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I J. ,WALTER JONES, B. A.

I’rincipal of the new Consolidated School

at Hillsboro.

(By J. \Valtcr Jones) '

Two-thirds of the men of the next

generation are in the country; the other third will scarcely, bc heard from. Our educational system has been framed by city people for _city people. Our text- bouksand newspapers are “dominated by clerk and trading point of view." While not more than two per cent. of the pupils

of the rural schools will choose a profes-_

sional curccr, yct our education seems to be filled for that two per cent. more than for the large percentage of pupils who

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" Study. The two former subjects are now

rural work. We _have dabbled in subjects of no interest to country-bred children, and neglected the studyofplants, animals,

_ soils, weather, the heavens, insects and

lllrds._ Our text-books hardly suggest to the farmers' ohiid the possibility of _eppiying science to his work, and would almost suggest that education is only for the commercial and professional classes. The rural school problem is the greatest to~day.

It is to Canedufs credit thatthis problem

is being dealt with in s proper manner.

Ilngtoimmortalize themselves by on _dowlng universities, libraries, etc., with their scarcely-earned money, Sir \fVm. C.; Macdonald, of Montreal, has thc honor`

_Prof. Robertson's knowledge of the farm- ers’ needs, and his ability in putting his ideas in practice is his reputation. Ho is revered in every agricultural community in Canada. It may_ safely be predicted- ‘that something substantial will' be done for the people of Canada along the lines of education for the improvement of agriculture.

The plan adopted by Prof. Robertson

calls for the introduction of Domestic Science, Manual Training and Nu.ture‘

in the curriculum 0i`_any well-appointed school and are well understood. Nature-` study, howevor,is comparatively new and ` unfamiliar to most people, and it may be, well to speak more fully of it.

Dr. Hodge of Clark University, says:

“Nature study is learning those things in nature which arc best worth knowing . to tho cud of doing those things which make lifc worth

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Seeing what one looks at, and drawinl proper conclusions from what one sees. It is not the teaching of science-not the systematic pursuit of a logical body of principles." Sir _ George Kekewich, Secretary of the English Education Department, inarccent address in Lon~` don, is reported to have said: “The study of nature is the essence of all true edu- cation, and it is somewhat remarkable and not perhaps creditable to our common sense that we should have failed to fully realize it until the twentieth century.' Prof. Robertson, ol Ottawa, says: “Nature-study is not for thc purpose of acquiring infomation about soils, planter animals and inorganic things; it is rather a means of training the personal 'power of the pupil into a condition of symmetry and maturity, through a knowledge of

quired by doing something with them."

Nature study is more of an idea than'

anew subject in the curriculum. It

the familiar objects in his every-day en- vironment. _The 0bd’ect's of greatest inter- est would bc ilrst studied. This is true education-a leading out~a-development of the powers possessed. To-day we may study a snowflake, to-morrow clouds; n. crow, acocoon, a buttcrcup, earthvvcrm, leaves, light, the moon, a thermometer, erosion of soils, n. rock, a horse, an apple- tres-all are common things we know little enough about. The only order of study is the order ot Nature herself, who furnishes each week of the year a -variety oi' materials._ Now it is the snow, heaped up, and the story oi’ animal life written

would get the pupil acquainted with

_of foxes, squirrels,- rabbits, mice and lZ1'0\1Se. Hercissomc fur and blood, and the _snow stirred about. Near 'byis nn old broken tree. The great horned owl has chosen this for one of his watching stations, and the t-rage<ly in the snow is due to bunny`s mistake in going too near his enemy's territory. History of great interest is written everywhere, even in winter. Some animals, bvho do not migrate, puton athick coat offur and feathers in winter; others take tho more inexpensive plan of sleeping through the cold. Earthworms dig down below the frost. Old Bruin curls up in his dcn and “sucks his paw," frrgs crawl do\vn among the rubbage on pond bottoms, snakes , sleep in thc earth flies are motionless in undust-

a_s the ily-catching binds (Swallows, King birds, Phoebe, Bluebird, etc.) are com- pelled for lrwk of food to leave us early.

. l‘hesa travel to warmer regions and re- - turn in Spring. This habit involves no dphysieel change, and is much simpler for

Zi: animals _which adopt it, but it is _ nght with great dangers. Small birds

dyat night in order to avoid the hawks which continually chase them, and are killed by the thousands in storms. Plant lifahas also its problems. They cannot diigrate. Sonic have the habit of dying in Qhc Fall and depend only on seed to pro- pagate their species ‘on earth. Others Store up food below ground und die off above. Still others bravely lace the winter where they stand with but little prcpara

latitudes than the (iarden of Eden.

