New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05

ace now that shall never De able 70 oiihA' "'
perish Of thirst" ,n,,a
Ehrenberg answered him by showing tha' ''.s 'u
drop of rum poured into tumblcr OF wafer
the anmacule to precipitate themselves W 'n0 a.,
Of the glass. trust this solution oil dis Ps'p''
not lead the Brahman into habits OF intehPe' 4,
| In connection with this celebrated mic'o''oP'' -
following curious anecdote is re'n'eu' .ra. ,roro
since in England. barrels containing hvn 80
emptied of their precious contents anu ,,, ,ho
The marty robbed not being entirey S"'''A0.
exchange submitted the case 70 inc nioi 80.
bero The latter. by examining WIN 'ne
snecmens Of sand from the severai S.'ion' o' 'n''
mart of the road travcrsed by the parre was
NV tho necuiarities of its appearance 10 '0
ooo a. which the barrels had been filed. Ihe oheefS
Of instice were thus put upon the ght raeh anu '"'
thieves captured -. r,os,
Tn our own country, not many years since, most
and interesting case Of murder was decided by
this wonderful silent witness. The indiViaum to"afu
uhon the whole oircumstantia evidence was pointin 70
as the guilty man, claimed that the bloodstains iouhd
on knife acknowledged to be his property were from
lamb which he had the day before killed. The micro
scope was brought TO bear upon the instrument by men
known to be ignorant Of the circumstances OF the case
The blood stains were not only found to DO those OF
human being but the microscope revealed on the oade
what had been impercepble TO the naked eye secre
ton peculiar to the glands Of tho throat. stranger
still it pointed to cotton bers on the blade OF the In
strument 1.-THE knife said the microscopes In thelr
report has been used in cutting through cotton INTO
the neck Of a human being" Now listen and wonder
at the power Of this wonderful silent witness; Inc
murdered man had been found with his throat cut
through the neckband ofhs cotton shirt The evidence
was as conclusive though voice from the clouds
had proclaimed in tones of thunder: Thou art the
man"
| A few years ago, a man under trial Tor murder IL
Western New.York asserted that bood-stans on 81
ak found in his possession were from dog which DC
had killed. The case referred TO Prof. Hadley
Buffalo who purposely kept in ignorance OF all thu
circumstances Submitting the blood.stains to micro
scopic inspection he decided that they were from
dog thus confirming the poor mans testimony.
You remember how you were startled a few YEAR
since BY voice from the scientific world, claiming
that the microscope could detect the image Of the mur
derer Oh the retna of his victims eye. thus referring
the matter TO a witness that cannot be bribed-to
Judge that would not hesitate TO condemn the dnke II
the heart of his duchy, or the king in his purple.
The microscope is peace maker. a settler Of DIS
pu,es Some hundred years since 1T was asserted by
tradition that the wrsppngs Of the Egyptian mummie
were of cotton From this spraDg curious and folu
minous discussion pro and In the midst OF thes
philosophical discussions, conceived the ide
of appealing the microscope when the question wa
forever settled II then discovered that the hber
Of the cotton were composed Of transparent tubes Will
those Of the fax were jointed like cane. The fiber
the mummy cloths shown TO be iointed as In th'
G fax of the present day
: The microscope has put at rest the doubts and col
iroyerses Of distinguished paacontoogiss concernin
the afnites Of the gigantic megaherum by pointin
to the tissue of its dental organs BY the same curiou
and delicate method has forever decided the question
which for time agitated the scientific world, OF tn
existence of Reuper.repes in the lower sandstone
# the Newred system in Warwickshire. In the SAN
manner the microscope has reciifed in the cla
scaton of those animals that roaued the earth befo
, the creation Of man.
~ Other anecdotes and interesting facts concernir
as the microscope crowd TO mind. which our mi
compel US pass in silence With the mention Of OF
It. other fact we shall conclude this paper.
ia Some sixteen years since. committee of chemist
x appointed by the Government reported that neiths
" by chemical or other means ii possible TO deet
the presence Of chickory in coffee. Today any toeri
bic microscopic convict the coffeedeaer OF fraud
ID BY the aid Of the microscope the aduteration Is
"a manifest ss mixture Of and beans TO the make