iJa^s®-' ■"■> *H*?'f'l4**.H-H**'r*+'r''t4M'*'t-'1 X The people that save !! I money trade with I! BICKLE i *H+***M+I j Hi-M'-H*.' J /Cui Ladys ANO WLiLLINOTON-GXTENSION NEWS. * For Boots and Vm I VOL. I. NO. 5ii. a»i»i'i*ei't**'t*»i't*i!'s*^ 'HIES RSERVE WBONESiMY, MARUH-ll), 1002. Aas> Spring Blouses, White Wear, Wrappers, Milliii. ery, etc., etc, Will have our entire stock on exhibition in a few , days. Which will consist of- a great variety of I Seasonable and up-to-date goods, Just arrived I Hats and Caps, great variety for Gents Uessop's Piiermaoy hiqh ernccT, Preiorlpilouen-i'. fi'-lly .Hapeeaanl, Optra tiny nnd night, II, MM WON, ■irrl.lsr, gellilior, Attorney, rlqtnry miille, l(l», Money lo Liiun, Nanalmo, . , , Nanaimo's Nsw Enfertelnmsnt Hall Is Vary Popular. Leiser & Hamburger \ dplannde and O.ticr. Street. | JTAKUKV OfSflORNK Memtirr Can. fwclety of civil fc'ngfneer. Mfilliior Inslltiillnii of HWlrlml Kiigiiiei'rs Electrical lingliioir Unrrennniiftence loilclted Wltrl. Cill.isillc.it I.AIlVgSIITlCII. C, Whon Visiting Nanalmo Try Fred Poster Taxidermist & Furrier niritx, Anlmnliiaiifl n»r I If irt* Mwiiitml nm for Ml*, I'm* umilc, niter*', cleiuiiil uml (itorvi 141-a Julinion *.„ VlclotU, D. C. G.W.SCOTT Baker and Confectioner, Plain and fairy briar), Cairn .nil par- tries ol ill d.acrlptioni. f'tulli in Matin, David Murray, Oeneral Blacksmith Duller Street, • Ladyimllh Shop will h* open every Tburnln- Friday and Saturday, Atit.tlter of limit) ni 'ynlila ilnt.n.-s in highly apprrqlilnl by lover, nl tit. light flulaatlo nil held in Mr, Lvlglllon'l ne» Assembly 11*11 a lew nlglila inn, Tin I, e, I mil-lii mi Inri'lnlieil ti.v Itin I'l-,Mmrrinill: loOiehtilri, hIiIuIiiiihiii Hut It wit ai neiir t'HiliMt g» p'ii-IUi, ,Tli-»ia who n j y *« evwItV- eonne merit In tha way if«trti.tl.il, tiinimr ind dunce, owendi-ht nl i-ntllii'e In Mr, Win K, l.i'Ui.lon fur Ida "litif nrlu lu Siting mi tin it..-ni'ily lull I" lb «i innlal funelluiir, IVevluiisly, there wan no oilii-r plan, fur gallii ritiua nf tlm hind «n'P|ii. Hii-Ojii'in liniiw, which m ■ plica nl i iMiur. wai ant nil lh.it oni'il lieiUlrml, Considering Hi. pour Hah' ind had linmlng nrmr-u-inen-a and wre.oheil ventilation nl Ibe fiiiera In use Mr, L'-liliinn'i. imiubly hall llviilil.-illy flit,a long lilt w.tnl, The annex to lh» Miemlly h II fur th. |iii,|«iia nl binqitet,, nip. p«nanil reft (aliment rwtn In u.-qif*. tliill'lbly „(,-tn.dale, Illar.imirpil IhitMr, LHghton enn- template. m-:hlf vnnliig tbeyntitig Mlitei Ibbln i.f Nar,. tlmo, will tivu.ie.l ilvlr niili|'.in eon. mn!., iii.lflrilliyilie linn lucal lilnul, fliiiiiiililav'ii.nti'.of tlin,9 (wo highly- glllnl JPIIIIg hnllrs lirv the reiuajb lf tie rvliols |iri,vliii», Wherever lliey have playid tl.-iy havti Islir-u thdr aiitllinoi. hy .tinin, ati.l tiny l-nva censed q'llle i furore .111 n g ' Ihe mil Iml i.'hj.Im, Tne young-rg!rl plan the violin It) 1 manner ileirrlpiluin of wliltli muiioI In' Imlleveil uiilns, mi. lias heard the play, er, liar lenlinlilttl mailery ni Ih. Inilru. ment li nut iii'ira wiiii.lerl.il titan her i-XiiWitiiufy Inlerpreliitteii el the mu- >iu, Al.ilt pUyen ul many yeitrV u fB-rleiu.s inlglil h. prntnl In ri'iirlve Hie plauliia nl Ilia dlierlmlnMliig whli'lt »r« UvWied 0(1011 till! rvoniitrliil lilti playrr. Iliir eliler .liter I. iquilly prr.Oiilenl nt 1I111 i-liiqulnilp, ilioalng reui.i liable liniiiii|i|iiB and •) iiip4tlntlu ttnderitand- Ing ul lite iiiii.tililllgult paiisgi,, Tlieii young lulli 1 mint bi hoard I ir on. It- .iii.IbiiiiiiiI their niarvellniii powen, Tim atiililorlitm ol Ilia Prtibyterlan Cliurtili ihnuld lie "lle.l to eveifloalog tomorrowevenlng,ai Udyimllh injiyi ,»«.i«'n aninm •■ "-;-•"'"•»••'..««»riaiHnwj'.y leeuhimndiiio tliiatrlral eouip.nlei, 1»"* » "f"" '»«'M ••• •PPrwHUoa «l at m.ny lover. o( Hi. ilrami, who now r"»T!°i' TJl Wi ", '" "" I'SH at ttntna uuat.l.l -*•—-« *'-- i!a tlmo on SI. Patrick's Night, Although th. attendants., 85 m ,1:1 i."'ii|'lfi, beildei Ib. ipeeiiiun, wn iml H'lllH in large a» at fomirr .latittt* given nn li-r Ihe auspleei ol tha lliilibene Hii. ins, Liiljiroltli Tfni|ile, ilia hill Mnu> ilgy niglit In Oililfellowi' hull irw ej.ilt. ui miiflli ei J 'jrd 11 my lo the ,endit ul the HiliiliQiiia, Many nl the coilumei wan very i!ih> ftrile, but Ibe prlia for Ih. bin ei'iim. •In.seil Inly and gentleiuiri, went Is ,Mn, lUvlil Jnnei and Mr, K nt, Their coiltiinei were milch idwlird, ni lb*, well ileiervid the prli'i, Mr, Sam Shoiildloe rflinieiilly mini M ll'inr iiiaiirger, while III. minie wn.