_ a = — MISCELLANEOUS. It is an interesting fact concerning our reventie returns that the receipts from Customs and excise fer the twenty days in April were $1,003,9 337 against $183.285 for he same period last year, or an increase of $520,092, w hich isa a To the Editor of the Examiner. Srr,—There is no doubt that Benjamin Frauklin was a clever man: his ‘Poor Rich- ard’s Almanac,” and ‘Paying too dear for his Whistle,” shonld be read i and studied by every man, at id, in my opinion, did more ser- vice to the world than all his political doings. But be had his absurdities, to say nothing ‘of worse fauits. When he found that, by means of a Kite and string, he could cause an electric very § riking and impor tantitem in OUP Flash, he said something about robbing Juy iter The St. John Tele- resent statistics. P 000,000 deficit graphs estimute of a $3 will be prove ed illtimed. Phe bill legalizing Marriage with s decease | wite’s sister, etc., introduced in the. Commons by Mr. Girouard and carried by a three to one Vote, has beeo defeated in the Senate by one yole The vote was takenon W ednesday night. It had been predicted in some quarters that the bill would be defeated in the Senate, but it was genorally Lelieved that it would pass, and the voleis quite a SUNprise. A St. Petersburg despate i says: The Gazette says the ‘plague has appe: ared in Volsk distaict in the Government of Saraloff, Famine alse prevails; 27/° peasalits have diod from starvation, The Globe of the Don says the phan. toms of death and hunger are passiag from village to village » the Don dis- allthe graneries are empty abeal ate dearth of inci al papers rey yivt amen ti be trict, where and there is an money. The provi deaths from stars peasaatry o! various parts of the coua- try. It turns that Col. ‘snot such a wonderful man as the warld has been led to believe him. Mr. Franc Jarvia, a well known journalist, delivered a lecture, in Chicago a fow evenings 2g, 1m lie showed by jt numerous. reiers etations and Guo 13, a 2 aa that ingero.8 . ration Bol Iugerso!! which oneas aire. * erib be lecture almo-t bedily from the worka of infidel]: writers which are now litt le read and which are almost forgotten. Lngersol os 201 210T- . 4 tira? has a ways claimed ti he was ‘hristian. est man, although nota Maio: o Winton, ¢ iiawa,. sets himself up as the sort of Suardian angel ‘ . of the Margqu i Princess, ife ex- ; * ; amiucs aii the ne swapap< rhich ¢ ‘ome eS ast to Rideau ilall: giip s those articies taaé are smplementary to the vice-regal pair rnd himeal *. has the articies past- ed in a sort of arisiecratic scrap-book a Sale eae aud neat to tire Grovernor-trenerai and ° tie 1 Princess to rend. A ieman, who knows exactiv hew mations stand, says that the Ma: y anxious to unde: ‘stand she € ‘anadian —antd and be popular wilh th iam. bat he takes a very wrong course in permitting r tha Major to cuil the papers tor him. Lord Duf ferin wotld not have permitted such in- terference for 2 moment. rquis 1s real The New York Bulletin crop corres- pondent writes froin Chicago ou April 19th, as fellows:—‘ The week closed cold and disagreeable. In Illinois, just enough rain so that farmers ¢: :nnot wor). During the last twenty-four hours a rain ha« falien more general in its natare and will probably be produc- tive of more good than ‘that has falicn since the seeding commenced, extending as far east as Indianapolis, south, to Caire, west into Kansas and norik into lowa. We have sadly peed- ed rain all over the Northeast for more thar two week#,—Minnesota reports ire not very ence Bie : Fairbault Co.— Wheat about half town. Small amount of wheat for erhes. Mower Co.— Ground has been so very coll and wet thai but little been done. No increase in acreage ad no whet lo farmers’ bands. Dodea Uo.