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THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE Issued Every Wedn|sday and Saturday. a. Vol. I. Ladysmith, B. C., Wednesday, July 14, 1909. No. Discuss Tenders for the Lighting Plant There was a short meeting of thc council Monday evening, oniy routine business was attended to, and there will be a special meeting 'i'nurs-, day evening to consider Aid. Mathe- son's bylaw regulating wiring for electric light. There were present: Mayor Nicholson, Aid. Campbell, Dier, Matheson, Mctunncll, Brown and Roberts. 'i he minutes of the former meetings were read and approved. Thomson Stationery Co., and Clark & Stewart, Vancouver, wrote re surveyors' instruments. The communications were received and filed. McGregor ft Little, Victoria, wrote regarding new appliance for disposal ot garbage. The letter was received and filed tor tuture reference. The B. 8. i Pottery Co, wrote with reference to order lor pipe tor sewerage. The communication was received and filed, and the order endorsed. A letter stating that Major Shepherd, an authority on road-making, would be ln the province this fall, was received and filed. Oeorge Lawrence, who has charge cf the clearing for the E. it N., refused to acknowledge the account oi (9, presented to him for calling out the ore brigade to put out a lire on Methuen street. Mr. Lawrence threatened a counter claim of $9, for loss by the brigade putting out some ol his fires on the E. & N, property. The communication - of Mr. Lawrence- wnc received and filed. The tender of Wareham ft Hine. tor the cement walk came, up ln a new form for consideration. It was explained that Mr. Hugh McDonald was prepared to do the work for 1560, a sum considerably less than any tender received. It was moved, seconded and carried that the Wareham ft Hine tender be not accepted and that the tender of Mr. McDonald for (550 be accepted. Accounts aggregating (178.99 were presented and referred to the finance committee, to be paid if found correct. Aid. McKinnell reported that he had seen the grave-diggers and told them that the price of digging graves could not be advanced until the bylaw was changed. Mayor Nicholson explained that the object ot the by-law was to protect the public as well as the grave-diggers and the question was who was likely to suiter the greater hardship âthe grave-diggers or those who bad to employ them. In response to a question ot Aid. Dier, Hla Worship suggested that the by-law could he changed to meet the demands ot the grave-diggers. Aid. McKinnell did not think It was expedient to change the by-law at this time. Tho mayor said that ln the event ol not being able to get one ot the grave-diggers, lt was within the power ol the committee to engage some one to do the work. On account of pressure ot other matters, Aid. Mathcson's by-law to regulate wiring for electric light wad laid over until Thursday evening, when a special meeting will be held. Betore the council adjourned,' Aid. . Dter said he would like to see some record made of the various tenders tor the electric lighting plant. He had not been present at the special meeting when the contract, waa signed by the mayor and city clerk, ane> as be understood the price was considerably more than thc tender presented to th* council, he would like to see some rerord In the minutes of the exact figure. H^^^ Mayor Nicholson explained that the meeting had been called hurriedly. Mr, Turner had notified the other aldermen, and ho had said ho would see . Aid, Dier. He had called up Aid, Dier twice, but he had left Mb office. Aid', Dier said ho was simply anxious to havo a record mado ot -tho tenders In the minutes ol tho council. the city electrical engineer proceeded to analyse the tenders of tho varlbus companies. Hutcheson Bros, ot Victoria, had submitted a tender ol J17.535 and the Canadian Westing house company- for (15,595,80, an apparent difference ot (1,939.20. Alter carefully investigating these tenders the difference is^ reduced to (1,653.56, In the opinion of the electrical engineer still in favor of thc Westing- houso company. This company not only gave the lowest tender, but wcro also moro. explicit in their de .nils than thc other tenderers, paid more attention to the engineer's specifications and, agreed to do thc work to his satisfaction. Another point which had great woignt, said the engineer, was that in accordance - with the engineer's specifications, the West- irf'house company, assume the responsibility for the entire contract, the names of,s-|b-contractors not appearing, having deposited a cheque to cover 5 por cent, of tbe entire under* taking. The: engineer went into an analysis of the other tenders, showing that in his opinion the figures, of the Westinghousiv company were the most advantageous. Tbe figures nor.' stand as follows: Entire plant consisting of 115 K. W. generator, a 12x18x14 Compound Robb engine, a Tirrill regulator, necessary switchboard, cut-outs, over-load release, lightning arresters, etc., complete, HI h. p. 17x18 boiler, h. r. t. powerhouse, and foundations, stack complete, with all necessary pumps, Pembarthy, ejector, for (17,678. This is a very much larger plant than any of those submitted by other tenderers, others having figured on a 10? h. p. boiler, 105 K.-.'W. machine and an Ideal simple engine. Aid. Dier said he had explained to Mr. Turner that his greatest anxiety was to see that the city got a good plant, and he was satisfied that the city would get it. He wanted to see the tender on the minute book ot the council (or future reference. Mayor Nicholson again explained that there was no intention to obscure anything Irom the lull council board. It wns resolved to onter the contract in the minutes ot the council, and tlio council adjourned. Charles Jones Made A Thrilling Escape John Brown's story oi how ho came to secure sufficient information to cause tho arrest of Charles James Aged Couple Celebrate I Golden Wedding . Lust Monday al th*.residence ot Mr.' and Mrs. William Wilkinson, Nanal- nio, there was a pleasant gathering jot descendants ot that couple, and on tho charge of murder is an inter- >c occ«si<»n *v»Â» the celebration ol ', TT , , , , .. ' !thc golden wedding of Mr. and, Mrs, esting one. Unfortunately Its narra- »â,â.° _,,_ ° ._;â -.« pWilkinson« Fifty years ago, JiJ'.y 10, tion would bring several people taty-!m9i thc couplc wcre unltci in mar. unenviable prominence. It appears, riage near Carlyle, Curj'ocrland, Eng, however, that the prisoner's name is | land. At thc golden wedding cclcbrai 7»i. his Baseball in Aid of the New Hospital Jim Jones, and that the Iowa der was not the first laid at door. Much of the information of his whereabouts from time to time came from the'family who raised him. His escape from Iowa was made right under the eyes of the police officials), Jones sitting at a stove warming himself while the six officers Were searching for him. He was dressed as a woman and wore a blonde wig. After his departure he was located time and time again, but just as the officers were ready to make the arrest he made good his escape. He had wirtten many letters to his old friends, and by these he was occasionally traced. The fact that latterly in Ladysmith he refused to speak to Drown, lends color to the belief tbat be knew the latter had recognized him. A story is told by" one of his friends here, that shortly after be stopped bartending, he was asked why he threw up his job and. he answered: "That Is not good work for me. I am liable to stick a knife into a man when I get mad, and I had one bad case of that sort of thing already," by which ho referred to his ungovernable temper, when in passion. It is stated that he was only thirteen years ot age when ho committed his lirst^Bsrious crime, and that his victim was an old man, down in Kentucky. Thc mutter of tbo reward for his apprehension has 'yet to be settled. It wns first ottered nearly five years ago, and it is believed that It still holds good. A week Irom next Thursday the professional men of this city will meet the non-professionals in a match of baseball. The professionals havo teen practicing on thc ,quic.t lor some time, which explains thc mysterious movomenta of Dr. Dier and Mr. V. D, Harrison. Tbo latter, it is said, has been ovcr to Nanaimo taking lessons ln the game. Rev. G. M. Ambrose has not yet decided what post tion he will play, although it is understood that ho is agreeable to combine the position of. umpire and pitcher for the professionals. Rev. Mr. Wilkinson 1b willing to play any position and nt any time providing that it is not on Sunday. Rev. Mr, Robertson is a dark horse, and it is said that his knowledge ot golt will stand him in good stead when he meets the non-professionals on the diamond. Dr. Frost will catch for the team aud nt the same his professional services will be available for the wounded players. Dr. Williams is an old time player, having coached for a very test team down ln Prince Edward Island. Oeorge W, Clark is regardod as strong on the batting, if his position* as a school teacher has not accustomed him too much to making strikes. The other members ol the professionals hare not yet been decided upon, but they will have a strong team there. Tbo non-profes- slonali will havo the best ol lt, aa thoy will have a big field Irom'which to select their players. The proceed! of the gamo, will bo contributed to J tne hospital fund, and indeed It has ' been suggested that It would be a good thing if tho hospital was already running to accommodato the players who will take part ln this match. E. & N. Railway Extension to Alberni Tho announcement that Alex. Turn- bull had been severely Injured ln tho lust match between New Westminster and Vancouver was received with sorrow ovcry plnco In the province. Alex is a clean player himself, nnd it seems us if the Injury In this instance was tho result ot an accident id collision with nu'itbor player. Dixon & Moore's railway grading outfit hr.s teen moved t.o thlB side ot French creek, und work on another section ot grade lor the E. ft N. extension to Alberni was commenced yesterday morning. Yesterday the gratifying intorma- ti;n that the graders were at work on this side of tho French creek I ridge was received. I,t was stated in the Pioneer News a months ago that the next movo in E. ft N. railway building would be the letting of the contract for the ssctlon betwocn French creek and Cameron lake, and that is what has now been done. It was intimated also,'at tho same time, that the build) ing ot the Ccmox branch line was a remote scheme when compared with the Alberni extension. So long as the graders "had not passed French creek, from where the Comox branch Is to start, some people found reason to believe that the company might go on with that proposition before continuing in this direction, but once the grading was undertaken west of the creek, where Moore ft Dickson's first contract ended, lt would be a sure case of "On to Alberni." It is, estimated that in less than a month the big rock cut, three miles out from Wellington, will be completed. The laying, ot rails will then te continued, and trains should be running to Cameron Lake by next fall. . ", In tho same report that told of the letting of tho now contract to Moors ft Dickson It wns said that work on the mountain section would be. commenced within two monthsâAfbornl ricneor News. jjtion there were present' Rev. Robt. Wilkinson and Mrs. Wilkinson of La- Wsmith, with their sons, William A-.Vj |,John, Robert, and Thomas, and "daughters Miss Lizzie, Miss Minnie and Marguerite; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wilkinson and family, Rubv Winni- fred, Evelyn, Margaret and George Armstrong; Mr. Thomas Wilkinson and family, Mary, Nellie and William George; Mrs. M. Stevens and sons Michael and John William; the Mis- Mary and Elizabeth Wilkinson, and Mrs. John Wilkinson and her daughter Mrs. James Slavin, and sons William, Robert, Thomas and James; in all three sons! three daughters, twenty-one grandchildren and one great grandchild, John Thomas Slavin, the young son ot Mr. and Mrs. James Slavin, Nanaimo. ) There were also present a number of friends of the aged couple, who came to pay their tribute of respect and esteem. Tbe home was tastefully decorated, and on the table there was a wedding cake. Not tbe least Interesting portion ot thc evening was the presentation of an address and a purse filled, with gold. MIse Lizzie Wilkinson presented the purse, nnd William A. Wilkinson of Cumberland read tho following: Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson:â Dear Father, Mother, and Grand father and Grandmother,â ; Your children and grand children rejoice that you have been spared to thorn for so many years and as you now have reached the nnnivcrsary ot your golden wedding wo take this opportunity ot gathering togcthor in tamil'j re-union to show our appreciation ol all your toll und care tor us. Wc thank God for till his mcr cies to us ns a family during thc years that havo passed and tor His goodncBs In sparing so many of us bo that wc have tlio privilege ot meet ing to celebrate this wedding anniversary. Wc assuro you our lovo and cBtecni and wc pray that you mny both bo spared to us tor ninny years, fraying that our Heavenly Father may keep us all. