fi, TTS SO p. B. Island Railway. | j | Christmas and New Year's) Helidays. Excursion = returt ticket at first- ass s fa w le ssued t statons f the di ) to ist January, is t rooa r re up to a anuary, 96. Tickets 2 journey after lst Janu ar . A.2 NALD, D. POTTINGER » rinte: { Man.Gov vs ——a HE DAILY EXAMINER - THe Leanive Darty NEWSPAPER or P. E. Istanp, ssued every afterno . from the office ol ae EXAMINER PURBRLIFHING COMPANY, tn the | waa * House Bathcding, Queen Street Rac¥S OF SOUBSCRIPTION. .-N ADVANCE) Ove YEAR s1™ Six Monrsus ‘i Quo | TurEx MonrTHes...... 1.00 | One Moxru oone OF Seat post waicl to any part of Canada or the United stxtes , yr . . The Weekly Examiner . le issn Friday morning publishers’ ft is in which has appeared in the Daily editions, and is a first-class weekly newspaper—interesting wi fri! every from the uttica, nde up of maticr wthe intest pews. CALENDAR #£UB D&CEMBER, 1895 Fall Moon, 2nd day, 2h 259.0 a m. Last Quar9.h day, 2. 56 6-u. a. m. New Moon, léth day, a. liana. & B Fir-t Quar, 24th day, lh. 8.9m. a. m. F Moon, 3ist inv, 4: 18.2n Pp. i > Week Sun Sun | High Vay Of Weex ee etn aie i { | nam | a m i morn 1; Sun lay T 216 i 1@ 3! 2 | Monday 3v It ll 14 2) Tuesday 31 9 | ll 87 4} Wednesday 32] 9]aft 41 6 | Thuraday 33 9 1 26 6} Friday 3} a; Uae 7 | Saturday 35 | Gi: 3 « @| Sunday 36 s | 4 6 8} Monday 37 | ~ 6 10 ig | Tuesday 33} 8] 633 "L| We ‘nesday 39 | 8 7 42 12} Tiursday 40 ; 8{ 8 37 13 | Friday ti | 8 > 29 “4 | Saturday 42 | 8 10 16 §} Sunlay 43 | 7). i298 | Monday 43 9} Il 40 17} Tuesday 44 3 | morn 18. Wednesday | 45 9 gy 1s | Thursd sy 45| 10) 0 57 20 | Friday 46 a) 1 33 21 | Saturday 47 i 2 16 22 | Sunday 47 ii. te 3 | Monday ai et 6a $4 | Tuesiay mi 6S | 4 32 5 | Wednesday ani 131 623 %& | Thursday 43 im: 66a 27° Friley 43; 6 7 45 28 | Saturday 48} 51 8 39 29} Sgnday 49, 16 9 32 30 | Menday 49 | 17 10 18 31 Tuesday 749 418 10 48 P. E Island Railway On aud after TIIURSDAY, 5th December, 1805, ‘ne traipe of this Raiiway will run daily (Sund ays excey ted) as follows .— Trains Outward Traius Inward. Read aown. Read up PM AM PM AM 3'O TO.cccoe Chariottetown..... 310 1010 $m 67 19....Rayalty Junction 2m o 5y 417 803.....North Wiltshire.... 2(4 : = Gun BM. cevcs Hunter River..... 149 8 51 ee, eee Brastalbane....... 115 817 OSe OOO. cceccia SINE onnceces 1 07 8 ON Dar. CES. wines . Freetown oeeels 58 7h ar. Oilvaiscsie Kensington ......1233 72% 6D WidaAr , Lviz 7m 3am merside PM 125) Ly Arl0c0 AM BOE. i csees Miscouche........ 10 39 C7. neces WENO occccee 9 437 BOD. cosenad . 3) || or 9(9 Macs eascde PEMROP i dtiince 8 00 wae lae Bioom field. ....... 7 34 6 EE ee © 2G, cncccves Is cnseccons 600 Pv AM a AM 2 )......Charlottetown. ....1030 25)....Koyalty Junction. ...10 16 SDD oie se. . SUE. cc apn vee 9 37 355 r Ly 905 Mt Stewart 4 Ly Ar 850 OBS cccnss eo KERR, cccces 73 5 43 7 a PM aM 40%, ..200 * ount Stewart..... 85 4 : Morell.... si? BB. acovce St Peters ...65005 7B O&s.. Rear River....... 73 eS lee ee PM AM PM AM OD iis cenes aes «oo MDOTMA. ...<c0s--cencee 1D .. ... (ape Traverse oes 7 Ce PM AM Trains are run by Eastern Standard Time A McDONALD, D. POTTINGER, Gen Mz Govt. Rys, superintendent, ! Ch Moncton, N B. bar'ottetow n. Rallway Office, Dec 1, 1595. DR. HD. JOHNSER —_ — = EYE AND EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Office - - Kent Strest Aug “6, "94—ly St. Peter's Bay Starei Co, to cifer at private *#: in the St. Peter's B ' ‘ I am inst-n:te! ope sixth interest Starch Co. Fuil particulars as to dividends, ete., upon application to : ‘ HORACE HASZARD. Civtown, Dee 21—3i eod ———— MONTAGUE Carriage Factory We are showing this season a fiver line of Sicigite than shown by us heretofore. The aasortmént consi-ts of Sirgle and Double Box Slsighs, Round Bask, Square, etc. Prompt attention to Repairs, Painting ®epecia.ty Terms reasonable. JOHN McLEAN & SON. dec6—dy & wky uy ePCGIAL PalGES ON ALL GSOBS Duing the Heliday Season G.H. TAYLOR, JEWELER. feag TEETR $10 per Set.Partial Set $2 and upwards. Gold and Porcelain Crowning. Best material, beet workmanen, best satisfaction. DR. J. P. MURRAY, Quees Street, Charlottetow 25 SeRate Read, ROOM ae ‘THE DAILY EXAMINER. TERMS : Four Dollars a Year VOL 35. OUR STOCK ‘ p r § ~ 2 al oe oy O : V LA bee 3 QJ > su? Ba few to enumerate the differ- ent articles suitable for | € hirictmas, but itis all subject to special dis- until the New “OUTS Wenr. a es rw FENNELL& CHANDLER Charlottetown, Decen ber Creme de la Creme sw» La Fayette and CIGARETTES { Are for sale in every store in the city. Give them a trial and convince yourself that you are smoking the finest. CIGARS Manufactured by J. 4. FORTIER, Montreal. sept24—dy & wky tf os Sar ee eS a S sie 2 SR aps OR wo PA BRon se PA ea Sor, eA A A Small Bov With an Axe might be able to make a hole in one of those Cob- bler Seats. No danger of his spoiling it in any other way. ‘hey’re the most durable, most stylish, cheap Rocker made. The cheanest and best at JOHN NEWSON’S. Charlottetown, December 10, 1895—dy <a Cr a — SR as eee ne one Un DOr CT CET Cem ; s in Looking for a Christmas Present for your best man, come and see what we have to show you. ur Coats in Persian Lamb, Coon, Bulgarian Lamb and Wambat. Persian Lamb Collars and Cuffs. Beaver " Fur Caps in South Sea Seal, Mink, Persian Lam, Nutria, ete. Silk Umbretlas—Silver Mounte1 Handler. Initial Silk Handkerchiefs. Linen Handkerchiefs by the box. All kinds of Kid Gloves. JOHN MACLEOD & CO. Charlottetown, December 18, 1895 135 w H. SEANWAY & 60. Wholesale Wine & Liquor Merchant, ITALIAN WAREHOUSE, 243 Hollis & 48 Upper Water St. HALIFAA, N. S. P. 0. BOX NO. 475. ly (14) oct 5 NOTTC EH To Shoemakers and others. We have now on hand and tu arrive a full stock Leathers and Shoe Findings, comprising Sole Leather, best grales; French and oth Kips, Ualf, Dongola, French Kid, Pebble, Neats, Tan, Calf, Lining Skins. in Findings we have Lasts, all styles, Crimps, Screws, Leather and Rubbe. Cements, Thread, Wax, Hairs, Shoe Suis and Tacks all kinds, Pege, Awls and Hafts, Sand and Emery Paper, Shoe and Welt Knives, Rasps, pinchers, Machine Linens and Silke, Heel Balls, Boot and Gaiter Web, Sole and Heel Plates, Elastic Web, aleo closed Uppers, all kinds and grades, &c. — een anne NEE a 2 CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, MONDAY, In Advanced Years The strength and pure blood neces sary to resist tho effects of cold seasous are given by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. ‘*T have for the last 25 years of my life been complaining of a weakness of the luggs and colds in the head, especially in the winter. Last fall I was again attacked. Reading of Hood’s Sarsaparilla I was led totry it. Iam now taking the fifth bot- We with good results. I can positively say that I have not spent a winter as free from coughs or pains and difficult breathing spells for the last 25 years as was last win- ter. Ican lie down and sleep all night without any annoyance from cough or Ee in the lungs or asthmatic difficulty.” . M. CoamBeERrs, J. P., Cornhill, N. B. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye today. . ti Hood’s Pills gon Price 250. per box. GKATEFUL— COMFORTING. EPPSS COGOA BREAKFAST — SUPPER, “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well sclected 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 to resist every tendency to disease. Ilundreds cf subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure Llood and a properly nourished frame.’’ Civil Service Cazette JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd, Horcopathic Chemists, London, England. fF - eS ANE $= SURE! GET! NE! TE ounces IOUT EA SUL AL IT’S GooD FOR 1696 A SPLENCID BOOK OF REFERENCE, 460 PACES 2 &2 s 5 eo ‘Sunlight Given Frea “Sunlig TO USERS OF SOAP HOW Commencing ee, 1895, and until all are TO GET given away, purchasers of IT 3 packages or 9 bars of Sun ticut Soap will receive from their grocers, 1 SUNLIGHT ALMANAC FREE, Contains complete Almanac, Home Management, Language of Flowers, Gardening, Fashions end Patterns, Dreams and tueir significance, Kecipes, Seeton & Mitchell, Halifax, Agents for Nova Scot’a aid P. E. Island. Noiice to Ship Ma sters and Ship Owners, All vessels are prohibited from lying in the ice outside the ends of wharves, from Ste*m Navigation Wharf Mast to Pownal Wharf West, orin any other part of the stream or harbor that will obstruct or interfere with the free passage of the 8.58. Stanley to her berth at Peake’s No. 2 Wharf. By order of the Marine Department. DAVID SMALL, de 12 Harbor Master. This is it. This is the new shortening cr cooking fat which is so fast taking the place of lard. Itis an entirely rew food product composed of clarified cotton seed oil and re- fined beefsuet. You can see that Gttolene Is clean, delicate, wholesome, appetizing, and economical--as far superior to lard as the electric light is to the tallow dip. It asks only a fair trial, and a fair trial will convince you of its value. Sold in 3 and 5 pound pails, by all grocers Made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company, Wellington and Ann Sta, RMONTREAL. NEWS NOTES, All of which we wil sell at the lowest possible prices. J. &. BELL, The Reliable Boot and Shoe Dealer | Sept. 25 "She street accidents of London amount to 500 a year—nearly ten a day. Dv Maurier has recently made the state- ment tbat his profits frem “Trilby,” in- cluding bis royalties from the play,amount 1o $125,000 80 far, A QUEER PROPOSAL. It Came Tardily, but 1i Wasa Model in its Brevity, and so was the Answer. An aristocratic young lady of Madge- burg, Germany, had spent some time at the country-seat of her uncle, and a young cavalier from Berlin had been paying much attention to her. Every- body thought that it would bea gool match for both, and affairs went on swimmingly, until the day drew near when the young lady was to return home. The nearer the day came the more disappointed were the young miss and her mother at the failure of the young man to ask the all-important question. Finally, they lefé their relatives’ house in great dismay, and just before leaving the young lady remarked to her uncle that it probably was as well for both, a3 her mother had not much use for such a | **chicken-hearted son-in-law.’’ ‘hey left on a train on the narrow-gauge rail- way, connecting the valley with the nearest tuwn. After they had gone the young man orestioned the uncle why the young lady had gone away so angry and hardly noticed him when bidding gocd-by. The uncle, a bluat ex-soldier, repeated the remark made by his niece when leaving, to the young man, who was touched to the quick by the insinuation of cowardice contained therein. He was very much in leve with the lady, and had abstained from broaching the subject on account of his not considering it proper to propose anywhere but at the young lady’s home, which he intended visiting before long. This remark, however, roused his sense of honor, and, without saying another i word, he mounted his horse, which hap- pened to stand ready for an outing, and galloped after the train., which had left a quarter of an hour before. Owing to | benign Providence, and the management of this country railroad, he caught the train before it had reached the next sta- tion, Karow; ho spied the young Jady at | the window of a first-class compartment, and riding up to the train before it came to a full stop, almost shouted, breathlessly: ‘‘My dear Miss—-—, I ask for your band. Yes or no?’ In the station Karow, just as the train arrived, a ‘‘Yes’’ was joyfully given by { the young Miss and tearfully approved by her mamma. The Value of Poultices, Most ills are vastly helped, and some are wholly cured, by the simplest reme- dies. Among these poultices stand at the head of the list. Nearly everyone is ac- quainted with their worth when local in- flammatory conditions are recognized. Who has not had at some time in his life a ‘‘festered’’ finger or a boil? and what more quickly relieved the pain than the soft, warm poultice’ In deep-seated in- flammation, such as in affections within the chest or the abdomen, poultices are of inestimable servica, In pneumonia a poultice like a jacket is often placed about the sufferer. So too, in bronchitis, ‘‘catarrh of the breast’’ so called, and so common among infants, the poultice is valled into service, The easiest way to make such a poult'ce is to spread the moist mixture, whatever it may be, upon an under vest. Split open the vest, so the spreading ean be done smoothly and quickly. Pin it together with safety pins closely about the patient, and cover the vest all over with a jacket of oiled silk. If this cannot be procured use oil-cloth of any kind. The reason why a poultice necls covering is to keep it warm and moist. ‘The only way to accomplish this is by placing over the poultice a substance which is both impervious to air and moist- ure, No matter what the poultice is to be usa to relieve, nor where it is to be ap- plied, it must be kept warm all the time or it does no possible good. If one is so situated that even oil-cloth is beyond reach, cither fill a bottle with bot water and place it on the poultice, or heat an iron and place against it if a pendant part like the hand or foot is poulticed. A Champagne Wake. The dead man had been a great cham- pagne drinker all his life, and, having a comfortable fortune, determined that his demise should be baptized in wine. A week before his death he telegraphed for two cf his most intimate friends, one in Cleveland and the other in Cincinnati, to be the watchers at his bedside from the day of h.s death to the hour of his funeral and made both promise to drink nothing but champagne during the wake. Well, they did as he requested. Beside the coffin they sat for three days, with a dozen cases of the finest wine close at hand, and when the day of the funeral arrived the room was filled with empty bottles. One hottle, a magnum, was placed in the coffin to be buried with the departed. It is said that the friends could not bear to see a full bottle buried, so they sent an empty one into the grave just to fool the corpse! Not having char ge! their linen for three days of wake and drunk, they went hurriedly to a hotel to put themselves in trim for the funeral. When they started back to the house they found that they were lost. After wandering here and there for an hour they stopped a wise-looking cabby and asked it he knew where their depart- ed bost Lived, to which he made reply that he was not sure, but if they would take a stroll up Prairie avenue till they came to tho first house with crape on the door and a funeral outside, it ‘‘would be the place they was a-lookin’ fur!’’ Fortunately, they arrived too late for the funcral, but there was plenty of wine left, and in it they found cousolation. The Art of Selling. That goods will not sell themselves is an opinion well advanced by Ironmongery. You may be the best of buyers—and that is half the accomplishment of a good man of business—but that will not be suffi- cient unless you are a master of the art of selling goods. A good shop, a bright shop, and a well-arranged shop are also neces- sary in the making up of a good business, They help the selling, but they wlil not do it all. Goods well hought, and these other desiderata, are like the paints and brushes in a studio, They are necessary to ‘the work of making the picture, but it needs the artist’s talent to use them and produce