the rest. Bach of these ten pictures represents some lively sport. Thotiest is basket-tnll-Sen If yu een guen, Prizes for Three Successful Replies. Address "Puzzle Editor" THE WHIG, Kingston, Ont. LOANED ON | ANY OLD TH! we) HERE LES THe PATRIOT, KOSCIUSK br TN "HE WASK) \ || A HIRO wr) no ! Tr GY PIPE DE WHISKERS N | | thods of | jects. For instance, | Having this long | things for | study books too much, i | on these for their conclusio to an | stated above, should be | serve | wards that--a grand beund But we build the adder by whith we From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round We rise by the things that are under our of By what we have mastered of good or Kain, By the pride deposed and the passion slain, And the vanquished ilis that we hourly mee --Dr. J. G. Holland So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near is God to man, : When Duty whispers low, "Thou must,' The youth replies, I can -- Emerson . . + In a thoughtful article in "The Far mer's Advocate," Prof mes W. Ro bertson, commissioner of agriculture and dairying, deals with the improve ment of the rural schools in Canada He suggests fhe introduction of a course in nature study, with manual training and domestic economy on either side of it I'hese three,' he says, "are not fads in any sense They are fundamental to the mainten | ance of civilization 'and the upward | progress of the individual and the race. We are part of Nature; life itself is sustained * by natural processes; therefore, a study of Nature is neces sary, We are the tool using, weapon: using, instrument using creatares on earth, and manual training makes for mental power through these agencies We seek to make comfortable, happy homes, and science and art in domes tic economy enlarge our ability to gain and enjoy that chiefest earthly | goal.' | Passing to particulars, Mr son gives us his idea of how the sub | ject of nature study should be taught, 'and his views are worthy of careful attention "Nuture study 1s not for the pur about Robert pose of acquiring information { soils, plants, animals and inorganic things, it is rather'a means of train ing the personal power of the pupil in to a condition of symmetry and ma turity, through a knowledge of and sympathy with those things acquired by doing something with them "Nature study would not crowd out any essential branch of learning from the common schools, but, on the other hand, it would stimulate an interest in all subjects as the pupil discovered their relationships to his daily hie and the world about him Lhe improve ment in the school course is to be minde not so much by a change of curriculum as by a change in the me treating the various sub let a pupil plant {ten grains of wheat an a row, | ten grains of Indian corn in another row, ten seeds of potatoes mn another row, and ten seeds of clover in an other row. Let him pull up one plant of each row every week and find out for himself, under the guidance of a competent teacher, what bad happen ed in the weantime. Further, as far as he was able, let hin make draw ings of the plot of ground and of the plant, and a written statement of the progress and growth as he was able to observe it from week to week. If then his lessons in reading and in grithme tic should have a direct bearing upon this Nature study work, would not such a course give an intelligent boy or girl a grea amount of exceedingly valuable education 7" «a + a It seems to me that there is no other study as important and neces sary in the schools--and especially the country schools--as Nature study. It is pre-eminently the study of our en vironments--of the g which the individual forms but an in significant part. A well trained mind is the ultimate goal of all education onclu arises the en eat .whole of established sion before .us, there quiry : How best can we develop a well-trained mind ? Is it not by train ing the child to observe, to see. things for himseli, and to relate them He should know that 'every part of Na ture is inseparably related to eyery other part. As the child begins to se himself, and to note elation, self confidence will he estal ished. © Without confidence in himself no individual can rise to the sure of his being Children have full mea been encouraged to and to rely unwarranted extent. It ic not books { they should study- but thi thi {text book should be only id a | means toward an end The