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N. J. CAMPBELL, (Successor to Campbell & Rayden) Ave‘igneer and Commission Merchant, SHIP BROKER, AND INSURANCE AGENT, COR. OF QUEEN AND WATER STS., Charlottetown, P. E. Island.

Importer and Jobber of Choice Grvcerics and spices

General Ageut for P. E. Island of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Com- pany, of London, Mugiand

Special atteation given to Auction Sales of Lumber, Coal, Fish, Apples and other Fruit, Real Estate, Household Furniture, Bankrupt and other Stocks, and all kinds of Merchan- dise.

Correspondence and Consignments solicited.

Returns prumptly made.

March 25, 1854.

DRESS MAKING.

\ ISS TAYLOR and MISS FARROW a are now prepared to attend to DRESS M .KING, in every department, at Lord's Hotel, Souris East.” Ladies giving osders will meet with prompt attention.

Souris, April 4, 1884.—1m

JAS. BH. GRANT, Sole Agent for P. E. Island for

THOS, CONNOR & SONS, Rope Manufacturers,

ST. JOHN, N. B. sw Orders from the trade respectfully solicited.

McLeod, Moron & McQuarrie, BARRISTERS

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“ This is true Liberty, when Free-born Men, aaving to advise the Public, may speak free,”’—Evxtrwks,

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL

Are Offering ex Warehouse,

400 bils. Medium and H gh Grade Patents (American and Canadian),

125 bris Low Grade Bakers,

rt . . To artive va Pict u, 500 barrcis choice Superior Extia, for carly boais.

OFFICE OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE.

N 6—Owing to the interior quality of most Canada Superior this year, we have cop- cluded to make a specialty of the two tollow- lng brands ~ Evangeline, Ist grade ; Sup*rior Extra, Nova Svotia Mills, 2nd Grade, We guarantee these brands to give satisfaction.

J. F. SHATFORD,

Agent Ch’town, April 9. 8

SHIP AND HOUSE BUILDERS,

Will find every requisite for the trade at DUCHEMIN’S STEAM FACTORY,

Beer’s Wharf, Always on hand, a complete stock of Ship’. Blocks. Deadeyes,

Steering Wheels,

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Mouldings, in great variety, Cornice, Base Panel, Duor and Window Finish, Spouting, Conductor and Handrail, Newel Posts, Balus.- ters and every description of Turning.

Fret, Cireular and Jig Sawing, Planing and Moulding turned out neatly and with des- patch

Satisfaction guaranteed.

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Albert Duchemin. Ch’town, Jan. 2, 1884, —wkly 6i.

STANDARD LIB ASSURANCE CO.

T the 57th Annual General Meeting of

the Standard Lite Assurance Company, hed at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 24th of April, 1883, the following results for the year ended 15th November, 1833, were re- ported :—

3,038 new proposals for life as- surance were received the year for 2,561 proposals were accepted, assuring ; The total existing assurances in force at 15th November, 1882, amounted to (Of which $7,753,031.15 was reassared with other offices) The claims by death which arose during the year amount- ed, including bonus addi- tions, to The anuual revenue amounted at 15th November, 1882, to The invested funds at same date amounted to Being an increase during the year of

$ 9,754,085 38 7,239,048 13

$6,936,302 91

2,462,226 59 4,267,546 00 29,503,416 00 1,062,648 35

JOHN LONGWORTH, Agent for Charlottetown, THOMAS KERR, Inspector of Agencies. Ch’tewn, Angnat 2, 1RR2

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P, B. Island Pottery. \ TE are Agents for the P. E. Island

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Risks Taken on Most Favorabie Terms. L£S52NT FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND:

F. H. ARNAUD, Merchants Bank of Halifax

Ch’town, Feb, 27, 1884,

DESBRISAY & ANGUS,

AGENTS OF THE

QUEEN AND AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE COWMPANIES,

X7 HILE thanking the Citizens of Charlottetown for their past patronage, and assistance during the late fire, have to announce that thevy have taken the office in

Stevenson’s Building, CORNER QUEEN AND SYDNEY STREETS,

Where they are prepared to do business. Ch’town, Feb. 22, 1884.

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WING to the Big Fire W. & A. BROWN & CO. will clear out, during the next six months, their ,

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FIRE INSURANCE.

HORACE HASZARD,

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Western Fire Assurance Company, Toronto, CAPITAL, $800,000.00.

Ontario,

Commercial Union Assurance Company, London, Eng., CAPITAL, $12,166,666,00.

British American Marine Insurance Company, Toronto, CAPITAL, $500,000.00.

Risks taken on all descriptions of insurable property.

