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+ Liberal - Conservative Candidates,

FOR BELFAST: A. A. MeLean, Esquire.

FOR TIGNISH: Captain Frank Gallant.

THE DAILY EXAMINER.

FEBRUARY 25, 1888.

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Relfast and Tignish.

WHILE the Pioneer is waging War against the Provincial Government because of the favor shown by them to the Bill providing for the construction, by a company, of aj subway which weuld connect the Belfast District with possible the construction of a branch rail-

Charlottetown, and render

way through that thriving settlement, the Patriot attacks them because our winter Both journals ere, it will be admitted, pretty hard up for an excuse for the opposition they are offering <he Government candi- dates in Belfast and Tignish. What the Provincial Government has to do with the maiis, only the genius of the Patriot knows, and it certainly required a great stretch of imagination to conjure up the defunct Subway Bill—whith was defeated by the Opposition Party in spite of the efforts: of the lamented for Belfast The action of the late Mr. Martin in respect to

member

that Bill will long be remembered to his credit.

The Patriot's failure to conjure is 80 ap- parent that it falls back on the* plea that because Belfast and Tignish elected sup- porters of the Opposition at the general election, they should elect supporters of the Opposition now. But Belfast and Tig- nish are already represented by members of the Opposition ; it is, therefore, only fair that they should now elect supporters of the Government.

What good, we ask again, what good will be done for Belfast and T:gnish, or for the Province at large, by the election of mem- bers of the Opposition at this juncture { This is a question for plain, practical, un- imaginative people. The editors of the Pioneer and the Patrict cannot, of course, see the point of it.

The License Law in Chir ago.

The city collector of Chicago gives some interesting figures with respcet to the working #f high license law in Chicago. In 1882, before the law went into opera- tion, the population .of Chicago was 500,- 000 and the number of licensed houses was 3919. There were at that time over 1000 unlicensed places where drink was sold. The revenue from licenses was $195,940. In 1887, the population of the city was 800,000, the number of licenses 3952 and the revenue derived from the sa le of liquor $1,972,021. The unlicensed houses, have, it seems, altogether disappeared. Ii the saloons had increased in proportion tu the population, there would to-day be in Chicago, not taking into the calculation the unlicensed houses of 1882, 6070 places for sale of intoxicating liquor, The Collector says: * The first effect of tae law was to abolish the acknowledged evil of bars in grocery stores—that is, in shops and places where provisions and household supplies were for sale—places frequented principally by the families of the working- wen. . + 1 say emphatically that high license has been for the well-being of the community.

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—The Canada Gazette, just received, shows the returns of the Government Savings Banks in Cansda for the month oi January, to be as follows :—

Withdrawals..... Secu secu ens $314,842.97 EY ee eee Oistepee Eee

- Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits. $7, 71.65

The returns of the Charlottetown Savings Bank for the same period, as published, are as follows :—

Deposits... .. SG cali dies SBeds 600 $27,299.00 PND icin scise sc dG eves ce 26,907.68

Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals. $391.32

The total amount inthe Savings Bangs in Canada tothe greditof depositors is $20,659,364.41. This, of course, dues not include the Post Office Savings Banks, which contain about as much more. —

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-The Empire asks: **Can it be said that Sir Richard Cartwright is only lugu- brious when he is athome? Only gloomy and down-hearted when’ he surveys the flourishing provinces of a Dominion he is not permitted to misrule? Why, we find him hapry and light-heartedgn New York, for he told a reporter there aday or two ago something about the political party Sir Richard helps to keép down which would bring a smile to the face of the most dole- ful Liberal of them all, He says: ‘I think the Liberals are steadily gaining ground, and that they will control the Government before long.” No doubt they will in the dim vista of the future, when that extraor- dinary feat known as the tail wagying the dog, has been successfully performed:

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~The Government Experi for the Northwest Sabaieadice teen ioc section of the Bell Farm, on,the 0. P R about a mile from Indian Head. The people of Regina, Moosomin, Wapella,

Qu’Appelle, Grenfel, Wolsely, etc., ete., aj] | M

feel mad about it.

