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The Home Market.

Prices for vats aad pork hive been fair- ly high this year. A good many thousands of dollars have been brought into this Pro- vince on accouat of them. The demand for them has come—not from the foreign market, not from Great Britain, or Europe, or the United States,—but chiefly from the neighboring Provinces of this Canada of ours.

This is a fact which is worth noting.

Many of our farmers are 4 little inclined to grumble, because prices are not up to the fixure they deemed to be just right. But what would the prices have beea— where should we have sold our products, how should we have been enabled to meet we were markets

our liabilities this year,—if

dependeat upon the foreiga a3 we were before the Notional Pulicy sti- mulated the mining, manufacturing and other industries of Canada? We cannot now sell vats or pork in the States, and there is comparatively little money in the We cannot sell We have,

potatoes we send there. them inthe British markets. however, in the flourishing towns of Con- tinental Canada, anear, andsure, and grow- ing home market for oats and pork and many other products, It may safely be said that of our total exports this year, we have shipped nearly twice as much to the neighboring Provinces as to all the world beside. We have no disposition to under- rate the value of the foreiga market. Still it is gratifying and reassuring to know tha: we are not now, a3 we were in the ante- National Policy days, almost wholly depen dent upon it.

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Notes and Clippings.

—- The idea of having a permanent mili- tary force—a standing army—in Canada is scouted by the Montreal Gazette, which says that there is no need of a garrison 'n this country.

—In Janvary, 1886. the population of Vancouver, B. C., was 600. At the begin- ning of 1887, it was 3,000. In January, 1883, it had risen to 6,000. The present population is said to be 10,000.

—The Empire: Mr Batterworth, in the opinion of the Globe, is courteous to Caa- ada. Sowasthe spider in the old song courteous to the fly. So is the lhbertine when addressing the wife of another man. Courtesy in words and manner sometimes aggravates au assault.

— Referring to the pyem, ** Prolemy on the Nile.” by Mr. Duvar—pub'ished in Tae Exanimer of to-day—the editor ot Dominion [i.usirsted says: ** The reader will agree with the editor that it would be hard to find a more skilful piece of work manship than this picture of the bard of Hernewood.”

—-The Father of Commercial Union (Mr. Erastus Wi nar) receatiy proposed to the Montreal Telegraph Company that they should accept two per cent less than the amount which had been guaranteed them by his Company. The directors of the Montreal Company declined to accept the proposal.

~— John Charlton, M. P., interviewed in Chicagy, sated that he had been consulted about Butterworth’s annexation resolution; that he had protested ayainst its introduc- tion, and that Mr. Butterworth had done im injary to the c.use of reciprocity. further said that Canada is not prepared for annexation, and she is doubtful when she wai be. if ever.

— he announcement of the disbandment of the Honorable Artillery Company has caused a sensation, aad the action of the Prince of Wa’es, which led to the disorgan- ization of this ancient body, is unfavorably commented on by press aud people. The St. James Gazette says the company’s offence consisted in refusing to endorse a proposal of the Prince of Wales to vote £500 for military purposes. The Globe characterizes the treatment of the company as monstrous The Pall Mall Gazette says the Prince of Wales has mide a remarkable blunder, which would be characteristic of an infatus ated Stuart or a Bourbon. — It adds that if he behaved as sovereign as he has behaved as captain of the company, his tenure of the throue would be brief.

—Jhe ground on which Dr. Montague was deprived of his seat for Haldimand was this :—

‘* One of his agents jn the polling booth per- suaded a voter toswear that he wasa far- mer’s son. As a matter of faet the young man Nixon had registered as a farmers son,

but between the date of registration and elec- tion day the father had died. The death of the father did not deprive Nixon of the right to vote, seeing that he had become the owner of the farm on which he had previously re- @ided. It wes, however, proposed that he si.culd be sworn as to his qualification, and tue farmer's son’s cath was administered to him. Harrison, whom the court construed into anagent of Montague advised him to take this oath, which was not the one he should have taken. This the court conceived to be a corrupt practice, though two judges dissenting held that it was not proved that the agent knew that the elder Nixon was dead, or that he observed which oath was administered.

