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THE D.fLY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETUWN, JANUARY 5, 1900

THR DAILY BXAMINER

JANUARY 5 “1899 BE READY | Iris whispered that our Liberala in office here havea grand coup in contewpla.

tion. For several weeks past, parties of

men have bees working upon the roads

—pariicularly in the Fort Augustus dis- trict—digging into the frozea ground and throwing up of earth at the public

We need not say that the people’s

lumps expense. season of the There useless

money, so ex; endeJ at this

year, is practically thrown away. must bea motive behind this Experience has proved that it presages an election.

[here isa very strong suspicion that the prospective election is not merely one to fillthe long vacant seat of Fort Augus- tus, but a general election for the whole P.ovince. The gentlemen of the Govern- know, now, that at presen organized they do no: posse:sthe confi- dence of the people. Mr. Arthur Peters has said that the Premier is, personally, theory has

movemen:.

mot as

and this

been accey ed by Mr. Farquhasson’s c»]-

oh

} i in this Proviace.

: the recent disastere to the

leagues iu the government as the cause of Liberal) Party I: is therefore argued that if Premier Farquharson shou'd retire anda good catch cry be raised, the Li >- era: party has still a fighting chance, with the aid of Dominion Government in

fluence and losal jovbery and corruption,

to win another general lection. This, then, is the scheme alleged to have

been developed: Mr. Farquharson is to retire from the leadership ; the party is to reorgauize and go to the country with a cry of “bridge or no bridge,*railway or no reilway,”—all electors who may take ground against the government to be de- nounced as against the Belfastand Murray Harbor Railway and against the Hiils- borough bridge !

This, surely, is as pretty a scheme as was everconceived by umscrupulous men ina tight place. That Mr. Farquharsoz w li readily retire from the Preniership | inay be taken for granted. There is ro money ia it for him, he is in a peck of trouble, and be knows that he will be voted out by the Legislature io the course of two or three months. But the “cry” is utterly ridiculous. . Everyone knows that the gov.ra-ments opponents sre much more eineerely in favor of the railway and the bridge than the members of the Government and their leading eupporters. Everyone knows that the railway and the bridge are Dow- inijona—not Provincial—works. Everyone knows thata bill authorizing the con- struction of these works was psssed by the Parliament of Canada, ard that enough money ‘0 begin th2m has already been voted. Everyone knows that Super- intendent Sharp has actually purchased ‘

rights of way along part of the line, as surveyed, that tenders for the con: rruction of that part of the work have been re ceived aad are now under consideration, that the Parliament of Canada have, sn account of the proposed bridge, taken power to reduce the subsidy ’payable to this province by $12,000 a year for al! time to come. Everyone knows that, in point of fact, the coef the con- struction of the railway and ‘the bridge is settled, How, then,can the gentlemen of the Government “hope to win an election ona cry of * railway or no rail- way; bridge or no bridge?’ Sir Louis Davies may possibly carry out his threat 10 ‘hinder ” the work,—he cannot, in any case, stop it. .

We incline to the opinion that thie.

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BARAK FURNITURE aasax

We Wish all

— NEW YEAR

pretiy echeme wil! be dropped. But, al the same, those who are disappointed and disgusted at the failure of the Government to avoid taxation and make ends meet as | they promised in 1893, and

large sum of money by arbitration as they |

to abtain @

promised in 1897, and all who fear the | resulte of an increasing debt, now close | upon $600,000, will do well to be ready ) for eveatuatities. There is something in | lt may not come to anything,

and

the wind. for the Government is very weak ;

then, again it may !

NOT MUCH OF A VESSEL.

Waen, in the fall, The Stanley went off to Georgitown before the ice is Chariettetown harbor had fully formed, and when, in the spring, {he Stanley was kept upon the Georgetown-Pictou route until after the Princess had mad? a trip from Charlottetown, it used to he pleaded that ehe was old and straiaed by much hard work, and might be rib-crack-

ed, and might “‘go down,” if put ioto ice. What will be said now, when The Stanley—tied up at the wharf in Georgetowa— has _ been superceded by that new and expen-

sive steamship The Minto 2,

We are pleased to note thatthe Presi- dent of the Charlottetown Board of Trade is trying to get The Minto to come back to Charlot-etowa where there is a little ice. But we fearthat in view of the captain's statement that she found great difficulty in going out of Charlottetown yes- terday morning, even the P resident of the Board of Trade will b2 unable to induce the responsible Minister to order her back to Caarlottetowo. It seems pretty ciear that the Minto is not what she is cracked up to be, though after having had from $7,000 to $10,000 expended in makiug re- p3ir® upon her subsequent to her arriral in Charlottetown she ought t» te good for something !

