Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-27

win ten you how hs answered it, Y0a
may like to see Il ron can solve the one
shout walking as we'll ~ he did this ono.
The question IS like good many
others thai might be asked; Il IL about
something which we are so familiar
with that va think We know all about
it. when really we hay0 never taken
notice OF it, because it Is 50 familiaN
You viii remember the old problems
that so many people have had to give
up, about how COW gets up on to ha1s
feet, how long horses head is from
the top Of his ears to his nose, and tho
like? Now, II we = took notice N -
we 90 through the world. we could
answer such questions as those, or a.
this one about talking. without much
trouble. But. as it is, we look at and
think of things just enough to "ges
Hong as we say, and rarely stop to
consider them and see how they ara,
and what they are. This boy said.
what you would probably say, that he
did not see what the question meant
told him that IL the question were en-
planned to him he would. SEQ what tho
answer should be at once. and / wished
him to think it out himself. He said
no more about it, but when l asked
him, after day or two, if he had any
answer, he replied that:
Talking is making q noise.
e s.Yes,'' said I, shut when pouno
on this table with stick. that IS max
ing noise. too, and do You call that
talking?''
well, should say not, = said he.
Then making noise can't be all of
the answer, can it'll
M" he replied, s.but you do make
a noise when you talk"
Certainly, and SO you can put it
down for the first part Of the answer,
that when we talk VIC make noise. !"
After another day or two I inquired
again what he had thought of about my
question.
he replied: II think the noise you
make must be in-in-I can t pronounce
the word, but / know what it is-ingible,
or something like that"
g Ineligible, you mean, y said;
"and that's good answer. Talking
must be Ineligible, else I shouldn't
think we could call it talking. But
did you ever hear telegraph instru-
ment ticking as message was being
..Oh, yes.n he said. "I'ye often heard
them. -
Sand was not that noise Ineligible
to the man who was reading the mes
sage?o 6#.s
aWhy, yes he replied. s..s
Then talking must be more than
making an Ineligible noise you see.
But now we have two parts of our
answer. First, it is making noise,
and second the noise must be one that
is Ineligible
Again I waited several days, and
when questioned him the next time
he was ready with the answer that
the noise must be made with the mouth.
That's right told him; and now
you seem to have the whole answer.
Putting the three parts together, you
see that talking is making an intelli-
gible noise with the mouth; or, giving
It more simply, it is making with the
mouth noise, and by noise we mean
of course number of noises that 9TH
ers can understand. You have done
pretty well, too, to get SO good an an
swer. for / really think it is not an easy
question for boy only ten years. - y
OF course one might say that people
talk with their fingers, or by signs, and
make no noise, and do not us, the
mouth. But, if you think moment,
you viii remember that when we speak
of such talking we always add: with
the fingers or '.by signs, and when
we say simply ..talkingn we mean
what the boy / have told you about de-
scribed. ~. c. Dana, in Golden Rule,.