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Are you having trouble
with your Furnace? find it
diflicult keeping the fire in
over night and unsatisfac-
tory, if so try a ton of clean
Coallike Drummond Round
it isa good Furnace Coal.
A. 'Pickard_5_& Co.
Phone 240 n ‘
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“This Castile Soap is from the Ar-
gomee district ot France, carefully
dried, very hard, and as pure and
fresh as snow flakes. There is a good
supply here but not enough' to last
long at these special prices-200. a
pound, 7 pounds for $1.00. The Two
Macs, 149 Great George Street. Mtf.
' During 1916
you will find our store a
good place to trade. As
we carry only reliable
0ods°'and sell at moder-
l ate prices. ’
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§ G, l‘l_ Taylor
1 Jeweler -Sv. Optician
‘I .Its Cures
‘°f‘°b_SllI_1iiie and long ‘
-`9l3n_dlU2_ coughs, colds,
bronchitis' and lung
troubles of all sorts, light
or heavy, there, is abso-
lutely no .substitute for
' ' -£1 _Kr .
C0ughMi1`irtur
It is not a patent medic-
ine but a prescription ,and
is the best cough remedy
ever offered the public.
Don’t waste time trying
other so called cough
mixtures. You will get
much quicker and better
results from Hughes
Cough Mixture. 25c per
bottle at
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Chocolates
Good chocolates are excellent
food. dainty delight',- but they
must be pure. and fresh.
l<`1'esl1 today from the kitcli-
mis we have
Neilson's
MoIr's
WilIard's
Le`Qgitt‘s.
They ure the best chocolates
for all iliscriminzitling I'olki-¢-
take it box to the opera \vitli
you.
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DRUG COMP.-\NY
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Island Soldiers at the
front are asking for Hickey’s
Black Twist Chewing Tobacco `
Because it is the best
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Use Beaver Board for your Walls and
g I ‘ ` Ceilings
___3~; _ vatf=Bfl2\’d1S ' acknowledged thqmost Setisiae-.
tory material for remodeling work, havmg_the ad van-
tage' of being  hauiigtbfquickiy and easily _appiied,
o`ver- .old~n=iaten , also is -adalpka Ie f0f adding new.
rooineioebuilding partitions. AvER BOARD C1028.
away with _the cracking of plaster and the nuisance
of ‘gapei-ing. it makes a oontplete walltiiat needs no
re .  “ I .
_It ig very _easily put up, beautiful in dlegign ang
color  painted. _141 great advantages. t _us te
you altgbout it. ._ -;_. J_` _
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be repeated Friday afternoon at the
Prince Edward Theatre. Prices 10
and 25 cciits. Curtain rises nt 2.30‘.
sharp. 114;;_
TRVON BAPTl8T.- Services next
L0|`d'S Dall. will be Albany 10.30; T1'y-
on 2.30; Westmoreland 7 o'clock. Col-
lection for Belgian RelteI’,at.all_ serv-1
lc-cs.  _p 
aaav M1NE"l!Do ii'ot"\'hi1 to hoary
BBW Mine. the greatest of all come-
g`lti£l|iautB:h§ _gxrince Edward Theatre.
ri y _. _ _--r _ _ 0 1
25 cents.  'I ,q.f‘.<.:e`a l'-,71g;l1l_l
THE STANLEV.- 'rho stanley uoof
ked in Georgetown yesterday at 10.35-
wlth 12,865 lbs. freight. 10.903 tons
Express, 120 sacks mall and 20 passen-
gers. Tho mull special arrlvcrl in this
city ut 12.30 p. ni. ' `
GOING T0 " ENGLAND.- Messrs
G. Russel Beer and Preston Seiitucr
ot’ this city, left yesterday moriiiiu: for
Sl- J0l\n. N. B.. from -ihlch poi-1 they
will null on Saturday for England wlili
it detuclinieilt of Engineers and nrllll-
Grl’ forloverseas service.
MACAULEY MEMOR|AL.- The
¢‘"`l`0m, issue _Of Sunshine. the per-
iodical of the Sun L‘~ife -Assurance Co. ,_
takes the form of a`m`em0r`ial number
of the late-President o`t_thq Company,
Mr. R. MucAuley. It _Is profusely in-
ustrated and lnteresti g sketches of,
the late' President arexivefi by differ-
ent wrlters.. __ _
HARRINGTON INSTlTU1‘E.-- The
Women'g institute of Harrington, P.