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19, 1884,

WINTER COMMUNICATION,

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Questions, Answers, and Comments uf Our Representatives,

Speech of Mr AC. Mecloal, HP

(Selected frum Hansard, )

On the item for maintenance and repairs of Government steamers, $140,000 :—

Mr. Davies—Is any portion of that amuunt to be appropriated for the Nor- thern Light? Last spring she was ordered by the Government Inspector to go upon the slip of Pictou for repaars, and she went there, but she was ordered back again by the Department, and the agent reprimand ed for allowing her to go, The Govern- ment Inspectors have not given her a cer- tificate yet, and the hon. Minister knows she is engaged ina most dangerous and. arduous work.

Mr. McLetan—The Northern Light was put upon the slip and repaired in the spring, under the directions of one of the Inspectors, Capt. McEthenney, and was then taken to Charlottetown, where she remained during the summer. Another Inspector, not knowing that she lad been put upon theslip in the spring, and had been seen by the Government Inspector, directed Mr. Lord to send her to be placed again on the slip. This sum asked now will be sufli- cient to cover any repairs necessary to be made on the Northérn Light, and also on the steamer Newficld; there has always been a large amount expended on the Northern Light.

Mr. Davies—The papers brought down show that no inspeetion was made of that steamer. I was not aware Capt. McEljhen- ney was a Government Inspector. The Inspector of Hulls for the Maritime Pro- vinces is, I think, Mr. Pope, the only one appointed under the Inspection Act.

Mr. McLetan—Capt. McElhenney is Inspector General of the Dominion, in the employ of the Department, and is sent wherever necessity calls him. He is an Inspector under the Act, without any particular location.

Mr. Davizs—The hon. Minister will remember that the agent reported that the steamboat had a very serious strain near the sternpost, and that he could not repair it in Charlottetown, It would be necessary for it to go onthe slip. If I had known that these Estimates were coming up to-night, I would have had the papers here. The agent thought that, when the vessel was in motion, they could keep the water down very well, but that when she was lying by the side of the wharf with the usuvai amount vi freight on board, shefiook in a great deal of water. I was very much surprised at the statement, and | did not understand from the papers that that defect had been properly remedied, and if she is running now with that defect, it is very serious.

Mr. McLetan—That defect is not from a strain at the sternpost. He supposes that some bolt hole has been unstopped.

Mr. Davies—But it could not be reme- died without going on the slip?

Mr. McLetan—No; it could not be found; but it was from some small hole left. It is a very common thing in the l.unching of ships that some bolt hole is left unfilled. They know the amount of the leakage, and it is not at all serious.

Mr. Davies—The amount of leakage was pretty serious.

Mr. McLeran—I think not very serious.

Mr, Davies—Tiie hon. Mini-ter will re- meuber that the agent could only give a supposition as to what was the cause of that leakage. Whether it was that the stern- post was started, or that a bolt had come out, or whatever the cause was he could not tell, and he supposee it might be the absence of a bolt, or something of that kind. I would like to know whether it is the intention—pardon my being so persist- ent in this matter, because I have to cross in that boat in a few days, and take my life in my hands, and I want to know if she is safe—to put the brat on the slip early this spring and to have her thoroughly examined.

Mr. McLetan—Certainly; she is to go to the slip and undergo very extensive 1epairs —more extensive, I think, ‘han in any season yet, judging from her condition now. It will require very serious and heavy work to get the track broken open this spring, and the vessel will be put on the slip at the earliest possible moment.

Mr. Davins-- What is to be the intended draft of the vessel that is going to assist the ‘Northern Light” m keeping communica- tion open to the Island /

Mr. McLetan—lI cannot give the draft at present; she will have less draft than the

‘Northern Light.”

Mr. Macvonatp, (King’s P. E. I. )—With regard to this vessel that is to replace the Princess Louise that is lost, I understayd she is to be of much Jess draft than the Northern Light. I think it wil be a mistake for the Government to build 4 vessel of much less draft than the North- ern Light for ice purposes, because the screw will be so near the surface as to render the vessel unfit for forcing her way through the ice. The great merit of the Northern Light consists in her great draft, enabling her to carry the screw so far below the surface that it does not come into contact with the ice. T-am glad the Min- ister is going to put the Northern Light in a good state of repair for the coming

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and regula'ly. I have had a little «xperi- ence of that sort of thing myself this winter in coming bere to Pailiament, when I was detained cight days waiting for a crossing, and if there had been a steam tug it could have made the connection with the main- land almost every day. The trouble is the open water that intervenes between the ice and th; board, anda emal!l boat cannot wake the connection between the board and the running ice If a small tug was placed there, it is wy opinion it would very materally assist communication at those points. It would not cost the Government very much to put on an ice boat as an ex- periment for one season, and if they found the idea a gocd one, they could supplement her service by plac:ng a boat on each side, which would certainly eccomplish a much desired object. I trust that when ihe Supplementary Estimates come down, the Government may see fit to provide for getting a boat for this purpcse. She can be very safely taken care of at Cape Progress, where a wharf is now being constructed, and can be worked out to the edge of the board ice as it forms, and can te safelv docked at the edge of the board ice, whe re she can be at ail times utilized and con- nected with the running ice in the Siraits. In that way I believe there would be more good done in facilitating our wintcr com- munication than in any otler way.

