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Tur Darty EXAMINER.

OCTOBER 9, 1883. The Cost of Telegraphs andjCables We have not time to-day to refer par- ticularly to Mr. James’ second letter in another column, further than to cal! attention to the following taken from the | Canadian Blue Book for 1882, which shows the cost to the Canadian Govern-| their Telegraph iines and|

ment of

cables :— THE GRAND MANAN SYSTEM.

$ 2,825.00

10, 100.00 |

$12,925.00

29 miles Land Lines at $97.45, 9 18-100 nautical miles Cable

Total, THE ANTICOS'I SYSTEM,

214 miles Land Lines on the Island of Anticosti at $165, - $35,300.00

44 27-100 nautical miles of cable laid down, - 48,700.00 28 miles Land Lines cn Caspe

1,925.00 | $35,925.00 MAGDALEN ISLAND SYSTEM, 834 miles land lines on the Magda len Island, at $130

73,30-100 nautical miles of cable at $1,100

1264 miles land lines ton, at $110

4 mile cable

Section, at $63.75,

Total,

$10,855.00 | $0,630.00

13,915.00 550.00

in Cape Bre-

Total $105,950.00 IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6764 miles land lines, cost $34.25 per mile - - - 26 nautical miles cable

$57,000. 00 28,600.00

Total $85,600.00

As these lines and cables are the most approved of their kind, aud they certainly cost more thau such lines would in P. E. | Island, aud as private corporetions can | always build such works for less money than the Government can, we may fairly conclude that the /irst cost of the P. E. Island system was very little more than one fifth the amount which Mr. James says the Anglo-American Company have invested in it. Mr. James seems dis- posed to admit that their land lines can be built for $100 per mile. Now if we apply these figures to his 373 miles it would give $37,300.00, and if to this is added the cost of the cable also given by him, $50,000.00, we have $87,300.00.

About £17,000 stg. instead of £30,000 which Mr. James says the Anglo-| American have invested in Prince} Edward Island.

Since Mr. James seems disposed to Jet the public into the secrets of his com- pany, perhaps he will furnish us for publication with a detailed estimate of the cost per mile of building single wire land lines at the present time on P. E. L and the ccst per mile for a cable in place.

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Editorial Notes.

—In his speech last evening, Mr. L.H. Davies appealed to the newspaper press to disseminate the facts of his speech as to the cost of education in Charlottetown and advised the teachers in convention assembled that ‘‘ nothing is doing more harm to ihe public than the desultory reading of newspapers.” We leave to the Patriot the task of meeting this attack of Mr. Davies upon our newspaper press ; and advise teachers and everyone else to read Toe Examiner regularly—and one or two good books, as well.

—The St. John News says:—‘‘So far as wecan gather the Prince Edward Islanders are in a good frame of mind in regard to their connection with the Ex-

hibition. Their display has been a beautiful one, creditable to them at almost all sides. They have taken a

very handsome share of prizes, and been treated generally with much courtesy and kindvess, and are prompt and hearty in the acknowledgment of the fact. It is pleasing to know this. This is a good ending to an unpleasant beginning.”

—Commenting on the recent events in Paris the London Times says. that a Government which cannot secure a courteous reception for a national guest, in its own capital, con hardly be acquitted of weakness and incapacity, even if it escape suspicion on the score of sincerity and good will. Directing its remarks more particularly against M. Challemel- Lacour, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Times adds: “During his brief tenure of office, he has irritated Germany, ruffled the good will of Eng- land and quarrelled with China. The complete isolatiou to which he has re- duced France has had a natural result in the outbreak against King Alfonso.”

