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We have onhand 
stag); of Glass Fruit Jars
in Pint, quart and 2 quart
sins, selling cheap. ,
Special prices in doaeh
1018- `r~%_
milk' C0lll0LLl & 00.
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Naplhil 
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'niisisa soap which is very|~
gghly recommended. I
Will wash everything washable,
'hm everything cleanable, and
Liiitiiotliing.
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 ' cnsm.orrs'rovviv1'fni¢eE`§6"vVXiifl§i.l”T.f"_flé“`?f.§”1’.
1118 Companyss
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Honey and
 is ,_
» W1IdCherij'y
 Lubfioni is me mon.
 Tonic to an vm: chem..
’1'h:iB¢ird Co., Ltd. Gsntlemf-..,_W..
_ _ _Sail “D006 “Don your Wim: or
_ e I! nm Winn Gunnar. I1'
I always the same. THOS. P.' TRUE.
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Then you want to have their ¥ `
photos taken right sway to get them _
in time fotimss. .
The avedicu if you would raiser
|oUotheDe`1itist‘sisol, Wgggghg
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7° 'Per ¢ake_ sinless method. _ '
fu B5o.
& Soni “33f§iie§i;‘§fi'»15‘3¥»’
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_,__  WANTED.
--- ~ ` _ We are buyers of
Ameeting ofthe Liberal Elecvors »
....1 R.,..., ...ref Hides, Eggs,
in the Kindergarten Hall on `
evening. the sand instant  Purk and
hour of 7.30 o’clock to ap- _
he we-'e from an pon-i - .P0'uItry'.. -_ s
division in the City and Royalty, ` ` '
the Convention to select
f.. ... .... ...M JOHN HOPKINS,
. -. i Manufacturer of,Beef and Pork
“““  »~d°°e~
5.
11 dai ‘ °°=v'=1==f _ sr. John. N. ia.
A
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harlottetow n,_
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the of is o'elock.aooI.
0'!!
lc then dzstion, and slso for
Candi-‘lates to contest
of Commons at the
to send ive delegates
QCII
tbe Polling Districts,
respective Polls at
of delegates. 1
repre tation is earnestly__
ssnjiium access.
Prestdeol, Wat Queen!-
GEDRGF FORBES!
President, East Queens. _
'P 41 D '
_roam if wiznn.
., Secretary.
i  ss Bagszhagss
Wholesale dealers in
Es¢abliehed`i867.
- _\.=9\1v°l!*'\\\\.
’s __   
Sonvention of the Liberal part y
'S County is hereby called to
the Kindergarten Hall in _
24lll ,  l|l_Sl. g
Y ’ _f
The Man . -_
Who Wants a '
ihmlllnemher
or needs my repuringasne c
should not forget tbatj we ~
have the facilities for turné
ing out work equal to any
in Canada. Let us give you
an estimate. _ _
Bruce Stevan & Co.
' Imcndsrs, Englnecfl.
Machinists and Boilermakers,
Steam Navigation 0o’s Wharf,
Charlottetown,
i>_._ n. island.
A ilione ns. _
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s invf im;
CHILDREN? '
IF YOU-‘ONLY KNEW' '
' Wliel-your¢wellStockcdstorewas_
goingto burn dosvn,yonfcould
waittoinsureuntil theweek be-
. f°f°»b‘1f _ 1 _
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THE DRAGON.
9*- °¢°f¢¢’» _Autopsies-Did _Inch lu- _ _
stars lI_:xlst?-'-'Authorities Ars Buch
Divided in Their Dosorlptio 1°.
