ae ee ——— a | ee ‘ kis corsage th. iitaaT erat wees oti Tags epee Sg el ie sect iy ae poste om cates ttn o SE ae ae sinh einem saint desarereceeenp oe). meonsboa a retin — it ne ies Salieeiineiaadesttaansttlel cman: ot Wis Senin ile saileigeatieerete Tus Daruy EXAMINER. MARCH 26, 1884. | Drawing the Long Bow. — Tur Patriot claims that its estimate | of the public debt, made before the | | Belfast election, is uader the mark, and in its issue of yesterday sets down the whole indebtedness of the Province at the end of 1883 at $100,846. We have not the Patriot of the 13th of February before us, but we have a distinct recollec- tion of the manner in which our con- temporary figured in trumping up an euormous balance against the Province. In the first place the organ put down as a debt $23,000 or $24,000, being for one quarter’s salary of teachers unpaid at the 3lst of December. This was unfair to the present Government, ; because a’ We showed yesterday they have paid the large sum of $482,000 for education during the five years they have been in power. That amount includes four full quarters for every year. The teachers could not be paid on the 3lst of December. It was impossible for them to have their papers completed until after the Ist of January. We will be asked we dare say, why then did you insist on charging the Davies Govern- ment in 1878 with the quarter's salary which fell due on the 31st December? The auswer is obvious. Every year should be charged with /fowr quarters’ salary to teachers. The Davies Govern- ment only paid three quarters salary ia 1878, aud they were therefore justly chargeable with the other quarter. In view of the facts that the teachers cannot be paid until their papers are obtained from the Trustees of the Schools, and that these papers cannot be given until after the Ist of January, and that the present Government have paid twenty full quarters salaries during the five years they have been iu power, it is simply childish in the Patriot to charge a quarter's salary as a floating debt of the Province. Another item in the Patriot's estimates is for unpaid accounts at the close of the year. This is also straining a point beyond what is reasonable and just. The present Government have every year since they came into power made most strenuous efforts to pay off in each year, every obligation properly belonging to it. Despite every effort, small sums amount- ing in the aggregate to from $5,000 to $12,000 may be found, unadjusted and carried forward. Nothing but a desire to trump up a balance for electioneering purposes, would induce any person to set this amount down as a debt against the Province. Perhaps we wiil be told that uopaid accounts at the close of 1878 were aljeged by the couservatives to be a fair charge against the Davies Govern- ment. ‘This is quite true, but the cases are widely differeut. In 1878 the Gov-} ernment systematicaily refused payment of large sums which were undoubtedly due. They agreed with some of the public creditors to pay interest on ac- counts due them, so that these amounts would not appear in the accounts of 1878. They issued a circular in the autumn of that year instructing Supervisors to draw no more orders until the lst January, and they opened a suspense account, by which means, large sums paid in 1878 were charged in the accounts of 1879. The large sums carried forward in 1878, by a system of desperate financiering, bear no comparison to the few unpre sented accounts which may have been left unpaid at the close of last year. Other items in the Patriot’s estimates are just as wide of the mark as those to which we have referred, but we have no time to-day to take them up in detail. But what is most remarkable io Mr. Laird’s manner of dealing with the financial state of the Province, in the article before us, is that while he trumps up every conceivable item for the pur- pose of swelling the public debt, he care- fully leaves credits out of his calculation. It was perhaps quite consistent for him to omit an amount for piers, before the Belfast election, because he then declared that Prince Edward Island would never secure a dollar from that source. He said that the Govern- ment had been ‘‘peering” for money, on account of these works, for a long time ; but they were ‘‘farther from getting it than ever.’ We gather from the Patriot of March 24th, that Mr. Laird is aow of a different opinion. He intimates that the sum of $53,900 is to be received for the maintenance of public piers since 1873 ; and he actually strikes a balauce between that amount and the deficit as shown on the face of the publie accounts, as follows :-— .... $54,657.58 53,000 00 **Admitied debt of Province. PT NEE, 0 0s 0 s'eite che SEIN oS bs cena ales .- S 1,667, 58” We think from the above that Mo. Ferguson’s fox story has not lost irs applicubility to Mr. Laird and other Grit financiers in dealing with the public accounts. The Patriot gives a version of the story, but misses the application. | We cow quote the anecdote as it appears in the Parliamentary Report of Mr. Ferguson’s speech on the Budget, 1880 :— “It was certainly highly gratifying to the Government, to find that their | oppone: have been taken on the finances of the Province, and the manner in which the Opposition are compelled to go back on their own figures is exceedingly dis creditable to them, and calculated to shake | whatever coufi‘ence any portion of tie people might be iuclined te place in their calcula. tieas, The manner in which they have abar | doned the previous contention reminds me ot | a Seotch clergyman, of whom I heard, who | was yiven, like the hon. member for Tignish, Ww make somewhat ex statemcuts, ‘THE DAILY HXAMINER, The Kirk session complained to the reverend gentleman on this sc.'«, and he admitted his weakness, and promised amendment in future, and it was arrange’ that his ruling ¢lder should watch his rev. rence, and whenever the latter drew a long bow, the elder, whose name was Sandy, should cough. A short time |after the minister was preaching about the foxes which Samson tied tai: to tail for the purpose of firing the Philistines’ corn, He said that foxes ia these days had tails fifteen feet long. Sandy coughed. The minister took the hint,and continued; ‘It is the opinion, brethren, of some of the commentators that the foxes tails were not so long as that; some are of opinion that their length was only ten feet, Sandy coughed again. The preacher hesitated a little, and went on: ‘And still there are other commentators who say the tails of these creatures were only five feet long.’ Sandy coughed once more, when the minister, whose patience was finally exhaust- ed, burst out: ‘You may cough as much as you like, Sandy; but 1 wont take off another foot to please you. (Langhter.) The hon. members of the Opposition had, no doubt, taken heed to the cough of incredulity with which the financial statements they have made have been greeted by the public, and they have come down accordingly in their figures; but, I suppose, they have made up their minds to make a stubborn stand at $30, - 000, and declare to the intelligent public: ‘Cough as much as you like, we wont come down another dollar.’ (A Jauch.)” In one issue of the Patriot Mr. Laird declares that the debt of the Province is $100,000.00. To make up this sum he includes items which have no right to be included, and leaves out all credit for money to be received for maintenance of piers. In another issue, Mr. Laird ad- mits, as quoted above, that the actual deficit is only $1,657.58. Who will say, after reading these two widely differ- ing calculations, that Mr. Laird is alto- gether deaf to the “cough of incredulity” with which his figures are received by the public? He may now stubboruly declare that he wont take off another dollar. We shall see. —2 <> o——____- The game of this Province requires protection. Lately sportsmen, for profit, have been bagging large numbers of wild fowl by using torchlight at night. This means nothing more than the slaughter of ali game to be found on the Island. Ao Act is being prepared to remedy the evil, and we hope our Legis- lators will give it due consideration. —_—- — —>—-_—2 ae «+ —A CORRESPONDENT of the St. John Sun complains that the diplomas and medals awarded to exhibitors at the St. John Dominion Exhibition have not yet been presented. This is not right, and exhibitors feel that an injustice has been done them by the Exhibition Commis- sioaers. Among those who won medals and have ont received theni, are Messrs. Longworth & (Co , of this city. The Electric Telegraph. Tuk proceedings before the Literary an Scientific Association, last evening, were of an interesting character. Mr. A. E. Morrison’s paper, and his illustrations and experiments were highly creditable, and won for him, at the close of the seesion, a warm expression of thanks from the Asso- ciation. Mr. Morrison by cursorily defin- ing frictional and voltaic electricity, showed the method of sending and receiy- ing despatches by the old style Morse instruments, with the clock-work and strip of paper arrangements, and said that these laiter were dispensed with in all the large offices, and messages were received and read by sound. Mr. Morrison described the ‘‘sounder” and the ‘‘relay,” and exhibited a simple but ingenious device to illustrate the method of receiving sub-marine cable despatches. His work with the battery and instruments, and his allusions in his paper to historical incidents connected by telegraphy, together wit’ the {pieces of the old and new cables laid in the Straits, greatly interested those present. An animated discussion then resulted. Dr. Leeming described the first Wheatstone systen as he saw it as a boy. Mr. Francis Bain, of the North River, in his usual logical manner, complimented Mr. Morrison, and then proceeded with an ingenious theory and description of the generation of electricity by the voltaic batteries, and the results therefrom, and also discussed the great possibilities yet to arrive from the use of electricity in the future. The Secretary, Mr. H. C. McDonald, also addressed the Assvuciation on the subject; and the Vice-President, Mr. A'tex. M:Kinron, created much amuse- ment by objecting ‘to the explanations Mr. Bain was about to make to Mr. Mc- Dovald’s remarks,” and by facetious refer- ence to some others present. Charles Palmer, John Newson, and Robert Small- wood, Esquires, also spoke on the subject in hand, as also did Mr. McKinnon and Mr. Good, law students. The sessions of the Association this winter have shown that many in this community are competent to grapple with metaphysical and scientific subjects in an intelligent and comprehen- sive manner. Mr. Robert Smallwood will read his second paper on the subject of steam, particularly in reference to its nse in land locomotion, on Tuesday evening next. °° Nova Scotia’s Charities. At the Provincial and City Hospital. Halifax, during 1883, there were 706 patients—death rate 6.23. Tho admissions exceeded those of 1883 by 46. The largest number in the hospital at any one time was 86. Total number admitted since opening of hospital in 1867, 8,238. Deaths during that time, 578. Twenty-two deaths oceurred in the Poors’ Asylum during the year; 13 men and 9 women. There were in the Poois’ Asylum during the year 108 men, 82 women and 34 children, chargeable to the Prov- ince; 186 men, 108 females and 46 children chargeable to the city of Halifax. The attendance at the Deaf ard Dumb Instétation for the year was 76 pupils—43 males aud 33 females. Of these Nova Seotia furnished 42 and New Brunswick, The pupils in the Vind Asylum school | at the close of the year numbered twenty- seven—18 boys and 9 girls; of these 19 be- | long to Nova Scotia, 6 from New Bruns- wivk and 2 from P. Hi. Istand. i EO. Wiggins Predicts Another Storm. | Dx. E. Stone siccins eiiwinnstnes| great storm, on the 28th inst. Writing on | the aubject to the Halifax Herald, he says ; | In criticising my letter to the President of | the United States last year, Gen. Hazen } said that no signal ofticer or anyone else | could possibly fortell a storm above 48} hours in advance, and yet what ay crafty general do? He saw my prediction | of a great storm to take place on Sept. 14th, | 1883, the storm in which the ‘‘Asia’ was lost on Lake Huron with a hundred sou's on board—and he put out cautionary sig- nals a week in advance all along the Atlantic seaboard, and by this act the American Register tells us (I quote from tho London Graphic) he saved eight millions of dollars worth of United States shipping. The storm of last March was caused by a union of forces that OCCUR MORE THAN ONCE IN A CENTURY, DOES NOT This is seen in the fact that it extended over the whole world, producing the high- est general tide ever known on the Atlantic