"ca33246d-8048-4fc6-833a-b45f5d34ae39"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2017-07-31"@en . "1909-06-09"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ladysmithst/items/1.0353543/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE\nWith Which Is Amalgamated the Ladysmith Standard.\ni\nVol. I.\nLadysmith, B. C, Wednesday, June 9, 1909.\nNo.jf.\nElectrical Engineer\nJas Been Engaged\nIn the language of the streets there\n\"was something doing\" at the.meeting of the City Council Monday evening. From seven o'clock till a\nquarter past ten the city fathers\nwrestled with various complicated\nproblems, from the building of\nstreets'to the Installation of electric\nlighting plan's. As a result there\nwill be much.street work going on\nwithin the next few weeks, and tenders (or the installation of an electric lighting plant will be called tor\nat once. An electrical engineer has\nbeen engaged, and he will look oyer\nthe plans for the plant.\nThere were present ah tbe meeting*.\nMayor Nicholson and Aid. Campbell,\nRoberts, Dier, Brown, McKinnell and\nMatheson.\nThe minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.\nMr. J. Stewart wrote the Council\nwith reference to clearing up Buller\nStreet between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.\nSeveral of the aldermen ex-\nshould be done with this.street.\nAid. Matheson said the city received\nconsiderable.revenue from that end of\nthe street, and the work should be\nattended to. -'.,,\nMayor Nicholson and Aid. Dier\nboth expressed themselves in thc\nsame vein, and the communication\nwas received and filed.\nThere were several communications\ndealing with the sewer debentures,\nfrom Eberls ft Taylor, Mason & Mason, and other, and a copy) of the de'\nhenture form was presented for the\napproval of the Council, and the\nsignature ot the Mayor and City\nClerk. The debenture form was\nread and approved'and the desired\nsignatures added.\nMr. M. Hutcheson, electrician, Vlc-i\ntoria, wrote concerning tbe plans of\nthe electric light plant presented for\nhis inspection. Generally speaking,\nMr. Hutcheson endorsed the plans,\nbut advised a change In the generators, except the Council intended tt)\nsupply motors. The communication\nwas received and Hied tor future reference.\nMayor Nicholson presented the\nplans for his new building on First\nAvenue. His Worship explained that\nhis building would be better than the\nplans, Inasmuch as lje might add another storey at a later date. There\nwas considerable .discussion as to tbe\ngrade of the street, and it was .found\nnecessary to examine the minutes ot\nthe Council tor last autumn to find\nout the terms ol tbe application for\nthis building.\nTbe plans were accepted by tbe\nCouncil,\nAccounts aggregating JJ19.6B were\npresented and referred to the finance\ncommittee, to be paid 11 found correct.\nMayor Nicholson reported that he\nhad Interviewed Mr. Beasley with regard to the site tor the electric light\nplant. There would be no difficulty\nin dealing with the B. ft N. railway\ncompany with regard to the track\nand lt would be only now necessary\nto see Mr. Little. He Javored the\nerection ofthe plant on the strip of\nland ton the Esplanade at the Juncture of Methuen Street.\nDr. Dier stated that when he had\nfirst Interviewed Mr. Beasloy he had\nreceived practically the same assurance. It would lie remembered that\nthe Council had Instructed the city\nclerk to write Mr. Little.\nCity Clerk Morrison said he had\nnot yet had an answer from Mr.\nBeasley.\nMayor Nicholson was satisfied that\nthe site chosen was the best\u00E2\u0080\u0094all\nthings considered.\nAid. Matheson agreed with the\nMayor. It was the moBt convenient,\nand he moved the adoption of the\ncommittee's refibrt, which was seconded and carried.\nAid. Campbell referred to several\nhad pieces of sidewalk, and this tn\nduced the Interrogation from Dr.\nDier, as to whether Mrs. Vnter had\nbeen seen with regard to the cement\n.sidewalk on Roberts Street.\nSeveral of the aldermen expressed\nthe belief that nothing could' be done\nwith regard to the cement sidewalk,\nso lt was decided tn build a wood\nwalk, from Morrison's store along\nRoberts Street to connect with ' the\ncement sidewalk at the postoffice and\nBnden-Powell Street.\nTenders will be called for the lumber at once for this and other street\nimprovements.\n- lt was also resolved to move the\nstones from First Avenue und Cat\nacre Street to make a Inundation\nlor certain work on Roberts Street.\nIt Was decided to write to the owners nf the Opera House and Inform\n. t.hem that the sidewalk was about to\nbe built, and-see what would be done\nwith regard' to tho verandah in front\nof that building.\nAn Informal discussion took place\nwith regard to the recent tour of investigation ot the aldermen and It\nwas stated thnt road Improvements\nwould bertn this year tn nn exact\nnnpoalte direction'to where they) had\nstarted Inst year.\nUnder the head of new business,\nAid. Dier referred tn complaints that\nbad been made with regard to the\nl\u00C2\u00BBnk of water at certain points in the\ncltv.\nThis brought nn some discussion\nas to the cause ol the low pressure,\nnnd to thc best methods of getting\na remedy,\nThis matter is Ukely to come up\nagain.\nThc subject ol street Improvements\ncame up ugaiu, aud tho Council decided to take another wulk around\nthe city, tBis timo tu a different\ndirection.\nApplication for electrical engineers\nwere then read. There were sixteen\nof them ond it took over an hour to\nread the applications and the testimonials:\nFrom Nelson Hewson, Vancouver,\nsalary $100 per month..,\nJ. R. Robertson, Vancouver, salary $100 pcr month. i\n_Robt. O. Wilson, Cumberland, salary, (125 per month.\nO. H. Walls, Vancouver, $1500 per\nyear.\nA. Gain, Vancouver, $150 pcr\nmonth. |\nPercy Edwards, Vancouver,. $90 per\nmonth.\nLangley ft Williams, Vancouver,\nconsulting engineers,.\nW, H. Evnnl, Vancouver, $150 pcr\nmonth.\nA. Parker, Duncan, on. behalf ot his\nson, Chas. S. Parker\".\nM. Leltch, Vancouver, $150 pcr\nmonth.\nChas. B. Baxter, Victoria, $100\npcr month.\nGeorge M. Turner, Victoria, $100\nper montlf.\nJ. A. Vivian Rowc, Vancouver.\nW. L. Hutton, Vancouver, $125\nper month.\nHarold J. Gilbert, Vancouver $300\nper month.\nPeter Wilson, Vancouver, $150 pcr\nmonth.\nGuy C. Herald, Victoria, $120 per\nmonth.\nAfter discussing the qualification:*,\nof the various applicants, it was. de-\ndecided to ballot on five of them: |\nTurner, Hewson, Gain, Baxter and\nParker. - j\nThe first ballot resulted ln six for.\nfor Turner; one lor Gain. |\nTurner was therefore declared elected, and his duties began Tuesday. |\nIt .was decided to let the whole j\nwork in one contract, and the plans\nwill be decided upon by the engineer I\nThe matter of the sewers was re i\nferred to, and just as soon as the\nmoney for the debentures reaches\nhere, an enblneer will be appointed\nand the contract let. !\nThc Council adjourned at 10.15.\nFatal Accident at\nExtension\nThomas Kulal did not survive tbe\naccident he met with in the Extension mines Saturday. He was taken\nto Chemainus hospital and . given\nevery attendance, but on Sunday\nmorning at~6 o'clock, he succumbed.\nAs wns stated in last Saturday's\nChronicle, thc accident was the result of a tall of coal. It tbok sonic\ntime to extricate him,. and an examination proved that his injuries were\nof a very serious character. When Jic\nreached the hospital it was seen,\nthat his recovery would be a miracle, and he gradually grew weaker\nuntil his death Sunday morning.\nCoilincr Davis held an Inquest the\nfollowing composing the jury. O.\nCampbell, foreman, and Messrs.\nJohn Gillespie, Geo. Kent, W. Hepple, Jas. Durns and Hugh Stobbn.\nInspector Dick were present. ''\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nChief Inspector D. Shepherd ai\nAfter hearing all thc evidence bearing on the accldont the Jury return\ned thc following verdict: .\n\"Wc, tho Jury empanelled to enquire into the death ot Thomas Kulal, unanimously agree that the do\nceased came to his death by a fall\nof. coal, which ovorhuug while tamp,\ning a hole, nnd that his death was\npurely, accidental.\"\nThomas Kulal was, horn iu Austria,\n37 yeurs ago, and has resided iu Ladysmith for a number of years. He\nhad a wife and two children, and Was\nheld in high esteem hy a large, number of friends. His funeral Tuesday\nevening was a very largo one.\nLocal and General\nNews Notes\nPremier McBride will leave about\nthc end of the present week on a lew\nweeks tour of the interior ol the proj\nMrs, P. Gilmour, a former resident of Nanaimo, has been granted\na full decreo of divorce in thc courts\nol King County, Wash.| ,.\nMoses Webley Meets\nWith Sudden Death\nLast Monday Moses Webley, the\n15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T.\nWebley, of Ladysmith, was caught\nbetween two cars at the -mines\nat Extension and was so badly\ninjured that he died shortly atter he\nwas brought home. The boy had been\ntending a trap door, and forgetting\nthe recent addition of four cars had\ntried to cut in after the usual five\ncar trip. He was knocked down and\ndragged along the track, and when\npicked up waB Insensible. He was\nbrought down to Ladysmith and it\nwas intended to take him to -the hospital. He sank rapidly and died\nMonday afternoon.\nAn inquest was order for this nt-\ntornoon, and tho funoral will take\nplace at 6.30 this evening.\nYoung Webley was a bright boy\nand had many friends who deeply\nsympathise with his family in their\nbereavement.\nHenry Albert Small, one ot the\noldest and most popular commercial\ntravelers in Canada, died at Revel-\nstoke last week. In point of. length\not time on tho road, Mr. Small, tt\nis believed, was the oldest. Ho atari,\ned us a traveler when he was but 17\nyears old, and as he virtually died, lnf\nharness, bo was on tbo road tor 51\nyears. Ho was born in Kent, England, on August 31st, 1841, He- camo\nto Canada at the age of 17.,\"Harry\"\nas he was called by his innumerable\nfriends, was one of the best-liked\nand most respected travelers In-Canada. He was one ol tho oldest members ol tho Dominion Travelers' Association, and hud been connected'\nwith thnt body for moro than 35\nyears. Mr. Small was of a cheery,\nkindly disp\"\"itlou, over ready to lend\na helping bund and to encourago and\naid those who wero in bard luck, Dp\nto the very last he had a more than\nordinary! capacity tor holding his customers. This was because he looked\natter their interests an well as tbat\nof the houso represented.\nHon. W. Templomun bad a conference yesterday morning with the\nminister of trade and commerce, nnd\nwith Mr. Oreelman, representing tbe\nC.P.R., relative 'to improvement of\nthe mall service ln British Columbia,\nespecially In tho northern portion.\nArrangements will be made tor an\nimproved service to Queen Charlotte\nIsland and on the Sttklne and Skee-\nna rivers. Mr. Templeman with Mr.\nBrock, acting director ot mines, will\nmake an official trip through northern British Columbia and to Dawson\nIn August, Investigating tho needs\nnnd prospects of furthor development\nof tbe mining industries. Mr. Templeman leaves for Victoria at tho\nend ol this week,\nIn future notice oi the arrival aad\ndeparture of the transfer barge will\nbe posted on the bulletin board at\nthe E. & N. railway depot. This will\nbe a great convenience to passengers\nfor Vancouver.!\nThe Hart Manufacturing Co.'s representative will be at Simon Leiser\nft C'o.'b store tomorrow irom 10 to\n1 o'clock, and will show samples of\n' \" s' fall suits. Ladies aro cordially invtted to bo present.\nOno of the 1/J, known launch owners in tho city wont out last Sunday to investigate the impedtmonta\nto navigation between here and Chemainus, and it is reported on good\nauthority that he found them all.\nTlio Council will advertise tor tenders for lumber to build a sidewalk\n\n Roberts street trom First avenue\nto connect with the cement sidewalk\nat the postoffice and also trom tho\nend of the cement walk on the Esplanade to Badcn-Powcll street.\ntomorrow evening thc following excellent programme will be presented:\n\"Wcary's Christmas Dinner, ' \"Dancer ond the King,\" \"Life's a Gamo\nof Cards,\" \"The New Stenographer\"\nand the songs: \"Roguish Eyes\" and\n\"Two Little Baby Slices.\"\nFires have started, according to report, in several Vancouver Island\ndistrict. The most serious outbreak\nis among thc timber of the J ordan\nriver country along tho west coast.\nA telegram received this morning\nstates that thc conflagration is raging furiously and, thnt, if the present\nhot weather continues, tt is probable\nthnt a large area of valuable timber\nwill be devastated. The authorities\nbelieve, despite thc indications, that\nthe loss from this source will not be\nas heavy this year as in thc past.\nTli? British Columbia Government's\nnow and stringent regulations are expected to be most beneficial In their\neffect. Thc.system of inspection that\nhas been introduced, fire wardens\nhaving been stationed in the different districts to put out incipient\nfires and to guard against the carelessness, of campers, should prevent\nu repetition of what has occurred\nheretofore.\nIt Will Be a\nHospital Commitee\nGetting Down to Work\nInteresting Items of\nSport in Ladysmith\nMoore's team will play the Methodist team at 5.30 p. m. Thursday\non the Sports grounds:\nThe lineups will be as follows:\nMOORE'S TEAM.\nGoal\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Robert Greaves.\nBacks\u00E2\u0080\u0094 J. Sanderson, R. Struth-\ners.\nHalves-.!. McKay, P. G. Noot, B.\nMcKelvie.