gt ee ee . Seagate eer an agama: 18s eg eee ————E . a Se same, Mts A ee a aia wel 4 ee a aeeemmmmmmall oe cyan it Basar he: Her Husband Itis amusing and s>metimes disgust ing to hear some women talk « relatives and friends as not vongenia!. A wife who makes such about her taste, but a lack declaration hot only poor discretion and good ominous for the fniure ility is pever such nawilely indi etions. of congen increased Dy ‘My husband is a real good! a clock, and all that/ provider, stiddy as but. in some tang we ain't abit congenial,” remarking a garralous woman to rie 1. * Upon what do you disagree / in quired the triend. *¢ Well moatly “ How so?’ ‘Well, the factis, I’m too for John.” about our reading.’ literary ; indeed ‘Yes; Joho ain't a bit literary. Now, Lalways did run to literarynese. And I just believe I could write.” * Did you ever try ?” ‘* Yes; I’ve wrote two or three poems, They rhyme right +traight through. Bat John he jast laughs at me. He saysa woman with four children and only a poor carprater for her husband ain't gt literary. There isn't the first literary streak in t)at man, Now, I’m the greatest reader.” ** Does your busband distike books? ~ es he likes to read the papers and says be thinks it’s his duty as a voter informed in politics; nod he the labor questions, and he’ time to be to keep reads abou got some old histories and a book called Mac issays that he’s for- ever reading. But then, when i! comes to being literary, Joho win’t there.” ‘* What do you read ?” “Oh, i read every scrap of poetry in the pbewspapers I cau pick up, and | otten have four novels on hand at a time. I'm reading one now called Millicent, the Mad, Mad, Maid of the Mis', and I take four splendid story papers and borrow two more. I s’pose mebbe I'd be happ er if | wasn’t so literary, but I can't help it. ™ Probably not.” “And, of course, John can’t appre ciate my tastes and my kind of reading He ain’t a bit congenial. And I some times think it would have been bette: for John ifhe’d married a woman less literary than me. It’s dreadful to be se literary when your husband ain'ta bit that way.” Yes——dreadful for the husband, . oe val iy 4 From Lieut. John Osborn, firm of Evans. Webster & Co., ‘* Two bottles of Adamson’s Botanic Balsam effected a cure in my family that four skilled physicians failed to do.” Sold by druggists at 35 cents. Trial bottles 10 cents. dy wy = : boston : oa ‘tte. as Special Notices, - ° . . . We cordially invite open inspection and comparison,and cansider it a privilege to show you our stock of embroideries.—-Stanley Bros., Brown Block. mech3" 2i Seep wheat, Timothy and Clover seed. A good article at W. P. Colwill’s. march28 dy wy 5w Wer have m irked our ¢€ mbroide ries so low that we are confident they c annot be under- sold.—Stanley Bros., Brown Block. mch30 2i Hya INTH GLASSES many colors, and other fine goods for sale by J. B. Pollard, Kent Street. mar26 2 a w tf glass and chinaware will be ol : r | . ’ sold at a large discount at W. P. Colwill’s. march28 dy wy 5w CROCKERY, BeavTircL Satins and Prints selling cheap it the London House. GREAT Print Cotton sale going on at the London House. Wonderful reductions. Larcest stock of Room Paper in the city just opened at the London House. mar235i G00D co lfish will be sold cheap a WwW. , Col will’s. mareh28 dy wy 5w PRINTED cottons. See the lot selling cheap at the London House. mar 22, 5i Room Paper. Spring stock just opened at the London House. mar 22, 5i Tue best and che upest place to get your spring clothing made is at Joseph A. Macdon- uld's Tailoring Establishment, Queen Street. mar22 6i BAZAAR PATTERN and Spring stock just House. SELLING off 25,000 pairs of boots before _ re- moving to new premises. Dorsey, Goff & Co. march 15, tf Fashion Sheets. received at the London mar26 5i EVERYTHING in mens’ furnishings can