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: White Cottons,

COBSETS!

irty Different Mi es in Select from

—~AI.SO——

OTHE WATCHSPRING ORSET

\__Z“-/',—’-‘$*;- Superior ‘Whale- bonr-, Ilorn, If eedg Cord, or any other compound ofMe-xi-

can Grass.

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VVIIII Sliding and betnchable _ VVatch Springs.

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T his is the most. practical and 3 invention of the present period. The ‘re very ﬂexible .ud ﬁghter ﬁnd yet more dllfﬁblﬁ lll&lIl any

atlﬂener heretofore used in corsets.

They are not ﬁxed or fastened permanently in the P001195‘: bl" ”° ﬁelding to 8,9,-y cnncejublg movement of the body; whether bending, sitting, ‘or

gmopigg, ma cannot. penetrate the material of the corset.

These springs are unbrsakable;of which any lady can convince herself by simply removing one of the springs and testing the same. With each conet two extra springs are enclosed. which can also be used for dress steels.

The unset i! so constructtd that it can actually be still"-v-ed or t~m-..-d- by

If the corset should hurt on the side, a complaint so general to other corsets, the sprint: can be removed. This can be accomplished

the wearer at her pleasure.

by simply raising the flaps and withdrawing as many springs as the wearer may Sud convenient.

The WATCH SPRING, owing to the many superior advantages which it poaesses, is to-day the cheapest and most durable corset ever oil’ red fo the public

and one which will be the m- at acceptable to the wearer.

JAMES PAT0ll 3. 0.

Duo wow: Is our. 168 Jscrsr Sec-aux.

PERKINS & STERNS

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Wihillé ¢©©&‘$~o-

We have a large stock of White Goods bought at the ver " lowest prices, and we gzuarantee all W o trade With us that we will give them as good value--if not be'ther—than can be obtained . at any other house on the Island.

White Muslins, Victoria Lawns,

White Sheetings, p e White Linens,

Pillow Cottons.

White Embroideries, .- . 'Wllﬁ6 Counterpanes.

Special lot“ of Embroideries at 6 cents

per yard. Special lot of White Cotton Remnants.

PERKINS & STERNS

our res '|'RA_llE I8 cocaine.

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URING the months of November and December our l Tea Trade iucreasud so-znuclr,-out mi-cashed to Send ,3" order to London for another! supply. in Ora“ K99? 113 SW93 till we receive our,8 ring Stock. 7, J _' ._-:. , ‘We attribute this large increase to the ‘fact that we oﬁhrea the public the best value in Teas on the Island. and they gave thems fair trial, and were convinced that what we stated was true. A . — , ‘ T _ a-wfwont sen You any Tea that we cannot» warrant Call early and try a sample . V

THE GUARDIAN, CHARi.orri3r

February Calendlfo

Dlnay of Week! ‘rises in

7 slunday 7

8 Ionday

Tuesday

I WI~dBPldly

11 ‘rburatlay

Ii Frluav

I8 Aaturday

Moon's iii-st. quarter. 5th Full Moon. lath. 31:. um.

Ilool Bl!!! ;

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E7a'6i3i"a‘F'°35 on . 3 no-cease-or’-"-5' 3}-

L NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H k T urnament . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Rink Eiiigeretiinnlient, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BolfIIt

Local and Other; lilies.

iiieaned by the Guardian Reporters

Tm: mails arrived here at 4 3:‘).

WM. W:Lsn, Esq, M. P., left last night for Ottawa.

For Sore Throat and Lungs, apply Dr. Kendrick’s White Liniment.

Tu: Harbor Light will be open for a on Friday nights from 7.30 to 9 0'

Sin? Naws.—Lrvaar.uox., Feb. 8.-Arr barque Ralph B Peaks, McLeod‘, Sunsh- ampton.

Ms. J. Hanan Hanan arrived in the city yesterday and is registered at the Davies. — '

* W: are sorry to hear that Mr. Duncan Msedonald, of Nine Mile Creek, is dan- gerously ill.

