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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-23
The Slave Trade and Slavery.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAvERY SOCIETY,"
OFFICE u NEW BROAD STREET.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-23
BRAZIL.

The Hishop Of Olinda in Prison Awaiting Trial
His Crime Against the stats-Plsce Of Cap
tivity and Trestmsut- Negotiations with
a the Holy See on the Subject Of Secret
r,ma, soeistiss-Prespect Of War with
the Argentine Confederation.
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til then, since he had been in Permanent been an
adherent OF his party.
LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVES.
On the death OF Lord George Bentinck Mr. Dis
rael succeeded to the leadership OF the conserva-
knowledged champion OF the landed interest and
the Church. 1t was not yet thoroughly certain
That the tory party might not become reunited;
but, fortunately Tor Dsraeli, the succession OF the
Peeltes and their union with the wing party was
permanently maintained, thus securing him
chance OF ONCE which he might not otherwise
NOVELS AND NEW ESGLANDIsA"
-. ne nad Iately brought out two political novels,
new creed OF politics called New Englandsm,n
strange and fantastic mixture Of High Church
principles and popular sympathies, oil which he be-
came for awhile a kind OF arch priest. An over
weening vanity and exaggeration OF themselves
constituted the new school OF future regener alton
OF England, and 1t was well said oil this insignld-
cant clique OF woud-be statesmen, "Tbeir politics
were based the rejection Of all experiences, and
much oil their philosophy was contempt Tor all ex-
pertinent
HARD WORK UP HILL
Prom the passing OF Free Trade TO 1852 was per-
haps the hardest period OF Parliamentary work In
DIsraeh's LIE. II was IN this year that Lord John
Russell, who had been Premier since the downfall
OF Sir Robert Peel, dismissed Lord Palmerston rom
the post OF Foreign SecreGary-a step which led by
necessary consequence TO the breaking up OF
mis- feeble and tottering government. Lord Derby
was summoned by the Queen, and entrusted with
the responsibility OF forming Ministry, and at
once constituted the man whom AZ one time he
"wouldn't have az any price, Chancellor OF the
Exchequer, and leader OF the House OF Commons.
In that capacity the now Fright Honorable" Ben.
jamln Disraeli proved that ne was not only good
Parliamentary taIKer, sut that he had administra-
tive powers, and was capable, at all events, or
assisting to rule the nation. He was destined,
however, to the same III fortune az attended mis-
frst Parliamentary speech. more brilliant address
TO the House OF Commons In moving his Budget
was never made But his fiscal policy was unac-
ceptabe TO the nation. His measures were antag-
onIstic to the interests OF the now powerful middle
class. ny whom iree trade had Deen carried and
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-27
Lake Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe lies on the parallel of 1909
long. west. and 39o lat. north, about three
fourths lying within the State of CalifOr-
mia, forming the eastern and southern
boundary of Placer county, and the east
ern and northern of Ell Dorado county,
and the eastern boundary of the State for
a distance of about fifteen miles; the re-
naming One-fourth lying within the linn
its of the State of Nevada. 1t is in the
heart of the Sierra Nevada. By the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad it is about twelve
hours eastward from San Francisco to
Truckee. thence southeast by stage two
hours. remaining over night at Truckee.
The altitude of the lake is 6,2l6 feet
above the sea level. Its depth is rated at
I,525 feet, but it is claimed that later
sOundings have given over 1000 feet. In
form it may be classed as an irregular,
nearly right-angled parallelOgram; the
general direction being north and south.
In length it is about twenty-five miles; in
breadth from eight to twelve miles, and
with its various bays covers an area of
about three hundred square miles. 1t is
the largest and deepest known lake at so
great an altitude, and is fed by the winters
SHOWS and springs and streams from the
adjacent mountains which surround it,
rising in many parts to two thousand feet
and upward above the lake. Some of the
tributaries are of large size, pouring into
the lake a constant volume of bright, pure
and sparkling water, so nearly equivalent
to the absorption, drainage, and evapOra-
ton that, as nearly as can estimate it, the
extreme rise and fall of the lake does not
exceed from three to four feet.
1t nearly maintains its equilibrium, new
er freezing except in some sheltered and
shallow spots and is always cold enough,
in depth of a few feet, for palatable and
healthy drinking at any time of day in
summer; while the numerous rivulets
which empty into it have an almost icy
GOODNESS in the warmest weather.
There are no swamps or marshes in the
region of the lake; it is one of hills, noun
tains, pine and fir timber, rocks, gravel,
sand, and occasionally spots of very pro
ductive soil, yielding in root crops and
cereals abundant returns; and natural
meadows furnish nutritious grasses for
horses and cattle.
The water is pure and clear.
The air is generally bland always pure,
salubriOus, elastic. light, and owing to the
great extent of water surface, of qualified
and proper humidity. During the sum-
mer there is a regular trade wind from the
southwest "a sea breeze springing up from
s to 10 O'Clock a. m, and blowing more or
less fresh until nearly sunset, and Occa-
siOnally later. At night the land trade
wind from the nOrthward prevails. After
sunrise, the mornings are usually warm
until the sea breeze commences. Very
few calm days occur during summer.
Nights are always cool, refreshing, and in
vigorating. with rare exceptions and in
the winter frequently clear and bright
when the dav has been otherwise. 1t is
always warm and pleasant in the sunshine
during any part of the winter.-Resoarces
of California
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The Wonders of a Hens Egg.

