~~ Benen Seanad Women as Jndges. ts Color Critics They Say Diamend Dyes are che Best in the World -_—- Asa rule women sre by far the best judges of colors. Their vast experience ‘pn the innumerable shades and tints brought out by European professione! dvers in drees febrice, ribbons, silke, trimmings and gloves, give them a know. ledge and advantage ix colors that few men poseces. : As color critice and judges, the women of al) civilized lands bave long ago made Diamond Dyes the pop» lar bome favorites for the coloring ef al! faded and dingy jooking germentes and febrics of wool, silk or cotton. Everywhere, intelligent and economical women, after thorough teste and trials, have found Diamond Dyes to give the richest, fullest aod mort lasting culere— eolors that for brilliancy and curability, surpass the best efforts of professiona| dyers, To secure ease, comfort and perfect euc- cese in home dying, the Diamond Dyes should be used at ol! times, Werking on the great ruptation of Dia mond Dyes, some upscr pulous people are niting up imitation dyes in packets. Bach dyes area source cf danger to the dyer aod the materials to be colored. See that each paaket of dye purchased has the name “Diamond.” | WEEKS & C0 WHITE coons SALE All our White Wear bought especially for this sale-— We buv these goods RIGHT for spot cash, and give them to youat asma!l mergin, so can do better than all cut prices. Just opened yesterday a few leading lines-— compare quality and prices, Bleached Sheeting 2 inch, whire, plain or twill, ceccesskiC 22 ‘ See Beecwte 6449 4 9 2 $1 inch do Unbleached Sheeting 72 inch Sheeting. .......-l4e 72 inch Sheeting........1l6e Pillow Cotlons 4) inch, cpeM...ee-ee 0009 OZ inch. ccccsveds cevreene 40 inch circular. ...e+e2e+15¢ 42 inch cil cular....++.+--14e 44 inch oe essecs hone Towellings 13 inch Towelling 2 yds for 5c 15 inci striped Linen... 5¢ 18 inch glass towelling....6c/ Other prices up to 1 6c. We Have What We Advertise THE PEOPLE’S STORE WEEKS & CO. CARD! ———— DR. H... DICKEY (Late Clinical at Royal Lenden Ophthalmic Hospttal Moorflelds, and Central London Throat and Ear Hospital’) SPECIALIST—Eye, Har, Nose and Throat. OFF P—- Cemeron Bicek E. TExce— Richmesd Street, West. UFFice Hovurs—920am,to!1 pm, 2to4pm Eveniugs by appoint ment Eyee Ti stead ard Fitted With Glasses. Assistan ‘Seen -_ — —e The Inland Navigation Company (LIMITED — The snoual general meeting of The Indand Navigaticn Company, (Limited) "ill be held in the room (upetairs) in Mr. Joho McFachern building corner of been and King Streets,Charlottetown, on bureday the 22nd of Febru wry next at 3 skck, p- mm. L. C. OWEN, Secretary. tod td, Jannary 30th, 1900. poonaaerareanteananentaiies Maaeaoaeee LETTER FROM SOUTH AFRIOA. | Mr. B, W, Bowness Writes a Char- lottetown Friend, Writing from Belmont on the 23rd Deeember toa friend in Charlottetown, Mre EK. W. Bowness says : . cy eee As a rule we don’t have much time to write eut bere, but as our company was doing outpost duty last nigaton a kepje near the Orange Free State border we have today off duty, #0 a6 to sleep, aad I am using some of the time (o anewer a few letters. Although our voyage out was fairly pleasant, at times i¢ became monetonous and we were all glud to get on land again at Cape Town. It is a fine city, and the few days we epent there were worth going a few thousaad miles for. The send eff» we got in @anads were a!] very tiee; but Cape Town eclipsed them all. Every body seemed to be trying to eee who could do most for ‘**‘Good Old Canada” as they used tesay. Besides the regular popula- tion of about 75,000 the city was full of troops, and the cheering was esraplitting as we passed partof ibe Scotch Brigade opposite the Canadian Office. Since leaving the Cape, however, we have been getticg nearer the terrible re- alities of war, until pow we are buta f-w miles from the front and we hope betore you get this to have a chance te do some- tming tothe Boers. Taney are cowaruly cure and don’t like to come out of their mountain trenches to fight in the open; but we expect the big naval guns up after Christmas to ehell their trenches, and then the infantry and cavalry hope to settle up some old scores The Scotch Brigade can hardly keep quiet uatil the time comes. We Canadians have not had