature does not warrant the belief that these children will get equal ,attention in that school from that teacher ; jand for a like reason the same result must follow in every district school, and does, too, in a much more marked degree than most folks think. Of course, all teachers {must go by plumb and rule—to a certain degree—but they have full control of their !own work when in school, so much so that ‘encouragement, one might naturally sup- | pose, would be a considerable factor in the | efliciency of teachers.

E will offer the balance of our Spring and Summer Stock , “The three most thankless businesses that

ata BIG SACRIFICE FOR CASH. The Biggest Bar- J. C. SPRAGUE.

gains in the City guaranteed.

Chatlottetown, Aug. 19, 1889—tu fri wky

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New Furniture.

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. } | i hat we can leave New Solid Oak Bedroom Sets, sii ce%wies. 22'S }#-—-

iciiics Elegant Parlor Tables and Hall Stands,

LATEHST DHSIGNS:! a CALL AND SHE US.

MARK WRIGHT & CO.

Charlottejowa, Auguat 20, 1988,

I know of are: an honest politician, an ear-

nest teacher, anda hen with young ducks |near a pond. But teachers are not all jteachers in the proper sense of the word. | Being able to teach the young idea how to

shoot is a natural gift of a very high order. ‘In fact, the real essence of the thing cannot | be acquired. : Take two families for instance, the same ‘locality, the same kind of people and every- ‘thing else being equal, see how early and ‘nice one set of these children learn the ‘common courtesies of life, and how to ap- preciate the value of appearances. The other set don’t know nor don’t care much about such advancement until they arrive ‘at the age of puberty—the most remarkable |period of human existence—all owing to ,the inability of the parents of the latter to teach.

| In fact, one of the few things, and one

primary schools and the press are by far tha most important parts of the whole ma- chine. But, unfortunately, too many of the young are kept home whenever they become useful, and just when they begin to learn what school means, which is anything but encouraging to teachers. Suppos> nine

years at school, the last three, im most}

cases, are better than the first six; there- fore it should be possible to leave the scholars longer at school, and if it dogs

nothing else it would gradually help to ban- |

nish that fallacy about the imaginary quar- ters of the m2ou affegting the weather and the time fo cut sails silt thistles, stlcs, ete. —just

next door to witchcraft. That is nearly gone,the moon must follow,and,I would like |to say, so will advertisements about quack |medicines. Farmers are often advised in ‘print te beware of frauds, but none of them compare in size to quack medicines.

‘plement is voted in a lump sum,-and after- wards divided by the trustees; and ahough the principals have less to do, and get far more Government pay, yet they generally get the big half of the supplementary vote. Of course their work is of a higher order and consequently costs more to learn it, but the primary teacher has to do far more work for less pay. Perhaps the thing is hard to mend, but it don’t appear to be a reasonable arrangement. A school full to overflowing with a small fry of scholars, every one of whom cannot get too much attention,—the other the seats some more than half full with scholars fairly well ad- vanced, it’s not hard to see who has the most work to do, and the difference in pay can be easily seen in the annual School Report. But in speaking distinctly of supplementary salary in district

and in material progress as well. This County has 113 district schools and pays $1025 as supplement, 54 of these schools, or rather 54 teachers, get no supplement. Prince County has 127 schools and pays $1941 as supplement, and only 29 teachers without. In paying supplement a district ‘loses little or nothing, as it may be said that it (supplement) only changes hands through the recipients and an equal sum from the treasury as well. If this kind of reasoning is worth anything as to districts, it is worth more when applied to the coun- ty. We pay more for education per capita. than any other people ; but a little more supplement won't break us. Therefore 1 would suggest that every teacher be given supplement, from $10 to $25, according to work to be performed. We are very far ahead in this county of what we were twenty-five years ago, although many of our Grit friends won't see it. But what is it when compared with Prince County. Thirty-five years ago we were ahead ; now they are far ahead of us. About that time the Hon. James Yeo said in the House of Assembly that he was then paying more duty than all the rest of Prince County, and his statement, of course, was never doubted. Compare that and the present volume of trade, the exhibits of agricul-

tural products, and of industrial pursuits, and it is easily seen what progress Prince | County has made during the three last de- | cades. It has always been a better field ' for growing wheat than this—it is further west. This end of our Island is on the)

very eastern verge of the wheat growing |

wheat crop here seldom reaches what would | be considered an average further west. | But it is not the wheat so much as the in-! terest they take in and the attention they | pay to their schools.

Queen’s County has had advantages and opportunities years ago that King’s and Prince Counties could not reach up to at’ that time. (Queen’s County has 149 district | schools and pays $1954 as supplement, 53! schools without. So Prince County takes _ the lead in primary schools and also in supplement according to population.

Some thinkers of to-day hold that the | schools will shut the churches. I don’t | believe that, but as the human mind ad- | vances, which it is now doing faster than | ever before, our divines will have to change their tune a little to suit our further ad- vanced acquirements. What a pity all our Christian denominations could not join, which will be some day, and deal more with Christ’s life, his precepts and example, and less with his death and that plan of salyation. It will not be questicned that the higher the grade of civilization, the! more men abound in knowledge and reach | loftier standpoints of observation and re- flection, the less inclined are they to credit the doctrines of such a cruel story as his; Satanic Majesty and his monstrous maga- zine of burning brimstone which has, no doubt, originated in the human mind from seeing burning mountains. But how such! a belief has floated down all the ages since | to the present time will forever remain a mystery. It’s strange that education, knowledge or mind culture, which is by far, the most important agency to-day and! yesterday, and will be for all time to come in advancing the human race, is so little spoken about, far less though of by the great majority of people even in this ad- vanced age. Even a little general useful knowledge rightly picked up; what a differ- ent vim it gives to life, instead of being intellectual imbeciles not being able to converse, except on smali local matters. In my opinion geography, history and ratural science ought to be taught far more in our schools and grammar far less. The first} three gives an additional desire for more knowledge, the latter has been a serious loss of time, a complete school puzzle to the great majority of children, and very soon forgot.