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson wcro the recipients ot many other prosontB from old friends, and all present present united in wishing them com fort and health for the remaining days of their lite. Tho provincial government, will construct a trunk wagon road through tho Crow's Nest dlHtrict. ln earnest, terribly, awfully, feverishly in earnest. It is thc pisoner. We are all tried, Judge, jury, bar, press, police and public. The sunlight beckons to us this summer afternoon, lt whispers alluring visions ot cool waves and winds, bright skies, and tossing cornfields. "Come," it sighs' and its voice silences pity and compassion. But,tor thc prisoner thc sunlight » an impertinence He brushes it aside. With his eyes plunged into some viB- ta of thought he is isolated from us all, a burning body ot flaming doom, every sense quickened with ii tense anguish of foresight. As his counsel ends, he glances swiftly ovcr his shoulder at thc clock. We all follow his glance, but tbe thought in our mind is bitterly dificrent from thc thought in his. We are wondering how long the last rites will take, bn4 how much of the golden afternoon will be left. LIKE A LIVE COAL. And now the prosecutionâa forensic eccentricity. His twisted lace is like a Reed caricature, the features writhed like those of a lemon eater. |* His voice is like "a Punch and Judy squeaker worked by steam at varying pressures. The prisoner is ndw burning more fiercely than ever. His face is like a live coal. As I watch him his eyes meet mine, and I shiver, for the soul, of tho man seems to wrestle with mine for a second. There is a iock in his eye like the look I have seen in tho eye of a stag dragged nut of the water by the huntsmen, and surrounded by yelping hounds. Horror takes hold of me as I watili this .creature struggling in tho coils. As I note the frightful profile, with its zig-zag riot ot angles, Its feeble chinlcssnoss, its dreadful lack of ojiui- iibrium, its moral instability, its sharp brilliancy of Intelligence, I shudder. This man, surely, has inherited a heritage of moral disaster. Not in one generation was that tragic profile carved. Its callous insensibility is hardly human. Its cralty intensity is hardly brutal. Thc pointed car, taunlikc, in its unnatur al shape, hinto at something rcpel- Icntly hideous, n recurrence of thc dim evil and the dark power that curdles the blood and roughens the scalp and sickens tho soul. Alas! that man should bo mado*on the very vcrgo of thc incfiably obscene. THE DLACK CAP. Thc prisoner's iron nerves urc now Neighbors Who Have Agreed to Disagree John James Robinson aud Waltci' Myl.s urc neighbors in Oyster district, but it cannot be said that thc relations between those two gentlemen aro us harmonious us the conditions usually prevailing amount thoso who live tho simple lite, la fact, there has teen trouble lor some time, and it requires an occasional visit to thc courts to straighten thc matter out. For thc past tour years Robinson has been cutting wood on land owned by thc E. ft N. railway. He paid a stipulated sum for every coi»l cut,, and the arrangement seemed to be satisfactory to the party of the first part and the party of the second part. But one day last autumn Walter Myles decided to turn tiller of the soil, and in looking around for a suitable location his eye lit upon tbj broad acres on which Robinson was cutting wood, and they looked, good to hiin. Ho then started (negotiations with the E. AN. company with the result that he became a landed proprietor. Naturally he wanted Mr. Robinson to vacate tha land, but'lthe latter registered an objection. As a result there has been trouble brewing for some time. A few months ago. Mr. Myles had , Mr. Robinson before Police Magistrate Harrison, but the case was dismissed. This did not improve matters, but rather had an opposite effect. Last night Mr. Myles had Mr. Robinson summoned to appear on a charge of assault, and the case cam! up Lefore Magistrates Stewart and Matheson. It appears that last winter Mr. Robinson, in. accordance with his agreement with thc E. & N. railway, had cut, 50 ot GO cords ot wood on thc land, and he was trying to get the product of his labor to market. To do so he had tc use a road cr trail which he cut some years ay>, and which 1b now an the land owned by Mr. Mylis. lie claiinB that tho latter was endeavoring to obstruct him, and Mr. Myles, us owner ol tlio land, maintains that there was uu public road, aud that iu coming, on his land Mr. Robinson was guilty of trespass. When Robinson saw Myles and a inun named Forsyth fulling timber across this old road he waB greatly Incensed, and be grabbed up i a rock, aud, according to tlio ovl- drawn out very line. 9omi»ody toari.ll .' '"' ," .i , , ,T ." ,, ,, * .T! ' .-. _ .. ... ,, j denco ot Mylcu and l'uisyth, threa A Drama of Old Bailey By James Douglas. The Judge comes ln, followed by aldermen and sheriffs, each carrying a country nosegay ot roses, carnations and sweet poas. The judge bows to the bar, the bar bows to the judge, and the dreadful ritual of a murder trial begins to unroll itself. As I look around the court there is something familiar which puzzles me (says Mr. James Douglas tn "Adventures in London"). What is it? Is lt the color of tho woodwork, that revolting light-oak, bilious hue which is the official tint of Government furniture everywhere? The dock is a vast blotch ot lt, and it looks like a horr|blc chancel in some hideous cha» pel, with the prisoner > for priest and his warders for acolytes. Ah, that is the baffling resemblance which has been tantalizing me. Aa I listen to the sermon-I mean the speech of counsel tor the detence âI succumb to the Illusion. I nod. The good man la audibly inaudible. When a fragment of phrase roaches me it Is so vapid that I cease to lis. ten. Even the . prisoner seems bored by his own advocate, as il all desire lor lite wcre extinguished hy this dismal drabble ol toronsic eloquence. ONE MAN IN EARNEST. But thc sunlight strikes the windows and touches tbo pallid prisoner with rosy lingers, and in a moment t see right to tho honrt ot thin tra gody. Only one man ln this court is pieco ol paper, lie startu. Ills small uunken eyes blnncc quickly round thc court; then, as tho judge sums up, they settle like -points ot flame upon the old gentleman's placid lace. Tbo judge wilts' under their lire. Once he meets thorn, but alter a swift duel be flinches nnd averts his gaze. Tho judgo and the jury withdraw, thc prisoner disappears through thc trap, door, and again lite inserts its claim. The prisoner reappears, tbo judge returns, and for a second there is nn electric pause. The prisoner stand;! like a man of stone. "Guilty!" Ho does not blanch. The judge fumbles with the black cap, and then, in a low, unomotlonal murmur, sen' teuces the prisoner to be hanged. It is not an impressive scene, but it has all the tangled triviality ot realism ln its tragic moments. It is not theatrical, save lor the black cap, and, curiously enough, the blarK cap is the one unreal episode, the one touch that stagellcs the ritual. Stay! What ot the rose, (variations,- sweet peas, and sweet herb*? Well, perhaps they,breathe tidings of a mystic world where even Iho murderer may rest at last.âOassell's Saturday Journal. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS At last night's meeting ol Ladysmith Temple No. 5 Mary Harries, Grand Chief P. Sâ assisted by M. Gordon, as Grand Senior and M. Lee, as Grand Manager, Installed the following for the ensuing term: ' Past Chietâ E. B. Davidson. M. B. 0.â M. A. Crossan. E. H.â B. Ivey. B. J.- I. Cnrtwrlght. Managerâ 8. Littio. M. ot R. nnd C- B. Black. M. of F- M. A. H. Rdd. Protectorâ E. Johnson. Guard- M. Smith. After business refreshments w served. tened to knock Mylcu' brains out. 'lhlB Robinson denied, but tbe preponderance ot evidence was against the denial, and Robinson wns lined (2.10 without costs. Thc trial had somo auuioing features, but lt something in not June to clralghlcn out matters there may be a thrilling cll- ! mux. Robinson Indignantly denic I that be had used tho expression "kuock his bruins out."" Ho contended that it wns the language ol a barbarian, and that he was too much1 ot a gentleman to use it. When Forsyth waB sworn, Robinson asked permission to interrogate the witness aa to the definition ot an oath. Tbo question was ruled out, and the witness proceeded to give his evidence as to Robinson picking up a rock. Robinson, In his evidence, claimed that be picked up thc rock, believing tbat Myles was a traveling arsenal ot rocks. The evidence was generally contradictory and at the close, the magistrates took five minutes to arrive at a decision. As wns said before, Robinnon was fined (2.50, and Magistrate Matheson gave the disputants some sensible advice. Thc Rev. Father Clement Caine, who will begin a mission nt St. Mary's on the 1st of August, was born at Liverpool, England, and finished his tudles in Rome, which gives him a great knowledge ot the Italian language. After being ordained .for the priesthood he spent the greater part ot his life ln Australia, where he traveled from city to city, and from diocese to diocese, giving missions to Catholics and non-Catholics alllie. At the time of the South African war he enlisted as chaplain ot thc army, and bore tho burden ol n rommon soldier lor the honor nnd glory of bin mother country. Tho Rev. Father ('nine In ono ot tho best speakers In America and uses forcible, yet plain, language. Any child enn understand and follow him, and any person that has beard lrim onco cannot retrain from hearing blm ta second time. THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE $500 CASH Rnd J200 ot $10 Per Month For a First Class House on a Good Corner. Splendid Soil, Good Stables, Etc. This Is a Bargain. JOHN STEWART Notary Public Conveyancer LADYSMITH, B. C. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Head Office - â¢ Toronto CAPITAL $10,000,000: REST $6,000,000 Bonk Money Orders issubd at the roLiowrao RATES: |5 aud under - â¢ 3 cents Over IS and not exceeding $10, 6 " â¢â¢ $10 " " *30, 10 " â¢â¢ (30 " " »50, 15 " Thta. ordm am payable at par at any office In Canada ot - Chill'tewd Bank, except In th. Yukon and «t th. principal banking point. In th. United They ar« negotiable at W:90 to th. £ staling in Great Britain and Ireland. They form mi exc.1- lent nutted of remitting email auma of money »ith aaft tv and at small cost and may b. .btaln- ed without delay at any office of the Bank. Dr. R. B. Dier Surgeon Dentist ALL WORK .GUARANTEED the trains and thus Increase the earnings per train mile. LADYSMITH BRANCH L.M. de Gex, Jfanager THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE Published by Carley ft Carley at Ladysmith, B. 0â every Wednesday and Saturday. $1.51 a Yur in Advanot, 25c Per Mmtb Advertising' Rates on application. Editorial Comment The revival In the mining industry in the Kootenay will have a good effect on the whole province. The past year has been a disastrous ono to the men engaged in metalliferous mining. The city council ot Victoria has a lot of trouble on Its hands. This is not a new condition for the city fathers ot Victoria. As a matter of fact, when they are not worrying over tbe water supply they are certain tp have some other equally difficult problem to solve. The trouble now is the 60- day's horse meet under the auspices ot the Country Oil**'. When the horse racing proposal first came up the council decided to lease the grounds ot the Agricultural Society to tbe , Country Club, tor the purposes tor which it Is now being used. They say that at that time they had no idea betting on races would be permitted, which shows that a Victoria aldermen is a very innocent person indeed. It now transpires tbat the racing has had a bad eflect on the morals ot the good Victorians, which is another cause for surprise. The other evening a delegation of citizens waited on the council and asked that the lease ot the grounds be cancelled. Tbey told thrilling tales of thc wickedness ol the city, and how young men were embezzling Irom their employers to bet on the races. In tact tbe stories of ruined lives were heartrending, so much so that the council has asked the city barrister to look over tbe lease and see lt anything can be done to break the contract wit the Country Club. The trouble with the Victoria people, Is that they are too good. Tho London Times announces tbat at ad early date the Oreat Eastern Railway Co., England, will bring into force a number of reductions in the passenger tares chargW ta the London area. This cpurse of action, says the Times, ba* been adopted with tbe object ol recovering some ol the traffic which has been taken away by the tramways. It is hoped that though each individual passenger will contribute less money such a number will be attracted back to tbe railway as to give better loads on Winnipeg Telegram: The fact that British Columbia berries are on the local market and that Ontario fruit will begin to arrive in a tew days is welcome news to those who have so longpaid exhorbitaut prices tor exports from thc United States. The conditions under which these products of home "industry may be utilized are not so favorable today as they will be atter the experiment has revealed the advantages of this move, but the satisfaction ot knowing that this steady stream of money is not being diverted to channels outside the Dominion is considerable. It is worth while to look beyond the Immediate benefit to the community for this Is thc thin edge ot thc wedge which promises to open an enormous* traffic from sources wholly neglected in the past. It 1b the surplus fruit that will be shipped to Winnipeg and it will in time be handled ccoooml- cally. Winnipeg is a very heavy con> sumer ot berries and until the present thousands of dollars have been contributed annually to California' and Florida growers. Under the new arrangements this