a a ; "tp fic? we CZ (glee —— Fd a. — a RRR et nt. elt ane & | Qe , & f peawn:—Five Douiane 4 Yas * hte ig trae Liverty, when Proe-bott Mam, Anta to,advise shy Public, may speak Aearcknies Rael oaateD Cah, NEW SERIES. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1883, VOL. 14,---NQ. 15. ire DAI LY Kx AMINER Merehants’ Bank af Halifax «( EORGE TWEEDY, her lee; down bls iia ai held by estimate the injury that is implicd in such’s is issued every evefiirg, by [he Examiner Publishing Go. From their office, corner of Water and Great George Streets, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION : Six Months, $2 50 Ch ee ut mnths, ] 25 ine Month, - 0 50 ee- Advertising at most moderate rates, Contracts may be made for monthly, juarterly, half-yearly or yearly advertise- ments, on application. _ Se eS ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER, (883. MOON 8 CHANGES. First Qawtter, 7th day, 7h. 33.5m., a. m. Full Moon, 13th day, 11h. 15.8m., p, m. Last quarter 2lst day, 3h. 55.9m., a, m, New Moon 29th day, 3h, 47 2m., a. m. D 5 os ree Sun 'Moon/High | Days ae . *K rises sets | rises | water | len’h, th m |h m|mornjaft’n | CHARLOTTETOWN AGENCY, Savings Bank Departinent, —WItL BE~ OPENED IST NOVEMBER, 1883, on and after which date DEPOSITS OF $5 AND UPWARDS, will be taken and interest at the rate of » Four Per Ceat. Per Annum ALLOWED THEREON, For further particulars apply to F. H. ARNAUD, Oct. 30, 1883, AGENT, EDWARD T. RUSSEL & CO., GCRENERALTL Gommission Merchants, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Notary Public, &c. OF FICE— West Side of Queen Street, Chir! lottetown, next door to Stevenson’s Tin Shop. July 25, 1883 — dy wkly 6m | SULLIVAN & MAGNBILL, ATTORNEYS - AT- LAW Solicitors in Chancery, NOTARIES PUBLIC, &c. | OFFICES— O’Halloran’s Building, Great George Street, Charlottetown. G@2 Money to Loan, W. W. Suunrvan, Q. C. | Cumsrse,B. Maonsiny, ' Jan. 16, 83. AUCTION SALES, FOUL PLAY. | | | By Charles Reade. *- CHAPTER XIII. Tue long boat was, at this moment hundred miles windward of the cutter. The fact is, that Wylie, the evening before, had been secretly perplexed as to the best course. He had decided to ran for the islanc; but he was not easy under "a his own decision, and at night he got more | “@nd more discontented with it. Finally, at nive o’clock p. m., he suddenly gave the order to luff, and tack, and by daybreak fe was very near the place where the € Pees went down—whereas the cut- , ter; having run before the wind all night, | was, at least, a hundred miles to leeward of him. Not to deceive the reader, or let him, for -@moment, think we do business in mon- sters, we will weigh this act of Wylie’s justly. | It was just a piece of iron egotism. He preferred for himself, the chance of being picked up by a vesse!. He thought it was. friendly hands, and friendly faces shone down at them; eager grasps seized each as he went up the ship’s side, and so, in a very short time, they sent the woman up, and the rest being al! sailors, and clever as cats, they were safe on board the whaling- brig ‘Maria,’ Captain S’ocum, of Nantucket, U. 8. Their log, compass, and instruments were also saved, The boat was cast adrift, and was scon after scen bottom up on the crest of a wave. The good Samaritan in command of the ‘Maria’ supplied them with dry clothes out of the ship’s stores, good food, and medical attendance, which was much needed, their legs and feet being in a deplorable con- dition, and their own surgeon crippled. can skipper to give Cape Horn a wide berth, ,and the ‘‘Maria” soon found herself three ‘degrees south of that perilous coast. she encountered field-ice. In this laby- rinth they dodged and worried for eighteen days, until a sudden chop in the wind gave the captain a chance, of which he promptly availed himself; and in forty hours. they sighted Terra del Fuego. A southeasterly gale induced the Ameri- | There, result, When a short time avo the bears on the stock exchange became ravenous on the subject of Canadian securities of all kinds, and seized the embarrassment arising from the snepension of the Exchange Bank, and the difliculties connected with the cotton trade, to help them in their rade, his prompt action, even at the risk of abuse which