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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

The Fisheries Treaty.

Flasw’t the Patriot been rather too hasty

in its condemnation of the Fisheries

[reaty ? Seusible people usuaily like to

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Daily

Varia.

The papers received in the mail last night

contain very little that calls for notice in

foreign politics. A speech made by the

| Hungarian Prime Minister is generally con- | sidered satisfactory, so far as it went. M. | Tisza says that Austria accepts the pacific

know something about a thing before they |

either praise or condemn it. So far we . ao on TW nocs > know nothing about the Fisheries Preaty

except the bald fact that it has been signed

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explanations of Russia, but as the war pre- parations of the Czar’s Government have been made, she thinks it is prudent not to be careless on the subject. In the German Reichstag there have been exciting debates

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‘Canning, to proclaim the | William

word and these fowls came but lately into

“ngland, and upon this it was directed to_ sever the damages, for otherwise, if the | damages shall be joyntly given, and be ill for these of the turkies for the reason above said, it will overturn all the verdict.” |

Merry Wedding Bells. |

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Merry wedding bells ‘trang out across the snow” on Thursday, the 9th inst., at | nupitals of | of the late John B.

Young, sen

‘on the bill for continuing and strengthening | Yor:ny, C. E., (who was lost in the steam- |

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by the C mmissioners of Great Britain, | Cana ia and the United States. The re- ports from Washington may or may not be the pr f the brain of some ‘‘enterpris- | ing” young American reporter or corres Pp deat. We have no guarantee that they are true. When the treaty has been sub-

y mitted tu Congress or Parliament, und pub lished, it wili be time enough to draw con-

clusions and

corning it Sensible men will, in the

meantime, keep their minds free and un-

preju liced. [he reports, whether true or untrue, are. however, sufficiently interesting t

prom te speculation as to what the terms

of the treaty may be. Certainly we shall have no just cause of disappointment or condemnation if it be found that the treaty does not involve a settlement of the question as well as of the fisheries dispute

It takes two to make abargain. If the

people of the States are su wedded to the protective system that they are unwilling to enter into reciprocal trade relations with Canada, the British and Canadian connis- sioners ate not to be blamed if they failed to induce the American Commissioners to

come to terms on the trade question.

The Scott Act in Westmorciand.

* Tue result of the Scott Act contest in Westmoreland is satisfactory in so far as it the throughout the County, of a strong temperance sentiment. But if the figures do not lie, the majority of electors in Westmoreland, as in Charlotte-

indicates presence,

town, have cause to carry their sentiments intv practice and te control by the operation of the law, the traffic in strong drink. A correspondent of one of the Moncton papers supplies the following statistics. He says: «TI give the figures from the Inland Revenue returns: UNDER LICENSE. Beer, Gal. per head.

Totai Gals.

Spirits. Gal. per head.

per head.

1877..... 975 2.322 3.297 1878..... .960 2.169 3.429 Ben si 1.131 2.209 3.340 1380. 715 2.348 3.063 12.829

Yearly average per Lead...... 3.207

UNDER SCOTT ACT.

Spirits, Gal. Beer. Gal. Total Gals,

per head. per head. per head. 1883.....1.000 2.822 3.972 Ee 2.924 3.922 1885. . 1.126 2.639 3.765 1836 711 2.538 3.549 15.20% Yearly average per head 3.802

Greater average yearly consumption under Scott Act, more than one-half gallon per head. The writer challenges any one in West- moreland to prove that these figures are not true. If they are true it is quite evident

that temperance has not advanced under

the Scott Act, andthat strong practical efforts should be made to_ enforce the law.

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Editorial Notes.

—During the past year 13,500 passengers from Europe landed at Halifax, an increase of 5,000 over 1886.

—The net earnings of the Bank of Nova Scotia last year amounted to 11 1-5 per cent. on the capital ; and the annuai state- ment of the People’s Bank of Halifax shows a net profit of nearly $35,000. Prusperous.

~The Toronto Globe remarks that one of the pleasantest features of Mrs. Mowat’s successful reception, on Friday night, to members of the Legislature. was the cordial personal fraternisation of those who hold opposite opinions in politics. This is as it should be. It is a sorry thing when differ- ences of view on public questions import themselves into private and and social life.