Every season, then, has its peculiar ns-

pect ol nature, and nature is intensely in- ‘ terestimz. \Ve cannot, if we wish, isolate ours.-,lvcs from nature. “Even though we are determined to shut ourselves in oflices nature sends hcr messages. The liubt, thedurk, the moon, thc cloud, thc rain, the wind, the falling is-nf, thc ily, the bouquet, the bird, the cock-roach they are all ours." _ I In order to more particularly teach sgriculturc,,orto _|,'i_ve our nature-study an agricultural direction, Prof. Robertson has adopted a plan in vogue in Europe for many years.In Sweden, Germany, France andAustrlu, Schools have gardens ami experimental plots attached. In Germany

and sympathy with, those things ac-l _

herecn. On our streets 'we read of ‘horses . Pupils \\'orkin_c; in the garden Middlctfon school.

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tion, such as the dropping of their luavcs,

°fb°l1\iIlih€ flliif i0 0I1IlOW Il Scllcme to - '\ ' ~ - I _ ' _ _ ‘ protect'io'n ul buds by scales, and thicken °d“°“W °\ll` |\iU`l'~'\1lP\l¥'\1l UOIIIIll\U1li'»l€B- ' ` ` THE NEW HILLSBORO COASOLIDA1 ED SCHOOL ' ug of the epidermis. The human animal

He made o. happy choice in an udmlnstrat- Enema by H_ 5, S_ Low, “ng” the formmship of Gm-me Gowdem changes ii is cottons for woolcns. llc also 011°( Phi! f\\Ud» Will?" hi! Ull0SB I’l‘0f- _ knows chemintr_v enough to kindle a llrc, _ James W. Robertson, Uouunlssilmer 0! 1, .. C H , and by that cl\emlc»;l _ artion- com- »

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AlK|`l¢\1ll».‘U`°»U-“fl D“ll`.V‘"B 101’ Clnadn- nvinz Dr Banana! ol-ne says t B an Beg S men “nada” In me “Outh bastion-canjniaintuin himself in higher

will remain in the rural districts. Wo' '_ _ led corners. Other animals, such Y W Y have not thought of educating men for; ` 1'

I Second primary class, consolidated rural school, Middleton, N. S.

piantsare supplied for study daily in the large cities.

In 1890, in Ausiria, there were ncurly

eight thousand srlionl-graxwlelis. ln bulb 1"ranccz1nd Austria, lcaclu-rs are required to be skilled ingivintf instruction in all that x'c~lnte8 to ilu- soil, and to pus.~.css knowlcdiirc oi n:v.turn_l l|i_~t cry. In .-\nicri:'a, little pi'ogrcssli1tsl»wl| made in this dir- cction,und it would si-cxn that Prof. Robertson`s is the first ambitious attempt to int\'o<lucc. the plan.

The p:u'iiculur plan thus far announced

isas follows: Part 1, pro\'ides for thc giving of object lessons froni tho consoli- dation oi' live, six, or more small schools into one central school. into the large

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portntion of the cliildren' to ihc m~l\ti'||.l school will be more fully dc.~‘cribr-ll later.

Puri. 2 Oi' the plan is for thc purpose of

giving object lessons ofthe value ofnature study and sclioolgm-dcns. .-in expert in- iu~.Li-_iclor will visit each one of a group of iivc siluiols weekly, until tl~u<'lu_-rs are snillciently lrained to curry on the work llicniscl\'l~~'. At c;n~I1 sr-lluol n `;,f:rrilen is provifxed wiicrc the pupils will hc cir- c\>nrun'e1l to cxpvriment with rind [grow plants. Also, demomltrutions of funda- mental farming(principles, such as ro- tation of crops, use of coinxncrcinl fertil- lzcre., vuluc of i-iccllciil ,~'eed, etc., can he made, itis also intended that evening Coniinuntion vla~~'i-.~ be stnriedns soon as

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EMBANKMENT

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The Accident Heippenedi

-~No Person lniured But it Will Cost

Thousands to Replace damage done.

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Without Any Warning]

Qunnl-;<‘_, April 21-(Special)-The north

wall on the Louise Enibanknient, the

inner basin, caved in at one o'olock this

afternoon.

The accident happened without any

warning to ` those on the Government

property. _

'l.‘hc solid mhsomy wall suddenly buiged

all out and lor e length of fully one

hundred feet fell into the basin carrying tons of earth and thc railway track into the water.

The Quebec &: Levis Gompany's sum-

mer ferry boats which were getting ready for service had a narrow escapr.

The accident will in no vvay interfere

wit-h navigation facilities but the damage caused will take many thouvund :lollars to repair.

