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BY AND BY. Patter, patter, come the raindrops, Leaden clouds obscure the blue, And the weary children wonder If the sun will e’er shine through. — ‘It bas rained for two days, mother! And the watcher heaves a sigh. “Patience, dear!’ the mother answers : + '"Pwill be pleasant by and by.

Fast and faster fall life’s raindrops, Aud our souls are sick with pain: Shall we never see the shining Of the glad, bright sun again? Prearily we count the hours, All unseen the moments fly: Speaks our Father, geatly chiding, "Twill be pleasant by and by.”

Household Hints. LPO WOT eT ee ee eee Baked Potatoes.- Cover closely with a eloth, and in tive minutes the skins will peel nearly as well as though boiled.

Cousin Martha’s Cookies.—A cupful of | sugar, two eggs, butter the size of a hen s ezy, atablespoonful each of water and vine- var, halfa teaspoonful of soda and of salt, uvur to rollout. Bake quickly.

Mrs. M. E. Garlands Molasses Ginger- bread. —Two cupfuls of good molasses, a cuptal of sour milk, half a cupful of butter, a tablespoonful each of ginger and soda, , tlour to roll. Roll thin and bake in & quick oven,

Mrs. Hosmer’s Maryland Biscuit.—Work a piece of butter the size of an egg into one quart of flour and a little sail. Take cold water enough to wet it, and pound the dough tll very stiff, roll out pretty thin and bake in a quick oven.

Mrs. M. E. Garland’s Tea Cake.—Three cupfauls of sugar, half a cupful of butter, three eggs, a cupfal of milk, a teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, a teaspoonful of salt, four cupfuls of flour, spice to the taste. ‘I'wo loaves.

Mrs. Underhilis Sponge Cake.— Beat three eggs to a froth, add a scant cupful of white sugar, half a cuptul of water with aif a teaspoonfal of soda dissolved in il, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar sifted in a large cupful of flour, alittle salt. Beat well tugether and bake in a quick oven.

mrs. Gould’s Baked Fresh Mackerel.— Heat your dripping pan with a little lard in it. Lay in two goodsized mackerel, sprinkle with salt and dredge with flour; lay on pieces of butter, in all, the size of half a hen's egg. Bake in a hot over from half to three-quarters Of an hour. Serve hot,

Mrs. Melvin’s Ginger Snaps.—A cupful of molasses, haifa cupful each of sugur, butter and warm water, With the butter melted iu it, and half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved iu it, a tablespoonfal of ginger, flour to make it pretty stiff. Knead it well, and eut in cakes, and bake in a moderate oveu.

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Facts and Seraps. Votive Oifering—Election bribes. Materialized Spirits—Frozen whisky.

Domestie lile is the most delightful be- cause it repeats our childhood.

When fortune caresses a man too much

she is apt to make a tooi of him,

liurry is the mark of a weak mind; dis- patch the evidence of a strong one,

Never court the favor of the rich by tat. tertug esther their vanities or their vices.

Pickpockets gather crowds ooly to dis-

perse them.

Chicanery—Palming off an old hen as a

young chicken,

If aman has a great many debts, are

they very much to his credit ¢

A client is never certain about a lawyer, and yenerally takes them on trial. lvrish clergyman fs ac- He will prob-

A “suspended” cused of shooting lis wife. ably be suspended for good.

When persons take the baths at a Ger- inan watering place, where do they take them to?

What dil the young lady mean when she¢ said to her lover, “You may be too late fo the train, but you can take a buss?”

A girl at school would like to have two birthdays every year. When s.e grows up a woman she objects to having one,

A thirsty man states that it much that he is given to drink as ulways gets drink given to him,

‘Suppose | should work myself up to aa interrogation point?” said a beau to his sweetheart. “1 should respond with an ex- planation!” was the reply.

is not so that he

*Ycu don’t seem to know how to take me,’ sajd-a vuigar fellow to a gentleman he had insulted. Yes, | do,” sa:d the gentie- man, taking him by the nose,

A pun arising cul of the controversy be- tween Mousiguor Capel and Canon Liddon is current in London, viz.,**What is Ritual- ism?” Answer—"Popery with the lid on.”