The following interesting observations
on the changes that occur from hour 10
hour during the incubation of the hens
egg are from Sturm's Reflections:
The hen has scarcely sat on her eggs
twelve hours before some lireaments OF
the head and body OF the chicken appear.
The heart may be seen to beat at the end
of the second day; it has at that time
somewhat the form of horseshoe, but no
blood yet appears. At the end OF two
days two vessels of blood are TO be DIS
| tinguished, the pulsation OF which Is vlsl-
BILE: one of these is the left ventricle, and
the other the root of tn, great artery. AT
the fiftieth hour one auricle OF the heart
appears, resembling a moose folded down
upon itself The beating of the heart IS
| first observed in the auricle, and atterward
in the ventricle. At the end of seventy
hours, the wings are distinguishable 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 the fourth day, the two auricles al
ready visible draw nearer 10 the heart than
before. The liver appears toward the NTH
| dav. At the end of seven hours more, the
lungs and the stomach become visible !;
and four hours afterwards, the intestines,
and loins, and the upper jaw. At the one
| hundred and f0rty-fourtn nOur, Two ven
tricles are visible, and two drops Of blood
instead of the single one which was seen
before. The seventh day, the brain be-
gins to have some consistency. At the
one hundred and nineteenth hour Of incu-
baton, the bill opens, and the flesh appears
in the breast. In four hours more, the
breast bone is seen. In six hours after
this, the ribs appear, forming rom the
back, and the bill is very visible. as
well as the gall bladder. The bill becomes
green at the end of two hundred and tnlr-
tv-six hours; and if the chicken BE- taken
out of its covering. it evidently moves II
self. AT the two hundred and sixty-fourth
hour, the eyes appear, At the two hun
dred and eighty-tighth, the ribs are per
feet. At the three hundred and thirty-irst,
the spleen draws near the stomach, ana
the lungs to the chest. At the END M M0i
three hundred and fifty-five hours, the Dill
frequently opens and shuts; and az the
end of the eighteenth day, the hrs, cry
of the chicken is heard. IL aiterward gets
more strength and grows continually, I,
till az length it i enabled TO SET lIseli Tee
from its confinement,
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The Woman that Knew About 1t.

Legend or gossip that has sensation in
tits harder to give up than tame truth. A
fault in Il. B. Reade's painting OF Long
fellows Children" gave rise to the story
that one of the daughters of the poet was
born without arms. To gentleman VINO
interviewed" him one day MIR. Longtel-
low related an instance of comparatively
recent occurrence, quite as amusing as IL
was annoying:
His brother-poet and most intimate
friend, James Russell Lowell, was in
Mount Auburn horse-car, and on the op--
posite seat sat a party of women, one OF
whom, a sort of chattering magDle, acting
the part of chaperon, said, as the car ap-
preached the old Cragie mansion
'sThis is where Longfellow lives-the
poet, you know. Funny such nice people
should have such queer notions about
some things. | should have thought he'd
have wanted to build new house. But
s'pose it's true that poets all have a crazy
spot somewhere in their heads"
Then, after a pause, during which some
immaterial remark was made by one OF
her auditors, she continued
What a pity that one of his children
pretty girl otherwise, they say-was born
without arms y
Mr.. Lowell thought here was good op-
portunity to stop. in one circle. at least
the current of so absurd a story, and said,
in his most ntlemanly manner
~ beg your pardon, madam, but L am
an Intimate friend of Mr.. LongfellOw'
fimily, and I can assure you there IS nc
truth in the story about his child"
Il beg your pardon, SIR the lady re,
torted, all the clannishness of her strata OF
development transforming her into hui
man porcupine, ''I beg yOHr pardon, sir
but have il from lady who had it from
Mr.. Longfelow himself"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-27
Terrible Destruction by GrasshOpperS.

