OUT OF 2,000 CLAIMS 4gainst an Atcident Co. for last year were for accidents caused to pedestri- ans Walking on the sidewalh THE OCEAN ACCIDENT Insures against all kinds tof dts premiums are low. and good Policy " accidents tf issucs a ie. avow General Agent Charlotteto wn THE DAILY EXAMINER, “APRIL. 2, (897. CONSUMPTION. atteotion years been given to the tr of consumption. ParricuLar has in recent eatment and cure The result in marked the number of deaths on its Great Britain has been a reduction of account. A better observance of the general laws of health has, it is said, caused an improve- ment in this regard as well as in respect to other diseases. Something is also due to good sanitary regulations, wel! enforced. But consumption is not yet considered one of the diseases that can be lessened to any great extent by the precautions and rules which apply to the whole The diminution of the death rate from consumption in Great Britain has, it is said, been caused chiefly by the general recognition of infect:ousness of the disease. The belief that censumption or “decline” is “catching” has been long entertained by a comparatively few obser- popalation. the ee THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, APRIL 2, 1897 NOTES AND COMMENTS. —Public opinion says that the Lieu‘en- ani-Goverpor’s Speech atthe opening of the Legislaiure insiouates a great deal aud promises poihing. —In the burry of yesterday we forgot 'o mention the enlargement and dew ided inprovement of the Guardian. QOur con- temporary presented a particularly fine appearance this morning. and altog-ther reflects credit upon its editor and manager, and all to whom the improvement is dae We cordially congratulate it upon its suc- }cess inthe past aud wish it continues | prosperity. —The following table tells the storv of what the National Policy hasdone for the | coa! trade in Cape Breton County : CAPE BRETON S COAL SALES. Fiscal vear, Tons. .874C0 Dee. 337,016 TT 1875 ” wsee 306,702 L876 ” . 268,808 L877 1 eocss GUESS! L878 ” sb acsteloes. weed 1879 mw ee) epee, 262,424 1880 s . 380,48 1881 - dbisinuasieusers ae 18:2 “6 . o's y tales 5 oe 1883 “ biccc slamiees seein ee ee 1884 Oo 53,06 4 L885 " « 617,975 1888 Re lite heen head 5-819! 1887 ee De vee cate ta 712,442 188% “ , 738,250 1889 " vous és eD 1890 a ésrtvckcen SOO 1891 66 sopnincibeess i> « Cee 1892 as ds ensedibdacedeneiee WEE 1893(to Sept 30th)......... ve 19mtee L894 as rm oo 3,088,782 1895 I ] O31, 341 18¥5 ” at cccccsntie'ccse Agaetgee ’ ESTEEMED EXCHANGES. Mail and Empire: Earthquakes, among other evils, seem to be unpleasantly com- mon under Liberal rule. Ottawa Journal: In stating again that Spanish campaigns in Cuba “are nearing a successful iesue,” Premier Canovas pro- bably dees not mean a Sparish issue out of the island,” but that is probably what the facts mean. Moncton Times: The Reman Catholic vant persons. It has been seen that the disease is wont to spread throuzh whole | families that were previous to its introduc - tion perfectiy healthy, and, as far as without was x<o0own, wr a he any hereditary taint. the from one member of the family to another was natura! and logical, conclusion come to tbat disease wa3 imparted in some way not Bat medical though it was generally regarded as sound. ecience has discovered that these unlearned observers had hit upon the true cause of consumption in a great many instances, Physicians have decided that consumption is infectious, and they have commenced to treat copsumptive patients on that as— sumption. They, as far as possible, isolate chem; and they find the treatment allowed by the best effects, both as regards the patients themselves and the families towhich they belong. Hospi- tals have been built for the accommoda- tion and treatment of consumptives, a saving of life bas been effected and the lisease has been prevented from spreading, So sure are some enthusiastic medical men that phe principal cause of the prevalence consumption is contact with persons euffering from the disease, that they believe shat if the proper means were used con- eumption could be “stamped out” of a community as surely, if not as rapidly, as emal! pox. Itis also believed that consumption, particularly in its early stages, can be sured. * The marvellous success,” says the Montreal Star, “of Dr. Trudeau’s institation at Saronac Lake in the Adiron- dacks has put beyond a doubt the curative power of pure dry air in the vast majority of cases. Air appears to be meat for the man and poison for the germ. thus waging a double warfare against the disease by strengthening the patient and killing the enemy.” In view of all tnat has lately been dis- covered in respect {o consumption, there is room for the hope that it may, by the exercise of care with respect to the puta of patients and to ventilation, be eyadually stamped out and cease to be a terror to individuals and to families. .——_:_-: &- -.