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ISLAND, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,
In the stony fastnesses of Portland’s ne rugged isle, or, rather, promcntory~-in whose penal s ttlement the notorious Ja- ez Balfour is at present expiating his sp misdeads---there is a sight which touvists = 7 often over! FH
The beautiful garrison Church of St.
with mosaics which were inserted by an
Peter's is convict work throughout, the exception only of the colored in the rerecos, Italian artist
Portland stone, which St. Paul’s cathedral, the law courts, the monument, Westminster bridge and the banqueting room at Whitehall have
the same
been
built. St. Peter’s is situated just outside the prison domains and is for the use of the line regiment stationed at Verne cita-
del, the highest point in the island.
The interest attaching to such a build- ing is heightened by the circumstances that the verger—an ex-warder of Portland prison—can tell you whose work is repre- sented in particular parts. The border round the porch and the mosaic pavement of the sanctuary are the delicate handi work of Constant Kent, the lady of gentle birth who murdered her stepmother and! was induced to confess her crime by a Brighton clergyman. The stone pulpit, the body of which is in one piece, was erected by the Irish Fenians. The fount at the door and the lecturn in the center were chiseled by young Whitechapel thieves, who proved to be such exception- ally skillful artisans that it was a pity they ever took to thieving. This wild cor- ner of England contains a practically in- exhaustible supply of the famous white stone, and as many of the quarries are owned by the government the Portland convicts are employed to work them. They can be seen at work by the visitor almosi any day. Ten ora dozen of them will be tugging a rope attached toa trolley, on
which some huge mass of stone is being | borne along a narrow lineof rails, and the |
scene forcibly reminds one of a famous picture in which Egyptian slaves are de- picted quarrying stones for the temples and palaces of that ancient empire.—Lon- don Mail
Lachrymose Joy.
The two men had passed a couple of hours in the house of commons and one speaker had been talking all the time. “I can’t stand this any longer,’’ said the first one. ‘Let’s come out of it.”
“Oh, I enjoy it,’
cheeks. ‘‘I never heard anything that re- minded me so much of my poor, dear wife.’’—London Tit-Bits.
Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons around the ankles of tneir children to pre- serve them from harm, while Esthonian yothers attach bits of asafetida to the necks of their offspring.
The Congressional library comprises over 740,000 books, 250,00 pamphlets and about 300.000 numbered periodicals.
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for the Holiuav enable von to decide ai ouve, 8 DOW Ss jurt
Eight dav, balr herr, cathedral goog, «trixis g Clocks, for $3.60
tilver Cake baskets, (quadruple plate), 2.15 Yapkin ti nge, 50¢ up + poon Holders and P ickle Dis hes, 1.50
4 Waltbon, Wateh with Chaiu (good timekeepers) 7.50
Ladies’ Genuine Gold Filled Walth
am W - h, 15 cd L. dies’ Lrng Chains, warranted
ive ver -s, 3.43 Levies’ t olid Gold Gem Rings.
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Brooches, Cuff Buttons, Stick Pine, Chains, Cherm, etc, at extraordinary
prices,
R pairirg promptly attended | 7 by a
competent person. Watches and Jewelry.
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TO DEBTORS
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Opening To-day
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Modicinal Brandy
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Wholesale Wine Merchants.
For Sale.
The snbecriber offers for sale the fal-
lowing properties, formerly owned by the late Richard Pillman, at French River, New London,
l. Afaria contain ng 25 acres, all
cleared and in a good stave of cultivation, sloping to the south. 7
2. A plot eontaining 2 acres, with good dwelling house covtaining 11 rooms and a pew bara and wagon shed, thereon.
There is also ther*on a store, eomplete with shelving, etc., and a granary.
3. Ove acre of land, acrovs ihe road, opposite the store, and building lot at the cra-s roads, near the store. | These properties are well situated in one of the finest localities in Prince Ed- ward Island for busivess or farming purooses
dwelling bouse and Jot at Kensington The house contains 11 reoms, and ie iv geod repair
Charlottetown, or to the owner, LAVINIA J. PILLMAN. jav 20 s.j.3mo Ayer, Mars
(Graduate vf the Emersen College of Oratory, Boston).
oratory. Apply to Miss Lefurgey at L. J. Sentner’s, Weymouth Street. janl4—135
l 1 Thesubseriber also cifers for sales
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NO 40
CAPTAIN JACK’S RIFLE. ‘ie YTational Museum Has the Weapon With Which Canby Was Killed.
