os i PT A a cx oe le ae <r SAMO ERT SNE A 5 Soba ik, arma vi sai? Soave RBS lies eS " Ra, SS sad aye Sg RE Sia cae a, ange ng Ripe THE FAKMHBR'S STRATHGY. Farmer Evans walked round his wood-pile and surveyed its diminshed proportions with a considerable lower- ing of his shaggy eyebrows. ‘Some- body’s helping themselves,’ he thought; ‘I must set my wits to work to discover the offender.’ He sat down on a log, rested his elbows on his knees, and after scratching bis head awhile, by way of brightening his ideas, he set- tled his head in the palms of his hands and meditated. The result of his cogitations must have been satisfactory, for he rose by aud bye with a queer smile over-spreading his weather-beat- en face, and walked into the house, chuckling, ‘Vildoit; that'll let the cat out of the bag!’ He found Harry Bailey, a yonng, likely-looking farmer, in the kitchen with his daughter. ‘That young tellow is courting Jen- nie, sure enough!’ thought the old/ gentleman, as he discreetly passed into the sitting room. ‘Well, he’s as likely to make a good husband as any one. If she likes him, I shan’t object.’ And he fell into a fit of musing over the memory of the gentle wife who had been lying under the flowers since Jen- : nie’s birth. Meanwhile, in the kitchen Jennie was tripping about. engayed in some household work, and Harry was watching her with love-lit eyes, and could not make up his mind to tell her he loved her. * * * * « * cs The Rev. Mr. Walker, of the Ortho. dox Church in Belton, had prepared a discourse for his siuful congregation, upon the subject of endless punishment. The parable of the rich man and Laz- arus was his basis, and he hurled the anathemas of wrath at the black sheep of his flock as though he were an avenging angel, and many members of his congregation felt guilty terrors. Little Tim Bares shivered in his shoes, and thought of the pie he had taken the night betore and then told his mother a lie, and debated where heshould con- fess, or run the risk of the punishment fulminated by the parson. But he did not settle the matter that time, for the minister was suddenly brought to a full stop in the midst of his discourse, and the congregation electrified, by a tre- menduous crash and report in their midst, as if heavenand earth had come together. Farmer Evan rose to his feet simul- taneously with his frightened daughter and the rest of the congregation, and or little Tim was not sure for. a mo. ment that his future had not begun. The cause of the noise was found be an explosion in the stove, through the in- fernal agency known as gunpowder. How it came there was a mystery to all except farmer Evans. Harry Bail- ey, who made the fires and found the wood fora stated sum came forward with a white faee and explained that the thing was unknown to him. The farm. er walked home thinking, ‘Bad, bad! I'm very sorry that he’s that sort; I never suspected him of all others; and Jennio likes him.’ The farmer's first impulse was to nip in the bud the sequaintance between Jennie and young Bailey ; but his natur- al kindly feeling ultimately prevailed over his anger, and oa his next meeting with the delioquent he abruptly address. ed him: ‘You are courting my daughter ?’ Harry Builey admitted the faet basb- fully. , ‘And you make the fires for the Or- thodox Uhurch ?’ continued the old map. Hurry assented. ‘ And furnished the wood ?’ ‘Yes,’ said the young man, growing red aod. white by turns. ‘Perhaps you would like to have the mysterious explosion in church last Sun- day explained? I knew my wood-pile was going somewhere, and put a small charge ef powder in one of the sticks. I need not say that I was surprised to find you were the thief, and you dared to come courting my daughter!’ Hurry quailed before the stern, clear glance of vne old/waa. ‘4 kuow I'm too mean to live, much less to love her,’ he broke out. ‘I don’t expect you to overlook it. [--l had a hard year on the farm; you know what losses I. met. I meant to pay it back agaio, but I don’t expect you to b. lieve we. _ One thing I beg—doo’t tell her anything about it; 1 couldn't hear to have her think so badly of me.’ The old man regarded the ashamed, re peutant face with pity. ‘ Look here, Hurry,” he said; ‘171! for- give you and will bot mention it to a soul if you'lt luvk me in the face and promise solemaly to be strictly houest from this time forth.’ Bailey caught his hand gratefully, and he telt his reward begin as he saw the shadow of a new hope dawning on the his troubled fuce. ‘1 so.emnly promise,’ he said, ‘ never agaia to touch a penoy’s worth that is not lawfully my own.’ »( At the end of the year you can have Jeanie if you want her, end we'll unite the farms.’ imered his thunks, and the farmer aever —— regretted that he had given hima chance to redeem his self-respect, a HAVE YOU SHEN IT? SEEN WHAT ? BOREHAM’S New Boot & Shoe Store, GPPOSITE THE MARKET HOUSE. | JUST OPENED, MEN’S, WOMEN’S, BOYS’, i MISSES’ and CHILDREN’S BOOTS, SHOES & RUBBERS! IN GREAT VARIETY. COME and have your feet PROTECTED, COME and have your feet kept WARM. COME and have your feet kept DRY. W. BR. BOREHAM, SOUTH SIDE QUEEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I. Nov. 26—3m wed & sat LONDON HOUSE. We are now Showing our Large and Varied Stock of CARPETS, Just arrived per S. S. ‘‘ Prince Edward,” in Brussels, Tapestry, 2 & 3 Piy Scotch, Felt and Unions, Felt Squares, Hearth Rugs, Oil Cloths. GEO. DAVIES & 60. Ch’town, Nov. 25—4w 2aw The Greatest Medical Diseovery since the Creation of Man, or since the Commencement of the Christian Era. There never has been a time when the heal- ing of so many different diseases has Deen eaused by outward application as the present. It is an undisputed fact that over half of the entire population of the globe resort to the use of ordinary plasters. DR. MELVIN’s CAvsicuM Porovs PLASTERS are acknowledged by all who have used them, to act quicker than any other plaster they ever before tried, and that one of these plasters will do more real service than a hundred of the ordinary kind. All other plasters are slow of action. and nire to be worn continually to effect a cure; but with these it is entirely dif- ferent: the ‘stant oue is applied the patient will feel its effect. Physiciansin all ages have thoroughly tested and well know the effect of Capsicum; and it has always been more or less used as a medical agent for an outward application; but it is only of very recent date that its advan- tages in a porous plaster have been discovered. Being, however, convineed of the wonderful cures effected by Dr. MELVIN’s CAPSICUM Porous PLASTERS, and their superiority over all other plasters, they now actually prescribe them, in their practice, for such diseases as rheumatism, pain in the side and back, and all such cases as have required the use of plasters orliniment. After you have tried other plas- ters amd liniments, and they have failed, and you want a certain cure, ask your druggist for mR. MELVIN’s CAPSICUM Porous PLASTER, You can hardly believe yourown convictions of its wonderful effects. Although powerful and quick in its action, you can rely on its safety fo: the most delicate person to wear, as it is free from lead and other poisonous material commonly used in the manufacture ef ordin- ary plasters. One tria) is a sufficient guarantee of its merits, and one plaster will e~li hundreds to ycur friends. Ask your druggist for Dr. MELVrIn’s CApst- cum Porous PLAsTeER, and take no other; or, on receipt of 25 cents for one, $1 for five, or $2 for a dozen, they will be mailed, post paid, to any address in the United States or Canadas, MANUFACTURED BY THE NOVELTY PLASTER WORKS Lowell, Mass., U.S. A., G. E. MITCHELL, Proprietor, Hanwfacturers of Plastsra and Plaster Compounda W. RB. WATSON, Agent December 7 1877 ITALIAN WAREHOUSE, QUEEN STREET. Cre ae a change in our busi- ness, we offer for sale, at Reduced Prices, our Large Stock of WINES, LIQUORS and . GROCERIES, MACEACHERN & CO Dec. 19, 18785—1m 2aw NOTICE. 