—No seed- ing of any consequence dune yet. Very little wheat left over of crop of 1879. Becker Co.—Frost not all out of the ground yet. Very small amount of wheat to move after seeding, aly REOHINE Nas bitte for Hard Times. Stop spending so much on fine clothes, rich food and atyle. Buy good, healthy food, eheaper and better clothing ; get more real ane substantial things ef life every way, and especially step the foolish habit of running alter expensive and quack doctors er using 80 muck 6f the vile humbug medicine that dees you enly harm, ard makes the proprietors rich, but pat your trust in the greatest of all sim ple purd remedies, Hup Bitters that cures always at atrifiing cost, and you will see bet- ter cimes and goor health. Try itemce. Read ei cig anether column. en E migrants, Attention, Ih an oll Irish tale, ‘* The rer Lightning. - ” gate, the weaver ittle weaver of Duleek -aooa! his plate of porridge, which he had set sut on the ‘* windew-b: le’ to cool, covered with flies : he attacked them with his spoon, and annihilated them ; forthwith he became crazy with pr ride, and we nt: about dancing and singing ‘Tin the man at a all min, who has killed his thonsands ¢ ‘Ata Ss ha In the year 1746, after the unlappy Ap sril, the blood of true-hearted and noblemen and gentlemen, who had adhered to the son cf their Sovecoign Lord, King James, was peured h ike water, wal on the field of battle, | shambles of ‘' Billy the Butcher.” at ¢ Londen, and elsewhere. Some 23 years afterwards, commenced the great rebellion in what is or are now the United States Gaore or less united) of America. General W: ston and his followers, inste: ud of being treated ‘as rebels, were acknowledged as be aligerents, and in that capacity dared to hang poor Naor André! QO! iil had been Con: mander of the British forces in America, I know what I anal have done with at least four out of tbe next batch of rebel officers whom [ teak as*p Andre sheuld not havedied alone! But speaking of thatunhapny American period in particular, we may say, in the words of a song in the almost forgotten * Baggar’s Opera,” (paraphrased) “lf ad? who deserve 3 it with Andee shouk Whenever they io » wh thing, ld thin the v yvld “80 Tyb irn ‘Free!’ loth loyal! fourt ut at tac ’ ’ ? rraisie, as! nin soners, {which Ae did i swing, it deserves not) such a wot many to string upea Among those Wiig t> King Gaorge tia to King Fy iffered for their adherence hird iw America, was ~ owner and proprietor of the Green Moun- ain Estate. now Known as Vermont. It was onfineated. Washington, ‘ die yee, a) who etill the instinet of a and "Cos re tame: a somes of geutieman, wou fain have avoided this act of spi iolation au : but Franklin, the leading ‘* nei Keeler ” of that period, over ruled h 3 chief, The daughter of the centis- cated proprietor waa taken to Scotland, where she married the Liev. Mr. Grant, minister of | as gai - she. wrote mucon, both in prose ans] verze, evineing real amiability,-—-and also} taleut, which, although not of the very high est order, was truly respectable, and very pease above medioevity. 1 subjom her translation from ihe (raelic, of Song hy a | young Highland girl, who had bs en ** twit. ted” by a young lady ried the daughter of a Lowland gentleman farme n regar d to the Lowlander’s having much more cattle than could be ted upon an Hichland 1aocu Vin ‘My. Colin, loved Colin, my Colin, my dear. Who art wont the wild mountains to trace without fear Oh! thine bound, And ily oer the heath und ! 