CARTER’S Prince Edward Island Almanac Now Ready. C ° . . Z : For ISOG The Vate declared for each Dis trict on the Island at the last Dawinion General Election The Vote declored for each Dis- trict at the last Lecal Election Lea } Pra ring Thronghout Ucteber, 1894, te PRICE 15 CENTS. 7 HY RYN a > er ~~, — 44 4B Tuk Leaprve Dancy News? i eR oF P. E. IsLanp, ssueq every aflernoon, from tie office of | g¢ EXAMIN ry sHING Com ANY, in the | 2a rise Bu : Ineen Street 1.853 OF S&S SCRIPTION s-N ADVANCE One Yea . : £4 Six Montus 2.0« THuare MonrtTus . os 0 One MONTH . om Bent post paid to any part of United States The W eck ly Examiner Canax la or the le Iss ev Friday morning from the publishers’ office. [t is made up of matier wrk appeared in the Daily editious, and is a fi iss ekiy hewspaper interesting wd fa 1¢ latest news CALENDAR FOR FANUARY, tStG Last Q ay, 2.4m m New M tay nh. | n First Qua 2 lay, | 29.8 p. m F 5 : day, 4 12.8 a.m S os ry i D ay OF Week. “8 rae i. _ | rises | ects | wa eas Fie | en i mija n ' mor 1} w 749/418} 21 2; Ti | 9) 19 eS 9} Fri £9 | 20 | aft a? 4} Saturday 19 a} I 6 | Sunday } £9 | 22 | lL 5 6 | Monday : we 9 2 7 | Tuesda i 1S | 24} 3 3i 6) We aday i ts; 26 t 4 iF sday 43 j 27 | Se: 3 6 | Fr Vv i 47 | 2) i 7 ] “1 1} Saturda 47} sf 8 34 12} Sunda 47} . at) 13 | M ay 16 | 3; 10 4 <4 1 Tuesday | 46; 34 r@ 3! 5 | Wednesday | 45] > ii 22 16 | Thursday | 44 te §% 2 \7 | Friday | 45) 239° morn 18 ; Saturday | 42 | ‘ci 0 23 1 |} Sunday 42 | 4 0 5> 20 | Mouday 41 | Z Bu at | Tucetey 40 | asi 24 32 | Wednesday | 39 it{ 2 42 $3 | Thursday | | Gi 3 so 24 Friday 37 47 4 34 35 | Saturday } 36) 48 5 5!) 26 | Sunday ; Bl oe fy 7° Monday :. 344 Ski ois 28 | Tuesda i =s 6h U6 CSU 25) Wednesday 32 54/ 10 & 30 | Thursday 31{ 56! 109 49 31 | Friday 1730] 57) 11 30 P. E Island Railway On and Bs r THURSDAY, 5th December, 1895, the trains of this Railway wil! run dail ly (Sandays exi sey ted) as follows .— Trains Out ward. Trains Inward. Read down. Read up PM AM re AS at FW. nccec Charlottetown..... 310 1010 3 7 19..., Royalty Junction 25) 9 in 417 $03.....North Wiltshire. 2¢4 $ 08 $i S17 --Hunter River..... 149 8 51 e0> 852....... Bradalbane....... 115 $7 ie SO Remeraid ........ 1 8 OS $827 915........ Freetown svceeke GS 7h oe OH Kensington ......12 33 7 38 $s 1) ar) ( Lvi2 0 7M Sam norsiis ) PM 12530 Lv Ar1030 AM A eniiiae Miscouche........ 10 30 ee ee ei adindes Pert Hil! «oe 9 BOR clesdcng AP ERT n0tes ces 8 OD OD. vsedies Bloomfield........ 7 34 Raia sree osc aces ae 5 ..Tigni sh 600 PM AM AM Al 2 30 ..-Charlottetown 10 30 +3).... Royalty Janction....10 10 Mi teesvanes Bedford - 937 $55 Ar) (ie 95 Mt Stewart 419 Lv (ar 856 62... -Cardigan....... 7% 5 45 Georgetown 7 isd PM AM +95 } ount Stewart..... 855 44 More one OMT 5i2 St Pete rs 748 7 Bear River 73 6#.... (TEE icsccciae OO PM AM PM AM S ei . -Emeraid cvense 7 50 05. Cape Traverse oo cae PN AM Trains are run by Easte rn Standard Time A. MCDONALD, D. POTTINGER, Gen Mgr Govt. Rys, Moncton, N B. 1595. Superi ntepdent, Charlottetown. Rallway Office, Dec 1, DR. H. D. JOHNSON EYE AND EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Office -- ‘ent Street Aug 16, ’94—ly MONTACUVUE Carriage Factory We are showing this season a finer line of Sleighs than shown by us heretofore, The assortment consists of Singie and Double Box Round Back, Square, Prompt attention to Repairs. & Sper Terms reasonable. JOHN McLEAN & SON. eci—dy & wky SPECIAL PRIGES ON ALL GOODS Diving the Holiday Season G.H. TAYLOR, JEWELER. Sleighs, ete. Painting iaity. Are You Saving Money ? yw itis pretty bard todo so these times—but then things will, look up later on. In the meantime Watch Your Small Expenses. For instance, when youdrop iu for a cigar dant pay TEN CENTS for one. Ask for SOMETHING G00D. Don’t be put off with something else When you light it you will realize the fact that you are smoking A REGULAR TEN CENTER. Manufactured only by The Empire Tobacco Co., Montreal, Sep20—w of at TERMS : Four Dollars a Year VOL 38. col %2 emans W We have the goods range Felts, Rul arm F ootwear. ~e that is sure to please the family bers, Overshoes, Gaiters, Leggings SY Seer Full }] Moccasins, etc. We are in a position to offer the best value in these lines in the market, cheap, cheap, cheap. A nice assortment of Gents’, Ladies’ and Misses SLIPPERS, suitable for Presents for the Holiday season, WEEXS &. WARREN, North Side Market Square. 