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xam,T c)ROss„. _BEM 'MA tastes delicious, ants ISUIlderfullr.lupca
ordinsaY tett and drink a glassful once a day,. hot kiir cold. .
one dollar treatment ad.:iomplishes WONDIatS1 makes y* look
and ,teel me new born. If you are not as yet ramitear ,with the
beneficial effecta 'of this natural reined,' TACt.N COWS BIERS TEA. -
try it at onoe and convince younelif. If not satideetorY.r0147 Te"
funded to yion. Nlso in tablet form.
# and tonvihee yourself with our money -beck ignatta, 'dee.
'One week 'treatment $1.00 Six weeks Irealtnent $5.1)0
In Order to avoid mistakes in getting the gee...m..4.'1re: IZO'N CROSS
H,ERB 'MA, Please fin out the attallhed tooupon.
The number or rgth Olasses in, 'the
,their are yearjhere are
34 rural schools where each ti7a-ci*s are
'rniaintainea, As compared with 'tormtv
st.hoo/s last, tyeat In X0 Selteole there is
anlv one fouoil in,. the mei aom;
and reyfteld. ',with' 13 punils. 'The total
inefeber of moils enrolled in theee
efieesettles Year II lit, etght 'nevem
ovr the farmer Year, 1.41„sV Year tkeven
e411101$ ouralilled for the Tiffin Ola...ss
=nits, the trustee beemcle concerned re-
ceiviate material aseiWaste in Maintain...
examinatione -June. 1935, ..sirere
ten, mass stand:Me was seemed on ell
but 110 onoers. that ,is vans. On.% of the
emper9- 'were eureeasfully written, 'This
surely in a (werth while achievement and
:Inditeettlon of the werk being done in
these itlansPs and should answer any ori -
parents. dii_rural_seltions the allele of
setertineetheir ehildren" on' to Atka' up
rifth CiliaSS work for two iyeare, if thee
are 'emtible to send them to secondaey
The number of lath Sehoel Entranee
eendidates "Wa'S about the same se tlie
former Year. There weee 326 candidates
selentious mork twine done by the Reak
maiorltv of the teachers.
1189 Second Ave.,
Gentlemen :
Dept. 10270
for whicli trlease send me
'treatments of the famous LION CROSS "HERB TEA.
NAME
ADDRESS .
CITY
COMPETENT TEACHERS
SHOULD BE RETAINED
!Continuing train ',ere 1)
school rather then a calendez year _as=
mainteined during the pear at very
satisfaotory it;vel, although the percen-
tage of attendance in• all schools ,drep-
ped ielightly„ froth 91.7 to 91.2%. In
/nap; localities serious epiiemice occur-
red Windy was the determin'ere, factor in
thiel clecrea,se. -The results romoare
very favorably however with other parts
" of the province. The-, village ef Hen -
93.a, •was the leader In the urban
scheols, while the Township of Ashfield
with 92.6- +among the rural: school's.
Por some yews' the pupils in the selecele
ofe Astifield Township have 'excelled -all
the other towrrthips in _the eeeculafity of
their attendance, a fact whieh is re-
made by these pupils. in 'their schoel
The averame_ salary paid in the rural
Year. as oempared 'with $628.00 for he
former . year. •Iegis.lation was made
operative in SePteniber that the lowest
lialary that /mulct be paid was $500.00,
thns making it imposelble tor the few
ischool boards that hed been pa,ying less
then. this amount, ta continue to do so.
v.,^I1+1. I believe, be realized that $500.00
is certadely the lowest amount that will
enable teachers to maintain, at ell ade-
epsatelatheaposition that ehould be theirs
in the e.cminuriite. Some 23 teerhers
are It reeelpt of a salary of $500.00 this
year, of whom 18 are teachers 'who com-
been a, greatet tendency this year for
work is being done. This ozeurred in
the case of twenty-two seheols and is a
mark of eppreteation of their services
teachers as the mateffaf gain.
