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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

DECEMBER 28, 1889.

The “ Patriot” on the Public Ac-

counts.

thankful

number—not

Amone the many things to be must the fact that the Patriot that

for at this season, we

among the least

has at last grasped the idea receipts

} : , 7 | 4 , by the Government of moneys for ratiway interest of invest-

fares, postage stamps, | ss I

be accounted as

ments, etc., are not to

‘taxation of the people. ’ The Patriot is now

Willing to limit *‘ taxation” to the amounts

levied for customs and excise It would be easy to show that the whole sum ob- tained by the Customs is not wrung from the people of Canada 4s taxation, part of it being paid by the foreign exporter. But that the Patriot

shall not

we are so thankful sees

the other point that we press this one. The Pati

mont can in no way be

f contends that ‘* the Govern- congratulated on fear that it Patriot te

can be congratulate d.

their surplus ;” and we will

be impossible to get the admit that the cov ur)

The Patri

while the revenue

t forgets, also, to mention that has besn augmented in recent years, the tariff has been unchanged; so that, if the revenue be larger, the cause is to be found in the increased trade of the country.

In like manner, the J’atriot fails to men- tion that the increased trade of the country indicates a larger population, additional wealth, greater prosperity,—consequently,

more ability on the part of the people to

bear the burden of taxation. Nor does the Patriot take into account the great increase in the value of our public

e , , sssets anc the

additional facilities possessed the development of their +}

: —tnougn

the people for immense heritage, it laments an tseems to be quite impossible for the iot to tell the whole truth.

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Forest Fires.

l'ne greatest loss our Province has sus-

tained in the past year was occasioned by

fire. Apart from the destruction of a por- tion of the town of Kensington, large tracts of country at the Westward were swept

bare and human lives were for atime in

imminent danger the causes of the fires were exhilarating

fluids and carelessness—we cannot think

that they were the result of malignity ;—

and the lesson taught our people—the

lesson to be remembered--~is to ** be

Mr.

pub ished in another column, contains sug-

more

careful in future.” Leslie’s letter,

gestions which the people would do well to

note for another year. Certainly any

grown person who may in the future be

found to have been careless in the use of fire when dryness prevails should be severe- ly punished —— $9909 —______- —The Guardian pictures ‘a high license scene” sufficiently tragic, perhaps true The picture of the dead body of a man at the fvot of a stairway, and an empty bed in the room above, with arnm bottle sticking out from between che sheets, wou!d, how- ever, be at least equally true, almost as tragic, and much more to the point. We haven't high license here. SS OO G0 G————— ‘The Scott Act may **it may be an outrage.” Are these statements to be construed as almost an admission on the part of the Guardian that the Scott Act is wrong? We pause for a reply That the Scott Act is law, and that it is (or ought to be)in force in Char- lottetowa is a fact of which no one here needed to be informed. The Guardian does well to ca!l upon the people to uphold The question is, will tl ey do it? sieneetiieciciiiillia acai

Persenal.

The Guardian says: be wrong ;”

the law.

Foster, clerk inthe Bank of New . John, N. B., with a $l ticket his won $15,000 in the Louisiana State Lotter ve

Mrs. John Lefargey, Summerside, and Mr. William Lefurgey were among the passengers in the Sraul y, this m along, Ou their way to Peasacola, Fla.

Robert Brunawick, at St

ee » Religious Services. Chiliren’s Carol Service at St. Peter's Church. oa Sunday. at 3 p. m.

Services in the Upper Prince Street Mecho- dist Chureh to-morrow will be as follows :— Prayer meeting at 7.304. m.; preaching at 1] a. m., by Rev. John Read ; sabbath School at 2.15 p. m.; usual Evangelistic services at 7 p.m, by Rev. W. W. Brewer.

Services to-morrow in Zion Church, con- incted by the pastor, Rev. D. Sutherland, at il a.m., and in the evening at 7 o'clock. Morning prayer meeting at 1015. Sabbath School and Bible Classes at 2.30 p. m.

Bible Class inthe Y. M. C. A. Parlor this evening, from 8 to 9o’clock. The arrange ments tur January, 1890, will be made this evening. The go-pel meeting in the upper hall to-morrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock, will be addressed by Rev. David Sutherland. A cor- dial invitation extended to all, especially to young men.

Don't forget the closing Railway Gospel Meeting of the year on Sunday afternoon, at 4o clock. Strangers always welcome. Les- son :—Psaalms 90-12, ‘‘Go teach us to number our days,” ete.