135 & wy oe e . Chariottetown, December 20, 1895 SSSVVSSStsssesesses 2.485458 SS88868St PANS: ONE GIVES RELIEF. | SVSS 3864S 5O4O48E05F 2456268828888 83383 XY & O6., Wholesale Wine & Liquor Merchant, ITALIAN WAREHOUSE, 243 Hollis & 48 Upper Water St.. HALIFAX, N.S. P. 0. BOX NO. 475. Feed | ‘ Feed Now landing fresh from the Mills: Ground Oil Cake Blatchfor«” <‘alfMeal, $ran an Shorts, Selling at lowest prices. AUED BROS. AN ENGLISH SOLDIER. generally has a favorite whiskey which he calls for wherever he goes. For years Englis: Garrisons have called KILTY The Military Scotch. ly (14) octI5 for it. Lawrence A, Wilson too Montrea December 11, 1895 - HOWARD FLOUR 135 If you have not yet used it ask. for it at:d take no other, ALL RELIABLE GROCERS KZEP (T. octl—246 AS Granby ‘ubbers ) | Are out again this season in new styles and in all the new Shoe shapes, right up to date, bui with the same old “ wear quality that has always charac- ma they are honestly Be sure you get like iron” terized them, made of pure Rubbe Granbys this year ~135 & wky nov27 ' SS Seaaoereeeeaneness eae eee ae ee ae See To Shoemakers and others. We have now on hand andlw arrive a full stock Leathers and Shoe Findings, comprising Sole Leather, beat grades, Preach and otts Kips, Calf, Dongola, French Kid, Pebbie, Neats, Tan, C alf, Lining Skins In Findings we have Lasts, all styles, Crimps, Serews, Teather and Rubber Cements, Thread, Wax, Hairs, Six ails and “Sar ks all kinds, Pegs, Awis and Hafts, Sard and Emery Paper, Shoe ‘and Welt Knives, Kasps, pinchers, Machine Linens and Silks, Hee! Balls, Boot and Gaiter Web, Sole ond Heel Plates, Ela stic Web, also closed Uppers, al] kinds and gradea, &c. All of which we wil sell at the lowest r oxsible prices. J. H. BEYuL, The Reliable Boo t and Shoe Dealer "ec CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, a Mr. Jacoh Wilcox of St. Thomas, Ontario, is one of the best known men in that vicinity. He is now, he says, an old man, but Hood’s Sarsaparilla has made him feel young again. “About a year ago I had a very severe attack of the grip, which resulted In my not having a well day for several months afterwards. I was completely run down and my system was fn a Terrible Condition. I lost ficsh and became depressed {n spirits. Finally afriend who had been benefited by Hood’s Sarsaparilla advised me to try itandIdidso. I continued tak- ing it until I used twelve bottles and today 1 can honestly say Hood’s Sarsa- parilla has restored me to my former health.” Jacos Wixcox, 8t. Thomas, Ontario. Hood’s Sarsaparilla lis the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye today. It cures when § all other ] preparations fail. -dinn: il and Hood’s Pille Sacer emente’ btn GHATEFUL— COMFORTING, EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST — SUPPER, “B y a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine propertics of well selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately flavored beverage which may save use many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough t ) resist every tendency Hundreds ‘ f subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping c urselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame. Civil Service Gazstte to disease. Try it yourself and youll always ask{ JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd, Homeopathic Chemists, London, England. & BE SURE YOU GET ONE! tne..... IT ALG FOR 1896 IT’S GOOD A SPLENDID BOOK OF REFERENCE, 480 PAGES Given Free ‘Sunlight’ TG USERS OF SOAP HOW Commencing November, TO GET |} 7°95: and until all are given away, purchasers of iT 3 packages or 