10 ALL WHOM I? MAY CONCERN, N and after the 16th inst. our Business will be condut.d strictly on the Cash . With an overflowing heart Harry stame System. DODD & KOGERS. ‘The Following Goods will en emt’ ws rt 7 - “JANUARY, 1879. 70 ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE —AT— J. B. MACDONALD'S. il be Cleared out at Bargains : Ladies’ Wool Shawis, Ladies Fur Muffs and Boas, Ladies’ Fur Caps. Children’s Far Caps and, Sets, Men’s and Boy’s Fur and Heavy Cloth Caps, Scarfs & Clouds, Blankets, Quilts, fiorse ee (full Trimmed), Men and Boys’ Ulsters and Reefers, ‘ottons and Cotton Warp 4 ©os?. ALL OTHER GOODS AT BOTTOM PRICES AT J. B. MACDONALD'S. Queen Street, Charlottetown, Jan. 9, 1879 - oe NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! Robert Orr & Co. HAVE JUST OPENED A VERY LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED STOCK CY STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, CLOTHING. MILLINERY, Etc., Ete., which they are selling, wHozgsi.x and ReTatL, at the lowest prices ever offered in Charlottetown. ' : _ We svlicit an inspection from all Cash Bayers of our Goops and Prices, before pur chasing ese ROBERT ORR & Co. Charlottetown, Oct. 4, 878.—2aw mon thur wkly ee ECONOMY & SECURITY. ee oes SUN MUTUAL LIF AND ACCENT AASURANGE GOAPAM OF MONTREAL. :0:——-—— A SOUND AND RELIABLE HOME COMPANY. Investments All Within the Dominion. :0:——--—— B55,299._51 SURPLUS PROFITS ON PREMIUMS IN 1877. NEW BUSINESS, 1876, - - - SUBMITTED - - - $1,856,598 oa). eh. 2 - + + es 08158000 Solia Addition to Company's Assets in 1877, - - $55,289.56, There is no reserve clause, making the amount of claims under the Sun Mutual Policie co be less than the sum assured by them, as under the minimum system. s@ Special attention is claimed to the fact that our policies are payable in full. “©a THOMAS WORKMAN, Esy., President ; M. H. GAULT, Esq., Managing Director ; T. J. CLAXTON, Esq., Vice-President ; R. MACAULAY, Secretary. J. M. C. DELESDERNIERS, Superintendent. Prince Edward Island Board of Directors: HON. L. C. OWEN, HON. J. F. ROBERTSON, ‘* DANIEL DAVIES, OWEN CONNOLLY, Ese., Messrs. JENKINS & McLEOD, .. . Mepicau Examiners. HORACE HASZARD, Manager, P. E. Island. July 3, 1878— QUTEITTING WAREHOUSE NO. 50 QUEEN STREET. 70: A SUPERIOR .LOT OF ZINC & LEATHER COVERED TRUNKS JUST ARRIVED. ee gy :0{-———- Solid Leather Valises! / Much Cheaper than Home Manufacture, 0 A FULL LINE OF GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS | —"-0. :—— #@- Inspection Solicited before Purchasing Elsewhere. “GR. Cc. ROBERTSON: Charlottetown, May 30— aa FREEHOLD FARM FOR SALE. rywo BE SOLD, by private contract, that valuable FARM of 50 acres of excellent Land, ritnate at’ Graham’s Road, Township No. 20, now in possession of Aineas Brenan, This well-known Farm is eligibly situated iu the immediate cicinity of Churches, Schools and Mills, and is in a good state of cultivation. For terms and particulars apply at the oilice of Longworth & Shaw, Soliciters, Ch’town. re. 8, LONGWORTH. Ch’town, Dec. 23, 1878--- oo To be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUES r DAY, the Twenty-fourth day of DECEM o'clock, noon, at the Court House, Char Power of Sale contained in an Inden- ture of Mortgage, bearing date the Third between Jehn Henesy, of the one part, and Francis Kelly, of the other part— LL that tract of land and premises sitnate lying and being as follows, that is to say: the northern boundary of the said John south to the said road, and from thence west to place of commencing, containing by estima- tion Twenty-five acres, a little more or less, and being part of Lot or Township Number Thirty-six, in Queen’s County, together with all rights, members and appurtenances there- to tyaloiae . For