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OUR LANGUAGE
piference Between Its O86 so-me,- land and America,
is between! England and America;
Mh ss to grammar and pronunciation, difference, “ hich goes deeper than
» language Ever since the time of , Webster there has been, in this com- ey, a desire to make the English lan- sconsistent with itself and employ it ingly. There ts a tendency to speak etite iton a theory, whereas in Eng- gis spoken and written according to
« this usage meant, as in France, decided and imposed by a learned
» i would be very different, but in
od the usage recognized is not even
@f Oxford and Cambridge, but of “—this being the vague name of
sjly indeterminate class, culminating eries of princes and princesses whose gage Was not even wholly English, lf German. There is a tradition in Biaw that the reason why the word car- Tie (carriaze) is masculine instead of Bisine, a3 analogy would require, is be- alittle Bourbon prince, wishing to atte drive, once called for mon car-
weignoreason to think that there mienany such direct royal influence ; , but there is no doubt that Weg is called English society, which is Be ognized standard of speech in its Bpountry, is responsible for inelegancies jpaccuracies of speech which, if they We cciginated here, would very possibly a been repudiated and condemned. To “t is him’’ and ‘‘different to’’ is as wate as to say ‘‘! don't know as’’ or some,’’ the difference being bile a thousand teachers in our own are trying to eradicate these last fieties there is probably no school ‘Ingland where ‘‘different to’’ and ‘‘it “are not recognized as perfectly p because somebody in good so- supposed to use them. And so of nelation. One constantly hears well English people transform ‘‘Oh’’ into .' and “‘when’’ into ‘‘wen’’—the being simply a more refined form of taversion to the h which is seen at its pin Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins. sum it all up, che besetting sin of feans lies in holding a too finical and peutic mode of speech, and paying too yemgard to mere usage, while to Eng- Mp ple usage—meaning social or fash- Usage—is everything and the con- of the language nothing. —Thom- twerth Higginson in Harper’s Ba-
A SHIP’S MACHINERY.
ix Steam Engines in One of the Big Cruisers.
Warship like the Massachusetts of (bited States navy there are alto- 86 steam engines, big and little, in Mipment, and many of these en- ave double steam cylinders—in fact sno less than 153 steam cylinders
so many engines to be supplied leam, it is very apparent that the of economy should be carefully & This subject hi.s been looked into @ less, but it has been found that to mend the engines of many of the es would add still more to the tation, to say nothing about addi- weight and space. Then, again, of the auxiliaries are only occasion- mMought into use. llowever, there is t that as great a stride will be mthe near future in steam econo- # the auxiliary engines az has been vith the main enyines. mough the power of all the auxiliaries ie trial trip of the Massachusetts aver- mly about 2% per cent of the indi- Be lorsepower of the main engine. the @™ amount of steam used by those tiaries was no doubs anywhere from Slipercent of ali the steam gener- * On the trial trip referred to the “engines and the auxiliaries in use el the following powers: Main en- W128 indicated horsepower; air 2}; indicated horsepower, of Merighth of 1 per cent of the power inin engines; circulating pumps, Ms tadicated horsepower, or about one- Nol i per cent: feed pumps, 64 indi- : borsepow cr, or about two-thirds of Per cent ; forced draft blowers, 107 indi- . wer, or about 1 per cent; “TaUSiiaries, 45 indicated horsepower, tone-ha!f of 1 per cent. The total all the auxiliaries was 275 indicated ywer, or as above stated, about 2% "nt of the indicated horsepower of ° Rain engines. ‘this certainly shows re is an opportunity for the de- of the different auxiliaries to try “eit some of this steam cannot be ~—Cassicr’s Magazine.
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, THURSDAY, DECEMBEP 30, 1897.
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QUR BARGAIN OFFERINGS.
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We are determined to round up the old year with a good lively bargain giv ing
Youths’ Clothing.
22 brown d. b. Overcoats, fine beaver, tweed lined,
velveil collar, worth $7.75, now $4.75.
12 blue nap Overcoats, single breasted, fly front,
HALF PRICE
15 grey melton, single breasted, worth $6, now $3.65,
10d. b. fine light grey
$5.75.
14 fine blue melton, raw
now $6.00.
24 Youths’
beaver, worth $9.25, now
edge overcoats, worth $10,
Ulsters, msde from our own make of frieze, colors grey and brown, selling price $10, now $6.