80 Varied, So b ‘auteeus their hue; graceful, eo char eats te vi8w, ttately, their proud heads that so swiftly re- ; ‘ % are the fivess witheut touching the } So day pled. Se agile, so With branches so are caueaed. their trampling, forests rebeund ! Where birch trees hang weeping o'er fouutaios so clear,* At novaday they're sleeping round Colin, my dear ; Oh! Colin, sweet Colin, my Colin, my joy ; Moat those flocks and those herds all thy moments empley ? To you waterfali’s dashing, strain ; Aud gather those violets fer Colin in vain ; At sunsst he said he would meet with me here, where dear ? like thunder, the With i tune my sad Then, ean he linger, my Colin, my Oh! Colin, iny darling, my pleasure, my pride ! The flocks ef rich shepherds are grazing se wide ! But the light bounding roes, and the wild mountain deer, the cattle of Colin, my hunter, my dear !” Yours very truly, Vie DaomNUIL NAN ORD, Are *0! — ns ae ees splendid vitro Duici digne mero, nen sine fleribus ! Hovrace.--— Codfish. Codfish. - SALE, CHEAP,— 60 Guintals Codfish. W. D. STEWART, Auctioneer. ae oe Canadian Pae ¢ Rathway, TENDERS FOR ay PERSTRUCTURE. FEXENDERS addressed to the undersigned willbe received up tonoonofSATURDAY, the 15th MAY next, We eatern outlets af she Lake of the Woods. | YHE BEST ROUTE FOR Manitoba, Colorado, and the West, iS -ViA. Tee Intereolonial and Grand Trunk alway, QUICKER TIME, SHORTER DISTANCE: Vrinee sbout and FARES always LOWER from E lward leland than by : suy other route. For Tickets and all inforination Luggage, Freights, &., apply to FP. W. HALES, Agent Grand Trunk Railway. Charlottetown, April 17, 1850-——8m wkly } furnished on application | Engines in-Chief, | 15th April. By Order; fF, BRAUN Secretary. _ Durr. oy Ratuwaya & Cawazs, } ap J, Zawt Ottawa, ist April, i880. | May 15, fur | : ' “Belvidere. ; THE DAILY EXAl i i ‘ j ' j } } } Specifications and other particulars will be al the office of the! Ottawa, on and after the PENIS well-known property, situated in the | Royalty of Char lottetow n, consisting of , EXO BE SOLD, ali that partof Town Lot No. |about 200 acres, is offered on lease for a term |of years, cither as a whole or in part. For particulars apply to ' DANIEL HODGSON, or G. W. DeBLols, Mareh 10, 1880— pat ti (One IRON BRIDGE for furnis! hing: and crect- | ing Iron, Saperstruc tures over the Bastern aad Daly Brie | i8sO. Advertises Cheap FOR CASH |! ee ee JOB PRINTING PROMPTLY, NEATLY, AND CHEAPLY BGNE. — who have not} ‘ear’s accounts, before Yess Persons yet settled last. will ple ase do so com: ! mencing the business of the oming season. Small Profits-Quick Returns, IS OUR MOTTO t Warned by the past, we intend to jak closer to the cash system than ever heretolore. NER _ . . , #8 eUTT ae Reni Lecal News, Fereign ews, CHS, Commercial News. Shipping News, laid before Subscribers, Purehasers, and Borrowers, EVERY EVENING, PRICE 2 CENTS. SUSSCRIPTION RATES Quarterly ...eseeeeeeeveoeBl do Half-Yoarly....scccceccees 2,00 ee EEKLY EXAMINER Made up from Tar Dany- dium of all the News a Compen- of the Week. Subscription price only DOLLAR A IN ADYARCE, Sent to any address in Britain or North America. ' ' en 4 la | ! YEAR, ‘which sum shal! Great | Persons having relatives or friends abroad eannot do better than send them Tre WrEekLy Examen. Bee” A few Advertisements only, reecived | }- : | d, W. MIQOHELL, | W. L. GOPTON, Mliee Sup’t. , Mameaer | ~~ Yalnable Pro perty for Sale, ” 74, in the first hundred of Town Lots in | Charlottetown; having a front of 67 feet, Dor- | ‘chester Street, and runving back 80 feet, to gether with the buildings thereon erected, Fer further particulars apply te Messrs. | Agents for Alexander Beazcley, Eeq.' Hepasox & McLrep Charlottetown. Sept, 18, 1879. wy hit ERIE aay =e !ocenpation ithe icheque for a sum equal toe $250, forth iof each of the Herring. Codfish. HEAP FOR CASH, - 50 bbis. Herring, 190 atls. Cedtish, 20 bags Salt. D. SMALL, Head Queen’s Wharf, opposite I, C. Hall's. SS To Fisheries and Factories, NE Fags AMERICAN MANILLA MAR- Qui N (Tarred and White), Cotton Lines, aia "Leads, Ho ks, Bait Mills, Fishing Anchors, Cotton Ducks (ight and heavy), 100 eoils Manilla ny Hemp Lope, Vire Rope, Paints, Oils, Tar, Oakum, Ships Chandlery. Sail Making, Light Ducks for Boats’ Sails. ), SMALL Jan. zi; 1880-- me TA ee a 22 oe Ts aaa ~ al oa = orice ie (A Medicine, nct a + CONTAINS LOPS, be Me ZANSRAKE, ASD THE PurystT axp Best MepicaL QUALTI- TLES OF ALL OTHRR DIrrers. 