@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "9e58f214-bbbf-4765-8405-4c6d05161219"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:contributor "T. L. Grahame"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-05-12"@en, "1902-02-19"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ladysmithl/items/1.0353431/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ W*WW4WW*Ws»*'M'*'rsM'* $ The people that save | I money trade with | BICKLE *j|>-J--J"J-!{»(. r|i '^ •{••!*•{• sl« sj-rj. -J. -J"!* s}i sj, •(■ .I"|. .[■^••J- rj. i; For Boots and Shoes i's is the store AND WELLINGTON-EXTENSION NEWS. VOL. 1. NO. 47. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ►,fc»'tir*'(^'tefc'fe«feK«i*'te>Y»^ * I It Is a Question Of Quality not Quantity for your money. We are offering high goods tor low class prices, which can bo proved if purchasers will compare goode bought elsewhere at eanie prices. T H, SIMPSON, Barrliter, Solicitor, Attorney. Notary Public, Ktc. Atuney to Loan. Nanalmo, • - • B. C. I THIS IS A SPECIAL WEEK I I For Rubber Goodt, all No. 1 quality bought in the Am- 4j erican marketB, whloh must be sold, ♦' See our Gout's sporting Gum Boots—they are solid comae iort. - | Ladies', Gent's, Children's Rubber ShoeB at Bargain!. 1 Leiser & Hamburger J( Eiplan.de and Oatacre Street. e»'i^'4ift'fe*'feeVfe*'**'fe»i'4^'fet»'fei».r&K»4« Jessup's Pharmacy HIGH STREET. Prescription*! carefully dispeaeed. Open day and night. TJARTLRY GISllORNB Member Can. Society of Civil Engineer-. Member institution of Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineer Correspondence Solicited Work Guaranteed Fred Fibster Taxidermist & Furrier Birds, Animals and Deer Heads Mounted and for sale. I*uri made, altered, cleaned and stored a4l-3 Jolinion St., - Victoria, B. C. When Visiting Nanaimo Try Hi ck W Sausage GEO. MARSDEN, Newt Agent, Agt For San Francisco Examiner. Ye Olde Corner, Qov.inm.nt St., Victoria, B. C. PROTECTION MINE DISASTER. G.W.SCOTT Baker and Confectioner. Plain and fancy bread. Cakea and pit' tries ol .11 description!. Fruits in seaton. PORTLAND IITEL Tbii tfew hotel has beon completely furnished with all modern conveniences. Excellent table, white cooking. The bar la supplied with the finest wines, liquori and clgiri. An experienced bartender. D. H. Davis, Prop., Flnt Avenue, • Ladysmith, B. 0. ************************** Oue fact Is better than a Doien Heariaya. II you want the clu i.Mt meatn go to , , THE CITY fvlARKET Lidvsmlth, B.C., R. Williamson, Prop. A fri'sh supply of Vegetablei alwayi on hind. Special attention given to thipi' euppllea. sGRAND HOTEL Wm. Beverldge, Prop. Thia new hotel hoi been comiortably lurnlibid ard Hie bar il up to dalf. Beit accommodation Ior tr.ntient and permanent boarder! and lodgeri. Rates, $i per Day and Upwards. Tha Esplanade, Ladyimllh, B. G. IsSSjs^jjraWSSfajsj^^ Savoy Theatres Canada's Greatest Music Halls, VICTORIA - AND - VANCOUVER The Master Aiutisemeut Alliance of the North-West Pioneer Bottling Works, Nanaimo. Manufacture!* Soda Water, OJnger Beer, Cider, Fruit Syrups, Essences, Bitters, and Carbonated Beverages of all kinds. W. E. RUMHINQ. - Proprietor, ?.&ESS. ***************************** GUN REPAIRS WELL DONE, John Barnsley & Co., Victoria, B. C. i —ii ■>—.... Films, Etc. Agents for J. J. Taylor Ffr. Proof Safe.. ■■■ ,****\\******************************* Ladysmith Teaming Depot, All kind! ol heavy turning don. COAL AND WOOD J. MoLENNAN, LADYSMITH, B. 0. MILLS BROS., Whol.nl. and Retail Deileri in Meati, Poultry aad Vegetable!. Game In euon. Shipping orden attended to on hart nolle The Crescent Hotel Wm. Hepple, proprietor. Firil-olan accommodation! lor minen •nd trintlenlB. None but Tha Bnt Wines and Liquors mved at Iho bar. Hive ui > nil. Cor. Victoria Rd A Commercial St. NANAIMO. ■ B,C. David Murray, Oeneral Blacksmith Buller Street, • Ladyemith Shop will be open every Thurtday, Friday and Saturday. McAdia and Son Undertakers and Embalmers. Telegraph Orders promptly nllendetU' Parlors, Albert Street. Residence, Victoria Crescent. Telephone No. 142. NANAIMO, - - - B.C. Taken Just In'Time the Results are Not So Serious As Expected, In spite of tbe clamorous outcry of the Free FreeB and the Herald of Nanaimo, the most important workings of the New Vancouver Coal Company narrowly escaped, last week, a disaster compared with which the ExtenBion calamity would have been ib nothing, The facte ai itated in Tbe Leader last Saturday need no correction, except that they were slightly understated, the case being even worse than there given, On Saturday a stopping waa put in between Protection workings and those of No, 1, and aa tho fire waa lortunately confined to the lower levels of Protection workings, tbe large amount of water poured into tbe mine had the desired effect of quenching the burning coal, It waa the narrowest escape from a great catastrophe experienced in theBe mines for many a day; only excellent management prevented the consequence! from being of the most serions chaiaQter. Considerable indignation prevails in Naiialmo at the cowardly conduct of the two local papers in attempting to suppress the facta, while members of their stalls were flooding tho country with sensational telegraphic despatches about the fire. PUBLIC MEETING GALLED. .411 Gitzens Are Invited to Attend Tonight, The Leader is requested to announce to the citiiena of Ladysmith that an im' portant meeting will be held this even' ing, beginning promptly at 8 o'clock, in the Abboteford Hotel, to take definite action toward laying Ladysmith'i claims and requirement! before tbe proper authorities. It is earnestly detired that a fully representative meeting take place. The Leader understands that a proposal to elect a delegation to proceed to Viotoria and interview tbe govern, ment will be submitted. Every citizen who has the interests of this place at heart should attend the meeting tonight and take part in the proceedings. More P. o. Change*. In a few dayi the public will be treated to another change of form In poet office business, This time it affect! the post office order department, Initeid ol the applicant filling ont a blank at heretofore, the postmaster will do all that. The applicant wlll tell the postmaster what he wants, and the official will write it down in a special book, using a carbon paper to take a duplicate impression. This, while it will save the time ol the public conaiderably, will increase the duties of the poitmnter to tome extent; but it will shorten the process of sending money by poat. Ladysmith .hipping. Str Tellua arrived on the 12th