Show Till 1UIII AN A IJIOUC In yesterday NEWS appeared an article explanatory of au old theory newly alvanceJ regard Ih 101m I lion of ho earth While much tub Inch my boentag > 4 In oolo3 > lIy I for the tsnn reaiou that many other Iborl a fit glvoo oinldllou lor a time mautil rslsxatlon It I riot at all profitable to waste Do much attention atten-tion upon them The abape the outline out-line I the pbytlca charactorlitlaiand at least the marie nearly external ot the component parts ol the glabo on which we IIvo hv long be a putt of the digested knowlejgo of mankind luatlf I IboeduoJled and onlighte sea part 01 It Bud oil ell life la tin direction direc-tion of causing other beliefs are hereslop train tho present solonUllo standard Nothing In physical lias been or euo be mora completely dcmonslraleJ ban has been the rotundity of the Smith While 1 Dot exactly n spnere Us technical designation being an oblate spheroid I Ills to all Inteuta an J for practical purposes a auricle Like most other objects revolving rapidly one way nil the time the earth shows the tendency ot such Buttons Jay being somewhat depresisd at the too mini 01 its sales and oorropndln irolubiranoe > at The meridian this being Doe 01 the proof 01 Its spherical o araolor but blonglng In I IUD more abstruse class of kujwlojje aud therefore there-fore not In all cassa carrying ton Ig to carry conviction to the popular mind Bach proofs however ore nol Ibo only ones the subject having been bro gUI within the range of orJllluy oballoo and oven the nu cultivated mind by tests of the simplest and most radical kind I Those who JIve near tbo ocean and many who do not mutt have observed at times whether noting or not the Incoming and outgoing of vessels If the doctrine or rather Idiosyncrasy ot the Corhoo were true or even founded In fact the velselecorulng In woulll fire appear In the dim distance as a speak en Ibo vista of waters that succeeding tlrno would onlarie anJ develop until the craft In all Us outlines would appear It would then as stall previous limes bo a phenomenon In the altogether and would develop In Ibo same way but even those who have not beau favored with tho view nf this delightful delight-ful spectacle know thatauoh li I nol the order ol things at all The flril appearance ap-pearance In the range of vision Is Ibo top of the tallest mast or any object that may be attached thereto and the view of the mast crows eadlly downward down-ward na the ship gets nearer and nor n-or ID the Share until the deok Sa seen and finally the entire cull break upon Ibo vision The lam thing occurs In roverno ordur with a vessel going nut No amount of theorizing or sophistication pre senta A13yothor ullaclory account log for this every day and almost every hour proceeding thin hat of Ibe rounded Birlaceof tho earth Intervening Inter-vening between objects and those who look In I their direction Another simple ommon thing showing conchnlvely theshapaof the earth la I the friquenlly illustrated all Iooco btwoon 0 curve oud a tlllIbl line as shown by long aqueducts built above the ground Tho water on the surface 01 the globe naturally shapes Itself to the object which It envelops and when conveyed for same dla I lauce by the means Indicated the conduit actual be raised In 1 Its middle part to an eent corresponding with the earths globular shape for such a distance In a circumference computed at so much less I Allen the equatorial clioum stories aa the point happens ti to from the equator otherwise the water will overflow at such middle portion of the Hume Can this bo accounted Ijr by any other palblo mea a a than rolundllj t rJclentlllo dllll proving the earths shape la and has been for At 2 y years mall voluminous and truest 10 disputable Were It otherwise ell reckoning ol latitude anti longitude must have boon astray whereas we all know they were not The beautiful ecllpsoAol tho sun which took place yesterday was foretold for a long time not only at to the want In chief but the times places sail characteristics were determined with Ibo most unerring uner-ring accuracy just me oil olhor celestial events occurring or recurring within our social system are foretold The knowledge by nieina ol which such < iuatl us aID concluded ratio an a bails upon what Is Known ol tin planet from which Iho obiirvatlont are taken and II cucU knowlodgo were faulty II the Initial photo ot Investigation wore an unknown or uncertain quiL illy doJuoUon proceeding Ibrcrom must ot uiceisllr bo m re or less I conjectural con-jectural and In many oases absclJtely antrasImt none of them Is astray they ojuio and go with the precision of file iqula ctlal deuouilratliu nd leave no room for doubt that the men ol science who make tut heavenly bodies cur own iLdujtif their cjnstanl study thuriugbly understand Ibo din often At previously sugjcaej thor culJ lIt If the earth were nit In all essential ftaturca a sphere lot tbo cil culationaara bsssd upon this nrlrval proposition Itlstoiaetltncsajvjnlascoji to up plytolawswe do nol uudrlaoJ tile aoooh rules obtaining In tile I we we do understand One ot the msL ma lo laws V I f tbsl I estsblliheJ and accepted ac-cepted things must not be destroyed or upset without subilllnllng aoraalbltg bitter II It difficult totem wherein or how the Kiresban plolm to Improve The oJuellon II present obtaining among the civilized Ioduollon which ho Ilood the felt of limo InvmllRitlo n and le sull by placing In Its stead a doctrine which It I directly cotfllcl with those thing which the Inlelllgeacs ot man and developments ol science have reduced re-duced lo palpable facto and to rest the claims ol their Jolly for support upon an experiment which may have been and doubtless WD III DootrDctod and worked out Incompetent handa It tabn men with a vast breadth ot com prebeuilon and a weilth of experleice to adapt meohuulcal contrivances to celestial or other occult workings The spirit lerel tor Instance IUdl 110 00 Italy I away from a spherical clrcurj lornc wLoa 10tlOlluJ too Ir at It would In many cases be by the shortsighted short-sighted but In the lunJs of the rkllol and the tutored II be comas Doe 01 the mol Indispensable Indispen-sable adjuncts In the working out of profound and larroioblng propositions proposi-tions Lot children avoid edged tools lit the cobbler stick to his fail l let nil a certain class ot people rush In whore angeli would fear to tread let the unenlightened un-enlightened theories of Itoltmy and others ot the dark ages rest with thoee 01 e The world la a globe |