— A soneation was created in the Senate of France, on Thursday, by a speech of M. Challemel-Lacour. This gentleman con- demned the policy pursued in the schools

which struck at the root of the traditiona principle of parental control. He said thar the main cause of existing evils waa radical ism, which relentiessly pursued the old founders of the republic and gave promi-es which wers impussib'e to fulfil. France bad abendoned the most glorious of munareiivs apd was about ty fall at the feet of the least of men. The cabinet’s duty was, he declared, to check the move- ment toward this abyss; but instead of doimy this the cabinet were hastening the movement, It was time to return toa policy of good sense. He appealed to the right to unite with the party of the left. W hict was the upho'der of order and libe ‘ty, an l together save the couutry. At the conclusion of the speech, the Senators

arose, en iad, and Yeu , ¥ Okobed

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| Just before his departure from India, Lord Dufferin, at a public dinner, entered rotest against the idea that is being fostered by some politicans that * Home Rule” should be extended to India. The speech is fully reported in the Times and is well worthy of attentive perusal. I think

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'ITam justified in giving expression to the | opinion that demecracy is exposed to serious | dangers when it has to deal with men of ithe same race, the same religion, and simi- ilar ideas. The United States in its present position does, l think, jusnty this remark, But if the principles of English Radicalism came to be applied to India with its 108 | languages, its 117 native States, its natlon- alities differing from one another in every | particular, its various stages of civilization, lit is hard to set a limit to the evils that must follow. It is said that the progress ci education in India ought now to find its watural sequel in a large measure of self- lgovernment. Lord Dufferin points out that as a matter of fact the progress in question is of the slightest description. Out of two handred millions of people ‘nut more than 5 or 6 per cent. can read and wrie, while less than 1 per cent. has anv knowledge of English. Home Rule for luda, if it were based on the spread 0! elucation, would mein the government of 200,000,000 by some ten or twelve millions, ‘not a fourth of whom have attained to the most elementary knowledge; while only a few thousands of them have auy ac- quaintance with Western ideas or even with Eastern learning. And it would seem that this is very far from being the whole case. The possessors of this learn- ing, such asit is, are not only the merest fringe of the population, but a fringe com- posed of its weakest element. The educat- ed Bengalee is as little gratified as any mau in India to hold the place that extreme English Radicals would assign him. He 1s the natural prey of the natural races, who, until the establishment of the peace which the strong hand of Britain insists upon and maintains, were forever fighting for the right to fleece him, and he is no more fit to guvern India to-day than he was in the time of the Mahrattas. In the present condition of India it would seem that there can be no real, no effective representative of the people, and that all the strength, power and intelligence of the British Gov- ernment are applied to preventing one race or one religion from acquiring dominion over gnother. I recommend Lord Duifer- in’s able and exhaustive speech to the con- sideration of your readers. *,*

The Emperor of Austria has just kept the fortieth anniversary uf his accession to the throne. By His Majstey’s special re- quest the only way in which the day was tu be obs rved, was by offering special pray- ers in church during Mass, and by founding charitable institutwns for the poor and needy, It is calculated that the amount thus given to the sick, poor and aged, the edueation of children, and the support of invalid workmen, will reach a total sum of between one and a half and two million pounds. When Francis Joseph ascended the throne the empire was falling to pieces; sinee then, by his wise rule and enlighten- ed pulicy, in spite of disastrous campaigns he has established his throne more firmly than ever, and has, with unequalled skill, kept the jarring and jang'ing elements of his empire at ; eace with themselves and with one another.