—-—---—_ WAR INEVITABLE. War with the Transvaal is regarded as inevitable. But it will, if possible be postponed until after the jubilee celebra- ons. It is remarked that there has lately been a marked stiffening of the attitude of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, towards President Kruger, and it is equally certain that the preparations of regimeats, transports and material, apparently made in view ofa possible Turko-Greek blaze, are really designed for South Africa. If nothing happens sixty thousand men will, ere long, itis reported, be sent to South Africa. The regiments necessary have already heen secretly warned to prepare for active service. President Kruger is apparently relying upon German, and possibly also apon French, sympathy, and is forcing ths | at the poils. bishops have been interfering in politics again. The Quebee local elections are at the church door and denuunuced bribery Down with those bishops! Montreal Witness: Whether the oll practice of men battering each otber out of shape with their fists is te be attributed to the tiger in map, or whether that would be a slander upon the tiger, we do not know, bat the process has eviuently Just the respectability it once had, and now no civilized vaticn will barbor it—tbat is tie thing itself—thongh they still gloat over accounts of it. We are inclined to think that man gwill offer vo Joss, but mnch, more a man when the tiger is dead aod he ceases to delight in needless pain. Montreal Gazette: Californians think they have solved the prison labor problem, and at the same time putthemselves on the way to secure a much sought after boon— good roads for. the State. The convicts in the penitentiary are employed in quarrying and crushing stone, which 1s sold for 25 cents a ton loaded on the care, and the railroads haul it at a special rate, so that roads can be built at the rate of 50 to 55 cents a cubic yard at almost any place in the State. Most of the provinces ot Canada have both prison Jabor to spare and bad roads to improve. Our legis]a‘ors might do a useful work in following the California example and combine the two facts in a way to promote the public good. Broke Turoves tHe lee.—Yesterday Mr. Patrick Grimes, fireman on- the steamer Northumberland, while working at the vessell’s hull broke shrough the ice oft Steam Navigation wharf. Mr. Grimes is by no manner Of means a lightweight, and although there was pleanty of belp at band it was not without some trouole that he was drawn out. We are pleased to state that he is not much the worse to-day on account of the accident. ——_@—— Reap Ir.—Read the advertisement of Mr. W. Harper, builder und contractor, which you will find in avother column. Mr. Harper is a first-class workman, and what he says iu his advertisement may be relied upon. TCS ee Many— make a —amagy If you buy without first seeing to buy. iasue. | pending and these officious heads of the | | church have prohitited Sunday meeiings — WULTU M IN PARVO, INTERESTING NEWS NOTES SELECT- ED FOR THE EXAMINER. thor- startling The Panama scandals have been oughly revived in Pari, and revelut ous sre promised, There will be sconzres: of Greek womev in Athensin April, to discuss the reform of the Greek dress, lv is = ated that the Duke of Fife, son- in-law of the Princecf Wales, will be made a Prince upou the cecasion cf the jubilee celebration. Te rumor that the Queen is shortly to abdica e meets wtih little eredence ia Great Britain. . Pamibarity has bred con tempt fur it. Tie rumor is revived that L'eutenant- Governor Melutosh has tendered his resig- nation and that he will be succeed d by Sir Henri Joly «e Lotbi i :e. I: is said that a comforiable billet is to Le provided for Mr. Lave gne, M. P., by creating a second jndyeship of the Exeche- quer Court for the Province of Quebec, to whch he will be appointed. There seems to be no demand for artists’ houses in London. Sir John Millais house, on which he spent $200,000, was offered at auction recently, but no bid was made, and afver trying to sel] Sir Frederic’ Leighton’s house without obtaining a rea onable cffer, his family offered it to the nation, but the gift does not seem to have been accepted vet. Hon. L. H. Davies, the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, has decided to send over a suitable exhibit from the Cawadian fisheries to be placed in the Iv*perial Instituie in May. Circulars hav® been sent out to the fishermen in the Maritime Provinces, and specimens of all our best Canadian varieties will be included, as well as an assortment of canned goods, The Auditor-General’s report shows that 45 candidates lost their deyosits in the last general election. They forfeited Would like to furnish their homes with nice furniture, goods, the product of large factories made for export trade. Our Furniture is of the grade t! hat is always the altogether $9,000. The amount claimed by the returning officers for election ex- penses was $274,78¢€, of which $191,219 was allowed. The most costly election wa’ in Alberta, for which the returning officer presented a bill of expenses for $13,800. Of this the Government allowed $7,495. The favorite beverages io Great Britain are more and more getting to be tea, beer, aod light wines at the expense Of cottee, *puite, and heavy wines. The consump- tion of sheery and port in England, for instance, has decreased in the last seven- teen years from 11,000,000 gvallous a year to 4,700,000, while ta shows an increase of 9,000,009 pounds during the same period and fight wines of nearly 2,000,000 gallons. -Cocoa aleu has gained (réindudows “ly. When the Franch se-bil]l was inttoduced, Sir Charles Tapper poioted out ‘ta “the Government the inadvisability of pressing it this session, inasmuch as it could pot fail to delay business. He offered, if the Government was disposéd ‘to be reasonable, to endeavor to bring about accord betweea both «ides of the Honse on the important franchise question. Jt seemed to him that this might be possible on the basis of auniform manhood franchise forthe Do- minion. The Government seemed indis- posed to consent to delav, and expressed no opiniou on the other suggestion. — —— 2,090 SHARES MINING STOCK. (Se!] whole or any part.) “British Canadian Gold Fields Experi- mental, Development and Investment Co., Ltd., positively the finest eumpany ef its kind in Canada today; large, strong and most reliable, owning 21 of the best mining properties in British Columbia (Hon. Geo. E. Foster, ex-Finance Miniter of Canada, President). Owver bought low and needs essh. 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