Wansasnar was a genuine April day, the sidewalks and crossings being quite sluppy in places.

Bias in mind the Ch’towu Hospital Concert. on Tuesday, 16th inst., in the Lyceum.—feb9 tf

W: are glad to see Secretary C. A Malit out again after being oo..l'iued to his house for ten days with the grip.

D.-X’! forget the Social and Entertaini- merit in the basement of the Meth-idist Brick Church on Tuesday, the al6*h inst.

JUIIN lsouts was arrested on a warrant yesterday on a charge of stealing iicmpty. ken -aeue nil casks from Carvell Bros on

February lat.

Tut: Stanley left Pictou yesterday in 7 in the ‘morning and on account of the ‘navy ice encountered did not reach Georgetown till 1.30.

Ticnrs for the Charlottetown Hospitiq Cullcelli-'00 the 16th can be had at “bat- +on’s andhavies’ drug stni-e_s,au.d at Prof. I‘auton'a music store. -—feb9 if .

AX Entertainment and Basket 8='cial will be held on Wednesday the 17th inu~t., in aid of the St.‘ John Church, Belfast. Ag;-ad tlutsiaanticipstel.

ylct.“-5 I. Buhlyrick cl; Co. will con- - ‘ . ‘:wu,I--.Wri¢i¢’I Nd....¢.5' cask. ,wlto,.inteu.l hauling slibu 3 it once, as the season ital! be short.

Baird} Balsam of ﬂroehoand cares and lclievcs Cohrnic Coughs.

Tu: funeral of Mr. Theo. Stewart, late Indian Commissioner was largely at- tended yesterday afternoon. The mem- bers of the law society turned out an mane, and many of the private

In reopens to a request in the Measure GUARDIAN of the day before yesterday by “ Merchant," P. 0. Box 699, fur applica- tions for a situation, some twenty have already been received. -.~ ‘

Knstsxxomx Han..—- To-Night, at 8. will be held the best pleasant hour yet held there. Choice 8-rugs. R citation-, Readi and Choruaes willho rendered. Comenbfright and early. Admiasiou—5 cents. ~ » '

Tablinza and Napkins is owiugto these

-hree facts :-— ' Our Variety is very large. gut Patterns are ur ricea unusually ow. - P Beer Bros.

IIn'Honor the Lieut.-G-iv. in Council has been pleased to appoint as Health Oﬂicers, the following gentlemen: For Township No 49 &' 50 Earnest MoNeill. M. D. Vernon River. Township 57 J; 58 Martin Martin, M. D. llurray H. Road Alberton. Prince Co. George Huttart M. D. 'Alberto_n.

Ma. Hrcoa, editor of ths\Goaanmr, left Wednesday night via Georgetown f-r Boston and New York. whence, after 4 few weeks s.-journ, he will proceed out West. Mr. W. D. Taunton, late of the editorial stall’ of the Montreal Herald will edit the Guaanux during Mr.‘ H's ab‘ sense. Mr.Taunton is expected to-night.

Fun: AT Enn:an.n.--The barn of John Hughes, at Emerald, and its contents. consisting of a valuable horas, some agricultural implements and produce, were destroyed y fire yesterday after- The loss will-be about 810(1). We

HOOII.

understand that there is a small insumnce

on the building, but nothing on the con- tents. . . .

— Tun funeral of I. C. R. driver Cameron

yesterday wast-no of the moat imposing

ova;-witnessed here, being largely attend‘,

03' by brotherhood rncn~ from diﬂereut.

parts. as well as local railway men and. citizens. Driver Cameron's death was

caused by caticer of the tongue, which the

lid I0 cIIl‘6.-—M0(lCt-tut’ 'I'lu‘les, Feb. 8. L‘ ‘

Rzv. Janus Canatrmaus, of St.“

if James Church, -Charlottetown, is at the

Queen. Hotel. Mr. Carrurhsrs is to give

valuable lectures during his stay, and -the yloung men at the school of the it eta, they head his inatructi--n, have that he came to bhom.—Halifax Herald. A osxraxatazv fronliot Sinforun us

i that the little gray binds havrncit left.

