The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-25
ME MICROSC0PICAL FAIR.
c,osoof the Recent Meeting of the Glass
EYED Men of Science, at Cleveland.
nh. wonderful Display of Microscopic Objects
- Shown at the Soiree-What Was Done
BIZ the Workers in the Science.
.srondence of the indianapolis Journal.

.ourt-rO0nS OIL The Clty hdIi, ana tne solree dt
=. Grande Rink, on Euclid avenue. The next
-..eting will be at Chautauqua. N Y. Prof T.
Rurrill, of Champaign, Ill, a well-known stu
,o,t of parasitic fungi, was elected president
,jDr T. S. Newcomer, of Indianapolis, one of
.hs vice presidents; Professor Kellicut, of Buff
t.,o secretary, and DR.. George Fell, of Buffalo,
treasurer.
The soiree was of the usual character-a brill
;.rt display of fine microscopes and skillfully
Drepared objects on the one hand, and curious
and eager crush of visitors on the other The
tables were arranged in four lines, extending the
length of the rink. Each of the three thousand
visitors had programme giving name of micro
SCOPE, name Of the exhibitor and of the object,
with numbers corresponding to the tables. All
vas in charge of the Cleveland society, the
visiting members taking places at the
tables assigned them, and explaining the objects
and instruments. The throng was passing
No and down the tables, from until II o'clock.
The old line of stock objects, which every one
must see once at least in lifetime, were trotted
out aud put through their courses-the sting of
bee, circulation of blood in living frog, the head
louise, itch insect, cheese mite, mite; gold.
silver and copper crystals deposited by chemical
decomposition of their salts. and always beauti
full objects There were insect scales, and beau
tifully arranged bouquets of them, which caused
some one q world of patient work; diatomS
arranged in curious forms-a hundred or more
On spot no larger than pins head and making
patterns more complex than a Chinese puzzle.
OF this kind of tatting and crocheting there is
always a large exhibit. and nothing is more
beautiful
Every department OF nature was shown in
HCross section'-the soft parts OF plants and
animals, cross sections of eyes. baby's fingers,
woods, rocks, teeth, and the like-all beautifully
thinned, smoothed. stained and stuck On the
aides and immersed in Canada balsam or glycer-
Inc, or mounted dry" The microscopic stops
at nothing all nature has to be cut, fled
smoothed, mounted and viewed under his
quarter inch," and "B eye piece"-that is
magniied two hundred to four hundred
diameters. The Lords prayer was shown
through pinhole; the $50 kinds of microbes in
Cleveland lake water were Shown up" the
micro-photograph of the London Times sent by
carrier pigeon post during the siege of Paris was
made legiole; the Sermon on the Mount, written
with diamond on glass with degree of ineness
such that the whole Bible may be written on the
thumb nails: volcanic dust from Krakatoa-
everything, in fact, except mounted Slide" to
illustrate the contents of the witches cauldron
In Macbeth" But when you come to title like
this: Portion of the Contents of the Intestnes
f one of the Greedy Expedition Victims;" or
again, 'Section of Twigs from a Mastodon's
Stomach Exhumed at Jamestown, n. Y" you
turn perchance away in wonder, disgust and
alarm. You never can tell what you are to see
and some of the objects you don't like to ask
questions about Here at the table of
Herbert A. Spencer, the objective maker, of
Geneva, n Y, is photograph of Psyche and
Flora not larger than pin point, which Mr..
Spencer has substituted for the 'fodura scales"
nsed to test fine detectives They are a nice
booking pair under power of 100 diameters and
it is not at all necessary for Mr. Spencer to
assure that young couple that it is a much finer
"object" for young lovers than fodura scales.
The young man goes off humming:
0 come, my love. and seek with me
A realm by grosser eye unseen,
Where fairy forms will welcome thee
And dainty creatures hail thee queen.
In silent pools the tube III ply,
Where the green cOnferva threads lie cured,
And proudly bring to thy bright eye
The trophies of the protest world.
Where rolls the volox sphere of green
And pastids move in Brownian dance
If wandering mid that gentle scene,
Two fond amoba shall perchance
Be changed to one beneath our sight
BY process OF bocraSis,
We'll recognize with rare delight
type of our prospective bliss.
Much interest is shown in pathological 5acilli;
the germs of Asiatc cholera; the tubercle bacillus
the bacterium OF putrefactlon the yeast pl ant,
which raises bread and ferments beer, are exhib-
tied under high powers and attract much atten-
ton. The cholera bacillus is of doubtful origin:
most of the Slides going the rounds are
probably made to sell. Prof Lester Curtis, of
Chicago, has been with Koch year, and has
made cultures" in koch's laboratory. He was
present, but did not show his slide or talk freely
about it, and the general belief seemed to be
mat his conservatism was founded on lack of
lalth that the comma bacillus is the cause, sui
generis, of Asiatc cholera
Mr.. W. Fl. Bullock, of Chicago, showed through
MS splendid stands the different kinds of
mlcrometers and test plates. This, to the mem
oers, is matter of great Importance; a common
standard OF measurement is needed, and
70 make such one is the work of
years Professor Rogers, of Harvard, not
only rules bands of lines glass up to 100. 900,
sue oy side, but also makes the standards
lot measuring such rulings. These are on a
compound of platinum and iridium. They
must be compared with the English and French
st&hoards at given temperatures, and the work
10 one requiring the greatest patience. skill and
knowledge Mr. Bullock has one Of Rogers
Instruments He also showed photograph
sSat through the facets of beetles eye, thus
'ngTn%lng multiple images.
:. LIE soiree was success in every particular;
mSIIo"ed the instruments, gave a chance to the
ku'Nc 10 ask questions, and gave some idea of
'D0 scope and and object of microscopic work.
THE WORKING SECTION
thursday afternoon was devoted to an exhibi
"On OF the methods of work and microscopical
t0Scarch found successful in actual research in
'No LABORATORY. 1t was an oppOrtunity for each 10
e@' tue pest methods and formulas of his brother
1'eS"sators. This, to the amateurs and sci
"0e students, was the most interesting and
-S"uctiYe Ct all the sessions. The masters of
'He art were on hand and probably 2, 900 sections