7 = ape — bi Te SAM i pon wedtene se =e terests, of the dim and flitting by recognizing and drawing closer these human t.es of kinship is our own life made The Child en's Festival. CrrietMas is getting mote and more - It is the chil- (Wirren FoR fue EXAMINER. } Christmas. This is the time of Heavenly Charity. ; Will not proud man forget, for a brief while, Sou!-maddeuing spite, a id doff the scornfal simile, And learn kind brotherhood ? Better to be And sated but with blood, than so detile be the Chi'dren’s Festival. dren who look forward with such happy time It pleased i is for expectation to the The image within, nursing on craft and guile 4 heart faint for deep d vughis of sympathy , } , eee? 1V them a time of receiving, ane with rece eir 7 It is the child's . ; ideas of ing and possessing all their young ide things are connected. , nature to want, and Christmas 1s the magic season when the coors of forbidding Fate stand wpen and there are messages from 4S y » De on fairy lapd. Perhaps, as we grow to be me hang up our and women, and cease to stockings for our ower of good things, we cannot bid away the sense of sadness that comes to fill the place of departing hop If it were only the loss of the annual stock- ingfull, the mischiet would not be But Christmas is not now the time oF e pectation that it was ; we cease to be plac- ing our happiness in mere getting and possessing ; but we turn to the young and hopeful, and live over the Christmas Joy in their delight. And « delight it is to 3ee the children happy. His Christmas gifts are the child’s tools of trade. He does not know that he is playing soldier —he is 4 soldier. It isa world all peopled and alive he lives in. e. serious xX° For this is Heaven's order : who bend low Co uplift pale want, themselves are lifted up ; Who mete out blessings with full generous cup (heir bosoms richer measure shall o’erflow ; Who helpful follow where the Master trod, Shall breathe Love's air, which is the breath ot God. ——< O 8 {Written For Tuk EXAMINER | A Christmas Memory. BY MRS. A. D. MACLEOD. Hail Christmas! beacon ever bright, Athwart the way-worn years ; Full lustred of celestial light, Thy white-robed awn appears. B'est season when our mueh-loved band Around one altar meet ; When voices from the spirit land Our longiag spirits greet. In tender memories arise Sunlit, the days of old, When roseate vistas oped the skies, Aud streaked earth’s grey with gold. Beneath a lofty castle dome Three fair young dreamers smile ; And fraught of love, the light of home Che flicting hours beguile. Chey wander by the river sie, They cull the sweet wild flowers ; Not to pass the time does he beat the dram or build the castle of blocks ; but to satisfy his yowrg passion ‘or doing. Wiat im- aginations children have ! And Christmas time brings + new store of equip ments to plume their flyht again. But the world gets prosaic to the each chil- dren of a larger growth, aa all overgrown childre rk prosals lt ts a seene of worry and strife, of competition and over-reach- ing, of struggle with sickness and hard conditions, and the zest of victorious youth gives way to the sober activities and the patience of manhood. It is hard sometimes to believe that this is, indeed, the same world that once throbbed to the great hope of the promise of the firat Christmas Day. Yet though our day be not cloudless, we scarce know from what « night of darkness our race has already emerged ; and the sun is yet mounting. Itisforus to learn to spread what happiness we can ; to keep childhood bright; to cherish the altar-fires of home; and in our dealings with the qsterner world to aim for the reign of peace among men of good will. Christmas is a reminder of the larger race-family, of the kinship of all human in- truth that stronger and fuller. To all our patrons we wish A Happy CHRisTMas. - --————_0+@+e% — —The merchants of Charlottetown are greatly annoyed on account of the report that The Stanley is now to be taken from this route. The harbor is open, the weather suft, higher temperature is among the probabilit.es and large quintities of freight have been collected here. Why take the steamer away / This is a question upon which the Crarlottetuwn Board of Trade should speak at once. Goo! The use of character for reputation, learn for teach, stop for stay, spare for give, and other similar errors should be guarded against. Ask your advanced puptls to dis- tinguish the difference in meaning of the words in each of the following groups. Al- low them to use their dictionaries: Catch, seize, snatch. Retain, obtain, attain. Postscript, appendix, supplement. Relate, narrate, rehearse. Kind, benevolent, gracious, Restrain, hinder, impede. . Answer, respond, reply. Theft, larceny, embezzlement. W ages, salary, income. Military, infantry, cavalry. 