. +4 ‘ ~a 5.5¢’ ‘ia _» ~. Q 'fl- ;. _:_ 4. .- - 4 SEI _ff 5 '_.. is = _:- i gf ' V -7 ¢ 1 -» I '___ 7 i \°"3l"B""`5 di _ ___ (‘ _ _-_'E °- 1. .e . . ;‘\ ri . , '31' _, .. Z ..-' _\. 'g 0 -T _ §'. .__ _ .31 " 1? 1'. ...__ _`i_. 'fir -;‘~§_ 1;, ' 5- v. ,:.`,' A; ,;-_f »: +ff;i~ '_`»‘_~ 3- __ _ l»`--3’ '-1 _____ ,-_ ,_ _ _--.V ,~_. 3%.- ‘ _ie -1 _ 5/ 1' 25% _-1 -. __ _s _ -_r_.g. f - _fi _-_-_ _ :.-»,=\ 1.--5 as .v 2 4 _. .> .2 1. ., »- -_ .~ <»_ 4., \». i rs, ;,. , . ah _,_» 4 2 as sa “Q ~ --_ if r *Q /_‘- Qi _ Q2. i B 'D e ,_§. ._ ___- if _- <& ~' fd. .¢ ¢> a we ir F .___ 1, _:A `_ .a .5 1‘_\' _: »_ _ I , *__ '_" \ ff’ ,;1__ t/ 5. 1., _-f _ .-5 *.7 V xr __.._ '.511 ' ;-2' $15.” ' if _ \ ,’ _ __ _ __ _. . ~_a.»'4'<4--nnhnnuro n ' ‘ , 0F COURSE YOU WOUl.D Suppose you had $10,000 “sh capital, _and were seeking a mercancile connection, and that Mr. Smith, who had a similar amount of stock, but with gn indebtedness of $3,000 onyit, invited you to become _his equal partner; a.id suppose further that Mr. Jones, who had _ a stock worth $10,000 wholly paid for. together with a busi- ness connection as good in every way as Mr, Smiglys and probably better; Suppose Mr. jones also invited you to be- come an equal partner, would you hesitate a single moment before accepting the offer of Mr. Jones in preference to that of Mr. Smith ? Let us Suppose Again you have acertaiii sum to invest in life insurance. Woig ' you be inclined to invest it in a company whose surpl earnings for years to come will be pledged more or less to- wards astronger reserve basis. or would you unhesitatingly cast your lot with that company whose policy reserves are ample for the next generation at least, and every cent of whose surplus earnings is genuine surplus, free from any obligation or charge on account of reserves ? You Would of Course, Choose the company with strong Reserves, especially when with - this advantage went also liberal policy conditions and a long record of good management. You would in a word choose the Canada Life, for it is _ the only Companv on this continent which fully complies » with the above speciiicatioiis. E. R. BROW. W. K. ROGERS Charlottetown, Charlottetown. '- Special Agent Manager P- E. I. Branch. if i v'2® i _i-.veg-.F ' _ sin- . __ cinioiiis Under contract with the Canadian Government. “teamer “MAN CHEST ER C_omerce Manchester TRADER will S211 011 01 aboutthe following datesz- ° From Manchester From St. John Prom Charlottetown October 16 be N ber 17 November 28 Buerditriifigrmsaills irom Mancl?e,;t1;1r for Charlottetown via St. John, N. B. but returns to Manchester direct from Charlottetown. _ The “MANCHESTER TRADER" iS 3313 @0115. IS fitted with cold storage chambers and has a shelter deck for carriage of cattle and shee . _ Shi P rs should notify the undersigned agents as to what goods they wi§lheave no go forward as early as possible, in order to secure gpqze. For rates of freight both from and to Manchester, apply to, vv. vv. CLARKE, Agent. ' Charlottetown P. E. ¢g_wed,Pri &v| tl Nov z Policyholders and agents alike profit by a good selection- T_h ntiexcelled financial position of the Qompany; its large su1’p111S;_ It handsome dividends; its liberal policies and _its promptness in _p§1Y‘“S all legitimate claims make The North Ainerican Life a _ most desirable Company for both. Active men who will become active agents will ind it to their interests to represent, J.E. MATTHEWS. 