+ * * Many of your readers have, no doubt, read of the symbolical origin of the decor- ation which gave a name to the Order of Garter: Thaton the occasion of a great ceremony at Court one of the ladies pre- sent, either the Queen or the Countess of Salisbury, accidently dropped a garter, which caused considerable amusement and satire among the courtiers present. The King observing this indignant y gave vent to the famous motto: ** Honi soit qui mal y pense” But this popular stery of the origin of the Order has bgen considered erroneous by many writers, Sir E. Ssh- mole, in the history of the Order, considers the Garter as a symbol of union, Sir Walter Scott is also of the same opinion. The above story, however, is still believed in by a great many, for Hume says: ** Al- though frivolous it is not unsuited to the manner of the times; and it is indeed diffi- cult by any other means to account either for the seemingly unmeaning terms of the motto, orfor the peculiar badge of the Garter, which seems to have no reference to any purpose either of military use or ornawent.” The statement which connects the name of the Countess of Salisbury with the origin of the order is, by another writer of eredit, neither disproved nor considered improbable. ** Phat a lady might accident- ally drop her garter in the midst of the Court is certainly within the bounds of possibility ; arid that a gallant aud graceful monarch might raise it from the ground and rebuke the merriment of his nobles by the famous words, * Honi soit qui mal y pense, is not at all unlikely.” Another story, however, is told by the famous his- torian of the order which is still more prob- able. The queen herself is said to have met with the same accident on quitting the king on some occasion of ceremony. Several persuns trod upon the blue riband of which the garter was composed ; and at length Edward raised it, saying he would employ that riband in such a way that meg would show it greater reverence. He then carried it to the queen asking playfully what she imagined the Court would think of such an occurrence, to which she made the famous reply which affords the motto

of the Order.” *+*_*

Ihave been asked the meaning of the title of Gold Stick in Waiting. The eolunels of the two regiments of Life Guards are called Gold Stick, and it is their duty to bein attendance upon the sovereign on all state occasions. The duty is perfurmed by these colonels for a month alternately, with the title of Gold Stick in Waiting. Silver Stick is the field officer of the Life Guards when on duty. The term originated in the custom of the sovereign presenting these officers with a gold or sil- ver stick upon their appointment to a regi- ment. The Black Rod is the title given to an official who bears a black rod, on tup of which sits a lion in gold. He has the keeping of the Chapter House door, when a chapter of the Order of the Garter is sii- ting, and inthe time of a parliamentary session he attends the House of Lords.

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It has been suggested tome that I should furnish an additional column on Christmas Eve, relating to matter connected with

Christmas. 1 have willingly agreed to do

wus but the space ut ury Uspugal prevents

rm® speaking of

~ SATURDAY.

many interesting subjects, having reference to Unis most Joyous season. L take this opportunity of wishing to your readers, especially to those of them who find interest in this column, “A Merrie

Christmas.”

Ptelemy on the Nile. |

[From an unpublished gala entitled, ** How | Balthazar the King went down into Egypt. )! BY HUNTER DUVAR.

“ Nilus ! Nilus !” and before them rolled The mystic river ; and # barge of gold Lay moored with its carved prow against 4

pier, From which the king embarked with all his train ; The reis on the foredeck drew the spear from out the ringbolt end cast off the chain, And they were floating upon Nile, the old!

Full bravely led the galley of the King,

And, allat once, flap of ibis’ wing,

Flashed out the gilt and crimson-bladed oars, And lightly o'er the molten surface skimmed, While slow unrolled the low and level shores, Like to # landscape on a curtain limned,

Aud blended into shadows, lessening,

Music was onthe Nile boats. Conch and horn,

Flute auswering flute, with zittern and ly- corn,

Took up the keynote from the leading barge, And part and counterpart in measured strain, In gathering volume, rolled on to the marge, The while the swelling chorus grew amain

And inland over the standing rice was borne.

Along the shore, as down the mystic river Floated the king, the boughs without a shiver Bent in the breathless air, and ibisis

And birds of scarlet p umage waded grave,

W hile small deer, timorous as their nature is, And panthers to the brink came down to lave, But drew back as they saw the oar blades

quiver.

Along the burnished waters meadow flowers Floated, and buds with berries, which the scours

Of torrents, melted moons ago, had shred From Afrie’s inland mountain range of snows, And torn up with the rich mould from its bed, And brought to Egypt when the waters rose To pour into her lap full harvest dower.

