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THE DAILY EXAMINER.
FEBRUARY 11, 1889.
Electoral Divisions.
which candidates for election to the Do-
minion House of Commons ‘“‘hunt = in couples” and are ballotted for in pairs. Only ina few exceptional constituencies of the other Provinces, such as Halifax, Pictou, St. dohn aud Hamilton are such dual elections held.
Now, why not divide each of our Coun- ties into two ridings or electoral divisions ; and, as in the other Provinces, elect a mem- ber of the Commons for each riding or division
By referring to the Parliamentary Com- panion it will be seen that our Counties contain twice as many voters as the ne- jority of constituencies throughout Canada. Mr. Davies obtained more votes than any other member of the House. Mr. Fergu son, the defeated candidate, obtained more | than double as many votes as many | who now sit on the right and left of Mr. Speaker; and the same statement may be truthfully made respecting all the candi- | dates in this Province who took part m | the contest at the last general election
There are, therefore, plenty of electors to justify Parliament in moking the proposed division. |
It seems to Tae Examiner that such a} division ywould be advantageous to both | candidates and electors. The labor and expense necessarily inci- | ve and/ yr
populaied Counties as Qucens, |
dent to the canvass of such la thickly Prince and King’s are enough to deter | capable and popular men from entering the | lists as candidates. Nor can the canvass | be well made with the utmost labor and expense of which even a wealthy candidate | is capable.
Again, it is manifestly fairer to the can- | didates, to the opp sing parties and to the
public that there be a square, man-to-man
contest, than a double one in which there | may be **split voting.” Electors usually |
like to vote for two men, when they have |
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the right to do so; and ander the present |
arrangement it is quite possible for them |
to use their second votes in such a way as
to defeat the candidate whom they would | most of all like to see elected. (in the other hand, we see no good rea-
son why Prince Edward Island should con-
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tinue to be singular in this respect, and on |
a different footing from all the other Pro- The counties could |
and if this were done |
vinces of Canada. easily be divided, the labor of preparing the electoral lists would be greatly lightened and simplified to the relief of both parties.
The proposal is, at all events, one which Parliament would do well to consider ; and | the present time—before the Franchise law is ebanged and new Voters’ Lists prepared
seems to be a fitting one in which to
think about it. -__— -——_——- o@ee-
United States Fish Market.
We are in receipt of the Fourteenth ,anual Report of the Boston Fish Bureau, through the kindness of Edward T. Russel & Co. It is admitted by the compilers of ‘he report that the season of last year was free from friction between the United States fishermen and the Canadian authori- ties. Thirty-six United States fishing ves- | sels were licensed by the Canadian Govern- ment under the modus rirendi in 1888, the
sum of $3,831 having been charged as fees forthe same. The short production in the two iost important food tishes—the cod and mackerel—was followed by higher The movements in the fish market
prices. were necessarily small, and the profits asa ** The receipts of fish
rule were not large. at Bosten the past year, with the exception of the alliteration, box herring, bloaters and boneless, show a falling off in almost every variety.” The total value of the im- portationgof fish into the city for the year was $1,265,741, Boston being fer ahead of al! other cities of the country in this re- spect. ‘The very first mackerel, a single one, appeared in the market on May 3rd, and suld for $2. The first receipts of mackerel from this Island arrived on July 27, aad sold at $17.50 per bbl.; the first from Nova Scotia on June 16, and sold at $15 per bbl. Prices of foreign mackerel ranged aa follows: P. E. 1. mackerel... .$16.00 to $24.00 per bbl. NovaScotia ** .... 13.00to 1850 “ English or Irish 14.00 to 21.00 ‘* The total value of the different varieties of fish imported into the United States dur- ing the eleven months ending Nov. 30, 1885, was $4,539,275, of which $3,115,512 wis dutiable. ‘The tonnage of vessels of the United States employed in the whale, cod and mackerel fisheries has greatly fallen off in late years. In 1861 it was 329,605 tons ; in 1887, 154,335 tons ; in 1881, 114,- 638 ‘ons, and in 1887, 105,698 tons.
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Trade With South America.
