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Show PERHAPS. In Washington William Collier was' once conversing with a man of much' scientific attainment. The scientist' narrated in detail a series of experi-j ments he was conducting with the mi-' crophone. "The microphone," said he, "magnl-' flee sound to the ear as the micro-' 1 ope magnifies objects to the eye The footfalls of a spider heard through! the microphone sound like the tramn-ing tramn-ing of marching infantry. "That is amazing," politely com-' mented Mr. Collier "This afternoon." continued the man1 of science, "I heard a fly walking, across the pane. The noise resemble the hoofbeats of a cavalryman's1 mount." 1 1 "Perhaps it was a horsefly," 8Ug. nested the p.pfni". s I |