a Nee eee a THE DAILY EXAMINER, EXAMINER. Gue City Schools make reference to any iv ia dith uit to } ha “7 } eher witnhou prOLla} peaecie tiar Scion cet tes h ’ i i » ons particularly those ire alinost invariably EXAMINER invidious, © ompat in respect to persons odious For these reasons Pit 1 has refrained from mentionini3 thase schools and those teachers which, during the re- eent examinations, C ymmended the mselves most highly in the eyes of its representative. eusglice and Enough to say, with the hief others, that ourcity teachersseem to be pains- taking, capable, and altogether excellent members of their hon wable profession, the sch ols arecertainly, one ind all, h ahiy creditable to Char-ottetewn. jt is gratily ing to know that not only are the pupus snastructed in the common branches of learn ing, but that something is being done to in- spire them with patriotic sentiments and moral principles, We agree with The Week that °° the sense of duty, the obliga- tion of right is fundament il in national as in individual character. This is comme, we think, to be more and more deeply felt. he time was when It was held that ignor- nee alone was the parent of vice ard rime, and that with univel al intelligence here would be ushered in the unive en} reign el trath and virtue. The day ei un- yersal intelhgers e has not yet come, but sufticient progress iu that direction nas been nade . prove that while the education of . ' he intellect undoubledty dves much to si . ‘ar ; ort , diminish the propensity to certain forms of immorality, it is by no means a guarantee of honesty or purity.” la this view, the lirat and highest obligation of a teacher ‘has todo with the formation of charac- ter.” The training of the intellect 1s, ir- deed, but ‘* a subordinate though import- ant and indispensable” part of the duties of teacher€? To quote The Week again,— that ‘This feminms a3 solves itself mnaimly inte a question of teacb- the diflizulty re- ers ; that under our syste the local patrons of schools have, through their trustees, the selection of teachers in their own hands; and that the capable and truly reigic us teacher has large if not ample opportanitics for bringing the first truths and principles of religion, in their practical applications, home to the hearts and consciences and lives of his pupils. Hence it follows that if the people of each section would but choose the right men as trustees, or if the people and trustees were resolved to have none but teachers of the best stamp, and were willing to pay such teachers, and enough of them, with sufticient liberality to retain their services, the problem would at onee be solved.” Our trustees have been eareful—but ought to have not more careful than they of and the consequence is that we note, ateach annual examination, some of the ‘ f teaching; been—in the selection 1é achers ° : . * reigious patriotic moral, and that results we see the youth of our town “‘inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue, stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, ard famous to all ages.” It is pleasing to know that men of high position, such as the Chief Justice, are tak- The teachers are naturally encouraged by acts ing an active interest in our schools. on the part of leading men which express interest and sympathy; and the ambition of the pupils must be fired by the occasional presence in their class-rooms of those who have won distinction. the City Schools in the past month was 1,542. The numper of pupils enrolled at In somo of the previous months it was larger. The falling off is attributed in part to li grippe, and may in part be owing to the inducements to boys which are found in the delightful and fascinating employment of selling the Island Guardian. However this may be, the percentage of attendance on the part of those enrolled is not satis- factory. Irregularity of attendance seems, in truth, to be the bane of schools in town and country. Qan it be that parents do not appreciate atits value the great boon they obtain The Superintendent of Education says aptly in the course of his excellent report : ‘An average of fifty per cent. simply means that, with a regular attendauce, our Public Schools might be closed for half the year without any educational loss. I tirm- ly believe that this irregularity is the great- est drawback in our educational machin- ery. ‘‘How,” i: may well be asked, ‘‘is the evil to be diminished, or, if possible, eradicated !” The Superintendent recommends ‘moral suasion,” ** making the schoolroom bright and attractive,” ** which for nothing ?