THE DAILY

Hittite Hierogipyhics.

Mr. James Glashier, chairman of the Patestine Exploration Commiitee,

has received a leter from Ciptal

‘ . 2 cia Clau vo Ty e Royal I yrinec}rs, anoou d his discovery of the lenznage

in which are written the mysterious Hittite inscriptions — tirst founi by Buckharit in L808, aud re Iscoveres

It is said these inscriptions

great light on

io 1872. Wilk Throw tne eany f the Book of Genesis

chaplers | : certaioly

[oe more important and

inscriptiens are i

d ciphera le of the vocations to tue pro of heaven, the; ocean and the earth—exactly the) deities incladed in a set which we know | from Ezyptian and cuseiform tablets, | n adore l by tribes in Asia |

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to maive or

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[:e discoverer submits a few of| these teXis rhe following js a specl-} meo. It was addressed to the suo :—-|

May the Holy One, mighty and | powerful, hear the uprising prayers. I ca'l upon the Most High, shine, Lord, Great Spirit. He gives me the rain of Heaven.

A second prayer is God of the Water, the Ucean :—

I pray to my God of the stately Lord ef water Heaven. I extol him. libation to be made as an offering. 1 make an offering to the most holy, the King of the Water.

[t would prayers of the Hi ites, Jebusitics ete,, Israelities, that

i i

addressed to the sky and the

os Water, the the God of [ ciuse a great

seem, if we have here the who surrounded toe n w ioterest will be given to the second | i third Commandments to the B:blical prohibitions against worshipp- ing the water, the earth, the sky aad |

the like.

aud

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When Lincoln ran for congress some the whigs contributed a purse of $200 to pay his personal expenses in the canvass.

successful

| “J did =

was over the

ba k $199.25.

Aiter the election candidate handed need it,” he said; **] made the canvass on my own horse; my entertainment, being at the houses of friends, cost me nothing, and | my only outlay was 75 cents for a barrel of |

' insisted t

} a) ‘ ; uld treat them to.

cider, w hich some farm hands _ i Scott’s Emulsion of Pure

Cod Liver Gil, with Hypophosphites

is prescribed by the medical profession be- cause it is not a secret remedy, but a prepared preparation of two ica, that they find of un-

. = sclentificaily

! +? most Vaiuadie sper ul

eqalled value for their consumptive and emanciated patients. Take no other. -o-«s.

New lungs cannot be made by medicines, or the shill of physi ‘ians ; but the old ones can be strengthened and preserved by the use of Adamson's Botani a sure cure for coughs, colds, asthma and all diseases of the

Balsam,

lungs. Price 35 and75 cents. Trial bottles 10 cents. eod wy ~~ 2s — Special Notices. Frovr and Tea atretail. Flour $4.60 to

$4.75, Buda $5. Pastry Flour

Try a pound of our Tea, it is at 3cents per pound. Codfish at $3 per cwt., warranted. Soap, 3, , cents per bar. Call and examine for yoursel All goods bought here sent home free.—A. E. Yuill, 65 Queen Street.

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FINDINGS. Sole Le ither, Calf, Goat, Tops, Pegs, Nails, Thread, &c., cheapest at Dorsey, Goit «& Co's, feb3 tf

D. A. Bruce is selling the balance of fur caps, fur and cloth overcoats, sleigh robes, and all winter goods at cost. febd dy wy tf

chk ice,

34 and

LaRRIGAN'S $2.65 reduced at $2.00 at Dorsey Groff & Co's. feb3 tf

Men’s Calf Laced Boots $3.50, reduced to $2.75, at Dorsey, Goff & Co’s. feb3tf

GREAT Reduction on Ladie’s Overshoes and Felt Boots, at Dorsey Goff & Ce’s. feb3 tf

Tue only Steam Sewing Machine and Gun Repairing Shop in the Dominion, and the only place where you can get every part of a Sewing Machine or a Gun made is at Brown s, at the Athenzeum, Ch’town. ti—oe.30

Notice of Sale.

HE undersigned gives notice that he will Sel

by Public Argction, at the Burnside Farm, Cardigan, on the 2ith day of FEBRUARY, A. D., 1887, at the hour of eleven o'clock, a. m., the following freehold property :—

ist, The Burnside Farm, formerly owned by John G. Scrimgeour,

_ 2nd, Town Lot No. 9, second range, letter B., in Georgetown,

3rd, 180 acres of !and on Sanphy Farm.