lull, and it now loadiog at the wharvei. Sir. Thistle arrived for a load of ooal on Monday, on her way north. Str. Albion called In for a oargo of ooal on Monday on her way to the wrick of the iteamer Bertha in Alaska. Str. Myitery, plying between Victoria and Osborne bay, called Monday and took on fuel coal. Str. Cottage City took on luel owl here on her way Irom the Sonnd to Al- aske, on Monday, Thip Two Brother! completed loading 1800 tom of coil on Monday, and wai then waiting for a tng. She ii bound for Sin Francitco. Ship Edward Sew.ll li now loading coal Ior Honolulu, and wlll be ready lor ■lain.lew days, No word ol the Antlope had been received up to tbe hour of going to preis yetterdiy afternoon. Amn. lug Richard Holyoke arrived yesterday morning from the Sonnd to tow tbe ebip Two Brother! to hi. The •hip Edward Sewall took tbe Two Brothers' beith .1 th. wharf. W. H. MASON, Conveyancer, Notary Public, Real Estate, Fir. and LU. Insurance Agent. Ship.' paperi a ipeclilly. Forty years' experience. The Esplanade, - Ladysmith, B.C. WARNING! ARE YOU INSURED? "not get insured at unce, for it may be too lite tomorrow. I represent several OLD end RELIABLE Companies and can insure you at a moment's notice at the loweit possible ratea. All leading oompiniet charge the eame ratee. Don't herniated Into Insuring with a cheap company—lt might be dear in tbe end "WE HOLD THEE SAFE." Wm. K. Leighton, P. 0. Dr.wer 33, Nanalmo, B. C. Ladyemith Dairy SPRING BROOK FARM. New Milk, Creamery Butter; New Laid Eggi and Freih Vegetable! supplied Dally, Leave orden at th. pott office. BRANT & SONS. Successors to HUbert & Sons. Funeral Directors ami Embalmers. Open day and night, Orders by Telegraph promptly attended to Bastion St., Nanalmo. Telephone H4. P- 0. Box 39<>- C. B. ROBELEE Carpenter, Joiner and Undertaker Oeneral Jobber. Csrasr Pint Avne, ul OiUcie Strut. Cabin.! woik ol .11 kind,. All kind, ol wit wood furniture made •ad repaired. Miners! Attention! Hud Mad. Pit Shoes it the lime otic. u cheap lactory made. Oome In and lee. All work guaranteed. Repairing done. A. S. Christie, LADYSMITH, • »• °- Flooding No. 2. It il predicted thai Extension No. 2 will be in working order by May, if the aupply of water now being obtained can be kept up. The itatement in Nanalmo Herald about some men baying nearly lost their lives it the stopping in tbe tunnel it merely yellow journalism. As there wis a pressure ol three atmospheres fnalde the stopping at' lie time, it wonld have been simply impossible lor any man to live for one inatant. Somebody hat been etufflnj tbe Herald again, and al usual the couple of amateurs swallowed the story bolus bolus. Anything in the Herald about Extension may be p.,i down as not bo, Theiecent rains have provided abundance ol water, and the flow into tbe mine has been increased considerably. New y.i'nlnaid-s Revenues. The revenue retnrnt of New Zealand for the nine months ending December 31st showed a total ol £4,212,000, against £4.030,020 for tbe same period of 1000, being an Increase of £181,000. The Customs' revenue was £1.005,853 .gainst £1 571,208, showing an increase ol £35,085. The land tax yielded £200 , against £240,120 ln the previous year, showing an increase of £60,383. The railways revenues amounted io £1,301,770, as compared with £1,107,804 in 1000, an increase of £103 076. Do you believe in yc, own goods? Then don't conceal thelict from the public. Advertise. Crolton imelter 1, to be built in tbe very heart ol the town, so that none ol the inhabitants will be cheated out of their chance to hav. . smell when the smelter is smelting. Lovely garden! are being laid out all rounfl Ihe smelter, and when operation! at the smeller begin those gardens will be laid out lor burial. The road to Orofiou i. •■ crooked as Ralph Smith's Oriental labor policy. A Grand Oalloo Ball will be held In the Oddfellows'Hall on March 17th under the auiplon oi the Rathbon. Slsteii ol Lidyimlth Temple No. 6. For the but calico drilled gent, gent'i umbrella, value (6.00; btit calico drilled lady, ts.OOeuh. Admission,(1.00 a couple; lorilngle ticket (0 centi. Lunch will be provided for 25 cent, extra. Capt. H. A. Dillon, ol Northfleld, notary public, conveyancer, eitate and Insurance agent, hu become a resident ol Ladyimith, and hai opened hit office on tb. Esplanade tn the premises lately occupied by Capt Mcintosh. He Is well known to .11 old Wellington resident! and no doubt he will lucceed in Ml pro. fetilou here, All kindi of repairing done at Live* ly'a, the Flnt Avenue jeweler, neat work, prompt delivery, correct price.. Grand Concert, Supper & Dane, under tbe autplcei of the Rebecca Lodge ln aid of the Oddfellows' home. Will be the groat event ol the season. Don't forget the 10 inat, ia the date; everyone come. Don't forget the Rebecca concert sup. per and dance, Oddfellows'. Hall, 10th, Inst. Dr. Grice, the Nanaimo Dentist, visited Ladysmith last Saturday, and w.s kept very busy all day. He will be here again next Saturday, at th. Abbotiford Hotel, and .11 requiring dental attention may consult him. Rev. William A; Rae, pattor of Ladyemith Presbyterian Church, attended the meeting ol Victoria Presbytery, held ln Nanaimo thia week, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Rev. W. Leslie Clay, and Rav, Mr. MacRse ol Victoria went up yesterday from the capital. When you want anything in silverware, look in at Lively's the First Ave. jeweler; be has a great Hock, end th. prices are right. Lively, tbe leading jeweler, has a ear., itarium lor invalid clocka ind w.tchei. Skilled doctoring makei healthy timekeepers. tiding to . washout Sunday near Koksilah the trains have been delayed Ior a lew days. Tbe Sunday train waa the fint to encounter the obstruction. The passengers and mails were taken from train to train on bandcan. Mr. T, D, Conway expects to hear shoitly irom the government concerning the contract awarded to him to build the West Coast telegraph line. It ii exported the work will be started is soon l. the weather settles. Fancy pint, ileeve-linki, outT-buttom, chains, brooches, rings, bracelets, gnat variety ln gold and sliver at Lively'i th. Fint Avenue jeweler. Now ie the time tn get your job printing done, Tbe Leader can quote you tbe loweit ratea on all sorts ol bill he.de letter heads, cards, circulars, ticket!, ititements, etc, At a meeting held in Nanilmo last Saturday evening the Welihmen ol th.t city decided to honor St, David's day, Match lit,, by holding a banquet ln tie Hotel Nanalmo. The Nanalmo Welihmen hope to see their Lidyimlth brethren attending in strength. Mr. W. M. Evani, Box 