Mei‘! ts: 8°91! groves. . _itSc ac-

quaintance of .tbc.cl_1il¢lreu .1-in’: ¢uttce_ them tothedoora-and with crumbaofbread. The poorlittle things have evidently been deceived by the warm 9 ’ .dayuof‘ourDeeember,audaowero

ca V 0? to. na- oeiv bylflis Ono! P Lient. Governor ' j ’,"walearunrttlie dead; ‘of up, ‘ “I'D. ~ -is on

2 some kettle drum. performances;-me

‘

Wno says advertisements are not read l -

the ‘students of Pine Hill thebensﬁt: of '

great cause-to mngrrulato themselves "

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The Civic Election

A keen interest wa« manifested .yeat.er- .

day in the contest ‘ for elocting dnu¢,cil- l--rs. In Ward Three tho bill“ was unusually close. Mr. Pi-uwae amne- timerleading, again Mr, Taylor. At the clone of the polls the result stood as followa:- Waao“ Ill. . 'r.z T-ty5lor..........—.....,.';......l93 L. E. Prow.se....‘..'.........:g...,.115 ‘ ‘Wasp V... .55-3 7 W.D.McKa.... . . . . . . . o. L. uo.p.l ............ ..’. .... ..csa Geo.E.H hes . . . . Maurioellla e.............;.,......206 l the Civic Omincil for the not! two years stands as follows :-- ° Hos. T. H. Haviusu, Mayor; ~ M. P. Hooaw, Councillor for Ward C. E. Rosaarsos, u u u T. Z. TAYLOR, ' i S. W. Gauss, t F. H. Baas. / Gan. E. Hcoans. W. D. MCKAY, Lanroxr. Hooraa, _ Mr. Prowse made a good night and we. in common with the great majority of the citizens, sincerely regret his defeat.

Military Social. ”

A most enjoyable social was held in McLeod's Hall last night ' under the auapicesot No. 3 Company 82nd Butt. An excellent programme, containing of songs, recitation: and addresses. was well car ied out. Capt. Stewart occupied the chair, and among, those presevgt were 0 -l-invls Irving and D-oqberty} Capt. McPhail, Maj-ir Purdy, Sent.‘ Major Al‘en. Capt. Davison. P-tymast r Hodg- unn, Lieut. Carter and men of No. 3. and name of the_G. A The programme was as fc-llows :' I '

Selection . , _. .’ . . . . . . . .. 39:36 Band ‘loin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' J. R Davison Violin Solo.; . . . . . . . . . .. Jae. Hyndman Accumpanist Miss Hyndman Quartette. . . . . . . . . . . . . Menu-s"APe-ske Hyudrn-in Bayﬁeld McLean Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Col- Irving Solo . . . . . J»-hnSLewis Reading. . . . . .-. . . ..Capt.SF Flrvdzsnn . . . . J R Dsvison Selection . . . . . . . . . . .l .. ' 82nd’ Ban-l

At the coucltuzioii of the ,..‘ogr'..m...e the baskets were auct‘inne=.l by T. A Mac- Le.-tn, l"Isq.. and re-tligvd vervgnod prices. Thonaaocial hour was in conver- nation, which ‘wail Dnjilyffd. and fun reigned supreme. '

The evening's enjoyment woaudlnp by

incidents of the Crimes in _- .- -jut

Mu Jaa.~Baé‘e_n,-of Jan. Paton & Co.. and Mr.’ G. F. B4-er..of B-er .Bn'u-., left last evening for E.uglaud.tnpurchase their apring’s stock of goods. Mr B er was accom ‘ Mrs. who will visit friends in Nova Sc-itia and New Bruns-

wick. _._ _, 3:

, Wanivcsoav, Feb. 10. .

.MclCeuxrt ea Fisk--An action of tres- pass to lands tried Term when a verdict was given for the defendant in a split verdict of 5 to 2.

