ee ne ee : THE WRITERS, Lane Allen, the movelist, will et England. London World reperts that Rei- Kipling, who has been cycling ina yd hire with Thomas Hardy, is nego- Dare tor the purchase of a house and wating at Rodwell, near Dorchester. gir Edwin Arnold has further cemented e with his Japanese wife by bis the marriage ceremony performed perind according to the English law. ia Japanese rite consists of the two pa- Tw rinking acup of tea. se & Gilbert, the nuted hemorist, is possessor of one of *he mest beautiful ue near London. The author of ‘‘ Pina- » glways works in his library seated pot a 0 desk, but ina comfortable arm- with a writing pad or bis knee. rus Jekai has gifts of the tongue as j get av of the pen. He was introduced .ta a faiser Wilhelm when the latter visited but was called away to speak we the Archduchess Maria Josef. Return- i he said in apology, ‘‘Your majesty a pustoxonse TC, but ny allegiance to la- T gies comes even befere may allegiance %o ” PROGRESS, . anew wagon wren ch has a screw. ¢ieenp one side, by which it is attachedto the gabof the wheel, the wheel being turzea to unscrew the nut. Toassist in building wire fences anew has a frame mounted on a wheel, @ith spindles to cerry three or more:ret!s of wire, so that all<he wires can be strung af the same time. Acompound ewled naphthosaliem has teen patented im France, intended as a disinfectant in laundries. It consists oi and selicylic acid, rendered soli- Bite boiling water by borax. j iF cose persons in escaping :from a on fire-a chair is titted with twee od bearing plates eperated by a @ jand lever to grip a rope as it slides WA through guides attached to che chair. A recently patented water métor haz g endless Upright chain of .buckets mounted of two axles, with a-stream of water at the tgp to fill the buckets.as they dart down, the length of the chain dete- pining the pewecr of the motor, Dr. Henry G. Carroll, M. P., Kamonraska, Que., is One of Fifty Meenbers of Parlia- ment Who Glave Succcssfully Used and | Angeew’s Catarrhal | Badoreed Dr. Powder. Medical etiquette aud makes members of the profes~ior sby in learing eatimony to the eflicacy of a jetary an-dicine. Medicines that the doetorsdo endorse you may be cur- sre good, Br. Heory G. Carroll, M. FP, of Samowaska, Que., tells over hi: own signature of the good qmalisies of Dr. Agaew’s Caterrhal Powder, not Mone from personal use,Vout as a medical mea, Up- wards of fifty members of Parbierment,who pave suffered from catarrb, bawe used thie medicine with success. Sol& by Dr. 8. W. Dodd aad Geo. E. Hughes. —-—- 8 # 6+ & -— ‘Walee and Lady Bomneg. Wales gete huffy with woman-on ac- tount of the siightest trifles. Theagh on the most familiar terms with them, he @ willturn them down remorselessly, It is ashame that le should possess the; power. Here is an ine'ance: One night the was ® ‘talkingto Lady Romney at a ball. “I hear, Lady Reornney,’’ he leered, ‘‘that — has a nickname. VWhat is Instead af conswering the avestion. lady Romney-eaid, ‘Sir, I hear that you tecalied ‘Tummy.’ Is it teue?’’ Without a word he turned with.a.scow) ind woiked awar, leaving her an chjcct of tude attention.—.New York Presa. a elit A = et Stinging Skin Diseases. Relieved by one application of Dr. Ag- new’s Ointment in 10 minutes. Ts cads- cally cures tetter, ealt rheum, eczome. No case too Jorg standing to baffle 4 en a fair trial, For babies’ scald bead, common Mtrething time. it is without a peer. 25 ents. Sold by Bx. 8. W. Dudd aad Geo F Haghes. — th STAGE GLINTS. Alexis Gissiko, professionally known Markham, bas retired from the stage and ix interested in the publication ofa Magazine in New York city. - ie. Be W. S. Gilbert ig suing the Londop | Era fer an alleged live] contained in an @ticle criticising Mr. Giibers for his | iticiems of leading English actors. Andrew Mack wili play Sir Lucius | Se : cular at 12c-— Moore and McLeod, O'Trigger to Nat G. Goodwin's Bob Acres in a scene from “‘The Rivais’’ at the Actors’ fund benefit in New York. Paul Gilmore is negotiating with Mrs. Alexander Salvini with a view to se- tring her iate husband’s repertory and Paraphernalia, and it is very likely that Will star. E. H. Sothern will not attempt a re Vival of ‘* "Change Alley,’’ but will re- ly upon his repertory for the present fason. Next autumn he will produce a Rtw play by Authony Hope. Julia Arthur has recedved a fragment of the sword she carried in the initial Performance of **A Lady of Quality,’’ Which has been recovered from the Tuins of the burned Detroit theater. éudith Berolde, who has been absent the stage for several years, will appear in the New York Independent eater’s production of the one act Ital- hu tragedy ‘“Lhe Rights of the Soul.”’ D’Oyvley Carte has recovered his uth, and while he has not yet as- Mmed the burden of business cares he | & present every day at rehearsals of Tae Grand Bnehess” .at the Savoy | eater, London. TT ti Am = The largest towels on earth for the price wt the towels we are selling at 2 for’25c. P Petkins & Co. tf a OE A SAAN ee LA ren re tatiana ——— ee oe conservatism | i class by itself. inches wide. % ewe Ne: %, 3 AP AY ae s ay ne TTLE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JANUARY 29, 1898 2 OE aS, . TURF TOFICS. Anteoo, 2:1614, once sold for $52,000, ls dead. The Hartford meeting developed few sensations. Little Dan Q is giving a good ac count of himself this year. Tt is stated that Alix will be started im some specials this month. The Medina (N. Y.) meeting was de- glared off on account of bad weather. Bouncer is in good racimg form again, thanks to Lapham’: careful handling. William Johnston, one 6f the oldest members of the New York Driving club, is dead. Ed Lock will race ms*more this sea- son, Mr. Hughes having ‘decided to turn him out. H. H. Longstreet, Matawan, N. J., recently sold the pacer Allen Lowe, 2:12, to Lynn Bros., Ganfield, 0. W. J. Andrews, who has been seri- ously ill at Poughkeepsie for severd) weeks, is reported-es much improved. George H. Hubersecured first money with Ti Point Mage and Little Glen at the White River Junction ( Vt.) meet ing. The filly Quem Lil, 2:2414, by Hots at Law is out of a mare by Mars,’ the stallion ome owned by Byron Newton, Buffalo. Edward G,# “83-year-old brother to Bumps, took a pacing record of 2:16% in a winning raee over a half mile track recently. Queen Eth, the dam of Bumps, 2:043;, has been bred to Allie Wilkes, 2:15. She is owned by L. V. Harxners, Lexington, Ky. Johnson & lark, Oneida, N. Y., re- cently sold the mare Senatresa, 2:22, to Frank Jewell, Syracuse ‘he re- ported price was $500. Town Lady, 2:12314, by Wilton, «cost her owner, @. H. Shults, Brooklyn, $250 = year ago. At that time ske:had never sturted in a race. Half the sturf writers insist <xpon writing 2t““The Abbott.’’ It would be just as well to call the other! Hamlin gelding “The Monkk.” Knapsack McCarthy is deserving of not a little af the credit for Star Point- er’s great mile. He drove thevrunner with excellent judgment.—Horseman. ORIGIN OF NATIONS. The Arabs:claim that they are drrect- ly descended .from Ishmael, the son of Abraham .antG Hagar, born 1810 B.«C. The Bohemians were originaliy the Boii, who, 223 B. C., attempted a«con- quest of northern Italy, but were driven back fy the Romans and settled in Bo- hema. The Sardinians are descended fram the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, lto- mars, Vandals, Saracens, Genoese, Pi- sans, Arganese and Spaniards, who, at ane time or.another, inhabited the is- land The Swedes first appeared in ‘h‘s tory as the Suevi in the fourth certmry This warlike German tribe spread its conquests in -¢reral directions, onerx- pedition penetrating Spain, anofler Sweden and a third the ovantry 2ow known .at Servis. The Germans were repeatedly men- ticned im carly Roman history as tu- vaders af the country south of the Alps. In 113 B. C. tthe Teutons and tire Cymry inflicted:a great defeat npon the Romans ic Dytio, and, in tura, were defeated by Marins, B. C. 102. ‘Tho first historical treatise dealing wits the Germans wasurritten by Tacitus. It is beliewed by-some critics that the neme Hebrew was more ancient thax the time of Abraham. Before this “‘fa- ther of the raee’’ had founded a family be is spoken.af as *‘ Abram, the Hebrew; for be dwelt im the:piain of Mamre, the Amorite. brother of Eschol and brother of Aner.’’ Hisdescendants are mention- ed as ‘‘children ef Israel’’ in Genesis i, 25.--St. Leuis Globe+Democrat. Our l4c unbleached sheeting occupier a It’s heavy plain, goods 72 See it.—Mosore & MeLeod. You want some pillow cotton, lon’t von ~ ~ or * GP US AE AD Mr. BRuckingkham is now WOULD YOU BE CURED ? Then Use Paine’s Celery Compound. A Happy and Wonderfat Cure in Hamilton Ont. Frightful Constipation end Dyspepsia are Banished Physicial and Mental Saffer- ing Swept away by Natere’s Medicine Streng. Healthy and able ‘to work. Weis & Ricwampson Co, Desr Sirs.—f had dyspepsia and _indi- gestion so bad that I lost all desire for food, The very sight € it would sitken me, and I was in misery. rightful constgation, which required daily attention, added to my burden, so that really 3 felt at times as if life was scarcely worth dhe living. I-wes never with- out a cough, wed always had a heavily coated tongue and bad taste in my mouth. My ail- ments and fatlere to get relief discouraged me and, physically run down aad mentally wor- ried, I felt little like looking for work. and less like dotag it. Now I amt strong and well able for any work, and willing to do it you can be sure. The great change was wrought by Paine’s Gelery Compound used according to directions. Yours faithfully, Wma. H. BucKINGHAM, 174 Hunter Street, Hamilton, Ont. ~All ARR ae Wilmer M:Lean’s Two! Historic Howses, aan OFFICIAL RECORD BLUNDER. | The Date of Hamilton’s Duel and Death Entered Erroneousy. It is a curious fact that the only official record of the death of Alexander Hamilton on file in the bureau of vital statistics is erroneous and gives the date of his death as July 1l and the date of his duel with Aaron BurrasJuly 9 All histories give the date of the duel as July 11 and the date of Hamilton's death asJuly 120 The latter date is inseribed cn Hamilton's monument in Trinity churchyard and on the church record ‘Lhe record perpetuating chis blunder is in an old volume now in the custody of the registrar of vita! statistics in the board of health. This volume is one that was handed down from the old city inspector's ottice, and until recently was supposed to be trustworthy, although not consecutive entries, for the years of 1900 and 1502 foi- low the record of Hamilion’s death in 1804 = All the entries except that of Ham- ilton appear to have been written by the same tund His is written with much greater cure and heads the listof H’s. It is* Ailvkander Hatailtun, born in Santa Cruz W Ll died July if; disease. casual ty buried Trinity church cemetery, Thomas Uollister, sexton.” Under the head of “‘remarks’’ ia the margin is writ- ten" Fell in a duet with Col Aaron Burr, pear Wevhawk, N. dersey, on the morning of the Wthot duly. Interred at the expense of the city of New York.’’—New York Commercial Letters Seut Up Stairs In Flats. An ingenious letter lift is to be found ‘n some of the darger buildings in Geneva The litt has acompartment foreach of the 6tories The deposit of a single letter makes an elecdric contact, which does not cease ringing until the letter is taken out. At the sane time it opens the faucet of a tank on the roof of the house, which causes water to flow into the cylinder forming the counterweight of the letter carrier until the weight is heavier than the box, when the box ascends and the flow of water ceases simultaneous'y As the fex passes each story the correspond- ence wateaded for it-—-ietters, papers and sinall packages—falls into boxes on the ovrrider of that floor ‘The ejection is per- ferrued wy a stnall spring at the bottom of each compartment in the elevator, which causes the bottom of the compartment te eatch fer a moment. and the release General:Horace Porter describes the surrender of Lee in his’‘‘Campaigning With Grant’’ in The Century. The sur- render toak place in the-house of Wil- General Porter says: (It is a singtlar historical coincidence that McLean's former eane was upon <a Virginia farm near the battleground sf the first Bull Kun, andhis house wae used for a time 48 the headquarters of General Beaure- gard. When it was found that this fight Was SO popular that itwas given an en- core and ia second battle of Bull Run was fougi#t the next \ car on the samé e6round, Mr. McLean became convinced that the place was alrogeiher lacking in repose, and, to avoid the active theater of war, he removed to the quiet village of Appomattox, only to find himself again surmounded by comtending armies. Thus the first and last scenes of the war trama in Virginia were enacted upon bis propexty. The Spanish’ Main. The Spanish main .is the circular bank of islands forming the northern | and eastem: boundaries of the Caribbean sea, begiuning at Mosqmito and inclad- ing Jamaica, Santo Domingo, the Lee- ward islands and the Windward islands, with the esast of Venezuela, in South America. ‘The word ‘‘main’’ has no af- finity with the English werd as in main- land, but cemes from the Spanish word manea, shackles, given im reference to the imaginary resemblanceof the braken chain of islands to that (inearly days) fa- miliar articks.—Bostun Tzenscript. z 2 } } weakness of agv sort. | ? e our 42 inch plain, at‘€c, and fine cir- | 1 rteeth als, ws Wife aie. AA MEAN MY w% «YP iP aE a Mr Agnew’s Cure for the Heart Is a beaven-sepot boon to sutterers from heart disease No matter how long stand- ing it will effect a radical eure. 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Norton & Co., Ltd., Char- ‘ Teas lottetown, Sole Agent , eylinder filled wi mer Mclean, it will. be remembered. | STEER, 8 a> throws #ut even a single piece of paper Ghluner than a post card into the station- ary box provided for its reception When the bog ‘has passed the upper:most floor, the water strikes a bolt provided at the bottom, which allows the water Go flow out and by its own weight the bor descends to its place on the ground fioer should by any mischance a single piuce of paper have remained in the eleva- wor upon striking the bottom it will at once go/through the same series of movte- abenisms Delore. —inventio=. When they read about the Peas- ant- women of Europe wio la- bor in the fields, PyAmericans are re prone to con- demn the politi- cal conditions that cause this «state of affairs, and to lavish a great deal of pity on these peer abueei women. , ¢ some Suropean institutions is doubtless all right, *ut we had better save a little of our pity end lavish it right here at home. The American wife and mother who labers morning, noon and night, in the close con- Grement of the home is in some respects worse «eff than the abused Peasant-woman. The latter enjoys fresh air, sun-iight and out-doer exercise and retains that most preciozs.endowment, her health. Amernan women, ever busy in the close econ fines :of the home, get delicate and seen suffer dom weakness and derangement of the delete feminine organs. Confinement to the bouse runs down their health amd they suffer from internal ulceration and inflammesion, giving rise to debilitating drains on the system. 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Moonlight effects in photographs have long been admired by the uninitiated and fully appreciated by both amateur and professional photographers for their beauty, and many plates, too, have been spoiled by snap shotters who have accept- ed moonlight as the real illuminator of these views and accordingly focused di- gxectly on this beautiful orb of nicht. Mocnlights with the moon herself in evidence are really sun photographs— that is, pictures taken with a rapid ex- posure, the camera pointed toward the sun generally in the late afternoon or eatly morning and with clcuds Letwecn the lems and the direct rays. Many charming so called night ric- tures are taken by making two expo- sures, a short one in the rapidly dimin- ishing afternocn sunlight. to gct an im- pression of buildings nud ober czerk cb- jects and another lounger one after dark to print in the gas and clectric lights that line the long strect or mark out the SUIS aS ' 4 3 4) \ i ' . ~ re roads and winding . pathwuys cf a city park.—Jzmes B. Carvingem in Serib ree _ AAAAAAAAARARRRSAAARARR Our condemnation of / ‘ . od ~ . I 2 75 2 l “A Wee Drappie 0’ For Sale By All Licensed Vendors ECFRES ESSE ES ESS SSS EES l 4) if AAA AAAS AAAAAAAAAAAARAASH RICH. MELLOW. OF T. THE KING OF SCOTCH WHISKIES Guaranteed 10 years old. Pattison’s Whisky?” Tasting tells the flavor cf this GRAND OLD WHISKY For sale here, there, everywhere. IE LE IE EE ES PE Sk EE SE ¥¥> Se ee ee Clearance Sale Ladies’ and Misses Boots and Shoes. 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VYfveeks & Warren mane Remnant Sale THANES r J So our many friends, who helped us do such an excellent trade during the past weeks. VERY LOW PRICES still continue on nearly all lines, for a few days. Opp. J. D. McLeod’s. G. F. HUTGHESON Everything in the shap2 of winter goo’s at cost. Remnants of Overcoatings Remnants of Trouserings Remnants of Suitings Remnant of Vestings: Remnants of Ulsterings Now is the time to secure the best goods in tie city below bargain prices. JOHN MACLEOD &Co , MERCHANT TAILORS. °, vm a ae