THE DAILY EXAMINER, THE DAILY EXAMINER, SEPTEMBER 9, 1890. Tux Pioneer, too, is in favor of continu- ing to afford the higher education required by prospective young lawyers, doctors, pro- fessors, engineers, etc., at the public ex- pense, without any payment on their part. It rails against the Examiner because the EXAMINER respectfully submits that fees should, in simple justice, be taken from pupils in the higher forms of the public schools who receive special, particular, incal_ culable advantages which ‘‘the great ma_ jority” of the youth of the country cannot have. Well, the question is one for the people. If the people: decide to afford the higher education for nothing ; if it be deemed good policy to educate young men, at the public expense, to leave the farm and take ‘‘respectable positions” in foreign lands,—the ExamINER will not complain. The people have a right to say what shall be done with the public money. The Pioneer is wrong in its ‘surmise that Tue ExaMiner ‘‘thinks it would be un- popular to levy an assessment for educa- tional purposes.” If it be necessary to resort to taxation, taxation could not, in our opinion, take a more popular form than that of an assessment for the purposes of education. That education is an incal- culable benefit, the people know. Con- sequently, the people are, if re- quired, willing to pay for it. The people did not object to the ‘‘Land Tax” imposed for educational pur- poses by the Hon. George Coles. They paid it cheerfully ; and would have continued to pay it cheerfully un:il this day, if they had not been relieved of it by the Sulliyan-Ferguson Administration. It seems to us that a juster tax than one for educational purposes could not be applied. The education of his child’s mind is as much a duty on the part of the parent as the clothing of its body. But the State can do the work of education for all—up to a certain point—better and cheaper than each parent can do it for his own children. So the State does the work; and it is but right that the State should be paid for the service it renders. An educational tax for the the Province would be based on the same principle as that of the water tax for the City. Each householder is in duty bound to provide water fur his family; but the City Corporation can provide better water at smaller cost than each householder can ; and, therefore, no householder thinks of objecting to the water tax on the ground that it is not just. So, if the education afforded by the public schools be of com- mon utility, or if those who take the branches of education which are above the reach of the children of the people at large are compelled to*pay fees for the special service performed on their behalf, no one will think of objecting to a tax for edu cational purposes—that is, if, as the Patriot and the Pioneer both assert, taxation is inevitable. But objection may be taken to a proposition to tax the many for the high- er education of the few. A Warning. Ir appears that some of the lobster pack of this year has turned out bad in the British market, and that the Portland packers, charged with the fact, state that they are very sorry but the lobsters came ‘from P. E. Island, and were put up by Island packers. This may or may not be true. It is too much the habit of some persons abroad to cast the blame for their own misdeeds upon people in Prince Edward LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Wholesome Rum vs. the National Policy. S1z,—In your report of the meeting held in Charlottetown, on Tuesday evening last, regarding the Jamaica Exhibition, I find the following observations by the Hon. Daniel Davies :— ‘‘The great difficulty in the way of trade between these Provinces and the West Indies is that there is no reciprocal trade. Formerly ships from this port brought back sugar, molasses, rum, ete., and the profits on these articles were the best features of the trade. But now, owing to the N. P., the import of sugar and molasses is stopped, and owing to the foolish Scott Act the wholesome rum of the West Indies is kept out of the country.” It would be hard to put together a greater mass of fallacies, nonsenseand misstatements than the above extract contains. Looking at the Customs returns [ find that instead of their being now no reciprocal trade with the West Indies, the imports into Canada from these Islands have doubled under the operation of the National Policy. For the five years immediately preceding the