the venom of dirappointed gamblers was ceriain to prevoke, stopped the panicky feeling and restored confidence. His speeches in defence of Canada have pro- +uced most important results, compelling the attention and respect even of those doctrinaries with whom the principle of free trade is an idol. He bas, in a word, made his presence and influence felt, and has done much to add to the prestige of Canada in the Mother Country. His latest achievement is in some resy eeta as important, if not mere importent, then any of the others. He has succeeded in having Canada admitted as one of the bigh contracting parties at the International Conference held recentiy at Paris for the protection of cables. As lad been usual, it was decided that they weulea have a separate protocol for the British Colonies. Against this Sir Charles protested. His —_az : —— ee <—— > BOSTON STEAMERS, STEAMERS: Uarroll, 879 tons, Capt. Brown, Worcester, 865 tons, Capt, Blankenship NE of the above FIRST-CLASS STEAM- ERS will leave Charlottetown for Boston EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AT 5 P.M. PASSENGERS will find this the Cheapest and most pleasant trip to Boston. Accommo- dations on both steamers are splendid. CARVELL BROS., AGENTS, Ch town, May 17, 1883.-~pat her sj STEAMER “HEATHER BELLE,” FALL ARRANCEMENT. N and after Tuesday, Oct, 16th, 1883, the steamer ‘‘Heather Belle,’’ will run as follows :— Will leave Orwell Brush Wharf for Charlotte- town every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings at seven o'clock, calling at China Point and Halliday’s Wharves. sa aa Leaving Charlottetown for Haliday’s, China Point and Orwell Brush Wharf same evenings, at two o’cleck, remaiming at Brash Wharf every Tuesday and Wed- nesday nights, and Thursday night return- ing to Charlottetown, arriving about eight o’clock. — Every Friday morning, at seven 0 clock, leave Charlottetown for COrapaud; leaving Crapaud for Charlottetown at eleven o'clock, remaining at Charlottetown same night. . Saturday, leave Charlottetown for Crapaud, at nine o'clock, a. m., leaving Crapaud for Charlottetown, about one o'clock, p. m. JOHN HUGHES, ‘ : Agen 583. Ch town, Oct. 13, 1 [2aw wkly paé ne her pres Im P, &. Island Pottery. E are Agonts for the P. E. Island W Pottery. Orders sent to us will re- rompt attention. Jars, Jugs, Bean Pots, Sons Flower Pots, Spitoons, Stove Stones, etc., etc., mm stock. BEER & GOF Fae AG Ch’town, Ovt. 28, 88. L.ARTHUR & CO.,, GHNERAL Commission Merchants, 121 ATLANTIC AVENUE, (ROSS MARKET) BOSTON, MASS. —— ee ee Eggs and Produce a Specialty. April 26, 1883.—wkly tf LIFE INSURANCE, United States Life Insurance Co, —OF THE— CTY OF NEW YORK. ORGANIZED 1850. ——__ ee New Features, Incontestible Policies, Prompt Settlement of Claims Guaranteed. Ne -_ Apply. at residence, Weymouth Street, from § to 10 a. m,, and 4 to 6 p. m. A. H. McPRERSON, Agent. Sept. 25, 1883.—2aw INSURANCE OFFICE, (jusen Insurance Company, OF ENGLAND. CAPITAL, TEN MILLION DOLLARS. Lancashire Insurance Company CAPITAL, FIFTEEN, MILLION DOLLARS Insurance effected on all kinds of property at current rates. Losses settled promptly d equitably. ee DESBRISAY & ANGUS, General Agents, Office—South Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Sept. 15, 1292. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. R. O'DWYER, Commission and General Merchant FOR SALE OF P, E. I. PRODUCE. 289, WATER STREET, St. John’s, Newfoundland. In connection with the above is Capt, Englisch, who is well kaown iu P. E. Island, | who will take special cha'ge of all consign-| ments, and will also attend to the chartering of vessels for the carrying trade of P. EK. 1. N. B.—Parties wishing to procure good Labrador Herring would do well to consult R. O’ Dwyer. Sept, 11, 1883,.