DE WITT, Neb., July 30.-Last Satur-
day the thermometer was 1l20 all day.
The next morning grasshOppers COM
menced to fall and have continued ever
since. We have warm south wind which
will keep them here untilit changes. Now
for the result. We had fifteen acres of
corn, from which we expected to get from
100 to 800 bushels, but our expectations
are changed, for we shall not get any. In
twenty-fOur hours it was all gone. Every
available green thing in the shape OF tree
or vegetable has gone. The trees will
probably come out next season, but our
melons, onions, turnips, beets, cucumbers,
tomatoes, cabbages. beans. and, in short,
all have vanished Back of the barn, III -
had from 10000 to $4,000 young maple
trees, all of which are eaten off close to
the ground, and past all hope. We feel
worse about them than all the rest. You
have no idea of It-grasshOppcrS by the
million. They fly in the air, almost as
thick as a snow storm, and sound like hail.
They have eaten the netting from the out
side of our windows, so we are obliged to
keep them shut. You will hardly believe
me when tell you was afraid TO go out
side this afternoon, the piazza was covered
with them so thick over head and under
foot, perfect mass of them. H says
he is raising 10000 bushels of hOppers TO
the acre" Another letter, dated Aug. 2,
says !: "The @rasShOppers are leaving to-
day. hear they extend east into Ohio
and west 200 miles. 1t will come hard
upon many of the farmers who have con-
tracted debts and have been relying on
their crops to pay up with. The money
received for wheat must be used to buy
the necessaries of life for the coming win
ter."-BOStOn Globe.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

HOPE deferred maketh the heart sick "
has been translated by a Detroit boy TO
read: "H you hope you will go 70 the
circus, and dad won't let you, IL makes
you have the stOmache-ache. Free Press.
THE grasshoppers are getting
bold i'm Iowa. One of them took possess
sion of a front seat in the orchestra at the
Dubuque Theater the other night, during
the Oratorio of " NebuchadneZZar," and
a policeman had to be summoned TO eject
him.
IT is said that at three years old we love
our mothers; at six, our fathers; at ten,
HOLIDAYS: at sixteen, dress; at twenty,
our sweethearts; at twenty-five. our
wives at forty, our children and at SIX
ty, ourselves.
A HOTEL. clerk at Rye Beach was hit last
week by bullet from pistol. accidentally
discharged by a guest. But stop-don
exult: il did't hurt him; il only hit him
on the cheek, and then fell tlattened on the
floor,
"YoUR handwriting is very bad indeed,
said gentleman TO a college friend, VINO
was more addicted to boating than To study:
- you really ought to learn to write bet
ter" "Ay, ay," replied the young man.
lit is all very well for you to tell me that;
but if were TO write better, people would
find out how spell"
WHAT thing fame is This is the way
in which one OfOur French cotemporaries,
the MessG0sr. describes that little difficulty
at Bunker Hill ION the 18th Of June,
l775, the American volunteers, command
ed bv General Artemus Ward, attacked
and thoroughly beat the British troops
near Charlestown, in Massachusetts "
A SMALL boy, telling his pals how he
came to be detected stealing apples in
grocery store, proceeded thus: Well,
didn't care so burned much about bein'
seen, but the clerk was crOSS-eyed an
thought he was watchin' n dOrg fight
cross the street; but he was lOokin'
square unto me. an he helped me clean
into the gutter ~
SOME time since Father Ignatius was
about to preach at a well known church.
A popular hymn of Dr. Watts was sung
before the sermon, and when it ended the
preacher repeated slowly the last line,
demands my soul, my life, my all. +" adj
ding: "Welf, lam surprised to hear you
sing that. Do you know that altogether
YOU only put fifteen shillings into the bag
this morning !''-CHurch Herald.
"THERE is a young lady at Long Branch
who baUhes i'm silk stockings" In every
instance i'm which we have personally in
yestigated the case we have found that the
young lady who batheS publicly IN SILK
stockings makes that mysterious part OF
her wardrobe not intended to be protaned
bv even a glance from the eagle-eye Of
man out of goods bought at dOllaT-StOre
at l23 cents a yard.-COH'ter-Jou7lat.
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A Singular Case for the Doctors.

