Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-18
English Educational Prorres.
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From Pusch.
Considering the multiplicity of duties 90,
dldatcs tor school board clcrkshps ought r. h,
examined with the view of testing thorouybIv
their htDess for the place; aud as there scans
to be 10 Knowing what clerk NAV be ca|aJ
upon to do, some new Fishing" Questions ILL,
the following should certainly be put to b;m.
l.. What is your age, and weight, and Dowa,
OF physical endurance?
z: Gan you write short hand, and are Won A..
qualnted with the use Of boxing gloves AMI
globes? 1o1
8; For how long will you be satisfied to pock
without grumbing a salary not exceeding niue,,
pounds year?
4. Gan you clean boots, and will you be ton
proud IT called upon. to do so?
B. who dragged whom, and when: ar,npa
the walls of what?
cooclseues1, the different calculus, the or,;n ~
the dgama and the atomic theory assnnIied ~
neutral salts?
I. Have you any taste for art and does your
wife prefer chin'z or crctopne for the covers If
her drawing room?
Ute the leading cases where the leya
cestul qu trust of copyhold assignment has
established contingent claim to the Remainder
| under the act abollshing the use Of lease and
| release? "
g. When were you last vaccioated, an how
much did it take?
10. Have you good temper aud are vou
prepared to keep your Office open until mid.
night for Inspection by the ratepsyers, and n
supply them gratis with pipes and giu and
water whenever they drop in?
ii. lu case of sudden illness of any teacher
10 your district, could you, at five miuu,es 90.
tlc", undertake TO give Instruction in Welsh
Russian, Greek Turkish trigouometry, thers.
peuiles, geography, gymnastics, Hebrew, high
| Ouch, scgue, dancing, Chinese aud thorourh
bass?
II. Do you 20 to church or chanel, and Ar
which do you sleep best ?
| Is Explain and give the derivations of the
following: Cepbaloniau, Bacchaute, Spectre.
scope: Helzn govioa, bupkum, Charoscuro
c16sols bakers Dozen bosh and Baily's heads.
IA. Does your wife wear chiguon, and. if
so, now much did she lay for it?
IL. lranspose the first six rars of the music
OF the spheres, pointing out by couuterpout
their meodlc progression 10 A minor from 3
fat to F 10 alt.
| Is. Who were The old masters, aud 10 what
schools did they teach?
II. A haviog sold horse to B and hi,
cohclrs state uoder what circumstances the as
slgnees Of & can claim liberal copartnership
OF the estate IN tail.
is. Does your mother know that you are out
OF place?
10. Can You cook accounts and make an ap
pie dumping?
20. If boy persists in saying that cat
spells dog, where do You conceive that he ex-
| poets to go?
JOHN RANDoLpu.-Thc Maryland Iude.
pendent says:
| We heard in Georgetown some wears ago, An
| anecdote of John Randolph, which we have
| never seen in print. Ii the typos have ever got
hold OF it., 1t has escaped our eyes. Randolph
boarded in Georgetown while a member OF
Congress, and generally rode over to the Capt.
toll; sometimes he walked. On a keen frosty
morning he Was waking over to the House. and
soon after he crossed Rock Creek bridge, he was
sped by Mr.. B., who was walking on the oppo-
| site SIDE OF the street, in the same direction.
Mr.. b. had speaking acquaintance with Ran
dolrh, and seeing him across the street, thought
1t good time to improve and so crossed Over
to walk with him. Now, Randolph had very
very fast walker. With some difficulty Dir B.
came up with MIR. Randolph and saluted hin
with Good morning Mr. Randolph, you aro
walking fast this morning" Yes, sir" leak
ed Randolph, land | can walk still fast,r," snl
thereupon Mr.. Randolph increased his lorg
stride and Mr.. b. WAS soon left to pursue hs
way alone.
The Washington S,ar says The statement
OF Washington correspondent OF the Angus.
ia Chronicle aud Sentinel to the effect that
Postmaster General jewell had dismissed q
daughter OF Jackson, who shot Col. Ellsworth
in Alexandria, Va, and that she Was restored
by order of the President, is fiction, for the
following reasons; l. Miss Jackson was az
excellent clerk. = She was never dismissed
from the Pos Office Department 3 She never
was employed there.
A volunteer New Orleans reporter, who
Wat ID Just to t:y bis hand" he said, ION
the graveyards," brought 10 tae following:
Near the entrance OF the ccm, terry stood the
Greclan mausoIeum ot-Fire Company No.
-, It's gorgeous aud brilliant decorations
showing th-t the gallant boys do not forg t
that their departed comrades are still bravely
battling with the fiery elements 10 another
world. The young man was not engaged.
The Mexican Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives have chosen their President and
Vice President. A compuls ,ry educational bill
has been introduced in Congress-