be had at the lowest price at D. A. Bruce's. GET a pair at once sey, Goff & Co's. ladies rubbers at Dor march 2] tf Ovcr stock of American boots will be here about last of April Dorsey, Goff & Co, march 15, tf Crearest boots in the city at Dorsey, Goff & Co's. march 14 tf (#REAT BARGAINS in Print Cottons at the London House. mar26 5i Tue only Steam Sewing Machine and Gun Repairing Shop in the Dominion, and the only place where you can get every part of a Sewing Machine or a Gun made is at Brown s, at the Atnenzeum, Ch’town. tf—oe 20 TENDERS, QEALED TENDERS will be received at the City Clerk’s office, up tonoon of WEDNES- D‘Y.6thof April next. for the erection of a Building for Fish Market, according to plans and specifications to be seen at the office of Megsrs. Phillips & Chappell, the names of two good oepartes to Pa emenen to each Tender. ouneil « ? ir . =e the ted wee ll ray themselves to accept By order, A. H. McCPHERSON, City Clerk. March 23% 1887—t) date SEED WHEAT THE Subscriber offers forsale a few hundred bushels of his famous White Russian Wheat grown on the Warren Farm (one year). : Vall early and secure the best seed, cheap JOUN NEWBON. = = es fe) iy — ww ie ~~ — Bae - n* “ = 4 f q | Qo _— eas a ow 7 | rf beiny a husbaod shows ot sense that i: The deree oa aes FOR INTERNAL — AND— EXTERNAL USE. Cures Diphtheria, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Bleeding at the Lungs, Hoarseness, influenza, Hacking Cough, Whooping Cough, Catarrh, Cholera Morbus, Dysen- names, an lDlus- @ containing infor- apa mation of very sf great value. LEv- yf erybody should / have this book, and those whoa send for it will ever after thank trated Pamphiet their lucky stars. All who buy or order direct from us, and request it, shall receive a certificate that the moncy shall be refunded if not abundantly satisfied. Retail price, 25 cts.; G bottles, $150. Express prepaid to any part of the United States or Canada. I. 8S. JOHNSON & CO., P. O. Box 2118, Boston, Mass. THE MOST WONDERFUL FAMILY REMEDY EVER KNOWN. tery, Chronic Di- arrhoa, Kidney Troubles, and Spinal Diseases. We will send free, postpaid, to ail who send their ! | | WARK WRIGHT & CO. ESIRE to return their hearty thanks to the City Fire 1) Department, Hook & Ladder Co., Salvage Corps, and the eeneral public for the efforts put forth on the night of the 4th inst., to save their property from fire, and wish to intimate that they hope, ina very short time to be in a better. position than ever to serve the public in the Manufacture and Repairing of Furniture, Xe. In the meantime the immense stock of Furniture, now on hand in Show Rooms, will be disposed of at the very lowest prices for ready payment. They have made temporary arrange- ments whereby they are prepared to execute orders previous to their new premises being ready. Undertaking in all its branches, as usual. The Steam Laundry will also be resumed at the earliest possible day. Ch'town, March 9, 1887. _——— eo __ SSE — “FURS! FURS!” AYO MATTER what competitors may say in their advertisements, it is apparent to the a general public that the EG It is not our claim that we offer FURS as cheap as other houses—we claim yon save 40 BARGAINS ean be had at our establishment. per cent by trading with us. ” We have not the time to enumerate our bargains in Muffs, Caps, Gloves, Coats, Sacques, Robes, Collars, &c., but we invite you to calland examine them—satisfy yourself that our bargains are genuine, and our prices the LOWEST OF THE LOW. STUARTS NEW FUR NEWSON BLOCK, CHARLOTTETOWN. Ch’town, Dee. 11, 1886. STORE, BARCAINS-BARCAINS ee | Chairs, Sables, Bedsteads, c&c., and in all kinds of Household Furniture, such as Parlor, Dining-room and Bed-room. All kinds of Bedsteads, Beds, Mattrasses, Pillows. All kinds of Chairs, Lounges, Sofas, Sideboards, Cheifoniers, Book-cases, Tables, Washstands, Sinks, Cradles, Cots, Cribs, &c. PICTURE FRAMES iz jm. ; ll -. 