TL iets tetas eta aiieaalttsans == as VOL. 7. JUSi ARR | sid ‘ BRITISE eae _— — = labial Ex &. Black * Hibernian,” RUE ASSORTMENT OF Silk Fringe, Corsets, Cashme res, Color “al and Siz oImp: we ar Prints, TOILET COY ERS & QOULLTS, . All of sold at « Plain a \ Fane ‘ \. 2 at Cray ts Fanny Flan OLdi by Uiby QP aiy hall e 4! ‘ rg’ BD -~ Me 4 tots, aweeds, &é,, wh } A \ 3 red, and will be ur u 1 | ‘ pri Ss Ch’town, Aug. 24, 1880 Inanpnanna + Mutua! LUSULdilbo U,, IN EC \ . —K MARINE. Assets Jie: Dec., 1879, - &7 Insuran cted tn RGO! FPREIGHTS. covering $15,000 and on first-cl at ti eat ‘a Bea 43.00 343 : . ’ ‘ t.7 oo. ao Certilicai es issued payable» London le (ice i RION Koss & Bunkers, or in New York, . ; “ . ta and rates fixed without vemneg Risks referred to May 11, 15580. TRY U1 YIVE ALBION a fair trial and pointed clay and slote Office— Chatlotze wa, Mut foal, iy IAL iisap- PRY MINE NUT you will not be in the result; it is COAL, x fire For orders apps to G.:W. DeBLOIs. Sole Agent for P. E. Island. ho. 35 Water Street. July8, 1s8C— pat ti “Nut Coal, REE from Slate and Fire Clay. Also Rouu Pictou, Nova: 1} 7; . and Slack K, at Albion Mines, 7 Scotia, For orders apply to G. W. Ds Sele Agent for P. tT Uld Sy (lney Mines, Gave Breton. Lingan Mines, RDERS for Round Coal can Cape breten, be obtained on application to Terms as usual. Office, Ne Jene 17, 2a iT; Se . Island. aA etown. . WwW. Di Sole Ayent fo: 35 Water Street, ¢ 1880—pat her s) Ica ti QUEEN INSURANCE CO'Y. CAPITAL, OF ENGLAND. . TWO at BILLIONS STERLING. NSURANCE effec ads i on ali kinds of Build- ings, hierchandise and Produce. Also, on Vessels o1 the stocks. Special rates for isolated resicences. Losses : { BO sttled promptly. RGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward island Jane, 1S7j— —— (HE ROGTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE -AND LIFE INSURANGE Lite “4 Hf Edinburg Hh anil Londsa, ESTABLISHED Bubseribed c apital, aD, WoS,as iN i809 2,00 Paid Vr p <q aptlia 2s s 1,216,666.00 Trans and An terns. “ts every uity Busin description of Fire, Life s3 on the most favorable Pike Derairwexy—Insurances may be ef- fected ; HS the L Owest CUITeHnT rate Se Insur ces uy Public and Private Bui ld. ings eff ected oy rn Loss) » SCTLICdG with pr ality. Live DerarrmEny terms, and bber- C8) ciallu fa codand promptutade New ali i Reduced pre- Miums for De Minion of Canada. Office, N Apri v. WW, Dei BiGis sg (General Agent for P. E. J Island. No. 33 Water Street, Charlottetown. 14, ’80—pat her ne sj kea tf cod ’ —— ryik i ENG) 4e 8? 2 gu ep are . : AMET) |) Beoeroncren a. 9, 1508 i : ssidaenitalndi i OTN A MB £o% Ee = 9 37 Ga pe a3 . oe . ox SAS & mee | } | | A 2 *) Sr 3 a 42558 Seam TA le “ + CPAP bi ar *w75A 7 6 Vf wT f) i ‘ f ; - aA Va vB ‘ AD a “a. a an >.» ahs 4 X if ITAL. a . seu 3. GEG. CP CUREPLEOES ‘Yt : rY ‘ el _ . et Ut Hi ALLA! Vi ! ‘ aent Hi! N . Y YMA N. > AT ° T> y RAI | AIN ty ral Man AME es ae men, NC CCS tating, Maa: rey as N DPINNT ERNWADT\ [ST ‘ ND. TH T UY PRINCE EDWARD LSLAD Uf ) 1880. NO. 115 -_ INA LY GQUPYROV DED ©» WUAY, S VPIBM DER 34 cca. demmailbanteiin weaned “asaainamnian:stagaretn site ialsaapiinte nants iia i ; elation ne re Eo Rs Dominion of Canada, T . D y «Daley ; HE AILY F:XAMINER PROVINCE OF PRINCE IL DWAD ISLAND, | CITY oF UHARI i Wave tii "20 Oourt betore May) ioate for the O¥yTAE rENA | NOTICE that His Honor rps p< Haiary Nia J trate for the 14 tharlottetown has, by virtue of the him vested by the the Stependiary f hariottetown. the Sti land antherity in Statute of the G | Assembly of said Island, in- tituled “« A .ct in further amendment of an Let to Lncorporate tho City of Charlottetown and of th atute 43 Vietoria, chaptes ordered and first day of iay set down him from the thirteen, in amendment thereof,” jappointed that FRIDAY, the OCTOBER, A. D. 1880, be-the « apy eals made to | last preceding V uations, absessment or rates imposed oy : I a by the City Ceuncil of said Uity, and that auch aay anid daily ’ have been forenoon, in Charlottetown, wi ill be heard him, | thereatter upti i ail heard, at t} in the ' | | ' } | } j siuca appe } | aiores: dd, all such } ; ; ; e hi yr of el] ven tine ofr urt, i prpes ie said City Co and Gnaliy deter Sead by ROWAN ROBERT said City of power SEPTEMBER 30, 1880. The Cro ps and Prices. Oats, we regret to report, are not turp- ing ont so well as was anticipated shertly | before the harvest. if appears that they ripened too and therefore, the . : jlitcniy, are, not, on averaye, so well filled as they 13 , ; 1 woud have een nad tne eather cooier, {t is said that m_ grains are smail, but that they weigh well Prices in Char- lottetown range from 34 bushel for black oats, and 38 to 40 cents for white. In Liverpool, G. B., oats are sty, 100 ibs : were easier and quoted at Gs, 2d. per and in Montreal on the 24ih oats slightly lower, two bushels. Vic. per bay of At soe. tO SKS taken at Moderate Rat sad Dated at Charlottetown this thirteenth day Barley is a fair crop throughout the Is- j } ‘ gO aie s ‘ . 4 “ : Losses pail-promptly. of September, A, D. 18e0. land; but the quanti ity crown 18 GCompara- 7 ~< ¥? , y : ? : z HEAD OFFIC] Y. bet Street uy 0 ; (ively small. In this city prices range at , W. SHEPHERD ; 2 F r * itr eo "ss os pst + trom 6U to vo cents. ntreal qnotations i LOY Tor sal } ° 23 See ae ai — és} : } * RTE RE ea wy ls ; a Y- | of the 24th inst. are, barlev per bushel, ea. A, - rhe] EEECEN, ; (se i once a week to date Cty 4 m/ 7 3 ; tS ES : ta DY TO 4 } cents ept+ LZ ‘ > } ns m , de pt ene! tfor P. E. I] 4 Ra fi he annual volume on the erops of the |B na various grain-growing countries of the oe af om x Ses ae we a a tae ‘ : ‘ . wae % 4 Tl es 25% be 8] d Ee q aS world has just been issued by Mons. Bruy rab & a | Pa] ‘y 7 2 Re eee ll Siete pele oe } i i 3 hope 5 a mstienne, © Viarselles, aid tic reports it . = & = a Bau be | ccenaneianiilidatteheda contains Occup) several hundred lary Fe ~ eo eee 4 SY? NT 7 iy rie 4 y quarto pages. { iF — W hol e of ne 1e 0a] yy B.. Fat ia 7 i i 4 Ss i . Tt 41 ’ n i ;? f--- 4 a t Aue 2E 2 a ie wy, Zt it Ad CTOPS OF Prancve tne ‘eport are