The people are disappointed all round. Tadeed, the government and the ir steam - ship, alike, are expensive and disappoiut™ j ng.

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NORTH WESI LAND SALES.

Tae past year’s Jand sales of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company have been far io excess of those of any other year. The commissioner estimates that the sales will aggregate 410,000 acres, fo which the company will have received $1,350,000. In i898 the sales amounted to 348,000, for which $1,121,000 was re- ceived, and in 1897, $665,000 was paid for about 208,000 acres. The increase, all round, is due, it ie said, to the opening of the new branch lines of railway io Mani- toba and the Territories.

— Mr. Jobn Chariton saye that if he had h> power he would abolish the word ‘: servant,” as applied to domestic help, | and have the proper appellation of “‘honse- keeper,” substituted instead. Why the care ofa house should be epoken of as if i were a menial occupation Mr. Chariton does not understand. The term has ¢vi- dently been handeddown. But it is cer- tainly no more spplicable to one kind of ew ployment than to another,for everybody is somebody elae’s servant. Were the term domestic help or nousekeeper used in relation to housework the aversion to “service,” a8 it is called, would dieappear. and girls who have to sapport themeelvee, which is quite an honorable thing to do, would live in pleasant homes instead of being subjected to the wear and tear of the factory.

—The payment of about $200,000 fora winter steamer that is afraid to cut ice is the latest stroke our “business is busi- ness Governmer!.”

| lishere,

| Quebec, says there will be no Federal

*4*e FURNITURE

fc wterfe Rete ee steve FURNITURE vevee

w= JOHN NEWSON

oa | |

ms WS OILDEN Fd» wiry

| term of this Parliament,

| Upon the truth of this statement.

Ture, Peers

N OTES ANDCOMMENTS.

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—Ohb ! What a winter steame’.

— The Princess crossed on T uesdas; and

‘the Minto skcdiadled to Georgetown on

Thursday !

-—So the much belauded Minto oan keep navigation open but one day longer than the little Princess !

—There seems to be some the Statesin favor of the Boers ; atatesmanship, not sentiment, will de- termine American policy in favor of Great Britain,

in but

feeling

—Captain Finlayeon’s opinion of the Minto as an ice steamer is now apparent Actions speak louder than words. Clear water is wanted fur the Minto as well as for the Princesse.

—Again we have to congratulate the presideut, directors and manager of the Merchants’ Bank of P. K. Is'and upon the handsome prcfi: of the past year re sulting from their labors.

—Though they have lost the confidence of the peop!e, and are aware of the fac’. Mr. Fargubareon aud Mr. McKinnon the Attorney General have gone to Halifax on public business at the public expense. We submit that this is not popular govern- ment. Messrs, Farquharson and Mc. Kinnon have no right todo business for Prince Edward Island. They ought to be out of office, now.

—Judge Biggle not only knows a great deal about horses, but what is more im- portant he knows how to impart his infor- mation in a way that wil) be understood. One does not have to wade through a great mass of undigested, unimportant matier, The Biggle Books are models of clearness and conciseness, They are ad-~ vertised in another column. The price is 58 cents, free by mail ; address the pub- Wilmer Atkineon Co., Phila- delphia,

—Paying nearly $200,000 for an ice- breaker, bringing her bere and repairing her for about three moots ; and then taking her away from Charlott: *town when there is not enough ice to carry a man; and sending her to Georgetown where there is no ice at all; necersitating loading and unloading there,with (transport over thirty- five mi'es of railway, and loading and un- loading here, movey and loss cf time,—this is business !

