THE COMMON-SENSE METHOD.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 13

THE COMMON-SENSE METHOD.

A municipal visitor tc a Bonrd school was astonished to find that tho pupils could not givo him a definition of a miracle, and proceeded to teach a boy himself by a " common-sens.© method." Addressing the boy, he said: — " You don't know what a miracle is, eh .' Boy confesses 'it by his silence. " Now, listen to mo ! Suppose you got up in the middle of the night and saw tho snn nhining, what should you »ay it was?" Boy (piomptly): "I should say it was tho moon." ViMtor (argumentntively) : "But you couldn't, you know, if you saw it was tho mm." Boy (doggedly) : " 1 should - eeo it wjimi t." Visitor (recovering from a disconcerted rmtiHo) : " But suppose some one told you thnt it was the sun?" ,Uoy (emphatically) : "I should say ho was n liar." Visitor (angry at such persistent stupidity) : " But suppose I told you that it wns leally the mhi, and not tho moon, that you had fecn *,hining in tho middle of tho night, what would you say then? You Wouldn't dine to tell mo that 1 was a liar, would you?" Boy (Instates, a moment: then, in aucunts of conviction) ; " 1 shduld say you were M-erry duink," he nns-ter-'>cl. Tho visitor nbandniicd tho Socratic method. — iMacmiliun'a M»;;azino.

AiN OTHER REVOLUTION IN SERVIA According to a report which the Daily 2 Chronicle's conespoudent sends from Bel- • guide, King Alexander's assassins, con- - bidding King Pctei's troatineut of them ; too cold, aio planning another rcvoluf lion. The King is to be forced to resign ■' iv favour of his eldest son, and a Regency 1 is to be appointed The Regents, it is i said, will be t'vo of the chief conspiraJ tors of 11th June, Colonel Mashiu and t, Lieuteiiant-Colonel Mi&itcii, also the cxl Premier M. Avukuinuvitch. King Peter, adda the coircspnndent, - does not stem inclined to chango his » caity acquired habits. He rises at 5 . o'clock in tho moiiinig, ia .imsTiiblts to all i his fi tends, moves fieely about amongst | the public, and is Minplo in his homo ar- [ raugonianlß and at table. At tho family t dinners no drink but/ water is peimitled. . Neither tho King nor hw ehi.dien par- . take, as a rule, of intoxicating lkjuura. > When, however, King Peter invites comf pany ho "rovides a sumptuous tabie. The jewels of tho muidered Queen ot t Servia aio for sule. The Daily Mail pub- . lishes tho following letter from Mud amis . Kristine Petrovilch, ono of the sisters oi i Queen Draga : — "Sir, — Alter having discharged all the accounts and paid the lawyers wo have , only received, as the heirs of Queen. Dragn, tho sum of m,OOO francs (£5080) ! and her jewels, of which many articles are . mihsing. Consequently, in order to live, i wo aio obliged to soil many things. I , bejf you, thcreforo, to bo so kind as to malco the following announcement: — [ "Tho bisters of tho unhappy Quccu •■ Draga aro selling tho following objects : , — A diadem of brilliants, which the Queen , wore 1 on her marriage day ; a bracelet in brilliants and emeralds, which the Queen received as a wedding gift from tho Em- , peror of Russia ; a diadem and veil, m Servian fashion, with tho Servian cos- , tume complete ; a brooch aud earrings in brilliants and fine pearls." The lettor is sent from PettenkofTcr1 strnssc, No. 37, Munich.