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Help for the Hospital.

. 1. Iv was Bnnounced some time ago that the P, Island Hospital

difticulties. This is what might have been

K. is in financial

expected. There is here & small and net a very rich community. It is tou small and maintain easily a second

too poor to hospital. Uatil a few years ago there was no hospital in this city, and men and women,sick and in distress,were permitted to perish miserably, To the disgrace of the community, it was impossible to move the people to the establishment of a com mon hospital. At last the late Bishop Me Intyre—Christian man that he was—came to our rescue, called in the Grey Nuns and To this

women of all

established the City Hospital. Hospital and sorts, creeds and conditions were lo point of fact, many Protestants were taken thither and there healed on precisely the We never heard

men welcome.

same terms as Catholics. of a well authenticated case in which the religious feelings of a Protestant were in- jured; or her faith undermin- ed. By City Hospital reproach of having no place to which the

his or

the the sick poor and sick stranger could resort was removed. It was, on the whole, giving re- satisfaction, and it could easily have been maintained by the united patronage and But, skilful as and obliging as they are, the

support of the community. they are, Grey Nuns could not please all the doctors and all the patients. So religious preju- dice was quietly fanned,a generous outside! contributed a goodly sum, and a Protestant hospital established.....Fau!t found with the management of the institu-

was is not

tion. On the contrary, it is at the present time,admittedly,excellent. only the town, but the whole country, has been repeatedly scoured for subscriptions in its behalf, it languishes financially and if additional supplies of

Yet, while not

must go to ruin money be not obtained for its maintenance

What's to be done about it? To let the P. E. Island Hospital go down would be as disgraceful to those concerned in it as the fact that there was no hospital until Bishop McIntyre afforded one was disgraceful to the community. Its promoters 1D honor bound to those outsiders who gave largely of their means for its establishment not to let the capital invested in the P. E. Island Hospital be swallowed up by costs of maintenance. Yet it is evident that, if their honor is to be saved, they must, themselves, *‘come down handsomely.” The community, as a whole, has done what it could. But more is needed. Several of those who were instrumental in the estab- lishment ef the P. E. Island Hospital, when it wasn’t needed, are men of means. Let them donate (say) half their fortunes for its endowment. When they dothis the people may perhaps exert themse!ves, and deny themselves, to give more liberally in its behalf ; or perhaps some of our Protestant ladies may devote their lives, after the example of the grey nuns, to the Christian duty of ministering to the sick and the afflicted, and so the costs of the institution may be reduced. At any rate there must be effort and self denial if the P. E. Island Hospital is to be maintained. We are glad

to learn that a meeting for the considera- tion of the matter is to be held at the Mer- chants’ Bank of P. E. Island, at 11 o’clock

to-morrow torenoon.

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Educational.

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Ir is a pity, we think, that our leading public men do not attend the meetings of the Teachers’ Institute, and hear exactly what the teachers have to say about the working of that department of the Govern- ment, which is at once the most important and the most costly. A number of ex- ceedingly interesting questions and topics bearing upon the education of our youth, were discussed at the recent meeting, by men who knew what they were talking about. One of these was that of the spoils system, as applied to our educational af- fairs. Itistothe credit of the teachers that while all are in some degree partisans, and one supports the Tories and ancther the Grits, there was among them to say one word in favor of

not a single man

the recent scandalous and outrageous act of | the Government in dismissing, for political reasons, their comp:tent Inspectors and Superintendent. On the there was an independent and outspoken con- demnation of the principle of the spoils

contrary,

system, as applied to the teachers’ frater- nity. One of those who took part in the discussion said aptly that ‘tas matters now stand, the Superintendent of Education frequently becomes a mere tool in the hands of the party in power for the time | being.” Another declared that **political interference with the working of our school system is injurious in every in- stance.” Another said: ‘‘None of us as teachers can approve of educational mat- ters being drawn into politics. Al- though a Liberal myself, | must strongly condemn that system so far as it applies to educational Still another said “It is unfortunate that the officials under our educational system

matters,”

are the mere tools of the Government for the time being, and that instead of being the advisers of the Government, they are compelled to obey orders. If they are to be merely catspaws of the Government in