441, Nanalmo, It telling the ticket., which .re (1.60 each. Two member! ot the commute an lo vilit Lidytmith next Sunday to tee the local Welthmin, EXTENSION MAIL SERVICE. Urgent Need for Getter Arrai^e- ments Is Muoh Felt, Oomplainta an being received daily .1 Lidytmith poat office regarding th. rldiculoua arrangement! at preaentia vogue lor carrying the mall from thla and other place! to the town of Exteniion. Ai The Liader pointed out eome tlm. ago, a great deal of time la waited by the preaent ayitim, which could be changed with very little trouble to the department. Mail for Exteniion from tbii town and from ail point! seuth, hii to go to Nanaimo, there it ilea over night and got s out in th. atige coach next day. The department doei not item to be aware oi tbe fact that a local tnin leave, here every day Ior Extenalon, at il p. m., by which the mail arriving on the noon train from Victoria could juat u well be oarriedupto Exteniion, thui laving a whole day. It il now urged that the but way to bring thli itrange state nf affaln to the notice of the Pott Office Dipirtmtnt i. to get up a petition to send to Mr. Ralph Smith, M.P., with an earnest requeit that he pnient the Mm. to th. department at the earliest possible moment. Exteniion people ire naturally enough muoh annoyed at the continuance ol the nuisance. Il only requires that aomeon. ihould take th. initiative .nd atari th. petition to gel ail the lign.tuiei neceituy. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Books Are Now Being Distributed To the People, Lilt Saturday the*trivelling library consigned by th. Provincial Librarian forth.nnofthecitiieniof Lidyimlth, arrivid and wai deposited in Mr. Jiitnp'i itore, when tbe public may luipect tbe collection for them»lvM. Mr. Jeimp,wbow.i appointed librarian, Il now giving out Ih. booki to thoie entitled to receive them. Th. present arrangement li tbit each penon receiving a metnberihip ticket •hall depo.it twenty-five centi, and that a charge of fiv. centi be mid. for itch book borrowed from the library. Then charge, are made to cover all expentei which »re likely to be incurred Whin tne people of Ladyimith bare read all tb. booki lo thli library, th.y will have to lead 11 to tome eddrm gly.n by th. Provinctal Librarian. Thil will neon- •arlly.nt.il tome llttl. ixptnie, endlt il with a viiw ot providing a fund to meet thit ud .ny other expiniii which may h.v. to be met that the innll charges are made. The assortment of books is excellent, •nd reflect! creditably upon tb. tsite and judgment cf the Provincial Librarian, who teemi, judging bv the booki sew, to entertain rather . high opinion ol Ladyimlth'i intellectual powers. The library inclndet workiol fiction, biography, science, political economy, mel.phyiici, phllotophy, history, ud works ol reference. Rebeccas will Entertain. Ou Wedneiday evening, February 10ib„ tbe ladies ol Laurel Rebecca Lodge I. O.O. F. will give .grand concert, supper ud duo. in Oddlallowi' Hell tor tb. benefit ol th. Oddfellow.' Horn. fund. A splendid programme has (wan arranged lor tbe concert which will inolud. the lemming fire. "My wile', second floor." Belnthmuta will be terved alter th. concert. Admission to concert ud tapper M cute to due., gentlemen «5 cents extra, Mr. James Deeming, formerly of Wellington, bnt now olDawion City, visited Ladyimith on Monday, renewing old acquaintance. Mr, Deeming wai once the cycling champion ot the Province. The latest itylei In hur cutting aad ward trimming at Ih. Ladyimllh Shay- ng Parlor, High itraet. Mr. H. Porter, station agent, received the lad new. ol the death ot Mr.. Porter', mother, Mn. BeaumonU ol Victoria but Saturday, and went down, to the capital to attend the funeral on Monday. Beveral little phyaloal dispute, took Place In and around Ladyimith .a Set- nrday night, that day being >a* da*, but nobody wai badly halt. !HH-5!^r^P^ LADYSMITH LEADER AND WELLINGTON-EXTENSION NEWS. FEBRUARY 19. 1902. Ladysmith Leader -AND- Wellington-Extension News. rv.bllab.ed every Wednesday and Saturday at The Leader Building, corner ©f First Ave. und r-reacb Street, ladysmitli, British Columbia. T. L. GRAHAMS, KDITORJJIII Pior-mKTuK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mail in Canada and United status. One year (strictly in advance).. $J °° lz months (strictly In advance) t .5 ADVSRTISING RATS9. TRANSIENT—First insertion ice. a Hue; each .ubKOUcnt insertion sc a tine. COMMBRCIAI, ADVSRTISINO. Rate, on application. No wood cuts used. CU for regular use should be all metal. Marriage, Birth, Death and Funeral notices, Mch Insertion 50c. Advertisements not luHerted for a specified time will be charged for until ordered to be discontinued. THS I.KADSR may be Obtained from the following Agents: r, .dy.mlth—The Leader Office; The Ladysnillh Pharmacy. N.ualmo-K. Pimbury & Co. Victoria — George Marsden; Victoria Boole & Stationery Co.; Pope stationery Co.; Victoria News Co.;] Public Wbrory Provincial Library. Vancouver—Public Library. New Wertm.tn.ter—Public Library. AU changes in advertisement, must be received at tht. office before ia noon the day before inue. BabKrlber. not receiving paper regularly please report to thi. office.,, All job work strictly cash on delivery. Ta.ari.nt advertisements cosh in advance. WSDNEDAY, FEBRUARY 19,190!. TBE PROTECTION DISASTER. Osr somewhat excitable contemporary, Nanaimo Herald, made a very ■pedal effort at the annihilation of The Leader last Sabbath morning. We bad tb. main part of the front page devoted to a categorical denial of each ud every issertion made by The Liader regarding the disaster in Protection blind mine. Another targe arm was given up to a "plain itatement" by Mr. TbomM Runell, the eiteemed manager ot the New Vancouver Coal Company, touching the lame unfortunate accident, The matter was arranged double column, and appeared with a very large head (with very little in■ "Very yellow journiliim," Then, the one editorial article wm given up to the natural hlitory ud general biology ol the editor ol The Liadir; one ol thoie delightfully racy perwnsl ertlclei tor which the Herald enjoyi notoriety. The home thruit.it th. wicked aad wholly unworthy penon who write. The Leader'! editorial, wen mortal, and will rankle forever in that uregenorete eorlbe-a memory. What all tbit hat to do with tha facto tbat a very •erlom dliaiter took place in Protection blend mine early list week, and tbat neither ol the Nanaimo papers even 10 much .1 referred to It until the Herald published ill Irralrvant and quite untruthful ertlclei on Sunday, it notclear. Will the Herald