Vessex Burpinu.—Mr. James Ke Rolle Bay, is buildirtg at Souris Wen Stele and-after of about 100 tons, intended for the mnckonss fishing, ‘or Messrs. Matthew. Me- ean & Un, Captaia Lord made the mouwds a " the work. Folks who have a t 1000] ssy that thi ’ finish y Se ’ will Ve bots of tht nts nt faut

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Varia. MAw that we have before us the exact text of the Austria-German treaty, we can understand what a mighty union has been effected to preserve the peace of Europe. lt isa singularly frank and simple docu- ment containing only three articles. The first article provides that if either of the two empires should be attacked by Russia, they bind themselves to assist each other with theirentire military power, and only to conclude peace by common agreement. The second article provides for an attack on either empire by ‘‘ another Pewer.” In that case each empire binds itself to ob- serve *‘at least « benevolent neutrality ” towards the other. Should, however, Russia intervene in aid of that ‘other Power,” the obligation of mutual assistance with the full military strength, as stipulat- e} in the tirst article, will come immedi- acely into foree. The third article provides that the treaty shall be kept absolutely secret and only be communicated to any third power, by agreement of both sides. A strong bulwark is thus erected against the two disturbing elements of the Euro- pean family of nations, + . The terms on which Ltaly has joined the two allies have not yet been explicitly re- vealed, but enuugh is known of their gene- ral purport to make it certain that she will bring to it effective assistance, Probably France vecupies in the Italian treaty the same place which is assigned to Russia in the Austro-German. Rumor gves so far as to assign a specific engagement by which Italy undertakes to place 300,000 men at the Aloine passes in case Germany should be attacked by France, while Germany undertakes to concentrate a similar army on the French frontier if Italy should be the objeet of attack. But ifthe Czar re- tires baffled and sullen from the Austrian froutier, will he turn elsewhere for conso- lation! Rvleased from European compli- cations, his whole army may be thrown on the frontiers ot india: Should England: in that case be left to resist him unassisted ¢ It has been said that the protection of our fleet would liberate the Italian army in case of an attack by France. Is there no corres- ponding agreement for a diversion by the central Powers in case of an attack by Rus- sia upon India? That is a question which may well throw serious doubt upon the policy of non-intervention in European wars and alliances. , * * *

The reference in last week's Varia to the term John Bull, as applied to the Eng- lish people, has called forth the enquiry : ** Whence did the name originate ¢” It was, I believe, first applied in Arbuthnot’s ludicrous ‘‘History of Europe.” This history is sometimes erroneously ascribed to Dean Swift. In this satire the French are called Lewis Baboon and the Dutch Nicholas Froy. Washington Irving remarks: ‘One wou!d think in personifying itself, a nation would picture something grand, heroic and imposing-; but it is characteristic.of the pore humor of the English, and of their

ove for what is blunt, comic and familiar, that they have embodied their natural oddities in the figure of a sturdy, corpulent old fellow, with red waistcoat, leather breeches, and a stout oaken cudgel, whom they call John Bull.” Arbuthnot’s History is a Somewhat scarce bouk, but it is oc- casionally to be picked up at a moderate cost. It is very amusing. The Seotch are referred to as Sister Peg. ** John Bull had a sister, a pvor girl that had been reared on oatmeal and water, and lodged ina yarret exposed to the north wind. How- ever, this usage gave her a hardy constitu- tion. Peg hed, indeed, some odd humours and comical antipathies. She would faint at the sound of an organ, and yet dance and frisk at the voice of a bagpipe.”—- Arbuthnct’s History of John Bull ie (ed. 1712). ,

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Some time ago I gave an account in this column of curious editions of the Bible Since then Ihave come across a descrip- tion of what Iam sure must be the most curieus book in the world. It is entitled, ‘* Liber Passionis Domini nostri Jesu Christi”’ (The Book of the Passion of Our Cord Jesus Christ.) This book is neither written nur printed! The whole letters of the text are cut out of each folio upon the finest vellum ; and being interleaved with blue paper, is read as easily as the best print. The labor and patience bestowed on its completion must-haye been excessive, especially when the precision and minute-’ uess of the letters are considered. The general execution, in every res,;ect, is in- deed admirable ; and the vellam is of the most delicate and costly kind. Rudolphus Il. of Germany offered for it, in 1640, 11,000 dueats, which was probably equal to

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metals by the electrotype and the water-

gilding processes, not less than 10,000 ounces of gold are required annually, One establishment in the Potteries employs $17,500 worth of gold per annum; and

nearly $10,000 worth is used by another.

The consumption of gold in the Potteries of Staffordshire, for gilding porcelain and making crimson and gold colors, varies from 7,000 to, 10,000 ounces per annum.

