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GOOD TEA, 25, 30 and 33 cents ; RAISINS, 10 cents ;

CRACKERS, 4 to 14 cents ;

A large lot of CONFECTIONERY from 15 to 20 ceats; lot CHRISTMAS GOODS, very

CURRANTS, 8 cents.

MOLASSES, 47 cents ; SUGAR, 8 cents.

cheap; and sundry other articles too numerous to mention—all at cost for Cash only.

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Dec. 16, 1881—3m eod, wkly

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' BRITISH WAREHOUSE, QUEEN SQUARE.

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the Xmas season.

Dec. 9, 1881.

DECHEMBEHER !

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Knit Weol Goods,

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Hats, Mantles, Ulsters and Furs, AT GREAT BARGAINS IN ORDER TO CLEAR)

Bonnets,

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VERY LOW On Monday

PRICES.

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suitable for Christmas and New Year’s Presents.

PERKINS & STERNS.

o barlottetowa, Dec, 3, 1881.

AT COST!

Readymade Clothing, Tweeds

and Heavy Cloths,

AS I WANT TO CLOSE OUT MY STOCK IN THIS LINE.

Some Expensive Ladies’ Cloth

Mantles and Dolmans, and

ur Lined Cloaks, Sealettes and Colored Dress Goods.

AT A LARGE REDVUCTION. JUST OPENED AND MARKED LOW,

A Select Assortment of Flowers, Feathers, Velveteens, Ladies’ Sacques, dc, &, R. W. TREMAINE,

Nov. 1, 1881. oe

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| Merchandise and Produce, Also, on Vessels

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Hulis, Cargoes, and Freights insured in first-class offices at most favorable rates Consignments of Produce solicited, and prempt returns guaranteed,

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: CHAPTER XVI. | THE MANADA.

| Tn half an hour after, with the vaquero | for my guide, I rode quietly out of the ‘rancheria. A dozen rangers followed close behind; and haviug crossed the 1iver ate ford nearly opposite the vil- lage, we struck off into the chapparal on the opposite side.

The men whom I had chosen to ac- compavy me were all old hunters, fel- lows who could “trail” and * crease” with accurate aim. I had confidence in their skill, and, aided by them, I had great hopes we should find the game we were in search of. My hopes, however, would not have beet so sanguize but for another circumstance, it was this: Our guide had informed me, that when he saw the white steed, the latter was in company with a large drove of mares—a manada—doubtless his harem He would not be likely to separate from them, and even if these had since left the ground, they could be the more easily * trailed,” in consequence of their numbers. Indeed. but for this prospect, our wild-horse hunt would have partaken largelv of a ‘* wild-goose chase.” The steed, by all accouats cf him, might have been seen upon one arroyo to-day, and by the banks of some other stream, a hundred miles off, on the morrow. The presence of his manada offered some guarantee that he might still be near the }ground where the vaquero had marked him. Once found, I trusted to the swift ness of my horse, and my own skill in the use of the lazo.

As we rode along, I revealed to my followers the purpose of the expedition. All of them knew the white steed by fame; one or two averred they had seen him in their prairie wander- ings. The whole party were delighted at the idea of such a “scout,” and exhibited as much excitement as if I was leading them to a skirmish with guerilleros !

The country through which we passed was at first a dense chapparal, consisting of the various thorny shrubs aud plants for which this part otf Mexico is so cele- brated. ‘The greater portion belongs to the family of leguminosa—robinias, gled- itsehias, and the Texan acacias ef more than one species, there known as mez- quite. Aloes, too, formed part of the undergrowth, to the no small annoyance of the traveller—the wild species known as the lechuguilla, or pita-plant, whose core is cooked for food, whose fibrous leaves serve for the manufacture of thread, cordage, or cloth— while its sap yields by distillation the fiery mezcal. Here and there, a tree yucca grew by the way, its fascicles of rigid leaves reminding one otf the plumed heads of Indian werriors. Some I saw with edible proofs growing and cluster, like bunches of bananas. Several species are there of these fruit-bearing yuccas in the region of the Rio Grande, as yet unknown to the scientifie botauist. I observed also the pa/milla, or soap- plant, another yucca, whose roots yield an excellent substitute for soap; and various forms of cactus—never out of sight on Mexican soil—grew thickly around, a characteristic feature of the landscape. Plants of humble stature covered the surface, among which the syngenesists predomivated; while the fetid artemisia, and the still more dis- agreeable odorous creosote plant (Larrea Mezicana), grew upon spots that were sandy aud arid. Pleasanter objects to the eye were the scarlet panicles of the Fonquiera splendens, then undescribed by botauists, and yet to become a favorite of the arboretums. I was in no mood for botanising at the time, but | well remembered how I admired this elegant species—its tall culm-like stems, sur- mounted by panicles of brilliant flowers, rising high above the level of the sur- roundiog thicket, like banners above a host. Not that I possess the refined taste of a lover of flowers, and munch less then; but cold must be the heart that could lock upon the floral beauty of Mexico without remembering some por- tion of itscharms. Even the rudest of my followers could not otherwise than admire ; and once or twice, as we jour- neyed along, I could hear them give utterance to that fine epithet of the heart’s desire, “‘ Beautiful! ”’

As we advanced the aspect changed. The surface became freer of jungle; a suecession of glade and thicket; in short a ‘mesquite prairie.” Still advancing, the ** opeuings”’ became larger,while the timbered surface dimiuished in extent, and now aud then the glades joined each other without interruption.

