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OH) States. But it is unlikely that she will 7) doso. The United States will probably . ; have to take the responribility of begin- j 4 ning the war,—unless indeed, as seems to 2) be anticipated by Congress, Spain will at

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) Province Swithin the past year; the number of schools yOpen in 1897 was 467; and the number of departments 579,— an increase of nine. . Of the schools 184 are in Queen’s County, BI 9152 in Prince, and 131 in Kings. soumber of teachers employed last year by She Government was 579,—an increase of neo. Wlacs, an increase of ceyep; three hundred mind thirty-nine are of the secogd ¢c)ass,—

eachers numbered 332.0" +

_ 203, Ofthe pupils 11,5/6 were Hoye, A decttane of 169, and 9,869 wert witla, adecrease of ‘average attendance was 12,978, a decrease 434,—the percentage of decrease being 1.17

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THE DAILY EXAMINER

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APRIL 19, 1898.

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THE STATES AND SPAIN.

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' As between the United States and Spain, “the die has been cast.” The word of the President only remains to be given to “ let slip the dogs of war.” Spain would now be justified in making

an aituck upon the

the last moment yield the point. It is to be noted that while congress expresses the opinion that Cuba ought to be free and jndependent, and declares that it is the duty of the Government of the States to demaad that Spain shal! relincuish Cuba, it ex- pressly disclaims any intention of acquir. ing the island, and says that the object of the States is merely io bring about peace and Jeave the Government of Cuba

to its

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THE PUBLIC SCEOOLS.

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The number of school districis in the

469,—an increuse of three

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The

Seventy-two of these were of the firat

THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN APRIL 19,

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

—British Columbia wants a road to the Yukon valley, and is now building one that will suit the purpose quite as well as the proposed second-hand tramway that Mann and Mackenzie were to be given a kingdom to build.

—With a greater number of teachere and heavier expense, there are fewer pupils enrolled in our public schools and a considerably lower average of attendance. Something wrong, gentiemen !

—La Patrie expresses the op nion that theabolition of the French language in otticial use in Louisiana, is most lament- all>, and that it will give a fatal blow to all annexationists known and unknown io our country. After this no Canadian Freachman will be found to vote for An nexafion.

—Public opimon in Charlottetown will, we feel sure, justify the Legislature in rejecting the bill to impose a tax upon the owners of bicycles. Bicycles do no harm to the street. The proposed tax would bring in very little money while it would cause a great deal of irritation. Little special taxes, ought,as far as possible,to be avoided and imposed only for the protection of citizens against the unfair comypetiticn of non-taxpaying outsiders,

—Mr- McIntosh resigned the office of Lieutenant Governor of the North. West Territorieson the Ist of Jacuary last. But his resignation has not yet been ac cepted. He can’t get rid of the office, much as he wants to, because of complic.- tions arising out of the claims of rival politicians who have promises, etc. Oh what @ tangled web we weave, whene’er we practice to deceive.

—Mr. D’Alton McCarthy was never a

very regular attendant of the House of a ; Commons. But since he went over to the

Liberals he seems to have gone to the bad altogether. He was present last year only for fifteen days of the session and managedto draw indemnity to the amount of $752. This year he has so far been present only for a short time in

Hod sixty-eight of the third class,—g de.

srease of thirty. The men employed as

crease of eight,

ind the women 247, an weriase two. The pupils eoroffed numbered 21,545, a de- |

124. Tie dally

The following table gives the namber of upils in each branch of study for 1896 ud 1897:

1896. 1897. 422,133 21,845

upils Enrolled......... bee

MOTB ccccccccccces.coccssccesecscoes 12,145 11,976 y

Piven rccvccs cocvecoce coves . 9,993 9,869 verage Daily Attendance. .13,412 12 978 Primer and Book I...........- 4,871 4,863 EE | 7,408 7,636 Book IV...... iiccatlvapeteeeies 4,603 4,419 . ieasetdiis, ae Ae DOK V1 ve cccccce ccccseees obevees 1,756 1,764 ten Ei tbisbeadeihioen 197136 19,213

Oe | Arithmetic .....0.. 0... eeeeeeees 19,639 19,368 Bey | Gram mar......... 2. ceeceeeereees 12,005 12,245 SRIDAOET. oo csevscccevesccccesee O,080 8,610 P PGeography....6. 2.2 eeeeeeee 12,635 12,953 | )Orthographby............+...-14,108 15,345 COM POBILION........cceeeerseeees 10,627 10,358

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S vince was $128,662.53,—an increase of $94,578.21. Of che total amount, $1 09,)97,-

+ The following amounts were voted at the

’ 9 Total... cescsereeeercrerer s « « «$32,781.00 # Including all eupplements the higheet

Music.....

