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THE vDAinY MXAAMINER CHARLUT'E TOWN, FEBRUARY 3 19C0
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local and Other Items a THE LIFTING TRICK. - i oman "7 meg iT IS EASY TO PERFORM, BUT HAS
Hocxagy.—Souris ve. Charlottetown next TO UNDERSTAND.
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Jobe, N B., bas been closed. Poor busi- the cause, suniitiaitiiedid From Tae Liqvor Trarrre.—The State of South Carolina bas cleareb up $1.706, 600 from its menopoly of the liquor busi- pess since the dispensary system wae es- esatiished in 1892. Its earlier years were the most profitable and the present year i* expected to yielo $500,000.
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ness wae
Loox ovr For Tuis.-~Lote of things geing On DO*-a-days to Oceupy one’s at- tention. Bat there is one date which everyore thould makes note of and keep clear of appointments. Thureday, Feb- roary the 22ed @ grand patriotic soneert ie to be held in the Opera House in aid of the Red Crosa Society. Enough eaid,
ennepine
For Magazine Purpoers. It is report- ed that the United States government bes taken Iona Islands, in the Hudeon River, near Peekskill as a site for a magezine forthe navy. For several! yeara the authorities have been trying to obtain asite somewhere near New York. It is proposed to erect storehouses suffiztient to bold at least 20,000 tone of explosives.
Ay O_p awpj Wett Tarep Remenpy.— Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fitty years by mull'one of motuers for their children while teething with perfect euccess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, alisys tee pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It is pleasant to the taste. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-Sve cents a botile. Its velue is incalculabie. Be sure and ask fer Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.
Was Sorry vor tHe Bosrs.—A story is told in the Birmingbam Daily Mail on the departure ofone of the reservists for the front, showing the sublime confidence which a Britieh soldier’s wife haa in the
rowess of her spouse. As her husband | Net inthe train from Snow Hill station, a
woman was to be seen weeping bitterly. Full of sympathy, a bystander tried to speak words of comfer: to the grief
stricken wite, when he was met with the following answer: “Qh it aio’ im I’m troubling abcut, it’s ‘hem poor Boers I'm athinkiog of, Biil’s such a terror when ‘esiaris * So-+aying, the woman started off home, shuddering at tue dire fate that awaited the enemy in South Africa.
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lie Read Caine, Hall Caine was in this coun- Aldine club
While
try several years ago the of New York city dinei him. Among those invited to meet Mr. Caine was one of the most popular of our Ameri- can authors. Soon after the dinner be- gan dinner cards began to circulate with requests for autographs. The author in question whispered to his peighbors: “I’m going to send my card up to Mr. Caine as soon as I can, for I am down for a speech later on, and 1 want to be able to say that I've read something that Caine written.”—New York Mail and Express.
has
The Pendulum Alone Out of Order.
An Onion Creek (Tex.) darky visited the establishment of an Austin jew- éler.
“] wish, you dis heah penjulum.”
“How can | regulate the pendulum Without the rest of the clock?’
“Dars nuftin de matter wid de rest ob de inards ob de clock, so | jess leff ‘em at home. Jess you fix up de pen- julum. Ef der penjulum goes all right, de rest ob de clock goes all right too. I know dat much, even if 1 ain't bad
bo book larnin.”’—Texas Siftings.
would regulate
boss,
Liver Complaint.
Fuddy—What is the matter with Harris? fle seems all out of sorts
Duddy—He is suffering from liver com] !
Fuddy—Can’t he find anything to help
Duddy—He is locking around for a hew 1] ‘ n which liver is not sture of the *uisine
a **-ere penned A Great ok Free. When Dr. } of Buffalo, N.
¥., pub shed the ti.-« edition of his great
work, The People’s Common Sense Medi- tal Adviser, he announced that after $80,000 copies had been sold at the regu~ lar pr €e « f $1.50 per copy, the profit on Phich would repay bim for the great ‘Mount sbor and money expended ID Froducing it, he would distribute the next half ny nfree. As this aumber of COpeshas already bee: id, he 18 DOW eving away al itely free 500,000 copies f this most c ym plete ,intereetingand valu- le com sense medical work ever pUdlishe recipient only berg re- quired to mail to him, at above address,
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3 Obe-cent etamps to cover cost of mail- ing Only al ‘book « be sent post~ Dard | s veritabie mi¢ ] cal library Com piete e volume. Contains 1008 Pages, profusely ustrated. The Free Edition cise e gare as that sold At $1.50 « pt only that the books are in trong manilla paper covere instead of loth. 8 w before all are given awe
The British Navy cos £22,170,000
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fT yesr 1896-97,
White Goods
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$10,000 WORTH. OF 1900. $10,000 WORTH
We have been preparing for this sale for nearly a year. Sheetings, Pillow Cottons, etc., etc., before the advance in price, and can give better values than we have ever offered you before. We are positive we can show you the largest assortment of White Wear at the lowest prices ever seen in Charlottetown. We leave you to judge, come and see for yourselves. 22 obliging clerks to show goods.
