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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
"THE SOLID SOUTH -

She road into town on a load of hay
yesterday, remarks ii Quad, and as
she drove up to the Eastern haymar-
ket, she called out:
Everybody git away, for Pm COM
ing down"
Down she came off the back end of
the load. striking the ground like a
load of stone, and when the men
around there come to see that she was
as broad as she was tall they begun TO
banter her.
mo fooling, noww she called out.
my names South, and I've driven
that load of hay fourteen miles this
morning. know I'm far, but I've got
business on hand and can't stand any
nonsense"
After the load of hay had been weigh
ed, she was offered 80 cents to step on
the platform, while dozen men made
up a purse of two shillings each, to go
to the one who guessed nearest her
weight.
1.-TWO hundred and ninety" called
out the weightmaster, as the beam
went up"
''That' my heft to a pound" added
Mrs. South, and reaching out she seiz-
ed the hat with the shake purse in it,
crammed the money into her pocket,
and continued:
"You can't make no sids-show Of me
and all get dead-head tickets!"
There was quite row over her COB
bling the cash, but she backed up to
the scales, spread out her fat hands,
and remarked:
"Gentlemen, If anybody thinks he
can take the money away from me,
here / am. I'm. very motherly and
tender-hearted, but l know my weight
and ciawipo capacisy"
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has hardly any other meaning than

has hardly any other meaning than
death.
A sensation has been created in Jersey
City by the discovery of a gold mine
while sinking a well. The workmen
after passing through vain of iron ore,
strucka quartz vein containing gold, at
a depth Of 900 feet. Biologists suppose
that this quartz belongs to the Appalach-
ian range running from Nova Scotia to
the Gulf, and having outcroppings in
Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia
There is at present quite a stir among
the Masons on the continent in conse-
quence of statement given on the
authority of the Freemason, that the
Countess Hadich, a highly educated lady
has been initiated into lodge subordin-
ate to the Grand Orient of Hungary
She was regularly proposed and second
ed, balloted for, elected, and admitted in
due form. The matter coming to the
knowledge of the Grand Orient, was
complicated by declaration that the
initiation was null and void, as woman
is disqualified from becoming a Free
mason. As the Countess was actually
received, the question is, Can her lodge
now keep her out?
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
DRUDGERY,

"Of all work that produces results, ("
said the Bishop of Exeter, 'nine tenths
must be drudgery." Earnest and faith
full teachers who are wont to complain
of the ceaselsss drudgery oftheir voca-
ton, should throw repinins to the
winds and renew their courage and
hope by a serious contemplation of the
truth contained in the Bishops re-
mark.
Nowadays, one of the most COM
mon, and. at the same time, most
wearying drudgeries with which the
intellectual demands of the public
school burden teachers, is the almost
limitless amount of written work per-
formed by pupils, primary as well as
grammar, all of which must be care
fully inspected and accurately ap-
praised. So prodigious in quantity is
this kind of work in almost all large
graded schools that the usual hours of
the sessions are seldom sufficient to en-
able the teacher to give it the attention
which it imperatively demands, in
order that it may accomplish the
purpose fer which it is intended. A
laborious .,our is often affixed to the
days session, thai this form of drudg
cry may not consume time needed and
intended for home reading and study,
or for social recreation.
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sMisreHaueaus.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. DC. Oct. sOth. 1876.

| WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct 90th, 1876.
The serious complications foretold
some years ago by Senator Morton, and
others, as likely to occur in case Con-
! gress failed to provide definite method
for counting the electoral votes of the
several States, threaten unhappy conse-
quences next February; and the matter
has been often and very warmly dis
cussed here during the past week, and
refecting American citizens generally
feel that we should approach the matter
diyested of all feeling of partizanship and
prompted only by the highest consider
ations of patriotism. In the absence Of
the joint rule, which existed many years,
but which was abrogated a few years
since, there is no guide save the vague
and rather indefinite method prescribed
by the Constitution and precedent BY
the former it is made the duty of the
presiding officer of the Senate to open
and declare the votes of the several States
in The presence of both Houses of Con-
gress: and so far as there is any prece-
dent, it all appears-to be in the same di-
rection But it is felt that, e.en were
there no doubts as to the exact mode of
procedure, many secondary questions of
vital importance may call for solution,
upon which the Constitution is silent,
and it was to provide against just such
embarrassing contingencies that the In
diana Senator unsuccessfully labored,
and whose want of success is now keenly
regretted.
Ordinarily the requirement. of Penn
sylvania Avenue, which is now in pro-
gress, and the completion of the Wash
ington monument would be thought
worthy of some attention; but they will
be only incidentally thought of till the
great struggle shall have been decided
on the 9TH, and the Centennial closed on
the 10th of November. The aspect Of
European at:S:.irs is regarded as rather
more reassuring for the past few days;
but it is evident that there is not the
most implicit reliance in the professions
of Europulers and diplomats.
Lovers of turf sports have crowded the
grounds of the Washington Driving Park
during the races of last week. Gold
smith Maid was brought here as an at
traction, and proved good card, al
though her performances did not come
up to the enthusiastic predictions of
some of he admirers.
Members of Committees have begun
to make their appearance upon our
streets reminding us that the beginning
of another session is at hand.
Maxwell.
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The Board have adopted the followins
grades for the coming year-Scale to 100:
For first-class certificates valid "a months
grades must average 9S1z with no branch
marked below S6. Twenty-four months ex.
perience in teaching required.
| Second-class certificates valid Is months
e. AIDES must average SO with no branche.
marked below as. Twelve months expert
ence required. Second-class certificates viii
also be issued when the applicants average
| is 90 with no branch married below 81. NJ
For Third-class certif q cateS valid l.
months) grades must average so with nC
| branch marked below y: Some experienc,
| required.
Third-class certificates will also be issusl
when the applicants average is IS, with nC
branch marked below IS. No experience re
Quired.
For Fourth-class certificate lowest grad,
valid months) grades must average y with
no branch marked below 63. No experience
required.
tember lst, 1876.
Examinations will begin at $50 A. NJ, anC
continue without any intermission for din
ner until 4:30 p. NJ, at which time all mann
scripts must be completed No applicant
received after 1880. No certificates VIII bt
issued without an examination. and nom
will be antedated or extended.
Questions will be given on printed slips
and all applicants must pass an eXam mlnatlol
in Reading, Writing. Orthogrsphy, Gram
mar, Geography. Mental Arithmetic, Writ.
ten Arltnmellc, IneOry anu EIdCllcts duu
in any other branch they may be called up
on TO teach.
AU applicants must furnish tc7itten recon-
mendations of good moral character, 10 ot
procured from their last employers or las
teachers. If possible.
Good success in teaching Will always oe
considered in granting certificates.
Each applies 1t is requested TO prlnR leao
pencil. an eraser and knife, also three cenl
stamp and the necessary fee-nfty Genus
Applicants will be required to make mes
ot1T, change By order OF the Board.
''~'' JOSEPH r. KAGY,
Ano y7s.5m. DORILUS MARTZ,
W.T.. PLATT,
School Examiners.
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WHAT HE WAS YELLING AT.

What is the man yelling at2" asked
an Illinois farmer of his boy, as he
pointed TO a person in the field one day
last week.
What is he yelling atf' repeated
the lad.
''Yes," replied the father, inquiring
ly.
II know" said the boy.
Then what is it, you youngr alr
demanded the paternal
''Why," chuckled the urchin, ''he's-
he's yelling at-at the top OF mis- voice!"
Then that cold blooded husband
man placed violent hands on his irrev-
erent offspring, and laid over him a
gangplow while he failed him with a
forkstale. - Chicago Journal.
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"GOING TO WAR;

The man wants to go to st. Peters
burg, says II Quad, and enlist in the
Russian army to fight the Turks, was
at the Central Depot yesterday to see
about his railroad ticket. With his
hat on his left ear, pants In boot-to's,
overcoat belted tightly around, ~ a
fierce twist to bis mustach, he AAed
up to the ticket window and asxed:
"What time does the train leave for
Russian
'sFive o'clock" answered the agent,
never smiling in the least
'sGoodl What's the fare to ST. Pet
tersburgr
ssFive hundred dollars"
''To much. I'll give you s4O0."
'sWe have but one rate" said the
agent.
"And you wont let me go for S4Oo."
Couldn't do it,"
.sThen won't go. Pm a patriot
from head to foot, but can't
let no railroad swindle me- Pm the
bIoodiest kind of border wild eat, and
Russia wants me bad; bat that hun
dred dollars opens great gulf between
rs
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

Is there no reason to fear that many
teachers in and out of school rooms
are doing much through the powerful
influence of example, to bring into dis
repute the drudgery of useful, neces
essary, productive labor? Multitudes
OF children acquire their only correct
notions of life, its duties, responsible
ties and means of success during their
brief period of attendance at the pub
lie school. And it is not unreasonable
to suppose that teachers may justly be
considered accountable, to some ex
tent, for the existence of ideas whose
subsequent development may be hos
tile to the highest practical efficiency
of lifel-E. C. Oelano.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
TO FORTELL WEATHER CHANGES.