A curious patient is just now an inmate
of DIR. Mesnet's ward at the Hospital St.
Antoine. His profession was that of a
singer at the Cafes Chantants. During
the war of lS70-7l he was hit over the left
ear by musket bullet, which carried off
about q inches of the parietal bone, and
laid bare the brain on the left side. This
led to temporary paralysis of the MEN,
bers on the opposite side, as is always the
case; but he was eventually cured of this,
while the tremendous wound on the skull
began to heal, so that after time he could
resume his professional duties at the cafes
to the satisfaction of the public. Suddenly,
however, he was seized with nervous
symptoms, lasting from twenty-fOur 10
fOrty-eight hours, and of such an extraor-
ulnary nature that it was considered safe to
take him to the hospital.
His malady is easier to illustrate by eX-
amples than to define. When he is in his
fit he has no sensitiveness of his own, and
will bear physical pain without being
aware of it, but his will may be influenced
by contact with exterior objects. Set him
on his feet, and, as soon as they touch the
ground, they awaken in him the desire of
walking; he then marches straight on
quite steadily, with fixed eyes, without
saving a word, or knowing what is going
on about him. If he meets with an ObSta-
Gle on his way he will touch it, and then
attempt to get out of its way. If several
persons join hands and form ring around
him, he will try to find an opening by re-
peatedly crossing over from one side to the
other, and this without betraying the
slightest consciousness Orimpatience. Put
a pen into his hand: this will instantly
awaken in him desire of writing; he will
tumble about for ink and paper, and, if
these be placed before him, he will write a
very sensible business letter; but, when
the fit is over, he will recOllect nothing at
all about it. Give him some cigarette pa
per, and he will instantly take out his to-
bacco bag, roll a cigarette very cleverly
and light it with match from his own
box. Put them out one after another
he will try from first to last to get
light, and put up in the end with his i'll
success.
But ignite a match yourself, and give it
him, he will not use it, but let it burn be-
tween his fingers. Fill his tobacco bag
with anything, no matter what-shavings,
cotton, lint, hay, etc.-he will roll his ci-
garette just the same, light and smoke it
without perceiving the hoax. But, better
still. put pair of gloves into his hand and
he will put them on at once; this, remind
ing him of his profession, will make him
look for his music. A roll of paper is then
given to him, upon which he assumes the
attitude of a singer before the public, and
MARBLES some piece of his repertOry. If
you place yourself before him he will feel
about on your person, and, meeting with
your watch, he will transfer it from your
pocket to his own; but, on the other rand,
he will allow you, without any resistance
or impatience whatever, to take it back
again.-GaLignaai's Messenger.
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A Lively Boat.

A few nights ago something shot down
past here, dived into the canal, and was
gone. Yesterday afternoon something
like a creased comet shot out of it. and.
after cOaling, shot off up the river. While
she was coaling we looked at her. 1t was
the side wheel, clipper-built, One-chim-
neyed, grasshOpper-engined, tubular-boil-
cred, cylinder-escapement katydld. She
had been down to ShawneetOwn with the
crews of the Liberty and Garrett. and was
on her way back to Cincinnati. When she
cot ready to leave here yesterday Jim Ford
grabbed the wheel. She sidled out into
the stream like a duck in a storm. She
gave one snort. the captain seized the bell,
the negroes jumped INTO the hull, the fire
man stuffed her full of fuel, and all was
quiet for moment. Jim Ford. the pilot.
pulled a string, the bell rang, the wheels
revOlved. She took hump in her back,
and the last we saw other she was turning
the bend five miles up the river. witt one
half of Jim Ford sticking through the
pilot house and her bow throwing muddy
water over her iackstaff. The captain was
living on his face freezing to the bell and
shouting, "HOld her jim, for if you let
her 90 she'll get away from us and run
herself out of sight into the bank, and bury
us ALL" And Jim would shout back as
his coat tails stuck out behind and his
eyes stuck out an inch, "Oh, I'll hold on
to her if she climbs up the bank and goes
five miles out into the country" She
passed Madison with nothing but hel
wheels and rudder in the water.-LOuis
uiLLc COu71er-JOuTnGt.
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Sliding Down the Alps.