—3i tawawkly. held at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 24th of ‘April, 1883, the following results for the ‘year ended 15th November, 1883, were re- ported :— 3,038 new proposals for life as- surance were received the -2 we $9,754,085 38 ear for 2,561 proposals were accepted, assuring 7,239,048 13 The total existing assurances in force at 15th November, 1882, amounted to (Of which $7,753,031.15 was reassured with other oflices) The claims by death which arose during the year amount- ed, including bonus addi- tions, to The annual revenue amounted at 15th November, 1882, to 4,267,546 00 The mvested funds at same date amounted to 29,503,416 00 1,062,648 35 Being an increase during the year of JOHN LONGWORTH, Agent for Charlottetown. THOMAS KERR, Inspector of Agencies, Ch’town, Anguat 2, 1882. MONCTON ash and R. P, LEA, in returning thanks to the h public for the liberal patronageextended to him while in business in Charlottetown, begs leave to inform his old customers and the public generally, that he, in company with Mr. William Rogers, has appointed Messrs. B. Williams & Co, Lumber and Coal Dealers, Pownal Wharf, Charlottetown, our agents, whe will keep constantly on hand a fall supply of Mould- ings, Window Sashes, Doors, etc., at LOWEST CASH PRICES. All orders entrusted to them will receive prompt attention. LEA & ROGERS, . Moneton, Sept. 5, 1888. —2aw wly Ju. A. GhIPMAN & 6O., ARE OFFERING AT MILLERS’ PRICES IN STORE: 375 bris. Choice Superior Ex- "tra, $6,936,302 91 2,462,226 59 TO ARRIVE: 1200 bris. Choice Sup. Extra and Patent. OFFICE AND WAREROOMS : J. F. SHATFFORD, AGENT. Sept. 11, 1883. WANTED. NEV Ss ter, to load Prince Edward Island pro- duce for Newfoundland and West Indies, ALSO, Two |register, to loa’ { . ingland,-— Kingdom uv: ‘ ontinent. Good rate. and quick despatch. JOHN F. ROBESTSON. Ch’town, Sept. 26, 1883.—pat eod Door Factory. OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE. ERAL VESSELS, 60 to 150 tons regis-| ° (2) Vessels, about 200 tons’ AND one (i, about 250 tons, for United persist, but groaned aloud; then sat, staring _ wildly; finally, like a true sailor, he got to | the rum, and stupefied his agitated con- ne for a time. wate he lay drunk at tha battom of the ) Wis saitors carried out his instruc- _tions, beating southward right in the wind’s eye. Five days they beat to windward, and “never saw a sail. Then it fell a dead calm; and so remained for three days more, The men began—to suffer greatly from cramps, vowing ‘to their number and confined positions. During the calm they rowed all day, and with this and a light westerly breeze that sprung up,they got into the sea-road again; but having new sailed three hundred and fifty miles to the ' southward, they found a great change in the _temperature; the nights were so cold that they were fain to huddle together, to keep a little warmth in their bedies. | On the fifteenth day of their voyage it began to rain and blow, and then they were /never a whole minute out of peril. Hand | forever on the sheet, eye on the waves, to ease her at the right moment; and with all this care, the spray eternally flying half-way Over her, and the men bailing night and day _ with their very hats, or she could not have | lived an hour, At last, when they were almost dead with | wet, cold, fatigue,and danger, a vessel came in sight, and crept slowly up, about two miles té windward of the distressed boat. | With the heave of the waters they could see little more than her sails; but they ran up a bright bandanna handkerchief to their mast- ‘head; and the ship made them out. She hoisted Dutch colors, and-—continued her course. Then the poor abandoned creatures wept, and raved; and cursed, in their frenzy, glar- ing after that cruel, shameless man, who could do such an act, yet hoist-a color, and show of what nation he was the native—and the disgrace, Bat one of them said not a word. This was Wylie. He sat shivering, and remem- bered how he had abandoned the cutter, and all on board. Loud sighs broke from his laboring breast, but not a word. Yet | » one werd was ever present to his mind; and seemed written on fire on the night of clouds, and howled in his ears by the wind — Retribution. And now came a dirty night—to men on ships; a fearful night to men in boats. The sky black, the sea on fire with crested billows, that broke over them every minute; their light was washed out; their provi- sions drenched and spoiled; bail as they would the boat was always filling. Up to their knees in water; cold as ice, blinded with spray, deafened with roaring billows, they tossed and tumbled in‘a fiery, foaming hell of waters, and still, though despairing, clung to their lives, and bailed with their hats unceasingly. Day