Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-01
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
The Humor in Geography of Fnl-
nlOre's Time.

mOre's Time.
Nero York SUI.
LOB. yes. my dear boy" said the al
mauac editor. there We're rare text books
in my school DAYS. l laid the foundation
on which I have reared the superstruc-
ture of my reputation upon geography
they used when Willard Fillmore was
President. say i'm the early tiitiCs. 1t was
a beautiful volume. bound in calf. Ny
father strOpped his razor on it. The book
was richly illustrated. and there was
some reading matter under each Of the
hlOtches which told about the picture rep
resented. There was one thing called
The Great Desert About the middle OF
10 there was q horizon with siN-rayed
sun Just dropping over the edge OF d..
There was AN oasis OF at the left. about
half the SIZE of the sun, and some little
spots crossing the sun and heading Tor
the oasis.
The picture. said the reading matter.
represents a small caravan crossing the
desert one % the people Of which ap-
pears tO have just expired That was "a
good picture. When / would get sleepy
ia school Z used to keep awake by trying
t. ind the man VINO had just eNpIca,'
and wondering If one OF those SIX rays
Knocked him over.
81 learned that book bis heart. and some
of DO would make mule laugh. What
are public r08dsH was one OF the ques-
tons and the answer was Pathways
used f.r travelling from place 10 place:
Are roads useful to manNlnd* tine
teacher would ask. and Il boy knew MS
lesson be would look ont of the window
or stick pin into the boy next him. o.
fump because the boy next 20 him stuck
a hin into HIM. and say with all the ami
nation Ot "a hired mourner 40 iuoeF2l-
They are Ei-llE useful. for without them
Tie people iu different parts Of the same
country would not know each other
latcIi- emit answer that. isn't 1t! rail
road was said t. Ue AN improved kind OF
q road. now much used in the United
states. and also iu some paris Of Europe.
# ere WAS picture ~ passenger 'rain
with Il distance OF - or 30 ieet between
Doe coaches.
-But ,he chapter on Productions of
Ea-tt' used -1 -at me. The productions
u - said t0 De either vegetable. anima' :
.-mfeerai' Specimens of the vegetable
arl animal productions We're named and
t.n came the question: w nat are
mmer3.-| Answer. They consist OF
-.h~saue- of various kinds that are dug
.Ut ~ tle earth
Another question was: What are
th. urucjula classes of minerals =
Answer Four. The metallic. the m
r5mmalIe. precious stones, and building
stones Get on to thar. viii you; The
principal nidmmabla' mineral We're
said tl De pitcOal. peat. sulphur bitumen,
and asphaltm. How an age Of such
dcrs. Ignorance produced such intcllec-
tua men as-well, as 1t dds beyond
auy comprehension.
The whole human race was said TO lie
descended from Adam and Eve. and TO
present several varieties differing greatly
FROM each other in color. form, aud
features Enlightened nations were
I noted among other things for treating
females with poljteness and respect.
f Rlttlesn3kes We're mentioned as among
I The products Of North America. and we
are told that the reptile was formidable
+ for the deadly venom of It's bite. and COM
f prises i've or SIX different varieties
/ There were some 80 pages in the book,
I ana they were all extremely interesting.
( T6ere was more solid fun to he gotten
ont of one page Of that book than out of
volumes 0f ptWrt."