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Shoes at low Prices 100»..- One mile South of Williamoford. Good buildings. good nail, aprin crook. oflorod at. “up Owner in out. and bound to all. 11):: m near Bontinck P._ O. 6 OQOOOOOOQOQQOQOOQOQQ00000O 000OOQOOOOQOQQQOOOOQQOOOOQ ' " râ€"vâ€" v Fair buildingâ€"I. good mm. price and my “111).. 130 W Normsnby. naar Bump- den. Good buildings. a fine stock farm. Somebody will match this bar. gain quickly, why not. you? 00.090009909000900.0000QQO9000009 0.9090090990009000. Many other farms. kinda. for a]. cheap. . 9909994 -No. I Family and Pure Manitoba Flours Fine Salt. Farmers Produce Wanted . 0000000000000000000000000 ”00000000000000000000000 9 00000‘ "60“ wish to SELL, BORROW or INS RE it. will PAY you to no me. If you have MONEY to invest. or debts to COLLECT you should con- sult me. ‘3 year’s expel-lame and knowledge of the locality. counts fm- something. Do business With me and get the bane. fit. of it. ll.ll. MILLER, Hanover Come to the Big Shoe Store Repairing promptly attended to. Don’t fail when in town to call in and inspect. our large utock of Foo¢wear, as we have a new stock of Fall Goods coming in. We are offer- ing a. full line of Ladiea’, Men’s and Children’s Oxfords and Pumps at very low prices So now don’t miss getting your- self a pair of the latest in low shoes for midsummer wear, at the lowest possible price. And where is the place to get them? At the Big Shoe Store, near the bridge. For Flour Feed Seed Fresh Groceries New Fruit and Nuts Choice Confectionery Pure Spices and Vinegars THOS. MCGRATH of all size- and TERMSâ€"CASH or EGGS. x, very low ”§§§§”N§§§§NWQN§§O 0 0‘.“ s“mm0 SIXTY ENGINEERS AFTER VA- CAN T WINDSOR POST. Windsor, Oct. 17.-The city is lookinc for a chief engineer for its waterworks plant to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. McConnell. The 40b pays 01, 200 per year, and although the position was only vacant a few daysp more than 60 applications al- ready had been received. Sick headache is caused by a Ilsordered stomach. Take Cham- berlain’s Tablets and correct that and the headaches will disappear. for sale by all dealers. and all Household Punishing: New Stock just. arrived and will be sold at the lowest living profit. Undertaking receive: special nttention UNDERTAKING FURNITURE EDWARD KRESS AND Near the Bridge "“R'wnm '" 0"" PUB- .Emnmzzms $32933; LIC SCHOOLS see thin I. Nature in “the coun- . ‘ - trty,in etown, and eve-mtne} ‘ci y lies before our children.'and ! , ‘3 ad at the South 0! I not our children only, as a great ' 'A Paper c O! unnoticed and unopened book. 3 Teachers’ institute in Dudalk, on Just a few weeks ago I sent my ‘ Thursday. OWN? 17th. by m fiupils'of the third class, who had . . - . ved on the turn all their lives. ? Elizabeth 3mm. ' 'to find out how a cow gets grass ‘ ‘into its mouth. One told me that I do not intend dealing exten- “she hit it with her teeth.” lively with the subject 0} agri-Q Instruction in Agriculture may! ‘aculture as so much of 1nterest|be very limited in our Public. finial“: be said on the diflerent de- jchoom, but if epough i9. Fake“ I do not intend dealing exten- 'sively with the subject of agri- l:culture as so much 0! interest {hight be said on the different de- ; 'partments of agriculture and on‘ the various means that might be used to increase the interest taken in.it by the pupils of our public ,' schools. "o-Vvu-vu The question is often asked,‘ “Should agriculture have a place on' our curriculum ?” Why not? Do not ninety per cent. of our child- ren of rural schools spend the re- mainder of their lives on the farm? Then why not give them as much knowledge as possible of soils. grains, grasses, roots, weeds, etc.. with which they will have to contend? The children of to-day will have to learn the newer ideas as old methods and .zpaternal trad- the strugglewhich has to be car- ried on, not only in our own land but with foreign trade as well. Some say we have our agricul- tural colleges for the teaching of agriculture. Why not leave them their own work? We have our colleges and they are doing good work, too, but at what age are the boys allowed to enter those colleges? At eighteen! What of all the bo s who at that age can- not atten college for any of the countless reasons? Thus we see that those colleges touch only very few of the youth of our country. 