—There is a want of Ministers of the Gospel in the Maritime Provinces, which demands speedy lookicg to. The Pres- byterians are suffering, it is said, a good deal more for want of preachers than for want of money. A writer inthe Presby- terian Witness gives the following list of vacancies :

i A NOE MN, . cceescthcte tees 3 For the forage secu en 2 For vacanci P. E. Island Presbytery... .4 PicboW: cote St. 65 87 5 Se

EPI UTA OV EUR Uke oon cdbddcs ccccccescs 2 ET oh. ns chan cee eee ee ee gs 4 Lunenburg and Shelbourne................ 1 Wallace........ Ge cg crete ney cceesstgcese 1 is as ocead ta tn ahead oc Teams uno A 4 en ete ee ee ee 2 Newfoundland......... 1; Ob dttidcate eden 1

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—-The New York Tribune’s Loudon despatch says that the Conservatives have begun an active campaign against the Government. England, Scotlaad, and Ireland, all three, have been simul-

» *aneously attacked, public meetings are being held, conducted by the most prom-

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position. Sir Stafford Northcote, him- self, is at presont in the North of Ireland, where he is holding a series of meetings with the most gratifying and enthusiastic The Parnellites are in a mea-

sure abandoning their ostentatious assault

success,

‘upon the Northera Counties, having re-

ceived a severe check at the beginning. Henceforth their efforts in this quarter will be conducted with more discreetness, aud secret methods will probably be adopted for future movements.

—Co-education, at least in the more advanced colleges of the United States,

jhas not yet arrived at a popular stage. Au effort was recently made to allow

womea the privilege of prosecuting their studies in Columbia College. The in- novation, if it could be called such, met with most determined opposition. The Columbia graduates seem to have been against it without any grounds at all, save that one of the younger alumni ex- plained that they were all opposed to the admission of women. <A resolution com- mending the action of the trustees in pro- viding a course of studies which young women cau pursue outside the college, coming to it only for examinations and for certificates at the end of the four years’ course, was overwhelmingly re- jected. Atthe same time, a resolution recommending the admission of women on the same terms with men, received only four votes. If this means anything, it would seem to mean that most of the ninety graduates present disapproved even of the poor concession made to women by the trustees. On the other hand the young women themselves do not seem to prize very highly the privi- lege of studying at arms-length from a college. Only four of them applied for it at the entrance examination, and it is obvious that the plan of the trustees is not yet a success.

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The Teacher's Convention.

Two interesting essays were read before the Convention yesterday afternoon. One on the use of ‘‘Shalland Will” by Mr. T. A. LePage; the otheron ‘‘The Clasics in Education,” by Prof. Caven. A place for both will, in a day or two, be found in Tur EXAMINER.

In the evening there was given, for the benefit of the Convention, a musical and oratorical entertainment. The sweetest choir in the town sang ‘“‘The Psalm of Life,” **The Bells of Shandon,” and several other musical selections of high order.

Rev. J. W. Wapman spoke eloquently about the work of the teacher of youth. Education is, he said, man’s highest human good. Education is one of the character- istics of the age. The truths of science and literature are becoming more widely known, more keenly appreciated. This is well; for no nation is safe whose people remain uneducated. This being so, the public schools should be well supported by the people in general and by the Govern- ment in particular; and the teacher should take as his motto the aphorism, ‘‘knowledge is power.”

Mr. L. H. Davies, M. P., said that teachers deserve the largest share of the syinpathy of public men; «nd they have it. Teachers wield an immense influenre. They are educated men and women, they are scattered over the lenzth and breadth of the country, and they mix freely with all sorts and conditions of,the people. Public men know that teachers wield this immense influence; and they are inclined to look well after the teachers’ interests. But the interests of the tax payer must not be for- gotten. The tax payer must be made to feel that he is paying for that which is a real practical benefit to himself and to the whole community; and it is the teacher’s object and interest to make him feel this. If the children whe attend the public schools are more truthful, more honest, better mannered, better in every way,— the teacher may depend upon it that he will never have any trouble with the tax payer. But if the reverse be the case, there must be something wrong; and the tax payer will pay with a grudging hand. In the year 1876 the average daily attendance at the public schools of the Province was 8799; and 1882 it was 11,285—a very respectable increase; but still there is good reason to believe that, in Charlottetown particularly, many boys and girls do not attend. Thisis due to apathy on the part of the parents, and this apathy must be removed by the teachers them- selves. The teachers havea great work to perform; and a great responsibility to bear. We have in the great Dominion of Canada a gvodly heritage—a wide field for the exercise of the talents of the rising generation ; and our youth will have to enter into competition with the educated youth of Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick and Quebec. It is the duty of the teacher to teach them how to doit. Those of our young men who go abroad are usually successful. Why? Simply because they are the peers of those with whom they came into competition. Let it be the work of our teachers to keep them well forward in the path of advancement. But it is said the cost is too great. The schools of Char- lottetown are costing more than they should cost. The statistics show that in the cities of Ontario the cost per head of the scholars at the public schools is $8.12; in Charlottetown it is $7.60. The cost is not too high. This Convention of teachers is a good thing. Organi- zation gives strength. The _ inter- change of thought must do good. These meetings must result beneficially to teach- ersand through them tothe country at large. The teachers had been advised by