(. rwllenl, Sjienlai meplion mmt be m*d» nlMipper, wlilgb wai arhaowlnlgiwt rn all heuiti lo he on. cl th. but ever spread lu Latlj inilth, Th. fun wm tepl B'.liiif uiiiil qui!, lata oa TueiJ.y mom. log. l-ay at home would attatnl Ih. pl»y II I a iiiliable and oomforlablt hall wn •villibl. NIT1III HOTEL Til. new hotel hai been oonipl.t.ly furnished will) all modern conveniences. Element tibli, whit, cooking. Th. bir II tunplled witb thi finest wines, llquon ind olgari, An eipirlenoed bartender, D. H. DAVI8, Prop., Flnt Avenuii, • Lidyimlth, D, 0. ************************** One fsut li Iwtter than a Oomn 2 ll.ar.iyi, K ynu want tba J oliolietl mean gi to X THE OITY MARKET Li.lv.inlth, 11, 0„ R. Wllllaneon, Prop. A Iresh iu?ply ol Vegalablei alwayi oil hind, Special attention given to thlpt' luppl'es, I************************* J. E SilITH, dlsn and House Painting, draining, Pani-r ll.mging and K.I- lonilnliig. Ka'linaii'i given. Hal- I f-uiti'i, miiiianiced. LADVSMII'll, ■ ■ - B.C. "sGRAND HOTELf Wm. Uevcrldgo, l-rop, Thli new hotel bus been ootnlortably lornleliiil nd the ler li np to r*alr. licit .uciiunnii.latiiui for transient ami pariniiieiil Imtrilnri aad lodgere, Rates, $1 per Day and Upwards. Latfysmlih, D. G. Ths Esplanade, ARE VOU INSURED? »nnt g,'t n.s.lin.l at, iiliii', lut it limy bi nn late loiii.irri'W, I represent, ,. vefal OLD aid HKI.I.llll.B Uun1p.11 le*anil •an Inr-tue ynu at a iiiiimcnt'a nnilee*. rt-B IllW.lt I'lir.thln Mies, All leillllig ■vmpHiiieauhnrgii 1 hi- .ante r»ue. Hui't li.'in.led Iriti) Initi'liig with euln-Hii iienipeiiy -It might im ilmr in the end "WE 1101,11 Tlllil! SAI'K." Win. K. Leigh ton, P. 0. Drawer 311, Nanalmo, I). C, Savoy Xhetatres Canada's Greatest Music Halls, VICTORIA - AND - VANCOUVER The Master Amusement Alliance of the North-West Pioneer Bottling: Works, Nanaimo. McnuifnoturM Soda Water, dinger Bear, Cider, Fruit Syrups, Entncei, Bitters, and Carbonated Beverage* of all kinds. W. E. RUMniNO, - Proprietor, Ladysmith Dairy SPRING BROOK FARM. New Milk, Creamery Duller, New Laid Kggi end Fresh Vegetable! riiiM-lleri Dally. Leiva orden at th. foilolllue, I aids, Pjanls, Shrubs, R, II, J.ihu.ton, Victoria, hei Ihe ilnwt telei'ti'in In Ih. province, S-e ninplei at Lel.er & llanibnrgei'i .lure. Prici ami eiiltmlei cheerfully given, Koeei In gnat variety. The Alberni tlnllway. "The Colonial printed a mwi Item a few de) 1 ego to th. ciT.ct Hut III. lull* mi, men of Vancouver lie eonilderlng How Ihey ean leenre • porllon, at le-aat. of Ih. trr.de nf Ih. Islam!, ol thi Hull of iieorgli, ol Liilytinlth end ol th. n.w inciter town of Qrol'iiii, They talk ol j .-tting ,10 • .'.earner for (hit pnri-i'te, It li alio laid thai they (ontemplile nulling nn 1 «ii liner io ply between Vancouver and Ibe Weit Oout el thi. Island," ''in regard to Irade wiih the Writ Ui.ait, wi aie told Hut the Vir.oouver srholeial. hi uiei have llielr travelvii vlilt Alberni regularly, and w« luppoir 'hey mult In- ah." to quoin piluei aud freight ratei which put them un a par with Victoria luiiiri-,-, or tin, V>M"-uv.r diuii could not omupiitii In thil Held." leuedtnlilii chnrch lund, ptei' J. ,0.0m ,0 ********************************* Hi **************** GUN REPAIRS WELL DONE, John Barnsley & Co., Victoria, B. C. awa Kodak., Films, Etc, Agsnti for J. J. Taylor Fir. Proof l.f.i. ..*********************** ************************** Ladysmith Teaming Depot, All kind! ol b«»y teimlng doat COAL AND WOOD J. McLRNNAN, LADYSMITH, B. 0. MILLS BROS., Whol.oale and lielall Dealer! In Monte. Poultry and Vegetable!, Game In leu on. Shipping orden attended to on short notice. Tlio tasnt Hotel Wm. Urpplt, proprietor. Flrit-cliu iccommodillon. for mlnin and transiente, Nona bnt Ths BsslWlnts and Liquors tervM at Iho bar, Hive ns ■ rill. Cor, Vmlorli ll.l A Oommirclal Hi HAHAIMO, • - B;C, H. A. DILLOf. Notary Public Gonvayaneer, Eto. Commissioner Supreme Court of B.C., Batata and Insurance Agent, - Office.- Th. Biplmad., • Ladyimllh, D C, Near Onnl and Prank Hotal., Cocos Island Owing to th. hot that an Admiral In th.ll.ltlsh Jfivyfchoknow.Oncol Ii l.n.ll hu j'l.t l.irivaided (lorn Kuglind . mm ol nion.v to pnrebiM .to. k, prove, beyond . doubt that tb. Irtnur. li Ibera. II yon want to miki a forlno. within two month., write Ib. Piclflo Ksplor- atlon ind Development Oo,, 80 Blrdcag. W.Ik lor a ihare, Ilein.mlw w. hav. no agent, .ed not . ihar. nl tbe Com. ptny'a Hock li on iali outild. Ib. Oo.'i office. D, B. CHRISTOPIIKR, H Secntiry. P. 8. , Sbirn uniold during thli month will. smith, bi cancelled, Boy now or never. Addreia: Tlio Pacific Eiplnraflon and Oeyolopiiienl Go,, Limited, 30 Blidcige Walk, Vlclcrla. Iflectloii Heller.. On. of Mr. K. V. Ibdweli'i joryamln Victoria ..ye: 0,1. ol Slr.Dn.ieiurilr'i orgini fir th. jreatlon end malnlenane. ef 1011111I pub*' Hu opinion uyn All th. Liilyimllh voleri who went down to Victoria rime bw'kdullg'itril with Hi. retolt if Hie iileotl.in. I.,di«mllli enntilbii'id in Im* piiUntihir. to that rcinli, Ai w. remarked a lew iliyi ego,lt li tomellmee -innvenlent Ior a public mintohivi a -•Uy be can put on bii trail, and move .round lb. country le "Itll'ience pobl c opinion," Thli li a lovely bit of wilting, evident' ly by a foreigner) but hnw about