Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-07
EYES AND MO EYES.

Iy commented on by the teachers.
Though narrated OF a man who could
neither read nor write, II shows what
an admirable practical education can
be had by any one who knows how TO
use his own eyes, and then TO reason
on what he sees.
came upon two travellers, evidently
looking for a stray animal. You have
lost a camel have you notY'
Yes"
and lame In left leg?''
Yes"
hal he net lost front tooth?v
Yes"
And was he not loaded with honey
on one SIDE and wheat on the otherY
YES: and as you have seen him, you
can, no doubt put us on his track"
II never saw your camel, replied the
dervish.
"a pretty story, when you have told
all about him. You have stolen the
Jewels that were part OF his freight
SO they seized the poor fellow, bound
him and carried him before the cadi or
judge.
Things looked rather black for the
deryish Happily, however, the cadi |
was q man Of sense, and said: you
must explain how you came 20 know |
so much about camel you Insist you |
have never seen"
Il own" replied the dervish. that
fnfIH
picion, But / can find ample scope for
observation even in a desert. / knew
chat / had crossed the track of
strayed camel because / saw no mark
OF a human footstep on the same route;
/ knew the ANIMAL was blind In one eye
because II had cropped the heritage on
one side only OF the path; | perceived
IL was lame Ia one leg from the faint
impression that particular foot had
made on the sand; / concluded 1t had
H44fA Of I
heritage was left uninjured In the CEN
ter Of each bite Finally, az to the bur-
den OF the beast, the busy ants In
formed me that it was corn on one
side, and the swarming flies that II was
honey on the other" No wonder the
sensible cadi acquitted on the spot so
shrewd an observer and 80 logical a
reasoner.
one OF the most starting Incidents in
all literature, an incident never forgot
ten from childhood days to old age, is
that OF Robinson Crusoe on his desert
island suddenly lighting on
HUMAN FOOT PRINT
In the sand The enormous mpllca-
tions OF hope or terror involved In such !
a perception are what make the heart Z
Of every reader beat with wild emotion /
II Crusoe had seen the savage first and q
the footprints afterward II would have 4
spoiled all. Now, that every object that I
san be encountered is full OF signifl- [
,ance 20 an observing eye and reason [
ng mind Is a truth about which too y
many educators are singularly blind. d
Children shut up to a mere book knowl- I
.dge get utterly vague ideas from {
What they read. The modern use OF pic v
ures. of course, helps greatly. But T.
pictures are as nothing to the objects v
themselves. What does a child really b
AXE In of the vegetable world who a
loes not distinguish at q glance the o
'ak, the elm, the ash, the maple, the v
irch. the beech. SO with the birds, SO is
With the rock strata. So with the IN
chooners, sloops briggs, barks. ships, b
low blurred and monotonous the Il
World he lives In apart from these in a
nitely varying perceptions Here are 81
he data from which alone he can
raw any sane conclusions. Would hi
he children could take walks with the m
.rablan dervish, and have him show al
hem how TO use their eyes, and then to al
raw conclusions. Under his teaching, p'
ven the desert would be the best OF IN
chools. tn
Naturally. parents want their chill is
rem to read and appreciate the best m
terature. But what is the unfailing IN
of the best literature? Ju
is that It's writer's, whether I'm poetry ~
r prose, have so keen an eye for the We
IMPLICATIONS of truth, beauty, instruc- II.
on and inspiration bound up in all the ~
bjects about them If the children do 70
OF know these objects. all the beau ~
full imagery, all the pat illustrations. 9,
Il the delicate humor of the situation. -,
re lost ON them. For ages the wisest ",
liled 10 see that the related positions ~ ~
the rock strata all around them were ~
reality the livelest and most enter ' ~.
lining Of romances revealing the 90,
hole story of creation. Here. with ~ ~,
engeance. was stray camel of crea- w.
on. here were sermons on stones;" | n,,
OF sleepy ones. as In many a pulpit, M
az sermons Inspiring enough TO keep OF
he Congregation wide awake. Lo! hn
obinson Crusoe's footprint of a saw IN
&c suddenly and startlingly transfig- w
red into the footprint OF the Almighty. an,
the teacher. then, Is the parent. wor- wi
~ of the name. who does not try to as
lmulate In the mind Of the child the Isl
reception OF just what the Arabian der an
sh learned through HIS own eyes of we
! invisible camel IN the barren desert2 dic
Frankie" said a father TO his little COS
~ who could not read. hand me the 81
orntng paper" There were two news
lpers lying on the table. one of which
e little chap selected. Are you sure
lis Is today's?" n
Yes sirl" fea
How 90 you know itg" wit
II smelt Il. sir" was his answer. TIN
There Is n smell about fresh moist an'
per such as an old one does not have cor
ere was a dodge even the father was ON
L up 20, as good In the dark as In SOL
e light. He that has "A nose let him kn'
Tell and reason on 81. was the little exc
lows philosophy The dervish would elu
We patted him on the head. acc
A PoETEsS HYPNoTIZED. ~ Is,, =