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TAXABLE Property.—The New York World tigures out the increase of the taxable property of the United States since 1880, from the reports of State treasurers, and finds it to ne $6,963 000,000. The total wealth is set at §01,459,000,000. This is exclusive of public property, and of $3,000,000,000~ invested abroad. The wealth of the United States now exceeds the total wealth of the whole world

a! any time previous to the middle of the 1th | century, and tbe amount invested abroad is | teuishing.

DAILY EXAMINER, - <a

STILLO

And We Are Goi

HIS IS OUR BUSIEST YEAR

WHY? at the very lowest prices. People from all with us, and after receiving their Suits, stay

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ig to Stay There.

i Since its advent we have not had a dull day. Because we have earned a reputation for furnishing the very best Suits

sections of the country place their orders with us in spite of all competition.

We can show the largest range of Cloths on Prince Edward Island—500 different

designs and patterns co select from.

dxents’ Furnishing Department. =

HATS, CLOTH and FUR CAPS,

SHIRTS, COLLARS, TIES, UNDER

CLOTHING, GLOVES, &c., sold at bottom prices.

Five Hundred BOYS’ SUITS we are «

ments ;

fering at first cost. Perfect-fitting Gar-

strictly first-class work ; lowest prices.

For FINE SUITS, neat and unique designs, elaborate and artistic trimmings,

JOHN McLEOD & CO.,

they all go to

Ch town, Nov 16, 1889.—eod

MERCHANT TATLORS,

TO THE EDITOR.

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LETTERS

Forest Fires.

lL won't ask you for some of your valuable space, because blarney and asking | a favor at the same time doesn’t look | honest ; but if you see fit to publish this it will be all right.

Someone, Mark Twain, I think, has said that ** except with aclub or when his own} house is on fire you cannot knock sense into} some townspeople’s brains about the ex- | penses for the prevention of fire.” Be that as it may, this past summer, on account | of drought and heat, has been very prolific | in forest fires, causing great loss and much ) hardship in many parts of North America. }

What an immense amount of wood has} been destroyed by fire, commencing, we! may say, with the first white settler, the causes of which most people seem to think | we have little or no control over. Occasion- ally those fires are started by boys in the woods with matches, and from hunters’ | and trappers’ camp fires, but the great source of mischief is occasioned by the settlers, very many of whom are far too careless, A little sense, and a good deal of experience ought to teach us when it is reasonably safe, and when it is not safe, to set out fire ; but most people don’t study cause and effect enough.

Any size of a piece we want to burn should be cleared of all light stuff and dry rotten wood, say twenty feet wide on the sides where most wanted, and, if very dry, never set on fire till near sunset, because in summer the nights are generally much calmer and cooler than the days. The dew itself is a great preventative. Set fire over all the piece at once, so that it may burn better and be all quiet in a few hours. | Early next day put out any fire that appears dangerous with earth or water, if this be near enough. Earth does wonders on the surface. If dry and winéy it should be ooked to every day unt] all is out. By at- tending to these simple precautions very seldom is there any trouble.

I have known settlers to set fire in the; manner described above for years and) never lose a panel of fence. What can we expect but forest fires when/| settlers often set fires on a hot windy day and when everything is very dry, re- gardless of consequences; and any /egisla- tion intended as a check on this reckless- ness, based upon certain weeks or months in the summer season, when we may or may not set out fire, has all proved flat failures; because the scourge has been aliveand active in May and in October. Che big Miramichi fire was in October— the latter part of the season being excep- tionally dry.

lf we could have a law passed, compre- hensive enough to prevent and punish settlers for setting out fires in a time of great drought, and to appoint district fire- wardens, not too far apart, and who should be able and willing to follow the in- structions given them. But as to the final arrangement of such a law, we must, of course, leave to the mature consideration oi the **powers that be.”

| hope that some of them, at least, may see the necessity of some such measure for the benefit of people in wuoded districts, and for the preservation of our woods, and that other Canadian papers will reproduce this sketch.

SIR,

ANDREW LESLIE. Souris West, Dec. 27, 1889.

| i *atti's Terms Too Low. f

FIGURES IN LONDON SHOWING WHAT HER CON- CERTS YIELD.