coast. Tidal waves were also felt in the middle of the Pacific in Australia, the Sandwich Islands and New Zealand, the houses along the coast, in many instances, having been flooded. Several towns in America and Europe had the sea upon their streets. In Flushing, New Jersey, the water was four feet deep, and so of twenty cities and towns in Great Britain. Two weeks after the Lord Mayor of London published a letter in the Times, asking sub- scriptions in aid of the 450 widows and orphans whose husbands and fathers mostly fishermen—had been lost in the great tempest of March 9th. But it was upon the lava veins of the earth that the planetary attraction was most apparent The moon’s conjunction with the sun oc curred over the meredian of the island of Borneo, and it is known world-wide that THE GREAT VOLCANO on the adjacent island of Java broke out immediately in eruption, as I had foretold, and for which the New York Times was generous enough to give me credit. It may then well he asked if the storm was so great why was it not more disastrous in America. I answer because, Ist, the storm area rose on striking the cozst, autl moved half a mile above the earth's surface in passing over America; and 2nd, it was not cramped in its westward march by the erie) polar cur- rents. The storm of August 24th, 1873, was greatly its inferior, and yet from being pressed upon by air currents it scattered destruction and death everywhere upon the coast of Nova Scotia. From the smaliness of its band the storm of the twenty-eighth instant will be one of great danger; and were it not fer the pecuhar position of the planet Jupiter would have its greatest vielence in the Maritime Provinces,whereas it will occur in its greatest strength, mid- ways between Halifax and the Cape of Good Hope. It will be accompanied by EARTHQUAKES IN EUROPE AND AMERICA and iv April the volcanoes in Europe and Asia will be in full play. There are several storms of prominence which will take place on your meridian in the year reckoned from the 28th inst., but the fonr following are the most dangerous and should be aveided by seamen, viz. :— April 26th-28th, 1884. Sept. 20th-22nd, 1884. Oct. 20th-22nd, 1884. Mar. 18th-19th, 1885. The lightest cf these will be that of April 26th, and the heaviest that of Sept. 20th. Each will be succeeded about ten days after by a reflex storm, not however of much danger, but of tolerable severity. All will be attended by high tides. It is this class of storms, and this alone that is attended by dangerous tidal waves. Two years ago [ pointed out that during the years ’83, ’84, and ’85, the four great planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune would be near their perihelion -which would greatly increase the density of the earth’s atmosphere and that therefore the winters of these years would be remarkable for their severity and in the abundance of snow, while the summers would be cool and excessively moist. So far this has proved to be true. The excessive attraction of these bodies upon the sun has caused the disappearance of the burning hydrogen in the corona of the solar orb, while the remarkable suneets we have recently seen sufficiently prove the condensation that has taken place in she atmosphere of the earth. It is this density of our atmosphere that has made our heaviest storms so dangerous, and caused the destructive cyclones on the American continent the last year. ~— ~~ <> > Our Advertisers. Mr. J. ©. Flemiag will lecture in St. Patrick’s Hall, on the evening of the 2nd of April, next. His subject is ‘‘the Path- ways to Fame. Wm. J. Jenkins chajlenges Chas. Paton to a skating contest. — <2 ee — — - -———— Mvcu attention has been excited by a letter from Rome which appears in the Defense, a clerical newspaper of Paris. The writer recounts the charges of the Papacy against Italy. The Pope believes that his indepen- dence is threatened, especially since the Court of Cassation rendered its decision that the real property of the Propaganda Fide should be converted into Italian rentes. The latter asserts that His Holinegs is again considering the advisability of leaving Rome. a a ae a a ea The Pathways 0 Fame, C, FLEMING, ESQ., Editor of the « Charlottetown Herald, will deliver a LACTURHE, on the above subject. under the auspices of the Catholic Literary Union, in ST. PATRICK'S HALL, ~OK-— Weinesday Evening, Qed April, Admission, 10 cents; Reserved Seats, 15) cents, Tickets for sale at Fraser & Reddin’s | Drug Store and at Apothecarics’ Hall, Doors open at 730; Lecture to commence | at eight p. m, | T. CURRAN, | Seorctary, | Culivwn,; March 28, 1°84, ! GENERAL MA KOE FIRE INSURANCE. 0:0 - HORACE HASZARD, INSURANCE AGENT, —REPRESENTING— a ee ne Fire Assurance Company, Torento, Ontario, CAPITAL, $800,000.00, Western Commercial Union Assurance Company, London, Eng., CAPITAL, $12,166,666,00. British American Marine Insurance Company, Terento, CAPITAL, $500,000.00. Risks taken on all descriptions of insurable property. OFFICES—Corner of Queen and Lower Water S/reets. Ch’town, March 17, 1884, —1m cod TRE LIVERPOOL AND LORDON AND GLOBE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF HWINGLAN D. ESTABLISHED A. D. 1836. 0eWn7“-_—-— Invested Funds .$30,632,000 ; of which OVE MILLION DOLLARS is invested in Canada. 0 General Reserve and Fire Ke-fnsurance Fund, Si&VEN MELLION 23WO HUNDRED TROUSAND DGLLARS. o-_—_——— This Company will now do a general business in the City and Province. Risks taken daily by R. R. FITZGERALD, | east Re a ee _AGENT. _ y WEST THDUA WAREHOJSE PRA DE SALE. Da rt r VHE Subscriber will sel vy AUCTION, at ; his Auction Room, corner of Queen and Ten bhds., fifty bris., Water Streets, on } Ch’ town, March 10, 18&4.—eod Sugar. Porto Rico Sugar, (ranulated Cn i bris., tor : ae oe ‘Wednesday, the 2nd April next AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK, A. M., Molasses, Sugar, Herring, Tea, Mo lasses, PAPER BACS, WRAPPING PAPER, Demeraraand Trinidad Fifty puns., | Brooms, Nutmegs, Cloves and General FOR SALE BY | Groceries, HORACE HASZARD. ALSO, ‘ies aad BOOTS AND SHOES, DRY COODS, &c. China and India Teas. gale Telhaontine: dos | One hundred h’f-ch’ts, | _ vo. bifty caddies, N. J. CAMPBELL, India Teas (4ouchong), ‘Twenty cases, Auctioneers, Do (Orange Pekoe), Twenty casez, Do, (Pekoe), Ten cases, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. —— —— i i HORACE HASZARD. ' eerie ' FOR SALE BY Choice Congou, 0 Ch’town, March 20, 184, Are Offering ex Warehouse, 400 bls. Medium and High Grade Patents (American and Canadian), Fish. Choice Codfish, 100 quintals, No.2 do., 25 do, 125 bris Low Grade Bakers, Choice Hake, 100 do., oe i thee OFFICE OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE. FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. ——— ee N. B—We are no~ prepared to receive orders for Spring Importation - Flour, Corn- meal, ete. Also, parties having Oats or Malt. | ing Barley for sale would do well to eall J. ¥. SHATFORD, Two tons, ; Ayeat. Two tons, | Ch’town, March 13, Five tons, No a eer eee mee, Five tons, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD., or Cracked Corn, Cracked Grain, W heat Shorts, Wheat Bran Ground Bones. ——— ee HE undersigned will be prepared to sup- | ply ptre ground bones, of all sizes, and jin large or email quantities, to farmers and 100 bris., | others about Ist April, Fiour, &c. ee Queen (Sup. Extra), Crystal, do., 100 bris., i Seedinal Gia nl detain ci. Sb tothe | Highest Cash Price paid for FOR SALE BY Gid Bones, HORACE HASZARD, | J. W. McGILL | Oh’town, March 14—eod 2m pat eod 2m 8) 2m Manilla Marline, One ton, neil Nift il | a Do. Ropes, oe ‘Valuable Pr operty FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD, | | FOR SALE. — 7s uncersigned offers for sale the busi- hess premises known as “83” QUEEN | STREET, The building is large and com. | modious, running back from Queen Street ;elghty-three fee:; and the stand is unsur, | passed, Terms easy, i JAS, DESBRISAY, Turks’ :sland Salt, 1,200 bushels, Liverpool Salt, 200 bags, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. Paints, Gils, &c. English White Lead, 100 kegs, | Ch’town, March 6- eod tf English Colored Paints, 50 kegs, . > English Patent Driers, 20 kegs, ie j > Boiled and Raw Oils, 10 casks | hea? t N t Turpentine, i0 casks, SO CTS G 106, Pitch, Rosin, Putty, Brown Lacquer, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. Ch'town, March 17, 1884.