\nForwards\u00E2\u0080\u0094 W. E. Akenhcad, Wm.\nE. Moore, Dr. Dfer, J. A. Knight, J. |\nHaworth.\nMETHODIST TEAM.\nGoal\u00E2\u0080\u0094 C. Dclcourt.\nBacks\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. Allsopp, R. Blakely.\nHalves- R. Purklns, John Wilkinson, F. Weir.\nForwards\u00E2\u0080\u0094 R. Simpson, J. Fisher,\nC. Clonk, W. Law, K. Wilkinson;\nSpares\u00E2\u0080\u0094 John Allsopp ami Joe\nAllsopp.\nLACROSSE NOTES.\nDr. A. C. Frost has put up a cup\nfor a series of games between the Extension and Ladysmith Lacrosse\nClubs. The cup, which is on exhibition at Noot's, is a very nice one.\nThe boys appreciate the Doctor's\ngenerosity and will do all ln their\npower to keep the cup here.\n.- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 a\nIn all probability a gamo wlthEt-\ntoiiston will take placo tomorrow o -\ncnlng. The boys need practice for\ntheir match on the First wbon thoy\nwill play somo outsflo team, doubtless Nahaimn, though word has been\nreceived that tho V. A. C. ot Vancouver would like a gamo on that\ndate. The local team does not feel\nquite oquat to the task ot playing\ntho Vancouver team so early in Iho\nseason, but may be able later In the\nseason to try conclusions with, teams\ntrom both Vancouver and Victoria.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nIC huu not been finally decided yet\nwhether or not the boys will Journey\nto Nanaimo on Sunday for revenge.\nLadysmith Is going strong on athletics this year. They have got a\nlacrosse team going, and now thoy\nhavo reorganised the old baseball\nteam. Jack Ryan, a good sport,\naud a great baseball enthusiast, has\nbeen \"appointed manager, with O. E,\nJennings, as caT/tuin, I'hoy aro\nnow open to recelvo dates and the\nFroo Piohs roportor received from\nManager Ryan ou Sunday, a challenge to tlio Nanaimo players. Na-\nunnlmo cuu never sit down under a\nchallenge from Lndysmith, aud it Is\nup In the boys toTRct ont and show\ntlio Smeller City hoys how to piny\nthe game \u00E2\u0080\u0094Nnnnlino Free Press.\nMr. and Mrs. 13. II. Jonos have\nreturned from a month's visit to San\nFrancisco. They had an enjoyable\ntime, and visited all the places ol\nnote in tho vicinity. Mr. Jones was\nparticularly struck with the rapidity\nwJth which big buildings have been\nerected to tako the place ot those destroyed hy earthquake and fire three\nyears ago. Many pretty places were\nvisited, hut- both Mr. and Mrs.\nJonos are satisfied that the natural\nsurroundings on Vancouver Island\narc quite as attractive as the artificial parks and recreation resorts ot\nCalifornia. Business is dull, but the\npeople ire looking ahead to better\ntimes ln the near future.\nArchie Kerr, the popular skipper ol\nth? launch \"Kerrful\", has things up\nto-date. On Sunday be took tho\nbaseball boys to Chemainus and\nmade the trip In good time. Picnic\nparties will do well to remember\nArchie has the'launch for hire at all\ntimes and is prepared to handle a\ncrowd.\nMr. G. M. Turner, who was appointed city electrical engineer at\nthe meeting ot the Council Monday\nnight, lost no time In getting down\nto business. He has been making\nan examatiou ot the specifications\nfor the electric lighting plant, with\na view of advertising for tenders ln\na few days.\nThe proBpects of Vancouver Island\nwere never so bright |nd the inhabitants ot the districts just visited by\nblm are full of optimism as to tbe\nprospects for the present summer according to E. McGafley, secretary of\nthe Vancouver Island Development\nLeague, who returned yesterday to\nVictoria trom a visit to the west\ncoast.\nThe shortage of water this week,\nespecially In the upper part ot the\ncity, has caused great annoyance.\nSuperintendent Bland will do all he\ncan to remedy the inconvenience,\nand as will be seen by an advertisement In another column, consumers\nol water will be restricted to certain\nhours as tar as garden sprinkling Is\nconcerned.\nHarry Wareham and Charles Hine\nhave lormed a partnership to plaster\nhouses and build chimneys. Both\nmen thoroughly understand their'.business. The writer ol this item has\nbad some work done by Messrs. Ware\nham ft Hlnc, and he can testify unhesitatingly to thc excellence ot tho\nwork. Their prices arc very reason\nable when the caro which they take\nwith their work is considered.\nAccording to information received\nIrom a private source, the C. P. R.\nwill not put on a boat between Ladysmith and Vancouver this season.\nTho reason'assigned is that when thc\nJoan came tn here tho company lost\nmoney. It is now up to tbe citizens\nto make an effort tn secure an Independent boat, and lt is understood\nthat successful arrangements can be\nmade with that object in viow.\nHon. Dr. Young, the provincial bcc\nrctury, who has left on a trip to Atlin, will be absent about three weeks.\nThe doctor, was prevented last year\nIrom visiting his constituents, and\nowing to the pressure of worh It wss\nfeared lor a time that ho would be\nprevented Irorti going, north until later ln the year, but bo managed to\ngel away on Friday evening ol laot\nweek.\nIn last Issue it was stated that\nthe price ol the silk view funs which\nBlair & Adam nro selling was 25c.\neach. This was a mistake and the\nprice ot the souvenirs is 25c. a pair\nOn Saturday night people were In\nto buy them at 25c each and when\nthey Iound tho price was 25c. a pair\nthere was a great demand. These\nviews are ot the school ond the\nwharvcB and are really pretty.'Some-\nthlnit nice to send home to your\nfriends.\n\"A Voice From the Dead\" Is the\nprincipal picture at the Novelty this\nweek and tt is holding tbe interest\nof the audiences attending that\nhouse. The same programme will\nbo repeated tonight and beginning\nGreat Celebration\nThe general celebration committee\nwill meet this evening at the city\nhall, and it is desirable ,tfiat all subcommittees should tic present with\ntheir reports. Everything points to\nn firstclass celebration, and it will\nhe all that is anticipated * If tho\ncommittees arc faithful ineathc performance of the work assigned to\nthem. Tho railroad company, has\nwritten to the transportation committee with regard to thc request for\na special train service and It, will be\nfound that thc concessions in this\nrespect are all that could be desired.\nThe various athletic clubs are practicing with the object of providing\ngood exhibition games, and there\nwill be a largo number of entries in\nevery event. Thc brass band will\nprovide the music, and it is scarcely\nnecessary to add that it will be appropriate und enjoyable.\nThe following is a list ot the subscribers to thc celebration tund up\nto date-\nCity of Ladysmitli $40.00\nHepple ft Smith, Grand Hotel. 15.00\nP. Winch, Grand Duke, cash ... 3.00\n0, Cavin, pair boots 5.00\nMcKelvie BroB 1.00\nT. Lewis, barber 2.uw\nMrs. T. X. Jones, cigars 2.5\u00C2\u00AB\nI). Matheson, tailor, value 3.0n\nPercy Noot, watch, valuo 16.00\nDr. Dier, vahie 5.00\nS. Leiser ft Co. value 10.011\nO. E. Jeffs, value 5.00\nWalters & Akenhcad, valuo ... 10.00\nA. E. Palmer, value 5.00\nW. L\ Carter, cigars 3.00\nJ. A. Knight, valuo 1.50\nLadysmith Ildwsc Co., prize ... 5.00\nO, Jessup, value , 8.50\nMrs. lJren, Tempcrauco House, 2.00\nJ. Dickie, value 2.50\nB. B. Wells 2.00\nMrs. Jarvennn 2.00\nJ. Teuz, Columbia hotel 20.00\nBarclay ft Conlln 25.00\nW. Slier '. 2.00\nH. Wright, smelter boss 2.00\nAl. Mahle, New Western 15.00\nJ. A. Ryaa 2.00\nBlair ft Adam, value 5.00\nA. C. Frost 500\nA. O. Carpenter, Hotel Cecil ... 10.00\nW. E. Morrison, value 6.00\nThc hospital committee met last\nevening at thc city halt, with Mr. P.\nMalone in thc chair.\nThe oflcr of Mr'. L. M. Solly, on\nbcnalf of the E. ft N., to donate\nblock 80 for hospital purposes wns\nread.\nA committee composed of P. Malone, W. G. Fraser and Geo. Wilson\nwas appointed to interview the council to arrange for thc transfer ot\nth? property, and survey.\n1 The committee decided to call a\nmeeting of business men to be held\nat Mr. John Stwart's office Friday\nevening to discuss ways and means\nol construction.\nThe ladles' committee will be asked\nto consider tho formation ot an aux-\nliary tor the purpose ot arranging to\na maternity ward.\nThe committee will meet again\nnext Tuesday evening, and it is do ^\t\nslrable that all reports should he In Novelty Opera House, 6.00\nat that time. I O. Peterson 5.00\n Hop Ixe EfcOO\nI Mint* Baraasona 4.00\nHon. Richard McBride, premier ofj Wright, biackamitb 5.00\nBritish Columbia. wtU be recommend-: Sid GtHorJ 200\n. \u00E2\u0080\u009E, . ... G. Ross, tailor, value 4.00\ned Western representative among j B(m y,^ t.aoT< value 4 O0\nMinto Cup trustees. The claim ol jj_ pannell 5.00\nthis province to a man on this board j Jones Hotel 10.00\nwill be urged again by new West-j Extension Hotel ........ 3.00\n'Years subscription Colonist...... 5.00\nminster, and their petition will be\nlaid be*tore Earl Grey, Governor-General of Cgnada and the reieree ot the\ntfophy. Westminster is also going\nFrank Hotel 5.00\nGeo. Roberts, value 2.60\nJos. Cartwright 15.00\nH. Hughes, value 4.50\nto demand a ruling on their protests |\u00C2\u00A3 j^JXnlol^..r.'.Z.\"Z\"::. %M\nagainst tbe Regina All-8tar aggro- w' Sneddon ........................... 2.00\ngallon. They claim that it is | Canadian Bank of Commerce... 10.00\nagainst the regulations that such a\nbunch ol ringers should have the\nright to compete lor the highest\nhonor within the scope oi devotees\not the Canadian National game.\nAnd, although Westminster deleated\nRegina, they want some decision\nhanded down In order that a precedent may be created. Stephs have\nbeen taken towards the arrangement\not dates for the Tecumseh-Vvestmln-\nstcr games. It is recommended that\nJuly 10th and 17th be selected.\nWhether theso will bo acceptable to\ntbo prospective visitors remains to\nbo Been, but tt Is thought Ukely that\nthere will bo no objection oftcrod.\nI wouldn't be surprised to bear ot\nJohnson calling the negotiations off\nwrites James J. Corbett in the Chicago Tribune. And, furthermore,\nJohnson Is mighty sorry that he ever signed to meet Ketcbel, and If he\ndocides to let that $5,000 forfeit go I\nno one will be much surprised, fllcl-\nchol camo out with the statement, tbo'\nother day alter taking a good\nat the pictures ot the Burns Johnson\nfight that be would beat tbe negro.:\nno ono will ho much ourpriscd. Ket-\nfor, making the statement after looking at the reproduction. Certainly\nKetcbel realizes that ho would havo\na much better show than Burns.\nJudging trom what I have neon of\nKetcbel aud from tho actions ot\nJohnson in the plcturos I am almost\nready to say that the contest between these two men will be n toss\nup if tt ever materialises. Burns hit\nJohnson often enough in\n______ of Commerce..\nD. Conway, customc 5.00\nH. Thornley 2.60\n*bhn Tha 10.00\nV. B. Harrison 2.50\nNicholson & Weaving 5.0ft\nW. Alllster 1.03\nT. Waskett 6.00\nR. Gear, value 2.50\nJ, Russell 2.00\nW. Porter, milkman 2.00\nVancouver Island Cigar Company, value 6.50\nFred Fisher xr.. 2.50\nLadysmith Lumber Co 10.00\nNanaimo.\nF. S. Clark 2.50\nMahrer ft Co 5.01\nWilkinson ft Graham, Central\nHotel 5.00\nJoe Fox, Windsor Hotel 6.00\nWilson Holol, value 5,60\nUnion Brewery, 25.00\nRummlng Bros 10.00\nJ. Booth, value 6.50\nEnterprise Cigar Co., valuo ... 6.60\nNanaimo Herald (one year's\nsubscription) value 6.00\nNanaimo Free \u00C2\u00ABPress .(one yoar'B\nsubscription valuo 6.00\nThe domogo roused hy thc recent\nlook! n'Kn watcr ennnot yet be estimated,\nbut the people who have been saying\nto themselves and everybody clso \"I\nI old you so,\" are more than satisfied. Seven stalls between here and\nField on the C.r.H., with tho. southbound train held up and delayed1\ntrains from the coast aro sufficient\nto make buslnoss mon think, though\ntho trouble will probaby be over In\na day. Thc high water mark is already reached, however, causing somn\nanxiety to even the old settlers. In\ntbe. f*anyon of the Illeclllewaet today\nthc water level almost touches the\nhigh water mark ot 1894 which is\nthe fight I long to be remembered as the yeof\nhave any more steam bohlnd his, nlng to vo_an Whethor the Indians\nblows than an Invalid. Johnson wa\u00C2\u00BB> who have prophesied higher water\nnover Jolted hard a single time., this yenr than in 1*94 have lost tha\nKetchel will be adifterent customer c**n>*>n<* '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00BB' the aboriginal\n* . \u00E2\u0096\u00A0'. ... ,,..\u00E2\u0080\u009E,, race'or whether there might bo some\nto deal with, and If he hllB Johnson trllth ln wnat lney pr(!0|Ct, The lo-\nas many times as Burns did they cal troubles In the way ot small\nwill hare to move the big fellow out I ditch washouts have occurred as us-\nol the ring ln pieces or on a stret-' ual but are not worth mentioning.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ncher. . Revelstoke Herald.\nHub U* THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE\nThere Is Money Being Made in Lots\nin Hastings Townsite, Vancouver\nI have several for sale at ruling prices.\nJOHN STEWART\nNotary Public\nConveyancer\nLADYSMITH, B. C.\nTHE CANADIAN BANK\nOF COMMERCE\nHead Office \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Toronto\nCAPITM $10.000,000: REST $6,900,000\nNEW FORM OF INSURANCE.\nBank Money Orders\nISSUED AT THE F0LI.0WIN0 RATES!