A writer in the London World says of Mme Patti's terms for singing in concerts : ‘** | have all my tife had a weakness for ladies, and ladies have always had the weakness to know what is not their _ brsi- ness, so | am going to betray a secret of the trade to the lady readers of this paper in order to let them get an insight into affairs discussed by everybody, although ‘* every- body” knows nothing about what is really the matter. From all sides I hear of the greediness of Mme. Patti, the exhorbitant prices she asks, and how she does not care whether the people in whose concerts she sings are ruined so long as she receives her money. The fact is this: Mme. Patti re- ceives for every concert in the Albert Hall £700 —an enormous amount, no doubt.

** Now, let us see as tothe ruin of the people who engage her. The expenses of the hall are about £100, other artists £200, advertising, etc., say £150; the whole forms £1,150 to £1,200 costs. The receipts of this year’s first concert were about £1,700, of the second over £1,800, and the third will probably be still larger; that is to say £500, £600, £700 profit. I know that once in a concert in which she sang the expenses were a little over £1,200 and the receipts

12,143, with £163 taken for programme books. These are figures not opinions. | have known what is perhaps still more as- One evening the fog was so!

they should demand exactly the same price as Mme. Patti, and only too happy will any- body be to pay, and take the certain profit, but as there is nobody in the whole universe who can fillthe Albert Hall, and conse- quently bring anything like the receipts, it should be well understood that Mme. Patti receives enormous prices because she alone makes enormous profits. This does not prove that there are not other singers of great talent, young, handsome, fresh voice —of course not. But here stands the fact undeniable. You engage Mme. Patti and pay her five times the sum the best singer gets, and your receipts will be what no singer on earth can bring you but Mme. Patti.”

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St. Peter's Boys’ Schoo!

RE-OPENS ON Monday, Jan. 6th. TWO VACANCIES.

Fees, $24 Per Annum,

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rE HE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Members of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association will be held in the Hall of the Association, Queen Square, Charlotte- town, on MONDAY, 30th of December, at 7.30 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of receiv ing the report for the past year, electing an Executive Committee for the ensuing year, and the transaction of other important busi ness, J. T. MELLISH, President: R. M. BARRATT, Secretary.

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FLETCHER’S.

i “BELL” PIANOS we have re-

cently solid to His Honor Lieutenant- Governor Carvell and others in the city have given the utmost satisfaction,

THE = BELL” ORGANS need no putting. The fact that we have sold over iwelve Hundred (which is over double the number of that of any other make sold) oa the Island, is sufficient proof of their superiority over ail others.

TESTIMONIAL FROM PROF. EARLE. Cu’Town, P. E. L, Aug. 26th, 1888, Mr. C, P. FLETCHER.

Deak Stk —The many scores of Bell Organs which Ihave had the pleasure of testing, have give. me the utmost satisfaction. They possess excellent qualities of tone and touch, and the general workmanship is first-class. Having been organist of St, Paul's for 22 years, and during all that time teaching the piano and organ to up- wards of 400 persons in town and country, ex- perience has taught me that Canadw has turned out sm organ which. for qualities referred to above, and durability, is hard to excel.

; S. N. EaRLg, Teacher of Piano, Organ and Singing. Always on hand, a full line of VIOLINS, ACCORDEONS, CONCERTINAS, FLUTES, and ali other small musical Instruments Best Quality Violin Strings, Sheet Music and Music Books,

and general MUSICAL GOODS ot every description. As we buy all for cash, we can sell low. PIANOS, ORGANS and SEWING MA CHINES sold on terms to suit everybody.

JOHN WILKINSON, Agent at Alberton rt. C, P. YEO, Agent at Summerside.

C. P. FLETCHER,

Ch'town, Nov. 16, 1889—eod & wky tf

Executors’ Notice.

WHE undersigned Executors of the last will

and testament of Allan McDonald, Far- mer, late of Pleasant Hill, Lot 49, in Prince | Edward Island, deceased, hereby notify all | persons indebted to the Estate of the said | Ailan McDonald to make immediate pryment |

to them, and all persons mythos, ps demands |

alone equal to the national wealth of Portugal | thick that 1 was doubting whether I should | against the said Estate are hereby required to |

aud Deamark. nations is

os " : United States ia the post nine years.—Zz.

: wae — Gifts. —Buy your lady friends 0 li t B we elegant evening suppers at

Goff Bros.

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The total wealth of only five | equal to the mere increase of the whom I had to accompany, would not go. |

go to the hall, imagining that Mme. Pafti |

went, however, afcer ail by the under- geound railway; and the receipts that even- ing left ever £600 profit.

** Let any other singer do this, if he or she can, and nothing will be fairer than that

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present the same, duly attested, within ove year from the date hereof to us.

