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SATURDAY,

JANUARY 9, 1892.

THE DAILY EXAMINER. ti inion

Wen comparing the liquor statistics of last year with those of previous years, it must, of course, be remembared that last year was a year of elections, and that, consist- ently with the “‘ custom of the country,” it was to be expected that there would bea larger quantity of intoxicating liquor, con- sumed than in other years, Besides the civic election, we had last year a Scott Act election, a civic plebiscite, the general elec- tion and a bye-election, in all of which, it may truly be said, the ordinary consumption of liquor was exceeded.

Another point to be remembered is the fact—repeatedly referred to by THE Examrner—that « larger or smaller num- ber of importers of liquor purchase their supplies duty paid in St. John, Halifax or Montreal,—the probability being that a larger quantity was so imported in Scott Act years, during which entries of liquor at our Custom House were regarded ss sus- picious acts indicating illicit sale.

Bearing in mind these two points, the following statistics vbtained from the Cus- tom House and Excise Otfice of this city may be of value, as tending to a right judgment concerning drinking and drunk- enness in this community. We quote first the following :—

Statement of Liquors of all kinds entered for consumption at Charlettetown, for years ending 3lst December, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891.

1886. Ale, Beer and Porter...... 11,669 | $ 5,878 OE EES 11,254; 18,187 Wk cues tb dedecanias | 6,163 1,914 PERS in nti Hai cies ehne eadegs& Glee 2,221 ED bi « « dies c0dsics «+» | 25,673 | 26,793 ML ah, ca thecwudecoes 3,091 2 809 SPN 4a ats dcecdee pines a 64,503 | $57,802 1887. Consumption. Gals. Value, Ale, Beer and Porter...... | 8,351] $ 4483 Brandy..... Bode idiiadec «. | 2,670} 4,245 GO ein Bile ctw iis 0 0 dings « av 2,974 726 WN i50 ssi deat cecans 5,478| 1.491 Pk « cctihancnddunses 12,755 | 13,933 MN ig ce 1,066 1,438 Total ot cibwie (seed 33,294 | $26,316 1888. Ale, Beer and Porter ...... 6,919 | $ 3,306 BOUIE 5 i355 civics ss b ciety 2339} 3,796 Seales entitles dts 4s «| 3,024 758 WN 6 icc eed ekh 5ucea 3,758 1,314 IS «sds cabenutsndees 13,047! 13,513 MOE sacs bea Seta 424 | 655 ee i | 29,511 $23,342 1889. Ale, Beer and Porter. . | 4,586] $ 2.914 RUIN sb Gk ccusebasctes te |} 2713 4,315 a Pe ditesedee 1 aaa 7i4 WE one sc cone cneocdes ck. 4.091 1,401 I 6 is 6 nde genes Ch enae 11.977 | 12,075 WS Kis i CENA iptnca 1,037 1,563 Tota! 6.046 66060666 066660068 27,197 $22,952 1890. Ale, Beer and Porter . | 6,282 | $ 3,723 re G6 hieciadiva ces 2,819 4.721 GR ak lo nb 6600 di 4d tabs os | 2,284; 643 ee es oes 3.147 1,429 I cg ta ioe 11,797 12,014 ORS oa | 1,424] 2,413 os os, iat ..« | 27,753 | $24,943 189]. Ale, Beef and Portez...... 4,656 | $ 2,931 a ae 3,556} 5,849 he aks ob tite. ca 2.4721 745 NE iid wiubie dace eaves 3.602 1,556 SR aga or eS 14,193 | 15,627 IN ie oo 1,116 1,249 TNE 60 OR eR | 29,590 | $27,957

Showing an average of 25,308 gallons per year for the six years enumerated, and an average of 36,451 gallons for the five years immediately preceding last year.

Then note the following comparative statement of beer and spirits, obtained from the Excise office :

BERR BREWED.

Gala. Ree 6 i dd b cb eich 86,000 ROU «ells Be dc Bulb beg cdbwhd bc ola eScncai 35,300 MOS 5 2.4 4.3.7.4.3.5.0.3.05 0465 46.800 We aschecerecs cofndensasnentie 49,700 kbs Saiwhod dnbe ois anes bh cadeu 37,800 REE biidtivh sss 46 ao aka canon ck 37,150

Showing an average of 38,958 gallons per year for the six years, and an average of 39,320 gallons for the five years immediately preced- ing last year. ‘

SPIRITS FOR OONSUMPTION BX WAREHOUSE.

