The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-08-19
"sHsLIsa As she are TAUsSI."

Not a great many years ago Mrs
Caroline B. LeRow, one of the teach
ers in the New York public schools,
collected answers TO examination
questions in some of the schools of
that state and printed them in little
book. She said that all the answers
were genuine; none Of them were tam
pered with in any way. As the pub
lie schools are now beginning their
fall terms in this county some of
these examples may be interesting
and amusing if not edifying and in
structive 10 those engaged in educa-
tional work: We append few spec
linens:
Amenable, anything that is mean.
Ammonia. the food of the gods. Ca
pillary. a caterpillar. Demagogue, a
vessel containing beer and other IL
guilds. Ipicac, a man who likes a
good dinner Eucharist, one who
plays euchre. MendaciOus, what can
be mended. Republican, a sinner
mentioned in the bible. Technology,
something which teaches you TO be
very technical in your remarks. One
sharp miss wrote: This examination
makes me feel nauceous." To find
the number of square feet in room
YOU multiply the room by the number
OF feet, the product is the result In
Austria the principal occupation is
gathering Austrich feathers.
The Indian wars were very desec-
rating to the country. The Indians
pursued their warfare by hiding in
bushes and then scalping them. AL
fred the Great reigned SIP years. He
was distinguished for letting some
buckwheat cakes burn and the lady
scolded him. Joan of Arc lived in
New Orleans where she was discOv-
cred and burned by the British. By
the Salic laws no woman nor de-
scendant of a woman could occupy
the throne. Socrates was no use in
fighting. He destroyed some statues
and had to drink shamrock. Socrates
was a great ridiculer. Holmes was
very prOfiigate and amusing writer.
Cotton Mather was a writer who in
vented the cotton gin and wrote his
tories. Ben Johnson survived Shakes
peare in some respects. Shakespeare
was fiction and allegOricallwriter
His father married a lady of means
and they became very reserved in
His most intimate
friend was Ben Butler who was also a
great fiction writer. The solOquies of |
Hamlet throughout the play are no.
toriOus. TennysOn is very populous |
poet. The most important event in |
the life of Horace was his birth at 45. |
An inclined plane is a plane that in
elines. The body is mostly composed !
Of water and about one half is avari-
cious tissue. We have an upper and
a lower skin. The lower skin moves (
all the time and the upper skin moves
when we do. The salivary glands are
used to salivate the body. The weight |
Of the earth is found by comparing a
mass Of known lead with mass of /
unknown lead. Alcoholic beverages |
greatly obstruct the breaking down |
Of the system. Venus, Jupiter, and |
perhaps the earth was known to the
ancients. Congress is dividedisintO |
civilized, half civilized and savage.
We wish that some Marion county |
school teacher, with a taste for the /
grOtesque andIpicturesque,
would collect and codify some Of the
answers to our examination papers
and see how they will compare with
hose Of the New York public school
pupils given by Mrs. lie Row.
Just Little Aged
The first political campaign we
nave any distinct and vivid recollec-
- = 10 Of !