Mr. Davies.—The question came up last year about steam tugs on the route between Cape Traverse and Cape Tormentine, and 1 understood the Minister of Reilweys, who then spoke on behalf of the Govern- ment, that it was their intention to con- sider that question and an “early answer would be’ given. Now that the question has been reveated by the hon. member for King’s, P. E. L, (Mr. Macdonald,) [ would like to know whether the matter has been considered by the Gevernment, and whether there is any probability of these steam tugs being placed on thg@oute. Last year it was cx mp lained that the boats were to small, that we ought to have larger boats and well manned, not only for the ice but for the openings. I know the man who had charge of the ser- vice on the Island boat had a water-boat ready, and ail he was waiting for was to get a promise that he would be paid. This question of the steam tugs was raised last ycar. It has been raised again by the hon. member for King’s, and I should like to have the answer of the Government on the point.

Mr. Brecken—I fuily concur in what my colleague has said. There are many men on the Island who advocate the trial of steam launches across the Straits. It is but right that a trial should be made. Whether it will be successful or not, it is not for me to say.

Mr. McLeLan—The matter has not yet been decided. I have had several commu- bications and consultations with Heads of the Departments of Post Office and Rail- ways. Very much will depend on the con- dition of the railway conveniewces and the position of the wharves on each side of the Straits. If the wharves were con- structed, a tug coulc be placed on the ser- vice at once,

A New Oure for Cancer.

Information of one more remedy alleged to possess special virtues in curing **cancer” reaches us through a correspondent from Brazil. Dr. Ignacio Alcibiades, Velloeo, of Recife, Pernambuco, iatreduced the remedy to notice, and in a communication to theJournal de Recife, gives his experier ce of its use. He states that the plant which is popularly known by the name of ‘“alvelos’ belongs to the Euphorbiacew, and is indigenous io Pernambuco, He alleges that a magis- trate who was suffering from epithe- lioma of the face, and who had returned to his estate, despairing of relief, wes entirely cured of his disease by the topical appli- cation of the juice of ‘this plant. Dr. Veiloso, learning this, was induced to apply the same remedy on two patients at the Hospital Pedro II.—oue a case of cancroid of the nose, the other of epithelioma of the lip—with the result that the firet patient was completely cured in forty days, and the second in less than two months, much to the surprise of the other professional men of the establishment. Such results, he thinks, justify a trial for the remedy, especially in uterine cancer. The action of the juice of the plant, as others of the same natural order, is irritating, producing a spreading dermatitis without much pain; and the ap- plication of the cut stem or the juice of the fresh plant to the diseased part is said to result in destruction of the morbid tissue, which is replaced by healthy granulations— doing the work, in fact, of the chloride of zine paste.— Lancet.

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VaLvaBle Arrecrioxs.—Julius Haltenit- stein got a verdict fer $22.00 on the %h inst., in the Supreme Court Circuit, against Adolph Vogel, whom he ened for alienat- ing Mrs. Haltenstein’s affections. Vogel had been a boarder in Mr. Haltenstein’s family, and when, about a year ago, the latter went on a trip to Europe, he depos- sited $2,000 in a bank fer the use of his wife during his absence. When he return- ed he found, as he alleged, that she had drawn all the money and had used it large- ly for the benefit of Vowel; and she refused longer to live with her husband unless Vogel was retained as a member of the family. Vogel has been confined for some time in Ludlow street jail,

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season; and | hope they will give her a thorough good overhauling and make her as; strong as she was at first, perhaps—at least make her fit for the service that she has been fairly well carrying out until the present time. In connec. tion with that puint, I may suggest to the hon. Minister that he should take some | steps with respect to assisting the crossing at the Capes by providing a strong tug to | be placed there during the winter td enable

Ax Important Inveyxtiox.—Aftera year’s labor, undertaken at the instence of the United States Government, a result has been reached in the adjustment of an instrument which will photograph every change in electricity in the air and furpish the measure- ment of changes. The adjustment is so deiicate that the millionth part of a change of the smallest distilled water cell is easily measured It is expected with this to supers sede gli Uther mbthods of intlicating chauyes

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