Duty Paid. Total

Gals. Gals. Gals. ee. 4234.28 411.77 746.03 De eee 3331 38 347.99 3679 37 1888... ...1720.74 9334 45 2115 19 _ eee 1498.02 919.72 2417.74 1890... ...2775.67 333 39 3109.06 OG. 4. & 4915 78 1227.29 6143.07

Showing an average of 3,701.74 gallons for the six years, and an average of 3213.48 gal- tons for the five years immediately preceding last year,

These figures, taken together with the facts which we have pointed out, indicate that the defeat of the Scott Act has not re- sulted, as was feared by many persons, in & greatly increased consumption of liquors. It is true that the convictions for drunken- ness have been increased. But this may have resulted from greater carelessness on the part of the liquor dealers in letting their drunkea customers out upon the street late at night, or from greater activity on the part of the police, or from both. Alte- gether, the statistics are in agreement with the testimony of our senses that the liquor evil is not on the increase in Charlottetown. It is complained by prominent liquor deal- ers that “there is now nothing in the trade.” We believe that this complaint is «not without foundation. Even the accumulation of money, which is the one source of the strength of the liquor

trade, does not now exist in Charlottetowao as it existed im recent years, The trade is divided among a larger number of per- +oas who are not working together and help- ing one another, but are in active competi- tion. Its solidarity has already been broken, as witness the divisions recently made appar- ent in the City Council. money in it,” and if its dealers are divided

If there be ‘* no amoug themselves, we may not be very far wrong in concluding that it is on the down grade, and that it wi)l not grow and flourish as in days of yore. However this may be, the policy of ‘‘let it alone’ seems t> be at this juncture alike necessary and wise. The magistrate, ought, indeed, be be invested with powerto impose very much heavier fines in cases of a breach of the -Lord’s Day Act. We think, too, that liquor dealers here should, as in soie parts of the States, be held legally responsible and liable for damages which may result from the sale of intuxicauts to drunkards. But perience of the past year seems tu prove that all the worry and trouble and expense of legal repression of the liquor traflic in the years that are past, went for nothing or almost nothing.

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If our people were educated to abstain from the use of intoxi- cants and if counter-attractions to those ot the bar room were provided, if in short every one could be induced to ‘“‘let it alone,” there would soun be an end to the evils of the liquor trafti >.

In this connection, we note with pleas- ure the additional attractions now being supplied bythe Y. M. C. A., and th: movement which has been inaugurated by the Rev. Mr. Brewer,—-as well as all other means of innocent and improving diversion for our young men.

Notes and Comments.

— The Superintendent of Education is instituting improvements in respect to the inspection of our public schools, not city schools alone, as inadvertantly stated yes- terday.

—Large numbers of Russian Methodists are reported tu be on the eve of emigrating to America. If, says the Montreal Gazette, Canada could capture some of them it should be well. If Russian Methodists are like cther Methedists they will make good citizens wherever they settle down.

—Montreal Gazette: ‘‘ Hon Mr. Dewd ney has not been long in replying to Mr. Davin’s charges in connection with that Regina quarter-section. Hz= says he ad- vised Green to take up the lad, that Green did so and now owns the property, and that he (Mr. Dewdney) aever made any profit or had any interest in the affsir. As an imitator of Mr. Tarte, the Windy Bard ot the Prairies appears to have been most successful in the completeness of his col- lapse.”

—The influenza is prevalent throughout Great Britain and the number of cases daily grows larger. A marked feature of the present visitation cf the disease is the large number of deaths resulting either directly from it or irom the complications attending it. In London alone during the last week nineteen deaths dus to thes causes have been reported. The reports receivea from all the places where the dis- ease had made its appearance that show it is of a far more serious type than ever before known.

—A readerof the Patriot has’ directed |

our attention to the fact that it has quoted, without remarks the Moncton Transcript's reproduction of its false statement that the Judges comp'imented Messrs. Davies and Welsh ‘upon the purity of the election.” Everyone in court at the time knows that the Judges said nothing of the kind Nor did Judge Hensley say, as the Patriot asserts, that it would have been ‘‘atrocious”’ to find Mr. Welsh guilty of the charge in respect to Vernon River Hall. It must be patent to all that that must be a very questionable reputation which has to be sustained by statements which are not true. Religious Services.

St. Paul’s Church.—Services to-morrow: Holy Communion at 830 a m; Morning Prayer and Sermon at 1! o'clock; hvening Prayer and Sermon at 7 o’clock.

