oe Net ae G2 Vay amuner ’ t ’ . The Examiner Publishing Company KATES OF SIBSCRIPTION LIN ADVANCE) @ne Year .. 84,00 Rix Yonties 7.00 Three Manths 1.00 @ae Meath 0,35 “ ost paid to any part of Canada or th Uo ites rie WEEKLY EXAMINER 48st ery Friday morning. It is made up of matier which has appeared in the Daily and is all the & first classs newspaper containing ates? news Subscription $1.00 a year. THe DAILY EXAMINER DECEMBER 18, 1897 ANDREE IS SAFE. That [s the Opinion of the *clentists of Kurope 15.—Professor it is believed, New York, December Andree and his balloon, have teen located. say tie daring arctic explorer and his two compa.ions, Dr. Nils Strindberg and Kaut | Frauk |, are safe, and only waitiag forthe Winter (© break vw show themselves. Scieut tic journals just received in Chicago from turope anuounces the fact that astrun mers and wmweteoroligical experts of S-ceden, Engiand, France and Gerumuy have received full meteoroiogica! repor'-, snd have calculated the velocity ane direcuoa of the polar winds, during July wuen Andree was, as they claim, tailing over the North Pole. These ex- peris -ay that, barring accident, he must now be io Franz Jesef Land, and must have pasved the Pole. Astoau accident, experts say that such « contingency is next to impossidle. M. Lachambre, of Paris, in an interview, said that the bal- loon could float for fifteen days. In their computations uf the velocity and direction of the ;o'ar winds, the experts agree thet the balloon passed the Poll in less than eix days, and that Andree and his companions continued their journey natil they reach a place suitable for q@inter —* The Neue Freie Preese, in enna. publishes an interview with s distingui-hed Austrian explorer, Dr. Von Payer, in which he says: “No word Ought to be expected from Andree before next summer. ‘twill be Andree himself, and not pigeons, that will briag the news of his expedition.” Russia bas offered a big reward for the first authentic tidings of the expiorers, Bos MATRIMONIAL MIXTURES, An interesting incideat of corapiicated matrimooial lite hae come to light, accord ing to ihe St. James Budget, Two years ago European society in the egst was sur- priced to learn that a member of Ceylon Civi) Service, Mr. C.J. R. Le Mesurier, had embraced Mohammedani-m, and mar ried » young Englishwoman of good family although be already had a wife. The government of Ceylon took @ seriou: View ot Mr. Le Mesurier’s conduct, acd eventually deprived him of his position ii the public service. The real Mra. Le. Mesurier thereupon instituted in the Columbo court an action for judicial separe‘ion, which has just been decided in her favor by the district Judge. ne defence wae that Mr. ue. Mesurier, a8 a ~persoa professing piofe+s ng the Mohammedan religion, was entyticd vo more thao one wife, and that he had bern lawfully married to bis second wife,al-o a Moham~cdan. The district jadge held that the question was one of domicj'e, that the defendant’s statua in Ceylon was a Christian status, and that i Scientific men now | THE DATLY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, DECEMBER 18, 1897 NEGRO HOUSEWIVES. THEIR THRIFT AND INGENUITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Only Excetient EKeonomists Conld Make the Little They Have Go So Far—Patient and Indastriows—Clean and Tidy Not- j withstanding Their Poverty. The notable economists in this country today are the negro women down most south, the field workers who keep house odds, yet achieve creditable re- ilts. “I couldn't git hold of: no jar nor nothin to put up peaches in dis year, but l'ze got pretty near a bushel of cut apple an peach dry an stow ‘way in bags,’’ a cabin housewife will tell yeu “Them hams an sides up there?’’ she xoes on. “All both of emis from de shotes what I raise bome victuals an leavin’s Dey never turn out no lard worth countin, but de meat is swect Another time will you her | quilts, six or seven of them foided away | neatly, one apiece for each ef the children, When do you do your sew ing?’ you ask her * Mostly in de night time. evhen de chil jen Is out de way an de inepsis lay duwn or gone huntin * But you bkave no lamp?” ‘No butl keeps a good turn of fat splinters an pine knots handy. an dey makes a good blaze to see by Days when | does half task in de field I asvurks bout de house in de afternoon, but dere’s de washin todo an de patchin an scrubbin an oneting ananudder Den. if I has new cloth. | makes breeches or frock, one Dere’'s always sewin waitin’ “How do you manage about the cook- ing when you are so busy tn che field?’ ashe is asked “I mostly makes de chillen a stirnbout or some bread fore | start out in de imernin. an every night fore | lay down | slip some taters In Ge ashes to done slow fordem. Den | gen ally don't cook no more til) ] come out de field at sandown When | git chance. | does make cake an sweetened bread if exes is plenty * But you sell your eggs?’ “Ves Dey mostly goes for sewin thread, sometimes for a little sugar an coffee or maybe Kerosene [ always keeps a bottle of Kerosene handy, cause it- se good to drink for misery in de heud or ta rub with when your ) ints is parniul J] does make sharp money out of my butter, tou. when de cow ain't gone dry.’ she ndds The average negro farmer who plants his little one horse or two horse acreage that he rents barely tiakes enough income to keep body and soul together In the flush harvest season be earns the equiva lent of 40 cents aday His wife, accord- ing to her interpretation, has to ‘turn swift’ in order to make things hold out She buys as littie as possible and mukes use of such resources as are athand Even fuod for the cow has to be considered, as is evidenced by the “going dry ’' “If wecould make out to gi Sooka mash of cooked peus night an mornin, she would keep Up het milk all de year,’ says Suvk s mistress “but we can't do dat nor rent no good pastur lan’ neider an in de winter de grass what's growin in spare lan aintmuch You see we got “de mule to feed too’ Thus she tells ot her simple needs The negro housewife's broom is made of broc’ straw gathered from the fields and Usung gcc ty with strips of homespun The scruuwmg brusn that plays an iupertar’ po: in the week ly cleaning up. is niade of shucks from the cormhouse pegged into a piece of board wisi. a tome t..: to it By cut- ting off the necks of the gourds that grow en she show us she says 1 w4t made, to hokt anything that needs be kept over in the wooden cupboard. For cook- inf conveniences there are only the crane in (hc open chi:gmney git and the hes~v lidcod oven, skillet ac Lig mouthed pets, which are lifteu about, no matter how hot or how fil they may be by a bent poker or stout kmotted stick. «The w.i.tress of the eabin hoes her halt acre task each day he helps with every departinent of the field work. from get- ting the ground ready for the secu in early spring to the harvesting im aut::mn Many of these women plow as well and the Englishman turning to Mohammedan would still he subject tothe English law except in mattopa belonging puerly to the demain of religion, ie a | Biannirz, Frence, December 15.—Mail advices from Madrid state that twenty | generals bave protested to the minister of | war egainst Bresident McKicley’s meseage to Congress which is considered insulting to the Spanish array. == SS a | The Same... Oid Sarsaparilla. > D> —— That's Ayer’s. The same old sarsaparilla as it was made and sold by Dr. J. C. tie laboratory it is There modern appli- Ayer 50 years ago. In different. ances lend speed to skill and But the s: rilla is the same old sarscy ren ry. tal pie experience. arilla have little side crops of rice or cotton Nearly all heve young children 3 3 g A good many negras are shiftiess aftl irresponsible; some are dirty, but a ma- jor:., -f the wives and mothers on the plantations are ambitiens cv-d make a brave effort fo put the best feot fers most and keep things shipshape. They riyal each other at rrising turkeys ‘and chickens, and will walk miles huiting up some secretive guinea hen's nest or search- ing for a missing duckling that has ¢tray- ed off from the brood. The sewing that they do is crude. Some of the quilts that they are so jroud of look grotesquc enough beeause of inaccuracy in the cut- ting and carrying out of the pattern, bt they are a monument to the