M>. fi-nlweU'e eupporUre who went fnun Ladyimith iiul other K, A If, ititione, and ntnrnrd not eiiitierinllvd.llgbtid? Tu.y ihould hive mm. credl' BOARD OF TRADE. Exsoullva Consider Important Questions. A- Ihe regular weekly meeting ol Ihe eieouilv.nl LtdyimlHi ISianl of Trade, held on Monday evening In the dIHii. ol Mr, W, II, Melon, Kii'linade, nvsr.l veiv luipertinl maifira eoneeriilng Ibe welfare of tluitonn were dliemecd, A langihy dliunnl'in luok plan on Ihe oniiietery quullon, ill prei.pt being ol the opinion Ihet mniethlni thrnld I. dona ut once, The committee reported proarete, Amongitollier ni.ltin toiiob- cd mi wero the qui.Hon of».null dolli couri, Ihe railway wharf, ind trelli to iii-lglilwiliig milling and lumberman',. It wai igiei il to hold regnlir weekly mutilng, nf tlm laii'iulva in Mr.Maton'i nilire .11 Mniii'lr I'viniiiii, and Ihe gin- l.ral meiitleg ol the Uoanlon Hi. even' Iniofilielli.lSlnn.liij'lii rich month. Many eh ins ere J'liilng. Th. Bond hai now quite • lug. uien.berihip, •perl. ««m lineygli, A reinarkehle verdlei wn given lb* oihw day by 1 mronar'r j try, Is London, n the ewe of • fatal tight, Tiro printer, bid qi.riel.'ed, and one of tbem In.l.le.l -in 1 H,l.i, wbieb acwrdlnily touk plan* in preie.ineol.bcni "00111 n lo lee fair play, The aggrenur, after two or Hire, ronndi, wiiknmkid0111,and ifterwirdi died, Th. eoioRor, Dr. Wynn Weil* am, IhMiglittli. menl.ed i.llled their quarrel In "ihe good old Engll.h fa.li. Ian," and Ihe Jury igrerlng relumed a verdlel ol "DJitb bv mliidveniii'*," It lenialn. tu lie iter, ol eonr.e, whether Hi. nolli'n will tab. in equally own. plalMDt view. The fnllenee ll.«»rd. Oheii playare, tobieneceiilul, ninally require a good tteek ol pitleuw 1 hut' loiuelbing like a raeo.d In thie nirtn- Hon teemi lo lisv. been iiltbllihed by two gentlemen named Willie, one re- tiding In Aniiralla and the other In Knglantl, Thry earrird an a gem. by I'urre.piiiidnice, which luted from Jan. Ii.ry. (KIM, toD-i'-uiher, HIM, tb. re- mi! being lhat Ibe ISngliibnntu rt.li.itl at tb. thlrly-.liib move. Ttl. Keith Itmi.e. Lidlu who have occlon to vlilt Na. nilmo will Ind at Ihi Keith lluuse on the Creicent Jmt Ih. plana to Ink. . roe.l after Ih.'r 1I101 ping, Mill Kel I. hu ipired 00 ripenie In Oitlng np ll,. hi.uu In ihe mmt ccmloitahla manner, ind 1h1lnn11p.it at cltileglo th. want, ol all who eaie for a god meal cmlortehly .erred and It niod.rat. price. H.rralM ar. very rruonih'e, aid lad lea viiliing Ninilmo will il'i}. be made weloom. by tb. popular hoelei., Citizens of Ladytmlth in ior 1 man, jieimuitKr we inv.1 ^1* Citizens of Ladysmitli, agouti aod not a ihir. nl ihe Com-IB. C, are respectfully invited -«'* •'«-'•-« ■•!■ »»• «- "■■ <■ I to become members of the Ladysmitli Board of Trade, Objects : The advancement and improvement of Lady- Pi H. MARSHALL, President. JAMES FREEL, Secretary, l-llerury IV.Ic* An In in nl Inteieit to Hi. OiBldl.n Inok Irade, bug Iniyeri I, th. neari tbat limn, Ueorgn N, Muring A O.imp.ny, Ltd,, of T-imnlo, will biieafter lie the iilcigeniilnCiala l-irall th. link. pnbllthed by The Macllillan Company of New Yoik, Mmri, Monng tt 0 nn- pmiy will toll III. booki at the tamo pricei In Uaimda ai lli-m et which they «r. mid by Tb. MuMUlan Cmnpiny in New York, ind thi tarn, dlieounte wlll alee le given to Hi. Canadian bookiel- ler. ind dealen at tie given In the United States. M11111, Mono, A Company have now In Hi. prrii a cnijilnir omahujueof I'beMacMHUn Coinpan,'. puhllvatliini whleli .III l* inucd by them lmnir.ll.lrly. On. material gain to th. bookbuyei hy tine arrangement will bo tba laving o( two or litre, dayi tlm. which il now taken np lu tb. tiinimliiloo ol ord.n to New Yoik, flog, la ■ailae.c. Th. man who keeps t l.rg. margin it the bank ind .III 1.1 hi, local billi git unpaid, Tne mm alio I, never reidy when yon rail, and hu not bad Hug to lock it up. The mm who li alwayi com plilningol no bn11n.11 and yet ba.n'i Una to gltre an boor lo a public queitlop, Th. man whcie nuilmi of inltrprlia are ippllid lo other, lad not to blm. ■ill. Th. mu who wMrl bl, worry on bit leer, .ud kiepi bit little knocking hammer out. Tb. man who ov.rlooki tb* good 1 lilngiatli-ni.and aiagnifln the*, al l.ll uelghbori, Th. nun wbo la reducing bl, onenm cuti not hii horn, n.wepaper flnt and bnye Ih. oui.IJi onei-or raadl bis neighbor.'. Lead I'nl.nnliia llMrcmlng. A very .atl.fai.torr pier, rl newi I, thilmmoflrndpelMnliig In .arth.o. wm ind chiin work bir. d.cnieed Irom 240 In ltW to 300 In 1000 and 106 in 1001, whll. in all other iedoitilii an- dir th. Factory and woikibop Act cue. 'ol lead poisoning have dtoruaad from LOiiOln IHlitMoStW and 71.7 In 1001. Time li itlll oonildinbli room for Improvement, bow.v.r. TlieTehnintep»oR,llwiy,Bow being bnllt.eroiiMitlco.it It, nirrowe.1 part, will bi 100 mile, long, aad will convey good, al XI 1 ton from the Atlantic lo th. l-aclDo, Thi, will be M pir cent, ehnpir thin Hi. minimum eharg. fur travelling th. Nloarigna Cattail Tba ladle, of tba Lidyimlth Method- lit Ohiirch.se Ing circle held a tawing biaattheieihli'i.