child, as | taught to ob things for himself. We have sot before us a high ideal, and striven to and ennobling About Drainage You know the deadly consequences if a house is badly drained. Oaly a madman or a criminal would him- self incur the risk, or subject Sthers to it, for one unnecessary minute. But do you realize the danger of a yg st body} pe Are you aware that it Poitom) y blood, the very fountain of Constipation is Bad IRON-OX TABLETS CURE CONSTIPATION Twenty.five Adult Doses 23 Cents Po e0o: prt Se 000d4 atks. by he Wayside FOR THE WHIG. : 1 ; By a Farmer' s Son. J SPPPIIE PEI HDI IPPTEPIPOPPO0 + é Heaven is not reached by a sioglef thing in itself--but we have overlook- - led the real. The I wild cannot under- stand the ideal world, and he can un- derstand the real latter is of ab- sorbing interest to lim and he is al- ways eager to learn more concerning it. Let us then, following the true process of education, assist him in this ' natural inclination, and belp to lead him from the known to the unknown by consecutive and well ordered steps. Just here is where the great ad- vantage and importance of nature study comes in. In the following pdra graph Charles E. Barr, of Albion Col- lege, Albion, Michigan, has clearly set forth the objects of Nature study : "Ibe objects of Nature study," he rays, "are to link school life of the child to his ious experience; to develop and per his powers of observation; to lead him to question ytelligently from the thing he sees to the causes that produced it, and which he cannot see; to realize the interdepen dence of natural phenomena and hence their essential on: to bring him to place himself in proper relation to his entironment and to recognize him sell as but one small part of a great and closely knit whol from' this fo lead him to an appreciation of mutual helpfulness and to regard his own interest not as an «nd to be advanced but the common "interest as para mount, his own to be secured only as he subordinates his place; to lead him to altruism, to morality and thence on to God. This is a lofty aim, and the claim ;may seem o'er bold." ' -- . . . -. It is a failure of modern education that the object which it aims at is not to mahe us ge and wise, but learned; in this it has succeeded. It has not taught us to follow and em brace virtue and prudence, but it has imprinted on our minds the deriva- tion ard etymology of these words, We know how to line virtue; we know not how t¢ it Ii we do not know what prudence is in its real sence, and by experience, we are, at all events, able to spell and pro- nounce it . . . Artistic educatior hether by the direct teaching 1 develops the power of creation or by the indirect influence of sarroundings, which im prove the taste and et nnoble life, is not a luxury and should never be so re garded Luxury pawpers the body, art gladdens the il luxury seeks for dainty food and soft raiment, art ceks for the beauty which ennobles the mind and upliits the heart; luxury weakens the powers, art, on the other hand, strengthens them; luxury de bases the ideal life, art inspires and axalts then © ss ww John B. Go ance writer, land town le the famous temper once in a New kng ring, and aiter pictur ing the tavern as a place of contami nation, even for the abstainer, asked : "Don't . you all agree with me, friends," that there is no place a man should go, and of which he should tell his mother and sisters, unless he hem there, too ? Should such place ?"' might take there be an "Oh, y+ came drawlingly from a rear seat The audience was aroused from its ration for the orator and turned to look at the man in the rear. Gough smiled as though he thought no discussion possible, and blandly asked "Where, iriend, spell of ad would you go, tell ing mother and sisters, but refusing to take them ?"' "The barber's," was the laconic re ply A few days ago 'Old Probs," To ronto, sa he Brockville Recorder gave ; very interesting infor mation Canada's climate. Toronto 550 miles further south than lL. n, Eng., he said. A large ptetion of Ontario was as far south as the south of Irance, Northern Spain or Italy, and the southern part Gi Ontarie vas further south than Rome No section of Canada's great Manitoba was as iar as Scotland. There was a won: variation of climate in Can- wheat belt in ly," ranging from the health resorts of the Pacific to the intense cold of the hlondyvke. The whole of