The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-03-09
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FoR THE HERALD.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

References to- the microbcs-or
microscopic organisms Of fermen-
tation and disease-have become
80 frequent that this classification
Of their varieties by Mr.. w. Ham
let may be of interest: /. Mi
crobes which appear IS points are
called monads, monera or micro
cocoa. They are motionless, and
may be regarded as the spores of
other microbes. 2. Motionless
linear microbes-the 6dcteridlans
and the bacllH. To them belongs
Bacillus anthracis, which produces
the dreaded splenic fever of cattle
and sheep. 8. Cylindrical mobile
microbes, having rounded ends
or contracted in the middle so
as to form an 8, are the bacteria
proper. Among them is Bacteraum
terms of putrefaction, the COM
monest ofa 4. Flexuous mobile
microbes. They look and act like
eeIs, and differ but little from the
active bacteria. They arc the Ui-
brios. 5. Spiral microbes, resem-
bling q cork-screw, and mobile;
spirilla sp1ochetoe. Their presence
in human blood appears to be con-
nected with intermittent fever. 6.
Microbes with heads, very active,
having globules larger and more
refractive than the rest of the
body at one or both ends. These
globulcs are apparently spores
ready to be detached from a
bacterium - Raoterigm capitatum.
Resides these six principal states,
the microbes form agglomerations
in which their appearance is
somewhat changed, these masses
receiving distinctive names. There
seems to be no way at present of
distinguishing between o disease
producing bacterium and a harm
less ono by sight.
1t has lately been proven cx-
pcrimentally that calomcl may be
decomposed in the human system
with the formation Of corrosive
sublimate-a powerful poison.
Observations by NJ. Saulanie,
Of Toulouse, show that something
very like tuberculosis is produced
in the lungs of dogs by a rcmatoid
worm.
Recent borings indicate the ex-
istence Of workable coal-seams un-
derneath London.
In Wow Of tho ravages of the
of the phylloxera which have
so seriously interfered with wine.
growing, a Fronch agricultu-
rist has sought to discover a
substitute for the vine, and is said
to have attained very good re-
suits with o variety Of red beet.
This beet yields wine which is
said to be equal TO many of south
erp growth, and the plant has the
advantage of being adapted TO all
soils and climates.
Prof. Blyth, lecturlng at Glas-
Cow, has called attention to the
adaptability Of the oxyhydrogen
light for general use. The illumi-
nation is very brilliant and beau
tifnl, the gases may be stored and
delivered in the same manner as
coal-gas, and he believes that the
system may be made economical
by using wind or water power to
produce the gases.
Several interesting archaeology
cal finds in Europe are reported.
Near Caltanisetta, Sicily, several
caverns have been found, which
arc evidently burial places dating
from the period when the ancient
Sicilians had already been ousted
by the Italian tribes, but before
the Greek colonization had begun,
At Nordrup: Denmark, the 1e
mains of seven human bodies
have been found under a few feet
| of pumice stone, numerous bronze
objects, gold rings, Roman glasses,
mosaics, glass beads, etc., being
also discovered among the re
mains.
Astronomers knowled ge Of the
| remarkable ring of small planets
travelling between the orbits o
Mars and Jupiter commenced
with the first day of the present
century, when Piazzi discovered
the first Of these objects. which h'
ramed Ceres. Other discoveries
followed at irregular intervals un
til, in 1845, the number of thes'