2S SS Ge oe All Blood, Jiseases of the Stomach, Pewels,& Liver, Kidneys and Urinary 0 my SIRE ty Lob RLF RA vans, Nervousness, sleeplessness, ems Complaints and Braunkeness. SiG00 IN GOLD | Will be paid for a case they will ret eured r help, or for any y thing ‘impure ‘or injuri a ms found in them. 4 a Ask your Druggists for Rop Bitters ance girce books, and try the Biiters before yor ‘Take no other. ea seep. eA” , igh Cure and Paini :3¢ Cheapest, surest ca the iop (or Retief is th and Best, f Fon sate. ny YW, R. WATSON axpe APOTHECARIES HALL. 3 aad eo; ‘d URS) il STION S & PRs ig Bu wei ALE, PO be sold by Public AUCTION, on FRI- DAY, the 14th we of MAY, next, 1586, at the hour of 12 o ‘cleck, neon, on the premises formerly occupied by the late Albert McKinnow, blac ‘kemith. of Spring Park Road, Uharlottetewn Common, the following mentioned Live Steck, Geods and Chattele, being part ef the estate of the said late Albert McKinnon, namely :— 1 Cow, 1 Horse, one Water Cart, 1 Ires Plough, 2 Agricuitural Tormentors, 2 Tables, § Chairs, 1 Clock, 1 Stove, 2 Beadsteads, lot Crackeryware, i Mirror, 1 Washstand, lot Knives, Forks and Spoons, 1 Circular Sa SOPH. 4 MCKINNON, Adrainistratrix of said E state, Ch’town Cdenen: idth April, 1$30.-51 caw LACHINE CANAL. ae eee . to Hachinist Contractors. reser eee Notice CAEALED TENDERS the addressed to K undersigned {Secretary of Railways and —— and agi al ‘Tender for Lock Gates, zachine Canal,’ i] be rece ived at this office until the arrival « of the | astern and Western Matis on FHULRS - the ord day of JUNE Prince Edward island RAILWAY. TIME TABLE NO, 13, Winter Arrangemeat, 10 COME INTO FORCE Tay Than 33 } : Hy q TULSDAY, December 2ad, 1379, f te ‘RAINS GOING WEST, Nos. 1&3,} Nog STATIONS ae | a ’ j M ixed, i Mixed, Gappinseandtinennipaii Cimnaaiieagm ll caput amaatne rors init ditiate Georgetown ..... Dp 3.20 a. m.| Cardigz eis oan | ss r 10,10-**) | Mev t Ju iS es A , ; at Stew t Juno. Dp 10.15 «| | Rovaity Junction’ ** 11.27 ‘(Ar 11.50 a.m, ! Charlottetown... . an ‘\Dp 8.00a mJ p 3.00 pm Reyalty Junction 8.22 © | * 3.99 % Nerth \i itshive, .| “ee * tae Alunter River...., “* 9.30 “ | * 439 @ Breadalbane.....; ** 10.07 * | “ 5.08 « Ceunty Line.....) ** 10.17 “ “ .o Re 10455 10.56 °° ** 6.55 * °11.50a mi2 Sammerside.....| ~ 1.30 3 m Ar 6.80 pm ? L.50 Pp in Wellington.,.. : “ 219 * | Port Hill .......; “ 3.00% | @'Leary........ Pine Et Aibertom........j “«- oa es FIBA és bs ceicadcls Gta F TRAINS GOING EAST, acovaaiaa Nos. 2 2 and 4,| No. 6, : Mixed Ae } Mixed, mei ls ps I A ll : i Riaitis » 6 ois dae Dp 6,350 a mi Alberton... «ical 1 Bee Lear 7 vn awe the = 32d ” Port Hill .... ‘| “<« 9 49°6 Weilington ....../ “Was iets ie fAr3t. 10 am’ 4 aii estiO.es “in ' - | _—s [Pi 2.30 p m'Dp 7.Cam Kensington...... ‘“ 3.00 *, i-°2 £a0m S f UnLY ; ine. . | rs oe 2 - ‘ - 8.44 ” Breed: aibane. . eye 3.038 * ¢.54 "6 Hiunter River.: “ La" eV i aia, <u i a North Waltsbire..j ‘* 4.46 * 4 * 9.43% : Royalty Junction! + 5j37 “ | 10:38-4 Ar 6.00 pm ArlivO0am fa) 7 . UChariotivetown....|y, € v |Dp 2.59 p m! Royalty Junction: ** 2.33! | Ar 410 | it. Stw't Jun ‘Dp, 4,18: 4 Cardigan... 200.1 8.38 od ¢ Ceorgetown..... Ar 6.00 p ia! Ce ee ee Ca mee enc ety SOUR is BRANCH, ir ins Going West, *PATIONS | «Ney. “Mixed. Beurié 246655 %% | Depart i. la. m., oe, ae a eee 7-34 . Meters o. >.