CONCKRT AND PIE SOCIAL -—_--—_ The concert and pie social in Rt. 4s Convent last evening was well werd and proved most en)o} able. The} an began about eight o’olock It took oe in the Sodality Hall, im one section pebich & temporary stage, prettily trim eqbich & | 7 ; . 1 bad bee: erected, Lhe programme ea ,, “ ae fo..OW8 - tect, Duet Misses Sweeney and Ciark » i Se Little Tete 7 eeeer* oe as Ont . and Man i 1D iuet seeeee The Misses ~ Murphy eget Sold. « .Mr WJ Brown am Salo. Mr J H McDonald | fap Drill. .. Junior Fupiis vaca! Soleo eccecesee Mr R y Evert number on the progranime was aviered in a eplet lid manner, and was a -" , , , : » gghusiasuical ly applauded by the large pudvence. The drill and chorus be the jple noes were cept cially pleasing features, The sudience insisted upon getting three
aogs from Mr. Macdonald, and even then sey Fanted more. Mr. Roy also had to xepoad to & well-earned encore. The yisses Murphy plared their duet exceed segell; and the rendering of the cornet
by Mr. Brown was also good. The igstramental duet by Miss Sweeney and vgs Clarke was also well played.
After the concert, Mr. E.H. Norton osated the platform and held the atten. tos cf the audience for almost ao hour ahile be auctioned off the pies. The pies gereeliwell made, and solid readily at
prices. ;
The amount realized was $86. The Gisters of the Convent and the members of ©, Joseph’s Solal.y take this opportunity / af returning inert sincere thanks to all gho assisted in the proceedings or in any aber way contributed to the success of ibe project.
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ROSSLAND AND KLONDIKE MINES. Sa,—I noticed in the Guardian a few ago s short article in reference to the desirability of those parties ion this Pro- yoce who have purchased shares in the various mining companies sending out scompetent man to enquire into the of tho-e claims in which Island- asare interested.
No doubt there ere many thourands of | ilar invested bv our people in Kossland fF wi in the Klondike, and it would be in the | DP isterests of thowe who have invested to § dect a reliable man of intelligence who wuld bedepended on to iuvestigate the ‘| vorkings of the mines intelligently and
mport authentically.
Asove who bas invested in several
dums,and who is snxious to abtain some [able information re*pecting same, | B wald be willing to subscribe my share of “Bierrpecses provided a proper man was /Pekcies, and Ienggest that ao effort be pie to get the various shareholders to- Bherand elect a trustworthy person. +f Ibel'eve if a subscription of five hun- '$ixt dollars was made up a most efficiert Baw could be procured to investigate the wats both at Roesland and in tbe Klono- bie, 9 doping to hear sonething from other
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Avwonderfr! value. Suede gloves—$1.19 Opis for first quality, and equal to any fore previously eold at $1.35. All s'zex in @ © aod black at Stanley Bros The always ¥ store. 291 2in.
@ Norwe.—Any friends who Jeft their 4 Fily moulde or dishes at the sale on Th ‘turaday, can get them by applying to 94m. Evans, at St. Paut’s Shool Room.
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MAN OR APH? MrJd M Dunean’s Lecture in Grace Chursih Last Evening.
A very intelligent andience greeted Mr. | Duncan last vight, aod loudly applauded | him as he walked to the platferm to lecture , co “Man or Ape.” After singing | hyma:
Tennyson's beautiful
“Strong Son of God, immortal love,
Whom we that have not seen Thy face
By taith, and faith alone embrace,
Beleving whom we cannot prove,” the pastor led in prayer.
Poe chairman,the Rev, Yr, Kirby iv- Lroduced the lec turer, ref, rring to the fact that Mr. Duncan was one of our own men, and a c.tizen of Charlottetown, and it was weli to have men in our midst who were capable of mteresting and instructing ao audience for ao hour or so on such anim portant subject as that of to-night. It wae a fact that we bad successful and talented
Islanders at home as wellas abroad. He had great pleasure in introducing Mr. Duncan to lecture to us tonight on the evolution theory, “Man or Ape.”
Mr. Duncan commenced bis lecture or
**paper”— which he insisted ov calling 1— by saying that he did not claim to look at tue question as a scientist but only as an or- dinary mortal, neither did be intend doing much more than allow the defenders of the evolution theory to do their own talking; but he wished to show the audience what these mensaid and then when all the evidence was in he would leave the listeners to pronounce the verdict.