Food. he » &e ‘ . . ; q , want enehvos edene + wheat crop } in aepartments fairly i = ie al ; : . . ‘ . , Taman % "( 4 ih fy ala > per | GOO (as f e), in 16 departments pACULIELLUE MiGiEULOULU tie UU 0} ' I MeGINID, S60 1 SA Ceparyumeni. Obi) - 4 ts 2 8 ' , } (da ‘ rt LOO t LT? ti V~- ” + =~ | i 1 3 K fy { f f : ; ; J Vv f ' | gra ; 7 \ Me} ! ts, S in ‘ ty Gc- i ‘ 7 / } 5 4 } ° . Zi , tem & 4. V ade i § ee _ ey ? i partme¢ ty Og) 1D seyen /e- J : ; # "2 a ~ ow > ™ £> £% 4 . , & “ny ai>7 : : + Ee } 4 . BA <a ~ ) } *) x «3 3)" , . ror vil hui Ui \ } t 88, | b fi % BA EE # : ff ba : O Gvpa a 8} : vor} VAG 1 i 1 Ba 88 Re tee arcment fie mar crop, grown | : (8 fe Ro Be aa : : # | ; a File t ad > wu ess Se UG. bm oem Gy a QP } 6 i in, tn { in (it piu tmenis 18 | i 3 SfOOU it part nits it i j ’ lx i « | . ' nel Live ; rT 1 ry g . oe , In ive fairly ute Doors, } ri \ i : ao i ee : i i 5S us ft a ft iin I “Qi MLiGg 3 { 214yY ODO ak i the | & ’ } ] 7 en bet ricd as very good ineleven depart . : tre AS? Aanearts : ea 7 i ¢ ry -~ som me } j ‘ (10 Vo Geparvuinueinis, bAlTLYV GOoOU rit ; i fi BRcé & ¢ 2 >t 4" ' Agog .: : % : ’ as VUAuARILIG G03. jin six departments, and medium in- three | ie ’ Lud t ti | i. 94 : ‘7 } . 4} . } fr . site vi » Geparribienrs Barley isthe best-.crop i se of i \ : “ : : 7 3 , - ain” is : , oy 1 73 j the yearin France. in <b departments if | Ol \ ihcea ye test i 5 ny Poaec ian aH : Hey dala rs }s ° . . ws i = i i i Tice ’ ‘ i at Vertis 4 7 revit J 1 1S Very good, iti 40) FCO eo in tive fairly nts y v \ . - : c J , A799 Cs _ rood, and | three me edium. n nodepart .: Bg , : F. LEPAGEH & CoO., | Way io/ a , i : —_ ne e eith rthe rye or barley crop de forP. £1 1 ae to be bad. So far as other coun- ee we ol . 2 ywha¢ ~ - nanos a 4 , ’ j tries are concerned, with the exception ' tT *)> nasgow Louse, 53 Queen Stre ha 4 “% J ; P, tISSit . ° > or Thats Deposited with fie Bominion | omy of Rossia, the re Ror ate Ganeewne i Z1, 1880—pat ne : a r favorable. In Upper Mtaly, the crops are - , , q° in > six } wi eins GCrGVECrRyces Far Secsl bey oi reported as yielding 30; per ce nt. above the am r, lj ? s » » ye ‘ 3 average. Ro ulmeila ab d pper and Lower . a égbeee sy * 5 Pg ae% 4% ad ae > a ¥ tr Canadean OUCY kf DiGerS, | Bavaria stand next on the list with a pro- es “Ts duce of 25 per cent. over the average, and : “~. , £ sf =9 . pe % CTAN ti thdan aie Sctinweed:-her Cadel dei eee & : ; ; i 5 4 } U ‘ these are tciowed OY Foadoia and Swapila r Wetna d J : . ; 2 ’ vs net oe i } : 7 ’ with an over ay erage procuction of 20 per é % —_——-— t T, ; “On ee oe Ca ET ‘a it ee cent. Inthe south af Italy and Bavaria, » ft \ ene r~<e 3° Af, Oo. me Mm — : 2 ‘Er ih thc : yd . oe Pa wy , Fe Wy |LOSSES PAID TO DATE, OVER | and in Wartemburg, the estimates are of ga 2 , = Z ae ia iS % . par oy . =. p<? 