cash will at least be kept in Canada. Mr. D. D. Mann, vice-president ol the Canadian Northern Railway,, will le in Victoria In a tew days, and the Board ot Trade Council ol that city are under the Impression that the railway magnate will have an Important announcement to make in regard to the road's plans in British Columbia. In any event an eflort will be made to impress upon Mr. Mann tbe advantages Victoria otters to any of. the trans-continental lines to make the capital city a railway terminus, Correspondence A WORD OP WARNING. (To the Editor). Sir,âFor a long time the manager of No. 2 and the mine boss have endeavored to prevent men and boys from riding on the. loaded cars in tho tunnel. Likewise on the empty cars in front of the motor has been stopped time and again. I have Just been to call on a man who had his arm broken badly while trying to ride a loaded car. What I want to impress on the minds ot parents and others Is that If anyone gets killed or crippled under the above circumstances there Is no allowance Irom the accident Inn, as I am Informed. I see young boys Jumping on and of) the accident fund, as I am informed.' boys meet with a fatal accident, lt will he the fault of tbe parents and not the mine officials. Thanking you tor an opportunity, to give this warn Ing, I remain, JOHN HAIOH. Extension Mines, July 12, 1909. Mr. William Hooper will leave shortly for Vancouver to tako a position with the Thomson Jewellery company, ol that city. H* Will dispose ot his stock in Ladysmith by public auction. In Ladysinith, July G, to Mrs, Bernardeltl, a son. In Ladysmith,. July 9, to Mrs. Ko tellu, Filth,avenue, a son. About Little Women To declare that a little man is at a disadvantage Is to be bverwhelmeO with "Look at the Japs," am; "Think ol Bobs and Napoleon aud- â" There follows a list of tin world's groat little men, which al most persuades one that tho lack o. inches is the root of all achievement. In spite of statistics, however, lt re mains a fact that a little, man Is ox traordinarily sensitive about bit brevity, whilo he is fortunato if hi dees not assume a pompous air it order to Impress the world with thi truth of Dr. Watt's remark, "th. mind's tlie stature ot the man.' Littio men have succeeded when many a sluggish giant has tailed in nobly; but the tall man le yet thi â¢'.eternally fit" specimen, whether wi turn to the tailor's model or to thi hero of the woman novelist. The ar tist who would depict a small am scrubby "Adam" as,an ideal ot pby sical manhood would speedily hi made aware ol his mistake. But when we consider lovely wo men, matters are different indeed'. It is true that Tennyson wrote about the woman who was "A daughter of the godB, divinelj tall." While such an overwhelming person might be very much at borne amonc the deml-gods, she would assuredly.be -nappreciated among tho sons o men. It Is a small person who it joth delightful and dangerous. In the days of- ber childhood she placet her tiny red shoes upon tho neck o. her doting father, who can play thi ,*art of stern "governor" to thi ooys, but who is as wax in thi hands of his small daughter. She it io frail and dainty that it would hi a matter of cruelty to refuse her anything, and so she has her own wav .'rom infancy to old-ladyhood, and, "y some wonderful process .of inwaro discipline, she escapes being spoiled. The novelist and bis comrade in .alschood, thc poet, have bcon torn. ot referring to womnn'u tears as ii they were eminently becoming to tht iemlnine countenance. Ab a â¢ mattei of fact, thore Is nothing, except, per naps, the polo hat, which is bo try ing to the teatures as what what tht lowery writer terms "a passion of .iots." The average woman In a tit of weeps Is distinctly unplcusing, .loth to sight and hearing, tor not only her eyes, nose and mouth art weirdly exercised, but there are chok ,ngs and gurglings which are tar from being soothing or melodious. But the little woman has little wo nan haa reduced weeping to a tine irt, and It is so pathetic ami yot #lnsome a figure when.giving way to sriet that her tears are even more dangerous than her smiles. They arc so formidable a weapon, indeed, that she resorts to them only when all others have proved Ineffective. As a rule, the little woman is amiable, even to other and larger worn an. But when sho is otherwise, sho becomes so sweetly venomous that her sisters rise up and call her 'a perfect cat.' She is never openly, and (rankly hostile, but makes tbe most maddening remnrks with an air ot childish Innocence that completely deceives a man and makes him wonder what she has said or done to make the other woman "so awfully down on the poor little thing." She is the one who remarks on the very trying shade ot brown you are wearing, and quietly makes you uncomfortable for an bour by concluding, "I didn't know you ever wore that shade. It Hilbert & McMie PRACTICAL EMBALMERS First class Hearse supplied in Ladysmith. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Telephone No. 262 and 180 P.O. Box 739 â¢ â¢ Nanaimo requires such a perfect complexion to jarry it oft well." Sho is always so commiserating and sympathetic that duo is torccd to tnmo lu silence, lest tho little woman should wonder what she had said to offend, in the .anguage, "I really didn't dream ot inuoying you. But then, I believe ln perfect sincerity." *, Tho little woman knows better than to endeavor to compete with her strcnuoUB sisters. Her role la a gentle nnd childlike ingenuousness while she is far trom feeling. Her shoelaces are always coming untied and she Is ;o sorry to give So much trouble. Her gloves also are frequently in ,ieed of being buttoned, and what jretty littio gray affairs they are, and what a very small hand It is, and wouldn't a plain gold ring bo .ecoraing to It! Then tho little woman Is very, very much surprised. The perverted proverb which, I bo- .levc, cdmo out ot Oalllorulaâ"a ltt- âle widow is a dangerous thing"âis iractically and protoundly true. Tfci ,nost acute torm that the little wo- ,nan can take Is the widow. She ras bewitcbeding in tbe pink muslin .rock oi childhood, she was a vision if girlish loveliness in her bridal _oin of white duchesse when Bhe 'came in on her lather's arm;" but _a a pensive widow with the daintiest ,vhita edge to her bonnet, and a .rightened, appealing expression in ler eyes, she is a sight to make jaint Anthony drop thc prefix in his ,iame and,devote himself to consoling his extremely forlorn creature. She ieems to need frequent and persistent ,-onsolation, fcr she 1b so utterly un- itted to battle with the world. He. 4rlef is a sacred thing at first, but liter a time the would-be-comforter â¢enturcs to tell hcr that she Is too rail and sensitive to be alone, that he needs to be protected, and that ie is an enthusiastic believer in tho olicy of protection. So the little .vidow ceases to refer to "poor dear Tohn," pensively puts his photograph away, and when the world by 'lolds her in a fetching costume ot heliotrope and stiver grey it smileB Movingly, Ior it knows there will ioon bo a quiet wedding, on account, is a thoughtless reporter once ox- wcsBed It, "ot a recent bereavement n the iride's family." We have just received another ship- lent ot those Elegant Designsand Colorings in Wall Paper Call and see them. They are going last. A full line ol, Paints and Varnishes n stock. Picture Framing done on shortest notice. Bring your pictures and lock over our mouldings. HARRY KAY, SSL Painter and Paperhanger. Ladysmith Waterworks NOTICE On and after this date water consumers must not sprinkle streets or roads. The following rules will govern gardens and lawns: Below 3rd AvenueâIn the morning from 7 to 10 o'clock. Above 3rd AvenueâIn the evening from 5 to 8 o'clock. Dated June 9th 1909. J.J. Bland, Superintendent of Waterworks :: Ladysmith pharmac] TBANSFBR OF LICENSE. Notice is hereby, given that tt to my Intention to make application to tho Board ol Commissioners ot the Olty ol Ladyimith at their next regular mooting for a transfer of the retail liquor license now held by me ln respect 'to the premises known as the Pilot Hotel, situate on Lot 9, Block 126, in the City ot Ladysmith from myself to Alexander Thomas. J. R. THOMAS. Ladysmith, 25th May, 1909. ALL THE STAPLE DRUGS ALWAYS IN STOCK. _f _______ PRESCRIPTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. R. G. JESSUP, Prop. 1 \nV COOKED PRESSED Corn Beef Chicken and Veal at all times J. A. Ryan "TOUCH John W. Coburn, President and Managing Director. The Ladysmith Lumber Co.. Limited. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF Rough and Dressed Fir Lumber, Red Cedar, Shingles and Lath" LADYSMITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA Do You Want A Summer Suit? I carry one of the largest stocks of SUMMER SUITINGS on the Island. We Guarantee FIT and the PRICES are RIGHT D.J. Matheson MERCHANT TAILOR Gatacre st., Ladysmith, B. C. X I Two Good Local Buys 4 House and Lot on Roberts Stand 6th Ave. $525^ I Store on Roberts St., near 4th Avenue. $400 I: | McKELVIE BROS.,, i; $ Real Estate | . I First Avenue, Ladysmithf 44444444444<4444<*44444,4444444444444949999449x Novelty Theatre Masonic Building, Ladysmith New Programme Monday and Thursday PERFORMANCES AT 7:30 AND 8:45 P. M. Admission: IOc and 15c Matinee Prices 5c and IOc Lands for Sale Agricultural, Timber and Suburban Lands for sale. For prices and location apply to the Land Agent at Victoria or the District Land Agent at Duncan. Town Lots and cleared Suburban acreage for sale at Ladysmith. Apply Land Agent, Victoria, and Townsite Agent, Ladysmith. THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE Sir Charles Tapper's Career cut of that band of far-socing and patriotic statesmen wuo eariteu lur ilK-iiisehea Uie . proud title ut â¢'Jj'tttlftl'ii of Confederation" but two are -still 111 tlie land of the living, says the Vernon News. One of these lb fill' Charles Tupper, the other Senator Macdonald of Prince Howard Island. Last Friday Sir. Charles Tupper celebrated his eighty-eighth anniversary, and is still hale and hearty, en: Joying the possession ot all his faculties to an almost undiminished decree, and still able to take an active interest in the affairs ot the great; Dominion which he was largely lesponsible tor calling into being Hiil splendid courage, tireless energy end unswerving patriotism mark him as a man who will ever.bulk largely In the annals ot Canada, and men of ull political creeds and opinions will unite In congratulating him upon entering on another year, and in wishing him a continuance of health and strength, Uorn at Amherst, Nova Scotia, on July 2, 1821, the son of Rev. Charles Tupper, D. D., he was educated at Ho it on Academy and Acadia Colliucs, where he graduated M. A., D. 0. L. Later he attended Edinburgh University, where he obtained his M. D. degree in 1842. Returning to Nova Scotia he practised bis profession of. a physician. Sir Charles began his long and honorable public lite in 1855, when he was elected to serve in the Nova Scotta Assembly. In the following year he became Provincial Secretary ln the Johnstone Administration. In 1864 he became Premier of his native province, Sir Charles took a loading part in the movement for Confederation, attending the conferences at Charlottetown and Quebec, and afterwards going to England and participating ln the final settle ment of the terms of union which are embraced in the British North America Act. He was elected a member ct the House of Commons at the first Dominion general election in 1867 tor the constituency of Cumberland, N. S., which he continued to represent until 18884. When the Dominion was but three years old he became a Cabinet minister, taking tbe. portfolio of President ot the Council. Since then he has held the portfolios of' Customs, Inland Revenue, Railways and Canals, Public Works, Finance, and Secretary ot State. Sir Charles resigned with the Macdonald Administration In 1873, and on the return of the Conservative party to power five years later he became Minister of Public Works. He was the first Minister of Railways aud Canals, May 20, 1879, to May 23, 1*884, and es such was closely Identified with the construction ol thc C. P. R. Appointed High Commissioner lor Canada ln England tn 1884, he returned three years later to again become a minister, taking tbe portfolio ot finance, which he held for one year, returning again to London as High Commissioner. In January, 1896, he ence again entered tbe Dominion Car blnet as Secretary of State tn Sir Mackenzie Bowell's Administration,' and became leader of the House ot Commons, Three months later, upon the resignation ot Sir Mackenile Bowell, he became Premier ol Canada. He appealed to tbe country on ithe policy ol re-establlshment ot Separate Schools ln 'Manitoba, which had been abolished by the provincial authorities, but was defeated. There was a time, and that-not so many years ago, -when Sir Charles Tupper was the subject of a great deal of harsh criticism and abuse from those who differed from his political views. He bore to a far greater degree than hte distinguished leader and colleague, Sir John A. Macdonald, the enmity and disllke'o] his opponents, and, as he was a bard hitter and unsparing antagonist he stirred up opposition that at times .was exceedingly bitter. But those days are pasts end the whole country awful crime against womanhood yet splendid services which ' he has bestowed upon his native land, and to teel proud of him as one of the outstanding public men of his generation. As, an evidence ol this feeling we l,uote the following from that s.trong- y Liberal Journal the Regina