—At the present moment the actua® war streogth ot the Empire ie greater tha most people imagine. it ig approximately as follows :—

Army at home and abroad... 238 172 | Reserves. ks 78,798 | Militia reserves.. ie acs eas ok, jee Militia. . ddnuhe vévseasentockahetse: | EE Yeomanry .. 8 800 Volunteers . iis 230,000 ' Imperial native army ‘of India

(excluding native states...... --- 150,000 European volunteers in India and

elsewhere . i‘ 30,000 Tmperia] eervice t troop*. wie 20,000 | Canadian militia.. ee Canadian militia 1 nerves, c...- 200,000 Cape Coleny vo.uuiers, mounted

eS Bibs obs ai sata 7,400 New South Wales torces-. 16,000 Pee NN ous fic cuisine. ce 7,000 | Scutb Australian forces Pee 3,000 | Fore of other Australian Col-

onies., aus 3,000 | New Zealand fobeew.. bocbienek 7,000 Otker colonies, “Saat : 12,000 Actual war we of the Em-

pire.. ibkockiebin .. 1,168,170

TAKE NOTICE During the year the space devoted

to advertising MINARD'S LINIMENT

will contain expressions of no uncertain )

sound from people who speak from per- sonal experience as to the merits of the best of Household Remedies.

Asaemal! appropriate New Year’s gift yon couldn’t get anything nicer than one of thuse Transvaal souvenir booklets. Anyone will appreciate such a reminder of our boys now in South Africa. For eale at all the bookstores and at R. H, Macon’s news tand, Price 10 cents.

—Mgr. Bruchesi, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal, in a sermon de. livered io St. James’ Cathedral last Sun- day pronounced himself strongly in favor of the success of British arms in South Africa. ‘* The flag which protects ue.” said Mgr. Bruchesi, “and which gives us, our liberty is at war with a ‘bitter enemy Let us hope that the war will eoon end with the triumph of our great country and of the privciples of justice as pro- pounded by the church.”

— Lieut, Colone! Moore has received a telegram whicb sjates that the artillery quota for the second contingent from the province of Nova Scotia has been made up, and that it is the:efore impossible for volunteers from this province to obtain positions upen it. —l.e Solie), the Government organ in end of the ful! which comes in But it is not safe to count Better

general election unt! the August, 1901.

be ready!

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involving expenditure of | | off! | plow;

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263— GAS. WORKS

GENBRAL MERCIER.

Panis, January 4.—There are persistent reports in naiionaliet circles that the goveroment had decided upon the arrest aud the prosecution of General Mercier before a second hig, court immediately. According to these reperts an important debate respecting the conspiracy cases and the charges againet General Mercier will tave place in the chamber cf deputies as soga as the session begins, and it is said th-tthe premier, M. Waldeck Rousseau, will reply t> his adversaries by announc- ing the arrest of General Mercier and bis a: @ znment before the high court.

A Cheerful Experience.

“T had a cheerful experience the oth- er day,” remarked a man who had spent several days at one of the springs for rheumatism.

“What was it?” asked the observer.

“I was carried into a depot near the springs and deposited on a seat near an old woman, who looked at me with a complacent smile and inquired, ‘Been burt?

“ ‘No,’ I replied.

“*Rumatiz?’

ro,

“*Water do you any good?

“ ‘Not much.’

“*Well. lots of people come here for the water. The patient returns home, and the papers announce that Mr. So- and-so has returned from the springs much improved by the use of the wa- ter; but if you read the papers in a few days you will see that Mr. So-and-so has died and been buried.’ The conver- sation was too cheerful to be contin- ued,”

A Burning Prayer.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells this story of the Virginia backwoods: A white minister after conducting ser vices at a colored church asked an old

| deacon to lead in prayer. The dusky

brother in his fervent appeal asked that a shower of heavenly grace be permitted to fall upon his white friend. He said:

“QO Lor’, give him de eye of de eagle dat he may spy out our sins afar Weld his han’s to de gospel tie his tongue to de lines of truf and nail his ear to de gospel pole! An, O Lor, bow his haid way down an behin’ his knees, an his knees way down—ah iv some lonesome dark an narrow valley, O Lor’, whar much prayer is needed to be made—ah! Den ’noint him ovah wid de blessed tle of de kerosene of salvation, an sot him on fiah wid de match of faith made perfec’—amen!”

France Outside of Paris.