The dragons was _a most important
_ Bmmal in ancient and"'rnediaevnl na-
_ tural history. 'Until comparatively re-
‘ cent times. says The of India _
no scientist eirer`tliought‘ ot questisi. ‘
ing the existence of this most ior~ `
midable of beasts. The annals of
Winchester for 1177 gravely state
that “in this year dragons were seen -
oi many in England." Gesner, Pro- _ _
Iessor of Natural History at Zurich, ..._._~._.,=,. _ _ ~ _ _ __ -l V _ .`-~ .» ._ J’ ~.__  s_ . AGrsnd  igfmm
gives a detailed description of the -
dragon, while A1drova.ndus,_ in his
“History of Serpents and Dragons,”  *_ ' ‘ f »' Fw. _     _.~ _T _ New Yéfk naw £*i£ 
published in 1640, devotes fifty pages 1. ' _ '~ _ - - ' _' i_ _ _ l ment 0fR.b 
_to the monster, discoursing upon its -_ -- ' `  i  ._  __ _   _
fDif!erentiae, Forma et Descriptifo, ..=-'far  _>"' we _ _ = *Wm b¢ GIVE] m’ m“”w
,H0res, ,Locus, Antipathia., and Usus _ -  _ ‘ _
in Medicina.
In spite of this, it is no mean
.task to _attempt to describe the ana-
tomy of the dragon, for _the more `
_ one peers* into the musty mediaeval
literature on the subject the 'greater _
becomes one’s bewildermcnt
confine its legs to two
blemofevcrythingthatwashcfrribls,   " "i
in the world.
and a wo
V " in >Dlsz\\lsr.‘~
li M'il‘l1e reinarks of a.   
trate inesentencing a yi? Hug- .  _ e _ __ 5  _
garian valet to imprison  _t for V D _ _W ._ .m,m»' Caulrhw-_I - ,
robliing hilelnployer have  T'  ._ _ _   Q-_ii ‘; ;_;_.._ ____ _,_ ._- Wm' '
ed interest in the foreign servant _‘ .  _ ` ` "
question in England.
of robberies. s
l also -burglars. ' _
enum ..a-.-.~»___.
_CHAMBI-:mi.=\lN=s <3
_ Themany remarkable " cures; of and
.SUP <‘*f¢Cf¢d_ by this preparation, have made__it_
famous oreij a.la|fg,e _part  gzivigfzedgygrlgl;
It can always be depende_di`ipon`and is "pleas-
-ant to take. it not only cures colds and grip,
but _counteractsi any tendent§y"'_toward'1_‘pi1¢;;;
monw.. lt contains no opiii_in~,__¢_i,r` other harm.
ful SUUSUIHCS and may- be given  _a baby as
vor1lidently__a_s_tQ  " _ _ _ __ __
. ' Scarcely any _two authors agree, on
,~-the .»£o1°»m_ oi _the fell-monster. Some
denyxhat it wings, others would
11,’ . V L ____
E ' ’ ...ix ~‘ ' " <
,,,,,.,,,_,,,,,,,,,,_' - ’ _  To cometowhen you want anything _ _
inthe hardware iinel we buy aim;
However, a good specimen o! a ._ _ fro* ith' E L  i ' ”  it V '
dragon would seem to have been a \ 1 m e manmfaqurers and   ‘
beast about the size of a, sheep, en- _ h h _ _ .  h _ _ _,    __
` cased in a coat of scales which shone  l ; ¢ ea 1- t  ,an ` ' Quse ' ’
‘like silver. Ilts back was serrated _ ' pe ` y m the qty'
like a saw. t possessed a long tai , Q ,.,..._,_ - _ _  ._ ._ _
a pair of bat-like wines. four heavily __ :__ “_ Try us. .Wholesale and retail.
clawed feet, a wolvine head. the JM" ’ _. _ _ _ _
ot which were armed with Very f°l'° A  _ `  _ i; _;_' ' _
midsble f°°'¢h- TM t°”H“° W" b”"' l .  ' 1   ` _ ' -iii"  _ i   S11
ed, and' tire and fury issued from the _,_ ‘ _ _ ' _ ' ' _ ‘ '  “- ' '  
monster’s mouth, and the head bore ‘  __' __   D _ _ _ l _
a. crest. ‘f _ ’ ' _ 1 _ ~ 1 ’ '
Dragons were the most wicked and '_ _ ' f"  "  ' " f ~
vindictive of creatures. They seem - f it ` ' ._ _.    »_ -_ _.
