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A VARIETY OF

DRY GOODS,

Suitable for the Holiday Season.

Also Flannels, Blankets, Wool Underelothing Knit Wool

Goods, Shawls, Jackets,

Ulsters, Heavy Cloths, Furs, &., &c., for the present winter weather,

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In addition te the above we have just opened a few cases of FANCY GOODS, consisting of

GLOVE BOXES, HANDERCHIEF BOXES, COLLAR BOXES,

PAPIER MACHIE BRACKETS, CARVED WOOD BRACKETS,

DRY GOODS of every description at lowest prices.

we are giving.

Charlottetown, Dec. 6, 1580.

|; FLOWERS UNDER GLASS SHADES, !' CONFESSION ALBUMS,

| BIRDS és | SCRAP ALBUMS,

|SHELIS; “* . ve | BIRTH DAY TEXT BOOKS,

| CORK VIEWS, | PEARL INLAID CARD TRAYS, | CRUMB TRAYS, &e., &e., &e.

Just look in and see the values

PERKINS & STERNS.

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New Grocery ‘Store.

JUST OPENED!

A General Assortment of

CHOICE GROGERIES

Flour, Tea, Sugar, Molasses, Currants, Raisins, Seap, Starch, &e.. &c.

@uxar vor Casx. W. A. HUTCHESON,

Nov. 11, '8@—Im 109 Upper Queen Si, Next door to Miller Bros.

QUEEN INSURANCE U0’

OF ENGLAND.

GAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING Lis SURANCE effected on all kinds of Build-

, Merchandise and Produce. Also, on on the stocks. — rates for isolated residences, es settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward isiand _ tune. | 1877

EYE, EAR AND ‘THROAT. Dz. J. R. McLEAN,

Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania,

fermeriy Assistant Surgeon to the 8th and Lo-nst Street Eye and Ear in- firraary, Philadelphia, confines his practice exclusively to diseases of the Eye, Kar and Theat.

@fice at St. Lawrence Hotel, Pictou, _ Oat. 14, 1880.

CH bPBUCTO MARINE .

Insurance Association !

OF HALIF A>. KE. PALMER, Juvr., @a'town Oct. 22,'80—Im Exehange Building.

OLD QUEEN SQUARE

LIVERY STABLES

RE-OPENED.

N. 8.

HE Subscriber has removed to the cem- moclious Livery Stables,

LATELY OCCUPIED BY MR. JAMES BARR, North Side Queen Square,

Where you can get the Cueapest AND Brat TURNOUTS IX THE CITY.

JAMES N. MILLNER. _Ch'town, Sept. 14, 1880—ly

BARRELS BAIT AND ‘SALT, QUEEN’S WHARF.

500 200" area Hersng and Maekerel

300 MACK EREL BARRELS. 100 barrels > . FaT HERRING.

9 Quintale CODFISH and HAKE.

err anded—a choice lot New Labrador omy D. SMALL.

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OVERCOATS!

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W. A. WEEKS & COS.

SPLENDID GOODS AT LOW. PRIZES

TILL CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

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W. A. WrEee & CO.,

Sign of the Lion.

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72 QUEEN STREET.

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Fall and Winter Opening

READYMADE CLOTHING

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GRAND DISPLAY.

We are now selling out our immense Stock

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A SPLENDID VARIKTY OF ULSTERS

Also, a varied assortment of Gents’ Underclothing, Cardigan Jackets, Mufflers, and all kinds of Wool Goods kept in a Gents’ first-class furnishing Establishment.

Our steck ef Wool and Fur Feit Hats, White and Fancy Shirts are taking the lead. A fine shew of Linen and Paper Collars, Cuffs, Silk Scarfs, Ties, Braces, Kid and Cloth Gloves, Buckskin, and all other kinds to suit.

OUR CUSTOM TAILORING DEPARTMENT IS GIVING ENTIRE SATISFACTION.

Sw Please remember the place, and give us a call.

BRUCE & McKENZIB,

Next door to Geo. E, — 72 Queen Street

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WINTER ‘THE ROYAL OAK. CLOTHING

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Choice Selection of Cloths,

FIT, PRIGE & QUALITY

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For Sale or to Let,

fA His well-known Hotel, conveniently situated on Queen Street. It is three

stories high, and contains 16 rooms, kitchen, shop etc., and has spacious yard and large | stables, sheds and outbuildings.

For further particulars seid te William Dodd; @r on the premises, to

MRS. JAMES OFFER. Noy. 13, 1890.

MOLASSES.