New regulations were announced dur-
lea the year con4erreing the manner in
• AS scene 64 per cent. of the tea-
chers in ' tne district hold interim
certittates. thie matter Ls of consider-
able importance. Formerly • to secure
permanent, certificates, teachers had 'to.
retain- to Normal School .foe a second
year; Now those helding interim First
Class eertileates" must swine the full
Slat year .standing ome canadian
Universitel as Yell as taking a summer
course in education. 151,0,7,710d bY the De-
apientment of Educationi,leefore they can
eneattre -their vermanent-teetificates. This
standing not33.111 be *metered through home
reading and wanner ecnirses -without the
necessity, of tirachem giving ure their
,,By Roy Norton
Limited Kink St West, Toronto, at The
ept. of Agriculture.
h4itob °h1)Heleprivn.trh9inni teltnet."°01% 4d'tne:fit inPelaid
help, that feller den't, If I ever 'SOW
a men, that 0031- take care -01'hUn*
, °Who deee this rope belong to?"
demanded the, hard.faced victor' in
the buckboerd, looking around him.
No one appeared eage to claim pro.
prietorship, Ile gave a loud. con,
temptUous snert, and threw. the' rope
-far aver tOward the road house.
* "Keep it!" be called, in his cold,
' unemotional voice, .- "Seme of yo
might Want to cheat the eheriff -b
hanging, yourselves. After this, any,
or all of yoU had better keep away
from me. I might lose my temper." ,
liberate effort to show his scornd
picked the ,reins Up more firmly,'
elanced arouUd at the rear of his
buckboard to see that his. parcels I
were safe, ignored the' dowed men,'
apd without ever looking at them
started his _horses forward. As they I
began a steady trot and passed the 1
part ers, he swept over them one 1
31
keen searching look, as if wondering '
turn,d back to observe their loaded
whet er they had_ been of the mob, I
burves, apparently decided -they-Wad i
taken no part in, the affair, a.nd be- '
stowed on them a faint, dry smile,
as he settled himSelf into his seat.
At the bend -of the road he had not
. deigned another look on the men who
had been ravening. to lynch him. He
drove away as carelessly as if he
alone were the only hurnan being
within miles, and, the partners gave
a gasp -or enjoyment. ..
. "Good Lard! What a man!" ex-
claimed the elder„his companion an-
swered in an equally admiring tone:
"Isn't he, though! Just look at these
desperadoes, will you!"
With shuffing feet some of the
were turning back toward the in-
viting door -in which the bartender
stood with his dirty apron knotted
into a string before film. Some of
the more voluble were accusing the
others of not haying supported them,'
and loudly expounding the method of
attack that would have been success-
ful. The man with red welts across
his faee was swearing that,if he ever
got a chance be weeld "put a rifle
ball through _Belly." The yonnger
man by the rock grinned and said:
"That's just about as close as he
would ever dare come to that fellow.
Shoot him through the back at a
half -mile range!" -
The bartender suddenly appeared
to remember the travelers, and ran
across the road.
"I'm sorry, gents," he "said, "that
I can't do more to. show you- the way
but you see how it le, go up there
to that big rock that looks like a
bear's head, then angle off south-
east, and you'll find a trail. When
yau come to any crossin's, don't
take 'em, but keep straiglit on, and
bimeby, about to-morrer, if you don't
tamp too long tonight, yon'll see a
peak—high it is—with a yellow mark
on it, like a cross. Can't miss it.
Right under it"s the Croix Mine. You
leave the trail to cross a draw, look
down, and there you are. So long!"