adop- tion of that policy, our total imports from the West Indies only amounted tu $7,639,- 604, while for the last five years they have reached the large aggregate of $14,896,745! Our direct importations from the West Indies to P. E. Island have not, however, increased in late years. Although the duty on molasses has been less. under the National Policy than before, and is now merely nominal, we use less of that article than we did in 1878. Our importation of sugar from the West Indies was about the same in 1889 as in 1878. We get no rum now, but that is not a matter for serious lamentation. Even our West India mer- chant is not likely to break his heart over his loss of profit onthe less than $2,000 worth of ‘‘ wholesome rum” imported an- nually from the West Indies before the adoption of the National Policy. ICEWATER. News Notes. M. M. Rochefort and Thieband fought a duel on Saturday. Thiebaud was slightly wounded in the thigh. On Tuesday, at the Riggs farm, six miles south of Doland, South Dakota, while on the straw stack behind a threshing machine, Peter Peterson was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning from an almost clear sky. A wonderful flower has been discovered on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its chief peculiarity is the habit of changing its colors during the day. Inthe morning it is white ; when the sun is at its zenith it is red, and at night it is blue. The red, white and blue flower grows on a tree about the size of a guava tree, and only at noon does it give out any perfume. Some miscreant drew a coupling pin at the Van Wert Street crossing of the New York Central Road at Albany a few nights ago, and two cars started back down the grade. A yardman managed to board them and got them stopped a short distance from a drawbridge which was then open, Had the cars continued they would have plung- ed into a Troy steamboat loaded with pas- sengers. No clue. A remarkable manifestation of filia piety is displayed in the most recent issue of the Imperial Pekin Gazette, which contains a letter from the Governor of Chinese Turkestan, in which he tenders his resig- nation of his office, not on the. ground of any disagreement with head quarters, or of failure in administration, but solely be- cause he is anxious to stay at home and to devote his entire time to nursing his aged grandmother, Capt. Thomas, of the barquentine Ca- therine Sudden, which has arrived at Port Townsend, Cal., from Siberia, writes of a brutal scene on the Saghalien Island, the famous Russian exile prison. A large party of exiles, heavily manacled, were on their way to the Island, being driven like cattle, the drivers carrying heavy whips. A num- ber of old men whose strength gave out, fell from exhaustion, and were shot by a driver. No mercy or discrimination was shown. Wives saw their husbands kliled before them; mothers saw their daughters outraged and insulted. The prison cells are filthy, and the treatment most bar- barous. Island. It is, however prudent ene ee as well as right to exercise the Charlottetown Markets. utmost care in packing lobsters. If the Bobtiinall ie = : : eef(small) per lb............ $0.07 to 0.14 character of the Island pack be disc reguieg Beef (quarter) per lb.......... 0.05 to 0.08 in the British market, the Island will suffer] Butter, fresh, Wend h ast 25,5 0.22 to 0.00 a loss of. thousands upon thousands of| Butter, tub, per lb............. C.38 to 0.19 Gollirs. “We allsknow what has rasnlied (plc ber mlenin ce steps ot Lote 0.06 to 0.00 z a | Beets, per d0Z 6.25.05 scisciees os 0.10 to 0.00 from the want of proper care in the ship-| Beans (string) per qrt......... ~ 0.03 to 0.04 ment of oats to Great Britain. A word to ae Gurpentt: spite nancies 0.12 to 0.14 aera : arrots, pe: banch............ 0.03 to 0.00 the wise is sufficient, Celery (per head).............. 0.10 to 0.00 - Cheese per Ib. . 2... eens sc eee 0.14 to 0.05 The Senate and ;Reciprocity. Cabbage, per doz......... see. 0.40 to 0.50 Pe: Cauliflowers, per doz........... 0.25 to 0.00 Tua Boston Herald describes the atti- Sees ed ( se dak see Sa to 0.48 tude of the majority in the United States| Coatish, fred en) 22) Gee eo 008 Senate respecting reciprocity with Canada| Ducks, per pair............... 0.00 to 0.60 in the following words :— Hees, DOr Gas Sse ties Kite Zo. 0.18 to 0,00 : OUr, per CWE... cs ewes eee 2.40 to 2.50 ‘In spite of our Boston Merchants’ Associa-| Fowl..............cceesecsess 0.45 to 0.00 tion, and in spite of Senator Sherman and] Green Peas, per quart......... 