St. Peter’s Church.—Services to-morrow (First Sunday after the Epiphany): Holy Communion at 8 am; Matins and Litany at 10.15; Choral celebration of the Holy Eucharist and Sermon at 11 am; Evensong and Sermon at 7 o'clock. The offertory at all the services will be for foreign missons,

Gospel Meeting._Remember the Gospel Meeting in McLeod's Hall to-morrow after. nocn at 4 o'clock, conducted by the Railway men, Strangers always welcome. Lesson taken from Mark 10-46—“Spiritual Blind- neas,””

St James’ Church.—Services will be con- ducted Sunday, morning by Rev Gordon, and evening by Rev C W Hamilton.

Zion Church.—Services will be conducted Sunday morniug by Rev Mr Hamiltor, and eveniug by Rev Mr Brewer. Morning prayer meeting at 10.15. Sabbath Schooi and Bible classes will meet at 2.30 pm. Quarterly review.

Services will be held in the First Methodist church Sunday aa follows: In the morning at 10 o'clock, prayer meeting; at 11 o'clock, preaching by Rev Mr Carruthers; Sabbath School at 230; and preaching at 7 p m by Rev Mr Sutherland.

Services in the Second Methodist chureh Sunday are as follows: Praver meeting at 10 am; preaching at 1l am by Rev Mr Suther- land, and at 7 pm by Rev Mr Gordon SS. 8. services and Bible classes at 215. Quarterly review. Attentive ushers at the doors to show all strangers to comfortable seats, “Love Feast” Friday evening.

The usual services will be held iu the hieeting House, Upper Great George Street, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and in the evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday School at 2.30.

Kensington Hall, Edward Street. —Sabbath School at 230 p m. Popular service in the evening at 630. Song by choir of forty voices. Seats and books provided. Evange- list Sutcliffe will give an address. Strangers made heartily weleome.

Baptist Church.—Services will be coun- ducted by Rev Mr Brewer at 11 am, and by Rev Mr Carruthers at 7 pm. Sunday School at 2.30. Quarterly review. Prayer meeting Monday and Wednesday at 8 pm. Prayer meeting in mission rooms, Long Street, on Thursday.

A union communion of the members of St. James and Zion churches will be held to- morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in Zion church. The sessions of both churches extend a cordial | invitation to members of other churches to be present and to participate in the service. |

Among the Esquimaux. AN ISLANDER’S VERY UNPLEASANT EXPER- LENCE

**] thought I was a dead man, sure, when

ce 9 | { was up among those savage Esquimaux,”’ | said Harvard Pursey, of 737 Howard St., |

to a Chronicle reporter yesterday.

‘“‘[ went up there on the schooner John McCulloch to put up a house which the vessel carried for the new mission station yn St. Lawrence island, and | have just re- urned to San Francisco. I expected to fiud the revenue cruiser Bear there to pro- tect me, but she did not show up and there I was, the only white man among 200 or 300 savages.

**Ag soon as the schooner left the trouble began. There’ were at least two factions among the natives, headed by rivai chiefs. { didn’t know a single word of the lan- guage, but as well as I could make out they were fighting to sse which could get possession of me, and consequently, as they thought, cf the house.

** Almost every day a lot of them would get drunk on mean whiskey, which they nad procured from the whalers, and then there was the mischief to pay. They would cut one another with knives until he blood ran all over their bodies, and pistols and rmfiea were brandished in the most reckless manner imaginable.

‘** If had some food left me by the schoon- er and obtained some more from the Enag- lish gunboat Pheasant when ske touched at the island, out it didn’tdo me much good. Che oldest and most uncrupulous of the chiefs, I1-you-ook shook, took possession of me and my food and he and his family ate most of it. I had a revolver with me, but that was no protection, for nearly every esquimaux had a better one, besides a rifls or shot gun.

‘‘Even after | completed the schoolhouse I was forced to live in the chief's dirty tent infested with lice and filled with the sicken- ing oders of half-putrid walrus meat and vil; and at night I had to sleep among those Esquimaux, too. They all strip stark naked and sleep under reindeer skins in- stead of blankets.

‘When weeks passed and the Bear didn’t come, as I told them I thought she wou!d, the only one among them that could speak alittle broken Engiish would say to me, ‘You bad man, you lie; Bear no come; what for you no talk; you think bad.’ Chen they would all lovk at me as if they had halfa mind to kill me and be done with it, and I thought several times my last hour had come.

