Se. 2 Pea ra See ee ee eee CARPET DEP Brussels, Fapestrys, THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JUNE 1, _ 100, ARTMENT HOUSE FURNISHINGS New Carpets, Yelvets, Unions, Scotches and Hemps No need Jight helps to coubt. Tle very test line of Brussels Cro-ley’s | fine ,rude, agency is curs for P. E Ie-| ad J Lev areon the floore cf tome of the! bee ple of Ch’town jor tbe last five, | ter een years and tull bry sstisfy. | Bet you get a Crorelry, then you get} the 1 NDEE Squares Ari, Jute, end Hew eavy aud wice mating. Pretty | De- Prices $1.75, $2 25. $2 60, #4 i $5.00 Sixes 5x3 3.4 4x4 and a’ yer Bits, MATS, MA TS—Huo<! ay hesrth mat, ocor mats, hail | nt “| mate,twioce mats etran mats, | fie +» to$2.€0. Fiber mats made by | tk i people ef old England and | S ; housand '2 of old well | quare vare et oil cloth suitetle ter ki chens, be i dining come, , cbhe halls aud cl . HEMP CARPETS. - mottled grourds, iancy stripes, tf arpets, 0G es side, 15°, 18¢ a! ard. large aseortment of these pretty a ‘| carpets, are reversible and ef.- fe i carpets, floral designe, 33 inches yard. o» Carpets, floral designs, 36 inches witt- 19s ward. Il rt carpets, flora! designe, 36 inches woe Jie yard, Liem p carpets, foral designe, 36 inches wits > yard, Lit mp carpets, floral designe, 36 inches wi’’, ic a yard. EREMP STAIR CARPETS. Paton’s hemp siarcarpete, 18 inches wide, 9c, 13c, 18¢ vard. Henp stair carpeis, 22 inches wide 15, 23¢ yard, Hemp stair carpets, 27 incues wide 18c, 27¢ yard. Pa'ion’s hemp étair carpets, floral de~ signs, 18 inches wide, 10c yard ; 22 inches wide, ld4c yard. SAXON CARPETS. Paton’s woven hard reversible twist Sexoo carpets, mottled or etriped, same efiects as the Dutch carpets. The shades ™m the mottled Saxon cerpets are green and grey, red and black, brown and grey. There carpets are full 27 inchos wide, 27¢ yard. The tapestry carpets are pretty ground with bright colors, full 27 inches wide, 35° yard. Paton’s jetair fcarpet, 118 juches wide} 18¢ yard. Paton’s stair carpet, 22 23c yard. Paton’s stair carpet, 27 27 yard, Paton’s stair carprt, ‘36 35c yard. inches wide, inches wide, inches wide. } : ' > 92 27, ' flora! designs and of best finish, 28c, 37c SR BONER... «ces sibidbictin | variety of patierns and ‘good finish, about 48 to 50 inches wide, SATEENS. Fancy eateens in al] the newest shades and designs, with choice floral and fascy patterns, and with silk finish. Art eateens, 40 inches wide, of extra value, at 18c per yard. Art eateene, 32 iuches wide, in fancy aud 40c per vari. ART CRETONNES, ETC. We have in steck, allthe vear round, cver 100 different patterns and colorings io the various qualities of printed creton- nes mauufactured, comprising the favorite colors of cream, fawn, bluette, brown, , crimeon, green, olive, gold, navy blue and black, etc. Art printed erstonnes, in fancy floral designee, latest color combinations, 27 ...--10c yard New art cretonnes for covering odd chairs, couches, etc., Jatest floral designs } and newest color bends, 30 inches wide Mit indonntenss eis lle, 143¢ yard Latest art patterns and coloring ia new cretonnes of very superior make, suitable for furniture covering, curtaius, etc., 30 inches wide, 22c, 40c yard. REVERSIBLE CRETONNES. New reversible cretonnea, in splendid Pp — Reversible cretonnes with handsome borders, and snitable for portieres and bed-room curtains, 46 inches wide, 18c, 25 and 29 c per yard. DENIMS. Art denims, in a choice collection of new.a@ft Colors (plain) 26 inches Wide, . Mpercessers ee Qeoes <2 ‘ne Se e. Art pattern denims, in exquisite de- signs and thelatest' art color tones, variety of patterns, 33 inches wide, 20c yard. FURNITURE COVERING. Jute furniture coverings, strong and in gree, bluette, peacock blue, navy blue, geld. gobelin, fawn, cardinal and garnet. | sessseseee 0G 37C 39c 45 and 5%ca yard. PORTIERES. Fancy Bordered Portieres. Paton’s—Theee portieres car be had in red, bronze, green, blue, brown, fawn and terra, Paton’s fancy border portieres avout 36 inches wide by 3 yards long, in all above COLOTEsecerscccccecrs: seersesersespa GOs 3 20 pair Paton’s fancy border Tapestry portieres about 43 inches wide by 3 yards long, in al) above COlOrS.....cc0eee-s0e $4 40 pair newest coloring ‘ | floral designs, 33 inches wide, 25c yard. Paton’s fancy border portieres about 72 inches wide by 34 yards long, in red, green and blue..... pares aap Ge ccsounce ne Sie Paton’s fancy border portieres about 72 inches wide by 33 yards long, in red, bronze, green and blue. PORTIERES. These portieres can be had in red, green, blue, brown, fawn and terra. Plain portieres in the above colorings about 48 inches wide by 35 yards long New Rugs, New Oileloth, New Mattings, New Linoleums. to magnify our facilities for seeing and showing them. a speeding choice, and yon get what you think you're getting, without a | for SUMMER -RESIDENCH, one ~ . ee -$6 20 pair SCC SHSM ee HE eEET eee ee ee Farcy Chenille portieres paiterns and colorings az above about 48 in artistic inches wide by 3} long...