61'8 We say our Public school cur- riculum'. is over-crowded now. I! it is I shall not discuss that here. What shall we omit? A subject that would aid ninety 'per cent. of our boys and girls in their life- work. - Many persons say that some in- struction in agriculture should be given to 'pupils in the rural schools, as they are likely to be the future farmers. They do not deem it wise, how- ever, to give any agricultural teaching to pupils in the town or city, as they more frequentl en- ter professional pursuits, an this subject would be of little interest to them. Would city children not be interested in where and how their food is obtained? Would such a stud not increase their respect for t e farmers, as well as aid them intellectually? I believe it should be taught in both urban and rural schools. We often hear it said, and truth- fully said, too, that many of our brightest boys and girls are leav- ing the farm and going to the city that they might earn a livelihood without so much manual labor. Why do they go? Is it possible that they see nothing but drud- gery on the farm? If such is the case, we teachers of Ontario should teach agriculture in our Public schools in such a way as to arouse the interest of our boys and girls in the farm, and show them “how to :make their heads save their heels,” and thus lessen the drudgery. “Farm life,” it is said, “is one of the most inter- esting, if not the most interest- ing life_in‘ the world.”_ But what can we teach the Pub- lic school pupils about agriculture to arouse in them this interest? We cannot “run a farm” in connection with the school. No! but we are now getting school gardens where each child has a small 'plot, and “runs his own little farm” doing all the work himself. Most of the outside work can be done out of school hours. This work will develop their powers of observation, awaken the spirit of investigation, in- crease their love of beauty and give practical work in mathemat- ics and art. By measuring, 'planâ€" niag, etc., the child who works his own garden will have a more deiin'tc idea bf the other sub- jects. He knows more about a foot. a yard, a square foot, 3 square yard than he could ever obtain in the school-house with the black-board and ruler, We all cannot convince the peo- ple of the need of a school gar- den, so must -try some other means. We can introduce into our school instruction the science of agriculture at least, and leave the “home” to look after the gractical part. Now what does the cicnce of Agriculture include? First. we have the air and soil, introducing us to chemistry, geol- ogy and physics. The study of plants brings in botany, and is closely followed by entomology. The study of animals calls for simple principles of zoology. anat- omy and physiology: and ‘oacter- iology comes when we study d18- eases of plants and animals and the making of butter and cheese. Thus we find the Science of Ag- riculture is only an introductlon to the natural sciences which we find in our High schools and Colleges. We would not need .to teach or even know all the prin- ciples of these sciences in order to teach agriculture- The history of a rain of wheat, of a turnip, of a ean, of a pig or COWâ€"if properly treated, introducing a little chemistry, physics, botany. entomology, etc., as is needed for for understanding the develop- ment, is all the elementary scxen‘ce that would be needed for the teaching of agriculture in our Public schools. l Some teachers say “I cannot teach agriculture, I do not know it myself.” It you have not sui- 'ticient knowledge of the subject to start the pupils in that line of thought, why not begin now and acquire it? But I believe there are few, very few, Public school teachers in Ontario, who do not know a great deal more of this subject than would be necessary for most of the work which would They would.rather study some wuuulu, II“. 5. v..