2 te fies ea oe - 2 Sl ke aa (Wa) (ee) (oe) t eed a § s eee and Picture Frame Moulding—late Styles and Finest Quality—Cheap. Looking Glasses and Mivrors, very low. Ali kinds of Window Furniture, such as Choug a Blinds and Shades, Cornices, Poles, Rings, Holders, Bands, Chains, Hooks, Blind Lollers, &e. . The Grand-daddy Chairs, Wire W agons—cheap, cheap, at JOHN NEwWSON’S, QUEEN SQUARE, OPPOSITE NEW POST OFFICE. Ch’town, March 9, 1887. 4 “a e : ie ie i ALSO Mattrasses, Children’s Sleighs, Carts and TH LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANGE COMPANY, Assets, Ist January, 1886 . . . $36,606,822.63, 70: (og- FIRE RISKS accepted upon the most Favorable Con ditions and at Lowest Current Rates. R. R. FITZGERALD, Jan. 3, 1887. Agent, TeLIPUOME COMPANY OF PRINCE EOMARD ISLAND. -0- Murch 9 188T—trows evd & wiry f berm COMPANY is now ready to transmit written and verba' messages, by Telephone, & between Charlottetown, Hunter River, County Line, Freetown, Kensington, Summer- side and St. Eleanors, at the following Rates:— From Station to Station, when the distance is 5 miles or under, for each five minutes’ con- FE, OF I BE ia ctntatin sine éixiiepenitiabiiiiidnss deend dale: i do do do ee ee ee | 6:8 do do do Over 10 MUMOP c62 csi veces Poseees avnsce 25 Os Written messages, subject to Company’s conditions, will be sent from Station to Station at following Rates :— When distance does not exceed 10 miles, for twenty words Or UDEF........0.000+0000 15 Conts When distance is greater than 10 miles............ anh olliswectntapiainien de For each additional word one cent extra, A discovnt of 2 per cent from the above rates will be made to lessees of instruments Written messages will be delivered in Charlottetown within city limits; from all other receiving offices within a quarter of a mile from said offices, TOW R Cee eee ee eeee Co tere Special rates will be made for delivering at greater distances, Sil communicet:ons and messajes must be prepaid, The Ogmpanv is prepared to lesse Telephoa* struments in Charlottetown and Sum. merside at established mss, and to treat with persons requir'ng private or toll lines, For farther information apply to the Subscriber, at Cherlottetown ROB ANGODS; MANAGER, ftown, Ort, 19, 1885—~' re ont _ .- +--+ “*PIURSDAY, MARCH MORTCAGE SALE TO be Sold by Public Auction, on WEDNES- DAY. the Thirteenth day of April, A. D., 1887, at the hour of ‘twelve o'clock, noon at the Court House, in Chariottetown, in Queen’s County, under a Power of Sale. con- tained in an Indenture of Mortgage, dated the twenty-seventh day of December, A. D., 1879, and inade between Michael Landr. gan and Margaret Maria his wife. of the one part, and the Right Rev. Hibbert Binney and Benjamin Gerrish Gray, Trustecs for King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, of the other part, e A LL that tract, piece or parcel of Jand, situate on Lot Thirty-iour, in Queen’s County, aud bounded and described as follows, thai is to say: Commencing at the sonthwestern angle of land owned by Edward Auld, thence running along the southern boundary line of said land exst- wardly for the distance of thirty-four chains, thence northwardly alung the eastern boundary of said land twelve and one-half chains, thence westwardly parallel with the said boundary line till it strikes the east boundary line of thirty neres of land recently sold by Edward Auld to swrence Whelan, thence at right angles south until it strikes the southeast angle of said thirty acres of Jand, thence along the south boundary of said thirty acres until it strikes land held by James Landrigan, thence south to the place of commencement, containing twenty-Seven and one-half acres, a little more or less. ALso—All that other tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on Township num- ber Thirty-four aforesaid, bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing at a stake fixed on the cast side of the road leading from Char- lottetown to Stanhope, thence east seventy-two chains, thence south ten chains, thence west seventy-twocbains, and thence north ten chains along the said road to the place of commence- ment, containing sixty acres of land, a little more or less. And also that other tract, piece or parcel of land, situate on Lot number Thirty-four afore- said, having a front of six chains on the west side of the Covehead Road, and running west by parallel lines tothe boundary line of Township number Thirty-three, containing fifty acres of lend, a little more or less. For further particulars apply to Edward J. Hodgson, Solicitor, Charlottetown, Dated 4th March, 18°*7. HIBBERT BINNEY, BENJAMIN G. GRAY, Mortgagees. March 5, 1887—eod tl sale BEST ON EARTH T stir Wisner 2 RY YT A marvel uf efficiency and economy. Quality never varies. The purest and best for all house- hold purposes; washing and cleaning without injury to hands or fabric. No boiling, scaldin or hard rubbing necessary. The saving of fue alone pays for the soap. Makes white goods whiter, softens woolen goods and makes colored goods brighter. One 608 for all purposes, Toilet, Bath, Laundry, Scrubbing, &c. Read the directions plainly given on each wrapper and learn the new “surprise” way of washin clothes, saving time, money, labor and worry © the old way. Wash day is made a pleasure by the use of SURPRISE SOAP and joy and smiles take the place of tired looks, Save 25 Surprise wrappers, send to the manufacturers with your address and get a handsome picture for them. Ask your grocer to show you the picture. Sur- PRISE SoaP is sold by all !cading grocers. If not obtainable at your home send 6 cents in stamps to us for sample bar. ad The St. Croix Soap Mi’f’g Go., Str. Steruex, N. B. REMOVAL. J B. MACDONALD has removed for two months (while his own store is undergoing alterations) to the stand adjoining Messrs. Perkins & Sterns, on the West Side of the Market Square, where he will sell off the balance of his stock of Dry Goods, Clothing and Gents Furnish- ings, at prices that are bound to sel] them. Don’t fail to call when shopping. If we have anything to suit, you can buy cheap. ‘ Special bargains given in Ready-made Clothing Overcoats and Suits. A few Men’s Fur Coats left—will be sold cheap. Splendi | Tea retailing for 25 cents per pound, J. B. MACDONALD. Feb, 5, 1887—dy wky on FLOUR. 1009 Bbls. Matchiess, Kent Mills, City Mills, &e., &c., — AT— BEER & GOFPF’S. Dee. 8, 1886. phe SA TLE Pur Subscriber offers by private sale, till tlic 15 April, coming.a FARM of 84 acres, more or less, on the St, Peter’s Road,& miles from Chariottetown. The farm is nearly all fenced with spruce hedges, almost grown up for fencing. An undisputed title will be given—$!,200 to be paid on the execution of the deed ; also, the stock and farming implements. The purchaser can have the buildings I now occupy, close by. at 2 reasonable rent, if required. ‘The farm is situated in the midst of all the con- venience required — shipping and Bedford Station, &c. For particulars inguire at the office of Paimer & McLeod, Solicitors, Charlottetown, or to the subscriber, — JAMES STEWART. . 11. 1887.—3mos St. Peter's Charlottetown Steam Laundry HEAD OFFICE: Mark Wright & Co., Furniture Ware- room, King Square. AGENCIES: G. H. HASZARI)S Book Store, Queer Street G. T. DAVIES, Arserican Clothing Store, S’Side Gents’ Goods ai Specialty. is27 = = = 1886. T. & E. KENNY, Diy Goods and Shipping, HALIFAX, CANADA, T & HK. KENNY, (Ff. & MAHON) Ship Owners and Brokers, General Commission Merchants, I6t GRESHAM HOUSE, ibishopsente Street, LONDON, E. 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