the desired result. Many persons enter a shop—attracted by advertisements or window display, or perhaps from mere curiosity—and are received coldly, and made to feel more like interlopers than friends, if the cause of their entry is sharp- ly and abruptly demanded. The art of selling partly lies in understanding just how to treat different classes of customers. The successful salesman must study so as to learn ali about the goods he has to sell —something of their manufacture.and all about their uses and value. But, after all, he must study human nature, and have regard for varying likes and dislikes, opinions and prejudices. Such knowledge, with tact in ite application, will teach the salesman how to adapt himself to his dif- ferent classes so as to give the greatest satisfaction to all, and that means getting as much business as possible from all, NOT WHAT WE SAY, but what Hood’s Sarsaparilla Does, that tells the story of its merit and sue- cess. Remember HOOD’S Cures. Rabbi I. M. Wise, of Cincinnati, says that during the last forts years he has of- ficiated at 10,000 Jewish weddings and on'y three couples whom he has married have ever appl-ed for a divorce.¢ Peanuts haue been successfully raised in Arizona this year, One man near Pheenix had a crop of 300 sacks. The first nix left there last week. DECEMBER 30, “This is true Liberty, when Free Born Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”—Euripides. Single Copies Two Oents | ODDS AND ENDS. Canterbury cathedral is the larg-st one in England. Its extreme length is 545 feet and that of St. Panl’s London, is 512 feet. Salisbury isthe highest spire in England, its altitude heing 404 feet. SiruckK &@ NeW 14a, The Bordeaux Claret Co. struek a new and fruitful idea when it conceived the notion of putting a cheap wine upon the market at prices which would bring it within the rach of all. For the long pro- fit and the slow sale is not as good busi- ness as as the small profit ard the great sale, and $3 and $4 per dozen quarts ap- peals to the whole people, whereas $8 for a Wine net one whit better—if sas good,-— coula © appeal to a section of the peo- ple. W one upon the poor man’s table; good, whvlesome wine which will do him and iix family good, ata liule over the price cf poor beer. The famous Medce wines. Selling enormonsly all over Can- ada. Achires-—Bordeaux Claret Co., 30 Hospital =t, Montreal. All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thuught-, . i+ made up of our thoughts. 400,000 Free Samptes glven_away in Eigh Months, Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills are the only kidney pills known with sufficient merit to guarantee the proprietors in giving away hundreds of thousandg of sample packages free. Ask your druggist four a sample if your kidneys or liver is deranzed Twenty-five per cent of all the babies born iu Rus-ia cie before they are a year old, and 42 per cent. do not reach the age of 4. 35 cents cures Catarrhal Headache " " Incipient Catarrh . " Hay Fever “ “ Catarrhal Eeafness “ “ Cold in the head in 10 min. “ e Foul Breath caused by Catarrh. : 25 cents recures Chase’s Catarrh Cure with perfect blower enclosed in each box. Sold by all dealers. A woman weighing 500 pounds died at New Middleton, Ind., recently. She was said to be the largest woman in the state. Ceunterfeits A few years agoagreat 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 imitste the size, color and shaye of Dodd’s Kidney Pilis and sell them by count. Second—To put them up to appearjvery neauly the same and to be offered at the same price. Third—To hook on the work “kidoey” 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 deceiv- ed and think they are getting Dodd’s. Look out for such dodges. When “you want kidney medicine you want the be-t. And oughe not to. be the subject for any trick. So beware. That wonderful people, the