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APRIL 1, 1895.

Pp. E. ISLAND LOBSTERS.

by

Mr PatTeNn wil mmended every rig nking man in the Province » the I { as taken respect to the lobste ule s Provine The report of his rview with Mr Stebbings, which we publish to-day, is of gre at interest and importance. We trust that the fac he ditzraceful facts—set forth will ve taken to heart by all those engaged in lobster packing who are clinéd to be careleés al i mest Those f our | bster pa k- era who sell bad lobsters may make a few i r two seasons. But

thousands in one vt

they will depreciate or ruin the character

catch” and inflict injury upon the Province for years to come. There i@ no reason-—barring carelessness and dishon- estv —why lobsters sent from here should

al a ag Rt oi not be as highly regarded, and sell as we i as those of

in England or anywhere else,

Neva Scotia, Newfoundland or other parts of the world. Bui, just as in the case of

our oata—which

we shall lose the market unless our packers

lass article—

are a first

; i ae and exporters, one and al], are scrupulous ly honest and careful. In this age of abun- dant production and keen competition, 1n- fericr articles will not be tolerated,—least

ef all the British market. The Engiish people are, rightly, extremely careful about the quality of their food; and if they find

that P. E. Island lobsters are bad in a few

instances, they will, in future, have none

of It is unfortunate but it is true,

that a

them. in the case of Jobsters as of oats,

comparatively few dishonest or careless

shippers completely neutralize the efforts

ot many of those who are honest and care-

ful, and lower the character and value of the whole output. The interests of the lobster trade as well as ofthe public, lie in the most scurupulous honesty and «are

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WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH

QUR LOBSTERS ?

ir Paton’s Interview With a London Dealer.

Bad Stock Depreciates the Character and price of the P. E. Island Pack.

More Care Must be taken by Packers.

Mr. James Paton, of Charlottetown, who has just returned home by the Etruria, via New York, thus safely accomplishing his 75th voyage across the Atlantic, has fav-

ured us with the following account of an interview he had in Londopv (on the intro- juction of a mutual friend) with H,. P. Stebbing, Esq., the head of the firm ef Stebbing & Co., one of the oldest estab- lished and best known houses in the canned goods trade. After a little talk on general topics, the conversation took the following turn:

J P--Well, Mr. Stebbing, I hope the lobster business is in a satisfactory state ?

H P S—I am sorry to say not altogether 30, as prices are ruling here lower than for several years past,

J P—Are there any special reasons to account for that?

H P S—Undoubtedly. In the first place the shipments to England duriag the past season were considerably above the average of recent years, which arose, I be- lieve, not from any excess in the pack, but because a much smaller quantity than usual went to the States and consequently a much larger proportion of the toial pack came here. But the main reason for the unsatisfactory state of the trade at the present time is that a large proportion of the stock consists of bad or unreliable par- cels, which have to be sold more or less as job lots at low prices, and the worst of which are really difficult to dispose of on any terms whatever.

Tue sale of these carelessly packed lob- eters affects the trade detrimentally in two

in respect to every shipment and indeed, of

every can. Whether or not it would

ways. It drags down the standard of mar- ket value and it greatly restricts the con-

be advisable to have a superintendent or inspector of lobsters,through whose hands each shipment shall pass, is a question to be considered. The question is one which might well be d¥cussed by the Charlotte- Trade. In good quality of our Jobster shipment ought and Mr. Paton be bringing the matter tothe

town Board of any case the

to be assured, is to thanked for notice of the public.

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THE CHANGEABLE LEADER.

sumption of the article, and this of course indirectly re-acts unfavourably on market prices.

J P--I am _ very sorry to _ hear, Mr. Stebbing, that there is so much carelessness exhibited in the canning of lobsters, because I

juite realize (though not at all in that line f business myself) how vitally important t is, in dealing with an article of food,fthat the utmost possible care should be taken to send into consumption only what is wholesome, reliable and attractive. I hope, however, your remarks do not apply to any great extent to the Prince Edward Island

Tz has been well remarked the:—so far as our fiscal policy is concerned— Mr. Laurier has been everything by turns and

nothing long. In 1876 he said:

“It is asserted by many, and assumed by othere, that free trade is a Liberal principle and protection a Cuonservative principle. If I were in Great Britain I would bea free trader, but Iam a Canadian born and a resident here, and [ think that we require protection. We have within ourselyes the ability to create an industry.

f it be shown that we cannot maintain it uuless by legislation either in the way of premium or prohibitory tariff, then ] should be ready to take that into consider- ation.”

