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THISBE. She lives in the smoky city, — Low down by the railway line; She asks for no mans pity, Nor cares for verse of mine.
She's moving hither and thither, And often her work ts hard;
But sometimes in fine weather She rests a bit in the yard.
With the empty pail behind her, She leans her arms on the wall, And hopes that there he'll find her,
Her lover, strong and tall,
Up in the air above her, ‘The great trains outward go; Aud many a lass and her lover May journey to Jericho.
But when he stoops from his doorway, And leans his arms on the wall,
fhe world would be ina poor way If that were not best of all.
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Household Hints.
Test of Bad Meat.—People in a city are tm constant danger of buying unwholesome tood, unlesS they are well posted, and not content With merely the claim of cheapness io commend what they buy. This lastis a potent inducement to people of limited means, and a visit to our markets, outside,. will afford many evidences of the unscru- pulousness of dealers and the creduality of buyers. The health of the public should not be endangered by thus allowing the sale of imperfect meats, and we wish there were stringent regulations preventing it. Dr. Letheby, who has had great experience during several years in the city of London, describes the following, according to the British Medical Journal, as the character- istics of good meat :—
1. It is neither of a pale pink color, nor of adeep purple tint: for the former is a sign of disease, and the latter indicates that the animal has not been slaughtered, but has died with blood in it, or has suffered trom acute tever.
2. It has a marble appearance from the ramifications of little veins of fat among the muscles.
3. It should be firm and elastic’ to the touch, and should scarcely moisten the fin- gers,—bad meat being wet and sodden and flabby, with the fat looking like jelly or wet parchment.
4. It should have little or no odor, and the odor should nct be disagreeable; for ‘liseased meat has a sickly, cadaverous smell, and Sometimes a smell of physic. ‘Tis is very discoverable when the meat is chopped up, and drenched with warm walter,
5. It should not shrink or waste much inj_
cooking,
6. It should not run to water, or become very wet on standing for a day or so, but should, on the contrary, dry upon the sur- Jace,
7. When cried at a temperature of two huudved and twelve degrees, or thereabouts, it should not lose more than from seventy to sevent;-four per cent. of its weigh, whereas bad meat will oft.n lose as much as eighty per cent. Other properties of a more refined character will also serve for the recognition of bad meat, as that the juice of the flesh is alkaline or neutral to test paper in tead of being distinetly acid and the muscular fiber, when examined under the microscope, is found to be sodden and ill-defined.
: See mo a 7" ‘ Facts and Seraps.
When is a sbip-ike a dressmaker? When she’s rounding the Ua} e or tacking about,
itis estimated that there are two thou- sand four buanared disorders to whieh the buman from: is liable. Whena man is laid up with the rheumatism he is apt to think that the entire number has struck bim ir concert,
There was some philosophy in the hen- pecked husband who, being asked why he had placed himself so completely under the government of his wife, answered, “To avoid the worst slavery of being under my own,”
A young lady had coquetted until the Victim was completely exhausted. He rose logo away, She whispered, as she accom- panied him to the door, “I shall be at home next Sunday evening.” “So shall J,” he replied,
“Were you a member of the army?” asked a traveller of a wooden-legged. man. "Yes, sir,” was the reply; «1 was member- ed by a recruiting officer, dismembered bya Russian artillerist, and remembered by a peg-leg manufacturer.”
A memher of an American club objected to the publication of the list of the meeting nights of the club, “because,” he siid, “if it's published we marricd men will have to account for the off nights.”’ The motion to publish was lost,
A pomp us Scotch advocate suceeeded in hemudd.ing a country witness by asking him whether be thought the prisoner was compos ~mentis. The witness could only grin and look foolish. At last the Judge in- terposed; ‘Noo jist tell me, do ye think is there ony thing in him?’ “Dell a thing,”” burst out the man, with a smile from ear to ear, “but what's put infil him wi’ Ue spune!”
Kector—“Thcse pigs of yours are in fine condition, darvis.”
