Show fox farea no longer cause childish fear boys and girls nowadays seldom ex per lence the thrill of seeing a mystery oua light glowing dimly in the depths of the forest or gleaming from half buried rotten log in a lonely swamp 1 he cutting away of the tor esta and the draining of swampy land have cleared from much of the land the causes which produce fox fire in early days however the feet of pioneer children often were sent scampering home in the twilight when their owners came unexpectedly upon a light which beamed to have no source aas the indianapolis news agliotta Gli otta and goblins and all sorts of evil omens eer have been associate with the appearance of fox fire ad will 0 the wisps there long has acm a difference of opinion regarding the baue of fox fire but now it li gin brally conceded to be due to a ihling fungus growth which permeates cobay ing vegetable matter and which DOS besses the power of emitting waves of light no but wavea aro j thrown out and in this respect fox fire resembles the light bj fireflies and glowworms glow worms many a ghost might have been traced to lt lair had the origin of phosphorescence been understood better especially in the countries where the hlll o the wisps are reputed to be of frequent occurrence |