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Show A QUESTION OF SCIENCE. . The Rev. Silas C. Swallow said the other day: "I remember, when I was a student at Wyoming seminary, a farmer came to Kingston, to visit his nephew, whom he was educating. "The farmer had no urban polish. His tea, when it was brought, was very hot, and he poured It in his saucer, to his nephew's great mortification. , "Finally, unable to restrain himself, the nephew was so sude as to say: " 'Uncle, why do you pour your tea in the saucer?" "The old farmer looked up In surprise. Then he said. In a loud, hearty voice: " 'To cool it, to be sure. The more ialr surface you give it the quicker it cools. These here modern seminaries don't teach much science, do they?'" New York Tribune. |