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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-20
Improvement of Schools.
The Interesting Address De-
lvered by Miss Starke, OF
Winthrop College, Before
the Recent Teachers Meet
ing in Lancaster.
Published by Request of Teach
ers' Association.

The opportunity so kindly at
forded me, of discussing with the
teachers Of Lancaster the pr oblem
of the improvement of schools is
one that gives me great pleasure,
not only as means of present
ing to you the purpose of the
School Improvement Association
of South Carolina, but also as an
occasion of becoming acquainted
with the educators OF section so
interested in educational work.
l think that all of you, perhaps,
know something of the scope of
the Association, organized at
Winthrop College some years
ago, and suffered to languish for
a while, it has in the last two
years put on new life, and is re-
ceiving every day fresh encour-
agement and strength from in.
creased interest and increased
memberhip. That every school
in the state shall be improved; ;
that every rural school, in par
ticular, shall receive assistance
and encouragement, is the in
tent of the Association. To that
end, it is earnestly desired that
each county in the state shall
have an active working branch
of the association, and it is for
the purpose of effecting such az
organization that Miss Sherer,
who is a member Of the Execu-
tive Committee as we'll as coun.
ty organizer, has called this
meeting.
The pivot on which any edu-
cational plan turns is the teacher.
If this be true of the teacher in
general, still more is it so of the
teacher in the rural districts, i,
where she is usually the most
prominent parsonage of the COM
munity, and where she will,
whether she so wishes or not,
guide and direct, up to a certain
point, the opinions and actions
of the greater part of the people
with whom she lives. This asso-
citation is formed, ther, princi-
pally to be a co-ope rative organi.
zation for the assistance of these
important members of the edu.
cational world-the teachers of
the rural school.
There are many topics that
could be discussed in connection
with this subject, but the one
which Immediately suggests it
self is in reference to the needs
of the country school. We can all
think of long list of them, but
they may be briefly summed up
as, first, good teachers, with ex-
perience; second, healthy, happy
third, efficient super.
vision fourth, good buildings,
comfortably furnished; fifth.
neat AID beautiful surroundings;
sixth, active public interest and
adequate support.
The good teaching means
more than careful instruction in
textbooks and perfect discipline.
''Teaching is the art of living and
labOring so as to lead the young
lives out into the desire and
n h;I;fv IN live ,,nof,ll,. -
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-20
by every teacher. 1t is not neces-
sary to state here that the teach

by every teacher. 1t Is not neces-
sary to state here that the teach
or must be an example of good
manners, good temper, self con-
troll, and of all the other virtues;
all Of this is understood but the
fact is often overlooked that in
addition to all these, habits Of
observation and investigation, of
recognizing and understand
ing real things are details of a
chlid's educatio that are Of far
greater value than the mere
memoriz ng of numbers and
rules.
1t is the business of the com
mon school, every where, SO to
train its pupils that they will
develop resourcelul activity of
mind and body; it is particularly
the business of the rural school
to train the girls and boys with
reference o their surroundings-
to the life that they expect to
live after leaving school. The
school that makes lis pupils
eager to get away from home is
not The successful one; the school
that makes them anxious to i'm
prove home so that it will be
the best place on earth TO live in
is success so far. 1t is we'll for
the girl or boy to be stimulated
to try 10 60 10 college, but for
one who can go, there are dozens
who must learn to stay at home
and TO make the best of it, and
to love to do it {: not to fret over
not going, but to be glad they
live in the country, because OF
what the country affords them,
and also because of what they
can give to it, which is the be
ginning of good citizenship. If
this feeling can be instilled into
the children, then every girl Will
not be longing 10 60 to town
to work in some cffice as a cheap
ste tenographer; the boys will re-
spect the farm, and will not be
unhappy because they cannot be
statesmen in grocery or dry
goods store in the nearest viii
iage.
But this, as In other things,
depends much upon the teachers
desire and ability to arouse this
interest. The embryo farmer at.
tending the district school should
have an instructor who has train
ed herself or himself for the task
of imparting this kind of know
edge, as well as the lessons in
the text books, and who is will
ing--anxious, to make a study
of the conditions which surround
the pupils to be taught.
The rural school trains nearly
one half the school population
of this country, and we must
recognize the fact that the great
er portion of these will continue
to live on the farm. Now, we
cannot make farmers or house
keepers, but we can interest
children in farming and house
keeping--two most important
vacations. The larger questions of
affairs belonging to the business
management of farm and house.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-20