™ of Mr,. W. W. Siuihli. on Wedneidiy and Thursday In preparation fur Hie lale cl work to take place lu April. The Japan... -ilnlnir a«»a. Tb. treaty wilb Japan ha, rawllad tba apital "wore" (wiitn aaorrwpoadaotl thataJapan(,.MIolit.rli r.poitad Iq h»». mid.eom.yMri ago at tba as, peon ol a Punch f or.lgn Ul.il.ier. Tie •lory goei tbit wm. ynn ago tba Em. pworol Japan Mot aa tmbitey la frinc. to arnpg. with tba Freneb Oof. ernui.nl .bout Ib. opening ol aartalej pott, whloh win lo b. declared lit* for tb. lr.de ol Hi. Uepnblia. The Japan.!. Government had cont.nled lo throv I open thi. e port, le ba (bora by Knoc. ia exchings fir thru French port., aad tb. Foreign Mlnlitar In Pari,, who need not b. named, mid. kl. wlwtlou in eenlirince witb th. Emheiir Iron, Toklo, lie chow th. portiuf Yiikoboma Vcdde, and llan-yiog, The K ulnw.y bowed and lilt, A lew day. «l>pe*l, •nd the Embeny called again oa tha Fiiieign Mlnlttir, lo Inlu.m blm Ibat J.piB bad se'ecled tbe thna Freneb portiolll.vn, Mitnlllei, and Honth- •mpton. There wu . litter In the Fur- elgn Office, »d lb. M milter forgot tha Importance of builnen lu th. raerrl, ment, Whrn he could Hop liogbli.g li. eiplilned lo Ih. Jepene.. Mmle-i I I'm Soutbampton wai In England "We, are peifudly iwtre ol It," t-tsM Ihe Mm- later, "«ad lljng-yaug I. In C'uiee." LADYSMITH LEADER AND WELLINGTON-EXTENSION NEWS. M.RCH19. 1001?. Ladysmith Leader -AND- Welllngton-Extenaion News. Published every Wednesday and Saturday at The Leader Building, corner of First Ave. aud Fnmch Street, tadysmltb, British Columbia. T. I.. GRAHAMS, KDITOR Ann l'HOI'KIKTOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ' By Hail in Canada and united States. One year (strictly ln advance) ,. oo Ir months (strictly in advance); ADVERTISING RATSS. TRANSISNT-Flrst insertion 10c, a line; each .ubsequent Insertion sc. a line, COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING. lute, on application. No wood cuts used. CaU for regular use should be all metal. Marriage, Birth, Death and Funeral notices, each insertion 50c. Advertisements not inserted for a specified time will be charged for until ordered to be dis- coatinurd. THS LEADER wlll.be found at the following places: L»dyamith-The Leader Office; The Ladysmith Pharmacy.. Nanaimo—E. Pimbury & Co. Victoria—Public Library; Provincial Library; and Hotels. Vancouver-Public Library, aud Hotels.. New Westminster—Public Library. AU changes iu advertisements must be received at this office before I. noon the day before hum.. Subscribers not receiving paper regularly please report to this office.., Ail job work strictly cash on delivery. Transient advertisements cash in advance. WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 1901 •FOILED BALLOTS. Moit ol th. fifty or lixty ipoiled ballot. In tb. recent election in Victoria were Intended for Ool. Prior. Had they bean properly marked Col. Prior'! majority wonld have been well over a bun* dred, and it would have been a very tidy beating for Ur. Bodw.ll. It li almoit incredible that in thil age ol general education there ihould be inch a thing ai a ipoiled ballot. What mmt be the condition ol the voter'! mind when he cannot under, tand the exceedingly simple direction! lor marking hi! ballot? W.h.v. heard it remarked tbat Mm. votere actually got it into their heada tbat by marking a cron oppoeite tha nam. of a candidate it "marked him •ft," tbat il it eipretied the voter'! disapprobation oi that particular candidate. Thli notion hai certainly the recommendation ol nov.lty, and it alio proves tbat th. directioni lor veten .re almoit ai elastic in their int.rpnt.tlon ai tezti al Scripture. Thin wonld appear to ba only one way oi making certain tbat th. voter ■ball not blunder, and tbat il by adopt- ing the Australasian ayatem. The voting ii done by machinery, the only operation 1.11 to bail and untruitwortby humanity being the eelectiou ol the candidate', nam.. Numbers of keji confront the voter when be enten tbe booth ;iach key plainly inscribed in large type with the name ol the candidate. Th. voter wbo wiibei to vote for Brown, lay, touchei the key, like a typewriter key, there i. a click, a colored ball falls into the recenticle below Brown's name, and the key return! to place, bnt it cannot be nud again until tbat pirtlculir voter leaves the voting chamber. Tbii wonld seem to defy bumin ■tupldity, ud It anundly doei away with ipoiled ballots, and all dishonesty. The adoption ol the Auitralaiiin device wonld do good In Canada. Lang'a slashing critique in the Monthly Migailnr, on Un. Gallup'i extraordinary claim regarding tha authonhlp of the Shakespearean playi, it la odd tbat tbe Vancouver Daily Province, ol whlob we certainly