favor m witb repllee to one or two plain queitlont? Why wai not Mr. Ruuell'i "plain Itatoment" obtained and publiibed before Sunday morning? Why did the Ooloniit, Victoria Timii, Vuconvir World, Province and Naws-Advutiier, the WMtmintter Columbian, the Seattle Pdl-Inlelllgencer ud Dally Timet, publish report! ol tbe disaster which telly oxwtly aa to detafii with Tb. Leader'! report of Saturday? The editor ol the Herald ia, we believe, cor. mentioned—why doei he lend out reports such at they publish ud then denounce tbe eame repoit in The Leader as a pack ol lies? Wherein doei Mr, Russell's "plain itatement" differ essentially from the itatement! made in The Leader, and copied to tome extent from the telegraphed reporti lent, as we believe, by members ol the Herald editorial itaff lo outiide psperii Ii it or ii it not a fact that the Herald wai prohibited from publishing anything about the disaster in Protection mine, and that lt dared not dltobey the order? How ii the Herald going to explain away the private letteri received by the editor of tbii paper from minen in Nanaimo describing the disaster in almost the same terms ae the correspondents of the outside oapers described them? Is the Herald really Ignorant of the fact tbat smoke did issue Irom Protection shall; that the company's doctor was busy attending for many hours on Tuesday or Wednesday evening to men overcome with the white damp? Is the Herald unaware ol the tact that no work has been done in Protection or No. 1 working! mostof the week? If there were no serious disaster, as the Herald contend!, why ihould many men be idle when the demand Ior coal ia so urgent? Without permission Irom the powers that be the Herald dare not publish any item concerning accident! in those mines; yet the Herald tries to pose .1 a " newspaper." It publishes only such news as its controllers choose to publish. The public ol Nuaimo have to thank The Leader Ior lorcing tbe Herald to publish even the garbled and "cooked" account ol the Protection mine disaster; Ior lorcing the Herald to issue a better paper during the past six months than lt ever did belore. The Leader haa beaten the Herald repeatedly and signally in tbe newi, and the Herald hai no better proof to advance against The Leader ihu Mr. Ralph Smith's elegant epithet (by which he ii now known Irom one •nd ol Canada to the other), ud by attempting to ridicule Tbe Leader'! re* port!. Tbe Herald cannot produce prool in support ol iti charge that The Leader ever published false reports, The Leader'! report ol Protection mine diiaiterwai correct, the Herald's deliberately false, u usual. We have not attacked tbe management ol the mine u the Herald did the Wellington Col. liery Company at the time ol the Exteniion dliaiter; we have publiibed no mererumori, but guided ourselves by the telegraphed reports to paperi outiide thie diitrict feeling confident that tbey were sent out by members of the Herald itaff. The Herald ihould get rid of some ol its hysteria and would-be smartness, ud try to lerve the Nuaimo public faith fully. woike, remembered tbe world-wide extent of tbe company's business ai d then glanced at tbe manager, The man was physically a lightweight; yet he was absolute master of that great establlih- ment, and wai obeyed as promptly as II he bad been the general of an army. The young man waa then a year or two past thirty, and be wai under contract to reilgn the management wben he ihould reach forty yein of ige. Pro- fessor Smith slid thit, at tbo rate that man wai working, It wai very doubtful if he would ever im forty. II he did it would be ■■ a physical and mental wreck, But that ia quite the regular thing nowadays. Men go to wreck at thirty, few of them ever see forty except as Invalids; such s thing as an old man is becoming rare in the States. One goes into the cafes, lunoh rooms, restaurants, in any of the large cities, and sees intelligent-looking men shovelling heaps ol indigestible food into their systems, without enjoyment, snd with rather less mastication than is given by a dog to ill ration of raw meat. Then, off tbey go al if punned by a demon. This sort of thing must have very serioui results upon the nation. It ii already having ita f fleets upon ths intellect of the American people. In the earlier decades of tbe nineteenth century the United States gave promise of taking high place ln tbe domain of lettere and art but that promise hai not been fulfilled and doei not teem likely to be at the piesent time. The feverish hurry aud excitement in which so many American lives are lived are not' conducive to high thinking. Bible to find. Tim empire's battlil will then have tn be fought by the anaemic spectiei picked off the etreet! of tbe bloated cities; and-anaemia does not make for courage. As Fray el Bertus siyilnhla "Raphael", Counge is a matter ol the red corpuscle. It ia oxygen that makee evert- attack, and without oxygen in his bio d to back blm, a man attacks nothing—not even a pie, much less a blank c?uvoe," or a battery. < srwrfwe-^^^siwe^vj-wawi^^^ Several notable personages have been enquiring lately what Christ would do If he came upon earth and wae takin, for example, to Chicago, and treated io an examination of a modern newspaper'! methods. Bnt all of ub would like to know his opinion of the vicar In London, England, wbo recently announced "A Bible class on Monday for ladlee; and one on Tuesday for women.'* Ferbapr, though, It will be more tolerable on a certain occasion to be a a weary, red- knuckled woman, than . perfumed, exquisite lady; and either of them than (0 be that miserable prig of a vicar. HOMES H COMPLETE. * Everything In Btock is imported ef dlrc-et Iftim manufacture!!orraade ft ' 9 at our own factory. $ 40 tea's in our butineEs means !