Jarvis—*Yes, Sur, they be. Ah, Sur, if we WOs all On Us on’y as fil to die as them are, Sur, we'd do!”
Master Jackey (inquiring!y)—“Why don't | baby eat buns, aunty ?” : ¥
Aunt Singleton—“Because teath, dear.”
Master Jackey (audibly)—“Then why can't you lend her yours, aunty? You ain't always using ’em.”’
A Wicked Suggestion—A Frenchman has suggested a new kind of duel, Themen are to appear on the ground without weapons, but with at least one coin between them. At the word * fire’’ they toss, and the loser has forthwith to invite his mother-in-law to come and live with the family, This pro- ject has, after all, its drawbacks. Why dis- courage duelling to promote suicide? ~
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Charlottetown Prices Current.
CUARLOTTETOWN, August 28, 1877,
paid. EXCHANGE. Sterling 60 days Bills, 10 per cent. prem “a sight 4a | 1 “4 «t ' U. S. cy drafts, 4 to 44 per ct. dis , gold, 4 per. cent, prem Drafts on Montreal, St. John, and Halifax aper cl. prem. °
OILS.
Kerosene, per gal. (Am.) “ (Canadian No.t)
Coal Oil
Pale Seal
$0.29 to 0.30 0.24 to 0.26 0.51 to 0 53 0.65 to 0.70
Linseed oil, boiled, per gal. 90e do raw &5e Prices of kerosene are per cask. Retail
price 5 to 10 cts. per gallon higher. LEATHER.
28 to 29c 25 to 26¢ 23 to 26c
Am, Sole Leather N.S, Sole Canada MOLASSES Barbadoes Demerara 42 to 40 Trinadad ,&c 42 to 43¢ (Prices of Molasses are by the lot of from | to 10 puncheons. Retail price 5 to 8 cents per gallon higher, according to quantity and quality.)
46 to 47
VINEGAR.
Vinegar, per gal.. ner cask 26 to 34
Mess pork (new),gper |b. 6} log Mess Pork 18 to 20 Prime Mess 1410 16 Prime Beef 14 to 16 Cc. GC. Bacon, il.d0to 12.00 Shoulders 10.00 to 1100 Hams l4c Spiced Bacon l4e
Rum—in bond none Demerara none
Cuba neno Jamacia neno SALT. Bags tine, stove $t.10 to 1.507 Do Liverpool 80 to 90c Turks Island do 25 to 27 Coarse W I from ship none Sugars. (in Bond.) Barbadoes, duty paid Oe to 94 Eng. Refined, duty paid 104 to 104 Vacuum Paa do 104.1011 English Crushed (duty pai. none American (duty paid) 119 to 12 American Granulated lt to 1)4 Coffee Sugar 1h to 114
[Prices of sugar are by the hogshead. Retail price 1 to 2 cefts per Jb higher. }
CANDLES
Moulds per Ih Soap per ib
124 to i3c ot to 74
Coat AND Woop.
Sydney per$ton. none Victoria Mines, do none Gowrie Mines, do none
Little Glace Bay,' do one
Lingan none Philadelphia Coal 5.75 to 650
4.80 4.50 to 5.00
New Campbelton Wood, hard
Fiour AND MEAL.
Our quotations are for lots of 10 barrells and upwards. Patent Process per bb} $8.75 to 9.0u Superior Extra 179 to 8 00 Extra Superfine do Y 10 to 9.25
Fancy 7,50 to 7.60 Spring Extra do 7.25 0750 Strong Bakers do 7,35 to 7.50 Supertine do 7.00 to 7.20 Corn Meal _(k.D) e 3.795 to 3.80 MACKAREL No | none No 2 Large none No none
Market Prices.
Charlottetown, August 28, 1877.