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power, their usefulness is materially less-

ened.” ‘These are some of the opinions uttered by the teachers at their convention, We feel sure that parents, and all who are interested in the public schovo!s throughout the length and breadth of the Province, ae in full agreement with the teachers upon

this point. At thé proper time the p2ople

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will probably give proof of their disap- proval by hurling from power the party jobbers who now occupy the public offices Another important question discussed by the convention was that of the winter and It appears that heid in

summer school sessions.

the shorter school sessions are

winter and the longer ones in summer, It was contended with much force that the

very reverse of this ought to be the rule,— the reasons being that boys and girls can study better in tbe cool weather than in the hot, and that there are better oppor- tunities for study in the winter than in the This question is certainly one for which consideration is demanded on the part of the Board of Education,

A number of excellent papers were read before the Convention. We hope to pub- lish several of these in Toe EXAMINER

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Notes and Comments.

summer,

—The Province of Quebec is again hard up. Le Courier du Canada places the shortage in the provincial money chest on the past year’s business at $600,000. The figures are large enough in all conscience, but, as things have been going, the people will be lucky if it isn’t more.

—Referring to the inaugural meeting of the Royal Commission, La Minerve says : **In Quebee the wegers are five to one that Mr. Mercier will resign within a week. On the other hand we are tuld to prepare to hear that Mr. Pacaud had gone on a second and much longer voyage for the benefit of his health. Let us await the inevitable patiently. The cordis just now being spun; the execution will soon follow.”

—Lord Tennyson has addressed the fol- lowing letter to a member of the Russo- Jewish committee :

Oct, 1, 1891.

Srr,—l have read what has been reported of the Russian persecution by your paper and by the pressgenerally. If that be true, I can only say that Russia has disgraced her church and her nationality.

I once met the Czar; he seemed a kind, good-natured man. I can scarcely believe he is fully aware of the barbarities perpetuated with his apparent sanction,

TENNYSON,

—It is Mr. Laurier’s turn to lament the truth of the adage that there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. Speaking in Qnebec he says that: ** But for this ter- rible Bay des Chaleurs business our party would have been in power in O tawa_ to- day.” We may well doubt the accufacy of this statement, but nevertheless Mr, Laur- ier must be conscious that he is merely reaping what he has sown. But for Mer- cler’s assistance in Quebec at the recent general elections, Mr. Laurier would never have been within a measurable distance of the federal treasury benches.

—The Grit press is very considerably exercised over Mr. Chapleau’s present posi- tion and political ambition. They fondly hope that the Secretary of State may trans- fer his allegiance to the Grit party ; but, as n times past, they will reckon without their host. Mr. Chapleau is not built that way. Liberal-Conservatives remember with gratitude that during the Riel agita- tion, when Mr. Laurier sold himself to the demon vf race and religious discord, and announced his sympathy with the rebels on the banks of the Saskatchewan, Mr. Chap- leau listened to no evertures whatever, but staked his political future in the cause of Canadian unity. His stand on that occa- sion will compare very favorably with the notorious conduct of the Grit leader, Mr, Musketeer Laurier.

—Speaking of our abundant harvests. and the peace and plenty which reigns in every quarter of our land, the Montreal Star remarks :—

tejoicings in America on the reaping of a super-abundant harvest are natural and proper, but should be accompanied with deep thankfulness. For who ean contem- plate them without contrasting the happy condition of America with the misery pre- vailing in Europe? In our news columns, side by side with accounts of peaceful prog- ress, oveifiowing plenty and unbounded prosperity, are reports from over the water of mutterings of war, descriptions—hideous in their intensity—of famine and pesti- lence, while from behind all rises the black shadow of an _ implacable, advancing tyranny, and from below, the lurid spectre of revolution and anarchy.

—There is no slander too great for the Grit press to circulate when the exigencies of party demands that something be done. Dr. Saunders, a leading Baptist clergyman

; in Halifax, whose impartial letter to the

press in reference to the recent scandala at Ottawa is attracting considerable attention, is the latest object of $a venomous attack. Some of the Grit organs have started the report that Dr. Saunders bas several sons in the service of the Government, and that this accounts for the appearance of the let- ter. The statement, however, is untrue. Dr. Saunders has but one son in the ser- vice of the Government and his position is by no means a sinecure. But if he had a dozen sons in the service those who know Dr. Saunders would not believe that he would be influenced thereby in his treat- ment of a great question affecting the pub- lic morals of the country.