/ awakening public senti- ment on the subject of education” and tinally *‘compulsion.” This question is cer- tainly one which, in view of the reports from our schools, should engage the atten- tion of parents and the Legislature. We are paying a large proportion of the re- venue of the Province for educational ma- chinery. We should see to it that the work is done. If only the best boys and the best girls of the most respectable parents are sent regularly to school, it is manifest that the influence of the schools can have no effect upon our brood of jail birds, and that the main great object sought in the establishment ot our ‘tcom- mon school system” will not be attained. Apart from the salaries paid by the Pro- vincial Government, our Cit y Schools cost the city, in the past year, the tidy sum of . ’ . a eee iia occteenate eden a The Give Away-Land Bill adoits thal upwards ot at the Lend Oftice, and it Patriot £400,000 are due LHI defenda the bill Dy which it is proposed to » ver cent of this amount rive AWAY twelve \ B45, 000 ws the ground that it is ile- sirable to ct np the Land Office. Ad- mitting, for the nonce, that the ground 18 & youd one, is not the price rather high? Won't it come rather too expensive for a people who are not all rich / But who are to have the money ! who have been unable in all those years to make enough to out of their farms lo pay of their holdings ! and having Those for the fee simple speculators who, could out of the timber, those wealthy made what they ete., upon the lands, have dishonestly with- | veld payment from the Government 10D terma ef their contracts | It seems to Us that the former are a class of subjects whom it is mot desirable to encourage by pubhe amount of 12 per cent. ef should be punished, - not given * premium upon their subsidies to the their debts; and that the latter rasealily. But apart from the peice to ba paid, ia it the Lend Ofhee! ; } desirable to close up Other provinces have large public resources the ' ; .oY : nla: ‘ by means of which they suppremen received frora Ottawa. amounts annually This Province has but the Land Ollice ; and it is proposed to close it up, and thus cut off the last aud only thing which stands between the people and direct tax ation ; Last year the Land Otte yielded nearly $25,000 in cash-—the smiallest amount io its Are a vigil in & position at this time to tarow history. we, of this Province, a3 people, away even twenty-five thousand dollars a year f in this precious But the worst feature bill appears in the fact that a very large proportion of the people —the honest, hard-working, thrifty pe »ple of Priace Ed- ward Island—have been compelled to pay for their land to the uttermost farthing ; and it provides that a premiam of 12 pet thriftless and not paid their debts at the Land Oftice, if they will now go cent. shall be given to the the @Cishonest, who have ro themoney leadersand get moneyon mori , oa There can hardly be two opinions as ayze to enable them at long last to up.” to the scandalous impolicy of rewarding jaziness and rascality and of holding out course of action under which the fee simple of the of this Peovince must inevitably, in the course of inducements to a lands a few years, fall absolutely into the pos- The Land Bil! is, perhaps, all right it will not be approved by the majority of intell'gent segsion of a few wealthy proprietors. give-away in the eyes of Mr. Peters ; but farmers throughout this Prevines who have already paid in full for the lands they till. 7s Notes and Comuneuts. —The nuptials of the Rev. James Simp- son and Miss Maud DesBrisay were cele- brated at St. Peter’s Church at six o'clock this morning. We extend to the Reverend gentleman and his bride the hearty core gratulations of THe EXaMINeR. —The publication of the lengthy prize lists of our City Schocls, St. Dunstan's College, and the Convert de Notre Dame, necessitated the holding over of a large amount of correspondence and other matter for THE EXAMINER. This accounts for the misapprehension expressed by ‘* Citizan” as to the last published letter of *‘A No License Man.” ‘The reply of the latter to ‘* Citizen’s” second letter appears to-day. Another letter fromthe same gentleman, received to-day, will appear in due course. —It is hardly necessary to warn the pub- lic against condemning Sir Hector Langevin and Mr. McGreevy until after the whole ease has been heard. To assume that a man is innocent until he is proved to be guilty is a simple principle of British jus- tics. The reports telegraphed from Ottawa to the Opposition press are largely inaccurate. Indeed, Tue Exam- INERS correspondent declares that some of the atatements published by The Patriot are absolutely false. If, however, the charges that have been formulated are made out it is clear that beth McGreevy and Langevin must get the Rykert bounce from the Conservative