In 1889 Mr. Laurier said—

“ Unrestricted reciprocity will triumph as sure as day succeeds to-night. When Sir Richard Cartwright proposed his re- solution last session he knew that it would be defeated. He will renew it next session, and he kuows that it will be defeated ; he w:ll renew it again and again, but in the meantime there will be a general election ~—and we belive the result of that election will be the return of a majority, whether Conservative or Reformers, pledged to sup- port a treaty of unrestricted reciprocity between Canada and the United States.”

Next year in§Toronto he said :

* The policy that we advocate, and which

we will continue to advocate, is the re- moval of all commercial barriers between this country and the United States. ' The Liberal party in Canada wil) remain true to the cause until it has triumphed. I do not expect to win ina day ora year. I am prepared for « long battle and to stand in the cold shades of

Opposition until the cause has triumphed.”

In January, 189+, he said at Oakville:

“Gentlemen, the only way in which Quebec can recover its old time prosperity as a maritime city is by adopting the policy of freedom of trade as it existsin the mother country, old England.”

At Montreal, 1895, he said:

““T have told you that our object is to have acustoms tarifffor revenue only. Upon the question of protec- tion there can be nocompromise. We stand here against protection and in favor of a customs tariff based upon the princi-

les of revenue and nothing else. . .

he system of protection has been the bane and curse of Canada. The The Liberal party believe in free trade on the broad lines such as exist in Great Briain.”

At Waterloo, Ontario, he said:

“I say that not a cent should be collect- ed beyond what is required to meet the country’s necessities. We will tax for revenue, but not a cent for protection. | When we are in power we will relieve the | people of protection, which is a fraud, a | delusion and a robbery.”

At Winnipeg he said:

“I come before you to-night to preach to you this new gospel of free trade. I de- nounce to you the policy of protection as bondage; yes, bondage, and I refer to bond- age in the same manner in which Ameri can slavery was bondage. Sir, our policy is freedom of trade such asexists in Eng lanc, auch as is practised in Great Britain. I propose that we should follow England’s example and open our ports to the pro- ducts of the world.”

Would it be wise to entrust with

leader fickle

office and power a Mr.

Laurier ?

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—When shal! we have the report of | the Commissioner of Crown Lands? We | now know that the Province owes Mr. ! Peters’ bank, and Mr. Peters’ friends the money lenders aod Mr. Peters’ partizans throughout the country about $400,900.00, and we know that the capital of the Province in the Land Office has been frittered away by a system of dis counts and political corruption. But just how much the Province has lost canno: now be told. It is to be hoped that the Commissioner’s report will contain tle information desired. When shall we see i?

packers.

H P S—I am sorry to hurt your suscep- tibilities, Mr. Paton, but asa matter of fact it is precisely the P. E. Island packers who have the most to answer for in that respect. So much is this the case that there exists a very considerable prejudice against P. E. Island lobsters, an1 they are relegated by the leading buyers te quite an inferior category as compared with New- foundland and Nova Scotia fish.

J P—Although I8greatiy regret Prince Edward Island should bear a bad name in connection with any of its products, I am very much obliged to you for so frankly stating the fact, because on my return home [ shall make it my business to call serious attention to the matter, and I trust the result may be that steps may be taken to avoid anything like a general cause of reproach as to .he packing of P. E. Island lobsters in future seasons, and in order to arrive at so desirable a result I should be glad if you would mention the principal points to which special attention should be called.