\nW and under - \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 3 cents\nOver }3 and not exceeding $10, 8 \"\n\" $10 \" \" $30, 10 \"\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 $30 \" \" $50, 13 \"\nThese orders are payable at par at any office in\nCanada of a Chartered Bank, except in the Yukon\nand at the principal banking- points in the United\nStates. \u00E2\u0080\u009E ,\nThey ar\u00C2\u00BB negotiable at 14:90 to the \u00C2\u00A3 sterling In\nGreat Britain and Ireland. They form an excellent method of remitting small sums of money\ny, i-.h safef and at small cost and may bs obtained without delay at any office of the Bank.\nLADYSMITH BRANCH L. M. de Gex, Manager\nTHE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE\nPublished by Carley * Carley at Ladysmith, B. C.\nevery Wednesday and Saturday.\n$1.581 Year ii JM.ii.ci, 2Sc Par Month\nAdvertising Rales on application.\nThe donation by the K. & N. railway ot block 80 for hospital pur\nposes will be appreciated by all Interested In the building of the hospital. It Is a good start, and the\ncommittee will now be ln a position\nto canvass for subscriptions.\nAs will be seen by the roport in\nanother column tbe city council Intends to start street work, shortly,\nlt Is to be hoped that as much as\npossible ot the work will be .ol a\npermanent character. A patchwork\npolicy Is expensive aud mever satls-\n. tying.\nThere Is a great deal ot Indignation expressed at the strict enforcement of the United States alien regulations. At present passengers to\nSeattle trom Victoria are strictly liy\nterrogated at the latter port as to\ntheir nationality, and if it happens\nthat the intending visitor to Seattle' per man,\nA national system ol labor exchanges und a form ot lnsuranc\nagainst unemployment are the meais\nwherewith the British Government\nhopes, if Parliament be willing, to\ngrapple with the \"hideous problems\nof social disorganization which ar,:\nmarring the health and happiness ot\nthe country.\" The quoted words are\nthose of Winston Spencer Churchill,\nwho holds the cabinet position of\npresident of the board of trade, and\nwho Is the ministerial sponsor of the\nbill embodying the proposed legislation. This new departure, inter-\nentially, is the final act in the Ministry's programme of social reforms.\nMr. Churchill expressed the hope ot\nbeing able to put the Insurance feature of his plan ln operation next\nyear, and he felt assured that to the\namelioration of the \"hideous\" conditions, referred to the present parliament would \"glady apply its remaining strength.\" This sounds very\nmuch like a valedictory; and It would\nnot be untalr to conclude that the\naction of parliament on the bill, favorable or unfavorable, would be the\nsignal tor a dissolution nnd new\nelections.\nA system ot labor exchanges such\nas is projected in the bill already exists ln one or two countries ot Continental Europe. If in place of the\nterm \"labor exchange\" we substitute\nthc more familiar one ot \"employment bureau,\" tho nature and purpose of the system becomes self-explanatory. The employer needing\nhelp and the man out of a job are\nto be put in communication with one\nanother by a governmental agency whose ramifications cxtenu all\nover the country: and, It Intelligently operated, a system as proposed\nwould be doubtless helpful. To a\nvery large extent unemployment Is\ndue to Inability ot the seeker tor\nhelp and the seeker for work to find\neach other, and in only a lesser degree to the fact that there is no\nwork to do. Some trade unions have\nadopted the system) but In an imperfect form, and is still turther weakened by the fear that it might be\nused tor breaking strikes.\nThe system of insurance proposed\nis also founded on trades union precedents, and the Rossland Miner believes that, in Mr, Churchill's plan\nthe insured would be grouped by\ntrades. The building and machinists'\ntrades and the shipbuilders are to lie\nflrst dealt with, and these would\ncover nearly halt ot the field af unemployment. The government aims\nto introduce a scheme of benefits\nrather lower than are now paid by\nthe strongest labor, unions to their\nunemployed members, To this end a\nfund Is to be created from contributions amounting to sixpence per week\nand of this sum one-third\nIt\nSurprises\nHer\nwhen the housewife visits our store find sees tho array of delicacies for her\ntable lhat she can procure for such a small amount of money at one store,\nFresh canne 1 fruits, vegetal\u00E2\u0084\u00A2, and toothsome Imms, bacon and everything in\nfancy and staple groceries at prices to suit the economical.\nI GEAR'S IDEAL GROCERY j\nScott's Building, First Avenue.\nMoisture for\nFruit Varieties\na few pears, oven though the fruit is\nnot large, the early Bartlett or the\nSeckel aro recommended and possibly it few of tt*i\ White Doyenne. At\nthe i'ullman station we have been\nsurprised during the year at the\nsuccess that certain growers were\nachieving with these varieties on dry\ncoils.\nis not Canadian born,\ncertain period of time in Canada, he\ncann'ot go aboard the boat until a\npoll tax has been paid. Just now the\nSeattle people are advertising, tor\nvisitors to the A.-Y.-P. tair, and it\nsomething Is not done to moderate\nthe severity of thin restriction the\nresult will be u'snstrous to the fair\nmanagement.\nrespectively,\nor resided a'would be contributed,\nI by the workingmen, the employers\nand the public treasury. To make\nthe scheme effective it might be necessary to make insurance compulsory; and thlB would be practically\nto nationalize the trades unions. It\nis this possibility that will cause\nthe greatest opposition to the measure, and, probably, as much trom\nthc Laborltcs as from the side of\ntbe employers.\nThe Ladysmith City Council can\nno longer be accused of \"apathetic\nlassitude.\" The manner ln which\nbusiness was advanced at the meeting last Monday night would seem to\nindicate that the aldermen were inspired with the western spirit, and\nlt was just an even bet at ono time\nthat sewer construction would be advanced as tar as the installation of\nthe electric light plant. Tbe council\nengaged an engineer and wisely lelt\nto him the selection ot plans! In\nthis way the en^ncen becomes directly responsible to the city tor the\nproper Installation ol the plant. It\nla not likely anyone will Interfere\nwith htm In the discharge ot his duties and it remains with Mr. Turner\nto see tbat tbe city gets full returns\nfor every dollar expended.\nDESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY.\n(To the Editor.)\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wilful destruction ot\nproperty indicates a depraved nature, and the boy who persists ln\ndamaging Souses and fences with\nchalk and pencils will Indue course\nof events And himself behind bars\nand bolts tor a more serious offence.\nThe same spirit ol neglect of the\nrights of others will develop, and\nwhile he only starts out in what\nseems to'aim a Harmless amusement\nat first, be will gradually become\nmore daring, and In time be will\ncarry off the property that does not\nbelong to him. Occasionally he may\nsee hla error before It is too late,\nbut the chances are that tbe habit\nwill grow till he finds himself .In tbe\nmeahes of the law. There are some\nI young lads in Ladysmith who are\nnow qualifying for a cell In- the prisons, anil If their parents-would consult their own and their children's\nfuture peace ot mind tney would Instil Into their minds a greater regard ior the rights of others.\nYours* etc.,\n, CITIZEN.\nConservation of moisture as one of\nthe eEsentlal factors to successful\nhorticulture is urged by W. S. Thorn-\nber, professor ot horticulture in\nWashington State College at Pullman. The growing of fruit in the\nsemi-arid districts of the northwest,\nas well as in other parts of the\nUnited States and Canada, is a\nphase of horticulture which has received little or no attention in the\nwest, hence it will be good news to\nmany that a system of careful cultivation and rigid selection ol varieties and care in selection of trees\nand vines many fruits can be grown\nin the dry, districts. Protessor\nThornher's argument follows:\nIt will be necessary, to practice\ngreat care iu the conservation of\nmoisture to make tt possible lor a\ntree to grow and produce fruit in\nthese sections. This Is to be considered as a most important phase. We\nmust make use of all thc moisture\nthat falls, and make use of every\npractice that will conserve this moisture.\nA certain amount of well rotted\nmanure added to the land will help\nhold the moisture much better than\nwhere no manure is used. Almost,\nevery tnrmer and fruit grower is familiar with tho methods of tillage\ntbat conserve moisture. Deep, thorough tillage in spring and constant\ntillage during the summer will do\nmore to make fruit grow in theso\ndry sections than any other phase ol\ncultivation.\nThus, by tho addition ot well rotted manure, or the growing nl cover\ncrops until the ground is in good condition, and carefully conserving the\nmoisture that fai'.s, or can be secured, much fruit can ba raised where\nnone has been raised in the past.\nFollowing closely upon the management and care of these fruit plantations we must select such varieties\nof fruits as will mature before the j\nvery dry part of the summer comes\non, or such varieties as will stand\nan unusual amount ot drouth.\nThe Rome Beauty apple and Wug-\nener will stand more neglect and\npr.iilucc fair slued iruit on dry Ian\nthan any other variety thnt wc have\nthus far tested in our large experiment itatlon < rchnrd.\nVarieties liko the Winesap, thc Yellow Newton, the Jonathan nnd the\nSpitzenberg, while they do remarkably well where Cue conditions are\nfavorable, fail almost absolutely, if\nthere is not sufficient water to supply these later maturing fruits.\nUnder no circumstances should\nthey be used In the dryer sections unless plenty of wtfter can be supplied.\nIf a person desires an early maturing fruit, there is nothing better nor\nhardier than the Yellow Newton, or\nsome of its close relatives.\nOther varieties ot early maturing\nhardy truttB are the Duchess ot Oldenburg and the Olass Ureen.\nThe Red June, the Marly strawberry and a number of other apples\not this class should not be planted\nwhere there is not plenty ot moisture, even though they are early\nfruits, because they cannot stand\nexcessive drouth,\nIn the case ot peaches, nothing but\nthe smaller fruits should be selected.\nOne of the best early and one of th\nhardiest we have is the Alexander,\nand Its mate, the Amsden June,\nThese two peaches, aa tested out at\nthe station, are very valuable for tin\ndry situation, or if placed where the\nconditions aro unfavorable, for general peach culture,\n- Another fruit that many people\nwill be surprlsod at the way It grow\nis the Olbb apricot. While this is not\nlarge, yet it la very hardy, even much\nhardier than the common Russia apricot, and produces fairly large; crops\nol medium sized good fruit, even in\nthe dryer parts of the northwest.\nPeart, as a rule, are not adapted\nto the dry sections, even though very\ngood culture may be given to them.\nHowever, should one desire to have\nThe Football Game\nLast Saturday\nVancouver World: \"Ladysmith intermediates won the provincial championship by defeating the Thistle\nSeconds on the Powell Street\ngrounus on Saturday, by four goals\nto one. Tliey never tire of football\non tbe island and the intermediates\ncame across with enthusiasm. Thoy\nhad a right to be confident and\nthough their play slackened after the\nfirst half, they managed to get four\ngoals during the first forty-five min\nutcs. j!Tt the goals were scored by\nChristian and it was strange to sec\nthis big fooi\"baller, who hns played\nfull-back lor Seattle and other tcnmB\nIn representative games should bo\nqualify to serve an intermediate\nteum. He was playing in centre an\nplayed a bustling gamo from th\nstart, receiving good support irom\nhis fellow islanders. Tho Thistles\nlooked very worrlod when they came\noff for u reBt at half time, but they\nplayed better football in the latter\nstages of the match, It was a ragged game and no one was sorry when\nthe whistle sounded its unai note.\nLudwig was credited with the Thistle\ngoal.\nThe teams wcro as follows:\nThistlcB\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nelson, Donaid, Rennie,\nPepper, Irvine, Bull, Smith, Jackson, Munro, Mitchell, Ludwig.\nLadysmith\u00E2\u0080\u0094Delcourt, i'ord, Ross,\nJackson, Sanders, Morris, Simpson,\nBaxter, Christian, Ord.\nMKRRY WIDOW HATS.\nMerry Widow hats have much to\nanswer for, and virtue lias been supposed to be found uuder the simple\nsun-bonnets of our fore-mothers, says\nthe Mining and Scientific Press. Millinery is, however, an economic adjunct to successful mining, at least\nin the South. When tlie Tennessee\nCopper Company put in concerted\nthere was great' difllculty In keeping\nmen steadily at work\", In three days\nthey earned enough to meet their\nsimple wnntB, so why should they\nwork six or seven\u00E2\u0080\u0094especially if certain of the days wero cold and dreary? At such times thc tomptation to\nsmoke by the HreBide was almost fa\ntal to steady running of tho plant.\nAppeals to tho men produced but little rcBuit, and a campaign of. educa-.\ntion was elenrfy necessary. Enter\nthe Merry Widow. Wives of the staff\ndressed their best. Attractive din-\nplays were made in the stores. Wives;\nof men gazed and wondered. A necessity Wag created which resulted In a\ndemand, To meet it six days' work\nbecame necessary to the husbands\nand would-be heads ot households.\nPoke bonnets are seen no longer ln\nDucktown, and who shall say that\nthat the dividends of this prosperous company may not be traced to\ntho primeval love ot woman tor millinery?