0.10 to 0.00 Congressmen Butterworth and Hitt, all stal-|Gooseberries...... ....... ... 0.10 to 0.16 wart Republicans, the Republican majority in| Herring (fresh), per dozen...... 0.23 to 0.25 Congress is not in favor of Canadian recipro-| Ham, per Ib............0-++++- 0.15 to 0.16 city, and, indeed, is not in favor of any plan| Hay, Per, 00 TOps S35, e.cs oe 0.34 to 0.38 of practical reciprocity; for that contained in Lamb, per lb et ire dec cost 0.05 to 0.07 Senator Alderich’s amendment isa delusion} Lard PONS, ese 0.14 to 0.16 and a snare, intended merely to promise, but| Lettuce per. bunt 288 Teck 0.00 to 0.04 never to perform, to hold out the hope of| Lobsters.................... . 0.06 to 0.12 doing something for the purpose of tiding over the impatient spirit which Mr. Blaine’s proposal has evoked, with the idea that in a year from this time, when the amendment should take effect, and the President should act, the whole matter will be forgotten, while in the meantime the McKinley Bill will be in full and undisturbed operation.” If this statement be correct, nothing more need be said about the hope—born of Senator Sherman’s proposition—that the Governments of the two countries might, by making an effort to that end, bring about a fair and honorable reciprocity of trade between the United States and Can- ada. I. O. O, F.—Port la Joie Encampment, No. 13, holds its regularly monthly session~ to- morrow (Wednesday) evening, at 8 o’clock. The patriarchal degree will be conferred. Mackerel (each)..,............ 0.00 to 0.08 Oats (black) per bush.......... 0.50 to 0.54 Oatmeal, per cwt.............. 3.50 to 0.00 Onions, per bunch,............ 0.02 to 0.00 Pexs, per quart. 2.6. .2c.<sh ese 0.08 to 0.00 Pore smalls: 25s coe ceea cc cc 0.08 to 0.10 Potatoes, per bush............. 0.84 to 0.00 Plover. er pair. .....s.35<s00s 0.18 to 0.20 Radishes per bunch ......,.. . 0.00 to 0.02 Red Currants .......... ee 0.10 to 0.00 Raspberries...............000. 0.06 to 0.08 Strawberries, per qrt.......... 0.17 to 0.19 Straw, per load....:.........4. 1.50 to 2.00 Sheep pelts... 0.020...) .05561 0.50 to 0 55 Turkeys (each)...........00... 0.90 to 1.25 Turnips, bunch................ 0.03 to 0.00 erence ers soma Weather Bulletin. Toronro, Sept. 9,—10 a. m. Moderate winds ; generally fair; showerg: in some localities. SRO nF Ace e a Personal. Bismarck has been ordere1 to the Riviera for a change of air. Mr. G. Y. Cruikshank, Assistant Inspector for the Dominion Government, is in Char- lettetown. Erastus Wiman’s fortune started from a penny made by him at the age of nine as a newsboy. ; Henry Savage Landor, a gifted young artist and grandson of Walter Savage Landor, the poet and critic, is now travelling and paint- ingin the interior of Japan. Although only 24 years old, he has visited America, Alaska, Egypt and much of the continent, and hopes during the next three years to spend some time in Siberia, Corea, China and Australia. Then he will exhibit his work in London. Mr. B. F. Weatherell, of Brunswick, Me., is visiting the city. He has a controlling in- terest in the ‘‘ History of Oddfellowship,” the work of Hon. Theo. A. Ross, Grand Secretary of the S. P. L. Mr. Allan J. McNab, son of Mr. Alexander McNab, formerly a well-known engineer of the Intercolonial Railway and Manager of the P. E. Island, has been appointed surgeon in Her Majesty’s Indian medical service. He has distinguished himself in military surgery, and his name was recommended’ to the Secre- PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION, FE\HE following additional Prizes will b® given in Class 29, ‘‘Plants and Flowers’ ° s Sec. 29—Collection Stocks, 4 colors...... 90.7 “« 30— PF Salpiglossis, 4 colors. Dianthus, “s Double Carnations, B-COIOTS.. 53. oF eared 0. “* 33— 4 Verbenas, 3 colors... 0. 34— se Petunias (dble) 3 cols 0.7 “* 35— w ss (single) “ 0 “ 36—Dish Assorted Blooms, Double Balam ss ise. teens hase eees ‘“« 37—Bunch Sweet Peas, sssorted COIOTS..-ccccccccvcccescescsees 0.75 ‘© 383—Twelve varieties Pansy Blooms 0.75 “ 39—Hand Boquet Flowers.......... 1.00 “ 40—Bridal “ ees 1.00 “ 41—Collection Show Poppies....... 