Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-10

i'll the city OF Gordium, about the
year of 3S3 before Christ, and he de-
termined to unite this celebrated knot,
but not being successful, he became
impatient, and striking with his sword
he severed the knot in n blow
"That is a good story grandpa" re-
piled Frank; ''the next time L see the
sailor | must tell him all about it."
The second slip was then taken from
the hat, and the question was this:
"Grandpa. is it right to throw stones
at frogs-Julia"
When this question was read, Willie
and Frank looked troubled, as though
guilty of such conduct. Grandpa did
did not appear to notice this but re-
marked that frogs were quite sensitive
to pain, and he thought that no pupil
OF his would be guilty of pelting frogs.
Then turning to Frank he said, 81 wish
you would bring a frog to school next
Saturday, for | want you to see what a
peculiar tongue it has"
sis it forked like a snakes tongue?"
inquired Frank.
mo, my son, but you know that the
tongue of most animals lies with the
tip pointing toward the lips; now the
base or large portion of the frogs
tongue is joined to the point of the
lower jaw, and the tip points down the
throat. So, whenever the frog catches
an insect, it is quickly thrust back into
the throat by the tongue, and its fate is
sealed"
The third question was from Emily.
1t was this: "Grandpa, can the people
on the moon see the earth?'
at is not known" replied grandpa,
"whether the moon is inhabited; but it
40, the earth must present to
them all the phases that the moon pre-
sents to us, only in a reverse order.
For instance, when we have a new
moont they have a full moon. Only
one side of the moon is toward us,
therefore the moons inhabitants upon
the opposite side might have to take
long Journeys to take a peep at our
planet, but it would doubtless we'll re-
pay them, for the earth would look
when full fourteen times as large as
our full MOON"
"Wouldn't it be a grand sight? 1 wish
[ could see such a large moon as that"
said Emily.
Mamie's question was in regard to
echoes. She had been in the woods
with some of her friends the day be-
fore, and when they shouted the sound
was repeated, sometimes in IL sylla-
BILE, at other times in two. Her ques-
ton was this: Scan more than two
syllables we be heard as an echo?"
Grandpa replied that, 'twhen several
parallel surfaces are properly situated
the echo may repeat backward and for
ward many times. For instance, in
Virginia there is an echo which is said
to return twenty notes played upon a
flute, and at Woodstock, England,
there is one which repeats seventeen
syllables by day and twenty by night.
When the exclamation, Cha! is quickly
and sharply spoken, there eturns back
a 'ha, ha, hal"
The last question was from Willie.
He was a growing, hungry boy, and
could not believe that persons might
suffer more from thirst than from hum
ger.
He writes: "Grandpa, is water
more important to life than food2 l
have eaten five meals since yesterday
morning, and 1 haven't drinked q drop
of water; now, | am not thirsty one
bit, but l feel as though l could eat two
meals at once"
"You may moi have drinked clear
WATER" replied grandpa, "for two
days, but do you not take milk with
every meal? and haven't you eaten
apples, melons, potatoes and turnips
since yesterday morning?'
eyes, Sir" replied Willie.
"Well" said grandpa, call of these
things contain a great amount O water,
and that accounts for your not being
thirsty. Our bodies are composed
mostly of water, and will suffer ex-
tremely if it is not supplied in some
manner. Water is so plenty that we
do not realize its worth. Eliza Cook
well says,
Traverse the desert and then We a
What treasures exist in the cold, deep
well;
Sink in despair on the red parched
earth,
And then ye may reckon what water
is WORTH.
"God has made water very abundant
because he knows our need of it from
day to day. Did you ever notice how
often water is spoken of in the bible?
Moses brought it from a rock, Samuel
from a jaw bone; Elijah, by prayer
to God, brought water from the clouds.
We are invited to a fountain of water
which will cleanse us from sin; l trust
Won will each cOme to this fountain in
your youth, and be washed, and made
clean in the blood of the Lamb"
The tall clock in the hall now struck
the hour of four, and, after grandpa
had repeated his request infegard to
bringing the frog upon the next Satur-
day, he dismissed his school.
Little reader, just 60 and ask your
grandpa to teach a school like Grand
pa Browns. l am sure you will like
it as well as his grandchildren did.