Leader which concludes an appreciative re- dew of his career as follows: "Space will not permit even a re- Ital ot the numerous Royal Commissions on which , Sir Charles has served, the Imperial and International Conferences at which ho has epresented the Dominion, tlie trea- ,len he has assisted tn negotiating, ind the far-reaching Canadian and. mpcrjal projects he has promoted ind advocated. Suffice it to say hat from the time when as a'young nan of 34 years, he was elected to he Nova Scotia Assembly down to he present hour his great abilities .ud wonderful energy have been ever ' r s at the disposal of his country, to ' which he has given whole-hearted serf' vice. Mistaken though his policy may have been at times, he ever had, and still has, unbounded faith in Canada and in the greatness of the future. He grappled big questions and dwelt in big projects lor this Dominion, aud no man, we feel sure,, rejoices more over Its present prosperity and great, development than does Sir Charles Tupper, To such men as he Canada owes a debs ol gratitude and on this, his eighty- eighth birthday. The Leader, although opposed to him political^, ungrudgingly acknowledges it." , '" THE WHITE. SLAVE TRAFFIC. The great majority ot our readers were probably wholly, unprepared lor Such revelations as have recently been made in the columns ot The Guardian and elsewhere as to the infamous traffic In womanhood which exists In this-country. It seems to us all to dreadful thai such a traffic Bhould exist, but then, bf course, we thought that lt touched only foreign lands, or perhaps very large cities such as New York and Chicago. But the lacts which have come to light admit ol no such Interpretation. They point plainly and unmistakably to the existence ot such' a traffic in our own fair land,. But even then we were disposed to say that while Canada was not wholly tree from this has now grown to recognize the the cases which had been brought to light were isolated ones, and the traffic had at most only a very precarious footing in our raidat. Secretary Nagel, of Washington, has, bow- ever, been investigating this matter and his agents report that not only does the traffic exist, but that tbe city of Montreal ranks third upon this continent in tbe importation ot girls for this' awful traffic. New York and Seattle are the. only ports which surpass it in this regard. Surely it 1b time that Canada awaked to a realization ol.her duty ln this matter. Our race has prided Itself upon the chastity ot its Womanhood, and such crimes as this ere calculated to awaken all the slumCrr- Ing Indignation of our outraged manhood and womanhood. We do not believe It possible for a man wbo has even the remnant ot manhood in bird to view this matter calmly. To most of us thts crime will seem worse than murder, and the punishment of death would seem none too great tor the unadulterated villainy of it. And yet the law says that the man who commits lt may be sent to prison only tor five years. Surely if a nation's laws rightly reflect Its spirit, Canada can hold its womanhood but very cheap. But this Is not true. We are persuaded that lt a . case ol this kind were discovered and7 the father, whose daughter had been decoyed into this living death were to slay tbe man who had decoyed her, there could be found few Canadiaii Juries who would convict him o.l murder. The law as It stands does not represent Canadian sentiment in reference to this crime, and it must be changed. In regard to this matter the churches, Protestant and Catholic, will have but one voice, and that voice must be embodied in such a law as shall fittingly express our national feeling in regard to this dastardly crime. The legislator who needs any' pressure to bring him into line on this subject has surely little claim to represent any section ot out! people. Yet It is right tbat tho churches 'nhould speak. It is right that our Women's Councils should speak. It is right that every organisation which is pledged to moral reform should speak. Canada cannot tolerate Buch a traffic, and she must voice hcr sentiments so clearly and so decisively that no one can mistake her laws. This vile traffic Is a profitable meaning.' And action must. Implement her traffic, and.as long as lt Is so, some one will be Iound willing to sell his soul and ruin his fellows tor the sake ot crime-tainted, lust-polluted gold. In this matter there should be national co-operation in a determined eDort to destroy the traffic. Such co-operation, it sufficiently earnest, would soon banish this Infamy from the face of the earth. But apart trom thts, each nation must be held accountable lor Its own domains. Our Canadian Government Bhould not, and, we are persuaded, will not, need any pressure In this matter. Thore la testimony that the traffic ia here; there Is testimony that it has reached greater dimensions than' many of ua had imagined possible; and thero should be no hesitancy and no lack of vigor In dealing with this most detestable I crims.âChristian Ouardlan. JUDGE AND JACK TAR. It's like this here, your honcr, see! As near as I can tell, A gentleman hired my boat, and he WaB quite a proper swell, He brought a lady down with him ~To make a longieh trip, And so we scrubbed^ier thoroughlyâ JudgoâTho lady? TarâNol The ehip. ' Well, cutting ofl my story short To come to what befell, We started, but put back to pert, Which, much annoyed the swell. She tell between two waterways And got a nasty nip, So we rigged hor out with bran-new stays- JudgeâThe lady? TarâNo-o. The ship. At last we put to sea again â¢ And started for the west, All spick and span without a stain, When all at once, I'm blest, Her blooming timbers got misplaced, Which quite upset the trip, The water washed around her. waist- JudgeâThe lady's? Tar (nodding)âAnd tbe ship's. That's all, I think, your honor; now I'll state to you my claim. Five hundred dollars, you'll allow, j Won't build her up the same. Her rudder's gone, her ncse Is broke, Her flag I've had to dip, She's lying now upon,thc mud- JudgeâThe lady? TarâNo-o-o-o! The ship. DID TIME PERMIT. You can't count all the-thlngs we'd de Did time permit. We'd palut the world a radiant blue Did time permit. We'd make all crooked things seem straight, And Sabbath breakers flagellate. We'd make some laws as sure as fate, Did time permit. We'd do away with revenue tax Did time permit. We'd lift the load from ofPyour l«.cks i Did time permit. The Joys of peace we would secure, And pension ofl the aged poor, And Nanaimo's nerve we would obscure, Did time permit. ' J We'd give you all a share ot land Did time permit. Good trade we'd bring to every hand Did time permit. We'd furnish all electric light , At prices just exactly right, No danger then to walk at night, : Did time permit. those things and more should come to pass, Did time permit. W^'d please you nilâbut then, alas, , Did time permit. They won't come ofl tor several years, (Excuse these plenteous, bring tears,) We'd do tbem all, but then, my doars, Time won't permit. Canada's Mellow East GIVEN AS A MEDICINE. A rebuko emphasized by a kindness is apt to be remembered. One day an officer walked into the office of one cf the well known business men nl the west. "What do you want here?" be said to the officer. "I've come to attach tho wages of one of your men for a debt.". "Who is the man?" The officer named him, and he was at 'once summoned to his employer's office. "How long have you been ln debt?" was tbe first question asked. "been behind for 20 years. I can't seem to catch up," said tbe man. "But you have a good salary." "I know lt, but I can't get out ot de:.jt." "You must get out, or yon must leave here. How much do you owe?" Tho whole was not much less than $1,000, but tbe employer immediately wrote Us check lor tbe amount, and faid, as he handed it to the man: "This will pay nil your bills. If I hear ol your running In debt again, youfll have to go." It was what the doctors call "heroic treatment," and it not only astonished the man, but "revolutionized" him, He settled with his creditors, and then, by carefulness, kept out of debt. Better than a genius tor making money Is the habit of paying as you go. The population ot Calgary is 25,- 000. v lint country which has no history may be happy, as the phrasemaker says, but it never inspires thc patriotism that has its roots in the glories of the1 past not less than in the promise of thc future,! Canada it) a young country, but her history is venerable, and strikes back hundreds of years into the traditions of two races. The West may be new and raw, hut the East is mellow with memories 6f a , lustrous but vanished regime. Some of its landmarks remain, lustrous no longer, even mean by comparison with modern luxurl- ousness in architecture, but dear alike to the antiquarian and to the Canadian who thrills at the mention ot some of the historic personages and epoch-making events with which tbey are associated. Such a landmark is the Chateau de Ramezay, a famous old house In Montreal, once the very heart of life in Canada, now shabby in old age and cold wit'i the chill of a museumâa shell emptied of its kernel a hundred years ago, standing as a monitor of the transcience of man and the permanence of his works. The chateau has passed its two hundredth year, and a few years ago the people of Montreal fittingly commemorated the anniversary ,by "permitting their minds to he turned back over the lapse of years to review some of the events connected with the vener-" able building. Tho guide-books ot modern days badly describe the chateau as a "long, low cottage-built building of shabby mien, standing beside an old stone fence." It stand.! opposite the City Hall, and the two present a contrast stimulating to the imagination. It was built in 1705 by Claude de Ramezay, a Governor, whose name has been chiefly remembered by his son, who surrendered Quebec when further defence of the citadel was impossible.- Later on th,( chateau fell into the hands of the Compagnie des I dies Occldentales, and became the headquarters ot the French tur trade for many years. Atter thc conquest it was used by the English Governors. A tablet in the wall of the chateau proclaims these facts, that are repeated by the guid'j books. Another tablet refers to tho events of 1775, when the Americans held tho city, and established themselves in tho official residence. ~ Here came Franklin, Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll to confer with Benedict Arnold and discuss means whereby the Canadians could be induced to join with the other colonists ln revolt against British connection. In the council chamber where now the tourist loiters the American commissioners sat in secret conclave and considered weighty matters. Hither Ben Franklin brought a printing press and -set it up, the weapon that ho deemed mightier than the guns and bayonets of his soldier colleagues.. Tho first newspaper In Montreal was printed in tho cellar of the Chateau de Ramezay, and at Franklin's instigation, lor he fetched from Philadelphia one Fleury Mesplet, a printer, who Issued a little weekly pamphlet, printed ln French. Its avowed purpose was to make tbe French-Canadians discontented with English rule and persuade tbem to enter thc Union as a separate State. Atter a while both the English and French languages were used ln the paper, and then English only. Thi* pnper thus begun has grown to be one of the greatest journals of Can- nada, and for 140 years it has not changed Its nameâThe Gazette, of Montreal, The Gazette, therefore, might reasonably claim to be the supreme authority on aU matters pertaining tj the old Chatoau de Ramozay, and it was only nuiural that at the present time lt should be rich in the lore of its first home. We cannot do better than quote from an article in The Gazette: "Those wbo may be privileged by being present will see in the museum, galleries and library of tho chateau hundreds of. connecting links between the Montreal of two centuries ago and the Montreal of today. There Is, in the jugements et deliberations du Consell Superleur dil Quebec the record of an altercation that took place, ln the very year of of the chateau's foundation (1705), between Sieur Rocbert de la Moran- dlere, garde des magazine do Montreal, and a soldier servant ol M. do Ramezay, named La Marine, in the course of which tho latter, (Who was the assailant) lost his lite. In due time the ense was submitted to His M.tjocty Louis XIV., and the unhappy slayer of La Marine was released trim prison. Thc reader will find all particulars In the filth volume ot tho Jugements, etc, (page 464-471 inclusive). M. Pierre Georgce Roy has reproduced the account ot tbe quarrel and the King's pardon in his history of La Famille Rocbert de la Moran- diere. Originally the residence of a Governor, who built it because he could find in Montreal no fitting place to house himself; thc chateau, as has been intimated, saw many strange scenes, acknowledged in turn Drench, American and English conquerors. It has been court house, publishing office, college, Normal'school and court house again, the home of Scotch and French private gentlemen, but Government property since 1774, when its owner, William Grant, after ten years' residence, leased it. Now, it is a show place, and the home of the Numismatic, and Antiquarian Society, that is well qualified to be its custodian." VOYAGES OF BOTTLES. Every year for several years past hundreds of bottles have been thrown overboard from vessels of all kinds and nationalities with the object of testing the direction and strength ot the countless currents which flow like' so many devious riverB