9 bars of Suniicut Soap will receive from their grocers, 1 SUNLIGHT ALManac FREE Contains complete Almanac, Home Management, Language of Flowers, Gardening, Fashions and Patterns, Dreamsand their s:gniiicance, Recipes, Seeton & Mitchel), Halifax, Agente for Nova Scotia and P. K. Island. DRIVING & TRAINING STABLES JOHN M. NICHOLSON, Prop’r., (Late in the employ of James Houghton.) Having opened a public Stable on Gratton Street, I am prepared to cake Gentlemen’s Horses and Co}ts at all seasohs of the year to board, train, break or keepin road condition jot immediate use. Horse Clipping also at tended to. Terms reasonable, pov2Zi—1S5&w 3m St. Peter's Bay Starch Co, I am instructed to offer at private sale one sixth interest in the St, Peter’s Bay Starch Co. ic Full particulars as to dividends, ete., application to eee HORACE HASZARD. Ch’ town, | Dec 2 31 eod ae. Notice to Ship Masters apd Ship Owners, All vessels are probibited from lying in the ice outside the ends of wharves, from Steam Navigation Wharf Hast to Pownal Wharf West, or ia any other part of the stream or harbor that will obstruct or interfere with the free passage of the S.S Stanley to her berth at Peake’s No. 2 Wharf. By order of the Marine Department. DAVID SMALL, deel 2 Harbor Master. Are You Int Interested 2 All Furniture yoguived over & year Or Pictures treme to order wili, after the LSth inst., be sold to pay expenses. Par- ties jnterested will please take notice and eal] at once or write for them, as the undersigned will not be accountable of date them after chat JOHN NEWSON. dec4 —tf 5,000 BOOKS FREE. * Business Guide, ” 400 pages practica. common sense information on business. Over one million copies sold. 5,000 copie to give away to persons sea ling us name of prospective agents. Write immediately. NICHOLS & CO., Publishers, Wesley Buildings, Toronto Nov. 15—dy 81 (6) wky 8 TO LET. That jarge Shop, part part of the “London House” Building, lately occupied by J J. McKenzie, Tailor, with good room up | stairs for work shop or store room. Apply to HON. DANIEL DAVIES, L. H. DAVIES, Q. C., Executors Estate late Geo, Davies, Or to F. W. L. Moore, wae th ) Building. MONDAY, JAN CURIOGS LORE. Interesting Information Gleaned by Bookworm. A river of genuine ink is one of the natural curiosities in Algeria, It is formed by the junction of two streams, one flowing from a region of ferrugin- ous soil, the other draining a large ter- ritory of peat soil combining the two substances, gallic acid and iron, and producing an excellent quality of ink. The river Ganges is noted for the mysterious virtue of its waters, which is considered so sacred that Hindoos sarry it to remote parts of the earth, and in a court of justice in strange countries, insist on being sworn by it, as Christians use the Bibbe, to ratify an oath. At the City of Benares, on the banks of the Ganges, thousands of pil- grims assemble to bathe away their sins in the miraculous water. Asa product ‘of nature, the Ganges is a wonderful stream. It finds its source in the Himalaya Mountains, the water flowing out of a cave of ice at the bot- tom ofa glacier. Its length is 1,500 miles, and fifteen miles from the sea the delta of the Ganges begins, by the river separating into two parts. Be- tween the different sections are numer- ous islands called Sunderbunds, which are covered with rank and poisonous vegetation known as jungle, where no one can exist, so unhealthy is the air. Yet in spite of this the water flowing through that district where the atmos- phere is rank with fever, is valued highly on account of its rare medicinal qualities. Another noted and historic riyer is the Jordan, which is considered sacred on account of the baptism of Christ in its waters. It isto Palestine what the Nile is to Egypt. Its natural pheno- mena are its annual rise and rapid descent. It is also noted for its serpen- tine course, which measures in actual distance 200 miles, although straight across it is but sixty miles in length. The Jordan is below the level