{eachers d Sawledgs % Rablech chers. are. without tha them each "| grant rh encourage | opatimentat 5 erage in Collegiate ~ Which is 851 higher {ha "average in High achogls is 00. an n- "crease of $42 over last 'year, The av- 'erage salary for men assistants is $1. 01, an D Jcrnge over last year of 868, rage"der women "assistants is oo, hy i higher than last .year by TECHNICAL TRAINING: "The grealer part-of this section of the report is taken up with the report 'ol the" inspector' of lechnieal cdueation and the report of the inspediar of con- "Hinuation classes." 'In regard 0 lechni- <a" raining, 'Mr. A.. H. Leake, the in- Spector, Says "The ros ot al; nature "study, and constructive work should do, and 'are doing, much 10 give a mare 'ractical trend to Pub- - 'hc school education, bub a curriculum © paper without efficient teachers is of 'little- value, - From observation 'and correspondence 1 am forced lo the con- clusion that -a "large number of our oo spondence regarding" acute, Fioultur: to Td firm] until were Lshed, and - their valve ion, or Ta give 10 the teachers: the know Jack only need fo be cons |g: estab: | LB ing, steps such as the 'following might | In Ths taken:--1. The issue gf bulletins by | ale centres | 4 » {The institution of small | la 1ib- raries containing (say) . iWenty- of the best hooks on these subjects, actcom- panied by a brief explanatory pomph: es 10 the present our aducations) system has concerned ilsell almost en- tirely with preparation. for college life and "the so-called "learned profi essions, and those who have neither the inclina- ton nor the opportunity to take up ei {ker have been neglected and not con- sidered fit subjects for educational ef. fort:" Every interest In the province de mands consideration and schools of the followin slatecs. are required:i--1. Ag-| 0 #:8¢hools or. classes.' 2. Teonioat. igh Schools -or classes: #. Commercial High Schools or classes, k Academic High Sehools." A number of recommendations are also made in' reference continuation classes requisite, it is claimed, "lo bridge the gulf belween the rural school and the Ontario Agricultural College." TURNKEY KNOCKED SENSELESS. VICTIM OF FLIY- FLAMMER, Desperate Attempt to Escape «from | Old Trick 'Was Worked at St. Cather Chatham Jail, ines 'Post-office. A despatch" from" Chatham says: | "A despatch from St. Catherines sdys Arthur Smith, of Knox, Penn., and Ed- {An unknown man on. Friday appeared win Baldwin, of Wainsfield, "Ohio, on | 84 the stamp "counter in the post-office Thursday made a desperate "attempt to | and asked Miss Ethel Haynes, stamp - break fall, by which the turnkey, Chris-| vendor, for change for a $20 bill, Miss topher Somerville, nearly Jost his life. Haynes said she had a tén and two fives, Both men were arrested on Tuesday, in| ond the siranger, posing as a one-armed Tilbury, a few miles west of here, for | man, the other hand being in his pocket, forgery and the uttering. of two forged asked her to put {hem in an envelope cheques for small amounts . on the|8nd seal it. This done, ihe stranger Sovereign Bank of Tilbury. They were | counted oui $19.75, and finding thal he arraigned _ before Judge Bell here on | Was shorl. 25,cents, handed Miss Haynes Wednesday; when they pleaded guilty back what "she thought was the same and were remanded for one week for envelope, while he went out to get the sentence. Early Thursday morning, | other quarter. On his not returning while the' turnkey was making his| ihe envelope' was found io contain ne- rounds, he: enfered their cell. He had laid the heavy lock on the floor while he undid another' fastening. One of the prisoners seized the lock and with it » slruck the turnkey a terriblé blow; on the = head, knocking him . senseless. Governor Davidson, hearing "the distur- bance, rushed in, and unarmed, wrested the lock from the assailants, at the same time calling for assislance. 'When. it arrived the men were easily transferred to safer quarters, The turnkey will re- cover. dain lipid MISSING WITH MILLION, German Bank - Manager Brings Ruin Upon Thousands. A' despatch from Berlin, - Germany, says : It 'developed thal last week's bank failure at Marienburg, due to the defalcation of the manager of the oon- cern, was more serious than at first re- ported. The losses are now said to total about L000 aie oupands of small depositors los savings many tradesmen. were ruined. It a ny on the Berlin Bourse during Thursday _ afternoon that a private bank at ces "had been affected apt causin wacimint 5; Wag Fine Sample. teh from Kenora says: rable excitement was aroused 8 or the thing but two sheets of blank paper. a drei CROPS IN: SASKATCHEWAN. Increase in Acreage of Every Cereal Sown--Comparative Figures, A despalch from Ottawa says: C. C. Castles, warehouse commissioner at Winnipeg, reports to the Department of Trade and Commerce that the acreage of grain" crops in Saskatchewan for the present season compared with the past is as follows :-- -. 