. _ wren Days are Da I 1 aiays art la K, remembcy brightness that-is passed : ; ( i up the glad spring musi » mingle with the blast ; 1 nk of the meri And hosts of scented fl wers, memories of the summer take gloom from off sad hours. Vv sun hine i \\ 1 days are dark, b heerful ; cause th “aves mus’ fade, I y hopes need not be cast away Nor thy heart be dismayed. ' This uw the time for laughter \nd happy household song, s that are filled wit a cheerfulness \re never sad and lo lavs are dark be trustful, ihe &, s atte r And joy goes not #o far a: Bat it returns avain Life is not ruled by sorrow, Rut blessings reign o'er al’, And we can sing of meré ‘ in spite of pain and thrall. vay When days are dark, be busy, For there is much to do, And the ministries are many Which kindly hands pursu Che need of love is always great, For griet is everywhere; Oh, lighten thou some burden, And lessen thou some care Whea days are dark, be thankful, Light is not always best, And usefal are the shadows The silence and the rest. (jod gives whete er is good to come. The day and then the night, And those who find their joy in Him Live always in the light. Mari ee Seals by the Hundred. A HOLLOW ICEBERG FULL OF THEM ASTOUNDS A SHIPS CREW. -_- —— . thine Furnina/ mm. “aptain Laarson, cf the Nerwegian | bark Fridge,which arrived at Philadel! phia on the 26th, tells the following astonishing story of bis last trip to Philadelphia : We were io longitn le 50 degrees perth and latidude 45 degrees cast, vithi: perhaps three bundred miles of he erstern coast of Newfoundland, vhen we sizhted an icel erg,” said the . yesterday. “Tho weather had en (oggy and we were creeping alovg ti short canvas, although the wind, hat there was of it, was.taiv, Sud2or untain @f ice loomed up and we ei towgaus it!” The iceberg was as ar ac crystal, with the exception of a rreat dark mass in its centre, a fathom bove the water’sedze. From a ! pia Su) ‘leit ia the side of the rg a slender column of vapor ascended. I at once} lire 1 my binocular giasses up the mass and «iiscovered that the | ack blotch in the eentre was mov could plainly be withthe naked my men became greately excit- ibalf an hour we were near nto getatthe truth, and, you ‘arcely credit it, that iceberg was st + arming with seals. There must lave been $20,000 of sealskins in that erg. The vapor thatecame from the p 0! the iceberg was caused by their reat ung. “Without exaggeration I think there bree hundred ere vetween two \and als here. The berg was evidently ollow, and the water we could see the naw and then was the evean. The wail @f ice that separat- od us from the seals #ppcared to be but a few feet thick,and 1 think it has only been there a short time. itxel it formed after The seals were there, for it is not probable that they would have come up in such numbers from below and voluntarily make a piace like tbat their home. They no doubt gathered there from different parts of a big floe and have been floating around for months, unable to change their quar- ters, ‘After sailing around the berg with- vut finding au opening we hove the bark to and lay off the iceberg as long as we dared, hoping it would split or crack in seme manner to give us a chance to get at the seals, but nothing happened and we bad to sail away.” “— Loyalty. _ What alesson such representative (our French fellow countrymen, as the ge Etienne Cartier and Sir Hector “Lat seale plunge iato V aww wry | lottetown. mm DAILY Fix ot Sete te eee Eg ede al ae Special Notices. ‘Kenr Muinis,” ‘* Matchless,” ‘* Maple Hill, “Glenmorris.” all choice brands of Fami'y Flour, cheap, at Henry Beer's Ware- house, Water Street, near Ferry Wharf. [dee 31 61 wky TABLE Prunes, “5 cents