\nPROVINCIAL NEWS,\nTbe Royal Bank of Canada will at\nonce establish a branch ln Cran\nbrook.\nThe provincial government has\ngranted 1500 to the Revelstoke\nMountaineering club.\nA London cable says that the Royal Humane Society's medal was\nawarded to Lionel Sharpo, Vancouver, for saving a boy's life on April\n15th.\nThe Pernio Prco PrcBS reports a\nshortage of prisoners ln the city jail,\nb:-t sold this could bo remedied by\nthe police roping a number ot able-\nboiliod non-producers ot that town.\nThere is a movement on loot at\nRevelstoke to form another company\nof Rocky Mountain Rangers. When\nthis is done, by amalgamation with\nKamloops, a regiment will be formed,\nJohn' W. Coburn,\nPresident, and Managing Director.\nThe Ladysmitli Lumber Co.,\nLimited.\nMANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF\nRough and Dressed Fir Lumber,\nRed Cedar, Shingles and Lath\nLADYSMITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA\nWe have the largest assortment of,\nSpring and\nFancy Suitings\nto be fouud in the city.\nPRICES RIGHT\nD. J. Matheson\nMERCHANT TAILOR\nGatacre st., Ladysmith, B. C.\ni\nWe have the choicest lots in I\nx\nHastings Townsite f\nfor Sale. i\n9\nCome early and get first pick. %\nI\n*\n'{\n4\n4\nI\n:\n?\n9\n'?\n9\n9\n9\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\nt\n!\nx\nMcKELVIE BROS., f\nFirst Avenue,\nReal Estate t\nt\nLadysmith |\nNovelty .Theatre\nMasonic Building, Ladysmith\nNew Programme\n\"Wenry's Christmas Dinner,' \"tlanc-\ncr end the King,\" \"Lite's n Game\nof Cards,\" \"The New Stenographer.\"\nnnd tho songs: \"Roguish Eyes\" and\n\"Two Little Baby Shoes.\"\nPERFORMANCES AT 7:30 AND 8:45 P. M.\nAdmission: IOc and 15c\nMatinee Prices 5c and IOc\nESQUIMALT & NANAIMO RAILWAY COMPANY\nLands for Sale\nAgricultural, Timber and Suburban Lands for sale.\nFor prices and location apply to the Land Agent at\nVictoria or the District Land Agent at Duncan.\nTown Lots and cleared Suburban acreage for sale\nat Ladysmith. Apply Land Agent, Victoria, and\nTownsite Agent,-Ladysmith. THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE\n! CONSIDER! ACT!\n..1'>'>i*Xtmsive advertising in large Newspapers, In\nlav (ira Cities costs large sums of money. We an;\nst.< ufied with small advertlning, in a small paper\nfor small money. This enables uato place our\ngoty\ .1 bef .-re our customcra at a price to match\nmo.-i inco.ms.\nPAS. PETERSON\nFurniture Store\nLadysmith\nTransfer\nStables\nLight and heavy teaming.\nFurniture and piano moving\na specialty.\nNicholson & Weaving\nPROPRIETORS\nTelephone 1.\nWagons\n1 Sell T. J. Trapp & Co's\nCelebrated Wagons\nDuring the season we have sold a large number\noi wagons, Implements and logging trucks.\nEverything carries a guarantee.\nR. WRIGHT\nDuller Street .\nARE YOU READY\nTO PAINT OR\nPAPER? WHEN YOU ARE\nREADY WE ARE.\nPICTURE FRAMING\nA SPECIALTY.\nS. ROEDDING\nPaperhanger and Art Decorator.\nHigh Street.\nLending\nLibrary\nALL IR LATEST NOVELS.\nWe i a large stock ot Fancy\nSlatioEMjr.\nHARRV HUGHES\nPortland Hotel\nGQOD BOARDING.\nBILLIARDS AND POOL. .\nBarclay & Conlin,\nProprietors\nAU Iliad* \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Qtack awl Watch J*r\nj\".**,!*\"!\"*^ '\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'' '\"'\"v'^n ('rUAran*00''\nReasonable Plicw,\nEnglish Watches a Specialty.\n*J. R. Easton\nPiactl-al Watchmaker.\n.will r~\"\u00C2\u00BB'\u00E2\u0080\u0094 **\n', \u00C2\u00ABJ. \u00E2\u0096\u00BA'iieW at'\nti aftteMMW.\nD J. JBRkins sesetsser to JL E. Hilbert\nI, 3 and 5,Bastion SL.Nanalmj\nPhone 124 P.O. Box lj\nThe Humors of\nNewspaper Life\nwho personally applied the tonsorial\nchisel to the metal form. The result\nhowover wiis not all that could be\ndesired, for next day a rival paper\ncalled attention to It by publishing\nthreo pictures; one of the short-\nbearded dead Murphy, one of the\nions-bearded Murphy, and a third\nof how the living one looked after\nbeing bartered with a chisel on the\nprinting press at the Witness office.\n. . .\nSome years ago there was a perfect\nThe humorous and pathetic appear\non the surface In the*' newspaper\nworld more otten, perhaps, than >p \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E..\u00E2\u0080\u009E ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E f\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nany other vocation. Just why this op^cmV of\" murdersTin the Province\nshould be there will be no attempt of Quebec. A foul crime had been\nto determine, other than to say that committcd near St. Bcholastique. It\nthere is a deal of humor roaming at recelvod its snare oE attention* from\nlarge, if it Is but encouraged a bit; the newspapers, and the murderers,\nwhilo the pathetic thniBtB itself upon afterwards hmigcd, were brought to\none from every corner ot a great trial Jt so llapp6ne(i at the timo\ncity. It needs no encouragement. I thftt tbe Montreal Sitar had not\nLean, hungry, and out of elbow, It. ava[iaDie for the work an experienced\ncomes stalking along by Itself. man sufficiently conversant with the\nBoth appeal to the newspaper man. Fren(,h language, lt was therefore\nThe droll and the whimsical, the \ ,je,.*Qeu to send down a new man who\nmelancholy, and the tragic; find in nad just come on, but who was verd-\nhlm an always appreciative audt-;ant to a degree as regards the or-\nence. Perchance it is the temper of (**nary working of a newspaper.\nthe men, handod down as it were, | He was given the most minute in-\nthrough their training. They aro ot ^ructions and lelt for the scene. A\nthe world, but in a sense not in it.\nThe trained newspaper mind Is open\nto Impression. At the political.meeting the writer must envelop himself\nfew days later the presiding judgo\nwas to make his address to the Jury, i\nand the ncvTs editor having the mat-\nter in mind wired the correspondent;\nwith all the enthusiasm of tho most' as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nardent politician, else his introduc- \"Mall as early as possible the\ntion will not ring true. The death judg(,.s f\u00E2\u0080\u009En Rd(*ress.\"\nof thc great and good man knocks, 0ne the first mail thc following day\nupon his heart Btrings, and he writes camo a neat envelope trom the man\nan appreciation which satisfies oven at ste. Scholostiquo and it contatu-\nthe immediate family. But tho writ-* e(j the Wnwing: \"Judge\ner never knew that man, and per\nhaps never saw him.\nOn the other hand the newspaper\nwriter is called upon to weigh facts\nand sift carefulljr these facts from\nthe. Action which too often surrounds them. He finds early in his\nnewspaper career that there are two\nsides to a story; while each interested man believes on the contrary,\nthat there is only one\u00E2\u0080\u0094his own,particular side. And the writer further\nobserves that a moderate amount of\ndeceit, often unconscious,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is distributed witlioht any great amount of\npartiality among the memberB ot tho\nhuman race. Therotore, the successful newspaper man must weight care*\nfully the subject In hand\u00E2\u0080\u0094no,matter,\nhow trivial it may appear. He mush\npull lt apart and put it together\nagain with logical conciseness. Ho\nholds a little court all bj hlmsolt,\nand trom the evidence at hand builds\nhis story, or ln other words gives his\njudgment.\nThe newspaper man approaches\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nor should approach,\u00E2\u0080\u0094all subjects\nwith the \"open mind\" which Mr.\nChamberlain I bo fond of quoting;\nand the humorous comes along with\nthe rest ans) finds lodgement.\nThe newspaper man is not Inclined\nto take himself seriously,\u00E2\u0080\u0094except at\nodd Intervals,\u00E2\u0080\u0094and by the same token he is apt to exhibit some scepticism refer ding the people who do.\nAgain, It must be remembered that\nthe great newspaper offices have a\nprofound attraction tor flighty,\ncrotchety, creaky, cranky humanity.\nThey como and go with the regularity ot the tides. All kinds and all\nconditions on all errands. So lt. Is\nthat the light troth on this great\nrestless wave of life iB skimmed occasionally, to lator be set afloat\nagain ln Ink and cold types.\nThe Incidents tollowing are a small\nportion of an accumulation ln which\nthe laugh la mainly on tho newspaper man. Some of these ink-brats are\nknown to many ot the craft, and are\nnow Bet afloat tor the edification, iti\nedifying they he, tor those outside,\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *-.\nSome years ago the Montreal\nStar published a column under nre\ntitle of \"Hotel Corridors.\" This\ncolumn was illustrated, and those\nwho know anything of newspaper\nwork will appreciate the difficulty ot\nturning in an illustrated interview\nsix days In the week. There waB usually a feast or a famine. Too much\none day and not enough the next,\nand interviews like milk, do not always keep for twenty-four hours. The\ninterview on hand, was with Major\nGeorge England, then a well known\nattorney in the city. The story waB\nnot over long, but as Major England stood six feet lour in his socks,\nand was proportionately thin; the\nartist sot about making a picture,\nwhich, when coupled up with tbe\ntext filled in the required three-\nquarter column. Tho drawing when\nturned out was just Major England,\ncalled by his friends for obvious reasons, \"Greater Britain;\" only the\nartist had lengthened him out a bit.\nTho picture and the intervlow appeared. Everybody laughed, including the good-natured Major, and then\nIt was all forgotten,\nA yesr after\nUpper Urbain St.\naddress is *No.\nMontreal\"\nSure enough he had sent\nJudge's address, as reference to\ndirectory showed.\nCurious imd absurd errors creep\ninto the columns of a newspaper occasionally, and more often than not\nthey are brought about by assigning\na reporter to unfamiliar work.\nSomo years ago a Montreal newspaper man who did not make a practice of spending the Sabbath day in\nchurch, and whose dally work bad\nnothing in common with thc Ministerial Association, was assigned to\nreport a Sunday sermon at St.\nPaul's Presbyterian church. According to the usual newspaper notice\nthe preacher was to bo the Rev. Dr.\nJames Barclay, rector.\nThe newspaper man attended; sat\nin a back seat;, drank In thc words ol\nthe preacher, and the next morning\nwrote a halt column: \"Eloquent sermon by the Rev. Dr. James Barclay,\netc.\" Now It so happened that at\nthat moment Dr. Barclay was on an\nAtlantic liner, a preacher from n\ndistant city was in Ms placo and the\nchurch officers had tailed to change\nthe notice.\nA reporter whose specialty was]\nrailway 'work and other transportation matters, but whose education In\nart BubjectB had apparently been neglected, was assigned to fill a temporary gap by writing up an oxhlblt\nat tho Montreal Art galleries. In\nthe course ot his article the railway j\nreporter* stated that No. , a land-;\nscape, was really a very creditable\npiece of work, and If thc artist kept\non improving ho would eventually oc-,\nquire some celebrity, died in Paris\nhack in 1875, and the world had pro-1\nclaimed him one of the great artists\nof hfs century. The picture was a\nCerot.\nWill Aeroplane Put\nAn End to Warfare\nIt Is probable that the trade of\narmorer was never more brisk than;\nln the decade immediately before tho:;\nuse of gunpowder rendered armor a j\ncumbrous and useless impediment to i\nfighting efficiency. The artificers of:\nbowa and arrows probably looked i\ndown with supremo contempt uponj\nthoso who warned them that tho\nbattles of tho future would be decld-1\ned not by the gray goose shaft hut\nby villainous saltpetre. Neverthe-'\nless, coats of armor must now bo\nsought for tn museums and tho long\nbow and cross bow alike survive only as the toys ot a school boy.\nIt docs not require much prescience\nto foresee that armamonts will soon\ngo the way of armor and that 12-\ninch guns will soon he as obsolete i.\u00C2\u00BB\nthe six-foot bow. The coming of tho\naeroplane will revolutionize everything.\nSo long no the decisive clemint in\n... , ., . ,, , International combat Is naval nrma-\n., ,- . , .this,lnC, e 4Mn'or|mcntwc must maintain our \"-oarer\nEngland received a local court ap- three thftn \u00E2\u0080\u009E,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E BUII1.emacy it sea\npolntmont, and there was nn immo- ovcr tho Mxi gtMBKC(|t Bttro,ioan\ndlato demand ta the office for his pow.r. That WHs tho Uerltauco ot\npicture along with the news. \u00C2\u00ABo i-.h reBent ministry, and wo may\nphoto being Immediately procurable | trugt to Mr wlnaton Churchill ond\nthe cartoon was resorted -to. The\nhis colleagues to seo that It Is land-\nMajor was amputated at the waletieaon un!mpalred to their succes-\nline and the picture published .. !,_ But the m08l Mie-t ndvocat.;\n\"It was a Bhaine to mutilate thai, t|M two.kpe,s.to.ono standard need\nMajor In this manner. In ustice to t noB,tate to recognize tho tact\nhim tho paper should publish \u00C2\u00AB>\u00C2\u00AB, thr| this is but the last spurt of a'\nstruggle the final Issue ot which Will\nother halt.\" So worked out with\nMajor England's lower extremities,\nshowing clearly the line where the\namputation had occurred, and the\nfollowing explanatory note: ,\n\"Owing to lack ot space we were\nyesterday unable to publish Major\nEngland entire. We now make amends\nby printing him from the waist line\ndown.\"\nSomo ten years ago there resided\nin Montreal two Owen Murphys. One\nwore a long red beard and the other\na short one; and in time tho\nbearded Murphy crossed the\ndivide.