The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30

lieve what he was told but only after
hearing 1t and seeing it with his own
eyes. Define Court of Chancery,"
said teacher. 1T is called this be-
cause they take care of property there
on the chance of the owner turning
up" "A vacuum" said another child.
is nothing shut up in a box" IAN
optimist," according to another, lis a
man who attends to your head. A pes
simist is man who attends to- Your
rect. Among musical instruments
We're included Funny bones" Fort
and fortress had no difficulties for one
little fellow. Fort is a place for SOL
diers to live in. Fortress is where they
put their wives"
Questions in history drew forth the
following information: 1.-THE fire of
London although looked upon at first
as calamity, really did a great deal
oI good. 1t purified the city from the
oregs OF the plague, and burnt down
eighty-nine churches" king James 7
was very unclean in his habits He
never washed his hands, and married
Anne of Denmark" One on the Salic
law said: Edward III would not have
oeen King If his mother had been a
man.. King Henry VIII liked plenty
OF money and plenty of wives, and died
OF ulcers on the legs 1.-THE marriage
custom of the ancient Greeks was this.
tnat man married only one wife.
which was called monotony." Faith
is that quality which enables us to be-
neVe what we know to be untrue -
some sayings of children were very
suggestive, as for example: Grass is
what you have to keep off"
Inc late Bishop of London gave a
prize entitled Our Feathered Friends. "
lie asked who our feathered friends
were, and one little girl replied, AN
gels. Nor was this one apocryphal.
A small schoolboy being told of Jacobs
LADDER asked why the angels wanted a
LADDER when they had wings The
teacher as teachers sometimes did
when they We're in a fix, referred the
question to other boys, one of whom re-
pied, Because they was amoultin'
sir" Last Christmas DR.. Mcnamara
was at meeting of school children at
Remington. Before going away he
said TO them. Now boys, mind you
don'S get into mischief or trouble be-
tween now and next Christmas" to
which the children replied, Same to
you, sir" Mr.. Tiller, head master of
boundary street school, East London,
communicated a paper by a boy on the
question what he would do with his
Whitsuntide holiday One of the state
ments in it was this: II shall put a
parcel on the pavement, fastened to a
string that3I shall hold, and when
somebody comes to pick it up, 10! it has
vanished. Not lost, but gone before -
The question, What was the gen.
eral character of Moses?" drew from
one child the reply, "A gentleman. -
Not grasping the hang of the answer
the Inspector asked why? please sir
when the daughters of Jethro went to
the well to draw water the shepherds
were in the way, but Moses helped
them, and said to the shepherds, La
dies first, please Just before Christ
mas one teacher got her pupils to write
letters to their fathers and mothers
which they might take home. One lit
tie girl of nine concluded, And, please
ma, don't have baby this Christmas;
do so want to have a happy timel'
Wesleyans will appreciate the remark
of the child who when writing of the
birds said, do you know the swallows
| go away in the winter, but the spar
rows belong to this circuit" Purity
was the subject which occupied the per
of the child who ended her essay, "Oh
please, may l be pure, absolutely pure
| like Epp's cocoa"
| In moralizing about politeness an
other child ventured the remark thai
some boys are rude over meals. YOU
| should not keep on eating after you are
| Tightening. You should be very polite
to girls, because their hair is long anc
| they are pretty. Even if girl scratches
your cheek, or spits in your face DOM
| pinch her, don't tell her mother; but
just hold her tight by the arms, to show
her you could wallop her if you'd g
mind"