Speaking of dancing, a clergyman hit the nai! on the head with the remark that ‘*pec- pe usually de more harm with the.r tongues ivan with their toes,”

‘‘ Look here, dim; there’s a hole knocked cult of this bottle you gave me.” “Why, uot at all; there's the hole init now; and if it was knocked out, how could it be there 7”

An old colored preacher was lecturing a youtb of lfs fold about the sin of dancing, when the latter said the Bible plainly said, ‘‘Phere is a timeto dance.” “Yes, dar am a tiu.e to dance,” said the dark divine, ‘‘and it's when a boy gits a whipping for going to a ball.”

Danbury has a champion patient boy. He comes froma chronically borrowing family. The other day he went toa neighbor’s for a cup of sour milk. “I haven't got anything but sweet milk,’’ said we woman pettishly.” “Ell wait till it sours,” said the obliging

youth, sinking into a chair.

_ poem + er , : — . Charlottetown Prices Current.

CuarLorrErown, August 20, 1877, When not specially mentioned as in bond, our quotations are to be considered as duty paid, EXCHANGE, Sterling 60 days Bills, 10 per cent. prem “6 sight rr 1 | ir) -f U. S. cy drafts, 4 to 44 per ct. dis of gold, 4 per. cent. prem Drafts on Montreal, St. John, and Halifax sper ct. prem. OLLS. Kerosene, per gal. (Am.) (Canadian No.1)

Coal Oi! Pale Seal

30.29 to 0.30 0.18 to 0.20 0.51 to 0 53 0.65 to 0.70

Linseed oil, boiled, per gal. 90¢ do raw s5e Prices of kerosene are per cask. Retail

price 5 to 10 cts. per gallon higher.

LEATHER.

Am. Sole Leather N.S, Sole Canada

MOLassEs

Barbadoes 46 to 47 Demerara 42 to 42 ee ‘ hon lrinadad ,&c 42 to 43¢

(Prices of Molasses are by the lot of from | to 10 puncheons. Retail price 5 to 8 cents per gallon higher, according to}quantity and quality.)

VINEGAR.

Vinegar, per gal.. ner cask 30 to 43 Mess pork (new),gper Ib. GZ to 8 Mess !ork 18 to 20 Prime Mess 14 10 16 Prime Beef 14 to 16

C. G: Bacon, 11.00to 12.00 Shoulders 10.00 to 1100 llams l4e

Spiced Bacon l4c Rum—in bond none Demerara none Cuba neno damacia neno SALT. Bags tine, stove $1.10 to 1.50 Do Liverpool 80 to 90c Turks Island do 25 to 27 Coarse W I from ship none Socars. (In Bond.) Barbadoes, duty paid Ye to 99 Eng. Refined, duty paid 104 to 103 Vacuum P8u do 104 to 11 English Crushed (duty pai. none American (duly paid) 114 to 2 American Granulated 11 to 114 Coffee Sugar 11 to 114/

[Prices of sugar are by the hogshead. Retail price 1 to 2 cents per 1b higher. }§ CANDLES

Moulds per ib Soap per Ib

124 to L3e of to. 74 CoaL AND Woop.

Sydney per$ton. none

Victoria Mines, do none Gowrie Mines, do none Little Glace Bay,' do none Lingan none Philadelphia Coat 2.75 to 6 350 New Campbelton 4.80

Wood, hard 4.50 to 35.00

Fiour aND ME ‘L. Our quotations are for lots of 10 barre IIs and upwards.

Patent Process per bbl $9.50 to 10.00

Superior Extra 875 to¥o) xtra Superfine do 910 to 9.25 Fancy 8.00 to 8.10 Spring Extra do 7.65 0 7.75 Strong Bakers do 7.80 to 8.00 Supertine do 7.30 to 7 65 Corn Meal (K.D) 3.75 to 3.8)

MACKAREL No | No 2 Large No

~ none none none

Market Priees.

Charlottetown, August 20, 1877. MEAT.

