, 1879-06-24
TIE EARTH,

ptto VIZ ~ A"|' ~ ' y
An opIsion.
To the Editor a TIE Tribune.
GALrsnuno, ILL.,, juno al.-When q person
undertakes ,o.k or a tiuty which tc l,aa nevor
performed before, there |. apt to bo feeling OF
Incompetence, r cautious hesitation, want Of
confidence in onc's self Of their ability 10 do
that which they have never accomplished be.
lore. Ihls Is true IL all things nnt IN the moro
a'mpieE aiA1s W. "no OLE "Ist ellosts Lo 9c'lcr-
orally meet With better success. When VIC SEQ
others carrying on their duly lnbor, or their
trade Or sport, or folly, BY observation We learn
" nn4'AsS aao w INV 'osm. 10 W nn1'a1's
In tho line OF our business when FIRST
wo undertake to perform tbe required
labor, It appears tlut in the most
.n, ~ ",u pe'svu ,,'a. ..sr 1S ~, '"as
sK!ll anu capaosl'ty SHOWN taat tliese Is W IN
old and experienced workman, whose execution
e ,s tas +. per9s@ea th hssa %s no ee'G
not be more true ~ 10 tic subject under our
nrs.cnt nbseryn;ion} II mnni,lilI nro slow to
understand and tt4t{l to act In yocnttons which
they aro taught 10 perform, why should Ii not
ID which they have had No tutor
wss Iil years al ana when tirst I naltcd tha
question: "IYhat mikes tie cartb rcyolyo on
its axis every day.' The teacher rayo mo M
srhool III thr evening md Iot nv mother know
nv trnmbnr nmcstIt5a. shc. Too. failed Ia mt
nv Mind Ut casc, and was Ioft to mediate ei,j
tmagjuo. NV education in geography
had not been oyertot,keJ, My 1snowiedrn of
tho spherc. ita ta}at,lls. lakea. continents.
oceans nmi tn inhabItsd and ,1jscovercd narts
wcru woil understood md 1xc1i ID my mctnorY
as facts worth ctinging to. But there was onu
nv faucy info some shallow shoals to make
wrcct % Of nv tittio nh,tosnpby at ths lir.s h1oS
Of nm unfaYofabc wind, wns taught that at
The extreme northern part OF this sphcre lbero
never been explored, and Ills region was called
thu North Pou: and aI.o uIot there wns njacc.
a cold ,lcsolute waste OF country ut tic extreme
southern pnrt Of tI,s sphcrc called The South
Poo; thai lias connecting thc North and
Te d Tas o ay ax' e ear
rntye1 an its nxfs ersrr tiar was w1Iitn" md
rent,r 10 admit. That thcro wos nower that
wa. " astetl npou by power app'ie,l somcwhere
ou is s,lrineu was thoroughly conylncell; bnt
to tel, where and how tlmt porrr was trausuit-
ted to ilc earth was question tho teacher au.l
the boy could not understand. Iu my ,ncdta-
ton and childish reflections upon t!,ls subjcct
at last struck upon luppy thought. I1cre
stood in NV fatllcr'a ynra M Old Eritidetopc. An
old weathcrbeatcn frane supported this useful
relic OF q ncig!,bor's public sale; the wooden
crunk showed Il to be n nloY1ccr M old settler,
Uy reol,rsk Ind beco,nu ycry familiar with tic
st,,nn un,i ifa ynvrhnnrnl nrint.irles. Dy Il
fathers yolcU 1 had taken hold OF The iiar,-
die Of tie rfauk, anI for two hours at a
tImo tnaIu tho ojd stone rcyo|yo OIL It's axis,
makInr thc dull aud rusty blade a sharp and
hriTl,t nne. nn,i thn shnrt, md brfrht boz
,nopiyt,, tired spccjmcu OF Young spceuntpg.
/ asked my father oto lay, when / was making
tle Old stone perform its revolutions, u,,I ut ali
interyai Of rcst whuu nv sire was seeing IL tic
tntl ,yna sborncncu cuoush; "Why emit ihu
stone turn around like tlo carthl Idoia't know