The Meeker herald., 1897-09-18

Some Queer Thoughts.
''Ths sauutsrer" 10 the Denver Times
tells Tie following ~ recent issue:
,kynsssasshsess.ty ,Spsrihtsaasss
|se schools fruo TIE western alope en-
joys . joke - we'll - any ono know Of,
and be has always declared that he has
more opportunities for real pure fun
than any Of his brother officials. He
says that tho grading Of examination
papers on which the certificates ara: Is.
sued, would be . barren waste and q
dreary monctony II 1t wero not for the
quaintness and mirth contained in tho
answers. Some Of these answers. dis
play an amount OF Ignorance that IL
lamentable, when it is remembered that
the writer's arc applicants for positions
to teach the young idea how to shoot.
NV friend is good story teller, End the
half hour spent listening to his Illus
trations on this point was equsf to at
tending farce comedy. ="
At one examination not long since
the question was asked. "What are tho
quali6catioes for IN ideal tsacherP" A
young lady who had evidently hitched
her wagon to star. answered: The
ideal teacher must be ~ meek - Moses.
as patient a. Job. a. wise as Solomon.
and as kind and loving as Jesus Christ. :"
That girl got 100 per cent on the answer.
I'm physiology We have some amustnR
answers. For instance: What IL ~
humerus,' Answer: Tho hunerus =
the funny bone.' =
".which = tho iooGsst boae u ~
iAshM beAvS' Assssss ,seAs -
bone.'
"'What would you do II you should
cut an artsryp' Answer: L wosh
faint
".Name the three coverings OF The
brain.' Answer: There are only two
coverings-the cerebrum and tho care
bellum.' ~,
"'Where is tho slimentary canal?
Answer: In the northern part eoi
Michigan ,-...,.,.
"But all Of which proves that We art
fearfully and wonderfully made.
"In reading young man WAS asked
the question, What is the centra
thought in Poe's "RsvenP" He an
swered: That the raven 10 black
Another, when he ran acroes the
question. What IL climax answered
The best tobacco I ever chewed.'
"But when you strike anthing per
tanning to literature you get richness
For instance: Name 1--WE leading Amer
ican poets Answer: Shakespeare
Dante, Mary Jane Holmes, Augusts
Evsns and Bill Nye.'
"'Name Eve American orators.' An,
swef: Daniel Webster. Oliver Crom
weil Mrs. Lease. Coxey and Governor
Wsite.''T
History anosds another rich field
'whas 1as she attitude Of Georgia II
tie feSoiationr Answer: 'She wa
bsek1fd about coming forward -
"sWkat was the charter oakp' 'Th,
standard brand OF stoves.'
"'what was the underground rail
roadr "A tunnel dug BY prisoners 1,
Andersdaville prison, 20 they could &c
OUT ni1g
"'Who WAS president when victori,
ascsnded the throoep' Poke
"Another branch that furnishes foo,
for reelection and hilarity IL civil gov
ernment
"'Denns communism, socialism an,
nihilism.' Ans: Communism mean
the aet Of eommuning togetheEs social
ism, the sct Of being soeialI Rihiliam
nit.' - . .,,.,,
".Whas b meant BY tie fies and IN
limited coinage Of silver attbe rasso o
iso III Answer: IT, mseps that 4
our moosy has sixteen pazta silver ao,
one pert go,d.' Another: .Sixtps,
parts pare 70 oas part alloy But hi
. Was IL hlossoo: IT means thst d
sovssnosae Vim hssp osE - ds,lar 70
sseh sixissa u eolns'n
A New York paper hss made the dis