Tr will be remembered that Mr. Simeon Jones, of St. John, was sent last summer to Sout America as a coramissioner of the Dominion Government for the purpose of vbiaining information coneerning the re- quirements aad the capabilities of the ¢aatries on that continent, and the best means of extending and developing the trade relations of those countries. Mr. Jones’ report was eubisitted to Parliament
.| and Canada,
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| all the Sc
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DAILY
| @ fow daysago. He said that the pro-| demand are
'ducts of Canada most in
jlumber, coal, cheese, agricultural im
> | plements, cotton goods, woollens, horse |
nails, nails and tacks, spikes, shovels and |
| Canada could export to Argentine and Uru- guay is lumber. Mr. Jones states that the Ministerof Foreign Affairs for the Argen-
that if the to subsidize a line of steamers between River Platte
the Argentine Government
tine Republic has intimated Government of Canada agree
| would grant a yearly subsidy on the follow- ing basis, subject to certain conditions: The Government lends its guarantee of five per }eent. annually up to an amount of one and
la quarter million pounds sterling for the construction of ten steamers of at least four thousand toas each, destined to direct navigation to parts of the
| for the construction of four steam launches for the landing of emigrants and the car-
; | goes of steamers up river. of those | *
Che report suggests that if an attempt be made to develope the trade of Canada with
South American countries, the Dominion
should have at least one representative in South America to study trade there.
ccomeneenaniieammnctionmtiiaeolaanie ————__— - Notes and Cilppings.
Wallace's Monthiy is to hand. It con- tains an excellent article by Mr. Leslie E. McLeod, on Rosemead Farm, the great horse ranch of the San Gabriel Valley, California Mr. McLeod is spending the winter in the Golden State.
The Canadian Gazette says, regarding Sir Charles Tupper’s selection as a director of the Bank of British Columbia : It has al- ways been conventent to have one director conspicuousiy influential in Canada. — Sir Charies Tupper is therefore a fitting suc- cessor to Sir John Rose.
The Montreal Witness offers prizes to hovls of the Domtaton :
1. prize of thea North rn Mease nger for oue year is offered for the best essay in each school, of which the teacher is to act as judge.
2. A prize of McAulay’s History of Eng- land, in 5 volumes, for the best essay in each County and City in the Dominion, of which competent judges will be specially appointed.
$3 A prize of Parkman's Works, worth $15, is offered for the best essay from each Province of the Dominion, of which Judge Alley, of Charlettetown, has consented to act as judge for this Island.
4. A Dominion prize, worth $125, is also offered, and open to competition for all the Provinces.
The essays are to be records of events which have occurred in the Counties or Cities in which the youthful historians reside. The essays that take Province prizes will be published in the Witness, and those awarded County prizes will be offered tothe local papers. What further use will be made of them will depend upon their value. Itis to be hoped that the interest thus aroused in a subject so imipor- tant will be of some value to the country. The essays should be ready before the 28th inst.
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English court officials are troubled to know how to dispose of the Shah during his coming Visit.
Vendors of ‘* hulless oats” are having great success among the farmers in Fron- tenac and the adjoining counties.
The London World says the true story of Prince Rudolf’s death will disclose a tale of horrorand disgrace without a parallel.
The rumor that Lord Sackville had been appointed Ambassador to Turkey is now de- clared to be entirely without foundation.
Manganese is being shipped from the Markham mines, at Sussex, N. B., to Carne- gie Bros., of Pittsburg, Pa., for use in their steel furnaces.
Three Ingersoll business men paid the magistrate $7 each for the privilege of leay- ing the snow on the sidewalk in front of their premises.
There were in the asylums of New York State last year 14,772 insane persons, an increase of 710 in the year. Of these 714 were in private asylums.
It is said that the finest railway station in the world is the Victoria building, the terminal station for the Peninsular railway, at Bombay, India. It was finished last May, wasten years in building, and cost nearly $19,000,000. The principal eleva- tion is over 1,500 feet long; the style is Venetian Gothic, with Oriental modifica- tions, and the principal feature is a large central octagonal dome of solid, cut masonry, which is crowned by a colossal figure of progress.
British women are rising in opposition against the manner in which the waltz is overwhelming and suppressing all other dances, round and square. <A spokesman in behalf of the men says that they are too busy and untaught to carry the figures of the square dance in their heads sufficiently to give them requisite assurance, and hence with them it is the waltz, the best of the round dances, or nothing. It is suggested that some new quadrilateral should be in- vented of easier movements.
Some time ago verdicts were given against R.S. McCurdy, a New Glasgow, N: 5S., merchant, for $4,000, and against A. M. Fraser, Town Clerk of New Glasgow, for $2,500, for slandering a Mrs. Brown. The cases were appealed. Mrs. Brown is a very attractive looking woman. Her picture was exhibited fin McCurdy’s window as a specimen of the work of an artist named Lyndberg. Fraser put upja practical joke on McCurdy, regarding Mrs. Brown’s reputa- tion, which resulted in slander suits. A few days ago Mrs Brown No 1 arrived in New Glasgow, exhibited her marriage cer- tificate and several letters from J. P. Brown and proved conclusively tiat she had prior rights to Brown's affections over Mrs. Brown No. 2, the heroine of the slander suits. Proceedings were to be taken against Brown for bigamy and Mrs. Brown No. 2 for perjury, when both pulled up stakes and left for the United States. Mr. Brown is a travelling agent for an American pub- lishing house. He kept up two homes, one in the States, where Mrs. Brown No. 1 lived, and the other iniNew Glasgow, where Mrs. Brown No. 2 resided. In making re-
ter for No. 2 in the envelope addressed to
No. 1—hence the discovery.