H P S—In the: first place the P. E. Island packers use a poor quality of tin-

ylates for their cans, and the con- sequence is that the fish is not properly protected from. the oxydizing action of the iron of the plate and the lob- ster gradually becomes, from this cause, black and unsightly. Many packers now try to obviate this by lining their tins with paper which no doubt mitigates and retards the deterioration of the fish, but notwith- standing this precaution unless a thorough- ly good quality of plate is used, i. e. a plate thickly plated with tin, the inevitable result is that the fish becomes more or less dis- coloured in the course of a few mouths. Another fruitful cause of what are called “black tins” is carelesness in soldering or closing the tins This is still largely done with spirits of salt or some kindred cor- rosive fluid, a drop uf which going through ou to the fish will gradually turn the whole contents of the tin black. Some packers have largely substituted rosin in soldering in place of corrosive fluids, and if this could be done generally (even compulsor- ily) it would be a great point gained. Com- ing now to the process of preserving the fish, I speak on some points with a good deal of diffidence,never having seen a lobster cannery in Operation; but speaking with the best knowlekge J have been able to gain on the subject, I should say that suf- ficient care is not taken to exclude dead fish, as I believe it to bean essential con

dition of good packing that the lobsters should be alive when thrown into the boii- ing pot. I must also not omit to mention

that a good many P. E. Island lobsters

have a kind of sour smell, which appears to arise from imperfect cleaning, or pos- sibly from the water in which they are boiled not being changed sufficiently often. I now come to a point as to which there

ean be no _ possible doubt, und of which I can give you ocu- j lar demonstration in & moment,

| viz. that the P. E. Island packers have an

unfortunate habit of packiag their tins with large meat only at the top and bottom and filling in the intermediate space with a mass of small, socalled “shredded” meat, often very discolored and which to all appearances consists of the sweepings of the packing board. If greater attention were given to the points [ have mentioned, I am sure the trade would soon become more profitable to the packers and more satisfactory to all con- cerned in it.

Mr. Stebbing then proceeded to give his interviewer an object lesson by opening a number of tins of P. E. Island lobsters and pointing out the various defeets to which he bad alluded, and the conver- sation was then resumed as follows:

J P—You have quite convinced me, Mr. Stebbing, that there is great room for improvement on _ the

part of our lobster packers, and the question is, What is the best way of ar riving at so desirable a result? The ap- pointment of a Government Snperintend- ent has worked most satisfactorily as re- gards our cheese industry; don’t you think something of the same kind might be pos- sible as regards lobsters ?

H P S—I certainly thivk Mr. Paton you are on the right tack for steering the

} ther and get all shipments graded by

DAILY EXAMINER .

' trade into smoother waters. The trade | here want some guarantee that no stale or unsound fish should, under any circum stances, be shipped; that every process | connected with the canning should be car- | ried out with a care which will ensure the | perfect presery ation of the contents of | every tin; and if we could go a step fur- |

some independent and reliab'e authority, |

think it would be an enormous advan- | tage. At present parcels of lebsters are so } irregular that a buyer has to draw a great | many samples to get any accurate idea of | what a parcel of 200 or 300 cases really is, and even with all his precaution he may find a parcel turn out very different to what he had expected. If all lobsters } could be depended on as sound and mer- chantable and could be graded say Ist, 2nd, or 3rd class, according to whether they were al) tail and claw, or contained a! greater or less proportion of small meat, we should have made a very great step

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towards putting the trade on a satisfactory footing. At present every- one here says the lobster trade is the most unsatisfactory part of the

canned goods business, and the subject has been several times brought before the preserved food trade section of the London Chamber “Commerce. What is wanted is that the subject should be taken up vigorously on your side, and I am sure the trade here would not only welcome any steps taken in the directions I have indi - cated, but would feel under a debt of grati- tude to anyone like yourself, Mr. Paton, who, without any pecuniary interest in the industry, would have sufficient public spirit to take the initiative in bringing the whole question under serious consider- ation.

ES EES

NOTES AND COMMENTS

—It is now proposed thata Liberal Government shall limit the power of the House of Lords and carry their measures bv refusing to issue writs of summons to Parliament to the obnoxious peers. This would certainly be a “ short way with the House of Lords”; but it is asserted that there is precedent for it.

—The position of the mail train, wrecked on the 24th March, gave newspaper men and others who visited the scene of the run-off the impression that it was the worst disaster of the kind that occurred in the history of the road, and as such it was heralded abroad. We are pleased to know, however, that sach is not the case, that neither in the extent of injury to persons nor damage to property is che accident by any means the worst that has happened on the Island road, remarkably tree though it has been from serions disaster. The provi- dential eseape of the driver and fireman from serious injury was under the circum- stances matter for congratulation, and the damage to the engine, cars and track can be repaired, we understand, for less than one thousand dollars.