always to have been in a towering _ _ _~ _ .,_. ._ _  _
rage, ' and spent the greater portion '  
of their time in rushing up and down _ _
the earth destroying everything that ~ ' __ -' _
_  ~_~~;v_-rg .'_.i-L-_-' r 2' :__.i .~'hi2)!i`._3§'»Tii1 _ /
came- in their path. Their appetites 
were voracious. Small wonder then » » . _  _
Celestial Ideas. _ -
In China. and Japan, however, the 7 _
dragon seems to have been a most _ _ ‘ _ _ .
amiable creature, _belonging evidently ' _
to another species. In those coun- ` D ` _ - _ _   ~
tries the “bob-tailed -dragon" is held S  
in great veneration. The Indian dra- ». r I ' _  
gon, true_to the traditions of the ' <  °
gorgeous East, was supposed to bear ' tW00°5Uf0 the 231105: emvsiwhu `
s. carbuncle on- its head; the _natives
used to steal this gem from the ani- __ 1 _T S P
mal when dead. The origin of dra- _  I 
8`°DS_ WHS B- diSPuted Point amen! D ». . A -_ _  . , _ _  .
mediaeval natumiists. some main- _ w-31 cover. And on~a,good_surfsc_e it  cover more thanthst.
tained that these animals were gen- . ‘  Y  . ` .
ei-ated by the neat or india; others f N9 P2111* will C10 b¢F$F¥»<=»*~F_“l»‘€¢'Y 
were of the opinion that the volca- < ' 4 easy _ wading qmlmgs' ' 193%;
!l°€S df Ethiopia. used to belch forth _  cov.-8.1-ing    ». _ _` ' ' J" _
the monsters. One scientist, John » .y _wea1', and _NVQ
Leo b name, d la.:-edtn d to »       =. . '. _ _ _
be a hsifbrifi. ii eeifieubetwgen rffzzgis __ ., __i¥h¢§9P¢ P539 P’-mf *°'°’;‘°~. .¢A!l!§!§'S%.‘€?§.FP"?£*‘F*?°“i.-#>;'_=if ff;
lf' if' `? JY.. #‘1~If>~you"wantfto  paintinglct us
ALIEN gsrooos ssirviinrs.  ;~ 5; _f,,,p;y._ We
. "T i‘
London lllliltrato lah Hal!    in  I r i I A i! 1
~ E ':=.>'._ 1.. ;  ~ '
According to the Westminster mag- . _ 
istrate these aliens obtain employ- 
ment often _ without references, and 
g they are-_able to run away -whaievu' _
they' choose. .and are difficult to `
trace. The result is a_ great increase
A SEVER
_._ :~iisv`  »~ .
__ ._  animnossibilitg. ,Ai
_ During the last two years London
police courts have had to deal with
a. considerable indux of these foreign
' criminals, male and female, who ob-
.tain footholds in -private houses as
- domestic servalnts, and either ran-
ssckl their employers’ premises them-
selves or admit confederates who are
i.
/miie-r 
.f,1i‘;'¥'* .- ` ` "' ‘W
for the Wiley ever’bffer,ea_
'I'-he oflicials at one of the nort_.i_i~
ern imetropolitan courts yestexiisy
recalled acase where a- German ser- _
vant girl had been convicted for ad-I
. No us We harethein iii our Xmas trade th
ave a larger die. ldyrof wateheg
See our own special
niitting two male' compatriots, who  ,_
practicalhy looted _the basement. In ‘§f_=é
' this case the girl had _been engaged
with the fullest »cha.ra1:ter, so that _
her employer can hardly have been "
accused of contributory negligence;
On the other hand, the _head of a
_gorge west. end employment agency _
declared that the foreign servants
L who turned out -badly were on1y‘»_ a_
_very small percentage ot theever-
increasing numbers that iinxl places
,gi §T.,,~,,;; .;.~. ,;. »“ ».~si 1... 