Bnt our three counties have done very well since Confederation. There has been one little drawback, when our prohibitory iriends stopped us from making our own whiskey, we had to import, and much of that from big Yankee breweries, spurious stuff, and consequently we had to buy a lot of quack medicineto counteract its bad affects. Now there is a more serious trouble. The Liberal party, so called, preaches the poverty over prosperous Can- ada of to-day, and knowing well that there is not such another field for emigration on this globe at present the leaders spout \this poverty doctrine like wounded whales ‘spouting blood, dirtying the water as they

region in the Lower Provinces, and our

igo and exhausting the little strength they have left. They want a rest, poor fellows,

so they all do, which has helped Yankee- dom a great deal; and the Englishman tells some one who said that he did not like England: “If you don't like England, d——n you, you can leave it.” And that principle, alive in the people, has made England the envy and admiration of all other nations for hundreds of years. Our poverty preachers want us to join the Yankees in some kind of trade, and they call it a big name too—Unstricked Sprocty —I cannot spell it ; and that is a pity, be- cause except on paper, it is all a humbug. But in refercing again to this Island, it is but a small speck on the map of Canada; aud I willsay just here, without fear of contradiction, that it is the happiest spot on this continent, and happiness is ay richer far thar all the gold ever got in Cal- ifornia. Our (sland also is very healthy, and we have always plenty to eat, 80

we might truly say with Burns, ‘‘Some have meat that cannot feat; and some could eat that want it.” But we have meat and we can eat, so let the Lord be thanked, Amen, Amen.

Arprew Leste. Souris West, Sept. 11, 1889.

Consumption Can Be Cured

By proper, healthful exercice, and the judi- cious use of Scott’s Emalsion of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites, which contains the heal- ing and health-giviug virtues of these two valuable specifics in their fullest form. Dr. D. D. McDonald, Petitcodiac, N. B., says :— “T have been prescribing Scott’s Emulsion with good results. It is especially useful in

rsons of consumptive tendencies.” Sold by

ruggists, 50c. and $1.00

Beauty

Is desired and admired by all. Among the things which may best be done to enhance personal beauty is the daily use of Ayer’s Hair Vigor. No matter what the color of the hair, this prepa- ration gives it a lua- tre and pliancy that ~ adds greatly to its 3 charm. Should the hair be thin, harsh, dry, or turning gray, Ayer’s Hair Viger will restore tke color, bring out a new growth, and render the oli soft and shiny. For keeping the scalp ciean, cool, and healthy, there ia no better preparation in the market.

“T am free to confess that a trial of Ayer’s Hair Vigor has convinced me that it is a genuine article. Its use has not only caused the hair of my wife and daughter to be

Abundant and Glossy,

ee has given my ion mus- tache a respectable length and appear- ance.’’—R. Britton, Oak’ and, Obio.

*“*My hair was coming out (without any assistance from my wife, either). I tried Ayer’s Hair Vigor, using only one bottle, and I now have as fine a bees of hair as any one could wish for.” -—-R. T. Schmittou, Dickson, Tenn.

“ T have used Ayer’s Ha'r Vigor in my family for a number of years, and re- gatd it as the best hair preparation I know of. It keeps the scalp clean, the hajr soft and lively, and preserves the original color. My wife has used it for a long time with most s tisfactory re- sults.’’— Benjamin M. Jc anson, M. D., Thomas Hill, Mo.

‘* My hair was becoming harsh and dry, but after using half a bottle of Ayer’s Hair Vigor it grew black ond glossy. [ cannot express the joy and gratitude [ feel.” — Mabel C. Hardy, Delavan, Ml.

* “ . Ayer’s Hair Vigor, PREPARED FY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Masa. Sold by Druggists and Perfumers.

ON CONSIGNMENT,

And For Sale at a Bargain.

p> (\ BARRELS FLOUR, slightly damaged. ”) For sale by E. H. NORTON & CO.

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In Lots to Suit Purchasers:

100 barrels Flour, warranted equal to the best ; price per barrel, $5.25.

5 octaves Vinegar,

1 cargo Roofing Gravel,

15 bars Copper, 14 in. equare,

5 large Pilate Glass Mirrors,

1 Emerson Piano, only in use six months and cost $350, will be sold at a bargain, as the owner is leaving the Island.

10 barrels Pure Cod Oil (no mixture).

Some choice Building Lots in different parts of the city.

Apples and other goods arriving daily.

E. H. NORTON & CO., sept6—dy eod & wky Auctioneers.

TENDERS.

EALED TENDERS will be receivéd by \) the undersigned until the 17th inst.,

at noon,

'on the Treasury benches, and . no noe Roe the Building of a Warehouses

We might lend the seats for a time, but on account of this poverty scare we cannot irisk it, as it would certainly cost too much junder present circumstances.

Why the poorest and most illiterate | Yankee fisherman that ever tou.ue? our

sores, is an immigration agent so t “because he alwaye brags of hit canter ond

on Kent Strest,

as per plan and specification to be seen at the office ot Chappell & Phillips. The lowest or any tender not necessarily

accepted. W. B. ROBERTSON. septs—eod

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