paticnee and industry of the makers, when one thinke how rough and coarse from hard labor are the hands thut wield the clumey seis sors, big needle and coarse ball thread with which they are made. The garme:ts they make are cit out on the original scale, with little regard to fit, but the stitches hold firmty. and the forms. large and simali, Chat wear the clothes aru so well kntt and lusty that the garments soon fall into shape The patching done by these women may be classed as an art Every possible economy ts practiced in these homes One set of sinoothing Irons that made the record—60 years of cures. Why don't we bette: it? Weil, much in the condition of the Bishop and the raspberry: ‘* Doubtless, ” he “Cod might have made a better berry. But doubtiess, also, Ile never did.” Why don’t we better the sarsaparilla? We can’t. We née using the we're said, often does the ironing for a whole heigh- borhood, and the starch that stiffens the go to meeting petticoats and the husband's shirt is made outef mee water boiled down tou the requisite thickness Every skiin- ming of grease or bit of bone is saved tor soup, and even the lye needed for the soap is extracted [rom wood ashes On a Suturday afternoon, when one of these cabin homes is fresh scrubbed for the next day, the wooden shelves and ta- bles white as elbow grease can miake them, even the brass hoops on the water bucket scoured into newness, and the same ola plant thet cured the aud the Spaniazds. It bettered. Ard cc Sarsapat illa cozm- Indians hes not been since are 11a! pound out of s arsaparilla plant, ‘ +. no way of we sec yrovermert. Of course, if we were making some secrct chemical comp« und we might.... But we’re not. que a te 4008 . 1E. sl¢ he We're making the same old sar saparilla to cure the same old diseases. You ca tell it’s the same old sarsaparilla be- purifier, and—¢?’s Ayers. gp | pickaninnies spanking clean, it is a pic- ture of homely simplicity, a glimpse of | which would go far toward dispelling the idea that because a heyro is poor he must be dirty The negroes on plantations remote from towns are primitive in their mode of life and remarkably thrifty. Their strong piety has something to do with their cleanliness. They regard it as a sin to be dirty on the Sabbath.—New York Sun. the late Archbishop Benson was fond of a little joke. Once in addressing a he remarked, * You must know a at ny age, I cannot be in two places - ener our big list.—M. vc : 5 each year under the eaves large bowls are | — fi Mzzled about _ Christmas buying? | ” CHRISTMAS. Christmas is coming verv near, And the little girls and boys, Are thinking of their presents ‘Of the pretty dolls aod toys And the tempting Christma diuner, Not the leaat of all their joys. They talk about old Santa Claus, And look so wondrous wise, One can see that they are happy, By the gladness in their eyes, And tuoey teem to be all realy, For some welcome, new, surprise. The shop windows look so beautiful (As Christmas cometh nigh) Such an army of tempting goods, We do not wonder why The fair sex look ro lovingly At them as they go by. When the ladies go out shoping they For the fancy tables nake And the things are all eo pretty there They don’t know which to take And they try the poor clerk’s patience Till Ler beart 1s like to break. The country folks will bring to town Ducks, geese and turkeys, too, On Christmas market morning, And there will be not a few. They’ll ask more for them tban they are worth. That’s just what they will do. Bat we city folks will buy them, Though we pay ter every bone. We must have a goore for Coristiwas, Or aturkey +i! our own; And our tables will be loaded Until they almost groan. Let us al] new with thankful hearts, The Caristmas feast prepare, (Bid all our selfishness depart) And give the poor a share, Of our good things that they may forget Their poverty and care. Thea a happy, merry Christmas, To the mch and poor as weil, To the printers and their patrons And the hustling beys who sell Whoc-y out, Dairy Kaminer, As juvud a-« they can yell, Chariotietowa, Tam. Leng Vacation, M. D’Artout, who filled more than one important post under the French govern- ment, Was a man of easy going disposi- tion, which was taken advantage of by those subordinate to him. He never pun- ished and rarely reproved, and the result was a lax discipline, notwithstanding the energy which he infused into bis own de- partment through the exercise of his own influence and ability in “La Vie a Paris,’’ Villemot relates that when M. D Artout was at the head of the ministry of the interior there was a clerk in the bureau who could write a re- markable hand with as remarkable speed, and the minister always kept him in his own offices as private secretary One day the minister missed his secre- tary and inquired where he was. “He is not here today His father is dead.” D' Artout bowed and said nothing A month afterward the minister again ca}led up the chief and asked him the same ques- tion “He is not here, monsieur,’ was the anz‘yer, “for his father is dead.” The minister bowed again in silence, but went away with a puzzled expression in his eyes) Three weeks later the same thing happened once more. Upon receiv- ing the same answer, D’Artout spoke up rather sharply “What! Said he “Is he going to stay away from the office all the while his fa- ther is dead?” A Mismanaged Compliment. “I consider it an insult,” said Mise Passeigh. **You don't refer to that immense bunch of roses?” “I do It’s a birthday remembrance, and the card on it says. ‘May each of these beautiful flowers represent a year of your life.’ ’’— Washington Star. Like a Cancer Swelling Dictppeared After Taking Hood 'é Sarespariila. “tT had a swellltig on my chest which appeared like a cancer, and caused me great pain. My daughter told me to take Hood’s Sarsaparilia and I did so, and after taking six bottles the swelling and pain all left me.” Mrs. J. W. CRONE- WRIGHT, 432 Front Street, Belleville, Ont, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best —in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills cure constipation. 25 cents. ee NO AVAIL, Adam Soper, of Burk’s Falls Found al! Remedies for Kidney Disease of No Avail Uutil He Used South American Kidney Cure—To Day He is a Well Man And Gives the Credit Where It Is Due. | “For along time I have been a great sufferer from disease of the kidveys. The ins I euffered were the severest. I bad tried all kinds of remedies, but all to no avail. 1 was persuadei to try South American Kidney Cure. Have taken half adozen botcles, and I can confidently say that today I am a cured man, and can highly recommend this great medicine to all sufferers from kidney trouble.” Sold by S. W. Dood and Geo. E. Hughes, A, A McLEAN, 0. C, Barrister, Etc., Brown’s Block Charlottetown Money to Lean. Printing in all its branches at the Exam INER Office, one cf the best equip ped Job Printing Establishments ” ” o~. ene) eee. YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE. It Is a Sad Mistake For Them to Begin Life In a Boarding House. Edward W. Bok, editor of The Ladies Howe Journal, always a stanch and up- compromising advocate of the home, as- sorts that a home, however bumble, is a million times better place for young mar- ried couples to live than is the most lux- urious hotel or best boarding house in the land. “It is always a sad thing,” he says, “when a young married couple begin life in a boarding house or hotel; sad because selves. The furniture around them is not their own with her all the trifles she chooses may add a touch of her own here and an- other touch there. But the things in the room are not theirs, and sooner or later she realizes it ‘During the day the wife is alone. No duties call her. Nothing is there in her life to exercise her ingenuity or develop her: womanly talents. She cannot pre- pare any little pleasure for her young hus- band, for things are prepared for her. When her husband leaves her for his office, she turns back into the reom and wonders what she can do during the day; how she will employ herself, where she will go. There is nothing in her room to appeal to her to stay there. No home duties con- front her So she goes out and shops per- haps for awhile; runs around to her moth- er’s; calls upon some friends; goes back to her room to practice a