dlnerent from OoJoct leesOns) In
the hands of the thoughtful in.
structor, will help to bring about
these results. The kind of tree
growing on the school grounds
or by the roadside; the birds
seen every day; the stream, the
soil, any striking feature of the
neighborhood, may become OBJ.
jects OF interesting study to even
the smallest children. The work
should be simple, and should
bear relations to the every day
life of the pupil. Let the child
look at a maple or an apple tree;
watch the fish in the stream, the
weeds in the fence corner, the
habits of certain bird or domes-
tic fowl ; make their observation
lie out of doors rather than in
the house, and the teacher will
be rewarded by keen and
lively interest In home surround
ings. If garden plot may be
secured, let the children expe-
riment there, ask their parents
to let them carry out their ex-
periments on the home place.
Usable knowledge is what
arouses the child's interest, and
if he can be given this, in addi-
ton to what he gets from books,
then your school improvement
will have taken a long stride
forward. But the teacher must
have this knowledge first, and
must be anxious to impart it.
AS to school buildings, do not
be afraid to ask for better keep
on asking hut until you can get
what you need, try to improve
and beautify what you have.
Every school should bring about
the formation of desirable habits
and children who habitually OBJ
serve beautiful things, nicely ar.
ranged inside and outside, will
be inclined, think, to acquire
graceful speech, good manners,
and truthfulness, and to have
respectful and reverent ideas to-
ward all that is high and good.
Your benches may have no backs.
your stove may be propped ~
with bricks, your window panes
may be mended with paper, for
a while, but once train your pu
pills, and through them the parents
and tine community, to feel that
the school house is theirs, a part
of their real lives, and you will
after a time get what you ought
to have. l believe that every
one is glad to help the teacher as
soon as he is made 10 see that
to do so will really be benefit, &,
if not to himself, to his neigh
bors.
There are many things need
ed In the average rural school
that can be furnished with but
little outlay of money. Every
window, for instance, should be
curtained; if you cannot buy
shades, try cheesecloth or thin
cotton cloth, hung on a stout
wire across the window. / like
them In two sections, upper and
lower, so as to control the light.
There should be shelf. neatly
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
The Other Side.

Don't you get homesick for those
beautiful old Colonial mansions in the
South?" they asked the Kentuckian on
the night that the thermometer froze.
"Not this weather." she answered. Il
haven't forgotten yet how the wind
used to blow through the cracks of the
windows and doors Of those beautiful
old Colonial mansions, and how we
used to sit in rooms about the size of
bathrooms, huddled around a two-by-
four CRATE, our faces scorchlng and the
bitter blasts blowing through our back
hair.
"Oh, no; in such weather as this the
steam heated luxury Of the Chicago fiat
for me-" she decided.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
The Yankee Notion.

There never lived a more steady and
persistent grumbler than Reuben Hall
Not only the weather, the state of his
health and his crops furnished him
with subjects, but the most reasonable
and lenient laws which could be con-
structed raised discomfort in Reuben's
mind.
81 dunno what they mean by telling
folks to cart their waste stuff over to
that dump at the end O. Grantham's
Woods instead O. leaving it in the
Lawton sullar-hole," he said, indig-
nantly, one day. Suppose the sullar-
hole does show up from the road, what
business has this town got to put an in
junction on folks dumping stuff in it?'
"The towns bought the old Lawton
place." said his neighbor. in the pacific
tone people usually employed in ad-
ddessing Mr.. Hall. And | thought
you were one of those that said twas
an eyesore. Do you want to dump any
O. your old junk in there, Reub, tidy
as you are?"
mo, don't wanter," said Mr.. Hall
sullenly; but wanter have the right
III case l wanter, an l wanter know
why haven't got it."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

A great deal Of harm is done by self.
drugging for the relief of various real
or imaglnery ills.
There is nothing easier. The only OBJ
lection to the plan is that what is good
fer the cough may be bad for the
cougher.
So it is with headache. Almost any
pain in the head not due to actual
brain disease may be moderated. if not
relieved temporarily, by some form of
headache powder; but frequent re-
course to this means of cure may IA
tally weaken the heart When this
stops beating the headaches cease to
trouble, but the patient is not in con-
dition to know or care.
Every man, of course, believes him
self doctor, and often thinks he is
better able to attack a cough or a case
of rheumatism or a headache, whether
1t be his own or another's, than those
who make the cure of disease a special
study. All he has to do is to make up
his mind what the trouble is-and any
one can tell cough when he has it
and then to take something that is
good for a cough"
Less serious, but not much so, is the
abuse of tonics. A true tonic Is any
thing that promotes the nutrition of the
hn6U This hn hxy
Ing the appetite and improving diges-
ton, which is the function of the bit
ter tonics; or by improving the condi-
tion of the blood by adding to it the
ilor it has lost; or by supplying the
system with some needed substance,
such as fat in cod liver oil; or finally
by stimulating the tissues to increased
absorption, an action which is ascribed
to arsenic, mercury and others of the
mineral tonics.
But these are not the .'tonics" to
which people are apt to resort when
they run down. They take to stimu-
lants, alcohol usually, and think they
are getting strong because they feel
better after each dose. The alcohol
In the tonic" is often disguised, and
the user, perhaps a conscientious tee
totaler, would be shocked to learn that
what he was taking to give him
strength had more alcohol in it than
has the strongest whisky. If the system
Is seriously run down, physician
should be consulted, who will be able
to give what is needed, whether iron,
or bark, or gentian, or cod liver oil,
to correct the underlying condition that
causes the debility.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
A GREAT SEED BOOK.
Ferry's 1907 Seed Annual Now Ready
for Free Distribution