Beok-keepiog....csee eseceeeeee 170 134 | a eee Se

Scientific Temperance. ....... 4,548 3,436

PN. Voce cdobecsres 967 919

Aina. ccneacs ctcechtidee vies 1,441 1,645

MRO on oo ctvccccees coccccecece 19

SE ccacteccce chpecse &6Ga 3,697

Blgebrs,. . ...cccoseccvvveccoees 1,362 1,543

Geometry.....00+ iedeinebekliness 1,235 1,461

leducation by the Government of the Pro-

70 was drawn by teachers, an increase of $4,073.70 although both supplements and bonuees are reduced. The explanation of the increased expenditure is given by the Superintendant of the Public Schools, from whose report these statistics are obtained. Mr. McLeod says: —

“The additional number of second-class teachers employed during the year ac- counts for almost the whole of this amouat. These teachers receive a much la-ger statutory allowance than those of inferior rank. A second-class male teacher paid $45 more than a male teacher of the

is

third-class or a female teacher of tne second-class. A second-class female ‘tacher receives $50 more than a

‘female teacker ofthe third class. A male ‘teav*her of the third class is paid $50 more ‘than a female teacher of the same claas. As the amount that each teacher receives ‘for salary is fixed by statute, the Educati- ‘onal department has no control over this Jitem of expenditure.”

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“Schoo! Meetings in June last, to meet cur. qrent expense :

¢ Queen’s Co.,exclusiveof Ch’town $ 7,294,1%

¢ Prince Co.,exclusiveof S’side.. 7,916,7% B Ring's Co.,........rcccccccsereccereee 4,890, 30 S Charlottetown. .... ..cosss00..-2-. 10,479, 18

Summerside......00-seesece. . 2,200,07

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and lowest salaries paid to teacher under each grade of license were as follows :

‘ strong plea for the extension of the sheep | industry of the United Stateg,

vue tile

A - ‘ na ¢agtot b€ esumatea by the matehmatician?

... 4.504 3,922 ) monstrous and unjustifisble.

The total amount expended in 1897 for }

FOWLERISMS. (By Nath’l C. Fowler, Jr.) The barking war-dog never fights,

Foliteness in business is a business com- modity.

Lack of confidence is failure.

The good old is better than the bad new.

He who is sick would not be half 80 sick if he didn’t think be istwice as sick as he is.

The undiscovered goal shines with a brightness greater than the real light of fact.

Woman may not propose herself, but she alone can dispose, while man only proposes.

Practice gives fact; theory is guess~work, but all fact was born of theory.

Ten per cent. of the folks do the think~ ing for the remainivg pinety per cent,

SHIP NEWS.

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Port of Charlottetown. ENTERED, April l18-SS Wm Aitken, Batt, Pug- wash,

CLEARED, April 16.—Swallow. F:nlayson, Pinette, Apri! i8- Ethel Agzie, Phalen, Magda- len Islands; ss Wm Aitken, Batt, Pictou

Reece

: ¥ Ay pemea Carter's for Wall Paper Weare now moving into the brick building formerly occupied by Miile

Bros where we have a nice show of goodsr

We want all our ola customers to com. along and bring as many mere as thee can.—W P Colwill. 2w dwy

four daye ; and how mych he jij draw no mao cay S4y.

—Professor ''homas Shaw, ina recent issue of the Farmer’s Voice, makes a

He points the importance of thie 1 ustry

ant that it would be unfair io the sheep industry to say that the maximum of its valae is represented by the number of sheep in the country valued at so much per head. This arises from the intimate relation whish exists between fertility and the production of maximum crops. It has been the practice in reckoning the profit on sheep growing to place a value on the lamb crop and on the wool, and to deduct from that sum the costof maintenance. This mode of reckoning only telis half the story, for the service rendered by each animal in destroying weeds and in tertilizing the soil is oftentimes fully equal to the cash returns which it gives the owner,

