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"It has cured me of all my HITTING THe SCHOOLS Ww HITNEY GOVERNMENT | ANDRURAL SCHOOL LAWS Legislation--Rural Sufferers--Other Readers Too | Sham Book Schools the Books Beside Dear Teacher dn B to supporters of Mr quent as they ask weve that they bave dope things for them in regard to the school hey have cut jprice into three parts, and now school I books cost only one-third of their for im sr price. How this correct / {Any one can astertain for himself, it 1s partially true in the case the { Ontario Readers only. 'Ihere are two of Readers in use in the but their price is not reduc this much-vaunted cut. Readers now principatiy schools, sell the same as first for 10c. and part se feond for 15e Now, what about oth jer books than the Readers? If wish to purchase a grammer, a ftary, an arithmetic or guy other { school nook, find the price the { snine a8 ever, Let us look at the great in the of { high school hooks the Reader has lbeen reduced irom Ge, to Hk I am sure that the government eserves credit for that. There is reduction ip any other the facts, meontro- vertible facts, which challenge contry- ldietion. Mere are the reductions ud the reduction ; The 4th Reader was I'he Jed Reader was now lie, "The 2nd Reader was , now Ye, The First Reader, part 2, was Ide, (now Ye the First now be hit the Whitney endeavoring they are ent i Nehool antford Expositor. | enthusiastic elo- reports, Whitney peapie to be cording Lwcome the marvellous pr We the joi books. 18 far of {other sets i schools, by Morang in our lever, part one cent | The used you his vou sweeping reductions price and not not jone of cent hese Ibhodk are only f0c., now 1be. Reader, part |, was 10¢ government are | te' obtain eredit to which not entitled, is appar any intelligently and with | the events | which quite one who has uninased mind, that led to this reduction, into loree last Septem government decided to readers, An. agreement was made the government and the publishers that the would give the latter two years to sel! lout their old stock gt the reduced rate before the government would duce the new Readers, "This was tuglly beneficial. The publishers would get a chance to dispose of their old stock, pnd the government would have 4 great election slogan, which, by telling a partial truth (someeimes worse than a he) might lead simple people to believe' that Whitney was, indeed, a public factor, The thoughtful reader easily see what cheap popularity it 18; and can judge for himself whether the intention was to mislead the ple or not. Now a words in 'regard to the Whitney school legislation. With few exceptions, the whole trend of that system, time will show to be inimical to the best interests of a sound, prae- tical education, calculated to do the reat: st good to the greatest num- to give the best possible to 'produce the highest pos- sills type of citizens What a fine pein, 7 Dr. Pyne pave 15 of his to grasp the idea that we are a democratic people, will not tolerate auto togyism, when he introduced in- school Lill the clause compel- rural school trustees to to followed came Fhe change the bet ween former ntro- mu- some Mr. bene- Can peo- ew bers and traning uiter ineapaeity and rat (0 his ling pay a to impose the same restriction villages. Rural school trustees justly resent and did next session In dealing might such class legislation, with such effect that the saw the clause repealed. with rural schools we give the government credit for one good clause, that which compels town- ship councils to pay to each school section the sum of $300, regardless of assessment. That, clause is just and 6 uitable, But here the justice ceases. We hear great boasting of how the goverment helps the yo'r shoe's. Here is a sample of it: Ii a section is able to pay its teacher $400, it will 2° a grant of $40. If it can pay £500 it is entitled to a grant of 880. Or if it pays $600, the (rant will be $120, tx, that forty per vent. on all paid £300. Who will eall that helping the poor schools? Should not ths wanker sections te helped, to en able' them to engage experfenced teachers ¥ And should not the experi nee and efficiency of the teacher o unt for something in the distribution of the rants ? There is one point more to which we wish to refer, namely, the ten: dency 40 pass pupils from one s-hool to another withont examination. Now children pass the entrance in some subjects on the srecommendation of the teacher. Next, with "Approved High Schools," whose pupi's need not submit to an examination, hut may pass fo the normal on the recommen- dation of the principal, we may soon have teachers who have never writ- ten at an examination, as a test, come oul as teachers. Examinations are not, now, fashion- able. T can't coneeive of a rensonal l= ohjeckion to any one who claims to posiess certain knowledge; giving in his own lantuage a written proof of his possession. Some, maintain it diceredite the teacher and doubts his honor. I '¢en ture to say no honest teacher objet: to his wark bei tested, cand that honorable, eapal principale want this responsibility foresd upon them. 80 over A Heavy Liability. London Advertiser. Loudon, with a population of 50.000 is asked to assume a liabifity to the hydroelectric' commision of $1,618, 120, payable within thirty y To ronto with a population of 375,060, assumes § liability of $1.997,100. The ratepayer in London shouldirs five times as heavy a responsibility as the Toronto man, having regard