Ferry's great Seed Book is now ready
for distribution. This is the book that
every farmer wants and waits for. 1t
makes no difference what other cata-
logues are received, farmers are not sat
isfed until they get Ferry's, because it
contains better and fuller information
Ferry's Seed Annual, in fact, is really
more than a catalogue. 1t differs from
the usual seed catalouge inasmuch as it
really helps each farmer CT gardener to
choose intelligently the varieties hest
suited to his particular needs. The
wise selection of varieties results in
bigger, better paying crops. The ex-
perience gained in fifty years of success
full seed growing is thus at your COM
mand.
For freshness, purity and reliability
Ferry's Seeds are in a class by them
selves. They are known all over the
land, and farmers everywhere have
confidence in the name of Ferry, and
know for a certainty that their seeds
can be relied upon. They know that
every package has behind it the repu-
tation of house whose business stand
ards are the highest in the trade.
Just drop postal to D. M. Ferry &
Co., Detroit, Mich, and they will send
you copy of their 1907 Seed Annual.
It's absolutely free.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
OF Interest to Women.

Every woman naturally Should be healthy
and strong, but a great many women,
unfortunately, are not, owing to the un-
natural condition of the lives we lead.
Headache, backache and a general tired
condition are prevalent amongst the
women of today and to relieve these
conditions women rush to the druggists
for, a bottle OF some preparation supp sed
to be particularly for them, and Contain
ing nobody knows what, If they would
Just get box of Brandreth's Pill, and
take them regularly every night for a time
all their trouble would disappear, as these
pills regulate the organs Of the feminine
system. The SINE dose has the same
effect, no matter how long they are used.
Brandreth's Pills hive been in use for
over a century and are sold in every
drug and medicine store, plain or sugar
coated.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
The Bird in Hand.

Instead of getting angry, Clarkson
was rather amused at the actions Of
his pet waiter. For two years he had
dined at the same restaurant almost
daily and August knew his every wish
and had always been literally tipped.
That day, however, Clarkson was
shamefully neglected. He had to ask
for butter, his napkin was damp and
soggy, the particular sauce he liked so
well was not on the table, and, in fact,
August was the antithess of a devoted
servitor. All his attentions seemed
concentrated upon man at an adjoin-
in gtable. August lowered around him
like bee around flower, anticipating
every wish and bringing him sundry
little extras
The customers was evidently stran-
ger. Clarkson could not recall having
seen him before, and from his long pat
ronage of the place he had come to
know all the regular customers by
their faces at least His curiosity got
the better Of him and as he was leav-
ing, after bestowing the customary t.p,
he asked
"Why is it, August, that you have
been so attentive to that man and so
neglectful Of me? Is he in the habit
of giving extra large tips?"
"Oh, no, m'sieu," said August. "He
is stranger. He has never been here
before" Then he added, apologetical-
ly, "And l am sure of you, m'sieu'."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
Mixed.

When ministers exchange they usual
ly preach old sermons, but, however,
they generally look over the MINIS.
carefully to see if the local points need
alteration.
A Somerville preacher many years
ago went to Andover to preach and
neglected this simple precaution. In
his discourse was an allusion to the
insane asylum at Somerville, and, for
getting for the moment tsat he was in
Andover, he said:
"Sooner than a child of mine should
be subjected to such influences, would
be willing to have him confined in yon-
der institution"
And the good man pointed directly
at the Andover Theological Seminary.
Boston Herald.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
As They Impressed Her.

Little Kitty, who had happened to be
the only one at home when the stran-
gers called, was trying to describe
them. "One of 'em was a good deal
younger than the other" she said, land
he's the one that did the talking. He
wanted to know when you'd be back"
How did he look?" asked her faith
er. did he have any beard?"
mo; he was barefaced."
How about the older man? Was he
barefaced, too?"
kind o." said Kitty, remembering
his shaggy brown beard; "only he was
grizzly bear faced"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way 10 cure DEAFNESS, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube: When this tube is intamed
ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the res ult, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
which is nothing but an intiamed condition OF
then ucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

TITS such hard work to talk through
this telephone" exclaimed Mrs. High
mus.
II hadn't noticed that" said Mr.. High
mus, who had been listening patiently for
five minutes at the other end of the wire.
1T may be little hard to hear through,
my dear, but it doesn't seem to have in
terfered with the flow of your cony ersa-
tion
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

day - don't worry.
Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured thousands
of women in the same
condition. Mrs. A.
Heiman, of Stillwat-
er, Mimi, says: "But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills | would not be
living now. They
cured me in 1899 and
I've been we'll since.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
Realistic.