party. A Tariff Picture. Wholesale price of crushed white sugar in Montreal, June 26, 1878, under Liberal free trade revenue SOOEN bi cise teseskeiacis Ha 10a 1O}e Wholesale price of same quality sugar in Montreal, June 26, 1891, under Conservative protection WRU 65s cbs cs cece dei ee oe Ake In 1878 there was not a sugar relinery in operation in Canada. The free trade Gev- ernment’s policy had crushed them out of existence. In 1891 there are five sugar refineries in operation in Canada. "Ihe Conservative Government's policy has encouraged them. —Montreal Gazette. <piiininiondpigeamauelias An Error Corrected. Stx,—In my letter of Saturday there is an error of the printer. Personal preperty in Ward 1 should be $195,875, but the totalis all right. So the ease stands thus: Ward 1, with total as- sessed value of real estate and personal property $755 576, gets one councillor and Ward 4, with $783,050, gets two coun. ci.lors. Is this just or fair ? THos Morris, C. C. Ward ¢ June 29th. oe = ——<—>-___ FcR Monrreat.—The steamer Miramichi left here on return to Montreal on Saturday nig! t about eleven o'clock ki — » taking a general RounD MACKEREL are selling at Lun enb as bait from $4.30 to $6 a Saaremaa — ~~ ali a eae a netnlanneat ae he Service of Re« viem at West- ; minster Abbey. At the service of requiem which was sung at Westminster Abbey on the 12th inet. for Sir John Macdonald, we observe among the names of those present that of Mr. Justice Hensley. it has been mentioned as a matter of in- terest that the spot en which theD ean stood when saying the offize, 1 within 4 few yarda of the monument to Wolfe with bas relief representing the march of the British troops from the bauks of the St. Lawrence to the heights of A braham The following extract from a leading ar ticle in the Times of the 13ch will he read with interest by our readers : «* \Westmirster Abbey yesterday oflered a spectacle which is without precedent in the long and varied aunals of that venerable build- ing. A congregation eminently representative of all ranks and claeses of Englishmen from the Sovereign downwards, assembled to take partiuas lemma service hell ia memory of Nir John Macdonald, and to testify to the strength and sincerity of the sympathy fe It ia ths country with our fellow subjects in Van- ada. Many agreat Knglishiman sleeps within the Abbey, and many & requiem sung within its walls has awakened mournful echoes in the hearts of English speaking peoples beyond the seas, But this is the first time that a yreat sorrow, primarily falling upon our felluw-snbjects abroad, has awakened in the ajather country @ sentiment so strong as to demand and receive expression in the ancient church that is consecrated by 80 many of our proudest associations. Our roll of heroes would be sadly curtailed were we to remove from it the names of those who did their work iu foreign lands and }sid broad and deep the fouadations of Empire on whieh self-governing communities have since based the fabric of their liberties. But the great soldiers and adiministrators whose reward was sesled and perfected by their final eutry into the natioval Pantheon have elways hitherto been the servants of England, directly responsible to the English peop! ; and the cous:ious aim of their work, whatever might be ita iadirect issues, has been to extend the power and add to the greatness of their ja herland. Sir Jobn Macdonald hae primarily labored for the greatness of Canada, has been the devoted servant of the Cenadian people, and has sought at their hands the guerdon of faithful service. It is ia the character of a Canadian statesman that he is now honored and mourned by the people of this country as they have been wont to honour and mourn men whose lives were given te their own service. Because he was « Canadian statesman his bones may not mingle with our illustrious dead, but the service at the Abbey is the outward = sign of a profound conviction that the great Canadian is also a great Raglishman, and that his service to the Domiaion ranks him with the most distinguikhed of those who have served the mother country. Som thing must be allowed tor the exceptional « haracter and abilities of Sir John Macdumald, which would have raised him to au exalted posi*ion wherever his lot might have been cast. There remains, however, in the feelings which his death bas evoked in this country evidence of a seuse of solidarity between this country and Canada which certainly differs in degree if vot in kind from what would have been manifested a generation ago. We ars aware that there are on both sides of the Atlantic persons who ridicule the ides that the relations between England and Canada can be regvlated by anything but self-interest in its crudest and most commercial form. They appear, how- ever, to fall into the mietake which has brought euch discredit upon the older form of pelitical economy. Individually and in the mass men are beyond question large’y governed by considerations of immediate interest. But they are not exclusively so are, may fali into mistakes not less gross, though less generous, than those which follow from ignoring self-interest altogether.’ <> a —_ + Methodist Conference. Sr. Srerwen, Jane 26.--The Methodist Conterence met at 9 o'clock this morning with President Harrison in the chair. After the usual devotional exercises, a request was made from the P. E. Island district asking that the trustees of the Ver- non River church be given permission tu sell a piece of land. This was referred to the committee on memorial and miscellane- ous resolutions. Rev. W. J. Kirby, the secretary of the Sabbath school committee, submitted their report. The fullowing figures are taken from the statistical statement :— : eo 4 a a q o a z 3 Bee 2.8.9 268 District. a ee ok ee hee See ae le 3% 2,363 103 1,038 Fredericton ........ <7: ae Fk 8:8 Miramichi.......... 14 682 Y 51 PUNE WNEOR; « <dan sis 0s ae” Saas ia3 352 St. Stephen........ 20 1,100 12 235 m. B, teleed.: . 2. 58 3,605 133 454 217 12,966 461 2 968 This statement shows the following in- creases as compared with last year :— Schools, 9; teachers, 29; schelars in prim- ary classea, 266; scholars in adult cl: s,es, 182; total number of scholars, 479; conver- sions, 251; taken the total abstinence pledge, 847; volumes in the library, 376. After the appointing of several commit- tees, the passage of some resvlutions deal- ing with mission work, the examination of several candidates for the ministry, and the transaction of some other buainess, Rev. James Crisp read “the following statistical statement ; Total number of members, 11,519—in- crease, 150. Number of baptisms of infants, 1,031— decrease, 65. Adults baptized, 224—increase, 69. Marriages, 405—decreuse, 25. Effective ministers, 69—decrease, 5. Supernumerary, 14—decrease, 1. Probationers, 11—decrease, 1. Local preachers, 83, leaders, 268; total — of oflicials, 1,500. _ The moneys raised for all purpose $109,837.05. Of this rt M98,410 64 was for the missionary fund; $909.74 for the supernumerary fund; $1,368.65 for the educational fund; $487.37 for the centin- gent fund; $555 42 for the general confer. ence fund; $162.52 for the union church relief fund; $157.37 for the Sunday school fund; $1,076.26 for the sustentation fund: $183 54 for the annual conference fund; en 92 <2 ce gpm missionary fund. 1@ amount raised for ministerial = ore 75. a e following report was then presen “ The board of examiners who, ae to discipline, are to determine the titles that shall be recognized in the written and printed records, beg to report that the con- ference recognize only those degrees that governed, and theorists who imagine that they had not came to hear Dr. aionary, some lengih on Chinese work, ‘ is- Hart, the Chinese ml numerary fund committee. In the evening the educational was held, Dr. Stewart presided, and Dr. Inch had read the report, Revs. W. . Howard, J. Seller and Dr. Brecken able addresses. BAZAAR meeting ——AND—--— Sirawberry Festival. holding a Strawberry Hestival Fancy Sale On Thursday, 9th July, ——IN THE—— MARKET 10 Doors open june 29 Admission cents. o'clock. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. a indebtedness to the nish an acconnt notice. WM. R. BOREHAM, Executor. Ch’town, June 29, 1891—1m law (mon) have been conferred by duly authorized ‘ . ” educational instruction. This was discussed at some length, but been disposed of when the time who sddressed the eonference at Rev. ©. H. Paisley and Win Heard were elected representatives to the yeneral super- after made HK Ladies of ZION CHURCH i anc LIA sha at 2 Li. persons indebted to the Estate cf A James Crockett, late of Charlottetown, Mason, deceased, are hereby notified and re- quested to pay the amount of their respective undersigned forthwith, and all persons having claims against the said Estate are also notified and requested to fur- of any such claims, daly attested, to the undersigned within one year from the date of the first publication of this s. S. WILLIAM. ~~ above steamer is expected to sail from New York for this port on Wednesday, July ist, ‘and will carry goods at moderate rate of New York agents, J. W. Parker & | freight. Co., 68 New Street. R. McMILUAN. june26—3i Halifax and P. B. Island. i 5.5. FASTNET, A. H. KELLY, COMMANDER, ILL sail from Halifax every Monday, at 10 p. m., for Charlottetown, call- ing at Canso, Arichat, Hawkesbury, Port Hastings and Souris. Returning, will leave Charlottetown