- "u" - wâ€"v" to arouse in our boy! and girls a taste for agricultural study and inventigation and a . respect for their work, a most important end of their education has been ob- tained. Many objections have been raised against attempting to teach agriculture in our schools. We have dealt with some of tnese already. We say we cannot teach them to “farm.” W“? afrehot ex- V v â€"vâ€"-v already. We say we cannot teach them to “farm.” We are not ex- pected to do so. That can come only by practice. We are to take up more the “why” than the “how” of agriculture, and thus save many useless and costly ex- periments. ‘ [If 1116, "VHS“ -“U-0vâ€" H , _ deep works in literature, or work some interesting problem in mathematics. The listless boy in school is often very ,active out. doors; the truapt is often a I!‘-..â€" ‘DAII*,A‘â€" However, we do not deem it wise to introduce into our Public schools as separate subjects all those sciences which are intro- duced in the science of agriculture. We must, as far as possible, avoid scientific terms, which would only frighten the child. At first, the instruction might take the form of “talks”. Mention some common things on the farm and give the child a few days to observe be- fore again talking about them. Some teachers give a list of questions which can only be ans- wered by observation. ‘uv---v wered 3y observation. place in these through the action of the weather, and the various operations of draining, plowing, and cultivating; the sprouting of lationship to one another and animal life; the production, . animals, of beef, wool and milk: the making of butter and cheese: insects, and their relations to plant and animal life; the diseases of plants: the part played by birds and. bees in the production of foods: trees, and their rela- ‘ ----- mm” all tion to farm economy: all these might be taken up in sucn a was as to avoid many selentifxc terms. Would such a study of agricul- ture be of any value to the child? 1. His work at school and his work at home would go hand in hand the pupils would get the “science” at home, and the “practice” at home, and progress would be made more easily in both. ' 2. The drudgery of farm work would disappear, and the children would enioy working among living animals and plants. Farm-life would thus become more attract- ive and fewer would be lured to the city. where the occupations are already oyercrowded. ,____-I Anm,m11n;fi0fl 3 People in rural communities would become contented and more prosperous and this would solve the social problem in many local- ities 4. We have already pointed out sciences of our High schools and Colleges, if this more advanced education can be obtained. 5. The knowledge gained in school would be carried home, for where is the boy or girl who is not proud to be able to show father or mother some useful thing which might have taken . them discover for themselves. 6. But perhaps the greatest benefit to be derived would be to set the boys and girls thinking for themselves. Not only would these lessons raise _ ple to a higher plane of reading and studying, but i a beneficial effect on the parents as well. as, for instance, the pupil gets some ideas as to the action of weather on the cultivated soil. He talks about these ideas when he goes home, and this leads the parent to enquire more deeply into the “why” of the various opera- tions. As these questions would be discussed throughout the sec- tion. a better social condition Would result. In the agricultural papers of Ontario fifty years ago, strong pleas were made for agricultural instruction in our Public schools. Perhaps it was well to let our Agricultural Colleges and experi- mental stations be well established first We are now about to take our first steps in the “New Edu- cation ” as it is called by some. May they be prosperous. WILL CREMATE ALL UNCLAIM- ED BODIES. The governors of the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge at Montreal have decided hereaf- ter to cremate the unclaimed bodies of all inmates. Miss Clinton has returned from Vinitin friends at Collingwood and 0t er points. Mrs '1‘. E. Aikenhead, of Toron- to is spending a few days with her mother and sister. Rev. Mr. McLaren has been . at Brantford for a week, attendxng the annual convention of the Bap- ti “t churches of Ontario and Que- bee. Mr MtLaren’s pulp it was sup- lied here on Sunday (fl Rev. J. tafioxd. who preache a very interesting sermon. Mrs. J C .Wilson, of Hanover, visite'i last week with Mrs. Mc- Tavish here, and friends at Rock Mills. where she (ormerly lived. _ er. Robert Meldrum has rented hi9 {mm on the 4th line to Mr. J. Wilkinson, who will move trom *he old Frank Thompson farm at Portlaw. Mrs J. M .Duncan moved on Fri- day from Saugeen Junction to Mrs. VanDusen’s residence here. The Women’s Institute had a Fowl Supper at the home of the treasurer, Mrs. Ed. Best, on Fri- day evening last. The supper was a social event for the members and their husbands, and consequently no fee was charged. Notwith- standing the rainstorm there was a good turnout, and a pleasant time sp_ent. 7 Mr: Wiii Crossley is home from Toronto on' two weeks’ holid_ay. w-Dâ€"v â€"r'â€"vv Mrs. S. 