THEIR SPECIFIC NATURE 7 



with a reddish mold, and the priest administering 

 the sacrament, under such circumstances, has held 

 the bread up before the communicants, declaring 

 that they could see for themselves that the emblems 

 have verily been turned into the real flesh and 

 blood of the crucified Lord ! The microbe that was 

 responsible must have laughed in his sleeve and felt 

 highly honored! 



Then, again, a rain in winter has been known to 

 color the snow red. The people in such locality 

 have wondered why it rained blood, and feared that 

 it portended some awful judgment upon them. 

 The truth was, some neighboring water contained 

 reddish microbes in abundance. The water evap- 

 orated, was taken up into the clouds and the mi- 

 crobes with it. When it condensed and fell again 

 as rain, the microbes came down with it and colored 

 the snow. How a little knowledge banishes fear! 

 As light comes, ghosts go. 