Chinese, are said to have constructed bridges from very early times, but those known to us date from comparatively Jate periods, and many of them are timber structures of the cantalever type. Glad Tidings of Great Joy There could be no gladder tidings than news of acure of consumption. Miller’s Emulsion of Cod Liver O1l cures con- sumption and every disease of the lungs and respiratory organs. Why? Because it suppiies pew blood to the exhausted system, thus giving a new lease of life. Miller’s Emulsion is made from the oil of the Norwegian cod liver, and in conjanc- tion with hypophosphites of lime and soda forms the ; greatest vitalizer of the age. Miller’s Emulsion is the great nerve strengthener and blood maker, and cures Coughs, Col!s, Bronchitis, Scrofula and all Lung affections. In big bottles, 50c. and $1, at all drug stores. eli lps allaclage loses How to Get a “Sunlight” Book Send J2 “Sunlight” soap wrappers to Lever Bros., Lid., 43 Scott’ St., Toronto who will send post-paid a paper-bound book 160 pages. For 6 “Life buoy” Car bolic Soap wrappers, a similar book wil be sent. This 1s a splendid opportunity to obtain good reading. Send your name and address written carefully. Remember “Sunlight” sells at 6 cts. per twin-bar, and “Life buoy” at 10 cts. One cent postage will bring your wrappers by leaving the ends open. sat hw BACKACHE eh asitehecaeayer Ws) McSBINNON’S ENGLISH =— OINTMENT CURES Fever Sores, Tetter, Itch, Sult Rheum, Scald Heads, Itching Piles, Pimples on the Face, Ringworm, Blotches, Erysipelas inflammation, and all Eruptions of the Skin from any cause whatever. It re- moves Dandruif and prevents the hair from failing out. It also cures Scratches and Wounds on the Backs and Shoulders of Horses. It is virtually the Poor Man’s Friend and Medical Companion. Manufaciured by Nei! McKinnon, Sum load of peanuts ever shipped out of Phoe- J merside, aud sold by all Draggists. augs0—wky 1895. NO 149 INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN VARIOUS PRODUCTS EXPORTED AT VERY LOW PRICES. a Cheap Rugs Made by CSP lren---The Japs as Paper-Makers, Rice and Tobacco Grow- ers- -Meat, as a Food, is Seldom Used— Their Foreign Commerce. People marvel at the cheapness of the Jacanese rugs Which have been thrown vou the market in such quantities during the lass two or thre> years. ‘The secret of it is that they are madein Japan, and the laberers employed in their manufac- ture are children, This is a new industry in the Empire of the Mikado, and the center of it is the city of Osaga. The carpets are of all patterns and of every length and width. Many of them are most excellent imitations of Turkish and Egyptian rugs. The materials employed e hemp und cotton, Yhe United States Consul at Osaka siys ina letter addressed te the Depart- ment of State, that ail of these carpets are made by children. In the low-studded and gloomy ruoms of the Japanes3 houses troops of Jiitle boys and girs work at this dusty trade all day long. The little workmen and workwomen are almost nude, the standard of modesty in Japan being different from that which is accept- ed in the United States, even for grown people. The workers get froin 3 cents to 10 cents a day, which is pretty good pay in the Orient. Wages vary with the inteli- gence and aptitude of the young em- ployes Most of the rugs and carpets whieh they make go to the United States. In 1534, $927,009 worth of them were imporied into that country, Within the last few years the Japanese have become great paper-makers. The paper they inanufacture is the very best on the market for fine typographica’ prints and engravings. It is very strong, turned to a surprising variety of uses. It is made from the best of three species of plants chiefly, which are known as ‘‘mitsumata,’’ ‘*kozo,’’ and ‘‘gampt”’ ‘these plants grow on poor soil that is unsuitabie for other