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the lct. exactly as DO the dancers ln the Virginia
reel, and going back down the sides to join and
go up again. 1t now dawned upon the observer
that the Jelly was an ANIMAL and that he was
| Observing circulation.
49,, You eat 2 eooi many million q those daily"
| an animal about the lowest and simplest living
SS5 Ts%o ysp SIN 6ey af9 ss as s ana as
iqn can SEQ feed il you vish
seconds the drop seemed in high state of COM
| motion. but finally tho dntoms began to show
| distinctly. and one was observed floating in
| the course of an amu,5a. The bit OF Jelly had
| no sooner touched it than II seemed 10 explode.
and. instead OF tho round or obong shape. +
| sidos that waved to and fro like arms in fact.
| they werc pseudopoda-arms or tentacles
| tice to capture the lucltloss diatom. The myrads
| OF arms surrounding the game seemed to weld
| together, the rest of the animal moved toward
| Il. and the thing was done. The victim was in
the body ma mass Of s capior' The gup was as Uni.
servation BY calling attention to several glass
| TASKS suspended from the ceiling.
I'm going to have an opening" he said.
"one u little out OF the common run. am q
believer in spontaneous generation. and
have been manufacturing some animals"
listener suggested.
-, - Hardly It is the opinion, @, number. Of
| fact. The clergy have boon tho strongest op-
on aad bscs when Il hnE 1.Gy o!
ment; they should be ones TO support 1t. They
n acknowleGse & i,s that tie Divine Maker ereaied
mails or plants tha, have been created by di.
j SEQ you are credulous and perhaps. think
am ma king light OF sacred things. but you are
am pFsDai Y0Sa So% ~ tho
Rasf Rnae 'hs creatures t6s ms. yGn hare BEEN
living ~
leliy. Others were minute vegetable forms.
bacteria, vibros. &,,,.-forms that are found in
the blood OF many living creatures Mt times, and
In ali places. oven 10 the newly laid egg. Now.
the simplest way TO ind thcm 4, to look in de-
have taken them in this scon,liton--nnimals and
vegetables. kopodas. bacteria, and vibrios-Gnd
iachci. Then applied heat. and. ms it in
creased. examined them with powerful glass.
eer sGoWaa @ HnG whn Il Iose tS
which ID GS' 6cow tho boiling point. or 2l2'.
there was no; living thing 10 be found. Thus
S,: lsSe;' ''IS Si%s .srms sIi %s @ 3. l@5S @ aG
half an ounce OF the Juice OF meat. water and
several other ingredients. The neck OF the
flask is connected. vow. see. with nm iron, tubc.
cementei air tight. while the tuhe is filed with
wire. placed tho flask in water. ana gradual
showing over 30D'. to destroy all life that might
be in tho meat. and i must have been efroctive.
A. We have already shown thne all forms dio at
l4o' or below it,. While the contents OF the
flask were, were boiling the tube and wires
Ing produced steam. yhieh escaped through
,,, the tube. The flask was then allowed
hr went IN. passing through IN" wires aud
tube. which. remember. were kept almost NJ
substance that was in the air was destroyed by
the heat. which was. OF course, far greater than
sealed with a blow pipe. so that thers was not
the slightest possibility OF the outer mir reach
,ne the interior. Here is the flask. It has been
hanging here for two weeks In a temperature |
night ago AMI think during thai. time MANY
forms have appeared. the result Of spoutane-
Gus generation.
The mcroscopist carefully scraped away tho
cement and opened the flask. tho imprisoned
air rushing out with slight report and odor. |
1 drop Of the scum thu. had formed on the sur;
the writer opened his eye on the alleged naw
creations. glance was sufficient. Living |
"ofs oset .erS Was 20 u fsr,3ns
seemingly formed OF innumerabia balls or oval |
bodies Joined together;
Ihey are ylbrios." said the microscopic |
and extremely lively"
This WAS evident as they dartod to and fro
to have ten or fifteen balls To- tho body. aud their
movements we're comparatively slow. but others
OF only three or five moved about with such
repidity that it was i'm possible to follow them
some whirled like a screw through the water.
hnoser Tbo nt 4 IN cams
wisGn along looked ike SIX or eight cigars
all CONNECTED togetAcr, or number or rolls
connected by the ends Their namo was vibrio
rugua and as they travcrsed the space each
rod seemed looking out for itself. and the
SUI was tnat the entire creature had the ap-
psarRnce Oi jumping jack.
Prot: CIark." the preceptor said. saw some
wonderful movements in these animals you arc
looking AZ, He was studYing me muscle. Of u
sagitts under powerful glass. but taking
= here are his own words in regard Ia it. Hs
SAYS; noticed large numbers OF ylhrios dart
swarslins about the muscular ibres. | WAS
struck With the similarity OF these bsad-liks
strings 10 the nbrllia OF the muscle. and upon
close comparlsoa found that tho former were
exactly OF tine same size and the same optical
properties as the latter. Some OF these
appeared 10 be attached 10 the endS OF tho
nrt. rtbeon-lke Hbres. and others at
times ooscned themselves and swan away |
was immediately inpresssi with the daring
thougn, that those vibrio5 were the hbTiB sat
loose from the htres. Dut IS this was thing
unneard o. and So startling. Tor tho time per-
suaied myself that they must have been acri-
dentaliy attached and subsequently, loosened.
However, / continued my Observation until |
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