HEPUHTS il THE

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Sr. Pirrnnsnuno, AD1'll2l--(SDB¢ll\l-)-

Reports are current here that the second Pacific squadron has left Kamrank Bay and is on the way to Vladivostock but the Government will proceed with the action on .l'apan's protest to France just as if the voyage had not been continued. - » l)0ll\llll0l1 Alllalllli! R3llW2y¢

ana smmnap name neue: Swvrmwes

Inst le( & I RU”

Th’ “win lndlgzrton Winngr

Junction and Halifax.

EXPRESS RAIN! leave/ Halifax, daily

s dolor. .e.m.1er!_>i\>v Ill( lf'

Eigagnng 'zosizaeetlon el #ummm lov onion.

The Royal Mall Steamshliv "JB o s -1- o1\'r-»”

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une: the Maritime lnovineel and B°ll°\\~ Leevu Llfermonth, Wedneedef “id 5*“"d‘7 furfel folwtinulon l.¢l:|T:iln T;nve§!£:=' m.,2f '°" ,, rflfiasy na i1ila»v.nn'o. m.

e. in. by,£}:rese Tran.

ruin sims an nun-"us any 1-1°

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STEAMER _PoL|No

A AT GEORGETOWN.

The steamer Polluo, the first to come down thc St. Lawrence this spring, was cfl’ Souris Thursday with only fifteen tons of coal on board. She had been bound for St. .lohn's, Nfld., dad managed to get within 15 milcs of that port when stopped by icc. She managed to reach George- town yesterday afternoon where she is ooallng.

Iron-Ox Tablets are on sale at H.A Ellis' Drugstore. 7d iff-

astrous [irc broke out at an early hourl

this morning and reduced to ashes the;

Convent in the beautiful little village of Ste Genevieve. Ono nun and twelve chil-

dren lost their livcs.

As soon as the fire was discovered the

villagers hastened to the aid of thc doom- ed building. Bucket bridges were hur- riedly formed and every possible effort mado to save the building, but the fire gained such headway that it was soon apparent that there was no chance to

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R. C. CONVENT BURNED AT T STE oENEv|EvE VILLAGE

A Nun Parishes in the Heroic- Effort to Save the Children, Twelve" of

whom were Burned to Death-The Building Totally Destroy- ed-Location oi the Disaster.

Mo.\'rmsAL, April 21.-(Speciai.)-A dis- save it from destruction. ' | The buildini; Win ll SFCY Swim 9i~\`“°l'“’°

Tho inmates hurriedly arous,d by the

smoke, attempted to gropc their way from thc building. Notwilhstandingnll eiiorts, ` unfortunately there was a deplorable loss of life. '

One of the nuns, in a heroic effort to

save the lives of the children in hcr charge, succumbed to lhe smoke and ilnmes.

The people who were lost were in a por

tion of the building where thc fire oblain- ed too much headway before the alarm was given to enable those who responded to effect their rescue. '

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handsome in appearance, massive in ohar- acter and with the church it formed a

central feature of the pretty llttlc village.

Ste. Genevieve is a village and is in the

parish of Jacques Cartier on the RiverDes Prairies and is reached by both the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacliic Railways. lt is three miles from Beaconsfield and live miles from Point Claire.

In addition to the Com-cnt and Church,

there are 9. couple of botcls, numerous stores and butter and cheese factories in

the village.

I7 years 0( nge and was the onlyson of thc

BLAKE Brvs have their usual large Easy WEATHER FORECAST ‘ rn Campbell mt io and nun Melina.

i-0l` iuhllllif °f PPM “P the mf'-l`k°l~'» _ ' bldrsiiflcld luulo returned from McGill"

NEW York's latest Easier hate arrived "__" Wham they are taking Science’

Y¢5i»0l'd°Y fm' 3511155 Paw” 85 C0- T°R0NT0»April22-“`lSl9°°l’1l~)"\V°“l'°"lV THE Plant Lino steamer llaliiax, will

and nortliwesterly winds, clearing and

REMAINS °’ Alex'M“m'°° wh°s° death C0013- day, May 13th, and from Charlottetown

occured Thursday in Boston were brought T“e,_,day‘ May wth’ ,md every T“esd,,y over by thc Minto Tuesday. Deceased was 'ru 1: 'rrznrl-:R.e'rv1n-1. then,,,fw,__

A M f | f I Cool weather with showers prevailed ` I ` v

;;t:K|::::& ;;,.rE:,',n?,:r:,‘;x;,Td (;TS;:u:§t_; yesterday. ' Tl\ur~ulay was also colder than A PLAIN Quhsl ION' D0 y°“ r°“Hy“e'“

