Solved The Polar Problem

A few years ago there was in a luw chool not a hundred miles from Boston vi'ry aged and eccentric professor. 'General Information" was the old entleinau's hobby ; like General Gareld, he held it to be incontrovertible liat if a young lawyer possessed a large and of uiiscellaneous knowledge, comjined witli an eqoal auiount of " horse ense," he would be a saocess. So very year the professor put on bis exmination paper a question very far renoveil from bis subject of criminal law. 3ne year it was, " How maiiy kinds of rees are there in the college yard? " 'he next, " What is the makeup of the )re&ent Engli&h cabinet?" Fiually, the jrofessor thought he had invented tlie test iiicstion of bis life. It was, "Name uelvt' animáis that inhabit the polar egions." Tlie professor chuckled as he wrote bis down. He was sure that he could plurk " half the studente on that quesion. And it was beyond S doubt that liat opprobrious youug loafer, Jones, 87j would iail. But when the professor read the exuniimtion ]i:ii)ers, Jones, who bad not inswered anotber question, was the onlv man who bad solved the polar irolilcm. Tliis was Jonns' answor :""' " Six seáis aud six polar bears." Jones got bis de.'ree with distiuction. The professor said that the man who could give Buch an answer would some day cause the shades of Webster and