McKay
LEADERS OF VALUE
If you cannot get beef,
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You may choose between
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It is Scott’s Emulsion or
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When you need the best
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It brings prompt results
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JOY! JOY! JOY! = Victoria Cafe, Great George Street.
Oysters served in every style Lunches and dinners with despatch. As usual, I am prepared to deliver Oysters in any quantity to customers to any part of tne city.
Telephone Connection.
JOHN P. JOY
VicToRIA CAFE
Gt George St.....
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(nestion
Now is where can we get a suitable Xmas present fur the least money. Below will be found a list of a few of our cut prices for the Holiday Season only, which will enable von to decide at once, as the time is now short
Eight day, half hovr, cathedral
gong, *triking Clocks, for $3.50 Silver Cake Baskets, (quadruple E plate), Hui Napkin Ringe 50c up P gs 3S
Spoon Holders and Pickle Dishes,
A Waltham Watch with Chaio (good timekeeper) 7.50
Ladies’ Genuine Gold F.lled Walth
am Watch, 15.00 Ladies’ Long Chains, warranted
five years, : 3.00 Ladies’ Solid Gold Gem Rings,
(heavy) ?.00
Broocher, Cuff Buttons, Stick Pins, Chains, Charms, etc, at_extraordinary low prices. R-pairirg promptly attended to by # competent persov. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry.
cc. JURY
Woolen Company
Below is a list of our favorites. and they are sure to win,
Children’s Clothing.
A line of Children’s’ Suits, of patterns,
COST.
tweeds; variety Charlottetown,
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made from our own best wearing suits in
Special values in boys’ Skating Coats,
50 Children’s Overcoats, odds and ends of lots; good
goods, variety of patterns.
HALF PRICE
We never advertise anything but what we have got and at prices we intend to sell. Put us to the test on these
lines, Co., Leaders of Value.
Sceeemneenediiteneaititiast
% peceneoe : Gray's ;
fay § : LAND, fee SYTUD . st MW) ° For Coughs, Spruce: ' Colds, Bron- : ¢ chitis, Sore Cum : * throat, etc. § : KEARY, WATSON & CO., Pnormcroes, * : & WONTHEA.. i
EPPSS COCOA
ENGLISH BREAKFAST COCOA
Possesses the following Distinctive Merits:
DELICACY OF FLAVOR. SUPERIORITY in QUALITY.
GRATEFUL and COMFORTING to the NERVOUS or DYSPEPTIC.
NUTRITIVE QUALITIES UNRIVALLED In Quarter-Pound Tins only.
Prepared by JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd, Homeopathic Chemists, London, England.
HENRY R. LODLY ¢. EB
A.M Gan. Soc, C. E.
Graduate College of Civil Engiveering Corvell University.
Consulting Engineer for General Work, Specialties: Hydraulic, Sanitary Engineer- ng and Bridge Derigning.
Ofticee at Charlottetown and St. John
IsJauu correspondents address t harlotretown.
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Neural cia
In the head is aJmst invariably ceonsed by lecayed and apscessed teeth. Don’t sufier seedlessly when youcan be rele!ved in a few iours and cured in a few davs by the careful realment we will give you.
OR J AYERS
DENTIST. Ec’rac ton of taoch
Pa niess
You will reap the benefit.—McKAY
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WOOLEN
A Friend In Need.
A young man was tried for m»wrder, having killed a member of a rival faction in a faction fight. The judge, reluctant to sentence him to death on account of his youth, turned to bim and said, ‘‘Is there any one in court who could speak as to your character?’’ The youth looked round the court and then said sadly, ‘‘There is no man here, my lord, that I knew.”’ At that my grandfather chanced to. walk into the grand jury gallery. He saw at once how matters stood. He called out, ‘‘ You are a queer boy that don’t know a friend when you see him!”’
The boy was quick witted. He an- swered, ‘Oh, then, it is myself that is proud to see your honor here this day!’’ ‘*Well,’’ said the judge, ‘‘Sir Vere, since you know that boy, will you tell us what you know of him?” “I will, my lord,”’ said my grandfather, ‘‘and what I can tell you is this: That from the very first day that ever I say him to his minute I never knew anything of him that was not good.” The old tenant ended his tale by striking his hands together and exclaiming, ‘‘ And he never to have ciapped his eye upon the boy till this minute?’’ The boy escaped being hanged.—Recollections of Aubrey de Vere.
As He Tells Ft.