4} an old and venerable gentleman to read the

newspapers; but he would advise them to obtain one or two standard tooks and study them thoroughly. Nothing is doing more harm to the general public of to-day than the desultory reading of newspapers. The man of one book is the man who is power- ful, whether he works in the Church, or at the Bar, or behind the teacher’s desk.

R. R, Frrzceraip, Esq., said he knew of no power in these days equal to that wielded by the teachers. The great moral work of the Legislature is done. But he would not be so sweeping as the last speaker in his remarks concerning the Press. The Press is certainly a great

power. It Ought to be a great power for good. As a rule the Press man is an

Powis end mvmvers of ths op-

educated mewn; and vomtny frym the peuple

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and mingling with the people, he knows the people and the peopie’s sentiments and requirements. But his influence for good is lessened because he too often giver pub-

licity to slanders and scandals, and exerts himself to deprecate public men. The Church has undoubtedly a great work todo. But no influetice on

earth has a stronger bearing upon the future of the world than that _ exerted

by the teachers who instruct and form the youthful minds in the schoolhouses throughout our land. No

doubt this influence is not yet so widely felt as it onght to be. This is abundantly evidenced in cases which often come before him as Stipendiary Magistrate. In the courtroom there is often presented a sad and striking contrast to the pleasing scene we see here this evening, (referring to the young school gitls who formed the choir). There, are often seen youths who have entered on the auenueed course and show the marks of crime,—youths who should go to school,—and do not. The fault lies somewhere; it should be sought out and remedied. And the _ practical point to be urged to-night is that the teachers endeavor to bring those of the youths who have entered upon wrong and crim- inal courses within their kindly and power- ful influence, and extend to them also the advantages enjoyed by the cultured and good-mannered children we see here to night.

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Tue regular monthly meeting of the City Council was held last evening. Eight of the Councillors and His Worship the Mayor were present.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and passed, and several accounts signed by - Finance Committee were ordered to be paid.

Councillor McRae—Please Your Worship, as this is the first time I have sat at this Board I want to thank the free and independ- ant electors of Ward Four, also Your Worship and the majority of the City Council, for the support given me on election day, and to say I do not believe in bringing politics into Civic matters.

Councillor Davy stated that he had ejected Mr. Henry Coombs from the cellar oceupied by him, and re-sold to Campbell & Rayden, and moved that his action be approved.

Councillor Horne wished to bring f the notice of the Council the state of the gas lamps, said they were badly attended to.

Councillor Crabbe said Councillor Murphy intended to put new burners on the street lamps at an early day.

Marshall Flynn reported he had found a child on the sidewalk and had placed it in the care of Mrs. Currie; the matter was referred to the Mayor and Recorder.

Councillor Tanton moved a resolution that no work be done on the streets without being signed by three of the Street Committee.

The Council then adjourned to meet in caucus in the Mayor’s Office.—-Com.

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MARRIED.

At Georgetown, on 3rd inst., before Hon. D. Gordon, J. P., Mr. John B. Hume and Miss Mary Lamort, both of Woodville,!]Town- ship 62.

