The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-03

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The season Of swarming life, vogeta,
BILE and animal, has come. and great
JOY fills the heart OF every possessor Of
sood microscope Man would not ho
worth much as an intelligent Great.
ure il he did not strive TO enlarge the
powers Of his eyes and his ears. and
OF all of his organs OF sense. in order 70
perceive and comprehend more fully
the secrets and beauties OF nature.
The two great allies OF the eye that
science has given us are the micro.
scope and telescope
Every family should have mlrcro
scope. There is no book more fun of
instruction, and few SO tull OF delight.
1t need rot be large and costly inslru.
ment; indeed, It should not be for ts-
Einners. They might easily become
confused and discouraged by the com.
plications, and-except to expert hands
the difficulties Of manipulating a
powerful modern microscope with its
delicate accessories.
A simple instrument IA the hest, A
very high magnlfyipg power Is not
needed. A single cheap lens steadily
mounted viii do wonders, even when IL
magnifies. but a few diameters have
often been astonished to finl now few
persons ever use even a pocket magni.
fier, or know how to use one n IL Is
handed to them. have been accustom.
ed for many years always 10 have
such a lens about me, as inseparable a
companion as my penknifc Frequent
~ have two or three Of varying pow
els in my pocket and beiic(c | could
write a book full Of stories aba4t in
terestlng things have seen WITH s-y
pocket magpifiers. and all OF which I
should have NJ ssed without their ready
aid.
On a teemink summer day throw
yourself on the ground beside an ant.
hill and see what a little lens. costing.
perhaps, half dollar or less, will 90
Tor you in opening before your eyes a
world whose largest inhabitant 8
scarcely half an inch long. but wherein
there exists perfection OF social or
ganization aud a aiarshalling OF indus
try that may well amaze an on-ookina
philosopher.
For the observation OF minute lie.
Of coarse something more powerful
than pocket lens is needed. But tho
shops are full 81 microscopes OF every
conceivable power and price. costing
from five or ten up TO a hundred or
several hundred dollars II you geg
microscope whose magnifying powers
run from ten diameters to a hundred
dlsmteters II will be all you Will need.
Remember that the superficial area OF
an object is increased IN apparent size
propordonately to the squafe Of the
given magnifying power. For Instance.
tly's wing, with its multitude of de-
llcate veins and IT'S simmer OF prisma-
tic colors. appears 10000 times as
large as life when magnified 100 dame.
ters. because It is nagnified 100
times each way. OF course. you cannot
see all IF a flys wing at once when Il
Is magnified like that. but you can
move Il about on the stage OF the mi
crscope aud examine different parts
of II at your leisure.
With little ingenuity. and perhsp ps.
At first the assistance OF a more ex.
perlenced observer, It Is not difficult 10
see the blood flood flowing in the
semi-transparent foot Of living frog
without lniuripg the animal--Juiy Sue
cess.
A man named Barrows Nhirled In.
dian clubs continuously on Che stage
ot the Canterbury Music Han, London.
ioT 46 hours and minutes. and Is now
The champion club whirler.