per pound, at Beer & Goff's. dec29 Cain BLANKetTs at J. B. Macdonald's. dece20 Royal BaAKtine Powper at Beer & Golf's. dec29 | Prepeare for the cold, and buy warm For Cap at L. E. Prowse’s. a good, | [dee 20 | SKATES sharpened at Brown’s for ten cents. } » . | Whoill have another. At the Athenwum, | Ch'town tf—dec6 Parronize L, E, Prowse. decll Tue great sale still continues at Bremner Brothers’ Pook-store, Queen street. dec20 Buy Overcoats and Clothing from Weeks & Co. Five pounds choice Tea given away with | each ‘oat seld. Lowest prices in the city | Clothing.—-W. Weeks & Co. decd Great BARGAINS in Violins, Concertinas, Accordeons, Flutes, Violin Strings, and gen- eral musical goods, at Fletcher's Music Store, sign of the ‘Big Fiddle,” Queen Street, “har- {dee 12 ty Juse Recervep—A large assortment of Aeme Club Skates, for sale very cheap — Dodd & Rogers. [dec 9 eod tl jyl SLEIGH DASHER rails at Brown’s, the latest American style, and silver plated, at the Atheneum, Charlottetown. dec 24 BLANKETS AND Quiits.—Above stock sell- ing cheap at J. B. Macdonald’s. dec20 at L. E. {dee 20 A LARGE sTrock of Men’s and Boys’ Fur Caps selling low at J. B. Macdonald’s cdec2U0 CHSAPEST PLACE to buy Violins, Accordeons, Concertinas, Flutes, Banjos, Violin Strings, and all kinds of Musical Goods, is at Miller Brothers, Queen Street. [dec]l9 tf Great BARGAtiNs in Boots and Shoes during the Holidays at Macdonald’s Boot Store. dec20 See the Ladies’ and Gents’ Slippers, very nice, at Macdonald’s Boot Store. dec20 MILLER BroTHERs are ready to make a pre- sent of a Sewing Machine to any one that will bey their class of goods elsewhere for less money. {[decl9 tf FAtRBANKS’ SCALES repaired at Brown’s, at the Athbevzum, (‘h’town. tf—dec6 Ler all who are in want of crockery, glass and chinaware, call at W. P. Colwill’s, and get the cheapest that has ever been offered in Charlottetown. {nov 25 eod 4” wly Ove HuNpRED anp Twenty-FIVvE tea sets, one hundred chamber sets, fifty dinner sete, one thousand teapots, two hundred cover dishes, one hundred and fifty meat dishes, will be sold cheaper than ever offered in Charlottetown at WV. P. Colwill’s. [nov 25 eod 4w wly oat aera, BAND INSTRUMENTS Lors of Boys’ Fur Caps, cheap, Prowse’s. A SET of Brass Band Instruments, con- 4 sisting as follows, viz. : One B Fiat Baritone Brass, Piston Valve, One E Flat Pocket Cornet, Silver Plated, Piston Valve, Four B Flat Brass Cernets, Rotary Side Action, Two E Flat Altoes, Brass, Rotary Top Action, One B Flat Baritone, do do do One E Flat Circular Bass do do do One pair Cymbals, Turkish. The above Instruments can be seen by ap- plyias to Sir. Galbraith in this city. HENRY BEER, Lt. Col. & Pres. Band Committee. Ch’town, Dec. 11, 1884—eod wklv2i NOTICE. ryt Subscriber, being about to leave the A. Province for the winter, requests all per- sons indebted to him to pay their several amounts to Jas. DesBrisay, at the office of DesBrisay & Angus, in my premises, Queen Street, whose receipts will be a sufficient dis- charge, and who will also attend to the dis- posal ef any Bank Stock or Real Estate for me during my absence. WILLIAM DODD. Ch’town, Dec. 8, 1884.