The mode of descent by Alpine travellers
down slopes too steep for walking is called
a qli,sade. Ii is done by leaning the body
backwards and dragging the alpenstock, OF
long staff, through the snow, with half the
weight of the body thrown upon it. \
novice is apt TO find it dangerous :" sled
ding" SO testitieS recent tourist, who
thus describes his first ''gisSade," in let
ter to the Boston Commercial Bulletin;
1t was my turn next. At first | made
awkward work of il, and did not dare to
90 more tn IN from thirty to fifty feet at a
time. but skill came with practice, and so
too did confidence, which was the more
important of the two, and | was soon by
Jeans side. Then we started off together
and made good hundred yards, keeping
nearly side by side.
Elated at such success, | called on Jean.
when we got started again to ''cOme on,
and well it was for me that he did. | had
resolved on at least five hundred feet this
time, and was determined not to put on
the brakes as long as l could keep control
off myself. Down we went, Jean some
twenty feet behind me, and calling to me
every moment TO be careful. We fairly
flew, or rather fell through the air. 1t was
as much ahead of skating as that is OF
walking.
At last when my speed was so great that
it almost took my breath away, | used the
stick. Forcing the point into the snow,
and throwing my weight upon it, slack
ened my speed somewhat, so that Jean had
a chance TO come alongside. Then | threw
my whole weight upon it, when it snap
ped in the middle, leaving in my hands
three feet of useless lumber.
Jean saw the trouble at a glance, and
just as was getting fairly started, without
anything to guide or aid me, he fairly
jumped to my side. caught me by the col
lar, and sat me down in the snow so hard
that the dint in the crust which | made
was an ample bar to any further danger.
Then received a lecture on the folly OF
attempting too much before | had learned
more of mountaineering; and while Jean
sat by my side and trimmed with his knife
the ragged end of my stick which L had
left sticking in the snow behind, and which
he had fetched in the meanwhile, he in
dulged in sundry fOrcible and not over
complimentary remarks touching the ca
naiLLe who made and sold such sham sup
ports for mountain travellers. Then, like
a gOod-natured fellow, as he was, he gave
me his own well-pr0ved staff, and took for
his own use the remnants of mine, saying
that, if worse came to worse, he could
make his gLissades sitting down, use his
heels to ''break up'' with, and not need
any stick at all. But we had no more mis-
haps, and he had no need to resort to this
undignitied method of travel.
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THE Montgomery (Ky.l Republican thus
discourses of the physical charms OF the
ladies of that commonwealth " While
il has always been acknowledged that the
Kentucky women are the fairest in the
Union, yet the half has not been told OF
them. Their forms are perfect models OF
ease and grace, and there is certain style
and gesture in their walk which is not
possessed by one out Of thousand in the
North. Their features are regular and
handsome; their skin fair; light, heavy.
waving hair dark blue eye. and peachy
bloom on their cheeks which makes them
almost irresistible-tO a married man
Their forms are much better developed
than are Northern women, and though
slender enough around the waist, theil
muscle is sufficient TO curb the fiery steec
upon whose back they take their morning
exercise"
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HARVEST.

Sweet, sweet, sweet,
Is the winds song,
Astir in the rippled wheat
All day long
IL has The brooks wild gayety,
The sorrowful cry Of the sea.
oh. hush and hear
Sweet sweet and clear,
Above the iocust's whirr,
And hum Of bee,
Rises that soft, pathetic harmony.
In the meadow-grass
The innocent white daisies blow;
The dandeliOn plume doth pass
Vaguely TO and fro
The unquiet spirit Of a fewer,
That hath too brief an hour.
Now doth little cloud all white
Or golden bright.
Drift down the warm. blue sky;
And now on the horizon line,
Where dussy woodlands lie,
4 sunny mi Z 4 tn shine,
Like a veil before holy shrine,
Concealing.
Half-reyealing
Things Divine.
Sweet, sweet. sweet,
ls the winds song.
Astir in the rippled wheat
All day long.
That exquisite music calls
The reaper everywhere
Life and death must share
The golden harvest falls.
So doth all end
IIonored Philosophy,
Science aud Art,
The bloom # the heart;
Master, Consoler. Friend.
Make thou the harvest Of our DAYS
TO fall within thy WAYS.
-Scribner's for August