Canada, with the exception of near the coast in British with more Columbia, was favored unshine than any portion ol Great Britain, Germany, Holland or Northern France. Nearly all parts ion had an annual per- of the Do of forty degrees, and a tage of fifty-three and wreas it was onlv in the thern parts of England 'that wnnual percentage of thirty was reached, and the sum vhile in a few instances were more generally be tv tive and forty-five Mr smbatted the idea that the climate of any 'part of our country is uch an idea is fallacious nates do change, the change iable in the lifetime of « comparable, rather than Stupart man 1 logical hange Without doubt there are marked variations irom year to year. and also for terms of vears, but the erage temperature of the coming ntury will, he feels confident, not from the last; and precisely the be said of rainfall as of temperat Keeping Tab By Electricity. I'he Washington postal authorities are experimenting with a mail box, which will keep tab on collections I'he boxés will be arranged on a re gular route and numbered. Fach will be connected by a wire with an elec tric announciator board in the main office, and as the collector opens the box a bell will ring and an index on the board will tell that the box is open. If the collector fails to open a box there is a wire which prevents his opening the next box in the series Hard or soft corns cured with three applications of Peck's Corn Salve, 15¢. HON. T. E. H. McHENRY, Esq, HON. T. MAYNE DALY, K.C WM. JOHNSTON, Esq., of Wm. HUGH R. CAM N, Esq, Real COM. J. U. GREGORY, CHAS. P. LAKE, Treasurer, BANK OF MONTREAL, MACDONNELL & BOLAND, HARRY VIGEON, owners in addition duce wheat at the lowest cost. acres above mentioned, This is Dividends of 15 per cent. per vear, The full amount of 85.00 per share vhares allotted. Application changes in due course. MONEY THE MUSICAL PICTURES. -- The Puzzles Were (Guessed By Whig Readers. The answers to the musical puzzle pictures of Saturday, 2lIst, were Bagpipe, cello, flute, lute, violin, lyre, mandolin, guitar, cymbals, pipe-or gan. The successful responses came from : IT. M. Asselstine, Yth received; Dorothy Hooper, 26th; Marv New- bery, 27th; Barrett Fralick, 29th; A. Petrie, 35th; Stacey Daly, 41st; MH Saunders, 42nd; Florence Murray: 44th; Edna McWaters, 46th; Rose Burke, 47th; S. E. Renton, 30th; James Atkins, 52nd; Myrtle Woods, Tamworth, 53rd. Fhe pictures in this issue represent sports. There will be two prizes for city answers and one for out-of-town readers. Do not cut out the pictures to sewd in; preserve them at home The Whig will not continue this ser- jes long as it has inaugtrated a new series of old fashioned word puzzles, riddles and guesses. This department will be regularly sustained and mo- dest prizes given. It is not a waste ful but an unproving occupation. An- other fot will appedr next Monday evening Qualities For A Nation. "Of course, no one quality makes a good citizen, and no one quality" will save a nation. But there are certain great qualities, for the lack of which no amount of -intellectual brilliancy, or of material prosperity, or of easi ness of life can= atone, and which show decadence and corruption in the nation just as much if they are pro duced by selfishness and coldness and ease loving laziness 'among compara tively poor people as if they are pro duced by vicious or frivolous luxury in the rich. 1f the men of the nation are not anxious to work in many dif ferent ways, with all their might and strength, and ready and able to fight at need, and anxious to be fathers of families, and u the women do not re cognize that the greatest thing for any: woman is to be a good wile an mother, why, that nation has cause to be alarmed about its future President Roosevelt, 'Regular Practitioner -- No Re- sult." Mrs. Annie C. Chestnut, of Whitby was for months a rheumatic victim but South American Rheumatic *Cure changed the song from "despair" to "joy." She says: "l suffered untold misery from rheumatism--doctors' me dicine did me no good---two bottles of South American Rheumatic Cure cur ed me--relief two hours after the first J. RICHARD BROWNE, CHASE CASGRAIN, KC. BP. ......... ...... Chief Engineer Canadian Pacific Railway. , Ex Minister of the Interior, J Two representative English Director Montreal, Can. WM. H. Montreal, Can. T F.CA, Imperial Bank Building, to store its entire production, thus