\\: When vlsitlnj VI itorli oJiiielri anil see our larce and modern catuujieh- ment and attraoilv* stuck—you will not ni'ed In buy. If you cannot come send ycur name nn a post iwrd nod we will mall you a catalogue—lice. fie* vierek WEILEK BRQbss. hati'.s wtis »r»sil"si#s*f*l»a«t»f!fl*e^ IMHWSi-raK^^ NOW IS T! ■HUH PRESSURE. Attention hai been drawn once more to the excessive strain imposed by the condltioni in nearly ell kindi oi business in the United States. It would appear that the United States is paying some- what dearly lor ita demand Ior this abnormal energy. The writer once had the privilege ol Interviewing Prolessor George Adam Smith, olCllaigow, juat alter hii return from a visit to the United States, snd he laid that the thing which impressed him moit wsi thi top ipeed st which sll classes ol that country seemed to be living, He told ol a great Iron menu lecturing firm which had aa manager s man 10 youthful In appearance that Professor Smith could icirceiy repress s respondent Ior several ol ths newspapers smile when he gated over the enormous There is nothing more refreshing than a good cup of Pure Tea. Try our new consignment of Pure Ceylon Tea It's just splendid and the price is only 35c. per lb., 31b. for $1.00. (Ask for a free sample.) Leiser & Hamburger DEPARTMENTAL STORE Esplsoatteand Oatacre Street, . • Ladysmith EDITORIAL NOTES. Naval authorities in England condemn the whole class ol vessel to which the unlucky Condor belonged. Tbey declare that the linn are too fine, end the super structure with the gum superimposed, make tbem topheavy. It il s pity thil waa not discovered befoie the Condor was allowed to teat tbe "hell ol waters1 off Cape Flattery in a winter gale. Wben our contemporary Nanalmo Free Press publiahii a whole column ol personal abuse ol the editor ol Tbe Leader, we marvel at the foolhardiness of the writer, whoso exceedingly interesting career In Vancouver aud White Hone would make decidedly aplcy reading for tho Nanaiin. public, who do not yet know what a treasure they are entertaining unawares. Bnt Tbe Leader is not after such small deer as tbe Free Press. When we find such evidence ef sheer illiteracy as the following, culled At random from the column "editorial" mentioned, we know that the challenge to a duel comes from no ono we would wisli to fight: " He (the editor of Tbe Leader} sees smoke going the wrong way, and it not .mined at the phenomena (tic); be throws (sic) an intellectual fit tile), and calls ita Bimilie; he attends banquets where tbo toasts get diuuk; (the File Press would eay "ths toast was drank.") Place your order for a spring suit with HcNichol, The High Street Tailor. New goods arriving. Finest patterns in Scotch £j and West of England tweeds, niertons, cloths, etc., | etc. Jjj Writing of Madame Nordica's recovery from a severe illness Nanaimo Free PresB characteristically remarks: "She now expect! to complete ber tower ol the north-weit without interruption." We hope that Nordics will have greater succoti with her "lower" than ibe Free Fran la baying with the English language in every Inue. Nice revelation lor th. Naniimo peo- pie that sbont the Nanslms Henld ■tiff buiy suppressing even a whisper of the disaster In Protection mine, snd at thi time time flooding the country with the yellowest kind ol deipifchei about the accident. Tbst il where The Leader got mostof its facts about thi disaster. Like ita great lord and muter, Mr. All. Smiff, the Herald hai 1 couple ol faces. More than one stranger from the United Kingdom hai made unpleasantly plain remarks upon what Ibey are pleased to call ths "appalling depravity in ipnch ud manners ol the Britiih Columbia youth," There it, It must be almittid, tar too much laxity; the languigeol the etreet corner youth ii certainly awlul and hii manners urgently require police and parental discipline, Modern iclence il finding Iti resources taxed in the attempt lo raise tbe fallen monolith at Stonehengs. English •nglneen, with sll their still snd appliances, And the problem a hard one to solve. Yet archaeologist! hive die. covered that thli hnge stone mult have bien erected by the Britoni ln the neolithic ege, Tbe brocu period, which wn abont 1600 B. C„ came long liter the neolithic; tbenlore the entlquity Htonebenge may ba Imagined. The unfortunate Free l'reit returns to the charge with thla feeble tehee: "The Ladyimith Liader humbly apologises, and promises "itrenuom effort! to breik off tbii degrading and dele, terloei habit"- ol incumbering iti oolumnt with mere political writing, Doei ihii aim a clewing ol the way lor mora editorial poetry? II so, we plead for tim. to get und.r •htltar." Why, ths Free Preit li slwsys under imsrsgnsbls shelter so long si It cirrlei tbs top ol Its cranium sround. Political economists ire becoming a- Isrmed at the Incriaalng ruth into tbe olllet. Meny predict tbst ths Urns II st hsnd when lurn laboreri will be Impost- A. C. Wilson, Florist, Funeral Wreathe, etc., Wedding Bouquet! tn every stylo. . Order, promptly attended to. -NANAIMO, B. 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C. ****i**+*+**************** ImmA* LADYSMITH LEADER AND WELLINGTON-EXTENSION NEWS, FEB " 1J \\H Y 19, 190*. The subject of hand separators formed tlie text of an Interesting nd- dress delivered at a recent meeting of tbe Canadian Dairymen's association by Professor H. H. Dean, one of the officials of the Ontario Agriculture college at Guelpb. After explaining tbe principles upon which the machine works Professor Dean went on to deal with tbe advantages of tbe separator and In this connection said: "One of the chief benefits of a hand separator in tbe private dairy Is that it Is a cleanser of milk. If you take what Is supposed to be clean milk and run It through a separator, you will be amazed at what will come out of the milk. This is un Important factor In favor of tbe uso of separators, as clean, pure cream means better butter. "A second advantage is that it enables the private dairyman to get more of this better class of cream and thus make more and better butter. A third gain to the fanner is that It gives him A better quality of sklmmilk," Bean* For Milk Cowa. tlcnns have not been much used for cow feed, but where they bavo been used they hnve appeared to give very excellent satisfaction. Tbey carry about 23 per cent of digestible protein, 50 per •cent of digestible carbohydrates and 1.4 per cent digestible fat Just bow much of these steamed beans could be fed without injuriously affecting the product Is perhaps a problem, but commencing In a moderate way one might Increase gradually until the daily allowance reached nearly or quite four pounds. Wo think it would be a good plan to mix some wheat bran with the beans. We do not think It ndvisable to get along with only sllogo for roughage. The cow seems to crave more or less dry forage In connection with silage or even with best pasturage. The Fitn-Amerlonn Teat, Guernseys won In butter production fit the six months' test nt the Pan- American exposition ln splto of tho fact that one of tho best cows was tick several days during the test Tho value of tbo butter churned of each breed during the six months of tho test wns as follows: Guernsey, $220; Jersey, $215; Ayrshire, $213; nolsteln, $103; Red Polled, $102; Brown Swiss, $177; French Cnnadlnn, $182; Shorthorn, $105; Polled Jersey, $101; Dutch Betted, $112. Alfalfa For Dairy Cowa. Alfalfa Is a