Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-14
The wonders of a Hens Ep.


The wonders of a Hens Egg.
The following interesting observation on the
changes that occur from hour to hour during
the incubation of the hens egg are from
StuTm's Reflections:
The hen has scarcely sat on her eggs twelve
hours before some Hneaments of the head and
BODY OF the chicken appear. The heart may be
seen to beat at the end of the second day: if mas
at that time somewhat the fOrmiof horse shoe
but no blood yet appears. AT the end of two
days two vessels of blood are to be distinguished
the pulsation of which Is visible; one of these il
the left ventricle and the other the root of the
great artery. AT the fiftieth hour one anricle
OF the heart appears, resembling a moose folded
down upon itself. The beating of the heart is
first observed in the aUricle and afterWard in
the ventTicle. AZ the end OF seventy hours
tue wings are distiBguishable, and on the head
Two bubbles are seen for the brain, one for the
bill, and two for the fore and hind part of the
head. Toward the end OF tile fourth day the
two aurlcles already visible draw nearer TO the
heart than before. The liver appears toward
the nitn day. AT the end of seven hours more
the lungs and stomach become visible and fOur
hours atterward the intestiEes and loins and fine
upper jaw. At the 144th hour two ventricles
are Visible; and two drops OF blood instead of
the single one which was seen before. The
seventh day the brain begins to have some con-
slstency. At the 2l9th hour of incubation the
Dill opens and the flesh appears in the breasts.
Ia foUTs hours more the breast bone IL seen
In SIX hours after this the ribs appear forming
from the back, and the bill is very visible a.
wei! as the gall bladder. The bill becomes
green at the end of 237 hOurs; aud if the Chicken
be taken out of its covering il evidently moves
itself. At the 2G4th hour the eyes appear, Ar
the 2Ssth the ribs are perfect. At the 32Ist the
spleen draws near the stomach, aud the lungs
to the CHEST. AT the end of $50 hours the bill
frequently opens and shuts, and at the ent of
tne ishttenth day the first cry OF the chicken Ia
heard. 1t afterward gets more strength aud
grows continually, till at length it is enabled to
set itself free from its confinement.
On BOATING, AND ON COLLEGE Bows AS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Smith OF Dartmouth col
I'ge IN one Of his popular talks TO the students,
day or two ago, took occasion to EXPRESS his
views in regard 70 boating and the empl1ymenf
OF college boys during vacation as walters in
notes. lie raid that at the beginning of the
rowing interest he had questioned whether
some other form OF physical exercise wouId NOT
be better suited to the wants of the college, AMI
had feared the result of placing muscular pur-
suit in as much prominence, as uuduIv exaIting
muscle over mind. But when rowing was once
determined upon, he had under the theory OF
DONG well what was to done at all, encouraged
me movement with his words and aided it with
MS purse. He said further, that he was glad
the Dartmouth crew had done so well at Sara
tog3, and that, once engaged, he wanted them
- =, ,nS OF fery pest IN regard to the en-
summer hotels, he reLH erked that so much is
said and written in the abstract, nowadays
about the dignity of labor, and so little is prac
uced, that it is refreshing to notice an instance
which is OF 20 common occurrence that il at.
tracts no attention in the district where it occurs
and is scarcely known beyond that district
Inc students who act as walters in the hotels at
the White mountains, during the summer
come chiefly from that COLLEGE where labor has
aIwzY6 been het1 acknowledgements
from that institution having served in the Pro-
hle house, this season. They get as regular
wages $50 q month, which is sometimes trebled
by donations, etc. so that the student obtains
sufficient funds to support himself for a con-
siderable time after the college opens. "when
we consider" said President Smith, 'fthe fact
that nearly one third of the students of Dart
mouth teach school during the winter, and
work at harvesting in the summer, we need
ing an obsolete expression"
AN UNPARALLELED CAsE.-The last act of
one or the most remarkable tragedies in real life
that modern society has ever witnessed was
finished at Santa Rosa to-day, by the conviction
OF man named Gelger of murder in the first
degree. A man and his wife buy a ranch and
set themselves industriousy at work TO get an
honest living from the property. They are both
reputable citizens. Two men are the proprie-
tors OF an adjoining ranch, and want 20 get pos
session OF their neighbors' property. The owners
will not part with it. A system of prosecution
and annoyance is inaugurated, with the hopeto
drive them away. 1t fails. Then a conspiracy
is formed which succeeds in the conviction of
the husband of a felony which he never COM
mitted. The poor fellow is sent to state prison.
His wife, a perfect heroine, sticks to the ranch
and is determined to hold her ground till her
husband shall be restored to liberty. The two
villains put upon her every indignity and injury
which deviltry can suggest, and finally murder
her and hide the body in running stream,
covered with heavy stones. A search is made
and the murdered woman is found. Murder will
out. circumstances point unerringly to the
guilty parties. The whole hellish plot dawns
upon the mind of the community. The muir
derers barely escape lypching. The husband is
now. Justice comes at last. But il cannot do
one half the work that Ii ought. The other
murderer will, no doubt, 90 the same road as
the one that was convicted to-day.-,yaa Fran
cisco Bulletin, august ooh.
CLEANSING GILr.-Gilt metallic articles NAV
be cleaned by rubbing them very gently with
soft sponge or brush dipped in q solution OF half
an ounce or potash, or enc ounce of soda, or,
still better, OF half an ounce of bOrax in a
pound Of water; then rinsing them in pure
water and drying with q soft linen rag. Their
luster may be improved in special cases by
warming them slightly, and then rubbing them
washed with pure water, rubbing very gently
with soft sponge or brush.
sEThe San Francisco minstrels infringe upon
the fashionable notice by announcing that
s.street cars may be ordered at 10 O'clock"
HYThe editor OF an agricultural paper which
published the sentence: "Make manure of your
old ladder" wishes the last word changed to
"fodder."
pgA woodberry, n. j., dispatch says Bar
NUNS balloon came down there on Saturday, in
an unco mfortabiy rapid manner. It Is said to
have burst. Nome OF the occupants were in
jured.
sVEx- United States District Judge j. A.
MINIS and ex-Con gresham Buckley have
united with other republicans of Alabama in q
card denying the stories OF lswlessness and ter
rorism which have circulated north to the pre-
JUDGE Of Montgomery, Alabama.