—2mo 2aw wkly2mo THE EXAMINER JOB PRINTING OP aN has lately been replenished witha supply of : : xead to the British subjects of our Donitnen=— sir Hector bas taken upon himself t yr French Canadian | mantie of the late izade~, and on every practical occasion expresses his loyalty and that of his fe.low -countrymen tojthe Eagtish Crown. In his eoeech at the b inquet to Sir John Macdonald he reneated the noble words | olin George that the last guu ia support of British connection wouid be fired by Frex:chman. Sir Hector thus illus the strong attachment for the itisn crown end British institutions ich exists among French Canadians. ¢ last gan would not, we fear in such # fired by an English Canadiaa, of our contemporaries had their mit what.a reflection this is on all papers tha are repeatedly sendiag o the. world rances and statemenis. —_—o ry sud indigeretions of youth, nervous i, early decay, loss of manhood, &- be vill » od @ recipe that will cure you, Fi C {ARGE. This great remedy was « re! oy @ missionary in Scuth American | eolf-addressed envelope io Rev, Joszpx Lavan, Station D, New York, a> — Cat. ard see the cheapest, the ve! lovtetown, in French china, glass ware, al! other ware that is wanted ina house, will be sold cheap at W. P. Colwill’s. the most disloyal | . C,np.—To all who are suffering from | Printing Types and Material -OF THE— Latest tnventio Description, and we are now prepared to print, under the Careful and Skilfnl Supervision of Mr, J. W. Mitchell, BILL HEADS, BLANK CHEQUES, NOTES OF HAND, HAND BILLS, LETTER HEADS, KLECEIPTS, POSTERS, DODGERS, &e, ‘on Short Notice, in Good Style | j best, the | lot of crockeryware, ever offered in | | Supscitne for THE DAILY EXAMI- AND AT CHEAP PRICES, NER, if you want the latest news. — on een The Most Wonderful Family Remedy Ever Known. ug” CURES — Diphtheria, Croup, Asthma, ron- chitis, Neuralgia, Rheu- matism, BleeGing at the Lungs, Hoarseness, In- | 7 | : : Excels al! other Remedies for External Use. CURES — Catarrh, Chol- era Morbus, Dysentery, Chronic Diarrhoea, Kid- ney Troubles, and Spinal Diseases. Circulars free. fluenza, Hacking Cough, 1. 8. JOHNSON & CO., Whooping Cough. Boston, Mass. FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE. PARSO KN 9’ aa PURGATI ee Fy LES Positively cure SICK-HEADACHE, Biliousness, and all LiVER and BOWEL Complaints, MALARIA, BLOOD POISON, and Skin Diseases (ONE PILL A DOSE). For Female Complaints these Pills have no equal. ‘I find them a valuable Cathartic and Liver Pill.— Dr. 1’. M. Palmer, Monticello, Fla.” **In my practice I use no other.—J. Dennison, M.D., DeWitt, Iowa.” Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 25 cts. in stamps. Valuable information FREE. 1.8. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON, MASS. It is a well-known fact that most of the Hlorse and Cattle Powder sold in this coun- try is worthless; that Sheridan's Condition Powder is absolutely pure and very valuable. Nothing on Earth will make hens lay like Sheridan’s Condition Pow- der, Dose, one teaspoonful to each pint of food. It will also positively prevent and cure Hog Cholera, &c. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 25c. in CH ICKEN CHOLERA stamps. Furnished in large cans, price $1.00; by mail, $1.20. ™9 ROYAL CANADIAN INSURANCE CO. ef FORE. ——— parewae. « 1. be 2 mw: a Oo------> HEAD OFFICE—Montreal. HALIFAX BRANCH-— J. Scott Mitchell, Agent. a al Risks Taken on Most Favorable Terms. AGENT FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: F. H. ARNAUD, Merchants Bank of ialifay. aA eeeemenianiinninh —————— _- $2,000,000 Ch’town, Fob. 27, 18? 4. MORRIS & IREDLAN D’S NEW IMPROVED PATENT EIGHT-FLANCE FIRE-PROOF SAFE. (—— fe’ only Eight-F’ange Safe in the world, and containing more improvements than ANY SAFE made, such as ; Ist. THE PATENT INSIDE BOLT WORK, which is placing the bolt work with the whole of the filling (six inches) between it and the cutside, that is, as far from the -fire and thief as it can be 2nd. THE PATENT HINGED CAP—the back plate of the door being on hinges, enabling the owner, by turning a thumbscrew, to have easy access to the lock and boit- work. He can tbus easily change the lock, clean, oil, and keep the bolt-work in geod order. 