The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09

asked an inspector, Win q que ell
phasis on the word temperate. A lit
tie boy replied; 1.-The region where
they drink only temperants drinks,
sir"
Physical science is dreadful STUN
bling-block to most youths. Asked to
give the causes of sound, a sufferer
wrote: Sound is caused by the motions
of the air, and is carried about by the
German band" A curious dOgmatiser,
in explaining" the origin of draught,
says: "A draught would be felt near
the broken window of warm room,
because if you stood near it, you would
feel it."-A boy, who appeared to be-
lieve friction as something tangible,
perhaps a sort OF newfangled fire.
lighter, scribbled: "Friction is caused
by the rubbing together Of two sticks;
it is very useful if you have not any
matches. What is member?" asked
an official. "a man on the School
Board" was the answer. "A surname
was thought to mean 1.-The name of a
person you say sir to-
In giving the names of the ten
plaques, respondent unduly enlarged
the fourth, plague of flies. beetles and
moskeeters;" whilst the murrain among
beasts was written by another. Miriam
among beasts"
The following two were lately re-
corded in the Schoolmaster. A class
had been asked to use the word dozen
in sentence of their own construction.
One of the answers ran: 81 dozen know
what to do."-"Stability" was ingen-
iously defined, perhaps by an unstable
memory, as being 1.-The cleaning-up Of
a stable"
As the science subjects of Physiol-
ogy and Hygiene are making rapid
strides in the elementary schools OF
this country. the following answers
will Illustrate to some extent the cram
ming system prevalent in these sub
jects. Here is what young physiolo-
gist says: 1.-The food is nourished in
the stomach. If you were to eat any
thing hard, you would not be able to
digest it, and in consequence you would
have what is called indigestion. Food
is digested by the lungs; digestion is
brought on by the lungs having some
thing the matter with them. The food
then passes through your windpipe
to the pores, and then passes off
your body by evaporation, through
a lot of holes in your skin, called
capillaries. The gall bladder throws
off juice from the food, which passes
through it. We call the kidneys the
bread-basket, because it is where all
the bread goes to. They lay up con-
cealed by the heart."
In reply to question, "Why do we
cook our food?' one child replied:
"Therc are five ways of cooking pota-
toes. We should die if we eat our food
roar n second pupil wrote: Food
digested is when we put it into our
mouths, our teeth chews it, and our
mouth drops it down into our body.
We should not eat so much bone maxi
ing food as flesh making and warmth
giving foods, for, if we did, we should
have too many bones, and that would
make us look funny"
Dealing with ventilation. one STU
dent informs us that ''the thermometer
is an instrument used to let out the
heat when it is going to be cold. ,
Another writes, that room should be
kept at ninety in the winter by the
fire, and in summer by thermometer.
A girl remarks: when roasting a
piece Of meat, put it in front of brisk
fire, so as to congratulate it." Here is
very learned reply: Sugar is an
amyloid; if you was to eat much sugar
and nothing else, you would not live,
because sugar has not got no carbon.
hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. Po-
tatoes is another amyloids."
In answer to the question, Mention
any occupations that are injurious to
health?" one reply was: Occupations
which are injurious to health are car
bonic acid gas, which is impure blood. :"
Another says: "A stone-mason' work
is injurious, because when he is chip
ping he breathes in all the little chips,
and they are taken into the lungs" A
third says: "A bootmaker's trade is
very injurious, because they press the
boots against the thorax, and therefore
it presses the thorax in, and it touches
the heart, and if they do not die they
are cripples for life"
In reply to question on digestion,
one child wrote: THE food is swal-
lowed by the windpipe. and the chyle
passes up the middle OF the backbone,
and reaches the heart, when it meets
with oxygen and is purified" Another
wrote: 1--WE should never eat fat, be-
cause the food does not digest" A
third says: 1.-The work of the heart is
to repair the different organs, in about
half a minute" A fourth child says:
I'VE have an upper and lower skin;
the lower skin moves at its will; and
the upper skin moves when we do. D."
A Fifth Standard child says: 1.-The
heart is q comical shaped bag" An
other in that class writes: The upper
skin is called eppederby, and the lower