broke, and the first sight it re- vealed tothem wasa brig to windward staggering along, and pitching under elose- reefed topsails. They started up and waved their hats, and cried aloud. But the wind carried their voices to leeward, and the brig stag- gered on. They ran up their little signal of distress; but still the ship staggered on. Then the miserable men shook hands all round, and gave themselves up for lost. But at this moment the brig hoisted a vivid flag all stars and stripes, and altered her course a point or two. Sho crossed the boat's track a mile ahead, and her people looked over the bulwerks and waved their hats to encourage those tossed and desperate men. Having thus given them the weather guage, the brig hove to for them. They ran down to her, and crept under » & eeeueeny 7 ig 10 : 39) 46) 9 O04 ae ee shout a hair's breath better than running | 5 Ocoee eae De sapud promadens Poo ai are somertee = 2;Sunday | 3) 9 =4 mo r é . ; + .EN ; or an island, as to whose beari } . - ‘ Mi Puects OF their Dard- FOuOWS .-— re8 proposed fx e british 3! Monday | 31i 910 5) 0 23, NO. 284 STATE STREET, MARKET PAYS ‘not very clear, ies all. ae we®’ ships, fell into the work of the ship, and Colonies a separate protocol, instead of an 4 Tuesday ; 32; lO 4) 1 0 | 4 ) . | }ilet eewedeines gene eles taking the took their turns with the Yankee seamen, article to the convention. I cannot under- ' : Their” 7 ; + o- ; 40| BOSTON. aif Pon ec safest course. The cutter might be leed coktiamek Goan . but yo teen oe ted heme aioe presented 1 ps ae . ; . saved, after all, and th . i. u e 4 full crew, an : 1GItlo article, seeing 7 | Friday 35} 8|aft 14| 3 b fe Particular attention given to the sale of : eee | eno on 8 ae of the ‘Proserpine’s’ men, who were first-class that the other States which are re- a 37 1 1 15 oom iinet gs" oe 7 ae StEVELSON'S Building, (vee atrect an excuse to shake of the cutter. Sha %*#™en, aid worked with a will, because presented at the conference do not < 10| Mondey 35 8 i 51, 7 1] _— ase on hill edindinee ’ contained one man at least who knew he! Work was no longer aduty, she exhibited possess colonies enjoying the principle ¥ L1/Tuesday 39 $| 2 26 8 10) . aay aa. | (NEAR THE MARKET).- had scuttled the ‘Proserpine,’ and therefore a speed the captain had almost forgotten of self-government. { think it proper to i 12|Wednegday | 40/ 8 3 13° 9 6 McL ROD MORSON & MeQUARRIE | it was all-important to him to get to London “#* the craft. Now, speed at sea means point out the great importance that would ~ 13 Thursday 41 8) 41419 57 ; ) ; --—_-— ‘before her, and receive the three thousand | °°°PO™Y: for every day added to a voyage result from a modification of the cony ention =. 14| Friday ; 42) 9 5 16/10 43 Barristers & Atty aes t Li UCTION SALES of Furniture, Farm pounds which was to be his reward for that ™®®™S 8° much off the profits. Slocum was 2 ae. way that the dependencies of 15|Saturday 43, 9) 6 24/11 238! 8 50 LOPDE yo-ab-LaW, Implements, Carriages, Sleighs, etc,’ abominable act. jpart owner of the vessel, and shrewdly Great Britain, which are self-governing, 16 Sunday 43| 9/7 S2iafti2 i promptly attended to on market days at the! But the way to get to London before Mr. alive to the value of the seamen. When |like Canada, should be placed on a footing 17, Monday 44] 10, 8 35) 0 51 SOLICITORS ROTARIES PUBLIC ETE above central stand for market-day sales. | Hazel, or else to the bottom of the Pacific *P0ut three hundred miles south of Buenos, | of equality with the other Governments. 18 Tuesday | 45) 10) 9 46) 1 32) ' J | bg before him, was to get back into the sea-| Wylie proposed that they should be landed Sir Charles carried his point and was ad- 19) Wednesday | 45; 10/10 54! 