11. Impel, propel, repel. 12. Expel, dispel, compel. —Popular Educator. ———--——« -@> oe — Wants To Be PresipeNt.—The New York World's Paris correspondent sends that paper athre column ‘uterview with Gen. Boulanger, which the World sums up as follows: The Genera’ frankly admits he would like to he preside:t of France and is confident that he will be some lay. He ilenies that he is plot- ting vw." or a coup d’etat. He says there is corrup: on in the Chamber of Deputies and troubie in the Senate; the former he would dissolve and the latter abolish. Half of France, he says, is at his back in the move ment io revise the French constitution. Genera! Sheridan was his ideal of cavalry general. He also speaks enthusiastically of Generais Sherman and McDowell and other = of his trip to the United States in SS!. For Teacher-— hxere’se pe _ SPW Sr > i Two new discoveries which are likely to have 4 iiniportant influence in cheapening tel- egrapoy are reported. One is the invention of % South American electrician, asd is aa instru- ment with which messages may be sent with- out the aid of batteries. Some experi- ments made by experts appointed by the gov- ernment bave resulted ia a ver) satisfactory manner, Another is the result of the labor of an ingenious Washington inventor, and, ic is claimed, will make it cheaper to teleg ap mes- sages than to write them. It is a system by which the letters of an ordiuary English alpha- Glad joy flows like the rippling tide Through all the sunny hours. They clim) the purple mountain crest, They list the eurfew eal)s:— Ah, me! gay life. then qviet rest, Earth's shadows, darksome pall. Yet, lo! a brighter vision breaks;— That beauteons b ind I see, Where g ory-dawn in gladness wekes, Where all tie rans med be. High-seaced in Immanuel’s land, "Yond shadow of the tomb; Safe-nur’ ured ‘neath a Father's hand Immor'al youth doth bloom. Oh, happy, happy hearted ! Who tread the golden floor ; Oh, sinless, early parted! Who live to die no more. Oh, home where nought can sever ! W here life is life for aye ; Where through the bright forever No night shall veil the day. Within the grand orchestral throng They harp with crowned brow ; While sadness mingles in onr song, We at His footstool bow. Hail Christmas! light to weary eyes, Light thou the years along ; Till, in one home in Para-ise, We sing our Christmas song. sainiiniienailaiglinainenimre Varia. ** With gent'e deeds and loving thoughts, And Joring words withal, Welcome the merry Christmas in And hear a mother’s call.” It is hard to write or say anything new «beut Christmas. It comes to us year after year bringing with it joy and g adness, and often recouciliation to severed friends Good nature and Christian charity prevail more than at any other season; but, alas, I fear there are many who hold the senti- ments expressed in the verse I have just quoted, but who allow this happy season to pass without dving all that they can to make others happy. Ln northera Russia a very pretty custom isobservel. On Euster Day every Russian considers it his duty before attending church to seek out every person with whom he may have quarrelled iuring the year and revew the interrupted friendship. i have often thought it a pity some such custom dves not prevail in our own country. There is nothing lost by being as gentle and forgiving as littie chii- dren, if only once a year. Charles Dickens has said, very prettily: ‘It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder wasa child Himself.” And to any one familiar with his Christmas stories it is evident that this was the spirit which ani- mated the charming novelist. as he wrote them. To many people—to all, I wish I could say—the season is one of happiness. For