purposes, and for this reason paper-growing is important to the agricultural interests of several large districts. From paper, the Japan- ese make rich imitations of leather for walls, as well as heavy oil-papers, which to an extent serve as a substitute for oil- cloth. It is said that the consumption of paper is the measure of the civilization of a people, and so it meaus something to say that the Japanese use about 59,- 000,000 pounds of paper annually for their own purposes The consumption of tobacco in Japan is enorm.us. In that country the women, as Well us the men, are great smokers. The tobacco is light yellow in color and has a sweet taste. Owing to the cheap- ness of labor in the fivids, it is sold ata low price, and a good deal of it is export- ed to England, Heng-Kong and the United S ates. Cotton-growing is a rapid- ly developing industry in Japan. Textlie manufactures are being turned out ata great rate in the Mikado’s realm. Indian cotton fabrics can no longer compe e with the Japanese. The Japanese imitate all Kuroepean novelties and improve- ments, Foreign machinery has no protec tion there against patent infringements. Even Europe is ous of the race as to tex- tiles. Good cotton undershirts are sold in Japan for 84 cents a dozen, and cotton umbrellas are on the market at $2.60 a dozen. Lately Japan has gone into the manu- facture of matches, and this industry also has attained great importance, owing to the low prices at which the product is seh British India, China and Corea are using Japanese matches almost exclusive- ly. In 1894, $3,795,624 worth of them were exported from Japan. Meat is little used for food in Japan, and it is eaten only in the military ser- vice. Only in recent years have oxen been killed for food, though hitherto they have been employed largely as draft animals. During 1894 only 20,316 meat cattle, horses, 5,468 hogs and 443 sheep were slaughterei for food in Tokio, the capital city, Which has 1,300,000 in- habitants Sheep do not prosper in Jap- an, and the few hundreds killed annually for foreigners are all imported from China The staple war food of the Japanese is rice, Whica is compressed into small com- pass after being cooked. When re-cooked by the soldiers in the field it expands to four times its compressed bulk. If no conveniencss for cooking are handy, it muy be cut up and eaten without further treitment. Inthe rations of Japanese soldiers, dried fish and canned meats are important clements. While the Japanese at large are vegetarians, the soldiers eat meat regularly, and at every garrison town in Japan cattle are slaughtered for the soldiers. The Japanese can their own salmon, and this fish is furnished to th: suldiers when they are at home. People in that country are extremely fond of pickles, and in this shape they prepare all sorts of vegetables, particularly a kind of turnip that has the shape of a radish and grows to a lengih of three fect. The culture of peppermintin Japan has great- ly increased in late years, owing to the demand for peppermint oil and menthol crystals, Gern.auiy is the principal buyer. The foreign commerce of Japan in 1894 exceeded that of 1893 by 30 per cent., reaching 3250, 000,000. ‘The exports of tea from Yokohama alone exceeded those of the preceding year by 1,001,000 pounds. Tie outbreak of the war with China brought an unexpected demand for tea from the United States and Canada, probably on account of a notion that the conflict would be likely to interfere with shipme nts. ana is b, 293 Quite Possible, A correspondent asks if it is not prac- ticable for a person to carry enough elec- tricity aod use it for the purposs of heat- ing the body by means of eleciric heat- ing apparatus placed under the clothing, We presume it is, A few 200 ai pere-hour celis scattered among the pockets, con- nected in series, ought to do the business. They