'C J- K- R055 Five Leaning Brands nf ` . ' T ' l I I. f ' ‘ ' . . i . | I I '_ s Canadian Parlor Matches -»---------._-_-._--» @ P1.. .1..... ....1 .11 P1... .....-.., °»=~'°"‘°1"{==»° ===' . _ “ Headlight, onli' _ _ Eagle, ~ ' Maiiufacturersfl] Victoria; of 5 King Edward, e ~ Canadian _ _ Little Comet. W3! Vesta-5° _ _ _Ule Canadian Goods Io - Home Industries Varieties' , : .~-si*-3 ng. _ §,¢"_| A .» < 4 :. ,_ .._ ,_ _ ' i.;-_.-_.1 .='_‘»1'i'#..._a=“°-‘= ` :;‘§= lf-~'_-_ __ _ V .5 _ n ‘ _ _ * ' ~ ' '»i'=T'=~If--"1 - »- f i ' . - ` ~ ‘Zn #_-'_§:-_,_f-_;_~,.:ri~» tri? ' '_“~-i.‘;".,_ ~."' -‘5~ _' =‘~ 1-;,;.-f.._-.;.. ; `> e' ,= Q ; - »='-L .__--; -‘ i,-..*`.,--."'.~~;’.r'.-»»_?.‘_‘ -=:‘-r E; ' ».'_»_ _ . '~ ~_¢ "..- i* V _ <~.§=_»,'_ :.» .g'>.r§ig-.`».- ir: _: .¢“...`~‘;-"` ,ey ,_ *_- ”~' LJ-'S-_-;1‘d -:;.-if 5,1 _s - sf- _i ‘» _~ ';.'_'~" R - ~ ' = ff-' _-* _ 'ff i "1 :U > J* _ ~""'»-L-`-'_" *T'¢_i;.:”"~'_f;>1_-j9?";¢??1-1135; ,géjp-;_g__,-‘, '._-.-,_,~:@1j,;.??§.., -I`».”_"-~f<-_ :_.;~_,.:1”»f_\‘ _ _ ` - _ _- . - - _ _~._. _...;. ':f-q;_- __ - ,_. ___._-_ _ _ _ _ .__._.__ N, _ ___ _,, _.__..`_.,.. .__ ._ ._ _____.....---_-11& _ P ecame l. soldier to have the honor of a mill- doin here 2’ ‘Pleas si we are the put her head out of the window and _ R _ told the faithful Tommy that fjhe was . I A N c . the wife of a. Cabinet Liinister. ‘Beg could not let you pass even if you were | ! the wife of a. Presbyterian minister.” “When I was a. cha lain at Netley . _ _ Hospital I used to speng nearly an my he Tooacco Epicure who does not use the __.__._._§.______. .5 ......_| Hickey Twist, Pearl or Ruby la. n iniinsnn, m.n.Ciil£ t t . . . . . T _ i in _ Man :had con; sa.;-1°?f0,;n $53, Has never derived that real enjoyment which is his. Ph sician and S_u|-pgny ~3&.~: s y _ 1'/ service in the Soudan and in Burma, and They are the gems of the trade. 8 tm ,L “_ - -- - _.~ not a. few were recovermg from wounds, ` IN d OUND TIN _ \FFICE HOURS{ 'ao t ` There were some very curious cases. One FINE CUT MIXTURES I an 2 P S ° ;!2\";°1l1'I)1;l3g§?'l‘l?`P°ill¢Il\l$- _§3€'.};?’..l“2.t2§..‘§“."i°’§. °.‘..;’“a..’;2.‘.‘fi Hlgngy ,gg Nj[gHQI_SON Jubilee. The connection is not very evi- ' _ -. ’ dent, but- it is this. To impress the ' TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS n ‘Poget'the 'best]Hotel A Burmese with 'the Jubilee of 1887, an 9”" st' °h”‘°“‘°t°"“ R3’ I’ | “""'° “W” ` 5"; gs pardon, ma’ani,’ was the reply, ‘but I winter evenings talkinv to the men as him.” Macdonald recognized t-hd men by their voices, called a halt, and ordered -- T the culprits to step out from the ranks. ,__ , Facing them, he cried, “Now, you are _ /__ __-;,<§’a\’.\‘.'. surgeons who went to the war:-‘I can say that when our soiflicrs were brought _ ‘. from the field \\ounded_ they were __ 7 plucky, atient and uncom laininfv. Their l ` -- unsellishness was many times very mark- - _ _ " "*" is Q ed. An orderly “as bringing some unter - *ll ___ to a Wounded man lying on the ground _,_" __._,_.