MEAT. Beef.small pieces] per Ib. $0.08 to 0.14 Beef{per lb. [by the quarter] 0.07 to 0.10 Ham, per lb. 0.12 to 0.13 Lamb, per |b 0.00 to 0.02 Lamb per qr. 40 to 5p Mutton, per lo. 0.07 to 0.1 Pork,(small! pieces) per Ib. 0.07 to 0.08 Pork, per lb. (by the carcess) 0.6 to 0.10
Veal, per lb. 0.04 to 0.07
POULTRY. Chickens, per pair 0.40 to 0.50 Ducks, (each) 0.26 to 0.35 Fowls, (each) 0.30 (050.35 Brant, (per pair) 1 00 to 0.05
BREADSTUFFS.
Buckwheat Flour, pei lb Flour, per bbl.
Flour, per 100 Ibs Qatmeal, per 100 lbs,
FISH,
0.08 to.054 8.50 to 9.5 3.75to4 00 3.75 to 49.
Codfish, per qtl. Herring. per bbl. Mackarel, per doz.
50 to 5.00 00 to 4.25
3.
4.
0.60 to 0.96 Calfskins, per Ib 0.06 to .09
MISCELLANEOUS.
Apples, per bushel 0 60 to 1.00 Barley, per bushel 0.80 to 1.00 Butter (fresh pe + |b) 0.16 to 0.20 Butter.per Jb by the tub 0.16 to 0.20
Cheese, (new milk) per I» 0.12 to 0.18 Cheese, per Ib 0.1 to 0.00 Clover Seed, per Ib 0 to 0.00 Eggs,per doz. to 0.14 Green Peas per qt. to 0.44 Hay, per ton 9.54 to 10.00 Hides, per lb. 0.04 to 0.44
Honey, per tbh. 0 25 to 0.30 Homespun,(men’s wear per yd, 0.65 to 1.00 Homespun,( women’s do per yd, 0.35 to 0.44
Homespun Flannel, per yard 0.32 to 0.3
When not specially mentioned as in bond, | Sheepskins (eich) our quotations are lo be considered as duty Straw, per cwi.
NO WORE SOUR BREAD,
: a re 7 ees ‘ Lard per |b 0.12 to 0.16 Oats, per bushic) . 0.55 Pearl Barley, per lb 0.03 to 0.04 Potatoes, per |)ushel 0°36 to 0.40 . 0.36 to 0.45
- "OBE to 0.45 Tallow, per |b (00.2 to 00.8 Timothy Seed, per bushe!| 2.60 to 3.00
Turnins per bushel 0.18 to 0.19 BOARDS,
Hlemlock, 100 feet 0.81 to 0.93
Pine do 1.62 to 2.49
0.80 to 1.00 1.50 to 1.75
Sprace do Shingles, per M.
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St. Peter’s Schools will Re Open on Monday, 27th
August.
Five Teachers sre employed in these Schools, which are graded to suit scholars of all ages.
Boys’ School.
The Boys’ School will be under the charge of V. E. Harris, Esq., of King’s College, Windsor, and of the Normal School, Truro. Mr. Ilarris has graduated with honours at King’s College, and also holds a Nova Scotia Public School License of the highest grade, Subjects Taught— Greek, Latin, French, German, Mathemat- ics. English Branches — History, Arith- metic, &c. In the Boys’ School there are two departments.
Cirts’ School.
Subjecte— All English Branches, rench German, Music, Singing and Drawing. In this School there are three departments.
Beas For Terms and further particulars apply to
GEORGE W. HODGSON,
St. Peter’s Clergy House, July 23 —6ws
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Gillet’s Celebrated Cream Drv Hop Yeast
Warranted to give Perfect and Universal Satisfaction. Price 12cts per Package— sulficient for 24 Loaves of Bread,
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For Sale at the Flour & Tea Store BEER & GOFF.
-STADACONA Fire and Life Insurance Company,
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NOFICE is hereby given that the Board of Directors of this Company have made a further call of
Four snstalments, ot Five per Cent. each,
on the Subscribed Capital of the Company, payable at its Ollice, No. 92 St Peter Street, (Quebec, as follows :—
Five per Cent. on or before the Tenth dy of August, 1877,
Fives per Cent. on or before the Tenth day of November, (877 ;
ive per Cent. on or before the Eleventh day of February, 1878 ,
Five per Cent, on or before the Nieventh day of May, I878.
