Wheel Double Turbine To the Public of Canada. OFFICE OF THE JOSEPH HALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Being desirous of testing the merits of the different water-wheels now offered for sale in Canada, as to their economical use of water, we, as manufacturers of The Genuine James Leffel Double Turbine, Make the following challenge to the manufacturers of ANY WHEEL now made in Canada, Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000), and the party accepting the challenge to do the same, the money to be held subject to the award of the Judges. The wheels to be tested in a flour mill, driving the same runs of stone, grinding the same wheat, and having the same number of square inches of opening to receive the water, the amount of water discharged to be the measure of the amount used by each wheel. The judges to be non-residents of Canada, and to be thoroughly well informed in the mode of testing the power of turbine wheels, each party to choose one judge and the two to choose a third. The owners of the winning wheel to have their money refunded them, and the loser's money to go towards establishing a mechanical free library in any town in Canada named by the owner of the successful wheel. The wheels to be tested at 4, 3, 2, %, 4, and full gate. Each party to give good and sufficient bonds, to the amount of $4,000, that the loser shall pay the entire expenses of the test. There are some wheels that give very good results with full head and full gateage, which entirely fail under partial head and partial gateage. Such wheels in our climate, where the water-powers are affected by both cold and drought, are of no practical value. We claim that we are the only makers of the genuine JAMES LEFFEL DOUBLE TURBINE WHEEL in Canada, and that it is without a rival in the world in practical results. More than 6,000 of these Wheels are now in operation in Canada and the United States. The sales of no other wheel ever yet introduced on this continent exceed one-sixth this number. Our wheel has been thoroughly tested in Great Britain, and has fully maintained the reputation it has gained in Canada and the United States, as the most economical water-wheel in practical operation ever yet introduced. 1 We are now publishing a new descriptive water-wheel pamphlet, containing 150 pages of valuable matter, which will be sent free to all applicants. For further information, address, N.B. We desire to call attention to the following certificate F. W. GLEN, Oshawa, Ont. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1868. We take pleasure in informing the public of Canada, that we have sold and furnished Mr. F. W. GLEN, of Oshawa, Ontario, Patterns, Formers, Drawings, Gauges, and all other necessary information to build our celebrated Double Turbine Water-wheel, invented by James Leffel, and known as the "Leffel Wheel." We have also obligated ourselves to furnish the same facilities for manufacturing to no other parties in Canada. Without the information we have given to Mr. Glen, no one can successfully build our wheels, and we advise parties in Canada to purchase our wheels of no other manufacturer. Mr. Glen's facilities are unsurpassed, and we feel sure that he will build a wheel that will give perfect satisfaction. We therefore commend him to the public of Canada with entire confidence, feeling sure he will manufacture a wheel in all respects equal to our own. (Signed,) JAMES LEFFEL & CO. MPORTERS AND DEALERS IN HOUSEHOLD LINEN & COTTON DRAPERY, Beg to announce that they have their Stock complete in every Department. They beg to call special notice to their large JOB LOTS of LINEN TABLE DAMASKS In Cloths, Napkins, Doilies, Tray Cloths and Slips, which they are clearing off at a discount of WHITE BED At $1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, and 3.50. NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, At $1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 3.00, 3.50, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, and 8.00. BLEACHED COTTON SHEETINGS & PILLOW CASINGS In all widths, sold by the piece at Wholesale Prices. BLEACHED LINEN SHEETINGS AND PILLOW CASINGS In all widths, sold by the piece at Wholesale Prices. WHITNEY AND CANADIAN BLANKETS, HOSIERY-BALBRIGGIN, AND OTHER FAMOUS HOSE; Specialties in BLACK SILKS, including the celebrated BONNETT'S SILKS. HOUSEHOLD LINEN and COTTON DRAPERY, TABLE DAMASKS, LACE CURTAINS, SHEETINGS and QUILTS, BLANKETS, HOSIERY, COTTONS, SILKS. HORROCKS' HAWKINS AND OTHER CELEBRATED MAKES OF WHITE COTTONS Always on hand, and Sold by the Piece at the Lowest WHOLESALE PRICES. 59 King Street, opposite Toronto Street. HUNTER, ROSE & Co., PRINTERS, TORONTO, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ONTARIO, by the Rev. James Porter, Inspector of City Schools, Toronto MY LISETTE, a Poem, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall, Peterboro' DINAH BLAKE'S REVENGE, by Mrs. J. V. Noel, (Chapters XIII-XV.) MY FIRST CARIBOO, by Hubert Humber........ .... 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ADAM, STEVENSON & Co., 10 King Street East, Toronto. Wanted a Few Capable Canvassers for the Magazine. A THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ONTARIO. BY THE REV. JAMES PORTER. FEW words of explanation are necessary to prevent a misapprehension of the title of this paper. The expression Public Schools as here used does not signify all public schools in the Province, but only those which are especially so denominated by the school law. In England the words Public Schools have long suggested Eton, Winchester, Harrow, and other schools of the same class. In Ontario they designate the schools which are established by law for the elementary education of the people, and are distinguished from those which until recently were entitled Grammar Schools, and were intended to afford instruction in the elements of the classical languages as well as in the mother tongue. It is not unworthy of remark, that the term Grammar Schools, as used in the New England States and elsewhere in America, denotes a school in which an ordinary English education is imparted; while a more advanced school, in which classics and mathematics are taught, is entitled a High School. In Massachusetts and many of the United States these two grades of schools are parts of the same system, and pupils are promoted from the lower to the higher as their improvement may merit and the convenience of their parents or guardians may allow. Such a system is called very properly a Common School System. That of the State of Massachusettes, says the Hon. George S. Boutwell, "dates from 1647." By this system "the power to decree was in the State, the duty to act was in the towns." (The word towns, thus used, is equivalent in meaning to townships in Ontario.) "A public duty was admitted in the education of the whole people at the public expense, without regard to any of the distinctions that are found in social life. An individual right was recognised—the right to intellectual and moral training at the public expense. The power of the State was exercised in the indiscriminate taxation of property for the enlightenment of the masses." Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1872, by Adam, Stevenson & Co., in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. |