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Show Smallest School In the World. The Ilttlo Islet of Nordstrand-schmnr, Nordstrand-schmnr, In the North Sea, boasts what Is pVobably tho smallest school In tho world. Oceanic upheaval has wrenched tho Islet away from tho Islund ot Nordstrand, and tho action of the sea Is continually wearing tho earth away. A century ago thero were fifty Inhabitants, who llvedby fishing and rudo husbandry, and' In 183G a Ilttlo school was erected, capable capa-ble of providing for about a dozen children. With tho dwindling of the Islet, however, tho population has thtnnod, and now numbers uo more than fifteen souls. For five years past tho school attendance has varied from nothing to hull a dozen children. |