| Show fox fires no longer cause childish fear hoys boys and gi girls als nowadays seldom experience peri ence the thrill ot of seeing a mysterious us light glowing dimly in the depths of 0 the forest or gleaming from some halt half burled buried rotten log in a lonely swamp the cutting away of the forests and the draining of 0 swampy PY land have cleared from much of the landscape an the causes which produce tox fox fire are in early days however the feet beet ot of pioneer children often wire were sent scampering home in the twilight when their owners came unexpectedly upon a light which to have no source says the indianapolis news ghosts and goblins and all sorts of evil omens ever have been associate l with the appearance of fox fire ire aid willo will o th there long ii has as been a difference of opinion regarding the cause of fox fire but now it Is generally conceded to be due to a living fungus growth which permeates abeal I 1 ing vegetable matter and which possesses the power of emitting waves of light no sensible beat baat waves wavea are thrown out and in this respect fox fire resembles the light emitted by fireflies Irel lles and glowworms glow worms many a ghost might have been traced to its lair had the origin of phosphorescence been understood better especially in the countries where the willo will o the wisps tire are reputed to be of frequent occurrence I 1 |