'edlar has improved her village property very much bv a neat Wire fence erected in from}. Mr. George Binnie had a fine granite monument erected in the cemeter last week to the memory of his aughter, Ida, who passed away a few months ago. -4-- While Mr. and Mrs .Jos. Clinton were absent from their home one evening last week, their residence was broken into and about $62.50, which happened to be left in the house, was stolen by the mis- creant. LONDON, ENG" OFFICE Baal Bldgsâ€"Prim: .9. Mr. Ellis, a commercial travel- ler, who uses an automobile in his work, was comin on the east gravel road to t e village one day last week, when something went wrong with his mahince, and it plunged to one side of the road, demolishing a couple of panels of fence. Fortunately not much dam- a e was done to the machine. and r. Ellis escaped injury, but a lad picked up on the road, who was enjoying his first auto thrill, got a shaking up by a severe toss over the windshield. After picking himself up, his language was more expressiye than chaste, res )ecting the pesky thing that woul handle a fellow After picking himself UP: ms i The gourds when ripe are pick- language was more expressn'e Veda all the imperfect ones thrown than chaste, resgecting the pesky ‘30“. and then the stem of the thing that woul th handle a fellow :calabash cut off at about the proa- "r1126 anniversary services in the iper length, for a pipe. 1“" PM!” Methodist church on Sunda were "9 carefplly removed, and the out- y ' '81de skin scrapped off, and then , .. a very SUCCEBSfUL RE“- F-L- Brmxn, the gourds are boiled and clean- 3! CW?!) Soung, Chairrrlllan‘ 91 1311.9 {ed in huge vats. This cleansing is 199'” a “(3,3 t e preac 9" ‘m‘ ns \repeated several times. after which deeply spiritual, edifymg and up- . . . gthe gourds are placed on large llftlllg sermons were highly .31” trays and set out in the sun to precmted. The congregationstdry thoroughly. This, too, is an were 800d: and the contribuuonfiloperation that must be conducted were very satisfactory, being over i vnth great care as extremes in 8105. Mr. Brown will receive a! , . hearty welcome should he retur .temperature crack or distort the _ . , . n lbowls and render them unfit for to_occupy‘ this Pulpit again. use. Mrs. W .H. Thurston has return- ed from visiting her daughter at Lion’s Head. Mrs. (Dr.) Carter returned some days ago from a month‘s visit with her sisters at Toronto and Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs .Gordon Laird left on Tuesday for their new home at Rggina, WEI}. Austin M'cMullen left on Saturday to take a position in Toronto. Kiriâ€"George Nixon, of Dundalk. was the guest of Mrs. W. A. Arm- stggng _9_ve_5 gqnday an_d Monday. Mr. M. K. Richardson spent most of last week on his work in Bruce county, and I aid his daughter at Lucknow_a s or; visit. fl;â€"Elvzé}â€"lves Stewart is attending a Sunday school convention at Hamilton this week._ --fi;:-Ilwc(}viiliviay, tinsmith‘ has a situation now at Georgetown, and movnd his family on Monday. Upon short notice, service was Withdrawn in the Presbyterian church on Sunday. The minister expected conducted anniversary services at Proton Station. “Atha meeting held at the close of the Sunday school in the Metho- dist church on Sunday. to eonsider ah vadult Bible class, 'for the con- gregation, it was resolved to or- ganize, which will be done in a cogple of weekp. _- .