They floated past the swamps of crocodiles And labyrinths of submerged bulrush isles, With matted lilies growing on the ooze, While round the shallow bars the eddies swum,

All changeless as in old time when the Jews Mustered at beat of the Egyptian drum

And laid their tale of brick upon the piles.

Upon the left bank of the river loomed

A massive wall, where Pharaohs lay entomb- ed,

With their deeds vaguely limned in hiero- glyph,

In tincts of vivid azure, green, and red,

Ochre and vermeil— standing stark and stiff

Their rigid forme —while ’mong the mummied dead

The frogs croaked and the wolf bittern boom- ed,

As they swept on they saw a form of stone Clea\ing the yellow skyline, stern and lone And awful, so no man might bear to dwell ‘Neath its eyes glaring with unwinking lids, As if of beings it alone could tell

The august mystery of the pyramids,

Ere centuries of sand had round them blown,

Now on the right bank of the river's flow,

Where sentinelled with watch-towers and aglow

With half-mponed vanes all flickering like jets,

Uprose a city walled, in progd estate,

Full of domed roofs and tall white minarets,—

I'he King’s fleet veered toward a water-gate

And anciored ‘neath the walls of Cairo.

Hernewood, P. E. I.

Personal,

Whittier, the poet, is 81 years old.

Mr. Melville Dewey, the newly appointed State Librarian of New York, gets a salary of $5,000 a year.

Mr. T. C. James was among the passengers in the St. Lawrence, which arcived here from Pictou last midnight.

Lord Tennyson is making good progress towards complete recovery. He is now said to be in excellent spirits.

DeLesseps is now an object of pity. And how about those whom he mesmerized, now that the Panama Canal Company has failed?

Trollope published forty-five three volume novels in all, and he received in hard cash for them the sum of £70,000, something like $350.000.

Principal Grant is ‘home again.” Wel- come home, The worthy Canadian was honored by a public reception on his arrival at Kingston.

Mr. George Routledge, the head of the well-known publisking firm of George Rout- ledge & Sons, London, is dead. He was about 80 vears old.

Mr. G. H. Haunt, B. A., one of the assistant Masters of St. Peter’s School, is to be or- dained to the Deaconate to-morrow, in Hali- fax, by the Bishop of Nova Scotia.

Mr. W. Gordgn, the Steam Navigation Company’s agent at Summerside, who has been on a brief business trip to Nova Scotia, arrived in the St. Lawrence last midnight, and left for home this afternoon.

Mgr. Persico has again communicated his views to the Pope. In his letter he condemns the boycotting system, but says that before peace can be restored to Ireland the political hopes of her people must be realized.

ere is the testimony of an intelligent reader of the Educational Review concerning the merits of Ledum latifojium (Labrador tea); ‘*T have taken to it, and 1 would not return te the Chinese drug on any consideration. I sleep better and am generally improved by its use.”

Mr. A. E. Macdonald, the well-known and popular purser of the St. Lawrence, will, we understand, leave for Savannah, where he

pur poses 7s the winter, so soon as he has finished attending to some freight business at Pictou. We wish him a pleasant time and

a safe return in the spring.

Mr. Doutney = a@ temperance entertain- ment before the W. C. T. U at Detroit re- cently. One of the ladies of the Union said that though he acted like a drunken man, sho had no evidence that he had been drinking, but she pathetically added: ‘I don’t think it is any use for him to try any more temperance woik here.”

DIED.

Fell aslesp in Jesus, at West River, on Nov, 17th, Magyie E, Farqukarson, beloved wife of William H. Boyle.

Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,

Of which none ever wake to weep ; A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes.