of the ocean, and the Dead Sea, into which it empties, isa mile below the surface of the Mediterranean. There are twenty-seven rapids in its course, and from the Dead Sea to Lake Tiberias it has a fall of ten hundred and fifty feet. Its high banks are covered with a dense growth of tamarisks and willows, as if to seclude its sacred waters from pry- ing eyes. A sight to be remembered by those who have seen it, is the assem- bling of pilgrims—often to the number of eight or nine thousand—who come from Jerusalem under a guard of Turk- ish soldiers to bathe in the waters of the Jordan. They are pilgrims of the Greek church. What | Religton Does. It isa mistake to suppose that re- ligion is designed to eliminate pleasure from life. Quite the contrary is true. It does inculcate thoughts and prin- ciples of a serious and important nature. But in doing so it promotes pleasure of the choicest and most en- during variety. It brings more worldly amusement under due limitation, and employs it chiefly asa relaxation of life, Religion brings its own pleasure with it. Extirpating nothing innocent, it makes innocence itself a bliss. Dis- couraging nothing cheerful, it renders cheerfulness itself a common habit by grafting into the heart something to be cheerful over. It regulates the intel- lectual machinery, gives poise to thought, symmetry to plans, and har- mony to purposes. It enthrones spirit- ual good asthe law of life, and imparts qualities of richness, sweetness and joy to right actions and helpful words. It promotes longevity by inculcating tem- perate nabits and proper care of all the physical organs and powers. It im- parts correct and healthful views of our earthly existence by teaching that every creature of God is good, and nothing to be despised, and that it is the privilege of all believers to use this world as not abusing it. It is the normal condition of complete beings. Sin gives no real advantage to anyone. but holiness does. Sin destroys. It mars perfection. It clogs aspiration. It cripples endeavor. Holiness up- builds. It engenders completeness. It fans legitimate ardor. It crowns all laudable effort with true success. Paul embodied common sense and true phil- osophy in his beautiful statement that “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come,” Bought His Own Statue. There was grief in a Chicago house- hald one day when a careless servant allowed a piece of valuable statuary to falland break in a dozen pieces. The girl had a good cry and offered to pay for the marble, but that was out of the question. The man servant, who was also coachman and landscape gardener, was instructed to take the fragments of the art treasure and dispose of them. 1t happened that he knew a thing or two, Instead of dumping the pieces into an ash barrel he took them to a re- pair shop, where they were carefully glued together by an expert workman. When the job was completed the ser- vant took the marble to a*dealer in antiquities and objects of art, explain- ed how he came into possession of it and received an equivalent of two weeks’ wages above the cost of repairs. Some weeks later the original owner came upon the marble in the show window. He could hardly beiieve his senses, as he had bought his marble as an original, and here was ‘another original. He went into the shop and priced the figure. “That’s very cheap,” he remarked. = must explain to you,” said the deal- r, ‘that it has been broken and re- said, He pointed out the faint lines showing where the pieces had been joined, and then the former owner re- cognized his property. He couldn't claim it, as he had once ordered it thrown away. Neither could he accuse the servant of theft. He bought the marble and took it home with him, and the man servant nearly fainted when he saw it in its old place on the mantel, _—-—_0+-. oD —— PROTECTION from the grip, ; : : , . pneumonia, diphtheria, fever ana epidemics is given by Hood’s Sarsapa- villa. It makes PURE BLOOD Mrs. Mester Curtis, of Lafayette, Ind., who was murdered a few days ago, was the mother of twenty-five children, in- cluding seven pairs of twins, The King of Corea is «short, pale-faced, nervous man, who wears a moustaabe and goatee. He has a restless eye and an apprehensive manner, YUARY 13, 1896 ODOS AND ENDS. It ix authoritatively stated that the Pull- man Co. has voluntarily and without peti- tion, concluded to reduce the price of upper berth rates 25 per cent. below the charge made for lowers. 