We had ridden nearly ten miles with- out drawing bridle, when our gui’e struck upou the trai! of the manada. Sev- eral of the old :unters,without dismount- ing, pronounced the tracks to be those of wild mares,which they easily distinguish- ed from horse tracks. Their judgment proved correct; for following the trail

Newsp Peper but a short distance further, we came full

ig sight of the drove, which the vaquery

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confidently pronounced was the manada we were in search of !

So far our success equalled our ex- pectations ; but to get sight of a caballada of wild horses, and to capture its swilt- est steed, are two things of very unequal difficulty. This fact my anxiously beat- ing heart and quickly throbbing pulse revealed to at the moment. It would be difficult to describe the mingled feelings of anxious doubt and joyous hope that passed through my mind, as from afar off I gazed upon that shy herd, still uu- conscious of our approach,

The prairie upon which the - mares were browsing was more than a mile in

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ing through, it was surronoded by the low chapparal forest, although there were avenues that communicated with other opevings of a similar kied, Near its centre was the manada. Some of

the mares were quietly browsing

upon the grass, while others were frisking aud playing about, vow rearing up as if in combat, now rushing in wild gallop, their tossed

maves and full tales flung loosely upon the wind. Even in the distance we could trace the fal! rounded development of their bodies, and their smooth coatsy glistening under the sun denoted their fair condition. They were of all colors known to the horse, for in this the race of the Spavish horse is somewhat pecu- liar. ‘There were bays, and blacks, and whites—the last being most nimerous. There were greys, both iron and roan, and duns with white manes and tails, and some of a mole color, and act a few of the kind knowa in Mexico as pintados (piebalds)—for spotted horses are not uncommon among the mustangs—all of course with full manes aud tails, since the mutilating shears of the jockey had never curtailed their flowing glories. TO BE CONTINUED,

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CURRESPONDENCE,

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Northern Light Jottings.

LETTER FROM ONE OF

Tu the Editor of the Examiner.

Srr,—Having hesrd from sume of my friends that St. Jacob's Qil was a sure cure for rheumatism, and after suffering for twenty-five years and having tried nearly all the patent medicines in existence, and found they would not relieve me, [ said I would give it a triai for the last time; and I am glad 1 done so, for it has reheved me wonderfully, and now, beiug nearly 74 years of age, I am getting young again. Wishing you to give this notice in your journal for the benefit of suffering human-

ity.

THE CREW.

I remain yours, etc., ANDREW CLARKE, Watchman.

DECLARATION OF THE COOK, Whereas 1, Augustus Keeling, having heard from certain parties that I was blamed for taking a purse contaiuing fifty dollars from Mrs Grant, of Georgetown, eeper of Aibion Hotel, and wishing to let the people of Charlottetown, and also of Georgetown, in particular, to know that I am innocent of the above offence, 1 take the first opportunity through your widely circulated journal of doing so. I have been on P. E. L, for several vears, and have always borne a good character, and as that is all I got to depend upon for my living, I think it pretty hard for to be accused of such an offence when I am innocent. Hoping that the guilty may be found out, and severely punished for trying to injure an innocent colored person. Avoeustus Keene, Northern Light.

Says the London, Ont., Free Press: On Wednesday and Thursday !ast the town of Welland was in a great ferment owing to the appeal case of Squires vs. Rittenberg, The plaintiff in the case is an evangelist well known in the Western portion of this County, and the defendant a farmer re- siding in Stevensville, in the County of Welland. On the 27th of October. last Squires called at the house of Mr. Ritten- berg. It is then alleged that he put his arm around Mrs. Rittenberg with an in- tention to kiss her, an effort which Mrs. R. caims to have been unsuccessiul, as she repulsed him. The preacher called at the house two or three times, and said it was only a brotherly act. Mrs. R told her husband, and Squires failing to come to time and apologize or settle, an information was laid before the local mayistrates, who fined Squires. The present case is an ap- peal. from the magistrate’s decision to the Oounty Judges. The case lasted two days, and resulted in a verdict sustaining. the conviction made by the magistrate’s after an absence of, the jury from the court about four hours.

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Charity was pronounced the greatest of the Christian virtues by the foremosi apostles of Him whose birth has just been commemorated by well nigh the whole civilized world. Although the term, as thus used, signifies more than the expres-

sions of organized benevolence, the aposto- lic description of charity may be properly both extended and limited to the affairs of human society. The greatest of the pro- ducts of human society are, after all, not its commercial systems and codes, not its wonders of mechanical enyineering, not its institutions of science and polite learning, nor its aris or its munidicent tompks to wrt, but its chavities.

Vawes.