~—-Imperial Federation remarks that, “Tf the rumor, which grows more and more circumstantial week after week,

that a line of steamers worthy to rank with the Umbria and Utruria will be running ere long between Montreal and England, has any foundation in fact, it will be seen that in one most important respect the people of Montreal have indeed risen to their responsibilities.

Wuo He Was.—W>m. Hustler, the old man who was killed while walking ou the Northern and Western Railway track near Fredericton, Thursday night last, was quite well known in Moncton. He was a junk dealer, and made frequent trips to Moncton, for the purpose of disposing of his goods to the iron foundry. Hustler wes a native of Swansea, England, and was a respectable o!d man but inclined to be penurious. It is said that when business called him this way he would walk on the railway from Newcastle to Moncton to save the fare, and he was no doubt walking on the track when killed. He formerly did business it is said, in Campbelton, P. E. Island, in the stand nowwceupied by J. A. Matheson. His wife and family live on a farm at Miminigash, P. F. L., aud the deceased ie supposed to have been very well off.— Moncton Times.

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Texrtsuy Burwep.—A frightful accident occurred at Quebec, at the residence of a man nawed Marceau, an Tuesday last. A servant, @ yong girl named Fiset, while firing up the Turaace inthe basement, had her stockings set on fire by a spark, and in a thrice she was a mass of flares. Before she could be extinguish- os one her. pasning, clothes torn from her »»dy, She vVras so « readfall vureed er svadory fe dyulAfal, r -

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the laws against Socialism. measure was referred toa mittee.

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* It is now an exploded idea that the moon

peuple, although believed. Indeed,

There are some credulous people think that the moon has something to do weather. Scientific researches have disproved this over and over agen, but the tradition is still held to, and is even supported by so respectable a publication as ** Chappelle’s Almanac.” But I believe it to be a fact that the rays of the moon sv affect animal macter as to hasten putrefac- tion. In warm countries it is found that meat so exposed is putrified directly. Another curious power of moonlight is of developing a temporary blindness, caused by the glare of the sun on bright objects. Among the troops stationed at Bermuda, it has been found that two-thirds of the men remember read-

sine” that a pirate ship was several times aearly captured owing to all the men being moonblind at night. The captain ordered all his men to bind up one eye during the day, and by that means they could see with that eye to navigate the ship at night. A surgeon of one of Mer Majesty's ships of war, the men of which were similacly affected, tried the experiment, and found that bandaging the eyes at night and giving them complete rest restored in time, their sight at moonlight. **%

The other day I came across the origin of the term ‘ @rother Jonathaa,” which I had never seen before. I give the story as 1 found it: When General Wash- ington, after being made General Com- mander of the army of the revolution, came to Massachusetts to organize it, and make preparations for the defence of the country, he found a great want of ammuni- tion and other means necessary tu meet the powerful fue he had to contend with, and great difliculty to obtainthem. If attacked in such condition, the cause at once might be hopeless. On one oceasion at that anxious period, a consultation of the officers and others wus held, when it seemed no way could be devised to make such prepar- ations as were necessary. His excellency, Jonathan Trumbull the elder, was thea Governor of the State of Connecticut, on his judgment and aid the General placed the greatest reliance, and remarked: ‘ We must consult Brother Jonathan on the subject.’ The, General did so, and the Governor was successiul in supplying many of the wants of the army. When difficul- ties afterwards arose arid the army was spread over the cuuntry, it became a by- word, ‘We must consult Brother Jonathan.’ The term Yankee is still applied to a por- tion, but ‘* Brother Jonathan” has now become a designation of the whole country as John Bull has for England.

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1 have often thought that a history of the different mourning customs and cos- tumes of the different nations would be in- teresting. There may be such a work, but I have never seen it. Among the ancients

mourning was expressed. by differ- ent signs: tearing their clothes, wearing sack cloth, laying aside ensigns of honor; thus Plutarch from

the time of his leaving the city with Pom- pey, neither shaved his head, nor, as usual, wore the crown or garland. Amongst the Romans a year of m2arning was ordained by law, for women who had lost their hus- bands. The colors of the dress or habit worn to signify grief vary in different countries. In Europe, the ordinary color for mourning is black, which, being the privation of light, is supposed to denote the termination of life. In China, it is white, the emblem of purity, which color was the mourning of the ancient Spartan and Roman ladies. “In Egypt, it is yellow, which,representing the color of leaves when they fall, and flowers when they fade, signifies that death is the end of all human hopes. In Ethiopia, brown, which denotes the earth to which all the dead return. In Turkey, blue, which is an emblem of the happiness which it is hoped the deceased enjoys. Kings and Cardinals mourn in purple or violet, which is supposed tu ex- press the combination of scrrow and hope. The custom of mourning for the dead in shrieks and howlings is of great antiquity, and prevails almost universally among the followers of Mahomet. + +

Those who follow the filthy habit of smoking, set much store upon the meers- chaum pipe by which they are enabled to, what they call, ‘“‘ enjoy the weed.” I be- lieve that the appearance of meerschaum before its manu‘acture somewhat resembles foam. It is stated to be found floating in the Sea of Aziof, and on the shores of Samos and Negropont. From either of these circumstances its name, ‘‘sea-foam,” may have beer derived. It consists of hydrate of magnesia, with silex, carbonic acid and water. It is dug from the ground in several places in Turkey, where it is used as soap. The tobacco pipes are made in Turkey by a process analagous to that for making pottery-ware, aod imported into Germany where they are prepared for sale by soaking them first in wax, then in tal- low, and finally polishing them with shane- grass, orcrape. The latter is used to re- move scratches or imperfections from those injured in packing. bs

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Until the other day J thought there was

one class of books out of which absolutely

| nothing interesting could be found.

I mean law books, the big, generally dusty, volumes which line the walls ofa lawyer’s office. But

Iwasin a law office the other day, and’ upon turning over the leaves of one ancient volume I found most interesting reading. Here is une specimen: ‘* Trespass. Plain- tiff declares that the defendant did break

his close and eat his grass, etc, cum averiis

suis, to wit, oxen, sheep, hogs, avibus, auglice turkies, and the judge did hold that turkies are not comprised within our

gemiiead Wurth “avert,” which ip wn URL lew

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Ultimately the | ship City of Bostor), grandson of the late | Select Com-| Hon. M. B. Almon, and grand-nephew and |

principal heir of the late Sir William | Youny, to Miss Margaret Rebecca Rand,

‘daughter of Leader Rand, M. P. P., for

The groom isin his 23rd |

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rey . i (rue to the teachings of

his great-grandfather, the distinguished ‘* Avvicola,” Mr. Young has elected to ‘follow the plough ” and will Gedicate his ample means and powerful physique to pomological, potatological and stock breed- ing enterprises, in all of which he will have the best wishes of hosts of friends in this city, where the name he bears is looked on as a household word, and where every- thing tending to perpetuate and honor it becomes of publicinterest.—Halifax Herald, Feb 15.

(The bridegroom is a grand-nephew of our fellow-townsman, Judge Young. ]

The “ Sick Man.”

(The Empire.)

** We have on our hands,” said the Czar Nicholas to the British ambassador, before the Crimean war, referring to Turkey, ‘‘a sick 1uan —a very sick man.” The expres- sion was apt and it stuck. History repeats itself, and Canada has also on hand a very ‘**sick man"—the alleged Liberal party. its friends in accents of despair are dis- cussing its condition, and noting with ap- prehension the signs ot approaching disso- lution. Something must be done, they say, or our ‘sick man” will die. The doctors of the party admit the danger, and while some are for using such drastic re- medies as free trade, others cling to the hope that nature will work out her own eure. Inu this conflict of opinion the old difficulty creps up—whe shall decide when doctors disagree / The physician in charge at. present is not very familiar with the constitution of his patient, and, fearful of making matters worse, looks on hopelessly at the gradual decline. His brother physi- cians, hke all rash empirics, would perform an operation, but the ** sick man” himself feebly protests, while his pulse grows fainter and his grasp of things mundane weaker.