2 7 OFFICES A, MieN KELL, road, at “at hamarde | there, from whence they might be trans-, mitted to sign the convention as cne of the 20' Thursday 46' 10'11 57) 3 0 : se , | shipped toa vessel bound for home. high contracting parties. This is the first 21 Friday | 46) 11) morn) 3 54. __ | keform Club Committee Rooms, Opposite Post — __Auctioneer. ee nee os Se: — se This was objected to by Slocum, on the ‘time that Cain has enjoyed this dis- 22|Saturday 47, 12) 0 53) 4 59, 8 51 Office, Charlottetown, P. E. Island, ; ge , ‘ground that, by such a deviation from tinction, and the importance of the prin- he di h y P i 23|Sunday 47; 13; 1 52'6 8 Merchants’ Bank of Halifax Building, Sum- STAN HARD 7 uscover t is till noon nextday. And 8s: n h tl th d d ciple involved in it a of tl j 24' Monday 48} 13| 2 51| 7 12 merside, P. E, Island, | SD cnn. seret dinsovenp, Bei showeniit, , 'ocst. dues ib ilisonen. daymm . wpee |dstabliched’ thediegh lh ehe tasty be over: osiPucsdey aah ldhabols 7 . bey ) | | | hi human; he cried out, with an oath:| e port dues at Buenos Ayres were | establis : through it, can hardly be over- > 26| Wednesday | 48, 15] 4 46) 8 52) MONEY TO LOAN, on good security, at til ‘What have I done? I have damned |"°#YY:. estimated. , a 7|Thureday | 49) 15| 5 42) 34! moderate interest. , | myself to all eternity ! Wylie undertook that the house of} Thus while the enemies of the Minister 28) Friday 49) 16) 6 33/10 14 New McLeop. W. A. O. Morson, | He then ordered the boat to be put een ne cans ig vei kie' t petals. sors 29'Saturday | 49) 17! 7 22'10 51| 8 52 Nem McQvaruin, ‘ee before the wind again; but the men| Mg for all expenses and losses incurred. | been abusing him in the press in this 30|Sunday | 49) 18] 7 59|11 28 : | A T the 57th Anngal General Meeting of scowled, and not one stirréd a finger; and|, 'ill the American hesitated; at last he, country, while they have been dping all 31\Monday —-|7 49/4 19| 8 44, mora Nov. 24, ’82.—pres her the Standard Life Assurance Compafy,| he saw the futility of this, and he did not Honestly told Wylie he wished to keep the the could to lesson his influence and |men; he liked them, and they had no objec- ) thus destroy his usefulness, from both of | tion to join his ship, and sign articles for a | which Canada had so much to gain, he has three years’ whaling voyage, provided they, been going on with his work of benefitting | did not thereby forfeit the wages to which | the country, and of increasing its prestige men if they would take service with the Yankee captain. All but three consented to do so; these three had families in Eng- land, and refused. The mate gave the others a release, and an order on Wardlaw & Son, for their full wages for the voyage; and they signed articles with Captain Slocum and entered the American Mercan- tile Navy. Two days after this they sighted the high lands at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, at ten pm.. and lay to for a pilot. After three hours’ delay they were boarded by a pilot-boat, and then began to creep into the port. The night was very dark anda thin white fog lay on the water. Wylie was sitting on the taffrail, and conversing with Slocum, when the lookout forward sung out : ‘Sail ho ! Another voice almost simultaneously yelled out of the fog: ‘Port your helm!’ Suddenly out of the mist, and close) aboard the ‘Mavia,’ appeared the hull and. canvas of a large ship. The brig was cross- ing her course, and her great bowsprit barely missed the brig’s mainsail. It stood for a moment over Wylie’s head. He looked up, and there was the figure head of the ship looming almcst within his reach. It was a colossal green women; one arm extended grasped a golden harp, the other was preased to her head in the attitude of holding back her wild and flowing hair. The face seemed to glare down upon the twomen. In another moment the monster, gliding on, just missing the brig, which was lost in the fog. ‘That was a narrow squeak,’ said Slocum. Wylie made no answer, but looked into the darkness after the vessel. He had reeognized her figure-head. It was the ‘Shannon!’ (To be continued. ) The High Commissioner. (Montreal Gazette.) It is announced that Sir Charles Tupper is about to leave England, with the inten- tion of being present at the approaching meeting of Parliament. He will be heartily welcomed, not only for the service he will render in the House of Commons, but on account of the important services he has frendered when in England, as High Com- missioner for the Dominion. We doubt if any public man has ever, within the period of a few months, had opportunity of render- ing more important service to his country, and has used the opportunity with greater ability. When the Minister of Railways was named to the position