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Show Simple Explanation This joke, which was recently forwarded for-warded to prove that scientific men can be witty as well as wise, should be read aloud: A colleague of Dr. Crun Brown, the famous Edinburgh professor pro-fessor of chemistry, ence came to him concerning an Indian medical student whose English was defective. "We cannot pass this man," he said. "He is quite illiterate; he Blmply cannot can-not spell. Why, he has spelt proceed with one 'e'." "From what place does he comer" asked Doctor Brown. "From Ceylon." At once Doctor Brown flashed back : "That explains it. That's the land of tb Cingalese I" |