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@Arrex Tuem Boru.—With reference to the wartter complained of yesterday by our correspondent ‘‘Citizen,” we are informed that the police were aware of the circum- stance to which he referred before his letter appeared, and had taken actien. Two sum- monses have been issued for the liveryman— one for selling I’quor on Sunday and the other for disurderiy conduct on the streets. A summons has also been issued for the man associated with him in the quarrel, a

Tue Marxets.—There was a fair at- tendance at the market to-day. Hay sold at from 50 to 55 cents per cwt. The buyers gave 30 cents per bushel for oata,and 20 cents per bushel for potatoes. A small quantity of straw was also on sale.

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Canada's Best Customer.

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FACTS FOR GANADIANS--A LETTER FRON/'OL. | HOWARD VINCENT, |

Sin,—Ia the last days of July,I was aord- | edjthe favor of a seat om the floor of the buse | of Commons at Ottawa, A passage inthe | able maiden speech of a French Canadian em- | ber impressed itself upon my memory. It | was this: ‘*Pour deux tiers dea produit du ‘‘anada nous n’avons d’autre marche que les Ktats Unis,” and it was used in suppos #4 ‘Unrestricted Reciprocity.”

But what are the facts disclosed by %e Trade and Navigation returns for the o- minion ?

They show: (a) That in the fiscal yar ending June 30, 1890, the British Emire hought $44,479.992 worth of Canadian ro- ducts, or $11,156,785 worth more than the United States, and admitted all but abut $2,000,000 worth free of all tax or toll, (b) That the British Empire contributed $10,00,- 000 through the Customs Department tc the Canadian revenue upon a total sale of§45,- 790,465. (c) ‘Lhat the United States ald to the Dominion $62,291,973 worth of American goods, obtained free entry for two-fifths, but in retura only bought $33,291,207 worth of Canadian goods, and besides charging an exorbitant duty on nearly every «ticle, sought, from October 1, 1890, to makeit, by the MeKinley tariff, as nearly prohibitive, as possible.

Can there, then, be any doubt in the-mind of every reasonable and fair-minded maa that Canada’s best market lies within the british Empire, and that Canada’s best customer is the British Flag? This would be a hundred. fuld the case if preferential trading relations were established, in accordance with the view of the recent public meetings, from ocean to ocean. Yours faithfully,

C. E. Howarp VINCENT.

Steamer Empress of Japan, Sept. 15.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

He “Butts” Again.

Sir,—Mr. John Albert Smith, Jr., very modestly asserts his‘claim to notoriety in Saturday’s issue of your paper. If he is all he claims (and he doubtless is, or he would not say so,) it’s not surprising that he has an unbounded contempt for a machine he knows nothing about. Notwithstanding the opinions of thousands of American and Canadian wheelmen, who have discarded the antiquated ordinary and adopted the more modern and progressive Safety, this greatest man in all the Canada’s looks down ‘*from that proud eminence” with scorn on the machine he dares not challenge. It's an awfully convenient way to have a belief anyhow. ‘The way he sets himself against public opinion reminds me of the writings of one who says ‘A pig’s face is as pretty as a man’s face—in the pig's cpinion. In this case the pig’s opinion is as likely to be right as the man’s opinion.” Let each enjoy their own.

I trust in the “‘series of races” they won't forget Mr. DeCourcey. ‘*‘ Dat filly ” vs. the unequalled Canadian would make a strong and drawing card.

Goat,

News Notes. _ The island of Pantallaria in the, Mediter- ranean hasbeen shaken up by earthquakes, and the péople are in a panic. A general strike among the lumbermen of New York is again threatened, the men being dissatisfied with offers made by the mill owners. The returns of the French Board of Trade show that for September the imports increased 41,558,000 francs, and the ex- ports increased 21,382,000 francs.

The consecration of St. Luke's Anglican church at Toronto on Sunday will be the first ceremony of this nature in that city for forty years, though in that time thirty- one churches have been built. The chief reason of this is that so few of them are free from from debt, this being a pre-r-quiasite tothe ceremony. In this matter Anglican churches in Canada do not differ from others. There is a great deal of atone and brick set apart tor Heaven’s service that mammon has a first lien on.

Personal. Dr. Courtney, Bishop of Nova Scotia, is in Savoy for the winter.

Mr. E. H. Deer has been a agent at Charlottetown for the Confederation Life Association.