At Eureka, Nevada, Sept. 26th, by the Rev. J. L. Woods, at the residence of W. H. Mc- Laren, Esq., Atlas Hill, Mr. Philip McLaren, to Almira L.. third daughter of G, W. Millner Eeq., all of Charlottetown, P. E. 1. ————_—_—___O_oO————

DIED.

At his residence, Newtown, Belfast, on Monday last, Edward Robertson, Esq., aged 72 years.

[Funeral on Thursday next, at 11 a. m.

At Peterville, Lot 43, on the 3rd October, of consumption, John McDonald, miller, in the 54th year of his age, leaving a widow and five children to mourn their irreparable loss. A verv large number of friends testitied their respect for the deceased by accompanying his remains to their last resting place in St. Mar- garet’s Cemetery. R. I. P. EEE EEE ee

HOTEL ARRIVALS.

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RANKIN HOUSE.

Oct. 9.—W H Smith, Montreal; E Johnson, Pictou; John McLean, Souris; W J Stewart, Halifax; G W Howlan, and wife, Tignish; John A Matheson, and wife, Campbelton; SS Forrest, Halifax; J C Redmond, Montreal; F E McPherson, Toronto; James Rogers, Montreal]; E D Lacy, St. John; Malcolm Me- Leod, Belfast; F R Beaton, East Point; Mrs Beaton, do; Mrs R McDonald, Souris; C J Healey, do; John McKenzie, Summerside; Miss McKenzie, do.

SHIP NEWS.

PORT OF CHARLOTTETOWN.

ENTERED. Oct 8-—Elizabeth, McDougall, Pictou, coal; Rustic, Keeping, Picton, limestone;

Adonia, MclIsaac, Pictou, coal. Oct 9—Confederate, McKay, Rustico, mack- erel; Bounty, Hughes, Sydney, C B, coal; J W Falt, Kendrick, Hali'ax, molasses; E Brown, Richards, St Peters, N S, lime- stone; Lodi, Green, Pictou, coal; Rising Dawn, Bondroit, Pictou, coal. CLEARED, Oct 8—Kate, McPherson, Halifax, produce. Oct 9—Alaska, Young, Montague, mdse, Bounty, Hughes, Pictou, bal; Tarquin, McPherson, Pugwash, bal; Rising Dawn, Boudroit, Pictou, bal. OUTPORTS.,

Summerside, Oct, 8—entered schr Grand Master, Kennedy, Pictou, coal. Cld—schr Kewatin, Craig, Demerara, 6,100 bush oats, $3,064; 66 sheep, $264, shipped by David Rogers.

LANDING T0-DAY.

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NE HUNDRED puns. Choice and Cheap.

CARVELL BROS, Ch’town, Oct. 9, 1883.—2in pat.

Wanted to Purchase,

FOR CASH. Garnett Potatoes.

HENRY C. OUTERBRIDCE, Queen's Wharf. Ch’town, Oct. 9, 1883.—2in pd.

SONS OF = TEMPERANCE.

HE ANNUAL MEETING of the Grand Division will be held at North Wiltshire on Friday the 26th of October, inst, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon. A public meeting

MOLASSES,

, will be held in the evening.

| J. J. CHAPPELL, G. 8, Ort & 1898%.—2i whly puther ae pron

OCTOBER 9. 1883s.

Ne —

EXHIBITION WEEK!

E invite the Citizens and those who may be visiting the Town. during the week of Exhibition, to the inspection of our immense stock of

FALL AND WINTER GOODS!

WE HAVE JUST PLACED UPON OUR SHELVES THE CONTENTS OF

Two Hundred and Sixty Bales and Cases,

OF

ENGLISH, AMERICAN, AND CANADIAN,

Comprising everything necessary fer Household and General use.

—— —:0!:—> Varieties complete in every Department at the

Very Lowest Prices for Cash.

UPWARDS OF

Fifteen Thousand Grain Bags,

And a Large Stock of Very Choice

CHINESE AND INDIAN TEAS,

Wholesale and Retsil.