to the wealth and size of the two cities. Reel, Iron and Wine, "Our Own" vy bottles, 0c, at Wade's minimum salary, hut did not attempt | on | boards of trustees in cities, towns or | THINGS WOMEN DO That Show Her Physical Superiori- ty Over Men. It is still usual to think of women as something ntmitely foebler and this, in spite of the fact that che often towers head and shoul wear vessel ders above him, and can often him out at any game or sport which sie condescends to take him on It may be, as it is said to be, that it 15 a sign of a nation's decay when its women grow taller and stronger than its men. I this the case, then England must be on the downward grade. f On the stage the Gibson girl repre- the, modern ideal healthy wo- manhood, while in art same craving to eombine the perfec. tion of physical strength with the highest type of feminine beauty. The modern girl fences and jiu-jifsu; she ean hang on to a tra- sents down with a turn of her wrist; she spend gli day in the saddle, walk moors with a gun on her shoul sail a boat, drive in a motor play golf," temnis and hockey, can the der, race, and hair; she can dp everything a can do, and do it on less faod with less sleep. Certainly no man. could risks the average woman rubs in the mere matter of health andinot he- come. a confirmed invalid. Has any body ever yet met a man who would not get rheumatic fever if he were to sit in a transparent ohirt in a howl- ing wind * Does the man hreathe whe would not have an attack of pney- monia if he walked through a soak- ing field in " house shops and open work stockings ? Yet things every day * bit the worse, Not only does woman how her phy- sical superiority: over man hy living longer and doing more than he. bat also hy the way hears pain. Every tell you which where the cap pain is and in which she ig the stronger ex ity for enilurance concerned Information Gratis. American Machinist a rule, engineers but a frivolous class of casionally sheep are: anvthinge but oe across a hlack hes Recently o solemn-looking in dividual. strolled into the refrig room, and asked Mr. hearted second, to information about his engines, 'Why, cor tainly," said "those two brass knobs over called the jeremididlers, like a distorted mangle is the freezer, | Now the jeremididler called cause of its resemblance to a boiled | owl--is really generating electricity fla. | vored with red eurrants--vou under- | stand ? Wel), when we stir up the | conflicting elements with a brass poker] and an old clay pipe, the jeremididler | is connected with the freezer, and, ow ing to the ammonia extracted from the pipe mixing with the electricity, it freezes so coldPthat we have to find out the temperatore with a six foot thermometer andes" "My word" 'said thé questioner, "that's * wonderful 1" axl he walked olf. "Hear 'me kidding the old chap 7' said Mr. Guppy, with a wink, to the chief, who had been standing hy. "He's as green as a new cheese," "Yes. I've often thought =o. the chief quietly, "but he's the in specting engineer for the company, all the same." men; one comes rales Guppy, the light give him a litte and the thing so he- said i { To Be Distrusted. | Washington Siar Senator Tillman, at a banquet Washington, said, in a humorous de fence of outspoken and frank me | thods : | people who always me with mistrust. Those | lose their temper I sus- He who wears under 'abuse an angelic smile is apt to be a hyprociteg "An old South Carolina 'deacon once said to me with a chuckle : "Keep vo' tempa, soh. Don't yo' tquarrel with no angry pusson. A soft | answah am best. Hit's com- | 'manded an', furthermo', hit makes | 'em maddah'n anything else vo' could say.' > in | "These calm fill that neve pect. keep | lus Hard, Soft Or Bleeding. i No matter what kind or where locat- ed, the corn is promptly eured by Putnam's Corn Extractor; being pure ly vegetable it causes no pain antee with every use no other Guar bottle of Putnam's Experienced Gardener. From Puck, Suburbanite (to applicant for a Job)--"Do you know anything about gardening *" Applicant--"'Swre. 1 worked in a beer garden once." Many times you and I ery at so- called tribulations, when a smile and a word of cheer woud put them to rout. Sore Cracked Lips. Nothing will heal them as fast as Dr. Hamilton's Ointment. Rub it in three times a day--eracks heal-new tissue forms-- trouble i* all gone in a day. You'll find a thousand uses (Hor & healing ointment like Dr. Hamil- son's. Buy a S6c. hax. How a man does hate to he grate ful for an ifl-timed favor ! THE PEOPLE ALL In Chorus Cried, Give Us bro's Herpicide. This word of late has heen in every- one's mouth, and many are wonder ing what the word signifies, though no one has yet heen found who will deny that Newhro's Herpicide does the work. Well, for the information of thousands of people who like to know all about a good thing we would say that Herpicide means a destroyer, or Killer, of "Herpes." Now *'Herpes" is the family name of , disease caus ed by various vegetable parasites. A similar microbe eguses dandrall, tel ing sealp and falling hair: this is the microbe that Newiwo's Herpicide fy destroys, after Which. the grows. Sold byleading draggists, Send 10e. -- sample to The Herpicide New- than | men, to allude to her as the "weaker | In | we see the | learns | peze with her heels and knock a man | dance all night without turning a | man } ron the | women, do these | without' bing one | doctor and dentist will | of | Guppy | there are | { own English-speaking weople: that | of THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908. IT WAS A BABEL and Bible in North- West. M.A. Canadas" False us a, popular ory {watchword without {score by the made. a lo toar last sutump the rea northern parts of Manitoia, Sas.at chewan Aligerta, '1 found myser {now in bits of Russia, again | of Finland, bere in Poland abd asi "ia, there in Sweden, one day m Ger i man terntory, another mn { might have Leen mistaken for an an nex of Mormon Utah, You might 'ime | agine that Babel had been seatterad in | fragments gover new plains under wosgs fern skies. It is not an Apolo-Saxon { people and our own kindred that | meet in Rosthern, Dauphin and o hor regiops of the North-West, but glomerate of races from Eurgpe, The Foreigner By R. E ' anasda Welsh, ox Cannot he and sews, being laughed Az | over to facts, 4 ald in parts day what we a con Continental Futy languages, for | Spoken or read witinn the Dgmini wn of Canada. Seriptures in more than | Worty-line foreign tongues have pewa | asd tor in the Bigle in Win j Mpeg. About thirty of those urs na Live to the continent of Kurope, most of them spoken by the most ward and unenlightened races | Europe Gahcians, oles, Bukowinmans and other | garian races, along with allan, ete, example, arg house hatk of mid Bohemians, Austro Hun NL as andustrious | Scandinavians and Germaiks, | You see It focassed in the city. of { Winnipeg, which jis the hub of th, west, 'the buckle of the wheat belt, | the point to which these motley - j comery converge, and from { i 1 ! Kussians f ! new which they prawcwes and Some 2,000 Humigration night. 1 hei ate distributed over among mushroom towns people have slept in the shed in Winnipeg in one varied types of faces and their hetero geneous bay and baggage maple » Strange and appealing picture, What an opportunity offers jt Christian worker, which Methodists to seize, self here to the an opportunity are. amon: the first And here the Bible Society Hinds one of its best fields, & stand {for the sale of Seripturcs has | eon placed in the immigration hall, ani one of the Bible Society s ngents 4 | at work there every day séling Scrip | tures to the polyglot newcomers { many different Klioris made to ory { 48, arrival in Winnipes | the Seripture, in his | Other Bible-sellers at far | alielq Manitoba and Suskatehe wan, as well as New Outario ¢ Amongst | | in language are foreigner and offer mother-ton rue | being meet ev on are WOrg over the Galicians, who cover | , | large tracts of country in 8 Lehre wan, a movement now proceeding, nam . the spontaneous formation of the In dependent, Greek Church by the Pople themselves, The Reformation is silent hy now, amony thous ands of these settlers, They ure cast ig olf the controllin: hands of Rom aR priest and Greek patrigrel A number of young men belonging to this Independent Greek hurch ar being trained In the Manitoba Colloge in Winnipeg. They are ender tuit on by Mr. Sherbinin, a Russia nobleman, a gifted hinguist, and an enrnest Christian, who is in exile in Canada Une day 500 of these foreigners for Sook their harvest fields assemble/to hear Mp the gospel. | arranged he should take the Seripturcs in SHivonic, Ruthenian ainl Polish in his rig, he makes his circurt of 150 miles ground Yor#ton Everywhere 1 was unpressed by th forward march of the Christian by the in which keeping abreast the settlement the country. mainly to their most Interesting gio 18 gomg forward mn order Saitzeli preach with him that Bible Soc ety's as ches, way they of But it of 8 Oty churches the touched. The Doukhobors three bens of Hon miles hy through their their confident only th constitueney mimster, and Irn foreign heir 200 them country amd ale people aloo But, after hy villages," has of aCeupy in 5 (uare themselves ther clean dy that, hterate and sometimes their grit ous habits and religous simplicity will gradually enter their full hon tage Canadians brian dy element motley community, own simple of need at domestic ho seen being nursed, although at pres at il peryerse, they with terhing avd indisu nto as amd ol ryuhteousness nto he have ther hey Sunrise we and por the Bible 'by wil] to be further Ll make hne atid must Ser tions heart a only educated Cilio ns tid more ty our the Buty the foreign field has our homclamd task our evangelized to Ww. send, field ed send, do missionaries to forei om inva and hud a stupen dous and a splencid ty very doors missions must do the part of the work, and the bible Soc ety as the willing ally of euch and all of them. No of missionaries, howeser gHted, can possibly a fraction, of the mg tongues heard ig the North wou the Bible speaks them all, is to be had in every lun juage spoken throughout the As oie department of our Christisn work it our bounden duty to give polyglot foreigners the word of life in the languages known dear them. Yow is the day opportum at Churciws sand greater legion speak Bowmamaon. these is aod to of salvation for these cosmopoliten newcomers. Scou they will barn to cast off the re straints of old superstitions. While they are fresh and impredsionable he fore they sink into materialistic indi ferente, we must make haste to idve them the enlightening truth and he saving salt of the gospel. Mere pat- riotism demagnds jt; the Canady of to morrow depends upon the sssae. Chris tians know a higher patriotism and should be stirred by a SH mare pas sionate public spirit, enthesinsm for the empare of Christ. 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