You have catarrh, and ofher remedies} have failed you—then give Nasal Belin a fair trial. There is no case of catarrh it will not cur, if the directions are faithfully followed. lw SuccessruL Losstew Fisurrs —The Sack- ville Post gives the returns of the lobster fisheries for Westmoftland for the past seasun, showing & proui@uncell increase ic the quantity taken over vidas years. in 1589 the catch was 9,5)4 Gases or 456,672 pounda, Last year it balancetiup, 14,224 cases or 682 - 704 pounds; an increase of 4,709 caves, nis year the largest catch on record for Westmor- land is reported, 20,183 eases or 968,784 pounds; an increase over 1890 of 5,950 cases or 286,080 pounds ‘Tha price received this year was one of the best, and the amount of money which will come to the county through this source alone will amount to something like $132,000. The number of factories his increased by 23.

SARAH BERNHARDT, while out riding in Minneapolis, met several young ladies on buckboards returning fiom a luncheon, and each unfsstened @ rose that was a souvenir of the occasion and threw it at her. At the per- formance that evening Sarah's corsage bouquet was of roses. It was avery nice compliment of Sarah’s, and she was in a cheerful dispos- ition after using Campbell's Quinine Wine.

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SuccrssFtL BANKERS,— Sixty-six Lunen- burg bankers this season, we learn from the Progress, have taken 50,360 qtls, codfish, an average of 736 qtis ; last year 59 vessels took 44,970 qtls., an average of 762; in 1889 a fleet of 66 schooners took 53,255 qt!s., en average of 1170; and in 1887 a fleet of 36 vessels landed 45,915 qtis., au average of 1208, “Mary, before you put baby in the bath, use the thermometer to get the temperature of the water.” “It’s no use,” says Mary, “for sure if the water's too hot the aby will all be red; and if the water’s too cold the baby will all be blue—and that’s all that’s about it.” If Mary used Campbell’s Quinine Wine she would not be so cranky. oct20tf

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APPLES !

AUCTION, on THURSDAY, O:ctober 22nd, at 10.30 o'clock :—

KO barrels Gravensteins,

20 «6 ** ~—s Assorted,

10 Onions,

Positive sale to clase consignments.

E. H. NORTON & CO,

Auctioneers.

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PLAY BALL

——AND TAKE IN——

THE SILVER OAR,

Opposite the Railway Station.

YSIERS of the beat; BILLIARDS, POOL and BOWLING ALLEYS just kverything according to regulation.

JOHN JOY.

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OLD LONDON Billiarl Hall & Oyster House

IS STILL TO THE FRONT!

ee of the best. Call and be cowinced. FRESH OYSTERS re-

ceived every day. JOHN JOY. oct20—tf

Valuable Property

FOR SALE.

‘HE subscribera offer for sale by private contract, the Brick Dwelling House and Stors recently occupied by Mrs. Costello, on the corner of Prince and Dorchester Streets. The property has a frontage on Prince Street of 41 feet, and has a width at the back of 58 feet, and a depth on Dorchester Street of 84 feet. The Premises are exceptionally well situ- ated, and will be sold at a bargain. Unless disposed of at Private Sale before FRIDAY, the 30th day of October, instant, they will on that day be offered at Publie Auction on the Premises, at 12 o’clock, noon.

DAVIES & HASZARD, oot20—dy tl sle Solicitors.

NOTICE.

‘FXHE subscriber, intending to hand over his business to his son, notifies all parties indebted to him by book account, notes of hand, judgments or otherwise, to settle the

e before the Ist day of Dec es — eal tase

All amounts not settled t the hands of an attorney for collection with- out distinction of persons.

DAVID EGAN. Mount Stewart, Oct. 20, 1891—dy li wy 3i

REAL ESTATE AGENCY.

OR SALE.—The Terrace Hotel, a three-

story Brick Building, a first-class Resi- dence and Store attached (brick), central locality. TO LEASE.—One of the best and most central Mercantile Establishments (three-story brick building) in the city Also—Private Residences and 25 Building Lots. An excel- lent Farm near Souris of 240 acres. Intending purchasers of Town or Country Property please apply to

A. McNEILL,

oct] 9—tf Charlottetown.

BANK STOCK

BY AUCTION. SALESROOM, on THURSDAY, Oct.

F A 22nd, at 11 o'clock, a. m.;— 10 Shares Merchants’ Bank of P. E. Island.