Yet what a goodly array of skilful heal- ers. There is Dr. Cartwright, with any amount of nerve, but so gloomy that his doleful predictions fill the sick reom with despundency. Dr. Mills is to the front, too, with ponderous brain and any amount of lore, but so over-confident of his own poWers that none will’believe in him, Dr. Paterson smiles his self-satisfied smile, and blusters occasionally thar the patient is getting along famously, while his dull-eyed, haggard co-laburers lovuk at him with en- vious admiration and wonder how he can be so glib under such circumstances. Dr. Charlton glowers at enquiring friends and ignores the distressing symptoms. In the background therestand Dr. Davies, with the airy complacency of the very young practi- tioner; Dr. McMullen, who chirps out his unsolicited prescriptions to the manifest annoyance of all; and Dr. Casey, who has nearly talked the ‘‘sick man” to death. Dr. Cameron has dropped the case, and at this providential deliverance the patient got better for a time, but has suffered a re- iapse. Dr. Laurier’s treatment, being of that mild and negative character which in- variably ends up with an impressive fune- ral, the *‘sick man” of Canadian pclitics lingers on till Dr. Edgar puts the finishing touches to the dirge.

hr Te EI AI ae Right of the Starving to Take Bread.

Cardinal Manning, in the Fortnightly, pleads guilty to the J'imes’ charge that he had countenanced ‘‘the fallacy that under the Poor Law men have a natural right to work for bread.”” One clause of the Car- dinal’s reply has been extensively de- nounced, and it is, therefore, proper to give the context. He says:

“The Times thinks it sufficient to reply that there is no obligation upon any one to give work. If it had extended its ergument to the other limb of the alternative it would have answered itself. But the 7'imes wisely refrains from saying that there is no natural obligation on men to give bread to the hun- gry. This needs no proof, even apart from Christian law. The obligation, therefure, is universal, but those who can give work as the condition of earning bread have an alternative in which they are free to choose, while those who cannot give work are certainly not ob- liged by any natural law to do so. For them it is enough to give bread, which, if they can give, they are bound to give. Some men, therefore, have an alternative and others none, but all are bound by nataral obliga- tions, if they can, to feed the hungry.

** But it may be saict that granting the obli- gation in the giver does not prove a right in the receiver. To which I answer that the ob- ligation to feed the hungry springs from the natural right of every man to life, and to the food necessary for the sustenance of life. So strict is this natural right that it prevails over all positive laws of property. Necessity has po law, and a starving man has a natural right to his neighbor’s bread.

**T am afraid that those who speak so confi- dently about rights, obligations and laws, have not studied or have forgotten the first principles of all human positive law. If the law of property did not rest upon a natural right it could not long exist. They who deny it justify the dictum, La proprtete c'est le vol. They who attirm that property rests upon a vatural right cannot, without destroyigg their own assertion, deny that the first patna right of man isto live. Pven self-detence issuing in the taking of the life of an aggressor is recog uised as the natural right of self-defence. Be- tore the natural right to live all human laws raust_give way ; and this natural right in every Joan lays upon F'l men the 0»-relative obliga- tion to sustain the life man when it is threatened with extinction. The lawofnatu- tal charity recognises in each the sume right fo live, and imposes upon us afl, aozording to our power, the obligation to sustain the life of others as we sustain our own.”

The cardinal then proceeds tc show by

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numerous citations that ‘ton this foun-

datien all Poor Laws from Elizabeth ty thy present Uuy pepoye.” ;

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Submarine Railway to P. #. Island (Halifax Mail)

A Halifax inventor has brought to the notice of the minister of marine and fisheries a novel scheme for the construction of a Submarine Cable Railway to connect

Prince Edward Island and the mainland, There is to be a single track of plate steel,

"in sections of twenty feet length, V shaped,

two and a half feet wide at the top aad one and a half feet in depth, which is to be made hollow and air tight so asto float. From the lower point of the V shaped track two chains running out obliquely and attached to heavy granite pillars on the bottoms, will keep the floating track in its proper position at the required depth under water. On the top of the track. and attached to it by wheels run- ing underneath flanges projecting on each side, there will move an air- tight cigar shaped submarine car, drawn by an endless chain, worked from the shore at each end. This car is to be constructed of sheet steel, four feet wide, six feet high and thirty feet long; and the main internal compartment will be fitted with seats on exch side, and a passage in the centre. Each seat will hold one person. At the ends where the car tapers off there are to to be air-tight compartments which will give buoyancy to the car, and from which which the passenger compartment will be supplied with fresh air. The car being light at the topand buvyant with compressed air, will retain its upright position and make the passage of ten miles through the water in about twenty minutes. The time to construct the railway is estimated by the inventor at about two months, and the cost at fifty thousand dollars. Next!