—The Montrea] Witness hopes that the Manitobans will settle the schoo! difficuliy amicably, and says: “In many parts of Manitoba if there is to be a school system at all it must be a common school system, and the people will have to adapt them- selves to eacn other as best they may. In places, however, where the Roman Catho- lics are sufficiently numerous to carry on schools to their liking, we think the only thing that should be asked of them is that the schools should be honestiy administer- ed and efficient in securing a given stand- ard of education, and that due provision should be made for Protestant minorities. If we mistake not, this is pretty much what practically exists under the Manitoba school law in the Roman Catholic parts of the provinee, and no consession is needed that is not said to be,in some places at least, practically made. . The dispute is in these cases more one of theory than of fact. On the other hand, though the principle of separate schools were recognized in the law the Roman Catholics would be secured in the liberty of adopting common schools should they so prefer and could model their own schools as much upon the common schools as they choose.”

—Mr. E. Douglas Armour, in The Week takes a view of the question of prohibition that will arouse interest. After examin- ing the present state of the law, which She characterizes asa “curious and artificial division of jurisdiction,” he says that it would be easy to amend the Canada tem- perence act thus: Intsead of confining its beneficial provisions to minor localities, de- clare that whenever the Legislature of any Province, by resolution,declares that the act should be brought into force in the whole, or any part or parts, of such Province, and such is transmitted to the Governor- General in Council, his Excelleney shal] issue his proclamation declaring the act to to be in force such Province, or part or parts thereof, as the Legislature by its resolution shall have indicated. But although Mr. Armour thinks Provincia] probibition could be brought about in this way, he is not himself in favor of it. Com- plete probibition in all Canada, he says, would be a heartless failure. “What may be said of the whole Dominion may be said of a whole province. Enforced pro- hibition would be impossible. A prohibi- tory law not enforced would mean free trade in intoxicants and unbounded ‘icense inthe use of them. But if the present law is unsatisfactory, if the localities in which the Canada Temperance Act may be brought into force are too small, en- large the scepe of the act; give each pro- vince the privelege ofcalling for the enforce- ment of the act within its whole length and breadth; and coiapel the observance of the act, when once adopted, for a whole term of the Legislature.

‘DIED.

In this city, March 31st, Michael Doyle, azed 45 years. RIP.

{Funeral from the residence of his brother, Mr Dennis Doyle, ou Tueeday at 8.30 am to St Danstan’s Cathedral, thence to Covehead Road Cemetery.]

At Marie, March 29th, Johanna Ruth, wilow of the late W A Murray, aged 79 years,

At Covehead on the 29th ult. Mrs Cor- nelius Higgins, widow of the Iste Cornelius Higgins, Esq, aged 76 years.

HICKEY & NICHOLSON, Tobacco Manufacturers,

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ALSO—-

Their Old Reliablé Brands of BLACK CHEWING and BRIGHT SMOKING TWIST.

Prices Lower Than Iwported

Tobaccos,

THE EVOLUTION

| Of medicinal agents is gradually relegating

the old-time herbs, pills, draughts and vegetable extracts to the rear and bringing into general use the pleasant and effective liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. To get the true remedy,see that it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For

| sale by all leading. druggists.

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Up to date the trolley in Brooklyn has killed 104 persons. and it has only been In operation there a couple of years. Brook- lyn seems to be entitled to the palm for

| reckless motormen.

Are you all tired out? Do you have that tired feeling or sick headache? You can he relieved of all these by taking Hood’s Sarsapariila.

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Leave your order fora suit of the cele- brated Belwarp cloths, warrat ted fudeless, only to be had John McLeod & Co’s.

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SPECIAL NOTICES

Advertisements under this heading cnarge for at the rate of five cents per line.

The big discount sale Store is now under way.

Buy briskly.

Embroideries at half price—1 inch wide

Bazaar bargains.

the

Big

at

14 ¢ per yard; 1} inches wide, 2} per yard; 2 and 3 inches wide, 5 ¢ per yard; made in good cloth.—Stanley Bros. m30 31 Just received by express, the “Develin” whistles at W E Dawson’s, meh29

When out shopping, drop in and see Prowse Bros new carpets, they will show youthe largest and best assortment of Carpets and House furnishings in the city; also see their hats and clothing.