He turned and ran 1;aCk-across the
road in response to brawling shOuts
from the men whose thirst seemed to
have been renewed by their encoun-
ter with the masterful man they call-
ed "Bully', and the partners, glad to
escape from such a place. hea ed
theireamimalsetepward- into- the hills.
edhools. It represents, however, a dis-i Ansin es -last yea,i. a 'considerable roro-
find raising of standards tor our eduea- portien of. the sueeeesful High Sehool
tional system and hankies that teachens Entrartire candidates were grented their
must continue to be stodents themselves. certifieates on their year's work, with-
ent Phot Class certificate should be able School Entrance exanalnatiens. Some
sChool in the peovenee and it Is -the ire.- ceeellidetes seemed- their standing -entails
tention of the Department. of Education wov. This renrevertis a sufbstantial in -
that pertatanent certilloates will: be oreese over the former year. when 92
granted only When evideriee of real abile moils reoresentinet 33% of the sweeps-
•ity in Wahine has been shOwn. To ge impit§ • at this examination, were
cure a permanent Second Class eerti- awarded their certifirates in this man-
ner. It le desirable thet less imnortiance
be attaChed to one final examination
then hes been the rase in the nest and
More value elven to the punelle_werk
Agricrulture, 'Music and ehydeal -Train- threnehout the whole year. The trend
beg. As -this class of certificate is no priw co defindtelv away frera one finel
longer granted at the Normal- S...s.hoole examination net the time maiv not ke,
ert -entirely.
rate reduction again this year. the re- The interest taken In the sohool fairs
duetion being 15% as, eomoared with +vear by, peons, parents and the
10% &1St year. The total general leeise "Tiet'al Olibliet was well maintalnued
?ative and cotmby wants reeeteee by so Five taire were held in Mei, district,
namely Grand Bend. sell, Carley.
-Ste-Helens -and Currie's -corners, this
being the same ,number as last year
,The number of entries at- tile several
faies compared faVorably with other
wars, .and hi -many elapses, the comoe-
tion *as particularly keen. More live
stock -was shown by the pupils than us-
ual. end if the eclieel fairs. can induce
interact in this iannortant branch of
'agriculture, that alone Should justifY
their ex's -tee -lee. In cartneotion with the
orbit" sneaking competitions, it is of in-
terest to 'note that Ruth Loverea pupil
oPunty championship, has also been suc-
cessful in winning 'the district charn-
eldeible to 'compete in the (provincial
tripper School standing and es ve011,
sehools in the, district this year was
'$16A24.27; 'Whiloh. an' inerease Of -Some
$250.00 over last year. This ince-ease is
amounted for by the leaver twenty grant
paid this yea/. amounting to $1231.113 re-
eultine from the imrorovements in their
ateonamodlations made by many sehoole
in 1934. In addition to the above
grants, Many ochoole qualified fcr the
special grants Paid .to both boards ,end
teachers for the teachine of such sub-
gin/As Fifth Clas-sise were also peed as'
usual. It Is presumed that the prese.nt
Fel-terns. of grants will be continued in
foree for the present year, no.intimation
to the contrary havingebeenereeeived.---:
The aniemee cos& of the education of
:all la the Tura' belay&
trict .may. be_ tof._ same intemt The
tal cest per puStil without 'the deduction
of any geants amounted to $45.37 In
1934, the laet year for which ccinplete
figures are. available: $n the urban
,schooLe, the average cost was somewhe
lowee owing tee, the larger number of
pupils per eteacher in these tSehoolts, the
-The Teachers' -Convention this yeai.
tobk an 'unusuel, form, that of a visit to
Ottawa, the Dominion capital. Speelal
rates were secured from the realw-aya„
and the majority -of the- teachwa walled
themselves of the opportunity bo make -
themselves familiar 'with this beautitil
der or the +time itterisits to +points of in-
terest in and, about the' city. It was
agreed by all who went that the Con-
Yerition was not only the most Inteeest-
ing but also the most instrucieve in
mede for thote teachers who did not de-
sire to take the trip. to attend the .ses-
sions of the conventions of neighboring
The year, it ts eest, -has been 'one of
substmetial prove= in the schools.
The. interest and eareteperation of the
oo ad Public generallY,- is solicited in
orcler that the present year masy see ad -
distance. ' He was Yeeinger than Ms
partn,er, Whose hair was grizzled tO a
badger gray, but no less determined
and self-reliant in appearance. ife
(lifl 00.t.loott his thirty years, while
the- otheenian lOoked more than his
f9r41`tWY*eert titi'v he said slowly, "it
mune to me if We can get through at
all we've .saved a dey' and a half. By
The grizzled prospecter walked up
until he stood ribreatt, and from the
little rise started ahead.