- near mc. He was shot through t c ah _ __ domen, and he could hardly spea ' owing '-4 'L sentation ot' the \"ictoriu. Cross, Mr y y orv is to1d`whicli l S Hard sa s that “a st _ illustrates the ohtuseiiess or the dip- _ -W lomacy of the Secretary of State for -_gp-_mania t~.ng_. - Pen Pictures or Soldiers. -" ”` ‘ - _ _ ' ’ - ' ‘- “Pen Pdrtraits of British Soldiers” is '\`,' ` 5 ' ` ~ ` i ‘ ' 9 ' _ - 5 1 _ a. little back by Rev. E. J. Hardy, Mn, `- r _ - - ~ T ‘ - ` » i _ - |g an army chaplain, which has just been ` _ _- | ' P issued by T. Fisher Unwin, ll. Pater- ` noster Buildings London. From it may - ._ ’ - , - be gleaned a. few anecdotes. For in- .'.’_L`l`...;:£;£Z3'i *J (1€).v/ StanCe 2* l as "Ill "fl ' i ` ‘ /hw I A “Men enlist for the qucerest reasons._ - @ ~‘;__,‘ E "’>:_Ll\" " One I knew did so in order to learn to ' "" F- i ` A .' 1 lin \\ -. A ~,'._;_ i _ , _ _ _ __ . __ _ C from school, and -when he 'rcw u he _ a P ar.; - i was ashamed of his ignorance and hoped ` __ - ` _Q N - _ tw. _ , .. _ ' ._ . ~ _- - ~ \_ _ » to get a slight tin t f 1 ‘ .1 ' (fgf ;» _~ 9 _ V Q _ _- h __c ure o earning in il _x¢¢-ju] _\__ _‘_ gr _ _ rf -. *_ g-, H I”///11*-'**" 1 , -_._ tary fdmeral. How he managed 110 P555 ;_»EtLw$'\:__ - _ the medical inspection is unknown to me. _ '_ E* _. _ - _ .___ ~_ _ Probably he Passed himself oil' for an- ‘ L” --fl ' ° ‘ ' " th an.” -'~" 2 ri' "' 0 erm ‘ 1' .. § _ In _ t e army. Another who knew that he would soon die of consum tion db W < ¢ The last sentence, by the way, is as ».,j_ =.__';-_;;__ _ good a bull as ever emigrated from Ire- 7% `° ' ` Mui' 1 _ _ “ “ la d Ao ' ._ “ "ifuii~\~\-‘n\\\‘“~"' ‘~f`T`7ti i”-lil.:/__ 1' 5 11 - -as _ .- _ _<»fz>».-__/-_-_» a -- “There is no hypocrisy in soldiers. In- / A Q1 ' _ ' _ ._ " s. deed, if there is any make-believe -in " r _, ` . them, it is to appear worse than they _ ' are, rather than better. An illustration ' *f _ of the directness and want of deceit in ' soldiers came to my notice when I was Bfa¢i°11°d at P°ftSm°11th- Tr°°PShiPS The ` der more than zo Years a o and the BEST ON EART Z t-lien usedto come to that port. A staif To DAY ' oiiicer there was superintending the dis- ‘ ' . . einbarkation of time-expired men, ln- N0 other fagnge ever bulk 9»UYWhefe eUJ°Yed valids and other soldiers fro-in a troop the pf‘p11l3.1'1ty Of the Hapéy Thought Ship which had just arrived from India- POPULAR IN THE PAST l'l` IS PRE- MINENT IN THE PRESENT, The officer went up to ii. party of men E01. sale by ' ` ' who were drawn up on the jetty wait- ing for orders to proceed, and asked them, ‘Who are you, and what are you lunatics l’ was the start ' 0 .” Q . ` ’ ? hug answer “A sentry stopped the carriage of a lady enerall well known, but not i kngwngto “yas out of order' on the night of a Court ball. The lady __ '_ 1;... -i»if'*=`..»'_»..~‘.~»_`_,~» 1-1 -_=.,»-_-~¢_}-_ 1 ;‘ ._, _ .' '~' rr-'.=,~. 1;-..-_.5#»:.-f-.~' ffc,i.:;=,_a;.=.=i,s;-._._=;'< --.».<.’-_ :»:..s:.'.-‘.