The Coconino sun., 1891-05-30
HUM0R AT SCHOOL.

of an ordinary day-school is practical ly inexhaustible.
 Questions in geography, based upor
 ''boring hole through the middle o the earth, '" are very favorite ones with examiners in testing the earth-knowl edge of the lower classes of a school Such questions are put with the specia object of eliciting whether the children have exact and abiding notions of the size and shape of the earth. A certain examiner put the favorite question in this form: "If l made hole through the centre of the earth where should ] come outPn And one little lad, whose wit was readier than his geographical knowledge, and who was quite above such common answers as Australia, ' or 'the antipodes, promptly replied, Out at the hole, masterm
 The following literary selection is from scholars exercise on ''govern- ments." With the exception of the
 introductory paragraph, which is of an ordinary character, give the lads complete effusion:
 Ut is not proper to think that the governments of all countrys are alike. It may surprise your fathers and moth- CTS to learn that VIC read in our books that there are many kinds of govern ments. Five or six I can count. In Persia the people call the shah dess- pot And your fathers and mothers will say that he deserves it. Why, if man does anything wrong as not to please him, the desspot has only to say, Gut his head off," And the police does it. Or if the desspot asks a wo- man to be one of his wives. and she says, '1 will not marry you" he only says, Gut her head off." And the po- lice does it. But when this man who thinks as he is king, comes to Eng land, he can't do it. My mother re- members him once coming, and she says as he had to behave hisself, whether he liked it or not.
 Tn France they have not now a king. Only a man as they choose for government called prezident In our reading-books it tells you lot about this country, only l can never think of it. Wives plough in the fields, it says, and the poor boys and girls have not got no English home. The men are too fond of governments, and they have had more of them than any other country nearly. Napolien was one, but there were lots of others. The city of Paris looks the finest place you ever see. There is a river runs straight up the middle, and lots of bridges drawed right acrost and places sticking up, and bits of people walking by the side of the water. The govern ment this year is prezident These presidents have got queer names but they are not kings nor desspots."
 On one occasion. during the examina- tion of an object" leAon on the cow" received a most original answer from scholar. I had asked series of questions having reference to the prac- tical uses to which the various parts of the cows carcase are put. And al- though was quite satisfied to hear that cups and combs were made of the beasts horns, knife-handles of it's bones leather of it's skin. &c., cer- tainly was somewhat startled and rem dered incredulous by hearing one lad inform me with the most confident and complacent air in the world, that ''wash-leather was made of it's stom- achm
 The next essay has for it's title 'The Irish" The writer is lad attending a school situated in one of the poorest districts of Lambeth.
 "The Irish are so called because they live in the island of Ireland It is beautiful country, which is chiefly noted for three principal classes of things, which is namely, its great greenness, its big bogness, and it's little shamrocks. It says in our lessons as green is the favorite color with all the Irish great and small classes. Sham rock is nothing but little bit of green clover. But the Irish love it.
 They cant manyfacture things in Ireland same as we can, from Q track ion ingine to a sowing needle. But still the Irish manyfacture the follow ing classes of things very exceedingly. namely, Linin, bacon, shop eggs, and whisky. The Irish are nearly as fond of bacon as they arc of potatos; and as for that there whisky. the Irish love it. The hearts of the Irish the book says, are all very warm. If you was walking out in the country and you met a poor man, you could easily tell whether he was an Irishman; for if he was an Irishman he would per- haps be in a passion and have a pig with him."
 was once giving lesson in physi- ology, with special reference to the nature and composition of the various 'food-stuffs." l had compared the human constitution to the mechanism of an ordinary steam-engine, showing the pupils that just as the mechanical force of the latter is due to the burn ing of the fuel in the furnace. so the power and vigor of the former, or human engine, is dependent upon very similar internal combustion. had divided the food-stuffs into the ''flesh-forming' and "heatgiving" classes. and had clearly explained to the lads--so. at least l thought--why certain proportions of each class of food were necessary for thoroughly nourished and vigorous condition of the human machine. Hence the req son, continued to illustrate. why--as by an intuition--we ate ham and eggs" together, "bread and butter" &c.,. and hence, also the reason why such articles as milk and whole-meal bread were even in themselves almost anr.orfon4i, foodo T,ouauda fha oloao