7 PUNCHEONS of the choicest in the mat ket. CARVELL BROS,

BEER & SONS. |

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W ord-Hunting.

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[n former times (from 1595 to 1730) it

'was customary to put over the periodical eg

| publicat ions. of the day, the initial letters |of the compass, viz:-

N

From this,

four quarters of the called ‘‘ news-paper.”

globe, they were

The above derivation cannot now be ac- cepted; for, untortunately for it, a beok printed in 1577 , gives the following advice | as to servants; “TE they be tale tellers or | newes caryers reprove them sharply. ’ Again, Lord Bern ra, whose translation of | Froissart was publis! ied in 1525, ofter. uses | the word news in his work. wil] be seen, that the word is older than the | derivation arsi lyned,

Dean Alford, in his interesting work, The Queen’s English,” treats the word | news, as a plural form of new, though quite | lcorrectly stating thatit requires a verb in! the singnlar number. Now, the fact is, that though the word ends with an s, itis! in the singular, and is strictly analogous to | the German neuter adjective employed as a} substantive, NEUES, a new thing. ‘ Ks Gist Niauts Neves,” there is no news, is! an every day phrase ; ; and our early form o the word newes is exactly the same, with the only difference of being spelt as the nature of the language requires, with the) double instead of the single w. Therefore, using the verb in the singular ‘‘ what is} news fis no concession to the custom of vue speech, if this derivation be cor- rect, a mere owing of the due gramma- tical canon of the language.

MaAILL SRELRANC.

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Persona! and Literary.

Mr. Ruskin th

presentment, in

aginationy, of emotions.’

us defines poetry : ‘* The

noble grounds for the noble |

pondence. They will, therefore be grate- ful if any persons possessing ietters of Dickens which have not been published), will send them under cover to Miss Hogarth, at 11 Strathmore Gardens, Ken- sington, W. London, England. The letters will be caretnuily preserved, copied, and re: turned to their owners with as little delay as possible, gee

“Ralph “Waldo Emerson,’ says the Springtieid Republican, ‘* continues in the same measure of health that has been his of late years ; goes down from Concord to Boston for a day now and then, and takes his long country walks in all sorts of wea- ther,as he always has; the knower oi Nature and of what awaits, not departing, as one unawares, but still

Star by star his world resigning.”

An anonymous writer on Gladstone, in the November Scribner’sa, says of him : ‘*The distinguishing note of Mr. Glad- stone's nature is the combination in it of extraordinary intellectual activity with extraordinary emotional warmth. For fifty years he has given himself no rest. When he is not stedying he is talking or writing, and not merely upon public affairs, but upon theology, history, scholarship, art or social topics. His apprehension is won- derfully quick. Long training enables him to seize in a moment the salient points of a question; his mind falls to werk upon them, spins a web of argument, clothes the argument with worda—-words that come fast as the snowflakes driven before a storm. While he is piercing to the heart of a subject he is also working all around it, discovering a muititude of reasons

for and against each of the views which, in successions, presents itself—

a string of limitations and qualifications under which each of the propositions he ac- cepts must be stated. This ingenuity or fertility of mind gives his speeches and writings an air of complexity which many people find bewildering. They often call it subtlety. But he is not unduly subtie,—. that is to say, addicted to fine distinctions of thought. in one of his pieces of sustain- ed atgument each sentence or paragraph is sufficiently clear; it isthe perspective of the whole which confuses the mind of a listener who cannot recollect the relation which al] these windings and turnings and by-paths bear to the main direction of the track along which he is being led. Together with this manifoldness of mind, he has, like most men whose intellectual interest are keen, a fondness for abstract principles and a pas-

passion for werking them logically out. Where other men see only scattered facts he discerns a princi-

ple, enjoys it, follows it boldly. In a_per- son with a less wide experience uf the world and a less complete mastery of facts, this tendency would 'be dangerous. Even he is sometimes led by it to discern a principle where nove discernable by other eyes exigts, to lay upon a minor principle more than it ean bare, to-travel faster and farther toward some momentuous practical conclution than his aadience or party are prepared to follow. Still it is a splendid facuity, the sure index of a penetrating intellect, a weapon with which, when wisely used, brilliant execution can be done in debate.”

some suppose that because | | the papers contained intelligence from the!

From this, it |

musical form, to the im-

Misa Dickens and Miss Hogarth, the | editors of Charles Dicken’s Letters,” are anxious to get together more of his corres- |

NER.

CHARLOTT UITETOWN, PRINC! % EDWARD. Is SLAND, SATU RDAY, DECEMBER. HI, 1880.