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“TENDERS...

Tenders addressed to the undersigned will be received on and up till SATUR- DAY, 13th day of April next, from per- sons willing to contract for the erection of a Cheese Factory at Emerald.

Tenders to state cost of Building alone, cost of all necessary Plant alone, or cost ef both combined,

Security for the faithful performance of the work will be required.

Directors do not bind themselves to ac- cept lowest or any tender.

By order of Directors.

CHAS. TAPER, Secretary. Fmerald, April 1, 1895dy 135 & w

AUCTION!

Office Furniture.

I am instructed by Mr. James A. Hughes to sell by Auction, at the office lately oc- cupied by Cant. John Hughes, Water St., on MONDAY, the 8th day of April, inst., at 2 o’clock, p. m.:—

1 Safe, 2 Writing Desks, 1 Stove, Sink, Chairs, 1 Platform Seale, 6,000 lbs., and other articies. Terms cash.

R. BEAIRS10,

apl Auctioneer.

PE. |. HOSPITAL

PARLOR CONCERT At Beaconsfield.

Monday Evening, ist April.

PROGRAMME.

1 Inst Duet—Overture to the “ Barber of Seville ¥s. iss kesh C6S a de tan ge Vnuesketerese Mrs W A Weeks and Miss M Palmer.

2 Vocal Quartette — * Benedictus,” (Haydn

3 Recitation—“ In the Children’s Hospi- Se. CI ai bie ovi deine sddgaccceccches

Miss Enid McLean, WN IS 6 dake <ccdkcsdencccd sepecesiownens oe Mrs George Hodgson. 5 Inst Solo—(a) Impromrtu (Schubert)....... (b) Blumenthal (Lange) Miss Mary Large. sesh, caascamitp aczmsuerts neg POE CET OE TOT IE Male Voices. F TR 0c 6 kapha soe sikevsectenaecsonn’ Miss Stentiford. 8 Vocal Solo— Screnade” (Schubert)........ Miss M Farquharson, 9% Vocal Duet—* La Ci Darem” (Mozart).... Miss A Hyndman, Mr F Haszard. FO VPC aso biek cabo te EA icc cctecibebbis Mr Vipnicombe. ll Vocal Solo—* Thy Sentin 1 Ami” Mr F H Heartz 12 Vocal Qaartette—“ Robin Adair’........,

Tickets for sale at Johnson & Johnson's Drug Store.

Doors open at 7.30; Concert at 8 o’clock.

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EMPIRE TOBACCO CO.,

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White Russian Seed Wheat.

First year’s growth from imported seed on the Warren Farm. The Seed Wheat grown on this Farm has given unparal- leled results during the last fourteen years in all parts of the Island.

JOHN NEWSON.

mch19—lm dw SEZD YWHREAT. White Russian and Manitoba Red, grown on Rosebank Farm last year from import- ed ceed. Extra good. Apply to 3 FRANK McKEYNA, Queen Street.

Cl’town, April 1, 1895—6m 135 wy

Ch’town, March 19, 1895—246 & wy

TELEGRAPHIC.

SreciaL DesPaATcHES TO THE EXAMINER

To Meet the Delegates. ———_—_—_— Orrawa, April 1. Ata meeting of the Cabinet held oo Saturday, at which all the ministers In town were present, Hon. Messrs. Bowell, Caron, Foster and Haggart were appointed a sub-committee to meet the Newfound- land delegates and discuss the terms of

union. It is understood that the Cabinet has

not yet considered the question of the lead- ership of the House.

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The Prohibition Commission,

Montreal, April 1.

It is understood that the Royal Commis- zion on Probibition has finished considera- tion of the evidence, and that Sir Joseph Hickson, chairman, has signed a majority report. The Rev. Joseph McLeod will probably bring in a minority report.

Deaths in St. John.

Sr. Jouy, April 1. Thomas Peters, a well-known citizen, is dead. : William Causey, builder, died yesterday.

Come to us for clothing and hats, we will give vou low prices for cash.—J. B. Macdonald & Co.

Misses and children’s boots, very low for cash this evening.—.1J. B. Macdonald &

CHANGE IN BUSINESS. The Cash System Adopted.

