The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26
.voEa IN RorTING FRUIT.
.nimalculs Shown up by
All'A' q Microscope

Aii'I' q MGR
c,,nton. in Macon Telegraph
~. L. baan for tie last two weeks
nA' 80 extensive microscopic e2eml-
naklnS sonos of the stale fruits and
Yeyetables exposed lor S Mo.o
ve st,.at and grocery stores Of Macon.
i'- ~ attention was first attracI1a 70 ene
,,stter by noticing anons $3.50 SevayaI pf
paFen.y ere verv soft in spots. AT nrSt
them tn1 ll .bsse soft places we're the result
supposeu nr,siro the meat beneath the
OF bruises, took thin slice from one
SKIN 10 oeca n{t snots and placed 1t under the
OF tLeso for exaninatlon. was
mlcI !eI m see that 1t was per
R Rl[ mass of fungi ana en'o .sS.
6naIlv took one OF Tue .bSo"@h 'a anS
Hha IIIttt.arad almost all through ana
had sol IT, mice through towel, catch
squeel "a 80 "a - a tumbler. Every drop OF
ing t 1; I' -rhen placed on the stage OF the
TINS hulu vas seen to be crowded with
mlcroscoP 1f'st of these belonged to the
entozoa -niIInla tritici. These l had
specie eaTeral years ago along with the
s49sero and the tardigrades, ana an account
- +Iam was published IN the 1e,egTdph'
OF IT. len .r;,ici can. with difficulty, be de-
Inc sil'1Ti hsva dried them up until they
IeSelnuio 10 co hAen resurrected after sleep
OF tneni Sc years. and no doubt they Will
ol W. L. much longer, remaining dor
rella III. q sead and when brought into
mani IN I'll water will at once come to
Gon'oV T,ev NAV be baked in an oven along
-titb the bread, or frozen III a SOHO CAKE Vi
w; WIN trit6out in the least inJuring them.
lcgf fr,Iit cells in these pears infested by
DC II uls ,rara TO a great extent, broken
L.. md the fruit was beyond doubt very
Go"n LI.al,e ~ health. In about half gill
e ~ tbick find, containing billions of the
"a .u n1sced a few drops of alcohol.
iII'ICi, riacing some of the fluid on the stage
eftba ,nic-oscope | found the alcohol had
dastroyel the life Of every one OF them:
also added a few drops OF sGlphurlc aclo TO
nnother portion of the fluid CON
tanning the entozoa. Inns kllieo
49, in an instant. BY placing
dTon of the fluid containing the tritici
an a class slide under the microscope, and
oddisg the acid and alcohol, l was able to
witness the effect. | dipped the point of
fine cambria needle into alcohol and
toncbed il 10 a drop in which hundreds of
the tritici were swimming. and in an
instant their bodies quivered as II an cleo
trio current had been passed through them,
and they curled up dead. l am satisfied
that a small quantity of sulphuric acid
called vinegar eels found in all samples of
pure apple vinegar.
In addition to my examination of the
pears, also made microscopic examlna-
ton IF a number of tomatoes. In every
one that was over ripe, or which had soft
spots in them, found both fungi and en-
tozoa. In some of the fluid squeezed from a
soft tomato found some OF the largest en-
tozoa | have ever seen, and they existed in
countless numbers, both in the embryonic
and perfect state.
also examined several heads OF stale
cabbage, and on all Of these mycelium,
microsphoria and entozoa we're found On
those that were damp millions of parame-
cum we're swimming in the juices, along
the midrib and veins of the outer leaves
All these stale articles in which entozoa are
found are very dangerous to health, and
should never be eaten. We have a great
deal of sickness at this time in Macon, and
believe much of it is caused by the stale
vegetables sold in the market and in the
grocery stores.