would probably weigh 500 pounds or more, and to this must be added the Weight of heat apparatus’ The latter nee:! not necessarily be in the form of a street car heater; ii could be spread out on a flat surface. It would not look well, for instance, to carry a box-shaped heater across the stomach Care must be taken to prevent short-circuiting, which might result in roasiing to death. A Model Village. Hanke, in the yen of Koshti, in Japan, has received a gift of $100 from the Goy- ernment on account of the unusually ex- emplary behaviour of the villagers. For over 200 years there have been neither quarrels nor lawsuits in the place; no crimes have occurred; the taxes have al- ways been paid on time, and whenever mi-fortunes have come the villagers have helped each other without calling on the autheritics. TO LET. That large Shop, part of the “London House” Building, lately ovcupied by J T. McKenzie, Tailor, with good room ap stairs for work shop or store room. Apply to HON. DANTEL DAVIES, L. H. DAVIES, Q. C., Executors Estate late Geo, Davies, Or to F. W. L. Moore, Solicitor, in th Building. oct a DONT WAIT until you are on the last — sheet before ordering your DAY BOOKS ro LEDGERS. Order new What about Bill Heads? Save We work cheap. many by tading with us. J. D,. TAYLOR, EENSTRiT ee One day left ! We want to cheer out the balance of our Fancy Goods, evap China and Xmas Cards. Come early and share in the big bargains ton ght and te-morrow. Season's Greeting to all. Haszard & Moore. Charlottetown, Dec. 23, 1895. FURNESS LINR. Regular Fortnightly fai'ings between LONDON and HALIFAX. Under spe- cial contract with the Dou inion Govein ment. 8.8. HALIFAX CITY, 3,069 Tons. 8.8. ST. JOHN CITY, 3,000 Tons. 8. 8S. DAMARA, 2,500 Tone. The Furness Steamships are the finest on this route. Atl boats are Clyde built, wth saloon and sleeping berths amidships where least motion is felt. S. 8. St. John City aud Halifax City are electrically lighted ihroughout. Superior accommodai‘on for all kinds of Fieight, Dairy Produce, ete. For icformation regarding sailing dates, etc., epply to FORNESS, WITHY & CO, Lap., Pecple’s Bank Building, Halifax, N.S. Or W. W. Clarke, Passenger Agent, Charlo:tetown, P. E. 1. dec21 Dominion Blend Tea. REGISTERED: ‘SELLING AGENTS: Beer & Goff, Charlottetown. Stewart & Gates, Charlottetown. R. T. Holman, Summerside. J. H. Myrick, Tignish. A. McKinnnon, Colman. Albt. Craig, Emerald. Cyrus Morris, Bradalt 5: « A.J. McLeod & Co. S.sanley Bridge. Feehan & Egan, Mowat Stewart. Sterns Bros., Souris. McLean & Cameron, Crapaud. Every householder should give Domuxiox Buienp Tea atrial. It haa great streugth, fine flavor and is delicious in the ewp. Ch’town, June 20—w 1 vr. Dividend Notice. Mercuants Baxk or P. E.Istayp, Charlottetown, Dec. 2nd, 1895. Notice is hereby given that a half yearlje dividerd at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the capital stock of this Bank, has teen declared payable at its Banking House, on and after January 2nd 1896. Transfer Book will be closed from December 19th inst., to 2nd Jan’y., 1896, both dates inclusive. By order of the Board, J.M. DAVISON, Cashier. Dec. 2nd—2aw& w. ANNUAL MEETING. Mere janis Bank of P. E. Isiand, The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Merchants’ Bank of P. E. Island will be held at its Banking House, Great George Street, on TUES DAY, the 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 meeting. J. M. DAVISON, dec6—52 & wy Cashier. ANEAS A. MACDONALD, Barrister-at-Law. OFFICE, GREAT GEORGE STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN. Money to Loan. Fire and Life Insurances taken. Agent for Credit Foucier Franco-Cana- dien, Lancashire Vire Insurance Co., Great Western Life Assurance Co. dec C—26 &wy EE RPP RNR See ae ane aa Saye Ai OS i BE Ee NAN en linens RI RR 5 a bean PUREE mA ARIE BRE Se MIO tA EE: