kK es ts - on one ‘erms : Four Dollars per Yea E DAILY EXAMINER “This is True Liberty, when Pres Born Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.” —-Eustbinns. * ’ —-— Bingla Copies two cents, VOL 38 DARGAI RIDGE. | serate Read, Room rur Whatever else may be said al British, they certa vy icht with doared yravery Accounts from India give deeds f her bf I those of history and ng Baltimore American, The charge of Colonel Mathias and his valiant men up th heights of the rebels’ ronxghold, sweeping the forces of the ribesmen before them, will rank among he bravest deeds of military history.—De- roit Free Press. : The Gordon highlarders declare that @epey did all the iighting worth mentior mg at Dargai ridge, and the surviving embers are losing no opportunity to ‘hoot, mon,’’ as hard as they can hoo’ yut it.—Cleveland Leader. We may all abhor war, and yet not the ost impassive can refrain from bestow- ga guerdon of praise on ee men who jared in an episode fit to rank with the favest of the old days of heroes. It was gnificent, even if it was war.—-Phila- feiphia Inquirer. The story of the fight at Dargai ridge ccupies whole broadsides of the London pewspapers, and it appears to be we)l orth the Times have changed ince the story of the battle of Waterloo ras told in less than half a column of the 1 Times.— Boston Herald. S paid ¢ FLOWER AND TREE. The trees of Aloka are mostly ever- en, the spruce family predominating. A huge cypress tree in Tule, in the state Oaxaca, Mexico, is 154 feet in circum- erence. Every flower that has a perfume at all ¢ Mepecretes a volatile oil, the evaporation of a a hich constitutes the pe culiar odor char- teristic of the blossom. The Lombardy poplar tree, it is said, ns a splendid natural lightning con- Mepuctor, its great height and lack of spread- fo 7 mg branches enabling it to conduct a vr 4 ightning stroke straight downward. No use by which one of these trees have en reared as yet has been known to suf- nF from the severest storm. ® NURSING AND RHYMING ec ee A New Jersey training school for nurses s refused a diploma to a young woman ho writes poctry his is rather rough ithe young woman, but just think how r mupleasant she would make things for an nvalid.—Washington Post. Over in New Jersey a training school n r nurses refused a diploma to a young er tO i Fonan graduate because she wrote poetry. t is supposed that the doctors feared she d ould rhyme sqnills and pills with ills 1d kills. —Vhilacdelphia Press. an SIMPLE SALVE, ve ‘ Nervous people and those with weak parts must abstain from coffee. § ie For binding up cuts and wounds always ; » linen, not cotton, as the fibers of cot- bn are flat and apt to irritate a sore place, hile those of linen are perfectly rounded. @ Brisk walking, with deep inspirations, ith the mouth closed, helps to sweep out he products of waste, and also, by ex- nding the chest, is an antidote to possi- ’ Dheumonia. _—— 9J0D'S PHOSPHODIN »*. | The Great English Remedy. cc Siz Packages Guarantee’ to prompt!y and permanently Nar § <2 s\ cure all forms of Nervous Weakness, Emissions,Sperm iS See Se Dy nial q er een = =r ed se or Excesses Werry, excessive use 0, Opium or Stinvs 2d to In » I ree anda’ * Janta, whic soon lec e mermity, Insanity, Consumption and aa early grave. w Has been prescribed over 35 years in thousands of Wpases; Is the only Ieliable and Honest Medicine ul - nown. Ask druggist for Wood's Phosphodine; if 1e offers some worthless medicine in place of this, mclose price in letter, and we will send by return LL Price, one package, $1; six, $5. One will y, siz wil cure. Pamph‘ets free to any address, Thy Weod Company, ) Windsor. Ont., Canada am Sold in Charlotte‘own by G-_o-ge E mm ughee, Drvg sist. Bealltifil | That is waat Evaryoae says | of our Display of #SILVERWARE—* New stock jnet received novelties tp artirtic designe. QUALITY A | ] G.H. TAYLOR Charlottetown The lates - -¢ Application to Parliament: ‘ Publie notice is he roby given thet appli- Cation will be made to the Parl r-aent o1 ; Canada, at the rextsession therec |.for an CSM Act changing the name of The | >minion nd Pnuilding and Loan «association, 1» that of The Deratnion Permanent Lowen Co, spany. ed | Dated at Teronto, this .7th dsy o1 Novem- mm o?.. A.D. 1997. CHARLO 1 ak ONEN: Pe Eee ISLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, The Balance of the Year. QUR BARGAIN OFFERINGS. We are determined to round up the old year with a good lively bargain giving Below is a list of our favorites. and they are sure to win, spurt 2? brown d. b. velve 12 blue nap Overcoats, single breasted, fly front, 15 10 d. b. ~~ —- Gv.10. 14 now $6.00. 24 frieze, colors grey and brown, selling price $10, now $6. CHEAP FOR 4 Gita Pronounced best quality by ali who have used it. Queen { MACDONALD, BOLAND & THOMPSON 2 Toranto-street Toronte, solicitors for Applicants . F. Norton Proprietor. Poultry Wanted Ducks, price, ‘Strect, Churlottetowr Big Values, Low Prices, Honest Goods, Best Style Youths’ Clothing. Overcoats, fine beaver, collar, worth $7.75, now $4.75. tweed lin ed HALF PRICE single breasted, worth $6, now $3.65 worth $9.2 grey melton, fine light grey beaver, 5, now fine blue melton, raw edge overcoats, worth $10, Youths’ Ulsters, msde from our own make of ne ee eer eee Children’s A line of Children’s Suits, of patteras, COST. tweeds; variety Charlottetown, AT Clothing. made from our own best wearing suits in Special values in boys’ Skating Coats, 50 Children’s Ovecrcoats, odds and ends of lots; good goods, variety of patterns. HALF PRICE We never advertise anything but what we have got and at prices we intend to sell. Put ws to the test on these lines. Co., Leaders of Value. You will reap the bemefit—McKAY WOOLEN McKay Woolen Company LEADERS OF VALUE POT CASH! Tt TONS BET i ioe HAY BALE WIRE Cut 104 feet; gauge 14, at the STORE HARDWARE o+»-QUEEN STREET.... ki. B. NORTON a eee 300 to 500 Turkeys, Geese and for which we will pay the highest CRANT & CO., EU Ol For tke Holiday Season with a compiete stock of nice lines of Footwear. We have all kinds of Shoes; low Shoes, honest Shoe dancing Shoes ana Temperance Shoes (that don’t ge tight). Slippers in great variety, Rubbers, Over shue Gaiteis, etc. Will make almost any one Fapyy. We are more than happy to think that we have pleased you in the past, and know that we cen do so now better than ever. The~e . > (nestion Now is wuere can we get a suitable Xmas present for the least money. Below will be found a list of a few of our cut prices for the Holiday Season only, which will enable von to decide at once, as the time is now short Eight day, half hour, cathedral gong, strikiog Clocks, for Silver Cake Baskets, (quadruple plate), 2.75 Napkin Rings, 50¢ up Spoon Holders and Pickle Dishes, 1.50 A Waltham Watch with Chaio (good timekeepers) 7.50 Ladies’ Genuine Gold Pilled Walth $3.50 am Watch, 15.00 Ladies’ Leng Chains, warranted five ver -s, 3.00 Ladies’ ! olid Gold Gem Rings, (heavy) *.090 Brooches, Cuff Buttons, Stick Pins, Chains, Charme, etc, at extraordinary low prices. Repairing promptly attended to by # competent person. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry. Cor. Grafton and Ct. Geo. Sts North side Queen Squarre De Kupyars and Herman Jansen Genuine Rotterdam GIN. JOY & DAVIES, Weeks & Warren } Wholesale Wine Merchants. Gc.G. JURY! ‘Ttalian Ware House LEGAL | CARD WARBURTON & & McKINNGN Barristers, Attorney’s, Notarys Public. Com mirsioners for State of Massachk usetts, «c., & C, OFFICES —""™=. Cameron Block, Ciarlottetown Srennan Building, Summerside 1 Kent Street, Georgetown. A. B. Warnveror, B, A.. D, C. ., QC. D. A MCKINNON, L. L. b. Ch’town Dec, |, 897--iaw & w3m 50 YEARS" EXPERIENCE Trapt Marks Gesicns CopyrRiGHTs &C. one sending a sketch and descri tion may quickly ascertain our opinipn free w ae an invention is probably pate able. Comes - tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Paten sent free. Oldest agency for sec uring patente. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the “Scientific American. dsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir- —_ of ony scientific journal. Terms, . $8 a year; four months, $1, Soild by all newsdealers. MUNN & C0.2672roaaway. New York Branch Office, 625 F St.. Washington, D.C, We Would Like : You To Know That we sell the Best Groceries Obtainable. Try us for Flour, Tea, | 7 Sugar, Keros Oil, Molasses and everything you need ia our line. OUR TEAS EXCEL SANDERSON & CO. —— A er —_—— 4898. NO 6 THE HORSE SHOW: ola Bert Sheldon has trotted 20 heats in 2:16%{, which is his record. Miss Finley, 2:09%4, by Theron, holds the Taunton ( Mass.) half mile track record at 2:15%. Mrs. J. H. Conklyn has driven eight different horses miles in 2:30 or better the past season. Marcus Daly’s colts won $15,575 all told the past season. China Silk and Limerick were ‘‘the stable.’’ J.J. Moran has boaght a ranch near Anaconda, Mon., and will open. up a public training stable there. Klamath holds the Santa Ana (Cal.) track record at 2:10. Before Cookee set it in the even notch it was 2:11. Levi Patterson of Carbondale, Pa., has purchased Benida, 2:14, from Silas Jones of Scranton; price reported, $1,000, A. K. Miller, H. Miller, William Obert and Frank Obert, Lehighton, Pa., have bought Big Timber, 2:18. The price was $700. Prince Lavallard, 2:14, the gray son of Lavallard, was one of the most ‘*useful’’ trotters campaigned on eastern tracks the past season. Sweepstakes, dam of Star Pointer, Hal Pointer, Sky Pointer and Cloud Pointer, is now 27 years old. Therefore she was 19 when her greatest son was foale:i. Joe Hanlon, the boy who rubs Robert J, says that Gentry bit the tip of Robert's ear off because he was mad at him for go- ing the better mile over the iiyracuse half mile track. W. H. Richfield of Lexington, Ky., at one time part owner of Monbars, will have charge of the trotters which were recently purchased by the government of Japan.— Horseman. - lasead ae be PERT PERSONALS. ° sinnngpliaiiaetinaen Emperor William might do well in melodrama,— Philadelphia Ledger. It is stated that Russell Sage spends all his time in New York. This appears to be the only item on the expense side.—Ex- change. The Earl of Rosslyn has. been, forced into bankruptcy, and later on may pe forced into an American marriage.—Wash- ington Post, Mrs. James Brown Potter has left the stage. This really looks as if she was do- ing her best to elevate. it.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kangaroo Bob Fitzsimmons has ceased to be an Elk, and the inflexible laws of nature are again signally vindicated.—St. Louis Republic. Gladstone is failing, and lovers of liber- ty the world over will lament the dim- ming of the beacon that burned for all hu- manity.—New York Journal Hetty Green has tried society and is dis- gusted with it. From this on she will stick to her cotton umbrella and railroad mortgages.—Philadelphia. Press. Secretary Chamberlain. will please re- member that the last time Englishmen fixed up a form of government for Ameri- ca they made a mess of it.—Philadelphia Ledger. Mayor Strong of New York has been knighted by the exclusive Holland Dames of Manhattan. This must be a recogni- tion of his services in making afternoon tea possible.—Philadelphia North Ameri- can. ‘‘M. de Paris,’’’ the. executioner of the French capital, is about to retire, having served 35 years at asalary of ‘‘$1,200 a year and perquisites.’’ Do the ‘perqui- sites’? consist in tips from monsieur’s clients?—St. Paul Piencer Press. ——— GRAPE FRUIT being more bitter than oranges, makes much nicer marmaiade, We have on hand nearly a bbl, of the most juicy, and finest looking Fruit ever imported here and are selling it at a very low price. ‘Try some, before it is ull gone. BEER & GOFF LEGAL CARD. Mathieson & Bentley Barristers, Solicitors, Ete OFFICES— Cameron Block, Charlottetown Main Street, Georgetown. MONEY TO LOAN J. A. Marnigson, Geo’town. W. E. BENTLEY, Ch’town. Jan3—law&wEx&Pat3inos; wJo.& Watch- man 3mos. " . aay mua 7 ome gesrecias aan eas Ue ss a rn pei a se eames en ema