which he so ably fills, as Canadian representative in Great Britain, everyone recognized the fitness of the appointment. Possessed of wonderful abilities, of remarkable energy, and of great experience, acquired during a quarter of a century of public life, he was certain to make his influence, and through him the influence of the Dominion, felt in any circle in which he might be called upon to move. He has had some oppor- tunities of an important character. His action when the cattle trade of Canada was threatened through the extra-official zeal of an Imperial officer in Liverpool, was an evidence of his eminent qualifications for the important position he fills. Had Canada been represented by a less able, and above all by a less energetic minisier, the chances are that the country would they.wayld ba.sntitiedan. seaching- Liver-;in a manner thetrentitles him to the warm- pool. ylie went forward and asked the , est gratitude and most hearty recognition of his fellow-subjects in Cenada of all parties. His work as High Commissioner has been altogether removed from party conflicts. If his party derive a reflected advantage from it, that is simply the accident of the position. In itself it is Canadian work, no party work, and in the performance of it he should have been saved from the wretched and unpatriotic abuse to which he has been subjected. Happily that abuse has not injured him, while his labors on behalf of Canada have greatly strengihened him. He comes back, we are glad to learn, much improved in health, and with a record, as the result of his six months’ labor, of which any public man might well be proud. eee Practical Education ‘Business colleges” are springing up in every town—why! Because business has adopted new methods, and the school has refused to recognize them. These schools teach their pupils the operations actually used in the counting-room—the common school does not—hence they have cut them- selves off, and created separate institutions. The great need of ovr educational system to-day is simplification. We have made many improvements, or at least additions, but have withdrawn nothing to make room for them. We have added drawing and music, and we have done well; we have added the elements of science in s me places, which was well; but where have we made room for them in the course already ful!? Nowhere; and the courses have, therefore, become so overloaded that no teacher cun perform his dusies to his own or the public satisfaction. Constant addition of new matter; no reduction anywhere; results judged by misleading percentages—and yet people complain of cram! What else can we do! Now, teachers who feel their re- sponsibility should advise their Boards of Education that all this must be changed— not by reducing the quality, but improving it by the exclusion of what is extraneous and unnecessary. We are now teaching too much and too poorly, The main thing the young child needs is to learn to read, to write, and tu count; and by teaching these slowly and surely, we best secure healthy meutal growth. We give children so much to do that they cannot either read or write well after two years at school, which is quite time enough if properly taught. We want to hear less of the teacher in school, and more of the pupil. In a properly organized school, much the larger part of the work is done by the pupil; but we have all seen many places where it is otherwise. Three-fourths of our pupils wiil go iuto the ranks of the world’s workers, and we must give them what they need.—James McAllister, Sppt. of Schools, Phila. pertoemapinieielenataibpn Horsford’s Acid Phosphate TONIC FOR OVERWORKED MEN, Dr, J. C. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., says:— ‘‘I have used it as a general tonic, and in par- ticular in the debility and dyspepsia ef over- worked men, with satisfactory results, , + > ><a Kitiep.—An accident occurred at Clifton railway bridge, near River Philip on Thursday last, by which aman named Oliver Fillmore lost isis life. He was crossing in company with another man and must have stumbled and was unable to get ont of the way before the train reached him. He was a farmer, - —— have been scheduled, and it is difficult to s* : middle-aged, and belonged to River Philip,