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DECEMBER 14, 1887.

Trade of P. E. Island.

:mon saving that figures can De

Cis a made to prove anything. We regret that Mr. George Macleod, of the Bank vf Nova Svotia, has been at very great pains to make ** the nut,’ to the prejadice of this Province

Take

spect to the

them show thing that is

fur example, his figuring with re-

He leaves out vi the caleculativa, altugecher, the fact that Prince Edward [sland is, by far, the most Can sda.

population

densely pvpulitel Province in Toere are in Priace Elwird [sland 51 per- sons to the square mile, to 21 in Nova

11.6 in New Brunswick, 7.2 in Quebec, 10.53in Ontario. Thatis to say Prince Elward Island

is five times more thickly populated than Ontario, seven times

Scotia,

more than Quebec,and upwards of four times In Prince Ed 12.5

2 1 acres of un-

more than New Brunswick. ward Island there are only acres ol land

upied land to

occupied and only

each person; while in

Qnatario there are 60.5 acres of eccupied land ‘to each person, m Quebec 88.3, in New Brunswick,

54.1 in Nova Scotia, 33.7; and the acreage

f unoccupied Jand in these other Provinces

. ‘ le e My , +) , 7 ry! ] f of Uanada pet head of the population o 1881 ranges from 18.1 to 4,407.5. It was, we submit, manifestly unfair to leave these figures out of the calculation ; for it cannot reason ibly be expec ted that a< smparatively thickly peopled agricultural country Ww ll grow in population so fast as oue of varied th the popula- Nor need Mr. Macleod have omitted mention of the fact that in only,one of the old Provinces of

, natural attractions in wit

tion is comparatively thin.

Canada has the increase of population been more rapid than in Prince Edward Island. To show that the increase here was below the average, Mr. Macleod was obliged to inelnde the new Provines and the Territor- ies whose white populations have been almost wholly made up within ihe past ten years.

Mr. Macleod’s figuring respecting Char- In the first showing the

jottetown jis equally unfair.

place his figures increase

of population between 1881 and 1886, are drawn, not from census returns-—no census has been taken since 1881—but from a bald

estimate of the City Clerk. Therefore, they

should not have been taken to prove any- thing. In the second place, we know that there never were more houses in the town

than there are now and never fewer empty

ones. In fact it is questionable whether there are not rather more peove n Caarlottetown than

—sveins that, wa are under a greit nitural

disalvantage in respect to manufactyring— the to be

there ought to be for business

done for this small Province.

Me. M:Us>l lays great stress upon the mstucel aivsatages of Prinse Eiwsd {sliul N» doubt these are gre st But he says nothins about the disadvantages— the insular position, the ice barrier of winter, the cunsequent inability of our people tu take advantage of the outside yrairkets during four or five months of the year;the absence of minerals, the im possibility of having large maaufaccures, --

and he seems to forget that the Continental

Provinces possess natural advantages to attract population of which ours 1s desti- tute.

The chief of the other Provin- ees are on the highways of continental trade

the

cities

and travel ; their markets are open

year round ; many of them are near to

materials for manufacturing;

attracted t

mines and

men are easily large cities

where they have wide fields in which to

exert their talents. Uader the stimulus of the National Policy they have, consequent- in recent years ** by leaps

Is it any Charlottetown has not added to her

ly, progressed wonder that popu-

Mr. Macleod says should fairly reflect of the Island. But he ought to know that it not—- that towns and villages which have sprung up along the line of the P. E. Island Rail- way now absorb much of the trade of those Charlotte-

end bounds.’ lation and wealth so rapidly as they / that

the

Charlottetown progress

does

sections of the Province which town formerly supplied.

One of the most remarkable features of Mr. Macleod’s address is

By reason of wild-cat banking—not confined

his bank return.

to the banks which went into liquidation— the people of this Province lost contidence in the chartered banks, and withdrew most of With what result ? Some of their capital is invested in

their deposits. manufacturing and other enterprises in the sister Provin- ces, and they now have $2,130,638.44 in

Dominion securities. Properly stated Mr.

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Mr. Macleod quotes the Dominion re- turns of exports and imports during the But these, he must know,

past ten years. We are yea: by

are of no value whatever. own country,

year trading more with our

returns at the Jouses ; and the fact that ‘Aports and imports to British and Foreign is not

without making

the returns of

possessions show a slight falling off, ,sign that we are not prosperous under resent conditions. If we have not, in re-

much at as high prices as we

due to good

sold as produce a‘ we

to sell

cent years, were able lesired, the fact is largely iarvests and improved means of communi sation all over the world. Of this we are, st all events, quite certain:: our people never lived in such good style as they do now, —never were, practically, so well : off.