Dated at Charlottetown, this 7th day of, December, A. D. 1889.

ALBERT BOSWALL, | JOHN NOY. decl3—wky roy gaz

THE TOP BEER

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GREAT BLANKET SALE.

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In order to reduce very low our stock of SCOTCH and CANADIAN BLANKETS before taking stock, we will, on MONDAY and TUESDAY ONLY, offer hitherto unheard-of Bargains. At the same time we will put the remainder of Counterpanes

on sale at a large discount. You are invited to cal] and share in this special] offer.

MONDAY, Dit. d0th,

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SATURDAY, JAN. 4th

SIX BAYS ONLY!

‘Special Prices on Jackets,

ety ea Dolmans, ah to ith, : sll $4 i! is iN

“A FEW GARMENTS,

SLIGHTLY DAMAGED,

See oe

-A Very Large Discount.

All Fancy Goods

AT——— ——

WATSON'S DRUG SiOhE

SOLD UP TO THE NEW YEAR

WILL BE

AT SLAUGHTER PRICES.

Charlottetown, Dec. 28, 1889.

W. W. WELLNER

N WISHING his numerous Patrons the compliments of the | season, would intimate that his present Stock of the follow- ing Goods is the largest and best selected lot yet exhibited by him, viz. *—

Gold, Filled Gold and Silver WATCHES,

Gold, Silver, Gold Plated and nearly every other description of JEWELRY,

SOLID SILVER and SILVER-PLATED WARE, Marble, Imitation Marble and Walnut CLOCKS, Gold and Steel SPECTACLES,

Pearl and Leather CARD CASES,

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VASES, LUSTERS and FLOWER HOLDERS. As it would weary the public to read a list of the articles

composing the above stock of goods, they are invited to call and

inspect my stock, charged for thein.

Having secured the services of Mr. W. N. Tanton (who has lately closed business), I am better than ever prepared to attend

and be convinced of the very low prices

‘promptly to all repairs of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc., guaran-

teeing satisfaction in every department. Ch'town, Dec, 6, 1888—dy eod wky 2i

889.

i | PASSED ° | Buyers of dress silks for the coming ) spring had better buy early, for it looks as ——FOR—— ) though prices would be higher later on, | There has been a very conservative feeling sis % on the part of manufacturers on the other Elegance Durability side to preduce only that which they had | ’ ’ | ( orders for, so that there is not likely to be a surplus or over-production of silks over oe % there. The advance in the prices of the | a | raw material has been the means of creating V A I is J 3 '% | this conservative action on the part of the A | producer or makers.—New York Review.

| For the Largest Assortment of | Silk Handkerchiefs, try Paton & Co’s.

For the Handsomest Silk Hand-

kerchiefs, go to Paton & Co's,

For China Silk Handkerchiefs, with beautiful borders, go to Paton & Co’s.

One Thousand Silk Handker- choose from at

Co's.

chiefs to

Paton &

Pure White Sik Handkerchiefs all prices, at Paton & Oo’s.

Faney Shot Silk Handkerchiefs at James Paton & Co’s.

Don’t bay Silk Handkerchiefs

seeing Paton & Co’s,

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Ladies’ and Misses’ Kid Mitts. ouly 45¢.- a great bargain ~ at Paton & Co’s

Men’s Fur Coats —all prices — at James Paton & Co’s.

Men’s Persian Lamb Caps, the cheapest, at Paton & Co’s.

Goat Robes, in great variety and lowest prices, at Paton & Co’s.

For Ladies’ Dolmans, Fur-J.ined Circulars and Astracan Jack- ets, there is no better place

in the city than James Paton & Co’s.

Just the place to buy Dress Goods, where you can get the best variety at the low-

est price. — James Paton & Co’s,

For Millinery, try James Paton & Co. See their Trimmed Hats at $1.75, $2 and $2.25.

The balance of our Ulster and Mantle Cloths clearing out at reduced prices.—Paton & Co.

For Shawls—the best value in the city —try Paton & Co's.

Wonderful! Wonderful !

Most Wonderful is our great sale of Reefers and Overcoats, Our Low Prices astonish every- one. Give Paton & Co. a trial if you want to save money.

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Men's Underclothing

VERY CHEAP AT

PATON & COS.

What the People Say!

We have tried everywhere, but can find no better place than PATON & CO’S. They have the Largest and Best Stock to choose from. You try

MARKET SQUARE.

Ch’town, Deo, 19, 1889,

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