3rd. [RON INSIt'E LINING, stronger than wood, and which retains the moisture in the f'!!'ng for an indefinite time. Wood is thicker and weaker, and after a tew years absorbs the moisture and ‘‘requires filling over again.” oe 4th, FOUR-WHEEL COMBINATION LOCKS, the simplest, strongest, most efficient and easiest to change of any in use. 5th. SOLID ANGLE IRON FRONTS, BACKS AND CORNERS, which prevents warping or injury to safe from falling, or talling walls or timbers. oh 6th. FIGHT FLANGES—the most important improvement ever made in fire-proof safes, providing eight laps, thus preventing the passage oi heat, it having to pass over twelve inches, no injury arises from this source, as in other safes containing one, two or three flanges. THESE SAFES hav> stood the test of years, and the greatest fires on this continent, and have the CHAMPION RECORD in the Boston, Chicago and Haverhill Fires. We are selling these safes as low as any good safe, and are disposing of large numbers throughout the Dominion BANK WORK AND VAULT DOORS are specialties of our firm. monials and information, address, JOSEPE Ji coBs, GENERAL AGENT. For prices, testi- MORRIS & IRELAND, 64 Sudbury St., Boston Mass. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY, ° 5 aide =~ 1884-5. Winter Arrangement, 1884-5. N AND AFTER MONDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1834, Trains will run daily as follows (Snnday’s excepted) :—- TRAINS DEPART.—FOR THE WEST | TRAINS ARRIVE.—FROM THE WES No, 1, INo. 2.|No. 4. i i LA MINER, JANUARY 2. 18 | THE WEEKLY EXAMINER AND ISLARD ALGLS | CONTAINS More Reading Matter than any other Paper rublished in P. #. {siand. imir $ |, 00m Guided by the principles of Truth, Honor, Moderation, and Fairness, THE EXAMINER is devoted to the promo- tion of the interests of this Province and this Dominion ! — The Weekly Hxaminer AND ISLAND ARGUS Is A LIVE NEWSPAPER Made up of the Locals, Telegrams Kditorials, etc., which from day to day appear in the daily edition, It is Aiways full of News Always up to the Times, The Weekly Examiner AND ISLAND ARGUS Is in favor of cutting down the Local Legislature, consolidating the Local Civil Service on a sound business basis, instituting a system of rigid economy in the administration of local affairs, and applying the money thus saved to The Advancement ef the Agri-| Pia t ORGANIS i cs dems I the most « mpl x werk ci the ye ator, a s J > . : a J ‘ rs when this con plicated s{ivcture, $0 4 mo fat iis : . tely wrot ht, 1s disturbed by cise ace, ~ | $1 = ¢ id shoula be SOU RNY fi m tre | ost efficient a ' ee | mo t skilli ] pos ician-— Tor the ere i iy jg most 5s ; 3 es 7 : ta rrecious to be ne glected. 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PROPRIETORS, ne () We ere now manufacturing and will sell at the lowest cash prices ; ‘shes Doors Window and Door Frames, Architraves, pouting and Conductor Mould ings, ballusters, Newel Posts, Stair Rails, Twis te, _ We are prepared to do al! kinds of Jobbing, in Planing, Jointing, Morticing, Tenon- ing, Jig and Fret Sawing, Turning, etc, All kinds of Gothic Windows tor Churches made at shortest notice. With new and first-class Machinery, aad the latest appliances, we can insure the utmost satisfaction to all who favor us with thate patronage. Oh'town, June 7, 1984..wkly ty Ri. ~ ro) a he umatism, In ADVANCE. JUB PRINTING, ~-8U0H As— Bill-heads, Lettersheads, Notes of land | Receipts, Posters, Handbills, Doarrs | etc., otv., dono in first-clags style uw sbert ~atios Pine: Diph th eria, bs Ncttralcia, mm. og / ‘ry sipelas U1 cup, SEE Hoarsen, 38, Removes NAL Exqene Dandruff, a 29 FS REMEBY3 zirice 25% PER mTSt, A SPM bom FC Sa. 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