0.75 “ 42-—Floral Design for ‘able, base not exceeding two feet in Giameter ss... s se soa 1 A. B. WARBURTON, sept9-—eod & wky Secretary. P. E ISLAND RAILWAY. PUTURITY RACE T° CONNECLION with the Futurity Race, to be held at Summerside, “37 “ “39 “ = or 27 7 On Tuesday, the 16th inst., a Special Passenger Train will leave Char- lottetown at 7.45 a. m., standard, on 16th; returning, will leave Summerside at 5.05 p. m., standard. Return tickets will be issued by this train at following rates :— Charlottetown, Roaalty Junction, Mil- HOW hee AU ie ae Nee) eeepc $1.00 Colville, North Wiltshire, Hunter River, Other stations.......... Single first-class fare Return tickets at one first-class fare will also be issued from Charlottetown and Inter- mediate Stations to Summerside by Regular Forenoon Trains. By regular morning train from Tignish, return tickets will be issued at undermen- tioned rates, good for return by regular train same evening, which will be detained at Sum- merside until 4 p. m., standard : Tignish to O’Leary (inclusive).......... $1.00 Coleman to Conway, RS Sena ss 0.75 All other stations........Single first-class fare All tickets will be good for return only on the 16th. J. UNSWORTH, Superintendent. Railway Office, \ Ch’town, Sept. 8, 1890. sept8—all wky prs ie Ts BRIGT. “IDA MAUD” will sai from- Halifax for Summerside, calling at Charlottetown, should sufficient freight offer, on or about the 20th inst. Goods carefully handled, charges low. and freight Apply in Halifax to Capt. Purdy, 23 Cogs- well Street, or in Summerside to A. M. WRIGHT, sept8—dy 4i For Sale by Auction. AM instructed by Messrs. M. Walsh and T. BR. Grady to sell by Auction, at Peake’s No. 1 Wharf, On Thursday Next, 11th inst,, AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON, the Yacht ‘‘ENID,” 20 feet keel, 27 feet over all, steel centre board, one year old, sails made by Foran & Co., Halifax. ast saiior, Cost over $300, and will be sold at a bargain on accountof one of the owners living in Summerside, She can be seen at any time under sail on application to Milton Walsh, Peake’s No, 1 Wharf. Terms at sale. R. BEAIRSTO, septs Auctioneer, Wanted immediately. FAW O reliable, energetic Men, to travel and sell our celebrated Machines, Perma- nent and lucrative employment given to the right men. Address or call upon THE SINGER MFG. Co., | Upper Queen Street, ' Ch’town, P. E. I. sept8—dy 2i wky li =..Cape Traverse, Albany.............. 0.75! YACHT “ENID”| TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Case of the grade MERI “@h! it is excellent to have a nous to use it like a giant.”—_SUAHKESPEARE, Is TO TAKE A Large Percentage A. SU CE sept8—dy & wy lw (eA ARTE ETT lack Dress Goods. {f_ pig ae ¥ JUST OPENED—Another which we have already made our Black Goods Department so popular. A Case of COURTALD’S CRAPES expected daily. same high- NOS, with BROS giant’s strength, but it is tyran- —_—_—0:— —_—. THE BEST WAY T0 GAIN STRENGTH FOOD THAT CONTAINS of Strength-Civing Elements. :0:——_—— FOOD Is THE GREAT Strength-Giver GREAT BUYS CLOTHING in the City. Charlottetown, August 16, 1890. —_—= BIG less than wholesale prices, Patent Preserve Covers Squeezers, Can Openers, etc., > Feather Fan for $1.00. Fans trouble to show them. Prices Caarlottetown, ‘Ang. 26, 1890. Not over 10 feet draft, to lod wir Slack Coal at Littie Glace Bay for Portpeswick. Quick despatch, Apply to CG. H. Riesy, Li tle Glace Bay, or to J. R. LITHGOW, _{ Halifax. Pairbanks’ & ales, BEST EX TH.. sept6—3i WORRIED Assorted Sizes at CARVELL BROS. septS—2w 2aw pat LO DBT. OTTAGE No. 360, Grafton Street, op- posite the Prince of Wales College, con- taining Ten Rooms, with Coach House, Stable and Garden. Enquire on the premises, sept3—lw i) Boxes PICKLING SPICE, 100 Demijohns STRONG VINEGAR 50 Barrels § Z : CARVELL BROS. We invite you to call and examine our goods BAZAAR sept2--2w 2aw pat SALE OF CLOTHING. oe 500 Suits at Away Down Prices | ryxO MAKE ROOM FOR FALL IMPORTATIONS, we offer the whole of our stock at following prices :— 100 SUITS, former price $2.25 and $2.50, now $1.75 100 SUITS, 2.60 and 2.90, now 2.00 100 SUITS, n 3.00. and 3.25, now 2.25 {| 60 SUITS, . 