. 1 . : . | spades, barrows, ploughs, picks and forks l'nuts is the only Province of Canada in | 7? cle ’ ows, ploug J : | for agricultural purposes, Beyond question,
Mr. Jones thinks the great staple article
Republic, and |
ali hi i a AI Ap ot
HXAMINER, ~-
The L. U. B. and L. R. B. WHICH PARNELL IS SAID TO
, SOCIETIES FROM HELPED
| AVE SOLICITED AID—SEXTON
EGAN AND BRENNAN TO ESCAPE.
Says a London despatch of the 7th ; Before the Parnell Commission, to-day, Beach testified that it was Bayton, not Sheridan, whom he saw at the Philadelphia
Convention in 1883, as the latter arrived in ' America in ’84. He attended the conven- ition of 84, saw Sullivan and Lomasney and that section known as ** 1. U, B.” was held in June, 1888.
The Attorney-General wanted to know what services Lomasney had rendered that the Brotherhood should support the widow,
Mr. Russell asked the court whether the evidence was against the Parnellites.
Mr. Webster held these organizations were really all one, and that the evidence was admissable, because Egan, Sheridan and others were directly connected with the I. R. B. and L. U. B.
Sir Henry James contended that the wit- ness’ alleged conversation with Parnell made the evidence admissable, Parnell had requested the witness todo certain thines when he arrived in America, and it had been*proven that the request was car- ried vut. Therefore the first step was to demonstrate the nature of the society with which, it was alleged, Parnetl desired an alliance. What was about to be proven was the acts of the association with which Parnell desired to come into line. Having put Parnell’s view before the court, and supposing they showed money was pro- cured for dynamite, and proved thet a dynamiter received sympathy from this body by being recompensed, that would be one act by which, if brought home to the knowledge of individuals, would permit of no question being raised.
In the discussion as tothe admissibility
of evidence, Attorney-General Webster said he had never been prepared to suggest that Parnell or other members of the Par- rellites were personally counected with the murderous outrages, but were allied with people they knew to be, or could have known ou inquiry, connected with the out- rages many years and had availed theu- selves of money of L. R. The court decided to admit the evidence, and Beach continued his evidence detailing the escapes of Egan and Brennan, and im- } plicating Lord Mayor Sexton in the eseape ! of the latte: He vave the names of mem- bers of the organizations wich contents of several circulars issued by the league most- ly in regard to funds, and enjoining secrecy | on the members. One circular called for funds fordynamite. He also gave some proceedings of the Chicago convention of June, 1888, eliciting mformation that Beach joined the organizatioa taking the Fenian military oath of allegiance solely to act as a spy for the Pritish Government
Says a Detriot despatch of the 7th:-- Beach, the Parnell Commission witness, is well known here. Mrs. Lomasney, who lives here, denies that her husband was a dynamiter. His brother Michael, whom Beach implicated in the blowing up of the London Bridge, died iu St. Louis, Mo., in 1881. He says he never received aid from any Irsh organization.
Rs A oe A Destructive Disease.
A PLAGUE WHICH KENTUCKY DOCTORS CAN- NOT CONTROL.
Reports come from Webster County, Ky., of a strange disease. Doctors have been unable to do anything for the afflicted, and have never agreed among themselves as to what the disease is. It first made its ap- pearance in the neighborhood of Yates’ saw inill, between two creeks, into which a number of years’ slabs and other refuse have been cast and allowed to decay, thus poisoniug the atmosphere for a considerable distance around.
This disease has spread to the adjoining
neighborhoods, until up to Jan, 23, several persons, mostly children, have died. One family lost seven out of its nine mem- bers. Only one person has recovered, or is thought to be recevering, and he is said to be blind. The rest have all died, death usually oc- curring from six to twelve hours after the attack, and in many cases before a physician could be procured. Physicians first pro- nounced it cerebro-spinal meningitis, but later on they called it spotted fever, the victims rapidly turning black after death. Three physicians, it is said, have fled the neighborhood, not being able to ba of any service, and not wishing to jeopardize their lives without hope of dving geod.