To get a correct idea of the Frerch nation ore must abandon Paris and get out among the people of the prov- inces. Paris is a sinkhole of rotten- ness, but the people who dwell outside that modern Gomorrab are sound and upright and patriotic, living whole- some and useful lives. When you get out in the rural districts, a charming sight is presented of beautifully culti- vated farms, each farm being as trim and neat as a flower garden. There is not a foot of waste land to be seen. The first thing that strikes a stranger is the profusion of fruit. Nowhere can be seen more luscious pears, peachesand grapes.—Washington Post.

How He Got Elsewhere.

“How did he escape?’ inquired the detectice.

**Well,” replied the turnkey with the damaged eye, “he sort o’ nicknamed himself cut.”

“What?’

“He pried his cell door open with a jimmy. Then he knocked me down with a billy.”

“Yes?”

“And then he sailied out.”—Chicago Tribune.

Office To Let.

or studio. Just vacated by Miss Chisholm, in Morris Block. Apply to j. & 1. MORRIS. Tan 5—dtf

Co-partnership

——Notice!

I beg to give notice that I have this day taken into partnership, my son, John VO. Hyndmav, who has been in ny office for the past six years, and benceforth the bus-~ inees conducted vy me will be continvel in the name of

HYNDMAN & CO.

Thanking the public for past javours and reapecif{vlly soliciting a continuance ot the came,

F. W. HYNDMAN.

REPRESENTING: — eae ora and Mercantile Fire Ins .of G. B.

teice Fire Aeeurance Society of G. B. Phoenix Fire Assurance Co., ot London. Standard Life Asturance Co. of Edinpurgh General Marine Insurance Co.

The Canada Accident Aseurance Co.

ALSO: —

Intercolonial €>al Mining Co., (Ltd.) of Westville, N. 8. (Drammead C»!- lery.

Charictteiown,

let January, 1900.

| day, the 17th day of January,

Fe GENUINE!

S6eeeceece Seeearxeene va

Tortoise

Heaters at greatly re. duce d prices.

ii Beware cf imitations

We are the only peo- ple selling the genuine

TORTOISE.

d come. erm Pay

) Dod and ‘Rogers

The |

Hardware Pe ople.

pT ECS iil Sle ¢ RI)

— So ee se

te I MOVE ON

‘The City Council passed a law, you must ‘move on,” you must move on.

The policemen won’t stand any jaw |

make you move on, make you move on.

At Sentner, McLeod & Company’s Store things must move on, things’ must move on.

Remnants there on every floor that. must move on, that must move on.

Remnant sale begins Tuesdsy, Jan- uary 2nd, 1900.

FURS have got to move on at My Store.

JACKETS will move on at My

Store.

200 hats will move on, at 25c—Sent

er, McLeod & Co, Sentner, McLeod & Oo’s Remnant Sale is moving on. Our Remnants are tempting morsel for d7speptic purses. We need not write an essay on our FURS.

They are well able to talk for them selves,

SENTNER, MoLEOD & CO You are interested

in reading the letters from, and the telegrams about Prince Edward I*land’s representatives in South Africs; now liable to be in the fightin s at aoy time,

FOR ONE DOLLAR

I will eend to any address, postpaid an elegant photograph, size, 7x9 inches, of our contingent,with Mejor Weekes in the centre—a splendid large photograph of Rev. T. F. Ful-

Jerton taken the day before he jeft

the Island—-

TRANSVAAL SOUVENIR BOOKLET

nicely illustrated, written by Mr. A. M. Belding, of St. John—and two copies of “‘our Contingent.” Wail Calendare, one at least of which should be in every house in Prince Edward Island.

All for One Dollar.

@” ROBT. L. COTTON, P. O. Box, 84, CHARLOTIETOWN

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Share- holders and Patrons of the Hi'lsbor- ough Dairying Company, will be held in the Mt. Herbert Hall, on Wednes- 1900, o'clock, p. m.

By Oxnper oF Dirgecrors. Mt. Herbert, Dec 28, 1899, dy fri & wtd

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WANTED--A competent girl 3 for general

housework. App.y to Mrs, J J Macd)»al’, Hillsborough St, two ear above , Mavk Wright’s factory. } Sip

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