expected better, fall. Into one ol theworet blunder! for which Mr. Lang spares not the rod ol con action on Mn. Gallup, who Ii evidently a very illiterate penon. She misspells tbe name of Uacaulay repeatedly in tbe couru ol her book, and Ur. Lang le justifiably angry with ber for tbii ctrc- leuneii or ignorance, became wben one ii writing in criticiim, one ihould be icrupulonily exact, But the Province baa far exceeded •ven Mn. Gallup'i offence, and hai miaipelled no fewer than four of th. moit iamoui name! in Engliih literature, and not only eo, bnt all in a row, too. The article which ii strongly condemnatory, li ii quite right and proper, of Mre.Gallup'Bimpertinent assumptions and blunder!, li certainly spoiled by thoie strange mistake! regarding name! which are familiar ai bii own (o the lover of Engliih literature. We may, with ill due reipect and semi-weekly humility, as venturing to correct a daily ol the Mainland metro nolii, point out that the late author oi "Tbe Faery Queen" ipelt hii name Spenier, not Spencer; that the lamented young creator of "Doctor Fauitni" spelt hii with ih'e at the end—Marlowe; that Peele, Marlowe', contemporary, apelt hii u we have done here, and not i'eale; that the owner ol what Milton called the "learned lock," favoured brevity by spelling hii name Jonson not Johnson, and curtailing hia "Iront" name to Ben! Now, it may be contended that then thing! are only trifles; but if io then accuracy ii a trifle, and Un. Gallup, or anybody else, may ipell lamoni names juit al they choose or ai their careless nen or ignorance may direct. All ol which il offered without prejudice and in the hope of doing good. Another copy of tbe Glasgow Evening Newi addressed to tbla office io plainly tbat be rune may read hai just come to hind from Lidyimlth, Natal, marked witb a pyramidal device inecilbed-'Piiied thepreel censor, Ltingiburg, Natal." It would be Interesting to know iltbe Britiih poit office still teats applicants fir position! on the staff for defective eyeeight, and ability to read. THE BH.ITEKAI, OYPHEB. In commenting upon Ur. Andrew EDITORIAL NOTES. According to Nanalmo Herald, the prennt provincial government ii "the wont tbat hai ever exerciied the function! ol Hate aince the dayi ol the Stmrti," Oh, Lord I Surely th. oddeit compliment ever paid to a visiting potentate wm that offend by tbe publisher! ol the lite Rev. A, M. R. Gordon'! (ol Vancouver Hornet) celebrated poem, "Hoch der Kainrl Heinielf nnd Gottl They is- laed a special edition in New York, "in honor" ol Prince Henry of Pruiiii I By arrangement between Sir Tbomai Llpton and Mr. 0. W. Poit, ol Battle Creek, Michigan, the yaeht Shamrock II will be manned during the coming yachting anion with American iiilora and officers; whilst th. American yacht Oolnmbia will carry an Engliih ciew •nd officer,, Tb. object ii to teit the yaclitcr.lt of the orewi in a manner be yond diipute, Iron in proximity to coil made Glai gow, Newcastle, Mlddleiborough, Car dlff and other cities in tbe United King- dom, and Pittsburg and oth.r American eitiu far greater than the greateit gold cam pi, could have made tbem, Wa learn tbat very rich iron depoiiti bive bun diicovered close to Ladyimith. W. trust that early development of those discoveries wlll follow. JUST A FEW OF THOSE RODS LIFT Just the thing for those great catches of fish they are getting along the beach. The prices are the lowest. Leiser & Hamburger Wholesale and Retail Merchants, Eiptanadaand Oatacre Street, ■ . • Ladysmith Nanaimo Herald complained the other day that Vmcouver Province waa calmy dilcuiiing French literature during a provincial throe political. The Province might certainly have employed ill time to better advantage by discussing something abont which it wu better- informed than French literature, ite essay on tbat subject being ai the Frenchman, alter a careful examination of hie dictionary to make lure, laid ol hii Engliih, that "eel ii lull oi de bole." Wben William Jenningi Bryan enter ed journalism the newspaper! oi tbe United States chaffed him unmercifully, and made merry over bii piper. We •ie tolerably familiar with the reprei entatlve newspapers of the United State!, but we feel verj euro that not oue ol them could cut a great thought into better form than thli, tbat ii the few of them that an troubled witb great thonghti: ''No government ihould object to free ■peech, A government that object! to tree ipeech ii a government that needa it. Tbe man who lervei hii country witb heirt and brain II more of a patriot than he who fight, in battle. The more men give their heart! and braini to tbe country, the iewer will have to give tbeir bodiei." Rather a good joke on The Leader hai been perpetrated unconiclouily by an Ottawa correspondent, of mere than utual enterpriie. He hai lent to thie office tbe fint ol a scries of weekly let tenon the political "iltuation," and every line