A restaurant keeper in the Jellico and Coal Creek country of Kentucky has the following business card:
‘*Twenty-five cents an EKat—25 cents s sleep. The Edwards House, P. M. Ed- wards, Proprietor, Coal Creek, Tenn., Di- rectly opposite R. R. depot. Not the lar- gest hotel in the berg. Not newly furnished throughout. No free bus to trains. Not the best grub the market affords. But sim- ply clean beds and something good to eat. Toothpicks and ice water thrown in, Try us! Pay up! And if not satisfied keep mum. Our city is composed mostly of hogs, diggers, merchants and lawyers, named in the order of their importance. Good crosstie walks on all the principal thoroughfares. ’’—Exchange.
Credentials Missing. ** Josephine is in trouble.”’ **What is the matter?’’ “She lost her pocketbook with her dl- vorce certificate in it.’’—Chicago Record.
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Attorneys at Law, Commissioners. etc
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J. A. McDowaLp. G. 8. Inwas, Ch’town, dec7 —eod3inw&lawsw,
BEE MOUNTAIN,
A Crevasse Filled With Honey and Occu-
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pied by Snakes.
About 20 miles from Cleburne on the Brazos river is Bee mountain. On one side it rises several hundred feet above the country around and the other fronts the river and rises perpendicularly for 500 feet. On the perpendicular side are several crevasses or caves, in which places are mil- lions of bees and tons upon tons of honey. It is impossible to scale the dizzy heights from below, although the rocks are worn- out places that look as if steps had been made to climb this mountain ages and ages ago, and it is believed by some that abori- gines scaled this cliff to procure honey for their primitive meals.
Within the memory of man, however, parties have been daring enough to have themselves suspended with a rope and let down to where the bees enter the rocky bluff, and the tales they told of the vast amount of honey would sound like a story from the ‘‘ Arabian Nights.’’
One man, a cowboy, who werked on the old Abe Wilson ranch, which was quite famous here in an early day, had the temerity to have some of his colaborers let him down with a rope. Where the bees entered, he said, the crevasses were not large enough for a man to enter, but a lit- tle south of that point was a hole about 4 feet high and 8 or 10 feet wide, which he entered. What ho saw simply struck him dumb with amazement. There, hanging from the top of the cave, which seemed to extend for a quarter of a mile back, were great combs of honey 20 or 30 feet long and from 4 to 6 feet wide. They looked like a great lot of fing silk lace curtains hanging in some grand old hallway. The hum- ming of the bees sounded like the noise of many spindles in a great factory. He had a hunting knife with him and sliced off a piece of the honey and ate it, and was just about to slice off more to bring to his companions on the mountain above, who were waiting to pull him up, when his attention was drawn to another direc- tion. On listening closely he detected a hissing sound and one unlike that made by the bees. Presently, from the direc- tion from whence the sound proceeded, he saw at least 100 serpents coming toward him, their little beadlike eyes shining in the glare of the torch he carried. To use a street phrase, he ‘‘tore out,’’ leaving his hunting knife and this Klondike of honey behind.
When his friends had pulled him up, he had fainted from the fright. When he re- covered, he told them what he had seen. At first they laughed at him, but finally it became an accepted fact that in Bee mountain there are tons of honey, but no one since that time has ever been reckless enough to venture in that cave, where not only millions of bees and tons of honey are to be found, but where a den of ser- pents greets the intruder. Alderman Tom Childress has a summer home which ad- joins this mountain, and is going to tun- nel into the side of it and try to arrange to exterminate the serpents and have this wonder to exhibit to his friends.—Galyes- ton News. ce
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; A card on the out-ile of office door says": “(Gone to lunch. Be back inten minutes.” And, the man will be there on time, thet is, for some days, w2eks, or even monthe he will. Then be will beat home occa siovally fora day. He’i! tell you he bad a headache, a turn of cholera morbus, or ma”be he’il say he had a Jump in his st mach and felt too miserable to move. The lu.op was probably two or three ten- minute lunches condensed.
The man who “ bolts” his lunches will find Dr, Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets the best friend he ey>r met.
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A... Watch
Makes a very acceptable and nse- ful Xmas present.
We are showing a nice assortment of reliable time-keepers at
VERY LOW PRICES
We will be pleased to have you call and examine our Watches be forepurchasing,as we may save you
$$$ We Guarantee Every Watch.
W. N. TANTON
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