3.50 and 3.75, now 2.50 ' 60 SUITS, ts 4.00 and 4.25, n.w 3.00 50 SUITS, " 4.50 and 4.75, now 3.50 A Job Lot selling for 50 cents and $1.00. This is, beyond doubt, the Biggest Bargain in BOYS’ ——(x)—__-—. HARRIS & STEWART, Hous. (x) —____ F% THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, before moving up town, we will give SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on the following goods: Crockery and Glassware; Wall Paper and Blinds, Pic- tures, Musical Instruments, etc., We have on hand a number of Hammocks, Lawn Tennis Nets and Rackets, Croquet Sets, etc., which we will sell at etc. Vegetable Mashers, Lemon G. T, R. and C. P. R. Express Wagons; slso a lot of Doll Carriages, remarkably low. Don't suffer with the heat when you can get a nice from 10c. to $5.00. No speak for themselves. CO., QUEEN STREET, VESSELS WANTED. [Johnson's Stomachio Aperient, EVERYBODY'S PILLS, irdirestion, Constipation, Bilious ness and the many ailments con- seqnent upon the sluggish action of the Liver, Kid- ney and Bowels. PRICE 25 CENTS PER Sent by mail on receipt of price. free on application. Prepared only by . ARTHUR §8. JOHNSON, Corner Kent and Prince Streets, Charlottetown. BOX, Sample jy18 ForSale at a Bargain. A FIRST-CLASS FAMILY RESIDENCE in a good neighborhood, and within five minutes’ walk of the Post Office, For t ete., apply to meat oe C. I. MORRISON, sept6 106 Queen Street, THE 3B. LAURANCE Spectacles and Eye Glasses, HE only Optical Goods in Canada which T been recommended by the Presidente axe Vice-Presidents of all the Medical and Surgica} Societies in Canada and Great Britain. Far superior to any other for retaining perfect vision, ole Agent for Charlottetown,— ; G. G JURY, Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician, North Side of Queen Square, Opposite Post Office, Ch’town, Sept. 4, 189)—2aw CHESTER B. | AUNEAS A. MACNEILL. MACDONALD. -MACNEILL & MACDONALD, Barristers and Attorneys-at-Law, Solicitors, &c., OFFICES-GREAT GEORGE ST., CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I. Money to loan at lowest rates of interest, Principal payable by instalments or otherwise, septl—dy 3w 2aw wky 2m MR. EARLE’S CLASSES 2a Nee ——WILL COMMENCE—— ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 4th. aug27 Fall Trip from Liverpool, EREMA, Soo TONS REGISTER, —WILL SAIL FROM— Liverpool for Charlottetown ABOUT 25th SEPTEMBER, and will carry Freight at through rates to the different railway points on the Island. For Freight apply in London to John Pit- cairn & Sons, 7 Union Court, Old Broad Street ; in Liverpool, to William Bullen, 51 South John Street, or here to the owners, PEAKE BROS. & CO. Charlottetown, Aug. 25, 1890. CHTOWN DRIVING PARK Provincial Exhibition —Aggosiatio: f¥XHE PREMIUM LIST for the Exhibition to be held on the Grounds of the above Association, on the 30th September and Octo- ber Ist, 2nd and 3rd next, has been amended as follows :— Class 3 to be changed by inserting Sections 14 and 34. Section 14 to be: ‘* Stallion 3 years old and under 4 years old, imported, Ist prize, $12.00; 2nd, $8.00 ;- 3rd, $5.00.” Section 34 to be: ‘* Stallion 3 years old and under 4 years old, Island bred, Ist prize, $10 00 ; 2nd, $8.00; 3rd, $5.00.” . N. B.—Exhibitors please cut out. A. B. WARBURTON, Secretary. aug30—dy wky tl dte her guar jour pio THE N EW YORK, NEW BRUNSWICK STEAMSHIP COMPANY. oe T Ss. S. “WINTHROP,” H. H. HOMER, Commander, Wilt sail from Prer 18, East River, New York every SATURDAY, at 5 p. m., for Bar Har bor, Eastport and St. John. Returning, will sail from St. John, TUES- DAYS, at 3.00 p. m., local. : Through rates of freight to New York vi “The New York, Maine and New Brunswick S.S. Co.’ are now quoted at all Booking Sta- tions on P. K. island Railway, where Throug! Tickets to New York also are issued. By this route a new market is virtually thrown open to the producers of Prince Edward Island Fish (pickled. dried or canned), Eggs, Potatoes, etc., are given rates from the several stations on the Island Railway to New York, Pier No. 18, Kast River, (only 3 Piers from the Fulton Mar- ket), that are about equal (in some instances wee than are quoted), to Boston via other routes. Shippers (especially those of Canned Goods Eggs and Potatoes), are kindly requested to ask Agents to quote them the several rates by this line, that they may judge for themselves the ad- vantages thus presented to them. Shipping papers to accompany consignments willbe thesame as by other lines, only they , | must be consigned per “ New York, Maine an New Brunswick S. S. Co’s.’ Steamer. The Railway track at St. John runs on to the Pier of the Steamship Line, thus avoiding cartages, For further info i D: Bas of Heliees acpation apply to Agents along TROOP & SON, Agents, St. John. H. D. McLEOD, Passenger and Freight Agent, F. H. SMITH & CO., General Managers, 17 and 19 William St., New York, St. John, N. B., July 23, 1890-—4w S’side prs Voice Culture, Singing, Piano & Organ Ee Oe othe ad een ee mm