through the seas. Before each bottle is despatched on its unknown, journey, says Tit- Bits, the skipper who thus does marine science good service, places ini it a note of tbe exact place whence it is despatched, with the date, and also a printed note in half a dozen different languages asking the person who may, pick it up to report to the Hydrographic Bureau at Washington the time and whereabouts ot its recovery. Thus each meEsenger with its securely corked contents fares forth cn its voyage of ocean survey, and by its wanderings maps the currents of the oceans. Of two bottles thrown over In mtd- oCean at the same time one was picked up on the coast of Devonshire while the other drifted to far away Florida, each being caught by a difference current and drifting thousands of miles away trom its fellow, fn curious contrast was thc wandering of three bottles thrown over from the Dago 500 miles- east of Newfoundland and all recovered during the same week within a short distance of each other after drifting 1,200 miles to thc Htv<rides. Another bottle was started on its journey trom the Nautilus, when close to the Canary Islands. Traversing the great tropical ocean in th*. trade wiud belt, it went coursing along between the islands of the Windward Group, across the Caribbean Sea to the coast of Belize, almost within tne Mexican Gulf. For 496 days lt thus pursued its solitary way before it was stranded and rescued, having covered 4,700 miles at an average speed of nearly ten miles a day. Even this remariliable record of travel was eclipsed by a bottle which was thrown up by thc sea at Shetland a few years ago and of which a tragic story is told. On Oct. 11, 1830, the captain sJ thii ship Buckingham was murdered by a coolie oft tbe Shetland coast. Unable to attract attention from the shore, tbe mate proceeded on tbe voyage to New Yark, where the murderer was given into custody, aud [rom there to the Bermudas, where he wrote an account of the tragedy and committed it i o the son. By a most singular coincidence, this bottle with its tragic message was carried by thq sea currents back from the Bermudas to Shetland, nearly live thousand miles away, and two and a half years later was rescued almost on the very spot where the murder was committed. For nearly three years another bottle was roaming over the seas betore it camo to its rest. On Sept. 1 it was pitched overboard Irom the Bremerhaven several hundred miles east ot Newfoundland; it was carried into the southern edge ot the Gulf stream, drifted away beyond the Azores, then, curving to the south- west ofl the coast ot Africa, lt crossed the Atlantic, coming to its haven on the shore of a email Island' in the West Indies, just north of Haytl. It had voyaged as nearly ait, could be estimated, 4,500 miles ln 994 days, averaging a distance ot about four and a half miles ln twenty-lour hours. A bottle thrown ovcr from the steamship Sutherland on March 11, 1S97, drifted 4,000 knots before It was recovered 181 days later; another record maker was picked up on March 26, 1898, having covered 4,800 knotsâ roughly 5,400 milesâin a little over sixteen months. & J. GIFFORD Livery, Feed and Sole Stables Over 200 crates ot strnwhcrrlos are being Bhippcd daily from Creston. Bob Edwards will in future publish the Eye Opener at Port Arthur, Out. EXPRESS WORK k SPECIALTY WOOD FOR SALE First Avpiiue. Phone tit. Wall Paper Sale AT COST Must clear; owner leaving town. Come and get first choice. AT J. E. Smith Roberts St. - â¢ Lidysmith, B. C. Singer and Wheeler *& Wilson SEWING MACHINES If you are thinking of buying; a sewing machine call -~..f..âi. â«? -U-. ana see oar. steel: cf z..z_ soiled machines at reduced prices to clear. A. E. PALMER FIRST AVENUE T. E. Sullivan Plumbing, Gas and Steamfittii(. Prices Reasonable. First Avenue, near New Weston hotel ARE YOU READY TO PAINT OK PAPER? WHEN YOU ARE READY WE ARE. PICTURE FRAMING A SPECIALTY. S. ROEDDING Paperhanger and Art Decorator. High Street. AU kinds ol Clock and Watch Repairing. Satisfaction Guaranteed at Reasonable Prices. English Watches a Specialty. J. R. Easton Practical Watchmaker. All work left at H. Hughes* store will receive prompt attention. Hens for Sole One Hundred Hens for sale. Apply D. Davies, Rancher, near Ladysmith. Leave orders at Robert's Butcher Shop. Shoe Repairing I am ready to repair Boots and Shoes. Satisfaction Guaranteed. FRANK SP1NATO, Corner Third ave. and High street, near Queen's Hotel. A. JARVINEN Photographer First Class Photos, n.li.rv nn First Avonim. F. C. Fisher TEACHER OF MUSIC Studio ia Williams' Block. Chong Kee Laundry Washing and Ironing p. âaiptly attended to. *V "HIT "J kâmmt Have Your Houses Plastered For Terms apply to C. HINE, Plasterer, etc., Ladysmith, P. 0. Cement Sidewalks a specialty. THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE READ! CONSIDER! ACT! Extensive advertising in large Newspapers, in lane Cities costs large sums of money. We are M.tinfi«d with smalt advertising, in a small paper. for small money. This cnahles ns to place our goods bofore our customers at a price to match moat incomes, CHAS. PETERSON Furniture Store Ladysmith Transfer Stables Light and heavy teaming. Furniture and piano moving a specialty. Nicholson & Weaving PROPRIETORS Telephone 1. Wagons I Sell T. J. Trapp & Co's Celebiated Wagons During the Manor, we have sold a large numbei of wagons, implements and logging trucks. Everything carries a guarantee. R. WRIGHT Butler Street Cases of Mistaken Identity The arrest of Charles Ja,mcs, or Jones, charged with murder, will revive many instances of mistaken identity, the most notable example in police history being furnished b> the famous Lyons mail robbery case, in which a man called Lcsurnues wat charged with robbing and murdering the courier of the mail. He was identified in the most positive man ner by all who had witnessed tht crime as the man who had done tht deed, and waB sentenced to death. He died solemnly protesting his innocence and making an appeal to the real criminal to clear his memory trom so foul a stain. Pour years la- Thc dexterity of the Hindoos in tumbling, rope dancing and legerdc- ter the wretch for whom he had dietrfmain is so much Bupcrior to that of the forged steel; giving the produc tive capacity of the furnace, the cost cf fuel and of material and labor; and sandwiching in reasons why, and technical information galore. It all seems to demonstrate conclusively that high grade tool steel ingots can, be produced from this black 'land, at about thc market price of charcoal pig iron. Who can estimate tho revolutions which such a discovery is bound to make in the tool steel manj ufacturing interest in this country? Dexterity of the Hindoos t DRINK U. D. C. AND BOHEMIAN BEER I 4 I UNION BREWING CO., Ltd | NANAIMO, B. C. 4 Ice Cream AT Carter's Store I te Cream 10c a plate. Express and Teaming Wood for Sale. P. INKSTER, phone 06 was caught, and was found to bear thc most striking likeness to LeB- i.rques. . He was convicted nnd guillotined; but many a long year elapsed before full justice was done to his victim's innocence and the forfeited property was restored to his family. a * . In another caso a man was charged at the Old Bailey with being an es caped convict. The governor of tht jail and a number of wardens swon' that he was without doubt thc criminal thoy had had under charge, and his conviction seemed certain. For tunately it was recalled that thc con' vict had a wen on his left hand, ol which no trace was visible on tbt left hand of tbe prisoner, and a doctor who chanced to be in court went into the box and declared that it sas impossible to have removed tht wtn without leaving some trace ol ,t, thus making it absolutely certain that the prisoner could not be tht man who was wanted. ... A Scottish court some years agt. witnessed a curious trial which hat a romantic sequel. A farmer's soi was charged with night poaching, and, although he set up an alibi, was convicted on the evidence ot a keeper and other witnesses who swore to his identity with thc poacher. Not long atter the real culprit wat arrested and contessed his guiltâtoi late, however, to save the Innocent youth from punishment. The lattei had already served his term of im pris.nment and had emigrated to tht Cape, where he amassed a largi fortune. On his return to Scotlam the owner of the estate on which hi bad been charged with poaching madt what amends he could by begging him to shoot over it for the rest of hit days. ... A reputable Scottish merchant called Henderson owed his escapt from death to a curious accident. Hi was charged with forging an acceptance signed by thc Duchess of Gor don; witness atter witness swore tbat they hadiseen him sign a similar document, and one man declared that the very signature in question had been written by Henderson before witnesses In his own house. In vain did the prisoner's counsel plead hit Irreproachable character and straight; forward demeanor during the trial. His guilt was considered by all tu court to be established. The judgcB, however, delayed their decision until the evening session, and to this de lay Henderson undoubtedly owed his ilte, - 01. Jenkins successor to A. E. Hilbert HllbBit Undertaking Parlors I, 3 and 3,Bastion St.,Nanaimo Phone 124 P. 0. Box 1 Europeans und Japanese that tbe statements of travelers on the subject wero much doubted until they ivere brought to exhibit their singular feats in this country. Nothing is .nore common in Indian than to see young girls walking on their handb and feet, with their body bent backward. Another girl will bend backward, plunge her head into a holt about eighteen inches deep, full 01 water and dirt, ana bring up between hcr lips a ring that was buricu m the mud. 'Ihc women may tre- nHcntly bo seen dancing together on a rope stretched ovcr trestles, the one playing on tho yina, or Hindoo guitar; tho other holding two vessels ..rimliil of water, and capering about without spilling a drop. A plank'is sometimes fixed on the top of a pole twenty-five feet high, which is setup right; a man then climbB up it, strings backward and scats bimsell jpun the plank. Another mountebank balances himself by tho middle of the body on a uamboo pole, fifteen or eighteen feet nigh, lie first acts it upright, and -hen cllrnba upwltb his legs and -irma, na if it was a firmly looted aee. On reaching the top he clings .0 it with his feet and hands, attoi dxlng thc centre ot the pole ln the middle of his Bash, and dances, mov .tig about in all directions to tbt sounds of music without the pole cv- .r losing its equilibrium. He then descends, taking aiboy on his similiters, climbs up tho pole again, and stands on the Lop on one leg. Sometimes a boy lies across the extremity of tho bamboo and holds hlmsell iuite still tor a'conslderable time. A man lifts up thc pole and the boy in this state, and moves them about In all directions without losing the bal- aoce. A still more extraordinary, feat Is performed by the Hindoo women. One of them will sometimes balance herself in a horizontal position, with arms extendod, like a person swim- .ning, on the top ol a bamboo pole .ilnoty fcit high, fixed to the ground. In a short time she seems to have ost her balance and tails to tbe no small terror ot the spectators, but this is only one ot her customary movements. Sho catches by one toot n a rope fastened to a bar which crosses the middle V the pole anil re. mains suspended with her head downward. The Hindoos are not only, extremely dexterous themselves, but they have found means to communicate their dexterity to thc very brutes They train bullocks or buffaloes, tor instance, to thc performance of every liltloiill tusk. A Hindoo lies down ipon the ground on his back and places on the lower part ot tbe Blo- macli a piece ot wood cut In thc shape ot a Bcrles ol spools. A buffalo at the command of his master, During the recess the lord advocate paid a visit to a Mr. Boso ot Ktlra- vock, who took him to inspect a house which was being built for bim. Mr. Rose noticed that one of thc carpenters was missing, and waB told â _____ by tbe foreman that the man bad uib' acts firBt (inc. ,oot Bnd lllcn tue otb â¢ . .."