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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
Vans loading up for the return trip. T l
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While other multi-millionaires 'ore seek I
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
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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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scllooi thus established, Manual 'l`raining, _ suilicient lull-rust in ilu- work is crcatcd.
Domestic Science and Nature-stinly would I Part ii oi' thc plan luis for its object to
be introduced.A large schoolg.u'dcu would assist in the providing oi slierl courses of
be a' part of the equipment. The trans-l Continued on lmga 7,
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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
7 illlSS|lll' ilill
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. -
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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
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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°
P li onnnti ide books fold etc.
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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
ih
many friends.
THE MY5TERlDUS  
  DISAPPEARANCE
Oi a Schooner in the Bay--She Was Laboring
m- Senator Platt
Dies of Pneumonia.
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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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nrlin
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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