any general engagement yet. Butthis is an important place and liable to be at- tacked by raiding parties of Free Stat- ers. So we are always usder arms, Every night we sleep with all our clothes on, our rifle by ourside and a cartridge belt fora piliow. Then we turn out at} 3.30 p.m. and liein our trenches until } dawn. Our patrols often encounter stray parties of Boers sneaking back to ftker homes at the cape. But they don’t show mach fight and a rifle pointed at Mr. Boer generally$brings his bands above hie head aod makes him qaite willing to“come imo our parlor” like the fly we read about. Afew nights agoa purty of us were on the patrol on the Free State border, And lost our way. We mutt bave wandered ten miles before tbe moou came up bright enough ferus to fiod our way back to the picket. At one timea party of Boer horsemen passed so close that we could hear their voices. We were in adry river bed at the time and lay low so they could not see us. If they had we would likely be prisoners now. Report says here that Kruger has offer- ed £50 reward for every Canadian dead or alive., so we don’t fancy being cap- tured: Themore I see of Tommy Atkins the more think of him. Heis ae good a fellow asovr triend Kipling says he ie, I believe tha: if we had the Boer positien- all the “cabbage-eaiers”’ in Africa coula not take them. If vou saw their positions bere you w. uli wonder hew on earth our fellows drove them ont. On the plains below the hills are the British graves,and strewn al! over are the bodies ofthe Boers and horses. After the oattle the Boera fled so suddenly that ] they did not stay to bury their dead. We areal! well andin the best of spirits. Everything so far has been a great deal better thanI expscted. Tae heat is ,terrible—to-day is 120 in the shade. The boyswhe have left Canadu have all grown beards and would be unre- cognizable to their frie nde. EES DIED This morning, Elizabeth, eidest daugh- ter of the late Thomas Esserv. [Funeral on Saturday afternoon by traio to Sherwood Cemetery. On Thursday, Feb. Ist., the wife of Peter LeClair, aged 24 years. -— = SSS LOCAL NOTICES. | a Remnants—We have put on the bargain counter this * morning 3060 yards sheeting in from 1 tojl0 yds in length to 72in wide at l6c ani 18c per yard. This sheeti rg if in webs would sel] at 28c.—Prowse Broe, Why not have good bed linen when you can buy good heavy twill sheeting 7Z inchee wide in pieces }1 to 10yds long for 18c.—Prowee Prowse. Big lot of ladies kid gloves at 1-3 off to-morrow at Paton & Co’s tf Reserve Tuesday Feb. 6th for the grand concert to be beldin the basement of the First Methodist Charch. 2i. Carpentere, plumbers, plasterers and painters will be with us not later than February 10th, and befere making the ehangee we propose we must get clear of the greater part of our immense stock of dress goods, lineme, staples, etc., because we have not sufficient room to store them Our dress goods we have marked at prices which will sell them, Our linens and stapler, marked while wot allowing us to diseount 80 much we bave at substantial reduc» tions which will pleaee and which our customers will readily recognize, briag your cash, for this eale is tor eash alone and its purchasing power will surprise | you.—Jas, Paton & Co. 1 Gentlemen’s lined gloves, | dollar quality at 50c at Paton & Co's. tf peeraates THE DAILY EXAMINER CHAKWWTTELUWN, FEBRUAY 1 19C0 — nc acest eta ftmnan THAT CHAIN LETTER. i oceelicnaen Miss Gould Has Already Raised tke Sum of $1,500.00. The chain-letter, which wae etarted aarly in November last by Mixs Ewily Gould, of Moatrea!, for the benefit of the “Canadian Scuth African contingent,” has already brought in the astoniehing sum of $1,500 in ten cent prieces or in stamps of that value. Feeling the responsibility of bundling euch a fuud, Miss Gould recent- ly requesied Messre. E. Goff Penny, M. P., and Hugh Graham, and Dr. Roddick, M. P., to come to her assistance and aseume the part of trustee. These gentle. men readily consented and are now joiatly responsible with*her for the eafe-keeping and dieposal of the fuad. Already neariy two bundred dollare has been expended on antiseptic dressings, invalid food, night gowne, elippcre, tuque, Bans, MOFquito netting, toylet articles, etc., which are now safely stored