every Thursday afternoon, calling at same intermediate ports with the exception of Souris. For Freight, etc., apply to W. W. CLARKE, Agent, Charlottetown, June 20, 1891—dy THE LAW SOCIETY, HE ANNUAL MEETING of the Law Society will be held at the Law Library in Charlottetown, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 30th day of June, instant, at the hour of Eleven o'clock, a, m., at which the election of officers will take place and other business of importance will be trangacted, A full and puactual attendance of members of the Society is particularly requested. By order, F, L. HASZARD, june26 BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ~_—- Capital Paid Up....... £609,090, $3,000,000 (With power to increase,) Reserve Fund..... -.+. 208,000, 1,040,000 Note Circulation Notice. In accordance with the provisions of Sec. 53 the Bank Act, which comes into force on Fine JULY proximo, this Bink has made arrauge- ments whereby notes of the Bank will be RE- DEEMED AT PAit by the follow ng Banks at any of their Beanches in the Dom‘nion, viz :~ Bank of Montreal, Canadian Rink ‘om- merce, Imperial Bank of Canada, Hank of oe Seotia, Traders Bank of Canada, Bank of Hamil- oon ae Fee Halifax nk- i .» Union Bank of Ha'i } i Bank oA a Fae itax and Commércial _ Arrangements have been made with mas — » ACT SPECT ALLY £8 CORE or the redemption of the B 4 r undermentioned cities : — a HALIFAX, N S—Bank of Montreal Nova Scotia, Halifax Banking ante chan!s Bank of Halifax and Union Bank of fax, ST JOHN, N B—Bank of Montreal, Bank of N Scotia, Merchants ‘ nan Helifex feet 7 of Halifax and CHARLOTTETOWN, P E I-Bank of Nova Scotia and Merchants Bank of Halifax MONTR KAL—Bank of Montreal, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Molson’s Bank, Bank Nova Scotia and Merchants Bank of Halifax, TORONTO—Bank of Montreal, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Imperial Bank of Canada Molson’s Bank, nk of Hamilton and Traders Bank of Canada, ROE ae Montreal, Imperial Bank . Molson’ , i. Bank of Nianitoba. Bank and Commercial i2 Bank o ritish Colombia wi parthe notes of each of the above, evbinnd Banks at any of its Branches in British Columbia. WM, C. WARD Victoria, B C, June 1, 1891. Manager janel6—dy 3m | Ircorporated by Royal Charter, 1862. a SHIONABLE e GP “i ee SP IS SO SS neem, tet ll TL LL a Our Stock is Our Styles are so Corre, Our Prices are so Loy. LT ti sa oe sd Large, ae ety ey \ ‘ ee > . eS FS eet SS Ee alt Ap tak : ~Y sali Nn. \ ; NAIA OSES SWS Aa rae bi > L A <S WSS SS ee SANANSS eae a PO ae , ENGR sd Se ee us. rR rr eee re Om oS tose ——— LADIES Desiring anything in our MANTLE DEPARTMENT cannot fail to jy pleased. We draw special attention to the fact that the leading Londg, Mand New York Fashion Magazing illustrate the styles now showing by Only wonderful bargains in Jackets. Don a few remaining of oy fail to secure one. BEER BROS. me English Goods! Imported Direct and Just Opened. of shades. Charlottetown, June 27, 1891. a ED I eee (x) ASPINALL’S ENAMEL—Tins and Tinlets. ur Motto: Par (x) A great variety PRICE'S SELF-FITTING CANDLES —Sperm and Pare Wax. Also in half lengths for Pianos, ete. ALSO—English Confectionery, Perfumes, Drags and Patent Medicines, and a full line of Crosse & Blackwell’s goods AT WATSON’S DRUG STORE. all FRANCIS DRARES CELEBRATED Beltast Ginger Ale, Champagne Cider, Lemonade, (IN PINTS AND HALF PINTS.) June 26—dy }m eod ee Soe ee 303—— Best iu the Market, which a Trial will Prove. —_—_——(x) —_—_— Just the thing fur TEA PARTIES, PICNICS, ¢ Families and the Trade supplied. Write for prices. THORNE BROS., Sole Agents fer P. F. Island. HORSEMEN | ; Absorbent. & Goff’s King Square Store. Charlottetown, June 27, 1891—dy tf fy) Lx E are now supplying PEAT MOSS for bedding. Horse It is largely used elsewhere, and is highly mended for its wonderful qualities as a Deodorizer recoil" Horses like to stand on it, as it keeps their feet clean and ccol, and Horses liable to tender feet are benefitted cured by having their Stalls supplied with this Moss. For sale at 40 Cents per Bale, at LePag:’s Old Stand, McLeod & Stewart’s, William Boswell’s Feed Store, and Beer CHARLOTTETOWN MOSS LITTER CO. PICNiIcs pone’ ‘ ake p'ace © ii leave ‘ ii @. i. int jn the Ul parks! bl juable t Brena, Sut Dominion 4 jeven och je is Deal pat great AMHEBS gtertaiat flopper C TRE kind that gented to now on 8 ReDoL of the | dealer of rods 18 Pp" received. specially the sens kept ins W. &. Domint will bet will ec Pixlps fyreibie reasa ie importa s‘wuld | For | Capiain yoon al sisted © tore, at . The ps Jolin \ Dp av a Minn F Wilso: Stewa' Treo mers ofag Pak p pete 3 four-) - Fdw: and § Don rail : town i U nam Vall m sere re ot had twe Oh Cr wu Lac and...