$0.08 to 0.14 0.07 to 0.10 0.12 to 0.18 0.00 to 0.02

40 to 5g

Beef.small pieces] per Ib. Beeffper lb. [by the quarter] Ham, per lb.

Lamb, per lb

Lamb per qr.

Mutton, per |o. 0.07 to 0.1 Pork,(small pieces) per Ib. 0.07 to 0.08 Pork, per db. (by the carcess) 0.6 to 0.07

Veal, per lb. 0.04 to 0.10

POULTRY.

Chickens, per pair Ducks, (each) Fowls, (each) Brant, (per pair)

o BREADSTUFFS.

Buckwheat Fiour, pei Ib Flour, per bbl.

Flour, per 100 Ibs Oatmeal, per 100 1b3.

0.40. to 0.50 0.26 to 0.35 0.30 to 0.35 1 00 to 0.05

0.03" 10.054 8.50 to 9.5 3.75to4 00 3.75 to 49.

FISH§ Codfish, per qtl. 3.50 to 5.00 Herring, per bbl. 4.0 to 4.25 Mackarel, per doz. 0.60 to 0.96 Calfskins, per Ib U.06 to .09 Cheese, (new milk) per T> 0.12 to 0.18 Cheese, per Ib 0.1 to 0.00 Clover Seed, per Ib U to 0.00 Eggs,per doz. to 0.14 Green Peas per qt. to 0.44 Hay, per ton ¥.54 to 10.00 Hides, per ib. 0.04 to 0.44

Honey, per lb. 0.25 to 0.30 Homespun,(men’s wear per yd, 0.65 to 1 00 Homespun,( women’s do per yd, 0.35 to 0.44 Homespun Flannel, per yard 0.32 to 0.38 Lard per Ib 0.12 to 0.16

Oats, per bushel 0.50 to 0.55 Pearl Barley, per Ib 0.03,to 0.04

0°36 to 0.40

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0.36 to 0.45 0.36 to 0.45 00.2 to 00.8 2.50 to 3.00 0.18 to 0.19

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| Sheepskins (each) Straw, per cwt.

Tallow, per Ib

‘Timothy Seed, per bushel Turpips per bushel

BOARDS. Hemlock, 100 fet 0.81 to 0.98 Pine do 1.62 Lo 2.49 Spruce do 0.80 to 1.00

Shingles, per )!. 1.50 to 1.75

Jl sSCELLANEOUS.

Apples, per bushel Barley, per bushel 0,80 to 1.00 Butter (fresh pe +!b) 0.16 to 0.20 Butter,per lb by the tub 0.16 to 0.20

St. Peter’s Schools will Re Open on Monday, 27th August.

_ Five Teachers sre employed in these Schools, which are graded to suit scholars of all ages.

Boys’ School.

(he Boys’ School will be under the! charge of V. E. Harris, Esq.. of King’s) College, Windsor, and of the Normal School, Truro. Mr. Harris has graduated with honours at King’s College, and al-o holds a Nova Scotia Public School License of the highest grade, Subjects Taught— Greek, Latin, French, German, Mathemat- ics. English Branches — History, Arith- metic, &c. In the Boys’ School there are two departments.

Cirls’ School.

Sul jects— All English Brancher, rench German, Music, Singing and Drawing. In this School there are three departments.

Bex For Terms and further particulars apply to

0 60 to 1.00

GEORGE W. HODGSON,

St. Peter’s Clergy touse. July 23 —6ws

BARGAINS!

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NEW GOODS.

FA NCY DRESS GOODS, LUSTRES,

STRAW HATS,

FEATHERS,

oParties wishing to have their goods delivered here early in the

Liverpool, to PiTcatRN Bro’s, Brockley Buildings, 51 South John Street ;‘or

REGULAR TRADE

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FALL TRIPS, 1877.

The mew Clipper BARE RINTINE RAMA, 300 Tons Register, Classed 7 Years Al at Lloyds, JOHN MCMAHON, COMMANDER.

