Seen, Nt cn UN OHRISTMAS CHIMES I he ard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play; " And mild and sweet : The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men ! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along, The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men ! The ringing, singing on its w ay, Lhe word revolving from night to day, 1 voice, a ch me, \ chant sublime, j m earth, good-will to men. Li mufeliow ° Nowell! Nowell! in this halle, vieke mery I praye nowe alle; On that chylde may we calk Ch vist was born on Christmas Day, VW reathe the holly, twine the bay lo Thee then, O Jesus, Chis day of Thy birth, Be glory and honour through heaven and ‘ arth : Trae Godhead Incarnate,Omnipoient Word; (’ come, let us hasten bo we rship the Lord —Carol he time draws near the birth of Christ ; The moon is hid, the night is chill ; live Christmas bells from hill to hill Anewer cach other in the mist. fennyson his is the month, and this the happy | morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, (f wedded maid and virgin mother born, (hur great redemption from above did hring ine. Milton, sweet the Christmas bells are ringing, Sweet the clear young voices singing, For the Child is King ! Rarth looks lke a child in white, Crowned with frosty jewels bright, For His welcoming. li 18 the Christmas time ; And apand down, ‘twixt heaven and earth, in glorious grief and solemn mirth, The shining angels climb. ~—Mrs. Muloch-Craik. be merry all, be merry all, With holly dress the festive hall ; Prepare the song, the feaat, the ball, To we.come merry Christmas. — Spencer. Lis place of birth a solemn angel tells To sunpie shepherds keeping watch by | night ; They gladly thither haste, and by a choir Of squadron’d angels, hear His carol subg. — Milton. O! lovely voices of the rky Which hymned the Saviour’s birth, Are ve not singing still on high, Ye that sang, ‘‘peace on earth ?” To us yet speak the strains W herewith, in time gone by, Ye blessed the Syrian swains, OU! voices of the sky ! —Mrs. Hemane. The happy Cristmas comes once more, lhe Heavenly Guest is at the door; Toe blessed words the shepherds thrill The joyous tidings ! peace, good-will ! —From the Danish. How bright thy lowly manger beans ! Down earth's dark vale its glory streams, The splendour of thy natal night Shines through all time in deathless light. —From St. Ambrose, by Franck. Wherefore from his throne exalted, Came he on this earth to dwell ; \il his pomp, an humble manger, Ait his court, a narrow cell; ‘* From that world to bring to this, Peace which of all earthly blisses Is the brightest purest bliss, -Vielante Do Cee. Let us ne'er, since He was poor, Tura the needy from our door— Poverty is holy ; For His sake at Christinas tide, G'adly we will all provide For the pour and lowly. ~Bond. ** tt is the calm and solemn night ; \ thousand bells ring out, and throw Their joyous peals abroad and smite The darkness-charmed and holy now ! The night that erst no name had wern, to it a happy name is given; For in that stable lay, new born, The peaceful Prince of earth and heaven, lu the solemn midnight, Centuries ago !" —Alfred Domet. ‘*Be this, good friends, our carol still, Be peace on earth, be peace on earth lo men of gentle will, ~~Thackeray. Christmas, the joyous period «f the year ! Now with bright holly ail the temple strow, With lanral green and sacred mistletoe. 0 thon whose glorious and contracted light, Wrapt in night's mantle, stole into a manger ; Since my dark soul and brutish, is Thy right, fo man, of all beasts be not Thou a atrabger. Herbert. **fhe heart must ring thy Christmas bells, Thy inward altars raise ; Its faith and hope tiy canticles, And its obedience praise.” — Whittier. How shall we celebrate the day When God appeared in mortal clay, The mark of worldly scorn ; When the archangel’s heaveply lays, Attempted the Redeemer’s praise, And hailed salvation’s morn ! — Chatterton. Without the door let sorrow lie, And if for cold it hap to die, We'll bury it in Christmas pie, And ever more be merry. —Old Carol. Ana ll the hells on earth shall ring (nu Christmas day, on Christmas day ; And ail the belis on earth shali ring Va Cheistmas day in the morning. ~Carol. % et ll AE ls i, lt be an i SY aE Rin ll a RTP Sn Ses te on ll Ny ee sowie - Vidtuight seareely pa d aud over, Drawing to this holy rsorn, Very early, very carly, Christ was born. Sing out with bliss, his name is this, Emanuel, As was foretold in days of old By Gabriel. i } Neale. oe + —_———— Christmas Greetings. HOW THE CUSTOM OF EXCHANGING CHRISTMAS CARDs ORIGINATED The tirst admirer of }sent his friend a Christmas ecard, was jit a controverted, but generally accept- | }ed tradition be true —the late Sir Henry |Cole. He projected the idea of yreeting | | his acquaintanees by means ot a_ pic torial card bearing seasonuble | ‘The result of this motion was that Sir} | Ilenry’s friend, Mr. Nersley, designed } | la festive board of diners, arranged on 4 : pian which resembles in burlesque the celebrated dinner scene which }painted in his pre-Raphaelite days. Here the people, looking at us out of the picture held up their glasses to toast jus. This scene is flanked on right and | lett,by two aliegorieal drawing of alms-| ‘giving. Thus the whole design forms |a kind of irregular predella, and under 'neath comes the immortal aud immemo- | | rial Wish, **A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. | . ' ithe hardware houses complain that} |Sir Henry Cole, wrote frequently under }the psequonym of “Felix Summerly.” | This card in its original state bore that |it was ‘published at Summerley’s home ‘treasury ollice, 12 Old Bond Street.” It seems to have been priated in outline and colored by hand. In execution and | workmanship itis as unlike modern | Christmas card as Peter Parley is unlike Mr. Ruskin. Nevertheless, the folk de- picted here have red, healthy cheeks, and there is a simple spontaneity about Horseley’s design that still pleases. It was issued in 1846. Some 15 or 16 years afterwards Sir Henry Cole re- | published this design in order to vindi- icate his claim to the origination of | Christmas cards. Some have said that Prince Albert brought over the idea | from Germany. Others have endeavoi jed to prove that an Englishman was the | first to project the thing, but that Sir lieury was not that Englishman. Some time ago there was a protracted news- paper debate on the subject. Sir Henry Cole was scarcely defeated then; we must Wait and see whether Allan Cole, his son, editor of bis father’s forthcom- ing memoirs, will completely vindicate his parent’s Claim. THE EARLY CARDS were very-conventioual atfairs,of course —cockrobins in the snow,ynle loge,plum puddings, ethac genus. Many of them were not even d:signed origioully for their ultimate object atall, but were simply transmogritications of old valen tines, some even Continuing to wear a border of paper lace. The first catds were sold at prices ranging from one penny to eight pence. The kind of de sign produced at 4 pence can now be }excellent, as regards size and quality of | aristic workmanship, at a halt-penny. | Nowadays, as all know, plenty of clever | young artists are glad to compete in oo for the Christmas card- makers, Even artists of high repute ,aure willing to try their hand at this kind of design. The most notable experi- meot in designing, however, carried an important lesson with it. An enterpris- ing publisher a year ago produced a set (of cards designed by academicians. | None were striking, most were ill-con- iceived;andone. Mr. Poynter’s, was a ' miracle of unfortunate taste. The truth |is, that itis doubtful whether Raphael ‘or Michael Angelo. OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, could prepare such things without some apprenticship. The design of Christ- mus cards must havea directoess which tells a@ plain story to the big,plain pub- lic. It must further, be such as tells a | seasonable story, and it must duly make allowance for the shortcomings and the possibilities and tricks of color printing. ‘Tous it comes about that few designs, even from good artists are accepted for ordinary reproduction by publishers, except on the understanding that they muy be “edited.” killed hands touch them up—bere eliminate an unneces- sary color, there strengthen the outline, oragain add atone by providiog for the use of ‘“‘half-tinte,” ‘*‘quarter-tints” and other lithograpic mysteries. With- ont such editing, many excellent draw- ings would cost twice a8 much to pro- duce, and yet not teli so well after pass- ing through the stones. Plenty of women of tities work for the publishers of the Christmas cards—baronesses, duchesses, and even princesses—and it is said that all of them look sharply enough after their gains. The arcticice company have com- meneed auovel industry in this city this winter, namely, selling water by the wagon load. Ice is cut in blocks of suitubie sizes from the Red river and sold to housekeepers, hotels, ete., in lieu of fresh water. The experiment is proving a decided success, the ice when melted yielding fine soft pure water, andthe price being about the same as that supplied by the watermen. | — Winnipeg Sun. | A quurvelsome couple were discussing | the subject of epitaphs and tombstones, jund the husbund suid :‘*My dear what! kind of stone do you suppose they wiil give me when I die?’ ‘‘Relendiaps, wy love,” was the affectionate reply. LTeEH DATO YWY HBX AM | moderate. feni pat down iv art who ever wishes. | . bal itinnctnmgte tinal ——__—_—- — — ——$$—$ Special Notices, A @RAND pispLay of Confectionery, Apple: Oranges, Grapes, Nuts, &c., at George ‘ar ter's Grocery Store Go there for your Amas Supplies. Everything is good, and the price | [dy 2i m w—dec22_ | Tus Collector has applicd for judgment ageinst all adefonlting taxpayers, and those whe wish to save Sher ffs costs better pay their taxes before Saturday, the 27th of this month, for after that date jadgments will be plaved hands of the »hertf for col- lection. dce23 till date Brass carpet fasteners, —you can take up acarpetin one minute if you for sale at M, Wright & Co’s. [dec 6 2w eod MinTLE AND Dressmakine.—Miss Clark has rooms at the establishment of Perkins & sterus, where she is prepared to attend t all in the ise them, orders in dress and mantie making —dee23 3i wkly li \ LARGE variety of fancy and useful articles | for Xmas at M, Wright & Co’s. [dec6 2w eod lust Reerivind A Acme Club &k ates, for Doda & Rogers large assortment of sale very cheap.— [dee 9 eod tl jyl examine my Christmas stock of Currants and Raisins. I guarantee the quality as good as the best to be found in the city Now for the rush. Come one and all. Grorge CARTER, Great George Street. [dy 21 m w—dec22 | Millais | Wantrp.—-500 Housekeepers to call and Buy Overcoats avd Clothing from Weeks & Co. Five pounds choice Tea given away with each Coat sold, Lowest prices in the city for Clothing.—-W. Weeks & Co. decS ANOTHER lot of Toys, Dolls and Cards just | opened, guaranteed the cheapest and best in | i j | ithe city. Call and see at RK. K Brace’s. [dee 16 Tue “Crown Pictures,” framed in thirty ' different varieties of moulding; and, because jef the large number sent iu, we are doing | them at a special reduced price. —M. Wright & Lo. {dec 6 2w eod. Cueapr Conrectionery for Xmas at the | City Steam bakery, J. Quirk, Vrince Street. | [dec 20 Twrxty THOUSAND FEET forty different kinds of picture moulding, and made up into frames at prices that will astonish you —M. Wright & Co. {dec 6 2w eod Go to W. E. for Acme Skates. [dee!9 di | Dawson A Breactirut lot of framed oil paintings and chromos cheap at M. Wright & Uo’s. [dec 6 2w eod Ler all who are in want of crockery, glass and chisaware, call at W. P. Colwill’s, and get the cheapest that has ever been offered in Charlottetown, [nov 25 eod 4~ wly PicrUkKE FRAME GLass, imported expressly tor pictures. —-M, Wright & Co. [dec6 2w eod OvuRrcoats,Overcoats! A big offer. To every cash purchaser ofan overcoat at our store, during this month, (December) we will make a free gift of tive pounds of tea. Every des- cription of clothing sold at the lowest prices iu the city. W. A. Weeks & Co. {dec 2 2w eod THe balance of Bremner Bros’. stock of Chr.stmas Goods is being sold at less than cost. dec22 ‘tig cheapest and best selected stock of Christmas Cards is to be found at G. H. Cook & Co's. decl7 A HANDSOME CRUET, Lamp, or Fancy Cup, cheap at R. K. Brace’s. [dec 16 DURING this and next week I am selling at largely reduced prices a Jarge stock of Silver Plated Goods suitable for the season—W., FE. Vawson. [decl9 5i ‘ANGEL Foop,” the whitest and most palatable of cakes, at the City Steam Bakery, J. Quirk, Prince Street. [dec 22 THe largest stock, and the best, of Xmas goods at R, K. Brace’s, Call and inspect. [dec 16 MILLER BROTHERs are ready to make a pre- sent of a Sewing Machine to any one that will buy their class of goods elsewhere for less money, : [decl9 tf W. FE. Dawson is showing a large stock of Acms and Imperial Club Skates, selling cheap. {decld di FAIRBANKS’ SCALES repaired at Brown’s, at the Athenwum, ('h’town, tf—dec6 Crip BLankets at J. B, Macdonald’s. dec20 PrePaRE for the cold, and buy a good, warm Fur Cap at T.. E. Prowse’s. jdec 20 CALL and see the cheapest, the best, the largest lot of crockeryware, ever cftered in Charlottetown, in French china, glass ware, and all other ware that is wanted in a house, and will be sold cheap at W, P. Colwiil’s. SKATES sharpened at Brown’s for ten centr, Who'll have another, At the Atheneum, Ch’ town. ti—dec6 PatTronize L, E. Prowse. decll BLANKETS AND QuILTs.