GEO. DAVIES & CO.

Charlottetown, Oct. 6, 1883.

LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS !

“~-* — -— — ————— 50);

Ww. & A. BROWN & CO,,

AVE now opened 140 Cases and Bales of New and Fashionable Dry Goods. 100 pieces Ulster Cloths, bought at half price.

100 pieces Mantle Cloth, bought at half price. 1,000 Wool Squares, very cheap.

50 boxes Silk Fringe,

200 pieces Winceys,

30 «6** = Shirtings, 25 ‘* Silk Plushes, 500 ‘* Prints, 50 “ Velveteens, .100 ** Ssotch Tweeds, 30 ‘* Silk Velvets, 50 ‘* Worsted Coatings, 50 ‘* Frillings, 50 ‘* Scarlet Flannels, 300 Jackets and Dolmans.

At twenty per cent less than prices of former years. All Goods we are selling very cheap this Season.

Wholesale an! Retail. 60 PIECES CARPET DAILY EXPECTED.

W, & A. BROWN & CO.

Ch'town, Oct. 6, 1882.— dy wkly.

DOMINION SAFETY FUND.

G

TY. HE following acknowledgments for payments death claims show the promptitude with which such claims are paid by the Dominion Satety Fund Life Association :—

As insurances are effected in this Associations at actual cost, with a smal] fixed charge for office commission, there cannot possibly be a more ©quitable and cheap system of life insurance.

No delay no heavy premiums, no enormous profits atthe expense of the in- sured !

This company having made the deposit of $50,000 at Ottawa, as required by law, offers this further guarantee as to the prompt payment of its obligations.

Every policy in this Association for $1,000 is secured by the obligations of its members representing upwards of $2,000,000 and rapidly increasing.

; Frepericton, N. B., July 3rd, 1883. To the President and Directors of the Dominion Safety Fund Life Association, St. John N.B.

GENTLEMEN :—I hereby acknowledge receipt of the sum of two thousand dollars, in full settlement of my certificates, Nos. 369, 370, on account of the death of my husband, Dr James Henry Ellis. M. D, paid to me immediately upon presentation of proofs of his death.

I beg to express my grateful thanks for your promptitude in paying the claim, and gladly authorize you to publish this letter, if you deem it desirable, in the interests of your valuable

Association, Yours, respectfully, Mercy AxsyeE ELtIs,

Wesley Vanwart. St. Joun, N. B., July 30, 1883,

To the President and Directors of the Dominion Safety Fund Life Association, St. Jehn. N.B.

GunTLemen,—I beg to offer you my sincere thanks for the promptitude with which my claim on your Association for one thousand dollars, as beneficiary on my husband, the late Moses Lockhart, was paid to me as soon as the necessary papers were completed and present- ed, and I trust the Association will continue to receive the support it so fully deserves,

__ (Signed. ) Witness : (Signed.)

(Signed. ) SaRAH LOCKHART, Witness ; j Signed. ) C. A. Macdonald, LEONARD MORRIS, Agent for P. E. Island, Summenrsite, Aug. 3; 1S83.—ly

Pf. ISLAND

FANCY

Furness Line Steamers

FORK CITY, 2,525 tous; DT

CITY, 2,844, tne; Bo STON ea 2,334 tons; CALCUL TA CITY, $,000 tone. NEWCASTLE CITY, 2.1°9 ‘tons, sail: from Halifax for London, G. B, every ten days caraying freight at bottom rates Can ned oom starch, and oats in sacks : speciality. Through Bills of Lading grintea

here. A. H. B. MACCOWAN, Agent,

‘SALE,

Ch'town, Oct. 6, 1883,—4i 2aw

‘RAILWAY.

| PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION

ETURN TICKETS at one first Class fare will be istued from all Stations on this Railway to Charlottetown, on the 9h 10th, and 1 th of October, inet, goud return Up ty dun dc. i oy OO rtoher TRh tg parties attending the Provincial bauiwiscn,

JAMES COLEMAN,

Rajlway Office, Ch’town, Oct. 1, 1888. [ex pat eod tl 10th, her pres ne pio jour lin,

Herring and Codfish

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™ BARRELS and Half barrels Choi 125 FAMILY HERBING. ” 200 Qtls. Codfish, Just seccived ‘at the

Fish Market. J. H. MYRICK. Oct. 2, 1883.--3i eod.