Critick-Yes, D'Auber is home from
his trip to the Rocky mountains. He
nut in most of his time making sketches
of the mountain peaks. He showed me
lot of them.
Ascum-How were they? Natural?
Critick-Well, they're certainly rocky.
philadelphia Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
Omissions of History.

The good people of Salem had just
burned another WITCH
According to the census" they said,
there are too many women in Massachu-
setts, anyway"
In order to make a show of being inn
partial however, they looked around for
Wizard Burbank, but he had escaped to
California.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

| used to have such pain in my back
that once 1 tainted. The kidney secre-
tions were much disordered, and l was
so far gone that l was thought to be at
Deaths door. Since Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me feel as If had been
pulled back from the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster r-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
Shake into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease powder. 1t makes tigh:
or new shoes feel easy 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, callous ana hot, tired aching feet
Sold by. all Druggists. Price 25c. Trial pack
age mailed FREE. Address Allen s. 0lmsted,
Leroy, New York.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
Astonishing Ignorance.

Musical Customer-What a fine old
specimen you have up there in that glass
case! Is it a Stradivarius?
New Salesman-Straddy what? Gosh,
mister! Don't you know a fiddle when
you see one?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

Sorrows of the PIutocracy.
First Millionaire-Hard lines these
days.
Second Millionaire-Yes; our rela-
tives are waiting for us to die to get
our money, and the rest of the world
doesn't want to wait that long.-New
York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

Mothers will find Mrs. Winnows soothin
syrup the best remedy to use for their childre:
during the tee thing period.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

ryTQ st. vitus' Dance and all Nervous Diseases
I'll y permanently cured by DIR. Klne's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE s2 trial bottle and
treatise DR.. r. H Kline, Id, 931 Arch St., Phila, Pa
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
PILES CURED IN 6IO14 DAYS.

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of iching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles in to IA days or money refunded.5Oc.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22

We do not like to have any child
coaxed to speak a piece for us or to
give us q kiss.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
DON'T DESPAIR.
Read the Experience of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.

If your back aches, and you feel sick,
languid, weak and miserable day after
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-22
CROPS NEVER FAIL

In the Upper Snake Valley, Idaho, where
25,0OJ Mississippi Valley homeseekers are already
located 5OOOOV uCr undeN elop' d. Irrigab land
sui await IN scluer hiCh st ID best wa cred
valley In the wo Id Fines innate; cho cesI fruit I.
immens Crons Of grain, alfalfa beets. SI,ODO,
600 invested in sugar factories. New Il. Il. extcn-
sion TO Nellowstuue PARK opens country of re-
sources. Ashton started Jan. /, 1906, record
breaker Write Tor part culars.
&. &. MOORE REAL ESTATE COMPANY
st. Anthony and Ashton, Idaho.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-20

Try the Teller want Ada
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-20
COMMISSION
ADOPTS GRADES
Washington Standard Of
Weights and Grades TAX
en- For Idaho.

MOSCOW, July 20.-At yesterdays
session the commission adopted the
Washington standard of weights and
grades with very few notifications.
and then adjourned subject to the call
Of the chairman, says the Journal.
The Idaho state grain commission
met here Wednesday morning in adj
journed session. Discussion was had
with the local dealers and some of the
leading farmers of the vicinity during
the forenoon, when adjournment was
taken till Thursday morning to enable
the commission to take the trip to
Garfield for consultation with the
Washington commission as to the ad-
visibility of the two bodies working in
harmony for the establishment of uni
form standards and grades for the two
states. The matter was thoroughly
gone over by the two committees at
their meeting at Garfield and dispo-
sition was shown by both organiza-
tions to meet the proposition fairly and
honestly and endeavor to make such
rules and regulations as will benefit
both the producers and dealers of the
two states.
The commission fully appreciates the
courtesies extended to them by J. w.
Arrasmith, r. C. McCroskey and the
knowledge gained as to their duties
in carrying out the provisions of the
new law.
sour trip to Garfield yesterday and
conference with members of the
Washington state grain commission,
was both pleasant and profitable" said
Secretary Wood of the Idaho state
grain commission at the Hotel Moscow
this morning. 1--WE were nicely enter
tanned by Messrs. Arrasmith and Nc
Croskey. members Of the washington
commission. and our interchange of
views will doubtless be helpful to both
organizations"