With Mr. Macleod’s conclusion that ‘his Province would be benefitted by free trade with the Uuited: States, we are in entire wreement ; aud we regret that his remark- sble omissions in respect te the position ted to beget suspicion that his argument is not so strong as he desires it We must, however, give him the justice to deal of labor lu- deed, it seems t# us a pity that he tried to Yankees

say that he bestowed a great

upon the composition of his address.

prove so much.: If those cute should be convinced by Mr. Macleod’s argument that we and other exporters of potatves bear the burden of the duty which they levy, they: will, probably, keep the duty on potatoes while the world lasts °

It will, taxpayers in this Province to learn, from

however, be consoling to the an undoubted financial authority like Mr. Macleod, that

which the exporter pays the duty, and that

there are conditions under

at least some of the duties levied in Canada may really be paid by those who send us the goods.

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Life Saying Appliance.

Mr. Henry FI. Cogmss, who is just now

visiting Charlottetown, has left at THE EXAMINER office the model of a_ boat

fitted with a view to the saving of life in cases of shipwreck. It is claimed that any boat can be made comparatively safe by the use of the appliances, which consist of iron at the

longitudinal strips of

sides to which persons who unfortu-

nately suffer an upset may cling, or by they under

means of whith may climb up favorable circum- boat ; of. air : and of the

thwarts, in which provisions may be stored

to the keel or stances right a at the

water-tight

eapsized

cha mbers stem and stern

air and lockers under

and kept undamaged. These are certain- ly great improvements on the ordinary ship’s boat, and Mr. Coombs’ proposal that su order should be issued for their adoption by the owners of all Canadian vessels, seems to be a good one, if the saving of life at sea is Mr. ready to yield up his patent right to the

improvements without any recompense, if

to ke considered. Coomls is

only the Government will aceept his pro- Concerning the improvements, :Mr. A. M. Smith, President of the Collingwood Lake Superior line of steamers, writes ::

pi sal.

‘**] have examined the life saving appliances ships boats, invented by Mr. H. Coombs, of St. John, N. B., and I consider tiem the best and mgst practicable attacli- nent for taat pe: pose that [ have séen. As far as my judgment goes, I think if would be 4 wise and humane action if the Goveinrent would make it compulsory on ship owners to have the attachment on all or sume of their life boats,”’ ;

This is a strong recommendation from a high authority.

Self Calture

Wuat the President of ovr Literary:and Scientific Society says about self culture is worthy of note on the part of all citizens, In this age the means of self cylture are ever at hand,

and especially the young men.

avail ‘our- and

purchased very cheaply at

and most of us ‘may, if we will,

selves of them. Improving papers

books may be the bookstores or read at the reading room. For a public litrary at which the best books might be had, there is, however, great need in Charlottetown, and we hope that the one will be

movement on foot to obtain

successful. An excellent letter on the subject will be found in THe EXaMIner of to-morrow. ——_ : ae +e = A writer in the Springtield (Mass. ) Re- prblican, who has been travelling over the Canadian Pacific,” remarks: ‘* The evergy which has produced this marvel of human skill, ingenuity, and bravery in discomftiting the apparently insurmountable difficulties prepared by nature for ran, is but an ex- pression of the character which animates the people throughout the whole vast vun- tinent of British North America.”

— The receipts of the Government, dur- ing the month of November, amounted to $2,886,889, making for the first five months of the current fiscal years a total of

Macleod’s bank returns should read as| $14,589,840. The expenditures of , the eo Government te the 30th November amunt- — . |ed to $12,820,768,showing a surplus to that 1876. 1386. 1 te « ‘Sl 769 073 . Current account bala nces....8 415,000 8 184,000 Gate Of Pt, 4 97 EU, Deposits on interest.. 591,000 161,000 LOGns .. . 1,485,000 694,000 The Rifle. Dominion securities. . 305,000 2,140,000 eileen 82,799,000 $3.179,000| Tue sixth and last competition for thé Sil-

T US, in ad of . lecrease, as sh wo by

Mr. Macleod, there is really a substantial incre ise, even though our deposits M>rchauts’ Bank of Halifax

Lito a

are not taken scount. And, besides, the

The

ky ¢ , > ’ ° : binks are now, after involving the loss of

money is

mov securely invested ! chartered

hundreds of thousands of dol'ars, doing’ business ona sulid basis, and the security of the Dowinivn & undoubted.

in the |

| Nos. 3and 4 Batteries, Garrison Artillery, | was held on the Georgetown Range on Satui |day, the 3rd inst. Gunner D. A.

| was the successful competitor, having Wn it j twice. The following is the result of the six | competitions :—

XAMINER, - - - -

| Custom }

and progress of this Province are caleula- |

t» be thought. |

ver Medal presented by Adjutant Morsen to}

Stewart

St. James’ Hall.