Montreal Gazette: Sir Richard Cart- wright’s defence of the Government’s financial administration could only be done justice to. by some one with Sir Richard Cartwright’s vituparative opposition tongue. Sir Richard was woat to denounce an expenditure of thirty-eight millions a year by the Conservative Government as Drugged by the employment of power, or hypnotized by the influences that tend to extravagance in the present ministry, Sir Richard Cart- wright no longer worries over the expend- ture of thirty-eight millions a year, but is satisfied to sit by and see and share in the making of expenditures of thirty-nine or forty millions. Not zonly thie, but he is willing to find excuses for what he con~ demned, and actually declares now that ‘he contrast between what the Liberals spend and what the Con- servatives spent is disaavantageous to the Liberals because the Conservatives ecawped the services and did notin their last year, spendenough. This is worse than weak. [tis insulting to common in- telligence. The fact ia there is no defence to be made forthe Laurier Goverument’s

manner ef dealing with the finances. Its members have been in public life for years. They had opportunities equal to

those of their opponents for judging of the need of the country. If they were in good faith as opposition critics, they are in bad faith now. And the worst of them is Sir Richard Cartwright, who, from the Opposition benches, could hardly speak civilly of wen who were spending from one and a half to two millions a year less than he and his colleagues now spend and seek to justify,

MAY FESTIVAL

sceesee IN THB secccccee

LYCEUM, ON’TOWN,

issenkenanae iced aodaes

9th and 10th of May

The Ladies of the different societies connected with Notre Dame Convent, in- tend holding a May Festival,

For the Benefit of the Institution

ov the above mentioned date, in the Ly- ceum. There will be refreshment, fruit and candy tables, also others, where a variety of ornameatal and useful articles will be disposed of. Nothing will be left undove to make the Festival a grand success.

ADMISSION 10c.

of Wall Paper buyers come here because they find here the

Vall raper

they Want. Exclusive styles, new désigns, fresh, and up-to-

date. Because there’s more here to choose from, because’ there’s

little to pay.

Moore & McLeod,

The W:1] Paper Men.

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Pirst Claes, Male..........$783.00 $320.00

Fifst Clase, Femaie....... 36600 311.00

Second Class, Male.......... 411.00 225.00 | j Second Clase, Female....... 351.00 18606 * Third Clase, Male........ 240.00 180.00

Third Class, Female....... 26660 130.00

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—It is better to evecor than to kill. Our Legislature is auxious preserve our parts | 4,

for,

STERNS |

BEST

Our 1898 “STERNS” will be here in a day or two, Yeu'll find them well worth waiting Prices—$40,00,

50,00, 75.00 each.

Mark Wright & 00. Lto

TOME MAKERS.

DIED.

In Oakland, Cal., March 23, John, be loved husband of Margaret McGilvery’ father of Hugh J. McGilvery and brother of Daniel McGilvery,a native of Prince Edward Island, aged 45 years.

CONCERT !

In aid of

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH

to be held in the scheolroom Tuesday Evening, April 19,

PROGRAMME,

i. Vocal Quartette—“Boat Song”. ..........0..0. Misses Dodd, Fitz zerald, Cotton end Haszara 2. Violin Solo—“Sarghrito”......Mozart Singer

Miss P. Large. : 3. Vocal Solo—“The Fairest Angel”...Hoffman Mr Ernest Hill Hon. mr. Bell. 5. Vocal Solo—*‘The Island of Dreams’......... ce .. 3. Adams

4. Reading

Miss W Cotton‘ 6. Cello Solo—"‘O rest in the Lord”. Mendelsshon Mr Ernest ill (by request) 7. Vocal Solo—“*Mary of Argyle’...............

; Miss Annie Hyndman.

S MOOGIS,. sa ce Judge Fitzgerald. 9, Vocal Solo—“Trusting only You”.G L Davies

Mr Leslie Cook. sm liane Foo oi cok > vas ck a

Miss Hornsby and Me-srs Hyndman and Hil’,

- Vocal Solo...... ae ce @

Miss L Dodd: S. Violin Golo. ..... ce : Prof Vinuicombe. . Reading...... suka Cekenkes suai Mr Fritz Moore. ut OME GONG, «ss bau sno scese

Mr Charles Earle.

B. Epatemmmentel GomrceGm. ... 0... cece scsess ees Mevsrs Vinnicombe, Gaudet, Stewart and Hill.

GOD SAVE THE CUEEN.

Admission 15 cents,

i. O& OG FF.

Willcelebrate their 79th Anniversary by a

GRAND OPERATIC

ENTERTAINMENT

IN THE—

Opera - Flouse,

oe es

Tuesday Evening, April 26th

PROGRAMME. PART I.