His quototions and eelections from Huxley, Varwin, Haeckel, the Duke of Argvie, Kant and otbers on both sides of the question were ep. and bis own argu- ments and fincings were well put and conclusive.
It was easy to see that Mr. Duncan was not in sympathy with evolution, and he proved his pomts by showing how tbe missing
links in the theory were too conspicuous,
and required too greatasiretch of the imagination to fill up.
He produced three charts to make his remarks more clear to the audience, one of which by the illustration of acannon ball and several rings drawn on chart he showed that a ba!! leaving this earch’s centre and going imto space made greater speed the first second of time and uecreasiog in speed until it stopped alto- gether. Now ifit be eavy, be asked, to trace the theory through the earlier ages where the distances were so much greater, why not the later periods when the re- quirements are so much less ?
The secoud chart showed how the direct ladder of the theory should work through the various geological periods, and how it actually did work. The theory was broken and incomplete. Mr.Duncan did not fail to brighten his lecture with wit and sarcasm as well as sound argument. It was evident to the audience that he held evolution to be contrary to Divine revel- ation, and would be deatractive not only to religious belief, but to morality itself, sod would applaud murder and suicide as the benefactors of the race.
The closing of the lecture weigbed the evidence of the argument, aod then lifting owe chart from one to th~ face of another Mr. Duncan said : “ihe evidence is before you, what is the verdict” man or ape 7”
The chart gave the skeletons of a man on one side and an ape ona the other ip which the eyes of the audience could readily detect the disparity and distinc- tions,
Mr. McCready moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer, at the same time defeading the evolution theory and disagreeing with the lecturer on two or three points. Mr. B. Baldereton seconded the resolution and defended the lecturer. Mr. John Newson also suppoited the evolution theory, and Dr. Leeming, again defended the lecturer. The chairman preseuted the vote of thavis which was replied *to by Mr. Duncan. His replies to his critics were most effective and highly appreciated.
‘the Epworth League of Grace Church deserve great credit for the intellectual treat afforded the citizens last night, and Mr. Duncan can be assured that whenever he is announced to lecture again he will have the intelligence of the city in his audience. °
The next lecture in the course will be by Rev. G.€. Pf Palmer, on “The Mind of the Master ; a Criticism.” The date will te announced in the future.
25 percent, off all dress lepgthe, com- prising tweeds, serges, mixtures, plain costame cloths, bengalines, etc., etc. All
new goods. All are on exhibition at the door. Easpection solicited. — James Paton & Co.
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THR DAILY EXAMI
REAL ESTATE AND TAXATION,
Another Letter Hon, D, Davie
Sin,—lo continuation of my ‘vuter of the 8th instant, published in your issue of that date:
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debt incurred for our water works, xe- | pay mentof the money borrowed has to ve made within twenty years. Three years of the sinking fund has been paid, We have atill seventeen years instalments to pay before this debt will be extinguished.
Che house I live in cost me $6,500. It was considered a bargain as it cost the owner $15,000. It has been rated for city ‘axat'on at $05 Cevereirce, If] desired to reut it the highest rent I could get for itwoud be $300 a year, owner paying city taxation and repairs. I tind city taxa lion, special water tax and insurance coats me over $110 a year without taking repairs into Consideration which cost me about $50 a year. Sol would not receive over 2 per ceut for the money invested. I know of several nice two story houses, with all modern improvments,that cost ovir $4,000, that let for $175 to $200. Smaller houses ovned by mechauics and others owned by themselves pay quite as bigha rate of taxation. Tenants of rented houses would be glad to have sewerage as their reuts could not be increased, seeing that the supply of houses is greater vhan the demand. Uld bachelors who do not rue houses would, of course, advocate sewer- age and other improvements. They can live quite comfortably by boarding out at a cost of from $250 to $500 a year. Of course they are in favor of the improve- ments! Under the preseat method of tax- ation the annual interest on the cost of sewerage, etc., would fall ueariy altogether on real estate and househeld property. The advocates of sewerage and other improvements tliould have formulated a policy by which the incidence of taxation should fall more equally all round.
it may be ivferred from whatl have written that J aan opposed to sewerage, etc. That is not so. I am in favor of it, provided we cau see our way clear to paying the interests on the cost.