further particulars apply to Messrs. Hopason & McLxep, Solicitors, Charlotte- town. ¢ Dated this Twenty-seventh day of Novem- ber, A. D. 1878, FRANCIS KELLY, Mortgagee. Dec. 2, 1878—law t sale THE above Sale is hereby postponed till TUESDAY, the Twenty-fifth day of February 1879, then to take place at the hour and place above mentioned tRANCIS KELLY, Mortgagee. Prince Edward Island. IN CHANCERY. SILAS BARNARD, Executor of the last Will and Testament of James Coles, deceased, Complainant. —AND— THOMAS REILLY, CATHERINE REILLY and MARY G. REILLY, by her Guardian, Hannah Reilly, Defendants. In pursuance of a decree made in this suit by Mis Honor the Vice Chancellor, bearing date the nineteenth day of November, instant, A. D, 1878, there will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of February next,, A. D. 1879, at twelve o’clock, noon, at the Supreme Court House in Charlotte- town, in Queen’s County— LL that Tract, Piece or Parcel of Land® ‘A. being part of own Lot Number Eighty- ninein the third hundred of Town Lots ‘in Charlottetown, commencing at the northeast angle of said Town Lot, on the southeast edge of Kent Street ; thence, following the course of the same, westwardly for the distance of eighty-six feet and eight inches ; thence, by a i right-angle line with said Kent Street, south- , eastwardly for the distance of forty-eight feet and six inches; thence, by a line parallel with said Kent Street, eastwardly for the dis of thirty feet ; thence, by a ht angle cae with, northwestwardly for the distance of six feet ; thence by a line running northeast- wardly to the southwest angle of the dwelli house ; thence, by a line at right angles with the course of Prince Street, eastward! thirty one feet to the westward edge of wai Prince Street ; thence, following the course of the same, northwestwardly thirty-one feet to the — of commencement ; together with the uildings and improvements thereon and the ee mc belonging. a this Twentieth da vov A. D. 1878. cree T. HEATH HAVILAND, Mast , , Naw McLrop, oe Solicitor for Complainant. nov 22 lawts NOW READY : Great National Work | ART ILLUSTRATIONS —_—_—— By C. R. TUTTLE. _ HE new and only Innusrrarep History of the Dominion or Canapa. Just pub- lished. The most popular and saleable Work of the day. In2 Magnificent Grand Quarto Volumes, 600 pages in each, or in monthly numbers at 50 cents. Beautifully illustrated and handsomely bound, with %8 fine Steel org ae Wood Cuts, and 200 Photo ogra avings i nen okie ei 88, on stone, of our promi- GENTS WANTED in every to county in P. E. I. Send for Siem tik cutee at once. D. DOWNIE & CO., Box 1964, Montreal . Pega © LONGER AGENT! Our Agreement with W. H. Ottve, of St. John, N. B., has this day terminated by mutual consent. In the meantime, parties desiri , ms : § © dizects om pa esiring Machinery can obtain information AMOS FISHER Truro, fl. 8, or JOHN WELSH. St, Martin's, W. 8. PRICEHS REDUCED! Great I i r ; R mprovements in our Saws [ron—Porrasie Grist Mi.is—PortaB.e Saw MILs. TH PRACTICAL MEN WHOSE JUDGMENT AN ADVICE CAN BE RELIED ON. Charlottetown, Jan. 13, 1879— ; April 17, 1878. WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS CO., Brantford, Canada. NICHT SOIL. Pe tae Subscriber, having obtained the Con tract to remove night soil’ from the City no one else is authorized to do so. rat Night Soil only removed between 8 p. m. and 6 a. m.,—at 75 cents per hogshead. car vont bone made only to me. rders left at the Police Stati i promptly attended to. a DANIEL GORDON Charlottetown Royalty, ) 3m wed & th * ‘ne patm & tues Nov. 13, 1878. AUCTION ! BER NEXT, at the hour of Twelve lottetown, under and by virtue of a day of February, A. D. 1873, and made Commencing on the north side of the Fort Augustus Road, at the south-east angle of a farm of land in the possession of Thomas Ceerley ; frem thence north fifty chains, or to Henesy’s land ; thence east five chains ; thence <a