Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-22
E.sy ,,EssoNs IN GEOGRAPHY.
The following amusing article is fro
tho Cincinnati Trmss:

The following amusing article Is from
the Cincinnati Times:
THE EARTH.
The earth is an old subjective don't
know how old. Wise men have endeaV-
ored to ascertain its age in various
ways, and have succeeded very well,
only differing in their calculations ie"
thousand centuries or so. -.
We have several reasons for writing
mon the earth, the principal one being
the imperfect facilities afforded for get
ting upon any other planet to write.
Nothing prevents our writing upon the
sun or the moon, except the difficulty OF
getting there.
The earth is the third planet in order
from the sun, and the largest witnln
the belt of the planetoids. We ave
wondered, sometimes, why the earth did
not have a belt all to herself, being the
Champion of the Universe?
The ancients looked upon the earth
as q fat disc, swimming upon the water
like a piece of toast in Il basin of milk.
| Once upon a time a lot Of adventurous
Young ancients started out to find tho
Jumping off place, and continuing on a
straight line, they were astonisned 10
find themselves on the very spot whence
they started. They informed their pa
| rents Of the circumstance, and they, al
ter about q century of painful and labo-
| rious thought upon the subject, came
to the conclusion that the earth must
be round, "because if it amt" tri-
umpbantly asked a jolly old ancient,
chow could the boys ha' got arond itF'
There was no getting around that, and
the earth has been Of a sperical form
ever since.
1t is estimated that about two-thirds
of the surface Of the globe is covered
with water. Although millions of liv-
ing creatures slake their thirst daily,
the quantity of water has not been ma
terially diminished for centuries past,
at least, rot since the introduction OF
whiskey shops, which prove a great saw
ing ofwater, and are therefore OF I'M
mense benefit to navigation.
The greatest distance from the earth
to the sun is sc, 900, 900 Of miles, and
the least distance something over a.
900, 900 miles. A saving Of 1000, 00C
miles coald be effected if a railroad
should ever connect the two planet, by
taking the least distance, This would
shorten tne time consumed in running
and reduce the expenses very materi.
ally. Any railroad man will tell you
that.
The mean distance from the earth to
the sun is 90, O00, 900 miles, which is nc
mean distance, either, when you try to
walk it.
The earth moves around the sun from
west to east, consumin 365 days and {
hours in every revolution, travelling
nights and Sundays. Joshua, il will he
remembered by some Of our oldest citi.
zens, one commanded the sun to stand
still, and she is standing, still. 1t AIM
every fool of n planet that al get around
the sun. The earth does it, however,
She would get around most anything.
The earth turns upon its axis, making
one revolution every t%wenty-four hours.
except in Mexico-there they have Q
revolution two or three times a day
The earth and her axis were thick as
peas together at one time, but Il day
the earth got down on her axie and
turned on it.
1t is the revolutions Of the earth thai
make night and day, to every body bu'
printers and editors who work on morn
ing papers-it is all day with him.
After digging a certain depth into the
bowels Of the earth the temperature be-
comes warm, and it grows warmer as
you rdrn to your work, so that at thu
depth of thirty miles, las we are in
formed by a gentleman who dug thai
distance one July morning., everything
is like molten iron ut a white heat
There is good eason for believing that
people who cheat the printer, and who
try to get into shows without paying fol
it, are sent thirty miles into the bowels
of the earth when they die.
The earth is not such a dismal place
to live upon as many try to make it out
So far as our knowledge extends-and
we probably know as much about it a!
anybody-it is far preferable to any o.
her sister planets as a permanent resi-
dence. At least, we are satisfied with
it, and intend to remain here so long as
we are con earth"