v;=:;.f..11
Island produce, *_  B _ ,___ ____ _
Pittstreet, _i "T  '_ _ __ __
_ Syd»¢y.eB»_i      
.., "tm "$`
-_     of
ederal \ 
cup of Tea.
by all the
A choice Blend of Coylcll.
and china Teas,in inch ____ _ _
8.8 (0 IDSUTG
wuQueen8t.Ch’t_nl.
makes a quick fire.
 burns steadily and
_gives an intense heat_.___
m  me W_s,_'u¢ A
Cameron, of Halifaxi
OWU
ry Cary
s le.
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country They arelargeenougli Wil¢l\ it lS'DCSll’0y¢d _ _iw0f%ig_ whtiiis 1sdy,_it is mis 
_ mg 1at¢_ FR  ‘ deny _ at t e`_ foreign 
md ‘gg busifli Om’st;; 3 Z1‘¢’i`_1ali°';;e,"rhefe.is‘i'iI;e§1mefiix: 1;”  e;¥§°=1'°°€§= ~°"§§ gif £35
P° t°°S- ey are' g’ ‘ the present,” and no insurance f_1vf)’;k‘;:l’P§’§s;l‘§`éney_°h;'ié generally
havetheinmed ttgpsigglf Jxi likeenrs. _ _ ,ar _more so.b€;.é ani he _,Z1 e:1w?;
o givesa aC - E H ‘B E EB 1_;io__i__-¢_ conten .- ~ _s. a. _sf . _
me. how my P R.},.......i.g 1»i.....a .fnaeofé 31;; °;,§;¢”°1“em “_ .°,1°“”°° *° ‘°°
Canadian. Quebec._ '-3  D E3 _ pe_ ` ` ;.
A "Dated it Len: Wav lick
& Creighton    _- r =  ff: _mS»,,,1a.i»i.__,.__,,i¢,§,,;,»f_;.ii; we
;from the ' ` ; -' `
Civil war of the seventeenth
have recently been picked up
rocks below Dartmouth
W8! $3
oi here
ly to
c
$5
'__ 8°
FEE
5;;
4'- f-1‘_'l
having been washed up bythe _
gale  Tliesa
  of various'
 but evidently 
15s}ek7jo`1i_‘oyer;. two hundred years?
 from tlie__sliape,ci_ths _bul-,i
letsflsnd the _osi_tion' in.~.wh1ch 
were found,  --must have beenilrf
‘ sod-.nq=Rock<.;:'csst1evf."_mia ___
‘ ' ‘ ~ = .inn 
if ‘T out two so-oognoiss
Here, t-he Benn Pitmausystcmt
‘I was
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for éiiile l'iii.§§if
mem Al
he Pirates of 2
oriagsuvesieny 
51'*
4»-#4 »
Sir Arthur Sullivan. ofgltmh
House fs. .__ __
Tuesday and Wednesday"
Evenings
JANUARY iztn and iam.
Elegainigiporterl continues ,imm-
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tokeep-good,tiineornioi_iey refunded.  ey at
this yearthan ever AT
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yet he hasalready pmwmwha¥th§fPhmopapmc Iiisdtute
moiaedi ` annie it-'s mpf' $31 easier' sf  D y‘~___
gr is "_  _ _ .. _,A _ . . . `____ § ww) ;: _ _ _ ,J .Shi _hs .jr _ _.__ _._ . _,_ {_» Zi, . f__»___,_
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b omasFai1'faxan _ _ 2 'fi ff fl ~ .'   ~ is r we “  =v~'»=f~‘=1'
7 in th.; historic _ further _i:e_e9g;mendation.or_i:_itredtict_iex_i  AN? me__i_nfber__of his
__ _ _ _ _ is .zaaghti-Pfrqgh Q gf’ Howard
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