1 jeg zB or, Tr ~frif crops is per cent. over average; while in be re be tes aa, | e3 } if 7 Ui bf ‘ R ae no they urd 10 ner” cont : | aS ate) [ES a VI sUUUUUY, ; SE Le ees eet Mien Oe naar Bs TOR : j r ; © ORNE q The crops oi & year are o per cent. ovel ‘ <2 : 7 th _ Ne “i ‘ ; Nay 5 F i> aq : G| t average in iwsuingary Vola d, B ig) lin, and , : i AN ‘ Part des} oe nee n Privs > cj ; rT, } pe Ay : 4 a: ; : rents ns eat ' - i. 3 tis iru A AYeiC I > . ee i rrivate Resi, Giie & nited lad 5 Cl America. .Verage Mere 6 i ssf Pine 3 dences and cont or Farm | operty, H2@d) crops, without either surplu ig * Or Coheth . pil Onske) — e ES “Ad te ete 7S rol better fine st of this ‘Time Tried "7 @ es si oes Ren S Wet woe , oe tae Fn sime 4T1e“) haye been grown in Prassia, the Palatinate, NE iy a ee af jand ire bed insu ompan\ > ‘ t j; ei a ete 2h m . ” Bade hn, Sw itzerland, Denma rk, Sicden, Pan . : “4 N. Vanva wanted verway, Central Ita! y> Holland, the North & = Fé a = ao Cag “," sna . Ros ; g — , it rae f Russia, Servia and Key pt. Di sticrencies % ms Lea” hOB NGUs, Sp ent for the Maritime} ..-..... sik acelseialiariaalaiatteaaa Cr - ; in Ot v per cent. are reporteg in Great B sritain, ’ Prey 5 ‘ > 1a y 1 ; RN Gel ) WHISKY ae oF freland and Saxony. -In Courland the de- BA \NALYTI ITARY INSTITUTION eF Be DESER iS. is. ficiency is put down at 20 per ¢ cent., and in ~, , . } —— ’ o Qa } : ’ - * a +1, aaa + or #, Holbori nd f mA — 79 ‘ CGencral Agent for P. 2, i Gothland, another Russian prevince, at sv : on ¢ Vc LLIGHLAN! Y HISK - ' ie ses nm}, viet A tus GH iskKY bie OG eee ie per cent. under average. The commercial : eheve visited th ‘ttline storda ‘of | § ‘h town, July 31, 1S80—3m : ere nie % beck 5 let its es == ; summary which accom ieee the report { . h i have selected | } § 1s «<> KS Ee eas 5 12 a oa 4) oles i vi pS ¥. a , Fe Ba Sige | ifn Bt FT ‘ Re, shows that Europe will argely depend for rom the vats, ieir Lorne . BE # fae es a’ ‘Ges ‘e Ree ae he ject | #o8s SeocmS OEY Goce ESF EEE GEE ft nuch of her teeacdetaatt from America, giv iia ra Y iss a ee c UvTeCTt. : : —e ~ 7 ‘ » > i a . ~ g ow: ‘ na that rhere lS every jrospect oO fairl <1 them to carefn sxigniehiion nd | b.3 T IME WReA Tal Ay ee ee ot of fairly avalvsis. The sa s ‘wel ry age | PCS BARS EO EG ce j yood and reimunerative prices being ob- : . ” © a tral a f. ° * 7" >t & 1 yany i by MeCli ai 1easant favor, and! iT a7 6 ny) ; 33] ry finn Doct Nffice ained tor cere ils this year. . : 0 f ‘ 5 8 ; . ee ~~ a' e og arma « enia A nena © p wg ec tik toe i be ristics of p veiw | Ry OW vil § AZ teigl iy, UPL . i JOU t Ue } oTatoes, au agree, are a Spichaia crop . and ‘il-matured Scotch Whisky of the | Charloit ; j but prices wall probably rule low through- , . ; bWOLLOTOU se 4 < rn 1 rat at wii y i out the Sscason. they sell in t} his cit Vv now , . , } ay BER - » : : rHUR i i ti ALL, ] D a. Ae Nic BAdDsimite a. € ° MARTEN, at from 16 cents per bushel, The Moxtreal | : ; qq ’ ‘ : 1 ‘ ; > é HkHN m4. one | June l8, 1&879.