little, if she is musical and has a piano, or, if she is fond of books, she reads ‘There is nothing in her life—two-thirds of herself lies dor- mant She is glad when the time comes for her husband to come home; glad te feel that she haus some one to whom she can talk; glad of company <And_ be? What can he do to express himself to bis young wifey Nothing around him is his Everything is by lease his for a time, for so much money And after he is through paying for it he leaves it behind ‘The end is the sume as the beginning That is why boarding house or hotel life is so in- jyurious to young married people. It mukes them practically homeless. ’’ BABY’S OWN SOAP is made particularly for littlefolks. It is the purest soap in the world, Really and truly the purest. It looks good ; smells good ; IS good; and does good to the pink and tender skin of infants. Thousands of men and women use Bany’s Own Soap—be- cause they like it—but for Babies it is indispensable. 1% THe ALBERT TOILET SOaPCo., MONTREAL. Unprincipled makers are offering an inferior soap the same in color and shape Oe aes ee wes a Fancy Goods For Xmas Trade Celluloid Ware In Dressing Cases and Manic § Sets, Glove and Handkerch ae Sets, Cuff and Coilar B Work Boxes, Shaving oxes Trinket Holders, ete. Sets, LEATHER GOODS in Writing Desks, and port- ; folios Cuff and Collar Cases, | Cigar Cases, Card C:ses, also a fine line of PURSES Plain Leather, Silver and Gold mountings. XMAS CARDS ANU CALENDARS in endless variety. ur prices cannot b2 beaten in the city. Try us ior Xmas Goods, Mcltiian & Hornsby, Weuralgiea. In the head is almost Savasianty qnutee by lecayed and apscessed teeth. n’t sufier 1éedlessly when you can be releived in a few 10urs and cured in a few days by the careful realment we will give you. ORS AYERS at Ae 4 Re pS ~ they start life practically outside of them- The young wife may bring | She | But Have You Tried A WEE DRAPPI O’ PATTISON’S a ee beatae Sasa For sidetvard purposes it is abominable. “A Wee Drappie 0’ Pattison’s ” is a customer always, SOLE AGENTS FOR P. E. I. NOTHING MORE SUITABLE For a Christmas gift —_, Than a pair of Kid Shoes or slippers, for either for boys or girls, a pair of Hockey or Skating Boots We show some nice lines of ladies and gaiters,, Felt boots at low prices. WHAT CAN’T BE CURED MU8T BE ENDURED Give nn drinking poor enirita and try the best Scotland yields. For Medicinal Purposes ajnaiierated whi-ks ix dangerons, A custom-r who once tries » . : . For sale by all leading wine and enirit merchants, and wholesale by i J. & T. Morris, Charlottetown 0, BES EEE EE EEE EEE EEE LY CEN iti NOTICE: : p FEES SES SSE SE SSS SS SE ¥ 5 a lady or gentlemens : geutlemens slippers, overshoee W. H. Stewart & Go cane The British and Foreign Marine Ins. C England, Cargos, Freights. carried at lowest rates. a een ae Marine Inurance. o., Of Liverpoat The Empress Marine, Ins., Co..of London England. The General Marine Iusurance Co., of Dresden. The undersigned represents the above first-class Companies. Sterling Certificates issued, Unlls, FRED. W. HYNDMAN A PRIVATE DEIEG ‘After a Government Official expenses are paid out of the public frnds. and will compete with any of the Quebec ho ing or receiving vats, and all other Dairy Suy to order at short notice. more money to the patrons than any other. Separator oil that will insure safer run speed than any other on the market. on hand. Engines that do not require All imported so far. extreme speed to obtain enough power, for one year. Charlottetown. T's A. VES __ | Successor to McKinnon & McLean We We are in the Dairy Supply business to stay, notwith- standing the unfair competition of an official whose travelling We pay our own, uses thus repre sented, for quality of workmanship in cheese va's, creat vats, either single or duplex, portable or stationary, temp? yplies in stock or We have on hand Alpha Separators which returm ning at extremé Butter Boxes for storing and shipping butter in. — Dairy plants that will run without an expert enginee? Boilersthat will save fuel over any other thathas been to b2 driven W work warranted Call at our up town store in the Temple, Grafton Sty a MEY