Other equally amusing blunders—if
they are blunders, and not so many sly
s(tempts to twitch teacher's ankle—are
also listed. Whatever the intention,
whether the Leeds school girls were only
having a bit of fun, or whether they
really meant it. three sets of questions
and answers are w-orth reprinting:
What is the effect of lead on water?
—It sinks.
What bird lays the biggest egg?—
The biggest bird.
What discovery was due to the fall
ing of an apple?—The wickedness of
Eve..
HARVARD RAN LOTTERY
When George Washington was
President of the Vnited States, Har
vard college was supporting itself part
ly by great lotteries, with a capital
prize of .$20,000. Tickets were sold
for 25 cents, ssys the Los Angeles
Times.
This bit of information is contained
: in a copy of the Columbian Centinel. a
| semi-weekly newspaper printed in Bos
ton by Benjamin Russel, in the issue
dated September 14. 1796. Several
copies of the paper are the property of
W. A. Chaffee of Los Angeles. The
I paper contains several advertisements
of brokers who have tickets in the lot
tery for sale.
The four-page papers of (hat day.
with advertisements confined largely
to auction sales, contained much ma
terial in brief. There were no large
headlines and news from Europe,
brought by ships, was often many
months old. The issue of September
14, as an example, carried a news item
stating that “on the 25th of June (the
latest date) General Bonaparte was at
Bologna." "
NEW ACCESSORY
»
The AA'ayrross Windshield wiper is
the newest accessory to he placed on
the market. The illustrations show how
it differs from the oldst.vle wiper, in :
that it deans all the way across the
windshield.
