YOUTHFUL HUMOR.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 979, 19 November 1901, Page 4

YOUTHFUL HUMOR.

A little knowledge ii the canae of mach that leemi odd, droll and amnaiug is the answeri given by children at aohool. A tohool inspector once aaked a olau, '■ What It the axis ol the earth,'' " an Imaginary line paiilng from pols to pole on which the earth revolvei," was the iDiwer, "yea,"taidtheexamlner, veilpleaiedj J" and could you hang a bonnet on it!" '•'Yei,iir, ! ( JI Imbed I" eild (hi Inipiotor. {'l

»honld like to know what kind of bonnet,' ,/!Anipiginaty bonnet;iltj I ':.. h\t other day whiloa oi»«aof b °y'*«B, .being examined-by an ldgpfl}bor pnthovdififetsiit kinde o! wood}one little w»i asked to name the peolman (V piece of mahogany) whioh wai held in the examiner's hind, [The little. fellow leemed' to.heiilate, :and the inspeotor, by way of suggestion, remarked, "Way, don't yon know what material your inotherj druweti are made of?" . . And amidst a roir of laught-r oamethe qolok reply—- " ifflanneletti, ilr I" " After reading ' an elementary lesion cn PWo'ogy,this qustionwaipat t)a little girl, « Wow, Nellie, tall ma tojia of the things yon have inside of you." ' Please, itr," said Nellie, hesitatingly, -" tattloa an* herrln." Another olasiwai being examined In Eog. Hlh, thil time orilly. A girl at tie top was a?kodwhat a "lad" W " A oertain bhlng for ooortin wi!> w»s the reply of the prooooioai little maid: "Why areehlpsand englnee,"asked a My teaoher," called the ?" j- "Please ma'am,"' oame the reply of one | little rogue,'f M beo»«o they need mm to keep them In order 1" " What does <transparent' mean ]' aiked the teaoher of a olasa la Standard 111, After a long piuia a email boy with a rongh head and diny face ctaoked his fingere ix* oitedly, " Well," laid the teaoher enoouraglngly. •' My mither, sir." "Yarn mother 1" Dear mo, how, bo I" " Beoauae," explained the neglected boy. (l When my father cam' hametho Ither niche he said to her," Ha, my leddy, 1 see throegbyo noo I" i A humorous regly was given io the que«tion, ",What ia memoiy J" " Please, sir," Bald a b : ight little! girl, it'e a thing jon forget with."..' j Again the clais .were being examined In history, and, among other questions put, wm the following! " : ■ " When did Jamie 11, oease to bo King of; Great Britain and Ireland ?" The date was correctly given, and immediately the Inapeotor askfd-r "Why did James leave the Throne at thil time ?' After come hesitation a hay at the latter end of the olhib replied—--11 Please, sir, he was tired o' the job I"