400,000 Free Sampies given away in Eigh Months, Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills are the only kiduey pills known with sufficient merit to guarantee the proprietors in giving away hundreds of thousands of sample packages free. Ask your druggist fora sample if your kidneys or liver is derapzed Tt al] de- Money 1s not in itself evil. pends ou the use it is put to. 35 cents cures Catarrhal Headache < ‘ < Incipient Catarrh ¢ 6 Hay Fever “ “ Catarrhal Eeafness sc se Cold in the head in 10 min. * “ Foul Breath caused by Catarrh. ; 25 cents recures Chase’s Catarrh Cure with perfect blower enclosed in each box. Sold by all dealers. The man who is only cone erned to speak the exact truth is not [apt to be gar- rulous. Ceunterfelits A few years ago agreat discovery was made. Ueprincipled persons are trying to prey upon and dupe people who are led to ask for kidney treatment. Some of the methods adoptee by imitat- ors are as follows: First—To imitate the size, color and shaye of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and sell them by count. Second—To put them up to appearfvery neaily the same and to be offered at the same price. Third—To hook on the work “ “kidney” in naming cathortic pills so as to increase sales of mere physic. Fourth—To givea name so near to Dodd’s that unwary people may be deceiy- ed and think they are getting Dodd’s. Look out for sneh dodges. When you want kidney medicine you want the best. And oughe not io be the subject for any trick, So beware. When we go out to meet trouble we never have a long walk. Why © ontemp late Suic ide? ? Tt is like tempting Providence for con- sumptives to ignore the remarkable rem- edy known as Miller’s Emulsion of Nor wegian Cod Liver Oi'. For any person to die wf consumption without trying this remarkable flesh and blood maker, after knowing of its existence, is suicide pure and simple. All that the cons sumptive patient needs is new blood with which to battle against the destructive forces of the disease, Millei’s Emulsion provides new blood in abundance. It is a combination of Norwegian Oil and hypophosphites of lime and soda—a triumph of science. Miller’s Emulsion is the great nerve strepgthener and blood maker, and cures Coughs, Coljs, Bronchitis, Scrofnla and all Lung affections. In big bottles, 50c. and $1, at all drug stoves, When we » want to help our neighbor in distress there is no use in telling the rest of the world about it. Let him do that. Tore His Flesh in Agony. “I was troubled with blind itching piles for 20 vears; was unable to work, and tore my flesh in agony. United States aud Canadian doctors failed to relieve. Chase’s Ointment was a God-send. I ama better man than in 20 years, and am able to work every day.” Philip Wallace, black- smith, Iroquois, Ont. Chases’s Ointment cures piles, eczema and irritant diseases. All druggists 60c. ~ box. A man never appreciates the best of life until he has known the worst of it. Bad Blood Between Them. The ever-slaving farmer’s wife, her delicate sister in the city, suffer more than they care to tell. The dark rings around the eyes, headaches, dizziness, palpitation or rheumatic tw inges, betoken a run-down system. The blood is poor, and is a bar to enjoyment of life Scott’s Sarsaprilla purifies the blood, strengthens and vital- izes the system, and speedily restores the bloom of health tothe cheeks. It cures when all others fall. A Prominent Lendener. Chase’s Ointment is an invaluable re- medy for itching Piles and in my own case I would pay $50 it if it could not be otherwise hard. Joux Peppicoms. 