HE DRANK A GLASSFUL OF MICROBES.

North Otago Times, 26 July 1906, Page 1 (Supplement)

HE DRANK A GLASSFUL OF MICROBES.

. A good story of the late lit. I'is l teur comes from Paris, He was din-* ing with his daughter, and their, family one evening in their country, residence in Burgundy. Cherries' formed part of the dessert, and the • savant ate a.good many, taking caro however, to dip the fruit well in aglass of water, and then wipe thorn';thoroughly dry before putting thenv into his mouth. His scrupulous caro,; caused mild laughter at tho table,' whereupon I'asteur gently rebuked his relatives for their indifference W ; the fact that the exteriors of cherries : were covered with; infinitcsmal.; and invisible microbes. Ho ■ then • launched forth into a long argument,'; to prove tho existence of the unseen!. •. animalculao, and woufid up. by ad«, vising his hearers' nover ■ to- touch ' > fruit without washing it, A Jew minutes afterwards -the savant, who * had fallen Into one of his'fits ofab< stractlon, suddenly seized the glut > in which he had washed the cherries | and drank tho water and the mi« croltw contained heroin, at a slogtl * 11*1 . 'f