At any given point of the earth's sur
face the state of the weather always
depends on the prevailing air currents
The annual and the secular periodic
changes of the oceanic and the atmos
pheric currents are repeated in the
weather-changes. And on the phe-
nomena which, however imperfectly
established this periodicity, is based the
univeral belief that the moon has an
influence on the weather. The reser-
ches and calculations which have been
made by meteorologists to determine
the perodicity of weather phenomena,
and the influence of the moon upon
the latter, have hitherto been fruitless,
and this simply because the observa-
tions of single stations only have been
teken into account. From observa-
IONS made at one point it is impossible
to obtain decisive results as TO secular
periodic weatha- changes, even though
these observations were to be carried
on for hundred years or more. The
terrestrial atmospheric currents, in
their passage over the same portion of
the earth's. surface (whether this pas
sage be periodic or not periodic } never
take the samr route, or have the same
limits, and consequently the localities
over which they pass on their return
will happen to Oe at one time in the
center of the current, at another time
more or less near to its northern or
southern edge:
Under these circumstances the state
of barometer and of Thermometer, the
amount of precipitation, the force of
the wind, etc., upon which these re-
searches are based, must yield conflict
ing results. Some, however, have sup
posed that better results might be oh
tanned by combining these qualities,
and taking the mean of all the read
iDgs. This method does quite away
with auomolies, it is true, but then
the result has no specific value, though
the aim of all such researches must
always be to determine the weather
specifically. The periodicity of wealth
phenomena can only be determined by
means of investigations carried on ac-
cording to the geographical method, l.
e., by studying these atmospheric phe-
nomena in their continuity both as re-
CARDS time and space.-PopuLar Sci
erlce Monthly for Tocember.
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WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT INDIANA.

Just about these days. says NJ Quad,
it is not only natural, but highly ap'
propriate, when two men meet, tc
have q word or two ON the political
situation. Therefore, when a man
boarded a Woodward avenue car yes
terday and sat down beside keen
looking old gentleman, it was all right
for him to ask:
s'Well, how's Indianap
"What in thunder do I know about
Indianar' shouted the old man. Il
never lived there-I was never in the
State"
sits going to be pretty close, !
guess" remarked the man, though
seeming less interested than before.
whats going to be close" yelled
the old man.
3 1.-The election"
"What electionT
"Why, the State election"
'What do know about State elec
ton in Indianan cried the old man.
'.Who do you take me for, sirg'
"Why, l thought everybody knew
there was to be State election in In
diana tomorrow" humbly observed
the other.
"What business had you to think so,
sir Do you suppose all the rest of
mankind think as you do7 Do you
run this whole eountryr'
''Neyer mand," observed the man, as
he settled back: 81 didn't know but
that you took an interest in politics. ;"
You had no right to think SO, sir
not the shadow of a right, sir Sup
pose l should get into car and ask
you how Indiana vast Howquick you
would knock me down, ,siri"
fNo wouldn't"
Then I'm liar am IN shouted the
old man, trying to pull of his over
coat. There would have been a row
had not the other man hurried out Of
the car.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

IN the assignment of lessons, work
should be given that all the members
of the class can do; and, further, as far
as the teacher under the circumstances
can do, give something for those who
can accomplish more or work different
ly from the rest. In recitation be sure
to call for something which is within
the capacity of the child to learn. A
little judicious management in this d.
rection is fruitful in good results.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

FUJIMARo TANAKA, the Week.-Mrs.
ter of Education for japan, is On a
tour Of inspection in America. He
spent a week in the Boston Schools
examining means and methods. He
has ordered an exact model of one of
the scnool buildings to be erected in
Jeddo. In this he intends to place a
complete collection of all school ma
terial and educational appliances of
most improved kinds in use in this
country and to make an examination
by the educators of Japan.
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SOCIETIES.