E. Island have contributed the follow-
ing for Patriotic purposes between
August' 1914 and December 1915: 198
pairs socks, 60 pillow cases; 32 bed
sheets; 26 flannel shirts; 24 feather
pillows; 12 nlglit shirts; 10 pajama
suits; 8 balacave caps; 6 pairs wrist-
lets; -1 knitted band. Rebecca Stew-
art, Sectreai-y.
PASSENGERS OUTWARD.-- .\-1
niong the outward pn;-ssciigors f'i'o11i
this city yostortloy by the Cnr l-‘1-rry
Stoiinici' werer- Rev. J. M. and
Mrs. Murchison to l’|ct0u; Mrs. D.
Sutherland to Ilalifax; Mrs. .`I. E.
McDonald, Sourls to lliontreal; Mr.
J. S. Harrison, fur-buyer returning to
New York;- Messrs Claude P. Ellis,
B. Perry and G. E. Palmer ot' Winni-
peg; H. S. Arnold and J. II. Storen
ot’ Montreal; and F. H. Whitehead of
Brantford, Ont.; Mrs. Horace Mc-
Ewen to visit in Nova Scotia; Mr. R.
R. Stewart, London, Eng., and Mr.
B. II. Ford to St. John.
MR. S. A. MacDONALD AND THE
MAYORALTV.- A lnrgcly und in-
iluontiully signed petition was prcsciit
oil on 'i`uesduy cvenini; to Mr. S. A.
Mudoiiulil inviting him io allow lilm-
self' to be nominated for the Mayor-
ality. Aftcr giving thc matter due con
sideratioii, Mr. Macdoiiid thanked the
dcputiiiiou which waited upon lilni,
Ciiinlidates were already in the field
and that his nuuiinatlon would appear
like taking undue iidvaiitngc of the
situation 'ho had decided not I0 compli
with the reqiiest of' the petitioners. If
ou anotiici' occasion they desired him
to come forward he would be prepared
to give ii niorc favourable ziiisiwer.
i.
PRE-CANCELLED STAMPS.- The
use oi' pre-cancelled stamps or (1-itiinipg
cancelled before actually iisetl for pay-
ment ol' postage) on ninll niattei
Other tlnin Letters is pcrmltted in
some oi' th-e larger cciitres, whore ex-
tensive miiilingi-1 nrc niadc. 'Phase
stamps ure cuiicelloil with it spccia~
dio bearing the name of thc xnuiling
oflice, and as thcy are to be procured
pnrtuicnt nt Ottawa, applications
should be made somc time before they
are required for use. `Thcse stamps
may ho used only wilicn the postage
on any mailing aggregation $10.00 01
over, flint ls, the nilninium iiumbor of
identical pieces oi' mail mutter hcnring
procancclled stamps » that may be
posted at 11. mulling is 1,000 pieces each
bearing a one-cent' prccancellod
stamps, or 500 pieces each bearing o
two-cent procancelled stamp or oqulva-_
'lent' lots. Authority has been extended
to Charlottetown Post.Ofllco to ob
tain pre-cancelled stamps, and appll
cations for the same may be made at
the Poslmastefg office.
::Wyetbs Sage ‘- and Sulphur
Compound 'contains agents especially
valuable for coloring gray and -faded
hair. It is delicately perfumed, lm-
parting to thehalr a faint but Pleas-
ant odor.-50c. and $1.00 hotties.-'E.
A. Foster, Central Drugstore. ~
Miss Ada- S. Bradbury
142 Prince Street, next to l(inderglrton
Art Needle Work and materials for
working. stinnppd Linens _and
Threads of nil kinds. _
Mtr. 5 L _
 
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1 M7 lbs. I-r $l.0lJf~
-for pure. French~Castile Soup.
_-Only ‘o»:¢ml\ll_aupply loft. but
enough for you. ' f you come
quickly. ' '
Don’t put oll' calling until to-
morrow or you may bo too late to
oaks advantage of' the special
0 01'. `
(‘.1ill.uiaII or phone your order _
today and wo will reserve u sup-
, ply for you. _
‘ This Frenolr Castile Soap is a
very special bargain at '20 o ai "
I pound. 7 lbs for '........81.00
and said in vlow of the fact that two;
by separate roquisitioils, from the De ,
I
tl p I ` IT PAY§ to buy In this Province. iv CICAYTE-Reserve Wednesday, Feb    C     C i E  I
9th for -A skate in St. Dunstan's Col
BABY MINE by special request will-l lege Rink in aid of the poor.
