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WIS., WFJTES A LETTER UN UH. CHA NTMEHT.

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Suferers are at lib rzy to Correspfd with the Absve Address and will

Obtain full Particulars Ke' '

gardxng the Great Cure-

HEBE IS WHAT HE SAYS:

Gentlemen,-My wife was most terri-

illly aillcted with protruding piles, and ‘contemplated a surgical opeiation. A ,friend of ours recommended the use ct Dr. Chasez; Ointmmt, md less than ‘me box elected o complete cure. We

_‘were so pieosed with the ointment that

I tried it myself, as I have been troubled with an unsightly skin afflic- ilen which covered the lower part of lay mee.

For 8 years I suffered untold agony,

Ind was treated by the best medical lkill in the United States. I consider Dr. Chase's Ointment worth its weight In fold for piles and akin disease.

Dr. G|l.se'| large-lilo recipe book.

doth-bo-imd, sent to any addres on receipt of 50 eentl, by addressing Dr. (l:n.so’l Colnpony, Toronto or luldq B~ Y.

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THUTTENS FUN SME

AT AUCIION.

I am instructed bv John Newson

to sell at auction on Friday, the 13th inet., at 2 p.m., on Market Square, near city scales, his beautiful carriage and trotting mare "Hermena", 11 years old, by Hernando, 2891, Dam “l\loreno" by Almont Mambrino 761. Merino was imported from Kentucky and bred by the late Gen. Withers, etc. _

Also “Nervia” 6 years old dam

Hernoma.--as above sire “Preceptor -she is a half sister to the celebrated trotting stallion Provider 2.21%.

These are without doubt two of

best bred mares in the Province and th ey are individually equal to their breeding. They are the fastest mares -in the Province without a re- cord and are too well know to need anypudlng.

R. BEAIRSTO,

J an.7, d l w. Auctioneer.

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WF claim to have one of the Buss

and careossr Cizocirsnr, CHINA and Gnass STORES in the Provinces We will give one Tea Set FREE to an_ man or woman who will give proof of the person that bought three Sets at one time out side of our store, in Ch’town, during the past year, that is to say, Dinner, Tea and Chamber Set. We li.-ave the goods the people want.

Cali and see our blue stcr'

VV. P. C01VV111, SUNNYSIDE.

THE GUARDIAN

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Just. impartial, Reliable, Newsy

<eeking at all timc: to further the best in »¢~rv.~ts of the nooulc.and recognized therefore as The Peop1e’s Paper.

Published at its ofllces, New Prowsc Block

.\'orth§~ide Post Office. at the following rates.

qisyable ln advancez- . ormng Edition. daily (except Sunday) three

months $1.00' r yr..., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4.0U Semi-weekly l§di€ion(Mond. 8:. Thur.) per yr: $1.50; in advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .L25 Wfeelrly Edition (Thursday) per year )l.‘.l5;in advance ............... . _ _ . . . . . . . .. .l.00 Branch Offices have been established at the following places,

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Manager.

if Alberwn, Alberton Bookstore, G. S. Muttart

Acent. eouris East. Telephone oiilce. R Seaman.Ag°ent

J- E. B. MGCREADY, IJ. P. HOOD.

Editor. Business Manager.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1899.

SURPLUS AND DEFICIT-

Premier Laurier, speaking in Mon-

treal a few nights since announced that 'luring the financial year ended with 30th June last there was a sur- plus of $1,722,712 in the- federal treasury. This is put forward as a gratifying statement, and the minis- terial journals do not fail to recall that but I Short time ago there were deficits occurring in three successive years.

There is something confusing, if

not delusive to the ordinary mind in the endless controversy about surp- luses and deficits. For instance, in the past year it might be supposed, as tl.ere was a surplus in the treasury that the total receipts were greater than the outlay. Such was not the case. Some millions more were paid out than were received. The surplus was therefore not so much money to the good after all the bills were paid. It was a surplus in our principal fund, called the Conso- lidated Fund, into which are paid the revenues from customs, excise, public

works, grvernment railways and canals, the post oilice, etc., and out of which are paid the salaries of public servants, the cost of operating the Intercolouial, carrying the mails, the interest on our public debt, and all the multifarious expenses of carrying on the government of the country.

So it happens that we may have a

surplus in the Consolidated Fund while we are borrowing money from year to year to build or subsidise new railways, or deepen the canals, or erect public buildings. Many of these constructive works are not paid for out of the Consolidated Fund, but are charged to capital account, and paid for with money that the country borrows. This practice has been common to both parties, though each party blames the other from time to time for improperly charging hun- dreds of thousands of dollars to capi- tal account in order to increase the surplus of the year.

If we go back to the beginning of

things federal in 1867 and keep track ofthe surpluses and dehcits we shall find that in the thirty years, 1868- 1897 inclusive, there were 18 sur- pluses and 12 deficits as shown in the public accounts. The aggregate of the surpluses largely exceeded the ag- gregate of deficits in that time. One not skilled in the federal accounts might suppose that the ccuntry should have paid off a considerable portion of its debt in that time out of the surpluses. But when we turn up the debt statement we find the net public debt of Canada in 1868 was $75,757,135. In 1897 the net pub- lic debt was $261,538,596. We had ,actually gone in debt $185,781,461 'in that time, an average of over six millions a year I

Last year there was a. small delicit

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JOHN T. MCKENZIE.