of the letter bristles with at tack upon tbe Liberal government. Our dear Iriendi the Coniervativu, may their lhadowa never grow more or leie, are praiied as the inheritor! ol all the virtue! carried from Eden bv tbe erring Adam, and all tbat bii poiterity have accumulated einee th.t unfortunate misunderstanding. Thli, we might remind tbii correspondent .nd the general public, ii. Liberal office, pur tang; and that Ottawa correspondent may m.ke note ol the fact, and ipare ui hii el- teemed iff uiioui. William Travera Jerome, Diitrict Attorney oi New York County, speaking at a dinner in New Yoik City the other evening, given in honor ol Rev, Dr. Lymin Abbott, editor ol the Outlook, uttered a bitter protest agalnat government by newepaper. He alio atticked the newipapin of New York with much vehemence; bii opinion differing markedly from tbat held by that other die tinguiibed critic and authority, Nanalmo Free Prill, which recently delivered itielf(utely) of the extraordinary view tbat "the majority of tbe journal lltl ol Germany .re illiterate black guardi, whilst thoie ol N.w Yo.k City >r. educated gentlemen." According to Ur. Jerome th. vary reverie ol thli expert judgment 11 tbe lut. We cannot venture to expren an opinion whan thoie mighty onei are handing I hem down. ja^..miawe»'*t*'«-ai'ttK«*'4^'44r»l'*S ■urlca by Templar,. Editor Leader—On. thing that icemi to hive eeciped the notice of the Nanaimo pre.s reporter, regarding the Inn eral ol Exteniion vlollmi, wu the funeral cortege ol the lit. Wm. Hamilton, whose remains were ln charge ol Eiton- lion Independent Order ol Good Temp- Ian and were laid to rut under the temperance ritual and banner. Re mark! ware m.de ai to the large number of Templan that attended the lata Ur. Hamilton1! funeral and carried their lata comrade to th. grave. Ha wu very highly thought ol by all those who knew him. Sir, itii pleasing to Ladyimith and Exteniion Temperance Lodgei increasing tbeir members, believe Exteniion lodge ii now binner lodge ol thli Island. K. L. NO. 16, Nanalmo, B, C, Uarch 7th, 1002. in tbe whole world you was ill not find a mon liberal, generous or cbnltab'e people than what we have in our little City ot Nanaimo. There hae never leen a call made upon their puree lor anything like a deeervlng cause but wbat baa been responded to ungrudaidgly* This appllei to onr business people Bl well ib to the working clan. But there are times when their patience end generosity an sorely tried, and probably no time more io than last month, Aa every one bnowi Februaiy ii a liiort month at belt, and then owing to the accident ln the mine and other causes many oi na hid but little more than hall lime, lome none at all. Yet look at tbe drain upon thil meagre earning!—a collection for the benefit ol the hospital; in assessment for the Alexandria miners; a collection at the pay office, and to cap the climax—our kind and thoughtful city fatben deducted two big dollari for road tax.and even for the pretent month we wbo dig coal for a living bad to appear belore a committee for examination and pay another big dollar Ior the privilege ol working. There wu lome grumbling, but con sidenng all thing!, not much. But the lateit play on the noardi, and the one which in my opinion, will dislocate the back ol that patient animal relerred to in the proverb, is tbe action ol the Medical Committee in their present campaign ol begging lor the benefit ol Dr. McKechnie, wbo is, I regret to ny, abont to leave us. Dr, McKechnie is deservedly a very popular man, andevery one will be lorry to hear ol bie departure, but he ii not in itraitened circumetancei. He gave ui good services, and in relorn we gave him a magnificent salary, somewhere on an average of ,10,000 per annum lor the past six years. To tax the limited meana ol the people now canvaieed lor thil purpose li little ehort of criminal, I am much mistaken ii Dr. McKechnie will at all thank bii cnthuiiutio but silly Iriendi f jr their actions in tbii milter. I have no doubt but many ol thote who will contribute, limply because tbey will not like to refuse, have unpaid accounts with their butcher and grocer. And igain I object to this mean! ol ibowing our ippreciation of a good and popular man. If it ia tbe object to teat the eiteem in which Dr. McKechnie il held, thepreient meani is a failure, il I have already pointed out. Many will contribute wben canvaieed but at the same time curse the man it il intended to honor. The proper way to place a paper at tbe pit head with a notice that all wbo wlah to ibow their regard lor Dr. McKechnie to place their name ou the Hit with the amount thiy wiih to donate, and by tbii meai i do •wiy with Ibis beastly begging, FAIR PLAY, Nanaimo, B. C, March 14,1002. w^j«^M-».i»wa*ia»,sf*^^ COMPLETE. Everything In stock It imported direct Irom miunlactureriorm.de it ur own factory, 40 yean in our businesa meini tomething. When viltting Vie oria come ln end eee our large and modern establish- ment and attiaotive itcck—you will not need to buy, If you cannot come ■and yonr name on a poit card and we will mall you a catalogue-free. 