FUNNY ANSWERS.
A teacher in the mountain field gives in a recent letter some of the answers that came in from the pupils in their examination papers. Some of them are amusing.
"Climate is the combined space of heat and moisture."
"The solar system is situated in that part of the heavens called the Milky Way."
"The polar circle is parallel, running slanting round the earth."
"It is the wind's duty to refresh and cherish the earth."
"A volcano is the safety-valve of an earthquake."
Digestive organs are termed "dijective organs," and the different races of men were given as "Indians, Negroes, Whites, and French."