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NO. 21

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dornemeutianl

sar We do not hold ourselves repeater he statements or opinions 6 of our r correspondents.

“The Parnell Defence Fund.

To the Editor of the Evaminer, ~

Dear Sir,—In a letter, a few days ago, ! brought to the notice of your readera that a Fund was being raised in several cities of the Deminion fur the defence of Parnell aud the Irish agitators, and mildly jsuggested that some action be taken for , that object in Charlottetown. For this I | have been fiercely attacked, in the Patriot, | by an individual signing himself Irishman. Some there are, of course, who do wot ap- prove of Parnell’s policy or the agitation ; | but for an Irishman to condemn. aud ‘throw cold water” on this movement, is ‘something I cannot understand. Perhaps the one that does so is a ‘* Yankeefied irishman,”’ whom Dr. Brownson says is “the most contemptible animal in exist- |ence @ Hear this prophetic (7) *‘ Irish- }man ’

“TT weuld say to the ‘ Citizen,’ if he is so large hearted why don’t he start a subscription list and canvass the city? Ah, I bave the |answer right here: He knows that he would ‘not get a single cent, leave alone a five cent | piece. | Lam most happy to inform the writer of ;the above that before ‘‘ Citizen’s”’ letter | appeared, a subscription list was opened ; | but this fault-finder should know that it |would be decidedly wrovg for anyone to |canvass the public without first being lanthorized. 1 may further inform him I hat very encouraging offers were given |your eorrespondent by leading gentlemen i in this*city. | This five-cont ‘‘ Irishman” has, in his i sound ) judgment, seer fit to term me | ** crack ‘ brained.” Hf, by desiring to. se6 ithe Parnell! 0 Fond assisted, I am ito be thus styled, I am satistied ; for I ‘have the proud consolation of knowing that ii am in the same boat with those the 'latchet of who:e shoes this mongrel ‘‘ Trish- iman” is not worthy to unlocse. Yours, &e., | CITIZEN. Dec. LO, 1880.

The Modern | ‘Newspaper.

Rev. Robert Collyer, of New York, on

Oe last, preached a notable discourse ‘ Newsparpers. " After paying a jhigh

compliment to the enterprise of the modern newspaper in collecting its news, Mr: Coi-, lyer spoke of the influence exercised by the. daily journals, claiming that the newspaper is the real king where monarchy exists and ithe real president- where men lve under and enjoy a republican ferm of ment. Thisis high praise, but there can be no question of the influence of the o- pendent press where it has a proper de- gree of freedom. Guiding publie oy following the tide of popular will and pointing out the shoals and quicksands in the path of the people, the daily ~ per

is a voice that can never lenc- ed so long as_ its anclaeedia are wise, thoughtful and patriotic. It has been

recently and shrewdly said that the stump orator was no longer a power in American politics, because the newepaper has usurped his functions and addresses a wider and more attentive audience. The written word sinks deeper into the heart than the spoken one, conseguentiy its influence is the greater and more lasting. We agree with Mr. Collyer in his views about the high mission of the press, for it would be mock

of this tact. The more need, thereforz, that we shouid strive to carry out that mission in a way to redound to our own

honor and the welfare of the nation. ee ee EEO -

The Prince of Wales has of late taken his drives in a private hansom cab, which is pronounced a wonder of comfort and con- venience. By asimple application of the lever principle, the driver from his seat be- hind can shut and open the doors as re- quired. In addition to large side windows, two smaller windows in the back of the cab permit the occupant to cast a glance be- hind when need be ; and a travelling clock, with a luminous dial face in the centre of the splashbgard, prevents the necessity of unbuttoning tie coat te have reseurce to a watch,

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Horse breeders in England are almost panic stricken over the sudden and. unex- pected fall in prices for racing stock, though there is nothing wonderful in the fact that turfites decline to give the figures formerly obtained for horses of high ped:gree or un- usual fame. Fancy prices cannot be kept up once the craze is over, and breeders should accept the fact and content themsel- ves with fair profits.

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Canadian butter, though it is said to be used for greasing cart wheels in England, excels what the traveller gets jn some of the first hoiels in the lamd of Uncle Sam. Oleo- margarine having reigned too long to have its qualities undetectable, is now to be superseded by Butterine. A firm in Chi- cago, is making a profit of $250 a day out of the manufacture of the new article.

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If you want knowledge, you must toil for it ;if food, you anust toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it, Toil is the iaw. Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self-indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.- -Resieien.

modesty in journalists to pretend ignorance,