The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-16
QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.
seruc at Recitation Of College CIa.

What can YOU say of sulphuric acid r.
at was discovered some time ago, by some
one or other, who gave II long Latin name
don't remember
'Of what is charcoal composed ~
'-Of little oxygen considerable nitrogen, and
also some marsh gas"
'You see. gentlemen, by plunging this piece
Of zine into water, the surface of the metal will
he covered at once with zinc oxide. But this
stops further action; now, how can it be re-
movedF
"W.ll-ah-ah-scrape it OFF,
''What are the physical properties of the gas
ammonial"
"It is a gas
'.AIr. D., what peculiar property has lead:
.'For what purposes may this property render
it very useinl!7
'.Sinkers."
''Alr. F., how does the sun cool"
"l}y radiation OF heat"
.'By radiation into whatf'
"By radiation into gas"
"what can you say of the asophasus when
swallowing!7
81 should not say anything when was swal-
lowing; | wond choke, if | tried
ITO what family does the bedbug helongg"
''T0 Mr.. As, where used 10 live
''What is a miTacle;"
.'The doing of something that can't be done
"DiscuSSng now ;he logical law of probabili-
ties. if ycu throw up die twenty times and
given side comes up every time, is it more likely
to come mp the twenty-fiTst time than any other r.
.'No; but = person would rather bet on it,"
''If man dies interstate, where does his prop
erty go''
''What is the allusion in the phrase Neptun
filius.-
Il suppose it was the origin of the modern
slang expression, a son of sca-cook.'r
please give an example of syllogism."
..All men are animals. / am an animal; there
fore, am a man.
.'Mr. b., please give me the converse of the
proposition, a struck b 2"
''B struck back
"What is the meaning of the words 'ambrosial
weeds"
''Why, suppose it refers to the kind of weeds
the gods lived on
''What constitutes Materalist, sir p
.'He must collect materials
"SuppOSe you were hit on the head with n
stick, where would the sensation be.'
'.ln the stick
"To understand this subject thoroughly. we
must know exactly who our next kin. Now
for practical example: Who would he yours =
.'My children, sir" [Great eommoton.
'Yes. know: hut without going into facts
lStill greater connection, and intense discount
turc of student.
GIVE the date of Spencrr's birth, and the rea-
son for it." Senior looks bewildered, and hest
tates. So the Professor cOntinues:l $40 put
my question in little different way, why was
il not two years earlier.
"Probabiy because his father was unmarried
at that time"
"Who wrote Millions Paradise Lost -
Milton"
"well, then, who wrote the Layamon of
Brutrr
'.Brut.n
'Mr. d., did Horace regard himself as full
fedsed philosopher"
"N-n-no, sir. only partly flown
"WhO was King of England in 1694."
William and Mary
.'Mr. H., who were Charlemagne and Pcpin!'
They were countries in Austria"
''Mr. b., what was the triple alliance.
"Why, that was when Henry VIII. married
three wives in year"
There i such place as Hades, is there :"
.'Ies. sir
s'Where is il .'
.'In tine southern part of Greece, SIR
where are geysers found a.
''ln the United States, Iceland, and Yellow
stone Park
mfr. H., eau you tell me what plants draw mp
SILICA in their growth p
II dunno some hard Dutch Names"
'l-e-e-s; wheat, corn, oats rye, and the like.
Looking now ut this shrub which hold il my
hands, where is the origin of this plant; here,
here, here p Indicating three different places
on the stalk with his tinger.)
"Hcrr." answered several Of tie cass.-N y
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