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Auction Sale of Fancy Goods,

BY AUCTION, at the NEW VARIETY as ~as Grafton Street, TO-NIGHT at 7.30 0 CiGCK,

A GENERAL LOT FANCY GOSDS,

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Vases, Dolls, Stationery, Toys, &c.

The above sale will be continued every night till the whole steck is disposed of. G. M. HARRIS, feb18-if

Charlottetown ; Roller Hills

8 HF rFLOU rt, Equal to the Best imperied,

NOW FOR SALE AT THE PRINCIPAL

CITY GROCERY STORES. WHOLESALE BUYERS

Can obtain Samples and best Prices at the Store of the undersigned,

QUEEN

GEORGE E. FULL. feb15—9i 3aw pat

SOLE LEATHER.

IN sTOgK: ‘Mens’ Overcoats, good value, at Jas.

200 Sides HEAVY No.l. 1

75 Sides LIGHT No. 1, 5 “ GOOD No. 2, W bolesale at apestel prices. FENTON T. NEWBERY.

FLOUR.

IN STORE:

500 Barrels ‘* Kent,” ‘*‘ Jewel,” ** Diamond,’ *Queen City,” ““Gold Medal,” and other

choice brands. FANTON T. NEWBERY. febl4da—dy Si wky 21

TENDERS.

SEALED TENDERS for the construction of a

Public Hall, inthe vicinity of the »t. Peter's Road Churches, will be received vy Cammittee up to FEBRUARY 27TH. Plan and specification to be seen atthe residence of Angus Darrach, Esq., Marshfield. Two good securities must accompany each Tender.

ISAAC CROSBY,

Secretary of Conxmittee. Feb, 1, 1888--dy law wky 4i pat

WOeuD!

( WING to the scarcity and high price of COAL, Ihave made arrangements to supply

Hard and Soft Wood,

cut to any length required, at a small advance

on cost. R. MeWILLAN, Cozl Office, foot of Prince Street. febl6—dy eod wky Im

Liberal-Couservative Couvention.

A CON VENTION of Delegates from the Polling Divisions of the Belfast District, wil! be held at Kidon «n WEUNESDAY, the 22nd inst., at ‘Two o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of choosing a “andidate in behalf of the Liberal-Conservative Pariy fur the a proaching partial Klection. Poiling Districts that have not already elected Delegates will please do so forth ith. -Pre-ident Belfast Distric Feb. 15, 1888—dy & wky li 7

MAIL CONTRACT.

{ ENDERS addressed tothe Postmaster-General will be received at Ottawa until noon on FRIDAY, 2nd March wext, for the conveyance of ter Majesty's mai's on proposed contracts for four years from Ist April next, over each of the following routes, viz.:-~—

Albany and Tryon via North Tryon.

Bonshaw and Nine Mile Creek.

Bedeque and Charlottetown.

Hazel Green and Psake Station.

Peake Station and Railway Station.

Printed notices containing full information as to conditions of proposed contracts may be seen, and blank forms of tender may be obtained, ax the Post Uffices at which the services commence and terminate, or at the oltice of the subscriber,

F. De ST. C, BRECKEN, Asst. P. O. Inspector. Post Office Iaspector’s Office, { c Jee, YO, 1833,

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Ladies’ Jackets and Dolmans at re: duced prices,

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Carpets. Gloves, in Kid and Cashmere. Table Linens and Table Napkins. extra good value. The best value in Cambric Embroi- = 7| _ deries. ) Mourning Goods of all kinds. 1 Millinery made to order on short

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