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When In camp the other day, I waa' Fiih cenitltutea one ot the most vol- [Original 1 riding through a village when tbe vll- uable article, of diet for mankind, al- JohnOldershaw nnd his wife Marge.- lnee headmnn asked me If I would Ilka though the popular notion thnt it ls a ret, lived on the bank of tho Mississippi t0 see "tuc fl8u'" '• not knowing what good brain food because of the phos- rivor. They bad everything they de- ",0 headman meant, nt once went with pborus It contains Is incorrect. As a Bircd except children Margaret after "''" "su come UD against the material In palatable form, witb a min- chief, tied nt the corners. There wlll rnonaoon flood nt tho end of June and lmum of tax on tbe digestive organs. be a bit of paper pinned to tho bnndker- B0 awa3r nbout October every year. Among tho most nourishing and nt chief, giving the baby's namo and tell- llle3' con re°ognlzo Individual flt.li by the same time digestible fish are blueing why Its mother left lt lu tbo wood, mm'ks' •"•"■, etc., which tbey pointed flsh, shad, red snapper, fresh codfish, poor woman!" I 0,,t to me' ' whiteflsh, striped bass, halibut and "That's a likely thing to happen," ' Tu0 M°n Is nearly dry In the cold flounder*. And equally nutritious, al- muttered John. ' and ond of the hot weather, and the though perhaps less digestible, aro "Toko tbo handkerchief In your fnct tunt tliese fl8" return to this one brook trout, lake trout, salmon, mack- teeth," Margaret went on, "where the vl"ago landing stage every year rog. erel and eels. Hoe la not particularly four corners aro tied together and -hirly and never go to nny other Is nutritious, but it Is agreeable to tho bring tbe child to mo." i °-uite worthy of remark. A villager taste and fairly digestible. John went to Memphis to n foundling who kills nny of them has to undergo Tho mode of preparation has much to asylum and applied for a baby to " Penalty of 10 shillings by common do with tbe digestibility of fish, as It ndopt. Tbcro was nono to bo hnd consent, nnd great care Is In conse- hai with tbat of all other foods. Boll- whoso parentage satisfied blm, for he d1'0"00 taken of them. lug and broiling are better modes of wns somewhat pnrtlcular In that re- ( Tu0 "sntwe of upper Burma ls n cooking than frying, spect, so he went back to Margaret ™y short, thick flsh, tnpcrlug rapidly The chief objection to fish Is its dlsnppolntcd and empty handed, and Crom behind tbo gills to the tail, has proneness to decomposition, even when Margaret went on making a child of lo"S feelers on both upper and lower kept on Ice. It mny be freo from any Spotty. I "P "ml has no noticeable teeth. He taste or odor, and yet It may have un- Soon after this John was reading In ""i"08 very good eating and bas but dergone changes which make it poison- the locul newspaper a telegraphic dls- (ew bones. I have often board of tame ous. Some flsh are poisonous in them- patch stating that the river was rising flsu ln tanks, hut a herd of tame flsh selves, containing In tbe natural state rapidly abovo and fears were enter- ,n ° monsoon river connected witb the some substance which wlll cause alarm- tained that the levee at several weak ere(lt 'rawadl ls a very bizarre phe- Ing symptoms, or even dcatb, If eaten. points would not stand tbe pressure. His bouse stood on ground above the highest flood mark, so ho did not fear for bis and Margaret's Bafcty, but ho dreaded tbe flood for his neighbors' sake aud tbe destruction of his own and their property. "John," said bis wife, "Inst night I ATTACKED BY A HERON. ■or Trie, lo Capture the Bird and Nenrli- Lose. HI. Life. "I'vo bunted everything from gray squirrels to grizzlies," said n veteran | With some persons flsh ln nny form does not agree, causing digestive dlsor- , den or akin eruptions. This Is notably : true of lobster, and crabs. Orlsln of Absinth. Absinth, tho green fiend that sat..- dreamed thnt Spotty had gone iiwny Philadelphia sportsman to a writer In rates fashionable France, was original- and come back with a baby tied up In, , the New York Times, "and the nearest 'F aa extremely harmless medical a silk handkerchief." 