Now in London and on the berth to receive cargo, will sail

FROM LONDON FOR CHARLOTTETOWN. DIRECT.

about the ist SEPTEMBER next.

ALSO THE WELL KNOW®} CLIPPER! BARKENTINE

KTEHEL BLANCHE

428 Tons Register, Copp red and Glassed 9 years, Al at Lloyds, JOHN GRAHAM, COMMANDER, Will be on on the berth as usual, and will follow the * EREMA,” SAILING FROM LONDON FOR CHARLOTTETOWN About {5th September,

Carrying freight at through rates to Pictou, Georgetown, Summerside and Shediac;

and have goud accommodation for passengers.

serson will oblige by rwarding their orders in time, so as not to detaiu the vessels.

For freight or passage apply, in London, to Joun Pitcairn & Sons, 69 Cornhill; in here, to

PEAKE BROS, & CO,

the owners,

Charlottetown, July 23, 1877.

FLOWERS, &c , &e.,

and all Summer Goods at REDUCED PRICES. White Cottons, Printed Cottons,

Cotton Warps,

Very Cheap.

Mens’ and Boys’ Clothing BOTTOM PRICES.

ROBERT ORR %& CO. July 10th.

-FOR SALE.

A TWO-STORSY HOUSE in Sydney St., next to Mr. Newson’s—with a large yaid, two stables, etc, suitable for a Boarding House. Inquire of JOHN MORRIS, Aug. 8

H. CONROY & SON. ESPECTFULLY inform their customers|t

I and the public generally that they have re- Sumed business at

No. 6 Kine Squarg,

fronting on Charlotte ton Bro’s. Drug Store:

Street, adjoining Haning

We will have on hand a Isrge and choice as- sortment of Ladies’ Toilet Articles and a superb Stock of Real and Imitation Hair Goods, Ladies’ own hair cuttings or combiogs made up.

All erders by mail, or {express attended to with despatch. Post Uffice address H. CONROY & SON, Box 234, St. John. Aug. 11—6in

Ala Meeting of the Mayor tn Council, held on the «4£th day of August, inst.

()RDERED, that all articles required for

the use of City purposes, be furnished on written requisition from the City Clerk ard countersigned by the Mayor, or the Chairman of the Committee requiring the supplies ; and that any article turnished without such requisition, will not be paid for by the City.

By Order, PETER MACGOWAN,

Potatoes, per bushe!

, City papers—2ins.

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Billiard, Reading, Smoking, Barber’s an ove huadred and forty acres in extent, in the Bedeque Bay, Summerside, it combines the retirement ensured by the insular position of its surroundidgs with equal convenience to a position in the town. from the windows and roof of the Hotel, and from the carriage drive around the Island. The grounds are ' ’ wooded.

the Hotel, will ply frequently to and from Shediac and Charlottetown; and can be made available for picnics, fishing and shooting parties and pleasure excursions onthe Bay. Horses, carriages, rowing and sail boats, always on hire. Families and parties can have coat!guous suites of ’ notice beforehand.

MERCHANTS MARINE

City Clerk. | Charlottetown, June 7 1877

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‘Teems Weekly: June, $9; July, $10.50; Aug., $12: Sept., &9

contains, ia addition to the sleeping apartments, a number of Public and Private Parlor Bar-rooms. Pictu resquely situated on aa Island, directly opposite the risiug tows of

HIS NEW HOTEL, accommodating about one hundred and fifty guests, is now open. It

Beautifal views of the harbour are obtainable berg tastefully laid out with walks and drives, the preater part being left finel Sea bathing can be enjoyed with suitable privacy on Various parte of the beach —

he Hotel, dressing rooms have been constrocted for the purpose. A Ferry Steamer belonging to Summerside, and will regularly meet al! Steamers trom

rooms, if required, by sending reasonable

TERMS :—From $2 to $2.50 per day, according toroom. Special arrangemcots can be made

J, LL. Holman, PROPRIETOR

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Canilal $1,000,000, with power to increase to $2,000,000.

for summer residence.

HEAD OFFICE: - - - - MONTREAL.

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CARVELL BROS.

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