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Miss Munroe, mother of deceased accom- me pre-,-gon., d,,y,_ th” °'_‘£yf 1':t';l`;l'“LrL flzly I‘)_“£|ls ‘_‘ hfn anied thc remains home and the were _ you M ur e cl IL Bum m" ‘Sony

Torwarded to his grandfathers Mr TlVes.th- Miss Bizasvav Kinkora is visiting in It hug "Dm" so years’ tuned t° awp lame’

erbie at Birch Hill the city the guest ol Vlrs Maurice Doyle “ess 'md pm" in the Mwcls' _ ` . . . . _

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Front view of the two buildings of the Consolidated Rural School, Middleton, N. S.

make hor first sailing from Boston, Satur-

Hard in _the Stor

NANru<'us'1~ltlA.~as', April 2l.-(Sprclal)-

A small unknown schooner which was

sccn laboring heavily against a strong-

southwcst gale oll'thi.-1 port today disap-l neared from sight in usauriden and inyslcri-l ous manner shortly alter noon and consid- l erable apprehension is felt for her safety.

The schooner which was painted white

was seen n little befurc noon in thcmirldle

ofthe bay. Shc c.vi<lcnl-ly wa,~. havinga'

WM. HALPENNY HAS

NARROW ESCAPE.

Wnl. llalpcrmy, lhc well known 'Can-I adian Champion l’clc Vaultcr had a n.ir- `_\| row escape from rln»\\'|\in;;ut the ll|\rl»nr`.s mouth yesterday forcuoon. Ile was out ‘li in a goose boat _shooting when it was caught in the ict' and completely crushed.

malnod iherc some hours lu-|`orc, 1'(-_sciicil M

by a boat that put out from thc city.

MANY i`ri1-mls will hear with deep rc-

grct of the death 'l‘humday morning: nftcr n long illness of illrsldohn Coombs ui this city. Forsomo time she had been in gradually slniringlln-altli and len days ago her daughter and sister were called home from the United States and thry remained at her bi-dsidr~ till lhc cud came about seven o`cloI:k 'l`l\nr,~day morning. Deceased, who was in hcr -list ycar, bc- forc her marriage was Miss Ada Barr, thc third daughter of the late _James liarr of this city. Besides a liusband and three young children, Lcalh, Russel and Ruth she leaves lo mourn also two sisters, Miss Mary E. llarr,1Superlntenrivnt of the General Iilospital, Lawrence, Mass, and Miss Mattie S. Barr, Calyle, Penn. The bereaved family have the sympathy of

many friends.

THE MY5TERlDUS

DISAPPEARANCE

Oi a Schooner in the Bay--She Was Laboring

m- Senator Platt

Dies of Pneumonia. __`\________

hard lime.

\\'.ism:<u'|‘u.\' iT. S., April °_’l-(b`pcriul)-

Senator Orville lliil'l\corl;1’lnti, (.`onncL~i i- cut died at bis sunimcr homcin this, his native town ul. a quarter to nine tonight from pneumonia.

The end came almost uni-x|»ccle<lly, the

lmrncdiuic cause hcinp; the breaking of

the ubcess which had l`ormed in the rignt

lung and which produced st:-angulation.

DlSASTROUS FIRE

AT BELLE RIVER

On \\'edne.\<l:\y night at Belle llivcr

Daniel .\lvl.uren and his son, \\'illinm

cl.:|.i'l'l\, two wcll-kinJ\\'n lvslilelits Of

that sccliou nu-i with n .<cvcre~los.~4 ina

:~:\slrnus iirc which dc\lrnye|l the fur-

incr`s store, two large wureliouses, thc dwelling l

ll\\'clli||',;‘:\1'1'u~.,~.’ the I||:iinrrnul.

The athlete got on n. cake nf im' and re- Q," ll

u»u.~|~ of ilu- latter and anotlicr

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alarm was given by

Marlin who had lu-ard

thc noise ol' crackling timber |`|-inn his own liousc across the road. 'l`hc |u‘ig_;lilzn|'s hurried to his assist- ance but ilu: liru had obtained such head- way and _such :i lu>n\'y wind was blowing.;

at nollling cohid bc done to [stay the

flames. \\'|n. l\lcL:\rcn's family barely ewaped in tilnc.

The store which was icivplionc ofl`u-c

also, was well stocked with general groceries and in thc w|\rcl\0u:~\es was large quantity of oats which were also 1l<~.~air0y\'|l. '

Mr..\iel.nren's loss is csi.ln\ntcd nt $(illil0

or$T0iK) and he has about 8l0U0insurancc with liyndinan SL Co.

MARRIED;

At the Mausc, llloomilcld April lilth by

Rev. Wm. McDonald, ILA, Thomas Baker and Mabel McLean both of West Devon.

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