7131-2-2-M2`.
` POSTPONED.-The play to linvu
linen held at Iliintei' River on Friday
night has been postpoiicd until the 15t1i
lust. 7139.
CARD OF THANKS.-Mr. Wln. II.
Judson.. and family Alexandra wish to
thunk their nolglihors and many
friend-s_I'or_ 'the klnrlnesa shown them
during their recent sad bereavement.
7138.
.HOCKEY and skate uf Aiborton
fftllllle with the Rullwziy Hockey fenin
to Alberto" on I"rl1liiy, l<`ob1'uiiry 4th
and enjoy ti skate in tim big Arr-iiii
Spe_cial'~. train leaves Charlottetown at
1 p.ni: 7137.
“C." COMPANY.-The following
young men have enlisted in C. flom-
pany 105th Battalion stutigned at Sum-
mcreiile-Emile Myers, St. Louis;
Harold Ramsay. Summerside.
GOING OVERSEAS.-Mr. l.oo Sca-
mtin son ot' Principal J. I). and Mrs.
Seaman City, who has been attached
to Capt. D: A. McI{inn0u's Company
In Halifax, has been notified to proceed
in the near future to England pre-
paratory to going over to France.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.- Rev.
Jas. MacDougall will preach on Soh-
bath the 6th at DeSable at 10.30~;_ Ar-
gyle Shore at 3 a.m. and Canoe Cove
at 7 anti at Summerslde on Wednes-
day the 9th at 7.30 p. in.
MORE RECRUITS.-The following
young men have joined the 105th Bat-
talion-Clifford Bell, Ciiarlottetowii;
Louis McDonald, Pamure island; Wil-
llnm J. McDonald, Sourls West; James
R. 'McCarr0n_ Sturgeon; Nlcliolns
Murphy, Sturgeon; iillciicnl l{i~argh_
East Baltic.
LEAVE FOR HAILFAX.- Seven 0'-
ciock was not too early for a large
number of citizens yesterday to gath-
cr at the Murine W'ha1'f to bid furo-
wcll to the young nicu who loft f`or
Garrison duty at Ives Point. The
young men looked well in their unl-
torms ot' blue and' were cscortcii to
the boat by the Bniid of the -ith Regi-
incnt who played several' l"iifriotic
tunes on the heat pulled out, while
their admiring friends on the wharf
gave three hearty cheers for thc hi'u.ve
boys. 1
TEACHERS' MAGAZINE.--The .se-
cond numbcr of the 'I‘eache1's‘ Maga-
zine has come to hand. In many ros-
pecls it is an improvement on the first
11n1nhr.r both in n1ntei'ii1.l and make up.»‘
It is particularly grulifyiiig to note
that the atlvcrtisiiig suction bus been
wt-ll pittroiiized by biisinnss 111011
throughout. the 1‘1'ovl11t-0,1111 1-vidciiue
of biisliioséi aciinicii 011 thc pin-t ot' the
business manager as woll us of good
will on _ the part of the public generul-
ly. As usual the niogazliie is flllcd
with iniitfer that will he ol' both inter-
est and value to tcacliers and to the
public. -'I‘l1e ef`l'ort on the part of the
teucliers oi’ the province lo bring their
work uiid their aims to the uttcntlon
ot' the, public- in readable and interest-
ing form- deserves every encourage-
intnt and it in hoped the public gener-
ally will rally to tlieh' suppoi-l._ The
mugnzinc makes it good link between
thc homo 111111- t_lie sciiool, ri link in
which thc hoinc is a.~1.1n\11'.l1 i11f1-1-c.<it_ctl
as thc sciiooi. I,et i|_ be It rcul link.