nearly nineteen hundred years the Festival has come and gone, and still, for Christian people, it loses none of its joy and beauty. The reason, I think, is not hard to find, It is as Adeaide Proctor truly says: " The star that shines in Bethlehem Shines still and shall not cease; And we listen still to the tidings Of glory aud of peace.” + * * Aiter all I know of no better or more graphic description of the festivities of Christmas Eye than that by Sir Walter Scott: : ‘*Q« Christmas Eve the bells were rung; On Christmas Eve the Mass was sung; That only night, in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned ner kirtle sheen; the hall was dressed with holly gresn. Forth to the wood did merry men go To gather in the mistletoe, ~ Then opened wide the barons hall To vassa', tenant, serf and all. Power laid his red of rute aside And ceremony doffed his pride. The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose, Als hailed with uncout. olved delight, And generai voice the happy night That to the cottage as the crown, Bro ight tidings of salvetion down ! Che fire, with well drieu logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide; The huge hail-table’s oaken face, Scrabbed till it shone, the day to grace. Bore then upon its m«ssive board No mark to part the -quire a d Lord. Then was brough: in ibe lusty brawn, by old biuescoat d servant man; Then the grim boar’s head frowned on high, Crested with bays and rosemary. bet are reduced to ten elementary characterst Vel! ean the green-garbed ranger tell, written by an instrument resembling a type writer. It is reported that a vest of the new apperatus held in New York the other day &® Message containing seventy-six words was sent in twenty-five seconds. The invention will greatly faciliate the work of sending of long tivesages and correspondingly increase the capacity of the wires tur doing business, oe in tne Toms.—W. F Callaghan . : 3. es of Sum- merside, one of the canvassers in the employ +a aa Frederick's Publishing Company, has n arrested and placed in jail at the Com- ny, ou a cha ; . SS tue Diratee $ forging names to orders H»w, when and where the mouster fell; What dogs before his death he tore, And all the baiting of the boar, fhe wassail round in good brown bowls, Garnished with ribbons blithely trowls. (here the huge sirlion reeked ; hard by Pium porridge steed, and Christ cas pye ; Nor failed oid Seotiand to produce, At such high tide her savoury gvose. Then came the merry masquers in And carols roared with blitnesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, t was a hearty note and strong, Who lists may in their mamming see Traces of ancient mystery ; + White shirts supped the smaequerade, A ravening brute, crouched for brute-enemy, | TTS Cae © woe — peat And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, oh ! what masquers richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light | England was merry England, when — Oli Christmas brought his sports again. "T'was Christmas broached the mightiest ale, "Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambo! oft could cheer Phe poor man’s heart through half the year.’ * + In England during the Commonwealth, determined attempts were several times inade by the Puritans to suppress not only the observance of Curistimas Day, but the innocent sports which accompanied it. | iind that in the year 1647 the Cromwell party ordered throughout the principal towns and cities of the country, by the common crier, that Christmas Day should be no longer ob-erved—it being a super- stitious and hurttul custom-—and in place thereof, to work a change, markets should be held on the 25th day of December. The Holly and the Mistletoe were to be cut up root and branch as plants of the evil one. Cakes and ale were held to be impious liba- tions to superstition ; and the Roundheads would have none of it. This was attacking the people in their most sensative part, but ithe existing records of those days bear ample testimony to the fact that the berea- vemont was not quiety submitted to, the country folks especially resenting and op- | posing it. = ¢ * One favorite English Christmas sport, | very generally played on Christmas Eve, | has been handed down from time imme- morial under the