Ture first of the series of Tectures under ithe auspices of the Young Men's Literary ‘Society in connection with St. James’ | Church, was given in St. James’ Hall last evening. ‘The lecturer was Rev. E. Scott, | A. M..of New Glasgow, N. 8., and the sub- | ject ‘* The False Prophet Mahomet.” The | audience Rey. James Carruthers, the popular pastor of St. James’. presided. The lecture was exceedingly interesting and instructive, and the easy, graceful delivery of the lecturer lent additicnal pleasure tothe discourse. The rev. gentleman, in opening, said he yould divide his discourse into four parts (1) the state of Arabia and the Arabs before | the coming of Mahomet; (2) the personal his- tory of Mahomet ; (3) the religious system of Mahomet; and (4) the progreas of this system after Mahomet’s death. Each of these four parts were taken up in turn and learnedly discussed. In _ considering the first part he showed the turbulent un- conquerable spirit of the Arab and gave some exceedingly interesting historical facts in connection with the state of affairs in Arabia up to the time of the coming of Mahomet. The second part was explana- tory of the early history of the prophet. }Mahomet was bern at Mecca, 570 years jafter Christ, and was of noble parentage. i When he was yet young his parents died, and his relatives, with a solicitude not un- common even at the present day, looked after the property they left with such care that when Mahomet came to get his share it wasan exceedingly small one. In early life he exhibited a strong religious feeling, and eagerly devoured all the literary food at his disposal. At twenty-five he married a wealthy widow, some fifteen years older than himself. The wealth of his wife restor- ed him to affluence, but not to his former rank and station ; but did not detract any- thins from his taste for religion. One day he took his wife to a cave, to which he had been iu the habit of going at stated periods for spiritual consolation, and told her that while there he had been visited by the Angel Gabriel, and commanded to go forth and preach to his fellow men. His wife, who must have been more _ tractable than sume of those of the present day, at once fell in with the ideas of her husband, and there and then became his first con- vert. Mahomet next succeeded in convert- ing his relatives, and shortly afterwards had no less than ten of the chief eitizens of Mecca enrolled under his banner. For some time his progress, though somewhat slow, wassure. He soon hada goodly number of followers, about one-fifth of whom, however, were women,

During this time Mahomet often had special com- munion with the Angel Gabriel; and one night he was, so he told his followers, taken up to Heaven on a white horse, and had actually passed within two bow shots of the throne. His followers became more numerous as 4 result of this journey, and his power correspond- ingly increased. About this period of his career, .the tribe of | Koreish began to be jealous of his growing power, and determined to put him to death. This news coming to Mahomet’s ear, he fied to Medina. At Medina he was received with open arms, and a large number of people enrolled themselves under his banner. Here he was. for a number of years king as well as pro- phet. All he said was law. The existing laws which did not accord with his “views were repealed. He told his followers that

he received all his decrees from God, and they were, therefore, satisfied. During the first few years of his life at Medina

Mahomet spent his time preaching and praying, but now that he had a_ following vf some 15,Q00 people his manner under- went a transformation. He tald his people that he had a revelation which commanded him to extend his kingdom by the sword. He promised ali who would follow 4mm _ to

battle that they would have great happiness hereafter. This inducement had its effect, and he sallied forth. His first act was one of

highway robbery. After this preliminary success his followers increased, and he started on an expedition, having for his object the capture of Mecca, his birth- place,and from which he had but afew years previously been obliged to fleefor his life. Che Koreish, hearing that Mahomet was advancing with 10,000 meu at his back,

surrendered Mecca without a blow. Mahomet did not stop’ with the capture of Mecca. He _ carried

on the Gospel of the Sword with varying

success until his death of fever at Medina

on the 7th June, 632. The religious sys-

tem of Mahomet was next discussed, and

was also exceedingly interesting. The Koran, which embodies this system, con)

tains 114 chapters, the greater number o!

which were prohably composed by Mahomet

himself. He tayght his followers to be-

lieve that the Koran was written in Heaven

and shown to him by the Angel. Gabriel

from the Seventh Heaven. Many of the chapters are peculiarly named, and their contents are peculiar also. (The rev. lec- turer here read several extracts showing the’ uniqueness of arrangement ;giving descrip-

tions of judgment day, future punishment

and happiness, ete., whieh were much appreciated.) Mahomet claimed, it will be

noted, not to have inaugurated any new religion, but to have resuscitated the old

one which the Angel Gabriel had command- ed him to perpetuate. The followers of

Mahomet are firm believers in God's inter- changeable foreordination. They believe that God has decreed a time and manner of dying for each man, and that anything they may do cannot hasten the consymmation of God's decree. They believe also that each life taken means for the taker additional reward in Paradise ; and this fact, the lec-

turer thought, accounted in a large measure for the eagerness with which they rush into battle, and for the periodical massacres of Christians about which we have so often read of late years. The fourth and con- cluding portion of the lecture consisted of a brief-review of the state of Mahommed- anism after the death of its founder.