profitable crop for Now Jersey dairymen to grow for soiling crops, says Now England Homestead. Five crops in a season hnve been cut at the New Jersey experiment station at I New Brunswick, where it Is preferred to bran,, as it can be grown nnd thus eaves tho money bran costs, whllo it Is 10 per cent richer ln protein. COLOR OF SHIRE HORSES. for Practical Purposes It Is of, Small Importation. Tho question of color in horses has for a long time past raised considerable discussion lu tho columns of the London Live Stock Journal, and many interesting letters and notes respecting it have appeared, writes a correspondent of that publication. In the majority oi cases, however, the chief point considered has been how to get rid of chestnuts, grays and roans, which appear to be tho more generally unfavorable colors. Many of the best and weightiest stallions we have had (speaking of tho earlier days of breeding) have been of these commonly unpopular colors, and latterly such colts as these, weighty and good, havo been castrated solely on account of their color, tho owner not realizing the folly of the thing until he sees his discarded colt selling as a gelding at 150 guineas or more. Then he exclaims, "I wish I bud never castrated him!" And well he may. It is no uncommon thing nowadays to see eolts of tho highest calibre being shelved becatiso they are chestnuts. "They won't buy a chestnut stallion," say those who are in the business. Surely with facts like those herein stated, and which cannot bo refuted, staring them in the face breeders will never bo so foolish as to continue to discard these fine horses on account of the shade of color that pervades the hair. This point goes only skin deep, but a well molded body, abundance of substance und muscle, quality and correctly formed joints, bottomed by BALANCED It should not be forgotten tn compounding a ration tbat the stomachs of different classes of animals vary ln relative size, says Hoard's Dairyman. The cow has very capacious receptacles for food, showing that she Is fitted to consume relatively more coarse fodder than other animals, and hence ln arranging her feed regard should be had both to bulk and tho proper distribution of tbo nutrients throughout the entlro mass. For example, twenty pounds of timothy bay or ten pounds of com will furnish practically equivalent amounts of nutriment, but the cow will not thrive oa corn nlone because of tho defectivo digestion consequent upon failure properly to distend her stomachs and subdivide the concentrated food. Those of us who belong to tho generation that went "through tho war" remember that "roughage" was quite ns essential as grain for tho continued well being and endurance of tho animals. The proscribed army ration for the horse contains practically an equal amount of roughage and grain; for the cow, under ordinary conditions, we think It best to havo about two-thirds cf tho dry matter In roughage and one- third In grain. When feeding heavily for rapid Increase ot weight or extra flow of milk, this proportion cannot bo maintained, but the roughage should not bo materially decreased. Ah Arerave Ration. After cows duo to freshen soon have had their calves wo should consider the following combination a very good nvcrngo rutlon for tho entlro herd, Including those which are to freshen lu tho spring. Of course such cows will need less food than those that have recently freshened, nnd ono must np- portion tho feed according to the ability of each cow to respond: Twenty pounds ot hay, fonr pounds ot bran and four pounds of buckwheat middlings. In tlie absence of buckwheat middlings use tbe same amount ot gluten feed or, what would bo still better, if tbe middlings cannot bo obtained In quantities to last all winter give day. Those that give more wlll need two pounds of each per day Instead of four pounds of either. nation For llolateln Grade*. Wo ihould suppose that nn average daily allowance for grade Uolstoin cows would bo about forty pounds ot q tho silage, ten pounds of tbo mixed bay, four pounds of tbo bran and three pounds of tho gluten food. This certainly ought to suffice for cowa giving less than twenty pounds of milk per day. Thoso that gtvo more will need perhaps an increased allowance ot W-l 'iM^Umimimmli SHIRE STALLION'. solid, big feet, go right to the pocket and will add hundreds to the value nf shire horses when proper discretion is exercised in keeping such colts as those here described for stallions, whatever their color may be. If wo had not hud Lincolnshire Lad IL, wo should not have had Harold, and without Harold where would tho greatest heavy homo the world knows to-day have been? It is to bo hoped that breeders will ponder over this matter aud not allow such absurd whims and fancies as tho color of the hair to make them castrate colts that in other respects combine almost every property that is required. Color for the park and for fancy purposes may have its way, but in tin; shire horse, an animal that is bred entirely for practical purposes to propel heavy weights In our streets und on our railways as well as on our farms, it ought not to weigh ono iota. My advice is, discard the idea at once and breed from the best animal, whatever may be his or her color. To do -otherwise would bo little bettor than running a race with one leg tied up. You lose half your abilities to perform the tusk. Soro Teats. Soro tents is rather vague; it may mean almost anything, as reference to tho definition of sore in a dictionary will show you, und an ointment that would bo good for soro teats arising from one cause Is not necessarily good for all. The term Is perhaps most frequently applied to chronic erythema, a dfsouse of the skin of the teats in which there are chaps or cracks, with ulcerations of a sluggish character,! It may occur under a variety of circumstances, but the trouble is mainly confined to newly calved animals. In cows with very delicate skins this disorder Ib very liable to develop, and is difficult to cure, owing to the necosslty for regular milking. Sometimes imperfect removal of tho milk on account of tho soreness of tho teats gives rise to a worse trouble in the shape uf mumuiitis and loss of one or more quarters. Wet milking, and leaving tho teats wet in cold weather, is a fertile cause of soreness. The proper thing to do is to treat each case ou its merits, but perhaps the most useful dressing to keep on hand for goneral purposes is camphor and elder ointment. Any chemist will supply you with such a compound, or it may bo made by mixing one- half ounce of finely-powdered camphor with four ounces ot elder ointment. Another useful dressing es. chilly when flies are troublesome, Is tho glycorlne and carbolic acid. In many cases it is necessary to draw oil tho milk by means of a teat tubot or syphon. A laxative doso, twelve to sixteen ounces, of Epson, salts, is useful ln cases erythema mammill arum.