A rule uisi for new trial was granted Hr. Maroon for the plaiutiﬁ last Michael- mas Term. Mr. A. Peters for defendant

T33 ‘"9039 “$595355! °'“' 3&0“ showed cause I against the rule. Mr.

Morton argued in support. The Court made the rule for new trial absolute. Lemuel McLeod, vs John Cowan,— An action arising out of defendant (re: turning oﬁicer at last election) to allow plaintiﬂ to vote- Tried before. Mr. Justbs Hodqa-in without a jury. Verdict for defendant. Mr. Mor-

a"--n shows new trial. Court adjourned till tomorrow at eleven o’cloek. " ‘

Dyspepsia few people -have suite:-ed more severely .h-out dyspqpsia_ihan,L1r. ma. Melnhou. a well known ‘grocer of Stauntnn, Va. Kenya : “ Before 1878 Iwaslnexcellent health. weigh- lugoverzoopounds. In ttiatyearauallmeut developed into acntc dyspepsia. and soon} was reduced to 162 pounds, suﬁertugbumlng

sensations in the tomsch

:5 I palpltation of the heart“ : _ nausea, and indigestion.

I could not sleep, lost all ‘ heart inn: work, hadnts cf melancholic, anti . for daysat a. time 1 would have welcomed -' death. I became morosc, sullen and irritable, and for elgzt years life was a. burden. '1 tried . manyphysicians and many remedies. One day a workﬂu employed by me suggested that

I take , . Hood's Barsapan‘: as [mg ....... Wife. 0! ’ . p a dyspep- sia. Idldao,andbet“ore-takingthewholeot»

'-erribiepu_lns.to which I had becnsubjected ceased, the Dalpitation of the heartsubsidcd, my stomach became easfcr, dIsap- ‘ my entire system ,-began to tuneup. Wlthrcturning ‘

shongllteameactivlty of I ‘ ;, mind and body. Before - thenltltbottie wastakea ~

Ihadlagnedmylormer weightandmhiral -condition. Iamtodaywctlaudlaserlbe

totaklu'cRood’s8arsaparilla. 4 _N.B.? -Ifyoa-hctdeto take Hood’: kna- pannaaonot-bsisduoedtopbuyaaycunr. I-Io‘od’s Sarsapai-Illa I - tn: ixtotfil Fruyarod, , He. !.%%D&-LC-0., .'.;

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;N.. “B. tji. I-LTTENBUBY. .

choice Canadian

WZ\T,P‘ﬁ1iVlC ow-;ii SUMMEBSIDE ms.

- waa “Raise high tboapckllng wine-glaaa ac." Ithouuhtlougovcthatlirmand

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. *.bott1el‘b'egantofcel likeanew man. "The --

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The following interesting letter. recant- ly received from Mr. Finlay pllolfeill,

’ whalteld the position of Consular agent

here tothe-United States previous‘ to his departure for Portland, I Oregon, shows his feelings and ever-living attachment for his clear native land. 11:. MeNeill, who is no mean poet, often favors his friends with verses of intsreat:-

'DI.ut Ma. Mao,-—I send yous New

leisure, read slowly over until you’ got the

J udge would say the " Rithm" of it, and than have the kindness to read it to Mr. --—-in your own style.

I often think of our Island Rivers of their beauty and loveliness and how each one of them could well bepraiaed. in this Poem of the Iliveu of Oregon. I donut think there is anything to be found fault with, which is more than can be said of " Barclay’: Poem," as Mr. Jefetuiah Mo Arthur told no “he would have boughta, copy," "you he said, two copies" if one line had been left out.” That line’

tried to nakaitdiﬂavcut, butthiatlls lia- tura om. Poem woald'nt admit.

of Shaudou” or._tl|e the saute. That

many climea. at M-I3-w and the Kiosks, St. Adrian’: and the Vatican, butdearer far to his auul were the nuts 1 bell: of Shauduu “that sounded so grand on the pleasant waters of the River Lee.” You see too he loved the rivers and if he had seen those of Oregon his harp he would

have hung on the willows and he would have praised the rivers of Ireland as far dearer to him. 0