The above properties will be sold under the terms of a certain deed of trust, dated 19th Feb- ruary, 1885, meade between William Gordon, of the first part, John Scrimgeour and Mary Gow Serimageour, his wife, of the second part, and John Gow Scrimgeour, of the third part.

Terms and conditions of Sale will be made known at the hour of sale.

Dated, 15th day of January, 1887.

WILLIAM GORDON, Brudenell,

Lot 53, known as the

Feb, 4—wky

The Sale of above lande has been postponed until the tenth day of March next, at the hour and place sbove mentioned,

COFFEE, CUTFEE

Fresh Roasted{& nd Grou comes BP emme

BEER & GOFF’S.

Tien.i8, 1888

" NOTICE. —

\ E hereby give Notice that we have i roby 6 Not nat g appointed | Vv ALEXANDER HORNE our hae for } Charlottetown and vicinity, for the sale of our} Extras and Implements, and that Robert A } Strong, Esq., is no longer our Agent. i All debts due us, by Note or otherwise, are to | 'e paid either directly to us, or at the Agencies | pong Merchants’ Bank of Halifax at Charlotte- vB, ‘ FROST & WOOD,

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FRINCK EDWARD ISLAND RAELWAY. E8S826-7. Winter Arrangement. Is8G-7.

i N AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, Ist, 1886, Trains will run as follows

(Sundays excepted) :—

TRAINS DEPART—POR THE WEST, |TRAINS ARRIVE—FROM THE WEST.

STATIONS, | Nol | No.8 STATIONS, | Nad | No. 4. a A. M. P. M. Pp, M. A. M. Charlottetown . ci ceescees 7 15 i 1H Charlottetown.......... | 2% 30 | 10 00 Royalty Junction....+.... | 7 34 ae Royalty Junction. ........ [ma i238 North Wiltshire ..........| 8 17 | 3 05 iNorth Wiltshire.......... 1 29 | 8 45 Hunter River,,.--.-+...... 8 30 3 20 iHunter River............. i 1 15 8 30 ES ree § 00 3 57 Ns oo SG oc ackiad | 12 4 T 33 County Line.......... pty o— +. 2a ee gO eee Bt eaeee . Freetown dl setiwidaske wane 9 23 4 22 EEE ETE ee 12 23 7 23 SLOT SE 9 40 | 4 45 Ni 12 05 7 05 (ar) 1010 | 5 20 cp a. |} 6 30 Summerside.......... ‘i | ea 1- 7. MM. ees |... i Re | kee : {dp} 1240 | | ar} 10 35 Miscouche bccsusesdseansuee | 1 00 LL MisCOGONE.. .... s0can0ecss. i wb | TM MNGIOR.. . .. 55066 cen. 1 27 A eee ery i 9 49 a 208 =| a eee | RRR ee 322 | TAME es ievscs.cecceeess| Ee I CS Se 345 Bloomfield ..,...0..ci%a5. | 7 30 } AMGETEON . .....-00008.... 4 20 PUI E as codness neste nuh 655 | PRRs <<cossnebessccc MOL: 2 ead ID inna cence naka dp] 600 |; P. M. it i ae in oe iy TRAINS DEPART—FOR THE EAST, TRAINS ARRIVE—FROM THE EAST. STATIONS, | No. 6. | No. 7. STATIONS, | No. 6. | No. & P. M, 1} A. M, Charlottetown ............ 2 30 |i\Charlottetown............ 10 25 Royalty Junction.......... 2 0 ||Royalty Junction......... 10 05 Ns ick sc toss ceeltees 3 23 HSQGE ss. odacces vate sevees 9 32 : (ar, 355 | ) dp 9 00 Mount Stewart....... 4 || Mount Stewart....... { (dp { 10 ar, 850 | iss... csc.cceneel ° ae | ||Cardigan.... i venti des sues | 738 IIRL sb ieecnccsas ar} 5 45 P. M, |\Georgetown.........+-..dp. 7 15 A. M. P.M. | | (| 4.81 Mount Stewart,..,....+++- 4 05 Mount Stewart.,......,.dp ; 900 I iii din ns os tencenes 4 43 Min cisibened pteoatic tual 817 ie syn ens bao vonk 5 i2 1St, Peteres....cscceteseceee 7 48 Bear River......-. heii. -| 5 57 (Bear River..ccco.......... 7 03 MR 6 6ic ccs cuales es ar 6 40 Sear: (<5 «bien oe eee ced dp 6 20 { ' 2. oe | a

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Trains are run by Eastern Standard Time.