"Isn't that it?" asked the younger
man, 'Over there—through the gap;
juet down below that spike, with a
snow can," lie stretched out a long,
muscular arm, and his companion
edged *Op to it and sighted along its
length and over the index finger as
if it were the barrel of a rifle, and
stared, scowling, at the distant maze
of mountain and sky that seemed up.
ended from the green of the foreat
"Say-, I believe you're right, Dick!"
he exclaimed. "I 'believe you are.
Let's hustle along at the top of this
divide; and then we'll know for sure."
They resumed their progressr:to
halt at the top, where' there was
abruptly opened below them a far-.
flung panorama of white and gray
gality from sky line to sky line.
"Well, there she is, Dick," asserted
the elder man. "That yellow, cross -
shaped mark up there on the side of
the peak. I kept tellin` you to keep
patient and we'd get there after a
winhcHoilnrssiistency .of this argument, but
partner did not reply to the
stood looking at the land mark as if
dreammg of all it represented.
'That is it, undoubtedly", -he said,
as if to himself. "The Croix d'Or, I
suppose that's why the old French-
man who located the mine in the
flrst place gave it that narne—the
what I've heard of it," groWled the
older prospector, "that the Double
Cross would have been a heap more
, fittin' tame for it. It's busted every-
body that ever had it."
1 The younger man laughed softly
' and' remonstrated: "Now. Ahat's the
, use -in saving that? It wasn't the
. Croix d'Orr that broke my father—"
"But his halfrin it waa all he had
1 left when he died!"
"That is lie, and it is true that
he sunk mere than a hundred thous-
and in it; but it was the stock -mark-
et that got him, Besides, how about
,Sloan, my father's old-time partner?
He's not broke, by a long shot!"
"No," came the grumbling re-
sponse, "he's not busted, just, because
he had sense enough to lay his hand
down when he'd gone the limit."_ .
"Lay his hand down? . Say, Bill,
you're a little twisted, aren't you?
Better go back- aver the last month
or two and think it over. 'We being
partners; are working up in the
Coeur d'Alenes. Our prospect pinch -
,es out. We've got -just seven hun-
dred left between us on the -day we
bring the drills and hammers back,
throw them in the tomer of the cab-
in. and say 'We're on a dead one.
What next?' Then we get the letter
saying that - my father, *hom 1
haven't seen in ten years, nor heard
much of, owing to certain things, is
deed,. And_ ell he left, was isisellitLf of
the Croix d'Or. .The letter comes
am whom ?_SloanfArtclitasayeathat
though he and my father's abomin- ,
able Teinper, lead not- been intimate t
for a year or two, he still respected i
his memory,- and wanted to befriend '
his son. Didn't he? Then be said --
that he had -enough belief left -in the-L-
Cioix d'Or to back it for a hundredl
call that laying down a hand?}
The elder man finished rolling a ;
cigarette, and then looked at him 1
with twinkling. whimsical eyes, as
if continuing the argument merely 1
for the sake -of debate. '
thing, why -didn't he offer to buy
"Well, if he thinks it's sueh a good 1
you out? Why didn't they work her ,
sooner? She's been idle, and water- !
soaked, for three years, hin't she? '
As sure as your name's Dick Town-
send, and mine's Bill MatheWs, that i
old feller back East don't think i
you're goin' to say it's all right. He
knows all about you! He knows you
don't stand for no lies or crooked
-Werle; and are a 'fool for principle,
like a bee thet goes and sticks his
stinger into somethin' ' even though
he lieoWs he's goin' to kill himself by
doin' it."
"And how do you know he ain't
figurin' it this way: 'Now Ill send
Dick Townsend down there to look
at it: He'll say it's no good. Then
I'll buy hiin out and unload thin
Cross of gold hole and ,plant it on
some tenderfoot and get mine back!'