One of the most interesting relics which has een presented to the National museum .or a long time is the rifle which Captain Jack, the notorious Modco Indian, used in his fight in the lava beds of southern California, and it is thought to be the identical weapon with which General Canby was murdered while holding a par- ley with the chief under a flag of truce.
The riffe was cached in the lava beds during the Modoe war, or just before the capture of Captain Jack. It was brought
ut by Modoc Joe in the fall of 1896, and presented to Charles Pitt, the Indian in- terpreter of Warm Springs, Or. By him
a
, it was given to M. C. Davis, special ex-
aminer of the pension bureau, and sent by him here from Warm Springs.
The weapon is still in a fair state of preservation, and is of rather unusual form. It has two barrels so arranged that they can revolve, one being under the oth- er when ready to fire, one stock with trig- ger and hammer doing work for the two. The clamp apparatus has been broken, so that the barrels revolve now and could not be fired on this account. The ball used to fit the barrel is of about haif an ounce. The barrels are heavily rifled, and the weapon is evidently capable of doing great execution. The garrels are unusually long, and the whole must weigh 16 or 18 pounds
In the stock, now minus paint, as if gripped often by the iron fingers of the coffee colored desperado, is a cavity, over which is a brass lid. In the box thus formed were kept the “patches’’ and grease, the former to make the bullets fit closely in the barrel and the grease to put on them, so they could slide easily down the cavity. The rifle is a little rusty, but not nearly as much so as might be expect- ed from its long exposure.
Engraved on one side of the barrel is the nams of the maker, Jehn Shuler of Liverpool, Pa. The weapon is regarded as an object of great curiosity. It has not yet been p!aced on exhibition.—Washing- ton Star.
A Royal Martyr to Etiquette,
In Spain the etiquette to be observed in the royal palaces wes carried to such length as to make martyrs of their kings. There is a historic instance. Philip III was gravely seated by the fire. The firemaker of the court had kindled so great a quan- tity of wood that the monarch was nearly suffocated with heat, and his grandeur would not suffer him to rise from the chair. The comestics could not presuma to enter the apartment because it was against the etiquette. At length the Mar- guis do Totat appeared, and the king or- dered him to damp the fires, but he ex-
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cused himself, alleging that he was forbid- den by the etiquette to perform such a fune- tion, for which the Duc d’Usseda ought to be called upon, as it was his business. The duke was gone out. ‘Lhe fire burned fiercer, and the king endared it rather than derogate from: his dignity. But his blood was heated to such a degree that he was seriously ill the next day. A violent fever succeeded which carried him off in the twenty-fourth year of his age.---London Star.
A Considerate Tramp.
Magistrate (to tramp)—You met this lady on the highway and demanded alas of her, and she refused you.
**Yes, your honor.”’
“ And then you threatened’ her life.”
“Oh, no! IJ didn’t do that.’’
“You seized your bludgeon with both hands and said, ‘Madam, you must die.’ You did that, didn’t you?”’
**Yes, but I didn’t threaten her life. [I said that she must die, and so she must some time or other. We all must die some day. I didn’t say when she mustdie. [ think a great deal about death and all that, and’'’—
‘*Six months’ hard labor.’’—~Nuggets.
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Our aceounts® for 1897 are ont. Yours may noi be among the un- ce*taii: ones. Likely not, We Don’t Want , ToRetn The Dry Dock,
You payus. We pay others. you can’t pay all et:once, p some, Ifyou can’t pay any alitellus, Come and see us any
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JAMES BARRETT,
Connolly’s Wharf.
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FOR SALE,
An excellent farm, situated on the zouth side of Murray River. It contains
| 78 acres of land, about 25 of which are
cleared, and four acres of the best alder mud. Also nupwarde of $100 worth of fence. poles aud scantling iogs. The whole will be sold for the sum of $250.00, For further informaticn apply to
JOSEPF DICKS,
febl4w Charloitetowa.
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