$7 25, 11 00 pair | HASSOCKS........ .....00c and 75s. | c00 YARDS OF STRAW MATTING. | Sripes, cheks and plain. Also, a few JAP ART DESIGNS, fine floor covering yard wide from '4e to 45c CURTAIN GOODS plain and frilled, white and colored spots sad spraves. Lace curtains 352, 45c, 55c, G5c. Nottingham Jace curtains sbout 36 inches wide by 23 yards Jong in white 39. pir. Nol. Nettingbam Jace curtains 40 inches wide by 3 yards long in white, 70c This department contains the finest assortment of Carpet and floor coverings in all tte newest features in Carpets are introdaced a3 soon as they appear on the mar- ket, which patents the fact that for artistic, handsome and fashionable floor deceration here are the headquarters. The greatest yossible attention i8 paid 10 mail orders and our beat exporience usdd in the satisfactory filling of them, The large stock of Carpets carried embraces all makes from the lower priced hemps to the finest qualities of Axminster and Wilton and having complete ranges of Patterns in every grade it is possibte to please the tastes of all in the class of goods they may require. Plenty of room and Linoleums, 4 yarde wide, 40c, 45c, 55c, T5c, 90c, $1.10 per square yard. AXMINSTER RUGS. Seat English manufucture, the finest |rugs io the world, this season’s agsort- | pair. No 2. Nottingham lace curtain: 52 | pair. curtains 8 Wilte Nc 3. Nottingham lace inches wide by 33 yards long ia $1.15 pair. No 4. Nottingham inches by 34 yards long 1.75, 2 00, 2.25 pair. curtains 6 $1 50 ] ace io write inches wide by 3 yarde long in white, 90 No 5. Notticgham lace curtains inches wide by 33 long in white $2 60 300, 350, 3.85 parr, No 6. Nottinghem lace white 72 inches wide by $2.10, 2 35, 2.85, 3.00 pair. No 7. Nottingham lace curtains 72 inches wide by 34 yards ‘ong, $2.85, 4.55 pair. ; No 8. Nottingham lace curtains 81 inches wide by 84 yards longin white, $3.00, 5 40, 6 75 pair. ess We carry the best and newest designs ia the city. ; Crumb cloths all sizes, in pure linen. Stair oil cloths and linen all quality and widths, DAMASK PORTIERES. A special line of Dam: gk portieres: about 40 inches wide by 3 ya ds long: fringed at top and» bottong $3.50 a pair. COIN SPOTTED MUSLINS. We keep these goods in all sized spots from pin head up to that of a silver dol lar. 36 inches Wide......0.00.---12C. i5¢. yard OU curtains in loug 91 »¥ 4 oy Yards ea. § sccccccccccscocccel SC yard 66. « ** spotted and figured 25c yard ee “* large figure euit- able for long..............06¢ yard ENGLISH OIL CLOTHS AND LINO- LEUMS. The assortment of oil cloths and lino- leums is very lerge, and is entirely com- posed of the best English and Scotch manufacture, the goods are all thoroughly well seasoned and warranted to give good wear, English oilcloth, two yards wide, 27c, 33c per square yard. English oilcloth, 4 yards equare, 38, 45, 50c, 55c, 65c, 7T5c, 9c, $I-10 per equare yard. Linoleums, 2 yards wide, 35c, 402, 45c, 50c per square yard. ment is very choice, containing many beautiful patterns of osltogether rew sty lees icssd Vodice BO te ee Ss COCOA MATS. e ? 3 oz?n in atock. Size 16 by 24 incheBee.c.ce seve occ. 4ac, 655 Size 16 bv 27 iaches....<... ...68¢, 856 Size 18 br 30 inchesr.............68c, 1.05 Size 20 bv 33 inches........ . 82a, 1.35 Size 22 by 36 inches.>.... ......95¢, 1,65 Size 24 by 32 inche«...... 1.95, 2 50 RUBSES MATS—§$1.25 and $2 50. 23... > Seer AY) ~ ner agaligess LN YD FN } ] Siz aa) COCOA MATTINGS. For cutdoor steps, church aislee, public in- if rhe stitutions and wherevera of eh hard wearicg floor cover- /79%}) | |\s\ (OA ing is required; cocca mattings are to be nad in the following widthe: 36 icches wide, 42 inches and 55 inches. ISSELL” eas 2b PY IAP DDS Dah o> ~~ CARPETSSWEEPER. Of the latest ‘and most eatiefactor’ make, every sweeper warrant- ed perfect. The Celebrated cara pet * sweepers, $2.40 ty ae carpet sweepers, $3.00 The Correct each. Gee The Gold Medalfcarpet sweepers, $3.50 each. SED S270 Window shade cloth, window shade fittings, window madres, brass curtain reds, extension rode, brass pole rings, brass pole ends,\brass pole brackets, brass curtain pins, brass tassel hooks, brass picture hooks. brass nails, brass rode, brass curtain chains, al kinds of wood polesand woods ends, Everything for home comforts. 