The consumption of gold and silver in

Paris has been fairly estimated at 14,552,000 francs a year. The wear upon gold coin in4 circulation is about four per cent, per annum ; and we may deduce the fact that nearly $10,000,000 a year is necessary to maintain the metallic currency atits present value. A supply of between eight and nine millions sterling is necessary for the arts and manufactures, and the purpose of coin- age, and when the increasing circulation’ of gold is added to this it would appear that

the fears of those chronic alarmists who foretell a ‘glut in the gold market, and a consequent depreciation of the earrency,

are not likely to be realized, at least in our time.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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“ Medulla Oblongata ” Again.

Sir,—Your readers are probably watch- ing for sume reply to the communications in your issue of 22nd inst. While I would like to accommodate them, I do act wish to furce this subject on their notice too fre- quently, Hence the delay.

‘** Percy” was right about what is not known on the subject. Embracing as it does the whole science of force and matter, he probably scarcely ‘realized himself the full truth of hig re-animated joke.

‘*Harry ” would. have displayed more sense, though probably less forced wit, had he calle? another ** special meeting,” and in the presence of a quorum of the directors enquired on which side of the fence I thought. Mr. L. had stirred up the most mud. Yet itis too much for anyone to suppose I would jump into, the mud on either side, much less stand with one foot on each side. I was only asking for infor- mation.

The tone of Mr. Lawson’s letter, though; --his supreme contempt for the ‘* young man,” and His apology for noticing him ac all, reminded me of Pitt’s reply to Wal- pole: ** The atrocious crime of being a young mav I shall neither at- tempt to palliate or deny, but content my- self with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their 4youth,- and notof that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.”

‘His apology contains two excuses for such wonderful condescension, a-scriptural and a personal. He has got along frora Deuteronomy to Proverbs, but had he de- layed his reply until he had read through to Matthew 5:22, he would probably have withheld his Scriptural reason. After

reading the personal _ea®on, to show a cost of the raw material, which must of

few specimens of his gross and wilful mis- representation’. I yead the frothy effusion

of an occult seience or * substance” ; ‘but if Mr. Lawaon deems it necessary I think 1 can give pretty good reasons for basing my belief ov such @ theory, Of course he will | not deign to reply, but if | have succeeded | Mn so completely disgusting him that he will leave the subject alone, | presume I have the thinks of the community. W. P. Dove.

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The Dominion Exhibition.

Six,—Your editorial remarks in your! issue of yesterday, pointing out to the peo- ple of this Province their duty to them- selves in reference to the proposed Do- minion and Provincial Exhibition to be held at Halifax, N.S., are indeed timely, and should be acted upon without delay. As you justly remark, ‘‘Next to a Do- wninion Exhibition in our Province,” the one at Halifax would offer better advan-

es toour stock-raisers and farmers gen- erally than any that could be held at any other place in the sister Provinces. Let us, therefore, hope that the Halifax people will succeed in their laudable efforts to ob- tain the annual Dominion grant this year for their Exhibition, which would be largely participated in by the people of this Pro- vince as well as those of New Brunswick. Surely the claims of the three Maritime Provinces in reference to this matter’ will not be ignored. | United and immediate action on the part of our Provincial Govern- ments and Boards of Agriculture is now in order, and it is hoped will be exerted to secure this small boon. It is gratifying to observe, in your tele- graphic news column of to-day, that the **Short Horn Breeders Association,” at their meeting held at Toronto yesterday, recognised the claims of the Maritime Pro- vinces, by electing as vice-presidents of that valuable association, Professor George Lawson, of Halifax, N. S., Hon. D. Fergu- son, Charlottetown, P, E. Island, and Hon. Mr. Fairweather, of Hampton, N. B.

It is. hoped that, in the interests of the three Maritime Provinces, the gentlemen just named will feel it their duty to use their influence to obtain the Dominion Government grant this year, as asked for by the Exhibition Executive Committee of Halifax. ne Yours, : An Exuiprror. Feb. 24th, 1888.

The Price of Sugar.

(Moncton Times.)