name of Snap Dragon. This amusement, I imagine, is more fami- | liar to English than to Canadian boys, for [cannot learn that it has been adopted here. But to those who have brought with them recollections of Christmas in Old England, it is perfectly familiar. A quan- tity of raisins are deposited ima large dish or bow! (the broader and shallower the be:ter), and brandy or some other spirit 1s poured over the fruit and ignited. The by- staunders now endeavor, by turns, to grasp a raisin by plunging their hands through the flames ; and as this is somewhat of an ar duous feat, requiring both courage and rapidity of action, a considerable amount of laughter and merriment is evoked at the expeuse of the unsuceessful compeltors. As an appropriate ac ompaniment 1 intro- duce here THE SONG OF SNAPDRAGON, Here he comes with flaming bowl, Don’t he mean to take his toll! Snip ! Snap! Dragon. Take care you don’t take too much, Be not greedy in your clutch. Snip! Suap! Dragon. With his blue and lapping tongue Many ef you will be stung. Snip! Snap! Dragon. For he snaps at all that comes, Snatching at his feast of plums. Snip! Snap! Dragon. But old Christraas makes him come, Though he looks so fee! fa! fum! Snip! Snap! Dragon. Don’t ‘ee fear him, be but bold— Out he goes, his flames are cold. Snip! Snap! Dragon. While the sport of snap-dragon is going ou it is usual to extinguish all the lights in the reom, so that the lurid glare from the flaming spirits may exercise to the full its wierd-like effect. There seems little doubt that in this amusement we retain a trace of the fiery ordeal of the middle ages, and also of the Druidical fire worship of a still remoter epoch. + + The Lord of Misrwe also played an im- portant part in the festivities of Christmas in the olden time. His duties were tv lead and direct the multifarious revels of the season. or, as 1t would be expressed in the present day, to act as Master of the Cere- monies The following account of him is given by Stuw: ‘On the feast of Christ- mas there was in the King’s house, where- ever he lodged, a Lord of Misrule, or Master of Merry Disports, and the Jike had ye in the house of every nobleman of honor or good worship, were he spiritual or tem- poral. The Mayor of London, and either of the Sheriffs had their several Lords of Misrule, ever contending without quarrel or offence who should make the rarest pastime to delight the beholders. These Lords beginning their rule at Christ mas Eve, continued the same till the morrow of Candlemas Day, in which space there werg fine and subtile disguising, masks and mummeries, with playing at cards for coun- ters, nayles and points, in every house, more for pastimes than for game.” —_In the University of Cambridge the functions of the Lord of Misru:e were performed by one of the Masters of Arts, who was regularly elected to superintend the annual repre- sentation of Latin plays by the students, besides taking a general charge of their games and diversions during tie Christmas season, and was styled the Imperator or Prefectus Ludovrum. Asimilar Master oi Revels was chusen at Oxford. ** Sut it seems to have been among the lawyers at the Inns of Court in London that the Lord of Misrule reigned with the greatest splendour, berng surrounded with althe parade and ceremony of royalty, having his lord-kecper and treasurer, his guard of honor, and his two chaplains, who preached before him on Sunday im the Temple Church. On Twelfth Day lie ab- dicated his sovereignty, and we are inform- ei that in the year 1635 this mock repre- sentative of Ruyalty expended in the ex- erciss ot his office £2,000 from his own purse, and, at the conclusion of his reign was knighted by Charles I at Whitehall. A favorite mode of his Lordship to enter the duties of his office was by explaining to the company that he absolved them from all their wisdom, and that they were to be just wise enough to make fovls of them- selves. No one was to sit apart in pride or self-suifiviency to laugh at others. In the pantomime of the present day we see in the mischievous pranks of the clown who parodies al] the ordinary occupations of serious life, a reproduction under a modern iorm of ther extravagance cot the Lord of Misrule. + * The last memorable act of a Lord