—1m eod TO Lin, pe RAILWAY HOUSE, situated Richmond Street, near London House. ALBERT SIMPSON Also a shop adjoining, 16x30 feet. Apply to JOHN SIMPSON, Jr, . b xecutors. THOMAS CAMPBELL, | Hope Biver, January isth, i994 Ctrtown, Feb, 23, 18h —t1 (mrarld tw whiy 41 Ee V JE, the undersigned, executors of the : Jast will and testament of the late Alexander Simpson, of Hope River, in ‘Qeevn'’s County, deceased, hereby notify all partics indebted to the estat+ to inate imme. diate parmeut to the undersigned, Also, | Said estate to present them, duly attested to s within twelve calendar months from date, . all parties having legal demands against | 4 ~ ate - CHALLENCE, t horles HEREBY chall. nes Paton to . skate me any place ani cr evy amount, ‘. WILLIAM J, JENKINS. March 26, 1884. — pd > 4 FOR SALE, SPLENDID SDIT of Drawing Room . Furuiture, little used, will be solid fog half-price, Rare chance. Apply at thig office, Ch town, Ma ci: 2', SEED WHEAi, i. NHOICE White Russian Wheat (ismport. C ed). tor ssle by F. L. MACNUT. Water Strect, March 24— 6) cod wkly Qj Lord's Wharf Property, ——— eee ce E undersigned will receive SEALED TENDER™, up to the 31st March, inet, from parties cerirous of renting the above Wharf, with Vi warehouses, Coal >heds, W ei, b- ing Machine and Office, tur a term of from one year to five ) ears Particulars can br o' ‘nine Stirling, Architect, etc. J HAMILTON GRAY, } > DAVID STIRLING, — { 7 "Stee, Ch’town, March 20, 1884, FOR SALE OR Td LET, ATE ALLAN McNEILUS HOME. STEAD, in Royalty, tronting on Mal peque Koad, containing about cignteen with Dwelling House and Barpe. Enquire at office of (fm “Vr lawd PALMER & MeLEOD, Ch*town, Merch 13—‘*w cod ye Iw MOLASSzZS. 50 PUNS. CHOICE MOLASSES, on consigument, for sale at a bargain, A. hi. B. MACGOWAR, AGENT, Ch’town, March 12, 18S¢.—eod 2w FOR SALE, YXHE Old Baptist Church Property, on Great George Street, next to Dremises lately occupied by the Bank of P. kK. I] For terms of sale aod cther particulars apply to F. H. ARNAUD, Agent, Merchants Bank ot Halifax, March 1, 1884. BARGAINS. AM selling the balunce of my furniture saved trom the fire «f ihe 90th uli, atd. D McLeod’s corner, Queen Street, at a reduction of from twenty-fire to fifty per cent. Delow vseuar) prices, JOUN Ne WSON, Ch’town, March &, WHITE KUSSIAN SEED WHEAT TS best producer yet tried on the Island, Cal! aud exsmine and see testimonials at my Furniture J. D. McLeod's corner. Store, JOHN NEWEON, Ch’town, March &, Fiano Tuning. M. REID announces that he is prepared - to tune and repair Pianos of al’ xinda, Broken or defective wires replaccd. Pianos tuned by the year. Orders mey be lc ft at the store of Miller Bros., Queen Street, or at his own residence, Kent Street, Feb. 18, 1884—dy 4i wky 2i pd ea —— dt \ 7 ANTED-— Several Ladies and Gentle- man to siudy ‘lelegraphy, with ® Commercial Training. Term will commences on April Ist. Apply at once to M. B McInnis, Rocklin House. [ W ANTS, LOST, FOUND, Lestat Bet ae Black WOOLLEN 4 MI‘T. The finder wil) oblige by leat [mar26 ry°O LET—A Cottage pleasantly situated a on Grafton Street, Opposite the Prince of Wales Coliege. Apply to Wu. McLras, at Merchants Bank of P. E, Island, |mar22 ing it st THE Examiner Ovrice, 7 ANTED—A Man, or Boy, who ander etands the care of horses, to about a house. Appiy at ExaMINER OFFICE [mar22 ANTE)—A Cook and a Housemaid, #0 whom high wages will be paid. me at Examiner Orrice, [ f¥*0 BE LET, about the Ist of May next, a Cottage containing nine roome, with & good Yard, Garden and Stable, plessautly situated on Upper Hillsborough Street, nearly opposite the residence of Mr, W, Leitch. Apply at Examrnen Orrice, [mar22 ecd VV Ante —s Servant Girl for general _ housework, Liberal w ages, Apply at this office, {mar2h A, (00K WANTED IMMEDIATELY, & tor a Hotel, Good wages. Apply at this office. a Pearl JOR SALE~A large tire-proof SAPB (uearly new). Apply at A. MeNeill@ Auction Room {mar l4 tf na ( FFICE SAFE—Will be sold at s bargait if »pplied for at once. Enquire at office. {m ed — pineteinianadediiniiin eee : i HE Varties having in their possecsion ® set of new Driving Harness, taken from the tire of the 20th February, wil! oblige by returning them to the subscriber withou’ for ther notice.—Jonn Nxwson. tae een ne USE TO TET—The large Dwelling House on corner of Pownal and Kent Streets, oceupied by Rev, dopp M. Me Apply ts Thos, W, Dotti. {m5 ws