In October last a poor Swedish ﬁsher- man 109 miles from here stole 2 salmon to keep his children alive, and was sent to ﬁlls pwi.-entiary tor 3 years. The news- papels cu-Vmuxeuted on the sévuaty of the s-«ntence, and the mat-tar dropped. The convict no doubt 28 1;‘ turd ab-or, and his wife perhaps hired out. C'n- istmas com- ing on and two weeks before Ithuught I would write the Governor and I did. 1

wh_.;u hungry had Lxk:-u audiza en shew-

ed the vars. of corn on the S.bbat.h, smzl that w,h-:‘ii- the great multitude of fishes wl-.-re mlten «all 813- me, and the _nets didn't break. OH-»w

theppr.-as had cundernu-:d llleﬁt-2Ili'8D€I!, and that it His Exct-lieu would pglifit. a gaﬂilrt‘ shown A rich blessings

fr’ ‘W3-"r_=ply._ but on

nut the O . ouiauto read :— -

"The J go: gave him 3 years for steal- ing 2 salmon but the Governor ‘pardoned him.” . .

The Governor of -‘)1-eg.;n m’ ht have ‘pardoned if I had never written, _ at any- way I waaglad. I fancied I saw the man go home and getting his wife and children together say to tltsm—" up your tears, I feel God has forgiven me and :1; good Governor of Oregon has set no

" I will steal no more salmon, for dear- ly have I paid for them, but I will try khnld to vnork honest."

The Governor’ is is quiet digniﬁed gen- tlemm, and tumor three Sundays after Xmasaal and two of my family were walking slowly d--wu Ninth 8b., to the Presbyterian church, we met His Excel- lencyon h way, alone, up to the Epis- co ' . H susiledtbc least desecra- able, liftii his slouch felt; hat, whilst‘ I -raised high beaver; sziuethixxg as you would do. said to myself after ‘:13, I wonder if he thought what wrote about the multitude of fishes. A

Kind regardsto Mr. H. I duly re- ceived liial and welcome litter.

' ours truly, ,

Fun: llctiaua. The saw: at Oregon. The rivers of this mighty Szate are many,

‘ great and grand, Are wondrous in their beauty as sparkling tlu-o’ thelaud, ‘ By mountains vast and towering, by gul- ch»: as they run; .. By canyons, racks" ‘and waterfalls re- ‘ aplendaut in the sun. A But yet, somehow or other, as I think and _ muse aahllé ' On the rivers of our own, our lovely little Isle‘, — . As by the darkygreen ﬁr-trees they run - go tly.to the sea ; Oh ! the rivers of my native 11nd,, they

are more dear to me.

Are more dear to me, . _0h 1 the rivers of my native land, they are more"dear~ to me. '

The Poet sang of the “Oregon," that from cre=ttion’s morn, _ Had rollo:d‘down in its majesty go silent

and forlorn ; ‘ “Its dushings were the only noise, its surge t.he.nnly sound . ” ‘No childrerrplayed "along its banks, no Indians the-re around ; I , But now‘ withthe “Willametto" it carries _ . to the sea. , y The pr- »d_ucts of a nation vast, and vaster _ yet to be. ‘_ A" r-rineeamong the rivers, the “Colum- bia" is ‘via true. . But still our Island rivers, i-iearer are to , use and yjnu. . ~

- To inn and you ; , 1

But still our island rivers, dearer are‘ to me and you. ‘ " " '

The “Umpqua" and the “Tilla-mack",

. the,"Qu uault"and,ths the “sandy: and me "0l9!ckIli|l.I‘l,.:' and

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Song or Pom which please, at your:

hang of it. or what my good friend the’

This poem is somewhat after the "Bella —

good poetic priest had listened to balls in‘

begged to rirniud His Excellency how ' e L‘ at David and those who were with him .

bread,‘ how the dfmciplea had. pluck ,

asshole country ﬂocked in'and wok awity, my free, as many as they could carry. That"

luii-iz‘"I“wa‘a;eauitaot ‘andglad on opauiig" ‘

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