Sugar is quoted at q higher price than for several years, The retiners are be- lieved to be making money, and the old ery that the consumer is being robbed has been revived. But it does not follow that such is the case. Sugar refining is at best an uncertain business, the profits depending on the fluctuations in the price of raw sigar. When the market was depressed a year or two, refineries lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the product of the retineries was actually sold at less chan the

necessity be purchased largely in anticipa- tion of requirements.

over a second time, to see what he meant, the raw material is advancing and the |

and discover, if possible, the ‘* specimens” alluded to. I supposed he referred to my crediting him with saying there are only two things in this wor.d, mind and matter, whereas he claims thag he said. *‘ In ail nature there are only two substances. These substances are matter and mind.” After listening toan address an hour m length (a sample of which he gives in his letter), largely on the functious and opera- tions of the Ganglion cerebrum cerehellum medulla oblongata, and some other things of which he says | ‘‘ at present know litile or nothing,” I ask, will not a long-suffering public pardon my mistake in saying ‘two things” instead of ‘* two substances?"

He again asserts that ‘‘ disembodied spirits in connection with mesmerism and Spiritualism don’t exist,” but this time he admits that ‘“‘ He (God) doesn’t coydemn megineric or any other scieatific phenex)- ena," What, then, is all the noise about ? { quite agree with him, that the creeds and deceptions of modern Spiritualists (so- called) should be condemned. 1 agree with Mr. a and others who say that nine- tenths of all their operations are fraud; > ‘haw about the other tenth ? condemned the tey-tenths, and s* all their doings could be exp)” laws of ‘‘electricity, gy. wined by the longata,” &e. lt Ace su, medulla ob- wealth and popular’» 2 do so, there is store for him. po -Y and distinction in scientific wor’? -° May yet be great. The for centus’ ~4 has been looking for him Istupr °°: That is the point on which

ved him, J repeat the stump. My

60,000 (ar $137,400) at thisday, The most remark4ble . circumstance gonnected wi''h this literary treasure is, that it beg», th royal arms of England ; but it ornnot be traced to have ever béen in that country. .-

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* ‘“Going the whole hog” js inly 2 exceedingly coarse and Sihdes <n but it is not, as genera ly supposed, an Americanism, although, to use an objection. able Yankee phyase, it is now “ located ” there. Its “parentage. belongs to Ireland where a ‘‘ hog” is still the synonym for a shilling, and a * tester,” or*** taster,”. for a sixpence. Previously to the assimilation of the currency of the. two countries in’ 1825, a ‘‘white hog’? meant the English shilling, or twelve pence, and a “ black hog,’ the Irish shilling of thirteen pence. To ** go the whole hog” is @ convivial de- termination to spend the whole shilling, and the prevalence of the expression, with an extension of its applications in America can be readily traced to its importation by the multitudes of emigrants from Treland. .

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From the best information I have access to, I find that we are indebted. to the Italians for newspapers. The title of their gazettas was derived from a small coin peculiar to the city of Venice, called gazetta, which was the common price of their newspapers. With regard to the tirst introduction of newspapers into England, Chalmers says that it dates frou the epoch of the Spanish Armada. In the British

“seum are several newspapers which had been printed while the Spanish fleet was in the English Channel, during the year 1588.

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I saw lately an estimate of the quantity of gold which is used otherwise than as coin In Birmingham not less than 1,000 oun sen of tine gold are ased every week and the weekly ¢ msumptionof gold-leaf through nut the ewpire is nearly 600 ounces, of which

~~ 240M beforethe Literary and Scientific -nstitute remains unanswered, and I am be- ginning to think mustso remain until I fiud another ‘‘ teacher.” © ~1 propounded * the question, not to show auy belief in ~com- ™unication with disembodied “spirits (I do not betieve in such), but'to show that there was ‘cue question at least, which he could ‘ot expitin away in his “medulla oblongata” theory. No! The fact remains, and the enguiry remains beside, and* he has not even pretended to answer it. ' The board moving: of Charlottetown to- day is.a * scientific phenoniena,” and as such may justly be placed in the class which he says ‘*God-does not condemn,” Some. of its working can, but some cannot be traced to'what we term natural causes, by any person who has een its operations, much less by those who have not. This, doubiless, is what galled. Mr. Lawson. Why, one would suppose from his ‘de- clining,” &c., that he really thinks he can explain all, if he would only condescend todo sv. Although I° before simply asked if said phenomena might not be due partly to the nae oe to the unknown ‘phases of energy, I now:élaim (and a . ber who have had an been phe mi eae beats, aw’ bast ms out in it) that 0 satisfac explai I trust that Assertion ‘may iently explicit for even Hlatey ann one {am sorry Mr. Lawson, during his fit of condescention, had - not explained which part of Toe Examingy he wanted careful] read,— whether ‘the " communications oe ** Avatara,” which he says teach Panthe- ism, d&c. the nonsense frequently appear ing over such nom- de pluines a * Tom, Dick and’ Harry,” (which must be a great -tr Hin on the guod viature of the editor and f revearatice of the publie) or the character- istic, Dib conttadictury etfetvescencs ap- nealing trom time to tim r si ture of 8. G. Lawson.’ O° the aigna-