R. BEAIRSTO, Auctioneer.

To Produce Shippers !

oct19

ULL and reliable information as to the

state of our Cape Breton Produce Mar- ket, and as to size and assortment of cargoes, is obtainable by application to

D. A. SMITH, Commission Merchant.

North Sydney, C. B., Oct. 16, 1891—guar

TERPSICGHORE HALL,

Great George Street, 1891,

M*™ BURRIS respectfully informs the 1 public of Charlottetown and vi inity that she will open a Class iu Dancing and Deportment, for Ladies and Children, on SATURDAY NEXT, 24th inst., at 4 o'clock, p. m., to be continued on Tuesdavs and Fri- days from 4 to 6. tu sat wy li—octl9

COAL! GUAL |

FOR SALE.

pees Egg and Chestnut sizes O'd Mine Sydney Round and Slack, Glace Bay Round and Slack, Ontario Mine Round, Gardiner Mine Round, Albion Slack, Vale Nut, Acadia Round and Nut, All above Coals kept constantly on hand and under cover, Telephone communication,

CAPT. JOHN HUGHES.

Ch’town, Oct. 14, 1891--1m eod

OST.—Between Dr. Johnson's and the Driving

A SPECIALTY.

QUALITY THE VERY BEST THAT CAN BE OBTAINED.

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VARIETY

We see our New Stock of Furs.

No has been spared to procy trouble GOODS MADE in” THE Brgy

invite everyone to fall ang

PERSIAN LAMB, BEAVER, OTTER,

ASTRAKAN,

SOUTH SEA SEAL,

TO SUIT EVERYONE, AND EVERY ARTICLE GUARANTEED TO BE EXACTLY AS REPRESENTED.

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THE E ete., ete, LARGEST E WE —e HAVE R wm | Beer Bros. SHOWN. Yh 4 | prices iit —

Astrakan Jackets, Corsican Jackets, Capes and Muffy, Ladies’ Storm Collars, Ladies’ and Gauntlets, Misses’ Mufls and Boas, Misses’ Storm Collars, Men’s Coon Coats,

Men’s Bulgarian Coats, Men’s Caps and Gauntlets, Men’s Collars and Cufls, Sleigh Robes,

Foot Muffs,

Fur Trimmings,

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IMPORTANT!

TRAL SITUATION,

EARLY IN DECEMBER.

respect of persons.

LAWRENCE W. WATSON.

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OR the GREATER CONVENIENCE of my many customers living in the Centra! and Northern parts of Charlottetown, as wel! as of those }

City by the roads, and of visitors to the Market, Post Office, ete., T have

MINED TO REMOVE the Retail Department of ny business TO A MORE ORY-

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For this purpose 1 have SECURED THE PREMISES immediately Nath of the Dazaar Sure, WOICTr Wil DB OPENED (ox the pueposes of my hndnen

THE OLD STAND will be DEVOTED TO receiving and shipping of goods, manufacturing and all matters connected with WHOLESALE

BEFORE REMOVAL, LIBERAL DISCOUNTS WILL BE ALLOWED apa Fancy Goods and Toilet Articles, such as Brushes, Combs, 8 Perfumes and Soapt, excepting only Standard Preparations, such as Pears’ Soaps, Hoyt's Cologne, sc. for which there are fixed prices everywhere. t

ALL ACCOUNTS RENDERED MUST BE PAID before November li, » which date all unpaid accounts will be handed over for collection without my

W. R. WATSON,

WATSON’S DRUG STORE,

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COSTS but a few dollars per year to city * Policy on your HOME.

EVERY MAN should ask himself this ques “Can I afford to do without Insurance +

Then insure at once with URQUHART & BROW, Th represent good, Standard Scotch, English and Canadian Prompt Settlements.

URQUHART &

OFFICE—Brown's Block, Charlottetown.

Albums, Dressing Cases, Perfume

anything in Town.

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Park, on Monday sfternoon, 28th inst., a purse containing several notes. Finder will please leave it at this office. septsd

Writing Desks, Ink Stands, Whisk WINDOW SHADES, ROOM PAPER and CURTAIN POLES BOOKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION and Style of Binding

SCHOOL and COLLEGE BOOKS cheaper than the cheshts e assortment of FANCY STATIONERY =

ENVELOPES, 3 cts. per package ; FOOLSOAP, 7 cts. per quite

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