WHITE COTTON, Night Dresses
. ~ a 4c¢| PRICES—1.40, 1-44, 1.58, 1.76, 1.80 Skirts ; Table ; a0 inches wide EC | 1.90.1.98. 9.03. 295 x 48. 9.93 : ee re ie i Linens 86 « ““ 6c | “sy eae a ae a.V0, S295 4.40, 4.9d,1 PR IC ES—36ce, 4é c, o4c,77¢, S9e, | oe Tc} 210, 5.06. $1.04, 1.08, 1.26, 1.53, 1.90,f PRICES—1b5e, 19, 22¢ Oe + awite dime Se | 1.90, 3.15, 3.56, 4.28. 2d¢e, 30¢, 35c, 40e, 45e, English Lonsdale 9c; d0c, 55c, 60c, 65¢, up
English fine heavy 10c
to 1.65. Upto best quality 16c
Ireland, Scotland and Germany are represent- ed in the Linen depart- ment and our mastery
PILLOW CO T TON. | 10¢
40 inches wide
40 * Greuiee hike of the Linen business &§ 49 «6 «< 16¢ was never more clearly
44 inch 16e shown.
46 inch 18c Comparing these fresh
48 inch 20c | and worthy fabrics with
the best tobe found else- where will be greatest service you can render us.
Not cheap goods, but good goods cheap.
SHEETING.
14, 16, 18, 20c¢ and All bought at the old yrices. The bes , alue ever offered by = d. Al widthsin bleached and
'( Different Designs
Corset Covers.
RICES—13:, 41c, 45e, »)°, 99¢e, 1.13.
Towels.
You’ve never them cheaper.
Towellings
Come and see the most exquisite Night Robes you’ve ever seen, and allat a bargain. All new goods.
Knickers 23c, 27c, 32c, 38c, 41c. 50c, 53c, 56c,
7c, 35¢,'38e,
23c, 2 3c, 68c. 72c,£90c,
6:
unbleached. Plain and 59c, 63c, 72c, 8lc, 99c, 1.08, 1.26, ALL PRIQGES. twill. 1.44,
Napkins Our napkins are not all in, and what we have left will be sold at a price.
Expected in daily :
| Fancy Linens
My store For Sheeting
COUNTERPANES |
An endless variety | that must be sold if low | prices will do it.
Such an array of
EMBROIDERY ; : fancy linens to choose 3 Cases have just There seems to be no end to/from has seldom b en
come to hand from the leading manufacturers | of the world.
seen’'in Charlotteto .n.
Laces. Hundreds of pretty
designs at
“MY STORE” Prices 1000 pairs of Lace | Curtains.
from 19¢ up.
ithe pretty corset covers. £ Over
60 designs to choose from.» The prices make choosing easy.
Aprons. |
ALL PRICES, from 18c up.
variety.
Handsome designs at the lowest prices. Night Dresses 59e, 68c, 77c, 86c, 90c, 99e, 1.04, 1.08 3.22.
lea yd. up,
{ An endiess
LAWNS
All prices.
ens or
‘tation in stating that this is the finest We have no hesitationin stating that this is display of Handsome White Wear shown by us, and we | rust that the good ladies of Charlottetown will appreciate | ur efforts in securing such goods as can only be obtained :
We bought all of our Linens, Cotton i
190TH CENTURY SKIRTS.
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and Using but One Finger, Lift am | Tren Plate Weighing 184 Peonadsa-
An Indian Fakir’s Trick.