1007. 1906.5. 53,565 70,005 768 The Incense 0 wheat is 13.07 per cent.; in oals, 19.42 'per cent; in barley, 15.87 per cent. in flax, 15.78 per cent; and in tz, "13. 41 per cent, = The n r of acres' sown in Mani- foba 'is as Tollows Wheat, 2,789,553; oals] 1.215506; barley, si970; flax, 25,915. finding of a fine sample of. gold. ig gurls on id 1 | ed '84.85; straight rollers, $4.10 {01 * Butler--Market is 'steady, arg heavy, and demand goo do" solids + Dairy prints 12) large and 12%c¢ for twins, in job ots. ne : Egp~tte to 17X%c per dozen, in case A ha 1081770 for' hand-picked and $1.50 to $1.55 for -Potatoes--Delawares, car lots op. track. here "Ontario, $1.10 Baled Ha 2815 lo $150 foe No. 1 [ime oly No. 2, $12.50. Straws-$7 7 do $7.2 or ion in ear oe on track here iin PROVISIONS: z Pi Dressed Hogs--Nominal. at $9.50 for' lightweights and $8.75 to $9 for ' heavies, farmers lots. Pork--Short, cut, $22. n 10 893 Jer bar- rel; mess, $21 10 $21.50, Smoked and Dry Salted Meats/--1/0 ong ciear bacon, 1ic fo '113c for tons cases; hams, medium and light, 15¥c fo 16¢; heavy, i to 15¢; backs, 163c to 17c; shoulders, : 10%c to 1g; Rr 113c; out of pickle, 1c less. Yah ame Lard--Steady; tierces," oF "ui, 123; pails, '12%c. ------ MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, July * 9.-10ats - are steady under fair demand, and: salés ©f Mani. tcba No, 2 while were made at: 493c, Ontario ;No. 2 at 48%c tor 49¢, No. 8 al 47%c 15 48c, and No, 'bal dex to 4% por bushel, ex store. Flour--Market -also. keeps firm. Choice wheat patents, $5.10 'to $5.20; seoonds, $4.50 10 $4.60; winter whedt Ag in bon. $E00- ae; exis, 41 Manitoba bran in' bags, $21; sho; $23 per ton; "Ontario bran $18.50 to $20; shorts; $22 to siraight grain, $30, to $32. ohetid Oats--Prices are steady at $2.95 ei per bag, and 'for cornmeal $1.45 to Baled Ro Srices show neo change, No, 1, $16 to. ay No. 2, 815-40 $15.50; clover, $13.50 to $14: 50 to $13 per ton in car lo Official 'quotations' for iter arer~ to 2034c; Onilario, 20c; dairy, 18c. - Receipts to-day were, 2 Townships, 20%c to: ion Quebec, 20s SE hocss--Ontario, 1134¢ 'to. i On hee, 11%c; townships, 1134c. pts lo-day were 26,638 large supply @ocounted for by the' ree ent holiday, "Weak tone of market was oontinued, In 'the egg were ab. 163¢c, 'and small lots 173g .-Barrelled Pofk~H - Canada 10. $1.90, 11 CHP. no roan year just aed hors crease of $i In five bovis 000. pishals' of grain were loaded on the Seaman 'Manchester Shipper at Montrea The. Pravincial Board: of Helin wil will alfemp}. to improve ihe sanitary condi tions in ¢ factories. fire of them condemned 10 den «Prof. Max Schuller, of { of Beriin, 4% dead, a martyr {oh ness in cancer research. * The Franch battleship. 'Hoche: caught ; at. Toulon on Saturday, and was | The annual report of the: snapector o gunk in pe po, prevent an Skpigsion. : lums adv! Hi "of 1 new on into, London's eustoms- .- DB, Hanna, General. Mani, of the Canadian Northern says, the crape of the west have. a Hope pearan The Dominion. Coal Compan, ail records on Saturday by shipping 20,000 ons of yd to the St. Lawrence}, of | 35,76737 over "June, 1906. Many Bricklayers' Hn 'Winnipeg have quit 'work, refusing to' accept fhe (com. France by heirs. of Catholics. 10 10 Trecovel | property hy ar Troms, of saying Masses pany broke Money Granted by Government for Jew a Ontario" Tudiclously: tered in "A desphlch from Rainy says: A {rain ee occurred 0 day night on the ave h six miles repst of heres : The i troin was 'No, 2 . bequeathed 10 'the - uth for dor 'the amg BUILDING NEW ALS. ie SL ve struck three catlle, track, -derailing ih Seat. {ch from * Tox Theos mi {mines ole the Nova. Scotia' Steel 50; : rhistake milled mouille; $24 to $28 per tony and | chain 'died suddenly at "The : slover ised, $12-1 breaking boxes, an extremely | promise offered by the niragions, Thomas ' Mooney, of Winnipeg, who Stabbed a man in a street brawl, was] Sa heed do ten years in the peniien- en; were Killed in the Sydney A. desph rial ae cars and Bruce' Smith, Jail Is ard aE returned : trom a tour of on jails 'in New parc; "and runner. Dr." Acland Oronhyatekha, son late Supreme Chief ef Ranger of he. TOF Pines," near pronto on Sunday mor ~One man was killed a several per sons' were injured Saturda, of the cable on the Point, N.Y. "Thework nupered by by the the: district with 'markek wholesale. is cH