Masonic Hall located in third story OF Gage,
Block, Main street.
FiHpLAY COUNCIL, X. q !. NJ, No. SO. Regular
Council second Monday evening in each
month.
FINDLAY CHAPTER. r. A. n. No. 81. Stated
Convocation first Monday evenings In each
month.
eIEpLAY LoDGE.F. & M-.No. III. Stated com.
mrnication first and third Wednesday eve
nlngs in each month.
Odd-Fellows' Hall east side of Main Street
between sandusky and Crawford Streets.
GOLDEN RULE EHcAMPMENT, No. 81, LOO f.
meets second and fourth Friday evenings
of each month.
HANCOCK LODGE, ,So.7S,I. o. o. r.. meets eve
~ Tuesday evening.
FIEDLAYLoDGE, No. IS, K. Of p. meets every
Monday evening In odd Fellows Hall.
FINDLAYSAvISGs ANDBUILDISG LoANAsso-
cIATioy meets at the Courthouse on the
third Monday In each month.
THE WoMEs's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UsI0Nmeets at theLeague Rooms, opposite
the Joy House. General prayer meeting
everySapbath afternoon at o'clock. Wo-
mems prayer meeting Wednesday after
noon at o'clock. Children's meeting first
Saturday afternoon in each moLtb at
O'Clock.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
THE SENSES OF THE OYSTER.

Some of the special senses are un-
questionably represented among these
headless Mollusca, though the distri-
button of the different organs is very
peculiar. Thus in Pecten, Pima,
Sponoulus, the oyster, and many 9th
ers, very distinct and often peduncu-
lated oeslli are distributed over both
margins of the pallium or mantle.
These vary in number from forty to
two hundred or more, and are in
connection with distinct branches of
the circumpallial nerves. In the razor
fish, the cookie, Venus, and other bi
valves possessing those prolongations
of the mantle known as siphon-t tubes,
the eyes are situated either at the base
or on the tips of the numerous small
tentacles distributed around the oritices
of these tubes, which in those of them
living in the sand are often the only
parts appearing above the surface
The margins of the mantle are also
garnisied by anumber of short though
apparent tiy very sensitive tentacles. in
which the creatures most specialized
sense of touch seems to reside Sons
of these taeils appendices. es weil as
s, me of the ocelli, send their nerves to
the posterior or parieto splanchnic
ganS,ia, whild those situated on the
anterior borders of the mantle com
municate with the anterior or orgal
ganglia. The latter ganglis also re-
ceive filaments from the so called Ia
bial appeLdages, whose function is un-
certain, though it has been suggested
that they may be organs of saste or
smell. Lastly, in close relation with
the pedal ganglia or ganglion, there
are two minute saccules Gig. 9, 81, to
which an auditory function is usually
ascribed.- Popular Science Monthly for
NoUember.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

THERE is no principle in education
more firmly established Than that the
several steps in course of instruction
should be connected together in a per
fectly logical chain. In other words
the lesson of to-day should not be
given as something separate and com.
plete in itself, but as having an init
mate connection with the lesson of to.
morrow. Yet l will venture to say n o
principle is so constantly violated by
teachers in every grade of schools. and
who have adopted the most widely
divergent methods of instruction.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

AT the last meeting of the State
Board of Examiners held Aug. oath
and 25th, in Columbus, six certificates
were granted and among these. one to
WIN. S. Wood, of Salem, O., formerly
of this place.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

The last number of the JhtO Educa.
tionae Monthly is more than usually
interesting in its contributed articles,
and is replete with school news and
other mat'c-- that go 20 make up a
lively journal. No teacher in Hancock
county who cares more for his profes-
sion than to draw his pay should be
without il.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
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% you can get the best of work done in the
neatest possible style Ladies' and Children g
Hair Cutting nd shampooing a speciality.
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
THE Boston School Board has made

THE Boston School Board has made
a new departure by appointing a board
of six supervisors to attend TO the in
teres;s of the schools. OF this the Su-
perintendent is er-cfcer, chairman.
Already trouble has arisen between
the Superintendent and Supervisors,
on account of a conflict of authority.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

A TrORNEY AT Law and Claim Agent.
IA Will practice Law in State and us. Court,
and attend promptly to business entrusted to
his care As Justice of the Peace. will attend
to conyeyancing andltakiBg dispositions. OF.
fce-Room ". l Melodeon Building. .Findlay,
Ohio. May 5. '76-tf
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

HoN. W. J. CoTHRLL has been ap-
pointed State Superintendent of
Schools by the Governor of Maine, in
place of Hon. Warren johnson, re-
signed.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10

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