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“A few of us have lately been expat menting with the old trick of lifting pee pie on one’s finger tips,” said a youmg man who lives at a fashionable boardimg house on St. Charles street. “Our pox pose was to obtain some accurate, int tigent data on a very mysterious phenem- enon, and we kept a careful record of ev erything we did. Some of the results * were very surprising. We began by litt
ing a living person. One of our party Sag, down at full length on an extension :@ ble, and two of us stood at cach sitie, posite his shoulders and knees. At a gi en signal all five took ten deep breaths @ unison, then each of the four at the si placed one finger of the right hand the prostrate man’s body and lifte& meanwhile holding our breath. In the majority of trials, say three out of five, he came up without perceptible effert, and several times he was lifted as higif as we could stretch our arms. There é absolutely no sense of weight, and tha thing is so absurdly easy that each mam at the table is bound to feel vaguely sum picious that he has been tricked and that the others really do the lifting. I felt om myself until common sense convinced mag that it was utterly impossible.
“The lightest of our subjects weighe® 149 pounds, and no four people on eart® could ordinarily lift a man of that simg on their finger tips without visible straim We tried a great many variaticns, buf the plan I have described was the only; one that proved generally successful. The essential point seemed to be to secure @ certain rhythm in breathing, and whem ever we hit the lift was made with um failing certainty, but if any one of a ‘broke step,’ so to speak, the experiment failed. We were all deeply in earnest, se we had no trouble on account of giggling or hysterics. I was lifted repeatedly my self, and the feeling is indescribable, Floating in water is as near as I cast come to it.
“After a great many experiments with living people,” continued the speakex, “we tried inanimate objects. We took square iron plate, weighing 184 pounds, formerly used in a hearth, and placed @ on a stool. Four of us stood at the cer ners and went through the same routine that I have already described—breathiag in unison and then suddenly lifting. Te our great surprise, this experiment proveé fuliy as successful as the other, and in # record trials the plate went up 26 times. Such a test, by the way, is dangerous, be- cause if there is the slightest catching of a breath while the heavy object lifted is in the air it instantly comes crashing down with its full weight. Several of.
i narrowly escaped being hurt by the irce | slab, and that suggested anotber and ver | interesting device. “We took a large
traduated up to 200 pounds,
spring steelvaré and tuinde <
self registering by attaching a bit of pew cil to the pointer and putting a slip paper ever the scale. Then we hooked @& inte a ring in the floor and fastened the other end to the undersice of shart piv »of plank The plank was st Dy rreg across a couple «of chairs, and we trie ifting it exaytiy as we did the iron sla
Chat put a tension ou the steelyard, az@ the effect was exactly as if we were lid that grew heavier aef higher it went. Our breath ing kad no effect whatever on the sprikg
ing something ' ’ heavier tae
but the apparatus, while crude, was vak uitle in showing our normal lifting pew ei \ve found we were unable to ge
above 12 pounds without clearly pereee tile effort, and to register 20 pounds re quired pronounced exertion. Of course we could push the board up on eur fom finger tips until the pointer stood at 10@ but that was a gymnastic feet thet strained every muscle. We found that the raising of the 184 pound slab re
ived infinitely less apparent force tham be registering of 10 or 12 pounds on the steelyard. That disposes of the theerr that the weight was sv divided we ‘didu&® feel it.’
“Now, how is one to account for aff this? To me it is unaccountable. I= looks like a clear inversion of the law of gravitation, and the experiments are se | simple that any five people who are ser ous and sensible can perform them witk- out the slightest trouble. They recall very strongly to my mind the ‘levitatioz” trick of Indian jugglers. I have never seen the thing myself, but Professor Ed- ward Baldwin, who is known as an ex poser of spiritualistic humbuggery, once gave me a graphic description of a per
formance which he witnessed at Bom- bay. The fakir, who was very old, stuck four swords in the earth and had a young fellow lifted up and laid on the hilts, twe under his shoulders and two under his calves. He was stretched out tigid about a vard above the ground. The fakir ther
hare the swords, one at a time, and
e assistant remained in the air
. ith ut
jin larger cities such as Montreal, Toronto, etc., and we have marked them at very, very low prices.
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visible support. Baldwin declared it was @ trick, but admitted that he couldn't see t rh it. “Still it was really more inex; ble than our own experiments. One mig in regard to lifting a living p i ine sort of electric j lished, that the phenomenon w ix y due to animal magnetism, ba t the iron plate? The a certain fixed gravity, and how that gravity can be modified or overcome 5y ing we might do, no matter what I h He } breathing und g } UU re un: to accomplish anything v t, but why? i ve a} ty ir
i rination, but I haven’t been able te
get within a mile of a theory, even when
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