11 ever came to being seriously Injured remedy. John groaned. by any sort of game .was oue time II waa a French physician who flnt "Spotty! Spottyl Come, get your ' when a wounded bird attacked and aaad it His name was Ordinaire, nnd breakfast!" she called. | tried to kill me. be was living as a refugco at Courct, Spot didn't respond, nnd Margaret "1 was n boy then nnd went down to m Switzerland, at tbe close of tbo went out Into the yard to look for him. 1 a crock thnt flowed through my father1, eighteenth century. Like many other She called, but without reply. She farm to watch for a mink. It was early country doctors at that time, he was hunted among the rosebushes mid un- in the evening and a blue heron came nlso a druggist, and his favorlto remodel- the imignolhi trees, In the burn, tho and sat within tempting gunshot I "? was a certain elixir of nbsintb of wooilhoi.se, everywhere, liut there wns know It would spoil my chances at which he alone bad the secret, no Spot. Then Bhc set nil the negroes mink to shoot tho bird, and I didn't In- At bis death ho bequeated tbe for- bnntlng, but when tho sun went down tend to do It, hut, kidlike, I raised tbe mu,a iv his housekeeper, Mile. Grand- that night there waa no sign of tbe guu and took aim just to see bow I Pierre, and she sold lt to the daughters child-dog. | could kill It if I would. I lowered tbe 0( Lieutenant Henrlod. Tbey cult!- The flood proved tho highest ever guu and then raised It again. Every T*ted ,a tbeir tittle garden the herbs known. Tbo levco burst above tho tlmo I raised It I would touch tho trig- neeesanry for concocting It, nnd after Oldcrslmws', and the country wnscov- ger gently. After awhile I touched It far nnd distilled n certain quantity of too hard, the guu went oil and I start- 4uo "°.uld they sold it on commission ed toward the boron, which was wound- *° itinerant peddlers, wbo quickly dls- ed. posed of It in tbo adjacent towns and "I thought It would bo a good scheme Tillages. to catch tho bird nud started to do so Finally, during the flnt decade of tbe when its bill shot ont like a sledge "'noteenth century, n wealthy distiller tho oars, unchained tho boot and after , hammer and struck mo between tbo Pnrchnscd tbe formula, and very soon taking his wife In with him pulled eyes. Wben I came to my senses, It 'forward be placed on tho mnrket tbo nway Into the wood behind the bouse, j was dark, and It was several minutes modern absinth, which differs greatly John Oldcrshnw felt llko a fool, but. longer before I could remember where from tne old medical remedy, since the ho Is not the first husband who has I was or what had happened. A little '"""' contained no alcohol nnd very ered with water. Margaret wrung her bauds and gave up Spot for drowned and plcndcd with John to tako a boat and go In search of bis body. John refused until ho saw that his refusal was downright cruelty. Then be got out acted stupidly aud wisely at tho same time In pleasing hii wife. .They were met by everything that could float, animate and Inanimate. Furniture, dwellings, sections of fencing, barns, wero floating about In profusion. A wee kitten on a board mowed to tbem pltcously, A lamb on the roof of an outhouse bloated. Half dressed pcoplo who had escaped In boats at midnight wero pulling for dry land. John Oldcrshnw saw tho wreck about htm ond remembered that be was looking for a drowned dog. "Sco tbe littlo nikI" Margaret exclaimed, Whoever has not seen one of those old cradles, now obsolete—as nil cradles are, for tbe matter ot thnt—mado of wood, ono end covered with tbe same material, cannot understand tbo exclamation. What Margaret sow was ono of these cradles, aud, what was more wonderful to relate, she heard a bark, and n dog's nose protruded nbovo the gunwalo of the crndle-boat about whero the sllta for bandies wero. "If. Spottyl" cried Margaret In ecstasy. "So It Is," said John. "Why doesn't ho put his paws on the aide nnd show himself!" said Margaret "Ho's afraid ot upsetting his boat," •aid John. John pulled for the cradle and was soon alongside of It Margaret seized tho tiny craft and there, lying on soft bedding, was an Infant When It saw Margaret looking down at It, tbo child's face broke Into a smile. Its eyes laughed, nnd lis littlo arms and legs vibrated like shuttles. Spotty sat and barked and when all foar of overturning tho cradle was at an end Jumped Into tho boat kissed Margaret and In all respects equaled tho Incessant motion of tbo baby. So few pcoplo wlll hellcvo this etory that I scarcely have the heart to finish It but tbe rest of It Is of Inoro Importance thnn what I have told. The baby harder and tho bird would have killed , ",Ue absinth, mo. I shudder even yet when I think what would have been the result if the bill bad struck one ot my eyes." III. Idea o( Heaven. The lad was about Ave years of age and naturally Inquisitive, He asked The Awakening; ' hl" 'at0CT Questions he had never Tho meanest man on earth has Just ?Mrd ,b•) VtWW iV# ^.^^^"^^->T,^-^>#^%i|^#if-^-#^i^**#. mrmXjmVfa9iitc0im, $) | Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Tims Tabla No. 43. Tralni Int. Leatyemlth tonlb-bonnd, dally at (.10 a. m„ aad on latardayi aad Su.diyi it 1,53 p.m. Tnlai Int. Ladyemith north-bound, dally at 11.67 a. m„ aad oa Siturdiyi tad Snadayi at 5,67 p,m* Excursion Ritas to ill Points. Oood Salami' nd Sindiy Bee, L, Qoartnoy, * Treffie Vane* or / __4