THE TBILOR,

CHARLOTTETOWN,

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of half a million or so but the debt in- creased by over three millions. This year there is a surplus, we are told, but the debt is still rolling up. So it will be seen that a. surplus does not necessarily mean that the country is suddenly becoming rich.

The liansas legislature has passed

a bill to reduce telegraph rates with- in that state. Ordinary day mess- ages of ten words are reduced from 25 cents to 15 cents and other com- mercial messages in proportion. Day press rates are reduced from one halt' cent to one th rd of a cent per wor l, and night press messages from one quarter cent to one sixth of a cent per word. Has not the time about nr rived fer legsslative action in P. E. Island in regird to the same matter?

We entirelv agree with our corres-

pondent, “Taxpayer,” that the old jail ought to be got rid of in the future and a new prison erected on another site. In the remarks made yesterday we were referring to what was necessary to be done during the year to come while the present jail must necessarily be utilized. There can'be no doubt that the dilapitated old jail greatly decreases the value of surrounding property, and that the location is uct the best for all inter- ests. It is also worthy of considera- tion whether one prison for the entire Island would not be quite suiiicient and more economical than‘ the three that are now maintained.

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Gatarrh

In a. climate so variable as ours-ex-

treme heat and extreme cold-the very nature of Catarrh makes it the most common disease of the Canadian people; thus it is that medical statistics com- pile the alarming figures that nine hun- dred in every thousand are in a. greater or lesser degree victims to its ravages; and with all the searching after truth and the many so-called Catarrh reme- dies, there is but one to-day advertised and the sale sought for to the Canadian public which publishes a guarantee to cure.~that is Japanese Catarrh Cure. 'Were it an untried and untested reme- dy, this could not be done: were it not that many cases of Catarrh, from one year to twenty-tive years' standing, had been permanently cured and their un- solicited testimony is in the hands of the coinpounders, this would be vain boasting, but the constant testing only proves the constant truth-that it will curt 125

Japanese Catarrh cure prints in every package a guarantee to cure. The di- rections are plain and simple. What it has done for thousands it can do

for you. 50 cents-All Druggiste or by mail.

emrrlrue A incviirneoil co.. ronclire

For sale by G.E.Hughes and S.W.Dodd

HONG SONG.

New Chinese Laundry,

Great George St.

wgluagqqgklowxigtlba the best, but our prices Jan 9, dim

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Hughes’ €‘;'?.°sSii=...° Hughes’ Cough Mixture

For Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness, apd all Pulmonary affections. Price 2.: cents.

Hughes’ Creosote Mixture

an e1eg_a._nt preparation for Chronic Qronchitis and Lung Disease. Price 3ocents.

Rodd's Rheumatism Cure.

A_positive cure for Rheumatism. A trial will convince you. Price 50c. SPGCIQI Remedies prepared for DY

SPEPSIA, INDiGESTION. CONSTI PA'l1O\l etc.. etc., For the Best English Drugs and Medicines f ‘

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PATHUHIZE HUGHES §Ru§é’»'§'i5"

At the Apothecaries Hall. Charlottetown. ' Sunnyside

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Superior Workmans

Fine Finish, and

i Moderato Prices combine to make our Photographs the most satisfactory in Charlottetown today.

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WANTED

Jas. Paton 6: Co.

, Want Immediate Settlement of their accounts,

coin ron ounizc Hoinns lli by Closed Slove ls the Cheapest and Best Fuel.

We are making a superior quality of .Coke now.

Almost as good as Anthracite coal and half as cheap.

No Dirt. No Ashes.

Orders 'nust be left ahead lto insure delivery.

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Charlottetown Light & Power Co.

' Wear Home Goods-

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Get the Tryon Kind.

Tryon Plain and Fancy Tweods. Tryon doubled and twisted Banuock-

burn Tweeds.

Tryon Ladies’ Dress Goods,

Tryon Nohdy'Suitings,

Tryon Navy Serges, -

¥ryon Homespuns, _

ryen Flaunels, Tryon Blankets.

Tryon Yarns.

inere’sNn Place like Home

f Patronize Home Institutions(

Made by Modern Machinery, operate

by skiile » workmen of long exper ieuce,made of wool.

Goods that do nt Fade-

Goods that wear for years.

Unshrinkable Blankets.

Blankets that wear a life time. . g Tryon our Readymade Clothing 'll

Suits and Ulsiers our own Cloth. The best value in Clothing.

Nothing to equal it.

Sold by all Leading Merchants.

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gasses

We are closing out the balance of our stock, before cleaning and repamting our s

and all the balance of stock oi goods in the store at thetime ofthe file must be cl ¥ out. ` ‘ 3

Mens all wool Ulsters $2.75, Mens suits $12.00 now $6 00 Mens suits 7 50 n

$3.50. Mens single coat $500 now $2.00. 75 childrens suits half price Mens un clothing $1 .90 per suit now 950. All grades of unde rclothing at closing our prices This adveri

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Cake Baskets Butter dishes, Sugar Bowls Cream J

Trays and Waters, Spoons and Ladies Dinner and breakfast Fruit dishes, Cups, napkin rings, Table bills

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Boots and Shoes §

. At closing our prices. Mens Watei°proof overshoes sizes 6 7 and 8 regular p ' $1.70 now $1 00 Womens overshoes sizes 3, 4 and 5 $1.60 now 900 Mens rubbers

Boys Hockey boots $1.85 now $1.35, Mens Hockey boots $2 401 now $1 65

- Come at once before what you want is gone to.

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