Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-10
CLEANING ASsHEIsLRARNKp., :,
Some Blue Ribbon Specimens OF
British ScholarshIp.

From the London Globe
Miss A. G. Graham, of Anerley, has re-
ceived prize from the University Cores
pondent for the best collection of school
boy "fowlers;" and they are printed in
the current number of that periodical. In
an accompanying letter Mics Graham says:
"When learned one day the remarkable
fact that 'Ilsisd and Odessae translated
Euripides' felt that me time had come
for action; 1 was seized with burning de-
sire to share with others my joy in these
facts, and as a means of spreading the
New Learning began to collect from eI-
animation papers and answers in .clsss
whatever would throw new light on old
subjects. / have been some years at II
now. and have pleasure in sending you the
subjoined twelve extracts from my 'gems.'
They are sll bona fide answers, the spell
ing and punctuation being unchanged; in
most csses l have still the original dccu
ments from which they are taken" Among
"selected specimens" from Miss Graham
and others, given by our contemporary,
are the following:
Divinity.-Esau was a msn who wrote
fables and who sold the copyright to a |
publisher for bottle of potash Explain |
the difference between the religious beliefs
of the Jews and SamsIitans. The Jews
believed in the synagogue and had their
Sunday on Saturday, but the Ssmsri.ans
believed in the Church Of England, and
worshipped in groves of oak, therefore the
jews had no dealings with the Ssmsritsns
Titus was Roman emperor-supposed
to have written the Epistle to the Hebrews
his other name was Oates
English History Cromwell was
a man who was put into prison for his in |
prison he wrote "The Pilgrims Progress" |
and married lady called Mrs. 0'Shea Il
Wolsey wss famous general who fought |
in the Crimesn war, and who, after being |
decspitated several times, said to Crom |
well: "Ah, il | had only served you as |
you have served me, / would not have
been deserted In my old age" Wesley was |
the founder of the Wesleyan chapel, who |
was after wards called Lord Wellington; a
monument WAS erected to him in Hyde
Park, but 1t has been taken down lately
Who was Henry lIIi A Jealous supporter
of the church and died Dissentry What
Is divine rlghii The liberty TO do what
you like in church. What ia Pspsl bulls
Il IL ~ co.,, G1ly sa.4OI al Coca L..
give milk.-PeTkin Warbeck raised q re-
bellion in the reign of Henry VIII He
said he was the son of a prince, but he
was really the son of respectable people.
Defnitions.-Phoeniciaus invent
ors of PhoeDioian blinds. Bscchanal-A
native of Btchusns, In Sonth Africa.
Chimaera-A thing used to take likenesses
with. Watershed-A place in which boats
are stored in winter. Gender-Is the way
whereby we tell what sex a man is. Cyni-
csl-A cynical lump of sugar is one point
ed at the top. Imnscnlste-Stateo of those
who have passed the entrance examination
at London University Hydrostatios-Is
when a mad dog bites you. 1t Is called
hydrophobis when dog is mad and hy-
dTostsiics when a msn catches it.
English Language and Literature
Keats wrote savage criticism on Endymi-
on, which brought on consumption.-The
sonnet is a thing that has in its frat four
lines two meteOrs (ausTtanj aud in lsst six
two meteors (tuIZette) Latin of the
fourth period was introduced into the Ian
auzge at the invention of Christianity,
597 A D., when the nobility and gentry
spoke Latin French and the Danes settled
the throne for nearly thirty yesrs.-Hsm-
let was very weak minded. Fond Of study.
But was too wesk to fulfil his duty which
the ghost had told him. He was very
good to his mother. He profsins mad
ness, he really only put 1t on bat some
people say he was mad. One day when he
was fighting the king asked him If be
would have something to drink * he had
put poisin in IL s. Hamlet said he would
wait the Queen took 1t * then she falls down
dead Hamlet Immediately stsbs his father
& drinks the poisin and dies What do
you understand by the Augustsn age in
English literaturei We mean the time of
Caedmon, who fiourished and wrote 'tCo-
mus" about the time that St. Augustine
converted the people of Kent.
Miscellsneous.-Briefy describe the
heart and its function OF work-The heart
| is a comical shaped bag. The heart is di
| vided into several parts by q fieshy petit
ton. These parts are called right srtil'
lery, left artillery, and so forth. The
/ function of the heart is between the lungs.
| The work of the heart is to repair the diff
i ferent organs in about half a minute
| What is q volcanoi A volcano Is a very
| powerful rock.-Whst Is the meaning of
mer de glacei Mother of glass.-Whst are
fossilsi Fossils are those remains of plants
and animals which keep best when left to
themselves.-Whstf fossil remains do we
find of fshesi In some rocks We find the
fossil footprints of fishes What are the
metsmorphic rocksi Rocks that contain
metaphors is the matter" quer-
led teacher. "You seem to be rather
| uncomfortable there" 1--WE got the in
teriectior, sir" was the unexpected reply.
Explain the words fort and fortress-A
fort is place TO put men in, and q for
tress place to put women in,-Whst is q
Republican, A Republican Is a sinner
mentioned In the Bible-The two chief
volcanoes in Europe. -Sodom and Go NOR