P. £. 1, Steam Navigation Coapany,

f b- ANNUAL MEETING of the Steck- holders of the Stezm Navigation Company will be held in their cftice corner of Great George and Lower Water streete, on THURS. DAY, the 18th of October, at seven o'clock in the evening, for the election of Directors and other business,

By Order ¥, W. HALES, Secre . Ch'town, Oct. 2, 1883. —

WANTED.

@QLEVERAL VESSELS, 60 to 150 tons regis- kU ter, to load Prince Edward Island pro- duce for Newfoundland and West Indies,

ALSO, Two (2) Vessels, about 200 tons register, to load for England, —

AND one (1) about 250 tons, for United Kingdom or Continent.

Good rates and quick despatch.

JOHN F. ROBERTSON, Ch’town, Sept. 26, 1883.—pat eod

OB PRINTING of every description executed with Neatness and Despatch at the EXAMINER JcR PRINTING ROeNS, ane Water and Oenet Cerra Ctraat,

WANTS, LOST, FOUND, de,

VUNG MAN WANTED for ordinary yard work. Most undcrstand care of horse and cow. Apply at this office. [oct9 tf

JANTED.—A ycung Protestant Girl

for general housewcrk to go to Mass- achusetis, U. 5. Guod reference required. Apply to Gro. P. Taxtoy, Great George St. {oct6 tf.

ANTED.—A Nursemaid. References required. For information apply at the EXAMINER Office. {oct6

rg°O LET.—House corner Great George and King’s street. Possession lst November P. K. Bowers. [oct6 3i;

, ANTED.—A man to work about a House and take charge of Horses.

Wa, Dopo. {oct5, ~ O8T—Yesterday between the Union Bank and St. Dunstan’s Cathedral, a gold and coral pin, with white lace attached. ‘The finder will be rewarded by returning it to Mrs. M. A. Burke, corner of Prince and Richmond streets. foct5 3i pd.

TANTED IMMEDIATELY.—A good smart Boy with a fair educetion, for the Printing business, Brimnek Buos.

[oct tf pd

\AFE FOR $ALE.—Flaherty & Co., mak- ers. Used by us. As good as new, Will

be sold cheap. Apply to A. A. Baipwry & Co. {oct2 5i.

\ y ANTED. —Two Girls, as housemaid and waiter in a hotel. Apply at EXaMINER Office. {oct2.

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ANTED.—A Girl for general house- work, Apply at Examiner Office.

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WELLING HOUSE FOR SALE.—I

offer at private sale my Residence oD Euston Street. Good stable and rain water cistern on premises. If not sold within tem days will be to let. A. A. Batnwrn. [oct? 5i. ‘qv LET and possession given immediately

the two story J)welling House, corner Prince and Fitzroy streets. Apply om the premises to J. Fiaser or W. E. Dawsox. [002

OD

—_ cleaned and repaired. mm class work guaranteed. Shop,— door west Presbyterian newspaper office, Grafton St. A good Presser wanted, apply at once, R, MoUcugney. (oot 1.

RENCH LESSONS—A Lady wishes te

form a French class, for young girls. For particulars apply at EXAMINER UFFIOZ. [sc p24 FEW GENTLEMEN can be acecm modated with board on restonable terme, in the house, corner of Great George and King streets, lately occupied by Mr. W. Hickey. Mrs. Saunprrson. [sept. 6 1883,

O LET—A Pwelling House on Onsen Street, containing nine rooms, Ren A ‘ (eeps tf

tow.

ply t Heury Blutch