On and after Monday, March 18th, we will conduct our business on the basis of Cash only or its equivalent. Book accounts will be entirely dis- continued.

Prices of goods will be re- duced to the lowest that buy- ing and selling for cash will permit.

For fuli particulars see the second page of our Seed Cata- logue for 1895.

GEORGE CARTER & CO.,

Seedsmen and Booksellers,

187 Queen Square, Charlottetown, P. E.I mchl4

“A CELEBRATED CASE.”

This Thrilling Drama, in Prologue and Four Acts, will be presented

IN THE LYCEUM.

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Monday Evening, April Ist, ——BY THE-——

DRAMATIC CLUB OF ST. DUN- STAN’S COLLEGE.

The scene of this excellent Drama is laid near Fontenoy and other parts of France. From beginning to end it posses- ses a deep interest, and is well interspersed with humorous passages. A rare treat is in store for ail who attend.

College Band and Orchestra in tendance.

TICKETS.—Reserved, 35c ; unreserved 25c. For sale at Reddin’s and Watson’s Drug Stores.

Doors open at 7.30.

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Curtain rises at 8.

METHODIST TUNE BOOKS !

Big Stock of liie New Hyman and Tune Books now open, price $1.00.

HASZARD & MOORE.

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IT ES A PACT

that we can show you the Largest and Best Assortment of Goods in our line in

the city, AND

that we buy in large quartities and at jobbing rates, and can sell low.

YOU KNOW

that you are sure of getting what you pay for. No misrepresentation.

it

is a pleasure to show goods, and we can please you in anything in the line of GROCERIES, FLOUR, TEAS, SUGARS, FRUIT and CONFECTIONERY.

Come in and let us show you what we have.

SANDERSON & CO.

CASH GROCERS, Newson Block, Victoria Row.

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LACES. FLOWERS

MONDAY, APRIL 1,

The Latest Novelties.

Rich and Beautiful in Design.

Laces this season are rich in appearance aud beautiful in design. French Pattern Hats disclose the fact that it forms a taste- ful addition to the majority of them,

When our buyer was in Europe he no- ticed indications that it would be popular as ever, so he selected an elegant stock for our customers.

He has procured the latest designs, the most popular makes, and we offer a very complete stock of these necessary goods.

We will open a few Cases of NEW LACES this week.

50 Packages of ENGLISH opening this week.

JAS. PATON & CO, CARPETS.

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Colorings Rich. Values Good.

Elsewhere we have had something to say of the extent and magnificence of our Geraniums, exquisitely true to

Flowers. nature, are one of the leading styles in spring flowers. Roses and violets stil] have an amazing popularity and are used for everything and anything, being com- bined with all sorts of other flowers until new hats resemble

vines have many admirers, and may be classed as favorite flowers, being used ex- clusively when anything of a vine-like, clinging nature is needed. Tulips, dahlias and daffodils are used when large blossoms are in request, and hyacinths, forget-me- nots and berry clusters when fine flowers are wanted. Ivy leaves are employed as

foliage with all sorts of fiowers. Some- times as many as half adozen distinct

species, all different in color, are used on one hat. The prospects are that this wii! be a good fiow er season.

Early Spring Flowers direct frcm the maker, exclusiv: designs, «pnosy th’s week at

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Charlottetown, March 20, 1895—dv

Insurance Agent

RIBBONS,

Handsome Colors, Beautiful Designs,

Profitable

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Walues,

We congratulate our readers and our-

old fashioned flower selves on the hand-ome display of new and gardens. Sweet peas, wisteria and pea

seasonable Ribbons we will be able to offer this week. The designs speak for them-

selves, A glance will show them to be neat, new and stylish. The colors are

new and fashionable. If, for convenience we retain many familiar names, remem ber the shades and tints are new. We say pink rather than “ margottin”; for the first gives the reader an idea of the color. while the second, the name of one of the new pink shades, does not. So we say bluet, a color already familiar, rather than “barbeau,” the name of one of the new shades.

New Kid Gloves iu all the newest shades ; also, a ful) stock of Blacks in all sizes. Every pair guaranteed.

JAS. PATON & 00, CLOTHING.

COAL! COAL!