OeetETOsccce.corces Vinnicombe’s Orche-tru 1, Operatic Chorus from Cinderella... . ....-With Trcehestral Accompaniment 2. Living Picture—* Visiiiog Brethren” 3. Baritone Solo. ....... cess. Selected Mr. J.H.McDoould 4. Reading——‘In the Addirgton Lectiegisen uh oxbhecnbnekesuet Aqueduct” Miss Alice Lillian Butcher . Vocal Quertette—*The Lovers” ¥ on 0 0 5 poneeniy ys wackensende UNE SII Oe 6. Clapracter BOURcccccccss +: ceccksvesecnconees T. VeGQRl BalOssiceinivcrce os 6 EON Miss Edna Sinclair. 8. Rainbow Dance with Electrical .... Effects

on

PART Il.

1. Scene from Opera Robin Hood........ S; Fiedin Gales... +. ses

i icambe.

Prof. \

3. Comic Quart: “Call Foun’ ....iese , The Misses ] and Messrs Moore au: (©. Earle.

4, Reading—*A Sixi+>'v Scheme”’.........

Miss Alice Lilli. Butcher, 5. String Quartettc—*. .s:imes . on a a gain meleeel the Levee” The Misses Murphy, Maceachern and Blake, Miss Carroll Accompanist. 6. Operatic Chorne...Se!ections from Ge udcuiessueeas ek .- Erminie ot SAW PU RB. Be Teves stsen aac GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,

Doors open at 7.40. Entertainment commences at &.

Admission 2 and 25 cents. Plans at usual places on Wednesday 20th at 10 a.m.

T. M. WALLER

Sec’y Com.

J. F.WHEAR,

GENTLEMEN — IN NEED

ofa nize pair of Choco late colored boots should not fail to see our

S3.00 BOT

No better boot to be had: for the money than this, Other lines at much lower prices,

Stamper’s Corner.

1898,

Aatac’ at} att{| uf «tl «i{{| «tl «ill

“PROGRESS ”

light running wheel, perial;” as gocd as Town.

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aiji Ride ‘the go lightly kind.”

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Lf You See Them

Youare Sure to Like Them

made by the same firm asthe “Imperial.” In style and finish nearly most $60 wheels, better than any $

FRED. P. N EWSON, Agent

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Wheels

A good, strong equar to the a 49 whee] in

Is the goddess that we have to cater to. You may put on an air of superior wisdom and say that she dogs not can. trol vou, but when you come to order your new spring

suit you ask to see

The New Coloriogs in Suitings

The Latest Besigns in Trouserings

and Morning Coats

Then the latest fashion

| Thd Newest Fabrics for Prince Alberts

plates, for then you want to

Know if our artists can produce the garment when finish.

ed just as represented.

She bosses everybody—weli,

nearly everybody. Weare up to date with her newest productions in colorings and designs, and our artists ean produce the rest as represented on the fasion plates,

R. K. JOST

Come aud Select Your gpring Suit

John McLeod & boy, |

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may

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Beales Corner

Grafton and Gt. Geo. St.

We still have some very extra brands of French Cham- pagnes in stock.

Grand Mousseux, Chateau de Pierland, Gieslen & Co. a Avize, Mum's Extra Dry. Alfred Greatier & Co’s,

JOY & DAVIES

RD

$4.25 and $5.00 custom made

PANTS

are the best value in Cl’town A splendid assortment of goods to select from,

D. A. Bruce,

HIGH-CLASS TAILORING FOR SALE OR TO LET. That most desirable businesss stand, situated on Kent Street, be- ween Prince and Great George. This property was ovcupied for so ne years past by the late J. A. Cameron, as a watch and jewelry store and

dwelling, -For particulars apyly to pire : D. STEWART,

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Baker, Kent Street.

SARTOREAL ARTISTS.

SSS.

Columbias and Others

There are two kinds of W heeis, COLUMBIAS and all others. Columbias are in a class by themselves, Prices 44, 60, 85 and 140 dollars, ‘he 58 dollar wheel is equal

lof the best high grade bi-

cycle on the market of any other make. Each wheel guar- anteed by a company who do not know how to make slop goeds- The purchaser of a

R . ME. YOUNG,

Avent for P. EL

War

You wage war in spring time 0B dirt and dust, and (possibly) on your husband’s temper.

How About Your e tn ¢, tien Houseclecning Suppiles WE SELL everything you need im that line, viz: Brooms, Brashes, Washing Soda, Pearime, ar Sapolio, Honebold Ammoal laundry Scap at 3)c per lp of 16 o2z*;Potash, Feather Dasvers, etc. Come to ue for everything YOU require in those lives.

SANDERSON & 00:

Wholesale and Retail Grocers.

Str Campania

Wil! icave Montreal first trip about Monday, 18th April, Send TT tions ‘o your shipping agents early secure room, as poss ris her more offered than sufficient

CARVELL BROS., Agents

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