—- Farm and Home (Eng.) Sweeten that Sheds. Don't forgot or delay to give the sheep sheds ln and out a coat of hot llmewosh, adding to it carbolic acid to make it smell perceptibly. Largo sheds should havo the earth fionr turned over by a plow and then rolled, says American Sheep Brooder.. A sprinkling of fine plat* tor, such us Is often used aa a fertilizer nnd by plasterers for hard finish, will neutralize all odor and sweeten tho floor. Above all other things, fit up tho water troughs tn' good time and carry oft the waste so as to keep tho approaches to them dry nnd freo from ice, Tho Young Plga. Not too much corn tor young plga, oven ln winter. Skim milk, oats nnd peas ground, middlings, barley— these are good for tht growing pin** EARLY MATURITY. Prof. Thoss Sliaw, Formerly of Ontario O. A. C.t Tall! of Producing lnfluencea. The chief influences concerned in producing early maturity are, a careful selection of animals for breeding that have evidenced an aptitude for quick growth when young, furnishing plentiful supplies of suitable food, and breeding from animals at an early age. Selection has a very imv! portent bearing upon early maturity, especially whon supported by liberal supplies of suitable food. In this way advance is continually made j upon previous maturity, und when I thus made it may similarly be retained. In tlmo, it wlll become a habit of the system, so fixed, that I the tendency is regularly transmit- I ted. Tho difference in the tendency in individual animals to mature early is very marked, and should be i carefully noted by the person seeking to hasten maturity in his dock or herd. Especially is this true whon selecting breeding males. Furnishing plentiful and suitable food supplies is ono of the surest means of promoting early maturity. When food is thus supplied, a maximum of growth is secured from day to day and without any cessation in the same until maturity is reached. If the supply is insufficient, growth is proportionately retarded, and if mado up at all, must be mado up at a later period, that is, by prolonging the period of growth. Dut stagnation in development takes away the capacity for development, consequently the size of the animal may be materially lessened when matured. Breeding from animals at un early ago will unquestionably hasten maturity, and because of this, it has been recommended as a means to this end. But if used at al! for such an end |t should be used with great caution. If animals are mated while far short of maturity, the tendency of such mating is to reduce size and to weaken stamina, hence, any gain to maturity accruing from this source is of questionable ultimate advantage But when breeding dairy heifers, it may be proper to do so while they are yet quite immature, that in them the tendency to milk-giving may bo early developed, And when growing animals for meat, especially those that are being freely fed, if breeding were delayed until the animals were first matured they would probably breed less freely. When females produce young while quite immature, tho burden is put. upon them of completing their own growth and of maintaining their young, and this tends to lessen size. Tho better plan, therefore, is to avoid extremes when determining the age at which animals shall be bred. Great improvement has been effected In recent years iu the early maturing of meat-producing animals. The average age at which they nre now put upon the market bus been shortened nearly if not quite one-half. Less than half a century ugo the favorite age for marketing cattle was from three to five years; now it is one and one-half to two and one- half years when the cuttle are grown on arable farms. Wethers were formerly sold at two years ami upward; now they aro sold nt ono year and under. Swine wero marketed at 18 months, now they are marketed at nine months and short ot that age. It would not be auite correct to Bay that these respective classes of animals attain the average weights of those sold ln former years, but It is correct to say that they do attain far groater woights at similar ages, and that they may easily be made to attain these weights at the respective ages mentioned, to meet the favorlto requirements of the market.—Thomas Shaw, in American Agriculturist, Silver Laced Wyandottes. There Is room for a number of first class breeders of Stiver Laced Wyandottes, and for him who by study, patience and closo attention will breed some Silvers just a littlo bit better than any one else has success sure and quick. In this TYPICAL WYANDOTTE COOK. connection, however, lt may be said that good stock costs money and that there are no good Silver Wyandottes that can be bought cheap. Get the very best money can buy, and for a foundation rather start with a pair or trio ot well bred stock than six or u dozen or mora of whoso breeding qualities you know nothing. Vegetables Ont of Season. A man welt versed In horticultural lore tells the Farmers' Review that most of the fruits and vegetable* grown iu hot houses out of their season aro of exceedingly poor flavor, though they bring fancy prices on the markets. He says: Cucumbers thus grown have tho color of cucumbers and the shape ot cucumbers, but that Is all. The same is true of tomatoes, which havoHho 'ruddy cheeks of those grown In the open fields, but lacking almost entirely their flavor. Novertheless, the real test Is, from tho fruit grower's standpoint, what they will bring In tho market, and Judged by that test the growing of fruit out of season is to be encouraged. • The Farmer's Friend. The farmer has no better friend than his plow. Thou why put tt away rusty? \\ a km Ladysmitli, B. C. t This beautifully situated town offers exceptional advantages. Headquarters of the coal shipping industry of the Pacific Coast. It is the largest railway centre in British Columbia. Tyee Mining Company's smelter and reduction works to be erected here. First class water system, electric light and power plant about to be installed. Fine public school building now being erected. Every facility for manufacturers and all needing cheap power. Splendid openings for merchants and professional men. Keep Your Eye on Ladysmith LADYSMITH, 0. C, ..... i ■ . , ■. ■-*—--■'■■'■■'- * mmm 'kmmmm~m\\J&<- LADISMITH LEADER AND WELLINGTON-EXTF!.1 IffTi* -'SimTJARY 19, .WaW»Wi«*'i4lW«ts*'^'fc»>'&^^^ I The Cheapsi No Fire! No Smoke! No Wafer! We nre offering the Ladysmith public and nurroundlnga bigger reductions than have ever been oflerikl before, We are giving the stock atiiornii/h ont cleaning and everything must go at a big reduction, owirt* thai, wa need a 1 the room for our spring Ptock. Ktunember jjve r il*-r you all new goods right from the wholesale limisee. We believe rg< that Ladysmith is entitled to first We havo a large stock of Dry Goods, Boots "nui Sliooa, ■ Clocks, Jewelry, Etc. e s | Weinro | % General Store. 