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Come to CLARKIN BROS. | Depot and get any quality of Coal you require at prices away below any yet offered tu the public. We employ no ‘runners; we give our patrons the benefit of the cut prices.

Telephone connection.

CLARKIN BROS.,

Steam Nav. Co’s. Wharf. Ch’town, March 16, 1895—l1m d&éw

Rubbers, Rubbers.

All orders sent to us

BERS will be shipped

for RUB.

promptly.

Best Discounts guaranteed.

J.M.McLEOD & CO.

Charlottetown, March 26, 1895—dy

FACT FOR CRITICS.

There is a vast field for cri- | ticism in current advertising. The field would be more vast if writers and readers took advertising more seriously. It is a subject upon which the highest intelligence needs enlightenment; then will come the higher criticism that the best advertisers, such as use the best English and pre- sent truth most accurately, will welcome.

The public appreciate wit! daily increasing knowledge the truth we have been tell- ing about the quality of our goods, that whatever we ad- vertise is just what,it’s repre- sented to be, and can be relied on, and when we say we sell at the Icwest possible living prices we mean it.

JOHN T. MCKENZIE,

Star Merchant Tailor >

LONDON HOUSE.

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Shake Not!

It is your own fault if you are shaking. we predicted “lots of cold weather yet,”

Remember, at the same time

LARGE LINE OF COAL.

We can sell you a 2,000 Ib. lot of ROUND COAL

at $2.80, but we would not advise

faith in it. blowing about. In fact, their 10 to 15 per cent. for

Give me a call when you right.

Charlottetown, March 30, 1895—dy

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Sherwood Cemetery Comp'y.

The Annual Meeting of the Sherwood Cemetery Company will be held in the Parlor of the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation Building on WEDNESDAY, the 3rd day of April next, at 3 o’clock, p. m., for theelection of Directors and the trans- action of other important business.

By order, HENRY SMITH. Secretary Sherwood Cemetery Co. Charlottetown, March 29, 1895—3i

Bargain Sale of Paintings,

Begiuning SATURDAY, March 30,

at the BAZAAR STORE.

MRS. LOCHHEAD offers for sale a number of Paintings in Oil and Gonathe at very low prices. These Paintings will be on exhibition for one week Only.

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The Ladies of St. James’ Church

WILL HOLD THEIR

Annual Fancy Sale and Tea —ON—— THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1895, IN ST. JAMES’ HALL.

Doors open at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Tea at 6 o’clock sharp. Admission 10c. Tea Tickets 25c The ladies have prepared a large variety of Usefuland Fancy Articles. Bargains may be expected. 246—mech19 wards. Puimless ex

TEETH traction of teeth.

DR. J, P. MURRAY, Office, 145 Queen 8t., Charlottetown, P. E. 1.

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$10 per set. Partia sets $2.00 and up

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strive to Get This Prize

iT WILL PAY YOU.

We will give a good lines on GOFF BROS’, Fashionable Boots and Low Prices,

for Spring,

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prize for the best

A SILK TRANSACTION

of Supreme Importance to Every Lady.

SLACK ANI COLORED SILKS.

We desire to close out all

odd pieces and short lengths

preparatory to receiving our Spring Goods.

All lengths in Colored Silks. short lengths j fanging from 3 to 12 yards, — Pen:

24 inch Surah Silk—five good colors—worth

65¢e. Sale price, 4 inch Printed China,

35¢c. per yard

light and dark grounds, worth 55¢. Sale price,

24 inch Plain China Silk, six good col | worth 45c. Sale price,

35¢. per yard

ors,

wear, worth 75c,

worth 95c. Sale price,

Light Ground Silks, Stripes only, for even- ing wear, worth $1.00. Sale price,

White Cream and Red Ground Silks, Fancy, d4e. per yard

Dark Ground Fancy Silks, suitable for street Sale price,

75e. per yar

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You Will Wrong Yourself if You do not Buy Now. I

59c. per yard Black Moire Silk, regularly sold at 95 cents.

Our price,

a Black Moire Silk—goods well worth $1.15.

Our price,

‘Colored Moire Silk—goods that sell else- 75c. per yard) where at $1.65. Our price,

poem of six or ten etc.,

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EAD WITH CARE!

Then Come and See the Goods.