10¢0 REMANTS OF CARPETS in Brussel. Tapestry and velvets, 4 yards long, suitable for mats. PLENTY OF MAT FRINGE 100 fancy tapestry table covers. Batbroom mats made from oil 35 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents. cloth JAS. PATON & CO. The House Furnishers, Woo! Taken in Exchange. ‘THE DAILY EXAMINER JUNE 1, 1900. —_——— — ET Se THE SINKING FUND FRAUD. Worcesrer clearly defines “ sinking fund” as “ the egyregate of sume cf mocey eet apart acd invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishmeni of a debt of a goveroment or of a corporas tion by the accumulation of interest.” This Province has @ heavy debt —ac- cumulated forthe most part by a Gov- ernment pledged to the people to accumu late no debt—and been many debentures have istucd. deeming the we quote the act which provides for the construction of a new wing to the Hospital for the Insane—“ it shall be the duty of the Government of Prince Edward Ieland, in every vear, to set aparta sum equal to one and a half per cent. on the amount of the debentures actually isened, which sum shall be invested as a sinking fund to be used for the redemption of said debentures, and fer no other purpose.” Section 7 of the Act 55 Vic. Cap. 1, which authorizes the issuing of $185,- 000 debentures, reads as follows: “ It sha}l be the duty of the Government at every session of the Legislature of Prince Edward Island, to lay before the House a statement showing the amount of the sinking fund, and the investments repre- eenting the same.” It is evident that the debt cannot po3- sibly be extinguished by means of a eink- ing fucd unless the terms of the law are strictly adhered to, and that both the debenture holders and the public must be deceived if they are not adhered to; for the public supposes that the debt is gradually being extinguished, and the debenture holders loaned the Province their money On the assurance of a Provincial Statute that a“siunking fuud *? would be previded “Fer the purpose of re- said debentures,’ — ' oat of which they should be repaid, The failure of the Government to com - ply with the terme of the Statute is clearly a breach of faith with the public anda breach of fait hwith the debenture holders» as wellas a breach of duty under the law, Now, what shall be said of a Govern- ment which pretends to have a sinking fund, ard bas none? In the report of the Provincial Auditor we see a statement headed in large lettere— * DEBENTURE SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.” and this account is credited with certain sume, presumably in terms of the statute. But, upon being pressed for a definite ex-, planation concerning the moneys invested and where the euditor says: “The sum of $11,930.30 shown bv the Auditor’s report under the head of deben- tures sipkiog fund is in the Merchan:’s Bank of Halifax on call. “The sum of $4,538 87, under the head ef funds held in trust, ie in the Merchar t’s Bank of Halifax on call.” And when the enquiry is carried a liitle further it appears that the Government have no money at the bank “ on ca!!,” except that which they may borrow from time to time, and thatthe Debenture Sinking Fund accountisa fraud. The Provincial debt is not gradually being ree duced as that account shows ; the deben- ture holders bave no security in a ‘‘sink- ing fund” es that account would lead them to suppose, Moreover, the Public Accounte made up at the end of 1899 and presented tothe public late in the month of May, areall wrong. The public debt is $15,- 569.17 larger than the accounts show it to be. That i- to say,—apart from the unpaid contract, and the unpaid amount earned by the teachers at the end of the year,—ivstead of being $500,688.00 it was $516,256.03. Isa government guilty of an act of this kind to be countenanced and supported by honest men ? encanta ialitttiintitncon in NOTES AND COMMENTS. as —it is suggested thatthe person who broke open Mr. Birch’s desk on Wednes- day evening was looking for the missing sinking funde, —It is notable that at the head of each class of Prince of Wals etnudents, thig year, stands a girl! Boys, this won't do, — Today we were shown a purse by Mr. S. F. Hodgson sent him from South Africa by Sergeant Lorne Stewart. It is a puree of the old fashioned type, smells strongly of Boer tobacco, and contains wo Ove-petiny postage stamps,a small blue hair ribbon and a fishing line. Lorne writes that he commandeered it out of a Boer commandant’s trunk after the capture of Cronje at Paardeberg. Mr. Hodgson is justly proud in bemg the possessor Of 60 unique a memento of an event which brings to Canada so much giory and which is