of Mis- rule occurred in 1627. The Lord of Misruie and his foilowers on Twelfth-night sallied forth from the Inns of Court to tax the people of that neighborhood five shillings foreach house. When the master of a | put by for hisown use, may be called Louse refused to pay his door was broken in with sledge hammers, which being re- } ported to the civic authorities, brought the , MONDAY Lord Mayor upou the scene, who ended this rather serious game after a hard and ludicrous fight betweea his party and that of the Lord of Misrule. In this tight the Lord Mayor of London fought gallantly, and with his own hands captured the Lord of Misrule by the collar and made him prisoner. * % rT * ° “here are many other pretty and inter- esting customs to which | might refer, but the space so kindly allowed me is already much exceeded. I hope your readers will be interested in the descriptions I have tried te give of the manner in which the people of dear old Eugland spent ‘A Merrie Christmas.” A Denial. Sin,— Ina late issue of THe EXAMINER there appeared ** Alexandra Notes,” over the signature of ** Alfir.”” One note reads ; ‘* One of the residents discovered near his dwelling a package of sugar containg strych- nine. Suspicion points to his next neigh- bor as the guilty party.” Nothing of the kind eccurred, Mr. Editor. Said note is a base, malicivus falsehood, bearing on_ its face the character of ** Aifir.’ The affair has been discussed as true, by outsiders. Questions such as, ‘* Who are the persons ¢ Where was the package found?’ Who placed it there, that his neighbour would tind it ? have been frequently heard. If a capful of sugar, borrowed by a little boy from a neighbor (not next neighbor) and _. package of sugarcontaining strychine” then facts can be distorted. 1 am plessed to say that nothing approaching a crime can be found in the past history of this commun- ity. A coat of a black color, covered with feathers, will be ‘* Alfir’s’’ reward, should he commit an indiseretion ef like character again. Insert andoblige a justly indignant people. Wuire Cap. Local Notices. Fresh Candies, hot from Balderson’s to-day. Nuts! Almond nats, walnuts, Brazil nuts chestnuts, filberts, and peanuts, at (eo. Larter & Co's. Confectiovery ! Call and inspect our dis- play of choice confectionery in mixtures—only 20 cents per Ib. Conversation lozenges, almond candy, lily chocolates, coffee, honey and raspberry cordials, chocolate cream drops and a choce assortment of pure English candy at Geo. Carter & Co's. the pan, at B. coeoanuts, Sausages made fresh every morning, from the best material, at J. H. Myrick & Co's. dec22—3i Salmon, Shad, Mackerel, Herring, Codfish, etc., atthe Fish Market. 3i —dec22 Fresh Eggs at the Fish Market. dec22—3i Bunker Hill Mixed Pickles and Chow Chow, the best made, at J. H, Myrick & Co’s. dec22 —3i See Beer & Goff's magnificent display of Chocolate Creams, Barley Sugar Toys, Figs, Dates, Nuts, etc., before buying your Xmas suppiies. 2i —dec22 Pure Candy, only 20 cents per pound ; Dates, 10 cents per pound ; Green Grapes, 20 cents per pound; Figs, from 16 cents per poand up, at Beer & Goff's. 2i—dec22 ; m+ > Ix Mane Atrme.—A Kansas city paper re- ports that a young woman named Mary Gordon was recently arrested at that place for appear- ing on tre streets in male attire. When tried petore Recorder Davenport the evidence show- ed that she was quietly walking along the streets when arrested. ‘I do not want any more cases like this brought before me,” said the recorder. ‘1 have ruled on several of them lately, and the officers ought to know how I stand on them. There can be no law which prevents women from dressing in male attire and appearing in public therein, so long as they do not conduct themselves in a disord- erly manner, Any ordinances to the contrary are illegal. It is the latest fad for ladies to dress in the opposite sex, and women are gradually coming to it. It is the correct thing, not only for health, but for comfort. I wili discharge every woman brought before me under such conditions, as the defendant in this case. You can go, Mary. Ithink you look as neat as if you had a dress on. “APPLES, TEA, ke. 5 >Y AUCTION, on THURSDAY, Decem- * } ber 27th, at 11 o'clock, at Rooms :— 75 barrels No. 1 