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J ;l€i.».¢lve:~" *sais W. , ' Last i M mute Suggestion The one gift that :il- ways pleases, ii “Waterm\n'a Ideal Foun- tain Pen.” We have quite ii mini- ber of these pens still left for you to choose froiii. ‘ _ ' _ , ‘ _ , 'Q 1 _ K _ ___ f FRIDAY, DECE MBER 23, iglo- ~ __ Uncle Sam is pluckily building the Panama Canal and it taxes even his capacions and well~iined pockets to complete the work. lt took sonic big revolution to secure the right of way, upon and then the dirt “began to ily. slight, has become a matter of reas ing end of construction work came ,l Prices $2.50 up. G. ll. Taylor .new trouble. What if some audaciou liniscreant were to blow up the bi idiun, 'or one of the cnoriuous lock 'and so prevent the passage of h cific coast uiiprotected"’ diplomatic engineering and a small his hands were thrust deep into hi after paying France some forty mil- when Dewey, and fighting Bob Evan lions ,for the Dehcsseps work, old and the 'New York Herald batted i junk and rights, such as they were. Then there was further delay and dif- canal would do no good. ` 1 i iiculty in deciding whether to con- struct a sea-level canal, or a canal "Fortitleations can be of no us with locks. The latter was decided against a blockading fleet. If a flee oiiablc certainty. With the approach- fortify his big canal._ He sees no a that the canal, designed to make hi s fine Atlantic fleet equally effective o g two oceans, will require twoiileetst s, defend it against being blockade is So “more Dreadnoughts" is th Jeweler _ships from one ocean to the other,, word. They come high, buthe nius and so leave his Atlantic or his Pa- have ’cm. It is not the Canadia UNCLE BAM AND HIS BIG CANAL. ' cost many millions niore. He had Fighting Bob put it this way it has been flying right merrily in _must come and meet it, and the can the years since though the big cut at al is rendered inoperative till then.’ the top and sundry big dams and This is all now so apparent that th locks are yet unfinished, but the end wonder is that somebody did no of the Herculean task, if not yet in think of it before, So Uncle Sa - has about made up his mind not t lnavy from which the attack is fea All at once a number of his astute ed. He has a dicker on with Canad '- " friends, his great atatesmeri and wise 81101111 l‘€CiPl'0CifY~ The BI‘itiSl1 nav i slit...-s seized of this great uioiigiit, is also veaceablv ilisiwsed- Hut began to shout nt Uncle Sam that Germany, or Japan, or both of the Roc%r|Ig€(?LA1-ES T the r-iiiioi iiiiisi be foitiriedi The big,-liw, what? S0 he guesses he’ ditch that hail cost so many huii- build twenty or thirty more Drea Makes an dreds ol iiiillions to dig inust he iioughts to protect his big canal. A¢¢¢|||\bl¢ G iff »-.-.-_-_-_-_-_-_-.-_-_-_-»_-_-.-_-.-.-_-_-s;.-.-.-.-.-.».~.-.-_-.-_~.~_~_-_-_-_-i_-.-.-_-.-.-.~.--_-.~.~.--1-_-:_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~.-V-_-_~.~; .-.-.-.-.-.-_- Maybe You donlf glvi- your lady riends ifhocoliifiis i-is often as you think you should. lie-» cause you‘\'e heard tlicni coni- plain about beingtiijcd ol candy d h '= ie f this Yuuriee nic no si o score. if you se-lec'._yoi:r rgriinci Peo le don‘t quickly tire of R0t!£WOUl) l'i:l_()f,' )LA'l_`l:i:§ hecausethey are gusts little better than iiiost_ others. Try one box :ind convince yoursel - ' Rockwood Chocolates are made only from the highest grade nn( puri-Ht ingreciiciitii. under absolutely c een and sanitary conditions. Ask Your Dealers The While Candy Co,Lid St ]oliu, N. li. i in mimi! 0 brief year. Bathing, boating and W skating alike have been the agencies S leading to these fatalities. Venturing n too far upon unsafe and treacherous 0 ice has also been a fruitful source of ¢_ danger, especially in the early winter THE cfHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -lish railways have been very thor oughly built, often through very dll- _ ileult country. had sparing no coat of cutting and tunneling in order to get most favorable curves and gradi- guarded by forts and big guns to en¢s_ ,.__..l_1-1 about made up his mind that this SAD DRQWNING A(_}(_;1DENT_ new expenditure must be faced, and < -- 5 The sad death by drowning of two trousers pockets to find the needful, young men at South _West ltiver is s recorded this morning in our news n columns. Such occurrences are al- with the word that fortifying the ways sad, and seem doubly so when they cast their dark shadow over the 1 boine in l-the joyous Christmas sca- '¢ sou. Very wide, general and heart- e felt will be the sympathy that goes siiouia blockade the canal, our nest 0u¢`t0 the lwfeavcd parents. bro- - thers and sisters of those whose ' bright .and hopeful lives were thus 9 cut oil. _ ¢ It is very painful to recall how lives the waters claim in one c or in the early spring, when 'the ice t is forming or is breaking up. The n temperament of youth incitps to ven- I-_ ture. How many who still live have B had narrow escapes! Yet the lesson \ of all these stern tragedies is cau- if tion, more and still more caution. m All should lay to heart this 11 lesson, that so all needless risks may d. be avoided. l licv. William Harrison of this city lfariaila was slow. lii ten year _ihiwu to 1846 the niilciige stood st was iiicreased to 150 miles, and "Every woman who dislikes clothes-washing in wiutr-r riiiii every husband who wants to ri-iiiove nl unnecessary bother, trouble nm heavy work from his ivife'.~i hoiischoli duties should read the adv. in this issuq of The Star Steam l.iiiiiiilry. New bead fringes for brass shades just received. Beeri? Weeks 1 2-23d2i. |005. This year the record sho 'l`lic first Caiiodlaii railway datesias “under con_struction" because n from lélilii. lu that year the first wholly completed. ’l‘he actual mil rnilwa uiileaie was oieiied for traf- age in operation is iiow over 26,0 Y L l lic. 'l‘lie early growth of railways in miles. All of this but the first fra i,`ANA1)lAN RAILWAYS Al\l) RAILWAY BUILDING. A ot has had reproduced in pamphlet form his masteriy lecture on Unconscious Orthodoxy which was delivered be- °' fore the Theological Union at Sack- 00 ville in May last. Mr. Harrison c' thinks profoundly and his scholarly s, tion of sixteen miles has been built colmmutions are welcomed by the a~ within the memory of men who ive tioiiary at ill miles, then increased born in the early forties of last ce to 54 miles, at which figure it stood tury-say' seventy years ago. for three years. ln 1851 the length Twenty thousand miles of railw in have been built in Canada since 18 |2453 to 500 miles. 