enabling time. The market for wheat is unlimited The Company also has an option 0 n 10,000 additional acres of the sam the propert y being located seven miles from the Canadian Pacific Railway, elevators are ready to receive the pro duct. an investment that will enhance in value as time goes by, but the increased value of the Company's lands from year to year it is estimated, can be paid semi ann ually, will be ac or used to purchse new wheat each year. Outside of the amount paid in dividends, the surplus earnings di¥ided among the shareholders as ex tra dividen is, ployed as may be hereafter determined Send for the illustrated prospectus ani maps of the company's property, SUBSCRIPTION TERMS must accompany the order. The right is reserved to allot a smaller number of shaees than the amount subscribed for. MAY BE SENT BY POST OFFICE ORDER, EXPRESS, Address all communications, including applicative} forshares, to The Trusts and Guarantee Co, Limited 14, 'King Street West, Toronte, ont. 1 | | dose." Sold by Henry 'Wade and H. B. Taylor.--50 limited number of CAPITAL DIRECTORS Esq., Capitalist, President Canada. . . ohnston &, Co, Estate Liuple ment Dealers ot of the. Department of Morine and Fisheries rs will be selected by the subscribers to he stock in England at the close of this subscription JOLLY, Su BANKERS PARR'S BANK, SOLICITORS oronto, Can. AUDITORS Toronto, Ont CHANTREY, This Company has secured 10,000 acres of the choicest wheat lands in A « to cash, 60,000 shares of its Capital Stock, for which the owners are completely equipping the property with all .the necessary buildings, steam plows, steam threshers, drills, wag thing necessary 'to operate the said 10,000 acres. The Company's property will always be equipped with all the latest im proved It is the intention of the Company to have its them to take advantage of the DIVIDENDS in which event the balance of the v For Infants, Invalids, Nearly 80 Years' E BARNARDO says : DR. Wholesale Agents: WILLIAMS & NEVILLE, CHANTREY & CO. PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY highest market REGIST E GOLD MEDAL AWARDED, WOMAN'S EXHIBITION, LONDON, 1960. | Veaoes ood satisfactory." Manufacturers: JOSIAH R. NEAVE & CO., FORDINGBRIDGE, THE LYMAN BROS. &Co., Ltd., Toronto & Montreal: Subscriptions will now be received for the balance of tp, 50,000 SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE BRITISH-CANADIAN WHEAT RAISING CO., 1 (INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO). AT PAR VALUE OF $5 EACH. $1,000,000 DIVIDED INTO 200,000 SHARES AT $5 EACH. 140,000 Shares of which are owned by the Company. Montreal, Can + + . Montreal, Can Montreal, Ca: Winnipeg, Can Yo . +. Winnipeg, Can . Winnipeg, Cdn Quebec, Can wrintendent, Winnipeg, Can Londdn, Eng. London, Eng. London, Eng siniboia, Canada, having paid t fences, and ¢ ons, tools, machinery to own elevator, of capacity suff prices from time necessary » character of wheat land as the 10.0 where il not o nly from the large production of wheat December cumulated, = ritory; Ist and June lst of and will either or be otherwise e pd which will be mailed free on request noney will be returned with the will be made for a settlement of these shares on the London, Montreal and Toronto Stock Ex- RED LETTER, OR BY CHEQUE. And The Aged. stablished Reputation. ENGLANI ESTABLISHED 1890. W. F. DEVER & C0, PHONE MAIN 4303 - STOCK AND BOND BROKER, 19 Wellington Street East, Toronto. MAIN OFFICES--47 Broadway, N ew York ; 60 State Strest, Bostoe STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN Bought and Sold fo Particular attention given to ters mailed daily (4 p.m.) on app lication. THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. EPPYS COCOAT An admirable food with all ts natural qualities intact, fitted to build up and main- tain robust health, and to re- sist winter's extreme cold. Sold in one-quarter pound tins, labelled JAMES EPPS & CO., Limited, Hommopa- He Chemists, London, Eng- and EPPS'S COCOA GIVING STRENGTH AND VIGOUR. r Cash or on Margin. Canadian Securities. Market let Correspondence invited: i Ce » We might fased in on ouldn't you too Tos oid the (® if sh MARBELIZED WOOD and IRON MANTLE CLOé Ck We think you would, so us show them to you < SMITH BROS, *"5yici ned wi " Eyes carefully aXar » = Frame properly fitted & ®) paired 3 Roar sAarsfersraxsrearary Gb a i To ta, and how, lege; ~Chita, a