â_«__ t^.t tu_ iââj -.a. I cr on this piece of wood and thci The City Market R. WILLIAMSON, Prop. Wholesale aad Retail. MEATS 1md VEGETABLES Ladysmith, B. C. A. Litt sconded on hearing that the lord ad vocate was coming, and, further, that he believed he had been mixed up ln some forging case. This statei ment, repeated to the lord advocate, roused his suspicions; thc fugitive was followed and arrested, .and ultimately admitted that It was ho whd had, with the assistance ot a Mrs. Maclcod, committed the forgery, and for the purpose had personated Henderson. CLEANINO, PKMBH1NU AND HBP AIRING. Charges moderate. All work lett at MeOallum'i ind avinue, near Fire Hall, will receive prompt attention. STEEL FROM BLACK SAND, . i a « . W. J, Shaw, a Toronto man, claims that he can produce lino tool steel trom sand, The production is effected by means ot a secret process of preparation ot material, and of a specially devised patentable furnace. Shaw recently took a newspaperman through the entire operation, beginning with the separation ot the mag-' netlto from the silicate Band ob-' talned on Hanlan's land, showing the electro-magnetic separator, ot his own invention, the lurnace, the material as prepared and brlquetted lor the furnace, the flrst and most Important product, steel bloom, cr on this piece of wood and then his two hind feet In succession and l:ilanccs himself upon It. But this I* not all; tho master ot thc buffalo places a second pedestal by the side of the flrst; the animal steps upon tt In like manner, and when ho has placed all four feet on this movable column he balances himself upon tt with wonderful dexterity. Coats are also taught to perform the trick, In which we know not whether most to admire the patience or thc docility ol the animal. , There was a man in Birmingham who took tbe pledge after much persuasion on the part ol his clergyman, The minister saw' thts man's daughter hastening homeward with a Jug of fresh, foaming beer the other day. He stopped hcr and snlu; "My dear child, where are Inu taking the beer?" "Home to lathor, sir." "But surely your lather doesn't drink beer," said tho mlnlBtcr, "now that he has taken the pledge?" "Oh, no, sir," tald tho girl. "HÂ» doesn't drink lt. He only soaks his nnd' bread dn it," Bill Robinson Was a Big Man in Egypt It was within two monthB ot twen- ty-cne years ago, but Captain iVUliam Robinson, "Captain Bill," as, we of the olden timo in Winnipeg knew him, wilOorglve the yarn. It is not a yarn, merely an lncl- dtnt of the Gordon Relief Expedition up the Nile in 1884-85, hardly worth recalling, if it were, not to show how cn unobtrusive Winnipegger became a man of note for a brief jquarter of an hour along the historic banks of the river that from the dayB of Moses, Anthony and Cleopatra has provided more stories than any other watercourse in the world. ltd was in the latter end of October or the early part of Novemberâit was a calendarlesB time, for us voya- geurs of the Gordon Relief Expedition, and one cannot be sure within a week or twoâand the advance boats of the expedition were fighting their way wearily through the worst rapids of the turbulent Nile above Wady Haifa, then the border city ,ol Egypt on the river before entering the weary waste of deserts of the Soudan. It was trying, heart-breaking work tn thc river from daylight until dark and tho. first symptoms of homesick ntss was taking possession of those cf us who had hitherto only known tho exigencies of life in a sheltered Home in far-off Canada. Thc postal service of thc expedition uad not yet bee regulated, and tht .agr&nt Canadian voyageurs, continually passing up and down thc rl .cr, ordered to different cataracts and stntioned at rapids on account ol the rapidly rising river arose in a .dght, wcro practically cut off fron. .'ommunication with their friends in Onnada. Ono evening just before the quick 'un'down of the Soudanâthere Is no gloaming or twilight in tho mystical Orientâtho bontB ot tbo expedition were drawn up at intervals that tht rapid strewn river would permit, there was the Intense quiet ot tht coming Egyptian night undisturbed ..y the exhausted men of the expedl .ion ot toil and the only sound wat .lint of tho storied river that a te* days before had swept by the walls o. .thcrtoum, where the Great Christian Anight of the 19th century was bat ding, a prisoner, against the my riad hordes ot Arab Africa. Tbe b, lencc was suddenly brokcn'by tht iound of'a steamboat's whistle ant ioon we could hear above tbe sub dued roar of tho river the beating oi ihe screw of a small steam launch. A number ot Canadians had collected from the various boatsâwltl the clannlshncss ol our kindâand wc stood and watched with curious and professional interest the masterly manner in which the approaching ooat took advantage of every eddy and back-water of the swiftly flowing river. "The man that's at that wheel,' said Jim McBurney, a veteran Mln aesota man, eyeing the workmanlivt manner the launch was handled, "knows biB business." He did. :Years at the helm of many a steamboat on the Red River ot tht north had taught that steersman much. "I wonder who It can be?" sale 0ol. Kennedy, strolling up to tht group of Manitoba voyageurs, nearls ill of whom he had known In civil life on thc border ol tbe Red River. "Somoibig gun, I Would think, Blr," said Lurry Clark, now tho clerk o! thc High Court nt Calgary. "Big gun or not," said Juck Doyle, tbe best steersman that ever put hand to tiller on tho Nile. "Thc mat that's pushing that wheel knows Inst water when ho sees It." "I should say ho docu. I should say he dots,', halt screamed Charlti Blnnchard in his excitement. "B. heavens, colonel! It's Captain Bll. Robinson ol Winnipeg!" "I cannot be; it cannot be," salt! the usual self-possessed colonel, ln a voice trembling with excitement, foi Colonel Kennedy's heart was novcr rcry tar away from the Red river â 'My Held glnim. 1 thftnk you. yes. It Is." "Give him a cheer, boys, Qalllher. We did. From camp to camp and boat to boat the cheer was taken up by soldiers joining In with the Brit- lahers* love of a rousing cheer, until men. miles up the rlvor took up the elicit and the garrison at torty mllia, awny stood to their armi expecting; tho arrival of "either Lord Wolselcy or Oeneral Buller. "Say, Canadian," nuked a Cockney soldier as the cheering died away, "Who was that big bug that Just passed up?" "Who!" exclaimed tne.Canadian Sunshine Furnace is Ihe triumph of sixt -__________â_â, one years' experienceâgrowth from a small I Ml HI fl fl tinsbop to |6J4 acres of floor space, from a half dozen I kj M M y artisans to i,5oo,from an annual wage sheet of $4,000 I O » â¢ to one of $670,000, from a capital of energy to one of $3,000,000, from obscurity to recognition as Largest Makers of Furnaces in the British Empire. , _ Sunshine^ was placed on the market the first furnace to be wholly and solely designed by a Canadian Company, # I We employ a consulting staff of furnace experts, who are ' continually experimenting with new ideas in order that Sunshine .. Furnace .hall not have to travel on its past reputation for ' goodness. We buy materials in luch large quantities lhat its quality is guaranteed to ui. We have our own testing rooms, so lhat supervision of construction is exercised down to the finest detail McCIary]5 For Sale By Ladysmith Hardware Co., Ltd., Ladysmith 1 "You don't know who that 1b? Why, that's Captain, Bill Rc),inson of Win< nipeg, Manitoba. He can steer a stern wheeler up the side dl a moun- /* .. - tain in the dew. CHARLES LEWIS SHAW. SOME DAY. ESQUIMALT AND NANAIMO RAILWAY Some day will end the weary road; some day we'll drop the heavy load, nnd rest beneath thc sunset tree, and suit to cross the silent sea. And then we'll take a backward glance, ind wonder why we used to prance, and fill thc air with moanings shrill, j'cr every plcayunlsh ill. Some day, across thc fields of space, we'll look ochind and try to trace tho zigzag ,ourney that wc mado across this world of light and shade, and wonder why wc didn't take the stralghtciit path thnt wc could make. Somo day â¢crimps, when we're at. rest, among tho Islands ol the Blest, we'll give a thought to that dead way, when we lursued our devious way, and wonder why we fumed and fought, and ill the kindly things lorgot. Som> lay, we'll know that love Is light, *.nd where it lives there Is no night. WALT MASON. Double Train Service 3 1 2 4 16.00 0.00 VICTORIA 12.05 18.55 Several ranchers in the vicinity of Snderby were recently fined $50 for :ctting out a bush fire without flrst obtaining a permit. CREDITORS TRUST DEEDS ACT 1901. 18.48 11 57 19.29 12.35 LADYSMITH v NANAIMO 0.00 1558 8.15 15.13 D. CHETHAM, Dist., Pass. Agt. Victoria, B. C. Ycb, said Bill Notice is hereby given that Arthur Howe of Chemainus ln the Province A British Columbia, butcher, did on .he 19th day of June, A. D., 1909, .nake an assignment unto Arthur wUarles Smith ol Chemainus afore .iald, machinist, ol all his personal property, real estate, credits and el- iects which may be seized and sold ander execution, lor the purpose ot paying and satlslylng all his credit- ,rs ratably and proportionately and without preference or priority: And further take notice that a meeting of the creditors of the aald Arthur Howe will be held at the Hors-shoe Bay Hotel, Chemainus, iforesaid, on the 10th day of July, 1909, at two o'clock in the . atter- .10011 Ior the purpose ofy giving directions with reference to the disposal f the estate; and further take notice that nil persons having claims' against tho said Arthur Howe are required to forward particulars ol tho mine, duly verified, and the naturo if thc securities If,any held by them, to the said Arthur Charles Smith at Chemainus, B. C, on or before the 23rd day of August,, alter which data thc iiusiguc will proceed to distribute' thc proceeds ol tho estate among th«j â mrtics entitled thereto, having re sard only to thc claims ol those o1 which he shall then have bad notice, ind all persons indebtod to the t?uld Arthur Howe arc rojulrod to pay the unount of their Indebtedness tj Arthur Charles Smith torthwlth. Dated at Cliemnlnus, II. C, tho 22nd duy ol June,< 1909. VICTOR U. HARRISON, Solicitor lor the said assignee. Ladysmith Bakery Company Cales ot every description, tano and plain. Candies ot all kinds Fruit ot all-kinds. Fresh bread ever daT- Reasonable prices. Come and se our lines and leave your orders. W give careful attention. Hop Lee, Prop. Esplanade street, Ladysmith. Pure Ice Cream Constantly On Hand Tobaccos, Cigars, Etc. Bestquality of Confectionery Miss Bardozona ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD a fence or a house, 11 so consult me as I can aave you money on lumber. Having purchased a low truck. I am prepared to move furniture and pianos. For any teaming consult THORNLEY â¢LADYSMITH - - PHONE 6., TRANSFER Oh' LICENSE. . Notice Is hereby given that we Intend to apply to the License Commissioners ol the City of Ladysmith it the next regular meeting, lor a transler of the retail liquor license (now held by us in respect ot the Portland hotel, Lndysmith, II. 0., from ourselves to Arthur Leslie Collingwood. 1 JOHN C0NLIN, JOHN BARCLAY, Dated at Ladysmith, B. 0. July 7th", 1909. Portland Hotel OOOD BOARDINO. BILLIARDS AND POOL. A. Leslie Collingwood Proprietor GRAND HOTEL CONVENIENT COMFORTABLE Excellent Boarding HEPPLE & SMliLY , Pioprieton, " THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE Boots and Shoes The Celebrated AHRBNS BOOTS AT.D SHOES. Every Pair Guaranteed or will bt replaced with another pair.. In Men's Boy's and Girl's. The Best School Shoes in Town. Also Children's Wash Ing Suits and Sailor Blouses, and Strachan Hats. DON'T FORGET THE STORBf J. J. Thomas HIGH STREET Clever jewelery Thefts Made to Order I sell the Semi-Ready Clothing Every piece is guaranteed to fit, and the price no higher than ready made Clothing. B. L. WOOD First Avenue Boxi73 Phone 43 For Meats OF ALL KINDS, SAUSAGE A SPECIALTY, LEAVE ORDERS AT Geo. Roberts' Meat Market Cor. First Ave. and Roberta Street LADYSMITH. Miss Uren's for Whitewear LIVERY STABLE B. 5. WELLS, Proprietor Hsok, Express, Livery and Feed Stable DRAY WORK AND FURNITURE MOVING. WOOD FOR SALE First Avenue Phone 62 Ladysmith, B. C Fresh Vegetables Grown by White Labor * Green Onions, Spinach, Lettuce, Rhubarb. E. Pannell Lending Library ALL THE LATEST NOVELS. We carry a large stock of Fancy Stationery. HARRY HUGHES Sovcral drummers und others interested in the jewelry businesB whilo chatting in the smoker of a railway train began swapping stories about thefts of jewelry. Stories wore told of the boldness of jewelry thieves, ind somo of the methods employed by them to obtain valuable Btock. The Btbry was told of an individual who was seen lounging about the plato front of a jewelry stoic. Nc particular attention was paid to the man at the time, but the clerks re called the Incident after tho robbery. In this instance, the man appeared, a number of times ln front of the store. One evening, soon after dark, there 'was a sudden crash, and the robber was actively engaged in scooping iu the jewels with a hooked stick. In thirty seconds he was done and away. Bystanders stood as if petrified until the man struck out at a run. Then the store people and thc bystanders realized what had1 occurred and shouting "Thief!" started after the man. . The man dropped his* bag. The! purr 3uers stopped and seized the bag. They returned to the store with tht jag in high glee, remarking incidentally that there was no need in chas mg the thief, because here were the goods. The proprietor of the store and all the" clerks had followed, but, Having further to go than the crowd, were behind and were met by the peo â¢ jle with the bag.. Proudly the bap was opened. It contained a brick. The thief had dropped it to check the pursuit. Realizing the trick had succeeded, the crowd, headed by the salesmen and proprietor, went bad' to the store, only to discover that the wiodow had been cleaned 0! stock and the counters wcre bare ot a number of costly articles. A policeman cn duty said that after the proprietor and clerks ot tht store ran for tho departing thief a neatly dressed gentleman with all thti airs of a member of the Arm, gave directions to two other men to get the stuff out of the windows and tolt, him (thc officer) that this wns bcini done as a precaution against theft while thc window was broken. It somo first class stores there is u regular danger signal arranged, and tht men are drilled each week. When, tho danger gong sounds one man takes his place at the door, another at the telephone to sond word to the police, another, with running qualities, makes for tho door, in readiness to pursue and so on. Among other stores told were some relating to the tricks and devices o! the jewelry thicvcB. The robber of ten works at night or soniellmcB duty Ing a crowd, by cutting out a disc of glesB near where somo costlj goods are shown. He may roach in and secure something, and bo oft be fore detected, if he ia quick. Some times he has a long instrument