destined to shed much lustre upon her future history. Lorne’s letter is one of much interest, but he re- quests thatit ke not published. OPINEAU ASKED TO RESIGN. He Gets a Scorcher from the Men Whom he Has Betrayed. A remoastrance and petition signed by between four aud five hundred of the electors of the First District of Prince County has been presented to Henry J, Vinesu, upbraiding him with his betrayal of trust and asking him to resign his seat in the Legislature forthwith. The docac ment reads * To Mr. Henry J. Pineau, M. L.A: Sin,—The undersigned French aad other Conservative electors of the First District of Prince County, believing you to be a man whom they could trust ag tneir representative in the Local Legisla- ture of this Province, have recorded their vote in our behalf on the 19th July last at least, by your vote, in the hail of our Legislature, to rid the country of the pres sent Fargubareon Governwent, They are pained io see that you have betrayed the trust reposed in you and that-you supporta Geverament which you have pledged yourself to oppose and that you are the eole cause of the present mal- administration of the affairs of the country being continued. You have, since you tock your seat in the Legiclature, been serviog the interests of those who did their utmost tocrush you when you appealed to the electors of this district. You have proven false to those who wero instrumen- tal in promoting you to the position you now occupy. You have forfeited their confidence and consequently you cannot be considered 48 @ representative of the pubs lic, neither that of the Liberals who voted Sgainst you por that of the Conservatives whom you have betrayed. There remains nothing for you todo now but resign the mandate which you bold and we hore thst there is atill enough manliness in you to come to that dete:mi- nation. By sodoing you will, to a cers: tain extent, redeem your persunal repuia tion and comply with our earnest wishes- and hopes. P. E.I. HOSPITAL. —— Annual Meeting He!d Last Evening. chair gt the annual meeting of contribu- tors to the P. E. Island Hospital, held last evening. The reports were generaliy satisfactory. Great ixterest bas been shown in the new hospital * building (particularly by the ladies) and the institation is now highly creditable to the Province. The reports show that there was ex: pended last year on building account $17,862.27, and that the receints on this account amounted to $17,602.46,—leaving an overdraft at the Bank of $259.81. On furnishing account there was ex- pended $5,231.14, and received $3,794 28 leaviog a balance in hand of $563.14. Mr. A. B. McKenzie was re-elected to the Board of Trustees, and Mr. W. A. O. Morson wae elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Fitz- gerald. After some discussion, it was decided to suggest to the trustees the advisability of permitting the institution to be open to visitors two days in each week, one of theee days to bea market day. » —— <a — The Militia Department are in receipt of a letter addressed to the Imperial War Office by a gentleman in the Northwest suggesting that all the Maueer rifles taken in tbe warin South Africa be sent to Canada for the purpose of arming mount- ed infantry corps to be raised in Manitoba andthe Northwest territories. In sends ing this letter to the Militia Department, ihe Imperial] War Office accompany it by a letter stating that Lord Lansdowne is not in favor of the suggestion, as the in- troduction of the Maueer into Canada would entail the making of Mauser am- munition at the Canadian factory, thus introducing! new patterns. a ae a} e¢é Great Haste is Not Always Good Speed.”" diiany people trust to luck to pall them through, and are <* often disappointed. Do not eG 4 ? dilly-dally in matters of health, With it you can vr , ¢ sug eccomplish miracles. With- is - vr out it you are ‘*no good, Keep the liver, kidneys, bowels and blood healthy by the use of Hood’s Sar- saparilla, the faultless blood purifier. Rheumatism—"I had acute rheuma- tism: in my limb end foot. I commenced treatment with Hood’s fSaersapariila and Hood’s Pills and in a short time was ented.” Witt1aAM HaskKeErr, Brantford. Ont. Scrofula—“ I was troubled with scrofula and impure blood cut on my arm would not heal. Hvood’s Sarsapariiia was recommenced and after I had taken three bottles | was well.” Danren Ropison, 52% Treauley Street, Toronto, Ont. Hoods Sarsaparih eS PTT: AEDT pli Hood's Pilis cure liver ilis; the non-irrit«ting ané only cathartic to take with Hood's Sareaparills, and confided you the mandate of helping, CuarLes Patmer, Eq., occupied the SO Sgn cc AE AT PLEA I OT Sy, OO mr