160 Sydenham St It is wonderful what sirength and bold- bess of purpose and energy will come from the feeling that we are in the way of duty. —John Foeter. Some Soupiers Say dfferently, but nearly all the English garrisons have for years called “Kilty,” “The Military Scoich.” Give it atrial. Their judg ment wil] be yours. Lawrence A. Wilson & Co Sole Agents for Canada, aad Officially appointed sole Purvey ors for all Wines and Spirit to the British Empire Expositions. Montrea). A Brunswick, Me., girl, whois a music teacher in Celorado, took some Cripple Creek mining stock in payment of a bill, at ten cents ashare. In a few days she was offered $1,000 for it, A HEAVY _MORTCACE. How a seit farmer quickly lifted it. A mortgage has been described as an incentive to industry, a heavy mortgage, as asure signo ruin. The last is particy- larly true, oe if a mortgage is allowed to run it will eat up the farm. In this con- nection Mr, Henry Fowler, of Huron writes: “ From my boyhood scrofula had marked me for a victim and it seemed as if it had a life mortgage on my blood, I suffered fearfully with sores, and know- ing my condition I have remained a sin le man. Doctor after doctor prescribed for me, and finally a Toronto specialist told me bluntly that my complaint was a deep-seated, incurable, blood disease. §arsaparilja I knew was a good blood medicine, and I sent for a bottle of the best. Mr. Todd, the druggist, sent me Scott’s Sarsaparilla,and | have stuck to it. It has lifted my mortgage, for to-day J] am free from thos: horrible sores, my eyesight is not blurred, my tongue is not furry, and I have n» irritation, I logk upon Scott's Sarsaparilla as a marvellous medicine when it will cure a life long disease in so short a time.’ Scrofula, pimples, running sores, rheu- matism ate: all diseases gene rated by »oisonous humors in the blood are cured y Scott's Sarsaparilla. The kiad that eures, Seld only ia concentrated farm at $1 per bottle by your druggist, Dose from half to one teaspoontul, er a, j ine of an exp From a Dead Hand. the picture of that d ad Journal reminded “ Blow “See: BS Manin ve sterday *s . ¢ ‘rieuce Of InV OWnh Which i will never fors an 1 Henry Bill- ups, a retired ineer, of Denver, Colo., at the Kimball. ‘Why it should do so I cannot tell, asthere is hing similarin the two cases; but it does and I will relate the incident. It occurred when I was running a nizht train on the Santa Fe road. back in the ‘70s. This particular night id threatening r tning were been stormy a flashes of li intense, Ve were running ahead our jhuiale. , in order to make a siding in time to allow an extra to pass us, and were traveling, I suppose. at the rate of about thirty or thirty-five milesan hour. I was sitting with my face close te the forward window of th cab, gazing straight ahead, when in : brilliant pans of electricity a man’s arm and head suddenly burst with great force through the glass and the open hand struck me si pué arely in th face. I was dazed for an instant by the blow, and held blin ily to the sick of the cap. My first thought was that some tramp was trying to hold up my train to rob the passengers, and acting on this idea I seized my wrench from its and deait eat » truder a b low with all my aaa The fireman, thinking I dl killed the man, shut off steam and we slowe down and took to eXamine the not desc rib me when I head of the place our lanterns strange visitor. I the feeling that crept over elimbed upon the engine and looked at the man whom I believed had attacked me, His entire bo ly b slow the was gone. It was easy to understand could arms what had happened. He had been struck by the rapidly roving engin and his body severed as witha knife, the lower half fallinz to one side and the head and arms flying straight through the cab window.”