At West River, on the 14th inst., John, son of John McArthur, inthe 25th year of his age. He lived an irreproachable life, be- loved by ail, and died a happy and hopeful Christian, with prayer and praise in his last

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rg*O EVERY PURCHASER OF A DOL LAR’S WORTH OF GOODS from. us, from now to the 25th, we will present a SiL- VER-PLATED BUTTON HOOK in Satin- Lined Case, very pretty and useful either for boot or glove. Should we run out of these goods, a new supply will immediately be procured, Our stock this season of USEFUL AND FANCY GOODS is unusually large and weli- selected. We can only enumerate a few :—-

BRONZE LAMPS, HANDSOME CAKE BASKETS,

ICE CREAM SETS,

New Style BUTTER DISHES, EGG STANDS and TOAST RACKS,

SALAD BOWLS

(in Derbyware and Silver),

FISH CARVERS, EGG DISHES,

EGG BOILERS, PAP BOWLS and SPOONS, BAKING DISHES,

China and Glass MUSTARD POTS, colors, very pretty and cheap,

Table Gongs and Bells,

CB IMB TRAYS and BRUSHES, Silver- pi ®:!. CARVING SETS (Children’s Knives, Forks

znd Spoons, in cases, from $1.25 to $20.00),

WATER JUGS,

TEA SETS, the newest patterns, NUTCRACKS, in Satin-lined Cases, BONBONNIERES,

CARD CASES,

TEA CADDIES, MATCH BOXES, silvered, », x 5 NY Sugar & Fruit Spoons, SPOONS, KNIVES and FORKS, of Plate,

Solid Silver TEA SPOONS and NAPKIN RINGS,

BONE NAPKIN RINGS,

bINE SPOONS,

Oak-mounted BUTTER DISHES MUSTARD POTS,

Fancy Thermometers, Brass-mounted CANDLESTICKS, BRASS PLACQUES, with Porcelain and Terra Cotta Centres,

TRIPLICATE MIRRORS, Brass and Silvered SMOKING SETs,

HAND MIRRORS,

WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES, pearl-mounted,

Gild Spectacles and Eyoglasses,

READING GLASSES, TELESCOPES,

PLAIN GOLD RINGS,

An immense stock of BROOCHES, in Gold, Silver, Stone and Plated,

Ladies’ and Gents’ Cuff Buttons,

Diamond and other gem RINGS, very fine. Our stock in this line is worth inspecting.

Colored Gold Guard aid Keeper Rings, MASSIVE GOLD WATCHES CHAINS, suitable for presentation,

LADIES’ WATCHES, in Silver and Gold, new styles of engraving and very handsome,

WATCHES FOR THE BOYS,

THAT WILL KEEP TIME,

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SALT, EGG and MUSTARD

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From Three Dollars Up.

We shall be glad to take orders for the fol- lowing, which, to ensure getting filled in time, please send in as early as possible :

SOLID GOLD CUFF BUTTONS, Patent Backs, with ra:sed initial or monogram of any letters.

Also, for Special Desigus and Sizes of LADIES’ or GENTS’ RINGS, appropriately inscribed.

Orders for any speciz] Xmas Goods or Engrving filled if left with us early.

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Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician, CAMERON BLOCK,

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moments. ‘ They die in Jesus aud ere blest; bow quiet ther mambepy pre.”

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‘chiefs, Plain and Hem-Stitched, Fancy Borg Handkerchiefs, White Silk Handkerchiefs, HARRIS & STEWART, LONDON HOUSE,

For Wool Clouds, Fascinators, Hoods, Jerseys, Cardigan Jacket, Astracan Mitts and Gloves, Kid Mitts.

30;

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a fine stock of Dress Goods, Ulster and Mantle Sealettes, Wool Sealettes, Nap Cloths & 'l weeds, —

For Mens’ Shirts and Drawers, Reefing Jackets, Top Coats, Suits, Hats and Caps, Knit Wool Gloves,

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Robes, Mens’ Fur Cvats.,

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Have a nice stock of Fancy Goods for Christmas, Work Boxes, 4

Cases, Ladies’ Satchels, Purses, &e., &e.

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Charlottetown, Dec. ~ om ith se Morrie Christmas

N attractive and interesting Service will be

On the Night After Christmas, |

The Programme guarantees a pleasant and

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Winter Garments, Overcoats, Ulsters and Reefers

MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN,

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Fur Caps, Coats, and Sleigh Robes, Fine Scotch Lambswool

ear, Canadian All-Wool Underwear, Large Assortment.

MR. SYLVANUS KEITH, the efficient and popular Cutter,

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Oranges, Apples, Lem Cireen Grapes,

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