hid den under his coat;, so that he Can reach in and pick up a watch. Often again he uses a simple stick with e slightly turned end, hooking into a ring. The process of crushing in a platt trcnt during the intervals of tho patrol police, nt the name time making no noise, Is done by pasting cloth or heavy paper on the glass. A wood mallet is used, the hammer ends being securely bound In a heavy woollen fabric stuffed with excelsior or kindred material. With this soft headed mallet lt Is possible to bang away noiselessly at the glass until the pane begins to crumble. Unless the plate Is unusually thick an opening can be made without much trouble. In recent years jewelry thioves, like tank robbers, have rented quarters near the placo they intended to rob, and lived there long enough to study the situation. In one case a room was hired over a jewelry store and entrance effected to the store by moans ot a rope ladder dropped from the window of the room to a window leading to a hall in the store portion. In another case the bar spreader, was used to open the bars of a window. This device consists of a spirally threaded shaft fitted wtth two blocks, with a central piece with a bar tor turning, The blocks are adjusted between two bars, the central piece turned, whereupon the spiral shaft causes the blocks to expand â Idewlse, forcing the burs open. Then the Intruder can pass In. A story was told of a removal of at safe ln which the proprietor of a jew elry store was accustomed to put his costly stock each night. It was not a large sale, but exceedingly strong, and becnu: ,â¢ of Its light wolgbt a number of bolts wore put through the floor and connected with the safe bottom. The proprietor often said that thieves could not take this safe un less they took floor and all. Not long after the store was entered, and behold, the thieves had sawed out the section of floor to which the Baft' was fixed. The safe wttB bound up with, rope, thc latter passed under tho separated section of flooring, and when the boards were sawed through safe, ffoor and all wcro lowered into lhc basement, and readily moved out through tho -basement door, put into an express wagen and carted off. ROCK OP GIBRALTAR. On August 4, 1734 (new style), the Rock of Gibraltar was captured by Great Britain; and it has remained in ber possession from that day to this. Among the many possessions scattered all ovcr the globo that arc comprised in the British empire today, there is none that tho nation holdB with greater tenacity for reasons both ot sentiment and of material interest, and none that it would .ose with more poignant shame or sorrow, than tlio redoubtable strong- Hold we took from Spain at the beginning of the reign of Queen Anne. The fact that throughout the eighteenth century, when so many conquests in both hemispheres changed hands backward and forward in successive treaties, Gibraltar remained permanently in the keeping of England might seem to prove that tbe British sentiment with regard to it was from the first thc same as it is today. But this is far from having leen the case. For, although at the and of two hundred years of our possession of the fortress, at a time when the imperial instinct of Englishmen has become more consciously developed and more deeply ingrained .ban ever before, and at the same :ime more intelligently appreciative of tbe true meaning of sea power and alive to the strategical requirements jf its maintenance, the retention of the key of tho Mediterranean has become an essential article of our political creed, it was a considerable time before tho immense value of tne acquisition was fully realized by British statesmen. It seems Btrangc enough to us to remember that King George I and lib.' .niniBtcrs wero ready to give up Gibraltar merely to secure Spain's at/.ui- â¢scence In the arrangement by which thc quadruple alliance was anxious to niiiko some pettifogging modifications in the shuffle of territories effected by the treuty of Utrecht, but ,t is still more extraordinary tlu.it bo clear sighted, patriotic and high spirited an empire builder ns Lord Chatham himself should have made a similar offer as an inducement to Spain to help us to recover Minoltaâand, Mils moreover, ut a time when the fortress had been in.tmr hands more than half a century and its vital importance to our growing marltlmo supremacy had already boen abundantly proved in the naval wars of the period. Happily, the Spaniard:; wcre as blind as ourselves to the su- reme Importance of the position, commanding tho road from tho Al^ lantlc to the Mediterranean. Thc truth is, as readers of Mahan do not need to be reminded, that the mportance of sea power and the na; ture of the foundations on which it is based were very imperfectly grasped cvon by England in thc seventeenth century, and scarcely at Vail by any other European power. Occasionally at intervals some statesmen like Colbert, in France, or Al- beroni, in Spain, had more than an inkling of the truth, but no nation except England made deliberate and sustained efforts with a view to maritime development. Even England did so rather by instinct than by sight. Of this blindness to thc true principles 'ot maritime policy the taking of Gibraltar and its history during the following three-tquarters ot a century afforded a striking Illustration. Just bb the vast importance ot its acquisition was at the time underrated both by England and Spain, so its actual capture by the former was an after-thought and (it may almost be said) an accident. It became a British possession in the flrst instance because at a time when we happened to be at war with one of tlio rival claimants in tho Mediterranean happened tchitve no particular object in view, and, having failed lu his only enterprlao of that, year wob unwilling to return homo with a fine fleet thnt had done nothing tor tho honor of the flag. So he thought he might as well make an attack on Gibraltar as anything else Nevertheless bis action1 has to be reckoned among tbo notablo "deeds that won the empire," and one that on its bicentenary deserved to bo held in ro- membrancc. 100 Pairs 100 Pairs \nf 100 Pairs of Trousers! To Be Cleared Out at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. $1.75 PER PAIR and up. G. 0. ROSS, First Avenue i 00 Pairs 100 Pairs I English Blue Enamelware [ Given Away In order to introduce the ART BAKING POWDER We aro giving with each and every pound of Art Baking Powder nt 75c, a pound, Enamelware worth $1.00 absolutely free. Art Baking Powder is a new taking po./dcr and claims to be the best and purest on tbe market. To be had at I GEAR'S IDEAL GROCERY Scott's Building, First Avenue. SEE OUR WINDOWS. POISONS ABE PROCLAIMED. The authority conveyed to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council under the Fbisons' Act of last session to make regulations under that legislation for the granting of licenses, prescribing the conditions, costs, and method of registration of such licenses, und dealing generally with thc handling and sale of poisons enumerated, has le:n taken ndvantago of, and an or- dcr-in-coiincil passed approving tbe relations drawn nB to these several matters. Licenses arc mado terminable in all cases oil the 31st December, of course, renewable. A llccniic fco is ilxod at ?5 for oath year or port of a year, and the privilege convoyed by such a license is that of defiling tu arsenate of lead, Paris grotn, Londou purple, hellebore, tobacco extract, sulphate of copper and iron, to bo used exclusively in agriculture or horticulture, for the destruction ol Insects, fungi or bacteria, or as sheep dips, or weed killers. Vendors of tho pofsons mentioned for tho purposes named arc required to keep a record ot all sales (open to Inspection at all times by representatives of the Department of Agriculture) showing thc placc and date of purchase, tho name of thc actual vendor, tho quantity, name and detail of the poisons, and (he name, ad- dross and occupation of tho purchaser. Any contravention of the regulations promulgated cancels and abrogates the special privileges enjoyed under tho license. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. The partnership heretofore existing betwocn Robert Barclay and Jobn Conlin, hotel proprietors, has thit day been dissolved by mutual consent. All bills duo thc late firm must bo paid to Robert Barclay, wbo will also pay all bills against the said firm. J. CONLIN, ROBERT 'BATtati VY. Dated July 2, 1909. PUBLIC NOTICE. This is to notify the public that I, James Rowe, will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife, on and. after this date, without my written permission. Any accounts against mc should be sent ln nt once. . JAMES ROWE, Ladysmith, Juno 16, 1909. PRANCE'S AERIAL EXPRESS. In Ladysmith, July 11, to the wife of Mr. Joseph Burdick', a son. Last summer it was announced that an association of the leading aeronauts and airship constructors in France proposed to build big sheds in various parts ot the country for sheltering airships of large dimensions, and also to construct a number of steerable balloons, which make regular trips between Paris and tho provinces. The points selected were Nancy, Deauville, Tours, Bordeaux, Pau and Lyons, with intermediate stations at Rouen, Reims end Fontainebleau. The balloons and sheds were to be read tor noflt summer when the first aerial express lines were to be established. According to a lecture delivered by M. Reno Qulnton bclorc the Senate "committee on aeronautics, this scheme is on the point of being ae complishedr- As tar as the sheds are concerned, most of them jire finished, and each of them can hold a balloon of more than 3,000 cubic meters. Delay was chiefly experienced in the construction of the balloons. The Le- baudy brothers had too many orders on hand for the Fronch and Russian governments to supply these prlvnto demands, but one balloon, the Villo de Nancy, has, novortholoss, boon completed, and will, It is hoped, bo available for excursion purposos during the coming summer. A smaller airship, the "Petit Jour nal," with only 400 cubic meters capacity, may also bo added to thc aerial fleet. Two much larger balloons, to b" called tho Transnorlcn 1. and the Transacrien 11., arc also being built, and will have a capacity of 7,500 cubic meters. They may be finished by September and will be able to carry from fifteen to twenty passengers.'. Another aerial cruiser ot 4,000 cubic meters capacity is to be finished by December. France is thus preparing to have the first aerial express line ln thc world. M. Snrcout, tho constructing engineer, who has superintended thc building of nearly all thc successful French airships, is confident of success. 1C CLASSIFIED ADS 1C â W PER WORD I V , Advertisements under this head cino cent per word per issuo, payable in advance. NURSES. NURSE B'ROWN is prepared for Maternity or general engagements. Apf ply at Mr. E. Wilson's Second av- gn*ie, betweon Roberts and Gatacre. EOÂ« RENT. FOR RENT-Cheap to Suitable Tenantâ3 Bedrooms and Large L ving Room and Pantry. Apply ut Ycle- phonc office. roUND, FOUND-A H"A Otllic Dog. Owner can have same by applying to Frank Toreet, Gatacre street, and pavlnu for thla advertif?tMnt. LOST. LOST â Between Roberts street, Third avenue and High street, book, entitled "Fun Doctor." Please return to Mrs. Ewart, High street. $1.00 Reward. POR-SALE. FOR SALEâBrown and White Rab- bits. Fifty cats each. Supply Mra\nJobn Stewart. FOR 8ALE-Whlte Leghorn eggs for setting. Buff Leghorns and Black Minorcae. $2. SO a setting. Apply Mrs. Laird. v' FOR SALEâExpress wagon ln perfect order and harness. Apply Arthur Howe, Chemainus. FOR SALEâFour roomed house in good locality in Extension, B. C. Apply Ike Storey. PIANO FOR SALE.-Upright Orand Dominion Piano ln first class condition. In nse only a short time. Apply Mrs. Bernard, Union Brewery, Ladysmith. FOR SALEâPiano at a snap, also one piano drape and two stools. Apply H. Thornley. FOR SALE-Wallpaper and Painting Business Stock. Cheap for Cosh. Property, etc. Apply J. E. Smith, Roberts street. FOR SALE-My South African Veteran Bounty Land Certificate issued by the Deportment of thc Interior, Ottawa; good tor 320 acres of auy Dominion Land open for entry in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba. Any person over the ago of 18 years, Man or Woman, can acjiuire this land with this certificate. Wtito or wire, L. E. Teltord, 131 Shutcr Street, Toronto, Ontario. FOR SALEâCamping ShaokB, most desirable and picturesque location on Oyster Bay, within 15 minutes' wiil'i of Fuslofllcc. Apply at this oflice. WANTED. WANTEDâA girl to assist in light housework. Apply . Mrs. Mulholland, First avenue, Ladysmith. "LAND REGISTRY ACT.' Lot 4, Block 29 (Map 703 A) tn the matter of an application for a Duplicate Certificate of Title to Town of Ladysmith. Notice is hereby given that it is my intention at the expiration of one month trom the date ot the first publication hereof to issue a Duplicate Certificate of Title to said land Issued to William Beverldge and Henry neifel on the 3rd day of November, 1902, and numbered 8203 C. S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar General ot Titles. Land Registry Office, Victoria. B a. tha ttth dur o« AurU. IMS*. A FRENCH-CANADIAN'S CAREER. Tlfe appointment ot Sir Percy Olr- ouard as governor of the East African Protectorate exemplifies thc fact, that the Empire offers Canadians splendid opportunities for service abroad. Sir Percy's successful, hon orahle and brilliant career ln the imperial field has a particular significance to La Presse and its readers. Born in Montreal In the year ot Confederation, Sir Percy Qirouard has accomplished a groal deal in a life yet short. Entering the army twenty-pne years ago, he served in the Dongola expeditionary force In 1896, and In the Nile expedition in 1897. He became director of Soudan railways and president of the Egyptian railway board. On the outbreak of tho Boer war he was transferred to the other end of ,the continent, where he undertook the direction of the railway transportation during successive campaigns. From 1902-4 he was commissioner ot railways during the reorganisation oj tho Transvaal and Orange River colonies. Two years ago ho was ganct ted high commissioner and commander in chief of Northorn Nigeria. HiB appointment to a governorship in the same region Is his latest upward step. He his been frequently "mentioned in despatcl.?i." he wears the DlstlrJi" ulshed Service Order, and it was ninu years' ago at the age ot thirty-three that his sovereign made him a Knight Commander ot St. Michael and Stl George. WHAT THE EDITOR FOUND. â¢ The soul of an editor who had died ot starvation was bring conducted to tho Elyslan fields. Aa they passed the portals of the infernal regions, he asked his guide If' he might go ln and look around. Thso guide consented, but warned blm to stay but a tow minutes, as he could not wait long. A long time passed, and the editor had not returned; so the guiding angel went in search ot him. He found him before a cage â In which a ; number ot â doomed â¢wretches wero boing toasted on red- hot griddles. Over the cage was tha sign, "Delinquent Subscribers." "Como," Bald thc guide, "wo must bo going." "Don't wait for me," replied the editor. "I'm not coming. This is Heaven enough tor me." THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE 4 T~ & l â , 1 Headquarters for x 9 ! 