<. ge si 8.5m. t* FPOOOls yd ccs ie = 9.28°°"* Mi. Siew art Junetion.| Arfive }6.10 a ™ fra t2ER Gein: East, S1avTions, S, Mixed, peittoite: hthinbiiiniinicainhdile ini’ - <pcmesnmuailD Mt. Stewart J unctron, | Depart 4.15 p, m. LS ET a eis rs 4.558 Ds: PORN Beck hk <b - oa. Marmeny ssi .+ss izrt — . aoe Ee ae eee | Arrive 7.10 “ ALEX, MACRAB, Sup t and Engineer, Railway Oiice, Chtown, Nov, 28, 1579. —pat pres h ane sp sj kea pio Gi LAME AND SiCK HORSES! Cured Free of Cost. AFTER 1 usin where forms of tender can also be obtained Parties tendering are expected to provide the special tools necessary for, and te havea prac tical knowledge of, works of this class, | ; } next, for the consteaction of gates, and the , s > meceeas machinery connected with them, } r the new locks on the Lachine Canal. i pi tone: and Ge ‘al Condi { Jans, Specifications anid Generai Cendi-i tions can be seen at this office on and after | THURSDAY, the 20th day of MAY id | ’ is and are requested “to bear in mind that ten- ders will not be considered unless made strictly | in accordance with the printed forms, and— | in the case of jirms—exvept, there are at- |; tached the actual signatures, the nature of the | and residence of each member of |} further, an aces pt ed bank | e gates | game; and, i accompany each tender, lock, must be forfeited if the party ten- | dering declines entering into work at the rates andon the terms stated in ) the offer submitted, : ; The cheque thus sent in w bart be returned to | the respective parties whose. tenders accepted. are no4 For the due fulfilment of the centract the | |party or parties whose tender it is proposed ’ ; to accent will be notified that their tender is, jaccepted, subject to a deposit of fire per cent. fof the bulk sam of the the sum sent in with the tender will be con- idered a part--to be der osited t e the credit | Receiver General within - eight days | after the date of the notice. Ninety per cent. only of the progress esti- | a wili be paid until the completion of the | i \ages for § $5, or will be sent free, by mat, 6B This Department does not, however, bind | itself te accept the jowest or any tender. By Order, F. BRAUN, . Secretary. Derr. or Rattways & CaNnacs, }) ap, 2aw tl Ottawa, 29th March, 1880. \ 3rd June QUBSCRIBE for the DAILY EXAMINER, ‘K the Cheapest and mest Newsy Paper | im the Previnres. contract for the} 7 coutract—ot which ' lof Vision, ; phiet, which we desire t | necessitated our removing to Toronto, to which | cations. | 2 Sold in Charlottetown. by. all a) a ‘and by all wholesaleand retail Oruggis iniment kedime iimmoni h. Spavins, Splints and Ringhbe nes cured with- out -blemish. | Send f for pamphlet éontaini full information, to Dr, Wm. Giles s, 120 W B , road iway, N. Lise ony nem horses the lin- iment in pray wrappers, ‘old by all drug- sists, and in quarts at $ ‘50 in which there is great sa. ey Nei ttl te 2B cis. 7” Ag 0 at at Ch te tow? | Be VY. Re Warsonx Urug gist. Nev. 25, 1879-—cod wky ém ee ee one “ SPECEFIC MEDICINE AR 5x Eh e Gre eat TRADE Mp Ke glish Benth. : ari an unfail- a oo ret7 ing cure fer Sem- inal VV eaknesa, Spermato srrahe a, Impotency, and é all diseases that ctollow as a se- After T | que of self abun as loss of _Memory, Unl- vers cl Lassitud , Pain in the Back, Dimness Prenkttore Old Age, and many other Diseases that lead to Insanity or Com isumption. te Full particulars in our pam to send free by mail t® every one. 69. The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggfsts at $1 per package, or six packs receipt of the money, by addressing Ths Gra “Modicine Co., oronto, Ont. , Canada. N. B.—The demands of our ae have | place please address all future communi the United States and Canada. January 24,1 9