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Show DOY HAD AN EXPLANATION. Example of the Original View of Things a Child May Take. In their efforts to teach children, writes IMwhi J 1'rlndie, In St. Nicholas, Nich-olas, parents nro often surprised by the original views which tho youngster young-ster take, anil by their presentation of views which, while they may lie but partial, are at least correct and discriminating dis-criminating so far as they go It occurred to a father, who noticed a carpenter hammering upon the roof of a distant hotiso, that ha would give his little con (8 years old) n lesson In physlriiby calling nttcntlon to the fact that tho blows of the hammer could he seen before the sound made by them (otild lie heard, and explaining that the difference In time between the seeing of tho blows and the hearing hear-ing of the noise wns duo to the fact that light travels much faster than xutiuil He sought to Introduce thu subject by asking the boy If he understood under-stood why It was that he could see tho hummer fall before he could hear the noise of thn stroke. He was as tonlsheil lo receive the reply. "Yes; It's liecatiHo inj eyes nro nearer to tho hammer than mj cars." |