The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-04


monest bird the decorations of the p,otb
or butterfly the EXAMINATIONS of insacts
large or minnie ana a tbousand otber
things. all are caDable of dtscIosipo thu
tbrougb INC oDtical aca,,c,, ~
a weIi-uself niscToscone -
One of The n,ost foseina+i,,s, ras,,I+s %
the use Of tho roicrosco,,a 10 ~ dis-
coverv nv PROT Irberenhercr that n ce,.ta.,
earth or rock in no Rarbados n,as Iitor-
ally comnosed Of minute ara extror,ei,,
beautiful "skeIotops 1Sha,r W., ,,,1stiy,
composed of silica N. Ain+ ana t,ei,. forr,,,
were Of extreme varietv ana heant,- rrba
earth or rock itself is ouito bauT-iii,a In
appearance and is fair1y nara So tba+ ~
can he cnt int sbano1,. - ~ ,,,as,,,,
1t was formed in the Ntiocena onocb bnt
so enormous is n maj nc srertiar1I eve.
tenn in the Rarhados alone ,.ises Il, ono
point TO over IN 0ro foot ana co,,er, an
area of * ono acras, and a "a ', o,,or+,or
of this consists Of these rarnarl,ahIa y.,cl,s
They are sir,nlI con,n,ssd ~ Tho ,,,f,,Ita
skae tcns 10 which No !, ~, 70 p "a iust
as a bean Of mil1et wou,d he cor,nosed of
the senarata milIet seeis Or coi,r,se hi
lions are crushad snlintered ana now
idered. hut tho rocks arc cononosed Of The
skeletons and thor dehris
This can easily be eattIad - Wa out a
slice off sucb niece ~ rocl, anvNybere
ana At anv oncIe a,,.1 orir1 :. ~,
enouerh. tbon la, 7lao,nor T. 7,,ll,,,. . ,,,i,,.1
scope in nroner c,ondition n is fo,,od 70 no
as il we're = mir Ieaf 90 30 rooll st0,rI,,
oosed ~ tnoea hoautif,,, l,a1etans
some IL may, he loft whole or b,,, sligbtl,,
Injured others b,,olren dofaeed a.. RIM
ble5 The same end is oaSned if x,,e dis-
aol,,e n ep,au ,,il,a ,f ~ ,,o,l, - ~, no.
10 In iure tbe elte1etons. it falls INFO a n1u,-
der Of nerfect or ir,nerfect TOWNS Iisihi.
90 far &C mo detaiied baa,,41, &c tha,r
.b,Ss is concer,(51 nj, ~, ,,,oore 90 ~
NJ rocx is found NOT ori, in Tho RarIodos
hrt q, tho Nicoba,e 1sIa,1as a,od no I,,ra
That these ren,arsahIa ana heaItiful
s,,alatons ,,ora forn,ad h,, on,r,aIs tbors
could from tho 6rst he little doubt
b,,t Will rho fossi slseletons astooishe6
The world and delighted every observer Il
u,os rot NTH r,,,,n6 Iatar tbat prof NM
Ior caref,il1, st,,Iiad tba animals ana a.
tehIisbod the axistence of a oro,,y, known
&C tho Racdiola,-ia and these included The
onorrnol,e quantity Of minnie fossils dis
covered NV Eherenhere in the '"Rarhados
Eartb
,I1ha arir,o1s themselves arc us,,allv .ex
tre,oelv r,inuta and absolutely ..simple''
80 ai1 n,aay,s az o,,r disnosaI for resear,l,.
,bat e. 70 Gov, tloe,, are uniceliuIar-their
u,1o1a hod,, S,bstspca with oil lis func
tiors a., contained In a einole cell How
these specks Of living Jelly become the
h,i16ars and corsrr1ctorS of heautifuI
eli oil
lroo,,,Iads,e 10 e,rnlsin. bnt I'VE know that
-, 49, da1,a,C.r,ed or formed nv vital Sc
.oratio, n ~, tb,,ougb the oelatinous cell
s,,bstapca of the minute animal
T1heir ehanes are manifold. but in every
case tbe1, are rich in the most delicate and
rafi,,ad heauty Sometimes an investing
iet'ioo yUorlf of gIass-li<e aDpearance
1870 '..,i 49, - - s,,bor,coi oval or
easbIsLaned. aeafn the nIates and 6bers
20 ei,ioa no, he raidaI hexaso1al cruel
fo,.r,, ~. innuroeralole interchanges ard
combinations of all these. but in all the
utmost perfection of form is the result
While these We're known only as foss IL
forms discovered by microscope research
thav oroused the keenest interest; bul the
discovery that they were to he found
among the extant fauna of the wo Id
ouickened that interest. How important
a. living things these minute creatur
really are in regard to the life found in the
great oceans was not made clearly m nj
fest until the dredging operations Of Her
Naiesty's Ship Challenger showed us that
80 tin,, organisms dwell on the surface
- ,bo ,,,on sea AT various marine depths
IN ssveral oceans. or else they are abys-
r,al living that is to say, at the bottom
~ The sea NOT resting on or attached TO
its Aoor bu, floating some little distance
above
rrhosa minnie animals multiply in great
ob,,rdence. thev are immensely prolific,
80 +hair Individual lives are relatively
tor+. tho result is that from every
s.to1,a, of the oceans depths there must
continual rain of tiny creatures
,,,t,osa li1es are spent falling slowly down
~. =" II Is Loan aonr where at length their
e;ot,f sLeietons alone survive decomposl-
t il, accumulate in countless millions, and
80, .anaot the siliceous rock produc-
49, 20 nhicb ya have such conspicuous
1870; az" in the geology of the Barbados