The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28

people nave diseases anu cause them 10
have IN unpleasant look. Sometimes
when people 20 10 apply Tor situation
they don't get it owing 10 their feath-
rrs and bad faces; the master who they
ask generally SAYS that he takes beer
and won't ,.o ror aioh or HAT kind
People who Is not i'll 50 mitch general
y has good feathers, they are obtained
from keeping yourself clean
DR.. Charles Wilson, in his general
report on the Scottish training colleges,
gives several curious answers which
have been received from candidates
and pupil teachers. \ young lady
question on insurance
wrote "The money IS provided by the
company TO defray the expenses of the
birth of members in pecuniary dis
tress." \ second dcmoisclle in comment
ing upon the proverb, ''penny wise and
pound foolish, wrote in a mathcmati-
cal sort OF way, and it is feared with
some degree of, misanthropy: This
proyerb clearly shows that for every
wise and good action 4 man does, he
will commit two hundred and forty
foolish bad ones
One pupil brought Julius Caesar be.
fore the public in the light of won
derful inventor: "Julius Caesar invent
ed Great Britain. So B. C.'-by writ.
ing that, Il suspicion exists that copy
ing is still in vogue. What a disaster
Il single mistaken letter deseryedly oc-
casions to the young plagiarist
.:Etheired the Cnrealy was called that
because he was never ready for. the
Danes. He used 10 eatice them away
from England. by brideing them. bui
the used to come again ana demand i
larger bride .
Poor VIM Rufus' end WIS salder than
we wist, If we are to believe youth
who SAYS that ssWllliam Rufus was
gorgel to death BY stag in the forest
bis father had made TO hunt the deer.
Another writes: :.Prince William was
drowned in butt of Malmsey WINE;
he never laughed again." \ small bi-
ographcr of the Maid Of Orleans writes:
Joan of Are was the daughter of q
rustic French pheasant which lived in
the forest. She did not Ike to
leave her pheasant home, but after q
while she went away an the rainy
season, says little pcdant, ''the bar
rem desert becomes animated with tor.
rents of luxurious vegetation Befors
leaving the humors Of the boys, an ora
question and answer may be given
"What 10 you mean y a temperate re
gion?' asked an Inspector. with l due
emphasis on the word temperate. \
little boy replied The region wher'
they drinks only temperate drinks
sir"
Physical science is dreadful stumb
ling block to most youths. Asked t:
give the causes Of sound, sufferer
wrote: Sound is caused by the mo
tions of the air. and is carried about
bv the German band. \ curious dog
matiser. in '.eyplaining" the origin o
draft. says: "a draft would be fel
near the broken window Of warn
room, because If you stood near it yor
would feel it. \ boy who, appeared
to believe friction as something tangi
BILE, perhaps sort Of newfan gied fire
lighter, scribblcd::. Friction is causet
by the rubbing together Of two sticks
it is very useful If you have not an,
matches" .-W hat is Il member ask
ed an ollieial. ~ man on the schoo
board" was the answer. \ surnaln'
was thought 10 mean "thc name Of ;
person you say sir to-
In giving tho names, Of the tel
plagues rcspondens unduly enlarged
the fourth. Plague Of flies. beetles ant
moskeeters : whilst the murrair
an :ns beasts was written by another
"Miriam among beasts.
The following two We're lately re
corded in the Schooimasler. \ elast
had been asked TO use the word dozcr
ina sentence Of their own construction
One OF the answers ran: Il dozcr
know what to do stability wa
ingeniously defined. perhaps, BY. III
unstable memory, rs being "thc clean
ing-up Of a stable"
rs the science subjects Of physiolos,
ANA hygiene are making rapid stride!
in the elementary schools Of this coun
Try, the following answers will illus
tratc 10 some extent the examining
system prevalent in these subjects
Here IS what 4 young rhysioiogist says
The fool is nouri3hcl in the stomach
If You were TO eat anything hard, yor
would not be able to digest it, and il
consequence Ven would have what /;
called indigestion. Food is digested
by the lungs; digestion is brought OF
by the lungs having something the
matter with them. The food then
passes through yonr wind pipe TO the
pores, and then passes off your body by
through 1 lot Of holes in
yonr skin, called capillarics. The gall
bladder throws of juice from the loed
which passes through it. We call the
kidneys the bread basket, because it is