\nIn the office o! the Montreal\nnot he decided on the water but In\nthe air. So long as the commotion\nis kept np wo must hold our leading\nposition. But the futtir? belongs not\nposition. But the future belongs not;\nAIRSHIPS OR DRF.ADNOUUHTH-r\nAustria, it is said, is about to\nlaunch out Into a huge expenditure on\nDreadnoughts. The King of . Italy\nshowed a keener insight into tho pro- j\nliabilities ol tho tutnro when he said\ntwo yoarB ago: \"Why should woi\nshort spend two millions ovcr n huge Iron-\ngreat\nWlt-\nclad when there Is every reason to\nbelieve an aeroplane costing no more I\nthan a motor car may reduce It to i\npeas were pictures ot the two Owen'old iron before it leaves the stocks?\"\nMuippya. When the paper came out. I still haveallvoly sense ot tho em-\nthat afternoon It was found that by phastn with which M. d' Acbrcnthal\nsome mischance the wrong Murphy assured mo on thc event ot tho last\ngot Into print. What was to be, Hague conference that peace apostle*\ndonel A recasting of tlio form might could not bo inoro profitably omploy-\nmean losing the earty mails. Then ed than ln urging Parliaments ot the\nIt was that some Inspired soul sug- wwld to make grants tor tho bulld-\ngested that as tho dead Murphy had ing ot airships, ton when the airship\na short heard and the living one a comes, fortresses, fleets\u00E2\u0080\u0094every thing\nlong beard something ta. the way ot, goes. Tho German minister tor tor-1\ntrlmnjlBiLhim up on the press might elgn affairs told me In 1907 that\nbe JM Hfcshcd. Tho delicate opera- they never tor a moment allowed\nU4_\ Kit to the chief pressman themselves to Iobo sight of the air-.\nship. Because when \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 the comes ,it\nwill revolutionize everything. The\nairship has come to stay. Thc delib-.\nerate judgment of thc Italian military aeronauts that in 1912 there\nwill lie as many aeroplanes in tho I\nair as there are now motor cars in\nthe streets bids fair to he an accomplished tact. I have been repeating'\nthese things for the. last five years. I\nEveryone is beginning to admit that\nthere may, alter all, he something\nln it. We have at last an official inquiry promised by the government\nand it is possible that we may have\nan airship ot our own six months' after Count Zeppelin's aerial service is\nestablished in Germany.\nTHE NEXT STEP TO VEIL.\nIt is admitted that there may after all be something in it. But what\nthat something' is few persons save\nImaginative speculators like Mr. H.\n0. Wells have even dimly begun to\nperceive. What the airship carries\nbeneath its planes is the most far-\nreaching revolution that has ever\ntransformed the world. That revolution may he beneficicnt beyond the\nhopou of the greatest Utopians or\nit may te malcficient beyond tho\ntho tears oi the worst pessimist. The\naeroplane may be called tho avant-\ncourier of the international world\nstate or tlie herald of the ruin of\ncivilization. \"Be my brother or I\nwill slay Ihee,\" thc French Revolutionist's formula, will now be revived with on infinitely wider application; because the airship represents an addition to the forces of\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2piqDmoirau* os '-(oba os uor}on.i:)S3p\nthat il iiia'ces human Bociety at the\nmercy of its component parts. The\naeroplane dashing through the air\nat 100 miles an hour capable of \u00C2\u00AB>rop--\nping 100-lbs. of high explosives or ot\nasphyxiating shells on any point\nfrom any height is the nearest approximation which mankind has\nmade to thc discovery of Vril. It\nwas the invention of Vril\u00E2\u0080\u0094that potent compound of electricity and dynamite'hy, which a child could destroy\nan army hy. waving a wand\u00E2\u0080\u0094that\nLord Lytton prophesied ultimate extinction of war. Thc aeroplane Is\nthe n=xt step to Vril. For it places\nillimitable forces of destruction at\nthe disposal ot anyone who can raise\n$5,000 and find half a dozen desper-j\nadoes to do their bidding.\n\"AN AIRSHIP AND X MATCH.\"\nCaptain T. G. Tullock's article on\nthis subject in tho Ninetoonth Century has suffered the fate of other\narticles in the maga-stnes of being\nsubmerged by the debates on the\nbudget. Speaking of thc devastation\nthat could bo wrought in the heart\nof tlii empire by a \"party of foar-\nless resolute men with the help of\nono airship and one match,\" he describes tho wealth of thc Thames valley Irom Hammersmith to Gravesend\nand declares:\n\"This whole fifty miles of concentrated essence of empire lies at the\nmercy of even a single airship or\naerial machine which could plan a\ndozen Incendiary missiles in certain\npreselected spots. I shall not mention such spots, but I would guar- j\nantee that, given a certain wind and\ncertain incendiary missiles I could\nundertake to have tho whole river-j\nside, including ships, wharveB, ware-!\nhouses and the arsenal in a blaze in\nn very short time.\nHe adds: \"I have no hesitation in\nstating that it would bo quite pos-\nBible by secondary means to render j\nboth tbe navy and army powerless j\nin a short space of time with half a\ndozen airships acting under a certain plan. I am not romancing, and\nI make tho above statement in all\nseriousness.\"\nTHE WORLD-STATE.\nWhat this means is that the human race which has hitherto organized\nItself lor defence (rom enemies on or\nbelow the world's surface Is absolutely unprotected from attack trom\nabove. The opportunity which this\ngives to tbe Anarchist and tbe desperadoes, was perceived years ago\nby M. Azeff when he recommended\nthe Russian revolutionists to resort\nto the aeroplane as the most effective\nmeans of destroying the government.\nIf the governments, do not cease\ntheir absolutely fatuous habit of preparing for war with each other they\nwill find themselves confronted by\nforces of disorder armed with new\nand invincible weapons, against\nwhich they themselves will be powerless. Should they let hell loose by\nmaking war upon each other. Heaven itself would rain holl fire upon\ntho modern cities ol thc plain, ln\nsheer self defence tho instinct of sclt-\nprcscrvatlon ought to compel governments to federate into one international world-state, with international tribunals, Interpreting tho\nlnw3 of nn International parliament,\nwhoso decisions would be enforced by\nan executive without whoso command appeal to iorco on earth, or\nair, or sea, would be absolutely tor-\nbidden.\nThis mny rend like Utopia. But It\nIs the only alternative to the destruction of civilization. It we; re.\nfuse to recognize that tho aeroplone\nwill soon render war Impossible, human society may find Itself hurled\nwith hideous ruin nnd combustion\ndown to bottomless perdition like\nLucifer and his hosts in \"Paradise\nLost.\" The minds ot men, especially ruling men are slow to perceive\ntho signs ot thc times. But the aeroplane, which renders armament obsolete, will probably open their eyes\nto its slenlftcance, by abolishing\nfrontiers. The smugglers ol the air\nwill have everything tholr own way.\nIt will bo Impossible to enforco the\npayment ot customs duties on any\ngoods save those which arc imported bv tho ton. Tho drying up ot the\nCustoms revenue may prcillspos? governments flrst to reduce and then to\nabandon their nrmnmonts. But mcan-\ntlmo all the moro thoughtlul among\nus will do well to fix our minds upon the supremo question: When thc\naeroplane cemes and tho older order\nrocu, what 18 to take thc place of\nSunshine Furnace lias\nfour triangular grate bars,\neach having; three distinct sides. In the\nsingie-pioce and two-piece grale no such-lilte\nprovision is made for expansion or contraction,\nand a waste of coal always follows a shaking.\nOn the left- and right-hand sides are cotter pins, which when\nloosened permit the grates to slide out. These four grate bars\nare made of heavy cast iron, and are finished up with bulldog\nteeth. The teeth will grind up the toughest clinker | and\n\Ejurnacei\nbecause the grates arc made in sections, not only can nothing but dust and\nashes pass through, but after each shaking a different side can be presented\nI to the fire. Also, with the Sunshine grate there is no back-breaking\ni movements attached to the shaking. By gcntly.rocking the lever, first on the\nleft and then on the right, the ashes are released on both sidcs.and fall through\ninto the pan. yg .14** tt&itW ft\nFOR SALE BY LADYSITH KWiE 00., LIB., L\u00C2\u00ABITH\nHubert & McAdle\nUndertaking Company\nPRACTICAL EMBALMERS\nFirst class Hearse supplied in Ladysmith.\nOPEN DAY AND NIGHT\nTelephone No. 262 and 180\nP.O. Box 735 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . Nancimo\nLadysmith Waterworks\nNOTICE\nOn and after this date\nwater consumers must not\nsprinkle streets or roads.\nThe following rules will\ngovern gardens and lawns:\nBelow 3rd Avenue\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the\nmorning from 7 to 10 o'clock.\nAbove 3rd Avenue\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the\nevening from 5 to 8 o'clock.\nDated June 9th 1909.\nJ.J. Bland,\nSuperintendent of Waterworks\n\"LAND REGISTRY ACT.\"\nIn the matter of an application for\na Duplicate Certificate cf Title to\nLot 2, Block 29 (Map 703 A)\nTown ot Ladysmith.\nNotice is hereby given tbat It is\nmy intent ion at the expiration of\nono month from the dato of thc first\npublication hereof to issue a Duplicate Certificate of Title to said land\nissued to William Divcriilge and\nHenry Iteifol on thc 3rd day ol November, 1902, and numbered 8203 O,\nS. Y. WOOTTON,\nRaiRistrar-Ocneral ot Titles.\nLand Reirititry Office, Victoria, B\nn.. Mia *\u00C2\u00ABMi >:<*X,*X,>M\"\nDRINK\nU. B. C.\nAND BOHEMIAN\nBEER\nt\n9\n4\n?\n4\n4\n\u00C2\u00AB\nw\n9\n9\n9\n| UNION BREWING CO., Ltd I\n| NANAIMO, B. C. |\n<\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 V\n*I*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0099\u00A6*t* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 *t* *C**I* *\u00E2\u0099\u00A6* *!\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *t**t**t*\u00C2\u00BBt**J* *t*\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0080\u00A2******* *t* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2** *\u00E2\u0099\u00A6*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0099\u00A6*;\nDEPARTHTENT OF WORKS.\nNotice to Contractors.\nEltECHW SCHOOL.\nSkaled Tenders, aupcrscrilied \"Tender for\nSchool-house.\" wilt bo received by the Honourable\nthe Minister of Public Works up to noon of Thursday, the 17th of June, 1909, lor the erection nnd completion of a large one-room frame Schoolhcuae at\nBrechin, Nanuimo District, B. C.\nPlana, specifications, contract and forma of tender may be seen on and after the 2iith day of\nMay, 1909, at tbe oflicca of the Government\nAgent at Nanaimo, and at the Department of\nPublic Works. Victoria, B. C.\nEach proposal must he accompanied by an\naccepted bunk-cheouu 6V certificate of deposit on\na chartered bank of Canada, made payable to the\nHonourable the Minister of Public Works for a\nsum equivalent to ten per cent, of the amount of\nthe tenders, which shall be forfeited if the party\ntendering: decline to enter into contract when\nculled upon to do so, or if he fail to complete the\nworlrtQ.ilracted for. The cheques or certificates\nof deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them upon the execution of the contract.\nTenders v. ill not be considered unloas made out\non the ti,m. supplied, sicned. frith the actual\nsignature of the tenderer, and enclosed in the\nenvelopes furnished,\nThc lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted\nF. C. Gamble:,\nPublic Worka Engineer.\nPublic Works Department,\nVictoria, B. C, May 20th, 1909.\nNOTICE OF TRANSFER.\nNotice is hereby given that it it\nour intention to make application to\nthe Board o! Licensing Commissioners of the City ot Lndysmith for a\ntransfer of thc retail liquor licence\nnow held by us in respect to thc premises known as tbe Columbia Hotel\nsituate on First avenue, Ladysmith,\nfrom ourselves to Joseph Tuosis.\nB. L. WOOD,\nJOS. TUESZ.\nLadysmith, B. 0\u00E2\u0080\u009E 5th May, 1909.\nTRANSFER OF LICENCE.\nNotice is hereby given that it ll\nmy Intention to make application to\nthe Itor.rd of Licensing Commissioners ot the City of Ladysmith for a\ntransfer of the retail liquor license\nnow held by me on behalf of the pre-\nmisesknown as the Hotel Cecil from\nmyself to Arthur Camlll Carpenter.\nJAMBS D. HILL.\nLadysmith, 19th April, 1909.\nTRANSFER OF LICENSE.\nNotiSc is hereby glvon that lt in\nmy intention to inkc application to\ntho Board of Commissioners ot the\nCity of Ladysmith at their ncitj reg-\nular meeting (or a transfer ot the\nretail liquor license now held by me\nIn respect 'to the premises known as\nthc Pilot Hotel, situate on Lot 9,\nBlock 12C, in the City of Ladysmith,\nfrom myself to Alexander Thomas.\nJ. R. THOMAS.\nLadysmith, 25th May, l'J09.\nELECTRICAL ENGINEER WANTED\nApplications tor the position ot\nElectrical Engineer, to superintend\nthe installation ami running ot plant\nafterwards, will bo Tocclved up till\nMonday, 7th Inst., 0 p. in. State\nsalary per tnunlh.\nN. A. MORRISON,\nC, M, C. THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE\nS. J. GIFFORD\nLivery, Peed and Sale\nStables\nEXPRESS WORK A SPECIALTY\nWOOD FOR SALE\nFirst Avenue.\nPhone 511.\nA. JARVINEN\nPhotographer\nFirst Class Photos.\niialuarv on First AveniiA.\nT. E. Sullivan\nPlumkinj, Gas and Steamfitting.\nPrices Reasonable.\nFirst Avenue, near New Western hotel\nSinger and Wheeler & Wilson\nSEWING MACHINES\nIf you are thinking of buying a sewing machine cal1\nand sets uui 3f.cCfi c\u00C2\u00BB c-.z.