..___._
A LUCKY lSLANDER.- Tho fol-
lowing lntoref-itlng letter has been rc
coived by Mr. Josepli lvlnllrlde
Scotclifort from his brother Jnnios Me-
Britie now in Sl1or11cliffe:- I thought'
thzil. I would drop you u few lines ifo-
niglit just to let you know that I um
well, but very lonesome this lust: few
days. All thc boys have gone away to
Frinice. I with ri low more were pick-
ed out to 1:0 lo the school of signalling,
to t'uko` a course in Telcgmpli Tole-
phonc and llcliogrzipli. It L1 one of the
best things in the army. 'l‘he cour:-te
will Inst. f'or three montiis, so that
modus I will be here for the whiter. I
had a couple of' letters from some of
tho boys since they went' away, and
they tell me I ani lucky. They are up
in lilllots_11ei1r tho trenches and one of
the boys was drowned by fullIng.l1ii0
a shell hole. ills name is Mn,cl)ouald_ I
think he cauie from Ottawa. I got n.
parcel from Mrs. Taylor tonight cake
and candy etc., it wont fine believe
me. I ain not getting your letters I
think they are going to France and it
takes so long to get' them back. The
wontliei' in very b1‘0ke1i here new ruin-
ing almost every day. Well i guess
that I will stop for now, hoping to
hear from you soon I remain as ever.
with love to all. JAMES.-- Address-
No. 475955, P. I". C. L. I., St. Mor-
tins Plnno. Slioriicliff. England.
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Your Pet Corn
One corn can cause a lot
of sufferipg-no m a_t t er
whether it is a new one or
one of the old stickers. V
- Any corn-no matter of
how long standing- will
yield to I
Our Corn Remover
It will entirely remove the
1 corn in‘ about four days.
Apply at night. It will cause
n0Ydiscomfort. "' moe
ou can wear
and keep on witli .dull
tim, wh l_e the ' remedy is
'loomning the oorns' andget-
1_  them' ready for remov-
fiilce perbottle only lac
and Retail 149 oi-ut Gnome st
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The Qtlllity Drugs`tor`e
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119--121 Queen Street Charlottetown _ V 1 .-
cost.
Coats worth to 18.00 for 12.00
Woms’ Winter Coats---Cost- and
Less _January Clearance  I
Fcw days ago a customer from o distant cud of P. E. I.
, mine in looking for something in Indies' ready-to-wear goods.
Saw what wc offered. Decided to "look round.” Came back
in .'il10nt :in l10i\r. "You have tlieni all beaten a mile," said lie.
And now-for these lourxgrcat sales days, we offer this stock-
\\'liif:h hos “iliem :ill bt-ritcn ri mile" at prices away under factory
New cloth coats to 12.75 Coats, worth to 15.00 ior`1o.oo
for   " 650 Coats wortli to 20.00 for 13.50
Coats worth to 22.00 for 15.00 Coats worth to 24.00 for 16.00
11.50 Fur collar coats 9.50 15.00 Fur collzu' cools 10.50
18.00 Fur collar coats f 13.00
Lovely Fur Coats
1 only Marmot lined coat 45.00 for . . . . . .
._ 15.00
1 only Astracliaii Coat, 47.00 for . . . .
 19.00
3 only Pony coats-long-75.00 for . . . .
.. 39.00
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No :1pp1'0l>ntiou. No cliorgcs-:ill cash.
6.00 Muffs sell for 4.75
10.00 Muffs sell for 8.00
16.00 Muffs sell for 13.00
22.00 Mnffs sell for 17.50
546.00 Miiffs sell for 29.00
5.00 lluffs sell for 4.00
8.00 Mui`f`s sell for 6.50
12.00 1\Ii1ff`s sell for 9.50
18.00 Bluffs scll for 14.50
27.00 i\li1ffs sell for 21.60 V
. 5.50 Searls :irc now 4.50
10.50 scarfs :ire now 8.50
14.00 scorfs now 11.00
22.00 scorfs now 17.50
3.75 SC.'l1'is :tru now 3.00
7.50 sc:ii'f.~: :irc nov: (1.00
12.00 st‘z11'f.<: :irc i1o\\' 9.53
13.00 scn1'I's :irc 24.50
36.00 scarfs now 29.00
How Tempting are The Furs of
_ January Clearance Sale
IIcrc's a wonderful four-days opportunity to buy lovely furs
:it your own price. Coinmenciug on Monday niorniiig, for four _
iluys wc offci' cash piircliasers :in iiiiparallclcd cliancc to clioosc.