In a thirdand concluding letter I will Suggest a scheme by wihch sewerage and Oller improvements can be made without being unduly eppressive on property
holders. Yeur obedient servant Danie. Davies. Ch’town, 14th Dec. 1897.
ST. PETER’S ENTERTAINMENT.
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The committee ii charge of the course of | enteriainiments in St. ’eter’s Hall is to be congratulated. Every entertainment has been good and every entertainment seems to be better than the last. That of laet eveving was wholly delightful. There we- not *% weak vumber in it. It any feature wae more marked thau ile others we shoud say that it was tue part singing. The opening chorus, the vocal cheras by the imicuted Misses Earle avd Mesers Earle, aud the quartetie by Rev. T. H. Hunt and Messr~ E. Earle, C. Earle aud J. QOweu were exceptioually well rendered, and the perfect barmouvy was greatly en- joyed and anpinuded. The solox by Moss
Cottoa, Miss Suiiivan, Kev. Mr. Mani- fold sod Mr. Cloud Ail were capital. Miss Sullivan received a
well deserved eucore. Mv. Vinuicombe’s cello and violion sous were of cvuuree excellent and bighly sppre- ciated, as Mr. Vinnicombe’s per- fs mances always are, A*#to the read- logs, that of the Attorney General taught a les*on which those who are tempted to avoid recreation would do well to read. Miss Mellish gave a dramatic rendering of an old Israelite legen.l, which madea powerful impression upoo the audience ; T. A. McLean, Esq , of the Esdale Foun- dry, spoke of the pride of the builder on good work well done, and was heartuy encored; and Mr. Fritz Moore recited two capital things in the Irish vein —both being heartily applauded. We must not forget the harmovica duet by the Messrs. Payne Bros., an unique performance which gave # pleasing variety to an excellent entertainment and was very heartily encored.
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THINGS TO MAKE A NOTE OF,
Leacvur or raz Cross.—Meeting tonight at eight o’clock sharp.
Decipepiy Lascuasie.—“*The Debating Society.” Miss Lefurgey’s first reading in Kindergarten Hall tomorrow evening. Secure your seats early.
25 per cent. discount off all colored dress goods and costumes on (to- morrow) Wednesday and Thursday; also at 39c, your choice of dress goods up to 65c and 49¢ for dress goods worth up to 98c, These prices are good for Wednesday and. Thureday only. —W. A. Week’s & Co.
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Our north window is the attraction for all the children,and for children of a Jarg-
the thousand aud one handsome and curious and desirable things in che great ancy goods and toy bazaar upsiairs.— Geoj Carter & Co.
Central Drre Sroxe—For fine line
perfumes and atomizers.
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NER, CHARLOTTETOWN, DECEMBER 15,
e -|LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS’
“Tue Ser or Torqvorse,” one ofthe late | Mrs. Della Brown Ponds tavorite readinge.
Hear it on Thursday evening. wclaibillbencneap
Concert.—Mr. Whitney i@ a concert in himself. Hear him in Kindergarten Hall | on Inursday evening.
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Tne Last Trisure --The funeral of the late Mrs, Crabbe took place this af'er- noon. The large attendance evidenced the respect eetertained for the deceased,
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Potice Covrt.—Tiis forenoon George Offer appeared in answer toa charge of violating the Liquor Regulation Act by selling intoxicants after hours. The care was adjourned until this day week for further evi eace.
The case of Patrick McMillan, charged with maliciously injaiing the property of Jobo Ling, was adjourned until Friday.
John Cameron, for beiog drunk and in- capable, was fined $2 or 10 days.
The defendant in an assault case was fined 50 cents, each party to the suit to pay his own costs.
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Short extract from a lor g letter to Com- mander Cheyne, R. N., from the Baron- ess Bronte, niece of the late Vice-Admir al Lord Nel-on:—* At your lectures one feels no aching void, all is wonder and admiration; to such lectures as these, parents and guardiane ought to take their children. Such achievements have made England what she is. Yon may fancy, Sir, the interest [ took in your lectures when I inform you that at Constantinople L met Lady Franklin, who showed me the last letters from the immortal Commander of the ill-fated expedition.
Yours very sincerely, C. M. Netson, Baroness Bronte.