\nsoiled machines at reducec\nprices to clear.\nA. E. PALMER\nFIRST AVENUE\nF. C. Fisher\nTEACHER OF MUSIC\nStudio in Williams' Block.\nHave Your Houses Plastered\nFor Terms tpply to\nC. HINE, PUsterer,etc., Ladysmith, V. 0\nCanadian\nNaval Defence\nCement Sidewalks a specialty.\nThe following view ot the rein\ntions of overseas nations to the giios\ntion of the naval defence of the Em\npire is presented by the English pa\nper Tho Navy, which says:\n\"The Canadian Ministers of Wp.\nand Marine are about to visit thi\ncountry for the purpose of conferring\non Imperial defence; thc revised\nscheme ol tlie Australian Common-j\nwealth Uovcrinuent is now in the\nhands of the Admiralty. Tho real\nquestion is not how arc the naval\nand military authorities at home to\npersuade thc governments overseas\nto do what they think \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 light lo be\ndone, but how is tbat which tbey,\narc prepared to do to be iitted, into p\na general scheme which shall best\nsecure the adequate dctonce of thc\nwhole body? No part ot the Empire\ncan be at war alone. If attack be\nmade on any. oue of thc i States of the\nbrotherhood, all equally stand in\nJeopardy, and, If the enemy be a\nnaval power of the first rank (and\nonly from such havo thc overseas\ndominions of the Crown anything to\nfear), It is on the navy of Great\nBritain that the overthrow of his\nmain force must now, and at any\ntime within a reasonable period, depend.\n\"The Mother Country, therefore,\nhas the right to say, \"by all means j\nhave your own squadrons and flotillas, and man them with,your own,\nstalwart soii3. But in building and-,\nmanning your local flccls, takoco'iu-i\nsel with us, und agree to build such\na class of vessel as, having regard to'\nyour local circumstances, can most\nusefully assist thc main fleets ol tho\nEmpire and the local squadrons of,\nits other members to fulfill the great\nobject of maritime war\u00E2\u0080\u0094to seek the\nenemy and sink, burn and destroy\nhim wherever he may be found.\nShould it bocome necessary, for in-,\nstance, to defend the Australasian\nStates in thc waters of the. Pacific\nwith a fleet of British battleships,\ntbe most useiul squadron tbat lit*\nCommonwealth could possess to further the interests of the whole would\nbe a few 'scouts' and a strong flotilla\nof torpedo craft, not only of small\nvessels for const defence, but ot\nocean-going destroyers which might\naccompany the battle fleet to its sta-'\ntion off the enemy's ports. It would\nnot be easy to bring these cratt out\nfrom home. Their provision on the\nspot would bo a direct and tangible\nhencflt to the navy of the Emplee.\nSo again, in the case of Canada,\ncruisers of considerable size, speed\nand power would probably form tho\nmost useful auxiliary to the British\nfleet she could provide. The broad\nAtlantic, with its trade routes\nswarming with British shipping,\nwhich would need protection, is tho\ngoverning tactor in this case. But,\ngiven concerted plans tor construction, and also facilities for common\ntraining under admirals ol thc lloy.il\nNavy, thc desire of the young nations\nto possess their own fleets may well\n1 be accepted by tho mother Country\nwith complete satisfaction. But we\nask each State of the Empire to remember that there aro problems of\nsea power direcly affecting its own\nsafety. Each one of them Is not only |\nliable to the primary objectivo of a\nhostile power, but each.one of them\nmight provide the causo ol quarrel\nwhich would involve the Empire inl\nwar. It is, indeed, the act that some\ndesign against olio ot thc self-governing SUitcs of the Empire, or some\ninfringement of its_ local interests,\nis more likely yo lie the cause of'\nquarrel involving the Mother Coun-|\ntry in hostilities today than is any\nEuropean quarrel ol hers likely to,\ninvolve the Empire. The rise of,\nGermany, the United States aud\nJapan into, thc position of first-class\nnaval powers has profoundly uiodl-|\nScd the situation and Canada, Aus-|\ntralasia and South Africa would do\nwell to tako note of thc fact. Wcl\nrecognize with affectionate gratitude\nthc readiness ol thc daughter States\nto rise in refence of the old grey\nMother. If tho time of trial conic,\nwc would not too closely enquire\nwhose is the quarrel. But, ut the\nsame time, it Is but right thnt it\nshould be recognized by these in\nturn that it mny become needful tor\nthc Mother to uphold their cause.\nIn all their local provision for defence, therefore, they Bhould have\nregard for tho efficiency of thc\nwhole.\"\nTWO STYLES OF GARDENING\nTheir Characteristics and the Arguments ct \"\"'.air Advocates.\nBy Ernest Braunton.\nIn practico there nre two methods\nof lnndscupo gardening\u00E2\u0080\u0094tho natural\nand the 'formal. Tlio natural Is\nsometimes culled the .English method\nbecause it has been practiced iu England since the beginning ot thc\neighteenth century. Engluud was thc\nfirst among European nations to\nadopt the naturally beautiful ln\nhome grounds, and to the English\nis due the credit of having reduced\nthis method, which is the concentration of arboreal and pastoral\nbeauty, to an exact science, though\nsome ot the grandest examples are\nto be Iound in our own country.\nTho formal style of gardening is\nsaid to be of ancient origin, and is\nsometimes called the French andV\nItalian method, because mainly'.practiced in France and Italy. The mainl\ncharacteristic of the formal Is lts|\nrectangular form, Its straight lines,\nvertical and horizonal; the principal\npaths, terraces and boundary lines\nare straight and the architectural\nlines of the house nre prolonged Into\nthe garden, making it a part ot the\nhouse or subsidiary to the house.\nThe advocates ot formal gardening\nurge that as architecture and nature\nrepresent antagonistic principles and\nthe architectural linos of the house\naro a discord in the landscape, In\nthat they do not harmonize with the\nlines, therefore, the architectural\nlines of the house should be prolonged into the surrounding landscape, and thus by destroying nature's true outlines to harmonize the\ncomponent pails of the landscape\npicture. And it is further urged\nthat man's greatest pleasure in his\nconnection with nature is in Impres\nsing his individuality upon it and\nthus humanizing nature.\nThe advocates of the natural methods of gardening urge that if in\nthe process of humanizing nature we\ndestroy its most pleasing characteristics wc havo failed to accomplish\nin the art of landscape making that\nwhich wc most desire. That as true\nlovers of nature; in its natural moods\nhud tenses wc seek to transplant u\nbit of nature to the immediate vicinity of the homo,! and to make It a\npart of that homo. And further, as!\nnature abhors straight lines, there\nshould be eliminated nnd curved,\nlines, iiTcgultir groupins and outlines'\nshould be used In conformity to the\nropy which nature has given us. In\ntho walks and drives wo aro to copy|\ntlie woodland and the old wood\nroad, which, many of us will remem-l\nmember, at the entrance of thc forest seemed to cut its way through\nthe mass of surrounding shrubs and!\ntrees and. wound its way among thc\nlabyrinth of the wood land, forming\ngraceful curved lines. In tho natural method of gardening the straight\nboundary Hues of tho place aro broken by irregular planting of the border. Thc house Is not made too pro-]\nniincnt a feature of the landscape,\nbut is in somo degree embowered in\nthe plantation, und tho angle at the\nbase of the house is hidden by thc\narrangement of shrub and tree to\nskillfully blond the Irregular outlines\not nature with thc neutral tints and\neasy and graceful outline and color\nthat will form a harmonious whole.\nThe natural method ol landscape\narchitecture Is, to a degree, artificial\nnature (grouping, outline, torm nnd\ncolor arc copies, but tho architect\nmust arrange and create out ot these\nan artistic and, harmonious landscapo\neffect. Ono writer says: Every line\nof a well arranged place will bo ul-\nw-iys changing to tho eye, not ub-\nthe library, \"What In the world are\nyou doing there?\" she askod.\n\"Reading, my dear,\" Jonos replied\ncheerfully.\n\"You old idiot!\" she said scornfully, as she looked in at the library\ndoor, \"shut up that valice and come\nto bed.\"\nThc Georgians of Augusta aro\nchuckling ovcr a new story about\nMr. Taft.\nMr. Taft, It seems, drove out ono\nafternoon to see a Georgia planter.\nThe planter's cook, a very old woman, takes no interest in public affairs, and shc did not recognize thc\nportly guest.\n\"What did you think of that gen-\ntloman, Martha?\" tbe planter asked,\nafter Mr. Taft had driven oft.\n\"Well, sir,\" old Martha replied, \"I\ncan't say as I saw notliin' pertickler\nabout: him. He looked.to me like the\nkind of man as would be pretty\nrcg'lnr to his meals.\"\nCapt. Forclopp tells a Btory ol n\ncertain noted divine who was on his\nstcnitship when a great gale overtook them oil the Oregon coa6t.\n\"It looks pretty had,\" said the\nBishop to the captain.\n\"Couldn't be much worse, Bishop\"\nreplied Foretopp.\nHalf an hour later tho steamship\nwas diving under thc waves as it she\nwcro u submarine and leaking like\n1m old door.\n\"Looks worso, I think, captain,\"\nsaid the Bishop.\n\"Wo must trust In Providonce now,\nBishop,\" answered Foretopp.\n\"Oh, I hope it has not como to\nthat,\" gasped the Bishop.\nruptly nnd enddenly, but narmouloiis-\nly and gracefully. There muBt not\nbo any monotony ot lino anywhere\nIn walk.l'roud, surface or'plunluliou.\nHERMIT.\nI like to read of Theodore, who's\nwon renown for Illuming gore, and\ntimo will nover dim it; I road about,\nthe beasts ho slays, und wiph him\nfortune all hij days-i-but Hermit Is\nthe' limit. I do not care what Hermit slow\u00E2\u0080\u0094a mongoose or a kangaroo\u00E2\u0080\u0094 i enre not -where he wanders;\nand yet the man who sends the yarns\not hunting ln the Jungle tarns, ot\nHermit drools nnd maunders. It's\nHermit here and Hermit there, and\nHermit killed a grizzly boar, a polecat cr a cheetah; and Hermit licked\na crocodile, and chased a python\nhalf a mile, and slugged a big moa-\nkeetnh. Oh, tend a' thrilling yarn\nof gore, of bloodshed wrought by\nTheodore\u00E2\u0080\u0094don't cut lt down or trim\nit; we'll print the story, word tor\nword, and not a comma will be\nslurred\u00E2\u0080\u0094but Hermit is the limit!\n-WALT MASON.\nAs Jones wended bis uncertain way\nhomeward he pondered ways ot concealing his condition from his wife.\n\"I'll go home and read,\" he decided.\n\"Whoever heard ot n drunken man\nreading a book?\"\nLater Mrs. Jones heard a noise in\nTbey had been married just a\nmonth when he lost his poult Ion, anil\nduring the next eighteen months he\njumped rapidly \" from one thing to\nanother without being at all succesa\nful at auytbiug.\nBy this time, ol course, hcr trousseau was getting frayed aroung the\nbottom and rusty around tho top;\nnnd the hope which shc had been entertaining that she would some day\nbe the possessor ot some new gowns\nhad become a sort ot permanent\nhope, ns tar as she could sec, or, in\ntact, as tar as they both could seo\ntogether,\n\"Elizabeth,\" he said one day, \"do\nyou think marriage Is a failure?\"\n\"Failure!\" she said scornfully, \"It\nis a panic I\"\nESQUIMALT AND\nNANAIMO RAILWAY\nTime Table No. 7\nTrains leave Nanaimo 5:15 D\u00C2\u00BBi!y\nTrains arrive Nanaimo 12:38 Daily\nWednesday, Saturday, Sunday,\nTrains leave Nanaimo 15:15\nTrains arrive Nanaimo 1835,\nL. D. CHETHAM,\nDist. Tass. Agt.\n1102 Govt. st.\nVictoria, B. C.\nLadysmith Bakery\nCompany\nCakes ot every, description, tanc\nind plain. Candies of all kinds\nFruit of all kinds. Fresh bread ever\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2tat;.\nReasonable prices. Come and se\nour lines and leave your orders. W\ngive careful attention.\nHop Lee, Prop.\nEsplanade street, Ladysmith.\nHe was a fine type ot the old\nHouttaeru colonel, the fiery scion ot\na race ot cavaliers. Also, he wan exceedingly wrathy. He had just received a letter Irom a man, \"a low\nsoht of puhson, sub., I assuah you,\"\nwhich displeased him Immensely, and\nhe was debating, inwardly, how beat\nto convey to tils vulgar correspondent an adequate expression ol hla\n(the colonel's) opinion ol him. But\nhis stenographer w as a lady. The\nColonel snorted, and made two or\nthree talse starts, and finally dictated:\n\"air,\u00E2\u0080\u0094My stenographer, being n|\nlady, can not transcribe what 1\nthink of you. I, Being a gentleman,\ncan not think it. But you, being\nneither, will readily understand what\n1 mean,\"\nThe City Market\nR, WILLIAMSON, Prop.\nWholesale aad Retail.\nMEATS and VEGETABLES\nLadysmith, B. C.\nGRAND HOTEL\nCONVENIENT\nCOMFORTABLE\nExcellent Boarding\nHEPPLE~&~\"sMITi:.\nPronrietom.\nThe Canadian National Holiday Will Be Celebrated al\nLADYSMITH, THURSDAY, JULY 1,1909\nField Sports, Lacrosse, Tug-of-War, Regatta,\nIndian Canoe Races, Trap Shooting, Etc.\nATTRACrfoNS $ I >000 IN PRIZES PROGRAMME\n'^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0sssssssa'S's-fl-st-efsfssssssjfijjssJjs-MSMs-a'iMfM\nCome and Join in the Greatest Dominion Day Celebration Ever Held on Vancouver Island\nZ=Z=Z=?\"r*T===^=^^?==1==^M^m'^*mm*''*\u00E2\u0084\u00A2m~^ >*\u00C2\u00BB'^\u00C2\u00BBMs\u00C2\u00BB^^a\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00BBs\u00C2\u00BBs*\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00ABW*BsWljESM\u00C2\u00BB*f*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB^\nEXCURSION RATES ON THE E. & N. RAILWAY\nIt i\u00E2\u0080\u00941,11 i\nI\nTHE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE\nBoots and\nShoes\nThe Celebrated\nAHRENS BOOTS A\"D BHOKS, .