You cain't make „me believe in any
of those Wall Street fellers! They all
deal from 'the bottom of the deck and
CHAPTER II.
Thee D'OR
It was the day after the halt at
`the road house. Half -obliterated by
torrents, the trail was hard to follow.
In some places the park bueros
scrambled for a footing, or skated
awkwardly with tiny hoofs' despera-
tely set to check their descent, to be
steadied and encouraged by the
booming voice, deep as a bell, of the
man nearest them. Sometimes in
dangerous spots where shale slides
threatened to prove unstable, his
lean, grim face and blue gray- eyes
appeared apprehensive, and he brac-
ed his great shoulders against one of
the bulging packs to essist a sweat,
ing,, straining animal. After on‘of
these perilous tracts he stopped be-
side the burros, pushed the strained
white Stetson to the back of his head,
exposing a white forehead which litid
been protected from the sun, and ran
the sleeve of his blue -flannel shirt
across his face from brow to chin to
`Hell's got no worse -roads than
this!" he exclaimed. "Next time any-
body talks me into takin' a cut-off
over a spring trail to save a day and
a half's time, him and me'll have an
Ahead, and at the moment inspect-
ing a knot in a diamond hitch, the
'other man grinned, then straightened
up, and, shading his eyes from the
sun with Ms hat, looked off into the
The school property thrcughout the
district has in general been maintained
in geitect eondition. One new eehool, that
was to reprage the salmi destroyed by
fire in January 4st, This new &eh:col is
basenient, inside Toilets, cistern
for :washing facili.tiel. and is a credit 'to
the section. Two dermas drilled new
artesian Yells, and other inapioaements,
snail as the installation of slate blaek-
same easee. A number at school boards
painted the interioe or exterior df their
schools as occasion demanded. A mat-
Noitrish the Depleted Nerves
eft to Health and Vigor
In 'these daysTof stresf, strain and worry.everyone
Mould have their nerves ni the beet Condition bk.
, The nervous .energy use4 np la trying td L'f
with the strenuous pace of modern day business tuil
pleasure soon depletes the nerve foto and it is net
long betore one is on the verge of a nervous bri6a1E-
The exhauSted nerve lora:, may be restored by the
bring back health, strength and Vigor to the system
, eu art run down in health get a box froickoui,f
druggist. We feel sure he Will ree4m132end them,
McGINNIS
No better protection against worms
can be OA thgt Miller's Worm Powders.
They consume worm and render the
Staniach and intestines untenable ,to
them. "They heal the surfaces' that
the parasites and serve t'Ao restore the
strength of the child that has been un-
dermined by' the draraghts that the
tivorinst aiave Linide upon it, and that
their- operation is altogether health-giv-
Uuttons to steal ,the lone ker
giving,the lie. to bia,growliv
complaints and. pessimisnv he lonsrh.li
ett with a .bellowing. roar-, that'
100k at him with loOR graY Kiva
thrust torword curiously, and wander
at his noise.
Townsend appeared to commhoul
that his partner wa$ but halt,in ear,.
nest,. and smiled good,bumoredlys
'91/ell, :13111," be saldh tho
noVfull of water Or bad airt so that
'we can t form any idea at all,
not be long in, saying what we think
of it.7 We ought tO be there, in an
hour from now. Let's
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Brophey Bros.
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FUNERAL, DIRECTORS
AND EMBALMERS
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FARM .AND ISOLATED TOWN P110,-
FERTY INSURED.
Value of property Ansured up to atm-
Preeident. J0,3. Connolly, Goderieh, Were
President; M A. Reid, Seaforth, Sem
D/RECTORS- -Alex. Broadroot, Star.
•orth R. R. 3; Jas. Shoultice, Weltene
Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Geo. Leotihstrili,
ernholm No 1; John Pepper,
eelde Jas.- 'Connolly, Goderich:
Seaforth No. 4.
,ln; Jas. Watt, Myth; Malay lima -
Policyholders can pay -.their assess.
vents at Calvin Ctat's stktv,-Ootierbek
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COMFOATAKE
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