'l‘he_tlioiisaiid. and one half of that mileage sin iiiilr~ uiiirk was piisseii in 1856 and _lilflG. (‘onstriictloii work was und the tivo tliousnnil iiiile iiinrk iii 18130. `\\‘iiy iii -liiiie lust on 4,500 iiiilcs in 1807, the year of l‘oiife@Ffl1Ul‘*StUCkh“=5ll‘*l'“°‘"`0' illelgiuxn over $160,000 and in Great among other things asked that tli fully .-elected. (July good odors have- . . . _ , _ been boiiglit, so that you mn have :Britain OVW $275,090 DEF H1110- Thllls tariff preference on British goods li no iliiuhts ivlieii giving a package lm” “ost lm" mil” °f railway in t _ liriiiirlit from us. (lur prices are with- lliiiteii Kingdoiii has been more than i iiitrodillfcd iii 1803 the pi‘¢»lei~i~iir,¢-_ wii _ . . . ,. _ hi! increased to 50 per cent. When iirs da, ‘fixed at 25 per cent., that is on . 7\\. _“li _-ff//fu ‘§'\`_ <1 “ 5 3 &. / ,/` //f /",i;'.i e .ii if /\ /f E, sf. Vfi a;_)___ uiaur _ ` 4)” S V ‘- "iw ~\ . ..._-v _ /<§<<`-.°.-.`»`<`<=-sf" ‘Ei Q.. ‘fill ‘ infis ‘ r Wisl »g_ "»_y,_ i f\. _lust 1 -."‘., .- fi' .'”’ o T ' _ ‘,~~i’ ~»“-‘rj ,,f " ,~' f',.~“ .‘. - ‘ '- .~ »°, “ I ._ ._ s, _ _ \ __ _ _ii _I7 's~f_ s_»__._»,<. ,_ '__ . _ . ~ _ . _ _ ____i_,___“___~-;l'?=¥,___,_»,__i1¢_ _.___-._ ii., _ » _ _ _._ ~ _ _ __ __,______._____.___€.?_._._ __ _, . .__ _EJ , ,__}__,_,___ __ _ __ _,___ ,_,__,__ _,___. _ __ __ ,_ _ __ _ _». __ _ , _ _ ._ ._ _,_ _ __ _ . _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _, ___ __,.. .is ..i __ _ ,_:_._j,____;_____,,_ __,.______,_ 1: ___ ____ __ f ;,_,,,.§ __ ___.,_ "1 . _ ' Quran IATUST Nn's_ N _ or %If~l¥i.~a»»'4,¢_4_s-\~vgf»- _if : ~,. - », __ _ ‘ gl | 'l I s V __» ---~ - ~ . ` _ l . .. _ _ . / “The -i-llouse of Quality” l ' Sweater Coats e Fllllt » F _ <»`~ ,. ii/ ,(“~"‘“T'»i v ,___ "-ag J _“_ _ _ *_ I- . I rvrr., _air -_-_-;~,'... .~ l.¢-»-“* _ -;». _,- -'-“/-‘=*- '~ . `j . ~i'j‘..." .a...».f.§_{‘ ‘T-i' `éf ‘ - . ` . fur-¢2T»--` '< ---e _» _ ~» <.‘::.'..'a:,z._......_- La ,_ _.._._........... -*=5_<= " -3.2¢... v ' ~-,- war.: -_ 1. ii lil 'rfzzz l iii-ill ir l \_-.i ‘~ .‘ ,,~,__ ._ . _g _, \ ~ ~o.i'.-,._\.~. ‘,:_g iy Q f 2 , ">‘ ff » .~.\' l‘»'~ F _ ,_ 5-'f` _ __ i @;§_‘f"\i< -{""7"‘,\- ° ' ~’- -14 ~ 7' ' "' .i"»_"5' l.`*l:l""` -.1 .- l§~. li' i. _ ~\:. .,.'¢~.~_1;=-:,’1l_~,' es" ‘ lf? '_ =;5?_ii-f"i3`i-’~¥`;‘-i`- ,l»":-'-'»f_f':l¢l, >&5.; ,i_~_»'4‘l. lf i = . -. .~._ _ - ll i i.-A-i.-.-.i. iii -_i .i .i. ,. _ ._ -1 ‘gc-'i_i 7 ,~;;~ ,i,f+=_@2:~,;ii§.l~ ilififi, _gi ii ‘~‘%Q . .-<“~l!‘-Zi do ~ .~ 1 ' "i" .éfsltliiliiiiif .Wi-‘ts li i-1’ ,.~"1..lf ‘cj-‘§_-;llt‘~"f ai fill “-~f ‘ ` 'l 5 _ ‘ '_:E;:-i=~‘1_! -.xl _ al' '1 . "~:»_\f' - gy /iff-/A E'~§~.f-'Q __~ 3 -1*, » i ~ ~ 1 ‘R dl _*~=->il;;f§‘g~,. - .=?:f-'.-_i:‘1.";.f>'»‘i.- ~ . _;;::,, ' -lub; _ l'-1 _._,'_-___._“'_____;,2 ,__ \i` si _ §___ ____li'li_L_ 'l.__ 1\‘\l in \ . i r ‘ ,\, i __ gill; ./mr I ]__ _i 'il . I- | L' Lili' in im: 'i ‘ Y r in ‘ ill, ~ ~ ‘ Y ,1 ' id. li 1 , ' , Wifi. j;?l._| _ rn; Ladies. Men, Misses. Juveniles! /‘- ,\ _ ~ ' »\\§`~" , i / . ' 'i‘~@. .-;,, . .£-”l‘x=..-3 . ~;,>+. __ .»~~&"‘.l‘. if ` _“_ »v.- vw- 1_2, -' _ ,_ ..,»-»_ 4 i- /» / _ /l the thing for Christmas _ . There is a Shortage oi Wool Knit Goods l 1 _ ' V __‘_»;'._ _-, . `/if'-'ff'» "».. . .gg "1.`_J¢_"\ i fir* ~.` "" 'H if I ni:-' "i";'.@'i3¢\’Tl.,-“»-'-’i.”:f‘.- fini; Iy,'i‘l\f¢\‘, "\’_'§‘,.', ’ .i’f,i:i;ff,.’,\ _‘Ines-_ 'ii l=ii?if'32?5°’~ffi ‘ »>f,ii~_f. - :`z=.<,?1‘_§~,_:.:‘-,' ,.-.°-. fret; ¢,~'~`i‘»sf.“»;f '_ .';t~p;. » .Z'_-:I\l.v1i`§ '- . »=~'i*.-: -..._ _:£1 `"_-__'..' 5 J ‘ 33? -.~ - liiaiiiiiiiiiii \ _ ' X .A _ All 0ver Canada What About Charlottetown ? \Vc emi speak for ourselves. \Vc were fortuiiate :ind limi the courage to pliicc large orders away back last spring and we :ire in zi position to slioiv you liiiiidreds_ of iiicii`s kiut ciirdigaiis, l` ter iiilziuts` swc:itei's,_iuveiiile ladies' kiiit cardigaiis, lui ics’ swcu _ s, _ olecs_ mittens. sliawls ovcmlls. leggiiisiiiiiffl- szusques, Norfolks 5-4 length coats, squares in sweaters, scarfs, bo cis. toques. hoods. wool, silk sqiizires. All at prices We gum-:inlee you kiiit iiiiifilv.-rs'. that iiiziniifacturers would wuut 11510 PHY- a clear saving of at least i-4 oii every dollar one-thirri, iiiiil' the fn|'iiiiii'.~i would c luivc it filrllici' iiicrciised to one luilf. U Sir Wilfrid Laurier told the fariiiers t tliiit the preference will bo inniiitaiii- .~;_c1l iiuil lic did not* sity it iuiglit not e be increased. We ure glad to liiid of quarter of the regular rate of duty. that in regard _to this matter some ng- This was s\ibseqi,ieiitly increased to of our protectiimist exclinnges arc willing to have the preference both 4 _ AAA/`&/N /\/`f§Al\/N iiiaiiitainvd and eiilarged. This is really ii coiicession on their part to the principle of tariff reduction. ” ' , The Exmiiiner article of ycstenlay E I entitled “No Sliirriug Please" was D S B _ evidently written under a iiiisrippre- hension of our iiieaiiing_ We had re- ferred to the propaganda being ¢0n_ ducted by the Manufgcturers’ Associ- ation against reciprocity, in the roui-so of which thai' body had ae- |i|iiil'cii posscssioii ol' sonic iicwspu- Choosing time is short now, ln our array of holiday goods you can choose something for old' andyoung that will be trappy, snappy, money saving and pleasure giving gifts. No where else will you find 'quite as line an assortment as we have in the lines we carry lC’”hi°istmz-is Chocolates* ` The iinest goods of the best makers in great array from 25c to $5.00 each. Baskets, _lapanese glove and kerchief boxes and hundreds of fancy boxes. Toilet Sets ‘ Sewing Sets Easy things to choose, nizikecxeclleiit gifts, use- Another pretty ladies’ gift. Many different sly. ful pretty and attractively low prices. les to clioose from :it modest prices. The Smoker -f - < ;.k»»‘, ...- __ _.. ,_ < , ' Hove easy it is to select here'--everything the, stnokc-ii’ uses in bright new goods, pipes cased and uncased---briar, meerchaum, ca.1abash,sets ' ---cigars, tobacco, smokers sets, etc. Come now. e J 0 0 drtuBL ' eimieson Deis. We had no thought of the Ex- aminer in that connection. It has Finns oUR`i§b"1i~i”c”'ro 14 Davsl PAZO OIN’I‘Ml4)N'l‘ is guaranteed to cure any case of Itohing, Blind Bleeding or Protrudliig Piles in 6 to 14 days nr money refunded. 50c. FELT FO0TWEI-\R- Do not allow the cold weather to over- take you until you have purchased a pair of ielt boots, slippers or juliettes. Our sel ections this year have been carefully looked after which leaves us in a position to offer you the best showing we ever had. _ pair of them vvou1d_'m'aire a suitable and very acceptable Christmas present for either lady or gentleman friend, and the great import- DRUGGIST ° ant matter the prices -1 i _.-sg (vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv T are low. l off ros _ln-vii ,for many years ri. consistent ad- ,vociite or the protective policy. mul live believe its editor is quite as cou- lsciciitious in his ailvocacy of that ipolicy as otlicrs may lic iii ad\'oeiit- ,ing tariil rcdiict.ioii. We certainly iii- teiided no reflection upon our local eoiitemporary and no imputation of improper motives. _..._ 'l`lic siispcnsioii of ‘thc Fariners’ Bunk iii Ontario adds another to the too-long list of sucli occurrences in f"aiiada. The Canadian banking sys- tem luis been much praised, but if the system is 9. good one it must he obvious that the ndiiiinistration of it leaves something' to be desired. Else we should not have had thc failures of the Ontario, Sovereign, Yarmouth and other banks, and now the Fai'iiicrs following one another in succession. The Toroiito Globe points out that the Farmers Bank had $979,800 of capital subscr-ibed of which only $567,357 was paid up. A block of 3,850 slinrcs stood iii the niiiiic of a New York man, but not one dollar of the $385,000 thus sub- scribed had been paid. Itappcars ltlist among the trunsactioiis of the hank was an advance of halfa mil- lion dollars to n single mining com- pany in (‘obnlt. Anil now a. Toron- to teleizrnm relates the arrest of'thc lgeiicrnl inaiuiigei- of the bank, under charge of having made false returns to the Government. ‘_ e rioiu-in No'ri<:. Wm. ll. l\lcl~]\i'ci'i, St. l’eter’s Har- bor, lias sold his registered Clydes- dale stallion Royal Huntley 2nd, to Allred H. Mcldwen, Bristol, for which ilie realized a handsome sum. This horse is coming ilve years old, and is one of the best stock-getters on l’_ E. island, as owners of his colts can testify. ' COMING EV ENTE- I ti I. d Pri c Porlrails I will receive orders fo Pastels and Oil Paintiiigsb A. Alex. MacLeod. the note New York Artist. Write lr or prices and other desic nformatlon. ` J. A. S. Bayer riiorociiiriini New Prowsr Block. Charlozintnnn. _i__________ it Hockey Boots We arc showing ii coni- pit»it~1_iii¢ of H.».~i<>l-S this fall from the best iuzik- ers in Caiiiaulzi, they are nll iiiadclroin thc host leziili- ers. Strong and iliiuililc --- and all siimll priccs.-- Men s. . . 1. .$2.oo to $211" Boys’ .. ..... 1.65 to 2.25 Youths. .i.5i> ‘ Wonien’s and Misses’ .....i'.75 to 2.25 D. Gordon & Co. dmwitl n” lim linac mee ug, o ge no _ Edward l~l_ii_l<}. Tuei-iday, Dec. 27. __ ;`g._~i i ' ' -- i , i . t e cout nent. as to o er you-the Oanada L fe ii the strange! Wm W. K. _Rogers ,_l;_.3=,,f§-53;, ` Crll. BLACK. Special April. . _ _ Lay By SomeMoney j T For the Future. Young Mm uiig msn H The Canada Lilo Assurance is n bel to only iw 'V' in. in the beet golisible investment. return nl do an for cg!! Und_ vested. ls t e heat protect on you eoglif secure for tl\p_i::n.°PfTnu ent upon youe costs very' lttle blpt rinlg !i'al¢hI;l.,°‘"§ m ¢,, very no lv you are w wa s enoug in fi ,b“.|,w,,, have y url le neared will l tyou in the elt ll 0? °d to your i§._n...i’l.;.i i.‘.'.'.':.:'.°'a.iii.ie.ir.;‘:;.:.':‘: trflii; t°..;g,,,»;;; $- \ 0 t , a. i " ” i ' . . i a . 1. I . \ . ai , 1' ‘ w ii .