\nEvery Pair Guaranteed or will be\nreplaced with another pair. In Men's\nBoy's and Girl's. The Best School\nShoes In Town. Also Children's Wash\ning Suits and Sailor CIouscb, and\nStrachan Hats. \\n* DON'T FORGET THE STOREt\nJ. j. Thomas\nHIGH STREET\nMade to Order\nI sell the\nSemi-Ready Clothing\nEvery piece is guaranteed\nto fit, and the price no\nhigher than ready made\nclothing.\nB. L. WOOD\nFirst Avenue\nBoxl73\nPhone 43\nFor Meats\nOF ALL KINDS, SAUSAGE A\n' SPECIALTY, LEAVE ORDEUSN\nAT\nGeo. Roberts'\nMeat Market\nCor. First Ave. and Roberts Street.\nLADYSMITH.\nCorset covers stamped\non Cross-barred muslin\nand 4 skeins cotton for.\nworking, 4oc.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 f\nCrash center-pieces\nwith embroidery hoops*\nand lace for finishing\nedge? 25c.\nMiss UreiVs\nLIVERY STABLE\nD.B.\u00C2\u00B0 WELLS, Proprietor\n'Hack, Expross, Liurv and Feod Stable\nDRAY WORK AND FURNITURE\nMOVING. WOOD FOR SALE\nLoyal Citizens of\nA Great Empire\nLord Sratlicona, one ot the greatest living Imperialists and Umpire\nbuilders, looked forward to.thc celebration of Empire Day, May 21, with\nenthusiasm undiminished by the\nweight ot nearly ninety years. Speaking of the Empire and Empire Day,\nwhat they mean to a Canadian boy\nand what they should mean to all\nboys In England, suld:\n\"When I went to Canada seventy-\none years ago, the idea of Empire\nwas not what it is now. How could\nit be?' Even In more recent times\nthere have been statesmen who calmly talked ot 'dropping the Colonies,'\nas though they wero so many encumbrances. They wero men who thought\nso little of our over-seas dominions\nthat they did not trouble to maintain their rights and boundaries when\nthey came in conflict with the wls|s\nof other- Powers. We have seen that\nin America,\n\"The Canadian boy of today is\nimbued with the spirit of thc Empire.\nTho idea is inculcated at school. Ho\nis taught to be not a loyal citizen\nof Canada and of the King, as the\nsovereign ruler of Canada, but also\na loyal citizen of Great Britain and\nthe whole ot those dominions overseas which are included in the name\nof the British Empire. For the rights\nand privileges and honors ot thoso\ndominions he will fight as ho would\nfor Canada herself. The Union Jack\nflew over every school In Canada on\nEmpire Day.\n\"Why should anyone doubt tho\nwisdom of such teaching and the existence of such a spirit? How can\nany part of the Empire stand alone,\nisolated? What chance can Great\nBritain have In competition with\nGermany, itself nn Empire formed of\nmany kingdoms, or the United States another Empire in which every\nstate is virtually a kingdom? Why\nshould hot Great Britain be part ol\nan Empire composed of many Em-j\nplres? Was not India, brought into!\nbeing by Englishmen,, an Empire!\nwithin an Empire?\n\"Tell these tacts to the boys In the\nschools of Great Britain, nnd \" let\nthem realize that they can be loyal |\nEnglishmen, Scotsmen, and Irishmen j\nand at the same time loyal citizens\nof a great Empire. Let them learn\nthat the Empire is not composed ol\nstraggling and struggling Colonies,\nthat Canada haB between seven and\neight millions of people, and before\nthe end of the century will have a\npopulation equal to that ot the British Isles.\nStrange Experience\nWith A Murderer\nFirst Avenue\nPhone 62 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n.' Liuly smith, B. C\nFresh Vegetables\nGrown by White Labor\nGreen Onions, Spinach,\nLettuce, Rhubarb.\nE. Pannell\nARE YOU G0IN6 TO BUILD\na tehee or a house, If so consult me\nns I can save you money on lumber.\nHaving purchased a low truck. I\nam prepared to move furniture and\npianos.\nFor. any teaming consult\nTHORNLEY\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2LADYSMITH - \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 PHONE 6.\nattendant, leaning against the door\nat bis own end of the car, looking\nsleepily out. Tho man with thc\nglove was as still as thc rest of the\npassengers, whethor ho was sleeping '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nor not.\nAtter loiiB masoning 1 camo to Iho\nconclusion that tho conductor was'\ntho proper, person to consult with.\nTho conductor passed through, but ,1\ndid not stop liim. My coinage fulled\nmc; Then I relumed to my scat aiid\nfound the bedu cleared away. Wiior.o\nwas the man? 1 cast my eyes apprehensively around tho car, but be\nwas nowhere to be scon.\nThc conductor entered the car\nagain. I signalled him to approach\nand was about to toll blm. what 1\nhad seen when, somehow my tongue\nrefused to shape thc fatal words of\naccusal ion, and I simply inquired of\nhim what tif.etho train would roach\nChicago. At tbat same moment\nthere\" flashed across my mind the\nthought thnt it was within tho range\nof possibility that I was mistaken- in\nmy suspicions. Cut lingers were common enough. Yes, but not that look\nof weird terror and hato and desperation that I had read In the man's\nface as he had snt gazing out of thc\nwindow the previous night.\nIt was time for mo to act. Thc\nnext timo tho conductor passed\nthrough the car I, followed him and\nwns about to speak when, to my\namazement, I saw tho man with tbe\nglove seated between the two men\nwho had boarded thc train after \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 we\nhad loft Altoona. I let the conductor go'forward into the next car and\nturned back to go to my scat, getting anothor glimpse ot the man's\nface as I passed, It wore the same\nlook of guilty horror that I had Been\nupon ft tho night before, with, an additional pang ot hepclessness thrown\ninto it.\nI saw the situation. Thc other\nmen were detectives, who had been\ntelegraphed ahead to arrest the murderer, and they had quietly secured\nhim while I had been out ot the car\nwondering how to. act.\nA few weeks afterward I read thc\nThe Worst Disaster\nof Mont Blanc\nIn the loug list ot disasters which\ndarken the history of Mount Diane,\ntho woi'Bt, according to Edward\nWbympor, the famous lnountai\nclimber, occurred to a scratch party\nin 1870.\nThc amateur alpinists were two\nAmericans, Mr, Randaii and Mr. Mc-\nBoun, nnd a Scotch minister, the\nRev, G, McCorkmdalc, of Gplirock.\nThey took with them as guides or\nassistants no fewer than eight persons from Chamobix, a quite sufficient number. As is usual, they\npassed the night nt the inn. upon'the\nrocks which are called tbe Grande\nMulcts,\non tho next day a number of perilous below watched their progress,\nthrough telescopes. They were seen I\nto arrive on tlio summit and to be-'\ngin the descent. By that time the/\nWeather hud changed. Thc wind was\nsomething frightful.\nEven twelve thousand feet below\nit was soon whirling snow about?\nso that tlio members ol the party*\nw.ere obliged to throw themselves\ndown to avoid being carried away\nby it. Then th'c summit became\nclouded and was not seen again tor\neight days.\nNo one came back, and on Sept.\n7, fourteen men trom Chamonlx\nstarted out to try to learn- something. Bad weather came on again,\nand it was not until the 17th that\nthe fate of the party waB ascertained. When the rescue party got up\nthey found Mr. McCorvindale and\ntwo of tho porters about seven hundred and fifty feet below the top,\nDeveloping\nMineral Resources\n,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E, , ..,,,,, ...\u00E2\u0080\u009E, with their heads right way up, but\nreport of tbo rmAJlondemnat?on\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB} \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB* *&\u00C2\u00A3 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB!**on-l as.\nOhicnco News if m? nai sllPPea and \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB?>>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nmicago i*.ews. Abont three hundred feet higher up\n_ l)icy _____ npon Ml McBeani ana an_ i\nother porter sitting down, the former with his head leaning on one hand\nand the elbow on a knapsack, ropes\ncoiled up, batons, axes and knapsacks round about them still containing a little Iood.\nUpon Mr. McBean a note b'ook was\ntound containing several entries tn\nrespect to the occasion. All the Ave\ncorpses were hard frozen. They were\nput into sack's and dragged down to\nChamonlx. It took three days to;\ntransport them. Tho Bodies ot the'\nsix others havo not yet, been recovered, but tbey will probably come to\nlight in the course ot a tew years.\nOne of the earliest, avalanche accidents on Mont Blanc occurred In\n1820, when Dr. Hamel, a Russian,\nset out on August 18 to go up Mont\nBlanc, accompanied by two Englishmen and eight guides. They had ascended to a height ot more than fourteen thousand teet with live guides\nin front, who wcro cutting or making stens, when all at onco thc snow\nTho natural resources of Canada\ninclude two valuable minerals, of\nwhich slie ban almost a monopoly-\nasbestos and mica. The Dominion\nalready supplies 90 per cent, of the\nworld's consumption ot asbestos,\nwhile in regard to mica a great market is opening owing to the growth\nof thc use of electric power all over\nthc world, which Canada will be able\nto 1111 wTicn her mines arc developed.\nThere is, indeed, at the proscnt time\nit considerable shortage in tlio Hiipply.\not the mineral, nnd tbo sources ol\nWarm\nWeather\nSpecials\nFancy Muslins, all good Patterns.\nReg. 23c, 33o and Mc. SPECIAL\nlie a yard.\nBovs' and G iris' Straw Hats. Ree\n75c, Sl.OO and $1,86. SPECIAL 50o.\nFancy Nock Ribbons. Reg. 60c\na yard. SPECIAL 25c a yard.\nLadies' bummer Vests. SPECIAL 10c.\nMen's Batbriggan Underwear.\nSPECIAL 50c a Garment.\nMen's Outing Shirts, in nice clean\nPattern. Reg; up to S1.25. SPECIAL C5c.\nBoys' Pants and washing Blouses, the kind that wear. SPECIAL\n500.\nWalters &\nAkenhcad\nFor Bathing Suits\nIn CLASSIFIED aDSIp\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" pen word \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 W\nAdvertisements under this head\nono cent por word per Issue, poy-\niiblc ill advance.\nWANTED.\nWANTED-A Porter. Apply nt Oil'\nman's Barber Shop.\nEOR RENT.\nHOUSE TO RENT\u00E2\u0080\u0094Five Rooms and\nPantry. Apply W. Hooper, Gatacre Street.\nFOR RENT-Ohoaji to Suitable Tenant\u00E2\u0080\u00943 Bedrooms and Large L ving\nRoom and Pantry. Apply at 'telephone office.\nPOUND,\nFOUND\u00E2\u0080\u0094A MM Ci Hie Dog. Owhct\ncan have same by applying to\nFrank Toresl, Gatacre street, and\npaying for this avlrertisenunt.\nCOR SALE.\nFOR SALE-Brown and White Rabbits. Fifty cents each. Supply Mrs!\nJohn Stewart.\nFOR SALE-Whlte Leghorn eggs for\nsetting. Buff leghorns and Black\nMtnorcas, $2.50 a setting. Apply\nMrs. Laird.\nFOR SALE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Express wagon In perfect order and harness. Apply Arthur Howe, Chemainus.\njFOR SALE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Four roomed bouse in\ngood locality in Extension, B.\nI C. Apply Ike Storey.\nj __\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n, PIANO FOR SALE.-TJprlght Grand\nj Dominion Piano in flrst class con-\n: dition. In use only a short time.\nJ Apply Mrs. Bernard, Union Brew-\nj ery, Ladysmith.\nCOOKED\nPRESSED\nsupply from existing channels arc unr *b\u00C2\u00B0\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 tacm KM-*? thousand\ncertain. Nearly the entire supply of ?al;ty WaSn\u00C2\u00B0n ,\u00E2\u0080\u009Eo 1 ?.w\u00C2\u00BBS tZn\ntho world comes (rom two sources, |'W ov,e1',th(! slo*,cs HI' wl,ich tUcy\nhad tolled. I\nSnow ugalu broke away abovo und |\nmoro or loss covered up the whole\nparly. Some ot them struggled out,\nbut those of tho leading guides were!\nmines aro nroducing' \"^^ \",Lu \" croVll8Be j1\"*1 bm'lcl\\nnight a tow years since. When It camo! about 700 tons ot mica per nm.nn',' \ \"\"'!cr \u00E2\u0084\u00A2 ^ff.^\?L\"-l*nfln\u00C2\u00ABtl\nto bedtime I noticed a ma,, with a which product is entirely absorbed ^\"J- ^up Kmiu *SJ'\nfurtive, hunted expression got into1 '/ to \"Be electrical concerns in '''\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* '\u00E2\u0084\u00A2c ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E QJo( tu\u00E2\u0080\u009E 8Un,lv.\nnnd tbo demand \"\u00C2\u00BB g\" .._., ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E ,,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E-\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E-\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\nMadras and Eastern Ontario. The\nMurder will out,\" said u commcr- Indian mines arc incapable ol yield-\nclal travollcr on a transcontinental 1 Ing one-half of the required amount\n. , , \u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E ,, \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E_\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E i w.,uMiocded in connection with the great\ntrain to a group of passage ... \u00C2\u00A3wai* fh rf m -mvm trad \u00C2\u00BB,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nriding (rom New York to Chicago one Uin Oanadinn\nthe upper bervh over tbo one lffi$^^^.^^\m. \u00C2\u00A3,urus Pelted\nto occupy. His demeanor was that] for ln C!icoi.B 0,'lho preHeni, soum.