The diseases cured by Hood’s Sarsapa- rillaare many, because most ailments fist appear as soon as the blood is emriche aud purified by it.
Qne-of our seven first prizes taken at the Provincial Exhibition, wae for the Sorereign Flavering Extracts. They win on their merits.
Handsome line of gents hemstitched initialled,Jap silk bandkerchiete, 34 cts. Moore and McLeod.
New gold and silver headed canes —E. W. Taylor. —_—_—_—_—_—_————— REOPENING OF THE YOUNG MEN’S DEBATING sOCI&tY OF MAKNSCLIF FS.
The members of the Y M D S of Earns- clitte met at the call of the executive in the Earneclifte School, on Saturday evening, Dec. llth, for the purpose of reopening the society for the winter months.
The at'erndance, owiag tothe bad etate of the roads was not very Jarge, but all seemed determined to make this the best year in the history of the society.
Mr EC Nelson, It vice President, occu- pied the chair. Mr R E Match, Secretary of the society, in a lengthy address revewed tue work of the past year, and judgivg from the list of subjects which had been de. bated, the young men of this section have got an intelligent conception of the public questions of the day.
The election of ctlivers resulted as follows :
President and Chairman of the * execv- tive— KE C Nelson.
lst Vice Pres—F & Young.
Asst Vice Pree A Melnnis.
Secretary—R E Match, re-elected.
Treasurer—D Morrisey.
Sentinels—Thos McPhee and Matthias Praught.
A vote of thanks was tendered the retir- ing executive, which wae replied to by Mr RE Mvtch. He thanked the members tor their kind appreciation of the efforts of the executive to make the society a success aod also for the assistance they had given t» a complisb the same end. He also ask - ed on behalt of the new executive that hearty support and sympathy that had
been given to its predecessor. J he by-laws were then read, some slight verbal changes were made and a new one (No. 16) was added. The meeting will be held on Saturday evenings, tor the present. The subject forthe first d-bate will be “Is man the architect of his own fortune or is he thecreature of circumetances 7?” Moved by Austin Mclnnis seconded by Dougald Morrissey. MEMBER. Earnscliffe, Dec, 13th 1897.
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COMMANDER CHEYNF, R.N.
(An Arctic Officer of three Franklin) Search Expeditions,
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ENTERTAINMENT
ENTITLED
“The biscovery of the North Pole Practicable.”
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\«An Expedition to the North
Pole by Ship, Sledges and Balloons.”
Programme of Some of,the Views.
Geogr? phica. Position—Admiralty Map— Nansen’s Map—Jcean OUurrents—Buttom of the Atantic — Gale in the tack Ice Disco -- Esquimaux — Eequimaux Mar- riage — Formation of Ice — Greenland Giacier — Gigantic Iceberg — Floating Icebt rg—Greenland Scenery—Wreck in the Iee—Dangerous Situation—Crow’s Nest at Mast Head—Forcing a Channl—Clearing a Channel— Ancient Ice—New Koute—*<t Pa’- rick Bay—Coal Bed—Winter Quartes- Spring Traveiling Parties--Sledge Travelling —Pitching Tents—Sicdge YTar'y in Snow
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This New Entertainment will be Ii- lustrated by
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Doers open at 7.30, p m, sharp. Carriages ordered for 10 o'clock.
Tickets 25, 35 and 50c. Plan Tickets at usual places.
Commence at §
This high class and popular Lecture Enter- tainment has been attended by crowded aud lence. in various parts of the world, audien- ces having numbered 3700 and 3000 at a sitting It has been mentioned in public by His Majesty th: King of the Belgians, patronized by Dukes and Ambassa/ors, erates over by the Karl of Mcuat Fdgecumbe, Admiral Sir James Erskine. the Lord Bishop of New- ioundiand. the Governor of Jamaica, Govern orofthe Babamas, ete, ete Commander (heyue pot ouly spent five yearsand a half in the Arctic regions, but aso five more in the attempt to equip another expedition for the North Pole, and his endeavour is pow to
mpress upon Canadians the feasibility of the venture. and the importance to Canada that, inconjunciion with her Klondike dis- (overiesin the far Northwest she should cap ter enterprising cé pabilities by rlanting the ( anadian co'ours at the locality of the North Pole. There are men amongst the Canadian surveyors who can do it. and are ready te carry it through, when the sinews of action
are provided. on