Trains on Cape ‘Traverse Branch leave County Line Junction at 4.10 p. m., on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at Cape Traverse at 5.00 p. m., and leave Cape Traverse at 6.45 a. m., on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving at County Line Junction at 7.35 a.m. All other trains run daily, Sundays excepted.

JAMES COLEMTMR™.,

: Superintendent. Railway Office, Charlottetown, Nov. 27, 1886.—all prs 6i

TH LIVERPOOL AND LOSDON AND GLOB! INSURANCE COMPANY.

Assets, Ist January, 1886 - -— -

$36,606,822.63.

(be FIRE RISKS accepted upon the most Favorable Con ditions and at Lowest Current Rates. R. R. FITZGERALD,

Jan. 3, 1887. Agent,

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TELEPHONE COMPARY OF PRINCE EOWARD ISLAND

&. between Charlottetown, Hunter River, Cour ine, Freetown, Keasington, Summer. side and St, Eleanors, at the following Rates;—-

from Station to Station, when the distance is § wiles or under, for each five minutes’ con- versation, or part thereof. ......... cccces sees nae d-wenhude Stnmigue . 10 Cents

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Written messages, subject to Company’s conditions, will bo sent from Station to Station at iollowing Rates ;—

When distance does not exceed 10 miles, for twenty woris or under.. Whew distance is greater than 10 miles............ ...0eces For each additional word one cent extra,

A discount of 20 per cent from the above rates will be made to lessees of instruments

Written messages will be delivered in Charlottetown within city limits; from all other receiving offices within a quarter of a miie frum said offices,

Special rates will be made for delivering at grcater distances,

All communications aud messages must be prepaid,

The Company is prepared to lease Telephon® siruments in Charlottetown end Sum. merside at established rates, and to treat with persons requiring private or toll lines,

For farther information apply to the Subscriber, at Charlottetown

ROB ANGUS,

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neWViOVAL,

B. MACDONALD has removed for two , months (while his own store is undergoing alterations) to the stand adjoining Messrs, Perkins & Sterns, on the West Side of the Market Square, where he will sell off the balance of his stock of Dry Goods, Clothing and Genis Furnish- ings, at prices that are bound to sell Lhen. Don’t fail to call when shopping. If we have anything to suit, you can buy cheap. Special bargains given in Ready-made Clothing Overcoats and Suits. A few Men’s Far Coats left—will be sold cheap. Splendi. Tea retailing for 25 cents per pound, J. B. MACDONALD. Feb, 5, 1887—dy wky

Farm and Mills

At Brown's Creek, Lot 59, consisting of °77 acres of Land, 30 acres under cultivation; Saw and Shingle Mills in good running order,

ALSO—A Workshop, with scro!l and circular saws, turning lathe, boring machine, &c., very suitable for any kind of wood working. There are also a good dwelling house and outbuildings on the premises.

For terms, &c., apply to

WILLIAM ‘TAYLOR,

Rrown'’s Creek, Dac 21. 12k6-—aa wk

Pur Subscriber offers by private sale, till the 15 April, coming.a FARM of 8 acres, more or less, on the St, Peter’s Road,&8 miles from Charlottetown. The farm is nearly all fenced withspruce hedges, almost grown up for fencing. An undisputed title will be given—#!,200 to be paid on the execution of the deed ; also, the stock and farming implements. The purchaser can have the buildings [ now occupy, close by, at a reasonabie rent, if required. The farm is situated in the midst of ali the con- venienere required — shipping and Bedford Staiion, &e. For particulars inquire at the office of Palmer & McLeod, Solicitors, Charlottetown, or to the

subscriber, JAMES STEWART. St. Peter’s Road, Feb. 11.§1887.—3mos

Valuable Property HOR

‘HE subscriber offers for Sale his Valuable Freehold Pr situated in the thriving settlement of Albion Cross, Dundas, containing one hundred acres of land, a large part of which is cleared and in a high state of cultivation. There are on the premises a Lime Kiln, one good Dwelling House, 29x30, finished complete ; one Shop. one Warehouse, two Barns—all nearly new. Also, abundance of Aulder Mud on the farm and a quantity of Wood and Fencing and several beautiful Streams run across the farm. This is a rare chance, as it is suitable for either a business man or a farmer, being in close proxi- mity to shipping, mills, schools, and churches. For further particulars apply to the ower, on

the premises. DANIEL NICHOLSON, Albion Cross, Dundas.

SALE.

Feb. 25—wky tf

Charlottetown Steam Laundry

HEAD OFFICE:

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