\u00E2\u0080\u009E and said to his employer, Ihey aro\nof a man who was endcuvoring toi of supply, i there. \u00C2\u00BBt that time\nhide himself. I did not think much\ fny^tigatlons havo proved the ox-| \u00E2\u0084\u00A2 *\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 ^le/'woro no'doubt a\nofthe matter at tbo time, till later istence ;.f certain enormous veins ol i ^derablo. (llstanM lrom the spot\nin the night, when drops oi bloodt^lZ t?h Xm^wll \u00C2\u00A7lf | ^T^rX\"hh^\nu\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E- \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0080\u009E >nn\u00C2\u00BBirnn. *im .mm* hi.rt.ii!..... ,Pr\u00E2\u0080\u009E' i,i,ri, \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E r,n .,i!r ~.,.i i dismembered remains ol the tlirec\nof drysS to h top ot'roclf' o 1*5$*** ?nHftt G.aciTScs\nthat itis U'levcd that the solution\\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A3FE /mo\" ^Ttour\nof the dcuclcncy ot mica ml nt n\u00C2\u00ABjm . In a direct lino trom tho\ndistant date bo solved by tbo sup-li: ^ u lmfl tohBd M\npiles trom this locality; especin yas.\u00C2\u00A3 i u d fl\nthe rapid ox enslou ol the r\u00C2\u00AB.ilway \"\u00C2\u00AB d ,c t\nsystem o( the Canadian Northern! \u00E2\u0080\u009E'.\"._,\nand the Grand Trunk Pnclltc Ball-1 pcr mi\"uni'\nopening up this mincrall] \"\non the Stafford barony In 1823 ha\ndid not' trouble himself about such\na small matter as making his claim\ngood. Possession, he knew, was \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n''nine points of the law,\" and, acting\non this maxim, he installed himself\nin Stafford Castle during the owner's absence, and refused to budge\nuntil he was turned ont \"neck and\ncrop.\" Such a summary proceeding,\nhowever, did not disconcert him In\nthe least. He made a neighboring\ninn his headquarters, served notices\non the tenants bidding them pay\ntheir rents to him as their lord, and\nstarted a carriage which flaunted thc\nStafford arms In the face ot the\nworld; and when at last ho tound\nhimself in the clutches of tbo law,\ncharged with fraud and impersonation, ho had tho effrontery to claim\nhis \"privilogo ot peerage!\"-\nA less resolute man wns the Birni\nIngham tradesman .who, somo years\nago, Goiight to wear a coronet as\nEurl of Stirling. He succeeded in\nraising $65,000 to prosecute his\nclaim, giving us security bonds tor\n$250,000 on tho property which wiis\nsoon to be his, and appeared to havo\nthe* earldom within his clutch when,\nus ill-luck would have* It, he was arrested on a charge ot forgery. Tho\nclaimant, however, seems to havo\nbeen rather thc dupe than the villain ot tho play, for he was acquitted.\nCorn Beef\nChicken and Vealatalltimes\nattendant and Ijave the man awakened oi let the matter take Its course?\nPresently another agonizing groan\nfrom the wounded man told mo that\nhe had awakened, and, to my intense\nrelief, I Baw thc hand hastily draw | \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB?' ll,c\nup. My flrst Impulse was to throw BonU?\"., ^ la, reckoned lo be one\nthe elothes from tho bod and dress,] on tho best uevelupod regions Iu the\nbut a more reasonable feeling supor-, w\u00C2\u00B0Vd* .... , i . , , . ,,\nvened, and, scarcely knowing what 11 The cost r^mica mining In India,\ndid, I took n nowBPgper and spread whcr,! lahm is \"tromoTy cheap, anil\nIt across tho stains. But that wati tho transportation of tho material 10\nnot sufficient to exorcise my fears,; Englund, with wharfage ami other\nand I stared fixedly at the paper charges, amounts to about 9d pcr\nthat concealed the marks until, in! P\u00C2\u00B0uml. The selling price varies ac-\nthe moonlight I found mysolf read-; cording to sizo, from Is, to Ua. poling, ln a mechanical, Bomlconsclous pound, but tlie bulk of the material\nway, the'words I (saw printed on tie; from India ia of such small sizes that\nnewspaper. I the owcr prices; prevail It Is stat-\nAt flrst thc words wero moaning- cd that Iho cost of minlug mica in\nless, then they began to aBsume British Columbia, after allowing tor\nLocal and General\nNews Notes\nJ. A. Ryan\nBUTCHER\nPure Ice Cream\nConstantly\nOn Hand\nTobaccos, Cigars, Etc.\nBestquality of Confectionery\nMiss Bardozono\nGet Ready for the Summer by\nHaving Your House Painted\nBest materials only used.\nBig stock of wall paper on\nhand.\nPRICES THE LOWEST\nFighting for\nA Peerage\nCrnnbrook will nt onco begin tbe\nmanufacturing of brick.\nWork on thc foundation tor Mayor\nNicholson's new building on First\nAvenue has commenced.\nform and coherence, and finally I\ntound them burning Into my brain\nIn the column spread out before mo\nwas an account of a terrible traged\nthat had taken place in Now Yor\nthe day previous to my leaving that\ncity. A man had murdered a woman out ot Jealousy under clrcum.\nstances ot peculiar atrocity, ln tho\nstruggle between the murderer and\nthe victim the knlie with which tho\ndeadly deed had been done had bcon\nwrested so llercely that tho ends of\ntwo of the murderer's lingers had\nbeen cut off and had been picked up\nby the police. The man In the berth\nabove was the murderer! With this\nmaddening thought surging through\nmy brain, the wonder was that I did\nnot scream. But I kept silent, slowly realising the grave responsibility\nof my position as I lay there with a\nfellow creature's lite at my mercy.\nMy .duty was plain. To allow a criminal to escape Justice was to become an accessory to his erlme. But\nhad I had the hardihood to denounce him? Would not the stigma\nof notorloty forever afterward be\nmine? How did I know that the\ncrime might not be in a measure a\nBtroke ol swift Justice that man is\nsometimes maddened Into committing under strong provocation?\nThe dawn was just stealing in\nthrough the windows, and, as I put\non my wrappor and crept stealthily\nto the dressing room, thore was not\n| a soul to be seen except the male\ntho present difficulties ln transport\nTho claim to thc Sackville barony,\nwhich has excited so much interest\nrecently, has many points ln common with thc sensational claim to\ntho Earldom of Berkeley, which set\nuntil the railway reaches the proper- evory tongue in England wagging a\nty, doco not exceed 2d per pound, nnd century or more ago.\nwill bo considerably reduced when That tho flfth Earl ol llcrkcley, had\ntho railway reaches the diBtrlct. t.,,,.,\u00E2\u0080\u009E . ..,\u00E2\u0080\u009E ,, ,, , ,1 .\nThe demand for largo clear sheets i t\"kon *0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"'\u00C2\u00AB Ult\ntlo waged'llercely. Of this earlier al.\nleged marriage tlio only evidence\nwnh an entry on n slip of paper attached to a page of the llorkeloy mar-\nrlago register. The clergyman in\nwhose TTandwritlng tho ontry was\nsaid to be was dead; so, too, waB\none of the witnesses, while the signature of the Bocond witness was in\nan assumed name.\nA marriage thus supported failed\nto satisfy the Houso ot Lords, who\nheld that ft was, not proven, and tho\nearldom waB awarded, not to the\ncldeBt.sonof the union, but to the\nflfth son, who was born atter tho\nlater and iiroperly-authentlcatod wed\nding; and wHo, to his honor be it\nsaid, refused to assume a title which\nhe declared belonged to his eldest\nbrother,\nBut all claims to peerages arc not\nsupported by oven such slight evl-,\ndonee as a doubtful marriage-entry.\nWhen a Mr, Cooko caBt covetous eyes\nTncrc is a fortune awaiting, the\nman who will start a steam laundry\nin Ladysinllb. Very muny people\nnow sond out their laundry work to\nVictoria and Nanaimo, but tor many\nreasons this is not satisfactory. It\ntakes two weeks to get the laundry\nback, aud BOinetiuiOB not even then.\nIf n laundry were operated in Lady-\nsmith it would pay.\nIn an Irish garrison town a theatrical company was giving performances, and some soldiers from tho\nlocal barracks wore engaged to set\nas supers. The duties Included the\nwaging of n tierce fight in which, after a stirring struggle, ono army was\ndefeated on a given signal from the\nprompter. For a tew nights all\nwent well, but on the Friday evening a speeial' performance of the\npleco was to he given under tho pat-1\nronago of the colonel and other of-\nfleers of tho garrison. The two ar- j\nAlios met ns usual at the end of the;\nsecond act, when thoy (ought and\nkept on fighting, regardless of the\nagonized glare in the eye af their\n(actor) general, who hoarsely ordered the proper army to \"Retreat,\nconfound yon!\" But the fight still\nwent on, and soon tbe. horrified manager saw the wrong afn\u00C2\u00ABjr being driven slowly ofl the stage, sttll fighting\ndesperately. Down came the curtain\namid roars ot laughter, tad the. turn-\nChong Kee\nLaundry\nWashing and Irouiugp...audi)' nUendeil\nlo.\n9\nit.\n4\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\nf\n4\n4\n4\n4\n4\n4\nx\na \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nZ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nZ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWe have all ):inds, all sizes, all colors.\nSee our English Towels, from 15c to $1.00 a pair.\nCanvas Shoes\u00E2\u0080\u0094For Men, Ladies, Boys, Girls\nand Children.\nAll kinds of Fruit in Season\n! BLAIR & ADAM\nv\nThe Hot Weather * Vancouver Island Cigar\nCoirpany\nWill Soon\nBe Here\nWe Have\nEverything\nYou Need\nThe very Uteft in Summer Vests, L *pel\non Pockets. All shades, prices and shies.\nSummer Underwear. We have the famous Ziminer Knit Silkette Underwear at\n12.50 a suit.\nMens' Mesh Underwear, short sleeves\nand knee drawers, at $1.50 a suit.\nBelbriggan Underwear the old reliable,\nat tl.!!,! a suit.\nALSO -Straw Hats, CUhiug, Faucy\nboa, Shirts, Shoes, Etc., Belts, Kte.\nW. E. Morrison\nFOR SUMMER WEAR\nFormerly Gold & Johnston, of Victoria, are introducing a new brand\nof Cipars to be known as tbe\n\"V. I.\"\nTry Them.\nLocal and General\nNews Notes\nBaseball players are requested to\nturn out to practice tbis evening at\n7 o'clock.\nThe ladles of the Presbyterian\nChurch will hold an Ice cream festival on the evening of June 24. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nTea rooms for ladles or gentlemen. Short order or sandwiches\nalways ready at Hoopv',*. * '\ni) meet your friends and be right\nat home, while in Victoria, stay at\nthe Rainier Hotel, George Suritgy\nproprietor. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nAt Ladysmith, June 7th, to the\nwife of Mr. Thomas Baiter, corner\nof Roberta street and Fourth avenue,\na son.\nFinest Ice Cream ln the city at.\nHooper'i, the most gele*t tn.-lcr\non the Island. Everything of the\nbest quality in Confectionery. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nT.i meet your friends and be right\nat home, while In Victoria, stay at\nthe natnier Hotel, George ,lu'*?y\nproprietor. \"\nAre You\nIn Need of Shoes??\n^H^-M^M\"H^M\"MH''^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0I\"^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0I^'^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^'^'^,H^^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^'^^^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^H^^^^M^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^^^I^^^^'^^!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0w\n.f. i\nHAVE YOU SEEN IT! WHAT?:\nThe New Power Washer\n:.*\nWe have them at prices tht t make it worth while J\nfor you to come here. This f p .ce does not allow us J\nto go into details, but we will mention one special J\nwe want you to try. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWe have 60 pairs of Pit Shoes. Reg. $2.50 to\n$3.75, we are going to clear at $ 1.75.\nSee the handbills for particulars of the biggest\nShoe Sale we have he'd.\nSimon Leiser &Co., Ltd\nThos. White has\nHot Springs.\nleft lor Harrison\nHarry Peevor went over to Vancouver this morning.\nMr. Lowery, of the B. C. Underwriters, is in Ladysmith today.\nPROPER\nCLOTHES\nFor Men and\nYoung Men\nWith style, fabrics and miking that\nsatisfy the best dressed men. The prices are reasonable, ranging from\n$8.00 to $28.00\nOur aim Is to please you. A satisfied\ncustomer is the best advertisement wt\ncan have.\nStraw and Linen Hats\nWe are showing New Styles in Boaters and Soft straws, from\n75c up\nC. E. JEFFS\nSit Oir Kin if the Pit But The Mnt Inr Store Miiir's iMtsJSuair\nThere will be memorial services at\nthe Ladysmith cemetery on< tbe afternoon of June 20th.\nMrs. Jacohson and Miss Irene Mor\ngan, Chemainus, are visiting their\nfather ln Ladysmith.\nThe number of building permits issued in Winnipeg for this year reached the one thousand mark yesterday.\nRbbt. Oilman, of Vancouver, who\nhas been visiting bis brother in Ladysmith, returned home this morning.\nTbe Dominion Government is advertising for tenders for fixtures tor\nthe postoffle and customs office in\nLadysmith.\nGET A\nKODAK\nNow is the time to enjoy\nyourself with one.\nKnight's Book Store\nSOLE AGENTS.\nWaistcoat Cost\nHim $500,000\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00BB\nll Just attach it to your water tap;-\n:: and it does the rest, while you go oh::\nll with your other work. Try one, we ;|\n:: sell them on approval, if not satisfac-::\n| tory, you can return free of charge. I i\nlie\nLadysmith Hardware Co., lm.\n4.4.4\u00C2\u00ABHa4.H44\u00C2\u00BBS<4H\u00C2\u00BBH444K444\u00E2\u0080\u00A2444-H\"^\n.:..;..:..:..:^.:..;..:..;..:..;..:.,;..:..:..:..:..;..;..:..:. ^..X'^^^^'i'^w^'W-'H^x^w\nWe Have Everything You Neeil\nGROCERIES, DRY GOODS,\nBOOTS AND SHOES, ETC.\nQUALITY AND PRICE OUR MOTTO.\nJOHN BICKLE\n*i*-c**c*$$*^ "Newspapers"@en . "Ladysmith (B.C.)"@en . "Ladysmith"@en . "Ladysmith_Chronicle_1909_06_09"@en . "10.14288/1.0353543"@en . "English"@en . "48.993333"@en . "-123.815556"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Ladysmith : Carley & Carley"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Ladysmith Chronicle"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .