The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17
CaIes, Shltt5es, $nttOotes, Gt.
ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY.
a Race CT sentiert Beings invisible to
Ihe Naked Eye Discovered
with tine Microscope.

The h5obiIe Register, of The 18Th ult ,
contains an account of most remarkable
discovery. 1t says
We accepted an Invitation yesterday to
examine cue Of lae most wonderful and
awful discoveries ever made by man, a
community of microscopic human beings
The gentleman who made The discovery
is e weI!-known citizen of Mobile, whose
name We are not at liberty to reveal, but
whom for the sake Of convenience we
shall cEll Mr. a.
hr. a is gentleman IN easy circum-
stances, who has devoted much time to
scientific pursuits, particularly to expert
ments with the microscope 1t NASHVILLE ez-
amIning with the instrument specimen
IF moss or ichen taken from the roots of
a live OAK tree resr the Spring Hill read,
that Mr.. A. made his astounding discog-
cry. He saw cliHging to the minute
branches Of the iichen that he bad been
turning about so uncerenaoniously, hu-
man being, perfect in form, and with e
countenauce revealing the widest terror.
The microscopic man was magnifed TO
the size of q small red AIT, and when he
first met the eye of Mr.. A., it is doubtful
which of the two were most terrified. the
exPerimenter at the unexpected discovery
or his Enicroecopic feilow-creature at find
ing himself subject 10 such rough treat
ment.
Gone look was enough" said Mr.. A. :;
81 laid aside the specimen, and for weeks
did not venture to use the microscope
again. Was it really true that l had
seen sentient being, where l expected TO
see only the lower orders of animal life
or had fallen a victim to my enthusiasm
IN the prosecution of discoveries in the
microscopic world Had my mind be-
came deranged ] kept my terrible Sc
cret TO myself, for / could not bear the
thought OF being laughed at about matter
that had caused such sensation to my
mind. At last [ determined 10 make fur
ther examinations Of the specimen of
lichen. 1t remained as l had at first ex-
amined it. The microscope was adjust
ed over it. looked again, with what in
terest nay we'll be imagined, and there
lay the man that I had seen before, bat
living no longer. He had died, probably
of exhaustion, and there he lay cliuging
with death grip to the ichen boughs,
whittier he had doubtless ventured in
search of game.
''Further examination convinced me of
the truth of the hypothesis, l discover
ed several animalcule recently slain. AS
we'll as could be made out by the nagni>
flying power of my microscope, the legs
of the animaculB were tied together as
visible boys tie squirrels and partridges.-
The microscopic man evidently wore
clothes, but of what material or how
formed it was impossible to determine ?.
Convinced beyond a doubt by what he
had seen, of the existence of race of
microscopic human beings, and some
what familiarized with the idea that so
revolted him at first, Mr.. A. continued
his researches with the greatest zeal.
The examination of several more speci-
mems of the lichen, and the soil on which
it grew, revealed a few more individuals
like that mentioned above. Mr.. A. was
careful not TO treat them SO roughly as he
did the first one discovered, for the