Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-30
MICROSCOPY IN THE SCHOOLS.

An Interesting Exhibition for the Pupils.
The first complimentary soiree by the
Lancaster MicroscOpical society to tho
pupils of the public schools was given last
evening at the girls high school to mem.
bers Of the first and second classes selected
from each of the two schools. The COM
mittee in charge Of the matter consisting
of Messrs. Z. X. Buchrlc, j. NJ. Davidson
and j. p. McCaSkey, decided to admit but
twenty pupils from each high school, SO
that the number might not be too large
for satisfactory exhibition. The pupils
who were present are each expected to
write some account of what they saw, this
being a condition Of their receiving admis-
sion tickets, and everybody was making
notes for such use Of objects seen and in-
formation gathered in answer to the
numerous questions asked on every hand,
as the line passed around the tables occu-
pying the entrance hall, where the instru-
ments had been placed.
There were three changes Of objects on
t5e Instruments, each remaining on exhibi-
ton fOr some three quarters of an hour.
After each series Of objects had been seen
by all present they passed again into the
study hail of the school, where Supt.
Buehrle announced the next series to be
exhibited, giving at the same time some
description of objects Of special interest.
The wonderful apparatus Of the pitcher
plant, for catching and retaining small in-
sects, the breathing pores Of the liverwort,
and the rare beauty of the leaf OF
the wax myrtle were revealed to the
asconished eyes of the boys and girls
by Mr.. j. G. Burrowes while Mr..
Davidson enabled them to compare the
human hair with the wool and cotton fibre:
and DR.. II. D. Knight, tho president OF
the society, gave them an inside view of
the /" structure of the human TOOTH" by
successfully exhibiting sections of its Gu
amel, dentino and ccmentiOn, artistically
prepared by himself and shown under ii
very high magnifyinS power. The next
two instruments, in charge of Mr.. f. w.
McCaskey, exhibited the corpusclcs OF the
human blood and the spiral fibre OF the
human muscle, and in the line of botany,
the seed of the daisy, the pollen of the
Canada lily and 4 burst anther Of the crab
apple. Mr.. j. Z. Snyder madc fine show
ing of leaf and stem structure and of the
fruit dots, sporages and spores of ferns.
Mr.. J. P. McCaskey demonstrated to the
interested young ladies why the
burdock burs adhere so firmly
to their hair and clothing by
showing the hooks with which it is pro
vided for the dispersion Of it's seed, and
then exhibited the marvellous structure of
the MULLEN leaf aud the authers of the ash
leaved maple with their abundant pollen.
Last but not least, 4 glimpse into miner
a'ogy, chemistry and tho polarization of
light was given by Mr.. Walter p. King and
Rev. G. E, HOupt, the former exhibiting
crystals OF common salt, cane sugar and
arsenic, and the latter acetate of copper,
sulpho- carbonate Of soda and tho sulphatc
of strychnia.
To say that all seemed much interested
and greatly to enjoy the delightful exhibi-
ton, would be to put the matter mildly :;
and the members of the society who were
present were no less interested than were
their guests. In this new direction our
Lancaster society has found a very profit
able field for usefulness. They have
afforded to these young people an evening
of the purest kind of instruction and en-
joymcnt.
THE NEW TELEGRAPH LINES.
Holders.
The Rapid telegraph company's work
men continued their operations on Chest
nut street yesterday. They finally agreed
to pay SO year rent to the FOltz estate,
for enough ground to put their pole inside
the property line, subject to removal at
ten days notice. The pole then went up
in tic rear Of the Union hotel property,
and where it will not Obstruct the
thoroughlare. The pole that leaned
over John A. Snyder's line was moved up
close to E. NJ. Schacffer's fence. Near the
Reformed church poe was put up that is
some obstruction. The next one down tho
street was set in aside of the blacksmith
shop, off the pavement, on private proper
ty, at 81 year rent for the ground and
the site for another was rented from John
Baer's sons, in the rear of their printing
house property.
1t Is not to be overlooked, however,
that Oh Christian street, above Chestnut,
which is much Travelled, \ number of poles
are set in the middle of the sidewalks and
obstruct the thOroughfare. Let them be
put out of the way. Busy people haven't
time to turn out for them.
Police Cases.
The mayor had before him this morning
three customers, one of whom, lodgec,
was discharged, and the others, "mlld
drunks," were committed for five days
each.
John Souilc, charged with assault and
battery on John Holloway, on last Sunday
week, in West Vine street, was heard be-
fore Alderman McConomy yesterday, and
SOuile was held to answer at court. Hollo-
ways hand was broken in the scuffle, in
which several other men were engaged.
Jacob Shirk, against whom charge of
desertiOn, on complaint of his wife, has
for some time been pending, and who
escaped arrest by leaving the town and
going to Missouri with another woman,
returned to Lancaster and was picked up
by Officer Harman, and committed for 4
hearing before Alderman McConomy some
day next week the time being not yet fixed.
Shirk expresses great cOntrition, but his
wife is not yet willing to let up on him.
Reading ViragO on tho Rampage.
Mrs. Amanda Cornish, living in the
upper section of Reading, has been drink
ing heavily for some days, but did no
harm until yesterday. when she demOl-
ishcd a lot of furniture in her own home
after which, with a hatchet in hand, she
started out to butcher some of her neigh
bors. The first object of attack was the
residence of William Baker. Unlocking
the front door with a key she came to a