—exZaw Gazette of the 24 “3 Says : ** Potatoes are oe pga sa A zents pore WALp Tac plent iful and cheap, selling at 40c to 4de + AAAATAT ft Vw € Sine & ' CS ae : MESSRS. OWEN ¢ ONNOLLY & Gh 33 ey Rare rt ty per Dag. {t is rumor ved that on 8 have Charlottetown, PELL | y + VWUDY QN4 DI Wa been made at 175¢ per bush for choice Barly Feb. 24, 1850 | | 5 e/ li i ¥ “yi A BI i 5 | Rose and Chili for shipinent to Boston and i . "8 8. : j : 4,3: 33 ¢s i . ae ci meine ai ——~ -—j|} BAe J Bone & KI as adh s! Portland. Hay, which was an excellent ws Gra "PON : Story B, LADD, | PRril = STREET crop on the Island, was, we learn, 2 poor rey 1, INE j a wi P ice * Seu ien: & . , ‘ a. : a : , Eaupert 1. PAINt eae P one in Nova Scotia. Consequently, the : . » Pe me ane os) stree : es Late Commissioner of Patents. Between Kent and Grafton Streets | gemand in Nova Scotia is likely to be god; e Charlottetown, P. E.Wsland. and we are in a position to supply it. ’ Th vs le ade ia hrsk : n4 mie | AIS | lune | j 18SSs0—3m eod Din J } e cattie trade 1s brisk at. Nico ontrcal. Ra fs G _—— - — — ~ -! Last week, re steame?s were lo aded at es £2 . ; 2 : i. or ‘ aie or to } et ihat port with 2,674 head of cattle and ee i : LA 5 f , 4 Cnmee ‘ me ‘ : . + “i ~ i,700 sheep. The BS rts of destinalon ¢ Ween" €, 8 » j in ae ul ne ci an . 3 ee Fee afi PAIN E, 4x RAP x Bt & LADD, \? be AT Freehold iroperty, With a iront of} were London Lil’ os oi Bristol and ? ol ichty feet on Pownal Street and eiahiv + os ees ee Tha nrice Haid 7 es ' it Teet or i OwnAal mcree LTh« +? itV- Baroy iié z r pric A1G Attorneys-at-Law and Solicitors of American Fs ¥ gl y fe L i : ee Wad erg cy (iaSZzo ve £1) ave p o pre ] / é tour ot mm st ney "EQ¢ 12 Ff > "fe Lor in is > and Foreign Patenis, foul Lee oO oyuney urcet, ine oy: ULE CO} tain was ‘.* cenhus pet j und, ity , i ing l6 iarge rooms and two Kitchen Can | weicht i hie WwW hole number ot Cc ittle _ S gs ren Pf % ‘fT r 7 ‘ ; ia * « 3 . ; =" Wh ‘ ; 7 ‘yy } : . > . 412 Firru Sraeetr, WasHINctoNn, VD. ¢ i be turned into one Dwelling by unlocking a ipped from Montreal up te 3 ° al dhor, ‘ yply on the prents 3; LO : S woe 82 GFA antt! re anda Practice patent law in all its branches inj” ere : x: y nignt last was 00,9(4 cathe An ° . ‘ ; ‘ ‘ a fry 7 " : a. Le wn a t+ the Patent Office, and 12 a Supreme and BOS WALL, 00,4(0 Bheep; and it is said that the snip- 7 A; Fé 0 f os one iia he ke . Se Circuit Courts of the United St Ts Pamph- | OEae TS Oy AE ments have generally been remunerative. lets sent free on receipt of stamp for’ ag 4 Ye 4 hs : Dp Nf What a pity that we are not in a position te te 2 4 ‘ ; . ‘ posta ge. sep itd 4 Ls N 4 ti 5 \ PR i; [iengage to a large r extent. in this direst af ‘ S 84 wv a ¢ ere 1 ; 7 od sith ae Sir : trade with the mother Sen We are aE .. 2. pofur y hat at + heen are he hing wtantnn Prieas informed that ee sheep are ’ : ig Hi GibeeiGoyiii ua LUUDs bought in the Island and sent io Wuedec GOLD PAR:S, [| | meena fox shinment to England.’ How al MEDAL, 1878. eae ee tor ship Sear sie tO eee na, ow inuch, Atay ny Ali NTZEU Hn Sock nor p table and satisfact have frders Solis ee ALi BIZES Th SbI0 more prof fe . and satistactory, to bave them sent direct by our Own merchant o~*, g > _— a d sia o na > : : - } RYELL hh 763. Mackerel continue to be pi ntiiul and Ps ; See there does not seem to be much prospect of ape Es Ch town, Ve am -aw, pal -m 8" larise. The receipts at Boston during the : . a & 7 , y & HR og a ogee go ty ee ae zB 8 SBEREGS GG 338 GS week ending, Sept. Mth, Xere 5.060 berrele, : 2 BY ALL DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE STEEL PENS. WORLD. TS HE place to get your Printing done is at | the PAX AMIN ER PRINTING ROOMS, ply to gf e be FS 5 oe mit, 5 Foe eo x s S yore rei Ent) # be ARTIES wanting to purchase Building ‘sp ) -tt » . Pp nye in oe ictoria. Lot & - 29. Wiki please ap- DONALD PALMER, Esgq., or MRs. HENRY HARDAY, | July 20, 188¢—oaw Summerside, ‘ f ex No. barrell. hy and 15 »D, 700 barrels salted. &4.50 te Ree per : | ieee ts IN a liga race at T'oronto on Friday, the winner, named Sparks, ran 100 yards in ten seconds. nen!} re quoted ae os a : i? Fa; , pay SiO, and if i will then pay $15 to g ‘ernment fee ou a $50,000 legacy is $1,000, and |or without | medicine you pay $50. | notary publie Lo ' peen }°* ; } j aud a omnes to 36 cents per orn (in a ineasure tO pay $50 license. * 1tures of Taxation in England. 7c , ’ If anybody leaves he you 3500, you have to lies without a will, you et this 8500. The Gov- $1,500 if there be no will, aud if the legacy be 3,006,000, then the Queen's fee is $77,500, a will, more than $100,000. If you study and become a barrister, the admission | costs you $250, orasimuch as you are likely ito earn th When you graduate in lf you become a mere administer oaths, if costs When you execute a lease to rent your house for anything above $150 a year, you pay about 70 cents. If you want arms your carriage you pay SI], and ose arms ‘* granted” to you, and fully recognized, you will have One carriage is taxed $t1 a year. $1.25 ayear. Fora license to carry a gun you pay $2.50. The tax for every maie servant is $4. - — - MISCELLANEOUS. » brst year. you $450. Your dog costs Lord Dufferin, in returning from St. Petersbur; g, via Berlin, was invited by the “mperor of Germany +o the dinner in honor of the Guards. THe suits against Bradlangin for having taken his seatin the House of Commons without having previously taken the required oath, are to be pressed, it appears, avast him in. November. Public meetings are being held in varions places in the Westrto help the Kansas snf- ferers, sclicited for the people in Phillips, Sherman, Decatur, Sheridan, Rawliis, Norton, and other connties. In Norton County alone, 1560 peeple are said want of food, In all the the wheat crop failed, and June, and the fields hich has heen de- <3 Ala 18 to be in absolute Conniies named was pioughed up in planted rn, were In Ce ; 5 , stroyed Dy w« Lake chman the Antipodes $250,000 for the establish- Has givei some ment of ga Divinity Hall in Melbourne; snother has given $300,000 towards the establisi t ‘niversity in South ‘ustralia: wh ! New Yorker has recently giv: 10,009 to the Wesley- an Unive: sity Middleton. When shall we have the pleesure of recording the munifi- cient act of some city philanthrophist ng say $30,000 seat the sup- free Public Lib rary Three hundred and eighty