A hearty vote of thanks, moved by Rev.

W. R. Frame, and seconded by Rev. D, MeNeill, was accorded the lecturer, to iwhich he happily respouded, after which | the well-pleased audience dispersed. The next lecture of the course will be | delivered by Dr. James McLeod. on Tues- day evening, 27th inst. Subject ; ** The Evolution of Medicine.” We hope to seea crowded house.

le: A I CLamvoyancy.—-Have you salled on the Clairvoyant yet? Do so, then, as her stay is

was not so large as was expected.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Treat All Slike. | es | Sre,~In yesterday's issue of Taw Ex-

amixerk, under the heading of ie Mavistrate’s Court, appears a list of names for violation of the Canada Temperance Act. | ‘This is all very well when justice is dealt out to all parties alike, but when we see a favored | class, as there unquestionavly is at the present | time, 1 think such a course very questionable. | Yesterday, during the progress of the Scott Act trials, loads of liquors were being hauled to a party in this city under the very eyes of some prominent temperance men, Were any of those parties whose nanies appear in yester- day's paper to do the same thing, hew quick spotters would be placed on their track ; spies would be placed on guard to watch their every movement. Let the law be enforced; but treat Jew and Geatile alike

3 STock TAKER. Dec. 12.

To New.y Weppep Coupies.—An induee- ment is placed before ‘newly wedded couples” by a Nova, Scotian weekly paper, which offers itself for on year for 50 cents, but only upon the condition that the wedding notice be sent tothe paper for publication and paid tor.

SALE OF PAPERS & MAGAZINES

—ON-- TUESDAY, 20th INSTANT,

ft. Y.M.C. A-READING ROOM,

All Members of the Y. M. C. A. are entitled to attend this gale.

All the leading English and American Mag- azines will be offered. An opportunity is afforded of procuring the best literature at much less than regular price.

CHAS. LEIGH, JR., Secretary. 1887.

Dec. 14.

Winter Mail Service at Cape Trav- erse—Winters 1887-88,

TENDERS will be received at the Agency of the Marine Department, Charlot'etown, up to the 3ist December, inst,, at 12 o’clock, noon, for the conveyance between Boat House and edge Board Ice, at Cape Traverse, of Boats, Crews. Mails, Baggege, Express and other Goods, crossing inthe Government Ice-boats. Tenders to state rate per trip of three boats.

Two good and sufficient sureties will be required for the faithful performance of the service. Information may be obtained by parties

wishing to tender. upon application at the Agency , Charlotietown. A. LORD,

Agent Marine Department. Ch’town, Dec, 13, 1887—dec'4 3ieod her jour 2i

Apples, Lemons, (ranges, Onions, &,

BY Auction, THURSDAY, December 15th, at 1l o'clock, 75 Barrels No. 1 New York Baldwins, 25 do N.S. Baldwins, 10 Boxes Onions. 5 Cases Lemons.

5 «do Oranges, Tea, Candies, Wrapping Paper, &c., to close out consignments. A. McNEILL, Auctioneer.

Dee, 12, 1887—2i

BY AUCTION,

AT my Salesroom, on THURSDAY, 15th inst., at 11 o’clock,—

50 Berrels Choice Winter-keeping Apples, in

'omkins, Bishop Pippins, Baldwins, Northern

Spy, Nonpareils; also a few Barrels Graven-

steins. Gi. M. HARBIS, Auctioneer,

Dec. 13, 1887

GRAND

irises Sale.

84 Case: Japanese soods, direct from Hiogo, Japan, BY AUCTION, 2 ete

MONDAY, December 19th,

At ll o’clock, at STEVENSON’S BUILDING, QUEEN sTREET,—

HE Largest and Pest-selected and most Ele

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The whole invoice, which embraces many valu- able and fancy articles. suitable -for Christraas and othes Presents, wi]! bs sold without reserve.

Catalozues at Sale. )

A. McNEILL,

Dee. 12° 1887:—ts Ancteares.

tA PUT ON YOUR

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Call and inspect.

MARK WRIGHT & CO.

Ch'town, Dec. 13, 1887.

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DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING

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