—Atlanta Journal. Aun Intelligent Thunderbo!tt. Almost every day we encounter proof that ** stranger A story comes from a town in New York State which no one for a moment doubt. <A verac that shortly after the return of al son, a calf on the farm of his was struck killed by As if this incident was not to induce the old electric fluid opened it and which read: fatted calf and truth Is thau fieti “7 can ious chronicle) states a prodig parents and lightning. a strong enough hint folks to also hit the bible, marked the verse in Luke “And bring hither the kill it and Jet us eat and be This solicitous thunderbolt dently a graduate of a seminary, and a thorough the Scriptures, albeit persons may say that with the modern no reasonable man or tertain such a hypot surprising thing abou the neglect of the lightning, which killed the fatted calf, to work by going out patch and plowing up a peck esculents, pee ‘ling t 1 them to the roast with the veal. Such an intelligent and accom- modating thunderbolt should made a complete job while it—even to splitting the the dinner. One Brass Band in China. ‘*do the rest,”’ the family merry.” was evi- theological student of some credulous it wasin collusion prodigal. Of course woman will en hesis. The on t the incident , follow up its into the potato of the - m and conveying kitche to have it was about wood to cook There is only one native band in China. It is, in fact, the only band of any kind M Northern China, except those on the fereign men-of war, and it created a when von Hanegan 4 ¢ great sensation sent it Maj. to Pekin to ] lay in the **forbidden city,” where the Em- peror lives. oui he the Em- pre ss Dow: ager the powe! he- hind the throne and the most i; tial personage in China, or the court had nor . : who 158 iuelh- any other member of ever heard foreign music before. They were de- lighted. The Empress Dowager was particularly pleased, and the director ofthe bandtold methat her favorite piece was “Marching Throug] ee ” So much was sh Lim presse iat Li Hung Chang, who was then in Boa an t ‘try ing to get back into her favor, sent to Paris and boug t her al orchestrion for 3,09) francs, m: tking it a condition that it should be ablet play this air, in connection with four- teen other selections The instrume nt came shortly before I arrived in Pekin and was put up at the palace by a Swiss merchant, through whom it ws S purchased. When it was in order hy wound it upand s tforthe ] mpress Dowager. She came into the room with her ladies in waiting, took her seat with great ceremony. and then Mr, Telleu turned on the tunes. The old lady was paralyzed. They say that th Empress Dowager does very little els nowadays but listen to that orc he trion. She finds it a very welcom« change from the gongs and cymbals and triangles and drums which the Chinese use for music.— Washington Post. Ateohol Pivouw: Lime and Coal a The recent dis ry f Mr. Wilson of acetylene gas mn ns and coal dust treated with el ctri ity from car- bon electrodes has made it possible to produ e eth lLalechel soe che ip that all other processes will abandoned. Should this discovery prove to be what is expected alcohol will 4 made for 2e or 3c a gallon, or evenless. Its uses in the arts will be largely increased, and could be enormous extent. tion of distilling will be superseded, and the manufacture of whisky and other alcoholic beverages will change audthe great problems which c: around them commercially, ntitical- Jy and socially will have new features, —Popular Science News, Matts—I have 30,000 volumes, Spatts—And yet I have your whole library condensed into one book, Matts—What’s that? Spatts—The dictionary, beverage it cheapened as a to an The occupa- uter scie Cammion Seal Company, Ltd The undersigned having been appo inte sole selling Agents in the Province o Prince Edward Island for the above Com pany, are now prepared to issue orders for Round, Slack and Run of, Mines, and will ceep a, Stock of each Mine’s Coa) on hand o supply customers at lowest prices, PEAKE BROS. & CO., Se iit gA gente, Charlottetown, May 25, 1894-—tt- ~ (DONT WAIT untii you are on the a ents | sireet before ordering your DAY BOOKS or LEDGERS Order now Bill Heads ? We work cheap. Save