By orler of the Board,
CRAWFORD LINDSAY, Sceretary
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NEW GOODS.
FA NCY DRESS GOODS, LUSTREs,
STRAW HATS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS &e , &e.,
and all Summer Goods at
REGULAR TRADERS
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From Loudon to Charlottetown, Prince Edward islan4
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FALL TRIPS, 1877.
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The new, Clipper
BARE HIN'DIN SE HREM A.
300 Tons Register, Classed 7 Years Al at Lloyds, JOHN MCMAHON, COMMANDER.
: Now in London and on the berth to receive cargo, will sail
| —- FROM LONDON FOR CHARLOTTETOWN. DIRECT.
about the Ist SEPTEMBER next. ALSO THE WELL KNOW® CLIPPER BARKENTINE
ETHEL BLANCHE Ad 428 Tons Register, Copp red and Classed 9 years, Al at Lloy dys,
JOHN GRAHAM, COMMANDER,
Wil be on on the berth as usual, and will follow the “ EREMA.”
SAILING FROM LONDON FOR CHARLOTTETOWN About {5th September,
Carrying freight al through rates to Pictou, Georgetown, Summerside and Shediac; and have good accommodation for passengers.
rwarding thei: orders in thme,so as not to detain the vessels.
For freight or passage apply, in London, to Joun Pircairn & Sons, 69 Cornhill; ia Liverpool, to PircatkN Bro’s, Brockley Buildings, 51 South Joha Street; or here, to
the oes PEAKE BROS. & CO.
Charlottetown, July 23, 1877.
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HOTEL, SUMMERSIDE,
June, $9; J uly, (S1l0.50 > Aug., #12; Sept., 89
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rp Huis NEW HOTEL, accommodating about one hu r tank, Reale addition to the sleeping apartments, a » *eading, Smoking, Barber’s and Bar-rooms. Pj i a. : / . ictu resquely situated ¢ a huadred aod forty acres in extent, in the Bedeque Bay directly opposite the ris = wall Summerside, it combines the retirement ensure cae
: i by the insular ti fj : equal convenience to a position in the town B if; fee ot te tee ern ee : , j a - cs , ae from the windowsand roof of the Retehenat on Tage views of the harbour are obt
, Po ve L riage drive arot ee ne nein tastefully laid out with walks and aiivege the greater part bei ah finely the Hotel, d athing can be enjoyed with suitable privacy On various parts of the beach pear the Hotel oiane ened have been constracted for the purpose. A Ferry Steamer belonging to iddings soll Gidaadiel eens Sa nenersige, and will regularly meet all Bleamners {rom isd pinssuch anamnsioes on es cae made available tor picnics, fishing and shooting parties
ndred and fifty guests, is now open. It number of Public and Private Parlor
REDUCED PRICES, White Cottons. Printed Cottons,
Cotton Warps,
Very Cheap. Mens’ and Boys’ Clothing
+ £T— BOTTOM PRICES.
RUBERT ORR & CO. July 10th.
MUSIC.
ISS FORGAN, Kent Street, will open a.
Class for Music, August 29th. Aug. 23—lw
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Horses, carria j :
lan Bes, rowing and gaii bo ray i Families and parties can have coatlguous suites of rooms if required, b ~ foes nore notice beforehand. , 1 , by sending reasogable
TERMS :— From $2 to $2.50 per day, according to room.
for summer residence. Special arrangements can be made
J, 1. Holman, PROPRIETOR
MERCHANTS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CA ser ADA
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Canital $1,000,000, with nower lp Increase to $2,000,060.
HEAD OFFICE: . .
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MONTREAL.
RiskS Taken Daily at the Office of
CARVELL BROS.
Agents for P. EK. 'sland
Charlottetown, June 7 1877 »
oParties wishing to have their goods delivered here early in the serson wilt oblige by mm
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