—Above stock sel]- ing cheap at J. Bb. Macdounald’s. dee20 GREAT BakGAINS in Violins, Concertinas, Aceordeons, Fiutes, Violin Strings, and gen- eral musical goods, at Fletcher's Music Store, sigu of tne * Big Fiddle,” Queen Street, ‘ har- lottetown. [dee 12 t£ ir you want to be merry on Christmas, get your supplies at N. J. Campbeii’s. ALU WOOL scarlet underclothing, $1.50 per suit, at D. A. Bruce’s, [decl0 2aw im wylm Oxeé Hoxortp ann Twenty-Five tea sets, one hundred chamber sets, fifty dinner sets, one thousand tespots, two hundred cover dishes, one hundred and fifty meat dishes, will be sold cheaper than ever offered in Charlottetown at WW. P. Colwill’s. [nov 25 eod 4w wly THESE are just two things that is an impos- sibility todo on P. E, Island, and that is to stop people from drinking brandy, aud to carry a ptece of fine Machinery to Brown’s that he cannot mend or make new, such as Sewing Machines, Guns, ete Shop on the coraer of Prince and Grafton Streets, Ch’town. dec6—tf. Lors of Boys’ Fur Caps, cheap, at L. E, Prowse’s. [dee 20 | Caps selling low at J. B. Macdonald’s. 4 tion done at Biown’s, at tue Atheneam, Char- lottetown. tf—dec6 For choice groceries, fruit, spicies, etc, for Xmas, go to J. Campbeli’s cash store, Upper Queen Street, Sexe the Ladies’ and Gents’ Slippers, very hice, at Macdcnald’s Boot Store. dec20 For Raisins, Confectionery and Nuts, go to R. K. Brace’s. {dee 16 A VERY CHOICE lot of Bibles, Prayer Books and Autogra;h Albums are yet on hand, and. musi be disp sed of before Christmas at Brem- rer Bros’, dec22 Must CiearR THem Ovt.-—A great reduc- ‘tion in Ladies Kid Siippers during Xmas and |New Year's times at LVorsey Goff & Co. de 29 (CHEAPE T PLACE to buy Violins, Accordeons, 'Concertinas, Fiutes, Banj e! Violin Strings, TIN ! ; ' ’ A LARGE stecKk of Men’s and Boys’ Far | ae.20 GoLp and Silver Plating of every descrip. | anes Ld oy Le LE on os reves nay er aan edimeemethinateiecteatendle —_ ee Ore eT tel CO Sa cesta ee ec ee ow mee ~ Snad —£ G4 The Most Wonderful Family Exeels eS for Sonens <teeaian CURES — Catarrh, Chol- Cre oe ean ; oun Sastes. Sear ' ehitis, Neuralgia, Rheu- ney Troubles, and Spinal — Vinee Se , piscacee. NSON h OO a We toe Boston, Mass. FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE. 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JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mass. TO THE TRADE. ro FALIG STOCK, 1884. Received and to Arrive Shoertiv : 1,200 Barrels FLOUR (choice. ) Positive) BLOOD 3000 do) Ontario APPLES, 160 do Nova Scotia APPLES, 300 Boxes and half boxes RAESET RS, 500 «do Choice Figs, 100 Casks KEROSENE GE, 125 Boxes CHERSE, i175 )6©6do)—C Boneless FISH, 1.600 Pounds JAMS and MARMALADE. o-————— Large stock Sugar, Molasses, Biscuits, Coufectionery, &e. sical VAN Splendid Value in ha’f-chests and five-pound | KA air-tight Tins, WHOLESALE PRICES -0-—-— November 20, 1884. BEER ~ JAMES SHAND, STEVENSON’S BUILDING, QUEEN ST., IS OFFERING: Men’s Lined Kid Gloves, 75cts; do Fur Trimmed, $1; do with Gauntlets, 7icts; Men’s Buckskin Lined do, 80cts ; Men’s Cioth Ringwood, Xe. Ladies’ Lined Kid Mitts, 50cts; do Long Cloth Gloves, 32cts; do Long Thread do, 28cts. Men’s White Cambric Hand- kerchiets from 5cts, Men’s Colored Cashmere Handkerchiefs in great variety, Ladies’ White Cambric Handkerchiefs from 5cts, VERY LOW. Ladies’ Linen do from 10cts, Ladies’ Embroidered and Lace-edge Handkerchiefs, Ladies’ Silk Handkerchiefs from 15 to 60ets, Ladies’ Fancy Embroidered Ties, Bands, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Pins, Belts. Buttons in great variety ; Laces, Edgings, Insertions, Swiss Kmbroidery, a large stock. Book, Cross- barred and Jaconet Muslin, Lace Curtains, Black and White Figured Nets, BLACK AND COLORED VELVETEENS. A Large Stock Canadian Shirts and Drawers from 40 Cents, Cee Wess Remember the place: Stevenson’s Building, Queen Street, where all goods kept by us are sold at prices which can- not be legitimately competed with. Charlottetown, Dec, 15th, 1884. ROYAL CANADIAN INSURANCE CO, ———- AE, mia ee eee —_— HEAD OFFICE —Montreal. HALIFAX BRANCH ~— J. Scott Mitchell, Agent. - $2,000,000 apd all kings of Musical Goods, is a} Miller Brothers, poats Street. (ack i 0-——— Risks Taken on Most Favorable Terms. AsSaNT FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: F. H. ARNAUD, Werehants Bank of Ualifay. 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