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Show I Minute cnEATUHE3. fm Mlrrntws That Mar I rn. Tiaral lM.roT-r.Ht l,r llarterlnloglalt. The bacterlologlsta are learning to take new vicua of the minute creaturea which they atudy When the atartllng world of mltro organlama was dlscor cred there ac nothing but hatd worda fnr It Tho first bicterla found were those of disease, nnd the bacteriologist ero so horrified by their mtadcods that they condemned tho whole tribe of mlcro-orgnnlama to death without Inquiring further Into tho malttr Tho humorist and tho comic artlat lent aid In blasting their reputation making Jokca and drawing imaginary picture of microbes with horrible Jaws cyea and tentacle until tho mero word bacteria bac-teria came to mean something dreadful It wns much like uiriilluiiiu,, a cobra or boa constrictor to even speak ol thorn Pasteur tho great, wlao Pas tour so feared bacteria that ho kept n bowl of scalding water b his plait at monls, dipping his dishes, knives and forks Into It bofore using them by wa of preventing tho smallest microbe mi-crobe from passing his lips and did, In fact, prevent It so c.Tcctually that he ruined his digestion, poor man Kot In scalding tho evil disposed bacteria to death ho scalded many moro that were necessary in carrying on the work of bis stomach and so deprived himself of their aid Tho bacteriologists bacteriolo-gists now know that there nro many well meaning microbes among their charges The microbe tribes aro made, up like thoso of tho larger creatures They nro useful, harmless cows anil dogs and sheep nnd poultry ns well as murderous tigers, lions and amplro bats In tho mlcrobo world In fact tho useful bacteria are In tho majority, Just as tho useful animals outnumber Iho savngo ones Tho bacteriologists havo lately found several most promls Ing species nmong them Thero la ono tribe for exnmple, that may bo turned Into scavengers They arc very greedy for refuso of all kinds, and It Is sug gestcd by tho sanguine, that In tjme they may bo raised In largo tanks and made to devour the garbage of cltlea Another mlcrobo In favor just now If ono that furnishes light Tho bicterl ologlsta are very guarded In talking ol It, nnd do not want to promlso to much but they admit that this now micro organism may ho Induced to gl.es senlceablo light In tho future II Is tho mlcrobo that makes phosphorcs rent fishes luminous Heretofore II wns generally thought that this light came from phosphorous llko that usee1 In matches hut tho experiments with tlieso microbes provo otherwise llj placing tho flesh of fresh haddocks ol herrings In n weak brlno nnd keeping It at 40 degrees nbovo scro for a few days the fish, as well as tho urlno lt fclf becomes luminous rUIng off paU green light Chicago llecord |