Apples (best winter-keep- ing kinds), 10 half chests Tea, 10 casks Vinegar, 5 barrels Onions, Oranges, Lemons, Wrap ping Paper, &c., All of which must be sold out without re- serve to close consignments. A. McNEILL. dec24—-tl sle Auctioneer, CASH PAID FOR WHEAT, -—AT THE— Steam Roller Mulls, CHARLOTTETOWN. CHARLOTTETOWN = MILLING CO. dec24—?i dy & wky Good RE aS) oe ——— wo and Useful ar: Se a NTS Pac ‘ Ss ——— rp XFORD BIBLES, for Preachers and Students, in best India Paper and nice soft Leather Binding. PRESBYTERIAN HYMN BOOK, with Psalus, pocket size, in good binding. STUDENTS’ BOOK SHELVES, VEST PUCKET NEW TESTAMENTS, WRITING DESKS, for Ladies and Gents, FOUNTAIN PENS, STYLOGRAPHIC PENS, BIBLES, with Psalms and Hymnal, BIBLES, with Methodist Hymns. You will Get the Best Value at DECEMBER 24 $ , We are Showing a Fine Line of SULUTED DRESS GOODS With TRIMMINGS TO MATCH. ‘ee Them, as they are the Best Value we have ever Showa, Wi Stanley Bros, Charlottetown, Nov. 21, 1888—eod & wky a a = = SOND ' ty OAT Ay id mem een ——_—{x}. URNING GOODS, N ALL THE NEWEST FABRICS, AT CLOSEST FIGURES. — COUR TALD’S CRAPES, BEST VALVES AT Brown's Biock. = \\d MYSELF AND SOR A] . . ’ ABse «si asad ’ sos vlalkdud Beakstoe, & - WITH THE Yee Newest and Bast PRESENTS. Wit } Bc LY At oer of ed Sole ey ——— — —-*we ~. i Soa, a For Useful Christmas Presents. Silk Handkerchiefs, Plain and Hem-Stitched, Fancy Border Handkerchiefs, White Silk Handkerchiefs. Haris & Siew Charlottetown, December 19, 1888—eod & wky ‘Orr HARRIS & STEWART, LONDON TOUSE, For Wool Clouds, Fascinators, Hoods, Jerseys, Cardigan Jackets, Astracan Mitts and Gloves, Kid Mitts. ene ES we HARRIS & STEWART, LONDON HOUSE, Are showing a fine stock of Dress Goods, Ulster and Mantie Cloths, Silk Sealettes, Wool Sealettes, Nap Cloths & 1 weeds. OO. emcee HARRIS & STEWART, LONDON HOUSS, For Mens’ Shirts and Drawers, Reefing Jackets, Top Coats, Suits, Hats a d Caps, Knit Wool Gloves. oO: HARRIS & STEWART, LONDON HOUSE, For Astracan Jackets, Muffs, Collars, Fur Caps, Sleigh Robes, Mens’ Fur Cvats, : ——;0; - HARRIS & STEWART, LONDON HOUSE, Have a nice stock of Fancy Goods for Christmas, Work Boxes, Jewel Cases, Ladies’ Satchels, Purses, &e., &e. 0: ai REDDIN'S DRUG STORE. oe re ee HOLIDAY SEASON! y vanes Pos . 9 Best Value! Lowest Prices! ge will not allow usto particularize, but we wuld ask the public to cajl apd see for themselves. Notroubie to show goods, WRITING DESES, in! DOMINOES, Leather, | PERF OMES. in Cases, WORK 3B XES, in!S.CHET POWDERS, Plush, | Cio 41K CA -Ke, Gentlemens’ DBRYSS-| Me rschanm PIRES, NG CASES, | LAMIES’ FANS Ladies’ do., i BiSsiQt KE FIGI RES, TRIPLE MIRRORS, FRUIT KNIVE >. CriBBAGE B».. Ris, | bp. OM. REDDIN, Jr. decl4—tl Jan ist : PE ISLAND RAILWAY. Christmas aud New Year's Bolisays, ee — ee ees } ETURN TICKETS at one first-class fare will be issued to» and from al}) Stations on this Kalway. on 24th, 25th and Sist December, inst.,, and on January ist, prox., good to return up to and on January 7, 18*9., J. UNSWORTH, Superintendent, Railway Office, Ch’town, Dec. 19, 1882, dec!9~—all prs Ul 3ist Reddin’s Drug Store, CIGARS, WHOLES:LE 10 O00 1AVANA CIGARS, : 15,000 DOM InsTIC CIGARS, 5,000 COCK ROBIN, t G. H. HASZARD'S. dec21 ; The largest profit to the retailer of avy Cigar in the market. D. OM. REDDIN, Jr. Gecli—ti Jan let COCK ROBIN !—Manufactured tor our trade CARD } ' W E have accepted the invitatioa of 4 Chappelle toremain at the BOOKSTORE until Tuesday morning, 25th inst., and would a~k AN EARLY VISIT from our ae nds, so that all may be benefitted during cur stay. 10 THS PUBL, ——— ee ce Mr. Theo, DIAMUNB . SANTA CLAUS, SANTA G. CLAUS. Ch'town, Dee, 1, 188, . “ Referring to the : public that the DIAMOND BOOKSTORE | is filled with THE VERY NEWEST, MOST VARIED | and LOWEST PRICED stock of ‘Christmas Presents EVER OFFERED HERE. { would remind iorevoing, ; Special Attention is called to the Grand BAZAR fitted up in tho premises overhead. } | | i een Christmas ‘... \/ ek rds of every Design, Quality and Price, in order to avoid the rysh iChristmas Eve, it is numerous patrons call early and select their Gifts, thereby making it mutually agreeable. THES, L. CHAPPELLE, | Diamond Bookstore aud Bazar. decl—w « tl 22ud pecnijar te +} + requ sted that cur