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Mr. )- vut .AWson ated that HE Fifth Lecture of the Course’ will be

refiners are of course reaping large profits. A good deal has been said about a oom- } bination among refiners. This summbiais. | tion is, we believe, chiefly for the purpdse of regulating the output. This fmporta- tion of Scotch sugar would easily check any attempt on the part of Canada refiners torob the public by combinatian. TFirue the scale of duties favors the Canadian | refiner, but the difference in duties on the

admit of the systematic robbery which ix sometimes alleged to exist: Sugaris stilj/

ago, nor is it likely that the okd pRee

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AT 8 O'CLOCK, IN ST. JAMES: HALL.

Subject,—“ JOAN OF ARC.” —

MEDICAL. Dr, Jenkins & Dr. 8. B. Jenkins,

OFFICE -

Opposite St. Dangtan’s Cathedral. feb24--2m wky uf “why pat her ' are

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’ March next, AT M{WELVE O'CLOCK, NOON,

ere Kot g@ and Upper Queen Building aud othe fronting ay treet and the Malpeque

b t of the prowased — = ihe office of Paters & Peters, Sclicitors. of cals } Bens of sale.wilge made known on da

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far below the — that prevailed ten wer i 8

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GREAT GEORGE . STREET,

LANDS 78 VHARLOTTETOWN, [om instra ‘act neha tmisinsiin Judge Peters

On Mo pday, the 26th day of

Thac Valu: gkte Property lving between the Mal-

he P Sireet, r «a@perty as been laid off in fourteen Lots, same fronting on Queen street

Ona New cireet to be qpenes between Buildin ¥ Lots can be

. 1 —WILL SELL Dress Goods, Dress Goods, Dress Goods,

Cararts, Carpets, Carpets,

Overconutes, Overcesnts. CUvercoris,

MACDONALD

Mens’ suits, Venms’? “uits, Mens’ Suits,

OFF CHEAP -- Cloths, Vianmels, Ciletias, t'isegamedy, Cloths, Fisnncis,

Knit Woe! Goods.

favit Wool Goods, Knit Wool Goods,

Boys’ Suits, Boys’ Suits, Hoys’ Suits,

Underclothing, Flannel Shirts, Cotton Shirts.

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Dress Goods, cheap, at James Paton

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Ladies’ Jackets and Dolmans at 1,.

duced prices,

Mens’ Overcoats, good value, 3°¢ Jus.

Paton & Cos.

Corsets, all kinds and prices The Best Place on the Islvy_ndg to buy

Carpets.

Gioves, in Kid and Cash mere Table Linens and Tahkjle Napkins. extra good value.

The best value in deries.

C‘ambric Embroi-

Mourning Goods Of all kinds.

Millinery made t; order on short

notice.

WATER "spREET Suw’ ,

iaieniiee .merside. 688—dy & wky a

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WHITE COTTONS, GREY COTTONS, PRINT COTTONS, DRESS GOODS,

Charlottetown, Feb. 14, 1888.

| CORSETS, GLOVES, CCLLARS,

| RIBBONS,

White and Colored Counterpanes, Amerivan Kaitting Cottons, Cheap Shirtings and Ginghams, Pillow Cottons and Sheetings, Carpets and Oil Cloths.

PERKINS & STERNS.

JANIES pawON & CO.

MARKET SQUARE, | Charlottetown.

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Ul? LAST SPECIAL OFFERS brouglit hundreds of extra () customers to our Store, and in order to still keep up the

supply of Bargains, we have prepared a new list, and ask you

REDINGOTES and SACQUES In FANCY

has been very large this seasoa,

owing to the excellert value we have been giving; but ovr new reduced prices we expect to caus¢ a genuine rush, Kemember, our Stock is Fresh, and we are offering the most Fashionable Trimmings at Large Discounts, and you only need see them to

We are to the front with a Choice Stock of HAMBURG EMBRO:@ERIES and INSERTIONS, CASH’s FRILLINGS EDGINGS of all kinds, and a Stock of WH'TE COTLONS-—

the best value we have ever offered.

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