‘“‘What sort of homes have they? Now they live ina sort of tent formed by pieces of drift wood and wreckage, fastened to- gether with sealskin thongs and covered with walrus hide; bat they formerly lived ia under- ground houses using immense whale ribs for imber instead of logs. I saw the remains of several houses of the kind.

‘Yes, much of their food is horribly dis- gusting tous They kill walrusin May and out the meat in holes in the ground. By August it is horribly putrid, but the poor creatures have nothing else to eat and so thoy are obliged to live on it.

“Dol think they can be civilized? Oh, yes. They have plenty of sense, and show wonderful ingenuity in the manufacture of their tools and weapons. If the United States Government would only take more energetic measures to supress this unlawful liquor trafic, I feel sure the Esquimaux cond be rapidly civilized.”—San tc rancisco Chronicle

{The Harvard Parsey referred to in the forgoing article is a son of Mr. Pursey, keeper of the lighthouse at Rustico ]

_-—————- 4 + 9+ @ —_____—_—. Wonderful Weather.

The lilac trees are budding. They anti-

{ cipite the spring.

Mr, Henry Hine, sexton of St. Poter’s Church, was digying in his garden yester- day—Jan. 8h.

lhere was a rowing match on Summer- side harbor yesterday afternoon. When shall we have one in Charlottetown harbor ?

Though navigation remains open, trade with she outside world has been for some time pist practically closed. To such an extent are merchants creatures of habit ? Or, perhaps, the thought of what might happen in case of an old-fashioned January storm restrains them.

A gentleman from Rustico to day repor‘s that there is not a speck of ioe on the rivers or harbors of the North Side

Mr. Dingwell, of St. Peter’s Bay, was ploughing yesterday—Jan. 8th, 1892; and he may be ploughiug to-day.

SOD eee

Personal

We are glad to nete that Mr. Unsworth, Superintendent of the P. KE. Island Railway, is out again after his recent severe illness.

Sir George Biddell Airy, at one time the Astronomer Royal of Britain, is dead in London, aged 91 years.

**Prinz’” von Michaels, who insisted on marrying the daughter of Jay Gould, bas been sent to a lunatic asylum.

George McSweeney, Esq , of the Brunswick Hetel, Moncton, was at the Hotel Davies last evening. He went to Summerside this morn. ing.

Dr. Bourinot, Clerk of the House, has returned from Washington, where he was attending the annual meeting of the Ameri- can Historical Society.

The Guardian reports concerning the ex- cellent lecture delivered in Summerside on Thureday evening, on what it terms “Ire- land’s Great ”’;

“Mr. James Mclsaac, editor and pro- prietor of the Charlottetown Herald, was introduced by the president. Mr. MclIsaac tock the floor and with a few trite °re- marks began his lecture on the immertal Sir Thomas Moore, one of Ireland’s great- est sons, who in the reign of Henry the Eighth, occupied the imposing position of High Chancellor of England.

Really ! As a great contemporary of Sir Thomas More has said, “‘This is the unkindest cut of all.” The Guardian should adopt straightforward means of casting ridicule upon a rival editor. The lecture and other biographies which state that Sir Thomas More was an Englishman born in London, must now, we suppose, be revised !

The Tcronto Globe says that Mr. Daviee, M.P., of Prince Edward Island, who has just emerged successfully from the alection courts, is ‘‘sagacious in council” 226" +ror- midable in the House.’ Upon which The Empire remarks that Mr. Davies may be crammed full of sagacity in the Grit council, which we have never attended regularly, partly through lack of an invitation and partly on account of the din, but when he escap’s fromthe melee of the interior to the open air no trace of sagacity remaine, As to his formidableness, have bitter cause to rue it.

BEFORE STOCK TAKING !

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Not Oaly once in a Miss year does such an oo | Opportunity come to rhis get Drea Goods, ‘he ‘ | Millinery, Mantles, Chance i Cloth, etc., etc., at to | the prices we now Secure | offer. See a Very ra ; ere are a few, Unusual | bat you must call and - to see for yourself ic @ | what this means, Astonishing These goods must

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CLOAKS worth $18, now $10. JACKETS worth $6, now 93. DRESSES worth $9, now #&.

HATS worth $3, now $2.

REMNANTS OF CLOTH at Half Price. REMNANTS OF PLISH, 38c. per yard. REMNANTS OF SILKS, etc. 252. yd. REMNANTS OF RIBBONS, Half Price.

