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corn, be cut open it will be found to be filled with a 

 white, cottony substance. Soak this for an hour in water 

 and then place a little under the microscope, add a drop 

 of water, place over it a cover-glass (which is a circle or 

 square of very thin glass made for the purpose), and 

 there will be seen a wriggling mass of eels. The an- 

 guillulse are entirely harmless to man. 



Some Easy Experiments. 



By frank T. green, 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Many branches of study are anything but pleasing in 

 the abstract. Microscopy is one of them. In order to 

 appreciate the study in its truest beauty, one must study 

 closely nature's infinitesimal details. 



Berry Benson tells of a man, " lying on the grass peer- 

 ing at it and among it, studying it curiously and intently 

 with a magnifying glass. His friend passed by and 

 asked ; ' what are you doing there ?' Said the man, ' I 

 am traveling in a foreign land.' " 



Just so with the microscopic worker, whether he be a 

 child from school or a teacher — versed in the study of 

 the infinitely little. For it opens a new field, yes, " a 

 foreign land" to the investigator, the teacher and the 

 child. 



One of the greatest drawbacks to any study or any oc- 

 cupation is an unfortunate introduction. If the student 

 first hears of microscopy as the art of slicing tough and 

 horny roots into sections of transparent thinness, and 

 failing in this, then trying it over and over again to his 

 sorrow, he naturally will bear a grudge against the 

 science. Better by far have him reach out for something 

 easier of attainment, and yet giving rare chances of 

 learning the detail of little things from actual observa- 

 tions. 



If anyone will take a shaving of wood thrown off 