men are at work on Cape Cod Canal. The force is to be increasd to twelve hundred. The length of the waterway will be 42,000 ft; the breath at the bottom, sixty six feet; at the top, 250 feet, depth below water, twenty- tive feet; the cost, $10,000,000; the saving of a distance of 150 miles on a dangerous coast. This makes Boston rine hours nearer New York by steam. The tune for building is two years. The canal is to be a tide level waterway without locks. iD dont port of a slish The Eng Burial Act has gone into operation. The first case coming ~andér the Act is thus described:—‘‘The first burial under the Act teok place in the parish churchyard of Beckenham on Thurs- day. The funeral was that of a Baptist, and the officiating minister wasthe Rey. Penge. The service cen- G. Samuel, of sisted of an extempore prayer, the reading of passages of Scripture and brief ad- dresses, and the singing of ahymn. The and several were present. lasted half an hour, occasion excited some interest, clergymen and strangers The service, which was snes throughout with befitting le mnity. No allusion was made to the excepti ional character of the occasiun.” Says a tel egram from Montreal! to an exe iain ‘The fact that Seottish capital- ists have’ organized a company to control " e lumber trade in the Ottawa district, as nentioned some weeks ago, .has had the effect of greatly enhancing the value of lumber limits. Limits that conld be pur- chased last year for 420,000 and $25, 060, are now held for $50,000 ‘and $75,000 ooh. Within the last three months wages, too, have advanced and men are getting scarcer every day. ‘This, in a measure, is due to the large number of men who have been engaged to work in the Western shanties. It is estimated that over 600 men have left the city for outside Grms within the past two months A Sia. inan from the agricultural dis- tricts was lately ina tailor’s shop getting me ene fora vest. ‘* Married or unmar- ried?” veried the taller. ‘* Unmarried,’ said as young man, wit h a blush. ‘Inside pocket on the left hated ide then,” obser- ved the tailor, making a memorandum. to effect. that ‘“ What diflerence does, my: being married or unmarried make as to the inside pocket of the vest!’ ‘‘Ah, my dear sir,” observed the tailor, with a bland smile ‘all the difference possible, Being unmar- ried, you want the pecket on the left side, so as to bring the young lady’s picture next to your heart.” ‘* But doesn’t the married man also want his wife's picture next to hig neart?’ aueried the anxious youth. ‘* Pos 8! ibly there isan instagice o that kind,” but [ never heard of : it.” - —_- > 4 Goo Aneel . es ws said the tailor, e “To sum it up, six long years of bed-rid- den sickness ai suffcring, costing $200 per | year, tote my; $1,200—all which was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters taken by my wife, 1 vho doue her ewn house- work f for @ year since, without the loss of a day, and 1 want everybody to know it for their benefit.” ‘“Joun Wrexs, Butler, N. Y.’ has Se ABE OF CeCe eH ste nan , Ae eRe eeaeeine > ne