onthe Laur- entiaa,in the careof Dr. Ryerson, Rea Croes commissiouer, who has undertaken to ree that they reach sick and wounded Cavadian soldiers wherever ‘they may be toued in the various hospitals con- nected with tbe South African cam- piign. With reference to the chain-letters friends are requested to eend ten cent pieces instead of stamps and are further reminded that the chain ends at thirty and no at fifty er ninety, as many evidently think from the correspondence received, PERSONAL. Col. Moore Icft this afternoon for Souris to inapect the armory. Mr. H. D. McEwen, of Lot 40, came to the city by this morning’s train from the east. e Mr. Roy McLean was a passenger by ‘*b , eastern train today. He leaves tonigh for Colorado. Mr. Robest Crosbie, of 8t. John’s Nfid., is visiting Charlottetown. He is a gueet at the E otel Daviee. Mr. W. A. Stewart, of Summerside, was in the city over nigbt on bis way bome from & vitit te the priveiysl cities of Can- ada acd the United States, Dr. H. L. Dickey, who has been prac titiag iu this town since June Jaet, has been appointed epecialis. va the medical staff of the Charlottetown Hospital, Professor Gilbert and Mr. Jeremiah §. Clarke returned from the east today. They had a great meeting at St. Peter’s Bay last right, Professor Giitert leaves this afteraoon to returo to Ottawa. —The Iniransigeant, of Paris, state that 211 officers of ihe French army ar fighiing im the Boer army. —-o—— NO AMOUNT ot briliiant advertising will make a traud finally eucceesful. Men are fools toury it. As for us we mereiy tell a tame truth aud say Adameon’s Botanic Balsam 1s splendid fer coughe. 258. Ali druggists. Zion Metmopist Cavron. —Tbe mem - bers of the Quarterly Board of the First Methodist church are requested to meet in the church parler tomorrow (Friday) everving ai 8.30 o’elock. — Paton & Co. offer to pay all express charges to stauons in P. EH. Island during their renovation sale. Money back if goods don’t please. Lecrurse ToxicuT.—Very interesting and entertaining lecture tonight in Grace Church, “Chinese Gordon,” illustrated by a sumber of fine views. Lecturer, Rev. John Goldsmith. Silver collection. ts, Y M°LA.—There will be a biz time io St. James’ Hall, next Tnesday evening, the 6b inst., that being the regular night of their course. A concert of 17 rumbers consisting of choruses, duet~, quiutette-, vocal eolos,instrumental musie and ehoice reading will be given. Altogether we predies a pleasant evening for jovers of music. Some Monsy Lerr.— The departure from Halifax of the second South African Contingent means the leaving of consider- able money in the garrison town. The Aalifax Herald points out tbat this sum will be in the vicinity of $359.000, M. E. Keefe’s eoatracts for fitting the steamer~ Laurentian, and®Pomeranian, will reach $50,000. — eee A Red Cross patrotic concert will be given in the Opera House on Thursday evening the 22nd Feb. Come and have a cup of tea and cake at the Y. M. C. A. this afterncoa and even- ing. Aid the new hospital by attending the Y.M.C. A. Hall this evening. Sheetings-See our un- bleached sheeting, 72 in wide t 14c—bought especially for his sale—aleo our 72 in bleached only 17c, worth much more—Weeks & (Oo, The People’s Store. 3006 yards sheeting,in 1 te 10 yards io lengte, 72in wide, werth 28cayard. All put on the bargain counter at16 and 18 per yard.— Prowse Pros. 16c for 28 sheeting 1s what we want te tell you about. 3000 yardsin from 1 te 10 yards in length, 72in wide. Good heavy goeds too. —Prowse Bros. ‘and great games may be expected. ‘Local and Other Items, —— eenanetnneeiomon ArvitLery.—No, 1 Cowpauy aeeis tor drili tovigha, —_——_ Hooxsy.—The Ladies Hockey club bad its firet practice yesterJay morning in Hillstorough Rink. _—_-..--—— C. QO, F.—Court Charlottetown meets tonight in Me hinic’s Hall. Parmest of dues ond amendments to conetiintien. ~- -—> 8. or T.