many tading | What abo. a by FURNESS LINE, > Regular Fortr j } j 1 thily Sailings between HALIFAX LONDON and Ci Dominion G al contract with the over S. S. HALIFAX CITY, 3,! S. 8. ST. JOHN CITY, 8.8. DAMARA, 2,50 00 Tons, o,f vo Tor 8, Tone. The Furness Steamships are ibe finest on this route. All boats are C} w'th saloon and sleeping Superior accommodation for a!) kinds ot Freight, Dairy Produce, ete. For information re: garding sailing dates etc., apply to FURNESS, WITHY & CO, Lrz.. People’s Bank Building, lalifax, N.S, Or W. ¥ : 7 Passenzer Agent, Charlottetown, ° le ANNUAL MEETING: Merchants’ Bank of P. E. Island. The Annual General Meeting of the oe of the Merchants’ Bank of E. Island will be held at its Banking eck, Great George Sireet, on TUES- DAY, th e 14th day of January next, 1896 at the hour of 11 o'clock, a.m. Proxies must be left with the Cashier at least one day previous to the meeti: zg. J. M. DAVISON, ‘ie 6—52 & wy Cashier. Prefe iisioned: Ck A, A. McLEAN, 0.C. BARRISTER, Xe., Brown’s Block, Charlottetown. MONEY TO LOAN. t3—3m_ t \ WHEAT ‘WANTED. Highest Market Frice Paid. ———~ALSO~ — sep Best Quality Rolled Oatmeal exchanged for good Oats a Charlottetewa Roller Vills, dec31—~—3i (246) wy 3i Dividend Notice. Mercuants Bank or P. E.Istanp, Charlottetown, Dee. 2nd , 1896. Notice is her eby given thata bale yearly dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the c apital stock of this Bank, has been declared payable at its Banking Honse, en and after January 2nd 1896. Transfer Book will be closed from December 19th inst., to 2nd Jan’y., 1896, beth dates inclusive. By order of Board. the J.M. DAVISON, Cashier __Dee. 2nd —Jawk w. The Coming Battle. Our battles with Pa le S Sam are nig like ly to be ver ry serious, bat “ZL fe i Real, Life is Earnest,” and in fighting its battles the young must qualify themse! ves for the contest or defeat is sure. A course in the P, B. 1, Commercial Call ege, which embraces Book-kee: ng, Commer- cial Law, Commercial Arithmetic, cee hand and Typewriting, will evabie any young man or é ung woman to success fully ¢ om px ir the best positions in the fie! - fern accn e. All classes reopen January 6th, S. F. HODGSON, dec30 ore A RARE OPPORTUNITY. I have? just receive baad | anice assoriment of:<< Ladies’ Rolled Plate Chai Ge nts’ Rolle { Plate C Hains. Ladies Gold Filled Wateh« Gents’ Gold Filled Watches. As these goods are a little jate in their arrival, 1 will offerthem unt Xmas at prices that are bound to sell them. Any person intending to purchase a watch or chain in the near future wil! do weil to inepect and compare prices on those goods before purchasing. c W. N. TANTON, Great George street, near Queen se lar Dec. 20—135 w Painless Dentistry. CRAPAUD. Dr J E McDonald, be ntist, will bein Cra paud, at Dr Robertson’s, for TWO DAYS only, Friday and Saturdé ay, I*th and 19th inst, wher «3+will] demonstrate his now ‘amous meth cae {Painless Extraction of Teeth, No bada i 2¢flects follow the use of this method, and t 1 doubter is requested to try it and judge ctnimselt Observe the dates, Friday and Saturday, detober 1Sth and J9th in st, at Cre eo ai. My Pr.nce County pati« nts will please note my abse nee from Summerside on the above iates J E McDONALD, DDS. Summerside, Oct 7, 1595. Executor’s Notice The undersigned Executor of the last will and testament of Mrs. Catherine Trenaman, late of Charlottetown, Quer n's County, hereby notifies a) sons indebted to said estate to make mediate payment to him at his office in i per deceased, i duly attested, at his said office, wi-hin three months from this date Dated at Charlottetown, u Decenaber, A. D. 1895. ARCHIBALD KENNEDY, ec28—Im (246)a hixecutor, s 21st day of last with Under spe- yde built, r berths amidships ial -e least motion is felt. S.S. St. Join City and Halifax City are electrically lighted throughous. Charlottetown ; anda’! persons baving any claims against said estate are hereby ux vt fied and requested to present the same, eee PA art ee ey vom ae a