————— a ERI = Ten Thousand Dollars a Year, Robert Burdette the humorist who has re- cently so we learn become a parson, once said to a young boy, ‘‘There’s nothing like know- ing your own business clean through my boy whether you know anything else or not.” ‘anderbilt pays his cook $10,000 year. He might have known how to cook fairly well and known a little of a thousand and one other useful employments, but he could not have gotten ten thousand a year salary for all of them. He gets that because he knows thoroughly how to cook, and it woald not make a cent’s difference in hia salary if he thought the world was flat and went around its orbit on wheels. The cream always rises to the top and stays. As with individual avocations so it is with every branch of business, or every class of goods or article of use or necessity, they live the life of the butterfly and are forgotten as soon as something else appears that is new, or else they become so firmly fixed in the minds of thousands that they become a part of life itseif.
We were forcibely impressed with the above idea from a remark made by a gentleman in our office a few days since. He said, ‘* Any article of merchandise that has been on the market since 1810, and still sells like the old Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment, must have extraordinary merit.” The manufacturers I. S, Johnson & Co., Boston, Mass., have in their oftice and will send to any one, t +stimo- nials froin old people who have used it in their family, when young, and whose child- dreu’s children have used it very many years,
{Written For The EXAMINER |
St. Valentine's.
Valentine's day —‘t and why keep it so?”
We he r people ask wherever we go,
As the season draws nigh in which we must expect
At least one reminder of some sad defect.
A long time ago—-about three hundred years---
In our forefathers’ time —this custom appears
To have risen. "Twas kept on St. Valentine's day,
In honor of that worthy saint, so they say.
In the good olden time, when the day had come round,
All the maidens and youths of the village were found
be
Until the next Valentine's day set them free.
‘Their method was simple: a hat was passed round
To each of the happy groups, in which was found,
On small slips of paper, their names, each drew
With trembling fingers and vows to be trne,
When each had a name not his or her own,
The lass or lad named on the paper waa shown
To the person thus pledged to be true fora year—
The one to be held, above others, most dear.
And thus you can see each maiden and youth
Had a choice of two loves, which the young men, forsooth,
Very gallantly left for the girls to assign,
And the one they preferred was their true valentine,
How great the abuse of this custom, so old
told Of the pledsure it gave our ancestors we fain Would call St. V. downto revive it again. Jacos B. Dock EN DOKFY.
Southport, P. E. 1. — ah et le 3 | ! Stop That Cough. Many people neglect what they calla simple c rid, which, if not checked in time, may lod to lung trouble. Seote’s KEmalsion of Pure Cod Liver OU, with Hyopophosphites, will not only stop the cough but heal the !ungs. Kadorsed by thousands of physicians. Palat- able as milk. Try it. Sold by all dragvists
at 50c and $1. ($)
ST. JAMES’ HALL.
A Concert and Readings
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Under the auspices of the Y. M. L. A., will be held in
ST. JAMES’ HALL,
inh olan
Tuesday Evening, Feb, i2th,
AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
Inst. Duet —*‘ Galop de Concert”...... ,Gobbaerio Miss K. Mclean and Mr. Karle. So'e, Duet and Chorus—‘* Leaf by Leaf the Ome Te asks Sek ‘ea did id als diag care St. James’ Choir.
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Vocal Solo—**Oh! Why Left I My Hame”..
cout HL a eceubeads acouetcmvbitats tes Giiltiilem Mrs. Roome. ; Reading «.covccccccerccccccccrccccsevccsevessccccsece Rey. J. Carruthers. Carnet Solo—* Anchorite”............ .. Watson
Mr. Fletcher.
Vocal Triom*‘ Ye Gentlemen of England”... ae ,Old English
Miss Wilson and Messrs. Wilson and Beer.
Viclin Solo—*‘ La Maddalena” (by request) ceeunek see Sei Vice eueeesewhe i hs eee
Mr. Vinnicombe.
Resse. ic... ce we eka) OG pdb des + ceils eae Rev. J. Carruthers. MAE TION binned ccaeebes st hecnerse chores ob soieen Miss Earle. i Inst. Duet—Overture “Poet and Peasant” (hy | POO) ici cndccus, te ceceeeeseeseeece eee PUPP | Mrs. W. Brown and Mr. Earle.
Vocal Solo—** Mary of Argyle”............ Nelson
Mr. L. J. Williama.
Voca! Duet-—‘ Alice, Where Art Thou”.. Ascher Mrs. Roome and Mr. G. F. Beer. |
Ng cs icissaneskcaes Go cack s bak chbeeui lees ake 7 Rev. J. Carruthers. | Chorus —** Jingle, Jinzie Belle”............ W hite
St. James’ Choir. “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.”