—Lodge E ov, 8. of T, regular R. R. Degree meeting this evening. Special buaine ; a good attendance wanted. H.B. Puawxr’s teratre. —The eatate of the late Henry B. Plant amowate to $16,- $52,496. Besides this there is real estate in Fi wide. Bann ar tHe Risk — Don’: forget to come et 7 30 tonight as vov w'l need te goat 9 30 in order ty ger a bho cup of ecffee inthe Y. M. C. A. From tHe Front — Mr. W. N. Riggs has received trom hig son, M-. Alfred Riggs, a Boer bullet picked np on the battle field at Belmont. It i* au interest ing sOuvenirof that memorable event, Cau and See —Portfolios Nos 1 and 2 of Glimpses of Bouth Africa are now at Tus Examiner office. Only fifty copies of each number are at present available for distribution. See coupom on page one of today’s paper. DaMacep By THE Srorm.—Seversl of the weetero mill dame, including Haywood’s, Corruther’s, and others, are reported as having been considerably damaged by the latethaws. The loss ie serious to mill owners and lumbermen.— Summerside Journal. Burctary:—Mr. Nelson Hooper’s gran-~ ary, Bedeque, wasvisited by thieves on Tuesday night who iook away five bags of flour and some other articles Mr. Ber tram Coles’ granary wasaleo entered and some tools stolen. SmaLLpox Near Batwurst.—It is eaid that there are two cases of emal!pox with- in five miles of Bathurst, N. B. The Board of Healih has ordered the closing of the echools and churches and compul- sory vaccination. There are nine cases of Petit Roche und Belledune. Po ricer Courtr.—This morning Alex anjer McNeil! was fined $100 and eoste or three months impriconmest, for eelling intoxicante without first having paid his registration fee. A similar prosecution against Geo, Carver was adjourned until the 8th February. — Hecxry Matcnes.—There will be two hockey matches in the rink ow Friday night: Ist Abbiee, ve. Ist Vice.; 2ad. Abbies, vs. 2ad. Vice. All the teams are much stronger than when they last played Ad- m'ssion 15.c Seats 25. Aw Istaxpgrx Rozssep.—Sydney Lle- wellyn, an Islander, and a woodsman in Maine,"was relieved of a roll of money last week at Bangor. He had been travelling with a companion, and after reaching Banzor the two were walking along the siree: when a man named “ Jack” Fakey, came up behind them and caught hold of Liewellyn as if to prevent his falling. Later Lleweliyn missed his wallet, and ese- cured a warrant for the arrest of Fahey, who has been sentenced to five months. B. 1. 8. Soctan,.—The annual social of the Benevolent irish Society was held Jaet evening, and in eyery way was a dis- tinct success. The Society’s ball, in which the social was held, was appropri- ately diaped with flags and bunting, and conepicneus among the wall! decorations were portraits of Queen Victoria and Lord Kitchener. There were about fifty couples in attendauce, who were received by Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Conroy. Daacing began st haif-past eight, and an interesting pro- gramme was dieposed of. The music for dancing was furnished by Mise Burris,and it was of the best. Mr. W.P. Pickard was caterer, and gave complete satirfaction. The committee of the Benevclent I: ish Society who managed the social are to be congratulated upon the large measure of suceess which attended their effurts. a | An Emulsion onap A regular $1.00 size bottle of pure Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil for 5Cc. A regular 50c size bot- tle of pure Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil for 35c. Easily taken, children grow fat when taking it. AYLGOGHGLSE LISTS FHPSHIG Meet Me At The Always Busy Store amuse SO Se SOHO O9OS COSC GOCE two | THe Baral WAS al Stanley Bre Atd5dc each Well made and finished, generous in size and length, yoke has 24 fine tucks, the front and neck are trimmed with Saxony edging—Price 55c each. At 70c¢ each This lot has broad rolling collar, front and sleeves trimmed with fine lonsdale frilling, yoke has 36 fine tucks—Price "ce each. At @5c each Yoke, 30 fine tucks, front embroidery insertion and lonsdale frill—-Price 75c At $1.00 each Note the general make up of this garment: Yoke has 24 fine tueks and 2 rows of Embroidery insertion. The front, collar and cuffs are trimmed with fine embrcidery, a wonderful value—$i,00 each. At $1.25 each Yoke 8 clusters fine tucks, broad rolling collar and front trimmed embroidery insertion and fine lonsdale frill—$1.25 each. 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For 30 days we will give free an Enameled Tea Pot or Coffee Pot with every purchase of one dollar. Tea check given with our tea and coffee, also. P. MONAGHAN, Upper QusanStre pense satiate nn 2 hc AONE 22 amare es thsi i e