9. High St., Ladysmith extension Tunnel Sampson's Cash Stores, Nanaimo, B. C. When ia Nanaimo don't forget to call at J. Sampson's, Commercial street, and ie. the new line, in WALL PAPERS I i cm ****************** Mr. Wm. K. Leigkton, tbe manager ol tbe Nanaimo Opera Home went to Victoria on Monday, Mr. George Fletcher, ol Messrs Fletcher Bros,, Nanaimo, visited the camp oa Monday on business. Bs Burs to lee the Bido-splitting farce -'My wife's lecond floor." Oddfellowi Hell, Feb 19th. Dr, Telford, physician to Chemainus Qeaersl Hospital, has resigned hia position, owing to a difference witb the bond. Itpsysto get a good alarm clock. lately tbe lesding jeweler, First Avenue sails ao other, snd st reasonable prices. Mr. W. W. B, Mao Innes, M. P. L„ went down to Victolia on Monday's train to attend tbe session ol tbe Legie- utters, to meet on Thursday, WANTED to purchase on or below Fust Avenue, a fall lined lot. Address witb toll pirticulin ai to improvements or building!, eic., to X. Y, Z„ Leader office. HIIEEIt OF THE NIUIIT. i Bpirit benign that in these lonely wild! Bltteth la beauty ail supreme, thy smiles Lm'nina the shadows ol the raven night While on the river,. on the monntain height Their glory falls, irrsdisnt in loveliness, Bsthed in tbe sheen of moon snd cluat- Fancy Dress Carnival Ball and Supper To be held in Social Hall, Oddfellows' Building, Lidytmith, on Easter Tuesday, April ist. Ticket! to dsnee and mpper for lady snd gentleman, tl 50; single tickets, 11.00; spectators, 25c. No masks. Proceed! in aid of tbeOhurcb ot England building land, Ladyimith. DR. J. GRICE, DENTIST Johnston Block, • Nanaimo, B. 0. P. 0. Box, 37, Tel. 145. ring star. Far aa the eye essays, thy pre3enee fills Tbeee solitudes, aa from Iho falling rills Iridescent with thy tom!h,a.vcntcadences Fall on the ear ami on the waiting heart But our hnnginings from thesenpart Hear other uounda whoee varied utterance None may 'interpret, eave to human seuso They seem so full of dole, like the lament Of the 'frayed savige, (roaring o'er the dead). Now weird, now loud, the diapason swells As though in ev'ry caverned cliff there dwelt Beings whose habitance deep darkness owns. Twist mortal and immortal life they bide, Waking night's echoes with tbeir ruefel plaint. Anon, all lightly through the wooded aisles Through rocky canyons through the deep defiles The breeze as if intent on soft caress Intones a low refrain of tenderness. In briefest space what change! dumb silence reigns. AU sounds discordant hushed, tho pleasing strains With the last murmur of the gentle breezo Die in the dark remote; the giant trees, Sentinels o'er many a fairy eceno. All motionless, tbe falling waters seem Lulled to a monotone we hear from far. And over all fair spirit like a star Resplendent, tu thy beaming all divine Claiming a homage we may scarce define; All separate from fear and weak'ning dread That these grim solitudes might else invite. Thy brightness wanes not, tho' capricious night Oft with its dark'ning wing bliick shadows spread. SAM. CLAY. Ladysmith, B.C., Fdb, Mth, 1901 Tbo Country Faith. Here, in the country's heart, Where the grass is green, Life is tho same sweet l.f j As it e'er hath been. Trust in a God still lives, And the bell at morn Floats witb a thought uf God O'er the lining corn. God comes down in Ilia ruin. And the crop ltosvb tall — This is theconniry faith, And th-.' best of sill —Norman Gale. MISAPPLIED WORDS. Some Cxproa'fltons the lue of tVlilcli Should JB.« lloftmueil. "Extra" iu an abused word, reoplo say "extra good*' or "extra chenp" In order to Intensify "good" and "cheap." But "extra" lias no such force. So fur from Intensifying a given condition, It denies it by indicating Unit the thing so described Ilea outside the sphere or ^m mwmsm^t COPPER AND TINSMITH PLUMBER AND GASFITTER Heating'by Hot Water, Hot Air, Steam, Etc. Estimates given on all kinds of iron pipe work and sanitary plumbing. All work strictly first-class. E. ROLSTON, Hardware Merchant, - Ladysmith. B. C. quality named, Tims, "extra judicial'! does not menu more than ordlnurlly judicial, ns i hough n judge had dredged his conscience in giving au opinion, but outside of Judicial and therefore incapable of being Judged at all In the prescribed way. > A grievous fault Is the uso of "identify" in a phrase like this, "lie Is Identified with the antlvaccination movement." A man can only Identify himself with auother man or set of moil, lie can Identify hlnisi-lf with tbo opponents of vncclnatlou-nnd even hei'o the word carries a shade of meaning of Its own, distinguishing the phrase from such n one as "he Joined the opponents of vaccination." One should riot speak of "high" or "low" caliber; but, remembering tho meaning of "caliber," one should apply to It only such adjectives as "great" or "small." 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Subscribe Now. & Nanaimo Railway Tims Table No. 43s Trains]".™ Ladysmith louth-bonnd, dally st 0.10 a. m., and on Saturday, and Sundays nt 8,52 p. tn. » Trains leitvo Ladysmith north-bound, daily at 11.57 a, m„sndonBitnrdMi»nd Sundays nt 6,07 n.m, ^ Trains leave Lsdyimllh for Exteniion daily except Snnday at 0,00 s, m„ 2,00 aad 10 p.m„ and on Sundayi at 10 p.m. Excursion Rates to all Points, Good Saturday and Sunday Geo, L Courtney, - Traffic Manager"""@en, "Title changes in chronological order: Ladysmith Leader and Wellington-Extension News (1902-01-01 to 1902-06-18) ; Ladysmith Leader (1902-06-21 to 1902-12-31)"@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Ladysmith (B.C.)"@en, "Ladysmith"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Ladysmith_Leader_1902_02_19"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0353431"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "48.993333"@en ; geo:long "-123.815556"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Ladysmith : [publisher not identified]"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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