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Show H Ignorant Children. H In a class in n Manchester (Eng.) H Echool not ono of tho children know H what a beo was. This statement was H made nt Norwich tho other day at tho PPH conforonco of tho Museums Assocla- H tlon by Mr. Prltchnrd, of Doston, H America. Tho ignorance in his own H town was ovon greater. Statistics H showed that 77 per cent, of tho school H children tlioro had novor seen a crow, H 57 per cont. had novcr bohold a frog, H 20 por cont. hnd not seen a hutterlly, H 91 por cent, did not know an elm trco, H 7E per cent, did not know what season H of tho year It was, and GO por cent. H could not say what buttor was mado |