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LOVELY FUR SCRFS AT YOUR OWN PRICES
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7 _beat these Prices
_ 'l`l1osc coriis were botiglit at tlic lowest fur prices kiiowii for ten years. 'I`l1cy :irc
away bvlmv flu; best: prices we lizive ever had. And now for this wonderfiil foiii'-days sale
ymi will lu- :ililc to get your choice among tlicin-for :1 price i:1i'bcl0\v fl1<:]\\'<'_sci1t whole- 5
2 llucisoii seal coats, 75.00 for 60.00; I Muskrnt Coat, 50.00 for 40.00; 2 i\l|1sl~:1'dt
Coats, 72.00 for 57.50; 1 inuskrat coat, 90.00 for- 72.00; 2 MUSkl'2ll COCNS. 95-00 f‘lf 75-005
1 Iiiiiskrot Cont, 75.00 for 
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as you \\':1i1t to.
4.25 Kiinouos now only .. .
6.75 Kimouos now only ."..
January Clearing Sale '_
I Kimonas---Dresses 60¢ and
For four days cash inakcs a riot iii prices in this depart-
ment. Ilriug in Ilic perfectly good inoiii-y-:uid buy just about
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 5. 0
9:75 .Kiinouos now only  . . ._ _ .. . .. 8.00
12.75 Iiiniouosiiow only  . . . .
 10.00
SEE THE JANUARY PRICED DRESSES
llousc Dresses and Wrappers ... _  . . . . . . . _ . 1.00 for .75
Houses Dresses and Wrappers ._ . . . . . . . _ .
. . . . . 1.25 for 1.00
Ilouse Dresses and Wrzippcrs .. . . . . . . . . , . . 1.50 for 1.25
House Dresses :ind Wrappers ... .. . . . . _ . _ . . 1.75 for 1.50
5.00 Ixiuiouas now only' . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 4.00
- _ 5
. .. .. ... .  3.85
Sweet Violet
come in-very pretty-vel'
dainty--and very popular.
been asking for them to wear
with furs-~Sc here they ar
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These flowers have jus
A great many of you have
Small bunch_..__._. 
Large bunch. ........$l.0
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SIR ROBERT MAY NOT
G0 T0 LONDON
'LONDON. February 1.-Allho the
London Times has been suggesting
that Sir Robert Borden should pay
another visit to England In order to
meet the Australian and New Zea-
land ministers expected, and thus liavo
sonic soft of colonial conference, it ls
not' tlioiiglit likely 'hero that tho _Cuna-
illon premier will come, so io'ng`a.s' the '
political situation nt- Ottawa in unsett-
ed. _ __ _ ., _
ln any msc New`Zt~alanil lskilrtiady
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out of the arrangements ut' present. no
Premier Massey has tinnouncenl that
the proposed visit of himself? and the
ex-preniir-r lins been postponnl owing
to '.10 p1~~:'s11|'c of work.
liioulrii--= in f.o11d0n by the Montreal
(irnerio 1-orrcspondcnt have failed to
locate any one who knows anything
about the inter-Dominion _conference
of Australian and Canadian repi~csen~`
tntiv,es_whIch a recom Olttawa cubic
to London fixed for the month of
March. ' .
' " 1'o'rA'1< 1-us ure.
1N1'£RNAi. ALIEN- 'rnlis -
I-IALIFAX. Jiinunry 31.- An Aus-
traln spy. interiicd ln the military pri-
son on Melville island. made an un-
successful attempt at 1-_oinmlttlng sul
clde yesterday afternoon, by hanging
himself lu his cell. It was only through
the prompt_and ofllciciit work ot' thc
medical men from the mil|tii.r_v hospi-
tal, that he did not stiecacd. llc was
a notorious character. bmughl here
somo time ago from Quebec. Yester-
day afternoon he was found by some
of the attendants, hanging by it strap
from a projection or bar on the wall.
I-is had taken a strap worn. around his
waist, and making a loop with the
buckle, had fastened the other end to
the wall and was slowly ltrsngllng.
The military hospital- was » phoned
and a doctor and orderly mshed out
to the Inland; Artificial respiration and
other methods of restoration wen.
used. and the would-be outside was
was still in 11 p1'ecuri011.s condition, unc
it was not until several hours ot un-
censing ocorts of the medical officers
that lic was revived. It wus not known
for sure last night. that he would live.
but it was thought that he would.
 
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