North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-01-30

so NICE TO leave heircsS behind and be PLAIN
Grace Teller for awhile. And when saw
how opposed your mother was 70 our eh-
gag ment; IA spark Of women willfnlness
rose up within roe, and IrrsolYed would
Main nay incognlta, come what might
Mrs. Seymour" she added, turning archly.
round and holding ont her hand to the dis
comfi;rd old lady, "diln't | tell you that
| owed my daily bread to the factory ?"
And poor Mrs, Seymour, for once in
her life was at a loss for al answer.
EASY Lesson IN geography
..... THE EARTH. ...r .' ..
The earth is an old Subjective don't
knvw how old. Wise men have endeav-
ored to ascertain its age in varions ways,
and have succeeded very well, only differ
ing IL their calculations "a few Thousand
centuries or so. .-.,. .-a.f ..... ..-
We have several reasons for writing up
on thr earth, the principal one being the
imperfect facilities afforded for getting up
on any other planet to write. Nothing
prevents our writing upon the sun or the
moon, except the difficulty Of getting there
The Garth is the third planet in order
from .ihe sun, and he ldfgeSi within the
belt of the pIaurtoid>. We have wonder
cd, sometimes, why the earth did not have
a belt all to hersolf being the Champion
Of The Universe. 70 ~ .. -.a ff..
TIE ancirnrs lqoked upon the earth as a
fit dash. swimming upon water like
piece Of t,.a-t in a narn of milk. Once
uppu time lot # .advrrinrous Young
Il clients started ont to find the jumping OH
PLACE, and continuing on ST aight liut,
they were aStuuishtd L" fluid themselves on
tho Wy sPoF wncDce ihry started. They
Informed tlieir paIent> of the .circuIstau-
ce>, and th,y after about a century of
painful and laborious thought upon the
subject, came to the conclusion that the
earth must be round, "because if 1t amt"
trumphantly asked a july old ancient,
chow could the boys ha' got around it q
There was no getting around that. and the
earth has been of spherical form ever since3
1t is estimated that about two thirds Of
the surface of the globe is covered with
water. Although millions of living crea-
lures slake tn r thirst dai y, the quantity
ofwater has not been materially diminish
ed for centuries past, at least not since the
introduction Of wh'>key shops, which prove
a great saving of water, aud are therefore
of Immense benefit TO navigation.
The greatest distance from the earth to
the sun is 96,U0U,O0O of miles, and the
least distance something over 94,000,000
miles. a saving Of 100000 could be
effected If railroad should ever connect
the two, by taking the least distance
This w"uId shorten the time consumed in
running, and reduce the expense very ma
teriaIly. Any railroad man will tell you that.
The mean distance from the earth TO the
sun is 95,OUO,OUO miles, which is no mean
distance, either, when you try to walk 1t.
The earth moves Found the SUI from
west to east, consuming 365 days and 6
hours in every revelation, travelling nights
and Sundays. Joshua, it will be remem-
bered by some of our oldest citizens, once
commanded the sun to stand still, and she
is standing, still. 1t amt every fool of "a
planet that can get around the sun. The
earth does it, however. She would get
around most anything. ...
L HS Ia tuiho pun IT'S dAtS, rldhli1 OIC
revolution every twenly-four hours, except
in Mcxico-lhere they have a revolution
two or three times Il day. The earth and
her axis were thick as peas together at Que
time, but one day the earth got down on
her axis and taraed on it. ...- .... ..
1t Is revolutions of The earth that make
night and day, to everybody but printers
and editors who work on morning papers
it is all day with them. ...a. SIS. 4. A..
Alter digging ii cvrtaiQ depth into the
bowel, OF The earth the Temperature be-
comes warm, and it grows warmer as you
aCdrm to your work ST. tHat at the depth of
thirty mil S, as we are informed by a gen
tIeman who Ding that distance one July
morning everything is like molten iron at
white heat. There is. good reason for
believing that people who cheat the prin-
ter, AMI who try TO get into shows without
paying for il, are se.,t thirty miles .nto the
depth ofthd earth when they die.
The earth Is moi such 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 itras any
body--it is far preferable to any off her
sister planets as permanent re>idence,--
At least We are satisfied with it and in-
tend TO remain here as long as We are ION
EARTH" ,7s-q = Jssa A's g,f.- .sg.i