Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-09

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know what the sun is. But q will tell
you. The sun is a ball of fire, which
rises every morning from the east,
and sets every evening in the noun
tains of our island. We all see that,
and if you had your sight, you might
see it also.'
Gone fisherman who heard the con-
versation said 'If you were not lame,
ard if you had gone out to sea 18th
g boat as I, youwould know that the
sun does not set in the mountains,
but as it rises from the ocean every
morning, thus it sets every evening
in the ocean. What I am telling you
is true, because / see it every day
with my own eyes,
"Then said an Indian, who was
our fellow-traveler, interrupted him
and said, 4 wonder at hearing a rea-
sonable man speak such nonsense!
How is it possible for ball of fire
to sink into the water without being
quenched? The sun is not entirely a
ball of fire, but it is the goddess call
ed Deva, who upon chariot, is driv-
ing perpetually around the golden
mountains of Merou. Often the
cursed snakes, Ragu and Ketu at
tack Deva and devour her, and then
the earth is dark. But our saint
priests pray that the goddess may be
liberated, and then Deva gains her
freedom. Only ignorant men like
you, who have never gone out of the
boundaries of their island can i'm
agin that the sun shines only for
their country
"Then the captain of an Egyptian
steamer took the stand and said,
Nay! you are mistaken too,. Sun is
not divinity, and is not moving
about India and its golden noun
tains. For many long years I have
travelled on the Black sea, to the
shore of Arabia, and sailed as far as
Madagascar, and Philippine Islands.
The sun shines throughout the world,
not only in India. 1t does not revolve
about one mountain, but rises in the
far East, beyond the japanese Is
lands and seut in the far West, be-
yond the British Isles. For that rea-
son the japanese call their island
Nippon, that is Suns Bed. Of this /
am well aware, because I, myself
have seen it often, and heard more
from my grandfather, who sailed to
the oceans end
"He wanted to continue, but a
British sailor from our vessel inter
rupted him and said. The British
people know more about the, SUMS
movements than any other people. AS
everybody in England knows the
sun does not rise from anywhere, and
does not set anywhere. 1t always
moves around the earth. We are sure
of it, because we, ourselves just re-
Gently toured the earth and we never
struck the sun anywhere. Wherever
we went, the sun reappeared in the
morning and hid at night, as it does
here And the Britisher took a small
stick and drew circles upon the sand.
He tried to explain how the sun
moves up in the sky and revolves
about the earth. But his ability was
not sufficient to explain this matter
plainly, and pointing towards the Pi-
lot of the steamer who was present,
he said. "This man knows more about
that matter than l do. He can explain
it to you satisfactorily
"The pilot who was well educated
man kept silent while h, neard the
speeches of all, until he was request
| ed to talk. And when all turned to-
ward him he said, Gall of you are
misleading each other, while deceiv-
ing your own selves. The sun is not
revolving about the earth, but the
earth revolves around the sun, turn
ing at the same time on its axis, and
turns toward the sun every twenty,
four hours, not only in Japan, Phil
ippine Islands and Sumatra, where
we are now, but also in Africa, Eu-
rope, America, and in many other
countries. The sun not only lights
some mountain, or some island, or
some sea, or some land only, but also
many other planets with the earth.
And if you will only look upward to
the sky instead of looking down to
the ground under your feet, you
would all be able to understand how
this happens, and then you will not