Admission, 15 cents. febll
PAOCRAMME
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Toy Symphony Conceri,
—TO BE GIVEN IN—
ST. PETER’S SCHOOL,
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TOY SYMPHONY.
Doors open at 7.59. Concert begins at &.
"chis is not at all remarkable when we think of the amount of good this remedy will do; thousands of cases of pnoumoni« aid con sumption have been prevented by using this remedy for internal inflammations, such as colds, coughs, catarrh, bronchitis, as well as cramps and pains innumerable. It is totally unlike any other remedy used, and ca!led lin- iment. It was a great mistake ever calling it anything bu’ Johnson's Anodyne. The in- formation on the large four page wrapper ar- | round each bottle is worth much to every
mittances to both wives Brown put the let |
family. Johnson & Co, send a pamphlet free ; to any one, containing much valuable infor. mation upon diseases and their cure,
| Screet, on SATURDAY, the 28rd day of Febru-
Admission. 20 cents—to be paid at the door. fedll
[land Steam Nevigation Company
OF P. ©. ISLAND.
iE ANNUAL GENERAL MERTING of this Company will beheld at my Office. King ary, instant, at 3 o'clock, p. m. L. C. OWEN, Secretary. Charlottetown, Feb. 8, i889—dy 3aw (t ¢ 8)
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Overcoats, Ulsters, Reefers & all Ready-made Ciothing.
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Our prices, without the benefit of discount, are guaranteed to be wbout 35 per cent, below competitors.
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| This 25 per cent. is given to clear out the Goods in this department, as we intend to give our whole attention to Custom Tailoring and Men’s Furnishings.
Mr. Keitle is at the head of our Tailoring ‘Department, and
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And honored, in these latter days; and when} W@ guarantee perfect satisfaction.
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AVIES & C0.,
CAMERON BLOCK.
jand —eod&w kly.
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Prices Low and Variety Great,
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PEREING & STERNS.
A Large Stock of Grey Cotfons, A Large Siock of White Cottons,
ENGLISH, CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PaINTS,
Canadian Shirtings and Ginghams, Black and Colored Dress Goods,
Table Linen, Towels, Towellings, Bad Tickings, Hessians, Counterpanes,
Toilet Covers, Cretonnes, Shestings, Table Napkins.
VERY BES? VAGUE IW
The above bought at the right time and plicz, ant will be sold as we always do sell —CHEAP.
PERKINS & STERNS.
Charlottetown, Jan. 25. WRKgQ—dy & wky
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CARPRTS AND OIL {QOTHS,
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Apples, Onions, & SOCIAL.
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BY AUCTION. ON WEDNESDAY, F5. 15th, | ss ame AP 11 O'CLOCK, ‘St. doha's Chaveh, Milton,
75 bbls. N. 8S. APPLES, \ In good 15 ‘ American ONIONS, § order.
Sale positive, to close out our winter supply. KENWITTr HOUSE — ALSO-- O.. s r
Fhursday Evering, Feb. Lith. MUSIC, DINNER and TEA will be pro-
vided. TICKETS-
1889----1889. | Gs wre Spring Trip from Liverpool,
5 ema tm
THE LADIES OF
INTEND HOLDING A SOCIAL IN
1 small Safe (second-hand), 10 half chests Tea, Wrapping Paper, ete. A. McNEILL, Auctioneer.
feb9 —3i
Parner er Dinner, S0c.; Tea, Q3e,
@ MA La Beh Courtald’s Crapes. Balmoral Crapes. Crape Cloths. 6¢ BREM A 33| Black French Merinoes,
y Black Freneh Cashmeres. Black Hindoo Cashmeres. Black Henrieiia Cloths. Black Serges, : Blick Dress Cloths. Liverpool for Charlotigiowy Crape Laces. ABOUT THE ist APRIL, ‘Crape Fringes.
Dull Jet Trimmings,
And will carry Freight at Through Rates to the different Railway points on the Island |
THE CLIPPER RARKENTISE
300 TONS REGISTIOR,
P. LEDWELL, COMMANDER, WILL SAIL DIRECT FROM
: a ee A FULL LINE OF ABOVE GOODS AT Inten@ing Shippers will please forward their! LOWEST PRICES.
orders in time. 4@ For Freight apply in London ta John Pit? -
cairn & Sons, 7 Union Coart, Oli Broad Street? in Liverpool, to William Bullen, 5! South J hin m Street, or here tothe owners, * i . ey
BROWNS BLOCK. Cir’town, Jan, 4,
PEAKE BROS. & CO, Ch’town, Feb. 6, 1889—4w eod
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