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Fur Goods at very low prices, and a Special Bar- gain in Fur Coats and Sleigh Robes.

BEER BROS.

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Masa THE LYCEUM, In Aid of the Hew Temple,

Tuesday Evening, Jan. 12.

8, N. Karle, - - Musical Director H. W. Vinnicombe, - Orchestra Leader

PROGRAMME.

ODE BY THE BRETHREN.

1. Overture—" The Diadem”’............ Hermen Orchestra.

2. Glee—‘ Now Tramp O’er Moss and Fell”’..

os eecceccedsee’ Gen iovepedeecevceteces+s++- Bishop Twenty Picked Voices,

3. Vocal Solo—“Sing Me an English Song”....

acl Bin nedssvenedstocensibecnshetecs WCPO Mr. Fred Davies.

4. Vocal Duet—" Soe the Pale Moon”..Campana Misa Earle and Mr. A. L. Rice.

5. Waltz —" Rural Pictures”... ... ove C'Zibulka Orchestra. 6. Yooal 8olo—-* The New Kingdom”........ 355 SeF MEM ASe ce cgh¥ op ehees ,Berthald Tours

Mrs. Maleolm McLecad. 7. Inst. Duet—Overture Belisario ..... Donizetti Miss Weeks and Mr. Karle, 8. Vocal Solo—'t The Kingdom of Love’.....

id Clty olin + Rin ats «satin + selene Paul Rodney . ' Mra. B. H. Rorion.

9. Cornet Solo with Orchestral Accompani- ment—“ Schlafe Wohi”................ Millard

- Mr. C. P. Fletcher and Orchestra. 10. Seng—* Ah, Could’st But Know ”........Paife Mr, A. L. Rice. 11, Vocal Duet—“ The. Belis”...... Glover Mrs. McLean and iss Lewis. 12. Violim Solo—* Schlummertied ”... Schumann Mr. Vinnicombe. 13. Vocal Solo—“* The Emigrants Farewell”. ooCh ot Pideie th on np aneentiin cose Mie Scotch

Mrs. Roome, 14, Waltz—** Beautiful May”........ “ee. Strauss Orchestra. 15. Vocal Solo-—“ The Retura”... 0.0.0.5. Millard

Mrs, J. M. McLeed.

1§. Grand Chorus from “ Cinderella ”..... Bellini Twenty Voices.

5 eee open at 73%. Concert to commence at OvcloCa,

A pian of the Hall is at Davies’ Drug Store, where ticketa may be procured.

Tickets W, 35 and 25 centz.

EK. BR. BROW, F. H. BEER, Secret-.ry Committee. Chairman Com. jans

R SALE.—A few sets second-hand Harness

the Opposition ‘

1 set rubber mounted oak tanned, in good order and light ; 1 sec plated in order, for ht driving; Lset light express, and ch at . C. Ties’s, next to Fish Market, Grafton St, dec?3~Si (w th tn) ni

Furs,

Muffs,

Capes,

Collars.

Boas,

Astracan Jackets, Caps,

Cheap for Ready “ash.

Dress Goods, Foules,

Tweed Mix ‘ures, Cheviot Tweeds, Merinos, Cashmeres, Shert Lengths,

SUITABLE FOR GIRLS’ DRESSES

Dress Robes,

SUITABLE FOR WEDDING DRESSE3

Bargains ia Taiz D3yye nat

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Mantles, Ulsters, Jackets, Cloaks, Dolmans.

Everything in This Dapartment at Extraordinary Low Prices,

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Reefers, Overcoats,

Suits,

Cape Coats,

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GOAT ROB . i.

Owing to the mildness of the season, we are clearipg out our GOAT ROBES very cheap.

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Very Choive Patieras ia sb Handkerchiefs. °

China Siik Handkerchiefs.

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BROWN’s BLOCK,

Pak Ci. Cotton Remnants

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AND SHOES,

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Special Indacements for Cash

ON ALL CLASSES OF BOOTS AND SHOKS:

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MEN'S FELT OVERSHOES VERY CHEAP.

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R. S. Williams & Son’s

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Elsgant in Desiga,

Durable in Constructlon, Rich in Tone.

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NEARLY FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN USE, and good

‘accounts given of them. Catalogues muiled free on application,

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for the month of December.

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Goods, and that truthful advertisin apparent by ovr largely increased sales We are now going to say a

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