- _- ‘ __-,__L __-_‘L Among the former Flesherton boys who are doing well in the west, we are pleased to learn now of the success of Mr. Wm. Barn- house’s three sons, located at Edmonton. Out of a large num- ber of a‘ plicants, Frank has re- ceived t e appointment of city treasurer, a marked honor for one so young. Will is superin- intendent of the city electrical works, with about forty men under him, and Bert. is filling a respon- sible position in one of the news- paper offices. Mr. Barnhouse re- cently returned to Toronto from visiting his sons. At the Epworth League meeting on Monday evening, an interesting descri tion from the Strait of Belle ale to Vancouver, was givâ€" en as ‘part of the. programme. PLESHERTON . éapiul Paid Up Raul-v0 Fund Toni Anon THEMESMNBAW- A Ganaral Banking Business Transacte Savings Dapartmant at all Branches. WITH WHICH l3 UNITED Tricom-omwzo woo \lrs. Henry LeGard has been dang mush ill for some days with heart txouble. chiefly. but on Mnnd J shg'ht improvement wan notic Her daughters, Beta and Teenie. wen called home from Torr-Mo last week, and son, Joe, of the Gland Vallev Star staff, was home over Sunaay and Mon- day. If you own a calabash pipe you have reveled in its light weight, graceful shape. and unusual smok- ing qualities, and yet you 'prob- ably do not realize that your own- in: a calabash is due to the clev- erness of an English soldier and that article you prize for its rich color and fragrance is an own cousin to the cucumber, the mel- on and the squashâ€"a gourd of the family legenaria. vulgaris: A British soldier, so the story goes, had broken his pet briar. and all that remained of it was the hard rubber mouthpiece. While crossing a field ope day lie step- pad on a calabash gourd, which the South African natives teed when green to cattle, and noticed that the crook of the stem resem- bled his 'pipe. Picking the gourd he cleaned out the inside, fitted his mouthpiece to it, and the first calabash pipe was born. The gourd was green and did not burn out, and it did oolor beautifully, so when the Boer war was over Tommy Atkins returned to Eng- land with his pipe and a number of gourds._ _ - C I 1 L a temperature of 120 in the shade is not at all unusual. The vines grow in a sandy soil and flourish ilike the bay tree of the Scriptures, Isometimes yielding 50 gourds to a vine, but their cultivation is by no means easyâ€"for pipe purposes l-as the surface of the gourd is jeasily bruised or scratched, and athe plant is beset by insect foes 1annc‘l‘ worms.) . vâ€"â€" But the dried gourds burned out. and it was necessary to line them. Zinc was first tried and proved unsatisfactory and then meers- chaum and the com-pressed meers- chaum substitute were employed, as they are tp-day. _ The calabash ourd can be grown in the United tates, but as care must be used in the shaping the neck or stem while it is growing it will never be largely cultivate here, as this work can be done far more chiefly in Africa. In fact, the best gourds come from the country along the edge of the Kama desert in South Africa where smoking ?” “Certainly.” “And drinking ?” “Gladly. “And will you resign from all your clubs 1” “Think dearest if thl-re is any- thing else; you cpn_ give up.” Largefbottle 50 cent: at dealers everywhere. Sold by Macfarlane 6: Co. on money back it dilutin- {ied plan. PABISIAN Sage stops falling hair: bunches dandruff, makes the scalp clean and tree from itchineu and promotes a growth of heavy hair. “Well, for one thing, I mve up all idea .of marrying you.” PARISIAN Sage will preserve the natural color of the hair; stop it from becoming faded and life- leu, and by nourishing the hair root give to the hair a lustre and radiance that compels admiration. Women and men who use PAB- ISIAN Sage can be sure their hair will never turn gray. The manufacturers first polish the surface to the rich golden col- or so prized by smokers, and ex- treme care must be taken not to scratch the bowls. Then the bowl is mounteq With amber, rubber or composition, depending on the quality of the bowl, and the fit- ting, either a loose cu bowl or one set flash is place in posi- tion. The result is a pipe of pleas- ing lines, of good smoking qual- ity, of extreme lightness and an ability to color like to that of the meerschaum, but without the dis- advantages and liability to “burn” of a meerschaum. No More Gray 01' Faded flair PRE-NUPTIAL SACRIFICES. (Soliel, Paris.) Axe yg}: going to give up THE CALABASH PIPE. Transacted . NEW YORK AGENCY Cor. William and Cedar .93. niaoopoo ”iii?