=:` . » ='~`- '.:'<>; -:M "*"i~<* -"'-*i* _ _- -_ - j/Sf? _ii ‘f an fa* sa read and write in a military school._ '\7.'7»' l ~ ff.: if "\\“ , ._ , When a boy he had always been a. truant "'é,5f~§ y ~_,» ‘fi é ’ ' \‘C,_ ;_` ' | ) a "‘ 1»`._--‘~ " ""‘°"-_\ -ff .‘~f`~*"”3""i.f®t wif' " A O ~ Li,-_ ____ *__* 'n'f‘-lib ‘e We w i . amnesty was given to all of mm who - ‘ were in prison on a. certain da Some of them, instead of being grateful for ,_ _ ___ _ ‘ ° ' rm their freedom, quite resented it. They - - _ \ 31-_Jo;m_N_'3_ ' _ 0'* 'had never been so well treated in their ~ ~ so ' ' l__iv;2s as in a._prison unde_i; British in_:_a__n _Z _ EQ`!_\_5c§¥.H_ i .--1 Pianofsrte and Oigan _oraddau N. E1 ..oNssizvA'lQy_ Late with Chickering & l and New England Piano 1 Co.. Bcston -~ All orders promptly attended to AT)DR.E~S-P. O Box, 319, Charlottetown. _ RR -IDENCE-Grafton S-ireet West. :gd Q w im ` an-S.. ”"“’ Commission Morchontli ` ,a Sf, .lohn’s, Newfoundland, - Consignments of P. B. Island produce SOLICITED - o-7-d w r yr. ° _ »iRii1=iciii iiaail. leotofletisfnetian at modei iii ` Extraction keeolchnrge. e -llZl_Z11 cnosaie a oo.. St- John’s, ll_ewfoun|liqnd,j __ ' Importers and Commission Merchants. _ Provisions. Cattle and Produce. _ Wholesale and Retail. _ - _ s.¥g_;_tei¢ide premises, opposite F. er. . i Cable address, Crosniore P. O. lox,..$. to-'/-d w 1 vr " -1. s. PA'roN, eng ageaeynifeetoi-rur.x.x._ \ : District and Local agents Wanted. e* Sept 18 dliw 1 yr ` "’ g ment, so in order to get back ag in A N l E 1,1 B_ La vm F5* they resolved to commit a crime. Un __ - _ dt ` fortunately for the drummer boy. the é/ --’ ' /.» ‘S yr y .-_ Crime B6lECt€d W8.S tO tie 111111 t0 8. tI‘B8 ` ‘ _. _ - " ' rr ’ X? _ie And finally, in discussing the iirst pre- War, Lord Panmure. Talking to him Ao you know we make n specialty of having fresh bnscnlts a'waya on hand. W iust after the f`Ul1Cl'.lOn, BITS. NOl°t0n ' weekl hi nt. d ' t& 7;!-igd 'tm t f hi h .d 1 i_ _ li1 asked, ‘Was the Queen touched? ‘Bless ww” ys pme m mamma . mo en ° ‘ gr e my soul, nov was the reply; .she had 3 biscuits, suitable tor the lnboreros well uthe gentleman, ata low grade price H 0 T E L U N I brass railing before her, and no one Some kind of n biscuit should be on the table every mal and the very ind: yo _ could touch her.’ Mrs. Norton then said, should have are here. - ' -- Th. ::i’°|:.¢ 1 `mean, was she moved? ‘Moved,’ an- i 9'*-U *U13-9 °f¥¥°°¢l'i°S- H "I 'I The 0"’ ‘°¢¢__0‘.“-‘ swered Lord Panrnure; ‘she had no oc- _ ' 0 an t dm,” fu an ent” u i :asion to movel’ Mrs. Norton then Gave ' um °° " ~ ~ - - , . rounds, nd H6015 |77 _ " “P ’” ‘°“’““" ° n JBIIIGS StGW3l‘t & S01] if-7””-32-f* ”“3=f1-"¢i»'1”°€’““»»-”--“m~ Nellie-Do you think Paul cares for an °u,,¢°,,,5¢,¢°d&,,_ ' can- H*-WWEENEYU Prgpl Mamie! Emma-Did you ever hear a- 54517? lyoung man refer to a red-haired girl ts havin auburn tresscs unless h im _;'“ge]si“ Gam" e loved Fire brick and Fire Cla E' R I LEY & 'co' - . i fun 1111*? °f M¢¢han1°5 T°°15 . wlmxsawnmul. imriueu. in T ==- -°°.....'-.i.:;.<::.‘.:- aa~..a.::‘°°-'~°*» \ and Hard ware at lowest gun,” tg-mg' °"°~ -- p p _ , ` __ lf/ _ _ 9~B-dwryx. .' ` , `\§¥_d\'; ‘ Wa angei(i1ditEal)EH1;i:st