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 T t T ? 9 ** Picnic and Camping Supplies A Few Suggestions â¢ ' * !Pay Day Specials! â Taat»fMT..t.JÂ«JÂ»TMfMf..fMf.tt^TÂ»f»T..TMf.«Ta«Ta.fwTa,vT-f-i-' Men's Suits Raspberry Vinegar per bottle 50c Vanilla Fruit Syrup, per "bottle 50c Strawberry Fruit Syrup, per bottle 50c Lemon Fruit Syrup, per bottle .50c Raspberry Fruit Syrup, per bottle 50c Pineapple Fruit Syrup, per bottle 50c Orange Fruit Syrup, per bottle 50c Stower's Lime Juice Cordial, per bottle 40c West India Lime Juice, per bottle 25c Montserrat Lime Juice, per bottle..............75c Persian Sherbet, per tin. 25c Lemonade, per tin 25c J Our complete stock offered at a reduction of 23 per cent, everyone marked in â¢ â¢ plain figures, take your choice at 25 wilts off every dollar. . â¢ Men's Straw Hats , Any Straw Hat you like at a reduction of 25 cents on every dollar. â¢ Men's Shirts We have put about 4 dozen Men's Shirts, no collar, regular «1.25 eaoh, BLAIR & ADAM For Fresh Fruit V Shoes Shoes â¢ Now for 75c. S) You eau save more by buying your SHOES hero. All we ask is a comparison * * of prioos and we are sure we will got your boot trade. a Men's Shoes Men's Vests i'H'H-W'WMÂ»t ELECTRIC LIGHT FIXTURES â i * 'tVe beg to announce that we have one of the '.', ;; most up-to-date stocks of Eleitrb Fixtures, Globes, '.', ;: Fittings, now on order. Direct importation from !', j one of the largest manufacturers on the continent. '.'. r These goods will arrive in ample time for instal-;; â¢ I lation as soon as our electric plant, now in course of ;; â â¢ construction, is completed. Estimates will be given ;; ' â¢ and special fixtures orders taken for import. Cata-;; â â logues for inspection at your convenience. J Summer Vests, a tow left, to be olen.e.l out at a saving to jou of 25 por cent, I j SIMON LEISER & CO., LTD.) The Vancouver Island Cigar Shoes Specials for Saturday md following Week Wm's. Dong Bluch, Pat. Toe. Reg. $2.75 a pair for $1.65 a pair. Children's Dong. Pat. Toe. Reg. $175 for $1.15 a pair. Men's White Canvas Shoes and Oxfords. Reg. $2.25 and $2.50 for $1.60 a pair. Men's Dongola Box Calf and Velours Calf Bluch. Reg. $4.50 and $5.00 for $8.50 a pair. Men's Pullmans Elastic Sides in Black and Chocolate. Reg. $2.75 for $2.00 a pair. Ml Straw Hats Reduced W. E. Morrison The Clothing House Formerly* Gold lc Jobn.ton, of Victoria, ire lntrodueint a new brand of Cigars to be known as tbe "V. I." Try Them. :: The Ladysmith Hardware Co., Ltd. Local and General News Notes REVIVAL. On the 1st of August the Rev. Father Clement Caine, of Victoria, B. (!., will open an el^ut-day mission at St. Mary's R. C. Church. Everyone welcome. Boiled Ham at Blair & Adam. * There are an usual numj.er ot visit ors in the city today. Mr. James Adam is spending hol.days over on the mainland. Special for This ateeP Aid the hospital project by witnessing the Passion Flay tonight. Greenwood is to be deserted by its three medical practitioners.. Bee Jelly Powders, 25c. a package, }ot five different flavors. Blair ft Adam. * LOSTâA rubber boot between Roberts street and Russet's ranch. Kinlly return to Chronicle office and receive reward. Aid. George Haworth, who is nov> in the Chaminus hospital, is improving in health, and expects to be able to return home next Sunday. All the Pythian Sisters of Nanaimo and Ladysmith will join the Knights cf Pythias in their re-union to be held at Duncan July 24th. Aid. Booth of Nanaimo will introduce a by-law differentiating between hotel and saloon licenses. He be lieves the council has power to make the distinction. Win. Hooper will sell oil his jewellery by auction previous to his departure for Vancouver, where he has secured a position with the Thomson Jewellery company. There was a meeting of tho school board last evening, when two tench his | ers were engaged for the school staff .',4 The two new teachers are Miss Ful ' lerton of Victoria, and Miss Thomas of Stovely, of 5,000 tons have been erected at Boat Harbor, the shipping port ol the company, says tho Nanaimo Herald. In connection with these the very latest equipment has been installed for a quick discharge of vessels. A capacity of 1750 tons an hour con be handled from the bunkers to tho hol!s of vessels, so that the equipment is well up-to-date. The company is already doing a good business in bunkering vessels and in general trade, but expect to radically increase their output in the near future. The company has its own lino of railway from the mines at South Wellington to Bont Harbor ard exptct3 to develop a largo trade. N. B.âWe will employ a competent electrician | I to install all fixtures. JLh.H"H-^-»M*'K'M^ i ' ' i .1"' i It is not likely tbat any further ef-. All members of the baseball club fort â will to made to "Pixies" entertainment. Those who were interesting themselves In the proposed presentation of this unique form of entertainment fear that the time is not propitious for arranging tho performance. get up tbe are requested to turn out tor practice on Thursday evening. Next Sunday the big game between Ladysmith and Chemainus takes place, and the players should be In shape to give a good account of themselves. The remainder ol our stoch i of MEN'S OX-BLOOD and TAN OXFORD 'SHOES. Regular $4.50 and $4.75 va'-ue, to clear at $3.75 a pair Also a lino of MEN'S . 3LUE BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR. Regular Price 50c a garment. To clear at 40c a Garment or 75c a Suit. C.E. Jeffs Mnt Winner Starr MOVING SALE. aDd Heaters for â I > mcet $o«r friends and be right at home, while ln Victoria, stay at tbe Rainier Hotel, George ilurggy proprietor. â¢ In Ladysmith, July 13th, to the wife of Fred Fielding, First avenue, a girl. It 1b likely that the Granby company will shortly resume dividend payments. T.i meet your friends and be right at home, while ln Victoria, etay at the Rainier Hotel, Oeorge Jil.'jCf proprietor. â¢ .. We are still giving 20 per cent reduction of all our summer hate. Blair ft Adam. * There will be a meeting of tbe celebration committee tonight to wlndXl up the business end of the celebra tion. Finest tc* Cream ln the tit; at Hooper'., tbe moat MUit pirlor on the Island. Everything o! tha1 beat quality ln Confectlaiery. â¢ ! J. J. Bland is getting inquiries*. â from all over the Northirert with regard to tbe land cleared on the outskirts of Ladysmith by the H. ft N. company. The preliminary work for the pole line for the electric lighting plant Is now being attended to,.and thc Westinghouse people are expected tor-be on the ground early next week. In the' meantime much ot the machinery has been ordered by wire. \nThe Novelty has been crowded for the past two nights, the attraction being a pictorial'production of the Passion Play. The presentation is a good one, and interests the large audiences. Mr. Feevor is giving the proceeds of the performances, over actual expenses, to the proposed hospital. The next change in the programme will be on Thursday evening, when a good hill Is promised. F. E. Allison, known to fame as "Sticks," roturned from New Westminster last evening, where he bad been participating ln the services commemorating the deeds of William ot pious, glorious and immortal mem ory. "Sticks" boasts that he was the only Orangeman (rom Ladysmith at the. celebration and that he wore bis colors where they could be seen without the aid ot a microscope. That thc coast range of mountains contains no appreciable amount ot mineral is now proven to be a myth. In the disintegration of the hills nature has cut a deep gulch right into the heart of tho mountains of Mis- katiuh buy, Douglas channel, about twenty miles [rom Kitamaat, exposing a.remarkable showing of copper, a showing indeed so large that it in a matter of surprise the discovery was not mado sooner, being only one- bdlt mile from tldo water and G00 ft. above sea level. There are numerous dikes and fissures cut by this gulch, two of which show copper glance In large quantities, with a little chalcopyritc, making an unique display for British Columbia. The fissures with tree walls in a granitoid formation, measure on the fluor seven and eight und a half feet wide, respectively. Tho copper glance assuyB 64 per,cent. ,to .0 pcr cent, copper and 37 ounces in silver per ton. The latter test was made by the provincial government r.sinycr. Further up the draw an immense dike Is exposed with bunches of copper glance along its wallB, while along its strike the country rock la in places highly Impregnated with ihalcopyrtte. â fills Is without doubt the most mv portant find yet made on the coast cf British Ooluir(>>a, thus opening up new fields for tbe prospector, and this particular discovery from an investor's point of view Is a highly desirable one on account ot it being almost at tide water, Tho find was made last tall by James McLennan, an old-timer of British Columbia. Thero will be a meeting ot the friends of football at the grand stand this evening at 7 p. m. to decide upon ways and means to send tho local team to Calgary to play for the People's Shield, which is emblematic' of the championship ot Canada. The local football team has done more than its sharo to advertise Ladysmith, and it is to be hoped, that the wherewithal to make the trip will l:o forthcoming nt the proper time. The people here have been very dissatisfied at the delay in opening the postoffice, and Mr. Ralph Smith explains the cause of the delay. He says that there was not one tender sent in for furnishing the postoffice, but information has boen received that an Ontario firm Is prepared to supply the furnishings, and as a matter of tact most of the furniture 1b now on the way and may arrive any day. The work has all been fitted, and will be put together immediately on Its arrival. Wedding Gifts Wo carry a stook which appeals strongly to one looking for a suitable article as a gift. Our stock of Silver Plito i, tin UrgMt ever shown in tho town. Iho designs ar.be.u- tifuUmHI,oi.rioos.ra,,gof.on,85c.,p. A largo shipment just arrived,^.â¢, torn th. F WoTo-vo also put in * stock of Flatware 1817 fingers Plate in. Table Spoon.. Forks. Dossert Te. wid Coffee Spoons, Dessert Table Knives and Fork, in 12 dwt. Roger. 1847 Sim none tetter. Price, right, you are cordially invited to inspect these goodY P. G. NOOT WATCHMAKER AND JBWBLKR Clearance Sale =or- Summer Goods Children's Cotton and Gingham Dresses Good Wasters RBG. S3.00 â¢105 EACH «2.00 *l.4« »l.25 .0» There waB a very Interesting meeting of the hospital committee at tbe city hall last evening. The plans for the proposed building were presented and* endorsed. They will necessitate an expenditure of at leaBt $10,000. It was decided to pursue a vigorous campaign for. funds for con-1 atructlon work. It 1b believed that when the matter la-placed before the cltlicns In Its atrongeBt possible light, the BUbBCriptlons will be spontaneous and generous. a M.ifiiM!. .«. i Toa roomt for ladles* Stoves, Ranges ana "!**"'.._Z ' aaort order or .al. cheap «or ""«£*£- & «â¢» at HoopV, ply Melntjrr. Foundry Company. |«w i The Pacific Ooaat mines, ol which J. Arbuthnot and J. M. Savage arc «r tenths- eo deeply Interested, is becoming ono .andwlchM of the Important coal producers on I the island. Bunkers with a capacity SUBSCRIBE TO THE Seattle Daily limes 70c a month -AT- Knight's Book. Store Try Our Muslins all â .wear All sins, .ne piece 60o etch. Blouses and Pants All .lie., one plea. Wo eaoh. Men's Canvas Shoes AU sins, 85o a pair. Soft Negligee Shirts WITH COLLAR ATTACHED Values up to 11.28, 66c each. Boys' Boots The good and strong kind. Reg. 11,80, SPECIAL $1.00 a pair. Samples, Carpet Ends, Rugs, Mats, Etc. Come early and get your choice. REG. 50o 25o 25o YARD 150 Children's White Mus. Tains REtl. »1.86 .05 â¢1.00 EACH .05 L Walters & Akenhead
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