Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02

NHSlISSYGu III ODCyluB OTOeTS. n young
Sss teacher In a certain city school
, wished to communicate with an
other teacher in a school about mile distant,
SO sne chose one of her bright pupils and sent
- nlin Win 31I, 1nIote, and told him to wait for an
answer When the messenger arrived at his
destination the teacher CHANGED to be Illus
tratlng some lesson ON the blackboard, so she
meley iaTly glanced at the note, and then said,
Iake chair" When at leisure, she turned
70 70 ene 1oy, put ne was gone. He had "taken''
the chalr and gone off with i'll 1t was heavy
cpair, but ne heroically lugged it to his teacher
and deposited it by her side, with a conscious
alr OIL duty. well performed. What was his
fie|afd Alas! he was sterniy ordered to
tasr as ene chalr ma back again, which he did. with
that he was told to take it. And, sure
enough, he was.
such literal boy would have been better
suiCed ior one OF the military schools now so
much IN vogue. The foundation of military
uisciplne is unquestioning obedience, and no
punishment can be lawfully visited on sol
dler Tor obeying any order, however absurd.
III one OF these institutions the superintendent
Is Jealous disciplinarian, and that is how
he got into trouble. One day one of the
pupils was doing guard duty at the outer gate
when the superintendent entered. The sentry
saiuted and let him pass. Instantly the super
intendent turned ON him and demanded to
know why he was not challenged. mo mat
ter, said the man, severely. "You must
challenge everybody-it is your duty" every
well, said the sturdy pupil, lowering his
musket and bringing it to charge, ''I chal-
ienge you. Give the countersign, sir!" Then
ne didn't know the password, and he tried to
explain s:p the matter; but the sentinel would
listen to no excuse "Stand there!" ordered
the sentry, sternly. just then the porter
made his appearance. young man." said he,
IN amazemnent, gn don't you know the super
him, and cried, Give the countersign!" OF
course the porter didn't know; SO he had to
stand up with the superintendent, and there
they both stood, looking and feeling very
saw their predicament and relieved them. That
sentry should have been promoted, but quite
likely he was not even thanked.
Schoolboys should be of an inquiring turr
OF mind, but it is not wise to be too inquisi
tive. A Connecticut schoolboy made this dis
covery the other day in way he will not be
likely to forget. He was lounging along the
road to school when he found an odd-lookine
shell by the wayside, and he picked it up
His curiosity was excited because he had never
seen anything like it, and he was rather in
clined to think it was some kind of tropica
nut. His first impulse was to take it to his
teacher, but his curiosity got the better of his
prudence, and so he laid it down on rock,
and getting stone, whacked it several times
with great force. Then suddenly the air turn
ed dark, the queer nut mysteriousiy disappear
ed and the seeker after knowledge found him
self ON his back in the road. Further investi
cation revealed cut on his cheek, and the
surgeon who dressed the wound said he
guessed the boy had found dynamite car
fridge which some workmen had dropped in
the road
Perhaps these three stories have conveyed
the impression that the schoolboy is dumb
boy-which he is not, by any means. Not
long ago young lady came to visit certain
family in Pittsburg. She came in February
and stayed all that month, and the next and
the next. She was not very agreeable girl
and, after the novelty wore off, her hosts be
gan to grow somewhat weary, and toward
the end of April this WEAKNESS grew into q
positive dislike. But they were too well bred
to show their feelings, and the young lady
might have been staying there yet if it had
not been for the boy of the household
schoolboy, of course, and very bright one
He studied Society journal" for the correct
style, and then he wrote to paper, which
makes specially of such things, the following
paragraph: Miss -, who has been staying
with = for the last three months, has re
turned to her home in -" The author Of
this society note took care that the visitor
should see it,, and, of course, she took the
hint and departed.